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Local and DAV Meeting A business meeting of the Disabled Ameri can Veterans will be held at 8 p.m. today in the DAV hall, 1515 North Riverside ave. -' To Rehears -Members' of the Philharmonic Society of South ern Oregon are to rehearse Wed- ' neday, Feb. 29, at 7:30 p.m. at Washington school. Plan Sale Daughters 'of the Nile will hold a rummage' sale Friday and Saturday, March 2 and 3, at 106 North Ivy st. Hours will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Those wishing pickup service may call 2-5916, 2-5648 or 2-8063 -.; V - ; ;: . " . : In Hospital Mrs. Lewis Collins, Central Point, is in Os teopathic hospital for medical care, the 'hospital reported this morning. Mrs. Leon Ramsey, Grants Pass, underwent minor surgery in Osteopathic hospital yesterday, it was said this mor ning. - m American Legion Past Com manders' Night will be held at the regular meeting of the Med ford Post 15 of the American Legion at 7 p.m. tonight. Hospi tality hour will be from 7 to 8 Tvm. and a Droeram has been ar ranged. Legionnaires are urged to attend by. Chairman fiugn Williams. . . Rummage Sale Members of Hope -circle will hold a rum mage sale Friday, March z, from 9-a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Presby terian Sunday school basement, Eighth and Holly sts. Those hav ing articles to donate may . ar range for' pickup by calling 2-9614 or 2-2098. It is stated that a wide variety of articles will be on sale. '".'.' Roof Fire A roof fire was ex tinguished at 8:45 a.m. today at the M. H. Anders residence, 1139 Woo'drow lane. The fire originated around, the flue and extended - to roof and ceiling. Firemen reported about 10 square feet of the roof was burned. At 11:50 yesterday a fire truck . was r sent to a flue fire at th Thomas Bogenoff resi dence, 129 Taft st. A metal flue 'stop ' caught wallpaper on fire but there was little damage, fire men said. : -. :- .. OPEN FOR SEASON! ENDS TUESDAYl jlijjilSijSeffi 1 flmftOTfrVX THE SUN II lAMtYMOtf, Jr. nRMAN The Fun Goes With America's THE All-New RAMBtER Yes, come see wty everybody wants it the sensational All-New "Rambler for 56! Slip behind the wheel for a demonstration and you'll lose your heart. For never "before have you , driven a car so responsive . . so quick and nimble in traffic ... so easy to park and turn in tight spots. Never have you driven a car with such superb getaway . . . and amazing fuel economy of up to 30 miles per gallon. Never have you driven a car with such head-turning Again in '56 RAMBLER is First in 5th & Bartlett Tune In Disneyland on ABC-TV. See listings for Time and Channel. The Personal ; More The Robert Bates fam ily, formerly of 113 West Se ond st. Talent, moved last week to March Field, Calif. . . '"..- Jacket Taken -i Jamej.L. Peart, 913 South Peach st., re ported to city police Monday the theft of a jacket' from his car while it was parked at Olympic cafe," 1050 South Riverside ave., Saturday-night. 1 Burglary About' $4 was sto len' from a woman's purse when burglars unlocked a screen door and. entered a residence at 522 Edwards, st., some time between 8 and 9 p.m Sunday, according to city police. The residents were visiting neighbors at the time. ' . - Two Arraigned Charles Franklin Doolittle, 24, and Don ald LeRoy Mocre, 22, of Point Pleasant, N.J., were arraigned in district court Monday on a charge of unlawful possession of a weapon. The two were arrest ed Sunday by' state police in Phoenix, and are held under $1,000 bond each. Articles Filed" Articles of in corporation for Bauer and Friel Lumber company, Inc., have been filed with the county clerk by Hugh F. Friel and Inez M: Friel, Paul G. Bauer and Esther A.. Bauer. Similar articles for Sheeprock Mining company, Inc., were filed by George I. Maxwell, Robert A. Stewart, Stanley C. Horton, Carl W. Shepard, Leonard M.. Shreeve and R. E. Marsh. " Return Men Sheriff's depu ties were to , return, three men to Jackson county 'today to face charges. Deputy Vefyl Canoose was to return Calvin V. Williams from Canyon City, Ore., on a charge of non-support and "Dep uty Paul Bettiol was to return Robert Lee Ellis, 23, and Philip Eugene Boutwell, 24, from Al bany . in ; connection with' the burglary Thursday of Cubby's drive-in. . .','.