March 81, 1043
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
PAGE SEVEN
STOCK MAHKET
SLIDES
PEAK LEVELS
By VICTOR EUBANK
NEW YOKK, March 31 (At
Tho slock market retreated toduy
from tho peak levels reached In
a climb unbroken throuifli tho
ol(ht preceding sessions but
muny loading hIhiicb recovered
tholr equilibrium In u Into como-
-imck, rulls pacing tho rally.
tj Loxsi-s tlint hud ranged to well
ovor a point wero trlinnitid In tho
final hour mid seiiltnred new
highs for tho your wore posted.
Voluino wim, iibout 1,000,000
shares.
Contlnuod favorable buttlo-
front news was bolstering In
fluence. Stalemated or bugged down
most of the tiny were, among oth
ers, U. S. Steel, Bethlehem, Gen
eral Motors, Clirynler, .1. I. Case,
Boeing, Dougliis, American Tele-
phono, Kennecoll, Anaconda,
Wosllnghouse. Allied Chemical,
DuPont, mill Kii.itmun Kodak.
Shares touching new tops for
tho year Included Distiller
Corp.-acugrams, American Loco
matlvc, Pressed Steel Car, Inter
national Mercantile Marino,
Commercial Solvent, Southern
Hallway, Southern Pacific and
New York Central.
Bond were mixed, tome for-
llin Issues rising.
Cloilng quotations:
Qmcrlciin Can 82
m Cur & Fdy 34 J
Am Tel c Tel Hlii
Anncondn 201
Calif Pocking ... 281
Cut Tractor 401
Comm'nw'lth Sc Sou I
General Elcctrlo 374
General Motors '. SOt
Gt Nor Ry pfd 30 1
Illinois Central 13
Int Harvester OBJ
Kennecolt 341
Lockheed 231
Long-Bell "A" 81
Nnsh-Kclv 10
N Y Central 17!
Northern Pacific 131
Packard Motor .'. 41
Penna R n 301
Republic Steel 171
Richfield Oil 10
Safeway Stores . 30
Sean Roobuck on I
Southern Pacific 231
Standard Brands fii
Qiinshlne Mining 7
rans-Amorlca 711
Union Oil Calif ... 101
Union Pacific 02J
U S Steel 67
Warner Pictures 121
LIVESTOCK
PORTLAND, Ore., Morch 31
(AP-USDA) CATTLE: Siiluble
and total B0, calves 10; market
active on cows and bulls, fully
steady; practically no steers or
heifers offered, quotable steady;
medium good fed steers quotable
$ 14.80-18.40; fed heifers salnble
at 910.00; cuttcr-canncr cows
largely $7.25-0,25; fut dnlry type
cows $0.80-10.50; good young
beef cows $13.00; medium-good
bulls $12.80-14.00; cutters down
to $0.80; good-choice vcalcri
Ql 3.50-1 6.50; common down to
12.00.
HOGS: Salable 250; total 400;
market active, strong to 10 cents
higher; good-choice 180-230 lbs.,
$18.28-35; 230-300 lbs. $18.60-73
light lights $13.28-60; good sows
$14.50-78; good-choice feeder
pigs $18.5017.60.
SHEEP: Salable and total 80;
medium-good lambs fully stoady
at $14.00-18.00; good -choice
grades lacking; quotable $18.75
.tnd above; cull lambs down to
$10.00; Unlit cull spring lambs
, $0.00; cull-mcdium ewes $3.00-
8.00; good-choice ewes $0.23.
CHICAGO, March 31 (AP
USDA) Suloblo hogs 10,000; to
tal 10,500; opened slow; closed
active; fully steady with Tues
day's averages; some medium
weight and heavy hogs showing
Mllght advance; top $15.80; bulk
Vrund and choice 180-330 lbs.
$15.65-80; few good and choico
150-180 lbs., $14.75-13.65; sows
little changed; bulk 360-550 lbs.
$16.25-60; usually $15.35-50,
Salable cattle 8000; salable
calves BOO; fed steers and year-
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Remember
Future generations will ra
member tho last resting place
of your loved one when prop
erly marked when Identi
fied in keeping with your
feeling of reverence with a
memorial that will stand for
all time.
You will find the designs
o suit your taste among our
display.
Klamath Falls Marble
and Granite Works
116 S. llth St. Phone 6381
01
lings 15-28 cents higher; very ac
tive at nrtvuncu; lop $17.73 paid
for four loads scaling 1201 to
1275 lbs.; next highest $17.00;
bulk $14,110-17.28; all buying
Interests In trade; fed heifer
shaded stcor advance; bulk
$14.00-10.00; choice offerings bid
$10.73; cows strong to 23 cents
higher; very active; cutters $1 1
down; loud good beef cows
$14.23; bulls 10-13 cents up;
with $14.73 paid moro freely on
weighty sausuifo offerings; venl
ers however, IB or moro lower
with $17.60 paid sparingly ear
ly; but most bids $16.50 and be
low on closing rounds.
