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1 Local and Rurn Horn Mrs. Delia Watkins. 19 Mistletoe, Medford, returned to her home today after being a patient at Osteo pathic hospital. Business Namt The estate of C. W. Newberry has retired to assumed business name of Med ford Business college, according to records in the county record er's office. BicycU Stolen Jack Ray Young, 371 O'Gara St., Medford, reported to city police Wednes day afternoon the theft- of his bicycle from McLoughlin Junior High school. Seek Information Medford police have been asked by O. F. Griffeth, 765 Harder rd.. Hay ward, Calif., to locate a woman by the name of Ora Wood who lived in Medford at one time. Patients Convalescing at Osteopathic hospital following minor surgery is Mrs. Clifton Conover, route 1, box 244, Eagle Point. A medical patient at that hospital is George Mayfield, 22 Rose ave., Medfoid. Building Permili Building permits have been issued to W. S. Barrett, 812 and 815 Broad St., Medford. to erect a S14.000 duplex!, and Lena Beal. 117 North Peach st., Medford, $1500, to remodel a residence. Posts Bail Sidney George Budden Jr., 27, of 520 West 11th St., Medford, was released from jail on S500 bail after be ing arrested Wednesday on a charge of being a fugitive from justice. He was scheduled for arraignment in district court this afternoon. Health Association Jackson county Public Health associa Oon will meet Friday, Jan. 18, at 1 p.m., at the courthouse audi torium. A film, "Self Examina tion for Breast Cancer" will be shown. Dr. Edward W. Sickles will lead a discussion and answer questions on the film. The public has been invited. - ' Thft Reported Thomas Paul WhUenant, route 1. box 338, Talent, reported to the sheriff's office Wednesday that some one took the motor, car radio, seats and wheels from a 1948 model car he had parked on a lot be hind Alley Brothers Mill. Dep uties are investigating the theft. Released John M. Bowman, Grants Pass, was released ' Wednesday by District Court Judge Rawlcs Moore on his own recognizance to report jjpon notice to face charges of obtain ing money by false pretenses. Bowman was represented in court by Sherman Smith, Grants Pass attorney. Attends M t i n g Carl Schmidt, of the Schmidt Dis tributing company, Medford, at tended a distributors advisory board meeting in Portland last week end. The board, which was organized by the Blitz-Weinhard company, is to work out mutual problems involved in Blitz beer distribution and selling in three northwest states. Council to Meet The advisory council to juvenile court will meet at 8 p.m. Monday. Jan. 21, in the circuit court room in the county courthouse. The an nual statistical report of the de partment will be given, and the film, 'Family Affair," will be presented. A discussion of a fam ily service agency as a resource for the court and a measure of delinquency prevention has been scheduled, according to Dewey Wilson, chairman. TONITE! sh,pvmat Uirflvn VfT MONROE Ni. . f&t htonh CflTTrTI ir"W TECHNICOLOR MARCH OF HDAMCE FRIDAY, JAN. I8TH - 9:00 P.M. Phoenix Community Hall Music by . . . VERN MARSHALL ORCHESTRA ADMISSION: DONATION TO THE MARCH OF DIMES Music for this occasion is provided thrn the cooperation of Local 397 of the A.E.M. thru e grant of the Music Performance Trust Fund of the recording industry. Sponsored by the PHOENIX LADY LIONS Personal Runaway Hld A 14-year-old Medford girl was lodged in the county jail Wednesday after turning herself in as a runaway, according to Sheriff Howard Gault. Girl Jailed A 14-year-old Phoenix girl was lodged in the county jail by order of juvenile authorities Wednesday after she entered the juvenile office vol untarily and stated she was be yond parental control. Hanrds' Reported Five or ders for correction of fire haz ards were issued by City Fire Marshal Truman Nelson yester day after inspection of four bus iness occupancies, an office