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The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon Thursday, September 3, 194k Fourteen Stocks Move Irregularly in Narrow Range New York, Sept. 3 (IP) Small buyers kept selected stocks tilt lnff moderately upward in to. - day's market while many lead ers suffered more from neglect than liquidating pressure, Narrow irregularity ruled in the final hour with numerous issues unchanged. Dealings ran to around 300,000 shares. Despite speculative and in vestment indifference there was a smattering of new tops for the year or longer. Among these were Postal Telegraph preferred and American Machine & Metals. Favored most of the time were senior issues of American Power & Light, Electric Power & Light, and U.S. Leather "A," along with common stocks of Chrysler, Douglas Aircraft, Western Union, Kennecott and Westing house. Laggards included Gen eral Motors, Great Northern, Anaconda, U.S. Rubber, Boeing and Montgomery Ward. Carrier bonds did rather well. Dow Jones preliminary clos ing stock averages: Industrial, ' 106.34, off 0.15; rail, 26.09, up 0.09; utility, 11.71, up 0.05, and 65 stocks, 35,53, unchanged. Stock sales were 282,940 shares compared with 269,640 yesterday. Curb stcok sales were 60,380 against 49,150 shares in the previous sessions. Seed Planting Awaits Program Dallas, Set 3 Polk county le gume seed growers, who. this year raised seed for sale to the government are warned by Polk County Agent W. C. Leth not to plant seed for next year's sale until announcement is received by his office in connection with a seed purchase program for an other year. While no announcement of a seed purchase program has yet been received, it is anticipated that such a program will be in effect, although it may be some what different than the one con ducted in 1942. ' Indications are that Austrian winter peas arid crimson clover can be grown in other localities and, therefore, guaranteed prices may not be offered on these crops here. It is believed by those in close contact with the AAA organization that a pro gram for the purchase of hairy vetch and common vetch will be offered Willamette valley farm ers. As soon as word is received In this connection growers will be notified. Western Hemlock, Noble Fir, Frozen Washington, Sept. 3 tU.PJ The war production Board today froze all Noble fir logs and Western Hemlock Aircraft Iocs in the hands of their owners as ol September 11 to conserve aircraft grades of logs. Processing after thn frnezlno date also is prohibited except when authorized by the WPB. The restrictions apply to all stocks in. the United States and Alaska, in private or In govern ment hands. Logs in transit September 11 may be delivered to their immediate destination. More Pay Allowed Growers of Apples , Portland. Ore.. Sent. 3 (U.R). Apple canners will bo able to pay growers $6.50 more per ton for canning apples under new price regulations announced hero ioaay oy the OPA. Canners of apples and apple sauce will bo permitted to ad vance their 1941 nrlrn imi per cent, allowing a 10 per cent increase lor packing costs and the remainder for raw materials. For apple Juice and sweet cider, an 8 to 10 per cent increase is allowed, together with An In. crease of 6 cents per gallon to cover nigher fruit costs. Retail prices on these com modities will be covered in a later announcement. Markets Briefed (By th Cnlttd Prni) Stocks irregular in quiet trad ing. Bonds higher. Curb stocks irregularly high er. Cotton steady. Grains in Chicago: Wheat closed to cent lower; corn off Vt to M cent. ' Silver unchanged In New York. , Market Quotations Portland Eastslde Market Corn brought a better price and more active demand on me xarmers eastslde wholesale marlcet today. Cantaloupes firmer to higher. Potatoes sold quickly $2.25-60 or ange box. Peaches 11.15-35 box. Apples sold better at tl-tl.25 for OravensteinB. Prunes