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Local and Wall Damaged Firemen said a wall was ignited and slightly damaged about 2:30 p. m. yes terday at the Ethel Nunn resi dence, 1031 North Central ave ,nue. They stated that a heating tove was too close to the wall. MMting Wdntday The Gold Star Mothers will have a social meeting on Wednesday, April 2, at the home of Mrs. T. E. Parks, 707 Sherman street. A covered dish luncheon will be served at 12:30 p. m. All Gold Star Mothers are welcome. ' Doalh Word Rcei)d Ar thur Tt. handler of Fortuna, Calif., passed away there March 8,- according to word received hr. Mr. nri Mrs. Chandler had visited their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Mongrain, 622 Catherine street, here on numerous occasions and had many friegds here. Building Permits Issued to day were permits to build a $10, 000 residence at 1608 Lenora drive, to M. F. Trautman; an $8,000 reisdence at 1024 South Holly street, by Rogue Valley Construction; a $10,000 resi dence at 325 Ardmore street, and a $9,000 residence at 1028 Winchester avenue, both to D. A. Parker, according to records of the city building inspector's office. I DRIVE IN f theatre TONIGHT - TUESDAY Dan Durea Gail Storm, in "Underworld Story" PLUS Wayne Morris Pat O'Brien in "Johnny One Eye" NEWS CARTOONS Gataa Open 6:30; Show at 7:00 Here's a REAL TREAT! WHEN YOU DINE AT PAN FED ROAST YOUNG PHEASANT With Wild Rice Dressing Don't Miss This TABU SPECIAL 305 South Riverside r in f i- d Arbuclde-Moran Studio 1110-12 NORTH RIVERSIDE AVE. (Next to McDuffit's Coffee Pot Drive-In) Distinctive PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS FREE OFF Personal In Hospital Mrs. Harold von Stem, Central Point, is a patient in Community hospital because of an infected loot, the family reported today. - Tackle Box Stolen Mrs. Em ily Lyons, 621 Albert street, re ported today that a new fish tackle box owned by her son Bobby, 15, was stolen sometime yesterday when he was fishing on Willow creek. The galvanized metal box contained most of his tackle, she said, and she asked that it be returned. Moving Mr. and Mrs. Aver Schurman, 426 West Sixth street, are moving from Medford Tomorrow morning, to Yakima, Wash. From there they plan to go to Sunnyside, Wash., for a time. Schurman has been em ployed foe the past three years at Perl s Funeral home, and Mrs. Schurman has been a clerk at the Medford hotel. The couple came here from Atcheson, Kan., where they were hotel opera' tors. They plan to return to the hotel business in Washington state. livestock Portland (U.P.) Cattle 1.400. Good and choice fed steers S33-33.25; choice 34 or above: commercial (teen $29 50-31 50: utility cows S20-24: can nerj and cutters S16 30-19.30: commer cial bulls 128.50-20; utility bulls S25.50-28. Cattle 100. Choice vealers $35-37: commercial and good grades $27-34 utility S20. Hogs 1.230. Choice No. 1 and No. 2 180-235 lb. $19.75; choice sows 400- 600 lb. $15-16.50: choice 76-77 lb. feeder pigs $17-17 50. Sheep 300. Good and choice 104 103 lb. fed wooled lambs $26-26.50; choice 112 lb. No. 2 pelt lambs $23; good slaughter ewes $13. San Francisco (U.P.) Cattle 225. Canners and cutters $16-10. Calves 5. Not enough to test market Hogs 200. Choice 180-240 lb. No. 1 and No. 1 butchers $19. Sheep 100. Active, about steady. - Portland Produce Portland (U.P.) Butter: To re tailers: AA grade prints 78c lb.: car tons 79c; A prints 78c; cartons 79c; B prints 76c lb. Eggs: To retailers: Grade AA large 51c doz.: A large 47-48C doz.: AA me dium, 47-48C doz.: A medium 46c doz.: cartons 3c additional. Cheese: To retailers: A grade Ched dar. Oregon singles 47-5 lc lb.; 5-lb. loaves. 52-55c: premium brands to 3B',2C lb. for single wheels and 61' jc for 5-lb loaves: processed -American cheese. S-lb. loaves. 