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Long Mercy
Trip Pays Off
Seattle, July 18 OT James L.
Kirk and his troublesome appen
dix were getting along quite
well together today, thank you.
But only alter the longest coast
guard mercy trip in North Pa
cific history.
Kirk, 20, of Omaha, Neb., was
stricken with appendicitis Sat
urday aboard the weather ship
Winona, some 600 miles south
of Kodiak, Alaska. An opera
tion appeared imminent.
In less than 15 hours a PBM
rescue plane from Port Angeles
flew north, picked Kirk up and
returned to the peninsula station.
A PBY amphibian brought the
coastguardsman the rest of the
way here. It was a 2055-mile
flight.
At the Marine hospital it was
found the operation wasn't
needed.
Union Requires
Oath From A!!
Spokane, July 18 () Dele
gates to the International Wood
workers district convention have
carried the Taft-Hartley non
communist oath requirement a
tep farther.
The controversial labor law
requires only that a union's of
ficers sign the oath before the
union may carry any problem
before the national labor rela
tions board.
IWA delegates voted yester
day, however, to require all
candidates for office to file the
signed oats before the union
election. Two slates of candi
dates were nominated.
They are: . .
President Earle C.'Nimz,
Spokane, incumbent, and Fred
Siefken, Coeur d'Alene; vice
president Carl Roone, Bonnar,
Mont., Incumbent, and Charles
Ritchie, Newport; secretary
treasurer Ed Anderson, Pot
latch, Idaho, incumbent, and
William Graham, Spokane;
trustee Delbert Gundvaldson,
Newport
Doubtful Salesmen
Banned at Lebanon
Lebanon An anti-solicitation
ordinance for Lebanon may soon
be a reality, announces the
Chamber of Commerce office.
The ordinance will be designed
to keep away salesmen of organ
izations with doubtful back
grounds, but allow reputable
groups access to the Lebanon
market.
The merchant's committee of
the chamber discussed the pro
posed ordinance at their meet
ing last Monday and decided to
pattern after an ordinance used
in Fargo, N. D., which requires
the deposit of a bond which is
forfeited if the solicitors
move from the city within a
year.
Cooperating with the cham
ber is the bureau of municipal
research at the University of
Oregon.
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Confer on Unification Members of this hiKh-command
conference on armed forces unification discuss details of the
task at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. Left to right: Gen.
Hoyt Vandenberg, air force chief; Steve Early, undersecre
tary of defense; Adm. Louis Denfeld, navy chief and Defense
Secretary Louis Johnson. The group, following Johnson's
orders, are working and playing together; they joined in a
game of horseshoes after conference. (Acme Telephoto)
WHAT IT MEANS:
More Jobs for Women
By CLARKE BEACH
Washington Employment for
employment is dropping.
The number of employed U. S.
in May 1948 to 17,173,000 in May
this year. But in the same period i
the number of men at worK
dropped from 42,058,000 to 41,
521,000. These are Census Bureau fig
ures as analyzed and reported by
the Women's Bureau of the La
bor department.
Unemployment Is hitting both
sexes alike. The number of wom
en and men seeking work rose
almost 100 per cent for each
x.
This is all a continuation of
a long trend. Since the turn of
the century, and earlier, the
number of women working and
seeking work has been on the
increase. In the present period
of unemployment, the trend has
been accentuated.
Take the figures on the total
labor force the total of men
and women both working and
seeking work. The nation's la
bor force increased from 60,422,
000 in May 1948 to 61,983,000 in
May 1949.
Among men the increase in
that period was only 1.4 per
cent. Among women the increase
was 5.5 per cent.
Women constituted only 18
per cent of the total labor force
in 1900. They were 29 per cent
of the labor force last May.
Twenty per cent of women 14
and older were gainfully em
ployed in 1900. Last May 31
per cent of them had Jobs.
The trend for men was the
reverse. Only 71 per cent of the
adult male population was gain
fully employed in May 1949.
Yet 87 per cent of adult males
were employed in 1900. The
drop has been sharp even since
1940, when 79 per cent of adult
males were working.
The explanation is that:
1. Men are staying in school
longer. Also, the new pension
programs make it easier for them
to retire. They used to retire
later or not at all.
2. Women are finding work
opportunities they never had
before. Labor saving devices are
making it possible for them to
get out of the kitchen. And they
need money to buy the labor
saving devices.
Women have been encouraged
to work. Also, because the so
cial attitude toward working
women has changed. Further
more, the average woman has
fewer children now than former
ly. The big increase of working
women has come chiefly among
those who were married.
