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Newspaper Page TextO O o o , o off O o Local and Haiards Found City Firei Marihal Truman Nelson issued nine orders for correction of f.re hazards Friday after inspecting four business occupancies and a : convalescent home. I Hospital Jo Gail Hicks. i. and Jcannie Lou Hicks. 10. ! daughters of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hicks, Jacksonville, were ad- , mitted to Osteopathic hospital j O'or tonsillectomies today. t Emergency Landing Med-' ford firemen stood by at the mu- J nicipal airport about 6:25 p.m. yesterday wh.le an Air Force C-119 (Flying Box Car) made an emergency landing because of motor trouble. Stovt Ovarhtats One pump er stood by at the residence of Mrs. Lillice Johnson. 932 Broad it., Medford, where an overheat ed Citove had been reported Saturday, according to the Med ford fire department. No dam age wai reported. Flue Fire A flue fire was reported at the residence of Ar lie Walker, 2241 Jacksonville highway, Medford, according to the Medford f.re department. One pumper was dispatched to the fire in which no damage was reported. Jtummae Sale Temple Cir f of the First Presbyterian church, Medford, will hold a rummage sale Thursday from 9 m. until 3 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the church basement at Eighth and -Holly sts. Anyone having rum mftse are asked to call the church fice, 2-2830, and leave their address so it may be pick rl up Wednesday morning. Obiiuiries WlfDSO GUY COX funeral services for Windsor Guy Cox, 62. who died in Port land March 8. will be Wednes day at 11 a m. instead of W'ed nifcday at 10 a.m. as was pre viously announced. Perl Funer a Horn Is In charge of ser vices. How About Servicemen Oi EXERCISE Army Specialist Third Class Franklin R. Lindsey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Lindsey, route 2. Medford, recently par ticipated in "Exercise Hard Times" with the aecond infantry Ai vision at Ft. Richardson, Alaska. Lindsey attended Eagle Point High school and was employed by the South Oregon Tallow company. Eagle Point, before entering tlje Army. Shady Cove Man Held On Larceny Charges Melvin L. Haakinson, Shady Cove, waived the right to coun- fel and preliminary hearing in district court this morning on charges of grand larceny. Haakinson, who was bound over to the grand jury and held In county jail on $1,500 bond, is charged with the theft of 1.350 pounds of manganese steel balls valued at $73. OPEN EVERY NITE! GffllB J3I3,Ylfffl' TONIGHT 7 P.M. PLUS 2nd Great Action Hit JOHN -JWAYKE Z 9 Kit KK HON DELL - WITH Of 1 l sWi "21" Club Cafe (Formerly The Y Club) - Now Serving - MERCHANTS LUNCH 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. DANCING WEDNESDAY thru SATURDAY TO THE MUSIC OF . . . lob Roberts and The Melody Wranglers (1 Personal Daughter Born A daughter I was born Friday, March 8, to I Mrs. Donald C. Kirkpatrick, j Klamath FaUs. Mrs. Kirkpatrick is the former Patricia Anderson of Ashland and Kirkpatrick is formerly of Medford. ' Inquest Planned In Man's Death j The district attorney and j county coroner's office will hold an inquest at 7 p m. today to de-; termine the exact cause of death j of a 50-year-old Medford man j believed to have shot himself to death Sunday evening. Medford ! city police reported today. j City police found James C. Brown, who resided at Apt. 14. Pardee Court, 2060 Table Rock rd., Medford, wounded in the garage behind the home of his, estranged wife. Minutes earlier j an apparent suicide note had i been slipped under her door, of ficers reported. Brown died at about 9 p.m. j at Sacred Heart hospital, about an hour and a half after he was shot in the head, police report ed. Officers were notified of the note and the shot by Walter D. Nunley, attorney for Brown's wife. Mrs. Eula Dale Brown, 24 North Orange st., Medford. She reported both the note and the gunshot