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'Studio One' Joins Rush
Of Japanese Plays With '
Iho Kurishiki Incident1
oBy WILLIAM EWALD
ViiJee" Press Correspondent
ftew York (IF) This na
'He seems to be on a mild
(Japanese kick.
Japanese furniture has en-
yed a bit of a twirl and Jap-
' and groommg
seem to be
A i-
M having a slight
flutter among
'S tho cHrla Jarv
o x-
anese films
HfiSrjh like "Rasha
, m Iran n" and
rfi IV I "Gate of Hell"
jolted Amen-
Ewald can movie go
ers and Hollywood film mak
ers jumped on the wagon by
filming major offerings like
"Sayonara" in Japan.
Japanese pop singers have
appeared on TV, the beat gen
eration has taken a fix on
Zen Buddhism and some of
the avant garde have gone ga
ga about Japanese "no" plays.
Just this year, a Japanese ac
tress won an Academy Award
and another actor was nomin
ated. 'Studio One' Takes Not
The twain seem to have
met after all and Monday
night "Studio One," taking
note of the meeting, hopped
in. The CBS-TV drama hour
unpackaged a number called
"The Kurishiki Incident" with
Michi Kobi and Sessue Haya
kawa representing the in
strutable East and John Cas
sevetes the scrutable West.
The plot of the play seemed
to be a combination of a re
cent news incident plus the
standard Madame Butterfly
Sayonara American - boy-meets-Japanese-girl
bit.
Cassevetes was cast as an
American soldier who kills a
young Japanese boy caught
pilfering an American depot.
After acquittal, the G.I. tried
to salve his conscience by
visiting the family of the boy.
He falls in love with the boys
sister (Michi Kobi), but she
dumps him when she learns
who he is. It all ended on a
tidy upbeat note with forgive
ness and forgetness sprayed
all over the screen.
I suppose the author's main
intent was in having each of
the characters stand for some
thing larger: Cassevetes as a
loner of a G.I. who expanded
his horizons and learned to
savor the delight's of living
outside the American pattern;
Miss Kobi as a representative
of the currently rootless Jap
anese generation who learned
to value some of the traditions
of her culture.
It was a very earnest little
play, but unfortunately like
most earnest dramatic docu
ments, a rather dull one. Cas
sevetes, who limits himself to
about one TV play a year
now, chose rather badly in
this case, aUhough he worked
about as competently as pos
sible.
Miss Kobi was appealing,
but rather inadequate in her
role. Hayakawa was properly
enigmatic as her uncle.
Pioneer -Warrenton
Resident Passes
Astoria (IP) Funeral
services were held today for
Mrs. Agnes Georgianna Day,
86, pioneer resident of War
renton and the last of the
original Clatsop tribe of In
dians. She died here Satur
day. Mrs. Day was a grand
daughter of Solomon and Cel
iast Smith who had known
and conversed with members
of the original Lewis and
Clark expedition. Her father,
Solomon Smith, was one of
the first school teachers in
Oregon and was one of the
signers of the original pro
visional government of Ore
gon at Champoeg.
r ELECT
A Man Who Looks
to Hie FUTURE off
the FARMER
Fair and Equal representation in the Legisla
ture on current farm problems.
EDUCATION
Adequate schools for trades and skills as well
as COMPLETE preparation for higher learning.
TAXES
A realistic Tax Structure that will attract
industry.
MINING
Mining to be stabilized as a permanent and
profitable development.
the AGED
Real property tax relief for elderly citizens
on inadequate incomes.
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Republican
State Representative
Lattie for Representative Committee, Charles F. Johnson, Chairman,
Phoenix, Ore. Pd. Pol. Ad.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARRY Former President Harry
S. Truman cuts birthday cake during surprise party
celebrating his 74th birthday at the Truman Library in
Independence, Mo. The former chief executive was
greeted by a chorus of "Happy Birthday" as he walked
in the door of the library. '
PROSPECT
School Clinic Slated
By MICKIE LARSEN
Prospect A school child
conference will be held at the
community hall May 15, from
10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
All children from 6 months
to 6 years are eligible. Im
munization will be offered.
Dr. A. E. Merkel, public
health physician, will be the
examining doctor. Appoint
ments may be made by calling
UNion 9-2044.
