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Local and Visits Here Harold Burk of Salem of the Carl Construction company visited the end of the week with friends here. He is convalescing from pneumonia. To MMt Medford American Legion post will meet tonight at 8 o'clock in the Legion home. Nomination of officers and elec tion of delegates to the annual state convention are planned. la Portland Hospital Mrs. Ernest Scott, 45 Glen Oak st., is reported to b convalescing sat isfactorily at Good Samaritan hospital in Portland following major surgery there last Tues day. Erect Residences Building permits have been Issued E. R. Frohreich, 312 May st., for con struction of a residence valued at $6,000, and George W. Beers, 12 Kenwood ave., to erect a res idence valued at $7,000. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Fletcher, Torrance, Calif., arrived Monday afternoon to vis It Fletcher's niece, Mrs. Curtis Hopkins, and Mr. Hopkins, Old, Military rd. They plan to be here about a week. Assume Business Name "Floyd R. and Helen F. Mode, 2414 Kings highway, Medford, have assumed the business name "The A..B. C. Nursery and Kin dergarten," according to records In Jackson county recorder's office. Business Name Robert A. Rartmann and Patricia L. Mit chell have assumed the business name H & M Lumber Company, according to records on file in the office of the Jackson county clerk. The business is located at "White City. ' Convalescing Mrs. George W. Crawford, Medford, has been released from Community hos pital where she was a patient since last Wednesday and is convalescing at the home of her mother, Mrs. Mabel Greene, 122 Tripp st., the family report ed yesterday. Elected George Potucek, bus iness agent of the carpenters local, has been elected to his 10th consecutive term as district representative of the Oregon state council of carpenters repre senting Jackson and Josephine county. He returned Sunday from Le Grande after attending the Oregon State Council of Carpenters convention. r ... . . . At Conference J. B. Moffat, of Mann's department store, will be the district advisor for a con ference of the Oregon Retail Distributors institute to be held at the University of Oregon campus May 15 and 18. This is the 16th annual meeting of the group and retailers from throughout the state are ex pected to attend. : Te Build W. Benton Smith has been issued building per mits to erect residences at 1224 Mt. Pitt ave., valued at $13,000, at 1309 Mt. Pitt ave., valued at $12,000 and at 1316 Mt. Pitt " ave., valued at $12,000. A per mit also was issued Miss Delia Wilson, 114 Almond St., for an . addition to a duplex valued at $800. . O.EJU Meeting The execu tive board of the Jackson coun ty division of the Oregon. Edu cation association will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday in the county school superintendent's office. Mrs. Maxine Smith, president, said important business will be transacted because the meeting is the last regular meeting of the school year. She urged members to attend. X-ray Clinic Due A spokes man for the Jackson County Public Health association today reminded residents of the coun ty of the availability of the two permanent chest x-ray centers. The Sacred Heart hospital cen ter is open from 2 to 5 p.m. Thursdays, and at Community the hours are from 3 to 6 p.m Wednesdays. No appointment is necessary. A nominal charge is made to cover the cost of the film only. Show Starrs 7:50 p.m. dXTTTTTX Mwm m " - bm m A-im J00JB4 SWMO-SUSMM I ' SKCTAOIrf 1 BYBKteWtOsUNOI 1 , t ta Personal Class Meeting An extension class in emotional problems of children will meet at 7 p.m. to day in the Medford Nursery school. 325 East Jackson st. Dr. John Waterman is the instructor. Rummage Sale Neighbors of Woodcraft will hold a rum mage sale Wednesday, May 11, from ' 9 a.m. to 5 pm. at 106 North Ivy street. a Arrested Edwin James Bab cock, 27, of 716 Cedar St., Med ford, has been arrested by pro bation officers on charges of vio lation of probation, according to county jail records. SOHS Meeting The South ern Oregon Historical Society, Inc., will meet in regular month ly session at 8 p.m. today in the county court room at the court house. Surgery Patients Surgery patients reported by Sacred Heart hospital this morning are Mrs. Robert Chriss, 843 West 14th st., and Lynn McConnell, 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest McConnell, Eagle Point. Name Change Florence L. Forrest has retired from the busi ness name Dairie Delite, which has been assumed by Arthur Vaughan, according to county clerk's records. The business is located at 44 South First st., Central Point. Unusual Tulip A tulip blooming in the gardens of Mrs. Emma Fleming, Millers gulch, between Gold , Hill and Rogue River, has four blossoms on a single stem, it is reported. The flowers are red in color. , . Minor Accident Vehicles op erated by E. C.