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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. He taught in
the Enterprise and Arlington high
schools before beginning prepara
tion for the priesthood.
Oregon Officers Win
Temporary Promotions
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. (D
Temporary promotions of Oregon
army officers:
First Lt. to Capt.
Cottage Grove Darrol Elwin
Davis, AC, Lorane Rt.
Enterprise Lee Robinson Stick
ler. Second Lt. to First Lt.
Tigard Earl Ted Schmallc.
Corvallls Richard Frank Mun
dy. Portland-Nathan Norman Di
rector; Thomas Elton Terrv.
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All-leather belts in narrow and
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JUVENILE JACKETS
Juvenile boys' poplin Jackets with
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JUVENILE SWEATERS
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front, knit back and - 1 SO
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All-wool sport coats in herringbone
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3.98
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BUBBLE BATH
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