Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 02, 1955, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextLocal and BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaaBBBBBaB) Car Stolen Donald Lloyd Mathies, 124 King stV,(areported to city police that his.,car was stolen from the First National Bank parking lot between 12:15 and 3:30 a.m. Saturday. Judge To ifeWrn County Judge Rodney Keating is ex pected to return to his office to morrow, afterattending a meet ing dealing with thedmitra tion of public tends held at Lewiston, Ida. W , Permits Issued A building permit was issued Friday to Sears, Roebuck ando. to erect a sign costing $700. A permit was also issued to Jewett Office Supply, 128 North Bartlett to erect a sign costing an estimated $750. . , HavT Filmi Arailable Sev eral Navy films are available at the U.S. Navy Recruiting station In Room 2 of the Medford post office building for showing by any club. Grange, r other or ganization. Arrangements for use of the films may be made by telephoning Medford 2-4060. From Trip Mr. and Mrs. Ol ' lie Ellison, 607 South Central ave., returned home Friday after visiting friends on the coast, at Bend, and with their son and family, Howard Ulison, Salem. They reported the highways near Bend were congested with hunters. . Mobile Home Goners The Jackson county chamber of Oregon Mobile Home Owners, Inc., will meet Thursday, Oct. W at the Medford hotel, according to W. R. Mitchell, president. The OMHO's public relations plans will be" discussed. Coffee will be served. Named Winner Raymond S. Wise, Medford, district agent for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance company, has been named a winner in a 12 week sales contest conducted by the company. He exceeded his quota by 310 per cent, selling a total of $232,500 in insurance, and won an expense-paid trip to Del Monte lodge, Pebble Beach, Calif. School Reunion The Alumni association of Franklin High school, Seattle, Wash., is at tempting to get in touch with all graduates of that school to let them knew of plans for an alumni reunion on Oct. 12 in Seattle. It will be one of the big gest high school reunions ever held in the west, officers s re ported. Those who attended the school can obtain details by writing to the Alumni associa tion, 3209 McClintock .ave., Seattle. Accidents David Andrew Tart, 12, of, 22 Summit ave., was injured slightly when his bicycle ran into the back of a truck driv en by Albert Otto Binschus, 820 Crater Lake ave., and careened nff asainct a ear driven by Mary oElizabeth Hawkins, 517 North Barneburg rd., according to a city police report. The accident took place at the corner oi Laurel and West 10th sts. No one was injured in a second accident at the corner of North Front and East Fourth sts., police said. It involved cars driven by Rose Anne Rogers, route 1, box 271, Central Point, and Leslie. Loyd Walker, 409 Kenwood ave., Medford. , TONITE! 1st Drive-In Run i HUMPHREY JBOB 1 C0GART JONES csuLOLLOERIGIDA FLftS 2ND GREAT HIT! MEATHTAK1MG EXCITEMENT ...and BIG Beyond belief I wi to.ncn mm L "UGB M 7S mm GUY MAfflSON Jooa WRPOH Personal Father Diet Mrs. Ludwig J. Skala and Mrs. James . Zack left for Chicago Friday where they were called by the death of their father, Mathias Kuban. Funeral services are to be held Tuesday in Chicago. The) women were accompanied by Mr. Zack and the acks' family, and the trip is being made by car. Grandson Born Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Chirgwin, route 2, box 392, have received news of the birth of a grandson, Keith David, to Mr. and Mrs. David Chirgwin of Portland. Other grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Moll, Salt Lake City. The child's par ents are graduates of Oregon State college. jChirgwin is a cer tified public accountant and is a member of the staff of Hoskins and Sells at Portland. . . Child Conference A well child conference will be conduct ed Wednesday, Oct. 5, from 1 to 4 p.m., at the Gold Hill Com munity Methodist church" base ment. Dr. A. Erin Merkel, coun ty health officer, and Miss Ethel Mae Kandier, health nurse, will be in charge. Inoculations and immunizations will be offered. No appointments are needed. All pre-school age children in the Gold Hill district areCeligible. Freighter Attempts To Salvage Crashed Plane in Pacific San Francisco (UB The freighter SS Harry Culbreath attempted Saturday to salvage a civilian-owned PBY Catalina fly ing boat which landed safely on the ocean 500 miles offshore Fri day after a futile five-hour at tempt to fly on one engine. Crew Rescued The Culbreath rescued the am phibian's four-man crew after a Coast Guard rescue plane guid ed the Catalina to the freight er's area. The crew stepped into the Culbreath's power launch without even getting their feet wet. A radio report from the ship said the Culbreath's crew was attempting to take aboard the disabled flying boat by means of a crane. . The twin-engined