Show - -- L11w-- L1 il it - : A2'rhe Salt Lake Tribune 1 Sunday June 9 1991 Soviet Union Near 200000 Cheer Gulf Vets in DC IiLast Stage of 4 PRESS THE ASSOCIATED 4 WASHINGTON — The nine-yea- r struggle to write a treaty to cat back on US and Sovlet long-rang- e nuclear missiles is enterRi final phase Only a handful of technical issues stand in the way of a 30 percent reduction in the world's deadliest weapons Those issues are:so complicated that even some of the top' Bush administration officials working on strategic arms admit they don't understand all the details "They are tough nuts to crack very complex" one of Secretary of State James A Baker III's closest advisers said Friday night on the flight home from Geneva There Baker and Soviet Foreign Minister Alexander A Bessmertnykh had spent nearly three hours on the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty only to emerge from the Soviet mission without an agreement Neither even claimed progress which foreign ministers usually declare even when they are at each others' throats As a nasty drizzle fell on a cluster of of cia and reporters Bessmertnykh was asked whether his somber mood had to do with the weather or the tone of his talks with Baker "We are not less optimistic at all" the Soviet foreign minister replied "I think we are in a more working mode We are realists We have just started the job That's why we look so serious" The task they had just started was the end game the critical period near the end of a chess match or an arms control negotiatithi in which each move takes on an exag- gerated importance On the face of it the remaining issues are notonsidered terribly significant by arms control specialists They include the degree of data to be exchanged from missile flight testa and whether some warheads can be taken off various missiles and placed on others Baker gave Bessmertnykh a letter from N-Trea- ty President Bush to deliver to Mikhail S Gorbachev "This letter does indeed contain some new ideas" Baker said without disclosing any of them Bessmertnykh promised to take the letter swiftly to Gorbachev and to provide a reply quickly That reply is likely to be delivered to Baker when he and Bessmertnykh meet next week at a conference in Berlin on European security In the meantime the same Bush administraion officials who were saying last week that the Moscow summit might be held in late June are spreading doubt Bush will see Gorbachev by early July "It won't happen in June and it may not happen in July" an administration official said Saturday "A fair amount of work has to be done before we will conclude a START agreement" Baker said As for a summit date he said: "We didn't even discuss specific dates" Gorbachev wants to see Bush as soon as possible to dramatize his need for Western economic assistance Bush and Baker planned to plot their next moves in the quiet of Camp David this weekend Also on their agenda was the apparent deadlock in trying to set up Mideast peace talks On both fronts Bush's foreign policy goals are in jeopardy -- -- which is apt to become apparent after the glow of Saturday's capital celebration of the US victory over Iraq dims In the end game period the Bush administration may simply have calculated Gorbachev wants the summit so much that the best US strategy is simply to wait for the Soviets give in on the issues That was the US strategy in wrapping weapons in up a treaty to cut non-nucle- Europe It took a yielded half-yea- but the Soviets finally r Nation Parades Hardware and 0ttf'S ' Tr''"- - ' e Z4' 4 r - Q t L - ' T':1 - - - - - Pittsburgh for the parade But Vietnam War veteran Phil O'Don § - '- 4 ?'' 4' t t 2 tf 4 k e :k 1 IP' : ' 1' - Awq 1 '1 ' 1 1 4 ' 4 - 4 z14: I t 43r '' " "- r i io - ! 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"This is one of those days where I can't believe I'm getting paid to do my job" said Marine Corps Lt Seth Hensel of Camp Lejeune who flew the Cobra in the gulf "Two months ago I was looking at this same bird in the desert Here we are on the Mall in Washington It's absolutely phenomenal" "It's like a military Mardi Gras" said Capt Mario Acevedo a combat artist who brought his Desert Storm watercolor paintings to the Mall In fact the $12 million extravaganza — that included a huge picnic for gulf war veterans and their families a USG show with Barbara Mandrell and the largest fireworks display ever in Washington — stood in stark contrast to the cool reception Vietnam War veterans remember many noted Hensel said he thought Saturday's festivities were "not just for us but for the guys who didn't get a welcome home 20 years ago This is America's way of saying 'thank you' to the military in general" "This is for everybody" said Korean War veteran Bill Griser who came from -' r - -4 - --- - 'iv -' tf - 2t ' '''attli ' 4 ' - : - 8800 Soldiers Continued From 1' ''''''1-- - The Associated Press After leading troops in Washington parade of sophisticated weapons Gen Norman Schwarzkopf and President Bush trade war stories nell of Dale City Va said he didn't feel the day was for him