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Slightly warmer afternoons,
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NEWS COVERAGE
33rd Year
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1949
No. 219
Violent
Hoirthwest
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Earth
Shocks
Felt
Western Forest
Fires Sweeping
Over Wide Area
(lly l.'ntKul l'rM,
Men from six states today buttled flumes sweeping through
15,0(10 acres of western woodlands.
Tlio hardest liit nri'iiH are in the Payette national forest
of Idaho, where three fires raged uncontrolled over 11,000
acres of timber. Two air force "flying box cars" and chnrt-
tilfilmu fr,ittl fixfit Ml, lillnu uriti-n mini f ,, u,ntb-
ern Idaho and four neighboring NtateH into the imllle against
the blaze. 'I'hree men were
Camp Sherman
Picnic Attracts
Big Attendance
A linilH'ciip held Sunday on
I-ake creek under sponsorship of
I lit Camp Sliermun Community
club, headed by Churles Guforth
ii H president, attracted approxl
mutely -130 person, f i otn all parts
of central Oregon. Also present
were many Porllund M.-ople, own
em of summer homes on the Mo
tollus, and a number of Cullfor
nluliH. The burbecue nnd program of
"mountnln mikiiIh," Including fish
rare and compel It Ion In which
wntcidogs were the principals
were held ul the ranch home of
Dr. and Mrs, Jerome llol.mun.
The program (jot under way at
noon and hiNted until well In the
evening.
Dr. llolzman wag heud chef,
wllh John Bruns. Hay Deutcher
and Louis Johnson us his chief
assistant in rourliig the bar
Imrued elk ami trout, with all the
trimmings; Women of the Camp
.Sherman community assisted hi
serving.
' NlunU Unusual
Proceed from the barbecue
and program will go Uito the
community fund for completion
of the club house, now In use.
A feature of tho afternoon pro.
gram was a salmon fly derby,
which vied for attention with a
crawfish race. Another "moun
tain event" featured a chipmunk
race. Woterdogs used In that
cometitlon were numbered. A
si roam that winds through tho
Ikilzman property was the locale
for the "fish race."
Merwln Paget. Portland, was
general chairman of the varied
program, that Included swimming
In the llolzman tank.
In addition to Goforlh. oilier
directors' of the community as
sociation are John Hruns, Hob
Simmers, Prank Tate nnd Cliff
Rulston.
Impressions
of
Central Oregon Visitors
Kour young Wlsconslnltcs-two
cheemokei'H and a dairy farm
couple are hurrying through
Oregon today to -reach Pullman,
Wosh., by 2:30 p.m. tomorrow,
where they will attend the Amer
ican Lutheran International
youth league convention, to which
2000 arc expected.
Relnhnrd Lehman, from Mar
lon, Wis., Is driver, and artist for
the big sign on the back of the
car, "Pullln' for Pullman." Tho
second choesemaker Is Arden
Hleckmonn, from Dale, Wis.
The young married farmers arc
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Hlntz, own
ers of a 15(iucre dairy farm stock
ed with Holslclns.
None of tho four looked old
enough to ho more than college
freshmen.
"It's been very exciting," Mrs.
Hlntz said. "None of us had seen
the west. We're astonished how
much. hind there Is In trees. We
loved the Day Bridge, nnd Crater
lake. Now we're looking forward
to seeing Mount Hood."
They leave Sunday noon to
speed eastward, through northern
country back to homo.
FORMER RESIDENT DIES
Word has been received In Bend
of tho death August 12 In Seattle
of Mrs. Rny Thatcher, formerly
of Bend. Following her burial, her
husband came to Bend Frldny
with his children and mother,
Mrs. Fred Amlilon, to rest nt the
home of 'his brother, Arden
Thnlcher, 428 Stale street. They
left yostordav for Mrs. Amldon's
homo In Spokane. The . Ray
Thatchers left Bend a number of
years ago. Me Is manager of
Roosevelt notci in ocaiuc,
injured on the fire lines, one
entici(lly-
Other fires were in Yellow
stone national park, Wyo
where four b I a e s were
sweeping; across 2,000 acres,
and at Kscondido, Cnl., where
;t50 men fought a 2,000 acre
fire. ,
In Deep (in r Ki
ln the Payette lorest, more
than 7.000 acres were burning In
Hell's canyon, a mile-deep gorge
- the deepest on the North Amer
ican continent. Forest service In
formation officer Joe llessel said
(hut heavy stands of fir and pine
lay ahead of unolher 3.200 acre
blaze ut Warm .Springs, Ida. He
suld the fire could turn Into the
worst in IcIaho'H history' If the
flames reach the heavier timber.
