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Local and Orders Issued City Fire Mar shall Truman Nelsori issued 10 orders for correction of hazard ous conditions Friday after in specting five business occupaa ies and one public garage. m Medical Patients Mrs. Lewis Hamlin, 908 North Riverside ave; Armos Clement, 43 South Front St.; Mrs. Catherine Hef fernan. Route 2, Medford; Mrs. Fred Knotts, Central Point, and Leo Mack Johnson of Talent, are reported at Sacred Heart hospital. At Horns Diana Schultz, 9, who was a medical patient at Sacred Heart hosiptal for two weeks, was dismissed Saturday and now is at her home at 115 North Oakdale ave. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ber nard Schultz. She may have visi tors though it will be several weeks before she returns to school. At Community Three sur gery patients and one medical patient were reported today at Community hospital. The for mer are Philip Crumpacker, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert E. Crumpacker, route 2, box 212A, Central Point; Mrs. Charles Todd, Camp White, and Dale F. Smith, Gold Hill. The medical patient is Richard Stambaugh, 18 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer H. Stambaugh, 2681 Table Rock rd. Caller Coming Robby Rob ertson, Seattle, will be caller for a square dance to be held Sun- day, April 24, at the armory in Grants Pass between 2 and 5 p.m. Robertson is a recording artist for Windsor records. It is an nounced that the dance is being given throuh the courtesy of the Southern Oregon Square Dancers' association and no charge for admission will be made. Everyone is welcome to attend. At VA Hospiial Aubrey Adams, route 2, Central Point, is a medical patient at the Vet erans administration hospital at Vancouver, Wash. He is in Ward 15 and friends may write him there, family members here said today. Adams went to the hos pital April 12 and has been em ployed as a salesman at the Leever Motor company used car lot. It is expected that he will be at Vancouver for about a month. At Sacred Heart Surgery pa tientg listed today at the Sacred Heart hospital are Charles Glid den. 4, son of Mr. and Mrs. Har ry Glidden, 243 South Stage rd., and Richard and Kay Breeden, children of Mr. and : Mrs. -WiL liam Breeden. 2640 Table Rock rd., all tonsil surgeries; Mrs. Howard Estes, Phoenix; Mrs. Fannie Shafer, 633 West Sec ond st.; Mrs. Helen Dixon, 526 West 10th st; Mrs. Leslie Cook, Gold Hill; Ray Newman, 1108 Withington st., and Robert Col lier, Brookings. AFFAIR IN TRINIDAD" Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport grass Grass nn rmn pajil J AMIS MASON 1 1 J 3 I JV AHH TODD I I y ft Yj food ... Provides nutri ents needed to keep it healthy and robust. Eco nomical you can feed 1 00 sq ft for leu than a dime. ' Box, feed 2 00 sq ft - $1.95 Bag, feeds 1 1,000 sq ft - 7.9S SEED & FEED CO. TWO CONVENIENT LOCATIONS 10h & South Fir 6th Bartlett Personal Motor Dead Two city fire department pumpers were sum moned to stand by about 3:15 p.m. yesterday while an Air Force C-45 transport plane land ed with one dead motor. Fire men said the landing was made all right. The two-motored plane reportedly was still at the muni cipal airport this morning. ' Can Collide Alva B. Bell, 62, Myrtle Creek, and Manuel A. Flores, 35, of 1112 East Main st., Medford, were drivers of cars which collided 15 miles east of Ashland on Highway 66 at about 3:40 p.m. Sunday, according to state police. Investigating offi cers reported minor damage to the vehicles and minor injuries to occupants of the two cars. Collision Reported Hazel Grace Hackworth, route 1, box 350M, Medford, and her hus band, Fred Hackworth, same ad dress, were drivers of vehicles which collided at about 5:10 p.m. Saturday at Bellinger lane and Stewart ave., according to state police. Damage to both ve hicles was reported, and there were no injuries. Tickets on Sale Tickets are available for a Roosevelt Me morial Dinner to be held Sat urday, April 23. They may be obtained at Walt, Young's sta tionery store and at Lamport's Sporting goods store, those in charge said today. The dinner is set for 7 p.m., and will be held at the Junior high school