TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday," January 9. 1955
Northwest Shingle
Mill Owners Charge
Slowdowns, Strikes
Portland (U.R) Shingle mill
operators in Oregon and south
western Washington Saturday
charged employees with a de
liberate slowdown and "hit-and-
run EiriKe, program ib ciuuiw
wage demands.
The oDerators reported that
Oregon's major shingle produc
ing mills have Deen ciosea Dy
the workers tactics, although an
AFL Shingle Weavers Union of
ficial in Portland denied there
is any slowdown. ,
Portland Mills Down
All shingle mills in the Port
land area were reported down as
well as the New Era plant at
Canby and the Rainier mill at
T?inir Rnm seven mills in
ihm Rmi Harbor area in Wash
ington also were reported shut
down or about to close. -Operators
said that on Wednes
day workers laiiea 10 repun iujt
work at Grays Harbor mills and
held similar "quickie" strikes
in the Portland area Friday.
In Portland, an operator said
the union was concentrating on
slowdowns in few areas at a
time. He said mills at Gari
ialdi, Tillamook, Astoria, Eu
gene, Lebanon, Wheeler, Ver
nonia and Sweet Home were op
erating. Secretary Denies Slowdowns
Secretary , Ray Thompson of
the Portland union local said
there was no slowdown.
"We are willing to work and
want to work. We are taking
the IVi cents they have offered,
but we want a raise," he said.
The operators offered the IVi
cents an hour recommended by
the governors fact-finding panel
for the Northwest lumber indus
try, but the union is reported
asking a total of 35 cents an
hour boost with a 45 cents raise
in the, Eugene area...
- Negotiations are scheduled to
begin next month for new con
tracts. The current agreements
expire April 1.
Business Census
Form Mailing Due
Throughout Oregon
Census report forms for 1954
are . being mailed to business
establishments throughout Ore
gon, according to the Bureau of
the. Census.
: ' The forms are going to retail,
wholesale and service businesses,
theaters and other amusement
: places, hotels, and tourist courts.
Aif estimated. 3,000,000 business
places throughout the United
' A lit
wmtgj niu nuc uio mux
forms. .
. The report forms are adapted
to the various kinds of business,
and smaller firms need answer
only a minimum of basic in
quiries. Information collected in
the census is confidential and
will be used by the Bureau of
the Census in compiling new
statistics on business activities
for the nation, states, and small
er areas.
First Since 1948
The census is the first con
ducted since the 1948 census
of business. Results of that cen
sus showed Oregon had 17.538
retail stores with $1,597,300,000
sales for the year and a $156,
755,000 annual payroll.
Figures for wholesale trade
in the 1948 census were 2,561
establishments, with yearly sales
of $1,891,251,000, and yearly
payroll of $94,418,000.
low Fat Diet Termed
Aid to MS Sufferers
In Report by UO Man
Portland U.R) A Uni
versity of Oregon medical school
researcher Saturday revealed a
low-fat diet treatment which
could prove beneficial to many
sufferers of multiple sclerosis,
one of mankind's most myster
ious diseases.
Dr. Roy L. Swank, professor
of neurology, said he had recent
ly completed a five and one-half
year study of treating the dis
ease with a low fat diet . -:
The doctor said many patients
particularly those in the early
Peach Leaf Curl
Spray Advised by
Horticulturalist
Spray to combat peacb leaf
curl ; in Jackson county . peach
orchards should be applied as
soon as weather permits, accord
ing, to Don Berry, county agent
for horticulture.
Peach leaf curl causes a dis
tortion of leaves, which turn a
yeUow or - reddish color and
drop. Later the twigs and fruit
may be attacked, and in severe
cases large trees are nearly de
foliated and small trees some
times are killed.
The spores which produce the
disease are present on the sur
face of the tree during winter
months, becoming active and
producing infection when growth
starts in the spring.
Spraying Helpful .
Spraying during January is
very helpful in preventing the
disease from f becoming estab
lished, Berry said. He recom
mended use of bordeaux mix
ture 10-10-100, or Ferbam, three
pounds to 100 gallons of water,
or fixed copper as suggested
on the package. Use of two quar
ters of summer oil or one-third
pint of spreader depositor - per
100 gallons of water was recom
mended as a sticker.
Berry warned that flowering
peach trees are susceptable to
peach leaf curl, and also should
be sprayed. , ;
Regional Conclave
TWO CATS
Buffalo, N.Y. U.R) City
Judge Arthur J. CosgroveToiled
, here recently that two cats are
plenty for a single household.
He instructed Miss Christine
Gearhart to dispose of all her
cats except two. A health inspec
tor said the woman had 20 feline
pets. . -: '". -.. . .
Ashland A regional confer
ence on teacher education and
professional standards on . the
theme "Professional Standards
for Better . Education'' will . be
held at Southern Oregon college
Feb. 25 and 26.
