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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1939.
NEEDY CHILDREN
WILL BE GIVEN
YULEJM1G
Groceterias To Distribute
Christmas Packages In-
stead of Holding Party.
A bounteous surprise Christ
mas package for every under
privileged child In the county
was made possible today by a
substantial cash contribution to
the Red Cross by the Groce
terias. The package distribu
tion will replace the annual
Christmas dinner-party which
the Groceterias have given each
year for poor kiddies at the
Elks temple.
In each Christmas gift pack
age will be suitable articles of
clothing and candy and fruits.
Each package will be especially
wrapped in Christmas paper to
create the Yulctide atmosphere.
Several factors made it neces
sary to think of a substitute for
the annual Groceteria Christ
mas dinner this year, W. A.
Gates, head of the super-food
market concern explained. Com
ing on Monday, Christmas falls
on an inconvenient day this
year and the customary dinner
party would create too much
confusion at the Elks temple at
a time when the lodge was
working on its own distribution
of Yule baskets; while the
school busses and other vehicles
transporting the children to the
dinner from all parts of the
county have been manned by
extremely careful drivers, there
has been present the danger of
accident and this has always
been a source of concern; while
the dinner-party has always
engendered the true Christmas
spirit and has provided genuine
happiness for the hundreds of
children attending, the pleasure
has not been enduring.
Plan Evolved
These factors, Mr. Gates point
ed out, were dwelled upon this
year. To ascertain whether some
other plan might be worked out
a conference was held with Miss
Lillian Roberts, secretary of the
Red Cross in Jackson county.
The idea of giving warm, com
fortable and needed wearing
apparel was developed at the
conference.
"This will do more lasting
gobd, it will give the children
more permanent pleasure and
benefit, it will spread the cheer
of Christmas over a longer
period," Mr. Gates said the con
ference agreed.
Furthermore, It was pointed
out, the giving of packages of
clothing, with candy and fruits
Included, will carry Christmas
to the individual homes. In
other words, it was emphasized,
Christmas will be observed in
the home among family groups
In accordance with Yulctide tra
dition. In addition, the gift
package plan will give the chil
dren something tangible to show
to their friends and playmates,
a practice that always enhances
the pleasure of Christmas.
Making Lists
Lists of needy families and
their children are now being
prepared by various agencies.
Assisting In this work, In addi
tion to Red Cross workers, are
county school teachers who will
report to Mrs. Una B. Inch,
supervisor, county nurses and
others. A complete survey of
under-privileged children will
be made. The same area will
be included as in past years all
of the county excepting the Ash
land city area where other plans
are carried out.
Wrapping of the packages
will be done at the Red Cross
offices by members of the Amer
ican Legion auxiliary. Delivery
of the packages will be maae
just before Christmas.
It was Indicated that the giv
ing of clothing will permanently
replace the annual Groceteria
dinner-party.
May
July
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at as stiy, at
Wall St. Report
Livestock
Portland
Portland. Ore.. Deo. 13. (AP
USDAI Hoga: Salable 60, total 1100.
market actlva, ateady, with Mondaya
average, good-choice 165-215 lb.
drlvelna 16.36.35. carload lots quot
able 16.40, 3360-260 lb. butchers
S6.76, light lights and alaughter ptje
95.60(96, packing sows 14.26 .75, few
feeder pigs S5.26, choice llghtwelghta
quotable S5.75.
Cattle: Salable 100, total S76.
calvea 85, steers scarce, .quoted atrong
with Monday 26o advance, cowa and
heifers ateady, late trading leaa aot
Ive, medium-good fed steera foatly
17.76 Jt 8.65, few truck Ina sa.76. few
common ateera sold 96.50 $ 7. few
common fhelfera IOqO. good fed
helfera 98, cutter-common cowa
93.50e4.6O, cannera 93, fat dairy tyoo
cowa 95.40, odd good beef cows 96
13.60, sausage bulla 95.25 9 6, beef
bulla 96.60, good-choice yealera 96.60
(90.50, common-medium 96.60o7.60
Sheep: 26, no fat lnmba sold, oth
ers ateady or up to 97.75 good-choice
trucked In beat carload lots Monday
98 best ahom lambs 97.16, alzeab'.e
lot 132 lb. alaughter ewea ateady ai
94.00.
