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o SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, March 6, 195B Realized Net Income Of Farmers Declines Washington (U.R; The real ized net income of farmers in 1955 dropped Sl.000,000. or 9 per cent, from 1954, the Agricul ture Department rcDorted today. 9fhe sharp drop was due to lower average prices received for farm productr and a slight in- Ocrease in farm expenses, the de partment said in its publication, "The Farm Income Situation." Further Drop Forecast Department economists fore cast last November a further drop of $400,000,000 in farm in come during this year. But the forecast did not take intooconsid eration any increased income farmers might receive from oper ation oXJhe soil bank, if adopted, ind other legislation. The net per capita income of farmers dropped to S360, 6 per cent below the S913 per capita Skimping Finally Pays for Lender St. Louis, Mo. UP.) Years of ikimping pennies finally paid off today for Sam Bronstein, a rewd money lender who turned a S3, 600 investment into a $970,000 fortune. .. Bronstein made a modest in come over the years, hanging around St. Louis newspaper oi fices and loaning money to broke msmen for a return of $6 for 55. The elderly money lender meanwhile invested S3, 600 in the Missouri Pacific railroad in 1938, when the railroad's com mon stock was selling at 75 cents on SI, 000 par value. When the Mopac recently reported itself out of receivership, it was an nounced that Bronstein was holding $970,000 worth of the railroad's securities. As (8) gesture to newsmen, Bronstein announced that the principal on a trust fund set up for his family will be turned over to the Missouri School of Journalism. The investor esti mated the principal will come to $30,000 a year. income in 1954. Part of this per capita drop was caused by an in crease of 1 per cent in the farm population to 22.200.000 persons. Per capita income of the non farm population increased almost 5 per cent in 1955. Smaller Receipts Smaller cash receipts from meat animals, especially hogs, I and wheat accounted for most of the S300,000.000 decline in the total. The volume of farm mar ketings in 1955 was up 2 per cent from 1954. but the average of prices received by farmers was down 5 per cent. Because of a slight increase in farm production costs, coupled with declining gross income, farmers xetained as net income only 32. 5 per cent of their real ized gross farm income. Except for 1932, this is the smallest per centage on record. Turn To Pages 8 and 9 FOR ADRIENNE'S BIG LIQUIDATION SALE ANNOUNCEMENT Bellon May Become Congress Candidate" Canby UP.) State Sen. How ard Belton said today he prob ably will become the fourth can didate for the Republican nomi nation for United States con gressman from the first district. Belton said he would seek the post unless incumbent Walter Norblad decided to seek reelec tion. Norblad has already filed his candidacy for governor. Belton is regarded as the top tax authority in the Oregon Senate and has served for years as co-chairman of the powerful joint ways and means commit tee. He has served in the Senate since 1939. His present term has two 'years to run. Other Republicans who will seek their party's nomination for Norblad's post are Bruce Wil liams, Salem; William Healy, Sa lem, and R. F. Cook, Silverton. S0- " IBIS zmil'f - -si La Grande Runaway Thumbs Wrong Ride Boise (U.R) A 15-year-old runaway from La Grande, Ore., thumbed a ride with the wrong man yesterday. Frank Henning, state police radio dispatcher, had just broad cast an alert and description of the boy and was on his way home when he spotted a hitchhiker who appeared to be the missing youth. Henning stopped and the youth hopped into his car. He readily admitted he was the one the state police of two states were looking for. The boy's parents came from La Grande to pick up their son. JOVIAL President Eisenhower enjoys a nearty laugh during a meeting in his office with John Reed Kilpatrick, national chairman of the Citizens for Eisenhower Com mittee. Ike Declares Party Should Base Program On Spiritual Values Washington '(U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower, in his first political appearance since his second term announcement, said today the Republican party should base its program on "moral and spiritual values." "If a political party does not have its foundation in the deter mination to advance the cause that is right, that is moral," he said, "then it is not a party but merely a conspiracy which is to seize power." Surprise Appearance Mr. Eisenhower made the statements in a surprise appear ance before 1500 wildly cheer ing delegates of the Republican Women's National conference here. He went to the meeting di rectly from the White House where Republican congressional leaders had told him his deci sion to run for reelection "will improve" the party's chance of Survivors in Sinking of Washington Mail Declare Rescue bv Navv Vessel Was Miracle Seattle (U.R) Survivors of the freighter Washington Mail which was ripped apart in a vio lent storm in the Gulf of Alaska Saturday agreed today it was a miracle they were saved. "If there is such a thing as a miracle then this is one," said William Bannon, a Seattle fire man aboard the ship. Bannon was one of 41 crew members and nine passengers of the Washington Mail who ar rived here by plane late last night" as hundreds of relatives and friends lined the ramps at Seattle-Tacoma airport. The 10 NOW AT WEISFIELDS Its " ..unr cnQ ft W HEW "ECONOtM-PAK li trays that fit mto "Y dra g forW,', slotted trayi jpoons, ciudcs: 16 .P;o- WBifc. MTV- in9 spoon., i spoon. "I II I "i ""' regaining control of Congress. Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowland of Califor nia said the President was in "great spirits" at the legislative conference and "showed a good sense of humor in our discus sions." Stood Under Pictures At the meeting of Republican women, Mr. Eisenhower stood under huge pictures of himself and Vice-President Richard M. Nixon. A large banner pro claim e d: "Peace - Prosperity Progress." The President said he was counting heavily on the women of America, with their responsi bility for rearing the young, to support high moral and spiritual values in political life. He also said he was counting on the Republican women in each of their districts to inform the public on the GOP program, "how far it has gone, what is left to do and what it means to the country and the world." ind Man Useful On Hospital Stall Toledo, O. CU.R) Alva Jay Francis, blind for 10 years, has become an important and useful member of the St. Charles hos pital staff here. He works in the hospital's x-ray department, de veloping and processing nega tives. Dr. John W. Smyth, director of the hospital's department of radiology, said Francis' work has been exceptionally good. "The developing technique of x-ray negatives is strict and Jay's following the same routine with' all negatives without dis traction makes the results more constant, a necessary factor in obtaining a good reading," Smyth said. He pointed out this means fewer errors in processing, elim inating retakes of patent x-rays, and in general speeds the work of the department. A native of East Lynn, W. Va., Francis was a door-to-door sales man of blind-made articles in Articles in Akron when a blind friend told him of the opportu nities in x-ray work. He studied in Cleveland, then went to work here. President's Name To Be Filed in Indiana Indianapolis (U.R) President Eisenhower's name will be en tered in Indiana's first presiden tial preference primary today with Gov. Craig and state Repub lican Chairman Alvin Cast per sonally filing the petitions. Mr. Eisenhower becomes the first and probably only one in either party that will appear on the presidential primary ballot May 8. Under Indiana's new primary law, delegates must support the winner ' in the presidential pri mary 1 on the first convention ballot. In 1952, only two Hoosier GOP delegates supported Mr. Eisenhower. The other 30 fa vored the late Sen. Robert Taft of Ohio. Oregon Man Killed On Antarctic Job Washington (U.R) The Navy said today that a second member of its Antarctic expedition was killed yesterday when his tractor plunged into a crevasse about 110 miles from Little America V. The victim was Seabee Max R. Kiel, son of Mrs. Roma Irene Kiel, box 32, Joseph, Ore. An other driver lost his life recently when his tractor disappeared in an ice crack. . 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See this set to mor- S 1 row! fvfj f J J other crewmen were to here later today All 60 persons aboard the ship were picked up by the Navy transport Gen. H. B. Freeman which arrived on the scene about four hours after receiving an SOS and picked up the two life boats from the Washington Mail. Bannon was in the engine room when the ship began to break up. t '"I heard a lot of noise that sounded like metal banging," he said. "I didn't know what was happening. Then I saw water coming in. I turned off the fires. Water was coming in faster than it could be pumped out. It was four feet deep when I got out of there." No Panic Aboard Miss Ivy Withers, 47, a Van couver, B.C. nurse en route to Hong Kong, said she was read ing when the ship broke up. "I heard three big cracks," she said. "I ran up on the deck. Everybody was getting life belts. Everyone was calm and there was absolutely no panic." Miss Withers and other passen gers were put into a stateroom while crew members carried out emergency duties. The bow ssction of the ship sunk about a half hour after the ship broke in two. Everyone was in the stern section which also sank minutes after the two life boats were lowered. Oregonians Aboard Several, Oregonians were aboard the vessel and 13 of them landed here by plane last night. Three others were expected to day. Miss Charlotte Rodgers, a nurse and religious worker who lives at Beavercreek near Ore gon City, called it a "horrible" experience. "It was only three minutes after our life boat pulled away from the side of the ship arrivej before it sank out of sight," she said. Miss Rodgers was en route for missionary work in the Orient. Stacy Cleveland of Portland, a crew member, said he wag reading a magazine when the ship broke in two "but I can't remember what it was I wai reading." Stacy Cleveland ot rortiana, I reading. D XrW- m III Seal i Be right back! 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