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Newspaper Page Text(ft IS ui 111? MM 111 r II j usv... IlayVicws Uuoirei ' 1 i-i r in in Tn--r T llr FIIANK. JKNKINK TN Ireland, ICamoii dc Valcra party Intra lu majority In piuila nirill, but (In Vnlnr himself In ex pected to hung on li premier Willi I tin help ! Independent and labor VOll'S. Why the slip? Frankly, this writer doesn't know. Ireland In a lo'ig wuy off, mid her politics are Iikj compli cated for nu outsider to understand. Iltil tie Valcra him liecn In power for 10 year, end Id years U a lonti lime. DKMKMIIKIl AiUII-a? n He was an early (lirek politician who succeeded In lleunm himself known a "the Just." He hud a ruckus with ThriiilnUHica lover whether the urmy or the navy should lie top dun i and the tlrrrka gut ao led up with the dispute that thry held an election to are which hoiild le banished lor ten yeura. , The atory goes that he was stroll M UK through the alreeta while the voting waa In prourrss and came iiihiii an illiterate rlllarii who waut ed to vole uualnat Arlstlilrs but didn't know how to murk hla ballot. 'How come?" he Inquired. "Hue 'this Ailalldea ever tnjurrd you?'' No." the cltUoli answered. "I've never act ryea un lilm. Mill I'm borrd beyond ciiduraiice by hrurinif him called Arlstlilrs the Just." UIIKKKUPUN. I'luluich. Ihe Ills ' tortan, adda, Arutnlra Unik the mant ballot and wllhoul further parley marked It ui bullish himself. Anyway, he had a sen) of humor. The Irish, like thu Oreck cUImii of old. limy Juit be gelling tired of de Valcra. nUIUNO the war we not pretty U peevlah with the lrlh. who reined to be carrying their grudue aitaliut the Knailsh to the point where they were helping the Ger mans more titan they were helping ua. Hut we mut remember ttial the memory of InJiuUc laala a long, long time, and her treatment of Ire land U out of Ihe lral creditable chapter! In England' hlatory. THE newt wire tell ua tin morn ing that Finland haa delivered the laal carload of prefabricated house required of her aa repara tion to Kuaal her penally. Uu la. for being on the loaing tide.) Bh had tight yean to make Ihe pay ment, but did It In little over three. Thl world need more people hk Ui Finn. GRAIN prlct art atlll ahpplug. but Itaa rapidly. Some futurra ule art reported thl morning ai high a ar prtoa. What happened? It a long-hoi giic. but every body probably hung on for mil biggtr profit a long pure were rlaing. but began to let go when the bottom fell out. It uaually work that way. JtRGENTINA, aa we read today, la buying the Iirlilsli-ownrd Argen tine railroad. The purchase price I reported to be In the neighborhood of Idoo.ooo.ooo which, the dia patrhe add. will provide that many IXM.I.AitS with which Britain can pay for Argentine meat. What that mean l that Uie Brit ish re elllng olf protierty with ahlch to pay their grocery bllla. It help them now, but will hurl later. UOW do Uie British gel DOLLARS " from Argenlln? If perfectly simple. Tlie Argentine get them from u nd py Uiem to Britain. Til economist cll uch transsc Uon "three-cornered" exchange. It work domestically. Tom gel some money; he pay It to Uick; Dick use It to pay hi bill to Harry. Thu EVERYBODY Is happy. But If Tom ty BROKE nobody I happy. That U why In the present crlsl we are trying to help other countries to meet their bills. Pacific Takes Fishing Craft VICTORIA, 11. C, Feb. 7 (CP) I'hree crew member were drowned early today when the fish packer Amaryllis swamped and sank in heavy mm off Scarlett point. 3M mile north of hero, Two other were rescued. Ded lire: Cnpl. D. Huson of Alert bay, B. C: Second Engineer Frederick A. Bute, and Jacob Olson, cook. Bale' body w recovered. Mute Robert Marshall and Chief RiiKlnccr John Smith were rescued by the fishing vessel Ullgh Island which raced through a blinding snowstorm In nnswer to distress call. The 87-lon Amaryllis, owned by I ho U. C, Packers, Ltd. foundered between Pino Island and ScnrlJtt point hi the treacherous Queen Charlotte sound. Hhc wa south hound from Prince Rupert. OVS Loan Fund Set Up The "Muriilrrlte M. Ward" re volving loan fund to tide Oregon Vocational school