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

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Newspaper Page TextLocal and Personal Obituaries Festival Plays Tonight: "Othello." Friday: "Pariclei." Saturday: "Hanry VIII." Sunday: "A You Lika It." Curtain tima for all plays it 8:30 p.m. Gatolin Spilled City fire men flushed down gasoline which spilled from tanks of parked cars in downtown Med- ford yesterday. A trash" fire in the first block of North Barne burg Td., was extinguished about 9:05 p.m. yesterday on complaint of neighbors. f ft V and CEt m til George Mary Am proudly present in Person !; LOUIS f'SATCHMO" ; ARMSTRONG with hi ALL STARS I Starting THURSDAY, f f Aug. 297 days only SK .1' 1 Hear Skews Niaktty jtf. INCL. 0m.JTi' SUNDAY f mm THEATER RESTAURANT; I DOWNTOWN PCRTLANDRfc! m rr Here SUNDAY! i4,MnJ.V.i;il.l,i-I 2 Incredible Hits! THI INCHEDIILC r a a 1 1 iDHRlNKiNG wm iwmwoiMi raw F i. . in fi X. 1 aV !5T at-aa Of THEB02IHAS IN COIOS tf aMtwcf.wt. matKOum . ! Stolen Donald Bieberstedt, 225 C St., Eagle Point, reported to sheriff's deputies the theft of five radiators Thursday worth approximately $35. Returned To Hoipital George : Brownell, owner of Brownell motel, was readmitted to the : Rogue Valley hospital. Visitors are not allowed. ' Truck Hit A truck owned by Ralph Carl Akore, 815 South Central ave., was hit by a uni dentified log truck while parked in the 800 block on South Cen tral ave. last night, said city ; police. Here Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Winder of Portland are in Med ford to attend the funeral serv ice of the late Mrs. Sara Harden who died Thursday. Mrs. Win der and Mrs. Harden have been close friends for many years. Blocks Pared Vern Thorpe, public works director, reports that paving contracting crews are at work on South Front st The section is 150 feet south of Twelfth' st. Contractors said the job should be completed in one day. - Plants Inspected Two fruit packing plants and a building of public assembly were in spected yesterday by City Fire Marshal Truman Nelson. He in vestigated two complaints in residential areas. Nine orders were issued for correction of fire hazards. Hit-Run Accident A truck owned by Consolidated Freight ways had a fender damaged when it was struck by a uni dentified car in an alley at Sixth and Main yesterday. Police said the driver of the hit-run car did not realize she had done any damage. Returns Arthur Vern Max well, formerly of Shady Cove, was lodged in county jail for parole violation Thursday after he was returned to the county from Sacramento, Calif., by Sheriff Howard Gault. Maxwell was originally charged with burglary not in a dwelling. ' ' ' Grass Fires Medford's rural fire pumper truck was dispatch ed to grass fires south and north on the Pacific highway within a half-hour this morning. About 9:20 a.m. the truck was sent to a 30 by 100-foot blaze at 3723 South Pacific highway. Firemen said that a cigarette thrown from a car was the possible cause. While returning to the station about 9:45 a.m. the truck was sent on to 3540 North Pacific highway. Grass was being burn ed there under permit but the fire became too . large for the permittee to handle, according to firemen. ( CHAS. W. SCALBERG Charles W. Scalberg, 79, of Central Point, died last night In a local hospital. Funeral arrange ments will be announced by Conger-Morris Funeral Home. ELMER C. EICHORST Elmer C. Eichorst, 78, of Med ford, died yesterday in a local hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Conger Morris Funeral Home. Railroad Shares Go To New Average Low Friday. August 23, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN A WHALE of a SHOW! 1st DRIVE IN I i U 1 J f i SE3T0NITE RUN! P"-VSi & SAT. technicolor Richard BASEHART-Leo GENN PLUS THE Y I A D ES... ... W IB DD ICC J 4 HIT! GOOD BYE, MY LADY ! UltlTEB BBCk.lk.1 A kl VIMLIEIt BIVEIIIIMII PHIL KARRIS BRANDON de WILDE SATURDAY ONLY 3RD HIT! EDMOND O'BRIEN "Denver and Rio Grande" Citizens Bothered By Air-Ride Boys City police have recently re