to Nunley, who contact ed police. Brown was still breathing when officers arrived. A 9 mm. P-38 automatic pistol was. found under his body, police said. He was taken to the hospital by Medford ambulance. Funeral ar rangements are pending at Conger-Morris Funeral home. Mobilgas Economy Run Scheduled April 14-18 Salt Lake City ,U.PJ The 1937 Mobilgas economy run will be conducted April 14-18 on a route from Los Angeles to Sun Valley, Ida., it was announced today. The race, featuring America's newest passenger cars, is spon sored by General Petroleum Co. Competing cars will seek top efficiency honors in the race. The exact route runs through Bishop. Calif., Tonopah, Nev., Wells, Nev., and Twin Falls, Ida. Henry Fonda, Fourth Wife Plan Honeymoon New York U.R) Actor Henry Fonda and his new wife, Italian Baroness Ufdera Fran chetti, 24. plan to honeymoon on the French Riviera after Fonda finishes making a movie. Fonda, 51, married the Vene tian noblewoman here Saturday in a brief civil ceremony. It was the actor's fourth marriage arid the baroness' first. Fonda has two children by his marriage to the late Frances Brokaw. Births ROSS To Mr. and Mrs. Jack, Prospect, March 7. 1957, a boy, 9'i pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. DAVIS To Mr. and Mrs. Dennis, 503 Beatty St., March 9, 1957, a boy, 64 pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. TAYLOR To Mr. and Mrs. Clyde, 1588 Springbrook rd., March 11, 1957, a girl, t pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. OLIVER To Mr. and Mrs. Joe, Trail, March 10, 1957. a boy, 83,4 pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. LONGAN To Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred, 110 East Eleventh St., March 9. 1957. a girl, 53,i pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. BAUMAN To Mr. and Mrs. F. Robert, 213 South Barneburg rd.. March 10. 1957, a boy, 8' 2 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. BROOKS To Mr. and Mrs. Ronald, route 2, box 213, Cen tral Point, March 10. 1957. a boy, 7li pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. ALDRICH To Mr. and Mrs. Donald, route 2. box 6, Central Point, March 10, 1957, a boy, 634 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. MILLER To Mr. and Mrs. Sterling, Rogue River, March 11, 1957, a boy, 634 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. Chamber Opposes Legislative Proposal A legislative proposal for dif ferent taxing ratios of different types of property was opposed by a unanimous vote this morn ing at a meeting of the Jack son County Chamber of Com merce committee on government al operations. In opposing the measure. Sen ate Bill 254. committee members said it would end the principle of uniform valuation, would be discriminatory and an obstacle to orderly taxation procedures. Most of this morning's meeting was devoted to a resume of pro posed legislation affecting the lumber industry, with Don Wha lin, of Timber Products and Cur tis Nesheim. district warden for the state forestry department, explaining provisions of the var ious measures. Adult Enrollment Invited for Classes Registrations for adult eve ning classes, sponsored by the Medford school system, may be made today. Tuesday and Fri day at Medford High school. Lindsay M. Vinscl, director of adult education, reminded resi dents todav. The adult evening classes in clude home economics, distribu tive education, college extension, hobby and craft and trade ex tension types of classes. Registrations may be made by telephoning Vinsel at Medford High school, 3-5341. Purpose of advanced registration is to de termine whether or not a suf ficient number of adults are in terested in the classes, Vinsel said. Wild Flower, Geology Lecture Series Due A series of lectures on the wild flowers and geology of the area will be given by the tour ist committee of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce starting Thursday, March 21. The classes, scheduled for Thursday evenings from March 21 through April 18, will include topics on wild flowers, botany, tips on how to collect and trans plant native flowers, as well as the building of the proper gar den for them and the photogra phing of these plants. Regisration for the course will be from 7:30 until 8 p.m. March 21 and will cost S10 for the ser ies. Further information may be obtained by calling the Cham ber of Commerce, 2-6293. Legislative Meet Slated Wednesday A legislative conference will be held Wednesday, March 13, by the representatives of South ern Oregon Chambers of Com merce in the Rogue Room of the Medford hotel at 7 p.m. The purpose of the conference is to determine areas of unani mous agreement on legislative issues now pending in Salem which are related to Oregon's economy. A no host dinner will be serv ed at 7 p.m. for the Chamber of Commerce members. Reserva tions should be made by tele phoning the Chamber of Com merce office, 2-6293. Pedestrian Hit By Car Saturday Alfred William Seymour. 39, of 217 South Riverside ave. Med ford, suffered minor injuries Saturday when he was hit by a car while crossing at a cross walk at West Main and Front sts.,' according to Medford pol ice. He was taken to Sacred Heart hospital and released later the same day, Mt was reported. Driver of the car that struck him, Willie Lee Moore, route 1. box 26, Central Point, was cited for failure to yield right of way, police said. Friendship Follies Rehearsal Tonight Dress rehearsal for the 4-H Friendship Follies will be held today at 7:30 p.m. in the Med ford High school auditorium. The Follies, which will be pre sented Thursday. March 14. at 8 p.m. in the Aigh school audi orium, will feature take-offs on current popular television pro grams. The annual affair will have a cast of more than 100 county 4-H members. Portland Boy Escapes Johnson Creek Waters Portland U Rj An 11-year-old Portland youth barely escaped drowning yesterday after tumbling into swollen Johnson creek. The boy. Michael West, managed to grab a low hanging branch and pull him self from the chilly waters. Missouri river basin project covers parts of Montana. Wyom ing, Colorado, North and South Dakota. Nebraska, Kansas, Min nesota. Iowa and Missouri and some adjacent territory. Stock List Recedes On Reduced Volume New York (UP) Stocks receded for the third consecu tive session today on reduced volume. The actual trading figure ex ceeded Friday's session but the increase was entirely accounted for by heavy trading in Ameri can Motors which made up six per cent of all the dealings. .American opened on a block of 20,000 shares and at its high was more than a poinl above the previous close on reports ; Louis E. Wolfson was negotia- j ting to take over the company. ; George Romney, president of American, denied this but the j stock held a gain of around a; point just the same. . Today's series on selected stocks: Allied Chemical - 87 American Can 42' s AT&T 176V; Anaconda Copper 62 Bethlehem Steel unquoted Chrysler Corp 74 t Ca'erpillar Corp. 91 Continental Can 4534 Crown Zellerbach 51?s Curtiss Wright 42 Du Pont 178' 2 Eastman Kodak 8334 General Electric 56' 4 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland iUP Cattle 13"i0. Choice 1294 lb. fed steers 22 50 with 1242 lb. 22 25: average choice under 11000 lb. around 2:i; good steers 20-21; good heifers 13 50-19; canner-cutter cows mostlv 10 50-12 50; utllltv cows 13.50 14 23; utility bulls 15 50-16.50, some 17. Calves 150. Good-choice vealers 24 30: 420 lb. bull calves on stocker account 19. Hogs 500. Sorted 1 and 2 butchers 180-233 lb 20 25-20 50; mixed 1. 2 and 3 gr.ide 19 75-20; No. 3s 19: 240 290 lb. 13-19 50; sows 300-500 lb. 15 17 50 Sheep 750. Mostlv choice wooled Iambs 22 50: fall shorn lambs 22: mixed good-choice 102 lb. No. 3 pelt lambs 20.50; good wooled slaughter ewes 9.50-10. cull-utility 5-8 50. PORTLAND PRODUCE PORTLAND PRODtXE Portland l:P Eces To retailers: Grade AA large. 