Glenn Ford 'Box Office King'
While Liz,
By VERNON SCOTT
UPI Hollywood Correspondent
. Hollywood-dTD-Glenn Ford
was voted the top money-mak
ing star of 1958 yesterday in
a poll of more than 700 mo
tion picture exhibitors. They
named two glamour queens
Elizabeth Taylor and Brigitte
Bardot-among the top 10
Liz ranked second in the
balloting, followed in order
by Jerry Lewis (3), Marlon
Brando (4), Rock Hudson (5),
William Holden (6), Brigitte
(7), Yul Brynner (8), James
Stewart (9) and Frank Sin
etra (10).
Repeat winners from last
year's poll, conducted by the
motion picture herald, were
Lewis, Holden, Hudson, Bryn
ner, Stewart and Sinatra.
Brando returned to the top
10 after dropping out for the
past two years.
Ford's top rating came as
a surprise. His last appear
ance in the golden circle was
in 1956, when he placed fifth.
He was 12th in 1953.
Wayne Bumped Off
"I've been around a long
time," Ford said, "and this
really comes as a surprise to
me. Of course I'm delighted
and happy with the results of
the poll. I had the help of
a heck of a lot of people.
"I just hopa more people
will turn out to see more
movies in 1959."
Bumped from the list of the
10 biggest box-office draws
this year were John Wayne,
2nd last "year, Pat Boone (3),
Elvis Presley (4) and Gary
Cooper (6).
The poll reflects ' neither
popularity nor performance of
the stars. Chances are if a
star makes three or four pic
tures during the year, he will
fare better in ticket sales than
a performer who appears in
a single movie.
Last year the first 10 did
not include one actress, but
in 1956 Marilyn Monroe and
Kim Novak registered 9th and
10th, respectively.
All-time champ in the poll
is Bing Crosby, who placed
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Brigitte in Running
number one five years in a
row-from 1944 through 1948
-and 14 times in all among
the top 10.
Bardot Climbs Aboard
Shirley Temple headed the
list for four years beginning
in 1935, but was toppled as
champ by Mickey Rooney in
1939. Mickey's "Andy Hardy"
series drew votes from thea
ter owners for three years
as the best money-maker.
Only other star to score
more than twice as box-office
king is John Wayne who man
aged the feat in 1954, 1951
Ike Escorts His Grandson
On Clothes-Buying Sortie
Gettysburg, Pa. 0IPD Satur
day is the big shopping day
in the town of Gettysburg, and
President Eisenhower made it
even bigger yesterday.
He created a commotion
among main street merchants
yesterday morning by bring
ing his 10-year-old grandson,
David, on a clothes-buying ex
pedition which saw an outlay
of $60.80, plus sales tax.
' After visiting three stores,
David had a replenished ward
robe-part for "good" and part
for roughing it at the Eisen
hower farm where he and his
grandparents are spending the
holidays.
With his grandson in tow
and a covey of secret service
men in his wake, the Presi
dent turned out for his
shopping tour shortly after
the stores opened at 9 a.m.
His first stop was at Pitz
er's Men's store just off the
town square where he smil
ingly told a startled clerk he
wanted to see a suit for David.
In what was undoubtedly the
most abject moment in Pitz-
er's history, the clerk had to
confess the store didn't han
dle boy's clothing but recom
mended Bix-Sway, a shop two
doors down the street.
Proudly Escorted
At Bix-Sway, the President
was spotted at the door by
and 1950. Winner of the first
polls-in 1932 and 1933-was
Marie Dressier.
Rock Hudson, last year's
topper, slipped to fifth. Sina
tra, fifth in 1957, plummeted
to 10th, while comedian Lewis
climbed from ninth last year
to the number-three spot for
the current season.
A new twist was added this
year when sex-kitten Bardot
climbed aboard the box-office
list. She is the first star ever
voted among the top 10 who
has never made an American
movie.
Gerald Bixler, one of the own
ers, who proudly escorted his
distinguished shoppers to the
clothing racks.
In short order and with a
minimum of his grandfather's
advice, David picked out a
$27.50 Ivy League styled char
coal blue single breasted suit
and an $8.95 pair of medium
grey wool slacks-plus sales
tax.
Ike and David turned up
next at Sherman's, next door
to the Gettysburg National
bank. With the dress-up stuff
cut of the way, David wanted
some he-man garb for the
farm where the temperatures
dipped to near zero last night.
