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Local and Theft Reported Arthur W.I Shraeder, 531 Pennsylvania ave. has reported the theft of tools from a garage at his home, ac cording to city police records. Windows Broken Three win dows in the annex to Zion Luth eran church, 518 West Fourth St., have been broken, according to report filed with city police hv Hazel H. Hillerman, 220 North Oakdale ave. - Battery Stolen Sidney B. Freeman, Portland, has reported to city police that a battery was stolen from his car while it was parked at a downtown parking lot. The battery was valued at $18, according to the report Dance Planned A square dance sponsored by Phoenix Granee will be held at the Grange hall on Highway 99 south Saturday, Jan. 29, at 8:30 n m. All sauare dancers are in vited to attend Fran Cronin will call. Ladies attending are asked . to take sandwiches.. ----- Business Name The business - name Famous Name Brands " Sales Comoanv has been as sumed by Roy N. McKee, Box 85B, Butte Falls Star route, ac : cording to records on file in the county clerk's office. The busi- v ness is located in Eagle Point. -In Portland Mrs. Betty Zan ' otto, who is in charge of the ' Montgomery Ward and company store catalog department here, returned Tuesday night by plane from Portland. She . had been .-. there since Monday to attend a . meeting in regard in distribu- - tion of company catalogs. . . , . ' Withdrawal Fred L. Walker has filed -a certificate pf with- . drawal from the assumed busi ". ness name Foreign Motors, ac cording to county clerk's rec otds. Remaining owner of the business, which is located at 1201 North Riverside ave , is ' Ceil N. Norris. .. - .' At Eugene Mrs. J. E. White, 27 Myrtle st., returned home Tuesday evening after being at Eugene for the week end. There she visited her -son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Mayfield. Mrs. .White also at tended a meeting of the Order of the Amaranth at ;:. Willamette court, Eugene. - Convalescing Mrs. E. J. ' Moneypenny, formerly of Med ford and Camp White, is con- valescing after major surgery at i Oat Knoll NavaLhaspital, Oak "land, Calif., according to infor- mation " received here. ; Mrs. , Moneypenny is the wife -of Cap tain Moneypenny, retired Uni- ted States Marine Corps officer. . ' The couple now lives at Santa ' Barbara, Calif.: ?- .' v-'V .- Return Home Several out-of-town relatives-of Charles N. Hansen were in Medford for his funeral Monday. Here were Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Horton, John Horton; and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Horton, all of Klamath Falls; Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Hard man, Tulelake; and Mr, and Mrs. C. J. Hansen, Portland. They vis ited while here with Miss Jane ' Hansen, 514 South Newtown st. ' .. . -. . . . At Meeting Glen L. ' Fab rick, local representative for Standard Insurance company, will attend a meeting in Eugene , Friday and ' Saturday, Jan. 28 and 29. The meeting is being held in recognition of outstand- ', ing sales during : the year. He : has announced that the Willam ette agency, of which Fabrick is a member, has showed a substan tial gain. The Standard's home office is in Portland. Winner's Choice : 1 of 5 Appliances ISeMgeiraiSoir : Wastaeir m iryeir FREE EVERY In Numbers WHY PAY MORE FOR GASOLINE? Youll Win If You. Buy Gas at Fortune WEEKLY JACKPOT NOW ON THE POINT Personal Mot The Dale Wilcox f am j ily, formerly of 440 Bush St., left yesterday to live at Myrtle Creek. Have Surgery Mrs. Sterling Tucker, Central Point, and Mrs. Donald Morris, Gold Hill, are surgery patients at Sacred Heart hospital, attendants said today. ; Charge Reduced A charge of reckless driving against Robert Wendell Kezer, 19, of 1103 West 10th st., was reduced in district court this week to driving with out headlights, for which he was fined $10, according to