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6 .1 i yorkOr'JailEdicl i Is Given To Drunks i Denver, Colo., (U.R) Police 'Judge Joseph D, Neff has de ft cided that he had a good Idea when he started giving drunks their choice of going to Jail or taking war Jobs. I In two months 277 men were ' placed In vital war Jobs and made good. SOfJtHS WATER, r0o A-0 Vml AMERICA'S WASH WORD 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 WASHING MACHINES REPAIRED Parts k Service on All Makes B. & B Washer Shop 40B E. Main. Phone 5302 CITY'S TO CLOTHING DRIVE E. H. Hedrlck, superintendent of city schools, volunteered the services and cooperation of Med ford schools In the United Na tions clothing drive in a procla mation to students and teachers today. The drive, to be carried on by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, began April 1 and will continue through April 30. The drive, headed by Reginald A. Staff, is for all serviceable, used clothing, especially infants' and children's apparel. School students will begin collection of the clothing immediately ' but will not bring it to the schools until April 9 and 10. Citizens are urged to check old storage places for material for the drive and to bring it to the school next Monday or Tues day or to contact students in their neighborhoods. The cloth ing will be shipped by the na tional committee next winter to areas where the shortage is critical. Candy Stolen From Bates Co. Truck George Witter, bookkeeper at Bates Candy Co., 624 North Riverside avenue, reported to city police Tuesday that a com pany truck had been entered some time during the night. The truck was parked in a shed at the rear of the building. Witter said. Several boxes of candy and peanuts were taken from the truck, according to the report. IS Medford Diver 1 T C ( S v.- i if VMl ' . 8 Hubert Todd, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Todd, 843 East Ninth street, is shown demonstrating an "abandon ship" diva to group of cadet midshipmen at the U. S. Merchant Marine cadet school at San Mateo, Calif. Todd is holder of AAU three meter In door diving championship and holds Oregon and Hawaiian title. British Hack Out Advance In Burma Calcutta, April 8 (U.R) British ground troops hacked out gains in Burma today. In the Pakokku area on the Irrawaddy river, after widespread air at tacks which extended into Thailand. Patrol troops of the 14th Army entered Seikpyu on the west bank of the Irrawaddy, 32 miles southwest of Pakokku. British troops also occupied two villages in the area of Kandaung, six miles southeast of Meiktila. FATS MAKE MEDICINES Used fats go directly back in to our economy, reappearing In life-giving medicinal supplies, or munitions. Or they may go into industry where they are used Jn the manufacture of textiles for parachutes, tin plate, paints leather goods and hundreds of other war and home front neces sities. PASSES TUESDAY Charles Frederick Olson, SOI North Peach street, passed away in Medford Tuesday. He was born July 8, 1862, in Soderman- land, Sweden, and came to America in 1884, settling in Michigan where he married Matilda Christina Larson, who preceded him in death three years ago. Later they moved to Superior, Wise, where he was in business for several years. They came to Medford from Seattle 30 years ago. He was a long time member of the Chris tian Churcji of Medford. Five years ago Mr. Olson suf fered a stroke while visiting In San Francisco and later under went complicated brain surgery. Surviving are his daughters. Elsie Grove, Medford, Edith Andrews, Ban Francisco, a son, WO Marmie Olson now sta tioned in the Marianas, and a granddaughter, Joan Andrews, Medford. Funeral services will be held from the Perl Funeral Home Friday at 2 p. m., Rev. Delbert W. Daniels officiating. Livestock Portland, Ore., April s (UP) Livestock: Cattle, 230; calves. 25. fair ly active, steady. Four loads good choice fed steers S16.25 817; outside lor load 1.307 lbs. Few good steers S1S.03. Common-medium grades $ll( 14.50. Heifers S10913.50. Fat dairv type cows o $10.50. Bulls scarce. Few good vealers $15; choice quotable to $16. Hogs. S200. Very active, steady. Good-choice 185 lbs. up $15.75: few 160 lbs. (15.50. Good sows all weights $15. Choice 100-123-lb. feeder pigs $17.50. Sheep. 30. Nominally steady. Good choice wooled lambs salable $15.50 lis 16. Fat ewes salable $8.50 3 9. Chicago. April 8 (UP) (WFA1 Livestock: Hogs. 5,000. Good and choice barrows and gilts 140 lbs. and up at $14.73 ceiling; sows $14: com plete clearance. Cattle. 3,000; calves. 800. Vealers $1, down; no loads strictly choice steers here, load top $17.65; several loads $17.25917.30: best yearlings S17.23: heifer yearlings $17.15 new high on crop; most beef cows $10.50(9 13. Sheep, 4,500, Bulk good and eholce fed wooled western lambs Including eight loads Clorados $17 to $17.15. Portland Produce Portland, April 5 (UP) Whole sale produce market: Asparagus California $6fT pyra mid 32-33 lbs. Chives Local $232 35 flat box. Japan and bring all-out recon version that much nearer. Preliminary closing Dow Jones stock averages Industrial 1S4.97, off 0.99; Railroad 80.63, off 0.59; Utility 27.54, off 0.33; 65 stocks 57.28; off 0.47. Sales totaled 680,000 shares compared with 520,000 shares yesterday. Today's closing prices on selected stocks: American Tel. & Tel......162T4 Anaconda ............................ 