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Local and oli Takn Sheriff Howard ftault was notified this week of theft of tools from a tool feH at the Shangri La berry tonsa, Highway 99 near Rogue fsib Stolen George Harri ott Shreeve Jr., 743 Alder st., !Referd, reported to city police fioaAay the theft of his bicycle iffciie it was parked at Mc JpaJhlin Junior High school. i.cgtd In Jail William Jo JgfTOi Kramer, 53, Portland, was wfted by sheriff's deputies faeerday and lodged in the ooeuity Jail on a charge of ob fing money by false pre- Attempted Entry Charles Baile Stafford, 1414 Westerlund 4iTO, Medford, has reported to city police an attempt was made &widay to enter an unoccupied ohouse at 1242 North Cen eve., Medford. Tr Stolen Hugh Glenn BeCinty, route 2, box 667, Cen tral Point, reported to city po lic Monday the theft of a motor freer) a garage at 821 Broad St., Medford. The motor was from a Willys jeep, police said. - Sunrnag Sale The William H. Harrison post of the Wom en's Belief corps will hold a runynage, plant and cooked food sale Friday, April 26, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the building next to Gleason Barber shop on Pine st. in Central Point. Speaker Tonight The Rev. Rev. Max R. Flickinger of Unity Christ church, Pasadena, Calif., will speak at 7:30 p.m. today at the Unity Center of Medford, room 203, Holly theater build ing. The regular Thursday eve ning meeting will not be held this week. Baby Born A 7 pound, 7 ounce daughter was born yes terday afternoon to Mr. and ffirs. Donald Fairweather, Bel vedere, Calif., former Medford residents. The girl is the cou cpte's second child. They have a hirf aged 2. The grandparents cgx Itr. and Mrs. Ivan Davies, 1TW Spring st., Medford, and Sf. nd Mrs. Frank Fairweath (t. Dark Hollow rd. 1ST DRIVE-IN RUNI 2ND HIT! KjEIITOCWM mn bt TCCHNICOLOM Ham FOSTER Jianj LYNN water WHEN YOU INSTALL AN EFFICIENT. NEW Westing house WATER HEATER TROWBRIDGE & FLYNN ELECTRIC COMPANY 214 W. Main Phone 2-5211 FISH & FRIES 49c 1 1 I , i aplenty i AtIC nDI17 I ID Mtdford'i Largest 19c Hamburger Palace JMViV d lIVlVC-Ur A Short Drive Out North Riverside "THE PLACE TO MEET AND EAT"' BRINGS YOU THESE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FAMILY SPECIALS Hound Dog 25 19 cheese Bu 23 Jumbo Shake 20 French Fries IK Bag French Fries K Any 10 Drink u A MEAL FOR 50 ALL FOR 3S Spring Time Sundae Buy One At 19 Jack' New H . .j Get Another For Jt Deep DlSh PjC H BOTH FOR 20 Topped with Soft lee Cream AfIdT'C nDIC I ID "Because of Window Service You Pay Less" JMLiv w UMVC'Ur 9ii north riverside u O I O s o X O CQ 3 SHRIMP & FRIES S9e Personal Initiation The Medford Elks lodge will initiate a class of candidates at a meeting Thurs day. A dutch lunch will be served after lodge. Conyaleicing Convalescing at Osteopathic hospital follow ing major surgery Tuesday is Mrs. Joseph Diederich, route 1, box 480, Talent. Bike Stolen Daniel Dean Eddy, 1824 North Riverside ave, Medford, reported to city police Tuesday the theft of his bicycle from McLaughlin Junior High school. Theft Reported Gust S. Av geris. Hilts, Calif., has reported to sheriff's officers the theft of boards, doors and framed glass windows valued at S450 from his residence on the Colestine Min eral Springs rd. Vehicle Found City police reported Tuesday finding an abandoned 1936 sedon on West Second st., between Holly it. and Oakdale ave. The car was placed in the airport storage building, police said. In Hospital Mrs. Dora Bur net, 11321 Court st., Medford, was scheduled to undergo sur gery Wednesday in St. Vincent's hospital, Portland, according to friends. She will be in St. Vin cents about one week, they re ported. a Theft LeRoy Alma Starkey, 1992 Table Rock rd., Medford, reported to city police Tuesday the theft of two tires and wheels from a trailer at the McCor mick Implement company, 2232 Biddle rd., Medford. Value- of the articles was $200, police said. Store Overheats An over heated oil stove at the home of Mrs. Goldie Robinson, 521 Spen cer st., was