Insulated Boots
With the help of two clerks
-Melvin Little and M. I. Berg
dale, David emerged with the
following:
A pair of insulated boots,
$14.95; a plaid wool shirt,
$2.95; a pair of sturdy oorrdu
roy trousers, $4.95; and high
top wool sox, $1.50.
Grandfather cheerfully paid
in cash.
However, the merchants he
visited confessed they were a
little startled to see the chief
executive peering into their
bins of winter sox and long
woolen underwear.
Hunting Clothes
The secret service men
probably attracted more atten
tion than the President and
David because they were bun
dled up in rough hunting
clothes.
"My heavens, they look like
the Brinks gang," one woman
bystander exclaimed as they
followed the President about.
Chain fo Buy Radio
Mid-Columbia
Weiser, Idaho (UPD Inland
Broadcast company purchase,
subject to FCC approval, of
the Radio'Mid-Columbia corp
oration which operates Radio
Station KRMW at The Dalles,
Ore., was announced yester
day. The announcement came
from Mervin Ling, Inland
President who owns and oper
ates stations KWEI in Weiser
and KAYT in Rupert.
Farrell Peterson, who has
been on the staff of KWEI,
has been named manager of
KRMW and will assume his
duties there when the FCC
approves the transfer.
Ailing Infant Dies
En Route fo Hospital
Portland-dJPD-An 18-month-
old girl, suffering from a rare
illness, died en route to a
Portland hispital from Hood
River early yesterday after a
hurried mercy run by Multno
mah county deputies.
The victim was Connie
O'Connor. The nearest medi
cine to treat the stricken child
was in Portland, so deputies
rushed a shipment of solution
of meginide to Hood River.
When the deputies arrived
little Connie was still alive
and the medicine was admin
istrated. The child, died en route to
the Doernbecher hospital in
Portland.
WheaJjShipmenf
Ordered for India
Pendleton -IUPD- Officials of
the Oregon Wheat League
commission will ship 22 mil
lion bushels of white wheat
to India next year.
The 22 million bushels Is
part of a 100-million bushel
order of United States wheat
signed by the government of
India and the U. S. depart
ment of agriculture.
Wheat League officials say
terms call for delivery of the
wheat by Sept. 31, 1959.
The bulk of the order will
be filled from this year's crop
and is expected to cut down
surpluses and shore up sag
ging' markets in the Pacific
Northwest.
RUSSIANS PUBLISH POE
Moscow -fiJPtt- A new edi
tion of the works of Ameri
can writer Edgar Allan Poe
has been published here to
coincide with Poe's 150th
birthday anniversary next
month Moscow Radio said Fri
day. .
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AROUSING CONTROVERSY, opera singer Helen Trau
bel (left), writes in autobiography her pupil Margaret Tru
man plunged into concert career ill-equipped and against
her advice. Picture was made in Washington when Miss
Traubel visited Margaret while her father was President.
COMING HOME American turncoat Richard G. Corden,
of East Providence, R. I., crosses the Chinese border into
Hongkong, escorted by a British policeman (left). Corden,
a former U.S. Army sergeant, is one of 21 captured Amer
icans, who voluntarily remained in Red China after the
end of the Korean War, and the tenth to finally return
to the U.S.
SEEKING SETTLEMENT of newspaper deliverer's strike
which has shut down all New York newspapers are fed
eral mediators and representatives of both sides. From
left: Barney Cameron, president, Publishers' Association;
Herbert L. Haber, mediator; Walter Maggiolo, chief
mediator, and Asher Schwartz, attorney for the union.
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Pope John XXIII Consecrates Eight To
Vatican City -(UPD- Pope
John XXIII consecrated eight
new bishops and archbishops
from three continents, includ
ing his grey-haired secretary
Police Recover
$14,000 in Silver
Stolen from Safe
Portland -(UPD-Police, said
$14,000 in silver taken from
the safe of the Canteen com
pany of Oregon here Dec. 12
was recovered yesterday.
Police brought in five pota
to sacks containing nickels,
dimes and quarters. They said
one sack is still missing.
Two 24-year-old men were
brought in for questioning
and released after signing
written statements.
Woman Attorney
Detective Lt. Dudley Nel
son said a woman attorney
telephoned police recently
and said she represented a
man who wanted to return the
stolen money for a reward.
