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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) HANDS FOLDED ON TABLE, Mayor Elmer E. Robinson (left), San Francisco, president of U. S. Conference of Mayors, appears to be catching up on sleep during New York meeting. Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, supreme commander NATO forces and Dr Otto Suhr, mayor of West Berlin are with him at table. (International) Substitute at OSC Disappoints Dairymen Corvallis U.R) Disappoint ed dairymen today planned to try to sell Oregon State College the state's leading agricultural institution on the merits of ice cream and butter. Robert C. Koehler, director of dormitories, admitted yesterday that mellorine, a frozen dessert made of skim milk and vege table fat, was used instead of ice cream at the school's dining halls. On top of that, margarine has been used for all cooking here since 1948. It's a matter of economy, he said. .Glen Lay, manager of the Ore gon Dairy Productions Commis sion, said a delegation would go to Corvallis to see what could be done about it. LEGAL NOTICES SYNOPSIS OF ANNUAL. STATEMENT For the year ended December 31. 1954 OF THE THE CONNECTICUT FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY of Hartford, in the State of Connecti cut made to the Insurance Commis sioner of the State of Oregon, pur suant to law: Admitted Assets Bonds $ 34.030.339.00 Stocks 28.991.948.00 Mortgage loans on real estate Cash and bank deposits.. Agents' balances or un collected premiums .... Interest, dividends and real estate income due and accrued .. Other assets 47.847.24 1.320.622.89 2.394.474.84 228.013.66 176.991.76 Total admitted assets. S 67.190.237.39 Liabilities, Surplus and Other Funds Losses $ 6.283.211.83 Loss adjustment ex penses 493.180.94 Unearned premiums 24.713.185.33 All other liabilities 1.336.162.46 Total liabilities, ex cept capital $ 32.825.740.56 Capital paid up $ 2.000.000.00 Unassigned funds (sur plus) 32.364.496.83 Surplus as regards pol icy holders $ 34.364.496.83 Total .S 67.190.237.39 Statement of Income Premiums earned S 26.013.615.74 Losses incurred. $ 14.291.763.69 Loss expenses incurred 1.595.589.42 Other underwriting ex penses incurred 11.407.235.36 Total underwriting deductions .. 27.294.588.47 Net underwriting loss -1.280.972.73 Investment income 2.096.804.28 Other income -5,036.44 Total, before -federal in come taxes 810.795.11 Federal income taxes - incurred 110.709.73 Net income 700,085.38 Dividends to stockhold ers $ -1.000,000.00 Other items affecting surplus (net) 7.199,298.12 Total capital and sur plus items (net 6.199,298.12 Increase in surplus as regards policyhold ers 6.899.383.50 Business in Oregon for the Year Ket premiums received $ 108.849.84 Net losses paid 27,193.10 The "call for Crow" is heard more and more as new thousands each day enjoy Old Crow in a milder, lower-priced, 86 Proof bottling companion to the world-famous 100 Proof Bottled in Bond! 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Tomorrow the court will hear arguments on a motion to set aside the indictment charg ing Smith's wife, Marjorie, with first degree murder. Wolf's attorneys had attacked his indictment on grounds it did not clearly state the manner in which the Portland lawyer was killed. Wide Search Pressed For Michigan Child Kalamazoo, Mich (U.R) State and local police, the Na tional Guard, Civil Air Patrol and volunteers mobilized forces today to search for a missing eight-year-old polio victim, they feared might have been picked up by a sex deviate. The girl, Jeanie Singleton, failed to return home after school yesterday. Local police searched through the night with out finding a trace of her. Police said Jeanie, whose growth was retarted, and one leg deformed by polio, would have been an easy target for a sex maniac because "she was so friendly with everyone." Umatilla Bartenders Vote Strike Action Pendleton (U.R) Members of Umatilla county Culinary and Bartenders local 536 have voted "strongly" in favor of a strike, Mrs. Verna Coffinberry, local secretary, announced today. Bourbon Whiskey 4 80 45 QT. PROOF $C95 45 QT. COMPANY. FRANKFORT. KY Tuesday, May 241955 .Plot Seen (Q)( MDee London (U.R) A Conserva tive newspaper accused the La bor Party today of plottng to install America-baiting Aneurin Bevan as Prime minister instead of Clement Attlee should the So- Posse Will Appear In Grants Pass Grants Pass Jackson County Sheriff's Mounted posse will make its first public appearance of the season Saturday night, May 28, in a precision drill at the Josephine County Sheriffs posse rodeo. The two-day rodeo will con clude with a Sunday afternoon program. Jackson county posse men will take tickets for both the night and afternoon perform ances at the Josephine county fairgrounds. Rodeo competition will be for professionals seeking points toward Rodeo Cowboys of Amer ica championships. A feature attraction will be Jay Sissler and his Australian shephard dogs. They have ap peared in Madison Square gar den and at the cow palace at San Francisco. A 10 a.m. parade on Saturday will have