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Local and Gts Position Vernon Arn-, 'id. n n r;f Mr. and Mr Melvin L Arnold. Butte falls, has been r):cted vice president i-f the I . phonr.ore clas of Southern j O'egon college for the 1957-53 school year. Rturn John L. .lanMi'M lol5 Crater L;ike ave . ha;, re turned to Medford from a com hnd busine?' and pleasure trip to th middle wet He was svay ahout ten dav and visited relatives in Iowa and Nebraska. ' Sen Born Mr and Mrs Leo Miazga of Pasco. Wash . are the; parents of a son born May 30. ! The infant has b'-en named Michael Leo Mrs M1a7.ua is the I daughter of Mrs frrri f i k. 302 North Holly street. , Hamed Editor Jamf" Mc Donald son of Mr. and Mrs A. R. McDonald. Kagle Point, has been appointed editor of The Suk.you, Southern Oregon col lect' s newspaper, for the 1 T07 58 school year. He i majoring in elementary education. Injuria" Hand Ruben Poyho ne!. Oak Manor motel. Central Point, was taken to Sacred Heart hospital by Medford Am bulance shortly before noon to fa' for treatment of an injured hand while working at Gulf lied Cedar, Central Point, according to hospital officials. light Injury Douglas Rose. ft. of 91fi Alia st., Medford. suf fered slight bruises Saturday when the bicycle he was riding was struck by a car operated by Laverne Minger, 781 Mar shall av , Medford, on fir st., between Melrose ave. and Mon roe st.. according to city police. Pjtianls Convalescing at the Rogue Valley hospital following tonsillectomies this morning are Kenneth Curtis, 9, and Clark Curtis, 5, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Curtis of 660 Parker e., Ashland. Also convalescing st the hospital fololwing sur Rery is Howard Sollinger, 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Erlwin Sollinger. route 2, box 604. Central Point. INDS TOMORROW! suwm IAYWAIB f" EFLIH kt Tapjmm wm: uders MiltrKr BRIAN BOHlfYT Personal Ttr Lot John Ruisll Wilson. 245 North Riverside ave . Medford. reported lo city j police Saturdav the lrs from his residence of a batter 1f?er valued at S15. 1 Car Struck A parked car registered to Paloh C iloore. : E16 North Riverside ave., Med ford, was struck Sunday by a car operated by Pejgy Joanne Schoen. 311 West 10th st . Med ford, near 819 South Central ave . according to city police Pummae Sale Th Roxy Ann grange will hold a rum n ae sale Tuesday. June 4. be ginning at 9 am. The sa!e will be held at the Fehl building. 106 Norh Ivy st Medford. Articliw Taktn Several ar ticles were taken Sunday from a car owned by Gordon Leo Jameson, 315 Berrydale ave., while it was parked on Eighth st. between front st. and Central ave., according to city police. The items were valued at 55, police said. Bird Stolen a light blue parakeet, owned by James Ed- j ward Hackett, 1020 East 11th st.. Medford, was stolen from his residence sometime between 6:30 p.m. Saturday and 11 p.m. Sun day, according to city police. The bird wax valued at $10 po lice said , ... Gasolina Stolen Robert H. Larson, 1211 Withington St., Medford, reported to city police Saturday the theft of seven gal lons of gasoline from an airplane while it was parked near a Max Sig Communication build ing at the Medford Municipal airport. Profoaaor Visits Prof. George B. Cox, head of the industrial arts department In the school of engineering, Oregon State col lege, visited in Medford during the week end. While here he attended a shop exhibit Friday evening at McLoughlin Junior High school. Girl Conscious S h a r e n Plantz, Grants Pass high school junior who was seriously in jured May 17 in an automobile accident on Blackwell hill, north of Central Point, was conscious and able to speak Saturday for the first time since she was in jured, it was reported. She is a putient at Rogue Valley hospi tal. ... Gets Appointment Witham Partg and Equipment company, Fifth st. and Riverside ave., Medford, has ben appointed as an authorized service center for this area, according to the Mals bary Manufacturing company, producers of steam cleaning equipment, Oakland, Calif., as an authorized service center. The Medford firm will have parts and stand-by cleaner for rent while repairs are made. VovliwlAL... SALE STORM CHARLES FARRELL 'My uttle each TUESDAY at 9 p m. KBES-TV KOTI-TV Beck's TKatHiH ?xu Bak Ail Wowing 7WL . . . MiiiDeGdoui- Leon's Tots-to-Teens 105 EAST MAIN