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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON7. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1939. PAGE FIVE Helsinki, Oct. 28. (AP) Finland's finance minister, Vaei noe Tanner, fresh from import ant talks in the Kremlin, de clared today he believed Soviet Russia and Finland could reach an agreement in Russia's drive for a more dominant position in northern Europe. Negotiations have "gone for ward a little, said Tanner soon after he returned with Finland's chief delegate, Dr. Juho Kusti Paasikivi, from Moscow for con A Three Days' Cough is Your Danger Signal Creomulslon relieves promptly be cause it goes right to the seat of the trouble to loosen germ laden phlegm. Increase secretion and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, inflam ed bronchial mucous membranes. No matter how many medicines you have tried, tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulslon with the understanding that you are to like me way it quic&jy auays me couga or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis I'LL SAVE YOU FROM GETTING STUCK IN COLD 1 WINTER WEATHER ff l'Ml,SUPER-CHARGEDTO 1 GIVE QUICKER, SURER STARTS Special, Glasstex mats resist wearing away of plates so completely ' that life of this Good nchGl ass tcx battery is " doubled." ''Proved by lif tests made in accord ance with specifications of S.A.E. OTHER At $CE Goodrich BAnERIESL."66.?0 OLD BATTERY I'LL PROTECT YOU FROM DANGEROUS CAR-SPINNING J SKIDS -I SWEEP WET ROADS SO DRY YOU CAN . LIGHT A MATCH nu uv to Arif New Goodrich Safety Silvcrtown gives the quickest non-skid stops you've ever had ! Golden Ply blow out protection; tool OTHER tr97 Goodrich TIRES WTDti I'LL KEEP YOU FROM SHIVERING IN COLO WINTER WEATHER I CAN DELIVER 267o MORE HEAT! New Goodrich Model 4,91" j heater heat -con- ditions your car actually deliv ers 26 more heat than any Goodrich heater ever gave before. ( OTHER Goodrich HEATERS" 'Prices subjeet to change without notice STOP LEAKS! Here's a liq uid solder that quickly repairs all ordinary cooling system leaks. Goodrich RADIATOR iooz.can SOLDER LEWIS SUPER SERVICE STATION C. O. Wheelock. Mgr. IIS- sultations with their government on revised and modified Soviet demands. Tanner said Joseph Stalin did most of the talking for Russia in their Moscow parleys while the Soviet premier and foreign commissar, Vyacheslaff Molot off sat by quietly. Both Stalin and Molotoff were "very friendly and cordial," he said, adding Stalin constantly had a lighted cigarette in his hand instead of the customary pipe. "1 think we can come to an agreement," the finance min ister asserted. GERMANS READY TO Paris, Oct. 26. (AP) French land and air patrols were re ported today to have returned from reconnaisance assignments with information indicating the Germans were fully prepared for a big push on the western front. The French said their scouts told of huge troop concentra tions and supply arrangements usually regarded as forerunners of a major offensive. They esti mated the Germans now have 1,500,000 men on the front and in support areas. Actual fighting, meanwhile, was limited to minor patrol clashes between the lines on the northern flank the only sign of action along the front since the German counter drive into the Saarland 10 days ago. WASHINGTON TAX AIDES IN SECRET INDICTMENT Olympia, Wash., Oct. 26. (UP) The Thurston county grand jury today secretly in dicted five employes of the Washington state tax commis sion and criticized the commis sion's "loose practices" in col lecting revenues. The jury said warrants were out for two former field agents of the tax commission who are