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Tuesday, April 23, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Vast Storehouse of Pacific Northwest Wheat May Be Gone By Late Summer, By A. ROBERT SMTH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington The vast store house of surplus Pacific North west wheat that has been stored in everytning from elevators to Liberty ships in recent years will be gone by the end of sum mer, officials here now predict. That includ- RobL smith es the estima ted 90 million bushels of wheat expected to be harvested this year in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Reason for the anticipated el imination of the wheat surplus problem in the Northwest is the success of one aspect of the gov ernment's foreign aid program by which a number of countries have been obtaining large ship ments of wheat. The unusually heavy market demand from abroad for North west wheat has had two major consequences; increasing the do mestic market price for white A. 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The photographer also points out that gift certifi cates may be used for albums of wedding candids, chil dren's pictures and other pho tographs, pd. adv. wheat to some 40 cents a bushel above the government support price; and reducing the surplus stocks of. wheat from recent years when the market demand was below the level of produc tivity. Depends on Congress How long this condition of higher prices and strong demand will last is uncertain, depending on how long foreign desires for wheat hold up and how long Congress may continue the for eign aid program that has made it possible. Last July, the wheat surplus in the Northwest amounted to 112 million bushels well over a year's production for the re gion. By last month it was down to 65 million bushels. Depart, ment of Agriculture experts pre dict it will be gone by late sum mer, provided all export expec tations come through. The same depletion will not be true of wheat stocks else where in the nation, although there has been a modest decline from the 890 million bushels stored last July to 736 million bushels as of last month. Preferred in Many Countries The reason for this contrast, officials say, is that Northwest wheat is preferred by many countries that have been buying, as well as being closer to their market. Much of it has gone to India. Other countries in South east Asia have been buying white wheat in the Portland market. Last fall, USDA adopted a new approach from its former practice of selling directly to foreign buyers from government wheat stocks. It said all wheat would have to be bought in the open domestic market, and that existing stocks held by the gov ernment would, in effect, be held off the market for the time be- Cancer as Deficiency Disease Proposed; Oregon Doctor Helps BY DELOS SMITH United Press Science Editor New York (U.R) Because the formulation of a sound theory capable of explaining known facts often has led to extreme ly important scientific discover ies, it is of interest that a new theory proposes that cancer is a deficiency disease. Interest is sharpened by the fact that this theory was form ulated at the same time but in dependedently by Drs. L. A. Erf and B. J. Miller of Jefferson Medical College, Phi ladelphia, and by Dr. Edwin E. Osgood of the University of Oregon Med ical School, Portland. Erf, Miller and Osgood theo rized that the deficiency was in whatever substances cause new body cells to mature and take up their vital roles in body chem istry, Such substances except in one- instance, are not now known to exist. The theorizers proposed that they do exist. Erf, Mill and Osgood took per nicious anemia as a' theoretical base. There was a time when it was considered a form of can cer, since it was marked by un controlled multiplication of im mature red blood cells and as a disease it was uniformly fatal. Acme Hardware Notes National IRHA Week Acme Harware of Medford and 25,000 other independent re tail hardware stores in the United States and Canada are observing Independent R e t a il Hardwaremen of America week April 25 through May 4. In observance of the week, Acme Hardware is featuring re duced prices on merchandise items, including tools, do-it-your self equipment, sporting goods and lawn and garden supplies. Free gifts will be given to all adults who enter the store, ac cording to Tony Manno, man ager of the store. Then it was discovered it was a deficiency disease the dific iency being in vitamin B12 which is the essential substance that matures red blood cells. No one need die of pernicious an emia now but all victims must be given vitamin B12 regularly to supply their own deficiency. Plumbing, Healing Convention Planned Howl to stimulate moderniza tion of plumbing in existing buildings will be one of the im portant subjects to be discussed at the annual convention of the Oregon State Association of Plumbing and Heating Contrac tors at the Medford hotel, May 3 and 4. Other subjects on the agenda of the convention include tech nological advances in the plumb ing industry, public relations, labor relations, merchandising, the protection to public health provided by plumbing codes and the training of apprentices. The meeting will be attended by wholesalers and manufactur ers as well as members of the Oregon State Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors. Commission