' fJJThm Statesman; 'Scda. Oragbn. Tifday. April' 19. 1949
Optimism Returns to Farms;
Downtrend of Prices Slowed
By LUlle L. Madsen
Frm Editor. The Statesman
Optimism in farm circles is again strengthening, farm organiza
tions are reporting. The readjustment of the downward trend of
farm prices has reached a temporary standstill, farm market authori
, ties said Monday.
Production promises to be good and prices while, dropping some
what, are not dropping rapidly but are rather settling to levels
round which they have been
faltering for sometime.
Lamb prices continued down
ward during the past week for the
; second week at the major mark
ets. At Portland top lambs were
care during the past week and
quotations held rather firmly
throughout the week, although
they were somewhat under the
previous week. Feed has been
good the past few weeks and
lambs were reported improving
from the earlier months of the year
" when pastures were late in coming
on. However, the lambs have not
ret fully recovered from the ear
; lier setbacks caused by severe
' weather. Marketings here sre ex
' pec ted to be somewhat later than
' usual.
Hog prices dropped at most
arkets during all of last week
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tle toward the close. But national
hog market authorities are saying
one can expect lower hog prices
in May and Jurte and that hogs
should be topped out promptly as
they go over 200 pounds. Hogmen
are advised to produce a rather
big hog crop for autumn, however,
as a corn crop similar to last year
is expected and the cheaper feed
makes good hog profits, even at
lower pork prices than nowj.
Cattle prices are expected to
drop. The number of cattle on
feed April 1 in the corn belt states
show substantial Increase over
last year. The number is nearly
one-fourth more. Common I cattle
on feed should be sold as soon as
they reach good slaughter Condi
tion, is the advice However, cat
tlemen are told not to sel good
breeding stock.
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Fruit and nut prospects appear
ed favorable during the past few
days. The early fruit markets In
the south opened strong! with
prices slightly higher than a year
ago. -
Inspectors report that nqj seri
ous winter damage has been! noted
in filbert or walnut groves and
that cherry prospects appear fav
orable if the weather holds ;Just a
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Admits Hoax
Of Kidnaping
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., April
18-JP)-Police said today a pretty
mother admitted she staged the
hoax kidnaping of her 5-year-old
son to hide from her husband $35,
000 in horse race betting losses.
; Police Chief C. H. Anderson
Identified the woman as Mrs. Joe
Goodman, sr., 32-year old dress
Shop owner. Mrs. Goodman re
ported last week that her boy, Jo
ey, had been taken from her by
a ruse and had been ransomed by
a $33,000 payment.
- Anderson told this story:
"We felt all along it was a hoax.
We thought Goodman (40-year-old
former Norfolk, Va., prize-fighter)
Was trying to get sympathy to
avoid paying off gambling losses."
Mrs. Goodman reported Joey's
return last Monday. Then she took
a plane for Reidsville, N. C, where
Anderson said he has talked with
her by telephne.
. Anderson and deputy district at
torney George Kemp said no crim
inal complaints are contemplated
against Mr. or Mrs. Goodman. The
affair is a civil matter.
Appointments
To 3 Boards
Listed Here
Five members for the state live
stock advisory committee were an
nounced Monday by Gov. Doug
las McKay. Organization of the
committee was approved at the
recent legislative session.
, The appointees are Robert Lis
ter, Portland; William Kittredge,
Klamath Falls, and Verne Colvin,
tmnaha, representing Oregon Cat
tlemen's association; Kent Magru-
der, Clatskanie, representing
Western Oregon Livestock associ
ation, and Chris Hoffman, Bay
City, representing Oregon Dairy
men's association.
The new law requires members
of the committee to organize im
mediately and draw lots to deter
mine their respective terms. The
director of agriculture is an ex
officio member.
Appointment of Dr. John Kur
atli, Portland, and reappointment
of Dr. Floyd L. Utter, Salem, as
members of the state board of den
tal examiners also announced by
Governor McKay. Dr. Kuratli suc
ceeds Dr. L. M. Boire.