fugitives from justice. The 1ury did not say if the men were among the five indicted. COMMONWEALTH URGES THIRD TERM FOR F. R. Portland, Oct. 26 (AP) A resolution urging President Roosevelt's election for a third term was passed last night by the Oregon Commonweilth Fed eration and sent to the president and Oregon's congressional dele gation. Danger Time Listed Salem, Oct. 26 (AP) Twen ty per cent of Portland 1,260 traffic accidents during Septem ber occurred between 4 and 6 p. m., while 69 per cent oc curred during daylight, Secre tary of State Earl Snell said today. Card of Thanks. We wish to sincerely thank friends for their kind expressions of sympa thy and for the beautiful floral of ferings In our recent bereavement In losing our dear husband, father, son and brother, Relph Benton Thomas. Mrs. Ralph Benton Thomas and Daughter. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Thomas and Family. IT'S TIME for PLOWING and DISCING JOHN DEERE TRACTORS and EQUIPMENT Will Do the Job BETTER and CHEAPER! i.. . i i. .... .i u ii i mu'iumi .uNuiMinwmi .lulu.. . ' m -i'dM' hAj'B uwJaiiv TRAOffORS and EQUIPMENT For Every Fall Requirement John Deer iractori are especially buili for farm condition! experienced by Rogue River Valley- farmeri and orchardittt John Deere implements plowt, discs, seeders, etc.. are also exactly suited to farming here . , . Let us go over your farm problems with you nowl HUBBARD -VVRAY CO. GET COLD AND RAIN; SNOW IN MOUNTAINS Portland, Oct. 26. (AP) Snowplows churned on moun tainous highways today and lowland Oregon residents bun dled up against the biting wind and rain of winter's pre-season display. Plows attacked a light fall on the Old Oregon Trail near i Meacham. The same storm, un abated by mid-morning, dropped an inch of snow at Baker. Flur ries occurred at La Grande, 1 Burns and other eastern Oregon ' points. I A Cascade mountain storm placed another four inches of j new snow along the McKenzie river country summit. 1 North and east Crater Lake national, park entrances re mained closed for the third day. Burns' 17 degrees above zero was the lowest Oregon reading during the night. Others in cluded Baker 18, Bend 31, Brookings 45, Eugene 45, Hood River 41, Medford 37, Newport 48, North Bend 46, Pendleton 35. Portland 45, Roseburg iz and Cascade Summit 22. SINCE AUGUST 1 5 Washington, Oct. 26 (API America's grocery bill is about 10 per cent higher than it was on Aug. 15 and is showing little change. The bureau of labor statistics reported today that retail prices of staple foods in the week which ended Tuesday had not varied greatly from the preced ing week. "There were many small changes in specific items," the report said, but no detinue trend upward or downward in the general level, which is about 10 per cent higher than on Au gust 15. "Except for those foods which are changing in response to sea sonal factors, there is a tendency for food prices to decline on those items which are more than 10 per cent above their mid August prices." 4 Jap Loudspeakers Carry Peace Plea Shanghai, Oct. 26. (AP) Japanese troops today began a "peace offensive by means ot huge loud speakers. They call ed Chinese troops in the vicinity of Hangchow to abandon their anti-Japanese sentiments and lis ten to the stop-war plea of Wang Ching Wei, former premier of China, who now is cooperating with the Japanese. The loud speakers were set up on the mile-wide Chientang river, which the Japanese have not been able to cross. There are four towns in the United States named Akron. Observe Navy Day To th eltiwn of Medford: Ftlday. October 27, the birth day ot Theodore Roosevelt, will be observed as Navy day through out the