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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1950)
Local and Personal Stat Oiiicial Her Lester Wilcox, assistant state superin tendent of public instruction, ar rived in Medford yesterday on a short business trip. He will re turn to his Salem office Thurs day, Caui Fir A fire at the home of Mrs. Lillie McKinney, 718 Palm street, about 9 a.m. to day was attributed to the cold weather. Firemen said that some damage resulted to the kitchen wall' when a blow torch was em ployed to thaw pipes. m YMCA Square Dane The regular square dance session for members and invited guests who re experienced square dancers will be at 8 p.m. in the YMCA today. Lee Ragsdale will call, and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Flack us are hosts. All members who completed the course of four square dancing lessons last Mon day are also invited to attend. Autos Damaged Cars driven by Hugh A. Barnett, 519 South Central avenue and Frank L. Conner, 503 South Holly street, wsre involved in a collision at Holly and Eighth street yester day afternoon, according to re ports filed with police. The Bar nett vehicle was badly damaged and the Conner machine less se riously, it was said. Mrs. Barnett was listed as injured. HERE TODAY This Is What MHchiiM Wants for life in ft ;M ; hi'. iM'V im m 1 M W B JAMB (TO WflSHlKfiTOt STEWAKT i-v . ' vLvi'(U I GABLES SHE WORE A BELLOW RIBBON WZLr JMnN mm Aft tmnui Flu Fir Firemen reported a flue fire at (he Catherine Sow ell residence, 604 Beatty street, about 6 p.m. yesterday, Foot Injured Lester V. An derson, city street superintend ent, is confined to his home by a foot injury, it was reported today, Olir Rebekahs Olive Rebe kah lodge members are to meet at the Conger-Morris funeral home at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow to attend the funeral of Mrs. Nelle Spencer, at 1 p.m. Visit In Prospect Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hogue and chil dren, Fred, Frances and Jim, Central Point, were week-end visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Artmire at Prospect. Up-State Wintry William Luse, Rogue River, returned from a visit in Portland and Salem and reported much more snow and cold in that section than here. Extension Unit Griffin Creek Extension unit will meet Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the home of Mrs. Sam Young, Old Stage road. Topic will be "Making Lampshades," with Mrs. C. Christlieb in charge of the dem onstration. A potluck dinner will be served at noon. Ruch-Sierling PTA A pro gram on health education will be given February 3 by Ruch Sterling Parent-Teacher associa tion. A film entitled "Lease on Life" will be shown and guest speakers will be W. I. Suther land and Orrie Moore, sanitari ans from the county health de partment. Refreshments will be served. Livestock Portland. Ore., Feb. 1 (U P.) Cattle 250; market active, fully steady; supply Includes three loads fed steers; two loads eood around 1100 lbs. $25.50; load mediums $24.50; heifers scarce early; few canner-cutter cows $13.50-15; fat dairy type cows com mons to $15.50; medium beef cows to ?ib; nuns scarce. Calves 50; market active, steady; one choice vealers 931.50; top Tues day S32: medium vealers $2022. Hogs 250; market active, fully steady: sood-choice 180-230 lbs. SIS 19.50: 255-275 lbs., $18-18.50; good 150 lbs. $18; odd food 385 lb. sows $15.23; heavier down to S14.50 or below: feed ers scarce; good-choice $17-18. Shern none: market nominal: few lots good-choice fed lambs late Tues day steady at Z3; gooa-cnoice siaugn ter ewes $9.50-10. San Francisco, Feb. 1 (U.P.) Cattle 125; supply includes arouna three loads ranse cows. Trade open ed moderately active with steady to weak prices. Common cows $14.50 S15.50 