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NrEDFORD "MAIL THTBTTXE. MT:T)F0KD. OBF.fiOy. FRTDAT. PEPEM'BE'R Ifi, 1033. PA'GE FIVE F.D.R. uomlnsily stesdy: good trucked In lambs Mltble 17.50-75; cholct carload lots ffd woolfd lamba eligible 8 25; good-choice ewes salable 93 3 4. 10 CABINEI POSTS President Denies Knowledge of More Resignations Sen. Holt Says Reckon ing Coming for Hopkins WASHINGTON, Dee. lfl. (AP) President Roosevelt said today, amid talk Harry Hopkins might be the new secretary of commerce, that he had not yet made up his mind on oablnet replacements. Resignations of Attorney General Cummings end Secretary of Com merce Roper have left two vacancies. Mr. Roosevelt said he could not tell when cabinet appointments or an appointment to the supreme court might be. expected. AIao asked at his press conference whether any more resignations In the cabinet were In prospect. Mr. Roose velt said there were none he knew of. To Fill H.O.L.C. Port Bombarded with Inquiries about the filling of a number of vacancies, the president said he soon would fill a place on the Home Owners Loan corporation board. He was asked, too, about reports Gov, Prank Murphy of Michigan would receive some high gavemment position. The president responded there were many such reports. Senator Holt (D., W.Va.) said in a statement, meanwhile. If Hopkins, the WPA administrator, were ap pointed to the cabinet It would not be a promotion but a move to pre vent "congressional Investigation of his scandalous handling of relief.1 Holt said if Hopkins did not get a new Job before "the facts are known about his administration It ' would be too late even to offer him : a timekeeper's Job on the WPA, let alone a cabinet post." Young Men Wanted Many politicians, however, express ed belief the president would take advantage of the commerce depart ment vacancy and the retirement next month of Attorney General Homer Cummings to create a solid front of younger new dealers in the cabinet. There have been rumors for sev eral weeks still other members of the president's official family might retire or be shifted to other positions. Postmaster General Parley, Secretary of War Woodrlng end Secretary Swan son of the navy have been men tioned In that connection. Reports Hopkins would replace Roper had been current even while the latter was denying he would withdraw. Hopkins has been attend ing cabinet meetings in his capacity as relief director, and Is one of the most regular White House conferees. If he is appointed, one Democratic senator who asked anonymity declar ed it would be a "build up" for the 1940 Democratic presidential nomin ation. . Chicago CHICAGO. Deo. 16. AP-USDA, HOGGS: 18.000; light hogs fairly active, steady to 10c lower than Thursday's average: others lOlftc off. top $7.50: good light and med ium weight packing sows e.3ojj.ou; extreme weights down to $6, CATTLE 1.000: calves 300, meager supply all killing classes generally steady In a clean-up trade: steers and yearlings confined to few loads medium grade selling jiownwara irom 8.25: few beef cows to 6 and slight ly above: low cutters and cutters $3.75(8 4.90: sausage bulls to $6:25: vealera active, top $9.50. SHEEP 4.000; fat lambs active. 13 $25c higher, quality considered: bulk good and choice grades $8 85 (?9:15; few best held around $9.25; scattered lots downward to $8 and below; good yearlings $7; native slaughter ewes firm, $3.75M; light weights eligible around $4.25. new crop hen. 36-26c lb.; to ma, 34 26c lb. Buying prices: New hen. 24-25C lb.; torn. 22c lb. Cheese, country meats, live poultry, potatoes, onions, wool, hay, steady, unchanged. South Pan Francisco BrtTTXH RAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 18 (AP-USDA) Hogs 375; butchers mostly 15c lower than early inurs day, or about 5c lower than the ton $7.85 on half load good to choice 202 lb. Oregons; late Thurs day: Several sales 190-210 lb. butch- iers. $7.80-90. CATTLE 50. Market largely nomi nal, but few sales steady: package 709 lb. stock steers. 