student over tight finanrlal place wa estab lished today. The fund amount In S200, donated by Mr. Ward and her ton, Clarence and Wil ls rd. Thl fund I the first set up for (IVM student by Klamath county people. The ehool ha one other loan fund darted by a Portland man. Winston Purvlne, OV8 director, aid that the fund would guar Plane Vi 60 Aboard Down Safely MIAMI, Ma., Fell. 7 il'i An Eastern Air Lines plane reported to have been ditched at sea today has reached all airport at Bunnell, Flu., Willi all liuuds safe, Ihe line suld at 3:15 p. in. The const guard soon afterwuid said the plane had reached safety. Full detull wore not Immediately available. Earlier, Hit plana had been re ported making ail emergency land ing at tea about all nillea from Jack sonville. t word from the plane at 1:27 p. in. said: "We are ditching." '1 hl Is a procedure In which mi alrcrall alight lit sea under control and with paucilgcra alerted and strapped in. Tho plane was flight (111 Hying Kiuitcrn Boston - New York - West I'alm lleach-Mliiinl route. Very Foggy Weather lu the urn oi the ir ported "ditching" wus very bad with an 800-loot celling and much fog. The count guard, which turned out a mighty hunt in a short time, said thul search wus bring concen trated at lutltude au, longitude 'lu JU and waa covering wide area. The exact position was that given by Uie plune and Is about loo mllrs east-southrust of Jacksonville. The airliner rrixirlrd Its number three engine had lulled and 11 was losing power and altitude shurtly be fore the "ditching'' mrwuge cuiiic. Mora than a dolrn rescue planes carrying droppable boata and rescue equipment Hlugrd out of the army, navy and coast guard tlrlda from Florida to Elisabeth city, N. t. Blini)s were also dupalched. and an urgent call to surlace craft III the vicinity to lend assistance was broadcast. The coast guard said lu first word of the plane's trouble came from the civil aeronautic administration. Sawmills May Resume Work By Wednesday Bawuull operator In Ihe Klamuth basin and In Northern California were advised today that by Wed nesday of next meek It la quit possible thai oierailona may return to a normal basis. Alt change from the present re alrleled schedule U contingent on weather, however, and Sam Itllchey, dlatrtcl manager of the California Oregon Power company, as Id mill operator were advised of thi fact. The restricted echcdulc haa been In effect alnce Wednesday of lliia week due to the losa of raelfio (ia and Mectrlc' supply to Copco from the south. "It looks blighter today," Ritchey said, "and there may be a possible release of restriction by next Wed nesday. Everything I contingent upon rain or moderate weather which will release the recently fallen snow in the watersheds In Northern California. Tills will enable POA.-E to restore our supply. The POE advised us today that it exiiecl one of IU three steam plants to be back on the line Monday." Extreme cold weather, such a thl section I now extierlenrlng, "seals" the streams and hall flow of the water necessary for power operations, Ritchey pointed out. If Uiere Is no let-up In the present cold siell and there 1 no rain in the south, the restriction existing here on sawmill operations will con tinue. Measure Preased All Associated Pre dispatch from 8an Francisco today, and apparently .itemmlng from Redding where there 1 a controversy existing between lumber operator and POE, said "mast Northern California, nawinllls woro Idle today na the PQ&E pressed conservation measure to meet the stole drought-Induced power shortage. "Mill which asked Ihe California public utility commission whether the company w is proceeding under a commission order were told that no order waa needed. The commis sion's regulation provide the com pany may take any neeeasary atrpa to conserve power when a shortage occur. "Tito company still Insisted Ita power conservation drive was being pursued on a cooperative basis, and that power was being curtailed rather than halted to the lumber Industry." Locally, throughout the Klamuth area served by Copco, mill owner were operating on off-peak shift, mostly at night and Ritchey snld