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s Local and Incorporated Articles of In corporation for Timber Products company have been filed by Ger Id C. Kelly. Medical Patients Medical pa tients at Osteopathic hospital in clude Mrs. Gerald P. Hopkins, Yreka, Calif., and Mark Neat hamer, Rogue River. Business Name The business name. Ancient Order of the Al ligators, has been assumed by James Moore Edwards Jr., 2742 Nortn Pacific highway. Bike Stolen Marvin Junior Maloney, 810 Childers St., Med ford. has reported to city police the theft of his bicycle from the Craterian theater last Saturday. Chair Fire Firemen were called to a chair fire at the Gor don Spencer home, 321 West Jackson st., about 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Cause of the fire was not listed. Can Taken Richard Wilfred Gordon,. 116 Medford Heights, Medford, reported to city police Saturday that some juveniles had stolen his garbage can and were creating a disturbance near his residence. s ... House Fire City firemen with the rural pumper truck . answered a house fire alarm at route 1, box 332 South Stage rd., about 10:50 a.m. Saturday. They found on arrival that the address was outside the rural district. The occupant had ex tinguished the blaze. ... ! Central Point Residents of . of the Central Point Rural Fire ' Protection district may now burn trash fires without first ob taining a permit. Chief L. C. Lisenbee reported this morning. Current rainy weather resulted In the lifting of the restriction for the rest of the year. Permits will be required again when the dry season returns in 1957. ... Permits Issued The Rogue Valley Construction company, Medford, has been issued a build ing a permit to erect a $11,000 residence at 1416 Jasper . St., Charlie Batton. has been issued a building permit to erect a $2,000 I cabin at 810 North Riverside ave. A. R. Duos, 1901 Stratford ; Way, Medford, has been issued a L building permit to erect a $15, 000 house at 506 North Barne burg rd. E. A. Conrad. 1523 East McAndrews rd., Medford, has been issued building permits to ' erect $8,000 residences at 1209 Leland st.and at 1217 Leland st. lUilliU j.irrxfliiinrcnifTnJ Ends Tomorrow! Show at 7 Carnival STORY i - 2ND GREAT HITI - "The HAPPY TIME" CHARLES BOYER louis Jourdan - Morsho Hunt WHY REPUBLICANS Should JOIN the DEMOCRATS IN SUPPORT OF TOM REEDER FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY The function! of tht offic ara non-partisan and tha bait qualified candid' should have tha office regardless of party. Tom Reader is best qualified professionally nd as a private citizen because of his 3'i years experience as an assistant attorney general for Oregon and for his active participation in county civic projects. Tom Reader was selected by his own colleagues and professional associates as tha lawyer best qualified to be District A Horn ay. The lawyers of Jackson County recommended him to tha people of Jackson County by a vote of more than 2 to 1. Tom Reader has the confidence and respect of the peP n " walks of life and will maintain the public office of District Attorney in a manner that will merit the trust and respect of all citixens. Tom Reader is a capable attorney and a good citizen. He merits the support of tht voters both parties. Republicans for'Reeder for District Attorney Committee Stanley C. Jones, Chairman Personal Leaders to Meet The Cen tral Point 4-H leaders will meet this evening at 8 p.m. at the home of Ivan Skyrman. ... Rummage Sale A Woman's Society of Christian Service rum mage sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday in the basement at First. Methodist church. ... Attends Conference Bruce Hilt, elementary school superin tendent; Jim MacDonald, future teachers of America; Mrs. Myrna Frank, Griffin Creek school principal; and Boyd Gibson, principal of Ruch school, are at tending the Annual Elementary Principal's conference in Salem Monday and Tuesday. ... No Injuries No injuries were reported in a collision Saturday that involved cars oper ated by Eugene Arthur Marley. 1641 Kings Highway, Medford, Shirley Jean Hoots, 1840 Stew art ave., Medford. and Deessee Rodgers Hoist, 1117 Mt. Pitt ave., Medford, at Stewart ave. and South Holly st., according to city police. No citations were issued. Obituaries JAMES G. METTERNICH II James Grant Metternich II, son of Mr. and Mrs. James G. Metternich died at his home, 1307 Reddy st Medford, Sun day. Conger-Morris Funeral home is in charge of funeral arrange ments, x ANNA L. COFFMAN Services for Anna L. Coffman, 71, who died Saturday, will be held in Ashland Mortuary chapel, at 1 p.m. Thursday, with the Rev. Wendell Herbison of the Church of Christ officiating. Interment will be in the Moun tain View Cemetery. Mrs. Coffman was born Dec. 27, 1884, in Lamar, Mo. On Nov. 6, 1900, in Lewiston, Mont., she was married to Thomas Coff man, who preceded her in death last July. Mrs. Coffman came to Oregon in 1930 from Montana and moved to Ashland from Klamath Falls nine years ago. A son also preceded her in death in 1936. Survivors include a son, Eu gene Coffman, Martinez, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Edna Seright, Canby, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Mabel Mason, Susanville, Calif., Mrs. Margaret Hendricks, Kalis pell, Mont., and Mrs. Blanche Sauvola, Los Angeles, Calif: six grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Births LAWLER To Mr. and Mrs. Don, 1126 West 16th St., Oct. 27, 1956, a girl, weight 7 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. ADAMS To Mr. and Mrs'. Harold. 