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FAIR EXCHANGE Holyoke, Mass. ffl "A retired painter desires to ex change labor for dental work" read a classified ad in the Holyoke Transcript - Tele- Pendleton (TP) Juven- gram. J. T. Roy, who inserted iles quartered at the Umatilla the ad, got fast results. A den- county jail were blamed tist needed some painting done Thursday for flooding their and arranged to repair Roy's own quarters and offices be- teeth in exchange. ( low them Wednesday night. : Price 10 Cents Medford Tribune 2nd SECTION MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1958 Pages 1-10 53rd Year I If 1 ' wf- 1 - II 5Mfe' AT DAUGHTER'S HEARING Stephen Crane (left), and Lana Turner are shown at the hearing for their daughter, Cheryl Crane, at Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles, Calif. Cheryl was ordered held for a further hearing later this month, to determine whether she will be prosecuted for the fatal stabbing of Johnny Stompanato last week. Lena's Daughter Wrote Stompanato Hollywood (W Lana Turn er's teen-age daughter wrote her mother's lover a chatty, "love ya and miss ya loads" letter just six weeks before she killed him with one stab of a razor sharp butcher knife, it has been disclosed. In a misspelled, schoolgirl scrawl, Cheryl Crane urged gangland gigolo Johnny Stom panato and her. film queen mother to come back from Europe "soon," according to a copyrighted letter published today in the Los Angeles Eve ning Herald Express. An autopsy report, mean while, showed Stompanato suffered from an incurable kidney ailment that might have meant his death in only a few years. Eygene Newsstand Operator Arraigned Eugene (IP) William Jack son, Eugene newsstand opera tor, was arraigned in Lane County Circuit Court Thurs day on 'three grand jury in dictments accusing him of selling obscene and indecent material. Available to Everyone O SPORTSFAIR O At Our Low, Low Admission Charges Adults - 50c Children 6 to 12... 25c Children CDCCV . under 6 rllCEi All proceeds to Sight and Blind. Lana Turner's Tears Flow in Knowledge of Her Own Failure Editor's note: Following is the when lasL i inree aispatcnes on me ca-: reer or Movie Queen Lana Turner. In today's article, Vernon Scott says that she is aware that her own failures are responsible for her daughter's slaying of Johnny Stompanato. By VERNON SCOTT United Press Hollywood Writer Hollywood OP) A mother's bitter tears sting Lana Tun er s Deauiiiui iace today in the knowledge that her own failures are responsible for her daughter Cheryl's knife slaying of mobster Johnny Stompanato. More than anything else the blonde screen beauty wanted 14-year-old Cheryl to have a happy childhood. Lana s own youth was blighted by tragedy, neglect and cruelty. She wanted things to be better for her only child. But Cheryl's plight is infinitely worse than any thing that ever befell her1 movie star mother. She has killed a man. Lana Turner, who real name was Judy, loved her father dearly. He was happy-go-lucky man who was murdered in a San Francisco crap game when his red-haired daughter was only 9 years old. " When he. lived he was lively companion for his sen sitive daughter, but a poor provider. When her parents separated, two years before "Tex" Turner was bludgeoned to death. Lana was farmed out to some "friends" in Mo desto, Calif. Beaten Frequently She was treated .worse than . . i j a scunerv maia. one nwut breakfast, prepared dinner. did the family washing and ironine and was beaten for the slightest mistakes. "Her mother visited Lana one day after a particularly brutal beating and, seeing her daugh ter black and blue, took Lana back to live with her in San Francisco. It was then Lana learned of her father's mur der. So Lana wanted a normal home life for Cheryl, .but not badly enough to make the necessary sacrifices. Cheryl's father, Steve Crane, was divorced by Lana the girl was still an infant. Thereafter she knew two other fathers, millionaire Bob Topping and movie "Tar zan" Lex Barker. Between, before and after those mar riages, ' Cheryl watched her mother date a parade of play boys and goodtime Charlies. A gangling, leggy filly who claims little of her mother's beauty, Cheryl spent much of her time with servants and in private schools. When ' she was old enough to read the headlines pro vided her with information about her mother that few little girls would find com forting. But there remains a fast bond between mother and daughter. Sometimes it seemed as if sober faced little Cheryl pro vided the major