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Soap, , $ 2ugene Oregon 4 Ml m i o U0J LUVU U. Of 0. Library ft WHO DOES WHAT iT5i I PAUL ABEEL, manager of the Douglas county fair, chats in the exhibits pavilion with Hani T. Hansen, local car dealer. I wain't clot enough to hear whet they were talking about end em too poor e reporter to ritlc etlcing; but !t could have been bout the attendance, which at the time wet light. The exhibitt of handicraft, livestock, farm machinery, house, hold appliances, new cars and whet heve you were top notch to my wey of thinking. I'm glad to see a county fair here again. Been about 38 years since the lest one, I heard someone tey. Too long, enyhow. SENATE "NO" IGNORED Irritated Members Of House Start For Homes On Vacation Of 25 Days WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. (IB House members headed home, ward today for a 25-day vacation without the approval of the Senate. The House members won't return until Sept. 21, except for a handful who will remain here to conduct formal "no business" sessions twice a week. Those are necessary because the Senate would not agree to an outright adjournment. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS THERE is BIG news from Wash ington. Secretary of Defense Johnson announces the armed services wili chop off 135,000 civilian jobs In a drive to cut military spending. He tells members of Congress the new economy program is aimed at getting a dollar's worth of de fense for every dollar Congress gives. The order goes Into effect im mediately. It is expected to re suit in a saving of 200 million dol lars in this present fiscal year and 500 million dollars a year thereafter. THE dispatch goes on: "Anguished cries came quickly from congressmen whose home districts were hit by the proposed cutbacks. There were suggestions that what the armed forces (Continued on Page Four) Collision Injures Four; One Motorist Flees ALBANY, Aug. 26.-4.P) Four persons were iniured in a high way collision last night in which one car crashed across a ditch and into a field while the other fled the scene. The four hurt, all Californians bound for home, were Mrs. Nettie Hodopp, about 60, Sebastopol; her daughter, Mrs. Bruce Hamor, 29, Santa Rosa, and Mrs. Hamor's children, Faye, 6, and James Walter Hamor, 2. Mrs. Hodopp was the most seriously hurt. She suffered chest injuries and a possible skull frac ture. Mrs. Hamor had a broken pelvis. The children suffered minor injuries. Mrs. Hamor's husband, who was unhurt, said another car side swiped them at an intersection li miles south of Shedd, sending them crashing off the Pacific highway. He was driving the family home from a visit in Tacoma. Annual "Stampede" Mokes Debut At Fairgrounds With Program Of Four Contests Amateur rodeo participants grandstand, at the opening of the "Stampede" at the fairgrounds But larger crowds are predicted for today and tomorrow attendance increases at the county fair. Cowboys from throughout . .u ....... r .. - . .. i.. T" " ' "J" share of the purse and day money awards Thursday. Events in the arena included saddle bronc rid ing, bareback riding, wild cow milking, and calf roping. fn the first event, L. Hatcher and Jim Anderson split the purse for first and second places. B. Ellison came in third. Anderson was first in bareback riding, with George Parrish sec ond and Duane Graham, third. Best times in wild cow milking were scored bv George Anderson, 20.7 seconds: Jim Piatt, 303 sec onds, and AI Cooper. 31.4 seconds. In calf roping, Leroy Winship The. holiday was voted amid cheers yesterday in a simple reso lution after members got tired of waiting for the Senate to ap prove a Joint measure. That would have permitted House ad journment without informal ses sions in the meantime. The Senate is unable to leave Washington because It has more work than it can handle. The twice weekly, house ses sions, every Tuesday and Friday, are necessary because the Con. stitution does not allow any chamber to adjourn without con sent of the other for more than (Continued on Page Two) Traffic Signals For Safe Driving Talked At Salem SALEM, Aug. 26 i!Ft Ore gon's "prepare to stop" highway markers should be copied in oth er states because they are a val uable aid to safe driving, but uregon couia wen emulate omen, . . TL states and paint its state troop- ruejlTlVeS, Arrests mem ers' cars distinctive colors. Win- WALDPORT, Ore., Aug. 26. slon H. Thomburg, touring rep- (jp A former state