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Newspaper Page TextEIGHT-MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ., Friday, December 24. 1954 Spellman Holds Mass For Troops in Korea ' Seoul, Korea (U.R) Francis Cardinal Spellman held midnight mass on a parade ground near the truce line for thousands of American soldiers on this anni versary of the birth of the Prince of Peace. , A cold wind swept across the ground where men of the U. S. Seventh Division knelt in prayer ground that had been fought for and won by American and other U. N. soldiers during the Korean war. This was the second Christmas that the guns were quiet on both sides of the truce line. During his tour today he urged American soldiers "to be faithful soldiers of God as well as good soldiers of your country." The 65-year-old churchman flew halfway across Korea twice today. He visited three regi ments of the Seventh Division and shook hands with about 1000 servicemen. Dallas Voters Finally To Have Auditorium Dallas, Tex. (U.R) Voters ap- proved a bond issue for a city auditorium on Dec. ' 14. City councilmen said today the build ing is scheduled for completion Dec. 31. But the delay was longer than 17 days. The bonds were voted in 1927, and the auditorium won't be ready until 1956; with construction getting underway next month. Motorist Followed By Driverless Auto Los Angeles (U.R) Virgil Grover Attebery, 48, was fol lowed some six miles Thursday by a driverless car. Ke finally stopped and told two motorcycle officers, "Some body's following me!" The officers told Attebery his car had locked bumpers with another. The owner of the driver-less car was Police Officer Ray S. Rapier, Attebery was booked on sus picion of drunk driving. FPC Asked To Reject Idaho Power's Plan "Washington (U.R) Public power advocates have asked the Federal Power Commisison to throw out the Idaho Power Com pany's application to build dams in the Hells Canyon stretch of the Snake river. Mrs. Evelyn N. Cooper, attor ney for the National Hells' Can yon Association, Inc., said yes terday, recent briefs filed by the Idaho Power Company and the FPC staff council nullify the company's earlier application by abandoning vital features of the earlier plan and presenting new proposals. Idaho Power sought an FPC li cense to build three power dams at Bronelee, Oxbow, and Hells Canyon on the Snake. John C. Mason, FPC staff counsel, recommended Nov. 24 that the commission grant the license. I Oregon Schools Receive Grants For Research . Washington (U.R) The De partment of Health, Education and Welfare has announced the award of medical research grants to four Oregon schools. Largest of the awards, for basic and applied research, went to the University" of Oregon medical school at Portland. They included: Carl Heller, $8973, ovarian and pituitary function! Robert A. Aldrich and Robert F. Labbe, $18,657, purine metabol ism and experimental porphyria; Howard S. Mason, $7500, me chanism of hydroxylation of ty rosinase; Aaron B. Lerner, $10, 954, endocrine control. Award for Jaundice Study One award of $3424 went to Prof. R. R. Huestis at the Uni versity of Oregon to study hereditary jaundice. Campbell M. Gilmour, Oregon State College, was granted $3000 for the study of phage specifics, and Helen A. Stafford, Reed Col lege, was granted $8381 for work in dehydrogenase : in plants. Richard W. Siegel, also of Reed, was granted $4773 to study factors controlling dura tion of sexual immaturity. Merry Christmas From All of Us At We Will Be Closed December 25 -26 & 27 Christmas Day 8 A.NI. TO 8 P.M. '( THRIFTY LUNCH 13 NORTH. FIR 4 Doors From Mail Tribune SPECIAL CHRISTMAS DINNER TURKEY trimmings $1.35 OMAR'S T CLOSED 4 CONSECUTIVE DAYS 25th - 26th - 27th 28th of December Open Dec. 29th for the Winter . Wishing You, One and All, a" MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR ' Omar and Hazel Hill Bus Driver Has Sudden Urge To Sell Stocks Chicago (U.R) A bus driver who dabbles in stocks and bonds had a sudden urge to sell Thurs day. He jammed on the brakes of a bus loaded with Christmas shoppers and dashed into the brokerage office of Hornblower & Weeks. . ; Spotting a customers' man, the driver shoved some shares oft Curtiss-Wright Corporation into his hand and . said "Here, sell these." Then he ran out again, jumped into his bus, and con tinued on his way. Mexico Bank Explodes Hope for Big Profits ' Mexico City (U.R) The Bank of Mexico Thursday exploded the hopes of more than 500 per sons for a profitable holiday season with an announcement it was not redeeming its currency of the "DW" series at the rate of 10 to 1 as a Christmas gift. Many of the persons waiting at the bank when the announce ment was made , said they learned qf the offer over a radio station, and had bought "DW" notes at 50 per cent over , face value. Births BERRYMAN To Mrs, R. B. and the lafe Mr. Berryman, Eagle Point, Dec. 23, 1954, ? a boy, weight 10 pounds, at home. RUTH To Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Joe, 38 North Oakdale ave., Dec. 24, 1954, a boy, weight IVt. pounds, at Community hos pital. DANVILLE To Mr. and Mrs. John, 284 First ave., Gold Hill, Dec. 22, 1954, a boy, weight 9V6 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. SEIBER To Mr. and Mrs. Al bert, Box 152, Talent, Dec. 23, 1954, a girl, weight IVi pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. 1 1 1 1 i Li ITU in n mm BIG WESTEE5M JAMBOEEE : WS3 2 BIG BANDS Featuring ALVADEAN & SANDY COKER and the Entire COKER BAND - Alvadean and Sandy, Abbott Recording Artists, Star on the Louisiana Hayride & Town. Hall Party With ' ' . BOBBY CHAMPION AND HIS MELODY WRANGLERS . . O; PLUS 6 1 1 ATI AAV' A C LI I C V Singing' Your Favorite J II VII VI I MOI1LC I Hank Williams Songs. CHRISTMAS NIGHT Saturday, December 25th DANCING. FROM-9"TO -1 - T " " . LOTS OF FREE PARKING EGStUE VALLEY BAILLEr.a iff jHiipiii I - M- 1 I ? i v ALVADEAN COKER l n . i - I k SANDY COKER to A AMES MAR. 22 APR. 20 4S-47-8-5d 59-42-65 By CLAY R. POLLAN- TAUIUS APR. 21 MAY 21 38-70-79-851 GEMINI MAY 22 JUNE-22 01 1-14-19-301 542-50-90 CANCER JUN23 (JULY 23 7-32-52-55 63-66-75 uo S3 ,uLr24 Ja AUG. 23 W 9-20-31-351 ll44-76-77 VIRGO AUG. 24 SEPT 22 016-17-25-34l 5761-67-86-871 JK ' Your Daily Activity Guid ' JK According th Stan. " To devetop message tor Saturday, read words corresponding to numbers of your Zodiac birth siga 1 Beware 31 Blessings 61 Evening 2 Of 32 Frustrating 62 Choice 3 You 33 Hazards 63 Crop 4 Should 34 This 64 In 5 Tension 35 Mood 65 Today 6 Top. 36 Through 66 Up 7 Some 37 To 67 Relox - 8 Others 38 That 68 Top , 9 Count 39 Be 69 Of 10 Make 40 And 70 Benefit 11 Condition 41 Grant 71 The 12 You '42 Your 72 Home 13 People 43 Weaknesses 73 Of 14 Are 44 Glod 74 Front - 15 Decisions 45 Attend 75 Today 16 Something 46 Good 76 You're 17 Ends 47 The 77 Alive . 18 Fire 48 Church 78 Favors 19 Better 49 Under . 79 You 20 Your 50 Personal 80 Affairs -, 21 Keep - 51 Wraps 81 The 22 Feel 52 Conditions 82 Background 23 In 53 On 83 World 24 Benefit 54 Stoy " 34 Today 25 Well 55 Moy 85 Greatly 26 Today 56 Of 86 And 27 Is 57 Will 87 Reod 28 Likely 58 Sharp 88 Your 29 On 59 Your 89 Today 30 In 60 Instruments 90 Mote OCT. 23 pi-43-49-5lTl 54-681-82 ,M SCORPIO OCT. 24 NOV. 22 R7-41-7R VS5 (Good ) Adverse 1225 utral UBRA SEPT. 23 SAGITTARIUS NOV. 23 DEC. 22 12-24-36-46 157-69-88-905 CAPRICORN DEC 23 SMl 20 5-27-28-29Ti 171-72-74 AQUARIUS 1- 2-18-33 140-580 FEB. PISCES 20 MAR. 21 3- 4-22-53 B8-73-83-89 Safeway To Stop Comic Book Sales San Francisco (U.R) Safe way Stores, Inc., has decided to halt the sale of comic books and "pocket books of all types" ef fective. Jan. 1 to prevent sales of questionable literature to children. The