especially "I feel good for these guys They deserved it But it's too late for us — that's my feeling Something like this could have happened for us too" President Bush his voice cracking with emotion paid tribute there to the war's 376 fallen servicemen and women from the Persian Gulf crisis and war saying that America's dream of a commonwealth of freedom endures "because we dared risk our most prccious asset our sons and the finest troops any country daughters has ever had" Many at the somber service were family members and friends of the 145 Americans killed in action and of the 231 others who died in the crisis Manton Ritch of Charlestown NH son Todd Christopher whose motor Ritch was killed in a vehicle accident in Saudi Arabia was choked with tears during the memorial service "A lot of us broke down — but we probably needed to It's a sad day but I've enjoyed every minute of it" Ritch accompanied by his wife and three sons said he couldn't bring himself to attend welcome ceremonies for troops back in New Hampshire and almost didn't attend Saturday's festivities here "I'm glad I changed my mind This has all been beautiful I can't even find words to explain it I'm proud — that says it all" non-comb- I THE MYSTERIOUS LIFE OF EDWINA 110 0 TH CoUtinued From A-- 1 the white goddess was the last thing his sister wanted to do and it was a decision against her better judgment that she was to regret for the rest of her life For six decades the full story of Edwina Booth has remained largely untold: she steadfastly refused to discuss it even with her own family to the day she died And when Mr Woodruff supplied a small obituary to the Los Angeles Times telling the world that his sister had passed away of heart failure long dormant memories of the filming of "Trader Horn" began once more to stir Ironically Edwina's death had been reported numerous times in the years after the premiere of "Trader Horn'' when she dropped from sight and remained out of the public eye much like Greta Garbo by choice (On four separate occasions writers from the LDS Church attempted to interview her for its History Department archives but were turned away She was adamant in refusing to discuss her professional career Mr Woodruff said) The most recent incident Mr Woodruff recalled came in Katherine Hepbum's 1990 book "The Making of the African Queen How I went to Africa with Bogart Baca And Huston And Almost Lost My Mind" in which she wrote that Edwina Booth was the first to film in Africa but then "she died some years ago" Even as a child Josephine Constance Woodruff born in Provo Sept 11 1904 was fragile and sickly (Studio biographies later carried her birthday as 1909 but shaving five years from a starlet's age was hot uncommon) She had never been in good health but was a strikingly beautiful child with long blond hair and a fair almost pale complexion Her heart was strong and her weight was good her brother remembers But her energy was "way down" She tired easily Though her father James Lloyd 'Woodruff was a physician with an office in Salt Lake City and she had been examined frequently the source of her ailment was never pinned down (Medical science knew little in those years of suspected hypoglycemia) "Because of her health she never got through a full year of school any place we were" Mr Woodruff said 'When she was in grade school as one of five children of us would come home and find her lying down And mother fJosephine Bocrili Woodruff would explain that Connie wasn't feeling well and to be careful not to disturb her You can understandthat our home life was very restrained She was never fully healthy during her lifetime which makes her accomphshments all the more remarkable he added During the summers Mr Woodruff said "We used to spend most of our time in Provo staying with our grandfather John Edge Booth who was a federal " judge and had a large home there (The Heber Creeper train lour still id:ntifies it as Edgewood Mr Woodruff said Judge Booth liked to have his grandchildren visit so he made accommodations forais and we'd go there in the summer- But during World War I the influenza epidemic hit Utah hard and the father fell so i ll the Woodruffs feared for his life As part of his recuperation Br Woodruff was moved to Venice Calif for the change in chrnate and by 1921 the family joined him there Because she was ill and isolated most of tthe time Connie didn't participate in many family activities her brother remembered The only known public appearance she made before moving to Cali 1 11 ! the-res- t 1 1 a fornia was a festival for the local ward (the Woodruffs were and are Mormons) But the isolation forced upon the girl also made her a virtual addict of the grand craze of the '20s: motion pictures "She watched them all the time and she somehow had the feeling that was where life really was" Mr Woodruff said One morning in 1922 Connie was watching a film being made in Venice and the director saw her in the crowd and asked if she "was in the movies" Mr Woodruff said "Keep in mind she was really beautiful in a fragile sort of way" The