MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MErFORD. OREGON. TUESDAY. AUGUST 20. 1940.
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Portland. Aug. 20. l.V A
"bottleneck" is developing in
the metal airplane industry,
boosting the northwest's natur
al defence possibilities through
the manufacture of wooden
training planes, Lieut. -Col. Jo
seph L. Stromme said yesterday.
The army air corps industry
planning and procurement of
ficer said thai 'already the met
al plane industry can't get de
liveries of raw materials in less
than from eight to ten weeks."
Skilled mechanics also are lack
ing, he added.
Colonel Stromme, in the
northwest for a survey of spruce
and other suitable airplane
woods, told an interviewer that
Portland has a "wonderful op
portunity" to take a pi Act in the
defense program by producing
wood training planes.
He pointed out thai wood Is
being used by EuroDean nations
for training and observation
planes because of its availabil
ity and the speed at which it
can be worked.
LIVESTOCK
to feedlot $8): laivl)r she stock
run. eteedy; odd head 640-700 lb
heifera 7J0, frw 7: deilrabie range
cows abeent. lata yesterday JSC lower.
3 load 50 4 75; few fleshy cirai
$S 80: cannera and cuttera moat it
13 SO 60: odd graae bulls UaJO,
lk?hte to $S&0.
Calvee: Salable 10: nominal, food
to choice vealere quoted $10-50$
11 SO; good slaughter cairea )H
1040.
Sheep: Salable 1.SO0: attire,
around 3Se higher: a decie wooled
75 lb. lamba MRS. 10 head out: J
decka 73 lb. ahom medium to food
lamba u. aorted 90 percent at 17:
horn ewea quoted 11-50 e 3 40.
German Bomb Blasts a Crater at Croydon
rhlraxo
Chicago. Aug. 20. (AP-CSDAI
Salable hoee: 14.000: total 17.000:
general trade steady to 10c lower
than Monday a average, top 10 93
epartngly: bulk good and choice 190.
340 Iba. as 65 .90: 340-370 lba. gen
erally $8 SO .73.
Salable iheep: 8.500: total 8500:
late Monday's spring lambs strong to
10c higher; fat sheep scarce, steady:
bulk good and choice western prlng
lambs 9 38: few medium to good
lota sorted $883: beat names 19.13
m35: throwoutal argely $7.50 down:
one double medium weight western
feeding lamba $8.40; today's trade
very alow.
Salable Cattle: 7.000: calves 1,000:
general trade leas active, choice fed
steers and all yearlings steady how
ever, and strictly grain fed heifers
strong; order buyers still a competl
tlve factor In general markets: but
steers of value to sell at $11 down
ward 10ctlSc lower: Instances 35c
off on common and medium kind:
largely steer run; top $13.13 paid for
long yearlings: grassy kind scarce
however: fed heifers scarce; compara
tively liberal run grass cows here.
io15c lower.
Portland
Portland, Ore., Aug. 30. (AP-U-8
D.A.) Hogs: 400, active, around 13c
9 33c lower than early Monday,
strong with close, good-choice 170
313 lb. drlvelns $7,104.35. 333-380
lb. SUS09.73. light lights $8,334.75,
packing sows $4.30(9 5.35, few fairly
good feeders $6.50. medium $3.50.
Cattle: 100. calves 35. alow, steady
with Monday's close, weak to 35c
lower late last week, scattering com
mon grass steers SB SO 7.25. grass
fat steers salable $9.30. good light
grain feds eligible to above $10, few
short fed steers around $10, com
mon heifers $5.35 a .50. beet grass
heifers $7.73. canner-common cowa
$3.2Sit4.50, very few dairy type cows
$4.75, and above, good beef cows
salable IS. 76 (98.25. good sausage bulls
$7, light euttery bulls salable $5.
good-choice vealers S3 SO a 10.50. common-medium
$7 9.
