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The CZZGOIT CTATL2MAZ2. Csdea, Creoo. Cunday LIcmLag, July 21. 1513 PAGS tutj of Ships on Irade Northwest Area Suffering With War too Sailing Ships May See Use r By PAUL. F. EWING . PORTLAND, July 20-(jiP)-"War may be what Sherman said It was, to the belligerents, but to the Pacific northwest it's 1 a - sharp pain in the pocket book." Wars require ships, and their ArrartiirA h irt wnnnmr? mien ' of cargo on wharves, weakened in dustries and 1 a b o r -fearful, of . empty dinner pails. . . What affects the northwest hits every section of the nation Portland Is America's second larg est wool port, and first by wide margin in out-shipments.- The northwest loads ships with a good ly share of the United States lumber. Wheat and ' flour ship ments are immense. Approximately 70 ships former ly in intercoastal trade. hare gone Into the war tones; . of.. these.. 50 were drawn directly from the Atlantic-Pacific trade. " Craft left on the run have been cut to 86 and deadweight tonnage has gone down from 1,337,353 to 881,359. . . Foreign Ships Drop . Foreign" ship arrivals In the pott of Portland alone; hare drop ped 384,000 tons from . 907,114 to 523,113 since the outbreak of war. The cash loss is staggering. Ninety to 95 per cent of goods , shipped from the Portland area I Oregon, southern. Washington I and part of Idaho go by water with 4 5 per cent normally destin ed for foreign countries. This foreign traffic was valued at 117,500.000 in 1938. The Port land chamber of commerce esti mates export losses since the war started at from $4,500,000 to 5. 000,000. Seattle's losses are approximate ly the same and other ports in the area add more to the total, which still does not Include un eatlmated domestic trade declines. The West Coast Lumberman's association said 43 ships which formerly carried 37 per cent of Oregon and Washington lumber moved In intercoastal trade have gone out of service. Flour Cut to Half Had ships been available, the North Pacific Flour Millers as sociation estimates that , 3,500, 000 barrels of flour would have gone to gulf and Atlantic coast markets this season. Cargo space scarcity will cause a loss of about 2,000,000 barrels, equivalent to 9,000,000 bushels of wheat. Wheat shippers refuse even to estimate their losses. In 1 9 3 9 Oregon-Washington-Idaho wool production was esti mated by the Pacific wool grow ers at 39,572,000 pounds. Most of it went to Boston and the Atlantic coast by water, 27,000. 000 pounds of it through Port land. Wool growers are wonder ing what will happen to this busi ness a large share 'of the na . tion's total1 for wool. The lumber, fishing, wheat and wool industries determine the northwest's pay checks and busi ness profits. Employment still is fairly high, due to stimulation of smaller industries, but northwest welfare officials fear a reaction If the depressed condition con tinues In the major fields. Tonnage Prices np Ship operators, not In business for their health, scarcely share the northwest's alarm. Ship prices for deadweight ton have climbed from $15 to $50 and $55. The maritime commission and many ship owners see a build ing boom in the offing. In ten years, they expect to have S00 new vessels. r Shippers, who watch Deri aha ble goods that can not wait fen days gathering mold, begin to get a little hysterical at this point. The famed old windjammer Commodore, noted in farmer years for fast passages from Hawaii- but lately serving as a drilling company supply ship on the Alaskan coast, is reported be ing prepared to be towed to Se attle and refitted for the world's trade lanes. Other sail-driven ships soon may lay off the Straits of San Juan and the Columbia river bar at ' Astoria, helping to .ease the northwest's jammed economic ma chinery. Betty Is Back From the Boom-Booms ' T, .1' Union I" . 0 n -U v s . 3 J - ) I. I a tuvi tj IBenefit Formed AumsVille Groan Will Be ' Incorporated for -Aid -in Death Costs . AUMSVILLE-The trustees- of the Aumsville - Farmers' ' Union Mutual Benefit association held a meeting, here Thursday night to confer with their .lawyer, George Duncan, of Stayton, and to com plete the formalities of lncorpora- Uon under the state- laws, , - The trustees present were TV C Mountain, F. A. Garbe.'.MrerAt. berta Sutton, Lee Sutton, Walter - The local Farmers union mem hers . have' long been engaged . in cooperatives for their assistance in .the high . cost of living. The new mutual '.