with a couple head up to $16: canners nd cutters $12-14. some up to $14.50, shelly kinds $11.50 and below. Single good 1750 lb. sausage bull $21.50; Tuesday, load high-medium 1264 lb. steers $25; couple head good sausage bulls $20-21. Calves none. Hogs 200. Active, butchers steady. no gooo sows som eariy. uaon anu choice lau-nbo id, outcners fio.o. Sheep 15. Portland Produce Portland, Ore., Feb. 1 JU.P) Butter Prices to retailers: Grade AA prints 68c lb.; AA cartons 69c; A prints 66c: A cartons owe; t prims not, Voa nrirM tn retailers: Grade AA large 42c; certified. A large 4le; A large uc; aa meaium uc; a meaium awe; small nominal; siriwm, etc .uu tional. Cheese Prices to retailers: Port land, Oregon, singles, 39-42c lb.: Ore ann 5-lh. loafs. 44U-45C lb.: triplets, 1 ic less than singles. Premium brands, singles, si 'ac id.; iobi. oa mc iu. There was no trading on the Port land eastslde farmers wholesale pro duce market today. Poultry, Rabbits Live chickens Broilers under 2 lbs., 17c; 2-3 lbs., 22-23C: 3-4 lbs., 26.27c; 4 lbs. and over. 27-28c: fryers, 2-3 lbs.. 19-21c; fryers. 3-4 lbs., 23c; roasters, 4 lbs. and over. 23c; leghorns under 4 lbs., 13-iac; 4 ids. over, ia-ioc; roost ers 25c; colored fowl, all weights, 19c; old roosters, all weiehts. 14-16c. Turkeys Net to growers, tomi, 30 31c; prices to retailers, dressed: A young tomi, 27-28c; light hens, 41-42C. Rabbits Live white 4 to 5 lbs., 17- 19c: 4-0 ids., is-itc; colored ac tower; fresh dressed Idaho fryers to retailers 40c; local 48-52C. Dead lint on Classified Ads: 5:30 p m for following day; 10 a m Mon day, noon Saturday for Sunday a jn j 'to 3V X mm in VICTOR McLAGLEN BORIS KARLOFF Youth Finds $1 ,500; Lift Saving Returned To Milwaukee Woman . Milwaukee. Feb. 1 (U.R) Leslie Lemmon Jr., 16, found a m a n i 1 a Envelope containing $1,500 on a sidewalk. He took it to DOlice. They turned it over to Mrs. Elfrieda Heim, 69, who had reported loss of her life savings while en route home from a bank. Mrs. Heim eratefully handed Lemmon two crisp $100 bills and told him she would "watch over you for the rest of your life." Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Fair with slowly moderating temperatures to night and Thursday. western uregon; rnruy ciouay io nisht. increasing cloudiness Thursday, with snow in interior of north por-i tion, and rain or snow on north coast by evening. Slightly warmer south portion Thursday. High tsmperature ; Thursday 32-42 except continuing 18-1 28 northern interior. Lows tonight 23-! 33 on coast and 12-22 in Interior. LOCAL DATA Temperature a year ago today: Highest 41: Lowest 23. Total monthly precipitation 8.96 Inches. Excess for the month 3 65 Inches. Total precipitation since September 1, 1949, 11.40 Inches. Excess for the season 181 Inches. Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yester day 527; 4:30 a.m. today 83. Observations Taken At 4:30 A.M. Meridian Time High Low Prec. Boise 13 -2 .07 Boston 32 1ft .47 Chicago ...... ..... 29 18 Denver ....... .... 30 10 Eureka . . 40 28 Havre 11 -9 .03 Klamath Falls 17 -9 Los Angeles 58 34 .Medford 28. 9 New York , 33 28 .13 Omaha 17 -11 Phoenix 62 32 Portland 16 7 .01 Reno ..... 29 4 Eugene 22 14 .01 Salt Lake 25 11 San Francisco 45 31 Seattle 20 3 Spokane -2 -22 ' Washington, D. C. ...... 43 37 .29 Yakima 5 -23 Tomorrow Sunrise 7:23 a.m. Sunset 8:27 ptn. ACTOR ESCAPES HURTS . l,os Angeles, "eb. 1 U.R) Actor Dick Powell's auto col- ll fieri with n hue voetorni) Unt the film actor escaped without injury, une ous passenger was hurt slightly. Fruit Auctions New York sales Tuesday, reported by USDA: PEARS Oregon Anjous. 