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g, In South Dr. and Mrs. W. E.
Bracker and sons, Spike and
Mark, route 1, were recent visi
tors to Disneyland in Anaheim,
Calif.
Retires Name The assumed
business name Preston Hereford
--sanch has been retired by Frank
C. Preston and Charles C. Chit
tock, according to records in
the county recorder's office.
Flue Fire A fire truck stood
by at 2:10 p.m., Saturday, while
a flue fire burned out at tl
M. S. Lyster residence, 1442 Eu
clid ave., acceding to Medford
fire department. No damage was
reported.
Not Turning Paul R. Yocum,
52, of 1142 Spring st., Medford,
whose pickup truck was involved
in a three-vehicle accident on
Highway 62 near the Camp
White entrance Thursday morn
ing, said he was not turning at
the time of the accident, as pre
viously reported. Yocum said
he was traveling south on the
highway. Other vehicles involv
ed were operated by Marvin
Stanley Cook, 23, of route 1,
box 435, Ashland, and Verlan
Clair Jacoby, 66, of 940 Murray
st., Medford.
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Personal
Chimney Fire Firemen an
swered a call to a chimney
blaze about noon Friday at
Leonard Electric store, 309 East
Main st. They reported no dam
age) Director Visits Charles
Smith, assistant director of Ore
gon extension service, Oregon
State college, spent Friday and
Saturday in the Rogue valley.
Smith conferred with staff mem
bers at the county agents office
and met with the county court.
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Burned Mrs. Betty Fitchner
227 North Oakdale ave., suffer
eriL second degree burns about
the face and hands Thursday
when a gas oven exploded at
the Fitchner home. She was
treated' by the family physician
at home. She was burned when
the sweater she was wearing
caught fire.
Report Accidents Three auto
accidents were reported Friday
and Saturday by city police.
Joseph H. Morris, 442 South Fir
st., was cited for following too
close after his truck - collided
Friday on North Riverside ave.,
at Manzanita st. with a sedan
operated by John O. Smith, Hay
fork. A sedan driven by George
H. Schwieger, 1940 Orchard
Home drive, was damaged Fri
day whe struck by a coupe
which failed to stop following
the collision, police said. Cars
driven by Flossie I. Murray, 3734
Crater Lake highway, and June
J. Johnson, Talent, collidedat
urday morning at Sixth and
Bartlett sts.
Obituaries
TIMOTHY DURKIN
The 2-year-old son of Navy
Cmdr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Dur
kin, Naval Air Station, New Or
leans, died following a brief ill
ness and surgery on Dec. 29, ac
cording to word received here.
The little boy, Timothy James
Durkin, was the grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. Earl D. Day, Blue Moon
Ranch, Central Point. Mrs. Dur
kin is the former Nancy Day.
The coupje was to arrive here
by air today. Funeral services
will be private.
John Day, Medford, and Ben
Day, Salem, are uncles of the
boy.
Americans use more than
500,000,000,000 matches a year.
DINNER
HOUSE
Jailed Albert Lee "Wilcox,
305 South Oakdale ave., was
lodged in the county jail Fri
day following his arrest by city
police on suspicion of obtaining
money under false pretenses. Po
lice said it involves a number
of checks written with insuffic
ient funds.
Daughter Born . Mr. and
Mrs. Stanley Yates, Empire, are
parents of a daughter, Janet
Kathleen, born Dec. 27. The
baby was born on the 39th wed
ding anniversary of her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Yates, 628 North Riverside ave.
She is the Stanley Yates' third
daughter. News of the birth was
sent by Sham radio, as other
communications to the valley
were not available because of
flood conditions, the family re
ported.
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Two Grandsons Born Mr.
and Mrs. E. B. DeVoe, 12 Glen
Oak court, have received word
of the birth of two grandsons
Their son-in-law and daughter,
Lt. Col. and Mrs. Sheridan W
Cavitt, now living in Greece
Where the officer is on duty, are
the parents of a son, born De
cember 20, and Mr. and Mrs.
David C. McGarry, Seattle, an
other son-in-law and daughter of
the couple, are the parents of
a son, Ernest Eugene, born De
cember 29 in Seattle. The Cavitts
have two older sons, Ronny and
Joey, and the McGarry's have
three older children, Peggy, Da-
bvid and Marianne. McGarry is
a Navy chief. The DeVoes were
in Seattle when news of the
birth of the Cavitt's son came
by radiogram from Greece.
