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o o TEX MIDFOfiD (OREGON) MAIL TBIBUNX TuMday, January 3, 1931 Political Clamor Expected To Be loud, Continuous in Congress Session Wide Gap Between Farm, Retail Prices May Be Investigated Washington 'U.RJ Sen. Mil ton R. Young (R-N.D.) saidj to day he may ask Congress to in vestigate the widening" gap be tween farm and retail food prices. Young made the (Statement afterGpublication of an Agricul ture Department survey which attributed increased marketing costs mostly to industrial wage increases. The report saidmid dlemen's profits are not a factor. Effect Argued Hotly The effect on factory workers' wage hfkes on the armer's dwin dling share of the consumer's foodollar has been argued hot ly in-recent weeks. Farm prices are a major issue in the early stages of the presidential cam paign. G Young, a key member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said he doubts if labor costs have been as much a factor in the farmprice situation as the sur vey todicatea. "I understand that profits of processors are at an all - time high," he said. Secrecy Surrounds Whereabouts of TwoTJionne Girls Montreal '(U.R) A new veil of secrecy today surrounded "the whereabouts of two of the sur viving Dionne quintuplets. Officials of the NotreoDame de 1'Esperance Hospital, where Ce cile and Yvonne are student nurses, declined to say today whether the two girls had re turned to their posts after play ing truant New Year's Eve. The two sisters had gone to their parents' home in Callan der, Ont., along with Annette, to end a family rift. The girls were to have reported to the hospital for all-riQht duty on the last night of the old year. Fail to Return But Sister Marie-Victoire, in charge of student nurses, reveal ed Sunday that the 21-year-old quints had not returned and she did not know where they could be reached. Sister Marie-Victoire was un- available today but another re ligious nursing sister at the hos pital said she was not permitted to say whether Cecile aad Yvon ne had returned. Annette remained with the Dionne family at Callander to greet the New Year when her sisters returned. Marie, still in frail health after being treated at the hospital, remained at a Montreal apartment, she shared with her three sisters most of the holiday spent the rest of the time with friends. The report, issued by Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson yesterday, said profits of a group of labor food processors, whole salers and detailers have "grown substantially" since 1945. It add ed the increases were due pri marily to increased sales by the concerns. Wage Rales Up , "The spread has widened pri marily because of the substan tial increase in all costs of per forming marketing services since 1945," the report said. "Wage rates are up almost 100 per cent over 1945. Freight rates and oth er costs packaging material, containers, fuel, equipment, rents, etc. are up about two thirds." The report said "labor costs are the largest single item in. the operating costs of most food mar keting firms." Agricultural research is re vealing a relationship between some animal ailments and the mineral contents of soils upon which they live. Russia Declared Ready To Launch Satellite Soon London (U.R) The Commun ist Daily Worker reported today from Moscow that Russia may be ready to launch a space satel lite this year some six months ahead of the American schedule. The Daily Worker's Moscow correspondent said Soviet scien tists already have, launched a number of rockets containing animals which "penetrated some hundreds of miles into inter planetary space." The correspondent,' Sam Rus sell, said he interviewed a Pro fessor Pokrovsky whom he de scribed as a "leading member of the Soviet commission on inter planetary travel." The United States last summer announced plans to launch space satellites but said it would be done during the 1957-1958 geo physical year. The Daily Work er said this meant "another two or three years." Rockets Sent Into Space But the Daily Worker said Soviet scientists already had sent rockets several hundreds of. miles into space with dogs, monkeys and scientific instru ments aboard. "The animals returned to earth none the worse for their experience," the Communist newspaper reported. "Equally important, the instruments which accompanied them returned, too, with valuable data for the scien tists who now regard interplan etary communication as a prac tical possibility in the not too distant future." 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The Senate line up is now 49 Democrats and 47 Republicans; the House has. 230 Democrats, 203 Republicans and two vacancies. No Direct Effect There was no indication yet that this session of Congress would have much direct effect on the pre-convention struggle or struggles for presidential nom inations. On the Democratic side, only Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.) is an avowed candidate for his party's nomination. There have been no hat-in-the-ring hints from others, although Sen. Stu art Symington (D-Mo.) is viewed as a possible dark horse candi date in case of a national conven tion deadlock. . Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowland is expected to become an avowed candidate for the GOP nomination if Presi dent Eisenhower fails to an nounce his plans in the next month. ! If Mr. Eisenhower should an nounce his retirement, Know land and other Republicans who have been ; restive under . some administration - policies can be expected to be more eager to speak out. Silence Smothers More Meanwhile, except for Know land and perhaps some "favor ite son"' candidates, Mr. Eisen hower's silence will smother any moves by other GOP leaders to display an interest in the presi dential nomination.' Sen, John W. Bricker (R-O.) who. tried for the GOP nomina tion in 1944 and settled for sec 'pnd place, is a favorite son candi date in -Ohio. The Senate is also the home base for Vice President Richard M. Nixon, who is -regarded as a strong contender for the GOP nomination if Mr. Eisenhower retires. However, ; the Senate gives the vice-president no po litical forum. With the election only 11 months away, there is still no sign that the Democratic side of Congress is ready to aim broad sides at Mr. Eisenhower person ally. As long as the Democrats feel that his public popularity is still running high, they will be shooting at the men around him. El Centro Jarred By Second Quake El Centro, Calif. (U.R) A light earthquake, the second in Southern California in two days, today jarred this community in Imperial Valley, scene of some 75 separate earth . shocks last month. The quake rattled windows and doors, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injury. x . . Police at nearby Brawley and at the border community of Calexico said they did not feel the -quake. The temblor yesterday hit a wider area. It was reported in Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange and Riverside counties. Rose Bowl television viewers in San Diego said the shock jiggled their TV sets. Seismologist Tred Robinson in San Diego said his instru ments indicated the temblors center was off the California coast. Freak Mishap Puzzles Accident Statisticians Holland, Mich. (U.R) Ac cident statisticians had a hard time finding the right category for the, accident involving Bas tian D. Bouman, 47. Bouman was unloading weld ing equipment from a truck when a gauge on one of the tanks was knocked off. Bouman was burned by the . escaping acetylene gas. Fearing the tank might blow up, Bouman ran into the street and was hit by a car. He suf fered severe leg and hip bruises. An average passenger auto mobile is driven about 9,200 miles per year. Congressional Investigations To Be Aimed At 'Big Business Control of Government Washington KU.R) . Houie Democratic Leader John W. Mc Cormack said today congression al investigations this year will be aimed primarily at "big busi ness control of government" un der the Eisenhower administra tion. The Massachusetts legislator cited as particularly ripe for in vestigation: 1. The award of billions of dollars in defense orders by se cret, negotiated contract. 2. The "gradual destruction of small business." Democratic controlled inves tigations also will be aimed at what Democrats claim is the 'giveaway" of natural resources and the administration's "un fair" loyalty-security p r o c e dures. Congress has voted 85,000,000 4 for investigations in 195S Spending Investigation A House Armed Services sub committee this month will open what is expected to be a 'far reaching investigation of de fense spending. Committee Chairman Carl Vinson (D.-Ga.) has accused the administration of a "shocking" abuse of mili tary buying by virtually scrap ping open, competitive bids. He said this has wasted billions of dollars. The subcommittee, headed by Rep. F. Edward Hebert (D.-La.) will start hearings soon to find out if aircraft manufacturers are reaping excessive profits under the " administration's procure ment policies. Rep. Earl Chudoff (D.-Pa.) is scheduled to reopen his Govern ment Operations subcommittee's stormy . investigation into ad ministration power policies. Communist Acliriiy Chairman Emanuel Celler (D. N.Y.)' will continue his House Anti-trust subcommittee inves tigation of. "dollar-a-year" 'men and other officials suspected of Major Issues Will Face New Congress Washington U.R) Major issues facing the second' session of the 84th Congress: Taxes: Many lawmakers want to vote for an election-year cut in income taxes. But the out come is in 'doubt because of the prospects for higher federal spending, and, in any event, nothing will be done immediate ly. Democratic leaders will wait for President Eisenhower's tax recommendations to be made in the spring before mapping stra tegy. Farm: Democrats will seek Senate passage of a House-approved bill junking the admin istration's flexible program and restoring rigid high price sup ports. But .they concede they could not override a probable presidential veto. The adminis tration will propose new "soil bank" . subsidy with prospects good for enactment in some form. Schools: Congress is expected to enact a new program of fed eral spending to help local com munities build schools. Admin istration will recommend it.. House Education and Labor committee has approved its own plan.. But legislation could be killed by fight over aid to school districts practicing segregation. Highways: Approval of ex panded road - building program is almost certain. The issue is how to pay for it. Administra tion will seek compromise be tween (1) its previously propos ed, but rejected, bond financing Nine Air Force Men Escape Plane Crash Tokyo (U.R) A U. S. Air Force cargo plane crashed near Tokyo tonight, but the nine Americans aboard escaped with out injuries. The Flying Boxcar crashed about two and a half miles south of the U. S. , Tachikawa Air Base while coming in for a landing. . An Air Force spokesman said cause vof the -wreck could not be determined immediately. An investigative board of Air Force officers was dispatched to the scene shortly after the wreck. The cargo plane crashed into a plowed . field near the Tame gawa river, about 20 miles west of Tokyo. A spokesman for the U. S. Far East Air Forpes said none of the nine crewmen aboard ' was hurt and no one was injured on the ground.. The 'plane was assigned to the Air Material Force, Pacific Area, and was based at Tachikawa. - on by plan and (2) higher taxes gasoline and tires favored Speaker Sam Rayburn (D.