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a i 1 t f S i i-' 4 1 .4 ' United Prt Full Leased Wire 'igr -I1 Onited Press Full Leased Wire Second Section Adenauer Observes 79lh Birthday on Eve of Big Battle Bonn, Germany 4U.R) Chan cellor Konrad Adenauer observ ed his 79th birthday yesterday in good general health and looking like a man in his mid-sixties. There was some concern among his followers, however, that his battle to bring a resurg ent West Germany into a firm alliance with its former enemies may affect his iron constitution. . For the first time, the granite faced Mgrar d old man" was show ing some signs of strain. - But gifts and congratulations snowed under the concern over his well-being. Still Has Endurance Adenauer still had the physi cal endurance to sit through long conferences and parliamentary debates that exhausted many younger aides. : -' Only , once during recent weeks has the chancellor showed signs of weakening. He shocked millions of German radio listen ers Dec. 10 when he cracked up - publicly before the micro phone while addressing the Bun destag (lower house) during de bate on ratification of the Paris arms treaties. i conrusea ana unable to an swer Socialist hecklers," Aden auer left the rostrum and sank down . exhausted, in his private office. ' . ... .v. Physical Checkup V Between Christmas Eve and New.. Year's, Adenauer rested quietly at Phoendorf. But he took the precaution of subject ing himself to a careful physical ; checkup at the Bonn University ' clinic during the holidays. v The chancellor is scheduled to spend 12 days at his favorite vacation hideout in the Black Forest beginning next Saturday He was said to have asked that this rest period be kept as free of work as possible. : ' HANDY - , Hattiesburg, Mass. "(U.R) When Leo Spraigs reported to police headquarters that a friend of his had been missing for two days it took Sgt. Lester Black burn less than a minute to find him. The "missing" man was in city jail. - O l STORE HOURS: Specials for Fri. U.S. GRAD "GOOD" BEEF POT ROASTS 0)e PURE Ground Chuck It's Delicious! FANCY - RIPE - 55cLB.r d TANGERINES .W Lbs NEWTOWN APPLES MEDFORD, OREGON, Greater Use .of Lumber in '55 Seen by Man ' By JUDD GREERMAN President,, National Lumber. Manufacturers Association ; Look for greater use of wood in new. home construction next year. -- . :, ' ? Youll see more of it on the outside of new homes and more of it on the inside What's be-' hind this trend?. Public demand. Today's home buyers are de manding the "beauty, warmth, and dignity that only wood carl offer. They want a home of func tional, advanced design that fits their needs and has a cheerful, friendly and comfortable atmos phere. More Wood Paneling ; Today's home buyers are turn ing more to wood paneling ? to relieve the . glare from . pic ture windows, to lend variety .their rooms, to cut down redec orating costs. They're turning more to wood window frames to escape the starkness of aluminum and steel, to minimize condensation, to av oid drafts. ' They're turning more to wood floors to give their homes lasting, practical beauty and the tread-resilience missing in most floor substitutes. wl:-; They're turning more to wood furniture to accent style and durability in their home furnish ings and" because the desire to "touch wood" is ingrained in all Of US. . . .' . j They're turning more to .wood siding and wood shingles to give their f homes individuality and distinction, to save on con struction costs, to cut down their heating and cooling expenses. -Construction Picture Bright ' .. The demand for lumber in all types of new construction should continue brisk next year. But home building is lumbers bright test spot in the construction pic ture. ; ,x Recent studies indicate that the average U. S. Dwelling unit contains approximately 10,500 board feet of lumber. If as many' as 1,300,000 new homes are started next year as many government and mivate housing experts have . predicted-w the lumber used in home construc tion, alone, should total in the neighborhood of 13,000,000,000 board feet. That's roughly. one- WEEKDAYS 80 TO 7 SUNDAYS 10 TO 7 p & Sat. - Jan.7-8 LB. PARTY, TIME CREAM STYLE JUICY LBS. THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1 955 ufacfu rers third of our industry's average annual : production in recent years. .We expect the trend toward greater use of wood in homes to be given added impetus next year by the Federal Housing ad ministration. FHA officials have indicated that they plan to give greater recognition in their ap praisals to homes of contempor ary design and quality materials. Wood fits . these specifications perfectly.' ' : ; FHA's new policy will permit builders to take full advantage of the economy, versatility and liveable qualities that wood im parts to a home. j As this is being written, furn iture plants appear to be work ing out of the slump that plagu ed that industry during the early months of 1954. From the stand point of hardwoods sold for fur niture manufacture and other domestic uses, 1955 is expected to be better than the year now coming to a close. v ; Hardwood flooring demand has been high during 1954 and should continue strong in 1955. Total hardwood flooring produc tion in 1954 was up about 12 per cent over 1953. . The new housing law will give a boost to home repairs, 'alter ations and additions, another im portant lumber market. Recent Census Bureau figures indicate that home ' owners, alone,, are spending about $7,200,000,000 a year to fix up their properties. The National Association of Real Estate boards estimates that the Cabinet Members See 5 As Good Year Washington (U.R) Four mem bers of the Eisenhower Cabinet agreed today in their outlook for the new. year 1955 A good year, they said. Secretary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey repeated his earlier declarations that the IT. S.. economy