No Changes
foreseen In
Farm Prices
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (IP)
The bureau of agricultural eco
nomic! laid today average farm
prices now - at their highest
point in 25 years will show lit
tle change for the next few
months.
The bureau's report also said
that markets for farm produce
will continue near boom-like
levels at least until 1946 crops
become available in Europe and
Asia.
It added that domestic demand
for food and farm products, par
tially unsatisfied during much of
1943 because of rationing and
price controls, is expected to
continue large despite a prospec
tive small decline in consumer
incomes.
- Experts, which rose to about
three times their 1935-39 level
during the war, are likely to be
maintained at or near their war,
time level during the next few
months, the report stated, pro
vided means for financing are
. made available. '
Level to Continue
While predicting that the gen
eral level of farm .prices will
continue at present levels . for
several months, the bureau said
some individual commodities,
particularly livestock .products,
may decline in the spring.
' Livestock Marketings of
meat animals for slaughter dur
ing the early part of 1946 will
' be large, but prices for all
classes are likely to continue near
the 1945 levels during the first
half of the year. In 'the second
half unit prices to farmers and
ranchers for sales of all classes
of meat animals, except possibly
lambs, are likely to average
lower than in the same period of
1945.
Dairy Products The demand
during the first Quarter of 1946
' is expected to be the strongest
since outbreak of the war, part
ly because of the removal of
wartime restrictions on produc
tion and consumption.
Eoa Surplus
Poultry and Eggs A surplus
of eggs is expected during the
spring season of heavy produc
tion. Necessitating government
action to support producer
prices. Civilian 'supplies of
chicken meat will be at record
levels. -
Wheat Market 1 " supplies,
which have been limited, are ex
pected to increase in the weeks
ahead, but prices will not de
cline much, if any, from present
levels. . ' ,- .
Potatoes Prices which farm
ers receive in the next two or
three months may average a lit
tle higher than minimum gov
ernment support prices, and will
rise from month to month by
about the increase in storage
costs.
Explosion Topples Santa Barbara Apartment
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Firemen carry body of 10-year-old Caroline Sue
Calif., building that was wrecked when a butane gas
Stovell out of smoldering Santa Barbara.
truck exploded demolishing the Pepsi
Cola bottling works and wrecking 20 apartments on the second story and killing iive persona.
Five others were' seriously injured and damage was estimated at $100.000. (NBA telephoto).
j, Poison Trace '
1 Found In Ashes
Of Cline's Wife
. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3 (IP)
Joseph Swim, city toxicologic,
said today he had found traces
i of poison In the ashes of a worn-
, an who died and was cremated
in Portland as Mr. Eva Delora
': Krebs Cline.
"The amount of antimony iso-
lated is consistent with poison-
- ing," Swim stated in a report to
Coroner William Crosby of San
- Mateo- county.
i Alfred Leonard Cline, elderly
! ex-convjet, who was the woman's
husband, is held here on a mur-
der charge growing out of the
'. aeam ot a woman in Dallas,
: Tex., and is being questioned
about the death of several other
. emeriy women.
! Turmoil Reported
In Iranian City
MOSCOW, Jan. 3 (IP) A Tass
: dispatch from Tehran today re
ported political turmoil in the
, central Iranian city of Yezd, 300
. miles southeast of Tehran.
, The Soviet news agency said
; the newspaper Ofoge Asya pub-
, lished a statement. Dec. 27 from
- the regional committee of the
people s party in Yezd charging
' that local law enforcement and
other authorities . .Were elected
1 through bribery, corruption and
' acts of violence and asking that
tney De replaced. ' ,
Publisher Dies
, In. Plane Crash
RENO, Nev., Jan. 3 (IP)
William T. Dewart Jr., 36, pub
lisher ' of the New York Sun,
; died today from injuries re
ceived in the crash of a private
plane.'
Dewart, a student flier, was
piloting the two-place plane
from the' rear seat, sheriff's depu
ties said.
A wins; clipped a tree on the
Bankofier ranch, eight miles
south of here and the plane
crumpled and crashed. Dewart's
head. was. deeply slashed. He
died in Washoe General hospital
within a few hours.
The flying instructor, Joseph
Williams, was not injured am
cally, . .
STRANGE . MANA young boy Is rather frightened by
the "frog man," who displayed his special underwater clothing
r r " - durbig a peace savings campaign in London.
Strikers Hold
Mass Meeting
STAMFORD, Conn., Jan. 3
(IP) Negotiations who sought to
end the nine weeks strike at
the Yale and Towne Manufac
turing company played a sec
ondary role today to a mass
meeting which thronged Atlan
tic square, the principal down
town business area and noisily
adopted a resolution calling up
on Labor Secretary Schwellen
bach to ,see that fair play pre
vailed. A crowd estimated by Police
Chief John Brennan at 10,000
disrupted traffic and its clamor
and brass bands all but drowned
nut. t Vi o vnipp4 fhpmvlvH hv
no means dulcet of negotiators
in adjacent nearby town hall;
In the orderly, cheering, sing
ing throne were thousands of
employes of most of Stamford's
largest factories, forcing a gen
eral Industrial halt in the city.
Bus traffic, too, was reported
paralyzed by 2 p. m. (EST), but
this was due to congestion in
the square.
. Classified Ads Bring Results.
President To
Discuss Labor
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (IP)
President Truman's report to the
nation by radio tonight will deal
with the "whole labor situation,"
the White House said today.
The president had practically
finished the half hour talk, to
start at 7:00 p. m. PST, when he
began receiving his first callers
this morning. He saw no vis
itors yesterday after returning
from a four-day river cruise.
