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Eimaiicial. Coinnrics Markets Ea'ipioiii m 1 1 , ! t u r ii: I' PAGE TEN LateSteel Rally Helps Session Trend Down, Idle Until Final Purchases NEW YORK, Jan. 20-()-A late rally led by steels left stock market prices mixed Wednesday after a downward slant had been followed most ol the' session . by leading Issues. Early losses were wiped out by a sizable group of equities which managed to move into the plus -column at the close. Gains ranged to more than a point. The As sociated Press average of ... 60 stocks rebounded to close un changed at 42 X Developments affecting Indi vidual issues were active forces governing price movements most of -the day. however, and declines were well .scattered throughout the list. Left vulnerable by Tuesday's technical correction, stocks sag ged under light offerings and in vestors 'held off most of the day. The tape idled at intervals until, few minutes before the finish, buyers stepped in to take ad vantage of lower quotations. Transfers for the full session were 518,340 shares. Bethlehem, US Steel, Case, Central Railroad of New Jer sey and Oliver Farm were promi nent in the upturn, each rising a -,. point American Telephone wiped out a decline to close un changed. Changes Must Be Hold to Ration Board Any change in job or residence which affects a motorist's mileage rationing requirements should be reported to the local rationing board within five days, the state QPA office announced. . If your new job puts you closer to your work you won't need so much gasoline, said the OPA, and your mileage rationing coupon book should be adjusted accord ingly. Also, if you sell your automo bile or decide to jack it up for the duration, your coupon book should be returned to the local board within five days. In case of a bona fide transfer of a car, the new buyers may apply for a ra tion book in his own behalf, OPA explained. When you quit using your car, the rations, except for the basic A rations, expire, and unused cou pons should be returned, said the OPA. The same thing applies to boats or other equipment for which rations have been issued, it was explained. 120 Million Pounds Scrap Metal Is Dealers' Work DETROIT, Jan. 16 More than 120 millon pounds of scrap metal -sufficient to build Uncle Sam 20 more submarines, six destroy ers and a cruiser have been col lected by the 8000 Chevrolet deal ers in America as a portion of their contribution to the war pro gram. 'An activity sponsored by the Victory Service league, patrio tic alliance of American motorists supported by , Chevrolet dealers. tne scrap drive has been a con tinuing operation, under the gen eral supervision of William E. Holler, Chevrolet general sales manager. Cumulative totals through Nov ember show that the dealers have collected: 98.946,833 pounds of Iron and steel; 1.099,855 pounds lead; 197,832 pounds copper; 171, 943 pounds brass: 104.827 nound- aluminum, and 1,598,668 pounds or other metals. In addition, 7,129,923 pounds of scrap rubber have been amassed by Chevrolet dealers to s w el 1 Uncle Sam's diminishing rubber stocks. Other items collected in cluded 923,203 pounds of paper; 205,978 pounds of rags; 7088 pounds of , burlap bags; 3228 pounds of rope, and 145,054 pounds of miscellaneous scrap. In the reporting period, dealers Junked 6269 cars and sold another 6255 cars for scrap. Batteries Junked numbered 10,273. ' Kidnaper Sentenced OREGON CITYV Jan. 20.