8 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Monday, March 6, 1950
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British Recognition Fails
To Spur Communist China
Hon Kong, March 6 (U.R) British recognition of communist
China has not given this colony the business jackpot it had hoped
for
Warehouses are crammed with goods, but there are few buyers
and the incoming cash is down to a trickle.
There is a housing and office'
Aqwtania Goes to Rest Tne 45,000-ton Aquitama, luxury
liner, merchant cruiser, hospital and troop, ship, passes into
Gareloch on her way to Clydebank shipbreakers.
Middle Grove Scout1 Troop
Gives Camp Demonstration
Middle Grove, Mar. 6 Leaders of Boy Scout troop 42, Middle
Grove, did as they have for several years, attend the leaders'
camporee held at the Silver Creek area camp over last week
end. Due to their excellent camp, which they set up at Turner
a year ago, troop 42 green bar members were assigned to put
up a model demonstration camp.'
They also put on a stunt at
camp fire meeting Saturday
night.
The green bar patrol meeting
was held at the home of their
leader, Robert Wagers, Friday
night, when plans were made
for the March activities of the
troop.
Thursday night the monthly
meeting of the committeemen
and their auxiliary was held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Van Laanen. The main topic of
business was added troop equip
ment, made necessary by the
rapid growth of the troop, and
some arrangements for the Green
Bar Camporee.
Those going left Salem Satur
day noon and returned after 3
o'clock Sunday. The purpose of
the meeting was to train leaders
prior to the regular camporee
in April.
Attending were Patrol Lead
ers Marvin Cage, Lewis Patter
son, Jr., and Jack Wikoff, Jr.;
assistant patrol leaders, Gordon
Fromm and Wayne Goodc;
scribe, Dean Way; quartermas
ter, Dick Bye; Robert Wagers,
scout master, and Robert Pick
erel, assistant scout master.
Transportation was furnished by
Cleo Kepplnger and John Van
Laanen. Members of the com
mittee present tor the-Thursday
night meeting were Cleo Kep
pinger, chairman; Bert Bye, sec
retary; Ted Kuenzi, treasurer
Jack Wikof, Lewis Patterson
Sr., William Kleen, John Van
Laanen, Robert Wagers, scout
master, and Robert Pickerel, as
sistant scout master. A social
hour followed the business meet
ing, with refreshments served to
the committeemen and their
wives by Mrs. Van Laanen.
There were 17 members and
two guests, Mrs. Raymond Kim
merling and Mrs. Gil Blanken-
ship, present for the March
meeting of the Middle Grove
Mothers club, held at the school
house Wednesday afternoon. At
the business meeting' plans were
made for a social hygiene class
which will have its first meeting
March 9, 1:30 p.m., at the school
house. Mrs. Jack Wikof will be
present and assist with the first
meeting.
miss Lindall Birkbeck was
guest speaker. She discussed
"Hearing and Auto Meter Tests."
She showed the film, "Right to
Hear." Hearing tests will be
made at Middle Grove school
April 11 for all school children
Later individual tests for those
in special need will be made and
parents are asked to be present
for these tests.
The attendance plaque and
Boeing Engineer
Accidently Shot
Seattle, March 6 W An 11-year-old
boy, shooting at a tin
can, fatally wounded Hugh N
Wilson, 30-year-old Boeing en
gineer, yesterday at an old rifle
range south of the city.
Acting Detective Captain Har-
old C, Wieland said Mervin
Johnston, one of two 11-year-old
youngsters in the pit at the time,
had signed a statement saying
he fired the fatal shot.
However, statements from two
adults in the group the John
ston boy's father and a neighbor
said the last shot had been
fired by the other boy, Bruce
Graham.
The shooting occurred after
Wilson and a fellow engineer,
Leo J. Montague, had finished
"sighting in" their sporting rifles
and had gone to the bank to dig
out bullets from the target area
The shooting had another
near-tragic aftermath when
police prowler car speeding to
the scene hit a flooded spot in the
road and plunged over a 15-foot
embankment. The driver, Sgt
Wesley B. Moore, escaped with
minor injuries.