Nearly 1.000 men battled the
flames In the Payette forest, and
unout as many more were being
called upon as reinforcements.
An additional 30 small blazes
were reported In Idaho, Wyom
ing, and Oregon during the week
end.
Officials said the situation was
"very grave."
The outbreak of fires was the
second to sweep destruction over
western forests In less than two
weeksThe first, which broke out
on tho week nd of July 3031.
killed 15 persons Including 12 of
the forest service's famed
"smoke-Jumpers" who had para
chuted Into the fight nnd were
trapped by flames.
Lightning Bliunid
All of today's blazes, rangers
said, were Ix-lloved to have been
started by lightning striking In
forests parched from high temp
eratures with low humidity and
little rain.
More than 500 volunteers were
recruited from Washington. Ore
gon and northern California and
flown to the Pnyette forest,
where a fire only last week burn
ed over 6.000 acres In Idaho's
worst previous fire In decades.
Several families were forced to
flee from their homes near Hall
burton, Ont., where n forest fire
was sweeping over 4.000 acres of
Canadian woodlands.
Officials directing tho fight
against fires In the western slates
used nine chartered commercial
airlines and one air force trans
port In- the "firellft" that carried
volunteers and rangers Into the
woods. Other men were rushed to
the fire by bus.
"The only requirements for
volunteers," said Guy H. Johnson,
northern Pacific regional dis
patcher for the forest service,
"are- physical fitness and high
top shoes. And we need more any
place we can get them."
Labor Leader
Picnic Speaker
Spenklng at the annuol A F I.
union picnic, Sunday, In Shevlln
park, J. T. Marr, executive secre
tary of the Oregon Slate Federa
tion of Labor, Portland, stressed
the need for sending men who
are capable nnd representatives
of their constituents, to the state
legislature nnd the national con
gress. Ho said thnt there Is n need for
tho lnborer nnd tho farmer to
take more Interest In the attitude
of the representatives from the
central Oregon area.
Tho present legislators from
the nren In the state legislature,
according to the speaker, nre not
representative of tho bulk ot
central Oregonlnns, but nre rep
resentative only of minority
groups,
Approximately 350 local AFL
union members and their fami
lies turned out for tho picnic yes
terday. SHOWER FAMA HERE
Bend's prolonged summer arid
ity wns mildly broken about 1
p.m. today when .05 of nn inch
of rain fell here. Tho moisture
the total for the year up to 3.58
inches,
Eagles' President Gsts Civic
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Rug les of Oregon gathered In ilend Sunday to greet W. M. Loy, slate president of the order, on his
return from the national F.O.E. convention In Detroit, Mich. He is pictured here as he rode In a pa
rude through Heud. Willi him In the rear seat ar? Arehlo Ellis and Elsie Wavelet, king and queen
of the Eagles' picnic u week ago. In the front seat are Dick and Joan Darst.
General Spaatz
Defends B-36
As Peace Factor
lly Charles f'orddry
(Unltnl I', Aviation WrlU-r)
Washington, Aug. 22 HIi Gen.
Carl A. Spaatz, former ulr force
chief, said today (hat the atomic
bomb und the B-36 In American
hands "arc thc.greatost forces for
pcuce In the world."
Spaatz told the house armed
'services committee' that the Vnft
cd States right now is fairly safe
from attack by nn aggressor and
will remain safe until Russia de
velops her own A-bombs and the
Inter-continental bombers to de
liver them.
"Die veteran flier, now retired
and wriling on military subjects
for Newsweek magazine, went
before the committee and denied
rumors of "Irregularities" in the
air force purchases of the B-3G.
He said there was no outside in
fluence in the original decision to
concentrate on the big bomber
a decision made when he was one
of the top air force planners.
Secrets Disclosed
At the same time, ho expressed
regret over the fact that so many
disclosures about the ability of
the B3G have been made public
during the current Investigation.
Information has been revealed,
he said, "which at this time
should be secret."
"All that Information goes to
possible future enemies and the
results are all too obvious," he
told the committee.
