TEN 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
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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
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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
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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.
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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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