-Brittson, 2834 Georgia st., Medford, and Leslie Hurrid Howard Jr., 419 Alice st., Medford, collided at the in tersection of Fourth st. and Cen tral ave., yesterday, according to police records. a Work Day Planned Jackson County 4-H council teenagers will hold a work day Saturday at the-county fairgrounds start ing at 9:30 a.m. Those attending are asked to take sack' lunches. A business meeting will be held at noon. Chapter to Meet Medford chapter, Oregon United Nations association, will meet Thursday, May 12, at 8 p.m. in the county courthouse auditorium. During the evening the group will study a questionnaire on the subject "Do we know enough about the use of the hydrogen and atom bomb in warfare?" The public is invited. . Boy Injured Leonard Get tling, 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald .Gettling, Jackson ville, underwent amputation of half of his right index finger yesterday evening at Osteopathic hospital, it was reported this morning. The small boy cut the finger so severely, with a hatchet that the amputation was neces sary, the report stated. He was released from the hospital this morning. First Reserve Fleet Ship Loaded WHh Grain Astoria (U.R) The first of 75 reserve fleet vessels to be fill ed with government surplus grain, the David Stone, was be ing loaded today. After the vessels are loaded they will be removed to Cathla met bay for storage with the re serve fleet. Some of the ships will be loaded in Vancouver, Portland and Longview. Gillnet Catches Encourage Fishermen Astoria U.R) Lower Colum bia river packers and fishermen continued to be encouraged to day by gillnet catches. Although catches were not comparable to earlier near record takes, packers said that deliveries were holding up un usually well. Hottest spot in the I river is the Celilo area, but lower river fishermen continued to net up to 500 pounds with floating net gear. Barbara HALE Richard GREENE PLUS Tony CURTIS Janet LEIGH 'lauzisiwi News About Servicemen AWARDED Roy L. Huson, an Army first lieutenant, P.O. Box 485, Med ford, has been awarded a certifi cate by' the Army Extension courses of the infantry school from Ft. Benning, Ga., according to a release from the school. The extension course program, offers home study courses to qualified infantry reserve per sonnel who apply in writing to the Commandant, The Infantry School, Ft. Benning, Ga., atten tion of the Deputy Director for AEC. VISITS TOKYO Pfc. Edward L. Stewart, whose wife, and mother, Mrs. Betty Stewart, live at Gold Hill, re cently spent a week's leave in Tokyo from his unit in Korea. Stewart is assigned to Medical company of the 7th infantry di vision's 31st regiment. A 1953 graduate of Medford high school he entered the Army in April that year. County 4-H'ers Plan To Attend Field Day Members of three Jackson county 4-H Forestry clubs are planning to attend a two-day Southern Oregon Forestry Field day Friday and Saturday at Azalea, in Douglas county, ac cording to County Agent Glenn Klein. The program for the field day includes identification of trees and shrubs, pacing, fire spotting, Christmas tree farming, and fire fighting equipment. County club members will leave Friday after school and will return Saturday at about 5 p.m. Groups from Antelope, Valley View and Applegate will be accompanied by Mrs. Robert Rosenbaum, Mrs. John Bohnert, Wallace Ragsdale, and Klein. The program is being provided by Ed Gilden, Douglas county farm forester. City, County Slates Budget Talk at Talent :, Talent The city council will meet at 8 p.m. today to set up a budget for the coming fiscal year. The budget will be re ferred to a committee for study. The council at its meeting re cently passed an ordinance levy ing a $3 tax per machine per month on the owner or operator of electrically operated amuse ment machines. Bomb Threat Made At Portland School Portland (U.R) Another school bomb threat was reported here today. Mrs. Charles R. Pier see, secretary at the Sitton school told police a man tele phoned her that a bomb was going off "in one of the base ments." Police made a routine search. Mrs. Pierce said she thought it was a hoax because the school has only one basement. Daily Weather Report DATE May 10. 