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PAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1942. 11 IN TRIANGLE GASE Munger Creek Family Fray Puts Two in Grants Pass Hospital Husband Held. GranU Pan, July 21 (Spl.V A triangle (hooting In which Charley Franklin Young, 81, of ficers said, admitted shooting his wife and his brother sent the two victims to Josephine Gen eral hospital early Sunday mor ning and put Young in police custody. Severely wounded were Beat rice May Young, 44, and her brother-in-law, Levi Young, 41. District Attorney Orval J. Millard and State Police Ser geant Lyle Harrel questioned the husband and wife in an ef fort to determine what charges might be brought. The shooting took place at 4 o'clock Sunday morning at the Young residence four miles from Williams postofifce on Munger creek. Levi was wounded - in the wrist as he lay on a bed, and again through the pelvis as he fled from the man with the gun. Mrs. Young was wounded in the fleshy part of both hips, also as she fled. Charley's story, as recounted by Millard and Harrell, was that he had been working at Castle- rock, Wash., for several months, where his stepson Richard was also employed. He returned to Grants Pass Saturday night and went to his home where he wat ched and waited for some hours. Then he slipped into the house, equipped with a . wrist flashlight to see. and fired four shots. Two of them struck his brother and one his wife. It was the first time he had seen his brother in many years, officers said he reported. In another bedroom was Mrs. Minta Schuler, whose husband was away working at the can tonment .while sleeping close by outside the house were her son John Schuler, IB; Levi's son Dick 14; Dale Rockwood, 7, grandson of Mrs. Young; and Mrs. Schul er's daughters Margaret, 16, and Dorothy, 14. Officers said they were told Mrs. Young is Charley's first wife. She is the mother of four children by a former marriage, they said. Levi has three chil dren, they reported. The wounded pair were still nnder hospital treatment Mon day and the husband was held in the county jail. LIVESTOCK Portland Portland, Ore., July 31 (4 US Dept. Agr.) Cattle 250; eelves 85 market active on limited supply: many cowa now 3Ao hither for two da ye; old btsjis fat ateere up to 13 60. common -good gradea 10 50; cutter dairy type steers 8 60; attlctty good fed steers quotable H 35; few com mon helfera 8.00-9 00; canner and cutter cowa R.3S-636; fleshy dairy type cowe 6 50-7.00; hear? Holetelns 7.3ft and a bore; bulla very alow, medium-good gradea B 50-10 75; com mon down to 8:50: good -choice Teal era itad? at 13 00-14 00. Hoes 850: market active; trues: -his round 10 above Monday! beet time: no carload offered: good -choice 170 310 lb. welghu 14.78-85: fat type and medium grade light wetghte quotable down to 14 35; 330-380 lb. largely 14.00-35; light llKhta 13 75-14.35; eows stronger, good 859-685 lb. 13 00-75: smooth light welghu 13 00- 60 S feeder pits scarce, choice light quotable to 18 50. Sheep, 350; market steady; good aiirlng lambs mostly 11.80; feeders 50-75; culls down to 8 50; good yearling Monday 7.50-8 00; good ewea 8 50-4.00; common down to 1.50 flout h Kan r'ranriro South San Francisco. July tl (Fed-BtaU Market News Servlcel Cattle 300: fully steady; one toad SAO lb good graaa steers 1335: pack age medium graee ateere 1100-78: one load 1.000 lb Mexicans 035. about two loads graaa helfera 1050; food range cowa BOO-to. aged medium 800- 75; dairy cows top 700; cannere and cutters 8 0O-8 3S-. bulls 10 00-50; cal vee salable 16 Nominal lino 800; around 15-35 higher; bulk 184-3.15 lb barrows and gllta 1680. one load choice Oregon 1670, extreme top; two load 387 lb choice bog 1616: odd good sows 1300-70, new recent high Sheep 3.500; 1st yesterday and today : 15-35 lower: bulk good to choice lambs 13 76-13 50: medium to choice ewe I 50-5 00. Chicago Chicago. July 31 4V-(CS Tpt Attn Hows 18.000; later trad etrong to 10 higher on all weights; good and choice 180-340 lb 14 95-16 18; top 15 15. Sheep 7.000; native spring lamba fairly active mostly 16-35 higher; strictly good and chokw offering! 