Tuesday evening, May 13,
at 8 p.m. the" music depart
ment of Prospect schools will
present its annual spring
concert.
Sunday, May 4, Mr. and
Mrs. Lowell Ash attended a
meeting for the Lions .in
Grants Pass.
"Chuck" Hooper, employed
by Darwin Bevens and Harry
Goode, had his thumb cut off
while working in the woods.
He is in a local hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence San
derson and daughters, Pat and
Sandra, and a friend, Nan
Govenor, spent the past week
on the coast.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Town
are leaving to make- their
home in Brookings. Town and
a brother have purchased a
52 - unit trailer court at
Brookings.
Friday, May 9, Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Grant and daughter,
Helen and son-in-law, Don
Owesley, and Pat, all former
ly of Prospect and now living
in Eureka, Calif., visited at
the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Ells.
Several new cases of the
three-day measles broke out
in the Prospect school Friday,
May 9.
ProsDect home extension
will hold a meeting Wednes
day, May 14, at the com
munitv hall. A notluck meet
ing and election of officers are
scheduled. Plans for the com
ing vear. and the coming Hill
O a - r - u
Billy Jamboree will be dis
cussed.
This year they will have
young married couples run
ning. In the past years they
have had young children and
teenagers. From the sound of
all the planning going on this
Jamboree will exceed the
others by a large margin.
Home ill with the measles
is Diana Ells.
School board election was
held Monday. May 5"! with one
office of the board to be filled.
Mrs. Luke Biden wag elected.
Others already serving on the
board are Gene Burrill,
Frank Boothby, John David
son, Clarence Hedgpath, and
Marge Biden.
Mrs. Jack Ells and Mrs.
Sharlod Chapman and son,
Lonnie, and Mrs. Bill Ferns
and children, Richy, Tommy
and Peggy, visited Mrs. Dick
Larson, Wednesday, May 7.
Red Blanket sawmill start
ed its night shift May 7. Plans
to operate the "Sweede" mill
are underway.
Mrs. Nick Freed visited her
son in Portland recently.
Several plans for "Mother's
Day were altered due to the
rain. Picnic parties were
moved inside and buffet style
lunches were served instead.
Sherman Poole, who was
injured by a flying piece of
steel, did not lose the sight
of his eye.
High school graduation will
be held May 28 in the new
High school gymnasium.
Grade school will be dis
missed for the summer on
May' 29.
Mrs. "Blonde" Marshall vis
ited Mrs. Dick Larson Friday,
May 9.
Military Pay
Increase, Passes
In Vote by House
Washington (W The
House today passed a compro
mise $576,438,000 military
pay raise bill aimed at keep
ing skilled men in the service.
Speedy Senate concurrence
was expected, paving the way
for servicemen to get fatter
pay checks June 1.
President Eisenhower re
quested the legislation on the
basis of the so-called Cordiner
report. The report warned
that technicians and other
specialists, trained at high
cost, were leaving the serv
ices in droves to join private
industry. '
The measure sets up a "pro
ficiency" pay system in which
most members of the armed
forces will get raises.
Pay hikes range from 14
per cent in the corporal third
class-petty officer grade to 47
per cent for members of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Privates with more than
two years duty would get a
six per cent raise.
The original House bill
called for a $683,327,000 in
increases. The Senate scaled
this to $576,038,000. Confer
ences adjusted" the differ
ences. ' The compromise includes a
senate provision under which
captains, majors, lieutenant
colonels and colonels and
their navy counterparts will
get "responsibility"-increases
if their jobs warrant it."
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for Justice of the
yPREME COURT
POSITION NO. 3
An Experienced lawyer An Able Judge
Fd- Adv- SIoan tor Ju3e Comm. 209 Franklin Bids, Medford, Ore
Wiley Smith Sees
Tax Apportionment
As Campaign Issue
WILEY W SMITH
For Equitable Apportionment
Editor's note: This is another in
a series of profiles on candidates
for governor in Oregon's primary
election May 16. Today: Wiley W.
Smith.
Portland (IP) Wiley W.
Smith, 66, the Multnomah
county assessor is after the
D e m o c r a tic gubernatorial
nomination in the May 16 Ore
gon primary, a position he
once changed his mind about
seeking.
Smith said in 1953 he would
seek the Democratic nomina
tidn but later changed his
mind.
