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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-01
NS-VA., HOG MARKETS

RALEIGH, Oct 31-{AP)-
(NCDA)-Hog markets steady
with tops of 23.75 at Rocky
Mount and Richmond; 1925 at
Greenville; "a 90 at Clinton
Warsaw Lumberton Chadbourn
and Fayetteville: and 1880 at
Smithfield- Mount Olive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-01

NEW YORK, Oct. 3i-(AP)-
The stock market closed the
October books today with a sell
ective recovery shift led by
steels although dealings were
among the slowest of the month
and many pivotals failed to shake
off minus signs.
Buyers returned on the idea
the list had been oversold in
Thursdays relapse and was in
technical shape for a comeback.
Numerous customers, however,
held aloof or trimmed accounts
due to bearishness over the re-
cent refusal of the market to re.
fleet exceptionally favorable
corporate news. Apprehension
regarding taxes and possible re-
lnstatement of some federal con-
trolls by Congress remained as a
chilling influence.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-01
POULTRY

RALEIGH, Oct. 31-(AP)-
(NCDA)-Raleigh egg and poul-
try markets steady; U. S. Grade
AA large 81; fryers and broilers
80 to 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-01
FINAL BOND QUOTATIONS

AT and ST As 96 121 1853
ACL 4 rs 81 104 n
Can Pac As Perp SO 70
C and Ell Inc 81 IS
CIV As 88 70
ICRI and. P R IS "a 81 p
Hud C IS GA 81 "
H and M IS 81 81 "a
Ills Cent 4 Us sc 70
Int G N IS 50 20 "a
NIX and T Al IS 81 81 u
NYC R IS 2013 II u
Penn RR G 4 US IS 81 "
Sou Ry Gen IS Sc. 106 "
Sou Ry en- IS "a 116 %
FOREIGN BONDS
Aust IS SIS 103
Aust 3 Vas Sc IS
Poland IS so 16 IS
Rio CIR Do Sui IS So 80
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-01
f YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Oct. 31-(AP)-
Cotton futures closed As cents a
bale lower to Is higher today.
There was little feature to the
market, with Washington devel-
opments on foreign aid and do
nestle price curbs discouraginC
trading.
Futures closed As cents a bale
lower to Is higher than the pre-
vious close.
Dec 32.58 32.73 81 so $3.50 Unch
Mch 1890 1890 80 IS 32.75 up l
Nav 1857 1871 8 1884 1851 up l
Jly 31.95 5000 81 81 81 80 oft 9
Oct. 1880 29.71 20 so 29. so off 2
Dec .29.10 20 26 20. 10 29.13B up 3
Middling spot 33.05N off 5
N-Nominal; B bid
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-01
Many Customers Trim Ac-
counts Due To Bearish
Trade News

MARKETS AT A GLANCE
NEW NORK, Oct. 31-(AP)-
Stocks liked; selected issues
in slow recovery.
Bonds Quiet; price changes
harrow.
Cotton-Steady; mill buying
CHICAGO
Wheat-Strong; higher Dec
ember export ALLEGATIONS.
Corn--Strong, country offer
ings light.
Oats-Strong; short covering.
Hogs-Steady to so cents low
er; top $26.15 sparingly.
Cattle-Mostly weak to so
cents lower; top grade absent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-01
Recovery Drift Features
LaStO ctOberS Stock Sales
LOCAL QUOTATION

Furnished by Allen c. Ewing & Co.
BID ASKED
Aviation Shares SOC sos $50
ACL of Conn. 4.0Oa SO IA "a "a
Boston Fund 2.1Gb
tx Div .16c 20. O o 21.62
Caro- Insurance 1.40a rs %
Chase Nat Bank 1.60a
Elk Div .4Oc 36 Ia SO ia
McBee .40a 7 Ia
Mass Inv Trust 1.89b 26.2 27.48
Nat Transit Co. 3 SD 3 81
Nat Tran Pump & Mch Co. s 1-s 6 ga
PEG Saw Bank & Tr 5000 so
Red Rock Bot unc., Cal 1-2' s IL
Sec Nat Bank Doc n
Standard Stoker 5000 81 1-2 q IL
T w P Common .6Oa SO 8 3-s
Viii Saw & TT 2.00c 4s
a. Indicated annual dividend rate.
b. Income n profits dividends paid
in past II months.
c. Paid in 1916.
The above quotations are nominal and
are believed to be indications of the
price at which the securities may be
purchased or sold.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-02-14

