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Show Frozen Food "Lcrfiers"':-:;;: Insrove Diet ; CHICAGO, Dec 20 (HPJ Meat packers said 'today that the lit-creasing lit-creasing popularity of frozen food lockers has improved the diet of - American farmers . by giving them more beef. ; . ; ...i . -Officials of the Frozen Food Locker institute said there were 1,238 plants with 309,500 lockers in the United States in 1938, com ' pared with 9,529 plants and 4,859,-790 4,859,-790 - lockers this year. . " Most of the plants are In small 'towns, or rural areas, the lnsu state said, and most of the patrons ?who rent lockers tfre farmers or rural inhabitants. , ---v Spokesmen- for the , American Meat. Institute said that fanners who' once were forced to live on cured pork and ham during many ' months of the year now store beef ' in frozen food lockers. -- The spokesman said that some meat packers, particularly in the : east.- are noying with the idea i : of "producing individual : cuts of meat instead or dressed carcasses. - - Thus, retail butchers, instead of 'slicing off the cuts for their cus tomers, would take them ready cut from refrigerator - compart' , ments. labelled "steaks," 'roasts,' "pork chops, etc. Packers experimented with the idea several years ago, however, and found it impractical because there; was not enoueb refrigerat ing equipment to handle the cuts as "they were shipped through trade, channels. . - , . . . . - : , f ...... . . . . ' .: ' ., - -21; 1947 ROVO. UTAH COUNTY- UTAH. v- SUNDAY, DECEMBER Demonstrators .Use Flag fo Give Cops a Rough ,Time; jV,'' i f. -' : i V ) V' Winner Named In MGM Novel Award O'NEW. YORK, Dec. 20 (U.R) Ether Forbes, Worcester, Mass., has been named winner of the semi-annual Metro-Gold wyn-Ma-' yer novel award of $150,000 for ' . . "The Running of the Tide. j 1 MGM said the award . carries ; the possibility of another $250,-,'-000 depending on sales. If the ? i book a story about 19th century Salem, lassn should win a Pulitzer Pulit-zer prize Miss Forbes would re- '' celve an additional $25,000. She -: won a Pulitzer prize for an earlier ''book, "Paul Revere and tne EWorld -'B Lived In." A detachment ofT state and local police, detailed to the Hershey Metal Products Co., Ansonia, ; Conn, finished their tour of duty with mighty tired right arms. To prdtest a ban on mass picketing, CIO demonstrators, carrying a U. S. flag; matched back and forth for two hours and the cops were. . - forced to salute the flag jevery time the marchers passed by. . &U STOWAWAYS ON BOARD; PROBE ORDERED NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (U.R) Officers Of-ficers of the Italian liner Vulcania . began an Investigation, today to determine how 16 of the 20 stowaways stow-aways on the ship's last voyage from Europe, could make the trip . Undetected. Pour stowaways were Plane Passenger Traffic Gairis WASHINGTON, nfec. 20 (U.R) i Scheduled airline pasenger traf fic and revenue gained while that of railroads and bfses slumped during the first nine months of this year, the Air Transport association asso-ciation reported today. . The airline organization said air revenue passenger miles were up 4.5 per cent over the first three-quarters of 1946. For the same period, it said, Pullman traffic traf-fic measured in passenger miles was down 42.06 per cent and -day coach travel on Clags 1 railroads decreased 31.14 per Gent. discovered en route yarid the rest were apprehended at the pier by immigration authorities. Yasatch Buys Up Montana Oil Co. GREAT FALLS, Mont., Dec. 2 (U.R) All stock in the Home Oil & Refining' company and the A. B. Cobb ac company clOEed cor porations headed by A. B. Cobb of Great Falls; was sold here ye. ter- day 'to the-'-Wasatch Oil company of Salt Lake City in what wrs said, to be the largest deal of its kind ever made in Montana. The Wasatch company is a sub sidlary of Phillips Petroleum, Bartlesvilte; Okla., and the Ada Oil company, Houston, Tex. The multi-million dollar sale involved 200 oil wells in the Cut Full-Fledged Town For Sale