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53rd Year M EDFORD Price 10 Cents Tribune Section Section MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1958 Pages 1-12 Lana Turner's Screen Career Began on Strength of Curves Editor's note: Following 1j the ircond of three dUpatches on the life of Movie Queen Lana Turner. In today's article, Vernon Seott tells of her discovery and her movie career By VERNON SCOTT United Prss Writer Hollywood (W Lana Turner, whose love life over shadowed her acting talents, began her screen career on the strength (and size) of her curves. Those same charms won her four husbands, innumerable romances and, finally, led to the Good Friday tragedy in which her daughter Cheryl plunged an 8-inch knife into her mother's latest lover, mob ster Johnny Stompanato. Platinum-haired, blue-eyed Lana is the first to admit her reputation rests smugly on her roller-coaster figure. "I was one of those photo genic accidents," she main tains. "In my first picture I was a 15-year-old kid (only a year older than Cheryl, who now faces a murder charge) with a bosom and a backside strolling across the screen for less than a minute." The picture was "They Won't Forget," and Lana's only action was to undulate across the screen. The title proved prophetic. She was immediately tabbed the "Sweater Girl" and her rock et stardom was launched. Drugstore Discovery Lana was the last of the "drugstore discoveries." Though it reads like a press agent's pipe dream, the well rounded youngster was found, sipping a soda fountain, a tradepaper publisher. He ar ranged an interview at Warn er Brothers that led to Lana's contract with producer Mer vyn Leroy. Until recent years Lana was considered a second-rate ac tress. But her greatest tri umph came earlier this year when she was nominated as best actress for her motherly role in "Peyton Place." Universally panned by pic ture critics, Lana has made more than 35 pictures, snag ging Hollywood's best actors as leading men, including Clark Gable, Robert Taylor and Spencer Tracy. While her movies made money Lana kept the headline writers busy on her own time. Following her four-month marriage to band leader Artie Shaw, the movie sex goddess fell in love with Steve Crane. She Says of that marriage, "I am lonely unless I have someone to love, and there was Steve. I married him." They settled down in a man sion, but Crane wasn't work ing and Lana's career hit a momentary snag. In quick succession the beautiful ac tress discovered (1) Crane al ready was married to Carol Kurtz, and (2) she (Lana) was pregnant. The marriagp was annulled, but six months later the cou ple was remarried in the squalor of Tijuana. Shortly after Crane was drafted. Birth of Cheryl Cheryl was born an RH factor baby and almost died in infancy. The strain drained 28 New Faces Due in Senate and House Regardless of Vote Lana's physical and financial reserves. When the bills were paid the curvesome girl was one of the biggest boxoffice stars in history. But she was flat broke! Crane was discharged from the Army for medical reasons, and in January, 1944, when Cheryl was six months old, the Cranes called it quits. There followed a four-year whirl of romances, including a lengthy idle with Tyrone Power. Her personal disasters affected her acting career, and it was during this period that Lana turned in her best per formances in "The Postman Always Rings Twice," and "Cass Timberlane." Then entered Bob Topping, the millionaire who showered her with flowers and jewels. He became husband No. 3 in April, 1948, and Hollywood agreed Lana had finally set tled down. Topping walked out after four years, and many battles. The world's most publicized movie star had failed to hold her man for the third time. But Lana still had the curves which kept her at the top of the film world, and drew the attention of screen "Tarzan" Lex Barker. The romance, typically Turner in essence, ended in marriage. But not before Lana gave up her romance with ac tor Fernando Lamas who later married actress Arlene Dahl, who in turn, previously had been wed to Barker. Confusing? Lana's life was confusion compounded. And it is her daughter, Cheryl, who now faces a possible prison sentence as a result of her mother's latest caprice. r J . 1 - .. 