-iip- Virgil - Ray Kaufman, 18-year-old Portlander, who pleaded guilty to kidnaping a Portland woman taxi . driver, must serve 10 years in state ' prison. Sentence was pro nounced by Circuit Judge E. C. Latourette late Monday, Kaufman, accompanied by Rosalie Mayo, 17, Portland, abd ducted the driver at MUwaukie and took her cab to Roseburg, December 13. AT FIRST SIGN OF A 7UD (7 use 666 "Strictly Private" TT.&.ABAC? i - 9ac wow, v Jk fm HAS BEEN TRNSreKPfeb TO THE SWET AT TVt CEFEWSt rLAKC-MOM GOT 0 W0 VCOS&OCb SIUFF- Salem Market Th prices below supplied by a lo cal grocer are indicative of the daily market prices paid to (rowers by Sa lem buyers but are not guaranteed by The Statesman: Carrot, dor. bn. .. -TO Cabbage, crate . 35 Spinach, crate 3.00 Turnips, lb. - Curly kale, crate 100 Celery, do, bun. 1.S5 Parsnips, lb. W Onions --- GRAIN, BAY 4MB SEEDS (Baying Prices) Oats. No. 1 S3 00 3300 18.00O 20 00 18 00 if 20 00 - 1.0091.09 Feed barley, ton Clovei hay, ton -Oat and vetch hay Wheat , BUTT R. EGGS AND POULTRY Aatfi -sea's Baying Price (Subject to change without notice.) BUTT ERF AT Premium , . No. 1 .53 No. 2 -60 BUTTER PRINTS A JB1M .50 ',i .49 JS9 39 B Quarters EGGS Extra large Medium . Standards Quotations at Produce Exchange PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 20 (AP) Dressed turkeys selling prices: Coun try dressed hens 34-35c; others un changed. Butter: extras 18; standards 47',.; prime firsts 47'.fe: tints 46a. Butterfat: 52-52',. Eggs: Large extras 48: standards 42; medium extr-i 42; standards 38:. small extras 30. stand aids 28. Cheese: Triplets 27; loaf 27&. Portland Grain PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 20 (AP) No wheat futures quoted. Cash grain: Oats No. 2-38 lb. white 39.00. Barley No. 2-45 lb. B.W. 30.75. No. 1 flax 2.66. Cash wheat (bid): Soft white 1.25; soft white excluding Rex 1.26'i; white club 1.26'i; western red l-26',i. Hard red winter: Ordinary l5,i; 10 per cent 1262. 11 per cent 10'i: 12 per cent 32. Hard white Baart: 10 per cent 1.36; 11 per cent 1.38: 12 per cent 1.40. . Today's car receipts: Wheat 6. flour 8, corn 1. miUfeed 5. flaxseed 3. Portland Produce PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 20 (AP) Butter Prints: A grade. 51ic lb. In parchment wrappers. 62 'a c in cartons; B grade 51c in parchment wrappers. 52c in cartons. Butterfat First quality, maximum of .9 of 1 per cent acidity, delivered in Portland, 52-52'ic lb.; premium quality, maximum of 5 of 1 per cent acidity, 53-53'jC lb.; valley routes and country points. 2c less than first or 50' jc, second quality, at Portland. 2c under first or 50-50 ic Cheese Selling price to Portland retailers: Tillamook triplets 31c lb.; loaf 32c lb.; triplets to wholesalers 29c lb.: loaf, 30c FOB Tillamook. Eggs Prices t producers: A large 46e: B large 40c; A medium 40c; B medium 36c doz. Resale to retailers 3-4c higher for cases, cartons Sc higher. Live poultry buying prices: No. 1 grade Leghorn broilers, l', to 2 lbs., 28c; colored fryers. 2, to 4 lbs.. 28c, do 2-2',i lbs. 28c; colored roasters, over 4 lbs. 29c; Leghorn hens under 2. lbs 20c, over 3'. lbs. 22c; colored hens 24C lb.; No. 2 grade hens 3c less; No. 3 grade 6c less; roosters 12c lb. Dressed turkeys Selling prices: Country dressed hens 34-35c; parkers stocka. hens. No. 1, 36,ic cash-carry; large toms, over 20 lbs-. 34c cash carry. Rabbits , Average country killed 38-39C. Country meats selling price to re tailer: Country killed hogs, best butch ers, 120-140 n 31-22c; vealers, fancy 23c lb.; good .hear y. 16-20c lb.; rough, heavy. 17-lSc lb.: canner-cutter cows (new ceiling) 14 (4c lb.; bulls (new ceiling) 17c lb : iambs 27c lb.: ewes good 15c lb. ewes, poor 10c lb. Wool 1942 contracts. Oregon ranch, nominal, S4-37c ill.; crossbred 40-42c Mohair 1942. 