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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-09-17
Farm Credits Land
Mortgage Loans
Rise TO 1885 Level

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(CNS)-
U. S. farmers and their co-ops had
SPA billion in loans from Farm Cred
it Administration, June 80. That's
the biggest year-end total since 1912,
Robert B. Tootell, FCA governor said.
Biggest reason for the increase,
Tootell said, was an increase in farm
mortgage loans, caused largely by
farmers refinancing real estate pur-
chases and capital improvements.
National farm loan associations hit
new 19-year loan peak.
The Is banks for co-operatives cut
their loan totals slightly, though more
co-ops used the banks last year than
ever before. Farmers were borrow
ing about so less for day-to-day op-
erations through production credit as
sociations than a year ago.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-09-17
REA 0kays S7I4 Million Loan
For Iowa Coop Power Plant

IOWA FALLS. la. = (CNS) A
~ a million loan to build a $4,000
kilowatt coop power plant near here
was okayed by Rural Electrification
Administration, September 7. Corn
Belt Power Cooperative, with head
quarters in Humboldt, will own the
plant. Corn Belt is owned by IA Iowa
rural electric co-ops with $1,000
members.
The plant won't be on the line until
1862. Yet by 1856, Corn Belt will
need more power to meet farmers
needs than its present 66,550 kilo-
watts of installed capacity can sup
ply. In the six intervening years, Corn
Belt will take electricity from Iowa
Electric Light & Power Company,
then pay back this power when the
plant here starts up.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-09-17
FOREST SERVICE
OPENS PROGRAM
ON GENETICS

PORTLAND, Ore.-In two steps
aimed at strengthening forest re-
search in the Douglas fir region, the
Z. S. Forest Service has reactivated
the Willamette Research Center and
initiated a forest genetics program,
both in cooperation with the School
Of Forestry, Oregon State College.
Arrangements for establishing
headquarters in Corvallis, Oregon,
have been completed, according to
an announcement by r. W. Cowlin,
director Of the Forest Services Pacific
Northwest Forest and Range Expert
ment Station, and Dean Paul NJ. Dunn
Of the School Of Forestry.
A major objective Of the genetics
research program will be improve
ment Of Northwest tree species
through plant breeding and careful
selection Of seed.
In addition to new Investigations
planned, the project will serve as a
basis for expansion of tree improve
ment studies begun by the Station
as early as 1912.
By concentrating future activities
at Oregon State College, advantage
can be taken of propagating and
laboratory facilities as well as the
opportunities of using test grounds
in the Forestry Schools Mcdonald
Forest.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-09-17
N. M. C. READY TO
BEGIN 1954-55
SCHOOL Term

HAVRE-Presiden L. o. Brock
mann of Northern Montana College
has announced that plans are COM
pleted for the 1954-55 school year.
All faculty and staff members are
ready to begin the new school year
New faculty and staff members have
been employed to replace those who
have resigned or are on leave of alb
sence. Substantial increase in enroll
menJ over the 1953-54 school year
is anticipated. Possession applica-
tions have increased thirteen per cent
over last year at this same time.
College will officially begin with
a pre-school conference September
1911 This will be the fourth such
conference under the direction of
President Brockmann at Northern
Montana. The conference this year
will have added Importance since
this is the first year that Northern
Montana is offering a four-year pro-
gram in elementary teacher prepare
ton to students. The purpose of the
conference is to emphasize problems
of curriculum development and und-
er four-year program this develop
ment becomes increasingly import
ant. Northern will now make plans
to offer teacher training on the sec
ondary as well as the elementary
level. Ultimately, work will be of
fered leading to the Masters degree
in both elementary and secondary
education.
Northern Montana College empha-
sizes student growth, and develop
ment and problems in curriculum de-
velopment are an integral part Of
this emphasis. This conference is
planned each year in order that the
most recent findings from research
in the field of human development
can be brought to Northern and the
Hi-Line area. School personnel from
the HiLine area have been invited
20 attend and to participate in the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-09-17
Farm Loan Co-ops Return
1913 Million Dividends

