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FRIDAY. MARCH 13, 1954 PAGE FOUR HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH TALIS, CfflfcGON Stacks -x WALL STREET NEW YORK I S!ock de clined Friday ut a quiet market ' from toe ?4-rer peak levels . es- tablisbM Tnursda?. Tho fall vect la between 1 and 1 pouts at Ue cuuado in key areas. Mosi were small with a lew exceptions. Trading hit the hro-m i 1 1 1 o n mark. Tnai compares with 2,050, -000 shares traded Thursday estock ijfcl 1 PORTLXND LIVESTOCK PORTLAND UV-(DSOA) CatUe for week, salable 2600; market generally active but closed slow, fed steers and heifers around SO higher, other classes strong to SO up; choice around teO-l.lM lb ied steers 23.25-24 00. better thin two loads, dozen' loads mostly choice with some good at 23.00. other good steers 31 .00 -22.76: commercial 18 00-20.50, utility 13.50-17 50: tew good and choice feeders 19 50 JO.OO; good heifers 19.50-31.00. lew choice 21.2a. uulily and commer-j cial -12.0O-1A-00. cullers down to 11.00 and under: uulily cows 12.50-1 15 CO, commercial 15.50-16 50. part Solon -.Warns Against Tax Cutting CHICAGO GRAIN . C.mr.ACwO if, wheat rjrifes ad. Tanced on the board of trade Frs-1 cutters largely 10 00-11.50. shell!, day even though some week end I wn to 00: utility and commer evening up operations near the i cial bulls H 00-16 50. close cut early gains. . Calves, salable 310: market less : In back of the wheat upturn was ' active but abost steady, good and a sioim over much of the winter choice vrolexs SOO-M.uO few wheat belt, from which area canielpnme to UX0 ad so.50. KOod and many reports of blowing dust in . choice above 325 lb calves 19 60 the air. Alio creating some de-' OO. lew good and cioice. stock mand tnr wheat was Dews the.caives iw-J.w: sous Commodity Credit Cora, was ex changing some or its hard wheat; for red wheal. . v j Wheat dosed 1 Vi higher.! March . 2.30, com higfter, March 1.54, oats unchanged to higher, March 77, rye l to lJi higher, March 1.19-H, soybeans 1 to "111 higher, March 3.50-';, and laid 10 cents lower to 20 cents hundred pounds higher, March 17.42. Wheat Open Hieh Low Close 2.28 Vt 2.30 ,4 2 28 v. 2.30 2.27 l' 2.30 2.27 V, 2.29 i 2.18 !i 2.21 2.18 2.20 2.20 H 2.23 i 2.20 H 2 23 H 2.25 2.27 i 2.25 2.27 ii Mar May Jly Sep Dec PORTLAND GRAIN PORTLAND tfl No transac tions. Friday's car receipts: wheat 3fi: Hour 7; corn 8; oats 8; mill feed 5, POTATOES v SAN FRANCISCO tfl (USD A) Potatoes 18 cars on track; arriv als California 1, Oregon 8; no sales. LOS ANOELES Uft (USDA) Potatoes: 80 cars on track; arriv als California 7, Nevada' 2, Oregon S, Idaho 1; market steady; Idaho Russets No. 1-A, 2.05-2.40; No. 1 6 oz min 3.00-3.15; Deschutes No. 1 6 oz min 2.65. , CHICAGO Wl Potatoes: Arri vals 88: on track 254; total U.S. shipments 889; old stock market steady; Idaho Russets 83.20; Min nesota North Dnkota P 0 n 1 1 a c s 81.75; new stock market steady; Florida round reds $2.08-20. IDAHO FALLS ! (USDA) Potatoes: Murkct llrm; Russets No, 1-A, 2-ln mlu 25-30 per cent 10 01 and larger, 1.60-75 ; 30-35 per cent 10 os and larger, 1.75-95. ' WASHINGTON Wl Sen. WU- Hams (R-Del) said today Congress members who back major cuts in fixes this year should be willing U.. support an equivalent increase in the national debt limit. "We should make It very clear to the people," he said In an in terview, "that any tax cut we are giving them must be paid for by borrowed money." That is true, he said, because t h e Eisenhower administration has forecast a deficit of 13.200.' 1-. .- ........-. ,! " iur me current tinanciai ouu.ooo lor tlie next year. Williams came out against the 912 million dollars worth of excise cu'.o included in a bill passed over whelmingly by the House Wednes day. The administration Is fighting we cuts. Fact-, of the cuts might be Jus- tuied on its own merits, he said, but no further general tax reduc uon should be voted until the budg et Is balanced. The Delaware senator cave his h.,.hr letw-TA lbs. 28 53-28.7S. ""-- uusiu lutci- na. at small w of "e Senate Finance Commit- rt,t, i batchers down toilee . '"-cn ne rves. to con- IT.Tr.