Workers Shut
Down; Mines.
By Resigning
WASHINGTON, Sept.
The solid fuels administration said
tonight IS supervisory employes
have shut down a government
aeized bituminous coal mine at Mc
Intjrre, Pa, by the simple expedi
ent of resisninf their Jobs.
It is against the law to strike
against the goverment Whether
the government will consider the
resignations a violation of tha
Smith -Connally anti-strike act
was not known tonight The situ
ation was. believed unprecedented
in coal labor disputes, ;-c r ? ;v
' Vndersecretary "of the interior
Abe Fortas, acting in the absence
at - Secretary Ickes, telegraphed
John McAlpine. president of th
united clerical, technical and su
pervisory employes, a newly-organized
group within the united
mine workers, and asked him to
request the men to return to work
Tomorrow.
; Fortas asked McAlpine f or . an
xnuBeoiate reply. He also sent
telegrams to the men urging them
back to their Jobs. ,
Tlie mine is the "Kent No. 1 and
No. 2" (one large combined oper
ation), belong to the Rochester
and Pittsburg Coal comapny. It
was among those taken over a
weeic ago in order to end a strike
of the supervisory employes
had walked out after being re
recognition by the mine opera
'ine men returned to work
day.: McAlpine came to W
ton the same dar and asked
tary Ickes for recognition as a fcar
baining unionl This was refused.
Today's resignations followed in
the Rochester and Pittsburg mine.
Fire Destroys'
Drain Saw Mill
DRAIN, Sept 7 - (ff) -The Jim
Whipple saw mill was a total loss
last night from a blaze which also
threatened- the town's residences.
Civilians and fire crews battled
to save homes from fire that start-
ca in a siasn Burner and raced out
of control under the low humidity.
Estimated Iosa from the mill was
$75,000, according to co-owner E.
E. Whipple. It was not covered
by insurance.'
Conscientious objectors from
Ekton, the Western Lane fire pa
trol, I and fire crews from Eagle
Creek and Hard Scrapple helped
Drain's Volunteer firemen. Near
ly 100 men were on the fire line
at the fire's peak. -
The mill often employed 7S men
and held one of the largest pay
rolls in this area. - V
Servicemen Visit
With Relatives
ZEN A, Sept 7 Mr. and Mrs,
Roy E. Barker had as their guests
recently her brother and sister-in-law,
Mr, and Mrs. Fred Gould of
Vancouver who were accompanied
, by their two sons, Chief Yeoman
Merril Gould and Chief Radioman
Krader Gould.
! Chief Yeoman Gould has been
overseas for 32 months and has a
SO day leave before reassignment
Chief Radioman Gould is fat
home on an eight day leave from
New London, Conn., where he has
been studying radar. !
He has been on submarine duty
for several years previously, and
will be reassigned to a new sub
marine soon. : His wife and two
year old son, Reed, live at Vancouver;
Jersey Entries
Win Honors
GRAND ISLAND Ronald Fin
nicum won first on his senior year
ling Jersey heifer at the 4-H fair
at McMinnville September 1. And
he won third place in showman
ship. Delores Finnicum won fourth
for her three-year-old Jersey cow.
Leroy Palmer won fifth on a six
month Jersey calf.
Lola Mae Palmer took fourth
place with her 12 month old Jersey
heifer. - These 4-H club members
are of the Grand Island calf club.
Marine Takes Short Cut
Through USO 7indow
EUGENE, Sept 7.-(ffV-A ma
rine - took the USO club's "wel
come sign to heart last night I
Sgt Leonard W. Rule was so ea
ger to get inside that his car leaped
the curb, broke off a traffic sign,
and plowed into the center of the
room through the plate glass windows.
Nine Polio Cases
In Multnomah County
PORTLAND, Sept 7-ffj-Mult-nomah
county claimed nine of the
11 new Infantile paralysis cases
recorded; last week by the state
board of health. The other two
were In Clackamas and Douglas
counties. 'V-- .
, In the corresponding week v in
1943 the record was higher 18
cases. In Jury the disease caused
three deaths in Oregon.
Adml. R. Wood
Assigned to
North Pacific
AN ALEUTIAN BASE, Alaska,
Sept 7-(ff)The assignment of
Rear AdmL Ralph Wood, veteran
of air war command in the south
west Pacific, to the north Pacific
as commandant of the 17th naval
district was announced here today.
The new commandant who suc
ceeds Rear AdmL FJLM. Whiting,
served as commander of aircraft
with the southwest Pacific task
force during the crucial period in
which the Japanese threat to Aus
tralia was beaten back. He trans
ferred to the north Pacific post
from command of fleet air, Seattle
after a year's service there.
