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Local and DAV Meeting The Disabled American Veterans will meet at 8 p.m. today at the DAV hall, 1515 North Riverside ave. Returned Harold Keith Ben nett, 28, Prineville, was brought from Prineville to Medford Sat urday to face charges of obtain ing money under false pretenses, city police reported. - Dai Incorrect St. Mark's Episcopal church parish dinner, which has been indefinitely postponed, was originally sched uled for Wednesday, April 25, instead of Thursday, April 26, as originally announced. Patient Escapes The county heriff'i office reported Monday that a mental patient fled from two officers who were escorting him from the county jail to the health office. The officers appre hended the patient on the Med ford public library lawn. - Rifle Mining Kirt LeFlore, route 1, box 448, Central Point, reported to Medford police Sat urday that his 30-06 sportsman rifle was stolen from his house Friday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., while he was at work. The rifle had been hanging on his wall, he said, and the house had besn left unlocked. Lecture A lecture and dem onstration of experiments on fluoridation on the results of research at Western State col lege for chiropractors, Portland, will be held at 7:30 p.m. today in the Medford High school cafe teria. William F. Byrd, a medi cal technician at the college, will speak. ENDS TONITE! I SOUUT Of All IREAK-OMTS! must. lro4rick Mp . CtAWFORO MEEKM Oft D role Ask us about our Unbeatable ' Double Discovery Deal... 01 134 SOUTH RIVERSIDE AVE. Personal Club to Meei The Mistletoe club will meet at 12:30 p.ir. Wednesday for a covered dish luncheon at the Girls' Commun ity club, officials of the group announced today. . . Chiropractor Here Dr. Ed ward Jacobsen, Chicago, a natu ropathic and chiropractic physi can, arrived here recently, and will open an office as soon as he finds a location, it was re ported today. Reports Theft Cliff McGin ty, 1805 Roberts rd., Medford, reported to police Sunday the theft of a mounted tire and wheel off of his logging truck that: was parked at his home Thursday, according to Medford police. Clubs To Perform Six Phoe nix 4-H project clubs will pre sent a program to members of the Phoenix Grange at 8 p.m. today in the Grange hall. Club members will give project dem onstrations. Regular Grange meeting will follow the , pro gram. Collision Medford police reported a three-car collision yesterday at West Fourth and Grape sts. Cars Involved were operated by Walter Richard Franks, unit D, Ideal Court; Frank David Harden, 518 West j ley, 828 North Central ave., who was cited for failure to yield right of way. I - I Patient Raoortarl ' Three tonsillectomy patients were re ported by Community., hospital this morning. They were Mau rine Schooley, 5-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Wert School ey, 114 Ajax ave., Camp White; Daniel Casad, 4, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Casad, 2670 Elliott st., and Dale William :Bartley, 4, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Bartley, Central Point. ' CitedHomer J. Bringle, 204 West Main st., a special repre sentative for Business Men's As surance company, was cited this week for an outstanding sales tecord in March, according , to J. W. JSayler, vice-president in charge of sales. Bringle was the outstanding salesman for the Portland branch office territory which includes all of Oregon and southwestern Washington. He is a member of each of the company's three honor clubs for outstanding salesmen. mem . LEIGIKI ljjj W t " v - . - fetiVi-ii- vt fi iyrK"it"' " '"'" STRICKEN WITH kidney ailment, Charles MacArthur, former newspaperman, playwright, film writer, husband of actress Helen Hayes, dies in New York. " (International) Name Wrong Mr. and Mrs. Mike Wagar, 635 South Holly st., are in Boise, Ida., where they were called by the death of Wagar's father, Mitchell Wa gar, a former Medford resident. The name was incorrectly list ed yesterday as Wagner. Rifle Found State police reported today that a .22 Win chester