Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 27, 1956, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextO O O O f o o o O o o o o O O O o o Itts )olt arr:i V - An- derson. 602 Whitman st., Med ford. rppo.-'ed. to city police Veri?day 'V- theft of a spare tireoand wheel from a pickup trucks wh:j it was parked on tr? Crater Lake Motors used car lot. Mam ajid Fir sts. News About O " Servicemen O C ! CETS PROMOTION Robert A. Vinzant, son of Mr. O (nd Mrs. Hornf-r A. Viiizant 2-iri Strwt av , M'dford. was pro Oq mote to damage contpiliiinn third' class last month while O serving aboard the Pacific Fleet (Seaplane trnar-r USS Curtiw q Prior to entering the U S. cfJavycin Dc. l53. Vifizant at tended Medford High Sfirjr.l and "as employed by Industrial Aire Products. RETURNS TO U.S. NaT Lt. Cmdr. Harry C. Stanley, son of Lt. Cmdr. and Mrs. Henry A- Stanley, 35 Cra 5 ter Lake av. Medford, arrived t San Diego. Calif., Dec. 3, aboardothe desroer L'SS John W. ?homain after a tour of duty In the far F.a-n. IN SAN DIKGO Robert P. Ciralu.n. chief quar termaster, son of Mr. jnrl Mrs. J. Gra'hant, l?fj Jeannette St.. Meriiord. returned to San Diego. Calif!.Dec? 19. aboard the de' stroyer 4,'SS Buck after a six month crufre in the western Pacific. TONITE! Sho at 7 P.M. o o Ml ir j o have plenty of sparkling 7-Up on hand. Get the 24-bottle supply! o o o o o Nothing does it Local and i Bicycl Stolen Charles D. Batten, 816 North Riverside i ave., Medford. reported to city i police Wednesday the theft of a bicycle from his home. Patients Medical patient at Osteopathic hospital is Mrs. Del la Watkins. 19 Mistletoe St., Med ford. Convalescing after tonsilec toniies this morning are Gary Hulse, 7-year-old son of Mrs. Berruce Hulse. Prospect, and Gary Pullman, 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Pullman, 19"S South Stage rd . Medford, both at Osteopathic hospital. Officer Dies William R Gouldin, Klamath Falls, died unexpectedly at his home in Klamath Falls yesterday, accord ing to word received here by friends. He was a captain of the guard in Hillah Temple, and had several friends in the Medford area. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the Klamath Falls Episcopal church. Child Dies Dr. and Mrs. Rob ert E Lee Central Point, re ceived word Christmas day of j the death that morning of their ! grandson, Bobby. 5. son of Dr. jand Mrs.- Robert E. Lee Jr., for merly of Medford and now of ! John Day. Ore. The child is sur Ivived by his parents, grandpar ents and an infant brother. Fu neral services are to be held in ! John Day Friday. ! Surgery Patients Convales cing at Rogue Valley hospital after minor surgery is Alan j Hagle. 10-year-old son of Mr. and ! Mrs. Frank Hagle. route 2, box 1 209, Medford. Also at the hos pital after having tonsilectomies this morning are Stephen Green .ing, 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Greening. 1324 Mt. Pitt ave., Medford, and Kristine Knatt. 9-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Knatt, 1915 . Whitman "ave., Medford. Mercy Flight Mrs. F: C. Vogel, 706 Whitman ave., yes terday afternoon was flown from Medford to San Francisco, where she entered Stanford-Lane hos pital for surgery. Mrs. Vogel was the 608th patient carried by planes of Mercy Flights. Inc., the non-profit air ambulance service here, since it first started service nearly seven years ago. The Mercy plane could not land at the Medford airport en route home last night, because of foggy ' conditions, and is now at the Ashland airfield. crow a... f'ifrn Personal , Luncheon Friday Tne annual Presbyterian Christmas luncheon for university students home on ' vacation will be held at the First i Presbyterian church. Friday, ; Dec. 23. at 12 noon in the church dining hall. California Visit Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Culbcrtson Jr . 