190 boxes extra fancy. $4.45 3 5 85. average $4.94, 1460 boxes fancy. $4.15 a 3.10, aver age $4.77; 760 boxes No. Is, $4.25 3.23, average $4.78. Bosc 155 boxes No. Is $3.15 $5.25, average $5.10. Cornice 793 boxes extra fancy, $3.60 3 $4.30, average $3.88; 500 boxes fancy, $3.85 9 4.30, average $4.16. Wall StreeT New York, Feb. 1 Steel shares enlivened the stock mar ket today but their strength proved ineffective when new realizing took hold. Prices ran up in the early trading until the market had at tained new three-year highs. Then traders took profits and prices sagged until many issues showed losses. Dow Jones closing stock aver ages: 30 industrials 201.89 up 0.10; 20 railroads 54.59 off 0.50; 15 utilities 42.18 off 0.04: 65 stocks 72.99 off 0.16. Sales today approximated 1, 810,000 shares, compared with $1,690,000 traded yesterday. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 149 Anaconda 29 Chrysler 64H Curtiss Wright 84 General Electric 44 '4 General Motors 7314 Montgomery Ward 57 Penn R R 17 ' ' Penney J C 57 Radio 14 Southern Co 13 Southern Pacific 51 S Oil of Calif 63 Texas Gulf Sulphur 72 Transamerica 16'fc United Aircraft 26 U S Rubber 41 U S Steel .. 29 Youngstown 76'i Obituary PAUL CRAVELL Rites for Paul Gravell, 82, who died Sunday, will be at 10:30 a. m. Thursday at Perl funeral home with interment at Siskiyou Memorial park, Gravell was born Aug. 13, 1867 at West Warren, Mass. He had been residing with Mr. and Mrs. George Morisette, Central Point. Morisette is a nephew, A Mrs. Cote, a sister residing In California, also survives, JOHN BIEGHLER Services for John C. Bieghler, 28, 704 McAndrews road, who died from injuries sustained in an airplane crash Sunday, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel Friday at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Meredith Groves officiating. In terment will be in Siskiyou Mem orial park. , The deceased was born June 7, 1920, in Beaver City, Neb., and had resided in this community for four years. He was a veteran of World War II, enlisting Nov. 17, 1939, in Ft. Logan, Colo., serving with Battery C 347th FA Bn, as a sargeant. He left the United States for the African theatre, jn April 1944, moving into the European theatre in June. He was in the Po Valley, Rome-Arno and the northern Ap ennines battles. He arrived back in the United States in July 1945, and was discharged at Ft. Lewis on July 13, 1945. He received the European-African Middle East ern service medal, good conduct medal and American defense ser vice medal. He was united in marriage to Helen Burreson, who survives, July 21, 1943, in Med ford. Also surviving are two sons, Donald and Douglas, both at home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bieghler. Denver; a brother, Melvin, Palo Alto, Cal.; two sisters, Mrs. Lillian Shaffer, Denver; and Mrs. Marjorie Jones, Palto Alto, Cal. NELLIE SPENCER Services for Mrs. Nellie Ellen Spencer, 68, 319 North Bartlett street, who passed away in a lo cal hospital Monday, will be held in Congres-Morris chapel Thurs day at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Meredith Groves officiating. In terment will be in IOOF ceme tery. Mrs. Spencer was born July 7, 1881 in Ogallala, Neb., and came to this community from Wyo ming 13 years ago. She was united in marriage Sept. 8, 1913 to Jess L. Spencer, who survives. She was a member of the Meth odist church. Also surviving are a sister, Mrs. Vera McMullen, and her mother, Mrs. Nellie DePriest, both of San Francisco. Court Records Justice Court . Glen W. Evans and Eldred E. Mayficld, no operator's license, fine $1 and costs each. G. E. Adams, overload, fine $20.50 and costs. Dwight A. Burrell. failure to stop at stop sign, fine $1 and costs. Lloyd L. Dodenhoff and Joy S. Dykes, no vehicle license, fine $1 and costs each. Earl W. Wiley Jr., overload, fine $81.50 and costs. Police Court Mary A. Sullivan, nd 1950 auto license, fine $5. Kenneth Benton Nelson, vio lation