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'Bridge On River Kwai', Span For Japanese Actor By VERNON SCOTT United Press Correspondent Hollywood OP) "The Bridge on the River Kwai" proved a handy span for Jap anese actor Sessue Hayakawa to cross from semi-retirement into a new movie and televis ion career. The 68-year-old veteran scored highly two months ago in "The Sea is Boiling Hot" a live dramatic show for Kraft theater. Since then he has completed a filmed Red Skeleton program, and was to be seen Saturday in Studio One's "Kurishiki Incident." Based on the famed Girard case, Hayakawa plays the uncle of a boy shot down by an American GI. "The Girard case is forgot ten and forgiven in Japan," says Hayawaka, who return ed to Hollywood recently from his home in Tokyo. "The only resentment among Jap anese is inspired by the Com munists, but they are not hav ing much success." For the first time this year, the 3rd annual MEDFORD HOME SHOW will feature a special OUTDOOR LIVING DISPLAY i Designed and furnished by leading Southern Oregon landscape architects and contractors to show you the newest ideas in living outdoors for fun in patio, pool and garden. PLAN NOW TO SEE THIS EXCITING DISPLAY AT THE HOME SHOW May 15, 16, 17, 18 Medford Armory mi THE CANDIDATE WITH A PROGRAM! A pledge to Oregonians backed by 10 years of solid performance: THE GILL PLEDGE "l will veto any increase in Income Taxes ... I will veto any State Property Tax ... I will propose a homestead exemption from property tax for people over 65 with less than $150 monthly income." THE GILL PERFORMANCE In the senate he opposed the Surtax in 1955, voted against the income tax increase in 1957, led the fight that reduced tax rates in the 1957 Special Session. Senator Gill wrote the legislation in 1957 which" removed the authority of the state to levy a property tax. The 1957 Senate passed, by a vote of 29 to 1, the bill, authored by Warren Gill, to provide a homestead exemption (but the bill was killed in the House). WARREN GILL for GOVERNOR Paid Adv. Jackson Co. Gill for Governor Comm. Dick House Chmn., 15 Corning Cr., Medford, Or. A great star in the silent movie era, the dignified Jap anese performer admits he js experiencing a fantastic come back. "Television and film pro ducers have offered me many, many roles," he continued in a curious accent. Having lived 12 years in Paris, his English has overtones of French in addition to Japanese. "Fortunately there is tre mendous interest in films with Oriental backgrounds, and I have been caught up in the trend. America seems to be rediscovering Japan with a better understanding of the Japanese mind, cul ture and beauty. You are finding us quite different from the picture painted of us during the war. "I am choosing my roles carefully, and after each per formance I will return to Tokyo." Since last December Hay akawa has made three trips to Is That So? Lisbon, May 9 We have just arrived at Lisbon, but be fore telling about this magnif icent city, I want to say some thing of our first sight of Portugal. It was Pico, a 7613-foot high peak in the nine-island Azores group, and though it is some 800 miles off Portugal. I the government considers it as part of the country's metro politan area. The other eight islands are mountain peaks also, volcanic in origin and part of the world's greatest mountain chain. The , mountain ranee is known as the Atlantic Ridge. It extends from 10,000 miles and more, from Iceland to be yond Africa's tip. The Hima layas of Asia and our own Rockies are relatively small in comparison. On the average the crest of this range is 9,000 feet down, except for a place near the equator known as the Ro manche Furrow. The depth there is 15,000 feet. On either side of the ridge the ocean bot tom drops away into two vas,t troughs with a depth range of 12-18,000 feet. In flying over Fayal, nerve center of, the trans-Atlantic cable system, I recalled a part ridge hunt I made there years ago with a camera. I got pic tures of the red partridge, de scendants of those imported by the Portuguese 400 years ago, but none of the Azorean woodcock. He's the European type, bigger than ours but just this country. When he is not working in American produc tions he appears in Japanese pictures and theaters and runs a drama school. "Kwai," has proved to be as popular in Nippon as it is in this country, thus promot ing Hayakawa to the status of national hero. Spry for his years, Haya kawa pitches for a baseball team composed of Japanese actors. He also plays golf reg ularly, i "No matter how busy I be come in Hollywood I will con tinue to commute to Japan between jobs," he said. "Fam ily ties are closer over there, and while I was in Paris dur ing the war I lost contact with my wife and three chil dren. Now I must make up for those lost years. "There is another reason, too. A Japanese is never lone some in Japan. It can be very lonely for us in Europe and America. By EUGENE BURNS Ranger-Naturalist as much of a dodger. And he isn't imported. He flies there under his own power. Some Fly to U. S. Whether the Azorean wood-: cock winters in Africa, as many from Europe do, I don't know. But occasionally some fly to the United States from Europe. They have been found from Newfoundland a far south as Virginia. The. wild animals of the Azores include the weasel, ferret, rat and mouse. They I are probably immigrants, too. Very likely the rat was first. The earliest may have slipped ashore