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women is increasing while male
women increased from 16,602,000
Women once had too much to
do at home even to consider get
ting a Job. But the development
of mass production, through the
introduction of new machinery
and distribution methods, has
provided at economical prices
the things they once had to pro
vide themselves: clothing, laun
dry and canned and baked goods.
The growth of factories, too.
has created jobs that women are
physically able to handle. And
the development of business ma
chines has given women -new
fields of employment.
Although the typewriter was
put on the market shortly after
the civil war, the "touch sys
tem" didn't come into general
use until the 1890's. The rapid
work made possible by this and
new shorthand methods revolu
tionized business processes.
Girls were often found to be
more proficient for the work
than men, and they would work
for less. They flocked to the
offices for jobs. There was a
great moral protest the tempta
tions for men and women work
ing together in the same offices,
the physical strain of typing.
which would ruin the girls'
health.
But the fact is that women's
life expectancy rose from 51.1
years in 1900 to 69.5 years in
1945.
And now fewer women are
old maids. In 1900 31 per cent
of women were single. In 1940
only 25 per cent were unmar
ried. Contractors Ready
For Work on Bridge
Independence Werner and
Jeske, Eugene contractors, have
been awarded the contract by
the state highway commission
to build a new bridge on Mon
mouth street across Ash creek.
Work will start within the next
week or ten days. The bridge
will be of concrete construction
and will provide for a walk on
each side for pedestrians. Wer-
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Hoppers Lay
Eggs in State
Lakeview, July 18 W) Fed
eral entomologists reported to
day that Nevada-born grasshop
pers moving across sage areas
of Harney and Lake counties
have been laying eggs for a
week or more.
Vanguards of the insect hordes
were reported moving north and
northwest a,t four to six miles a
day. So far the infestation has
centered on brush and sage sec
tors of the two southern Oregon
counties, but one edge of the
horde is nearing the grasslands
of Warner valley.
The entomologists hope to sur
vey the range of the insects for
their control plans that will be
gin next spring' when the eggs
hatch.
Thomas Duval and Leonard
M. Clayton, Elko, Nev., and
Walter J. Scott, Washoe coun
ty, Nev., have established a
camp at Hart Mountain. The
grasshoppers were plentiful
there yesterday.
Duval reported the insects
were ranging over an area from
beyond White Horse ranch, 40
miles east of Field, to the Hart
Mountain camp.
Dr. B. G. Thompson and Rob
ert W. Every, Oregon State col
lege entomologists, Corvallis,
were due to join the field party
at Hart Mountain.
Polk Employs
Health Officer
Independence: Polk county has
hired a full time health officer
whose name is being withheld
according to W. E. Knower,
county commissioner. A ruling
was made by the state health
department in Eugene denying
federal reimbursement to any
Oregon county without a full
time health officer and this
qualifies Polk county for feder
al aid of 35 percent during the
1949-50 fiscal year, Knower
stated. ,
Before leaving on a vacation
trip to California, Judge Jack
Hayes stated that a doctor in
Polk county had been hired for
the health work but he was not
at liberty to disclose his name
until the physician made ar
rangements to conclude his gen
eral practice.
During most of the past fiscal
year the county has operated
with only two nurses in the
health department after Benton
county, which formerly shared
a health officer with Polk, set
up a separate department. How
ever, civic and health groups
stressed the importance of the
health work in the county and
worked out a plan with the
county budget committee to ar
range a minimal unit for the
year 1949-50. This includes a
full time doctor, sanitarian, two
nurses and a clerk.
The physician is expected to
take over the position in the
near future.
On a ruling by the state board,
a 90-day grace period was giv
en, contingent on hiring an of
ficer or being committed to
finding one.
ner & Jeske are the same con
tractors who put in the new
sewers here two years ago.
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Suspended Maj. Gen. Her
man Feldman (above), the
quartermaster general, has
been temporarily relieved
from duty by Secretary
of the Army Gordon Gray
for alleged implication in
"five percent" business con
tract deals. He was suspend
ed on the basis of evidence
accumulated by a special Sen
ate sub-committee in Wash
ington, which is investigating
alleged influence in awarding
military contracts. (Acme Tel
ephoto) Relieved from Duty Secre
tary Gordon Gray, temporar
ily relieved from duty Maj.
Gen. Alden Harry Waitt
(above), chief of the chemi
cal corps, for alleged impli
cation in "five percent busi
ness deals. Gen Waitt was
suspended on the basis of evi
dence accumulated by a spe
cial senate subcommittee in
Washington, which is investi
gating alleged influence in
awarding military contracts.
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Cattle men and farmers look
on the coyote as a friend when
he helps to keep in check jack
rabbits, ground squirrels, prairie
dogs and other animals that eat
grass and grain.