Police said, however, they
found the money through a
different source.
Police said the two men
questioned were observed by
county detectives and later
showed police the location of
the money lacks.
Olher Persons
Nelson said that certain
facts of the safe cracking job
would have to be withheld fbr
the present, and indicated that
other persons besides the two
two men were involved.
Nelson said the men were
not linked with the burglary
at this lime, but had been en
listed . by other persons to
help exchange the silver for
currency.
Abandon Dragging
For Missing Youths
Tillamook -(UPD- Dragging
operations were abandoned
Friday for two youths whose
overturned boat was found at
the mouth of Whiskey creek
near here Wednesday.
Missing and presumed
drowned are Robert Astle
ford, 19, Netarts, and Glenn
Strait, 16, Oceanside.
The Tillamook county sher
iff's office said the bodies of
the two boys may have pulled
out to sea by tidal currents.
A beach patrol will be
maintained indefinitely, the
sheriff's office said.
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of state, in an early morning
ceremony in St. Peter's Basil
ica yesterday.
The simple and impressive
consecration, the first cere
mony of its kind performed
by Pope John in his eight
week reign, wound up a busy
Christmas season during
which he visited patients in
hospitals and prisoners in jail.
The most impressive figure
among yesterday's new bish
ops was 70-year-old Domenico
Cardinal Tardini, who has
headed the Vatican "state de
partment" for 14 years with-
Multnomah
Needs $95,000
For Centennial
Portland -(UPD- Multnomah
county will have to get at
least $95,000 to participate in
the Oregon Centennial cele
bration, a meeting of the spe
cial budget committee was
told Friday night.
Committee chairman Gary
Meredith said that the amount
was a bare minimum and it
would probably take several
thousand dollars more.
The biggest outlay of cash
would be for combatting the
problem of housing for the ex
pected thousands of tourists.
It is expected to run $30,000.
The $30,000 would be used
to build trailer sites, finance
a commercial and public room
-procurement program and, if
necessary, to J b u i 1 d ' tent
camps.
Meredith said another $24,
000 would be used for "hospi
tality" in the county.
That would consist of train
ing citizens whose businesses
put them in direct contact
with the public and would in
clude waitresses, taxi drivers,
service station personnel and
policemen.
"SKY KING" GROUNDED
Sharp Park, Calif .-(UPD-Jim-my
Hayden, 3, wasn't content
Friday with touring the area
of the Christmas tree with his
new tricycle-so he arose early
and set off to see the world.
About 6:30 a.m. he was pick
ed up by a motorist who es
corted him to a nearby gas
station. Jimmy insisted his
name was "Sky King" but
after an hour his frantic par
ents found him.
Tin was first discovered in
the U.S. at Jackson, N.H.dur
ing the 18th century.
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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon,
High Positions
out ever seeking to be a card
inal or a bishop.
Tardini, then pro-secretary
of state, asked to be spared
the honor of cardinalship
when it was offered to him by
Pope Pius XII in 1953. He ac
cepted the red hat only when
he was urged again this
month by the new Pontiff,
who also appointed him secre
tary of state.
Tardini was never a bishop,
although all of the apostolic
nuncies and internuncies serv
ing under him at the secretar
iatt of state were. Yesterday,
the Pope consecrated him titu
lar archbishop of Laodiosa in
Syria.
THOMAS F. FORD
Pasadena, Calif.-OJPD-Thom-as
F. Ford, Democratic con
gressman from 1932 to 1944,
died at his home here Friday.
He was 85. Ford was literary
editor of the Los Angeles
Times from 1919 to 1944 and
he also served one term on
the Los Angeles City Council.
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Rossellinr Asks
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Rome -(UPD-Roberto Rossel
lini asked a court through his
attorney yesterday to give
him custody of the three child
ren born of his marriage to
Ingrid Bergman.
Mario Cavaleri presented
Rosselini's petition to the
Rome Civil court.
An Italian custody verdict
would not necessarily be of
much value to the director.
The children, Robertino, 8,
and the 6-year-old twins Isotta
and Isabella, are living near
Paris with their mother and
her new husband, Lari
Schmidt.
Rossellini, also in Paris,
said the iriree children were
visiting him today.
Rossellini, reached by tele
ghone at a hotel, refused to
say whether the children were
merely spending the day with
him or whether it was a mora
permanent arrangement.
He declined to discuss the
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