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82 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, July 25, 1950 fix V . .sir- V'vSSH ; ' :fi Miss Oregon Crowned Elizabeth Ann Baker, Monmouth, is 'Miss Oregon of 1950.' She was elected In the annual com petition at Seaside, in which 14 lovelies were entered. The picture shows 'Miss Oregon of 1949' Beverly Kreuger placing her crown on Miss Baker's head. The new queen is a student at Linficld college, and represented the city of Mc Minnville in the contest. (Associated Press photo) No Excuse for High Food Prices, Hoarding, Says Brannan Washington, July 25 U.B) Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan says there is no excuse for higher grocery prices or hoarding. That goes especially for bread, Brannan told the house agri culture committee yesterday. He said his department cannot find any Justification for bread increases of one to two cents a loaf in many cities. At the same time, Brannan B9ked congress for hurry-up au thority for him to give away government-held food surpluses which might spoil. These in clude hill-high amounts of but ter, dried eggs, dried milk and cheese. "We have been trying to tell the people," Brannan said, "that we do have adequate food and there is no reason for hoarding or, in my opinion, an increase in prices." Brannan sadi his department has checked all the factors in bread price rises wheat costs, ii labor and so on and "we have found no Justification whatso ever" for the hike. In any event, Brannan agreed with committee members, the farmers ore not getting the high er prices themselves. That is going to the food trade. Fur ther, he said, the rises generally re in items not benefitting from government price support programs. Brannan asked the commit tee to approve speedily a bill by Rep. Walter K. Granger (D., Utah), which would put up $50. 000,000 to pay costs of shipping persihable commodities held by the government to central state distributing points. The gov ernment now can give away the goods for charity at the point of storage but can't pay the freight on It, Brannan said the Korean war and threatening world situation has put a new light on the huge stocks of storablc farm products bought by the government to keep surpluses from depressing prices. "Our substantial holdings of wheat and corn and cotton nl ways sound assets are now more clearly than ever an im portant factor in our national strength," he said. Hoarding and price increases, he said, will stop once the pub lic realizes there is plenty to go around. One of Brannan' chief con eerns is disposing of his own piles of government-held food surpluses before they spoil. He said there is "no immediate threat of spoilage" but "such a fortunate condition cannot be expected to continue indefi nitely." The food was brought under programs to support prices re ceived by farmers. Brannan said he has enough butter to give pound to everybody in the country and enough dried eggs to pass out to each American a quantity representing two dozen shell eggs. Prospects are for Increased buying of all the perishable commodities at the rate of mil lions of pounds per month to keep prices up. Under present law, the com modities can be sold back into the market provided the govern ment gets what it paid for them and doesn't break the price. They also can be given free to anyone who 11 pay the freight from wherever they are stored and uses them for charity or for needy people. Committee members expected Brannan to put in a new plug for his controversial plan to make direct support payments to farm ers to prevent them from losing money and allowing farm pro duce to reach its own levels on city markets. Womens' Group Meet Sheridan Circle number 3 of the Methodist church enjoyed a picnic at the home of Mrs. Iloff Harris, with about 20 members and friends attending. Circle number 4 met at the city park the same day for a luncheon, where about 15 members and guests gathered. Circle number one met at the home of Mrs. Charles Morris, president of the Womens Society of Christian Service. a- r IK 7 Otlldoui, tisyt look (of rtclp now In tviry cirton. For extra Ittsh llivor, (it Sunnybank guaranteed Ireitil Curly's Milk Anytime Good CURLY'S Your Friendly Home Owned Dairy Phone 3-8783 Tree Commission Gets Approval of Council On recommendation of the planning and zoning commission the city council Monday night voted to create a commission to make a study of tree and shrub planting on the streets of Salem. Because of this move an ordinance bill introduced several weeks ago by Alderman Tom Armstrong to regulate the removal and replacement of trees and shrubs, also their maintenance, was again tabled. Members