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FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, May 20, 1955 GIFT PROBLEM ! senators at the conclusion of Hasinas, Neb. (U.R) Former i xheir term. She said she hadn't State Sen. Hazel Abel received j figured out a use for the shaving the spittoon and shaving mug j mug, but she'll use the spittoon traditionally given Nebraska j as a planter. HEY 6AG36 Teenage Stomp Tonight, May 20 American Legion Hall Central Point Modern Music by the "Aristocrats of Swing" Dancing 9 to 1 JITTERBUG CONTEST Medford High's Night Winners Will Appear on KBES-TV At the End of 6 Weeks Columbia Probed for Bodies of Children Hood River (U.R) A tug probed the waters of the Colum bia river without success yester day in a hunt for the bodies of two three-year-old children be lieved to have drowned last week. The search was renewed when Mel Lingren, sheriff's deputy, said he spotted what looked like a child's body floating face down i in the Columbia just below the mouth of the Klickitat river. The children were Terry Wil liams and her playmate, Walter Mark Greenfield, both of Klicki tat. They were last seen playing on the Klickitat's bank. x DDAEJCIE SAT. NIGHT MAY 21 EAGLE POINT In Person LARRY ROCK A REAL FINE SINGER Accompanied by the ROGUE VALLEY BOYS For a Real Evening of ENTERTAINMENT BE SURE AND COME OUT Veterans Affairs Loan Figures Told Salem (U.R! The Oregon Veterans Affairs Department loaned 514,174,250 to 2094 vet erans for purchase of homes and farms in the 12 months ended April 30, Director H. C. Saalfeld said today. The loans are made to World War II and Korean veterans. In the 10 years since the loan pro gram started, 14,439 veterans have borrowed $71,313,439. They have paid back thirty-four mil lion dollars in principal and in- i terest. JACKSONVILLE COMMUNITY HALL Saturday Night Music by BILL LIVELY and the WESTERN SWING BAND LADIES ADMITTED FREE UNTIL 9 P.M. 1 PAPER SALVAGE OFF Chicago (U.R) Americans are salvaging less waste paper in proportion to-production than at any time since 1909, D. C. Everat, chairman of , Mar athon Corp., told the 42nd an nual convention of the National Association of Waste Material Dealers.1 Daily Weather Report DATE May 20. 1935 Sunset tonight 4:45 p.m. Sunrise to morrow 7t30 a.m. Medford and vicinity: Showers this evening. Clearing tonight. Consider able cloudiness Saturday morning be coming mostly fair and a little warmer by afternoon. Low tonight 52. High Saturday 84. Western Oregon: Mostly clear to night. Sunny Saturday with consider able late night nd early morning cloudiness. Highs Saturday from 70-75 north half to 80-85 in south half. About 60 on Coast. Low tonight 40-50. Northern California: Fair tonight and Saturday and probably Sunday. Night and morning fog near coast. TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 69: above normal 9. Record high this date 92 in 1947. Record low this date 36 in 1920. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month .16 in.. .58 in. be low normal. Total since Sept. 1. 8.79 inches, 7:55 inches below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 21, highest this a.m. 83. CITY High Low Prec. Brookings ....: 6!) 47 Crater Lake : v 65 37 Grants Pass .. 87 52 Klamath Falls 79 MEDFORD 88 Portland : 72 50 59 43 Seattle 60 43 Spokane 76 50 Yakima 85 49 U5 Eureka Red Bluff Sacramento .... San Francisco Los Angeles .. .73 98 93 84 76 49 63 61 51 56 Phoenix Denver Chicago Miami New York 95 5fi 86 85 79 64 43 54 69 .41 .70 FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Through May 25): Western Oregon and Western Wash ington Fair and warm through Sun day. Partly cloudy and a little cooler Monday through Wednesday with showers likely in western Washington and northwestern Oregon Sunday night or Monday and again about Wednesday. Temperatures averaging above normal with highs 64-74 in western Washington and 72-82 in western Oregon. Low tonight 42-50. Northern and Central California No precipitation. Coastal fog. Temper atures above normal over interior through Saturday but near normal. PORTLAND CASH GRAIN Portland PRICES AS REPORTED hy the USDA market news service; Wheat. No. 2 soft white. S81.50 a ton bulk, prompt delivery f.o.b. Portland; No. 2 white oats 38 lb. test Coast de livery. 