70UR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
CONSUMER GOODS
WILL BE TIGHTER,
FORMER SAYS
' The supply of consumer dur
ble goods will bo increasingly
tighter through the cancellation
of all "spot" conversion by the
WPB, according to Edward N
Weinbaum, manager of the
Portland Retail Trade Bureau.
Speaking before a representa
tive group of Medford retailers
t the Hotel Holland Tuesday
slight, in a meeting sponsored by
the Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce, Weinbaum pre
dicted wider control of the
.WPB on much wider portions of
civilian goods in immediate
months ahead. ,
The speaker, who Is also man
ager of the trade and commerce
department of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce, told
merchants here that stricter ef
forts may be expected by OPA
to enforce regulations, and that
plans for the restoration of a
free economy ' are definitely
postponed until after the defeat
of Germany. Corporate tax re
lief, too, will have to wait and
will carry over into 1946. Such
relief will probably become ef
fective in 1947.
Retailers' profits will be
much less in 1945 than in 1944,
Mr. Weinbaum warned local
business men. Pressures for
higher returns will continue by
both agriculture and labor In the
war days ahead. He reminded
that legislatures of 44 stales
now In session will attempt to
reform social security problems
by increasing benefits, by enact
ment of compulsory health and
insurance, by so-called "Little
Wagner Acts" and revision of
(ales tax laws by some 22 states.
The greatest period of crisis
will be In June, Weinbaum be
lieves, and then the nation will
enter a period of half-war, half
peace. Emphasis was given to trade
diversions by competitive groups
who are tax-free and correspond
ingly greater tax burdens must
be borne by the nation's busi
ness interests now over-burdened
by high taxes.
"The price of peace comes
high" the speaker told Medford
retailers. ''America's national
debt will reach 300 billion dol
lars, the annual federal budget
will probably total 18 billion
dollars and state and city gov
ernments add another 99 billion
to the tax load, all of which
must be paid by the same tax
payers.'' Mr. Weinbaum briefly dis
cussed the three most prominent
plans for tax revision, the Ruml
Bonne, C. E. D. and Twin Cities
plans. Higher production and
greater employment are neces
sary for our post-war geared up
economy If America's tradition
al free enterprise Is to survive.
From SO to 85 million men and
women must be profitably em
ployed to attain the required
level of national income of from
120 to 150 billion dollars. Re
vision of the nation's entire tax
structure la imperative If we
balance ' reasonable budget,
promote a healthy flew of ven
tured capital, reduce expendi
tures to a minimum consistent
with good government and pre
serve the integrity of the fed
eral debt and provide for its
orderly retirement.
The tax basis must be broad
ened, too, so that more of Amer
ica's national Income Is reached,
the speaker warned.
In stressing the need tor or
ganization of retailers, Mr.
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IJTJST IN PASSINO America's top air ace, Ma). Richard Bong
purchases souvenir program from L'SO hostess Pearl Meyer as hi
attends Army Air Force's show, "Winged Victory," In Chicago
where he stoooed on his wav to Stioerlor. Wla.
MEN WANTED
for ditch cleaning $6.40 per day
transportation furnished.' Apply at Dis
trict Off let or phono Medford 6111 or
A.Mand 8981.
TALENT IRRIGATION DIST.
Friday, rb. t, 194S
Weinbaum voiced the need for
easier parking for consumers,
for study of best methods of ab
sorbing veterans into peacetime
retail life, and emphasized the
importance of cooperating among
business men and utilities to
solve many post-war problems.
The OPA has held down infla
tion and must be continued from
6 months to a year after final
victory, he said.
In his introductory remarks
Weinbaum told retailers here
that their business Is the third
largest industry in the nation.
According to the 1940 census
4,600,217 people were employed
and the volume business exceed
ed $42 billion. During the fifth
war loan retailers also sold '2
per cent of all "E" bonds and
contributed generously to the
promotion of the various drives.
RaV Baker, chairman of the
merchants group here, conduct
ed a brief round table discussion
following Weinbaum's address.
Herb. Grey, president of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce was chairman of the
meeting, and among the parti
patlng speakers were W. A
Gates, Noble Vincent, Glenn
Utz, H. L, Brown and Frank
Hull.