court records. MOD Dance A dance and card party to benefit the March of Dimes drive will be held at the Eagle Point Grange hall Sat urday, Jan. 29, sponsored by the Grange members. "Good music and refreshments," are on the program, officers announced. Tonsil Surgery Andrew Kitchen, 4, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kitchen, 855 West Sec ond st., and David Lee Graham, ZVi, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee O. Graham, route -2, box, 248B, Medford, had tonsil surgery to day at Community hospital, at tendants reported, Emergency Operation Miss Rosalie Twedell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Twedell, Ash land, is a patient in Osteopathic hospital where she underwent an emergency appendectomy last night, the hospital reported this morning. In the same hospital for medical care is Mrs. Lena Legg, Central Point- - s'- a b " - Medical Patients Those re ported today as medical pa tients at Sacred Heart hospital include Guy Corliss, Route 3, Medford; Dr. George Routledge, Dillon, Mont.; Mrs. Eugene Mee, 628 North Riverside ave.; Mrs. Margaret Oxenham, Route 2, Medford; Mrs. George Denman, 507 Mae st., and Frank Jantzer, TraiL - , ' Breakfast Planned A buck eroo breakfast will be sponsored by the. Medford Trail Riders at Smiths barn on Griffin Creek rd. Sunday from 8 a.m. until noon. Signs on Stewart ave. will direct the way, those in charge said. Menu includes choice of ham or bacon and eggs, hot cakes, coffee, milk or., tea for $1 and entertainment will be provided. Proceeds . will go to the March of Dimes. Baby Sitting Association Mrs. Harold Geigle, 1538 Spring brook rd., announced this week the organization of a baby sitting association in Medford. She said a registry of baby sitters is be ing compiled, which will serve as a central point where those needing the service can call for sitters. All will have doctors' certificates, she said. Rates will be 50 cents per hours to mid night and 60 cents after mid night. Anyone interested in the project may call Mrs. Geigle at 2-8904. .- -. YMCA on Program YMCA members and officials addressed members of the Medford Kiwan is club Wednesday in a program observing National YMCA week. Those on the program were Ann Manno, Perry Whitlock, Bill Dames, .Eleanor Davis, president of the Senior Tri-Hi-Y; Frank Bash, president of the YMCA youth council; . Harold Ashton president of the Hi-Y club; Bob Jones, secretary-manager of the Y; Donald Day, physical direc- f tor, and Dr. G. A. Dierdorff, membership : chairman. - Th e luncheon meeting was at Rogue Valley Country club. MONTH AT THIS 1 STATION! Cooperation With City Appliance Co. Posted 7 Days No Need to Buy to Win " SOUTH CENTRAL & SOUTH RIVERSIDE March of Dimes Mystery Post Office Box 531 Medford, Oregon Name Address Phone Number A eonlributien to the March of .- Dimes would be welcome Obituaries ANNA MILLER Graveside services for ;Mrsl Anna Jennie Miller, 89, who died yesterday in Laurelwood, Ore., will be held in Phoenix cemetery Friday at 3 p.m. with Elder Edwin F. Coyof the Sev enth Day Adventist church offi ciating. -. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of local ' ar rangements. ' Mrsl Miller came to the Valley from Nebraska in 1911, and lived here until 1945, when she moved to Laurelwood to make her home with her. daughter, Esther Miller. Her husband, Warren C, preceded her in death in 1916. She was a member of the Seventh Day - Adventist church. . ;' Survivors include two sons, Earl, Central Point, and Dr. J. Miller, Berkeley, Calif.; two daughters, - Miss Esther Laurel wood, and Mrs. Eli W. Davis, Central Point, and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Shukert, Omaha, Neb. MARY JONES Services for Mrs. Mary Belle Jones, 82, who died Tuesday, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel Saturday at 10 a.m. with the Rev. D. Kirkland West of the First Presbyterian church offi ciating. Interment will be ; in Siskiyou Memorial park, i Mrs. Jones was born Aug. 4, 1872, in . La Grange, Ind., -and had lived in Medford for , the past ten years. : Survivors include two 1 sons, Walter, Medford, and Horace W Dunlap, Kas.; eight grand children and 10 great-grandchil- oxen. .' .'