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f i 4 LOCAL and j To Practice Officers of Col. Sargent auxiliary No. 13, United Spanish War Veterans, are to practice at the armory Friday t 7:30 p. m. ' Club To Meet A special pro gram has been planned for the meeting of the Townsend club Friday night of this week and large attendance is expected according to club officers. An orchestra will play and lunch will be served. . Promoted Carrol M. White, on of Mr. and Mrs. Shannon O. White, 20 Ross Court, has been promoted to gunner's mate third class according to information received by the family. He is on the attack transport, USS Laurens and is now engaged in ferrying troops from Japan to . Seattle. Complete Plans The Medford Eagles' lodge has completed plans for a "welcome home" party for members of the lodge home after serving with the armed forces, the affair to be . held tonight following a brief lodge meeting at 8 p. m. at the hall. A program will be given and refreshments served. v Secure Evangelists Alden J. and Esther Hendricks White of . Los Angeles have been secured as evangelists for a series of meetings at the Friends church here according to an announce ment by Milo C. Ross, pastor. The services will start Jan. 14. Mrs. White will be remembered as director of the Vacation Bible school held at the Howard school last summer. White is a singer and choir director. On Furlough Arriving Sun day for a ten-day visit with his wife and daughter. McAndrews Road, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Casper of Sage Road, Was Sgt. Donald W. Casper from Camp Swift, Tex. Casper has; been in Texas for over a year with the medical corps. The Caspers recently learned of the advancement of another son, Ralph, to technician fifth grade. The young man, with an ord nance unit, has been overseas for about 10 months and expects to be home around Easter. Cas per's wife and two sons reside in Leads, S. D. Committee To Meet A meet ing of the accident prevention committee of the Red Cross will LAUREL & HARDY In "PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES" Plus Our sincere thanks to the following firms, for their interest, help, and generous con tributions aided immensely in making our "Hello Santa" project so successful again this year Berrydale Grocery Blake Moffitt & Towne Calif. Ore. Power Co. Christian's Grocery Court Street Grocery East Side Market Groceterias 1 and 2 Kampfer's Drug Dept. Kampfer's Grocery Dept. KMED Laurel St. Grocery MEDFORD JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PERSONAL CALENDAR Thursday ' ' 7:30 p. m. Mistletoe Camp, Royal Neighbors, KP hall. Of ficers please wear formal gowns. 8:00 p. m. Adarel chapter No. 3, Jacksonville, stated communi cation and installation of officers. be held tonight at 8 o'clock In the Red Cross office at the court house auditorium according to George Davis, committee chair man. All accident prevention in structors and others interested are urged by Davis to attend the meeting. Gall Home Budd Gall, for mer corporal in the army signal corps, arrived in Medford Sun day from Ft. Lewis where he was discharged from service. Gail, who spent about 14 months in Europe, in recent months had been stationed In Wiesbaden, Germany. Mrs. Gall and their two sons resided during the war at,, the family home, 300 Mae street. Gail Is a son of Charles Gail, Rogue River. A brother, Bob Gail, who served in the navy and spent several months in the Pacific area, was also re cently released and is now at his home on West Fourth street. Servicemen Home Pfc. Rob ert B. Slagle, USMCR, is spend ing a 33-day furlough visiting at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Slagle, of Prospect. Slagle, a former Talent high school student, returned recently from 16 months service in the south Pacific where he was awarded four bronze battle stars and the Philippine liberation, Asiatic-Pacific, American theater ribbons and the victory medal. A son-in-law of the Slagles, T. W. Sisk, who was recently dis charged from the navy Seabees, is visiting with, his mother, Mrs. R. S. Sisk and other relatives near Birmingham, Ala. Mrs. Sisk and their son, Jimmy, are residing with her parents. Sisk returned to the U. S. in Novem ber following 16 months with the Seabees in northern Alaska. Court Records Justice Court John G. Hull, void foreign li cense, $1 and costs. Leon E. Cummings, driver axle overload, $10 and costs. Louis T. Miller, overheight load, $1 and costs. Robert A. Tanner, no opera tor's license, $1 and costs; inade quate brakes, $1 and costs. Leslie E. Hammett, overwidth load, $2.50 and costs. Edmond Benson, disorderly conduct, 30 days jail; drunk in public place, $25 and costs. Horace G. Miller, failure to stop at stop sign, $1 and costs. Thomas W. Porter, no dealer's license, cited. William J. Kramer, failure to stop at scene of accident, cited. Frank