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Local and Planti Inspected City Fire Marshal Truman Nelson issued three orders for correction ol hazards after inspection of three fruit packing plants yesterday. Claim Filed Alice Stewart has filed with the county re corder a mining claim in the Thompson Creek mining district near Applegate. Theft Reported Thomas I. Dcakins, 2008 Westerlund dr.. reported the theft of five lan yards from the saddle bag of his bicycle yesterday afternoon while it was parked at 23 North Fir St., according to city police. Word Received Word has been received here that Charles W. Doty, a former resident of Medford, died in Portland July 21. Funeral services were held there and burial was in Sunset Memorial park. Surgery Patients Mrs. Ma tilda Losey, 555 Midway rd., is a surgery patient at Rogue Val ley (Community) hospital. Mrs. Irsel Chapman, 102 Elk St., is at Osteopathic hospital for minor surgery. School Program The Vaca tion church school at the First Methodist church will hold open house Friday from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. for parents and friends. During open house work com pleted by the children during the school will be shown and refreshments will be served. No Classes There will be no classes of Bliss Heine's Juniors Sifinrriav. The Juniors will meet in uniform at 9 a.m. at the Moose hall, 11 Newtown St., for tinn to the Jackson ville Gold Rush Jubilee. Par ents will take them in cars, ine new drilling drum quartet of the group will be a special fea ture of its program. Sagor Baby Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Walker. 2320 -Kings highway, have received word that their daughter, the former Wilda Walker, and her husband, Roy Sagor, Grants Pass, are parents of a 7 pound, 3 ounce son. The boby was born Aug. 1 in Jose phine General hospital, and has been named Scott Donald. The Sagors have two other children, Jane Catherine, 3, and Julene Carole, 2. Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Mrrlfnrd and vicinity: Variable cloudiness this evenin with cattered light showers in mountains. Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Continued cool Low tonight 47. High Friday 78-80. Western Oregon: Clearing in south ern interior but mosUy cloudy along coast and in interior north half to night and early Friday, becoming mostly sunnv and warm Friday after noon. Low tonight 44-52. igh FridayH 70-7S north interior. 85 southern in terior. 63 on coast. Northern California: Fair through Friday. Warmer from MarysWlle northward Friday. LOCAI' DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday $2: below normal 12. Record high thia data 103 in 1R31. Record low this date 44 in 1937. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month none, normal. Total since Sept. 1. 34.34 Inch, 183S Inch above normal. Humidity: Lowest yesterday 23. highest this am. 83. CITY High Low Pree. Brookings 70 47 Crater Lake Grants Pass 7S 42 . S3 37 72 47 Klamath Falls . MEDKOHD Portland 68 .14 Seattle Sookane . 67 65 51 43 39 "52 65 53 53 R6 "75 59 69 76 Yikima 76 E-jreka .". Red Bluff Sicramento San Francisco . Los Angeles . 60 . 90 Phoenix Denver . Chicago . Miami .... 97 . 73 . 75 . 88 . 84 85 Washington. D.C. . 2 GREAT HITS! 1st Drive In Run ENDS THURSDAY JL-y SEE. mm i$uk omy! v-i COt-OR. COLLINS -COLE For Your Listening Pleasure . . . ROY EVERSON at the Piano! MON DESIR DINING INN - Near Central Point You'll enjoy the delicious feeds . . . the delightful atmosphere . . . the warm hospitality at MON DESIR . . . Phone NOrmandy 4-2513 for reservations. Personal Auio Stolen Wallace Vernon Martin, 1114 West 11th St., re ported to city police this morn ing the theft of his automobile from his residence. Accident Vehicles operated by Clifford Edward Cooper, 855 West 14th St., and Delia Spray Mann, route 3, box 73 were in volved in an accident about 12:11 a.m. yesterday on West Main st. near Ivy st. Mann was cited for failing to yield the right of way to a vehicle, Medford police said. Business Names The as sumed business name H and M Shell Service has been retired by Bruce V. Hagerman and Roy R. Miller. The name H.M. and S. Logging has been