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PAflP! SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1940. $1,000 Worth of Valuables Taken From Foom in Ho tel Says Miss Merzback. City police were today Invest igating the charge of 31-year- old Hilda Merzback, who, they ay, claims to be a Jewish reft ee from Germany, that her room In a local hotel was enter ed early Thursday morning and Jewelry she valued at approxi mately $1,000 was stolen. Miss Merzback, a traveling representative of the Interna tional School of Commerce In Chicago, told police that stolen from her black patent leather purse while she slept were a white gold diamond ring valued at between $400 and S500, a white gold ring with a pearl setting valued at $330 and a mall wrlstwatch with a gold band valued at $150. Miss Merzback, who told po lice she had contacted almost 100 persons here In the Interest of home study courses In higher accountancy, explained that she retired for the night about 11 p. m. Wednesday. Unable to sleep, she told police, she took a sleeping tablet about 1:00 a. m. and when she awakened about 7:00 a. m. Thursday the purse containing the Jewelry was gone from her room. A maid in the hotel, later in the morning, found the purse In a lavatory on the same floor, the fourth, as Miss Merzback's room. Although the rings and watch were missing from the purse, $70 worth of American Ex Dress company traveler's checks and personal papers had not been disturbed. Miss Merz back told police that about $9 in currency and $1 in silver also was missing from the purse. Police stated that Miss Merz back couldn't recall whether she had locked her hotel room door before retiring. It was un locked when she awakened, po lice said Miss Merzack related. R. S. Farrar, clerk of the hotel, and Jimmy Murphy, a bellboy, were questioned by po lice and both were certain mat nobody used the hotel stairways between 1:00 a. m. and 7:00 a. m. Thursday, and that only guests were taken up in the elevator. Police quoted Miss MerzbacK as stating that she left Germany in 1933, the year Hitler came to power, and lived in tngiana until 1938, when she came to the United States. She arrived In Medford Sunday and left for Seattle this morning. She told do! ice the Jewelry was insured at about one-third Its value. Closing tlm tor loo Uta to Clas sify Ada u 1 :30 p. m. WALLPAPER SALE Calling Paper.. 9 per tingle roll Side Wall Paper.12Vi par single roll Paper for a room as large as 12x14, as low as $2.98 We also handle the Imperial and Anlhor line of Wallpaper Kalsomlae, Enamels. Paints. Paintlag aad Papering Contracting F. J. RUNTZ PAINT and WALLPAPER STORE 140S Mo. Riverside Dial 4M4 America's Top Beauties yj An? Frances Marie Burke. 19. Philadelphia model, beams between two top ranking contestants after being chosen "Miss America" of 1940 at the annual pageant at Atlantic City. N. J. With her are Rosemary LaPlanche, IS, "Miss California." runner-up, and Monnle Drake, 20. "Miss Michigan." who placed third. Fern Valley Fern Valley, Sept. 13. Spl.) Fern Valley school opened Monday with an enrollment of thirty-four pupils. It is the larg est enrollment since Just after the district was formed. Miss Smith is the teacher. fl. R Morns of Ashland eU4 on friends In Fern Valley Sunday. Allan Buaey tai returned home Iter four years of trs-lalnc la tee U. 8. navy. Mr. and Mn. O. Hammond of Klamath rails aad Junior Hammond of Medford were gueeta at the X H. Hughes home Sunday. Junior acooan panled Mr. and Mrs. Hammond to Klamath rails where he will attend school. Mn. Margery Cox of Los Angeles, who is visiting at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mra. Vern Marshall, had a dinner guest Saturday a girl friend and her two small children from Medford. Mrs. Dora Phillips of Ashland and son Fay Phillips of San Francisco, who Is visiting at the home of his mother, were business callers la Fern Valley Tueeday. y ;'X,Ps. -a a a . ' :f.J '3 V V vr A. . . r i ... - . ilu I unit Rriee-... .t...I.J i.I. V-? . f , ; Lovely Lynn Britton struggled, alone and friendless in war-torn China, to escape the man she loved because he was taking her to marry a Mongolian prince she had never seen. Surmounting danger after danger, Lynn won through to the great surprise of her life- Read . . . Ttit ROAD by tffte rV,. a '1 .. 