South 'San Francisco
South San Francisco, Dec; 13.
(AP-USDA) Hogs: 1100: California
butchers 15o to mostly 25c lower;
extreme early top 96.10; bulk 170
20 lb. California 96; run Includes
3 doubles Idahoa. these aa yet un
sold, held above 96.10; packing sows
weak to mostly 36o lower, spots 60c
off. bulk 94.60.
Sattle: 200; holdovers 100; calves
16, holdovera 20; steera firm, good
920-070 lb. Idaho fed steers 90.26;
medium 1016 lb. steers 98.75; small
lot 1233 lbs. 9B.30; odd common
heifers 95.75 8.25: fow medium to
good beef cows 95.50a 8.60: canners
and cutters 93.S06; bulla acarce,
quoted around 96.60 down. Calves:
fullv steady. lew medium to gooa
vealers 910 11. choice quoted to 912;
odd choice 310 lb. calvea 99, few
good weighty calvea 98.
Sheep: 850: lamba scarce, luny
ateady; ewea ateady; deck medium
to good 78 lb. California woolcd
lambs 98.36; two dock good medium
pelt alaughter ewea 93 60,
New York, Dec. 12, (IP)
Soaring commodities today took
the speculative play almost en
tirely away from securities
markets.
With cotton futures bounding
up nearly $2 a bale at the high
est, to the best levels In two
years, and other staples exhibit
ing strength dawdling stocks
and bonds made a relatively
poor showing.
While war demand was cred
ited for the sprint in industrial
commodity quotations, both here
and abroad, shares which might
also be benefitted later by Eu
ropean purchasing of goods in
America barely lifted their
heads during the day's slow-going
session.
The turnover was around that
of Yesterday, or approximately
600,000 shares.
Today'a closing prices for 32 select
ed stocks follow:
AI. Chcm. 6c Dye .i....172
Am. Can ..1U!4
Am. tb Pgn. Pow ....-..... 2.,
A. T. it T 170
30
23 i
29V,
B
66
IN ABDUCTION OF
GIRL FORSLAVERY
Triai On Insanity Plea Set
For Next Thursday
Women's Trial Follows.
Anaconda .
Atch. T. It 8. r.
Bendlx Avla
Beth. Steel
Caterpillar Tract.
Chrysler
Coml. Solv. ...umH.
13 'i
10V4
178
39 !4
46
63'j,
- 60',4
-. 4',
76
63 V,
21','j
..... 91V4
39
3'
14 H
6'4
24i
42ft
8H,
84
43 ,,
.... 66 it,
San Francisco Butter
8an Francisco, Dec. 12. (AP
USDA) Butter. 02. anu.o: oi mi-
00, 28c: 80, 27c.
Curtlss-Wrlght
DuPont
den. Elec.
Gen. Foods
Oen. Mot.
Int. Harvest. ...
I. T. It T.
Johns-Man.
Monty Ward
North Amer. .....
Penney (J. 0.)
Phillips Pet
Radio
Sou. Pao. w
Std. Branda
St. Oil Cal.
St. Oil N. J.
Trans. Amer.
Union Carb.
Unit. Aircraft
U. S. Steel
Chicago
Chicago. Deo. 12. -(AP-USDA)
Hogs: 27,000, top 95.40 freely; bulk
good and choice 160-340 lbs. 9530
a .40: 240-270 lb. butchers generally
98S.25; some 270-330 lbs., 94.85(f
6.10: most good 330-650 lb. packing
sows 94.25(.60; smooth butcher
kinds to 94.75.
Cattle: 7.000; calvea t.200: vealers
steady to weak at 910 down; best
yearling ateera 911: 1.289 lb. aver
agea 910.76; several loads medium
weight and weighty steera 99.S0
910.35, with best 1.550 lb. averages
around 910; stockera, 97.25((t8 on
warmod-up natives; western bred
yearllnga 99.60; atrong weight cut
ter cowa up to 95: moat fat cows
95.50(06.35.
