2 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Monday, December 5, 1949
Warnings of
Inflation Seen
Washington, Dec. 5 W)
Warnings of inflation are flut
tering again in the capital, but
most of the economic lookouts
discount any immediate peril
They see fairly steady, prosper
ous sailing throughout 1BS0.
President Truman is not ex
pected to revive his demands of
a year ago for drastic "stanaoy
anti-inflation powers. This is
despite the rise in credit to new
peaks, the firming of prices, and
the fall Improvement in dusi
ness and employment.
Government economists and
some private experts report the
revival of an "inflationary po
tential." They base the report
mainly on heavy in-the-red
spending by the government and
on the new round of wage-ana
pension increases.
Yet few of them expect a ma
jor price whirl in the next 12
months.
The "disinflation" is not over
for some important industries,
Many economists believe the
long-range hazard is deflation.
A concensus of the forecasts
might boil down to this:
1850 will be another year of
high income and high produc
tion, on a level of prosperity not
too unlike 1049 and not far be
low record-smashing 1948.
Inflation warnings have been
(Uttered by two bank presidents
and other witnesses before Sen'
ator Douglas' (D-IU) economic
subcommittee. These have stirr
ed speculation whether Mr. Tru
man will again seek controls ov
er prices, wages, commodity
trading and materials allocation.
Air Reserves
Flock to Salem
Volunteer Naval and Marine
Air Reserve men came to the
Salem Naval Air Facility in
such great numbers Sunday that
the men on active duty at the fa
cility were forced out of their
offices.
Many of the men were from a
Marine Reserve unit in Portland
and arrived early in the morn
ing before the fog had lifted.
This group was down to take
physicals and complete flight
jackets. All office space was
given over to these rnen for their
physicals and for places for
them to work on their flight
jackets.
In the building for volunteers
the Corvallis and Eugene area
men were busy, this Saturday
and Sunday being their week
end for flying.
Fog, both Saturday and Sun
day morning, cut flying time for
the men, with visibility so poor
that they could not fly until af
ternoon, but during the two days
the planes were in the air a to
tal of 21.5 hours. Saturday seven
pilots made five hops for a to
tal of 7.9 hours. Sunday H pi
lots got in flying time with 10
hops made for a total of 13.8
hours in the air.'
Ship Leaves to
Transport Ward
Tokyo, Dec. 5 (IP) The stubby
wartime merchantman Lakeland
Victory started its journey to
day to bring American Consul
General Angus Ward and his
staff from communist China.
The 10,500-ton vessel left Yo
kohama for Kobe on a regularly
scheduled commercial run to
Taku Bar, off Tientsin in com
munist China.
The Lakeland Victory is due
at the bar on December 10, the
day the Ward party is expected
to arrive from Mukden. Ward
will decide its itinerary after he
boards the ship in deep water
some 15 miles off the coast.
(Because of the shallowness of
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through Tientsin and the sand
bar at its mouth, large ships are
unable to proceed directly to
Tientsin. The Ward party may
come down the river by small
boat or use the highway or train
from Tientsin to Taku, a dis
tance of about 24 miles.)
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In Navy Post John F. Flo
berg (above), 34, of Chicago,
wartime navy gunnery officer,
has been appointed assistant
secretary of the navy for air
by President Truman.
Floberg Takes
Over Navy Post
Washington Dec. 5 VP) John
F. Floberg, Chicago lawyer who
was a naval combat officer dur
ing World War II, was sworn in
today as assistant secretary of
the navy for air.
The oath was administered by
Secretary of Defense Johnson.
Floberg's mother, Mrs. Frederic
O. Floberg, and a brother, Fred
eric O. Floberg, Jr., also a Chi
cago lawyer, witnessed the cere
mony in Johnson's office.
Floberg has been a member
of a Chicago law firm. During
the war he took part in the
North African, Sicilian, Salerno,
Philippine, Iwo Jima and Okina
wa operations.
