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Great, Near-Great and Man in Street Exvress
Cautious Optimism in Predicting 1945 Events
Th OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Orton. Tuesday llorning. January 1 IStf
Stocks and Bond
By the Associated Press " Mi
The Preat. the nmr.vrnt nt Vi v. i .vi ' '1
" : 7 " "i sireei expressed cau
tious optiinin today m predicting; events to borne in 1843-L- vear
lira ua Mrru i I.... - t . .....
. '"""6 wufc we wmcn mignt Dring victory and
.peace. .vr-- .;'; - -
In London, Prime Minister Churchill said ttie New Year "should
Z:ZZa.1.;j- - .r?1' ,a faaea: Befare month, have
orcu we cvu gang uiai iias long
turn of American pictures to the
Jiberated countries." i f
Farmers Ready "' I j; j; ';: .
enry . Rusk, deal of the
college of jagriculture, University
oi minois: f When the war in Eu
rope ends,f Prices may sag, but
patriotism counts heavier! than
profits aml farmers will continue
xo ao tneiripartJ
Sandy Arkland, New YorK ele-
dominated that unhappy continent ,
will be wiped out."
Russia's .top-flight foreign' com
mentator, Ilya Ehrenburg, said in
a broadcast: "We will finish off
the Germans this year we
have suffered too much to stop!
short of Berlin.
Concerning the war in the Pa
cific, Robert P. Patterson, under
secretary of war, declared: "I have
Jound nothing to support the no
tion that we can dispose of Japan vator operator: "the wax; . Eu-
in snort order once Germany is j rope won't be over. The I black
finally beaten. We will; have to market will'be bigger than1 ever."
aereat tnem the hard way." : I Bui Migatz, New York drug
AUMcner uopemi 1 - "ipre counterman: "Because of
However, Vice Admiral Marc A. J rationing in 1945 restaurants and
Mitsche'Clrtio helped; whip the soda fountains may have to limit
Japanese in two battles , of nhei number of customers they
; x-umppines sea, predicted from a serve.
t'ean Harbor that "m another! Theatres Prosper
rOQV nra sW-vU J.1 : l
jva aiauuiu xmvc uieir navy; rrartM .tkAi4 4 a ;
pretty well cleaned up; by? d?. !a Jear,cal Pro"
riext summer, they win be sittin LJ 7
on a decidedly uneasy seat in the; Fv!?T ?! ProsPerou the
empire.' - I tteatre nd in my opinion. many
A representative "man in the plf?h1I appeal to taste
street." Jim Goodman. 70-veari "tu ",iemence W1U success
i Old Clffar pnnnturmon ..l-,- i: u ; I
"Once Germany is through, Riis-M Paul v- McNutt, chairman, war
sia is going to help us zo after nwer nimission: "A man-
Japan . . . There'll be more ciPw situation of the utmost se
-rets sold than ever before." nousness confronts the country."
Professional Speaks j t William j H. Davis, ! chairman,
, a vroiessionai predictor, Wich nauonat war labor board
olas de Vore, president of the As-?
troiogical Research society, said
"The war will wear itself out and
dissolve gradually1 into a period of
occupation wherein Russia will be
the guardian of the peace in Eu
rope and Asia."
Other predictions and New Year?
statements:
,' Rev. Ralph W. Sockman, pas4
tor of Park Avenue's "1 Chrisf
pare us to accept something short
of perfection In war production."
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AVERAGES FOR m
STOCK AVERAGES
1944 high). 791
1944 kW j .6M t
BOND AVERAGES
1944 highi. 96 3
1844 low J. 79V
nancial - Farm - Markets - Classified
" wuqiauons at
Portland
105.7: 107.S
104.6 104.7
All of Japs1 Defeiisive Arc I
From Kuriles ta Manila
Within Easy U.S. Range
Vn'r S?Fl TLEET HEADQUARTERS, Honolulu, Jan.' 1-m-Pacific
fleet headauarters. nnrm,:n. . 7 . . lyrT
Abases, declared today fa faS 1.
now open to fleet attaV i , . ! . r , -
I Portland Produce
homeland
from the Kurile islands to Manila,'
the 1844 review asserted, now is
wiuun effective range of fleet and
snoreoased aircraft. , i - v
B-29 Superfortress bomber
have already penetrated this arc
numerous times to strike at Toltvn
and other Japanese industrial
centers.
