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PRISON 'LAWYER' OBTAINS RELEASE FOR 66 HATES Jefferson City, Mo. (U.R) While 66 ex-convicts enjoy their legally won freedom, Clyde Meeks, whose amateur law prac tice showed them the way, still fits behind the walls of the Mis souri State Penitentiary seeking the legal loophole that will set him1 free. The stooped, balding Meeks has spent 18 of his 40 years he hind bars, with two years of freedom out of the last 20. Now serving a sentence for forgery, he was previously imprisoned on charges of burglary and higli ' way robbery. Meeks' legal lore was acquir ed through a brief correspond ence course in one of the "learn-law-by-mail" schools. While he skillfully avoids being charged with practicing law without a license, he has let it be noised GOOD HEALTH Your Greatest Possesson Regain It by being tellered el Hemorrhoid! (Piles), FIs uie, Flatula, Hemla (Rup luie). Our method of treat sunt without hospital op eration successfully usod lor 33 years. Liberal credit terms. Call for examination or send ior FREE booklet. Open Evsnfogt, Aion,, Wed, frl, 7 lo 6i30 Dr.C. J. DEAN CLINIC Physician and Surgeon If. E. Cor. E. Bumslde and Grand Are. Telephone EAst 3318, Portland 14, Oregon MEN WANTED for ditch cleaning $6.40 per day transportation furnished. Apply at Dis trict Office or phone Medford 6111 or Ashland 8981. TALENT IRRIGATION DIST. Early California 5-Pc. DINETTE SET A popular Hlln at $39.94 Attractive early Collfomta design tn honey- M OO tons color. Heat and liquid resisting lacquer (9 J QO finish. Plonk effect table extends from 30 x 50 Inches to 30 x 61 inches . . . seats six In comfort. The four choirs have seats cov ered In rich burgundy leatherette. G2430. Matching Buffet or China ADJUSTABLE High Chairs $8 88 Regular Price $9.95 Sturdily constructed of solid 00k. Adjustable footrest and tray. Wide spread legs. G1001. r Ovenware Spatially Priced Consists of 6 custard cuds: 1 loaf pan, 9's x 5 inches; 1 ' pie plate, 9 Vi inches. J3849, QfjC J1851.J1854. 3T Alt merchandise sufciect to stock en hand. We reserve the right to limit quantities or chonoe specifications without notice round that he Is available for pertinent conversations. . Mo Fees, but 'Gifts' Despite his statement that he "had no desire to burden the courts with useless litigation," the petitions flowing from Meeks' ready fingers have aver aged 15 to 20 a month. He said at least 66 'ormer inmates have been freed because of his legal efforts since 1940. Meeks said he charges no fee because he has no law license but accepts "gifts" from grate ful clients. It is estimated that he receives about $10 from each "client" for his services. Those who have read briefs prepared by the convict-lawyer say they are wordy, correct in detail, legally styled, and expertly typed. Meeks' legal career got off to a bad start. In 1939, during a pa role from a 15-year term for robbery, Meeks was charged with forging a check in his home town, Springfield, Mo. He was convicted and sentenced to five years. Fresh from the final les son in the mail order law school, he demanded and got a new trial on the grounds that the man whose name was alleged to have been forged was not in court. He was convicted again and this time sentenced to seven years instead of the ogirinal five. He acted as his own law yer at both trials. Rule Change Frees 50 Back at the penitentiary in November, 1939, Meeks began serving the seven-year sentence with the prospect of serving the 35 months remaining from the 15-year sentence too. Ordinarily, the service of the incomplete sentence would begin at the end of the new sentence. Through petitions which Meeks said he prepared the Su preme Court invalidated the pri- SAVl $3 Shag Rugs eft Soft, deep throw rugs In o wide assortment of popular colors. 