Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 26, 1944, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextODD INVENTIONS GIVEN PATENTS OVER PAST YEAR Br Frederick C. Othman United Press Correspondent Washington. Dec. 26 (U.R) You ever sink your teeth in a crabapple? If so you can appreciate the Christmas gilt to the nation of Carl A. Hanson, of Brookings, N. D., who has patented (and has the papers to prove it) a crabapple tree which showers down sweet crabapples. Pink Meat How you go about inventing a crabapple tree I do not know, but Hanson proved to the U. S. patent office that his crabapple tree is better than anybody else's. Not only is its fruit sweet when raw, but it's pink all the way through, like a Texas grapefruit, and that fact alone is likely to revolutionize the art of Jelly-making. It's hard to come by coconuts In days like these, but if you ever get your paws on one, then patent number 2,364.358, as is sued to Jacquelin Dewitt Rector of San Leandro, Calif., is the piece of machinery for you. Mrs. Rector has invented a coconut meat extractor. She describes it as a mandrel with blades, a mandrel is a handle; blades you know about. You squoosh Mrs. Rector's in vention into a coconut, squiggle it around a couple of times and out comes the meat, curled up like shavings. So much for good eating. Brooch Intrigues The year-end inventors have not let this nation down in other fields of human endeavor, either. Consider the beautiful brooch invented by Clinton J. Davidson of San Diego, Calif. The brooch, which any lady One foot in the wringer Monday used to be washday all of it. Even if mother beat the dawn and got the line filled early, bedtime arrived before she had the clothes sprinkled for tomorrow's ironing.. And Tuesday was ironing day all of it. . Golly, what an astronomical hunk of time has been saved for the war effort solely because the harassed laundries have re fused to break down! For women-folk would be back in a slow, toilsome, rub-a-dub washday worjd. Tub and suds would be their lot as In mother's day and grand mother's. Hours they're at Red Cross or shipyard at any war job they do they'd be chained to tub and ironing-board. As for the men, their plight would bc.goshawfuL Picture only those male thousands who travel on war business sol diers, officials, business men their luggage a toothbrush and spare shirt. Maybe they could bathe with their clothes on combining laundry with hy giene. But think of time lost drying! However the laundries didn't break down although for tribulations their industry just about heads the list Help gone. Machinery overburdened. Whole plants commandeered. ' Laundries, you might say, have been living with one foot in the wringer. Yet, by trimming non-essentials and by enlisting public co operation to "save manpower, the laundries have carried on. So, to your laundry list just add one item. Let it read: "6 shirts, 4 sheets ... 3 big cheers!" I flat. wflfclltafl, OWI would be proud to wear, bears a sign, outlined in diamonds or maybe glass, which says: "Pull." flanging down handy is a chain, which can ha onlH or even brass. You eo UD to the larlv anH pull the chain. Her brooch pops open, revealing another sign which savs: "Hello. I 1mm vnn what's your name?" tuends, I swear It That's what Davidson's invention says on the inside and vmi ran oneilv see how it might come in handy. it I had an automobile, I'd like to have it equipped with Datent number 2 3B5 454 th automatic window opener of uaniel L. Chandler,- Salem, Mass., and George W. Ewing of Pfiabodv. Macs. Ton winHv In your sedan? Push a button and me cnandler-Ewlng electric1 motor In the bottom of the door turns the gears and hoists the window. Too hot? Touch an other button and the machinery lets the window down. Toboggan Control We come finallv tn thn art nf controlling toboggans. If you ever started down a mountain On skis with a toboggan hphlnH you loaded with pemmican, Donaect whisky, or other heavy cargo, you undoubtedly were run down and mairapri hv the juggernaut in the rear. mats