. - WILLIAM YOUNG Military services for William Whiting Young, who died Tues day in Oakland, Calif., will be held in Conger-Morris chapel Friday at 1:30 p.m. with Chap lain Henry W. Anderson offi ciating, assisted by a funeral de tail from the Camp White V. A. Domiciliary. Interment, will be in IOOF cemetery. He: was a member of the Vet erans of Foreign Wars. Survivors include his father, Harry ; L., Yreka, Calif.; and a sister, Mrs. Mildred Kollenborn, Chico, Calif. - To See Slides The Home makers class of the First Meth odist church Will hold a potluck supper in the church dining room Friday at 6:30 p.m. Mem bers are asked to bring a main dish and either dessert or salad, and r their own table service. After the supper Gen. 1 J. H. Hicks will show slides of , his and Mrs. Hicks' three years residence in France. .Polio Fund Aided Wednes day night . community dances turned in $606.19 for the March of Dimes, it was announced to day by Chairman Tom Reeder. Receipts showed $126.07 from Dreamland . dance hall, $178.18 from Rogue : Valley ballroom, $141.41 from the Jackson hotel Pioneer room, $64.53 from the YMCA square dance, and $96 from Jacksonville. - Reeder ex pressed his thanks to local labor unions, Jacksonville and Med ford Lions clubs, and organiza tions which aided in promotion efforts for their work in making the dances a success. fhize ui;;;ii;:g service static:! Imam Man Contest Polio Mystery Man Still Unidentified; New Clue Added The March of Dimes Mystery Man went unidentified last night and another clue and two more POLIO'S MYSTERY MAN Military Abbreviation ' prizes have been added. , .The. new clue is: My initials are a military abbreviation. The added prizes are $5 worth of laundry or : dry , cleaning - from Al Dumas' Medford Laundry and .the choice of any parakeet in the aviary at the Jungle Shop. ; Previous clues follow: He was born in the Evergreen state ,in 1906. He received his education in the Rose City, is married and is a father. He came to the Rogue Valley in 1925. Animals that roar are not always danger ous. .- V; V ' The other prize is the choice of any pair of Florsheim shoes at Robinson Brothers Men's store. A new clue and another prize will be added each day that the Mystery Man is unidentified. Persons desiring to enter the contest are asked to send their name, . address and telephone number to March of Dimes Mys tery Man contest, PO Box 531, Medford. A telephone call will be made each night . with the name to be called drawn from those who have entered the con test. -A coupon for convenience of those entering the contest ap pears on this page. - Tonight's call comes from sta tion KWIN at 6:15 p.m. and Fri day's call will be made over station KBES-TV at 6:30 p.m. - Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Medford and vicinity; Fair through Friday. Patches of tog and smoke in valley Friday morning. Little tem perature change. Low tonight 25. High Friday 52. - - , Western Oregon: Mostly clear along coast, cloudy or foggy in interior por tion tonight and Friday, clearing par tially during afternoon. Little tem perature change.- Low tonight - 32-40, except about 25 southern interior. Highs; Friday 48-58, except abut 35-40 in valley log area. LOCAL DATA Temperature a year age ..: today: Highest 45; Lowest 35. . , -.- Total monthly precipitation .81 inch. Deficiency for the month UO inches. : -- ' " : - . ' Total precipitation since September 1, 1954. 