Lydia Nelson John H. Markley Mrs. Lydia Nelson, 64, of 535 West Vassar Avenue, died today in a local hospital. She had been suffering from cancer for about a year. A native of Minnesota, Mrs.
Nelson had lived at the West Vassar address for two years. She lived in Biola for 33 years. before that. hade was the widow of Emil T. Nelson who died two years ago.
Mrs. Nelson was a member of the Bethany Lutheran Church in Kerman. Her survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Ruby Adolphson of Fresno; a son, Carroll Nelson of Biola; a sister, Mrs. Agnes Chapman of Minnesota; four brothers, Elvin Studlien of Los Angeles, Oscar Studlien of.
Chicago, and Lewis and Adolph Studlien of Minnesota and six grandchildren, The Tinkler Mission Chapel Is in charge of the funeral arrangements. 'Albert H. Bixby FOWLER--Funeral services will be conducted at 2 PM tomorrow in the United Presbyterian Church in Easton for Albert H. Bixby, 80, who died Monday in the home of his brother, Guy E. Bixby of Easton.
He was born in Alpine, San Diego County, and had lived in 78 years. He was a Easton former elder of the Presbyterian Church. In addition to his brother he is survived by a nephew, Kenneth A. Bixby of Milpitas, Santa Clara County, and his nieces, Lois Bixby of Pennsyl-1 vania and Mrs. Virginia Ehoff of Easton.
Burial will be in the WashIngton Colony Cemetery under the direction of the Jorgensen, Chapel. Mrs. Jessie M. Lowery Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 11 AM in the Redwood Chapel Funeral Home in Novato, Marin County, for Mrs. Jessie M.
Lowery, 60, a former Fresnan and the mother of Mrs. Virginia Bideler of 3250 East Pine Avenue. Mrs. Lowery died suddenly Monday night. The Rev.
C. A. Hartman, the pastor of the Novato Assembly of God Church, will officiate. Interment will be in the Sunset View Cemetery in Berkeley. Mrs.
Lowery was born in Marrison Bluff, and came to Fresno in 1937. She moved to Richmond in 1942 and to Novato three years later. Her survivors include her husband, Bright a civilian employe at the Hamilton Air Force Base in Marin County; six daughters, Mrs. Bideler, Mrs. Helen Harris of Raisin City, Mrs.
Daphna McClain and Mrs. Juanita Neighbors of Novato and Mrs. Margie Hendrickson and Mrs. Lillian Lesher of El Sobrante, Contra Costa County; two sons, J. C.
Lowery, an airman stationed at the March Air Force Base, in Riverside County, and Robert Lowery of Anchorage, Alaska, a sister, Mrs. Cleon Henderson of Dublin, two brothers, Dolph Hanco*ck, of Ft. Smith, and Burnie Hanco*ck of Sebastopol, Sonoma County, and 12 grandchildren. Delsie Marie Cole LIVINGSTON Merced Co. Funeral services for Mrs.
Delsie Marie Cole, 49, a Livingston resident for the past 20 years, were conducted today in the Norton Chapel in Turlock, Stanislaus County. Mrs. Cole died Saturday in 8 Turlock hospital following surgery. She had been in the hospital since February 7th. Her husband, Fred Cole, managed the large ranch belonging Turlock to until Dr.
his A. E. death in Julien 1955. of Surviving are two daughters Mrs. Emagene, Mark of Livingston and Mrs.
Rose Burton of Florin, Sacramento County; a son, Howard, of Livingston; Four grandchildren; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Margarea Stark of Denver, Colorado and Mrs. Thelma Menapace of Merced; six brothers among them Charles Shipley of Fresno; and five sisters. Joe Martinez, Jr. A requiem mass will be celebrated tomorrow at 9 AM in St.
Joseph's Catholic Church in Firebaugh for Joe Martinez, 11, a son of Mr. and Mrs. oe Martinez of Route 2, Box 96, Firebaugh. The boy died yesterday in a local hospital. An autopsy performed this morning showed death resulted from Hodgkins de Disease, a circulatory, was malady.
born in Firebaugh and had lived there all his life. In addition to his parents he is survived by four brothers, Richard, Tommy, Socono, and Manuel, and two sisters, Lupe and Gloria, all of Firebaugh. The rosary will be recited at 8 PM today in the Martinez' home. Burial in the Holy Cross Cemetery will follow the funeral mass. The Fresno Funeral Chapel Is in charge of the arrange-! ments.
Produce APPLES- Calif, loose box. Newtowns 2.85. Northwest wrap pack box 88. 125's Delicious 5.50 Red Delicious 6.75. AVOCADO- 5.60.
BANANAS -Ib, 15. CITRUS Packed. County Sunkist car. ton oranges, large 3.00 fey grade 2.75, choice 2.50, Sunkist lemons, fey grade, carton 4.00-4.25 choice 3.00-3.25. Grapefruit, fey grade, carton 2.00-2.25.
MELONS -Crt. cantalopes 36 18.00 45 12.50. Waternieion lb 12 Mexican, PEARS- -Box 5.50. VEGETABLES ARTICHOKES Box, Castroville Santa Cruz, flat 3.00. ASPARAGUS- cone, Delta BEANS lb, Ky's 25c, BUNCHED Dozen.
carrots, 65c beets 80c green onions 50c turnips BROCCOLI- 65c carrot, ert. 3.60. 13c. BRUSSELS SPROUTS-12 oz, cello bag 20c. white, coast 2.75 south 3.25.
pascal, 4.50 celery hearts, doz. 2.75. 1.85, CUCUMBER doz -Lug. 4.25. 3.75.
