Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 07, 1952, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextLocal and Prowler Edith Murrey, 14 West 11 in srreei, ounaay, iduui 1:30 a. m. reported to city police that there was prowler In that vicinity. ':. OPS MMtinsF A meeting for restaurant operators will be con- . . .1 SVSfl.. ouctea nere soon vj me vui of Price Stabilization, it was m tx..- t wm 'U1JUUUUU iwwui of the Portland OPS office will meet with restaurant men at 2 p. m. April in we hotel, and will discuss and an swer questions about OPS res taurant price regulations. tBsatre ENDS TONIGHT ACADEMY AWARD WINNER ,kWS 04AM0tt -a- tUSC! NEWS CARTOONS Gates Open 6:30; Shew at 7:00 III f I uaoji IS wjj??lj JUST MRUS? I iff -05l 2t MMOMCATS j I Jjmyy mmt cmu f 3m W"7 YMLWM! THEmNOINTEmTOONIN TRAIIWAYS BUS SERVICE! Buses hove been CONTINENTAL TRAILWAYS BUS DEPOT 48 North Front Phone 3-1853 rbudde-Moran Distinctive PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS Telephono 3-2693 FREE OFF-THE-STREET PARKING Personal Triwm To If Ml The Ladies' Mounted troop, auxiliary to the Jackson County Mounted Sher iffs Posse, will meet for a reg ular business session at 8 p. m. Tuesday. April 8, in the club bouse at the posse grounds. Xlnderoaidea Meerua A special meeting of the Oak Grove Kindergarden Mothers club wiu be held at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday, April 9, at the schoolhouse. Members and mothers of pros pective kindergarden pupils wiu be welcome. Bicycle Stolen Charles D. Davis, 1167 Sage road, reported Sunday night that his bicycle was stolen sometime between 7 and 10:43 p. m. last night from the front of the Esquire theater, according to the city police. The bicycle is black with silver fenders. Collision A collision Satur day about S p. m., at North Front near Fifth street, involv ing cars driven by Walter Broyles, 10S4 Lozier lane, and Mattie Adelia Fugere, route 1. box 834, resulted in no Injuries to occupants of the cars, accord ing to city police. Father Passes Ulysses L. Mathes, 81, father of Lester P. Mathes of Central Point, died March 18 in Hutchinson, Kan., according to word received here. The deceased was "a former po lice judge at Guymon, Okla., and final rites and niterment were in the latter city. Aboard Carrier James R. Hughes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh E. Hughes, Route 2, Medford, is serving aboard the escort aircraft carrier USS Bal- roko, now in Korean waters, ac cording to a Navy press release. The vessel is a part of the UN blockading and escort forces on the west coast of Korea. Articles Lost Marie Daniels, 403 East Main street, reported Saturday to city police that she lost a black leather Amity bill fold containing, about $4 in the Bartlett street Safeway store. Sunday Robert E. Mclntyre, 1310 West Main street, reported to the police the loss Saturday night at the Craterian theater of his wife's Kelbert wrist watch. It was of platinum with six diamonds, the report said. xfcMrfurtnf RE-OPENING AND NEW LOCATION 1110-12 NORTH RIVERSIDE AVE. (Next to McDuffie's Coffee Pot D rive-In) Car Gets Res Firemen called yesterday evening when a fire was reported Involving a car registered to W. W. Hartley, route 2. box 306. They said, how ever, that the vehicle was only out of water. They were sum moned to Main street and River side avenue. An overheated stove at the C F. Myers home. 13 Ashland avenue, was report ed yesterday morning. DAV Chapter Change Weekly Meting Place Jackson county chapter ox ut Disabled American Veterans will hold its meeting this week in the DAV service office. Room 16, Brophy building, because the regular meeting place la the VFW headquarters is being re modeled 4t was announced to day. The meeting will be at 8 p-n. Wednesday, and