the cause of a fire alarm at 7:30 a.m. today. Fire men were called to City Appli ance store, 127 North Central ve., about 3 p.m. yesterday to investigate a short in electrical wiring. Shed Fire Firemen said that fire was confined to a small area of shingles on the roof in a shed blaze back of the Richfield truck station on North Pacific high way about 12:30 p.m. yesterday. They reported that the shed be longed to Roy E. Corley. The blaze originated from a trash fire. next to the shed. Hospital Clinic The chest x-i ray clinic at Sacred Heart hos-l pital will be open Thursday from 2 to 5 p.m., according to the Jackson , County Public Health association, which oper ates the clinic. The films are read for tuberculosis, tumors, and other chest and heart con ditions, the association said. Shed Fire A six by six -foot hole was burned in a shed roof Tuesday when sparks from a trash fire being burned by Rogue River Valley Irrigation district work crews ignited the shed's roof, according to Med ford Rural Fire department The shed is located north of Med ford near the North Pacific highway along an irrigation ditch. Mining Claims A mining claim near Jack creek in the Applegate district has been filed by W. L. Stevens, post of fice box 495, Medford, with the county clerk's office. Robert J. Basford, 305 North Columbus ave., Medford, has filed a claim for a mine approximately one mile north of where Yale creek flows into the Little Applegate according to records in the county clerk's office. Morie Shown A moving pic ture showing the operation of Univac, Remington Rand com pany s high speed computer, was shown at the Medford Ro tary club at the Jackson hotel Tuesday. Completing the lunch eon meeting program was a brief account of a hunting trip to Alaska and the Arctic by John Day. Accompanying Day on the recent trip was Robert Mclntyre. Emmett Bullard was program chairman. FISH & FRIES 49c SHRIMP & FRIES 59c Sale Scheduled A rummage sale is scheduled Thursday, Fri day and Saturday in the build ing next to the Medford YMCA. Assumes Name Frank Terry has assumed the business name, Herbal Life, according to records in the county clerk's office. m m m Inspections Four business oc cupancies and a hospital were in spected by City Fire Marshal Truman Nelson who issued eight orders for correction of fire haz ards. Register Name Arthur and Lurline Farrier have registered the assumed business name, Ar-thur-Lurline Ballroom School, the name under which they have operated a dance studio at 415 East Main St., since January. Births JOHNSON To Mr. and Mrs. Roland, 6641 Domino dr., Med ford, April 23, 1957, a boy, 8 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospi taL WETZ To Mr. and Mrs. Stanford, route 1, box 49, Jack sonville, April 24, 1957, a boy, 7H pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. JACKSON To Mr. and Mrs. Neil, route 1, Eagle Point, April 24, 1957, a girl, 6V4 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. HAYES To Mr. and Mrs: James, 217 Suth Modoc ave., Medford, April 23, 1957, a girl, 8 pounds, at Rogue Valley hos pital. Obituaries WILLIAM C. EARHART Funeral services for William C. Earhart, 75, of 1015 South Riverside ave., Medford, will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic church at 9 a.m. Friday. The Rev. William McLeod will of ficiate. Interment will be in the Medford IOOF cemetery. Mr. Earhart was born in Black lick, Perm'., March 22, 1882, and lived in this area for the past 73 years. He was a retired farm er. He was a member of the Knights of the Pythias. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Frances M. Earhart; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Pierce, Los Angeles, Calif., and Mary Stevenson, Willamina, Ore.; two brothers, Frank L. Earhart, Med ford, and Dr. Samuel D. Ear hart, Medford; two nieces, Mrs. Herbert Herbert, Germany, and Mrs. Arlene Clement, Helena, Mont.; two nephews, Dr. Fred E. Patching, Berkeley, Calif., and Dean Earhart, Portland. Recitation df the Holy Rosary will be at Perl Funeral home at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Heart Fund in care of the local postmaster. Honorary pallbearers will be William Rombach, Charles C. Herd, Victor Milnes, Con De Vore, Charles V. Rombach, Lee Franks, Charles Boussum, Glenn C. Downing, Seth Bullis, and Clatus McCredie. Active pall bearers will be Henry Grimes. Will Hansen, D. O- Frederick, Virgil O. Anderson, Martin Raft ery and Lee Phipps. WALTER F- LOVE Ashland Funeral services for Walter F. Love, 49, of Ash land, who died in Portland Sun day, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 26, at Litwiller Mountain View chapel in Ash land. The Rev. Paul E. Riedel will officiate. Interment will be in the Central Point IOOF ceme tery. Mr. Love was born in Central Point Feb. 26, 1908. He was a member of the Ashland Elks lodge, a veteran of World War II, and was a barber in Phoenix. He had been failing in health for some time. He is survived by his wife, Delta; a son, Norman Love, who is stationed at San Diego, Calif., with the Navy; his mother, Mrs. Dolly Love, Medford; a sister, Mrs. Faye Orgain, Prospect; and two brothers. Roy Love, and Leon Love of Trail. CARD OF THANKS The thoughtfulnesa nd sympatny extended by our friends and neigh bor during our recent lorrow wiu always remain with us as a precious memory. .,.. Our nincere thanks to all. Mrs. Jewel Byrus and family. FISH & FRIES 49c z n m n 50 m Z n i- in SHRIMP & FRIES S9e Women Tell of Threat Unless Paper Signed (Continued From Page 1) Mrs. Mary Childress, who said she is "not a prostitute" al though she was arrested as one in 1933, said she signed the same affidavit as a witness. Both said they signed the af fidavit because Minielly threat ened to jail them or send them to a mental hospital. Mrs. Childress said she is "not acquainted" with Elkins and cannot testify on the truth or falsity of the statements made against him. Mrs. Weeks was the first of the two women to testify that she signed a false affidavit. Her affidavit was offered to the committee last month by Schrunk. It accused Elkins of taking profits from prostitution, using narcotics, and "doctoring" tape recordings which Elkins CALENDAR Calendar notices and news for the society section of The Mail Tribune must be submitted in writing and deadline for the Sun day edition is 1 p.m Friday Dead line for the weekly calendar is 9 .m. of the day of publication and for week day news is 5 P-m. the day before publication. Thursday: 12:30 p.m. Nevita Social club style show, Central Point Junior high gym. 12:30 p.m. Sojourners club, Pythian bldg. 6:30 p.m. Medford BPWC, Roxy Ann Grange hall. Band Instructor Hired at Talent Talent Robert Ellis, of Wil lamette university, has accepted a position as instructor of the band and vocal departments at Talent schools for the 1957-58 school year, according to Talent school officials. At present Ellis is band in structor at St. Joseph school in Salem and also is serving as a music department assistant at Willamette. He is president of the university band and is a member of the music honorary, Phi Mu Alpha. Ellis replaces Ralph Carroll, who will attend the University of Oregop next year. Forest Service Calls For Bids on Timber Cave Junction A .sale of Port Orford cedar salvage, suitable for arrow stock, has been an nounced by the forest service oh 200 acres in the Page mountain area. Bids will be received at the Illinois Valley ranger station April 30. Southern Oregon Plywood company was top bidder, at $33.50 per thousand, on the USFS sale of stacked logs in the Grayback ' area last week. The sale involved 430.000 board feet of Douglas fir and other species. Directors To Be Elected for SOCtFA Three directors to the South ern Oregon Conservation and Tree Farm association will be elected at an associatiton dinner-meeting at 8 p.m. Friday in the . Pioneer room of the Jack son hotel. A social hour will be gin at 7:30 p.m. Nominees for the three posi tions are Glen Duysen, Kogap Lumber industries; Dale Hard ing, Oregon Veneer; Leo Hoag, logger; Frank Martin, Ross Lum ber company; Tom