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Policeman's Woodworking Shop Boon To Delinquents Shreveport, La. (U.R Chief Probation Officer Jimmie Valen tine is delivering daily body blows at juvenile delinquency with his backyard workshop. A strong believer in the axiom that the "Devil finds work for idle hands," Valentine two and a half years ago set up in his garage a woodworking shop for boys. He said he did it "to build something in the minds of the boys besides getting into trouble." f or W AEROMIST I let in the sunshine I Mr. Kraut Evd In a elan Soul, in hnw I Colifemia, bm fc ftvr m ih. wnl H That wot bcaut Hit Horn walk win H M b.grkMrf . . Ml Acromal ncrf. 'ni II eUof w sir ni iwl a hnk Now ht'i H "ppy at . gold. H -N Q MLAofomotlsqvkk H ( 32 moflk, too, for mir II iwfoeoi. Ytt esrtt Starting the shop with Just a few essential tools, Valentine says the project now has grown until it almost has the propor tions of a full-time business. "You know how it goes," he laughed. "You tell one boy some thing, he tells two more and those two will tell 10. It start ed in just my neighborhood and now it is city-wide, including about 75 boys." The idea is for the boys to come to the shop and build any thing there tl at they want. "U a boy wants a wagon, he can make it; if he wants book shelves, he can make them. A boy always appreciates a thing more if he ha? made it himself," said Valentine. With nil few tools, Valentine made toys and other salable ar tiijjes which he'ped buy more tcfls and equipment. Other in terested persons contributed tools until now it is almost a complete woodworking shop. The backyard shop also became too small. A friend then con tributed the use of a building, and that's where Valentine's project is' now. Results have been quite no ticeable. Juvenile delinquency in Shreveport has declined and in Valentine's own particular neighborhood it is non-existent. Valentine does most of the supervising, but other fathers also give their time. To avoid xposing the boys 1.. the danger of power-driven O'Brien's, 'IRISH FRIED CHICKEN' Delivered to Your Home Phone 6145 SI 25 Per Order Orders Taken From 5 P.M. to 10 P.M. Delivered Anywhere in Medford City Limits EACH SERVING INCLUDES Half Cream Fried Chicken - Crisp Bread Sticks Tossed Salad IN INDIVIDUAL CONTAINERS machinery, one of the iuper-I visors is on hand to cut out the parts of whatever articles the boys have planned. Then it is up to the youths to put them to gether and paint them. The Shreveport Optimists club recently cited Optimist Valen tine for his o- tstanding work as a "Friend of the Boys" and plans are in progress for the club to take over the sponsorship of the workshop. The organization wants to erect a new building, to have the shop nearer the cen ter of the city and thus more accessible to more boys. F, I E Washington, Feb. 22 (U.R) The senate banking committee was told today that Economic Stabilizer Chester Bowles favors an increase in meat prices to meet higher WEges granted pack ing house workers. Frank S. Ketcham, assistant OPA general counsel, told the committee that "at this time the economic stabilizer believes the price of meats should be increas ed to take wage increases." Packinghouse workers recent ly received a 16-cent-an-hour wage boost after a walkout and government seizure of the pack ing plants. A government fact finding board recommended price increases to cover 11 cents of the 16-cent increase. The committee by voice vote approved a resolution providing the meat and flour subsidies and continuation of subsidies for Ha waiian and Puerto Rican cane sugar. Also" approved was con tinuation of subsidy payments to the government operated, Texas City tin smelter. AUTO COURT BUILDING IN FOOTS CREEK AREA Foots Creek, Feb. 22 Com pletion of their seven unit auto court just west of here is ex pected early in May by Ray Travers and Allen Anderson. The structures are of frame con struction. The two men came here last October from Oakland, Calif. Travers was formerly employed at the Mare Island navy yard and Allen was with the board of education in Oakland. SCHOOL LUNCH BILL WINS HOUSE APPROVAL Washington, Feb. 22 U.R) The house today passed and sent to the