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Locals Meeting Set The plasterers and cement finishers, local 134, will meet at the Labor temple Tuesday, March 26, at 8 p.m. Purchases Horn Mrs. Nina Chandler has purchased the Hil lis home, 532 Plum st.. Medford. Her hine at 917 Newtown ave.. has been leased to Mr. and T.Irs. R. L. Taylor, and Linda. daughter. land four daughters. Mrs. Bert ' Roberts. Ashland; Mrs. Victor Richard J. Hans. 113 j Jensen, in Germany; Mrs. Ber Medford. reported to'nard Hendei.on. Noxon. Mont.: Theft - Laurel st city police Thursday the theft of a spare tire and wheel from a car while it was parked in a South Central ave. parking lot. Value of the articles was $10, police said. C h c k ieturned Donald Bruce Driscoll, 13B Newtown st., reported to city police Friday that he had cashed a $15 check for another person and the check was returned marked "unable to locate." The name James G. Si nit Jr., 432 East Second St., was signed to the check, according to the report. Association to Meet The reg ular monthly meeting of the Medford .hapter. National Office Managers association will be held at the Medford hotel Mon day, March 25. Social hour will start at 6:30 p.m. and dinner will be at 7 p.m. Subject for the evening will be local ad vert is in O ftilltW Talcn Hope T. Pax- ' m. on T..I ..:n . ed to the sheriff's office Friday tlt a billfold belonging to her an, fddie R. Paxton, 17, was ttn hile he was in a physical r 4ucftion class at Jacksonville HifH school. The billfold report- ftlf contained $22 in cash. Dep- iVas and school officials are in T'.'Hting4 the case. O tfefeqp Taken William Wttpni Kclntyre. 1511 Crown reported to city police Sat- H? that a hubcap was taken I hi car while it was parked m driveway at his residence. Ckarlos William Mathey, 38 O 'rth Oakdale ave., .reported JVwtay that two hubcaps were from a car owned by Par- ilotors while the car was mk4 at 315 East Fifth st. re? lorn Williams, su- tXtMtndcnt of Crater Lake Na tional lrk. returned to Medford thv Veelf after attending a semi ataaal Wilderness Conference in Sat a trlncieco. The conference warn atttnled by about 400 na tional yare service, bureau of tnd management and forest ftViwe ceficinls who discussed mjathnAg e preserving and ad minipi .-ilderness areas, gillie. w as id. CfWI EVERY NIGHT! MS TNITE AT 7 P.M. ACADEMY AWARD WINNER 7 OLIVIA J? rfoUMIIIAWn ...AmfU M ffltif PLUS 2nd ACTION HITI ROD CAMERON RIVER LADY Announcing .... HENRY'S BROILER opening for BR TUESDAY, MARCH 26 NEW HOURS OF OPERATION Monday through Saturday 7:00 A.M. until 2:30 A.M. Sunday 7:00 A.M. until 12:00 Midnight Obituaries SAMUEL GRAFT Ashland Samuel Calvin Graft, 73, 54i Iowa St., Ashland, died at a local hospital Saturday morning. Mr. Graft was born In Lafay ette, Ind., Se?t 28. 1883. He and his wife, Maiy resided in Ash land for the past 14 years. His wife died. Feb 22. 1957. Mr. Graft was a member of the Eagles lodge. Medford. Survivors include two sons. Eugene Grft Eugene: and George A. Graft, Denton, Mont.; and Mrs. Philip Boomer, Con cord, Calif. Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m Monday at Moun- j tain View cemetery, Ashland. There will te ni chapel services. The Rev. Wendell Herbison, pas tor of the Church of Christ, Ash land, will 'fficiate. Litwiller's Funeral hone is in charge of arrangements ROBERT CHET ELWOOD Robert Chct Elwood, 66, died Saturday morning in a local hospital. Perl Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. GUY STONE Guy Stone. 80, of 1935 Jerome Prairie rd.. Grants Pass, died in Jacksonville, Saturday, March 23. Funeral arrangements are pending at Perl Funeral home. Hubcap Missing Robert C. Lake, 1700 Prune St., Medford reported to Sheriff Howard Gault Friday the theft or loss of a hubcap from his vehicle. Rummage Sale The Univer sity of Oregon Mothers club will hold a rummage sale between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 26. at the Fehl building, 106 North Ivy st.. Medford. Proceeds will be used for the club's schol arship fund. Knights of Pythias Speaking Contest Set This Week Knights of Pythias will meet in the Pythian building. Fifth and Grape sts., Monday at 8 p.m., to complete plans for their 1957 public speaking