share of sta bility and security in their broken family life. Last year the tensions at home and the snipings of school friends took their toll on Cheryl. She dramatically decided to "run away" from her madcap mother. She was found in Los An geles' skid row 'and reunited with Lana. Crane also was present when the .wretched girl was released., by the police. - The limelight captured Cheryl again three months later when she tumbled from a horse in Estes National Park, Colo., suffering a fractured vertebrae and slight concus sion. Again Crane and Miss Turner rushed to her side, and again, though briefly, Cheryl knew the warmth and security of having both par ents with her for a bedside party. ' Girl's World Collapsed But Cheryl's world crashed around her last Friday night as she listened to gangster Stompanato threaten her mother's life. Still protective, looking out for her emotional mother, Cheryl plunged an eight-inch knife into Stompanato, killing him within minutes . and changing her life forever. The tears that Lana sheds are as much for her own fail ings in raising Cheryl as for the horror of the bloody tab leau that took place in her bedroom on Good Friday. What of Lana's future? Is her career ruined? Not necessarily. Robert Mitchum bounced back after his marijuana mix up. And Enrol Flynn's legal battles only heightened his popularity. Hollywood's stars seem to prosper after their scandals are aired. Lana could well continue to greater tri umphs. ' Navy Marks 58th Anniversary of Use of Submarine U. S. Submarine Base, New London, Conn. (IP) The Navy's "silent service" is 58 years old today, and modern submariners find it hard to believe that the Navy's first undersea boat could be any thing more than a museum piece. But on April 11, 1900, the Navy was so impressed with the performance of the USS Holland that it commissioned it as a coastal defense vessel and a warning to any nation with notions of aggression. o SLEitffBS O Eiectric Ganges and Water Meafer 30 In. Elec. 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Destruction power, once measured in yards, will be carried to better than 1,500 miles from a moving base which the enemy cannot lo cate. The Navy now has three powerful atomic submarines in service: Nautilus, Seawolf and Skate. Each is capable of girdling the globe three times without surfacing or refuel ing. Each can operate at sea for as long as two years with out surfacing except to take on supplies and fresh crews. Mot Coming More atomic ' submarines are coming off the building ways. The fastest, USS Skip jack, will be lauched at the electric boat yards of General Dynamics May 26. The big gest will be the Triton, a ra dar picket ship which has been compared to a destroyer in size and which will serve as an undersea radar station. The Polaris subs, soon to get into construction, will be able to penertate to almost any part of Russia with mis siles having a 1,500 - mile range. Recently, Rear Adm. William F. Raborn called this, "One of the most significant Weapon systems ,yet devised by man ... by carrying the launching site to sea, it will take the bulls - eye off our country by forcing the enemy to concentrate his counter- measures on the seven seas." Three Polaris subs have been ordered and the Navy hopes to have nine in opera tion by 1961. Seattle (IP) Former Teamster President Dave Beck's office here will be closed effective April 30. Daily's U-Driye Medford Airport Meat Grading for Smaller Plants Eyed Salem (IP! Three steps looking toward some type of meat grading service for smal- j ler Oregon packing plants , have been authorized at ai meeting of Agriculture De- j partment officials and indus try representatives here. j The meeting was called by j Agriculture Director Robert i J. Steward. j mi j j , ... ine department wm can vass all meat packers now un der state meat inspection but not under federal grading to determine how many would be interested in a state grad ing service. Cost estimates will then be made on the basis of the canvass. In a third step, Steward will arrange a meeting in Oregon with Fred J. Beard, chief of the meat grading branch of the United States Department of Agriculture marketing service. ' on SALE r .. SAT. - y 9:30 A.M. j dDIFIP SUMMER SAMPLE LINE . rl & w if v SWOM sons SPORTSWEAR SEPARATES MANY ONE-OF-A-KIND . MOSUY SIZE 12' Sale Starts Saturday 9:30 A.M. JANTZEM SPORTSWEAR DEPT. -2ND FLOOR iff ON GIRLS' SIZES SUMMER SAMPLE LINE TOO!! Size 4 and 10 Only in Girls Size 12, Teens MEDFORD CMNTZfM' V lit I JANTZEM mm. - c is jm 'V
