Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 28, 1940, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TEN MEDFORD MAP, TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1940. FREE PHONE CALLS IN MEDFORD AREA (Continued from rage Ou.) Fluhrer bakery, said that as "a matter of principle" Jackson ville should be considered as a suburb of Itcdford, though he added the proposed toll would not mean much to his company in dollars and cents. Frank P. Farrell, city attor ney for Medford, testified that the "unofficial" view of the city council was that It Is opposed to any change in service that would be detrimental to Med ford. He did not elaborate upon the statement. C. S. Mason of Seattle, com pany auditor, testified that reve nues of the Medford exchange in 1938 were (137,898.36, and operating expenses $133,183.31, leaving a balance net revenue of $4,813.03. The balance net revenue in 1939, he said, was $8,929.33. The balance net reve nue for 1941, reflecting the pro posed rate changes and toll im position and based on a contin uance of normal station in creases, he estimated at $20,285. Party Line Protest A lengthy discussion was cre ated by two letters of protest to the commission from Med ford subscribers regarding the change from full-selective tele phone bell ringing on four party lilies to semi-selective under Die dial system, each four-party us er now having to identify one of two rings. Fred D. Scholl of Portland, the company's gener al commercial manager, said the ringing of bells was only one of many Inherent disadvan tages of four-party lines and emphasized the company aimed to give the best service possible in all categories. No objections were entered to proposed changes In hotel rates. The hearings were conducted for the commissioner by T. O. Russell, the commission's chief engineer. Taking part also were T. T. Naylor, telephone engineer, nd Alvin W. Kurtz, attorney for the commission. At the conclusion of the hear ing in Jacksonville yesterday, the telephone company was given 30 days and Herbert K. Hnnna, attorney for Jackson ville. 13 days thereafter in which to file briefs. Category Different In answer to questions by jur. Manna, R. j. Collins, Port land, the company s general commercial engineer for the Oregon area, explained that both Phoenit and Talent are not In the :ame category as Jacksonville as to type of serv ice. That Is why, he said, there is no toll charge between Med ford and Phoenix and Ashland ajid Talent. The proposed Jacksonville telephone rate changes would bring reductions to all but one classification of station service and would impose a toll charge of five cents on calls between Jacksonville and Medford and Medford and Jacksonville. It was the toll charge against which the people of Jackson ville protested. Jacksonville telephone users gave testimony against the pro posed toil charge after the com pany had presented Its case. Gist of the arguments against the toll was that Jacksonville was really a suburb of Medford. most of the telephone business was done with Medford or vice versa, users could not afford to have telephones if they had to pay for calls to Medford and Jacksonville had become a resi dential district because, in part, of the free Jacksonville-to-Med-ford telephone service. Petition Presented Ray Wilson, owner of a con fectionery store and firt chief. presented a petition against the proposed toll. It was signed by 32 telephone users and Mr. Wil son said he could have pro cured more names if he had had time. He asserted that if the toll goes into effect, SO per cent of Jacksonville telephone subscribers would give up their phones and that would increase the fire hazard by reducing the places from which fires could be reported. Others speaking againn the proposed toll charge included A. L. Beck, Jacksonville school superintendent; O. M. Kesler. manager of the Rogue River sanitarium; C. A. Smith, water master of district 13; Mayor Wesley Hartman, Henry Nieder meyer, William Campbell, gar age owner; Mrs. Roy V. Mar tin, Mrs. E. R. White, John B. Hamaker, merchant, and John Heckert, service station owner. Just before the hearing was closed, a telegram was received from Paul Godward and James W. Grlgsby, who reside In Jack sonville and operate a printing business In Medford. The two men said they would discon tinue their telephones if and when the proposed toll charge went into effect. 