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4 ; By LILLIE L. MADSEN
" Farm Editor, The Statesman
The Oregon State Fair 88th picture changed Sunday when
huge moving vans took the place of smaller cars, and folk dressed
in jeans and other work clothing replaced Oregon's fair going pub
lie out in their -best."
The lovely garden, which attracted so much favorable comment
throughout the fair, was being rapidly uprooted. There were no
more scones
for sale and rides
were closed although quite a
melee of youngsters were noted
on the grounds trying out seats
in anything available.
Figures Sunday remained
about the same as those released
at closing time Saturday night
with the attendee still given as
797 less than the .year previous.
An official audit will be made
shortly, but little difference in
counts made Sunday is expected.
It was still evident Sunday that
the lesser numbers of people in
' the fairgrounds this year spent
more money as owners of con
cessions and rides reported they
- were up about 11 per cent over
last year.
Final 4-H Judging was tabu
' lated late Saturday night with
some results not ready for re
lease until Sunday morning. Dol
lar dinners and bread baking,
and the wool sewing contest were
. among the finals.
- Champion Dinner
Locally-grown products tur-
on the menu when Maureen
Palmar of MeMinnville served
the champion 4-H dollar dinner,
among the last of the projects
to be completed.
For $1.48 she served four per
sons orange juice cocktail, tur
key loaf, fresh green beans, to
mato slices, molded cabbage sal
ad, twisted frolls, frozen straw
berry jam, chilled peaches, apple
sauce cookies and coffee. She
pared about 35 cents from the
cost by using apples and filberts
in her own yard and by using
other products bought from
40-Passenger
Helicopter to
Receive Tests
PHILADELPHIA" () A trans
port helicopter designed to carry
40 fully-armed soldiers and de
scribed by Piasecki Helicopter
Corp. as the largest in the world
was shown by the company Satur
day.
The giant aircraft, with 78-foot
fuselage of approximately the
same "size as 40-passenger Convair
'airliners now in commercial serv-
a i t I . . t r l
ice, is powereu uy iwo i.oou-iiurse-power
piston engines driving two
.w r a. i vi.Ju
- Wheeled from the hangar for the
first time, it was not yet flown.
Company officials said the ship is
ready for ground tests and when
these are completed in a month
to six weeks the first flight will be
made.
Solon Invites
Army to Hear
Red Charges
By EDWIN B. HAAKINSON
WASHINGTON UP) Sen. Mc
Carthy (R-Wis) Saturday invited
top Army officials to head testi
mony that the Russian Foreign Of
fice indirectly influenced material
used to train U
S. Army intelli-!
gence officers
McCarthy said in a statement his
Senate investigations subcommittee -
would produce next week a witness
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who will give such testimony be
hind closed doors.
He said the witness "worked in
the Russian Foreign Office at the
time a man living in London was
preparing a book which was sub
sequently used for the purpose of
indoctrinating and educating' our
military about communism."
McCarthy, added:
"The witness, among other
things, will testify that detailed in
structions were given to the office
through the Russian Embassy in
London as to how the Communist
propaganda should be handled and
dressed up."
The senator's statement ap
peared to be a reply to an Army
announcement Friday. Without
naming him. the Army statement
accused -McCarthy of releasing
Earts of a "restricted" report in
?nded for use only by Army in
telligence officers. The report dealt
with life in the Soviet Union.
McCarthy had contended earlier
lhat this Army report was 95 per
tent Red propaganda. He showed
reporters 70 of its 75 pages. The
Krmy statement vigorounly denied
this.
The senator did not name the
scheduled witness he said had
Harked in the Russian Foreign Of
fice. Neither did he.jname the au
thor of the book he said was in
rolved. But he said his subcommittee
itaff "has ascertained that the book
Iras still in use by the military
ki December 1952."
"We are requesting information
torn the Army as to whether it
still being used." he added. 1
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neighboring farms.. At last year's
state fair, Maureen won a cham
pionship, too for her sponge
cake.
For her turkey dinner this
year, Maureen received $10 from
the Oregon Turkey Improvement
Association.
$10 First Prixe
For dinners featuring lamb in
the junior division, Donna In
gram of Oregon City won $10 for
first place. Her award was from
the Oregon Wool Growers Auxiliary.