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The 300,-
600 U. S. farmers who own the LOO
farm loan associations throughout the
country got back 1913 million divi-
dends on their stock in the year end
ing June 80. They've retired all gov
eminent capital, both in the farm
loan associations and the IL federal
land banks, while borrowing at low
rates.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-09-17
Canine Expense Account

PORTLAND, Ore.-The nations
dog population has been increasing
faster than the human population for
80 years, soaring 200 per cent, while
for humans the increase has been only
so per cent. The CANNES, 22,000,000
strong, now consume S200,000,000
worth of dog food and an additional
$500, 100000 worth of clothing, shell
ter, training, and medical attention.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-09-17
Wholesale Food Prices
Up From Year Earlier

NEW YORK = Wholesale food
prices averaged IL per cent higher
than a year ago for the current week,
the Dun & Bradstreet index shows
and is 12,4 per cent over the pre-
Korea figure.
The latest index for 81 basic foods
shows a rise of five cents over the
preceding week to $3.50. Last year
for the same week the figure was
S6.62.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-09-17
Farm Population Drops
To 1871 % of u. S. Total

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(CNS)-
Though the 1855 farm census won't
get underway until October, the Cen
sus Bureau estimated that in April
this year there were 21,890,000 peo-
pie on U. S. farms. If that estimate
holds up, the farm population will
have dropped from 1867 of the
U. S. total in 1850 to 1871 this
year.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-09-17
TOTALS STILL RISING

Total savings still are rising, but
heavier Withdrawals are cutting sharp
ly into the rate of gain. Some saw
ings officials believe an even sharper
showdown is in the offing.
Perhaps the best overall savings
figure is the personal saving" esti-
mate made by the Commerce De-
partment. This figure, on a seasonally
adjusted basis, was at an annual rate
of S19.7 billion in the three months
ended June 80. That's a drop of
nearly 10% from the previous quart
er.
The Commerce Department totals
up personal income, subtracts tax
payments and purchases Of consum-
ers' goods and services, and calls the
remainder personal saving" So the
estimate includes lot
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-09-17

of things the average individual mlgh
not consider savings, such as deb
repayments.
The showdown in the savings rls'
has been slight, to be sure. Savings
in New York States 237 savings anC
loan associations in the II months
ended July 81 increased by $279.t
million. That's an annual rate of gair
of 1850, compared with 1917 in
the previous year.
MUTUAL SAVINGS SITUATION
Savings in the nations mutual saw
ings banks rose by $1,000, 100000 in
the first half of this year, a gain of
1870, compared with 4.5@o a year
earlier. Since mid-year, the pile-up
of savings cash has slowed still more,
the bankers say.
The slower increase in savings
could mean a tapering off in the rate
at which savings institutions increase
their investments in home mortgages,
corporate bonds and other types of
lending.
Savings institutions provide the
largest share of home mortgage cred
it. Amy significant decline in such in
vestments conceivably could take
some of the steam out of the current
home -building boom.
Savings institution officials, how
ever, are pushing hard to reverse the
savings showdown. New York State
savings banks, for example, believe
4 lot of their depositors have drifted
% suburbs of the cities where their
offices are located. Under present
aw, the banks aren't permitted to
)ut up branches in those suburbs to
lold these depositors, so the banks
ire trying to change the law.
Savings banks generally still are
rying to lure more cash by boosting
interest rates offered depositors. Last
-une 80, 139 savings banks in the
J. S. were offering 39t or more, COM
jared with 101 paying that much
ear earlier. The average interest
ate per bank was 2.62go on June
o, up from 2.53fe year ago.
Commercial banks are interested
n boosting their savings accounts,
co. According to an American Bank
IS Association survey, the CONNER
ial banks will lay out record $68
lillion on advertising this year, an
Increase Of 81 million over the pre-
ious years figure. Of the 2,0O0-odd
anks participating in the 1854 sur
ey, 1913 named SELLING savings and
hrift" as the banks Number l ad-
ertising job, compared with $50 |
which favored pushing all other bank
ng services. In the previous year,
My $50 banks ranked savings first.
low SAVINGS HAVE RISEN
The slowup in sailing away cash
ONES on the heels of a big post
World War II savings upsurge.
Leading the way were the nations
avings and loan associations, which
t last report on March 81 held saw
1gs totalling $23,88O, 100000, more
han three times the figure for the
nd of 1915.
Deposits of mutual savings banks
t the end of last month were $685.
34,000,000, up $50 from December
l, 1945. Assets of life insurance
Ompanies last June 80 totaled $780,
81 100000, a healthy $40 gain in
ne past eight and one-half years.
Time deposits of commercial banks,
hich include savings accounts, to-
aled 45,970,00O,0OO on June 80, an
lcrease Of 500 over the end-of-1945
CURE. U. S. savings bonds outstand-
lg on June 80 totaled $58,061, 00O,-
90, up 2O% over December 81, 1915.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-09-17
More Folks Dig Into Their Reserves Easing Business Dip
By LINDLEY H. CLARK, JR.

Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
NEW YORK-An increasing number of Americans are cash-
ing in savings life policies dipping INTO
their savings accounts
Rising Withdrawals of savedup cash are causing increasing
among bankers and life insurance officials here IN the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-09-17

nations financial capital.
"We've had 5000 depositors close
out their accounts so far this year, "
says one New York savings bank Of
fetal. That's twice as many as in all
1858"
A life insurance company execu-
tive asserts: "Since the first of the
year we've had to increase by 209o
the size of our staff handling poll
cy loans and surrenders of policies"
so far" says one banker, 'the
situation isn't serious. But if with
drawals continue to rise at the pres
ent rate they're going to make a big
dent in the new money we have avail
able for investment.
THE SAVINGS GIANTS
Here in the New York City area
are the four biggest life insurance
companies: Metropolitan, Prudential,
Equitable and New York Life. Also
in New York are nine of the nations
ten largest savings banks, headed by
such giants as Bowery Savings, Emil
grant Industrial Savings, Dime Saw
ings and Dollar Savings.
Savings men concede, of course,
that there's another side to the pic
5ure of declining savings. By draw
ng on what they have accumulated,
are keeping their spend
ng high, helping to cushion the cur
'ent business downturn.
Personal consumption expenditures,
IS figured by the U. S. Commerce De-
,artment, in the April-June quarter,
we're at an annual rate of S233.1 bill
ion, up 1913 billion from a year z
arlier. This rise occurred in the face
f a doubling of the number of I'M !
and a reduction in over
ime.
The number of unemployed in
July was 3.3 million, up from Is
million a year earlier, according to
most recent Census Bureau esti- .
mates. The average number of
hours worked per week by produc- I
ton workers in manufacturing in y
dustries was 39.4 last month, down 7
from 40.3 a year ago. 7
APPING THEIR SAVINGS
Figures already available from the
fe insurance companies and savings
anks show clearly the rising trend
)ward tapping savings.
In the first six months Of 1854, :
ne nations life insurance companies
anded out S418.7 million to policy !
OILERS who cashed in their policies,
p a hefty 22fo from year earlier.
n the same period, the life COM
anies loaned policyholders an addi- !,
onal 1855 million, up nearly 276 /;
rom year ago. :
In the January-July period, with
rawals from regular savings ac-
cunts in savings banks were 40
igher than a year earlier. Here in c
lew York State, the total number of '
ocular accounts in the states saw
lgs banks fell by 9,405 last month, S
OLlpdISQ Will d gam VI EtO III u uly, q
953. il
u. S. savings bond redemptions t
lso are heading upward. In June, e
ne latest month for which figures
re available, the Treasury handed a
ut 1919 million to individuals who 5
edeemed savings bonds, up about 3
sc from the previous month and c
n increase of about 1919 from a 9
ear earlier. Il
OTALS STILL RISING
Total savings still are rising, but =
eavier Withdrawals are cutting sharp :
r into the rate of gain. Some saw e
lgs officials believe an even sharper :.
owdown is in the offing. n
Perhaps the best overall savings
CURE is the personal saving" esti-
ate made by the Commerce De- L
This figure, on a seasonally 7
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-18
BY LARRY ALLEN

