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The- OKEGON STATESMAN, Saltm. : Oreaon, Saturday Morning. November 10. IMS PAGS THSTS StreicWs One-Time Romance " With Nazi Beauty Disclosed in Letters; Actress Under Arrest " I f r fifth chapter I hi lnste ctory n . ?2 HTlcher' Llent Canatn bare lor th flrtt time the detaila of the ' ? . w,r taUua romance with I.enl Rflfenstahl, one-time l German film scanty. . CHAPTER FIVE By Lieut Daniel Causin (Written exclusively for interna tional News Special Service. World copyright 1943 by International New . Service: reproduction in whole or in - part strictly prohibited.) NEW YORK, Nov. 9 (INS) The details of Julius ' Streicher's romance ' with Leni Reifenstahl, . beautiful " czarina of German's film industry, are contained in a bizarre series of letters among - the ' files I found at Streicher's ' estate. , - While the actress' name has ' been linked with many leading ' dignitaries including Adolf Hitler himself, her connection with Streicher had never before been mentioned and is revealed here with for the first time. - As owner of the leading anti- Semitic newspaper, Der Stuer v mer, Streicher was one of the ; wealthiest publishers in Germany. . Leni's first contact with Streicher was in an effort to get her book ,; published. On Nov. 13, 1940, the gauleiter replies to her letter, '- addressing her formally as "Dear -Leni Reifenstahl." Romance Blossoms ""- By the following spring the ro mance had evidently blossomed ' and Streicher's greeting was much " warmer., His letter of April 8, 1941,. begins: "Dearest Leni," and " says: "At the moment I am lying on the . same chaise lounge on which you poured out your soul to me, and I am. thinking of you." It ends with .... "Greetings and v '-fir - i i -.v . Among the files of private docu- ments and correspondence found in Jnlius Streicher's home near Nuernberg by Lt, Daniel Cau sin were carbon copies of nu merous Intimate letters written by the No. 1 Jew-baiter of nail Germany to Lent Riefenstahl .. (above), German movie actress who was appointed directress of . nazl party photography by Hit ler. Lent was arrested by U. S. army authorities during the fi nal collapse of Germany, but dis claimed any connection with the naxi party. She is still under surveillance. kisses, Your Julius," and ex presses regret over her "illness." But Streicher did not yet know the nature of Leni's "illness." This he discovered during his next rendezvous with her. in his next le'ter to the actress how startled) he is to have discovered that -she has become addicted to narcotics. The letter is d4ted M$y 28, 1941 and says: : ' -t. S "Today I cart tell you honestly that I was appalled when, during your last visit Ihere, you showed mej your arms with th small req dots. I revealed to ijie to whaf depths,jyou; ha sunki There ar vayg which make it possible to rirl' vrtiirsplf of the Doisonoul drug. It is important that through courage and decision; you pre-l serve yourself ;in the long run fori theLGermait people and for a 'Letters! Cool Off .' 1 I 'IMany years ; ago ; I advise party tnember Reich Treasure Schwarz, (Xaver Scnwarz, one o; Steicher's best I friends, was als treasurer of tlie nazi party) tc seek a jcure in Bad Woerishofen He never regretted this - decision If t were in yeiir place I woulc go i there too." j : - " ; ! 4teicer's toB'6 becsme some what cooler after thisj His corre spondence lagged and finally, th aging Don Juan of Franken, n longer making k pretense of be 4ng in !love wijh the imovie stai now. broken in; health, ends the laffair in his last, letter to her on! lApril 13. 