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Local and Businm Name G e r a 1 d S. Johnson has assumed the busi ness name Jerry's Union Serv ice, according to records in the county recorder's office. O r d r s Issued City Fire Marshal Truman Nelson issued four ordcr3 for correction of haz ards after inspecting four schools and one fruit packing plant yesterday. . Class Party Builders' class of Eastwood Baptist church will hod a masquerade party Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the church. All young married adults are invit ed to attend. Returns Home Mrs. Ruben Arnold has returned to her home .at 1490 Thomas rd., Med ford, after a months visit with her parents in Palmer, Neb. Mrs. Arnold was called to Ne braska last month due to the ill ness of both parents. Auction Cancelled The auc tion planned for Friday night by Eagle Point Parent-Teacher-Student association has been cancelled as a precautionary health measure, it was annoui.: ed this morning. One case of Infectious hepatitis has been dis covered in the school, and auth orities recommended cancella tion of the community event. CARD Or THANK We are sincerely grateful to the Sorters of Roeue River Paclcine House for the spray of roses and glads for our loved one who passed away. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. McRaven. SHOW STARTS 7 P.M. TONITE 1st DRIVE IN RUN! PIIlARSfSSKY r3l'UTV-H.TTr PLUS 2ND GREAT HIT VALENTINE'S LOUNGE and CAFE formerly owned by Hirold & Erme Hulse it now Owned and Operated by Leslie A. & Muriel E. Shaw Try Our COUNTRY STYLE CHICKEN DINNER! O Henry's Broiler O ANNOUNCES THE OPENING Bit! CM Visit with" us, let's get acquainted with food from HENRY'S BROILER Open 7 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. REFRESHMENTS and FOOD SERVED AT ANY TABLE In the BIRCH ROOM at HENRY'S BROILER (Formerly Henry's Drive-in) 1206 North Riverside Avenue Phone 2-5161 Personal Permit Issued D. L. Pickell, 108 Vancouver ave., Medford, has been issued a building per mit to erect a S9,000 residence at 1432- Whitman ave. PTA to Meet Central Point Parent-Teacher association will meet at 8 p.m. today in the Jun ior High school library. Child care wijl be provided by girls of the homemaking class. At Home Ruth Anne Mar shall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Blaylock, 412 South Grape St., Medford, is at home after being in a Portland hos pital for several weeks. She had major surgery while in Portland. Discussion A panel discus on fluoridation featuring Dr Charles Dotter, University of Orgeon medical school, Portland; Dr. Henry Leicester, College of Physicians and Surgeons. San Francisco, Calif.; Dr. Paul Walk er, local dentist, and Mrs. Ray Frisbie. R N. and public health nurse, with John Dellenback as moderator, will be held Friday, Oct. 19, at 1:30 p.m. in the auditorium at the county court house. Accident Cars operated by Omer Palmer Dunn. 22, of route 1, box 35, Eagle Point, and John Richard Payne, 17, of route 3, box 59, Medford, were involved in an accident at the intersection of Highway 62 and Biddle rd. about 7:15 p.m. yes terday, according to state police. Police said the Payne vehicle was stopped behind another car making a left turn onto Biddle rd. when it was struck from behind. Patients Patients at Osteo pathic hospital include William Asher, 1065 Pine st., Central Point, who is convalescing after surgery Tuesday; Joe Russ. Grants Pass, who is convalescing after surgery Wednesday; Miss Susan Heitz, 15-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Heitz, Ashland, medical patient; and Rickey Cooper, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Cooper, 2025 College way, Medford, also a medical patient. Convalescing at Rogue Valley hospital after surgery is Deborah Pord, 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ford, Jacksonville. CARD OF THANKS May we take this method to express our heartfelt thanks to our neighbors and friend for their kind expressions of sympathy in our bereavement. - . - Glenn Pittam Sc. Family The Foster Seaver Family: of the ROOM Friday, October 19th From 12 Noon Until 2:30 A.M. FOR FINE FOODS and REFRESHMENTS! New, Modernistic. Our aim and purpose is to serve food and refreshments in an atmosphere of REFINEMENT Youths Held Three Olympia. Wash., youths, 'two 14-years-old and one 15-years-old, were lodg ed in the county jail as run--aways at 12:02 a.m., after being apprehended