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Second S.F. Man Hit-Run Victim; Hunt Intensified San Francisco !U.R) Another San Francisco man lost his life today to a hit-run driver. The latest victim was Urn berto Medal, 64, a retired Nica raguan businessman. He died in Mission emergency hospital at 12:01 a.m. (PST), three hours after an auto struck him down in an intersection. The accident took place at 23rd and Valencia sts. in the Mission District, only six blocks from the scene where a hit-run driver dragged Lloyd Stephens, 68, to his death last month. Police have been unable to find Stephens' killer despite one of the most intensive searches in the department's history. Scores Stopped When officers learned of Medal's death, they launched an investigation equally as inten sive. A squad of motorcycle po licemen stopped scores of mo torics in the area but none ap-pea- d to have been involved in the .ragedy. Other officers learned from witnesses that the death car ap peared to be a dark grey Plym outh, possibly a 1948 model. Fred Moraga, 22, told police he was standing 150 feet from the intersection when he heard a crash. "I turned around in time to nee a man rolling into the curb vn the south side of the inter ' section," Moraga said. Tne oeam car roarea auwn Valencia st., turned right on 24th st., and disappeared from view, Moraga said. F. K. Tillman, 57, said he heard the crash while in his apartment. He said he heard a car speed away with a rumbling exhaust. Police said the impact hurled Medal 65 feet. Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBY United Press Correspondent Editor" Note: Aline Mosby is on vacation. In Her place, tough ruy Richard Widmark tells of his trans formation Into an effeminate charact er for "Saint Joan." SHAG RUGS Washed & Dyed BIG Y LAUNDROMAT PHONE SP 3-3273 BY RICHARD WIDMARK Written for the United Press Hollywood ;U.R) When Otto Preminger a p p roached me to play the part of Charles, the Dauphin, in his production of Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan," I readily accepted, but with a slight twinge of misgiving. The role of Charles VII of France was the exacting type of role I had always wanted to play, but my immediate thoughts Heavy Rainfall Dumped on Dallas By UNITED PRESS A lingering low pressure cen ter in the South dumped torren tial rains on flood - battered Dallas, Tex., and a wave of cold Canadian air overspread the Northeast.' Nearly two inches of rain flooded Dallas in a six-hc jr pe riod Wednesday night, : prcing some 100 persons to fie : their homes. A tornado v lipped through a small town nea Paris, Tex., about 100 miles nt itheast of Dallas, causing mino i prop erty damage but injur jig no one. The death count in the 14-day onslaught of drenching ra ns and tornadoes in Texas mou ted to at least 19. The latest victim was a young cowboy, )elmer Lee Luke, 17, who was swept to his death while trng to ade his horse across a flooded stream to get to a rodeo. Cooler air put an end to spring readings from the upper Mississippi Valley through the Great Lakes and into New Eng land. A weather disturbance ap proached the Pacific Coast, caus ing rains from Central Cali fornia into Idaho in advance of the storm. Forecasters predicted rain for most of the Western states to day, and partly cloudy skies for the Great Lakes, most of the Ohio Valley and the Atlantic Coastal states from Virginia northward. concerned how my fans would react to my portrayal of a week ling king. For 10 long years, ever since I was called upon to shove a sweet old lady down a flight of stairs in "Kiss of Death," I've always been the film tough guy pushing people around. Maybe this new picture was a form of . retiribution, however, be cause as Charles, the Dauphin, I'm pushed around by every body. Part Different The part of the Dauphin was entirely different from any of the modern roles I was familiar with, and this particular part re quired extensive research. Charles VII, although weak in many respects, was not an idiot or a fool, and to portray him as he actually was, and also accord ing to Shaw's graphic descrip tion, required interpretation that could not be garnered by just reading the script. I found myself in the actual role of a history student again. I perused volumes of books re garding not only the Dauphin, but the political problems that confronted him in the pressing pathetic times leading to Fran ce's bloody war with England. Rehearsal Extensive Before we started shooting the picture, there were many weeks of rehearsal and my co-star Jean Seberg (Joan of Arc), the mem bers of the cast and everyone concerned contributed greatly to what success I have achieved as Charles VII. Along with involved costum ing, this picture also required extensive use of make-up, and I had to report to the studio every morning at 4 for two weeks to enable the make-up art ists to age me, as the dauphin from 26 to 51 years. I firmly believe that this un usual type of role is excellent background for any actor, re gardless of how he has been typed or to what parts he feels he