contest, accord ing to Don Lacy, contest chair man. The contest will be held Thurs day,' March 28, at 8 p.m. in the Crater High school cafeteria. Students to Compete Student speakers from high schools in Ashland, Talent, Phoe nix, Jacksonville, Medford, Cen tral Point and Eagle Point will compete. Winners of the county contest will compete in elimin ation contests with winners in the six west coast states. Inter national finals will be held Aug. 11 at the Imperial Palace con vention in Memphis, Tenn. Topic this year is "Youth Looks at the Future." Scholar ship prizes totaling $3,500 will be awarded. First place winner will receive a $1,500 scholarship. Any interested high school stu dents may secure contest infor mation from their teachers or from Lacy, box 807, Central Point, chairman of the Knights! of Pythias for Jackson county. Lewis Bright, 1954 graduate of Medford High school, was one of the Pythian public speaking winners and is now majoring in public speaking at Willamette university. Last year's winner was Bill Frake, now a senior at Medford High school. Two Portlanders Killed In Accidents Friday Portland U.R) Mrs. Ada Dockery, 81, died in a Portland hospital six hours after she was struck by a car driven by an off duty Portland police officer. Mrs. Dockery was the second accident victim in the city Fri day. George D. Lynde. 21, was fatally injured in a collision on Northwest Union ave. Police said Mrs. Dockery was struck as she got out of a bus by a car driven by Roy Beach Moore, 43. WEATHER Br United Press Northern California: Increas ing cloudiness in the north Sunday. AKFAST Committee Considers School District Bill Salem (U.R) The joint ways and means committee Sat urday had before it the distress ed school district bill, one of several important ' pieces of school legislation before the Oregon legislature. House Education Committee Chairman Joe" Rogers. Indepen dent Democrat, said the bill pro vides S7 million to aid building programs in distressed districts. Before the bill was turned ov- Alpha Urquhart Appears Shaken During KF Trial Klamath Falls (U.R) Mrs. Alpha Urquhart Saturday ap peared visibly shaken when she faced Guy Earl Cramer for the first time since the elderly pen sioner tried to kill her at the Klamath county courthouse. The red-haired administrator of the county welfare depart ment ai-ked for a glass of water as she testified at the first de gree murder trial of Cramer, now in its sixth day here. Admits Shooting Counsel for Cramer has ad mitted that he shot and killed Fred Peterson, welfa're commis sion chairman, and gravely wounded Mrs. Urquhart and an other county official during a commission meeting Jan. 4. De fense plea is insanity. Mrs. Urquhart was one of three eye-witnesses who testified at the trial which went into a Saturday session because the jury is being locked up for the duration of the proceedings. Others who testified about the shooting were former County Judge U. E. Reeder and Mar tin Swanson, new chairman of the welfare commission. The trial slowed to a near standstill Friday due to lack of positive identification of the murder weapon by state witness es. Evidence Admitted The gun and bullets fired from it were finally admitted as evi dence shortly after 5 p.m. over the objections of defense coun sel. Cramer is accused of the first degree murder of Fred Peterson, Klamath county welfare commis sion chairman, last Jan. 4. Deputy District Attorney Rob ert Nichols and Deputy Sheriff Dale Mattoon appeared for the state but gave conflicting testi mony about possession of the gun following the fatal shooting in the Klamath county courthouse. The 76-year-old defendant, de scribed as a disgruntled pension er, broke into a wide grin several times during the afternoon ses sion as the state witnesses ap peared confused with the testi mony given by others. Sandy Woman Is Named to Group Salem (U.R) Gov. Robert D. Holmes Friday appointed Mrs. Edna Scales, Sandy, to the West ern Interstate commission on Higher Education to succeed W. Lowell Steen, Milton-Freewater. Mrs. Sacles, state vice-chairman of the Democratic Central committee and a state education leader, will fill Steen's term which would have expired Aug. 28. He told Gov. Holmes he was