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I Pare IS Eugene Register-Guard, Pasteur Institute Keeps Going Despite Nazi Ban By ROSETTE HARGROVE NEA Staff Correspondent ,PARIS There is one organiza tion in Paris which, despite the almost insurmountable difficulties inherent to four years of enemy occupation, today can declare with Justifiable pride: "We have need of nothing." This is the world famous Pasteur Institute. The tale of its struggles against restrictions and shortages, plus the necessity of carrying on its work secretly, in defiance of the ! nazls, reads like an epic. For months before D-day, ac cording to Director Monsieur Tre fouel, the institute, on its own in itiative and without any official lielp or guidance, decided to place Jn hiding stores of vaccines and serums in anticipation of epi demics which almost automatical ly follow in the wake of war. "This work had to be carried on ."surreptitiously. The precious -phials were placed in "caches" all .over the country, but especially along the coasts. 'Secret Laboratory For four long .years not only did the institute manage to keep 'going in spite of the Germans' -systematic refusal of every appli "cation and the impossibility of .obtaining from the French au thorities any increase in the sup ."ply of raw material, but it suc ceeded in exceeding its pre-war production. . The' manufacture of 10.3cm phials for mass anti-diphtheria and' anti-tetanus inoculation in creased from 12,600 in 1933 to 1,359,000 In 1942. Diphtheria toxin production Jumped from 4180 quarts in 1932 to 28,000 in 1944. This Increase, incidentally, was maintained for nearly all other serums and vaccines. This alone, declared the director, bordered on the miraculous. The Pasteur Institute's deter mination to step up its peacetime production was motivated by the steady rise in demand. As the war dragged on the number of )ck people steadily rose, mainly owing to undernourishment. Com pulsory vaccinations and the oc casional panics which led people to hoard medical supplies did the rest. From time to time there was considerable difficulty In meeting requirements of the public. ' When the Germans decided PROADWAY NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (Spe cial) As everybody who ever heard of Broadway knows, the one show you must see if you miss everything else Is "Oklaho ma!" ;. That statement may be rather anti-climactic, for the Theatre Guild's musical play has been running for 20 months, had more than 700 performances and, while atlll alive and rollicking, Is one of the best-loVed shows of these times. I Having heard that It was a gem of entertainment, having road the book and heard the songs presented on records by the original company; I went ex pecting to be disappointed. I came away thrilled, enchanted, and exhilarated. For "Oklahoma!" Is composed ,ot at least 90 per cent sheer charm and Joy. The story, from Lynn Rlggs's "Green Grow the Lilacs," takes place in th terri tory of 40 years ago, when men earrled guns at their hips, when women wore ruffles and (with the same weapons they use now adays) went gunning for their men at pie socials and under the tlm In the front yard of the ranch house. ; The shy but sometimes bold cowboy hero, Curly, loves home steader Laurey. She plays hard-to-get and uses her hired man, Jud Fry, as a come-on. Every thing works out happily as Jud falls victim to his own schemes. ;,The present cast contains four of the openlng-nlght members: Betty Garde as Aunt Eller, Lee flxon as Will, Joseph Buloff as the woman-wantJng but pocket ight peddler All Hakim, and adolescent Bambl Linn as Aggie. The romantic leads now are play ed by Harry Stockwcll, who was the voire of the prince In the tnovle "Snow White," and Evelyn Wyckoff, whose voice Is as clear as she is blond and lovely. Edna Skinner, In her first role, Is hil arious as Ado Annie. ' The music by Richard Rogers extends from "Oh, What a Beau tiful Mornln' " and the love song VPeople Will Say" to such tragi comic ballads as "Pore Jud Is Dald" and lusty ditties like "I'm Jest a Girl Who Caln't Say No." The lyrics and the book are by Oscar Hammerstoln 2nd. " But the songs and the story re only a part of the excitement of "Oklahoma!" The costumes have the musical-comedy con trasts but also dash and color. The settings, by Lemuel Avers, are