is best suited. Habit of Mosquito Seen Key To Control Miami Beach (U.P.) If you think mosquitoes get more blood thirsty at night, you're right. Newly hatched salt marsh mosquitoes begin their hunt for blood 10 minutes after sunset, Dr. Maurice W. Provost, director of the Entomological Research Center at Vero Beach, said Wed nesday. This knowledge, he told the convention of the Florida Anti Mosquito and American Mos quito Control Associations, may be the key to much more effec tive control. ' WATER CRITIC Augusta, Me. (U.R) Asked by a legislator for his opinion of the pollution problem in the Penobscot river, a Bangor resi dent described the water as fol lows: "It's too thick to drink and too thin to plow." itish Air Crash Takes 32 Lives; Three Survive Blackbushe, England flJ.R) The three survivors of a plane crash that killed 32 persons here Wednesday night were listed in critical condition today. A chartered Viking airliner loaded with British servicemen for the Middle East crashed and burned when one engine failed shortly after it took off for Trip oli, Libya. Four servicemen were thrown clear of the blazing wreck but one died later. The 32 victims included a serviceman's wife and her two children and the plane's stew ardess. The rest were men. Plane Reports Crash A U.S. plane belonging to the 200th Fleet Aircraft Service Squadron based at this military airfield was over the field and reported the crash when the plane went down two miles from the runway. Airman Franklin P. Keyser of Boswell, Pa., said, "We saw it take off and as we circled the field waiting for it to clear we saw it dive into the ground and explode. U.S. Navy men led by Lt. Cur tis Churston of Atlanta reached the wreck with a firetruck al most simultaneously with the airport firefighters. Sept. 4, 1896 was the birth date of novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald. LeDu's HSog . . . XMl SU.E All Wool Spring Coats . . . every nationally known brand . . . many can be worn year around . . . Don't miss these values! .fivf M M- frv ' " o Shagmoor o Youthcraft o Mary Lane 9 Renoiv Values 39.95 to 79.95 NOW Half Price U Mr" - I 5 V i'fi lu ; 1 ss I'm - 1 , . 111 'k ii p) PRICE j rarKer woods m V VS. 21 N. Central Sen. Morse Favors Foreign Aid on Basis of Loan Washington, D. C. Senator Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) today called on the State Department to negotiate an exchange of com modities with the government of Poland as "a means of mak ing good on our promise to the new Polish leaders that we would lend them an economic helping hand." The Oregon Senator pointed out that last summer, when anti Russian elements were strug gling for control of the Polish government, the U. S. offered them economic assistance. Should Raise Sight "However," he said, "Secre tary Dulles does not feel as 1 generous now as he did when j we wanted to influence the se lection of a government in Po-i land. The Secretary should j raise his sights in his bargain-! ing with the Polish delegation j uun ait uiio tiuuu;. Morse asked: "Why should not the grain from the wheat fields of Eastern Oregon and the Great Plains be used to as sure the people of Poland a de gree of freedom, and a little bet ter standard of living, particu larly when it is not offered as a gift, but in trade?" "We have a great opportun ity," he declared, "to use our food surpluses to help maintain a government that is not the servant of -Moscow, and I think that is a very good trade, in deed." Morse said that many mis statements have been made about foreign aid during the current economy drive, and opined that "history will show that American intervention with financial help in Eastern Eu rope and the Middle East after World War II was decisive in halting Communist expansion into those poverty-ridden areas." Iran Recent Example He pointed to the Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine and American contributions to NATO as important factors, and cited Iran as a more recent ex ample of a country in which American aid has been of vital influence. Morse expressed pleasure that "almost 80 per cent of the money for economic develop ment is now loaned, rather than granted." He- called for in creased support of the Special United Nations Fund for Eco nomic Development (SUNFED) which helps underdeveloped countries in public works, school and agriculture projects. BIG JOB Visalia, Calif. (U.R) O. L. Kelch of Pasadena asked Tulare County Sheriff Sandy Robinson to find a missing house. His j three-room house at Allensworth disappeared from its foundation. Thursday, May 2. 195.7 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE TELEPHONE CALLS London (U.R) An average of 4,200 telephone calls a week has been placed between-the United States and Britain since the open ing of the first transatlantic tele phone cable last September, the General Post Office said today. This is nearly double the weekly average of radio telephone calls placed before the cable was installed. Use Tribune Want Ads QUICK and EASY! 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