to $1. Pears 1.26-so box. Tomatoes to $1 box. Zucchlnni 45 50o box. Parsnips in keen demand tl-$1.25 lug. Radishes 35c-40c doz. Lettuce $3.50-75 cte. Beans lively, Olants loo, Portland Produce Exchange The following prices were named on the Portland exchange effective todav: Butter Cube extras 45c, standards 44c, prime firsts 43c, firsts iOhio 10. Cheese Oregon triplets 22o lb loaf 23c. Jobbers pay He lb. less. Ekrs Quotations between deal ers: Grade A large 42c, med. 39c dozen. Grade B large 39c, med. 36c doz. Grade A small 27c, B small 20c, B small 26c.. Portland Wholesale Market Butter Prints: A grade iSMe lb In parchment, cartons 4914c. B grade iTAo in parchment, 48o lb, in cartons. Butterfat-First quality, max. of .6 of 1 acidity, delivered Portland, 48-48'Ac lb. Premium quality, max, .35 ot 1 acidity 49-490 lb. Valley routes and country points 2c less than firsts, 46V4c; 2nd quality Port land 46-46MC Cheese Selling prices to. Portland retailers: Tillamook triplets 28V4o lb., loaf 29V&0. Triplets to wholesal ers 2614 c, loaf 27 o f.o.b. Tillamook. Eggs Price to producers: Large A 40c. B 37c dozen, A med, 35c, B med. 34c dozen. Resale to retailers 4c higher for cases, 5c for cartons. Live Toultry Buying Prices No. 1 grade Leg horn broilers under 1V4 lbs. 25c, over 1V4 lbs. 23c, fryers under VA lbs. 23c, fryers 2 ',4 -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 26 14 -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 32c lb., broilers 20-22C, white broilers 30c. Stags 13-14c, young 21-23C. Roosters 13-14c lb. Fckln ducks, 1942s 18-20C, young 25c lb. Guinea hens 60c each. Ca pons over 7 lbs. 24-25o lb., hens 25c lb. Dressed Turkeys New crop 33-33c lb. Rabbits Average country killed 30c lb., city killed 28-30C Fresh Fruits Apples Spitz, ex. fancy, box i2. fey. $1.65. WInesaps, ex. fey. $3.00, fey. $2,75. Delicious ox. foy. $2.65-$3. H.R. ex. fey. $1.75, fey. $1.75. Yellow Newtown, ex. fey. $3, fancy $2.75, Jumble $1.25 box. New crop Yellow Transparcnts $1.25 box. Local Grav enstelns $1-$1.50; red Gravcnstelns J2.Z5 box. Apricots Yakima $1.15-25 a box, The Dalles $1.15-28 box. Avocados Green $1.75, Eldorad $1.35-80 box. Bananas No. 1 hands 9c, bunch es 814o lb. Blackberries $150. Boysenberries $1.75 crate. ' Cherries Mid-Columbia Blnns. Lamborts, loose, lO-llo lb. Blngs lo-io. packed dox $2.50. Early m stock, loose 7c lb, Royal Annes packed, 10-12o lb Cantaloupes Yuma 36s $5.50 per dox, 45s 54.25, jumbo Bueno $1.45-60; Jumbo 27s $5-$5.25. Yakima stand ards $2.50-76 crato. Southern stand ard 30s $5.50. The Dalles stand ards $2.76-$3 crate. Dlllard $3.25. Grapes California Emperor lldd ed $2.50 lug. Grapefruit Texas Marsh seedless pinks $3.75 case. Ariz. $2.25-$3.25, uoonella $2-52.25, Fin. $3.50, River side $3.50-$5 case. Lemons Fancy $5.40-$0, choice ?o.'2-35 case. Loganberries $1.65 crate. Oranges Valencies, fancy $3.83 $4.50 enso. Peaches Oregon Mavflowcrs si $1.10 box. Oregon Alexanders, $1.25- $1.35 box. Oregon Triumphs $1-$1.10. Oregon early varieties $1-$1.25 box. Oregon Enrly Crawfords $1.60- box. J. H, Hales $1.35-50, Elbertas $1.30-40. Pears Mcdford Cornice $1.35 box Plneapplo Mcjt. 12s $6-$6.60 crate. Raspberries Crnto $2-$2.25, Strawberries Crate $2.25. Watermelons Calll 6o lb. South ern ec lb. Boardman 24c. Youngberrlcs Orate $1.60. Fresh Vegetables Artichokes Calif. $2.60-$3 box. Asparagus Oregon $3 pyramid. xaiuma loo lb. sunnyslrte 914-100. Beets Calif. 