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Wide Open Bidding In O&C Discussed , Portland U.R) A hearing was scheduled here today to take testimony on a test opening of O and C timber marketing dis tricts to bidders from outside the districts. Scheduled to oppose the pro posed opening was William E. Walsh, appearing for the ports of Umpqua, Coos Bay and Ban don. The ports are opposed to re moval of marketing restrictions from one of the last great stands of virgin timber in Oregon. About 2,000,000,000 board feet of timber is involved in the Smith river section of the south coast unit. Also opposing the BLM plan of wide open bidding are the Chambers of Commerce of North Be id and Coos Bay and south west Oregon timber companies. Truck Accidents Show Slight Hike in Oregon Salem U.R) Traffic acci dents involving log strucks and other types of trucks increased very slightly last year, the State f Traffic Safety division reported today. Deaths in log truck accidents of public highways climbed from 12 in 1954 to 15 last year. Total accidents increased from 615 to 685. There were 8,403 accidents in volving trucks of all types. These mishaps injured 1,431 peo ple and brought death to 67, an eight per cent drop in fatalities from 1954. TONITE! "TOMORROW! co-tforrtag DIANNE FOSTER DIANA IYNN 2ND GREAT HIT! DAN DURYEA SATURDAY NIGHT Bx&sns EAGLE POINT The Only Spring Floor In Southern Oregon DANCE TO THE COMBINED MUSIC OF DICK SPAIN, BILL LIVELY and The Rogue Valley Boys Featuring The BEST In Western Swing TUNE IN BILL'S WESTERN ROUND-UP TIME ON KWIN Get Your Copy of BILL & DICK'S Latest "OASIS RECORDS" . . at your local record shop HOUSE of North of Gold Hill AT ON DISPLAY One of the West's Finest Collections of Gold Dust and Nuggets Winter Hours - 9 to 6 Under Founder's Management Since 1930 Local and Food Sale The sophomore Tri-Hi-Y will have a baked food sale at Home Appliance store, Saturday, April 28, at 9:30 a.m., according to the group's advisor, Mrs. Bruce Stanley. . Swingin' Bs A square dance will be conducted Satur day, April 23 from 8:30 p.m. to midnight at 40 North Riverside ave. Mrs. Minnie Robertson will call. All square dancers inter ested are invited. Potluck re freshments will be served. Waggin Wheelers A dance is scheduled by the Waggin Wheel ers Square Dance club for today at 8:30 p.m., at Art Smith's barn on Griffin Creek rd. Pot luck refreshments will be served. All persons interested are invited. Accident Vehicles operated by Andrew Jackson Smith, 55, cf 2329 Howard ave., and Violet A. Zamrzla, 36, of 263 Mace rd., collided at the intersection of Howard rd. and DeBarr ave., about 4:25 p.m. yesterday, ac cording to state police. Smith was cited for failure to yield the right of way, police said. Buys Property Mrs, Sadie McVey, 2902 North Pacific highway, has purchased the Harry Grossman property at 655 Pine st., it was announced today through Clark Walker Real es tate agency where Don Springer salesman for the firm, trans acted the sale. Impatient Love! MYSTERY Open Throughout The Year urn. m ft a Personal Baby 111 Edward Wilkes, four months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Wilkes, 321 Vz Effie st., had surgery today at Community hospital, attendants reported. Rummage New Applegate Home Extension unit members will conduct a rummage sale, Monday, April 30, starting at 9 a.m., in the Fehl building, 106 North Ivy st. Plan Dance A square dance will be held at Kershaw square, Saturday, April 28 at 8:30 p.m., with Gordon Kershaw and Ken Howe doing the calling. Potluck refreshments will be served. All square dancers are invited. Inspections A retail lumber yard, an apartment house, a busi ness occupancy and a public gar age were inspected yesterday by City Fire Marshal Truman Nel son. He issued nine orders for correction of hazards. Card Party Roxy Ann Grange members will conduct a card party, open to the public, Saturday, April 28, at 8 p.m., in the Grange hall. Grange