Lug. Coachella 3.75., LETTUCE--Crate, dry pack, 2.50 3 doz. 2,75. ONIONS Dry. 50 1b.
sack, red 3.00 yellow 2,50 white 3.50. PEPPERS- Cal-wonder 25c. POTATOES --100 lb. sack, US No. white 4.00 district Shafter russet 3,50 district Idaho and Oreg SPINACH- 3.00 10 oz, cello bag 15c.
SQUASH- Italian, south 3.25, summer, south 4,00. yellow crookneck south 4.50. winter banana lb. 4c. TOMATOES- lug, local, 4x5x5x6 4.50 6x6x7 3.75.
YAMS- Lug, county Merced. 40 lb, box 4.20, FRESNO PRODUCE Furnished by produce and growers marke of Central Californis FRUITS SF Produce ASPARAGUS- -Per lb, green graded cut Ise Delta, dist ige 28-32 Coach Vly 1ge 40. Orange Co Ige 40-45. CABBAGE -Crts rnd type Imp Vly 3.00. Ventura Co 2.75-3.25.
Red type LA Co 4.50-5.00. Fit Dutch 8 Mateo Co 2.50-2.75. CARROTS -Icepk Imp Coach 6 doz behs 4.00-4.25. 4 doz behs 3.00. Co CELERY- 3.75-4.25.
Diego doz Co LA 4.00-4.25. Orange LETTUCE- -Drypk Imp Vly 3 doz. 3.00. Arizona Yuma dist 4 doz 2.75- 3.00. imp.
Vly stnd 2 doz 1.65-1.75, ONIONS -50. lb med Ore Yell Danverg 2.50. Red Gibs 2.50-2.75, 2.25-2.50. Mont Co Australian Browns Joaq White Gibs 3.25. POTATOES-100 lbs U.S.
1A 2" min Russets Klamath dist 3.35-3.60. Deschutes dist 3.50-3.65. 3.65- 3.75. Wh Kern Co 4.15-4.35. SQUASH- Igs Imp Vly Ital 2.00-2.50.
Summer 3.50-4.00 SWEET POTATOES -Merced few Stan Co bu bskts Jerse ytype, Velvets imprvd Reds 5.25-5.50. ARTICHOKES boxes Mateo Co 24-485 2.75-3.25. Cruz Co 428 1gr 3.00. 28 bachs S. Clara Co 3.50-3.75 Luis Obispo 08 Barb Co 3.50-4.00.
CAULIFLOWER--Broccoli type in crts Alameda 8 Clar Co 1.50. 8 Alfalfa Hay 31 Producing areas--Dealer buying prices at grower ranches on February 25th. 49 SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY: US No. 1, $30. 40 US No.
2 leafy, $29 30. 46 US No. 2, $27 29. 19 STOCKTON DELTA DISTRICT: 43 No. 1.
$30 031. 361 US No. 2 leafy $29 30. 38 US No. 2.
$28 29. 11 TRACY-PATTERSON DISTRICT: 378 US No, $31 32. US No. 2 leafy, $30 31. US 30.
PALOS-FIREBAUGH No. 2. $29 LOS. BANOS-DOS DISTRICT: US No, 1, $31. US No, 2 leafy $30 31.
31 US No. 2. $28 30. SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY: US No. 1 $27 28 ask.
53 US No, 2 leafy, $25 26 ask. 14 LOS ANGELES falta: US No. 1 Antelope Imperial ley $36 37 San Joaquin Valley 51 green 33; US No, 2 28 29. 37, US No. leafy $32 33; US No.
2 64 66 20 Western Grain 19 SAN FRANCISCO FSMN BARLEY: 2, bright western, choice feed mariot. white, 51 medium. malting, $2.85 2.90; 20 choice. malting, $2.90 3. 473 WHEAT- -No.
1 hard white, No. soft white, $4.05 4.07½ 42 OATS- 2 red feed, $2.85 2.90. 39 CORN- -No. yellow California, $3.25 44 3.17½: central western, $3.12 3.13. 71 LOS ANGELES UP Ten day shipment: No.
2 Western Barley, 46 59 lbs. 2.96 No. 2 Yellow TC Corn 3.11-3.14. No, 2 Milo TC and reg. 2.85- 36 2.90.
Poultry Market San Joaquin Valley paying prices FOB ranch, Federal-State Market News Service- Live No. 1 quality. FRYERS -Flock run. 21 23c. HENS Light 10 13c.
HENS- -Heavy type, 19 SAN FRANCISCO-Price quotations. buying prices live delivered: BROILERS to 21 pounds, 23 24c. FRYERS pounds and over, 24 25c. pounds and over. 32 33c, HENS- Heavy type, all weights, 23 24c.
SQUABS- -All weights, 95c. Dressed prices retailers: BROILERS-39 40c, FRYERS- -39 41c. ROASTERS-45 48c. TURKEYS Young toms, 20 to 22 pounds, ready to cook, 43 45c. LOS ANGELES- Live poultry, pay.
ing prices FOB: pounds and up, 22 23c. HENS Light type, all weights 11 13c; cross, 13 15c. Butter, Eggs, Cheese EGGS Fresno area paying prices FOB ranch- -Federal-State Market News ServiceLARGE -32 MEDIUM- -30 32c. SMALL- 23 25c. Modesto areaLARGE- -33 35c.
MEDIUM-32 34c. SMALL-22 24c. BUTTER-68 69c. LOS to retailers FOB distributors' plant- Extra large AA 46.5 49.5c: large AA 41.5 medium AA 37.5 39.5e: extra large A 43.5 0 46.5c; large A 36.5 38.5c; medium A 34.5 35.5; small A 30.5 31.5. SAN FRANCISCO-AP-Eggs: -Eggs: Prices to retailers: Poultry producers: Large AA 32 43c; large A 41 medium A 40 41c: small A 30 316.