chapter busi ness will be considered. Includ ing questions pertaining to the coming state convention. The auxiliary will meet at the same time at the home ef Mrs. Aleatha Llllle. district com mander of the auxiliary .at 1174 Court street. livestock Portland TJ P. CarO 850. Coed and choice around 1100 lb. fed steer 132 30-33: choice $34; commercial and food lllht ilnn $33: utility cow ajo. $24; canner and cutter mostly 17: utility and commercial bulla $33 30-38.30. Calves 100. Chore vealer S3S4TT. Hop 1400. Choice No. 1 and No t 180-235 lb. butchera tl-1933: few 370 lb. $17 30: choice 330-330 lb. ow $13 30-18 30: choice feeder pis $17 Sheep 300. Choice $3 lb. No. 3 pelt lambs $38. Good and choice wooled lambs above $37; utility and light prins lambs $31: food ewes $13. San rraneieeo 4U P CatUe 179 Good and low -choice slaughter steer $31-32; canner aad cuter cow $17-30. Calves none. Sheep 400. No early sales. Portland Produce Portland rrjj But er: To retail er: AA vrade prlnta 78c lb.; carton 79c; A prlnta 78c; carton 7Sc; B prtnt 76c lb. Eg: To retailer: Grade AA tarse 32c dot.; A large 48-40C doc: AA me dium 48-4c doi ; A medium 47c doc: cartona 3c additional. Increased auooliea of Korthwest green onions sold mostly at 30-33 cents on the East Sid Farmers market Monday: Willamette valley cauli flower sold at $3-323 a craw. WALL STREET New York UR Stocks de clined Monday as the nation's steel mills tut down their pro duction preparatory to a strike starting at one minute after mid night Tuesday. As the steel mills carved their production, the so-called captive coal mines mines owned by the steel companies were curtailed also. Thousands of workers in the steel and coal industries were laid off as the union prepared to call out its men. Dow Jones closing stock aver ages: Thirty industrials. 263.38 off 2.06; 20 railroads. 91.21 off 1.17; 15 utilities. 49.60 off 0.11; 65 stocks. 100.26 off 0 83. Sales Monday totaled 1.230,000 shares. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T at T 153 U Anaconda 461 Chrysler 74 Curtiss Wright 8tt General Electric , S6H General Motors 334 Montgomery Ward 623 Pnn p p ig Penney J C 67V4 Radio 26 Southern Co , 13 H Southern Pacific 70 S Oil of Calif Texas Gulf Sulphur Transamerica Tri-Continental United Aircraft U S Rubber U S Steel Youngstown .Unquoted 104V4 25$ - 144 29 Vi 80U : 381 46 A large male Rocky Mountain goat will weigh as much as 300 pounds. Studio s t r.V, TARGET of eharges be ex cepted favors while assistant internal revenue ccmmlstloner. Daniel A. BoUch declines to testify before Bouse tax Investl gators. (InUmmtiemi Sn4pluu) Yife Kills Male Following Futile Reunion Attempt T a AftMl-dl A! IT. TWttV I a-TV ar--F a y blonde Mrs. Barbara Joy Ply mire. 20. told police Monday that she shot and killed her es tranged husband during a birth day party at which she hoped to win him bark. "When you love someone, "no" is not answer enough." she said. The young mother of two small children, held on suspi cion of murder, said she became enraged by Jeers and laughter and a slap in the race in response to her pleas for a reconciliation. Can't Bland Treatment "When you love a person you Just cant stand that kind of treatment.' she sobbed. Police said she shot her hus band. Leslie Raymond Plymire, 24, a plastics worker, in the chest at the home of her sister. Mrs. Raymond O. Smith. It was the tragic climax to a birthday party Sunday to which both Plymire and his estranged wife had been invited In hopes they would reconcile. Mrs. Plymire shot her husband with her brother-in-law's re volver after first firing bullet at his feet, witnesses said. He knocked the gun from her hand and as two men Interceded in the struggle, she retrieved it and fired the shot which killed Ply mire. Mrs. Plymire told police she was