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CCC ENROLLEES
DEPART FOR HOME
AS QUARTER ENDS
Local Youths Complete En
rollment, Trains Leave
for East, South New
Period Begins January 1
The routine quarterly discharge
and movement of CCC enrollees were
under way here today, 250 youths otf
the Bth corps area departing for their
homes, having choren not to re-enrol!
or having become Ineligible for re
enrollment. The 9th corps area con
tingent Includes youths from Jackson
county, Portland and San Francisco.
Pour trains have already left here
to take enrollees to the east and
south for discharge or re-enrollment
and two trains are to depart In the
next few days.
One train will leave Saturday eve
ning with 227 enrollees for Fort Mc
pherson, Ga. There will be 73 enrol
' lees on the train from the Medford
CCC district. The others will be
from Sacramento, Fresno and Los
Angeles districts, headquarters here
announced.
Gentle Goes South
Capt. HJalmar T. Gentle, district
surgeon, will make the trip to Fo.-t
McPherson and Lieut. Clarence L.
Shewalter of Medford headquarters
staff will go as far as Sacramento
whence he will return to Medford.
The remaining train officers will be
provided by the other districts.
The second train will leave here
Christmas night for Camp Beaure
gard, La., taking 220 men from the
Medford district, 50 from the Vancou
ver Barracks districts, 41 from the
Sacramento district and 44 from the
Douglas district. Capt. Charles B.
Robinson, commanding Camp Apple
gate, will be in charge.
Relief Committee Enrolls
One of the four trains that have
already left went to Camp Dix, N. J.,
with 183 enrollees aboard. Among
the officers In charge was Capt. A.
Ahrena of the Medford district.
Another train left here for Fort
Benjamin Harrison. Ind., with 157
enrollees. Ma. Paul H. Welland and
Lieut. Harold Johnson being among
the train officers. One of the trains
left from Burns for Fort Benjamin
Harrison with 97 Medford district
enrollees aboard. Capt. James Koepke
was one of the train officers.
Fourteen Medford district men left
on the train destined tor Fort Knox,
Ky.
The new CCC enrollment period
opens January 1 and continued until
January 20. New enrollees will be
registered during that period. Enroll
ment for Jackson county la done
through the county relief committee.
Any eligible youth desiring to enrod
should consult the relief committee
and not apply to CCC headquarters.
It was emphasized. .
ONE GIFT PUZZLE
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Watch
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FOR VOIR
Water Well Problems
SEE
Robert Burns
Well Prilling Grants Pass
Bt. 1, Box 263, S. Pacific Highway
First undellverable Christmas pack
age of the season arrived at Medford
postofflce this morning.
Tr- outside wrapper was gone and
the only mark of Identification indi
cated the gift parcel came from Tilla
mook, Postmaster Frank DeSouza
said. The package will be delivered
to the rightful addressee upon proper
identification, he Slated.
Usually one or two undellverable
packages are received each Christmas
season. In general parcels are wrap
ped extremely well this year, Mr, De
Souza said.
BIKE CLUB WILL
SEATJFFICERS
Officers of the recently-organized
V.F.W. Bicycle club will be Installed
at a meeting In the Jackson county
courthouse auditorium at 7 p.m.
Thursday.
Officers not elected at the recent
organization meeting will also be
chosen and appointive offices filled,
it was announced by William J.
Cooney, chairman In charge of the
bicycle safety project for the Veter
ans of Foreign Wars.
Leaders of the veterans of Foreign
wars will be present and Mr. Cooney
urged other veteran and civic or
ganizations to send representatives to
the meeting to encourage the youth
ful bicycle riders in their safety project.
ORLANDO CANINE RITES
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
Funeral services for Orlando Roy
Canine will be conducted from the
Perl Funeral Home Thursday at 2
p.m.. Rev. c. E. Durham of Ash
land officiating. Inverment will take
place In the Siskiyou Memorial park.
Mexican Train Wrecked,
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 21. (VP) A
Vera Cruz-bound passenger train was
wrecked 45 miles outside Mexico City
today, killing eight persons and In
juring S3. Most of the passengers
were excursionists or government
employes on vacation. Railway em
ployes said no United State citizens
were among the dead or Injured.
Tickets sold for the train totaled
1,034.
Custom says that today Is the
shortest day of the year, but meteor
ologists say that tomorrow Is.
Tomorrow will be the year's short
est day by a mauer oi seconds, the
weather bureau here said. For all
practical purposes, today and tomor
row will be equally short days, for
tomorrow the sun will rise at 7:36
a.m., and set at 4:43 p.m., the same
as today. If the time were carried
out Into seconds, however, tomor
row would be shorter than today,
the weather bureau stated.
What is more Important, however.
Is that after tomorrow the days will
begin to lengthen. The change will
be gradual, though, and It will be
a few weeks before any difference is
noted, the weather bureau pointed
out.
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Regular monthly meeting of the
Southern Oregon Osteopathic asso
ciation was held Monday night at
the home of Dr. W. J. Crandall In
Ashland, with 13 members attending.