HANOI, Indochina Up French
squadrons of American-supplied
warplanes resumed heavy attacks
today on Communicated Vietminh
troops moving eastward out of
Diem Bien Phu toward the Red
River delta.
The French high command an
nounced the renewal of air strikes
after rebel failure to accept a six
point French plan for evacuating
Diem Bien Phu's wounded, includ-
ing an offer to take care of SER
iously wounded Vietminh troops.
The French had told the Wet
mimi air attacks would be re-
Sumed unless their proposal was
accepted by midnight last night.
Prime target of the air strike
was the strategic 7O-mile highway
between Diem, Bien Phu and Son
La.
The French had stopped bomb
ing this highway last Friday after
the rebels had agreed to permit
evacuation of 753 of the 1900 to
1900 French Union wounded
caught at Diem Bien Phu when it
fell.
Rebel Gen. Vo Nguyen Clap in
sisted that the French must hold
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-18
|Electronics Will
Nab Cheaters

LAS, VEGAS, New. Up This
gambling city is preparing to
catch cheaters by electronics.
One plush casino, The Sands,
inaugurated last night an elaborate
television circuit by which Jake
Freedman, president of the hotel
corporation, can watch all 10 gam
ing tables at once from his office
on the floor above.
The closed circuit consists of 10
cameras which show, ON the
screen of Freedman's receiver,
only the hands of the players and
dealers at the 10 tables. Any unto
ward activity can be reported by
Freedman to pit bosses or other
floor officials.
The cameras, hotel spokesman
said, do not identify the players
but show only their hands and the
exchange Of money between deal.
ers and players.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-18
Attacks On Vietminh Are Resumed

their fire on the highway so his
own wounded could be moved.
The French contended later Clap
actually was using the highway to
funnel troops and war materiel
toward the Red River delta, seen
by the French command as the
next big rebel target.
When the French found they
could move only II wounded in
two days by helcopter and small
planes, and Clap refused to permit
repair of the airstrip to let bigger
planes land, the high command
said it was no longer bound to
hold off its air strikes.
1t said that such an airlit' would
take at least month and by then
Clap could move out all his men
and materiel. .s.
Late last night the French COM
mander in chief, Gen. Henri Ma
varre, broadcast an offer to sup
ply engineers and heavy equip
ment for putting the shell and
trench ocked Diem Bien Phu run
way back into shape on condition
that both men and materiel be
returned after the operation.
He asked that once the mercy
flights were resumed, no ceiling be
placed on the number of planes
allowed to land and take off.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-18

The six-point French proposal
made yesterday called for:
% Repair Of Diem Bien Phu's
airfield to let in larger planes for
airlifting the wounded, (2) remov-
al of the wounded at the fastest
possible rate, '(3) cessation of air
strikes on the Diem Bien Phu-Son
La highway to permit the rebels
to remove their own casualties,
(4) removal of rebel-imposed bar
riers on evacuation of wounded
Vietnamese, go creation of mixed
commissions 10 decide who would
be evacuated and to insure that
nonhoSpital vehicles did not use
the Diem Bien Phu-Son La high
way, and (6) French medical aid
and air transport to French hospi-
tails for gravely wounded rebels.
Navarro pledged the rebel
wounded would be returned to the
Vietminh after their recovery.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-18

(and actually arrest many cases)
once the disease has struck
Weiss said the Rockefeller work
indicated that the separated ex-
tract contained at least some of
the cOmponents by which germ
stimulates immunity against itself
when the germ gets into an animal
or human body.
But more important, he said, is
the fact that the successfully-used
extract can be prepared both from
germs that are '.virulent" - that
is, capable of causing infection -
and from those that are not virul-
ent. This indicates, he said, that
the extract may be free of the
component, or components, of a
tuberculosis germ which influ-
ences the germs power to infect
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-18
Germ Ghosts
MayAidIn
TB Battle
BY FRANK CAREY
AP Science Reporter