nation. In these troublou times, this occasion wlU have an especial significance. Never before has adequate national defense been o necessary for the preservation of pence In the United States, and the ni.vy. America's first line of defense, la lndlspenslble to our national security. Critical world conditions, changing economic and commer cial life of this country; the fact that out foreign trade la vital to our prosperity and material pro gressall emphasize the Import ance ot an adequate navy and merchant marine that will com mand respect for the rights of our nation and our nationals abrovi, and serve as a stabilizer of boih world and national peace. I respectfully urge the citizens of Medford to observe Navy day tomorrow. Friday. October 27. C. C. FTJRNAS. Mayor of Medford R. W. CLARKE DIES Grants Pass. Oct. 26. (AP) R. W. Clarke, 79, accountant, died here Wednesday midnight. He had been manager in earlier years of the Rogue River Water company, now the Grants Pass municipal system, and of the lo cal office of the California Ore gon Power company. His widow is the novelist, Kathleen MacNeal Clarke. Two daughters by a former marriage survive, Mrs. Douglas Wood of Medford and Marian Page, liv ing in California. Boxes Authorized For Spud Shipment Salem, Oct. 26. (AP)r-T h e state department of agriculture today authorized shipment of Oregon potatoes in wooden boxes of 15, 30, 50, 100 and 120-pound weights, the order be ing effective November a. The wooden boxes will be used in addition to the 10, 15 25, 50 and 100-pound bags now in use. Peruvians Ballot Lima, Peru, Oct. 26. (AP) Partial returns today gave Man uel Prado, conservative engineer candidate, a lead in Peru's pres idential election. President Os car Benavides will retire from office December 8.- FRENCH LEADER FACES EXECUTION AS TRAITOR NANCY, France, Oct. 26. (AP) Dr. Karl Ross, 60-year-old Alsatian autonomist leader, was condemned to death by the mili tary court today on charges of having turned over French mili tary secrevs to German spies. Ross, who was arrested seven months before the war, was be lieved to be the first French man condemned to death as a spy since the war started. Use Mall Tribune want ad. FOR plowing heavy trash the extra-strong John Deere No. 4C Tractor Plow . does the job right. Special ly built to Insure greatest clearance. The genuine John Deere bottoms are shaped to turn both heavy furrow slice and trash gradually. Flexible trash guards and large rolling coulters aid in handling heavy surface growth. Large, draft-reducing roll ing 1 a n d s i d e. Furrow wheel is drum-type to avoid gathering trash. En closed power lift which lifts especially high for . turning. Ordinary plowing jobs handled with ease. Livestock Portland Portland. Oct. 36 (AP-USDA1 Hogs: Salable 600. total 700; active: 10( 15c higher: good-chole around 166 to 215-lb. drivelns 7 00. few out standing lots 7.10; 230 to 280-lb. butchers 6 25.itf 6.50; light lights $6 50; packing sows 4 75 g 5. 50; choice light feeder pigs quotable 97.00 and above. Cattle: 175: calves 35: beef cattle steady: dairy type cows and heifers slow, steady to weak; grass steers $6 008 25 Including stocker 6 50 4 7 00; cutter-common heifers $4 25 &6-50; canners 3."5; cutter-common cows 13.253 75; canners 2 50: out standing weighty Holsteln cows $4.85; few good beef cows $6.00 .f 6.35: sau sage bulls $5.00ti 6.00; beef bulls $6 25: common-medium vealers $5.25 .3 8.00; choice salable $9.00 .