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PAGE TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. fEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 6,' 1934. B! PEAK INJNDUSTRY February Reports Show Best Wages, Most Jobs Since 1931 March Expected To Show Gain Further. WASHINGTON. April Pay rolls In American menufacturlng in dustry hit a new high in February, creating peaks in both wnpes and em ployment untouched since early 1931. The department of commerce, an nouncing fills today, added that prob able u-hpr improvement in March would supplement these figures, but that only incomplete estimates for the month were available. The department stated that a swell ing in manufacturing payrolls of 12 per cent In February as compared' to January constituted the greatest one month Improvement in 15 years. A six percent gain in actual factory employment during the month as compared to January was recorded as having been exceeded only three times In 15 years. Latent Increases Uncounted None of the figures included the splurge of pay increase recently an nounced in the steel, automobile and other industries, many of which go Into effect this month. The NRA was disclosed today to be watching such data intently, while gathering more of Its own. On good authority it was indicated that quick; general action by industry to shorten working hours for re -employment la not now expected by Blue Eagle officials but within a reason able period voluntary cuts are looked for from largo Individual groups. If not, the original idea that a flat ten per cent reduction be required by the government of all who cannot show good cause to the contrary, n y be brought into play. Up To misineiu The present attitude is to put the responsibility directly up to business. Its spokesmen have urged upon Hugh S. Johnson Insistently their view that If there is no compulsion many in dustries will do the thing handsome ly. With his own belief the Init iative should be on the part of indus try, Johnson has found it easy to leave direct action to private Interests for a time. While Johnson's aides are going be yond present conditions to gain data on how many more men Industry could -possibly employ "end If not, why not," in the words of the NRA administrator the allied commerce department concentrated on past sta tistics. It noted slight declines in employ-, ment in non-manufacturing industry between the middle of January and the middle of February as offsetting but a small proportion of the "mark ed gain in factory employment," The actual gain, It added, "reversed thr downward trend which had extended over a period of four months." As to March possibilities, the report found that "current indications point toward further Improvement In the employment opportunities in March " Fitrm income Grows It noted that cash Income received by farmers from the sale of farm pro ducts rose nearly five percent during February after allowance for the sea sonal trend, and was 03 percent above a year ago. Production advances were not ac companied by similar advances In sales of goods, the figures Indicated. The February rise in freight-car load ings was regular, while retail sale fig ures showed no marked change, ex cept in the cast of automobiles, the value of which was almost double January. Preliminary March figures, however, indicated general retail Im provement. , The gain In the composite index of ' Industrial production for the month, after allowance for the seasonal trend, was nearly four percent, bringing the Index considerably above both 1033 and 1033 and within 8 per cent of February 1031. NRA and other administration ef forts to improve figures thus far not ed are concentrated principally on two fronts. Legislation Is now being considered on Capitol Hill to follow President Roosevelt's suggestion that about 1700,000,000 more capital could be used by medium-slced businesses to good employment effect. Vuto Workers' Choice 1 x2 fULINARY VRAFT.... By Kstella Dorgan, Director, Hume Service, the California Ore gon Power Company Tilt: UK A KB COOK IKS AND COOKIES Richard L. Byrd (above) of Pon tlac, Mich., was the choice of autc workers as their representative on arbitrating body created by Presl dent Roosevelt's settlement of a strike threat, (Associated Press Photo. Ac Bradstreet report a further rise in bank clearings. The total for the week ended April 4 at leading American Cities was $4,823,052,000, of 13.6 per cent above last year. Clearings for the current week cover the heavy monthly and quarterly set tlements. A number of cities continu ed to show large percentage gains over 1033, although, the agency said, "the partial etagnation prevailing at this time yast year already, had worn off to some extent." The aggregate exceeds the previous weok by S440.541.000. A year ago there was an increase of 9561,106,000. SELF IN PRISON CELL SAN QUENTIN. Cnl., April 0. (P) Pauline May Leroy, 50, of Los An geles, committed aulclde In the wom en's prison at Tehachapl, Wardon James B. Holohan was notified today. A guard discovered tho body hang ing In th cell. The woman had fashioned a noose- from a pleco of checsocloth, looped It about her neck, and Jumped from her sot. Mrs. Leroy entered the prison last March 29 to sorve from one to 10 years" on three counts charging pan dering and conspiracy to pander. Three salesmen of the 1934 Kan sas City auto show had attended, among them, 7B annual exhibitions of tho kind. '".irtf"" Estelle Dor Ran "Jim's Grandma has A limousine And the biggest houKe I've ever seen; But my Orandma Is best by far For she has got A cookie Jar." Isn't that a genuine eulogy? A good cookie means a lot more to very little boys than docs a gorgeous car. And I find that good cookies con tinue to hold fa vor with grown up folk and seem to disappear Into thin air before the cookie Jar ever gets the op portunity to be filled to capacity. Here . are . some very good cookies for your own Jar: Honey Crisp Cookies 1-3 cup shortening. . ',2 cup honey. 