- The head of the 17th district
which was established early this
year with Admiral Whiting as the
first commandant, ranks as sec
ond in command to Vice Admrial
Frank Jack Fletcher, commander
of the north Pacific theater. 1
Kaiser Buys
Patent for
New Invention
RICHMOND. Calif- Sent 7iPS
-Henry J. Kaiser, the famed
builder of shins, who thia w-
piloted a newly-designed helicop
ter arter only live minutes of in
struction, said today he had aimed
a contract with 19-year-old Stan
ley HiUer, Jr, the inventor.
Clay Bedford, manager of Kai
ser's Richmond shipyards and
friend of the young Berkeley in
ventor, has become his sponsor in
further research and manufacture
in a Berkeley factory to be op
era tea Dy Kaiser Cargo, Inc.
A Kaiser company Statement
said "there is confident hope that
uus move may add another arm to
the air forces particularly in
the field of rescue and air ambu
lance."' v
- Kaiser Canto. Inc announnxl it
had purchased the patents of the
new; plane. It differs from con
vention helicopters in that there
is no tail propeller, the torque ef
fect being overcome by two contra-rotating,
two-blade rotors. Hil
ler is a son of a pioneer Pacific;
flier and steamship company president
Special Crops
Gain in Favor
CORVALLIS, Sept 7-flP)-Ore-gon
farmers are Duttinz more Tanf
into miscellaneous specialty crops,
which now account for about 6 per
cent of total cash farm income
twice that of a decade ago.
The most remunerative xnorinHv
crop, hops, has doubled in value
since 1939, although production in
pounds is smaller, Oregon state
college reported. In 1930 hop sales
were 14,198,000, compared with
preliminary estimates of $8,959,
C00 as the 1943 value.
, Peppermint oil is now 16.60 a
pound, while in 1939 the average
price was $1.85. Last year's acre
age was 133,000. 1
San Die gans '
Always Ready
SAN DIEGO. Calif.. Sent 7-
WFor the second time in recent
weeks, some San Diegans today
prematurely celebrated the end of
the- European war. .
A siren, sounding a three-alarm
fire, prompted cheering and other
forma of demonstration by peo
ple in the downtown area. News
paper .offices soon received more
telephone calls than switchboards
could accommodate. '
Two weeks ago, a siren in
stalled in a- department store to
signal the end of the war, sounded
accidentally and clerks, Jbelieving
Germany had surrendered, closed
the store. Soma of them, went
home - -t f- f '' ' v
Unrivalled as America's favorite feminine trio, the Andrews Sisters,
riixene (L), Tatty and F.aVerne, are amonr host of stars la Vnl-vcrs-l's
Tc"aw tie Days' at the Grand today.
Xh CZ2GO:i CTATEZMAXL Cciaxa, Oregon, Friicry Horsing, Captesibtr 6.144
Lamb Stamp
Come3 Late
I i r i
WASHINGTON, 'Sept
An extra ration stamp for pur
chase' of lamb in' tha Pacific
northwest vu described today by
Sen. Thomas (R-Idaho) as hav
ing coma too lata to avert losses
of hundreds of thousands of dol
lars to the western sheep indus
try ! n I . r-j'r
Heisald In a statement that
there never was any need for ra
tioning lamb, that tha industry
had warned OPA well in advance
that storage space would be glut- j
ted as soon as the lamb marketing j
season opened and OPA was ad
vised to let' lamb mora freely to
consumers.' i ; -
"With its usual lack of fore
sight hi Is lid, "the OPA de-.
layedj action and then, by issuing
a spare stamp recently in a lim
ited section of tha country,' ac
knowledged tha accuracy of tha
advice it had been given but the
action again was too little and too
late,
Swegle Hopyard !
Starts Picking
SWEGLE, Sept 7 Tha picking
of hops in this district's only hop
yard win begin Friday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph De Sart rent
ed their yard to Mr. John Hanna
from near SHverton this year, and
he will supervise the picking. ' .
Mr. Hanna plans' on runninr a
truck down the Sfhrertoa road into
Salem to the employment office
ana out Garden road to the yard
which is only short . distance
north of Garden road. Late hops
have been grown on this ranch
for many years.
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Gram Harvest
Nearly Over :
In Oregon
PORTLAND, Sept 7-()-C-rain
harvesting is nearly completed in
Oregon, with only a small amount
of grain still left, mostly In Jiigher
areas, the weather bureau report
ed today. ;- f-:;;;U-T'V;--;V- J
' Although vnirrigated nlantines
are suffering from drought corn is
maturing well, according td the
weekly crop-weather survey. Ac
tual seeding of wheatwas held hack-
by the dry soil, but growers began
preparing the land for fall plant
ing. ' : - .
