Eight
Stocks Turn
Irregular on
Profit-Taking
New York, Aug. 24 UP) Steel
and rail stocks encountered a
little selling opposition in today's
market but scattered buying of
aircrafts and other industrial fa
vorites served to keep the price
scales pretty well balanced.
Quotations were narrow from
the start and, at the close, frac
tional variations either way pre
dominated. Dealings, fairly live
ly in the morning, dwindled af
ter mid-day. Transfers for the
full proceedings were around
375,000 shares.
Sneculative and investment
contingents inclined to go slow
pending outcome of the intensi
fied nazi drive on Stalingrad al
though bullish news from the
Pacific helped bolster sentiment.
A lot of good earnings state
ments, as well as some bad ones,
were practically ignored. Talk
of a nearby anti-inflation pro
gram was a cooling factor.
In the share division Sparks
Whington made another new top
since 1940 in further response
to the first dividend in 11 years.
Onndvear Dosted a new high for
the year, Up occasionally were
General Motors, Cerro JJe Pasco,
Boeing, Douglas Aircraft, Glenn
Martin. United Aircraft. Wcst-
inghouse, Johns-Manville and
Texas Co.
Faltering tendencies were ex
hibited by U.S. Steel, Bethle
hem, Sperry, Western Union,
American Smelting, American
Can, Allied Chemical, Santa Fe,
Southern Pacific, N. Y. Central
and Goodrich. Numerous issues
sold at Saturday's final levels
. Dow Jones preliminary clos
ing stock averages: industrial,
107.25, off 0.05; rail, 27.00, un
changed; utility, 11.70, off 0.05;
and 65 stocks, 36.02, off 0.03.
Stock sales were 376,140
shares compared with 270,960
in the previous five hour ses
sion Friday. Curb stock sales
were 66,955 shares against 75,
850 Friday.
Wheat and Corn
Futures Rally
Chicago, Aug. 24 (U.B Scat
tered commission house buying
and a let-up in liquidation today
enabled wheat and corn futures
to rally moderately and recover
part of the day's losses.
. Corn closed unchanged to Yt
cent a bushel lower; wheat un
changed to off ;oats off to
H; rye off '4 to ; soybeans
off Ys to up 'A.
Scattered liquidations sent
May and December corn down to
new seasonal lows.
Favorable crop news and the
government's encouragement to
farmers to use more wheat for
feed continued to have a bear
ish influence on corn.
Wheat futures lost fractions of
a cent and showed little Inclina
tion to rally. Easiness at the
Minneapolis market, reports of
larger receipts of spring wheat
to northwest terminals and
weakness In corn stimulated sell
ing.
May oats dipped to now low
ground for the season in a wave
of selling that reflected the lnrgc
receipts to northwest terminals,
Rye also dropped to new low
ground, with scattered liquida
tion headed houses with eastern
connections.
Soybeans held steady In con
tlnued light dealings, pending
more definite decisions by the
government on distribution of
the year's crop.
Salem Markets
Compiled from reports of Sa
lem dealers, (or the guidance
or Capital Journal renders.
(Kerlsed dally).
Buying Prices
Wheat, red or white, 05o per bu,
Oray onto, No. a, 30 lb., $20 ton
Barley, No. 3. bright. $25 ton.
Hay Clover $14 per ton; onto and
veren an per ion; local second cut
ting alfalfa, $17 per ton.
Retail Prices
Egg Mash $3.09 cwt second grndo
n.uo. ruuet urower Masn $3.10.
Chicken Scratch. $2.2.1 l
Whole Corn $2.40, cracked $2.43.
Midget Market Renorui
Hogs 168-218 lbs. $14.80; 318-280
lbs. $14; 280-300 lbs. $13.80; packing
bowb iu.ou.
Sheep-Lambs $10. eves $4-$9.
CattleTop veal dressed 21c, veal
alive 14c. Heifers $0-$8. Dairy
cows $4-$8, beef cows $6-$7; bulls
$7.S0-$8.50.
Poultry Heavy colored hens, No
1, 20c; No. 2, 16o; frys 28o. White
Leghorn hens 16c, frys 21o lb.
Kggs Buying prices: Large grade
A white and brown 38o doz., ined.
38c, Standards, B largo 35c. Pullets
21o dozen, cracks 22c dozen,
Eggs Wholcsalo prices: Ex, large
white and brown 41c, mcd. 38o doz.
Standard White and brown 3Bo doz.
Butter PrlnU: A grade 47'ic lb.