60-600 doz. bunches Oregon 30-35c doz. bunches. Beans Calif, green 13-150, north west green 10c, wax 8c lb, Broccoli Callt, 14o lb. Carrots Local 50-G0c lug. Calll now $3.75 crate. Cnl $2.10-25. Oregon uu-vuo dozen bunches. Cabbage No. 1 local $1-$1.25 cte. Red $1.10-16 pony crate California green $2.50-75 crate. Oregon $3.50 crate. Cauliflower Local No. 1 $3,75 Celory Callt. $3.70 crato. Oregon nearts 52-52.25 dozen bunches. Ore gon $4 crato. Ore. grocn $4 crate. Cucumbers Hothse. local: stand ard $1.35, choice 90c box. fey. $1.33 ex. fey $1.90 Iowa $2.25, mld-Colum- Fin. neid 050 box. Figs Seedless 40-47o lb., clusters. seedless 38-46o, seeded clusters 40c Garllo No. 1 15o lb. Now crop, lOo lb. Lettuce Local No. $3.75-$4 nor crate. Local wo. 1 $u.oo-$3.75 crato. Southern 4s $0.50. Northern $4.50. Mushrooms Hothouso 45o lb. 25o ior vi pouna. Onions Yakimn $2.35 sack. Ore- gon dry $1.40-50 sack. Idaho 12.25-40. Sets 25o lb. Green 65-60o doz. bun Texas sweet typo $2. Callt. sweet type 11. unlit, red Bus tn si as rr Mullen $185. Cnllf. newent tvnn a.'fo-ss sack. Yellow $1.00. Walla waiia $1.10-15, Walla Walla-Yakima green $1.15-25. Red 60s $1, Peas Imperial $3.15-28 a bushel, Pllgct Sound 30s 12.80 mr tub. Calif. $2.40-60. The Dalles 8-Bo lb. Oregon coast 25s, $4 box. Snake River 28s $2.50-76 tub. peppers Texas green 16-lBo lb, Mexican green 25o lb. Local No. 1 $1-11.10 box. Old Potatoes White, local $3.25 50 cental. Deschutes Gems $3.35-60. Texas $2.60-75, Shatter. Cal., White Rose 41.60 50 lbs. Yakima No. 2 Gems $2 50-lb. bag. Klamath No. 1 $3.50 cental. New Potatoes Calif, whites $1.50 50-lb. lug Texas $2.60-75. Florida red $3-53.25 50-lb. lug. Shatter, Cal., White Rose $2.50 100-lb bag, local $3.25-50 cental. Yakima $3.85-54. Rhubarb Hothouse ex. fey. $1.30, fey. $1.20, choice $1.05 for 15-lb. box. Wine variety 60 more. Local field grown 50-600 apple box, No. 1 $1.25 orange box. Turnips Local 80o lug. Cal. 80 85o doz. bunches. Radishes Cal. 45-50C, Ore. 50-55O dozen. Squash Zucchlnni 50-60c a box, white $1.50-75, yellow 60-65C lug. Ore. $1.50-60 flat crate. W. Walla $1 box. Danish $4.50 crate Marblehead and Hubbard 214-30 ib No. 1 85c-$l Spinach Blngen $1-51.35 orange box. Local- No. 1 $1.25 orange box. Sweet Potatoes Callt $2.35-50 a 50-lb. bag. Southern Yams 10-llc lb. New 15o lb. Mllton-Freewater $1.7o $2.25 lug. Tomatoes Calif $2.20-50 a crate. Hothouse ex. fey 20c, fey. 22-250 ib Calif field grown $3-$3.25. Texas $3.20-60 lug; werced neid sz.vo Mexico field $2. Texas $3-53.25 lug. Milton-Preewater $1.30-75 lug. The Dalles 18s ripe $1.40-50. Yakima $1-$1.25 box. Turners $1.40-50. Meats Country Meats Selling prices to retailers: Hogs (celling prices) 17 1714o lb. Country killed hogs, best butchers, 129-149 lbs., nominal Vealers, fancy, 23c; light, thin 15-180 lb., heavy 16c lb., rough heavy 18o lb., bulk 16c lb, Canner cows 14c. good cutters 13-14c lb. Bulls 1614-17C. Yearling lambs 18o. Springers, good 20-22c, heavy 12-15.C Ewes 8-9o lb. Wool, Hops Wool 1942 contracts. Ore. ranch, nominal 34-37C lb., crossbreds 40-42o. Mohair 1941 12-mos. 45c lb. Hides Calves 19-22c, green beef 10c, kip 17c, green bulls 6c lb. hops i4i crop 4uc iwi con tracts 10c lb., seed stock 1941 crop 44c; stock seed 1942 contracts 42-52c lb. 1942 crop 60-70c lb.; seed stock 1942 crop 02c, seedless 60-70C. 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 65c, pieces 50c, ambers 46c, standard ambers 38c Ib Filberts. Barcelonas 50-60o lb. Pe cans, light halves 55c lb. Portland Grain Portland, Sept. 3 (IP) Wheat fu tures: Sept. 1.00, Dec. 1.04. Cash grain: Oats, No. 2 38-lb. white 28.25; barley, No. 2 45-lb. b.w. 24.50; No. 1 flax 2.43: wheat (bid): soft white 1.14, excluding Rex 1.1614; wnite club 1.17, western red 1.1014. hard red winter: ordinary 1.03, 10 pet. 1.07, 11 pet. 1.10, 12 pet. 1.1314; hard white baart: 10 pet. 1.1414, 11 pet. 1.1814, 12 pet. 1.22!4. Car receipts: wheat 24, oats 3, barley 2, mlllfeed 1. Portland Livestock Portland, Sept. 3 (IF) (USDA1 Cattle 250; calves 50, salable 35. Market very slow, weak to 25o lower. Some clean-up sales off more. Odd common steers $9-$10, med. $12, light cutters down to $6.75. Med. heifers $10.50-$11, com. $8-$9.50. Conner and cutter cows $5-56.50, med, beefs $8-$8.50, good young cows 9.25. Med. good bulls $9.50-$10.60, com. $8, good choice vealers $14.50; strietly choice quotable to $16 and above. Hogs 350, salable 300; market slow, 10-150 lower; Rood -choice 175-215 lbs. $14.75, few $14.85; med. down to $14.50; 230-290 lbs. $14, light lights 514. Good 300-450 lb, SOWS $13-$13.50. Good-choice feeder pigs $14.75. Sheep 350. salable 300. Market un even, best lambs steady, others slow and weak. Good-choice springers SH.75-S12, med.