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Local and Bik Stolen J. D. Elsey De Vore, 925 South Ivy st., Med ford, reported to city police Sun day the theft of his bicycle from the Craterian theater. Collision Cars operated by Harold West Shockley, route 1, box 380, Medford, and Thomas Arthur Rupp, box 364, Central Point, collided Sunday at Jack son st. and Biddle rd., according to city police. . Skunk Lost Carol Ruth Ma haffey, 503 West Jackson st., Medford, reported to city police Saturday the loss of her pet fe male skunk from her residence. The name of the animal was Petunia, police said. Prt-School Clinic Sams Val ley Pre-school clinic will be held Wednesday, April 24, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Sams Valley school with Dr. A. E. Merkel, health officer. Younger children will also be taken as time allows. Theft Jack Edward Aldrich, route 1, box 369, Central Point, reported to city police Saturday the theft of a box of groceries from his car while it was parked on Maple st. between Pine st. and Riverside ave. To Meeting James Ambler, Paul Selby and John Rossi, of Medford office of Investors Di versified Services, will be in Eugene Friday and Saturday for a divisional meeting of their firm, Speaker Named Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson, president of Southern Oregon college, will speak for a meeting of Prospect Parent-Teacher association to be held Tuesday, April 23, at 7 p.m. The meeting will follow a potluck dinner in the school cafeteria. Dr. Stevenson's topic will be on the curriculum of higher education. ENDS TOMORROW Personal Chimney Fire City firemen were called to a flue fire at the Van R. Gilbert home, 135 North Holly st, about 7:30 p.m. Sun day. They reported no damage. Accident An accident oc curred Sunday at Eighth and Grape sts., involving cars oper ated by Jack Samuel Ingram, 914 Queen ave., Medford, and Robert Ernest Wright, 236 Man zanita St., Medford, according to city police. Case Cleared The theft of a bicycle from Linda Carol Chase, 632 South Ivy st., Medford, while it was parked at Medford High school Saturday, has been cleared with the interrogation of a nine-year-old Medford boy, according to city police. Hub Caps Stolen Dan Rich McMaster, 423 Laurel st., Med ford, reported to city police Sun day the theft of four hub caps from his car while it was parked in a parking lot behind the Hol ly building, 222 West Sixth st., Medford. They were valued at $38, police said. Veteran Showman Killed in Nevada Las Vegas, Nev. (U.R) Vet eran showman Nils T. Granlund, known to his public as NTG and to his friends as Granny, was injured fatally Sunday in a taxi cab accident on the Las Vegas Strip. The 57-year-old producer-director died at Southern Nevada Hospital several hours after he was injured when the cab in which he was a passenger col lided with a car near the Rivi era Hotel. Granlund was thrown to the pavement by the impact. Word of Granlund's death shocked his many entertainment world (friends. Eddie Cantor, whom NTG introduced to radio for the first time, said, "I just can hardly believe it. He was a wonderful guy and discovered many people who now are stars." NTG also was credited with introducing Harry Richman and the late Al Jolson to radio audi ences. As a producer he helped de velop such stage and screen stars as Jean Harlow, Joan Crawford, Alice Faye, Ruby Keeler, Ethel Merman and Marie McDonald. . get your late-season low net price deal now, on JOffn BV K7 -Aft? Car Hits House; Woman Injured Helen Schaefer Ballantyne, 39, of 748 West Fourth st., Med ford, suffered a compound frac ture of the right leg early this morning when the car she was operating crashed into the side of a house, according to city police. She was taken to Rogue Val ley hospital by Medford ambu lance where she underwent sur gery, police said. Hospital at tendants said late this morning her condition was "good." According to officers the acci dent occurred at 12:45 a.m. to day when the woman lost con trol of her car and smashed into a residence at 428 West Fourth St., Medford. About a 12-by-12 inch hole was knocked in the wall of the house by the impact, police said. The house is owned by Zopher N. Agee, 518 South Oakdale ave., Medford. Neuberger Dedicafes New Plant at Albany Albany, Ore. '(U.R) The new Way Chang zirconium plant was dedicated here today by Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D.