421 South Grape St., Oct. 28, 1956, a boy, weight 7 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. STINSON To Mr. and Mrs. Edward, Copco Star Route, Hornbrook, Calif., Oct. 29, 1956, a boy, weight 7?i pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. Pear Prices Portland U.R) Wholesale pear market: Oregon lugs 40 lb. Cornice 2.25-2.50; Bosc 1.50-2; Anjous fancy 4.50; Bartletts fancy 5-5.50. Health Department Functions Reported At Breakfast Meet The functions and problems of the Jackson county health de partment were discussed by Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health officer, this morning at a break fast meeting of the committee on governmental operations of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Merkel pointed out that public health is nothing new, and that even in Biblical times much emphasis was given to "our most priceless possession," good health. Dr. Merkel said that Moses might well be called the "first public health officer" for his leadership in community health. Cites Progress He cited the progress which has been made over the years the last 50 years particularly, including a reduction in tuber culosis fatalities from 224 per 100,000 persons per year in 1900 News About Servicemen IN TEST Luis M. Chavez, son of Angel Chavez, 2 East Clark St., Med ford, recently participated in a chemical and atomic test with the First Infantry division at Fort Riley, Kan. Chavez, a sergeant in Com pany B of the division's 18th Regiment and its squad leader, entered the Army in 1943. He was previously slationed in Ger many. LEAVES FOR BASE SSgt. William Dir, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Dir, Central Point, has left for Smoky Hill Air Force base in Salina, Kan. He has been stationed there for the past two years and has been visiting his parents while on leave. He is a 1952 graduate of Cra ter High school and entered the Air Force in the spring of 1953. TO RETURN George J. Laeger Jr., metal smith second class in the Navy, is scheduled to return to Long Beach, Calif., on Nov. 4, with a division of four destroyers from the Far East. Loeger, son of Mr. and Mrs. George J. Laeger, Jacksonville, is aboard the USS Prichett. He has been on a five-month tour of duty with the Formosa patrol. Stocks af Highest Since Sept. 18 New York (U.R) Stocks rose to new highs since Sept. 18 today on the best volume since Oct. 3. The sharp upturn, led by in dustrials, was described in some quarters as a pre-election rally. It came on the heels of a sharp advance in the Friday session and it embraced all departments of the market. Fiddle Whiffling Inferesfing Hobby Milfpy, Okla. (U.R) Al most say small town boy can whitr; a miniature fiddle from an ol cjigar box and a piece of wooC slid M. A. Carroll has turn-ff iha.t sort of pastime into an ini.;.-esting hobby. Usin whatever kind of wood happens to be at hand, and ice picks, kitchen knives and tweez ers for tools, Carroll has carved a collection of most unusual musical instruments. . He said he has found the hobby relaxing, inpxpensive and satisfying. One of his first violins was made from a gourd. His present collection ranges from a tiny in strument, one-inch long, to those containing 325 pieces of wood. He has no process for season ing the wood. He fashioned one beautiful cherry violin from a scrap of wood he found in a farm pond. Another instrument is made of hickory bark. One of his prize possessions is a tiny violin carved from wood which Carroll says came from a desk belonging to Abraham Lin coln. To complete his collection, Carroll said he would like to have a violin made from a piece of wood from every state in the union. Campaign Manager Denies Attack on DA William Deatherage, campaign manager for Tom Reeder, Demo cratic candidate for district at torney, today disavowed any connection with a campaign charge against Republican Dis trict Attorney Walter Nunley challenging Nunley's voter regis tration four years ago. The charge appeared in a weekly paper last week, and Deatherage today said he want ed it made clear it was not made by Reeder's campaign organization. to less than 5 today; a reduction in infant mortality from 200 per 1,000 live births to about 22 to day, and the increase in life ex pectancy from 45 to about 70. The public health