-good $10.50-$11.50, com. $9; few feeders $9-$9.50, light cull shorn feeders $4-$0; yearlings $8-58.60. Good ewes $4.75, med, $3. Chicago Grain Chicago, Sept. 3 (U.R) Cash grain Wheat No, 2 yellow hard 1.23 No. 2 mixed 1.2214. Corn No. 2 yellow 84H-86; No. 3 SVi, No. 4 83 i, No. 5 83. Oats No. 4 whtto 4714, No. 1 heavy special red 61-11, No. 1 mixed ol-tt, No. 2 special red 6114. Chicago Livestock Chicago, Sept. 3 (IP) (USDA) Hogs 13,500, salable 0000 ; 220 lbs. down steady, heavier strong1 to 10c higher. Good-choice 100-370 lbs. $14.45-65 top $14.70; 270-330 lbs. $24.30-55; 160-180 lbs. S13.90-S14.35 Sows 15c higher. Good-choice 330- 400 lbs. $13.85-$14.15; good 400-550 lbs. $13.00-90. Salable cattle 4000, calves 500. Cholco steers and yorallngs includ ing yearling heifers strong. Eastern shippers and order buyers fairly 110 tlve operators op steers and year lings selling at $14.75 upward, all other grades weak on peddling bos is. Top $16.35 paid for med. wt. and weighty steers: several loads $14.75 $16.25, bulk $12.75-$15.76. Best heif ers $14.75, mostly $11.60- $13.50; siz able supply grassy and warmed-up light steers and heifers hero from earlier In week. Cows draggy, steady to weak, bulls steady to 25c lower, vealers strong at $15-$16.25; stock cattle closing weak, 25-400 lower on common to avorago good grades, cholco kinds weak. Sheep 12.000. salable 40OO. Late Wednesday, spring lambs 25o lower, Yearlings and sheep weak. Four doubles Idaho springers with 200 out at $14.25; several other decks and doubles straight or moderately sorted $13.76-114; best natives $14.25, bulk $14 down; cholco fed yearlings $11.75, best fat ewes $6.50. Today: Spring lambs opening around 25c lower, few decks odd lots good-choice natives $13.75-00; nothing doing on westerns, asking $15 and better for best. Fed yearlings weak, slaughter ewes around steady at $5.S0-$6.S0. Boston Wool Boston, 8cpt. 3 (flV-(USDAl The Baiton woo market continued active today with a broad demand for all type and grades ot domestic wools, reports from Texas reveal a sharps Bank Insurance Likely to Total $100 Billion Washington, Sept. 3 UP) Sec retary of Commerce Jesse H. Jones revealed today that the war damage corporation has in sured property in the United States against enemy attack for between $90,000,000,000 and $100,000,000,000. - Jones, who is chairman of the company, made this report to the first directors meeting of the agency today. The corporation, government owned but cooperating with the private fire insurance compan ies, already has banked with the treasury approximately $100,- 000,000 in premiums, and issued about 3,500,000 Individual poli cies. It is easily the largest in surance company in the world and still growing rapidly. While most details are confi dential, it was learned that the policies range from a few hun dred dollars apiece on household furnishings to more than $1, 250,000,000 each for the Ameri can Telephone and Telegraph corporation and the United States Steel corporation. A number of major industries have purchased policies in the $100,000,000 to $300,000,000 range. The big railroads, utili ties, privately owned war plants, apartment houses, hotels, as well as thousands of residences and farms are also customers. Uncle Sam, himself, didn't buy any on either government buildings or government owned war plants. If he did, officials said, jt would be taking money out of one pocket to put in an other. Likewise, most of the states and municipalities ."car ry their own insurance." Most of the insurance is on the east and west