Prices to wholesalers: Large A 40 41c; medium A 39 40c; small A 29 030c. Wool Market NEW YORK-AP Wool tops and wool futures were higher today. Tradera attributed the upturn primarily to technical reasons. The markets were under liquidating pressure earlier In the week, Dealer buying and short covering found offerings scarce. Wool futures closed 1.6 to 2.8 cents higher.
March 155.2B: May 152.2: July 1150.5 October 149.6B; December 147.6B. Certificated, wool spot 156.5N. Wool tops futures closed 3.0 to. 3.5 cents higher. May 184.5B; July 183.0B; October 182.08: December 181.0B; March 179.0B, May 177.08; July 175.0B.
Certificated spot wool tops 191.0N. LA Citrus Sunkist Growers Inc. reported all auction markets California oranges slightly lower southern Navels. were, Representative prices by size: Sunkiat, firat grade- -50s 83.65: 635 $3.25: 758 1009 1108, 1268 1448 $2.66. Choice, $2.70: grade- 508.
635 758. 888 $2.11: 1005 $2.32: 1108 1268 1448 $2.35. BANK CLEARINGS Fresno debits 9.306.905 San Francisco 32.900,000 Oakland 11.484.259 Berkeley 4,672,254 Los Angeles 232.221.604 BROKERS UNDERWRITERS CORPORATE MUNICIPAL SECURITIES COMMODITIES Schwabacher Co. Members: New York and San Francises Stock Exchanges, New York Cotten Exchange HOTEL CALIFORNIAN Van Ness and Kern AM 6-9661 FRESNO (THE FRESNO BEE Fresno, Feb. 27, '57-13-B neral VISALIA, services Tulare for Co.
-FuJohn Henry Markley, 79, who died yesterday in his home at 509 South Watson Street, will be ducted tomorrow at 2 PM in the Hadley Chapel. Burial will be in the Visalia District Cemetery. Markiey was a native of Indiana and had lived here since 1936. He was a retired metalsmith and a member of the First Christian Church. Surviving are his widow, Mabel; two sons John Markof Visalia and Richard Markley of Fresno; a daughter, Mrs.
Anne Penery of Lemon Cove; a sister, Mrs. George Burkert of Indiana, and nine grandchildren. Mrs. Lucy Perch Funeral services for Mrs. Lucy Perch, 71, will be conducted at 1 PM Friday in the chapel of the Lisle Funeral (Home.
She died last night in her home at 3742 Butler Avenue. She was a native of El Aziz, Turkey. She came to the United States in 1922. Mrs. Perch is survived by her husband, Harry; two sons, George and John, and three grandchildren, all of Fresno.
Burial will be in the Belmont Memorial Park. Woodson A. Poole SANGER Friday -Funeral at 2 PM services in the Creager Cahpel for Woodson A. Poole, 84, a native of Illinois who died yesterday in a Los Angeles hospital. Private burial rites will be held at the graveside in the Sanger Cemetery.
Poole was a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Poole, early day settlers in the Lone Star district.
He and his wife, the former Lena Rose, celebrated their golden wedding in 1952. They lived in the Del Rey district before coming to Sanger in 1928. They moved to Los Angeles a few years ago. Surviving besides his widow are a daughter, Mrs. Edith Harris of Pasadena; a son, James Poole of Bakersfield; a sister, Mrs.
Lana Quinby, and a brother, Louis Levick, both of Fresno, and four grandchildren. Elmer C. Anderson Funeral services for. Elmer Curran Anderson, a former clerk of the township governing board in Forbes, SD, will be conducted at 2:30 PM Friday in the Stephens Bean Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Belmont Memorial Park.
Anderson died last night in his home at 3865 East Mc- Kenzie A ve- Anderson nue following a long illness. He would have been 79 years old March 23rd. He was born in Indiana but his parents moved to South Dakota when he was a child. He and his wife, Emma, were married in 1906 and they settled on a farm near Forbes. They lived on the farm most of the time until moving to Fresno in 1948.
He had worked part time as a painter and carpenter in Fresno. In addition to his widow he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Charles Blashill of Fresno, and a granddaughter, Two Bulls Pay Foggy Calls On Barley Fields Two bulls showed up out of nowhere in a newly planted barley field at Lyell and Sierra Vista Avenues during the early morning fog, today. A. C.
Chilingerian, the barfield owner, said the bulls wandered around a bit and ley then took off for "greener -a field where the barley has sprouted a short distance to the south. He said they finally disappeared in the fog and he has (not seen or heard of them since. "Two months ago someone stole some of my stacked hay," he noted. "Maybe this time the animals came over to help Investigates Theft The sheriff's office is investigating the theft of 805 metal fence posts from the warehouse yard at the Fresno County Farm Supply Company at 2855 South Orange Avenue. The stolen posts are worth $760.
The thieves cut a fence to gain access to the posts. Named Director Wrightson August Schieb-1 elhut of Sanger has been appointed as a director at large of the Mid Valley Fire District. The appointment was made by the Fresno County Board of Supervisors. Cotton Prices Are Unchanged On Fresno Mart Spot cotton prices were unchanged today on the Fresno Cotton Exchange with transfers totaling only 155 bales. Quotations are for mixed lots, equal to official standards, uncompressed, public warehouses.
Grades Strict middling .35.00 36.00 36.25 Middling 34.00 35.00 35.25 Strict low middling 31.50 32.25 32.50 Cotton Market NEW YORK AP- Cotton futures were Switching lower today in March quiet to May dealings. was relatively active in current crop months. following the issuance of five March transferable notices at New York. Cercotton stocks increased 699 bales to 4,539 bales afternoon prices were 10 to 65 cents a bale than the previous close. March 015.55.
