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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, July 28, 1955 HORACE HEIDT COMING Horace Heidt, above, famous orchestra leader whose stage show, ''The American Way,'' is being brought to Medford Aug. 16, will be accompanied by a troupe of 35 entertainers, including the '"Four Knights," Capitol recordiag stars, the Heidt steppers, Ralph Sigwald, "The Caruso of the South," Johnny "In the Book'' Standley, and many others. Auditions will be held at 7 p.m. Aug. 6 at KYJC studio for local talent wanting to join the show. Tickets are now on sale at the Puruckcr Piano House, 111 North Central ave. The show is sponsored here by the Medford Active club. Indian 'Scalped;' Narcotics Found Nw York W.P.i A police man "calped" a full-blooded Indian suspect Wednesday to get evidence on the suspected narcotics peddler. Detective Frank Martorella. a former barber, failed to find any narcotics on Henry Ser rette in a preliminary search o ha tugged hard on Ser retle's fine black head of hair. Serrette's wig came away in the detective's hand and five packages of narcotics fell on the sidewalk. Wall Street New York (U.R) Stocks turn ed down today with trading re duced in all sections. Several factors developed to dampen sentiment. There was a firming of call money rates, small, but effective on market sentiment. House rejection of a highway building program brought some selling to cement issues and stocks of earth movers;. DOW-JONES AVERAGES Dow Jones final stock aver ages: 30 industrials 466.46 off l.Jt'j; 20 railroads 158.60 off 1.11; 15 utilities 66.60 off 0.05 and 65 slocks 168.09 off 0.75. Sales today dipped to 2,090, 000 .-hares from 2,170.000 yes terday. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 187 Anaconda 70""8 Chrysler 894 Curtiss Wright 194 General Electric 518 General Motors 134";4 Montgomery Ward .;. 82 Penn. R. R 28 '.4 Penney, J. C 9234 Redio 49": s Southern Co 20 ";s Southern Pacific 613,4 S. Oil of Calif .'. 93! 2 Texas Gulf Sulphur 41 Transamerica 45 Tri-Continental 27-ls United Aircraft 70 1 2 U. S. Rubber 47 U. S. Steel 53 ',2 Youngstown 92 '.4 Shortage of Priests In Latin America Rio De Janeiro U.R) South American Catholic leaders stud ied the possibility today of bring foreign clergy to Latin America to relieve the shortage of priests. Delegates to the general con ference of Latin American hier archy considered the clergy shortage a major topic of their 10-day meeting, regarded as the most important Catholic assemb ly ever held in South America. A communique released after Wednesday's secret session at tended by eight cardinals and 90 bishops noted that clergy in Latin America numbers only 25.000. It added that the United States, which has only one-fifth the number of Catholics as Lat in America, has 47,000 clergymen. Accordiana Girls Slate Long Trip Twelve members of Eve Pren tice's Accordiana girls will travel the length of the Pacific coast next week, to help mark the in troduction of a new fista liner bus by T railway lines. Accompanied by Mrs. Pren tice, the group will leave Mon day, Aug. 1, and expect to be gone about two weeks. They will travel from Los Angeles to Seattle, and will play on radio and television at several of the stops where the new bus will be shown. The stop here will be on Friday, Aug. 5. Those making the trip will be Sharon Roberts, Oveta Walden, Karen Britton, Sandra Buxton, Virginia Walters, Patsy Eckel, Marilyn Fanger, Ramona Schroe der, Jean Drysdale, Ailene Weber, Beverly Lenz and Mel ody Pierce. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.) Cattle ISO. Utility heifers SI 1-15: canner.cutter cows mostly S3-9 with few cutters to S10 or above: utility cows SI 1-12: utility commercial bulls S14-13.50; cutter bulls down to S11.50. Calves 30. Good-choice vealers $17 18; hiRh choic to S19; utility calves and vealers SI 1-14. Hops 200 Most U.S. No. 1 and 2 butchers 180-235 lb. S19.50: few No. 3 lots S18.30: choice 325-500 lb. sows $12.50-14.50. Sheen 350. Choice with some prime sorine lambs S19; some 102 lb. S19.25; ciioice-pnme around S19.25; pood choice feeders mostly S15; good choice ewes S3. 