coasts, where the theoretical possibility of en emy damage is greatest. War Bureau Hiring Women Washington, Sept. 3 (U.R) Sec retary of War Henry L. Stimson revealed today the war depart ment has adopted a policy of hir ing women in preference to ci vilian men of military age. He said the army's employ ment of women will be extended as far as possible so men. may be freed to serve with the armed forces or other vital war produc tion tasks for which women are unfitted. About 300,000 women already are employed in war department activities, and as many more can be absorbed, Stimson disclosed. Besides clerical Jobs, they are working in arsenals and other army plants which range from running complicated lathes to driving 15-ton trucks. Since June 1, Stimson said, the number of skilled women workers employed by the war department has jumped from three to 10 per cent. Almost 35 per cent of the unskilled work ers are now women. , Stimson also announced he has ordered the war department's salvage and conservation pro gram intensified "until ,the en tire army down to its lowest echelon is effectively 'salvage conscious'." Salem Markets Compiled from reports of Sa lem dealers, for the guidance of Capital Journal readers, (Revised dally). Buying Prices Wheat, red or white, B5o per bu. Gray oats, No. 2, 36 lb., $26 ton Barley. No, 2, bright, $25 ton. Hay Clover $14 per ton; oats and vetch $14 per ton; local second cut ting alfalfa, $17 per ton. Retail Prices . Egg Mash $3.03 cwt., second grade $2.05. Pullet Grower Masn s3.11. Chicken Scratch, $2.25 cwt. Whole Corn $2.40, cracked $2.45. Midget Market Reports Hogs 165-215 lbs. $14.25; 215-230 lbs. $13.75; 250-300 lbs. $13.25; pack ing sows $10.60. Sheep Lambs $10, ewes $4-$5. Cattle Top veal dressed 21c, veal alive 14o. Heifers $8-$8. Dairy cows $4-$6, beef cows $6-$7; bulls $7.5O-$8.50. Poultry Heavy colored hens, -No 1, 20c; No, 2, 16c; frys 28c. White Leghorn hens 16c, frys 21c lb. Eggs Buying prices: Large grade A white and brown 40c dot., med. 37c. Standards, B largo 37c. Pullets 21o dozen, cracks 22c dozen. Eggs Wholesale prices: Ex. large white and brown 43c, med. 40c doz. Standards, white and brown 40c doz. Butter Prints: A grade 48c lb. B grade 47c, quarters 49c. But terfat: Premium 50c, No. 1 49c No. 2 46c lb. Increase in sales and inquiries for 8-mos, Texas wools. About 114 mil lion pounds have moved at about 44c to producers. The wool auction at Billings closed with a total offering of 3.055.1OO pounds and sales ot 3, 640.500 pounds tor the series. Most sales were In the price range of 44- 49c in the grease, and regarded as at or about ceiling levels. , Cattle Flood Kansas City Yards Talk of a ceiling on livestock brought the greatest rush of cattle to the Kansas City market since 1934. Thirty-three thousand head of cattle -were in the yards. This is a view of a section of the crowded pens. (Associated Press, Photo.) Office Workers Aid in Cannery Portland, Sept. 3 MP) -White collars were noticeably wilted today as a 50-man "white collar crew" hit its mid-week stride in a local food cannery. Recruited by the U. S. employ ment service following manage ment and labor approval of the Hays plan for short-shift employ ment of office workers, the men today left only one thing to be desired there weren't enough of them. ' One cannery official said, "Of fice workers seem to adapt them selves quickly to cannery jobs. We have 50 at work and would like another 400." The white collar workers are accepted for whatever hours they can spare. Some have signed up for early morning, some for eve ning and some only for their days off. They draw a minimum of 7014 cents an hour and can get up to 1.0214 if they are skill ed.:; Work ranees frrim' wheplins trucks and unloading cans to feeding pears into peeling mach ines and operating can seamers. ihe short-shift plan is the out Crowth of - a nrnDnsnl mart- hv James Hays, local