-benefit : association now being sponsored by the local is a step to provide for the Inevit able high cost of dying-. A small membership fee admits any one in good .health, between the ages of 5 and 75 years, inclusive, to membership in the organization At the occurrence , of . a death among the members each surviv ing member '. remits the sum,' .of 50 cents, the penalty for not do ing so, constituting' a suspension of his membertGTpr-; , ; Membership blanks are being recorded, with a goal of 600 mem bers. - Cuts Hitler Speech- ott Air ?, : I - W Tiny Betty Taft, three-and-a-half year old daughter of the United States vice consul at Algiers, was among the 799 refugees from the war cones of Europe who were aboard the United States liner Man hattan when it docked la New York. Betty Is going home to Palo Alto, Calif. Her escorts for the moment were returning ambulance drivers Associated Press photo.' Oregon College of Education Closes Training School Classes; Projects, Demonstrations Varied for Session MONMOUTH With the close of the first six weeks of summer "session of Oregon College of Education, the training school's work ends for this year. A number of projects were worked out in the several grades, and some of the demonstra tions classes took trips for further study of their projects. At Monmouth the pre-pnmary group of very young chil dren had ait enrolment of z2.c This was the first summer chil- State Bar Meet H " MEDFORD, June 20--Tlie 1940 convention of the Oregon state bar will be held at Corval lis October 10, 11 and 11, th board of governors decided at their regular monthly meeting held here Saturday. Ralph Cake, Portland was named chairman of the program committee. The board voted to recommend to the state supreme , court the permanent disbarment of William 8. Shenker, Portland, sow under suspension. Shenker was found guilty on five counts by a trial committee, involving the han dling of an estate, and alleged appropriation of its funds to his own use. Attending the session were H. H. Dearmond, Bend; Robert D. LyUe, Vale; James J. Crossley, Lamar Tooze, F. Sercbmbe and Alex O. Brown, Portland, and Allan O. Carson, Salem.' Peninsula Region Air for Tminiriof PORTLAND, Ore., July iO-OP-The air above Portland's ' Penin sula district was closed today to transport planes by the; federal aeronautics commission. Inspec tor Charles Walker said. ' It was designated as a student training area. Walker said the order followed a recent, occuranee in which an airliner carrying 10 passengers had to do a wlngover to avoid a student pilot who was practicing aerial "stalls- dren of 4 years have had an oppor tunity to attend the training school. , i ' Th junior primary group has been studying pets this k summer. Bantam chickens and guinea pigs were cared for at school. Of these children 17 will be enrolled this fall. Since this year observes the 500th anniversary of the invention of movable printing type by Gut enberg at Mainz, Germany, the senior intermediate pupils of the training school studied the history of the way man has kept his rec ords, from the pictures the cave men carved on their story walls, to the most modern forms of printing. The children visited the Monmouth Herald office and print shop where the staff members ex plained the setting of type, use of the presses, folding of paper, and operations of the linotype ma chines. Tour Paper Mill . A trip through the Oregon Pulp and Paper mill was also taken. Findings of the trips were report ed in an exhibit, July 17, with screens to snow tne History oi re cording; history of printing; uses of paper, making of paper, uses of printing and printing for the blind. . The Junior high school group studies "Earning a Living in Our Community" with two main pur poses in mind; to find out about the different kinds of work that are done In the community; and to study the kinds of work that the members of the group now plan to do. ' ' - This group also visited a news paper office, the local bank, ware- hoase. and la Salem the Oregon Pulp and Paper company. They interriewed C. F. Gillette of Mon mouth about the work, of ft law yer; and Eleanor Gill " 2 " the health -service concerning the nursing profession. .- - - i - Make Scrao Books Scrap' books. were made' on the occupation studies, jne group Joined the intermediate division In a , final program for mothers and student teachers, Wednesday, July 17. ; ..4.:,..,,:.:: Bdnervisors Included Florence Beardsley. principal of the train ing school, Mrs. Phebe Cox, Dora Schef f skey, Neva uaiias, marina Taylor, Ruth McClure and Mrs. Dorothy Blake. - At the i Independence training school, Mrs. Elsie Bolt, the second and third grade supervisor, direct ed her class in studying sea life through the summer session. V At close of the term the children were taken to Depoe Bay to visit the museum. All student teachers ac companied the group, one teach er being responsible for supervi sion of two children. Jan Dale's fourth ana rum grades studied the pony express this term, and as a finaie to