B grade 46'4c, quarters 48'ic. But
terfat: Premium 49lc, No. 1 48c,
No. 2 45c lb. I
Market Quotations
Portland Eastslde Market
Supply was greatest oi me seasun
today on the eastslde market.
Dnane lihoral in Aiinnlv. S1.1S-25
box. Spear melons $2.28 crate, canta
loupes hlgner, s ior ine uuo,
some Hearts of Gold $2.28 and Dll-
tn o a PnapVi nlnnu 1 .28 box.
JUIUO IAJ p-.uu, - -... 1"
First umnese lettuce -.du y
crate, unma lettuce s.ou wmc.
Raspberries and strawberries $2 a
crate, blackberries $1.26.
Green broccoli $1.28 lug. sspinacn
$1 orange box. Road's End peas
$2.60 box. Cabbage firm, $3 crate.
Tomatoes Sl.ia-za, mo. a ioc aox.
nnan. nrmnprs S1-&1.25 box. Jef-
fcrson sweet onions 3c lb. A small
lot of parsnips sold $1 lug.
AnnW Klnw 00o.-Sl.25 few $1.38
box. Bartlett pears $1.28 box.
Portland Produce Exchange
The following prices were named
on the Portland exchange effective
today:
Butter Cube extras 43c, stndards
43c, prime firsts 41V4c, firsts 2Bo.
Cheese Oregon triplets zzo id
loaf 23c. Jobbers pay Ao lb. less.
Eggs Quotations between deal
ers: Grade A large 40c, med. 38c
dozen. Grade B large 38c, med. 33c
doz. Grade A small 27c, B small 20c,
B small 26c.
Portland Wholesale Market
Butter Prints: A grade 47'c lb.
in parchment, cartons 4814c. B
grade 46!4c In parchment, 4714c lb.
in cartons.
ButtcrfaWlrst quality, max. of
.6 of 1 acidity, delivered Portland,
47-4714C lb. Premium quality, max,
.35 ot 1 acidity 48c lb. Valley routes
and country points 2c less than firsts
441-ic; 2nd quality Portland 44V4-45C.
Cheese Selling prices to Portland
retailers: Tillamook triplets 281io
lb., loaf 2014c. Triplets to wholesal
ers 2614c, loaf 27140 f.o.b. Tillamook.
Eggs Price to producers: Large
A 38c, B 36c dozen. A med. 35c, B
med. 33c dozen. Resale to retailers
4c higher for cases, Sc for cartons.
Live Poultry
Buying Prices No. 1. grade Leg
horn broilers under 1 14 lbs. 25c, over
114 lbs. 23c, fryers under 1V4 lbs.
23c, fryers 214-4 lbs, 29c lb., colored
fryers 2-4 lbs. 24c, under 214 lbs.
25c; colored roasters under 2 lbs.
20c, roosters over 4 lbs. 29c, colored
hens 22c lb., colored springers 2614
27c. Leghorns under 214 lbs. 19c lb.,
over 314 lbs. 23c lb. Good hens 23c
Selling Prices to Retailers Light
hens 21c lb., medium 2114c lb.
colored 20-21c, colored hens 23-23 14c
lb. Colored springs 31c, broilers 20
22c, white broilers 26-270 lb. Stags
13c, young 21-23c. Roosters 13c lb.
Pckln ducks, 1942s, 18-20c lb., young
23-24c lb, Guinea hens 50c each. Ca
pons over 7 lbs. 24-280 lb., hens 28c
lb.
Dressed Turkeys New crop 33-35C
lb.
Rabbits Average country killed
30c lb., city killed 28-30c.
Fresh Fruits
Apples Spitz, ex. rancy, box $2,
fey. $1.68. Wlnesaps, ex. fey. $3.00,
fey. $2.78. Delicious ex. fey. $2.68-$3.
H.R. ex. fey. $1.78, fey. $1.76. Yellow
Newtown, ex. fey, $3, fancy $2.78,
Jumble $1.26 box. New crop Yellow
Transparent $1.25 box. Local Grav-
ensteins $1.25-50.
Apricots Yakima $1.18-28 a box,
The Dalles $1.18-25 box.
Avocados Green $1.75, Eldorad
$1.35-80 box.
Bananas No. 1 hands 9c, bunch
es 814 c lb.
Blackberries $1.60.
Boysonberrics $1.78 crato.
Cherries Mid-Columbia Blngs,
Lamberts, loose, lO-llo lb. Blngs
18-lb. packed oox $2.60. Early nle
stock, looso 70 lb. Royal Annes
packed, 10-12c lb
Cantaloupes Yuma 36s $5.50 per
oox, 45s $4.25, jumbo Bueno $1.48-80;
jumbo 27s $S-$S.2S. Yakima stand
ards $1.80-$2 crate. Southern stand
ard 36s $5.80. The Dalles stand
ards $1.7S-$2 crate. Dillard $3.85.