2509 L man ave.. left today for Sonora. Calif., wh'-re they will visit at the homo of Mrs. Cul bertson's brother-in-law and sis ter. Lt. Col. and Mrs. Fredri-k Leide. The Culbertons plan to pend New Year's eve in San Francisco. 1 Hore Taken DelhTt Carl"? : Le, Rogue River. Wednesday reported to Sheriff Howaid Gault the theft of a four-year-old white gelding horse from a 160-acre pasture in the Rogue River area. He said the theft occurred sometime between Dec. 16 and Dec. 24 Death Reported Word has been received here (if the death last night of Mark Schmelzer, ' h-mnnth-old son of Mr. and Mrs. j Eugene Schmelzer. former Med ford residents now living in iBecoto, Calif. The child died in ! Becoto. Survivors include his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. I Lloyd Schmelzer, route 1, box 443-E. Medford. Higher Interest Rates Announced for Savings New higher bank savings de posit interest rates ranging from 2'i to 3 per cent will become effective Jan. 1 at the Medford branch of the First National bank of Portland. C. E. Hedberg, vice president and manager, an nounced today. Three-year certificates of de posit, issued aiter Jan. 1. will draw interest at 3 per cent, pay able at the expiration of the three-year period. All regular savings accounts, regardless of size, will earn 2'i per cent in terest starting Jan. 1. Red China Refuses Invitation To Games Tokyo 'U.R) Communist China has refused to compete in the third Asian Games here next May because Nationalist China plans to enter its athletes in the event, it was reported today. Red China boycotted the Olympic Games i n Melbourne for the same reason. I like Seven-Up ! Juveniles Continue Rampage in Portland Portland U.R Portland's wave of juvenile violence con tinued last night as two northeast residences were the victims of smoke-bomb assaults by young vandals. Airs Darrell Swenson. who j lives in an apartment, told po ; lice a smoke bomb was placed ' in a garbage receptacle. When she lifted the lid the bomb pop ; ped nut, landed on the floor and r c reated a large amount of smoke. Minor damage was reported to the floor. A few minutes later another smoke bomb was thrown into th home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. McKeen. Mrs. McKeen told police two boys rang her door bell and that when she opened it one hoy about 12 years old i shoved her against the door and j rolled the bomb into the hallway. ! Her husband threw it outside. I Later last night, a firecracker was exploded in the mailbox ot another northeast home. Another incident reported yesterday was the slashing of a store awning at a stationery store in southwest Portland. Vandenburg Pushed As Tooze Successor Klamath Falls U.R' The Klamath county Bar association has passed a resolution urging Gov. Elmo Smith to appoint Klamath County Circuit Judge David R. Vandenberg to the state Supreme Court. Gov. Smith has announced that he will fill the vacancy on the high court within the next few days. The vacancy on the high court bench was created by the death of Justice Walter L. Tooze last week. Judge Vandenberg was an un successful write-in candidate for j position No. 1 on the court last i November when he was defeated ! bv Justice William McAllister. February Draft Call To Include 14,000 Men Washington lU.Ri The De fense Department announced to day that 14.000 men will be drafted in February for the Army. That renresents a cut of 3.000 j from draft calls for the preceding four months. I The Defense Department said the lower draft call for Febru ary reflects higher enlistments in the active and reserve forces that traditionally take place in January and February. Bottled by THE 7 UP BOTTLING GO. of MEDFORD ! Rails, Specialties Pace Stocks Highei New York (U.R) Rails and specialty issues paced stocks higher for the third straight ses sion today, but the advance lacked the spark of traditional year end