chain grocery firm said the decision was made after an extensive study showed that "Safeway was being placed in a position of offering question able literature to young custo mers through its inability to screen thoroughly all such books." Vincent Hallinan Pays Fine for Tax Evasion San Francisco (U.R) Vincent Hallinan, one-time Progressive Party candidate for President, has paid his $50,000 fine for in come tax evasion Thus pos sibly clearing the way for his parole from McNeil Island Fed eral Penitentiary. An attorney for Hallinan paid the fine here yesterday. The former San Francisco lawyer has served nearly one year of his 18-month prison sentence on a tax conviction. CHADWICK CHAIRMAN Klamath Falls (U.R) Rep. Edward A. Geary, slated to be come speaker of the House in the 1955 Oregon Legislature, said today State Rep. "W. W. Chadwick of Salem will be chairman of the House Rules Committee. Daily Weather Report . FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Occasional showers tonight. Snow above 2,500 feet. Low clouds and a little fog Sat urday morning becoming partly sunny in afternoon. A little colder. Low to night 26. High Saturday 40. Western Oregon: Partly coludy'with scattered showers tonight and Satur day. Slightly cooler tonight. Low to night 28-38. High Saturday 42-48. Vest to southwest winds off coast. 20-30 mph.. with occasional gusts 40, gradually diminishing tonight. LOCAL. Temperature a year ago today. Highest 47; Lowest 27. Total monthly precipitation 1.29 inches. Deficiency for the month 1.10 inches. Total precipitation since September 1. 1994. 3.72 inches. Deficiency for the season 3.90 inches. Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yester day 61; 4:30 a.m. today 88. Observations Taken At 430 A.M., 120 Meridian Time High Low Prec. Boise Boston .... Chicago Denver Eureka Grants Pass Havre Klamath Falls , Los Angeles Medlord .... New York Omaha Phoenix Portland Reno 41 42 43 54 58 . 55 . 42 52 ,. 71 . 33 . 45 48 71 51 57 54 27 48 51 40 3 27 38 30 26 44 35 20 31 49 37. 42 22 36 40 28 40 20 42 40 32 45 27 .06 .11 .73 .40 Eugene Salt Lake San Francisco Seattle 51 40 .75 Spokane Wnshincton. D.C. Yakima . 41 27 .02 Tomorrow Sunrise 7:38 a.m. Sunset 4:44 p.m. FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Through Dee. 23): . Western Oregon A few showers Saturday. Occasional rain Sunday through , Wednesday. Temperatures near or slightly below normal. Highs mostly 42-48, lows 80-38. Total pre cipitation 1 to 1.5 inches in interior valleys. Northern California Occasional rains with snow in mountains. Tem perature below normal. Communist Lawyers Plan Court Appea1 Washington (U.R) Commu nist party lawyers planned today to appeal to the Supreme Court a ruling wrjich upheld the con stitutionality of the anti Communist Internal Security Act. Justice Department sources predicted the high court will agree to hear. , pleas from the party's attorneys to reverse a 2- to-1 ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals upholding . the law, better known as the McCarran Communist Control Act. i The appeals court ruled Thurs day that the Communist party in this country is controlled by Moscow and should be required to register with the government as reauired by the McCarran Act and as ordered by the Sub versive Activities Control Board. It was the first court test of the act's validity. Portland Livestock Portland (TJJP.) Cattle for week 1740. Market slosed on steady to strong basis with a week ago after losing an early strong to 50c higher trend on . cows and heifers while steers were mostly steady: some fed steers as much a 50c lower. Calves for week 200. Trading ac-r tive with prices steady to strong. Hogs for week 2500. Butcher prices closed 50c lower. -- Sheep for week - 1300 Slaughter lambs listings off 50c to as much as $1.00 with feeder lambs weak to 50c lower. Portland Produce . . ; l ' Portland (XS&.) Eggs To retail ers: . Grade AA large 43-45c doz.; A large, 41-42c doz.; AA medium, 40-41c; A medium, 39-40c; A small. 