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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1942)
Fourteen' Stocks Advance To New Highs In Specialties New York, Sept. 8 ffl The stock market resumed business on the bullish side today after the lengthy recess in which dis turbing situations failed to de velop either at home or abroad. Leaders were a bit hesitant at the start but an advance soon got under way when it was re alized sellers were exception ally timid. Gains ranged from fractions to around 2 points at the best. These were reduced in many Instances, however, in the final hour. Lively dealings in low-priced issues, in addition to two "spe cial" offerings, put the day's turnover to about 400,000 shares, largest in three weeks. Wall Street generally view ed as constructive the presiden tial anti-inflation message. There was an assortment of new highes for the year or long er, Including Western Union, Erie common and certificates, Chicago & Eastern Illinois. "A," Twin City Rapid Transit pre ferred, Goodyear and Goodrich, Of ' the two "specials" which went through the exchange's ma chinery 12,800 shares of Allis Chalmers was quickly oversub scribed at 23 . A block of 20,- 000 shares of WoolWorth, offer ed at 28, took a bit longer to negotiate. . Investment purchasing of Am erican Telephone and Westing house gave these blue chips a good lift . . . ahead most of the time were U. S. Steel, Bethle hem, Chrysler, Sears Roebuck, Montgomery Ward, Du Pont, Eastman Kodak, American Ra diator, Chesapeake & Ohio and Santa Fe. Two Cent Gain for Rye Chicago, Sept, 8 (U.R) Rye, with a gain of more than two cents a bushel, led an advance in grain futures on the Chicago board of trade today. Wheat finished the day with net gains of 1 to 1 cents a bushel; corn was up to 1 cent a bushel, oats up to 's cents, rye was up 2 to 2 'A cents and soybeans off Vt to c a bushel. With nervousness over farm price levels allayed, traders re garded the below parity prices of grain futures optimistically. Pit operators were reported to anticipate little decline in corn from current levels. Loan wheat in the United States at the close of August totaled 02,167,000 bushels the department of agriculture mar ket announced today. Corn under government loan totaled 42,317, 000 bushels. Gains in wheat of from 1 to 2 cents corroborated the view of brokers that the scheduled ceil ing on farm prices would be suf ficiently above current levels to have no bearish effect on the market. Salem Markets Compiled from reports of Sa lem dealers, for the guidance of Capital Journal renders. (Revised dally). Buying Prices Wheat, rod or white, 9So per bu, Gray oats, No. 2, 36 lb., $26 ton Barley, No. 2, bright, $26 ton. Hay Glover $14 per ton; oats and vetch $14 per ton; local second cut ting alfalfa, $17 per ton. Retail Prices Egg Mash $3.09 cwt., second grndo $2.95. Pullet Grower Mash $3.10. Chicken Scratch, $2.25 cwt. Whole Corn $2.40, cracked $2.45. Midget Market Reports Hogs 165-216 lbs. $14.50; 215-250 lbs. $14; 250-300 lbs. $13.50; pack ing sows $10.50. Sheep Lambs $10, ewes $4-$5. Cattlo Top veal dressed 21c, vcnl alive 14c. Heifers $6-$6. Dairy cows $4-$6, beof cows $6-$7; bulls $7.50-$8.60. Poultry Heavy colored hons, No 1, 21o; No, 2 16c; frys 20c, White Leghorn hens 17c, frys 21o lb. Eggs Buying prices: Largo grado A white and brown 41o doz., mcd. 37c. Standards, B large 37c. Pullets 24c dozen, cracks 22c dozen. Eggs Wholesale prices: Ex. large white and brown 44c, med. 40c dos. Standards, white and brown 40c doz. Butter Prints: A grado 48c lb. B grade 4Tc, quarters 40c. But terfat: Premium 60c, No, 1 49c No. 2 46c lb. Markets Briefed (Br the Onlled mm Stocks irregularly higher in moderately active trading, Bonds irregularly higher. Curb slocks irregular, , Cotton steady. Wheat closed 1 to Hi cents higher, corn up ! to 1 cent, rye up 2 It to 