Medford mail tribune., July 27, 1942, Page 8, Image 8

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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 27, 1942.
The Grange
Applegato Grange
Applegate Grange was called
to order by Master Lester Hill
t the regular meeting July 24.
The press of harvest (till
kept some of the officers and
members from attending.
The HEC chairman reported
work of filling the Hope Chest
progressing satisfactorily. Next
SEERSUCKER SUITS
Smart! Inexpensive!
Practical!
Cotton
Seersucker
DRESSES
You'll be entranced with these complacent cot
tons that come fresh from the soap suds with a
fashionable look. Two-piece types with jacket
style overblouse, or classic shirtwaist type that
buttons down the front! Bold, clear stripes on
white. Sizes 12 to 20.
PENNEY S Second Floor
An Extra Ration of Style
SEERSUCKER
SUIT DRESS
For Summer!
Skillful design and fine
tailoring mark this dress
for great success this sea
son! Slim, trim over
blouse cleverly buttoned
down the side seaml
Smoothly pleated skirt!
Fine, sharp stripes in
bright colors on white!
9 to 15.
4.98
Smart Sandals
Dressy Pumps
Sporty Nail head
Sandals
A grand opportunity
to save and yet buy
'.he s .1 u s you've
been wa.itlng. We've
regrouped and re
priced over 300 pairs
come early for
your size.
P.nn.y's Main Floor
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in mmm i
11.49 1.77 WMr
'&M97r"Cimtrfa A low Prlctsl l
meeting Is to be at Grace Hunt
er's. Sister Grace Hunter was duly
elected and installed in the of
fice of Flora.
Lecturer Ben. F. Ellis led
group in a number of relays fol
lowed by a quiz program which
included some spelling contests.
The hour closed with Berteena
Elmore and Lester Hill singing
"One Dozen Roses."
Closing time for Claaaifled Ads 9
a. m. Too 1st to Classify 12:30
p. m.
I
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IN COMING WEEK
The USO program Is expand,
ing by leaps and bounds, accord
ing to Mrs. Helen J. Small
director. Mrs. Small states that
the little clubhouse at Main and
Bartlett is ntirely too small
ar.d that for many c last week.
events standing room only was
in oraer.
Events planned for outside
the' clubh use are ice skating
parties at the Ice Arena, through
the courtesy of Denny Edg;,
man&ffer. Thia slrrflntf nariv uill
De a weekly event.
T esday the Young Peopled
uuua -an a successful party at
tr : Parish hall at the Catholic
I church, while Mrs. Earl Moore
lawn was the sc.ie of an out
door movie show, "The Privat
setters ci Private Dobbs," as
well as a South American folk
festival, were Included in the
program. Hal's Camera Shop
loaned the projector and ran
I off the movie.
Tha problem of overcrowding
was solved through the coopera
tion of the superintendent of
schools in turning over the Lin
coln school gym for last Wednes
day's "army special" dance. Ar
rangem?nts are being made to
u: i the high school tennis courts
for outdoor dances hereafter.
The USO thanks C. W. Gillette'
orchestra for contributing music
and the Knights of Pythias for
allowi-g use of their hall for a
Russian evening.
Philip Henselman has offered
his home on Saturday evenings
for a music lover's "listener's
hour." The program Includes re
cordings and social hour. Serv
ice men and wives interested
are asked to sign up at the USO
Club Hour for this Symphonic
Hour, as well as for the special
Sunday outings planned through
the Grants Pass and Ashland
War Recreation committees.
The Christian church has
turned over its hall to the col
ored chorus which is under the
direction of Mrs. Elsie Jensen on
Wednesdays, 7:30 p. m. The
Girls' Community club has do
nated the use of its club house
(or the Junior Hostess chorus,
as well as other USO volunteer
meetings.
Thank you's for the week go
to: Mrs. O. A. Elen for covering
information chair, Dr. and Mrs.
Haines of Ashland for lovely
party last Sunday, Mrs. E Leach
lor box of plums, Miss Elizabeth
Burr for two boxes of cherries,
Mrs. Goodrich for one box of
cherries, Mrs. G. R. Potts of
Willow Springs for phonograph
records, Mrs. Morthland for vic
trola records, Mrs. A. S. V Car
penter for sandwiches, and for
victory cookies; Miss Ann Liv
ingston, Mcsdames Ray E.