300.000 BELGIANS (Continued tram Pass One.) BY MAX G. CARTER Word has been received here that Max G. Carter, son of County Clerk George R. Carter, has been awarded a medical school scholarship for 1941 at Harvard university. Mr. Ca-ter, who was gradu ated from Medford senior high school in 1932 and took four years of pre-medics at the Uni versity of Oregon, was one of four graduate students at Harv ard who received the scholar ships In recognition of high aca demic standings. The 25-year-old Medford man has attended Harvard medical school for the past three years. His father said today that he also received a similar scholar ship in 1939 for this year. T IIUI BE Decoration day will be ob served here Thursday generally as a holiday. All public places of business will be closed for the day. These Include the postoffice. county courthouse, city hall, federal agencies like the U. S. forest service, banks and the state liquor store. There will be no mail deliveries. The Honor store will remain open until 11 p. m. tomorrow. All department stores and specialty shops will close for the day. Some grocery stores plan to close, other plan to remain open. Those which have signified intention to close In clude Hollow ay's Reliable groc ery, Boyd s market and the Quality market. In the accidental death of his wife and, seeing, too, his little country once more blasted into smoking ruins at a battlefield in the age-old quarrel between Germany and France and Eng landdecided his highest duty was to prevent further blood shed. Mala Army Through Premier Hubert Plcrlot an nounced, contrary to the mon arch's order to lay down arms, that Belgian forces which could be reorganized would continue their fight on the allies side. All indications were, how- ever, that the main Belgian army the Germans said be tween 400,000 and 300.000 men had ceased to fight and that only minor units or new levies raised from among the throng of Belgian refugees In France would be at the disposal of the Belgian government. While Frenchmen In the streets of Paris cried "Treason!" at the news of King Leopold's capitulation, Churchill told com mons the British and French governments "vould ignore Leo pold's action. He was wildly cheered as he declared: "Nothing which may happen to us in this battle can in any way relieve us of our duty to defend the world cause to which we have bound ourselves." With the German high com mand declaring that the allied armies "pocketed" in Flanders were doomed. British naval spokesmen hinted that the Brit ish expeditionary force was pre paring to withdraw from the battle In Belgium. Nails Claim Successes At the heighth of the furore created by King Leopold's sud den surrender, the German high command announced a new ser ies of smashing nazi successes. Hitler's mechanized columns broke through strong French border forticiations "on a broad front," the high command said, and captured numerous towns and villages in the giant "squeeze" movement on the trapped allied armies in Flan ders. The British cabinet quickly met at No. 10 Downing street to consider the grave conse quences of the Belgian army's capitulation. The Belgian monarch's decis ion to lay down arms came at the most critical hour in the I struggle for mastery of the Eng ! lish channel. The nazi high command re ported its armies had driven to l within six miles of Bruges. Bel- glum, and had partly broken allied resistance In the battle of Artois and Flanders. The German break-through, it said, was made north of Val enciennes. Other njzl hordes crossed the strategic Scheldt canal and cap tured Orchies and Douai, French towns south of Lillie. the high command announced. Foreign circles in Rome ex pected the Belgian surrender to hleA Zii'e long-awaited entrance Into the war to help Germany "finish off the allies and win share of the victor's spoils. Hots: $4,000: top UJ; bulk good and choice 300 to 170-lb. UM4JO; m to SOO-lb. butchers J10UJ; most SOO to 460-10. UMok SS.OO S 30: good and choice 170 to 2uu-lo. llrhu ss.uti.S0; bulk fod 400 to 500-lb. pectin on M is 440; ligbwr einta to S4.T4. Cattle: 1 000: calm 1000: most fed steers M.7S1023: very Utile under aa.oo however; top SI 100 on part load 150-lb. rear ling steers: moat velthty bullocks 410 73: ealvea SUM down to 110.00; yearlings 40 25 10.00 mostly: eaueat e bulla to S7.00; cutter cows toag.oo: vcalere to II 1.00. fibeep: 6 000: fed and eprtnger lamba ISalSc higher (or week: few decks nandywelsht fed clippers 49.75. handywelgnt native aprtngera Sia.15: inva double California springers with 1 rmiry! 1 per test aoru ;l . sheep scarce, steady. barley 0: flour 3; corn I; oats 0; nay 0: miUIeed I. I Butter: 03 core, Uc; Bl, 34 '-,c; 30. 2sc: . 30c. About one-quarter of the entire output of maple ayrup In Mew York ' Sacramento, stay i f AP) Churn- and Vermont goea Into treatment of Wall St. Report Ing err am butterfat: Pint grmd 50c; Kcond grade 28c. ( tobacco I IiaTor. to flw tt weetneaa ant Portland Produce Livestock Portland Portland, May 38. ( AP-OSDA) Hoga: 500: alow, 16c lower than early Monday; good-choice 1S to 315-lb. drlvelna 18 00ns 10; 330 to 350-lb. largely 5.50: light lights S5.0095.S0; slaughter plga 44.50; parking aowa 44 .00 a 4.50; iwhtwelghta 14.75; heav ier veighta down to 43.75: good choice, feeder plga quotable 4425 4) 4.50 and above. Cattle: loo: calvei 50: moatly teady; few head light gra&a steers 7.00; medium-good fed steers ab sent, aalable 48.50' 9.05 and above. Monday'a top 410.00: cutter-common heifers 45 J5 4 7.60: few fed heifers 48.50; cutter-common cowa 44 50a) 6.35: cannera 4340; fat dairy type cows 43 50a 6.00; load medium-good California grass cowa 47.10: lightly aorted 48 00: odd beef bulla 47 35: good-choice vealera 48 .00 a 00; select 40 50. Sheep: 300: steady: few good' choice spring lambs 48.75: atnetly sorted lota eligible 49 00: medium- Hood 48. 