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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, January 30, 1958 American Industries SHADY cove-trail n Kansas Family Visits In Building Pattern By ELMER C. WALZER Uniid Preii Financial Editor New York W After World War II, Germany"! industry was shot to pieces and what wasn't shot up J A. 1 t"". f waB aesiroyea. 1 So Germany 9 ' t had to rebuild r If ' A ' A lis indu s t r y m. m irom sera ten the result was an up-to-date industry, effi cient to the nth degree and Elmer Hiker and far hpttpr :than anything that existed be fore the war. Much is made of this now that Germany's economy is .making a remarkable come : back. : But little is said about the United States industry which has gone through about the ; same process. The U.S. com- ; panies have rebuilt their . plants, incorporating the lat - est devices known in the iil Fraud Finds Three Jury Guilty - Portland OPI A Federal "Court jury here Wednesday ; returned verdicts of guilty ; against three persons accused rof mail fraud and conspiracy 1 to commit mail fraud in con '. nection with the bankrupt Bailey Lumber Company of Eugene. Richard G. Bailey, former . president of the firm; Mrs : Laurel Macy, a bookkeeper, : and Norman R. Eggiman, an accountant, were judged guilty on the conspiracy count and on 25 fraud counts. Federal District Judge Gus ; J. Solomon set March 4 for : sentencing or hearing motions ' for a new trial. The defendants were ac- eused of bilking three Oregon banks out of some $250,000, ; borrowed on the basis of false : lumber invoices and bills of : lading. . . j Alcoa To Cut Off ! About 100 Workers " Vancouver, Wash. W : About 100 employees will be ' affected when additional pro duction facilities will be shut down at the Aluminum Com pany of America's smelting plant here Feb. 1, Alcoa an nounced today. George R. Stout, smelting works manager, said existing high inventory and reduced demands prompted the cut back. The new cutback will result in two potlines being idle here. Another has been down since Aug. 31 of last year when interruptible power was cut off. ' Facilities can be brought back into production rapidly when business improves, the firm said. world. They have new plants in many instances. In addition to a rise in ca pacity here, there also is a rise in efficiency of operation which outmodes anything tha existed before. Higher Production As a result companies can operate well below full - ca pacity and still turn out fa more than they did a few years ago operating at full steam. Take U.S. Steel, for exam pie. In 1957 it operated at a bit more than 85 per cent of capacity and yet produced more steel than ever before Big Steel, despite a sharp drop in the fourth quarter. had record sales and earn ings for 1957 and it con tinued the usual 75-cent divi dend. The trick in the steel in dustry as in most other indus tries is that when operations are curtailed the most effici ent plants are brought into full play with the result that output is kept high at mini mum effort. Another Lesson And U.S. Steel poses an other lesson for the economy. It alone can produce nearly as much steel as the whole Soviet Union which means that Russia still is far behind the United States in produc tion of this most important product of war and peace steel. Steel companies generally have been trying through in troduction of more efficient production methods to keep pace with the pinch of costs on profits. Steel prices have been raised to the horror of some legislators who have prompt ly investigated the big steel companies. The eniciency oi the plants has helped a lot but it hasn't quite kept up with costs. If it had Big Steel would have made a much bet ter showing in its profit column. There is little doubt tnat steel prices will be hiked in the not distant future, accord ing to the experts. So the steel companies, despite cur tailed operations, are expect ed to make a good showing. Bonneville Plans To Restore Power Portland HP) Bonne ville Power Administration advised 14 electro process and industrial customers Wednes day that full interruptible power loads of some 480,000 kilowatts can be restored at once for the remainder of the present drawdown season. BPA had been serving about half of the interruptible load after partial restoration on Jan. 17. J. Lane Morthland, acting f administrator, said "Power resources are. now in sight to carry all Bonneville firm and interruptible loads through the storage season until, the spring runoff." By EVALYN P. WATSON Shady Cove-Trail Alvin Pfeifer of Hays, Kan., spent several days visiting at the home of his uncle and family, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Pfeifer, en route to southern Cali fornia. The Pfeifers have staying with them 12-year-old Gary Hankins of Klamath Falls who has been confined for the past 214 years at Sacred Heart hospital suffer ing from injuries inflicted in a gunshot .wound. Although Gary is confined as yet to a wheel chair he is convalesc ing well now. Ted Jantzer of the Trail Creek Lumber company went to Seaside over the week end, taking several women who bowl for Trail Creek Lumber to participate in the State Women's Bowling tourna ment. Those going were 'Mrs. Ted Jantzer, Mrs. Ivan Hale. Mrs. Harry Goode, all of Shady Cove, and Mrs. Audrey Mitcheltree and Mrs. Vera Blunt of Medford. Mrs. Paavo Saari of Shady Cove died unexpectedly Mon day morning at Osteopathic hospital in Medford. The Saari's son and daughter-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Saari, of Spokane, Wash., are here for private funeral serv ices, which will be held on Thursday. Cross, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hous ton, and Mrs. Carroll . Wat son and children, Sheri and Lane, all of Shady Cove; and Mr. and Mrs. Reed McKay and Mrs. Agnes Hubbell of Trail.. Also present were Clark's cousin and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Van Hise, and friends, Mr. and Mrs. Len Crum, both of Medford. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Young of Trail are parents of a 9V4 pound boy. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Young of Trail and maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Troy Poitevint of Trail. At a recent meeting of the Young People's Group of the Trail Community church of ficers were elected. They are president, Elvin Hawkins; vice president, Neil Cooper; secretary, D.e e Tompkins; treasurer, Toni Miller; serg eant of arms, Eldon Elder. Grazing Fee To Be Increased 4 Cents Portland KB The new grazing fee to be charged for the use of the federal range during 1958 will be 19 cents per animal-unit-month, a four cent increase, the Department of the . Interior announced here today. The new fee is based on average livestock prices at markets in the 11 western states during Calendar 1957, as computed from data sup plied by the Agricultural Marketing Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Grazing changes are based on the number of livestock permitted to use the federal range and the length of time for which they use it J The new fees charged for each month's use will be 19 cents per head of cattle, 38 cents per horse, and 19 cents for each 5 sheep or goats. No fees will be charged for live stock under six months of age. The 1958 fee is based on a new grazing fee formula or dered by Interior Secretary Fred A. Seaton and endorsed by the National Advisory Board Council for Grazing. The new fees are effective as of Jan. 1, 1958. A group of friends, mem bers of the Shady Cove Grange visited Mr. and Mrs. Bert Clark of Big Butte Creek, Trail, and helped them celebrate their 43rd wedding anniversary. A potluck din ner was served. Grangers at tending were Mrs. Thelma Reinning, Mr. and Mrs. Tra vis Littlefield, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Vanderlip, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Kee and daughter, Cecelia, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Interest on GI Life Insurance Not Tax-Free Although payments for Vet erans administration benefits are tax free and need not be reported on 1957 Federal In come tax returns, interest earned on GI life insurance dividends left on deposit with VA is not a "benefit" and is taxable. S. T. Brannock, officer in charge of the Medford VA office, said the ruling on divi dend interest was made last year by the Internal Revenue service. Still tax-free are the proceeds of a GI life insur ance policy, including the div idends themselves, he said. 3 SAVE-SAVE-SAVE When You Park at the RIVERSID ran lot 6th & Riverside 1 in-3 -FLY' (or FREE ...mi Mm .THAT'S RIGHT. Only 1 patient out of 3 is a subscriber. The other two must pay. Any resident living within 150 miles of Medford, Ore gon, can and should be a subscriber to Mercy Flights. At $4 a year per family, it is the only way that a wage earner can afford air ambulance service for his family. Accidenti don't just happen to "someone else." The most common comment by Mercy Flights patients is: "I never thought that WE would need Mercy Flights." If the time ever arises when your family is saying this, wouldn't it be better to be a subscriber? For a non-subscriber, the fee is $70 for every 100 miles the patient is flown. NO OTHER AREA . . . in the United States has a service like Mercy Flights. The three twin-engine planes are operated for only one rea son, and that is to save your life. Don't wait until it's too late! If you are not a subscriber, send your $4 today to: MERCY FLIGHTS, INC. Box 522 : Medford, Oregon Fine Performances Noted in U.S. Steel Hour Show By WILLIAM EWALD United Press Correspondent New" York OPI Andy Griffith, a pretty interesting personality, and Nehemiah Persoff, a pretty interesting actor, got enmeshed in a duel of wits on a CBS-TV "U. S. Steel" number Wednesday night," "Never Know the End." Persoff played the town meanie and Griffith the town loafer who sets out to destroy Persoff by worrying him to death. He did. It was a drama of above average interest with fine per formances by ' Griffith and Persoff. Pat Benoit (Mr. Peepers old girl-friend) pro- l-vided the decoration. I caught a few moments of NBC-TV's "This Is Your Life" Wednesday night and I must say it struck me as jin almost exquisite ' example ' of bad taste. The subject was Frances Farmer who spent some time in a mental hospital after cracking up her career as a movie actress. Miss Farmer conducted herself with dig nity throughout the proceed ings (she okayed the show in advance) though why she sub jected herself to the maudlin twitchings of the Edwards' ROYALTY AT CENTENNIAL Oslo, Norway (IP) Prin cess Astrid will attend the celebration of Minnesota's centennial this summer, it was announced today. The foreign ministry said the 26-year-old princess will be ac companied by Premier Einar Gerhardsen and several other officials. show, is beyond my ken. The channel swim: CBS-TV is retrenching in its news and public affairs department. Among the 30-minute Sunday shows that'll be dumped: are Eric Sevareid's "World News Roundup." 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