2'4 cents. Sliver unchanged in N.Y. Market Quotations Portland Eastslde Market Neor-record supplies were reported today at the farmers' eastslde whole sale market, following Labor day. Oregon grown apples and winter bananas brought to $1.76. , Peaches moved rapidly, Hales at $1.35. Sweet corn in good demand, $1.50. Green beans 10c lb. Beets 35c. Let tuce $3.50; spinach $1.25. Strawberries $2 crate. Tomatoes $2. Portland Wholesale Market Butter Prints; A grade WAc lb in parchment, cartons 49c. B grade 47V4o in parchment, 48c lb. in cartons. ButterfaWirst quality, max. o! .8 of 1 acidity delivered Portland, 48-48KC lb. Premium quality, max. .35 of 1 acidity 49-49HO lb. Valley routes and country points 2c less than firsts, 4614 c; 2nd quality Port land 46-46'4c. Cheese Selling prices to Portland retailers. Tillamook triplets 29c lb., loaf 30c. Triplets to wholesalers 2614c lb., loaf 28c, 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 Poultry Buying Prices No. 1 grade Leg' horn broilers under 14 lbs. 25c, over 1V4 lbs. 23c. fryers under 1V4 lbs. 23c, fryers 214-4 lbs. 29c in., colored fryers 2-4 lbs. 24c, under Ztt ins. 25c: colored roasters under 2 lbs. 20c, roosters over 4 lbs. 29c, colored hens 22c lb., colored springers 2614 27c. Leghorns under 2V4 lbs. 19c lb., over 354 lbs. 23c lb. Good hens 23c Selling Prices to Retailers Light hens 21c lb., medium 21 c id. colored 20-21c, colored hens 23-23 '4c lb. Colored springs 32o lb., broilers 20-22c, white broilers 30c. Stags 13-14c, young 21-230. Roosters 13-14C lb. Pekin ducks, 1942s 18-20c, young 25c lb. Guinea hens 60c each. Ca pons over 7 lbs. 24-25c lb hens 25c lb. Dressed Turkeys New crop 33-35C lb. Rabbits Average country killed 30c lb., city killed. 2B-30C. Fresh Fruits Apples Spitz, ex. fancy, box $2, Icy. $1.65. wmesaps, ex. icy. sa.uu, fey. $2.75. Delicious ex. fey. $2.65-$3. H.R. ex. fey. $1.75, fey. $1.75. Yellow Newtown, ex. Icy. $3, lancy $2.75. Jumble $1.25 box. New crop Yellow Transparents $1.25 box. Local Grav ensteins $1-$1.50; red Gravensteins $2 box. Apricots Yakima $1.15-25 a box. The Dalles $1.15-26 box. Avocados Green $1.75, Eldorad $1.35-80 box. Bananas No. 1 hands 9c, bunch es 8'io lb. Blackberries $1.50. Boysenberrlcs $1.75 crate. Cherries Mid-Columbia Bings, Lamberts, loose, 10-110 lb. Bings 15-lb. packed oox $2.50. Early rl stock, loose 7c lb. Royal Annes packed, 10-12c lb Cantaloupes Yuma 36s $5.50 per box, 45s $4.25, Jumbo Bueno $1.45-50; jumbo 27s $5-$5.25 Yakima stand ards $2.25-50 crate. Southern stand ard 36s $5.50. The Dalles stand ards $2.75-$3 crate. DUlard $3.25. Grapes Calltornla Emperor lidd ed $2.50 lug. Grapefruit Texas Marsh seedless pinks $3.75 cose Ariz. $2.25-J3.25. Cochella $2-$2.25, Fla. $3.50, River side $3.50-$5 case. Lemons Fancy $5.40-$6, . choice $5.25-35 case. Loganberries $1 65 crate. ' Oranges Valenclas, fancy $3.85 $4.50 case. Peaches Oregon Mayflowers $1 $1.10 box. Oregon Alexanders, $1.25 $1.35 box. Oregon Triumphs $1-$1,10. Oregon early varieties $1-$1.25 Box. Oregon Early Crawfords $1.50-60 a box. J. H. Hales $1.35-60, Elbertas $1.35-40. Poors Medford Cornice $1.35 box Pineapple Mex. 12s $8-$6.50 crate, Raspberries Crate $2-$2.25. Strawberries Crate $2.25. Watermelons Calli. 6o lb. South ern 5c lb. Boardman 2 '4 -3c. Youngberrles Crate $1.60. Fresh Vegetables Artichokes Calif. $2.50-$3 box. Asparagus Oregon, $3 pyramid. Yakima loo lb. sunnysiae B'A-ioo. Beets Calif. 60-600 doz. bunches Oregon 30-35c doz. bunches. Beans Calif, green 12-15c, north west green loc, wax 8c in, Broccoli Colli. 