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FUEL MERCHANTS L( Meeting In Medford last night to organize a local unit affiliated with the Oregon Fuel Merchants association at Portland, fuel dealers of Medford, Grants Pass, and Ashland named H. S. Deuel of the Valley Fuel Co., chairman of the group. The organization meeting was preceded by a din ner at the University Club. Purpose of the association is to discuss mutual problems of the industry, according to Deuel. Included are dealers in wood, coal and oil. Firms forming the group here are Jackson County Co-op, Val ley Fuel Co., and Western Oil and Burner Co., of Medford, Whittle Transfer Co., George Yockel, and Gunter Fuel Co., of Ashland, and Langley and John son and Stinebaugh Oil Co., of Grants Pass. Gordon Hoiverton Home On Furlough S'Sgt. Gordon Howerton, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Howerton, Ideal Court, arrived fn Medford today on a 30-day furlough from the Pacific theater of war, where he has been for the past 39 months. He will also visit his sister, Helen, and his brother-in-law, E. V. Lincoln. Howerton, who formerly play ed baseball for Grants Pass in the Southern Oregon league, has been a member of the 46th Fight er Squadron baseball team. COURT PONDERS CHARGE AGAINST OTTO'S CLUB Hearing of testimony in the hearing on the appeal of Otto's Club, a Front street tavern, from the state liquor commission or der suspending the place for 60 days for alleged violations, was concluded before Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna yesterday. The court now has a decision under consideration. The liquor board charges that beer was sold to a minor. The defense claims the chief witness, when his age was questioned produced cards to show he was of legal age. Livestock Portland, Ore.. Aug. 1 (UP) Livestock: Cattle 200, calves 15. Steady, no pood cattle on vale. Top fat grass steers quotable 16.75. Common-medium 12.00-14.50; common medium heifers 10.00-13.50; canner cutter rows mostly -y. A few vealers celling steady mostly 14.-14 50. Hogs: Salable 50 total 350. Steady at ceiling. Barrows and gilts, 15.75. Sows 15. Feeder pig's quoted 18.50 19.50. Pigs: Salable BOO, total 11.50. Market opening about steady. Good to choice spring lambs 13.25 14.25. Strictly choice quotable 14 50. One lot medium to good lambs 12.50. Small lot good yearlings 1050. Ewes selling 6-6.50. South San Francisco, Aug. 1 (UP) (USDA) Cattle 150. Stsady. Me dium to good steers quoted SIS .50 1650. Package 1000 lb. heifers $15 00. Packages rood range cows $13.00 13.75. Heavy Dairy bred cows SH OO. Iower grades active, common, $10.00 10.50. Canners and cutters $7.00-9.00. Common to good sausage bulls $10.50 12.00. Calves salable 25. Steady. Good to choice .300 to 330 lbs.. $14 00-15.00. Hogs 100. Firm. Barrows and gilts top $15 75. Odd good sows $15 00. Sheep 1800. Generally steady. Com mon. Good to choice lambs scarce. Medium to good shorn lambs $12.50 13.50. Cull to good ewes $3.50-7.25. Chicago, Aug. 1 (UP) (WFA1 Livestock: Hogs 5000. Active: fully steadv good and choice barrows and gilts 140 lbs. and up at 14.75 ceiling; good and choice sows at 14.00. Cattle: 7000. Calves: 1000. Fed steers and yearlinin steady; trade opened active and closed slow; largely fed steer nin: top 18 00, paid for nine loads scaling 1133 to 1300 lbs.: best long yearlings 17 90; mixed yearlings1 covet fol CHEN YU This completely new version of cake make-up instantly gives your skin the look and feci of Gnest silk! It's a quality look a fint look entirely new to make-up. And it feels so good you don't know it's there except for the exultant admiration it gets you. All shades one will be exactly right for you. f A. ..' fc- A '1 ' ' V' ' U 1 1 . i id r v hMX mi KkMi -if"' v; Taylor's PENNYWISE Drugs IT 50; heifer yearlings 17.35; bulk me dium to choice fed steers 14.00 to 17.50; most good and choice fed heif ers 13.75 to 17.25. Sheep: 1000. Steady to strong: sev eral packages good and choice native rpring lambs 15.25; bucks discounted i.00; some food Iambs 15.00. Portland Produce Portland. August 1 (UP). Radishes Local spring, fl.10-t.ZO doz. buaches. Tomatoes Calif.. Fresno. $3.20 lug; Local hot house, 28.30c lb. Chicago Wheat Chicago, Aug. X (UP). Wheat Open High Low Close Sept. lU5!a l5'i lB-l'l, IBS 'a Dec. .. 103 1U5, 164'. 165 May lti4'a lt43. 