32-33c doz.; cartons, l-3c additional. 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,,2-45:,ic; 5-lb. loaves. 46V2-492c. Processed Ameri can chese, 5-lb. loaf, 39',i-41c lb. Poultry, Rabbits Live- Chickens Toj growers (No. 1 quality, f .o.b. Portland! : Fryers. 2 'x to 4'4 lbs.. 21c lb.; at farm. 20-21c lb.; roasters. 4ti lbs. and up. 21c lb. f.o.b. Portland. 20-2 lc at ranch: light hens, 10-11; 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 -producers for 1954 turkeys: Heavy type hens, 31c lb. f.o.b. farm on N.Y. dressed basis; toms same basis, 25 lbs. up. 24c; under 25 lbs., 21c up. Beltsville hens, 31c; light type toms. 25c; fryer-roaster,' 27c lb.; liveweight. To retailers. A grade hens, ready to cook. 52c; N.Y, dressed, to 45c lb. A grade toms. oven ready, 41-43c; light type, a grade hens, oven-ready to 55c; light toms, 51-52c lb. ' - 1 - Rabbits (average to. growers, f.o.b. killing plants) Live white. 33,'Va lbs.. 18-20c; 5-6 lbs.. 14-16c: colored pelts. 4c under; old does. 8-10c lb.; a few higher. Fresh dressed fryers to retailers, 54-57c; cut up. 60-63c. . PorilandlaTh Grain Portland Prices as reported in the USDA market news service: Wheat. No. 2 soft whiter $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 barley, $54.50. Coast delivery. Soybean meal. $96.50 a ton, cars, prompt delivery Portland. Std. millrun. prompt shipment, f.o.b. Portland, $44.50 ton; No. 2 yellow, corn, $67.75 ton on f.o.b. Portland. Wholesale Hay Prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Portland. $34-35 trucks. $36-37 rail. Portland Grain Exchanget: Thurs day's close: . Soft white . $2.34 do no rex 2.34 White club . 2.34 H. R. white, ord. 11 per cent 2.36 do 12 per cent 2.45 Dead line Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday : 10 a jti. Monday for Monday: other days 5 JO previous day. 1 CHRISTMAS SATURDAY, DEC. 25TH 1 Eaglc Point Music by: DICK SPAIN and the :- - Regu Valley Boys ENJOY AN EVENING OF FUN! Ed Dahack, owner of the Oasis, Wishes everyone a Merry Christmas A Prognosficafors To Be Lifted Up Tonight 1 Chicago U.R) Mrs. Dorothy Martin, whose predicted tidal wave didn't come off last Tues day, said today she and Dr. Charles Laughead, and ": other fellow believers will be "lifted up" from the earth at exactly 7 p.m. (EST) tonight. The lifting process will take place on the front lawn of her home in suburban Oak Park, the 53-year-old grandmother said. "We have been instructed to sing Christmas carols while we wait to be lifted up," she said. Dr. Laughead, 44 -year -old ousted Michigan State college physician, made no immediate comment on whether he think's he'll celebrate Christmas in out er space. x . However, he has already ex pressed full confidence in her earlier predictions that Chicago would be engulfed by a tidal wave and that the end of the world would be due some time in 1955. f Governor To Present New Cougar Mascot Pullman, Wash. U.R) Gov. Arthur B. Langlie will present Washington State college with a new cougar mascot Butch V at the WSC-Oregon basketball game here Jan.' 4. ' i. Langlie accepted the cougar Thursday day the owner of the Flying B dude ranch in Idaho's Salmon river 'country. The cat replaces Butch TV, which died Dec. 19 after reigning as mascot for more than 12 years. YOUNGSTER KILLED Fortland (U.R) A nine-year-old boy was injured fatally yes terday afternoon when he was struck by a car on Southwest Harbor . Drive. He was Carl Quitoriano, the son of Mrs. Ruby Quitoriano. Police said the boy's father, Graciano" Quitoriano, died Nov. 16. The boy was an only child, it was Portland's 36th traffic fatality of 1954. Sheppard Lawyers To Charge News Slanted Cleveland U.R) Attorneys for Dr. Samuel Sheppard