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(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-
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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. .. .
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Cologne . . $2.75 to $8-50
Spla . . $3.0Oto$I0.00
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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-
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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.
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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 ' '.
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Photo
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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-
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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.
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