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Local and At Singer Albin Duba, 1284 Kings highway, is to join the Singer Sewing Machine com pany sales staff next Monday, company officers announced to day. To iSaho Mrs. E. F. Halgren, 315 Portland ave., left today for Idaho Falls, Ida., to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Mon- son. Mrs. Halgren is unaries 01 the Ritz consultant at Burelsons' store. To Portland A. W. Hanen krat, Jacksonville, left this morning for Portland and is to return this evening. Mrs. Hanen krat is a patient at the Univer sity of Oregon medical school hospital. Swingin Bees A dance will be held by the Swingin' Bees Square Dance club Saturday, April 20, from 8:30 p.m., to mid right at 40 North Riverside ave. Mrs. Minnie Robertson will call and all square dancers are in vited. Potluck refreshments will be served. Accident Alfred B. Dillon, 14, of route 1, Gold Hill, suf fered cuts and bruises early Tuesday night when the bicycle he was riding was struck by a car operated by Clarence E. Tay lor, 58, of Central Valley, Calif., about a half mile south of Rogue River on Highway 99. He was taken to Sacred Heart hospital by his mother, according to state police. Both were traveling north, police said. ATTENTION!! Reserve These Dates April 19-20-21 SENIOR HIGH Medford Time 8:00 P.M. EXCLUSIVE Showing of Ron Malcolm's Incomparable Bull Moose In Action Charging Camera In Two Hours Ton Can Spend 15 Months In a Hunter's Paradise Alaska SEE ALL INTERIOR Alaska's Big Game ' -fc Brown Bear Ar Moose Fight Caribou "Ar Mt. Sheep it Mr. Goat Airplane Wolf Hunt (Most Thrilling: of All) Adults $1.00 - Kids 50c Sponsored By Medford Firemen Assn. hi EXTRA! 2 DISNEY SHORTS! iji,a,iii-n,n.vi..M,li..ii. f -- mms PLUS1 Erica's ' Sv Personal At Community Robert F. McAllister, Rogue River, was listed yesterday at Community hospital as a medical patient. Sal Planned Pythian Sisters will hold a rummage and plant sale Friday, April 20, starting at 9 a.m. in the Fehl building, 103 North Ivy st. At Osteopathic Russell P. Johnson, Jacksonville, is a medi cal patient at Osteopathic hos pital, attendance reported yes terday. Gasoline Flushed Firemen said that six gasoline spills were flushed away yesterday from cars parked in downtown Med ford. Assume Name John J. and Melba F. McCann, 560 North Keene way have assumed the business name Medford Marine company, according to the county clerk's office. Rummage Sale Temple circle. First Presbyterian church, is holding a rummage sale today and tomorrow in the church basement. The sale will remain open today until 5 p.m. and hours tomorrow are from 9 a.m. until noon. Radio Classes All persons in terested in becoming amateur radio operators are invited to attend classes at the- home of Del Wright, 513 South Keene way dr. The classes, to be spon sored by Rogue Valley Amateur Radio club, will begin at 7:30 p.m. today, according to R. L. Larson, president of the club. Ellise Visit Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ellis, Washington, D. C, are visiting Ellis's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Ellis, 820 Crater Lake ave. They will be here until April 21. Ellis is engaged in civil service work with the depart ment of defense and has been in Washington four years. He is a 1945 graduate of Medford High school. Highway 99 Crash Vehicles operated by Emma C. Stith, 33, of route 1, box 10, Central Point, and Leonard Eugene Steege, 23, of 401 East 12th st., Medford, were involved in an- accident on Highway 99 near the Blue Moon ranch about 4:37 p.m. yesterday, according to state police. Both vehicles were traveling south, police said. To San Diego Mrs. Harriett Finley of Harriett's fur shop. 2250 Crater Lake highway, left today to visit in San Diego, Calif., with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Finley, and their daughter, Edith Lorraine, born Feb. 1. Mrs. Fin ley will