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Council Drops
Plan for Tax
Independenc e After a
lengthy discussion and object
ions being offered by a large
group of local businessmen, the
matter of an occupation tax for
the city was dropped at a spec
ial meeting of the city council
Dr. Lewis Britt, local drug-
gist.who had been a member of
the city budget committee, ask
ed the council if there was a
need for such a tax. He pointed
out that $10,000 had been put
in the budget for the sewage
disposal fund: that business
houses and residents were pay
ing a tax of $1 per month on
the sewage disposal plant fund
and that, the city had voted
bonds to take care of the build
ing of the plant and he stated
that he could see no reason at
this time for the need of another
tax.
Councilman M. M. Fulmer
stated that businessmen were
being taxed already several
times for the same purpose and
he thought it was time the
council pulled in their horns
and cut down on taxing busi
nessmen.
Mayor Ralph Spencer admit
ted that at the present time
there was no need for the spec
ial tax.
After a discussion with busi
nessmen favoring a reduction
in the beer parlor license but
objecting to reductions in the
pinball license, the council voted
to cut the beer license from
$500 to $250 a year and the pin
ball license from $200 to $100
for each machine per year.
C. J. Gray representing the
B and G company, Parking Me
ter Advertising, appeared be
fore the council and asked for a
franchise to place advertising on
the parking meters. The major
ity of the businessmen present
expressed themselves as against
the idea. The plan was to put
three advertising signs on each
meter for which a charge of
$1.50 per month for each sign
would be made to the adverti
ser. The company offered the
city 10 percent of the gross for
the franchise.
It has been reported that in
other nearby cities the same
company has offered a three-
way split, with 25 percent to
the Junior Chamber of Com
merce and 25 percent to the
city and 50 percent for the
company.
The council voted to approve
the application of Tom and Dean
Smith of the Independence Food
Market for a package beer and
wine license.
An English Quaker, Abraham
Darby, first smelted iron ore
with coke, in 1735.
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IN TEXAS POLIO EPIDEMIC AREA
DDT Wipes Out Pests,
Questioned as Carriers
Paul F. Ellis, United Press science writer, is In Texas
investigating the infantile paralysis epidemic at San Angelo.
Here is another of his dispatches.
By PAUL F. ELLIS
(United Press Science writer)
San Angelo, Tex., (U.R) The polio epidemic in San Angelo has
been tough on flies and mosquitoes. Today the city is virtually
free of the pests as a result of DDT, still the No. 1 insecticide.
The war on flies and mosquitoes began during the outbreak
of polio and was launched on
the insects might be the carriers
of the virus that causes infantile
paralysis.
But research scientists, work
ing with the support of March
of Dimes money from the nat
ional foundation for infantile
paralysis, have been unable to
place the guilt on the fly or
mosquito as a polio carrier,
Dr. Harry Weaver, director
of research for the national
foundation, said the value of
DDT spraying in stopping a
polio epidemic has not been
proved. In the past, communities
stricken with polio have been
sprayed with DDT. but there
was little, or no effect on the
incidence of the disease.
Thus, Dr. Weaver and other
polio authorities do not recom
mend DDT spraying in an epi
demic area, but agree it may
be a good sanitary procedure
whether a town has polio or
not
In any event, DDT spraying
has not checked polio and in a
number of towns it has not re
duced the fly population. In
fact, recent investigations have
shown that some types of fly
have become resistant to DDT.
City officials here, however,
on insistence of the people, have
kept DDT ere w s busy, using
spray machines and a fog de
vice a machine that creates a
fog of DDT particles that sweeps
across lawns and streets, mak
ing visibility poor for automo
bile traffic for some time. The
fog machine" is operated only
at night.
Doctors and officials here be
lieve that the fogging and spray
ing probably had no effect on
polio, but agreed it makes the
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me pono cases nere originated
on the edge of the city where
there still are numerous open
pit toilets. Mayor E. A. Vau-
train said that in the last year
about 11 miles of sanitary sew
ers had been installed, and that
as of a month ago, there still
were 237 open-pit toilets. They
are rapidly disappearing.
Woodburn Merchants
Form Association
Woodburn A total of 57
Woodburn business men have
received membership cards in
the Woodburn Merchant's asso-l
ciation recently organized here.l
Other merchants in the down
town Woodburn area or the
highway section who have not
been contacted may obtain a
membership card by applying
to Ralph Ackerman at Austin's
store. At the last meeting of
the association the members
voted to extend membership to
merchants in the Pacific high
way area. The next meeting
will be held August 8.
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