Sheep: 11.000: today's market not
established; early undertone weak to
18o lower; talking 9B.75.0O on good
to choice wooled lambs: best still
held 99 tit .15 and better: undertone
around ateady on aheep: native ewea
eligible 9S.75a4.25 mostly.
Saoramento. Deo. 13. (AP)
Churning cream butterfat: first grade
335o, aecond grade 8IV40.
8. F. Turkey Prices
San Francisco, Deo. 12. (AP) Net
prices paid producera for live poul
try delivered San Francisco: turkeys,
young toms, under 18 lbs.. 16916V5C
18 lba. and over 16c; young hena 20c.
BRITISH REPULSE
largest selling m ?f
straight bourbon! ifi S' J!l
siJSsi ;l
1 QUART
m ;i tto ti u i i i-w
Portland Produce
Paris, Dec. 12. (d5) British
troops were disclosed today to
have repulsed an attack bv threp
sections of Nazi troops In the
urst reported direct engagement
on the western front between
British and Germans.
Military dispatches said the
British threw back the Ger
mans Sunday in an attack south
of Buschdorf, near the Moselle
valley, in the sector recently
taken over by British "Tom
mies." Comparatively heavy German
losses were reported.
The British reported no dead,
wounded or prisoners.
Military advices reported to
day German patrols in three
sectors had been driven back
from French advance posts on
the western front with hand
grenades.
Merced, Calif., ec. 12. (IP)
A Jury of ten women and two
men today convicted Merrill
Busby, 28-year-old San Francis
can, of child stealing and ab
duction for purposes of prosti
tution in the disappearance case
of 14-year-old Dorothy Evelyn
Thompson of Livingston.
Busby was acquitted on two
counts of conspiracy of child
stealing and abduction, and will
be tried next Thursday on an
Insanity plea. The Jury received
the case at 5 p.m. yesterday, de
liberated until 11:50 p.m., then
was locked up for the night.
After deliberating for an hour
and ten minutes this morning
it returned its verdict, which
Busby received calmly.
Superior Judge Hal S. Shaffer
will dismiss 4r re-set the trial
of Busby's sister, Sally Stan
ford, and Dorothy Hcber, when
the insanity action is heard. The
two San Francisco women are
under the same charges as Bus
by. Miss Stanford was the only
other principal in court today.
Nabbed In Oregon
Prosecutor Fred A. Silveira
charged that Busby, with prom
ises of expensive clothes, lured
the girl to San Francisco with
the Intention of placing her in
a house of prostitution. He and
the girl were apprehended in
Oregon, where they had fled
during a police hunt for her.
Defense Attorney Leo R.
Friedman ridiculed the charges,
saying that "no smart operator"
would have attempted such a
thing because of the danger of
discovery. He contended the
prosecution had produced no
evidence against Busby except
the girl's own testimony.
spent aevtral years in Oold BUI mov
ing but few months ago. to Port
land. Several ladlea of the health
unit of which aha was formerly
president, met at the boys borne
Tuesday honoring her with a hand
kerchief shower. Those enjoying the
afternoon were Mrs. Palmer of Phoe
nl. Mrs. Oammel of Melford, Mrs.
A. Meunler of Oold Hill, Miss Jacobs,
Mrs. Likes. Mrs. L. Miller. Meadamea
Jean and W. P. Boye, and the hon
oree, Mrs. Lively.
Mr. and Mrs. David Biles and
daughter moved Monday to Duns
mulr, Cal.
Warren and Hiram Kin eery of Eu
gene, who are mining' on Foots Creek
spent the week-end at their home
In Eugene aa both have had an at
tack of the flu.
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Kaiser of
Medf ord were Riviera callera Decem
ber 10.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Miller were
dinner guests Sunday at the George
Lance mine.
Foots Creek Sunday school will
have a Christmas program and
treats for all the yousstera In the
neighborhood Sunday, December 24.
Riviera
Riviera, Dec. 12. SpU
Anna Lee Kyle, who is attend
ing high school in Grants Pass,
spent the week-end at her home
here.