Livestock
" Portland '
Portland. Ore.. Feb. S-'"?"
tock: Cattle, 2S; calvea, 10. Supply
SSSir odd and end,. Scattered .
.rs. . liable 81415.
HOC9. 1UU. ACUVB. ieuy.
ood choice IBS-lb. VJ,We,1ifiti?
inn. lfed 140 lb.. 814.75. Good rows
ir plus quotable li 918.50; weeks
extreme top no. ... - ...
Shrep, 100. Good-choice 85-80 1M.
wnoled lambs IIS. Fed carloads quot
.h! in lino. Good ewe aalable S7 V
ISO.
San Franclico
c.r, lrranclioo. Feb. 8 (UP) Dairy
muUer: OS acore 43c. 88 acore e21e,
00 acore 4aic, B0 acore 4Hio.
Cheese: Wholesale prices, loafs
27.0c. triplets 27.2c.
Ernis: Larue srnde A 43(4c, medium
grado A 40 He. small grade A 37ViO.
lame urnde B 40 ",4 c.
Central California eRgs: Larue fade
A oc, meaium K'"a y .'
(rede A 30c, large grade B 43c.
dlum grade A 42a, small grade A 30c.
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Chicago, Feb. 0 (OP) Livestock:
Hogs, 7,000. Complete clearance.
Good and choice 100 lbs., up 814.70;
celling. S14. .
Cattle, 2,000. Calves, S00. Medium
rteera 81314.0; good to choice
steers to around 810: good to choice
800-lb. heltera 81S-40-, bulk heifers
8131914.00; most beef cows 9tl3:
ennners and cutters 87.50i8.0: heavy
sausage bulls to 813.80; vealers 815.80
down. ...
Sheep, 3,900. Three doubles good
nnd choice fed wooled western lambs
including two loada Colorados $10.85;
load Just good Colorados $10.60; load
medium and good lambs: load good
and choice yearling weathers held
above $14.50. ,
Portland Produce
Avocados California 85.78 per
flat.
Onions Idaho, 3-Inch $3.88; local,
Oregon $2.21.
Potatoes New Florida reds 33.01.
Spinach Local $292.25 orange box.
Chicago Wheat
' Chicago, rah. 0 (UP) drain range:
ftnM Hlsh Low Close
Ma 81.82 81.62 31.60 $1.60
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Wall Street
New York, Feb. 9 U.B
Stocks suffered their wildest de
cline of the year today on con
tracted volume.
The list extended yesterday's
small losses by fractions to 2
points. Market news was un
changed, hence the experts at
tributed the turndown after a
long period of advance to tech
nical factors. Many traders who
had anticipated a recession with
drew to the sidelines and mod
erate amounts of realizing re
sulted In a few rather wide re
cessions. No group was spared although
the oils resisted pressure better
than other sections. Mercantile
Air Force
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Corregidor Island, symbol of herolo TJ. 8. resistance before Philippines fell to Japanese, ro:Us with American
bombs for the first time as 13th Army Air Force Liberators open the attack on the fortress guarding sea ap
proach to Manila harbor. Air Force photo.
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benjnd tne pilot, toe wuigs are near tiie rear and we ruuders are niouiueci near ine suarp.y-aniiiea wuia
tipa. xe oevawrs aie lurward, eiiaOung man 10 one cieamy iuio uie wuia uiaieaa oi into me wane ol uie
Wings and mamng uie last ligaier snip uigmy maueu.erariie. 'ine puot la ajie to jetusou tne propeuer in
emergeuues to a,oiU riu 04 ueuiK siruca; by oiuues as ns lumoa.
issue losses also were restricted
and the utilities yielded only
fractionally.
s Today's closing prices on se
lected stocks:
American Tel. St Tel. 162V4
Anaconda . 31
Chrysler 96
Curtlss Wright 6
General Electric ............39V
General Motors
6SV4
B1H
35V
Montgomery Ward
Pann. R R. ,
Phillips Petroleum
J. C. Penney
Radio
Southern Pacific ...
Standard Oil of Cal
47
...111V4
12 V,
40V4
.... 41
Texas Gulf Sulphur .,
S8
30
United Alrcrafts .