Sheep: 300. steady-good -choice 85
87 lb. trucked In spring lambs $7.75
8 10. carload lota quotable $8.35:
feed lamba salable $8.50 7.35. few
yearllnga $3, good fat ewes $3.35 .50.
common $1.50
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DANCTOF FISH
Phenomenon of Nature Oc
curs Only On Beaches
of Southern California
Portland Wheat
Portland
Portland, Ore., Aug. 30. (API
Wheat: Open High Low Close
Sept. .70 .70 .70 .70
Cash grain: Oata, No. a, 38 lb.
white $24.
Barley, No. a, 45 lb. bearded white
$20.
No. 1 flak $1,531.
Caah wheat (bid): soft white 734e.
western white 73'4C, western red Tic.
Hard red winter, ordinary 704e,
tl percent 734c, 13 percent 73,e.
18 percent 74c. 14 percent 73c.
Hard white. Baart, 13 percent 78c.
13 percent 80c, 14 percent 83c.
Today'a car receipts: wheat 143.
barley 1, flour 10, corn 8, oata a.
mlllfeed 1.
South "-an Francisco
South San Francisco, Aug. 30.
(AP-USDA) Hogs: Salable 800:
stesdy to 10c lower to packers; most
190-3O3 lb. butchers $7,404.60, few
341 lb. $7: odd packing sows $5.
Cettle:salable 60: steers nominal:
odd head holdover 995-1.135 lb. steers
A one-man
amy hut
he'll win
a war
Chicago Wheat
Chicago
Chicago. Aug. 30. (API Wheat
futurea exhibited a firm tone today
and the advancea continued through
out the session. Mill buying, short
covering and the strength displayed
at Minneapolis were factora contrib
uting to the rise. The May future
advanced as much aa two cents a
bushel.
(wheat)
Sep.
Dec.
May
Open High Low Close
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.72 , .70S -73 "4
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Portland Produce
Portland
Portland. Aug. 30 AP) Produce
prleee steady, unchsnged.
TO OIL-FIELD operations
in distant Saudi Arabia this
Company has just dispatched
a one-man expeditionary force.
Half across the world he
marches covering distances of
which Alexander's army never
dreamed to war on danger.
He is a safety engineer,
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The oil fields are where he
men work. Derricks are high.
Casings are heavy. Nitro-glyc-erine
is well, nitro-glycerine.
In Saudi Arabia exists extra
hazards of heat and desert
and the inexperiences of many
native workmen. But we know
all these threats can be licked.
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Guarded from the beginning
by general safety rules, this job
will be combed expertly for
every danger which is peculiar
to it. Eventually it will be made
as safe as walking down the
street if they had streets in
that land of dunes and vacant
distances, sand, and empty sky.
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However far away Standard
may send its people seeking
to reinforce this nation's oil
reserves just that far does this
Company extend those policies
created for their protection. Our
salety policy win assure pn
rsl protection for those in
Ssudi Arabia just as it does for
our thousands of employees
throughout the Pacific Vi'est,
Guarding them otherwise is
many another policy with
an understanding management
which buffers them from dan
gers which are not physical but
can cause equally grevjous hurt.
Standard Oil Company
of California
Wall St. Reports
San Francisco (U.B One of
the most amazing examples of
synchronization by Mother Na
ture to attain her ends has been
manifest on the beaches of
southern California, according
to Dr. Frances N. Clark, of the
bureau of marine fisheries here.
Back of the strange sight of
fish that come out of the ocean
and dance in the moonlight lies
an interesting story. Dr. Clark
said, of synchronization by na
ture of tides, moonlight and re
production periods that appear
almost without parallel in the
annals of science.
The fish is the grunion. Why
it only conies up on the beaches
of southern California, and not
elsewhere so far as is known, to
execute its weird dance has not
been ascertained.
Stud? Begun In 1919
Little was known of what lay
back of the moonlight dancing
on the beaches till 1919. accord
ing to Dr. Clark. Then it became
known that it was fur spawning.
