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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
THURSDAY. JANUARY 22,
"DENNIS THE MENACE"
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Hollywood Mourns Death
Of Mogul C.B.DeMille
By BOB THOMAS
AP Movle-TV Writer
HOLLYWOOD (AP) - A giant
Has gone.
The heart of Cecil B. DeMille
topped Wednesday morning, eras
ing the most colorful movie maker
from the Hollywood scene ho had
dominated for 45 years. DeMille
always invited superlatives: his
films were the biggest, made the
most money, were seen by more
people throughout the world.
Superlatives aside, what kind of
a man was he? The answer is
best told in his own words.
Despite his outward assurance,
he said he faced his job with trepi
dation. "I have never made a picture
without being frightened," he said.
Of what? Of my own ability. Of
whether I squeezed the most out
of my material. Of whether I
created something that would
wring the public's heart."
He prepared his scripts with in
finite pains. "A good story is
everything. If you have that, the
director and the stars do not make
much difference. They can help a
picture a little or hurt it a little.
But they can't make a good scrint
Into a bad picture, or a bad script
into a good picture.
, He supervised even the smallest
details in his films. "What did the
people wear and cat in those Bibli
cal limes? Did they eat roast beef
or lamb chops or what? It would
be as bad to show them eating
the wrong thing as it would be to
show them dressed in tails and
tophat."
He made pictures for the public
alone, though the disdain of the in
tellectuals stung him, "I have
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BASIL RATHBONE DONALP CRISP
JAMES GLEASON
oncn wondered wny critics are
hostile. If the people are enter
tained, that should be enough.
t-very time I make a picture,
critics estimation of the public
drops to per cent.
He demanded loyalty from his
ever-present retinue but denied the
legend that he hired only yes-men
"I pay pretty generously, so why
should I pay a man more than
20 dollars if all I wanted him to
say is 'Yes ? On the other hand
I don't want an aide who con
tinually 'noses' me. He'd be just
as worthless. 1 want assistants
(and I have them) who can eive
me good reasons for disagreeing.
lie was a stern taskmaster and
could wither an extra at a hundred
paces. "I have been called a ty
rant, a despot and a martinet be
cause I lose my temper when 1
sec someone playing checkers on
a set that cost $40,000 a day when
he should he paying attention to his
job. It's the same with alibis. I
don't have enough time on this
earth to listen to alibis."
He had faith that the movie
business would continue despite its
ins, iney ve been saying the
theater is doomed for 6,000 years.
My belief is that if our material
is good, we won t have to worry.
He wanted to die in the saddle.
I don t suppose I will ever quit
unless 1 am forced to. If you are
a good story teller and Mrs. De
Mille and I believe that I am 1
think you should stick to your
trade as long as you are able.
He had been planning two more
productions on a schedule that
would have taken him to the age
n 85 "and then they'll have to
come and wheel me away. But
after returning from a strenuous
tour for his last picture, his heart
wore out before he could conclude
his work.
Miss Oregon
To Host Fete
PORTLAND (AP)-The winner
of the Miss Oregon contest will
be queen of the Oregon Centen
nial Celebration this summer.
The contest winner who will be
selected at Seaside June 5-7
also will represent the state in the
Miss America contest at Atlantic
City, N.J., later in the summer.
The Seaside contest is usually
held in late July. It has been ad
vanced by the sponsoring Junior
Chamber o( Commerce so the
winner can act as official hostess
for the state's 100-day Centennial
show.
Local Junior Chambers of Com.
mere from throughout the state
usually sponsor entrants in the
Miss Oregon Contest. ,
There will he several other
queens available for the Centen
nial. The Sons and Daughters of
the Oregon Pioneers will select
their Valentine Girl next month.
She will light the candles for the
state birthday cake at the Cen
tennial banquet in Portland Feb.
14.
In addition. Portland will select
its Rose Festival queen June 10.
'Our Gang' Comedy Star -Slain In Money Argument
SAN FERNANDO, Calif. (API-;
Actor Carl ( Alfalfa i Switzer, 31 a
Ireckle-faced, wide-eyed movie
star as a boy was shot to death
Wednesday night. Police said the
shooting had occurred during an
argument with another man over
money.
switzer was a favorite of movie
goers a generation ago when he
appeared in "Our Gang" and
Keg lar r ellers comedies. He
became known again with reissue
of the films to television under
the title "The Little Rascals."
But in recent years his movie
parts had been minor, and he
worked as a bartender and hunt-
ng guide when not acting. He
realized nothing from reissue of
the old iilms.
Detectives Louis Bell and Er
nest Johnson said Stiltz told them
that an argument had developed
and Switzer hit him on the head
with a clock. Stiltz got a gun, and
struggled, Stiltz said Switzer drew
a knife, and Stiltz shot him in the
abdomen the latter said.
The shooting was witnessed by
Jack Piott, 37, who' had accom
panied Switzer to Stillz's home,
and Mrs. Rita Jane Corrigan and
her three children, who were there
when Switzer and Piott arrived.
Stiltz was held for questioning.
Switzer began his movie career
in IM3. He and his young col
leagues pranced through a long
series of "Our Gang'' comedies
and then, as they grew older, ap-
slightly wounded in a mysterious .he
shooting near his home. A sniper
winged him in the arm. The police
never learned who the sniper was.