31V4 Chrysler 98 Curtiss Wright 5W General Electric 40 Vi General Motors 64Vs Montgomery Ward ... 53 Vi Penn. R. R 35V4 Phillips Petroleum ... 49 J. C. Penney ...109 Radio l0?i Southern Pacific 39 Standard Oil of Calif ... 40 Texas Gulf Sulphur.... 38 Transamerica ............... lOVa United Aircrafts 28 U. S. Rubber....... .. 54 U. S. Steel 62 What's the Name ? "cL ,- . jfjf ItS a kind of light carriage, IPS tl - "jr11 having two seats in a box mount- f vsti JIUyi I Jr''? ed on side bars, four wheels, and ,0met'mC' " T'bfe ' T1'8 It S a musical instrument nfhr M rj whose range is from BB flat to tM iiA A flat in the treble Known as (f p'JK vKra E ' Fagotto in Italian became it re- JJ fej-' Cn!V) sembles a bundle of faggots. AS sT5&l It The name is ... see oefoto (2) Jiijr ' miu ' X I Vfl -y Oil Pi x u . j i Jttt J ' Gf$3 It 8 a light, superbly smooth whiskey, whose full-bod- ' I wygl led flavor makes dclicions highballs, Manhattans, Old- jJf faghioneds. Many people think it's the finest whiskey ' they ever tasted. the name is 00f I W- Tb. .. .. Surrey Sj ! " (?)The Dime Is Baaooit il Chicago Wheat Chicago, April S -(UP) Wheat: Open High Low Close May ..1.72i $1,727', $1.71H $1.7li July . 1 59',s 1591a l-5B'i 1.5B5 Sept..-. 1.55 1.55 1 53's 1.53i Dec. . 1.34H 1.54H 1.521, 1.53 April 1.77H S. F. DAIRY PRICES San Francisco, April 5 (U.R) Dairy market: Butter: 93 score 43, 92 score 421i,- 90 score 42V4, 89 score 41. Chees Loafs 27.9, triplets 27.2. erade A 40 V4. medium grade A 37V4, small grade A 3D,i, graue a am. Wall Street New York, April 5 U.PJ Stoch receded and activity in creased today when Russia de nounced Its neutrality pact with Japan. First reaction of the list to the Russian action was apathy, i ut gradually interpretations of the action which ranged to early Russian war against Japan brought Increase-.', selling. Trad ers said such move would has ten the end of the war against War Prisoners In American Box Cars Found Suffocated Paris. April 6 U.R) Supreme headquarters announced today that a number of German war prisoners were suffocated In the course of rail movement to camps In France on March 15-16 while in the custody of Amer ican troops. Gen. Dwlght D. Eisenhower ordered an Investigation and notified . the German govern ment through Intermediate dip lomatic channels. An interim report, SHAEF said, Indicated that the prison. ers died because of insufficient ventilation in a new type of American box cars. Details were lacking. Central Point Central Point, April 5. Forty young people of the Federated church attended an Inspiring Easter service on Blackwell Hill Sunday morning. Following the service, a fellowship breakfast was enjoyed at the church. Mrs. John Burns, while some what Improved, Is still not able to be out. Mrs. Henry Freeman returned to her home from the hospital last week. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Foley and family were dinner guests Sun day at the Victor Bursell home. Mrs. Bursell's brother and wife from Eugene were also present. Mr. and Mrs. Fyl Phillips were called to Illinois last Sat urday because of the death of Mrs. Phillips' brother. Miss Norrene Bohnert spent Easter vacation at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Bohnert. The restaurant at Jo Long Motel has been re-opened for business under management of Tommy Scott. Washington State's leading farm crop in 1944 was wheat. valued at $84,520,000. Apples were second, with a value of $74,242,000. Now OpanI Beautiful ROGUE RIVER LODGE Crater Lake Highway Near Trail Dining Room Cocktail Lounge Open Every Nit Except Mon. Delicious Dinners Phone for Dinner Reservation Trail 1404 SHOWDOWN FIGHT FOR JAP ISLAND Guam, April 5 (U.R) The showdown battle of southern Okinawa and the Japanese Is land bastion's capital city of Naha appeared to be shaping up or already mounting to full fury today. Field reports said suddenly stiffened resistance had slowed the 10th army's advance on Oki nawa to a snail's pace. The Jap anese were fighting hard from well prepared positions per haps the lines on which they chose to undertake a stand a little more than four miles north of Naha. Both American and Japanese tanks were jockeying for posi tions. A front dispatch reported the possibility of a major tank battle, the first of the war in the Pacific, on the plain between Naha and Kaniku. Thursday, Apr)! . 1945 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUX JTT jl When I ay eoffee I mean FOLCERS, Have Your Checked NOW! You limply can't afford to take chances these days it'i wise Judg ment and a mighty good investment to have your brakes inspected REG ULARLY. If they are in need of ad justment or relining we will handle the job for you promptly and effi cientlyand we've expert brake men te assure yeu a thoroughly depend able and economical job! 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