- Collide en Stewart Two auto accidents on Stewart ave. Satur day were reported to Medford police. Kern . L. Griffis, Eagle Point, was cited for failure to obtain an Oregon operator's li cense after an accident involving his sedan 1 and a parked coupe registered to John R. Pool, 902 Queen Anne ave. Also reported was an accident involving cars operated by.Sammie Lee 'Um berger, Jacksonville,; and Jack H. McCandliss,27 Ashland ave. Carson, Pearson File for Demo Convention Salem ittJ.R Joseph K. Car son Jr., Portland, filed today for delegate to the Democratic na tional convention from the state at large. " - .'''' Walter J. Pearson, Portland, also. 'filed for at-large delegate to the" Democratic national con vention. " CROSS COUNTRY style . . . six-passenger spaciousness with lavish interior luxury you'd look for only in cars costing 55,000 or more. "You won't find a better boy in the entire world," says Tom McCahill, famed auto expert in February Mechanix Illustrated. And when ,yoa see the Rambler . . . drive it . . . and price it, you'll agree because Ramblers cost less to buy, cost less to operate, bring more when you trade or sell. Anti-Horn Tooling Drive in New York v. New York (U.R) New York City sets out at midnight tonight to restore some peace and quiet to its noisy streets with a drive against born tooting. ' - The drive comes to a silent cli max in two weeks when , it be comes a fine or. jail offense to nudge the car in front of you with; your horn. - . . An anti-horn honking commit tee thinks the whole program will silence New York just as a similar '; campaign eliminated noise from the streets of Paris some years ago. "It- took, just two weeks to make Paris a quiet, city," , said Arde Buliva, chairman of. the Bulova Watch Co. and. head of the committee. Italian President Asks US Investments Washington U.R) Italian President Giovanni Gronchi planned to urge President Eisen hower at a White House meeting today to encourage greater American investment in Italy's growing economy. - The Italian chief of state also wanted to exchange . ideas with Mr. Eisenhower on general world problems. Advance, no tices -indicated some blunt criti cism of American policies. -. Their meeting was the top event of the second day of Gron chi's historic . goodwill visit to the United States. His visit is the first for an Italian chief of state to the United States while in office. Norblad To Support Federal Road Program Klamath Falls (U.R) Rep. Walter Norblad (RrOre.) today assured Klamath County 'Judge U. E. Reeder he would give his eyery support" to. a federal high way program at this session of Congress. ' ' '.""' '" . " - Norblad, a candidate for the Republican nomination for gov ernor, wrote to Judge Reeder in answer to a telegram. The judge had wired Norblad expressing hope ' that need tor the legislav tion would transcend' party lines. Paris Thief May Get 7 Fatally Wrapped in Work Paris XU.R)' ;A;Paris thief may get fatally wrapped up in his work if police don't find him first. . ' A city wide search is oh for a 12-foot - long - boa constrictor which had been peacefully sleeping around hot water bot tles in a dancer's valise at least until the suitcase was stolen in the Pigalle area Monday. . The snake was to have ap peared with dancer Arlette Pet ers in her "dance of the ser pents." ROBBER GETS $60 . .Portland ,(U.R) A holdup man escaped with $60 from a southwest Portland service sta tion last night. Cfo...7ne Costs Go Down MOSTWANTED Car Resale Value! See Your Medford Only Used Cars Backed by a $1,000,000 Obituary Notices MICHAEL MESSER . A Mass of the:Angels for Mi chael Alan Messer, 11-mohth-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Messer, 1894 Archer dr., who died Monday, will be read by Father Charles Scott, of Eugene, Ore., at 9 ajn. Wednesday in Sacred Heart Catholic-church. Committal will be . in Siskiyou Memorial park. Conger -Morris funeral home is in charge of ar rangements. He was bom in Medford, March 21, 1955. Survivors, in addition to the parents j include a sister, Patrice Messer, : and grandparents, Mrs. Dorothy E. Messer, and Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Meunier, all of Medford. ; DALE BURK Dale Michael Burk, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Burk, Rogue River, died yester day at home. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of arrangements. CARRIE MO RAN Mrs. Carrie May Moran, for mer Medford resident, died in Portland on Monday. She lived on Valley View dr. in Medford. ; The body will be transferred to Medford. Perl funeral home is in charge of arrangements. WILLIAM KALLERSON William A. Kallerson, 57, Medford, died at a local hospit al Feb. 25. : : .. . , Mr. s Kallerson was born in Daily Weather Report 'Sunset tonight 6:00 a jn. Sunrise to morrow 6.47 a.m. FORECASTS - Medford and vicinity: Rain in the valiey, snow in the mountains tonight. Showers - Wedesday. Low tonight 38 40; high Wednesday 42-45. Western Oregon: Showers and par tial clearing tonight and Wednesday. Low tonight - 32-40 High ' Wednesday 40-48. Winds along the coast, : dimin ishing to 15-25 mph Wednesday. Northern . California: Rain in ex treme north portion, spreading south ward to San Francisco ad Sacramento and to all mountain areas tonight and continuing Wednesday. Heavy precipi tation likely extreme northern portion. Coastal winds decreasing Wednesday. FIVE DAY FORECASTS . (Period Through Sunday) Western . Washington, Oregon: Be low normal temperatures - over the weekend. Highs in western Washing ton in the 40s, and western- Oregon 45-55, lows iri the 30s. Recurring rains with total precipitation averaging, one to two inches in the interior and two to three inches near the coast. Northern California: Rain today and Wednesday and again briefly late in the week. Temperatures below normal. . LOCAL DATA " TEMPERATURE: - Mean yesterday 42; below normal 3. - ' Record high -this date 72 in 1923. . ' , Record low this, date 19 in 1913. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night .02 inch.- Midnight to 10 a.m., none. Total this month 4.94 inches, 2.99 inches above normal. Total since Sept. 1. 26.46 Inches, 13.64 inches above normal. . HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 47, highest this a.m. 53. CITY High Low Prec. Brookings 49 45 .26 Crater Lake . 25 :- 19 i J!Z Grants Pass. 54 Klamath Falls ..... 38 MEDFORD .. 49 Portland ........... 48 Sattle . - 46 38 29 44 41 42 30 30 45 ' 42 38 38:. 48 38 23 .: 14 69 31 45 Spokane ..; 33 Yakima ; . 43 - Eureka 54 . Red Bluff 53 Sacramento 60 San Francisco i. 55 ; Los Angeles . .. 65 . Phoenix. .;. 68' Denver 40 Chicago ..... 33 Miami ...i. ....J...76 New York . 51 Washington, D.C. 60 T J54 THE SECRET'S UNDER THE SKIN No other ear in the low-price field can giYe yon Single-Unit Construction. Rambler construction provides a superior power-to-weight ratiot gives more room inside and offers far better handling . and greater safety than any ' car in its class.- - -- - - - P.roduct igirliia Phone 2-6185 Bond are Nash Dealers'Bonded Select Used Cars! Your Wisest Bay. Ale, Sweden, Aug. 20, 1898. He was a green chain opera tor and had been employed at the Kogap Lumber company for several years. Mr. Kallerson was a member of the Medford Eagles Lodge." He is survived by one son, Trenton Kallerson, in the Coast Guard; one sister, : Mrs. Hanah Lund, Chicago, 111.; . and - one brother, Gunnar Kallerson, in Sweden. . .' , : - . : Funeral services will be held at the Perl funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Pastor G. H. Hillerman of the Zion Lutheran church will officiate: Interment" will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. ' 'The Eagles Lodge will hold graveside services and arrange for the pallbearers The .family has requested that " in lieu of flowers a donation may be sent to the National Cancer Fund in care of the local postmaster. WILLIAM KIRTLEY -..": , William M. Kirtley died this morning at his ; home, 2142 South Stage rd. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of ar rangements. Peron in New Home Near U. S. Embassy - Panama City; Panama ". (U.R) Former Argentine Dictator Juan D. Peron set : himself up in a new;home today one block from the U.S.