12-month. 45c lb. Hops Seed stock. 1942 crop, 1.18 lb.; seedless 1.50-1.60 lb.; contracts, seedless, 70c lb teed 65c lb. Onions Green. 75-80c dor. bunches: Oregon dry 1.64: Idaho large . 1.70: Yakima 1.65 SO-lb. bag. Potatoes cash and carry prices: Klamath 3.02; Malin. fancy, 3.02 cen tal; Yakima 2.57; Deschutes 2.97 cen Ul; local 2-3 cemL Portland Livestock RTIKND Ore.. Jan. 20 (AP) (VSDA) Cattle: Salable 100, total 150; calves salable 10. total 29; market fair ly active and fully steady: few med ium fed steers uraold: cutter to com non steers t.00-11 50; few mixed steers j Uanlcd! Ualnnls, Filberis and Ilni Heals ' Highest Cash Prices Ilcrris nisrfein 469 Nerth Front Street : Telephone 7(33 Th By Quinn Hall vovu. BRNfr HOURS- YbUrV fKJL Quotations Pullets Cracks POULTRY Colored fry. Colored hens Whit Leghorn frya 23 9 2S to 28 22 and 23 21 Marlon Creamery's Buying Prices. (Subject to change without notice) EGGS Large A .45 Large B .42 Medium A .40 Pullets 5 Checks -7 POULTRY Colored hens 22 Leghorn fryers Leghorn hens 32 IS and 20 So less No. 2 poultry Colored fryers, under 2',i lbs. 22 Colored fryers. 2',. to 4 lbs. ... 29 Colored fryers, over 4 lbs. 8 LTVESTOCR Buying prices for No l stock, based on conditions and sales reported Spring lambs 13J0 to 14.00 Ewes 4.00 to 6.00 Hogs. top. 160-225 lbs. 15.00 Sows 12.00 to 13.00 Top veal. 215-400 lbs. 14.00 Dairy type cows Beef type cows Bulls 6. SO to B.00 8.00 to 10.00 10.00 to 11.50 8.50 to 10 .50 Heifers Dressed veal Portland and heifers 11.50; cutter heifers "S 50 down; canner and cutter cows 7.00 8.25; shelly cows down to 6.00; medium beef cows held above 9.50; good cows salable to 11.50 or above: one good beef bull up to 12.75.. new high; odd medium bulls 1155; one strictly choice veaier i.w; common to medium grades 9.00-13.50. Hogs: Salable 250. total 450: market steady; good to choice 180-230 lbs. mostly 15.75; few choice 195-215 lbs. up to 16.00: 260-280 lbs. 19.00-25; light lights 14.75-15.00: good 350-600 lb. sows 12.85-13.50; choice light feeder pigs quotable to 15.00 and above. Sheep: Salable 50. total 100:' market steady: one lot good to choice 89 lb. fed shorn lambs with No. 1 pelts 14.50; medium grade 13.50; good to choice fed wooled lambs quotable 14.50-15.25; good ewes salable around 7.00. Wool in Boston BOSTON, Jan. 20 ( AP ) ( USD A ) Activities continued in Montevideo wools, both spot and to-arrive. Super wools, grease basis, are quoted at 32li cents and good to super at 31 li cents in bond. Some good to super wools were sold at out-of-bond prices of 92-93 cents for 60 to 64s, 88-89 cents for 60 to 58s, and 86 cents for 56s. clean basis. Stocks and Bonds Compiled by The Associated Press Tntirv 911 STOCK AVERAGES 30 15 Indus Rails IS Util 28.0 28.1 28.1 26.4 25.9 28.4 214 60 Stks 42.3 42.3 42.0 41.2 37.3 42.7 32.0 Wednesday 61.0 19.0 Previous day 61 0 Week ago 60.6 Month man BO S 18.9 18.6 17.8 16.4 19.7 14.4 Year ago 53.4 hi ok -61.5 .46.0 1942-43 low BOND AVERAGES 20 10 10 Rails Indus Util Wednesday 66.5 104.2 99.8 Previous day 66 4 104.2 99.7 10 Eogn 56.6 55.9 55.1 52.9 44.3 56.6 4U Week ago 66.4 104.0 99.7 Month ago 63.7 103.7 98.1 Year ago .63.6 103.3 100.4 1942-43 high 66 8 1043 100.6 1942-43 low 59.4 102.6 93.6 Idanha Residents Visit in'Portland IDANHA Mrs, Dorothy Rogers of Everett, Wash., is visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Britton. Mr. and Mrs, E. A. Roycroft of Portland were weekend visitors at the home of W. T. Chesnut, The Idanha Shingle mill, is not running due to the snow. .; . , Mr. and Mrs. Jim Healy are in Portland this week. Mr. Healy is attending the logging congress, Mr. . and Mrs. W. T. Chesnut are in Portland for a few days, Mr. Chesnut on business for the Idanha Shingle company. - ; DRESSED r Veal and -Dogs Uanlcd! Top Prices Paid! Prompt Remittance .