Mrs. Emily Lively of Portland vis
ited the past week with Lynda 11
Jacobs at the Delta farm. Mrs. Lively
Common Sense
About Constipation
A doctor would tell you that the
best thins to do with constipation
Is get at its cause. That way you
don't have to endure It first and
try to cure It afterward you can
avoid having It.
Chances are you won't have to
look far for the cause If you eat
the super-refined foods most
people do. Most likely you don't
get enough "bulk"! And "bulk"
doesn't mean a lot of food. It
means a kind of food that Isn't
consumed in the body, but
leaves a soft "bulky" mass in the
Intestines.
If this Is what you lack, try
crisp crunchy KellORg's AU-Bran
for breakfast. It contains just the
"bulk" you need. .
Eat AU-Bran every day, drink
plenty of water, and "Join the
Regulars." Made by Kellopg's in
Battle Creek. Sold by every grocer.
Portland. Deo. 13. ( AP) Butter,
butter fat steady, unchanged.
Egg" Buying prices, extra large
17c; standards large lftc; medium ex
tras 14c; extras small 13c; standards
small lie.
Cheese, country meats unchansod.
Live poultry: Nominal buying
prices, Leghorn broilers 1-14 lbs,
13c lb.; do. a Ibi. 13c lb.: fryen
under 8 lbs.. 13c; do, 3 to 4 lbs
13c; roasters over 4 lbs. 13c; colored
hrns to 4 lbs. 13c; do over 4 lbs.
13c lb.; Leghorn hens under 3'fc lbs
8c lb.; over 3 lbs., 0c; No. a grade,
So less.
Turkeys unchanged.
Onions: Oregon 4 Out 50c; Yakima
36rMOe sack.
Potatoes, hay, wool, unchanged.
Portland Wheat
Portland. Dee. 13. (AP) Wheat :
Open High Low CUwo
Msy .83 .83 .83 .83
Dec. . .8iV$ .8314 .83' ,83'i
Cash grain:
Oats, No. 3. 38-lb. whit 436 75.
Barley, No. 3. 45-lb. B. W. 25 .75.
Corn: No. 3. E V. shipment SJ0 50
Flax: No. 1, 4104.
Cash wheat bid:
8oft white 83c, western white 83c
western red 81c.
Hard red winter ordinary 81c, 11
percept Blc, 13 percent 84 ',0, 13 per
cent 87'ac, 14 percent P4c.
Hard white, Banrt ordinary 8Jc.
13 percent 8Bo, 13 percent 01c, 14
percent P4c.
Today's car receipts: wheat 38, bar
ley 3, flour 4. corn 4. mlllfced 8
0 OOt COPYHOMl l3. SCMENltT
0IS1IIUH COIFOMIION, NtWYOIK CITY
Chicago Wheat
Chicago. Dec. 12 (API The
southwestern ahest belt drought,
seriousness of whlrh v.us emphaslr- d
by reports of bad dust storms, stim
ulated buying of wheat futures to
day that lilted prices more than a
rent a bushel at tlm"s.
iwlirat) Open High Low Clow
ueo. av.t a, jit)!, a
EMMONS RECEIVES BID
FOR SHRINE TILT PLAY
Eugene, Dec. 12. (IP) Frank
Emmons, three-year veteran Uni
versity of Oregon fullback from
Beaverton, Orel, today accepted
an invitation to play with the
western all-star football team
in the annual Shrine charity
East-West game in San Fran
cisco New Year's Day.
Emmons is the first Webfoot
to receive an invitation for the
annual classic since Guard Del
Bjork played in the 1937 game.
No other Oregon players had
received bids at a late hour
Tuesday.
Number, Please?
Portland, Ore. If K. P. Scott
ever forgets his phone number
he's sunk. His phone is Sunset
7342; his auto license as 7342;
he lives at 7342 Southeast 32nd
avenue.
SEEN NEXT STEP
(continued irura page one)
ing was closed, United States
vice consul Donald D. Edgar was
admitted as an observer.