senate legislation to au thorize the federal government to contribute $50,000,000 a year to state school lunch programs. HA wm Koret "TOMBOY" California Originals - A new Sweater for Juniors: The Koret Tomboy a "take-off" on her brother's sweater but with the subtle flattery of line that warms a feminine heart. Fashioned of 100 Tlrgin wool jersey, it comes in the smartest colors of the season. Two styles slip-on or cardi gan. Wear the slip-on the newest way casually, with out a blouse. Or cinch it neat ly with your favorite belt or dren It up with a smartly tailored blouse. . . Perfect team-mate for slacks, skirts, or shorts, the Koret slip-on comes in tope, aqua, and chartreause. Sises 32 to 38. Cardi gan style in blue, navy, black, green and wine in sises 34 to 43. 5'95 and 6'25 f ; ' TSJqIU V 9 I Jersey Blouses Dressy rayon jersey blouses in gleaming white, grey or gold to flatter your favorite suit. Jewel necklines with soft gathers to please the feminine heart. Sizes 32 to 38 S5.00 T-SHIRTS For Active Sports Wear White. Cold, Blue, Pink $1.98 and $2.25 Two-Way Stretch GIRLDES and EANTIE GIRDLES Small - Medium Large $2.50 to $4.95 PAY LESS AND DRESS BETTER M M DEPT. STORE We Are Open Saturday Nights Until 8:30 E INCRE, THREEPER CENT Mar. 1 Hike to Affect Prices At Mill Level for Con struction Type of Lumber Washington, Feb. 22 (U.R) The Office of Price Administra tion announced today that it is increasing ceiling prices at the mill level for construction type of Douglas fir, western hemlock and true fir lumber, effective March 1. The average increase will be about $1.10 per 1,000 board feet, or three per cent over present prices. . On Douglas fir, for example mill ceilings will be about $40 per 1,000 board feet. The increases for basic grades of lumber used in residential construction will range from $2 to $10 per . 1,000 board feet. Premiums for special grade and grain specifications which range from $1 to $6 per 1,000 board feet will be eliminated, Abandonment of the pre miums is expected to offset to some extent the price increases granted in the basic construction grades. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 22 "The lumber price amendment an nounced in Washington by the Office, of Price Administration is a postwar adjustment to the requirements of home builders for lumber and has not ben given as compensation for lumber wage increases," H. V. Simpson, executive vice president of the West Coast Lumbermen's associa tion said here today. The lum ber price amendment bears no comparison whatever with re cent OPA' increases in steel prices, Simpson emphasized. Wartime Distortion "The Office of Price Adminis tration is straightening out a wartime distortion of lumber prices," Simpson stated. "It is akin to the cancellation of mili tary lumber orders after V-J day and other measures for lumber trade restoration. For example, a year ago boards were an urgent military need. The government appealed to west coas sawmills to produce boards above all other items, although our mills are not equipped for this pro duct. The OPA Increased board prices (o offset the additional costs of sawing boards. Prices on unwanted items were not raised, but were generally de creased. These items were main ly 'yard lumber," the kinds used in everyday building construc tion. "Those wartime blocks have continued to shut off any large flow of everyday building lum ber in normal trade channels. During the war the average west coast mill could not pro duce them without risk of seri ous loss. That risk remained after V-J day and with en larging lumber production costs it was no longer a risk but a certainty of loss. "The new prices for certain Stork Beats SOS I tAcme Tehnhoto) Mrs. Beatrice Williams Rivera. 34 formerly of San Francisco, wife ol Richard Rivera, Guatemala hotel man, gave birth to a son while trav eling on high ceas aboard freighter after ship's officers radioed Iran tlcly for medical aid. The baby wat delivered by another woman paten ter, Mrs. Bessie Ellis, of Los Angeles essential items of home building lumber will encourage west coast mills to take a normal risk in efforts to supply their old friends and customers in the .retail lum ber and building construction fields. To sum up, the new prices are an adjustment from a wartime lumber price policy designed to stimulate production on some items and discourage it on others, to a policy of free pro duction and a normal, balanced output of lumber items, and is i not involved with wages." P.T.A. Activities Prospect P.