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, ftIDAY, MARCH 9 1954 Florida SensiiiveidNew National Business Trends Ji?'1; -F10fHl, econ Si.?1. y ,wlng" 1Ute sensitive needle to point ths direcUon ot 5mm " B,Uon'' Bn8. ?e.a !lttle "uleter he. Retail trade Is off imie; unem ployment is UD a Httlo. Thnri.t. aren't spending the way they did last year. . . .."f'Uy are Florida's resorts Ilea to the ecnrnima t .v.- ,..... trial North and Midwest that bank er! here say this state can act as a seismograph to record a shift Jr" ousmasi sentiment. They make no claim, however. mat Florida is a barometer to predict how things will go else where. But bankers say there has been a noticeable, it slight, change lor the better this month, alter a rough time at the start ot the year. Tourists are staying lonrar this season perhaps because of later easier and Passover holidays. re ugnier with their money. Men Appeal Jail Sentence PORTLAND 11 Flfteen-dav Jail sentences were Imposed Thurs day on two men who were ques. tioned at length earlier after dts covery of the death ot Diane Hank, 16-year-old Portland schoolgirl. Wey Him Fong. 25. and Kwone Ting Yee, 38, were found guilty ot being out after hours, but both appealed. They were released on $500 bond each. Miss Hank disappeared early in January after telling her parents she was going to spend the night at the home of her friends, the Fongs. The girl failed to show up zor school the next day. Her body was found near Washougal, wash, late In February. Mrs. Fong said the girl had pent the night at their home, but left for school the next morning. The Fongs and Yee, a house guest of the Fongs, said they knew noth ing of the girl's death, Water Forecasts To Be Announced CORVALLIS UH Final irriga tion water forecasts for the year will be made in a series ot meet ings beginning next Monday at Hood River. Results, of snow surveys In 19 mountain areas will be used in is suing the annual . forecasts for every district of Oregon, The lore. casts are a venture ot the federal Soil Conservation Service, Oregon State College and the "Weather Bureau. Following the Hood River meet ing, -forecasts will be made at: Bend, March 30; Burns and Can yon City, March 31; Pendleton, April l; La Grande, April 2; Vale, April 3: Lakeview, April B; Med' ford, April 7; Portland. April 12 Ren. Anaell To Hold Conference PORTLAND (A Rep. Homer Angell (R-Ore), hoping, to win la bor suDDort again this year, sched uled conferences with AFL, officials here Friday. For the first time in years Angell has not appeared on the Portland Central Labor council! list of recommended candidates Labor officials explained they wanted more study before they de cide whether to support Angell or his rivals in the Republican pri mary in the third congressional district: Tom Lawson McCall and A. W. Lafferty. - The council 'already has en dorsed the Democratic candidate in the district, Mrs. Edith Green. Korean President . Observes Birthday SEOUL lift-President Syngman Rhee shook hands with more than 1,000 persons who crowded, the presidential mansion grounds to day to congratulate him on his 79th birthday. "All my life I have had only one objective Korean unification and freedom. I sincerely wish to see a free and united Korea before I die," he said. and" ta& ,ih cte& J Ike Man who Cares sayi- CARSTAIRS : WHITE SEAL CARSTAIRS BROS. DISTILLING CO., INC., NEW YORK, N. Y. IUNDtOrHISKEY..It-MOOF.i72AlllrlltUTMLTHRITI either because they haven't M mucn to spend or because vneyre a little worried about the future trend of their Incomes up North, Some auto dealers here are ad vertising sizable bargains on high er priced cara to move out the last or the IMS models. Used-car dealers here complaln-illke their counterparts most everywhere. ' The Florida state Employment Service brushes off th moderate rise ln-unemployment in Miami as 'just seasonal" and sava enroloT- rhent totals stay high by any standards. . I The construction industry foes Tight along ignoring some warn ings that an overbuilt condition could be shaping up. "Shucks, we've been called over built every year for seven years now," says one contractor, "and each year we've sold all we built." Prices , of older houses have dropped, however. Costs of build- ing newer ones have been sliced a little, either by production-line methods, or by narrowing profit margins. Bankers report folk, are keeping ud their mortgage navments. There are few defaults on loans or repossessions - of appliances bought on the installment plan.. ine big beach hotels claim they are full now after a poor start early In the season. But walk in land a block or so and you'll see vacancy siftns on most of the smaller places. Motels and thev built scads of mem iasi year are doing well ngnt now, alter a distressingly siow eariy season. The citrus Industry. In the mid. die of the state, had a shakeun the first of the year, when a bumper crop broke prices and plied up cans oi concentrates in ware- nouses. , But a Lakeland banker sayi (In telephone interview from the heart of the citrus belt! that in the last two weeks the movement ot the citrus pack into consump tion has been good. Plants are reopening and workers are being called back to take care of the late crop. He adds that ODtlmistlo slant operators are now predicting that the big pack wUl all be moved and a shortage might develop be fore the new crop comes in next January. Florida as a whole Dins its hnn on its growing new Industries. Like me rest ox me south, the northern Prt of the state is industrialising. Paper and cellulose plants are expanding. Eelectronlo plants and small garment factories are start ing up. Airline maintenance shops give Miami a big payroll. Alumi num and other metalworklng plants