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o TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Toy Purchases Expected To Hit SI. 5 Billion; Highest in History Thursday, November 29. 1958 V..lL i L lUUiil, IU, UUHICiiyi Setting Forest Fire New York (U.R) The biggest stack of toys and games in his tory more than $1 ' billion worth will be nestled under " this year's Christmas trees. Industry spokesmen said this whopping expenditure will ac count for the bulk of this year's total toy sales, which are ex pected to approach $1.5 billion. The 1956 volume. will be some 12 per cent greater than last year, they added. Consumers are in a spending mood, a fact that has kept the economy boiling in 1956. Total retail sales in 1956 are expected to be in the neighborhood of $192 billion a new record high. Gilbert G. Southwick, presi dent of the toy manufacturers of the U. S. A. Inc., said the average toy buying family will spend around $30 this year. Santa Claus' huge toy pack will include -the usual assort ment of dolls, soldiers, electric trains, plus a raft of new outer space and atomic paraphernalia. Children in the two to six age Value of Farm Assets Expected To Reach Record High Jan. 1 Washington (UJ) The Agri culture Department said Wed nesday the tbtal value of farm assets' next Jan. ' 1 will reach an all-time high of $176 billion, an increase o( $5.6 billion in a year. The department said the pro prietors' equity, what's left after debts are substracted, on next Jan. 1 will be a record $155.9 billion, an increase of $3.9 bil lion. The balance sheet of the na tion's agriculture was - worked out i the department's publica tion, "The 1957 Agricultural Finance Outlook." Utile Change' Predicted Qepartment economics predict ed "little change" in the fin ancial situation of farmers as a group during the next year. They said farm debts probably will continue to rise, and values of farm assets' also may rise, although a slowing down may occur in the rate at which farm real estate values are rising. In another publication, "The Farm Income Situation," the de partment said farm income has turned upward this year after four consecutive years of de cline, and predicted "some furth er increase" in 1957. Frederick ' T. Waugh, head of the depart ment's Agricultural - Economic Division, has said the 1957 rise will be about 5 per cent over 1956. Net income for the first nine months of 1956 was up 4 per cent over 1955. It was at an annual rate of $11.7 billion in the first three quarters, compar ed with $U3 billion for the whole" year 1 955. Real Estate Value Shown An Agricultural Department balance sheet showed the value of farm real estate at $106.4 bil lon, up $3.7 billion, or 3.6 per cnt, frorn the first of this year. Nn-real estate assets were valued at $49:2 Billion, up $1.9 billion, or 4 per cent. Financial, r liquid, assets, were listed at $20.4 billion, up $200 million, or 1 per cent. The liability side of the ledger put the farm mortgage real estate debt at $9.8 billion, up $800 million, or 8.9 per cent; the non-real estate debt at $8.2 billion, up $300 million, or 3.8 per cent: and loans held and guaranteed by the Commodity Credit Corp. S2.7 billion, up $800 milion, or 42.1 per cent. Boy Sets Car Afire; Baby Sister Killed Sunland, Calif. (U.R) A panic stricken mother saw her 22-month old daughter burn to death Wednesday after her 4 year-old son threw lighted matches In the family car, po lice reported. The victim was Susan Bor deau, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald F. Bordeaux of nearby Sun Valley. Officers said Mrs. Bordeaux left the children in the car while she shopped in a mar ket. A clerk in the market noticed the car was in flames. Mrs. Bor deaux ran outside and had to be restrained from entering the burning car. bracket will receive 50 per cent of all the toys and games pur chased this year, he said. Southwick attributed the an ticipated rise in toy sales this year to increases in consumer income and population, and to the exodus to the suburbs which provides more room to play. Benjamin F. Michton, chair man of Ideal Toy Corp., said "child population, a major fac tor in toy sales, is over 49 mil lion and another record was broken this year in the number of new births." He said another factor behind the industry's rising scales is the SI billion of Christmas club savings which shoppers have at their disposal. Dolls Still Tops Michtom said dolls will lead the toy parade again in 1956. But that unexplainable facina tion men and boys have for toy electric trains continues undi minished. Lionel Corp. said it expects sales of train squipment to approach $50 million. Lionel President Larry Cowen said enough sections of track will be sold this year to extend from New York City to Los Angeles. Of this year's total toy sales, about $100 million will be spent on games, said Robert Barton, president of Parker Brothers. one of the biggest publishers of games. He pointed out games are favorites with both children and parents. "Games differ from toys in that toys are played with; games are played against," he said. San Diego, Calif. (U.R) A 16-year old Indian boy has con fessed '.to setting a 44,500-acre forest fire which burned to death 11 firefighters. "I just got a crazy idea to throw a match in the grass to see if it would burn," Gilbert Paipa. a high school student, told Elwood Stone, U.S. Forest Service fire investigator. The boy was arrested Wednes day at the Pine Hills fire camp where he had been employed as a firefighter two days ago. The Forest Service said he confess ed to tossing a match last Sat urday in grass near a cabin on the Inaja Indian Reservation where his family has lived for two generations. Paipa was turned over to au thorities here. Stone said a felony complaint was being sought from Deputy District At torney Claude Brown. . Dorsey's Funeral Held in New York New York (U.R) Band leader Tommy Dorsey will be buried today at Kensico Ceme tery, Valhalla, N.Y. Funeral services for the "sen timental gentleman of swing" will be held at Campbell's Fun eral church. At Greenwich, Conn., Police Chief David W. Robbins said Wednesday that Dorsey's death at his home there early Monday was "clearly accidental" and that a "highly personal note" left to his estranged wife had no relationship to his death. Eisenhower Appoints Refugee Chairman; Endorses Salk Vaccine Augusta, Ga. (U.R) President Eisenhower today selected a former Republican congress man, Tracy S. Voorhees of New York, to head the new Ameri can refugee and rehabilitation program for Hungary. Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said one of the reasons for selecting Voorhees was the fact the President wanted to be sure "that the Hungarian refu gees are taken care of in hous ing, food and enployment." Former Army Man Voorhees, a former Army colonel,- was a special assistant to Army Secretary Robert P. Patterson during the Truman administration. The President Wednesday night announced Salk anti-polio vaccine has become plentiful enough for use by adults. He urged persons between 18 and 35 years old to take advantage of the new supply. Mr. Eisenhower gave his per sonal endorsement of use of the vaccine, on the basis of a re port to the White House by Marion B. Folsom, secretary, of health, education and welfare. "Secretary Folsom's report on fhe Salk polio vaccine deserves the attention of every young adult of every parent in America," the President said. Urges Prompt Use "I join with Secretary Folsom, the surgeon general of the Pub lic Health Service and the Na tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in urging that the vac cine be used promptly before the next polio-Tnyelits season arrives." Folsom reported that about 17,000,000 doses of vaccine are "lying unused in the hands of the manufacturers" and said "additional vaccine is stock piled in drug stores and physi cians' offices." Use Tribune Want Ads -i m mil 'Wt l t t O DRIVE-IN CLEANERS O 702 West Main St. Finest Quality Cleaning Quick 2 Hour Service Latest Type Equipment Convenient Drive-Up Window Free Ford Tickets 844 South Riverside Oil Dealer Chosen To Succeed Holmes Astoria (U.R) Dan Thiel, Astoria oil distributor, was chos en yesterday by the ' county courts of Clatsop and Columbia counties to fill the State Senate vacancy created with the elec tion of Robert governor. D. Holmes .as Like Hols, Thiel Is a long time democrat. He was Holmes' campaijje; manager in Clatsop county in the guoernatorial race. A week ago the courts met and found a tie between Thiel, from Clatsop county, and Ken Magruder of Clatskanie, from Columbia county. Since then the Dencratic Central Committees of both counties met and agreed upon Thiel. 4si7 fs rl High-fidelity portable In washable grey tweed and black plays 12", 10" of 7'reeords automatically. 4 -speed changer. Famous Columbia sound system includes Ronette car tridge, 6" FM speaker. listen ... the greatest sound, engineed by the greatest name in sound Columbia! Look ... the superb w styl ing of the 1957 Columbia Dkonographs. Slop . . . Look . . . and Listen to the exciting, new Columbia line nt time you're in our neighborhood. 0 BOOKS GIRTS. RECORDS D Morse To Return To Oregon Tonight Portland (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) is scheduled to ' return to Oregon tonight, land-! ing at the Portland International i airport at 9:15 p.m. I Th senior Oregon senator was j summoned to Washington short- j ly after he won reelection this i month to attend a special meet ing of the senate foreign rela tions committee. He will tour the state for the next two weeks before returning to the nation's capitol. , 11.11 .lift IB...'. . ,s Around Hollywood Hollywood (U.R) Neither, 9 tmmigration troubles nor med 9 ical school will keep an India- born student named Kuldip Sfngh from becoming the next Lewfence Welk, or Lib erace in Amer ica. Kuldip, as T V viewers know is the Aline Mo.br boy . makes-good-in-America dream come true. A short time ago he was an unknown student. Today the hn4some, 23-year-old Hindu is a recording star besieged with TV and move offers all be cause he appeared as a con testant on a quiz sflow. The student, whe never had sung in public before, obliged ''ith tune on (Sroucho Marx TV show. Overnight he signed with RCA-Victor to record songs. He was rushed onto the George Gobel show and did. a return performance on the Marx pro gram at the demand of 8.000 viewers. He has counted 10,000 fan letters (mostly from middle aged women) and already has 65 fan clubs around the country. Unfortunately, the smiling Kuldip was so busy answering fan letters he forget to apply to the Immigration Service for a work permit. He was in this country on a student visa. He'll have to leave the United States by Dec. 15, but he can re-enter on a vistor's visa. A spokesman at the Immigration Service says Kuldip probably will get one." ' "I hope I will be able to come back," sighed Kuldip. "The people of America like Hemorrhoids (Piles) Fistula Colitis Pruri tus (itching) Prolapse. Treat ed without surgical operation or hospitalization or loss of time from work. 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Kuldip shook her hand -professionally as if he'd been a crooner since Frank Sinatra cut his first bow tie. The ex-student has no regrets about abandoning a medical ca reer in which he's invested four years and taking up the uncer tain world of entertainment. "I am so happy singing," he said with expressive gestures and an angelic smile. "Such beautiful letters I get from peo ple!" . His name, he carefully ex plained, is pronounced "Cool Dip Sing." , GOOD LUCK . TORNADO! East Side Market SAVE on Top Quality Pet Food BONNIE 3 cans 29 ice . ... . Lay-Away Now it nmn, Tumuli U.LU MIE TT On All of Our 1956 Models of Westinghouse RANGES LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT REFRIGERATORS TELEVISIONS FREEZERS. DISH WASHERS WATER HEATERS Major A ppliances Here are savings truly worth your white! Our 1957 models are on the way and to make room we have reduced all of our '56 Appliances to low, low prices that you can not afford to miss! They are NEW, they are fully guaranteed . . . but CUT they must go! 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