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Local and
.M,et Medford Barracks
of Veterans of World War I and
the auxiliary will meet Wednes
day. Aug. 7, at 8 p.m., in Red
man hall for business sessions.
1lfuli,ntJ- B- Pae- 820 West
1 1th st., Medford, is reported an
satisfactory condition at Sacred
Heart hospital after suffering a
heart attack Friday. Page is
manager of J. C. Penney com
pany here.
Recuperating M. Georgiana
Beier, Medford, who has been
a patient at St. Vincent's hospi
tal, Portland, is now recuperat
ing at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Margaret Wolff, 31 Cftirch
St., Ashland, it was reported to
day. Swimming Party Medford
Jaycettes will hold a swimming
party Wednesday. Aug. 7, at 8
p.m., at Jackpn Hot springs. In
addition to swimming therp will
be games with prizes. Refresh
ments will be served by Mrs.
naries Jones. Mrs. Calvin Mc
Kibbcn and Mrs. LfOard Howe.
Assumed Business Namii
Business names have been as
sumed bv several vallpv rpsi
dents according to records in the
county clerk s office. Assuming
business names are Dora E.
Wright. Roeue River. Dora's Gift
and Hobby Shop; Harold Elbert
i-llis, 1924 Stratford a ve.. Med
ford, Hal's Associated Service;
and James and Geneva Horn,
3490 South Pacific hiehwav
Medford, for H and B Trailer
Sales.
Mrs. Oil Reindicted
By Douglas Jury
Roseburg W - A- Douglas
coujity grand jury reindicted
Mrg. Howard Ott on a charge of
secona aegree murder, county
district attorney Avery Thomp
son said Monday.
The seven-member panel re
turned the indictment charging
specifically that on June 14,
Edith Ott killed her adopted
daughter, 19-month-old Korean
orphan Wendy Kay Ott, by strik
ing her with her hand, or "with
an instrument unknown to the
grand jury.'i
The first indictment was re
referred to the grand jury by
Circuit Judge Cary E. Wimberly
because the jurors had not been
"specific" in describing how the
girl allegedly died.
Obituaries
MRS. CARRIE RIVERS ""
Funeral services were held in
Hayward, Calif., Aug. 5 for Mrs.
Carrie May Rivers, 81, former
Medford resident, who died
July 31 in Hayward.
Survivors include her hus
band, Harold Lawrence Rivers,
Hayward; daughters. Mrs. Ethel
Rayner and Mrs. Esther Har
low, Portland; sons Ivan L.
Smith and Robert G. Smith,
Medford; brother, Alex Ander
son, Medford; and sisters, Mrs.
Effie Guches, Portland, Mrs.
Mary Ellen Ownes, Seattle, and
. Mrs. Lucinda Johnson, Medford.
Mrs. Rivers was born in Med
ford Oct. 8, 1875, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ander
son. Her mother was the former
Elyza Jane Hamlin.
She resided in Jackson county
until about 1940, when she and
her husband moved to Cali
fornia. Interment took place at Mt.
Eden cemetery, Hayward, fol
lowing funeral services at Pratt
Flierl mortuary.
HELENA GAGE
. Ashland Helena Grace Gage,
55, of 517 Iowa st., died at Ash
land General hospital today. Fu
neral services will be held at
Holman, Hankins and Rilande
funeral home in Oregon City.
Her husband, Waltc, sur
vives. '
ALICE ANDREASEN
Ashland Alice Andreascn,
1193 Siskiyou blvd., died at
Ashland General hospital today.
Funeral services will be . an
nounced by Litwiller's Funeral
home.
KNUTE ELLEFSON
Knute Ellefson, 54. of Butte
Falls, died this morning in a lo
cal hospital. Funeral arrange
ments will be announced by Conger-Morris
funeral home.
MATTIE M. GOFF
Mrs. Mattie M. Goff, of Minam,
Ore., died last night at the hcAie
of her daughter, Mrs. Frank
Hoffman, 820 Taylor st. Funeral
arrangements will be announced
by Conger-Morris funeral home.
ENDS TONITE!
Dean em tj r '
MARTIN VI.TM TOUKS
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Personal
Ashland Businesses Paul M.
and Bernice O. 'Mathews, 360
Kearney st., Ashland, have as
sumed the business name Paul's
Appliance Repair Service; and
Howard L. and Dorothy A.