1 1 Gold Hill Gold Hill. Sept. 13. (Spl) Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cotty and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gladding of Oakland, Cat., are guests this week of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Parker. Mrs. Ida Fredertckaon of Wheeler, Ore., Is vlalting her nrPbw Calvin Sargent and family and also friends here. Mrs. Olaf Lokken of Seattle Is visit ing her mother, Mrs. Cells Wise and Mr. Wise. Burt Stevenson of onnts Pass Is doing remodeling work on the ex tenor of the Earl Moore home. Harry White of Rogue River was a business visitor here on Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Brown snd daughter Orma Brown of Enctnttas. Cel., are guests this week or their daughter and slater, Mrs. Psul Hol dernesa and family. Mrs. Floyd Lanee snd son Bobby returned to their home In Trinity Center, Cel., Thursday, accompanied by Mr. snd Mrs. Bob Cook, who will spend several days vlalting there. Mr. snd Mrs. Curtis Parker of the Gold Hill Auto Park left Thursday for a 10-day vacation trtp to Pendle ton, Portland and other points north. They were accompanied by Mr. snd Mrs. Ed Cotty and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Oladdlng of Oakland. Past Noble Onuid club met Sep tember 13 at I. O. O. P. hall with 11 members, this being the first meeting since last spring. Many plans were made for the coming district convention to be held here on No vember 1. Next meeting will be held st the hall also, -nd each member Is requested to bring a covered dish for a 1 o'clock lunch. This meeting will be September 26 snd an past noble grands are urged to attend. Mrs. Wm. Musty and daughter Eunice of Central Point were dinner guests Thursday of Mrs. Musty daughter. Mrs Ruth Lewis and family Honoring the 26th wedding anni versary of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W Tsylor. a hamburger fry was held September 8 st the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Gray on Rogue river. A set or dishes waa presented the honored guests. Present were Mr. and Mrs. L. Dike of Klrdford. Mr. snd Mrs. Jack Plnkerton and Mr, Plnkerton's brother. Mr. and Mra. William Howes snd Edith. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Flene. Mr. snd Mra. John Gray snd Mrs Msry Mnttson snd the honored guests. Mr. snd Mrs. Frank Taylor and mother. Mrs. E. C. Flene. returned home last week from a two-week visit with relatives In Portland. They had accompanied Mrs. Clara John son and Mr. and Mrs. M 8 Hallshsn home sfter the letter had visited st the Flene home. How About Pint? New York l.-D The barter theater of Abingdon. Va., which accepts farm produce for tickets, isn't strictly a new idea. The Story of the British Empire, dis tributed in this country by the British library of information, says: "Some years a no when a traveling cinematographic show toured Fiji it took payment in coconuts." REM SALES REACH NEW HIGH-LEVELS IN SOME SECTORS OF U.S. New York, Sept. 13.- A continuation of favorable business trends throughout the last week was reported today by Dun & Bradstreet, in Its weekly trade review. - "Retail buying," said the mer cantile agency, "maintained its accelerated pace and in some re gions touched a new high for the current season. "Retail aalea for the whole country were estimated 6 to 10 per cent higher than in 1939; last week the year-to-year mar gin was between 6 and 13 per cent. "Industrial production also gave a good account of itself, rising more than seasonally to the peak level of the year so far. "Wholesale and industrial or dering was not quite so active as in the previous week, but trad ing continued to show some lib eralization of purchasing poli cies compared with a few weeks ago. "Purchasing at retail contin ues vigorous. Reports from all sections of the country reveal a spirit of optimism among con sumers. "Wholesale turnover reflects the recent expansion in retail trade not only through excep tionally heavy reorder activity but also in an increase of stock commitments." LIVESTOCK Portland Portland, Sept. 13. (AP-TJSDA) Hogs: 350; market 10c or more lower than Thursday's aversge; good-choice 170 to 215-lb. drtve-lns mostly S7.00: outstanding kinds to S7.15; 230 to 2SS-lb. butchers S 354 6.60; few light lights S8.S5; packing sows l 50 eS.00; good -choice light feeder pigs salable S6.00a6.50. Cattle: 150; calves salable none, total 25; market mostly steady; some cleanup sales weak to lower; few