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Tho Statest&m, Salem. Ore. Movie of Ghr dialled 'Reply to Reds ': HOLLYWOOD (JP) An Episcopal clergyman, who believes ne can spread the gospel more effectively as a movie maker than as preacher, begins production soon on the first feature' nn about the life of Christ since "King of Kings" in 1927. - The Rev. James K. Friedrich plans to release the picture com mercially as a ''spiritual counteroffensive against Communism.'' He believes it will: L. Be a fi nancial success; 2. Show theater owners that religious subjects, given Quality production, can -. . . . A f - xui movie nouses; a. vrpm uie way to further films with reli- gious themes. Color Photography ' - Ttia Vkmirt in- he Tihritnprarih- "- r "T ' . ed in color at an estimated cost ' of more than half a million, will be the most ambitious ever for Friedrich Cathedral Films, . Hollywood's only non-profit pro ducing company. planned to wait five or six years vfnr attenrmtine to portray Christ's life. "But I have come to realize that if I wait I may not make It at alL It may be too late," he says. -, Dr. Friedrich believes there can be no delay in counterattacking TfTJommunism. ana uiyi . f better way to go "c holds, than to show on film the .;iiu, nature of God. as re vealed In Jesus .Christ, instead of employing primarily tools.- , ; Religious Battle , "Critics of Communism, he . UTS. nave wucu correctly when they have, label- . i : 1 ViAite IT la ed it as oems uiciifeiv . i riiinntn. Consequently, our battle with Communism is ma Whereas Com munism seeks to dominate tha 4 wills and souls of men, Chris tianity strives to win them. Judaism and Christianity must Join together in this counter-offensive because bothi find the source of their origin in the Holy scripture." ' Dr. Friedrich's film, "Day of Triumph, will be advertised a an answer to Communism. But 'the picture itself will simply tell the story of The Saviour! 'life during the period of his mm- 1 J . Drama-Packed He believes events in Christ s life, such as his conflict with re ligious authorities and his betray al by Judas, packs more drama Uhan any cops and robbers script. Films with religious themes are considered something ; less than ir fir at the box office, but the producer Is unconcerned. He has such faith in his project he has mortgaged bis home and insurance to help finance it. ' I am staking the future of Cathedral as well as my personal security on its success but I don't consider it a risk. Judging from past success, Ca thedral is -in no great peril. - UX . 7 new 1WM In 1138 after graduating from the Episcopal Seminary in Alexander, - Va. Here Is how it happened: "While I was studying the life of Paul at the seminary, it dawn-? ed on' me what a -marvelous man he was the most dramatic char acter I had encountered, a man such as I never dreamed had lived. It occurred to me that many peo ple must have missed knowing of Paul. I began wondering how I could spread my story." By graduation time, Dr, Fried rich thought he knew. Non -Profit Firm He came hereT-wHollywood was the only place the job could be done right and organized Cath edral as a non-profit organization for the production of Bible stories.. , He says he financed it himself, mortaging home -and insurance. Dr. Friedrich hoped to interest commercial movie houses in his product. He got nowhere. His first ment, a movie about the parable i of the Good Samaritan, convinced ' him it would take years, and im proved production techniques, to sell his product on the open mar- aei. -He turned to the churches. At AL.l At 1 - M M iL. mat nine muy a icw ui wc uugu . churches had projectors, and there was no organization for distrib uting films to them. ' The minister, seeing he had to create a demand for his product, went, into production anyway. He has since turned out 52 films, mostly Bible stories. He now has a nation-wide distribution sys tem. There are projectors in 50, 000 churches. He estimates be . tween five and seven million peo ple see his half -hour films each Sunday.' , Dr. Friedrich believes there is now "a great public demand and overwhelming interest in honest spiritual films. "I am confident," he said, "that :i we have the answer." Former Salem Woman Dies In Rosebiir.or ROSEBURG (Special)- Clara I Litchfield Sanford, former Salem i resident, died late Thursday in Roseburr at the aee of 78 vearx. She was the widow of the late Stephen Sanford. Services are to be held Wednes day at 10 aon. (DST) In Roseburg with interment at the Albany Ma sonic Cemetery at 3 pjn. (DST). Survivors include a sister, Mrs, Peter Marsten, Portland; several nieces and nephews in Portland and a number of cousins in Salem. Famous Chicken -In-A-Dox Home cooked Crispy Fried Chkken, potato salad, corn rritter-homemade roll , COM2 AKD GET IT! ARROW DRIVE IN Next to Drive la Theater 832 FREE DRINKS This Week . Ample Parking Closed Sundays Monday. Soptembe 1. 