return by way of Los Angeles and San Francisco to purchase merchandise for her shop. She expects to be away about a week. - Clothing Damaged Fire of undetermined origin caused mi nor damage to cartons of cloth ing stored in a garage attic at the Alfred Potter home, 1315 Queen Anne ave., about 3:20 p.m. yesterday, firemen reported. Slight damage to a window cur tain resulted about 1 p.m. yes terday when a television set voltage regulator overheated ; ana Durnea oui at me .ttonaia I Kinard home, 513 North Grape st., firemen also said. They stated i that an electric iron had been ! plugged into the regulator. ... ! No Classes Because of the ! Pear festival parade Saturday, j April 21 no classes will be held for Bliss Heine's Juniors, it was j announced today. The drummers I will meet in uniform that day at 11:40 a.m., at the Moose hall i to get drums and other members ' of the group will assemble at the Library park at noon and the drummers will join them. In connection with the Juniors newspaper drive, 15 tons of old newspapers are needed. No other kind of paper is needed at the present. Papers may be left on the front porch at 916 West 10th st. TONITE! ST Drive In Run! Alan JuneAllyson Warnercolor A WAINCI WOS. MCTWf "Peter and The Wolf" "Emperor Penguins" Residence Planned A. R. Dubs was issued a building per mit yesterday to erect a 512,000 residence at 501 Modoc ave. ... Treated James Smith, Butte Falls, was treated and released at Community hospital Wednes day for an ankle injury, attend ants reported. ... New on Staff Mrs. Gertrude Patterson, 423 Haven st., has joined the staff of Burelson's Ready-to-Wear shop and is em ployed in the lingerie depart ment. Boys Remanded A 13-year-old Medford boy was remanded to juvenile authorities yesterday after city police took him into custody on charges of molesting a three-year-old girl April 16. ... SOS Club A dinner meeting of the Southern Oregon Sales men's club will be held at 8 p.m., Friday. April 20 at the Medford hotel. Speakers will participate in the program for the evening. ... At Home Wayne (Shadey) Wakefield, 1018 Woodrow lane, was dismissed Wednesday from Sacred Heart hospital where he underwent surgery, tie js re ported in "good" condition and visitors may call on him at his home. ... To Meet Traeh Dercas club of Sacred Heart Catholic church will meet Friday, April 20, at 8 p.m. at the home of Miss Kath erine Clabby, 109 South Laurel st. Colored slides on the Rosary will be shown. . Girl Injured Linda Summers, 7, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Summers, 1028 North Cen tral ave., was admitted early today to Sacred Heart hospital as the result of mouth injuries she received when she fell from play equipment at Lincoln school, attendants reported. ... Have Surgery Mrs. Virgil Prowell, Applegate; Dewey Gearin, 3578 South Pacific High way, and Phyllis Gregg, 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gregg, route 1, are listed today as surgery patients at Sacred Heart hospital. Miss Gregg had emergency appendectomy. ... At Osteopathic Several new patients were reported today at Osteopathic hospital. They ' are Rick Pratt, 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Pratt, 1482 Hilton rd., who had tonsil surgery; Mrs. William F. Romine, Gold Hill; Harold Hiatt, Central Point, and Stephen Sherman, Seiad, Calif., all there for medical care. ... Chin Up Meeting The regu lar monthly social meeting of the Jackson county chapter of the Chin Up club will be held at Girls Community club, 229 North Bartlett st., Friday at 8 p.m., Mrs. Gordon Bowman, club president, said. Any handicap ped person, or those interested in working with the handicap ped, is invited. ... At Community Charlene Reed, 7, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Reed, 840 Palm st., had tonsil surgery today at Com munity hospital. Other patients reported there today are Mrs. Milton Barnett, 27 Ashland