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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1958
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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