buil ding and a place of public as sembly. March Against Polio Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts of Phoe nix will hold the Scouters March Against Polio after school today. The Scouts will conduct a door- to-door drive in Phoenix for con tributions to the March of Dimes. Daughter Born Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Boyl, Portland, are the parents of a daughter born Jan. 16. The baby is a granddaughter of Mrs. Grace Boyl, J.404 East Main St., Med ford. The Boyls have two other children. Named to Board R. V. Finch, of the Home Appliance com pany, 115 East Main St., Med ford. has been named to the board of directors of the Na tional Appliance and Radio-TV Dealers association, it was an nounced at NARDA's annual convention banquet Jan. 14 in Chicago. - Flue Fires City firemen reported no damage from flue fires last evening. One was at the B. F. Roseman residence, 26 Cottage st.. and the other at the home of Ruby Isaac, 16 Tripp st. They said that smoke though the house yesterday afternoon at the J. E. Harper home, 716 East Jackson st.. was found to be caused by a pot left on the kitchen range. w Gets Sentence Arlo Gor man Griffin, 23, Sepulveda, Calif., was sentenced to five days in the county jail yester day on a charge of having con cealed license plates. Griffin is also wanted in Douglas county on a charge of seduction. His sentence in the Jackson county jail will be terminated when Douglas county authorities ar rive to extradite him, it was re ported. He was arrested here Wednesday by state police. Obituary BILL JAMES Bill James, 82-year-old former Medford resident, died in Green view, Calif., Jan. 15. Survivors include one granel son, Darrell S. James of the Navy, who is en route to Aus tralia, and four . great grand children. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Girdner's Funeral home. Yreka. Interment will be at the Jacksonville ceme tery. There will be no graveside services. Contract Awarded for County Motor Oil The county court yesterday awarded a contract for furnish ing the county road department with motor oil during 1957 to General Petroleum. General Petroleum will pro vide the department with oil at ,6705 cents per gallon for trucks and light equipment and .937 cents per gallon for heavy equipment. Richfield and Shell oil com panies tied as second lowest bid ders. Their bids were .695 a gallon for light equipment and .9245 cents a gallon for heavy equipment. Other bidders were Standard, Texaco. Associated, Signal and Union Oil compan- PHEASANT FISHERMAN La Crosse. Wis. (U.R) Clyde Rains got hooked Wednesday be cause he tried to fish for pheas ants. Rains paid a S50 fine on a county court conviction of bait ing fish hooks with corn kernels and setting them out on long lines in pheasant feeding grounds. DIMES News About Servicemen IN HONOR GUARD Donald Gordon. Medford, stu dent cadet at Willamette univer sity, participated in inauguration ceremonies for Gov. Robert D. Holmes as part of the honor guard and color guard. TO ATTEND SCHOOL Francis R. Pavoa, husband of Mrs. Laura M. Pavoa, 2522 Reed Lane, Medford, has enlisted in the Army to attend an electron ics course, according to MSgt. Julian A. Bates, of the Army re cruiting station, MedfoVd. Pavoa will attend training at Fort Ord, Calif., then report to Guided Missile Command in Fort Bliss, Tex., for school. He enlisted under the plan of "Choice Not Chance" program whereby a person has a choice of schooling in the Army prior to enlistment. NURSE VISITING Navy Nurse Lt. DorothyDrey er is making a tour of various Oregon cities, the Medford re cruiting office has announced. She is visiting recruiting sta tions to discuss opportunities of fered in the Navy Nurse corps. She will be at the Medford office, room 2, post office build ing, Jan. 23. Additional infor mation may be obtained by tele phoning the recruiting office, Medford 2-4060. Firemen Seek Two