office, Dr. Merkel stated, serves not only as a focal point for health serv ices, but as a coordinator for public health efforts on the part of a number of private organiza tions, each interested in some particular phases of health im provement or education. Despite the gains, Dr. Merkel pointed out, we "can't rest on our laurels," for if public health efforts were reduced or relaxed, the menace of communicable disease would return at once. Mora Responsibilities He discussed the tremendous increase in responsibilities which have been lodged with the pub lic health office through laws in just the past 5 or 10 years, including milk sanitation work, restaurant inspections, hotel and motel inspections, sanitation, and tuberculosis control. Tuber culosis control has shifted from hospitalization of almost all tu bercular individuals to supervi sion in their homes through the local office. Other functions of the office which take a great deal of time, Dr. Merkel reported, are the school public health program, which involves many phases and duties, and inspection of home sites, for sanitation and water supply, now required before GI, FHA and other types of loans can be authorized. Cost Listed He said the per capita cost per year of public health services in Jackson, county is about $1.35, compared to about $2.16 in Mult nomah county. The cost is high er than in Jackson county in sev eral other counties, he said, but the local health office is cited by the state board of health as one of the best in the state. Much of this morning's discus sion involved comparable salary rates for public health employ ees, and the need for a merit salary . increase system, so that employees know what they can expect with some assurance. Dr. Merkel pointed out that the only way in which the func tions of the department can be carried out efficiently is through trained and qualified people and that at the present both Oregon in genera! and Jackson county in particular have fallen far be hind in salary and other consid erations which attract and hold good personnel. Salaries in Line Salaries now paid department al personnel now generally are in line with the minimum scale specified in recommendations of the Oregon Merit System coun cil, but that there are no provi sions for merit increases with length of effective service. The committee will continue its current weekly series of meetings to study problems of county government at 7:30 a.m. next Monday. Later it will con sider reports of two legislative interim committees on taxa tion and on local government. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (UP) Effgs To retail ers; Grade AA large 51-52c; A large 4ri-49c; AA medium 41-43c; A medium 40-41c; A small 31-32c; carton, l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints 6!)-70c; cartons 70-71c; A prints ti9-7uc; B prints 67-68C. Cheese Medium cured. To retailers: A grade cheddar, singe daisies, 45 'a 52c; 5-lb loaves 51'3-57c; processed American cheese 5-lb loaf 41',j-44c. Farm Market Some sale of Oregon cranberries were as low as 5 25 for 24 one-pound cartons today; name brand Klamath Falls potatoes sold at 3.95 hundred weight: Willamette valley pumpkins were mostly $1 a cantaloupe crate to producers. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted grower! (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland); Fryers 2?2-4 lbs 19c lb; light hens, too few transactions for Portland price; 10c at ranch: heavy hens, 5 lbs up. not enough trading for Portland price, at country 11-1 2c lb: old roosters 7-9c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers; fryers, whole drawn, 35-38c lb; cut up 40-44e; hens, light type, cut up 34-37c; whole drawn 3"-40c. Turkeys To producers: fryer tur keys, live weight 27-28c lb; young A grade turkey hens mostly 34-33c on an eviscerated oasis; young 10ms u-juc up to 24 lbs. Few premium prices of 1 to 2c on hevier birds. . Rabbits (average to growers f.o.b. killing plants) Live white 3U-4"a lbs f.o.b. dressing plants Portland 20-23c; colored pelts. 4c under: old does 10 12c lb, a few higher: fresh killed fryers to retailers 56-53c lb: cut up 60-63c. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: New crop No. 2 green alfalfa, baled f.o.b. Portland. $33.35. Wholesale prices at reported by the USDA market news service; wheat. No. 2 soft white, S76 ton: No. 2 white Public Auction NEW MERCHANDISE AT ECONOMY HOUSE 2284 Crater Lake Highway TUESDAY, OCT. 30 - 7 P.M. ALSO Some Slightly Damaged Freight Goods . Arab World Said Broughi.Closer Against France Cairo (U.R) Arab quarters said today Sundays North Africa-wide demonstrations and strikes against the French gov ernment had solidified the 100 million strong Arab world against France. A general strike throughout the Arab nations, riots in which Arabs burned the French con sulate in Old Jerusalem, and other actions against France were called in protest against the arrest by France of five