from a Carthaginian galley, blown off course on a voyage to the tin mines of Cornwall. But poor as the islands are in animal life, their waters are rich in fish. The Azores are the center of a great fish ing industry. Tunny, mullet and bonito form the principal catch, and in recent years there has been a developing interest in game fishing. (Released by McCIure Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrange ment with the editors of the Encyclopedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the readers who send me the best true-life na ture adventure, the best na tur observation, or the best question on nature and wild life, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Sealcraft binding. Each week new submissions will be con sidered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to: Is That So! co Med ford Mail Tribune, Box 1069, San Francisco, Calif. The U.S. Strategic Air Command established the fast est round-the-world flight on record in 1957 with three B 52's flying 24,325 miles non stop in 45 hours, 19 minutes. mm ' .r.... . ' xAm WINS SCHOLARSHIP Winner of a $500 Crown Zellerbach Foundation scholarship in journalism, ton W. Robinson, Medford, receives he award from Charles T. Duncan, dean of the University 'of Oregon school of v journalism. Robinson is a junior at the university. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Robinson, 29 Ross ct. The scholarship, one of two sponsored by Crown Zellerbach, was awarded during the annual "journalism family dinner" held on the campust last week: Young Robinson has worked for The Mail Tribune for the past three summers as a reporter. ------------- Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS Washington Chairman John E. Moss of the House Infor mation subcommittee on the centralize its information services: "It means less and less information will be available to the people and Congress. It who might have any independence." Bogota, Colombia Vice President Richard Nixon on his tour of Latin America: "I'm still reaching people America despite some threats volved. Hollywood Comedian Red 9-year-old son of leukemia: "I'd never seen a person died before and then it had to be little Richard." Ghana Casts Eye To U.S. for Help in Electrical Accra, Ghana (IF) The year-old independent state of Ghana has an $840 million dream of future prosperity 4,000 Poles Face Party Charges Warsaw : (IT) More than 4,000 Polish Communists will be tried on charges of corrup tion in a current bloodless purge of the party member ship, it was announced Sun day. A special commission for the investigation of party morality said 4,020 cases had been turned over to the state for prosecution. Another 5,869 persons have been expelled from the party and 3,250 per sons dismissed from party posts. The statement by Jan Dan ecki, a member of the com mission, contradicted reports that 11,000 party members would be prosecuted. Under orders from party chief Wladyslaw Gomulka, the party has been weeding outmisfits, those who are members for personal gain, and those who have resisted the independent-minded poli cies of Gomulka. The purge started early last winter, with explicit instructions from Go mulka that it be "merciful." Policeman Aids In Birth of Boy Portland API Mrs. Car ol A. Neill, 22-year-old Port land housewife, started out to celebrate Mother's Day at the home of 'her husband's parents quietly, Sunday but wound up becoming a mother herself with a policeman delivering the baby. The unexpected birth came at the home of Mr.- and Mrs. Garland T. Neill, parents of (the new father, Gilbert Neill, 26. . A rush request for an am bulance also brought Patrol man A. P. Rogers to the scene. Rogers, the father of two children and a graduate of a Red Cross class in birth deliv ery, delivered the child with the assistance of the elder Mrs. Neill. Young Wayne Edward Neill, the parents, the elder Neills and the patrolman were all reported doing fine. New Class May 26 ROBERTSON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS tr fa vfj Defense department's plan to means intimidation of anyone in all walks of life in South and danger that may be in Skelton, on the death "of his Project and its main hope now is for the United States to help make that dream come true That $840 million, in. fig ures, is the current estimate of the Volta river project. If it works out as experts calculate, the project would give Ghana vast hydro-electric power and would enable it to produce 210,000 tons of alu minum a year from local bauxite deposits. It would end the precarious situation whereby the former British Gold Coast colony must depend upon cocoa alone for two-thirds of its overseas income. To Boost Living Standard It would mean a greatly im proved standard of living for the 4,600,000 citizens of Afri ca's first native independent state. Under plans which have been on paper since 1952, Ghana, the United Kingdom and the Canadian Alcan Alu minum Co. each would shoul der one-third of the cost of the project. - ;. . But recently the Canadians announced they did not plan to go ahead "for the time being." And the UK has indi cated it cannot come through until terms of interest and the redemptions period on the mammoth loan can be con cretely stated. Premier Cables Ike So a month ago American educated Ghana Premier Kwame Nkrumah cabled di rectly to President Eisen hower asking him to use his "good offices" to try to get American investors interested