Anne Loennig of Haines,' who
said she enjoys making foreign
foods, included lamb chop suey
on rice in her menu for the
championship dollar dinner. She
wins not only the $100 college
scholarship offered by Safeway
Stores, but $10 from the Oregon
Wool Growers Auxiliary for the
best dinner with lamb.
The 16-year-oM girl served four
persons for $2.10, although using
home-produced foods cut herac-
! cost to $1.10. Her menu in-
i ciuaea apple juice cocktail, lamb
chop suey on" rice, buttered
green peas, tomato aspic salad,
bran muffins with butter and
jelly, strawberry tarts and coffee.
Sewing Winner
Another Haines girl came out
in top place in the Saturday
night finals. Ann Bond, effici
ent seamstress from Haines,
sewed her way to win the special
4-H sewing contest sponsored by
the Oregon Wool Growers Auxil
iary. Making seams and hems on
woolen materials while fair go
ers watched her, Ann demon
strated the same sewing skill
that won her the championship
riDDon in me ciotning v-a ex
hibit
Donald Corlett Jr., 16, Port
land took no odds from the girls
when it came to knowing his way
around a kitchen. 4-H senior
bread baking champion at the
state fair against a baker's dozen
entries 11 girls and two boys
Donald received $100 college
scholarship award by the Sears
Roebuck foundation.
Junior bread baking champion
was Jeannette SidalL Salem,
who competed in a field of 23
contestants. She will receive a
$20 college scholarship from the
Sears Roebuck Foundation.
Junior bread baking blue rib
bon winners Included Vera
Jorgenson of Corvallis and Mau
reen Palmeter, MeMinnville.
Army Tests
Tracy-Like
Wrist Radio
WASHINGTON UPi The Army
said Saturday it has almost caught
up with Dick Tracy.
It announced the development of
an experimental wrist radio similar
to the fictional job employed for
years by the comic strip' detective.
The new wrist radio, capable of
picking up broadcasts within the
range of 40 miles, has been dubbed
the "Dick Tracy," the Army an
nouncement said.
The radio, developed at the Army
Signal Corps Engineering Labora
tories, Ft. Monmouth. N. J., weighs
2 ounces and is worn like a wrist
watch.
It is set in a clear plastic case 2
inches long, ltt inches wide and
j of an inch thick. It has an ear re
ceiver, resembling a hearing aide,
connected with a short antenna
wire and cord concealed in the
. wearer's sleeve.
I The Army said the set is powered
. by a battery little larger than the
tip of a pencil.
There was no indication whether
the Army has prospects of a wrist
watch radio which will also
send
messages, a la Dick Tracy
Dr. Bunche Says
Existence of U. N.
Prevents A-War
WASHINGTON UP) The Amer
ican Political Science Association
concluded a three-day convention
Saturday with an observation by
its new president. Dr. Ralph J
Bunche, that the very existence of
the United Nations has prevented
an atomic war.
Dr. Bunche. nobel prize winning
educator and head of the U.N. De
partment of Trusteeship, is the first
Negro to head the 50-year-old or
ganization of political science teach
ers and students.
With Bunche installed as the new
president, the association, an
nounced election of Prof. Charles
McKinley of Reed College, Portland
Ore., as president-elect to succeed
Bunche next year.
Three vice presidents were chos
en, including Claudius O. Johnson.
State College of Washington at Pull
man. Wash.
IFrozen Food
Industry Still
Seeks Profits
By STEPHEN V. DAVID
NEW YORK to The frozen
food industry, heading rapidly to
ward a sales volume of billion
dollars a year, hasn't found the
answer to its. most pressing prob
lem: How to make worthwhile pro
fits in a sharply competitive busi
ness.
American housewives arc buying
everything from frozen peas to frig
id hamburger pattlfts. at the great
est rate in the industry's brief if
sometimes beetle history. But with
1.100 firms in the field, the start
ling growth in volume has been
accompanied by narrowing mar
gins of profit
"This business, sighs one lead
ing packer, "is even more competi
tive this year than it was as recent
ly as three years ago."
Nevertheless, frozen food packers
feel their industry has emerged as
a stable one with great promise
for the future. The statistics they
cite support their , view:
1. In 1930. when the Birds Eye
Division of General Foods .Corp.
pioneered in the field, .about one
million pounds of frozen food were
packed. Last year, the industry
pack of retail sizes was 1 billion
pounds.
240,000 Stores
2. Frozen foods first went on sale
in six stores in Springfield, Mass.
Today, more than 240.000 stores
across the nation handle them.