of the part advisory committee have objected to the bill because it would not provide for uni formity. The council Monday night ap proved two petitions for sanitary sewers. One would serve Mer del avenue from Hansen street to the southern treminus of Mer del. The other would serve Hoyt street from West Nob Hill to East Nob Hill. Also approv ed and put on the improvement program was the petition for im provement of an alley in Block 12, Myers addition, from Myers to Lefelle. Referred to the city manager was the petition of residents in the vicinity of Owens and Fir street that the stench coming from the slough in that district be eliminated. An ordinance bill was intro duced providing for a special set-back line at Fir and Luther streets, after a letter from Don ald H. and Willa J. Davis. 1940 Fir, saying they had no objec tion. The matter also had the approval of the planning and zoning commission. It was re quested by J. Ray Rhoten. A request of the West Salem Lions club for permission to sponsor the Davis Amusement company August 1-6 in the 500 block on Edgewater was approved. The council set three public hearings for the night of August 14. All are on recommendations of the planning and zoning com mission approving petitions for zone change. One is on a change in Block 6, University addition, from Class I residential to Class III-X. Another is a change on North Capitol between Shipping and Hood from Class II to Class III-X. The third is a change on North Capitol adjacent to Union and 12th streets and to Mill creek from Class I residen tial to Class III business. The council voted to accept a deed from J. M. and E. A. Her berger for the purpose of ex tending Mason street from Jud son to McGilchrist. Three bids came in for the sale of city property on North River road. Walter Lansing of fered $2000, Hutchinson & Dan ielson $2310, and William Hall $2260. All were rejected and the property taken off the mar ket for the present: E. A. Finkbeiner of Portland was given a contract to furnish ejectors and compressors at the sewage disposal plant. His bid was $4058. The council acted adversely on a proposal of Nelson & Nel son to buy for a client an eight foot strip of property between 14th and 15th and south of D street. On the opposition of Alder man James H. Nicholson the council refused to approve a package liquor license for the Owl Drug company, which has a new store in the Capitol Shop ping Center. Nicholson said if a license were granted one drug store it wouldn't be long until they would all want liquor li censes. The state liquor control commission has authority to overrule the council's action. Cancellation of an assessment against property owned by A. Bose for the improvement of Warren Court was voted. Also the council voted to reimburse J. and L. Groves for a grass cut ting lien against their property in Riverside addition. Sidewalk resolutions were adopted for the building of walks on Electric avenue and North Fifth. An ordinance was enacted ac cepting deeds from Lulu D. An derson and Wayne W. Wood ruff and Catherine Woodruff; also establishing a special set back line at the southeast corner of 18th and Madison. Four-Day-Old Infant Put on Mercy Flight San Francisco, July 25 (U.R) Parents of an unnamed four- day old infant, rushed here by plane for an emergency opera tion, are indebted today to the skill of a surgeon's knife that apparently saved the baby's life. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Thomp son, Eureka, chartered a twin engined airliner Sunday to speed the infant patient to a local hos pital. The baby suffered from a congenital disorder which con nected the esophagus or food tract with the windpipe. HEAR Demo's Commie Report Blasted Washington, July 25 (P) Sen ator Ferguson (R., Mich.) today blasted a democratic communist-in-government report as "alien and foreign and indicative of dic tatorship technique." He called the document the most "intemperate and abusive" report ever filed in the United States senate. He said the lan guage was what might be ex pected of the late Joseph Goe bels, Hitler's propaganda chief, or Andrei Vishinsky, present Russian foreign minister. In contrast with its "abusive ness" towards republican mem bers of the investigating subcom mittee and of the senate, Fergu son said, the report "used soft words to shield those who have been careless with national se curity." He demanded to know who wrote the report, saying that it could not have been written by Chairman Tydings (D., Md.) of the five member foreign rela tions subcommittee which look ed into the communist-in-gov-ernment charges of Senator Mc Carthy (R Wis.). New. 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