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PAGE FOUR HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1955 MARKETS AND FINANCE STOCKS MALL STREET NEW YORK ( The stock mar ket blazed a strong recovery trail Wednesday with leaders showing gains running to nearly t points at best. Steels and motors were outstand ing groups In the second recovery session since Monday's break on news of the President's Illness. Trading was fast at the start end came to an estimated 3,700, 000 shares for the day. That com pares with 5.500,000 shares traded Tuesday and 7,720,000 shares on Monday's fall. NEW YORK STOCKS By THK ASSOCIATED PRESS Admiral Corporation 31 ; Allied Chemical Allls-Chalmers Aluminum Co. America American Airlines American Motors American Tel. ti Tel. American Tobacco Anaconda Copper Atchison Railroad Bethlehem Bieel Boeing Airplane Co. Borg Wanier Burroughs Adding Machine California Packing Canadian Pacific Caterpillar Tractor Celanese Corporation Chrysler Corporation Consolidated Edison Crown Zcllerbach Cuniss Wright Douglas Aircraft duPont de Nemours . t iwlman Kodak Emerson Radio General Elecuic General Foods General Motors Gee re is Pae Plywood Homesiake Mining Co. International Harvester International Paper Johns Manville Kaiser Aluminum ' Kennecott Copper Ubby. McNeill Locahetd Aircraft Loew's Incorporated Loin Bell A Montgomery Ward New York Central Northern Pacific Pacific American Fish Pacific Gas i Electric Pacific Tel. 4 Tel. Penney iJ.C.) Co. Pennsylvania R.R. Pepsi Cola Co. Philco Radio Puget Sound P k I Radio Corporation Rayonler Incorp. Republic Steel Richfield Oil Safeway Btcres Inc. Scolt Paper Co. Scars Roebuck 61 Co. Sinclair Oil Socony-Vacuuin Oil Southern Pacific Standard Oil Calif Standard Oil N.J. atudebaker Packard Sunshine Mining fiwllt 4- Company Transameiica Curp. Twentieth Century Fox Union Oil Company Union Paclfio United Airlines United Aircraft United Corporation United States Plywood United States Steel Warner Pictures Western Union Tel Westlnghouso Air Brake WesltnghouHO Glectrio Woolworth Company 100 , 69 84 33 S 178 I'j 11 U 12 a. 139 ' i 1M 62 43, 2a4 40 1, 33 53 , 22 96 'i i 63 ' 23 H 69 2.'4 SI l, 11 , SI a, T9 V 1M 4 M . M " v 111 , M 1 IK )., II Ji , 44 io s 50 a, 1JS 101 ij 26 V, 21 i 33 ft 38 V, 46 H 35 '., 80 H 74 46 70 111 65 69 Vi 68 '!, 69 135 10 10 48',. 43 1, 28 V 61 y 1M 39 y, 54 yt 4i v. 69 !, 20 22 -Vi 37 V, 62 50 WOOL MARKET NEW YORK (UP) Wool top fu tures on the New York Cotton Ex change today opened unchanged to 6 points lower. . Opening prices follow: Oct. 153.6 bid; Dec. 156.0 bid; March 157.0 bid; May 165.5 bid; July 155.5 bid: Oct. (1956) 154.6 bid; Dec. 154.0 bid. Wool futures opened 9 points low er to 8 points higher: Oct. 129.0 bid; Dec, 127. bid; March 136.5 bid; May 125.0 bid: July 134.0 bid: Oct. (1956) 125.0 bid; Dec. 123.0 bid. POTATOES CHICAGO POTATOES CHICAOO wi Polatoes: Arrl vala 118. on track 363 and total U.S. shipments 333; market steady. Cailot track sales: Wajh Inrttuii Russets $3.40-3.50: Wiscon sin Russet Sebagns $1.60; Idaho Oregon Russets $3.50; California long white bnkers $4.65; Wiscon sin Pontiacs $1.70-2.05. LV. World Series T.V. NEW LOW PRICES Reg. Now Save 2-21" C.B.S. Consoles 289.95 209.95 80.00 1 2V Syl. Table 289.95 223.00 66.00 1 - 21" CBS Consoles 229.00 179.00 50.00 1 - 21" CBS Table 249.95 199.95 50.00 1 - 21" Syl. Table 269.95 199.95 70.00 1-21" Syl. Table 289.95 209.95 80.00 NOW ON DISPLAY 7956 SYLVANIA SETS Close Out on '55 C.B.S. MODELS SK THE WORLD SERIES AT THESE REAL SAVINGS! TELE-PLIANCE CENTER LIVESTOCK rlllCAGO LIVESTOCK CHICAGO ifi Butcher .hogs sold steady to- strong while sows were mostly steady Wednesday. Buyers paid 115.00 to S15.75 for most 170 to 190 pound butchers and 115.50 to 116.00 for most 190 to 220 pounders. Sows sold from $13.00 to 116.00. Steer and heifers sold steady to 25 cents lower In the cattle sec tion. Top on prime steers reached 625.60. Most choice and prime kinds sold at 121 50 to 123.75. Heif ers topped at 623.26. Most good to prune spring lamb sold at 616.50 to 621 50. Receipts were 9.000 hogs, 17,000 cattle and 2.000 sheep. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK PORTLAND W'l (U8UA) Cattle aalable 600; market un even; few choice steady; other wise rather slow and mostly steady with some lste bids on canner and cutter cows as much as 60 lower; few commercial and good steers and heifers unsold; load low choice 1018-lb fed steers 24.50; assorted three head at 23.50; part load around 950-lb fed steers 23.00; lightly sorted at 21.00-33.00: load good 815-lb fed heifers 31.25; few utility and low commercial heifers 10 50-16.50: canner and cutter cows mostly 8.00-9 00. with early salet ! to 9 50: shells down to 6 00 or be - low; few utility cows 10.00-11.50; few cutter bulls 12.00-14.00. Calves salable 124; market active and steady: good and choice veal - era 18 0O-2O.00: few good slaughter calves 17 00- 18 00; commercial calves 14 00-16.00; utility grade down to 10.00. Hogs aalable 500; market fairly acUw, mostly steady; U.S. No. 1 and 1 bulchers 180-235 lbs 18.50 - 19 00; No. 1 lot mostly 17.75-18.00; fear O0-40O-lb sows 15.00-16.50; heavier weights quotable down to u se or below. Sheep salable 300; market slow, acaiiered sales about steady; few lots and good and choice wooled lambs 17.00; good shorn lambs 15.75; good and choice feeder lambs 13.50-15.00; good and choice ewes quoted 3.50-5.00; few utility ewes 2.75. SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO tfl (UdDAl Cattle aalable 150, sup ply consists mainly of cows aug mented by few lots held over grass cows and hellers; opening .slow, cons around 60-1.00 lower than Tuesday; other classes not estab lished; most canner and cutter cows 8.00-9 60; low utility to 10.00; shelly canners down to 6.00. Calves salable 4o; market not established on light early supply, on Tuesday good and choice slaughter calves 17.50-18.00; most ly choice stock steer calves, most ly 19.00. sneep aalable 600; early supply mainly spring lambs; moderately active slaughter grade and feeder lambs about steady; other classes scarce; one load low good shorn slaughter spring lambs with feed er end 18.00; one load good and choice shorn spring feeder lambs 16.50. GRAINS PORTLAND GRAIN PORTLAND iff Coarse grains, 16-dsy shipment, bulk, coast de livery: . , Oats No. 3, 38 lb white 48.50; Barley No. 3, 46 lb 46.60; Corn No. 2, E.Y. shipment 62.50. VVheU bid to arrive market, basis No. 1 bulk, delivered coast: 8olt whlu 2.14. 8oft white, excluding rex 2.14. White club 2.14. Hard red winter ordinary 3.14. Car receipts: wheat S, Barley 9, flour 6, corn 37, mlllfccd 6. CHICAGO GRAIN CHICAGO Ifl Grains Genera!- ly declined on the Board of Trade Wednesday with most of the sell ing pressure concentrated on corn. Oats and soybeans snnk wilh corn. Wheal displayed resistance and lor most of the day held frac tionally abovo the previous rlose. Wheat closed higher. De cember 2.04',-U; corn l'4.ia, low er, uecemocr 1.34'i-,: oats lower, December 63; rye un changed to a lower, December 1.213,; soybeans unchanced to 2 lower, November 2.44 3.43a.. and lard 15 to 40 cents a hundred pounds higher. October 11.15. WHEAT Open High Low Close Dec 3 01 , 2 04 l'4 3 