penitentiary resentative of the governor of Maine, declared here this week. Thornburg, whose governor, Frederick G. Payne, is an active committeeman dealing with problems of traffic safety Jn the National Governors association. la on his way to his 15th state capital. Oiympia, Wash. Efforts to secure cooperation of various governors both in tne u. &. ana in Mexico, promises some suc cess to the tour, principally de signed in the interests of uni form traltic saiety taws, ne Be lieves. "Highway engineers, associa tions of state police and other traffic specialists have made wonderful recommendations, but the tourist still finds that traffic lane markings may mean exact ly opposite things in adjoining states and ne is not oniy con fusedhe is bewildered," Thorn burz said. The simplest possible uniform code of traffic marking and reg ulation is sought, the Maine gov ernor's spokesman said after con ferring here with Gov. Douglas McKav and traffic and highway I officials. performed before a sparsely filled Trail Dust Saddle ciub's annual Thursday afternoon. made the best time, 30.7 seconds. Other winners included Junior Anderson, 31.3, and Hank Hess, 32.1. Announcer Handicapped The rodeo opened with Lou Franco at the announcer's micro phone. Making the grand entry, officially opening the show, were Queen Virginia Voeller and her princesses, Margie Andrus and Marlene Emmitt. After galloping into the arena, they reined their mounts in front of the grandstand, to receive the applause of the crowd. Franco overcame his only diffi- ( Continued "on Page Two) Tho Weather Fair and warmer today, t eight end Saturday. Sunset today Sunrise tomorrow S:32 a, m. established 1873 Maragon Baffles Five Percent Refuses To Answer AH Top Questions Cites Counsel's Warning That Replies Might Tend To "Incriminate" Him WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-im John Maragon today refused to answer questions at the Senate five percenter inquiry "on the ground that my answer might tend to incriminate me." The Creek-American took the witness chair after an account ant testified that Maragon made bank deposits of $119,808.61 dur a five-year period in which he has said his income was only around $30,000. He would not talk, that is, when asked about his financial affairs, or answer many other questions. But he did say "yes" when Senator Mundt tR.-S.D.) asked: "Do vou know Harry Vaugh- an? He referred to Mai. trfn. ed. It also said that Miss wash Vaughan, President Truman's ington herself has been under a army aide. heavy financial strain, Mundt then wanted to know 1 Her father has been seriously whether Maragon had ever been ill, her younger sister suffered a "associated with Vaughan in "any bad injury in an accident recent activities." hy, and she herself has been un- "I refuse to answer on grounds aD)e to work all summer because that my answer might tend to of the call for her to attend var incriminate me," Maragon re- ious iajrs and community cele plied. orations. Mundt said that answer left the "implication that you and -Vaughan have been engaged in COftCsTCSS wKGYCS activities that are incriminating." Maragon confirmed b ri fl y ! D aeAfi fWf AffCUPA with his attorney and then said I tVCCWrO mcWW V there were "no implications," . E- Dnuinr I !at that he was lust following his rOl rOWCT UlnCS counsel's advice. He would not even say, when asked by Chairman Hoey D. N.C.),. whether he had testified before the committee closed doors July 28. behind Maragon did testify at that time. Former Testimony Quoted The committee has since re leased a transcript of his testi mony. Among other things, Mar agon swore then that he had never received any payments for negotiating business with gov ernment agencis. Today, Hoey asked him if he had not given such testimony. Maragon said with a slight ac cent, "I refuse to answer on ad- (Continued on Page Two) Ex-Prison Guard Sees guard who chanced to go by a tavern here nabbed two escaped convicts yesterday. ueorge Thomson, forttano, wno also was formerly a state police man, recognized the two bs trus ties who walked away from the state prison farm at Salem Sun day. He borrowed a gun, went into the tavern and arrested the two. He turned them over to state police. The convfets f-ari junior tttra ney and Vernon Meivin George said they also recognized Thom son, but thought he did not re member them. They did not resist. Bleeds Internally For 1 1 Years; Facing Surgery PORTLAND, Aug. 26. (JP)A young North