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Wednesday, May I, 1957
41 Companies Finish 1956 With
Business at $1 Billion or More
New York ,'U.Ri American
big business, riding the crest of
the biggest consumer spending
spree in history, finished 1956
with a record of 41 companies
doing an annual business of SI
billion or more, a United Press
survey showed today.
A total of eight firms joined
the billionaire sales ranks in
1956, a year that saw the econ
omy reach to unprecedented
heights.
The 41 companies rang up ag
gregate revenues and sales of
396.076,737.103 in 1956, which
was equal to more than S560 for
each man, woman and child liv
ing in the United States.
The previous year these same
firms took in S92. 708,236, 866
while selling everything from
pizza pies to atomic reactors.
Record . Set
The key factor behind the
growth of the billionaire sales
giants last year was the record
S266 billion that consumers shel
led out for goods and sevices of
al!f kinds.
The new companies joining
the billionaire sales club last
year were Douglas Aircraft Co.,
Montgomery Ward & Co., Phil
lips Petroleum, P e n n sylvania
Railroad Co., Procter & Gamble
Co., Continental Can Co. and
Boeing Airplane Co.
The list of sales giants mir
rored the changes that are tak
ing place in our economy and
also the rolling adjustment that
marked 1956.
The big three auto manufact
urers General Motors, Ford
and Chrysler all suffered sales
declines in 1956 as new car vol
ume slipped below the record
high established in 1955.
The growing emphasis on de
fense, particularly air power,
was reflected in the fact that
1956 was the first year in the
nation's history that three air
craft companies boasted mem
bership in the club.
Boeing and Douglas both re
joined the list last year. General
Dynamics, a diver sified firm
making airplanes, atomic sub
marines and many other pro
ducts, joined for the first time.
Six Companiei Declined
Of the 41 companies, the sur
vey showed that six suffered a
decline in sales from 1955. A
number also reported declines in
earnings as a result of the profit
squeeze that developed last year.
General Motors again headed
the list, despite the fact its sales
slumped from $12,443,277,420 in
1955 to $10,796,422,575 in 1956.
It was followed in order by
Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey),
American Telephone & Tele-
earnings parade, reaping a total
of $847 million after taxes. In
1955 it became the first com
pany ever to earn more than
SI billion after t a x es. Jersey
Standard was second in the earn
ings parade with net income
after taxes of S808 million.
The list of billionaire sales
firms has grown spectacularly
since the start of World War
and a fantastic consumer spend
ing spree. There were only two
billionaire firms in 1939 Gen
eral Motors and American Telephone.
The Medical Roundup
Emeritus Consultant in Medicine,
Mayo Clinic
Emeritui Professor of Medicine,
Mayo Foundation
7? I
Problems of Sex
Of late I have received many
unhappy letters from women
nd men who tell me of the
sorrows that
have come to
them because,
in their child
hood, their
sex - hating or
sex-f earing
mother gave
them the idea
that sex is
dirty and dis-
Dr Alvarez gusting. Many
a woman writes of her having
lost a good husband because she
could not bring herself to show
him any real affection. Many
a woman says she can hardly
stand her husband's hand on her
arm. Unfortunately, when before
her marriage she confessed to
her mother and older sisters that
she did not love the man, they
said what is usually so foolish,
"Oh, you'll learn to love him."
Many a man writes to say that
his life has been ruined because
no one ever told him not to
marry a woman whose love he
had not won.. Every so often I
see a very unhappy woman who,
because of , her lack of any
knowledge of sex, married a
man who was obviously homo
sexual. He victimized her cruel
ly,' just so that he could get
a home. Now he shows her no
affection, and spends his eve-'
nings with male friends.
I get many letters from young
men who say that they are al
most suicidal because their moth
er or a preacher has tried to
scare the life out of them be
cause, for some years, they mas
turbated. Young women, also,
write asking whether their hav
yielded for a time to the habit
of masturbation has put them
beyond the pale. They want to
know if thev are still decent
graph Co., Ford Motor Co., Great enoush to marrv a man and to
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., U.S. have children by him. As I say
Steel Corp. and General Electric. to all these young people; stop
General Motors also led the worrying and feeling guilty. No
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physician today believes that
masturbation does any harm to
the body or the mind. The prac
tice is ' very common among
healthy boys - and girls. It re
lieves terrible tensions. As Kin
sey found, almost every man
and woman will confess to hav
ing masturbated at some time.
