FRIDAY, JANmJ
AGE SIXTEEN
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
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Another forward step has been
taken In an effort to coordinate
the promotion and advertising ef
forts of the Klamath, Jackson and
Josephine county chambers of com
merce toward Increasing travel
business In southern Oregon.
Chamber of commerce personnel
from the entire area met Wednes
day evening at the Jackson Hotel
at Medford to establish a meeting
of minds to work out a definite
program. Because of the Jackson
County Chamber of Commerce
annual meeting to be held Jan.
18, and both the Klamath and Jo
sephine county chambers meet
ing Jan. 20, specific action has
been postponed until after those
dates.
The Idea of cooperation between
the chambers of commerce of this
area began before the end of World
War H, when Charles R. Stark
was manager of the Klamath
Chamber, Don Lane of the Jackson
group and Webb Thorjiberry at
Grants Pass in Josephine county.
Present at the Medford meeting
were the managers and heads of
the tourist committees of chambers
of commerce from southern Ore
gon, with Don McNeil, manager
of the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce, and George Lewis,
chairman of the tourist committee
at Medford, In charge of the meet
ing.
Among the 25 chamber neonle at
tending were representatives from
Orants Pass, Ashland, Medford, i
Klamath Palls and the recently or
ganized Illinois Valley chamber at
Cave Junction.
Answering the roll call from
Klamath Falls, R. Frank Tucker,
An Englishman Sings, But
The Voice Is Still Lanza
By BOB THOMAS
HOLLYWOOD W A handsome
young Englishman opened his
mouth to sing. The voice was un,
mistalcably that of Mario Lanza.
This strange circumstance has
been happening on the set of
"Student Prince," MOM'S refup
Dishing of the Sglmund Romberg
operetta. I watcned while jyamuna
Purdom sang a love song to Ann
BIyth. At least Purdom went
through the motions. Lanza sup
plied the voice.
This Is the picture that launched
law suits asking millions of dollars
In damages. Lanza walked out on
the production, leaving it high and
dry. He inter had a change of heart
, and made a deal wnereoy tne stu
dio could use the recordings of his
voice for the sound track.
Purdom was chosen to step Into
Lanza's roomy costumes. He Is
rather slim and tall with a well
chiseled face and brown hair. Di
rector Richard Thorpe reported he
was doing admirably.
"After the first IS seconds on
the screen, you'll forget entirely
that you are hearing Lanza's
voice." said Thorpe.
When the scene was over; Pur
dom came over to discuss his fu
ture. He believes that the Illusion
will succeed.
"It's not like Larry Parks' Im
personation of Al Jolson," said the
handsome protege of the Ollvlers.
"In that picture, Parks was por
traying a well-known personality,
All his songs were done with ges
tures and dances, Just as they
would have been done on a stage
before an audience.
" 'Student Prince' Is different.
The fellow does not step before an
audience and start singing; all the
songs are worked Into the plot.
Lanza had never done that on the
screen. Virtually all the tinging In
his pictures were arias or songs
delivered In the grand style. Only
in the beginning of "The Oreat Ca
ruso' was there a song which he
did spontaneously."
Purdom has never met Lanza,
but is well acquainted with his
style. When the young actor was
selected for the part, he ran the
Lanza pictures over and over to
observe how the tenor delivered
his songs.
"Oddly enough, Mario exerts
very little when he Is singing on
the screen," he commented. "If
pictures were taken while he was
singing for the recordings, he
would probably be amazed at the
straining he does.
"I was faced with a problem in
trying to simulate his singing. It
Is such a big voice with such
kick to it thut you have to do one
of two things: you have to. appear
big with a huge, padded chest, or
you have to appear to be straining
every muscle. Synchronizing the
lip movement was easy to acquire;
making the delivery of the songs
seem authentic was much more
timicult.
"I do It best bv turning the re.
cording up as loud as I can. In
that way, I can drown out my own
Ineffective organ. And the voice al
most seems to enter into me."
mat's the system that Parks
used for the Jolson pictures; he
played the songs at a deafening
volume.