ceived a series of reports of juveniles using "B-B' or pellet guns in the city. Albert Ray Stocks reported on Thursday that two juveniles had shot several B-Bs at him and fellow workers on Bear Creek rd. between Jackson and McAndrews rds. The boys ducked into group of new houses when chased. Stocks also said that . earlier William . W. Claypool, a tractor driver, re ported he had been hit several times on the back of the head by B-Bs while working in the Bear Creek dam area. Late Thursday afternoon it was reported to police that a 3- year-old girl had been shot with a B-B gun by two juveniles in Medford. The child was unin jured but frightened. On Tuesday two juvenile boys were caught while shooting birds with a B-B gun, according to police reports. Capt. Clyde Fichtner of the city police urged all parents to make sure the guns are not used, as they are illegal in Medford. The city ordinance reads that pellet guns, bean shooters, sling shots or similar articles" are il legal. Anyone using these ar ticles in the city could be sub ject to the maximum fine of 50 days in jail and $150 fine, he added. I New York W Railroad shares today sank to a new aver age low since Jan. 17, 1955, and pulled the whole stock market down with them Industrials broke through the recent low by a wide margin and touched their lowest level since last April 1. Utilities were around the years' low. The rail situation was brought into the open when Erie cut its dividend. Erie set a new low on a loss of more than a point. Others declined- fractions to more than a point. Dew-Jones final stock arer ages: 30 industrials 475.75, off S.72; 20 railroads 138.21. off 2.25; 15 utilities 67.51, off 05.8 and 65 stocks 164.84, off 2.05. Sales today were about 1. 960.000 shares compared with 1.500,000 shares Thursday. , Births Allied Chemical . American Can AT&T Anaconda Copper Bethlehem Steel . Caterpillar Corp ...... Chrysler Corp 75 V Continental Can 44 Vt Crown Zellerbach 47 .. 83 rs 4 2 Is . 173V4 .. 53s 437s 84Vi Cnrtiss Wright . 37U GARRETT To Mr. and Mrs. Keith, 649 East Main St., Ashland, Aug. 20, 1957, a girl, 6 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. CALACCI To Mr. and Mrs. John, 524 Bessie St., Aug. 20, 1957, a girl, 9 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. WATSON To Mr. and Mrs. John, 717 East Jackson st., Med ford, Aug. 20, 1957, a boy, 8 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospi tal. ' BRASHEAR To Mr. and Mrs. Virgil, Rogue River, Aug. 21, 1957. a girl, 7?4 pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. LINDAHL To Mr. and Mrs. Leslie. 707 Clark st., Medford, Aug. 22, 1957, a boy, 7 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. Window Broken A rock was thrown throueh the front win dow of Robert Corbett's home last night. A juvenile on a bike is suspected, according to police reports. Here Miss Dorothy Husky, former health educator for Jack son County Public Health De partment, is in Medford and is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Minear, South Stage road. Miss Huskey came here from Michi gan, where she recently com pleted studies for her doctorate in public health. She w:ll re main in Medford until Wednes day. Attend Conrention Mr. and Mrs. Robert Corbin were in Portland Monday through Wed nesday attending the Oregon state convention of Theatre Owners of Amerca. They attend ed the business session and luncheon Tuesday and spent Wednesday at Tualitin country club for the golf and bridge tournament and banquet. Cor bin is manager of Oregon-California theaters In southern Oregon. Du Pont I88V2 Eastman Kodak 98 General Electric 64 Vz General Foods 47 General Motors 42 Georgia Pacific 31 Graham Paige 1 Homestake Mining 34 Kaiser Frazer 12 Kennecott Copper 97Vi Lockheed Aircraft 33 Katy Pfd 5334 Montgomery Ward . 36V4 New York Central 28Vi Penney J C . 79 Penn R R 19V2 Radio Corporation 33 Richfield Oil - 74U Socony Vacuum . 55 Vi Southern Co 23 Southern Pacific - 4 Hi Standard California . . 