14c lb. Carrots Local 60-G0c lug. Calif new $3.75 crate. Cal $2.10-25. Oregon 60-700 dozen bunches. . Cabbage No. 1 local $1-S1.25 cte. Red $1.10-15 pony crate California green $2.50-75 crate, Oregon $3.50 croto. Cauliflower Local No. 1 $2.75. Celery Collt. $3.70 crato. Oregon hearts $2-$2.25 dozen bunches. Ore gon $4 crate. Ore. green $4 crate. Cucumbers Hothse. local: stand ard $1.35, choice 90c box, fey. $1.35 ex. fey $1.60 Iowa $2.25, mld-Colum-Flo. field 65o box. Figs Seedless 40-47o lb., clusters, seedless 36-46c, seeded clusters 40c. Garlic No. 1 15o lb. New crop, 10-120 in. Lettuce Local No. $3.75-$4 per crato. Local No. 2 $2.50-$3.75 crate. Southern 4s $6.50, Northern $4.50. Mushrooms Hothouso 45o lb., 250 for M pound. Onions Yakima $2.35 sack. Ore rod dry $1.40-60 sack. Idaho $2.25-40. Sets 25o lb. Green 55-COc doz. bun Texas swcot type $2. Calif, sweet type $2. cant, red 60s to $1.35. Dr Mullen $1.85 Calif, newest type $2.75-$3 sack. Yellow $1.00. Walla Walla $1.10-15, Walla Walla-Yakima green $1.15-25. Red 60s $1. Peas Imperial $3.16-25 a bushsl, Pugct Sound 80? $2.60 per tub. Calif. $2.40-50. Tho Dalles 8-9o lb. Oregon const 25s, $4 box. Snake River 28s $2.50-75 tub. Peppers Texas green 18-180 lb. Mexican greon 25c lb. Local No. 1 $1-51.10 box. Old Potatoes White, local $3.25- 60 cental Deschutes Gems $3.35-60. Texas $3.60-75, Shatter, Cal.. White Rose $1.60 50 lbs Yaklmn No. 2 Gems $2 50-lb. bag. Klamath No 1 $3.60 cental. New Potatoes Calif, whites $1.50 50-lb. lug Texas $2.60-75 Florida red $3-$3.25 50-lb. lug. Shatter, Cl White Rose $2.60 100-Ib. bug. local $3.50 cental. Yakima $3.90-$4, Ida. $4. Hr.ubnrD Hothouse ex. fey. $1.30, fey. $1.20, choice $1.08 for 15-lb. box. Wine variety So more. Local field grown 50-BOo epplo box, No, 1 $1,26 orange box Turnips Local 80o lug. CaL 80. 85o doz. bunches. Radishes Cal. 45-S0c, Ore. 50-55O dozen. Squash Zucchlnni 50-60C a box. white $1.50-75, yellow 60-65c lug. Ore. $1.60-60 flat crate. W. Walla $1 box. Danish $4.50 crate Marblehead and Hubbard 214 -3c !b No. 1 85c-$l. Spinach Bingen $1-11.25 orange box. Local No. 1 $1.25 orange box. Sweet Potatoes Calif $2 35-60 a 50-lb. bag. Southern Yams 10-1 lo lb. New 16o lb. Milton-Freewater $l'.7o $2.25 lug. Tomatoes Calif $2.20-50 a crate. Hothouse ex. fey 20c, fey. 22-25o ib Calif field grown $3-$3.25. Texas $3.20-50 lug; Merced field $276 Mexico field $2. Texas $3-$3.26 lug. Milton-Freewater $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 fo retailers: ' Hogs (celling prices) 17 17V4o lb. : Country killed hogs, best butchers. 129-149 lbs., nominal Vealers, ' fancy, ' 23c; light, thin 15-18c lb., heavy 16o lb., rough heavy 18c lb., bulk 16c lb. Canner cows 14c, good cutters 13-14o lb. Bulls 16i4-17c. Yearling lambs 18c Springers, good 20-22c, heavy 12-15c. Ewes. 8-9o lb. Wool, Hops Wool 194? contracts. Ore. ranch, nominal 34-37C lb. crossbreds 40-42C Mohair 1941 12-mos. 45c lb. Hides Calves 19-22c, green beef 10c. kip '17o. green bulls 6c Ib. Hops 1941 crop 40c; 1942 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 62)ic, 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 oer 100 lbs. Nutmeats Walnuts, light amber halves, broken lots 55c, pieces 50c, ambers 46c, standard ambers 38c Ib Filberts, Barcelonas 50-60o lb. Pe cans, light halves 55c lb. ; Portland Livestock Portland, Sept. 8 P) (USDA) Cattle 325, salable 225; calves 150. Market rather slow, mostly steady, but canner and cutter cows easier. Few com.-med. grass steers $9.50- $12, odd head S12.50-S13.50, com.. med. heifers $8-$ll; light dairy type down to $7. Canner-cutter cows $5 $6.25. fat dairy type to $7, med.-good beefs 8-$9, two loads $9.25-75 sorted. Med.-good bulls 9.25-$ll, com. down to $8; two decks med.-good vealers $14, choice $15, com. down to $9. Hogs 550, salable 400; market slow, mostly 25c lower, good-choice 170 215 lb. drive-ins $14.85 to mostly $15, negligible lot to $15.10; 230-280 lbs. $14.25-50, light lights $14.25. Good 300-600 lb. sows $13-$13.50, choice 73 lb. feeder pigs $15.50. Sheep 1600; market rather slow, mostly steady with extreme top 25c higher on improved quality. Load good-choice 87-lb. spring lambs $12. 25; good-choice truck-ins largely $11.75; com.