EIGHT--MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Monday, June 25. 1956
'Red Balloon' Saves Gloria Swanson's
Sanity From Horrors of War Picture
By GLORIA SWANSON
Written for United Press
Paris U.R Through a
downpour of rain in Paris, I
went with light heart and feet to
ee a private showing of ' ""The
Red Balloon."
Ever so many people had
praised this half-hour movie
which had won the grand prize
for short subjects in Cannes.
This fantasy had. at the film fes
tival a few weeks ago, caused a
sensation.
Masterpiece of Beauty
My daughter had told me It
was a masterpiece of beauty, in
termingling fantasy, pathos,
comedy and tragedy a story of
a red balloon which attaches it
self in a human way to a little
achoolboy after the child has res
cued it from a lamp post where
Clue Given on
Missing Youngster
Portland (U.R) Police here
said today they had received a
tip on what might be a clue to
the disappearance of three-year-old
Stephen Damman who van
ished last October from in front
of a grocery store in East Mea
dow, N..Y.
Authorities from Nassau coun
ty, N. Y., wrote to police here
saying that a woman hitchhiker
accompanied by a child was seen
in Minneapolis and was reported
to have said she, was heading for
Portland. The child was said to
fit the description of the missing
baby.
The tip was given by the driv
er of a car who had picked the
woman and child up and taken
them to a Minneapolis bus sta
tion. The missing" youth is the son
of Jerry L. and Marilyn Dam
man. The mother has made ap
peals through newspapers, radio
and television and national mag
azines. Local police were asked to
check relief and welfare agencies
for any report of a middle-aged,
auburn-haired women with a
small boy.
Hop Organization
Formed for Uniiy
Portland (U.R) Hop pro
ducers in four states formed a
new organization here Saturday,
designed to establish unity
among hop producers of the
Western states.
Some 280 producers were on
hand for the meeting which re
sulted in the formation of the
Hop Growers of America. Or
ganizational work for the unit
had been in process for the past
year and a half. Included in the
organization are producers from
Oregon. Washington, California
and Idaho.
Pete Bradley, one of the Cali
fornia representatives at the
meeting, was seated as tempor
ary chairman.
Princess Anne Causes
Flurry of Excitement
London (UR) Five-year-old
Princess Anne touched off a
flurry of excitement at a polo
match Sunday when she broke
away from the side of her moth
er. Queen Elizabeth, and dashed
off into the crowd.
Her aunt." Princess Margaret,
ran behind her shouting. "Anne,
Anne, wait for me:" But the
youngster became temporarily
lost in the crowd until a woman
shouted, "Here she is."
The little princess was led
back to the royal box while her
polo-playing father, the Duke of
Edinburgh, rode ahead on horse
back to clear a path for her.
The Community' Biegest Marketplace
Dead line Sunday Classified la at
at noon Saturday.
its string had got caught. Cer
tainly, just the kind of film I
wanted to see on a dismal day.
The lights went out in the pro
jection room and I settled down
to a half hour of anticipated
sweetness. The screen flickered
with strange unhuman looking
images. This was no "red bal
loon" movie. It was stark real
ism a documentary of prison
camps and crematoriums of the
last war.
Wilder Than Dante
I wanted to run out into the
cool rain. Within a few minutes
I was plunged into the depths of
hell as '"Night and Fog" un
folded. Dante's imaginings were
mile, to this inferno.
I wanted to escape because I
was ashamed of even belonging
to the human race, but some
thing made me stay. I wanted to
close my eyes, but something
made me look.
"But for the grace of God
there go I or a loved one," I told
myself. Here was ugly, horrify
ing history which had been re
corded on film. Real, yet unbe
lievable history! If the human
race can see history rather than
just read about it, perhaps it
might learn.
Staggering Impression
I imagine this documentary
finished and 'The Red Balloon"
started as I was mentally and
emotionally staggering, and one
clear thought emerged: Surely
some spiritual goodness must
rise from these tons of embers
and ashes of human torture, as it
did almost 2.000 years ago.
Before the devilish question,
what spiritual goodness, could
destroy my hope, a red balloon
floated before my eyes and I
took quick flight into this fan
tasy to save my sanity.
