Cost of Living
InS.F;, L A. Sei
All-Time Record
Sm Francisco U.R) The
cott of living reached an all
tirrSte high in San Francisco and
.rffc Angeles during March, de
8ptf a slight decrease in the
cost ef food in major Pacific
coast cities.
Che U.S. Department of La
bor's Bureau of Labor Statistics
reported today that the all-items
index in San Francisco was
122.3 (average 1947-49 100) an
increase of 0.6 per cent over
December and 4.7 per cent
above the index of March of last
year.
The December-March quarter
rise was the seventh consecutive
quarterly increase, starting with
June, 1955. Since then prices
have climbed about 6 per cent.
The only major category not
to increase was food, which ac
tually averaged 0.1 per cent
lower.
In Los Angeles, food prices
were down 0.2 per cent, but the
index reached an all-time high
of 120.4 an increase of only
0.1 per cent.
Food prices dropped 0.3 per
cent in Seattle, cancelling out an
increase of about the same
amount in February. Even so,
prices in mid-March were more
'than 4 per cent higher than at
the same time a year ago and
only about 1 per cent below the
all-time high of January, 1952.
In Portland, food prices
dropped about 0.2 per cent, wip
ing out small increases in Janu
ary and February and bringing
prices back to about the same
level as last August.
But food prices were still
more than 4 per cent higher
than they were in March of last
year.
Goo Said To Induce
Pigeons To Fly South
Pittsburgh (U.R) Michael
Tucci, a construction foreman,
has developed a goo that he
guarantees will induce pigeons
to fly south.
The preparation comes in six
different colors with three odors
designed to discourage the birds.
Somebody asked Tucci where the
pigeons would go.
"That's the other guy's prob
lem," replied Tucci.
Ship Laying Cable
Off California Coast
Point Arena, Calif. (U.R)
The cable ship Basil O. Lenoir
began laying cable off the coast
here today for the new 2400-
mile undersea telephone system
'which will link Hawaii with
the mainland.
The American Telephone and
Telegraph company said the Le
noir will place two shore ends
for the cables some 3I2 miles
apart and extending 10 miles
seaward from the proposed side
of the mainland terminal.
Shore ends in the islands were
placed last October in Hanama
Bay or the island of Oahu.
The twin cable system, which
is scheduled for service late this
year, will provide 36 telephone
circuits to supplement 14 radio
circuits now used for telephone
communications with Hawaii.
Portland Air Traffic
Change Is Advised
Portland 'U.R) Separation
of military air activity from
commercial traffic at the Port
land International Airport was
formally recommended Monday
by W. P. Plett, regional admin
istrator for the Civil Aeronautics
Plett said his survey indicated
that continued use of the field
by jet interrceptors would not
be conducive to normal growth
of commercial and civil opera
tions at the port.
Since abandonment of Air
Force plans to build a new base
at Woodburn, the military has
announced plans for continued
and expanded use of the inter
national port as a jet interceptor
base.
Plett reported that mixture of
commercial traffic with military,
particularly air defense com
mand interceptors, was not desirable.
Railway Express
Strike Continues
Chicago (U.R) Freight and
parcels piled up in seven major
cities across the nation today as
a strike of some 4,000 drivers
against the Railway Express
Agency entered its second day.
The company placed an em
bargo on rail and air express de
liveries in Newark, Philadelphia,
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago,
St. Louis and San Francisco.
Blood plasma, serums, medi
cine, and perishable goods are
being moved, according to
James E. O'Hara, secretary
treasurer of the Internatitonal
Brotherhood of Teamsters, Lo
cal 702.
. O'Hara said the Teamsters are
striking for higher wages. The
drivers refused to accept a three
year contract with a package
raise of 26J4 cents an hour of
fered by the agency. A presi
dential fact-finding board had
recommended acceptance of the
contract.
Agency drivers presently av
erage $2.11 per hour, according
to O'Hara.
Herman P. Dunlap, vice-president
of Railway Express said
that the agency will stick by
the recommendation of the
board.
Webster and Clay
Picked Among Five
'Greatest Senators'
By RAYMOND LAHR
United Press Correspondent
Washington U.R) Daniel
Webster and Henry Clay have
been picked as two of the five
Senate "giants" of the past to
adorn the Senate's own hall of
fame, it was learned today.
The other three choices will
depend largely on whether a
five-man Senate committee
wants to risk a row by designat
ing 20th century senators, or
takes the safer course of picking
men of long ago whose names
are no longer embroiled in con
troversy. This committee, headed by
Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.)
is scheduled to report its selec
tion of the five "greatest" sen
ators by May 1. Portraits of the
five will go on the walls of the
reception room adjoining the
Senate chamber.
Webster and Clay, both giants
in the era of compromise before
the Civil War, were reported by
a reliable informant to be sure
bets for inclusion.
John C. Calhoun, the intel
lectual voice of the South in the
pre-Civil War period, was de
scribed as a probable choice if
the committee decides to exclude
20th Century senators.
Thomas Hart Benton of Mis
souri, the voice of the West
during the same period, is an
other candidate.
The committee became entan
gled in modern political contro
versy when it began taking a
look at possible candidates who
served in this century.
These include the late George
W. Norris, Nebraska independent
and hero of the liberals; Robert
A. Taft of Ohio, hero of the con
servatives; Arthur H. Vanden
berg of Michigan; Robert M.
LaFollette Sr. of Wisconsin;
Robert F. Wagner of New York;
William E. Borah of Idaho, and
Hiram Johnson of California.
