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Calls 'Wagon Train' Play Silly Taffypull
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medforrf, OregonThursday, May 22, 1938
Council Organized
To Fight Head Lice
Portland (IP) A group of
mothers has formed a council
to battle Portland's growing
head lice infestation.
Mrs. Betty Ream, a spokes
man, said the group seeks
about 200 members. They
were to attend the city coun
cil meeting today and urge
that the U. S. Department of
Health be called into the lice
battle and that the University
of Oregon medical school be
asked to provide teams of
three or four persons to help
check lice.
About two-thirds of all fam
ilies in the United States hvt
at least one automobile, and
about one in 12 has two or
more.
By WILLIAM EWALD
past, but his "Hour of the Rat"
"Dick and the Duchess" will
scripts for NBC-TV's "Wells
Fargo."
To those fans of NBC-TV's
daytime "Tic Tac Doughs who
have been writing in to emcee
Jack Barry to complain about
his habit of continually
scratching his left leg, Barry
would like to point out: he
isn't itchy, it's just that his
mike extension cord runs in
side his pants leg and he has
to keep xyanking it to keep
from tripping.
United Press Correspondent
New York HP) John Drew
Barrymore turned; in a com
petent performance as a nutty
killer on Wednesday night's
NBC-TV "Wagon Train," but
the play itself was a prepos
terous taffypull. It strikes me
over the months that I've been
watching "Wagon Train" that
the people on board have more
emotional problems than the
entire population of Green
wich Village.
on CBS-TVs "U.S. Steel
Hour" Wednesday was absurd.
To compound the foolish
ness, Dan Duryea was cast in
the role of an English diplo
mat and he turned in a ter
ribly awkward portrait. I
won't burden you with the de
tails. The Channel Swim: Talks
are being held in the CBS-TV
upper regions about shifting
Arthur Godfrey's Monday
night "Talent Scouts" to a
Wednesday slot. Patricia Be
noit of the old "Mr. Peepers"
show and Patrick O'Neal of
co-star in the new NBC-TV
afternoon show, "Today Is
Ours," which uncorks on June
30.
There's a good chance the
NBC-TV's "Omnibu s" may
wind up as a weekly offering
if it shifts to CBS-TV next sea
son. Betsy Palmer of CBS-TV's
"I've Got a Secret," signed on
for the movie, "The Last
Angry Man." William Leices
ter, who'll act in next 'Mon
day's "Alcoa Theatre" episode
on NBC-TV, is also a writer
he's turned out 20 of the
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London (IP) Horse trainer
Keith Grange, 45, was fined
10 shillings ($1.40) Wednesday
for drunken riding.
. Writer Arthur Hailey has
proved himself a pretty de
pendable craftsman in the
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BREAKING THROUGH CORDON of paratroopers, Algiers mob of teen-agers riot at
residence of outgoing minister, Robert Lacoste. Demonstrators are supporting "Com
mittee of Public Safety." set up after army took control of country. (International)
Living Costs Pushed To
All Time Peak In April
Washington 0?) The La
fcor Department reported to
Gay that record-high food
prices pushed living costs to
new all-time peak in April.
The department said sub
stantial price increases for
fruits, vegetables, meats, poul
try and fish sent the index up
iwo-tenths of 1 per cent last
month.
The April index rose to
123.5 of average 1947-49
prices. This was 3.5 per cent
higher than a year ago.
There was some good news
for housewives, however.
Ewan Clague, commissioner
of labor statistics, said the big
increases are over and overall
living costs were "peaking
out."
The department said some
foods bananas, green beans,
tomatoes and onions de
clined sharply in May.
Steady Increases
Clague said prices may
creep up further during the
summer but that August is the
most logical month for a drop.
The government's cost of
living index has gone up in
18 of the past 20 months. It
was unchanged in the other
two months. It last showed a
decline in August, 1956.
About 500,000 workers will
get wage increases as a result
of pay-escalation clauses in
labor contracts. About 250,
000 workers in farm imple
ments, auto and auto parts
firms will receive two cents
an hour. Another 180,000 will
get boosts of three cents an
hour.
Clague said he was not in
cluding the auto workers at
the "big three" firms in the
calculations, even though they
have cost of living clauses in
the contracts, since their con
tracts expire and it is doubt
ful if they will receive the
June increases.
Clague said some prices de
clined in April. New car
prices fell seven-tenths of 1
per cent. Gasoline prices drop
ped more than 1 per cent to
the lowest level in 16 months.
Post-Easter clearance sales
reduced prices of women's
coats, suits and rayon dresses.
But men's slacks, suits and
shoes went up.
Food Prices Higher '
Chicken was cheaper but
bacon, hamburger, chuck
roast, round steak, frankfur
ters, rib roast and pork chops
all went up.
Egg prices and dairy prod
ucts declined seasonally.
Food prices were 6.9 per
cent above the level a year
ago.
Rents, gas and electricity
and house furnishings pushed
up housing costs. Higher in-
Weyerhaeuser
Voles I. W. A.
North Bend (IP) Work
ers at the Weyerhaeuser Tim
ber plant here voted 442 to
224 in favor of the Interna
tional Woodworkers of Am
erica over the Lumber and
Sawmill Workers union as
their bargaining agent.
Balloting in the two-day
National Labor Relations
board election ended Wednes
day evening.
The vote means the IWA
will negotiate a new contract
covering 825 hourly wage
workers at the plant. The
workers recently struck over
moving of a truck driver
from his truck to another job
and returned to work Monday.
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IKE ANGRY President
Eisenhower was reported to
be as angry over Vice Presi
dent Nixon's ordeal in Vene
zuela as he has been at any
thing in recent years. Ike
looks grim here as he walks
from White House for press
conference.
terest rates on GI mortgages
made home ownership more
expensive despite a decline in
fuel prices.
The average take-home pay
earnings after federal taxes
for a factory worker with
three dependents was $73.67
in March. This was about 50
cents lower than the preced
ing month. Some reduction is
usual at this time of year.
In other economic develop
ments: .
A tug-of-war was report
ed going on within the admin
istration over whether Presi
dent Eisenhower should rec
ommend or oppose some im
mediate reductions in excise
taxes. Informed sources said
the President, faced with con
flicting advice from top aides,
hasn't decided what to do.
Approval Seen
The Senate Finance Com
mittee today was expected to
approve the administration's
House - passed unemployment
compensation bill and reject a
bid to liberalize it. The bill
would lend states money to ex
tend unemployment compen
sation payments by 50 per
cent. It falls short of Demo
cratic proposals to make the
extension a flat 16 weeks.
The cost of living index has
gone up every month since De
cember even though unem
ployment has risen to above 5
million in the same period.
Government economists said
this was not unusual because
most of the increase in prices
has been due to record-high
cost of foods.
Farming is not related to
the general economy, they
maintain.
Consumer prices, dropped
only once in a steady upward
spiral which began two years
ago. The index hit new rec
ords in 17 out of the past 19
months. In the other two
months it was unchanged.
The index measures the
change in price of 300 goods
and services bought by the
average city wage - earner.
Prices in 46 cities are gath
ered to arrive at the monthly
figure.
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