Shildrick A. Kendrick, direc
tor of publications of the Na
tional Commission on Teacher
Education and Professional Stan
dards of the National Education
association will be the principal
speaker.. -. ..,
Teacher Supply
The conference, which will in
clude teachers, parents, school
board members, and other work
ers in education, will consider
problems of supply and demand
for teachers and the role of
teachers and their associations
providing a satisfactory corps of
instructors. The conference will
draw delegates from Douglas,
Josephine, Jackson,: Klamath,
and Lake counties, and some rep
resentatives from Siskiyou and
Modoc counties in California. -
Others in addition to Ken
rick expected to speak include
Dr. John Richards, vice-chancel
lor, Oregon State System of
Higher Education, and Charles
Hamilton, executive secretary,
California Commission for TEPS.
stages of the disease of the cen
tral nervous system, had bene
fited from a reduction in sev
erity and frequency, of MS at
tacks after eating a diet low in
meat and milk.
Most Patients Improved ' i
Dr. Swank said more than 150
patients at the Montreal neur
ological Institute at McGill Un
iversity had received the treat
ment since 1949, and that most
of the patients had improved.
The doctor has been head of
the University of Oregon medical
school's "division ' of neurology
for more than a year, but he said
he had continued to remain in
close contact with his Canadian
patients." ' ,
He said the five and one-half
year period of observation of the
treatment was sufficiently long
"to suggest the diet may be use
ful." But, he said the. average
duration of multiple sclerosis is
from 20 to 25 years and conclu
sions must hence remain tenta
tive." - :.. ' ;
Discovered in Norway .
, Dr.: Swank said his theory of
treatment evolved from a trip fo
Norway, where he -found that
fishing communities with diets
containing little milk and meat
had a low MS incidence.
On the other hand. Dr. Swank
found that inland dairying areas
were subject to a higher disease
incidence. A review of medical
literature showed that a simil
ar correlation was world-wide.
Dr. Swank said multiple scler
osis caused attacks of numbness,
paralysis, tingling, double-vision,
blindness and staggering in
its early stages. Young adults
are most susceptible. ,
Auto Accidents in
Oregon Take Four
Lives; GIs Killed
FROM UNITED PRESS
Four traffic accident deaths
were reported in Oregon Friday
and Saturday. .
- Two soldiers from the mid
west, stationed at : Fort Lewis,
Wash., died Saturday when their
car was involved in a collision
with a truck six miles north of
Ontario",.: in eastern . Oregon?, on
U. S. Highway 30. -: . -
Soldiers Dead v
State police said Pfc. Ray A.
Wiebausch, Greenville, O., was
killed instantly, and that Pvt.
J ohn A. Diehr, Hazel Park,
Mich., died in a Payette, Ida.,
hospital about an hour after the
accident. Both were In their
early 20's.
The truck driver, William M.
Mindis, - . 37, - Lakewood, ' Colo.,
was . unhurt. ,
'. Joyce Adele Ball, 8, Portland,
was injured fatally Friday night
when the car in which she was
riding swerved to avoid an on
coming car and struck a house.
It was Portland's third traffic
death this year. r j-
The girl was dead on arrival
at Emanuel hospital. Doctors
said broken glass severed the
child's jugular vein.
Car Struck House
The mother, Bernice Olson,
35, told police she swerved to
avoid an oncoming car, struck
a parked auto and then swerved
across the road into the house.
Mrs. Olson suffered light cuts.
Portland registered its 42nd
traffic fatality of 1954, Friday
with the death of Mrs. Connie
Massey, 32, who succumbed to
injuries suffered in an automo
bile plunge from a Portland via
duct last month.
The victim's husband, Curley,
42. injured in the same accident
was paralyzed from the waist
down. He had occupied a hos
pital bed adjacent to his wife's.
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BIG CHRISTMAS CARD One of the longest Christmas cards
ever seen in this area was delivered during the Holiday season
to Mr. and Mrs. E. K. "'Bicker, of Camp White. He is manager of
the Veterans Administration domiciliary center, and the card was
prepared by members of the center, and signed by 746 of them, all
who were on thd station during the holidays.
Sixty Court Actions
Filed During Yea r by
Ag r ic u 1 1 u re B urea u
Salem (U;R) Sixty court
actions, including the first arrest
in 12 years under the state seed
act, were filed against Violators
of agricultural laws last year, a
year-end summary of the State
Department of Agriculture
shows.
In complaints filed by the de
partment, 50. defendants pleaded
guilty;' four f orf eited ' bail total
ing $125; one case was dismissed;
one defendant . stood trial and
was found guilty; and four pleas
ine Permit
Cancelled by U.S.
