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f Average Earnings Of Production Workers Increase Salem, Ore., May 19 -iU.K) Average weekly earnings of Ore gon's production workers in creased in March to $66.53, best level of the year but slightly under the high of $67.57 in De cember of 1949. Reports from more than 400 large manufacturing plants showed an average hourly wage for industrial workers of $1.72, highest figure yet released by the Oregon unemployment com pensation c om m 1 s sion in co operation with the U. S. bureau of labor statistics. The January average weekly wage dropped to $60.72 and Feb ruary came back to $64.18. Wood Products Lead Lumber and wood products led' the advance in March, jump ing $3.61 from the previous month to a new 1950 top of $69.88 for a week of 38.8 hours at $1.80 a nhour. The weekly average for lumber was $6.95 higher than in January but slightly under the high of $70.52 for last October. Lumber production is increas ing in all parts of the stale be cause of better demand and high er prices, and officials look for 1 the April and May reports to show still higher wage levels. An average work week of 43.5 hours in plywood and millwork plants compared with 40.5 hours in February was responsible for much of the March increase. Printing and publishing still led in March with a weekly wage average of $76.16. Profitable Business Year Seen in 1950 Memphis, Tenn., May 19 UP) Secretary of Treasury John W. Snyder predicted today that 1950 will be "one of the most profitable business years in our history." Snyder told the Tennessee Bankers association that "the fact that last year's business re adjustment did not unsettle the economy has created a justifi able feeling of confidence." He said rising industrial pro duction, plant and factory ex pansion, booming home building and automobile production are the healthy signs. Wherever People Enjoy POWER TO SPARE Modified version of tht Air Force's B-M Intercontinental bomber, the B-36-B. 1 siiown at Fairfield-8ulsun Air Force Base, Calif., after 1U first military flight. Pod-shaped nacelles, one on each side of the fuselage, carry completely built-up endues and make the plane self-supporting. Science Research Men in Laboratories Are "Unsung Heroes" Fight io Develop New Wonder Drugs By Paul F. Ellis United Press Science Editor New York U.R The "un sung heroes" of this day of won der drugs that are giving man better health and longer life are the scientists in the research lab oratories. They are the men who know that the so-called "wonder" or "glamour" drugs are not "com monplace," but are the result of long, painstaking and sometimes heartbreaking efforts to discover the drugs and then find ways to make them in mass production so that all may benefit. Robert Lincoln McNeil of Phil adelphia, who has just finished a term as president of the Ameri can Drug Manufacturers' associa tion, expressed it this way: "The tortuous path to medical discoveries is opened by the work of thousands of scientists associated with our nation's re search and teaching institutions. These unsung researchers are constantly moving into unex olored regions of human knowl edge in the basic sciences. Very often, the "miracles" are the ap plication of knowledge thus un folded. Though we contributed to the support of basic research, either through direct participa tion or by financial support, the most important contribution of the pharmaceutical industry is ' ' In the Home On. Outings- at the Finest Clubs and Taverns- OREGON'S EXTRA PALE DEER i, KM. IW tm at M at Work la the conversion of the basic knowledge into effective thera peutic agents." Final Tests Worked Out McNeil pointed out that after the conversion that is the task of converting the discoveries into drugs to be used for humans the hospitals and clinical doctors take over. They do the evaluat ing of the products, and the final decision rests with them. "After research is successfully completed, ours is the responsi bility for efficient production," McNeill said. "This involves a tremendous research and devel opment effort of another kind. To use an outstanding example, penicillin was first discovered by British scientists. The assistance of American industry was sought for the speedy development of sufficient production to meet war-time needs." The story of penicillin is well known. The American drug in dustry produced it on a mass scale. Later, new and improved types of penicillin were pro duced. Drug to Treat Polio Another spokesman for the A.D.M.A. is Carson Frailcy, ex eccutive vice president, who pointed to the competition be tween members of the drug in dustry as a good sign for the de velopment of drugs that will be Good Living tmt effective against virus disease. He said: "The competitive drive toward development of newer anti-bi-otics (drugs) to supplement the miracle of penicillin has uncov ered agents effective in some vi rus conditions. Continued pro gress in this field leads to the hope that even potential polio victims may be among the suf ferers who will benefit." Frailcy also believes that com Dctition between drug manufac turing firms will bring better re sults than production by govern ment supervision. He recalled the race for synthesis of ACTH and Corsitone, two of the newest "glamour" drugs. "The winners in this competi tive race ultimately will be cho sen by the medical profession through its practitioners and its research clinicians." he said. "It is my opinion that we are mov ing faster toward our goal than we would have moved if govern ment had succumbed to the pres sure of last summer to take over the project." Gov. Dewey Weakening; May Seek Third Term Albany, N. Y., May 19 (U.R Governor Thomas E. Dewey New York's chief executive since 1943. indicated today he is weak ening in his desire to quit poli tics and may seek re-election to a third term this fall. The governor said he would give New York republican lead ers a definite answer when he returns from vacation June 9. 7ft Taliulah Bankhead Claims Employee Swindled Money Washington, May 19 (U.R) Actress Taliulah Bankhead claims a former woman em ployee swindled her out of some S20.000 during the past year or so. She hopes to get some of it back because, she says, she needs the money. "I know I make $5,000 a week," she said, "but where does it all go?" Miss Bankhead, currently ap pearing here in "Private Lives," told newsmen yesterday the em ployee changed the figures on some 100 checks she received from Miss Bankhead for ex penses. When she first discovered the practice, Miss Bankhead said, she was inclined to be lenient. But she changed her mind, she said, after the employee threatened to circulate "malicious, vicious and unfounded" reports about her private life. "When somebody suggests blackmailing me, 1 m ready to go at 'em with everything I've got." she said. "Nobody ever black mailed a Bankhead because there never was anything to blackmail a Bankhead for." She has instructed her attor neys to file a formal complaint with the district attorney s oV fice in New York after they cony plcte their investigation of her cancelled checks. Fluid Determines Sex, Scientist Says New York. May 19 IU.R) A Belgian scientist reported today a revolutionary technique of de termining the sex of babies be fore birth. The test, according to Dr. Pierre A. Rosa, of the University of Brussels, has been tried on 25 pregnant women and the re sults were satisfactory. Rosa made his report at the fourth International American Congress on Obstetrics and Gynecology. Rosa's technique in volves the injection of a needle into the abdomen of the prospec tive mother and withdrawing a small amount of the amniotic fluid, in which the embryonic child is immersed. A laboratory test of the fluid. Rosa reported, will determine whether the child to be born is a boy or girl. Friday. May II. 1SS0 Azalea Festival at Brookings May 20, 21 Brookings, in Curry county on the coast, center of the native Oregon azalea area, will the scene Saturday and Sunday1, May 20 and 21, of the annual azalea festival, Brookings is the loca tion of the Oregon state azalea park, a 33-acre tract of azaleas growing in their natural state, i now coming into full bloom. 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