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Cold Weather Slows Oregon r rait Blooms PORTLAND, April 2-A)-Fruit blooming in Oregon hat been re tarded by cool, weather, the wea ther bureau said today. , Conditions have been unfavor able for pollination, the ' state's weekly .. weather , and , crop report Indicated. Small . grains, ..however, were .reported in good condition, and hay crops were developing gradually. ' Cool, cloudy weather prevailed through ; last week, with heavy rain in some areas which 'delayed planting of truck crops and slow ed down lield work. Frost and freezing "temperatures, recorded in most of the state, did not cause much "crop damage ' the . report said. : ',','' . '.'" .v .l;.V . ' Western pastures' are in 'good . condition, the weather " bureau said, and ' eastern pastures have improved in the milder, areas. Condition of livestock was de scribed jts ranging from fair to good. Most fiber flax has been sown, but considerable grain seeding still remains to be done, the re port said.' r ' "... .; Maximum and minimum tem peratures for the week were 74 at Madras and 19 at Burns. Salem Man Heads Adair Intelligence ' CAMP ADAIR, Ore, April 26. -Lt Frederick G. Sullivan of Sa lem has assumed the . duties of director of security and intelli gence division and provost mar shal at Camp Adair, it was an nounced here recently. Coming to his new post following duties as assistant director of training and range officer, Lt Sullivan repla ces Maj. Thomas Chambers who has been assigned to another post Lt Sullivan's previous experi ences in the MI field were at Fort Shatter, Honolulu, ' where he was with the military police and also worked with the district attorney of that territory, in 1921 and 1922. lie enlisted again in this war at Camp Hood, Texas, where he was commissioned in the tank de stroyers. He is the only officer with that insignia at Camp Adair, and also has the distinction of be ing a graduate "camoufleur." . ') Th OREGON STATESMAN. SaUoou Oreaon, Thursdar Morning April 27. 13U J - - M1 PAGE FIVE ; s ----,, ,- ''.- j MarU Monies. breath-Ukinr Latin beauty, in one ( her more lan- cuoroas moments with Jon Hall in Universal's Oriental fantasy, "All Baba and the Forty Thieves." This production filmed in technicolor, and "My Best Gal" with popular Jane Withers and Jimmy Lydon, opens today at Warner s Elsinore theatre. 1 f Fire Lesson Turns Dress Rehearsal The question is: "Who was most surprised the , guard from can non company, 276 infantry divi sion, or the officer of the day?" "What happened? r:WelI, the officer of the"da had given the guard the usual hour of instruction, and ended with, "Now, IH show you how to turn in an alarm from the nearest fire box on your post" He proceeded to the nearest red box and placed the call for in structional purposes only. That wasn't the way the fire department saw it, however for, while the : guard was being in spected, down B avenue came a fire engine and inspector's car, sirens going full blast Within 90 seconds, behold, came another en gine from the opposite direction. Anyway, it was a graphic dem onstration of what would happen if there really were a fire WU Music School Plans New Degree Willamette university school of music will offer a new degree preparatory to graduate work in music theory within the coming year, according to Lewis Pankas kie, instructor of . instrumental music on the campus. At present degrees from the school of music are given in applied music and music education. The new degree will provide a bachelor of music for research in theory. Tentative plans for back ground preparation for the degree have been definitely made. The school is now in a position to be able to fulfill the National asso ciation of Schools of Music re quirements for new courses neces sary for any such degree in grad uate theory research, according to Pankaskie. Willamette's school of music is nationally accredited. No Change Seen In V-12 Program Notices received by Pres. G. Herbert Smith of Willamette uni versity indicate that no change in the present educational program for the training of naval officer candidates is anticipated in the near future. The notices were sent by the chief of navy person nel. Numerous questions as to the fate of the navy V-12 setup have been raised since the recent cur tailment 'of the army specialized training program, which is similar to the navy training. At Oregon State college the ASTP enroll ment dropped from 1097 to 166 men at the beginning of the spring semester. Willamette has 252 navy men enrolled, a drop of only 10 since the fall term. i Sunflowers ; Good Chicken feed that there will i Indications! are be quite a fw sunflowers plant ed in 1944. I We are being told that recent poultry feeding tests show that smiotver seeds have lust as much energy value as wheat oats and barley, and are valued only sli ghtly below corn! Sunflower seeds are reported as a very good! source of protein. Another thing to sunflowers: (they many spots Ither In recent ylars, uncommon sight turned loos in fields in faljj ' be said for the will grow in crops refuse to. it has been no to see turkeys the sunflower Leslie Dads Meet Tonight "Dad's night at the Boys' League of Leslie junior high school will 'begin at 7:30 tonight when the dads make. an inspection .trip to the shops. .The boys !will; dem onstrate - the use j of various tools and . equipment and - submit their work to the Oldsters' eagle eyes. At 8 o'clock Bob Goffrier, pre sident of Jhe student body,' will greet -the guests in the auoitorium. Dr. V. D, BaJUv state department of education, will make : the re sponse.' .The entertainment pro gram will get underway with three boxing i bouts.; presented ' by ? the physical ( education .' department Boy members' of " the school band will furnish the musical ' back ground. Refreshments .