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- yaZ -Z "... GIRARD GUILTY BUT GOES FREE U. S. Army Spe cialist William S. Girard (right) leaves Japanese court at Maebashi ifter he was found guilty of manslaughter in the slaying of a Japanese woman scrap collector on an Army firing range. Sentenced to three years imprison ment, his sentence was suspended and he was set free. H is accompanied by his Army legal advisor,. Major Stanley Levin. Local and Flu. Fir Firemen were called to a flue fire yesterday morning at the home of Richard Lamont, 2234 Roberts rd. Sale Disabled American Vet erans auxiliary is sponsoring a rummage sale Saturday, Nov. 23, in the Eagles Hall, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Bicycl. Missing Edgar Allen Kersten, 135 Vancouver ave., reported to city police that a blue and white bicycle was taken from his carport during the past four days. Business Kames D. E. Beard, 42 East Main st., Ashland, has assumed the business names of Professional Audit Service and A-l Accredited Bail Bond Serv ice according to records ih the county recorder's office. la Portland Medford police detectives Jack Sanders and De Lair Tusow are attending a fed eral court twal in Portland to day. They are scheduled to ap pear as witnesses in the trial, according to Medford depart ment officials. Stag Party Crater Lake Aerie 2039, Fraternal Order of Eagles will hold its annual stag party Friday evening. Nov. 22, in its HaU at 219 West Main street. All proceeds will go for Christmas baskets for the needy. There will be turkeys and hams with Eddie Olson in charge of the evening. Accident A parked car own- d by Willis Thompson - Fasel, 117 Ashland st., was involved in an accident with a car driven by Jessie William Greene, 122 Tripp st., Tuesday about 3:40 p.m., according to city po lice. Police said Fa'sel's car was parked on Sixth st., be tween Front st. and Central a-e. when hit. No citations were is sued, according to the police. Bicycle Missing A bicycle was reported as missing to city police by Phillip Roy Gilbertson, 315 Vancouver st., on Wednes day evening. Police said the bi cycle was taken from the Hed , rick Junior high school stands between 4 and 5 p.m. Wednes day afternoon. The bicycle is blue and white, police said. .-iMttaTmvifmim TONITE! YOUNG MA QVITH a hor somebody up - mM. ;ttt mere frOiJIfkes me PAUL NEWMAN PIER ANGELI 1 I WINTER WONDERLAND BAZAAR Presbyterian Church 8TH and HOULY FRIDAY, NOV. 22 -10 to 8 $1.00 Smorgasbord 1 1:30 a.m. $1.50 Ham Dinner 5:30 p.m. Personal Patient Frank Wright, 1024 West 13th st., Medford, is con valescing at Sacred Heart hos pital following surgery. Gas Theft Stanley Snyder, 211 South Ninth st., reported gas was stolen from his car while it was parked in the rear of the bakery at 211 Pine st., Central Point early yesterday morning. Convalescing Convalescing at Rouge Valley hospital follow ing surgery are Mrs. William Wroe, route 3, box 223, Medford, and Mrs. Elvin Presnti, 1953 Kings highway. Theft Harold Ricks. Cha- ney Forest Products, Central Point, reported to sheriff's depu ties the theft of some scrap iron from behind the Central Point company during the week end. Hazards Found Twelve or ders for correction of hazards were issued yesterday by City Fire Marshal Truman Nelson. He inspected a hotel, a place of r public assemblage and four busi ness occupancies. Patients Convalescing at Osteopathic following minor sur gery is Cyrus Hamilton, route 2, box 790, Central Point. Medical patient at the hospital is Glenn Williams, 615 Pennsylvania ave., Medford. Surgery Carl Strawn, post office box 210, Hornbrook, Calif., is convalescing at Rogue Valley hospital following sur gery. Also convalescing at the hospital is William Russell, 1080 Stewart ave., Medford. Theft William Anthony Krause, 1128 West Foutr st., told police Wednesday evening a bicycle was taken from his home between 4 and 5:45 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. Police said the bicycle