ave.; John Shaw, 221 Oak st., Ashland, both surgery patients: and Mrs. Walter Polenz, 345 Scenic dr., Ashland, a medical patient. Son Visits Dolph Guyer, Sac ramento, Calif., visited last week J end in Medford at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Guyer, and sister, Miss Joan Guyer, 319 Portland ave. Mrs. Guyer is a medical patient at Sacred Heart hospital. Her sister, Mrs. Lennie Morris and daugh ter, Mrs. Rita Conley, Rogue River, are staying at the Guyer home. Plan Carnival Jackson Parent-Teacher association will hold the annual spring carnival Fri day, April 20, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the school. This is the annual fund-raising project of the unit. Many booths, built and decorated by parents and teach ers, will be in operation and a "country store" will sell articles donated and made for the oc casion. Plants will be oo sale, entertainment features are plan ned and food will be sold. , Ai Sacred Hearf Linda Alex ander, 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Alexander, Central Point, had minor surgery today at Sacred Heart hospital. Re ported there for medical care are Mrs. Walter Lillie, 2690 Elli ott st.; Mrs. Ben Harder, route 2, Medford; Michael Henson, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Henson, Central Point; Eugene Cronin, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Cronin, route 2, Medford; Louie King, 1487 Ridgeway dr., and Mrs. Mary Northrup, of the farm home. That Good CORNED BEEF and CABBAGE EVERY FRIDAY At The Top Notch Cafe Next to Craterijn Beauty Shop Officers Seeking Missing Man Lead Jackson county sheriff's depu ties are looking for someone in this area who might be holding a pick-up truck and dog for Jo seph Bancroft, 47, Las Vegas, Nev. A missing persons report has been filed for Bancroft, who was scheduled to leave Nevada by plane for Medford on March 12 or 13. He was to pick' up his truck and dog and join Charles E. Morton, Grants Pass, on March 18 at -the Rogue Motor court in Grants Pass. The two, partners in a mining claim, planned to travel to their claim, which is believed to be some where in southern Oregon. According to the sheriff's of fice, Morton arrived at the motor court on March 18 and waited for Bancroft until April 1. Com munication with the air line of fice revealed Bancroft had not left Las Vegas by plane either March 12 or 13. Bancroft is described as being 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 175 pounds, having a stocky build and receding hairline. Color of his hair was not known. The truck was described as a 34-ton Willys Jeep pick-up. No de scription of the dog was avail able. Deputies have requested the party holding the truck and dog for Bancroft or anyone having information concerning the truck, dog or Bancroft to get in touch with the sheriff's office as soon as possible. Frankfurt Resident Visiting Medford Ludwig W. Stempel of Frank furt, West Germany; visited Medford yesterday and today while on tour in the United States. The young man, who works at the D. Stempel A. G. Type foundry founded in 1895 by his grandfather, visited the Mail Tribune, accompanied by Leroy O. Kerr, Portland, production engineer for Mergenthaler Lino type company. Stempel is studying manageri al and manufacturing and pro duction methods relating to linotype and matrix production and will spend two months on the west coast. He visited the Mergenthaler Linotype company on the east coast before beginning this tour of the rest of the country. Boy Bitten Tommy Vicker- son.'ll son of Mrs. Ilda w: Vick erson, 728 West list st., was given medical treatment yester day after he was bitten by a dog while delivering papers on 11th st., city police reported. Officers said they warned the owner that the dog must be tied or fenced in the future. SQUARE Friday Night, April 20 7:30 P.M. TO 10:00 P.M. AT THE NEW HOME OF BEDFORD FEED & SEED 330 NORTH FIR STREET T