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Dick Powell, Jack Carson, Film Figures, Die of Cancer Movie-Television Personality Loses Four-Month Fight Hollywood - (UPD - Dick Powell, who rose from baby faced singing roles to become a movie-television giant, died of cancer Wednesday night with his wife, June Allyson at his side. The 58 -year -old star had been in a coma for two days after a four month battle against malignancies in his chest and lymph glands. The end came at 8:30 p.m only a few hours after his friend. Jack Carson, had died of cancer of the liver. "Dick was very brave all the way through it," a family friend said. Powell was stricken last September and was hospital ized for cobalt treatments which, doctors reported, great ly reduced tumorous swelling near his heart. The actor was released and returned to his desk at Four-Star Productions to continue his work as head of the studio. Last month, however, he announced he was unable to continue as host of his own "Dick Powell Show." Reenters Hospital At that time he complained of pains in his back and was readmitted to ,the hospital where it was discovered can cerous growth . had spread through his body. Many stars, among them Robert Taylor, Gregory Peck, Frank Sinatra and Robert Mitchum, volunteered to take his place. Powell a final per formance as host, taped two months ago, was beamed Tuesday night. Last month Powell starred In a segment of his show titled "The Courtmartial of Capt. wycliff, for which he is a prime candidate for a post humous Emmy nomination. He is survived by three adopted children, Norman, 28; Pamela, 13; and Richard Keith, 12; and a natural daughter, Ellen, 24. Singi in Theaters He was born in Mountain View, Ark., and got his start in show business singing in theater orchestra pits. Later he bought a second hand ban jo and traveled through the Midwest and South playing with country musle orches tras. He was discovered by War ner Bros, singing in a theater and brought to Hollywood where he gained stardom in a succession of second rate musical comedies, generally playing choir-boy-type Juve niles in such films as "42nd Street," "Gold Diggers of 1033" and "20 Million Sweet hearts," usually opposite Ruby Keelcr. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at All Saints Episcopal church in Beverly Hills. Inurnment will follow at Forest Lawn. DICK POWEL-, Wife at Bediidi t)l'l) vyu- , r '.'it r F "? JACK CARSON Started by Accident Accident Checked By State Police One accident and a report of an auto fire were investi gated by state police last night and this morning. The accident involved ve hicles operated by James Franklin McGulrc, 43, of Butte Falls Star route, box 47, Eagle Point, and Lcnora Crom Allen, 30, of route 1, box 770, Eagle Point. The collision occurred at 7:25 a.m. at the intersection of Vilas and Table Rock rds., according to police. About 8:50 p.m, Wednesday slate police 'checked the re port of an auto fire on Inter state 5 at Blackwell hill. Driv er of the vehicle, Robert Driv er Luckcy, 22, stationed with the U. S. Navy ai San Fran cisco, told officers that he heard a bang, then a sheet of flames went up from the back of his car. Officers found that (he drive shaft on the car broke, puncturing the gas line. The fire was out by the time '.he car had stopped, officers snicl. A truck from the Ccnlnil Point Rural fire department, called to the scene, was call-d back to the station. Knowledge of Disease Hidden Fron Friends Encino, Calif. iUPH Actor Jack Carson turned in one of his greatest performances dur ing the last two months of his life by concealing a death dealing cancer. He died Wednesday at the age of 52 of a malignancy of the liver. Carson succumbed only a few hours before cancer claimed another Hollywood personality, actor producer Dick Powell. Cam ai Shock Carson's death c a m e as a shock to his friends, who had not been told of the actor's illness at his Insistence. He had undergone surgery about six weeks ago for the