boys' gymnasium. The event is sponsored by Jackson county Democrats. Garman Bound Over On Bad Check Charge Lloyd Harold Garman, route 1, box 165, Talent, waived hear ing in district court Saturday and was bound over to circuit court on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. He is be ing held in county jail in lieu of $2,500 bail. Garman is accused by Dono van Foster of obtaining $150 on a check of The Chase National Bank, New York City, which was made payable to L. H. Gar man and signed with the name Mac E. Carlton last July 10. Births ARNOLD To Mr. and Mrs. Warren, 764 McAndrews rd., April 16, 1955, girl, 9 pounds at Sacred Heart hospital. REAMES To Mr. and Mrs. Brownlow, route 2, box 220, Med ford, April 16, 1955, boy, 634 pounds at Sacred Heart hospital, BIGHAM To Mr. and Mrs Basil 1208 Murray st., April 16, 1955, boy, 10 pounds at Sacred Heart hospital. PETERS To Mr. and Mrs, Billy, 203 North Holly st. April 17, 1955, boy, 734 pounds at Sacred Heart hospital. GREER To Mr. and Mrs Ellsworth, 1629 Kings highway, April 17, 1955, boy, 8Ji pounds at Sacred Heart hospital. THOMASSON To Mr. and Mrs. William, route 1, box 449, Talent, April 17, 1955, boy, 8 pounds at Sacred Heart hospital, FROHREICH To Mr. and Mrs. Ford, 440 South Riverside ave., April 18, 1955, girl, 74 pounds at Sacred Heart hospital. HURT To Mr. and Mrs. James, 132 Tripp st., April 18, 1955, a girl, 634 pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. REDDING To Mr. and Mrs. Cecil, 1517 Pacific rd., April 18, 1955, a boy, 9 pounds, at Com munity hospital. Obituaries RAY CURTIS Ray Lewis Curtis, 59, of 104 Jeanette st., died Saturday in a local hospital. Conger - Morris funeral home is in charge of funeral arrangements. CHARLES ERMOLD Charles H. Ermold, 70, died yesterday at the V. A. Domici liary, Camp White. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of funeral arrangements. friendly fWM 1 VM; -iiijR-."' loves this complete ON THE BRINK Robert Canina, 20-year-old bank clerk, stands on ledge of building In New York's financial section contemplating suicide. His girl friend, Marilyn Osterwald (arrow), and Father Steward plead with him to leave his precarious perch. After 30 minutes he was finally persuaded back to safety muttering "everything just seems to be going wrong with me." He complained he had "girl trouble." DEATH TAKES OVER Seconds before fatal crash that took bis life, British Ace Ray Amm (28) wheels his motorcycle in to the death turn at Imola, Italy. At right is Italy's Agostini (2). The 27-year-old Amm plowed into a pole on the curve. Meredith Tacy Lynch Waltonian Candidate Meredith Tacy Lynch, one of the five finalists in the Pear Blossom Festival contest, is the candidate of the Izaak Walton league, Jackson county chapter, instead of the Junior Service league of Medford, as indicated in Sunday's Mail. Tribune. The service league candidate is Karean Jean Morgan. The mis print occurred when a line was dropped from the original story, Pictures of the girls were pub lished Sunday with the correct names. Announcement of the winner will be made next Thursday. That day also is the final day for entering floats in the parade. Entry forms may be obtained at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce office, 5 South River side ave. Ashland Soldier Home From Far East San Francisco (U.R) PfC. Herman A. Ghea, Ashland, Ore., was among servicemen arriving here Saturday aboard the trans port Gen. J. C. Breckinridge from the Far East. News About Servicemen GETS DIPLOMA Sgt. Wayne W. Straus, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Straus, route 2, box 381-B, Medford, re cently received a diplomat upon graduation from the non-commissioned officer leadership school of the 1st Marine aircraft wing in Korea. Before entering the service in 1953 he was grad uated from Crater high school. COMPLETES TOUR Ships of Destroyer Squadron 1 recently returned to San Diego after completing a tour in the Far East. On the ship, USSS John R. Craig, is Lee R. Stegall, a Navy seaman, sorr of Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Stegall, route 2, box 402, Gold Hill. ASSIGNED ' ' Nancy A. Busch, a Navy air controlman