52 Standard Indiana 47 Standard N J 61 Sun Mines 11 Texas Gulf 25 V Tex Pac Land Trust 7 V Transamerica 35 Trans West Air 12 Tri-Continental 30 Union Carbide 109V4 Union Pacific 27Ji United Aircraft 60 UAL .. 24 U S Rubber . 394 U S Steel 64 Youngstown S & T "94 LIVESTOCK Portland (UPI Cattle for week. 3.700; trade active, fed steers and heilers 5flc-l.ua higher; cows strong to 50c higher, other classes steady; near .three loads average choice 930 1150 lb. steers 25, other choice steers 24-21.75: good 22.50-23.50; choice heif ers 1.50-22.30; utility - commercial cows 14-16; canners-cutters 11-13; light cutter bulls 14.50-16; utility bulls 17.50-19. Calves for week 575; trade active, choice vealer and slaughter calves strong to 1.00 higher, other classes steady to 50c higher; choice vealers -wo, good zi-z3.su; standard 19-21; good-choice slaughter calves 19-22.50; cull-utility calves and vealers 11-15. Hogs for week 1.675; butchers and cows closed the week steady after a slow start; sorted U. S. 1 and 2 butch ers 23.25-23.50 with a 37-head lot mostly No. 2s on the close 23.25; mixed grade lots 180-240 lb. mosUy 22.25-23. sorted off No. 3's down to 2; weights 240-270 lb. and 160-180 lm. 21-22: sows 300-500 lb. 16.50-20.50: Sheep for week 4.450: trade uneven but active on the close with slaughter lambs strong to 50c higher, other classes steady: no test on choice range lambs hut central Oregon and Willamette valley wooled Iambs choice 21-21.50: mixed good-choice 20.50-21: good 19-20; good-choice feeders 16 50- 17.50; cull-good slaughter ewes 3-6. land: No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shin. ment f ob. Portland. $60 50-61. PRODUCl Portland (UPi rggs To re tailers: Grade AA large. 54-56c: A large. 50-52c: AA medium. 46-47c: A medium, 45-46c; A small, 29-31c; car ton. 1-6C additional. Butter To retailers: AA and A grade prints. 67-68c lb.; carton, lc a pound higher: B prints. 65-66c. Cheese, medium cured to retail ers: A grade Cheddar, single daisies. 4X'j-52c: 5-lb. loaves. Sl',,-57c; pro cessed American cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 41 a -44c. Farm Market The season's first shipment of Wil lamette valley cantaloupes were quoted to $3.50 a standard crate on the Portland market todav. Washing ton Bartlett Dears brought $1.50-2.25 a 25-pound box. Poultry, Rlhhitl Live Chickens Quoted to growers. No: 1 quality, at ranch. 2i2-4 lbs ., 23c; light hens. 8-10c lb.: at ranch, heavy hens, 5 lbs. up, 11-1 2c lb.; old roosters, 7-9e lb., f o b. Portland. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers. Tryers whole drawn. 41-44c lb.; cut up, 4 -49c lb.; light type, cut up. 34-37c; heavy type, whole drawn, 36-41c lb. Turkeys To producers: Frver turkeys, live weight, 27-28c lb.: voung hen turkeys, A grade. 28e on eviscer ated basis, A grade tons. 25c lb. on same basis. Rabbits (Average to arowers. f.o.h. killing plants! : Live white. 3'x-5 lbs., fob. dressing plants. Portland. 23 26c; colored pelts, 4c under: old does. 10-12 lbs , a few cents higher. Fresh killed fryers to retailers, 59-64c lb.; cut up 42-65c lb. DAILY WEATHER REPORT Medford and vicinitv: Fair throueh Saturday and Sunday except for pos sibility of afternoon thunderstorms over higher mountains. Low tonight 52. High Saturday 88. High Sunday near .90. western Oregon: Partly cloudy to night and Saturday. Cooler. Low to night 50-56. High Saturday 70-75 in north to about 80 in southern interior: 65 along coast. Northern California: Fair tonieht and Saturday except coastal fog. Scat tered afternoon thunderstorms in Si- erra-Nevadas. TEMPERATURE : Mean vesterdav. 75: above normal 5. Record high this date 105 in 1917. Record low thtis date 46 in 1937. Total this month trace. 10 in. below normal. Total since Sept. 1 21.65 in., 3.59 . above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest vesterdav 20. highest this a.m. 73 . Hi Eh 4:30 24 City , Yester- a.m. hr. day Low Prec. Brookinss 66 57 Crater Lake 73 53 Grants Pass 98 54 Klamath Falls 84 52 MEDFORD 95 56 Portland 86 61 Seattle 80 52 Spokane 86 56 lakiama . 88 50 Red Bluff .... - 97 65 Sacramento 93 61 San Francisco . 