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a delicate dish that's been chosen to make Square, Pa., celebrate National Mushroom
mushrooms interesting. She's Bonnie Jones, Week.
of Woodside, N.Y., who was named "Miss UPI Telephoto)
The Clark Gable Story
Actor Looked for Security
Throughout Most of Life
Editor's Note Ttilf is the iec-
ond in a series or three dispatches
on the legend and life of Clark
Gable dealing with the man behind
the myth which made him one of
the greatest stars in movie history.
By VERNON SCOTT
UPI Hollywood Correspondent
Hollywood-UIPU-Clark Gable
was a paradox - boisterously
rough-and-ready to millions of
moviegoers, but a quiet, al
most introspective man to
those who knew him.
Though he played self-assured,
brash roles in pictures,
the handsome leading man
desperately sought security
most of his life.
His two marriages to wo
men many years his senior
Josephine Dillon and Rhea
Langhorn - and his record
tenure at Metro - Goldwyn
Mayer studio - long after
stars of his stature had struck
out. on their own - were
evidence of Gable's quest for
s sheltered, secure life away
from movietown's razzle
dazzle. The actor played gregarious
characters on the screen, but
in real life he had few inti
mate friends.
Fiercely Loyal
Those who were close to the
handsome leading man were
fiercely loyal. He was one of
the finest men I have en-
Queen o( Silent
Film Era Dies
Sharon, Conn. - IIM - The
death of Phyllis Haver, a
queen of the silent films and
one of the late Mack Sennett's
original bathing beauties, was
ascribed today to an overdose
of barbiturates.
Miss Haver, 60, was found
dead Saturday in her plush
bedroom by her housekeeper
and companion, Mrs. Samuel
Graham. State police said
Miss Haver took her own life,
and the medical examiner
blamed barbituate poisoning.
Mrs. Graham said Miss
Haver deeply mourned the re
cent death of Sennett and was
depressed because she had
been unable to help him when
he needed it most.
Miss Haver, according to
Mrs. Graham, "never knew
that Mr. Sennett was living
in extreme poverty during the
last year . . . She read about
it in the obituaries two weeks
ago and was shocked."
Miss Haver, who was di
vorced from William Seeman
several years ago, starred in
such silent greats as "What
Price Glory?", "Chicago," and
"The Way of All Flesh."
Sennett gave Miss Haver
her first big movie role in the
Keystone Comedies.
Hot Camera foils
Photographer's
Picture Chance
Salem - lli'H - Freelance
photographer Joey Tomp
kins of Salem could have
taken a picture of a fir
Saturday night except that
it was his cameras which
wer burning.
Tompkins opened the
door of his station wagon
about 10 p.m. and the ve
hicle's interior was abla.
About SI, 000 worth of cam
era equipment was desiroy
td and damage to iht sta
tion wagon was estimated at
$500.
The Mats may hav been
caused by a spark from a
eigarsiU accidentally drop
ped earlier.
countered in or out of the mo
tion picture Industry.
Though he was married
five times, Gable was held in
such high esteem by the pic
ture industry and the public,
he never gained the reputa
tion of such flamboyant con
temporaries as Errol Flynn
and Tyrone Power.
As much as possible the
rugged star avoided publicity
and the limelight.
"Heck," he said, "you've got
to keep your balance in this
business. The minute you
start taking yourself seriously
you're in trouble."
Great Lover Reputation
Clark had the happy faculty
of being able to kid himself.
But whenever possible he
channeled conversation to oth
er subjects. The man with the
great lover reputation was far
more at ease among men than
with the opposite sex.
Only once during his life
did Clark leave the shell of
self-conscious semiscclusion.
That was during his brief
marriage to Carole Lombard.
The extraverted glamour
girl liked parties and people.
Gable's great love for his third
wife overcame his own reti
cence to mingle with the
movie colony. They became
the king and queen of Holly
wood. Fololwing Carole's tragic
death in an airplane crash in
1942 the Jaunty Gable of the
screen retreated to his soli
tude. Private in Army
Seven months later he join
ed the Army as a buck private
and rose to the rank of major
before being discharged.
In Hollywood fellow work
ers gave him a standing ova
tion when he returned' to
MGM studios, and the moguls
cast him opposite Greer Gar
son, The country was flooded
with ads proclaiming, "Gable's
Back and Garson s Got Him,
But a series of mediocre
pictures did not Hve up to his
pre-war record at the box
office. The results hurt and
contused the actor, causing
him to withdraw even more to
his estate in Encino,
A fourth marriage, to Lady
Sylvia Ashley, lasted only a
few months, and the king of
the movies stiil was without
the security he sought. At one
time he attempted "tempor
ary" retirement.
Life Changed Abruptly
Then, in 19S5, the man with
the big grin and warm appeal
changed hts life abruptly.
He severed his 20-year-tie
with MGM to free-lance, and
married Kay Williams Sprec-
kles, his fifth wife. At last he
found the peace and security
he had sought for so long.
Kay's children Adolph, 11,
and Joan, 9, gave him a ready-
made family.
"I'm a very happy man," he
told me recently, "and for the
first time I'm enjoying the
wonders of being a father.'
The crowning bit of happi
ness in the actors life was
last summer's news that he
was to become a father.
Those who know Clark
Gable most mourn the fact
that his child will never know
the warmth of his smile, the
gentle good judgment of its
father.
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Rayburn Predicts Congress To Tackle Several Top Issues
Washmgton-flOT - Speaker aid depressed areas, housing through ss early as possible.'
Sam Rayburn (D-Tess,) pre
dicted today that the new
Congress would pass bills to
London-fVPB - Boston's Dr.
Paul Dudley White, the
heart specialist who treated
President Eisenhower when
he had his heart attack, said
Sunday that it's how you re
lax while playing golf and
not the game itself that gives
medical value to the sport.
White said it's the "relaxa
tion not the exercise which
counts."
and school construction and
raise the minimum wage.
Rayburn also listed a farm
bill and medical care for the
aged as among "the principal
things that we will try to get
early in the session and get
The veteran House leader
indicated he foresaw no
chance of a tax cut but said
he hoped Congress would
close some tax loopholes, lie
said he did not look upon the
oil depletion allowance as a
Summer Home a! Beach Destroyed
Depoe Bay - tt'Pii - The sum
mcr home of Mr. and Mrs.
Alton Woodard of Cottage
Grove located on Highway 101
near here was virtually de
stroyed by fire Sunday. Loss
was estimated at $30,000 to
$35,000.
Cause of the fire was not
immediately determined.
The Woodards operate the
King Surf resort here.
loophole, however.
Rayburn, 78, wha has serv
ed as speaker longer than any
man in history, made the
statements in a copyrighted
interview with U. S. Kews
and World Beport at his home
in Bonham, Tex.
He predicted that President
John F. Kennedy and the
Democratic leadership in Con
gress would work well togeth
er. The fact that the White
House and Congress will be
controlled by the same party
"will make a tremendous dif
ference," he said.
I think we will tome
an understanding about the
program of legislation with
the President-and after that,?
1 don't think we wsii be;
threatened with vetoes, and
we can move ahead and in-!
asigurate a real program,";
Baybarn added.
The speaker described Ken-
rtedjf and President Essenhow-t
er as "fine men," but said, "I ;
think that Senator Kennedys
will show a iinle more drive!
than Mr. Eisenhower has
done, and I hope that drive is 1
in the right direction,"
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