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Local and Joins Bank Miss Viola Hammond, Central Joint, has joined the staff of the First Na tional bank, Medford branch, She is a commercial teller. ""Hubcaps Taken William J. Warner,. 519 South Oakdale ave., reported to city police Monday night the theft of hubcaps from his car while it was parked at the Rogue Valley Country club. Ham Changed The bus iness name Prospect Store has been retired by Harold and El mira M. Knudsen and assumed by Grace Larson, Prospect, ac cording to the county recorder's office. . Auio Accident Cars driven by Bertha . Engeline ' Spencer, 1446 Thomas rd., and James Ed ward Durkee, 318 Ashland ave., collided at 8:08 a.m. today at the , intersection of East Main st. and Lindley ave., according to state police. No one was injured. Public Presentation Miss Donna Lingle, an International Farm Youth Exchange student to Greece, will speak at a public meeting Thursday at 8 p.m. in the -courthouse auditorium. She -will discuss her stay in Greece and show slides of the country. Glenn Klein, county 4-H agent, is in charge. Light Fixture Smokes Smoke in the sheriff's office in ' the county courthouse about 8:10 p.m. yesterday was found to be caused by a burned out fluorescent light fixture, accord ing to firemen who investigated. ' Firemen reported no damage from a flue fire yesterday at the Stewart Pennington home, 408 South Barneburg rd. Visit Tribune Members of Cub scout, -Pack 3, Hedrick-annex, visited the Medford Mail Tribune plant Tuesday. , They were accompanied by their lead ers Mrs. R. D. Dames and Mrs. R. E. Bell. On the trip were Jimmy Bell, George Dames, Dana Smith, Stephen Moore, Dick Fosbury, Tommy Kerr, Jim Casterline and Bobby Dames. Transferred Mr. and Mrsi Robert Lane, formerly of 217 Portland ave., have "moved to Portland where Lane was trans ferred by First National bank officials. He was with the note department in the Medford branch and in Portland is with ' the auditing department.. He " was replaced here by Stanley Forbes, of the branch staff. Chest X-Ray The chest x-ray clinic at Sacred Heart hospital will be open only on Thursday afternoon this week, according to the x-ray committee of the Jackson County Public Health association. Hours are from 2 to 5 p.m. Evening hours have been scheduled for only the first Wednesday of each month, un less a group requests a special time. At Sacred Heart Two chil dren are reported today as sur gery patients at Sacred Heart. They are Laurel Kilburn, 3Vz months, whose parents are Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kilburn of Cen tral Point; and Carla Fetch, 41., f rom Lakeview. Others there for surgery are Calvin Crews and Harry de Jarnett, both of Talent. Medical patients listed today are Raymond Folda," of Talent, and Albert Short of Mt. Shasta, Calif. From Trip Mrs. Inez Hayse, 407 West Jackson st., arrived, home last week end from a trip to San Francisco. She accomp anied her son-in-law and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wright, former Medford resi- dents, now of Wieser, Ida. Wright, formerly with the Med ford branch of J. C. Penney, at tended a convention of the firm. Mrs. Wright was Miss Jean Hayse, before her marriage. The couple left here for Astoria - where they had arranged to adopt a two-week-old daughter, Mrs. Hayse explained. They have another adopted daughter, now age 4. PAINT WITH U MEDFORD PAINT & WALLPAPER STORE Formerly Burgess Paint and Wallpaper Store ' ' Corner 6th & Holly, Diagonally " Across irom the Post Office We Give S&H Green Stamps PHONE 2-9321 Personal At Osteopathic Mrs. Albert Harris, 340 Effie st., is a medi cal patient at Osteopathic hos pital. Medical Care Mrs. James B. McPherson, Ashland, is here for medical care at Community hospital, attendants reported to day. Building Permits Building permits have been issued to Olympic Petroleum and Equip ment company to erect a $2,000 storage shed at 1050 South Riverside ave., and to Johnston Stores to erect a sign costing 56,000 at 112 South Riverside ave. 1 Fishing Equipment City po lice reported this morning that children had found some fishing