Local and
Hospital Patient Mrs. Gerald
Parson, 172 Reger street, was
admitted to Osteopathic hospital
today for treatment, according
to a hospital report.
Tonsils HemoTed Jacqeline
Dye, route 1. box 86, Gold Hill,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Dye, had a tonsillectomy today
at Community hospital, the hos
pital reported.
Business Retirement C. Elli
son has filed an application in
the county clerk's office for re
tirement of the assumed business
name of the Ellison studios in
Jackson county.
Thursday Club The Phoenix
Thursday club will meet at 1:30
p.m. May 8 in the home of Mrs.
Larry Lawrence, at Rose and
Third streets. Important busi
ness will be conducted, it was
reported.
e
Reservations Reservations
for the annual benefit card party
May 14, sponsored by the St.
Mark's Evening guild, may be
made until May 13 by calling
either Mrs. R. P. Corbin, tele
phone 2-7297, or Mrs. Jack D.
Wood, telephone 2-4692, guild
officers announced today.
'
On Ship Robert L. Thomas,
a Navy ensign, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack A. Thomas, 304 Chest
nut, street, is serving on board
the aircraft carrier, USS An
tietam, according to a home
news center release. The ship
is serving with Carrier Task
Force 77 in Korean waters. En
sign Thomas entered the service
in Aug. 25, 1948.
Driver Cited State police said
that only minor damage occurred
Tuesday night when a Yellow
Cab driven by John Ray Sim
mons, 520 South Central avenue,
and a coupe operated by Francis
Lee Flink, 1310 Bundy street,
were involved in a collision at
the intersection of Biddle road
and highway 62. Simmons was
arrested for failure to yield the
right-of-way, police said. They
added that there were no in
juries. DRIVE IN
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NEWS - CARTOONS
Gales Open 6:30 - lit Shotf, Diiik
The VINING
LITHIA
TONITE!
THEATRE
. ASHLAND
On Stage!
8:30 p.m.
Tomorrow
Final
Performance
Stirring
' Paul Kliss
Philip Hanson '
Tickers en Sale in
Medford at Pruitt'l
and it Purucker's
Reserved Seats
$1.80 & $1.20
Unreserved 60c
DINE!
DANCE!
Wl Xftf OPEN 1 P.M.
1 Mile South Medford
Phone 2-6012 for
TONITE - THURSDAY
Barton Day plus A
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P-.S3 FOR FUN
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Personal
Osteopathic Association Mem
bers of the Southern Oregon
Osteopathic association held a
business meeting last night at
the home of Dr. Bertha Sawyer,
Ashland, it was reported today.
Humane Week To draw at
tention to "Be Kind to Animals"
week, Mann's Department store
is featuring a window in cooper
ation with the Jackson County
Humane society featuring post
ers, pennants, and figures of
birds, cats, dogs and horses.
V
Postpone Meeting Installa
tion of officers for Disabled
American Veterans auxiliary in
Grants Pass has been postponed
from May 8 to May 22, it was
announced today. A delegation
of members from the Medford
auxiliary plans to attend the in
stallation. Hospital Notes Mrs. Raymond
Wright, 135 North Holly street;
Guy Corliss, route 3, box 389,
a teacher at Rogue River schools;
Chauncey L. Pierce, route 2,
box 385; and James H. Harper,
2595 Victory street, a YMCA
employee, are medical patients
at the Sacred Heart hospital, at
tendants reported today. Ray
James, route 1, box 419, is a
surgery patient at the same hos
pital, they added.
livestock
Portland (U.P 1 Cattle 200. Choice
fed iteers S34; utility and commercial
Meen $25.30-30.50: utility and com
mercial helfera $23-28.50: canner and
cutter cowl $18-22: utility cowl
$23.30-26: utility bulls $25.30-27.50;
commercial gradei $28-29.
Calves 50. Good vealen $31-34:
choice $36.50; utility and commercial
gradei $21-30.
Hogi 250. Butchers $21.25: choice
275 lb. butchers $18.50: choice 300
400 lb. sows $1650-17.50: lighter
weights to $17.75; good and choice
feeder pigs $18-19.
Sheep 200. Choice and prime 103-lb.
spring lambs $30.50: good and choice
74 lb. $30: good and choice 102 lb.
wooled lambs $28: choice wooled ewes
$13.30.
