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0 ft o o O Pi TEN--MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, December 8, 1953 Plywood Sheathing Industry Suffers In Price Decline Corvallis (U.R) The Ore gon plywood sheathing industry has been hit by a decline that is causing a reduction in employ ment, accoraing to a sponesman for the industry here. Some 34 employees were laid off at one Corvallis plant. Others were laid-off at a second plant and a third is cutting the hours of work. Jerry Robinson, sales manag er at the Plywood Products cor poration, said the sheathing market price has dropped 10 to 15 per cent in the last 45 days. He expressed the belief that it may have hit bottom now and would improve after the first of the year. Blamed Partly on Season Robinson said the decline could be blamed partly on the season. More people are interested- in Christmas buying than they are in building, he said. He pointed out that large retail lumber outlets are reducing their inventories which, with a reduc tion of prices by the plywood plants, has brought on an un usually sharp cut. Roy Foy, manager of Plywood Products, said prices were the lowest since 1948. Pending an improvement in prices, larger plywood plants said they were diverting from the rough finished sheathing to sanded and other finishes that bring better prices. The shift was expected to help stabilize sheath ing prices. Reyes Trial Opens In Corvallis Court Corvallis (U.R) Trial of Martin B. Reyes, 23, accused of first degree murder of James Appelgate, opened here today. The Seattle youth was charged with fatally shooting Appelgate, a Benton county sheriff's posse man, as the officer attempted to arrest Reyes in downtown CorvalQfc. Reyes and a companion had escaped from a Eugene jail and terrorized several persons, in cluding a Medford family, in their flight through the Willam ette valley. After Appelgate was shot, Reyes escaped and was la ter captured in a Monmouth res taurant. Sheriff C. N. Lilly agreed to provide Reyes with a noon meal during the trial. Defense Attor ney John Fenner requested the additional ration to improve the defendant's alertness. Most county prisoners receive only tvo 60-cent meals per day. ' ,s' vd A, Y -. w ' 4 y f& & & rfi & il At, 7 GENE PIAZZA Jaycee Chairman Gene Piazza Named Chairman of DSA Gene Piazza, 932 Mt. Pitt ave., has bee.i appointed chairman of the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce annual Distinguished Service award. The award is presented each year to a young Medford area man in recognition for civic ser vice during the past year. Nominations for the award may be made by any resident. Judging will be based on the person's contribution to com munity and state welfare and its betterment, participation in all-round community and state activities and civic enterprises, evidence of leadership ability, success in his vocation and per sonal and business progress, co operation with individuals and civic organizations, and not be more than 36 years old. Nomination blanks are avail able from Piazza or a member of the Jaycees. Nominations must be submitted by Dec. 22 and addressed to DSA chairman, post office box 1123, Medford. Court Records POLICE COURT Edward Lloyd Bunnell, failure to stop at a stop light, $10. Wesley .Lee .Howard, violation of basic rule, S10. Kathenne Mabel Farrell. failure to yield the right of way, $10. Ketha Louise Dow. violation of ba sic rule. $10. Richard Allen Wickham, violation of basic rule, $10. DISTRICT COURT Lester Charles Walker, no PUC per mit. $15. Ruth Hunter Sheppard. violation of basic rule, S15. August Monroy Tartan, no PUC permit. $15. Virgil Baldwin, operating a motor vehicle while operator's license was suspended. S25. Fred Lyle Brown, passing on the crest of a hill. $10. William Sidney Goldin, failure to stop at a stop sign. $10. Gary Herbert Woodward, inade quate muffler. S15. Barton Duane Garred, violation of basic rule, $15. - Unemployment in . November Jumps To 37,700 Persons Salem (U.R) Unemploy ment jumped 16,600 during No vember to include 37,700 Ore gon workers, highest since last May, reports from 26 local of fices of the State Unemploy ment Compensation commis sion showed today. The increase was second only to the early winter of 1953 while the total was 400 under the post war Dec. 1 average. Unseasonable cold and wet weather were held responsible for layoffs in lumbering, con struction, food processing and service lines. With the single ex ception of Asteria, every office reported more persons without jobs. A late pickup in longshor ing and fish canneries provided new activity in the coastal city. Although some 3250 were added to the unemployed list at Portland, the metropolitan area had nearly 5000 fewer than a year ago. Other layoffs were widespread with the most being reported from Lebanon, Rose burg, Hood river and The Dal les. A shutdown of major indus tries connected with dam-building at the latter place during the mid-month cold spell carried over, the commission noted. Claims for compensation also trended sharply upward, pass ing 20,000 during the week after Thanksgiving. Mining Claims Discussed At Meeting of NW Council The Forest Service is not try ing to discourage mining by its investigation of claims, At torney Bruce Manley told the Northwestern Mining council at a recent meeting. He said the investigation by the service is being conducted to eliminate invalid claims stak ed for purposes other than min ing. Manley spoke on the im portance of correctly staking claims under Oregon statutes. Amended Notices He pointed out that an amend ed notice to