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."
Patti Page's "Big Record"
show had its option picked
up it'll continue through
June.
FRANK C. ROBERTS
D.M.D.
ANNOUNCES THE REMOVAL OF HIS OFFICES
From
THE MEDICAL CENTER BUILDING
To
PROFESSIONAL CENTER
842 EAST MAIN STREET
SUITE 14 PHONE SPring 2-9905
Entrance and Parking on Myrtl. Street
at
We're Lucky Again! - Another Boatload
"2.
I Bacon Sq
Whole (5)
Crabs (jO)
(Q)
FRESH -Pan Ready
FIVER
ARRET
19
EACH
uare
Sliced
Rasher
S1 19
II
Fresh Oven Ready
ROASTING
HENS
STEAK
USDA
Good
Choice
(Cut any
Thickness)
79
(Lean (Best in the West GROUND. BEEF
FRESH ,
i-Tjack&d
mm
7 X.
Our Specialty
-BEST BUYS THIS WEEK-
lbs.
Fresh Topped:
CARROTS
TURNIPS
RUTABAGAS
Arizona Sweet .
GRAPEFRUIT
10c Size
Dozen
THIN SKIN - Good Size
AVOCADOS
3 for 3
PLENTY GROCERY
BARGAINS LEFT!
In our Pre-lnvcntory Cleanup. Look over and
buy some of these good items from our bar
gain baskets.
Jolly Time 10c Size
POPCORNS
Each package peps a Big Pen Full
29'
ANGEL FOOD MIX
Dromedary Closeout pkg.
29
Published as a public service by the Medford Mail Tribune
APPLES
LBS.
Green Newtown
Excellent for Pies end Sauce
'onions 3) S
Med. Size Yellow CzlD
SPUDS 11) lB, tym
Tote Bag U W C$3
CELERY Tim
Large Fancy Bunches Each LJ zJ
PEAS
In the Shell
Well Filled Pods
3
LBS.
Silver Dollar Stamps
The only stamp you can put in
the Bank!
- NO LIMIT ON SPECIALS -
MARKET
Heme of SILVER DOLLAR STAMPS
OPEN 8:00 A.M. UNTIL
MIDNIGHT
7 DAYS A WEEK
EASY PARKING
EASY SHOPPING
1202 No. Riverside