-med. grades very slow, feeder demand limited. Good ewes $5.25; load med.-good $4.50, common down to $2. Portland Grain Portland, Sept. 8 W) Wheat fu tures: open high low close Sept 1.03 1.05 1.03 1.05 Dec 1.07 1.09 1.07 1.00 Cash grain: No. 1 flax 2.4154; wheat (bid) : soft white 1.16, exclud ing Rex 1.19; white club, west, red 1.19; hard red winter: ordinary '1.09, 10 pet. 1.10, ll pet. 1.13, 12 pet. 1.16; hard white baart: 10 pet, 1.15, 11 pet. 1.19, 12 pet. 1.23. Oar receipts: wheat 58, flour 30, barley 19, oats 10, mlllfeed 20, corn 9. Chicago Livestock Chicago, Sept. 8 W) (USDA) Hogs 21,500, salable 14,000; fairly ac tive; 240 lbs. down steady to strong; heavier wts. strong to 10c higher. aood-cnoice 180-330 lbs. $14.40-05; top $14.70; 160-180 lbs. $14.10-50. Sows 10c higher, good-choice 330-400 lbs. $14-$14.25; good 400-500 lbs. $13. 75-$14.10. Salable cattle 15,000; calves 12.000 Fed steers and yearlings strong to 25c higher, good-choice yearlings and light steers up most; top $16.50. Sta table supply to eastern order buyers and shippers $15.25-$16.40; bulk fed steers and yearlings $13.50-$16. Hei fers 15-25C higher, best $15.25, heifer supply small. Cows in liberal supply slow, steady, cutters $8.50 down, most beers $8.75-$l0, strictly good west cm grasscrs $11-$11.50. Bulls steady to cosy, $11.85 practical top. Vealers steady at $15-616.50; stock cattle fairly active, yearlings $12-$13, but cher calves $13-$14.50. Sheep 14,000, solablo 6000; fnt lambs around steady, bulk good nnd cnoico trucked-ln natives $13.50-75. few londs north Idahos $14.15; throw out natives largely $9.50 down. Fat sheep 25-SOc, lower. Bulk native ewes $5-$0. Chicago Grain Chicago, Sept. 8 (U.R) Cash grain: Whent No. 4 yprl tnnirh I 971: vn 2 hard 1.26, No. 3 1.24-H, No. 4 1.21 ',4 No. 4 hard tough 1.22. Corn No. 3 mixed 1.04; No. 1 yellow 84-84 No. 2 84-85, No. 3 B3'.-844, No. 4 82-84"4, No. 5 81 !4 B3, No. 1 Whlto 1.06i4, No. 2 1.05-06 Mi, No. 3 1.04, No. 4 1.00; No. 5 98. Soybeans No. 3 yellow 1.68!4, No. 4 1.05. Oats No. 1 mixed 52-52 s, No. 3 51-61 '4. No. 1 white 52H-53U, No. 2 82'j, NO. 3 49U-50!4, No. 4 41' 4B. No. 1 mixed heavy 61, No 1 red spec. 52 i. No. 1 red spec, heavy 52i-53. Mixed grain 35-45. Barley Malting 80-95n, hard 66 72n, feed 55-65n, No. 1 95, No 3 tough 06, No. 5 61; No. 2 malting 99. Cash lard in store 12.90b, loose 11.90b, leaf 12.4011, bellies 15.75b. Boston Wool Boston, Sept. B (P) (USDA) De mand for domestic wool continued strong on tho Boston market todoy. Sales of graded territory made at a clean basis price of $1.03-05. Ohio wools reported sold at grease basis of 62c for and 53c for blood. Sales in tho opening of Portland wool auction about 50 percent of offerings. Top prices 61c for 32,000 pounds of and second high 46c on lot of the same grado of wool. Moro than 620,000,000 pounds of beans were, grown In Egypt last year. The Capital Journal, Most Workers Stay at Jobs On Labor Day (Br the Associated Press) America observed the first wartime Labor day in nearly a quarter of a century yesterday but millions of workers for whom the holiday was designat ed kept busy at their jobs to insure no interruption along the industrial front. The wartime observance of the holiday, in addition to main taining the flow of production, paid dividends in the number of lives saved attendant to the tra ditional celebrations normally staged throughout the nation. The violent death toll for the three-day holiday, an Associated Press survey showed, was con siderably smaller compared to the total for the week-end holi day last Labor day. Especially was there a marked reduction in the number of traffic fatalities, always the leader in holiday death tolls. The number of violent deaths in the 1941 Labor day holiday period was 626, including 423 killed in automobile accidents. This year's survey disclosed a total