Medford mail tribune., April 17, 1959, Image 7

'Judgment at Nuremberg'
Pretty Uncomprising;
Too Much Said Covered
By WILLIAM EWALD
UPI Correspondent
New York (UPD CBS-TV's
Playhouse 90 bit off quite a
chunk Thursday night, per
haps too big
a chunk for a
AO - m i n u t c
I drama. But I
must say de
spite its dra-
4 ' i matic flaws,
"Judgment at
, I Nurem berg"
Li MMS I clutching me
William Eld hard for its
full span.
It's strange that a play
about the German war trials
should strike, me as courage
ous only 14 years after World
War II, but this is a pretty
topsy turvy world and the
ball has taken some peculiar
bounces. As "Judgment at
Nuremberg" pointed out,
I. G. Farben is now on our
side and history, indeed, does
run a curious course.
As for "Judgment at Nu
r e m b e r g " Abby Mann's
script dealt with the trial of
four German jurists and
within its frame it touched
upon a question that must
continue to haunt all con
temporary men; the responsi
bility the individual must
bear for the crimes of his
community.
The stuff of t the play was
pretty uncompromising. Most
of us would prefer to forget
Buchenwald and Dachau, but
Thursday night their horrors
were etched out on some
Army Signal Corps film of
haunting power. There was
also much talk, tough and un
settling, badly needed on that
faucet of pap, television.
.Where "Judgment at Nu
remberg" went wrong was in
its ambition. In its earnest
ness, it tried to touch upon
too much territory the prob
lem of German rearmament,
the problems of the unpopu
larity of the trials, the guilt
the world must bear for Hit
ler, the tricky issue of unwit
ting guilt. As a result, "Judg
ment at Nuremberg" seemed
patchy and not quite ' con
gealed. The performances were
four square with Claude
Rains, Paul Lukas and Max
Schell carrying the main
burden. In a minor part, I
liked Marketa Kimbrell.
I have one further note to
make and it involves one of
the most disturbing cases of
commercial censorship I've
ever encountered on TV. In
the final scene, part of
Claude Rains speech which
referred to Nazi "gas cham
bers" was blipped out. Why?
Well, one of the sponsors of
Playhouse 90 is the American
Gas Association. Shame on
everybody concerned.
Scout Circus Set Joint Committee
Approves Bill To
End Control Board
Negro Singer To
Wed White Stripper
Juarez, Mexico -(UPD- Negro
singer Herb Jeffries is expect
ed to get a quickie divorce in
Juarez today so he can marry
white stripper Tempest Storm.
Jeffries, 44, filed petition
for divorce Wednesday under
his real name, Herbert Jef
fries Ball. As grounds he cited
incompatability of character.
The Negro ballad singer
and the buxom 27-year-old
burlesque queen announced
earlier this week they would
marry, but have not set a
date.
Jeffries married Elizabeth
A. Ball Nov. 2, 1950, in Las
Vegas, Nev.
Javier Alvarez, his attor
ney, said custody of two chil
dren will be awarded the
singer. Both the children.
Fern Elizabeth, 12, and Ro
mana, 7, are now living with
Jeffries' mother.
France's Currency
Reform Under Way
, Paris-(UPD-France's "heavy"
franc currency reform was
underway today with the
minting of the first new coin.
The five-franc silver piece
will be worth 500 present-day
francs.
The new coins and notes
are being issued over the next
several months as part of
President Charles de Gaulle's
sweeping program to put the
French economy back. on a
solid footing. The new money
will be worth 100 times its
present corresponding denom
inations and prices will be
scaled down 100 times to
match.
For May 16 at
School Stadium
"Overland to Orbit" has
been announced as the theme
for the 1959 Scout Circus of
the Crater Lake Council of
the Boy Scouts of America
Dr. Orval Eaton, council ac
tivities chairman, announced
that this year's "Scoutennial"
will be held in . the Medford
High school stadium at 7:30
p.m. May 16.
Dr. Billy Blackstone is
chairman of the circus which
is held every other year in
the Crater Lake Council.
Scouts, including Cubs, Scouts
and Explorers, from three
counties of southern Oregon
and northern California will
take part in the event.
Scouts have an opportunity
to be a part of seven acts,
covering time from before the
Oregon Trail to rockets and
missies, Dr. Blackstone re
ported. A portion of money
raised by each unit stays
with the group.
Program manager Keith
Thoreson reported that act'
directors will be announced
the first of next week. Each
act involves hundreds of boys
and requires several months
of planning.
Savings Bond Sales
Increase Reported
March sales of United States
Treasury department E and H
savings bonds have increased
substantially in Jackson coun
ty, according to the monthly
sales report released today.