Bert T. Ford
Dies in Hospital
Bert T. Ford, Salem attorney
for many years and formerly a
member of the city council here
for a number of years, died ear
ly Monday morning at the Salem
General hospital where he had
been a patient the past t w o
weeks.
Ford, a native of Salem, was
born May 28, 1895, and was the
son of the late Thomas K. and
Catherine Ford. He was gradu
ated from Stanford university
and from the Willamette univer
sity law school and also attend
ed the University of Chicago and
the University of Oregon. He
was a member of the Kappa Sig
ma fraternity.
Prior to opening his law of
fice here a number of years ago
with the late Custer Ross, Ford
was associated in the loan busi
ness with his father. He was
a member of the county, state
and national bar associations and
member of Salem lodge No.
336, BPOE.
Surviving Ford are three sons.
Thomas G. Ford, Frank Ford,
and Phil B. Ford, all of Salem;
and a sister. Miss Lorctta M
Ford of Salem.
Announcement of funeral ser
vices will be made later by W.
T. Rigdon company.
Eggs Drop Anofher
Cent in Top Grades
The local egg market record
ed another cut on top grades at
the week-end. The change here
followed similar declines In the
Portland market, Saturday, and
brings the total cut on eggs dur;
ing the past 10 days to 11 to 12
cents on the large sizes.
Local listings Monday were
the following for buying quota
tions: Large AA, 43 cents; large
A, 39-40 cents
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medium AA, 35
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U. S. Senator
Hartford, Conn., Dec. S VP)
Connecticut's new U.S. senator
will be 50-year-old William Ben
ton of Southport, who between
1945 and 1947 served as assist
ant secretary of state for public
affairs a big postwar job.
Benton, in an interview here
yesterday, said he plans to leave
for Washington .shortly after
Christmas to set up his senator
ial office and find a place to
live.
Official announcement of Ben
ton's appointment is slated at
9:15 a.m. (Eastern Standard
Time) from his former advertis
ing agency partner, Gov. Ches
ter Bowles, a democrat.
Benton, a self-described inde
pendent who suppported the late
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Pres
ident Harry S. Truman, is to suc
ceed Raymond E. Baldwin, a re
publican. Baldwin has resigned, effec
tive December 19, when he be
comes a Connecticut supreme
court associate justice. Benton
will serve at least until Janu
ary, 1951, although' Baldwins
term docsn t expire until early
in 1953. A state election next
November will decide who is to
serve beyond the term covered
by Benton's appointment.
As assistant secretary of state,
Benton was one of the origina
tors of the "Voice of America."
He has been commuting re
cently between the Fairfield
county home and New York
City, where he is publisher and
chairman of the board of the En
cyclopedia Brltannica.
Sfadter Denies
Cordray's Claim
District Attorney E. O. Stad
ter has filed a counter affidavit
in circuit court resisting a mo
tion recently interposed by the
defendant in the case of state
vs. Harley V. Cordray, former
local policeman charged with
operation of a lottery in which
Cordray asked a change of ve
nue on grounds that newspaper
publications here in regard to
him and his case were such he
could not secure a fair and im
partial trial.
Stadler denies there is any
unusual public feeling in regard
to the Cordray case. He says he
has heard few if any remarks
concerning the action, that he
has "never heard any opinion
expressed by any member of the
public indicating any feeling or
trend of thought for or against
the defendant herein." He says
citizens of the county are not on
ly showing no particular inter
est but he has seen no sign of
a vindictive feeling against the
defendant.
He declares the jury list of
Marion county is made up of ci
tizens of integrity and under
standing and that a fair and im
partial trial may be obtained in
this county.
Gov. Robins to Speak
Portland, Dec. 5 (P) Gover
nor C. A. Robins of Idaho will
speak here next Friday at the
annual meeting of the Old Ore
gon Trail, Inc.
cents: medium A, 33 cents; pul
lets, 27-30 cents.
In the wholesale list, the
large generally were listed at
38 cents.