malig nancy and was confined to bed at home for the past two weeks. His wife. Sandra, and brother. Robert, were with him when death came. Frank Stempel, Carson's aeent for more than 25 years, said the actor's closest friends were told of his illness only rprpnl.lv. "Jack evidently knew he had cancer, but he didn't tell anybody, he said. CslliDiat On Stag But a hint of Carson's fail ing health came last Aug. 26 at Newark, N.J., wnen ne collapsed on stage during dress rehearsal for "Critics' Choice." Physicians said at the time-he had a stomach disorder. His last appearance was on Walt Disney's "Wonderful World of Color" on television four months ago when he ap peared to be in good health and spirits. Carson's first stage appear ance came when because of his size he was chosen to play the part of Hercules in a college production. It was an auspicious debut. He tripped during a performance and knocked down half the set. A college friend, Dave Wil lock, thought it was so fun ny he persuaded Carson to team with him in a vaudeville act. Carson came to Hollywood In a new Kupmoblle in 1036 to play bit parts in movies and on radio. He appeared in more than 40 pictures and starred on radio throughout his career. Teams With Singar However, Carson didn't reacii fame as a motion pic ture star until he teamed with singer Dennis Morgan in "Two Guys from Texas" and other "Two Guys . . ." films. In addition to his wife and brother, Carson is survived by his mother, Elsa Carson, and two children by a prev ious marriage to singer Kay St. Germain, John Jr., 21, and Kathryn, 17. Funeral arrangements were pending at Forest Lawn Mortuary. Rogue Valley Edition Medford, Page 2A JTRIBUNE MEDFORD, OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1H03 Foreign Briefs WEST GERMANS PERMITTED TO MOVE Bulin-n-Th Communist nwi sarvict AON said today that 1,303 Wait Germans sought and ractivtd permission to move to East Germany last month. CROWN PRINCESS SAID RECOVERING The Hagua-iliPU-Crown Princess Beatrix of th Nether lands ii recovering from a light attack of pneumonia which she suffered during Iht Christmas holidays, according to an ofiicial announcement here. BODIES OF STORM VICTIMS RECOVERED Asahikawa, Japan-iUPU-Saarchers recovered the bodies of two Japanese collage students trapped by a blisiard in the Daitessan mountains Wednesday but called off tht hunt for their eight companions because of new storms. aiTs k-SHOES GiASSST JANUARY CLEARANCE ARMED ROBBERS KILL FRENCH SHOPKEEPER Paris-(ilPli-Five armed robbers fatally shot th owner of a shop that tails gold to dentists Wednesday and wounded three of his employees, according to police. Authorities said th robbers, who wore stockings over their heads to hid their facet, carried pistols and machine guns. They escapad with $12,700 in gold and cash, police said. Market Closes'at New Recovery Peak On Massive Rally Tax Collection Proceedings Against Employees at Toll Bridge Launched Salem HOT Tax collection proceedings against Portland Vancouver toll bridge em ployees were launched today by the Oregon State Tax commission. Commissioner Fre'i Hoefke said "we have notified the di rector of the income tax divi sion to start immediately." More than 30 workmen at the bridge toll plaza are in v o 1 v c d in the two-state wrangle over Oregon's au thority to withhold state in come taxes from employees of Washington State. The three-year battle sprang to life again after talks between Oregon Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton and Washington Atty. Gen. John J. O'Connell failed. The employees involved are Washington residents, and are employed by Washington State. The toll plaza, however, is located in Oregon, and Ore gon claims the employees are subject to the Oregon with holding tax. Hoefke earlier had said the tax commission would wait until the first of the year be fore taking action. He had hoped that Thornton and O'Connell would settle the issue. But no settlement has been reached, and the statute of