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EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday. April 17, 194S DAV COMMANDERS ACCEPT POST IN T John A. Meals was Installed s commander of Disabled American Veterans, Jackson county post No. 8, and -Mrs. Doris Graham was installed as commander of the women's aux lliary at a joint installation ceremony at Medford armory April 10. State Department Commander M. E. Woodcock of ficiated as installing officer while Mrs. Eunice Faris, state commander of the women's aux iliary, was Installing officer for the ladles. State officers present were Erland Sundell, Junior past com mander: Dorr Quayle, state treasurer; Lile Dailey, state ad jutant and national service of fiver; Mrs. Lois Pratt, adjutant; Mrs. Gladys Lawton, state mu sician, and Mrs. A. E. Yar- borough. Several talks wore giv en by state officers relative to benefits to be derived from rec ent veterans' legislation. Visitors from other veteran organizations were Harry Young, commander of Medford post 15, American Legion; Frank Thomp son, commander of Colonel Ser geant camp, United Spanish War Veterans; Harvey E. Caesman. commander of the Military Or der of Purple Heart; Louis Erbes, commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars; Joo Krupp. Sr. commander of Central Point post. American Legion, and Mrs. Carold J. Parker, president of Medford auxiliary, American Legion. Also present were Mollis Dover, president of V. F. W. auxiliary, Grants Pass; Mrs. Verda Quackenbush, president of Navy Mothers, and Mrs. Charlotte Lehman, secretary of Navy Mothers, both of Medford. . The newly installed command ers made statements acknow ledging the Increasing needs for continued D. A. V. activities and promised a diligent service in their leadership capacities. Before the Installation cere monies, a banquet was enjoyed by about 175 people. BIRTHS RING To Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W., R. 3, Box 54, April 17, 1945, a girl, 7 lbs., at Community hospital. MICHAEL To Mr. and Mrs. Holly, 424 S. Peach, April 18, 1945, a girl, 7 lbs., at Commu nity hospital. Medford Men To Operate Planing Mill Near City H. W. Van Hise and L. Ritchie. 928 East Jackson boulevard, are opening a refinishing and mould ing mill in about ten days, they announced today. The mill will be located three miles south of Medford, on' a site known as the old gas company property, east of Alley Brothers mill. The new mill will do custom planing, resawing, running ship lap, flooring, rustic and drop- siding, as well as other standard patterns of moulding. Van Hise has had 27 years' experience in the planing indus try while Ritchie has had five years' experience. The building is now completed and machinery is being placed in preparation for the opening. Livestock Portland. Or.. April 17 flj.Pl- tive. steady on kindi available. Few common steers unsold. Good-choice fed steers salable (16917. Extreme ton helferi Monday S16. Canner-cutter cows $7 ft 9.50. Medium beef cowa to Sll.au. Bulla unevenly lower tor wo daya. Medium-good sausage bulls sal able $10 50'd 12.50. Good beef bulls quotable to $13 or above. Good-choice vcaiera aioiiyjo. linn, inn. Rtearfv. Butchers S1S.79. Odd Unlit lights $15.25. Good sows $15. Choice Sl-lb, feeder pigs $18. Sheep, 00, quotaDie steaay. uooa cholce wooled and spring lambs sal able' $10.50(316. Best wooled ewea Monday $8.50. Shorn ewes salable $6.75 down. Chicago. April 17 (UP) (WrAV Livestock: Hogs, 6,000: active, fully steady. Qood and choice barrows and gilts 140 lbs. and up at $14.75. cell ing; good and choice sows at $14. Cattle, 8.000; calves, 1,000; fed steers and yearlings, Including year- ncners steaoy; cnoice uucrius e. medium and good grade slow: Inn tra 117.75. Heifers $17.40. new high on crop, and highest April price for heifers on record. Sheep. 3,500; scattered early saiea; lanthtpr lambs strone- to ahade high- er. Three loads largely rood Colo rado fed lambs $18.75: bidding $17 on eood and choice lambs with asking prices up to $17.25. Portland Produce Portland. April 17 (UP) Whole sale produce markets: Asparogus California. $4B04.75 pyramid 30-35 lbs.; Yakima 160 ID. Cabbage No. 1 local green round tvoe S4.50 crnte: Oswego $5 crate; Texas $3.25 per 50-lb. sack; California 6c lb. Spinach Local $1.7593 orange box. Chicago Wheat Chicago. April IT (UP) Wheat; Cinmn Hltrh LOW ClOSO Mot ..