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THIS AIRLINE PHOTO may shatter Confidential magazine's assertion that screen
star Maureen O'Hara was in Hollywood in November, 1953. Here she arrives at Los
Angeles Airport with her brother, on Jan. 15, 1954, after 3 months in Spain. (International)
Recess Called in Crimina
Libel Trial in Hollywood
Tfr VERNON SCOTT
Unite Presi Hollywood Writer
Hollywood OP) A recess was
called today in the spicy Confi
dential criminal libel trial in the
heat of a defense move aimed at
proving Mae West possessed a
passion for boxers and singer
Dorothy Dandridge made love in
the woods with a bandleader.
Top secret sources of lurid
stories in Confidential and Whis
per magazines were disclosed
Wednesday prior to the adjourn
ment of the trial until Friday.
The defense maintained that af
fidavits were obtained to sub
ttantiate stories on such film
celebrities as Clark Gable, Mau
reen O'Hara, John Carroll and
Producer Paul Cregory.
Fred Meade, operator with his
wife of a Hollywood "listening
post" for Confidential, was the
defense counsel's 'bombshell"
witness of the day. Meade told of
persons who tipped him off on
prospective stories about the off
screen life of movie stars.
Coma Up And See Me '
Miss West was introduced into'
testimony when Meade was
asked about the Confidential
story titled. "Mae West's Open
Door Policy." The story claimed
Miss West wasn't kidding when
she said "come up and see me
some time" and alleged that her
chauffeur took her up on the
offer.
Meade testified that Miss West
had an "affinity" for prize fight
ers and often hired them as
chauffeurs. The defense witness,
also a defendant in the trial
said he obtained a letter signed
by a "Dale Wright" and an af
fidavit from one-time feather
weight champion Albert
(Chalky) Wright to authenticate
that Miss West allegedly had oth
er than business relations with
her Negro chaueffer identified
only as "Jones."
The defense prior to the start
of the trial three weeks ago in
dicated it hoped to prove that
"Jones" actually was Wright.
Wright slipped and drowned in
a bathtub last week but his affi
davit was introduced into evi
dence. The affidavit brought out that
Wright worked at one time for
HORNBROOK
Birthdays Are Observed
By MRS. H. H. CHAPMAN
Hornbrook Twenty-nine rel
atives and friends gathered Sat
urday evening at Bur-Bel resort
en the Klamath river to honor
the 82nd birthday of Mrs. Dora
Marlahan, and the 79th birth
day of Mrs. Essie Mulloy, both
rt. Jones.
Sharing the honors of the oc
casion were Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Smith who were celebrating a
wedding anniversary. Mrs. Marl
ahan is Mrs. Smith's mother.
Out of town guests present
for the party were Mrs. Smith's
sisters and their husbands from
Bedding, Calif., Mr. and Mrs.
Clay Williams and Mr. and Mrs.
Bud Zeist, and Smith's sisters,
Mrs. Merle Zink, from Eureka,
Calif., and Mrs. Frances Steele
of Grass Valley, Calif.
Miss Dorothy Smith, who tea
ches in the Yreka Elementary
school, returned Monday from
a week's vacation at Lake Tahoe.
The Sewing club met Tuesday
at theh ome of Mrs. L. E. Jeter.
Members present were Mrs. Kay
Kettlewell, Mrs. Lawrence Bre-
ceda, Mrs. D. M. Horn, Mrs. Har
ry Chapman, and a guest, Mrs.
Lena Conley, of Sacramento,
mother of Mrs. Breceda.
Guests last week at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Walsh
were her brother-in-law and sis
ter, Mr. and Mrs. William No
thelfer and daughter, Miss
Donna Nothelfer of Salem. On
Wednesday Mrs. Walsh, Mrs.
Nothelfer and Miss Nothelfer at
tended a performance of "Oth
ello" at the Shakespearean fes
tival in Ashland.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Lintz of
Dallas, Texas, are visiting her
sister and brother-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. S. D. Haworth.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Jacobs
left last week end for a trip
through the Pacific Northwest.
