Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 03, 1945, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextEXECUTIONS IN DEATH CHAMBER EQUALS RECORD Salem, Ore. (U.R) Four exe cutions have been, or will be performed by the state of Ore gon during a five-week period, a record equalled only once be fore in the state's history. On December 8 Richard Harry Layton, 37-year-old former po liceman, died in the state peni tentiary lethal gas chamber. On January S, 22-year-old Robert E. Lee Folkes, a former Negro dining car waiter, is scheduled to die for the cele brated "Lower 13" murder in which Martha Virginia James, wife of a naval officer, was kill ed with a butcher knife in the lower berth of a west coast lim ited train. A double execution is set for January 15, when Henry Wil liam Merten and Walter Lorne Wilson will enter the lethal gas chamber the same day. They stand convicted of a roadhouse holdup-murder. , But the largest mass legal slaying ever held in the state was on December 13, 1912, or "Bloody Friday" as the old-timers here call it. Four men were hanged on that day following a prison break in which a guard was killed. The state has conducted exe cutions only since 1903, before which it was a part of the duties of the county sheriffs. Oregon's gas chamber has been used since 1939, when it was installed a few hours before an execution. Seven men, including Layton, have died in it. 388366 Livestock Portland, Ore., Jan. S (UP) Live stock: Cattle, 200; calves, 35. Active, steady. Good fed steers quotable $14.25(316.29. Common-medium heif ers $9 12.50: few $13. Canner-cutter cows $57. Pat dairy type cows $7.50 0. Common-medium beef cows $8(3 11. Bulls $0.50011. Good vealers $13.50914: choice quotable to $14.50 Hons, 400. Fully steady. Good-choice 170-270 lbs. $15.75; heavier and light er weights down to $14.50. Good sows $13.25914. Feeder pigs strong to 35c higher at $14.25 14.50. Sheep. 100. Strong. Good wooled lambs $13.75. Fed lambs quotable to $14.50; common 68 lbs. $10.50. Good ewes up to $6. South San Francisco, Jan. S (UP) (USDA) Livestock: Cattle, 170. Ac tive, fully steady to strong. Good slaughter steers and heifers absent. Few packages 1,050-1. 100-lb. range cows $12.25 with a light sort out at $1111.50. Weighty dairy bred cows $9.5011; cutters $7.5008.50; can ners mostly $5(97. Bulla steady to strong, range kinds $11.50912, me dium sausage bulls $10 10.50. Calves, receipts none. Nominal. Choice veal ers quoted $14 14.50. Hogs, 175. Fully steady with Tues day. Good to choice 200-270-lb. bar rows and gilts $15.75, medium $14.75. Good sows $14. w.icc,, nuiiv. uuwi V3 cnOlCO TUll wooled quoted $14.50. Late Tuesday 14 11 K isw" wo. a pelt ..... . pc. w.uvcyo.ou, Chicago, Jan. 3 (UP) (WFA) Livestock: Hogs, 17,000. Bulk good and choice 190 lbs. and over $14.55 fl 14.65; tpp $14.75; 150-180 lbs. $14914.50. Bows mostly $14; celling. Complete clearance early, CatUe. 12,000; calves, 1.0O0. Largely I. Piano Instructions MRS. E. MORRIS Beginners Accepted 23 Gibson Ave., Talent, Ore. Newborn Babe Found Outside Hospital (Acmt Telephoto) Really surprised parents are Mr. and Mrs. Harry Zelman of Cleveland, O., shown above admiring their newest arrival a daughter born In a mad dash for the hospital and found crying and kicking in the snow In front of the building. The baby, it seems, was born just as mother stepped from auto to enter hospital and, in the excitement, was unnoticed until a startled pedestrian rushed to report that the youngster was lying In ' . the snow. steer run; bulk fed steers and year lings $13.751916.73; top $17.60 on year lings; good beef cows to $14.50 and better; cutters $6.50 down; heavy sausage bulls to $13.25 and beef bulls to $14.50; vealers $15.50 down. Sheep. 8,000. Bidding steady on good and choice fed woolea western lambs at $15.25(813.35. Portland Produce Portland, Jan. 3 (UP) Wholesale market prices: Live poultry Buying prices from producers: Broilers up to 2 pounds, 29,bc; fryers, 2 to 3,fe pounds, 29 fie; roasters, over 3l,fc pounds, 291,5,c; Leg horns, 29'c; Leghorns, 26c; roosters and stags, 15 'fee pound. Live poultry Selling prices to re tailers: No. 1 grade Leghorn broilers up to 2W pounds, 30',ic; roasters, 291,dc; stags, 21c; old roosters, 21 &c; fowl (hens), 26c. Cucumbers California field stock, 83.17 lug. Eggplant California $2 BO lug. Peppers California $4.43 hamper. Tomatoes California, $6 6.50 re packed; Mexican, as Is. $5 lug. Chicago Wheat Chicago, Jan. 3 (UP) Wheat: Open High Low . Close Ma; ..1.663,i $1.66 $1.66", $1.664 July 1.58",4 1.59',b 1.58!'. 