mem bers are asked to take cards and card tables. Refreshments will be served. Gaduated Wilson Slater, 310 Mary st., recently received a diploma from the International Correspondence' schools follow ing completion of a course in certified public accounting, ac cording to Russ Mitchell, local ICS representative. Happy Harvesters The public is invited to attend a square dance session to be conducted by Happy Harvesters club Satur day, April 28, at 8:30 p.m., at the American Legion hall in Central Point. Dancing will continue to midnight. Potluck refreshments are planned. To Session The Rev. George R. V. Bolster, rector of St. Mark's Episcopal church will leave Sun day for Phoenix, Ariz., to attend as a delegate of the church's Oregon diocese a provincial synod meeting of the eighth pro vince. The sessions open next Tuesday and close Thursday eve ning. He is expected to return here Saturday. Reward Offered A reward is offered for the return of a yellow basketball which was lost Tuesday, April 24, between 9 and 9:30 p.m., near the Medford Bowling allies on North River side ave., it was announced to day. The ball belongs to mem bers of Troop 2 of the Boy Scouts and anyone who might have found the ball is asked to leave it at the Boy Scout office or telephone 2-9285. At Sacred Heart Two broth ers, David Myers, fl, and Robert Myers, 10, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Myers, 1090 Ellendale dr., had surgery today at Sacred Heart hospital, attendants re ported. Also there as surgery patients today are Scott Lynn Richardson, 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Richardson, Jack sonville; Gary Garrison, 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Garrison, 615 Clark st.; and Jack Retzloff, Grants Pass. Listed as medical patients were Mrs. Dorothy Asher, 516 West Jackson st.; Mrs. Leslie Parker, 128 Chestnut st., and Mrs. Andrew Hill, 220 Berry dale ave. Lake Grove Pair Hurt In New York Accident . New York U.R) Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baum of Lake Grove, Ore., were injured here yesterday when the vehicle in which they were passengers was struck by another car. The Baums, officials of White Stag Apparel Manufacturing Co., were en route to an airport to enplane for Oregon. The Baums suffered cuts and fractures and their condition was listed as se rious but not critical. Betonite clay is a new, low cost method of lining irrigation ditches that is being tested in three states. The clay product costs only seven cents per square yard as against 50 cents that ranchers now pay for cheapest of common linings. Dining room open the entire evening. FREE Check-room Improved Parking Area Tune to KBES-TV Tonight, 6:00 o'Clock Miller Elected to Head NOMA Unit In Jackson County Alvin V. Miller, assistant pro fessor of business education at Southern Oregon college, was elected president of the local chapter, National Office Man agement association this week. The session was held at the Med ford hotel. Directors also were elected. Other officers elected are Frank G. Martin, assistant secre tary and office manager at Olson-Ross Lumber company, Inc.; Mrs. Frances Grant, secretary treasurer, Associated Cold Stor age, Inc., and office manager of Associated Fruit company, and Mrs. Norma Burroughs, office manager, Groceteria Super Food market, treasurer. Mrs. Grant was reelected for the sixth year as secretary. Directors Elected Directors elected, who will serve two-year terms are W. Monte Stram, Davis Transfer and Storage company, and Ken neth R. Blair, National Cash Register company. Jack M. Hart ley, Hubbard Brothers, Inc., was elected to complete an un expired one-year term left open bv the election of Alvin V. Miller. Guest speakers were John Patton, Oregon Employment Service, and Clifford Metz of the state unemployment compensa tion commission. Patton . dis cussed new laws passed by state legislators effective this year for the employers and