45-4 tic: A large, 42 44c: AA medium. 42-43C; A medium. 41-42c; A small, 35-37c, carton. l-3c additional. Butter To retailer: AA grade prints, 69-70c lb.; cartons. 70-T2c; A prints, 69-70c; B prints, 67-68C. Cheese Medium cured To retail ers: A grade cheddar, single daisies. 45a-52c. 5-lb. loaves. Sl-STc; pro cessed American cheese 5-lb. loaf. 41 2-44c. Farm Market California asparagus held firm to day with medium to large j pears at $8 to $! a 32-lb. pyramid: wholesale lettuce prices were within a 2 25 2.75 range. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens quoted growers ("So. i quality, fob Portland'; Fryers. 2' 4 lbs.. 23-24c lb.: liRht hens, too few transactions for Portland price: 10-13c lb. at ranch: heavy hens. 5 lbs. up, not enough trading for Portland price; at country, 14-16c lb.; old roosters, 7-9r lb Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: Fryers, whole drawn, 38-40c lb.; cut up. 43-47c; hens, light type, cut up. 32-3tc; heavy type, whole drawn, -3tt-40c lb. Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur keys, live weight, 27-28c lb. Rabbits (Average to growers, fob. killing plants i : Live white. 334-4'2 lbs., fob. dressing plants Portland. 23-26c; colored pelts, 4c under: old does. 10-12c lb; a few higher. Freh killed fryers to retailers, 59 -6 4c lb.; cut up. 62-t5c. Portland Hay, Grain Portland Hay Grain Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f o.b , Portland. $32: some lots discounted $2 ton. Wholesale Prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat No. 2 soft white. S88 a ton; No. 2 white oats, 38-lb. West Coast delivery, S.Vi ton; No. 2 Valley white oats. $50.50 ton; sovbean meat. S73.50 tnn, f.o.b. Portland: barley No. 2. 45-lb. West Coast delivery. $50 50 ton: standard mill run. prompt delivery. $42-44 ton. fob. Portland:- No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipment, f.o.b. Portland. 5.60 50-61 25 ton. DAILY WEATHER REPORT DAILY WEATHER FORECASTS " Medford and vicinity: Rain tonight, becoming showery Tuesday with oc casional sunshine. Low tonight 42. High Friday 55. Western Oregon: Continued rain to night. Showers and partial clearing Tuesday. Low tonight 38-45. High Tuesday 48-58 Northern California: Partly cloudy with showers tonight and Tuesday. Local morning fog. Cooler inland Tues day. l.OCAl. DATA TEMPERATURES: Mean yesterday 48: above normal 1. Record high this date 79 in 1934. Rcrord low this date 24 in 1956. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night .05 in. Midnight to 10 a m. .11 in. Total this month 1.30 in., .70 in. above normal. Total since Sept. 1. 13.75 in., 2.26 in. above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 871. highest thi a m. 94. Hieh 4:31) 24- Clty Yester- a.m. nr. aay j.ow irec Brookings 5n Crater Lake 35 Grants Pass ... , 61 Klamath Falli 48 50 .1.24 22 45 36 45 43 38 31 32 50 50 50 21 .11 T .06 J2 .19 .13 T MEDFORD 57 Portland 54 Seattle Spokane Yakima .. I Eureka ; Red Bluff Sacramento ..... San Francisco . Los Angeles .. ; Phoenix .. - ' Denver 'Chicago 'Miami 57 63 65 62 72 69 65 .... 48 50 33 47 50 27 32 .60 New York 39 Washington. D. C. 47 FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Throush Match 16): Western Oreeon-H'estern Washington Cool showery weather through Saturday with temperatures averag ing beiow normal and precipitation heavier than normal. High tempera tures 44-4B western Washington. 