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October Living Cost Said at Lowest Level Since June of 1953 Washington-(U.R) The cost of living declined in October to the lowest level since June, 1953. The decline cost 1,300,000 auto, aircraft, and farm equip ment workers a penny an hour in pr y, the government report ed today. " The Bureau of Labor Statis ' tics said that falling food prices brought 'its index of consumer prices , down two-tenths of one per cent between September and October, to 114.5 per - cent of US National Bank Stock Exchange Plan Approved " Portland (U.R) A multi ; million-dollar stock - exchange 1 plan that would merge 12 more ! banking institutions with the ! statewide chain of the United (States' National .Bank of Port- I' land was approved yesterday by stockholders of the Commercial Bank of Oregon and the Bank of .Albany. Final approval of the merger !' by supervisory authorities in Washington, D.C., ' would add . some $40,000,000 in deposits to the United States National's system. Stockholders of the sur viving firm will note Friday afternoon on the merger pro posal. -Even Exchange of Stock The Commercial Bank . of Oregon, with head offices in Hillsboro, has branches at Banks, , Cloverdale, Tillamook, Wheeler, Newberg, Sherwood, St. Paul, Vernonia, West Slope and Hood River. , , The merger plan will involve an even exchange of one share of U. S. National stock for each share of Commercial Bank of Oregon stock. Bank of Albany stockholders will receive eight shares of U. S. National stock for one of Jtheir own due to a differ ence in par and book value. . Woman Drivers Must Assume Own Blame . Arlington, Va. (U.R) A judge here has ruled that even if a gal lant escort offers to take the blame, a . woman driver , must still pay a fine if she bumps into a thing or two. -. ; , County Court Judge Paul D. i Brown fined Martha T. Chan-! nault, 36, of Arlington, $50 on a reckless driving charge, al though Lonnie Pate, 26, pleaded guilty to reckless driving. . "You are trying to be gallant," Judge' Brown told Pate. "I'm going to reject your plea." Miss Channault had been at the wheel when her automobile "had struck a road sign,- a pole, two fences, a gate post, a chim ney, and a bird bath. average 1947-49 prices. This was the third straight month of decline.' It put the in dex eight-tenths of one per cent below the record high of Octo ber, 1953, and one-tenth of one per cent below the previous 1954 low set in April. . Cost of Living The cut in pay for the 1,300, 000 workers, which becomes ef fective in the first pay day in December, wipes out all the in creases that the workers gained oyer the past year through their cost of living escalator clauses in wage contracts. The pay cut also comes at a time when -the CIO United Auto Workers are preparing to nego tiate 1955 wage increase de mands. - The price index decline was attributed mainly to a decline of one-half of one per cent 'in food prices. BLS said food prices dropped in almost all of the 46 cities surveyed for the index. Deputy BLS Commissioner Aryness Joy Wickens said that indications are that food prices have continued to decline this month. Poultry Prices Drop Mrs. Wickens also added that it is "quite clear" that Thanks giving turkey dinners will cost less this year than last. She said turkey, prices, particularly, have declined, with" retail prices re ported at four to 10 cents a pound lower than last year. Biggest food price -declines between September and Octo ber were in pork and poultry Pork prices dropped . in every city, mostly by three to seven per cent, and reached the lowest levels for this year, BLS said. Price decreases.foc. poultry were even larger, it said. - BLS also reported "large de creases" in prices of household equipment such as refrigera tors, vacuum cleaners, toasters, and stoves. , 1 - ll' cmrrv mrm ar kmakottp rif hns. truck and trailer, pickup truck and three automobiles leaves highway near Los Angeles tied up for hour. Fireman A W. Johnston examines wreckage to find ' injured, six were hospitalized. Truck's cargo of eaned corn covers highway. (International) Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBY , United Prats Corrtsponrftiit I J f r I Britisher Accused As Spy for Russia . London U.R) A former British army clerk accused of spying confessed that he was sent by a Soviet diplomat to spy on U.S. " Nacy headquarters in London, a Scotland Yard agent testified today. Chief Inspector Charles Ward said the defendant, . John Clar ence, 27, told him -he called at the big U.S. naval center in Gros- venor Square "at the suggestion' oi a Kussian attache named Far abanov. His