Soprano Likes College Audiences
This is like spring!”
To Florence Quartararo, young
Metropolitan Opera star who sang
in McArthur court last night, that
is what Eugene seemed like, at
least in comparison with Canada,
where she has recently performed.
Oregon is not new to her, she
said in an interview at the Osburn
hotel. The 27-year-old soprano has
visited friends in the state before,
Private Steel
Counter Attacks
President's Idea
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5— (AP)—
President Truman’s proposal that
the government consider going into
the steel business was countered by
industry claims today that its own
expansion program will meet de
mands.
Mr. Truman did not indicate
what yardstick might be applied
but some government officials
have called for a 10,000,000-ton in
crease or more in steel-making ca
pacity.
The steel industry currently is
operating at about 100 per cent ca
pacity with an output estimated
at about 95,000,000 tons. Under
present expansion programs indus
try spokesmen predict that the
1949 capacity will exceed even the
wartime peak and will bring sup
ply and demand into balance this
year.
The White House plan was sure
of at least one strong supporter on
Capitol Hill. Senator Murray (D
Mont), who presumably will head
the senate small business commit
tee if it is extended, called for al
most identical action last spring at
the height of the steel “grey mar
ket” investigation.
The proposal, virtually unprece
dented in peace time, was the big
gest surprise for businessmen in
Mr. Truman’s state of the union
message.
Mr. Truman asked congress to
authorize an immediate study of
the adequacy of plants producing
“materials in critically short sup
ply, such as steel.”
Government loans for expansion
should be offered he said, if they
are found to be necessary. And if
private industry fails to respond,
congress should “authorize the con
struction of such facilities direct
ly.”
A 10,000,000-ton increase in steel
capacity has been urged by Assist
ant Secretary of the Interior C. Gi
rard Davidson. In a recent speech
he accused the “steel barons” of
living “in constant dread of a de
pression which might leave them
with ‘too much’ steel.” Present ex
pansion plans are insufficient, he
said, to match the needs of a full
employment economy.
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and refers to it favorably.
Now on her second concert tour,
she has appeared before many
United States and Canadian audi
ences, and maintains that a col
lege audience has a different spirit
—a more fresh response. Western
audiences also are more enthusias
tic, she believes, since listeners in
the East are “so used to hearing
so much” in the musical field.
FLORENCE QUARTARARO
“They are too blase,” she said.
A graduate of San Francisco
State college, the singer majored
in foreign languages, taking few
music courses. Her plans were to
become a teacher. She has, how
ever, taken private music lessons in
piano and violin as well as voice,
she said, since she was a child.
“The whole family is musical,
though not professionally,” she ex
plained. They used to put on op
eras, each member taking a part,
for the amusement of the neigh
bors. She added, “When not old
enough I sneaked out of bed to
watch.”
Her father is a doctor, but has
studied singing. The tall slender
star is making this tour with her
sister, Marie, as a traveling com
panion. They have one younger
sister, 19.
Miss Quartararo prefers the con
cert stage as a medium of singing.
“The stage has a tremendous satis
faction. It presents a greater chal
lenge,” she professed. The artist
must do his best without benefit of
costumes, lights, supporting play
ers, or action. There is also just
the one performance, unlike mak
ing records, or transcribing a
broadcast.
Sports are a favorite hobby of
the soprano. “Daddy had no boys,
so he brought us up like boys,” she
explained. She likes hunting, fish
ing, badminton, tennis and swim
ming.
Ski Season Marked by Sprains,
Broken Bones, Chillblains
By Gwen Roberts
If on one of these chilly mornings
when you are blindly walking to
class, you should stop and notice the
numerous individuals limping
around on campus with broken legs,
sprined ankles and windburned
faces don’t feel sorry for hem. The
object of their wounds was prob
ably a wonderful weekend of skiing.
Again it is time for skiers to haul
out the red flannel “longies,” ski
boots, parkas, and get set for an
other season of winter fun.
Perhaps you are a bit dubious
about the whole thing and think it
a bit ridiculous for anyone to slide
down a snow covered slope in a cold
raw wind. Or maybe you think its
sheer suicide to race down a 40 de
gree slope on two narrow slats.
Maybe you use the excuse that you
just aren’t the “athletic type.’’
Alright you characters, sit home
and keep your radiators warm, and
you’ll miss the ebst cup of coffee
you’ve ever tasted, a sunset on a
skiing trail, and most of all, the
thrill of skiing.
But lets be off—about 5 a. m. and
you are cold, sleepy and not in the
least enthusiastic about the day
ahead of you.