World War II navy patrol boat was being ferried to California from Guam where it had been purchased from the government by the Thorne Engineering Co. of Los Angeles. Three Calif orniant The crewmen, all of whom were employed by Transocean Airlines, were identified as pil ot Clark Dixon, Danville, Calif.; co-pilot Chris Angeles, Palo Al to, Calif.; navigator Robert Edgerly, Soquel, Calif., and en gineer Russell Verner, Guam. The plane landed safely at 2:04 p.m. (FST) five hours after reporting to the Coast Guard that it had lost an engine 1000 miles west of San Francisco and its airspeed and altitude were re duced to the "critical point" of 90 knots and 2000 feet v Seven-State Bus Strike Averted In Late Agreement San Francisco (U.R) A strike that would have tied up Pacific Greyhound operations in several Western states was avert ed Friday night when AFL of fice employees ratified a last minute agreement. The union membership, num bering about 300,' accepted a company offer providing for an average wage increase of $20 per month spread over a two year' period. The action fore stalled a midnight strike dead line. Office Members The ' contract covers office members of the Amalgamated Motor Coach Employees Union at San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles and Phoenix. However, it was assumed that drivers in seven Western states would lave refused to cross their picket lines. Under terms of the agreement the average wage increase would be $12 a month fo the first year, with an additional $8 monthly increase the second year. Greyhound also agreed to ab sorb the full coft of a hospital insurance plan for which each employee has been paying $5.25 a month; to pay the cost of a $1.66 monthly premium group life insurance policy for each member; and to give regular cost of living increases based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics index. New jet engines with power ful afterburners generate 150 decibels, a fury of sound equiv alent to 1,500,000,000 people all talking at once. Nothing in man's experience approaches that in tensity, says the National Geo i ,. j & j11 ur h NEW EMPLOYEE Jerry Stambaugh, buyer at Mann's depart ment store, is pictured here welcoming Harry Barker to the store. Formerly with Macy's n Kansas City, Barker is now in charge of the menswear department at Mann's. In a previous edition, Stambaugh's name was inadvertently spelled wrong. Obituaries BUD H. MARSH Graveside services for "Bud" Homer Marsh, 55, of Camp Bak er Road, Phoenix, will be held Monday at 10 a.m., in the Jack sonville cemetery with the Rev. Perry Johnson officiating. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of arrangements. The deceased was born Nov. 14, 1899, in Los Angeles, Calif., and came to southern Oregon in 1919. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Emma J. Marsh; one broth er, Dewey George Marsh, and one nephew, Roger C. Marsh, all of Los Angeles, CaL ROBERT JACKSON Private funeral services for Robert Jackson, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Nealie Jackson, 832 North Central ave., who died in a local hospital Thursday, will be conducted at 10:30 a. m. Mon day at the graveside in the Med ford. IOOF cemetery, with Elder E. F. Coy of the Seventh Day Adventist church officiating. Chapel Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Besides his parents, the infant is survived by one brother, Nealie, Jr.;" his paternal grand father, Nealie W. Jackson, Med ford; and his maternal grand parents, , Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Sotelo, of Los Angeles. REV. GEORGE HATCH Funeral services for the Rev.' George H. Hatch, 75, of 535 Pennsylvania ave., Medford, pas tor of the Gold Hill Methodist church, who died Wednesday, will be held in Conger -Morris chapel Monday at 3 p.m. with the Rev. Meredith A. Groves of ficiating, assisted by the 'Rev. J. Thomas Dixon, of the First Methodist church. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. SARAH FLEMING Sarah Adah Flemine. 86. of Jacksonville, died Saturday at the home of her daughter, 1031 Winchester st.. Medford. Coneer- Morris funeral home is in charge of funeral arrangements. EARL DIAL Earl Leslie Dial, 64, of 204 North Fourth st., Jacksonville, died Friday evening in a local hospital. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of funeral ar rangements. CLAUDE HUFTELING Claude Henry Hufteling usual ly know as Claude LeRoy Lewis, 61, died in aQocal hospital .Fri day. Conger - Morris funeral home is in charge of funeral ar rangements. JOSEPH SEREYKA Funeral services for Joseph John Sereyka, 83, who died Thursday, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel Monday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. G. Herbert Hillerman, of the Zion Lutheran church officiating. Committal will be in Sam's Valley ceme tery. Pallbearers will include E. A. Hall, A. A. Davis, Charles E. Stelle, Earl Bigham, Otto Tresham and Walter Miller. The deceased was born Mar. 19, 1872 in Kovno, Lithuania. In 190, in Lynn, Mass., he was married to .Margaret Sereyka who preceded him in death. He formerly lived in California and was in San Francisco in 1906 during the great earthquake. He is survived by one grand son, Warren M. Long, Medford. JOHN McLAIN , John McLain, 79, of Route 1, Ashland, died in s local hospit al Friday. Conger-Morris funer al home is in charge of funeral arrangements. O OUR FAMOUS DINNERS Specializing in Prime Ribs of Bjef and other delectable dishes O ALA CARTE MENU BflON GDE FOR RESERVATIONS - Actor James Dean Killed in Head-On Automobile Crash Hollywdod U.R Speed loving James Dean, Hollywood's newest bobby sox idol, was kill ed Friday night in the head-on collision of his $7,000 German SDorts car and another automo bile. 0 Dean, 24, was driving from Hollywood to a rold race in nor thern California at the time of his death on a darkening high way 28 miles east of Paso Ro bles. Crash Head-On A car driven by Donald Turn ispeed of Tulare, Calif., a 23-year-old student, turned left in front of Dean's light aluminum Porsche Spyder and the two au tomobiles crashed head on. Dean died, instantly. His body was battered. His neck was bro ken and there were numerous broken bones and cuts. The low slung little Porsche skidded more than 100 feet from the point of impact before it stop ped. ' Two Escape Death G Dean's passenger, Rolf Weuth erich, 29, a mechanic from a sports car garage in Hollywood, suffered a broken leg and frac tured jaw but was in good con dition at Paso Robles Memorial hospital. Turnispeed escaped with a bruised nose. Dean's father, Winston S. Dean, a dental technician at Sawtelle Veterans hospital here, traveled to Paso Robles, midway between, here and San Francisco, Saturday to return - the body to Los Angeles for the funeral. U.S. Will Not Appeal Decision Clearing Bridges San Francisco (U.R) The government has decided not to appeal a District Court decision which cleared longshore labor leader Harry Bridges of charges he ' obtained U.S. citizenship fraudulently. ' - Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney Lynn Gillard, who prosecuted the government's civil denaturaliza tion suit against Bridges last summer, said the Solicitor Gen eral's office in Washington noti fied him of the decision Friday. Closes Case "This closes out the Harry Bridges case so far as the gov ernment is concerned," Gillard said. Bridges, presently in Hono lulu, said of the government's decision: , "Its good hews for the union and all those who supported the fight so long and its about time." ' Federal Judge Louis E. Good man ruled July 29 that the 55-year-old Bridges, a native of Australia, didMiot swear falsely when he declared on his applica tion for United States citizenship that he had never been a mem ber of the Communist party. The government initiated the civil suit after a criminal con viction was set aside by the U.S. Supreme Court on grounds the statute of limitations had ex pired. A recently completed dam, 2,500 feet long and 85 feet high, has obliterated both Ripon and Owen Falls along Africa's Vic toria Nile. DINING INN CENTRAL POINT, Phone NOrmandy 4-2513 News About Servicemen ON LEAVE Victor Isaac Eakin Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. V. I. Eakin, 712 Victory st., Medford, is visiting at home during a 10-day leave. He will return to Lowry Air Force base, Denver, Colo., where he will receive training, as a nu clear weapons specialist .- Young Eakin) an airman third class, received his basic training at Parks Air Force base, in Cal ifornia. He is a graduate of St. Mary's school in Medford, and attended Southern Oregon col lege, Ashland. ON LEAVE Bill Sparks, an airman first class with the Air Force, is here on terminal leave after return ing from a year's service in Ko rea. He is visiting his mother, Mrs. J. A. Westensee, 300 South Columbus ave., and other rela tives. Sparks entered the Air Force three years ago after at tending Medford High school. He does control tower work and was with the air transport com mand. The airman's next station Fwill be Mather field at Sacra mento, Calif. He has another year in the service. MARINE NEWS Itwasannounced Saturdayfrom the local Marine corps recruit ing station that men who enlist m the Marine corps between now and Oct. 7 will be afforded an opportunity to be home for Christmas, after completion of their recruit training, according to a dispatch received at the of fice. Men interested can obtain more information from the re cruiting station which is locat ed at Room 200 of the Medford Post office, or they may tele phone 2-9128. Washington U.R) Three Oregon cities Portland, Salem and Eugene have been desig nated for inclusion (In the na tional system of interstate high way by the Bureau of Public Roads. Man Freed by Reds Fears He Will Be Returned to China Wake Island (U.R) Two rel atives were en route here Sat