-Ore.) who said the operation provided the type of payroll needed in Oregon to restore the state's lag ging economic structure. "Not only will this important manufacturing e s t a b 1 i shment contribute a vital material to the defense of America and the rest of the free world," Neuber ger said, "but it also will serve to take up the slack in jobs cre ated by' recurring unemploy ment in Oregon's, basic lumber industry. The Oregon Democrat also praised scientists and engineers of the U.S. Bureau of Mines, who he said had helped make Albany a center of "basic and fundamental research into the importance of new metals to nu clear projects such as the pion eering submarine 'Nautilus.' " Portland Hay Grain Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Port land. $31-32; some lots discounted $1 to S2 ton. Wholesale Prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat No. 2 soft white. $88.50 a ton: No. 2 white oats, 38-lbv West Coast deliv ery, nominally S54 ton; No. 2 Valley White oats. $48 ton: soybean meal S75 ton. f.o.b. Portland; barley No. 2, 45-lb., West Coast delivery, $46.50 ton; standard mill run. prompt delivery, $39.50-49.50 ton. f.o.b. Portland: No. 2 yellow corn, Eastern shipment f.o.b. Portland, $60.50-61. &r News About Servicemen IN TRAINING Four Jackson county men are receiving Army basic combat training with the fourth infan try division at Ft. Lewis, Wash. They are Pvts. Oliver V. Ste phenson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Hibbs, route I, Talent; Terry R. King, son of Mrs. Ber nice A. King, 6 Loring ct., Med ford; Don C. Imhausen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira H. Imhausen, route 3, Medford: and Bob G. Kimmel, son of Mrs. Vera S. Kimmel, Eagle Point. Quick Action Saves Young Shock Victim Bend 'CU.R) Quick action by a young friend was credited to day with saving the life of Kim Ward, 12, who was knocked un conscious by an electrical shock Saturday. The friend, Philip Young, was knocked down by the shock but ran about a quarter of a mile to get help. Young Ward had stopped breathing when firemen arrived, officials said. The two boys were rifle shooting Saturday when they saw a gopher run into a length of irrigation pipe. They lifted the pipe in an effort to shake the gopher out so he could be shot. But the pipe came into contact with a 12,000 volt pow er line. Ward was knocked uncon scious and the Young boy was knocked to the ground. He ran to Ward's house where Ward's mother called firemen and an ambulance. Firemen found the Ward boy had stopped breath ing but applied artificial respi ration and used a resuscitator to revive him. Ward was reported in good condition in a local hospital to day. The Young boy suffered burns. Baker County Lists Sixth Traffic Death Baker (U.R) Baker county recorded its sixth traffic fatal ity of 1957 Saturday night when Tommy Lee Chamberlain, Rich land, Ore., was killed instantly in a one-car accident. A passenger in the car, Mary Frances Wright, Richland, was taken to a hospital in Richland suffering from shock and serious head cuts. Some people imagine they can get a better deal on buying a new car if they wait until late in the year. But they overlook the obvious fact that their trade-in car is worth less. Also, that they're missing half the fun of owning a current model. So why wait? Right now, your Mercury dealer has more stock on hand than he will have anytime this year which means he can operate on a high . volume, low margin basis. This, plus your higher trade-in, means you can own a Mercury57 for less net money now. Drive in today, and drive home in a brand new Mercury57. Top value In Its field! Contrast Mercury57 .wilh any car in its price class, like Car "B" or Car '0." Mercury is bigger, inside and out, based on the largest size increase in the industry. Only Mercury offers you a full choice of engines. Only Mercury adds so many exclusive, functional features: Keyboard Control, Floating Ride, Thermo-matic Carburetor, optional dual headlights, many others. Comparison, point-for-point, will prove that Mercury57 is the best buy'of all medium-priced cars. 1 u n vi m h$r DAILY WEATHER REPORT FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with chance of a few showers in mountains. Low to night 37. High Tuesday 65. Western Oregon: Mostly cloudy with showers on coast and over interior north half and partly cloudv south interior tonight and Tuesday with some partial clearing all sections in afternoon. Cooler again Tuesdav. Low tonight 38-46. High Tuesday 54-65. Northern California: Mostly fair to night and Tuesday except occasional cloudiness mountain and coastal areas. Slightly higher daytime temperatures. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE : Mean yesterday 50: below normal 4. Record high this date 82 in 1954. Record low this date 28 in 1920. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night 0. Midnight to 10 a.m. 0. Total this month .36 in., .48 in. above normal. Total since Sept. 1, 20.35 in., 5.10 in. above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday Z9?c, highest this ajn, 96 Tr. High 4:30 24- City Yester- a.m. hr. day Low Free. Brookings 60 41 Crater Lake 40 20 Grants Pass 64 32 MEDFORD 62 33 Portland 57 47 SeatUe 53 43 Spokane 62 37 Yakima 65 34 Eureka 53 48 Red Bluff 70 . 