U. S. Rubber
U. S. Steel .,
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60
BOSTON-LOS A. TELEVISION
Approximately 7,000 miles of
coaxial cable between Boston
and Los Angeles will be used to
carry simultaneously 480 differ
ent telephone channels and tele
vision pictures after the war.
ELECTRONIC CONTROL
Electronics has taken on still
another Job. It controls the water-level
of boilers, automatical
ly shutting off the fuel supply
If the water drops below the
safety level.
15-YEAR TURBINE TEST
Test engineers at one electri
cal manufacturing plant have
kept a turbine bucket vibrating
for 15 years, putting It through
100 billion vibrations. '
The first by-product coke
ovens In America now the
source of over 200,000 different
commodities from coal were
built at Syracuse, N. Y., In 1893.
primarily as a source of ammon
ia fertilizer.
Cloelna time tor Sunday Too Lett
to Claaslt) 8 30 Salurda afternoon
Please remember
GREEN
fm
12 INCH OR
16 INCH LENGTHS
300 CU. FT. LOAD
DIAL 2123
TIMBERP
Opens Attack oh Corregidor
Looks Like She's Flying Backwards
War Bonds Leading 1
Medium Of Savings -For
U. S. Citizens
New York Wartime savings
of the American people have
reached an all - time high of
$100,000,000,000, recent figures
reveal. . . ; . .
The leading medium of these
savings is War Bonds, three out
of every five Americans ownina
at least one, a study by the life j
insurance companies in America
of figures from both govern
ment and private sources shows.
War Bonds account for $36,
883,000,000 of the total savings.
Life insurance is next as a sav
ings medium, accounting for;
$33,049,000,000 of the total fig
ure, according to the study.
About 50 per cent of the people
have savings in this form.
A large proportion of the pop
ulation has a savings account,
about a third of the population
saving their money this way, the
study reports. The Postal Sav
ings System, next on the list,
also has grown during wartime
and Is now at an all-time high.
The average oi'tput of bitum
inous coal per man per day in
the United States is more than
SV tons, compared with slightly
more than one ton per man in
England, and a little over two
tons per man In Canada.
The estimated population of
Portugal on June 30, 1941 was
7,760,965.
WASHING MACHINES
REPAIRED
Parts k Service on All Makes
B & B Washer Shop
406 E. Main Phone S302
Sg75
DIAL 2123
Company
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SUBS
New Plastic Coat
Used In Shipping
Ford Engine Parts
Dearborn, Mich (U.B
Ready-to-run' replacement en
gines and plastic-dipped engine
parts are being shipbed by the
hundreds from the Ford Motor
Co. to our armed forces through
out the woild.
Ford is currently making use
of a recent development in pack
ing these engines. Called ethyl
cellulose, it is a plastic coating
for crankshafts, which prevents
corrosion from water in the
event they must be tossed over
board from ships during Invasion
arid landing operations.
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KECAP1PING
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Tor longer mileage ana ire. tar safety, ear year rl
reopped by tt Firestone Tactery Method. Factory
trained experts -ill do the work, your abearance ei a
Quality Job. Oar recaps ere rjirutsel
NO RATIONING CERTIFICATI REQUIRED!
MINISTERS VOTE
PRE-EASTER MEETS
WEEK, MARCH 26
At a recent meeting of the
Medford Ministerial association
a program for a pre-Easter series
of meetings was adopted and the
Rev. Dr. Russell V. DeLong of
Gary, Ind., has been secured as
the guest speaker for this series.
This pre-Easter Passion week
series will begin on Monday.
March 26th. It has been planned
by the association to conduct
noon-day services In as near a
central downtown location as
possible so that It will accom
modate the largest possible num
ber of business men and women
as well as citizens and church
men throughout the city.
The night session of the Pas
sion week series will be con
ducted in the churches going
from one church to the other
covering the nights of the week.
Dr. Russell V. DeLong, the
snecial guest speaker, is a
churchman and educator of out
standing ability. For 13 years he
served as president of a denom
inational college representing
some 500 students and a member
of the American Association of
Colleges for scholastic standing.