Al gerian Nationalist leaders. Help for Algeria The actions whetted demands by Arab states that all of them sever political and economic re lations with France. They also set in motion a financial aid pro gram to help "liberate" Algeria from French rule. King Saud of Saudi , Arabia opened the contributions to this cause by donating $300,000. The Arab League Council, currently meeting in Cairo, heard proposals that the Arab states break off relations with France. Emir Abdel Krim, leg endary leader of the Moroccan Riff war against the French, urged Moroccans and Tunisians to join forces with the Algerians in a unified campaign to throw the French out of North Africa. Attacks Redoubled Already Tunisian and Moroc cans are reported fighting French troops whose troops have been more or less tied down in Algeria. At the same time the Algerians have redoubled their attacks in demonstration of an ger against the arrest of the five leaders. Primitive Papers Slated for Study Madison, Wis. (U.R) A Swedish scholar visiting the University of Wisconsin this fall believes his investigators of the first European newspapers will make history "come alive" for his students. v Folke Dahl, curator of the city and university library of Goth enberg, Sweden, has brought a unique collection of primitive newspapers with him, including some of the famous "corantos " The corantos were published in Europe in the 17th Century and are the ancestors of present newspapers. Dahl believes the study of the corantos has been seriously Reelected by scholars. "You can't shake the hand of a king who died 300 years ago but you can handle a newspaper printed 300 years ago," he said, in pointing out the value of early newspapers in making his tory "real" for the student. An early Dutch coranto in his collection mentions the arrival of the Dutch painter Rubens in Holland in 1629 with credentials as a diplomatic representative of Spain. This was the first mention of any great painter in the press that Dahl has discovered. Many things that newspaper men associate with modern times originated in the earliest news papers. For instance, according to Dahl, parly editors "stopped the presses" when a big news item came in after the first edi tions were printed.' The latest news was then inserted, bulletin fashion, in small type. "These early newspapers were very important in forming pub lic opinion and in disseminating information," Dahl said. "Kings, cardinals, and even town coun cils became very interested in bringing them under their con trol." oats,' 38-lb west coast delivery, $34-55; No. 2 Valley white oats. 552 ton :soy bean meal, $75 ton, f.o.b. Portland; barley No. 2 Western Coast delivery $48.50-49 - ton; standard mill . run, prompt delivery, $40.50-4 lton. f.o.b. Portland; No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipments, f.o.b. Portland, $62.50. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (UP Cattle 2000, hold over 200. Average choice around 1025 lb fed steers 24; mixed good-choice steers above 23; good shortfeds 20; good-choice fed heifers 19.50; canner cutter cows 7-9, few 9.50; utility bulls 13-14. Calves 350. Good - choice vealers mostly 17.50-20; high choice vealers to 22.50; good-choice slaughter calves 16; good-choice 493 lb stock steer calves 17. Hogs 1.650. No. 1 and 2 butchers 16.75-17: mixed 1. 2 and 3 grades 16 16.50; No 3 .15.50-15.75; sows 300-300 lb 12-15.50. Sheep 2.100. Good-choiee wooled lambs 16-18.50; mostly choice 19; util ity down to 14; choice 99 lb fall shorn Iambs 19; cull-good shorn ewes 2-4.50. Monday. October 29, 1956 Morse Calls Richard Nixon Top Republican Smear Artist Democratic U.S. Sen. Wayne Morse Saturday called Vice President Richard Nixon "the no. 1 smear artist of the Re publican party." Sen. Morse leveled the charge during his brief stay in Medford Saturday afternoon and evening. He made a local television ap pearance, attending a Democratic Social club, dinner and the Can didates Fair, before proceeding to Curry county. Today he was One-Man Police Car Improves Protection Chicago (U.R) Cities may find the one-man police car a partial solution at least to the problem of improving police pro tection despite manpower and money shortagei. This is the conclusion by the St. Louis Governmental Re search Institute after a study of one-man car patrols in 15 cities of more than 400,000 population. The findings were summarized in Public Management, monthly magazine of the International City Managers' Association. The study prompted St. Louis to begin using one-man police cars on a small scale about a year ago. The new policy has met the approval of both the po lice force and citizens generally Other cities using one-man cars regularly include New York, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Cleveland, San Francisco, Mil waukee, Houston, Minneapolis, Cincinnati. Seattle, Kansas City, Mo., San Diego, Dallas, Denver and San Antonio. In all, about 200 