- Ship te , Fred Ileycr Ileal Dmsicn 444 8. W. Taothin St. r i S. E. S2nd Foster Blvd.! T7rlfi We " - If AiUlU. animals killed In compliance with O. P A. reflations. OREGON STATESMAN., Salom Grain Dealing At Minimum I "CHICAGO, Jan. 20-(-Inter-est in the grain market was at a minimum Wednesday ; and in a session of aimless movements. Traders estimated that dealings were the smallest for the new year. Grain men said there was a little hedge selling coming into the wheat ' pit, but' the lull in mill buying continued. Wheat closed unchanged to V higher. May $1.39-1.39, July $1.39-1.39Vb, corn was lower to higher. May 98-, oats declined -, rye lost - and soybeans gained . Some traders professed appre hension over the outlook for the new wheat crop in those sec tions where unfavorable weather has been reported lately. Trad ers heard no complaints of dam age, however, -although the gov ernment's regular weekly weather and crop summary said some freezing and thawing had been noted in parts of the southwest. Execution Delayed FRANKFORT, Ky, Jan. 20.- OT') Robert H. Anderson, 36, sen tenced to die Friday in the elec tric chair at the state penitentiary for the slaying of Marion Miley, nationally known golf star, was granted a stay of execution un til February 26 Tuesday by the Kentucky court of appeals. SCORCHY SMITH BARNEY google V VO XXJ CEMJZE oh, YOU'VE KJEPTAE WMT!N5 FOC...' K to OH, DEAJ?, LXSSYJi Y ACOtUE KMX FOiUiCSriNTlA-5, CHSKHARIN! ) ccccwy i pid TViouwoysvisrr micwt havc) J L WELL rL... y NCT-XPEECTTO BCEM UNPLBASANTLV CUT J kf s- y-----fPlNO Y0O BEPAYINC; S3 1 -OOT j J mrJ r visrrsTOvout, Vi rSSslp VcNTTt?iES this ttgy accident ...soittx! MICKEY MOUSE me HOTEL J vUHcHic: fc iiii i I THIMBLE THEATRE- LITTLE ANNIE EOONTY KDELP 7 1 liiffnn -- ff i WILL YOU LOOK AT THE lp- ZZY S&zszr-.VS f UTTLE DARLING CARRYING f J f 'CrPa!r7 J THAT BIG BOX UKE A PRO-i Di Ml ".-' N . V S1 . fcS Oregon. Thursday Maraing. Washington Off the Record First Day of a Congress Girl ll By MARGARET KERNOLDE ! - i -i Associated Press Features Writer i. . t ....... ..,..:; . . ' .( j WASHINGTON This is strictly for women who wish the could have; seen the GOP glamor girl, Clare Booth Luce of Con necticut, -how up for her first day in congress. j ' She came n when the house of representatives was almost full, .and : she walked in through the door from behind the speak er's platform with the easy grace that makes models spectacular. Her debut dress was pretty and; purple, very form-fitting and: flattering, i Her hair swept up from the back into a early kind of , pompadour above her smooth brow. Black, and aqua bows crowned her blonde beaa ty to match an ascot around her throat. Hf She slipped, into her seat quiet ly while everybody from the gal leries and; from the floor seemed to scan her anxiously or admiring ly. She glanced; around. . Soon she whipped out a white handkerchief to .wipe her horn rimmed spectacles as if to see congress more clearly. And then she put her right hand to her right cheek somewhat thought fully. . Jf . j She sat in the seventh row, left center, fifth seat from the right, sixth seat from! the left She ap parently knew the gentleman on her right, who conversed with her from the start as constantly as he - ; -k "7" rrs UOH, WE NOTHING! JUST MM-I VJ UTTLE TO A MOVIE, Now.t rrs... rrs SWOLLEN SO HOCSISLV! r-- 'SA 1 