director asked her to "come to Hollywood and take a screen test" "Connie was hesitant and she asked my opinion I was going to grade school then and I thought she ought to give it a try The test turned out good enough that Connie began to be offered a few bit parts" She appeared in "Manhattan Cocktail" (1928) and "Our Modern Maid i '' toorr-wr- ' ' ' i ''' 9 '''- ' '' 4 414 ' -- - i ' I - 't ' 1- 44":'64- - -- e4 t Booth a Mormon bishop in Provo She added the "a- - for the feminine form and her professional name became Edwina Booth In 1930 only a few travel documentaries had been filmed in Africa no Hollywood studio had attempted to use the Dark (lontinent as a location until ''Trader Horn" MGM executive Irving Thalbeig reportedly had read the original 1927 novel by Alfred Aloysius Horn and Ethelreda Lewis and was convinced it would make a great motion picture first choice for the title role was Wallace Beery but Beery turned him down Thalberg then approached Harry Carey ard signed him for $OO a week Carey's wife Olive Fuller Golden was given the missionary's part Cast and crew — inclad:ng Edwina Booth ()live Golden and two other kvornen script clerk Josephine C14po and a hairdresser named Miss Gordm — set sail for Africa in 1930 Th( director William "Woody" Van whose nickname in Hollywood Dyke was Woody" for his casual attitude toward setting up camera scenes also had a reputation for being partial to liquor During the month F on location one disaster after another befell the company Sound equipment toppled from trucks insects snakes and animals constantly pestered the crew and natives bewildered by Hollywood props that included human skulls hundreds of considered the film company peculiar One cinema history depicted Van Dyke 'One-Take papier-mach- ' ''''' ' ' ' fi 4!ii ' took 1- '!' t ''' ' tio)t4s ii -- "- - it ! -- ' - "' -' - 1 i ‘ c'' )-- " i 6414 '' t t ' '' : z- "Trader Horn" MGM wanted her for the part of the white goddess but she turned r 40 i'''' -' 1 t i'- - - i ti ' i vi: (1 '' ' 1 t3A74— f- Q (1929) Then in 1929 came the casting for Herald-Examine- I 1 ens" it down She was emphatic Africa frightened her but father encouraged her to accept to see Africa and travel" Mr Woodruff said She still refused There were all sorts of newspaper stories that MGM was conducting a nationwide search to fill the role In fact the studio had tested a number of actresses for the part including Bessie Love Thelma Todd and Jeanette MacDonald But they kept pressing Connie who remained stubborn Then one afternoon the Los broke a story Ingeles that she was MGM's choice for the "white goddess" — she caved in under the pressure and signed She was 25 It would be well here to explain how Josephine Constance Woodruff had become Edwina Booth When she first was asked to pick a stage name she decided on Booth for her favorite grandfather the judge: and Edwin — not for the famous Shakespearean actor as rumored but for her favorite granduncle Edwin 1 - 1 litg ' " i ja : '' c 7 ' 4 0!"41ri 4 ::: - : - Family Photo Reinold FeMberg and his wife Constance (Edwina Booth) in California in 1980 She shunned publicity after leaving films as being "comfortably numb the whole time thanks to cases of gin he had brought along" And it was said that Edwina Booth had complained Van Dyke was "like an octopus" — all hands Van Dyke in a book about the film later described his leading lady as obnoxious Edwina's health remained a problem She was particularly sensitive to the sun she suffered from amebic dysentery and was bitten unmercifully by insects All the others in the cast wore hats and protective clothing but her scenes called for sandals and no hat The "white goddess" costume was scant Once overcome by sunstroke she fell from a tree "They splashed her with water" her brother said Olive Golden later told film historian Kevin Brown low that Edwina suffered most Throughout the picture she was bitten and stung by insects her flesh was torn by elephant grass and she endured malaria and sunstroke Brown low also recorded that when Africa failed to live up to his expectations director Van Dyke provided his own action provoking buffalo stampedes rhino charges and what the historian described as "zoological mayhem" abetted by a camera car built like a tank with a lens replacing the gun "Trader Horn" actually began as a silent film but when MGM realized that talkies might not be just a passing fancy the studio shipped a sound truck to the film company in Mombasa When it was being unloaded from the boat workers dropped the equipment overboard resulting in another months delay Much of the crew suffered from malaria and Brown low reported that the sound man was so full of quinine he was practically deaf The filming went on for months before Van Dyke considered all the scenes complete When the company returned to the United States however Thalberg fired most of them He had not been able to make sense of the footage Van Dyke had sent ahead and believing his costly investment was a loss and a failure retallat long-focu- s 1 with Carey That she was not always