1942, j)y signing it sim4 W as j"You'r ftithful friend." j j There were t4o many other fishj lin the pond tot Julius Streicherj 1 1 Whefl Leni Reifenstahl was' captured by soldiers of the Amer4 ican 7th army last spring she in- jdignantly denied having had any-j ithiog to do with the nazis. AndJ from his cell I in Nuern-f berg, Where he; will j soon facej Ichargesl as a wr criminal, Julius Streicher no (longer Wangs about his' romantic- conquests. (Tomorrow .4 Sjtreicher fights religion; and uses son as tool to paganise German schools.) Cpuhtv Choice mi t Jim hi Vi - f - it- 1 Valley Obituaries Emma Violet Applegate ; ALBANY Funeral services for Mrs. 'Emma Viola Applegate, 52, were held Thursday, November 8. ; Rev, Orville Mick conducted the services. Mrs. Applegate died in ' the Corvallis General hospital No vember 7 following a long illness. -. Born at Goldendale, Wash., Jan- uary.23, 1893, Emma Viola Ham ilton and lived until she married Roy Applegate in 1914. They came to Albany and since have made ' their home near this city.' She had ". been a member of the Christian church since a young girl and of Western Star grange. Besides the widower, survivors -two children, James Applegate of route 3, Corvallis; Ralph, . Apple gate of .the U. S. armynow home on a furlough; also" her mother, Mrs. Alex Hamilton, a brother, Orville Hamilton and , two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Watson! and , Mrs. " Anna Crooks, all of j Goldendale, Wash.; two other brothers, Wal ter Hamilton of Waitsburg, Wash., and James Hamilton of Sunnyside, Wash.; another sister, Mrs. Tena Jobe of Phoenix, Ariz.; also four grandchildren. j Mrs. Carrie Jones .SILVERTON Mrs. Carrie Jones, 68, died at her home at 616 West Main street Friday morning. She was born at To ronto, Canada, and came here 18 months ago from Omaha, Neb. Funeral arrangements are in charge of the Ekman Funeral home. Survivors are three children, Samuel Jones and Ruth Millet of Silverton, Robert Jones of Oma ha; seven grandchildren, all but one, PFC James H. Jones, at Sil verton.; Private" Jones left five Suit lor Foiir Years Alimony Not so Funny t LOS I ANGELES, Nov. 9 -(JFi Film Comic Oliver Hardy was ued today for back alimony pay- 'ments !which, his wife charged, dated back to 1941. J ! The suit, latest of several brought by Mr.' Hardy since the' couple's divorce in 1933, said an! 'alimony agreement called for! $250 weekly as long as Hardy'3 income ( remained above $1000 as 'week and for jone-fourth of the iincpme ii it leu below $1000. 17 days 'ago for C4mp Ruckner, Ala One brother, James Parks, Texasj also survives Frederick William Bergman ALBANY Frederick William Bergman, 81, resident of Albany for 45 years, died in the Fisler home, November 5. Funeral serv ices were held Wednesday. Burial was in Willamette Memorial park. He had been in the home for a year. ' Frederick Bergman was born in Hanover, Germany, June 23, 1864, and came to the United States in 1877 and to Albany in 1900. He was a members of the I OOF lodge. On June 28, 1903, he married Lil lie May Smith in Albany and she died October 28, 1944. Survivors are two children, Mrs. Par the na May Turpin of Albany, nd Victor Bergman of Portland. Also a brother, A. J. Bergman and sister, Mrs. George Onkin, both in Iowa, one granddaughter, Mrs. Paul Peterson of Albany. :. 46 Hood St Will Hold Open House 12 M. to 12 P. M. Armistice Day Celebration November 12th " Games Refreshments Dancing t to 12 P. M. ? Strahan's Old Time Orchestra LAST TIMES TODAY! 1 . . Plus Co-HUl J - j:l .' : i 2 IJITS! BUD ABBOTT LOUCOSTELLO "SCOTLAND YARD INVESTIGATOR" STARTS IsUlN'DAi VJ.W. Vlctorr CJub mm Old-Tim Dandng TOinGIIT Veierans Ilall Corner Hood m4 Church Streets Music by " Adam Kerbcr's Orchestra Admission too In. Tax , Welcome ;' X t- . with . n ht I . 