Big Battles Ahead
The review cautioned, however
that 'the decisive batUes. the
greatest battles and the harries
battles in the Pacific war are sfill
to come the enemv. bke our
selves, f has just begun to fight"
The 800 word year review of
the war declared! allied nnwor
naa pijsnea m "massive lunges
lorouga Japan's lllgotten con
quests.?! ; ' i
Figures were presented to hnw
the extent to which the Japanese
fleet hd been, crippled by Fleet
'Human j limitations should pre-
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Your Next Pv ChJk w;n
rrpbably
Differ From Yow
Last; Tax Brings Changes
Church (Methodist) in New York: TJlJ ?ay check
-ine cnurch must -sustain the: , I 1 ffom
------- 1Jla Ulclr:. , Incnmo tau
i.w tit. : i j , i . : "-"
iwji. c laueu our soiaiers ai down
your last
The amount withhold mo- .1 -rn. .
Tn -.mi .... " f may go
ter the last1 war bX .believing-W ims Z ' 1 ie aierence on your first payday of
much. Let us beware lest we faiti c.i, ZT r..,WUIloW ln i44.
Ki- r "Tt cvurny Mies. I MOSt
w J7- T xuue-f employes making more than $3000
Krng Worries ; a v.ar k.
J. A. Krug, Chairman, war Dro-I vacation fnm h
uuvuvi. uuaiu. ie Diunt trUUl deduction Air n H raa. mA ... .-
o .... . M 7 . . ""viy
-o wr aic juut proaucing wawors insurance. This deduction
sows enpuen io meet the now start ain
civuai uigeni aemanas of our U Th .oi ,.:4 4 ...
: ,1 -w U1A WaS BUD'
lui Ln. i i . , -
t i . t nncon , mpmi a . . .
C,- i .1 w i" per cem
.r1!' .r!n. iry l,lbut congress wouldn't
s.vtn.B omu ciud: i45jallow it Th
Will be thf hiuirect K
rican night cliib history because? Several F. cnange the amount of income tax
industry i rma f11 W,. -3 . - , J Ior Wt Of people, j
o vwot aim-as - ior incnm avec nhii t . . - . i
will pleasure." ' , tthe .IJ""!" , i, exemptions are more
head of down deoel ZZ .XX "H . or ' sample, exemption
Twentieth Century-Fox Picture. In the fit 1 fTl t ldlfnea 'or, dependents
or everybody affected by that
change, the withholding tax will
go up, but he won't pay any more
tax msthe long run. He simply
goes oil a complete pay-as-you-go
basis, j. i i , i
Credits Chanred ; ' " '
. That's not all congress dirt it
allow it The dPdnrti "I.-r." 1CW B'siem 01 ving
n., " " Dependents. This will
As for, income taxes, whether
uarryl r. Zanuck head
.res: In the first place, confess has rtJe?aemf .v
'Amencan films will nlav an im made nmJ " T v"; na, eacn ae-
port.ntp.rt iff re-educ'atlon of bring closely e
the world for peace thh re- actual income .KffS
: ! imaiiy paid, 1. having tnn i.-. . 7
. , : At th 10 u- " "l ,U5 own income
AKittf5inf loctrv J , i f"- W1C average wiu count, either.
lbUian 1 aStOr employe won't owe the govern- -The
ment so much, or K 5. j "uon
much bv tfc anv. r" :r " UV- UP to now, it has
tn-i u -r- " IU ueen aw ior
n total amount rproiuxwri I i9ia
! . . u , fl4v-. ur
Adrh. Chester W. Nimitz surface
ships, aircraft and submarines.'
Danube Cited
The
how greatly the power nd threat
of the Japanese fleet has been
capped by Fleet AdmirsT Chester
w. Nunitr' surface ships; aircraft
ana submarines. I f i
It said.' "During the! year US
surface jships and aircraft sank
1 if VJ. enemy's, battleships,
five of his aircraft carrlejs, seven
of his heavy cruisers, kwfcll
300 cargo ships and transports
and about 200 other vessels with
the grand total rearhin i sun
ShipS." 'If -;; :f- j. ' 1
The report said "US submarine
saruc 463 Japanese ships during
the first 11 months of 1844. Thf.
total includes four light J cruisers
and 17 destroyers. I i
Snip Toll Heavy N
Fortyithree tankers land 377
cargo ships and transports were
sent to tjbe bottom. In December
an enemy aircraft carrier was
sunk by a submarine. If
"The tonnage of JaDanese china
sunk during 1944 by US subma
rines alone is in. excess of ?. son
000 tons.fi s
"During 1944 6650 enemv airl
craft were destroyed in the Pacific
ocean areas. Of these1 approxi
mately $450 were destrbved h.
carrier aircraft and 1200 by land
based airplanes." j f
PORTLAND. Ore. Jan. l (AP)
Butter AA grade prints 4S-46'kc
fi2? A grade priits
45,i-46c. cartons 43i 464c: G iirado
pnnU 43V-45c carton. 4-4"c.