of basic rule, fine $10. Bernard John Hass, violation of basic rule, bail $10. Court House News Divorce Complaint La Tourette, Lila E. vs. John W. Parke, Warren W. vs. Nancy Viola. Divorce Decree Smith, Iola Carr vs. Ivan Le Roy. NAME FITS EVENT Sturgis, Mich. (U.R) Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Eichhorn named their New Year's day baby Jan. Chrysler Walkout Enters Second Week Detroit, Mich.. Feb. 1 !U.P.) The Chrysler strike entered its second week today with no sign that either side was ready to compromise on Its contract de mands. H)gh officials of the CIO United Auto Workers and Chrys ler corporation refused to com ment on the walkout which has idled a total of 120,000 workers. Federal and state labor medi ators said they would not sched ule resumption of negotiations until one side offers a compro mise. The UAW called a walkout of 89,000 production workers in 25 Chrysler plants in six states a week ago this morning when the world's third-ranking automaker refused its demand for a 10-cent package increase. The union, after rejecting Chrysler's offer of $100 monthly pensions for 65-year-old work ers with 25 years' service, said it would accept the 10-cent boost as either a combination pension insurance plan or a wage in crease. Heart Association Opens Fund Drive New York, Feb. 1 !U.R) The American Heart association open ed its 1950 drive today, seeking to raise $6,000,000 for a continu ing attack on heart disease, the nation's No. 1 killer. Spokesmen for the association said that most of the cash raised will be retained by the local com munities to conduct an educa tional campaign, giving the pub lic facts about heart disease, and coordinating various community services medical, nursing, wel fare and others Into integrated heart programs serving the pub lic. A large share of the "war chest" also will be used to finance ' research projects into the causes of rheumatic fever, high blood pressure and harden ing of the arteries, which ac count for 90 per cent of all heart diseases. Wednesday. February 1, 1930 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN ....AROUND HOLLYWOOD t VIRGINIA MaiPHtRSON United Prut Cstropimdiat mi REALTY VIEWS Mere is the secret of success. The late A. P. Giannini, founder of the mammoth Bank of America, had this advice for all ambitious young men: "Select the business you like. Save $1,000 to invest in it. Own your own home. And know where you want to be a year from now." Those words Fred Chei have guided many on the journey to success. Maybe you ve already started on the way. But if not, begin now to think about owning your own home. The moment you acquire ft, though it is far from being paid tor, it enhances your stand ing in the community. It helps your credit rating and adds stability to your home. Pride of ownership in creases your self respect. The monthly payments develop the habit of thrift. A large share of your payments come right back to you as a safe form of savings. We have a variety of homes to sell varying in price from low to high. From this assortment you can match your requirements. Let us help you to find your home the home on the path of your suc cess. BUY THROUGH A REALTOR! Home Real Estate Agency- Realtors JOSEPH CHEZ, Broker 8 North Riverside Phone 2-5124 or 2-2905 --It's Wild, Lawless and BRAWLING P More Thrills Than "The Doolins of Oklahoma" ICS USL' P?. V "JtVy yJr&A MONTGOMERY I w'NDso Hollywood, Feb. 1 (U.R) Ty rone Power and Ava Gardner are the sexiest male and female in the world. the extras who sec them up close said to day. Howard Duff and Montgom ery Clift ran behind Power in the votes of ISO of the town's most beautiful ex tras. Jane Rus- VlrrlnU sell followed KacFhenoa Miss Gardner. Roberto Rossellini, Ingrid Bergman's Italian sweetheart. didn't get a single vote. rne cream ot Hollywood ex tra crop was polled when the girls showed up at Universal- international to appear in Peg gy" as the bevy of beauties from whom Pasadena's Rose Queen is selected each year. rne poll also snowed: Only three of the 150 admit to wearing falsies. iwo are in lavor ox nude pain ing at the beach. rive have the nerve to wear French bathing suits. Sixteen like to kiss men with mustaches. Prefer Average Mate All but 12 would take an aver age American husband in prefer ence to the titled foreigners movie .