rallies. There were a number of piv otal stocks off a point or more, partly reflecting selling for tax purposes. Steels made a good showing. So did selected oils. Rails as a group were strong. Metals gen erally favored the downside. Motors did little. Bethlehem at its high was up more than a point and at a new high. Lukens, U.S. Steel, Youngs town and Crucible improved, the last hitting a new high. Today's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical 98 . American Can 40ss AT&T 168"s Anaconda Copper 72's Bethlehem Steel 193'.s Caterpillar Corp 89' z Chrysler Corp 70' 4 Continental Can 48's Lower Court Ruling On Communists Urged Washington OI.P.) The Justice Department plans to press for a lower court ruling in its fight to have the Communist party labelled a puppet of Mos cow. Assistant Attorney General William F. Tompkins said Wed nesday the department will seek to clear the case through the low er courts and get it back before the Supreme Court on constitu tional issues as swiftly as possi ble. Tompkins made the statement in a report to Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. on the work of the department's Inter nal Security division this year. Tompkins heads -the division which is charged with combat ting Communist subversion. Obituaries SAMUEL B. HOPPER Private funeral services for Samuel B. Hopper, 73, who died last night at the home of his sister, Mrs. Arlie Frost. 3151 Delta Waters rd., Medford. were held today in Conger-Morris chapel. Dr. Raymond E. Bal comb of the First Methodist church officiated. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mr. Hopper was born Feb. 7, 1883, in Benton county. Ark., and came to Myrtle Point in 1918, living there until a year ago, when he came to Medford. Survivors, besides his sister, include three brothers, Frank Hopper, Stillwater, Okla.; Leon ard Hopper, Rogers, Ark.; and William Hopper, Kansas City, Kan. MRS. ELVA BRISCOE Funeral services for Mrs. Elva Briscoe, of Phoenix, who died Wednesday, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel at 11 a.m. Saturday. The - Rev. Herbert G. Hillerman of Zion Lutheran church will officiate. Committal will be in Phoenix cemetery. Mrs. Briscoe was born Jan. 27, 1895, in Montague, Calif., the daughter of the late John and Esther Robbinj. She had lived her entire life in the Phoenix and Fern Valley areas. On Aug. 8, 1914, she was married to Earl G. Briscoe, who preceded her in death on May 5, 1952. Survivors include five chil dren, Mrs. Fern Whitlock, Agu anga, Calif.; Mrs. Helen Norris, Eagle Point; Mrs. Harriet Wat rud. Medford: Claude Briscoe, Redlands, Calif.; and Mrs. Edna Blevins, Klamath Falls; three I brothers, Lovell Robbins. Phoe nix: Howard Robbins, Oakridge; and Garald Robbins, Gold Hill; and two sisters. Mrs. Retta Schmidt, Grants Pass: and Mrs. Dorothy R a d t k e, Bremerton, Wash. Births KIMMOX To Mr. and Mrs. Warren, 2888 Howard ave.. Med ford, Dec. 26. 1956. a boy. weight 7' 4 pounds, at Rogue Valley hos pital. BUCK To Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert, route 1. box 410D, Med ford. Dec. 26. 1956, a girl, weight "i pounds, at Rogue Valley hos pital. WONDERLY To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth, 734 Palm st., Medford. Dec. 26, 1956. a girl, weight 7-14 pounds, at Osteo pathic hospital. PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED It your ptcturt tubt dull and weak? Moit picture tubes can bt resrorad h original brightness at only a fraction of tht cost of replacement. For further information CALL Electronic Service Thursday, December 27, 1958 Crown Zellerbach .. . 52' z .. 464 .194 .. 86' i . 61 's . 43' s . 