assumed in Talent by Hagerman, Miller and Foster A. Seaver Jr., according to records in the county record er's office. Blaze in Street Wind blew empty cement sacks onto a con struction flare causing a small fire in the street in the 400 block of North Keene Way dr. about 5:45 p.m. yesterday, fire men' said. They reported a flu fire alarm and said that the fire at the Richard Swan home, 2501 Lyman ave., was out on arrival of the pumper about 6 p.m. Obituaries JONATHAN FLEMING Jonathan Christopher Flem ing, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John William Fleming, route 1, Gold Hill, died at a local hos pital Wednesday. Perl funeral home is in charge of arrange ments. JULIUS MESSAL Julius Messal, Star route. Eagle Point, died in Medford Aug. 1. Funeral services will be held at Perl funeral home 11 a.m. Aug. 4. Burial, will be in the Central Point cemetery. MRS. IRENE M. DUNPHY Funeral services for Mrs. Irene Mabel Dunphy of Medford, who died Tuesday, will be held in Conger-Morris, chapel at 2:30 p.m. Friday. The Rev. Nicholas J. Deis of Sacred Heart Catholic church will officiate. Committal will be in Mountain View ceme tery, Ashland. She was born in Virginia and had lived in the valley for the past year coming from Nortb Beach. Md. Survivors include a son. James Dunphy, and grandson, Michael, of Medford. WILLIAM B. HEWITT Funeral services for William B. Hewitt, 59, of 433 Berryelale ave., Medford, who died Wed nesday, will be held in Conger Morris chapel at 11 a.m. Sat urday Dr. Jouett P. Bray will officiate. Committal will be in Memory Gardens Memorial park. Mr. Hewitt was born Jan. 17, 1897. in Rapid City, S.D. On April 22, 1937, in Medford. he was marri-d to Stella Swafford, who survives. He was a veteran of- World War I. For the past 18 years he had been employed by Tru-Mix Concrete company. Pallbearers will be employees of the Tru Mix Concrete company includ ing John E. Coble, Jess Cum mings, James H. Cummings, Frank M. Quigley, Troy Spaur and Lowell E. Tucker. Survivors besides his wife, include two sons, Hubert Hew itt, Gold Hill, and Gary Lee, at home; a step son. Homer B. Stephenson Jr., Medford; a step daughter, Mrs. Janet Robinson, Shady Cove; three brothers, Roy Hewitt, and Harry Hewitt both of Medford. and Glenn Hewitt, Klamath Falls; one sister, Mrs. Bessie Wight, - Medford, and three grandchildren. ANDRA FAY STELLE Andra Fay Stelle, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Stelle, 440 Benson St., died in a local hospital Wed nesday. She was born in Med ford July 31, 1956. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. today at graveside in Siskiyou Memorial park, with the Rev. Earl Best, of Ruch, officiating. Chapel Mortuary was in charge of arrangements. Besides her parents, she is survived by one sister, Sandra Kay; her paternal grandmother, Mrs. L. E. Stelle. Jay, Okia : her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Joe Campbell, Lanagan, Mo; an aunt, Mrs. S. H. Cowan, Med ford; and an uncle, George Chrisman, Rogue River. A famous soaring site for glider enthusiasts is Leelanau County, Mich. Steel Shares Lead Stock Market Higher New York U.P.) Steel shares led stocks into new record high ground for industrials today. Gains in the steels ranged to PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland lU.P.) Cattle 250. Choice 1133 lb. fed neers $24; utility-standard steer S15-20; utility dairy type down to $11; canner-cutter cowi 7-9; util ity cow $10-11; utilitv bulli $13-14. Calves 100. Good-choice vealen $15.50-18: individual prime, to $19; culls down to S7. Hoes 150. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers 180-235 lb. $20-20.25: mixed 1, 2 and 3 grade $18.50-19.75; 160-175 lb. $18.50 19.30; sows 300-300 lb. $12-16, under 300 lb. to $16.50. Sheep 1350. Good-choice 85-105 lb. soring slaughter lambs $18.50-20.50; mostly choice S21: utility-good $16-18; good-choice feeders $15-15.50; common to good lgihtweight feeder $12-14.50; cull-good slaughter ewes $2-4. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (UP.) Eggs To retail ers': Grade AA large, 37-53c; A large. 52-56c; AA medium, 49-51C; A me dium. 48-39c; A small. 