(ueens scramble after. Aly Khan, the Indian prince who swept Rita Hayworth off her feet and out of Hollywood, got only one extra's vote for sex appeal. He finished one point herself ranked sixth. Marlene Dietrich, number nine, was the .only grandmother in the top 10. Betty Grable was No. 31. Ingrid Bergman got one vote. Clark Gable, still near the top in glamour although he's almost 50, ranked fourth with the ex- tras. Gregory Peck was No. 7 ana nuoen layior no. 10. &rroi Flynn, who had a number of well-publicized amours off the screen, got one vote. French actresses, who sell sex appeal to audiences, don't Im press the extras. Corinne Cal vet, Denise Darcel and Viviane Romance finished 'way at the bottom of the list. Only one non-actress made the list of alluring women. She was Gussie Moran, the lace-pantied tennis star. First In Series Of Meetings Slated Camp Whits, Feb. l--The first in a series of monthly in formal teas with guest speakers will be held here tomorrow at 3 p.m., according to Miss Helen Webster, chief of library divi sion, who has made arrange ments for the affairs. At tomorrow's informal meet ing Harold Stieler, German ex change student attending South ern Oregon college will speak regarding recovery and politics in Germany. Tokyo, Feb. 1 tU.R) An epi demic, oeuevea lo De a miia in fluenza, has struck 115,000 per sons in all parts of the country, government officials estimated today. Lumbermen From Her To Attend Conference About 18 Rogue valley lumber industry members were to leave today and tomorrow for the first annual meeting of the Sierra Cascade Logging conference, be ing held Friday and Saturday at Chico, Cal. Leaders of the local delegation will be A. A. Lausmann, of Ko gap Lumber industries, Medford, and George Flanagan, manager of Elk Lumber company, who are directors of the conference, Seattle," Feb. 1 (U.R) The de velopment of a new superfortress model, named RB-50-B, has been announced by the Boeing Air plane company and the air force. BIRTHS McCOWN, To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth, 21 Genessee street, Jan, 31, 1950, a boy, weight 8 lbs,, at Community hospital. , KAYLOR To Mr. and Mrs. J. C, 1266 South Peach street, Feb. 1, 1950, a girl, weight 8 lbs., at Community hospital. 4 DRAWER Steel Filing Cabinets $39.50 YOUR OFFICE BOY IIS Weit Miln St. REGULAR PRICES O YOU'LL, MEET A LOT OF SWELL FELLOWS ...AND A GAL NAMED - 7mm ft . f ' What sets "Battleground" apart from so-called war pictures It the fact that It lolls the human story of a group of typical American fellows. It's got heart-appeal, and homo appeal, and laugh-appeal, all the things that make for a great movie. "A star-studded success!" , Womcm'i Horn Companion "Movie of the Weekl" "One of 1 949't really great pictures!" IW Mopoilnt Look Afapalfn M-G-M't story of 50 guys and a girl "A great picturel" -Woll.r Wfnchtff IfflT lUrrfiif VAN JOHNSON-JOHN HODIAK-RJCARDO MONTALBAN - GEORGE MURPHY . MARSHALL THOMPSON JEROME COURTLAND DON TAYLOR BRUCE COWLING JAMES WHITMORE DOUGLAS FOWLEY LEON AMES DENISE DARCEL Story ind Screenplay by ROBERT PIROSH, Associate Producer Directed by WILUAM A. WELLMAN Produced by DORE SCHARY A METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER PICTURE f 3.1902 j