pump action octagon barrel rifle had been found along Bear creek and turned into the police office. Owner of the gun may reclaim it by mak ing identification, officers said. Daughter Born Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Walsh are parents of a daughter born April 9 at the Navy hospital at Quantico, Va., according to a Navy release. The child's father is a Marine corps technical sergeant and is serv ing at the Marine corps schools at Quantico. Mrs. Walsh is the daughter of Mrs. Inez Currie of Santa Ana, Calif., and Sergeant Walsh's parents are Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Day, 85 Arnold lane, Medford. The baby, named Rob bie, is the couple's fourth child. Their address is 187 Widewater rd., Midway. Island. Va. New Here Mr. and Mrs. G. Williajn Palmquist arrived last week from Berkeley, Calif., to live at 612 South Ivy st. Their daughter, Inger Palmquist, a high school honor student, has remained at Berkeley to com plete her school year. Palm quist is senior adjuster for State Farm Mutual Automobile Insur ance company for the Medford field claims office. He requested a transfer to this area because of the family's desire to live in Oregon where they can par ticipate in hunting, fishing and other outdoor activities. Discover... the one medium-pricear with fine-car features Torsion-Level Bide, a revelation in riding comfort! New V-8 Engine with record 275 horsepower! " C Electronic Touch-Button Drive with 4 driving ranges! : Twin-Traction Safety Differential for all-weather driving! Load Levelizer that keeps your car always on even keel! Packard quality through and through! Discover:., how easily you can step up to the Packard Clipper Come rn today-sea how little it costs you to own a Packard Clipper, thanks to the extra-special allowances we are making on trades ! It's your chance to move up to the value leader of the Packard line. ..and Packard topped -very other ear in the past year in increase in resale value. Packard Clipper iYIOTOfiS MEDFORD : Returned Eugene Gay, Ash land, was returned to Medford from Eugene yesterday to face charges of sodomy and burglary, according to Medford police. Director Coming F. L. Snod- grass, Portland, state director of Townsend clubs, will attend a meeting of Townsend Harmony club to be held Wednesday, April 25, in Carpenters' hall, 123 V'2 West Main street. A cov ered dish luncheon at noon will be followed by a business meet ing at 2 p.m. Mrs. Florence Boussum, president, states that visitors are welcome. Theft Reported Elk Trail school has reported to the Jack son county sheriff the theft of four gallons of 10-20 weight mo tor oil, a grease gun and two quarts of 40 weight motor oil from the school premises School officials alsc reported that the hasp had Deen pried from a gas pump. The incident occurred sometime ' during the night of April 20 and morning of April 21. Television Whiz Kid To Appear With Benny Hollywood (U.R) Leonard Ross, 10-year old winner of 8100,000 on . television's , '"Big Surprise" quiz program, clashes with Jack Benny, famed "miser" of radio a nd;; television on May io. vy i Leonard, of Tujunga, Calif., expert on the stock market, was signed Monday to appear with Benny on a "Shower of Stars" program over CBS-TV in a com edy routine in which Benny will try to talk the youngster out of his winnings. .'yv;.z;':i.-ir--' PHONE 2-5219 News About Servicemen COMMANDING OFFICER Howard E. King, . a Marine corps lieutenant colonel, and son of Mr .and Mrs. C. M. King, 211 North Oakdale ave., is serving as commanding officer of Ma rine helicopter transport Group 26, a unit of the 2nd Marine air craft wing at the Marine corps air facility in New River, N. C. A jet fighter pilot, he assumed command of the group after serving with the 1st Marine air craft .wing in Korea. He was graduated from Iowa State uni versity before entering the serv ice in August; 1939! WITH MARINES Pfc. Bjarne .A. Bjornsen, son of Mrs. and Mrs. Andrew" Bjorn sen, 113 Laurel, st., ; is serving with the 1st Marine division's 7th engineer battalion. CAPTAIN VISITING Capt. Warren