31 -32c; carton, no charge to 3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints. 67-68c lb.; cartons. 68-69c; A prints. 67-68c; B prints. 65-66c. Cheese To retailer: A grade Ched dar, single dasies. 43 '2-47 l2c: 5-lb. loaves. 4!)'2-51c; processed American cheese. 5-lb. loaf. 42-44c. Farm Market Eighteen pound flats of Yakima to matoes were offered as low as $1-1.25 today; local corn was S2.50-3 a five dozen ear pack: Shasta strawberries from Canby were offered at $2.75 a 12-cup fill. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers, 2"i-4 lbs., 24c lb.; at farm. 23-23 '2c; light hens, too few transactions for Port land price. 15c at ranch; heavy hens. 5 lbs. up. not enough trading for Portland price; at country, 17c lb. up; old roosters, ll-l2c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: Fryers. New York style. 36-37c lb.; whole drawn. 41 -44c lb.; cut up. 47-5 lc; hens, light type, New York style. 28-29c; cut up, 40-44c; hens, heavy type. N.Y. style, 30-3 lc; whole drawn. 42-45c. Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur keys, live weight. 27-28c lb.; young A grade turkey bens, 35c lb. on evis cerated basis. Rabbits (Average to growers f.o.b. killing plant): Live white, 334-4'2 lbs., 20-23c: 5-6 lbs.. 15-18c; colored pelts. 4r under: old does. 10-12c lb., a few higher -Fresh killed fryers to retail ers. 5S-58c lb.: cut up. 60-63c. PORTLAND HAY. GRAIN Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: New crop No. 2 green alfalfa, baled f.o.b. Portland. $34-36. Wholesale prices as reported by the USDA market news service; Wheat, No. 2 soft white, $72 ton. No. 2 white oats. 38-lb. test. Coast delivery, nom inal; No. 2 Valley oats, nominal: soy bean meal. $83 ton f.o.b. Portland; barley. Coast delivery. $48 ton; stand ard millrun, $41-42 ton: No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipments f.o.b. Port land. $71.50 ton. - Two Are Sentenced Jn Circuit Court George Voleney Miller, Rapid City, S.D., recently of Jackson ville, was sentenced to 10 years in the Oregon state penitentiary Wednesday by Circuit Court Judge H. K. Hanna, on charges of assault and robbery while armed with a dangerous weapon. Miller, who was AWOL from the USS St. Paul, had previously been charged with larceny from an automobile and burglary. Byron Everett Craven, 24, Trail, was sentenced in circuit court Wednesday by Judge H. K. Hanna to one year in the Rocky Butte county jail near Portland. Craven had previously been sentenced to serve one year in the state penitentiary but it was later revoked when the charge of contributing to the delinquen cy of a minor was changed from a felony to a misdemeanor. Victims of Accident Definitely Identified Baker (U.R) The coroner's office said today that two men who drowned when their car plunged into the Snake river 23 miles south of Robinette, Ore., late Sunday night had been def initely identified as James R. Chamberlin, 37, and Gale Boede. 25, both of Clarks Fork, Ida. The bodies were recovered yesterday. Births BRITT To Mr. and Mrs. Bennie, 215 Haven St., Aug. 1, 1956. a girl. 8 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. LEE To Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam A., 1010 West 4th st., July 31, 1956, a boy, 7H pounds, at Rogue Valley (Community) hos pital. ENGLAND To Mr. and Mrs. Wayne, route 2, box 207N, Cen tral Point, July 31. 1956, a boy, 91-4 pounds, at Rogue Valley (Community) hospital. BASELER To Mr. and Mrs. Armand, route 2. box 437, Gold Hill, Aug. 1. 1956. a boy. 8'4 pounds, at Rogue Valley (Com munity) hospital. ANDERSON To Mr. and Mrs. Milo, Trail, July 31. 1956, a boy 634 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. WILSON To Mr. and Mrs. Herbert. 1309 Stewart ave., July 31, 1956. a boy, 9 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. COX To Mr. and Mrs. Bill. 1407 Dakota ave., July 31. 