Turkey
Suppl
v
Plentiful, and
Cheaper, Too
By Jack B. Ryan
NEW YORK, Nov. 15-WVTur-keys
for those- Thanksgiving
feasts will be a lot more plenti
ful this year. Cheaper, too.
Cranberries also will cost less,
despite the summer droughts
which trimmed supplies.
Every state in the union is be
lieved to be raising more gobblers
than last year. And the crop as
a whole is estimated to be 29 per
cent bigger.
The U-S. agriculture depart
ment in its latest forecast said
all indications point to the second
largest turkey total on record
around 41,000,000 birds, which is
not far below the all-time peak
of 44,221,000 four years ago.
Not Much Price Change
Spokesmen for some of the
largest store chains in the coun
try say turke? prices aren't likery
to change much between now and
Thanksgiving, barring some un
forseen development If they're
right, you can expect price tags
to be about IS cents a pound
below last year in most places.
Last Thanksgiving when sup
plies of the holiday bird were
the smallest in 10 years, choice
family-sized hen turkeys aver-;
aged between 75 and 80 cents a
pound. Prices vary from place
to place, of course, depending on
how far the turkeys have to be
shipped, local labor costs and so
on.
This year market experts say
the smaller turkeys should be
priced in the neighborhood of
60 to 65 cents a pound, with the
heavier toms around 10 to 12 cents
below that.
Wide Selection
The big increase In supplies
means the family cook will have
a wider selection of birds to
choose from. In addition, special
ty stores catering to people who
buy small amounts of food at a
time say the market for indivi
dual turkey parts like drumsticks,
either raw or precooked. Is grad
ually becoming more popular,
specially in large cities. .
Many stores sell half-turkeys
or turkey Roasts either front
quarters v hich are mostly white
meat, or rear quarters, mostly
dark. A few this year even offer
turkey "steaks" -inch-thick
cross-section pieces sawed from
the centers of big frozen turkeys
and ready for the pan.
Low Cost of Grain
Back of the steep boost In tur
key population this year was the
low cost of feed grain and the
record high prices farmers re
ceived for their birds last Jail
and winter. Many growers who
had gone out of the turkey busi
ness saw . their more persistent
neighbors net two to three times
as much profit per bird as in
an average year so they stocked
their pens heavily last spring.
- The nation's biggest turkey
producing state, California, was
recently estimated to have In
creased, its turkey production 35
per -cent over last year. Texas,
the . next biggest producer, re
ported a 40 per cent increase and
third-place Minnesota's, boost was
believed to be around 36 per cent.
Cranberries Cheaper
As for those traditional cran
berries to accompany the feast
bird, they're expected to average
between 19 and 23 cents a pound
this Thanksgiving time, or about
six cents cheaper than last year,
even although the 1949 crop is
considerably smaller. '
The "American cranberry ex
change says incomplete produc
tion figures indicate the harvest
' won't reach the U.S. crop report
ing service estimate . of 803,000
barrels because of dry weather
and other troubles in most grow-
- tag areas.-:
Last year was a bumper one
for crahberries, though 922,500
barrels-rrd a good portion of
those went to processors. That
left more of this year's crop avail
able for the fresh market The
result: j Plenty of good quality
berries for jcranberry sauce. i
Farm Bureau
Opposes Vote
Strength Shift
LA GRANDE, Ore- Nov. 15-OP)
The Oregon Farm Bureau federa
tion prepared today to fight any
shift of legislative power from
rural to the faster growing city
areas. x
Delegates at the 18th annual
convention gave the resolutions
committee instructions to draft a
program aimed at "protection of
rural voting power." i
Three specific measures were
suggested: 1 Require signatures
on initiative and referendum peti-
tions to be representative of all
sections of the state; 2 All bills
or initiative measures should be
accompanied by revenue provis
Ions cleared - with the state tax
commission; J Opposition to any
reapportionment of the legislative
districts that would "limit or di
vide the voting power of rural
Oregon."
Hiss Denied
Right to Make
Paner
- "
NEW YORK, Nov. 15 AJPh Al
ger Hiss Monday j was denied the
right to have chemical and other
tests, made on documents, used
against him in bis first prejury
trial. t U
Hiss attorney. Claude B. Cross,
had sought to have the tests made
"for quality, age and characteris
tics" of the documents, in the hope
of showing the paper used was of a
type to which Hiss had no access.