Grapes Calllornla Emperor lidd
ed $2.50 lug.
Grapefruit Texas Marsh seedless
pinks $375 case Ariz. $2.25-$3.25,
Cochclla $3-$2.25, Pla. $3.80, River
side I4.50-SS case.
Lemons Fancy $S.40-$0, choice
$5.25-35 case,
Loganberries $1 08 crato.
Oranges Valencia!, fancy $3.88
$4.50 case.
Peaches Oregon Mayflowors $1
$1.10 box. Oregon Alexanders, $1.23
$1.38 box. Oregon Triumphs $1-$1.10.
Oregon early varieties $1-$1.2S box.
Oregon Early Crawfords $1.18-$1.25
oox.
Pears Mcdford Cornice $1.38 box
Pineapple Mex. 12s $6-$0.80 crate.
Raspberries Crato $2-$2.28.
Strawberries Crate $2.25.
Watormclons Calif 6o lb. South
ern 8c lb. Boardman 314-4c.
Youngbcrrlcs Crato $1.60.
Fresh Vegetables
Artichokes Calif. $2.S0-$3 box.
Asparagus Oregon $3 pyramid.
Yakima 10c lb. Sunnyslde 814-lOe,
Beets Calif. 60-600 doz. bunches
Oregon 25-30C.
Beans Calif, green 13-lSo. north
west green 6-7c; wax 6-7c lb.
Broccoli Calif. 14o lb.
Carrots Local 80-60C lug. Calif.
new $3.78 crato. Cal $2.10-28. Oregon
48-650 dozen bunches.
Cabbage No. 1 local $1-$1.2S cte.
Red $1.10-16 pony crato. California
green $3.50-75 crate. Oro. $2.50-78
crato.
Celery Calif. $3.70 crate. Oregon
hearts $3-$2.2S dozen bunches. Ore
gon $4 crate. Ore. green $4 crate.
Cucumbers Hothse. local: stand
ard $1.38, cholco 90c box, tcy. $1.39
ex. fey $1.50 Iowa $2.28, mld-Colum-Pla.
field 68-600 box.
Pics Heedless 40-470 lb,, clusters,
seedless 38-46c, seeded clusters 40a
Garlic No. 1 150 lb, Now crop,
140 10,
Lettuce Local No. 1 $4.50-$8
crate. Local No. 3 $2.S0-$3.78 crate.
southern 4s $6.50 crate.
Mushrooms Hothouse 450 lb, 2So
ior 14 pound.
Onions Yakima $2.28 sack. Ore
gon dry $1.50 sack. Idaho $2.25-40.
sets asc Id. oreen 60c doz. bimchis
l-cxos sweet type $2. Calif, sweet
type n. cant, red 60s to $135. Dr
Mullen $1.88 Calif, newest type
j.io-j ssck. Ysiiow $1.00. Walla
Walla $1,10-18, Walla Walla-Yakima
green $1.18-25. Red 80s $1,
Peas Imperial $3.18-28 a bush-l,
Pugct Bound 80s $2.80 per tub.
Calif $240-80 The Dalles 8-e lb.
Oregon coast 25s $2-$3.50 box. Snake
raver litis $2.80.79 tub.
Peppers Texas green 16-180 lb.
Mexican green 25c lb. Local No. 1
$1.60-70 box.
Old Potatoes White, local $3.28
80 cental. Deschutes Gems $3.38-50.
Texas $2.60-78, Shatter, Cal., White
Rose $1.60 50 lbs. Yakima No. 2 Gems
$2 SO-lb. bag. Klamath No 1 $3.50
cental.
New Potatoes Calif, whites $1.50
SO-lb. lug Texas $2.60-78 Florida red
$3-$3.2S 60-lb. lug. Shatter, Cal.,
White Rose $2.80 100-lb. bag, local
$3-$3.2S cental. Yakima $3.80-65.
Rhubarb Hothouse ex. fey. $1.30,
fey. $1.20, choice $1.05 for 15-lb. box.
Wine variety 6c more. Local field
grown 50-60c apple box, No. 1 $1.23
orange box.
Turnips Local 8O0 lug. Cal. 00
83c doz. bunches.
Radishes Cal. 48-50c, Ore. 50-55C
dozen.
Squash Zuccnmnl 55-65C box,
white $1.80-75, yellow 60-65c lug. Ore.