02 t; 1.04 Mar 2 06 2.07 2.05 2.06", May 2.04 a4 2.05 l4 2.03 2.05 I, Jiy 1.92 1.05 V4 1.92 j 1.0.1 Rail Worker Faces Charge Hababkkuk Leonard, 33-year-old Southern Pacific extra gang work er, who told County Jailer John F. DulMI that he got his given name from a Blblican prophet, has lost faith in the brotherhood of man. Leonard is held on a larceny charge. He was arrested on com plmnt of Elbert James, also an extra Rang worker, who claimed Leonard stole his automobile In Chemult. "Hr- was my friend and he had me pinched," Leonard declared. "We've known each other for years. Wc were Just like brothers. What's his was mine. But 1 guess he didn't figure that way about the car." Leonard was arrested by city po lice alter he drove the alleged stolen a-jtomobile from Cheimilt to Klamath falls. When arraigned before District Judce D. E. Van Vactor on the larceny charge, Leonard was allowed until Friday to decide whether he wants a pre liminary hearing. His bail waf set at (2,000, Weather Table By THK ASSOCIATED PRESS 21 hours to 4:30 a.m. Wednesday M:ix. Mln. Prep. 75 42 J01 72 29 T 82 84 l8 48 .24 72 27 73 41 77 53 T 54 49 .83 63 48 .48 70 47 .13 60 60 1.29 75 41 .03 H2 49 M 55 36 .57 'Baker ! Bend Boise Eugene ! Klamath Falls Lakview Mcdford ' Newport I North Bend I Pendleton 1 Portland Airport 1 Roseburg flnlem Spokane By LNITED PRESS Temperatures and rainfall for 24 hours ending at 4 a.m. High Low Rain Albuquerque 80 53 Atlanta 72 62 Bakcrsfield 92 50 Boston 70 67 .24 Brownsville 91 75 Chicago 74 63 .27 Denver , 72 43 Dcuoit 68 57 .12 El Cciltro 97 71 Fail banks 43 35 Fresno 92 55 Helena 71 39 Kansas City 81 55 .01 Los Angeles 72 62 Miami ." 78 Minneapolis 02 44 New Orleans 03 74 .51 New York 65 63 .65 Oakland 81 63 T. Oklahoma City 85 57 - .01 Phoenix 94 63 Pittsburgh 72 6u .59 Red Blulf 87 56 Snlt Lake City 72 62 San Francisco 55 53 T. Seattle , 56 46 .16 Stockton 84 49 Thermal 96 63 Tucson 94 60 Washington 72 64 .10 Yuma 09 68 Potato Prices Said Mistake PORTLAND l,fi A report thnt Washington state potato growers couldn't get subsidy payments for diverted (small potatoes, wns all a misunderstanding. Robert Eaton of the- U.S. Department of Agriculture Iruii and vegetable field office said here Wednesday. Fred E. Ramsey, manager of the Washington Potato Committee, pot a telegram Monday from the Department of Agriculture saying WashinRton potato growers could not participate in the diversion benefits. Eaten said phone calls to Wash ington developed that the telegram to Ramsey was intended as n in quiry on Just how the marketing regulation in thai state would keep 20 per cent of the potato crop out of food channels. Instead, It ap peared to be a statement that the WashhiRion program failed to meet the ao per cent cutback. Eaton said a telegram explain ing the situation was sent to Wash ington. DC. Tuesday night, and approval of the Washington slate program was expected in a day or so. Oregon's program for the central part ol the state and the Klamath Basin U identical with that of Washington state. Ph. 7709 J1 ... .i S -It A'U 0 - - VINNIA PADGETT Death Takes Mrs. Padgett Mrs. Vinnia May Padgett, 79. a native of Klamath County and the daughter ol a pioneer family, died at about noon yesterday at Hillside Hospital after an illness ol a fe-v hours. Her family was identified for more than 60 years with various Klamalh County businesses. She was born September 6. 