For Tagging Santa Mrs. Charles Craven (right), 445 Rose
St., receives a one-year's supply of nylon stockings from Peggy
Durham, saleslady at Miller's, as a reward for tagging one
of the 20 Santas during last week's special Friday night
doings In Salem. Another "Tag, You're Santa Claus" night
will be held again Friday night in town.
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Four Corners Business Men
Sponsor Christmas Greetings
Four Corners, Dec. 23 The Four Corners Business Men's as
sociation are greeting the public through the holidays with a large
illuminated Christmas card at the intersection of East State
street and Lancaster drive. It says "Four Corners" and the
"Seasons Greeting," and very artistically arranged.
,v Milk Supports
To Continue
Washington, Dec. 23 (P) The
agriculture department announ
ced today that it will support
1 producer prices of milk used for
I manufacturnng purposes and
! butterfat during the next 15
I months at virtually the same
i rates now in effect.
! The support program for that
I period should assure dairymen
1 at least $3.07 for 100 pounds of
milk of 3.95 percent butterfat
content and 60 cents a pound for
butterfat. These are the same
support floors in effect for 1949
To carry out the support pro
gram, the department will of
fer to buy specified dairy prices
which, officials said, would en
able processors and manufac
turers to pay the support levels
for milk and butterfat.
The products which the de
partment will offer to buy in
clude butter, cheddar cheese,
dried milk and evaporated milk.
The department's buying
prices for these products in the
15 month period ahead, compar-
ed with corresponding prices
! this year include cheddar cheese,
U. S. grade A or higher, 31 cents
i a pound compared with 31.75
cents.
Butter, U, S. Grade A or high
er, 60 cents a pound, compared
with 59 to 62 cents.
Non-fat dry milk solids, spray
type, U. S. extra, 12.5 cents a
pound and 12.25 to 12.75 cents.
Non-fat dry milk solids, roller
type, U. S. extra 10.5 cents a
pound and 11 to 11.5 cents.
The department bought about
1110,000,000 worth of these pro
ducts this year in carrying out
Its support programs. It has sold
about $32,000,000 wirth.
The new support program is
designed to reflect at least 79
percent of a new modernized
parity price which goes Into ef
fect January 1.
'Flying Saucers'
Not of This World
Indianapolis, Dec. 23 VP)
Those "flying saucers" first
reported two years ago in the
Pacific northwest are the real
thing, radio commentator Frank
Edwards said last night.
He added, however, that they
are not of this world."
Edwards, referring to the gov.
ernment's continuing investiga
tion of the reports, said he would
offer more details Monday in
Mutual network broadcast from
Washington.
He said "a million and one"
reliable witnesses have testified
seeing the phenomena.
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The children of Lincoln school
assisted by students of Salem
high school presented a Christ
mas program to the Mother's on
Thursday afternoon. The pri
mary chorus sang a group of
carols for the processional and
recessional. Boys chorus "Little
Pine Trees," the sophomore Mel-
lodettes from Salem high, "Jesus
Is Born," "White Christmas" and
Christmas Candles." The inter
mediate chorus sang as a reces
sional a group of Carols with
the audience joining in on the
recessional "Joy to the World.
Readers, Gary Pierpont, Ronald
Russell and Marilyn Snook
A reception for the parents
was held in the Library. Movie
for the children was "The Child
of Bethlehem;" Arthur V. Myers
and his staff greeted the visiting
parents and extended holiday
greetings.
Entertaining for the pleasure
of her small sons Johnny and
Bobby Fox. Mrs. John Fox, 145
South Lancaster drive will be
hostess at a children's Christmas
party on Saturday afternoon
from 3 to 6. Highlighting the
festivities will be the tradition
al lighted tree with a live Santa
complete with pack. Assisting
Mrs. Fox with the entertainment
will be Eunice Carlisle. Guests
invited are Michael Steed, Ron
ald Russell, Leon and Anita
Chartier, Barbara, Janet and
Butchie Kleen, John Talbot,
Patsy, and Judy Etzel, Evelyn
and Norman Wood of Amity.
Mr. and Mrs.. W. G. Flood,
East State street, will be hosts
to a large family gathering on
Christmas. Coming for the hol
iday will be Mrs. Flood's moth
er, Mrs. Minnie King, other rel
atives will be Mr. and Mrs.