Salable sheep 6000; total 7,
000; Into Tuesday fat lambs
closed mostly 25-35 cents lower;
spots only 20 cents off; good to
choico woolcd lambs $13.83 to
10.25; top paid by both puckers
and shippers good to choice clip
ped lambs with No. 1 and 2
skins 87-00 lbs., $14.00-13.00;
sheep steudy; good to choico nu
tlvo ewes $0.00-30; today's trade
not much early action on fed
lambs; bids and few sales around
25 cents lower than Tuesday;
taking $15.50-75 on Rood choice
wooled skins; three doubles good
to choico around 03 lb. fed clip
ped lambs with No. 1 and 2 skins
$14.80; undertone about steady
on exceedingly few sheep; one
double 83 lbs. shearing lambs
$15.23.
WHEAT
CHICAGO, March 31 VP)
Wheat prices held firm In a quiet
trade today, deriving strength
from a boost In parity and re
sumption of government flour
business, as most traders remain
ed on the sidelines to await pres
idential action on the Bunkhcad
bill.
Oats and rye followed the lead
ership of wheat, In which selling
pressure was light. No hedging
was noticeable and receipts of
wheal at 12 principal Interior
markets fell to 1,201.000 bushels
against 1,355,000 bushels a week
ago.
Wheat closed i-Ic higher, May
$1,431-1, July $1,451, corn was
unchanged at ceilings, May $1.01,
oats advanced l ie and rye gain
ed Mc.
BOSTON WOOL
BOSTON, March 31 (AP
USDA) Contracting of wool
was extremely active in tho ter
ritory states and In Texas, It
was reported In tho Boston mar
ket today. Wools were contract
ed in Nevada at a grease price
range of 40-43 cents, in Montana
at 43-431 cents, and In Wyoming
In a range of 3B-40 cents.
Offerings wero made in Idaho
at 43-441 cents for mixed grade
lots.
Potatoes are on world-wide duty these days,'
providing our fighting men and allies with
vital strength and nourishment. In the North
west agricultural empire served by the Great
Northernt farmers are gearing their spud pro
duction to meet heavy wartime demands. For
years millions of bushels of table and certified
seed potatoes have rolled over the Great North
ern, headed for consumer centers all over the
world. This year's spud production In the
Northwest states will be the most important
of" ,
Thfj rtory of the Northtiex's Importance to
the natloti'i war effort hat been presented to
thoiunnifio American (nrfiistrialexeculfte
through TRAFFIC WORLD magatlne.
POTITO ACREAGE
Members of tho Siskiyou and
Modoc counties Triple A boards
met at 1 o'clock Wcdnesduy af
ternoon witli B. E. Huydcn, sup
erintendent of tho U. S, bureau
of reclamation, to decide on how
much acreage lessees will be al
lowed to plant in potatoes this
season.
This Is tho first action taken
by tho bureau since it was an
nounced that somo 1300 acres
would bo open for potato plant
ing to meet tho demand made
by the government for moro
food stuffs. The land has been
mainly in grain, some In alfalfa
and a little Is In pasture.
Further Rationing
Lies Ahead, OWI
Booklet Indicates
WASHINGTON, March 31 Pj
Rationing beyond that now in
effect may lie ahead, the office
of war information indicated in
a booklet published today.
Three all-purpose ration
books urn to bo printed, says
the OWI publication, whlc h
adds: "With tlicso books, it will
be possiblo to ration things
without advance notice."
Brother of Food
Administrator
Has No Meat
LOS ANGELES, March 31 (IP)
Chester A. Davis Is the new na
tional war food administrator,
but, says his brother here, L. I.
Davis:
"I'm Just another butcher, and
I'm glad the food Job Is his head
ache, not mine. I know he can
handle It."
Tho butcher says he's afraid
customers will think they can get
meat readily from him because
of his brother's position.
"And you can seo I haven't
any," he pointed out.
Commercial Car
Owners Reminded
To Apply for Gas
PORTLAND, March 31 (IP)
Opcrntors of commercial ve
hicles were reminded today by
tho district OPA to apply to
ration boards for their next
quarter's gasollna ration. Cur
rent T-l and T-2 books expire
today.
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GREAT NORTHERN
H. I, Wayne, General Agent
Q. N. Station
Klamath Falls, Ore.
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HIGH SCHOOL
By ANITA GWYN
The four candidates for
"Sweetheart of Klumuth High"
will be known tomorrow. To
day was the lust day for nomi
nations. No bul
letins or an
nounce mcnts
were made dur
ing the day as to
which girl was
ahead.
The Klamath
Knights have no
accident insur-
' I anco, which
Itt". K4nA would be neces
sary if the progress of the girls
were known. We have no def
inite Information but by tho
grapevine, we gather that muny
students waited until the last
day to vote.