1079. near the site of a sawmill oper ated near Kcno by her father, Newton Pratt. Her mother. Rebec, ca Jane Gordon Pratt, came to Oregon with an emigrant train. The couple operated the Keno Ho tel and later the Miller ranch near Worden. Mrs. Padgett received her schooling in Klamath Falls, where she lived with her grandparents at a home located on the site of the Esquire theater building, she was a charter member of the First Presbyterian Church. In November, 1896. she married Samuel Padgett, who died in De cember, 1949. Mr. and Mrs. Padgett operated the post office and store in Kcno for many years. With the excep tion of one year in the Rogue River Valley. Mrs. Padgett spent her entire life In the county. Survivors include four sons, Ar thur Padeett of Oakland. Califor nia, Marlon Padgett of Keno, Vic tor Pa-lftett and Erwln Padgett, both of Klamath Falls: a daugh ter, Mrs. John A. (Elsie) Barker ol Klamalh Falls, seven grand children, one great grandchild, a niece, Elsie Ramsdell of Seattle, and other relatives. Funeral services will be held Thursday, September 29, at 2 p.m. with O'Hair's Memorial Chapel in charge of arrangements. The Rev. Dole Hewitt, First Pres byterian Church, will officiate. In terment will follow In Keno Ceme tery. Forty Attend BPW Meeting LAKEVIEW Over 40 mem bers and guests attended the Busi ness and Prolessional Womens no host dinner on September 22 at the Presbyterian Educational Hall. Quests of the evenjng were Sorop Umist members. Entertainment was furnished by Professor John RnniHv mnIr,.iQn who was introduced by Ken Stoll. Lakevlew Shell Oil distributor. Also present was Stanley Loney, Shell Oil sales representative from I'l.m. ath Falla Mrs. Madge Langslei and Mrs. Flora Evans planned the dinner. i mm ONLY 13 LEFT of the 55 OLDSMOBILES i Get your choice now while the selection is still good! ft Sedans ft Holiday Coupes ft Holiday Sdns. On These Last Cars We Are Making The DEAL OF THE YEAR For Quick Clean-Up! Oldsmobile - Chevrolet - Plymouth Ford Owners Special Attention! 4 Executive Cars Also to be Sold! Two Weeks from now may be too Late - Act Now! Come in or phone for demonstration, appraisal and DEAL! Dick i 7th and Klamath World Series (Continued from Pate One) Yankees Seventh Robinson tossed out Coleman. Ford I lied to Snider. Reese threw out Bauer. No runs, no hits, no errors none left. Dadfers Eighth Furillo singled to center. Hodges flied to Howard. McDoucald was charged with a two-base error when Robinson's grounder bounced off his right knee, Furillo reaching third. Zlmmer flied to Noren in left center,. Purillo scoring on the sac rifice and Robinson going to third. Fiank Kellert batted for Bes sent. Robinson stole home. Kellert singled in short right center. Don Hoak ran for Kellert. Gilliam popped to McDougald. Two runs, two hits, one error, one left. (both runs unearned) ' Yankees Eighth Clem Labine went in to pitch for Brooklyn. , The paid attendance was an nounced as 63,8(19. The lights were turned on at strrt of the inning. McDo'icald singled to left. Noren. hit Into a double play, , Hodges to Reesa and back to Hod-! ges. Berra walk?d on four pitches. I Gilliam caught Collins' high fly In left center. No runs, one hit, no errors, one left. Dodgers Ninth Bob Grim, a righthander, went in to pitch for New York. Heese was called cut on strikes. Snider singled past Collins into rlcht field. Campanella lined to Bauer, who backed up to the right field wall to make the putuut. Furillo struck out, Berra holding on to his foul tip. Nu runs, one hit, no errors, one left. Oregon Weather Western Oregon Partly cloudy with scattered showers Wednes day. Increasing cloudiness with rnln late Wednesday, night or Thursday morning. Partial clear ing Thursday afternoon; cooler in south Wednesday. Highs both days S5-66. Lows Wednesdny nljht 