L. Miller, no operator's license; four in driver's seat, cited. William B. Stedman, drunk on public highway, $25 and costs. Carl V. Lawson, violating ba sic rule, $2.50 and costs; im proper lights, $2.50 and costs. Lonnie Bratton, drunken driv ing, $100 and costs and oper ator's license suspended for one year. Court House News Divorce Complaints Jeannette Mayme Dailey vs. Walter Dailey. Probate Court Guardianship of Karl Way Herrala, a minor; Joshua W. Cook and Martha Christine Cook, guardians. Estate of Emma E. Easton, de ceased; Nellie Dickey, adminls trix and attorney. BULLDOZER GETS FISH Denison, Tex. (U.R) Fish story: A worker at the Denison dam drove his bulldozer Into the lake before filling his radiator with water. When he dropped the machine's blade into the wa ter to act as a brake, out flopped a two pound bass, landing on the bank. Closing time tor Classified Adl 8:30 a.m. Too Late .to Classify 12:1A pm Mason Ehrman Co Mead Coolcy Grocery Medford Hotel Oakdale Grocery Pacific Fruit & Produce Pacific Tel & Tel. Piggly Wiggly Quality Market Safeway Stores Shady Nook Grocery USO. Washington Grocery DIES OF INJURY William Roland Crosby, Tal ent, passed away at a local hos pital at 7:20 p. m. Wednesday from injuries received when he was struck by a car at 1:20 a.m. Tuesday while walking on the highway south of Phoenix. Thomas Lawrence Madden, Portland, discharged soldier and driver of the car that struck Crosby, was allowed by local authorities to continue to his home after an investigation had Indicated Madden was not to blame for the accident CTOsby was a native son of southern Oregon, having been born at Phoenix May 13, 1885, and had lived his entire life in this county. A farmer by occu pation, Crosby had been em ployed at the Oregon State Ag ricultural experiment station at Talent in recent months and had a wide circle of friends in the Talent district. His wife, Mrs. Cora Crosby passed away in 1935. He is sur vived by one daughter, Mrs. Gladys Little of Westwood, Cal., one son, Pfc. Luther D. Crosby in the army. Three sisters, Mrs. Winnie Netherland of Winters, Cal., Mrs. Meda Fox of Talent, Ore., and Mrs. Nettie Smith of Bellingham, Wash., two grand sons, Gordon and Allen Little of Westwood, Cal. Funeral services will be con ducted from the Perl Funeral Home Saturday at 2 p. m., with the Rev. Delbert Daniels officiat ing. Remains will be transferred to Marysville, Calif., for inter ment. AUTO LICENSE RUSH DWINDLES IN COUNTY The number of auto license applicants at the sheriff's office, following the rush of last week and Monday, dwindled to a trickle today with only three or four at the license d-sk at a time. Sheriff Howard Gault be lieves that with the number of applications sent direct to the secretary of state at Salem, the total will be well over 10,000 and will include a number of new residents from other states, chiefly California. Closing time ror Sunday Too Late to Classify 4:00 Saturday afternoon Please remember. Hem's a tip ! It's Not the Most COLOSSAL Show You've Ever Seen . . . BUT WE'LL GUARANTEE You'll say it's one Liveliest Screen Jackpot! It NOW J AMERICA Mi THE f t $n t i i iFi it V. r F 9 I DCAUIirUb V" vi i OBITUARY EARL LOFFER Earl Loffer passed away at his home on Route 1 Wednesday. Mr. Loffer was born at Graham, Mo., Feb. 20, 1882. He was employed by the Southern Pacific for 21 years, and had been retired because of an accident to his leg. He is a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Survivors indue Mrs. Dorothy Alice Loffer, one daughter, Mrs. Verna Anderson, and one son, Warren Loffer, all of Medford; three sisters, Mrs. George Sedg wick, Long Beach, Cal.; Mrs. L. A. Smith, Long Beach, and Mrs. Ruby Hartshorn, Houston, Tex.; one granddaughter, Carolyn Sue Anderson, Medford. Funeral services will be con ducted from Sacred Heart Cath olic church Saturday at 9 a. m., with the Rev. Father Henry Orth officiating. Interment will take place In Siskiyou Memorial Park. Reci tation of the Rosary will be held at the Perl Funeral, Home Fri day at 8 p. m. Livestock Portland, Ore., Jan. 3 (UP) Livestock: Cattle 100. calves 33. Slow, few steady but demand Indifferent and reneral undertone weak. Common steers Sll-OO-12.00; cannar-cuttex cows S6 00-8-30; medium beef cows Sll-00-11.30: good sausage bulls 510 90-10.73; good calves $14.30, choice salable to $13.00 or above. Hogs 100. Active, steady. Barrows and gilts 100.340 lb. $13 80: 330-430 lbs. S14.30-1S.00: good sows largely $14 00. Sheep 600. Very slow, no early sales, asking steady or up to $14.30 for strictly Rood-choice fed lambs. Good ewes salable steady at $4.30-3.00. Chicago, Jan. S (UJ.) (WFA) Livestock: Hogs: 20.000. Market slow, mostly 13 to 33 centa lower: early sales 190 lbs. to 340 lbs. Urhrwelght only around 10 to 13 cents lower: practi cal top $14.73: few lot $14 83: bulk good and choice 180 to 340 lbs. $14.63 