Wrifiht, L. T. Nigaard, R. A
Duff, Captain Albert Frank,
August Lang, S. R. Dippcll, H.
E. Rinabaraer, W. H. Reichstein.
J. W. Wakefield, C. C. Leonard,
C. M. Wade, Lee Bishop, L. B.
Thurman, W. E. Holmes, E. C.
Corn, V. C. Setcher, V. J. Robin
son, L. V. Watkins, Jack Swem,
J. J. Newman, S. A. Gibbs, Mel
vin Plaskett, Mrs. Joe Cox ot
Central Point and four ladies of
the Aid society of the Central
Point Federated church.
LIVESTOCK
Portland
Portland. Ore, July J7 (AP-
U8DAI Cattle 1.600: calves 800;
market very active, 35e to mostly
600 hlher, some grans steers and
beef cowa as much aa 75o up; few
loads good fed steers, 614 00-39: win
tered grass uteera. SIS 00-7.1; other
ffrawrs montly 61150a 13.75: com
mon stera downward to 60 50; good
fed heifers. 61S00; few arm heifers.
610.5011 00: common heifers, 68 00
1100: canner and cutter cowa.
S3.7S6 75: fat dairy type cows up
to 67.50: medium to rood beef cowa.
SS .006 65: mixed cowa and heifers
to 611.00: bulla mostly steady to
tront. medium to good bulls. 86 50
1100; common down to 68 00:
rood to choice vealera strong at
618 00 4 14 00: good head. 614 50.
HOOS 1800: market active, around
?V hvther titan Friday: good and
choice 175-315 lha. mootly 613 35:
230-3RO Iba., 614 23-75: llaht llshta
814 00-50: good sows. 839.500 Iba..
Its 00-50: heavier weight down to
13 90: good to choice feeder pigs.
61SOO-17 00.
SHF.rp 2 400: good to choice sprtng
lambs 39c higher, top 50c higher,
lower grades steady, yearlings 60c
and more hither; good to choice
pnneera 611.75 to mostly 613 00.
few 812 25. medium to good 610 90
1 1 50. common down to 60 00: good
yearllnn 68 00 0 00. No. 1 pelta at
S 79. 9 CHI; good ewes 63 50 64 39.
culls down to 61 00.
nnth san tranrlwo
South clan Francisco. July 97
(AP) (Federal-State Mark !)
CtU 700. Fully steady; laraelj
grass stews, tares loads medium
11JO-TS, good quoted 618.00: load
feeder 715 lb. hellers 68.76, few good
s 10.78: range cows 35c higher: load
1300 lb. frees cows $9-75; dairy cows
35-500 higher, few 7.00-50: most
cannera and cutters 55.00) 5.75; bulls
68.80 10.00.
CALVES 35. Steady: good to
choice realer quoted 118-00-50.
HOOS 350: around 10-15e lower:
package 515.65; narrows and gilts
15.65; odd good Sows 513.75.
SHEEP 5.000. Steady; good to
choice woo led lambs 518.00-50; 8
decks medium to good 56-73 lb.
lambs 513.50-75: medium to choice
ewes quoted 58 .50 AS. 36.
Chicago
Chicago. July 37 (jP (TJS Dept
Agrl Hogs 33.600; market Terr un
even, mostly 36-85 lower than Fri
day's average: sows steady to 40
lower: bulk good and choice 150-340
lbs 14.40-50; top 14.56.
Cattle 17.000. calves 1.000; bulk
13 25-14.75; early top 16.65 on prime
2550 lb averages: heller yearlings
14.35: light and medium weight bulla
10-16 lower; vealera steady at 16.00
down.
Sheep 11 W0; lamb trade weak to
30 lower, quality considered: most
good and choice natives 18.75-14.15:
common and medium grades 11.60
13 50: few yearling! 10.26-11.60; fat
wes 4.75-S.0O.
