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TEIf MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, December 13, 1954 2 I Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBY United Preu Correspondent Hollywood U.R The new "progressive jazz" that has made Southern California its head quarters now has lured a classi cal music di rector from MGM into the act. By day, pi anist Andre Previn draws down a four figure pay check at MGM as the town's vntinffest stu- AlineMosbr Q music dj rector, conducting and compos ing film scores. By night, not known to his movie bosses, their 25-year-old boy genius often can be found bending over a hot piano at a little Wilshire Blvd. bistro to beat out the new jazz "just for fun." "I sit in now and then when the regular entertainers take a niffht off." exDlained Previn. "I get $12, I think. "In this kind of club I can play anything I want until two in the morning, I get my fun out of it. I sit at MGM with a Dencil in my hand so much I don't get to play. Gets Union Scale "I couldn't play modern jazz at big places like Ciro's or Mo cambo. And this place couldn't afford to pay me my regular fee. So I just come in at the union scale. Nobody's going to tell me what to play." "Progressive" or "modern" jazz, for any un-cool readers, has been collecting devoted addicts since World War II. Trumpeter Shorty Rogers and drummer Shelley Manne play on Holly wood Boulevard. The regular act at Previn's place is the Gerry Mulligan quartet, another top progressive group. Progressive jazz sounded like modernized but monotonous Bach fugues at first to me, but after a while the improvisations and "freedom" of the music is fascinating. - "The old-style jazz meant tak ing a chord or a popular song and playing around it," said Previn during intermission while the smoke and noise took over the tiny, cluttered bar. "In mod ern jazz you go completely off the chord, with greater liberty and freedom. i "Modern jazz players have much better knowledge of ad vanced harmony, counterpoint and classical music. Glasses and Ties : "You notice the fans?" he said, and gestured at the teen agers in horn-rimmed glasses and knit ties. "They're the same type who used to go to the opera with the score in their hands." Hr tt downtfotrc m a m ; b oiled wound ond paced ond tht thought ol a telephone num btf tt vol (hot oi Moyor J Sp-er Hour, of Box V.llooe Hok ond hit v.fe mponded 4Kklr. fond him sifting in hit , 4tn. hcJdmg the bock oi bis neck He enf into Marilyn's com. so thof she hod been lemhl beaten ond "elf thot maybe Id ole up Thof meybe at oil o terrible "9"o or e o sxxr, fTrrce s"ggle the-e he os ego-n knocked oof He oe to lofer. I,mg ; "v va poci into house He rnhed opsfaws o JBAI I ocaroom He tried f ' ,0 80 ' Mnlyn but I I VvV 1 ""e'cS'4 I wos J I I "ek from behind" ond I knocked out A Me come to on rhe floor , He heard a noise ond dashed downstairs, chos tng the figure out on s he loke l beach ! DR. SAM'S STORY This is what happened the July 4 ; dawn when Marilyn Sheppard was murdered, according to Dr. Sam Sheppard's own testimony at his Cleveland trial. Sketches starting at top center and going clockwise, L illustrate highlights oi his testimony. A Nichol's Worth of . . . Comment On This and That By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Press Feature Writer By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Press Staff Correspondent Washington (U.R) And there was Miss Supadirmin Mar tadirdja a pretty brunette talk ing to the folks back home in Djakarta. Miss Marta dirdja was in a sound-proof room making a type - record ing, one of thousands that are beamed around the Harman Nichols worlds, . many behind the Iron Curtain to tell those under the heel that on the if , - i 1 i Like many modern jazzists, thej Berlin-born Previn has. a solid classical background. But at 18 the young prodigy was soloing on Frank Sinatra's tele vision show and playing with symphony orchestras in the Hollywood Bowl. He annually goes on concert tours and makes record albums. "The kids come backstage to talk about Bartok," said Previn, his hands strumming the curious chords of modern jazz. "All I know is progressive jazz has to swing. If it doesn't swing, it's lost." yoirj3iastmas Budget HERE'S A GIFT IDEA for your small change that really nets you dollars a beautiful calendar-bank that changes dates as you insert coins. The perfect gift for family and friends handsome beautiful durable you'll be proud to give IT. "We offer the Calendar-banks as a service for exactly what they cost us... ONtY COMPLETE WITH KEY - UAH " ' .Til :, NOW is flie time to SAVE with U.S. 1 outside there is a better way of life. The new Voice has extra volume and a greater audience since the Voice of American op erations have been moved here from New York. Nine Brothers and Sisters Miss M., who has been in the United States for three years, spoke to her family informally. She has nine brothers and sis ters, and she gave each one a warm howdy. But mostly her message was to the baby of the family, Suhastjarjo, who is studying music. She told her brother she would look into the possibilities of getting him into some American school where he could continue his studies in music. That's the way the Voice op erates as it is beamed around the world. People come in and give a message, same as they did in New York, only now there are more messages. Biggest" Radio Show The spokesman I talked with during a tour told me that even with the tremendous task of moving 600 people and un counted millions of feet of cable and tons of equipment, not a sin gle broadcast was skipped. In the new set-up at 330 In dependence Ave., there are 14 studios and 10 recording rooms. All of this is properly called the "biggest radio show in the world." The sponsors are the taxpay ers and the airing costs us 16 million dollars a year. Folks like Miss M., when they get before the mike, call a spade a spade. They give folksy little talks about the trainloads of good things to eat that are culti vated in the rich loam that is America. Of the fun people have after work.