Pastures without irrigation were
still dry, since last week saw only
light rains. . Some livestock had
to be fed in barns, and stubble and
were used lor pas-
alfalfa fields
ture.
; Hop picking Is well advanced, in
spite of a small delay from rain,
the ' weather bureau saioV Har
vesting of late alfalfa and vege
table seed crops continued. ; Sugar
beets have reached the near-maturity
stage, and 1 processing of
fruits and vegetables is underway.
, A heavy peach and Bartlett pear
crop was still being harvested, and
picking of early apples drew to an
end.: Fall lettuce thinning has
started. -y. K; 1,4 : y 5
A good yield of walnuts and fil
berts was predicted by the bureau.
Grapes began ripening, and fresh
prunes were stUl moving to mar
ket
Large Ho-j Marketed
UNIONVALE Eijht Hamp
shire hogs weighing an average of
203 pounds each were marketed
Monday by Clark Noble:
Stocks Break
Sudden Slump
NEW YORK, Sept" 7-P-Fi-nandal
markets got 'a selective
foothold on recovery today as
commitments were reinstated here
and there with the Idea Wednes
day's sharpest relapse in nearly a
year had been overdone notwith
standing persistent fears of post
war reconversion difficulties.
Extreme declines running to 2
or more points were substantially
reduced in most jcasea and ad
vances of a polnfor more appear
ed hi many categories at the close.
The Associated Press CO-atock
average was off .2 of a point at
53.3. Of 98S issues registering, 504
were lower, 274 higher and - Its
unchanged. - Transfers of 1,477,
77a shares Compared with 1,470,
280 the day before and were the
largest since July 17
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Stern Back la Oregon f
PORTLAND, Sept 7-W-End
Ing six. weeks' work with the" na
tional OPA in Washington plan
ning a campaign against the black
market, Sol Stern, OPA district
enforcement official, returned here
today.
Macy Resigns
Yaniliill Board
'Resignation of Glen S. Macy,
McMinnvOle, as chairman of the
Yamhill county public welfare
commission, and appointment of
Guy Shunway as his successor,
was announced by Governor Earl
Snail here- Thursday.
The new chairman Is a Yam
hill county farmer and has been;
active in community service and
the Grange. Macy served as chair.
man of the commission since 1931.
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; Hurry! Get your canning peaches nowl The
pick? of the Northwest's finest; orchards ar.e
, on display at your Safeway and they're
V priced L-O-Wl Come select yours today I
Fairgrounds
.Visit the
4H Qnb
: Fair and
Auction
2:30 P. M.
. Friday,
Sept. 8,
i State
- 1) ilk
You won't find better fruit or lower prices any
where than at your; nearest Safeway Store. Make
your selections today!
Egg Planl
loooiocs Per lb. 6c....:.
Pofolocs
No. V, Quality..; Lb.
Peppers
Medium Size . il
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Need r "twpBaeo-
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Wesson Oil
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Oxyd
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Soajji
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Ferro Brand, Made
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Fruit, No. 2Vi
33
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Guest Size
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Pea, Bean, Gumbo, Scotch
Broth, Noodle .4 11 -oz.
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Flour Kitchen Craft.5S-lb. ak . 01.99
FlOQr Drifted 8newJst-IK sk. 2ilS
Pancalie Flcar fSSTia19c
Krcsieaz SL2JLi,. 9U. 24c
Syrup Sleepy PollawJ.lC-as. tlasa 21c
Shorlening Kri satim. i-ib. jar 60 C
Sno-Uhile Sail ISULJu 7c
Ilcrlca Sail 15c
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Primes cura yaL.4--iib. pkr. 20 Cl
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DovUcinaaS2rr!L17c;
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free' beefsteak or roast
delicious.) arid', flavor-
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potroasted. Here's your
chance to" save; pre-1
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wonderful dishes I ' " V
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Skinned TTaiT , lb. SSe
Shaak naU. (t pta.)
Sirlola Steak, A grd, lb. iZe
C arade, lb. tSe. (11 pta. peand.)
. T-Bont Steak, A grf, lb. 48c
-a szaoa, in. axa, (it pts. pevnd.1
Beef Roasts, A prd, 15. 27c
Loin Perk Chops
( pts. . . -
.. .. lb. 38c
Jb. 33c
Loin Pork Boast..
(4 pta. la.)
Lear o Lanb, A' gnU lb. 33c
ZT srafle, lb. tie. (7 pts. lb.)
Shldr. Lamb KoastIb. 34 e
Suara est. A and S. (4 pts. 15.)
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