42-48. Coastal winds westerly to south westerly and 8-18 miles an hour. Eastern Oregon Partly cloudy Wednesday with scattered showers in morning. Considerable clearing Wednesday night, becoming partly cloudy with scattered showers Thursday, mostly over northern portion. Cooler through Wednesday night. Highs both days 50-65. Lows Wednesday night 35-45 except 30 ;n few high valleys. Local gusty winds, decreasing Wednesday nipht. Grants Pass and vicinity Partly cloudy with a few showers Wednes day, clearing Wednesday nighi. Increasing cloudiness Thursday with light rain In late afternoon. High of 7H Wednesday and 62 Thursday. Low Wednesday night 44. Baker and vicinity Mostly clear Wednesday night and partly cloudy Thursday. Lows Wednesday night 30-35. Highs Thursday 58-63. Loggers fire weather fire hazard moderately high but dimin ishing In Southern Oregon through Thursday. Continued low danger over all Northwestern Oregon both days. Miller Co. Cub Pack 13 Forms Den LAKEVIEW The first Webelos den of PTA Cub Scout Pack 13 has been formed and will hold weekly meetings on Monday nights at 7 p m. at the Youih Center, Ralph Patrick, committee chairman lor Pack 13. has announced. Webelos dens are for cubs who are 10 years and over. Under the supervision of their dads, they work on their first Boy Scout require ments. The first project of the newly formed Webelos den will be to pui cn the Boocat ceremony at the September 28 monthly pack meet ing. The boys will dress as mem bers of Robin Hood's band for the ceremony. Members of the Webelos commit tee are Patrick, Glen Terzlch, Ralph Buell and den dads of Den 1. C. H. Flackus Death Learned Charles Henry Flackus, 82, na tive of Frucht, Germany, and a resident of Dairy for 54 years died here Tuesday. Mr. Flackus is survived by two sons, Ernest of this city and War ren of Idaho, five daughters Lou ise Schnioe of Langetl Valley, Beulah Holmes and Ada Flackus of Klamath Falls, Lyle Lorenz of Eu gene and Gladys Brown of Idaho, aLo eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services will take place from Ward's Klamath Funeral Home on Thursday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Dale Hewitt of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Commitment service and interment in Klamath Memorial Park. Lake Nominates New Mayors LAKEVIEW At the annual nominating convention for officers of the town council held Septem ber 23, Rudy McLane and John Blair were nominated for mayor. Nominated for councilmen were Victor Hahner, Howard Goodnough, Alvas Elliott. For recorder. Eldon Perry and Ed Court were nomi nated and Jack Pendleton for treasurer. Election will be held on Novem ber 8. Present members of the council nrp John Blair, mayor; Howard Goodnough, Vic Hahner, council men; C. A. Fesler, recorder and Jack Pendleton, treasurer. California Weather By UNITED PRESS San Francisco Bay Region: Driz zle this morning clearing in after noon, mostly fair tonight and Thursday; slightly warmer Thurs day; westerly winds 10-20 mph in afternoon; high today San Fran cisco 60. Oakland 63, oin Mateo 68, San Rafael 68; low tonight 48 54. Northern California: Mostly fair today, tonight and Thursday ex cept drizzle and a little light rain near coast from San Francisco north this morning; cooler north ern portion today and over re maining area Thursday; coastal winds west or northwest 12-22 mph. Sacramento Valley: Mostly fair today, tonight and Thursday; cool er today; high both days 73-82; low tonight 47-54; variable winds 8-14 mph. Ph. 4103 United States Is Hazardous WASHINGTON (UP) On the record of the past SS yeara, the