50-5. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland I U.P. Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large. 59c doz.: A large. 52.54c: AA medium 50-52c; A me dium. 49-5 lc doz.: A small. 35-36c doz.; cartons. l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints. fi5c lb : cartons. 66c; A prints, 65c; cartons. 66c: B prints. 63c. Chese To retailers: A Erade Ched dar. Oreeon singles. 421.,-4512C; 5-lb. loaves. 46'a-49'2c. Processed Ameri can cheese 3-lb. loaf. 39ij-49',;c lb. UNFINISHED SYMPHONY London (U.R) Radio Mos cow's announcement Wednesday night of the Bulganin-Khrush-chev invitation to London came immediately after a broadcast of Schubert's "Unfinished Symphony.'' Snake Dispatched in Parliamentary Fashion ....Kinston. S. C iU.R) The ladies of the Eastern Slar dis oatched a chicken snake in strict parliamentary fashion when the 40-inch replile in vaded their meeting. Vhen the snake crawled un der the desk of Mrs. Ruth Harper, the secretary, she sought and obtained permis sion of the worthy matron, Mrs. Annie Nobles, to vacate ' her post. Then H. A. Edwards, a Mason and associate patron, killed the snake with a sword held by the doorkeeper at - Masonic meetings. Calif ornian Killed As Auto Rolls Over Ritzville, Wash. ,U.P.) A Cal ifornia man was killed and an other critically injured when the car in which they were riding rolled over 18 miles west of here yesterday. James R. Lewis. 19. Berkeley, was killed instantly in the acci dent and Harlan M. Oyer, 34. Berkeley, was in critical condi tion at the Ritzville Hospital with a neck fracture and head and face lacerations. Almost 1,800 miles of major toll highways will be in' opera tion in the U.S. by the end of the current year. NOW PLAYING! Thursday Friday & Saturday Beautiful, Vivacious HOLLYWOOD RECORDING STAR Ellen utton Ellen will sing her way right into your heart! DON'T MISS THIS ACT! Really an Evening of Enjoyment Two Shows 11 p.m. & 1 a.m. "THE DOUBLE AIRES' Norm and Clare Playing for Your Dancing Pleasure STAN'S Y CLUB Farm Markrt Portland ,11 Pi Northwest apricots sold mostly steady today with 26-28 lb. luss coinR at $1.80-1.90; best rasp berries brought Sl.75-2 to producers with logans and boysenberries at SI. 83-2; strawberries were salable around S3 .00 a standard ilat. Fnultry.Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland!: Fryers 2'2 to 4 lbs.. 28c: at farm. 27c lb.: light hens 17.18c: heavy hens, all wts.. 19c up; old roosters. 11-1 4c. Dressed Chicken No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers. New York style. 41 42c lb.; whole drawn. 51 -35c lb.; cut up. 55-58c lb.; hens, light type New York style. 28-29c: cut-ups. 40-44c; hens, heavy type. N.Y. style. 29-31c; whole drawn. 41-43c. Turkeys To producers for A ETade young hens, f.o.b. farm. N.Y. dressed, 33c; A toms N.Y. style. 31c lb. To re tailers. A grade young hens, ready to cook. 50c: N.Y. dressed. 37-38c lb.: A grade toms. oven ready, 41-45c: N.Y. style. 34-35c lb.; fryer turkeys. 4-8 lbs.. 49.51c. Rabbits (average to growers, f.o.b. killing plantsi Live white. 334-4'.. lbs. 21-23c up: 5-6 lbs.. 17-19c: col ored pelts. 4c under; old does. 10-12c lb.; a few higher. Fresh dressed fryers to retailers. 57-61c: cut up. 62-65c. PORTLAND CASH GRAIN Portland Wholesale hay prices: New crop No. 2 green alfalfa baled, l.o.b. trucks. Portland. S33-33c. Prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat. No. 2 soft white, S73.75-74.50 ton: No. 2 white oats 32 lb. test. Coast delivery S30.30-51 a ton: Willamette valley cats. Portland delivery S49-49.50 ton; old crop spot No. 2 Western barley. S46-47 ton f.o.b. Portland Coast deliv ery; new crop No. 2 Western barley. $46 ton; soybean meal. S84.01 ton, cars prompt delivery Portland: No. 2 milo. f.o.b. Portland. S61 ton: standard mill, run. 48 cars: No. 2 yellow corn. East ern shipping points. 