mission was to make friends among the Americans. . The Soviet Embassy told news men there was an Ivan Hyich Barabanov, who is the second secretary. The embassy had no other comment. Bamboo, of varying species can be erown easilv in the Unit ed States along the' coast from southeast Virginia to Texas. j WE'RE (WIEM FOR JBSBIv IMP GAT 341 Jo. Central SHOP NOW FOR REAL SAVINGS AND PLAN TO ATTEN D OUR r m WISE SAT. -NOV. 27th 341 N. CENTRAL Hollywodd (U.R) Mack Sen nett, the Sultan of Slapstick, to day decided whom he'd hire if he had made his silent comedies in 1954 and the .stars would be all from tele vision. The white haired inven tor of screen comedy - look- Aline Mosfcr new home me. dium and - passed his expert stamp of approval on George Gobel, Jackie Gleason, Imogene Coca and Groucho Marx. "There is no motion picture comedy today,", shrugged Sen nett. "It's all on TVVl ; . The craft of those TV stars, he thinks, is basically similar to that of Ben : Turpin, Charlie Chaplin, Harry Langdon, Ches ter Conklin and the other comics who tumbled fast and furiously through the famous Keystone Comedies 40 years ago.' GobH NBC'c new TV star, has been described as a new Will Rogers. But Sennett more ac curately likens him to Harry Langdon, the sad-faced "Little Man" of the silent sceen. Terrific Relaxation J "Gobel has terrific relaxa tion," said'.Sennetf. "You can't do comedy without relaxation and composure." Sennett is back in the lime light once, more because the story of his life, "King of Com-edyr"-in collaboration- with Cam eron Shipp,Jhas just been, pub lished. I found the new author in his " old-fashioned, white apartment house on Hollywood Blvd. and as we strolled down the shabby, busy street he re vealed what he thinks of TV. "Gleason is : funny, but some- tims. times he has lousy scripts that are not his fault. When the script is good, he gives a great performance. . - ; "The same 'for Red Skelton. Red is a great artist, but when his scripts . are not good he loses that wonderful humor I always expect from such a fine per former. I am the doctor," he smiled, "and that is my honest opinion." Sennett had a wbrd of warn ing for such comics as Donald O'Connor and Gleason who have taken over 'writing or di recting of their shows. . "They want to be the whole show and you can't do it," he la mented. . "Chaplin was the only one who could. Harry Langdon was the only comedian I knew who could replace Chaplain, but when he found out how great he was he wanted to take over the whole show, and bang! We couldn't use him any more. Needs Production : "A comtedian needs produc tion, management and stories, remember that" Sennett himself, has become quite a TV performer on many guest spots. He appeared with Art Linkletter last week and may fly to New York for the Ed Sullivan show to plug his book. The ex-producer stood on the corner of Hollywood and Vine to gaze at the huge, modern TV. studios built on the spot where directors in turned-around caps created the great art of . the movie nearly 50 years ago. "P a y-as-you-go-TV ' is the thing," he said. "No more small theaters just big houses ' and big pictures." ' The goby,: a curious froglike fish of Africa, climbs trees to feed on wood ants. Often one goby will climb - while others stay below to nab dislodged vie- 40 Motorists May Suffer Ini lines in Oregon Salem (U.R) Forty persons who leave home in Oregon to morrow .as Thanksgiving i cele brants may end the day in a hos pital, thankful only that they are still alive, . Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry said today. ? " : They will be thei victims of street and highway accidents in Oregon. ' .: ; - : ' Last year, 123 '' Thanksgiving day accidents occurred in Ore gon. One person, was killed and 40 were . injured,, some per manently. Roads TcB Crowded ; "These figures, Newbry said, "explain why officials year after year repeat the tiresome warn ings about, holiday traffic." k State safety officials expect roads to be crowded as thousands of Oregon residents travel to dis tant towns to spend the. holiday with relatives, while still others plan beach or mountain outings. The biggest hazard, as 1151131, Newbry said, will be the thou sands of holiday-bound motorists who take unnecessary chances, drive at excessive speeds, plan too long a trip and thus become tired and inattentive, and often combine alcohol and gasoline to achieve deadly results. The famous section of the St. Lawrence River known as the Thousand, Islands actually com prises nearly 1,800 islands, ac cording to a New York State Department of Commerce guide pamphlet.. 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