grass steers $7.003 8.60; week's top grassers S10.00; best light grain-fed steers $11.00: canner-common heifers. $6.0036.76; few medium heifers $7.76; csnner common cows $4.006 5.25; odd head good beef cows to $6.75; tew bulls $6.2S7.25; good-choice vealers quotable $10 00 11.00. Sheep: 1000; one lot good-choice 88-lb. trucked-ln lambs steady at $8.00; carlosda salable to $8 25; odd head feeder lsmbs $7.00; good ewes $3 .00 a 3.25. South ban Francisco South San Francisco, Sept. 13. (AP-USDA) Hogs: 160; around 10c lower; about load and half 185 to 325-lb. California $7.60. with over weights at $7.00; packing sows noml nslly $4.76 down. Cattle: 25: iters absent, nominally stesdy; medium to good quoted $8.86 8 9.60; load lots heifers absent: pack ing 648-lb. heifer calves $875; run consists largely dairy cows: few 1.033-lb. cows $5.60. sorted 850-lb. sverages at $4 75: odd head csnners $4.00, looks strong with week's ad vance: bulls firm, few hesd 1J2S to 1.255-lb. $6 25 3 6.50: better kinds quoted $7.60; calves salable 30: good to choice vealers absent, quoted $10 60 11.60; about 20 hesd good 420-lb. cslves $9.75: sorted 4 head 8 00. Sheep: 30; fat lambs sbsent. quoted nominally st $9 009 25 late yesterdsy; deck medium ewes $2.75. Chicago Chlcaeo. Sept. 13. ( AP-l'SDA) Hoga: 8,000: market slow, generally 15 a 25c lower than Thuraday a aver age, closing at full decline: top $6 85; bulk good snd choice 200 to 240-lb. $6 55 4 6.80: 240 to 270-b. $6,50 4 6.75: some 270 to 320-lb. butchers $6.25 a 6.60; heavier weights $5.75 8.15; smooth 300 to 360-lb. packing sows $5 75 $6.10; most 360 to 490-lb. $5 25.4 5 85. Cattle: 800: calves 200; medium and good grade steers $9.501165 load: 1.097-lb. long yearlings $12 23: few loada snd lot common snd me dium gnueer heifers and short feds low. week at $1000 downward to around $6 00: bulls and veelere steady at $7.15 and $13 60 down respectively. Sheep: 7.000-, all classes steady: closely sorted handywelght western spring lsmbs $9 SO: bulk good and choice lota $9 159.25: best natlvea $925: bulk small lots $9 009.15: yearlln, $7.75: beet ewee $4 00; bulk mixed nstlve lota $3 00 ? 8.75. San Butter. Francisco, esvs and Sept. 11 ,, chese unchsnged r T Now on Display The Beautiful 1941 HYDROMATIC Oldsmobile WITH FLUID DRIVE NO CLUTCH PEDAL AT ITS BEST NO SHIFTINO Medford Garage 121 No. Bartlett. Dial 2814 Portland Produce Portland, Sept. 13 OP) Butter, butterfat. cheese, eggs, country meat, live poultry, dressed turkeys, onions, pes, potatoes, hay. wool unchanged. Portland Wheat Std. Brands 8 id. Oil Cat Std. Oil It. 1. Tranaamenea Union Carbide United Aircraft United Airline . O. S Steel. . t'4 I8H - 4s ' 70S 39 It 154 ait. Sail Fraacisre Batter Bscremento. Sept. 13. JP Churn ing cream butterfat, first grade 81 cj second trad 294 c Egyptian soap is made chiefly from cottonseed oil and caustic soda. Portland, Sept. 18. (API Oraln: Wheat: Open Hlrh Utw Close Sept. .73 .73 .7$ .7$ Cash grain: Oats No. , 88-lb. whit $28 75. Barley No. 2, 45-lb. 8- W. $2100. Cash wheat (bid): Soft whit 73 4 e: wtrn whit 724c; western red 73c. Hard red winter: Ordinary 714c: 11 per cent 744c; 12 per cent 764c: 18 per cent 78c. Hard whtte-baart: 11 per cent 784c; 18 per cent 804; 14 per cent 834c Today's ear receipt: Wheat 64: barley 3: flour 13; corn 0; oata 1; hay 2; mlllfaed 6. Chicago Wheat Chicago, Sept. 13 (API Wheat: Open High Low dost Sept. .74 .78 1.4 .744 ''4S Dec. .764 -764 .75 May .76 T, .77 )i .76 H .764 Wall St. Reports New York, Sept. 13 P) Baffled by the inconclusive sta tus of the war for England, trad ers generally stood aside in to day's stock market, permitting leaders to drift either way by fractions. So tenuous was the trading range that only about 250.000 shares changed hands during the entire session. On the stronger side were U. S. Steel and Youngstown, Doug las and United Aircraft, Allied Chemical and Dow Chemical, American Smelting and Anacon da, Standard Oil of N. J. and Texas. Corp., New York Central and Santa Fe. Today's closing prices for 84 select ed stocks follow: Al. Chem. As Dye Am. Can A. T. : T. Anaconda A ten. T. Ac fl. F. . Bendls Avla Bethlehem Steel . Caterpillar Tract. . Chrysler Curtlss-Wrtght Dougla Aircraft . DuPont Oen. Electric Oen. Foods Oen. Motors Int. Harvester Johns-Manvtlle Kennecott ... Monty Ward No. Amn. 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