$1.30-60 flat crate. W. Walla $1 box.
Danish $4.80 crate Marblehead and
Hubbard 2 14 -3c !b No. 1 85o-$l.
Solnach Blngen S1-S1.25 orange
box. Local No. 1 $1.16-26 orange box.
Sweet Potatoes Calif $2.35-50 a
SO-lb. bag. Southern Yams 10c lb.
New 15c lb. Milton-Freewater $1.7a
$2.25 lug.
Tomatoes Calif $2.20-50 a crate.
Hothouse ex. fey 20c, fey. 22-25c ib.
Calif, field grown $3-$3.25. Texas
$3.20-50 lug; Merced field $2.75
Mexico field $2. Texas $3-53.25 lug.
Mllton-Freewatcr $1.30-75 lug. The
Dalles 18s $1.65-75 box. Yakima 80c
$1.10 box,
Meats
Country Meats Selling prices to
retailers: Hogs (ceiling prices) 17
17140 lb. Country killed hogs, best
butchers, 129-149 lbs., nominal
Veaiers, fancy, 23c; light, tnm
15-18C lb., heavy 16c lb., rough
heavy 18c lb., bulk 16c lb. Canner
cows 14c, good cutters 13-14c lb.
Bulls 1614-17C Yearling lambs 18c.
Springers, good 22c, heavy 12-lSc lb.
Ewes 8-9c 10.
Wool, Hops
Wool 1942 contracts. Ore. ranch,
nominal 34-37C lb., crossbreds 40-42c,
Mohair 1041 12-mos. 45c lb.
Hides Calves 10-22c, green beef
10c, kip 17c, green bulls 6c lb.
Hops 1941 crop 40c; 1942 con
tracts lOo lb., seed stock 1041 crop
44c; stock seed 1942 contracts 42-52c
lb., 1942 crop, seeded 45-46c, seedless
50-51c lb. Fugglcs, cluster seedless 47
Groceries
Sugar Refinery basis: cane $5.45
beet $5.53 cwt. f.o.b. refinery. Port
land prices to retailers: cane $5.90,
beet $5.80 per 100 lbs.
Nutmeats Walnuts, light amber
halves, broken lots 55c, pieces 50c,
ambers 46c, standard ambers 38c Ib
Filberts, Barcclonas 50-60c lb. Pe
cans, light halves 55c lb.
Portland Grain
Portland, Aug. 24 (VP) Wheat fu
tures: Sept. 0414, Dec. 9814.
Cash grain: Oats, No. 2 38-lb.
white 28.28, barley. No. 2 4S-lb. b.w.
23.78; No. 1 flax 2.29; wheat (bid):
soft white 1.07, excluding Rex 1.10;
white club, west, red 1.10; hard reel
winter: ordinary 97, 10 pet. 1.04, 11
pet. 1.07. 12 pet. 1.11; hard white
baart: 10 pet. 1.12, 11 pot, 1.10, 12
pet. 1.20.
Car receipts: wheat 68. flour 10,
mlllfeed 12, barley 6, oats 3, hay 3,
corn 3.
Portland Livestock'
Portland, Aug. 24 UP) (USDAI
Cattle 3000, salable 2900; calves 300.
Market active, mostly steady, strong,
some grass steers and canncr-cuUcr
cows 25c higher. Gross fat steers
$12-$13.50, four loads wintered grass-
crs 13.65-75; two loads good led
steers 14.35, lightly sorted. Common
beef steers $9.50, grass fat beef heif
ers 10-11.50, com. dairy type down to
8. canner-cuttcr cows 6.75-7. mod..
good beefs 8.28-0.80, young cows to
10. Med.-good bulls 9.50-11. com:
light down to 8; good-choice vcalers
steady at 14.50-15.30.
Hogs 2100, salable 1500: truck-Ins
fully 25c below Friday, carloads
steady with last Monday. Good-
choice 170-215 lb. drive-ins 15.35-40,
few 15.50, carloads 15.50; 230-270 lbr.
14.75-15; light lights 14,50-75. Good
sows nearly steady at $14-14.50,
choice light feeder pigs scarce. 16.51'
Sheep 1760; mnrkct active, steady
strong. Good-choice spring lambs
$12; med.-good 10.50-11.50, feeder!
9-0.75 including shorn feeders at 9.
Few good ewes 4, best held above
4,50. Com.-mcd. 1.50-3.50.
Chicago Grain
Chicago, Aug. 24 (U.B Cash grain:
Wheal No. 2 Hard 1.18'i, No. 3
1.18U, No. 4 mixed I.IB'4, No. 5 1.11
Corn No. 1 yellow 84, No. 2 83 '1-
64, No, 3 H2-B3-H, No. 4 81H-83, No.