1.59V, Sept. .1.57?, 1.58 1.57i 1.583, S. F. DAIRY PRICES San Francisco, Jan. 3 U.R) Dairy market: Butter 83 score 43c, 92 score 42Mc, 90 score 4214c, 89 score 41c. Cheese Wholesale prices, loafs, 27.9c; triplets 27.2c, ' Eggs Large grade A SSV&c, large'' grade B 42V4e, medium grade A 48 Vic, small grade A 42V2C. Wall Street New York, Jan. 3 (U.R) Highest grade industrial shares led the stock market to new highs since September 4, 1937, today on the heaviest trading since last July 5. Higher priced railroad Issues made gains of a point or more while the others firmed fraction ally. As the rails rested after their recent1 sharp rise; the- in dustrial stocks assumed leader ship. Their average crossed over to a new high since October 29, 1939, and was within touching distance of the high since 1937 attained by the railroad average. A large amount of the buying represented reinvestment of funds realized in last year's market and from year-end divi dends. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American Tel. & Tel..16S'4 Anaconda ; . 30 Chrysler . BSVi Curtiss Wright U- 6 General Electric 40 General Motors . 64 Montgomery Ward 51 Penn. R. R ; 34 Phillips Petroleum 45V4 J. C. Penney U...109 Radio '.. ...... 10 Southern Pacific .. 43 Standard Oil of Cal. 39 Texas Gulf Sulphur . 37 - Transamerica .... 11 United Aircrafts .. 31 U. S. Rubber ;.. 83 U. S. Steel 62 LUMBER BARON ILL Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 3 (U.R) Eueene Bvron Bell. .17 the last survivors of a family tnat pioneered in the nation's lumbering industry, was In a critical condition here today. Bell, the son of Victor B. Bell, co-founder of the Long-Bell com pany whose timber holdings in cluded vast expanses In the Pa cific northwest, was suffering from a cerebral hemorrhage, physicians at General hospital reported. NOW Firestone Brings You THI FINEST IN HOME INSULATION jV ' 1 ; ': Roll )Ji T TIRE RESISTANT IIOHT EAST TO INSTAU (24 doIs Required for Average Sir House) Savts Up to 30 in Fuel Costsl Actual Tests Prove Partemp Is the Finest Insulation Material Available on the Market Today. FHA Terms May be Arranged. WATER REMUENT - :4 VERMIN AND 1UGPRQO U, S. Government Inspected and Tested OOPEN A CHARGE ACCOUNT OR USE OUR CONVENIENT BUDGET PLAN J 214 SO. RIVERSIDE PHONE 4757 Listen to the Voice of Firestone every Monday evening over M. B. C PARKED IN ALLEY An Oldsmobile car owned by Catherine Tison which was stolen late Monday night from the driveway of her residence at 207 South Ivy street, was found this morning by the police in an alley behind Safeway store num ber 1, 130 North Bartlett street, a police report stated. A wrecked Ford- car bearing Oregon ' license 385-847 was found near Court and McAn drews road Tuesday night, ac cording to a police report. A witness told police that the car had struck a parked trailer caus ing little damage to that vehicle but smashing the front end of the Ford. Driver of the vehicle was not known, according to the police, but they asserted no in juries were suffered apparently. Gold Hill Gold Hill, Jan. 8. First Sgt. Joseph L. Shoemaker and wife visited recently for two days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Shoemaker of Gold Hill. Sgt. Shoemaker is now stationed at Camp Jackson, S. C, and ex nects to go overseas soon. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Large of Burney, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Dye and sons were week-end visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Large, Mr. and Mrs. Large also enter tained at Christmas dinner, guests being Mr. and Mrs. Ed Shoemaker and Loyie, Mr. and Mrs. William Large, Mr. and Mrs. Dye and sons, and Mr. and Mrs. George Large and sons. Mrs. Robert Plummer of Grants Pass and Clinton Shoe maker called on relatives and friends in Gold Hill Sunday. Doq Reorieved I 3 fa "A Kurnm Girl i "Rummy Girl," a 10-year-old Boston bulldog, ordered killed in will of hei mistress, Mrs. Mayme K. Haines, got a stay of execution when Sacra mento, Calif., court questioned legal. Ity of imposing death on the animal Brownsboro Brownsboro, Dec. 3. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Messal of Lake Creek had as Christmas dinner guests Mrs. Messal's three sis ters. Clara Bergman ana son Donald, of Medford; Bertha Hoist of Sams Valley and Corda Haddock of Spokane, Wash., whom Mrs. Messal had not seen for twenty years. Roy Renfro, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Renfro, has enlisted in the navy and is stationed in San Diego, Calif. Guests at the J. E. Trammell home for Christmas were Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis of Central Point, friends from California. .' The Glass families enjoyed Christmas at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Glass' daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jones of Medford. . Miss Lois Wright of Portland spent Christmas With her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Wright. The family were dinner guests of Mr. . Wright's brother, Mr. and Mrs. Orval Wright of Medford. Mr. and Mrs. Al Renfro of Stockton, Calif., have been spending the holiday season at the John Renfro home. Mrs. Ruth Renfro Shaw plans to re turn to Stockton with her uncle and family for