by city police. Check Lost A. W. Walker of the Walker Real Estate firm re ported today that a S45 check made out to the Mitchell Septic Tank service and dated Oct. 17, had been lost. a Grange Meet Central Point Grange will meet Friday night, Oct. 19. The program will be a discussion of measures on the November ballot. The serving committee will be Mr. and Jvlrs. Marshall Weidman, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne White, Bertha Bursell, and Myrtle Patterson. a Parked Car A car operated by Anna Bell Brown, 114 Gen essee St., Medford, struck a parked car registered to the Medford police department at the intersectoin of Main and Sherman sts. Tuesday, accord ing to city police. She was cited for having an expired vehicle license. To Inspect Bethel Mrs. Con rad Schild, Portland, grand guardian of the state for Job's Daughters, will inspect the Shady Cove bethel at a meet ing tonight at VFW hall here. A school of instruction is set for 6 p.m. and the stated meet ing at 7:30 p.m. Formal dress is required for members. The National Safety Council says accidents are killing, on the average, about 40 farm residents each day and injuring one farm person about every half-minute. Obituaries FERDIE HUBBARD Ferdie Hubbard, 56, of 134 South Ivy st., Medford, died in a local hospital early this morn-1 ing. Perl Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. EVERETT BAUGH Everette E. Baugh, 64, a resi dent of Medford for 12 years, and of Ashland for 14 years, died at the Veterans hospital in Port land Tuesday. Mr. Baugh was born in the Indian territory, Oklahoma, Jan. 26, 1891. He was a member of the VFW, the Ashland Elks lodge and a former member of the Masonic lodge, and the Last Mans Club. Mr. Baugh was a Veteran of World War I and spent two years in Siberia. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mabel Baugh, Medford: two daughters, Ramona Baugh, Med ford, and Neomah Baugh, Salt Lake City, Utah; three brothers, Wade Baugh, Quincy, Wash.; Ted Baugh, Denver, Colo., and Arthur Baugh, Oklahoma City, Okla.; .a stepdaughter, Mrs. F. H. Taylor, Medford, and a step son E. C. Westergren, Portland. Funeral services will be held at Perl Funeral home at 10 a.m. Saturday. The Rev. N. K. Tully of the Central Point Pres byterian church . will officiate. Interment will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. The VFW will serve as pallbearers. JOHANNES LARSEN Johannes Andreas Larsen, 73 died at home, 705 Dakota ave., Medford, last night. He was the husband jof Bertilie Larsen, and the father of Miss B. J. Larsen, administrator of Rogue Valley hospital. Chapel mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Religious Seel Halls Vole Registration Wausau, Wis. (U.R) A block has been thrown in the path of Wausau's drive to score 100 per cent voting registration by a group of Jehovah's Witnesses and some immigrant husbands who refuse to allow their wives to register. The drive had reached past the 95 per cent mark Wednes day night, with seven days to go, when it was stymied by the religous sect and the im migrants. A group of about 80 Jehovah's Witnesses, who are eligible to vote, said they would not reg ister because "Jesus was neutnl in politics and so are we." Elmer Klaprat, chairman of the registration campaign, said the immigrant husbands are reg istered voters themselves, but simply won't permit then- wives to register. Klaprat quoted one of the im migrants as saying: "Women -:ad no vote in the old country and will have none here." Wausau is competing with two other equal size Midwest cities in the drive Highland Park, 111., and Davenport, Iowa. High land Park ended its registration campaign with a 99.4 percent age while Davenport had about 95 per cent. 1957 Hudson To Be Displayed Oct. 25 Detroit (U.R) Hudson intro duced today its 1957 Hornet V-,8 series of cars featuring lower rear fender fins and a redesigned front end. The new 255-horsepower en gine, with a compression ratio of 9 to 1, has a four-barrel car buretor and dual exhausts as standard equipment. It is built at American Motors' new engine line at Kenosha, Wis. Roy Abernethy, American Mo tors vice president of distribution and marketing, said the engine was designed for 'ease of acces sibility and servicing'' in addi tion to power. Abernethy said the new Hor net would be displayed in dealer showrooms Oct. 25, the same day American Motors' Ramblers go on sale. Four Seattle