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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1955)
J Arizona Area Revives r 'Gold Fever' Annually By LAWRENCE MALKIN i fever attracts about 10.000 visitors WICKENBURG, Ariz. (l Gold fever never dies. A century ago it opened up the West. A generation later it led to the discovery of the Vulture Mine near Wickenburg, a 30-mill ion-dollar bonanza before it fizzled out. . ' Even now, a slight case of gold Elderly Man's Body Found Near Spokane ' ' ' SPOKANE UP Two airmen. looking for "bottles in a wooded area near a scenic drive, -found the body of an elderly man Friday night. Police said one of two 20-year-cld men. arrested earlier in a "sadistic" robbery and stabbing case, had admitted attacking the man and dumping his .body. " The victim was identified as John G. Schultz. 71. 1804 West Valorz. a clerk, who was being held on an attempted robbery charge, was questioned about Schultz's death and had broken down and confessed the killing. Questioning in connection with Schultz death was Nicholas R. Valorz. a clerk, who along with Neil C. Wallen was charged with attempted robbery earlier in the day. ' Police said the pair had admit ted assaults on Myron Daugherty, 49, and Gerald T. Elliott,! 59. Elliott was treated for a stab wound. The youths were accused of ' beating the two older men after " forcing them into a car. j ' Schultz's body was found by the airmen just alt Rimrock Drive t vest of Spokane. 1 Sheriff Roy Betlatch said Schultz ! was lying on his back, legs folded ! - under, clutching a handfull of pine needles in his right hand. ! The victim had been beaten and scratched or cut about the head, ' Betlach said. j 1 A billfold containing three dol- lars was found in his pocket. Czech Teenagers Object to Farm Work VIENNA. Austria UP All is not ,weH among 12,000 teenagers who headed into Czechoslovakia's bor der regions recently as volunteers under a program of the Commu nist government to cultivate ne glected land. . " j Radio Prague said several youths haye committed self-mutilation, ones by setting, fire ot paper wrapped around his hand, so they could be sent home. In travel time, New York Is now closer to Tokyo than it was to Philadelphia in the days of the 13 colonies, -7" . I " fC'lT'l If ' IJiwIfLlLwI ,; 1 i '! The Home of Quality Brandt : tioh fli ! Court Street At Liberty jjif JL " '" I 35 Years In Salem to this tourist town for one week- end every year The gimmick is simple: J Wickenburg's Round-Up Club (known in tamer locations as the Chamber of Commerce), dumps $4,000 worth of gold ore in a river bed next to town and invites all comers to pan for gold. They keep all they get. Bright and early on the first day housewives and millionaire vaca tionists, laborers, school children, cowboys and dude ranchers start squatting down by the ditches pan ning gold. Until Sunday , - I . Some stay a few hours. Mor determined souls whether for the sport of it or the value, it's hard to say keep at it for two days until sundown Sunday. Last year tourists from 37 states answered the challenge. One of these pie-pan prospectors, a 60- year-old grandmother whose hus band once had his days as a sour dough, came away with $30 worth of gold dust. At the Round-UP Club's invita tion, her husband stood on the' side lines and taught amateurs the tech nique of sloshing around the sandy ore in the bottom of the pan until the gold sinks to the bottom. i Caravan Parades On the Friday night before the big rush begins, a caravan drives through Wickenburg's Westernized Main Street to the Hassayampa River on the edge of town. It comes from a secretpot in the nearby Bradshaw Mountains bearing 20 tons of gold ore. The ore, flecked with millions of tiny gold grains, is dumped on the river bed. These preparations in cluding the search for suitable ore, often take a month or more, j Prospectors, still combing local mountains for "the big strike," re port findings of low-grade ore, and Herb Cameron, a former mining engineer who now manages a trailer court, goes out to investi gate. When he finds a strike rich enough, it's marked and saved for the Round-Up Club's gold rush. Why isn't Wickenburg still the rip-roaring mining town it once was, if there's all this gold to give away to tourists? Simple there isn't. The ore that's poured in the river is low grade. And while nobody's look ing, it's spiked with some refined dust,' probably mined in ; Califor nia. ' Rome to See Plays By Classic Dramatists ROME Wl The words of Aris tophanes, the Greek, and Plautus, the ancient Roman, will echo again this summer in the hollow halls of Pompeii and Ostia Antica. Plays by the twp. classic drama tists will be presented at -amphitheaters of the two ruined cities from June 24 to July 17 to bobst the tourist trade. . Civil Air,PatrolGqfi Aa orientation class (above) was one of the first things an the schedule as the two-day spring encampment of state Civil Air Patrol nnifs