47 Sacramento 69 48 San Francisco ...60 46 Los Angeles 63 51 .04 Phoenix 64 42 Chicago ...66 40 T. Miami 79 73 New York 82 57 Washington, D. C 89 63 .03 FIVE - DAY FORECAST: (Through April .27): Western Oregon Recurring rains occurring mostly early Tuesday. Thursday and again about Sunday. Total amounts about normal, .25 to .75 of an inch. Temperatures averag ing below normal. Highs in upper 50s and low 60s. Lows generally 34 to 42. Northern California Little or no precipitation.- Temperatures rising to near normal. COLLINS To Mr. and Mrs. John, 2248 Dellwood ave., Med ford, April 18, 1957; a girl, 8V2 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospi tal. LAURINE To Mr. and Mrs. Zerald, 396 Pierce rd., Medford, April 20, 1957, a girl, 6V pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. BJORGE To Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, 833 West Jackson st., April 20, 1957, a boy, 74 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pitaL . ' LAMBERT -To Mr. and Mrs. Byron', '31 Lewis St., Medford, April 20, 1957, a girl, 8V2 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. " . NEWNHAM To Mr. and Mrs. Stanley, Gold, Hill, April 20, 1957, a girl, 7'2 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. DUNN To Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert, route 2, box 272, Medford, April 22, 1957, a girl, 7 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. chosen to pace the 1957 tfs) Indianapolis classic Monday, April 22, 1957 industrials, At New High, Pace Stock Market Advance New York (U.R) Stocks ad vanced today with industrials setting a new high since Jan. 14. Trading rose to a new high since April 10. The improvement reflected several favorable developments in industry and in individual corporations. Ford reported rec ord first quarter sales. Outboard Marine planned a 3-for-l split. Many special issues rose one to four points and some were active. Shipbuilding issues ruled Obituaries CLIFFORD STATHOS Clifford Stathos, 5-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Stathos, 100 Sundial st., Medford, died in a Portland hospital on Sun day. Funeral services will be held in Medford, with Chapel Mortuary in charge of arrange ments. WILLIAM C. EARHART William Clarence Earhart, 73, of 1015 South Riverside ave., died at his home early this mor ning. He had lived in Medford most of his life. Funeral services are pending at the Perl Funeral home. MRS. JULIA DOUBLEDAY Funeral services for Mrs. Julia Doubleday,'92, of 202 Portland ave., Medford, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, at the Perl Funeral home. The Rev. John York of the Church of Christ will officiate and interment will be at the Sis kiyou Memorial park. Mrs. Doubleday died Saturday in a local hospital. She was born in Jackson county on March 27, 1865, and has been a resident of this community all her life. She owned and manag ed a cattle ranch east of Butte Falls for 30 years. Survivors include her son, Claude R. Miles and three grand children, James, Daniel and Mi chael Miles. Pallbearers will be Victor Gardner, L. L. Meadows, Leland Knox, Vern VanDyke, Fred Fal low and George Swinney. NELLIE E. MAYFIELD Mrs. Nellie E. Mayfield, of Jacksonville, died yesterday in a local hospital. Conger-Morris . funeral home is in charge of funeral arrange ments. CHARLES V. TRILL Funeral services for Charles V. Trill, 77, of 106 South Ivy st. Medford, who died Friday, will be held at Conger-Morris Wed' nesday at 1:30 p.m. Members of the Medford Ma sonic Lodge 103, AF&AM, will officiate. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mr. Trill was born Sept. 11, 1879, near Sparty Center, Mich. On Dec. 11, 1925, in Ketchikan, Alaska, he was married to Alice Smith, who survives. He was a member of Ketchikan Lodge 159 AF&AM. Survivors beside his wife in clude a daughter, Mrs. Chester Vinnedge, Kennewick, Was h., and six grandchildren. MRS. GEORGE A. THOMAS Funeral services for George A. Thomas, 72, who died Sun day, April 14, in Walla Walla, Wash., will be held at the Camp White chapel Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. Chaplain Samuel Feller will officiate. Committal will be in the Camp White cemetery. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Thomas was born in Paris, 111., on Oct. 26, 1884. He was a veteran of' World War I, serving from May 3, 1917, through Dec. 30, 1918. ' ; " MICHAEL CANTY A Requiem Mass for Michael Canty, 76, of Jacksonville, who died Friday, will be said in Sac red Heart Catholic church Tues day at 9 a.m. by Father William McLeod. Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be held in Conger-Morris Chapel tonight at 7:30 p.m. Com mittal will be , in Jacksonville cemetery. Mr. Canty was born April 12, 1881, in Parish, New York. After his retirement as a fore man in the county road depart ment in Los Angeles, he moved to southern Oregon and had made his home here since 1947. Survivors include his son, Robert Canty, Jacksonville, and three grandchildren. Pallbearers will include Earl Cook, B. J. Christianson, Peter Fick, Wood row Davis, Howard Glascock, and Charles Vickrey. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN strong with gains running to three in American. Dii Pont held well in the Chemicals and at its high was up a point. Today's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical 86 American Can 43Vs j AT&T . 177V2 Anaconda Copper 67 Bethlehem Steel 45'i Caterpillar Corp. 913,4 Chrysler Corp 76 Va Continental Can 441 Crown Zellerbach 51V6 Curtiss Wright 43 Du Pont ..19 112 Eastman Kodak 923s General Electric 62T's General Foods 4234 General Motors 41V4 Georgia Pacific 303s Graham Paige lis Homestake Mining 35 Kaiser Frazer 15Va Kennecott Copper ....11834 Lockheed Aircraft . 4514 Katy Pfd 56 Montgomery Ward 3734 New York Central 29 Penney J C '. 81 Vs Penn R R 20?s Radio Corporation : 363s Richfield Oil 61V2 Socony Vacuum 48Vi Southern Co 22 12 Southern Pacific 423,4 Standard California 51V Standard Indiana 54Vi Transamerica 404 Sun Mines 7 Texas Gulf 297g Tex Pac Land Trust 754 Standard N J 60Vs Trans West Air 16 Tri-Continental 303s Union Carbide II2V2 Union Pacific 27 Vi United Aircraft . 74 UAL ... 29,2 U S Rubber :.. 44 U S Steel 62Vs Yourlgstown S & T 108!'s PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (UP) Cattle 1250. Choice fed steers around 24-24.50; good steers 23: mostly good-choice fed heifers 23; couple loads mosUy choice above 23.25; canner-cutter cows mostly 11 13; heavy Holstein cutters to 14; util ity cows 13.50-16 including Holsteins to 15: commercial cows 17-17.50; util ity bulls 16-8. light cutters 14.50-15.50. Calves 200. Good-choice vealers 24-30; culls down to 12; good-choice stock steer calves 21-23. Hogs 750. Mixed 1, 2 and 3 grade 180-235 lb. 20.50-21: sorted 1 and 2 grade 21.25-21.50; 240-270 lb. 19.50 20.50; 300-500 lb. sows 15.50-18.50. 'Sheep 600. Mixed good-choice 109 lb. w ooled slaughter lambs 21.50: shorn No. 1 pelt to fall shorn lambs 18.50-20; cull-good shorn ewes 3-5.50; wooled ewes up to-7.50. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (UP) Eggs To retailers: grade AA large 41-43c; A large 39-41c; AA medium 36-39c; A medium 35-38c; A small 29-30c: carton l-3c addition al. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints, tY-t8c id. cartons, ic a pound higher; A prints, 67-68c; B prints, 65 66c. Cheese Medium cured To retail ers: A grade Cheddar, -single daisies, 45',i-52c; 5-lb. loaves, 51',a-57c; pro cessed American cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 41',j-44c. . Farm Market Willamette valley rhubarb brought producers less with most buyers pay ing $3 a lettuce crate for strawberry type; lirst Indio, Calif., tomatoes were quoted mostly at 6.6.25 for 20 lb. lugs; East Side Farmer's market will open at 4:30 a.m. starting Wednesday. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted to erowers. No. 1 quality, f.o.b. Portland): 2U-4 lbs., 21-22c lb.; light hens, too few transactions for Portland nrice: 10-12 lb. at ranch: heavy hens. 5 lbs. up not enough trading for PorUand price; at country, 14-15c lb.; old roosters, -7-9c lb. Dressed Chickens No. ' 1 rrade dressed to retailers: Fryers, whole drawn, 39-43c lb.; cut up, 44-48c; hens, light type, cut up, 35-39c; heavy type, whole drawn, 38-42c lb. Turkeys to producers: Fryer tur keys, live weight, 27-28c lb.; breeder hens. 27d lb. to producer on oven ready basis; breeder toms, 25-27C on same basis. Rabbits (Average to growers, f ob lulling plants): Live white, 3','a-4'iC lb., f.o.b. dressing plants Portland. 23- 26c; colored pelts, 4c under; old pelts, i iu-iz ids. a tew nigner. rresn killed fryers to retailers, 5B-64c lb.; cut up, 62-65C. Portland U.PJ John J. Mil-1 ler, - ,64, president . of Oregon1! Woodwork Limited, died here ! Sunday. ENJOY GENUINE CHARCOAL BROILED FOODS 1 1 ENJOY GENUINE ' I i V " J CANDLE ROOM now showing at the Medford ! jjo VovliwM.... GALE STORM CHARLES FARRELL 'My ume och TUESDAY at 8:30 p.m. KBES-TV KOTJ-TV Beck's WvutUf 'ptut. Bakeries 1li1L.ii NOW SHOWING Filnti it Roimlk Rml ANNA MARIA ALBERGHETTl EVA BARTOK-DEVVEY MARTIN WALTER SLEZAK-PAUL HENREID mm ENDS SOON A SENSUOUS . NEW mm WORLD , OF ADVENTURE LOVE J . 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