Youths Arrested by Police Centralia (U.R) Four Seattle youths, three boys and a girl, were arrested here yesterday after being trailed from Port land, Ore., by the State Patrol. Tile youths were charged with two counts of transporting a stolen vehicle across the state line, and were being held in the Lewis County jail for the FBI. Seattle police authorities also have a claim on the youths for at least one burglary. Upon being questioned, the youths admitted they had stolen rifles and other weapons from a vehicle they abandoned in Montesano. Liberace to Take Action Against Press Hollywood (U.R) Liberace, in a transatlantic telephone call, has instructed his attorney to begin immediate legal action against the London Daily M'r ror for an alleged libelous article. The smiling piano player said if his appearances didn't depend on his hands, T would knock Cassandra's teeth down his throat and I ain't kiddin." Taxi Driver Robbed by Man Using Razor Blade Portland (U.R) A taxi driv er was robbed last night by a man who used a razor aa his weapon. Fred M. Williams, 68, the driver, told police ,a fare he picked up grabbed him by the neck, held a razor against his face and demanded his money. The robber got 54 in change. DAILY WEATHER REPORT Medford and vicinity: Clearing to night, becoming foggy early Friday but clearing by mid morning. In creasing cloudiness Friday afternoon. Rain late Friday or early Saturday. Low tonight 38-40. High Friday fi2. Western Oregon: Clearing; condi tion tonight with patches of fog Partly cloudy Friday with morning valley fog. Increasing cloudiness dur ing afternoon. Cooler tonight with low 35-45. High Friday 54-62 Northern California: Clearing to night. Fair Friday. LOCAL PATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 34: normal. Record high this date 85 in 1940. Record low this date 26 in 191P. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, .25 inch. Midnight to 10 a.m., .07, Inch. Total this month .61 inch, .31 Inch below r.ormal. Total ince Sept. 1, 1-35 Inches, .32 inch bfVjw normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 33 Te. highest this m.98. CITY High Low Prec. Brookings 50 52 Crater Lake -. - ,. 52 30 .05 Grants Pass 73 40 .5 Klpmsth Falls 5 48 .01 MEDFORD 70 51 .2? Portland 63 40 45 Seattle P2 43 .81 Sookane 60 47 T Yakima S3 40 Eureka 69 5ft .19 Red Bluff 79 55 .01 Sacramento 77 52 San Francisco . 65 5 T Los Angeles . 74 58 Phoenix 84 54 Denver 74 44 Chicago 84 58 Miami ; 85 70 New York 75 61 Washington. DC. 72 61 JO Columbia Flow Halted as Rocks Shoved into Water The Dalles (U.R; The flow of the mighty Columbia river through the channel in the Big Eddy was halted yesterday when a bulldoozer shoved a pile of rocks into a trickle of water, completing the diversion of the stream through new runways of The Dalles dam. Army engineers said it was the first time a major river had been closed by "end fill ing," a process by which rock ranging in size up to five tons was dumped and then shoved into the river by bulldozers. Women Baffle Over Novelist's Estate Los Angeles (U.R! Two women today battled over the S272.237 estate of the late James Hilton, British novelist and author of "Lost Horizon." Hilton's first wife, Mrs. Alice Hilton, 50, of Long Beach, and his cousin, Mrs. Elizabeth Hill, 48, of England, took their case to Superior Court Wednesday. Mrs. Hilton testified that she was Hilton's legal widow and entitled to half of the estate out right as her community property share. Mrs. Hill, through at torney Samuel Reisman, claim ed that Mrs. Hilton has no right to half the estate because Hilton obtained a Mexican divorce from her in 1937. Hilton died Dec. 20, 1954 of cancer at Long Beach. Under conditions of a 1945 will the au thor's first wife was to receive S500 monthly for life with-the remainder going to Mrs. Hill on Mrs. Alice Hilton's death. Natural Foods Group Sets GP Convention Grants Pass The state con vention of the Natural Foods as sociates will be held in the Grants Pass Junior High school auditorium Saturday and Sun day Oct. 20 and 21. Principal speakers at the con vention will be Dr. Roy A. Fal coner of Ukiah, Calif., and Dr. Joseph V. Wachter of San Fran cisco; Mrs. Stephen Counts , of Grants Pass, and Thomas Lavin of Altantia, Tex., national execu tive secretary of Natural Foods associates. . The organization was formed for the purpose of educating peo ple to values of natural food. Registration