offering his resignation to the commission for personal reasons. The new commissioner, who will participate in the western regional conference of the Pres ident's Committee for Education Beyond High School, is a gradu ate of Oregon State College. She has been active at Parent Teacher association activities, serving six years on the State executive committee. The commission is made up of three members from each of the 11 western states and territories. The states adopted a compact through which exchange of stu dents for particular areas of study is arranged. Frank J. VanDyke, Medford attorney, is president of the commission. er to the ways and means com mittee by the House Education committee Friday, it was amend ed so that the $7 million would come from the basic school sup port fund rather than the gener al fund of the slate. New Formula A new formula for determin ing degrees of need in distressed districts was also added to the bill. Previously, if any district was declared distressed it would have received money on a first-come-first-serve basis. Education Committee mem ber Keith Skelton, Eugene Dem ocrat, said the needs of distress ed school districts would be de termined quarterly on the basis of the new arithmetic formula. Skelton pointed out that the bill recognizes the concept of federal aid to education in a sec tion which states that when and if federal aid to education is available. Oregon will take ad vantage of it. Other legislative highlights Friday: Astoria Bridge: The joint ways and means committee recom mended favorably on a bill ap propriating $100,000 for prelim inary surveys and plans for the proposed Astoria bridge across the Columbia river. The estimated $39 million cost of the bridge would be borne equally by Oregon and Washington. Delinquents: Also approved by ways and means was 25,000 for a statewide investigation of juvenile delinquency by a legis lative interim committee. Weighmasters: A bill establish ing the authority of weighmas ters to. weigh and measure trucks passed the House and was sent to the Senate. Murphy's Family Awarded $50, For Pilot's Death Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic iU.R) The estate of a man the Dominican Republic claims killed American free lance pilot Gerald Murphy has agreed to pay Murphy's family $50,000 indemnity. The Dominican government of General Rafael Trujillo says Murphy was killed by a fellow pilot, Octavio de la Maza. Rep. Charles O. Porter, American con gressman from Oregon, has charged, however, that Murphy was killed by the Dominican government because he knew too much about the disappearance of Jesus Mario de Galindez, an an-ti-Trujillo professor at Columbia university in New York. Robert D. Abrahams, of Phila delphia, an attorney for the Mur phy family, sa'.d a brother of de la Maza has handed him $50,000 for delivery to Murphy's family. Abrahams said he and Domini can Counsel Hernan Cruz Ayala started court proceedings on be half of the Murphy family Feb. 18. Directed to Pay Abrahams said the Dominican courts directed the de la Maza estate to pay a $50,000 indemnity for the death of Murphy. In Washington, a state depart ment spokesman said the United States is maintaining its position that it does not accept the Do minican government's version of the death of Murphy. A week ago the state depart ment handed Dominican Ambas sador Josquin E. Salazer a note stating the U.S. handwriting ex perts concluded a suicide note, purportedly written by de la Maza and confessing the murder of Murphy, was not in the hand writing of de la Maza. De la Maza was found hanged in his jail cell in Ciudad Trujil lo last December, according to Dominican authorities who said he left a suicide not confessing the murder of Murphy. Algiers, Algeria (U.R) Na tionalist rebels have killed 2, 212 civilians in the Algiers re gion since the anti-French insur rection started Nov. 1, 1954, French officials reported Satur day. Of the 2,212 victims, 432 were Europeans, the officials said. There were 1,782 wounded, in cluding 855 Europeans. HOUSE of North of Gold Hill AT On Display - One of the West's Finest Collections of Gold Dust and Nuggets Winter Hours 9 to 5 Under Founder's Management Sine 1930 News About Servicemen IN