of 286 violent deaths, in cluding 179 .traffic fatalities. Drownings accounted for 23 deaths while 84 persons died from other violent causes. The national safety council had predicted that automobile fatal ities would number 400, more than double the number report ed. The sharp curtailment in au tomobile travel and the work holiday in the nation's plants were cited by traffic authorities as the principal factors in bring ing about the lower number of accidents. Schenck Freed From Prison New York, Sept. 8 ttl.R) Jos eph M. Schenck, former chair man of the board of 20th Century-Fox Film Corp., has been released on parole from the fed eral prison at Danbury, Conn., where he had served four months of a year-and-a-day sen tence, it was learned today, Schenck, sentenced for per jury, entered the prison May 2 and was released yesterday, it was disclosed at the office of U.S. Attorney Mathias F. Cor rea, who prosecuted him. Sen tence on income tax evasion charges was suspended. Originally Schenck was sen tenced to serve three years' im prisonment but the term was re duced because he assisted th government in the conviction of William Bioff and Gerge E, Browne, motion picture union officials who are convicted of extorting $1,000,000 from film companies under threats of na tionwide strikes. Bridges Hard-Boiled In War Attitude Los Angeles, Sept. 8 W) Harry Bridges takes a hard- boiled view of the war. He says the issue for Americans is "kill or be killed," and urges against part-time prosecution of the war effort. "There is too much part-time fighting, part-time thinking and part-time working in this war," declared the state CIO director at a dinner of S00 CIO members last night. "There is no choice it's kill or be killed. Labor knows it's life is at stake, and while there still are mistakes to be rectified, the workers should be given credit at least for being on the way toward total war effort, '"Frankly, I believe there's still too much business as usual sentiment in the ranks of labor and labor unions. And manage ment still is worrying about its profits, about competition after the war, and jealously guarding its peacetime rights. Commissions for Ineligible Fliers Washington, Sept. 8 (U.R) Pro bationary commissions as navy ensigns and junior grade lieu tenants with assignments to the civil aeronautics administration as flight Instructors are immedi ately available to flyers ineligi ble for combat duty, CAA said today, Candidates may be 19 to 32 years old and unavailable for combat flying through minor physical defects or marital status. Both ranks require high school graduation. Ensign can didates must have completed the CAA elementary pilot training courso or Its equivalent and may be not older than 29, Lieutenant candidates must have additional professional experience and may be 32. Salem, Oregon President Addresses the Nation President Roosevelt addressed the American nation from Washington to carry his battle for stabilization of living costs to the people. In his radio talk the president asserted immediate action was necessary to avoid a "serious domestic economic crisis," that, "if we wait for two or three or four months or six months it may be too late.".. (Associated Press Photo.) - Hop Yards Need More Pickers There is still a demand for hop yard workers and the situation in some instances is acute, Wm. H. Baillie, manager of the Sa lem office of the U.S. employ ment service stated this fore noon. And in. spite of reports to the contrary, pickers can make real money. This week will tell the tale insofar as a suc cessful harvest , is concerned, Baillie' added as he urged all persons who can . possibly lay aside their regular chores to an swer the appeal of the growers. As an instance of what can be done, Bailie quoted from a let ter written by C. L. Jones, agent for an insurance company; who said he picked hops over