-. .- --a nh', sider the House excisit bill. wehts mWtly 26 50-27.50: Choice ! cut to 10 per cent SiSr ik -V -n TV2S 00 few 1 variety of excises which 10 9.00 and Kocs for under. week. salable UTS; market closed tS-l 00 lower after j stradv operucir: choice l and 2, licbter weiiihts to 25.50. Sheep for week, salable 765; market 50 and more histier, choice and prime but mostly choice fed wooled lamos 2i.ou-si.au. ie ti.n Monday and 129 head 22.00 Thurs day, new high for season; gooa and choice feeders 16.00 - 17.00; good and choice slaughter ewes around 100 higher at 8.00-9.00. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK n CHICAGO l Hogs generally were steady to 25 cents lower in an uneven market Friday. Most of the decline was on choice light weights scaling less than 230 pounds. : r. Buyers paid 825.50 to 25.65 for most choice to 130 to 230 lb butch ers. Sows- were mostly 50 cents lower at 820.50 to $23.00. Good and choice steers and yearlings were taken at 819.00 to 823.50. Cows held steady to weak at $11.75 to 814.00. A few small lots of good to prime wooled slnughter lambs brought $23.00 to $25.00. Salable receipts were estimated at 5,500 hogs, 1,000 cattle, 200 calves and 400 sheep. . Sixteen cities) track 899. Arrivals 428; on Fir Plywood Price Drops PORTLAND W The price ol Douglas fir plywood has dropped $5 a thousand square feet In new price lists of major firms made known generally today. The index grade, quarter inch, good one side, Is listed at $80 a thousand feet at the factory. Thnt Is $10 lower than a year ago and bnok down to the price at which plywood leveled olf lust Novem ber niter a severe slump in early fall. The Oregon Journal said over production, not a drop In demand, was responsible for the fulling price. It said U. S. Plywood had taken the lead In the drop, fol lowed by M and M Woodworking in Us price list for March 15, and Georgia -Paclllc is expected to meet It, Trial Date Set In Check Case . Joe D. Andrews, charged with obtaining property and money under false pretenses, pleaded not guilty Friday In Circuit Judge Da vid R. Vandonbcrg'a court. He was indicted for passing a bogus $10 check at the Corner Store. At the request ot Delensc At torney George Proctor, the case was set lor trial on Mnrch 23. Lofty Wedding Proves Futile DENVER (.11 n took Just six weeks for the principals In Den ver's loftiest wedding to get down out of the clouds. Max A. Wilk and his bride, tile former Mrs. Mary Varnell, havo separated, she said yesterday. They married Jan. 31 atop the Denver Club building, 260 feet aoove tnc mllc-hlgh cltv, alter! Wllk accepted a dnrc to marry ' 011 a scaffolding at the peak ol the new building's skeleton 1 Mrs- Wllk, 62, gave no reason I for the scppuratlon from her 65-1 year-old husband. i Weather Crants Pass and vicinity Foggy Friday night and early Sntuiday, Friday, night and early Saturday, becoming partly junny Saturday alternnon. Low Friday ingm 2d; high Saturday 45. Northern California Increasing elPidlncss Saturday; light rain or .in extreme north Saturday night. Northwesterly winds 10-20 m.p.h. near coar. BakT and vicinity Partly sunny Saturday. Low Friday night 20; hlch Saturday 40. Western Oregon Partly cloudy Friday night. Increasing cloud! ness with occaslonnl rain Satur day. Little change in temperature with highs 45-55 Saturday. Lows Friday night 23-38. Winds off coast mostly southwesterly 15-25 Saturday. Eastern Oregon Partly cloudy Friday and Increasing cloudiness Saturday wltli possible - snow flur ries or light showers Saturday afternoon. Slowly rising tempera lures. Highs 38-48 Saturday. Lows Friday night 15-30. rivp-Day Outlook Western Area Occasional rain Saturday and