Applewhite, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Applewhite, Nob Hill, Ashland, is at riome on a month's leave from' Cleve land, Ohio, where he has been stationed with the Army. The elder Applegate is chairman of the Jackson county selective service board. GETS ASSIGNMENT Pvt. Kenneth W. Bailey, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer W. Bailey, Gold Hill, was- recently assigned to the Second Infantry division at Fort Lewis, Wash. Bailey, a member of Heavy Mor tar company of the division's 23rd regiment, entered the Army in December, 1955 and com pleted basic training at Fort Ord, Calif. Wall Street New York U.R) President Eisenhower chilled the stock market today when his adminis- J tration ruled out a tax cut at this time. :;; : The market, on edge for sev eral days, softemd when the tax news came out. Earlier it had been moving irregularly. Industrial shares, the worst losers, had their severest loss in about two weeks. Rails, recent strong spots, resisted pressure much better and gave up only a fraction in. their- average. Utili ties continued their-decline in progress for some time. Trading picked up on the drop which amounted to as much as three points . in some special shares, and a few big ones. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 180 Anaconda ;w76 Vi Chrysler 69V Curtiss Wright . 33 Vs General Electric - 60 General Motors 44 Vi Montgomery Ward 93 Penn. R. R 26V4 Penney, J. C - 91 Radio 46 Vi Southern Co. ,.......... 2 Hi Southern Pacific 55 S. Oil of Calif. . 1033i Texas Gulf Sulphur 355s Transamerica 41 Vi Tri-Continental 27Vi United Aircraft 67 U. S. Rubber ... 54 Vi U. S. Steel 60 Youngstown lOOVi PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portiand (U.P.I Cattle 300; Hieh choice 1129 lb. $21: high choice 1096 lb. $21.25: good fed teer $18-19; commercial steeri $16-17; medium good 695 lb. stock steers S17; mostly choice light heifers $19.15: utility heifers $11-13 50; canner-cutter cows $9-10.50; utility cows $11.50-12.50; commercial cows $14; utility bulls $15-15.50. Calves 75. Choice realers $26-29; good vealers $20-25: utility $10-14; good-choice 360-400 lb. slaughter calves $20-23. Hogs 250. U.S. No. 1 and 2 butch ers 180-235 lb. $17.50-17.77; few 250 270 lb. No. 3 butchers $15.50-16. Sheep 150. Choice wooled lambs $18 50: choice shorn lambs No. 2 pelts $17.50; cull-good slaughter ewes $3 5.50. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.)-'-Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 48-49c; A large, 45-47c; AA medium. 44-47c: A me dium, 44-46e; A small, 36-37e; car tons. -3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints. 68e lb.; cartons, 69c; A prints, 68c: B prints, 66c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Cheddar,-single daisies, 42'i-47i,ic; 5-lb. loaves, 4812-511,ic. Processed Ameri can cheese. 5-lb. loaf, 42-44c. Farm Market Northwest potato prices pushed to a new seasonal high today; 100 lb. sacks of No. 1A Idaho russets top ped market at $7.25: No. 1 Deschutes district spuds sold at a $6.75 per hun dredweight extreme; Northwest as paragus was mostly $5.50 for No. 1 large spears. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To' growers (No. 1 Quality f.o.b. Portland. Fryers. 2(2-4 lbs.. 23c: at farm, 22c: roasters. 23c lb. f.o.b. Portland: light hens. oo few transactions for Portland price; 18-19c at ranch: heavy hens, 5-lbs. and up. not enough trading for Portland price; at country, 21-22c up; old roosters, 1 14e. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers. New York style, 36 37e 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 Toprpducers: Fryer tur keys, light 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. Babbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing planti: Li'e white. 33,i-4"j lbs, 23-26c: 5-S lbs.. 18-21c; colored pelts. 4e under: old Joeji, 10-1 4c 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 $43-47; some sales higher. Wholesale Prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat, No. 2 soft white, S74.50 ton; No. 2 white oats, 38-lb. test. Coast deliv erv, $59 ton; No. 2 Western barley. S49.50-50.5O ton, f.o.b. Portland Coast deliverv; sovbean meal, S85.50 ton, de livered" Portland; standard millrun, $45-45.50 ton: NQ.