Baghdad Group Joined by U.S. Karachi, Pakistan .1? The United States formally joined the Baghdad Pact Military com mittee today and promised to "carry its full share of respon sibilities" in defense of the pact's Middle East nations. former U.S. Ambassador to India Loy Henderson spoke for the United States at the open ing of the third session of the pact's Council of Ministers. Henderson headad a strong American delegation. Although the United States is not formal ly a member of the pact, its rep resentatives sit on all key com mittees. The presence of Gen. Nathan Twining, designated to become chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff on retirement of Adm. Arthur Radford, indicated the importance that the United States attached to this hitherto "psychological" pact. News About Servicemen 1 ! 1W TB A TNIMr. Two Jackson county men are receiving basic combat training with Company G of the second infantry division's 38th regiment at Ft. Lewis, Wash. They are Army Pvt. James O. Hansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver W. Hansen, Prospect, and Army Pvt. Robert R. Fredin burg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clay fredinburg, Ashland. Hansen, 17, previously attended Prospect High school. Council To Meet The Veter ans Allied council will meet at 8 p.m. today at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall. . Patient Convalescing at Sa cred Heart hospital following surgery is Mrs. Ethel Hall of Phoenix. . In Art Exhibit Billie Con ner, daughter of Ross M. Con ner, route 2, box 438c, Medford, was among 48 students in the Linfield college art department at McMinnville, Ore., participa ting recently in an end-of-the-year art exhibit. a Fire in Hopper Two pumper trucks were dispatched by the fire department to the Washing ton grade school about 10:35 a.m. yesterday when fire was reported in the sawdust hopper. Firemen reported some smoke damage to the boiler room and the rest of the building. A flue fire was reported at the Willis Williams home, 1015 Mt. Pitt st., about 8:30 a m. yesterday. Fire men sent to investigate smoke reported at Rogue Valley hos pital about 11:45 p.m. Saturday found that the smoke was com ing from the flue of a house next door- men' Petite "Ruffle Bustle" by Here's an old-fashioned print for very modern young ladies! Turn-of-the-century bicycles and appealing flowers are sprinkled on this Sanforized Cotton "Ruf fle Bustle". The back is shirred with Crinkelastic and shows off a flirty ruffle. Two sun-and-wa-ter-tested colors. Tots sires S-M-L. 3.98. Oregon Editors Form Association Portland 'P An organiza tional meeting of the Oregon United Press Editors Association was held here Saturday. The group elected Harry Chip man of the Medford Mail Trib- : une as its chairman for the next 'year. Jim Weeks of The Dalles Chronicle was named vice-chairman. It was decided to hold annual spring meetings In Portland. Periodic reports will be made about problems encountered in news editing, Ariting and gath ering. Richard A. Litfin, United Press Pacific Division manager, made welcoming remarks. Morn ing and afternoon business ses sions were held, followed by a dinner at the Multnomah Ath letic Club. Others attending included Forrest Amsden of the Coos Bay Times; Martin Clark of the Ore gon City Enterprise-Courier; Jim Coon of the Klamath falls Her ald and News; Bill Hennley of the Ashland Tidings; Steve Loy of the La Grande Evening Ob server; John Nellor of the As torian Budget and Bill Yates of the Bend Bulletin. Britain May Continue Atomic Bomb Tests Christmas Island Hi Britain may continue its Pacific H-bomb tests for some weeks and ex plode a device even more pow erful than the megaton bomb set off last Friday, informed sources said today. Friday's bomb, second explod ed in the test series, equalled one million tons of TNT and was the largest ever detonated by Britain. Experts said that Sir William Penney, British atom research chief who is in charge of the tests, may decide to explode a weapon of even greater power. 