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Ex-Trigger Makers
Fight Insect War
Silver Cseek, N.Y. (UP.) The
.Silver Creek Precision Corp.
turned out triggers for t' U.S.
Army's carbine during .Vorld
War II. Now it's manufacturing
equipment to fight a different
kind of war against insects.
The company acquired the pa
tents for a smoke-screen gener
ator developed for the Navy
during the war and went to
work to adapt it for insect-killing
purposes. The result was its
Micrososol fog generator, which
gives off a spray more intense
than its wartime-developed pre
decessor. Following months of experi
mentation, company engineers
have improved the Microsol unit
to a point whereit can fire one
billion insecticides bullets a
second.
Invited to bring the invention
to Brazil to determine whether
it could be of help against the
destructive Broca pest, a para
site which establishes itself in
side the coffee bean, the firm
flew a large truck-mounted Mi
crosol generator to the South
American country. Penetration
of the insecticide spray from the
unit was hailed there as being
superior to airplane spraying,
being effective against even the
Q hidden pest.
Recently, large models of the
Microsol unit were sent to Iran
at the request of the U. S. State
.. Department. They were used to
combat a locust infestation
which was damaging crops.
Education Board
Gifts, Grants
Portland (U.R) The State
Bard of Higher Education to
day accepted $248,239 in gifts
and grants at its regular meet
ing here.
Almost half the money receiv
ed, $108,194, went for medical
rtarch and related activities
st the University of Oregon
medical school and Oregon State
College. o
A grant 6t S49.000 to the Un
iversity of Oregon from the U.S.
International Cooperation Ad
ministration will continue a co
operative education program
with Nepal another year. Dr.
-'Charles D. Byrne, former chan
cellor, is in Nepal at present
heading the project.
The U. S. Air Force Wright
Air Development Center provid
ed $28,586 for research in math
ematics at Oregon SJiie College
to be directed by Dr. A. A.
' Ebnseth."
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Youth Proudly Shows
Stock in Railroad
Hammond, Ind. (U.R)
Eleven-year-old Ronnie Cutshall
is proudly showing playmates his
O shares of stock in the Nickel
Plate Railroad.
Eight other Hammond grade
school pupils also arc boosting
Opart ownership in the railroads
serving this area, thanks to Ron
nie's letter to Mayor Vernon C.
Anderson.
Ronnie told the mayor he had
teen "where another city had
been given steam engines, so
why not Hammond?"
The Hammond Times picked
' up the idea in an open letter to
L. LD White, chairman of the
board ft? the Nickel Plate, and
the railroad presented a retired
steam loeomotive to the city as
a permanent memorial.
The Calumet District Railroad
Community voted Ronnie a share
of Nickel Plate as a special
award. Then, it decided, in co
operation with public and paro
chial school officials, to give
shares of stock in (eight other
rail companies to eight addi
tional youngsters to interest
outh in the railroad industry.
More than 15,000 Hammond
grade school children registered
for the stock. Names of the lucky
winners were drawn from the
15,000 by lot, and they got their
stock certificates at a luncheon
in their honor.
.MULTIPLE SCHOOLING
Manchester,. Vt. U.R) An
elementary school here has
three sets of twins in the first
grade and a set of triplets in
the eighth grade.
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CUTTING off of aid to India
and other neutral nations that
"carry water on both shoul
ders," is advocated by J. Ad
dington Wagner, National
Commander American Le
gion, in address before AFL
CIO .Federation in New
York! (International)
Tuesday December 13, 1S55
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE-EVEK
Christmas Buying Spree Almost Certain To Be Biggest One Ever
New York U.R) Christmas
buying across the nation this
year is almost certain to be the
biggest in history.
Total retail sales for 1955 amy
reach $188,000,000,000 an all
time record.
It represents a rosy picture
except for one factor which
economists are watching with
the greatest care.
Americans today are 13 times
as much in personal debt as they
were 10 years ago. That applies
only to installment buying
debts for cars, TV sets, jewelry,
washing machines, furniture,
clothes. Half of this debt is owed
on automobiles alone. ,
On top of this personal credit
debt, the amount borrowed on
mortgages for homes has reach
ed $85,600,000,000. The pur
chase of a home with little or no
cash and payments over 20 to 30
years has replaced for millions
the practice of renting
Debt Averages S2500
The total personal debt, credit
and mortgage, now stands at
$120,000,000,000. It averages out
to about $2500 for every Ameri
can family. Actually, only about
half of the nation's families are
in debt so the figure for them is
higher.
But monetary experts are less
SURPRISE FORTUNE
Providence, R. I. (U.R) Miss
Winifred Devine, an 80-year-old
spinster who lived alone, used
candles instead of electric lights
because they were less expensive
When she died, a search of her
old farm home disclosed more
than $100,000, including $29,500
in cash stuffed in vases, discard
ed cigar boxes and old envelopes.
Cousins share the estate.
concerned at the total than at
the speed with which consumers
are piling up new debts. Credit
extensions this year are running
some $6,000,000,000 ahead of re
payments. Another consideration is the
widening scope of reasons for
borrowing. The public now is
urged to take a European vaca
tion and pay later, send a son
or daughter through college, fi
nance a funeral on the install
ment plan.
Income and savings, too, are
running at record highs. But
savings have shown a dip over
two years ago. Total consumer
disposable income in 1953 was
$250,400,000,000 and savings
$19,800,000,000. This year total
income will be around $271.
100.000,000 but savings $15,
700.000,000. The Institute of Life Insur
ance figures that out of every
$7 an American makes, he al
ready owes $1 of it.
There are varied opinions
among economists as to what
threat such a debt poses to the
overall economy. It is noted
that such a buy now-pay later
boom is almost exclusively
American, that the people of
foreign nations are just begin
ning to try installment buying.
The - government has shown
its concern over runaway infla
tion by tightening the availa
bility of money to banks and
other lending agencies.
Many bankers and finance
company officials argue there is
little danger. They note that
loans are being , made on sound
credit lines and point to all-time
low levels of defaults and repos
sessions. .
The Prudential Insurance
company says it looks for con
sumer spending to rise $11,000,-
000,000 in 1956. It believes the
gains in income and savings,
coupled with a tax cut, would
easily offset any dip in consum
er credit extensions.
Meanwhile, the consumer
goes his merry way. He seems
confident of the future and,
when he is in that frame of
mind, he spends money and
readily . borrows to augment his
earnings.
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-k New rear-mounted spare. It gives the Thunderbird's
classic features an even longer, lower look. And with no spare
tire in the trunk, there's lots more space for your luggagel
Deck lid pops open on counterbalancing binges.
jlr New wind deflectors and cowl ventilators. Youll enjoy
new comfort in all kinds of weather with this new feature.
Cowl vents are hand-operated . . . let new air in. Wind de
flectors mounted on doors help draw old air out.
-k New seating. Seat is body-contoured for new comfort with
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ir New finer ride. New, longer rear springs and new shock
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