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8 IX MTDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUTE Friday. March 11. 1132 Speech Contest Of Toastmasfers Slated Saturday The annual speech contest of the northern California-southern Oregon area of Toastmasters in ternational will be held at the Medford Hotel Saturday at 7:30 p. m. The contest will be held at a banauet for Toastmasters, wives, and members of the Toastmis tress clubs from Medford, Ash- lana, u ranis trass, jviaiiiam x and Yreka. Allan Henderson, finance of ficer at Camp White domiciliary center, who was chosen outstand ing speaker of the Medford club, will represent local Toastmasters In the area meet. Walter Nunley, president of Medford club, will preside. A welcoming address will be given by Manville Heisel, Medford at torney, and Dave White, Grants Pass, deputy governor of the arena, will handle table topics. Verne Athanas, Ashland writer whose stories appeared in both the Saturday Evening Post and Collier's during February, will serve as critic. Ethel Mclntyre of Medford Toastroistress club will be special speaker for the evening. Dan Hull, governor of the area, and Bob Kyle Jr. are cochairmen of the affair. 0 V 3 V- ' . -,4". . - PICKETS GIVE BLOOD New London, Conn. (U.F9 12 strikers at the New London Mi.ls Inc., quit the picket line. Fellow pickets made no protest. The 12 returned a few hours later, each minus a pint of blood because of a trip to the bloodmobile. Portland Produce Portland TJJ.) Butter: To retail tn: AA grade prints 82c lb.; cartons 83c; A prints 82c: cartons 83c; B prints 80c A. Eggs: To retailers: Grade AA large 50c doz.; A large 46-47c doz.; AA me dium, 46-47C doz.; A medium 45c doz.; carton 3c additional. ; Cheese: To retailers: A grade Ched dar. Oregon singles 47-51c lb.; 5-1 b loaves, 53-54 c; premium brands to 58',2e lb. for single wheels and 61',ic for S-lb. loaves; processed American cheese. 5-Ib. loaves. 4513-47',ic lb. Bunched onion sales to wholesalers were at 50c a dozen on the East Side Farmers' market Friday. Trading was only moderately active. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens (No. 1 quality, f.o.b. plants) Fryers, 2Va-3 lbs.. 27-28c lb.: 3-4 lbs., 27c; roasters 4',i lbs. and up, 27c: light hens, all wts.. 17-18C lb.; heavy hens, all wts., 20-21c; old roost ers. 13-lSc. Dressed Chickens No. 1 New York dressed style to retailers: Fryers, aU weights. 42-44C lb.; roasters, 42-44c: light hens. 31-32c; heavy hens, 34 -3 6c; cut-up fryers, aU wts., 58-60C. Dressed Turkeys To retailers: Frozen winter pack A grade torn. 46c lb.; New York dressed style, B grade, 44c. Rabbits (average to growers, f.o.b. killing plant) Live white. 3 -Va lbs.. 26-29c: 5-6 lbs.. 22-25c; colored pelts 4c lb. under; old doe rabbits. 12 16c. few higher: fresh dressed fryers to retailers 6265c. some higher. Livestock Portland (UJ.) Cattle 50. Mostly choice 916 to 1,140 lb. fed steers 334.25; good and low choice mostly 971-1.165 lbs. $33-34; commercial $30 32; utility $24-29; medium and good feeder steers $28-31; mostly choice fed heifers 891 lbs.. $33.50: commer cial to low good heifers $29-32; com mercial cows $26-27; utility $25: can ner and cutter $17.50-20; commercial buUs $18.50-29.50. Calves none. Choice and off prime vealers $35-38; commercial and good calves and vealers $27-35; cull and utility $17-26. Kogs 150.. Choice No. 1 and 2 180 335 lb. butchers $20-20.25; heavier and lighter weights $18-19; choice 350-550 lb. sows $15.50-17; lighter weights $17.50: good and choice feed er pigs $17.50-18.50. Sheep none. Slaughter lambs under 110 lbs. largely $26.50-27 on good and choice and choice and prime up to 27.50: heavier lambs $23-25: medium nd good feeders $23-24: good ewes $13; cull and utility $7-12. San Francisco (ITJ.) Cattle for week 600. Canners and cutter cows $17-21.30; utility and commercial bulls $27-30. Calves for week $20. Hogs for week 1775. Choice No. 1 batchers $18.75. Sheep for week 500. Not enough of any one class to sufficiently test market. V. AUBREY NORMS Ntw Elks Exalted Ruler City's Elks Lodge Elects Officers The Medford Elks lodge elect ed officers at a regular meeting here last night. V. Aubrey N or ris was named exalted ruler. Installation of the new offi cers will be held Thursday, April 3, when Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry, a past district deputy grand exalted ruler for Oregon south, will be installing officer. Other new officers are Her bert