MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
TUESDAY. AWf.IL 30. IMS
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Edited by The Mail Tribune Advertising Department
TOTAL RETAIL DOLLAR VOLUME FELL CONSIDERABLY during the 7-day period end
ed Wednesday, April 24. below the corresponding week last year. Dun & Bradstreet re
ported today. National Percentage Changes varied from the corresponding levels of a year
ago by the following percentages: . to -5. Regional Percentage Changes varied from
the comparable levels of a year ago by the following percentages: South Atlantic -14 to
-10: Middle Atlantic and Pacific to -8: West South Central -9 to -5: West North Central
-8 to -4; East North Central -7 to -3; New England -6 to -2; Mountain 3 to 7.
FURNITURELAND. INC., a new furniture store for Ashland.
will open soon, according to H. R. "Buck" Graves, well known H
southern Oregon furniture man. The new firm will be es- ja
tablished at 164U Highway 66 in Ashland and William Rom- I
bach of Phoenix will be co-owner with Graves.
Buck Graves, who will be general manager of the new I
firm, lives in Ashland with his wife and two sons.
For the past 27 months he has been manager of Gray's ft
Furniture Barn, Centra! Point, and before that he was
associated with Montgomery's Furniture here.
Furnitureland Inc. will carry a full line of furniture and is
appliances. The store will be a retail outlet for Admiral tele- K
vision and appliances. ?V
Mrs. Graves and the couple's son, Ray, will help on the H
that the store front will be repainted and new signs will be I
erected.
Mrs. Graves and the couple's son, Ray, will help on the H
sales staff and Mrs. Sylvia Snyder will be in charge of the
office.
PRESIDENT OF DENNY'S RESTAURANTS WINS AWARD.
Harold Butler, president of Denny's Restaurants has been
selected by the world famous City of Hope National Medical
Center, as the recipient of Iheir Industry Achievement Award,
on the occasion of tlieir Golden Anniversary Year.
The award will be presented to Butler at a testimonial dinner at the Beverly Hilton
Hotel. Beverly Hills. California. Thursday. June 6. 1963.
Butler has lor.q considered the City of Hope program of treatment, medical education,
and research in the catastrophic killing diseases, a great humanitarian cause. In accepting
the award. Bugler's friends have arranged to make the event the occasion for raising addi
tional funds for the City of Hope to establish a Harold Butler Leukerr.da Research Fund.
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lina, from Lake Michigan to Lake Ponchartrain, more vacationers will be using their bikes
this summer than al any time in history. There are more than 30,000,000 bicycles in Amen
ca today, and they are becoming more and more popular as the perfect vacation com
panion.
"BUCK" GRAVES
Tourist information bureaus at Colonial W
Nantucket Island, Atlantic City, and points n
more tourists taking in the sights by bike. T
off calorics, and actually see more of what th
Organized budget vacations by bike have b
American Youth Hostels program. AYH spo
in and around such areas as Cape Cod. the B
sion country, northern California and New E
for governors of many states in the union,
Saudi Arabia.
Called "Command Performances", the spc
china which hps been displayed as art treasu
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York C
and other outstanding museums throughout th
service plate with wide border of etched gol
in the center of the plate m raised gold.
Center: Dinner plate bearing Presidential s
Plate's border features a narrow band of teal
shown is a tea cup and saucer.
RARE CHINA TO BE
SHOWN AT SWEM'S Fine j
china for the mansions and
palaces of presidents, kings. J
governors and ambassadors I
around the world is part of an
exhibit showing treasures of ,
ceramic art which opens Mon- j
day. May 6th at Swems, ac- j
cording to Phoebe Ewaldson.
Rare museum pieces, costly
hand-painted, gold - decorated
plates are also shown in the
display, now at Sucm's, 217
E. Main st.
The dinnerware master
pieces were created by crafts
men of Lenox, Inc., of Tren
ton, N. J., on special order
from U. S. Presidents since
the time of Woodrow Wilson:
d for such foreign dignitaries as the King of
cial dinner services arc typical of (he Lenox
res in such distinguished institutions as the
ity. the Ceramic Museum in Sevres. France.