meir project were taken to Salem Tues day morning .where they .visited the - Salem postofflee and the tatehouse.. ... ( ; . Study Resources Mrsl Delia Keeneys seventh grade studied a combination of conservation resources in Oregon and arranged an exhibit of ma terials used at close of the term. . In the fifth and sixth grades a study, of educational .resources obtainable through, visual educa tion was made. Visits were made to the local brick, and tile factory, and to farmers' fields to observe flax harvesting. Mrs. Lltwiler is supervisor. - An all-school picnic was held for all the children and student teachers at the Dallas park, Thurs day. The pre-primary children en joyed a picnic at the Harris home, where the Harris twins will care for the school aquarium during the summer. Dora Gallagher, acting principal and Jane Dale, entertained their student teachers at a picnic at the Dale home Friday night. - Moose to Convene EUGENE, July 10.Two thousand delegates will arrive here Thursday for a four-day con ference of state and northwest Moose Drive Is Started On Paris "Morals PARIS, July 10-(P)-Delayed-Via Berlin) A crusade has begun to tidy up the carefree morals of the city that used to be Gay Paree and to urge that women "in these hard times" forego the' fashions for which Paris has always been famous. This morality movement, con ducted through the press, is the most marked of all the changes wrought by the German occupa tion; changes which, embrace antl semitic and anti-British outcries, an 11 p.. m. curfew and traffic restrictions which have emptied the streets. "The real countenance of Par is," says the writer Andrea Mor ane, "is not that which some shameless women show you. The real countenance is ope of French womanhood fulfilling its task; of the business woman in her shop; the salesgirl behind her counter, the young mother at her cradle' 7 Woman Dies of Infection From Accident Injuries PORTIJLND, July lO-flfV-Mrt, Theodore Bllvens, SO, of St. Hel ens, died here today of strepto coccic meningitis - resulting from injuries suffered In an automo bile collision at St. Helens on May 19. Powder Contract Is Signed by US . Washington, July 1 0JPy Anticipating construction of a 1X5,000,000 smokeless ' powder plant intended to triple United States production, the war, de partment Friday placed an order zor izu.ooo.ooo worm or. explos ive, ten months in advance of the plant's opening. - It also signed its first contract for bi-motored training planes an undisclosed number at AT- S planes with two 280-horsepower engines each. The contract went to the Cessna Aircraft company of Wichita, Kas., for 1900,378, with the delivery date not dis closed. , The planes will be used by ad vanced students In transition from light ships to twin-engine service airplanes. The contracts for smokeless powder went to E. I. DuPont de Nemours and company of Wil mington, Del., which contracted with the war department only this week to build and operate a plant at Charlestown, Ind., near Louisville, Ky., on a fixed fee basis. The plant will employ 5,000 men and hare a daily production of 200,000 pounds. , Sir Alan Brooke Head of Defense LONDON, July 20-P)-Lieut. Gen. Sir Alan Brooke, son of a northern Ireland family, known as "the 'fighting Brookes" became commander-in-chief : of the Brit ish home forces Friday, succeed ing Gen. Sir Edmund Ironside In a move to strengthen Britain' de fenses. Sir Alan is a World war hero who won additional fame as com mander of the second corps of the British expeditionary force in France in the, present war. A military xlgure at 5C, he la an expert on gunnery and machin ery. He played a large part In mechanising the army. . Sir Edmund was elevated to field marshal and kept on the ac tive list, it was explained reliably, "to be available either in an ad visory capacity er la " command.' i VATCIIES CXEANED - 01.00 to C1.50 All Work Guaranteed 1 CLAUDE inx Duslck's Market 470 N. Coml. ' XTTISTBRDAY'S ione and tomorrow JL hassi : come but here' today to V make the most, of and fet something done! " ; ; .t;" And what's more sen sible, aU things con sidered, than to turn in that car, that has seen its best days, 'on si brand new bright new, sound - and - solid new Buick? Nobody has to tell you It'i tood it couldn't, have smashed all previous Buick pro . duction records otherwise. Nobody has to tell you it's tv ntithtj smart buy 7 looking ahead, onethiog you can "is V... jlfl . count on is that prices won't be lower!"' ,. .