in the project. Eisenhower gave a non committal reply. But 49-year-old Nkrumah plans to press his appeal in July when he is scheduled to make an official visit to the United States and Canada. The only hope for the proj ect, which would harness the power of the mighty Volta river is to link the power plant with the vast deposits of bauxite which lie untouched only 200 miles from Ajena, the planned site of the dam, 75 miles north of the river mouth. Independently of the Volta river projicet, the Ghana gov ernment already is well on the way to completing a new har bor at Tema, 16 miles east of Accra. Tema will be Ghana's only excellent port and would be essential to the Volta river scheme. Last Act of Rebellion Unfolds In Sumatra Junales Singapore (IP) The last act of the Sumatra rebellion is unfolding in the jungles and the mountains of Indon esia. It is the human drama of the fate of the leaders of the revolutionary government once among the most re spected men in Indonesia. , As such, the Sumatran rev olutionary leadership has ceased to exist in a practical sense. Even the rebels admit ted this by announcing over Menado radio that Col. Joop Warouw had taken over the "rebel government leader ship." Even to the most partisan supporter of the Jakarta re-, gime, the drama in Sumatra must present some of the overtones of a Shakespearean tragedy. ' Still Hiding Out ... From the best sources av ailable here, Premier Sjafrud din Prawiranegara and most of his rebel cabinet still are hiding out in Sumatra. The last word on Sjafrud din was that he had been seen motoring alone toward Batusangkar. "United Press Correspond ent Wendell Merick, who left Sumatra after covering the campaign for nearly two months, was certain that Sja fruddin still was there, and that he will stay and fight on to the end, although some other members of the cabin et may have made plans to try to get to Menado and car- Hitchcock Planning Whirlwind Tour - Portland (IP) Phil Hitchcock, candidate for the Republican , nomination for Congress from the first dist rict, plans a whirlwind tour Wednesday in which he hopes to speak in 10 counties on the some day. Hitchcock will fly in a twin-engine ueecncraft air plane accompanied by his wife, Sally, and a commercial pilot. The tour will start with breakfast at Oswego with oth er stops planned at Hillsboro, McMinnville, Dallas, Salem, Corvallis, Newport, Tilla mook, Astoria and St. Helens CAST Judge Kelly i. 2. 3. 4. ry on the fight from the Celebes. But Sjafruddin and his cab inet are being hounded like common criminals. It is a strange role for the 47-year- old former director of the Bank of Indonesia. The scholarly, gray-haired Sjafruddin at one time was considered to have the best financial brains in Indonesia. He piloted the new republic Ward's Wil (DILCDSLE . AM Today and Tuesday MAY 12 and 13 rand your new W edmes KPEROENCIS. for Circuit Court Position 'CIRCUIT JUDGE 'mm Is Jhe Only Candidate for Circuit Judge Position No. 3 Who: nAS JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE. Judfe Kelly is the present Circuit Judge. He has proven experience and qualifications for the office. He is the only candidate for this office who served as Circuit Judge Pro-tern by appointment of the Chief Justice of Supreme Court. HAS 30 YEARS ACTIVE PRACTICE IN ALL PHASES OF THE LAW. Judge Kelly has actively practiced in all the Courts of Oregon in civil and criminal cases, handled numerous estates and guardianships. He has been Special Assistant, to the United States Attorney General. . HAS WORKED CONSTRUCTIVELY AT ALL TIMES FOR THE , DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHERN OREGON AND ITS PEOPLE. Judge Kelly is the only candidate who has been a member of the Legislature. He has continuously worked with schools, juvenile, youth, fraternal, civic and other organizations constructively for the ad vancement of Southern Oregon. RECEIVED MORE THAN 90 VOTE BY SECRET BALLOT IN THE PREFER i ENTTAL POLL OF THE MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PROFESSION FOR POSITION No. 3. The bar poll of the lawyers of Jackson and Josephine Counties was 73 votes for Judge Kelly and 8 for his opponent. This was the highest percentage vote for any contested judicial position in the state. It is a vote of confidence in his work by those most likely to know. RETAIN JUDGE KELLY COMMITTEE, Otto J. 1656 Spring St., Medford MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Monday, May ,12, 19ft 3 through the shoals of danger ous inflation that followed the revolution. It was only after he left to set up the new reb el regime last Feb. 15 that the economy of Indonesia took what some economists believe to be the road to economic ruin. Sjafruddin Is a chunky man who wears gold-rimmed spec tacles the very antithesis of the common conception of MONTGOMERY day i a "rebel." He smiles easily and, according to United Press Correspondent Robert Udick, who interview him many, times, he not only speaks excellent English but punctuates his conversation with apt French phrases. The rebels are reported to have seaplanes which have landed on Lake Singkarak and presumably could be used to evecuate revoltuionary gov ernment leaders. But Sjafruddin was report ed to have turned down the pleas of his supporters to get out while he can. He is de termined to stay to the end, which cannot be far off. Be WARD I) No. 3 Frohnrnayer, Chairman Pd. Pel. Ad. 40-42 N. Riverside SP 3-4264 Medford, Ore.