employees. He pointed out that full cooper ation of the office managers is needed to carry out the program and that reciprocity among em ployers is especially beneficial if claims are to be kept at a minimum. Metz answered questions in reference to unemployment compensation and rules and reg ulations under existing laws. BIRTHS HOLDER To Mr. and Mrs. Christopher, 521 Manzanita st., Central Point, April 26, 1956, a boy, weight 9 pounds, at Com munity hospital. JENNINGS To Mr. and Mrs. Henry, 625 Clark st., April 26, 1956, a boy, weight 8Vi pounds, at Community hospital. BENSTON To Mr. and Mrs. Dexter, route 1, box 72, Central Point, April 26, 1956, a girl, weight 6 pounds, at Community hospital. HULL To Mr. and Mrs. Marion, box 51, Central Point, April 26, 1956, a girl, weight 734 pounds, at Community hos pital. DAVID To Mr. and Mrs. David R., route 2, box 792, Cen tral Point, April 25, 1956, a girl, weight 8 V2 pounds, at Commun ity hospital. Wall Street v New York U.R) Stocks ad vanced again today with some week-end profit-taking reducing gains from their best before closing time. Trading picked up on the rise and leveled off when prices met opposition late in the day. - Selected issues in the chemi cal, tire, metal, oil, aircraft and special groups rose two to five points. Rails hit a high for near ly 26 years before meeting profit-taking which cut the gains. Utilities were firmer, their first average rise in nine sessions. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 181 Anaconda 78 Chrysler 70V4 Curtiss Wright 35 V General Electric 61 General Motors . .. 44V4 Montgomery Ward 92 Penn R R 27 Penney J C 901 Radio 46V4 Southern Co 21 Southern Pacific 55 S Oil of Calif 106 Transamerica - 44 Tri-Continental 27 United Aircraft 69 U S Rubber 55 U S Steel 61 Youngstown 99 GOLD HILL I GRANGE HALL Saturday Night 9:00 to 1:00 Music by Vic Flood and the Rhythm Masters v with Guest Vocalists Obituaries REED MOORE Funeral services for Reed Louis Moore, 4, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Moore Jr., Cen tral Point, who died Wednesday in a local hospital will be held in the Rogue River Presbyterian church at 11 a.m. Saturday with Rev. D. F. Barnett officiating. Committal will be in Rogue River cemetery. Conger-Morris Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. Surviving besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Moore Jr., are three sisters, Christine, Karen, Nicolette all at home; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Moore Sr., Rogue River, and Mrs. Reed Carter, Rogue River; . and Mrs. Jewel Majors, Fullerton, Calif.; and two great grandmothers, Mrs. Rosa Moore, Gold Hill and Mrs. Zorah Wiley,' Rogue River. Financing Arguments In Hells Canyon Due Washington OJ.R) Counsel for public power groups said fi nal briefs being filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals today. open the way for arguments in private fi nancing of the Hell's Canyon de velopment project in Idaho and Oregon. The public power groups ap pealed to the court of appeals after the Federal Power com mission approved the Idaho Power company's three dam pro posal in preference to a single high dam. The court has scheduled argu ments in the case for May 15. 1953 Legislature Blamed For Labor-GOP Difference Portland '(U.R) A labor lead er yesterday blamed "an anti labor 1953 legislature" for "the rift between organized labor and the Republican party." George Brown, executive sec retary of the State Industrial Union council, told a Young Re publican club luncheon that the Republican leaders promised be fore the 1953 session that they would sponsor no anti-labor bill. "Then, at the last moment they came in with an anti-picketing bill, and labor has resented it ever since," he said. SILVER GRILL CAFE "Where Better People Eat Better" Home Made Rolls . . . Pies . . . Bread Between Riverside and the Bridge on East Main UAIIDC. OPEN DAILY 7 A.M. to 7 P.M. IIVUI1U. CLOSED SUNDAYS PAUL and ELVERA WALKER Bring Your Friends - Enjoy Real Fun! IMEKCIE.B AT WALKER'S POPULAR You will enjoy Dreamland's newly organized Orchestra Rose Edith Cash, Leader iHiTmrn w-fi ""doorsTpeJ MMilMlil' I (mm (r)UU ,U U WfrmA W color by thrill o MMlm '''mm t i NEW! m mMlm, JEANMAIRE J!fiv Tr W PHIL HARRIS BMUlBMBBBBBBMMiMMMBMeaiM ALSO IhSmMMBBHMHBMMIBBMMM SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS - LATEST PICTORIAL NEWS Friday, April 27. 