equipment along Bear Creek in the northern part of town. Police said the owner could claim the equipment by identifying it at the police station. Hurt Tobogganing Dale Flowers Jr., 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Flowers, 306 Apple st., is at Community hospital where he was taken after suf fering a : fractured vertebra Saturday while tobogganing at Union Creek. His friends may call on him. Auto Theft. Elmer George Huff, 518 Plum st., reported to city police the theft of his 1941 sedan from where it was parked on South Front st. between Eighth and Main sts. The car was stolen sometime between 5 and 11 p.m. last night. Harold T. Brickley, 102 Portland ave., re ported to police the theft of a large pyramid shaped no park ing sign last night from .in front of Sacred Heart hospital. Obituaries DAVID STEELE David Steele, 58, died in the Veterans Administration Dom iciliary at Camp White yester day afternoon. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of arrangements. IDA CORBELL Mrs. Ida Belle Corbell, 65, of Chiloquin, died at a local hos pital this morning. She was born at Dorris, Calif.,, Nov. 25, 1889. She was a resident of Ore gon for 46 years. Mrs. Corbell is survived by a sister, Mrs. Annie Francis, Butte Falls, and several nieces and nephews. The body will be taken to Wards funeral home in Klamath Falls for services and burial. Perl funeral home had charge of local arrangements. L .- CARL LICHTI Carl A. Lichit, 45, of route 2, box 437B on Old Stage rd., near Central Point, died in a local hospital this morning. Chapel Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Births HANSEN To Mr. and Mrs. Lester, 97 Bigham lane, Central Point, Feb. 7, 1956, a girl, 5 pounds,- at Community hospital. GILBERT To Mr: and Mrs. Leroy, Central Point, Feb. 7, 1956, a boy, 8 pounds, at Com munity hospital. Daily Weather Report Sunset tonight 5:34". p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:16 a.m. - FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Fair through Thursday with valley fog tonight and Thursday morning. Low tonight 27. High Thursday 55. Western Oregon: Mostly foggy to night and Thursday morning. Partial clearing Thursday afternoon. Little temperature change. Low tonight 25 35. High Thursday '40-50. Northern California: Fair tonight and Thursday. Little . temperature change. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: -, Mean " yesterday 36: below normal 5. Record high this date 63 in 1954. Record low this date 14 in 1929. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month,1, trace, ; .55 inch below normal. Total since Sept. 1, 21.52 inches, 10.10 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 71, highest this a.m. 100. CITY High Low Pree. Brookings . 63 46 . Crater Lake 41 11 40 29 44 ' 23 Grants Pass Klamath Falls - Medford Portland 46 24 42 32 .09 Seattle 46 29 ..29 11 27 7 Spokane Yakima . Eureka Red Bluff Sacramento San Francisco Los Angeles 53 71 59 64 63 40 44 43 42 47 Phoenix . 57 31 42 78 47 51 44 21 36 70 36 31 T 33 Denver Chicago Miami New York Washington, D.C. Daily's U-Drive ' Medford Airport Aniar die-Bound Plane . Sighted in Venezuela Washington (U.R) The Navy plane forced down in Venezuela en route to Antarctica has been sighted and all eight persons aboard are safe, the Navy an nounced today. TWA Will Use Jel Transports in 1959 Los Angeles U.R) Trans World Airlines will start using jet transports in its coast to coast service in 1959. Howard Hughes announced yesterday his Hughes Tool Com pany had purchased eight jet transports costing $4,500,000 each from Boeing Airplane Co. for use by TWA, a Hughes sub sidiary concern. "This is the first step in pro viding TWA with jet airplanes," Hughes said. "The total number of jet aircraft which will be or dered for TWA during the next few months will be 30." Los Angeles to New York flight time for the jets; which Boeing will start delivering in 1959, is slightly more than four hours, Hughes said. Upper Colorado Bill OK'd by Committee Washington (U.R) ' The House Interior and Insular Af fairs committee today approved, 13 to 3, amendments to the $76, 000,000 Upper