Missing in Explosion West Peoria, 111. U.R) Firemen dug through the ruins of a two-story commercial and residential building today in search of two persons missing in a blast which killed two men and injured five other per sons. The missing are Robert J. Einfeldt, 32, and his 11-year-old son, Robert, residents of a second-floor apartment. Einfeldt's father-in-law, John J. Heitzman, 61, owner of the building, and Perry Traub, 40, operator of a market in the building,' were killed in the double explosion Wednesday night which ripped apart the structure and Heitzman's ad joining home. It was believed the explosion was caused by a gas lead the two victims were investigating at the time. Northwest Dams Give Record Power Output Portland (U.R) Federal hydroelectric dams in the Pa cific Northwest last night gen erated more power than at any previous time in their history. Bonneville Power Adminis tration officials said the pro longed cold spell was responsi ble for a generation of 4,830.000 kilowatts from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. yesterday. The new peak, how ever, did not strain resources of the northwest power pool, spokesmen said. Previous peak was attained during another cold spell Dec. 6 when 4,795,000 kilowatts were generated. Medford Man Arraigned In District Court Joseph George Mattey, 52, of 1756 North Riverside ave., was arraigned in district court this morning on a charge of grand larceny and was given until Fri day to obtain counsel and enter a plea. District Judge Rawles Moore ordered Mattey lodged in the county jail until his court ap pearance at 10 a.m. Friday. Births PROWELL To Mr. and Mrs. Virgil, postoffice box 250, Apple gate, Jan. 15, 1957, a girl, weight 7 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. MURPHY To Mr. and Mrs. Richard, 190 South Stage rd., Medford. Jan. 14. 1957, a girl, weight 7 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. GRIZZLE To Mr. and Mrs. Robert, route 3. box 218, Med ford, Jan. 14, 1957. a boy. weight 9' 4 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. McCONNELL To Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence, 824 Dakota ave.. Medford. Jan. 14. 1957, a girl, weight 7l-i pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. KILLINGSWORTH To Mr. Mrs. Russell. 625 J. st., Medford, Jan. 15. 1957. a boy, weight 7'. -4 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. PRESTON To Mr. and Mrs. William G.. 940 Winchester ave., Medford, Jan. 16, 1957, a boy 8' 4 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. McGONAGLE To Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, route 1, box 373, Talent, Jan. 16, 1957. a boy, 714 pounds, "at Rogue Valley hos pital. PAUL To Mr. and Mrs. George, 2331 Crater Lake ave., Medford, Jan. 17, 1957. a boy, 9 pounds, at Rogue Valley hos pital. - Nautilus Scheduled For First Refueling Washington (U.R) The atomic submarine Nautilus is scheduled to be refueled for the first time this spring after sailing more than 55,000 miles in two years on its original load of nuclear power. The Navy announced the re fueling date Wednesday night on the eve of the anniversary of man's first propulsion by atom ic power two years ago. The Nautilus got underway on nu clear power for the first time Jan. 17, 1955, at Groton, Conn. In the refueling, the uranium core of the Nautilus' reactor will be removed and a new core of enriched! uranium installed. The olf core will be sent to a reactor test station at Arco, Id aho, for "examination and to reclaim unused uranium." Police Car Involved In Accident Yesterday Millard Vene Younger, route 1, box 460, Medford, was ar rested by Oregon State police Wednesday afternoon and con fined in the county jail on charges of being drunk on a public highway after the car which he was driving struck a Medford city police car park ed on Highway 99 near Kogap Lumber company. The police car, driven by pa trolman Robert Walter Mont gomery, was slightly damaged. Rail Car Property Taxes Distributed Salem (U.R) Property tax es totaling S17.533 collected from railroad car companies were being distributed " to 24 counties today according to Tax Commissioner Samuel B. Stew art. The taxes are collected on tank, refrigerator and private car companies which have a true cash value in Oregon of less than $100,000. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland U-P.) Cattle 100. Good .1.. .u.i.. 1 1 1B IK Montana fed steers 21. some 20; standard steers w-ia; standard nenera j.f.jv-io, ity cows 12-13; canners and cutters 8-10 with Holstein cutters to 11; util ity bulls 14.30-15.50; light cutters down to 10.50. Calves 25. irood-choice vealers 23 27: standard 16-21. rt nnn t 4 hntchprt 20.50-20.73; "mixed l. 2 and 3 grades 17.50. Sheep 200. Mostly choice 112 lb. wooled slaughter lambs 19; other good-choice wooled lambs 17.50-18.50; good to mostly choice No. 1 pelt to fall shorn lambs 109 lb. 18: CUll-OOd ewes 2-5. PORTLAND PRODUCE. Portland OJ JM Ems To retail ers: Grade AA large, 45-47c; A larpe. 43-45c; AA medium. a me dium. 39-43c: A small 35-38c; carton. l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints, 69-70C lb.; cartons. 70-71c; A prints. 69-70c; B prints 67-68. Cheese Mediu m cured To re ta il ers: A grade Cheddar, single daisies, 45,2-52c; 5-lb. loaves, 51i2-57c; pro cessed American cheese 5-lb. loaf, 41',2-44c. ' Farm Market Onion prices went up today with best western Oregon medium sized dry stock going to retailers at most ly 2.23-2.30 a 50-lb. sack with some ordinary at 2-2.25 or below; most dealers held Oregon 3-lnch minimum onions at 2.75-325 a 50-lb. sack. Poultry, nahbits Live Chickens Quoted growers (No. 1 Qualiy, f.o.b. Portland: Fryers, 21-4 lbs.. 21-22c lb.; light hens, too few transactions for Portland price; 10-llc lb. at ranch; heavy hens, 5 lbs. up. not enough trading for Portland price; at country, 13-14c lb.; old roosters, 7-9c; Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade drrd to retailers: Frvers. whole drawn. 38-4 lc lb; cut up. 44-43c; hens. light type, cut up, 32-36c; heavy type, whole drawm. 36-40c lb. Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur kevs. live weight. 27-28c lb. Dressed Turkeys To retailers: A prade hens. 45-48c lb.r eviscerated; A grade toms to 24 lbs., 44-46c lb.; over 24 lbs.. 46-52c lb. Rabbits ( Average to growers, f ob. killing plant): Ltve white. 3- 5 lbs., f.o.b. dressing plants, Portland, 21-24c; colored pelts. 4c under: old does, 10-12c lb., a few higher. Fresh killed fryers to retailers. 56-53e lb.; cut up. 60-63c. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland Wholesale hay prices: No. 2 green alfalfa baled f.o.b. Port land. $34-35. Wholesale prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat No. 2 soft white, (84 a ton: No. 2 white oats. 38-lb. West Coast delivery, $50 30 ton; No. -2 Valley white oats. $52 ton; soybean meal. S79 ton. f.o.b. Portland; barley No. 2 45-lb.. West coast delivery. $31 .50 ton; standard mill run. prompt deliv ery,. $47-48 ton, f.o.b. Portland; jo. z vellow corn. Eastern shipment, f.o.b. Portland, 53. DAILY WEATHER REPORT FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Fair through Friday except for fog patches in low er valleys Friday morning. Low to night 24. High Frtday 48. western Oregon: uenerauy ciear to night and Friday except iomp low cloudiness southern valleys. Continued' cold at night. Low tonight 20-30 in interior and za-ja aions coasu uieo Friday 42-48. Northern ana t-entrai .ai norma : Fair tonicht and Friday but consid erable fog in San Joaquin valley. Little temperatures change. LOCAL f TEMPERATURE; Mean, yesterday 42: above normal 5. - Record high this dale 60 in 1919. Record low this date 9 in 1952. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 .m., none. Total this montn wen. jus men below normal. Total since Sent. 1, 10:12 inches, ,49 inch above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 35. hi chest this a m. 84. . men .iw I4' I nr. Prec. I City Brookinc yester- day 55 . 34 a.m. low 38 ' 13 24 18 24 21 29 -1 0 Crater Lake . Grants Past . 53 Klamath FatU 32 MEDFORD 53 Portland - 37 SeatUe .. Spokane Yakima . 39 14 28 Eureka 50 38 Red Bluff 60 37 Sacramento . 57 34 San Francisco 59 42 Los Angeles "3 4 Phoenix .. 67 43 Denver 28 - 14 Chicago . SOT Miami i i fa New York 2fl 10 AS Washington. D C. .. 31 11 Weakness in Steels, Sugars, Other Issues New York IU.PJ Stocks de clined irregularly in moderate trading today. Weakness in the steels, su gars, and special issues influ enced prices. Oils had their soft spots as did metals. Sugar issues met profit taking for the most part with American Sugar the wide loser. West In dies Sugar, however, moved up more than two points. , Losses in the steel department ranged to more than a point. Oils were down fractions to more than a point. Chance Vought ran up more than a point in an otherwise softer aircraft section. Motors eased small amounts. Rails eased for the most part and util ities were neglected. Today's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical 95 2 American Can 41's AT&T 1744 Anaconda Copper . 68 Bethlehem Steel 186'i Caterpillar Corp. 9 Hi Chrysler Corp 66 Continental Can 45 Crown Zellerbach 55 1 i Curtiss Wright 45'. 1 Du Pont 184;!4 Eastman Kodak 87Ts General Electric 55 General Foods 41 ' i General Motors 41 '-2 Georgia Pacific 264 Blasf at Roller Rink Injures 15 Persons Algona, Iowa iU.R) Fifteen persons were injured Wednes day night when leaking natural gas touched off an explosion in a roller rink. Nine of the in jured were hospitalized. Three persons were" reported in serious condition at St. Ann's hospital here. The others suf fered fractures and cuts and were hurt less seriously. The blast rocked the Star roller rink about 10:25 p.m. as the proprietor prepared to close it. The blast did not damage the building badly but the injury toll was high because it explod ed near the entrance where a large number of persons had congregated before leaving. The fire chief said the natural gas leaked but of a main about 20 feet from the front of the building. It seeped under a corn er of the frame structure and gathered under the floor. Air Force Plane Crashes in Alaska Fairbanks, Ilaska (U.R) A four-engined Air Force weather reconnaisance plane crashed and burned today shortly after taking off from Eielson Air Force Base and Alaska Territ orial Police said there were no survivors. It was not known immediate ly how many men were aboard the plane, a modified B50 bomb er, but Air Force officers said such a craft normally carried a crew of 12. The plane belonged to the 58lh Weather Reconnaisance Squadron at Eielson AFB, 26 miles south of here. Officers at the airfield said it was starting a "loon flight" of weather re connaisance mission over the Al eutian Island chain and the Bering Sea when the crash oc curred. Loan Association Assets Show Increase Assets at First Federal Sav ings and Loan association, Med ford, increased by about S400, 000 or 14 per cent in 1956, R. F Kyle, president, has announced. Kyle said the associations growth was due chiefly to the" increasing number of people in the area. Phoenix Lions Slate MOD Benefit Programs Phoenix The Phoenix Lady Lions are sponsoring a dance be tween 9 p.m. and 1 a.m. today at the Community hall here. Proceeds from the dance will go to the March of Dimes. Refresh ments will be served. Another March of Dimes bene- j fit has been scheduled by . the j Phoenix Lions club Saturday at the auction yards in Phoenix. Proceeds from a pig'auction will go to the March of Dimes. The auction will start at 1 p.m. TABU DIMMER HOUSE It Featuring Now ... NEW YORK CUT STEAKS EXTRA THICK! VERY TENDER! With Your Choice of: SMORGASBORD or Homemade Soup and Salad Bowl $2.95 Complete Smorgasbord Dinners $1.85 305 South Riverside Medford Thurtday, January 17, 195? Graham Paige . l'j Homestake Mining ... 