19S8 French Premier To Seek Confidence Vote Paris U.R) Premier Guy Mollet stakes the future of his minority government on a con fidence vote today for the sixth time in its three-month life. Mollet's demand for a confi dence vote, expected some time tonight, will shut off debate on a plan to increase old-age pen sions which is considered almost certain to impose new taxes on the French citizen. , The vote itself probably will not come until Wednesday of next week. Mollet is conceded a good chance to win because the legis lature is reluctant to change pre miers in the midst of the Algeria crisis. Order To Prosecute Given To Thornton Portland U.R) Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton to day had a formal order from Gov. Elmo Smith to prosecute in Circuit court all persons who may be charged with any crime by a grand jury which will look into local conditions next month, j Thornton returned here yes-1 terday to take charge of ques- j tioning persons in connection ! with the investigation into cor ruption charges here. Spark Causes Damage At Fairview Home Salem '(U.R) Firemen said today that a smouldering spark apparently caused a $200 fire that damaged the roof of a cot tage at Fairview home here yesterday and resulted in evacu ation of about 30 girls. No one was injured. Firemen said workmen had been repairing the roof earlier in the day. Fairview officials had the fire under control by the time Salem fire fighters ar rived. The international railway, bridge between Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., and Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., is the longest bascule (jackknife) bridge in the United States 3,067 feet. . . MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN 'Cancer Gunr Shown San Francisco (U.R) A "can cer gun" using a 6,000,000 volt of electrons to kill cancerous growths deep within the body was unveiled today at the Stan ford Medical school. .The "gun" is a linear electron accelerator, - a baby brother of the massive 220-foot long atom smasher located on the Stanford campus. Construction took more than four years of intensive re search and development, by Stanford microwave scientists. 4-H Club News Westside Club , Westside 4-H club met April 16 at Westside school. We had a new member, Shirley Brady, who was elected treasurer during the meeting. Miss Hatten showed pictures of Norway; Refresh ments were served by Fern Kel low, Evelyn Niedermeyer, and Sue Ann Rutherford. Evelyn TMiedermeyer, Reporter.- NOTICE! ail members of LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE Medford Lodge 178 SPECIAL MEETING SAT., APRIL 28th Enrollment 7:00 p.m. Banquet 8:30 p.m. Dance 1 10:00 p.m. Your Pretence It Requested. Mill Here's A Real Thriller FOR THE SATURDAY FUN SHOW THE GREATEST 1 BUCCANEER OF THEM ALU Rudolph SCOTT BARBARA, THfU uwrrto AITOTS PLUS CARTOON -NEWS AND ' Chapter No. 4 PERILS OF WILDERNESS ASH LAN Do eot mm m CinemaScopc no COLOR DAN DAILEY CYD CHARISSE LAUGIITON A M PLUS vl via i ' msK,... m At Stanford School Although in operation only a few weeks and still undergoing tests, the accelerator already has treated a few selected cancer pa tients, the university .announced. UllllHW oaC ITCNITE & SATURDAY . JOHN AOAt ' MARA CORDAV 1(0 O. CARROUJ PLUS wanxxxna WHIIAM CAMPBELL C MAMIE Van DOREN KEENAN WYNM ROBERT RYAN JULIA AiAMS NMIUUMIBMiinONM I 3p5 3 BIG FEATURES HE LED ARIZONA'S LAST GREAT WAS flM KNr. VI .BADE RULE! 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