- '..,,- - - ' - ' f ' Meantime, current figures on bi& , hundred-plus horsepower Buick with the only micropoise-balanced engine' : in existence start at for the -business mm coupe, delivered t Flint, Mich.; transportation based rm rail ratM tt a f anA 1ww.l f:rl-.i,i j optional equipment end accessories -extra. f il'- i: l:: Yes, better get set now! Today I Your Buick dealer is making deals too good to pass by. ' tricn subject to chants without notice, " dPTTTFCD oUo wnm S88 N. COSIMEHCIAI ST. PHONE 5451 - i.L.mi iii.iii mm . Jiuni 111 i n in i. n . I - - tn . i. i 111 i - v - - - :'. : if ' " . J' i' ! 1 1 - r' , j . t . r i t . f - :: -i'.?-. --.5? -: T- - ; i ' I H ; r - - . . . t if f "ji A west coast broadcast of the speech made by Adolf Hitler before the reicnstag was cut on witbout. warning by Lewis A. Weiss (above general manager of the Mutual Don Lee Broadcasting system, who said the network management- was of the opinion - "Mr, Hitler should not be permitted to use our American facilities to justify his crimes against civilization itself. L NW Resources for Defense Are Told NEWPORT. Ore.. July IQ-ifPr- The Pacific northwest's contribu tions to national defense princi pally will be Its agriculture and mineral resources, chean nower and shipbuilding in Seattle, Ta coma and probably Portland, Da vid B. Simpson told the closing session of the northwest rivers and . harbors congress today. The : officials of the Norris, Beggs and Simpson company of Portland urged all communities to notify the government of their Qualifications to aid In - the de fense program. V. A. Davis, president of the port of, Camas-Washougal, Wash., was elected leader of the con gress today, succeeding A. A. Ker ry, Newport. Demand for yater " jRigHts Is Large Six. Apply Daring "Week " a for Irrigation, v;:; - Power Use i .. i . i j , Demand for water rights for irrigation and power in and near Marion county continued - above average last week.. Water, permits applied for at the state engineer's office included: ' Pamelia Shingle company, Idanha, for SO seeond-feet .from Pamelia creek for power purposes in Unn county. - - 'Albert Vj." Mikkelson, Silverton route two. '.for water from Silver- I creek; for- irrigation of 19 acres in Marion county. --: . ; J. C. Peters, Mill City,' for .15 second-foot from ' unnamed tribu tary of. "Snake creek, for domes-' tie use: and garden irrigation In Linn county. - . ;S. O.-Higdon, Mill City, for .01 second-toot from unnamed tribu tary of-Snake creek for domestic and garden use 'In Linn county. - E.- B. " Henningsen, Jefferso-n for 1.25 second-feet from San tiam' river tor irrigation of 100 acre in Linn county' ,T- -r Trollinger Brothers, Scio, for 1.25 . second-feet from Smallman creek, for irrigation of 3.00 acres in Linn county. V . Say US Is Answer To Orient Problem" PORTLAND, July 2 0-d-Pa a sengers aboard the Dutch liner Klipfontein said, today oriental possessions of western powers can be secured against Japanese aggression only by the United States. The . liner disembarked 110 passengers representing a cross section of business, political and. professional opinion in Briti&h and French possessions, the Dutch East Indies and the Phil ippine islands. ' 1 - Java residents, - particularly. wVe believed by . the- return of thjb United States fleet to Hawaii after its recent !mystery" trip, passengers said. . "'The Klipfonteln's portholes were darkened by paint. " f saonss The profession nor of fers you nr Thai Will Aclnally Improve Your L Personal Appearance r4V mm jrtZ, km?" s tne p- To wear denial plates need no lone r be considered a Handicap, but to tne contrary, in many cases they will actually Unprore your personal appearance. Ask your dentist to ex plain' the many lmprorexnents ; In denture technique, which now en able you to hare dental plates more natural in appearance. See the sam ples, and you will appreciate how closely they resemble nature's own teeth and' gums. Today Dental 1 Plates are fitted to plump out hollow cheeks, rexnore premature wrinkles, and in many other ways Improve your facial features, j v i Enjoy Uearisj ' .." Year Fklcs : ; ..a UtUs Payirj - ii LiJ Many of the community's small wage earner have availed them-. selves of Dr. Semler's liberal Credit Plan for all branches of dentistry. WHY NOT TOUT Come In and arrange to' have your work completed RIGHT SOW; pay later, weekly or monthly. Take as long as five, tea or flfteea months to pay. Tow will1 appreciate bow EASY It fa to arrange for CREDIT In this office, becanso there is no third party or finance company to deal wtUw . . n ake yo an omyjnnr.is x ' Within Reason . , Oai-ciTovm Palienls . . may arrange to have their work com pleted ia from one to threo days, (difficult cack excepted). If de aired, work can be ar . ranged by appoint ment; otherwise come In at your own conve aience. . ! VISIT TOUR DENTIST AT LEAST TWICE A TEAR Lll:j0;ii!jl;JV ffil56:5t! 13 F8XTllS3x ? ev3 FLOCl 3U.OT WZ23t i X52rH3 STAIS end CC2.SI-1CIAL SIS. tvems sat , , nrcJTl . .
