Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 23, 1957, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextHumphrey Declared Determined To Quit Cabinet by July 1 Washington Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey wants to leave President Eisen hower's cabinet by July 1 to re turn to private business, It was learned today. Highly-placed administration sources said Humphrey original ly agreed to stay in the cabinet until the President's record peacetime budget of $71,800, 000,000 for fiscal 1953 finally gets through Congress, probably about the first of August. Anxious To Quit These sources said Humphrey i still will stay in Washington un-' til Congress quits if Eisenhower insists. But they said he is anx ious now to get back into pri-! vate life as chairman of the Na tional Steel Corp. of Pittsburgh, a job that is being held open for him. According to the best avail able reports Humphrey's suc cessor already has been chosen. He is Robert B. Anderson, 47-year-old former deputy secre tary of defense and a leading "Texas Democrat for Eisen hower." Anderson was considered one of the bright young men of the early days of the Eisenhower administration. He is said to have won the complete trust of the President when he served as secretary of the Navy and later as deputy defense secretary. Show Mt Dusk Phone KE 5-1462 mm 1st DRIVE IN RUNI JAZZ AGE ROCK & ROLL! VHINGSlnQjn Cordon MxRAE Dm DAIIEY tmest B0RGNINE Shm NORTH PLUS 2nd GREAT HITI m j m 12-oz. Frozen PASCO Orange Juice Standby CATSUP FLUFFO 3 lbs. 85' WHOLE OR SHANK HALF LARGE FBADK FRESH mm I - J GABBAOIE SOLID HEADS lb. Before his government serv ice Anderson was the S60,000-a-year manager of the W. T. Wag goner Estate in Texas, a $300 million oil, cattle and farming enterprise. More recently Anderson has been president of Ventures, Ltd., a Canadian mining firm with worldwide interests. Reports from New York, where he has been living, are that he is dis posing of his stock in the con cern preparatory to taking over the cabinet post. Locals t Grease Burns Firemen were summoned to the Leverette building, 301 West Main st., about 1:30 a.m. today and stood by while grease in a vent burn ed out at the Barbecue Grill. There was no damage, according to firemen. Rummage Sale Roxy Ann court Order of Amaranth, will hold a rummage sale at the Fehl building, 106 North Ivy St., Fri day and Saturday, May 24 and 25, beginning at 9 a.m. each morning. Cemetery Clean-Up Resi dents of Phoenix have been in vited to participate in a Ceme tery clean-up day Saturday starting at 9 a.m. Those who own plots in the cemetery have been encouraged to help sometime during the day and pickup trucks are needed for the carrying away of trash, cemetery committee of ficials said. Business Names Charles C. Oakley has assumed the business name, Sis-Q Dairy, Ashland; Marvin Crocker has assumed the business name, Crockers Auto Grooming Service, 1830 West Main St., Medford, and Eugene L. Schmelzer as assumed the business name, Schmelzer's Roof ing and Painting Service, route 1, box 433E, Medford, according to records in the county clerk's office. CARD Or THANKS To those who exoressed their sympathy in so many beautiful and Taction! way dunnf our recent ereavement. we extend our heart felt thanks. Mr AMrs.F. w. cox 4 6 for 100 Large AA EGGS King Size While King "D" 4. 