1352 ist's Life A Purtell Dims Special Session WASHINGTON Uh Senate vet erans figured1 Sunday that the ap pointment of William A. Purtell as a Republican senator from Con necticut' may lessen -the chances of a special session of Congress this yearl . president Truman told a press conference' recently that a special fall session was under considera tion. Ellis Arnall, Tetiring chief- of the Office of Price Stabilization, has urged , him to bring Congress back to strengthen controls laws if the cost of living continues to rise. Among the reasons why the Pur tell appointment may affect, such pians, it was said, are: 1 It reduces the Democratic majority in the Senate to only two votes, with the 98 seats divided be tween 49 Democrats and 47 Re publicans. ' V 2 It would require a reshuffle among Senate committees with the result that Democrats would lose top-heavy majorities on some, in cluding tne powerful appropria tions and banking committees. Purtell, a "West Hartford. manu facture who previously had won the Republican nomination ' to op pose en. wuiiam Benton, Demo crat, for a full six years term this fall, was named to the vacancy resulting from the death of Sen. Brien McMahon, Democrat, July 28. Harold Kyte Dehth Listed As Suicide Statesman Newt Service SILVERTON Harold Thomas Kyte, 25, of 237 Fairview St, was found dead Sunday from a bullet wound, - apparently self-inflicted, Marion County Coroner Leston W. Howell reported. Kyte's body was found in the home of his father-in-law, Arley Martin of Silverton Route 3, Box 74, about a quarter-mile west of Victor Point School on the Bethel Road. A 21 caliber bullet had pierced his heart. Martin in formed investigating officers that his son-inlaw had become- de spondent after, the young man's wife asked for a separation Frl day. A discussion Sunday with his wife, at a farm near Martin's where she was staying, failed to bring about a reconciliation and as Kyte was leaving he asked Martin li he could borrow a gun from his home, for hunting. Short ly after they'd parted, Martin ex plained he became anxious over Kyte's concern about a gun and, remembering his dependency, lie hurried home to try and intercept him, nut arrived too late. Funeral arr angements' are to be made by the Ekman Funeral Home in Silverton. Salem Man Surrenders Marion County sheriffs depu ties reported that Edward Carl Oliver, 27, of 1755 Barnes Rd surrendered Sunday evening and admitted burglarizing a basement gun - shop in Stayton Saturday night . Oliver was lodged in. the Sa lem jail in lieu of $2,500 bail and charged-with burglary not in a dwelling. . " - Concern over his car which he'd left after being discovered at the scene of the crime was said by Oliver as the reason' for giving himself up. He was discovered bv Tester Smith, , proprietor of the Gem Cafe located-pust above the shop, as Oliver was transferring guns and a radio from a rear entrance of the store to his car. Smith yelled , at the ' man who .dropped the items in his hands and ran away. His car and the merchan dise taken from the store were impounded by police. ' Value ; of the items removed from the store were placed in ex cess of $800 by owner Lloyd Shen oure, Stayton. SHJP FIRE MENACING LONG BEACH. Calif. fJP-T.nn- shoremen Sundav hMfan tVi rlli cate job of unloading 100 bales of smoldering cotton dangerously near 1,100 barrels of lubricating oil in the hold of tha freighter SS Pelican State. ppomtment of After Burglary - .-. LE HAVRE, France Margaret Truman, danghter of the President, waves geedbye from platform, ef boat train In Paris station as aha starts Jomrney kerne after European tour. At left is Mrs. Drmeie Snyder Horton, daughter of the secretary ef the treasury, who la her traveling companion. Margaret spent only a few hours In Paris to de some shopping and to have ranch with Ferle Mesta, U.S. min ister U Luxembourg-, before taJdna: the train to beard the liner United States at Le Havre. (AP Wiro- . photo to The Statesman.) .; T' - i- .