the Labor Day holiday for the first time in 20 years. During the three days Jones was in. one of the valley yards, he aggregated 23 hours of actual picking. His earnings for that time were $25.93 or an average of $1.13 an hour. , , ; Bean picking , is tapering off considerably with the bulk of the crop already in cans. However, four or five trucks carrying pickers left the employment office this morning for the bean patches. ' ' Prune Picking Given Start ' Dallas Prune picking for cannery use started Monday in the vicinity of Dallas, with many citizens offering their services as pickers regardless of the holiday. The chief worry of growers at present is the scar city of men for shakers. Men are sought who could be available for a few hours early in the morning. Prune picking for drying will start, about Thursday. Pickers are urged to sign with the U. S. Employment Service in the city hall. Schedules are being work ed out in the office whereby pickers can work as time per mits, two or three days a week, forenoons or afternoons, any ar rangement that will get the prunes picked, ' . Walla Walla Crowd Hears Judge Douglas Walla Walla, Wash., Sept. 8 (U.R) The United States was slow to waken, "but it has a spirit and a capacity for work and sac rifice which no nation of slaves ever had or ever will have," As sociate Justice of the U. S.. Su preme Court William O. Douglas told a victory center rally here. Justice Douglas asserted that "now is the time to demonstrate the paralyzing power of its strik ing force," and that the stakes never were greater. Unless we now end once and for all the deadly imperialism which has plagued the world, our future will be pledged to the sword not to the plow," the justice said. Prunes Moving to Eastern Markets Walla Walla, Wash., Sept. 8 .(U.RX Peak of the prune harvest was moving out of this valley area today toward eastern mar kets and picking of early variety apples was beginning. Although prune loadings were not as heavy as usual there was no loss due to a shortage of la bor, growers announced. The major portion of the remaining crop will be left .unpicked for local canneries, it was stated. New High Paid for Cascara Stumpage. ' . A new high of four and a half cents a pound has been paid to the Oregon state board of fores try for cascara bark stumpage on the 71,000 acre Elliott state for est, Nels S. Rogers, state forester, announced today. A total of 24,460 pounds of bark was harvested on the tract this year, Roger said. Deliver 9 Ships During August Portland, Sept. 8 (U.R) Oregon Shipbuilding corporation deliv ered . nine liberty vessels dur ing August for an average of 50.2 days per ship from keel laying to delivery, maintaining its national leadership, a report of the maritime commission an nounced today.. , California Shipbuilding cor poration was in second place, delivering 11 ships but with a 61.3 day average, the report said. In third place was Bethlehem- Fairfield with an average of 61.7 for nine ships,. .. , ;','. , i The report said the monthly total for merchant marine ves sels was better than two a day and that August deliveries rep resented 753,600 deadweight tons. West Coast yards led with 31 ships, Atlantic coast yards built 24 and Gulf Coast yards 12. Average time for August de liveries for all yards construct ing liberties was 83.3, a sub stantial decrease over the July average, of 108.4 days, the re port said. Olson Claims Successful Trip LoS'Ahgeles, Sept. 8 (VP) Cali fornia's Governor Olson is home from Washington after success ful conferences, he told news men, on such diverse subjects as coast defenses, liberalized old age pensions and underground storage of natural gas. Returning by plane yesterday, the governor said he had' been assured: 1. Of stronger coast defenses. 2. Of social security board approval, of eased pension re strictions. 