A. E. LaBranche, Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth La Branche, Gail and
Marie, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
King and Jimmy, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph King and Maxine, Mr.
and Mrs. John High, William
Karsten and children Beverly,
Billy,' LeRoy and Melvin, Albert
Jones. Following the dinner the
children will give a program of
speaking and singing closing
with the Christmas carols. A
lighted tree and gifts to end
the day.
U. S. Treasury in Red to
Tune of $3,088,312,406.67
By LYLE C. WILSON
Washington, Dec. 23 UJ9 Government spenders are setting
peacetime records today at the end of the 25th week of the new
fiscal year, the treasury is in the red already for $3,088,312,406.67.
With 27 weeks to go, it is reasonable to expect the 12-month
deficit will be $5,000,000,000 or more.
The fiscal year 1950 will be
the 18th of the past 20 in which
the government has had to bor
row billions beyond its income.
Some of those were war years.
The late Calvin Coolidge was
the last president to serve a
full term without a deficit. Her
bert Hoover had two
years.
FDR was in the red from start
to finish. But except for war
years he never piled up such a
deficit as President Truman is
accumulating today on the treas
ury books. FDRs red figures
never got much above $5,000.
000,000 in any single year.
The two surplus years out of
the past 20 were 1947 and 1948
The surplus sums were $753,-
780,000 and $8,419,000,000 re
spectively.
At the end of this 25th week
of fiscal 1950, the government
has spent a bit more than $19,-
684,000,000. It has received in
tax and other revenue just more
than $16,525,000,000.
The national debt today is
nearly $257,000,000,000 compar
ed with $252,114,000,000 a year
ago. Just to pay the Interest on
the bonds issued by the govern
ment to cover its over-spending
costs more than $5,000,000,000
year. Prior to the middle
1930s the government spent less
than $5,000,000,000 annually for
all its expenses.
Government revenue is hold
ing up well. Receipts this year
so far are just about the same
as they were a year ago at this
time. The significant figure is
spending.
A year ago at this time gov
ernment had spent $16,000,000,
000 as against more than $19,-
525,000,000 so far this year.
Idaho's Legislature
To Meet February 6
Boise, Idaho, Dec. 23 (P)
deficit ! Idaho's special legislative ses
sion will convene Feb. 6, Gov. C.
A. Robins said yesterday
The Governor said he had
picked the date definitely but
had not yet determined what
items of business to include in
the special call soon to be issued.
Four items most of which
were set by the regular session
of legislature already are in
line for the 20-day session. They
are appropriations for the second
half of the biennium, considera
tion of a report of an interim
committee on governmental re
organization, consideration of an
interim committee report on
highway study and the Snake
river compact with Wyoming.
Fred Enke, University of Ari
zona basketball coach, is in his
25th year as mentor of the Wild
cat cagers.
Prisoner Shoots
Off icerjhen Self
Longview, Wash., Dec. 23 VP)
. A police desk clerk was
wounded seriously here last
night, apparently by a city jail
prisoner who then turned the
gun on himself.
Both are in critical condition
in a hospital here.
Police Chief James Skaggs
said the prisoner, Ralph Burke,
31, was let out of his cell to
make a telephone call. Police
man James Goodman, 21, was
in the room with him.
Goodman sat reading a news
paper. Suddenly a bullet ripped
through the paper and struck
him in the abdomen. Police in
another room heard that shot,
then another.
They rushed in to find Good
man slumped behind the desk
Burke sprawled in front of it
with a stomach wound. The gun
lay on the desk.
Skaggs said that Goodman
mumbled, before being taken to
the hospital, that Burke had shot
him, then the prisoner shot him
self. Unexplained was how Burke
got the gun, and how it got on
the desk after the shooting.
It takes four pounds of fresh
grapes to make one pound of
raisins.
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Friday, December 23, 19498
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Lilienthal to Stay
Until February 15
Washington, Dec. 23 i.!P)
President Truman announced to
day at a press conference that
David E. Lilienthal has agreed
to stay on until Feb. 15 as chair
man of the atomic energy com
mission. Lilienthal gave Mr. Truman
his resignation last month, to be
effective Dec. 31. At that time
he said he would be willing to
stay on for a while If Mr. Tru
man wished.
It is understod that Mr. Tru
man wants Lilienthal to remain
in the post until he has nominat
ed a successor and the senate has
confirmed the nominee.
Dr. Haynes Resigns
Dr. Charles F. Haynes, state
veterinarian for the past two
years, has resigned effective
Februray 1, the state department
of agriculture announced today.
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