May 35.12 and July 34.55. Cotton futures moved higher toward the close as mill buying and short covering increased. Futures closed 50 cents a bale lower to 20 cents higher than the previous close. High Low Close March 35.10 35.03 35.10 May 35.18 35.07 35.17 18 July 34.61 34.48 34.60 December 32.94 32.83 32.93B October 33.07 32.90 32.95 32.83 33.07 32.91B May 32.86 32.80 32.86B July 32.47 32.40 32.48B Middling spot 35.25N, off 5. N- -nominal; -bid.
NEW ORLEANS PRICES, WEDNESDAY tures closed unchanged to 30 cents a bale higher. March, 34.93 bid; May, 35.15; July, 34.60; October. 32.05 bid; December, 32.91 bid: March, 32.89 bid; May, 32.87 bid: July, 32.49 bid. Spot cotton closed unchanged. Sales 455; low middling, 27.75; middling, 34; good middling, 34.75;.
receipts, stock, 508,245. Livestock Market CHICAGO-AP-USDAHOGS mostly around 25 cents higher butchers; sows steady to 25 cents higher; No. 2 and 3 190 to 270 pound butchers at $17 top $17.60: 2 and 3 280 to 310 pounds $16.75 17; SOWs $15 16. CATTLE- calves 200; steers and heifers steady to 50 cents higher: cows strong to mostly 25 cents higher: bulls steady to 25 cents higher; vealers steady to $1 higher; stockers and feedsteers firm: prime 1,175 to 1,400 pound $24.75 0 25.50; bulk choice and prime steers $20 heifers 24.50; $17 most good util- to average choice Ity and commercial cows $11.25 13.50; canners and cutters $9.50 12; bulls 14.50 16.50; good and choice vealers, $25 29; choice 600 pound yearling stock steers $21.50. SHEEP- moderately active: slaughter lambs strong to 25 cents higher; slaughter sheep steady; good and choice wooled lambs 110 pounds down $19.50 21.50; cull to low good lambs $12 slaughter ewes LOS ANGELESCATTLE- all slaughter classes moderately active, steady; choice 1,100 pound steers $20.25 20.50; good to low choice $19.25 19.75; standard choice heifers at $19.25 19.75; good to choice heifers $18 18.75; crossbred commercial and standard high yielding cows utility and commercial cows $14 15.25; utility cows $13 14; dairy breds to canners and cutters $10 13; utility beef bulls $15; cutters $13 14; stockers and feeders scarce.
CALVES 50: not fully established; vealers to 124.50; few good to choice heavy calves $18 19; stockers HOGS --200; generally steady; mixed quality $19 190 240 light pound barrows to $16; and "sows sows SHEEP 350 pounds None, up $14 15.50. SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO UP Federal-State Market Newa Service Monday CATTLE Salable 300. Bulk of supply dairy, type slaughter cows. Opening moderately active. Slaughter steers and cOws about steady.
One 10ad average choice fed steers $20.50. Bulk utility cows $11 13. canners and cutters $9 011. Other classes not fully established. CALVES -Salable 10.
Light, supply mainly vealers, about steady. Few good to low. choice vealers $20 24. HOGS -Salable 200. Supply mainly butchers.
Opening moderately active, butchers 25 cents higher. Mixed grade lots US No. 1 to 3 180 to 240 pound butchers $18.75. SHEEP- 200. Supply mainly slaughter lambs, Market not established.
UP. FAMNSwednesday. CATTLE Salable 50. Less 25 head on offer early not enough fully establish a market, few sales than cows steady. Odd head lots cutter cows $10 utility $12.
-Salable none. Not enough offered to test market Not prices. ofHOGS- -Salable 50. enough tered early to test market. -Salable none.
Not enough offered to test market prices, SAN FRANCISCO UP FSMNS Wednesday CATTLE -Salable, 25. Light supply of dairy type cows, insufficient to test market. CALVES -Salable, 50. Entire supply dairy type drop calves which sold at $9.012. HOGS- Salable, 400.
Entire supply butchers Moderately active butchers fully steady with Tuesday. Mixed grade lots US No. 1-3 180 to 240 pound butchers $19, 240 to 260 pound butchera SHEEP- $18.50. PO none, Market untested. Receipts at the Madera auction were a bout 160 compared with 170 last Tuesday and 260 ago.
Around 60 calves included. balance mainly cows with only small sprinkling other, week: classes. Slaughter Compared cattle with strong to 50c higher, some sales utility commercial cows around $1 higher. Heavy weekend rains in foothills and mountains for of Madera stockers, only County small stimulating ber offered but prices frequently $1 higher, extremes $2 higher. Vealers steady, CATTLE- -Salable 100.
Small lot good fed steers $18.80. Utility and Standard heifers 1,380 $16.80. Most utility and cows 012 14.60, few $14.70, some mixed Futility and commercial few young. Holaround mercial $13,60 13.90, some utility $11.50 or less. Canners and ins cutters $8.70 12.10, except canners $6.25 8.10.
Odd utility bull $14.20, Jersey canner down to $6.80. CALVES Salable, 60. Good to low choice vealers $21 22.75, utility and standard $12 several cull dairy calves mainly Holsteins $11.50 Small lot good and choice near 475 pound stock steer calves $20.25, good and choice stock heifers around 300- 500 pounds $16.50 18.50, few $18.75, At the Visalia auction Monday salable hog receipts were 332 including 185 butchers. 15 sows, balance mainly feeder pigs, Compared with 80c Monday last week: Butchers 25 highuneven, steady to 50c higher except those under 290 pounds, weak to 50c lower. Feeder pigs mostly ateady.
US No. 1-2 butchers 190-232 pounds $18.25 several lots Most predominantly No. at $19,15 19.35 at least three lots totaling about 40 head at $19.35, sizable lot 208. pounds, mainNo. 2 at $18.25, No.
