Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 07, 1942, Page 11, Image 11

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    " MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1942.
PAGE ELEVEN,
LOCAL and PERSONAL
Ormondr Here J. A. Or-
mondy, Portland, general pas
senger Agent for the Southern
Pacific railway, is in Medford
today on business.
At Hospital Mrs. William
Wilson, who recently underwent
major surgery at Community
hospital is now able to receive
visitors relatives state. Mrs.
Wilson is ton employee of the
Terminal cafe.
Bicycle Stolen Sam Ander
son, US Chestnut street, re
ported to city police Thursday
that his bicycle had been stolen
from in front of a Medford
theatre.
( 0 Improved Word has been re
ceived trom rortiana mat smr-
ley Holley, daughter of Private
Fay Holley of the state police
and Mrs. Holley, is much Im
proved after a serious illness.
Pvt. Holley is stationed in Med
To Duty Harold Berry of
Route 1, Central Point, has ar
rived at the Engineer Replace
ment Training Center at Fort
Leonard Wood, Mo., for an in
tensive training program in
preparation for combat engineer
duty, acordlng to word received
from the fort.
a '
Corps Meeting The regular
meeting of the Red Cross Motor
Corps will be held Monday,
i AAugust 10, in the courthouse au
"ditorium at 7:30 p. m. Members
are requested to wear uniforms
and prepare to practice first aid
problems There will also be a
written quiz on motor mechanics.
PHOTOS 3 for 15c
Complete Line Novelty
Jewelry Engraving FREE
Camp White Bus Terminal
Open Evenings. Sundays
COOLERATOR
REFRIGERATION
Ice conditioned C7Q QC
air. 5Vi cu. ft V 33
LEONARD ELECTRIC CO.
309 East Main. Phone 4427
Two Arrested David Eugene
Jackson, Eagle Point, was ar
rested by state police today and
charged with failure to stop at
a stop street. He will appear in
court this afternoon. Henry A.
Owens. Ashland, was arrested
yesterday for violation of the
basic traffic rule and will ap
pear next Tuesday.
Confiscate Guns Three Med
ford boys, aged 14, 15 and 16,
were picked up by police yes
terday when citizens complained
that they were shooting indis
criminately along the banks of
Bear creek. Two 22-rifles in the
possession of the boys were kept
by the police and the boys were
to be .brought before the city
police Judge today for a lecture.
They were not arrested.
In Hawaii Robert Childers.
Medford high school graduate
who enlisted in the U. S. navy
last December, is now stationed
at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and is
attending the yeoman's school,
according to his mother, Mrs,
Flora Childers of 522 Edwards
street, a teacher in the Roosevelt
school. Letters to Robert should
be addressed Pearl Harbor, Ha
waii, in care of the submarine
base, yeoman s school.
Report Accident Harry Bar
neburg of Barneburg and An
drews Furniture company, re
ported to police yesterday that
a truck of the A-l Brewery had
damaged a davenport which was
being unloaded in the alley back
of the company s store at Sixth
and Front streets. The report
stated that the brewery truck
driver failed to leave sufficient
clearance between the two ve
hicles and that his truck wrench
: ed the end off the davenport.
j Melrlng Transferred Lieut.
Col. Herman J. Melring and
M Metritis scent Thursday
j night in Medford en route to
Muroc Bombing and Gunnery
Range, Muroc, Calif., where he
1 Is to be base quartermaster,
! T.tnt .fnl Mairinff ham heen sta
tioned at McChord riem since
leaving here several months ago
tnr active dutv. He was a re
serve officer and served here as
district quartermaster for the
LCU lor several years.
Ball Forfeited Three men up
in city police court this morning
on charges of being drunk, each
forfeited $10 bail by non-appear
ance. They were Erwin G.
Blayloek, Arthur C. Nolan and
James H. Mansell. Guisbert
Ernest Braiill was given a $10
fine on drunkenness charge.
Motor Damaged Slight dam
age resulted to an electric motor
at the saw mill of the Timber
Products company yesterday
about six p. m. when the motor
caught on fire. The city fire de
partment's chemical truck an
swered a call from the mill and
extinguished the fire. '
Buyer Returns Mrs. Pearl
McCredie, buyer for Adrienne's
store, has returned to Medford
after an extended trip to San
Francisco and Oakland. Mrs.