is Green with gold trim. Granddaughter Mr. and Mrs. Richard Morehead, Eugene, are the parents of a girl, Christine Lynn, born Nov. 19, in Eugene. The baby weighed 8 pounds. Grandparents of the baby are Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Paup, 721 South Holly st.. Medford. Fined Tommy Carlyle Nat wick, 35, 235 North Ivy st., was fined $100 and sentenced to 20 days in jail. The jail term is to be suspended if Natwick leaves town, according to Municipal Judge Noreen Kelly. Natwick pleaded guilty yesterday morn ing to charges of disorderly con duct on a citizen's complaint af ter he. was involved in damag ing a glass door at the Wooden Shoe at Sixth and Fir sts. Citation Issued Leighton Ray Skob, 1185 Pine st.. Cen tral Point, was issued a citation by Central Point police for reck less driving, it was reported, fol lowing an accident yesterday. Skob's car rammed into the car owned by David Elmer Wilson parked on Haskell st. in Central Point. The car traveled 311 feet and ended up in the ball park at Haskell and Pins sts., police re ported. Considerable damage was reported on both cars. Skob received slight injuries. Phelan Benford Dies After Long Illness Coos Bay Phelan A. Ben ford, 39, manager of the Coos Bay branch of the First National bank, and a former resident of Medford, died Tuesday after noon in a Coos Bay hospital. He had been ill since last July. He was born March 13, 1918 in Merced Falls, Calif., but moved to Medford with his fam ily as a youngster, and attend ed Medford schools. He joined the staff of the bank in 1937, and moved from Medford to Coos Bay in 1948 as junior loan officer, being promoted to as sistant manager in 1950 and manager in 1955. Mr. Benford was active in a varietv of civic affairs, was a member of the Elks and Lions clubs and worked in the United Fund and Oregon Society for Crippled Children and Adults organizations. Survivors include his widow, Ruth; a son, Cleve, and daugh ter, Linda, all Coos Bay; his parents, Mr. and Mrs., frank M. Benford, Eugene, and two brothers, Maj. Milton A. Ben ford, U.S. Army, Springfield, N.Y., and Willard F. Benford, Fredonia, Ariz. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday, in the chapel of the Mills Funeral home in with the Rev. O. W. Payne officiating. Elks ritual istic entombment services vm be at Sunset Memorial mauso leum. Hatfield Will Visit, Give Chamber Talk Secretary of State Mark Hat field will visit Medford Monday for a series of conferences and a talk before the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce round table, it was announced. Any citizens wishing to confer with Hatfield may-meet him at the Jackson county court house annex in the conference room of the county school superinten dent's office from 2 to 3 p.m. when he will receive visitors. Hatfield is scheduled for a late afternoon television pro gram prior to speaking before a Grants Pass audience Monday night. Biegel Named Head Of Engineer Group E. C. Biegel, Ashland, .was elected as president of the Spe cial Engineers of Oregon during a meeting in the Medford hotel recently. Bob Johnson, General Electric representative at Medford, was elected vice president and Allen Alsing, Medford water superin tendent, was elected secretary treasurer. Biegel replaces James K. Hoey, consulting engineer at Medford. The new officers will take office Dec. 1. Births TALBOTT To Mr. and Mrs. Robert T., 133 South Oakdale ave., Medford, Nov. 19, 1957, a girl, Vz pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. WILLIAMS To Mr. and Mrs. Don, 440 Highland dr., Medford, Nov. 15, 1957, a girl, 8V4 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. DUNCAN To Mr., and Mrs. James, route 1, box 644, Eagle Point, Nov. 17, 1957, a boy, 7Vz pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. LOVELL To Mr. and Mrs. Warren, Oak Manor motel, Cen tral Point, Nov. 20, 1957, a boy, 8V pounds, at Rogue Valley hos pital. McSWAN To Mr. and Mrs. Leland. Little Butte Star route, box 