Portland Produce
Portland. Ore., July ZlVPr
Print. A grade, 43!4o In parchment
wrappers, 44 Vie In cartons; B grade,
43 '4 c In parchment wrappers, 43 (4 c
In cartons.
Butterfst First quality, maximum
of .6 of 1 per cent acidity delivered
In Portland, 43-43'4c lb. premium
quality (maximum of .6 of 1 per
cent acidity), 43 14 144c lb; Valley
routes snd country points, 3o leas
than tint, or 4014c lb: second qual
ity at Portland, 3c under first, or
40-40 V4o lb.
Cheese Selling prices to Portlsnd
retailers: Tillamook triplet. 28 '4c
lb; loaf. 39V40 lb: trlpleta to whole
salers. 3'4o lb; loaf, 38V4C lb. r.OJ.
TUlamook.
Eggs Price to producers: A large,
36c; B large. 83c: A medium. 33c:
B medium, 30c down. Resale to re
tailers, 4c higher for cases: cartons
5c higher.
Live poultry buying prices: no.
t grade Leghorn broilers over 1!4
lbs, 33c: colored fryers. 2 '4 to 4
lbs, 34c; colored hens, 31c: colored
roasters, over 4 lbs. 3oc lb: leghorns,
under 2 lbs... 17c; over 8 lbs, lBVic:
No. 3 grade hens, sc less; no. o
grade. 10c leaa: roosters. 0c lb.
Dressed turkeys selling price: new
crop. 83-350 lb.
Rabbits average country aiuea.
38-SOc lb.
Cherries Ml-Columbl Blngs.
Lamberts, loose. 14c lb pscked. 2.50
per 15-lb. bos. Roysl Ann, packed.
10-120 lb; early pie stoca, room,
lb.
Hay selling price on trucks: Al
falfa, No. 1, 23.00-34.00 ton; Oat-
vetch. 18.00 to asked. Valley prlcea:
Willamette clover, 15 00 ton asked.
valley points; timothy, eastern Ore
gon. 3500.
Onions green. 400 dos bunches;
red, 60s, 1.35: yellow, 1.40; Wslls
Walla. 1.00-1.10.
Potatoes, new Taklms, 8.29-3 39
cental; local. 8.00 cental.
Country meat selling prices to
retsllers: Country killed hogs, best
butchers. 120 to 146 lbs. (celling
pricel. 17-174o lb: vealera. fancy.
32 '4 -33c; heavy. 16-19c: canner cowa.
I24-I3c: cutter. 13-14c lb: bulls.
16-17 lb: spring lambs. 20-310 lb:
yearling lambs, good. 18-19c; do
heavy, 13-lSc lb; ewea. 7-80 lb.
Wool 1943 contracts, Oregon
ranch, nominal, 34-870 lb; crossbreds
40-43 lb. - 1
esatise fffS&efferf
Buy QUARTS and save two ways!
iy Save bottle Caps ... and consen t vital Metal!
l) Save Cash . . . and buy War S,
Help the CONSERVATION Program!
VI' hen you bay quirt
Brer you makt one
of three, ind yoa . .
GET MORE for
DISTRIBUTED
Mutn
Portland, Ore, July 37. (API
Wheat: . Open High Low Close
Sept. J6!4 M S ati
Dec. I.OO14 1.00!4 Mi
Cash grata:
Oats, barley and corn, unquoted.
No. 1 flax 53.41.
Cash wheat (bid):
Sort white 51.03: soft whit ex
cluding Rex 41.04141 white club
51.05; western red 61.06.
Hard red winter, 10 per cent, 61.03:
11 per cent, 6106: 13 per cent 61.10.
Hard white baart, 10 per cent,
61.13: 11 per cent, 61.14: 13 per cent.
61.16.
Today's car receipts: Wheat 60;
barley IS; flour 14; corn 3; oats 0;
hay. 3; mllUeed 4: flaxseed 0.
Chicago Wheat
Chicago, July 37. (AP) Wheat:
Open High Low Close
Sept. 1.1954 1.19S 1-16 1-1014
Dec. 1.33 1.23t4 1.32H 133H
May 1.36 1-37H 1.38 1.364
Wall St. Report
New York. July 27 (JPh
Quiet and selective buying of
rails; steels, motors and spee-
i ialties provided the principal
ounisn argument in tooay s
stock market.