are growing. And a burgeoning cattle industry In the center of the state helps make Florida's economy more stable, less tied to tourl.t which is. dependent upon the upe " ui Business up NorUl Church Installs Electric Orqan CHILOQUIN Our Lady of Ml. Carmel Catholic Church has pur chased and Installed an electric organ. Planning for the instrument was begun nearly a year aio hut projects to raise the money were not begun aintil shortly before Lent this year, when .the men gave a successful ham dinner. Along with confirmation classes, which ended the last week fn Feb ruary, the adults ot the church are taking part in a study .group which began shortly after the new year and will continue throughout Lent. The group is studying the book, "Making the Catholic Church Easy To Know," and meets every Wednesday evening at the church following Rosary and Benediction. The choir is holding special re hearsals with the new organ for High Mass for the Easter sea son. . . The Rev. Father William stone Is pastor of Mt. Carmel Parish. HOTELS OSBURN HOLLAND EUGENE, ORE. MEDFORD Thoroughly Modern Mrs. J. E. Earley Joe Barley Jr. ' Proprietors a i 1 M ' 4y 45 QUART J V . t9 11 V-v ' v . i f jl-- & w '- JIJ 1 1 H. M. HOLDMANN SR., Pharmaciit , ' ' , To Be Opened A prescription pharmacy,' de signed to bring Klamath Falls hos pitals up to the standards of the American Hospital Association, and the American Pharmaceutical Association, will be opened in Klamath Valley Hospital, April 1. Final work is being completed this week. The new service, officials claim. will meet the needs of members of the Klamath Medical Service Bureau for the filling of prescrip tions. In the future, all prescrip tions issued by local doctors to members of the KMSB will be filled, except in cases of night emergencies, at the hospital. Night demands can be taken care of, at any downtown drug store as has been done in the past. Service will also be available to the general public The modern pharmacy opens di rectly into the lobby. Access to the room was made cy cutting through IS inches ot concrete. Cabinets are in hospital white and all Appointments are identical wttn other drug stores. Only prescrip tion work will be done. H. M. Holdmann Sr., registered pharmacist, recently with the Western Thrill Drug store, Mea ford, will be in charge. He owned and operated his own drug store in Juneau, Alaska for 25 years. Some years ago he was with the Paylesa Drug, here." 3 ; Long Lost Ring Returned Reset CENTRAL' CITY, Neb. il Twelve years ago Mrs. Roy Owart- ney missed her diamond ring, rne three-carat diamond was a family heirloom given her by her mother and she searched long and hard before giving it up as lost for ever. Now It has come back to her in the . mail. A note told how the mailer took the ring, and added, "I had it reset. But you may nave it all. Please forgive me." HERALD AND NEWS, 1 1 I yf .W"2" " 1 f'J!' Officer Helping Recover Funds TOKYO Wl The Far East Air Forces today said Ma. Thomas Pate, Los Angeles, spent more than (100,000 of "misused " mili tary money for an apartment house, a poultry business, U.S. bonds, a Japanese house and a new Cadillac. Pate, former finance officer at Tachlkawa air base southwest of here, is held under house arrest at nearby Yokota air base pending charges. His wife and two small daughters. 3 and 7. are witn mm The Air Force announced IT'S SPRING CLEAN-UP TIME! CALLUS TO HAUL AWAY YOUR TRASH Our Rotes or Reatonabl and Our Service i Good! PHONE 7706 KLAMATH FALLS GARBAGE CO. FREE CHICK DAY SAT. MARCH 27 STANDARD FEED 2710 So. 6th . ' -; - r-- ,f. -f trr;: '-; , ' .tMfe 60 GAUGE "BEIWtl'N. 'ttfl KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON J ti "J' f 6 if i ' j t.. ' Wednesday that Pate had admitted taking about (200,000 hi worn-out military scrip marked tor destruc tion but was cooperating with authorities In trying to recover the money. . WILL ACCEPT SEOUL, Wl Syngman Rhee indicated Friday he would accept a lifetime term as South Korea's president "if the constitution is changed and the people elect me again." The 70-vear-old president's sec ond four-vear term will end in 1958. The constitution limits the president to two terms: Phone 8300 t Hosts Meeting CHILOQUIN . ChllOQUln High School was host Wednesday after noon to one of a series of dis cussion of high schools throughout the county. "Taxation" was the discussion theme; moderator was Susan, Ravlua, Chiloquln senior. ' Henley opened the discussion with tal ksand Questions and an swers on "Would Not a Sales Tax be Fair to all Americans?" Frieda Kirk was the Chiloquln speaker with Ted Siemens helping on the discussion period. For Henley, O h a r 1 e n e Klrkpatrlck, was the the helper. "Should Taxes be Cut in the Face of World Tension?" waa dis cussed by John O'Nell of Merrill with help from Sharon Kotlholl. Sacred Heart students. Claudette Eris and Terry Bruner, led the dis cussion, "How Does the Govern ment ' Spent the Taxpayers Money?" The last Question for the- day, "Is the Excess Profits Tax Strang ling Progress in the Business World?" was discussed' by Malin and KUHS. Sneaker from the first school. Rod Loveness was assisted by Shirley Travis. From Klamath Fans were rat Tayior, epeaaer, and Janice Bubb. ' The series ot discussions are sponsored by the schools and the Elks Club as a preliminary stuay to the Elks' Scholarship tryouts given tor outstanding seniors at the ALL THAT'S NEW HH ! FREE COFFEE-AII dgy Sqf lirday FREE! FRESH, HOT-DO-NUTS ' Baked while you wait in the NEW , , T The new Multi-Duty Cooker The mort versatile, most It deep fry, it blanehef, bakei, worms, tteomi, itewi, corn! .;. u:' , . ; -, , Frt?e Pot 'li . .- Free Balloons for the Kids! 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