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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1943)
PAGE FOU2TEZ2T Th CZZGQll ;CTATir:.IAIJ.; Sclera.' Oresea. HI Jay. Hcmi Avsit 3. 113 : i : it 'ft 1: ft 'Grain Advance. BnowB(i5(B jMIffl 'Ppf Ollt - : Where They Are What They Are Doing Rye .Ends With Loss; Wheat and Oats Show! FractionaLCains t .... By WILLIAM FERRIS ; CHICAGO, - August - ? 1 9 trains znaae an attempt to move . into higher territory Thursday, but a 'brisk advance on good vol ume in early trading soon lost its steam and. final quotations were V : -Ll I ' X : TTT1 . ' A uijiuj uineu. Yiieai ana oau i t were up small fractions. Septem- I ber-rye was down almost a cent, I ut other deliveries showed little change.;;.: "X.- --.-s- :.:-,; . ;....,- ; Initial buying was based upon statement late yesterday by Mar vin Janes, war food administrator, tnat the best method of obtaining I s-.-.u production of war crops next year Ift LL Phlllp n. BOW. was w iiare a auppui i vt ycxio Me price that would last through- eut the-production and harvesting season." But when the advance brought out liquidation bulls hes itated to follow the market up ward. At the close wheat was higher, September $1.44-$ 1.45. December $1.46-3s, oats were lower to higher, September 704-', and rye ' was i lower to higher, September 98-H. Traders again displayed much interest in reports a plan to sub stitute black strap molasses . for Announcement of the Salem mam's promotion from second to first lieutenant was made Thursday by the "wax j depart ment. Lt.' BeH, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. EL Bell, Is stationed at Cleveland and Is serving ia the transportation division i of the air corps. He formerly was as sociated wit h Cliff Parker's sport goods store and was act ive in promoting amateur sports in Salem and vicinity j : Dispatches from Australia des cribe an experience of First Lt. William L. Harrington, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence R. Harrington of 228 Garden Road, while on .a raid with a force I of Liberator bombers Tuesday night over Balikpapan, Borneo. LL Harring ton said he couldn't figure out why the gunner next to him was n't firing. "He was trying to shoot, Har rington said. "The ship's fire be low was coming : at us. .Then' I looked down. I was standing on his ammunition belt Harrington eliminated that han dicap . and the gunner ' joined -in the fight. The dispatch said great damage was done in the enemy held, oil. port and that not a bomb er was lost despite heavy ground fire and stormy - weather on the 2500-mile flight, longest attack flight yet " made in ' the Pacific; Three 'other Oregon airmen parti cipated. . ;. '' -, .-: ... '. Lt. Harrington was attending Willamette university when called into service with the national guard. He was transferred to the air corps in February.. 1942, grad uated from the -Hobbs air . base in . New Mexico and was sent to the South Pacific in May. 1943 His wife, the former Virginia Hall of Tucson,. Ariz is now visiting in Salem with his- parents. -; .5; C " ' : Andral Moore of Salem is at h i nww,-v tA,i -t present in a Jap prison camp in I Mrs. James C Jones, 396 Hoyt eohol was being studied by War T " . . Z ' t T T , J V Production Chief TVinalH NMsnn Jwm lwaveu ,us iw- - - ww, Th. ,m i I on camp, Moore is well and in f known to his many friends as - v""- 1 . , it - . 1 1 Tn,r .i fai eastern plants, the report stated. momer nao iasi u. ""oaK'? This would free considerable quan tities of wheat for livestock feed and human consumption. Any improvement In the ship ping situation, it was said, . would make it possible to import molasses from Cuba. The defense supplies corporation is estimated to hdld 50,000,000 gallons in Cuba from 'the 1942 crop, and producers are estimated to have some 45,000,000 gallons for sale from the 1943 'crop. Oregon Bank Stock to Sell In NY Market '. NEW YORK, Aug. lS.