kiddies western dress competition with both boys and girls divisions. Prizes totalling 5100 in value will be offered. The rodeo performances are at 8 p.m. Saturday and at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Duke Offers Prayer For Billy Graham Edinburgh, Scotland (U.R) The Duke of Hamilton, Queen Elizabeth's representative at the Church of Scotland's General Asserpbly, prayed for God's blessing to rest on Billy Graham today. ' Turning to the American evan gelist who sat beside him in the throne gallery of St. Giles' Cath edral, the Duke said in his ad dress opening the assembly: "We" must pray that God's blessing may rest upon those responsible for the All Scotland Crusade and upon the many thousands whose hearts have been touched by their message." Graham is attending the an nual parliament of the Scottish church. Father Arrested; Son Slays Self Banning, Calif. (U.R) A nine year - old boy, apparently dis traught over the arrest of his fa ther on a burglary charge, kill ed himself last night with a 12 gauge shotgun triggered by a piece of string. Police said Roger Deason Jr. took his life in the bedroom of his home here while his mother was away. Mrs. Deason found her son lying near the bed when she returned. He was shot in the head. A note found near the body indicated the boy's despondency over the arrest of his father, po lice said. Deason, 27, was ar rested last month for burglary of a West Riverside, Calif., mar ket. He is in jail awaiting sen tence May 27. Wet Spring Decreases Forest Fire Dangers Salem UB A wet spring has decreased the danger of for est fires in Oregon for the third straight year, the State Forestry Department said today. The department reported 22 fires for the first. 45 days of the 1955 fire season, with 244 acres of timberlands burned over com pared with 62 acres at this time a year ago. Largest fire to date this year was the 150-acre blaze in the operation of the Umpqua Ply wood Corporation on Rock creek in Douglas county. Potato Chip Workers Will Get Pay Increase Portland (U.R) Workers at three potato chip plants here and in Vancouver, Wash., will receive a 5 to 10 cent hourly pay raise and one more paid holiday under an agreement an nounced today by C. C. Evanson, secretary of AFL local 809. The new agreement is retroaetive to May 1 and affects some 125 workers. 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The Daily Sketch accusation came as the latest independent public opinion poll reported new gains by Prime Minister Antho ny Eden's Conservatives an indication the current longshore men's strike, and other labor troubles had not hurt the gov ernment's chances. Million Attendance Seen at Rose Festival Portland (U.R) Officials of the Portland Rose Festival as sociation today predicted at tendance at the 47th annual fes tival June 8 to 12 would exceed 1,000,000 persons. The estimate was based on last year's attend ance placed conservatively- at 865,000. Dennis Day and Composer Conductor Meredith Willson top the list of entertainers slated for the 1955 show. Former Presi dent Harry S. Truman may par ticipate in a portion of the pro gram when he : visits ,here June 11. i ALL-NEW MONTCLAIR Mercury 1YOU GET MORE MONEY FOR YOUR PRESENT CAR Mercury's record-breaking sales allow us to operate at high volume. 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"There is great public sym pathy for them in California and any such tragedy would be a blow to the prestige of the fed eral judiciary and the U.S. at torney's office," Hagen said. The twins were sentenced .to a year in prison for interfering with the duties of a federal of ficer. They clamped handcuffs on U. S. Atty. Laughlin Waters here last year in a dispute with the government over confisca tion of a surplus cargo plane which subsequently was ruled their legal property and ordered returned. 4-D00R SEOANj Lfcat member of the Mercury n I tft " '"-- al'lll' '' 'wpjfr xVk JTt " Look ai the break you workers called a strike for Satur day. The latest poll, by the Liberal News Chronicle, included the week end period when both strikes were announced. It said the Conservations had received 51 per cent of the votes and La bor 47 enough to give Eden a majority of 120 seats. Committed for. Labor Britain's biggest newspaper, the 4,000,000 circulation Daily Mirror, committed itself for La bor today as expected but it added,, "we do not have to pre tend that Labor's chances of vic tory are rosy." Outside of the press, cam paigning was so calm and quiet that newspapermen were calling it the "whispering campaign." State, Local Program Of Public Works Urged Washington (U.R) The Commerce department said to day that state and local govern ments should build $200,000,000, 000 worth of new schools, hos pitals, and other public works during the next 10 years. It said this; will provide a "strong stabilizing force" for the economy in the next decade. But it said the construction should not be dragged out because the demand for still more commun ity facilities will "rise substan tially" after 1965. 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