Federal Judge William - Bondy
denied the motion, saying it was
doubtful jf such j tests could be
made "without mutilation of the
exhibits."; i
Hiss was charged with perjury
after he ; denied before a grand
Jury charges by Whittaker Cham
bers, self-styled j communist spy
courier, that Hiss t (helped him get
secret government I information.
Hiss' first trial ended in a hung
Jury. His second trial is set to be
gin Thursday. i;
Judge Bondy today upheld a
previous I order giving Hiss the
right to look at certain state de
partments records.) in an effort to
find out if Chambers went abroad
between 4930 and 1939.
The government had tried to
have the; order squashed.
Hiss' lawyer said it may devel
op that Chambers; was out of the
country at a time 'when he said he
was meeting Hiss' regularly.
Later Federal Judge Irving R.
Kaufman reserved decision on a
government effort to quash anoth
er Hiss attempt toj seek defense ev
idence, i j
Hiss had obtained a subpoena to
examine immigration and natural
ization services files on Mrs. Hedda
Massing, former wife of the fugi
tive communist, Gerhart Eisler.
The government tried unsuccess
fully to call Mrs. Massing as a
witness at the first Hiss trial.
Cross said he IfWanted to look
at the Massing file so that, if she
is allowed to testify at the second
trial, he can find: out if she made
any "prior inconsistnt statements."
College Teaches
HandweaVing Art
KENT,!o., (INS) Anyone who
calls Nina Humphrey's classes at
Kent State University "old fash
ioned" is: perfectly right
Miss Humphrey instructs stu
dents in the colonial art of hand
weaving, a skill which she thinks
is increasing in popularity.
"But handweavlng would make
a faster comeback if the cost of
looms were not SO high," she ad
mits. J j
A loont of average size, about 24
inches wide, costs $115. or more
and is custom i'made in Kent
Cleveland or Cupahoga - Falls, O.
Miss HumDhreT owns six nf t.h
looms, including the small one she
always carries with her whenever
mum travels. U
Besides their Honrotiv
Hon, the: pattern, which include
sucn names as Tennessee Trouble,
wueen s jjeugnt, iSnail's Trail and
Monri jbeit, also have a useful
purpose.;
"Some' of the
i
articles the stu4
dents turn out each semester in
elude aprons, rugs, tray cloths
samplers; buffet h sets and bags,'
she , explains. !
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'Poke in the Nose9
MayjCurh Tears
COLUMBBUS,
O (INS) That
much vaunted mark ot the he-man
inability to shed
poke
a masculine
tears may be due to lust a
in the nose.
Such is the boiled down state
ment of Dr. L. V. Cradit of Am-
arillo. Texas. It was made at a
Columbus medical conference with
the tongue-tangling title of the Os
teopathic Collegej ; of Ophthalmol
ogy and Otorohinolaryngology.
Dr. Cradit told eye, ear, nose and
throat specialists that obstruction
of the tear duct may follow frac
ture of ' the bones or nose, thus
causing poor function of the tear
sad. '
CLEANERS PURCHASED
SELVERTON I R- G- Smith,
former owner of the Quality clean
ers at 104 S. Water st, has bought
the equipment from Maurice Da
vis, taking possession Monday. Da
vis, who has operated the business
for 13 'months,: has not made
known his future plans.
Explosives I ' '?
Cache Found
In Milan, Italy
MILAN, Italy, Nov.
Italian political police here
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Ko Ctber fcb Acts Fast b
fa rafiava fwirtH-tfUm nihi
If tutorola Dot only brines tut relief
but its post pain-re IWrinj medication
breaks np eongwttioa in upper bron
chial tuba. Moatarote offan ALL tho
benefit of a muatard platter without
tba bother of makinc one. Just rub
it on cheat, throat and back.
FAilUEnS IIISURMICE GROUP
AUTO - TOUCH - Fm
Sao us whan you ejet your new bill
ing and before you authorise renewal
of your currant protection. Wo wtl
coma the opportunity to show you a
tarings la your premiums, r JH
nounced the arrest of a '"terrorist
organization" which they said had
cached "enough explosives to blow
up half the city of Milan.!