3 173-206 1 pounds $17 0 18, medium 177-180 $17.45 18.20, small. lot 166 pounds down to $16, odd No. and 2 265-310 pounds $15.75 and $17.25. DETROIT AP Company and union officials, in a joint statement early today, said agreement has been reached resolving all grievances between the Corporation's Dodge Division and the United Auto Workers, Union. Settlement of the dispute ended a walkout threat which could have idled 100,000 Chrysler employes.
Agreement Averts Dodge Workers' Strike Heiress Will Rewed NEW YORK AP-Brenda Frazier Kelly, the No. 1 Debutante of New York society in 1938, plans to marry her long time beau, businessman Robert Chatfield-Taylor. She was divorced a year ago from John Sims (Shipwreck) Kelly and received the custody of their daughter, Victoria, 10. Fire Calls The Preano Fire Department Anthe following call between noon yesterday and noon today: 5:45. PM -1303 Harrison Avenue.
mattress. tire. Boeing Declines In West Coast Dealings SAN FRANCISCO -Boeing Air. craft dropped points in morning trading the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange today. The decline to apparently reflected controversy in Washington DC.
over whether smaller planes should replace the giant Boeing B52s. Otherwise, morning trading was casual, with 34 stocks losing ground 29 up and 21 unchanged. Safeway gained Signal Oil Broadway-Hale and General Dynamics and Roos Bros. There were gains in Pacific Lighting. Reserve Oil and Southern California Edison.
Standard of California dipped Southern Pacific was down and Bethlehem Steel COAST NOON PRICES Bandini Petrol Bankline Oil A Bishop Oil Co 11 Blair Holdings Cons Edison NY rta Douglas Oil Co Exeter Oil Co 1.40 Hanco*ck Oil Prod pid 24 Libby McNeill 11 Merchants Petrol Minadano Mines 08 Oil 52 Oceanic Oil Co Pacific Indemnity Industries, 95 Pacific com Reserve Oil Gas Roos Bros 35 Safeway Stores 66 Signal Oil Gas 43 So Cal Edison com Southern Pacific Stand Oil of Calif 44 Tidewater Oil com 327 Transamerica TUESDAY'S CLOSING PRICES High Low Close Bishop 11 Chica 5 5 5 Calaveras 32 Crown Zell 51 51 Di Giorgio 19 19 19 Dominguez 49 49 49 Friden 38 38 38 381 Hawaiian Pine 12 Kaiser Al 411 Kaiser Ind 12 Kern Co 40 40 40 North Pac 44 3 44 Pet. 2.40 2.40 2.40 Oceanic 3 3 3 Pac Cem 15 15 Pac Clay 22 Pac 48 48 pt. 31 31 Pac Indust 1.00 .97 .97 Pac Lt 4.40 Pac 128 San Mauricio .03 03 .03 So Cal Ed 47 47 47 So Cal Gas pf A 29 29 Std Oil Calif 45 Union Oil Calif. 53 53 Westates Pet 90 90 .90 West Coast Life Grain Market showed littfe strength today at times on the board of trade but the rest of the grain market surtered minor losses. Gains in soybeans did not run even at their best levels.
Mild mand was stimulated by a government report disclosing heavy crushings of BOybeans at processors auring January. Hedging pressure and uncertainty garding the amount of cash grain which will will be delivered on March futures held back other cereals. Wheat closed to lower, corn to lower, gals to 1 cent lower, rye to lower, soybeans to higher, and lard 2 to 10 cents hundred pounds higher. CASH PRICES WEDNESDAY AF -Bushel prices: BARLEY- Nominal: Malting choice: $1.30 00 1.40; teed: 98c to $1.20. PRICE RANGE WEDNESDAY CHICAGO -AP-Bushel prices: Open High Low Close WHEAT -None, CONN- -No.
2 yellow $1.29 No. 3 SOYBEANS -None. OATS- 1 extra hard white SOY BEAN OIL -13 c. MEAL $46. Open WHEAT March 2.32⅝ 2.33 2.31% 2.31⅝ May 2.32⅛ 2.32½ 2.31⅜ July 2.26 2.26% 2.25⅛ 2.25⅛ Sept.
2.28 2.28¼ 2.27⅛ 2.27 Dec. 2.31½ 2.31% 2.30½ 2.30% CORNMarch 1.28 1.28¼ 1.27 1.27 May 1.321 2.32% 1.32 1.31% July 1.36 1.36 1.35¼ 1.35 Sept. 1.86¾ 1.36 1.36¼ 1.36¼ Dec. 1.32 1.32⅛ 1.31½ 1.31¾ OATSMarch .76 14 July 167 .65 66 Sept. Dec.