1956. a boy, 8' 4 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. SORENSON To Mr. and Mrs. Weldon, 928 Winchester ave., July 31, 196, a girl, 5V4 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. HART To Mr. and Mrs. Ray, Rogue River, Aug. 1, 1956, a boy, 7?i pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. ... about three " points with new highs in Crucible, Carpenter, Re public and Armcg. Bethlehem was the best eainer. Metals joined the steels, notably the Aluminum issues which rose two points or more. Oil shares with a few excep tions registered gains ranging to more than three points in Con tinental which along with Shell Oil and Phillips Petroleum, set a new high. Dow-Jonas Averages Dow-Jones final stock aver ages: 30 industrials 520.95, up 2.26; 20 railroads 170.17, off 0.85; 15 utilities 70.99, off 0.06, and 65 stocks 184.11 up 0.18. Sales today were about 2. 530,000 shares compared with 2,230,000 shares Wednesday. Today's prices . on selected stocks: American Chemical 11314 American Can 44Vs AT&T 185 Anaconda Copper 80?s Bethlehem Steel 16744 Caterpiller Corp. 9114 Chrysler 645s Continental Can 53 Crown Zellerbach 66'e Curtiss Wright 33Ts Du Pont 215V4 Eastman Kodak 99 General Electric 6514 General Foods 49 4 General Motors 47'i Georgia' Pacific 78V4 Graham Paige V Homestake Mining I. 34?s Kaiser Frazer 1934 Kennecott Copper 139U Lockheed Aircraft 48V4 M arid M Wood unquoted Katy Pfd 64V4 Montgomery Ward 43VS New York Central 39'4 Penney, J. C 94V4 Penn R R 24V4 Radio Corporation . 44 Richfield Oil 785s Socony Vacuum , 59Vs Southern Co 22Va Southern Pacific 51 Standard California 5S34 Standard Indiana 6l3A Standard N. J 59 Vs Sun Mines 8V4 Texas Gulf 32Vt Tex Pac Land Trust 8V2 Trans American . 39V Trans West Air 215i Tri-Continental 285-s Un Carbide 130 Union Pacific (new) 3274 United Aircraft 747s U. A. L .: 42?i U. S. Rubber 53 U. S. Steel 66 Youngstown S & T '. 10234 Arrested Pinball Man Found innocent Portland U.R) A man ar rested while attending a charity sale of pinball machines was found innocent here yesterday of a charge of unlawfully con trolling and maintaining a pin ball machine. Joe Ai Gregorio'was arrested June 29 at a sale sponsored by the Coin Machine Men of Ore gon of which he is a member. The sale involved no cash trans actions. Private citizens were purchasing the machines for use in their own homes and made checks out to their favorite charities. Al Brown, secretary of the Coin Machine organization, said "apparently the city's arrest and trial of Joe de Gregorio resolves nothing with respect to our pro posed charity sale of pinball games." The June sale halted with Di Gregorio's arrest. More Authority for Agriculture Board Eyed Salem (U.R) The "state Agri cultural Board will hold a meet ing here Friday to take final action on a proposal to give the board more authority, including appointment of the state direc tor of agriculture. Board Chairman S. B. Hall said the proposal was offered by board member Marshall Dana of Portland in a resolution which he wants the board to submit to the governor. Oregon farm groups and citi zens were urged to appear at the 9:30 a.m. meeting to express their opinions. Two Suffer Minor Injuries in Crash William Parks Tucker, 74, and his wife, Mamie Pierce Tucker, 75, both of 524 West 11th St., es caped with minor injuries when they were involved in a two car collision on Highway 99 south of Phoenix yesterday. The Tuckers were thrown onto the pavement when their car collided with another vehicle driven by Ira Clifton Luman, 69, of 4827 South Pacific high way. Tucker was driving, state police said. According to stale police, the accident occurred about a half mile south of Phoenix on the highway about 6:05 p.m. Luman was driving south, state police said, when he made a -left turn into a private driveway. The Tuckers were driving north in the outside lane. Officers said skid marks indi cated the Tucker car skidded, swerved to the left, and collid ed with the turning southbound car. Right rear fender collided with right rear fender. Both Mr. and Mrs. Tucker were taken to Community hos pital by Medford Ambulance ser vice. They were treated and released. increase in Supreme Court Judges Urged Salem (UJ!) Increasing the number of Suoreme Court judges in Oregon from seven to nine was recommended today in the first annual report of the judicial council submitted to Gov. Elmo Smith. The judicial council, created by the 1955 Legislature, unani mously asked that two more