Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 31, 1956, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextTEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRISUSS Tuesday, January 31. 1956 Red Cross Aids Victims of Floods G San Francisco (U.PJ The American Red Cross announced today that it has already made financial expenditures and com mitments totaling more than $2,000,000 to help flood suffer ers in the western states. However, a spokesman said that this is only about one fourth of what the organization expects to spend before the job is completed. Cecil H. Davis, director of Red Cross disaster relief opera tions fox the affected areas, said more than 9700 families have already registered with the Red Cross for help and this num ber is expected to be increased by another 1000. "It is but the beginning of ex tensive expenditures to help re store families to previous liv ing standards," Davis said. "We expect t spend approximately $8,000,000 before the work is finished." Suit Seeks Damagis For Chicken Losses o A district court jury was se lected this morning for the trial of Hart's Hatchery, South Pa cific highway, vs. Railway Ex press Agerng, Inc. The hatchery is seeking S338.40 for loss of chickens shipped by the agency. The complaint was filed Feb. 24, 1955. Wall Street Canada is a world leader in asbestos, newsprint, platinum and radiunS PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.) Cattle 300. Ave- orage choice steers IOdO lb. $19.50, ome iia.DU; some aDOve sim-du. utility heifers $10.25-12; canner-cutter cows 8-9. utility cow $10-11.50. Calves 25. Choice vealers $25-27; commercial $17-19. Hogs 200. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers $16.25-16.75 for 180-235 lb.; No. 3 l3.o0: sows 350-550 lb. SI 1-13. Sheep 250. Good-choice slaughter lambs $17-18.50: choice S18.7S; choice with some prime up to $19.25. Good choice feeders $14.50-15.50; good choice ewesSo-6; utility grades $4. Average Siioice 1050 lb. $19.50. Some $18.50; some above $19.50. utility heif ers $10.25-12; canner-cutter cows $3 9, utility cows $10-11.50. Calves $25. Choice vealers $25-27; commercial $17-19. Hogs 200. U. S. 1 and 2 butchers $16.25-16.75 for 180-235 lb.; No. 3 $15.50; sows 350-50 lb. $11-13. Sheep 250. Good-choice slaughter lambs $17- $18.50: choice $18.75; choice with some prime up to $19.25. Good-choice feeders $14.50-15.50: good-choice feeders $14.50-15.50; good choice ewes $5-6; utility grades $4. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large. 46-48: A large 43-46c; AA medium. 43-46c; A me dium. 43-45c; A small 39-43c; carton 2-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints. 66c lb.; cartons, 67c; A prints, 66c; carton. 67c; B prints. 64c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar, single daisies, 40 ','2-45 Vic; 5-lb. loaves. 46',a-49V2C. Processed Ameri can cheese, 5 lb. loaf. 39,i-41c lb. Farm Market Prices on most fruits and vegetables held steady to firm today; California and Arizona cabbage was lower in some places at 4:25-4.50 a crate; cauli flower mostly unchanged at 2.75-3.25 for flats with lettuce crate lots at $3.25-3.50. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers,' 2':-4 IIjs.. 24c; at farm, 23c; roasters, 24c lb. f.o.b. Portland; light hens, 18c; heavy hens, all wts., 25c; old roosters, ll-14c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers, New York style, 36 37c lb.; whole drawn, 42-45c; cut up 47-51c; hens, light type. New York style. 30-31c; cutups, 42-46c; hens, heavy type, N.Y. style, 36-47c; whole drawn, 45-59c. Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur keys, live weight, 27c lb. Dressed Turkeys To retailers, nom inally A grade young hens, 55-56c lb. viscerated, depending on weight; eviscerated fryer-roasters, 57c lb. Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plant): Live white, 3-4i lbs., 23-26c: 5-6 lbs.. 18-21c; colored pelts. 4c under: old does, 10-14c lb., a few higher. Fresh killoiL fryers to retail ers, 58-61c lb.; cut up. 62-65C. