Medford mail tribune., June 30, 1942, Page 3, Image 3

MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 80, 1942.
PAGE THREE
MENDING SERVICE
FOR SOLDIER BOYS
AT USO QUARTERS
A representativB of the Navy
Mother's club will be on hand
daily at the United Service Or
ganization center, 234 East
Main street, to do small Jobs of
mending for the soldiers sta
tioned in southern Oregon it
was announced yesterday,
Mrs. Helen Small, USO direc
tor, said today that letters of
regret had been received from
Earl Snell and Leslie M. Scott,
state secretary and state treas
urer, stating their inability to
attend the USO opening Sunday,
Florence Boester, regional di
rector for the Pacific coast for
USO in San Francisco sent con
gratulations to the USO on the
opening.
Decorations for open house
Sunday were in charge of the
Medford Garden club with Mrs.
K. T. Nichol as chairman assist
ed by Mrs. J. R. Woodford and
Mrs. Allen Arnspiger. Also
assisting in decorating were
members of the Zonta club, who
had charge of flags, and Bere
nice Reames, Mignon Phipps, Al
lison Aya, Wanda Burch and
Ina Goldsmith.
Refreshments were arranged
by Mrs. John Boyle and the
information desk was handled
by Mrs. Effie Kurtz, chairman
assisted by Mrs. Zola Sims and
Mrs. Etta Robertson. Miss Vera
Humphrey took charge of the
switchboard. Mimeographing
for USO is in charge of
M. T. Edwards, who volunteer
ed her service for this work.
Several vocal selections were
presented Sunday afternoon by
Miss Mary Ann Gates, accom
panied at the piano by Elsie
Carlton Strang.
Plane Commander
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Portland Produce
4n X
matt t j
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Co!. Robert I Scoti (above),
of Macon, Ga has been placed
in command of United States'
first pursuit planes in China, ac
cording to reports from New
Delhi. The planes comprise the
23rd pursuit group.
BILLETING OFFICE
MOVES TO GAMP
The billeting office for Camp
White will be moved from the
Medford armory to the Quarter
master Administration building
at the camp effective July 1.
The telephone number will be
5221 extension 9. Information
on housing facilities for army
personnel will be available at
the billeting office.
A 24-hour telephone service
will, however, be maintained at
the armory, phone 3688, where
telephone calls and messages
may be sent for the commanding
officers of Camp White and
where the location and tele
phone numbers of the billeting
office may be obtained at any
time.
BUSY BEE LOAFED
Great Falls, Mont. (U,R) The
traditional busy bee let Montana
apiarists down this year by pro
ducing only 10 per cent of the
state's demand for honey, Mon
tana beekeepers are depressed
because the war has increased
the price of honey.
LIVESTOCK
Portland
Portland, Ore., June 30 (Jfy (TJ,
a. Dept. Agr.) Cattle Receipts, 1QG;
calve, 85; market active, steady;
load common grass steers, 10.75;
sorted at IQ.0Q; odd grassers, up to
112.00; extreme top fed steers Mon
day, $14.15; new high April, 1819;
cutter to common dairy type helfera,
7.23 m 8 50; beef heifers, up to
10 75; canner and cutter cows, 5.50
(S.50; fat dairy type cow, up to
?.25; weighty beef cows, down to
$8.75; good young cows, $9.25; me
dium to good balls, $10.00 10 65;
strictly good, quotable to $11.25; cut
ters, down to $8.00; good to choice
Testers, strong, mostly $13.00 & 14.00
few, $14.5015.00.
Hogs Receipts, 800; market active,
strong to 10c higher; good to choice
170-210 lbs., 14.50 W.80; medium
grades, $14.35 down; 230-270 lbs.,
14.00; good 315-500 Jb, sows, $10.75
12.00; heavier, downward to 10.25;
choice light feeder plgsf $14.50.
Sheep Receipts, 200; market stea
dy, poorer quality considered; few
good to choice springers, $11.50; me
dium to ood, $10.5011.25; few feed
ers, $10.00; good ewes, $3.003.50;
culls, down to $1.35.
Chicago
Chicago, June SO ft?, S,
Dept. Agr. Hogs Receipts, 21.000;
top. $14 65; 270-330 5bs.( $14.50
15,40; 180-180 lbs., $14.00? 14 5G;
sows, around 15c lower; good 400-550
lbs., 13.8013.85; choice lighter
weights, to $14 00.
Cattle 8,000; calves, 1,200; early
top, $14.40, some held higher; long
fed weighty steers, scarce; heifers,
steady at $lt.75al3 25.
Sheep Receipts, 7,500; early sales,
good and choice native sprint? lambs,
1525c lower, from $15.5015.75;
some held higher; other classes, lit
tle changed; load yearlings with No.
1 skins, $13.75; some fat ewes, $5.00 &
835.