McCredie reports that fall styles
for women are more "wearable"
than for several seasons. In
Oakland Mrs. McCredie was the
guest of friends.
m m
To Visit Mrs. Maxlne
Dungey of Medford left Sunday
for San Diego, Calif., for a visit
with her husband, LaVern
Dungey, who is attending the 17.
S. Naval Training school there.
While in the south Mrs. Dungey
will also visit her father and two
brothers in Los Angeles. She
expects to be gone two weeks,
SUNDAY - for' 3 DAYS
THREE GRAND STARS
and a comedy that's even grander ! I
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YANKEE PLANES
Chungking, Aug. 7 (JPi
With 34 planes in all, the Jap
anese extensively reconnoitered
Hunan, Kwangtung and Kwang-
si provinces today, according to
the Chinese Central News agen
cy, as a sequel to yesterday's
destructive American air attack
on one of their airdromes.
United States army bombers
attacked the airdrome near Can
ton yesterday, destroying at
least 10 grounded enemy planes,
Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell's
headquarters announced.
"The Japanese were taken
completely by surprise," a head
quarters communique said.
Besides the destruction of
grounded Japanese planes, the
bombers scored hits on the air
drome runway, it said.
All of the American planes.
Including bombers and fighter
escort, returned safely to their
bases.
CLMBSAJURDAY
In the Interests of Medford's
war bond sale campaign, Billy
O'Brien of Pittsburgh, Pa., the
"Human" Fly," will climb the
face of the Medford branch of
the First National bank Satur
day night at 7:30, according to
W. A. (Bill) Gates, county chair
man of the bond sale committee.
O'Brien, who has been em
ployed at Camp White the past
several weeks, will also hang
by his feet from the top of the
building and extricate himself
from a straight-Jacket. O'Brien
is donating his services to the
committee In the hopes of selling
a large number of war bonds.
South San Francisco
South San Francisco, Aug. T i!P
(Pd. State Market N.-wa) Cattle
3S. Largely nominal: frd strs ab
sent, quoted 13.60 and abova: bulka
for week follow: Medium to good
teera 12 00-85; medium to good
heifers 10 so-ii SO: medium to good
cows 9 00-75: medium aauoaga built
9.60-10 00. Calves: aaiabla noaa.
nominal; weak'a top IS 50.
Hots: 150. rullT steady: package
186-335 lb barrows and gllta 16 60.
extreme top: load choice. 204 lb. hogs
15.60. Odd good aowa 15 00.
Sheep I.S00. Lata yesterday: deck
81 lb choice North Coaat lamba IS 75.
extreme top: packagea rreah ahorn
66 lb lambs 11.50; ewea strong, med
ium to choloa quoted f. 50-653.
FOR U. S. COURT
Leo McLean, United States
deputy marshall from Portland,
arrived in Medford today to as
sist Paul Hanlins U. S. deputy
marshall here in serving sum
mons and petitions for condemn
ation to former land-owners of
Camp White. The pall will be
busy for several days.
A short session of federal
court this morning was recessed
until 10 a. m. Saturday, after
Judge James Alger Fee granted
orders authorizing the payment
of 80 per cent of the appraisal
prices to three more former
Camp White land-owners who
have vacated their property.
The city fire department Is
now granting permission to citi
zens to burn dry grass on vacant
lots they own, and those wishing
to eliminate these fire hazards
are asked to contact the depart
ment and provide it with infor
mation relative to equipment
available for the burning and lo
cation of the lot.
The city is at present burning
the grass of many city -owned
lots. Ed Ca noose, assistant fire
chief, explained that the fire de
partment was not burning grass
this summer, but was standing
ready at all times in case any
help was needed to extinguish
grass fires that might get out of
control.
LIVESTOCK
Portland Produce
Transfers for the full proceed
ings approximated 2 0 0,000
shares, one of the lowest five
hour turnovers in two years.
Today's closing prtcea for 34 select
ed stocks follow:
Al. Cbem. & Dve
Am. Can ,
A. T. T. ,
Anaconda
Atch. T. S. P-. .