Despite Purdom's modestv. he Is
reported to have a nice vnlee of
his own. He's baritone, but director
Thorpe reported that he becomes
tenor when he has to strain In
the closeups.
rurdom Is the son of rniriish
author and dramjitic critic, Charles
B. Purdom. Having appeared in
repertory and In Shakesneare at
Stratford-On-Avon, he came to
New York to nlav in the "Clpn.
patra" shows done by Vivien Leigh
and Laurence Olivier. Six different
studios offered him contracts, and
he chose one at MOM.
His only two film chores before
"Student Prince" were bits In
"Titanic" and Julius Caesar." He
married an English dancer named
Anita Phillips and they have a
year-old daughter.
manager, announced:
"I'm Irom the State of Jeffer
son, that mythical state that runs
along both sides of the state line,
westerly to the Pacific Ocean. We
are a little entity all our own and
our position is unique.
"This thread of the idea of co
operative effort to promote southern
Oregon the State of Jefferson
has been carried on by the suc
cessive management of the Klam
ath group ever since It was started
by Charlie Stark, who was man
ager from 1944 to 1951. I think we
are all glad to see this definite
step.
Don't discount, however, the ef
forts of the Pacific Northwest
Travel Association or the Trav
el Information Division of the Ore
gon state Highway Department.
"The Oregon Stale Highway De
partment is doing an outstanding I
Job of advertising and promoting
the state as a whole. Our Job now
is to supplement this fine work by
emphasizing the attractions we
have to offer the traveling public
right here in our . own area.
Wo have been trying to do it at
Klamath Falls through folders,
maps and letters with some de
gree of success. Following along
the lines of thought of Don Mc
Neil's father, V. A. McNeil, of the
Portland chamber, we try to say
it quick and say it often."
With Tucker were Keith Cobo,
chairman of the Klamath tourist
committee and first vice president
oi me Oregon Motor uourt Assn.,
and Otto L. Smith, chamber di'
rector in charge of inter-city activi
ties.
L. C. Hanson, manager of the
Josephine County Chamber of
Commerce at Grants Pass, sug
gested closer contact with newspa
per travel editors, particularly
from San Francisco and southern
California, with the possibility of
inviting them to Oregon and show
ing them this vacatlonland first
hand.
Don McNeil pointed out the im
portance of starting travel promo
tion early, stating it has been his
experience that people begin plan
ning their spring and summer va
cations while sitting in front of their
fireplaces in the winter.
Cobo emphasized the long range
aspect of advertising, citing the
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10.15 Main
WASHINGTON W Mat. Gen.
Bernard h. Robinson, deputy chief
of Army Engineers for construc
tion, late this month will make an
eight - day, seven-state inspection
tour of civil and military engineer
projects in the West.
In announcing the trip, the en
gineers said Robinson also would
preside over two meetings in Call-
License Tax
Loss Studied
SALEM m "The Legislature's
Interim Committee on Highways
began a study Thursday to find
out how much money Is being lost
through evasion of Oregon's motor
vehicle taxes.
The study will be made by Mor
gan Slbbett of the Stanford Re
search Institute.
It also will determine the amount
of revenue being lost by legislation
wnicn favors certain groups of
road users.
Ren. EdXlear.v, Klamath Falls.
chairman or the committee, said
the committee won't give anv in
structions to Sibbett, as the commit
tee wants an unbiased report.
fornla of the Army Board of En
gineers for Rivers and Harbors.
The board will meet In Monterey
Jon. 18 to receive additional testi
mony on the South Pacific divi
sional engineer's recommendation
that Congress be asked to author
ize modification of the existing
Monterey harbor project.
On Jan. 21, the board will sit
at San Francisco In a regular
monthly meeting to consider these
proposed projects, including;
Tillamook Bay and Harbor, Ore.,
and Alsea Bay, Ore.
Younger Voting
Age Bill Offered
WASHINCTON Wl President
Elsenhower proposed Thursday
that the Constitution be amended
to give 18-year-olds the right to
vote and legislation was promptly
oiierea to carry this out.
Sen. Knowland (R-Calif) offered
the proposal in the Senate and Rep.
Wldnall (R-NJ) In the House. They
acted Just after the President made
the suggestion In his State of the
union speech.