4S',i-47'jC lb. Local green bunched onions sold at 50 cents a dozen with some small lots going at 60 cents on the East Side Farmers' market Monday. Mustard greens, in liberal supply, were lower at 60-63 cents. Tigard spring cauli flower quoted at $2.25 a standard crate for No. 1 grade and one pro ducer offered fall planted spinach at $1.75 an orange box. WALL STREET New York (U.R) Stocks clos ed the month Monday on an ac tive advance led by the railroad issues. Canadian Pacific featured in volume and in strength. It set a new high. Northern Pacific, tak en out of the railroad average list because it is spurred by its oil land holdings, developed strength. Union Pacific, another oil-railroad, was strong. South ern Pacific turned active and rose more than a point. Other rails moved narrowly. Dow Jones closing stock aver ages: 30 industrials 269.46 up 0.46; 20 railroads, 94.36 up 0.78; 15 utilities, 50.21 up 0.10; 65 stocks, 102:71 up 0.39. Sales Monday totaled 1,680, 000 shares compared with 1, 560,000 traded Friday. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 15434 Anaconda 48 Chrysler 76 Vz Curtiss Wright 8 General Electric 59 V General Motors 55Vs Montgomery Ward 61 Penn R R 18 RE-OPENING AND NEW LOCATION Telephone 3-2693 - THE - STREET PARKING Xt H v. . ; ) ml X 1 DECIDING IT WAS TOO HOT. thing about it to consternation of San Francisco policeman, who as you can plainly see, la so flabbergasted he hasn't even thought of writing out a ticket or whatever is called for. (International) Air Force Officer, Former Medfordife, Pictured in Paper Lanar Coverstone, 26, a first 'lieutenant in the Air Force, and a son of Mrs. George F. Tucker, 119 Sooth Ivy street, was pic tured in the Sunday Oregonian's northwest magazine section, in connection with an article on "Oregon Airmen vs. the Commu nists." Lieutenant Coverstone now is serving in Japan as an informa tion and education officer for a squadron of the 315th airborne division which operates in Ko rea. His present home l? in Port land where his wife and two children, Patricia Kay, 3, and Ann Louise, 9 months, have been living. They expect to sail soon for Japan to join Lieutenant Coverstone, Mrs. Tucker said to day. Both the children were born in Grants Pass. Mrs. Cover stone, whose home is in Wood- burn, lived here for a time last summer with the Tuckers. Lieutenant Coverston served with the Air Force during World War II and was based in Eng land. He received numerous decorations for his service in cluding the European theater of operations ribbon with two bat- tie stars, and the distinguished flying cross. Last August he was awarded the third oak leaf clus ter to his air medal for meri torious achievement in aerial flight in Korea, and he wears the Korean service medal. Coverstone was graduated Penney, J C .... 67 Radio 27 V Southern Co 13 Southern Pacific ; 70 S Oil of Cal 55 Texas Gulf Sulphur 107 Transamerica 24 Vi Tri-Continental 15 United Aircraft 30V4 U S Rubber 82 U S Steel 39 Youngstown . 47 tbU win Ha. aa Women Given Rules To Get Into Girdle Chicago U.R A manufactur er of women's undergarments has come forth with a set of rules for putting on a girdle. The Formfit Co. says many women don't know how. For the full step-in or pull-on type, the company set forth this procedure: 1. Remove Slippers. 2. Turn the garment inside out. 3. Pull it up over the knees, as high as it will go, still in- sideout. 4. Now pull the upper part up - into position, turning the girdle right side out. 5. Straighten it by pulling it higher at the waist. For the semi step-in type, the company recommended: 1. Remove slippers. 2. Open the fasteners. 3. Step into it, raise it well past the waist and close the fasteners. . 4. Straighten it by p u 1 1 i n g down on the sides and back, not the front. On the hook-and-eye type, the company said the bottom hook should not be unfastened when the girdle is donned. Bathrooms Fairly Safe, Plumbers Say Milwaukee (U.R) There's been much talk about the bath room being the most dangerous room in the home but the plumb ers say it isn't so. Ed J. Massino, president of the Wisconsin Master Plumbers As sociation, says insurance com pany statistics show only 3.5 per cent of all home accidents occur in the bathroom, compared with 30 per cent in the kitchen-dining area, 18 per cent in living-sleeping quarters and 12 per cent on steps and stairs. The other household accidents happen in the yard, basement, utility room, attic or garage, he said. CRUISER EMPLOYED Grants Pass Richard L. Templin has been retained to cruise timber for Josephine county, it was reported here last week. Templin is a former forest service employee and pre viously worked for Everett Skeeters in logging in the Med ford area. BIRTHS MOHR To Mr. and Mrs. Vir gil, route 2, box 446B, March 31, 1952, a girl, 5V4 pounds, at