Portland (U.R) .The Un
ited States Forest service has
cancelled the permit of Charles
W. Slaney to operate Timberline
lodge and the Mt. Hood, chair-
lift.
- The " cancellation notice was
contained in a letter to .Slaney
Friday, citing specific . incidents
of . mismanagement and; unsafe
operation of the Mt. Hood facil
ities. : V . ' L- . '.
The Forest service said it
would try. to find another oper
ator for the lodge and the chair
lift: The State Corporation com
mission ordered dissolution of
the Timberline Lodge Corpora
tion Jan. 3 for failure to comply
with state 'laws requiring regu
lar reports and payment of corp
oration fees.
The Forest service said, how
ever, the state's action was only
secondary to its decision to re
voke Slaney's license. ;.;
Slaney obtained control of the
Timberline , odge corporation in
January, 1954, from Elston Ire
land and John and Carl McFad
den. : . ..; . -
Inquiry into Oregon
Real Estate Board's
Policies Requested
Portland 0J.R)-Portland at
torney . Gerald H. Robinson
asked - Gov. - Paul L. Patterson
and Attorney General Robert Y.
Thornton to Investigate the pol
icies and practices of the State
Real Estate Board.
Hearing Denied
Robinson, in identical com
munications to the two state of
ficials, said he asked for "a
sweeping investigation" , after
Real Estate . Commissioner 1 Rag-
nor O. Johnson "denied a hear
ing whether to revoke" real es
tate licenses of Ward Cook, Port
land realtor, and his agent, Ray
Logan.',
The request ' for the hearing
preceded filing by John L. Lang
of Portland of a civil suit for
damages against Cook and Lo
gan. . The complaint charges
"carelessness" and "negligence"
in representations to a prosptec
tice buyer of property Lanf
listed with Ward's firm, Robin
son said he represents Lang la
the action.
Johnson, ' after the hearing
plea had been investigated, " in
formed Robinson that he felt
justified in denying the request
for hearing on the basis of a
Real Estate Board rule which
provides that the commissioner
may refuse to accept jurisdiction
in a dispute in which "the com
plaining party may obtain ade
quate relief through the courts."
Robinson said "the practical
result of this policy it that the
real estate law of Oregon is not
continuously and equitably en
forced and the industry is not
properly and fairly regulated.
were pending at the end of the
year. ":.;.
Bulk of the cases involved vio;
lation of Oregon food laws and
fines were assessed by the courts
on these' charges amountingv to
nearly $1100. Basis of the other
complaints were larceny of live
stock, 9; selling milk while the
state license was suspended 4;
misrepresenting weight of a com
modity, 1; operating without a
meat dealer's license, 3 ; " mis
branding onions, 1; operating
without a -produce dealer's li
cense,. 3. ' " -
In the livestock larceny cases,
three men drew penitentiary sen
tences : aggregating nine years;
two got three months each in
county jail; two others are wait
ing sentence, and two have not
entered pleas.
Both; violations of the seed
law were charged to the same
man, a farmer who admitted
failure to label agricultural seed
and. also failure to label mixed
seed.; Official tests showed that
screenings were 1 being sold for
seed in this scase. I: ; '
t The summary showed district
attorneys issued 18 warnings on
other hamburger violations two
on frozen desserts and two on
mislabeled milk. - The . depart
ment handed out 22 regulatory
warnings to produce and seed
dealers. ' ' :"
In the dairy field, investiga
tion uncovered 18 dairies selling
milk without state license' and
sanitary inspection,' and two sell
ing milk from herds not tested.
Dairy suspensions during the
year wer&f or these reasons: Bac
teria count excessive, 119; sani
tation violations," 18; sediment,
1: temoerature violations. 2.
cases of canned whole milk,
later released for pet food sales;
and 30 dozen eggs released after
being correctly labeled. It also
ordered dumped Vi cans of
whole egg meats. .
Oregon Payrolls
Near Record Mark
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During Pas) Year
Salem (U.R) Payrolls of
nearly 18,000 employees cover
ed by Oregon's unemployment
compensation law in 1954 are ex
pected to be only about 2V& per
cent less than the all-time high
of $1,298,828,548 established in
1953, the State Unemployment
Compensation commission said
Saturday.
The prediction is based on pre
liminary tabulations of reports
for the first three quarters of
1954 and estimates for the final
three" months of the year.
Despite the labor dispute
shutdown of a big part of the
logging and lumber industry dur
ing the summer months and a
late crop season that t delayed
food processing, third quarter
wages were only about $21,000,-
000 below the $350,768,092 rec
ord set in the previous year
Payrolls for the final three
months may exceed the $325,-
405,581 reported a year ago. . :
- Indications are, the commis
sion said, that covered employ
ment 'will average considerably
lower for 1954 than the figure of
about 330,000 that prevailed for
19U through 1953.
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