5.53 inches. Deficiency for the ;. season 4.84 inches. - Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yester day 36; 4:30 a.m. today 89. Observations Taken. At 4:38 A.M., 128 Meridian Time - ..V niKU bvw Boise 38 14 Boston 37 23 41 58 44 26 35 73 : 56 39 27 49 40 44 38 34 58 47 43 46 . 30 -9 . 22 '38 ' 26 14 -M7 52 26 33 .10 38 36 18 34 7 39 36 25 35 27 Chicago Denver Eureka . Grants Pass Havre Klamath Falls Los Angeles Mcdferd New York Omaha Phoenix . Portland Reno Eugene Salt Lake San Francisco . Seattle Spokane Washington, D.C. YaKima . 30 Tsmorreir Sunrise 1M a jn. Sunset 520 p.m. POLICE COURT - M Oliner Dale Martin, failure to stop at stop sign. $5. " Billy Ray Adams, defective muffler, $10. Lester Bray, failure to stop at stop sign. $5. - - - - . , , Paul Loren McQuade, violation of basic rule, $10. , Michael Bryce Smith. 16. of 409 Oak it., reckless driving. $50 with $40 suspended: parked on wrong side of street. $2.50. DISTRICT COURT - Jack Asher. defective lights. $6. ; Alvy S. Kendall, failure to stop at stop, sign, $10. ' ; , - . Kay C. Elling. violation of basic rule. $10. , " " wktii M. McRaven. failure to stop before entermg - athrough highway. $10. - , Lloyd O. Nickodym, volation. of basic rule. $20. James L. E. Webb, overwidth. $15. Thomas H. Wingert, defective tail Auguittne T'. Lewis, overload.. S11S, Cloid L. Danner.- overwidth. $15. - Robert W. Kezer, driving without head lights,. $10. , . . Lewis X, King, violation of basic rule. $10. ' " Roy D. Anderson, passing' on a. curve, $10. v , CIRCUIT COURT Lola G. Brophy vs. Henry J. Br ophy divorce complaint, y- First Heart Fund Donation Arrives From Atlanta, Ga. A: check from the Elizabeth McGlone . Camarata ;: Memorial Fund has been received as the first contribution to Medf ord's Heart fund campaign, which opens Feb. 1 and will be climax ed with Heart Sunday, FebV 20. John 'Camarata, Atlanta Ga., contributed $100 to the Medford fund because he said, "Mrs. Ca marata had her first heart attack in Medford, and the people of tne hospital and town, were so very nice to us all, so I feel it is most appropriate that ' the me morial start in Medford." He has also given an Isolette to Sacred Heart hospital, in memory of Mrs.. Camarata. The contribution was received by Raymond Reter, local Heart Fund chairman, who ' has also contributed a substantial amount in memory of Mrs. Camarata. Visited Last Summer Mrs. Camarata' and her sister, Agnes McGlone, came to Med ford last Aug. 25 to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Reter for a few days. While here she was stricken with her initial heart attack. Under care at Sacred Heart hospital she 1 recovered sufficiently to go home to At lanta the latter part of Septem ber,, She arrived safely and, ap parently : was approaching full recovery, but three weeks later suffered another : attack- which proved fatal. , . , . Henry Keneally,' Portland, program consultant, for the Ore gon -Heart association, will be in Medford tomorrow ; to make final plans for the ' camnaifm here. Meetings are planned with ttaymona Wise, special gifts chairman, and with representa tives of the Business and Profes sional Women's club which is organizing the Heart" Sunday campaign.; V V . k Many volunteers are needed for the Sunday drive, and those wno are willing to give an hour's time to call; at homes in their neighborhoods are asked to notify Mrs. Alberta Rossi, 2- 9612, or Mrs. Marina Gates, 2- 6171. :- : r . ;. Trans-Allanfic Flier Buffeted by Sf orms Belfast," Ireland I -i-U.Rj Max Conrad, 52, San Francisco, left Newfoundland for Shannon, Ire land, last night in a two-engined Apache" plane and . landed at" a British Air Force base five hours late and 200 miles 'off course: because of a raging Arctic storm His main radio failed while he was bucking the gales, but Brit ish air controllers got through on an emergency set and euided him in, -. . Conrad was casual about the hazardous flight. "The trip?" he said. "Wasn't bad ... had to eo some setting down, but I