14 50-88. Cattle 9.000: calvea 1 .000; largely 13 00-14 60 fed steers trade, with gravy and warmed up offerings 10 50-13 50; early top choice fed ateere 1535; some held higher; beat k Dutch Boy Paints YOUNGER ft LANCE 11 No. Birtlett (Mtftrt 14.00; cow and bulls strong to 15 higher, cutters a.as down; beef eows B -00-10.00, tanner 6.35-7.75. Portland Produce Portland. On, July 21 () Fol lowing ar price! retallera par whol Mien unlea otnenrl noted: Butter print. A grid. 43 Ho in parchment wrappers, 43c In cartons: B grade, 41Ho In parchment wrap pers. 420 la carton. Butterfat First quality maximum of .6 of 1 per cent acidity delivered In Portland, OV4c-41c lb.; premium quality (maximum or Jl of 1 per cent acidity), 43-42 c lb; valley route and country point so lea than tint, or SBe lb: second quality at Portland 2c under first, or J8-39C lb. Eggs price to producers; A Urge. 55c; B Urge, 33c; A medium, 33c; B medium, 30c dozen. Resale to re taller 4o higher for case; carton 5c hlher. Cherrle If Id-Columbia Bin. Lamberts. looe, 14c lb: packed S3 50 per 15-lb. box. Royal Ann packed. 10-12c lb; early pie tock, loose, 10c lb. Other produce unchanged. Portland Wheat Wheat: Open High Low Cloee July 07 97 0SV4 MIS Sept. ..RS OS 08 08 Dee -101 1.01 101 1.01 Cash grain Mo. 1 flax 339. f..v. wKm km I. flnft white 1.00: oft white excluding rex 1.03: White C1UD l.ua; western reu .u-, n" red winter: Ordinary 08: 10 per cent 1.00: 11 per cent 1.00: 12 per cent i no. ahit. Di.r,' in nr nent l.U: 11 per cent 1.14: 12 per oent l.ie. Today' ear reoelpU: Wheat 18 barley 1; flour 3; com 8: mlllfeed 2. Chicago Wheat Wheat: Open Hlh Low July .l.l4 1"!4 l-tH Sept. I.1914 l.lD'i 118H Dec. .l.-- 133', 1.33H Majr i3VA 27H 13TA Close May. 1.19", 1 33 H 131 Wall St. Report New York, July 21. AP Rails, steels and specialties were propped by further light Invest ment demand in today's stock market although many leaders were unable to attract a follow ing. Turnover approximated only 250,000 shares. Today' closing price for 84 select ed stocks follow: Al. Chem. As Dye Am. Csn A. T. T. Ancon1a 18714 87 1184 3'4 40 '4 30 '4 84 ' 4 88 '4 834 H .unqtd 130 38 Sl'i SdV. 48 4 88 H 80S S0H 11", m eH 30 4 40i Ateh. T. 4 8. P. Dendl ATI. . Beth. Bteel Caterpillar Tract. Chrysler Curtlss- Wright Douglss Actf. - DuPont Oen.. Else. Oen. roods Oen. Mot. .. Int. Harvest Johna-Man. -. Kennecott Monty Ward . No. Amn. Avn North Amer Penney (J. O.) Penna. R. R. Phillip Pet Radio . s4 l-i . 3'4 33 '4 88 ..unqtd Sou. Pc. Btd. Brands Bt. Oil Cal. Bt. Oil N. J. Trns. Amer. . Union Carb . 87 H 36 i 13'i 80 Unit Aircraft United Airline U S Bteel Oat Mall Tribune want ads. 1 I I I kj I J I 1 ft I 1MI v . - f?T . i AMERICA'S SlM whlsklM i f-4 s f come from Kentucky, h ! f " ; Indiana, Pennavlmnla and 4 J.' , rj ' Man land. And Svhenley haa ; , ""'V resenestockslmttUof theml i-V-1" .Jaj v! From these ihlklea we're t WfV'''"V carefully selected 4of thebest j; -and blended them with lin- ! ( est groin neutral splrlta In- tfi f TWiWy ; to a unique flavor and mild- ' sf""1 neaa. Have tu tasted It? ML $935 I $J25 . Ml I mmmssmiJi II llISTjlSCIIENLEY) lif'lAaMi 1 m'f tur tr? rr tfcj Jfaajsjjjflpt' r--- , "" v.- .r.,1 , ..i ....... .. ; f M niendeJ with th Finest f5rln Neutral Spirit fur Perfect MIT f. MSSt...saiKM r V. 7JS Grain Neutral Spirit. HI TNlit L V IllsKEY, 8 Proof. Schentey Distiller Corp., New York City. Indicative of the friendly co operative spirit between Camp White employes was a large pic nic held on the banks of Rogue River near Gold Hill last Friday. Host and hostesses to the gath ering of workers and their fam ilies were Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Graham. Master of ceremonies for the evening was Mr. Herbert, U. S. Engineer who introduced Fred Baker who, on behalf of the car penters and laborers of Graham's "gang" presented Graham with a gold wrist watch. Graham replied compliment ing the men for their loyalty on the project, praised their appli cation and expressed a sincere feeling of regard for the wel fare of each individual. He sug gested that the friendly get-together spirit be carried on to the next defense project. TO BE SCRAPPED Milwaukee, July 21. (IP) Merrill Stubbs, chief of the automobile salvage section of the WPB conservation division, said today that in war time a Jalopy must either provide trans portation or be scrapped. He announced at the same time that the War Production board, in collaboration with other agencies concerned, had adopted a policy for requisition ing old cars which are making no contribution to the nation's transportation needs. In an address prepared for a convention of the American as sociation of Motor Vehicle Ad ministrators, Stubbs