250, Eagle Point, Nov. 20, 1957, a girl, 8 ',4 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. Sign Hung Shell Oil com pany has been issued a build ing permit to hang a $1,500 sign at 439 North Central ave. Back in Hospital George Brownell, manager and owner of the Brownell motel, 1102 North Riverside ave., was re turned to the Sacred Heart hos pital yesterday, it was reported. No visitors are allowed to see him. Vehicles Collide Vehicles driven by James Paul Teets, 49 South Second st., Central Point, and Kenneth Dale Robertson, ' 235 Laurel st., Central Point, collided at Ninth and Pine sts. Tuesday, police reported. Con siderable damage resulted to the car driven by Robertson. No damage was reported to the Teets' GMC pickup truck. No in juries were reported. Reservations Reservations for the 4-H Leaders' annual ban- j quet to be held Dec. 3, should j be made at the 4-H county j agent's office not later than Mon- j day, Nov. 25, according to Glenn Klein, 4-H agent. The banquet will be held in the Phoenix Youth Center, formerly the Phoenix Community hall. Wom en of the Phoenix grange will serve. &MK " 1 . 1 " " f J t, ,?- t ?! -11 ARRIVING IN NEW YORK, French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau meets newsmen before going to Washing ton for talks with Secretary of State Dulles on crisis arising over shipments of arms to Tunisia. (International) Stocks Score Third Best Gain of Year New York (W Stocks scored their third best gain of 1957 in an active session today. At 2 p.m. the industrial aver age showed a rise of 8.40 points. Last Friday it rose 11.41 points on the cut in the discount rate, The other big day of 1957, was on Oct.' 23 when the average soared 17.34 points, its best daily gain since Nov. 14, 1929. Today's rise which spread throughout the market added more than three billion dollars to the value of listed issues. Railroad issues joined the rise, unwilling to drop a second time on a poor car loadings report. Steels ruled strong. Allied Chem ical and Du Pont each rose more than 3 in the chemicals. Ameri- LIVE5TOCK Portland (U.P.) Cattle 200: trade active, steady in a cleanup affair; one load mosUy choice 850 lb. fed heifers 21.75; standard steers and heifers 18 20; utility-commercial cows 14-16; canners-cutters 10.50-12.50. Calves 50: market steady: choice vealers 25-28; good 22-25. Hobs 100; market steady vnxti Wednesday's 50-cent decline; sorted 1 and 2 grade butchers 18.50-19: mixed lots 17.50-18.50; sows 300-500 lb. 15-16.50. SheeD 200: no choice wooled or shorn lambs offered: good slaughter lambs 18-19.50; gooa-cnoice teeaers 19-19.50; good-choice feeders 16.50 18.50; cull-good ewes 3.50-7.50. PRODUCE Portland (U P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large. 54-55c doz.: a large, 52-53c; AA medium. 48-49c; A medium, 47-48c; A small, 36-39c; car ton, l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA and A grade prints. 68-69c lb.; carton, lc a pound higher: B prints, 65-66c. Cheese (medium cured) To retail ers: A grade Cheddar, single daisies, 45',i-52c; 5-lb. loaves. 51',2-57c; pro cessed American cheese, s-io. loai. 4U2-42C. Farm Market Tradine was moderatelr active to day on such items as celery, cranber ries, top lettuce and sweet potatoes; quotations for large top apples easea lower this week. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted to growers at ranch, No. 1 quality fryers 2;i-4 lbs., 19c lb.; light hens. 10-lle lb. ranch; heavy hens. 5 lbs. up, 13-14c lb.; old roosters, 7-8c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers. Fryers, whole drawn. 34-37c lb.: cut up. 40-44c; hens, light type cut up, 33-36c; heavy type, whole drawn, js-J9c. Turkevs To Droducers: Young hen turkeys. 28c to mostly 30c lb. eviscer ated A grade toms, 24c lb.; eviscerated basis, depending on weight. Turkeys To retailers: Frozen A grade young hens, 38-41C lb., on evis cerated basis: A grade young toms, 35-39c lb. on same basis; fresh dressed birds 1 to 3 cents a pound higher. Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plants): Live white, 3 '4-5 lbs., f.o.b. dressing plants Portland 22-25c lb., colored pelts, 4c under. Fresh killed fryers to retailers, 59-64c lb.; cut up, 62-65C lb. Portland Hay, Grain Wholesale Hav Prices: New crop, No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, i.o.b. Port land and SeatUe, $24-25 a ton. Wholesale prices as reported oy xne USDA market news service: Wheat. No. 2 soft white. $78 a ton; No. 2 white oats 38-lb. West Coast delivery, S49.50 ton: No. 2 Valley white oats, S47.50 a ton; soybean meal, $76 ton, f.o.b. Portland; barley, No. 2 West Coast delivery, $47 ton; standard mill run, prompt delivery, $34-35 ton f.o.b. Portland; No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipment f.o.b. Portland, S56.50-57. Teen land DD AM(CIE Place for Round Pegs in Square Holes Drop in Every FRIDAY NIGHT To Dance? From 8 to 12 at 415 E. Main Admission 50c Music by Seaburg Juke can Telephone recovered Wed nesday's wide loss. Allied Chemical . 74 Vz American Can 38 AT&T 166 Anaconda Copper 43 Vz Bethlehem Steel 38V8 Caterpillar Corp 6IV2 Chrysler Corp 68 Continental Can : 41 Crown Zellerbach ... 46 Vz Curtiss Wright . 26 Du Pont 176 Eastman Kodak 96V4 General Electric 62 Vs General Foods 44V& General Motors 35 Georgia Pacific ....... 26 Graham Paige . lis Homestake Mining 33 Kaiser Frazer 8 Kennecott Copper 86 Lockheed Aircraft 35 Katy Pfd 37V2 Montgomery Ward 3034 New York Central 16 Penney J C 83 Radio Corporation 29V2 Richfield Oil ... 59 Socony Vacuum 47 Southern Co 22 Southern Pacific '. 35 Standard California 46 Standard Indiana 37 Vz Standard NJ 49 Sun Mines 8 Texas Gulf 16 Transamerica 31 Trans West Air 11 Tri-Continental 29 Tex Pac Land Trust 5 Union Carbide 93V2 Union Pacific 25 United Aircraft 57 UAL I.. 22 U S Rubber ... 35 U S Steel 54V2 Youngstown S & T ...... I 79 Tractorama Planned To Start Tomorrow A "tractorama, sponsored by the Case Tractor company, will be held at Jerry Olsen's Mac Sales building, Crater Lake highway, starting at 1 p.m., and on Saturday, starting at 10:30 a.m. Olson said the Case equip ment will be in competition with equipment in pulling, power, dirt moving2 and dirt loading contests. Entries will be lim ited to the industrial type of tractor, Olsen said. Three to four other dealers in Medford have said they would enter equipment, he added. . The public is invited to see the events and to inspect all equipment taking part in the competition. The events will take place in nearby fields, Olsen said. Portland (IP) The state high way department is curtailing its engineering forces to meet a winter construction cutback. Thursday, rT0Yembr 21, 1957 Obituaries MRS. ELVIRA BORAKER Mrs. Elvira Boraker, a long time resident of Medford, died in Portland Tuesday. Funeral ar rangements will be announced by Conger-Morris funeral home. GEORGE R. HUSTON Services for George R. Huston, 75, of 1006 Court street, will be held in the Conger-Morris fu neral home Friday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. G. Herbert Hiller man, Zion Lutheran church, of ficiating. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Pall bearers will be Lowell Ditch; O. D. Tucker; Sid Davis; Clinton Charley; Tom Wall, and Edwin E. Wall. Mr. Huston was born in Corn ing, Calif., Jan. 10, 1882. On Jan. 18, 1911, in Hornbrook, he was married to Irma E. Vettel, who survives him. He lived in Grants Pass from 1933 until 1940, when he moved to Central Point. A year later to Medford, residing here until his death. Also surviving him are four children, Harold G. Huston, Crescent City, Clarence E. Hus ton, San Francisco; Loyd S. Hus ton, Medford; Mrs. Alfred Thompson, Central Point; a brother, J. L. Huston, Los An geles; and nine grandchildren. MRS. JOSEPH R. MARSHALL Requiem mass for Mrs. Joseph R. Marshall Sr., who died Sun day, Nov. 17, was on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. at Our Lady of the Lake Church, Oswego, Ore. Recitation