1935 Sunset tonight 7:20 p.m. Sunrise to morrow 4:54 a.m. - FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Fair through Wednesday. Low tonight 43; high Wednesday 80. Western Oregon: Partly eloudv in soutn portion; mostly cloudy with a few' sprinkles of rain north portion tonight and Wednesday. Little .change in temperature. Low tonight 40-46: high - Wednesday 62-7S inland and about 55 along coast. Northern California: Fair . tonight and Wednesday, but increasing fog on coast and drizzle in Eureka-cres-cent City area northward Wednesday morning. Five-day forecast, through Sunday Western Oregon: Temperatures ave raging near to slightly above normal with highs 68-78; lows 40-50. A few light showers over northwest Oregon about Wednesday and again Saturday. Northeran California: No rain ex cept possible showers in extreme north latter part of week. Tempera tures above normal inland and near normal along coast. Local data TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday si: oeiow normal l. - Record high this date 95 In 1931. Record low this date 32 in 1929. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month .09. in.. .27 In. be low normal. Total since Sept. I. U.71 inches. 7.24 inches below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 4, highest this a.m. 87. CITY High Low Free. Brookings 69 43 Crater Lake 56 30 Grants Pass 80 40 Klamath Falls 68 " 36 MEDFORD u 76 42 Portland 66 43 Seattle 62 47 .07 Spokane 60 46 Yakima 71 49 Eureka 55 43 Red Bluff 87 58 Sacramento 81 54 San Francisco 75 48 Los Angeles 67 55 Phoenix 82 60 60 . 41 51 - 48 87 68 Denver .11 .30 Chicago . Miami New York Washington, D.C. 55 43 68 54 Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday: 1 a. m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day Three More Polio Cases Listed in Idaho Boise (U.R) Three more cases of polio among Salk-vac-cinated children were listed in Idaho today. The latest cases brought up to J 15 the number of children listed i as polio victims since. April 26. ; As in the cases of the first 12 children including two who died the three cases reported yesterday were inoculated with vaccine ordered by the National Foundation for Infantile Paraly sis and shinned by Cutter labor atories in Berkeley, Calif. All Cutter vaccine was with drawn April 27. Wall Street New York (U.R) Stocks de clined in all major sections to day for the first time in a week. At the day's lows there were several issues showing wide de clines, U.S. Gypsum, for ex ample, fell 20 points to 260. Zenith touched 122V. off 9V4 points. It rallied about 5 points. Dow-Jones Averages Dow - Jones final stock aver ages. 30 industrials 423.80 off 0.52;20 railroads 158.85 off 1.35; 15 util ties 64.42, off 0.20, and 65 stocks 158.84 off 0.58. Sales today were about 2,150, 000 shares compared with 2,090, 000 shares yesterday. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 183 Anaconda 61V4 Chrysler . 78 Curtiss Wright ...... 213i General Electric ..., 51Vs General Motors 96 Montgomery Ward 79 Vfc Penn R R . 27V2 Penney J C ... . . 93 Radio . ; 48 Southern Co 20Vs Southern Pacific 61 S Oil of Calif 78 Texas Gulf Sulphur . 40 Transamerica 40 Tri-Continental . 25 United Aircraft 69 U S Rubber .. 46 U S Steel . . 8614 Youngstown .... . 77 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (UJ.) Cattle 300. Ave rage to high choice 1025 lb. fed steers $24.25; good 910-980 lb. steers $20 21.50; good heifers $19-21: commercial cows up to $17; utility $12-13.50; can-ner-cutters $8-11.50; commercial bulls $15-17. Calves 50. GoOd-choIce vealers S20 25; commercial $17.50-19; cull vealers down to $12 and below; good 420 lb. slaughter calves S18J30. Hogs 350. Choice 180-235 lb. bar rows and gilts $20-20.50: medium around 200 lb. $19.25: 235-240 lb. $19 19.50; choice sows 330 lb.. $16. Sheep 450. No test on market early. PORTLAND PRODUCE "Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large. 50-51c dor.; A large. 48-49c: AA medium. 48-49c dor.; A medium 47-48e doz.: A xmall 40-44c do.: cartons 1 to 3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints. 65c; cartons, 66c: A prints, 85e, cartons 68c: B prints 63e.v Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar. Oregon singles, 42 i.i-452c; 5-lb. loaves. 