is in good shape, and said the whole free world "has continued . to advance . to ward our common objectives of a neaithier and wider flow oi trade and money." U CORN 303 Size Cans Cans PILLSBURY i" Pan Cake Flour CARNATION CORN FLAKES LARGE 12-OZ. PKGS. AVOCADOS LARGE SIZE for Pages Head owners and tenants - of : rental properties, who weren't covered by the Census Bureau survey, are putting an additional $5, 000,000,000 into fix-up work. That makes more than $12,- 000,000,000 a year being spent to improve and modernize resi dential structures or about equal to estimated : expenditures for new housing construction in 1954. ; , .i-K- The do-it-yourself movement will continue to figure promin ently in the home, repair and improvement picture, and lumb erman will continue to go all out to service this important market. , J r Production Down " Lumber production for 1954 is expected to total about 36, 500,000,000' board feet seven per cent below 1953 ' output. Lumber consumption, which in cludes exports and imports as well as changes in distributors' stocks, . is figured at approxi mately 39,700,000,000 board feet for 1954 three per cent be low 1953. Exports for the year are estimated at- 680,000,000 board feet one per cent, above 1953. Extended strikes in the Douglas fir region were chiefly responsible for the decline in lumber output during: 1954. If similar shutdowns can be avoid ed during 1955 and if construc tion prospects hold up, lumber production and consumption for next year should at least equal and may very well exceed this year's figures. . Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell said the iew year finds "the economy moving briskly upward, and the job situation improving notably." ' For the farmer, Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson said 1955 will be "one of continuing high : levels of peacetime stabil ity and prosperity." Year of Progress Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay., viewed the coming 12 months as "a year of the most substantial progress in carrying out the Interior Depart ment's primary responsibilities for development of the nation's mineral, water . and energy re sources." Humphrey said the greatest contribution this : country can make to better world trade is a healthy and ' growing econ omy at. a high level of activity here in the United States, and he predicted this domestic situa tion would develop. . ? : . ; Mitchell said the "post-Korea readjustment, "has been hurdled successfully, and in a remark ably short time." He said the Labor Department is : receiving reports of "rehiring ' and in creased demand in such con sumer industries as automobiles, textiles, v television and home laundry equipment." P "The most encouraging devel opment," Mitchell said, "is that the American consumer has kept right on making steady gains in his standard of living." He said takehome pay has continued to be "extremely, high as a result of wage increases and the tax cut of January; 19,54." Farm Products Demand Good ; Benson said : the demand for farm products will 'be "at least as good" as 1954, and net farmer income "should . approach the 1954 level of $12,500,000,000. He said farmers' gross income may decline slightly in the new year, because of acreage restric tions on. wheat and cotton, dui production : costs will probably be lower, too. !V- "we have been in a period of farm adjustment in the new agri cultural program w initiated by the administration,'' Benson said, and we have made a good start -toward ' developmg enee tive methods of dealing with our most pressing problems of sur- plusses and .unbalanced produc tion." '. - ----- - He expressed confidence that "we are on the threshold of a Drofitable period for farmers who seize the opportunities of a promising today and tomorrow. Afofive Sought in Boy's Strangulation of Sister GaUon. O.. (U.R) Frederick Spears, '17, confessed slayer of his sister, Patricia, 16, was ques tioned further today ; by autnor- itie in an effort . to determine a motive in the strangulation murder that climaxed a pillow fieht between brother and sister. Frpdprirfc ' broke down and wmt whUe viewing b sister's body in a funeral home here yesterday and admitted the slay- in Vnr two davs the ooy sieaa fastly had denied any knowledge 6 FOUND DEAFWidely Imown gland specialist, Dr. Paul D.'Vella, 40, (left) was found dyiHg beside the body xt bis patient, Mrs. Avon Bonner, 34, (right) in.her Atlanta, Ga, home. They were discovered by , Mrs. Vella when she in vestigated the doctor's failure to return from an early call to Mrs.; Bonner's home. An autopsy; revealed the doctor died of a brain hemorrhage: Mrs. Bonner's death is still being investigated. ; nn Vl YOUR fUJITlIRE r&r I DURINGIOIIR r - IF UUVJ OUR BIGGEST JILIS WORTH FURfJITURE - AIRecpmmends ; Vage Hike Be Taken ;.: Portland 0J.R) The execu tive board of the Northwestern Council, AFL Lumber and Saw mill Workers' union, has rec ommended acceptance of a 7 Vi cent. hourly wage .increase pro posed by a panel which investi gated the recent lumber strike. 4 . The policy , committe of the CIO International Woodworkers union earlier made v the same recommendation. The 'pay in crease, .which must now be ap proved by local membership of both lumber unions would ex tend to April, 1956. . . Kenneth Davis, - AFL "execu tive secretary, said his - group stressed the additional recom mendation by . the governors' seven-man panel for, a;V joint management-labor committee to improve the v lumber . industry's negotiating procedures, j-.s- 'ti. - 4 STORE-WIDE IMS. APPLIAXES - - ' During the War of 1812, An drew. Jackson's -2,000 militia men defeated ' 12,000 British Regulars in the "Battle of New Orleans. ' - CUSTOM MADE: Luggage Covers Canvas ior ' Piastre Variety of V Patterns Yt Drive-ln Service Co. 303 N. Bartlett - Ph. 3.-3613 UVJ CARPETKJG! - e- i i of ih .Friday: tolling.,-,,.