Dr. George S. Jennings of Medford.
president of the association, pre
sided. Principal speaker of the meeting
was Dr. Crandall. who read a highly
interesting paper on "Early Diagno
sis and Treatment of Cancer." Fol
lowing the paper, the subject was
discussed by all members.
After the meeting, the entire group
was entertained by Mrs. Crandall
with a novel Christmas party, en
Joyed by all.
Next meeting will be held January
23 In the home of Dr. Blaine Prultt
of Grants Pass.
E
Lewis Ulrich, manager of the Ore
gon state employment service here,
addressed the trade and Industrial
educational class at the high school
today.
The class, under direction of Ice
land Mentzer, consists of about 20
students who are working one-half
day as apprentices In the various
business establishments In Medford,
and attending classes the other half
day.
. Mr. Ulrich explained operation of
the employment service and the state
compensation law, as pertaining to
employment and Jobless Insurance.
TO F
Funeral services for Luther Co
penhaver. World War Veteran, who
passed away at Seattle, Wash., pre-
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higher prices and retailers have ta
ken only few birds at a time.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. SI. (API
Net prices paid producer, for live
poultry delivered 6an Francisco: Tur
keys, young tomi, under 18 lbs., fresh.
34: over 18 lbs., fresh, 33-24; young
liens, fresh, 30-31.
Livestock
TO F.D.R. this glazed brick
on which W. G. Fraser (above),
a London artist, painted the fa
mous bust of Princess Nefcrtcte
is to be sent as present, for
his home.
Portland.
PORTLAND, Dec. 21. (AP-USDA)
j HOGS: 200; active, fully steady with
j Tuesday's best time: good-choice 169
w aiu-iD, an veins, m oo; 335 to 3SO
lb., 7js7.50: light lights and
slaughter pigs. $7.00ff7.3fl; packing
.sows. $6.00 3 6.25; feeder scarce; choice
lightweights quo'. able $8.25.
CATTLE: 100. Including 28 direct;
calves. 25; steady on kinds available;
medium -good fed scarce, salable
$7,50d.OO: few good light stocker
ateera, $7.00; common heifers, $5.23
?6.00; cutters, $3.50; good fed heif
ers up to $7.50 and above; load 882
1b. late Tuesday, $7.25: low cutter and
cutter cows. $2 .50 r 3 .75; common
medium, $4.00(5 5.00; few good beef
cows. $5.5O8.00; bulls. $4.735.50:
medium-good vealers. $7.00 8.00;
choice quotable $8.50.
SHEEP: 50, steady, few good trucked
in lambs. $7.50 $7.75: common-medium.
$6.50 n 7.00; choice fed wooled
lambs In carload lota quotable $8.25;
few yearlings and wethers, $4.00(9
5.50; good 125 to 145-lb. slaughter
ewes, $3.75,
vlously announced for Wednesday
afternoon have been changed to
Friday at 2 p. m.. at the Perl Chapel.
Rev. Joseph Knotts of the Final
Methodist church will officiate.
Interment will be in Siskiyou
Memorial Park. Medford Post No. 15,
American Legion, will have charge
of the services at the cemetery, and
Compony A, Medford National Guard
will flro a salute over his grave.
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TAKEN BY DEATH
Emma Peterson, 61, passrd away
at her home, on South Chestnut
street, early Tuesday morning after
a lingering Illness. She was born at
Braken, Sweden, August 4, 1877, and
came to the United States with her
parents at the age of 14. She had
resided In Medford for the past ten
yeni
She leaves six children, four sons
and two daughters, Edward Andrew,
of Alberta, Canada; Emll Paul and
Arthur H. Peterson of Medford; Mrs.
Ed riarlyon, Owasso, Mich., and
Dorothy Jennings. Los Angeles, also
six grand children, her father, Paul
A. Bllxt. Medford. and her brother.
Alfred Blixt, Superior, Wis.
Funeral services will be held at
the Perl Funeral Home. Thursday
at 10:30 a.m. Captain R. H. Vin
cent of the Salvation Army will
have chntfje of the services. Inter
ment in Siskiyou Memorial Park.
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Princess Turns Actress
LONDON (AP) Princess Indira of
Kapurthala has broken away from
Indian tradition to become an act
ress on , the London stage. She Is
playing the part of a Turkish slave
girl in a new play.
OF
PORTLAND. Dec. 31. (AP) Ap
proximately 340 carloads of turkeys
reMrsentlng about 10,300.000 pounds
haw been Bhlpped from Oregon this
season. Handlers said the movement
probably would establish a record.
The figures were compiled from
November and December statistics
and did not Include previous move
ments. A shortage of birds, especially hens,
continued here with prices Btlll ad
vancing. An active resale was re
ported at 30 cents for hens and 37
cents for toms.
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(American Bank Building,)
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parchment wrappers. 314c lb. In
cartons: B grade, 30c lb. In parch
ment wrappers. 31c lb. In cartons.
BUTTEHFAT: Portland delivery
buying prices A grade, 9(j39'3c lb.
Portland deliver; B grade, IV3C leu;
O grade, 6c lb. less, country delivery,
27ic lb. for A grade.