Indications pointed to adop
tion of the condemnation of Rus
sia by a large majority in the
assembly. Argentina then plans
to propose Russia's expulsion.
It was deemed likely this pro
posal would go through.
Russian sources indicated if
this happened Russia would
break off relations with both
Britain and France, unless those
nations beat them to the draw.
Franca To Act
Reports circulated in League
of Nations circles today that
France would break diplomatic
relations with Russia and close
the Soviet embassy in Paris if
the league expels Russia in con
demnation of her invasion of
Finland.
The move for expulsion, first
launched by Latin ' American
members, was gaining ground as
the Finns, who heretofore have
declined to state their views
concerning it, swung their sup
port behind it.
French sources called the
Russian embassy in Paris "the
center of a web" of underground
French communist activity.
They reported Premier Dala
dier, whose government has out
lawed the communist party in
France, was determined to close
the embassy and would use the
league ouster as an opportunity
to act.
I
FOR HYDRO PLAN!
(Continued rroin Page One.)
will be close to the present
pumping plant which furnishes
Gold Hill with water. The
1500-kilowatt turbine will gen
erate its power from an ap
proximate 33-foot drop of the
canal water through the spill
ways into the Rogue river.
I The dam will be constructed
i at the upstream mouth of the
canal. It will be built of con
crete and will be 15 feet high
in some places and smaller in
others, Mr. Stuart explained.
He added that the wing dam
would be built for the purpose
of catching about one-half the
flow of the Rogue river.
To Widen Canal.
The canal, which extendi
from the present small -dam to
the pumping plant, a distance
of about one mile, will be wid
ened to 30 feet and deepened
to six feet, Mr. Stuart said.
Through this canal the water
from Rogue river will run, he
explained, thence spilling back
into the river at the power
plant.
doting time for Too Late to Claa
slfy Ads Is 1:30 p. m.
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POPULAR A
for over 30 years!
Houwwivci hart ktrntd
th value of Ihli fin crl
for bnakfttt porridge rtd
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You con relax or work In privacy ond comfort In an
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your tection becomes a roomy, soft-mottresscd berth Invit
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If you like congenial company you'll find It In the club
car with its radio, latest magasines, solarium, and buffet
fountain. Shower baths and barber-valet service are also '
available.
Each Empire Builder meal offers a wide choice of delicious,
perfectly prepared dishes, generous helpings and attentive
service all at moderate cost. Plan now to make your next
trip East on the Empire Builder daily to Chicago.
See local agent or wriie C. L. BISCHOFF, T.P.A.
530 American Bank Bldg., Portland
TALKS IN
THIS BIG
CHRISTMAS SALE
25 to 40 9o OFF
BUY HOLIDAY GIFTS
RE-FURNISH YOUR HOME
During This Great Selling Event!
USE OUR
LAY-AWAY PLAN!
Do your shopping NOW at Sale Prlc.s while sel.c
tlona art complete. Than lake delivery at Christmas
time.
JOHN CUPP
FURNITURE STORE
317 EAST MAIN
PHONE SOS
SUGGESTION
NO. 1
HOW TO RAISE
CASH
' ' " '$:H fay. 3L -J fcil
SELL THINGS YOU
DON'T NEED FOR
CASH
Start looking through th
Clataiflod Ada today, tor
metiagei irom iolka who
hava what Tou want to tall I
It'i tha quickest way to ralsa
caih without any obligationl
U tha
CLASSIFIED ADS
This Is How We Financed
Our Christmas Shopping...
- Lest than a week ago Bob and I were having a sad
case of doldrums! Reason? No ready cash with which
to buy Christmas gifts, and we just couldn't let our
selves get in debt. Then Bob thought of the Classified
Ads and without telling me, be placed an ad mention
ing the things like Mary's baby 'carriage and Brother's
three wheel bicycle, our old gas heater and Bob's old
golf clubs which we had no more use for. Sure
enough, Bob sold everything and handed me the cash
with which to Christmas-shop for the family. We're
happy. And the folks who bought those former posses
sions of ours at low cost will have a merrier Christmas
too.
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
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