Bendtx Avia.
Beth. Stael
Caterpillar Tract.
Chrysler
Portland, Ore., Aug. t J") (US
De.pt Agr) Cattle 85; calvea 23:
market alow, scattered sales steady;
few oomm on-low medium grass
steers 10 00-11.00; week's best straight
graasers 13.00; good light dry fed
steers quotable to 14.00; heifers
scarce, quotable steady; odd oanner
and cutter cows 6.60-7.00: good beef
bulls 10.60, extreme top bulla Thurs
day 11.00; good-choice veslera aaiabla
14.60-150 or abova.
Hoga 200; market active, fully
steady; few good-ehotoe 1B0-220 lb
drlve-lns 15.00: 350 lb 14.60; medium
good light lights 14.00: good 463 lb
sows 13.76: feeder plga scarce, one
lot good-cholca 98 lb 16.00.
8heep 600: scattered clean-up sales
weak; few medium-good spring lamba
11.00-28; light cull lambs downward
to 7 00: good awea salable around
3.75-4.26.
Portland. Ore., Aug. 7 J) Onions,
green. 75c dozen bunches: Walla
Walla-Taklma. 49c-l per 60-lb bag.
Country meats Selling prlcea to
retailers: Country killed hoga. best
butchers, 129-149 lbs, nominal;
waters, fancy 230 lb; othera un
changed. Other produce unchanged.
Curtlas-Wrtxht -
Douglas Acft.
DuPont , ,
Oen. Elec. .
Oen. Poods
Oen. Mot
Int. Harvest.
Johns-Man.
Ksnneoott
Monty Ward
No. Amer. Avn
North Amer. .
Penney (J. C.)
Penna. R. R.
- 130',,
. 64
. I18S
- 3SH
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. 83
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. 664
. 381,
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unqtd
. 31Vi
Phillips Pet.
Radio
Sou. Pac.
8td. Brands
St. Oil Cat.
St. Oil N. i
Trans. Amer.
Union Carb.
Unit. Aircraft
United Airline ,
U. S. Steel .
MS
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4 .
7lt
261 4
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7'4
DANCE
at the
OASIS
SPRING FLOOR
SAT. NITE
Merry Lou's Victory Band
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Portland Wheat
Wheat: Open High tow Close
Sept. ...93Vi 934 93i 92
Deo. 96U, 964 96V4 09(4
Cash grain: No. 1 flex 3.46.
Cash wheat (bide Soft white 104:
sort white excluding rex 1.07; White
club 1.07; western red 1.07.
Hard red winter: to per oent 103
4: 11 per cent 1-OfVi; 12 per cent
1.10',.
Hard whit Baart: 10 per cent MS:
11 per cent 1.17; 13 per cent 1.31.
Today's car receipts: Wheat 38:
Barley t; Flour 9: corn 1; hay 8;
mlllfeed 3.
Chicago
Chicago, Aug. T i7PI (US Dept
Agr) Hogs 10.00; heabler welghta
and sows 10-15 lower; good and
choice 180-340 lbs 14.66-96; top 18.00.
Cattle 1.000. calves 400: Nothing
strictly choice here: beat light steers
15.00: few head 15.46; mostly 13 60
14 60 market with grassy kinds down
to 1250: choice heifers 15 00; cows
fairly active, steady; cutters 925
down and most fat cows 9.60110.00:
several loads suictly good Canadian
cows well abova 11.00.
Sheep 8.600; native spring Iambs
fairly active, generalyy steady: most
good and choice offerings 14.25-76:
othera usually 14.00 down; no west
erns here: yearling supply negligible;
few good fat ewea 6.00-6.25.
Chicago Wheat
Wheat: Open High low Close
Sept. .1.17 1.18 1.174 1-t'H
Deo. !.20', 1.21 1 1-30, 1.30H
May ..(.-1.3514 134',, I.34ts
Wall St. Report
New York, Aug. 7. W Bul
lish forces had a shade the best
of the debate in today's stock
market as selected Issues Ignored
another cloudy news budget and
registered recoveries of frac
tions to around a point.
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