4-H Club News Talent 4-H Club The general meeting of the Talent 4-H club will be held Thursday, June 6, at 7:30 p.m. Members will discuss the pre fair to be held June 29. The leaders and junior leaders will meet at 7:00 p.m. DAILY WEATHER REPORT FORECASTS MEDFORD AND VICINITY: Fair through Tuesday with variable high cloudiness. Low tonight 52. High Tues day no. WESTERN OREGON: Generally fair tonight and Tuesday except for mor ning overcast along coast and patches of early morning low clouds in north ern inland valleys. Chance of isolated afternoon thundershowers in vicinity of mountains. Little temperature change. Low tonight 50-5S. High Tues day 7fi-Rfi except about fiS on coast. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: Fair to night and Tuesday except fog on coast. Little temperature change. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 66: above normal. 5. Record high this date 9f in 1926. Record low thi date 35 in 1917. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night. 0. Midnight to 10 a.m. 0. Total this month 0 in., .08 in below normal. Total since Sept. 1, 21.43 in., 4.35 above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 29fo. highest thu a.m. 89 '.o. 4:3(1 High . a.m. 24-hr. yest. low precip citr Brookings Crater Lake Grants Pass . ... Klamath Falls . MEDFORD Portland SI 3B 52 .... 87 .... S3 .... R4 77 Seattle 74 Spokane 85 Yakima 88 Eureka 62 Red Bluff 93 Sacramento 92 San Francisco 69 Los Angeles 89 Phoenix 102 Denver 76 Miami 85 Chicago , 55 New York 77 Washington, D. C. 84 52 62 61 54 63 56 32 62 78 54 75 47 61 65 T 01 FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Through June 81: Western Oregon Temperatures averaging above normal thru Satur day with cooling trend and showers likely late in the week. Highs gener ally 75-85 through Tuesday except 65 an coast. Lows 48-54. Northern California No precipi tation except ior a few scattered thundershowera in high mountains. Temperatures above normal in inter ior and near normal elsewhere. ! Portland Hay, Grain Portland Wholesale Hay Prir: : No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, fob Port ; land, nominally $29. i Wholesale Prices as reported bv the usua market news service; Wheat No. 2 soft white. S86.50 a ton; No. 2 white oat 38-lb., West Coast delivery, nom inally S49 ton; No. 2 Valley white oats, $46 ton; noy bean meal, $76.50 ton, fob Portland; barley No. 2. 45 lb , West Coast delivery, 543.50 ton; standard mill run. prompt delivery, $43-44 ton fob Portland; No. 2 yrllow corn. Eastern shipment fob Portland, $61-61.50. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (ITP) Cattle 1750. Choice fed steers above 23.75; low to averape choice 23-23.50: Rood steers 22-22.50; standard 20-21; good fed heif ers around 1.50-22: canner-cutter cows 11-13: heavy Holstein cutters up to 14; utility bulls 18-19, few 19.50. Calves 50. Choice vealers 25-27; Kood 22-25; medium and good stock steer calves 18.50-20. Hors 700. Sorted 1 and 2 irrade butchers 190-220 lb. 22 25-22.50: mixed 1. 2 and 3 grade 180-240 lb. 21.50-22; cows 300-500 lb. 16-19; No. 1 around 270-300 lb. 19.50-20. Sheep 2250. Choice 85-97 lb. SDrinff lambs 23 but most choice 22.50: mixed good-choice 21 .50-22; Rood old crop lambs with No. 2 pelt 2i cull-good shorn ewes 2-5.50. Sleepless? because of Acid Stomach? Eat 1 or 2 Turns at bedtime to neutralize aaa fast! Kim lot I Obituaries j MRS. MATTIE LEATHEM ! Graveside services for Mrs. i Mattie Leathern, 82. who. died I in Roseburg May 29. will be I held at the Medford IOOF ceme ; tery. Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. Mrs. Leathern was born June : 19. 1874 and is survived by one stister, Mrs. Lulu Fuller, of Or j ville. Calif., and one brother. ; Merle Howell, Buckner, Mo. ' Mrs. Leathem's husband, Dallas Eearl Leathern, died in 1946. The Rev. Newell Morgan of 1 the First Christian church of j Roseburg will officiate. Perl I Funeral home will assist with arrangements here. NEOLA PEARL WENDT Neola Pearl Wendt, 65. resi dent of 1375 Orchard Home dr. for the past three years, died at the county farm home on June 1. Mrs. Wendt was born at Al lendale, Mo., on Oct. 1. 