Tho final reports of the two
highest candidates of each cluss
uro as follows: seniors Bcttie
Hopkins, 128.850; Wanda Shaw
71,400; Juniors Betty McKin
ney, 60,375; Lcttlc Linman,
7840; sophomores Vivian Dir
schl, 37,745; Dorothy O'Mullcy,
7225; freshmen Sully Mueller,
41,640; Lois Cuda, 13,050. Wo
predict that KUHS wilr reach
the goal of $20,000 by the final
dale.
The final performance of "The
Diabolical Circle" was given to
day during the lunch hour and
two periods.
The counselors are busy seeing
students about their schedules
! for next year. All members of
i the freshman class except those
who were absent have been
counseled and now the sopho
mores and Juniors are trying to
make up their minds as to what
they want to study next year.
Miss Burkhalter and Mr. Mason
ore counselling the students.
The latest talk is about the
annual Girls' League formal
which Is a "girl ask boy" affair.
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Theater Doorman Admits
Murder of Five Relatives
LOS ANGELES, March 31 (P)
For nenrly a month, 19 year-old
Amos Raymond Latshaw work
ed as a theatre doorman at one
of the city's busiest downtown
corners, where news venders
hawked capers carrying his de
scription as the youth sought
for questioning In the slaying
of five members of his fomlly.
A truffle policeman at the
same Intersection, C. E. Clark,
recognized him yesterday, and
lust night Detective Captain
Vernon Rusmussen declared the
slender, blue-eyed Latshaw had
confessed the shooting of his
parents, grandparents and young
brother Just February 11 on
their ranch near Loomis, Placer
county, California.
Sheriff Charles Silva, his dep
uty, Jack Shunnon, and District
Attorney Lowell Sparks, of
No date has been set as yet as
difficulties have arisen.
On April 23 there will be a
music department concert di
rected by Andrew Loney Jr.
A display of fashions designed
and drawn by Arlene Swcgle,
Virginia Granger, and Naomi
Klmscy arc now in the art ex
hibit case. These arc very at
tractive so don't miss seeing
tlicm.
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Placer county, left there last
night for Los Angeles. Silva
said he carried a complaint
charging Latshaw with murder.
He Is booked here on suspicion
of murder.
Latshaw, Captain Rasmusscn
said, admitted ho shot his fath
er, Amos Latshaw, 38, because
"he beat me often and without
cause," and because his father
and stepmother, Ollic, 39, quar
reled, He shot the grandfather,
Charles Latshaw, 57; the lat
tcr's wife, Bertha, 55, and the
brother, Charles, 6, "to cover
up" tho slaying of his father,
Captain Rasmussen quoted the
youth as confessing.
Bodies of the five were found
on the ranch February 28, and
WAKE UP YOUR
LIVER BILE-
WUW Calomel And You'll Jump Out of
Bed in the Morning Ririn' to Go
The IItt fthouM poor out aboq 2 plnU of
bllo juice into your bovtli every day. If th.i
bite u not (lowing fnwly, your food mty not
dlgwt, Ilmay juit ctecsy in the bowU-Then
rm bloat up your itomach. You Bet coo
it ipa ted- You feel tour. Rink and torn world
looks punlc
Jt uk' those ffoml, old Carter! LUUe
Liver I'ilU to get tone 2 pint of bile flow
ing freely to make you tel "up and up."
Gtt a package today. Take aa directed.
Effective In making bile flow freely. Ailc
lot Cartcr'a LitUe Uier Pill. 10 and 2&.
a state-wide search for Latshaw
was Instituted.
Teacher Trudges
100 Miles Helping
Red Cross War Fund
LEBANON, Mo March 31 P)
Mrs. Adah Ashley, rural school
teacher, walked 100 miles to
help the Red Cross trudging
nightly along country roads un
SAVE
once-a-year sale
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BEAUTY PREPARATIONS
J3
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a special masque treatment, an exquisite Helena
Rubinstein perfume. Check over this list now
and order at oncel Limited time only.
Partial List Regular Price Now
Pasteurized Face Cream LOO .80
Norona Night Cream 2.00 1.60
Special Eye Cream 1.00 .80
Wake-up Lotion 1.00 .80
Town & Country Make-up Film 1.50 1.20
Red Lips Lipstick 1.25 1.00
Apple Blossom Perfume 3.75 3.00
NOTE: Cologne Eau de Toilette, Gift Sets and
Beauty Luggage not included In this sale.
CURRIN'S for Drugs
Klamath's Drug and Cosmetic Center
9th and Main
Celling prices.
til she'd visited every farm home
In her district, gathering total
of $23, mostly In small change.
Always read the classified ad.
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Medicine it Surgery
(Diseases of the Heart)
104S Main
Phones 7323, 6314
No. ans. 5513
NOW!
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