EXERCISE Marine Pfc. Calvin R. Dalton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Dalton, 1900 Spring st., Med ford, landed on the Philippine island of Luzon March 25 with the third Marine division in the largest ship-to-shore operation held in the Far East since World War II, according to Marine of ficials AIRMAN OF MONTH Vincent G. Swinney, airman first class, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Swinrey 1478 Spring st., Medford. has been selected air man of the month for his squad ron. Swinney, an instructor in sur vival training, is stationed at Stead Air Force base, Reno, Nev. Prior to enlisting in the Air Force, he was graduated from Medford High school and attended Southern Oregon col lege. IN JAPAN Marine Pfc. Stanley W. Mer rell, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Merrell, 211 North Peach st., Medford, is serving with Marine Fighter Squadron 334 of the Marine aircraft group 2 at the Naval Air station,' Atsugi, Japan. DUE IN SAN DIEGO Two Jackson county men are scheduled to arrive at San Diego Monday, March 25. aboard the seaplane tender USS Curtiss from the Antarctic. They are Robert A. Vinzant, damage controlman third class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer A. Vinzant, 848 Stewart ave., Med ford, and George E. Kile, elec tronics technician second class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee J. Kile, route 1, box 12A, Rogue River, and husband of the former Miss Avis .L. Haskins, Rogue River. The Curtiss was one of 12 Navy and Coast Guard ships sup porting the International Geo physical Year program in Ant arctica this year. ON LEAVE Robert Bray, machinist's mate second class, is spending a 30 day leave with his father, Dr. J. P. Bray, of Lozier lane. Bray, who has spent the last two years in Japan, will report to Port Hueneme, Calif., for duty. He is a graduate of Med ford High school. AIRMAN OF MONTH Airman Keith D. Herdman, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Herd man. 1021 North Central ave., Medford, has been chosen from 300 men to represent the 92nd air police squadron as airman of the month at Fairchield Air Force base, Fairchild, Wash. Air man Herdman is a graduate of Medford High school. WITH SQUADRON Edmond D. Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs..Arthur Davis, 12 Ken wood dr., Medford, is now sta tioned with the. Air Rescue Squadron in the Auzores with the U. S. Air Force. Davis, who recently spent 30 days leave in Oregon visiting relatives, is an airman first class. He is serving his second enlistment in that branch of the service. Mrs. Davis, the former Miss Dolores Mercer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mecer of Gold Hill, is living with her parents pending arrangements for her to join her husband. The couple have one son. David. VISITS FATHER LeRoy Makinson, son of B. B. Makinson of Prospect, visited his father last week while en route from Castle Air Force base near Merced, Calif., to Seattle. Makinson, who is an airman first class in the Air Force, will attend a special training school at Boeing aircraft factory. PROMOTED i Patrick W. Mahoney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mahoney of ; Happy Valley rd., Medford, re- I cently was promoted to special-, ist third class with the Army in ; Bad Nauheim, Germany. j Mahoney is married to the for-'! mer Miss Jean Brock, daughter i of Mrs. Lucile Brock, Medford. i They have one daughter, who ! was born in Germany. Both Ma-' honey and his wife attended lo cal schools. While in Germany, they plan visits to Holland and Switzer-' land. They visited in Paris ear- j lier this month. I South America's smallest re public is Uruguay. MYSTERY Open Throughout The Year Sunday. March 24, 1957 News Briefs FIRE CAUSE San Francisco (U.R) Chief William. Murray of the San Francisco fire department said Saturday he knew of no fire, with one possible exception, that occurred Friday where the cause could be blamed directly on the earthquake or aftershocks. ; The exception, he said, occur red at the Lowell High school where the temblor shook chemf cals from laboratory shelves and caused a small blaze. KASPER RELEASED Knoxville, Tenn (U.R) White supremacy leader John Kasper, twice charged