Com munity hospital. from Medford high school in 1942 and entered the Air Force after a year at Oregon State col lege. When released from service he was graduated from Oregon State and taught at Portland. He was recalled to active service in November, 1950, and has served since overseas. His brother, Dale Coverstone, a private first class in the Air Force, now is stationed at Kas sel, Germany. Another brother, Dean, a twin to Dale, is in his second year at San Jose State college, where he is majoring in accounting. MEDFORD HOTEL DINING ROOM Catering to Large and Small PRIVATE PARTIES, SOCIAL CLUBS, and lusi wall's. Busiaenworaea's -LUNCHEONS DINNERS Mm Pricat SatMutted Anihoul OWIejaeai ' FtEE PAKKIN6 Obituary DENNIS ROBERTSON Graveside services for Dennis Bryan Robertson, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. James D. Robert son, who died Saturday, will be held in Siskiyou Memorial park Tuesday with the Rev. D. Kirk land West officiating. Arrange ments are in care of Conger Morris funeral home. In addition to the parents, the baby is survived by the grand parents, Mrs. Stella Hewitt, Medford. and Homer Stephen son, Medford. SAMUEL DUSENBERRY , Services for E. Samuel "Lor Dusenberry,-78, who died Sun day at Vernonia, Ore., will be held in Gold Hill Methodist church Thursday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Rolph Hansen officiat ing. Committal wil be in Rock Point cemetery. Mr. Dusenberry was born at Balsam Lake, Wis., June 8, 1873. He came to southern Oregon in the fall of 1883, with his parents, the late Robert L. and Lousetta Dusenberry. He left here three years ago to make his home with his son, Vern, in Vernonia. He was preceded in death by his wife, Cora. Survivors include his son, Vern, Vernonia; another son, Bernis, Klamath Falls; three brothers, Calvin L. and Robert, both of Gold Hill, and S. A. "Toots" Dusenberry, Grants Pass; two grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Pall bearers will be Wilmer Bailey, Dale Smith, William Wright, Alfred Kendall, Ray mond Biles and John Wild. JOHN CALDWELL Services for John Day Cald well, 88. who died Sunday, will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in Conger-Morris chapel with the Rev. George R. V. Bolster offic iating. Committal will be at Sis kiyou Memorial park. Mr. Caldwell was born Feb. 15, 1864, in Cincinnati, P., and had made his home' with his son, W. M. Caldwell, in Med ford, for the past 5Vi years. His wife, Oscella Bailie, died in No vember, 1951. He was a member of the Episcopal church. In addition to his son, he is survived by a grand-daughter, Oscella Ann, Medford; and two counsins, W. C. Wood, Dixon, 111.; and F. Stanley Wood, Pasa dena, Calif. Burglary Suspicion Brings Man's Arrest Donald John Krusc, 21, a transient, has been arrested by city police on suspicion of burg-. lary, officers said today. Kruse was arrested at the city library Saturday evening, and has ad mitted taking $12 and keys from a purse in the library. Sybil Ellen Hagen, 51 North Peach street, a library employee, earlier Saturday reported to po lice that $18 had been taken from her purse, which was later found in the women's iest room in the library, the police report said. Kruse, a navy veteran, does not know the address of his fam ily. He said his only prior police record was a conviction on a charge of vagrancy about six months ago. Sound Wave Use in Brain Surgery Studied Chicago (U.R) Sound waves far beyond the range of human hearing some day may be used in brain surgery, according to a University of Chicago scientist. Dr. Patrick D. Wall, assistant professor of anatomy, made the prediction in the magazine Sci ence. He described experiments in which sound waves of a million cycles per second have been used to destroy selected areas in the brains of experimental animals. Wall said the sound waves, which can be focused like light, destroyed desired areas without seeming to affect the surround ing brain tissue. Dead line Sunday Classifieds Is ai noon Saturday. The Williams Marionettes PROUDLY PRESENTS YOUNG LEO An Arabian Nights' Tale Medford Senior High Auditorium Tuesday, April 1st ONE SHOW ONLY Starts at 3 P. M. Adults 50c Children .....25 c Sponsored by ROOSEVELT PTA Monday. March 31, 1132 Guilty Plea Entered On Giving Wrong Age Jerome Oden Vielbig, 20, of 401 East 12th street, pleaded guilty in district court today to a charge of falsely reporting his age for the purpose of purchas ing alcoholic beverages. He was arrested by an agent of the state liquor control commission. Judge Rawles Moore postpon ed imposing a sentence until Wednesday. Vielbig is now in jail. Until his arrest he had been free on a suspension of a four year prison sentence Imposed February 17 after he pleaded guilty to a charge of contribut ing to the delinquency of a min or. He was involved in a case which also involved a number of other young valley men. 