presidency ol the United States Is aa hazardoua aa any occupation on earth. . '. Five of 10 presidents since the turn ot the century have died or been cruelly stricken In office. Wil liam McKinley was assassinated in 1B01. Warren Oamallel Harding and Franklin D. Rooaevelt died In of fice, both of cerebral hemorrhage, although Harding also was suffer ing from pneumonia. Woodrow Wil son was partially paralyzed during the latter months of his second term and for long was unable to discharge the duties of his office. president Eisenhower was struck down by a heart attack last Sun- KF Residents' Relative Dies Last rites for Charles Howard Roberts, 52, a native of Elgin, Ore Ron, who died in Willows, Califor ma, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in Ward's Klamath Fu neral Home. Mr. Roberts had been a resi dent of Willows for four years. He is survived by brothers. Putt and C. D. Roberts, Klamath Falls; James Roberts. Elgin; Lee Rob erts, flolse. Idaho; Meade Roberts, Cambridge, Idaho, and Clay Rob erts of John Day. He also is sur vived oy sisters. Naomi Tuples, Woodland, Washington: Ruth Campbell, Eugene, and Ellen Cooper, Oakridge. Funeral services will be con ducted by the Rev. Leo Homer of the First Christian Church. Inter ment will be in Klamath Memorial Park. wake up to modern heat! ::::.;.; V, ft::',.;-,.: -4 :' : ''y . . V. y S call ii Safe, clean, COMPLETE burning gives you all the heat you buy in your Housewarmer'i Standard Heating Oils. He delivers automatically so you can forget supply! Ana his Standard Furnace Oil contains Thermisol to keep your furn ace in top condition. Your Housewarmer's ultra modern, carefree heat can be yours as easy as mak ing a phone call . . . today! i Your local Standard Heating Oil Distrib utor or Standard Man is your House warmer. Look for this trade-mark in the Yellow Tages . . , Willi lllll'lll v Presidency As Any Job day, but Is making good recovery progress. ' Theodor Roosevelt had some 111. nesa but vigorously survived al most two White House terms only to be pinked by an assassin's bullet when he sought re-election as tht Bull Moose candidate la 1912 An assassin shot at President, elect Franklin D. Roosevelt In 1933 the bullet killing Mayor Anton Cer mak of Chicago. They occupied an open automobile in Miami, Fla Two Puerto Ricans stormed Blair House while President and Mr. Truman were In residence there, but were unable to reach Mr. Truman. The record of the past 65 years Is Impressive. Dr. Karl C. Wold had that in mind when he wrote a book called, "Mr. President-How Is Your Health?" Beginning with George Washing, ton. Dr. Wold reported that presi dents more often than not have suffered severe and often protract, ed illness while In the White House. Washington was seized with severe pains in his thigh shortly after his first inauguration. Pain, chills and high fever finally required sur. gery, minus an anesthetic to re move a carbuncle. The illnesses of presidents fol lowed the patterns of the medical history of their times,- Wold wrote. The earlier presidents were more often afflicted with Intestinal lnfec tions. Heart disease is "a more modern killer, although there al ways is the possibility that earlier physicians may have failed to rec ognize It In their diagnosis. 4 Nine former presidents have died of heart disease but there is no record of such as the cause of the death of a president in office. Cerebral hemorrhage was stated by Dr. Wold to be the second most deadly disease among presidents and former presidents with a toll of seven. your sewarmer 11th & Walnut Northern Stamp Redemption Center naHMiiM
