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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1939 PAGE SEVEN COAST PEAR CROP Winter Pear Production of 5,941,000 Bushels Pre dictedLast Year's Har vest 6,972,000 Bushels tribute to a woman whose funeral In 1888 was attended by 1,000 mourn er. Sojourner Truth's father was brought to the United States from Africa. She spent her first 30 years as a alare and never learned to read or write, yet many recognized her Influence. UNDER 1938 YIELD WEBSTErTTAVES U-BOAT CAPTAIN 'VERY FAIR' SAYS FOR PEAR EFFORTS IN EAST PORTLAND, Sept. IB. (AP) Ab normally dry weather and high wi pe ratures reduced expected yields of spring sown crops In Oregon when the condition continued through Au ! gust, the department of agriculture ! said today In Its September 1 crop i report. j Fruit and nut production of Ore gon and Washington declined four percent from August 1 estimates. Crop summaries Included: PEARS Pacific coast Bartlett pro duction at 13,985.000 bushels, a alight bushels, a slight . decrease from August 1 but a Ten per cent above average. Production of other pears, chiefly winter varieties, placed at S, 94 1,000 bushels, compared to 6.972,000 a year ago and average of 3,877,000 bushels. Oregon crop est imated at 3,710,000 bushels, 7 per cent under a month ago. WHEAT Spring wheat production estimated at S8.708.000 bushels for Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Mon tana, slightly under August 1 fore east. Adding winter wheat estimates, northwest production Is placed at 130,792,000 bushels, 28 percent under last year but 7 percent above aver age. OATS Pacific northwest yield est imated at 26,046.000 bushels, un changed from month ago and above average. BARLEY Little change In produc tion forecast with estimates at 13, 828,000 bushels, far above average. CORN Weather conditions unfav orable; production in Oregon Wash ington and Idaho estimated at 4,090,- 000 bushels, slightly above 1938 but below average. POTATOES Prospects slightly Im proved during August and crop prob ably about the same as last year In northwest and 16 percent above aver age. In 18 surplus late potato states, prospects up 3 percent to 363,177,000 bushels, about average. HOPS Oregon, Washington and California expected to produce 89,- 060,000 pounds, the same as on Au gust 1 and above 1938 yield of 88,- 361,000 pounds. Estimates are on to tal production. APPLES Oregon-Washington com mercial orop, averaging 39 percent of nation's production over 10-year period, estimated at 33,300,000 bush sis, less than 32 percent of 103,260,-000-bushel forecast for United States. The 1938 Oregon-Washington produc tion was 27,735,000 bushels. PRUNES Total production in Ore gon, Washington and Idaho Indicated to be 212,400 tons, compared to 133 800 tons a year ago and an average of 160,320 tons. Western Oregon and Washington yield estimated at 165, 900 tons, compared to the 1938 orop f 89,700 tons. NUTS Hot weather resulted In alight reduction of the Oregon-Wash ington walnut crop to 4,200 tons ( orchard run basis) , compared to 6,500 tons a year ago and a 10-year average of 1,940 tons. Oregon's filbert orop continues promising with pros pective production at 2,880 tons, com pared to 1,860 tons in 1938. A Wash ington crop of 560 tons, compared to 380 a year ago. Is expected. Roy Webster, eastern manager of the Oregon - Washington - California Pear Bureau, leaves tomorrow for the east from the bureau headquarters In Seattle. He will fly to Omaha, and conduct promotional work back of fall and winter pears at that -4- T FOR EX-SLAVE BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (UP) Negro women are renewing a cam paign seeking $5,000 for construc tion of a memorial over the grave here of Sojourner Truth, the Illit erate Civil war era Negro who preached, fought for her race, and talked with famous writers and Pres ident Lincoln. The drive, first begun in 1929, was abandoned because of the depression, but now Its sponsors, hope to obtain sufficient support to place in a Bat tle Creek cemetery near a modest tombstone marked "Is God Dead?1 - lit v -1 Boy Webster. point; also Des Moines, Kansas City and St. Louis, proceeding to Chicago for a national restaurant convention October 3-6. At a meeting of all pear bureau fleldmen In Chicago at the time of the convention they will rehearse the new "road show" the pear bureau's vehicle for the new season's program before going to their sep arate territories. Webster will be headquartered In Boston after the middle of October, but will make trips as needed to other territories to assure the smooth functioning of the program. This will be Webster's fourth season with the pear bureau, having originally been "loaned' the bureau by a large New York fruit receiving organiza tion. He now considers the west his permanent home, and has moved his family to Seattle. Skipper of British Freighter Ordered Aboard Sub Be fore His Ship Sent to Bot tom Adrift Six Hours 'certain we could reach land or be picked up by ships which I knew were In the vicinity." Save Few Belongings He and the crew had time to get only a few belongings, but the life boats were "fully provisioned be cause we were afraid something like this would happen. Norman Nash, fourth engineer. als' said the submarine captain was very fair In giving us time to get away safely," The crew Included three boys sllghlly older than the cabin boy. :ind eight negroes. . The Wlnklelgh left Vancouver August 3 with 4.000,000 feet of lum ber. By Toby Wlsnt NEW YORK. Sept. 14. ( AP) Cap tain Thomas Georgeson, whose Brit ish freighter Wlnklelgh was tor pedoed off the Irish coast, said to day upon arrival of the Holland- American Uner Statendam that the submarine captain 'waa very fair, considering our nations were at war." "But," be added, "I am anxious to get back to England as soon at possible to help in any way I can.' Aboard the Statendam were ap proximately 1700 passengers. Includ ing several hundred Americans. Georgeson, who was on a boat torpedoed by the Germans in the world war, and the 36 members of his crew, Including Philip Lewis, 13-year-old cabin boy of Victoria, B. C, were picked up by the Statendam six hours after the Wlnklelgh sank No Escape Attempt The captain told this story of the torpedoing : "We sighted the submarine first when It was four or five miles away. We made no attempt to get away because we realized we didn't have a chance. When the submarine drew up to within several hundred feet, I saw a small signal flag. Then it fired one shot over our ship. I dered the engines stopped and the crew to assemble on deck. The submarine signalled for me to come aboard It. "The captain, who spoke broken English, looked over my papers and kept one or two to certify that he had sunk our ship. Then he told me to get my men Into the life boats." Georgeson said he knew exactly where he was and that ha was SEES ITALIAN GAIN ROME. Sept. 18. (AP) The Bo logna newspaper II Resto Del Carlino asserted today that Italy In her pres ent neutrality was pursuing the pol icy of the Rome-Berlin axis. The newspaper, regarded as an Im portant fascist organ, predicted flatly Germany would win the war, and added : "And tn the hour of passage of power between the old plutocracies and the young totalitarian states, Rome will take the place which be longs to It." The article was regarded as the most outspoken to appear in the fascist press since the war began. The newspapers have scarcely men tioned the axis or ml'.ltary alliance with Germany. "Italy disdained to waltz." the article continued, "and marches straight ahead. War will end with a German victory.' The newspaper recalled Mussolini had assured Italy she would reach her goals. It added that among these goals were Tunisia, Jibuti and Sues. Old School Deserted. SALEM. Ore. (UP) The Center view school In the Waldo hills near here will not open this year for the first time In 61 years. It was said that not enough children live in the district to warrant opening the pioneers' school this year. Old-timers said the first year the school opened, 1878, 31 students enrolled. E PLASTICS' COST AMES, Iowa (UP) In bagasse, or sugar cane after the juice has been removed, federal scientists believe they have found a low cost plastic compound which may replace syn thetic kinds now on the market. Dr. 8. 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