urday to try to convince Dilmus Kanady that he will not be sent to a Chinese prison if he returns to the United States. Kanady, 36-year-old Texas businessman was freed by the Reds last Monday. He stepped off a Pan American plane here Thursday and refused to reboard, claiming diplomatic immunity." Jailed 4V4 Years It was ' believed that Kanady feared that if he returned to the United States he would be sent back to Red China, where he was imprisoned for four and one half years. Kanady's brother, William, 39, of Houston, and his cousin, Dr. E. A. Cox, of Wichita Falls, Tex., left San Francisco yesterday in the hope they can "calm" Kan ady's' fears and convince him to continue home. Hope for Return During a brief stopover in Honolulu, the two men said they hoped -to bring Dilmus home to Houston on a flight that leaves here two hours after their ar rival. . " William said the family has "a doctor and a hospital" picked out for Dilmus in Houston. , He said the family has not seen Dilmus since 1948. "I saw a picture . of Dilmus taken when he waPreleased by the Reds last Monday," William said,, "and I couldn't recognize him." About 41.7 per cent of Michi gan factory workers are employ ed by the autoo industry. 2 P f! m lmmacu!t... at tractive . . . com fortable. Conven ient location ... mockrate rates. j! I -4 s. w. nth it STARK i Sunday, October 2, 195S C.W.Corcoran Funeral Services Planned Monday Funeral services for C. W. Corcoran, 37, of 934 Ross lane, who died Wednesday, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel Monday at 1 pan. with the Rev. Wildon, Colbaugh, of the Med ford Assembly of God church, officiating, assisted by Robert Erickson. rSbmmittal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Pallbearers will include Or ville Childreth, Leo Cook, Jack White, Bill Mathews, Bob Ran stead, and Ed McGinty. The deceased was born July 22, 1918, in Stockton, Calif., and had lived in southern Oregon for the past 25 years. He was a veteran of World War II, serv ing from Mar. 10, 1942, to Feb. 4, 1946, and at the time of his discharge was a master; ser geant in the AAF., His service included one year in the Central Burma theater. He had been a contractor and builder in the Medford area for the past ' eightg years. He was married in 1941, in St. Louis, Mp., to Rheba Tower, who sur vives. Other survivors include a son, Jerry, and a daughter, Jane; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Corcoran, all of Medford; two brothers, Gerald, Tulelake, Cal.; and Myron, Medford: and two sisters, Mrs. Eldred Charley and Mrs. Kenneth. Curtis, Medford. $1,000,000 Store Planned at Eugene Eugene (U.R) Roberts Broth ers Department Stores Saturday announced plans to start con struction next year of a $1,000,- 000 new store in Eugene. The new building will include a full basement and three stories and will rise on a tract at Broad way and Olive purchased by the firm for expansion several years ago. The present store on Wil lamette street will be closed. I . Final plans for the structure 1 1 1 - A J Al Will as cumpieiea in uie near future, according to George A, Guins, Portland engineer. Lebanon Man Dies Of Accident Injuries Salem (U.R) Robert L. Tay lor, 34, of Lebanon, died in a Salem hospital Friday from injuries suffered Sept. 23 when his car went out of control and turned over in a ditch a mile east of Gates on the North Santiam highway. " Taylor was taken first to San tiam hospital, then brought to Salem. Mrs. Terry Waggner, 27, of Detroit, riding with Taylor, was injured but was reported resting satisfactorily t Santiam Memor ial hospital. Us Mail Tribune Want Ada EATON'S DINNER HOUSE 812 Crater Lake Ave. Ph. 2-446 ITALIAN AND AMERICAN" DINNERS SPECIAL All the Spaghetti and Homemade Ravioli you can eat. Include! Rome THade Bread, Butter and Coffee. j Qfj 5 COURSE ITALIAN DINNER $1.50 Open 5:3 P.M. Till P.M. 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SMYTH To Mr. and Mrs. George, 817 West Second St., Sept. 30, 1955, a girl, 9 pounds, at Community hospital. MILLARD To Mr. and Mrs. Johnny, P.O. Box 530, Eagle Point, Sept. 29, 1955, a girl, 7V4 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. VAN NORTHWICK To Mr. and Mrs. Ralph, 31 Elm st., Sept. 29, 1955, a girl, -5Vfc pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. - A SfTTTVTTTYT Tn HT .... J m.. -vaaa.-. xvn. aitu Anton, 906 South Peach st., Sept. 30, 1955, a girl, weighing 6 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. HOPKINS--To Mr. and Mrs. Ben, 1220 Riva Way lane, Grants Pass, Oct. 1, 1955, a girl, weight 8 pounds, at Sacred Heart hosDi- tal. Portland (UP) The rtalloc. Celilo canal and the Bonneville aam navigation lock will be closed for insection and repairs from 8 a.m., Oct. 3, to 8 a.m., Oct. 7, the Corps of Engineers nere announced Saturday. CONTINUOUS SHOWS TODAY SUSPENSE... only Hitchcock can make ttl From 12:45 P.M. 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