'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."
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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MAY 12 and 13
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KPEROENCIS.
for Circuit Court Position
'CIRCUIT JUDGE
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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.
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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
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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
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Frohnrnayer, Chairman
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