00 u 8.60; common 47.004 7.50; few old crop lamba and year tinge SS.OO ia 5.60: medium good laughter ewea 43 50 x 3 00. Portland. Stay 38 (API Butter. butterfat. cheese, eggs, country meata, live poultry, onion, peas, unchanged. New potatoea: California white 50a. 41.35: 100a, (3JO3.80. Potatoes, hay unchanged. Wool: 1040. eastern Oregon ranch. 34c: Willamette valley. 13 months, nominal, 39o lb.; lamb 35c lb. Chicago Wheat Chicago, May 38. (API Wheat: Open High Low Close July .81 .83 S 41 .83 H Sept. Jit JUS M .83 , Dec. .82 'i JUL, Jli, .g4i( Portland Wheat New York, May 28. IIP) Traders dumped stocks on to day's market, as war bearishness revived with the surprising cap itulation of Belgium to Germ any, but bought some of them back later and suostantially re duced early losses running to 7 or more points. The forenoon shock to senti ment was subsequently offset to some extent bv Prime Min- j later Churchill's speech to the' house of commons declaring j that, while the situation was ex ceptionally serious, the British and French would fight on to the finish. Transfers were around 1,300, 000 shares. Todays closing price for 33 se lected atocka follow: Al. Chem. & Dya. Am. Can Am. 8 Pgn. Power. A. T. & T. Anaconda Atch.T. As S. P. Bendlx Avta Bethlehem Steel Caterpillar Tract. Chrysler Com!. Solvents Curtlsa-Wrlht DuPont Oen. Electric Oen. Foods Oen. Motor Get this Bonus! ma wr Wimk SI M l 1 II Alf 'l JU lf, . 1 - '" m 90i I : If r&i03 IH , f 3 I . . ! ft JZt Utt v.: rC BSV.,", ,47. .UVTgJU S, .Si 37 i-ww- mms;v r-M fertfi 44 - i -w- K-w IfiJ SgE. j 29. South un IrarH-l'taro South San FranclBco. Maj 28. (AP-USDA) Hok: 450; around 10a Ibc lower; about 40 head choice 200-lb. Oregon 13, top: bulk ISA to 325-lb. California early W.10; tew 342-lb. butch era, ,V8ft; medium to good packing aowa M.10a4-35. Cattle: 25; steeri absent; yesterday one load medium 1.084-lb. graseen W.75; few head near good yearlings 9 25, around 25c lower; good corns scarce, quotable around 65: dairy cows, few weighty Bolstelns. $5.15 5 35; bulls steady, odd head 17.25. Calves 10; nominally flat 50c lower; odd head 185-lb. choice 10.00, now extreme top. Sheep: 800: for two days good to choice lamba fully steady; light medium lambs 25c lower; around 800 head north coast lambs 0 00 9.35; deck medium to good 72-lb. lambs W 05; deck medium 85-lb. M 25: shorn ewes nominal, mostly 1.00 2.50. Chicago. Chlrato May 28. (AP-USDA1 HOT WEATHER SPECIAL! Buy Great Falls. Mont. (UP The busy beaver is having a touch time holding his own with the ousy trappers and hunters. In three days 428 pelts, worth 57,000. were delivered to deal ers here. Beaver pelts are higher in price than ever before. 7 lv . mmxy;-r2. You have to stay at Hate! Ojk. land but once to appreciate its many advantages. It's caiv to find, and it's within pleasant walking distance of the principal stores, theaters and other attractions. YouD enjoy beds that HELP you sleep ... a skillful itaf hospitably eager to make you feel at home... food that makes every meal a delightful occasion. Official AAA-) star. SOO plrsMnt, outside rooms. Rales, with bsihi single from double from J4. H. B. Klingenjearth, Mansgtr I4th & Harrison Streets OAKLAND TEE? DOROTHY GRAY LOTIONS . . to help your skin feel cool and look crystal-clean OMNGt nOWtl SKIN tOTION for dry or sensitive skin. Fragrant, non-drying. IWr$1.75 TIXTURI lOTION for conipicuous pores, Helps dislodge clogging dirt. twy $2.00 aid $ 4 tacit kettle em- liaWfaW haief TOILETRIES SECTION MAIN FLOOR Portland. May 2S. (API Grain: Wheat: Open Hlah Low Close Sept 73 '. .73 'i .72 .73 Cash grain.' Oats No. 3. 38-lb. white 431 00. Barley No. 3. 45-lb. B. W. 431.00. Flax No. 1 41.81. Cash wheat (bid l : Soft white 712c: western white 70c: western red 73c. Hard red winter: Ordinary 72c; 11 per cent 74c: 13 per cent 79c. 94'ic: 13 per cent OT'jc: 14 per cent Hard whlte-Baart: 13" per cent 41.03 '4. Today's car recelpta: Wheat 17; Int. Harvester - t. T. : T. Johns-Manvtlle Monty Ward North Amer Penr.ey (J. C... Phllllpa Pet. Radio Southern Pacific Std. Brand. Std. Oil Cal. Std. Oil N. J. Transamerlca Unton Carbide United Aircraft C. 8. S'ei . 39 . 40 ; 3' . 46'2 . 34'. . 15', . 1'. . 28', . 4S 7'. . S, . 18', . 31'. . 4'. 83 . 43 . 45 ', San FranrlH-o Hiltler 8an Francisco. May 28 (AP-USDAl IMPARTIAL Investigations re veal that James E. Pepper has at least a 507c richer flavor, ounce for ounce, thananyoneof ten leading brands of whiskey. 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