of the rosary will be on Tuesday, at 7:15 p.m. at The Chapel by the Lake, Os wego. Mrs. Marshall was born May 1, 1877 at Dubuque, Iowa. On Nov. 29, 1899 she married Joseph R. Marshall Sr., in Boone, Iowa. They came to Seattle, Wash. -in 1902 and later resided in Med ford from 1923 to 1942. In 1942 they came to Oswego, making their home in the Briarwood dis trict. On Nov. 29, 1949, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Mrs. Marshall has been active in church and community activ ities. She is survived by her hus band, Joseph R. Sr., of Oswego; her two sons. Joe, Seattle, Wash., and Jack, Portland; a brother, Jake Lentz, Yakima, Wash.; sis ters, Louise Prasch of Yakima, Wash., Mrs. J. F. Morrisey, Se attle and Anne Pierce of Tacoma, Wash.; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. DAVID PENCE David Pence, 82, a resident of 715 Cedar St., died in a local hospital last night. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Perl Funeral home. Dedication of State TV Station Scheduled Eugene (IP) Gov. Robert Holmes, Chancellor John R. Richards and state and private educators and broadcasters will dedicate Oregon's first educa tional television station Satur day. KOAC-TV, Channel 7 at Cor vallis, will be formally dedi cated by the state sysetm of higher education with a special one-hour program from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Dedicatory pro grams will originate from studios at both Oregon State college and the University of Oregon. The station covers an area within a radius of about 40 miles of the transmitter near Cor vallis. ROGUE RIVER LODGE Open Every Night Except TUESDAYS wagoning Friday, November 22nd - 9 p.m. -12 PIONEER ROOM, JACKSON HOTEL Live Music Exhibitions and Entertainment Sponsored by ARTHUR MURRAY STUDIOS MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUN! Unander Asks Board To Lower Area Rates Salem (IP) ,State Treasurer Sig Unander today asked the federal reserve board to lower the rediscount rate in the 12th federal reserve district. , In a wire to Board Chairman William McChesney Martin Jr., Unander said "economic condi tions in the 12 th federal reserve district and unsatisfactory con ditions in the timber industry in Oregon apparently justify lowering the rediscount rate in the district." The 12th district includes west ern states. Last week, the re discount rate was lowered in four eastern districts. DAILY WEATHER FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Fair through Friday except for patches of valley foe tonight and early Friday. Occasional gusty southeast wind. Cooler tonight witn low 25. High Friday 54. Western Oregon: Fair with a few high clouds tonight and Friday. Patchy early morning valley fog. Cooler southern interior tonight. Low tonight 26-36. High Friday 48-58. Northern California: Fair tonight and Friday. SlighUy cooler. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yeiterday 45: above normal 2. Record high this date 67 in 1924. Record low this date 16 in 1929. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night .13 inch. Midnight to 10 a.m., none. Total this month 2.28 inches, JS6 inch above normal. . Total since Sept. 1, 4.72 inches, .44 inch above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday highest this a.m. 100. High 4:30 24- City Tester- a.m. hr. day Low Pree. Brookings 56 50 .16 Crater Lake 37 11 .03 Grants Pass 50 38 Klamath Falls 40 26 .05 MEDFORD 48 31 .13 Portland 53 31 SeatUe 44 28 Spokane 35 20 Yakima 45 18 Eureka 57 51 .03 Red Bluff 69 48 Sacramento 64 46 San Francisco 60 52 Los Angeles 81 56 Phoenix 71 41 Denver 32 14 Chicago .. 40 31 Miami 83 67 3.01 New York 53 38 ' Washington, D.C. 51 37 OIL ROYALTIES UNBELIEVABLE PROFIT8! NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! Under a Federal Ruling, Oil Companies have been reaping profits from public lands for years. You, too, can profit from this little known opportunity. 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