of delegates starts at 9 a.m. with election of offi cers scheduled at 10:30 a.m. Sat urday. J. Verne Shangle of Medford, state president and national vice president will participate, in the 6 p.m. turkey dinner in the cafe teria Saturday night. Midget Complains About Meal Prices Reno (U.R) Yvonne Mor ay, 3'2-foot. 52-pound midget, complained to Mert Wertheimer, Riverside Hotel owner, that she should not have to pay full price for meals because she can "only eat half a meal." Wertheimer promptly posted a sign: "Half price to midgets." Other Reno merchants joined in "a fair deal for the little peo ple," offered them half-price merchandise. Bargains included a S28.000 show place for S14.000 and "a little bitty house, half price." "I would like to thank them all," Miss Moray said, "But I can't reach a mail box to post a letter." School in Pyle's Name Gets Pictures Indianapolis, Ind. (U.R) An elementary school named in Ernie Pyle'g honor dedicated Wednesday a collection of pic tures of and writings about the famed World War II correspond ent. Pyle, a correspondent for the Scripps - Howard newspapers in the European and Pacific war theaters, was killed by a Japa nese sniper's bullet on Ie Shima in 1945. Rasarvations for Privjrs Partial Special Prices Phone 2-9604 TV ROGUE VALLEY BALLROOM Thursday. Oelob.r 18, I93S Railroad Mediators Refuse to Comment Chicago (U.R) Mediators working with the nation's rail roads and about 15 unions to reach a new three-year contract have refused to comment on re ports that an agreement may be in sight. Both Francis A. O'Neill and Leverett Edwards, members of the National Mediation Board conducting negotiations, declin ed to discuss whether a settle ment may be announced soon. O'Neill said, however, that the negotiators were "moving along" in their contract talks. Foul Play Suspected For Missing Boy Tacoma (U.R) A 17-year-old cabin-boy missing from a British freighter that docked here Tues day may have met with foul play, British consulate officials said today. The ship, the Geddington Court, arrived from Pusan, Korea, with one of its 36 crew men missing. Leslie E. Tudor, Seattle. British consul, conduct ed a special investigation aboard the vessel Tuesday and said "circumstances of the youth's disappearance on route are rath er suspicious." Masses to be Sung In Caiholic Church San Francisco (U.R) Two solemn requiem Masses will be sung in San Francisco Catholic churches within the next two weeks one for Gen. Anastasio Somoza, assassinated president of Nicaragua, and the other for Rigoberto Lopez Perez, the man who shot Somoza. The Nicaraguan Consulate is sponsoring a Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral for Somoza on Oct. 27. The Mass for Lopez is being sponsored by a committee of lo cal Nicaraguans in St. Boniface church next week. Births HERBURGER To Mr. and Mrs. David, 1644'i Winona way, Medford, Oct. 18, 1956, a girl, 8 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital: DAVIS To Mr. and Mrs. John, route 2, box 412, Gold Hill, Oct. 18, 1956. a girl,. I'.i pounds, at Rogue Valley hospit al. DAILEY To Mr. and Mrs. William, 123 North First St., Tal ent, Oct. 18, 1956, a girl, 8 pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. Thousands in Oregon Without Electricity Madras (U.R) Thousands of persons in central Oregon were without electricity for varying amounts of time last night. A spokesman for Bonneville Power Administration said that apparently a faulty insulator on a 230,000 volt line had short circuited and burned out the line about four miles north of here. Portland Vice President Is 'Engineer of Year" Portland (U.R) Eugene Caldwell, vice president and general manager of Hyster Com pany of Portland, has been chos en as Oregon's "Engineer of the Year" for 1956. Caldwell will receive the award from Professional Engi neers of Oregon at a dinner here Oct. 27 in conjunction with the annual convention of the engi neers' group. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland Wholesale hay prien' New crop No. 2 ren alfalfa, baled f.o.b. Portland. $33-35. Wholesale prices as reported by the USDA market newi service: Wheat. No. 2 soft white. $76 ton: No. 2 white oat. 38-lb. test. Coast deliv ery. $54: No. 2 Valley white oats $51 SO ton; soybean meal, $75 ton f ob. Portland: barley, No. 2 West ern Coast delivery. $48 50-43 ton; standard millrun. prompt delivery. 