RYEMarch 1.35¼ 1.36¼ 1.34½ 1.35 May 1.36¼ 1.37 1.35 1.35% July 1.34¼ 1.36 1.34 1.34 Sept, 1,33 1.34 1.32½ 1.33½ Dec. 1.35 1.37 1.35% 1.36 SOYBEANS March 2.43½ 1.44¾ 2.43 2.44¼ May 2.42% 2.44 2.42% 2.43 July 2.40 2.41¾ 2.39 2.40% Sept, 1.34¼ 2.32½ 2.34 Investment Funds NEW Tuesday's closing investment funds: Bid Asked Bib Asked AbdnFd 1.54 1.70 IntIRes 4,41 5.68 6.15 InCoAm 9.01 AmBsSh 3.76 4.02 InTrBst 9.97 10.90 AmMtE 8.00 8.75 JnstMu 20.42 20.42 1.49 KCIB1 24.72 25.80 AtDMu 15.43 16.83| doB2 24,10 26.34 5.46 5.93 doB3 17,26 18,83 AxHB 7.86 8.54 doB4 10.35 11.30 AxHStk 3.66. 4.00 doK1 8.47 BIR4M 11.01 11.97 doK2 11.72 12.80 BdInT 20.78 22.34 KsCS1 15.15 16.54 BstnFd 15.14 16.37 11.04 12.05 BdStIv 21.15 22.86 doS3 13.37 14.59 GlIkFd 12.29 13.47 do84 9.27 10.12 CalFd 6.84 7.48 KsFCn 11.39 12.32 CnGenF 12.75 13.78 KrkFd 5.97 CanFrd 18.92 20.47 LxTrF 11.24 12.29 CapVnt 5.32 5.83 LfInin 14.00 15.00 CntSh7 22.04 23.83 LfInStk 5.43 ChemF 19.16 16.40 LSyMu 41.78 41.78 CiniFd 9.61 10.43 MFdAu 5.06 Cwwlln 8.86 9.63 do Elee 2.39 CmStk 12.14 13.20, doGnin 3.70 CmpBS 17.57 19.10 do Mtl 3.38 doFd 15.02 16.32 do Pap 3.85 OnerdF 13.61 14.71 doPtrl 3.09 OnsInT 16.50 18.00 doSpel 2.68 64.00 67.00 doTrsp 3.10 DiwrFd 10.51 11.50 MtnBd 7.21 DVGStk 12.13 13.29 MsinTr 10.90 11.78 DivInvF 8.66 9.49 doGth 10.13 10.95 DivT 15.48 17.55 MsLfF 37.45 40.49 DivShrs 2.60 2.85 MulinFd 9.18 10.08 DrysFd 8.49 9.23 MuShrs 14.39 14.39 21.34 22.82 MuTrst 3.25 doStk 20.00 21.38 NtnWS 18.38 EltrnInv 4.68 5.11 NatlIn 9.39 10.15 EqtyFd 6.76 7.01 NSc8BI 10.32 11.28 FdItyF 13.66 14.77 do Bud 6.45 FnIndF 3.73 4.09 doSeDi 4.54 FndMu 7.40 8.04 doS PI 8.24 Fk0 Cm 9.85 10.79 doSrIn 5.94 doPf 6.65 7.28 doSr8t 8.39 FndMtI 15.46 16.94 doSrGt 6.24 GsinFd 14.24 15.56 NEgFd 19.88 GnCap 11.82 12.78 NYCCn 31.50 GoInvTr 7.08 7.70 PhilaF 17.34 GpSRut 8.76 9.60 PinStF 21.01 doAvi 10.95 11.99 PionFd 14.09 doBidg 5.90 6.47 PrTGth 29.38 doCpG 8.26 9.05 PuriFd 6.41 doChm 11.05 12.00 PtnFd 12.13 doSmS 10.94 11.98 SciNnF 11.06 doFood 5.62 6.17 SedStC doElect 6,35 7.16 ScFdC 44.87 doFIAd 9.48 9.29 22.23 doGnB 8.01 8.78 SIAmSh 8,48 doMch 14.42 15,79 Shrhids 10.89 doInBd 8.53 SmEB 13.38 doMth 9.80 10.74 SowsIn 11.64 doMing 9.46 9.28 SvgnIn 11.93 doPtrl 11.39 12.47 StStrIn 38.75 doRRB 2.59 2.86 steinRF 28.32 doRRE 5.91 6.48 Stlv Fd 10.92 doRRS 9.36 10.26 TVElec 11.30 doStl 16.91 18.50 TmpCn 21.00 doTob 4.07 TexasFd 8.02 GrwIn. 14.73 15.17 doCntF 7.80 doUtil 8.70 9.53 UnAcE 10.80 GrdMu 16.15 16.65 doInFd 9,65 24.09 24.09 doSnF 10.37 HdsnF 15.26 16.50 doFac 15.79 IncFaFd 2.44 2.66 ValuLine 5.94 9.56 10.45 doIne 5.52 InepIne 8.48 9.27 10.67-11.62 IncpIny 8.77 9.48 WshMut 8.41 7.03 InsBkF 10.55 11.54 doFnF 10.25 11.21 WIinFd 12.71 10.62 11.62 WhiteF 11.44 doIncE 6.94 7.59 WscnFd 4.96 dolaF 12.06 13.20 Earnings Reported NEW YORK F. W.
Woolwortn Company reported earnings for 1956 of $34.598,848 compared with $34,155,898 in 1955. Net income WAS equal to $3,57 share versus $3.52 the year before. Sales rose to record 197,910 from earnings $767,778,962 reported: In 1955. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company for year ended December 31st: 1956 1955 Net 20,355,045 24.805,326 Share 2.42 3.03 Sales, Calumet $547,439,265 Heclo for $535,069,085 year ended December 31st: 4,012.642 3,646,760 Share 1.81 1,16 for Household Finance Corporation the year ended December 31st: Net 21.445,518 16.877,670 Share 2.70 2,19 National Lead Company for the year ended December 31st: Net 63.152.087 5.34 Share 4.02 Reynolda: Metals Company for year December 31st: Naded 41.239,902 34,306.521 Share 3.93 3,41 Corporation for six months ended January 31st: 1957 1956 Net 3,521,747 3,298,907 Share 3.86 3.61 Dictaphone Corporation for year ended December 31st: Net 2.760,431 2,084,107 Share 19.02 14,27 Mixed, Quiet Close Marks NY Stock Day NEW YORK- -The stock market closed mixed today In quiet tradA late recovery movement lifted prices above their lows for the session. Volume for the day war estimated at 1,600,000 shares, cotspared with 1,580,000 yesterday when trading dwindled to its slowest pace in four months.
Prices were mixed, mostly within narrow range, through the morning but then began to east A number of issues remained on the up stde, however. Except for few outstanding performers, than price changes were generally that less a point. Among issues enlivened an otherwise dull session with big swings Lukens Steel, Boeing, Gult Oil and International Business Marchines. Boeing dropped more than four points following Defense Secretary Charles Wilson's statement that B52 production will be up for "reconsideration" in the next few months. United Aireraft followed Boeing down but Douglas gained.
