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Local and Personal Billfold Missing Earl W il ia rd Morsy, 223 West Main St., reported to city police Tuesday that his billfold containing about $100 was missing. Improved Mrs. Alice Vin cent, Bybee corner, Jacksonville highway, who has been ill since Thanksgiving day, is now able to sit up each day, friends re ported today. To Eugene Mr. and Mrs. James A. Medley, 333 West Jackson st, plan to leave Fri day, Dec. 24, for Eugene to visit through the holidays with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. James D. Harpole, and family. i Farm Name Betty Jean and Ralph J. Ellis have filed an ap plication to register the farm name Forest Edge with the county clerk's office. The prop erty owner resides at route 2, box 568, Central Point. Coat Missing Ralph Angus Alwood, 126 Cottage st., report ed to city police Tuesday that his $85 topcoat was stolen from Room 310, Fhihrer building, sometime between 1:45 and 2:15 p.m. . Man Jailed James White Hepburn, 46, Room 9, Lake ho tel, pleaded guilty in municipal court to a vagrancy charge yes terday and was sentenced to 30 days in the city jail, according to police records. On Carrier Clyde D. Wil liams, a Navy seaman and son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Williams, Eagle Point, is serving on the attack aircraft carrier USS York- town, according to a Navy, re lease. His wife, the former Miss Elsie R. Gascon, is of Gold Hill He entered the service in Octo ber, 1951, and attended Eagle Point High school. Flue Fire East side station firemen were called to a flue fire about 3 p.m. yesterday at the Jack Bertrand residence, 519 Oregon terrace. They reported no damage. West side station firemen extinguished a trash fire in the 2100 block on West Main st. abput 6:45 p.m. It was "burn ing unattended and alter burn ing hours. ' On Program Pfc. El wood L. Kinton, route 1, box 412, Med ford, will be heard on a special Christmas program to be broad cast by radio stations affiliated with ihe Don Lee Broadcasting system on Christmas day, Sat urday, Dec. 25, from 3:30 to 4 p.m. His message will be a part of a special Christmas day pro gram furnished to .Don Lee headquarters in Hollywood by the chief of information office, department of the Army, ac cording to the release from the radio system. A total of 35 sep arate Christmas messages , will be included and were recorded for Don Lee in Korea, Japan and Okinawa. . To Pick Up Trees Prelim inary plans are being made by the local chapter of the Moose lodge to pick up old Christmas trees on Jan. 2, which also will benefit the March of Dimes drives. The lodge officers ask that householders include an envelope with their contribute to MOD wth the trees. The same evening the trees will be burned in a large bonfire in the Camp White area which the pub lic is invited to watch. The lodge men plan to drive through all Medford streets with trucks to pick up the trees. Further an nouncements will be made con cerning the project. Ai Osteopathic Charles De Wolfe, 1119 West Main st., was admitted last evening as a medi cal, patient at Osteopathic hos pital, attendants reported today. . Church Concert Presbyter ian Chancel choir members will present a concert of Christmas music at a candlelight service beginning at 11 p. m. Christmas eve. Several guest soloists will sing and special choir numbers provided. The public is invited. Envelope Lost Harold Theo dore Brinckley, 409 North Cen tral ave., reported to city police yesterday that a white envelope containing $30 has been lost. It contained an employees' fund to purchase a Christmas gift - for the Sisters at Sacred Heart hos pital. Accident A two-vehicle col lision occurred at the intersec tion of 10th and Orange sts. Tuesday afternoon, according to city police records.