Colorado River Project bill which has ' been awaiting House consideration. Committee Chairman Clair Engle (D-Calif .) said the amend ments were added to satisfy Col orado on division of revenue and to assure conservationists that no dams or reservoirs would be built on national parks or mon uments. Under the . bill as amended, power and other revenues would be divided as follows: Colorado, 46 per cent; Utah, 21.5 per cent; Wyoming, 15.5 per cent and New Mexico, 17 per cent. Students Riot at Madrid University Madrid, Spain U.R) Riots broke out today at the Univer sity of Madrid between Falang ist students who supported Gen eralissimo Francisco Franco and other students, protesting Falang ist control of ' student organiza tions. First reports said a number were injured. ' For the second day in a row rival groups of students demon strated in Madrid's streets; and today the demonstrators met in battle with stones and clubs at two separate points in the uni versity. ' , Reinforced police battled to break up the incidents before open warfare spread through the student body. Police prevent ed students from forming into groups outside the university, but the street was thronged with excited youths. Four Roseburg Firms Destroyed by Blaze Roseburg (U.R) Four Rose burg businesses, including the Perkins Oil company, were total ly destroyed by a hot, gasoline fed fire which burned into the dawn hours today. Firemen said the blaze, which broke out about 11 p.m. yester day, was one of the hottest they could remember. Some 30 men fought the blaze until 6 a.m. but were unable to save the oil company, Gates Rubber com pany, the .Berger Welding shop or the Partin accounting office. No official damage estimate was available, ; but it was ex pected to run in excess of $200, 000. Several logging trucks, parked near the fire, were badly damaged. Past Presidents mm and mm FEES) After Meeting Thurs., Feb. S EAGLES mil 217 West Apprehend Boys For Damaging Trailer Three boys, two aged 12 and one 10, were remanded to juve nile authorities Monday after they were taken into custody by sheriffs deputies for damaging a trailer house belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Hopkins on Old Military rd. The youngsters admitted to officers that they had broken windows and a light on the trailer, as well as damaging the exterior, last week end. Deputies picked up the trio less than two hours after. Mrs. Hopkins, Jackson' county clerk, reported the vandalism to the sheriff's office. WALL STREET New York (U.R) Stocks de: clined irregularly today with volume down sharply from yes terday's pace. Ford set a new low and was down $2.75 a share from the price offered to the public, and off nearly $10 a share from it high in outside, trading after the offering. Today's closing prices as- se lected stocks: American T & T ... 183 Anaconda ... . - 67 Chrysler . 73 Vz Curtiss Wright . 27 General Electric ...... '.- 5624 General Motors 44 Montgomery Ward 87 Vt Penn. R. R 23 Penney, J. C . . 95 Radio r. 42V. Southern Co. ...a 20 Southern Pacific - 53 S. Oil of Calif .. 89 Texas Gulf Sulphur 35V Tr ansamerica . .. 3 9 Ik Tri-Continental . 25V4 United Aircraft . . 67 U. S. Rubber , 52V- U. S. Steel - 52 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P. Cattle 600. 898 lb. commercial steers $19; good steers held above 17.50; mostly choice 821 lb. fed heifers $16.50; good 745 lb. heifers $15.75; commercial $14; utility dairy type down to $10; canner and cutter cows mostly $7.50-9.50; utility cows $10-12 including heavy Holstein cows at $11. Calves 50. Good vealers $21-23; choice grades up to $27, some $28; cull and utility vealers $8-15. Hogs 650. U.S. No. 1 and 2 butchers 180-235 lb.. $15-15.50; No. 3 lots $14.25; one 550 lb. sow $9.50. Sheep 350. Choice fed wooled lambs $19-19.25: . good and choice feeder lambs $15-16. . . - PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 47-50c; A large, 44-48c; AA medium, 43-47c; 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; cartons, 67c; B prints, 64c. ' Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar, single daisies, 401,i-451,ac; 5-lb loaves, 461,2-49',-!c. Processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 39',i-41c lb. Farm Market 5 Prices went up 50 to 75 cents per hundredweight on Northwest potatoes here today as wholesale houses re flected higher shipping point values. No. 1-A Deschutes and ' Klamath Russets went at 4.25-4.75 per hundred weight for name brands with some ordinary quality packs selling around 4. Florida potatoes were lower. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers, 21,4-4 lbs., 24c; at farm, 23c; roasters, 24c lb. f.o.b. Portland; light 'hens, 17c; heavy hens, all wts., 22c; old roosters, 11-14C Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers, New York style, .36 37c lb.; whole drawn; 42-44c; cut up 47-51c; hens, light type. New York style, 30-31c: cutups, 42-44c; hens, heavy type, N. Y. style, 35-36c; whole drawn, 44-46C. Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur keys, live weights, 27c lb. Dressed Turkeys To retailers, nom inally A grade young hens, 55-56c lb., eviscerated, depending on weight; eviscerated fryer-roasters. 57c lb. Rabbits (Average to growers, "f.o.b. killing plant: Live white, 33i-4i lbs., 23-26c; 5?-6 lbs., 18-21c; colored pelts, 4c under; old does, 10-14c lb., a few higher. Fresh killed fryers to retail ers 58-61C lb.; cut tip, 62-65c. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland Wholesale Hay Pftces: No. 2 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-Ib. test, Coast delivery, $55; No. 2 Western barley, $47.50-48 ton, f.o.b. Portland Coast delivery; soy bean meal, $75 ton delivered Portland; standard millrun, $42-42.50; No. 2, yel low corn. Eastern shipments f.o.b. Portland. $62.50. Fish 'n Chips and Jumbo Fried Shrimp at McDuffie's COFFEE POT DRIVE-IN 1132 North Riversida ht Main Street Persons n Five Accidents State police today warned mo-. torists to drive with more cau tion on foggy, frosty mornings after five accidents yesterday and this morning injured six persons, none of them consid ered seriously. ' Three persons. were injured in one of three accidents this mor ning. Ronald Vernon Meyer, 17, and his sister, , Delores Meyer, . 13, son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Meyer, route 1, box 413, Talent, were taken to Sacred Heart hospital about 8:50 a.m. today after- the car Ronald was driving was involv ed in an accident with, one op erated by James W. Stevens, 64, of Ft. Jones, Calif. On Way to School The youths were on their way to school, police said, and were northbound, on Highway 99 south of Phoenix when the acci dent happened. Police said Ron ald Meyer stopped . behind a stopped school bus, and was struck from behind by the Stev ens vehicle. Ronald, suffered bruises and cuts, and Delores suffered a leg injury, police said. Stevens, who also was taken to Sacred Heart, hospital by Medford Ambulance service, suffered chest injuries, police said. - Three persons were injured in an accident yesterday morning at the intersection of Table Rock and Airport rds., police said. - Vehicles involved were oper ated, by. Stephen Jackson Cline, 52, route 2, box 144, Central Point, and Ronald Thomas Buch anan, 19, Cabbage lane, Phoe nix, police said. Cline was trav eling south on Table Rock rd., and started to turn left onto the Airport rd., and Buchanan was traveling north on -Table Rock rd., police said. Suffer Buises Cline suffered bruises and cuts about the face, and knees, police said. Ronald Buchanan and released. Ronald's father, treated at Community hospital suffered a forehead cut, was Donald Francis Buchanan, 47, a passenger in the Buchanan veh icle, suffered head injuries and was taken to Community hospit al, police said. Police said Cline was cited for failure to yield the right of way, and Buchanan was cited for operating without head lights. . Police urged motorists to use headlights on foggy mornings, and pointed out . that use . .of parking lights was not sufficient STARTS TOIIITE o mit Disney's Warn, a ttfs lwt ttr Adventure V j"w' J ) 'j J TECHNICOLOR --h,wbiw . PEDRO ARMENDARIZ JOSEPH CALLEIA RODOLFO ACOSTA and binding ANDRES VELASQUEZ ,PLUS TECHNICOLOR CARTOON CLASSIC, "JOHNNY APPIESEED" Wednesday, February 