Weyerhaeuser Men
Return at Coos Bay
Coos Bay U.R) Some 370
men were to return to work
today at the big Weyerhaeuser
mill after an agreement was
reached to end a work stoppage.
The Federal Mediation Serv
ice said 330 members of a wood
worker's local were to vote to
night on whether to accept an
agreement setting work hours
of the company's boom crew.
The walkout started April 11
when woodworkers protested re
scheduling of the boom crew's
hours. Mill workers went out
later after refusing to cross
picket lines.
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Grange Notes
Pomona Grange ' t
The next meeting of Jackson
County Pomona Grange will be
held at 10 a.m. April 27 at Bell
view Grange. The meat dish
will be furnished by Bellview,
and all ladies attending are requested-
to bring either a salad
or dessert.
Memorial service will be held
during lecture hour. All chap
lains of subordinate Granges
members to be honored are urg
ed to attend, and take part in
the ceremonies.
Upper Rogue Grange
Upper Rogue met Thursday
evening April 18 with Master
Caroline Harding presiding.
Since it was the regular social
night games were played after
a short business meeting. Bro
ther Barber read a letter he re
ceived from Senator Phil Lowry
in regards to bill no. 65.
Upper Rogue Grange went on
record opposing any action to
be taken at the present time on
Rogue Valley Flood Control
pending a report of Army en
gineers. Legislative chairman
Harold Barber was authorized to
write State Congressman regard
ing Labor Union Bill 68. Grange
donated $25 for a 4-H scholar
ship at Corvallis.
Refreshments were served by
Brother and Sister Barber and
Sister Eileen Eastin.
MONTGOMERY IN HOSPITAL
London (U.R) Field Marshal
Viscount Montgomery, 69, en
tered the King Edward VII hos
pital here Monday for a minor
operation and a general check
up , hospital authorities an
nounced. . -
Henry Hudson discovered the
island of Manhattan in 1609.
Knowland Warns
On High Tax Rate
Hollywood -4U.R) Sen. Wil
liam F. Knowland (R-Calif.), has
warned that this nation's free
enterprise system "will ulti
mately be 'destroyed" unless the
current high rate of federal tax
ation is curtailed. , .'.
Knowland told some 2,400
persons at a S100-a-plate Repub
lican campaign fund-raising din
ner Monday night the solution
to the tax problem could only
be found in the halting of in
creased federal expenditures.
"A system under which the
federal government taxes per
sonal income at rates varying
from 20 to 91 per cent and cor
porate income at a 52 per cent
rate is simply too burdensome,"
the Senate minority leader said.
"It will ultimately destroy
our free enterprise system,"
Knowland declared, adding that
if federal expenditures had been
held to the 1955 level "we would
now face the pleasant prospect
of a budget surplus of almost
$9 billion in the coming fiscal
year."
Woman to Graduate
At 67 Years of Age
Lincoln, Neb. (U.R) College
life began past 60 for Mrs. Fern
Beardsley, former Clarks, Neb.,
newspaperwoman.
Mrs. Beardsley, 67, entered
the University of Nebraska as a
freshman four years ago, and
now is preparing for graduation
vith a better-than-average schol
astic record.
Mrs. Beardsley, enrolled at
the university after the death
of her husband in 1953. She said
she had intended to take only', a
few courses, but a faculty advis-
Tuesday, April 23. 19S7
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
Senate Group May
Recall Schrunk
Portland (U.R) Mayor Terry
Schrunk, served Monday with
another indictment brought by
the Multnomah county grand
jury,' may be called again before
the Senate Rackets Committee.
- Schrunk received word that
he might possibly be called be
fore the committee at the same
time that Deputy Sheriff George
Minelly received a subpoena to
appear in Washington, D. C.
Robert F. Kennedy, chief
counsel for the special commit
tee, did not indicate immediate
ly why the Portland situation
might be taken up again.
The new indictment against
Schrunk accused him of conspir
ing to commit a felony of ob
taining by means of a device tel
ecommunications to which he
was not a participant. A similar
indictment was served Monday
on Oregon Teamster leader
Clyde Crosby.
In addition several more in
dictments returned last Friday
were served but they were re
submissions of previous charges.
The Multnomah county grand
jury took the day off Monday
but was to resume its work to
day. Attorneys for District Attor
ney William Langley filed in
Circuit Court late Monday a
supplemental motion to an al
ternative motion made a week
ago to set aside a neglect of duty
verdict returned against the dis
trict attorney April 13. A hear
ing on a request for a new trial
is scheduled Wednesday.
or persuaded her to become a
full-time student.
Cemetery Group
Forms in Jacksonville
Jacksonville An organiza
tion known as the Jacksonville
Cemetery commission was set up
recently, according to commis
sion chairman Albert Hackert.
The commission is made up
of two members each from the
Odd Fellows, Mason and Red
men organizations, the Catholic
church and the city.
Groups from the organizations
have been cleaning out brush
and picking up all cans and bot
tles used for flower containers.
The commission has urged that
only metal containers be used in
the future, to eliminate the haz
ard of broken glass. Plans have
been made to spray poison oak
later in the' season and there
will be a general clean-up day
before Decoration day, officials
announced.
Owners of lots in the cemetery
have been asked to clean up
their own lots or make arrange
ments to have them cleaned. An
estimate of the cost of cleaning
a lot can be obtained from Carl
Hoskins by telephoning 9-8029
or Albert Hackert at 9-8026,
Jacksonville. '
Signs, designating the differ
ent sections of the cemetery are
now being put up, according to
Hackert.
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