Country. Shown in the nl.ntn nLn n
d and teal green. The Presidential scbI appears
eal in etched gold, surrounded by 48 gold stars.
green circling a design in etched gold. Also
illiamsburgh. Va., Yellowstone National Park,
orth, east, south and west report more and
hey avoid traffic and parking problems, burn
ey came to see in the first place.
ecn given added stimulus this year by the
nsors bike vacations of from one to five weeks
erkshires, Lake Michigan, the California Mis-ngland.
Whether an organized tour is in the offing, or just some relaxed two wheeled touring
with no particular plan in mind, today's American-made two-wheeler is ideal for summer
vacation fun. Light in weight but ruggedly made, the modern domestic bike pedals along
macadam highways or back woods roads withequal ease, and with the addition of luggage
carrier or saddle bags, can be easily loaded with anything from overnight camping gear to
a picnic lunch for two.
For those concerned with physical fitness, or their lack of it, It should be noted that
from 500 to 600 calories are burned up in an hour of moderate cycling.
Inspection by a competent service man to insure brakes, tires, steering mechanism and
other vital parts are in good order will help make the planned bike trip a su' essful one.
During American Bike Month in May, r.tany bike retailers will offer free inspections as a
special service. All retailers will offer the free booklet "America's All-Time 10 Best Bike
Games, containing the rules of the road, riding tips and a sell-inspection chart.
Crater Lake Post 1833, Veterans of Foreign Wars, is conducting an effective campaign
here in the interest of greater bike safety, according to Ed Smith, bicycle committee chair
man. Smith is a past post commander and is southern Oregon VFW department representa
tive to the Veterans' Administration.
This special service was ordered by President Truman
Lenox, Incorporated.
1952, and was created by
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H. G. WALLACE
PARADIS TRANSFER & STORAGE, 1015 Norlh Central
Avenue in Medford, has added H. G. Wallace to its staff as
manager of household goods. Wallace, who for three and
one-half years was sales manager for North American Van
Lines in Portland, Oregon, recently moved to this city and
established residence wiih his wife. Audrey, and daughter,
Patricia, at 813 Broad street.
Wally Wallace graduated from, the Norlh American School
of Household Moving in Portland. Paradis Transfer & Storage
is agtnt in Medtord tor North American Van Lines.
AMERICANS ON THE GO. American wanderlust is about to
cue another boom of summertime travel. The number of
traveler to Europe is expected to top the million mark this !
year, up from some 915.000 last yeaV, reports American j
Express. Travel to Greece is also on the rise. Some 120,000 !
Americans should travel to Athens this year, up 20.000 from !
last year.
BOOM AHEAD IN BUYING PLANS. The buying public will J
be stepping up their expenditures in the next six months, !
according to a new survey by Sindlinger St Co., reports Ihe
New York Herald-Tribune. As evidence of confidence in the
economy, Sindlinger cites the folowing: (1) Consumers in the
next six months plan to spend a record S52.3 billion for
automobiles, houses, home improvements, furniture, floor coverings and nine major appli
ances; (21 695,000 new automobiles will be purchased in the next month, a record high; (3)
consumers plan lo buy 3,679,000 new autos in the next six months at an average price of
S2.794 per purchase (that's ll?i ahead of this tirro last year): (4) S18.S billion is planned
lo be spent for new houses in the next six months, an increase of 4o over the same lime
last year; (5) consumers plan !o buy 3,957,000 used cars in the next six months, 17" c ahead
of iasl year.
WALLAC
Exemption on Taxes
Salem lUPU A bill to ex
tend the property lax exemp
tion to parts of labor temoles
passed the House Monday and
went to the Senate. The ex
emption is the one already
granied churches, hospitals,
non-profit fund raising and
social groups, and similar organizations.
Pioneer
Fingerprint
Expert Retires
By KENNETH CARR
Galveston, Tex. -WPI- Folks
around this island city will
tell you if you'd ever been in.
trouble with the law and ran
up against Charlie Bock he
could take one look at your
hand and tell you what you
did, how long ago you did it
and what you got for it.