San Francisco (U.P.I Cattle 50.
Choice 775 lb. yearling steers $34: util
ity and commercial dairy type steers
$23 50-27.50.
Calves none.
Hogs 200. Choice 180-240 lb. butch
ers $20.75.
Sheep 600. Choice M-lb. spring
lambs $27.50.
Portland Produce
Portland (U P.) Butter: To re
tailers: AA grade prints 75c lb.; car
tons 76c; A prints 78c; carton! 76c;
B prints 72c lb.
Eggs: To retailers 4 Grade AA large
R2c doz.; A large 48-49c doz.; AA me
dium 48-49c doz.; A medium 47c doz.;
cartons 3c additional.
Cheese: To retailers: A grade cned
Hnr fir peon sinele 47-52C lb.: 5-lb.
loaves. 52-55c; premium brands to
58ic lb. for single wheels and 61V2c
for 5-lb. loaves; processed American
cheese, 5-lb. loaves, 461,ac lb.
Farm Mnrlcot
Spinach generally was $1.75-1.85 a
nn it. . u Vna-t Girt sTat-mAra'
mnrl't Wednesday: cauliflower quot
ed around $2.75 a standard crate; best
carrots were $6.50-7 a six aozen
bunch crate.
Poultry, Rabhlti
Live Chickens (No. 1 quality, f ob.
plants) Fryers, 2'i-3 lbs,, 28c; 3-4
lbs,. 28-29c: roosters, 4i lbs. and up,
28-29c; light hens, all wts.. 17-18c;
heavy hens, all wts., 18-19c; old roost
ers. 14-15C. ,
Dressed Chickens No. I New York
dressed stvle to retailers: Fryers, all
wts.. 44-45c: roasters, 44-45c; light
hens. 2-33c; heavy hens, 36-37c; cutup
frvers, all wts.. 60-61c.
Dressed Turkeys To retailers:
Frozen winter pack A grade toms, 47c;
New York style. B grade, 43e.
Rabbits (average to growers, f.o.b.
killing plant) Live white. 4-5 lbs.. 24
27c; 5-8 lbs.. 21-24c: colored pelts, 4u
lb. under; old doe rabbits. 12-15c: few
higher; fresh dressed fryers to retail
ers, 60-64c, some higher.
WALL STREET
New York (U.P.) Railroad
shares led the stock market high
er Wednesday and set a new
high since April 6, 1931, in their
average. Oils stood out as the
strong section of the industrial
REPERTORY
"Death of A Salesman"
TILL 2.30 A.M.
Highwar .
Reservations
Obituary
RUTH CLARKE
Services for Ruth Juanita
Clarke, 52, of Eagle Point, who
died, Tuesday ,wjll be held at the
graveside in Logtown cemetery
Saturday at 1 p.m. with the Rev.
D. E. Millard officiating. Conger-Morris
funeral home is in
charge of arrangments.
Mrs. Clarke was born Jan. 14.
1900. in Texas, the daughter of
the late William and Dora Stay
ton. On June 10, 1918, in Ros
well, N.M., she was married to
Fred Clarke, who survives. She
had lived in southern Oregon
for the past 12 years. ,
Other survivors include three
brothers, Henry Stayton, Placer
City, Calif.; Homer Stayton, Ja
cumba, Calif.: and Arthur Stay
ton, Phoenix, Ariz.; two sisters,
Mrs. Mamie Sweetman, Grants
Pass, and Mrs. Grace Smith,
Phoenix, Ariz.; two nieces, Mrs.
Beulah Farnsworth, Medford;
and Mrs. Bessie Osborne, Eagle
Point; and a nephew, Carol
Stayton, BlfUe Falls.
Bruce, Charla Smallwood
Graveside funeral services for
Bruce and Charla Smallwood,
who died in Crescent City Tues
day, will be held at Medford
IOOF cemetery Thursday at 2
p.m. Perl funeral home is in
charge of funeral arrangements.
CHARLES CLAUSE
Funeral services for Charles
William Clause, 245 North Holly
street, retired police officer and
former chief of police in Ash
land, who died in a local hospital
Sunday, will be held at 2 p.m.