limitations on collection pro ceedings is only a few months away. Hoefke revealed an auditor will be sent to Washington "within 10 days" to inspect the payroll records of the em ployees involved and determ ine the tax liability. "After that," Hoefke said, "we will contact the em ployees and take steps neces sary to collect the taxes." "We want to look at the records because we feel some of the employees will not have a tax liability because of ex emptions." Hoefke termed the action a "routine audit procedure." He said "we have excellent relations with the Washington Tax Commission and toll bridge authorities." Thornton said today he had been in contact with O'Con nell, and that granting the ' emnlovees a Day increase to compensate for the amount of the tax had been discussed. No action resulted, how ever. Thornton said, "I think we, left it that O'Connell would contact me." ., Hoefke said today that Thornton had agreed to the collection action. Still undetermined is wheth er Oregon has the right to force Washington to withhold the taxcr. The collection proceedings announced today by Hoefke back up Oregon's insistence it has ' the right to collect the taxes. The Oregon Tax Commis sion, however, wants the taxes withheld from the em ployees' paychecks, and wants Washington 'tate to turn the money over to Oregon. Earlier O'Connell said Ore gon lacked the legal power to compel another "sovereign state" to collect its taxes. He added that Oregon could sue each employee individually. and that Washington wanted to avoid that if at all possible. The talks between Thorn ton and O'Connell were inau gurated to avoid such a suit. to please any cat, all tuna liver 'n meat chicken fish meaty mix kidney 'n meat New York - (UPD - Stocks staged a massive rally today, closing at a new recovery peak in the Dow Jones indus trial average on a late tape The market opened a bit firmer and continually pulled ahead until the final bell. Ini tial buying was centered on the blue chips but spread into the general list as the session progressed. Nearly half the blue chips in the industrial average were up better than a point, among m0m!! Black Black n."i CORDUROY BOOT Reduced to CORDUROY OXFORD A ? ZZSZjSl SH0ES FLATS Reduced to iJESJV Values to 5.99 Reduced to -CORDUROYTENNIS OXFORDS I m it v,lu" 10 2 " 1 OO I !K1 1 Reduced to T55 Values to 4.99 from 11 iim ,, , , , -' Values to 3.99 Reduced to A AA tine 1 selection 177 I MEN'S SHOES DRASTiCAUYtfSrfl 1' Values to 8.99 REDUCED Lji. France To Push Program Despite Oder of Polaris Paris - IUPD - France dis closed today that it is deter mined to push ahead with development of its own inde pendent nuclear force despite President Kennedy's offer of American - made Polaris missiles. President Charles de Gaulle made this clear to Kennedy In a message sent to Wash ington Wednesday, although information Minister Alain Pcyrefitte said there is no question of rejecting the Po laris offer. Asked whether the reply re jected the offer of Polaris missiles, Peyrefitle said, There is no question of clos ing the door to anything." Not Prepared To Quit But, he added, "France is engaged on her own nuclear effort and she is not prepared to abandon it. Pcyrefitte made the an nouncement after a three-hour cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace presided over by Dc Gaulle. Peyrefittc said Defense Minister Pierre Messmer told the cabinet that 10 days ago French technicians carried out a "completely successful" test at Colomb Bechar in the Sa hara Desert of a propulsion and guidance system for a nu clear missile. France currently is working on a l'olaris-lypc missile 01 its own as part of an indepen dent nuclear striking force program. Jacksonville Girls Found Near Ruch Two Jacksonville area girls reported missing early yes terday morning were found laic in t lie afternoon by Jack son county sheriff's deputies. Shirley Lee Chi-adle. 0. and Barbara Ann Cheadlo. U. I both daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Edmund Chca i die. route I, Jacksonville. were found near the Ruch service station and grocery. Deputies said they had gone them Alcoa, American Tele- phone, American Tobacco, Bethlehem, Du Pont, Kodak, General Motors, Chrysler, Johns-Manville, Union Car bide and Woolworth.