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland Wholesale hay prices: No 3 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Portland, $40-42.50 ton; some sales higher. ' Wholesale prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat, No. 2 soft white, $74 ton; 'No. 2 white oats, 38-lb. test, coast delivery, Soo; No. 2 Western barley. $47.50 f.o.b. Portland Coast delivery; soybean meal $77 ton, delivered Portland: standard millrun, $42-42.50 No. 2 yellow corn Eastern shipments f.o.b. Portland $61.50 ton. New York (U.R) The Atchi son Topeka and Santa Fe Rail road voted to split its stock five for one today, subject to stock holder and Interstate Commerce Commission approval. The issue soared to 151, up 13 points. This easily, put the rails far ahead of the industrials which had been firm all day thanks to special strength in the oils,' some of the steels, motors, chemicals, aircrafts and special issues. Today's closing prices oh se lected stocks: American T & T 184 Anaconda 68 V2 Chrysler 7478 Curtiss Wright 27 General Electric 54 Vi General Motors 43 Vs Montgomery Ward 87 Va Penn. R. R . 23 Penney, J. C. 93 Radio 4134 Southern Co. 20 Southern Pacific 53 S. Oil of Calif 90V8 Texas Gulf Sulphur 36 Transamgrica 39x8 Tri - Continental 25 UnitedAircraft 68 U. S. Rubber 52 U. S. Steel 55 Youngstown 87V4 One of the largest herds of elk in the world lives in the famous Jackson Hole country in north west Wyoming, and steDs have been taken to preserve the safety of the herds. u Daily Veather Report Sunset tonight 5:22 p.m. Sunrise to morrow 7:25 a.m. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Continued fair through Wednesday. Low tonight 22. High Wednesday 50. ' Western Oregon: Mostly clear to night and Wednesday. Continued quite cold. Low tonight 15-25; high Wednes day 36-46, except 55 on southern toast. Northern California: Fair through Wednesday. Little change in temperature. FIVE-DAY FORECASTS Western Washigton, Oregon Temperatures rising to above normal Friday and Saturday with highs be coming 48 to 58, and lows 30 to 40 by end of week. No precipitation except iignt rain iTiday or Saturday. iNortnern camortua Light rain on coast near Oregon line late in week. otherwise no precipitation. Tempera ture .below normal, rising late in week. ? LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 36; below normal 4. Record me.h this date 68 in 1924. Record low ihis date 1 in 1930. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month 5.88 inches 3.45 inches above normal. " Total since Sept. 1. 21.52 inches, 10.73 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 41. highest this a.m. 91. CITi High Low rt-ec. Brookings 57 40 Crater Lake 29 Grants Pass 47 K&math Falls 25 MEDFORD 46 Portland 33 -3 23 -3. 21 13 Seattle 33 20 Spokane 18 -11 Yakima 22 -9 Eureka 49 33 Red Bluff 53 37 Sacramento 49- 35 Sctr. F-rncisco 50 36 Los Angeles 62 48 .45 Phoenix 65 . .45 Denver 28 4 Chicago 28 10 Miami 75 69 New York 45 31 Washington. D.C. 63 30 Use Mail Tribune Want Ads ' Dead line Sunday at noon Saturday Classified is at mm (SEW HOT o IT O . Enjoy this historic favorite, now available in a milder, lower-priced 86 Proof bottling as a companion to the renowned 100 Proof Bond. ft 86 PROOF V Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey v SO 10 $A80 Opt- vsqt. Abo ttvaOoblt: Old Crow 100 Proof BoUuS'i Band "GREATEST NAME IN BOURBON' OLD CROW DISHUIRY CO.. M. OF NATIONAL DtSXPWLCW&WQfa, K(t OLD CROW fcnrccnrSTiuiGat BomBO Whisut Father of Fire Victims Missing Pendleton (U.R) A grief stricken father, stunned by the loss of three of his children early yesterday when fire de stroyed their home was reported missing today. Chester O'Neal visited his wife in the hospital yesterday to carry the tragic news that three of her children died in the flames. Hospital attendants said he was in a state of shock. Mrs. O'Neal had given birth Saturday to her 10th child, a boy. Victims of the fire were Phyl lis Jean O'Neal, 8; Carol Jane, 7, and Richard Dennis, 6. The fire broke out vghile the father took two older boys on their paper route. Another infant was in the hospital suffering from pneumonia and three others were staying with an aunt at the time of the tragedy. More than 100 offers of assist ance were reported from people wanting to help the family. Queen Elizabeth Visits Nigerian Parliament Lagos, Nigeria (U.R) Queen Elizabeth II paid a formal visit to her Nigerian Parliament to day and was treated to a daz zling African fashion show. With the Duke of Edinburgh and other members of the royal troupe she watched in