whats been happening to Avery M. Cochran of the U. S. army, who practiced for months to be a ski trooper in th e mountains near Colorado SDrines. Coin. Rvprv lima ha'H start out with a toboggan load oi anything, he'd get the skin knocked off the backs of his legs. He wearied of this, finallv. and invented a toboggan with brakes. This device necessitates a motorman and a conductor. The motorman goes in front and steers with shafts. The cnnrlniv tor trails behind, holding on to ropes, wnicti are hitched to plungers. When he yanks, the plungers plow into the earth. the procession stops, and catas- iropne is averted. That solves that and I'll be communing with, the inventors again next year, bright and eariy. Livestock Portland, Ore., Deo. 29 (U.P) u..LD.wvn wti ue, vw. calves, tfuu, Sharply higher on light ntrolnt. tin. evenly SOCWSI hieher. Mt-Hiiim.tnuut fed steers $13.75 & 10.50. Good fed iiciicra common-medium 59.50 ft id. uanners-cuuer cows S5.3037.50. Medlum-fairly good beef cows 3109 11.50. Medium-good bulls $911. Good-choice vealers $13.50 14. Good 380 lbs. grass calves $13.50. Hogs, 14,00. Active, strong consider ing more lenient sorts. Good-choice 170-250 lbs. Largely $15.75. Good sows $13 25 9 13.75. Feeder pigs $14. Sheep, 350. Strong. Good wooled lambs S13.50. Strictly good-choice quotable to S14. Few good ewes $5.50. Chicago, Dec. 20 (OT) (WFA) uvcsiock Hogs, 10,000. Complete clearance, irtualiy all good and choice iuv ion. mm up, ai4.0 CeilinC: 150-180 lbs. 114.23; most sows $14 ceiling. Cattle 14,0000; calves, 1,000. Large I.!!",,ferl.r,)Pi chi yearlings up to '! bulk steers $13 916.50; best vu a.cuciB 919. ia. DUIK Vll.SUtWlQ- cows 15 to 25 cents higher: bulls 10 down. mo"y " 3hoan Rnnn Tt. . . -i. i imce uecKi goo a ana choice around 94 lbs. Fed wooled Portland Produce Portland, Dec. 26 (UP) Wholesale produce market: $4 50, tfo. 1 $3.75 crate. uuriic MKai no. 1 4UC ID. fjttlir rnlifAntlei Am mm - u..Wiaua -, u n ate: Arizona $5 crate. unions 3-inch f 1.70. Peppers California 20c lb. Potatoes Local 100s $3.50.- Califor nia sweets and yams $3.80 crate. Tomatoes Repacked $6.50 lug. Chicago Wheat Chicago, Dee. 26 (UP) Wheat: Open High Low Close May .$1.63",'4 $1.04, $1.63",'4 $1,641, July .... 1.54ft 1.58 1.54T, 1.55 Sept 1.54!, 1.55 1.53J, 134',J S. P. DAIRYPRICES San Francisco, Dec. 26 (U.R) Dairy market: Butter: 93 score 43, 92 score 4214, 90 score 42V4, 89 score 41.- ' Cheese: wholesale prices, loafs 27.9, triplets 27.2. Eggs: large grade A B7V4, large grade B 44V4, medium grade A 52V4, small grade A 44V4. Wall Street New York, Dec. 26 (U.R) Anticipated year-end evening up operations today brought an ir regular decline into the stock market on contracted volume. Railroad shares stood out as the leading strong spot and their average rose to a new high since Aug. 31, 1937. This demand was attributed to the belief that the roads face a good earning period as long as the war is going on and a prospect of higher rates when peace comes. Today s closing prices on se lected stocks: American Tel. & Tel. 164V4 Anaconda 28 Chrysler 90 5's Curtiss Wright . General Electric General Motors Montgomery Ward Penn. R. R. 38 - 624 - 805 - 32 43V4 110 Phillips Petroleum J C. Penney Radio 10U Standard Oil of Cal . Texas Gulf Sulphur . 38 35 Transamerlca 103.4 BRONCHIAL IRRITATIONS -u cold quick!. nli. red by rer-rr ranm' i-tirac muttcn rvt t dsreloped by modem tcienoe into a counter irritant. vanAriiinvftstlvA. Onl 25c, double supply 86c Get f Erofii lit t , vr m 1 Xkn?4 &7wn 111 PCTTIN' ON THE DOG The GI's captured this German shepherd dog when It was only a month old, and now "Recall" is the pet of the U. S. Army infantry unit near Shevenhutte, Germany. Picked, up at St. Malo, "Recall" has done a lot of traveling with the Americans and some fine scout dutyj John Wayne In "lit " r. i-.'