-embassy. Peron drove here from Colon Monday . after1 y being evicted from the U.Sg6vernmeht own ed Hotel Washington. He moved into new quarters- in a modern apartment , building up - the street from the American sea front embassy. : : ; The ousted ' dictator'' was ask ed to move after several U.S. congressmen, had protested his living in the Hotel Washington. Danny Kaye Nominated Ambassador To Asia Bloomington, 111. flJ.R) Dr. Stanley Spectof, far eastern ex pert, Monday night nominated comedian Danny Kaye as a Unit ed States ambassador to Asia.' " Spector, an assistant professor at Washington university in St. Louis, Mo., said, "All the Asians want is someone who is human and loves them. I would not hes itate to nominate Danny Kaye as ambassador to any southeast Asian nation." Marine Engineers Agree On $100 Pension Plan San Francisco , - U.R) Offi cials of the Marine Engineers Beneficial association and the P a c i f i c Maritime association have agreed on a pension plan for engineers aboard West Coast ships. - " - The plan, which is retroactive to Jan. 1, affects about 4000 men. It provides a pension of $100 a month for any licensed engineer who retired at the age of 65 after 20 years of service. Dealer tnei 'MaBES I Tuesday, February 28, 1851 Groundwork Laid for Antarctic Station San Francisco (U.R) Seven Air Force men returned yester day from a two-month tour of duty in the Antarctic, where they helped lay the groundwork for establishment of a scientific station within 300 miles of the South Pole next Jail. -: . j - The seven served with Opera tion Deep Freeze, which is cur-1 rently establishing bases on the continent. Capt. Arthur Grafe of Phoe bus, Va., tactical operations 'offir cer, , said giant Globemaster planes will be used to parachute 485 tons of equipment onto the icepack next October. ' The equipment " will include a -10,000-pound stripped down Caterpillar tractor and prefabri cated housing. It will be used by American " scientists taking part in a seven-nation observ ance ot the International Geo physical year in Antarctica. ASHLAND FIRM FILES ; ; Salem (U.R) Articles of in corporation were filed here to day for the Ashland Furniture Company of 2330 Pacific high way north, Medford.' They were signed by H. L. Bush, Lylith Bush and Jerry Jennings. WALL STREET ' New York (U.R) Anticipation of "further advances in the cop per metal price sent copper shares up sharply on the stock market today and helped lift the entire list from an early decline. Gains in the coppers ranged to more than three points in Mag ma and' more thn two in Ana-; conda". Aluminum, Ltd., declined more than a point in the alumi num group. '':".'.'; Low priced automobile shares got into action. Studebakerr Packard featured the whole mar ket iri turnover and rose nearly a point. -; .. :; ' 5 - Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: -;'-American T & T ............l85s4 Anaconda ....... .... 77 Vi Chrysler ..... J. 75 Curtiss Wright 32V4 General Electric . ... .. 58 General Motors 45 Montgomery Ward .. - 89 Pehn R R . 23 Penney J C 98 Radio .?....;....:....:............. 45 Southern Co 21 Southern Pacific ' 54 S Oil of Calif ....... ........ 94 Transamerica 42 Tri-Continental-' ..............1... 26 United Aircraft ......i...'...."...." 70 U -S Rubber ...1 55 U S Steel 57 Youngstown . 92 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portand(U.P.) Holdover 490. Good with some choice around 1030 lb. steers $17.50; some good steers $15.50 1.7; commercial... $14-15; commercial heifers. $13-14; utility dairy type heif ers $10-12; canner-eutter cows mostly $7.50-9; utiUty cows $10-11.50; utility bulls $14-15. Calves 35. Good vealers 21-24; choice up to 300 lb. $25-28; prime grades $30; utility-commercial vealers $120-20, culls down to $8. " - Hogs 200. U.S. 1 and 3 butchers 180-235 lb. $15-15.25; No. 3 grades $14; few 350-450 lb. sows $10-12. Sheep 100. Mostly choice wooled slaughter lambs $18; choice fed lambs $18.50-18.75; good choice L slaughter lambs $16.50-17.50; good-choice ewes $5.50-7. . PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade1 A large 54-55c; A large, 51 53c: AA medium, 49-54c; A medium, 48-50c A small,- 37-41c; carton, 2-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints, 66c lb.; cartons. 67c; A prints, 66c; carton, 67c; B prints, 64c. Farm Market : - Prices were firm to higher today for fresh vegetables; large sized cartons of lettuce were at new recent high or $2.50-2.75; celery was $4-4.50 with some name brands to $5; California savoy cabbage brought around $4-4.5.0 a 'crate; Florida green peppers-- were $5.50-6 for ordinary and up to $7.50 for name brands. S Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. -1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers 214-4 lbs., 23c; at farm, 22c; roasters, 23c lb. f.o.b. Portland; light hens. 18-19c; heavy hens, 5 lbs. and up, $21-22; old roosters, ll-14c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers, New- York style. 