railroad public relations man, that persons with spare time devote it to industries where labor is scarce. He backed it up by spending his two-week vacation' as a .carpenter on a housing project. Hops Contracted At 62 3-4 Cents Pound Aurora, Sept. 3 J. D. Lofgren & Son of the Needy district, contracted to sell 28,000 pounds of hops to Williams & Hart, Portland hop' brokers, a new top price of 62 cents a pound. Up to the filing of this contract the top price was 60 cents per pound, received by Lawrence Bowman of Marquam, who con tracted to sell 9,000 pounds to Williams & Hart Thursday. IS i) ft YES, HER NAME'S MARY Displaying her prise HamtHhlr ram U Mrv Wilkinson. 7. of Tarboro. N. C Albany District Needs Harvesters Albany, Sept. 3 More hop pickers and also more bean pickers are being requested by growers of the Albany terri tory, J. , D. Wilson of the local U. S. , employment office, said Wednesday. Transportation is being furnished by growers for probably all available pickers to and from the hop and bean fields. - . . : ' . Mr, Wilson said also that camping facilities are available at several yards for those wish ing to sojourn at the yards. - Oregon Farm Wages Advance Corvallis, Sept. 3 (IP) Farm wage rates in Oregon have, ad-: vanced much faster than those in the country as a whole and have run ahead of the advance in Oregon farm prices, according to a report just issued by L. R. Breithaupt, extension agricul tural economist at OregonState college. 1 Farm wage rates were ap proximately 50 per cent higher on July 1 this year than last while no proportionate advance occurred in the general level of farm prices, his report shows, Local influence of wartime in dustrial wage rates apparently had much to do with the situa tion, as in the countny as a whole the increase in farm prices ap proximated the increase in farm wages. , : . Average, farm prices for the entire country were up to 101 per cent of parity, figured on the 1910-1914 basis of relationships, the- report added. Wage rates are not included in this index. Their Inclusion would put the general level moderately below parity, says Breithaupt. Pickers Treated Jefferson Sent 5 Uaan itV ing in the Chambers yard, two mues souin or nere, was com pleted Tuesday. During the aft ernoon the pickers enjoyed a treat qf ice cream and cookies. Trading Dull in Grain Futures Chicago, Sept. 3 (U.R) Trading in grain futures was dull on the board of trade today with prices limited to a narrow range and a slight easing of yesterday's top level. : There was considerable com ment on the convention between farm leaders and' the- president on . the anti-inflation speech scheduled for Labor Day, but the influence on prices was slight, owing to the relatively low price on wheat in relation to the loan and parity level. . Wheat finished the day with net losses of - cent a bushel; corn was off Vt to M; oats off Yi to M; rye down Va. to , and soybeans off 14; ' Cash house brokers were per sistent sellers of December corn but the market showed a rela tively firm undertone with prices little changed from yes terday. . .! Approximately 75,000 bushels of cash corn were reported sold but shipping demand was slow er. The bulk of today's receipts were applied on futures with lit tle activity apparent in the spot market; Local - traders caused some pressure in rye but this was ab sorbed by houses- with eastern connections. The arrival of ; a Canadian shipment of- 225,000 bushels of oats in Buffalo was reported. Prices held near Tuesday's close. Rye prices averaged lower than wheat and soybeans were inactive. Out of town markets follow ed the Chicago trend. ' Oregon Farm Acreage Shifts from Wheat Corvallis, Ore, Sept. (U.R) The agricultural adjustment ad ministration reported today a major shift of Oregon farm acre age from wheat to more essen tial war crops. The report of the 1942 federal crop insurance program disclos ed that