They plan to attend the Patter-
son-Rademacher boxing match
at Seattle Thursday before con
tinuing on to British Columbia.
During their absence, Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Smith of Modesto,
Calif., are staying in the Jac
obs home. The Smiths are for
mer Hornbrook residents.
Miss Sharee Walsh returned
home Tuesday morning from a
two kee's vacation at Lakewood,
Calif., where she was a guest at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gene
Adams. She and Miss Barbara
Burns made the trip home to
gether, stopping en route to visit
for a day at San Leandro, with
Miss Burns' brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. William
Paulsen. Miss Burns had gone
to Lakewood the early part of
the summer to visit her sister,
Mrs. Adams, and while there
was taken ill and spent two
weeks in the hospital.
COPCO
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shepard
and girls are in Portland visit
ing relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Morrie Chappel
have returned home after a trip
to Canada where they vistied
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Holcomb
have moved to Klamath Falls
where he has beent ransferred.
On Aug. 14, the Pinochle club
honored Mrs. Shepard at a fare
well party at the home of Mrs.
Alta Crandall. Those 3 present
were Mrs. Walteena Friday,
Mrs. Jean Chappel, Mrs. Genny
Trullinger, Mrs. Zona Coleman,
who took high prize, and Mrs.
Crystal De Shazer, who placed
second.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Trullinger
will be moving soon to Rose
burg where he has been transferred.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Sargent
and children were week end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Trullinger and sons. Other vis
itors Sunday were Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Burch and children of Med
ford. Mrs. Burch is Mrs. Trul
linger's neice. 1
I Miss West but received Instead
of a salary "$100 to $200 a week
in tips." The tips kept coming
in for a year and a half, accord
ing to the document.
The letter from the "Dale
Wright," who was not identified,
said in part:
"Some years ago perhaps 15
Mae West had a Negro chauf
feur named something or other
Jones. The driver-employer re
lationship soon developed into
something a little more intimate,
however, and rumor had it that
Jones became her lover."
Bandleader Daniel Terry was
identified by Meade as the scan
dal scout who obtained most of
the material for the story titled,
"Only The Birds and The Bees
Saw What Dorothy Dandridge
Did In The Woods."
Meade testified that Terry and
the sultry singer dated while
both were appearing at a night
club in the mountain resort town
of Tahoe Village, Nev. The story
alleged that the Negro singer
and "a male companion" spent
intimate moments together in
the woods surrounding the lake.
Meade admitted that he and
his wife, Marjorie, niece of Con
fidential Publisher Robert Har
rison, received "tips" and then
gathered material for some
stories.
Meanwhile, movie heroes and
heroines continued to deny lewd
accounts of themselves almost as
fast as they were implicated in
defense testimony.
Corrine Calvet was the latest
to attack as false a story about
her. The story alleged that Miss
Calvet "came close to killing
husband John Bromfield 'with
boudoir kindness."
"Absolutely untrue," Miss Cal
vet told newsmen. "Confidential
magazine is a malignant growth.
It must be destroyed and I will
be happy to help, even if it
means some embarrassment."
Miss Calvet ' may get her
chance to rally to the cause of
movie stars who have been
named in smut stories., She has
been put on a "two-hour" call
basis to testify as a "defense witness."
A farewell party in honor of
Mrs. Paulie Holcomb was com
bined with the Aug. 19 meeting
of the Pinochle club at Mrs.
Genny Trullinger's. Besides the
honored guest and the hostess,
members playing were Mrs.
Jack Shepard who held high
score, Mrs. Crystal De Shazer
who took second, Mrs. Jean
Chappel, and Mrs. Alta Crandall.
Bulls Walk In As
Water Boils for Tea
Newcastle, England (W
Mrs. Doris Swan was waiting
for the kettle to boil for a cup
of tea Wednesday, when in
walked four bulls.
Mrs. Swan fled upstairs to a
bedroom.