39 50-40 ton, f ob. Portland: No. 2 Yellow corn. Eastern shipments, f.o.b. Portland. $62.50. Dead line Sunaa? Classified la at noon Saturday: 10 m m Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day Wednesday Nights 7 to 10 P.M. -k Friday Nights Big double session 7 to 10 P.M. and 10 to 12:30 A.M. -k Sunday Afternoons 2 to 4:30 P.M. MEDFORDv (OREGON) MAIL THIBUNE FIFTEEN Stocks Eased Today New York (U.R) Stocks eased further today on contract ed volume. The main body of stocks held in a narrow area. A few excep tions ranged from a gain of 2''6 points in Phelps Dodge to a de cline of 2 ',2 points in Filtrol. Steels were narrowly mixed with the leaders firm. Chrysler held at the previous close while General Motors eased. Dow-Jones Averages Dow-Jones final stock aver ages: 30 industrials 486.31, up 1.65; 20 railroads 161.13, up 0.99; 15 utilities 65.91, off 0.24; 65 stocks 172.09 up 0.46. Sales today were about 1,649, 000 shares, the same as traded Wednesday. Today's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical 93,i American Can 41Ts AT&T leai Anaconda Copper 79s Bethlehem Steel 168 Caterpillar Corp ... 90 Chrysler Corp 76 U Continental Can 48'. i Crown Zellerbach 53?8 Curtiss Wright 38vs Du Pont 196 Eastman Kodak 91 General Electric 60'. s General Foods 46U General Motors 47'i Georgia Pacific 3 Hi Graham Paige ls Homestake Mining 33 U Kaiser Frazer Unquoted Kennecott Copper 131? Lockheed Aircraft 504 Katy Pfd 60 Vs Montgomery Ward 408 New York Central 39"s Penney J C 83 V4 Penn RR 23'i Radio Corporation 38' a Richfield Oil 68 . Socony Vacuum 538 Southern Co 20 U Southern Pacific 48 Standard California 46":i Standard Indiana 57 Standard NJ 537s Sun Mines .' '. 8', 4 Texas Gulf 31'. 4 Tex Pac Land Trust 7-rB Transamerican 38',8 Trans West Air 183-s Tri-Continental 27 Pear Prices Portland (U.R) Wholesale pear market: Oregon lugs 40 lb. Commice 2.25-2.50; Bosc 1.50-2; Anjous wrapped and faced fancy 4.50; Bartletts fancy 5 5.50. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland 'U.P.t Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 53-56c; A large a a medium. z-c; a pie dium, 40 -43c; A small. 29c; carton, l-3c additional. j Butter To retailers: AA grade ; prints, 69c lb.: cartons. 68-69c; A prints. 68c; B prints. 66c. i Cheese Medium cured: To retail ers: A grade cheddar single daisies, j 44' 3-52c; 5-lb. loaves. nO'.a-STc; pro- ; cessed American cheese 5-lb. loaf, i 41' 3-4 4 c. I Farm Market Willamette valley vegetable sup plies ware low today as Wednesday's rain apparently kept tome producers from their fields: Yakima valley iancy winesao apolea were S4.25-4.50 a box: ; wrapped and packed red delicious apples topped market at $7 to re- j lailers. Poultry and Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted growers (No. l Quality, f ob. Portland): Fryers, 2i3-4 lbs.. 19c lb.; light hens, too few transactions lor Portland pnee; loc at ranch: heavy hens, 5 lbs. up, not enough trading for Portland price at country, Il-I2c lb: old roosters. fl-10c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: Fryer, whole drawn, 35-38c lb.; cut up. 40-44C: hens, light type, cut up. 34-37c: whole drawn. 37-4nc. Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur keys, live weight. 27-28c lb.; young A grade tnrkev hens, mostly 34c in an eviscerated basis; young toms. 23 30c up to 24 lbs. Few premium prices lor heavier birdj. Rabbits 'Average to growers f ob. killing plantsf Livo white 3J4-4 3 lbs., f.ob. dressing plants Portland. 20-23c; colored pelts. 4c under; old does. 10-12c lb.; a few higher. Fresh killed frvers to retailers, 56-53c lb.; cut up, 60-63C PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland U.P.) Cattle 250. Low good 1025 lb. fed steers 20 50; stand ard shnrtfed steers $18-19.50; utility $10.50-15; standard heifers $15-16 50; canner-cutter cows mostly $6.50-8 50: utility cows $10-11.50; utility bulls $13-13.50. Cah-M 35. Standard slaughter calves and vealers $12-15-50; culls down to $5. Hogs 3MV Mixed US. 1 an 3 butchers $17.75-18. Mixed U.S. 1. 3 and 3 grades 180-235 lb. $17.25-17 50; mixed 2 and 3 grades 5i7-i7s: sows mixed 1. 2 and 3 grades 300-500 lb. $12-16: 570 lb. sows $12. Sheep 200. Good wooled slaughter Iambs $18-18.50: utility and low gc-H, $15.50-16 50; good-choice 75-85 feeders $15-16: common and medium 5.V73 lb. feeders $11-14.50; cull-good shorn ewes $2-4.50. SijililhrTii NOW! 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