to S14.73. Cattle: 6.000. Calves: 800. Generally steady market on all classes: most fed steers $14 73 to $17.S0: several loads choice offerings $18.00: best heifers $16 25: most beef cows $9 30 to $12 SO: weighty sausage bulls to $13.23 and heavy fat bulls to $14.00 and better: vealers selling at $15.50 down. Sheep: 5S00. Market acUve by com parison with Wednesday's slow trade: generally steady: good and choice fed wooled western lambs $14.50 to mostly $14.83, top $14 85. Chicago Wheat Chicago, Jan. 3 fU.P.) Wheat Open High Low Close 180 '.j 177's 175 t 173Ts May leoii 180', July 177 177.B Sept. 174',i 175, Dec 173 173's 180 ta 176,i 174 172, Portland Produce Portland. Jan. 3 (U.P.) Whole sale markets: Egg To retailer: AA grade, large 57c: A large 51c; A medium 46c; of the Snappiest, Funniest, Comedy-Romances that ever hit the G'mon and Enjoy "SHE WENT TO THE RACES" The Beginning of a HAPPY SCREEN YEAR FRANCIS GIFFORD AVA GARDNER thru SAT. JAMES mat! fp.uT1et M. Cauliflower Local. $2-3.53: Calif, omia, $2-2.25 crate. Squash Danish, orange box, $1.T3: Hubbard 3-3 Vie 8. F. DAIRY PRICES San Francisco, Jan. 3 (U.R) Dairy market: Butter: 93 score 48V4, 92 score 48, 90 score 47H. Cheese: loafs 28.2, triplets 27.2. Eggs: large grade A 53 M, medium grade 48V4, small grade A 4214, large grade B 47,j. Wall Street New York, Jan. 3 U.R) The stock market rallied late today after an early decline had car ried prices in the leaders down 1 to 3 points. Shortly before the close the list had an lrrgu larly lower appearance. The market was slightly more active than yesterday with trad ing for the first four hours reaching a pace of around a million and a quarter shares for a full session. Early selling was prompted largely at Western Electric with the possibility of a nationwide sympathy strike of telephone operators; the general strike In Stamford, Conn., In support of the 57-day-old walkout against Yale & Towne Mfg. Co.; and the vote of employes of Western Union to strike next Tuesday. Preliminary closing Dow-Jones stock averages: Industrials 190. 80, off 0.86; rails 62.16, off 0.30; utilities 38.22, up 0.07; 65 stocks 71.45, off 0.27. Sales totaled 1,300,000 shares compared with 1,050,000 yester day. Today's closing prices on le lected stocks: American Tel. & Teleg 188V4 Anaconda ... .. 43 V4 Chrysler 1323i Curtiss Wright 8 General Electric 47ai General Motors 75',4 Montgomery Ward ... 72H Penn. R. R 42V Phillips Petroleum 17'4 J. 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COX To Mr. and Mrs. Lionel 137 Tripp, Jan. 2, 1946, a girl, 6 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. KING To Mr. and Mrs. Virt rus, Jacksonville, Jan. 2, 1946, a boy, 9 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. KEESLAR To Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L.. Eagle Point, Jan. 2, 1946, boy, seven pounds, at Community hospital. i AMMO EXPLODES Marlborough, Wiltshire, Eng., I Jan. 3 (U.R) Two cars In an am munition train exploded at a British camp yesterday after noon killing one soldier and in juring four. Ten others were re ported missing. No American soldiers were involved. Us Mall Trlbuna Want Ada. FOR Southern Pacific Lew.." K. X? Vnf f i ONE WEEK fl SHI PAUL MAUREEN WALTER HENREID O'HARA SLEZAK Mk 8INN1J BARNES JOHN EMERY . ti. Also "WEST POINT MEMORIES" Paramount Newt Thursday. Jan. 8, 1948 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN 2-Year Soldiers May Be Released In Coming Spring Washlnston. Jan. 3 (U.R) Soldiers with two years service will become eligible for dis charge sometime this spring, it was predicted today on the basis of Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson's remarks in Honolulu. Patterson said the army would be reduced to 1,600,000 by next June, when the point system would probably be abandoned and discharges thprpAftpr wnnlH be based purely on length ofi service. This represented a somewhat; more conservative estimate than that made by Gen. George C. Marshall Inst Sept. 20 before members of congress. Marshall then hoped the point system TERMINAL GAB GO. Call 7117 DAY and NIGHT SERVICE COMFORTABLE, CLEAN CABS 1 of me &mv seas 'Live, love, laugh with this daring buccaneer as he wins . . . and tames '. . . his red-haired captive bride. The year's most spectacular production So with a cast of HUNDREDS! (.js '"IS! -7)'A ;1i WP y -lv'. v jyz",', could be relaxed by late winter in favor of two years' service. Subsequent developments indi cate Patterson's estimate may be nearer reality. Goethe finished the second part of "Faust" at the age of 80. Use Mall Tribune Want Ads. OPEN EVERY NITE EXCEPT TUESDAY ROGUE RIVER LODGE On the Crater Lake High vrv nnav Trail ... PVinna 1 Medford 7549 or Trail 1404 for Reservations Red-Bloo'de'a Adventure! Warm- Blooded Romance! "r ft Evenings, 6:45 P.M. Matinees Saturday and Sunday 1:45 P.M. a i A .a- V . J ,7 frVj-',. .-y- 'tw
