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Flood Ravaged States Tackle Work of Reconstruction
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fefer Council Reque,., ReeaSe( fliCf'S
Portland UR) An investiga
tion of recent Portland Housing
Authority personnel changes has
been called for by the AFL Port
land Central Labor council.
Delegates voted Moday night
to appoint a committee to study
a shakeup in which director
Floyd Ratchford was dismissed
and other officials resigned in
protest.
The committee said it was not
leveling charges at the PHA but
merelye wanted some questions
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Skull Fractured
Ascom City, Korea (U.R) Lt.
Guy H. Bumpas, pilot of the un
armed trainer plane shot down
by Red gunners last week, suf
fered a "bad fracture" of the
skull in the crash, an Air Force
spokesman said today.
The 23-year-old Air Force of
ficer from Jackson, Miss., was
released by the Communists yes
teday. At thp same time, the
Red delivered a wooden casket
holding tve hodv of Armv CaD.
CMrle W. Brown, West Louis-
i ville. Ky. Brown, a nassencer
I in the nrorjeller-rlriven T6
j trainer plane, was killed in the
i crash.
' Bnrnno was under' treatment
: at thf 12'st Evacuation hosnital
j here for th injuries he suffered
when his plane was shot down
! hv Coi-nrriiri'st anti-aircraft enn
I ners when it strayed over the
I demilitarized zone.
"His condition is fair and he
is resting well." the Air Force
j spokesman said.
Desnite his injuries, Bumnas
! was able to walk across the line
in the demilitarized zone to a
', small grouo of United Nations
j officers. He was brought to the
j exchange spot at Korisil in an
i ambulance, his head swathed in
bandages. Two Communist Ko
rean nurses rode with him.
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Monday: other days 5:30 previous day.
Reviewer Says Timon
Good Entertainment
Despite Difficulties
Many things can go wrong on ean fans, since he is written as
the opening night of a play, and i a weak, small-minded man un-
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one of the worst calamities
which can befall an actor hap
pened last night when -The Life
of Timon of Athens" opened on
the stage of the Oregon Shake
spearean Festival theater in Ash
land. The actor playing the title role
lost his voice. Richard T. Jones,
beset by throat difficulties for
the past two or three weeks and
exhausted by day and night re
hearsals and performances, spoke
his lines in a hoarse, rough whis
per which occasionally cleared
to near normalcy and then again
failed completely.
Audience Appreciates Work
Actually, the production suf
fered less from the mishap than
might have been supposed. Jones'
sound stage training stood him
in good stead and his excellent
method of projection carried his
hoarse voice even to the back
rows of the theater. His rough
tones were sometimes a little
nerve-wracking but his efforts
to "carry on'' were so sincere
and his audience so sympathetic
that applause broke out from
time to time after some partic
ularly brilliant effort on the part
of the actor.
Everyone else in the cast was
also keyed up to the emergency
and their anxiety to carry the
play through the difficulty some
times resulted in over-projection
of voices and over-dramatic
touches to speeches.
Since Jones has "looked good"
in rehearsals and gave so cred
itable a performance last night
under such unfavorable circum
stances, those who attend the
second production of this little
played Shakespearean work next
week can look forward to an in
teresting evening. Of course, the
character of Timon is not a sym
pathetic one with Shakespear-
able to nudge real friends or
friendship during times of pros
perity and a man incapable of
rising above adversity.
Some of the best lines in
"Timon" are those which come
from the lips of Apemantus, the
acid-tongued philosopher and
Donald Soule made the most of
his opportunities in this role last
night. Soule's performances
throughout the season have
brought praise from both his fel
low actors and from the play
goers. Jones Well Supported
Jones was well supported last
night by such actors as Richard
Graham, who makes a truly im
pressive soldier in both bearing
and voice, and Mike Kasdan as
the devoted steward serving
Timon. Kasdan's diction is es
pecially fine and he somehow
has the knack of making the Eliz
abcthean English sound as if he
used it daily throughout the year,
and not only on stage.
When producing Director Gus
Bowmer failed to show up in the
cast lists at the beginning of the
season, many were disappointed.
But when a bit player suddenly
left the company, Bowmer
stepped into his roles and when
he appeared on stage last night
in "Timon" it was as if a good
friend had suddenly come to call
after a long absence.
Many are happy that Joan Ku
gell will return to Ashland for
the 1956 season, for this busy
little actress is extremely versa
tile. Miss Kugell plays "Hermia"
in "A Midsummer N i g h t's
Dream," "Helena" in "All's Well
that Ends Well," the "Prince of
Wales" in "Henry the Sixth, Part
Three" is a witch in. "Macbeth"
and has a small role as a little
old withered man in "Timon."