Spaatz testified that the na
tion's top military planners de
cided back In 1!M0 and 1941 that
an Intercontinental bomber was
essential because of Hitler's suc
cesses In Europe.
Again In December, 1946, nnd
January, 1947, he said, it was de
cided to go ahead with the B-36
procurement contract because of
continued unsettled world condi
tions. Gen. M. S. Falrchleld, air force
vice-chief of staff and chairman
of the senior officers board for
procurement, also denied any out
side influence in tho B-36 pro
gram. Fairchild said Lt. Gen. Curtis
LeMay, head of the strategic air
command, recommended cutting
back or cancelling -the Boeing Jet
bomber B-54 program and buying
more B-36's last February.
Fairchild said the board decided
unanimously to do so. LeMay's
recommendation had some Influ
ence on the decision, he said, but
tho board carefully studied B-36
performance, the production
schedule, the need for quickly
modernizing the air. force, nnd
"many other" factors.
2 Portlanders Die
In Highway Crash
Salem, Aug. 22 UP Two Port
landers were killed early today
when their car left the North
Santlam highway and plunged
over a 200 foot cliff six miles
east of Idanha.
The coroner's office identified
the traffic victims -ns Roscoe T.
Pierce, about 34-years-old, nnd
Anna B, Pierce, about 32,' man
and wife,
Marlon county coroner Leston
W. Howell said the couple wns
driving a Into model Mercury stn
tlon wagon,
iff
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Eagles Pay Tribute fo Bend
President of Organization
W. M. Ixiy, state president of the Fraternal Order of
Eagles in Oregon, was honored yesterday on his return from
the Eagles national convention held Aug. 11, 12, 13 and 14 in
Detroit, Mich. The celebration included a parade held in Bend
and a class initiation of candidates held at the high school
gym at 2 p.m. At the meeting. I-oy was presented with a dia
mond studded wrist watch by the Bend aerie, under the lead
ership of Aerie president S.
K. Harmon.
Delegates from John Day,
Madras, I'rineville, Detroit,
Prineville and Portland were
in attendance at the affair.
which was concluded with, a
Dutch lunch at (he aerie bull on
Wall street. ,
Highlights of the meeting were
short addresses given by T. T.
Turner, state director, and Ches
ter Capon, state director for the
Eagles National Insurance com-
I pany.
Loy gave a report on his 7,000
mile trip, which took him to 17
states and Canada, visiting manyi
points of interest such as the
Painted Desert, Grand Canyon,
Boulder dam and Father Flanna
gan's Boys Town.-iwhere he re
ceived a report on Cecil Snyder,
Bend, who is a student there. Loy
stated that Cecil's reports show
that ho is a very good student and
Is progressing rapidly. He was
housed in the Eagles' building at
Boys Town, which boasts the only
television set In the town.
Accompanying Lo- on the trip
were Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Turner
nnd son, Tommy, of Portland, and
Mrs. Loy.
Candidates initiated from Bend
yesterday were: Charles McAUis-
tor. Allen Bishop, Kenneth Lee,
Gordon Burton, Roy Bridges,
Thomas Donahue, Jake Korthuis.
Donald Sholes, Robert Downs,
Robert Brown. Robert Heming
way, Edward Krohn, T. A. Hen
derson and Kolton Shoklie. There
were also seven from Madras, one
from Prineville and two from
John Day.
Water Storage
Shows Decline
From a high of 187,000 acre
feet early this past spring, water
storage In Wickiup reservoir,
which feeds 50.000 acres of land
In the North unit, has dropped
to date to 61.430 acre feet, ac
cording to a report from J. W.
Taylor, Deschutes project con
struction engineer.
Taylor today estimated thnt the
Irrigation season for the North
unit lands would end about Oc
tober 10. At thnt time, he said,
stqrage In the reservoir would
amount to approximately 20.000
acre feet of water, a level low
enough, to allow work of inspect
ing and sealing of faults-along
the line where huge leaks de
veloped this past year.
This year, farmers of the North
unit had availnble two nnd one
hnlf acre feet of water under the
basic allowance, nnd an additional
one-half acre foot of water under
a recent allocation. This past
year, farmers had a basic allow
ance of two acre feet of water,
with nn additional one-half acre
available for delivery If required.
Water users this year were al
so permitted to- transfer one-half
acre of their allotod water sup
ply to farmers in the unit requir
ing more than their annual allowance.