married to Plymire in 1930. and they separated last year shortly after he learned she was expecting a child. Pamela Leslie, now 4 months old. "He didn't want the baby." she sobbed, "and he was mean and nasty all the time, so we Just separated. "Leslie said he was tired of being married and didn't want to have children." Mrs. Plymire also has another child from a farmer marriage, Virginia Joy Luedeman, 2. Rehearsals Under Way Far Jacksonville Play Jacksonville Final rehearsals for "Brides to Burn." Jackson ville senior class high school play scheduled for April 10, are now in progress, according to Bob MacLauchlan, Medford, play director, and Footlighters civic theater member. The three-act farce has cast of 11 students, five boys and six girls. So that all students of the grade and high school may have the opportunity of seeing the play, a raatinee performance will be given at the school Thursday afternoon at a nominal charge. The Thursday evening per formance is set for 8 pro. Arrest fallows Car Collision an Sunday City police arrested Ben Arms Olea. 363 South Central avenue, following a collision early Sun day morning at North Front and East Fifth streets, they reported today. He was charged with reckless driving with liquor involved, and posted 823 bail In police court, records of the court showed. The police report said that a fender, the headlights and windshield of Olea's car were damaged when it struck a parked car registered to Joe Blank. 333 West second street The Blank car was tin damaged police added. DINE! DANCE! W RED & 13 A El N r SJeJwi 90 f J On Hiekwev 99 1 ONE MORE WEEK! Jack McVca AND AN ALL STAR CAST Ba CM la Desk! CWckeakil il"rr '--'I CXJUUC IHTAXT Private funeral services for the Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Clar ence "Hal" dark, 2624 Merri man road, who died April 3, were held at the Medford I OOF cemetery today. Perl funeral borne was In charge of arrange ments. MRS. CHARLES CRAY Funeral services for Mrs. Charles Gray, 69. of Grants Pass, who died at Merlin Satur day, will be held at Perl funeral home Tuesday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Frank C Brown of New man Methodist church. Grants Pass, officiating. Interment will be tn Mountain View cemetery, Ashland. Amethyst Rebekah lodge of Gold Hill will have charge of graveside services. The deceased, a member of the Newman Methodist church and Amethyst Rebekah lodge, wa$ born near Baker, Ore. on Oct 27, 1882. and was married to Charles Edwin Gray, who sur vives, on Jan. 27, 1904. Other survivors Include a daughter, Mrs. Aletha Shannon, Klamath Falls two sons, Richard, Portland, and C Marshall, Oak land. Calif.: a sister. Mrs. Cecil SturgOL Baker, and three grand children. Mail Tribune Story Gels Banks Switched A story In The Ms 11 Tribune got the two Medford banks switched around yesterday. The article concerned the fart that Time msgazlne had a "Miscel lany" item about a time vault lock which had been set wrong, and necessitated a short term cash loan from one bank to an other. The Mail Tribune's story In advertently credited the mishap to the First National bank's branch here, when it should have been the VS. National bank. Jacksonville Cemetery Cleanup Work Started Jacksonville The annual pre Decoration day cleanup work at the Jacksonville ceme tery Is under way, according to Carl S. Hoskins. sexton. He is attempting to do as much of the work as possible. However, to get all the work done by Memor ial day. May 30, those owning lots are asked to clean the lots themselves or to arrange with the sexton for the work, Hoskins added. The work will be done for those requesting it at nominal charge and according to the time of the requests, the sexton said. Trash must be removed from the cemetery, according to a city ordinance, he added. Arrangements may be made with Hoskins by telephoning Medford 3-1477 or writing Post- office Box 38. Jecksonville. BIRTHS CLYDE To Mr. and Mrs. Gerald, 1414 South Stage Road, April 4, 1932. a boy, 8U pounds, at Community hospital. DRISKELL To Mr. and Mrs. Don. Camp U-Rest, April 6, 1952, a girl. 74 pounds, at Com munity hospital. MILLS To Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert 340 De Barr avenue, April 3. 