86.00; medium to good beef steers quoted $7.50i9; medium to good beef cows eligible $5.0036.60; package cutter cows. $3.75. SHEEP 975; salable supply Hmitea to 2 short decks holdover fat ewes and package common light lambs: no action on these. Late Thursday: Lambs mostly steady: 6 decks good to choice 84 lb. Oregon lambs, $8.75 straight. 3 decks 80-84 lb. wchts, ?8.75. sorted 10-15 per cent; deck 72 lb. averages. $8.40; double good 84 lb. medtum-pelt California fed lambs. $8.25; sorted 15 per cent, 9ixo. Portland Wheat Wheat PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 16. ( AP) Grain: Wheat Open High I""" Cow May .66 .66 .66 .66 Dec 64 .64 .64 .64 Cash gsaln: Oats. No. J 38-lb. white, 27 50; No. a. 38 lb. gray, nominal. Barley. No. a. 45 lb. b.w.. 23 00. Com. No. a E. Y.. shipment, ,36. Cash wheat (bid): Sort white. 65 V- western white, 65: western red. 62",. Hard red winter, ordinary. 61 '4: 11 per cent. 62: 12 per cent. 64: 13. per cent. 67: 14 per cent. 71. Hard white-banrt. ordinary. 65V4: 11 per cent unquoted: 12 per cent. 654: 13 per lent, 66: 14 per cent, 67. Today's car receipts: Wheat, 29: barley. 1: Hour. 10; corn 4; cats, 2; hay, 3; mlllteed. 1. Wall St. Report T MAY COS! IRE THAN! San Francisco Dealers Find Fewer Birds in Growing Districts Some Farm ers Holding for Upturn Chicago Wheat CHICAGO, Dec. 18. ( AP) Wheat : Open High Low Close Dec -.. .64 .64!, .63 -63 March 68 '-' Mv 66s; .66'4 .66 .661, July 66 !4 .66 .66'", Portland Produce NEW YORlC Dec. 16 (API Leading stocks made a few feeble rallying gestures In today's market, then backed Into a downward drift for losses of fractions to a point or more. Utilities tilted upward at the last and a handful of aircrafts. and spe cialties resisted, but most stocks acted tired throughout and the ma jority huddled behind minus slsns after a moderate revival In the first hour. The fact volume dwindled substan tially on the reaction was seen as an encouraslng factor. Transfers were around 1, 100,000 share. Today's closing prices for 32 sel ected stocks follow: Al. Chem. & Dye lM'i Am. Can 07i Am. Iz Pan. Pow 3'i A. T. & T ., 147' i Anaconda - 3"4 Atch. T. k B. P 38i Bendlx Avla 25 notvi fitnel 743i Caterpillar Tract. 46 Chrysler m'i Coml. SdIv Oli Curtlss-wrlght - 6 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16 (AP) Turkey prices have been edging Into higher price brackets thla week. Talk around the wholesale markets has hinted turkeys are harder to find In the country growlnu districts than had been expected. It looks like that turkey Mrs. Pub lic is figuring on buying about a week frcm today may cost a little more than the one she bought for the Thanksgiving dinner. Prices today which at wholesale ranged from 25.5 cents to 29 5. box packed, were up two centa a pound PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 16 (API BUTTER Prints: A grade, 32Vjc lb. In parchment wrappers, 33Vc lb. In cartons: B grade, 31',4c lb. In parch ment wrappers, 32(4c lb. in cartons. BUTTERFAT Portland delivery buying prices: A grade. 31!'2-32c lb.. Portland delivery: B grade. l4c lb. less: C grade. 6c lm. less. Country delivery, 30c lb. for A grade. EOGS Wholesalers' buying prices: Specials, 32c doz.: extras, 30c doz.; standards, large, 29c doz.; extra me diums, 26c doz.; extraB, small, 25c doe. TURKEYS Selling prices: Dressed, Livestock Portland PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 16. (AP USDA) Hogs 300, Including 230 di rect; steady, few choice 190-200 lb.. $8.00: few around 165 lb., (7.75; packing sows, $8.00-25; choice light feeder pigs, $8.25 and above. CATTLE 30, Including 6 direct; calves 75, Including 61 direct; not enough to test market; some Inquiry for medium-good cattle, lower grades slow: week's bulk fed store. $7.25 ?8.65; common, $6.00: medium-good heifers salable $6.50 a 7.50: cutter quotable $4.00; low cutter and cctter cows, $2.50(3.50; fat dairy type cows, $4.75; good beef cows, $6.50 1 6.25; few bulls. $5.00-25; choice ealers quotable. $8.50. SHEEP 50. Including 38 direct; DuPont Gen. Elec. Gen. Poods Gen. Mot ..150 .... 