cooperation between operator and hi company was "splendid." antee smith short-term loans for possibly 12 students a year, at low Interest rate. The Idea of the loans Is to help students over financial difficulties that would otherwise force them to leave school. Ability and pro gress In elasswork, at well aa need, must be demonstrated before a loan 1 granted. The "Marguerite M. Ward" fund I administered by a faculty board much In the same manner simi lar fund are handled at the Uni versity of Oregon, WEATHER WrATIIKII . - if i Mm....... ft l'ri IpH.llun la-l I hmut Mfmm f U 41 rmr i,U Naimil .! vr -(! ClMudr with nw lonllbl mui Niindi I'ltICK HVK CKN'TM Mercury Dips To Season Low HllKhtly mcMlrratliiK tcnirrtiire lwwhere throuKhout the nute of OrrKuii did not iipply to Kin math Fall early today ax Uie mercury hrre ullppcd to 6 degrees above wro, a eaonal low for the Klamath bnftln. The weuther bureau forecast a nilnlmuni of 10 derce for the next 24 hoiira with a proinlne of mow tonluht and Hunday. Maximum toduy wtm expected uround 2d decree with Hunduy a hlh at 24. Winter tjoru Inn failed to have their ftpirit dampened by the cold uriither and were preparing the henvlent trek to Cruter Lake na tional park In ncveral week. Itanifera there bald hkllriK should be ex- Taft Charges Demos Favor Fake Economy WAKHINOTON. Feb. 1 mt Krnalur Tail i It Ohio) accused the democratic administration today of a deliberate at tempi to keep price high for (Mimical reusoiu. The Ideu. he said, t to "create an all of false prnrrlty" for the pres 1 Idential election campaign. Tuft told a reporter he can put no other Interpretation on the ad- vunce announcement of Secretary I of Agriculture Anderson that the government plans oon to buy 50, (Xsj.ooo bushel of whet. AtirlerKfin rilsi'lriseri this at n news conference Thursday after corn and i wheal had rlrntiueH the leant limit of eltht and 10 cent a bushel for two day In row Itrnmllv the owrnmnil'i huvlna Intention ore kept secret. "-d r chains must , The announcement by Anderson l PPHed from Aiune Springs to was followed by a brief rise In o rim. Tree In Uie park are cov wl.eat. But yesterday', market , "ed with snow and picture puioibill closed Willi the legal limit drop for ! t'e re excellent. There it an VI- Uie third consecutive time. "w " covering on the ground ( Tall, a candidate for Ihe GOP '" on ,001 01 'o5 powder on presidential nomination, said he ! top. think Anderson took an unusual ' The l tow will be In opornilon ' course to boost sagging price. boih Saturday and bunuay and Al "The administration, which talk ! Vlncze ol Klamath Falls said he was ; aboul bringing price down, is I taking two sno-cat to Uie park Uils alraid that they actually will come I week-end. Tno sno-cats, euch cap-! down." the Ohloan said. "Of course, able of carrying 2j to 30 persons. . Uiey think their only chance of ' l" trial runs 111 Die rim an ; winning the November election is i nd If Uils works out. run around to keep price up and create an air tht lake are anticipated. The luncii of false prosperity." (counter will also operate. . j Taft and President Truman luve The park ha been beld io a light, tone after each other hammer and i o'd grip the past week and It waa i tonus over the Issue of price con- trola. Hall Slates Klamath Visit Tlie flr.sl vllt of Oovenior John It. Hall to Klamath Falls since he took over Uie state highest office following Uie death of Oovenior Earl Bnell on October 38. 1 scheduled for Thursday, February 11. when he will be the guest speaker at the Lincoln Day banquet at the Wlllard. The dinner meeting I sponsored by Uie Republican Central committee. Oovenior Hall, accompanied by Harry D. Bolvln of Klamalh Fall, chairman of Ule Oregon State liquor commission. 