wasn't worried. "Going to rest now. Get to Paris tomorrow. Find out then where the plane goes." - : . He plans to deliver the Anache to a customer in North Africa. - Wall Street New York U.R) Old Man Winter joined up with the bull- lsn forces joday to help indus trial- shares round out their eighth consecutive session of advance. - Oil shares nerked un as iev blasts froze car wheels 4o the tracks in Chicago and whistled eastward where Wall " Street hoped they: wouldn't chill this hot stock market. Today's closinsr nricex on se lected stocks: American T & T 17434 Anaconda Chrysler .... 61V 1934 485s 9BYs Curtiss Wright General Electric General Motors .: Montgomery Ward Penn. R. R. 82 2isA Penney, J. C. '. 85 Radio ..393,4 Southern Co. 1914 Southern Pacific - 5334 S TDil of Calif. 77 Texas Gulf Sulphur 38?4 Transamenca Unauoted Tri-Continental . 26 United Aircraft 87 U.S. Rubber . 41L4 U. S. Steel . : . 78 Youngstown . 7514 Townsend Club Dinner The Townsend clubs of Medford will sponsor a ham dinner Friday, Jan. 28, at 6:30 p.m. in ; the Pythian building. The public is invited to attend. Have plenty of the wook-end! 1 Thursday, January 27, 19SS 5 ) m ti WHEELCHAIR WEDDING Jack Arnold, a victim of mul tiple sclerosis and Gloria Hall, stricken with spinal men ingitis, were married in wheelchair ceremony at Sacra mento, Cal. The best man, Louis Fiekert, is a disabled vet eran and Mrs. Violet Worthy, maid of honor, suffered a broken back. Over-Populalion Problem in Soain Madrid (U.R) Spain, like Italy, has an over-population problem, and Minister of For eign Affairs Martin .Artajo said the government wants to ease the situation ' with a controlled emigration scheme. Artajo,. speaking during Ma rian : Year ceremonies at Zara- goza, , said "each v year 350,000 more people are born in Spain than die here." : ' , He said that a part of the surplus is being absorbed in ex panding Spanish. industry, while others find work-in agricultural areas . where irrigation schemes were being developed. ". "But," he added, "there are always about 150,000 Spaniards left over "who need, to leave the country in search . of a .fu ture." - , . t While recognizing this, he said the - government would not permjtt emigration to follow the "anarchical" lines which it has followed for centuries. --: . "Modern times," he said,, "call for a technically directed emi- gration." - Traditionally Spaniards go: to Central- or South America, where there - are ; millions', of them today, many still keeping close cultural and family ties with Spain. - ; ; - Last year alone, according' to figures published here, Span ish emigrants to the Americas sent back to Spain 4,000,000,000 pesetas ($40,000,000.) v . ' Portland (UJ.) Cattle 150. ' Can ner -cuter cows mostly $750-850; util ity cows $10-11.. .- ' ' -' Calves 25. Good-choics vealers S20 26: utility calves $12. : Hon 150. Choice 1-2 butchers 180 235 lb. 819.50-20 -with .most sales at $19.85; choice 3 butchers $19. ( - Sheep 200. Choice and orime fall shorn 99 lb. lambs $20 ; sorted with Rood-choice 87 lb. out at $18; good choice feeder lambs $1650-17. : Portland Produce Portland (U Eifs To reUil ers: Grade AA large 50c doz.: A large, 46-47c doz.; A large, 46-47c dor.; AA demium 46c; - A medium. 44-45e; A small. 39c; 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' i-45,i.c: 5-lb. loaves. 46 49'c. Processed -American cheese. 5-lb. loaf. 39?i 41c lb. . Farm Market ' ' . '- ' - Iarge red delicious apples Mid at firm to higher prices today with some dealers pushing extreme toe 100's or larger to $750 a box, a new high for the 1954-55 marketing season. Sum ner, Wash. hothouse rhubarb was quoted at $325 for 15 pounds for extra fancy. - Poultry, Rabbits - Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers 2', i to 4 lbs., 25c lb.: at farm, 24c lb.: roast ers 4& lbs. and up. 25c lb. f .o.b. Port land, 24c at ranch; , light hens, 13c; heavy hens, all wts 14-lSc lb.; old roosters. 