Butter and butterfat con
tinue unchanged Monday.
Episcopal Church
Christmas
BAZAAR
All Day
Wednesday, Dee. 7
PARRISH HOUSE
560 Chcmeketa St.
Mmm shop
Yeggs and Burglars Raid
4 Places Over Weekend
By DOUGLAS THOMAS
Salem detectives went to
safe looters and house burglars
in the city on the week-end.
An unsuccessful attempt was
new Kress store of the Capitol
vault of the Relnholdt and Lewis
company at 560 South 21st street
was robbed of $100.
Detectives suspected that more
than one safe man was involved
In the Kress affair. Entrance to
the building was made thrqugh
a door leading to the roof. In
view of the fact that the door
locks from the inside, it was sus
pected that the building was
opened from the inside.
The door to the office where
the safe was located was forced,
and the vault was toppled over
on cushions removed from a
divan in the ladies' lounge. The
cushions apparently were used to
deaden sound.
Despite these elaborate pre
cautions, the safe was virtually
untouched, and its contents in
tact. At the Reinholdt company, the
vault was looted of $100, but
the mechanism of the safe was
undamaged. Police surmised
that the safe had been left un
locked or that the combination
had been worked out by the
thieves.
In two burglaries of Salem
homes small flreams were taken
In both cases. ' A loss of $750
from a purse at the Ronald G.
Patton residence at 1080 North
13th street was included in the
losses to one of the burglars.
The two week-end safe jobs
came on the heels of a crack
ing of the DeLuxe laundry safe
at 345 Jefferson street early Sat
urday morning. There, $125 in
casn and $10,000 in mortgage
notes disappeared.
Jack Crveni, Oregon State
college, reported to police that a
portable radio had been stolen
from his automobile while it was
parked here.
Back Broken
By Taxicab
A Salem physician reported
Monday that E. P. Bigelow, 49,
of 1244 State street, suffered
a broken back when struck by a
cab driver at the intersection of
State and South Winter streets.
The driver, Robert A. Douglas,
1984 State street, posted $10
bail on a charge of failure to
give a pedestrian the right of
way lodged against him after the
accident Sunday night.
Witnesses reported that it was
raining at the time and that
Bigelow was wearing dark
clothing making it difficult to
see him.
The Injured man was taken to
Salem Memorial hospital for
treatment and was reported in
"fairly good condition" Monday.
His injury was described as
painful.
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"I Surrender, Dear"
Gloria Jean Don McGuire
work Monday to seek clues to
who struck four separate places
made to crack the safe at the
street shopping center while a
Sprague Offers
View of CVA
After spending several min
utes in "exploding" the pet ar
guments for proponents and op
ponents of C.V.A. during Mon
day's luncheon meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce, C. A.
Sprague, publisher of the States
man presented his personal
views on the subject.
Sprague said he felt there was
a real need for unification, plan
ning and timing on the part of
the various federal agencies. Fur-I
thermore he said he did not see
how it is practical for the vari
ous states to do the Job as pro
posed under the C.V.A. program.
The speaker pointed out that
the Hoover commission does not
include a recommendation for
C.V.A. and expressed the opin
ion that the agencies that are
said to be overlapping in their
authority- and activities be made
to cooperate on a nation-wide
basis before any attempt is
made to put the authority into
effect in the northwest.
Sprague believes success of
the venture would depend to a
considerable extent upon the
administration.
School Boards Meet
Eugene, Dec. 5 VP) The State
School Boards association met
here today for its annual confer-
MILITARY MEN
AND VETERANS
Monday, December S
Company B, 162nd infantry regi
ment, and headquarters detachment,
Oregon National Guard, at Salem
armorv
Organized Marine Corps reserve
unit at in aval ana Marine corps re
serve training center.
Capital post No. 9, American Le
gion, at American Legion hall.
369th engineers and 409th quar
termasters, army reserves, at army
rpserve quonset huts.