appealed to every owner of an automobile which is not providing transpor tation to lose no time in turning it into scrap reclamation chan nels. Moscow, Ida., July 21. (IP) Too much of the wrong kind of night life has resulted in the city of Lewiston being declared "out of bounds" for students at the naval training station at the University of Idaho. - -Chief Petty Officer M. E. Cor nelius, school executive officer, issued an order yesterday for bidding navy trainees to enter the city and Ensign R. K. Stan ton, public relations officer, re ported some of the trainees have gotten into trouble at Lewiston. As far as the navy is con cerned, the matter is closed un til action is taken by Lewiston to remedy the situation," En sign Stanton said. nn Francisco Hutter Ssenimentn. Julv 31 i Rnttr fat: first grade, 43',ic; econd grade 4UaC San Francisco, July 31 OP) But ter 2 score. 3914c: 01 score. S8!jc; 00 score. 38c: 89 score, 3 Be, Use Mall Tribune want ads. Weather Balloon Causes Big Scare In Albany Sector Albany, Ore., July 21. (P) Apparently tome one saw a weather balloon fall to earth In farmlands between Al bany and Corvallis. Ha thought it was a para chutist. His story grew In re-telling. Some one telephoned the in terceptor command. Albany home guard and police reserves were called out. Bridges- and utilities were placed under guard. From Albany, Corvallis, Shed, Tangent and all the other small towns in the area, more than 300 rushed to the fields to search for the enemy. The excitement was terrific. The army investigated thor oughly and said, "nothing to the report." Italian Submarine Reported Missing Rome (From Italian Broad casts), July 21. (if) The high command reported an Italian submarine missing at sea today and said that in the battle of Egypt the British had attempted to "infiltrate into our lines." The infiltration efforts were declared to have been repulsed and numerous British armored units destroyed by axis air and ground action. of wartime travel to California If you are planning a nil trip soon, we urge you to read the following wartime travel suggestions. Observance of them will make rout trip more pleasant and comfortable snd will aid us in performing our most important job-the swift transport of men and materials to training camps and fighting fronts. M---C- S M C me f To gt $23 a month tarring In ten years, buy an J 18.73 War Bond every month now. GAME KITS GIFT Camp White soldiers will shortly be enjoying over 200 game kits presented to them by the Coca Cola Bottling company, Oliver Custafson, manager, it was announced today by 81st In fantry division headquarters of Major-General Charles H. Ger hardt. The kits, which will be dis tributed to each unit through M-jor C. K. Warren. Camp White special services officer, will con tain a ping-pong set, checkers. cl.ess, dominoes, Chinese check ers, dart and bingo games and two decks of playing cards. The sets will be placed in the day rooms of each company, for the soldiers' enjoyment when off duty. EX-PORTLAND FIREMAN INHALES LETHAL FUMES Portland, July 21 UP) Peter E. Clifford, 45, former city fire man, committed suicide by in haling gas at his home last night. Deputy Coroner Gideon Snook reported today. Clifford was arrested last week on charges of drunken driving and leaving the scene of an accident, police records show, and was free on $400 bail I at the time of -lis death. void week-end Travel Is tiwavs heaviest oa week on s Tuesday. , Wednesday or Thursday you have a wider choice of accommodations and vou make oa week-ends war workers and e an early bird Get full information well in advance of the day you plan to leave. Purchase your nil and Pullman tickets as early as possible. You thus are assured of accommodations and you avoid lastminutt rush. If you can't get a lower berth or if you have to wait your turn in the dining car please be tolerant, realixing that the intra cars, locomotives and crews which would relieve such a situa tion in normal times, are now hauling troops and war materials. !We can't buy any new cars because of the shortage of critical materials. Full-length lounge cars have been replaced by sleep ing or chair cars on all U. S. railroads so that more people can ride on one trail matter of vital importance to the war efforts aticel promptly Th space yoM reserve on a train Is valusblc-too ralusbls to go unused. If you r forced to change your plans, plcssc csncei yaut