2 white 1. 04 M-1.041.4.
Soybeans No. 2 yellow 1.71.
Oats No. 3 mixed 49, No. 1 white
5014, No. 2 50-50U, No. 3 48'4-40'4
No. 4 46'4-47'6.
Barley Malting 80-96n, hard 65-
72n, feed 53-65n, No. 1 80, No. 2 95
No. 3 92; No. 3 malting 95, No. 3 94.
Cash lard In store 12.90b, louso
11.90b, leaf 12.4011, bellies 15.75b.
Chicago Livestock
Chicago, Aug. 24 (ft (USDA)
Hogs 16,000, salable 13,000; active,
steady to strong on all wts. Good
Cholco 180-240 )sb. $14.85-15.05, top
15.10; 240-270 lbs. $14.70-15; 270-360
lbs. 14.40-80: 160-180 lbs. 14.35-90:
sows strong to 10c higher, good and
cholco 330 lbs. down 14.35-80; 330-
400 lbs. 14.10-35; good 400-550 Ibj,
13.60-14.15.
8heep 9000. salable 3500. Opening
very slow, bidding barely steady or
around 18.25 on best spring lambs
held unevenly higher to 15.80; other
classes steady, Oood-choleo year
lings 12-12.25; med.-good 11.25;
throwouts mostly 9.S0; small lots
fat ewes $6.80 down.
Salable cattle 17,000, calves 1500.
Fed steers and yearlings steady to
25c lower, mostly 10-15c off with
med.-good grades carrying vt. and
all grades yearlings showing most
decline. Very little change on mod
erate supply strictly good-choice
steers with wt. Market slow i.nd
somewhat on peddling basis. Top
16.40, these cholco steers scaling
1299 lbs. Next highest 16.35; sizeable
supply 15.75-16.25: long yearlings 16:
largely 13.75-16.75 steer and year
ling market, order buyers much less
active than last week. Heifers weak
to 35c lower, best 15.28. Cows slow,
weak, bulls and veaiers active and
steady. Weighty sausage bulls $13,
choice veaiers 16; stock cattle scarce,
The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon
Bean Growers
Appeal for Aid
To Salemifes
Harry Pearcy, who operates a
bean yard near the Lakebrook
hop ranch, today Issued an ap
peal to townspeople to rally
around the bean growers to help
pick beans, especially over Sat
urdays and Sundays, citing his
case merely as a sample of a
large number of bean growers
who will suffer large losses, as
well as large losses in the crop
itself.
'I have heard a considerable
number of bean growers declare
if the picking situation isn't
clarified they'll discontinue
growing beans next year, and
some of them stated they'll quit
harvesting this year unless the
picking situation improves as
they are faced by heavy losses
financially which they cannot
meet otherwise," said Pearcy.
"In citing you my case I am
citing that of a large number
of others," he continued. "I have
a crew which comes out Monday
through Friday but doesn't pick
over Saturday and Sunday. That
means we have to enlist towns
people over those two days. The
beans have to be picked; they
are a crop that won't wait and
going unpicked those two days
leaves a large percentage of too
large beans on our hands Mon
day. It then takes about three
days to get caught up on the
picking and we are hauling, a
heavy percentage of culls into
the cannery through those
days.
'Other growers are in even
worse shape than I am. I know
one grower that couldn't get a
picker for his patch.
'I called up the statehouse
and endeavored to get a crew
organized there but if it met
with any success I haven't heard
of it.
'There are scores of relatives
of boys who have been con
scripted who could come out to
the patches and help out. After
all, the greater share of these
beans are being picked for part
of the food for our armed forc
es and unless the crops are saved
the boys will go hungry, let
alone the civilians who will be
the last to be served. It's not
only a case of" life or death for
the bean growers but is also a
matter of no small concern to
the rest of the population which
will find itself on pretty short
rations if this and other crops
are not saved.
'And bean growing in this
section will be sharply curtailed
in the future if the public does
n't rally around. I am not talk
ing merely for myself but for
the entire industry and the
community, I hope the people
will wake up."
Tomato Picking
Will Start Soon
Lebanon About September 1
will see tomato picking under
way, reports Hal Gross, farm
replacement representative of
the U.S. Employment office,
There are about 200 acres of this
crop in the Lebanon vicinity, by
far the largest acreage in the
history of the community.
From 250 to 300 pickers will
be needed, but since the entire
crop is to be packed ' for the
army, the nature of the work
requires pickers over 14 years
of age.