3. Of favorable interior de partment action on underground gas storage plans. The governor's program, which he said would be effective soon in California probably influenc ing pension payments nationally, provides that recipients of old age benefits would be permitted to earn, up to $82 monthly in ex cess of their $40 pensions with out deduction, ' "I impressed upon Washing ton the Importance of giving us priority of land troops and planes to strengthen coast defen ses," Olson said. "If the Japs hit Siberia we know that if any point in the United States is to be attacked it will be the coast." Turkey Crop to Equal Last Year's Portland, Sept. 8 (U.R) The United States department of ag riculture estimated today the 1942 turkey crop in Oregon would be 1,726,000 birds, ap proximately the same number raised last year. Heavy losses were recorded during the early part of the sea son because of inclement weather, but since mid-June deaths have been no greater than usual, the department said 7 States Vote At Primaries (By the Associated Press Support of President Roose velt's foreign policies before Pearl Harbor again was tested as : a political issue today in three of seven states where voters picked party nominees for federal and state offices. -. The pre-war records of con gressmen were campaign issues in Minnesota, Washington and Colorado. Primary balloting also was conducted in Maryland, Arizona, Louisiana and Ver mont. The usual contention that an opponent failed to support ad ministration foreign views went into reverse in Minnesota Where Walter K. Mickelson, a publish er, sought the republican sena torial n6mination on the claim that his opponent, Senator Jos eph H. Ball, had voted against the views of 80 per cent of his constituents in supporting the president. The state also was interested in the republican contest for the lientenant governorship. Gover nor Harold E.- Stassen, republi can,, has declared if re-elected he will resign , in April to go on active duty as a lieutenant-commander in the navy, turning the chair over to the lieutenant gov ernor. " Stassen supported Ed Thye, former deputy state agriculture commissioner, for the nomina tioh. Seven others, including the 30-year-old incumbent, C. Elmer Anderson, have filed for the office. In the governorship race, Stassen was opposed by John Alemander, former1 con gressman, and Martin A. Nelson HP. Correspondent Wounded in Battle Headquarters, United States Pacific Fleet, Sept. 5 (Delayed) (U.R) Joe James Custer, United Press war correspondent, was wounded while covering the bat tle of the Solomon Islands from the deck of a United States war ship, it was announced today. A shell fragment lodged be hind Custer's left eye, which may be blinded. Custer was sent to a hospital somewhere in the southwest Pacific. One of two United Press cor respondents from the Honolulu bureau assigned to the American naval and marine forces which attacked Japanese positions in the Solomons, Custer probably has seen as much naval action in the Pacific as any war cor respondent. His" companion, Robert Miller, still is with the fighting forces in the Solomons. Farmers Lacking Harvest Facilities Henry Zorn, prominent north end farmer who was in Salem a short time this morning report ed that farmers in that section are making some advances in harvesting but are lacking both in manpower and transportation facilities to handle their crops He states large quantitias of clover, vetch, oats, barley and similar crops are stacked in fields in bags and that hauling of fbx is virtually stymied on a number of farms due to a shortage of trucks. On his own farm he stated that he had 75 acres of flax which is pulled and went better than two tons to an acre but has only one truck now to complete the hauling of a considerable portion of this crop, and that other crops are in about the same comparative condition. American railroad