1 also slated for a Lake view visit on Friday, February 13. The governor topic will be, "Lin coln Day 1W8." Governor and Mr. Hall will be guests at the Wlllard while here. Several affairs are be ing arranged for Mrs. Hall during her tay. Tickets for the Lincoln Day ban quet may be obtained through Mr. William DeCew, room 5, courthouse, or by calling 6:159. Wyatl Padgett Is dinner chairman. Lower Hemline An Auto Menace PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 7 MV-The American Automobile association is the latest group to oppose the longer hemlines for women. Lower your hemline, cautions Bur ton W. Marsh, traffic engineering and safety director for the auto club, and you lower your chances of survival as a pedestrian. The reason, Marsh explains. "Is that feminine legs, clad In light colored stockings, catch the car driver' eye, particularly at night" Blowtorch Sets Sacking Blaze Tho city fire department answer ed a call at 10:40 a. m. today to 3535 Bly and found the fire stemming from frozen water pipes. The pipes had been wrapped In burlap sack ing which had frozen stiff and the residents used a blow-torch to lhaw them out, causing a fire. Little damage resulted from the fire the department reported, re turning to the station at 11:07 a. m. Food Botulism Fatal To One PRINKVILLE, Ore.. Feb. 7 i;l'i Mrs. Ella Carnngtr was In a hospital here today after meal that made her violently 111 and killed C. M. Daniels. 68. Prlncvlllc. Dr. Evan W. Thomas said he suspected botulism In home-pre-orved vegetables served at Mr. Carnagle's home In South Junction near hero yestorday. Sample of the food were taken for annlysis. 1 Ji If -f "JP"H -in iiimmwi i.i 1 1 iii !iain ii.iisai mi i i-f--ia itmii i.niiiiisi mi - sfig KI.AMATH FALU, OftKGON, HATfJKDAV, FEBRUARY 7, 1M Telephone 1)1 No. 1258 How Cold Did It Get? Minimum Klanmth Palls Crater Luke Readings Lakevlew -11 Bend Baker Pendleton Med ford Eugene Balem Roseburg Portland Crescent Lake Mowtch Chemult Lenz Kirk Chlloquln Ml. Hebron "a good as It has been all winter" after trail are broken. To- ' e '" a not o good a 'e ri1 been 0Vcr the trail follow- l"g 28-lllCh fall till past week. I ro early Friday morning, coldest of the season thus far. It wa I degree thl morning. Daytime temperatures have never been above 32 degree. Some sport activity 1 anticipated al Lake 0 the Woods tomorrow. Caretaker Ed Morse said the road was open to the caretaker's cottage and chain should be used from the loot of iho hill up to Uie lake. Skat ing la not good a there Is about six Inches of snow on top the Ice which is between 13 and 14 inches Ulick. It was extremely cold at Lake o' the Woods Saturday morning with a minimum ol xero at S a. m. Skiing is good, Morse said. Coldest place In the state Ihis morning wus neighboring Lakevlew with a minus 11 degrees. Baker fol lowed at minus . Bend, which Uie night before had recorded 13 below, warmed slightly to minus 4. A brief snow flurry was ex perienced this morning from SeatUe to Portland. The SouUiern Pacific reported minus readings along the line to the north but said all operations were on schedule. Warren Smokes Pipe Of Peace SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 7 lit") Presidential Aspirant Earl Warren may further qualify himself tomor row to become the Great White Father in Washington. He has a rendezvous with the Redskins to smoke the pipe of peace at historic Sutter Fort. A Porno Indian runner, beaded and feathered Tommy McWhinncy, brought the Invitation. Warren indi cated he'd keep the date Just like any other presidential candidate of fered a Redskin headdress. Dionne Lassies Are Aunts Now NORTH BAY. Out.. Feb. 7 (PI The Dionne quintuplets, who will be 14 next May 38, are aunts now. Their frlst niece was born yester day In St. Joseph's hospital here. She weighed seven pounds. She Is the first child of their cider brother and slstcr-ln-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Dionne, and tho first grandchild of thetr parents, Mr. and Mrs. oliva Dionne of nearby Callan der. Runaway Craft Down In Swamp OSHAWA, Out.. Feb. 7 ti An airplane ran away from Its pilot, rose to 6000 feet and flew some 70 miles before cracking up near here. Tlie little two-seater crashed Into a swamp close to Grafton yesterday only after It had used up all Ita gas in a 30-mlnute flight. Its pilot, Stan Frnscr, had spun the propeller with Uie Uirottle open and the plane had taken to the air before he could get In. .It droned down Ice-covered Lake Simcoe and waa airborne In a matter of seconds. (iraln trader frantically use tlie Chicago commodity exchange, of the activity ia coming from person FBI Captures Pilots Hired For Bomb Trip NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 7 oP The FBI announced today the arrest in Miami and New Orleans of five men w ho. agents charged, had been hired to fly in a "bombing action" against an unidentified Latin American country. - The five men were identified EUvaii;' Bnrw .'