The picking price will be from
8 to 10 cents per tomato box,
according to current reports,
Mnny growers are offering camp
sites. Since this is a new and
growing crop here, the future
depends largely upon the suc
cess of handling it, Gross stated.
He urges all persons who will be
available to register at the em
ployment office.
There is still a shortage of
bean pickers. Soon after Sept.
1, prune picking will begin
Markets Briefed
(By the Untt.ri Pr.wi
Stocks Irregular in moderate
trading.
Bonds irregular
Curb stocks Irregular.
Cotton off around 70 cents a
bale.
Wheat closed unchanged to -Hi
cent lower; corn unchanged to
is lower.
Silver unchanged In New
York.
active, choice light yearlings 13.50;
comparable calves to 14.30.
-
Boston Wool
Boston, Aug. 34 m (USDAI An
nouncement that the ouartermas-
ter's dept. would soon place orders
for cloth requiring large quantities
of domestic wools brought additional
inquiries in the Boston wool market
today. Buyers arc waiting to know
definitely grades needed for futurs
orders before closing sales. Some
scoured n fleeces sold at $1.07.
'if!,';' ,
Great Lakes Aircraft Carrier Commissioned The U. S. S. Wolverine, transformed from
an excursion steamer into the only aircraft carrier on inland waters and the only side
wheel "flat top" in the world, is placed in full commission on Lake Michigan as navy
pilots in Grumman "Wildcat" fighters roar over the flight deck. The carrier will be used
in operational training of pilots at the Glenview, 111., naval air school. (Associated Press
Photo.)
Livestock Will
Pour Into
Meat Markets
Chicago, Aug. 24 (P) Within
a few weeks the greatest flood
of meat animals in history will
begin to pour into the nation's
livestock markets.
This will be the marketing
of the record spring crop of
pigs, which producers have been
fattening for months.
Livestock men said today they
hoped this would bring relief
from the nation's meat headache
a combination of local short
ages at many points, particular
ly in the east, and of threats of
meat allocation, rationing or
livestock price ceilings.
While the big increase in mar
ketings will be hogs, livestock
men said any expansion in the
supply of one" type of meat au
tomatically eases the demand for
other types. The September run
of hogs at slaughtering centers
usually is larger than in Au
gust and the big supplies begin
to pour in by October. Heavy
marketings last through most of
the winter.
Normally hog prices decline
as supplies increase. Last year,
despite increasing demand, there
was only a drop' of about
cent a pound from the average
price in September to that in
December. Whether there will
be any reaction at all this year
remains to be seen. .
The recent steady rise of live
stock prices has undermined the
ceiling structure holding con
sumers' meat costs down to
March levels. When ceilings on
dressed meats went into effect
last spring, meat trade experts
thought this would tend to sta
bilize livestock values. But com
petition for meat from civilian
consumers, military buyers and
lend-lease exporters so whetted
demand that cattle rose about
16 per cent and hogs 9 per cent
since then. Even lambs have
moved upward from levels that
prevailed when ceilings on dress
ed lamb went into effect only
about three weeks ago.
War Insurance
To Aid Consumers
Washington, Aug. 24 (IP)
Price Administrator Leon Hen
derson ruled today that savings
through reduced war risk insur
ance rates recently announced
by the war shipping administra
tion must be passed along
through price reductions to pur
chasers of all price controlled
products in Alaska and the Vir
gin Islands.
Henderson said the new war
risk rates were substantially be
low the former rates. Since the
cost of this insurance is an im
portant part of the shipping cost,
he added, the reduction should
result in a corresponding price
reduction on commodities ship
ped to these territories after Au
gust 20.
Linn Bean Picker
Demand Continues
Albany The bean picker de
mand continues to exceed the
number of workers in Linn
county, It was announced by. J.
D. Wilson, farm placement man
ager of the U. S. employment
office here.
Work was Interrupted in the
Ji R. Schlogol yard when the
wires in the field collapsed, but
work will be resumed Monday
In all other yards near '.here
continues great enough to ab
sorb many more pickers than
have reported to date, Mr. Wil
son staled, Persons wishing to
pick beans will find trucks at
a number of centers throughout
Albany and will be given their
transportation to and from the
fields. .
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Canneries Appeal
For More Male Help
With the pear canning season just hitting its stride in local
canneries they are beginning to complain of lack of manpower and
sending out an urgent call for male help. At least one of the can
neries, Hunt Brothers, reports it
contemplates putting up the big
gest pear pack in its history
while other canneries plan huge
pear packs as well, and in vir
tually every case the lack of men
that will be needed'has been em
phasized. Pears have been rolling on
here from Medford, Yakima, the
Umpqua valley, Hood River and
other pear producing areas, as
well as local pears going into
storage for canning within the
next few days and while a few
runs have been made on this pro
duct the big end of the pack is
just around the corner to last
from 50 to 60 days.