Guests Fowler Home
Grand Island Mr. and Mrs
Reuben Brewer of Castle Rock,
Wash., are guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Dale L. Fowler. They
were neighbors there more than
36 years ago.
book were awarded again to the
first and sceond grade pupils'
room. Hostesses for the social
hour were Mrs. John Anglin,
Sr., and Mrs. William Kaufman
NO JACKPOT
space storage, but real estate
values are off by 40 per cent be
cause of financial market trou
bles. Also, because some of the
rich are afraid the Reds one day
may make things hot for Hong
Kong militarily.
Hong Kong is important com
mercially as a clearing house in
trade between China and for
eign countries.
Businessmen say these are the
reasons for its hard times:
1. The Nationalist air and sea
blockade of the China coast has
closed Shanghai, the biggest
Chinese port, and may spread
north to Tsingtao and Tientsin.
Attacks on American merchant
men are making the stoutest
mariners think twice before try
ing to run the blockade.
2. The purchasing power of
the Chinese communist govern
ment and the Chinese people is
not too high right now. Chinese
industry and agriculture are not
in very good shape.
3. The communists do place
bulk orders in or through Hong
Kong. But these don't help the
private importers and exporters
much. The communists call
these middlemen "exploiters,"
and buy most direct from- the
manufacturers or through a few
agents.
4. The Hong Kong middle
men, for their part, also want to
get around the communist trade
agencies. They say the com
munists are too rigid and un
realistic in their dealings.
a. Exports to China took a
beating when the Reds stopped
the barter system three months
ago. Under this system the ex
porter couldn't get his proceeds
back in foreign currency, but he
could get It back in imports.
The communists dropped
financial problem in Hong
Kong's lap when they banned
Hong Kong banknotes, at a time
when about half of Hong Kong's
note issue was circulating on
the mainland.
The notes flowed back Into
Hong Kong. An inflationary
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began calling in loans and mort
gages on real estate to "tighten"
the money market. People be
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The Inflation threat hasn't
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estate values are down. One
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Milk War Opens
Up in Juneau
Juneau, Alaska, March 6 01K
A first-class milk war be
tween a Juneau grocery and lo
cal farmers neared a head to
day, with Canadian milk the
cause.
The trouble started when milk
from British Columbia's Fraser
valley was shipped to a local
grocery, selling at 30 cents an
imperial quart. The long-established
milk price was 28 cents
per quart, American size, or
four ounces smaller than fh
imperial measure.
The 20th Century Grocery im
mediately sold out 130 cases of
Canadian milk. The Juneau
Dairy association then told the
store it could no longer get lo
cal milk. The grocery then
dropped its imperial quart price
to 25 cents, while the supply
lasted.
In retaliation, a second gro
cery dropped its price to 25
cents a quart, buth thrifty house
wives continued to buy the Can
adian product, getting the ex
tra four ounces.
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and accurate radiation detectors which have been devel
oped at the University of California at Los Angeles. The
miniature "Geiger counters" work by evidencing a color
change when exposed to such rays as come from fluor
oscopes, X-ray machines and, of course, atomic explosions.
The device comes in two convenient plastic shapes. Small
one at left is about the size of a packet of paper matches and
could be worn around the neck like a GI "dogtag." The
. other is in pencil-like form, complete with clip. (Acme
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Stayfon Red Cross
Campaign Launched
Stayton With a quota of
$1000 set, Stayton is launching
its annual Red Cross drive for
1950. G. W. Schachtsick is gen
eral chairman for the area,
which comprises Stayton, West
Stayton, North Santiam and
Marion.
A. N. Arnold, superintendent
of Stayton public schools, will
be in charge of collections for
the schools. In Stayton there
will be 24 volunteer workers
with the city divided into vari
ous sections.