Many people think that it is con
demned in the Bible, but it is
not. It is not even mentioned
in the Bible. Onanism is a form
of contraception.
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Many women ask me if some
thing can't be done to give them
and their husband a normal and
happy sex life. They cannot un
derstand why the husband will
not be affectionate with them.
As one woman writes: Years ago,
not knowing anything about sex,
she was pleased when an austere
silent sort of a ' man told her
that she was the first woman
that he had ever been interestea
in. He said that he had never
kissed a woman, not even his
mother. '
As she says: "I was flattered,
poor fool. -Little did I realize
when I married the man that
for the rest of my life I was
to live with a person who just
could never love or perhaps
show' love for anyone. We have
children, but never have I seen
my husband touch one of them,
or show him the slightest sign
of affection. As you have said
so truly, before he was 40, what
little sexual interest my hus
band had, had diminished and
now he is impotent. I greatly
miss a sexual life; at times my
body and my nervous system
cry out for relief of my tensions,
such as a caress would bring
me. I have tried to talk to him
about this and I have begged
him to go to a physician to see
if anything can be done, but he
will not discuss it for a minute.
For years I blamed myself ter
ribly, thinking that perhaps the
fault in some way was mine, but
since I've read your article, I
know that I was not to blame;
I know that he . was born to be
what you call schizoid, "touch-me-not,"
and without the power
to reach out and love anyone;
and now I am comforted."
What Can She Do?
This woman asks if I think her
husband's mother could have
done anything to give him some
warmth of personality. As she
says, "Apparently she was just
as unloving as he is. At his birth
she handed him to a nursemaid,
who brought him up. He says
she never cuddled him or kissed
him or run her hand through
his hair. Now I want to know
what I can do to bring up my
children &o that they will be
warm-hearted and loving and af
fectionate. I don't want them
some day to make a mess of their
marriage as my husband has
made a mess of mine."
Another woman, a lovely ex
quisite person, comes in com
plaining of a lot of nervous
symptoms. Finally, she breaks
down and cries for a while, and
then tells me that her married
life has been so unhappy. Her
husband is a shy, reserved, quiet
man whose mother is a big sex
hating mannish woman. He says
she brought him up to believe
that any . manifestation of sex
is dirty and ugly and nasty. And
so he lives in his room and she
lives in hers. She suffers greatly
because she is a person who
craves affection.
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EAGLE POINT
Bluebirds Sing at Meeting
By MRS. THOMASINE SMITH
Eagle Point The Eagle Point
Elementary PTA met Tuesday,
April 23. Mrs. Elbert Hefley's
Singin Bluebird group present
ed the flag salute, and Mrs. Stan
Smith, president, introduced
Tom Perdue, student body pres
ident, who acknowledged receipt
of the new flag presented to
the school by VFW'post of Camp
White.
About 120 boys and girls from
the third through the eighth
grades, under the direction of
Mrs. Don McGovern and Vern
Bonebrake, physical education
instructors, demonstrated phases
of the physical education pro
gram used this year.
The third grade rhythms were
in arts of rope skipping, fourth
grades played "Snatch club", a
game of speed and agility, fifth
grade boys combatives, 2nd fifth
grade girls did self-testing skills.
Gary Ayres and Ron Weidman
led fifth, sixth, seventh and
eighth grade boys in calisthen-
tics and two groups from the
seventh grade did "Pop goes the
Weasel,"' a square dance and
the Bunny Hop. Eighth grade
boys did basketball skills while
eighth grade girls tumbled.
Charles Martin directed the
grade school band. Mrs. Elsie
Turners' sceond grade room re
ceived the penny drill for hav
ing the most parents present.