Some canneries are facing
other complications than the pear
pack. For instance, Reid Mur
doch & Company, which has had
Tompkins Says
FDR Misadvised
Lyons, Ore., Aug. 24 Presi
dent Roosevelt was misadvised
when he vetoed the synthetic
rubber bill, according to Mor
ton Tompkins, State Grange
master, in his dedicatory address
at the Santiam Valley Grange
hall Su'rjday.
Tompkins spoke of one of the
"biggest battles now raging" as
the one involving the petroleum
corporation , and East Indian
ruber interests which fear that
rubber will not be developed
again after the war, versus
American agriculture. Tomp
kins suggested that the president
and congress look to Russia,
"who is leading the world right
now," and note that Its synthe
tic rubber was being developed
from cgricultural products.
"The nation's greatest wheat
surplus could help alleviate its
greatest rubebr shortage," said
Tompkins, who insisted the
farmer was willing to do more
than his share, but "he wants
and equal basis parity, not a
parity of 20 years ago or an imi
tation parity." He urged that
American agriculture be allow
ed to take its place in Industry
"instead of being set aside for
selfish outside Interests.
Under direction of Santiam
Valley Grange Master Albert
Julian, the hall's mortgage was
burned and the building dedi
cated before scores of members
and visitors.
Entertainment for
Pickers Arranged
Independence, Aug. 24 (IP)
If entertainment is what it takes
to get hop pickers here and hold
them for the duration of the har
vest, that's what the growers
in this area will provide.
Confronting a serious labor
shortage as the peak season gets
under way, some growers al
ready are staging nightly shows.
Plans for others include almost
everything, including boxing,
Wrestling, movies, dances and
vaudeville.
Pickers are earning the high
est wages in years two and
one-half cents a pound.
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a few preliminary runs of pears,
receiving them from Medford,
Yakima, the Umpqua valley and
local pears as well, has started
receiving peaches from Yakima
for an extra large pack just
ahead and will be doubled up
with the two heavy packs to
handle. This company expects
to start on peaches sometime
between Thursday .and Monday
Just what date is not yet defi
nite because of weather condi
tions. The hot weather has had
the peculiar effect on peaches
that instead of ripening them
they have been at a standstill
and the first deliveries are ex
pected tomorrow or next day
from Yakima and just how long
they will have to stand on the
floor before being in readiness
for canning is still a guess. At
that cannery it was stated the
women are mostly lined up for
the. peach pack but as yet they
are uncertain whether they can
get enough men to run two shifts
when the pack starts.
While faced with a shortage
of manpower on the pear pack,
canneries also have been taking
something of a beating in the
market. This year it proved to
be a runaway market, going
from $60 a ton to as high as $80
a ton, with a ceiling price of
$55 a ton being fixed and the
canneries have to absorb the dif
ference. The pears probably
average around $77.50, so ap
proximately a $20 differential
has to be taken up.
In addition to peaches com
ing along in some of the local
canneries to add to the pear bur
den the prune pack is also in the
offing to start around the mid
dle of next month.
-Just to add to the troubles
is the fact that a lot of man
power in canneries has so far
been coming from, among high
school students and when school
reopens this will probably mean
another headache for the can
neries. Some canners say they
don't know what they would
have done so far without this
class' of help. "They have been
a lifesaver," stated one canner.
Picking has been going on in
the two largest local orchards,
the Paul Wallace orchard across
the river and the Louis Lach
mund orchard in the Keizcr dis
trict. The Lachmund pears go
to Paulus brothers and the Wal
lace pears are handled by the
Producers' Cooperative. . Both
crops are reported to be ex
cellent and picking is expected
to last probably 30 days, or to
the middle of September.
The Starr Fruit Products com
pany expects to start Thursday
on its first pack of peaches ever
made in the local plant. These
peaches are coming from The
Dalles and the run is expected
to continue to about September
15. This cannery, too, will start
on another pack about Septem
ber 12, a little before or about
the time the peach pack winds
up, this being its annual tomato
pack. This cannery like the
others, faces a dearth of male
help and is sending out an SOS
in that line.
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Von Clemm c
Hears Sentence
New York, Aug. 24 WP) Wer
ner V.on Clemm, 44, former Ger
man artillery officer, was sen
tenced today in federal court to
two years' imprisonment and a
$10,000 fine for conspiring to
sell Dutch and Belgian diamonds
in this country in violation of
President Roosevelt's freezing
order of 1040.