- Drivers were Minnie Alice Apollo, 508 Hamil ton st., and Richard Frank Bab cock, 910 West 11th st. No cita tions were issued, police said. Cars Collide Vehicles driven by Alva Lewis Reed, Lawn ridge ave., and Gordon Albert James, 1426 Euclid ave., col lided at the intersection of Geneva and East Main sts, at about 5:15 p.m. yesterday, ac cording to city police. James was cited for following too close, the accident report said. '' Visiting Miss Eleanor Leib- brand, University of Oregon stu dent, and Richard Leibbrand, who attends Oregon Technical institute, are here to visit rela tives and friends during the holi day season. They are at the home of Mr. and -Mrs. C. F. Ingwerson, 22 Vz West Jackson st. Son Visits Ralph Ettel Jr., who has been at school at the Navy Air base, Lakehurst, N. J., has been visiting at the home of his parents , at 1 Katherine court He is to report Dec. 27 to Mare Island Navy base to the USS Rendova as an aerographer mate. He previously was study ing at Norman, Okla., and he was assigned last March from the Navy air reserve. He is a Medford High school graduate and University of Oregon stu dent before his assignment. - On Leave AM2c Winston Kurth is visiting his mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Miller, 1980 Barnett rd. He is accompanied by AB3 Myron Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Anderson, Two Rivers, Wis. Both Kurth and Anderson are stationed with the Navy at Whidby Island, Wash., and are visiting here on leave. Kurth is a Medford High school gradu ate and a former member of the football team. He will be dis charged from the service in April, 1955, after four years. The two plan to be here about a week, and arrived Wednesday. Return To Live Mr. and Mrs. Victor Seeberger and children, Danny and Vickie, recently re turned here to live. They are from Salt Lake City, Utah, and now live at 148 Winema way. He is stationed with the Civil Aeronautics administration at the Medford airport in the com munications office. The Seeber gers left Medford about seven years ago. She is the former Miss Dellene Thompson, daughter of Mrs. Jesse Greene, 122 Tripp st He was with the Western Union offices here and Mrs. Seeberger was with the OPA offices and later at the National Hospital as sociation offices OMAR'S T CLOSED 4 CONSECUTIVE DAYS -25th - 26th - 27th - 28th of December Open Dec. 29th for the Winter Wishing You, On and All, a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR Omar and Hazel Hill i . ..... .... ." . Christmas Skating Party : TONIGHT, DEC: 23 DOUBLE SESSION! PUBLIC INVITED! FREE Pair of SHOE SKATES To Be Givon Away Fro TONITE : -' . . (You don't have to buy to participate) . SKATING. ALSO ON FRIDAY NIGHT, DEC. 24 Rogue Valley Ballroom Obifuaries LEVI HAND Levi Hand, 63, died today at the V. A. Domiciliary, Camp White. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of arrangements. To Tacoma Mrs. Ivah Mur ray, 1033 West 11th st., left last evening for Tacoma, Wash., to visit for about a week with her sister, Mrs. E. W. Cummings. .To Seattle Mrs. Betti Boyle, manager of the Jackson hotel, left last evening by plane for Seattle, Wash., to visit for the Christmas week end with her son and his family. At Community Mrs. Fred Watson, 710 South Holly st., is a medical patient at Community hospital, members of her fam ily said today. As yet she is not allowed to have visitors. - To Portland Hugh McKen zie, 608 Catherine st., plans to leave Friday for Albany, to meet his son-in-law and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. Terry Elder, and then continue to Portland to visit through the Christmas week end with relatives. Arrested David E. DeLong, 35 of 227 Meade st., Ashland, has been arrested by Ashland city police on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon, ac cording to records in the sher iff's office. DeLong has been lodged in the county jail. Photographer's Mate John W. Green is a Navy photogra pher's mate second class and is serving on the attack air craft carrier USS Yorktown, ac cording to a release from the Navy. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Green, Rogue River. Library To Close The Med ford Public library will be clos ed at 6 p.m. Christmas eve, and remain closed through Christ mas day so that employees may be with their families for the holiday. The library will be open during the usual hours on Sun day. Items Taken Several items, including a portable sewing ma chine valued at $227.50, a tele vision set valued at about $70, and an automatic rifle, have been taken from the home of Dorothy M. Rutherford, 103 Gennessee st., according to re ports filed with city police. The items apparently were taken Dec. 15, the reports said. From Bend Mrs. Catherine Jay and her grandson, Terry Sanders, both of Bend, are visit ing here with Mrs. Jay's daugh ter, Mrs. Robert C. Wright, 20 North Orange st. The visitors plan to leave Christmas day for Bend. Terry is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Vic Sanders, son-in-law and daughter, of Mrs. Jay. All are former valley "residents. Dead Une for Sunday Classified is noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 orevious day. Nehru, Tito Call for Peaceful Coexistence New Delhi, India U.R) Prime Minister Jawaharlal Neh ru and Marshal Tito of Yugoslav ia called today for acceptance of "peaceful co-existence" and de nied they plan to form a third force as a balance between Com munism and the West. Their views were expressed in a joint statement issued at the end of a series of talks between the two heads of state. t The statement endorsed the idea of "peaceful co-existence" as the basic concept which "should govern international re lations." Wall Street New York OI.R) Strength in railroad issues imparted a firm tone to the stock market late in today's session after mild irregularity earlier in the day. Trading lightened on the eve of the holiday. The market as well as other security markets throughout the nation will be closed tomorrow. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T L....174 Anaconda 49 Chrysler 71 Curtiss Wright 1734 General Electric . 45 General Motors 95 Montgomery Ward 77 Vi Penn.-R. R ..... 24 Penney, J.C. 87 Radio 377s Southern Co - unquoted Southern Pacific 53 Vz S. Oil of Calif. ...:.. . 733A Texas Gulf Sulphur 126 Transamerica .... 38V4 Tri - Continental . '264 United Aircraft 183A U. S. Rubber .. . 44 U. S. Steel . 70 Youngstown unquoted X Daily Weather Report Medford and vicinity: Variable cloudiness with a few light showers tonight. Partly cloudy with scattered showers mostly in mountains Friday, Snow above 3.000 feet. Valley fog patches Fridav morning. Low tonight 32-34. High Friday 45. Oregon (Western): Showers and partial clearing north half, partly cloudy with scattered showers in south half tonight and Friday. Slight ly cooler. Low tonight 32-42. High Friday 52. LOCAL DATA Temperature a year ago today: Highest 41; Lowest 29. Total monthly precipitation 1.29 in. Deficiency for the month 1.00 inches. Total precipitation since September 1, 1954. 3.72 inches. Deficiency for the season 3.80 inches. Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yester day 72; 4:30 a.m. today 99. TOMORROW Sunrise 7:38 a.m. Sunset 4:43 p.m. OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT 4:30 A.M., 120 MEDIDIAN TIME hiffh low prec. Boise 36 20 Eoston 30 16 Chicago 33 32 ,T Denver 62 28 Eureka 55 .46 Grants Pass 39 32 Havre ... 56 16 ; Klamath Falls 43 22 Los Angeles 76 50 Medford . 48 28 New York ;.....29 25 Phoenix 71 37 Portland 42 37 Reno 47 17 Eugene 46 41- .01 Salt Lake 27 21 San Francisco . 49 40 Seattle 51 42 .01 Spokane 33 27 Washington, D. C. 31 24 Yakima 31 30 Portland Livestock Portland (UJ.) Practically noth ing was available in all divisions on the North Portland livestock market today. Prices were quotable steady. The market will'be closed tomorrow. Portland Produce Portland CUP.) Eggs to produc ers: Candled f.o.b. Portland: ungraded large 32-34c; AA grade large. 34-47c; A large 32-35c: AA medium 31-32c; A medium 30-32c; A small 25-29c. Dairy prices were unchanged today. Eggs To retailers: Grade AA large, 42-45c doz.: A large, 40-42c doz.: AA medium, 39-4 lc; A medium. 