ODD 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
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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
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United Aircrafts
U. S. Rubber
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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
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Boston ..
Chicago
Denver -
. 47
. 25
. 21
. 52
,..16
, 68
. 47
. 44
7
40
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40
27
33
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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 . -..
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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.-
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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.
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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
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Post Ofries
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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
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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
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