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I By Orld A. Martin
WASHINGTON," Aug. 10 -)-The'
agriculture department re
ported today that excellent pros
pects for most crops were main
tained during July, promising the
nation abundant supplies of most
food, livestock feed and fibers. . -'
In its monthly progress report,
the department said the crop vol
ume should be 24 per cent above
the. 1923-32 average and not far
below the average of the war and
postwar period.
Heavy production of feed grams
the raw material for meat, dairy
and poultry products will make
up the greater portion of the to-
Soy beans and sugar beets are
the' only crops expectea- to reacn
record size. - But a near-record
harvest of era in sorehums also
used for livestock feed is indi-
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r, tturns of corn, oats, nee,
gi cane, cherries land hops will
be well above the average, with
hay, potatoes, tobacco, and apr
pies exceeding average m xmau
er degrees. I
Reduced Production Asked
rmns likely to be! below aver
- age include cotton, barley, flax
seed, dry beans, peanuts, swfeet
potatoes, most fruits and pecVuis.
The government had called for
reduced . production of several
crops, including cotton, peanuts,
fiaviiped and drr beans. .
Corn production is now esti
mated at 3,16S,0OU,lRHi Dusneis, in
dicating virtually no change in
nrrwneet from I month SKO.
While below last year's crop of
3,377,790,000 bushels, tne indicat
ed corn production is nearly 20
per cent above the goal of a gov
mmnt nropram designed to tre-
vent accumulation of a burden-
mrmo cumins.
' Wheat was estimated at 996,000,-
' 000 bushels, an increase oi J,
004 000 over last month's esti
mates. This compares with 1.146,-
000.000 last ; year. But reserves
from previous crops will provide
the country with ample wheat
supplies.
Fruit production is expected to
be about 14 per cent less than
last year and eight per cent be
low average.
The production of other crops,
compared with last month's fore
cast, last year's production and
i the ten-year average, included:'
Hops 57,765,000 pounds; 56,112,
000; 50,730,000 and 45,816,000.
Cherries 235,000 tons; 225,000;
250,000 arid 179,000.
Oregon Outlook
On winter wheat the forecast
was for an average yield of 26
bushels an acre in Oregon and a
total of 18,590,000 bushels in the
state. ' - v
t For spring wheat other than
Durum the Oregon forecast was
for 25 JS bushels an acre and 5,
738,000 total bushels.
For hops it was 1800 pounds
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In the Capitol SlMpplng Center
CropT
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per, acre ami production M- S4,
120,100 poUH4 i ifii Washington!
1100 and 16,500,000 pounds In
Oregon; and 1650 and 15,345,000
in California.
The commercial apple produc
tion for Oregon was forecast for
2,890,000 bushels. The Oregon
peach total was forecast at 330,
000 bushels. " -
The pear total for the state
was forecast at 5,363,000 bushels.
The average yield on potatoes
in Oregon was set at 300 bushels
an acre and 11,700,000 total. A
GREEK REDS SENTENCED
ATHENS. Aug. 10-CffVA Greek
military court today sentenced 12
members of the communist under
ground to death on charges of
having committed assassination,
treason, sabotage and subversive
activities between 1947 and 1949.
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Reservists Get
Duty Orders
Three more navy reservists of
the Salem organized surface div
ision received active duty orders
Thursday, r
William Craycroft, END FN, 3440
Sunnyview ave-, a non-veteran,
is ordered to report August 28.
Jack D. Bartelt, DCW 2y 322
S. 23rd st, is to report September
11. He is a veteran. Both Bartlet
and Craycroft have been members
of the division since its activation
three years ago. . -j
Third man receiving orders
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Sunday is Donald Corknira, TO
N, recently moved -to Ktrina-i
wick, Wash, who joined tne local
reserve outnt this Maim axter two
years of active navy duty. He is to
report September 0. ',
U.SJKiesNew
Papers to Keep
Bridges in Jail
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10-
(iTV-The U. S., today filed new le
gal documents to 'block Harry
Bridges' efforts to get out of jail.
The government contended in its
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fall
Sites! artTiment . thai? tW CIO
longshore leader' la an "enitmy
agent , and. propagandist" and,
therefore, the right of fret speech
should not be extended to him.
"Certainly the right of free
speech does not protect an enemy
agent and progandist in this time
of armed conflict,' the govern
ment declared.
Ever since the turbulent labor
leader's $23,000 ball was revoked
his lawyers have been arguing that
bridges was imprisoned for his
"opinions., -
Bridges had been at liberty on
bail pending appellate court action
on . his conviction for perjury. A
jury found he had lied when he
claimed, at his 1943 naturaliza
tion hearing, that he never had
been alcommunist. . ; , :
The appeals court Is expected to
are cordially invited
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We do hope yon will like onr
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rule tomorrow or early next week
on t Bridges' appeal for bail, it
also will consider his appeal for a
writ of Habeas corpus. '
Check Charge , t. ,
Leads to Arrest
1 Edon Little, jr., 2475 S. 12th
st, was released to Polk county
authorities Thursday following
his arrest by city detectives on a
charge of forgery. '
Little is charged with passing
a bogus check at the Amundson
garage, 809 Edgewater st. He was
picked up by Detectives Wayne
Parker and David M. Houser aft
er; a complaint had been signed
by garage owner George Amund
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Obituaries
Statesman News Serrtc.
Chris P. Westergaard
WOODBURN Chris P. Wester
gaard died at his home in Brooks,
route 1, near Labish Center, Au
gust 9. He was born in Denmark
July 4, 1883, and came to the U. S.
in 1910 and to Woodburn from
South Dakota in 1934.
For the past 14 years 'he had
farmed at Lake Labish. He was a
member of the Immanuel Luther
an church of Woodburn.
Survivors included his widow,
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Minnie, of Brooks, route 1; sons,
Vernis, at home and Leroy, Wood
burn; daughter, Mrs. Evelyn M.
Doland, also of Woodburn; broth
er, Martin and Otto, South Dakota;
sisters, Mrs. Mary Mark, South
Dakota and Mrs. Seena Snook,
Spokane and six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
2 p-m. Saturday at the Ringo
chapel, Woodburn with the Rev.
H. N. Christensen officiating." In
terment will be in Belle Pass!
cemetery. i
A. S. COLLET SUCCUMBS
LA GRANDE, Aug. 10 -UPh
Funeral services- were held .here
today for A. S. Colley, 71, promi
nent eastern Oregon attorney.
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