48-55 western Oregon: lows 35-42. Total pre cipitation 1-2 inches in interior val leys. Northern California Recurrent rain with snow in mountains. Temperatures below normal. for the BEST IN FOOD and ENTERTAINMENT ZARATE & PAQU1TA Musical Skits, Calypso Numbers in the Kwan Yin Room DANCING EVERY NIGHT Open Every Day of the Year on Highway 99 South General Motors 397g Graham Paige V$ Homestake Mining 36' 4 Kaiser Frazer 12'g Kennecott Copper 107U Lockheed Aircraft 45 Katy Pfd 613s Montgomery Ward 373 New York Central 29s s Penney. J. C 837g Penn RR 20i Radio Corporation 335s inui.it;ju wu DO'4 Socony Vacuum 513 Southern Co 22! Southern Pacific Unquoted Standard California 453s Standard N. J 56?8 Sun Mines 7 Texas Gulf 30'i Tex Pac Land Trust Trans West Air 1638 Tri-Continental 277s Union Carbide HO'i Union Pacific 27 i United Aircraft 74 U. A. L 31 U. S. Rubber 42 U. S. Steel 584 Youngstown S & T 99', 4 Reexamination of UAW Funds Ordered Washington (U.R) the Su preme Court today ordered a reexamination of government charges that the United Auto Workers spent union funds il legally to -influence the 1954 senatorial election. By a 6 to 3 vote, the court sent the case back to Federal Judge Frank A. Picard in De troit, who dismissed it without trial on Feb. 8, 1956. Expenditures " from general union funds to help political can didates are prohibited by the federal corrupt practices act. U.S. Solicitor General J. Lee Rankin told the court that Pi card's original ruling rendered the statute virtually useless. Justice Felix Frankfurter, speaking for Supreme Court ma jority, said Picard's "erroneous interpretation of the statute led him to stop the prosecution pre maturely." Chief Justice Earl Warren and Justices Hugo L. Black and Wil liam O. Douglas dissented. Man Wounded by Gun In Tavern at Nyssa Nyssa. Ore. (U.R) A 31-year-old man was in poor condition in a hospital today after he was shot by an officer who attempt ed to arrest him in a local tav ern last night. George Espinoza was wound ed in the abdomen. Policeman Marty Rich, 39, said he was called to the tavern and that Espinosa was pointed out as a man who had been causing trou ble. He said an argument follow ed and that he drew his gun which was grabbed by Espinoza In the ensuing struggle, the gun went off and t.ha bullet struck Espinoza. Gary Crosby Said Romancing Britisher London (U.R) A London tabloid today reported a budding romance between Bing Crosby's son, Gary, 23, and a London teen ager. The Daily Sketch said that Gary met Barbara Windsor, 19, at a Mayfair night club during a visit here. A photograph show ed her as a dark-eyed brunette and quite attractive. Gary Crosby did one-week singing engagement at the Lon don Palladium while on leave from the U. S. Army. He is at tached to a Special Services Corps in Frankfurt, Germany, and runs a disc jockey show on the American forces network radio station. Auckland, New Zealand (U.R) Former British Prime Minis ter Sir Anthony Eden, who suf fered a new attack of fever last Thursday, has been ordered to rest for a few more days, it was announced today. Doctors said his temperature has fallen and he showed "good progress" dur ing the week end. Hollywood (U.R) Director Alfred Hitchcock was under treatment at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital today for an undis closed ailment. Hitchcock, 56, entered the hospital Saturday. Doctors would not reveal the nature of his ailment, but said the director was in "fair condi tion." ENJOY GENUINE CHARCOAL BROILED FOODS in th CANDLE ROOM at the Medford Hotel 4 Is 11 p.m. Sunday Monday, March 11, 1937 Oswald West Urges Board of Control To Be Retained Salem (U.R) A former Demo cratic governor who was in of fice when the State Board of Control was created has come out strongly for retention of the three-member board and against efforts of some Democratic House members and Gov. Robert Holmes for its abolishment. ) Former Gov. Oswald West la beled creation of the board to ad minister state institutions as "the best piece of legislation enacted in 56 years." I It had been asserted during a hearing on the bill that a Repub lican Legislature enacted the bill setting up the board to keep a rein on Governor West when : he was in office. Creation Demanded "I supported that