Buttertat first quality, maximum
1 5 Lf, IJPer cent acidity. deUvered
" fwruina aj-oi'ic: premium qual
ity, maximum of J3 of 1 per cent
cidity' 53-531 ic: ealley routes and
fJHlH7 P0"1 2e less than tint or
t J"! r ,To reta,,er,: A extra Urge
59c; AA large 47c; A large 55c; A
medium 50c: small (pullet) 43-44c dox.
ataga 15c lb.
, Country , meat BoIIback prices to
Kesigns to Enlist
As Navy Chaplain
Rev. Bernard J. McDonald, as
sistant pastor of St. Joseph's Cath
olic church for the-last four years,
has resigned and will enlist in the
chaplains corps of the US navy.
a single person ior
by the government isn't couP plus
tn rhanfl. " eacn dependent i -
ow it's straight $500 a person
- ! ?i VriMnc .. ... ..
ia exemption, and his tax rises
a man with a flock of rhi IHran
gets more exemption for each of
them and his tax is pretty sure to
oe less.
paid by the Iweek and each 'claims
credit for si wife and one child
Jones Mrnc tr O urAAlr 1 C:a.iw
Wuuteraenj oi me resignation earns 59. rjp to now ith
ana puns to enlist was made Sun- holdinir tax ha h. c
1 " I w.x-a HIC BaUtC. 2ai
oaj oy ncv. T. J. Barnards. -Da8- I From now oik Jnnw will nav amIw
J4.4U. Nmith Will nav fi tt 14'
Father McDonald is the second all in the! mnZ. miL Lw
ssisUnt pastor from St. JoseDh's drawn UD t4 th la
parish to enlist. The first Rev- Conaresa k1a h h- 4.kiL- Savi tlffok' ; ' I
. . j i - - v " va ta va uica mi i r m n v w riiiii .
tor
n ' if
iiuiid Fostwar Bulwarks
SALT LAK ECITY, Jan. l-)
wcul WIin ine "re- mat several million persons who
aoo state guard in September! have been I ravin oi4
1840. He has recently been in thir inmmJ k uL.iJ: Herbtrt B. Mr .., 'j it
Alaska after special work; in the now will pay approximately all of Mf tosserve a' second term as
east lrhr ha . 4. - J - . i i. . . J I TTfoVi. :. . .
at oy tnai mttnod. , uvernor, saia a problem
Mica uraauated I ""- iiaewnea
Income tat rates are graduated our
so that the! more vou earn hlaa'-
igher the rate. But heretofore I Hoy" he saidj"can econoriiie
U withholding has been I at the f ")PI1ty heal the aching hearts
linimum rate. That meant nan Pf warweary individuals? i Nh
ersons earning good salaries had 1 Ume to build our bulwarks
agamsi aitermaths of war."
east where he was transferred af-
ler the. outbreak of the war.
Two other Marion r county
priests are in the army chaplains
corps. Rev. Richard Carberry, for
ber pastor of St. Paul's church in
Silverton,-was with the chaplains
corp. m we Philippines. He is now
to;! be important
is as nothing to-
m l.n.t,... . I r
in ilZTstS " "e,d r I-rg. supplementary pay
been informed . "WE " to their with
kiitSJf'VtTS w tables, withhold- Police Arrest Actor
Z-V Angei iing wm taxes care of the fuU Ux
LwiT?'" WHh US 0n a ,inle P,r8n' iome up to
ranf in That Kti4k.,u.4 ? I samm r
... uM.oi. p-acuic. ne aawu, or a married person's in
W?atin the chap- come up to $S500, with $500 addi
vm ya ui uic army.
tional for each dependent
s?y 1 " . ' ' i
atrictl FriTate" By Ouinn Hall
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AM CLD W SWaX VWS TLLUHG AfTns
Uiy PCS A SOIITJ ME KEWNtAJ
LOS ANGELES. Jan. M-Wl
Helmut? Dantine. i!2' A.,;-
born movie actor, was bonked iA
oattery charge today after ae.
tresf Id Lupino's . secretary,' Miss
LesL'e Forrest. comDlaineH h
a Dinen her arm, wris and
and, and chased a woman guest
lurougn. tne actress' Jbouse.
Ian Killed by Car : '
PORTLAND. Jan. 1 -(JPi- iwi.