Dr. Victor Birdsey, Medford, was
named to the Oregon dairy prod- .
ucts commission by McKay Mon- j
day. He will represent the fourth ;
district and will fill the unexpired '
term of C. A. Smith, who resign
ed because of his removal from
the district.
Cain Provides
CV A Measure
WASHINGTON, April 18-OP)-The
Truman-fostered bill to set up
i Columbia valley administration
in the Pacific northwest was in
troduced in the senate today by
Senator Cain (R-Wash).
The action came as a surprise.
Only last week Cain filed another
bill to authorize the reclamation
bureau and army engineers to
jpend $1,000,000,000 to develop
their coordinated plan for develop
ment of the Columbia river area.
The senator explained he had
introduced the CVA measure
backed by President Truman So
"all of the proposed development
programs for the Pacific north
west might be before the commit
tee having jurisdiction and the
congress at the same time."
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Atomic Fission
Immediate Aim'
RICHLAND, Wash., April 18 -(P-David
E. Lilienthal reported
here today that the immediate
peacetime aim of the Atomic en
ergy commission is production of
electric power from fissionable
material.
But he said this may not be
achieved for ten years.
The AEC chairman told a press
conference at the Hanford works,
where plutonium is produced, that
the atomic reactor project planned
near Arco, Idaho, is a part of this
program.
Atomic Labor
Dispute Plan
Recommended
WASHINGTON, April 18-.4VA
commission appointed by Presi
dent Truman recommended today
a special procedure for handling
labor disputes in vital atomic en
ergy plants.
It included the creation of a new
labor board, the "atomic energy
labor relations panel," which could
step in as a last resort and delay a
threatened strike or lockout.
The commission, headed by Wil
liam H. Davis, former chairman of
the war labor board, urged that
the panel be used rarely and that
labor relations in the atomic in
dustry be - - so far as possible - -normal,
voluntary, and free from
government interference.
Troop Withdrawal
Plans Talked with
Korean Officials
WASHINGTON, April 18 -4JP)-The
state department said today
that American representatives are
discussing with Korean officials a
date for withdrawal of United
States occupation troops from Ko
rea. Press Officer Michael McDer
mott told reporters that a recent
statement by Korean President
Syngman Rhee "accurately reflects I
the situation.
Reports from Seoul said Rhee
told a recent news conference there
that the Koreans republican forces
are sufficient to protect the secur
ity of the new nation and to re
peal any attack that might be made
on it.
Flaming Crash Kills
Pilot of New Jet Plane
LOS ANGELES, April 1 8-P)-A
jet plane crashed on takeoff at
Municipal airport today and burst
immediately into flame.
A fire department spokesman
identified the craft as a North
American F88 Sabre of the type
which holds the world's speed rec
ord of 670 miles per hour.
The company said release of the
pilot's name will have to come
from the air force after next of
kin have been notified. He was
killed.
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Air Power Said'
Stand of DAR,
As Meet Op
ens
WASHINGTON, April 18-P-The
D.A.R. opened its 58th con
tinental congress tonight with a
message from President Truman
saying that "grave issues face
our country at home and abroad."
Mr. Truman made no mention
of Soviet Russia by name but
spoke out against '"the encroach
ment of alien ideologies."
Citing the new 12-nation North
Atlantic defense pact, Mr. Truman
said:
"In this treaty the United States
puts any would-be aggressor on
solemn notice that the security of
the larger community of which
we are a part will be zealously
guarded against any assault either
on ourselves or on any of our
democratic partners."
Mrs. Roscoe C. O'Byrne, of
Brookville, Ind., the D.A.R. 's presi
dent general, told the daughters in
her keynote address:
"America must rule the air.
"We want smashing air power
and plenty of it. This is the
stand of the D.A.R."
Blockade Lift
Rumors Spread
WASHINGTON. April 16-JP)-American
officials look for Soviet
Russia to come up almost any day
now with a firm proposal to lift
the Berlin' blockade which they
are convinced is more painful to
the Soviet bloc than to the West
Such a proposal has not been
made yet, according to the best
evidence in the capital. When it
is made officials expect it to be
put forward with all the secrecy
that Moscow can arrange, unoc
companied by reports such as
those which developed over the
week end from Berlin and else
where. Meanwhile the state department
made plain its interest in hints
that Russia may be seeking a face
saving way out of the deadlock,
but withheld comment.