-For me zirst time in many years, a large block of stock of a promin- , ent . bank located in another city is to be sold in the New York mar ket. MerriU Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane have completed arrange ments to head a syndicate that will offer some time in the near future more than 100,000 shares of capital stock of the First Na tional bank of Portland, Oregon, at around 440 a share. The offering will be made after the controller of the currency a .Washington acts on an applica tion or the bank to reduce the par value of the original capital from sioo to S12.5Q a share. The stock has been purchased by the underwriters principally from Transamerica Corp. and subsidiaries. Transamerica con trols the First National of Port land through ownership of 54 per imuu g snam uireci and an additional interest held by subsidiaries. s; Reduction of the par value of the bank's capital to $12.50 a share would result in increasing w,c numoer or shares to 360,000 from the present 4500 outstand ing. The bank operates more wan o branches in Oregon. - Swegl End Visits Peopl . SWEGLE - Mrs. Blanche Sch wiening and daughter, Margaret, v. reiurned to the home of Mrs. Schwiening's parents, Mr; and Mrs. John Marshall from Mill Valley, Calif, where they were ; visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Smith. The youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. George Kuf- er accompanied them and : re mained for a visit with his aunt Miss A'Delma Lake was a guest f relatives in Albany over the past weekend. Joan Lake return ed to her home Thursday? after several weeks spent In eastern Oregon at Baker and Pendlefco "t Marvin Lee Harder returned to his home at. Hood River Tues day after several week's visit at the Otto Eucker home on Holly wood Drive as a guest of their son, Marvin - Mrs. Margaret ' Holmberg re turned to , her .home Wednesday -from a: two week's visit In the , homes, of her- two daughters at .Timber, Oregon. SPRINGFIELD, IIL-aVlife in at German, prison camp is so dull that a Lawrencevflle, I1L, soldier who says he was the first Illinois man. to-be imprisoned by Ger many during the war has asked for a copy of the Illinois state statutes to read. He made the re 'quest in a letter ti Secretary of State ! Edward J. Hughes. Shipping i limitations . prevented "sending the heavy tome, s - ?IIovr liony Waat ; . v- ' PALSE TEETtf With Mora Comfort " TASTZXTH, a pleasant alkaua Bon acid) powder, holds false teeth more ormiy. To eat and talk ia more com cart. Just sprinkle a little FASTEETH n your plates. No gummy, cooey. mnty taato or feclio. Cliccka "plate dor (denture breath). Get JTASTESTH " an drug atore. I heard from him in December 1941. was on his- I8th birthday. He is I a ttending Wabash college at Cyril David Henderson of Me- Crawfordsville, Jndiana, and is in Minnville has been promo ted the A. S. V12a USNRT He like it I from second lieutenant to ' ; first f but says it is .very hot and prefers lieutenant in the : ordnance de- I Oregon climate. partment, the war department has announced. Market Jogs Uneven Route CpL .Treval A. Bush, : son of William L. Bush, route 2, Mon mouth, has been wounded In ac tion while serving . in the south west Pacific war zone, according to a war department announce ment . WOODBURN Carl Avstin, el ectrician third class of the US navy, who has beeen stationed at By BERNARD S. O'HARA NEW YORK, August 19 -- Stocks jogged over an uneven route Thursday and, while a hand ful ; of favorites did fairly