Reception
If
1
Peoples, Howard
Win Elk Lake
Regatta Races
Two "old timers." Ray Peoples
and Raymond Howard, placed
llrst in their respective classes in
the annual Elk lake regatta, held
Sunday under sponsorship of the
Elk Lake Yacht club. Three races
were held in both open and snipe
classes, and there was also a
canoe race, with Hazel Pfaender
placing first, A. A. Pfaender sec
ond and Paul Hosmer Jr., third.
Peoples in "Pumpkin Seed'
placed first in the open class for
sailboats, with Harris Taylor, in
"Zepher." second. Cordon Grout
in "Hurricane" was third, and
Willis Brown in "Swish" was
fourth. Don Simerville and Jack
Symons, in the Boy Scouts'
bnark were fifth.
Following Howard in the snipe
class was Delbert Staples in Sea
Lo." Charles Cleveland in "Tyee"
and Carl Wyatt in "Flit" tied for
third.
Winners in both open and snipe
classes received permanent tro
phies, and each will have posses
sion of ' the traveling Van Vleet
trophy for half a year.
After the races, a potluck din
ner, was held on the beach at
Commodore Raymond Brown's
summer home.
Tlying Bell'
Stops in Bend
The "flying bell" of the Mis
sion San Aritonio'de Padua, Jolon,
Calif., reached Bend today, es
corted by Jddge C. S. Sorensen
and John Walsh, Californians,
with the visitors welcomed by
Mayor" T. D. Sexton in a brief
ceremony at the city hall. Es
corted into town by officers, the
bell was taken through the busi
ness district on a short tour.
Early this afternoon, Judge Sor
ensen and. Walsh left for Klam
ath Falls with the historic bell,
displayed at the recent conven
tion of the Knights of Columbus
In Portland. The bell is being
transported through the west in
a specially equipped automobile.
The bell from a California mis
sion is believed to have been the
one tolled on July 14, 1771 as it
hung from the branch of an oak
at the San Antonio de Padua
mission, by Father Junlpero Ser
ra. "I would that these bells
could be heard around the world,"
the padre said. Recently, the
sound of tiie ;ell displayed In
Bond today was heard around
the world, in a broadcast from
Washington, D. C. Also, Presi
dent Truman tolled the bell from
the White House steps.
Judge Sorensen announced
when in Bend today that the home
mission of the "flying bell" is
now being restored, at a cost of
about $2,000,000. The mission will
be operated in traditional fash
Ion, so visitors will literally step
into the 18th century.
Moscow, Tito
Trade Insults
In New Crisis
By Edward W. Horry
rUnital frta Ktf( CorrMjnl,-nt,
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Aug. 22
mi Moscow published a demand
for Marshal Tito's death today as
the Russian-Yugoslav rift steadi
ly widened.
The Yugoslav press struck at
the Soviets with a charge of es
pionage. The press of the two countries
traded blows after the two gov
ernments exchanged bluntly
worded notes over the week end.
The soviet note, delivered on
Saturday, threatened "effective
measures to protect soviet citi
zens In Yugoslavia. The Yugoslav
reply, published yesterday, ac
cused the Russians of double-
crossing Tito in his dispute with
Austria.
The notes dealt with two sepa
rate issues under debate by the
two governments, and the Yugo
slav note was not intended as a
reply to the soviet warning.
S Column Article
The Moscow newspaper Prav-
da. organ of the Russian com
munist party, published the de
mand for Tito's execution in a
three-column article signed by
Bedri Spachiu, secretary of the
Albanian communist party.
The article reviewed the trial
and execution of a band of "trait
ors headed by Kochi Dzodze."
identified as Tito agents in Al
bania. It concluded:
"However much the bourgoise-
nationalist band of Tito, Ranko-
vltch and Djilas rage and storm
in Belgrade, whatever Satanic
methods they employ, they, like
Kochi Dzodze. sooner or later
must stand trial before the people
and pay with their heads for the
crimes committed against the
camp of socialism and proletarian
internationalism."
Tito is premier of Yugoslavia:
Edward Kardelj, vice-premier and
foreign minister; Gen. Alexan
der Rankovitch, vice premier and
interior minister, and Milovan
Djilas, minister without portfo
lio. All were read out of the corn
inform last year for refusing to
take orders from Moscow.