Headquarters and Headquarters
company. 6322nd engineer construc
tion training, group, army reserve,
at army reserve quonset huts.
Wednesday, December 7
318th replacement depot, army re
serves, at army reserve quonset huts.
With Squadron 113
Airman mine u. uoroett. uaw.
son of Mr. and Mrs. Horley Everet
Corbetc of route X Woodburn. Is one
of those men serving with Fighter
squadron 113 aboard the aircraft
carrier USS Valley Forge. .. .
ELKS ANNUAL
Charity Show
Tickets Now. on Sale
Needham's Book Store
or
Elks Club
Dec. 5-6-7-8
Atomic Talk
By Lilienthal
Washington, Dee. 5 Wl David
E. Lilienthal says that atomic de
velopments of the next 10 years
can mean as much as a century
of the past in improving health,
long life and food production.
Lilienthal, who is retiring as
chairman of the atomic ener
gy commission, gave his views
In an interview copyrighted by
U. S. News at World report,
weekly news magazine. He said:
"I would say within a decade,
if we have made headway on
our chief problem the problem
of peace we can look back on
this decade as having a profound
effect on health and the length
ening of life.
'I should think that such a
decade could mean at least as
much as a century of some earl
ier period in the development
of longevity and health, and in
Improvement of food production.
rnese atomic materials
these radioactive tracers or iso
topes are so cheap and so inex
pensive and so easy to have and
can now be made in such quan
tities that it is not unreasonable
to expect in a short time thev
will even be part of the training
of high school students."
Lilienthal also estimated that
practical power plants operating
on atomic energy can be operat
ing in 10 years, but at high cost.
He said "in 25 years we will
have some very respectable
plants, in a cost sense."
The government has a monop
oly on atomic matters by law,
but Lilienthal said the monopoly
shouldn't continue any longer
than is required to find some
workable alternatives.
Actress Bites Set,
Hollywood, Dec. 5 () Fun
eral services will be held tomor-
row for Mme. Maria Ouspenska
ya, famed Russian character
actress who died Saturday of
burns suffered when a cigaret
set her bed afire. The 73-year-old
actress came to this country
in 1923 as a member of the Mos
cow art theater. Since 1939, she
nas appeared in many films and
operated a theatrical school here.
JAMES CAGNEY
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FOOD TECHNOLOGISTS SAY...
...no difference between
beet and cane sugar
This statement may surprise you. Many years ago, there was a dif
ference between beet sugar and cane sugar. But for a generation
now, the two sugars have been identical.
"The judges were utterly unable to detect any difference between
the jellies and cakes made from beet sugar and cane sugar."
BELLE LOWE, M. S., Iowa State College, Extension Bulletin No. 135
pSTYOUR best buy is beet sugar
Grown and produced right here in the West
WESTERN BEET SUGAR PRODUCERS, INC.
Brief Power
Cut by Storm
An outage of 10 minutes oc
curred Monday morning in serv
ice of the Portland General Elec
tric company in the northeast
section of the city because of
storm interference.
The trouble occurred, the FGE
office reported, at 7:33 a.m.
when an 11,000-volt line went
out of commission. The trouble
was caused by shortage in a
transformer at the Keith Brown
Building Supply caused by
water that contacted the trans
former and caused the "flash
over." The whole northeastern sec
tion was out, but the trouble
was reported cleared at 7:43
a.m. No other damage was re
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State & Liberty "On the Corner"
ported except scattering small
interferences. -
Service of Salem Electric was
out for 39 minutes beiween 1
and 2 a.m., but that was because
of a changeover In equipment
and not because of the storm. It
was the second cut-off. of the
week-end for the same reason.
The cut-off was put at time to
interfere with as few customers
as possible.
No storm trouble was report
ed by other utilities, nor by the
city engineering department,
which reported sewers and
drains in good condition.
GOP Women Meet
Seaside, Dec. 5 P) The
Council of Oregon Republican
Women, Inc. convened here to-dav.-
Mat. Daily from 1 P.M.
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