.;A jr., arrested Miami, -'la., and Harry A. Snow, I Charles Pavllcek, Kenneth J. New- j comer and Henry K. Baker, all ar- I TACOMA, Feb. 7 Pf An elderly rested at New Orleans. ; couple and a two and a half year The announcement said that Capt. old boy were killed here last night Olin D. Mason, Identified as a fifth : and early today by escaping illumi member of the group, had been nattng gas. AWOL from Oliver General hospital j The couple. Mr. and Mrs, James at Augusta. Ga.. and was being re- j L Porter, both 65. were found dead turned to Uie United States via Pan- 1 in their rooms at 6:15 p. m. last ama by military authorities. j night by another resident of their .i iitnr nnmr pur chief said 1 apartment .louse. Coroner Paul the men were cnarged with viola Uon of the neutrality act. The five, he said, flew two sur- ulus navy PBY alrnlanes from Bush field. Georgia, to Puerto Cabezas, i Nicaragua, on January 26 planes which the FBI chief said were to be used "in a bombing acUon as part of a revolutionary plot against Uie present government of a Latin American country." Snow and Mason, who were sup posed to receive $30,000 apiece for Uielr parts In Uie plot, were pilots of Uie two planes, the announce ment said. China Outlook Getting Worse PEIPING. Feb. 1 m-A steady worsening of the Chinese govern ment's military position In Man churia was reported In pro-nationalist dispatches today. These communist successes were acknowledged: Capture of Llaoyang, important railway city 35 miles south of the big Monchurian city of Mukden; Infiltration of Ylngkow, the best government port In Manchuria, and: Complete isolation of the government-held steel city of Anshan, 15 miles south of Llaoyang on Uie Mukdcn-Dalrcn railway. The noose around Mukden proper was tightened with Increasingly heavy attacks on Suchtatun. only seien miles away. The dispatches said prices In Mukden were roughly five Umes those in Shanghai, where inflation has sent them to almost prohibitive heights. , In Anshan, many deaths were re ported from shortages of food and fuel. Power lines there were cut. Three 'Chutes Don't Save Barnstorming Dusty Rhodes In Leap From Golden Gate SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 7 V A leap from Ihe Golden Gate bridge was Ihe biggest Jump In the barnstorming life ' of Holly wood atunt man Alfred (Dusty) Rhode and the last. Clad In life Jacket and football padding with three amall para rhutra attached, the Indian dare devil died In the 265-foot plunge yesterday. Ilia wife, Lorraine, 25, mother ef two, watched the death leap, and a Hollywood cameraman, Ten S6 Action In Chicago's Wheat Pit hand ilgnal a they engage in a riot of activity In the wheat pit at drain quotation have been dumping alarmingly thi week and much wbo want to get rid of their holdings, profit or no profit. AP w Irepboto. Price Decline Hasn't Reached Retail Level The slump In the national grain market was reflected in Klamath Falls again this morning when one big wholesale house advised a 20 cent drop in flour, bringing the Saturday price to $8 per 100-pound : sack. The drop was not seen in retail not appear until new purchases are No drop in bread prices were tinued using flour they had purchased on the higher price level. One large bakery house here said there Open Gas Jet Siays Family Melltnger said they had been as phyxiated by illuminating gas from an open jet In the kitchen stove qven. Gary Roy, the boy. was found un conscious in bed by his mother when she returned home at 1:15 a m. today. Two burners were open on the kitchen stove. He was dead when brought to the hospital. Melllnger said he believed all the deaths ware accidental. Admiral Takes Over Command