Thursday in Chapel Mortuary,
with the Rev. D. E. Milard of
ficiating. Committal will be in
Mountain. View cemetery at Ash
land. Mr. Clause, the son of William
B. and Elizabeth Purl Clause,
was born in Holt, Mo., on Au
gust 14, 1873. He came to Ore
gon 28 years ago, settling in
Ashland where he served on the
police force for eight years, five
of which he was chief of police
On moving to Medford 18 years
ago, he served as a police officer
here for 11 years until his re
tirement. He was a member of
the Baptist church.
He was married in Pueblo,
Colo., in 1922 to'Mattie Hall
Selvey, who survives. Other sur
vivors include a step-son, John
F. Selvey, Medford; a brother,
P. R. Clause, Payette, Ida.; a
sister, Mrs. Ruby Epperson, New
Plymouth, Ida.; seven grand
children, and two great-grandchildren.
The body will lie in state at
the mortuary throughout this
evening.
Pall bearers will include four
from the Medford police depart
ment, Lt. Charles P. Champlin,
Sgt. Clyde C. Fichtner, Sgt. Clay
Higgins, and Patrolman Clay
John, and Joe Cave and .Henry
Grossman.
CARL PISKE
Services for Carl Albert Piske,
75, who died at Camp White
Monday, will be held In the
Camp White Chapel Thursday
at 1 p.m. (2 p.m. Camp White
time), with Chaplain Henry W.
Anderson officiating. Committal
will be in the Camp White ceme
tery, and Conger-Morris funeral
home is in charge of arrange
ments. Mr. Piske was born Nov. 10,
1876, in Prussia, Germany. He
was a veteran of the Spanish
American war, serving from
Nov. 20, 1898, to Nov. 19, 1899,
as a private - in the Volunteer
Second Field artillery. He had
lived in Oregon for 30 years,
his last address in Grants Pass.
Members of the various vet
erans organizations and their
auxiliaries and friends and mem
bers of the United Samaritans
are asked to attend the services.
DEBORAH CRAIO
Graveside services for Deb
orah Jean Craig, Infant daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
division. Utilities ' held about
steady on average.
Gains of 1 to more than 2
points dotted the list. Losses
were in the minority. Volume
continued light.
New York (U.R) Dow Jones
closing stock averages: 30 indus
trials 26199, up 0.98; 20 railroads
95.11, up 0.95; 15 utilities 48.89,
up 0.08; and 65 stocks 100.95,
up 0.53.
Sales Wednesday approximat
ed 1,120,000. shares, unchanged
from Tuesday.
Today s closing prices on se
lected stocks:
American T it T . ......... 154
Anaconda ..... 433s
Chrysler ............ 763s
Curtiss Wright ... 8
General Electric . 58!4
General Motors 55
Montgomery Ward .......... 59
Penn R R .... 19
Penney J C 67Vi
Radio 26
Southern Co i3".i
Southern Pacific . 73
S Oil of Calif 544
Texas Gulf Sulphur 104'
Transamerica 25ni
Tri-Continental ........... 14
United Aircraft ...... '29 '.i
U S Rubber .. 72
U S Steel 38 U
Youngftown .. 44.j
SKATING
1VIRY
WED. i FRI. NIGHTS
at the
Rogue Valley Ballroom
BIRTHS
DENISON To Mr .and Mrs.
James, 913 King street. May 6,
1952, a girl, 7i lbs., at Com
munity hospital.
Daily Weather Report
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinity: Partial clear
ing with showers tonight and Thurs
day. Low tonight 40-43. High Thurs
day 63-65.
Western Oregon: Considerable cloudi
ness tonight with a few showers most
ly over south porUon. Thursday part
ly cloudy with few showers in moun
tain areas. Little temperature change.
Laws tonight 38-45. Highs Thurslay
LOCAL DATA
Temperature a year ago today:
Highest 60: Lowest 48.
Total monthly precipitation .41 inch.
Excess for the month .17 Inch.
Total precipitation since September
1. 1951. 18 84 Inches.
Excess for the season 4.10 Inches.
Relative humidity 4:30 p m. yester
day 72 4:30 am. todav S8",.