Rift Serious
The latest broadside against
the kremlin was printed in the
Yugoslav communist paper Bor
ba. The paper disclosed the con
tents of the second Russian note
to Tito. The first note was dis
closed in. Saturday and Sunday
editions.
Publication of the two Russian
notes and . Yugoslav counter
charges revealed to the Yugoslav
people for the first time the ser
iousness of the rift with Russia.
(British newspapers in London
warned that the situation between
Russia and Yugoslavia could ex
plode into war. Radio Moscow
continued to broadcast a long ser
ies of dispatches describing re
action to the latest soviet note to
Yugoslavia.)
Answering the Russian charge
that Yugoslavia was imprisoning
soviet citizens, Borba said they
were Jailed because they were
secret spies. They were in reality
white Russians who had confess
ed working for the soviet intelli
gence service, Borba said.
The Russian note, delivered
last Saturday, had threatened
to use ."effective ' measures" to
protect soviet citizens in Yugo
slavia. '
Borba said the Russian notes
were insulting "full of vile lang
uage. Insults and threats" and
were delivered In an insulting
way. The latest one, Borba said,
was handed to a doorman at the
Yugoslav foreign ministry at 5
o'clock in the morning.
The paper said the soviet notes
showed Russia's intention "to
deepen the gulf at all costs and to
strain relations even more be
tween the U.S.S.R. and other peo
ples democracies on one hand,
and socialist Yugoslavia on the
other.
Missing Youths
May Be Prisoners
Frankfurt, Germany, Aug. 22
HPi American authorities said to
day they had received an uncon
firmed report that two American
youths missing on a bicycle tour
of Germany hnve been arrested
by police in the soviet zone.
The youths, Warren Oelsner,
21, of Oyster Bay, N.Y., and Peter
Sellers, 19, Radnor, Pa., were
reported by a German to have
been picked up in the soviet zone
town" of Boitzenburg, near the
British-soviet zonal border.
Rotary Swim
Event Listed
For Tonight
Some GO swimmers and divers
29 in one event - will compete
tonight in the Rotary club's ex
hibition swim, to begin at 6:30 at
Bend pool.
Events will Include 18 dashes,
from 20 to 220 yards, plus three
diving contests. Classes are -for
boys and girls 8 and under, boys
and girls 8 through 14, women
15 and over, and men 15 and
over.
Rotary members plan to make
the event an annual affair. The
exhibition is being conducted un
der American Athletic Union
standards, and records will be
kept against which future swim
mers may compete.
No Admission Charge
Workmen are completing
bleachers where spectators may
observe the pool, and according
to Wayne Hamilton, director,
Bend recreation department, there
will be no admission charge.
Judges for the swim races are
Oscar Hanson, Jack Dudrey,
Charles Darnell and Elmer Ward.
Judges lor diving are Bill Pierce,
Harry Waldron, and Bert Snook.
Official scorekeepers are Bert
White, Ernie Traxler and Ted
Sexton. Timekeepers are W. B.
Anderson, Carl Hoogner, and Ray
Forrest.
First place winners will be
given placques and certificates.
Participants are urged to reg
ister by 6:15.
College Set-Up
Here Explained
To Kiwanians
Howard Nicholson, Bend high
school faculty member, who is co
ordinating college level work
with that heretofore earned on by
the district, addressed the Ki-
wanis club at the Pine Tavern
this noon, explaining the plan un
ler which additional use will' be
made of high school facilities and
the relation which the local un
dertaking will have to the state
system of higher education.
Seventy-one students have been
enrolled up to today and a total of
100 or more by the time classes
start on September 20 is not im
possible, Nicholson said. He ex
plained that only first year col
lege subjects would be given in
the 1949-50 school year, but sug
gested that this could lead to ad
dition of second year subjects, as
new Oregon statute permits, in
1950-51. .
Big Saving- Seen
The plan will allow lower divi
sion students to begin their col
lege education at a cost of one
fifth that required in attending
institutions away from home and,
at the present enrollment figure,
will mean the saving, approxi
mately $800 per student, will re
main in the community. Credits
earned will be transferable to
state institutions as the work will
be supervised by the extension di
vision of the state system.
Classes, Nicholson pointed out,
will begin at 4:30 o'clock In the
afternoon and will be conducted
by four instructors assigned by
the state sysem of higher educa
tion. Their services will be shared
by Bend and Klamath Falls.