a few showers Moil dav and Wednesday. Total precip itation about one-half Inch. Rising temperatures averaging about nor nvil. Highs In tile 50s; lows In mid 3ns. Eastern Area Slowly risinir temperatures, averaging below normal, exeunt near normal east slopes of Cascades. Hichs general ly rising to 45-55. Lows 25-35. A few showers or snow flurries late Snturday or Sunday. Total preclp- luuiuil- .1 10 By THi; ASSOCIATED I'RKSS 21 hours to 4:3U a.m. Friday now have rates ranging from 25 to 11 per cent. They include levies on transportation tickets, telephone oms, jewelry, furs, cosmetics, lug gage, admissions to movies and other entertainments, electric bulbs, and photographic equip ment. At the same time, the measure would extend for a year beyond April 1 rates on major excises in cluding autos, gasoline, liquor and cigarettes voted after the - Ko rean War begun. Chairman Millikin (R-Colo) said his group would go over the meas ure with its experts and consider whether to hold any hearings. No committee action Is likely befcre the middle of next week. Sen. George (D-Ga), senior Dem ocrat on the Finance Committee, tolc Williams last night in a flurry of Senate debate on taxes that he did not believe the Delaware sen ator could stop passage of the ex cise bill by the Senate. Williams conceded. "I'm afrmid I can't." . i BIRTHS McAUMFFE Born to Mr. Mrs. Patrick McAultffe. March Klamath Valley Hospital a boy weigh- and at Two Killed In Training Jump FT. BRAGG. N. C. W Two members of the 82nd Airborne Di vision were killed in a mass Jump of 9,000 paratroopers here yester day. Thirty were hospital tied and abtftit 50 other men received mi nor injuries. - -.,... The Army exercise Long Thrust claimed the lives of Pic. Joseph J. Hamel, 20, Claremont, N. H., and Pvt. Junior L. Cooper, ' 23. wnitevuie, Tenn. The Army Bated one man in crit ical condition. He was Identified as Romeo Paradise. Nashua NJt. Other hospitalized paratroopers apparently were not seriously in jured. - " The Army declined details of the fatal accidents pending completion of an Investigation. The casualties marred the Army's largest peacetime : para trooper and equipment drop since World War II. The booted, combat ready trr:.ers cascaded from about 145 Cllts (Flying Boxcars) onto four drop zones in the Ft. Bragg-Camp. Mackall area. After landing, the men secured theoretical air head and pre pared for simulated combat. Some failed to land in proper drop tones; .others landed in trees. Funeral . Max. Min. Prep. Baker 37 20 - Bend 35 12 Eugene . 47 27 ,02 Klamath Foils 32 18 Lakcview . 29 16 .03 Medford .. ... 45 24 - North Bond 46 32 - Pendleton 42 26 T Portland Alruort) 45 25 Roscburg 47 26 f Snlcni 49 o.i Bol.'.e 40 24 .0.1 Chicago 41 35 f Bcnvci 59 27 ' .04 Eureka - 47 33 .03 Los Angeles . 63 51 Nt-w York . 45 33 Rrd Wulf 53 34 San Francisco 48 35 0' battle 42 26 ,03 I " " " " T.-. WATKIK8 . Funeral wrvlcea for Joseph William Watklna, 73. who died near , Malln March 10, will take place from th Cha pel of Ward's Klamath Funeral Home, 023 High Street, Saturday March 13. at 2 p.m., with the Rev. Carl C. OeMott of the Malln Community Church offici ating. The body will be forwarded to Denver for final riles and interment in uie rairmoni cemetery at a later date, SCHUMACHER Funeral services for Frfedrlech Her man Schumacher, S3, who died here March 10. will take place from the Chapel or Ward'a Klamath Funeral Home, High Street, Saturday, March 13, at 10:30 a.m., with the Rev. D. L. Froett of the Peace Memorial Church officiating. Concluding services una inwmrni will louow in Klamath Memorial iarx. Needlework Sale To Continue Tho sale of needlework left by a late Klamath Falls woman, be ing sold at 411 Main street will be continued Saturday, March 13 at reduced prices. Work Unit Is left Includes Hollies. laces, crocheted bedspread, em broidered pillow cases and dish towels, table cloths and - a "biscuit" quilt top. Retired Colonel Gets Draft Notice MONTICELLO. N. Y. W Col. William Hones, 61, now a Mathews County, Va., farmer, retired from the Army Ut 1952 after 41 years of service, disclosed yesterday that he got a draft board ques It Is a routine query sent to over-age men for reclassification of their draft status. Hones said: "If my number is up I'm anx ious to go." Dr. Stewart Gay. a member of tlie Sullivan County draft board, said Hones formerly lived In the county at Roscoe, N. Y. Ho could not' explain how Hones' name got into draft board records. Dunsmuir Woman Dies At Home DUNSMUIR Funeral serivces will be held Saturday In Noble's Chapel, Mount Shasta, at 3 p.m. for Mrs, Zenobla T. Tuttle. 73, who died in her sleep early Wednesday morning at the North Dunsmuir home of her daughter and son-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. Leo L. Mellon, where she had made her home for the past 10 years. The Rev Robert M. DeWolt of the Duns muir Methodist Church will offi ciate. , A resident of this community for the past 30 years, Mrs. Tuttle was the wife of Joseph B. Tuttle. who died April 13, 1937. She was a native of Mankato, Kansas, born December 26, 1880. j. Survivors, other than Mrs. Ethel Mellon, are a daughter, Mrs. Jew el Hickey of Dunsmuir; a son,' Ernest B. Tuttle. Denver, who will be here for the services: three brothers and a sister, . Emmet Hale of Oceana, California; Clar ence Hale ot Dunsmuir; Gleiui Hale, Eagle Point; Mrs. Ruth Graham, Klamath Falls. There are three grandsons, Floyd Mellon, Jimmy and Gary Hickey, all of Dunsmuir. Interment will be in the familv plot in the Dunsmuir Cemetery, Camp Fire Girls Plan Birthday More than 1100 persons in the Klamath Basin will pause next week to recognize tbe national birthday of the Camp Fire Girls. The 1100 in the basin are actively working in Camp Fire organiza tions, some 250 of them as adult leaders. They will Join more thon 370,000 Camp Fire Girls through out the united States In celebrat ing the 44th birthday anniversary of the first national organization exclusively for girls aged seven to 18. i Theme of the Canto Fire Girls birthday this year is "Let's , Be Different Together." National President Mrs. Warren C. Hunter of Portland, who was recently In Klamath Falls, ' says that this theme Is deeply signifi cant. Says Mrs. Hunter, "It is sig nificant tn view of the growing recognition by all people or the need for appreciation of differ ences in culture and 'customs to promote mutual understanding." Camp Fire Girls of the Klamath Falls Council, .covering all of Klamath County and Dorris, California, will celebrate the birth day week by attending church this Sunday In groups, and with other functions during the week of March 14th to 20th. Klarrlath Junior j High : Nejs By SANDrU ADAMS Klamath Fremtht Junior High Regulars lost tolLakevlew Feb ruary 9, with a store of Si to 30. KFJH Regular ran over Malln February 12, with! a score of 54 to 23. Jan Cox nd Jim Hope tied for hleh point man with 12 points. The Regulars belt Ashland with a score of 38 to!2l February 16. Jan Cox and Jim; Hope again tied for high point man with 10 point. February 19, they, met Medford to play a game w ith a score of JJ to 30 in our favor. High point nun was Jan Cox witi 16 points. KFJH Regulars! playe-J Ashland Tuesday February 23, to will again with the score of S2 to 20. Tom Ankeny was; high point man wltn 10 pouts. , February 12, Ob Midgets went to Pairhaven to bp defeated by n score of 19 to 28. i Students stagefl a talent show the afternoon of; February 17. Mickey Carney wag master of cere monies. Nineteen students partici pated in this program. February IE. the Mldnets nlaved Sacred Heart and upset them with a score of 23 to a. Nicky Savage was high point man with fle points. ,i Tlie Midgets woa; out over Keno, February 17 bv a4 scorn nf aa tn 24. Robert Wykoff was high point man with 17 