(0.50. Sheeo: 250; active, steady to strong; good -choice trucked In lambs $8.00 18.25; 1 outstanding lot $8.60- me dium 7.50; medium - good shorn lambs $7 25; feeder Iambs scarce; top slaughter ewes $3.50. South San Francisco South San Francisco. Oct. 28 (AP- USDAI-Hoks: ISO; butchers strong to 10c higher: top $7.15: less desir able 306-lb. 17.05; 285-lb. heavies $605; medium 150 to 162-lb. llsht, S6.406 55: good to choice sows (5.00, steady. Cattle: 100: calves none: steady: few low-niedlum steers $7.50; dairy type heifers $5.00: medium to good beef cows quoted $5.50c? 6.50: canners and ClUtevs $3.254.75: fleshy dairy cows $5.00tgS.25; bulls up to $6.65. Good to choice vealers $10.5013.00. 8heep: 300; lambs fully steady; good 76-lb early shorn Callfornlas $7.509 00; medium to mostly cood 77 to 78-lb.: medium-pelt lambs $7.75 (3 8.75. Chicago Chicago. Oct. 26. (AP-USDAl Hogs: total 12,000: early sales about steady with Wednesday's average: light 'velEhts later trade dull; un evenly 5 s 15c lower: top $6.95 spar ingly: bulk good 330-450 lbs. packing sows $6.40; lighter weights up to $6.65. ' Cattle: 5.000; calves 1.000: strictly choice 1.371 lb. steers today $10.75; several loads medium weight and weighty steers $9.75 10.50: average choice yearlings $11; heifers, best $10.35. SHEEP 4.000: today's trade mostly steady on all classes. Country meats: Selling price to retailers, country-killed hogs, best butchers. 125 to 160 lbs. BstSi'jC lb.; vealers, fancy 134jl4o lb.: Ught thln. 10i12c lb.; '.eavy OifflOc; spring lambs 14V'a(frl5c lb.: eweB 3(it6c lb.; good cutter cows 8c lb.: canner cows 6'a(7c lb.: bulls O'c pound. Portland Produce Portland. Oct. 26. (AP) Butter; prints, A grade, 33c lb. In parch ment wrappers, 34c lb. In cartons; B grade. 32c lb. In parchment wrap pera, 33c lb. In cartons. Butterfat: First quality, maximum of .6 of 1 percent acidity, delivered Several Quality Straight $105 2o5 jpi all wwpim i iffllMrtfia X1 H BOURBON jLji v BLtND F STRMCHT WMISKIIS jl Im I Portland, 29', 30c lb.: valley routes and country point 2c less or 28c; premium quality maximum of .35 of 1 percent acidity. 2c more than first quality; second quality 2c less than first quality. Eggs: Buying prices, extra large 26c. standards large 20c. extras, med ium 18s, standards, medium 16c. ex tras, small 13c, standards, small 11c. Cheese unchanged Live poultry, turkeys, unchanged. Potat jes: Taklma gems $1 30; Deschutes $130, 1.40; Klamath $135 4 1.40 rwr cwt.; local whites 80eoc orange box: &-appoose Burbanks 1105m 1 15 cental. Onions, hay. unchanged. Portland Wheat Portland. Oct. 26. ( AP) Grain: Wheat: Open High Low Close Dec 814 H 81 "i 81Vi Cash gialn: Oats: No. 3, 38-lb. white $26.00. Barley: No. 3. 45-lb. bearded white $24.00. Corn: No 3, eastern yellow ship ment $25.50. No. 1 flax. $1.73. Cash wheat (bid) : Sott whit 80'jc: western white 80'c; western red 79'c. Hard red winter Ordinary 79'ic; 11 per cent 80'ic: 13 per cent 83'c; 13 per cent 85V,c; 14 per cent B8Vjc. Hard white, baart Ordinary 85c; 12 per cent 85'ic; 13 per -ent 88'ic 14 per cent 91c. Today's car vecelpta: Wheat 37: barley 1; flour 4; corn 3; oats 6: hay 1; mlllfel 4. Chicago Wheat Chicago, Oct. 26. AP) Wheat: Open High Low Close Dec 84 fc 84 H 84 84 May 841,4 834 83Si July ...... 83i 83 82J, 82H Wall St. Report New York, Oct. 26. (AP Buyers gave the rail issues a mild final hour whirl in the stock market today but the rest of the list was mixed. Advances failed to hold in most cases and minus signs were predominant at the close. Transfers approximated 1.600,000 shares. Today's closing prices for 32 se lected stocks follow: Al. Chem. & Dye 1B3', Am. Can 110 Am. &; In. Power....... A. T. is T Anaconda Atch. T. it 8. F. Bendlx AvlB 314 16714 33 3314 32 91 Beth. Hteel Caterpillar Tract 8914 Chrysler 9214 Coml. Solvents - 13 Curtlss-Wrlght 8 DuPont 182 Oen. Electric 41 Gen. Foods 44 Gen. Motora SS Int. Harvester 6374 I. T. i T . Johns-ManvUle Monty Ward ... North Amer. ... . 