46 -49'.Sc. Processed Ameri can cheese. 5-lb. loaf, 39-41c lb.. Farm Market Local spinach sold .at S2.50-3 fnf three dozen bunches at the East Side Farmers' market today: radishes re mained at 53-70c and green onions at 0-70c. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers 2i to 4 lbs.. 26c lb., at farm 23c: roasters. 26c Portland. 25c ranch; light hens, J i o in, i. .. i ..11 ..... nn uriot. iiCBVjr urns. Mi i w lb., w.gk lb.: old roosters. 12-14c lb. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers. New York style. 37 38c lb.: whole drawn, 46-48c; cut-up, 51-54c lb.: roasters. N.V. style. 39-40c; hens, light type. New York style. 31 32c: cut-ups, 43-46c; whole-drawn, 44-46c lb. Turkeys To retailers, A grade hens, ready to cook, 48-50c; N.Y. dressed, 37-38c lb.: A grade toms. oven ready, 40-44c: N.Y. style. 34-35c lb. Rabbits (average to growers, f.o.b. killing plants): Live white 3tt-4,i lbs.. 21-23c up; 5-6 lbs.. 17-19c: colored pelts 4c under: old does, 10-12C lb., a few higher. Fresh dressed fryers to retailers, 37-60c; cut-up. 62-65e. PORTLAND CASH GRAIN Portland Prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat, No. 2 soft white. S81 a ton bulk, prompt delivery f.o.b. Portland. No. 2 white oats 38 lb. test Coast delivery S55 ton; Portland delivery. $51.50; No. 2 Western barley. $55.50 ton f.o.b. Portland Coast delivery: soybean meal ,$82.50 ton, cars prompt delivery Portland; standard millrun. $4650 cars, prompt delivery Portland: No. 2 yellow corn. $70. ton f.o.b. Portland, Portland. Wholesale hay prloaa: Market nominal. ENDS TONITE . MARJORIE lOW NELSON 6 fltk) J! i - f -af - I City Officials Plan To Attend Water Meet City Manager and Water Su perintendent Robert Duff and Robert L. Lee, assistant water superintendent, will attend the annual meeting of the-Pacific Northwest section of the Ameri can Waterworks association in Yakima, Wash., May 19 through 21. ' About 300 city officials are expected to attend the meeting, which will feature discussions of inadequate water supplies dur ing summer months. Winston Berkeley, director of water purification at Eugene, is president of the Pacific North west section. BIRTHS CROWDER To Mr. and Mrs. William Jr., 1005 Winchester ave., May 10, 1955, a boy, 7Vfe pounds at Sacred Heart hospital. McFALL To Mr. and Mrs. Lester, Box 946, Eagle Point, May 9, 1955, a boy, 10 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. WINANS To Mr. and Mrs. David, 223 Ashland ave., May 7, 1955, a girl, 7V4 pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. HARDIN To Mr. and Mrs. Ira, Rogue River, May 10, 1955, a girl, 8V2 pounds, at Osteopathic Hospital. STRONG To Mr. and Mrs. Reuben, 1078 Morrow rd., May 10, 1955, a girl, 6 pounds, at Community Hospital. HEIDEMANN To Mr. and Mrs. Marvin, 1553 Grand ave., May 10, 1955, a girl, 5Va pounds, at Community Hospital. KIME To Mr. and Mrs. Rich ard, 507 South Stage rd., May 10, 1955, a boy, 8 pounds, at Community Hospital. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day. HOLLY SUmof LANA TURNER-EDMUND PURDOM LOUIS CALHERNw AUDREY DALTON JAMES MITCHELL NEVILLE BRAND WALTER HAMPDEN TAINA ELG FRANCIS L SULLIVAN -JOSEPH WISEMAN SANDRA DESCHER lass Way by MAURICE ZIMM iw wiuSJSSs uuats MumMHntASTMM com . A PROGRAM FOR THE YEAR'S BIGGEST MAIN PERCY KILBRIDE (YRON PALMER . HILO HATTIE Tuesday. May 10, 195S URGE FOREIGN AID Adm. Arthur W. Radford (right), chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Asst Defense Secy. H. Struve Hensel as they appeared before Senate foreign relations committee to urge approval of Administration's foreign aid bill. Radford said, "It would be dangerous mis conception to assume that superiority in modern weapons WEDNESDAY Night, May 11 BASIS BALLROOM (Eagle Point) w,h tex hill r,r Featuring: Little Chief, Vocalist Starting FRIDAY II ii I, t Turner as th Priestes of Love In a City of Sin! jj 0 Sto,y Woman Bei"ty lfld Min' Tmpttion i h RICHARD THORPE nf i, CHARLES SCHNEE THE ENTIRE FAMILY ALL LAUGH IUD LOU ' ABBOTT-COSTELLO FRED CLARK - LYNN BARI MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN Big 4 Hour Program of Dancing & Entertainment Adm. $1.00, tax inc. COME ON OUT1 m-m i o SILVANO MANGANO with VITTORIO GASSMAN SHELLEY WINTERS SHOW! ti:i r.oviis' MADDEST DAYS! . MAXIE R0SENBL00M Obituaries EDWIN STROHMEIER Edwin H. Strohmeier, 83, of Route 1, Box 117, Central Point, died today in a local hosnltal. 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