-.2Yel!owcqrn, a.' ern shipments, f.o.b. Portland, $71- '' Tuesday, April 24, 1958 Judge's Widow To Be US Commissioner Portland U.R) Mrs. Claire Mundorff, widow of the late Judge Lowell Mundorff of Mult nomah county circuit court, yes terday was . appointed United States commissioner in the fed eral court here. Mrs. Mundorff. a graduate of Northwestern College of Law and the mother of four children is the first woman in the Pac ific Northwest to hold the posi tion of United States commis sioner and is one of few women ever' appointed to the .post in the nation. ' Mrs. Mundorff succeeds Rob ert A. Leedy who has resigned, effective May 1, to devote his time exclusively to his private law practice. Mexican 'Wetbacks' Will Be Returned Ontario (U.R) A troop of five border patrolmen of the immigration department , left here esterday with 14 "wetbacks,"- illegal Mexican immi grants, who were rounded up in southeastern Oregon and south western Idaho during the past week. The 14 Mexicans, all employ ed as farm laborers, had been lodged in the Malheur county jail at Vale pending their trans fer to Portland. From Portland they will be flown back to Mex ico. MM Will Reduce Plywood Production Portland (U.R) The M and M Wood Working Company here announced yesterday that ply wood production will be re duced about 20 per cent at its plants at Portland, Albany, Lyons and Idanha. Spokesmen for the company said that most of the reduction will come from overtime sched ules but some third shift work may tie eliminated at the 'plants. Reason-for the cutback in'' pro duction was given as adjusting schedules to incoming orders. Vern Thorpe Returns From California Meet Vern Thorpe, director of pub lic works, has returned from 'Oakland, .'Calif . where he attend ed the Western Section of the American Public Works assoc iation convention. He served as moderator on a public works construction panel and attended a meeting of state chairman for the 11 western states. Thorpe is state chairman f qr Orejpn to the association. ; Czechoslovakia Said Using Forced Labor Munich, Ger. (U.R) Com munist Czechoslovakia is using forced ' labor in work on an atomic power and research sta tion north of Prague, Radio Tree. Europe said Monday. The anti-Communist broad casting station quoted a recent refugee as saying nearly one third of the 1,600 laborers hast ily constructing the plant at Rez are forced labor. Daily Weather Report. Sunset tonight 7:03 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:15 a.m. - FORECASTS -; Medford and vicinity: Considerable cloudiness with possibility of. some light rain tonight and - Wednesday morning. Partial clearing and cooler Wednesday afternoon. Low tonight 46. High Wednesday 65. Western Oregon Mostly cloudy to night and Wednesday with a litlte rain extreme south portion Wednesday. Cooler in the afternoon. High Wednes day. 52-65. Low tonight 33-46, Northern California Rain spread ing over most of area tonight. Scat tered showers Wednesday morning. Clearing graduaUy in the afternoon. Cooler in interior. FIVE-DAY FORECASTS Western Washington. Oregon Tem peratures averaging below normal with highs in western Washington mostly 50 to 60. low temDeratures 30 to- 40. High temperatures western Oregon 60-70. Lows 35-45. Light precipitation occuring mosUy near the end of the Week. Northern California One or 'two days with rain Wednesday, through Sunday, .temperatures Deiow normal LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 61; above normal 7. Record high this date SO in 1928. Record low this date 29 in 1924. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid- nieht. none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none Total this month .30 inch, .62 inch below normal. - Total since Sept. 1, 28.08 inches, 12 68 inches above normal. Humidity: Lowest yesterday 18 highest this a.m. 77. CITY High Low Prec. Brookings 52 48 Crater Lake 54 28 Grants Pass : 82 43 Klamath Falls 70 MEDFORD 78 Portiand 67 Seattle ..... Spokane Yakima 61 65 68 Eureka , - Red Bluff Sacramento San Francisco Los Angeles .... . 