Following the business meeting
mothers of first grade pupils
served refreshments.
ger, manager. The girls, Patty
Bonebrake, Linda Stinger, San
dra Terrell, Laqueta Stephenson,
Rhnoda Kelley, Donna Young,
Gwen Stockton and Chereyl Hef-
ley were accompanied by their
Fir Region Shows Population Gain
Western Oregon and Washing-'
ton's Douglas fir region will
gain millions in "population"
this year. . .
This was the statement of W.
D. Hagenstein, executive vice
president of the Industrial For
estry association, in announcing
that millions of small seedlings
of Douglas fir, hemlock, cedar
and spruce are now starting to
grow on harvested forest land
everywhere west of the Cas
cades from Medford to Belling
ham. Last year's bumper tree
seed crop, best since 1949,. is re
sponsible, he said.,
Supplementing this natural
baby tree crop were the 4.2 mil
lion seedlings shipped this win
ter from IFA's Col. W. B. Gree
ley Forest Nursey, Nisqually,
Wash., to tree farmers in both
states.
This was the Nursery's small
est crop since 1945 because of
the loss of 7.5 million trees in
the 1955 freeze. This year's ship
ments brought the Nursery's to
tal to 80 million seedlings.
"With a crop to be sown this
spring of 9.5 million trees and
15.5 million being carried for
their second year," Hagenstein
said, "the nursery will have 25
million trees by October." This
will be an all time high since
the association started the nur-
! sery in 1941.
With continually improved re
forestation, protection against
fire and insects, fuller wood use
and superior trees from genet
ics, the forester predicted a
bright future for the region's
timber economy with its more
than $700 million annual payroll.
Stephenson. The group will ap
pear on the Uncle Bill show,
Tuesday April 30.
Mr. imd Mrs. Fred Bruegger
attended funeral services Satur
day, April 27, of Bruegger's
sister, Mrs. Warren Coleman, of
leader, Mrs. Elbert Hefley and Merlin. Services were held at
assistant leader, Mrs. Delton Oakland, Ore.
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Mrs. Eldon (Ma) Jackson re
ports the birth of a new grand
daughter, Debbie Lynn, born
April 24 to her son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Neil
Jackson. This makes the 18th
grandchild for the elder Jack;
sons.
Guests at the. home of the
Scott Boyers last week were
Mrs. Carberry and Mrs. McClel
land of Eureka, Calif.
Mrs. Harry Wimer will leave
Saturday for her home in Sheri
dan, Wyo. Mrs. Wimer has been
with her sister, Mrs. Jean Tres
ham, for the past month while
Tresham has been confined in
the hospital.
Dr. Alvarez hopes his readers
will understand that it would be
impossible for him to answer
requests for information or to
attempt to diagnose by mail.
(Released by the Register and
Tribune Syndicate, 1957)
GETAWAY BOAT '
Dallas (U.R) Recent floods
have made it necessary for most
Texans to adapt themselves to
changed conditions. This in
cludes thieves. Tuesday, a gun
man escaped from a Dallas su-
JoAnna Malloroy and Judy
Bradshaw returned home Thurs
day after attending the Junior
Cow Palace exposition in San
Francisco, Judy's steer was grad
ed prime choice and Judy was
judged a qualified showman in
showmhanship. JoAnna's steer
was grade choice and both steers
sold for 24 Vi cents per pound.
The Eagle Point Grade school
baseball team defeated Butte
Falls grade school in a five
inning game Wednesday. Ronny
Weidman, Mike Palm, Richard
Hertager and Gary Ayres singl
ed. The game was highlighted
by Tommy Perdue's no-hit no
run pitching. Perdue pitched to
Weidman.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Chart
ers and family arrived home
Wednesday after a trip to Rich
land, Wash., where they were
called by the death of Mrs.
Charters young niece, Sally
Nugent.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Olsen, Mr.
and Mrs. Shy Callaghan and Mr.
and Mrs. Stewart Hopper gave
a surprise bridge party at the
nome of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hale
Saturday evening. The three
couples honored the guests in
their home with a fireplace gift
3nd refreshments.
The Singing Bluebird group
visited thp Colnmhia TTtilitips
permarket with S1.300 in cash, j company last week and were
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