PATTON COMMENTS
Champoeg, Ore., Aug. 22 IP
Farmers have "been thrown into
politics up to their necks," James
G. Patton, president of the na
tional Farmers Union, told the
Oregon faction yesterday.
The farmer isn't going to get
out of politics, he said, but will
elect congressmen and senators
who will "be our friends and not
our enemies."
Eastern Star Grange Plans
Community Fair Tomorrow
Grange Hall, Aug. 22 The
Eastern Star grange will be the
scene of a community fair Tues
day evening, August 23, with all
residents of the community in
vited to enter exhibits of grain,
flowers, vegetables and home
canned goods. All exhibits must
be In place by 8:30 p. m., and
Judging will start at 8:45 p. m.
A program, planned by the agri
culture committee, will be pre
sented while the produce is Judg
ed. Grain, flowers or vegetables
are to be grown by the exhibi
tors. Classifications in the flower di
vision are as follows: Two stems
of any one perennial; two stems
of any one annual; three stems
of gladioli; miniature arrange
ments for color harmony; large
flower arrangements.
Grains and crops are classified
as follows: Rye, oats, barley and
wheat, two-inch bundles; five
Many Regions
Report Quake;
Little Damage
Vancouver; B.C.. Aug. 22 UB
Violent earth shocks described by
seismologists as 10 times worse
than the earthquake that devas
tated Ecuador August 9 caused
only a gentle rocking of most of
the Pacific Northwest last night
and caused no appreciable dam
age. No casualties were reported.
Although seismographs In Dub
lin, Ireland, at Harvard and Ford
ham universities and in Mexico
City registered the strongest
shocks this year, few residents in
the Pacific Northwest felt more
than a slight shudder.
Harvard seismologists said two
shocks, were recorded, one at 9:09
Itm. (rDT) and another at 9:12.
The quake apparently was cen
tered In the Alaska gulf or in
northern British-Columbia. Many
of the 1.500 residents of Terrace,
B.C., where the quake was felt
the strongest, went out into the
streets but provincial police said
there "definitely was no panic
and no one was hurt."
Felt In Oregon
The tremor extended from the
British Columbia coast across
British Columbia and as far south
as Seattle and Portland. It was in
roughly the same area as the
April 13 earthquake that killed
seven persons, injured scores and
caused widespread damage, most
ly in Washington state.
Epicenter of the quake was
placed by Harvard university
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5 Per Centers
Washington, Aug. 22 (IP) "Five
per centers" are using the mili
tary procurement information of
fice which was set up recently to
eliminate the need for middle-,
men, it was disclosed today.
Business agents with several
clients selling varied products
have been getting information
from the new office on how to
get military contracts. Such .
agents are often called "five per
centers" because they usually get
a percentage of the amount of
any contract they help procure.
Dalton B. Myers, civilian head
of the office said he is confident
the agents who have been get-,
ting procurement information
through his staff are performing
a legitimate service and are not
"influence peddlers." A senate
sub-committee currently is look
ing into the "influence racket,"
and will resume public hearings
tomorrow.
Aids Business .Men
The procurement information
office was set up in the Pentagon
building to help businessmen
particularly small ones cut'
through government red tape and
secure military contracts without
hiring an agent.
Its primary purpose is to keep
"five per centers who peddle in
fluence" from getting a cut of
military contracts. Defense offi
cials are trying to accomplish
this by making it as easy as pos
sible for businessmen to deal di
rectly with the military.
During its first nine days, the
procurement information office
received 2,354 inquiries. Telephone
calls totaled 1,190, Interviews 540,
letters 354; and calls from con
gressmen's offices for constitu
ents average 30 a day.
commercial potatoes; one box
strawberries; one box raspber
ries. Vegetables Listed
In the vegetable division, clas
sifications are as follows: Three
carrots, three beets, one head of
cabbage, one head of lettuce, three
ears of corn, one summer squash,
three rutabagas, three onions,
Classifications In the canning
division are as follows: Three
jars of tree fruit, three Jars of
vegetables, three' jars of pre
serves or conserve, three jars of
pickles, three glasses of Jelly,
three Jars of berries.
Ribbons will be awarded for
all winning exhibits, according to
the judges.
In charge of the affair is Mrs.
Del Mattson, social chairman, as
sisted by Mrs. Harold Harbour,
Mrs. Pete Klobas, Mrs. Walter
Prichard and Mrs. Frank McCon-nell.