1 Vt, - POURING OUT LOVE for slain Johnny Stompanato in let ter from Europe, Actress Lana Turner addresses him-as "My beloved love" in torrid missive. (International) Examinations Set For Statisticians Examinations for analyti cal statistician and mathe matical statistician have been announced by the board of U. S. Civil Service examiners, Puget South Naval Ship yard, Bremerton, .Wash. Applications are also being acoepted for radiotelegraph operators in the four North west states at the commis sion office in Seattle, and sev eral employment opportuni ties have been announced in Alaska. These include engin eering draftsman and medi cal technician and X-ray tech nician. Applications for the posi tions may be obtained at the local post office. Robert Harris, who was called the dean of Canadian painters, died at Montreal in 1919. CENTRAL POINT Health Clinic Scheduled By DORIS HUGHES Central Point The Jack son County Health Depart ment, with Dr. A. E. Merkel in charge, will hold a pre school clinic April 17 and 24 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Jew ett Elementary school in Cen tral Point. George Johns, principal, stated that parents wishing to take advantage of this free medical examination of pre school children may do so by calling the office at Jewett elementary school for an ap pointment. The number is NOrmandy 4-1114. The Central Point PTA will meet April 17 at 3:30 p.m. at the Jewett Elementary school. Mrs. Ed Griggs will give the invocation. The speaker will be a Foreign Exchange Stu dent from Southern Oregon college and hostesses will be the fourth and fifth grade mothers. Mrs. O. T. Wilson Sunday aft ernoon. Guests were John Wilson and . daughters, Susie and Debbie, of Shady Cove, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Wilson and son, Richard, of Eagle Point, Mr. 'and Mrs. Larry Wilson and daughter, Bar bara, of Eagle Point, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Dusenberry and son, Jan and Lan, of Trail, Mrs.x Harry Tonn, and Mrs. Dick Dunn and daughter Di anna, of Central Point. The Dean Wilson family of Central Point was unable to attend the family gathering due to the children's exposure to chicken pox. The group had an Easter egg hunt with Debby Wilson . playing the roll of Peter Rabbit. , Charles A. Meyer, principal of Central Point Junior High and elementary school, re ported that, the fifth six weeks period would end April 30 with report cards going out at that time. The Jackson County school librarians met Tuesday at the Central Point Junior High school library. Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Monia arrived, in Central Point Friday from Illinois. They reported being re-routed in Reno due to a snow storm. Monia, who has been recently discharged from the Air Force, was stationed in Illin ois. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eldred Monia, Central Point. The Faith Circle of " the First Presbyterian church of Central Point will hold a rummage, plant and cooked food sale at the Crater De partment store, April . 18. Donations may be left at Croskell's Hardware store or at the church. A family ' gathering was held at the home of Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Wilson accompanied Mrs. Stephen Wilson to Williams Tuesday to visit Mr. Wilson's brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Wilson. Mrs. Alma Meyer of Lake Creek visited Monday and Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tonn of Cen tral Point. demonstration on "the coord attending the meeting are asked to wear "hats" which they have fashioned from kitchen utensils. The hats will be auctioned off; ladies not wearing such hats will be fined. FIEISCIIOIU'S VODI Harvey, Tonn returned to Linfield Sunday afternoon after spending the week end at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tonn. The Central Point Home Extension Unit will meet' on Monday, April 14, at 10:30 a.m. at the home of Mr s. Chuck Taylor of the Old Stage road. Miss Mary Pat Lucy Jackson County Home Economics agent will give a THE DANMOORE HOTEL 1217 SW Morrison St. PORTLAND, OREGON All transient guests. All those who come, return. Rates not high, not low. Free garage, TV's and radios. Reputation for cleanliness. 