437b Curtiss Wright Du Pont Eastman Kodak General Electric .... General Foods General Motors Georgia Pacific Graham Paige Homestake Mining . Kaiser Frazer Kennecott Copper . Lockheed Aircraft ... Katy Pfd Montgomery Ward . New York Central ... Penney. J. C Penn RR Radio Corporation . Richfield Oil Socony Vacuum Southern Co Southern Pacific ... Standard California Standard Indiana Standard N. J Sun Mines Texas Gulf Tex Pac Land Trust Transamerica Trans West Air Tri-Continental Un Carbide Union Pacific United Aircraft U. A. L U. S. Rubber lv-s 35"a ...Unquoted 1264 57 58Ts i 38!-: 333 i 81. 2 I 21"s 35' s 67-M 54 20 ....:.. 44's 47 6134 584 7 : 304 7U 37 1 a 1834 2634 1144 303 918 424 48U U. S. Steel 72 t Youngstown S & T '. 122'.4 Federal Grand Jury Probes Map Thefts Pittsburgh (U.R) The story of how oil pirates obtained secret exploration maps stolen from Gulf Oil Corp. headquarters here unfolded today before a federal Grand Jury. U. S. Attorney D. Malcolm An derson said his star witnesses in the investigation of the bizarre racket were Thomas W. B. Smith, a former regional geolo gist for Gulf for 25 years, and John Marvin Leivia, an Orange, Tex., geologist, who was arrested Dec. 18 in New York when FBI agents recovered some of the missing maps in a Bronx ware house. Both Smith. 47, Pittsburgh, and Levivia. 34, were described as "cooperative witnesses" by Anderson when they appeared outside the federal building hear ing room where the 19-membcr Grand Jury convened. Northeastern Ohio Swept by Snowfall By UNITED PRESS A two-to-four-inch snowfall swept Northeastern Ohio today, but most of the rest of the na tion again experienced generally fair weather. Scattered snow flurries occur red in the Great Lakes region and eastward along the Northern Ohio Valley into Pennsylvania and New York state. The heaviest accumulation was in Northeast Ohio where high winds also caused some drifting. However, temperatures in the upper 30s during the day are expected to turn the snow into slush. Fog ovprspread Oregon and southern Washington and pushed into the valleys of northern Idaho. Three Multnomah Vice Cases Cleared Salem tll.P) Three of the 33 vice cases pending in Multno mah County Circuit Court have been disposed of. Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton report ed to Gov. Elmo Smith today. Trial of 21 cases. Thornton said, is awaiting court rulings on motions made by the defend ants. In one of the indictments dis posed of. Marie Maynard chang ed her plea to guilty on a charge of conducting a house of ill fame and was fined S250. In the other two cases, both charging perjury David L. Nance was cleared through a directed verdict of acquittal and the casf against Norman F. Reiter w a s dismissed. Use Tribune Want Ads CARD OF THANKS We smcerelv desire to expreM our heartfelt thanks to all who have been o kind and helpful at this moment of our bereavement. Mrs. Clarence M Harvey Mrs. Eloise Rapp Gerald B. (Joe Harvey Mrs. Rena Harvey (Mother) Mrs. W. E. Shaver 'Sister! Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport MEDFORD (OREGON) PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland il'.P.j Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large. M-52C; A large. 48-49c; aa medium. 46-48c; a mHium. 43-47c; A small. 37-38c: carton. l-3c laamonai. Butter To retailers: A A erade prims. 70-7 lc lh.; cartons. 71 -72c; A prints. 7C-71c: B prints. 68-69c. Cheese Medium cured To retail ers: A grade Cheddar, single daiu 451'-.i2c. 3-lb. loaves. 51 l37c; pio tesed American cheese. -lb. loaf. 41 2-44c. Farm Market Portland U P Produce trading was at mostly unchanged price to day except (or citrus adjustments: lemons uere 30-83 cents a carton higher and orange were up -3. cents ior medium and down 25 cent for large. Poultry. Ilabbits Live Chickens Quoted growers iNo. 1 qualitv. fob. Portland: Fryers, 2-4 lbs. 16-1 7c lb; light hens, too few transactions for Portland price. H-llc lb. at ranch: heavy hens. 5 lb, up. not enough trading for Port land price: at country, 13-14c lb; old roosters. 7-c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: Fryers, whole drawn. 