Saturday, ON OUR STAGE DIRECT FROM YOU'VE r NOW SEE HIM IN PERSON! with his Sinaing, Strinaina Musical Show ROGUE VALLEY DAI I DAAki Dicing 9 to 1:00 0MLLIWVlVl t J SPEAKS HERE The Rev. Du ane "V. Wain, Congregational Christian worker among the Ovimbundu of Chilesso, Angola, West Africa, will address the Southern Oregon Congregation al Women's fellowship session to be held in Medford Congrega tional church tomorrow. Mr. Wain, in the United States on furlough, and his wife have been working among the Ovimbundus under the American Board of Foreign Missions since 1928. Officers of the Oregon Fellow ship of Congregational Women will also be here for the meeting. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.) Cattle 150. Choice iim lv. tA con iBi- m-71 lh cnoice steers zu.au; ai id. su.o, utility-low commercial neifers $11 14.25; canner-cuter cows S8.50-10.50, shells down to $5: utility cows $11.50 13; utility bulls S13. Calves 25. Good to low choice veal ers $20-26; high choice S28; cull calves and vealers down to $8. Hogs 200. Mostly No. 2 $17.50; No. 1 butchers $18: 270 lb. No 3 butchers 515.50; 300-385 lb. sows $12.50-14.50. Sheep 150. Market not established. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.l Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 48-49C; A large, 45-47c; AA medium, 44-47c; A me dium, 44-46c; A small, 3o-37c; cartons, 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, 40'2-45'4c; 5-lb. loaves. 46 ',i-49 Ijc. Processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 3S',2-41c. Farm Market New crop long white potatoes from California wholesaled at $4.50-5 for 50 lb. bags of No. 1 grade today; cel ery prices held firm at seasonal high price of $5-5.23; California strawber ries in short supply with fair to good with a $4.50-5 a flat range. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 Quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers, 2' 2-4 i,lbs., 23c; at farm, 22c: roasters, 23c lb., f.o.b. Portland; light hens. 19-20c, Portland; 18-19c at ranch; heavy hens. 5 lbs. and up, 23c lb., at country, 21 22c up: old roosters, ll-14c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers,' New York style, 36 37c lb.; whole drawn, 41-43c: cut up, 45-49c; hens, light type. New York style, 30-31c: cut up. 42-44c; hens, heavy type. N.Y. style, 35-36c; whole drawn, 44-48c. 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 ob. killing planti: Live white. Z2-W2 lbs.. 23-26c: 5-6 lbs.. 18-21c: colored pelts. 4c under: old does, 10-14c lb., a few higher. Fresh killed fryers to re tailers. 58-6 lc lb.: cut up, 62-65c. April 21 IN PERSON HOLLYWOOD rvniiD rniADiTr i iuun iniuniik JWESTERN STAR THRILLED TO HIM ON THE SCREEN TAKEN HIM TO YOUR HEART ON THE AIR -k ENJOYED ALL OF HIS RECORDS i Plenty Free Parking Thursday, April 19, 1938 Obituary WILLETTA RYALL Ashland Willetta Ryall, 56, of Sacramento, .Calif., died in Sacramento Monday. She had been ill for several years. Mrs. Ryall was born in Ore gon Jan. 4, 1900, and lived in the Talent vicinity until March, 1954, when she moved to Calif ornia. On Dec. 24, 1943, she -was married to Theodore Ryall of Talent, who survives. She was a member of the Tal ent Grange. Survivors include, besides her husband, a son, Kenneth Paul son, Shady Cove;' six brothers, R. S. Colpitts, Shady Cove; Thomas Colpitts, ' Sacramento; Bert Colpitts, Troy; Edward Col pitts, Central Point; Walter Col pitts, Cave Junction, and Gene Colpitts, Blue Lake, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Wortman, En terprise, and Mrs. Ann Trump, Imnaha. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Litwil ler's Mountain Viqw chapel in Ashland. Wall Street New York U.R) Stocks declined today on the lightest valume since March 1. Steels, oils, rails, utilities, and special issues registered declines ranging to more than a point. Oil issues, strong for a time, finally succumbed to selling and fell sharply from their highs. Late in the day Amerida showed a loss of two points. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 180Vi Anaconda 76 Chrysler 70V2 Curtiss Wright 33 General Electric - 602 General Motors 44V2 Montgomery Ward 93 V2 Penn. R. R 26 Penney, J. C . 92V4 Radio - 467s Southern Co. 21Vi Southern Pacific 55 S. Oil of Calif 105 Texas Gulf Sulphur 35 Transamerica 39 Tri-Continental 27V4 United Aircraft 68 U. S. Rubber 56V4 U. S. Steel . .... 60U Youngstown ..... 100V4 PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Port land. $43-47 ton; some sales higher. Wholesale prices as reported by the USD A market news service: Wheat, No. 2 soft white, $74.50 ton: No. 2 white oats, 38-lb. test, Coast delivery, $57.50-58 ton: No. 2 Western barley, $50.50 ton, f o b.- Portland, Coast de livery: soybean meal, $81.75 ton, de livered Portland; standard millrun $42.50-44 ton; No. 2 yellow corn, East Dead line Sunday Classified la at noon Saturday: 10 a.m Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 orevious day ANNIVERSARY DANCE CELEBRATING THE FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION OF THE JACKSON COUNTY DISASTER CAR Bob Roberts' Melody Wranglers and the Big Western Jamboree EVERYONE INVITED - TICKETS $1 TONIGHT, APRIL 19 ROGUE VALLEY BALLROOM , Dancing 9 'til 1 Proceeds Go To the Disaster Car Sponsored by D.A.V. fT ends T0HL -i i iji y"Y 1 1 i" wy'i'M I EJ Jik&l I l:Z2f motion SUSAN HAYWARD eickard conte-eddie Itirring' nnai TllIAn nil nlllTfHI SvMnPtMby HUN IATLUK KAT UAlllUli-ww&viwmmm i fcreeNd by MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN Bellingham Student Heads OSC Student Body Corvallis (U.PJ Charles Ad dicott, of Bellingham, Wash., a junior in the school of agricul ture, yesterday was named as student body president at Ore gon State college for next year. Addicott's margin of victory in the student elections was a narrow 47 votes over his oppon ent Larry Beck. -. Daily Weather Report Sunset tonight 8:57 p.m. Sunrise to morrow 5:22 a.m. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Variable high cloudiness tonight and Friday. Low tonight 42. High Friday 76. Western Oregon: Fair and warm over interior tonight and Friday. Cloudy or foggy on south coast to night, spreading to north coast Friday. Low tonight 40-48. High Friday 70-80 in interior, 55-60 on coast. Northern California: Fair tonight and Friday but considerable fog. Lit tle temperature change. LOCAL DATA . TEMPERATURE: Mean yeterday 58: above normal 5. Record high this date 90 in 1939. Record low this date 26 in 1927. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 &.ra-. none. Total this month .30 inch, .42 inch below normal. Total since Sept. 1, 28.08 inches, 12.88 inches alove normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 84, highest this a.m. 88. CITY High Low Free. Brookings 74 37 Crater Lake 55 31 Grants Pass 82 40 Klamath Falls . 68 . 44 MEDFORD 72 43 Portland 74 43 Seattle 67 42 Spokane 69 43 . Yakima 75 38 Eureka 59 46 Red Bluff 84 53 Sacramento 83 51 San Francisco 74 47 Los Angeles 61 52 ' .01 Phoenix 79 55 Denver 55 32 Chicago . 50 31 Miami 81 57 HOTEL MASKS TO THf I EST ft 530 to 9.-00 P. M. HAM STEAK Honey Butter y BREAKFAST AND LUNCH 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. DOORS DtiflELMJUflT Pfotfuort fey LAWRLKGE WDNSASTEN An M-G-M Alpine Village Cut Off By Snow Avalanches Simplon-Villagen, Switzerland (U.R) Avalanches have isolated this small Alpine village for the second time within four weeks. ' The snowslides buried the road leading to the village and de stroyed a bridge. No loss of life was reported. Hill Tfl?JTF FRIDAY I Will I E SATURDAY TONITE fTay , tack HUDSON brtiiHAIi-Mir Q1M - PLUS mmii urn Fffi.nii;in.fftni);hiiin o ASHLAND JEFF MORROW LEIGH SNOWDEN REX REASON A UMVfftSAl-INTftHADONAl plus 'CADES' PHIL CAREY. OPEN AT 6:45 P.M. 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