Announces Exams for Positions The U. S. Civil Service com mission has announced examina tions for positions as boiler fire man, operating engineer and electric utility materialman. Salaries are $1.63 to $1.94 an hour for boiler fireman; $1.65 to $2.26 an hour for operating engineer; and $3,670 a year for electric utility materialman. Full information and application forms may be obtained from Chester W. Silliman, U. S. Post office, Medford. Erf Miller and Osgood pro posed that the maturing sub stances of -cells could be many and varied and differ from cell type to cell-type. They proposed that these substances could or iginate inside the cell or could reach the cell from the outside by way of the blood and other body fluids. In either case cancer would represent a disruption in supply and distribution. The causes of disruption could be many. This would explain why cancer has so many forms and appearances. Pointing of the theorizers was toward more research in the sub tle chemistry, of normal cells. This would mean a change of emphasis in cancer research which now accents the study of cancerous and other abnormal cells. I Body Chemistry Stimulated Basically cancer is an uncon trolled multiplication of prim itively immature u?n d i ff erenti ated cells. As Erf and Miller pointed out in stating the theory in the technical journal of the American Academy of General Practice it is only necessary for one cell to become cancerous "to eventually cause the death of the organism." Cellular damage could block the delivery of maturing sub stances to immature cells which can divide and so multiply with out ever maturing. This would explain how certain chemicals and excessive radiation cause cancer. Also it could explain the strange phenomena of cancer, such as the 15 cases of remission of leukemia which Erf and Mil ler have seen personally follow ing broncho-pneumonia. One re mission lasted nine years. Ac cording to the new theory, pne umonia stimulated body chemis try into a greater activity which produced the missing maturing substances for a time. Osgood proposed the theory in the technical journal of the Na tional Cancer Institute. FREE GIFTS! FUN FOR ALL! AJ I I II U- 5 W en TTTit? TOMORROW 01 Johnston & Steward NEW DOT SEW JUKI 0ft 211 East Main Next To Brophy's Jewelers Southern Oregon's Only Exclusive Children's Shoe Store Featuring EDWARDS SHOES For Children! Come In And See " The Clown In Person jljS TOMORROW AFTERNOON! J vslgPk Free Gifts A Note to Parents Edwards shoes ore made by a company devoted exclusively to the production of children's footwear, i It is a quality product where fit and wear are the main considerations. Along with their regular shoe types, Edwards have a complete line of corrective shoes and work right along with your family doctor in th orevention' and correction of foot disorders. You can rest assured that every attention will be given to the proper fit for your children's feet as we absolutely guarantee every fit that goes out of our store. ing. This had the desired effect, officials declare, of stimulating the domestic price as foreign or ders came in, thereby boosting the market price above the gov ernment support price and mak ing it unprofitable for farmers to dump their wheat into gov ernment storage for the support price. Subsequently, USDA permit ted sales of its own wheat at 105 per cent of the support price plus handling charges, which put the price at about $2.56 for hard white wheat. The market price for hard white last week was about S2.61. Last August the market price for hard white was about $2.20 and the support price S2.26. Reimbursed in Two Ways Under public law 480, which officially is called the agricul tural trade development and for eign assistance act of 1954, des ignated foreign countries are al lowed to purchase our agricul tural commodities with their own currency rather than with American dollars, which are hard to come by. The American exporter who handles the deal is reimbursed- in two ways by the government: he is given dol lars for the foreign currency, and he is granted a, quantity of wheat comparable in , value to the difference between the U.S. market price the wheat he sold cost him and the lower world price at which it was sold to the foreign buyer. . World wheat prices run 60 cents to 90 cents below domestic prices. The stimulated domestic price may have future surplus prob lems, however, for Northwest wheat growers seem to be de sirous of cashing in on it while they can. They have not respond ed to the government's soil pro gram of retiring acreage' . from crop production as . much as wheat growers elsewhere, offi cials concede. For the country as a whole, former wheat acreage has been cut about 20 per cent 12 mil lion acres out of 60 million ials Say acres. Pledged io Soil Bank B u t in Washington state, wheat acreage has been reduced only 8 per cent. Of the 2.5 mil lion acres planted in 1956, 221, 617 acres . this year have been pledged to the soil bank. Oregon wheat growers have cut back 12 per cent from the 919,000 acres of wheat for 1956 by putting 110,000 acres in the soil bank this year. Agriculture officials stress that the depletion of surplus wheat is not a permanent cure for the imbalance between pro duction and consumption, but they are enjoying it while it lasts. 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