1891. She is survived by her mother. Mrs. Cora Mines, Brea, Calif.; three sons. Vernon Barnard, Or oville, Calif., Raymond Barnard, Denver, Colo., and Marvin Bar nard. Medford: four brothers, William and Sylvester Hines, Brea, Calif., George Hines, Den ver, Colo., and Guy Hines, San ! Diego. Calif ; seven grandchil dren and two great-grandchil-i dren. ! funeral services will be held : at the Perl Funeral home Tues j day at 1:30 p.m. Elder W. Floyd Bersee will officiate. Interment will be at Siskiyou Memorial park. WILLIAM J. KING William Jefferson King, 88, Trail, died Sunday in a local hospital- Funeral services will be held Tuesday at Conger-Morris at 1 p.m- The Rev. D. E. Millard will officiate. Committal will be in Memory Gardens Memorial park. Mr. King was born June 21, 1868 in Lonner Lake, Calif. He had made his home irr this com munity for the past 32 years. He was a member of the Medford Townsend club. Pallbearers will include Vic Mason, Forest Gilbreath, L. Mes sal, John Henry, A. W. Ellison and C. E. Naffziger- Survivors include four sons, Samuel R., Summit, New Jersey; William S., Sweet Home; Lewis C, Portland, and Otto E-, Talent; three daughters, Mrs. Lula M. Watts, Pocatello, Idaho; Mrs. E. Grace Stafford, Trail, and Mrs. Mollie B. Zimmerman, Emmett, Idaho; brother, Frank King, Burns; and sister, Mrs. Dora Perry, Murphy, Ore.; 13 grand children, 27 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. J. DEVEREUX HILL Services for J- Devereux Hill, 74, of 631 Savage Crk. Rd., Grants Pass, who died Saturday in a local hospital will be read by a Christian Scientist in Conger-Morris chapel today at 8 p.m. Medford Lodge 103, AF&AM will also participate. Private committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mr. Hill was born March 11, 1833 in Saginaw, Mich He had made his home in Grants Pass for the last three years coming from Los Angeles. Survivors in clude a sister, Miss Donna Irene Hill, Los Angeles, Calif. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (UP) EpRs To retailers; Grade AA large. 40-41c; A larEe, 36 38c; AA medium, 34-36c; A medium. 33-35c; A small, 27-29c; carton, l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade Krintjt. 67-fiRc lb.; carton. 1c a pound ifjher; A prints, 67-68c; B prints, 65 66c. ChPese medium cured To retail or: A grade Cheddar, single daisies, AS1 2-52c, 5-lb. loaves, 51 2-57c; Farm Market Strawberry prices were 25-50 cents a flat lower in produce market trad ing today for a seasonal low of 1.50 2.25 a crate; Rood berries sold over the week end at some markets as low as 15 cents a basket; yield is reported heavy; Northwest lettuce sold at 2.25 2.50 a two-dozen head carton. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted to growers. No. 1 quality, f.o.b. Portland: 2Vi-4 lbs. 24-24J2c lb.: light hens, too few transactions of Portland price; 11-1 2c lb. at ranch; heavy hens 5 lbs. up, not enough trading for Portland price; a country, 13-1 5c lb.; old roosters, 7-9c lb. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: Fryers, whole drawn. 4 0-4 3c lb,; cut up. 46-4fle; bens, 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 hens, 24c lb. to producer on oven ready basis; breeder toms, 24c on same basis. Rabbits fAverage to growers fob. killing plants): Live white. S'ic lb. f.o.b. dressing plants Portland. 23-26c; colored pelts, 4c under; old does, 10 12 lbs.; a few higher. Fresh killed fry ers to retailers, 59-64c Id.; cut up, 62-65c lb. You Are INVITED to the ... t Monday, Jutu S, 19ST 1,500 People Attend MHS Baccalaureate A crowd of approximately 1.500 persons attended the Med ford High school baccalaureate services Sunday evening in the Hedrick Junior High school audi torium. The sermon was delivered by the Rev. Thomas McCamant, pas tor of the Congregational church, with the invocation and benedic tion given by the Rev. Richard M. Jones, pastor of Eastwood Baptist church. Graduation exercises arc scheduled Thursday. June 6. at 8 p.m. at Hedrick Junior High school. Births LOFTHOUSE To Mr. and Mrs. Ray, post office box 454. Phoenix, June 1, 1S57, a girl, 6 pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. GUENTHER To Mr. and Mrs. Carl, 1141 Dakola ave., Medford, June 2, 1957, a girl, weight 6',2 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. HAMMERLY Jr. To Mr. and Mrs. Calvin, Loring Court, Apt. 2. Medford, June 3. 1957, a girl, weight 7'4 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. HILL To Mr. and Mrs. Vern 320 Haven St., Medford. May 31, 1957, a girl, weight 7'.4 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. MEEKER To Mr. and Mrs. Lelaiid, 991 Janes rd., Medford, June 1, 1957, a boy, weight 7?4 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. NORDQUIST To Mr. and Mrs. Richard, 807 Sherman St., Medford, June 1, 1957, a boy, weight 63 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. MARSH To Mr. and Mrs. La Verne, 34 D North Pacific highway, Jjne 1, 1957, a girl, weight 8 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. JOHNSON To Mr. and Mrs. George, Gold Hill, June 1, 1957, a girl, weight 6V2 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. STEEL To Mr. and Mrs. Vohn, Star Ranger Station, Jacksonville, May 31. 