Adamr 2400 Siskiyou blvd.,
! Ashland, have assumed the busi
Incss.name of Bell view Business
Service, according to records in
the county clerk's office.
o
Businesses Donald E. Tack
ley, 127 Tripp St., Medford, has
retired the assumed business
name of Telesound Productions
according to county clerk rec
ords. Alfred E. Bailey, 835 South
Riverside ave., has retired the
business nam Al's Repair and
Machine Shop and assumed the
business rftme of Bailey's Rich
field according to records in the
county clerk"? office.
1949 Mrs. America
Possible Suicide
San Diego, Calif. Hfl Police
feared today that Mrs. Frances
Cloyd, Mrs. America of 1949,
might have committed suicide
because she was despondent
over not being able to support
ner live children.
Mrs. Cloyd was reported miss
ing yesterday shortly after her
mother, Mrs. Jonathon Becker,
received a telegram from her
daughter. Mrs. Becker said the
telegram said in part;
'I plan to kill myself. I'm
sorry to cause so much trouble
because life is not worth living,
Please take care of the chil
dren."
Mrs. Cloyd gained a final di
vorce from her husband, Arthur
Thomas Cloyd, in 1955. Her
mother said Mrs. Cloyd had been
worried over the inability to
support yie children.
News About
Servicemen
TRAINS IN RESERVE
Lt. Col. John G. Crawford,
835 East Main St., is among the
164 United States Army reserv
ists taking annual field training
at Fort Lawton, Wash., as fac
ulty, staff and students in the
command and general staff de
partment of the USAR school
program.
The USAR schools operate as
an Army college, with depart
ments of instruction correspond
ing to the various branches of
the Army.
TO VISIT SEATTLE
Robert C. Sprout, radarman
3 c Medford, and -Eugene - D.
Wright, boilerman 1c, Butte
Falls, will visit Seattle, Wash.,
Aug. 8-12 during the annual sea
fair.
Sproul, son of Mr. and Mrs,
Lester - C. Sproul, 326 North
Bartiett St., is aboard the radar
picket destroyer USS Forster.
Wright, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert E. Wright, is aboard the
escort vessel USS Rombach.
Twenty-two Navy ships will
visit the port during the 10-day
pageant in Puget sound.
ON GUAM
Marine Pvt. William M. Long
mire Jr., son of Mrs. Violet
Moore, 2588 Corona . ave., is
serving at the Marine barracks
in the Mariana Islands, Guam,
according to a service news re
lease. Longmire, who entered the
service in January, was em
ployed by the Medford Bowling
lanes.
Women's Clothing
Repc
off ed Stolen -
Articles of women's clothing
valued at S13 were stolen Satur
day night from a clothes line on
South Central ave., according to
Medford police.
It was the third report of theft
of women's clothing received by
police in recent days.
Births
COMPTON To Mr. and Mrs.
Harold, route 3, box 202, Med
ford, Aug. 5. 1957, a boy, 9V4
pouds, at Sacred Heart hospi
tal. HAMILTON To Mr. and
Mrs. Jay, 844 East Ninth st.,
Medford, Aug. 5, 1957, a boy,
84 pounds, at Sacred Heart
hospital.
BROWN To Mr. and Mrs
Theodore Jr., route 2, box 199A.
Central Point, Aug. 2, 1957, a
girl, 7.i pounds, at Sacred
Heart hospital.
ARANT To Mr. and Mrs.
Donald, 1504 Terrace dr., Med
ford, Aug. 2. 1957, a girl, IV2
pounds, at Sacred Heart hos
pital. JONES To Mr. and Mrs.
Harold.1525 South Ivy St., Med
ford, Aug. 3, 1957, a boy, 7li
pounds, at Sacred Heart hos
pital. HARPER To Mr. and Mrs
Earl, 517 Albert St.. Medford.
Aug. 5, 1957. a boy. 54 pounds,
at Sacred Heart hospital.
PEYTON To Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence, 907 South Peach st.,
Medford, Aug. 5, 1957, a boy,
6'i pounds, at Sacred Hea rt hos-pitaL
IS
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QUEEN FOR A DAY Mrs. Larry Cunningham, La Puente,
Calif., 'Queen for a Day," is shown arriving at the Medford
airport yesterday afternoon to visit Jackson county and attend
the Oregon Shakespearean festival plays in Ashland. Mrs. Cun
ningham, accompanied by her husband, will attend all four of
this season's plays and will visit points of interest in the valley.
The "Queen',' was greeted by Mrs. John Cotton, president of the
festival association, and Miss Jean Cartwright (foreground)
actress in the festival company. Vernon Williams. Ashland, is
chairman of the Committee from the Ashland-Talent Motel
group which is hosting the Cunninghams during their valley
visit. "Queen for a Day" is heard over Mutual-KWIN daily.