well. many leaders finished in the min us column. Irregularity developed after the opening but dealings dwindled. Declines of fractions to a point or so were in the majority at the" close, with steels, utilities, rails and air transports more or less new Phrase Thursday to the Sea depressed. Motors, oils and amuse- bees' motto: "Can ; Do, Will Do." GBs Complete Huge Work SEATTLE, Aug. 19 HPh- The commanding officer of a naval construction battalion added a ments attracted support. Scattered bidding was attribut ed to pleasing earnings statements and dividends. Many customers. as in preceding sessions, continued in ueutral territory pending ex pected major military events It was, said Lieut. E. G. Single- tary, "Have Done." ' - The officer headed the third unit to come south in recent weeks from the Aleutians. "They've finished a tremendous I abroad, inauguration of the next job up there," Lieutenant Single- Dig war oona anve ana more def inite ; Indications regarding the forthcoming national tax program. tary explained, "building ware houses, docks, all manner of stor- The Associated Press 60stock ae Quarters and repairing ships, j average was ff.,.1 of a point at 50.3, its first setback in a week. Of 767 issues traded, 313 were' low er, 241 higher and 213 unchanged. Transfers totalled 468,727 shares compared with 560,191 Wednes day. Bonds were narrowly mixed, as were most commodities. : - It's been a year and two days since they left the states,' and they have just one thing, on their minds going home." I i Coast Hopi Ceilings Fixed Hop price ceilings for the Pa cific coast have been fixed by fed eral officials, under the agricul tural adjustment act, Sen. Charles L McNary was advised in a tele gram received Thursday from j. iwia, agricultural adjust ment act director. The price for seeded hops is fixed at 64 cents a pound, semi- seedless hops- 69 cents a pound and seedless hops 74 cents a pound. The telegram also conveyed in formation that no grade or stand ards provision lias been includ ed in the maximum price regula tions. This was said to be a pro vision greatly desired by the hop lnausiry, ; i;-- The ceiling prices cover Wash ington, Oregon, California and Idaho. ; , 1 . . a5( year were was a runawav hop market which started at around 25 cents a pound and soared to $1.54 a pound. The ave rage price .last year ' was 46 & cents. jl- G rowers said a large percentaae of the 1943 crop is under contract. Senator McNary has been work ing on the matter of hop prices for several months and only recently Dodd was' at the senator's ranch discussing the ceiling problem, r The ceiling price for New -York hops has not "yet been fixed. Me- Nary; said." " . -f-r -mm. a.sf 1r-JT-rMMm . i -UKS. CHAJ . . V LAM Pr.V TJLaaaJIJ. D.O.CbaaU4J CIUNESK ner balls ti V 141 Non" Uberty ' rf Porilt General Electric M .Sturda, only- o lpm.; t to 1 pin Con Blood prur. .rxJ ur W All-Oeeaalea Claasie : -. CAVALIIY -- TWILL COAT : ' A coat youTl live in and love more each day! Fine 'twill k ia casual boxy " or fitted styles to wear with everythias. Preci sion tailored rent back, fly front closir.?, ccnTer t i b I e collar. Interlined. Sizes 12 to 18. Treasure Island in California, is at home on a week's .leave. He. is the eldest son f o Mr. and Mrs. L. C Austin. Mrs. Austin, has just returned from a visit with her husband, guarantee engineer' for the Willamette Iron works, who Is stationed in Oakland. AUMSYHJLK Nerlyn Brawn, son of Mr. and-Mrs. S el me r Brown, left Wednesday for: Tort Lewis where- he will enter the army. . It was exactly 25 years since his father was inducted in World war one. . . INDITIICS5--Lt. ?.Iarl3w visited here this weekend with his parents. Mayor and Mrs. M. J. Butler. Lt. Butler