1B4U lt;4a July 15i, 159i 159 15U! S. F. DAIRY PRICES San Francisco, Aug. 1 (U.R) Dairy market: Butter: 93 score 43',2, 92 score 43, 90 score 423i. Cheese: Loafs 28.2, triplets 27.2. Eggs: Large grade A 49V4, medium grade A 44Vi, small grade A 38 Vi, large grade B 43. Wall Street New York, Aug. 1 (U.R) A sharp break on the London Stock Market on fears of gov ernment nationalization of Brit ish industry unsettled the New York Stock Exchange today. Trading fell off sharply in all sections. The Automobile divi sion, recent active favorite, con tinued in top place in volume but prices turned down on real izing. When the motors broke, sell ing spread to other sections of the list. But toward closing time the whole market displayed a firmer undertone. Preliminary closing Dow Jones stock averages: Industrial 162.72. off 0.16, Railroad 57.22, up 0.10; Utility 32.55, off 0.11; 65 stocks 62.21. off 0.04. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American Tel. & Tel 179U Anaconda - 33 Chrysler 108V4 Curtiss Wright 65i General Electric 4314 General Motors 67 V4 Montgomery Ward 61 ',4 Penn. R R 37 Phillips Petroleum 49 J. C. Penney UOV Radio 13 Southern Pacific 49 Standard Oil of Calif. 42?4 Texas Gulf Sulphur 43?s Transamerica 12 United Aircrafts 28 J 4 U. S. Rubber 54 -vg U. S. Steel 67-U Local Girls Guilty Of Larceny Charge Roseburg, Aug. 1 Edith M. Brazele, 23, and Bonnie L. Rob ertson, 21, of Medford, each the mother of two children, pleaded guilty in circuit court here Mon day to petty larceny and were given probation by Judge C. E. Wimbcrly from 60-day jail sen tences. The women admitted the theft of two dresses from a Rose burg store. ACTRESS' DIVORCE MUST WAIT END OF WARFARE Hollywood, Aug. 1 (U.R) Judge Frank M. Smith today granted a stay of divorce pro ceedings and ruled that Screen Actress Martha O'Driscoll will have to wait until after the war to get her freedom from Cmdr. Richard D. Adams. Adams said he was too busy with his duties at Mare Island, Calif., navy yard to defend the action. yonl iiUi ectYi 3 CRKE MRKE-UP fife y From Seattle Mr. and Mrs Jack F. Ganfield, of Seattle, are visiting in the city at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy I. Ganfield, route 2. Bullit Discharged Platoon Sergeant Seth M. Bullis, Jr.. and wife have arrived In Medford following his discharge from the marine corps. Bullis expects to resume his duties with the State Police. In Court Harold Davidson, Prospect, was cited yesterday to apepar In justice court Saturday charged with assault and battery by Harold Swanson, also of Pros pect. Davidson posted $50 bail for the Saturday appearance. Collides With Train An auto driven by Henry Tuggart, of Gold Hill, was damaged slightly yesterday when struck by a Southern Pacific engine at the railroad crossing on Sixth street, an accident report filed with city police states- . In Portland Mrs- Blanche Lyman, administrator of the Jackson County Public Welfare Commission, was expected to re turn to Medford this week from Portland, where she entered the hospital for a few days. Mrs. Lyman will return to her work next week. Returns From Service Lt. Fred R. Traylor, who received an honorable separation from the service June 21, returned to his home Sunday from Fitzsim mones general hospital, Denver, Colo. Traylor and his wife re side at 104 Florence street. The officer has been in the service six years and served with the 101st airborne division in the European theater for one year. Jensen Home T'5 John Jen sen is spending a 30 day fur lough in the city visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jens Jen sen, 418 Park street, and sistor, Mrs. Lawrence Espey, and other relatives. Corporal Jensen re turned recently from the Euro pean theater where he has serv ed since the first of the year with the 13th armored division. His sister, Mrs. Norman Moty. of Klamath Falls, is expected here tonight to spend a week with her brother and family. Apply For Permits H- M. Ma jors applied for a permit today at the city superintendent's of fice to remodel the Masonic FOR CITY OR Fure-wool mm Casuals HEAPED WITH FOX pint 20 Excite Tax Smart over suits i i t ust right with your prettiest dresses. In such wonderful colors as mint green, gold, Ice blue . . . topped with luxurious collars of red or Norwegian blue-dyed fox. Fitted styles, too! $1 down holds your coat until Oct. 7th while you com- plete the monthly payments on Wardt Layaway Plan building, 230-232 West Main I street, at a cost of $1000. Two permits were applied for yester day, by Lafe Cronk, 906 North Riverside avenue, to build a woodshed costing $45, and Mrs. C- A. Hansen, to repair the foun dation of the residence at 614 South Central avenue. Navy Man Home Lt. James D. Billo of the naval air'corps, arrived home yesterday on a ten day leave from the air base at Termal, Calif. Billo was accom panied by his wife and daughter, and the family is visting her mother, Mrs. Vada G. Lewis. 