-.will be served a t . the close of - the .- pro gram. - .- ..- , Presiding, at the entertainment features ' -Will be Tom : Bartlett, president "Of the league. Milt Thompson, Don Phillips and El mer Kleinke are the assistant pro gram directors. i Ag Wage Standards Not Worked Out Yet PENDLETON, April 26 -(JP) Application of the i government's J2400 a year agricultural . wage standard to seasonal workers has not been definitely worked out, Marvin Jones, war food adminis trator, has informed Rep.. Lowell Stockman . (R-Ore), of Pendle ton. The producer must determine if a given piece rate or rate per hour, if paid to a full time worker for an entire year, would amount to $2400, he said. A more satis factory arrangement is being sought, Jones was quoted as tell' ing Stockman. 26 Trailers to Provide Housing Sat Klamath KLAMATft FALLS, April -W3)- Emergency jhousing for this area in the form of 50 trailers has been approved by the National Housing authority in Washington, Fred Cuthbeigt, senior Oregon NAH official, said to4ajk The trailel will, serve the lum ber and logging industry and will be used by Iciviliian employes at military instillations. Halibut Men Turn To Otherj Fishing . ASTORIA, I April 26 -(P)- Cus toms oficialsi s4id today that the dispute on halibut ceilings was turning some halibut fishermen to other types o fishing. Several of the bbats, which have refused to sail until office of price administratici (OPA) raises ceil ings, have applied for permission to enter Canadian ports. Poultry Prices Up Seasonal increases in price for chickens and fowl, effective April 21 through the rest of April, May and June of this year, have been announced by the district OPA as follows: Ranging from a low of c a pound in January to a high of 2.2c a pound in May, the prem iums will mean an average in crease of i of a cent in the prices paid by the ultimate consumer ov er a year. Schedule of premiums January, c a pound; February, lc; March, lYtc; April, 1.8c; May, z.zc; and June, lc. The increase was authorized to encourage the production of live poultry during the short months and encourage processors to store for these months, the OPA explained. It's Jusii 'Get Back or EUe? For Yank Airmen ih Arctic if BJ NORMAN BELL - AN ALEUTIAN BASE, April 24-(Delayed)--United States army and navy turrnen, carrying the war across the frigid north Pacific to Japan's own soiL' don't count on survival 'if forced down at 'sea. V 4 - K ' , -; " "V And between their Aleutian bases and the Japanese.: Kurile island targets there; is nothing,but sea cold,' stormy and vast 'The yoiing; pilots and' navigators, ho guide "the big 'eleventh fleet, alr ?Flahf ) wing four's Venturas and' Catalinas oh (he bombing and reconnaiscanct" mis sions, have to be good. They fly "on gutsf and sense: of air force;; army ; Liberators "and duty" in , the words of Commo dore Leslie E. ?. Genres, ' rnair' wing four's comanderJ They com plete their : misions because t&y have been thoroughly trained and know their business. - ' The Liberators; of Maj. . Gen. Johnson's , 'eleventh I air force have been flying the longest all over water missions) of the global war since they struck at' the Ku rile. Island of Matsuwa for the first time in midiMarch. Matsuwa is approximately 1000 miles from the outer Aelutians. In between there is Inot even a' rock that a bird could alight on. 'Flair' wing four's Amphibious Catalinas started (th north Pacific night misions and then the job on the navy side , was taken over by the fast medium bombers. They have been striking on "Empire Express" schedule at Paramushiro and Shumishu, riorthern-most of the Kuriles.,Th4 roundtrip dis tance flown is about 1600 miles by for the longest raiding flights ever made by medium bombers of that type. And besides being the longest, the missions are among the coldest and lonliest of thjsjvar. Tempera- . i . lures are aiwaysj oeiuw ixcrv.irin. The bombers, taking of into the night, are quickly lost from each other. It is every plane for itself. I have flown on both army and navy missions and the crew in each case knew ft was "get bapk or else." In the killing cold water to rafts than the amphibious Cat alinas. -. : - ' .