10 POTATOES We Reserve the Right to DANCE GROUP This group of students from the physical education class at Jefferson school will dance the Virginia Reel in the all-school music festival at Medford High school stadium at 8 p.m. today. Students of all Medford grade schools, two junior high schools, and the senior high will participate. Students pictured above (in pairs, front to back, left to right) are Diana Woods, Susan Nelson; Michael Watkins, Lloyd Hammons; Candace Newland, Sheila Frank lin; Jim Snodgrass, Brad Young; Nancy Simcox, Rose Ann Brooks; David Underwood, Reed Harris. Justin Dyrud, who is in charge of the program, said if the weather is bad and the program has to be postponed, it will be rescheduled for Tuesday, May 28, at the same time and place." If the program is postponed, Dyrud said, it will be announced over local radio stations and the television station at 6 p.m. today. Some 'High Men' Claimed Taking Unfair Advantageof Tax Provision Washington (W President Eisenhower Wednesday conced ed that some "high men" are taking unfair advantage of the income tax law on oil produc tion to fatten their purses still more. But he said that was no reason to condemn the law as evil His news conference remarks were directed to a so-called de pletion allowance provision en acted in 1926. It permits oil and natural gas producers to deduct 2 7 Vis per cent of their net or gross income before paying their taxes. This is on the theory that oil and gas, once taken from the ground, are irreplaceable capital assets. Former President Harry S. Truman branded it "a special privilege tax" to make the rich richer but got nowhere trying SflOO for u 2 doz. OS mum SWIFT'S PREMIUM bacod 73 i Ears LBS. PREMIUM Limit to persuade Congress to cut it. Currently a small but determin ed bipartisan Senate block is trying to cut it to 15 per cent or put it on a sliding scale on grounds it is costing the govern ment $1,500,000,000 a year. So far this drive hasn't gotten to first base. But oil state legis lators, ever on guard against such attacks, admit the time is coming when they may have to make concessions to ease mounting pressure from less for tunate industries in other states. The depletion allowance has recently come under close scrut iny as a source of revenue be cause of Eisenhower's record peacetime budget and a rising crescendo of tax-cut demands. New York Post reporter Rob ert G. Spivack asked Eisenhow er what he planned to do about eliminating or cutting "privi lege" taxes, and especially the depletion allowance, to obtain more revenue. Th President replied that he j was not prepared to say the de- pletion allowance "is evil be- cause we find I assume that a number of rich men take ad vantage of it unfairly." He said the law seemed to be necessary because "there must certainly be an incentive if we are going to I continue the exploration for oil and gas that is so important to our economy." This was balm for oil Indus try leaders. They have warned Boy, 14, Slays Mother, Sister Rye,' N. Y. (ff) A 14-year-old high school student, infuriat ed over family criticism of his school work, went on a rampage Wednesday night and shot his mother and sister to death. The boy's father, Eugene R. Casey, a New York public rela tions man and one-time reporter for the Boston Globe, was strick en with a heart attack a short while after his son's outburst. He was reported in critical con dition at United Hospital in Port Chester. The boy, Andrew, a freshman at .Rye High School, surrender ed the gun, a .22 caliber rifle, owned by his brother, to police when they arrived. Coherent, but rambling, he gave no motive for the shooting, according to Dis trict Attorney Joseph Gagliardi. But police said criticism of school grades appeared to have touched off the shobtings. DAILY WEATHER REPORT FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Fair through Friday. Cooler tonight with low 40. High Friday 7S. Western Oregon: Considerable cloudiness tonight and early Friday, becoming sunny and warm Friday afternoon. Low tonight 44-48. High Friday 82-72. Northern California: Tair tonight and Friday. Warmer north portion Friday. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE :Metn yesterday 53: below normal 7. Record high this date 04 in 1A48. Record low this date 5 in 1944. PRECIPITATION : 24 hours to mid night .04 inch. Midnight to 10 a m., none. Total this month 1.10 inch, .34 inch above normal. Total since Sept. 1. 