majority will concur with the commit
tee, this still remains the only good
bill of the three. 1t calls for $25 for
20 weeks, with no merit or experience
rating provisions.
HB164 would reduce the present $23
million fund to SIG million by way of
merit rating provisional gift to the
steady employers, such as banks, in
surance companies, retailers and-not
to be overlOoked-the Montana Power
and the Anaconda Copper Mining Co.
This bill, should it be approved would:
not only reduce the compensation
fund; not follow the intent of the fed
eral law that unemployed workers
should receive at least 60 per cent of
their regular earnings because many
expenses continue, employed or 9th
erwise; would be extremely unfair to
seasonal employers who, because of
its provisions, could not possibly bene-
fit by it's passage. Then, when the
fund dropped to the proposed SIG
million, the first rates to take a hike
above the present 2.7 per cent would
be those of the seasonal employers.
SB73 is of similar nature to HB164
except that it calls for granting to the
steady employers an So million rate
reduction plum. Estimates are that if
either measure is approved the ACM
alone will benefit to the tune of tax
savings of about 100000 per year.
Consensus of opinion of labor peo-
pie is that rather than have either !
measure-HB164 or SB73-approved |
it would be best to continue the pres
ent starvation benefit schedule.
Other Revenue Sources
Several other revenue measures
should be given favorable considera-
ton by the assembly. These include:
HB83, by Angstman of Hill and |
Melton of Beaverhead. This bill, which |
has passed the House and is now in |
the Senate, as amended by Angstman
and Nichols, Chouteau, calls for a 25 |
per cent increase in rental fees charg- |
ed on state grazing lands. 1t will be
recalled that at the 1888 session of the
because of the extremely
depressed prices of cattle, the assem-
bly, cut state grazing charges in half.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-02-14

Since then, and although stockgrowers
of that time swore they would gladly
pay more money for such lands when
cattle prices advanced, every effort to
restore the former rates has been kill
ed. 1t was only due to the piling of
facts on facts by Angstman and Mich
OILS that the moderate boost in rentals
was achieved. In the Senate, which in
some ways resembles a stockmen' s
club, it is expected that HB83 will
have even rougher shedding than in
the House.. Should it be approved by
the Senate and signed by the COVER
nor, it will add between $4,000 and
$4,000 to the state school funds an
nually.
Another Possible $2,300,0Oo
HB419, by Harlow of Sanders, is
severance tax proposal, which, if en-
acted into law would yield the state
around a million dollars year. This
bill would double the tax on strip
mining of coal from five to ten cents
per ton. 1t would also levy a tax on
all other natural resources that are
being drained away from the state,
except natural gas. On the latter a
2-mill per thousand feet levy would
be assessed All funds raised there
from are specifically earmarked for
the schools. This bill should be ap-
proved (but probably WON'T.
Thursday afternoons Helena
"bIackout" sheet = sometimes mis-
named a neWspaper-drew weird
conception of lib 419, and how, it
was alleged, it would tax all farm
products produced from the ground.
This is pure hokum, put out to
arouse the farmers against lib 419
and thereby have them carry the
fight of the railroads and the Mon
tana Power against this measure.
It's the same old story of the
monkey, the chestnuts and the cat
and don't be under any Illusions
of who is doing the "monkeyine" in
this instance.
HB257 and HB258, also by Harlow,
would raise considerable additional
revenue from corporation license
taxes and by revising procedure in
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-02-14
Many Measures Holding Attention Of SolonS

Last Sundays deadlne for introducing bills men,
of the 3Oth legislature
bills IN both houses plus 70 memorials federal
and two resolutions These ntroducons break
for the House, 1913 for the Senate; House.
6 in the Senate, and resolution apiece legislative
branch.
Champion bill ntroducer for the House Rep. BIenkner
Saltwater, who led off measures most of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-02-14

