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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Christmas Skating Party
: TONIGHT, DEC: 23
DOUBLE SESSION! PUBLIC INVITED!
FREE
Pair of SHOE SKATES
To Be Givon Away Fro TONITE : -'
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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H. R. winter, ord.. 11 per cent. 2.36
do 12 per cent .... 2.45
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.. 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.
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