Then, little by little, the veil
of mystery was withdrawn and
the whole tale of nature's syn
chronization was revealed and
reduced to cold statistics.
'The reason for these brief
excursions out of the sea onto
the shore during only a few
nights of the spring and sum
mer was found to be for the pur
pose of burying their eggs in
the sand." Dr. Clark related.
"The time of the spawning is
so mysteriously synchronized
that the fish are ready to spawn
only on three or four nights
when occur the exceptionally
high tides accompanying the full
and dark of the moon.
High Tide, Full Moon
"The eggs ripen in the female
at two-week intervals that syn
chronize with the full moon and
the high tides.
"The eggs are deposited In
the said by the female and are
fertilized by the male, who. al
so, is washed up onto the beach
by the high tides.
"These eggs lie in the sand
for two weeks and hatch out
baby grunion just at the time
synchronized for the next high
tide, which washes them out to
sea. So perfectly has nature syn
chronized the whole affair and
the bureau of marine fisheries
, has reduced it to such cold cal.
cuiation, tnat the bureau was
able to announce this year's
schedule for the grunions even
to the hour. Their first appear
ance was at 8:30 p.m. on August
3 and the last at 12:13 a.m. on
August 6.
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Portland, Aug. 20. GTi Sen
ator Holman (R-Ore.) added his
endorsement today to the Re
publican presidential ticket. He
issued the following formal
press release: ,
"I shall vote for the election
of YYillki and McNaty with en
thusiasm because I thereby shall
aid in securing for the presi
dency one who has demonstra
ted economy and efficiency in
the management of administra
tive work such as is required in
the presidency."
Holman arrived here by plane
from Washington, D.C, yesterday.
Meteorological Report
By r. . WEATHER Ht'KCAU
mill
This picture, sent by cable irom London to New York, shows a bomb crater made when
German planes raided the Croydon district, an airport suburb of London. The air ministry an
nounced that every plane which took part in the Croydon raid was dtstroytd before it got back to
Germany. Bigger raids then followed on Britain.
WOMEN ARE CALLED
MENTALLY LAZY
pression that politics Is a dry
subject. "Politics can be just as
exciting as any other subject,"
she said. "The idea that it is dull
is due to a lack of understanding."
Pittsburgh1 (UK) A woman
professor at the University of
Pittsburgh believes the average
American woman has a lazy at
titude toward politics and is in
clined to rely on her husband's
advice as to how she votes.
Dr. Rosalind L. Branning, one
of the few women instructors in
political science, deserted the
ranks of her sex to make the
charge, but tempered it by as
serting that both men and wo
men should make a deeper
study of politics.
"Too many women are prone
to vote only on the advice of
others," Dr. Branning said.
"Here m America, where wom
en have a voice in the govern
ment, they should take an ac
tive interest in politics."
Dr. Branning dispels the im-
Radio Highlights
rope WEAF-NBC, 3:15. 3:45;
CBS, 4:53, 8:30; MBS 3:30, 6
WJZ-NBC 6 . . . army war games
MBS 715 Interviews.
WABC-CBS 6.15 Sen. Bur
ton K. Wheeler replying to Ad
miral Standley.
What to expect Wednesday:
Europe NBC, 4 a. m., 9:45
a.m.; CBS 4 a.m., 2:45 p.m.
Foreraide
Medford and vicinity: Pair tonight
and Wednesday, little change la tem
perature.
Oregon: Clenerally fair tonight and
Wednesday, but foga on the coast
and In the northweat portion Wed
nesday evening, slightly cooler In
northeast portion tonight, moderate
northweat wind off the coaat.
Loral Data
Temperature a year ago today:
hlgheat 101, lowest 88.
Total monthly precipitation, trace;
deficiency for the month, .19 Inches.
Total precipitation since Septem
ber 1, 1839, 33 80 Inchea; excess for
the aeaaon 4.88 Inchea.