Mrs. Blanche Schmidt Is
chairman for Marion, and How
ard Gilbert, president of the
West Stayton Community club,
will be West Stayton's chair
man. At North Santiam, Law
rence Clark, who is president
of the Community club there,
will be Red Cross chairman.
Donald Plant
Now Rebuilt
Donald J. S. Fisher Sr. a n d
J. S. Fisher Jr. of Whiskey Hill,
who own and -operate the Don
ald Brick and Tile plant, have
built an entirely new factory,
with driers occupying 130 by 90
feet of space, a machine room
48 by 66 feet and a shop 30 by
50 feet.
The new plant is built with
walls of building. tile and a metal
roof. Production of drain and
building tile started ten days
ago and with the opening of a
new drier in the very near fu
ure, the factory will soon be op
erating at a greater capacity
than before the fire last Octo
ber which completely destroyed
the plant.
At Needy, encouraged by
neighbors and friends, the Hoff
man family, Harold and Melvin
Hoffman, and their mother,
Mrs. Emelia Hoffman, are re
constructing a garage and black
smith shop, which was wiped
out by fire early in February.
The Hoffman's expect to be
ready for busness again within
60 days, with new machinery
and equipment.
FTI Meets Tuesday
Willamina The Parent-
Teachers association will meet
Tuesday evening at S p.m. in the
grade school gym. The grade
school band will play for the)
group, and a member of the
grade school board will give a
brief talk. Refreshments will be
served.
Ladies Aid Called-
Hubbard The Ladies Aid of
the Hubbard Community church
(Congregational) will meet Wed
nesday for an all day meeting
in the home of Mrs. Lester will,
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REBUILDERS
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I When Oregon sawmills began turn
ing to electricity for operating power,
Charles Gibbs (left) and his son,
'Edwin W. Gibbs, of Ncwbcrg, took
advantage of the trend. They changed
their general service electrical busi
ness in' 1935 to one devoted exclu
sively to salvaging and rcmanufactur
ing sawmill motors. Today their
Gibbj Electric Co. is kept busy re
winding motors and providing other
electrical services and supplies for
Douglas fir mills in its area. The firm
has grown to include five full-time
employes, and warehouses at Ncw
bcrg and Carlton. 1 llc-se f.itlicr-aml-son
partners credit financial services
of the Ncwbcrg Branch of the I'irst
National Bank with helping them
build and expand their business.
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THESE FARMERS
ARE BUILDING
As a youth, Jack B. Farmer
wanted to be t refrigeration
engineer. Following war serv
ice, however, Jack went to Sdo
to help develop a Shelburn area
dairy ranch started by his father.
Encouraged by his wife,
Leonore, tod son, Billy, i and
the cooperation of the Scio State
Bank, "an affiliate of the First
National Bank of Portland he
has cleared much of the MSO-acre
ranch and developed a herd of
more than 20 Guernseys. He
also has 75 acres for grain grow
ing. With their ranch progress
ing, father Carl R. Farmer has
resumed bis long-time calling,
the comractifig bmirtm, to fill
a Scio need. Thus the Farmer
faultily helps hniH Oeryisa,
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'FARMING SUCCESS
Friends say that Otto Bohnert,
Central Point rancher, was born
with a "green thumb." Bohnert,
however, believes farming suc
cess is based on "doing the right
thing for crops at the right
time." He began farming as a
boy; bought 10 acres of land
when he and his wife, Virginia,
were married in 1928, and now
farms 200 acres. Bohnert grows
many crops. This aids crop rota
tion; guards against possible
hazards of one-crop farming,
and retains key. employes the
year-round. A First National
customer since his youth, Boh
nert now banks at the Central
Point Branch,
There are no substitutes for sound planning and hard work when it comes to 'developing
and expanding a business, service or farming enterprise. The persons shown here followed
such a formula in building successful endeavors. And in the process of bettering themselves, they alsd
contributed to Oregon's growth and prosperity.' It is significant that in each instance these energetic men
and women made effective use of services offered by banking offices in the First National Bank Group.
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