30 x 60 Inches. Ob long shope.G8236. , losy Terms Cabinet $25.95 Specials Sat of 8-PIcs son policy. The new rule was that prisoners must serve out their original sentence under the parole revocation, then serve the new sentence. The new regulations freed 50 convicts who had served their second sentences and were fin ishing their first. The releases did net apply to Meeks, because he was still serving the forgery sentence and hadn't started on the incomplete portion of the other, ' Again, Meeks' love of the legal left him in a spot. If he had waited to file the petition after completing the term for fqjgery, he would have gone free with the rest. Meeks is now employed In the prison auditor's office as a book keeper and typist. ls primary obiect is to eet his own release from prison; then he wanta a war job not a legal career. SPEECTffiBLES TO BE DISCUSSED rti T.nn T.&ftsArs. sneech soec- iallst from the state department of education, arrived in jMetuora Mnnrinv and will hold a meet ing for Medford school pupils who have- stuttering or omer speech difficulties and their par entis nnd teachers at the court house auditorium tomorrow from 7:30 to 9:30 p. m. All Medford parents and chll ftrsn IntnrpRtpH in sneech nrob- lems are invited to attend, E. H. Hedrick declared today. Dr. work is a new service offered by the state department, Hedrick said. Locally it is unaer the direction of Louise Basford, elementary supervisor of special education in Medford schools. Dr. Lassers has been meeting with teachers during the week and will continue such confer ences through Friday when he returns to Salem. Livestock. Portland. Ore.. Feb. 14 (UP) Livestock: Cattle 300. calves 50. Ac tive, steady. Quality rather poor. Few common steers 11.00-12.50: sizeable lot medium heifers 13.00. Canner-cutter cows 6.S0-9.00. Fat dairy type cows to 10.50. Medium-good bulls lo.oo-ia.ra, 2 PIECE Sofa Bed Suite Regular $89.95 $59.95 A beautiful suite well con structed with spring ' filled back and seat. Lovely covers. "C5442. ' $795 TU-LEVEL CRIBS $8 88 Regular Price $9.93 akes stooping unneces- sary. Panel ends with deco rations. Enamel finish. C2263 Combination Stroller and Walker Baby Cal Tot, hardwood, swivel mounts, steel swivels, solid rub ber wheels with ball bearings. Masonite floor board, Ivory ana blue finish. $1095 (Arm TeUphoto) Using a fin hydrant as his protective "fort," this barefoot Filipino Guerilla fighter seta up his antiquated mixhlnw gun on a Manila street and fights with the Yanks as they press on to. clean the city of remaining Japs. Photo by Stanley Trouunan, NEA-A cms photographer for War Picture Pool. j. ! ! . .ill iwllBlttrJ J - WHEN SUMMER COMES starlet Lynn Baggett will be ready to get an almost even suntan In this brief two-piece bathing suit brightly splashed with flowers. For protection from sharp shellj on the beach she wears black non-rationed playshoes. extreme ton ia.75. Good-choice veal ers 14.00-13.00. Hogs 200. Very active, stendy, Gnod cholce ,170-270 lbs. 15.75. Good sows 14.00-14.50. Feeder pigs quotable 15.50-16.25. Sheen 100. Ouotabte stearlv. Cood- cholce trucked-ln lambs salable around 10.00. Fed carload quotable to 10.23 and above. Good srwea salable 7.00- 7J0. Chicago, Feb. 14 (UP) (WFA) Livestock: Hogs 9,000. Complete clearance. Bulk good and choice 140 lbs., and up 14.75, celling. Sows 14.00. CatUe 14.000. Calves: BOO. Largely teer run, bulk 14.50-16.25; early top 16.65, with choice to prime held above ir.ou; top neiiers lo.eu; DulK 13.50 15.25; weighty cutter cows to 6.00; good beef cowa to 15.25; heavy sau sage bulls to 13.50. Sheep:8.000. Holding load lot good and choice fed wooled western lambs at 16.75; three loads sold 16.65 with most bids 16.50-16.00. Portland Produce Portlend. Feb. 14 (UP) Whole sale produce market: Cauliflower No. 1, Roseburg, S.25 2.50 crate. Onions Green, 75 -85c doi. bunches. Chicago Wheat Chicago, Feb. 14 (UP) ! Open High Low Close May .1023, 1621, 102 1621. July .154', 154!, 1.14 It 154'.i Sept. 153',, 153i 1531, 1531, Dec. 154 li 154',', 153 4 154 S. F. DAIRY PRICES San Francisco, Feb. 14 (U.R) Dairy market:. Butter: 93 score 43, 91 score 42Vs, 90 score 42V., 89 score 41. Cheese: Wholesale prices loafs 27.9, triplets 27.2. Eggs: Large grade A 43 V4, medium grade A 40Vi, small grade A 37VS; large grade B 40 V4. "rlSjlCl A tribute always latriotlcally giving their time and ability without pay, the volunteer members of local Ration Boards are daily handling many difficult problems with fairness, tact and efficiency. They deserve an Award of Merit for doing a tough Job . . . and doing it well I Guerrilla Fighter and His ' ' rW - , ...... -.