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.
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Apprehend Boys For
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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
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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
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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
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'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.' " ' .
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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.
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