opened Saturday at McNary Field. Pictured is a portion of approximately 100 CAP members as they-listen to an . orientation lecture by Capt. W. D. Garrett, commander of the 875,000 Study Grant Goes to OSC Research CORVALUS-A $75,000 grant has been f awarded the Science Re search institute at Oregon State College by the U. S. Public Health Service for a study of how sugars are burned in living cells. It is hoped the research will provide new information on such diseases as sugar diabetes and cancer. j Under the grant, the institute S? IIGambliriir License the next five years. Dr. Vernon H. Cheldelin, institute director, and Dr. Tsoo E. King, associate pro-j fessor of biochemistry, will con-j duct the studies, j ! In the research, the two will study the manner, in which sugars are burned for energy in living cells of a wide range of organ isms, including bacteria, insects, smut organisms and animal tissue. .Normal and diseased cells will be compared. Since its establishment two years ago, the SRI has received 'grants for 10 different projects from various research agencies and commercial institutions. Other pro jects cover studies on cell growth factors, chemistry of insects and wheat smuts and body cell pro cesses. I ICC DENIES CLAIM WASHINGTON Lf) The gov ernment's claim that the railroads owe it between two and three bil lion dollars in refunds on World War II military freight bills was denied in an unanimous decision Friday by the; Interstate Com merce Commission. Governor Patterson, Solons To Review CAP Units Today Approximately 100 members of Civil Air Patrol units throughout the state, gathered Saturday at Salem Airport j for their annual spring encampment The two-day! session will be capped this afternoon at 4 p. m. by a retreat parade to be review ed by Gov. Paul Patterson and members of the Legislature. Nevada Dejiies To George Raft CARSON CITY. Nev. W - Ne vada's Gambling Control Agency Friday denied j a state gambling license to tough-guy movie actor George Raft. T Raft had sought to buy a 2 per cent interest for $65,000 in the lav ish Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, owned by Bugsy Siegel before he was gunned down in Beverly Hills, Calif., about four years ago. The seven-member commission, which licenses and polices Neva da's legalized! gambling industry, turned Raft down because, it said, "his background does not warrant his entering Nevada gambling." The commission .made the deci sion after hearing its investigators read what they said were unveri fied police reports about Raft. Experts who once believed that heredity was important in the de velopment of excess weight in human beings have, in many cases, now concluded that here dity is not an important factor. Salem unit (standing left) Other two men standing, are (left) Col. Charles Chick, Portland, executive officer of the Oregon wing and Warrant Officer Kenneth G. Cusick, ic formation officer for the Salem unit. Also in attendance at the encampment are; members of the CAP women's auxiliary. ! . Serving as host for the encamp ment is the Salem unit, command ed by Capt. W, D. Garrett Here as a representative of the Ore gon Wing is Col. Charles Chick, Portland, state executive officer. Today's schedule in addition to the parade will include aerial demonstrations by seme 20 planes and a flight in a CA1 transport by all attending cadets. Also a concluding feature will be a formation flight over the city by nianps of fh Salem Naval enrvo riiitv " . . . . .. p-x-uc win uc ..em in u.c area about the McNary Field i administration building, with participating units competing for awards. Gov. Patterson and Col. George Ceulleers, commander of Portland Air Base, will serve as judges Orientation talks and a tour of the Safem CAP facilities filled most of the encampment's Sat urday schedule. Noted Stonecutter Plunges to Death WASHINGTON Si Joseph Rat ti, master stonecutter who carved much of the beauty into the Na tional (Episcopal) Cathedral, nell to his death Friday from a scaf fold high on the building. Ratti, 67, had just carved a gar goyle 80 feet above ground when he fell throngh an opening of his scaffold to a second scaffold IS. feet below. Police said it was un certain whether he lost his footing or had a heart attack. John Day Basin Irrigation Outlook Termed 'Poor' CANYON CITY un.i- The irriga tion water outlook i for farmers and ranchers in the John Day Basin j of Northeastern Oregon is about the same as that over the rest of the state poor. They were told at the annual water f orecast meeting here Thursday to expect short supplies of water the next six" months and to irrigate conservately. ( W. T. Frost, who heads the joint federal-state snow survey, and Larry Zimmerman river fore- caster ior tne vveatner Bureau at j Portland, predicted ' well below normal stream flow for the area from A a through September. They based their outlook on light precipitation since last summer, the present snow cover and dry