-T.A. The Prospect , Parent-Teacher association is sponsoring another public card party for school hot lunch benefit, Saturday, Feb. 23, beginning at 8 p. m. Both pin ochle and bridge will be played, and supper served. KEROSENE, HEATER OIL PRICE JACKED Price increases of three quar ters of a cent a gallon on kero sene and distillate heating oils has been allowed for the west coast and Hawaii according to news dispatches from Washing ton D. C. The Increase will re main in effect through June 30, the dispatch quoted OPA offic ials as saying. Its purpose is to encourage production of more of these fuels and less gasoline. The Increase applies in Wash ington, Oregon, Nevada, Calif ornia. Arizona and Hawaii, the dispatch stated. OPA described the price hike as part of a move to relieve shortages of kerosene and heating oils. It was said that if the Pacific coast increase does not accomplish its purpose "other measures will be taken, including a possible reduction of gasoline prices." M'MONIGLE CONFESSES MURDER OF NEGRESS Santa Cruz., Cal., Feb. 22 (U.R) Thomas Henry Mc Monigle, 31, convicted murder- Friday. F.b. it. IM MEDFCRD MAIL THIBUHB TRBEI er of bobby-soxer Thora Cham berlain, confessed today that he strangled Dorothy Rose Jones, missing San Francisco negress, and threw her body In to the Pacific ocean near the spot where he said he abandon ed Miss Chamberlain's body, authorities reported. Court House News Divorce Complaints Joyce Householder vs. Wesley Householder. May Van Dorn vs. Arden C. Van Dorn. Dorothy M. Jull vs. Robert L. Jull. Clotlng ttmt tor O.Minad Adt BrSti m -Too Lata to Claulfy 12 15 Dm DECORATING PAINTING Service Quality Price VETERAN PAINTERS "Skeets" Knight W. A. Thompson Phone 7431 er 4473 JAMES K. HOEY fUglitrd EngiattT Plant and Specification Mechanical Structural Heating and Alt Conditional! Deitrn of Building and Residence Ph 4078 48 Quint St J Let's Go ROLLER SKATING MEDFORD ARMORY 7:30 to 100 SKATING PARTIES by SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT 1 " THURS., FRI., SAT. and SUN. NIGHTS Shady Cove P.-T.A. Shady Cove School District No. 89 board members have no tices out for a meeting March 6 from 2 to 7 p. m. at the school house to vote on a proposed $11,500 bond Issue for the pur pose of building a new addi tion to the school building. All school patrons are urged keep the date In mind. The card party held by the P.-T.A. Feb. 15 netted $14 for the hot lunch fund. High score was held by Mr. Killian and Mis. Williams and low scores by Walt Mallory and Mrs. Killian. Another party will-be held at the Roguedale cafe March 8 at 8:30 p. m. - Septuplet Story "All A Mistake" Paris, Feb. 22 U.R) Paris re porters overran the Rue Gal lande from end to end last night in a vain hunt for non-existent septuplcts. Finally the exchange tele- ! graph called off the search by reporting without explanation that the original report was all a mistake. 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No. 2Vz can 27e GREEN BEANS-Sunblest, fancy cut 2 cans 41c FIGS-Delhi No. 2 can 29c WALN UTS-Local lb. 35c SALMON-Pink can 25c POW-WOW-Cleaner.... 2 boxes 15c rnmrc and 1 FRESH PEAS 2 lb. 39c New POTATOES 3 lb. 25c LETTUCE-Large, solid . 2 for 25c RHUBARB-Extra fancy hot house lb. 29c CARROTS-Fresh green tops 2 buns. 15c ORANGES-Sunkist Navels, "200" size doz. 37c GRAPEFRUIT-Salton Sea 4 for 25c CITY MEAT MARKET 121 N. CENTRAL NEXT DOOR TO RELIABLE GROCERY Owners: John P. HarHook & Othar C. Richey Free delivery tervle. In connection with Reliable Grocery . . . where you may have your Groceriet end Meat delivered together . . . Phone 4321. Fresh end Cured Meet Of All Kindi Also Lamb Stew lb. 15c Veal Steak lb. 25c Pork Steak lb. 35c Beef Roasts lb. 30c Grade A A Complete Line Frith Filh And Poultry FRESH FILLETS Red Snapper Fillet of Sole 45c Oysters Shrimp Crab Meat Get Your HAM and BACON While It Lasts! vmmmm