EGOS: Wholesalers' buying prices
Specials, 32c doz.; extras, 30c doe.;
.standards, large, 20c doz.; extra me
diums. 28c doe.; extras, small, 25c
doz.
TURKBY8: Selling prices Dressed,
new crop hens, 280 30c lb.; toms. 26
28e lb. Buying prices New hens, 26
q27c lb.; toms, 23c lb.
POTATOES: Yakima Oems. $1.20
cental: local, $1.00?tl.l0; Deschutes
Gemc. $1.20erl.40 cental; California
Sweets. $1.2501.60 per 50-lb. crate;
new California Triumphs, $2 00 per
50-lb. box: Klamath Falls No. 1
Gems. 91.60.
Cheese, country meats, ive poultry,
onions, wool, hay steady, unchanged.
Atch. T. 4c S. F.
Bendlx Avia
Portland Wheat
South San Francisco
SOUTH 8AN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31.
f (P-USDA1 HOGS: 1.000; butchers
10c higher; top and bulk 175 to 220
lb. californlas and Oregons, $7 05;
packing sows steady; good grades,
$6.23; plain kinds and extra heavies
down to $5.75.
CATTLE: 25; market quoted nomi
nally steady; medium to good slaugh
ter steers quoted mainly $8.000 00;
medium to good beef cows salable
$5.00(0.60; medium bulls quoted up
to $6.00. Calves: 10; nominally steady;
odd head light calves and vealere,
$8 00 i 10.50.
SHEEP: 1,250; lambs strong f 25c
higher; weighty kinds in least de
mand; double good 81-lb. Idaho
wooled lambs. $9.00; sorted 50 head
average 104 lbs. at 8.00; 3 doubles
ood around 92-lb. wooled Oregons
98 50 straight; fat ewes quoted up to
$4 .CO.
Chicago
CHICAGO. Dec. 21. (AP-Ufl. Dept.
Agr.) Hogs 21,000, generally 10-20
higher than Tuesday's average; top
7.65; good light and medium weight
packing sows 6.40-70; extreme heavies
down to 6.00.
Cattle, 9000; calves 1200: steers
mostly steady with recent sharp ad
vance; few early sales choice and
prime offerings strong on shipper ac
count, but market cooling off a Uttle
on medium to good grades selling at
11.00 down to 8.60; all aho stocks
firm and active; most beef cows 5.50
6.76. Sheep 5000; late Tuesday fat lambs
36-60 lower than Monday after 25-36
lower start; bulk to packers 8.75
0.00: top slaughter ewes 4.40; today's
trade fat lambs strong to U5 higher
than Tuesday's close; bulk 9.00;
choice 9.25: good yearlings 7.00-60;
sheep steady; native ewes 8.75-4.00.
PORTLAND. Dec. 21. p) Grain:
Wheat: Open High Low Close
May 654 65 65; 6S
Dec 64 64 64 64
Cash grain:
Oats. No. 2. 38-11). white, $27.6C;
No. 2, 38-lb. gray, nominal.
Barley. No. 2, 45-lb. B. W.. $23.00.
Corn, No. 2, E. Y. shipment, $26.00.
Cash wheat (bid) :
Soft white, 66V3C: western white,
65c; western red, 64c.
Hard red winter ordinary. 63c; 11
per cent. 63c; 12 per cent. 64c;
13 per cent, 67 He; 14 per cent, 71ic.
Hard white, Baart ordinary. 664c:
11 per cent unquoted; 12 per cent,
66 Uc; 13 per cent, 67c; 14 per
cent. 68lc.
Today's car receipts: Wheat. 50;
barley, 1; flour, 6; corn, 2; oats, 8;
mil! feed, 4.
Chicago Wheat
CHICAGO. Dec. 21.
Wheat: Open High Low Close
Dec - 631,4 64 83 ft 63
March 657 65 65 65
May 66-4 66 66'4 68
July 66, 66 66 66
San Fran rlsco Butter
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21. P)
Butter: 92 score, 29c.
SACRAMENTO. Dec. 21. (H
Churning cream butterfat: First
grade, 32c; second grade, 30c.
Portland Produce
PORTLAND, Dec. 21. (IP) BUT
TER: Prints A grade, SOo lb. in
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MEW YORK, Dec. 21. ffl A tall
spin In aviation shares gave the stock
market uneasy momenta today and
prices mostly headed a Uttle lower.
Some aircraft shares at one tlmo
were off more than 3 polnta but they
recovered a bit with the list genoral'y
in late dealings.
Lacking moro adequate explanation
for the liquidation, some brokers
ascribed the - drop In aviations to
profit-taking following recent specu
lation for the rise on prospects a big
air defense program would be pre
sented to the new congress.
Transactions hv stocks approxi
mated 1,100,000 shares.
Today's closing prices for 33 se
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Am. Can ,.....100
Am. ic Pgn, Power.......... 3T4
A. T. & T. 148
Dethlehem Steel
Caterpillar Tractor .
Chrysler
Coml. Solv ,
Curtlss-Wrlght
DuPont . -
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Gen. Poods ... ........
Gen. Motors .... ... 48.
Int. Harvester ...... 6fl
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