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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
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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.
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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.