4 CRAIG ; wtr 'J III I ?SW I I V. PLUS ay With JAMES ; CRAIG .FRANCES GIFFORD AGNES MOOREHEAD MORRIS CARNOVSKY I 1 . j and ft CO-FEATURE JACKIE fBUTCir JENKINS -- a nun WITHOUT A rASTJ Theresa Denier,' principal of. St. Mary's grade school at Mt An gel, has been picked as-Marion county woman 411 club leader candidate for "Oregon represen tative to attend the national congress in Chicago. The choice was made by the Marlon coun ty executive committee compos ed of Mrs. William Wiederkehr, Sidney; Esther Kleper, Clover. dale; Elmer ; Jeskey, Aurora. The state choice will be picked at the state club office in Cor vallis on basis of records sub mitted by the counties. Miss Dehler. has been a club leader for, 20 years. No Marion county man leader was selected be cause the longest period any one has served, so far as ree ords In the. club agent's office show, is five yean. This mas the statement of James Bisb p, county club agent. Woojdburn Honor Students Listed i i .. ... . At Six Weeks-End WQOpBUBN Names of stu dents slaking the first six .weeks honor roll anil qualifying for Torch honor , society; were an nounced; this week by Milton Gra lap, ' high school superintendent. Robert Pillsbury, junior, had the highest jgrades for the sixiweeks with a 1.2 average. Four seniors, five juniors, 1 1 sophomores and 17 freshjmen were on the roll. FolIoiring is the list of all stu dents making a' 2.2 grade average or better Samuel Anderson, Dor- Lothy Ejelland, . Patricia Brown. Jeanne iButterfield, Clifford Can non, W lliam Croco, Joan Davis,' Betty " Jo DeHaan, 1 Hazel Engtej Dwight Gralapi Sidney Harper; Mary Helsel, Edith 'Hove, Gordon Kadrmas, Jack' Krieger, Delmar Kuns, Fred LaBonte, Hazel Ma son,Ariita Miller, Eleanor. Moen, Ariyss Nelson, lullie Nelsonj Hon' ny Peirson, Robert ... Pillsbury, Eileen ' iPrinslow, Charlene Ross; Donald i Scarborough, Joan Schu- ler, Dotina Sebern, Barbara Sim- onsen, Donna Sonneo, Darlene Swanson,' Lois .' Thompson, Patri cia Thompson, Betty Twito, Beryl Walker, Violet Wfllig. ". - ; 7 ! National Parks Give , Gains in Visitors - WASHINGTON, Nov. Increased volume of visitors dur ing the 194S , season was reported by national parks in Washington and -Oregon. ' i . -: .f''.;V- Mount Rainier, with 281,289 visitors, registered a gain . lef ; 121 per cent over 1944. Crater lake had 9,422 visitors, a 59 per cent increase. Olympic "national park gained: 78 per cent with" 103,827 visitors, and Oregon caves nation al monument, closed during,. the war, was drew 12,548 visitors ' after, it reopened. . . --j ; ENTERTAINERS ARRIVE 5- HAMILTON FIELD, CaUf, Nov. -(JPy-'Leo ' Durocher, manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Danny Kaye, movie "comedian," arrived here; today from Japan aboard an ATC plane. The. two toured-Pacific;, bases under sponsorship of the jUSO. A few minutes after their arrival here they boarded a plane 'for tos Angeles. ' r - " f OLD TIIIE DANCE i K - - JIUSIC BY THE OREGONIANS EVEnY SATURDAY HIGHT New Labor Temple - - 447 Center St. Sponsored by the Salem Labor Temple Assn, Inc. BENEFIT DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS Armistice Dance, Nov. 12, Same Place, DAV Sponsored . - j -. ... STARTS TODAt ! 