37Vi Kennecott Copper 121 Lockheed Aircraft Katy Pfd 59' 4 Montgomery Ward 387s New York Central 33' .i Penney. J. C 80 Penn R R 21 '.4 Radio Corporation 32-s Richfield Oil 67 Socony Vacuum 55 Southern Co 21?8 Southern Pacific 443,i Standard California 41Vs Sandard Indiana 59 Standard N. J 5Vt Sun Mines ;.. 7' 4 Texas Gulf 30?4 Tex Pac Land Trust 8V2 Transamerican 373t Trans West Air 18'.i Tri - Continental 27l Un Carbide HOi Union Pacific 29 U United Aircraft 87 34 U. A. L 3974 U. S. Rubber 44, U. S. Steel 6634 Youngstown S & T Ill1, '2 Famed Ballets Join In One Organization London (U.R) The world famed Sadler's Wells Ballet and the Sadler's Wells Theater Bal let were joined today into one organization the Royal Ballet. A charter from Queen Eliza beth formed the new corporation with Princess Margaret as its first president, and the queen as its patron. Sadler's Wells will continue to perform at Covent Garden and the Theater Ballet, considered the junior company although co operation between the two had been voluntary, will remain at Sadler's Wells Theater. Alfred Hitchcock Has Operation for Hernia .Hollywood (U.R) British movie director Alfred Hitchcock underwent a hernia operation today at Cedars of Lebanon Hos pital. ( The noted director entered the hospital Wednesday on the ad vice of his physician. The hos pital reported Hitchcock would remain hospitalized for several days. Nixon's Young Daughter Has Beauty Problem Washington (U.R) Julie Nixon, eight-year-old daugh ter of Vice President Richard M. Nixon, has an inaugural ball beauty problem. While sleigh riding this week her sled tipped over. Now she is sporting a black eye. 30 Missing as Storm Rakes Canary Islands j Santa Cruz De La Palma (U.R) Thirty persons were reported I missing and believed drowned i today after a violent storm. ! Heavy rains collapsed some 20 dwellings in nearby La Brana and knocked out its communica-1 tions with other parts of the I island. POSITIVELY ENDS TONIGHTI ONLY 1 SHOW TONITE! DOORS OPEN 6:30 SHOW AT 7:15 f A GREAT Jt )" i KSLSEUH p". FLAMES TO t I THE SCREENI "JrV rtE3 iti? Color MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN 'Rayburn Supports Eisenhower Doctrine Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower's Middle East "doctrine" won a powerful con gressional ally today when Speaker Sam Rayburn threw his support behind both the eco nomic and military phases. Rayburn, previously reported to be lukewarm or even opposed to the economic aid, told report ers he thinks it would be "ju dicious for Congress to go along" with Mr. Eisenhower's whole program. The Democratic leader, who wields great influence in the House, said he favors putting the economic and military pow ers sought by the President in the same bill. Instead of split ting them into two measures as TIMBRE TO TIMBER Lansing:, Mich. (U.R) Bull voiced state senators will no longer joke about who is going to shatter the roof the Senate chamber next. Ninety glass pan els in the ceiling are being re placed with non-shatterabie ply wood after several of the heavy glass panels cracked. STARTS TONITE TWO TOP HITS ; .... w? - BEVORiD A REASONABLE DOUBT Arthur rLAu.'m i rrwitii wiiimnl M$H FROM O FROM KATY Whenever Great Pictures Are Talked About They Will Speak Of ANASTASIA ... And Of The Three Who Gave It Life! . t fi' run r i nr. mil J 4 " COPENHAGEN -f ' Z3 $ 'i low CinemaScope Color by. De. Luxe , wuh akim tamiroff martha hunt felix aylmeb some Democrats have proposed. r 1 jVf'' v.a rfiii ll ifi ni Kill rfl il IB DANA ANDREWS JOAN FONTAINE Sidney BLACKMER Barbara NICHOLS FRANZ Phillip B0URNEUF PLUS 3 A POWERFULLY DIFFERENT WESTERN I QUNN JURADO STARTS TOMORROW! mm BEMMAH j the mystery wo maiAnax Costa as the arch-conspirator HELEN HAYES M&&y-ffty. - as the key 4$. y tome