572.50-73 ton. DAILY WEATHER REPORT DATE July 28. 1953 Sunset tonight 7:35 a.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:00 a.m. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Fair and mild through Friday. Low tonight 30. High Friday 88. Western Oregon: Considerable cloudiness in north portion tonight and Friday. Fair in south portion. Slightly warmer with highs 72-84 over interior 65-75 on coast. Low tonight 45-55. Northern California: Fair tonight and Friday but increasing night and morning fog on coast and thickening high cloudiness in extreme orth. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 66: below normal 8. Record high this date 102 in 1923. Record low this date 46 in 1916. 1955. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month .01 inch.. .16 inch below normal. Total since Sept. 1. 8.89 inches. 3.07 inches below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 30". highest this a.m. 83 7c. CITY Hieh Low Prec. Erookines 70 49 Crater Lake 56 33 Grants Pass 79 42 Klamath Falls 72 49 MEDFORD 79 47 Portland 66 56 .07 Seattle 67 50 .11 Spokane 63 46 Yakima 77 42 Eureka 61 53 Red Bluff 92 65 Sacramento 88 57 San Francisco 69 49 Los Angeles 79 60 Phoenix 98 78 Denver 82 58 1.37 Chicago 100 75 Miami 89 74 New York 92 77 .01 Washington. D.C 94 79 AIRY FREEZE Shakes .... 20c Hamburgers . 19c Hot Dogs ... 19c AURY FREEZE 900 No. Riverside Palomino Room Renovation Done Blowing of Sawdust Studied by Firemen Repair work has been com pleted on the Palomina room of the Jackson hotel, as the result of the damage done by an auto mobile which crashed through the front of the lounge last Feb ruary, Mrs. Betti Boyle, hotel manager, announced today. Ex-Germany Judge To Set Sail Soon Princeton. N.J. ;u.R; For mer Judge William Clark had has long-fought-for passport in his possession today and said he intends to leave for Germany as soon as he can. . The former chief judge of the American Appeals Court in West Germany finally won the pass port to Germany last Saturday. He had brought suit to force the State Department to issue it. He said his reception of the passport in the mail Wednes day ended a two-year fight against "oppressive bureau cracy." He was ousted from his post in Germany in June, 1954, after a feud with then High Commis sioner James B. Conant. The front exterior also has been redesigned to resemble a tack room and the interior deco rations and renovations are themed to a mural of palomino horses painted in oils by Hal Bishop. Valley artist. Numerous residents have contributed va rious trappings, including Span ish bits, old stirrups. Navajo blankets, branding irons and horse figurines. Cowboy booots have been converted into plant ers for other decorations. Al Gandt, Medford designer, was in charge of the remodel ing. In observance of the annual Rogue River roundup week, em ployees of the lounge are wear ing western attire. Central Point Means to pre vent sawdust from blowing off trucks en route to the White City community burning ground are being studied Chief Richard Krupp of the Central Point Rural Fire Protection district said today. Rural firemen extinguished a "minor" blaze in sawdust by the burning ground yesterday. Krupp said that wind apparently carried a spark from the burning ground to the sawdust. The fire covered about 200 square feet. The chief reported that the sawdust burned had been lost by trucks going to the grounds. ENGLISH BULLETIN MOSCOW (U.R) Russia's in formation office plans to estab lish a daily news bulletin in English for the convenience of foreign embassies, it was an nounced Wednesday night. The main feature o fthe service will be a review of the Soviet press NO ARGUMENTS HERE Indianapolis (U.R) S'ns of the times, over a two-car Harare in a suburban area: "His"' and "Hers." which until now has been han dled by a joint Anglo-American effort known as "Joint Service."' 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