! Carl Swertfeger, 31, killed in an
auto collision only two hours af
ter midnight; was Portland's; first
i4 traffic fatality. j
f nT?iiiriIiM C
H Mlana aiwi ti mrti 5
'"t!?i'.,t' intf. rwxui u J
r mm' Pi i JSlTiTiiT) iTlVi 1 1 m "m"mt h
Wf Mot witaeat etUy-40 aad H- V
i mmt' aiaai a. a
Oregon Wheat
'rices Jump
ruttiWD, jar, Ao
tivity increased in the! Portland i
cash wheat market last week.
wiiuc prices rose one to one and
a half cents a bushel.! the war I
iooa administration (WFA) said
today. :Si . :
The WFA weekly
showed r&m-in. - I
vuuuiug uiucHMnr. par
ticularly foa hich Drotein whenfe
Heavy sales of flour to govern- !
ment agencies helped I to boost j
mills' gram needs. I i
toasi prminais took all the
moderate supplies offered by
vuuniry pomts, except ; for some
sales to njldwestern markets. Cali
fornia mills limited their calls to i
vvvvpn nam wnites and hard
winters from Montana. Feed
manufacturers boosted their de
mands for feed wheat,! much of
wmcn j was supplied by the CCC.
, t-ar receipts at. Puget Sound j
and Columbia river terminals tot- i
aied 480 cars 88 of them at Port-
iana.
Man Burns to Death
ruKiLAND, Jan. l-flVBurns
and suffojiation proved fatal today
to Donalo" J. Mitchell, 4ffif waiter.
t lci a lire in nis hotel room.
Salem Market
Quotations j
illlMnaA sV 1
eal croccr are lndicand f fhi Z.J!rZ
market prices oaid tn i..
Urn t.:.. - -'
h- .rwVtt--!.-" guaranteed
BUTTER. EGGS AND POCI.TKT
Aarcsea' Bayta rtlea
iAVr'KS.? "
Premium .i; ,,-v -:
No 1 . ''j
BUTTUt raiNTa -
A . - - ' - ' !
B
A3
Quarters :iJZ
EGGS
Kxtra laraai
afediums
Standards u.
Pullets - X
Cragka
4S
Colored hens. No. 1
No. a colored bens .
tiorea frys
WAT'V: i Man)
No. l springs ,
No. 1 hens.
LIVESTOCK
Spring lamb
Yearluur tasnb
jewes
Dairy cow
... : ; io.se
-1M to TJ
JU
-4 00 to M
How To Relieve
Dronchitis
Creomulilon relieves nromDtlv be
sause U goes right to the seat of the
trouble to helD loosen and . exnel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature I
to soothe and heal raw. tender, in- !
flamed bronchial mucous mem
branes. TeUiyour druggist to sell you
ierstandce you must lira the m tt
auicklV aasv tha erairh or mu aM
w ut Tvur money oacav .
CREOMULSlON
for Con cki JChest Colds, BroachiHs
Filicrt IZcds; kfs . p I V v 70 q
ALSO IN THE SHELLS .
Highest price cash a deUvery for orchard m. '! v
See ss before yen sell j ' -
43 N. Front Street, a!gn ; - Tctepfccn 7633
retailers: Country killed hoc. bst
batchers. 120-140 Ds,. ll-Jvesler.
aa ,icr c liy: Bua-Mue: c is.
115 ej.W-XSc; beef AA 21ic: A
B 11 C 14c; eannerutter
coys 13-14C; buUs. eanner-cutters 14
J.4 o:.!.mb AA 26c; A 24'.ic; B 22,c;
W'ic!. We" FS M 12c; R
Cheesa SeIling price' to Portland
Si. r:-r'5on. triplets 28 Jc; daisies
f!L '2ff Lb,: tripleta to whole
salers 27c; loaf 27,ae roa , ,
RabbiU Government ceiling: Ava
TMg country killed to Tetailers 15
44c; live price to producers 22-24e lb.
Turkeys -. Selling prices to retail
": Dressed bens and torn a 43'ie lb.
Turkeys AUve: Government ceil
tof buying prices: Hens and toms for
government sale J0c, for civilian
trade 3tJ20e lb. .
Onions Green SOe dozen bunches.
.nlSJ? .YJ:im" dry SOe 1.25: S-
i-7?: Joeal; Oregon liO per so lb.
Potatoes - .Desreutet , No 1, 3.40
8i0; KUmath FalU No. 2. 1.50 per
6Mb. bag; local J2S oranKe box.'
Wool Government control.
Cascara bark 1944 peel 15c lb.