2145 inches, 4.99 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 41. highest this a.m. 86. High 4:31) 24-Yester- a.m. nr. day Low Free. Brookings 65 44 Crater Lake 60 27 T Grants Pass 62 47 Klamath Falls S2 37 MEDFORD 60 4S .04 Portland ..- - 38 30 3.1 Seattle 59, 50 07 Spokane 54 47 3 Yakima - 70 49 Eureka Red Bluff . 57 74 73 63 30 55 54 51 56 "62 Sacramento San Francisco Los Angeles 72 80 Phoenix Denver Chicago Miami New York Washington, D.C. 55 37 84 . 54 .01 84 80 63 39 67 64 Benny Hooper Takes First Steps Manorville, N.Y. (If) Seven-year-old Benny Hooper takes his first steps today since tum bling into the bottom of a well shaft last Thursday. Benny, who came through his 23 Vi hour ordeal with minor bruises and a pinched arm nerve, is expected to be released from the hospital Friday or Saturday. Dr. Joseph Kris, who has at tended the boy since his rescue, said Benny does not "accurately remember" anything about his entrapment in the sandy well shaft. "Amnesia has settled over his mind relative to the whole inci dent of falling into the well," Kris said. "As time goes by, he may seem to remember, but this will be mostly due to the fact that he will form mental images of what he reads and hears about what happened to him." But, Kris said, "It will not be a true and independent recollec tion." Benney said Wednesday he was anxious to get home, to see his friends and even to get back to school. HEARING IN RECESS Portland (W Portland Traction Company's suit for an injunction to block an order for resumed interurban service to the west side of Portland was in recess here today until next Wed nesday. , repeatedly that the search for elusive oil will come to a dead stop if the allowance is cut. They say this is particularly true of small producers who rely on it to keep them in business. Eisenhower didn't close the door on possible cuts, however. He said Secretary of the Treas ury George M. Humphrey has a team working continuously on plugging tax loopholes, and added: "We hope certainly when the time for tax reduction comes around, to submit a complete list of what we believe is correct." However, Humphrey himself is opposed to tampering with the depletion allowance. He said earlier this spring that Treasury studies had failed to show it favors one group of taxpayers at the expense of others. Auto Seal Belts Said Lite Savers New York W A Cornell University research group claim ed today it had proof "beyond all reasonable doubt" that auto seat belts save lives. Motor Vehicle Research Inc., of New Hampshire, has charged safety belts do no good and arc even dangerous. John O. Moore, director of the Automotive Crash Injury Re search Division ACIR at Cornell, answered the charges in a re port stating the belts provide a nearly 60 per cent chance of avoiding injury in an accident. Moore told United Press a Cor nell committee on transportation safety research reported on ef fectiveness of auto safety belts in testimony to the Roberts Sub committee of the House Inter state and Foreign Commerce Committee. He said the report was made in an effort to bring the controversy to a head. The American Medical Associ ation suggested the subcommit tee, which is investigating traf fice accidents, be used as "a sort of sounding board" for the argu ment and the committee agreed, Moore said. But Motor Vehicle Research and other antiseat belt groups refused to present their case. . PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.) Cattle 7S. Utility cows 14.50-15.50: canners-e utters 11.30-14; Holsteins to 14.50; cutter utilitv bulls strong at 13.50-17.50. Calves 25. Choice vealers 26-28; some 28.50; good 23-26: standard 18-22. Hogs 50. Mixed grades 180-240 lbs. 20 25-20.75: 300-500 lb. sows 15-18 50. Sheep 75. Choice 85-100 lb. spring lambs 22.50-23; good 20.50-21.50; cull- ?ood slaughter ewes 2-5; wooled ewes o 3.30. Portland Hay, Grain Portland Wholesale Hay Price: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Port land, nominally. S29-30. Wholesale prices as reported hr the USDA market news service: Wheat Nn 2 soft white. S87 a ton: No. 2 white oats 38-lb. West Coast delivery. nominally S50 ton; no. z vauey -wnite oats, S47 ton: soy bean meal, S75 ton, f ob. Portland: barley No. 2. 