W. Crain, esteemed leading knight; C. Aubrey Sander, es teemed ' loyal knight: W. D. Woodcock, esteemed lecturing knight; Ernest L. Scott, secre tary: Allen F. Perry, treasurer; George W. Howard, tiler; Ed C. Niles, three-year trustee, and Carl W. Norris, alternate dele gate. Additional officers will be ap pointed by the new exalted ruler at the time of the installation. An inauguration dance will be held the evening of Saturday. March 22, in the party lounge at the Elks' temple honoring the new oficers. Franklin Van Pelt, retiring exalted ruler, has invit ed all Elks in the vicinity to. at tend the dance and to become acquainted with the new officers. Woman, 104, Spends 13th Year Minus Water Brainard, Neb. (U.R) Mrs. Barbara Plisek hasn't had a drink of water since she was 91 At the start of the 104th year here, Mrs. Plisek said she feels fine and isn't a bit thirsty. Her daughter, Mrs. August Terms, said Mrs. Plisek's diet consists of bread, eggs, and coffee. She is bedfast but has an ex cellent memory and a strong voice. She was born in Czecho slovakia and came to this coun- tryin 1894 after her marriage to Frank Plisek. CAKE COMES ALONG Hubbardston, Mass. U.R) A two-foot tall sponge cake that traveled 4,200 miles was a big hit at Mrs. Alma Carlson's 80th birthday party. A gift from her brother in Sweden, the "spitz kaka" was daubed with sugar icing and came in a copper buck et in keeping with an old Swed ish custom. Wall Street New York (U.R) Routine week-end profit-taking halted a moderately active stock market advance in the late dealingr Friday. Earlier in the session, the rail road averages rose to a new high since April 20, 1931 and the utilities made their best mark in more than two weeks. Dead line on Classified Ads 5 P m for following day 10 a m Mon day nooi Saturday foi Sunday am Chained Seaman Said Displayed to Smuggled Women Seattle (U.R) Native women who Boarded the freighter Clyde L. Seavey in Siam could see Wil liam M. Olynyk chained to the ship's rail as they sneaked Into rooms with members of the crew, a former mate on the vessel has testified. The statement of Gerald T. Nealon, now a bakery truck driver in the Bronx, N. Y.. was read in Superior Court here in the suit brought against the Isthmian Steamship company by Olynyk. Asks Damages Olynyk asks $100,000 damages, claiming he was confined in chains for 67 days on a voyage half-way around the world. The jury might possibly begin delib erations Friday, an attorney said. Nealon testified by deposition that the women came aboard at the port of Koh Sichang. "They weren't allowed," he said. "They used to sneak aboard from barges. They were put off when found out. There must have been at least 40 of them anyway, but not all at one time." Displayed Like Animal Olynyk contended some mem bers of the crew brought Women aboard and showed him off "like a chained animal." Attorneys lor the company said the 27-year-old seaman from New Westminster, B. C, was the ring-leader of a "mutiny-minded crew. Portland Studies Emergency Parking Portland (U.R) City Finance Commissioner Ormond R. Bean scheduled a conference in his office Friday to work out plans for emergency parking of 30,000 more automobiles in downtown Portland. The additional parking space may be needed if the Portland Traction Company drivers go out on strike April 1. Bean said officials of the com pany and the representatives of the motor coach employes union both have agreed that a dead lock in negotiations exists. Living Costs Down During Last Month Washington CUJ9 The gov ernment said Friday the cost of living fell, for the first time sinceflast July, In the month end ing February IS. The decline brought a wage cut of one cent an hour for 1430,000 railroad workers. The Bureau of Labor Statis tics said a price decline of six tenths of one percent In the month was the sharpest since De cember, 1949. The decline was featured by a 2.1 percent drop In retail food prices, the largest since Febru ary, 1S49, more than three years ago. Court Records . DISTRICT COURT William It. Hill. BO operator's li cense, court coats only. Charles K. KlmmeU. failure to stop at stop sign. $10. Robert O. Neel, no mud flaps, court costs only. CIRCITT COtRT Katherine Seabrtght vs. John It Sea bright, divorce complaint. MARRIAGE L1CS.NSB APPLICATIONS Thaddeus Bound Coleman. 