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VIRGINIA MacPHIRJON
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Hollywood, June 1 (U.PJ
Mimi Benrell, 26-year-old so
prano of the Metropolitan op
era, is wowing
the night club
natives here
with her low
d o w n boogie
yJkpS. f I beat topped
f' , I I nff with
pie of ladylike
"bumps."
It's the first
time a high
brown prima
donna has gone
so "hep" and
the customers
at the Ambas
sador's Cocoanut Grove are be
ginning to think maybe this op
era business isn't so doggone dry
after all.
What the boys at the dignified
Metropolitan think might be
something else. Miss Benzell
doesn't know.
"I haven't asked them," she
said.
Several years ago another
curvy soprano Patrice Munsel
drew the wrath of the Met
when she posed out here in a
skimpy bare-midriff bathing suit.
Opera executives said they didn't
think such behavior was in keep
ling with her standing as "Prin
cess Pat" ot the Metropolitan.
"Princess Pat" said she was
just doing a little swimming and
what else did the executives ex
y pect her to wear, for heaven's
sake?
Not Undignified
Biss Benzell, who was just
voted "The Darling of the Met,"
says she doesn't think her night
club warbling is undignified,
either.
And she hasn't consulted the
Met about all those movie offers
that are flooding in. Miss Ben
zell looks like a Hedy Lamarr
who can sing, too, and the stu
dios are panting to get her name
on a contract.
Would she like to be a movie
Fred Alton
Haight
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queen?
"Heck, yes," said Miss Ben
zell. Would she pose for "cheese
cake"? "Natch," she says.
All of which might make you
think the Metropolitan prima
donnas now aren't much like
the gals of the old days. If Miss
Benzell is a sample, they aren't.
She's built like a glamorous
beauty and she wears a low-cut
gown with the best of 'em.
When she waltzes into the
spotlight, the tourists give with
the "bravos" before she even
opens her pretty mouth. But
when she does . . .!
The customers get opera and
they like it. Then Miss Benzell
swings it with a boogie beat.
From that she switches to nurs
ery rhymes, western ditties,
light opera and square dances.
It's at the end of the square
dance tunes that she produces
her "bumps."
"It's fun," she says. "And I'm
making a lot of people like opera
that never could stand it before.
Did you ever expect to hear
'bravos' in a night club?"
Columbia Ferry
Service Stilled
Astoria, June 1 (U.R) Trans
Columbia river ferry service be
tween Oregon and Washington
was halted here today when
three ferry boats were struck
by crews in a wage and hour dispute.
Floyd H. Simon, superintend
ent for the highway commis
sion which supervises the oper
ations of the vessels, said that
he crews appeared at the As
toria docks at 6:30 a. m. but that
none of the men boarded the
vessels.
The next step is up to the
state highway commission, he
said. The three unions that have
called the strike have agreed
to send their men back to work
if the commission will operate
the ferries, taking over the du
ties of the Astoria Navigation
company, which assumes its con
tract today.
The state highway commis
sion indicated yesterday it
would not step Into the dispute
unless the Astoria Navigation
company was unable to fill its
contract obligations.
Sams Valley Pre-Schoof
Clinic To Be June 5
Sams Valley, June 1 Sams
Valley Parent - Teacher associa
tion will hold the annual pre
school and infant clinic Monday,
June 5 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the
Sams Valley school.
Dr. A. E. Merkel, Jackson
county health officer, will be In
charge and immunization against
smallpox, whooping cough and
diphtheria will be offered.
Children from the Table Rock.
Beagle and Meadows districts
are eligible to attend the clinic.
Those in charge state that it is
important for children entering
school in September to have this
check-up.
Juniors Prepare
For Rose Festival
Two rehearsals of Bliss Heine's
Juniors will be held Saturday at
the armory. These are the last
regular Saturday rehearsals be
fore the Juniors leave for the
Portland Rose festival, and Heine
said it is important for all to at
tend. Two special rehearsals will
be held Monday and Tuesday at
4:30 p.m.
Parents were asked to attend
classes Saturday so as to make
final plans for the trip. Some in
tend to drive and plans must be
known.
Members will stay at the Port
land hotel and will see the grand
floral parade from the hotel.
They will report Friday at the
Oregon Journal in uniform for a
group picture and rehearsal, fol
lowing which they will be given
a treat by the Oregon Journal
Juniors and tickets for a show
that evening.
Parade Saturday
The Junior parade will be Sat
urday morning, June 10. As plans
now stand they call for a pro
gram at Vancouver. Wash., in the
afternoon with a stop at Jantzen
Beach on the return to Port
land. The Booster club being formed
for the Juniors now has a good
sized membership. It is open to
all adults who wish to help. Any
one wishing to join may contact
Heine or call 3-2594.
Some 5,000 natives of the
Ryuku islands now worship at
25 Christian churches of various
denominations.
Theatres Hurt by
Lack of Patronage
Portland, Ore., June 1 (U.R)
At least one downtown Portland
theater and possibly several oth
ers will suspend operations for
the summer because of a lack of
business, motion picture officials
reported today.
Bob Anderson of John Ham
rick Theaters, Inc., said the
Playhouse theater will close
June 8 for an indefinite period.
A. S. Haughey. vice-president
of Portland's Central Labor
Council and delegate from the
Motion Picture Operators' asso
ciation, told the council that the
Star, Capitol and Century thea
ters will close within the next
two weeks.
He said competition from ball
games and other summer amuse
ments was too keen and that
there was no business.
Columbia, Willamette
In Slight Raise
Portland, Ore., June 1 (U.R)
River stages of the Willamette
river at Portland and the Colum
bia river at Vancouver, Wash.,
rose slightly yesterday.
The weather bureau, how
ever, said the rivers would re
main fairly static for the next
three days. After that slight rises
were forecast.
The harbor level in Portland
was 18.4 feet, a rise of .3 of a
foot above the Tuesday read-
Central Point PTA
Roundup Scheduled
Central Point, June 1 Cen
tral Point Parent-Teacher as
sociation is sponsoring the an
nual summer roundup for all
pre-school children who will
start to school in the fall.
The roundup will be held June
8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Dr.
A. E. Merkel, county health of
ficer, will be in charge. Chil
dren from outlying districts will
have appointments in the morn
ing and town children in the
afternoon.
It is stated that the examina
tion is for all children who will
start to school in the fall and
especially for children who
whose parents will not be able
to take them to private physi
cians for pre-school examinations.
NEW MAGAZINE
Dayton, O., June 1 U.R) The
publishers of Newsweek maga
zine announced today they will
issue a new pocket-size magazine
entitled. "People Today" begin
ning next Tuesday. The bi
weekly 10-cent magazine will in
clude articles and features with
pictures of personalities in the
news.
ing. Flood stage is 18 feet.
The Columbia at Vancouver
was 18.6 feet yesterday, a rise
of .5 of a foot over Tuesday.
Flood stage at Vancouver is 15
feet.
Drad line Sunday Classified ts
Noon Saturdays.
Thursday, June 1, IBI0
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN
Woodchopping Revived
As Coo Price Goes Up
Wheeling, W. Va. (U.R) The
art of woodchopping is making a
comeback in the Ohio Valley,
thanks to the price of coal.
The number - of pot-bellied
stoves aglow in this area ii in
creasing daily.
"People like myself just can't
afford to burn coal in their
stoves any more." said Martin
Ragan of Virginville, W. Va.
The woodchopping art also has
its health benefits, Ragan ob
served. In March, 98,551 auto tires and
107,655 tubes were produced in
new Japan.
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