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. RHEx.
tracts from the "ghosts" Of germs
may eventually provide an i'm.
proved vaccine to protect against
tuberculosis, a scientist of the
Rockefeller Institute for Medical
Research has revealed.
DR.. Frank w. Weiss told the Ma
tional tuberculosis Assn. (NTA)
that significant protection against
tuberculosis had been achieved in
mice with a chemical extract de.
rived from human tuberculosis
germs which first had been killed
by chemical means.
And this work, he told a reporter,
"opens up at least an approach
towards developing a vaccine for
h m n administration without
using either ''live" tuberculosis
bugs or even the entire bodies of
killed ones. He said a vaccine
called BEG, which uses Give" but
nonvirulent germs, is already in
fairly wide use, and that in some
parts of Europe a vaccine made Of
KILLED" but intact germs has been
used. But he declared that each
type has actual or potential draw.
backs.
Weiss prepared a report, Jointly
with DR.. Rene ]. Dubois, for the
MAS 50th anniversary meeting
It came not long after DR.. Jane:
Perkins, managing director of the
MIA, had declared in a keynotins
statement that while substantial
progress has been made in thu
treatment Of tuberculosis, 1--WE ar,
not preventing tuberculosis any
where near as successfully as W,
have been able to postpone dealt
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-18
Spectacular
|Cenghis Khan
Is Film Hero

Somehow or other when we think
Of great conquerors the names o.
Alexander The Great, Julius Cae
sar and Napoleon come to mind
Occasionally, though not too otter
the name Of Genghis Khan comes
to mind - yet undoubtedly he was
the greatest conqueror of all time.
Never knowing defeat, his armies
swept across half the globe from
China to Eastern Europe. The only
thing that stopped him and his wild
hordes from sweeping across Eu.
rope and into England - was the
great Khan's death. The majesty,
drama and romance of this strange
ruler of several centuries ago is
told in a new film, "Genghis Khan
starring Manuel Condo in the title
role, which will open May 10 at the
Monroe Theatre, through United
Artists release.
In 1905, Temujin (his real name)
unified the Mongol tribes and got
them to recognize him as their
chief. He was to be called GenghiS
Khan - the all-enveloping king.
First of all he attacked eastward.
He broke through the Great Wall
and wrenched Northern China from
the Manchus. Picking capitulated.
Then he moved westward, spread
ing terror and desolation wherever
he went. He took Turkestan, burn.
ed Bokhara and Samarkand, over
ran Afghanistan and Persia. Sweep
ing on the shores of the Caspian,
he thrust into Russia and Crimea,
reaching as far into Europe as the
Danube. In his conquests, Genghis
Khan didn't defeat small bands of
poorly-equipped warriors - but
wiped out vast armies Of well.
trained archers and horsemen.
The clash of these vast armies,
the burning, pillaging and desola-
ton, are shown in their full drama
tic impact in "Genghis Kahn" AL
so shown is the strange romance
between Temujin and the Princess
Lei Hal, played by the lovely FL
vira Reyes. She was the daughter
of a king whose tribe at first de-
feated Temujin's forces. Thinking
her to be partly responsible for his
defeat, he later enslaves her and
tries to humiliate her by assigning
her mental tasks. He later realizes
that his antagonism is really an
expression of his love for her.
Manuel Condo also produced the
film, which was directed by Lou
Salvador and adapted for the
screen by Carlos v. Francisco.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-18
Sparrow Wins

OMAHA H-Mrs. w. J. Noeck.
er's clothes drier sits in a second
floor kitchen with a pipe ex-
tending through the side of a wall.
Through the pipe came a sparrow
family to take up homemaking in
the drier.
For a while Mrs. Noecker kept
destroying nests and the birds kept
rebuilding. One day she found an
egg in the nest. She gave up.
Now she removes the nest and
its egg when she uses the drier.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-18
ZeppO Is Divorced

LAS VEGAS, New. Up -Zeppo
Marx, who played romantic leads
and straight man for his zany
Marx brothers on the screen, has
been divorced by Mrs. Marion
Marx. She obtained her degree yes.
terday, on a charge of cruelty.