- How the working people get a fair shake in the scheme of things and that even the very poor are cared for and wear no chains. As We Live By ELIZABETH HURIOCK, PH.D. Parents Face Adjustment After Child's Marriage Making a decision when one is emotionally disturbed rarely ever is satisfactory. That is" why I am advising one woman to mark time for the present She. writes: (Q) "Our only daughter was ' married last month. Since the has gone away, the house seems like a morgue. Every where I go in the house, I am reminded of the happy years when she lived at home with ' us. Even when she went off to college, it did not seem so bad because she would be com ing home for vacations. Now she is married to a man in another state and will make only occasional visits. I have suggested to my husband that we sell the house and move into an apartment. He is op posed to it as he worked hard to buy it, loves his garden, and wants to stay here. What would you advise?' (A) I would advise you to make no move at the present time. I would also advise you to go away for a trip or a visit to help you to adjust yourself to the radical change that has taken place in your life. You are doubt less tired from the excitement and extra work Dr. Hurlock that every wed ding makes. This makes life seem gloomier to you and the future dimmer than it would otherwise be. Why not pay your daughter a visit? She may be feeling much as you do, and it would be good for both of you to be together. , Then, when you are rested and see how things are going, you can ponder over your prob lem and make a better decision than you can now while you are feeling blue and depressed. If the house is not too much work for you or too expensive to run, you will do well to keep it for the present. As you and your husband grow older, you may have to move to an apartment or a small er house where there will be less work and less upkeep. If your husband loves his home and garden, it would seem un kind to force him to give them up now, when he has just given up the companionship of his daughter. Then look at the problem from your daughter's angle. Until she is adjusted to marriage and to living in a strange community, it is better for her to know that her home is here for her if she wants to come to visit. The memories of her childhood days there will help her to make the adjustments she is facing now. (Copyright 1954, General Features Corp.) i - jit ' Grange MEDFORD BRANCH AN OREGON NATIONAL BANK Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation BANK SERVING OREGON Live Oak Grange A covered dish dinner preced ed the regular meeting of Live Oak Grange on December 9. The annual Christmas party, with gift exchange, will- follow a short business meeting at 7:30 p. m., on December 16. The reg ular meeting on- December 23 is postponed. Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Robinson became members. . They were formerly with Fruitdale Grange. Chaplain Myrtle Whipple re ported Howard Miller ill, Mrs. Bagley a severe cold and Mrs. Anderson, Santa Monica, Calif., a former member of Live Oak, very ill. Secretary Lyndall Cameron read a letter from Howard Bak er, Portland, in which he said he would enjoy hearing from any of his friends m the Grange High light of the program pre sented by Lecturer Mabel Brooks was the tableau with Roy Cam eron, Master Lyndall Cameron and Letsie Miller burning the notes that had been paid this year. The building was started in 1947 and is now free from all indebtedness. Following the song, "Home in the Grange," the past masters present, Frank Hall, Fred Deng- ler ana uassie uoiding, gave brief talks. The past H. E. C chairmen present, Myrtle Whip- pie, a cnarter member and chair man in 1925; Pearl Lenderman in 1934; Letsie Miller from 1935 to 1940, with the exception of two years; and Beth Potter, all spoke of the activities and pro gress during the years. Not present were Kate Ruelling, Nora Waite, Laura Douglas, Belle Nelson and Marge Dunham Present chairman, Faye "Gan thier, gave her yearly report. Esther Fabric, Betty Franz, Edna Sheehan and Myrtle Streitz furnished vocal numbers. There will be a New Year's eve party in the hall a watch Sanfa Disappointed; Santas Miss Party Miami U.R) Someone dis appointed Santa Claus Sunday night. Harry Nichols, professionally Known as St. Nick, staged a lav- isn party ror nis brothers in good cheer, the professional Santa Clauses. Donning his false whiskers and bright red suit, Nichols pre pared a worthy repast of buns, hot dogs, chilled drinks and other t goodies.' ' A motorized sleigh, which he spent a month building, glistened with polish. Christmas carols filled the air. But, Santa said today, of the 30 St. Nick's who accepted his invitations, not one showed up for the party. "Somebody really let me down," he said. Ski Patrols Locate Lost Portland Woman Portland ftl.R) Ski patrols located a Portland Woman who was reported lost on the, slopes of Mt. Hood Sunday afternoon and reported she was in good condition. Patricia Paget, 27, was re ported missing by her -father, Lowell Paget at 5:30 p. m. Three ski patrols were dis patched to the area where she was last seen. They located her skis on the Timberline trail and by 8:30 had found the girl mid way .between Timberline lodge and Government camp. Nationalists Sink Communist Gunboats Taipei, Formosa flJ.R) Na tionalist" Chinese warships sank two Communist , Chinese gun boats and damaged four others near Wuchiu Island Sunday, the Nationalist Defense Ministry said today. A communique said the Red ships were spotted off the cen tral Fukien coast early Sunday. A brief engagement followed and the damaged warships fled to ward the China coast. Communist Chinese artillery shelled both Quemoy and Tachen islands, at opposite ends of Gen eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek's 300- party and games. All Grangers mile-long -chain of island out- ana rxienas are invited. posts. r . Not)l;years!Notyears! L 1 , :j r? 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