1957. a boy, 63.s pounds, at Rogue Val ley hospital. KELSO To Mr. and Mrs. Donald, 375 South Central ave., Medford, June 1, 1957, a girl, 7 'A pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. ROBINSON To the Rev. and Mrs. Haddon, 223 King st., Medford, June 2, 1957, a boy, 7'.i pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. BALES To Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam, 617 Sou'h Ivy st., Meriford, June 1, 1957, a girl, SU lbs., at Osteopathic hospal. COON To Tir- and Mrs. Charles, box 18, Camp White, May 31, 1957, a boy, 7i lbs., at Osteopathic hospital- PARKER To Mr. and Mrs. Leo, 513 Palm St., Medford, May 31. 1957, a girl, 64 pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. ALLEN To Mr. and Mrs. Roaid, star route box 235, Pros pect, May 31, 1957, a boy, 4V4 pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. ENJOY GENUINE CHARCOAL BROILED FOODS ' in th CANDLE ROOM at the Medford Hotel Dining Room Open 6 p.m. Special Catering to Large Parties Beginning June 3 DANNY MARCUS and the DAZZLERS From SAN FRANCISCO MEPFOF.D (OKEGOW) MAIL TFIBUTf K ELKVXW Court Ruling Gives Lift To Stock Market New York IP The Supreme court of the United States gave the stock market a lift today when it ruled that DuPont had violated anti-trust laws in its acquisition 40 years ago of 22.6 per cent of General Motors Corp. common stock. Traders assumed that meant the giant chemical company would be forced to distribute its holdings of General Motors stocks 63 million shares to its stockholders. DuPont stock ran up six points to 202 '2 from an early low of 19334. Toward closing, however, nearly all the gain was wiped out. General Motors did nothing price-wise. DOW-JONES AVERAGES Dow-Jones final stock aver ages: 30 industrials 503.76. off 1.17: 20 railroads 145.10. off 0.45: 15 utilities 73.94. off 0.09; 65 stocks 175.23. off 0.40. Sales today were 2.050.000 shares, the same as last Friday. Todays prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical 89 American Can 417s AT&T 179'., Anaconda Copper 65" Bethlehem Steel 46"n Caterpillar Corp 95V2 Chrysler Corp 74":h Continental Can 47's Crown Zellerbach 53 Curtiss Wright 44' 2 Du Pont 197i,2 Eastman Kodak 102 General Electric 67' General Foods 44' i General Motors 42'i Georgia Pacific 34-1, Graham Paige 13,4 Homestake Mining 36 Firemen Recommend Correction of Hazards A total of 246 recommenda tions for correction of fire haz ards were made last week by Medford city firemen on home inspection. They inspected 390 residences, noting no hazards in 230. Occupants of 41 dwellings turned down the inspection of fer. Firemen stopped at 786 houses but found no one home at 355. Ashland Firm Files Incorporation Articles Salem IP1 . Articles of in corporation were filed here to day for the Thclma Corporation of Ashland, a real estate firm. They were signed by Sheldon J. Daly, Elton R. Daly, Thomas J. Parker. Sidney K. Ainsworth and Sam B. Davis. VETERAN ACTOR DIES Los Angeles (IP) Russell Hicks, 61, veteran stage and screen actor, died of a heart at tack Saturday after he was in volved in a minor traffic acci dent. NORTH BEND COOS BAY $6.60 tax IS) to 1 a.m. j ' y Kaiser frazer 16' i Kennecott Copper 112" 5 Lockheed Aircraft 42 Katy Pfd 56 Montgomery Ward 36' 2 New York Central 32' 2 Penney. J. C. 82' 2 Penn RR 20' 2 Radio Corporation 37 l Richfield Oil 732 Socony Vacuum 59s Southern Co. 24'i Southern Pacific 433 Standard California 56:s Standard Indiana 54 Standard N. J 64" Sun Mines . 9' Texas Gulf 27 ' Tex Pac Land Trust , 734 Transamerica 37 Trans West Air 14tn Tri-Coutinental 32Ts Union Carbide ....llSVa Union Pacific 293s United Aircraft 71 U. A. L 28' i U. S. Rubber - 44T U. S. Steel 65'jt Youngstown S &. T 106 Things Superior For Your Interior Breakfast o Brunch Lunch COMPLETE DINNERS and Fountain Service Top Notch Cafe in the Craterian Theater Blag. JOHN STFINRFCK'S TERRIFIC NOVtL : COMES .' TO THE i SCREEN! 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