'Fast-Change Artist' Reported in Medford Thomas M. Smith, Dairy Freeze, 900 North Riverside ave nue, reported to city police Sun day that he was bilked out of S5 yesterday by a "fast-change artist" in his place of business. Smith said the customer pur chased some gum and gave him a $10 bill for payment. When he gave the customer his change the customer claimed he gave Smith only a $1 bill, according to the police report! In the trans actions that followed Smith claims he lost the money. Another police report showed that a similar transaction took place earlier yesterday at the Richfield cafe. Use, Mail Tribune Want Ada 3 IT; Now Playing Nightly The Sensational JOE NEWMAN TRIO Featuring Vickie Young and Claud Robert MA This Week Only IN PERSON Red Watson THE BANJO KING OF ALL TIME! DON'T MISS FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 2-4800 Tune in KYJC Tuts., Thurs., Sat., 5:45 P.M. Follow His Adventures in the Comic Page Every Day When BUZ SAWYER starts an assign ment, there's plenty of adventure ahead. Trouble-shooter for an oil company, BUZ gets dangerous assignments that take him ..- to every corner of the world. For an adven ture in reading, follow BUZ SAWYER in the comic page every day. - BI Z SAWYER APPEARS EVERY DAY in the Mail Tribune Stale Tax Auditor ' Due Here April 14, 15 An auditor from the state tax commission will return to Med ford on April 14 and 15 to assist taxpayers in the preparation of their state income tax returns. He will be located in the audi torium at the cour.iy courthouse. The deadline for the payment of state income taxes is mid night, April 15. . Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Showers in mountains. Little temperature change. Low tonight 30-33. High Tuesday 60. Western Oregon: Mostly cloudy With occasional rain tonight. Partly cloudy and widely scattered showers Tues day. Continued cool. Lows tonight 30 40. Highs 42-52 Tuesdav. LOCAL DATA . Temperature a year ago today: Highest 62: Lowest 31. Total monthly precipitation 1.20 inches. Deficiency for the month 25 inch. Total precipitation since September 1. 1951. 18.18 inches. Excess for the season S OS inches. Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yester day 73: 4:30 a.m. today 88. Tomorrow Sunrise 5:53 a.m. Sunset 6:38 p.m. Observations Taken At 4:30 A.M., 12 Meridian Time High Low Prec Boise 51 37 .05 Boston Chicago Denver Eureka 49 38 49 33 47 32 31 55 36 40 42 53 33 33 38 34 48 32 30 41 27 . 64 . 64 . 53 . 50 . 47 . 62 . 53 .. 54 . 74 . 81 . 53 . 60 . 52 - 48 . 56 . 46 . 46 . 56 T .10 .04 Havre Klamath Falls Los Angeles Medford New York Omaha Phoenix Portland Reno Eugene Salt Lake San Francisco ...... Seattle Spokane Washington, D.C. .07 .10 Yakima 56 Dead Una on Classified Ads: 5:30 p.m for following day: 10 am Monday tor Monday; noon Saturday for Sunday a.m. THIS SHOW i i MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NIKE Local Man Served With Retiring Piper A photograph in Sunday's Oregonian showed James Fra ser, Toronto, Ontario, Can., on occasion of his retirement after 39 years as a pipe major of the 48th Highlanders of Toronto. the regiment for which Queen tiizaDeth is colonel-in-chief. The 79-year-old Fraser, who piped his regiment to victory, in a World War I battle despite ounds, had been in the array for 60 years. Paul Bulkin, Jacksonville, a Canadian Legion member, serv ed at the front in France under the Diper when Bulkin was 48th Highlander with the Cana dian armed services during World War I, he said today. Bulkin also is a member of the Medford American Legion post and the Veterans of Foreign Wars chapter. Dead tine en Classlflea Ada: S3 K-" iwi twuwing uay. lu ajn. 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