today launch a new battle to save the convicted wife-slayer from prison. ' William H. Corrigan, attorney son of the 30-year-old osteopath's chief defense counsel, William J. Corrigan, will file a motion for a new trial charging among other things that news coverage of the case was "slanted." Sheppard , was convicted of murder in the second degree last Tuesday for the July 4 bludgeon murder of his pregnant wife, Marilyn, 31. The conviction car ried a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment. The defense plea for a new trial contained 40 allegations of error in the indictment and the trial itself. Dionne Family To Have Family Reunion Corbeil, Ont. J0J.R) -The four surviving Dionne quintuplets were reunited today for a quiet family Christmas. . Cecile, Annette and Yvonne arrived home from Montreal last night to join their sister Marie at a private chapel serv ice in memory of Emilie who died Aug. 6. Then the four sis ters helped the rest of the fam--ily decorate the Christmas tree. Their father, Oliva Dionne, said the quints still felt the ab sence of Emilie. "Christmas won't be the same without her. But we 'will "try to make it as' gay as possible under the cir cumstances," he said. Dionne said all his surviving 13 children would be at home and the three quints, who had- been at school in Montreal, would spend the holiday enjoy ing the family reunion. Sharp Aftershock Awakens Eurekaris Eureka, Calif . U.R) X harp jolting aftershock of Tuesday's big quake awakened residents here at 1:15 a.m. today but no new damage was reported. One chimney; previously dam aged by Tuesday's 6.6 magni tude quake, toppled during the night, but apparently not as the result of the aftershock. Residents "said this morning's temblor was the strongest of the half dozen aftershocks which followed the original quake. One person was killed, 25 others injured and between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000 in property dam age recorded as the result of the main quake.. - . h ' i' Ashland Police Study , . Burglary of Market Ashland City police at Ash land today were investigating a burglary at the Drive-In market, where a small amount of change and foodstuffs were missing. Entry to the market was through a rear window. Burglars left by throwing a whiskey bot tle through a front plate; glass window, officials said. A small amount of change, not over $10, was taken, and some food and possibly wine, they added. Entry to the store was be tween 2:30 and. 5 o'clock this morning.' To Our Friends and Customers We Wish to Extend Our BEST WISHES for a Merry Christmas ALPHA'S PIES 313 East 8th Sr. O DINE at - - WORLD FAMOUS jviiflDM nDLEnn& Dinners Served from 6 p.m. Till 11:30 p.m. .... .-. t Closed Tuesdays For Reservations Call Central Point x 122 Christmas Night DANCit SATOEEDAY AT WALKER'S POPULAR DREAMLAND EXTRA MUSIC GOOD FLOOR t A Grand Way to Climax your Christmas FunI I The WAMTSt ARMilLIE Wishes Its Patrons a . Merry Christmas &. Happy New Year Open Daily Throughout .the Holidays Make Reservations Early for NEW YEAR'S EVE! Phone Gold Hill 5-9230 Now! COME HEAR TV ARTISTS The Leo Vilarino Trip New Year's Eve and New Year's High IDILtL iwm and THE WESTERN SWING BAND Invite You to Attend the (SKAKIIS) C5E-IPlIKIDM JACKSONVILLE COMMUNITY HALL O CHRISTMAS NIGHT O SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25 FREE PRIZES i Donated by Dunham's and .Triangle Food Market ' 5 Grand Prize" 15 Piece ALUMINUM COOKWARE SET ! (Nothing to buy to participate) O New Heating System : o Coffee Bar for Your Convenience Admission - $1.00 tax inc. Students 75c, with student body card , Listen to Bill Lively 's ."Western1 Roundup Time" Every Day at 12:30 on KW1N I ( t . . . , a X I I I I j ' I v t I 1 t . I ill 111 t I ,i i-1 1 ii j 1 1 i.m i i ii it. It 1. iiiiin.ii.il. it. ,r .ill it ,i. 1 1 .4 .It . II k v.