left Fort Ben nlng, Ga, by army plane, Capt Herman Pardy of Aurora was also on the plane, he reported. - Pfe. . Charles , Stryker " arrived here Monday to visit with his wife and daughter. Pfc. Stryker Is sta tioned at i Pittsburg, Calif, and this is the first time he has seen his " new! .daughter.1-' v -; - ; V fi CIO Detail ef weaada Bms- tained by Pfc. Dean Lettenmaier In action some time agio have not been revealed by authorities. Dean was in action In the Pacific ' Tr. - r nr.. I uio. iir ia ju vx fi.it uu iuia. Art Lettenmaier and was born on the original- Crabtree donation land claim about two miles south of Scio.,The family lived here un til a few years ago, moving then to a farm near Hubbard. 5 . The young man was In a hospit al in Honolulu at the t i m e he wrote last to home folk a few weeks ago. He Is a nephew of Mrs. Prank Sommcr-cf Scio, who re cently visited at the Lettenmaier farm north cf Calen. " rOSTLAND, A n ;. 1. - Kenneth H. Deacon and Villiani E. Morgan, both cf Salem; Irving D. White, Stay ton; 'Wilson Eeck ford, Wood burn, and Charles L Wanless, Brooks, were among T men enrolled at the navy recruit ing 'station here Thursday. i H August is lfc3 f.Tcnth fcr Scl:::! Oatfittfnji Of-' ebe's a hint for the mothers of schocl-i -a children; Check their wardrobes cow' and -f find out what they'll need for next terra. Then come to Penney's and shop at your leisure. - We still have an in pie stock f clothes for Sis and Junior, clothes designed with one ere on style and the other oo comfort and wear. They're a huge hit With children and mothers in this town, and they'll appeal to you and yours. The prices give you substantial saviors! rnrvnr I - -.NS. vSNl-i Jm-ST - Wemea's ReadT-To-VFear , ...i". .,. - .,' rL . t--'N v rT - Sepomt Floor . : A. : W m ... m . . f.;:::;:- , rT " : ' : . M .DISSS' W S , -J.-- - J - m . P TUX0 &k'. -mMo Ss - I '- Main Floor 'Ss 8M4 n"' ' I Z)s1; ))? I ikx ft?A(( . x ! Headed ' For Big Success ' Smooth Figure-Flattering RAYON-AND-WOOL JEDSS7 CASOM ; DIESSiS TThe trimly efficient dresses everyone wants at the , first in of Fall ; for work, school,-all-round wear! You'll like the slim-hipped skirts, casual neck lines, ' tucked and: stitched .'details. Long or short sleeves. Fall pastels! Sizes 12 to 20. v ... ' . - - . - : ' . " ' '' Functional Double Duty Designs to' Wear Anywhere UOEIEII'S FALL SUETS Coverts and tweeds in beautifully tailored styles. Change them as yon wish with dickeys or blouses. These flattering: suits have been designed for your future.-- . .. i;..... Sunday is "Marion County Bean ricking; Day 1009 pickers needed ... report to U. Employment O f f 1 corner of Cottage Ferry Sts. Transports tlon furnished. . Shoe Dept. Downstairs Stare m Tntij, Dress-fJp Warmth! TODDLERS' COAT SET Sturdy and Warm : For play I - TOTS' SNOW SUITS 6.9 Darling gored princess' coat with hat to match. Soft, warm fabric, warmly in terlined. Sizes 1-4. 6.90 Hard-wearing fleece jack et, flannel-lined. Matching leggings and, v i s o r cap. Practical colors. 7 XW 'lv ,6v t : xm 4 in LITTLE GIRLS' COAT SETS Princess coat with mat- net. -Wana, serviceable fabric. " '; A , -TODDLEICS CXI AT SUTS - Durable, war m. fleece rm princess'coat with bat- vl w? : VJ 'Lm ' ehlnt? IcffirinM and hat. UOrJ chins leggings and ben- . A j V. " Embroidered trinu Sizes 1 to t.-ryvu , ; JUVENILE OVERCOATS i Warm, r a e tz e d rood n , looks for all-round 1 L Dainty eabroidery n ; wear! Double-breasted! eKU trims this wana fleece I x Ha? pockets! I,aval coat with matching leg- Oo U , cntlem ca Eleeve. Drk "gLis, and hat. -VtsitUl- cuiuxa. -o ., , : , infanta !t BABY COAT SETS Xz) GIRLS AND TOTSjCLOTIirNG SECOND FLOOR COYS AND ( JUVENILE CLOTinNG DOWNSTAIRS CTOR