They, totalled $70,191 for
March, 1959, compared to
$56,522 for March, 1958. Sales
in the county to date this
year have also increased, go
ing from $215,666 through the
first three months of 1958
to $298,678 this year.
If the experts are to be
believed, then American peo
ple are becoming more and
more conscious of interest
rates, according to State Di
rector George W. Mimnaugh.
Purchasers of E and H Sav
ings bonds have the advan
tage of 3J4 per cent interest
rates on Tiese bonds when
they are held to maturity, he
explained.
Salem (UPD - By a vote of
nine to three, the Joint Ways
and Means Committee has
recommended to the state
Senate a House-passed bill to
abolish the State Board of
Control.
Many of the powers of the
Board would be transferred
to the governor. The Board
now consists of the governor,
state treasurer and secretary
of state.
A department of institutions
also would be created with a
director in charge. All state
institutions would be under
the new department rather
than under the board.
Building Activities
All state building activities,
other than those of the Board
of Higher Education, State
Forestry Department, Military
Department and the Fish and
Game Commissions, would be
under the direct control of the
Department of Finance and
Administration.
In the case of construction
I of buildings, also under the
Finance Department, the de
partment would be required
to consult with heads of agen
cies directly involved in the
uses of the buildings being
constructed.
The bill abolishing the
board of control was intro
duced by Rep. Keith Skelton
(D-Eugene). At two previous
sessions, similar bills were de
feated. Sen. Francis O. Ziegler,
Corvallis, and Reps. W. W.
Chadwick, Salem, and Leon
Davis, Hillsboro, all Republi
cans, voted against reporting
the bill out "do pass."
A bill to change the concept
of qualification for unemploy
ment compensation was re
ported out . favorably by the
Senate Industries Committee
and the Committee chairman
called it "the most important
bill to come before this ses
sion." 20 Weeks Qualifies
Under the measure, an em
ployee would qualify for un
employment compen s a t i o n
when he has worked 20 weeks
at a minimum pay of $20 a
week with a minimum of
$700. Now he must have earn
ed $700 plus 37 times his
weekly benefit.
Sen. Dan Dimick (D-Rose-burg),
the chairman, said the
bill would disqualify persons
"not in the labor market." He
said it would affect seasonal
workers in the canning indus
try and remove 40 per cent of
them as claimants. .
"It will reduce total claims
by 10.3 per cent and save the
unemployment compensation
fund $2,500,000 a year," he
said.
Friars Renew Vows
Before Pope John
Rome - (UPD - Leaders of the
world's 47,000 Franciscan fri
ars Thursday night renewed
their vows of poverty, chas
tity and obedience before
Pope John XXIII.
The Pope received the
brown-robed friars in his own
Church of St. John's in Late
ran in a ceremony marking
the 750th anniversary of the
Franciscan order, the second
largest in the Roman Catholic
church. Nineteen cardinals,
20 Franciscan bishops and
about 1,000 friars attended.
4-H Club News
Korny Kampers
The second meeting of the
Korny Kampers was held at
the home of Beckie Gates on
March 28.
Under old business the spe
cial reports were given by the
committees on fireplaces and
other cooking equipment. Un
der new business we decided
that the leader should be noti
fied if a member is going to
be absent. We also adopted the
rule that if we miss two meet
ings in a row or three through
out the year we ae no longer
in the club. The membership
was set at 15.
The program committee for
next meeting is:Bryan Kell
ington, Hugh Charley, Cyn
thia Charley, and Maria Heff
ner. Penny Sampert,
Reporter
Beetle Epidemic
Expected in Pine
Yreka - High temperatures
and low precipitation during
last fall and winter is expected
to product an epidemic of
pine tree killing by increased
number ' of pine engraver
beetles.
Supervisor Charles A. Yates
of Klamath National forest
said the weather has caused
the beetles to multiply more
rapidly, setting the stage for
attacks on large, mature trees,
as well as their usual target
of pole-size trees.
Yates said the Douglas fir
beetle also is expected to in
crease its destruction in the
Happy Camp and Ukonom dis
tricts of the forest as a result
of the large amount of "blow
down" last winter. The for
ester advised woods workers
and forest residents to protect
trees by keeping green slash
cleaned up and by promptly
disposing of infested trees by
burning limbs and bark.
The pine engraver beetle
looks for fresh slash to breed
in when it emerges in the
spring.
Yates also warned that the
forest is unusually dry. and
burning permits will be re
quired from the district rang
er or state forestry division
offices.
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against a dance studio. Mrs.
Davis said she'd learned the
mambo, cha-cha, tango, sam
ba, fox trot, swing, merengue
and the waltz. But she broke
her leg during her 409th lesson.
Contributions through unit
ed giving rang up a record to
tal of $423 million in 1958,
compared with $412 in 1957.
American railroads use an
nually more than 6,000 tons of
weed killers along their right-of-way
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