Marines Vent Wrath
On Sergeant's Auto
Freehold, N.J. U.P.) Two
young Marines were charged
Tuesday with venting their wrath
against a sergeant by taking it
out on his automobile.
Marines Wayne D. Young, 22,
and Robert Barnes, 20, were
charged with taking Sgt. Wil
liam Meehana's car, puncturing
the four tires, breaking a door
handle and the windshield, cut
ting the distributor cap and
dumping sugar into the battery
cells and gasoline tank-
Portlander Reelected
At Friends Meeting
Greenleaf, Idaho The Rev.
Dean Gregory, Portland, was
reelected general superintend
ent of the Friends church of the
Oregon conference during the
63rd session of the Oregon Year
ly meeting of the Friends
churches held this week at
Greenleaf, Ida. ,
Other officers elected are the
Rev. Dorwin E. Smith, Star, Ida.,
presiding clerk; . the Rev. Lela
Morrill, Kelso, Wash., president
of the Christian, education board;
the Rev. Walter P. Lee, Boise,
Ida., president of mission board;
the Rev. Earl Gefl, Camas, Wash.,
assistant clerk; Mary Sutton,
Newberg, recording clerk; Mrs.
Ruth Brown, Greenleaf, whose
office .was not announced.
She is 'excellent in every char
acter. A dozen or so other capable
actors Bill Oyler, Jack Colvin,
Jack Swanson, John MacPhee,
all deserve credit for helping to
give this difficult play life and
color. And director Robert Loper
(who probably gnawed his fin
gernails down to the flesh last
night) deserves praise for mak
ing . "Timon" irtto something
worth watching. O. S.
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Areas Assured
Nation Will Back
Rebuilding Effort
By UNITED PRESS
Flood ravaged areas of the
Northeast today sped the task
of reconstruction with assurrance
that the' nation would support
the effort.
The six states hit by the most
damaging flood in U.S. history
rushed plans to restore their res
idents, their communities, their
industries and their homes.
The federal government prom
ised an $80,000,000 assistance
program.
Plans were completed to ev
acuate 10,000 boys and girls from
summer camps in the flood-torn
area of Eastern Pennsylvania.
The mass evacuation had been
delayed by broken or over-burdened
telephone lines to camps
and faulty transporation
brought on by the floods.
Rest Heme Evacuated
Similar operations were in
progress in Connecticut and
Massachusetts. Twenty - five per
sons were evacuated from a rest
home in South Natick, Mass.,
and taken to a hospital when
cesspools over flowed due to
high water.
Connecticut received 250,000
anti-typhoid shots from the Na
tional Drug Co., in Philadelphia
Drinking water, food and dry ice
to prevent food spoilage were
also rushed into the stricken
area.
Clear skies ove,r most of the
flood area helped the relief and
rehabilitation work. The rains
which pelted much of the area
yesterday and slowed reconstruc
tion had mostly ended by mid
night. Many areas continued to de
pend on helicopters and boats
for supplies and mail.
Rail transportation near Low
ell, Mass., was disrupted ' 1 a s t
night when the Boston and Maine
Railroad's crack train, the Red
Wing, was derailed on a bridge
over the swollen Concord river
Six persons suffered minor in
juries when the passenger train,
bound from Boston to Montreal,
struck a parked freight car on
the bridge.
Many Still Missing
With the dry weather and re
ceding flood waters came hone
for knowledge of the scores still
reported , missing. In Connecti
cut alone 71 persons were still
unaccounted for.
The revised death toll showed
202 confirmed dead. Pennsyl
vania had 115 fatalities; Connec
ticut 49; Massachusetts 23; New
Jersey 6, New York 4; Virginia
2; Rhode Island 2 and Delaware
1.
Damage was expected to reach
$3,000,000,000.
The National Can Corp., in
Chicago offered to supply free
cans to packers of food and wa
ter "in an effort to relieve the
critical food supply situation in
the flood stricken area."
The CIO United Aiitnmnhilo
Workers Union made a $100,
000 contribution for flood vic
tims and the CIO United Steel
workers", union gave . the Red
Cross $25,000.
CIO President Walter P. Reu-
ther said more, than 50,000 CIO
members had lost their homes
or jobs because of the flood.
Cify Manager's Work
Given in Run-Down
Chicago (U.R) What does
a city manager do? Here is a
rundown of one city manager's
activities last year:
Number of phone calls re
ceived, 5,302; office callers, in
cluding individuals and delega
tions, 1,536; meetings attended,
218; inspections of work-in-progress
or trips to various
parts of city for planning, con
ferences or enforcement, 181;
radio broadcasts, 27; days ab
sent on official business, 8; days
absent on personal business and
vacation, 14.
The city manager in question
was H. S. Thorgrimsen of
Rapid City, S. D. The tabulation
of his activities was compiled
from a desk calendar and diary
kept by his secretary.
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