CHEERY CHRISTMAS READING
Businessmen, Industrialists
To Have Prosperous Christmas
By SAM DAWSON
New York, Dee. 15 (P) Cheery Christmas reading today for
many businessmen, many industrialists:
Stock exchange price averages Tuesday hit the highest point
in over a year. And the total volume of trading also was larger
than at any time since a year ago November. A number of
people, apparently, are betting
on better days ahead.
Steel production continues its
spectacular rebound from strike
days. Mills this week are oper
ating at better than 90 per cent
of capacity. Output in November
is announced at more than four
million net tons, compared with
strike-bound October's 900,000
tons. December seems aimed at
still higher goals.
Building records are being
broken. The bureau of labor sta
tistics predicts more than a mil
lion new homes will have been
started this year. The construc
tion industry in general is re
ported to expect that 1950 will
equal me esumaiea $iu minon
building peak being set this year.
And hand in hand go hard
ware sales. Stores in New York
report November sales up to
five per cent better than last
year.
Copper deliveries In Novem
ber are 'reported today as the
highest since March, 1948. The
price of tin turned stronger in
Singapore yesterday and sent
dealers into the London futures
market for active buying.
Paperboard production is re
ported running six per cent ahead
of last year. The industry is con
sidered an industrial barometer
because the demand for paper-
board indicates a need for con
tainers to ship goods.
Plywood prices have been ris
ing in the northwest. Homebuil
ding has spurred the demand for
finished plywood.
Wool cloth output has re
bounded from the mid-summer
slump, and weavers now predict
that the total in the final three
months of the year will be as
great as in the same period last
year.
Airplane makers are looking
for an announcement this week
that the U.S. defense department
will let contracts for $975 mil
lion worth of planes. There will
be more to follow. The industry
can stay out of the red for quite
a spell.
The frozen food industry says
it will have sold one billion
pounds of its products this year,
an all-time record, and will do
much better in 1950.
Business inventories increased
$600 million during October,
the commerce department re
ports. The total of $55.2 billion,
however, is called about $60 mil
lion below normal for the sea
son. The report casts some light on
other items in the news recent
ly: The revival of order back
logs in some companies who
hadn't known them for months;
the rush of stores to re-order
certain goods after shoppers had
cleaned out the shelves; and, of
course, the effect of the steel and
coal strikes.
Provided Girls
For Tradesmen
Los Angeles, Dec. 15 W) It's
common business practice in
Hollywood to provide prosti
tutes for visiting trade associ
ates, a superior court jury was
told today at the extortion trial
of two accused party girls.
The witness was Ben H. Klek-
ner, greying head of a television
school. He testified that on oc
casion he had arranged women
for dates with salesmen and oth
er associates in business.
"Do you mean to tell me,"
asked defense attorney Glenn
Lane, "that it is common prac
tice to employ prostitutes to en
tertain associates?"
"Yes, generally," answered
Klekner. "When I wanted to get
the favor of certain key sales
men I would provide party girls
who would dine and dance and
entertain them, as a matter of
good business practice and to ob
tain good will."
Earlier, Klekner told the Jury
he so feared the threats of the
two defendants that he nailed
shut the windows of his home
and tried to hire a guard for his
three children.
On trial, accused of extortion
are red haired Helen Keller,
27, and her roommate, Toni
Hughes. 29, moon-faced bru
nette. Klekner says he paid them
some $9000 not to tell his family
of his extra-marital romanc
ings. The president of the Univer
sity of Hollywood, a mail order
television school, testified that
the reason he paid some $9000
to the women was through fear
of being exposed to his family
as an adulterer. He said the pay
ments took place in 1946, 1947
and 1948.
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Rat Campaign OK
In Central Oregon
Portland, Ore., Dec. 15 (U.R)
Milton H. Buehler, Jr., consult
ant of the state board of health
who specializes in rat-killing
campaigns, today said his busi
ness was like any other, some
good, some bad.
Buehler who has set up lethal
campaigns here and in Uma
tilla county, explained that the
bulk of central Oregon was rat
less. "I couldn't find one rat any
where out there," he said, "and
I looked in all the likely places
at Bend, Prineville, Redmond
and Madras."
Priests Asked
To Help Housing
Portland, Dec. 15 ( Catho
lic priests were urged Wednes
day to help work for the low
cost housing provided by the
1949 federal housing act.
Msgr. John O'Grady, secre
tary of the National Conference
of Catholic Charities, told the
Northwest Conference of Social
Problems that public interest
must be enlisted to make the
program succeed.
"The priest can have a tre
mendous influence in having
this program carried out in his
city," the Washington, D. C,
cleric said.
He called government subsidi
zation of low-income families'
housing the only apparent solu
tion.
"Private enterprise, by and
large, is not doing all it could
to provide housing even for
those who can afford to pay
more," he said. "We looked for a
solution in private enterprise,
Sprigs of holly were exchang
ed as good wish tokens at the
Roman festival of Saturnalia,
but there is none."
Portland is slated to get 2.000
low-cost, low-rent units. They
probably will be made avail
able to families with income un
der $2,500 to $3,000.
Ail-Time Record for
Rainfall in Ketchikan
Ketchikan, Alaska, Dec. 15
(U.R) A new all-time record in
rainfall already has been set for
1949 m this southeast Alaska
seacoast fishing center.
The weather bureau reported
that a total of 200.32 inches of
rain had fallen by noon today
since last January 1. The pre
vious annual rainfall record of
190.32 inches was established in
Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, Dec. 15, 19 19 29
1917.
The weatherman predicted
more rain for tomorrow and said
Ketchikan would record at least
215 inches for this year's 12
month period by December 31.
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