popular with other cast members 1 t' 4 t Franklin D Roosevelt and allowed to enter the country legally Renal& went on to a career in B movies in the 1940s and starred in the most popular children's western of early television: 156 episodes as "The Cisco Kid" with Leo Carrillo Rena Id° died in 1980 Edwina Booth's film career was now in jeopardy even though "Trader Horn" was a box office success A lawyer from her LDS Ward in Los Angeles approached the actress's parents and told them she ought to receive compensation from MGM for her physical problems "Connie instituted a lawsuit for $1 million" her brother said It was $10 million according to film historian John Tuska with Edwina insisting she had contracted a jungle disease while shooting in Africa During the next two years she accepted roles in three serials (chapter movies they were called) "The Vanishing Legion" (1931) with Harry Carey "Trapped in Tijuana" (1932) with Renaldo and "The Last of the Mohicans" (1932) again ed with dismissal notices Cooler heads thought the picture could be salvaged the sound was rerecorded in a Culver City Calif and studio and dialogue scenes written and filmed on a back lot — all in complete secrecy Cinema historians said if the public had learned "Trader Horn" wasn't made entirely in Africa the project would have been a disaster Some footage without Edwina was shot in Mexico to fill in the gaps before "Trader Horn" could be released and she was no longer needed Edwina returned to California the day Booth Woodruff graduated from junior high school The movie premiere was a smashing success and the film would be nominated for an Academy Award as best picture of the year It went on to earn almost $1 million in profit Connie was still sick when she came back from Africa MGM provided her with a home in Del Ray for three months But no one knew much about African diseases and she did not improve The studio gave up on her and released her from picture commitments (Brown low suggested the publicity about her having contracted an "African fever" was used to cover up what amounted to a nervous breakdown) Even while location shooting was going on Hollywood columnists began printing rumors of an adulterous romance with Rena Id° The reported affair eventually caused the actor's wife to sue him for divorce and to charge Edwina with alienation of affection Another motion picture review alleged Edwina was also married at the time and that her husband had their marriage annulled after the end of filming (The Woodruff family would not comment on the allegation) The Renaldos' marital arguments continued to make headlines — and spur interest in "Trader Horn" — until it was revealed that Rena Id° was an illegal alien from Romania and thus subject to deportation The handsome leading man eventually went to prison Two years later he was granted a full pardon by President is apparent Her role as Cora Munro in "Mohicans" (for which her blonde hair was dyed black) cast her with Lucile Brown who played the sister Alice Munro In a letter to cinema historian Tuska Brown said of Edwina "I remember that she was very temperamental very demanding — always late on the set — had to have a car for her use only I never thought of Edwina as an actress — an attractive woman but as I remember and shallow" By 1932 her health had worsened and was so debilitated that for the next six years she was confined to darkened rooms unable even to hold a conversation The lawsuit dragged on and she was so deeply in debt from legal fees that the Careys were helping her financially by persuading friends to contribute money to her plight An option for a third serial for Mascot Pictures was dropped and Edwina Booth retired d Newspaper were relentless in stories about lier financial and physical straits After two ycars the lawsuit was settled out of court for $35000 Mr Woodruff said on the condition that she seek medical rare in Europe "Connie agreed to go to tropical-diseastreatment hospitals in London Berlin and Vienna where specialists could be consulted The doctors empathized but could do nothing to cure her hypoglycemia She spent 212 years in Europe with her father and stayed for six months in the Mormon European Mission Home in England where all she did was rest" her brother said In 1936 she moved to Paris and the mission home there She returned to Los Angeles later that year to stay with her brother and mother Her mother died in 1951 and her father succumbed to injuries suffered in an automobile accident in 1954 She continued to attend the LDS Wilshire ward in Los Angeles and in 1951 was married to Urial Higham a former mission presie dent He died in 1957 In 1969 she married Reinold Fehlberg who worked in the miniature department at one of the motion picture studios He died in 1984 Josephine Constance (Edwina Booth) Woodruff Higham Fehlberg is survived by her brother L Booth Woodruff and a sister Elizabeth Woodruff Benson Another sister Ruth Ann and brother Jackson Booth Woodruff preceded her in death She was buried in Santa Monica Calif after graveside services 1 5 r'--r- 7- |