'J. FOR THE IB PERFECT ML; V I 3V". -v,..t It ! . w - IS BLOODY MARY Because it's light and priced so right, FLEISCKMANN'S VODKA mixes naturally with everything and everyone I iVODKAi $75 WVs QT. 80 PROOF DISTILLED FROM 100 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS THE FLEISCHMANN DJ STILLING CORP,; NEW YORK CITY rnrri hosting recipe book IIIIIsLb 24 Pages Drinks and Canapes WRITE THE FLEISCHMANN DIST. CORP. DEPT. E, E25 MADISON AVE, NYC Washington (W There will be at least 28 new faces in the House and Senate next year, regardless of the out come of the 1958 elections. New members will take over four seats in the Senate and 24 in the House because of the death, resignations or retirement of incumbents. This number undoubtedly will be swelled as the dead lines for entering primary elections approach and more congressmen decide the time has come to retire. A number of other cong ressmen, who are trying for reelection but face stiff tests, are likely to be unseated to bring about still further changes in the House and Sen ate makeup next year. Eight members are drop ping out of the House to run for other office. Six of them aspire to the Senate Demo crats Clair Engle (Calif.), Rob ert C. Byrd (W. Va.), and Eu ' gene J. McCarthy, (Minn.), and Republicans Hugh Scott, (Pa.), Robert W. Kean (N.J.), and Winston L. Prouty (Vt). Rep. James P. S. Devereux (R-Md.), Marine hero at Wake Island during World War II, is running for governor and Rep. Patrick J. Hillings (R Calif.), seeks the office of California attorney general. Four Deaths There now are four House vacancies caused by death to be filled in November, and a fifth due to the resignation of Rep. Earl Chudoff (D-Pa.), to take a judgeship. Eleven oth er House members are retir ing from the political arena. In the Senate, Republican leader William F. Knowland is leaving to run for governor in what is regarded as the first step toward a bid for the 1960 GOP presidential nom ination. Sens. H. Alexander Smith (N.J.), Williams E. Jen ner (Ind.), and Edward Mar tin (Pa.), all Republicans, are retiring. . Some of those who won't be here next year have held key posts. Martin i3 ranking Republican on the Senate Fi nance and Public Works com mittees, and Smith is senior GOP member of the Labor committee. Martin is the old est Republican in the .Senate and Smith is the second old est. Both are 78. Longest Service Rep. Charles A. Wolverton (R-N.J.), 77, has the longest term of service in congress of all those who are leaving, with 31 consecutive years in ,the House. He is senior Re publican on and a former chairman of the House Com merce committee. Rep. Karl M. Lecompte (R Iowa), a member of Congress since 1939 and ranking Re publican on the House Admin istration committee, has an nounced his decision not to seek reelection. Two of the House mem bers who won't be back are now committee chairmen Engle, who heads the House Interior committee, and Chairman Thomas S. Gordon (D-Ill.), of the Foreign Affairs committee. Gordon is retiring, as is the No. 2 GOP member, of the committee, Rep. John M. Vorys (Ohio). North Dakota will send an entire new delegation to the House next year. Both of the state's representatives Re publicans Usher L. Burdick and Otto Krueger are call ing it quits. Others retiring from the House are Benjamin P. James (Pa.), Cliff Clevenger (Ohio), Hal Halmes (Wash.), Donald W. Nicholson (Mass.), and Hubert B. Scudder (Calif.) all Republicans. Heaf Conversion Breakthrough Seen Washington (IP! The Navy believes it is "on the verge of a breakthrough" in efforts to convert heat directly into electricity. . If it is, cheap atomic power is on the horizon and the existing conventional power industry faces a revolution. In testimony before a House Appropriations Subcommittee Rear Adm. A. M. Morgan of the Bureau of Ships said: "We are on the verge of a breakthrough apparently in conversion of heat to electric power through thermoelectric couples." Morgan added that "We should have something defi nite on this in a matter of three years." Salem (IP) M a r s h a 1 1 R. Leeper, general manager of United States Plywood Cor poration in Oregon has been appointed to the advisory committee of the forest pro ducts research laboratory. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS LOOK fOR THE HAPPY lTUf COO tfCPPf m Kill MS TOPS IN QUALITY! LOW IN PRICE Our &Bft off Appreciation to You! To you, our many fine customers, we have made arrangements to offer a free 5x7 finished portrait of your child, family group, or whatever you would like, without cost or further obligation. Will be taken at Grandview Market in Medford, Oregon, Friday, Saturday arid Sunday, April 11, 12 and 13, between the hours of 1 1 a.m. and 7 p.m. o GREEN BEANS 3o3 Royai cm ...... 5 Cans o TOMATO JUICE Htv . can 4 Cans CATSUP Snider'. 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