fascina tion as exoticaUy dressed mem bers of Parliament and minis ters paraded before her to pay homage. May Slate Ray0 Bobo For Title New York (U.R) Promoter Jim Norris was scheduled tofly into New York tonight from Mi ami to close for a return middle weight title bout between cham pion Sugar Ray Robinson and Carl (Bobo) Olson at the Holly wood (Calif.), Legion stadium, June 8. Robinson, who won the 160 pound crown from Olson at the Chicago stadium on Dec. 9, re portedly will receive a guarantee of at least $75,000. , Sugar Ray and Bobo- had a private agreement calling for a defenss against Bobo within 90 days, in case Ray won the title at Chicago. But Robinson now claims he will need some non title fights to get him "sharp" for the defense. Also he wants to earn extra money to pay back taxes. Portland Seeks To Increase Loop Lead Portland '.U.R) QPortland State seeks to increase its league lead in the Northwest Conference basketball chase to night against Oregon College of Education here. ortland State played its best basketball of the season last week end in twice disposing of Eastern Oregon by running up more than 100 points two nights in a row.. Report Cassill Not Secure After Firing Seattle (U.R) University of Washington Athletic Director Harvey Cassill today refused to comment on reports he is on! the "hot seat" because ti the Johnny Cherberg firing. Cassill was asked if he had felt any heat from the university administration -concerning his position after he fired Cherberg as football coach. There have been numerous reports that Cas sill's position was not secure. RIDE TWO WINNERS Miami, Fla. iU.R) Willie Har tack and Ted Atkinson each rode two winners Monday at Mialeah. Hartack has totaled 20. winners for the first 12 days of the meet ing. CLARK TOP CANDIDATE Salt Lake City flJ.PJ Don Clark, chief assistant football coach at University of Southern California is reported to be the top candidate for new head coach at Brigham Young univer sity, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.. CAVEMAN STYLE Denver (U.R) Mrs. Dessie L. Woodmansee testified in a di vorce suit against her husband Monday that he forced her to live in a cave where snakes crawled over the baby. She got the divorce and custody of the children. WINS AWARD Arcadia, Catif. (U.R) John Adams has been named the 1956 winner of the George Woolf Me morial award, awarded annually to the rider who has contribut ed most to the sport. Adams has posted more than 3,000 winners during his 21-year-riding career. Use Tribune Want Ads QUICK and EASY! Births LACY To Mr. and Mrs. Don ald, Central Point, Jan. 27, 1956, a girl, 8 pounds, at Commu nity hospital. BUNN To Mr. and Mrs. Clyde, 925 Lawnsdale rd., SJan. 28, 1956, a boy, 8 pounds., at Community hospital. VANCE To Mr. and Mrs. Nathan, route 1, box 528, Talent, Jan. 28, 1956, a girl, 7. pounds, at Community hospital. KOHN To Mr. and Mrs. Ken neth, 123 Chestnut st., Jan. 29, 1956, a girl, 8 pounds, at Com munity hospital. DAY To Mr. and Mrs. Noble, 508V'2 Fifth St., Phoenix, Jan. 29, 1956, a girl, 53A pounds, at Com munity hospital. SCHULZ To Mr. and Mrs. David, 1522 Bryant St., Jan. 30, 1956, a girl, 53,i pounds, at Cosn muity hospital. ' LUND To Mr. and Mrs. Herbert, Prospect, Jan. 31, 1956, a girl, 5V2 pounds at Commun ity hospital. ' DEXTER To Mr. and Mrs. Rollin, 209 Jeanette st., Jan. 31, 1956, a boy, 9 pounds, at the Community hospital. NEHRING To Mr. and Mrs. Milo, 221 Girard dr., Jan. 30, 1956, a boy, 8 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. GLENN To Mr. and Mrs. Richard, 3054 Roberts rd., Jan. 31, 1956, a girl, 5 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. HENDERLING To Mr. and Mrs. Robert, 1104 West Fourth st., Jan. 31, 1956, a girl, 5V2 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. Rogue Soil District Lisis Meeting Talks Problems related to the use of good farm land for highway rights of way will be discussed at the annual meeting of the Rogue soil conservation district at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Cen tral Point grange. Don Minear, chairman, will, preside. State Sen. Philip Lo wry I will speak concerning the relation of state highways to agriculture. Others on the program will be Robert Root, who will- talk on the state water resources com