Charles Edwa:.-d Bock, a 65-year-old
fingerprint expert
who recently retired from the
Galveston police department,
says it isn't so he's not that
good.
However. Bock lias been
known to take one look at a
suspect's fingers, go to his
files and come back with a
card of prints taken from the
man 20 years before.
On a tother occasion, a bur
glary suspect was being ques
tioned. A prime suspect, police
were about to let him go be
cause of lack of evidence
when Bock asked to look at
his hands.
Had Record
After a close look, Bock
came back in a few minutes
with the man's file. He rattled
off the man's record and it
was discovered he was wanted
in several other cities. Bock
had never seen the man be
fore, just his prints.
Bock is considered a pio
neer in the rare profession of
fingerprint experts. He started
out shortly after World War I
by taking a correspondence
course.
While taking the course, he
was struck from behind by an
auto. His hearing was perman
ently damaged, but his eyes
took up the slack.
After finishing the course,
he was asigncd to the identifi
cation bureau of the Galves
ton police department and
soon became known as "Eagle
Eye.'
Saved Innocent
In his 44 years with the de
partment. Bock also saved sev
eral innocent persons. He once
got 11 boys released in con
nection with a filling station
robbery. Another time a man
had been positively identified
as a known criminal, by his
likeness to the wanted man.
Bock had him set free after
checking the fingerprints of
the two.
Bock also is known for his
ability to get prints when no
one else can. A few years ago
a body was found In Galves
ton Bay In an advanced stale
of decay.
Although Bock has retired,
his family still Is represented
in the fight againsl crime.
Both his sons are policemen.
CAPSULE PLACED-Technlcians hoist "Falth-7" space cap
sule to the top of the gantry at launching pad No. 14 at Cap!
Canaveral, Fin , for Installation atop an Atlas booster rocket
The bell-shaped capsule will carry astronaut L. Gordon Co
per Jr. on a planned 22-orbit flight now scheduled for
mid-May. (UPI)
WOMAN INDICTED
Klamath FbIIs-IUPH - Zelma
Joan Ophlho, 42, Klamath
Falls, was indicted by the
Klamath County grand jury
Monday on a charge of first
degree murder. She is charg
ed in connection with the fatal
shooting of Florence Huitt,
26. Klamath Falls, here last
month.
Mint News
The herb known as mint Is
named for Mcnthc, the river
nymph of Greek mythology,
says the Candy, Chocolate and
Confectionery Institute. Mcn
thc supposedly was changed
into the herb by a Jealous goddess.
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MARCH HOUSING STARTS MARK 4-MON
tion in March jumped t7.1t from the Februar
says the Census Bureau. Work was begun o
annual rate of 1.404.000 units in March. Thi
000, reports The Wall Street Journal. The re
cators showing a continued pickup in the ceo
March rise in retail sales and personal Incom
nient from February s high level. The Burea
above that of March. The geographical patte
was mixed. Seasonally adjusted starts leaped 6
Starts increased 11 i in the Midwest and 28
TH HIGH. The rate of initial home construc
y level to the highest point in four months,
n private new housing at a seasonally adjusted
s was way up from February's rate of 1.278.
port on housing is the latest of severU indi
nomy. The Government has also reported a
es to hew records, plus a drop in uncmploy
u says April's rate ought to rise considerably
rn of home construction activity last month
'r above February's rate m the Noitheast.
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SUDDEN SIGHT .Miss Bessie Sikes, Miami. Flu., blind
for 60 years, has suddenly regained the sight of one eye.
Miss Sikcs said the first thing she saw was the floor, then a
bis, white refrigerator She said she rubbed her eye while
getting a drink of waler and the vision returned. (UPI)
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ONS Volkswagen of Amer
ica today announced avail
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powerful engine for its trucks
and station wagons. The new
engine will provide increased
versatility and reserve power
for the box -shaped vehicles
which pioneered a new con-
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The now engine has a 91.1-cubic-inch disp
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cylinders.
The company explained that ihoro is no p
Volkswagen sedans. "There is no need." the
in our sedans as they already exceed iurnpik
acceleration for civ driving."
More than 150.000 VW trucks and statio
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