LIMBfl SH6WI6HT1 riUUQI B ggx Op "E ''f si jy WILLYOul .'7 I i II 11 r f- rl . jACSi Y -TN-1 CH GET. V . January 21, 1943 could, and soon the gentleman on her left ; ceremoniously shook hands with her. When roll call came, if she heard her name she didnt show it, and if she ever answered 1 didn't . hear her. But the man calling names glanced up and said "present" just as he did when other members of the house yelled "here." All the other congress women present answered loud and clear. i Sometimes Congresswaman Clare chewed her spectacles, which she put on and took off frequently. She folded and re folded a pamphlet, which she also glanced at occasionally. I betcha nickel she was nervous. She didn't even seem to notice; the other GOP glamor girl, New Y o r k'g representative-at-largej beaatifdl Winifred C Stanley, when she came forward at the counting of the votes for speak er. . ... She hardly ever kept her head straight forward in the manner of most of the men. Usually , her NOWM0UMAVE i ANirrraviTH SWASTIKA TO ; DECOOATE TUS. 6IDBCSV0UR PLANE.' XW, SUt?E. 71 WE CAN SI ( I know rr MUST HUST VpCTEADPULLV... YOU'RE rfeT-r JUSTgONG MAYBE) Sy-Ei-- rrpOESMT wuctta err! GET YOUR HAT cU..UJHAT DO KVOU CUAKIT? r BLESS HER KIND LITTLE Iff m - Si -iB M MfcAKI-WiIH'ril r JUSs-l LUV nci iw nil, w i i -b E4JNDUS IDEA- I CCHTKIOW J 1 pretty profile was turned towards the I speaker's platform. :a' time' or two she put her right band to her chin-f-and continued to; look lovely. Other times she propped her right elbow on ; the arm of her chair. Sometimes she rolled that little pamphlet rest lessly. But all the time she7 sat bjick well back, in her chair, com fortably as though she enjoyed being there where she believed she ! belonged. ' She " watched as much as she was watched, which probably served a Jot of us .people right and some of us won't be surprised if some ; day Congress woman Luce writes about what she! only looked at-;-nd maybe laughs, v : ' ; I ? ;- j ' i -d Mrs. Scott Returns From Eastern Trip' ZEN A Mrs. R. H. Scott of Zena has just returned from an extended trip to little Rock, Ark and way points , of interest. She enjoyed a visit with her son Don ald at Little Rocki where he was oh a ten day furlough from Camp Robinson where he is stationed. From Arkansas, Mrs. Scott went to Milwaukee, Wis- where 1 she was a house guest of - her sister, Mrs. W. W. Biddle. Leaving Wis consin, she stopped over at Dal las, Tex., for a short visit with relatives prior to going on to Los Angeles where she visited with former Zena residents. Prof. A P. TWENTY-PI PTW, LAST we MET. ,V . .V. . I94S. Kjnf futmn I 5c.. lac. -TmU ii I ttf , w-, '.t r- br.w, 1 1 ( k A . M WHEN I FOR BABIES ' WvhU. 5H0CT HIM, Wl, OR i iV 'vTAflD ASltt ATT LET rlc McKinlay and his sister, Miss Muriel McKinlay. While in California she visited her daughter, Miss Jeanette, who is supervisor of music at Needles, Calif. Mrs. Scott stopped over at Klamath Falls to be the house guest of her sister, Mrs. Stephen Stone and family, upon ber re turn to Oregon. - MMIasa8S ( . Start The Month Fresh With Bills Paid Don't owe a little here ... a little there. Pay off all those tiny bills with a personal loan. Well gladly . lend you the necessary cash on . dignified terms. For- Honey In a Harry see Slaie Finance Co. 212-222 Guardian Bldg. Corner Liberty State Telephone S1S8 - " IJe. S213 M222 . . -.--- --r TIH -Tt-tAT - LJLUL CC r fa'- i I J XONT fOBGET Y STILL OWE ) rME TOR THt----- "I GLOROSky- rSNT IT rtAM- THINK OP HOW CTE ?,'- -viu- UUUK. IN TW CUC7THES, IT MAK MEL 4 r CiS TALET5.3ALYL K3SE DRCP5 L the lorn. BANGEH
