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1 Medford Dnited Press Full Leased Wire Ad Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1955 Pages 1-6 Gloria Swanson Finds Trip To House Of Von Stroheim Like French Comedy By GLORIA SWANSON Distributed By United Prest Paris (U.R; Getting to Eric Von Stroheim's house, just out side of Paris, turned out to be a French comedy. I was directed north by a gendarme, east by gas station attendant and south and west by a few passersby. I was going around in circles until I came across a policeman who had a map. As I pulled up to the side of the road, another car did likewise. The driver Lose freight RADEA OA stared at me, I stared back and then let out a scream. "Sy Howard!" I exclaimed. "Of all peole. What are you doing here? Of all the roads in Europe you have to stop in this one and ask the same cop?" Beautiful Girl You may not know who Sy Howard is, but you certainly re member the character he created Irma, in "My Friend Irma." We chatted for a while and then he went his way with a beautiful girl snuggled close to his side. I went my way looking for the quaint little village of Maurepas. I rang the bell of the biggest gate in town. It was promptly flung open and I drove up the winding driveway. The gentleman of the manor was awaiting me as I pulled up to a chalet. He greeted me with, "Your servant, Max, has put out the golden carpet for "Norma Desmond or are you "Queen Kelly?" Both names brought back memories t h e first "Sunset Boulevard," the second the title of my last silent picture directed by Von Stroheim and never fin ished. The flaming fire felt good. He had a few guests, also two dogs named "Jolly" and "Trou ble." They slept while Eric and I regaled ourselves and the guests with tales of the silent but gay days in Hollywood. The Greatest Art Eric said he thought the mo vies were the greatest art. I asked him to explain. "Well," he said, "an illusion of reality can be more complete ly brought to an audience on the screen than any other form or medium. And what is drama or comedy but a copy of life? The theater has a combination of lim itations. The screen has none." One can't help but wonder why such a man has not directed a picture in over 20 years. A man who once directed most of the great stories he wrote such as "Blind Husbands" he says they still are; "Devil's Passkey;" "Foolish Wives;" "Greed;" "Mer ry Widow," "Wedding March Last year Sao Paulo, Brazil, saw fit to have a festival of Von Stroheim movies. In the meantime, he lives com fortably in the country writ ing. He has finished three novels. His autobiography, yet to be released, should be a humdinger for he isn't one to soft-pedal his opinions. You in America will see him soon acting opposite Hildegarde Neff in "The Man drake." Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS London, Wash. William James, 37, one of 10 convicts who escaped from Washington state penitentiary, on his surrender to a farmer: "I forgot my heart pills and couldn't run very fast." Minneapolis, Minn. Dr. Arnold Toynbee. noted British his torian, on mankind's future: "Today, for ihe first time, the whole world is haying, within a single lifetime, to go through a greater revolution than it is per haps possible within just one single lifetime for human nature to digest." Washington Sen. Theodore F. Green (D.-R.I.) on the prestige of the United Nations in the Middle East: "The U.N. has undertaken to do certain things but has limited itself to raps on the knuckles. It ought to follow up its professions of belief by action to show that it means business." Moscow Soviet First Deputy Premier Lazar M. Kaganovich on Soviet production: -J.'Inyolurne ot -production, we occupy the second -place in the economy of the world. 1 am convinced, however, that by correct application of Socialist methods we shall fulfill Lenin's behest to catch, up and outstrip the U.S.A." Woodward Vil! To Leave Esiale To Yife and Sons New York (U.R) The will of William Woodward Jr., which provides that his estate of $10, 000,000 plus the famous race horse Nashua go to his wife and two sons, will be filed for pro bate today. Mrs. Woodward, who shot her socialite husband when she mis took him for a prowler, will in herit the first $10,000 and one third of the estate under New York law. The .remainder, pre sumably, will go to their two sons, William III, 11, and James, 7. A new grand jury panel will be sworn in on Wednesday and will hear the case, which rocked international society, when Mrs. Woodward's physicians say she is well enough