10-llc lb. - Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryes, 34-35c . lb.: roasters 38-39c; light hens, 22-23c; heavy hens, 26-27 r. cutup fryers, all wts 48 -50c lb.: whole drawn, 43-45c. ' Turkeys To retailers: A grade hens, ready to cook. 48c: N. Y. dressed, to 43c lb.; A grade toms, oven-ready, 40c. 'Beltsville - A grade hens.- oven ready, to 52c; Belts ville toms. 49c lb, ' Rabbits (average to growers.- f.o.b. killing plants) Live i white. -- 34-4',i lbs., 18-20C up; 5-6' lbs.; 14-16c: colored pelts. 4c under; old does. 810c lb.; a few higher. Tresh dressed fryers to re tailers, 54-57c; cutup, 60-3c. ,. 24-EOTTU CASE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN ; vy-.. "it' 41 1 i Lovry Introduces Accident Reporting Clarification Bill Salem Under provisions of a measure introduced into the Ore gon senate by Sen. Philip B. Lowry, Medford, the law . gov erning the reporting of motor vehicle accidents - resulting in the death or injury of any per son, or .damage to property, would be clarified, and more certain responsibility : fixed as to the proper official to whom the accident report should be made. - Under . Senator Lowry's pro posal, the present law would be amended to spell out in clear and concise terms that such re ports of accidents , should be made to the sheriff of the coun ty if the "mishap occurs outside the corporate limits of a city. : : Is ' Inside City -; ?, f':.;"-.;.v ' . - On : the other ! hand, the new proposal; would write a new sec tion into- the present law pro viding that the chief of police, or other properly designated of ficer, would receive the report if the accident occurs witifin the corporate limits of a city. 7 ; Senator Lowry stated that his effort to change the law was merely an effort to clarify re sponsibility of the proper person to . receive such:, reports. -By channeling reports to the proper official, law enforcement bodies are enabled to properly pinpoint accident hazard points in their county ; or city and thus apply proper education, enforcement, and engineering measures to cut down the mounting'toll of acci dents and injuries. Portland Cash Grain -Portland Prices as -reported In the USDA market news servicer Wheat, No. 2 soft white, $79 a ton bulk, prompt delivery f.o.b. Portland: No. 2 white oats. 38-lb. test. Coast delivery, $33.30 ton: No. 2 Western - barley, S53.50 f.o.b. Portland. Coast delivery: Soybean meal. $930-94 ton, cars, prompt delivery Portland : standard millrun prompt -shipment. $45 - ton. cars . prompt delivery; No. 2 yellow corn.- $67-67.50 ton f.o.b. Portland. Wholesale Hay Prices: No. 2 green alfalfa. - baled, f.o.b. . Portland. $35 .trucks. $37 rail. - ' - Portland Cash Grain. Wednesday's close: . Bid Soft white '..,:. ..$2.37 soft white, no rex 231 White Club ...... 2.37 2.39 .. 2.4$ H. R. winter, 11 per cent do 12 per cent . The Midstiest Doers Open C:2I Shows Start 7 i I7T1 r 1 Damgos for Inpbs Sought in Civil Suit j Harold J. Grow has brought suit in circuit court here "seek ing $10,920 in damages of in juries allegedly received Oct 31, 1954 in a one-vehicle accident, according to records in the coun ty clerk's office. Named as de fendant in the suit is Delbert Osburne. Grow charges that he was rid ing in a pickup truck driven by Osburne when, the. vehicle left the road. Grow's arm struck a mailbox alongside the Toad in the. accident, . the complaint charges. Grow asks $920 special dam ages for injuries to his arm, and $10,000 general damages. The plaintiff is represented by At torney Robert R. Dickey. Births BARKER To Mr. and Mrs. Gordon,; 601 Keeneway Jan. 27, 1955, a girl, 8V4 pounds. Com munity hospital. '- Ose Mail Tribune Want- Ads ' Dead line for Sunday ClasaUied la at noon Saturday. ----- i OPEN 6:30 MA. N OW TWO TERRIFIC HITS! 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