CLEATOR, Ariz., Dec. 20 XU.P. -A man. trying to sell a tfull- fledged town was still looking for takers today. James P. Cleator, 78, said he was offering a town to the high est bidder because 4when a per son gets to be my age, he needs a little rest." A combination grocery, service station and saloon, 15 houses, water wa-ter system, post office and six mining shafts are included in the deal. Falls, 43 bulk and service stations in Montana, etc. Mr. and Mrs. Cobb and Dr. C Bank Pondera and Kevin-Sun- w. Jeffrey, Rawlins, Wyo., ownad Dursi iieiqs, a numoer or proven unritillMl lorfttinna in these fields and elsewhere, a refinery in Gret1 largest. Independent operators. Brifuin Offers ' trcda en Movie LONDON Dec 20 (UJR Harold Wilson, president of the board of trade, offered today-to let Amer ican film ' companies take more than 25 per cent of their earnings out of Britain, hut only if American), Amer-ican), theaters j show -:a lot .more British movies... ' V ; If the Americans refuse, to play ball v and continue. their "retaliatory "retalia-tory ban n the shipment of new films here,; Wilson said,. Britain will maintain the. 75 per cent tax on foreign film - earnings' and a it: ' A. . - ' . w ..111 snow unions -i oniy - unuto wins, American' reissues and other foreign for-eign movies.; , . : Wilson 'said, at a press confer ence, that v the; -government had been discussing, with , American producers alternatives to .the tax and the. American refusal 'to send more film .here .'so : long as the tax conunued. '.'I regret to say that a ;solu Uon of the problem- is not ytt In sight" ne added. ... ' . 1a case we should have to fall back on our" own -resources, we are building , up- our plans', on basis, of an all-out effort by our own film industry in the field of production, 'not. only for maximum maxi-mum output in 1948 but also for the long term development of the industry on a basis to produce the maximum output of British films and to achieve this maximum out put on a sound economic basis. Chaplin's Film Gets Tpp, Honors NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (UJ0 The National Board, of Review named Charlie Chaplin's "Monseur Ver doux" today as the best motion picture of the year. The board - selected Michael Redgrave as" the best actor for his performance in "Mourning Becomes Electra" and Celia Johnson John-son the best actress for her role in "This Happy Breed.", Ella Kazan, producer of "Boomerang" and "Gentleman's Agreement? were chosen the best director. Other choices for the 10 best movies of 1947 based on "artistic merit and importance" - were Great Expectations, Shoe-Shine, Crossfire, Boomerang, Odd Man Out, Gentleman's Agreement, To Live in Peace, It's a Wonderful Life and The Overlanders. U .S. Import Load To Be Increased -In German Zone : " Washington; Dec.' 20 u.b The United States was committed today ; to bearing seven-eighths of the costs of providing the British-American zone in Germany with ' the "Imports' necessary ' to prevent .disease and unrest." By agreement signed late- yesterday, yes-terday, Britain and the United States shelved their previous ac cord under which they shared 50-50 the costs of maintaining the Globe Fliers Congratulated -ByTruman WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 WD President' . Truman Friday congratulated con-gratulated Clifford Evans, Jrv and George W.-v Truman on their recent re-cent round the world flight ..in two small single-engined.- planes. .Evans, a local. flier, and Tru man ,whose home' is in Los An geles,- called on the president with British-American occupation rone. known as Bizonia. - - -- l' Under that equal-split arrange ment the two nations were est! mated to, have spent $400,000,000 eacn this year. - , Gael- Sullivan, executive ' director of the-Democratic -national committee. com-mittee. Families of the two fliers also met the president. " The two young aviators told thai, president that the 124-day trip beat only one other 'round-the-world record that of Magellan. 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