with helping stir up racial strife at Clinton, Tenn., was released un der S7.500 bond Saturday after promising he would cause "no inconvenience" if granted liber ty. Kasper went before Federal Judge Robert L. Taylor after spending the night in Knox county jail. He was arrested Fri day at nearby Clinton while paying his respects to the wife of a dead associate. HEARINGS SCHEDULED Washington (U.R) Chair man James Roosevelt (D-Calif.) of a House small business sub committee has announced a ser ies of public .hearings across the country to investigate "preda tory and unfair" business prac tices of fuel oil and gasoline sup pliers. He made the announcement Friday after concluding two days of informal discussions be tween sub-committee members and representatives of petrole um marketeers, retailers and trade associations. HOTEL DESTROYED Elko, Nev. (U.R) The three-story Stockmen's hotel, one of three major hostelries in this eastern Nevada city, was levelled by fire Friday night in the worst blaze in the city his tory. Damage was estimated at $1,250,000. There were no injuries, al though the hotel was crowded at the time. Manager Dick Toothman said the blaze broke out in the ho tel's kitchen behind an Oil range about 8:30 p.m. 'PROBABLE CAUSE' Washington (U.R) The Civil Aeronautics board says the "probable cause" of a 1955 air liner crash in Wyoming, that killed 83 persons was the pilot's still unexplained departure from his route. The United Air Lines plane smashed into a Wyoming moun tain peak on Oct. 6, 1955, killing all aboard. QUINTS DIE . Roosendaal, Holland (U.R) Quintuplets were born prema turely here Saturday to a 28-year-old Dutch housewife, but all of the babies died within six hours. The quints, three boys and two girls, were born to Mrs. Cor- NO HARD FEELINGS Elizabeth, N. J. (U.R) Motor cycle patrolman Stanley Sal kowski ticketed trucker James A. Valandrengham of Callao, Va., on a cnarge of failing to keep to the right of the road on Route 1 here Valandrengham pleaded guilty before Acting Magistrate Valter Nowak who fined him $10. but when the policeman tj!d him the trucker had only eight agreed to sus pend sentence. The case ended with handshakes and smiles all around. CASflllOVAS Big Might . Viet f 100 toll MTHtOMf tllUaCIMKMI PLUS ioWEl n TONITE THE MAN DC WITH THE fcmfgij NAME THAT! t wl NOBODY iJrS I KNEW! I mm Joel McCREA Battel HAH i& I . MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN nelia van Hassel-Heynen. The mother was reported to be in good condition. CLAIMS RECORD Sanford, Fla. (U.R) The Navy claimed a new unofficial speed record Saturday on the flight of a sleek twin-jet Sky warrior from California to Flor ida at an average speed of more than 641 miles an hour. A Navy A3D flew from Bur bank International .airport, Calif., to a "timing point'' over Miami in 3 hours, 39 minutes and 24 seconds Friday., Beit in Food & Entertainment DANCING EVERY NIGHT in the KWAN YIN ROOM DIANNE and LEE Playing Your Favorites TRY OUR SPECIAL CLUB Dinner Steak $2 OR OUR TASTY CHINESE FOOD Open Every Day of the Year on Highway 99 South HiKaaHaiaHB!', -viw-Si Slum- fafjVpjpjpaejf STARTS TODAY CONTINUOUS FROM 1:00 P.M. A HELL-RIDING PLUNDERER against A TOWN GONE MAD! II At&&" i. .luwii. uuji mm, i jtrr onHiiuLtn y&fi JOANNE DRIJMULIE LONDON M BONALD CRISP JOHN IUPT0N PLUS COMPANION FEATURE hnnifwinVpfJ f. hoodlums! STARTING you win BrY it for VS-ysSo years l Wi WM"' : JT Mr " PLUS COMPANION HIT E35S MADISON jf ffljP rWV ZL Felicia FARR Kathryn GRANT ' Nyssa Police Officer Arraigned in Court Vale U.PJ Martin Rich. 39. Nyssa police officer, was arraign ed in district court here Friday on an indictment charging him with assault with a dangerous weapon. ... ...... Rich was accused of shooting and. wounding George Espinoza March 10 in Nyssa, claiming the man was resisting arrest. Judge M. A.. Biggs set March 25 as date for entering a plea.t- At a special city council meet ing in Nyssa Friday night coun- cilmea voted to stand by Rich ty offering him legal counsel.- .'. ENJOY GENUINE CHARCOAL BROILED FOODS in the CANDLE ROOM at the Medford Hotel RONALD HOWARD WEDNESDAY If A f 1 Daily mU2 I frf? I mm GRANT WILLIAMS RANDY STUART APIUl KENT PAW UN6T0N RAYMOND IAIUT A WMfSilMmNAtlOHM