31 -33c lb.: cut up. 35-4 lc; hens, light . type. cut. 31-37c: heavy, type, whole drawn 37-4 lc, jh Turkeys To producers: Frver tur keys, live weight. 27-2Hc lb . young A grade turkey hrns. 35-3tic on an eLberated basis: young toms. 34-33c lb . ud to 26 lb.; l-2c premium over this weight. Dressed Turkey To retailer: A grade hens. 45-48c lb ; eviscerated, A grade toms. -to 24 lbs , 44-46c lb.; over 24 lbs.. 44j-52e lb. Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plantsi: Live white. 33,-5 lbs., f o b. dressing plants. Portland. 21-24c: colored pelts 4c under; old does. fryers to retailer. S6-5ac lb.: cut ud. lu-izc in., a tew ntgher. fresh killed PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland U P.t Cattle 150 Stand ard to mostly sood 9ti3 lb. fed steer 18 50; utility steers 11-14.30; utility hcifer.s 10-13; canner-cutter cows 7.30 9 25; beef type cutters to 10; utility cows to 10.30-11 50; cotmnerical 12.50 13; utility bulla 14.30-15. Calves 25. Standard vealers 14-13. culLs down to 7; good-choice vealers 20-25. Hops 100 Sorted 1 and 2 grade butchers 190-220 lb. 19 25-19 50; mixed 1. 2 and 3 grades 18 50-19; No. 3 lots 18.25; sows 3U0-5m lb. 14M7. Sheep "5. Good-choiue 80-125 lb wooled Iambs 17-1; most I v choice 84 lb. 18.50; choice 18.75; Rood-choice shorn lambs 17.50: cull-good ewes 2-3. PORTLAND HAY. GRAIN Portland Wholesale Hav Pnren No. 2 green altalfa baled fb. Port land. S34-35. Wholesale Prices as reported by the USDA market ne,ws service: Wheat No. 2 soft white. S84 a ton; No 2 white oat, 38-lb. West Coast delivery. S5T; No 2 Valley white oats, S32 ton; soybean meal, $760 on f ob. Portland; barlev No. '2. 45-lb West Coast delivery, $52; stand ard mill run. prompt delivery. M6.50 47.50 ton, fob Portland; No. 2 yellw corn Eastern shipment, f.o.b. Portland. SGI AO ton. i man' LAST TIMES TONIGHT! o o o rwc orrnr L EXCITING rjchard fM. '-t.gr WIDMARK' STARTING TOMORROW 0 SWELL ALL ACTION DOUBLE JSILL V fc iinnvn wr ilia wvrw VTOR MATURE KARJNTEE 0 - o o PLUS COMPANION ACTION HI? Hugh Marlow - Colleen Gray THE BLACK WHIP ... -7 . the -WN v,.J UfT MOST! f V3 -ITS , " v".' ONOI: I m I ' At,:-, -o-.-tr, t MIL TIfU&r"flltVSjf es'v Pear Price n Portland U.R Wholesale pear market: Oregon lugV-iO lb. O I rnmirp S3 25-2.50: standard box 4.75-5; legs wrappedG8.25-3.50O I DAILY WEATHER REPORT I FORECASTS I Meft'ord and vicinfty: Foggy in val i les. clear above 2.OO0 leet mean ea J level through Friday. Continued coid. 1 Low (dmght 23 in fog areas, low -in t clear areas 20. High Friday 32-35 in t fog areas, near 43 m clear. Q Western Oregon: Fair througn Frl- dav except log and low cloudiness $B ; most valleys Lows tonicht 22-30 in : interior. 32-38 on coast Highs Friday 43-35. except 32-35 in fog areas. i Northern Californa: Clear througrr-1 Fridav. Lilc temperature chaiijrt. I LOCAL iir TEMPERATURE; Mean yesterday 0 ( 27, below normal 10. O Record hiEh this date 56 in (D37. , Record low this dale IB m 130- O PRECIPITATION: 24 ;;irs to mid- mehi 0 Midnight to 10 a nv 0 "(Vital thia month 2 32 m . 36 in. below i normal". Total since Sept. 1 I; In., i.85 i above normal. o ! HUMIDITY: Lowest esterday 91 VTO I hichest thin a m 100' o G men 4:'T ?1 i t'ity pster- a.m. hr. ! w day n low Tret. O ay q 101 Brookings Crater Lake Gran'ar Pass Klamath Falls MEDFORD c- ... Portland Seattle t Spokane Yakima , 61 39 57 O O 2K 2n 23 .13 41 -4 3fl Eureka Rod Bluff r.S Sacramento 5H ' San Francisco ti3 O l o Phoenix ... 71 Denver 53 Chicago 38 Miami 8 Nr York Wa5hineton v .nn. Ji.nnr HV O 320 trace D. C ilU 31 trace DANCE! Hew Year's Evc o 0 o I n s 5 2 3 - 5 S O0 l5 cN Zq o " ! FIGHTING THI o o, A PLUS IN NfV Showing! DEAN oJERR MARTIN-LEWIS aHALWALUS PAT-CRDW-MAXIE RJDSENBL0ST4 ANITA EKBERjG D'RJCTED BV fBfiNK TASWUN wrrrEM BV PJA LAZARUS - Kwvt,Sili.wWPa.Waa o PH. J-171 Jo o a o It. N. GRAPE