82 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, July 25, 1950
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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.
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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.
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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. Game Commissioner
Klamath Falls, July 25 UP)
Elmer Balsiger, Klamath Falls
auto dealer, today has been ap
pointed to the Oregon State
Game Commission for a five-
year term.
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