556 ton; Portland delivery. $51 52; No. 2 Western barley. S55-50-56 ton f.o.b. Portland Coast delivery: soy bean meal. S81.50 ton. cars prompt delivery Portland: standard millrun. S49.50. cars: yellow corn. $70.50 ton f.o.b. Portland. WHOLESALE HAY PRICES: Market J 1 nominal. Featuring The TUNESMITHS Every night except Monday .0 JKe 6 (in . n n Ml XPtt 0 - X On highway 99 at Talent Southern Oregon's Unique Dining Room and Supper Club GOOD FOOD GOOD MUSIC DANCING -V Stock Market Crash Repeat Unexpected Portland (U.R) Stuart F. Sil loway, financial vice-president of Mutual Life Insurance of New York, said the United States is not due for a repeat stock mar ket crash of 1929. Silloway, who was in Portland yesterday, said the country's economy would have some set backs, but he predicted an ex panding economy, in general, for "a relatively long time." "Given a reasonable favorable political atmosphere our econ omy, will take care of itself for many years in the future. Wall Street New York (U.R) Price on the Stock Exchange pushed higher again today, marking the third consecutive session that prices have advanced. Chemical and specialty issues led the upswing. They had gains ranging to , more than a point. Steel shares also met demand. Dow-Jones Averages Dow-Jones final stock aver ages: 30 industrials 422.89 up 3.17; 20 railroads 157.41 up 0.69; 15 utilities 63.91 up 0.14, and 65 stocks 158.02 up 0.90. Sales today were about 2, 240,000 shares compared with 2:380,000 shares yesterday. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T ....1848 Anaconda 6l5,s Chrysler 76?s Curtiss Wright 21 J s ,General Electric 511s General Motors . 87 Vs Montgomery Ward 77 Vi Penn. R. R 27 Penney, J. C. ...... 92 Vi Radio 4938 Southern Co 19Va Southern Pacific 6034 S. Oil of Calif 77 Vz Sun Mines .. lW's Texas Gulf Sulphur ... 41 li Transamerica 397s Tri-Continental 257s United Aircraft 73 Vz U. S. Rubber 46V4 U. S. Steel ; , 83 Youngstown 75 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.) Cattle for week 2770. Low to average choice fed steers 22.75-23.75. little above 23.50; good 20-22.50. commercial 17.50-20, utility 14-17. Some 22.25. bulk 21.25 21.50. good 19.50-21, commercial 17 19, utility 13.50-17. Canners and cuters 10-13.50. Utility and commercial bulls 15-18. cutters 13.50 down; medium 642 lb. stock steers 14.25. Calves for week 390. Good and choice vealers 22-25.50. utility and commercial 15-20: medium and good stock calves 15-10.50. Hogs for week 1600. Choice 180-235 lb. barrows and gilts 19.50-20.50; choice 1. 20.75, compared with early top of 20.50. choice 350-550 lb. sows 14-16; below 310 lbs., 16.50-17. over 600 lbs., 13.50. Sheep for week 1865. Choice and prime spring lambs 20-21.50. late top 21. Good and choice old crop wooled lambs Monday 18.50-18.75, compar able Tuesday and later 17.50-17.75 closely sorted. Medium and good shorn old crop feeding lambs 14-16, some medium late 12. Scattered head wooled slaughter ewes 7-8. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.) Eggs To re tailers: Grade AA large, 50-5 lc doz.; A large, 48-49c; AA medium. 48-49c doz.; A medium. 47-48c doz.: A small. 40-44c doz.: cartons. l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints. 65c lb.: cartons 66c; A prints, 65c: cartons. 66c; B prints, 63c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar, Oregon singles, 42 ',2-45 'jc; 5-lb. loaves, 46 '.2-49 lie. Processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 39 ',2-410 lb. PORTLAND PRODUCE Farm Market' The first impact of the trucking strike was felt along produce row today when expected shipments of asparagus from central and eastern Washington failed 'to arrive; one wholesaler said he was unable to make a regular shipment to Astoria because of the strike. Northwest asparagus . sold higher when available; Parkrose. Canby and Hood River asparagus quoted at most ly $5.25 'for 30 lbs. Poultry. Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No.'l quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers 2',j to 4 lbs. 28c 3b. at farm. 27c: roasters, 28c Portland. 27c ranch: light hens, 19-20c; heavy hens, all wts. 23-24c lb.; old roosters. 12-14c lb. Dressed Chicken No. 1 dressed to retailers: fryers. New York style. 38 39c lb.; whole drawn. 48-50c: cut-up, 52-54c lb; roasters, N. Y. style. 39 40c: hens, light weight. New York style. 31-32c: cut-ups. 43-46c; hens, heavy type, N. Y. style, 34-35c; whole drawn. 44-46c lb. Turkeys To producers for A grade breeder hens, f.o.b. farm, N.Y. dressed, 25c; eviscerated, 30c; A toms. 23-25C lb. N. Y. style: 28c eviscerated. To retailers. A gTade 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. 33i-4'2 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, 57-60c. cut-up, 62-65c. Dead line Sunday Classified 1m at noon Saturday : 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5 JO previous day When Shopping DINE at the lira moil 403 East Main FREE PARKING at Beautiful Hawthorne Park ARRIVING IN UNITED STATES for study of Army training pro cedures, key West German army staff planners confer in Wash ington with Gen. Matthew Rldgway, chief of staff. From left: Gerd Kobe, chief, organization; Hans G. von Tempelhbff, train ing; Rabon von Canstein, Gen. Rldgway, Hellmut Bergengruen, chief, army planning; Paul Jordon, organization. (International) rain's Oaf FOOD SERVED 6 A.M. - 9 P.M. Bill and Jane Invite You to Come in and Try Their Good Food Choice Steaks Mexican Food Merchants Lunches Served from 1 1 :00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. BREAKFAST SERVED ALL DAY Closed Sundays Stale Republicans To Elect Chairman Portland (U.P.) A new state chairman for the Republican State Central committee will be elected here tomorrow to suc ceed Ed G. Boehnke of Eugene who has announced his resigna tion. Wendell Wyatt, Astoria attor ney, is considered the top candi date to succeed Boehnke. A successor also will be named to Lawrence Neault of Baker, who has resigned as treasurer. Henry Buehner of Portland has announced he is seeking his post. Portland (U.P.) Construe-" tion of the $1,600,000 Owens Illinois glass plant in the Park rose district just outside the Portland city limits is slated to start June 1, with completion by August 1, 1956. mm 11 (rxt.nm. IT AMU DINNER HOUSE & LOUNGE o Finer Foods and Smorgasbord o Luncheons Dinners 305 SOUTH. RIVERSIDE AVE. We Close Sundays EVERY BBDDG SATURDAY NIGHT Gold Hill Grange Little Chief Dancing 9 to 1 Adm. $1 tax inc. and the TEXAS ALL STARS! DANCE SAT. fJITE AT WALKER'S POPULAR HD EE AM LAKE) The Best of Modern Music Good Floor Good Crowd SATURDAY, May 21 Added Attraction IN PERSON burt ' -KLINE SENSATIONAL YODELING VOCALIST who has appeared with Ernie Tubbs . . Hank Snow . . . Red Foley . . . Webb Pierce and has been heard on GRAND OLE OPRY many times! BOBBY CHAMPION AND HIS MELODY WRANGLERS Finest . Western Music in the Pacific ' Northwest. See and hear them Every Saturday Nite. 6:30 - 7 P.M. KBES-TV 1st Drive In RUN! Ends SATURDAY! Gates Open 6:45 Show Start 7:10 DEAN AND JERRY TAKE OVER THE CIRCUS... , CT ft CJ MHAtH "7 f in IK ' i Fi Til Ormyrrttrtrr .WALLACE F0ROLSA LANCASTER .t,KSPH ) JOANNE DRO mHWKOlOK REGULAR PRICES! EDA MCE to the Music of this NEW BAND The Modern Westerners McKEE BRIDGE UPPER APPLEGATE SATURDAY, MAY 21 Grange Benefit ENJOY YOURSELF AT . . . Dardaoelle with Vic McFarland at the Hammond . . . and HERMAN, the Singing Waiter Every Night Except Wednesday PHONE 5-9230 GOLD HILL HOUSE of MYSTERY WHERE THE STEREORAMIC PHOTO ORIGINATED North of Gold Hill AT Open Throughout The Year ANY SNAPSHOT TAKEN WITHIN THE VORTEX WILL PRODUCE A 3D PICTURE. TEST IT! Spring Hours-8 to 6 Under Founder' Management Since 1930 Medford Merchants Are Featuring MEW SMKKS RflElSCIHlAMIDiSE Now! Shop and Save Medford Mail Tribune ROGUE VALLEY I3ALLE3MM