Portland Livestock
PORTLAND, Ora j Jan. 1 ( AP)
fWFAl Salable cattle for week 1650;
calves 300; unevenly higher on short
holiday run; week's trade 50 cents to
l.oo higher but mucn advance on com
mon grades and below lost late; good
fed steers topped at 16.50. two Joads
16.00; other medium-good fed steers
13.75-13 JO; common - medium steers
mostly 10.00-13.50; common medium
heifers 8.0O-13.MJ- good heifers 13.50
14.00; medium - guod cows 10.00-1J.50;
canners - cutters 5.50-7.50 early, with
fat dairy type cows to 10.00 and over;
medium - good bulls 9.50-11.25, odd
head-11.50; good - choice veslers 13 M
14 JO; grass calves mostly. 13.50 down.
Salable hogs for week 1875; supply
inadequate, market wry active, some
strength on hesvies and sows, other-
wiae. unchanged, largely at ceiling:
goocf-etioic UO-2SO lba. largely- iaf75:
253-300 lba : 14SO-15.00: light UStita
14 JO; good sows 135-14.00; choice
104 Jb. feeder pi! 1413 late.
Salable Sheep for week 450: ex
tremely light supply sold steady to
strong; good-choice wooled .lambs
13.50-14.00: Ho. 1 pelt lambs up to
13.50; medium - good lambs 12.00-13.25;
common down to 10.00; good - choice
ewes 5 50-4.00; common down to 3.00.
(The North Portland livestock mar
ket will be closed New Year's day.)
DENVER SHEEP f
DENVER. Dec. 30-(AP) -Sheep com
pared rriday week ago: Slaughter
Iambs mostly 50-75 - cants higher;
week's top 155 paid at close for
choice 400-10S lb. t fed wooled offer--tags;
other choice loads 14.75-13.13;
some grading good-choice 14.40; other
classes scarce: ewes 25-35 cents high
er; best to killer a.73; feeding lambs
about steady: good choice lots and
loads 12.50-13.25: common - medium 5S
lb. Arizona 10 JO. f
Portland Grain
PORTLAND, On, Jan. I A-
Wheat : No future quoted.
Cash grain: Barley Ko. a -43 lb. B.W.
17.08. -
rash wheat Ibktt! Soft whtt li5:
sort white excluding Rex) 1J5; whit
club J Mi western red 1-55.
AH
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I THE
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RESIDENT
. The order of the president to effect, the seizure of the property and
business of Montgomery Ward is a violation of the constitution of the United
States, which the president has sworn to uphold and defend. The congress,
which is the so e law-making authority under the constitution has given the
president no power to seize the non-war business of Montgomery Ward.
The purpose of the president order is to enforce, by an exercise of ar-
- binary power, orders of the War Labor; Board which; the courts have declared
to be merely advisory and legally unenforceable. The courts have held that
anyone who refuses to comply with orders of the War Labor Board is. not de
fying a command of the government and that, since the orders are merely
advisory, no government official has the right to impose punishments on
those who do not comply.
I r The preddent oxder does not arise from any failure on Wards part to
pay fair wage rate?. Wards policy is, and has been, to pay wages as high as or
- higher than those paid by other employers in the community for similar em
ployment. Ward's only objection to any of the War Labor Board's wage rec
ommendations has been in those instances where the board has arbitrarily
demanded that Ward's substantially increase its rates above those of its com-
, petitors in the highly competitive retail field. I I
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j The president has ordered the army to restrict the liberties of Ward's
employees by imposing upon them the closed shop in the form of union
I maintenance. This is the final step in the coercion used by the administrative
affenciP.R of thr cn verri m n t in 4nrr. ttim 14 .1, . '
i o o bhujj upon employers ana em
ployees throughout the nation. Ward
s has long believed that when the public
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wakens to the extent of this coerciorJ, it will rise in indignation.
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; Ward's defense of the freedom o:f its employees has not been prompted i
by any feeling of anti-unionism; all employees at Ward' are free to join or I
not to join a uniony as they wish. Wards fully recognizes this privilege and has !
.assured all employees that their opportunity with the company wiU be the !
fame whether they are union members or not. I i J
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Ward's cannot in good'eitizenship accept or obey the commands of those
who have no legal power to give them and who are seekingto deprive Ward's 1 -
of it's constitutional righu and liberties Ward's.takes this position in defense '
of the constitutional rights and liberties of every citizen of the United States !
' The issues are now before the courts where Ward's has sought for
years to nave mem aeciaen. ward s welcomes the opportunity! to present
case 10 we courts. -
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