The speech has been described
bv tartv leaders as an overall
report on the - president's legis-H
lative proposals and an effort
by the chief executve to stimu
late interest by direct appeal to
the people In the hope that this
will be reflected in congress,
where his program- has bogged
down.
It was Mr. Truman's1 first
resort to the . "Fireside Chat"
technique of his " predecessor to
attempt to focus public attention
on key labor and other legis
lative proposals stalled on Cap
itol Hill. - '
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Small Boy. Believed .
Drowned In River
SPOKANE. Jan.. 3 (IP) A
small, .unidentified boy was be
lieved to- have fallen into the
Spokane river near the down
river bridge . and drowned to
day,' police, reported; . - , v, S
They said' an 8-year-old girl,
also unidentified, told a man
she had seen the boy slip into
the water. She said the boy's
name was Adrian and that he
was 6 years old.
The man said he ran for the
river and that the girl ran the
otner way, apparently to tele
phone. Officers along with men
from Fort George . Wrieht
searcned the scene.
Citrus Fruits
Go Back Under
INJURIES FATAL
MEDFORD, Jan. 3 (IP) Wil
liam, k. Crosby, vi, wno was ai
' most scalped New Year's night
by a car which -struck him on
the highway near here, died last
night.,'
' State police absolved the car's
driver, Thomas Lawrence Mad
den, Portland war veteran, of
blame. : . . ... , . . ; ; .
About 125 chinchilla farms are
being operated in the United
States.
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By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (!)
Oranges, grapefruit and lemons
go buck, under price ceilings to
morrow, and OPA plans to take
plenty of time before authoriz
ing any future control suspens
ions. A high official of the agency,
asking that his nnme not be
used, said that "because citrus
prices rose like they did, wo are
going to be exceedingly careful
about removing any more ceil
ings." ,N
The order restoring citrus
ceilings, announced Inst night,
was issued ,fter a month of
argument by OPA that the action
should be taken, and contentions
up.-to the Jast few days by the
agriculture department that it
should not be.
Even after agriculture officials
agreed, they held out for making
the order effective Sunday. OPA
favored putting it on the books
today.
; Disputo
This dispute went on all day
yesterday before a compromise
making Friday the effective date
was reached.
In holding out for Sunday, the
agriculture department took the
position dealers should bo given
a chance to dispose of citrus
fruit for which they paid more
than the ceiling prices which
were suspended last November
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OPA noted that the original
suspension order had warned
that ceilings would be re-established
without warning if prices
were not kept in line.
Stabilization Director John C.
Collet finally ruled there was
no justification for holding up
the order until Sunday.
An OPA official said that un
der a plan for re-establishing
retail ceilings, prices for citrus
may be a little higher for a few
days than they were just before
the suspension. This will lost,
he added, only until retailers
are back on the usual basis for
calculating ceilings.
. At all sales levels except re
tail, sellers are required to re
turn Friday to maximum prices
which were In effect when con
trols were suspended.
WINNIE TO ARRIVE
'! .MIAMI BEACH, Fla.. Jan. S
(JP) Col.' Frank Clarke an
nounced today that Winston
Churchill will arrive in Miami
Beach on January 17.
. Previously, the former British
prime minister had planned to
arrive on the south Florida
"Gold Coast" sometime in Febru
ary.' ' '..,.,-. .
Churchill Will be' accompanied
by Mrs. Churchill and their
daughter, Mrs-. Sarah Oliver. ; :
' Stiomberg Carlson Radios.
Derby's Music Co.
Thursday, Jan, 9, 1948
HERALD AND NEWS TWO
Carmen Wants to Go Home'
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"Steele like aneethaengs" ot being pushed around In Hollywood,
Carmen Miranda his refused to sign a long-torm contract, plan
to visit her family in Brazil soon. She's shown above checking a
costume sketch for her picture, "Doll Face," with the 20U Century-Fox
fashion designer, Yvonne Wood.
Bing Crosby
Faces Lawsuit
CHICAGO, Jan. 3 (IP) John
H. Kraft, president of the Kraft
Foods company, said today his
company had filed suit for a
declaratory judgment and in
junction against Bing Crosby,
alleging Crosby has refused to
continue his appearance on
Kraft's radio show, "contrary to
agreements with the company."
The suit was filed in New
York.' -.. ; .'.
. Kraft said in a statement:
"The contract originated In
1937 provided for Bing's radio
services -during that year, with
options to Kruft to' renew the
contract each year into IPSO.
Wo have exercised these op
tions to date, and have notified
Bing of our- exercise of the
option for 1946.
"Bing claims that there Is no
longer any agreement enforce
able against him, and Kraft has
filed this suit in order that the
court can determine whether
these contracts are sflll binding
and enforceable."
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British Soldier
Dies In Blast
MARLBOROUGH, England.
Jan, 3 Burning railroad cars
of ammunition oxplodod
throughout tho night after an
explosion at a, British explo
sives dump in which a British
soldier was killed, six injured
and seven others reported miss
ing. An area of nine square miles
was cordoned off although oth
er carloads of ammunition wore
pulled awuy.
At least eight to 10 carloads
of ammunition blew ' up last
night in nearby Savornake for
est in Wiltshire. '
307 Influenia -Cases
Reported
PORTLAND, Jan. I (IP) A
week's total of 307 Influent
casos 100 of thorn In Josephine
county and 08 In Clackuinas
were reported today by the state
board of health.
Thirty sentiarod caaas of (car
let fever were recorded.
Tho board announued it was
drafting plans to distribute sur
plus blood plnsma, collected by
the Rod Cross during the war,
to Oregon physicians and hoi
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