soil conditions . Zimmerman said ram in the 40 per 'basin iast fau was ony cent and precipitation in the win ter was about 55 per cent of 10 year average. Frost reported that snow cover as-measured on sev eral courses was 94 per cent of the 10-year average although slightly more than last year. Flights Resume After Sabotage Investigated LAS VEGAS, NeV. UH Aircraft ; at Nellis Air Force Base resumed j training flights this week 1 after temporary grounding during ' an investigation of possible sabo tage of fuel trucks. Brig. Gen. James Roberts, com manding officer, said a young air man, third class, confessed that he opened the petcocks on 24 fuel tank trucks because he had "an urge to destroy." ; j Statesman, Salem, Ore., Sunday, April 3, 1955-ec 1)-J. Buxom Texas Starlet Wants Recogn ition By JAMES BACON HOLLYWOOD Jayne Mans field, the movies newest and curv iest Cinderella, has a problem that would frustrate Einstein. . "I want to be known as an act ress not as a girl with a big bust," she declares. "How can-1 get producers and columnists to realize this? Now this is a real problem be cause Texas Jayne has a' 40-inch bust measurement, and is the type of girl Webster had in mind when he put the word voluptuous in the dictionary Most girls would like to havjsf Jayne s problem but she vows it s serious with her. au my. iiie i ve wanted to Deimost executives at MGM are an actress, a 'good actress," she finown as the sons of the pioneers. says. A Dallas girl, she studied drama at the University of Texas and Southern Methodist. She also appeared in plays at the Austin Civic Theatre. Less than a year ago, Jayne came out here and enrolled in drama at UCLA. One day a class mate suggested she look up pub licist Jim Byron. "I hardly knew what a publicist was," she recalls, "but I dropped into his office one afternoon to find out." Hitch-Hiked Ride Byron took one look, signed her as a client, got her an agent. Next he called up a newspaperman friend who suggested that Jayne hitch-hike a ride on a big press junket to Florida for the premiere of the movie "Underwater." She had outstanding competition on the trip from Jane Russell, star of the picture. However, Miss Rus sell, an un-actressy type star who has been through the cheesecake mill, graciously lefeithe new girl take over with the photogs. The result was a flock of pub licity and revealing art, followed, as usual, by interest from movie studios. ; Of four. studios definitely bidding for her, Jayne chose Warners. ! "We were pleasantly surprised." said one Warners executive, "to discover that .we had hired a lus cious stariet who also had a col lege education. We have had some in the past who couldn't even read lines, let alone textbooks." j Jayne's drama training paid off for she quickly, was cast in "Ille gal opposite Edward G. Robin-J son. She plays a sexy night club singer. . DalbD(sD'0 (Home Made) .1265 State Street We Feature High Quality Low Prices Everyday Vi Gallon, 80c 2 for $1.49 All Flavors for Your Favor Special Orders For All Occasions Phone 2-9260 for Acting Ah ility "Ifs a key role and I get a chance to act, all right, but who will notice it," she moans. "I wear a low cut gown and there is noth ing so -distracting to a girl who wants to act. Relatives1 of Stars A new picture starts production this week by a new producer-director team, both of whom are rela tives of world famous stars. ' "The Lock And Key" will be produced by Bob Morrison, brother of John Wayne, and directed by Andrew McLaglen who is even tall- er than his famous father, Victor. It's not unusual for relatives to get ahead in Hollywood. In fact. But . Morrison and McLaslen have -labored many years in the ranks. Wayne, . whose Batjac Produc tions, is financing the picture said: "Naturally, any man wants to help his brother along' but he wanted tox learn the business first. I car ried props once and so did he." McLaglen, until this picture, has been an assistant director ; for many years under William (Wild Bill) Wellman. The movie will star Bill Camp bell, Lori Nelson and Anita Ek- w-rg. I Cochran Reforms Steve Cochran, the movies one time devil-may-care, hell-raising bachelor, claims he has reformed. Lately, newspapers have told about bis helping youth groups in woodworking classes. Steve's an expert carpenter. It's quite & switch so- a reporter asked him why. "The best way for an actor to grow up is to form his own com pany. When I was under contract at Warners, I cared only for me. Now I have responsibility and I see that there are other people important to the making of a pic ture besides the actor. "Why. I even put a motor on my sailboat so I can get into town , for appointments. I used to waif until the wind blew me into shore, even if I was a day late. Who cared? Helping the kids is also part of. my growing up." Steve's new company, called Robert Alexander Productions for no apparent reason, is scouting lo-. cations in Arkansas for "Come Next Spring." - R