airman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Busch, Trail, reported to Atlantic City, N.J., in March, ts the Navy air station i i i l : j wuere sue nas ueeu aaaiguca iu i . . a? , . . i me operations department zor duty. Before entering the Navy Miss Busch was graduated from Eagle Point high school at Trail. ON CARRIER" George W. Rogers, a Navy ra- darman third class, son of Mr. : and Mrs. Rawley P. Rogers Jr., i 710 Beekman ave., is on the es-:: cort aircraft carrier, USS Point i Cruz. The ship arrived recently at San Diego, Calif., to rejom Carrier Division 17 after a four month repair period at the Long Beach, Calif., Navy ship yard. "f 4 ' lll ' HOLDING age well, Nikita S. Knruschev, 60, top man in So viet Russia's ruling hierarchy, appears confident in latest of ficial photo. (International) Daily Weather Report Sunspt inn i nht fi if; . n, cunWco tomorrow, s:2i a.m. FORECASTS: MeHforri anrl l,-irtn i v Partial .U.il. ing tonight and Tuesday with widely Scattered shnivpre T.nur inniah OQ'ifi high Tuesday 55. , Western Oregon Partial clearing and a few showers tonight and Tues- riav T.ittlo fhanan in n , - - ...u.i6. ... iciiiijciamira, Low tonieht 32-42 and an TiimHsv 50-60. Northern California Clearing to night. Increasing cloudiness Tuesday in thf north fnllmi-.rf hv IP. Bragg and Marysville northward! Slightly colder tonight and slightly warmer Tuesday.. LUUAL DATA TEMPF.T? ATTTRV- Me.n .,.H..j. it. hplnw nnrmal in Vmai k;Mu date 87 in 1334 Rof-nrH lnw rf.' 27 in 1920. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night 03 in MtHniffht tn in m lt in. Total this month. .31 in.. .37 in.' be low normal. Total since Sent. 1. 7.90 in.: 7.19 in. below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 47, highest this a.m. S4. City high low prec. Brookings 52 37 .12 Crater Lake 30 17 .31 Grants Pass : 48 30 .15 Klamath Falls 38 24 J2i MEDFORD 49 35 .05 Portland 55 35 Seattle 53 47 37 38 29 Spokane Yakima 53 Eureka ... 50 40 .17 . 53 37 .17 Red Bluff aacramento San Francisco Los Angeles .... 55 38 .23 54 43 .18 71 54 Phoenix Denver Chicago 86 75 69 81 48 56 58 41 53 68 45 50 Miami New York Washington, D. C. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads u FREE HOBBY CRAFT INSTRUCTIONS D Spring series of WOOD FIBRE FLOWER making classes: Begi nners Classes held at 1 P.M. and 7:15 P.M. starting Thursday, April 21st . . . Advanced classes held at 1 P.M. and 7:15 P.M. starting Tuesday, April 19th. BEGINNERS LEATHERCRAFT CLASSES EVERY MONDAY at 7:15 P.M. BEGINNERS TEXTILE PAINTING CLASSES EVERY TUESDAY at 1 P.M. and 7:15 PM. SIMS CYCLE & HOBBY SHOP I PHONE 2-2472 Wall Street New York (U.R) Paced by aircraft and railroad shares, the stock market turned in another strong performance today. The upswing pushed industrial shares to a further all time high. Railroad shares moved to their best levels since Oct. 26, 1931 Gains, in the aircrafts ranged to more than a point.' Improve ments in the carriers were about the same. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T . .......181 Anaconda 62 Chrysler 82Vfc Curtiss Wright .... ....... 22 General Electric 53. General Motors Montgomery Ward ." 803,4 Penn. R. R 28 V Penney, J. C 92 Vi Radio a 44J Southern Co 2OV2 Southern Pacific Unquoted S. Oil of Calif 80 Texas Gulf Sulphur 40 V4 Transamerica .. . 4314 Tri-Continental 2714 United Aircraft 76 U.. S. Rubber 47 Vb U. S. Steel 84 Youngstown 78 Vz OFFICER FINED Westmoreland, Calif. U.R) Municipal Judge D. S. Saund fined traffic officer H. R. Ytur ralde $100 for lecturing a motor ist too strongly. The motorist, T. H. Hamilton of Brawley, Calif., complained that the offi cer used "loud and profane lan guage" when Hamilton refused to sign a speeding citation. Ham ilton contended he was not speeding. GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE Paris U.R) Jean Bouher's wife became ill and couldn't ac company him to a tennis match. He told her he would go alone. But, when Madame Bouher turn ed on the television set to watch the play she saw her husband sitting in the grandstand with his secretary. Madame Bouher won a divorce. The collapsible metal tube, such as used . to contain tooth paste, was