Sens. Ferguson (R-MIch), Hen
drickson (R-NJ) and Morse find.
Ore) announced their support.
Morse recalled he had made the
same proposal last July 18.
FOR SALE
Washed Cull Potatoes
On pavement and easily loaded from overhead hopper.
GEORGE YOST Whse.
Tulelake, Calif.
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF CONDITION
THI UNHID STATIS NMIONAl BANK OF rOKTUND, OKIOON
DECEMBER 31, 1953
,098.71
390.11
274.40
115.74
,000.00
682.40
881.68
692.16
470.97
RESOURCES
iasn on nana ana uue irom Banks n m g 153,616
United States Government Bonds 257 479
Municipal and Other Bonds !!!!!.!!!!!!! 64158
Loans and Discounts Net 229 038
awe in r eaerai ueaerve HnnK 900
Bank Promises (Including Branches) . 7,575
Customers' Liability on Acceptances , , , '592
Interest Earned , , , 2 296
Other Resources . , 190
$ 715,847,506.17
LIABILITIES
Capital $ 14,000,000.00
Surplus 16,000,000.00
Undivided Profits 1 ., .,. 16,438,293.23
46,438,293.23
Reserves for Interest, Taxes, etc , ... ... ; 3115 726 01
Acceptance. . . '...'.'.Z WW '.6$
Dividends Declared .... 420 000 00
Deposits , 661 810 744 37
Interest Collected Not Earned !!! ', ". 3 468696 04
Other Liabilities J. . ' U6.V84
$ 715,847,506.17
Thit Hattmtnt includtt 43 iranchr$ in Onon
Had Ornci: PORTLAND, OREGON
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KLAMATH FALLS BRANCH
' KLAMATH FAUS, OREGON
DDNATI0 UAL DANK
Osaeif Pte'tref DcpiWf
advisability of never overlooking
the possibility of folders being
used in school project work, as an
example.
"The youngster Is probably too
young to make travel decisions,
but his interest in our locality and
his writing a school paper about
it it bound to have lasting effect
as well as considerable immediate
influence on his family's travel in
terest."
A Grants Pass motel operator
stated that seven per cent of his
gross income was spent on adver
tising, with good results. The group
in his city has undertaken a local
educational program beginning
with the public contact level, in
cluding personnel of service sta
tions, cafes and stores.
License plates from 47 states and
British Columbia were noted in
one day by one chamber member
from that city. Approximately 10
per cent of their registrations came
was
I from Texas during 1952. . it
In Ashland, map cases . were
prepared, filled with folders on the
surrounding area, and distributed
through service stations and mo
tels. Travel is a big' industry in the
state of Oregon. The year Just
closed was a banner year, accord
ing to the Travel Information
Division of the Oregon State High
way Department. Income from
Oregon's visitor industry for
1953 was three per cent greater
than the previous year, according
to the department's survey.
Approximately 997,000 out-of-state
cars visited Oregon during the
vear. The visitors spent an esti
mated $125 million while in the
state, compared with the previous
record of 121 million in 1951 and
1952. The over-all picture showed
that half of the travel from out of
the state came from California.
Bolivian Tin Heiress
Weds After Legal Battle
KELSO, Scotland f Bolivian
tin heiress Maria Isabela Patino,
18, and her dashing Englishman,
Jimmy Goldsmith, 20, were mar
ried in this picturesque little bol
der village Thursday a few hours
after her father withdrew a court
ban against the wedding.
The raven-haired Isabpla's fath
er, tin multi-millionaire Antenor
Patino, did not attend the wedding.
Neither did 'Mrs. Patino.
The parents had dashed to Scot
land earlier this week in a vain
effort to head off her marriage
to the son of a wealthy London
hotel owner.
After a brief ceremony in the
two-room registrar's office of this
farm market town of 4,000, the
young lovers climbed into a car
and headed for a secret honey
moon. The way was cleared for the
marriage Thursday moiining, when
the South American magnate yield
ed to love's young dream and gave
up his legal attempt to block the
marriage. He had objected that his
daughter was too. young.
Patino went before the staid ses
sions court of Scotland in Edin
burgh and informed the judges he
was dropping his demand for an
injunction against the marriage.
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