45-lb. West Coast delivery. S44.50-45 ton: standard mill run. prompi delivery. $43-44 ton f.o.b. Portland: No. 2 yel low corn. Eastern shipment f.o.b. Port land. $62-62 50. Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport Thursday, May 23, 1937 Body of Mr. Wilson Moved to Vancouver The body of Oscar E. Wilson, 79, who was killed Tuesday when the car in 'which he was a passenger plunged off a wooden bridge on Evans Creek is being forwarded to Vancouver, Wash., for services and interment. Conger-Morris funeral home was in charge of local arrangements. Mr. Wilson was born Aug. 15, 1877. - Survivors include, a sister, Vi ola Morey. Obituaries MRS. ALLA E. KUECKER Mrs. Alia E. Kuecker, 68, a resident of Medford for the-past three weeks, died in a local hospital- Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Kuecker was born at Eu reka Springs, Ark., Jan. 5, 1889. She and Mr. Kuecker had lived in Grants Pass prior to moving to Medford. She was a member of the First Christian church. She is survived by her hus band, Henry J. Kuecker, of Med ford; two daughters, Mrs. Helen Cross and Mrs. Mildred Flicken ger of Medford; one brother, William Dixon of Anderson, Mo.; three sisters, Mrs. Minnie Kuhn of Glendale, Calif., Mrs. Gertrude Todd of Grand Can yon, Ariz., and Mrs. Alta Web ber of Tulsa, Okla. Mrs. Kuecker's body will be transferred to Joplin, Mo., for services and interment. Perl Funeral home is in charge of local arrangements. GEORGE MORRIS Ashland George Morris, 87, former long-time resident of Ashland, died at his home in Co vins, Calif., May 8. Mr. Morris was born in Lebo, Kan., in July, 1869. He moved to Ashland with his parents in 1897. , He was once employed by the Southern Pacific railroad, work ing in the round house in Ash land. Later he operated a second hand store for his brother, Jack Morris. Mr. Morris was preceded in death by his first wife, Grace, and two sons, Maj. M. Morris, and Clarence J. Morris, both of Medford.. Survivors include a second wife, Lettie; a brother, Joe Mor ris, both of Long Beach, Calif.; five daughters, Mrs. Rose Her manson, Medford, Mrs. Gertrude Fisher, Silverdale, Wash., Mrs. Nina Lindsey, Tracyton, Wash., Mrs. Robert Tallman and Miss Miriam Morris, both of Covina, Calif.; three brothers, Jack, Wayne and Tom Morgis, all of Covina, Calif; and 13 grand children, 14 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Funeral services were held in Covina, Calif., May 11. LAWRENCE L. NICHOLS Lawrence L. Nichols, 81, of Redmond, Ore., died at the Bend hospital May 21. Mr. Nichols was born in Hol- den, Mo., in 1876 and married Mary Elizabeth Hammond in 1895. They moved to Central Ore gon in 1905, traveling by train to The Dalles and by stage coach to Madras, where they lived for three years. In 1909 he home steaded in the Culver community and owned and operated a freight line between Shaniko and Prineville. He founded the first commu nity Sunday school at Opal City, was a member of the school board, a charter member of Opal City Grange and Odd Fellows lodge at Culver, and in later years was a member of the Des chutes Pioneer association and the Townsend club. He moved to Redmond in 1940 where he made his home until his death except for one year when the Nichols made their home with one of their daugh ters, Mrs. Hans Rammin in Med ford. He is survived by his wife, seven daughters, Mrs. Rammin, Mrs. Archie Brown of Medford, Mrs. Jessie Tycer of Eagle Point, Mrs. Walter Daron, Mrs. Jess Lynam, of Redmond, Mrs. Dar- wood Tosh of Heppner, and Mrs. Sam Freels of Knoxville, Tenn.; i one son, Lawrence Nichols Jr. of ! Redmond; 24 grandchildren, and j 37 great-grandchildren. The Nichols celebrated their , golden wedding anniversary in : Redmond in 1945 and in Decern- ber 1955 an open house for them was held in Medford in honor of j their 60th wedding anniversary, j Funeral services will held in i Redmond Friday at 2 p.m. j For , That Slimming Diet Try Our Low Calorie High Protein Meals The most popular priced resturant in tho Ropue Valley Top Notch Cafe in the Craterian Theater Bldg. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTOTT Oil Shares Stock List New York (IB Stocks rallied smartly in the late dealings to day after a decline earlier. Oil shares featured the ad vance with Getty setting a new high above 33 for a net gain of three points. Amerada spurted more than four points. New highs were set by Continental Oil, Mission Corp., Mission Development and Texas Co. Safeway Stores rose more than three points. Eastman Kodak gained more than a point in the chemicals. DuPont recovered more than half of a 2V4 point drop. DOW-JONES AVERAGES Dow-Jones final stock aver ages: 30 industrials 504.02, off 0.41; 20 railroads. 146.24. off 0.33; 15 utilities 74.38. off 0.22. and 65 stocks 175.78. off 0.28. Sales today were about 2. 110,000 shares compared with 2,060.000 shares Wednesday. Today's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical ... 90?i American Can 41 AT&T 178V2 Anaconda Copper 65 Vs Bethlehem Steel 463i Caterpillar Corp. 9534 Chrysler Corp. 763,4 Continental Can 47 Crown Zellerbach 53 Curtiss Wright 45 V4 Du Pont 197 Eastman Kodak 10014 General Electric 66 General Foods 45 General Motors :.. 4215. Georgia. Pacific 34 Graham Paige l5s Homestake Mining 37 Vs Kaiser Frazer 16 Kennecott Copper .114 Lockheed -Aircraft 45 Vz Katy Pfd. . 57 V4 Montgomery Ward . 36 New York Central ; 32V. Penney, J. C. 82 Penn RR .' 2034 Radio Corporation 3734 Richfield Oil 71 V4 Socony Vacuum T 58 V4 Southern Co. :. 24 V2 Southern Pacific 435s Standard California 533s Standard Indiana 54 Standard N. J ; 63 Vi Sun Mines . 7 Texas Gulf 277s Tex Pac Land Trust 7 Transamerica 38 Vi Trans West Air ...... 15Vs Tri-Continental ... 3334 Union Carbide . 119 Union Pacific 30V4 United Aircraft 75 34 U. A. L 28V4 U. S. Rubber 45 PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.l Era To retail ers: Grade AA large. 38-39c: A large. 44-joc; a a meaium, 34-30C; A me dium, 33-35c; A small, 27-30c; carton, l-3c additional. Butter To . retailers: AA grade prints. 67-68c lb.; cartons, le a pound higher; A prints. 67-68e; B prints. 65-66C. . Cheese medium cured To retail ers: A grade Cheddar, single daisies, 45',i-92c; 3-lb. loaves, 51',-S7c; pro cessed American cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 41 ',3-44c. Farm Market Strawberries, in short supply, sold to wholesale houses around 3-3 23 a 12-cup fill today: jumbo crates of California cantaloupes were lower at 12.50 and below. Poultry. Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted to growers. No. 1 quality, f.o.b. Portland: 2'i-4 lbs.. 23' 3 -24c lb.: light hens, too few transactions of Portland price; ll-13c lb. at ranch: heavy hens. 5 lbs. up. not enogh trading for Portland -price; at country, 13-I5c lb.; old. roosters, 7-9c lb. t Dressed Chickens No. ' 1 grade dressed to retailers: Frvers. whole drawn, 39-43c lb.; cut up, 46-49c: hens, light type, cut up, 34-39c; heavy type, whole drawn. 36-42c lb. Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur keys, live weight, 27-28c lb.; breeder nens. -z$c id. to producer on oven ready basis; breeder toms. 25c on same basis. Rabbits (Average to growers f ob. killing plants): Live white. 3a-4ic lb. f.o.b. dressing nlants Portlanri 93- 26c: colored pelts. 4c under: old does. 10-12 lbs., a few higher. Fresh killed fryers to retailers, 59-64c lb.; cut up, 62-63C NAUTILUS IN PORTLAND Portland (IB The atomic powered submarine Nautilus will visit here June 19-21, local of ficials were advised today. Close Out Sale! New In Its 8th Day! 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