Though days have passed, I
feel I would rather be a red bal
loon than a human being, and
when you have seen "Night and
Fog" realism and "The Red Bal
loon" fantasy, so will you.
Well-Known Oregon
Demo Leader Dies
Portland (U.R) Elton Wat
kins, 74. a former United States
representative from Oregon's
third district and a well known
Democratic leader, died here yes
terday morning after a brief ill
ness. Watkins had remained active
in his law practice here until he
was taken ill last week.
He had long been active in
politics, having been a candidate
France 'Confused,'
Gen. De Gaulle Says
Credon, France (U.R) Gen.
Charles De Gaulle broke a two-year-old
political silence Sunday
to declare that France is politi
cally "confused."
But the wartime leader of the
Free French said nothing about
whether he planned a political
comeback.
for U. S. senator, mayor of Port
land and serving as attorney gen
eral of Oregon by appointment
for a brief time in 1919.
Joyce Brothers Keeps 'Ring Championship'
New York (U.R) Dr. Joyce
Brothers retained her title as
boxing expert on 'The S64,000
Challenge" Sunday night when
she knocked out her challenger
for a $4000 purse.
The 28-year-old psychologist
of New York, who was the sec
ond contestant to win the top
prize of "The S64.000 Question,"
answered correctly a three-part
question concerning champion
ships won by American boxers
at the 1952 Olympic Games.
John Holt, also of New York
came out fighting but was kayo
ed by the same question.
Marine Capt. Richard Mc
Cutcheon of Columbus, Ohio,
first winner of $64,000, was all
set to match his knowledge of
cookery with that of challenger
Joseph Amblard. but time ran
out and the match resumes next
Sunday..
TWO MORE NEEDED
Warren, Conn. (U.E) Demo
cratic Chairman George Chap
puis hopes some day his party's
town committee will attain its
full membership of 30. There
are .only 28 registered Demo
crats in Warren.
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Minister Says Post
Denied Him Lodging
Omaha, Neb. (U.R) A Negro
minister charged Saturday that
an American Legion club denied
him lodging. The National Asso
ciation for the Advancement of
Colored People announced plans
to bring charges against the post.
NAACP officials said they
would charge the Omaha Post
No. 1 with violating Nebraska's
civil rights law.
The Rev. A. Houston Gordon,
a Chicago Negro minister attend
ing the Council of the Congre
gational Churches of America
here, said the post wouldn't let
him stay at the club after Legion
officials learned his race.
A white minister, the Rev.
Edward A. Hawley of Chicago,
had registered for a room he and
Gordon were to occupy at the
club. Gordon said that when the
Legion discovered he was a
Negro officials said the room
was no longer available.
Gordon is a veteran and a
member of the Legion. Hawley
is not.
Austin Takes National
Marble Championship
Tallahasse, Fla. (U.R) A 14-year-old
lad from Los Alamites.
Calif., fought his way to the na
tional marbles championship
here by. coming back from the
"losers bracket" to annex the
crown.
King of the Veterans of For
eign Wars tourney was Richard
R. Austin. He fought from be
hind to win matches over Ore
gon's champion, Gordon Jones,
of Prineville, and the Tennessee
and Alabama champions.
Earlier Jones, along with
Kenneth Molette of Weesbury,
Kentucky, Robert Godsey, of
Greenville, Tennessee and
Wayne Vickery of Adrian, Mich
igan, had moved into a favorites
spot, carrying the only four un
defeated records into the final
round.
NO PROTECTION
Benton Harbor. Mich. (U.R)
Someone stole Albert Cost's car
while he was out riding around
in a sheriff's car to keep Depu
ty Arthur Johnson company.
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holed on Market-si by enthusiastic "Citizens for Eisen
hower" volunteers. Pinning the "I Like Ike" buttons on
Tavlor are, left to right, Ruth. Griffin, Patricia Hume and
Roz Fraser. The girls work in newly opened office that
will direct activities in preparation for the coming GOP
convention. "Citizens for Eisenhower" is a non-party,
nationwide organization founded four years ago,
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