-"':iary, k 41" H-1L iTI .,5. iiu.. "fh-..JM Starting tomorrow at the Craterian is John Wayne In United Aircrafts U. S. Rubber 29 5034 58V4 U. S. Steel Daily Weather Report Forecasts Medford and vicinity: Cloudy to night and Wednesday with light rain Wednesday. SlighUy warmer tonight and Wednesday. ' Oregon: ciouay wim ngni rain m northwestern portion and over west ern portion tonight and Wednesday with light snow in east porUon Wed nesday. Not so cold. Local Data Temperature a year ago today: Highest 44; lowest 34. Total monthly precipitation .37 Inches, Deficiency tor the month 2.01 inches. Total precipitation since September 1, 1944, 5.8S inches. Deficiency for the season .03 inches. Relative humidity at 4:30 p. m. yesterday 71: 4:30 today 97. Tomorrow Sunrise 8:38 a. m.; sunset 8:46 p. m. Boise 34 29 37 -6 Boston .. Chicago Denver - . 47 . 25 . 21 . 52 ,..16 , 68 . 47 . 44 7 40 ' 2 40 27 33 2 48 28 19 38 21 40 31 4 38 21 Eureka Havre Los Angeles Meaiora ... New York . Omaha 22 SS 39 ..49 41 41 50 33 21 56 27 Phoenix . Portland Reno , Roseburg Salt Lake San Francisco Seattle Spokane Washington, D. C Yakima . -.. 1111 It ' JrCil Crater ian Hit "Tall in the Saddle," with Ella Raines and Geo. (Gabby) Hayes. SPECIAL MISSIONARY SERVICES POSTPONED The missionary service planned to be held at the Church of God at Haven and Holly streets on Tuesday evening, Dec. 26, with Rev. Sidney P. Rogers as speaker, has been indefinite ly postponed. Word was received Saturday that for some unavoid able reason Rev. Rogers' plans had to be changed. RECKLESS RIDERS New York, Dec. 28 U.R) Faz II Ali, 16, and his brother, Kaid Ali, 18, who said they learned to ride bareback in their native Arabia, were fined $2 each by Magistrate Charles E. Hersimaki today for riding rented horses recklessly In Pros pect Park, Brooklyn. Conducting a one-man war with an Army Ordnance 50 caliber machine gun, an Ameri can soldier fighting in France killed seven Germans, destroy ed one armored half-truck, four truckloads of Nazi ammunition, two' motorcycles, two personnel carriers and a brick command post all in 30 minutes. (DB)ipIby9 Lately? SETH CHRISTIAN Seth G. Christian, 52, of 230 Beatty street, is in a serious con dition in a local hospital today as the result of an automobile accident on Court street about 4 p. m. According to a report on file at the city police station, Chris tian was driving his car south on Court street, at an apparent excessive rate of speed, striking the left curb. The report said his car then veered across the street striking the other curb, rolled over three times and enme to rest against a fire plug and headed in the oppqslte direction. He was taken to the hospital in the Perl ambulance. Both legs are paralyzed and he is in no condition to X-ray, according to his attending physician. CHRISTMAS "OH!" Newark, N. J., Dec. 26. (U.R) Donna Smith, 18, opened her Christmas presents and found one that caused her to exclaim "Oh!" Her jaws locked In the "Oh!" position and it was 15 minutes before a city hospital nurse could unlock them. SEES STRAWBERRY METHOD Ponch A Toula, La. (U.R) John Zuluaga of the depart ment of agriculture of Colom bia, S. A., is now studying agri cultural methods employed in producing strawberries in Lou isiana's famed strawberry belt. SPAR SHOOTS UP Boston (U.R) Cadet Arleen F. Goode of Jamaica Plain has broken all records for promo tion from enlisted ranks to officer-candidate school in the Spars. An accountant, 23-year-old Miss Goode is the only sea man 2-c ever accepted in the pay officers' class. Use Mall Tribune Want Ada.- IF YOU ARE SEEKING a light." bodied sociable blend, and haven't tried Corby's the whiaker with the Grand Old Canadian Name now la yonr opportunity! ' More and more Corby$ U avaiU able in thU ttate. Ask for Corbyt, next time. A Grand Old Canadian Name PRODUCED IN THE U.S.A. under the direct tupenition of our expert Canadian blender 86 Proof (AM Groin Neutral Spirits JAS. BARCLAY t CO. IIMITCD, rtOIIIA, IUINOIJ MERCHANT RUINED BY AIDE'S THEFTS LEAPS TO DEATH New York, Dec. 28. U.R Oscar Cropper, 87, Fifth Avenue leather goods merchant, leaped to his death from a note! window early today leaving a note which said the "Lady Robin Hood" bookkeeper who gave away $40, 000 of his money had