people had a chance to pass on 1t. The
committee has also announced plans
for a comprehensive investigation of
the corporate income tax structure of
the state, preliminary to launching an
initiative petition for the effective tax
ing of corporation incomes. At it's
Monday night meeting the committee
also pointed out that, according to a
study made last year by Arthur A.
Elder, American Federation of Labor
tax consultant, corporations in Mon
tana pay only per cent of the states
total tax load.
Lobby gossip on the sales tax is
for the most part divided into two
channels-1) That it's political sui
eide, p that, if other revenue meas
ures presently in the hands of the
house revenue and taxation commit
tee, were properly explored and then
enacted into law, a sales tax would
not be necessary.
Special Session?
A third ramification has come from
Rep. C. J. Williams, Yellowstone, and
chairman of the revenue committee.
Rep Williams states that unless suf-
ficient tax sources can be tapped dur
ing the remaining weeks of the ses-
sion, the governor will be forced to
call a special assembly before July L
to meet the states financial crisis.
Although the strategy at present
seems to be to kill every revenue
measure before considering the sales
tax, it may be well for House men,
Ders, particularly of the revenue COM
nittee to reconsider, and give favor
able attention to such excellent mea- |
;ures as: HB419, HB257, HB258, etc.
Other revenue measures covering ev-
erything from licensing slot machines
% licensing bigtime gambling are also |
n the hands of the house committee. |
School Reorganization
Second only to the sales tax as an
ssue is HB124-a hodge-podge col
ection of recommendations, some
-ood but for most part bad, commonly
,nown as the school reorganization
ill. Rural residents of the state are
wrought up over this pro-
osal because of it's concentration of
rbitrary power in the hands of a
ounty-wide board and the greatly
increased authority of the politically
ppointed state board of education.
While it is impossible to tell, as this
; written, what action will be taken
Y the House on this measure, wiser
eads in that body are of the opinion
nat such a drastic revision should be
ut off for two years while the people
ave a longer time in which to study
le proposals, it's implications, etc.
hould the measure get past the
louise, the odds look better than even
lat it will not pass the Senate.
Unemployment Comp. Revision
At this time "wednesday there are
Tree bills before the legislature on
compensation - HBS9
Y Head, Missoula and Cook, Cascade;
B164, Foot of Flathead, and SB73,
awtell of Custer.
Although, it is expected that HBS9
ill come on the floor with edo not
ass" recommendation, and the House
|
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-02-14

winch COIlC0II oCdCc COuC IC
vision. Top honors for mass in
Productions in the Senate go tC
Sen. Worden, Missoula, and
Sen. Wallace, Lake, most OF
whose measures also dealt with code
revision.
: AS in every session, variety seems
to be the spice of life in the types of
bills introduced.
The senators, in their 1853 propos-
ais show great concern for human re-
lation, with no less than dozen meas
ures covering such important affairs
in the lives of every person as: per-
hitting the adoption of adults (SBS6),
or the wisdom of premartial examina-
tions to determine that prospective
brides and grooms are free of sin"
(SB100.)
No less variety is exhibited in the
House. However, the members of that
body seem to have a more worldly out
lok on affaires de state, with a heavy
concentration of bills designed to
touch the tenderest spot in every citi-
zen's body-his pocketbook nerve.
Eager beaver legislators, faced with
a problem of raising at least an addi-
tional six million bucks to properly
feed no less than 126 separate state
agencies, and lord only knows how
many county, city and school divi-
sions, have left few stones unturned.
to scrape up the necessary pieces of
eight. Other legislators, no less public
have introduced measures on
everything from slight very slight |
of unemployment comp. |
benefits (HBS9) to not so slight lib |
of the remuneration &C
corded the governor, the supreme |
court and other state officials. (HB366 |
and SB128).
Controversy Ahead
At present time three proposals
stand out as the most controversial
Of the current session. These are:
Sales Tax, 1889, by Taber and
Thomas, Ravalli county; Van Cleve,
Big Horn; Dallas, Broadwater Dup
pier, Fallon; Gebhardt and Brum-
Daugh. Yellowstone. School Reor-
Janization, lib 1924, by Committee on
and Unemployment Comp.
Revision, HB89, HB164, SB73.
The Sales Tax
OF these, the sales tax proposal
seems to hold all of the potential
dynamite to blast all favoring such
egislation into political oblivion. This
MEASURE, like the school bill, will like
y see much cutting across party lines,
With the strong possibility it will not
,ass. Likewise, considerable opposi-
ion to the measure is coming in from
he "homefolks" and wary legislators
re noting this carefully. :
To add more CONSERVATION, the
state Legislative Co-ordinating COM
nittee, composed of Veterans groups,
he Montana Farmers Union, ALL,
10 and brotherhood unions, and 9th t
r liberal groups, has served notice u
hat should such a measure pass, steps /
will be Immediately taken to secure T
he necessary Is per cent of voters
ignatures to make it referendum
MEASURE in 194S. This would automati v
ally stay its taking effect until the p
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-02-14

electromagnetic chaos" Ball R Mnn and others
membership
closed than other
agreements combined QPA)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-11-08
Fly Flight
lNeW York Tinles)