Transfers were around 27S,-
000 shares.
Todays closing prices for 84 se
lected stocks follow:
AI. Chem. & Dye (Unquoted)
Am Can
64
A. T. & T.
Anaconda .....
..118
. 35 '4
Atch. t. St a. r.
Bendlx Avla.
B;th. Steel
Caterpillar Tract.
Chrysler
CurtlM-WrlRht
Douglas Acft.
DuPont ,
Oen. Elec. . .
Oen. Fooda
Oen. Mot.
Int. Harvest .
Johns-Man. - , ,
Kennecott
- 42H
- 81
. 52H
. 89
. 614
- 614
. 594
11H
. 2S
83
. 38
1'l
- 87
. 804
. 30 4,
Monty Wsrd
No. Amn. Av'n-.
North Amer.
Penney (J. C.)
Penna. R. R. .
Phillips Pet
Radio
Sou. Pac.
.(Not quoted)
.(Not quoted)
70 14
30V4
, 89
S4
13H
i'A
314
24
414
58
35ti
HH
48 4
Std. Brands
Ht. Oil Cal.
St. Oil N. J.
Trans. Amer.
Union Carb. .M
Unit. Aircraft
United Airline
U. S. Steel
QUARTET HELD IN
S
Seattle, July 27 (P) Con
tinuing their investigation into
the Saturday night slaying of
Mrs. Edith Croft, 47, police to
day are holding the woman's
husband, Earl Croft, and three
other men for investigation.
Mrs. Croft's body was found
badly mutilated in her apart
ment a block from the police
station and Croft was placed
under arrest after telling offi
cers he arrived home late Sattir-
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By The Associated Press
The tiniest craft yet to be
sunk by an axis submarine a
30-ton Canadian fishing schoon
er was disclosed last night as
the 399th Allied or neutral war
victim in the western Atlantic
as tabulated unofficially by the
Associated Press.
The crew of 11, all of whom
survived the attack and rowed
100 miles to an eastern Canad
ian port, reported that the
schooner, the Lucille M. of Lock-
port, N. S., had been shelled
and peppered with machinegun
fire by an enemy submarine off
the Nova Scotia coast.
The schooner, three of whose
crew were injured, was the first
Canadian fishing vessels lost by
enemy action.
A total of 108 seamen was
killed and 548 passengers and
crewmen rescued in IS mer
chant ships sinkings arrounced
last week. Sixty-one other per
sons were reported missing.
Of the victims reported dur
ing the week of July 19-23, nine
were U. S. ships, two British,
one Panamanian, one Swedish,
one Portugese, and one Nor
wegian. ENJOY ROXY RIDE
Officers of the 91st Infantry
Division and their wives, and
members of Company G, Ore
gon State Guard cavalry troop,
and their wives, enjoyed a joint
picnic-breakfast on Roxy Ann
Sunday morning, the officers
and cavalry troop members
riding their mounts to the pic
nic area and their wives follow
ing in automobiles. Thirty-two
guardsmen and their wives at
tended. Following the breakfast the
officers and cavalrymen engaged
in pistol practice, with Major
General Charles H. Gerhardt,
commander of the 91st division,
expressing his pleasure at the
opportunity afforded the offi
cers and cavalry troop to join
in such a function.
Officers of the 91st plan to
extend invitations to the Lake
Creek and Ashland cavalry plat
oons for joint rides in the near
future.
day night to find his wife dead
and a man in the apartment.
Croft apparently had been
drinking and was badly befud
died. Detective Captain C. V.
Dailey of the homicide squad,
said.
The three other men being
held were taken into custody in
a hotel room and booked for In
vestigation after being heard
discussing the case.
COMPANY
"I am looking forward to dictating peace to the
United States in the White House in Washing
ton." Admiral Yamamoto.
HER 20 YEARS' PREPARATION
FOR WAR WITH AMERICA
PROF. I. J.
FISHER
For 17 years only foreigner on the teaching
staff of the Japanese Naval College at the Uni
versity of Tokyo tell hit vivid observations in
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