51 79 74 . 59 65 Phoenix Denver ... . Chicago Miami ..... . New York Washington, D.C. 91 41 46 83 50 54 Dead line Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:3.0 previous day don't forget the Top Notch Cafe ""Next to Craterian Beauty'Kop MEDFORD (OREGON) MAJL TRIBUNE EJ.EVEN Obituary Notices NELLIE CADY Funeral services for Mrs. Nel lie Elizabeth Cady, 90, who died in Jacksonville Saturday, will be held at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday at Chapel Mortuary, with Dr. J. Thomas Dixon, assistant pastor of the First Methodist church, officiating. Interment will be in the Medford IOOF cemetery. Mrs. Cady, the- daughter of John and Joan White Rifenbark, was born in Topeka, Kan., May 12, 1866. She came to Medford from Minneapolis, Minn.,;. more than 45 years ago. In May, 1920, she was married at . Albany, I Ore., to Hector B. Cady, who preceded her in death in 1944. Mrs. Cady had been a resident of Jacksonville for-the past three years, and while in Medford lived' at- 1129 West Ninth st- ---; -.' Survivors: include a half-sister, Mrs. Blanche Davies, Csage City, Kan.; four nephews, John Rifenbark, Sioux City, la., Clar ence Rifenbark, Blue River, Ore., .Ralph Rifenbark, Neosho. Moy and Leo Rifenbark, Med ford; and three nieces, Mrs. John Casper, "T Medford; Mrs. Peter Thompson, Hayward, Ia. and Mrs. William Peterson, St. Paul, Minn. WILLIAM-DUGAN- . Funeral services for William Ambrose Dugan, 74, of 412 North Grape st.l,swho died Mon day at his home, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Wil liam Piper of the First Christian church will, officiate. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. ... ..... MryJDugan was -born in Wil liamsport, Pa. On Dec. 11, 1917, in Los Angeles, Calif., he was married to Lily M. Bayha, who survives. He had made his home in Medford for the past seven years, coming from Vallejo in 1949; - - . .Survivors besides his wife, Mrs! Dugan, include one son, Kenneth. DugarC. Vallejo; a daughter! Mrs. IJerbert Osborn, Medford; a sister, Sadie Dugan, Williamsport, Pa.: a niece, Mrs. Gerard Phillips, Winona, Minn., and four grandchildren. Pallbearers include B. E. Ford, George Swinney, C. M. Hohn, Floyd ' Piitman, George Woodcock and Allan Curry. JOHANNA LAUBSCHER The body of Mrs. Johanna Laubscher, of Williams, who died Monday at home, is being forward by Conger-Morris Fu neral home to Glendale, Calif., for services and interment. ' Mrs.'Xaubscher was born Jan 17jd-86oVinHGerrrWHiy; She had -made' -her -home with her son, Jacob,-in Williams, for the past four years. ' Other survivors include sons, William H. Laubscher, Glendale; George Laubscher, El Monte, Calif.;-and sister Mrs. Elizabeth Latz, Kansas City, Kan.; eight grandchildren s and - 10 great grandchildren: : W. G. GIST . W. G. Gist died at his home, 1336 Flower way, this morning, Perl Funeral home is in charge of' arrangements. FREDERICK STIMSON Frederick C. Stimson, 54, for merly of Medford died yesterday jn Gazelle," Calif. Funeral ser vices will be held in Yreka at 3 p.m. Friday. He is survived by his wife, Lydia Stimson, of Gazelle: two sons, Sheridan Stimson and Roy Stimson, . Medford; a daughter, Eisenhower Casts Ballot at Gettysburg Gettysburg, Pa. U.P.) Presi dent Eisenhower exercised his right as a Pennsylvania voter to day for the first time. The chief executive joined an expected 10,000 4o 11,000 fellow citizens of Adams County in vot ing... in Pennsylvalia's state pri mary.. Feature of the balloting was a presidential preference primary pitting Mr. Eisenhower against Democratic Adlai E. Stevenson. Use MaU Tribune Want Ads The Community 'i Biggest Marketplace I " MEKir fi 41 f 5:30 to 9.O0 P. M. W j r - vi I ROAST BEEF j 3 1 Gravy H I Jj 'IB ST ! Uf -: ht aim 'mJ hfi Sheridan Stimson in the Army at San Francisco; a daughter, Mrs. Jean Gray, Ooris, Calif. Other survivors Include a bro ther, Lloyd Stimson, . 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