At the ski bowl, you find you are
still alive (at least we hope you’re
still alive) and ready to practice
the art o fbalancing yourself on a
pair of slats.
There are three general classes of
skiers. No matter which one you’re
in, watch those skiing rules and use
the common sense we hope you
have.
First, there are the glamorous
“snow bunnies.” They drape them
selves about the fireplace, smoke,
play cards and never let their nose
get outside the lodge. Dressed in
the very latest fashion, they are
strictly taboo wim most; wnu icauj
come to ski.
Then there are the “Hackers,” a
menace to all. They are a bit too
big for their red flannels and insist
on telling everyone' what accom
plished skiers they are. They fly
down the hill, legs stiff, arms stiff,
(sometimes we think they_ are
stiff), yelling “track” at the top of
their lungs. They never learn the
simple art of a stem turn, so
straight down the hill they go. It is
either get out of their way or suf
fer the consequences. They usually
land on the back of their lap, at the
bottom of the hill, still chattering
about heir abilities as skiers.
The third type you'll rarely no
tice. They are dressed in suitable
clothes, not necessarily the latest
design. They know how to ski, but
never quit practicing, always striv
ing for perfection. They are the real
skiers who ski for the sport.
Whichever class you are in, you’ll
have fun. Despite the aches and
pains, and other minor ailments
you may develop, it’s a thrilling
sport and one you’ll never forget
once you’ve tried it.
More than a million people be
tween the ages of 2 and 63 skied
for the first time in the last ten
years. If you haven't tried it—
brother, its time you did.
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Relief Sent
By Air, Ground
DENVER, Jan. 5—(AP)—Aerial
md ground mercy missions brought
relief today to thousands of travel
ers stranded for three days in bliz
zard-bruised Colorado and Wyo
ming.
The greatest rescue was at Rock
port, Colo., nine miles south of the
Wyoming line. Since Sunday 343
bus passengers and motorists had
huddled in the village’s lone tav
ern. Soup and coffee was their
principal nourishment during that
time. Rescuers said nearly all the
storm refugees were suffering
from colds and undernourishment.
“It was like a snake pit,” said
John Gillies, 21, Chicago. “There
wasn’t a spare inch in the floor.
Men and women slept fully clothed.
People were lying in every con
ceivable position. Kids were cry
ing.”
Gillies said, “All we didn’t run
short of was beer. It cost us 10
cents for a cup of coffee and 30
cents for a bowl of soup.”
Several motorists who had in
jured themselves trying to free
their snowbound cars and sick per
sons were the first evacuated. They
were driven to Greeley, Colo., in a
large bus which followed the first
snowplow into Rockport. Four ad
ditional buses were evacuating the
others. A rescue train was sent
from Greeley also.
Thirty-five children, the youngest
two months old, were among the
rescued group. Snow blocked both
front and back doors to the tavern.
The only exit was through a brok
en window in the women’s rest
room.
Famous Tubs on Block
VANCOUVER, B. C„ Jan. 5 (CP)
George Washington didn't sleep in
them, but Winston Churchill and
other world figures bathed in the
“tubs.”
Famous bathtubs, which once
cradled the “divine” Sarah Bdrn
hardt and the “immortal” Pavlova,
were ripped out today by workmen
demolishing the old hotel Vancouv
er. The tubs will be displayed and
sold in the main lobby later this
week.
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introduced measures for broader
social security and pre-paid medi
cal insurance. They said the bills
would provide health insurance for.
about 85 per cent of the population
and extend social security coverage
to some 25,000,000 additional per- ‘
sons, at the same time doubling the
average' benefits.
Bills were on tap, for introduc
tion tomorrow or later, to repeal
the Taft-Hartley law, and carry .
out other phases of the Truman
program.
The president’s message was the
big congressional news of the day,
although there were these other
developments on Capitol Hill:
1. Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich)
told the senate that the Democrats -
violated the “spirit of bi-partisan
cooperation’’ in foreign policy by
taking top-heavy control of the
senate foreign relations committee.
Vice-President Barkley denied the .
charge. In the last congress there
were seven Republicans to six __
Democrats on this committee. The
Democrats have now decided to
take eight seats, leaving the Re
publicans five.
2. A Dixie senator, Russel of
Georgia, nipped in the bud a move
by Senator Morse (R-Ore) to abol
ish the filibuster—a device by
which Southerners^ have often'
blocked civil rights laws.
As the president read His mes-'
sage to a joint senate-house ses
sion in the packed house chamber,'
he was interrupted 37 times by ap
plause. But all was not unanimity.
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