Observations Taken At 4:J0 A.M.,
120 Meridian Time-
, High Low Prec.
gle - 69 48 T
Boston 63 48 .02
Chicago 74 48
Denver 73 49
Eureka 62
Havre 61
Klamath Falls 60
Los Angeles 70
Medford 60
New York 68
Omaha 74
51
37
41
58
48
50
55
70
46
37
47
48
53
43
37
55
41
.30 I
.12
Phoenix .T."'.'.'.'. 95
Portland . . 62
"no 87
Eugene 68
Salt Lake 74
San Francisco 66
Seattle 62
Spokane 57
Washington. D C 86
Yakima 68
Tnmnrrni.
Sunrise 4:58 a.m. Sunset 7:17 p.m.
Craig, who died Sunday, were
neia today in Siskiyou Memorial
park with Norman Allen offi
ciating. Conger-Morris funeral
home was in charee of arrange
ments.
In addition to the parents, the
baby is survived by a brother,
Rodnev: and hpr 0rnnHnnrpnt
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Craig, Eu-
rena, calif.; and Ed Barnes,
Fortuna, Calif.
The U. S. population has in
creased roughly six-fold in one
century.
Tomorrow Night!
AT THE
Rogue Valley Ballroom
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SHOWS START FRIDAY 6 P.M.
Continuous Sat., Sun. from 12 p.m.
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OBJECTIVE
GROUND
ZERO
DISPLAY AREA
FOXHOLE AREA
OPERATION BIG SHOT-News-
map shows plan for Operation
Big Shot, where 1500 infantrymen
and paratroopers participated in
simulated atomic war at Yueca
Flat, Nev. A B-50 bomber, flying
at 33.000 feet, dropped the bomb
at Ground Zero. It was triggered
at 3500 feet. Paratroopers dropped
from planes while participating
infantrymen moved from their
foxholes three miles away to at
tack the enemy, moving through
display and blast areas.
WEATHER NOT SO GOOD
Hartford, Conn. '(U.R) The
slate board of education has con
ceded that Connecticut weather
is not suitable for modern-type
schools which are built to take
advantage of daylight'for illuim
nation. Noting that Connecticut
has only about 100 clear days a
year, the board ordered that
schools be built to rely chiefly
on artificial illumination.
i
Western Cherokees
WITH BLACKIE CRAWFORD,
Danny Brown and Johnny Rector
FRIDAY
I Wednesday, May 7. 1952
'Death of Salesman'
In Final Presentation
Ashiand Arthur Miller's hit
play, "Death of a Salesman" will
be presented tonight at the Li
thia theater In Ashland for the
last time by the Vining Reper
tory company. Curtain time is
8:30 p.m.
Although the play has a grim
title, and the plot is not a cheer
ful one, "Death of a Salesman"
is considered one of the greatest
successes of the century and
valley audiences have praised
the Vining's presentation.
"The Importance of Being
Earnest" will be shown Thurs
day, "Claudia" on Friday and
"Arsenic and Old Lace" closes
the season Saturday night.
High Water Delays
McNary Construction
Portland (U.R) The spring
freshet in the Columbia river
Wednesday spilled over into the
38-acre cofferdam at McNary
dam and forced suspension of
some construction work on the
Oregon side of the stream.
The Corps of Engineers here
Dead line on Classtflea Aua: B:3t
p.m for following day: 10 a.m Mon
dnv noon Saturday for Sunday a m
WONDERFUL MIX!
Cherry & Cider
Rummage Sale
K. P. HALL
5TH & GRAPE
TOMORROW
May 7-8, 10 a.m. -4 p.m.
So. Oregon Kennel Club
ASHLAND
ptetedive
TONITE!
X' The JACKPOT
JAMES OltASOM
2ND BIG HITI
Skelton. Williams
VI
STEVENS
(VRRIFN IT
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Gates Open at 6:30
SHOW AT 7:35
Standard Time
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PLUS
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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN
said 1,200 of the 3,200 men em
ployed on the project were laid
off temporarily until the water
flow has dropped below 370.000
cubic feet per second. In 1951,
TOiMTE!
! EDMOND O'BRIEN Vife
STERLING HAYDEN dun jaggk fT
ri'TTO Mow!
EDMOND O'BRIEN
LIZABETH SCOTT
Paired off for a payoff...
m TERRY MOORE
ALEXANDER KNOX
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m. PAMELA BLAKE
with Peggy CASTLE Arthur
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this stage was reached July 1.
A section of the cofferdam has
been bulkheaded to permit work
to proceed in a part of the power
house and other installations.
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TWO GREAT
FIRST RUN
HITS!
PLUS
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