43 .... 37" , 50 Int. Harvest. 61 I. T. & T BVt Johns-Man --10434 Monty Ward 51 7 North Amer 217k Penney (J. C.) - 7Bi,i Phillips Pet 42 Radio 7 i Sou. Pac ......... . 18ae Std. Brands St. Oil Cal. st. on n. j Trans. Amer Union Carb Unit. Aircraft . 28 ) . 51 ranches for more birds sent In re ports s:m of the farmers were hold ing for higher prices. Other ranchers said they were saving stock for r lock -but Ming purposes. THO-Thlnl Sold Trade reports Indicated California turkey growers sold about two-thirds of this year's crop at Thanksgiving time. Shipments to the mat were extra heavy then some 30 cars of California turkeys rolled over the Rockies, market observers said. That volume was unusual. In fact, until the last two years' develop ment of new killing and chilling practices, it was virtually impossible. The new plants, with quick chilling to 31 to 33 degrees, allow prepara tion of the birds for shipment with , "bloom" that could never be achieved under old methods. So the birds can be shipped across the continent In quantity and in top condition also they can be killed earlier for Pacific coast markets and held without danger of the stagger ing losses experienced a few years ago when weather warmed up. While market observers were un certain about the supplies of live birds available for Christmas, out of the huge 1938 crop, the federal de partment of agriculture brought out its report on storage holdings. Stork Depleted That report showed the nation's freezers held some 17,200,00 pounds of turkey December 1. Most of that wfts virtually fresh killed, as Novem ber 1. Stocks had been only 3.899,000 The seasonal Jump in stocks failed to bring the supply up to what It had been in the two preceding years, each of which had set records. Last year at this time stocks totaled some 19.712.000 pounds. Court, freezer stocks rose to 1.893. 000 pounds in the month to Decem ber 1 from 717.000. This supply was a little more than last year's, but considerably less than thnt of 1936. when there uns a record turkey crop. Calllornia has a little more than a million pounds of turkey in the freezers, not to mention that unde termined supply still "on the hoof." HQLDEN 10 RETIRE AS S. P. Holden. one of the best known western rail executives, came to the Southern Pacific Co. as chairman 10 years ago. He had previously been president of the Chicago, Bur lington S Qulncy system. It was also announced that on December 1 last John O. Walsh, for merly treasurer of the Erie Ra 11 road, assumed the duties of vice-president of Southern Pacific in charge of fi nances, with headquarters in New York. 4 8nn t-'runrlftrn Kutter SAN PRANCISCO. Dec. 18. (AP) Butter unchanged. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 16 fAP) Churning cream butterfat: First grade 34' i,; second grade 32$. Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads is 1:30 p. m. ia He llt tap Conditions Du to Sluggish Bowtll llallfutiimcdti W?sm Wffl qtbi (am. ilM. ttanrn'iah. r. frvitilng, iuv morning. inandahi6 relief from AUBUdUftSSiiP Ho rollfl. Uwrow tfu.t,lri Irs i lifurarlnff. Y)trMntlrta rmi hHrlarhM hllimm anrlla. tired (aelln rhn vwelawd with waatlpftllon. i UCtkA. Dlrlr of NR from rent fliiuivui nun oniKUt. mk ten un It not drllfhud, return ht box to uj. ws mo refund the purcbM -SB11ajjjjjSBB i ALWAYS CAHRV for the week. Buyers combing pounds. NEW YORK, Dec. IB. (AP) Hr'.c Holden, veteran railroad executive, announced today he will retire next year M chairman of the Southern Pacific Co,, under the company'" pension plan age limit. Holden will be 70 In 1039. With Holden'a retirement the of fice of chairman will be discon tinued. The dutlea will bt conaoll dated with those of president, n office now filled by A. D. McDonald who will be the road's chief execu tive officer. U. S. Steel . 