Sacramento, June 30 (JP Butter
-First grade, 42c; second grade, 40c.
1.00
DAYS
Greater Savings!
Only 3 More Days!
Ends July 4th.
Buy Now!
O OUTING TOGS
O DRESSES
O COATS & SUITS
O HATS & SHOES
Everything A Bargain
The BAND BOX
221 East 8th
Phen 368$
Portland, Ort.. jus SO if, Po
tctoca, Kew-Shimr. (Clif ). Wait
Rom, 1008, 3-35S35; toes!, 11 00 i
1.3i hit.
Other pratuc unc&nid.
Portland Wheat
Portland, Or., Jusc 30 yfi
Grain t
Wiws Open Hifth Um C!o
July .M ao'i SO 304
Sept. 4'4 H
Dec. AV STi .ST'i
Cssh Grain: t and cons un
quoted Barley Ho. 3, Sc lb., S. W
3S.00. Flax Ho. I, M.4,
Cash Wheat (BID): Soft Whit.
95c; Soft Whtta ejteiudlnf R,
74e: WM Club, 98c; Weattrn
Red, 9 Sc.
Hard Bed Winter: Ordinary, !2c;
10 p cent, Sc; 11 per cent, tl.03;
13 per cent, t.0T.
Hard Whit Baart: 10 per sent,
l.oa; It per cent, t.0; ti per cent,
1.10.
Today's car reeetptar Wneat. 39;
flour, ; corn, ; mlttfeed, t; flax
seed, 3.
Chicago Wheat
Leader
Wneat Open H!sb Uw Clnee
July ..1.154 t.t5i H.16H
Sept. U8i 1.19T4 l.Wi
Dec. - 1,32;4 1.33 t.23,i
San Francisco Butter
San r'ranciaco, June 30 But
ter 92 tcore, 38c; Si aeon, ?54e; 93
score, 38 c; 89 score, 35c.
Wall St. Report
New York, June 30. (JFj
Scattered climbers remained Jn
today's stock market but many
leaders jogged along in narrow
ly irregular territory.
Santa Fe Jumped about two
points after mid-day when direc
tors voted a dividend of $1.50
on the common against $1 paid
in the four preceding quarters.
Transfers approximated 225,
000 shares.
Today's closing price for 84 select
ed stocks follow;
Al. Chera & Dye . IS
Am. Can. , 61
A. T. t T. 110(4
Anaconda ,,. 24
Atch. T. . F. SST4
Bendix A via. , 29 H
Beth, Steel 50H
Caterpillar Tract. 34
Chrysler 89
Curtiss - Wright t
Douglas Acft. S3
DuPont 1131
, 35
, 30(4
. 4
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. 314
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Gen. Eiee,
Gen, Poods
Gen, Mot, .
Int. Harvest
Johns - Man. ....
Kennecott ...
Monty Ward
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North. Amer,
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Penna. R. P.. .
Phillips Pet
Radio
Sou. Pec. -
8td. Brands -St.
Oil Cat.
St. Oil K. J. -Trans.
Amer.
Union Car,
Unit. Aircraft .
United Airline.
U. S. Steel
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tOSS DOOM 1000 MfHt
MOM M HHOII e W OOUIi.1
Major Generai Dwighl D,
Eiienhowsr (above) bat bean
named commanding central oi
She European thealre of war
for V, S. force, the war de
partment announced in Watts
ingtan. He hat already arrived
ia Britain.
AUXILIARY BOARDS
FOR SUGAR SOON
Five auxiliary rationing
boards to accept applications for
canning sugar are being set sip
in Jackson county. The boards
are to be located at Ruch. Gold
Hiii, Shady Cove, Prospect and
Butte Fatis, Scattering of the
auxiliary stations about the
county is expected to be of con
siderabie value to county resi
dents, who have found it neces
sary to come to Medford to re
ceive their applications.
Rationing board members said
today that volunteers are being
contacted to work on the regis
tration of canning sugar and as
soon as the boards cart be set up
trie applications will be received.
It is expected that the boards
wiii be at work by the close of
the week.
MORE WAGES
Washington, June SO. (3s)
Ralph A. Bard, assistant secre
tary of the navy, announced to
day an equalization of wage
rates in navy yards and other
shore establishments which will
add more than $1,000,000 week
ly to the pay envelopes of 250,-
000 civilian employes.
In 18?I Colorado Springs had
a revolving contraption called
a "spiritual wheei." The cus
tomer placed a coin on it and
received a glass of liquor from
a bartender behind a partition.
UM SMITH,
PIONEER PASSES
Eliza Adeline Smith, 81, m pi
oneer resident of Medford and
Southern Oregon, where she has
lived for the past 84 years,
passed away at her home, SOS
Portland Avenue, June 29th, at
2 53 P. M. after a brief illness.