jus tices be added to help cut down the steadily increasing backlog of appeals in the court. Last increase in the court was 43 years ago in 1913 when, the court was upped from five to seven members. Both Washing ton and California now have nine justices. Until a recent decision by the justices themselves declared the practice unconstitutional, the high court had been using circuit judges to sit with, them pro tem to clean up old cases. Telephone Companies Warned on Wages, Hours Salem (U.R) The State Wage and Hour Commission today no tified telephone and telegraph companies that new standards governing employment of wom en and minors under 18 in com munications work will go into effect this Saturday. ' Labor Commissioner Norman O. Nilsen said the order raises the legal minimum wage from 35 to 75 cents an hour and re quires payment of time and a half for emergency service. Grange Notes Roxy Ann Grange Roxy Ann Grange met July 20 with a good crowd in spite of the hot evening and some members being away on vacation. Charles Whitcher gave an in teresting report on agriculture and Kenneth Shaw, dance com mittee chairman, reported that the square dances were to be discontinued during the summer months. The members voted to have the Grange picnic Aug. 12 at McKee bridge park. Chaplain May Dal ton reported that her mother, Mrs. Eleanor Mankins, was. ill and was to enter the hospital for treatment. Before the next meeting, Aug. I 3, Maj. Gen. J. H. Hicks, direc tor of civil defense for Jackson county will show a film, "Escape Route," and will speak for a few minutes.. All those who are in terested in seeing the film and hearing Gen. Hicks talk are in vited to attend. Those on the serving commit tee are Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Van Ortwick, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Garrett and Mr. and Mrs. . Orie Moore. Washington U.R) President Eisenhower confessed to a group of v.siting foreign exchange stu dents Wednesday his knowledge German is limited to one word "Eisenhower" a German name. Thursday, August 2, 1958 j - 'mm' " II''' ' 1 1 .v BACK TO WORK President Eisenhower steps from his Aero Commander plane at Washington Airport as he headed back to the White House from a week end at his farm in Gettysburg. The President immedi ately huddled with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles that ended with the announcement that Dulles would join London talks on the seizure of the Suez Canal by Egypt. Liquor Revenues Set State Record Salem (U.R) The Oregon Liquor commission has reported the highest income in its history for the year ended June 30. Net revenues were $15,560,302. Bruce Williams, commission chairman, attributed the record to price- increases announced in May, 1955. The 1955 Legislature had requested that the liquor commission raise $4,000,000 more revenue in the 1956-57 bi ennium than the previous bien nium. Williams said net revenues from stores and agencies was $13,703,938. License fees brought $617,519 and revenues from priv ilege tax collections on beer and wine, $1,238,800. Demand for Milk Expected To Increase Chicago (U.R) Old Bossy can look forward to a booming busi ness. A Cornell University food ex-" pert foresees an increase of 16 to 18 billion pounds annually in the demand for milk over the next 10 years. Herrell DeGraff, professor of food economics, said the in creased demand probably would result from population increases predicted by the Census Bureau and the industry's selling efforts. Use Tribune Want Ads For Best Results COMING! Saturday, Aug. 4th ' '1 1- MADDOX BROS. ROSE! America's Most Colorful Show and Hillbilly Band See Them At ROGUE VALLEY BALLROOM MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEErT 5 f Three Firemen Injured Fighting Stayton Blaze Stayton, Ore. (U.R) Three volunteer firemen were injured here yesterday fighting a file which destroyed the top floor of the Thomas apartments. All were reported in good condition today. Occupants of the apartment were evacuated without inci dent. No estimate of damage was available but the loss was re ported to be covered by insur ance. 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