In 1956, Smith was the
Democratic nominee for state
treasurer but lost to Sig Unan;
der, who seeks the guberna
torial nomination this year on
the Republican ticket.
Taxes Said Issue
Smith, a native of Tennes
see who has lived in Portland
for 37 years, says the issue in
the current campaign is "tax
ation a just and equitable
apportionment of the cost of
government among the citi
zens on the basis of their abil
ity to pay."
He has been critical of the
State Tax Commission and
said in a speech that "utility
assessments went down two
per cent in the last seven
years while home owner as
sessments were going up 39
per cent." He also criticized
the reappointment, of Sam
Stewart, a Republican, to the
Commission.
Smith recently changed the
tax ratio in Multnomah coun
ty to 100 per cent of true
cash yalue. This had the ef
fect of ! raising the state's
bonding limit.
Elected Assessor in 1950
He was first elected county
assessor in 1950 and has held
the job since.
He has worked for the U.S.
Maritime Commission; the
Federal Trade Commission,
was a tax clerk in the sheriffs
office, a manufacturing plant
anditor and is a former ap
praiser in the assessor's of
fice. Smith served with the in
fantry in the first World War.
He is married and has two
daughters and four grandchildren.
Construction Strike
Negotiation Slated
Portland Iff) The U. S.
Mediation Service said today
that negotiators for the Ore
gon State District Council of
Laborers union and heavy
construction contractors will
meet with federal conciliators
Wednesday at the U. S. court
house here to attempt to come
to terms and end the strike
now in its second week.
The laborers' strike, or
dered by the union over a
wage dispute, idled about
5,000 workers and tied up
millions of dollars worth of
heavy construction projects
in Oregon.
Glenn Blake, president of
the Multnomah County Cen
tral Labor Council, said he
would demand an arbiter be
called in if the strike was
not settled by Wednesday.
THE CHILLY WAR f
Bonn, Germany (IP) Ger
man Communists were as
sailed today as would-be family-wreckers.
The government
said the Communists are mail
ing handwritten letters to the
homes of German soldiers
which usually begin with,
"My loved one," and end
with, "Your always loving."
The soldier's wife usually
opened it .
Lana Turner Will
Remake 1934 Movie
Hollywood Iff) Lana
Turner, whose real life roles
read like the plot of a B
movie, goes back to work in
July in Universal-International's
"Imitation of Life," a hit
of 1934.
Announcement by U-I Vice
President Edward Muhl Mon
day that glamorous Lana
would appear in the picture
ended speculation on whether
the slaying of her lover,
Johnny Stompanato, by her
daughter might finish the star
in Hollywood.
Lana's 14-year-old daugh
ter Cheryl, stabbed Stom
panato to death April 4 in
the movie queen's rented
Beverly Hills mansion. The
slaying was called "justifi
able homicide."
Cheryl was made a ward
DOUBLE CATCH
Beecher City, 111. HP)
Bass may not talk, but Mrs.
J. A. Allen caught one that
at least ' croaked. Investiga
tion unearthed a live bull
frog in the bass's, throat.
John J. Frantz
is a good man
to know
He can probably save
you quite a bit of money.
As an Allstate Agent,
he's a specialist at taking
the red tape and high
cost out of insurance.
Why don't you call
him?
40 South Central
1 Medford, Oregon
Ph.: SPring 3-4722
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of Juvenile Court and placed pending a June 2 hearing
temporarily with her grand- on what shall be done with
mother, Mrs. Mildred Turner, her.
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Republican precinct committeeman 1948 to 1954.
Appointed County Judge in 1954. Elected for full
term in General Election in 1954.
Elected as one of the two delegates to the Republi
can National Convention from Fourth Congres
sional District of Oregon. 1
Member of Jackson County Welfare Committee for
, eleven years.
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Pd. Adv.
Vice-President of the O & C Lands Assn.
Served 3V years active duty in U.S. Navy In
World War II.
For five years commander of the Naval Reserve
unit in Jackson County. Unit received outstanding
recognition for two consecutive years.
Member of Public Lands Committee of State Ass'n.
of Oregon Counties.
E. H. Singmaster, Chr'rman,
Keating for County Judge Committee,
P.O. Box 226, Ashland. Oregon
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