points. They played uismoni reoruary 19. The score was 40 to 28 in our favor. Nicky Savage was high point man with 14 points. . The Regulars played Grants Pass February 27 and ran over them with a score of 43 to 21. High point man was Jim Keen with 15 points. ( Dee Jay Nelson came to KFJH March 1 to present a National Assembly. Two students, Don Leach and Zane Zirkle. assisted Mr. Nel son with his show.l Young Burglar Given Term A young confessed burglar who admitted he stole 84.000 In lour months was sentenced to four vears In Oregon State Prison Fri day bv Circuit Judge David R. Vandenberg, .. The defendant, Gerald Simpson, 32. pleaded guilty to stealing 82,000 from a Klamath. Falls Implement company. He also told the court he committed several forgeries and aa buralaries in California. Simpson served term in a Cali fornia prison. Defense Attorney Joe O'Neill asked the court to take in consider ation the fact Simpson gave him self tin to San Bernardino, Cali fornia, ponce alter uie uurguuy here. O'Neill said that was evi. dence the youth wanted, to no straight. ' Before nassintr sentence. Judge Vandenberg pointed out that the defendant by his own admissions stated he was able to earn 890 a week before he turned to a life ot crime. He said clemency was not Justified. T Star Horse To Be Paraded "Gynsy". the borse movie star of the film, "Gypsy Colt", will make a personal appearance in Klamath Falls Saturday, heading up a parade which will start at 11:00 a.m., it was announced by Bert Henson, manager of Klam ath Theaters. - .. . The Klamath Sheriff's Posse, the Klamath Saddle Club and the 32 piece Henley School , band will be highlights of the parade.. It will start at Mam and Second Street, continue down Main past Espla nade and return up Klamath Avenue to the Pelican Theater. "Gypsy" also will appear . at various stores on Saturday after noon. , . Driver Unhurt In Truck Mishap Unable to stop on Icy pavement, when a car In front slowed down, Consolidated Frelgntways trail er whipped to the side and over turned-cn Highway 7, one mue south of Modoc Point . Thursday morning. Driver of the truck-trailer corn binaUon, Lyle Fredrick Llnse. Compton, California, was unin jured, but his trailer load of lettuce and cabbage was strewn over the roadside. - according to Oregon State Police.- . One way traffic past the scene was necessary for several hours while the produce was-picked up and transferred to another vehicle. Sacred Heart To Hold Rummage . "You name it and we'll have It I" That is the motto of the Junior class of Sacred Heart Academy, from aardvarks to zeffer (well, al most) for their rummage- sale Saturday, March 13, in the parish hall behind the church at Eighth and High Streets. The students have for sale beds, clothes men, women and chil dren's chaii", dishes, odd fur niture, mattre. ,es, lamps, ad In finitum. Proceeds will be used in part to put on the annual prom, Robert Axel is Junior class pres ident, and is assisted hi the sale by other student council officers, BASIN BRIEFS G. O. BOURNE Union Oil Distributor CHEMULT, OREGON Phone Cheniulr 131" NO CHARGE FOR PLANS OR ESTIMATES ON , New Construction or Remodeling FHA Terms No Down Payment Galloway Building Service Phone 2-2564 Evening 64S9 Prestolog Special 22 for SI. 00 $1 1.50 per unit delivered Until Further Notice. S&H Green Stomps Bob's Associated Service Oregon & Biehn St. Phone 2-9347 En Boute Heme Mr. and Mrs. .in.