8, 1956 injured on mornings like yesterday and this morning. They said several motorists at accident scenes were instructed to turn on head lights. Windows Fogged Police also noted that motor ists are driving while car win dows are fogged and vision is hindered, and urged motorists to clean windshields and win dows. Motorists also were advised to not drive at excessive -speeds, especially on foggy . and frosty mornings. Police said they have witnessed several drivers going at excessive speeds at accident $cenes. ... An accident about; 3:37 -p.m. yesterday at Ross lane and Mc Andrews rd., involved cars op erated by Horace Franklin Peck, 56, of 450 Ross lane and Paul Eugene Hammill, 31, of 1830 West Main st., Medford, Police said Peck was cited for failure to operate on the right side of the highway. Police also said there were two accidents this morning in which there were no injuries. One happened at Central Point on Highway 99 and the other was a three-car accident on Highway 99 at Bear Creek or chards, police said. Additional information on either. of the ac cidents -was not available late this morning. Damage Suit Filed In Circuit Court A damage suit seeking $219, 069.24 from four Coquille resi dents was 'filed in circuit court Monday by Charles H. Black shear, Bend, who suffered the loss of both legs and other in juries in a traffic accident Nov. 5, 1954,' on Highway 99 north of Medford. .-- The. suit names James Norbert Frank, 19, Coquille, driver of a car which struck Blackshear while he was working on the highway as an employee of War ren Northwest Construction com pany. Named with him is co-defendants were his parents, Nor bert J. and Aileen Frank, and Daniel Eugene Schneider, all from Coquille and passengers in the car. Paul Haviland is Blacksh ear's attorney. The suit asks $200,000 general damages and $19,069.24 special damages plus costs. ; v Quito is Ecuador's capital but Guayaquil is the only '. port of consequence. . ' ;-' mm I DOORS OPEN 6:45 P.M. Wonderful Stiff f a Stolen Horse! .MEDFORD (OREGON) 'Apple For Teacher' -Veek Is Proclaimed The week Feb 13 through Feb. 18 has been proclaimed "Apple for Teacher Week" by Mayor Earl M. Miller as gesture of appreciation for work done by teachers in the city schools. "The citizens of this great city in particular are profoundly grateful," the proclamation states, "for the distinguished and persistent contributions of our schools toward the develop ment in all youth of the skills, understandings, attitudes and appreciations necessary for re sponsible, contributing citizen ship." It is pointed out that an apple for the. teacher has become a symbol of the feelings of friend ship and appreciation which pu pils have for their teachers. . "Religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happi ness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged, ... now, there fore, I, Earl M. Miller, Mayor of the city of Medford, hereby designate the week . . . as one means by which a busy but grateful community takes pause to say to its teachers, 'Well done and best wishes.' " ' . 5:30 to 8:00 P. M. Club Sleak Ever) -U BREAKFAST AND LUNCH 7 a.n. to 2 p.m. I TONIGHT! A HOTEL w fflilWMilll The Vesth ttostOsngsKHi four f $t fj MATURE MADISON PRESTON ANNE BANCROFT JAMES WHITMORE PLUS tiSSSe&ttUr tan' 4. - A, GORDON SCOTT . VERA OIS PETER VAN MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Council Names Member Of City Library Board Mrs. v. ward iiammona, -Highland dr., Medford, was ap pointed to the Medford library board by the city council last night Mrs. Hammond reDlaces Mrs. William H. Fluhrer, who sub mitted her resignation because sne will not be in Medtord ipr a while. She said she plans to travel. The council accepted her re signation- with regret last night. The US Coast (Kiard academy was founded in 1876. IF U I I J Doors Open 6:45 p.m. HURRY ENDS TOMORROW! GLENN FORD VI DONNA REED - LesSe Nielsen too Hernandez -Robert Keifli -STARTS FRIDAY! THE TRUE STORY . . ftTP TTJV. JTTKd '. y&&&J)F SWING! : icolor STEVE ALLEN DONNA REED- GENE KRUPA LIONEL HAMPT0H . GREAT SHOW! 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