38-40c; A small, 32-33c doz.; cartons. l-3c ad ditional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints, 66c lb.; cartons, 67c; A prints, 66c: cartons, 67c; B prints. 64c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar Oregon singles, 42,i-45V2C: 5-lb. loaves. 462-491,ic. Processed Ameri can cheese. 5-lb. loaf. 39',i-41c lb. Farm Market California green onions brought up to 90 cents a dozen bunches with radishes going at a 75-cent top in pro duce trading today; best cauliflower sold to $3 a lettuce crate: East Side Farmers' market trading was on slow side. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality., f.o.b. Portland): Frvers 2'i to 42 lbs. 21c lb; at farm. 20-2 lc lb; roasters. 4i lbs and up. 20-21c lb f.o.b. Portland. 21c at ranch: light hens, 10-llc; heavy hens, all wts. 13c lb; old roosters 10c lb. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers. 34-35c lb: roasters, 36-37c; light hens, 21-22c; heavy hens, 26-27c; cut up fryers, all wts. 46-47c; whole drawn. 41-42c lb. Turkeys Paying prices to produc ers for 1954 turkeys: Heavy type hens. 35c lb. f.o.b. farm on N. Y. dressed basis; toms same basis. 23-24c lb ; Beltsville hens. 36c: light tvpe toms, 29c; fryer-roaster, heavy type. 29c lb. live. To retailers, A grade hens, ready to cook. 52c; N. Y. dressed to 45c lb. A grade toms, oven-readv. 41-43c, light type. A grade hens, oven-ready to 55c; light toms. 51-52c lb. Rabbits (average to growers, f.o.b. killing plants) Live white. 3-4V2 lbs. 18-20c up; 5-6-lb. 14-16c: colored pelts, 4c under; old does, 8-10c lb.; a few higher. Fresh dressed frvers to retailers, 54-57c; cut up, 60-63c. Portland Cash Grain Portland Prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat, No.. 2 soft white. $78.50 a ton bulk, prompt delivery f.o.b. Portland. No. 2 white oats, 38-lb. test. Coast delivery, $57.50 ton; Portland delivery, $53.50 ton. No. 2 Western barlev, $54.50. Coast delivery; soybean meal. $96.50 a ton, cars, prompt delivery Portland. Std. millrun. prompt shipment, f.o.b. Portland. $42.50 ton; No. 2 yellow , eurn, 9oe.u-oo.ou ton on f.o.D. Fort : land. - Wholesale Hay Prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Portland. $34-35 trucks, $36-37 rail. Portland Grain Exchange: Wednesday's close: Soft white $2 34 Christmas Night DANCE SATOEBAY AT WALKER'S POPULAR DREAMLAND EXTRA MUSIC GOOD FLOOR A Grand Way to Climax your Christmas Fun! THE NEW 0 0 o Soft white, no rex . 2 34 White club 2 34 H. R. winter, ord.. 11 per cent. 2.36 do 12 per cent .... 2.45 ASHLAND BUD ABBOTT. LOU COSTELLO 'Meet Captain Kidd' Thursday, Deetmbr 23, 1954 .. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUlfB SEVEN Six Persons Perish, In Car-Aufo Crash Births . Las Cruces, N.M. (U.R) Six persons, one of them a small child, were burned to death in the fiery headon collision of. a car and a heavy truck near here early today. The six victims were so badly burned they were not recogniz able and state police could not make idetnification immediate. The car in which they were riding was registered to Julius B. Strong, who gave his address as Big Spring, Tex. However, Big Spring police said Strong was an itinerant farm worker from Nogales, Ariz., who let Big Spring five months ago. They said he left Big Spring with his wife, his daughter, Ber tha Lee, and her boy friend, whose name was not immediate ly available. McCRAY To Mr. and Mrs. Delmar, 524 Bessie st., Dec 19, 1954, a boy, 6V pounds, at Community hospital. p DINE at - - - - WORLD FAMOUS modm DDLEsnna Dinners Served front 6 p.m. Till 11:30 p.m. Closed Tuesdays . For Reservations Call Central Point 122 SKIES' "MANDV COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS INSTEAD OF SHEEP" " YOU'LL SING OUT: X X O O Ul oc . O X u IMNG BEMS Ill I U'DSTTr-X III HK Brought to the screen with the clarity, brilliance and full-stage impact of II i VISTAVISIOM r MOTION nCTUtf ... 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