mittee; C. H. Ault, work unit conservationist, who will report on the year's accomplishments; Chester W. Jensen, repert on land use committee and the state association; and Harold Geb hard, report on river resources committee. All persons interested are wel come, Minear stated. Morse Asks More Access Road Funds Washington (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse. (D-Ore.) asked a House appropriations subcom mittee today to double the amount available for construc- o tion of access roads in national forests. Morse pointed out that tim bering is the foremost industry in his state and ranks high in other Western tates. But, he said, many stands of trees in the national forests can't be harvest ed because of inadequate roads. The administration asked for about S25.000.000 for forest road construction in fiscal 1957. The Lumber Shipments in Oregon Above 1954 Portland (U.R) More lumber was shipped from Oregon ports in 1955 than in 1954, according to the Pacific Lumber Inspec tion Bureau, Inc. The bureau said today that waterborne shipments of lumber from the state in 1955 totaled 1,192,962,204 board feet. A gain of 6.7 per cent from the pre vious year. Total shipments from British Columbia, Oregon, Washington and California were 3,464,808, 770 board feet, a decrease of .93 per cent from 1954. The decline was due to a decrease of 10.6 per cent in British Columbia In Oregon, the Columbia river shipped 442,035,221 board feet last .year. Coos Bay shipped 876,206,615 board feet and south ern Oregon 3,884,321 board feet. The largest amount went to th Atlantic coast. Harbison, Piazza Open Law Firm Here The law partnership of Harbi son and Piazza will open Wed nesday in offices in the U. S. National Bank" building, it was announced today by A. E. Piaz za, who resigned as deputy dis trict attorney, and Attorney Sam Harbisom The offices were for merly those of Harbison and the late Tracy Crum. Piazza came to Medford in September, 1954, following his graduation from the University of Oregon law school. Harbison, a graduate of Willamette uni versity law school, has practic ed in Medford since 1952. amount should be increased to 550,000,000, he said. More Polio Vaccine Released in Nation Washington (U.R) The Pub lic Health Service today an nounced the release of 2,265, 912 shots of polio vaccine for distribution to the public under the government's voluntary al location system. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis will receive 150,003 shots to complete a vac cination program in Massachu setts. The remainder will go to states and territories for distri bution to public health agencies and commercial outlets. The new shots were made by Eli Lilly Co., Indianapolis. THE "HARD WAT LaFayette, Ind. (U.R) Fire men received the following ex planation ior the cause of a home fire. Heat from an electric kitchen range caused a plastic pot hook above the stove to melt. A pan lid hanging from the hook dropped on the stove. The pan lid struck a frying pan full of grease. The grease splat tered on the wall and caught fire. There are at least 45 differ ent kinds of steel in the manu facture of one medium-priced automobile on the American market today. Texas is slightly larger than either Borneo or New Guinea. 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For here still without switching the pitch you Have plenty more nimble acceleration to surge or spurt ahead, Jto climb hills," to do with almost effortless ease all the things normally called for by highway driving. o But comes an emergency the need to get out of a tight spot and you discover the Number Three news ... That you can do what a pilot does. That you can switch the pitch of your Dynaflquy This is performance too good to pass up and you really ougKt to try it. Its performance sparked by the whis pered might of big new 322-cubic-inch V8 , engines raised to record highs in power and compression. It's performance that goes with the best ride yet, the best handling yet, the best interiors yet, the best styling yet and., literally, with the best Buick yet. Come in and see and be shown and learn, in the doing, about prices that make thes '56 Buicks the best buy yet. iVeio Advanced Variable Pitch Dynaflow is the only Dynaflow Buick builds today. 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