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TWO MTDFORD t (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, December 21. 1954 Construction Activity in 7 Western States Below 1953, But Higher Than Nationally . San Tranclsco (U.R) Con struction activity- in the seven western states during 1954 was lower than last year, despite the fact that it was - higher on the -Portland (U.PJ Portland ranks third among West Coast cities and 12th in the nation in construction activity,-, ac cording to a . U.S. Department of Labor survey. The survey, based on the number of men employed, shows building industry jobs reached a peak of 14,300 in . A A A A A i, Augusz, compared to iu.ouu r last vear. Los Anaeles led with 104,900 and the San Francisco - Oakland area had 56.200. Seattle trailed with 13,900 building Jobs. . Oregon, with 28.900 men employed In the building in dustries, is ranked 25th na tionally and bails both Cal ifornia, with 236,300, and Vashington, with 52.700, on the West Coast national average, the Monthly Review of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco reported today. . The publication said the high level of construction activity has been an important prop to the national economy ... during 1954. On the national scene, pri vate construction activity especially was well above last year, while -public construction outlays were slightly greater than 1953. In the 12th Federal Reserve District, however, construction employment was 8 per cent lower and residential building was less active than a year ago. . The Monthly Review also pointed out that there have been marked differences in per capita Income stability- among the Western states since 1929, with the intermountain states of Ari- BRIGHT IDEAS FOR SHOPPERS OPEN NIGHTS Phone 3-1733 W Send Christmas - FLOWERS-BY-WIRE Anywhere. - Your . Satisfaction Guaranteed We take pride in every flower order " 3" Flowers O Gifts 26 SOUTH-CENTRAL zona, Utah, Nevada and Idaho showing the least stability. Cali fornia, Washington and Oregon were more stable, with Califor nia showing the greatest stability in the district. The differences were thought to be largely reflections of two kinds of structural factors in the economies of the seven states. The" first factor relates to the sources from which income pay ments are derived. The inter mountain states, which depend primarily upon income payments from agriculture, showed the least stability. The Pacific Coast states, which derive the highest proportion of income payments from trade and service indus tries, were more stable. . The second factor was the dif ferent types of income payment. The states with a relatively small proportion of total income in the form -of property income and relatively high proportion in the form of wages, salaries, and proprietors' income were November Lumber Carloadings High ; . Seattle (U.R) The Pacific Northwest Advisory Board said today November, carloadings of lumber and forest-products this year were the highest for any November on record. ; The 11-month total of ship ments of lumber and forest pro ducts from Washington, Ore gon and Idaho north of the Sal mon river also sej a new nign, the board added. A total of 37,401 carloads were shipped last month, and a total of 408,036 carloads have been shipped so far this year. ; The 86,777 carloadings of grain and grain products loaded during the first 11 months of this year also is the highest for any similar" period on record for this territory, the board' added.. November carloadings were up 5.5 per cent over a year ago, but the total 11-month loading to date is 3.3 per cent under the first 11 months of 1953. . . State Will Present . Evidence in Trial . Portland (U,R) - .The state was .ready to present its evi dence here today in the, trial of Donald - S. Lehman,. 20-year-old former; Marine accused of in voluntary manslaughter ; in "con nection with the shooting of his pregnant wife last June. A The defense claims Lehman did not know .that the borrowed .22 calibre, pistol -he was clean ing was loaded. His . 18-year-old wife was fatally wounded when the weapon discharged. ' Lehman was formely exoner ated at a coroner's inquest but was later indicted on the basis of further investigation by the district attorney's office. .. . White Shoulders . . . Golden Shadows Farfua $5.00 1 $110.00 Cologne . . $2.75 to $8-50 Spla . . $3.0Oto$I0.00 PUIS TAX Tsar w :'$ilfU0& Iff The Most Precious of all Perfumes . . . McLain Drug Centre 8 . North Central Ave. Jqe Aid less stable than California, which has the largest proportion of in come of any of the states in the Twelfth District in the form of property income. Navajos Plei To 'Aqualanfes' in River Dam Project ' Grand Junction, Colo. (U.R) The Navajo Indian Tribal Coun cil representing 75,000 members in Utah, New Mexico and Ari zona joined forces with the "Aqualantes" today in a drive to push congressional approval of the billion dollar upper Colo rado River storage project. Navajo tribal chief Sam Akeah of Window Rock,-Ariz., sealed the bargain for;his tribe's participation in the storage proj ect promotion campaign -. by pledging $10,000. The pledge is the same amount . already con tributed by rthe upper basin states of Colorado, . Wyoming, New Mexico and Utah.' The Aqualantes consist pri marily of Chambers of Com merce representatives of the four upper basin states to bacR a program to educate the peo ple of the upper basin and con gressmen" ' concerning the need for adoption of the. upper Colo rado storage project. Seek 100,000 The Aqualantes will end a two day meeting here today which was called to organize a drive to 'enlist 100,000 members through, the sale ' of .; special badges. Proceeds will finance a war chest to promote the giant, far flung water, storage and hy droelectric project. . California was reported to have spent more than $100,000 in Washington last year to block congressional ' passage of the multi-phase development. Meantime, the stage was set yesterday for possible internal controversy between water of ficials of the four upper basin states over-a demand by Colo rado Gov.