1952. a girL 8tt pounds, at Community hospital. CO PS EY To Mr. and Mrs. Frederick. 1172 Stewart Ave nue. April 7. 1952. a boy, 5,i pounds, at Osteopathic Hospital. Court Records rot-ict com Albert r. Hartley. Mr. Vrsnk twald. t. V. Wataon. Charles DaWolf. St E. Low) and Robert i. Weaver, evernlgbl parking. $S each. Rota Rhoadea Pederson and John franc OHsra. ajplred vehicle U- Uerd T-naaon Jr, parking on side walk, ss. R, B. Randolph, parking la no park ing aene. SJ30. DISTRICT COCRT Howard Lout KgaeJ, faflnre to atop at slop stgn. SS. Elmer Clar-m Schefrar. fuH having required UgtiUng equipment. s. Edgar X. Squire Jr.. no muffler. SS. ' Roger O. Bart, no operator a li 9 es. ciRcrrr covrt Hams. Leila Wibna vs. Walter Har vey, divorce romplalnt. Johaosen. Freda M. v. Anatoie T, divorce complaint. Pre sale Department Estate of Cordon L. SchciuteiKorn. pe-Uott for letter of administration. Estate of Eva Cora Peter, petition for probate of wlU and appointment of executor and appraisers. eft Serve Ike leaf Sraek a. I 1 Has Vfli, $ After a.. I J f N 1 PVL t 2)9 AJei. LJ Mmday. April 1. 1882 Committee Meetings Will Study Zoning The Jackson County Rural Life committee will meet at 8 pjn. today in the extension agent's office In the county courthouse to consider the possi bility of reviving the twice-defeated county zoning measure in Jackson county. Bruce Grieve. Prospect Is chairman of the committee, which studies a variety of meas ures which have a bearing on rural life in the" area. Some 12 or 15 members are expected to attend. The county zoning measure has been before the voters of Jackson county twice in recent years and was defeated both times, the last time by a narrow margin. The committee hopes to gain sufficient support to get it on the November general elec tion ballot Woodlot Management Clinic Set Tuesday A woodlot management clinic will be conducted at the Sams Valley ranch of State Sen. Ben Day tomorrow, it was reported here this morning. Paul Good mansen, Oregon State college woodlot specialist will be in charge of the demonstrations, which will concern proper man agement of second growth fir and pine. Bob Furniss, federal ento mologist; Lloyd Hayes, of the Pacific Northwest Forest and Range experiment station's Rose burg branch; Dale Prentiss, of Western Pine association, and Hardy Clascock of West Coast Lumbermen's association, will also participate. The demonstrations will show how farmers may obtain supple mental income from their own farm woodlots when they are used on a managed and continu ous basis. 1950 Auto-Bus Crash Cause of Damage Suit A $10,500 damage case was filed in circuit court Saturday by Edna Mattoon, who lives near Redmond, Ore., and who was in jured in a car-bus collision in Ashland on April 7, 1950. The complaint seeks $10,000 general damages and $500 special medical damages from John W. Campbell Jr., driver of the car, and Henry J. Huber and L. P. Kelly, doing business as the Evergreen Bus line. The woman suffered injuries to her shoulder and spine, ac cording to the complaint and alleges negligence on the part of both defendants. She was a pas senger in the bus. Medford Attorney Don New bury filed the complaint on be half of Attorney George Brews ter, Redmond, who is the com plainant's attorney. . THERE WILL BE A MEETING Tues., April 87:30 p.m. of Bricklayers Local No. 2 Imperttet