10-Day Membership
Drive for Chamber
Reaches Mid-Point
A concerted, 10-day drive for
memberships in the Jackson
County Chamber of Commerce is
now at the mid-point, and con
siderable success has been re
ported, chamber officials said
today.
The drive which includes
mailed invitations to participate
in chamber activities, explana
tions of the purposes and accom
plishments of the chamber, and
personal calls, began Aug. 1 and
will continue through tis week.
More than 600 business firms
and professional men are now
chamber members. The drive is
intended to interest an estimated
1.000 additional firms and in
dividuals 'throughout the county
in chamber work.
Literature Provided
Loterature being provided to
non-members points out what
the chamber has done in the
fields of transportatibn, tourist
promotion, merchandising, gov
ernment, new industry, agricul
ture, and a wide variety of other
fields which accrue to the bene
State Librarian Visits in
Valley, Attends Festival
Among visitors to the valley
and to the Shakespearean Festi
val this week were Miss Eleanor
Stephens, state librarian, and
Miss Loretta Fisher, head of the
reference and circulation depart
ment of the Oregon state library.
The librarians attended the
Shakespearean plays each eve
ning and visited the Jacksonville
museum Sunday afternoon.
They also conferred with
trustees and librarians of the
Ashland and Jackson and Jose
phine county libraries, to outline
plans for extension of library
services to rural residents of
southern Oregon. Funds to pro
vide more equitable library serv
ices to readers now without ac
cess to public libraries were re
cently appropriated by congress
and the Oregon state legislature
under the leadership of Con
gresswoman Edith Green and
State Sen. Philip Lowry. It is
not know exactly when these
will, be made available
Three Bookmobiles
Miss Stephens announced that
the state library has purchased
three bookmobiles which are to
be awarded on a demonstration
loan to areas of the state which
submit approved applications for
such projects.
During her visit here she in
vited such applications and con
ferred with library officials as
to what grants of money would
be required to staff the book
mobiles, supply them with
books, and cover mileage ex
Klemsen
Resigns
as
Stale
Repre
sentative
Salem (IP Rep. Robert
Klemsen, St. Helens Democrat,
today submitted a formal letter
of resignation to ' Secretary of
State Mark Hatfield.
Klemsen had been mentioned
as a strong contender for speak
er of the House in 1959.
In his letter Klemsen said:
"I have recently accepted a
position with the Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph Company
which will necessitate moving
from Columbia county.
''Because this move takes me
from the district from which I
was elected, I am herewith sub
mitting my resignation as repre
sentative from the 2nd legisla
tive district." - ;
fit of the entire county.
It also points out that the
chamber can only be as effective
as its membership is broad, and
invites non-members to partici
pate in its activities.
In addition to past efforts, the
letters tell of the current proj:
ects on which work is being
done, including the attraction of
wood waste using industry here,
expansion of wholesale ware
housing, studies of Oregon's tax
position and its relationship to
new business, rapid skip-stop air
service to Portland, greater di
versity of industry and jobs,
county zoning to safeguard both
industrial and residential prop
rties, more tourist dollars and
increased convention business,
more income from broader use
of water resources, and other
continuing projects.
A telephone call to the cham
ber office, SP 2-6293, will pro
vide" added information, cham
ber officials said, including the
tax deductibility of chamber
membership dues.
penses. Regular library budgets
for 1957-58 do not include such
provisions, so far as Jackson
county is concerned.
Among the reasons the state
library hopes to initiate an ex
tension project In Jackson
county, Miss Stephens stated,
was the fact that a rural popu
lation of approximately 50,000
utilizes such service to best ad
vantage generally, and that she
feels that in this county there is
fine professional 'leadership in
Miss Cora Mason of the Ashland
Public library and Miss Helen
Webster, Jackson County libr
arian. Miss Webster formerly di
rected a bookmobile operation in
Grays Harbor county, .Washing
ton, prior to assuming the Jack
son county position.
DAILY WEATHER REPORT
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinityi: Partly
cloudy tonight. Clear on Wednesday.
Low tonight 50: high -Wednesday 82.
Western Oregon: Partly cloudy in
sourhern interior. Mostly cloudy on
the coast and over northern interior
tonight and early Wednesday. Partly
sunny and warmer Wednesday after
noon. Low 48-56 in interior and about
70 on the coast.
Northern California: Fair through
Wednesday, except lew showers ex
treme north tonight. Coastal overcast
and fog. Little change in temperature.
LOCAL DATA
TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday
60: below normal 13.
Record high this date 103 in 1932.
Record low this date 44 in 1931.
PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid
night, trace. Midnight to 10 a.m., none.
Total this month, trace. .01 inch be
low normal.
Total since Sept. 1, 21.64 inches.
3.67 inches above normal.
HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 38,
nighest this a.m. 77
HiKh 4:30 21
City Vester- a.m. hr.
day Low Prec.
Brookings 58 54 .92
Crater Lake 54 35 .26
35
55
45
52
59
56
58
47
53
64 ,
56
56
65
78
64
48
72
58
59
Grants Pass ..: . 4
Klamath Falls 68
MEDFORD 74
Portland 76
Seattle ...
Spokane
Yakima .
73
76-
80
Eureka 65
Red Bluff ... 81
Sacramento 81
San Francisco 70
Los Angeles 82
Phoenix 95
Denver 89
Chicago 73
Miami 87
New York 76
1.10
Washington. D.C.
82
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- ONLY iO A ROLL 1
Stocks Not Selling;
Prices in Decline
New York W Nobod
wanted stocks today. So they
drifted down steadily until the
market hit a new low since
June 24.
Not long ago buyers were
willing to pay about $10 more a
share than today for Du Pont,
S24 more for Lukens Steel, S23
more for Kennecott, $26 more
for Newmont Mining, and S22
more for Mclntyre Porcupine.
Price was no object today.
The buyers just weren't there
and the sellers weren't willing
to get rid of their stock at a con
Festival Plays
Tonight: "Othello."
Wednesday: "Two Gen
tlemen of Verona."
Thursday: "Henry
VIII."
Friday: "As You Like It."
Curtain time for all
plays is 8:30 p.m.
August Looming as
Worst Traffic Month
By UNITED PRESS
August was off to A strong
start today as potentially the
worst traffic fatality month of
the year, in Oregon as two more
deaths raised the toll to 14.
Pablo Arizpe, 28, an employee
at Simplot farms, Jamison, Ore.,
was found dead Monday beside
his wrecked truck on the John
Day highway 16 miles north of
Vale. Sheriff. John Elfering said
the man apparently was killed
Sunday night. He said Arizpe ap
parently fell asleep at the wheel.
Edd 'Johnson, 50, Eagle Point,
was killed when struck ' by' i
logging truck 12 miles north of
Medford on Highway 62.
Threat of Further
Cracks in Dams Eases
Las Vegas, N. M. (IPI Clear
skies today reduced the threat of
further large cracks in three up
river earthen dams that sent a
flash flood' through Las Vegas
and nearby communities Mon
day. Huge pieces of the dams gave
way under the strain of recent
rains in the Sangre De Cristo
Mountains, drowning two per
sons. Searchers late Monday recov
ered the bodies of Emil LaPorte
of Sapello, N. M., and his 10-
year-old daughter, Laura..
LIVESTOCK
Portland (U.P.) Cattle 300. Aver
age choice 1120 lb. ted steers 23; gooa
steers 23-24.50; standard 15-22; most
ly good 758 lb. fed heifers 22, stand
ard 18-21; canner-cutter cows mostly
11-12; utility cows 14-15; utility bulls
17.50-18, few to 19.
Calves 100. Choice vealers 22-24;
few 25; standard and good 17-21; good
305 lb. slaughter calves 21.
Hogs 250. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers
around 24-24.25.
Sheep 550. Choice spring slaughter
Iambi 85-105 lb. 19-19.50; some higher;
mixed good-choice No. 2 pelt 18.50:
good-choice 65-85 lb. feeders 16.50
l?.50r common and medium "45-60 'lb.
14-16; cull-good shorn ewes 2-6.
PRODUCE
Portland (UP.) Eggs To retail
ers: Grade AA large, 54-56c; A large,
50-32c; AA medium. 45-47c; A me
dium, 44-4tic; A small, 29-31c; carton,
l-3c additional.
Butter To retailers: AA Sc A grade
prints. 67-68c b.; carton, lc a pound
higher; B prints, 65-66c,
Cheese medium cured To retail
ers: A grade cheddar, single daisies,
452-52c; 5-lb, loaves. 512-57c; pro
cessed American cheese, 5-lb. loaf,
412-44c.
Farm Market
No. 1 tdmatoes were mostly 2.30
2.75 today with 'No. 2s at mostly 1.50
a lug with a few to 1.75; Willamette
vailev pre-cooled corn was quoted
mostly at 2.50-2.75 for five dozen ear
packs.
Poultry, Rabbits
Live Chickens Quoted to grower
No. 1 quality, at ranch, 2'2-4c lb.,
light -hens, 9-llc lb.; at ranch, heavy
hens, 5 lbs. up, 12-13c lb.; old roosters,
7-9c lb.; f.o.b. Portland.
Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade
dressed to retailers : Fryers, whole
drawn, 42-45c lb.; cut up. 47-50c lb.;
hens, light type, cut up, 34-37c; heavy
type, whole drawn, 36-4 lc lb.
Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur
keys, live weight, 27-28c lb.: young
hen turkeys. A grade. 26-26 2c -on
eviscerated basis. A grade toms salable
at 23-23 J2c on same basis.
Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b.
killing plants): Live white, 32-5 lbs.,
f.o.b. dressing plants Portland. 23-2 6c;
colored pelts, 4c under; old does, 10-12
lbs., a few cents higher. Fresh killed
fryers to retailers, 59 -64c lb.; cutu p.
62-65c lb.
GRAIN
Portland Wholesale Hay Prices:
New crop, No. 2 green alfalfa, baled,
f.o.b. Portland and Seattle. S26 a ton.
Wholesale prices as reported by the
USDA market news service: Wheat
No. 2 soft white. $79 a ton: No. 2 white
oats 38-lb. West Coast delivery, nomi
nally S48 ton; No. 2 Valley white oats,
$45.50 ton: soy bean meal; $79.50 ton,
f.o.b. Portland: barley. No. 2. 45-lb.
West 'Coast delivery. $44-44.50 ton;
standard mill run. prompt delivery.
$37-38 ton .o.b. Portland: o. 2 yellow
corn. Eastern shipment f.o.b. Port
land, $63-6330.
FROM THE STAGES OF TWO CONTINENTS .
THE FABULOUS TALENT FOR THIS REMARKABLE AND
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Tuesday, August I, 1957 '
cession ranging to three or four
points in some instances.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
Dow-Jones final slock aver
ages: 30 industrials 494.13. off
6.E5; 20 railroads 147.16, off
2.09: 15 utilities 69.63. off 0.25:
and 65 stocks 172.00. off 2.06.
Sales today were about 1,910.000
shares compared with 1,790.000
shares Monday.
Today's prices on selected
stocks: . ,
Allied Chemical 88V2
American. Can , .'...... 43 '
AT&T ;...:.:.....,........i72Ts
Anaconda. Copp.er . 62:t4
Bethlehem Steel 4534
Caterpillar Corp 87
Chrysler Corp 77
Continental Can 4512
Crown Zellerbach 5034
Curtiss Wright
Du Pont 19634
Eastman Kodak 103
General Electric. 6633
General Foods -. .. 481-s
General Motors 44
Georgia Pacific 327s
Graham Paige 1 f
Homestake Mining" 35
Kaiser Frazer 127s
Kennecott Copper IO5V2
Lockheed Aircraft .;. 36'
Katy Pfd 56 V2
Montgomery Ward 36 V2
New York Central 32 Vz
Penney J C 78
Penn R R 20V4
Radio Corporation ....... 347 s
Richfield Oil .........'............. 76V8
Socony Vacuum 59 Vi
Southern Co . 2434
Southern Pacific ...1.,.... . 433.i
Standard California L 56
Standard Indiana 50-";4
Standard N J t 653s
Sun Minrs , 13V2
Texas Gulf 26'14
Tex Pac Land Trust 7V2
Trajusamerica 35
Trans West Air :. 13Vi
Tri-Continental 32V4
Union Carbide 116
Union Pacific 29 'i
United Aircraft 60
UAL 28?s
U S Rubber 43 V4
U S Steel 67
Youngstown S & T IOOV2
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TAKES UP DUTIES
Copenhagen, Denmark (IT)
New U S. Ambassador to Den
mark Val Peterson took up his
duties today. Peterson, who has
Danish ancestors and who had
been in Denmark seven times
before,, arrived by air Monday
with his vife.
THURSDAY ONLY
2 SHOWS 7:00 & 9:00
UflfiGDE
Identification
Bracelets -To
All Girls!
AND ON THE SCREEN
GAMMA-RAY CREATURES LOOSE!
COLUMBIA FiCTUKS
pruents
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WEST COAST PREMIERE
THE OUTCAST THE YOUNG COUPLE
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Santa for
the kids!
. They found
love's miracle!
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a Kwiscopf. picture &, JOHN HOYT MARiON ROSS JESSE WHITE
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Edinburgh, Scotland, has a
population of 500,000.
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"VIVA ZAPATA"
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Wednesday
THE MINISTER LOUIE THE LUMP
His greatest
prayer was
answered!
He turned
from stealing
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