Forty-eight persons were ar
rested, including 24 soldiers sus
pected of forming a communist
spy ring within' tfle Italian army.
Police said the band was organized
in 1947 under the leadership of a
stateless person identified as
Calust Megherian, native of Istan
bul, Turkey.
The arrests followed a confes
sion said to have been made by a
soldier to the effect he was
following orders of a Milan com
munist cell. The big explosives
cache was discovered in the home
of a member of the gang.
The organization gathered funds
by burglary and robbery, police
said. They quoted Megherian as
t irefigl
iter
I i
f Flies a Little9
During Jump
GRANTS PASS, Ore, Nov.! 15-(JP)-A
forest service firefighter has
learned to fly like a bird a little
having said he! was f fictitiously
expelled" from! the I communist
party so he could work better. for
them. ' , j . . i I
bit, that is. j ,
s Bob Nolan," smoke Jumper for
the Siskiyou national forest glid
ed 300 yards through the air by
waving home-made wings. He
had to use a parachute to alight,
though.
The "wings" were made of nylon
webbing, one sheet attached be
tween bis legs, and the other fast
ened to his wrists and hips.
He leaped from a plane at 6,000
feet altitude in a test conducted
near the Redwoods ranger station
of the Siskiyou national forest
Saturday. I
Manipulating the webbing, he
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glided for about 300 yards, losing
altitude, but moving against the
wind.
Then he opened his parachute
an came down the regulation
way, i
I
DRIVING HOtiOK
MADISON, Wis.-(INS) -A bron
ze plaque honoring the state of
Wisconsin for progress in the in
struction of safe driving in the
state's high schools was presented
recently to Gov. Oscar Renne
bohm. !
When a bat gets mad he ruffles
his fur and bares his teeth . like
a cat He also gives a low-pitched
buzz, which is his warning snarl
John Fisher Plumbing
& Heating Col
Phone number has been
changed . . . from 3-3011 to
! 2-2984 j
Now Located at $
171 Lancaster Drivel
m u j
Time to Order Your Safeway
Oven-Ready
TURKEYS
Cost NO More-
and nay coif !
o)
Yes, if ifa a Safeway "Oven-Ready turkey, you're sure (I) The quality will be the
very finest money can buy bird that's young, tender and flavorful; you're sure (2)
it will be really clean and being oven-ready you can prepare it stuff it and roast it with
the least amount of work; you're sure (3) that this turkey will be heavy meated. with
lots of tender, juicy white and dark meat, and you're sure (4) your family and invited
friends will have real cause to praise you for the marvelous Thanksgiving Feast you prepared-
for them. See your Safeway Market Man today about YOUR Turkey!
The reason for this Is the price
per pound of Frtth, QuJck-Froien tur- jggf
key is bated on tha waste-free weight
AFTER tba bird la completely
cleaned. Head, fact and innards art pf
NOT included in the weight for which , pj
you pay, as they are when you buy I
JL turkeys the old-fashioned or New York gs
X dressed way. Obviously you do not
TOMS-
Averago weight,
14-20 lb.
need to buy as many pounds when p
you buy an OYen-Ready turkey. I
SEE WEIGHT COMPARISON
SCALE TO THE RIGHT
OCEAN SPRAY
eA HENS- m I!
ry.," v Average weights, t to U lbs, 1
104 founds XV
ounda Vi
Comparison of Weights 'A
OVEN-READY vs. Yl
iTEW YORK DRESSED xj
TURKEYS : yJ
New Xtfk 9rm4 : Ovaa-SaWf yS
! pouada equivalent to t pounds I
; v mr
12
" " 11
" llVi pound
" UVt pounds
" 13 pounds V
" " UVt pounds V
" " liy, pounds &
' lH pounds VV
" " "17 pounds
" UK pounds p
Wi pounds
NEW YORK DRESSED
WEIGHTS INCLUDE HEAD.
FEET AND INNARDS. THE
DIFFERENCE AIOYE
SHOWS THE WASTE.
OVEN-READY TURKEYS
ARE WASTE-FREE!
i - 3 .
Stock Up Now for tho
Eig Holiday
CANS.
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LB. 49c PORK SAUSAGE 0, 45c
Pork Roasts " u, 29c FRESH
; j OYSTERS
PORK STEAKS lb 39c pj. 59c
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