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- 12 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, Aug. 81, 1949
Wheels in American Mills
Begin to Whirl Faster
By SAM DAWSON
New York VPI For the first time since last November the
wheels in America's mills and factories are turning faster.
After eight steady months of falling output, the industrial pace
has quickened in August, the Federal Reserve Board says today.
Flanking this pleasant news are reports of increasing steel
production, record auto output, '
reviving department store sales
in New York City, and return
of workers to refrigerator plants
where a spurt in orders is boost
lng output.
The August revival should
bring industrial production back
to about the rate of June, the
federal reserve board says. The
sharp drop in July was chalked
up largely to a postwar develop
ment the board hasn't yet taken
into account when adjusting its
index to seasonal factors the
spread of the vacation habit
through industry. .
Many factories were closed
down part of the time in July
for vacations. When the board
set up its industrial production
index, a number of years ago,
It made allowance for many
seasonal variations, but the
vacation practice was so little
observed before the war in
heavy Industry that it was not
taken into consideration in the
index.
Price cuts and hoi weather
brought homeowners into the
appliance stores in sufficient
quantity to cut refrigerator in
ventories, and output in the
plants is being stepped up
again. The National Appliance
and Radio Dealers' association
js even talking about the short
supply of the cooling boxes. It
says they 11 be scarce until
October, when production will
have caught up again. Distrib
utors say that two of the com
panies are allocating refrigera
tors to them again.
i New York department stores
report sales last week were six
"per cent above the like week in
;1948. It has been 20 weeks
iince they could report any
gain over the previous year.
They credit that old stand-by,
the weather. Cooler days led
shoppers to desert the electric
fans at home and traipse through
store aisles.
The commerce department
makes no guess as to the trend
in August, but many business
men expect that this month's
figures will show that' sales of
manufacturing companies pick
ed up this month, along with
their production schedules.
Salem Reservists
Win High Praise
Oceanside. Calif., Aug. 31 Wl
Marine corps reservists from
Oregon drew praise from Gen.
G. B. Erskine, First marine divi
sion commander at Camp Pen
dleton, yesterday.
After more than a week of
drills by the men from Portland,
Salem and Eugene, Gen. Erskine
said:
"If I had to bring the division
up to full war strength I could
fit these reservists units right
into it with an additional 10
days' training."
The 200 Oregon reservists
were flown to Camp Pendleton
earlier this month for the two
week training. They are work
ing with regular marine corps
units.
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2 Schools Here
Win Citations
Englewood and M c K i n 1 e y
grade schools in Salem have
won national recognition by the
United States treasury depart
ment for their work in the field
of thrift education.
Built around the purchase of
United States savings stamps
and savings bonds, the children
receive practical education in
thrift.
The fall issue of the School
Savings Journal published by
the treasury's savings bonds di
vision and circulated nationally
carries an illustrated article fea
turing the two schools.
The article cites the excellent
student participation achieved
under Mrs. Dorothy Rea, princi
pal of McKinley school. It also
quotes a letter from Kay Ru
berg, a student at Englewood
school, describing the "Stamp
Men" bulletin board used in
connection with "stamp day" at
Englewood school where Mrs.
Dorothy Daugherty is principal.
Funeral for Osage Chief
Pawhuska, Okla.,.Aug. 31 (U.R)
The Osage tribe scheduled fu
neral services today for Fred
Lookout, 88-year-old spiritual
and political leader of some
4,750 Indians.
Lookout, named Little-Eagle
That-Gets-What-He-Wants, died
Sunday. He had been Osage
chief since 1924.
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