Von Clemm, who is related
by marriage to Foreign Minister
Joachim Von Rlbbentrop of Ger
many, was convicted last week
by a federal court Jury.
The Pioneer Import company,
which the German-born New
York Importer headed and which
was also convicted, was fine
ft
$10,000. Both fines represent1
ed the maximum penalty.
Births, Deaths
Births
Backe To Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
J. Backe, 1075 Larmer Ave., a daugh
ter, Patricia Anne, Aug. 12.
DePaolo To Mr. and Mrs. Peter
L. DePaolo, Brownsville, a son, Carl
Joseph, Aug. 11.
walset.hTn Mr. and Mrs. Wen-
tu a Haiseth. 2225 N. Liberty, a
son, Wendell Timothy, Aug. 15.
Fagg To Mr. and Mrs. Fred W.
Fagg, Rt. 1, Oswego, at a local hos
pital, a 'daughter, Janice Evelyn,
Aug. 17.
Harvey To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
E. Harvey, Jr., Portland, a son, Jos
eph Charles, Aug. 17, A)
St. Paul To Mr. and Mrs. Albert .
Berhorst (Loretta Kuensting) a
daughter at Woodburn hospital Fri
day, Aug. 21.
Sllverton To Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Kollln of Wlllamlna, a son, 8
pounds, at Sllverton hospital Aug. 22,
Sllverton To Mr. and Mrs. Alien
Kropf of Molalla at the Sllverton
hospital Aug. 21, a son.
Deaths
Rossi Mrs. Laura Rossi at Val
lejo, Calif., August 19. Survived by
widower, A. J. Rossi of Vallejo; fath
er and mother, Mr. and Mrs. O. J.
Smith of Salem; three brothers, Dal
las Smith ot Lacomb, Ross Smith
of Stayton and Wallace Smith with
the US coast guard; sisters, Miss
Grace Smith, Miss Mary Smith and
Mrs. Rosa Yates, all of Salem, Mrs.
Mabel Rosenberg of Los Angeles,
Mrs. Lorena Fisher of Portland and
Miss Joy Smith of Stayton. Funeral
services Wednesday, August 26, at
1:3 p.m., from the Rose Lawn Fun
eral home. Concluding services at
Belcrest Memorial park. t
Tcrvo In this city August 21,
John Tervo, at age of 27 years. Late
resident of Portland. Survived by
his father, John Tervo, Sr., of Port
land; sister, Mary Tervo of Portland,
and an aunt, Hllma Salmela, of
Portland. Announcement of funeral
services later by Rose Lawn Fun-, -eral
home.
Eberley Silva Eberley, 40, at her
residence, 415 Pine street, Sunday,
August 23. Announcements later by
Terwuuger-Eawards Funeral Home.
Obituary
Mrs. Anna Streff
Stayton Mrs. Anna Streff, died
August 22 at a Salem hospital. Sur
vived by her widower, Charles; sons,
George and Ed, and a daughter, a
nun in the Holy Name order. Reci
tation of the Rosary at the Weddle
Funeral home Aug, 24 at 8 p.m. Ser
vices will be held Tuesday, Aug. 25,
at 9 a.m. Father Snlderhon officlat-Jj)
lng. Interment In Catholic cemetery
in Stayton. 1
Louis Patrick Glcason -'
Gervais Louis Patrick Gleason,
69, died suddenly at his home here
Saturday night. Born Feb. 4, 1873,
In Portland and had lived in Ger
vais 40 years. Life member of Salem
Elks lodge. Survivors Include the
widow, Etta C; five sons, Morris J.
of Eugene, Earl F. of Salem, George
L. of Tillamook, Wayne R. of Van
couver, Wash., and Patrick C of
Gaston; three daughters, Miss Ju-
anlta Gleason of Dowlng, Cal, Es
ther A. Keppinger of Gervais and
Winifred M. Sherwood of Berkeley,
Calif.; four brothers and four sisters
In Portland, 17 grandchildren. Fun
eral announcements later by the
Rlngo mortuary of Woodburn,
John A. Ellis
Portland John A. Ellis, late of-v
Ocean Lake, died August 21. Fatherf'
of W. R. Ellis of Pittsburgh, Pa.;
brother of Anna Kerslake of Los
Angeles and Will Ellis of San Diego.
Friends are Invited to attend funeral
services Monday at 1 p.m. In the
small chapel of Portland Crema
torium, SE 14th and Bybee, under
direction of A. J. Rose and Son.
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