-u.nh R. oerber ana cnuaren, Phllln and Stephanie, stopped in Klamath Falls this morning on their way from Palm Springs to Portland.. - .' - . Girl Scout Cookie Depot, 125 Broad, will be open Saturday from 9 a.m. to p.m. 1. Hnanltal Mrs. Karl (Rubye) Kulac. Malln. entered Klamath Valley Hospital Thursday for minor surgery. ., . In Band Ronald Sterland, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Sterland, 1865 Academy, Is In unit 190 of the O. S. Navy band abroad the USS New port News now operating in the Mediterranean. Ronald wrote his parents that he was part ot a group that played for the king and queen of Greece. Leavlnr A long-time Klamath Falls resident, Miss Philllppa Hog- 1611 Cross Street Is leaving Klamath Falls after 30 years resi dence here, to make her home in San Diego; She will go first to Port land tor a visit before going south. Miss Hogan was identified mr many years with early day mer cantile establishments and has been active In the Methodist Church. Moved Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Thomas, 3166 Bristol, have moved to Lakevlew where they bought a farm. Their three children, Billy, Barbara Kay and Bonnie will at tend the Westslde School. Thomas has been employed by the Kesterson Mill. , Midland Grange home econom ics club will have a cooked food sale Saturday, March IS at the J. C. Penney-Company. Those wishing to send food, call the home econom ics chairman, Mrs. Fred Crapo, phone 6019. Men between the ages of 18 and 60 may apply for substitute postal transportation clerks. Com pleted application forms must be received at the office of director, Eleventh U. S. Civil Service Com mission, Seattle 4, on or before March 29. Ray Swanson of Swanson Brothers Lumber Company, Noti, Oregon, was elected president of Western Forest Industries Associ ation at OeaVhart, succeeding Ed Kellenberger of Kell Lumber Com pany, Sweet Home. Ronald Hershberrer of Klam ath Falls was among the student artists at Willamette University, Salem, presented In recital this af ternoon in the college of music re. cital hall. - ' i High School Students from throughout Southern Oregon and Northern California are to be guests of Southern Oregon College on Sat urday, March 27, for the third an nual Ashland conference of Young Adults. The conference is designed to be of interest to both young men and young women, according to Mrs. Mabel W. Winston, general chairman. Ballet Theater comes to the Portland Auditorium for a two night stand, Wednesday and Thurs day! March 17 and 18, at 8:30 p.m. each night. Seat sale is at the J. K. Gill box-office in Portland. . Assigned Donald E, Quick 8Q, U8N, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Quick, 3407 Summers Lane, is presently assigned for duty at TJ. S. Naval Training Center, San Di ego, as a member of the Recruit Choir. Prior to entering active serv ice he was employed by the Great Northern Railway Company. Filings Told For Dunsmuir Offices DUNSMUIR Four men have an. nounced their candidacy to fill two vacancies 011 the Dunsmuir Cltv Council. They are Fred O, Lloyd, Incumbent and mayor; L. E, Gib son, incumbent; Robert M. Dick-1 son, assistant road foremen of en gines for . the Southern Pacific Shasta Division; Samuel A. Tallerico, tavern owner. The term - Is for four years. Election will be held Tuesday. April 13. r fifuko AND ddnWvcd SIGNAL TESTING ANTENNA INSTALLATION MERIT'S 609 So. 6th Ph. 2-3429 DRIVE NUMBER ONE in Power I Anything less is yesterday's carl CHRYSLER h.p. BALLARD & BENNETT 239 Main St. O'HAIR'S Memorial Chapel FUNERAL SIRVICtS FOR ALL INCOMES t NON-DENOMINATIONAL SERVING ALL RELIGIONS Klamath Falls Fhom 343 GARDINIER Needlework Sale 411 Main St., Saturday, March 13. REMODELING ? ASBESTOS SiniKir: . ennns.1- ......... ...... ALUMINUM STORM WINDOWS AND DOORS Ask About 430 Rivenide GET OUR ESTIMATES. FHa PAYMENTS KUHLMAN INSULATION Phone 4468 or 7039 Klamath Falls Headquarters for- Barbed Wire Fencing Field Fencing Steel Posts . Angles, Tees, U's Culvert - Steel Pipe Irrigation Gates Well Casing Steel -Angles, Flats, Rounds, Channels, Sheets, Plates, Etc. - , HEATON STEEL & SUPPLY 428 Spring St. Phone 2-3427 Still In Progress - Saturday Last Day DOUBLE S&H GREEH STAMPS DURING GRAND OPENING ootrr miss Time specials PR ZS .FREE FAZE SPLATTA SETS With Coupon FREE COFFEE & DONUTS Double s&h ; Green Stamps WALL PAPER 32 C ROLL Double S&H Green Stamps r