2 eggB, well beaten, 'a cup sour cream. 1 cups flour. 1 teaspoon baking powder. teaspoon salt. teaspoon soda. 14 cup nut meats, 'a cup chopped dates. 1 cup rice krlsplcs. 2 teaspoons vanilla. Cream shortening and honey. Add eggs and sour cream. ' Sift flour, bak ing powder, salt and soda and add to first mixture. Stir in nut meats, dates, rice krlsples and flavoring. Drop from spoon on greased baking sheet and bake at 375 degrees, roan lit nutter Orop Cookies 'a cup sugar, V4 cup white Kn.ro. . , cup peanut butter 14 teaspoon salt. 2 eggs. 21,1, cups rolled oats. Mix In the order given and drop by the spoonful on a greased baking sheet. Bake at -376 degrees until golden brown. Date Cookies - 1 cup shortening. 2l,4 cups brown sugar. 2 eggs, beaten. ' 2 tnblespoons milk. 4 cups white flour. . . cup graham flour. 1 teaspoon salt. ? 1 teaspoon vanilla. ;. 1 teaspoon nutmeg. , 1 cup chopped dates. V4 cup hot water. 1 cup chopped nuts. Cream shortening and sugar, add beaten oggs. Sift dry ingredients to gether and add a portion before add ing the milk. Pour the hot water over the dates and let stand while the other Ingredients are assembled. W.hen all are combined chill at least I two hours before baking. Drop from I spoon and bake at 375 degrees until golden brown (about 10 minutes). Date Bars 3 eggs. 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder. V2 teaspoon salt. l3 cups chopped dates. 1 cup shopped nuts. 1 teaspoon vanilla. ' Beat eggs well, add sugar gradu ally, then fold In the remaining In gredients. Kako In a sheet for 45 minutes at 300 degrees. Cut Into squares and dip in powdered sugar. Pimvlicel Cookies Use any plain cookie recipe and roll fiat then spread with a paste of 12 cup peanut butter. '& cup powdered sugar. 2 teaspoons vanilla. Sprinkle with raisins and chopped nuts, then roll and chill thoroughly. Slice then and bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) about 8 minutes. Sour Cream Cookies 1 cup sugar. 2 tablespoons butter. 1 egg. 1 cup sour cream. 1 teaspoon soda. 2 ya cups flour. 4 teaspoons baking powder. 1 teaspoon vanilla, 'a cup chopped nuts. Cream sugar with butter and egg, add sour cream with soda. Sift to gether the flour and baking powder and add a portion and combine well. Add vanilla and nuts then remain ing flour and knead until all Is ab sorbed. Drop on greased pan and bake at 400 degrees until golden color. Frozen Cocoanut Cookies Va cup brown sugar. cup white sugar. cup melted butter. 2 cups chopped cocoanut. 2 eggs. l'3 teaspoons baking powder. 2 cups pastry flour. V4 teaspoon salt. 1 teaspoon lemon extract, , Beat eggs slightly, add sugar and butter, then lemon extract. Sift to gether the dry ingredients, add to first mixture, add cocoanut and blend well. Store In refrigerator 12 hours. Slice and bake at 450 degrees until brown. Swedish Cookies 1 oup shortening. 2-3 cup sugar. 2 eggs. a teaspoon salt. 2a cups flour. 1 teaspoon almond flavoring. Cream the sugar and shortening, add beaten eggs, Sift the salt with flour and add to creamed mixture. Add flavoring and mix well. These are especially good In a cookie press or may be shaped with a teaspoon. Bake at 400 degrees until light brown. Brownies 2 squares chocolate, cup shortening. 1 cup sugar. 2 eggs. Yt cup flour. teaspoon salt. 1 teaspoon vanilla. I cup nut meats. Melt the chocolate and shortening, Add sugar and mix well. Add well beaten eggs. Sift flour with salt and add. Add nut meats and .va nilla. Pour Into well greased pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes. (Use 8-lnch square pan for good proportions), when remov ed from oven mark Into bars with knife and remove when cool. PRICELESSrWflNG GOES UP IN SMOKE PERRANARWORTHAL, Cornwall, England, April 0. fP) Rambrandt's priceless painting, "Pontius Pilate," was destroyed in a fire which wreck ed the country mansion "Carcla'v," owned by the noted polo player, Capt. Charles Tremayne, early today. No one was injured, but the occu pants of the house escaped only narrowly. Shangle Thanked For Photograph Sent Roosevelt No Bath: Divorce. SALT LAKE CITY (UP) Charging her husband had not bathed for months, Mrs. Zcnobla Millard filed suit for divorce. It was granted. A letter from M. A. LeHand, prl vate secretary to President Franklin I D. Roosevelt, has been received by J, l Verne Shangle, local photographer, announcing receipt of a child photo graph sent the president. The letter reads: "Your letter of March 7 has been received by the president and he thanks you heartily for writing and for the portrait to which you re ferred. He is glad to accept the pic ture and- is Indeed grateful to you for presenting It to him." The photograph, Mr. Shangle be lieved, expressed perfectly the spirit of the New Deal Inaugurated by President Roosevelt. Trained Goldfish!' AXTELL, Kansas (UP) W. J. Foreman has a goldfish which not only comes swimming towards him from the far side of Its ""bowl, but will do a "barrel roll" or "spin" at the owner's command. The fish answers to the name of Jack. For "SPRINGTIME APPETITES' RIGHT now, when everybody's tired of monotonous win ter foods, change to crispness! 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