He is also rated as one of Amer
ica's A-l evangelists,
The association voted to cc
ooerate with the present clothes
drive for Russian relief. The
ministers of the city are re
quested to announce from their
pulolts, Sunday, Feb. 11. to
either get In touch with some
trade school pupil or to ask 1
their members to deliver their ;
old clothing to someone of the j
grade schools. All wearable ;
clothln? and shoes are accept
able. The bundles should be tied
securely with strong cord and
the shoes tied together securely.
The Ministerial association urges
whole-hearted co - ooeratlon in
this drive as many Russians are
absolutely destitute of clothing.
The association took unani
mous action authorizing its sec
retary to write- contfress that
thev are opposed to the passage
of the one-year military postwar
conscription bill as it now reads
It seemed to be the concensus of
opinion among the ministers that
It would not offer objection if
the bill were modified to make
military training compulsory for
a certain period In high schools
and colleges of the nation.
DELICATE SOLDERING TASK
Wiring a baby-sized airborne
radio receiver, a key item in the
aaf s. stellar Instrument land
ing system used in combat op
erations, requires making 600
soldered connections.
COLOR TELEVISION IN 1941
Color television first was put
on the air In 1941 from the New
York - skyscraper, the Empire
state building.
Today, the average age of bi
tuminous coal miners Is 45
years compared with a pre-war
average of 32 ye'ars. More than
10,000 of the workers are 65
years and older, while nearly
153 000 of them are from 45 to
64 years of age.
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NEWLY APPOINTED Deputy
Commander for Operations for
Army Air Forces Pacific Ocean
Areas, MaJ. Gen. Willis H. Hale
will also serve as deputy com
mander of recently formed
Strategic Air Force under Lt
Gen. Millard F. Harmon. (U
S. Army Photo.)
WAR REQUIRES USED FATS
Most of the essential supplies
of war require fats and oils In
their manufacture and opera
tion. Turn used fat over to the
meat dealer, and collect four
cent3 and two red ration points
a pound.
Nearly 75 per cent of the bi
tuminous coal mined in this
country is produced by fewer
than 12 per cent of the mines.
Wallets and other Leather
Goods. . .12 - Price
Make-up Kits V2-Price
red case
Motto Plasques. were 63c now 25c
Valour Cologne, was $1.00 now 60c
Stationery, odd lots......l2-Price
Assorted Items --Greatly Reduced
THIAMIN CHLORIDE I KG -23c per ICO
3 MS -69c per 160
I0MGSI.I9 per 100
VITAMIN B COMPLEX TABLETS
High potency $1.19 per 100
VITAMIN B COMPLEX CAPSULES
With liver and iron $1.98 per 100
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TONC riOWER HAKE-DP
Lipstick, 1.00. Rouge, 1.00.
Fsce Powder, 1.50. Ia Sower-fresh
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Tone colors Wild Kese, Dahlia, iiojL
Bittersweet, Poppy, Wood Violet, Japonic V
Tone colors) Wild
TAYLOR'S
DRUGS
323 E. MAIN O MEDFORD
Our prlctt are) fha Fair Trad Minimum. W carry full
Una or Nationally Advertised Pharmaceuticals and Drug
Sundries.
BIRTHS
WILLIAMS To Mr. and
Mrs. Charles, Prospect, Feb. 9,
1945, a girl, seven pounds, at
Sacred Heart hospital.
SELL FAT TO DEALER
' Salvaged waste fats are used
to make medical jellies, lubrl- tl
cants, sufla drugs, explosives, p
synthetic rubber, nylon for i
parachutes, smokeless powder, j
opiates, marine rope and milk i
tary soap. '
to Classify 8.30 Saturday afternoon
Please remember
Some Folks Only
ThinK They Are j
Hard of Hearing
If rem are temporarily daaftaed. boe,
atrad br rincintr. bussing had doIms
due to hardened or coagulated was
(cerumen), try the Ourloe Horn Method
test that so many say haa enabled yieoa
to hear well again. Yon most hear bsttas
efter making this simple boms test or
you will get your .money back at one.
Ask about Ourlne Ear Dropa today at w
WAINSCOTT'S PHARMACY
400 E M.ain Phone 2440
Complete Factory - Approved
SAFETY
SERVICE
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112 So. Riverside - Phone 2965
a
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. . exquisite liquid color
to tint your skin becomingly,
or nse as rouge.
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PHONE 4757