first used commer cially in about 1892. The moon is an average of 238,857 miles from the earth. a 23 NORTH FIR Monday, April 18, 1955 Second Victim of Pasco Shooting Dies Pasco, Wash. (U.R) P. H. Peterson, 52, wounded in an April Fool's Day. shooting spree by his 16-year-old son, died at a hospital last night. The son, Richard, charged with first degree murder and second degree assault in connec tion with the shooting which fatally wounded policeman Alva Jackson and hurt the youth's grandfather, Chet Young, may now face another charge, prose cutor Roger Olson said. The 200 - pound high school sophomore went on a half-hour shooting spree after he and his father quarreled about the boy's drinking and the father refused to. allow him to use the family car. Portland Produce Portland (UP) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 50-51c doz; A large 48-49c doz: A medium 46-47c doz; A small, 42-44c doz; cartons 1 to 3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints 66c lb; cartons 67c; A prints 66c; cartons 67c; B prints 64c. Cheese To retailers: A erade Ched dar, Oregon singles. 42j-45,,2c: 5-lb loaves 4612-491,2c. Processed American cheese. S-lb loaf. 39',2c-41c lb. Farm Market Northwest apple prices reached a seasonal high of $8.65 a box for extra fancy larger sizes during today's mod erately active trading on the produce market here. The season's first Willamette Valley radishes were on the market todav. bringing 90 cents a crate at the East Side Farmers' market. Northwest Dotato Drices wen un changed and mostly firm. Poultry, Rabbits Live chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland i: Frvers 2; to 4 lbs 29c lb: at farm 28c: roasters 29c Portland; 28c ranch; light hens 18c; heavy hens all wts 20-2 lc lb: old roosters 12-14c lb. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers. New York style. 41 42c lb; whole drawn 51-53c: cut-up, 56-58c lb: roasters N. Y. stvle 42-43c; hens, light type New York style 30 31c; cut-ups 42-45c; hens, heavy type N. Y. style 33-34c: whole-drawn. 44. 46c lb. - Turkeys To retailers: A erade hens ready to cook 48-5flc; N. Y. dressed 37 38c lb; A grade toms oven ready 40 44c; N. Y. style 34-35C lb. KaDDits (average to growers f.o.b killing plants) Live, white lbs 21-23 up; 5 to 6 lbs 17-19c: col ored pelts 4c under: old does 10-12e lb: a few higher. Fresh dressed fryers to reiauers o7-60c; cut up 62-65C Portland Livestock Pnrtlanrt TTtn r'tT esA Choice fed steers around $24: choice iigni neiiers zz; utility and commer cial heifers 16.50-518: light utility dairy-type heifers downward to $12; canner and cutter cows mostly 9.50 $11: few S11.50; utility cows 12.50 $14.50; utility and commercial bulls 14-S16; heavy bulls to S17. Calves 125. Good and choice vealers 23-S28. Hogs 1.100. Choice 180-235 pound butchers 19.25-S20: 250-300 pounds, 17.50-$18.50: choice 350-535 pound sows 14.50-S16.50. Sheep 500. Choice 96 pound fed wooled lambs $18.50, some higher: good and choice lambs at $17; good and choice feeder lambs 15-S16: choice 145 pound slaughter ewes $7.50. Portland Cash Grain "Pni-tl nnrl Ppikac am .-inn.-. ...J I... .1 I USDA market news service: Wheat, I io. n sort, wnite. SBU.su a ton bulk, prompt delivery f.o.b. Portland. No. 2 white oats 38 lb test Coast delivery S54.50-55 ton; Portland delivery $52; No. 2 Western barley. $52.50 ton f.o.b. Portland Coast delivery; soybean meal $38-89 ton. cars, prompt delivery Port land: standard millrun $43.50 ton cars, prompt delivery Portland: No. 2 yel low corn S67.25 ton f.o.b. Portland. Wholesale hay prices: Market nom inal. Sweden's constitution was drafted in 1809 and this country claims it is the oldest written constitution in all of Europe. STARTS WEDNESDAY ALL NEW! ALL TRUE! ALL TERRIFIC! V5 O THE JOHN "ctaTlARrS PLUS HIT JOHN LUND Dorothy Malone in "Five MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNES-ELEVEN I SlTl GERMAN BEAUTY Gitta Gorzelanny, 18, sits on newly won throne in American sec tor of Berlin after being named Hiss Berlin 1955. The first free diagnostic can cer clinic in the United States was opened in Columbus, Ohio, in 1921. 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