occupy four million acres of land. Tuesday, September 8, 1942 Warns School 0i Kids to Behave i! In War Time Putnam, state suuerlfi- tenlent of public instruction served notice to school Kids fp day that they face "stern dlsoi Dlinarv measures" if they rrjis- behave in classes. ! ! Putnam, who recently return ed from the national institute on prtnratinn and the war in Wash ington, D.C., said classes willjbe so crowded and the schools have such a hard task ahead of thfhi that teachers and principals will crack down on students wno dis rupt classes. " "Everv classroom in the na tion must become a unfi bf maximum effort in the totarwar picture," Putnam said. ' "Teachers will be called UDon to do even better work under serious difficulties, and to give addWonal time and energy to inerMspd demands UDon the schools in order to assist in every type of activity toward victory. "All ouoils. through grades one to 12, must point their full energies and abilities toward mastering their studies, and in tnkins active Dart in school and community victory effort pro grams in order tnat tney may ne prepared to serve in a more di rect Way as they become old' enough to do so. "There must be no place in the schoolhouse for the loafer and the chronic distractor of the attention of teachers and earnest pupils from the vital tasks 'at hand. Stern disciplinary njS ures must be taken, if necesSSyy, to prevent a few from disrupt ing the efforts of the many , in the nlasses who were trying to do the tasks before them." Births, Deaths Deaths i. Armstrong Emma Alice Arm strong, 85, at a local hospital Satur day, September 5. Survived by -one brother, C. J. Armstrong of'Grarits Pass, shipment is being made, to Medford for services and interment by the Terwilliger-Edwards Funeral home. Golden William M. Golden, late resident of 1965 South Commercial street, at a local hospital at the pge of 53 years. Survived by his son, Wil liam M. Golden, Jr., of Reed Point, Mont. Shipment is being made., by Clough-Barrick company to Billings, Mont., for services ana lniei-meu nent. Mi Pope James Edison Pope, atTtsi dence. 2020 South High-street, Sep tember 7. Survived by widow, Mrs Theresa Pope of Salem; three sons, Robert, James and William Pope, all of Salem; mother, Mrs. Minnie Pope of San Jose, Calif.; brother, William Pope of San Jose. An nouncements later by Clough-Bar-rick company. Mullin John Clair Mullin, at local hospital. Late resident of .ths Leonard hotel. Survived by. sister, Mrs. Habensach of Eureka. An nouncements later by the Olough Barrick company. . .. :,' Glass In this city September 7, Jeanne B. Glass, late of 875 Belmont street. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Glass of Salem; sister ol Robert H. Glass of Wichita, Kans., Nelson S. Glass of Winter Park, Fla., James M. Glass, Jr., of Charlestown, Ind., and Brenda G. Glass of Salpm. Private funeral services will be held in the chapel of the W. T. Rigdon company Wednesday, September 9, at 1:30 p.m. Rev. W. Irvin Williams will officiate. Naugie In this city SeptemO'5, Daisy Naugie, age 65 years. Latd of Rt. 3, Salem. Daughter of J. P. Ed wards of Missouri; mother of Rex Naugie of Trenton, Neb., Clarence Naugie 'of Englewood, Calif., 4lrs, Lena Brown and Mrs. Lola Mans field, both of Culbertson, Nebr., and Mrs. Helen Crowder and Lyle Hau gle, both of Salem; survived also by three brothers and four sisters. She was a member of the First Baptist church of Missouri. Services will be held Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 10:30 b. m from the chapel of W. T. Rlgdim company, with conluding services at Belcrest Memorial park. Dr. Irving A. Fox will officiate. ? Westerlund Marius - Westerluhd, at 175 Garden road, September, 7. Late resident of Rothburg, Wash. Survived by three sisters. Announce ments later by W. T. 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