3. As recently as 1947, sales to
taled 200 million dollars. Last year
they reached an estimated 795 mil'
lions.
Sales would rise even faster, says
Harry Schauffler. executive direc
tor of the National Frozen Food
Distributors Assn. if it were not
for the conservatism of many re
tailers. He says inadequate display
cases mean there's not room for
all the varieties of foods the house
wife would like to buy.
Birds Eye officials recall that
one of their early problems was to
convince the public that frozen
foods were worth buying.
There were other problems. Spe
cial display cases had to be de
signed. And reluctant grocers had
to be talked into allotting precious
space. Since the ideal temperature
for transporting frozen foods- is
about zero, special railroad cars
and trucks had to be developed.
It was several years before black
ink began to appear on corporate
ledgers.
WeU Established
By that time, frozen foods were
well-established. With the war. most
production went to the armed forc
es. Peace brought a mighty com
petitive battle.
Sensing big profits, numerous
new outfits went into the frozen
food field, including a good number
of fly-by-nights. Business boomed
for a time. But quantities of in
ferior foods, poorly processed, were
marketed by some newcomers, and
the public reacted promptly. Sales
plummeted, leaving much of the
industry in a shaky condition.
But with many of the weaker
elements knocked out of the field,
the industry regained its feet and
sales started an uninterrupted
climb.
High Casualties
Meanwhile, packers continued to
experiment with the freezing of
many fruits, vegetables and meat
The casualty rate was high.
Some items, such as tomato Juice
and shellfish, were dropped because
they couldn't compete with the reg
ular market. Mushrooms, boysen-
berries and tne like were marketed,
but the demand wasn't big enough.
On the other hand, many items
aaaea in recens years nave won
. i &
quick public acceptance. French
friend potatoes and chicken a la
king are good examples. You can
also get such things as frozen flao-
jacxs and trench fried eggplant
loaay, ine oiggesx sellers are
vegetables, with peas, lima beans,
green beans, spinach, broccoli and
corn leading the way. In fruits,
strawberries are first and peaches
next. In juices, it's orange juice
and lemonade.
Behind the growing sales of fro
zen foods, say men in the industry,
are three big advantages: Their
quality is consistently high, they
are convenient to use, and they are
economical there is no waste for
instance. Packers stress that foods
are picked and processed in a mat
ter of hours, frozen at the peak of
tneir flavor.
But one packing company execu
tive, figures that only the conven
ience factor inspires the suggestion
he hears frequently, presumably
from people who throw big parties:
"Why," they ask. In all serious
ness, "don't you pack ice cubes?"
RALLY TO FEATURE MORSE
JOSEPH. Ore. CD A public
power rally, featuring Sen. Wayne
Morse as a speaker, will be held
here Sept 24. Clint Sinclair, one
of the organizers, said he expected
labor and grange officials to at
tend, and to attract about 600 oth
ers to the meeting.
Porcupines often destroy trees
by feeding on the inner bark, kill
ing the tree by girdling it
Plywood Savings
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New YWCA young adult program director Miss Gloria Kama Is
shewn above at left with Miss Lillian Armson, 2370 S. 13th St,
printing schedules of fall activities which will get underway the
later part of the month at the YW. Miss Kainn Is a 195S graduate
of Willamette, and formerly lived In Astoria. (Statesman Photo.)
Oregon's Share of Federal
Appointments on Increase
WASHINGTON MB From In
terior secretary to statistics direc
tor, government jobs have gone to
Oregonians in more than usual
Reed Takes
Stand Against
U.S. Sales Tax
warning to the Eisenhower admin-
A. Reed of New York vowed Sat
urday that Congress will not pass
a national sales tax.
The 76-year-old chairman of the
tax writing House Ways and Means
Committee also served notice of,
battle against otner eiions to raise ;
taxes, or to postpone scheduled tax
reductions,
Reed's statement left little doubt
that unless the administration
changes its course, he is ready
to renew his intra-party fight with
President Eisenhower on tax policy
one of the most spectacular
scraps of the last session of Con
gress. Next time. Reed said, the win
ning margin of lawmakers will
be on his side.
There has been Increasing talk
that the administration might
recommend a national sales tax.
Secretary of Treasury Humphrey
has said only that a sales tax is
being considered along with many
other tax proposals.
City Wearies
Of Police Car
Ram Parade
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Ufi Seeing It
on a movie -screen you'd have
laughed and laughed.