-elect Edwin C. John son.' . ' ' ' ! Johnson, retiring U.S. senator, said Colorado must insist on authorization of 42 reservours surveyed in the high country of his state be authorized simul taneously with the rado River Project. upper Colo- 0 PLAN TO BRING 100,000 youths annually into greatly-modified universal training system is explained by Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson . (left) and Assistant" Secretary of Defense Carter Burgess. Defense chiefs unveil new military training pro gram which allows youths 17 to 19 to volunteer for six months service with nine and one-half years in reserves. (International) Beauteous German Admits Spy Guilt Berlin U.R) ' A German beauty who became ;so friendly with American : off icers she was given an Intelligence " Depart ment "job was sentenced today to five years imprisonment for spying for Russia. , i Brunette Irmgard Margarethe Schmidt, 24, wearing the best clothes obtainable in the Ameri can ; Post ; Exchange, pleaded guilty to spy. charges in a U.S. High Commission Court which passed the, sentence. ' , ; Tears' streamed down her face and sobs shook the shapely body that attracted the caresses of the U. S. officials who whispered to her, the secrets her Communist bosses wanted to know. Irmgard, in pleading guilty to two of the charges against her, admitted she used her beauty and brains as a modern day Mata Hari to wheedle secrets from American intelligence of ficers. . ; U.S.- High Commission- Judge Ambrose . Fuller stonily dis regarded her plea for pity. She told him she was forced by the Russians to use her charms to get information. -Hu- Dog Catcher fined For Biting Officer San Francisco (U.R) mane Society Dog Catcher John L. McKenno was fined $25 Mon day by Municipal Judge Clay ton Horn for biting Patrolman Loren D. Clem, on the arm when the officer tried to arrest him. The first defensive shot in the Civil War was fired April 12, 1861, by the First Artillery , at Fort Sumter. ' . At Low Wheat Crop Washington J&I.PJ Agricul ture Department officials are happy that next " year's wheat crop may not be large enough to meet .anticipated domestic and export demand. " , They're not happy over a shortage because the govern ment has in storage 900 million bushels of old crop' surplus wheat on hand, enough to meet a full year's needs all alone. ' But they 'are pleased the 1955 wheat crop may be small enough to require using up some of the surplus. It would be the first time in five years that a wheat crop hasn't added to the surplus. T. 3- Walker, chief of the Program Analysis Branch of the Grain Division, said the wheat control program, going into its second year in 1955," was set up to reduce supplies "and it s go ing to do it." ; " The basis for the optimism was a report yesterday estimat ing a 679,137,000 bushel winter wheat crop in prospect, a decline of 14 per cent from this year. The department said weather from now to harvest next sum mer will exert "considerable in fluence" on the final crop size. . 'Santa Claus Gang1 Captured by Officers , Yokohama (U.R) Police announced today the capture of the f'Santa Claus gang," who entered homes by way of chim neys. . , : Police charged the four gang members more than $20,000 worth of goods. : ? . - New Bus Plan Hearing ; Continues in Portland , , Portland (U.R) A hearing into the application of a new bus company which proposes: to op erate between Portland and Ore gon City continued today before the Public Utilities commissibn- The applicationby Intercity Buses, -Inc., was 1 contested by Ardenwald Stages, Inc., a com pany, which now : operates over part ; of the proposed Intercity route. . " - : :,' Hearing Examiner Malcolm L. Jones upheld ; a contention by Ardenwald Attorney Donald A. Schafter that the good of the public should -he- the1- primary consideration in deciding on the application. . - Three Air Force Men Rapid City, S.D. ; (U.R) Three Air Force men were kill ed last night in the crash of a B25 bomber near Ellsworth Air Force base. - Killed in B-25 Crash, ) l The big plane crashed while attempting an emergency.; land ing at the base. The name of the victims were not released, pending notification ' '. Big Discount On Cameras Enlargers '.'Cases ' Photo Projectors Screens. ; Tripods . Walt Young's MEDFORD STATIONERY 210 East Main " O Phono 2-6780 Supplies ; . 1- Army " i Engineers ; completed the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1828. 3 S It top gift in W T : her stocking the empty gift powder box o. OPEN TONIGHT WEDNESDAY ' AND THURSDAY UNTIL 9 P.M. It's a 'wonderful Christmas for the gal who " gets an Empty Gift Box to bring back to our . V Charles of the Ritz consultant. She enjoys the most . wonderful experience of her beauty life watching her very own face powder created right before fier ' eyes. You buy it she hurries back to have it filled. " " : - $1 and $2 size? (prices plus tax), ' MAIN AND BARTLETT STREETS S N . i i t r ; s 1 PHONE 2-6428 O m '''' riP- h ' ' ' 1 A t i 'L' VI vN f l'ifh f-':-: Jf vv" - rsyj ' um v :'" b- i I m. , . I l ' n J r mm ji ip ' I'"" " 1 'mi v m&XtttoM4mUWttw ,'HWaSMaiSiiiiiSM.iLBMSESliSSSBiiiliSiSWiS - The Holiday Spirit travels all over town by telephone... when you invite friends to a Christmas party, or arrange a family gathering, orexebange personal greetings. Christmas shopping is another thing the telephone helps out with..whethsr you're ordering gifts for the youngsters or more ornaments for the tree. . 4- Sv lift ' ? We appreciate the chalice to serveou during any season. But we get extra satis faction from doing so now, when so many calls have special meaning to the people who make and receive them. : Handy helper at Christmastime the telephone; There are lots of satisfying things about telephone work ... all year long. But at Christmastime, there are even more than usual. There's a good feeling for instance, m putting in a telephone for Santa1 . . . .even if it's just temporary and in a department store instead of at v the North Pole. When you think of the thrflling voice this telephone will carry to scores of youngsters, can you help but smile? There are many pleasant moments for us, too, in helping people here-in town exchange personal Holiday greetings in helping bring friends and . families closer togetherwhen it counts most. r- t K " - v. : . . - 1 Pacific Telephone people everywhere wish you a very happy- Holiday Season i mi jcr .. . I -