News About .
Servicemen
VISITS FAMILY
Paul T. Walker, an airman
third, class, is to leave Monday
for Fairchild Air base, Spokane,
Wash., after visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Walker,
Eagle Point.
ASSIGNED
Larry R. Edwards, whose wife
lives at 1059 Park st., Medford,
has recently been assigned to
the 187th airborne regimental
combat team, Ft. Bragg, N. C.,
for advance military training. A
former student at Medford high
school he volunteered for para
chute' training. He will undergo
advanced individual training be
fore becaming a paratrooper.
Upon completion of an eightr
week ground course he will gract
uate to the airborne training,
where he will be taught "the
techniques of making a para
chute jump.
MARINE VISITS
Cpl. Jack Antonson of the Ma
rine corps supply center, Bar
stow, Calif., is visiting in Med
ford with Jerry Perkins and the
Iatter's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. M. Perkins, 2322 East Main
st, '
Cpl. Antonson, a Medford
high graduate, has been visit
ing his mother, Mrs. Doris An
tonson, Silverton, a former
Medford resident, and will be
in the valley until Jan. 3.
Four Planes Reported
Missing Near Utah
Salt Lake City U.PJ Three
light planes with five persons
aboard were reported missing
last night on flights into Utah
but two of them were found,
with their occupants safe, after
harried, searches.
A fourth light plane was re
ported to have crashed in Colo
rado's mountainous Park county
about 20 miles south of Fairplay.
But it was not believed to be the
third craft that was still miss
ing while en route to Utah.
GASCON To Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard, Gold Hill, Dec. 31,
1955, a boy, weighing 7 pounds,
at Osteopathic hospital.
ZEMKE To Mr. and Mrs.
James R., Ashland, Dec. 31, 1955,
a boy, weight 8 pounds, at
Osteopathic hospital.
GRISSOM To Mr. and Mrs.
Donald-, Lake Creek, Dec. 30,
1955, a boy, weighing 8Vz
pounds at Osteopathic hospital.
CARD Or THANKS j
May we take this method of thank- I
ing the complete staff at the Sacred
Heart Hospital & Dr. Heyerman, Dr. j
Meyer, Dr. Shasky, Dr. Miller & Dr. j
Brandenburg, also the Eagles Sz Aux- !
iliary &z all our fgends in Medford. i
Ashland & Grants Pass, for all their !
work and kindnesses during the re- j
cent illness of our daughter Karen. I
Mr. and Mrs. Elzie Johnson j
1004 S.W. "I" St.
Grants Pass. Oregon '
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help of religion. However, statistics on church membership un
fortunately cannot be entirely depended upon. ,
Forecast For Stocks and Bonds
40. Interest rates will start the year at high levels, but later
I look for some easing to help the building industry. The present
administration will not allow highs money costs to bring about
unemployment.
41. Seasoned dividend-paying stocks will do better in 1956
than the more speculative issues. Stocks will follow individual
prospects more closely, rather than the curve of business entirely.
42. There will be ort or two bad breaks during 1956. Railroad
stocks will move lower. Biggest declines are likely in auto and
residential-building-materials stocks. Utilities will hold up best.
43. I am not making any extensive recommendations, but
prefer to select smaller, well-seasoned, undervalued situations for
security and good long-range prospects. Those in which I have
great confidence are the top-ten group of variety chain-store stocks.
44. If the rallies continue to be less impressive than the
declines in the stock market, I feel that the money managers will
reduce stock margins before long.
45. Bank, ..insurance company, and certain-investment trust
stocks should continue to be a refuge for the uncertain investor
and for those whocseek security and income without reference to
prices or marketability.
Aircraft Stocks May Suffer
46. Aircraft stocks in 1956 may suffer from increased govern
ment renegotiation. This will be a serious threat if the Democrats
win next autumn.
47. Soundly financed natural gas stocks should continue to
enjoy good growth during the year ahead. i
48. We will hear much more aboirt new industry and new
inventions during 1956. Many very important developments are
on drawing boards and in test tubes. 0
49. Canadian stocks have reached their peaks for this cycle.
This includes the uranium craze. On the other hand, the time is
coming when the greatest stock market profits will be in con
nection with Canadian stocks.
