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Show PAGE FOUR Broadway Stars New York Banker Sees Head Billing Japan Trade Deficit Cut Critics' Delight Heads 'Oklahoma Cast N. Y. All-St- ar For 'Oklahoma!' Laurel Hurley, John Tyres and Marni Nixon, all Broadway stars, have been named for the lead roles in the University of Utahs Summer Festival production of Oklahoma!!" July according to Maurice Abravanel, music director. Miss Hurley, leading lyric soprano of the New York City Light Opera, has been enthusiastically praised by critics from New York to San Francisco, and is considered one of the countrys most promising young stars. She will play the part of Laurey in Oklawell-know- n 10-1-7, , i homa!" Typical comments about Miss Hurleys singing are: . . . brilliant voice" (New York Times); Miss Hurley is sweet and innocent, gracious and lovely in voice. She is a distinguished singer and artist (New York Herald a vivid musicaTribune); " . (Chicago Tribune). . lly Miss Nixon has appeared in the Broadway show The Girl in Pink Tights," and has sung with 12 major opera companies from coast to coast. She has appeared on a 'number of nationwide television broadcasts, and last November won the Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts competition. This spring she won Chance of a Lifetime," a prize of $1,000 and a week at the Latin Quarter in New York. Mr. Tyers has been the main male star of the St. Louis Municipal Opera for four years. On Broadway he has appeared as leading man in Inside U.S.A.," with Bea Lillie, Arms and the Girl," Gypsy Lady, and others. In March, 1952, he reached the goal of all young singers when he ...""... LAUREL HURLEY enthusiastically praised by critics from New York to San Francisco. Offi FOOD JULY 9, 1954 Hie Western Mineral Survey, Salt Lake City, Utah cien tFS e rui c mSustemi PHONE TOOELE STORES 0201-J- 1 More Families Buy Lennox Warm Air Heating Than Any Other Make LENNOX FURNACE CO. 5 2200 South Main St. Phone 84-76- 84 5 I 1 Youll Smack Your lips When You Taste YEAH OLD .. Bank of Manhattan's Companys foreign department head, vice president Curtiss Grove, has just returned from a seven week Far Eastern tour visiting top bankers, industrialists and die areas government officials with an encouraging report on economic situation. He estimates Japan s trade deficit for fiscal 1954 will total about $90,000,000 as against for the previous year. 9 And this will be accomplished policy (rates average per cent) of the Ministry of Finance and despite a cut of some $100,000,000 in the Bank of Japan will cause difin United States expenditures ficulties to some smaller concerns Japan. This is eloquent testimony to but in general will benefit the the ability and spirit of the whole country, he said. Japanese," Grove said, in view While he was impressed by the their problems." He stated that fact that businessmen in Japan are Japans manufacturing costs and seem inordinately well equippabout 25 per cent too high ed with new Cadillacs, he reportoutmoded and insufficient pro- ed that a genuine austerity production equipment has hurt qualgram has been instituted and ity. - producing expenditures hincurtailed. In an are severe a being Result has been side Grove meet comment, to interesting drance to their ability that remarked believes Japanese banks, world competition But he prices will be brought down 10 all in the center of Tokyo, were to 12 percent this year, a remark- singularly free from bomb destruction. able achievement. $300,-000,0- 00 . non-inco- Since the war, unionization of Japanese labor has been a mixed blessing, he noted, because it has tended to price labor right out of the market in some industries, where pay demands have been unrealistic. This factor together with the high cost of imported raw materials combine to put the shipping industry), for one example, in bad condition. Unemployment is rife me The Bank of Manhattan foreign head reported varying condition in Formosa, the Philippines and Hong Kong. Overriding concern of the Chinese on Formaso is return to the mainland with a target date of anywhere from 8 to 18 months.. The decision of the the 14,000 freed Chinese prisoners of war in Korea to go to Formosa rather than return to red China gave profound encouragement to the Nationalist Chinese, Grove .The New York banker observed said. howeveil that while a number of The problem of increased popmarginal enterprises will probulation on Formosa from 6 milnet in. the under Japan, ably go effect of this will be healthy. La- lion to 10 million is serious and bor and resources will be diverted is exacerbated by the fact mi from marginal to economically army of 600,000 is being main-tine- d which is not in itsef a promore valuable and necessary enn force. ductive long-rudevelopment terprise, a hard-press(essential in this made his debut at the Metropol- economy. And step by step, ,the Knowing that the world is itan Opera. After his appearance Japanese are building up new watching them, the Chinese are in Oklahoma!" he will play op- foreign markets. striving to make Formosa an ideal pilot plant, Grove reported. posite Imagene Coca in WonderWhereas Japanese banks are There have been land reforms ful Town. Tickets for Oklahoma! are $3, overloaned by out; standards, they and industry has been expanded $2.50, $1.75. $1.50 and $1. Mall are now strong institutions, ef- beyond the levels attained by the orders are being accepted at the fectively serving the country, previous occupants, the efficient Summer Festival Box Office, Grove said. He added that the Japanese The Chinese have built economy benefited greatly from well upon the Japanese Japanese University of Utah ed the establishment of the present industrial plants using and Imyen in 1949, which value seems proving the equipment they have likey to hold. The tight money Inherited from the occupation. 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