41 . 64 . In dollars and sense More and more members of the "Penn sylvania preferred" group are turning to Standard Penn for higher oil mileage, stability and engine performance. Invest in this "blue chip" oil for your carl STANDARD PENN MOTOR OIL PErsvUAR5, II COMPANY OP CALIFORNIA ; r gikr?-' 12.0?, rl be above price is T4 cents tboltlele. Ihsn the mnp.l f ' 'Mion:'!!? S'iverti.ed I- car-old bottled in bond brands S Si !" 4fc: ?' St t Shopping at Western Thrift is easy, even during these last hectio days before Christinas. Our method of open displays, with plainly marked prices, simplify filling your .shop ping list. We-urge you to shop mornings and evenings when possible, for your greator convenience. PERMANENT TREE LIGHT SETS If one globe burns out, others stay lit. of eight lights. Series 49c XMAS CARDS Twenty one assorted folders, each with en velope, in an attractive gift box 25c GIFT SOAPS By Roycemore. These delicately scented soaps make ideal gifts, Boxes from 49c Smoking Stand Sturdy Ash Tray Stand, all metal in assorted colors 98c BOKER POCKET KNIVES make a lasting gift for men 98c to S1.49 Others at 49c BOOK ENDS Good quality, assorted patterns. $1.49 values at gift store only 98c Pair GIFT WRAP TOBACCOS 69c 59c 67c 73c 49c 73c 70c 97c 73c 63c 83c 59c Sir Walter . Raleigh Big Ben Special Half and Half Prince Albert George Washington Velvet pound Granger pound Edgeworth pound Model pound 14 oz. Union Leader Dills Best Bond Street half pound lb. lb. lb. lb. lb. CHERRIES Choc, covered. Full pounds of Mari gold chocolate covered cherries, Saturday only " 21c CHOCOLATES IN MINIATURE These dainty fine qual ity candies come in two assortments. Pound 29c lb. WINSTEL CHOCOLATES Finest quality, all hand dipped and hand rolled Two pound box. 98c o SCOOTERS All metal construction with ball-bearing roller skate wheels. Regular $1.29 value 98c CIGARS Boxes of twenty-five in the most popular brands. Gift wrapped SI. 10 Others 45c to $2.20 BATH POWDER By Spooner Come in assorted odors in a variety of styled boxes. 49c o DON'T FAIL to shop our Holiday Branch Gift store at Main 2 and Central (under the Big Clock). Full of Christmas Gift items. This store will be open daily until Christmas only. St St St St St St St Baby Brownie Nassours . . Stuffed Toys Chocolates . Eastman Camera Men's Set Shaving Bowl and Lotion Large Variety Five Pounds Assorted Special 39C . . 79c 59c & 79c . 98c 1 St 3 PHONE 274 30 NORTH CENTRAL PHONE 271 MARKET HOME OF BATTLE CREEK HEALTH FOODS Open Evenings and Sundays 313-315 N.Riverside Phone 358 'S Bring the Children to Our onnsimas rany ttantn Claun will be In our itore sll after noon Saturday with favors for all the ktrtdlM. firing the little ones In for this special treat. Here you will find everything for Holiday meali bargain priced. All the good foods and goodies thnt make the Christmas seaMm the best of the year. Shop here for fancy Christmas Candles, Nuts, Dates, Fancy Apples and Oranges. TAMALE 7 oz. can 5c Chef's Choice MILK, Oregon 4 for 25C, 17 for $1 COFFEE Chase & Sanborn vacuum tin 2 lb. tin 49c cup of coffee free all day Saturday CHEESE Ladino. medium Mild or nippy Lb. 25c Cheese Sandwiches served free all iay Saturday ROYAL GELATIN 3 pkgs. 14c All flavors SOAP, Swift Arrow 4 bars 1 0c Large Brown Bar CRACKERS KRISPY 2 lb. box 25c Try these Sunshine Crackers with Ladino Cheese Saturday HONEY 10 lb. tin 79c Idaho Vacuum Packed FLOUR, Drifted Snow 49 lb. bag 81.43 MAZOLA OIL pint can 10 SHORTENING, Snowdrift ...3 lb. can 50t CHICKEN RAVIOLI full pound can 10e Try this delicious dun MAM Denoo Sugar Cured Half or Whole Lb. 2$c BACON Home Cured lb. 25c PORK CHOPS lb. 22ic Extra fancy, very lean LAEHD Mb. 11 o Pure Home Rendered SLICED BACON lb. 33c Swift's Premium VEAL CHOPS lb. 19o REEF ROAST, Sho. lb. 12ao Famous T. E. A. brand. Wins all prizes. Sweet and Juicy sizes box $1.50 APPLES 100 lb. 63c SO lb. 13c Klamath U. S. No. 2 Fancy BpiU box f 1.19 Fancy Delicious box $1.29