Patient research coupled with great technical skill in the use of high-speed motion has at last solved an age-old mysterv-how a fly flies The American Museum of Natural History, though its Curator of Insects and Spiders Dr. C. H. Curran and the Sperry Gyrcscope Company joined forces bring about this achievement Scientists who have seen the resulting motion pictures have called them among the most remarkable ever made. Henry M Lester, the photographer was able to show in slow motion the ly beating it's wings some 300 times a second. But the pictures show more than this. They reveal that the I>' keeps its balance by means of a pair of vibrating rods, called hateres protruding from the sides of the body. These rods beat up and down at the same rate as the wings, going down while the wings go up, and vice
 Preston R. Bassett, President of Sperry believes that the fly studies especially with relation to the halteres, may lead to Simplicaton and improvement 7f the gyroScope. Just the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics has pointed new paths in combustion by the study of flame propagation within
 he aircraft engine cylinder by means of high-speed others. the new fly photographs of the museum may eventually be expected to throw new light on aero dynamics
 To make the photographs possible flies had to be selected that were not prima donnas but would take off when wanted and fly harnessed by tiny pieces of wax and thread before the camera. In spite of two years of experimentation the students of flv flight still do rot know how the fly turns upside down and lights on the ceiling It may we'll be that further Photographic studies will show that he does it by climbing half roll like the familiar Immelman turn of the stunt fiers and the fighter pilot The camera lens already has shown that the fly has an in genus mechanism in the beating halteres which of iers intriguing possibilities for man-fashioned aircraft
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-11-08
Civilian Rule
{ Washington Post


 lot of murmuring may be heard from time to tune against military occupation of jobs which are not normally considered within the scope of military responsibility in a democracy The fact is that the Department of the Army wants to get rid of many of these extra military tasks such as for instance the governance of the occupied countries Several times General Eisenhower, a believer in the shoemaker sticking to his last has tried to shift the responsibility fer government in Germany to the State Department To all his pleas, however, there has been negative reply, and another such reply evidently has just been returned, with flat statement from the State Department that change-over is Indefinitely post- poned."
 It is highly unfortunate that the State Depart ment cannot assume this duty in Germany The explanation is that it has neither the personnel nor the other facilities administer the American zone in Germany But the alternative is anachronistic In one capacity in Germany the Army is part of the government; in another it is the Army of Occupation It is compelled in other words, to act as a govern ment in passing upon appropriations which it will use army. This is a ridiculous situation and should have been corrected long time ago. We need all the genius of Army to be concentrated on the problem of occupation For our troops either as consabualy soldiers, are bound to be in Germany for some time to come.
 This shall say matter whether Soviet Russia at the November meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers proposes troop withdrawal from Germany it already has in the case of Korea new situation has been created in Germany Mar shal von Pauus and General von Sedlitz two of the generals that Russia kept the purpose of setting up Free German Committee, are said already to have trained German army of 8000O men If the news is correct Soviet Russia is reneging on her pledge to keep Germany dsarmed and it would be the height of folly to pull out our troops in such circumstances On the contrary we need to stay more tan on the alert, certainly not to let the Army disperse its energies between government and patton.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-11-08
WHY PRICES HAVE RISEN

