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ODUCER, KILLED BY STREET One Time Multi-Millionaire Had Eight Cents In Dingy Clothes Hollywood, Aug. 25 (U.R) Oliver Morosco, 85, once famous and wealthy theatrical producer who discovered many stage and screen stars, was killed today when he was hit by a street car here as he was crossing the street. He remained unidentified for several hours as he had only eight cents on him. The picturesque producer ap peared to have tried to get out of the way of the approaching street car at an intersection here, but noticed it too late to avoid being hti, witnesses said. The former impresario met death in dingy, pathetic clothes. When he failed to return home, his wife, telephoned police and was told a man answering Moros co's description was killed but he carried no identification. She later collapsed after going to the Pierce Bros, mortuary to iden tify the body. In 1899. Morosco arrived in Los An;''es with S40 In his pocket, took over the old Bur bank, now a burlesque house, and started a career that marie him an outstanding producer un til the depression year of 1929. He is credited with discover ing such stars as Richard Dix, j Harlan Tucker. Marjorie Ram- beau, Douglas MacLean. Lenore Ulric, Charles Ruggles, Charlotte Greenwood and others. Morosco made his fortune by an uncanny ability to spot a i money-making play. He was; said to have made $5,000,00 from "Peg O' My Heart." ! For many years he was rated as one of the topnotch theatrical 1 producers in New York and Los Angeles. 1 Showmen attributed his de-j cline to the frosty reception ! given his "miracle musicals." j which were given a religious i touch. The second Mrs. Moros co, formerly Actress Helen Mc- Clurc, guided him into this "up-1 lift drama." j His second wife divorced him in 1935, and his name appeared on police blotters several times on drunk charges. For a time he made a living on a federal music project for the WPA. Closing time for Classified Arts 8:30 a nv Too Late to Classify 12:15 p m "Bring On The Girls" sJwv. Wv?S&p. sty'?: Sonny Tufts. Eddie Bracken Marjorie Reynolds and Veronica Lake co-starring in the technl- color musical comedy hit. nng On the Girls" now at the Cra terian through Tuesday. "I'll Remember April" - jM.: in". Gloria Jean and Kirby Grant In a scene from the comedy-with-music "I'll Remember April" now at the Rialto through --..gi., ,... A ;,.t ' .i"iOritt jVi.'us SVrtikj Tuesday. "High Fowered ' with Roger Pryor and Phyllis Brooks is the co-feature. Tiny Horses On Display Here -1 A unique display of midnet horses is now being featured at 38 North Front street, opposite the Southern Pacific tracks. In this display Ernie Ritter, the man who discovered the miniature horses of the Grand Canyon, re turns to Medford with some dog size horses captured in the jun gles of northern Luzon in the rniiippme Isinnas. For nunareds of years they have roamed the tangled Luzon jungles and have only recently been "rediscover ed" since the war. Their diminu tive size is attributed to inbreed ing and lack of proper minerals. The little horses are surprising ly tame and affectionate. UNION PROTESTS C. L. PERKINS Doctor of OPTOMETRY Successur to Or O etwuott Bertprmnl of Human Vision LENSES PRESCRIBED Pit fssl 114 Fluhrer Htd Cor Mam and Central. Medlnrd 7 Nazis Die For Prisoner's Murder Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Aug. 25 CU.R) Seven Nazi prisoners of war who murdered a fellow prisoner they accused of turning i traitor to Germany marched j grimly to the gallows early to-1 day after making their peace with the church Hitler mocked. In three hours, all seven were dead in the largest mass execu tion of prisoners of war in United States history. They had admitted their guilt to the slay ing of Werner Dreschler, whom they beat, choked and hung from a rafter in the bath house of the Papage Park, Ariz., prisoner of war camp March 15, 1944. ' GROWERS USE MASKS Washington, Aug. 25 (U.PJ Special-type gas masks given by the army chemical warfare service are helpins: raisin grow ers in Fre.'no county while they jpray cyanide du?t on their crops in an effort to control leaf hoppers, it was reported here :oday. Portland. Ore.. Aug. 25 U.B An official of the National Maritime union, CIO, charged today that the sudden termina tion of recruiting by the War Shipping administration of men for the merchant marine had left the organization in an era- harassing position. Scotty Sneddon, business agent of the Marine Cooks and Stewards union here, said the folding up of the recruiting and manning organization of the WSA left ships without a supply of men. He added that It was impossible to man ships because of this loss of source of supply and because of relaxation of War Manpower commission direc tives which held the men to the Jobs before. Clnsliif time for Sunday Too Late lo ClassTty 4 00 Saturday afternoon Please remember California Bans Use of Fireworks Sacramento (U.R) Use of; fireworks of any kind for cole-j brating the Fourth of July or similar patriotic anniversaries was outlawed recently in a law signed by Gov. Earl Warren. Before the war, small firo crackers, salutes and other "harmless" fireworks were per mitted. The army banned them until recently, and now the state has prohibited them permanent ly, i The League of California Cities said that the wartime army ban "resulted in a tre- Sunday. Aug. 28, 1945 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNENINE mendous reduction In the July Clour uma for Classified Ada Sao 4 accident rate." 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