McFadden, logger; Ray Offord, logger; Ber nard Parent, Gulf Red Cedar company; and Ed Pease, Trail Creek Lumber company. Additional nominations for di rectors may be made from the floor at the meeting, according to L. L. (Doc) Simpson, secretary-manager and forester of SOCTFA. Retiring directors are Glenn Hunter, Sam Taylor and Don Whalin. Georgia Justice Arrested as Drunk Atlanta Ga. (U.R Chief Justice W. H. Duckworth of the Georgia Supreme Court was arrested in downtown Atlanta shortly before midnight Tues day on charges of intoxica tion on the streets. After being booked at city jail, he was released in cust ody of Police Chief Herbert Jenkins who said he would stand up for the state's top jurist at a scheduled trial to day. Duckworth told United Press by telephone: "I was not drunk and any statement that I was drunk is a wilful and deliberate lie." He said he attended the an nual banquet of tire Atlanta Athletic club and was headed for home when he was ar rested. Arresting officers said Duck worth's car collided with two parked cars. Duckworth was charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants, drunkenness on the streets and failure to remain in the proper lane of the street. used as evidence against Team sters Union officials and Schrunk. Tells of Threat Elkins had accused the team sters leaders of running various types of vice and gambling in Portland with Schrunk"! con sent and cooperation. Mrs. Weeks said Minielly led her and Mrs. Childress, to make the false statements about El kins. "They made it plain I'd be in Salem, Ore., for six months, be held for interrogation, and pos sibly go to prison for something I didn't do," Mrs. Weeks testi fied. She said that "by Salem" she meant a state hospital in Salem for narcotics addicts and insane persons. Swears No Threats Made Minielly, a small, ruddy-faced man, preceded Mrs. Weeks to the witness stand and swore he made no threats to the women. He said he had driven them back to Portland from Laredo, Tex., where they were arrested after being deported from Mex ico. He said he made no suggest ions about the content of their affidavits. "It's their story, not mine," Minielly said. He was a deputy under Schrunk during the seven years Schrunk was sheriff be fore becoming mayor of Port land. But Mrs. Weeks said that Mi nielly during the long trip from Texas "let us know he'd make it very hard for us if we didn't give a statement." Mrs. Weeks told the commit tee she has no permanent ad dress. Her mother lives in Kla math Fall's, Ore., she said. Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Clearing and colder tonight. Fair Thursday. Low to night 33. High Thursday 65. Western Oregon: Patly cloudy to night and Thursday. Cooler south por tion tonight. Low tonight 32-42. Warmer Thursday with high 56-68. Northern California: Fair tonight and Thursday.- except local coastal cloudiness. Warmer in north interior Thursday. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday S3; below normal 1. Record high this date 90 in 1926. Record low this date 29 in 1924. PRECIPITATION : 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m., none. Total this month .36 inch, .56 inch below normal. Total since Sept. 1, 20.35 inches, 5-02 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 32, highest this a.m. 82. High 4:30 24- City Tester- a.m. hr. day Low Prec. Brookings 60 42 Crater Lake 38 21 .02 Grants Pass 65 44 Klamath Falls 53 36 MEDFORD 63 43 Portland 58 38 .10 Seattle . Spokane Yakima . 52 57 61 38 33 37 46 49 46 44 56 49 44 66 72 63 65 .40 .11 Eureka Red Bluff .., Sacramento 69 67 San Francisco 57 Los Angeles 63 Phoenix .. 71 Denver . 57 Chicago . 79 Miami '.. 80 .14 New York . 68 . 80 Washington, D.C. FIVE-DAY FORECAST: (Through April 29): Western Oregon-Western Washing ton Temperatures averaging near or slighUy below normal with highs western Washington mostly 52-64, western Oregon 60-70. Lows mostly 33-45. Showers occurring mostly about Friday with total precipitation averaging 3. to .4 of an inch. Northern California No appreci able precipitation. Temperatures be low normal, rising to near normal about Friday. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 40-4lc; A large, 38-40c; AA medium. 36-38c: A me dium. 35-36c; A small, 29-30c; carton, l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints, 67-68c lb.: carton, lc 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. oUa-STe; pro cessed American cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 41ij,-44e. Farm Market Willamette valley rhubarb dropped to 3 cents a pound today: head lettuce sold at 2.85-3 a carton with extreme around 3.25; best California straw berries topped market at 3.25-3.50. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted to growers No. 1 quality, f.o.b. Portland: 2',i-4 lbs.. 22c lb.; light hens, too few trans actions for Portland price: 10-12c lb. at ranch: heavy hens, 5 lbs. up. not enogh trading for Portland price: at country, 14-15c lb.; old roosters. 7-9c lb. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade 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, 27c lb. to producer on oven ready basis; breeder toms, 25-27c on same basis. Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plantsi: Live white. 3i-4'i lbs., f.o.b dressing plants Portland. 23-26c: colored pelts. 4c under: old does, 10-12c lb., a few higher. Fresh killed fryers to retailers. 59-64c lb.; cut up. 62-65C. v Portland Hay, Grain Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Port land, $31: few small lota down to S30 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-lb. West Coast deliv ery, nominally S54 ton; No. 2 Valley white oats. S43 ton: soybean meal $74.50 ton. f.o.b. Portland: barley No. 2. 45-lb. West Coast delivery, S46.50 ton; standard mill run. prompt deliv ery. $40-41 ton. f ob. Portland: No. 2 vellow corn. Eastern shipment f.o.b. Portland. S60.50-61. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland fU.P.) Cattle S50. Choice steers around 24-24.50: good steers 24.50: good steers 22-23: canner-cut-ter cows mostly 11.50-13.50: mixed cutter-utility Holsteins up to 14.50: i utility Deef cows i5-ib.su; utility ouiis 16-17. Calves 100. Good-choice vealers 23 28: standard 18-22. Hoes 350. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers i 190-230 lb 21.25-21.50: mixed 1. 2 and 3 erade 20.50-21. including 247 lb. at 20.50: sows No. 2. 501 lb. 16 and 350- ! 450 lb. 17-18. Sheep 100. Choice sprine lambs 23.50-24.50: good-choict old crop fall shorn lambs 21.50. Wednesday, April 24,. 1957 Arc by Lukens Steel Paces Active Market New York U.R Lukens Steel swung through an arc of more than 12 points today to enliven an already active, higher stock market. Trades for the day swelled to a new high for 1957. Industrial shares set a new high since Jan. 10 and rails registered their sec ond rise in nine sessions. Aircrafts shook off their re cent jitters of lower defense spending talk and ran up one to three points at their best. Cop pers strengthened on hopes for firmer prices. Steels generally advanced. Chrysler again led motors up. Oils ruled strong. Sugars continued to display strength. Special issues produced some wide gains. Today'i prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical 90T's American Can 43 AT&T ., 177V Anaconda Copper 6734 Bethlehem Steel 46 V2 Caterpillar Corp 92 Chrysler Corp 783,4 Continental Can 4534 Crown Zellerbach 51 Curtiss Wright 44V4 Du Pont 193V4 Eastman Kodak 93 General Electric 64 General Foods 43 General Motors 41 Georgia Pacific 30 Graham Paige lis Homestake Mining 3534 Kaiser Frazer 15 Kennecott Copper 11712 Lockheed Aircraft 46 Katy Pft 56V4. Medford Garden Club PLANT SALE Friday, April 26 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Fehl Bldg. - 6th & Ivy Annuals, Perennials, African Violets, Primroses, Geraniums, and Shfubs. WHITE ELEPHANT TABLE T ENDS SOON A SENSUOUS NEW WORLD Of ADVENTURE LOVE AND EXCITEMENT lite) I am J STARTS TONITE Bigg? - PLUS - j I 10HN AGAR MARA CORBAY-UO 6.CUS0U . 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