- Cigar-Eating Comic, Dancers Features of State Fair Revue . , . By CONRAD PRANGE Staff Writer. The Statesman t v Swlngy dances and songs, comics, and novelty entertainers are In store for Oregon State Fair audiences at the nightly stage revue in front of the race track grandstand on the fairgrounds. - A capacity audience of over 5,000 rocked and roared along with the two-hour show Sunday night. Eleven acts, ranging from a cigar- eauxig comic to roiorxui aamce numoers, are zeaturea in the periorm- All Sheridan September 8 SHERIDAN Sheridan grade and high schools will open for the 1952-53 term Monday, Sept 8, Grade school principal James Rose has announced grade school regis tration will be held Sept. 4 at 1 p.m. All children on the south side of the river will register at the .Chapman school, and all those on the-north side of the river will register at the Faulconer school. Any child entering the first grade must be six on or before Nov. 15. Regular classes in the grade school will begin Monday, Sept. 8, at 9 a.m. Students who did not register at the high school this spring are asked to register Friday, Sept. 5, High school teachers will include: Frank W. Smith, principal; Bruce Barker. John Blaser, Elvida Fos- chaug, Raydonna NeaL Frances Harrison. Fern Eberhart, Glen Garrett, Viola Dennis and N. J. Vandehey. :Chapman school, Ann Matthews, first grade: Alma Hadley, second; Hazel Butler, third; Myrna Sund- land, fourth; Marvel Frack. fifth; Robert Brown, principal and sixth. Faulconer school: Emma Seth, Alta Bradley, first; Alma Schroe der, . Lucille Johnson, second; Is abella Armitage. Thelma Burdg, third; Inez Rowell. fourth, Alma Otting, fifth; Dorothy Ivie, sixth; Alice Henthorn. seventh; Bernice Cody, seventh and girls gym; Wil liam Tedd, seventh and boys gym; Paula Wittenfeld, Donald Sund- land, eighth;' Alice Orr, -music; Dorothy White, librarian; James Rose, Faulconer principal. Portlanders Win Softie Meet Test RICHLAND (P)- Ken West moreland of the Portland Grim shaw Tires pitched a two-hitter Sunday as his team beat the Rich land American Legion, 1-0, in the Pacific Northwest Regional soft ball tournament. Richland was eliminated. . In another afternoon game, the Seattle Fuel Oil Dealers eliminated Hyster Equipment of, Portland from the tourney, 4-1, although the? Portland outfit outhit the Seattle ites, 7-4. ' "I Two more eames were scheduled Sunday night, with the Irwin Jones Dodgers of Tacoma meeting Longview Bechtol Realty and fbe Oil Dealers tangling with Grfm- shaw Tires. The winner vof the Tacoma-Longview game enters the finals. 'A Schools Open fit! EIAiY imi Also Muirs & Hale j EUNO CONTAINERS PAUl MISSION 10 .-! It ef $a!m Margaret Starts Jouriiey Home f ance, which opens nightly this which week at 8 o'clock. A crowd pleaser was Jack Mar shall, master of ceremonies. With a floppy donut-shaped hat rim as a prop he laid down a heavy bar rage of comedy while romping through nearly all the hat styles of history. Another funnyman who took crowd's fancy was Chaz Chase, a short clown-type, dead-pan guy who eats cigars, leaves part of his costume and ends up with a bur lesque of a burlesque dancer. Something different were Jimmy and Mildred Mulcays, who gave the sellout crowd a pleasant jolt with their electrical harmonicas. The Mandarins, ' four Chinese tumblers.' came through with strong-arm balancing and even a tricky plate-spinning stunt. The Wilder Brothers, Warner, Walt and George, whose advance publicity bills them "as exciting as a blonde starlet at Santa Moni ca," presented a series of catchy songs. Getting a big hand was the comic-dancing act of "Sailor Buster West and Lucille Page, his floppy-jointed partner. Harmon izing in a reel of well-known songs was The Tunes mi ths, a male octet directed by genial Bill Gavin. The dancing-balancing act for the show was amply provided by a well-balanced pair Luiz Mar- tez and shapely Lucia Gordon. In between the individual acts came the gaily-costumed dances of the all-girl chorus. Phil Bovero and his orchestra provided music for the production, which was produced by Larry Al len, .i 1st LOSS FOR TACOMA RICHLAND UP)- The Tacoma Irwin-Jones . Dodgers went down to their first defeat in the Pacific Northwest Regional softball tournament here Sunday night, bowing to undefeated Longview Bechtold Realty 4-0. One game was still to be played Sunday night, the Seattle Fuel Oil Dealers meeting the Portland Grimshaw Tires. The winner of that game will meet Tacoma Monday for the right to go into the finals against Longview. i Colorful - Educational ilgricnllaral Exhibits at your STATE Film Salem BOTTOM f " - en Wheatland Ferry Road. TOOTjSEK b Sgt. Mayfield To Quit State Police Position . t ' :-: H - Avon F. Mayfield, ; 'sergeant with the Salem patrol office of the Oregon 'state Police for Ihe past six years, has resigned effective Sept 7. He will be succeeded by Roy W. Hunt of Salem.; j Mayfield began . service with State Police at Newport ; Sept. 7, 1936 and worked also at the Eu gene office before coming to Sa lem in January, 1948. He was pro moted to Sergeant In September of the same year. . .j: 1 Pressure of work on his farm in the Quinby district was given as reason for the resignation. Sgt. Mafield said he expected to de vote all his time to the; 75-acre farm which includes several acres of orchard. j Hunt has been with the Salem patrol office for all of his'10 Tears service with the State Police. His promotion to sergeant ."becomes effective "today and he: will take over his new duties next-Mon day. ' ll . . Gates Open f :45 ! Shew at Push ? ENDS TUESDAY; Tear Labor Dayf Show. i In Technicolor ! "Hed Mountaial, Alan Ladd :f PLUS j "Just This OncT Peter Lawford I - Janet Leigh - : L Welcomes LLZ San Shop Fresh Chicken - ;..'Pio1f - ,, . 65e.j i State Fair Open Labor Day j . Featuring the Fines! In . CIHIIiSS t;nd ALIERICAII FOOD O Lunch f O Dinners O Ut Snacks Pi epa red Orders to Take Out, Phone 2-6596 . NEW ENLARGED DININO ROOM Facilities Available For Banquets and Partrss j 29SS Falrgreuds Ed. Just r r V : !? Step Hurricane Dies In Garolinas CHARLESTON. S.C WV The season's first hurricane blew it self out Sunday after causing wide snread I minor . damage in South Carolina ports and inland towns. Two Dersons possibly three were reported killed. Taneled nower and communi cation lines, uprooted trees block ing roads and streets, shattered windows and torn signboards were general throughout tne area, a few buildings were unroofed. - - Fallen electrical lines blacked out manv communities during the big blow. Some low areas were flooded by high tides. Torrenuai rain accompanied the wind, l fht'3fWi-vear-old rjort. walloped by 80-land 90-mile-an-hour winds, suffered little, rorewarnea, aiong with the rest of the Georgia -Carolina coast, residents had taken all possible storm precautions. Firins to Pay Final Tribute To Russians HELSINKI. Finland IJP) A "Golden" ship will sail from Fin land toward Russia in mid-Sep tember the last of a back-breaK- ing reparations bill Imposed on tne industrious Finns for a lost war. I It is la mystery ship, too, or anu- magnetic construction in accord ance with strict specincauons iaia down by the Russians. It is the only one oz lis xona omnnff I the 91 300-ton schooners Finland has built for Russia. J?o magnetic material of any Sana was built into it But it has a mass of shining brass and copper fit tings. - .' -That's why we call It golden,' smiled a Finnish official attached to the reparations commission.. For I Finland, however, it is "Golden" for other .reasons, too. Delivery of the schooner will signal the end of an annual 10 percent drain on her national In come in unproductive reparations output during the last eight years. In a sense, it will shake loose an" economic grip which Russia had on the country and permit her to develop her economy freely in natural directions.- - PmPPS. LTNBLAD WIN Dick Phipps of Salem and Toye Linblad. Albany, trimmed twi Portlanders, Herb Liben and Stan Gifford, in . a pair of bowling matches Sunday at the Albany Alleys. Phipps and Linblad totaled 1665 to their foes' 1607 in the first four-game match and won the sec ond 1697 to 1568. CONTINUOUS SHOWS TODAY - At These -. . THEATRES! f V ;' g) Continuous Richard Conte Vanessa Brown Jack London's "The Fighter' Jangle Thrills! 'Strange World" 30 Continuous Jeff , Chandler Tho Rod : Ball ExprMS . V Ronald Reagan "WINNING TEAM" 0 Continuous , 0 Alan Ladd -Technicolor -Branded" Dany Kaye Technicolor On Eirierctr You to the Open DaStr 11 AJL lo 2 AJL Sat Til 3 AJ L before ye get to the GoSyweed Light! -.,.;,;.:..:; i4 , : -:Vt ;7; . j - Pt i.- V,- -- ' . a. .... vv';.Kiy ..:.:: j-- ;.-x.---x-;: v-y THEY JUST M C T Perhaps It's a look of reproach Letina, a spotted leopard, tires the photographer for interraptiBg a, reap with Felicia, a black panther, at a Los Angeles, CaL, see, lAJooJroeW SAN SHOP SPECIAL - Monday, Septemier I Roast Turkey and Dressing i Cole Slaw, Mashed Petatoes. Giblet Grary, Cranberry Sauce, Hot Biscuit : OZm and Rntti- OdC Slaiis Tcday! Paramount Proudly Presents THE SUKIPKISE ' : suspense 'mm OF TIE ! Tha spy-chasa that rocked tha world... 9' one lone boy against tti 3 nation's &nDWMiKD (Dinner Q ROABING CO-FEATTJREI Q - f r W N0 t V i v : 5- . V :v " AIK-CONDmONED Now Showing - Open C:43 - Top Co-Feaftiee -TJON AND THE HORSE" In" Technicolor 1H . Matinee Daily From 1 PJtL . YEAR! enemies! Vengeance . .tnUeashed by a n who Is half white.ond a fiery beauty who Is all womonl ROBERT YOUNG V JANIS CARTER 7 JACK BUETEL in' Ja l a 7BCHMC010R Y rfj ' !- I V nni7 y