Eisler Loses
Court Round
WASHINGTON, April 18-(JP)-Gearhart
Eisler, who wants to go
back to Germany and take a pro- !
lessor's job in the Russian zone,
lost another round today in his '
fight to avoid two jail terms here.
The feedral court of appeali re- j
fused to throw out the conviction !
of the 53-year-old German accused j
of hiding communist connections j
when he asked for a permit to ,
leave the country. He faces a sen
tence of one to three years.
He drew the other conviction on !
a charge of contempt for refusing ,
to be sworn as a witness before a '
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of one year in jail and $1,000 fine,
he has appealed this case to the
supreme court.
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Portland May
Get Lonesome
'Saving9 Time
By th Associated Press
Only a few neighboring com
munities apparently will follow
Portland into daylight saving time
next Sunday.
Oregon City is the only Oregon
community currently expected to
follow the Portland lead, although
the city council there has yet to
take action formally.
Across the Columbia river, how
ever, Longview and Vancouver,
Wash., have voted to adopt day
light saving time.
The Oregon capital of Salem is
not planning to go along. .Other
Willamette valley towns have tak
en no action. In southern Oregon
officials said the decision might
rest on California action. Califor
nia does not plan daylight saving
time this year.
PGE Rate Hearing
Begins in Portland
PORTLAND, April 18-(P)-The
Portland General Electric com
pany appealed for higher rates
today in a hearing before George
Flagg, state public utilities com
missioner. The company seeks increases of
about 6 per cent in most rate
schedules, contending costs have
increased so greatly that more
revenue Is neded to attract In
vestment capital.
The company introduced a val
uation figure of $80,956,596. Flags
called this too high, and the com
pany later withdrew the figure.
RAIL UNION'S STRIKE
NEW YORK, April 18-VFour
operating brotherhoods struck to
day against the New York, On
tario St Western Railroad, shut
ting down the important coal
carrying link between the Penn
sylvania coal fields and New Eng
land. The strike was called to
enforce union demands for a 10
cent hourly wage increase em
bodied in a contract last falL
Buy Your
Tickets How
for the
Engent Gleemen
Concert
t p.m. Friday. April XI
Salm High School
Auditorium
Tickets on Sale
Wills Music Store
All Seats Reserved :
for Ticket Holders
until 7:45 p.m. of
Friday. April tt j
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RESOURCES
Cash on Hand and Due from Bankk I 138,089,740.65
United States Government Bonds .1 235,193,247.40
Municipal and Other Bonds 35,028,105.78
Loans and Discounts I 143,124,911.66
Stock in Federal Reserve Bank . . . 600,000.00
Bank Premises (Including Branches) 7,385,657.76
Customers' liability on Acceptances 379,831.58
Interest Earned 1,523,115.64
Other Resources 1,406,685.58
562,731,296.05
LIABILITIES
Capital $ 10,000,000.00
Surplus 10,000,000.00
Undivided Profits and Reserves 11,185,280.61 31,185,280.61
Reserves for Interest, Taxes, etc 2,273,288.42
Acceptances 367,376.42
Dividends Declared ; 250,000.00
Deposits 527,744 ,257.50
Interest Collected Not Earned 876,698.25
Other Liabilities 34,394.85
$ 562,731,296.05
'l hit ttatement Includes 38 branchet in Oregon
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Hurts FouT Persons
LEBANON, April 18 -Tour
persons were injured In a three
car highway collision between Al
bany and Lebanon yesterday.
Robert Lee White, Albany, was
the most seriously hurt. His car and
another sideswiped. Then his ma
chine collided head-on with an
other driven by Earl John Lang,
C. Bay Allen says
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FLIERS rASS III HOURS I
INDIO, Calif., April 18-fP-Stlll
going strong, Dick Riedel and
Bill Barrls passed the 823-hour
mark in their little endurance
plan tonight. They broke the
former record of 728 hours last
Thursday night. '
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