- . 1 &'Ls?7&?f yrrprn mil , Wall Street New York. Feb. 14 (U.R) Wall Street turned bullish today and bid stocks up fractions to more than point to a further new high for more than seven years. Trading was at the most active early clip since January is. Bullishness was prompted by Lthe statement of Undersecretary of War Patterson that competent military men can foresee no im mediate end to the war In Europe and by the assertion of Secretary of the Treasury Mor- genthau that he favors post-war tax cuts to aid expansion of bust ness. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American Tel. Si Tel. 161 Anaconda . 32 Chrysler 99 VS Curtiss Wright 6 General Electric 40V6 General Motors (XD) 6634 Montgomery Ward 52 Penn. R. R 38 '4 Phillips Petroleum 47 J. C. Penney 111 Radio 1214 Southern Pacific . 42 Standard Oil of Calif 41 Texas Gulf Sulphur (XD) 38 Transamerica 11 United Alrcrafts 31 U. S. Rubber 57 U. S. Steel 62 The Black Panther, a heavy field artillery piece, weighs 34 tons when In firing position. to wthe man who is wrong"! 'Fort 4 'FCJ. KILLED Pfc. Maurice W. Wlckman, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wlckman, 16 South Newtown street, was killed In action January 24 in the Philippine Islands. Word of the death of their son was re ceived by the Wickmans from Gordon Lee Hayes, Medford, a former classmate of Pfc. Wlck man at Medford high school and in the same overseas unit with young Wickman. Hayes wrote that he waa with Pfc. Wickman at the time of his death and that the soldier had been burled In a military ceme tery in the islands Jan. 25. Pfc. Wickman graduated with the class of 1043 and had been with an infantry division since November of that year. He is survived by his parents and a younger brother, Robert Wlck man. Hunter Bags First Deer in 13 Years Cabot, Ark.. (U.R) After hunting deer for 13 consecutive years without scoring a single Kill, Clem Poole, rural mail car rier of Austin, Ark., has finally nit pay dirt. .For 13 straight years Poole Kept going on deer hunts with the "bunch." And for 13 straight years he returned home with nothing to show for his efforts but a frost-bitten nose. In fact, Poole in all those years of hunting didn't even get a glimpse of a live deer. -So this year when the "gang1 came around, Poole gave out a couple of bucks to help defray camp expenses and decided to try again. He steered his ear out to a road near here, parked it on a dry spot and started walking to a blind. And believe it or not along came real deer. Poole pointed his rifle at the animal pulled the trigger and the deer fell dead. SPRING MERCHANDISE Coats, Suits, Millinery Alterations by Experts Specializing LADIES' COATS & SUITS IN HALF SIZES Burelson's Ladies' Ready-To-Wear 31 No. Central Avenue KYLE'S RESTAURANT CHICKEN AND STEAK DINNERS Open 6 p. m. to a. m. Phone Central Point 472 lor Reservations. On the Pacific Highway at Centra) Point. Out of Bounds for Strvice People Wadnaaday. Fab. 14. IMS MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE THREK SMALL-TOWN' GOVERNOR Indianapolis, (U.R) Ralph F. Gates, newly-inauguarated Gov ernor, stepped across a street against the traffic light. Stopped by a policewoman, the flustered Hoosier chief executive explain ed he was "from a small town if ! m mum wi m m I mm) fine m mmntb GO tfffi 008 M?Tn 3snn& m fim 4f at. FACTG3Y-f.lET0D ! QECAPPDC i PROMPT SERVICE FREE INSPECTION O NO RATION CERTIFICATE NEEDED 214 So. Riverside Telephone 4757 where the pedestrians were not required to obey' traffic lights." The "alibi" worked. BILLIONTH LOAF OF BREAD Boston, (U.R) Hathaway Bak eries, Inc., recently baked their 1,000,000,000th loaf of bread. o o o LOST RIVER DAIRY, INC. MEDFORD DISTRIBUTORS 101 So. Riverslda Phone 2882 rAA-t.14-4J ACMl IMWTUfl, tea Trmtim