of 6,387 Oregon farms applying for wheat crop insur ance last fall, only 3,991 were seeded to wheat for harvest this summer. Many farmers were believed to have shifted to win ter legume seed, fiber flax, and feed and forage crops. - Births Woodburn To Mr. and Mrs. Gor don Sines.. (Eileen LeFebvre) a 7 pound daughter, Constance Leah, August 24, at a Salem hospital. First grandchild of the Hartley LeFebvres. Deaths Johnson Dickie Elliott Johnson, infant son of Mr, and Mrs. Melvin Johnson, 633 Perry street, Wednes day, September 2. Graveside services were held Thursday, September 3, at 3 p.m., In the IOOP cemetery, di rection Clough-Barrick company. Lawrence In this city September 3, Harrison Lawrence, infant son of Mr, and Mrs. James P. Lawrence, 3390 Portland Road; brother ot Jam es Roy Lawrence. Private services were held this afternoon at the Brownsville cemetery, direction of W. T. Rlgdon company. Ur, t. T. Mm, N O. Dr. O. Chin. N.D. DRS. CHAN LAM CHINESE Hrfeslhta 4I Nsrth Liberty tUlr IHrllind tiftmal Klretric C: Of Me, a fii TflMdtr in gttirflar nlr ift a.m. s p.m.t 4 U 7 p.m. Cantilutlnn. Blnoi Btaiarc and rlnt (Mti are tr ef rtiirt. FrartkH nint-a lfttt j Births, Deaths Wool Auction Sales Dated For the third consecutive year, open competitive wool auction sales have been scheduled by Pacific wool growers to be held in Portland on September 4 and 5 and in San Francisco on Sep tember 8. Approximately 2 , 50 0,000 pounds of graded and original bag clips representing the wools of some 2,000 growers from Ore gon, Washington, Idaho, Califor nia and Nevada will be offered at these sales. "Government orders requiring 100. per cent domestic wool should make a good market and we anticipate prices will be tip to ceilings," said Manager R. A. Ward, just returned from a meet ing of the National Wool Grow- ers' executive committee and the board of directors of the Ameri can Wool council in Salt Lake City. "This is the first time in the history of San Francisco that wool auctions of this character will be held, Ward commented "as the Pacific's auctions last year were held in Stockton." . Some 25 eastern wool buyers, after attending the Merrion-Wil-kins' sales at Denver, Colo., and Billings, Mont., are expected to be in Portland the morning of September 4 to begin their in spection of the fleeces offered. Colonel J. W.' Hughes of For est Grove will again be the auctioneer for both the Oregon and the California auctions. Senate Committee Favors Sale Tax c Washington, Sept. 3 (U.R) The Senate finance committee today interrupted a presentation of the treasury's "spending tax" plan and unanimously adopted a res olution by Sen. Arftiur H. Van denberg, (R., Mich.), directing the treasury to submit plans for a general war sales tax. Sen. Harry Byrd (D., Va.), who disclosed the committee's action on the Vandenberg reso lution, predicted that the spend ings tax plan would be rejected. He said that the treasury ex perts were directed to submit the sales tax data to the com mittee this afternoon. Bronco Busters To Show at Eugene Eugene, Ore., Sept. 3 (IP) Be- cause of the cancellation of the annual Walla Walla Frontier Days celebration, local sports followers will view some of the leading bronco busters in the na tion here over Labor day week end. The Lane county sheriff 's pos se, in cooperation with the Chrls tensen Brothers, will stage two performances at the Lane county fairgrounds Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. War depart ment approval has been given for the event. Britain Market for Cover Crop Seed Corvallis, Sept. 3 (IP) Great Britain is now included in the 'market area" for Oregon cover crop seed. Some common vetch -and annual ryegrass seed is be ing shipped there under the lend-Q lease program to assist English" farmers in getting the highest production possible from their limited acres. 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