19. Med ford. and Marion Blanche Stcgall. IS. Medford. Robert Sill Walker, 39. Honolulu. Hawaii, and J. Darlen. Hale. SI. Ashland. BIRTHS SMITH To Mr. and Mrs. Donald, 111 Jeanette street, March 19, 1952,a boy, 6V4 lbs., at Sacred Heart hospital. RYERSON To Mr. and Mrs Laurence, 858 East Ninth street. March 21, 1952, a girl, 8v4 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital STONE To Mr. and Mrs. Curt, 615 Palm street, March 21, 1952, a girl, 6V2 lbs., at Commu nity hospital. GRAFTOrToMr. and Mr? Sheldon, P.O. Box 787, Centra? Point, March 21, 1952, a boy 63i lbs., at Community hospital TOMPKINS To Mr. and Mr? Melvin, 1045 West 14th streel March 20, 1952, a boy, 71-4 lbs at Community hospital. PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED The partnership of Georgt Grabow and Max Henne in Gta- bow Jewelers has been dissolved and Grabow will continue in the business as sole owner, it was announced today. The business is at 108 East Main street. Grabow has been in the business here six years. The National Geographic So ciety publi-hes maps of all con tinents and oceans, and of major land and ?ea regions. yjjlr from eufwr TO 0P&UU6 OF THE Sfl? ll faq 60WU6m M05 131 nJ& THIS MATgHLEg WHKKV V 1 - " ' 1 - in 1 m mm mi 1 . State Representative Convalescing at Home State Rep. Ed Mann, who un der went surgery In a Portland hospital, returned to Medford this week, Mrs. Mann reported today. He is "getting along fine," she said. He will be confined to his home at 47 Rose avenue for an other "week or 10 days," site added. Man Freed on Charge Of Cutting Timber Chehalis (U.R) Fred Frese, Woodland logger, was free Fri day of grand larceny charges alleging he illegally removed state timber in eastern Lewis county. A jury of five men and seven women acquitted him after de liberating one hour and 40 min utes Thursday. " Alfred McBee, special assist ant attorney general conducting the state's case, contended in the trial here that Frese took out about 500,000 board feet of green timber in addition to downed timber for which he had a contract with the state. Dead tine an Classifies Ads S S pm tot following day 10 am Mon da nonn Saturda lot Sundat n Vast Unemployment Holed at Anchorage Anchorage, Alaska U.R) An acute unemployment situation has been created by the arrival here of hundreds of workmen seeking big-money construction jobs, territorial employment of ficials said Friday. Many stateside workers are stranded without jobs or money In major Alaska cities, Merrill E. Weir, manager of the employ ment service here, said. "Until the construction season begins in another two months," he said, "the Alaskan unemploy ment situation will be critical." Accident Kills Two At Cabinet Gorge Clark Fork, Ida. U.R Offic ials Friday sought cause of an accident which killed two con struction workers at the Cabinet Gorge dam site when they were struck by a broken derrick boom Thursday. The victims were identified as Roy W. Short, 38, of Omak, Wash., and Palmer J. Scott, 47, of Clark Fork. They were working below the Derrick when the 185,foot boom of the stiff-leg machine broke. Man Hospitalized After Mill Accident Horace Bittle, 027 Dakota avenue, suffered face, neck and shoulder injuries yesterday aft ernoon when a scaffold collapsed while he was working at Med ford corporation, according to hospital and doctor's reports. He was taken by Perl ambu lance to Osteopathic hospital where he was confined last night and was to have x-rays to day. His father, Louis Bittle, 921 Maple Park drive, was reported less seriously hurt. The men were said employed 'by Besson ette and Graff, contractors. Airmen Reminded Of Card Requirement Civil aeronautics administra tion officials today again remind pilots, mechanics and other air men that they are required to have CAA identification cards on their persons while at work Minimum penalty for violation is $23, it was explained, and number of violations have been reported recently. -. T: : ; Dead line Sunday Classifieds Is at noon Saturdays SO MANY UTTLE CHILDHOOD IUS STRIKE AT MIGHT! V Tbafa ay so bust aMdera awtbera keep St. Joseph Aspirin For Children handy, rod toremarasniiai Ita pot oranf flavor asakea H alassaat to take. Aad nun's no aaed te Weak or cot tablets each is V4 sdalt does. Doctor asptorad I Buy St. Joseph aspiria For Children todaj fox your child. 50 tablets 39c -USE-LININGER'S READY-MIX Crushed Granite Sand COklf R FTP Crushed Rock Gravel VrfVISrflA t I t M. C. LININGER & SONS PHONE 2-5336 or 2-5897 A MATCHIISS SlfND OF STIAIOHT WHISKIES PI OOF MO ..vini w" it i . I l.arT ll n a T . 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