That All Member Ansae This Meeting I MEDFORD HOTEL DINING ROOM Catering to Large and Small PRIVATE PARTIES, SOCIAL CLUBS, and -Imiaiimn'i, tavhMsWsaita's LUNCHEONS DINNERS Man an) Price Sbwiirt). Without 0UcrM FREE PARKINS Now Playing Nightly The Sensational JOE NEWMAN TRIO 'Mr-ring Vkki Ysang ami Chwd Rebtwts A Brand New Show! This Weak Only Levah DALE HALL A Top Entcrtainar In Unique Exotic Black Light Novelty ' Dances! . . First Show 10:30 P.M. S7 DONT MISS THIS SHOW POt RESERVATIONS PHONI 2-4R00 Ts la KTJC T. Thr. ad S:4S tM. f4 ormer Medford Army Man Visiting Here Warrant Officer (jg) Cornish C. Southerland. formerly an Army non-commissioned officer at the Medford recruiting sta tion, is in Medford on a 20-day delay en route, visiting his wife and his mother, Mrs. Helen O. Keesee, 28 South Peach street. Southerland was a sergeant first class when he was stationed here several years ago. He was promoted to warrant grade last September. The officer has been serving with the 502nd anti-aircraft artil lery gun battalion at Eileson Air Force base in Alaska. His new assignment will be as personnel officer with the 420th AAA gun battalion at Ft. Lewis. NO RESPECTFORBOSS Knoxville, Tenn. (U.R) Sam Neal, state safety commis sioner, who is boss of the high way patrol, found his men a lit tle too efficient during their two-day check for driver's li cense violators. Patrolmen stop ped Neal's car twice during the check. Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Fair throueh Tuesday. Colder tonight. Low tonight 28-30. High Tuesday 63. Western Oregon: Fair tonight and Tuesday. Continued cool tonight. Warmer Tuesday. Lows tonight 30-40. Hiphs Tuesday 55-65. Temperature a year ago today: Hiphest 74; Lowest 40. Total monthly precipitation .12 inch. Deficiency for the month .18 inch. Total precipitation since September 1. 1951. 18.30 Inches. Excess for the season 4.83 Inches. Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yester dav 54; 4:30 a m. today 84. Observations Taken At 4:30 A.M., ' 120 Meridian Time . Hiffh Low Free. Boise 72 49 40 Boston Chicago 54 76 54 78 64 . 66 71 49 56 94 58 73 64 72 Denver Eureka Havre 45 49 39 34 54 49 39 36 60 38 43 34 53 42 29 33 39 37 .12 Klamath Falls , Los Angeles Medford New York Omaha , Phoenix , Portland .09 Reno Eugene Salt Lake San Francisco . 64 54 45 52 73 .12 Seattle Spokane Washington, D.C. Yakima Tomorrow Sunrise 5:42 ajri. Sanset 6:44 pjn. 1 W I tC?- Wednesday 41 I I j r-?j, At The TFf 1 I 1 ill "fV "Mldt4anslocom wIFranK SINAIKAj fi'yh Jff I aW1 -WM- ' tSl Vera-Hen . sfc3 fcl -A.rs.fhl.e. SnTUWSftaji nC? Thrilling. A boovtt- Si flW) f I vl"W-"l VI WAITU ANN lAttT ' R7ES?rZ. X7i PIDGEON-HATOINO-SUUJVAJl Art Git Y " "Most impnttsrv art f!r A VCt V K Slat aver seen'1 swIriviV7afVO N.T.nmAifCrifb Fr 1- iT- ' d J mmms 89-Sfc I TI ENDS TONIGHT! J ND FEATURE! J A ifiit Mfe 1 Urtt. Celeste! MX ? MKL, ; Young Holm i VJv TfV 5--'rl "Comt To Tht Stable" j TJ S- -4&JJt?A mmmtMm M zYTl MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE Budget Meeting Date Set The county court plans to set the date for the first meeting of the county budget committee to day, according to County Judge J. B. Coleman. The committee will meet for about three days, working on the county budgets which will then be published for public inspec tion and approval Later, ft public hearing will be held on the. budget before it is finally approved by the commit tee and court. fPHONE 36424 Ti PHONE 3-1902 DECISION BEFORE DAWN Richard BASEHART Gary MERRILL 7W'J1 PHONE 2-4900 TONITE & TUESDAY Color by Technicolor The Battle of Apache Pass Starring JOHN LUND . JEFF CHANDLER 2ND THRILL HIT gf ..J.k.H.JI.l f f 1 PERCY t fffi YY' m g V. J I Tw-eaios.nciual PLUS VI Gates Open 6.30 P. i I Shovst7:00 ?m 6 ASHLAND 7J Will OWN PHONE 24912