- DOW JONES AVERAGES New York - IUPII - Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 6S7.42, up 10.63; 20 railroads 146.05, up 4.02; IS utilitlts 130.27, up 1.08. and 65 stocks 232.55, up 3.88. Sales today were about 4.57 million hares compared with 2.54 million shares Wadnesday. Today's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical Alum Co. Am American Air Lines American Can American Motors ...... AT&T American Tobacco .... Anaconda Copper Armco Bendix Corp Bethlehem steel BoelnR Air Brunswick Caterpillar Corp Chrysler Corp Coca Cola CBS. Columbia Gas Continental Can Crown Zellerhach Crucible Slccl Curtlss Wright Dow Chemical Du Pont Eastman Kodak Firestone Ford General Electric General Foods General Motors Georgia Pacilic Greyhound Gulf Oil Homestake Idaho Power 1 B.M. . ?nt Paner Johns Manville Kennecotl Copper Lockheed Aircralt Martin Merck .... Montana Power Montgomery Ward National Bisruii New York Central Northern Pacilic Pac Gas Elec Pnincy. J. C Penn RR PerniH Cement Phillips I'rocier at ciamme .... narilo Corporation nichfleld oil Santa Fe . . Scars Shell Oil Socony Mnhll Oil . . Southern Co. Southern Pacific Snerry Rand Standard California Standard Indiana . Standard N J siokclv Van Camp S in Mines Texas Co. Texas Gulf Sulfur Thiokol Trans America Trn World Air Trl Continental United Carbide ttntled Pacific tinned Aircraft United Air Lines . I' S. Plvwnod US. nuhher U S Steel 'sl Bank Corp Wcstlnshouse ... 43 'i ... 54 , ... 18'. 4V, ... 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They worked under the threat of falling debris and deadly am monia fumes which still eddied in the wreckage. when the store owner a them If they weren't the miss ing girls. They ran out of the store and across a field and were found nearby later by deputies. No explanation was given as to why the girls left home yesterday ri o r n i n g. Thev were lodged in the Jack son county Juvenile detention GROUNDS FOR EXCUSE home aiTs SHOES 230 E. Main St. Phone 773-9081 OPEN EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT 'Til 9 Beverage Company Break-in Investigated A break and entry at E:n- pire Beverage company, 14 ! West Fourth St.. some time last night was Investigated to day by Medlotd police. ! Company employees were ! checking tintay to determine what, if anything, is missing. I Police said entrance was I gamed to the building by pcr : sons who broke a pane of i glass out of the office door ! and reached inside to unlock ; it. Los Angeles 'ITI' - Lewis Switzer was excused Wednesday from a jury hear ing a $25,000 damage suit brought by a man whose car whs struck by t Transit Mixed Concrete Co. truck. "1 think 1 should explain. Your Hon ' or." Switzer said, "that I'm the president of the Transit Mixed Concrete Co." CRASH FATAL Rockaway HTP Frank Yo kell , 72. Manhattan Beach, was pronounced dead follow ing a two-car accident on U S Highway 101 near here Wrdnesday o o o SUpER MARKET 000 : LIMIT RIGHTS RESERVED - FREE DELIVERY muss Chase & Sanborn Instant COFFEE 6oZe 10 oz. 69 99 SUNSHINE KRISPY CRACKERS 29 RIVIERA Minestroni SOUP 5f1 00 Baby Lima Beans 10 Oi. French Fries 9 Ot. 5 for I00 Cut Green Beans 9 Oi. Brussels Sprouts 8 Or. 6 w.oo Occident FLOUR 10 Lbs. 89 Gum Drops Orange Slices Hard Mix Old Fashioned Chocolate 2 lbs. 39c NEHI And R-C QUARTS For 1 P'm l)-n GORTON'S SCALLOPS 7 OI. 3 for I00 HUNGRY JACK Pancake FLOUR 10-115 88 SIZE FRESH CALIFORNIA Oranges 3J00 Dales VhM GOLD BELL U.S. NO. 1 Potatoes 10.39 Avocados 13 Nebergall's Old Fashioned FRANKS BACON ENDS and Nebergall's PIECES MILD, CHEDDAR CHEESE -PT PRIME RIB ROAST mw USDA CHOICE ROUND STEAK 79 lb. 79 PORK STEAK LEAN BLADE CUTS - 49 350 East Pine St. "A Good Place To Trade" Central Point