Dow-Jones Averages CLOSING PRICES WEDNESDAY Industrials, 466.26, off 1.46, Railroads, 141.04, up 0.11. Utilities, 70.53, up 0.05. Gen Gen Motors Electric 39 Goodrich 681 68 Goodyear Tire Greyhound 15 8 Gulf, Mo Ohio 30 Illinois Central 34 34 Harvester 37 de- Int Nickel 99 Int Paper .1001 991 Int Tel Tel 31 Johns-Manville re- Jones Laughlin 49 48 Kennecott Cop Kern Co Land 40 Lockheed 455 Loew's Inc 19 185 Glenn Martin 43 Montgomry Ward 363 Motorola 381 Natl Auto Fiber. 11 Natl Gypsum 37 37 NY Central 28 No Amer Aviation North Pacific R.R 42 Pac Gas Elec. Pacific Lighting Para Pictures 33 301 Pan American Pennsylvania R.R Pepsi Cola Phelps Dodge 53 Philco 14 Phillips Pete Pullman 60 60 Rad Corp of Am Republic Steel Richfield Oil 64 64 Safeway St.
Louis-San Fr St. Regis Paper. Schenley Indus 19 Sears Roeb 271 Shell Oil 79 Sinclair Oil Cocony Vacuum 51 50 Sperry Rand Sou Calif Edison 47 Southern Co Southern Pacific. 42 Southern Rails 42 Stand Brands 39 39 Stand of Calif 44 Stand of NJ Stude-Packard Sylvania: Electric. 41 Texas Company 59 59 Tide Water Assoc 32 Transamerica 36 20th Century Fox 22 Union Bag 35 35 Union Carbide Union Oil 53 Union Pacific 28 27 United Aircraft 81 United Airlines 32 US Rubber 39 US Steel Warner Bros 25 5 Western Union 18 Westinghouse Elec Woolworth Youngstown Zenith 92 92 4.82 9.85 WEDNESDAY'S CLOSING PRICES Furnished by Dean Witter A Co.
Member of New York Stock Exchange High Low Close Allegheny Lud 58 58 Allied Chemical Allis Chalmers 323 Amer Airlines 19 Amer Can Amer Motors 5 5 5 Ameri Optical Amer Tobacco 74 74 36 Amer Tel Smelting 51 51 8 Tel.177½ 1771 AT SF 24 24 24 1 Anaconda Copper 60 59 601 Baldwin 12 12 Baltimore Ohio 42 Bethlehem Steel 43 42 5 43 Boeing Aircraft. 491 Bridgeport Brass 331 33 Canada Dry 14 14 1 Canadian Pacific 31 30 30 Caterpillar Trac. 94 Celanese Corp 15 15 15 Chesapke Ohio 63 Chrysler 69 5 69 Colum Gas Sys 171 Cons Continental Edison NY Mot 63 Crane 33 33 33. Crown Zellerbach 51 50 50 Deere Co 29 29 :291 Douglas Aircraft 79 Dow Chemical 591 Du Pont 1761 Eastman Kodak. Food Machinery, 59 59 59 Ford Motors 56 Gen Dynamic 60 59 59 3 Unlisted Stocks The following bid and ask prices are obtained from the San Joaquin Valley Stock and Bond Club, but are unofficial, They are intended as a guide to the approximate price range and do not represent actual transactions: Bid Ask American 45 Arden Farms 14 Bullock, Inc.
California Oregon Power. 31 33 California Water Service. 40 Canadian Superior Oil. Cutter Lab, Gas Service 24 26 General Controls 20 Kaiser Steel, Langendorf, common 21 Lucky Stores Permanente Cement 23 Portland General Electric. Rockwell Mfg.
Tennessee Gas Trans. Texas Texas Gas Eastern Trans. Gas Trans. 25 261. Time, Inc.
661 Transcontl Gas Pipeline. 20 Advance Indus 953 1004 Unilever 21 3 Warner Swasey 291 31 Vendo Corp. Bank Stocks American Trust Bank of America 34 Crocker-Angio 27 37 First Western 35 Security First National. Insurance Stocks Aetna Fire 691 74 Aetna Life 174 Home Insurance 44 National Fire 67 Pacific Emp 18 20 Travelers 78 Soybean Oil Futures 393 68 73 221 28 79 59 255 43 92 Bid Asked March 13.31 13.32 July 12.61 12.60 September 12.01 12.02 October 11.78 11.79 December 11.61 11.62 Cottonseed Oil Futures NEW YORK Bleachable cottonseed oll futures closed 1 to 6 higher. March 15.98; May 16.22; July 16.18; September 15.94; October 15.64B; December 15.50B.
Closing bids; January 15.55, March 15.45, State Recreation Society Elects SACRAMENTO-AP -William Frederickson, the Los Angeles City recreation superintendent, is the new president of the California Recreation Society. IRA Blasts Cause North Ireland Damage BELFAST, Northern Ireland -UP-Irish Republican Army extremists blew up a bridge, telephone exchange and electric transformers today in their most widespread series of raids in recent months. Electricity supplies were cut off in large areas of County Derry and County Tyrone. "The Shopping Center of the San Joaquin Valley." A few pennies will tell thousands your wants and needs in The Bee Classified Want Ads. Lawmaker Calls Seaton's PGE Plan 'Farcical' WASHINGTON-AP-Congressman E.
Moss, Sacramento Democrat, says he will oppose private of power in the Trinity River Project as a "farcical partnership plan." Interior Secretary Fred Seaton has proposed Pacific Gas and Electric Company be allowed to build and operate power facilities in the Trinity unit of the Central Valley Reclamation Project. It now is authorized for federal construction at an estimated cost of $255,000,000. Seaton said if PGE built and operated generators it would save the government $55,000,000. Forsees Monopoly "In my opinion," said Moss, "if the Seaton plan is accepted, it will give the green light to virtual monopolization by the private utilities of America's hydroelectric power resources." He asserted PGE "stands to make vast profits from such a deal," which he said would cost consumers, including the government, about 000. more for electricity during the next 50 years.