Mrs. Smith was born near Uk-
sah, Calif., on Jan. 1, 186t.
Although of art advanced age,
she was very active until a
month ago.
She came to southern Oregon
with her parent in 1878, and
they settled on targe ranch
near Phoenix, Oregon. She later
met James Riley Smith, and
they were united In marriage at
Jacksonville, Ore., in 1881. Mr.
Smith passed away i 1928.
Mrs. Smith was a woman ef
fine Christian character and be
loved by all who knew her.
She is survived by two daugh
ters, Mrs. Blanche Tungat of
Butte Falls, Ore., and Mrs. K. F.
England of Prairie City, Ore,
one sister, Mrs. Lillle M. Hughs
of Orland, Calif., and one half-
sister, Mrs. Jennie Gridiey of
Red Bluff, Calif., also 13 grand
children, 12 great grand chil
dren, i great great grandchild.
Funeral services will be con
ducted from the Perl funeral
home on Thursday at 2 p. m..
Rev. IX E. Millard officiating,
Interment will take place in the
Phoenix eemtery beside her late
husband.
JUNE BUSYT
FOR CITY POLICE
It has been a busy month of
June at the city police station
with 124 individuals charged
with being drunk in a public
street or place or for disorderly
conduct. Many of these violat
ors received jail sentences, sth.
ers paid fines or forfeited bail,
During June, 1841, only 3B were
charged with the same viola
tions.
The books showed 133 sent
enced during May, 1942, as com
pared with 22 for May, 1041.
This month's record also best
ed April when 1 1 1 were charged
with being drunk as compared
to 20 during April, 1841,
Only two were charged in city
police court today with being
drunk in a public street. John
De-Witt MaMahan forfeited $16
hail and Claude Edmonds re
ceived a 10 days suspended jail
sentence. Robert Albright,
charged with failure to stop at
a stop light, paid a fme of $5,-
It Is possible from mile-high
Denver to view the panorama
of the Rocky mountain front
range trora Longs peak to
Ptke'g peak, a distance of 56
mile.
SOL WARMS UP;
95 TOP SUNDAY
Summer blitzed southern Ore
gon Sunday when mercury
zoomed to 85 degrees, the warm-
est day registered this month
i by the U. S. weather bureau at
j the Medford municipal airport.
1 Minimum temperature for the
i month was 50 degrees.
However Sunday's tepid wea
ther was merely a shadow of the
102 degrees which scorched
Medford June 11, 1841. Med
ford temperature yesterday is
still c military secret. And to-
day? The sun is still shining.
j A sparrow eats mora than
i five pounds of grain a year.
IN SAN FRANCISCO
ti't the
Fluhrer's
4th of July Special
A New Tagte
Sensation!
Make Independence Dty dinner pctrisffet top
off ait Ail-American mS with glorious
AmtriCake! It'i at delicious ai it it beautiful!
Order Now!.. ,..,. , 79t a,
Alio W will earry a frg attsrfmcrtr of specialty
breeds, wiener and hamburfcr bunt, cakat
and delicious picnic tookiej, PLACE YOUR
ORDER EARLY,
P.S.
Don't forget Is attend the baseball gam the
4th and 5th out at th Msdford fairgrounds
Star tiOBft Friday t;0S A, M, to 7:80 f, tA,
YOUR STANDARD SERVICE MAN
Yessir We Want Everything
Except Rubbernecks!
Ten more days to get your rubber
in, but don't wait another day, I
know you've looked already, but
search again for old tires, old
tubes, hot water bottles, gardea
hose, rubber mate and floor cover
ing from your cars, bathing caps,
rubber soles shoes, and dozens of
other things made of rubber
Bring them in to us or to any other
service station. Every penny of
profit we make wiii go to the Eed
Cross, USO and the Army and
Navy Relief Societies, Uncle
Sam needs your rubber, and needs
it badiy. Make one last check of
attics, basements, garages, Do it
before its too late
?.4 lot of people are nam beginning to take
good care of their can, instead of merely
treating them like one of the family!
Don i Be a Headline? in
Monday's Paper I
This weekend, unless I miss my guess,
some of e Americans will celebrate
our Independence by falling oat of
boats and arguing the right-of-way
with trees.
But ona way you can keep out ef
the headlines Monday morning is to
roll fa this week ar.d have one of wt
Standard Service Men give your car
a free safety check. Here's what we'd
like to do for yoa;
J. Cheek your headlights, tail-lights
end stoplights to see they're work"
teg right
2T Clean all your windows and rear vier?
mirror, . f V
3. Fill vour tJres to tfc risM war.ttme i
- jil. i t V
spare), end give then a quick inspection
for defect,
4. Clean out your ash tray, to make plenty
of room for matches teat might go oat
the window and start forest fires.
STANDARD takes
BETTER CARE OF YOUR CAR I
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
OF CALIFORNIA
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