a short vacation. Mr. Pettis and Mr. Lunchford of Elko, Nev have been guests at the Beeney home, also Mr. and Mrs. Beeney's daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Boddy of San Francisco, who plans to make her home in Oregon. Holiday guests at the Marshal) home were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Strand and daughter, Margaret, of Fort Klamath. Mr. and Mrs. Lou Blass and daughter, Lorraine, of Medford, Mr. and Mrs. Don Biebersteadt and Ralph Biebersteadt were guests for Christmas dinner at the Nygren home. ' Miss Ilean Buck has gone to California, where she will be em ployed. - Harold Meyer of Treasure Island, was home for Christmas day. - The Leland Charlies entertain ed for Christmas, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gardner of the Crater Lake highway.' , Guests at the A. R. Rutledge home for the Christmas season were Mr. and Mrs. Glenn McCay and daughter, Vinetta, of Klam ath Falls. Miss Fannie Belle Sullivan of Medford was a dinner guest of Ruth Rutledge, Dec. 31. Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson re cently visited their daughter, Mrs. Annie Stonehocker and baby daughter of Klamath Falls, whom they had not seen for some time. Baby Anna May is now a guest at the home of her fond grandmother, Mrs. John Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Armin Young and son Billy of Tulelake, Calif., were recent overnight guests at the Marshall home. YUBA PROTESTS JAPS Marysville, Calif., Jan. 3 (U.R) The Yuba county board of super visors has passed a "strongly worded" resolution protesting return of persons of Japanese ancestry to California, William T. Ellis, chairman, announced today. Y TertBeisiflftms of MONTHLY N Female Weakness (Mm Ftei StwnacMe Took) tnit I. Plnkhtm'l Compound Is ttmbut to relieve periodic pun end accompanying nervous, weak, tlred out feellngs-ell due to functional monthly duturbanee. Made eape eunr lor women it helix naCvef Follow label directions. LYDIA L PiKKiiAM'S SKU BRITISH NAVY REVEALS 65,500 AS CASUALTIES London, Jan. 3 (U.R) The Royal navy has lost 47,000 men killed or missing, 13,000 wound ed, and 9,500 taken prisoner since the start of the war, Lord Bruyisfield, the admiralty's par liamentary secretary, disclosed in a speech at Wembley last night. FIVE BURN TO DEATH Coldwater, Mich., Jan. 3 (U.R) A 26-year-old mother and four of her small children died at the Coldwater hospital today of burns received when a gas lamp exploded, setting fire to their farm homo near Union City last night. Dead were Mrs. Irene Crystal Kehoe; Tony, 6; Patricia, 8; Morris, Jr., 3, and Douglas, three months. Bobbett Graduates In'Naval Training Great Lakes, 111. Among those graduating from an inten sive course of machinist mate training at recent service schools exercises here was James R. Bobbett, 24, husband of Mrs. Olive L. Bobbett, 713 W. 13th street, Medford, Ore. Bobbett was selected for spec ialized training on the basis of his recruit training aptitude test scores. Graduates from the 20 specialized courses taught here at the service schools are sent to sea, to shore stations, or to ad vanced schools for further duty. PERSONAL ASSESSMENT FORMS BEING RETURNED The first of 38S0 personal as sessment blanks sent out last week by the county assessor's office, have been returned by mail.. The blanks are filled out by the taxpayers, and must be returned to the assessor before March 1. Sheriff Syd I. Brown reports the tax collections this year have been the best in years, with many citizens paying up back taxes and taxes in full for the current year. MEDFORD IS SECOND IN TRAFFIC SAFETY Medford stood second in the state on the least number of traffic accidents in 1944 up through the month of Novem ber, according to a report by the secretary of state's office in Salem. Astoria was top on the list. The report included all cities in the state with populations of iu.uuo or more. Wednesday, Jan. 9. 1S48 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE THREE today. San Pedro is credited with a catch of 150,000,000 pounds, the largest single species being pilchards, the west coast's varie ty of sardine. Ilia Mall "Tribune Want Ads. BANK CALL Washington Jan. 3 U.B Comptroller of the Currency Preston Delano issued call tor the condition of all national banks as of December 30, 1044. L. A. LIVING HIGHER Los Angeles, Jan. 3 U.R) Yes, Mr. America, it does cost more to live in Los Angeles. OPA officials - today disclosed that living costs here jumped 2.2 per cent in the past six months compared to the national aver age of .4 of 1 per cent. DEANNA DIVORCED Hollywood, Jan. 3 (U.R) Singing. Film Star Deanna Dur- bin, who complained that her husband criticized her film and radio portrayals, today won a final decree of divorce from Vaughn Paul. ' ' . ' Closing lime tor Classified Arts a am Too Late to Classify 12:30 11 m. 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