TARANTO. Italy. Feb. 7 WPr Vice Adm. Forrest Sherman assumed command of Uie United States Med iterranean fleet today In ceremonies aboard his flagship, the cruiser Portsmouth. The retiring commander, Adm. B. H. Blert. decorated Capt. Richard Matthew Thompson of the Ports mouth with the Bronze Star medal for acts of bravery between August, 1943, and August, 1944, In the Pa cific area. Vice Admiral Sherman told news men the United States will not In crease the strength of Its naval forces In Uie Mediterranean, ye said the Portsmouth will return to the United States early in March and will be replaced by the cruiser Roch ester. Coppers Corral Glue Plant Nags DES MOINES. Feb. 7 NP Police. men staged an Impromptu cowboy act here today after 34 horses re belled against their prospective fate and broke out of a glue factory corral. A police crew soon trapped 10 of the horses at one spot, got four more In a schoolyard, and then be- gnn roundup of stragglers In ones and twos. Jose Guuman, who was to have made the plunge pay off tor Rhode, recorded It In picture. . A veteran of many movie cliff leap, gun and knlft fight, th 36-year-old stunt man came her about a week ago after appearing In a daredevil "death car" show lo Hawaii. . Yesterday he wa driven In a ear onto the bridge with hi Jumping equipment It Included a kapok life suit, "Mae West" life Jacket, the parachute and a 50 pound weight for each foot stores, however, and will probably made by the merchants. reported here today as bakers con probably would be no drop in bread price as most of Uie bakers on Uie west coast had contracted flour at the old price up unUl Uie July- August market. - There was another drop in a vital-. kitchen commodity lard. One store this morning reported a four-cent drop. Vegetable shortening, as im portant to Uie cook as lard, dropped 3 cents this week and this was re flected in some retail stores today. Biggest drop to the consumer was noted in feed grains and scratch feeds. These will go Into effect Mon day morning, locally, one large wholesale house advised this morn ing. By Monday morning Uie drop In most feeds would be down $2 to $4 per ton. If Uie grain and concen trate markets continued to decline, Uie further downward adjustments in local feed and grain prices will result here immediately, a spokes man advised The Herald and News at noon. Sharp reductions in grain and concentrate prices in Uie past several days were reflected im mediately, much quicker than other commodities. Large AA eggs here dropped two cents this past week, A wholesale distributor said that the cost of part of Uie ingredients has been cut but labor and power and other essentials In business op eraUons, remained firm. Omar Bradley Takes Office WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (Pi With President Truman looking on, the army's top command changed hands today. General Omar N. Bradley took over as chief of staff from Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower, his West Point classmate of younger days. Bradley took the oath of office In a brief but Impressive cc:-cmony at Uie Pentagon building. Eisenhower administered the oath. At its conclusion he asked Bradley U he swore to support his office. Bradley replied with the custom ary formal "I do." Eisenhower said: "With those words you have a Job." Secretary of the Army Royall then presented Bradley with the docu ment of office. Elsenhower received from Mr. Tru- i man a third oak-leaf cluster for his distinguished service medal. This was in recognition of meritorious I duty as chief of staff. The parachutes opened but failed to break the fall. Mrs. Rhode said her husband discarded Ihe foot weight before he Jumped. They were to have kept hi body upright during the fall. "For about 150 feel he fell up right a he Intended." the tald. "Then his body started to curve. He atruck the water with hi face. I saw him hit like a bullet "I aw hit head bob to the urface and hi body atari to drift out to sea." Some Wheat Futures Hit Limit Slide NEW YORK, Feb. 7 W Report of price reductions In thret Import ant Item In the family budget- bread, flour and lard came today