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Show Y' t C ' Sunday, December 25, 1949 SUNDAY HERALD Serum Possibility In Two Years ' 1 BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec.f24 U.R) A serum that Will act at a polio preventative may be developed - within two yean, Basil O'Connor, president of the National Foun- - datlon for Infantile Paralysis, vaaid last night. 1 Addressing a county polio i chapter -meeting, O'Connor said that mystery surrounding the dis ease "finally has begun to cave . in not in one small area, but an along the line." ' ' He 'said research now uriBer way Is making progress in efforts to isolate and identify all polio - virus strains to a preventative vaccine may be formulated. O'Connor said that the rise in polio cases during the past year has' created a grave financial problem. He disclosed that the foundation founda-tion paid out $31,000,000 this year for the care of 42,000 polio suf-' suf-' ferers. ; In setting the goal of the or- ' eanlzation's 1950 campaign at j about $50,000,000,- he pointed out : that the cost of care next year for ; the ...17,000 carry-over patients I from the 1949 epidemic would ap proximate $20,000,000. A total of 827 paid-up national service life insurance - policies were on Veterans Administration books as of Oct. 1, 1949. Their total ace value was $561,000. Husband Admits Slaying His Yife SAN JOSE, Cal. Dec. 24 (U.R) Ihe wife of a wealthy retired New Mexico cattleman was found shot to death Saturday in her palatial home in the Los'Gatos-Saratoga Los'Gatos-Saratoga foothills and a few hours later her husband. Thomas P. Talle, 36, surrendered to sheriff's deputies. . . Officers learned of tne staying when Attorney James Boccardo of San Jose telephone them and said "If you go to the Talle home, you will find Talle has killed his wife." Deputy Phil Cuffaro hurried to the newly-built $50,000 mansion tiid found the body of Mrs. Mar-jorie Mar-jorie Talle, 29, sprawled on the floor of the patio. She had been shot once in the back with a .44 caliber revolver. A squad of deputies went to Boccardo's office here, where they found the attorney and Talle, a former Raton, N. M., cat tleman, waiting for them. talle refused to talk to sheriffs deputies on the advice of his attorney. at-torney. SCIENCE CATCHES UP .. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (U.R Fifty years ago Harvard plumbers did not have a college education. They couldn't record where they laid their pipes. So the university has Just bought a mine detector to locate uncharted pipes that stop up and cause trouble. The Daily Herald Wishes You a jfe . Wishing ! irwd you mi fy i vi - m nvery J - r i ; Merry Christmas! Thanking You for Your - Patronage and May We . , Continue to Serve You. I GUL! urn x7;Xv 164 W.-Center Phone 362 Lionel 'Scrooge' Barrymore Getting Hot Christmas Competition from Gvenn By VIRGINIA MAC PHERSON United Press Hollywood Correspondent HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 24 (U.R) Lionel "Scrooge" Barrymore Bar-rymore is getting stiff competition compe-tition this year for his spot as Hollywood's chief Christmas legend. Edmund Gwenn is coming up fast as "Santa Claus." , For almost 10 years, Barry-more Barry-more has been movieland's chief contribution to holiday 1 festivities. His characterization characteriza-tion as the crotchety old man was No. 1 on Christmas eve. Now Gwenn's taking over. Ever since "The Miracle on 34th Street," he's been Santa Claus to hundreds of thousands thou-sands of kids and grownups. He couldn't help himself even if he wanted to. It's "been three years since he pasted on that white beard and played the jolly old gent - s on the screen. But the letters keep pouring, in. ."It's amazing," Gwenn said. "The things those children ask for! And it's not only the Jetters. People stop me on the street even in July and say: 'Hello, Santa Claus.' "I'm very flattered. That role was a great opener-upper for a chap my age. It gives one a splendid feeling to be a part of the Yuletide spirit." It didn't hurt his career, either. Gwenn, who came to Hollywood from London more than 15 years, ago, took home an "Oscar" for his role as St. Nick. But Gwenn's bosses wouldn't even listen. They don't mind if he plays Santa Claus on NBC's Christmas program, as he will tonight, but they aren't parting with the genial actor for any amount ofNmoney. His lending price went up, One of the real pleasures of Christmas is the genuine joy of wishing happiness and good health to our many friends. t fir ,0 fdfa though. And so did, the offers from other studios. Right now, "Santa Claus" is playing play-ing the president of a baby-food baby-food company for Warner Brothers' "Pretty Baby." But tonight, he turns into the spirit of Christmas for 500 kids in Hollywood and the rest of the moppets on the coast-to-coast hookup. "This all gives a chap a big obligation, y'knoW," Gwenn added. "You have to more or less live the part all year long. Mustn't do anything Santa wouldn't and all that." Playboy Says He Plans to Operate Lonely Heart Club HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 24 (UJ Count Alfred' De Marianv. ac- qiiited after a sensational murder j trial in the Bahamas six years' ago, said today he is going to! operate a film colony lonely;-hearts lonely;-hearts club. , "You see, I know what it means to be lonely," the handsome 39- ; year-old playboy said in aAuave continental accent. He lanced wistfully out of the wijAdow of the half-finished Vine St. office where he will manage. tHe Hollywood Holly-wood branch of a nationwide matrimonial agency. "I've been so lonely j myself during the Das-t six van. At times I fell like committing suN cide. That's what loneliness does to you." The tall, slender count was the darling of the International set in the Bahamas in 1943 when he suddenly found himself charged with the brutal murder of his vealthy father-in-law, Sir Harry Oakes. His wife, the beautiful heiress ' Nancy Oakes, stood by j him through the trial, but re cently obtained an' annulment. De Mapigny waved his hand airily. "That was all very long ago," he said. "I've tried to forget it That's why I want to work here, to make a home for the lonely people.-' Clara Lane, a short chubby woman wo-man who runs the lonely-hearts club chain, put in a word for her new. manager. "I should say you're qualified to interview lonely people," she declared. "After your ,ex- periences ".Yes," said De Marigny. struck, out three times, as ay In baseball. "Married three times and none of them lasted." He sighed. De Marigny said his technique would be to judge a client's personality, per-sonality, match him up with a suitable mate, arrange an introduction intro-duction and wait. M r (- FOR A ERRY CHRISTMAS May your Yule-tide be joyous and bright . , . with the fullest measure meas-ure of happiness and contentment! JEFFS and JONES 54 No. Univ. Ave., Provo, Utah 9 ' ; "I've they VEGETABLES COMING UP TUCSON, Ariz.u.R) The Southern Pacific Railroad expects to move some 35,000 carloads of vegetables from fields in Arizona, the Imperial Valley of California and Northern Mexico during the winter and spring harvest v seasons. sea-sons. The shipments will include lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, citrus fruits and other produce bound for the nation's dinner tables. N 1 Yes There Is a Santa Claus ; ry- viS On Savings DIVIDENDS PAID JUNE SO DECEMBER 311949 ASSURED SAFETY F. H A. MORTGAGE LOANS UTAH SAVINGS and Loan Association 30 Years of Continuous Operation I and played the jolly old gent -1. His lendi: :.: . ; ; - : : x . - ' Ctir favorite season is here aain! For if Christmas ts andt- time when colorful Hthts and holly wreaths brighten every window when the carefree voicea of carotera break the ailence of the night,' and o wide-eyed 1 ' youngsters dear old Santa Ctaus is the "manf the hour9. Beyond alt these pleasures bur greatest enjoyment comes from the opportunity to wish all oar friends a Merry Christmas and a HappyNew Year. DAILY HERALD AND EMPLOYEES |