511 South Holly street. The lieuten ant served two years in the South Pacific- Corliss On Furlough Pfc. Kenneth R. Corliss, son of Mr. and Mrs- H. H. Corliss, 938 South Holly street, who arrived in the U. S. recently on the Queen Elizabeth, is spending a 30 day furlough with his parents. Cor liss served with the 44th infan try division for ten months in the European theater, and wears the bronze star, three bronze bat tle stars and the presidential unit citation. Eric Allen Named Snell Secretary Salem, Aug. 1 Governor Earl Snell Tuesday accepted the res ignation of Douglas Mullarkey, Burns newspaper man, as his private secretary and has ap pointed Eric W. Allen, Salem representative of the United Press association, as his succes sor. The change will become ef fective September 1. Mullarkey will return to Burns, where he is co-publisher of the Times-Herald. BAN FOREVER AMBER Canberra, Aug. 1 (U.R) Richard Keane, minister for trade and customs, announced today that the book "Forever Amber" had been banner! a nn. desirable in Australia. "The Al mighty didn t give people eyes to read that soit of thing," Keane said of Kathleen Winsor's tale of a courtesan in the court of Charles II. SAYS STORY STOLEN Hollvwonrl. Anp 1 (UP) Screenwriter Jack S c h w a r z charged today in a $150,000 suit that Universal studio's Deanna Durbin picture "His Butler's Sister" was taken from his orig inal scenario. Building the' San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge used up a million cubic yards of concrete and 1,300.000 barrels of cement. Use Mail Tribune Want Ada. COUNTRY ontgomery Ward Japanese Lacking Rice and Fish As Result of Bombs Washington, Aug. 1 (U.R) Allied bombers and shells are leaving Japan with an increas ingly serious food situation which may be an important fac tor in her final surrender, agri cultural department officials said today. The incessant allied attacks have greatly reduced the flow of food to the Japanese home islands from occupied areas, re cent reports to the department show. "I doubt that Japan would throw in the sponge because of the food shortage but it is defi nitely a contributing factor," one official reported. He pointed out that Japan's two main staples are rice and fish. FRANK NEWMAN SPEAKS AT ROTARY LUNCHEON Frank J. Newman, one of the charter members of the Med ford Rotary club, was the speaker at the club's luncheon meeting Tuesday at the Hotel Medford. Newman addressed a large group of new members, outlining the scope and princi ples of Rotary, International. BIRTHS BURKHART To Mr. and Mrs. Herbert, Central Point, July 31, 1945, a girl, seven pounds, at Community hospital. KOPKE To Mr. and Mrs. Earl R., 628'2 N. Riverside ave nue, House No. 2, August 1, 1945, a boy, seven pounds, at Osteopathic Clinic, CORRESPONDENT KILLED Washington, Aug. 1 IU.PJ John Cashman, 27-year-old war ' correspondent for the Interna-: tional News Service, was killed yesterday when a bomber crash ed in attempting to take off from Okinawa. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads. 7:30 to 10:30 SKATING PARTIES by m km mJT PHOENIX THIMBLE CLUB PLANS FRIDAY MEETING Phoenix, Aug. 1 Thimble Club of Neighbors of Woodcraft, will meet Friday at the home of Mrs. Walker Caldwell with a picnic lunch about 1 p. m. Club members are urged to be pres ent, also lodge members not members of the club. Attention is also called to the meeting of Neighbor of Wood craft Lodge at the Grange hall on Thursday night at the usual time. Correction: Monday evening's paper had an article "Prospect Juvenile Carnival a Success," which should have read "Phoe nix Carnival a Success." DORSEY SETTLES Hollywood, Aug. 1 (U.R) Bandleader Tommy D o r s e y, whose birthday party last Aug. 5 turned into a balcony brawl, has settled out of the court for a slashed ear Panamanian Actor Antonio Icaza received In the melee, Icaza's attorney said to day. Attorney A. P. Covlello said Icaza's $40,000 suit was set tled for an undisclosed sum. 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