6 . 81 66', . 23i . 00' 3 . 43 V, . 6 Penney (J. C.) Phillips Pet Radio - Southern Pacific 17 8t4. Brands 5 Std. Oil Cal .. 28'i Std. OH N. J. 47?i Transamerlca . 6 Union Carbide B0; United Aircraft .. ...... 47 U. 8. Steel .. 764 Pear Markets Yesterday Chicago. Oct. 35. ( AP) (U. 8. Dept. Agr.) Pears 5 Oregon, 1 Wash ington, arrived, 9 on track, Oregon Bosc 2160 No. 1. 1.55-2.15, average 1.95. New York. Oct. 25. (AP) (U. 8. Dept. Agr.) Pears. 9 arrived, 7 Cali fornia, 8 Oregon, 4 Washington, un loaded; 20 on track, market weak er; Oregon Bosc 440, extra fancy. 1.75-95. average 1 87: 4475 No. 1 1.20 -3.10. average 1.96; Anjoua 1.65, ex tra fancy, 1.05-3.45. average 338; 170 fancy, 3.00-35. average. 3.17. San Francisco Butter 8an Francisco, Oct. 36. (AP- U8DA) Butter. 92 score 33c; 91, 30c; 90, 38c: 89, 37c. Sacramento, Oct. 26. (AP) Churning cream butterfat: first grade 354c: second grade, 33'4c. FIX PARKING AREA Ashland, Oct. 26. (Spl.) Lithia park workmen, under direction of Supt. C. E. Corry, are engaged in construction of an automobile parking space suitable for a probable 50 cars. in the upper park on land which formerly was part of the deer pen. Rustic gard rails will be erect ed, and granite walks provided around the remaining deer en closures and new bird pens, as well as along the parking strip Some of the deer will be re moved, leaving one buck and three does. One new bird pen has been built, to house peafowl, doves and some pheastnts. Another is hoped for, to allow removal of other pheasants and birds which are In poor health, due to the shadlncss of their present pens, Several new peacocks and hens have been raised by the park force, and, when they come in full feather, probably some of them will be released to roam Whiskies... "wedded"SkillfuUy together! Golden Wedding... All Whiskey... Every Drop 4 Years Old! NOT one but several fine ttralght whiskies each carefully select ed for its own distinctive quality of taste, body, aroma, or "tanfe" ex pertly "wedded" in the priceless: formula of Golden Wedding. The straight whiskies In this product are 4 years or more old. Blended at the milder, more palatable 90 proof. Copyright 19.W, Joe. S. Finch & Co., Inc., 8chnJy, P. around the park and add color to the beautiful scenes there. SAUSAGE SUPPER AT K. P. HALL TONIGHT Griffinella II will furnish the piece de resistance for the Grif fin Creek Grange's annual saui age supper to be served the pub lie at K. P. hall tonight from 5:30 to 8 o'clock. Griffinella, a sprightly porker raised cooperatively by member of the Grange, has been made) into sausage sufficient to feed the large throng which always attends the annual feast and program. Ose Mall Tribune Want Ada. Don't Neglect Slipping FALSE TEETH Do your false teeth drop, slip ar wabble when you eat. talk or laugh? Don't be annoyed and embarrassed by such handicaps. FAS TEETH, a pleasant alkaline (non-acid) denturs powder, sprinkled upon a dental plate, holds it firmer and gives a confident feeling of security and ad ded comfort. No gummy, gooey, pasty taste or feeling. Mildly alka line FAS TEETH also cheeks gum soreness due to chafing of a loooa platg or to excessive acid mouth. Oe FASTEETH at your druggist. Modi SERVICE Frequent departures for all points . leave when most convenient. BUSES De Luxe Greyhound Super-Coaches give you America's smoothest ride. Jloui FARES oneway round trip Portland $5.00 $9.00 Eugene 3.35 6.05 San Francisco 7.5012.25 Los Angeles 11.7021.10 Depot: 8th and So. Central Phone: 755 Wm 8th and Front Phon 1300 29 NO. RIVERSIDE TELEPHONE 1100 We Never Clo