In his recent address on the food problem Presi- dent Truman pointed out that most of the upward pressure prices is result of competition among Americans for goods" The following day Sec retary of Labor Schwellenbach told the AFL conven- tion that ndustry's large profits, not increase in wages, were to blame for higher prices Apparently there is not united front within the Administra tion as to the of higher prices The available evidence indicates that MT Truman sounder ground than his Secretary of Labor.
 Wages and salaries for about two-thirds of total incomes Since the pre-war years weekly wages in manufacturing have about doubled while total and salaries paid have almost trpled. The increase in the number of people employed helps to explain why total wage payments have increased so much more than weekly earnings During this same period the total supply of food has increased more moderately. According to the estimates of the De- partment of Agriculture, food production in 1947 will be about 40 per cent greater than before the war Consumer incomes have increased much more than has food production that there has been the inevitable pressure prices
 It is often overlooked that wages represent both purchasing power and costs It is probably true that increases in wage costs have played only small role in the recent increases in food prices Nevertheless higher wages have helped to augment demand and hence have created the additional pressure for higher prices to which the President referred new round of wage at this time would further expand demand and raise costs without inducing larger supplies of food. The net effect would be still greater pressure for higher wages.
 The President minimized the effect of exports upon prices. He stated that exports have some effect upon domestic prices of grain they do not exercise controlling influence on food prices" At later point in his statement he observed that the success of our foodsaving program will help to re- duce these nflationary pressures" If the conserva- tion of l000o0000 bushels of wheat would reduce nflationary pressure. it is difficult to understand why the purchase of 100000 00o.bushels is not major factor in the rise in prices Actually there have been three major factors contributing to the price rise
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-11-08
STATE DEPARTMENT uESTAPO

The nation is indebted to Bert Andrews of the New York Herald Tribune for exposing the exact text of the State Departments gestapo cross examination used in firing "disloyal' employees.
 The Andrews expose shows the ilimsy fabric cf rumor dished out by the State Department firing squad" to be highly reminiscent oi Q certain Eurorean country we re- gently defeated in order to make democracy live.
 No specific charges were brought. The dismissed State Department employee was briefly told the State Department didn't like the people ne associated with.
 Some years hack, the State De- partment hlerarchy had a differ ent technique for getting rid of men who didn't fit" They were accused of a clandestine sex charge, hen allowed to resign
 The presen. system, however, neither permits the victim to re- s-gn nor to know the charges
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-11-08
TRUMAN WILL RUN

Quite accidentally President Tru- man recently let drop the fact that he would be a little busy" in Sep tember which, of course, is the time the Presidential campaign gets hot.
 Truman dropped this remark when AMVET Commander Edgar .. Gerry, Jr invited the President to address the AMVET convention il Chicago next September.
 "Ill be little busy around that time" replied Truman, quickly adding with a smile, however, don't take that to be an announce ment"
 Switching to economic problems, the President showed the AMVET Commander a series of charts from which he called figures almost like a football quarterback One chart showed how prices are following the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-11-08
MERRY-GO-ROUND

T5warG Hughes has invited the same Senators who criticized his government contract to build his huge flying boat to ride on it dur Ing its first major test. So lar none has accepted
 Actor Adolphe Menjou may soon repeat in court his scene before the House un-American Activities Com IT. ttee. The su.ve screen star is le- gally protected from libel for his statements at the committee hear ing, but he made the mistake of re- beating his charges at Romanoff's, a Hollywood restaurant. Two law suits now are being prepared against him.
 The White House will ask Con- gress to pass another unification bill next session if the Presidents clustering military aide, Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan. has his way. This time it is a merger of the Nation al Guard with the Army Reserve. Vaughan is boldly pushing the mer- ger backstage.
 The State Department has given Francis Russell, director ol public affairs, the job of selling the Am erican public on the European re- covery plan All other government tai departments have been in structed b,untly to clear with Rus sell before handing out information on the plan
 fccPYRIGHT. l947, BELL SYNDICATE INC)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-11-08

brought against him. He is fred with no appeal to a higher court, following which he can't get a job anywhere No wonder the State De- partment is now having trouble hiring good men.
 Note-In contrast, the State De- artment plus other government agenc.es sat corGplacently on their hands when ex-employees of Stand ard Oil of California and Texaco worked temporarily as government officials at the time Arabian oil deals were put across netting the oil companies millions. During that period, Franz Von Schilling got salary from the two oil companies while loaned to the State Depart
 nent: Max Thornburg, formerly of standard of California, was the state Departments Arabian Gil ad- ser; Col. E. P. Kavanaugh sat on the Army Navy petroleum board;
 Adm. Andrew F Carter was head of that board; James Duce and c. r. Snodgrass helped run the petro- leIm administration for war; while Comdr. Ralph Fowler sat in on Navy oil negotiations.
 All were linked either before or afterward with the Arabian Ameri- can oil company which not only persuaded the U s. government to subsidize King Ibn Saud, but sold Gil to the Navy for $105 a barrel when other oil was available at so 40.