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EIGHT MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, March 13, 19SS Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBY United Press Correspondent " '- - 1 1 Hollywood (U.R) Jack Benny and Bob Hope have turned down small fortunes to appear in Las Vegas night clubs, but they made their nightclub de buts in Holly wood this week for $25. One hotel in the gam bling city of- Aline Mot by f ered Hope $50,000 for only three days' work. Benny could rake in $200,000 for three weeks of cracking gags in Las Vegas any time he gives the nod- The com edians say no on grounds they're busy making fortunes in other mediums. But this week they worked hard at one-night stands, two shows a night, in the swanky Mocambo on the Sunset Strip for a handful of change. Big Heart Exposed Behind their debut on the saloon circuit is a story of the big, sentimental heart of show business. Now and then it is exposed in this often heartless town. Charlie Morrison, the likeable, well-known proprietor of Mo cambo, became ill Jan. 19 and has been confined to his bed at home ever since. Last week Marie Wilson de cided the nicest get-well card his movie star customers could send Charlie would be good busi ness at the club during his ab sence. She offered to appear at Mocambo one night to entertain. The idea spread, and custom ers who have sipped champagne and wiggled ,the mambo at the nitery, from Benny and Hope to Dan Dailey and Jane Russell, of fered to pitch in and be the floor show for one-night stands. Since such appearances can not be made for free, because of union rules, each star has to be paid the union minimum of $25. Playing To Packed Houses Other celebrities who are play ing to packed houses during the 11-day tribute include Van John son, Bud Abbott and Lou Cos tello, Jeff Chandler, Lisa Kirk, Gordon MacRae, Ann Blyth, Dinah Shore, the Ritz Brothers and Joanne Gilbert. Each star in his act pays trib ute to Morrison. He's been a show business fixture for 31 years since his days as a Broad way agent for Milton Berle, Gus Edwards, Sophie Tucker and other performers. Because Charlie lies in bed every night at show time, his pals tape-record each sh6w so he can hear the tributes when he feels better. His wife, Mary, and daughter, Marilyn, ex-wife of Johnny Ray, take his place at the club. "I tip-toe into the house every night but Charlie waits up to hear what happened," Mrs. Mor rison said. "Then he cries his eyes out. "He's so thrilled by this. He keeps saying, 'This is a landslide. It's just unbelievable. His heart is so full. And his doctors say it's helped him a lot. "Charlie says, 'This usually does not happen to people who are alive. They have to die to get such a tribute'." Eugene Man Placed On Probation by Judge Portland (U.R) Clyde L. Metcalf, 34-year-old employee of the Eugene Chamber of Com merce, was placed on two years probation by U. S. District Judge Gus J. Solomon Friday for viola tion of federal income tax laws. Metcalf pleaded guilty to fail ing to file an income tax return for 1951. He was ordered to pay an assessment to make up the 1951 tax. Deetz' Milk Bill Said Designed To Profecf Producer Salem (U.R) The milk bill Rep. Elmer Deetz, Canby dairy man, promised he would draft if the milk marketing control act was repealed, has been complet ed and will probably be ready to go to committee Tuesday, he said Friday. Deetz, the dairy farmer who clashed with the Milk Market ing Administration over his sale of raw milk by the gallon jug to his neighbors, said the bill is designed to protect the producer. The milk marketing control act was repealed by the voters last November. Assumes Minimum Price Deetz said the measure in no way attempts to control the dis tributor other than to assure'the producer a minimum price for his milk. The ami of this, he said, was to protect the producer in event of price wars between distributors. He said in previous milk wars, the producers had to bear the brunt, sometimes to the point of being priced out of busi ness. The bill provides for strict ac counting and auditing of distribu tors to assure producers of the exact amount of milk sold as top grade, and the amount going into manufacturing. Four Lowest Months Used It provides that the producer'6 quota or contract with the dis tributor will assure the producer of a given daily amount of milk sold as grade A at top price, based on his four lowest months of production the preceding year. This would be determined by March 1 each year. Theyll Do It Every Time i By Jimmy Hatlo ! Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday : 10 a.m. Monday fot Monday: other days 5 :30 orevious day. Look to the Future! Choose GAS Appliances! CO EC The MODERN Way On This NEW 1955 GAS RANGE With Gleaming Chrome Top! IN theAtlNewl955H The Finest Automatic Gas Range Ever Built COOKS IETTIRI '-iJ K'"''"fe Visit your Wedgs- f I , ' W . 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Walsh, 27,of 706 Victory st., Apartment 1, was hired Thurs day as night police officer at Central Point, according to Po lice Chief Oran. Chastain. Walsh "is a former Medford city policeman and was an of ficer on the Bridgeport, Conn., police force from 1949 to 1952. For the last eight months he has been employed as a solicitor for the Business Service Bureaus, in this area. Walsh's appointment became effective last night. He fills the vacancy left by the resignation of Bruce A. Bishop, who went to Portland to edit a ClO-Inter-national Woodworker publica tion. Bishop's brother, Alan M. Bishop, has acted as temporary officer until a permanent one could be obtained. Walsh is married and has four children. Crop control and government aid to farmers aren't entirely new. A minimum price was set on tobacco in 1631. Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport II SAMSON'S FEED PRICES Watch for this Ad each Sunday for Samson's money-saving Feed Prices This Week's Special SAMSON'S SPECIAL AJP. 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GoMrwnmt does pet pay for Hot uloertitins. The Treasury Department thank, for their patriotic dnsnrie.-. the Kiowtytnt Council amd PICK Y0UX RETIREMENT GOAL Sav la yofs la 19 yars Each end months and S months Month you'd hovo ' you wHI nova $25.00 $3,171 $7,W0 t7M 4,13 11,841 73.00 ,I26 23,682 150.00 19,653 47,364 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