Switzer was divorced in 1954.
Learning of his death, one of
George (Spanky) McFarland, said
was "shocked, to say the
least." McFarland. who now has
a TV how in Tulsa, Okla., said
he and Switzer had been close
boyhood friends but that they had
onlv infrequent contact in recent
years.
Actress Slates Hospital Return
HOLLYWOOD (AP - Actress
Gene Tierney has withdrawn from
a comeback movie role and re
turned to a mental institution, her
studio says.
The 20th Century Fox Studio
said Wednesday Miss Tierney has
re-entered the Menninger Clinic at
Topeka, Kas. She withdrew Iron
the movie "Holiday For Lovers,
which begins shooting in 30 da
Miss Tierney, 37, spent eijht
months in the institution befor(
being discharged last September.
She had spent 18 months earlief
in a private institution hi Har
ford. Conn. j.
Police said Switzer had gone toPeared in ,he "Reg'lar Fellars"
the home of a friend, "Bud" Stiltz,
38, Wednesday night in an effort
to collect a $50 loan.
Basin Briefs
To Anderson Mr. and Mrs.
John Archibald of Macdoel attend
ed the open installation of the
Mount Shasta Masonic Lodge at
Anderson on Saturday evening and
visited friends in that town on
Sunday. .
Cattle Mr. and Mrs. Ora Garey
moved their cattle over the week
end from pasture on the Lower
Klamath Lake to their ranch at
Macdoel.
To New Mexico Mrs. Harold
Andrus and daughter, Melva Jean,
Macdoel, left last week by train
for Clovis, New Mexico, to be with
her husband who returned about
the first ,of the year to Cannon
Air Force- Base after several
months of duty on Formosa.
Enlisted J. L. Hawkins, son of
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Hawkins,
Macdoel, has enlisted in the para
troopers division of the Army and
is leaving Thursday for Portland
to take his physical examination.
Dorris Grange 393 plans to
hold a public card party at 8 p.m.
on January 24 at the Dorris City
Hall. Pinochle and whist will be
played and prizes will be given.
Refreshments will be served.
Alturas A reception in honor of
the 50th wedding anniversary of
Mr. and Mrs. William Howe, Al
turas, will be given at the Fed
erated Community Church on Sat
urday, January 24, from 1 to 5
p.m. The hosts, Bille Howe, the
only son o the Howes, and his
wife of Castro 'Valley extend an
invitation to all friends of the
couple.
Public Card Parly Lost River
Grange will sponsor a card party
at the grange hall in Oletie on
Friday, January 23, at 8 p.m. The
public is invited.
In Far East Clyde A. Bushaw,
son of Mrs. Ada D. Wilbur, Ma
tin, is aboard the USS Rochester
for a tour of Navy duty in the
Far East.
Upper Klamath Lake Grange
will meet Tuesday, January 27, at
the Tomahawk Ski Bowl Lodge at
8 p.m. All persons interested in
grange work and property own
ers of the area are cordially invited.
series.
Some of Switzer's pictures in
those days were "Too Many Par
ents," "Wild and Woolly," and
"Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage
Patch."
I After 1942 Kwil7pr' pariw wnt
into eclipse along with those of
most of the other kids who had
appeared in "Our Gang" and
"Reg'lar Fellers." Jackie Cooper
was one member of the gang who
went on to success as an actor.
Switzer continued to act, but the
parts were sparse. Among hisj
more recent pictures were "Going'
My Way," "State of the Union,"
"Island in the Sky." "Hiah and
the Mighty," "Dig that Uranium,"
ana me Defiant Ones."
Just a year ago Switzer was
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Stamps Aid
Customers
WASHINGTON (APt-A survey
shows that customers pay more
for food at supermarkets which
give trading stamps, but the add
ed cost is more than offset byjhe
value of the stamps.
The Agriculture Department, re
porting this today, said its study
in 21 cities showed that food prices
in slamp-givhfg stores averaged
six-tenths of one per cent more
than those in nonstamp supermar
kets. But the value of the stamps
amounted to about 2 per cent of
the money spent at stores giving
stamps, the studies showed.
The survey covered the period
from November 1953 to March
1957. In a report on the study, the
department said: The use of
stamps apparently has no signifi
cant effect on prices paid to the
farmer. But it noted this potential
gain for purchasers:
"If the consumer pays six tenths
of one per cent more for food in
Ihe stamp-giving store but re
deems his stamps at the rate of
2 per cent, he benefits by the ex
tent of tins difference.' That is, if
you don't count the time and trou
ble it takes to save and redeem
these stamps."
Recreationists
Rename Officers
PORTLAND AP - Members
of the Portland Exposition Rec
reation Commission Wednesday
reelected their officers.
The officials are Gail Living
ston, chairman; Thaddcus B. Bru
no, vice chairman: and R. An
thony DuBay. secretary-trcasur-1
or.
The commission is directing i
preliminary work for the city s
eight million dollar sports center.
Construction bids are to be opened
Jan. 29.
DuBay reported that Ihe com
mission's funds on hand now to
tal (A.419,149.
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