to testify. Mrs. Woodward,, a patient at Doctors Hospital since the fatal shooting in their Oyster Bay home eight days ago, does not know the shooting will go before a Nassau county grand jury. Her physician reported Sunday she has not even engaged a lawyer "because she actually feels she does not need a lawyer." Dr. John M. Prutting, her physician, said Mrs. Woodward, obeying his orders, has not read any newspapers since her admis sion to the hospital. Meanwhile, a private inveati- gatior was retained by the fam ily. Chief Inspector Stuyvesant Pinnell, of Nassau county, con firmed that Mrs. Woodward had taken a new drug to alleviate stomach cramps before she re tired on the night of the shoot ing. Medical authorities point out that the drug, thorazine, has widely different effects, even on the same person. Police speculat ed as to whether the drug could have contributed to Mrs. Wood ward's confused state of mind when she shot at what she thought was a prowler. Jones Boys Get Mixed Up With Gal Job Applicants New York U.R) This is a story about the Jones boys and two job applicants, one a beautiful blonde pin-up girl, the other a plain Jane. The Jones boys work in the RCA Victor offices. Bob Jones is art director there and Bud Jones is an accounting manager. Bob needed a pretty girl to model for a record album cover, Bud needed a secretary. The blonde and the plain Jane were wait ing for interviews. Finally the receptionist nooded to Jane. "Mr. Jones will see you now," she said, "second floor." Jane, very dumpy, very plain, went to the second floor. Art director Jones took a look and wondered "who did this to me." But, being a gentleman, he recovered and inquired: "May I see your photographs?" "Photographs?" Jane asked. "Of course," Bob Jones replied. "Nudes or bathing suit shot will do. You have to have a figure to work for us." Jane fled screaming. Meanwhile, back in the accounting department, Bud Jones received the blonde pin-up girl. "Oh, brother," he murmered rubbing his hands. "Have a seat please. Now, have you had any experience?" "Oh, yes indeed," the blonde purred. "May I see your resume?" "Resume?" "Yes, of course, your resume." The blonde figured that the word "resume" was a fancy word for leg art, she tossed her ;ihotos on accountant Jones' desk. There she was, in a few bits r.' ' -opard skin, again wrapped in cello phane, again simply in the --.itogether. Bud Jones gurgled and turned green. Everything turned out all right, however. Plain Jane didn't call police, the girls got switched around and so ended the story. Two Yanks Held as Spies in E. Germany Geneva (U.R) Two Ameri cans are being held as alleged "spies" in Communist East Ger many's grim Waldheim Prison, a former fellow prisoner disclos ed today. Oskar Stuehmke, one of Wald heim's 1700 inmates for five years himself, said the two Am ericans were serving three-year jail terms each. He gave their names as Sgt. Bill Smallwood of Bettyville, Ky. and Nick Craemer, a chemist, born Feb. 2, 1929, in Philadelphia. Dead at noon line for Sunday Saturday. Classified Is SUPREME COURT JUSTICE? Young Don will someday be of real service to our coun try if we see to it now that he gets the education that every child deserves. You can help in your community by joining local movements and neighborhood commit tees working for better schools. You'll be glad you did! For informative, free booklet, write: Better Schools, 2 West 45th St, New York 36, N. Y. Cleveland Coach Paul Brown of the Cleveland Browns, after victory over New York Giants during which Browns' ace Otto There Graham was injured: cows in "The Giants always have the spark for us. We were lucky to : cording to get out of the game alive." partment. NOMA IN CONFERENCE San Francisco (U.R) The National Office Management as sociation conference and- equip ment show opened at the Shera ton-Palace Hotel today with some 500 West Coast business leaders in attendance. are 22,000,000 milk the United States ac- the Agriculture De- Food Eiil Will Be As High Next Year Washington (U.R) The Ag riculture, Department said today that despite bumper crops 'and decreased prices to farmers, the housewife's food bill next year will be just as high as in 1955. The department said the in creasing marketing charges will offset any decrease in prices re ceived by farmers for their crops.' Food supplies in 1956 will be ample, probably running as large as this year's record totals, the department said in its per iodical publication, "The Na tional Food Situation." 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