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Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore., Page 1 6 Fri., Dec. 21, 1951 Fire Destroys Apple Supply Firefighters Battle Blaze for 6 Hours " . WENATCHEE, Wash. (P) An unexplained fire roared out of control for six hours in an applr warehouse here Thursday evening, destroying nearly 100,000 boxes of fruit and causing damage of near ly a million dollars. The blaze started in some enipty poxes in tne j. M. wade Fruit Co., warehouse In downtown Wcnat chee at 3 p.m. Firemen were ham pered by below freezing weather, which crusted hoses with ice and hampered movement of vehicles and men. Four hours after the flames were first noticed, the roof of the 3 story, 125-foot brick structure caved In, further hampering the fire fighters. A furniture company adjoining the warehouse was saved. The blaze was brought un der control shortly after B p.m. Throughout the fire, volunteers removed boxes of apples from the rear of the building, managing to saven seven carloads (approxim ately 5000 boxes). Meanwhile, be tween 95,000 and 100,000 boxes of fruit were ruined. The apples were valued at $4 a box. Fire Chief T. A. Weaver said the building was worth at least $200,000 and the total loss would be between $750, 000 and one million dollars. Two firemen were overcome by smoke but quickly revived. Volun teer fire crews worked with the regular city, Chelan County and U.S. Forest Service firemen. Dog Retrieves Meal, Anyway CALDWELL, Idaho IIP) Gene Odle says this happened the last day of duck hunting season. Odle shot a teal duck while hunting along the Boise River near here. He sent his doff, a spaniel, into the water to re trieve the duck. Back came the animal In record time. But at Odle's feet the dog laid, not a duck, but a flopping 27-inch long fish. Dr. F. A. Elliott, Chiropractor X-ray. 62 W. 10th. Ph. 4-4021 Higher Prices For Plywood Expected Soon SEATTLE (U.B A 21 per cent drop in plywood prices in the past three months will be wiped out within the next 30 to 60 days, Thomas B. Malarkey, president of the M & M Woodworking Co., Portland, predicted here this week. "The first indication that the tide of prices had turned came with the disclosure last Wednes day that new orders substantially have exceeded production for the first time since last March," Ma larkey said. He said the plywood buyer ap parently is convinced that prices have reached rock bottom. 'Plywood is no longer wearing the boom industry label," he said. "And firms in the industry are realizing more fully the need for modern sales forces and tecli niqucs." The M & M Co. is the largest plywood producer in the Pacific Northwest and the biggest door manufacturer in the country, he said. It operates nine factories in southern Washington, Oregon ana uaniornia. Solons Check OSS Slaying in Italy WASHINGTON IP) A con gressional investigation has begun behind closed doors into the killing of an American secret agent in Italy in 1944, and what the De fense Department did about re ports he was slain by two other U. S. agents. Rep. Cole (R-NY) told reporters Thursday that he conducted an all-day hearing Wednesday. The witness was Michael Stern, author of an account published in True Magazine last summer of the death of Maj. William V. Holohan of the cloak-and-dagger Office of Stra tegic Services. Cole is the Republican member of a two-man House armed ser vices sub-committee named last October to look into the matter. The other member is Represent ative Kilday (D-Tex.) Cole said he questioned Stern about details of his published ac count. "He filled in the gaps in his I story, and recounted the results of One of the matters the House subcommittee is digging at is whether the Defense Department intended to keep the whole thing a secret, but changd its mind when it learned that Stern's story was to be published. The department's first public word about it was last Aug. 15 a time when Stern's story was al ready in the works for publication. It issued a release then which gave this story: Holohan, Lieut. Aldo Icardi and Sgt. Carl G. Lodolce parachuted behind the German lines in Italy in 1944 on a secret mission to de termine how much American arms should be given to Communists and non-Communists fighting in the Italian underground against the Germans, Holohan was slain and his body thrown into a lake. The depart ment said investigators had learned he was poisoned and shot in a plot jn.,nlina TnrHf nH Lodolce WhO had quarreled with Holohan be cause he would not agree wun them on giving arms to Commu nists. The release said Lodolce had marin a rnnfession a vear before I the Army made the affair public. It said there had been no prose cution because neither U. S. mili tary nor civil courts had juris- diction. Icardi, formerly of Pittsburgh, was then livine in New York. Lodolce's home was Rochester, N. Y. Both men denied In statements to reporters that the Defense De partment's account was true and denied any part in Holohan's death. Since publication of the story, law officers In Italy have made preliminary moves looking to ward extradition of the men to face trial In Italy. Both Icardi and Lodolce were honorably discharged from the Army after the war. Cole said Thursday that as far as he knows they are still in the United States. Battery Orders Issued by OPS WASHINGTON (IP) Th government ruled this week that only automobile storage batter. i ies with life expectancies of at least 18 months can be manufac tured after next March 1. In an order designed to rnn. serve critical supplies of lead, the iiuiiuiiat x-iuuucuon Authority (NPA) also prohibited the output of so-called de luxe batteries with a high ampere-hour rating. The order will affect storage batteries for passenger automo biles, light trucks and light trac tors. It does not affect industrial storage batteries and six-volt bat teries for motorcycles, heavy trucks, tractors and buses. if mm, Milk Hearings Set in Medford PORTLAND (U.B The State Board of Agriculture Friday granted milk producer requests for price hearings in Medford and Grants Pass. Board members indicated they would look with favor on requests for price-boosts, foreshadowing a new round of milk price increases for the southern Oregon area. Producers said they based their requests on increased feed costs The Medford hearing was set tentatively for Jan. 10 after the board heard of the proposal from Dick Westerburg, president, and William Auel, manager of the Milk Producers League. 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