Grant Wood-lsh and sharply Imaginative. , And there Is the ballet, by Agnes de Mille, brightest name In the dance world of the forties. It Is reminiscent of her own "Rodeo," which was p-.rt of the Ballet Caravan's program in Eu gene almost five years ago. To me. as to mot people who haven't seen work of the mod ern innovators, ballet has been largely Just so much pish and tulle. Not so with Mis He Mlllc's. Her participants do not seem to imitate an expiring wan In an effort to depict their Thursday, Dee. 21 ,1944 1 they wanted to taRe over the pro duction of anti-typhus vaccine in 1942 the Institute secretly in stalled a laboratory deep in the heart of France at La Roche Beaulieu, near Perigneux, on an estate belonging to the French labor party. When communica tions were disrupted, due mainly to allied bombings, diphtheria anti-toxins were manufactured at Marseilles and Bordeaux as well as Paris. v Attain, the oroblem of securing j animals was a serious one. Horses provide an important supply of : serum. When horses became! scarce and hard to find, they were bought on the black market for 40,000 francs ($800) a head. Be- i fore the war, the army was the 1 matar provider and a horse then ' cost 600 francs ($12). In normal times a horse could be reckoned on for six to seven quarts of blood every 10 days. During the occu pation, in order to keep them In i good condition, they had to be given a double ration of hay and oats. tThese also had to bought on the black market. ; Saved Many Lives i Chiselling, fooling the Germans, dealing. In the black market all this had to be done in order to secure and care for the chickens, rabbits, pigs, sheep, birds, oxen, snakes, mice and guinea pigs needed for the production of the 14 serums and their 35 varieties as well as the seven single, double and triple vaccines made by the Pasteur Institute. No subsidy was asked for and the price of the serums was never Increased. To keep up their supply the institute used every month 8000 mice and guinea pigs each, plus 1000 rabbits. The stables had to hold no less than 800 horses. In case the water supply ran; short an old disused well in the court yard was restored. Old machl"-ry for producing power and current was repaired for use on days when the electricity supply was curtailed or completely cut down. It is no wonder that today the Pasteur Institute stands high In the estimation of all French peo ple. It held out through the most difficult times and saved thou sands of lives, thanks to the high sense of devotion and patriotism of each of its members down to its most humble helpers. FANFARE By Glenn Hasselrooth own particular egotistical mel ancholy. They employ many es tablished ballet movements, but abandon the old preoccupation with their hands which made them look as If they were ad miring their paleness now that some miraculous new lotion had been applied. Miss de Mllle's characters skip, hop, waltz, and fly across the stage, as If they believe that to day, this hour, la a wonderful time to be alive, and they radiate this buoyant energy to you. Al ways they are in pattern, though sometimes there seems to be none only a mosaic of exuber ance. The grand thing about the bal let in "Oklahoma!" is that It is a part of the plot and does not repeat what the lines have said. The most elegant section is "Lau rey Makes Up Her Mind" at the close of Act I. The scene Is a grove on Lnu rey's farm. In tha foreground, silhouetted, stand huge narrow trunked trees; in the distance stretches the golden expanse of Oklahoma at wheat harvest time. Laurey sings, relaxes Into a dream. The trees disappear, and the rhythms of "Many a New Day" surround her. Dancers, dressed like and physically re sembling the principals, take tielr places to tell In dance what L.iu rey's future may be if she mar ries Jud. Even Jud's post cards, with their "Gaite Parislenne" wen ches, come to life to elaborate on the mood. And the mood, it Is tres gal, always rambunclious ly American. University Graduate's Ordination Scheduled PORTLAND, Dec. 21 (P Ordination ceremonies will be held here today for the Rev. L. Franklin Evenson, curate at Trin ity Episcopal cathedral. Mr. Evenson, a native of Ore gon, attended Sijverton schools, and was graduated from the Uni versity of Oregon. 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