$1.75'.s. $1.75', S1.74H $1.744 July IBS', Sept. 157", Dee. 1.56 Wall Street New York, April 17. (U.R) The stock market extended its advance for the third straight day today and reached a further new high since 1937, although the rise was checked momentar ily when President Truman as serted his intention of carrying out the public power policies of the late Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Truman's statement at his first press conference in the White House brought a flurry of selling in the utilities but the re action was short-lived. Preliminary closing Dow-Jones stock averages were: Industrial 162.60, up 0.17: railroad 54.54, up 0.32; utility 29.77, off 0.01; 65 stocks 60.71, up 0.13. Sales amounted to 2,070,000 shares compared with 2,500,000 yesterday. Today s -losing prii-es on selected stocks: American Tel. & Tel. 16iV Anaconda , 333A Chrysler 104 Curtiss Wright General Electric General Motors Montgomery Ward Penn. R. R Phillips Petroleum J. C. Penney ..... Radio ...... Southern Pacific Standard Oil of Calif Texas Gulf Sulphur.... Transamerica . United Aircrafts U. S. Rubber U. S. Steel 6 43 . 68'$ 607s 37 53 110 23 44 ... 43 . 40 '4 .- 1114 ... 29 . 59's ... 66 V4 SMUDGE POTS LIGHTED AS TEMPERATURE DROPS Smudge pots were lighted in I pear orchards this morning for me fourth time this season when temperatures ranged -from 28 to degrees Federal Frost Obser ver Roy J. Rogers said the frost was light and came late in the morning. The firing was chiefly in orchards where the pears have started to blo-m. FOR'FARM LABOR Eighteen Mexican nationals arrived yesterday for farm and orchard work in the valley County Agent Robert G. Fowler reported today. They were part of the first trainload received in the Northwest. No word has yet been received on the Jackson county request for pear' and other harvest work ers, filed several months ago, the county agent reported. La year close to 700 Mexican work ers were used here and more are requested for the coming sea son. The county agent estimates that the 1944 payroll for Mexi can workers approximated half a million dollars. : $1.' 1 6511 184 158 1.5ft 1.56'i 1551, Closing time for Classified Ads 8 30 8rade m. Too Late to Classify 13:15 p. m. 37'4. i.i 1.57'j l.S8a 8. F. DAIRY PRICES Son Francisco, April 17 (U.R) Dairy Market: Butter 93 score 43, 92 score 42V4, 90 score 42V4, 89 score 41. Cheese Loafs 27.9, triplets 27.2, Eggs Large grade A 40'4. medium grade A 37V4, small A 3i',i, large grade B NOW HE CAN ONLY SPUTTER Port Arthur, Tex., (U.R) His commanding officer in a combat battalion in France "kidded" Lt Robert W. Bogel of Port Arthur so much about, Texas that when Bogel received a picture of "Miss Texas" Joyce Courrege . from home, he hung it right up over the CO's desk. According to lat est reports from the Texas lieu tenant, it's still there. Paul Revere was the greatest artist in the forming, shaping and engraving of gold and silver in his day. He learned his trade as an apprentice in his father's shop. RACING BAN LIFT DUE MAY 10, SAYS WRITER Baltimore, April 17 (U.PJ The racing ban will be lifted May 10, Don Reed, racing editor of the Evening Sun, said today in a signed article, : Reed said authoritative sources had revealed that an announce ment ending the ban would be issued some time this week in Washington by Director Fred M Vinson of the office of war mob ilization and reconversion. He did not disclose the identity of his sources. BURELSOM WINNER IN FIRST SPEECH ROUND Harold Burelson won the first round in a speech contest being held among Toastmasters' club members at the club's meeting Monday night. Next week there will be five speakers in the com petition and all Toastmasters are urged to be on hand. NEW REASON FOR ARSON New Hampton, la. (U.PJ When Clarence Schueller, 23 year-old farm hand, was arrest ed on charges of arson, he told officers he was "tired of batch ing," and set fire to farm build ings formerly tenanted by Her man Schwlckerath to "scare Schwickerath" into moving his stock from the farm so he woula not have to care for it. TRADE LOT S. Riverside. Klamath Falls for Suburban Lot Dr. A A -Soul M. D. Phone 2870 POTS and UiSSTEFiS American Fruit Growers, Inc. 213 South Fir St. Medford, Oregon II HIVIIMI, -JP 'Minkhi ill LET US CHECK am.m how! 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WE USE GENUINE FACTORY REPLACEMENT PARTS AND APPROVED BRAKE PROCEDURE ON EVERY JOB PiOOUE RIVER CHEVROLET NINTH and BARTLETT O TELEPHONE 2288 THREE RURAL SCHOOLS TO CLOSE ON MAY 18 Table Rock, Derby and Sams Valley- schools have announced May 18 as their closing dates, in the county school superintend ent's office. Gold Hill and Butte Falls schools will close the fol lowing week. They are the first eountV school to announce the end of the school year. Most of the schools of the countv. citv and country will close for the summer vacation the last week of May, with a few the first week of June. Closing time for Sunday Too Late to Classify 5:30 Saturday afternoon Please remember. BRUCE METZGER HOME FROM SWEEPER DUTY H. Bruce Metzger, RDM3C, arrived home -Saturday on a 14 day leave following 17 months overseas duty aboard destroy er minesweeper in the Pacific. 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