74 54 Los Angeles 86 67 Phoenix 101 79 Denver 85 53 Chicago 78 64 New "York 75 62 Washington, D.C. 81 60 American Youths Call for China, U. 5. Interchange Tokyo BP) Thirty-six of 41 American youths who visited Communist China over the ob jections of the state department today called for "free inter change between China and America," , Peiping Radio re ported. The youths issued the state ment upon their arrival today in Peiping. The government radio said the youths received "a rous ing welcome"' in the Red China capital. It added that the visit ors were "holding hands, hug ging each other and singing songs." The Americans were among 90 young people who accepted a free trip to Red China follow ing the World Youth Festival in Moscow. In a statement broadcast bv the New China News Agency, the youths who siened the state ment declared: Mutual Understanding "We feel that mutual under standing can best come about tnrougn iriendly exchange by all kinds of individuals. The world has long recognized BULL STARTS GOLD RUSH Tepic, Mexico OP) A rush of gold prospectors to the placid El Tigre area was attributed to day to a dead bull. A housewife cutting up a beef kidney for stew found a small gold nugget in the organ .She showed it to neigh bors and the story spread like wildfire. The bull was traced to El Tigre and the rush started. China's ancient . and rich cul tural heritage and we are par ticularly interested in learning how these old traditions are merging with the many import ant new developments of which we have learned." The American youths said they had come "not only to learn and carry back to America our impressions of contempor ary China, but also to try to give the Chinese people some under standing of our own country." The students traveled over land from Moscow by rail. The radio said that the Ameri cans would tour the Chinese mainland "for a brief period." The Americans were invited by the Chinese People Youth league, the radio said. The radio, however, rave no further information on where the American students were to visit or what they might be al lowed to see. Read and Use Classified Ads Items You No Longer Need The Low Cost Way To Sell . Don't Miss ths Shakespearean Festival Tonight! MON DESIR DINING INN WILL OPEN AT 5:00 P.M. . . . so that you may enjoy Julie's incomparable dinner in the lovely atmosphere of this beautiful Inn. Please phone for reservations NOrmandy 4-2513 Later, in an English, Morse cast, the New China News Agency reported that the visit ing students received "a rous ing welcome at the railway station." ENJOY GENUINE CHARCOAL BROILED FOODS In the CANDLE ROOM at the Medford Hotel FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Through Aue. 28): Western Oregon-Western Washing ton Temperatures in Western Ore gon averaging above normal. Highs mostly 80-90 in interior. 65-75 on coast. Temperatures in western Wash ington near or a little above nor mal with highs mostly 70-80. Lows both areas 48-56. Little or no precipitation. Northern California No Temperatures near normal. .ill GRAIN Portland Wholesale har nrices: New crop. No. 2 (reen alfalfa, baled, fob. Portland and SeatUe, $24-25 a ton. Wholesale oricea as renorted hv th USDA market news service: Wheat no. z soft, white. 78 a ton: No 2 white oats 38-lb. West Coast deliverv, nominally $47-47 ton; No. 2 Valley white oats, S45 ton; soy bean meal, $81 SO ton. f o.b. PortlanC: barlev No. 2. 45-lb. West Coast delivery $44.50 $45 ton; standard mill run. prompt delivery, $36.50-37 ton fob. Port- OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Zotolla's Country Club located en Sronhi Pass Self Caursa SEKVIN9 DINNERS DAILY Featuring UNI ITALIAN FOOD mni PIZZA Enjoy a PLEASANT- Evening At WALKER'S POPULAR Always a Congenial Crowd Finest ot Modem Music 6 L'L At The Beautiful GOLD HILL GRANGE HALL Every SAT. NIGHT Music VfC FLOOD Master, A fina floor and lots of friendly paoplt Come on out We ll miko room for you somehow! Freo Check Room. 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