-Tex.). Foreign Policy: Sharp increase in foreign aid funds sought by administration already has run into strong opposition. Con gress is almost certain to scale down the requested $4,900,000,- 000. Democrats will be gunning at the Eisenhower administra tion also on alleged failure of the summit conference and the resumption of the cold war. Natural Gas: There will be a party-splitting sectional fight on the Senate over House-proposed bill to exempt natural gas from federal control. Passage is prob able. But senators from consum ing areas say that they have a chance of defeating it. Social Security: The House in the last session approved a bill to lower benefit-' age for women and disabled workers and to raise employee - employer pay roll taxes to pay for it. Admin istration is reported planning to ask Senate for less liberal plan without tax boosts.. Eiffel Tower Saved By Parisian Firemen Paris (U.R) Over-worked television cables set the top of the Eiffel Tower on fire early today, but Parisian firemen dashed up its 1710 steps and saved the old landmark. Apparently the strain of broadcasting election returns through the night was too much for electrical equipment install ed in the 905-foot high third platform. It was the first fire in the tower's history since it was opened by King Edward VII in 1889 when he was Prince of Wales. It also was the first television coverage of a French election. , Fire broke out .before dawn, casting a glow into the sky over Paris. The Eiffel Tower could be seen miles away like a gigan tic flaming beacon. But it was not too serious and 15 firemen who lugged fire ex tinguishers up the steps soon brought the blaze under control. The damage appeared confined to rubber insulation on the TV cables. The firemen had to run up the steps because the tower's eleva tors don't work at night. BEER QUENCHES FIRE Soperton, Wis. (U.R) Two boys, aged 11 and 13, were cred ited today with checking a tav ern fire by dousing the flames with beer drawn from spigots. ansa Start &e far Year right! Opao or add to year savkgs at U. S. National by January W . . . you interest ifoea January L MEDFORD BRANCH OREGON'S OWN STATE-VIDE UMK Surprised Father Of Quads Looking For Extra Work Lancaster, Pa." (U.R) The quadruplet sons of a $65-a-week drug store clerk and his wife were "doing fine" today but their surprised father was still a little shaky. Jtforman C. Hohenwarter said he "would welcome" additional work to help support his sud denly, enlarged family, and be moaned the fact thsft his quad ruplets, although " born prema turely, came too late to qualify him for additional deductions on his, 1955 income tax. No Help Offered "No, no one's offered any bet ter job or any kind of financial help," the 26-year-old father said before going to work as usual today. "I haven't even stopped to think about what we are go ing to do when my wife and the babies get home. "The one thing I'd like now is to get additional work to take care of this big family." Hohenwarter felt the hospital wasn't really ready" for the quadsj "We . were expecting twine so it really came as a sur prise to everybody," he said. The boys, baptized Norman Charles, Carl Conrad, Philip John and Mark Anthony at the hospital by priests from St. Jo seph's Roman Catholic church here, were born yesterday morn ing. Good Survival Chance Hospital authorities said the infants were "doing fine" and had a good chance to survive. They were not weighed immed iately but nurses estimated they weighed from three to four pounds each. They were placed in an incubator soon after their birth. If the boys had been born be fore midnight Dec. 31 they would have meant a total exemption of $2400 for the 1955 .tax year. using their public offices to pro mote private business interests. The Senate Internal Security subcommittee will resume its inquiry into alleged Communist activity during the Truman administration. The House Un-American Ac tivities committee will investi gate the Ford-financed Fund for the Republic. It .also will con tinue its investigation of the Na tional Labor Relations board. ' Two Senate subcommittees are investigating the. Eisenhow er administrations loyalty-security program. . .... Former US Treasurer Prisoner of Bandits Richland, Kan. (U.R) Mrs. Georgia Neese Clark Gray, for mer treasurer of the United States, was held prisoner- for about an hour last night by three men who forced her to open the vault at the bank which she heads here. Officers said the bandits ob tained $1280 from the RicSland State Bank of which Mrs. Gray is president, and an additional $767 from the general store operated by Mrs. Gray and her husband, Andrew J. Gray. : Mrs. Gray told a reporter the men did not threaten her lift. SINGER QanoflCLEARANCE FULLY RECONDITIONED USED MACHINES ! SINGER FLOOR MODELS I SINGER DEMONSTRATORS ATHdMltkor Tht Slnrer MAT. Co AS FEATURED OVER TV ON FOUR STAR PLAYHOUSE LOOK FOR the guarantee tag it's your assurance that the used SINGER machine you buy has been: 7 FULLY RECONDITIONED S IY SINGER-TRAINED EXPERTS B WITH WARRANTED SINGER PARTS El BACKED IY SINGER SEWING MACHINE COMPANY LOW AS (fi A 50 SOME AS 10W AS DOWN EASY TERMS Many one and two of a kind! . Comt early for best selection. 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