correct errors in original descriptions of a valid claim may be filed at any time, and added that few claims are properly located when originally filed. It is important, he said, to make sure the center end stakes are properly staked be cause any amendments are made in reference to them. Manley said a placer claim needs no location work before it is filed, but if the area might develop into a lode claim, then the latter notice should be filed first. Lode claims required lo cation work before filing, he noted. Uranium Claims In regard to uranium claims, Manley said there are court de cisions which hold that location work is not required where a Geiger counter or Scintilometer indicate ore. He said courts rec ognize that use of such equip ment constitutes a discovery, and that the 10-foot depth required on locating probably would not reach to uranium ore Representatives from the Portland Conductor's Wile Dies of Cancer Portland (U.R) Mrs. Boris Sirpo, wife of the Finnish-born Portland orchestra conductor, died of cancer at her home here yesterday. The grave nature of Mrs Sirpo's illness was not discover ed until she returned with her husband and his Portland Little Chamber orchestra from a re cent tour of Western Europe. The orchestra announced that it would cancel its Wednesday night symphony concert which Professor Sirpo was scheduled to conduct. Earlier in life, Mrs. Sirpo was known as an author and her novels, written in Finnish, have been translated in the Scandi navian languages. Her husband collapsed from shock of her death and was hos-piatalized. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Kenneth Leroy Nutter. 20, of route 1. box 85, Central Point, and Betty. 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Lakeview uranium area reported on progress in that area, point ing out that several deposits have been located. George Max well, . who reported his exper iences in the Lakeview area, said there still is much of the area which is open to prospecting. Possible Display The display committee report ed that the Southern Oregon His torical society is preparing ex hibit space at the Jacksonville museum. The council plans to have a permanent ore exhibit there, and future plans call for exhibits in the court house and at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. Manley reported that the Ore gan System of Higher education is planning a college credit geo logy course for the spring term starting late in - January. The course, which will be conduct ed by Max Shafer of the Ore gon bureau of mineral indust ries, will be held at Medford Senior High school. Manley said anyone" interested in taking the course may contact him or the council's secretary, Thad W. Hatten. . Five Sisters Perish As Fire Razes Home . Benton, 111. (U.R) A fire kill ed five sisters, ranging in age from 6 to 15 years, at their home near here today. . The children were the daugh ters of Mrs. Ruby Wingo, a di vorcee, who was burned critical ly and was not expected to live, Four other persons escaped the flames. 18-Year-Old Blonde I Roses Tournament Queen Pasadena (U.R) Joan Culver, an 18-year-old blonde from Pasa dena City College, was named queen of the 67th annual Tour nament of Roses today. Miss Culver, of La Canada, Calif., is in her first year of college. She is studying to be a teacher. The hazel-eyed beauty and her six princesses will be crown ed at a coronation ball Dec. 28 and will reign over the Rose Pa rade and Rose Bowl Jan. 2. Three Fires Reported In Area Yesterday Medford's rural fire pumper was called to the Richard Peters residence, 1235 Poplar dr., about 1 a.m. today, to extinguish a fire on a rear porch and in an attic above it. Firemen said the fire started from an electric bulb which was being used to warm a bed for a dog. The bulb ignited some items on the rear porch. The fire spread" up the porch wall and into the attic causing extensive damage, firemen said. The rural pumper also was dispatched to a flue fire at the Frank Konopasek residence, 740 West McAndrews rd. about 11:40 p.m. yesterday. No damage was reported. Firemen investigated smoke in the residence of Gene Neff, 115 Genessee st., about 4:27 p.m. yes terday. Smoke was from a damp er on a heating unit which was tightly closed, firemen said. The only damage was smoke in the house, they said. Committee Urges Sex Deviate Care Portland (U.R) Establish ment of facilities for psychiatric treatment of sex deviates should be added as an implement to present Oregon laws, the Legis lative interim committee on sex crime prevention was told yesterday. Witnesses also told the group there was need for public edu cation on the problem. Mrs. Howard Hillson, legisla tion chairman of the Childrens Protective association, said Ore gon's new law providing inde terminate sentence with a maxi mum of life called for psychia tric treatment "when available" but that facilities were not suf ficient. H. Richard Seller, secretary of the Council for Prevention of Crimes, said that sex offenders should be registered and their whereabouts known. Churchill Stands By Hopes of Geneva ' Woodford, England (U.R) Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill, architect of the Gen eva Summit Conference, said last night he stands by the hope it raised despite threats of a new cold war. "Personally I am very glad the gap has been bridged and I trust it will not be broken again," he said. It was Churchill's first public comment on the' high hopes of the summit conference and the ensuing failure, of the Big Four foreign ministers in a follow-up meeting. 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