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
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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.
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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 . . .
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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 $3 00 ? 8.75.
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Portland Produce
Portland, Sept. 13 OP) Butter,
butterfat. cheese, eggs, country meat,
live poultry, dressed turkeys, onions,
pes, potatoes, hay. wool unchanged.
Portland Wheat
Std. Brands
8 id. Oil Cat
Std. Oil It. 1.
Tranaamenea
Union Carbide
United Aircraft
United Airline .
O. S Steel. .
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70S
39 It
154
ait.
Sail Fraacisre Batter
Bscremento. Sept. 13. JP Churn
ing cream butterfat, first grade 81 cj
second trad 294 c
Egyptian soap is made chiefly
from cottonseed oil and caustic
soda.
Portland, Sept. 18. (API Oraln:
Wheat: Open Hlrh Utw Close
Sept. .73 .73 .7$ .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. Avn.
North Amer. .
Penney (J. o.)
Penna. R. R.
Phillips Pet.
Radio
Southern Psclflo ,
.152
964
160 tj
30
15
30
764
unquoted
764
74
734
165 Vt
32H
39
. 464
. 43 4
, 65
. 27
. 39
. 18
. I84
. 864
, 204
, 354
. 44
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