So did one of the bulls. He
charged the door, pawed the
floor, butted a bed, and poked
his head curiously in the direc
tion of Mrs. Swan, her woman
friend and her duaghter.
"I thought we were done
for," Mrs. Swan said.
Meanwhile the three other
bulls, which had escaped from
a slaughterhouse, broke a stair
case, a bed downstairs, the floor
boards and some of Mrs. Swan's
best china.
The bull that went upstairs
looked balefully at the women
and girl and refused to be
shooed off with a broomstick.
He and his slaughterhouse
mates finally fled when the
Swan's spaniel, Lassie, took of
fense at being awakened from
a late afternoon nap and barked
until they left.
Tacoma Officials
Crack Down on Gangs
Tacoma (W Pierce Coun
ty Sheriff Harold Bird Wednes
day promised to crack down on
roving teen-age gangs respons
ible for a series of attacks on
Tacoma area servicemen.
The order was a direct result
of a meeting of military and
county officials, including Bird
and the prosecutor's office.
The meeting was called by the
military to discuss way of curb
ing outbreaks, all of which have
occurred during the last several
months. The latest incident was
in the Parkland area south of
here when 15 teen-age youths
assaulted two McChord Field
airmen earlier this week.
UNUSUAL POLICY
Vernon. France (IP) An in
surance company agreed today
to write four million francs
($9,524) policy insuring 45,000
matches against fire. The match
es were used by a photo tech
nician to build a scale model of
the 12th and 14th century
Notre Dame de Vernon church.
American Delegation
Arrives in Peiping
Harbin, Manchuria Via Mos
cow (IP) The American dele
gation which attended the World
Youth Festival in Moscow
earlier this month arrived today
en route to Peiping.
They are due to arrive in the
Chinese capital Friday.
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Airlines Seek NW
Overhaul Base
Seattle (IP) Representa
tives of several airlines
here Wednesday they had eight
Pacific Northwest cities under
consideration as a site for a pro
posed overhaul base for turbo
prop airplane engines.
The eight cities mentioned in
cluded Ephrata-Moses Lake, Ya
kima, Everett, Chehalis, Pasco,
Walla, Walla, Portland and
Boise.
The representatives said they
would call on a nationally
known aviation planning and en
gineering firm to survey these
cities and make a recommenda
tion. Airlines involved in the pro
ject are West Coast, Northern
Consolidated, Wein Alaska, Bon
anza, and possibly Frontier.
The proposed plant would be
cooperatively established by the
participating airlines to main
tain and rebulid Rolls Royce
"Dart" engines, which will be
used to power the 40-passenger
Fairchild F-27. All of the air
lines will eventually use the F
27 as a replacement for the
Douglas DC-3 and for short to
medium-haul operations.
The F-27s are expected to be
in operation by early next
spring.
Portland Enforces Its
'Gypsy" Ordinance
Portland (IF) Portland has
staged enforcing its so - called
"gypsy" ordinance.
Yesterday the city issued war
rants against five property own
ers, accusing them of violating
the housing code.
Officials say that all of the
addresses listed in the warrants
were, or had been, occupied by
gypsies.
Thursday, August 22, 195?
MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN
SPEAKER Shown above is Dr.
Alfred H. Gromman, keynote
speaker at the state conference
of the Oregon chapter of the Na
tional Council of Teachers of
English. Dr. Grommon, whose
work on the professional prepar
ation of teachers of English is
nationally recognized. He re
ceived his Ph.D. from Cornell
university in 1943, has con
tributed a number of profession
al writings to the field, and is
presently serving as director of
freshman English at Stanford
university.
Randolph Not to Seek
Reelection to Union
New York UPI Woodruff
Randolph, 65, president of the
International Typographical
Union since 1944, has announced
he will not seek reelection at the
end of his present term.
Randalph gave personal health
as the basis for his decision to
step down as head of the 105-year-old
anion after nearly 30
years as a member of its Execu
tive Council. -
He will complete his present
term until it expires on July 15,
1958.
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