after a four-day drop of grain price. Additional reductions were pre dicted. Kroger Grocery Jc Baking Co. In Cleveland announced It 30-ounc loaf of bread would drop Monday from 15 to 14 cents. The food chain operates In 18 atates. A spokesman for Uie chain added that- reductions on other foods prob ably Including some flour and meal items, were planned for soma areas. In tbt Chicago grain pit, mean while, the market made a stab at advancing but with only minor success. The stock market did better, edging ahead for the first time this week. Cotton alio Im proved. Some wheat and corn contract. mainly those calling for deliver within Uie next three or four months, again piungea tne allowed 10-cent limit, as they have done for the past three days. Later contracts managed to tack on small gain at times. Oats showed independent strength. Lard Reduced News of reductions in flour and lard came from all over the coun try. The cut in lard generally amounted to 4 cents a pound and in nour i cents per 10-pound bag. One of the cheeriest predictions for the housewife was mad by A. W, Zelomek of New York, president of the International Statistical Bureau, a private research organi zation. Zelomek, speaklnir at Cincinnati. forecast a 20 to 23 per cent drop In commodity prices within nlnt months. Most other forecasts vera is definite. Whether Uie IniUal crevir in h. high cost of living would widen to a definite break wa uncertain. i op-ievel government economists, on a "don't quote me" basis, didn't believe retail food prices would hatch the current sag on the exchanges They saw the wholesale decline as i healthy adjustment rather that a sign of abrupt collapse. in its psychological effect, one said, the drop In futures qifataUon wm sirenguien consume resist ance to high prices." . Halt Indicated Paul S. Willis, president of the Grocery Manufacturer of America, said, "unless -other cost factor ucJ as labor," offset, lower commodity levels, "halt to the upward price movement Is Indicated." lie pointed out that GMA mem ber, who include the maloritv or th. na Uon's maker of processed and packaged food, base their prices not on daily variations but on an aver age of raw material costs over weak or months. Some signs of firmness slim wera epparent. Wholesale butter, down al Chicago, headed upward yesterday to a iiew peak at Baltimore and within lli cents a pound of Its rec ord high at New York. But the general commodity trend was sharply lower. In the week end ed Friday the Associate p. weighted Index of 35 wholesale com modity prices made the fastest de dine for any similar period of Its jj-year History. After a dlszy skid of 7.62 points In the week, It stood Friday night at 194-97 per cent of the 1936 average. Second Triplet A Set Doing Okay SYRACUSE, N. Y., Feb. t (If) Mrs. Margaret Walker's second set of triplets were "doing very nicely" today. But Syracuse general . hospital cautiously kept the one-in-a-mllllon triumvirate in an oxygen tent The 40-year-old mother was "do ing very nicely," too, the hospital said, and the father, Michael, took turn for the better. "I should be used to it by now," he observed. . The Walkers, who are buying their four-bedroom house on a fac tory repairman's salary, now hav nine children. . What A Place For A Wreck CHICAGO, Feb. 7 OP) A geo graphical quirk made a traffic mit hap an Investigation problem fof three police departments. A truck and two automobiles col lided without Injury to anyone yes terday at an Intersection of thret suburban communities, at Roosevelt road and Harlem avenue. One car was knocked Into Oal park, the other Into Forest park The truck rolled Into Berwyn, and Vt load of corn spilled Into all thret town. For four hour the spectacular tunt had been planned. A year and a half ago Ban Francisco au thorities denied Rhode perm, Ion for the Jump. Brldg nu'n tenancemen yesterday vain IT tried to prevent the leap. - He had told hla Hollywood infe licity agent Susan Todd, the Golden Gate bridge leap wanhJ ' be "the biggest Jump In my li e." The coast guard recovered b r body half an hour after the Juti 1 preliminary nuMipwr anufir drowning cawed hi death.