- ... - "My boys would a whole hell of a lot rather be bombing Attu and Kiska again mat was duck soup compared to . this," said - Capt Thomas . Wood of Wheeler, Tex camander of a squadron of the B 24 Liberators. . ; - . ; . -But," ; he added, "these com bat j crews are peculiar. Maybe they don't like -the job but try to leave one crew member out of a mission!" Navy crews are the same. heard Lt (Jg) Uoyd Black of Philadelphia protest vigorously to his squadron commander because he had heard that due to a change of plans, his plane was to be left out of mission last January. Lt Black went His plane was the second off.. Legislature Vacancy To Be Filled Wednesday . The Washington . county court has ; been asked by Secretary of State Robert , S. FarrelL Jr to meet in special session next Wed nesday morning, at 10 a." m. to I I ,S W I M M E R -Screen actress Delores Moras wears a fwwerea bathing salt as she prepares for - first swta ef elect a new state representative. At vacancy was caused when H. Aj Kuratli of Hills boro resigned from the state legislature to ac cept appointment from Governor Snell as a justice of the peace. Farrell stated the appointment would be a temporary one, serv ing only until the new representa tive, elected by the people of Washington county in November, can-qualify. . Meif s Council Holds Banquet ' - ".(- . Sixtyfive attended the banquet meeting of the Men's council of the .Baptist hurch Tuesday night Carl: Aschenbrenner,' principal . of . Parrish junior high school, was tlie guest speaker. He' discussed fJu-" venile .'Delinquency." Edward L. Allen, scoutmaster; reported- on . the scout troop" sponsored 'by " the couhcilj'"" a-I'C-', General . opposition to the so- called funland"" now in ' opera tion in Salem on High street was' expressed by vthe, men. Most of thos present -favc-red-.a program proposed by Aschenbrenner which' is to! be: presented to the city coun cil as a recreation project for boys and j girls during the( summer va cation i period, under supervised control " - : '.'' 'I i i . ' Marion Curry, .finance commit tee Ichairman, told of plans for Camp Elliott at Arram Wanna, boys! camp. Success in raising mon ey for jthe projects was reported. Dan Harmon for Congress We'd rather be represented in Congress by Dan Harmon, a sound business man and farmer who! has had years of experience in foreign countries, than to be represented by a "wise politician" who lacks both practical exper ience and knowledge of foreign affairs. A vote for Harmon is. a vote; fdr free enterprise, free ag riculture and practical legislation. t ! Newberg Graphic, Pd. Adv. could live long. perhaps, at the with which all below, no one A half an hour most Safety devices plane are equipped wouldn't help much; probably only prolong the end a short time. The crew of a navy patrol Gearing House Set Up For Oregon Farm Labor PORTLAND, April 26 A central clearing house for Oregon farm labor has been established here, S. B. Hall, Multnomah coun ty agricultural agent said today. W. J. Haycox, ofice manager, will be replacement officer for the Portland area. Catalina, which ras forced down and foundered comparatively close to Attu, was sighted on rubber rafts from another! plane at noon March 31. The weather jelosed in By the time a rescue destroyer found the rafts thVee days later all were dead. "Flair" wing fuir headquarters reported that Lt N. P. Wyman of Edgewood, RI, T commander of the plane, and his officers and men waved off another Catalina rather than have it attempt a rescue landing in the fact of a 45 knot wind and 15 foot hwaves. The Liberator both land planes, crews even less Special Assistants V For Counties 1 Service to Oregon homemakers in planning, producing and pro cessing the family food supply, will be conducted on a complete statewide basis for the first time this season, as a special war emer gency measure, . announces Wil liam A. - Schoenf eld, . director " of the Oregon State college exten sion service. This is made possible by a special allotment of funds to the extension service in accord ance with the national program for increased food production and preservation! . Fourteen additional emergency assistants trained in home econ- omics are being employed princi- pall) r to carry this program to the counties not now served by home demonstration agents. While these new workers are in no sense ex pected to take the place of, or carry out the full v program . of home demonstrations, agents, they will be able r to give ; valuable emergency service " in J certain phases of 1 the home 'economics program, explains Dean Schoen feld. . ,V ... ..... -.';"'-'': In addition to helping with the project of planning, producing and processing the family food supply, these' workers will " also help spread information on the . best preparation and use of foods for health. . 'A Counties to receive the services f these new appointees,, some on district basis, are Benton, Oat sop, Crook, Douglas, Hood River, Liiuv Polk, Umatilla, Gilliam, ' Morrow, Sherman, Grant Harney, Wheeler, Lincoln, Tillamook, Mal heur, Wallowa and the city of Portland. . mm i JLJU. Don't let W. '1?Z.a nouch powder. A povernii and . Venturas, would give the qhance to take JnliJUUUu LLlsLI Ls UlILMJLLLI . 7A Heywood-WakefieldlLIapIe Davenport and club chair, coffee Cable trie floor lamp, electric bridge tamp lamp, round mirror, 9x12 wool land matching scatter rug.. - j . 1 0-Piece Livingroom Group and table, elec , electric table fiber rug and This sale ' Will be for la '. j ' days,' start Thursday. i ' . n g . Tuesday. ss-these out- standing values. Free de- fit - - v ' livery in the city. Terms " usuaL Good used furniture 18-Piece Bedroom Including as taken in trade. 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