A city street sweeper was struck
by an automobile on Clark Memo
rial Bridge, which spans the Ohio
River, Saturday.
A police cruiser pulled up behind
the accident scene and was
rammed by another car.
Another cruiser arrived and
stopped behind the row of vehicles.
It was followed by a third cruiser.
The third cruiser was rammed
from behind by a private automo
bile. Cruiser No. 3 rammed into
cruiser No. 2.
The story ends there, because
the city decided to send no more
of its cruisers onto the bridge.
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numbers, under the Eisenhower
administration.
Some jobs still are to be filled.
and there is some talk of Oregon
ians for them.
une loo certain to be tuied by a
state residest is that of U. S. at
torney for Oregon, a post in which
Democrat Henry Hess remains
Date Uncertain
When that appointment will be
made is uncertain. Talk here is
that State Sen. Warren Gill of Le
banon is getting top thought for
it but his stand on civil rights
has been questioned, holding up
potent, were made some
i Portland, collector of customs;
and Harold Sexton. The Dalles,
U. S. marshal
Federal District Judge James Al
ger Fee is mentioned prominently
for the Ninth Circuit Court of Ad-
peals at San Francisco. There is a
vacancy on the bench.
Top Appointment
When Douglas McKay, then gov
ernor, got the appointment as sec
retary of the interior, it was the
state's top appointment. He took
with him two others. Miss .Alyne
Phillips, his secretary, and Larry
Smyth of the Oregon Journal as
his information director. A short
time later, George L. Scott'of Bak
er was named assistant security
director.
G. B. Wood, agricultural econo
mist from OSC, was named to the
permanent Agricultural Advisory
Commission.
Arnold William Groth, Portland,
was appointed a Democratic mem
ber of the Commodity Credit Corp.
Portland's former mayor, Doro
thy Lee, was named to the Board
of Parole in the Justice Depart
ment. And Beatrice Aithison, who still
lists Portland as home, was named
director of statistics for Postoffice
Transportation Division. Her fa
ther. Clyde Aitchison, served many
years on the Commerce Commis
sion. 155 No. Liberty
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CONVENIENCE
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Said to Exist
InAirROTC
WASHINGTON (ff-Offidals said
Saturday the Pentagon will decide
in a few days what to do with an
over supply of college seniors in
the Air ROTC.
In the neantime, all of the 13,'
000 seniors who wish may continue
their training for at least one more
semester, they said.
Colleges and universities have
been told to disregard orders that
would require the students to sign
for flight training oi drop ROTC.
They have been instructed to con-
tinue regular enrollments, pending
further word, the sources added,
After a review, a "package plan
with some new alternatives, is now
Waiting a top level decision.
Because of a cutback in officer
personnel and funds, the Air Force
will have slightly less than 9.600
active officer vacancies for ROTC
graduates expected to total be
tween 13,000 and 14,000 next sum
mer.
'All ? students who sign up for
flight training and approximately
1,000 with such special skills as
engineering will be continued in
the advanced course nnd given sec
ond lieutenants'
commissios af-
ter graduation.
Mrs. America
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Contestant
Quits in Tears
ASBURY PARK, N.J. Ufi Mrs.
New Jersey walked out of the Mrs.
America contest in tears Saturday
after her husband refused to sign
a contract which he said would tend
to exploit their nine children.
Mrs. Anna Spada, 29-year-old
blonde, brown eyed Whippany
housewife, had arrived here Satur
day with 32 other contestants for
the title of Mrs. America of 1954,
Judging is scheduled to start Sun
day.
The weeping withdrawal took
place while the title hopefuls were
being given personality interviews
by a panel of judges.
Her husband, Manus Spada 31
year-old soap works foreman, de
clined to sign a contract which
would commit him and their nine
children to picture and endorse
ment tieups.
During her interview with the
judges, Mrs. Spada told them she
had entered the contest unknown to
her husband. He expressed his op
position, but said if she persisted
in wanting to go on with the con
test, be" would sign the contract,
The judges told Mrs. Spada she
would have to decide for herself
between the publicity and the de
votion to her husband and her
children, and urged her to withdraw
under the circumstances.
In a tearful decision. Mrs. Spada
left the interview hall with her hus
band.
The committee afterwards decid
ed to award her $500 on the con
vention hall stage at Sunday's com
petition for having the most chil
dren among the contestants.
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