Relative humidity at A rf m. yea
terday 33 percent; S a. m. today
78 percent.
Tomorrow: aunrlae 5:38 a. m., aun-
aet 7:03 p. m.
Br C. E. Buttertield
Associated Press Radio Editor
(Time is Pacific Standard)
New York, Aug. 20. Defense
and war talk get a lot of time on
the air tonight.
Senator Wheeler (D-Mont.) re
plies over CBS at 6:15 to Ad
miral William H. Standley's pro
posal the U. S. turn over re
conditioned destroyers to Eng
land. Standley also said con
gress should declare a state of
national emergency and advo
cated military conscription.
Wheeler has been a strong toe
of- the Burke-Wadsworth con
scription bill.
At 7:15 Major Leonard H. Na
son will describe the day's activi
ties during maneuvers of the
first army corps. Nason's broad
cast will be over MBS.
Tuning tonight (Tuesday): Eu-
Obaervatlons Taken at 4:10 a. m.
ItO Meridian Time.
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Towanda, N. Y., Aug. 20.
(P) Let Ralph Pickering keep
digging on the C. A. Pratt farm
and there's no telling what he'll
find.
Several days ago while dig
ging a silo pit he turned up a
gold watch lost by Prait'8 fath
er 20 years ago. A day later he
dug up a watch fob, a souvenir
of the 50th anniversary of the
battle of Gettysburg.
Closing time for Too Late to Clas
sify Ada la 1:30 p. m.
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New York, Aug. 20. (P)
The stock market displayed mod
est recovery signs today, al
though traders apparently failed
to derive much inspiration from
war dispatches.
Dealings were just about as
slow as in yesterday's session
which tacked up the smallest
volume in 24 years. Near the
second hour gains of fractions
to a point were sprinkled over
the list.
Today's closing prices for 84 se
lected atocks follow:
Al. chem. & Dye "PTitd
Am. Can 04'
A. T. at T. is',
Anaconda
Atch. T. A B. P. .
Bendlx Avla.
Beth. Steel
Caterpillar Tract.
Chrysler .
CurtlM-Wrlght
Douglas Acft.
DuPont , ,
Gen. Elee.
Oen. Poods
Oen. Mot
Int. Harvest.
Johns-Man.
Kennecott
Monty Ward
No. Amn. Am. .
North Amer.
Penney U. C.)
Penna. R. R.
Phillips Pet
Radio
j Sou. Pac.
j Std. Branda
' St. Oil Cal.
St. Oil N. J.
I Trans. Amer.
Cnlon Carb.
Unit. Aircraft
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Portland Strike Ends
Portland, Aug. 20. (P) A
five-day strike of 400 members
of the Portland local. Interna
tional Ladies Garment Workers'
union, ended yesterday follow
ing the signing of contracts with
six shops, M. L. Labby, union
official, announced.
Just a Boy Again
Independence, Mo., Aug. 20.
(Pi Fellow workers told Or
veal Robinson they'd ' wax" the
whiskers he had grown for an
"old settlers" celebration and
they used rubber cement for the
waxing process. The whiskers
came off with the cement.
Hastings, Neb.. Aug. 20. IIP)
Five-year-old Billy Densford Is
thanking his lucky stars he
must have a lot of them that
he is alive. He tumbled from
the speeding car of his parents
onto a paved highway here and
escaped with severe bruises.
California Butter
Sail Pranclaro. Aug. 30. APt7S
DAI Butter. 93 score 30c; 81, 29c;
90. 38', c; 89 3e.
Sacramento. Aug. 30 (APt
Churning cream butterlat: flrit grade
33c; second grade 30c.
Wlilametle Fish Suffer
Portland, Aug. 20. JPi Un
controlled pollution, high water
temperature and general reduc
tion of oxygen content have
taken an Increasing large to'l
of Willamette river fih. a state
game commission survey $how
ed today.
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