law when it was proposed a long time ago. Good government demanded creation of such a three-man control over the state institu tions" West said. "You may have good gov ernors and competent governors and you may have incompetents and I have seen a lot of all and this three-man control is bet ter "than one-man control," he added. The Board of Control is com posed of the governor, secretary of state and state treasurer. Gov. Holmes had advocated doing away with the board and put ting its responsibilities in the hands of the governor. Chains Necessary On Oregon Routes Salem (U.R) Seven inches of new snow fell overnight at Tim berline and Government Camp and motorists were required to use chains when traveling to those areas, the State Highway Department reported today. Chains also were required at Warm Springs junction, with 4 inches of new snow; at Santiam pass, with 2 inches, and at Wil lamette pass, with 2 inches. Chains were advised at Mea cham, with an inch of new snow, and at Austin, with a trace. The Crown Point secondary re Ynained closed between Sandy river bridge and Stark street bridge. The Olds Ferry-Ontario secondary highway was closed at Malheur river bridge with traffic detouring via Payette and the Snake river bridge near Pay- ; ette. The Fremont highway was again open to all traffic. The Central Oregon highway also was open to unrestricted traffic with a few minor delays and one detour. I3Di.il NOW SHOWING S IT WITR SOVltOHL YOU 10U...JO lAUGHWTHt 4 COLOR (wMLifs tierring DAN DAILEY GINGER ROGERS DAVID NIVEN BARBARA RUSH owtur.g nevt - In jTTOTTO NOW! THE RAINMAKER ! TECHNICOLOR WENDELL COREY LLOYD BRIDGES mm. is - PLUS - HAPPINESS mp Nixon To Visit Haile Selassie Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (U.R! Vice President Richard M. Nix on flew here today for a two day visit with Emperor Haile Selassie and a first-hand look at reports of Egyptian subver sion against this ancient king dom. Torrential downpours have swept Addis Ababa for several days, and officials feared the rainy season might interfere with the reception arrange ments. , Nixon is expected to discuss Ethiopia's recent request for ad ditional aid as well as recent broadcast appeals by Cairo Ra dio for the Moslem areas of Ethiopia to break away from the Coptic Christian govern ment and form a Moslem state. There also were reports Egypt has trained youths for subver sive activities here. Nixon, at a news conference before leaving Uganda, said in ternational Communism had suf fered a "very great setback" in the four nations he has visited so far Morocco, Ghana, Li beria and Uganda. He said Africa was a major target of Communism because of its tremendous resources and its 200 million people, but he said the Russian repression in Hungary had had a "tremendous effect" on the peoples of the nations. RIVER PILOT DIES Portland (U.R) Capt. Ezra H. Berry, 79, a retired Columbia river pilot whose career on the river started in 1896, died of a heart attack yesterday. Cap tain Berry retired in 1950. 15 DAY FREE HOME TRIAL! YOURS $ for only... New Westinghouse Roster Oven . . . The Modern Way to Coot Roasts! Bakes! Cook everything automatically! Roasts huge hams ... or a 14-lb. tur Cooks Complete key- Cake nd p bai p ' don. 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An appropriation of $15,000 for the study was included in the resolution which w-as requested by the interim committee on edu cation set up by the 1955 Legis lature. Also up for first reading in the House today was a bill in creasing from 16.500 to S20.000 jthe maximum state distribution i to counties of the State Fair Tax levy. The port of Hong Kong Is about 10 square miles in area. OREGON DINNERS With EASTERN Flavor PLEASANT LOUNGE DARDAIIELLE U.S. 99 NORTH AT THE OVERPASS GOLD HILL Plus FREE Betty Furness Cook Book 95 OW ONLY $1695 Lest $3 for your old iron you pay-only $13.95 Phone 3-3052 44 3 :