ruined him financially. It was learned that Gropper left three notes, one each to his wife and daughter and a third to his attorney, Millard Ellison. The serio-comic preliminary to Gropper's death began last Dec. 8 when Mrs. Madline Dunnigan 22-year-old wife of a navy yard worker, walked into the New York district attorney's office and confessed that she had been financing her personal philan thropies with Gropper's money. Asst. District Attorney Fran els X. Clark said the $40 a week bookkeeper with the $100 a day heart began spending her em ployer's money last Jan. 1. It was disclosed that she had kept some $2,000 of nearly $40,000 for herself and spent the rest in raises to other employes and gifts of cash and luggage to SO soldiers overseas, some of. whom she didn't know. BIRTHS ARTMIRE: To Mr. and Mrs. Raymond, Prospect, Dec. 19, 1944, girl, six pounds, at Sacred Heart. NEWCOMB To Mr. and Mrs. Paul, Box 109, Dec. 24, 1944, girl, 6Vi pounds, at Sacred Heart. RUFFO To Capt. and Mrs. Edward, 807 Pennsylvania, Dee. 24, 1944, girl, 7V4 pounds, at Sacred Heart. SARRATT To Mr. and Mrs. Claude, Talent, Dec. 23, 1944, boy, seven pounds, at Commun ity hospital. WHITESIDE To Mr. and Mrs. Otto Lee, Rt. 1, Box 114, DeDc. 23, 1944, boy, seven pounds, at Community hospital. HALMGREN To Capt. and Mrs. Roger, 815 E. Main, Dec. 23, 1944, son, six pounds, at Community hospital. HICKATHORN To Mr. and Mrs. Roy, 434 Haven St., Dec. 24, 1944, girl, nine pounds, at Community hospital. . . SHREVE To Mr. and Mrs. Leonard, 736 Oak St., Dec. 26, 1944, two boys, five and seven pounds, at Community hospital. rnZi . m. uTxll'-"TrrttTiftt v w .towli I M lift tmmWf lfr1ji W Women They Never Forget fa the drama of Army surgery, only doctors wield the; Scalpel. But YOU, as a Wac surgical technician in the Army Medical Department, can lend the woman's touch to care pf wounded soldiers. You can perform important non-pro jfessional duties before and after the operations. Get more (detailed information about your opportunities as a JPac in! the Army Medical Department today t. Be a Wac In the V. S. Army Medical DepU 0. 1 ARMY UCRUITINO Post Ofries Medford, Orefoa t Urn stud m, wMwut NAM!., ADDEJS. CITY tTATt Creator. to $ervicmmet t Tuesday. Dee. 26. 1944 MEDFOBD MAIL TRIBUNE THREB JUDGE H. K. HANNA IS SERIOUSLY ILL Judicial proceedings in both circuit and county courts were at a standstill today due to ill ness of Circuit Judge Herbert K. Hanna, who was stricken over the week-end, and County Judge J. B. (Blin) Coleman who became ill last Thursday. . Judge Hanna was removed to a local hospital Sunday and his condition was reported as ser ious. He became ill last Friday and remained at his home in Jacksonville. He was reported suffering from a kidney infec tion. County Judge Coleman was reported as showing improve ment today following a relapse Sunday. He is still at his home. County Physician A. E. Merkel reported Judge Coleman was able to enjoy Christmas dinner yesterday. He Is not expected to be able to return to his desk for a week or 10 days. County authorities said in the event of any pressing legal mat SALE 50 REDUCTION on Costume Jewelry, Pins, Earrings, Neck laces, Anklets, Bracelets, Compacts, Key Chains, Leather Wrist Watch Straps and Many Other Items. 25 REDUCTION on Lockets, Crosses, Metal Wrist Watch Bands. Excellent Selection of Standard Brand Wrist Watches at Reg ular Priees. FIXTURES FOR SALE! Fluorescent Lights, Showcases, Safe, etc -The. DUBINS ...... 19 North Bartlett Street STATION ny obligation on my part, Hit now IDosh-atMi -JONt- ..PHONI cnwenum nv THIS IMPORTANT MESSA" .or v. - --- nw & HALEY, TACOMA BROWN uae. t TV""-,,, BmM HaUy 10 twiar ter. Judge Coleman would be able to sign papers at his home. Nothing of this nature however, is anticipated. Closing Urn far Classified Ada . l. m. Too Late to Classify UJO p. m. ROLLING PIN WILL BE CLOSED DEC. 23 JAN. 2 FOR REMODELING booMol about fho Woes. NO - V "J TiT If i VIPofpesJ.. II I II I 800 oilier MOHMCH FOODS-sil lest s PEN ETRQ BASE HICH IN MUTTON SUET ii iMl lit