The Weather United States Weather Bureau Fresno, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1957 6:30 AM Forecast Fresno and vicinity Increasing cloudiness this afternoon with occasional rain tonight and continuing tomorrow morning. Clearing tomorrow afternoon. High temperatures, today 62-67 degrees, Fresno 65; lows tonight 48.54. Fresno 50; not much change tomorrow.
Light to gentle variable winds. San Joaquin Valley- -Increasing cloudilate ness and with continuing occasional until rain likely today Thursday, then clearing slowly; little change in temperature; high both days 60-68; low tonight 48-54: gentle winds. San Francisco Bay region- -Intermittent rain today and tonight; fair after early morning fog; little change in temperature; high about 60; low tonight 47-52; variable winds 8-15 MPH: 70 per cent chance of rain today and California Increasing cloudiness today with rain near central coast by afternoon a and spreading inland tonight; clearing Thursday, little change in temperature; coastal winds southerly 8-18 day and tonight becoming variable 8- 15 MPH Thursday. Sierra Nevada- -Increasing cloudiness today with occasional rain likely, late today and tonight; Thursday cloudy with a few showers; snow at very high levels; little change in temperature. occasional late today and.
tonight; Monterey Bay area- Cloudy with clearing slowly Thursday: little change in temperature; high both days 57-63; low tonight 48-54; variable winds 8-16 MPH. Southern California- Light smog today in valley and foothill areas. Low clouds nights and mornings and sunshine with. some high clouds today and tomorrow. change with Los Angeles high near 70.
Precipitation and temperature data for 24 hour period ending at 4:30 AM today. Max. Min. Prectp. Bakersfield 75 50 Coalinga 75 50 FRESNO 67 47 .04 Los Angeles 60 58 Merced 64 49 07 Red Bluff 59 53 Sacramento 59 54 .63 Diego 64 San Francisco 61 55 Stockton 59 50 45 Boston 68 47 .58 Chicago 46 26 .11 Denver 59 36 Detroit 51 24 .60 Mpls-St, Paul 30 13 New York 56 52 Omaha 42 18 Phoenix 79 52 Pittsburgh 63 37 Portland 63 45 Salt Lake 56 42 .09 San Antonio 74 46 Seattle 54 44 St.
Louis 55 29 1.32 Washington 61 53 .72 Fresno Data Normal maximum and minimum, 64 and 42. Maximum and minimum this date last year, 58 and 31. Time sunrise. 6:33 o'clock Time of sunset .5:51 Seasonal precipitation 4.13 Normal precipitation 6.27 Precipitation to this date last year 11.13 Relative humidity at 4:30 PM yesterday-89 per cent. Seas level pressure PM yesterday, 30.12 inches; at 4:30 AM today, 30.06.
River Reports Kings River- Mean flow into Pine Flat Reservoir for the 24 hours to last culated midnight, natural 1.799 flow at second Piedra, feet. 1. 1,799 second fect. Storage at midnight, 144 acre feet. The release from Pine Flat Dam at 7 AM was 290 second feett.
San Joaquin River- Power House (average for 24 hours to last midnight), 2,548 second feet. Militon Lake storage- acre feet: Friant Dam river 52 second feet; Friant-Kern Canal flow. 657 second feet: Madera Canal flow, 0. Friant reports are average for 24 hours to last midnight. Eastern Milk Strike Gains Momentum NEW YORK AP State troopers patrolled highways today in sections of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania to curb further violence in a milk price strike, now in its third day.
Reinforced state police detachments were ordered out as the strike grew in momentum. The strike thus far has been marked by sporadic outbreaks of gunfire, dynamiting, truck picketing, fist fights and milk contamination. There have been no serious injuries but several men have been arrested. A thousand tons of milk have been spilled on the ground or otherwise destroyed as a small group of dairy farmers pressed demands for a higher price for raw milk. An estimated 3,500 of the tri state area's 45,000 dairymen supplying the New York City metropolitan milkshed are said to be involved.
The strikers are members of the Tri State Master Dairy Guild. Nichols Resigns Guard Post Continued from 1-B muzzle" his opposition to Jones' views on guard recruit training. Jones said the decision to retire Green was made before Green went to Washington to testify on the dispute. He added he had requested Green's retirement be postponed because of a shortage. of general officers overruled by Governor Goodwin J.
Knight. Jones spoke to reporters after telling the governor's council the compromise over recruits over will be required to take six months tive duty training but those between 17 and only 11 weeks. Fresnan's Murder Trial Opens In SF The murder trial of Claude Craig, 42, of Fresno, a fork lift operator, charged with strangling Mrs. Helen Ivy Parker, 44, opened before Superior Judge Walter Carpeneti. Mrs.
Parker was killed last November in a parking lot near the apartment house in which she lived. SAN FRANCISCO -AP- Insurance Sales Climb SAN FRANCISCO-Life insurance sales of the Prudential Insurance Company climbed 34 per cent to a record high of more than 000,000 last year. President Carrol M. Shanks said this was an increase of 000,000 over 1955., Prudential's total insurance in force at the end of 1956 amounted to $58,000,000,000, Shanks said. E.
C. Missing Las Vegas Pilot Is Found Safe CEDAR CITY, Utah -UPThe civil aeronautics administration reported today Richard Dunbaden, 24, a Las Vegas, Nev. pilot who had been missing on a flight since Friday has been found safe near the Colorado River 12 miles southeast of Tuweep, Ariz. Bee classified ads are classified for fast results. (adv.
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