50. Economic education will continue more and more a
factor throughout 1956. The advertising which the New York
Stock exchange is now subsidizing will continue. This will be
followed by labor-union and educational programs. The growth
of colleges and institutes of business administration will continue.
. I now see no depression ahead for 1956, but, of course,
itock prices will not "grow to the skies" and there must be a sad
readjustment some day.0 Investors are already beginning to switch
from common to preferred, stocks, and especially to non-taxable
bonds. o
Liltle Change Seen
In Grocery Budget
Chicago (U.R) When a house
wife makes out her grocery
budget for 1956, she can count
on about the same prices for
meat as she did in 1955, Depart
ment of Agriculture economists
said today.
Choice beef misht average a
few cents a pound higher, while
pork prices maybe slightly less
than their 1955 average, but ave
rage prices for all meat are ex
pected to remain nearly the
same.
r rom xne larmer s viewpoint,,
profit margins in livestock will
stay rather narrow in 1956, ac
cording to Agriculture Depart
ment forecasts.
The laree suonly of meat in
1 955 was met bv consumption
averaging 158 pounds per per
son, second only to 1908, when
163 Bounds of meat were eaten
by the average American. Fore
casters believe consumption will
remain high in 1956.
Business economists estimate
that illness and nremature death
in the United States result in an
nnual economic loss of about
$10,000,000,000.
Birds have become extinct In
historic times on only two of
the Continents, North America
and Australia.
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German Officers To
Get U.S. Training 0
Washington U.P.) The first
group of German officers to
train in this country under the
new military assistance agree
ment with West Germany will
arrive Monday.
The group of 27 German offic
ers, ranging in rank from Cap
tain to Lieutenant Colonel, will
arrive at Idlewild airport in New
York, the Defense Department
said yesterday. They will receive
training at military posts in this
country from several weeks to
several months.
Parents Lose Race With
Stork For Second Time
Madras, Ore. (U.P.) Rac
ing the stork to the hospital is a
losing game for Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Mclnturff Jr.
On May 31, a dash from Mad
ras to Pioneer Memorial hospital
in Prineville, 28 miles away,
was climaxed with the birth of
a girl, Aletha Louise, on the out
skirts of Prineville.
On July 17, 1954, the Mcln
turffs were in a hurry to reach
the hospital. A son, Tommy Joe,
was born on the same outskirts
of Prineville.
Native species of wild grapes
in the United States have -.den
developed into widely used new
species and also primary root
stocks.
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Sunday, January 1, 1956
Nation's Business
In Next Year To
Reach High Level
New York (U.R) The nation's
business in 1956 will move to a
new all-time high level, business
leaders and government econo
mists predicted at the year-end.
Most of the records rolled up
in the boom year of 1955 will be
surpassed, many by a wide mar
gin, they asserted. Prior to 1955,
the record business year was set
in 1953.
Most of the experts based their
opinions on the expectation that
all three major purchasing
groups individuals, business,
and Government vHll spend
moderately more money in 1956
than they did in 1955.
Barring a war, the United
States should turn out more than
S400 billion worth of goods and
services in 1956, a level never
reached in the history of the
nation. Estimates at the year
end for the gross national pro
duct ranged from $404 to $410
billion. This compared with an
everage of $387 billion for all
of 1955.
Reiail Trade a Stimulant
Retail strade will also stimu
late business in 1956. Full-year
retail sales of about $192 billion
are predicted. This represents
an increase of around four per
cent over 1955 which set a new
record.
Sales of durable goods prob
ably will be up only Vi per cent
because of lower auto sales, but
non-durable goods sales should
be about five per cent larger in
the next 12 months. Inventories
will, tend upward, but are not
expected to get out of hand. Ur
ban sales will account for prac
tically all the gain in total 1956
trade.
On the money front, interest
rates are expected to continue
to stiffen in the first half of 1956.
However, the experts say they
may level off in the second half.
The Federal Reserve Board is
expected to maintain a tight rein
on credit as long as business is
booming.
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Building will also help to
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Total outlays in 1956 were fore
casted to reach a record $43.5
billion against $42 billion in
1955.
Stockholders in the nation's
corporations also will reap the
harvest from a good business
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