U. S. cities of more than 10,000 population rely on one-man -patrols exclu sively. Most of these cities are in the 10,000 to 50,000 popula tion bracket. Daily, Weather Report FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Cloudy with rain through Tuesday. Snow above 3.800 feet. Low tonight 38. High Tues day 48. Western Oregon; Mostly cloudy with intermittent rain tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight 36-44. High Tuesday 45 5. Northern California: Rain spreading southeast to Ft. Bragg and Redding by evening, to San Francisco and Sacra mento by Tuesday morning, to Point Sur and Merced -by Tuesday evening. Snow beginning in northern moun tains this evening, reaching Ynsemite park by Tuesday morning and Sequoia park by Tuesday evening. LOCAL DATA Temperature: Mean yesterday 43; below normal 7. Record high this date 76 in 1944. Record low this date 25 in 1929. Precipilation: 24 hours to midnight, trace. Midnight to 10 a.m.. .04 in. Total this month 3.48 in.. 1.81 in. above normal. Total since Sept. 1, 4.12 in., 1.80 in. above normal. Humidity: Lowest yesterday 58, highest this a.m.. 95. City HighLow Prec. Brookings 5 45 Crater Lake 35 1 2 .05 Grants Pass .. 55 40 .10 Klamath Fall 42 30 MEDFORD 49 40 trace Portland 45 42 .02 Seattle 47 41 .21 Spokane - 36 32 Yakima 49 35 Eureka 53 45 Red Bluff 64 46 Sacramento . . 61 42 San Francisco 59 50 Los Angeles : 64 4 7 Phoenix 78 50 - .05 Denver 71 30 Chicago 69 49 Miami 84 67 New York 65 48 Washington. P. C 65 51 FIVE-DAY FORECAST I (Through Nov. 3): Western Oregon Above normal precipitation occurrinjr intermittently . through Friday with improving trend Saturday. Temperatures below normal, 1 with lows averaging 35-40 and highs ; 45-55. Northern California Rain at times during week with moderate amounts near Oregon border. Temperatures near normal. when you drive the '57 PLYMOUTH suddenly it's 1 960 mm "ything,can to a git" wrth FRED CLARK w FROM TMt KOAOWAV MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN to address bakery and confection workers in San Francisco, Calif. Tells Gratitude The senator expressed grati tude to Nixon "for the thou sands of votes he made for me with his Friday night speech in Medford. He added, "Nixon has made it clear that I am the tar get of a White House purge. It will fall flat on its face Nov. 6, because the people of Oregon don't intend to let the White House select their senator. They do not want a senator who is a i coattail rider, a yes man and a i stooge." j Sen. Morse claimed he is "the j no. 1 target of the Eisenhower administration because they couldn't dictate my vote. There fore, Nixon asks for the election of a rubber-stamp senator, Doug las McKay." Claims Misrepresentation He 4j)lso claimed Nixon's "smear attempt" misrepresented his stand on the Formosa reso lution. "No one in the senate has made it more clear that he sup ports defense of Formosa and the Pescadores than I have," he said. He pointed out that what he refused to go along with was the language of the Formosa reso lution. He said it "would have committed American boys to de fend Quemoy and the Matsus, five to ten miles off the China coast, and it would have author ized a strike against the China mainland." Sen. Morse declared. "It has been shown in committee that such authorization would have meant the waging of a preven tive war by the U.S. When sev eral weeks after the historic de bate on the Formosa resolution, the press realized this fact, editorial pages reacted with a barrage of comment supporting the position I had taken." Editorial Protest He added, "The people of Ore gon should remember that it was Richard Nixon who proposed that American trpops be sent to deal with the crisis in Indo China. His shocking statement, of course, brought a storm of editorial protest." The senator stated, "A vote Nov. 6 for the Stevenson-Kefau-ver ticket is the best guarantee of preventing the U.S. from in volvement in a preventive war in Asia." He said the American people have every reason to be greatly concerned about the pos sibility of war in Asia if Nixon ever becomes president. "Don't forget that he might be the next president of the U.S. if Eisen hower Is reelected," Sen. Morse declared. DUNCAN REPRESENTATIVE VOTE FOR DUNCAN for STATE REPRESENTATIVE T'GOOD GOVERNMENT 1$ YOUR BUSINESS" Duncan for Leg. Com. Ward Spatz. Chm., P.O. Box 67, Medford. GRAND RE-OPENING WEDNESDAY With One of the Top Hits of the Year JOHN WILLIAMS HIRAM SHERMAN NEVA PATTERSON RAY COLLINS ARTHUR O'CONNEU " Sans Play by ABE BUttOWS Fiosi tin n by KMGC 1 XAUfMAN ( HOWARD TFJCHVUOt Preduesd ttw sttgt t UU KWD0H Product by fHTJ WHUWfcireltd by WWARO OJitt .. . PLUS UNIVERSAL NEWS SHORT SUBJECTS - COLOR CARTOON King House, the first home equipped with glass windows in Central Alabama, is still stand ing. It is a part of Alabama Col lege at Montevailo. The house was built in 1823. 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