reservation and turn In your Pullman ticket for refund tmmecU ately so th spac can be used by other travelers. on't waste space If you tut 4 a compartment. drawing room, or a hedVoom by all means buy it- But please don't take more space than absolutely necessary. A berth may be all that you really need. Or share a room with a friend or business associate when traveling together. xpect occasional delay Allow ample leeway between the scheduled arrival of your train and the time of your business appointment. Remember that train cirrving war materials and supplies are using the aame tracks as your train, and these Victory Trains havt to come 6rsc If your train should be delaved by war traffic, we hope you will accept the Inconvenience in good spirit, realising that we are doing everything in our power to maintain otvtime schedules. orgct some things you see En rout you may set thins thst concern the rr effort. Forget them. Do not discuss troop or msrehsl movements, army InstsU Utions of camps, or other vital subjects. Th Axis ha bi can. and thanks to you. . . Wt are working hard to do a bang-up job for t'nele Sam and trying our best to give) good service hi our cmlun patrons, too. But nothing is ntmui m mtrttme including train travel. Thousands of our trained men are now in the armed forces. Even-bodr is hard preued and some are new at their duties. We appreciate the con i tie rati 00 shown by travelers and the helpful cooperation of shippers. Thanks a lot. S-IP The Friendly Southern Pacific S F. C. Morris, Aant Phone 7171 or -rite I. K. onMINtiV. O.r J1 f-rtfle Bldf.. Fortland. Ore. E ANNENBE FREEDOM BRIEF Rochester, Minn., July 21. VP) M. L. Annenberg imml grant, newsboy, circulation genius, millionaire publisher and, finally, a federal prisoner who won his parole only seven weeks ago died last night of pneumonia. He was 64. Publisher of the Philadelphia Inquirer and head of an exten sive financial empire based on racing publications, Annenberg had been a patient here since his release on parole June 3 from the federal penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pa. He had served 23 months of a three-year sentence for income tax evasion. Search Continues For Berry Picker Portland, July 21 (JP) The search for Mrs. H. E. Kennedy, l.st of the western slope of Portland s west hill while pick ing berries, went into its third day today with sheriff s dep uties reporting no clues. The 67-year-old womrn failed to return to the car from which her husband, 78, and a friend started their berry-picking ex pedition Sunday. Use Mall Tribune vast ads. travel - ends. By startins roof trio way for those who must travel men in the armed services. Y0CK PLANS CHANGE ) MAMA'S Air Conditioned for Your Comfort !v. ..liF i BUY! UNITED STATE a NGS BONDS CAMPUS MAKE-UP A thrilling new compact found ation. ..priced and sited to fit young purses. ..designed and prepared to flatter young face ..nd sure to bring more youthful loveliness to alfl 'Campus Make-up provides a velvety, sun-screening found ation, which veil minor Imperfection and gives insum allure Marvelous for sports or formal occasions. J0. OT CONNtCTSD WTTM ANT tOOST Toiletries Plus Tax flLfo .' Towel Sets Cannon' Cabana Tomorrow In the Domestic Section a Sale of Cannon Towel Ensembles Three pieces Bath Towel. Face Towel and With Cloth for 91c. These are in medium weight, reversible style, solid colors of Cold, Jade, Rose and Peach with attractive border. Buy several sets tomorrow at this extra low price. 3-Piece Ensemble PRICED SEPARATELY 22x44-Inch Bath Towels are now 49c 16x27-Inch Face Towels are now 29c 12xl2-Inch Wash Cloths are now 13c Cool Washable Rayon Crepe DRESSES SQ98 Colorful Go Evrywhr. Print delightfully long wearing and washabl.l Her are Ceorgiana Drsss at their best. Young,' inter esting styles with summer details that make them smart for now, and tor everyone, too. Regular and half sizes. SECOND FLOOR New Slack Sets Tailored from a fine Quality Rayon in the popular Fittod or Belted Jacket style. These Slack Suits at $5.98 are an Out standing Value. See them tomorrow. The colors are lovely, the siies 12 to 20, and the trousers have side sipper fastener. 59-f SECOND FLOOR e Jergens Milled SOAP Summer days are Soap days! So stock up with Jergens Hard Milled Beth and Toilet Soap at Mann's tomorrow. Here) are generous 15-Bar Boxes In Assorted Frances. Your choice $1 29 For a 15-Bar Box MAIN FLOOR If if