2 TOP HITS Oft, Scute..; IYKAT A 6AU x3 : CO -FEATURE ; A Musical Like Kothing on Earth ! With a Story That's Out of This World ! Whistla Its wonderful ionqsl Laugh at Its hilarious gags! Cheer the funniest, idea ever set to music! Fred ; . Joan J Jone MatMURRAY LESLIE HAVER WHERE DO YiX GO FROM HERE IN TECHNICOLOR V : MIITOIVI . . . r : . , ., . - i 1 . I ' , ' .: : . ! always wanted Now PGE makes it easier than ever before with a ;new low rate providing homes ana farms with electricity! literally "cheap enough to jurn.' The new low rate is designed to encourage the use of electricity for all purposes in the home and on the farm. fGE customers now using electricity for cooking and water heating f ill get this new rate upon applica tion. Others will qualify and can apply as soon as they install both an electric ran$e and ater heater. k Greater use of Electricity makes possible lower rates. The to go "ALL-ELECTRIC!" "A 11-Electric" rate speeds this trend for all and gives advance savings to customers who use electricity for two of the most important home jobscooking and water heating. v Pennies are now too big to measure the cost! of kilowatt hours in PGE territory! The cost is down to mills. Under the new rate, range and water heater users will get 300 kilowatt- hours of electricity for a minimum charge of onljy $4.50, and I another j 700 for 6 mills ptr kilowatt-hour. Excess kilowatt hours beyond I.UUO per month cost J mi us. t ' -i - HOW TKI "ALL-ILICTRIC" RATE BENEFITS YOU .WCftccJr thf xamplt mow wjff jMry onfy' A cwsrotif t with mn (dm rwf fcZL 95c a month I A cvsMffMr with est veiooe wufer fcecifliia vs The a vera m owner of an electric nose. hh the usual household sppliances, now uses about 21ft kh a month at a cost of $4.99. An electric water beater wH make this home eligible for the "All-Electric" rate and bring total electric use to about 540 kwh, which will cost $5.4 under the new rate att additioal cost of only 95c a month for electric not water. i V A cvsfonMr who k am mrorvgo mhttrU" vsr now i tout $1.39 m month. t a-" ' The average user of ! electricity for appliances, cooking and water hem tins bow uses about S40 kwh a month at a cost of 57.33. The same amount of etectrkity Under the new rate costs 55.94. Yon will save HJ9, or Yr,i, by applying Tor the new rate. t , ; -K Exampfrs given iter orpfy f homes and arms now tilled foe mU their electric ferric tmder omr tehethtl t, effective in rural are of PGE territory. haotmr may actually motto monoy by installing an olotrU tango. I , The average home use of electricity where there is n electric water heater but no range, is 424 kwh a month, costing $6.52 under PGE' general residential schedule No. f. The new "AH-Ekttric" rate will, apply if an electric range is added. This will bring total consumption sV to 540 kwh a month, and will cost SS.94, an actual saving of it cents a monu after adding a range. ! ' ! ' A cMSfocnr with noithor olottrii tooklna ... - . nor wctfer hooting will pay only $2.94 - -mdditional for avorago vto of both. The average home without electric cooking or water beating uses about 100 kwh a month at a cost now or 53.00. The new "All-Electric" rale ' will apply after adding range and water heater, and the electric consump tion will then be about 540 kwh, costing $5.94 a mouth, an increase of only H.94 for both cooking and water heating. j i ma POnTLACID GCCJCnAL GLECTQIC COr.lPACl V : Portland General Electric Co. ";.! - "" - Portland, Oregon. ' ' fl "7 Gentlemen: ; v, V $ ' : .. . Please enter my appllcatioa for the ; new ""AB-Electric 1 - rate. I am using electric range and electric water heater and I understand that 1 shall be billed a minimum of $4. 50 each ' : ownth fc4-wkticb I am entitled to ase 30 kwh'i of electricity. " t Name.............;; i Address... iStrert or rmnd root 1 Cty.,.;.......:.:. .; State... .....;;!.....r,j 1 - JOHN UTEL A . L I DUSTY AKDERSCX I -1 : ..-I 1 t