36 37c lb.; whole drawn, 41-44c; cut up 46-49c; hens, light type. New york style, 30-31c; cutups, 40-43c; . hens, heavy type, N.Y. style, 35-36c; whole drawn, 44-47c. ' Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur keys, like weights, 27c lb. Dressed Turkeys To retailers, nom inally A grade young hens, 55-56c lb.; eviscerated, depending on weignt; eviscerated fryer-roasters, 57c lb. . Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plant): Live white. 3Vi-4i lbi z3-ztc; o-o ids. ,is-zic; coiorea pens, 4c under old does, 10-14e lb., a few higher. Fresh killed fryers to retailers, 58-61c lb.; cut -up, 62-65C. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: No; 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Port land, $42-43 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, $53-54; No. 2 Western barley, 547.50 ton, f.o.b. Portland, Coast delivery; soy bean meal, $75 ton delivered Portland; standard millrun $41-4150 ton; No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipments f.o.b. Portland, $63-63.25. Dead line Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day Quick Snack That Hits the Spot! Whether you're in a hurry or. not . . ..want to eat a little or a lot. . . you'll like our food, service, prices! The Clock Main & Bartlett, Ph. 2-6766 I MEDFORD (OREGON) Boys, 15r Admit Starting School Fire Portland (U.R) Police said two 15-year-old boys admitted yesterday starting fires at the newly constructed Rose City Park primary school Sunday evening that caused damage esti mated at $25,000. The boys ad mitted shooting flaming matches into the building ; which was slated to be turned over to the school district as soon as minor paving, outside was completed. The boys said they did not intend to start a fire, but ad mitted seeing matches burning inside the building when they left. Several windows had small holes broken . in ' them through which to fire the matches with homemade "clothespin guns." Births : KEYES To Mr. and Mrs. Donald E., 645 J st., Feb. 27, 1956, a boy, 7 Ms pounds, at Com munity hospital. ' ; HITT--To Mr., and Mrs. Mar lon, 203 Elm St., Feb. 28, 1956, a girl, 4 V pounds, at Commu nity hospital. RYAN . To Mr. and , Mrs. James, 525, West 10th st., Feb. 28, 1956, a boy, 8 pounds, at Community, hospital. ' KORNSTAD To Mr. and Mrs. Milton, 408 North Ivy st. Feb. 27, 1956, a girl, 8 pounds at Sacred Heart hospital. GRAHAM -i- To Mr. and Mrs. Lee, 1336 Morrow rd., Feb. 28, 1956, a boy, 7 pounds, Sacred Heart hospital. . METZEN To Mr. and Mrs. Daniel, Hofnbrook, Calif., Feb. 28, 1956, a boy, 7 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. HUMPHRIES To Mr. and Mrs. Eldon. Camp White. Feb. 22, 1956,; a boy, 7 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. 5:30 to 9K P. M. HAM STEAK Potatoes U BREAKFAST. ' AND LUNCH 7 un. to 2 pa : HOTEL';, ' W . uJjJUIliJ LAST TIMES TONIGHT S, .jaCVZ. sVssiiiiiii iriiswiiiiiil , i mtMUiiiimManoH3aiiiM - STARTING . wi, I BunnivllLUlf v "Sr : ', ' '' " ",4KmrM'" j9TiySSm Singin' plus imnt&rtz 'nomam dentin' MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Salem, Seaside To Vofe On Wafer Fluoridation Salem U.P.) The city council iast night decided to place be fore the" voters May 13 a pro posal to put fluorides in Salem's water supply. The council re jected a suggestion that it enact an ordinance calling for fluori-,, dation. Such a proposal once was' beaten here. -. Seaside. -r-(U.R) , Sufficient pe-. titions were filed here "yesterday , to put the . fluoridation issue on the May primary ballot. Seaside had been the only-. Clatsop , county community not to approve use of fluorides, in drinking water' to combat dental cavities. ' ', '.; . Turkey Dinner GRIFFIN CREEK GRANGE ' Sunday, Mar. 41 2 to 5 . -. ; Adults $1.50 " Children Under 12, 75c . .' Fish 'n Chips and . '. . Jumbo. Fried Shrimp at Mcbuffie's COFFEE POT DRIVE-IN U32 North Rivcrsida I I HUM Doors Open 6:45, P.M POWERFUL..SINATRA - " UNFORGETTABLE" " The: man UlWiTH IHt. o ASHLAND o VED. & TIIURS. ilNALOLLOBRIGIDr m i It AMOSM IUK0U MR Frta ( in TOMORROW mm JOHN PAYNE RONALD REAGAN oununi n cumft . rm rr cdiv niiuiwn ikuimiu - vuuui viuii 1 YSOIDPM (ARM VI TktU W vmit w lunm m JEANNE CHAIN MAMIE VAN DOREN GEORGE NADER KITTY KALLEN