Bend, Ore., man who has been bleeding internally for 11 vears was here today lor sur gery. If successful, the operation could free James Brandt, 22, of repeated blood transfusions. He has had more than 50 in the last 10 years to replace lost blood. His condition stems from an enlarged spleen. The surgeon said the "spleenectomy" would be per formed after arrival of 12 pints of blood from North Bend donors. Escaper "Lifer" Hunt Extended into Oregon WALLA WALLA, Aug. 26-JPI Escaped Lifer George Madison mint u t.:. j ... .utnorittoe1 ! presseTthe search' for ine aptwtone county slayer into nortneastern uregon. Madison slipped wav from the state penitentiary here Wednes day night with three companions. All but Madison were recaptured. The quartet used a tunnel which they dug from the prison yard to a spot near the highway. SHOPLIFTER FINES Alice A. Hoiiister, 26. Sutherlln, received a fine of $25 in Justice court when she pleaded guilty to dav to a charge of ' shonliftimr. Police Chief Caivin H. Baird re ported. In addition to the tine, she must pay for the articles taken trom two local department stores, Chief Baird said. 1 The woman was accompanied iby two small children when city i police maae tne arrest. RAW FOR ROYALTY State's Queen Locks Suitable Pageant Attire KELSO, Wash., Aug. 26 f The "victory" won by Ltbby Aid rich when she was named Miss Washington was indeed hollow, the Kelso Chamber of Commerce charged today. The chamber declared that a promised $5,000 wardrobe has not been furnished, that a promised statewide tour has not been ar ranged, and that money has not been furnished to reimburse the Kelso chamber or to buy raii tickets for Miss Washington and her chajjprone to attend the At lantic City pageant. Clothing furnished Miss Wash ington has a value "of cbout $300," according to chamber President Max Moore. The chamber awaited further word today after being informed that C. F. Liovd Youne of Seattle will underwrite Miss Aidrich'a ex- penses on her trip. inat expense payment wouiatas muen tn me oar as are me be welcome, the chamber indicat- i WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. Funds were assured today for the most extensive urogram -of government power line construc tion ever approved ty congress. Passing a $668,000,000 Interior department appropriation bill yes terday, the Senate okayed money for transmission lines to dis tribute power from government hydro-electric dams in the south west, northwest, California, and the Rocky mountain area. The House already had ap proved the administration's entire public power program, with the exception of the Havre-Shelby transmission line for the Fort Peck project In Montana. The Senate approved even this line as the last step in a crushing defeat of Its appropriations com mittee. The committee had deleted most of the transmission line items in the House-passed bill. recommending nistead the nego- tiation of contracts with private power companies to transmit government power over their lines. Final passage of the bill will await the return of House mem- hers from a vacation late in September. Meanwhile, differences between the House and Senate versions will be ironed out in conference. But the bulk of the power items tund or the Douglas county chap are not in disagreement. i ter, he said. kJJJIM 11 f ' y if V m. ' - - - x ' . wseB' i - La euTtM. unnft VtltACf ere repfices or their own. Their and fhe school houses. This has - , s. .ar . Sea vert, fierure by Paul Jenkins. ROSISURG, OREGON FRiDAY, AUG. Truman Not I Informative i On 1952 Plans President Evasive fit Reply To Question As To Running For 2nd Term WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 iJP Some of President Truman's closest friends predicted today he won't let It be known Mii after the 195G congressional elections whether he will run again. They agreed he will stump around the country next year to get a Congress to back his "fair deal program." A substantia! number of them expressed conviction Mr. Tru- mans inclination is to leave the White House at the end of, his present term in 3952. All of them conceded they were ("guessing" that, they were ul peopie who are not close to the President. And thev Insisted that Mr. Tru man himself couldn't say for sure at this time. The President hinweif set off the speculation yesterday. tie turned wits a smile that might have meant anvthine that he won't run in 3952. tHe will be 68 on May 8 of that year. isut then, later, ne wouldn t ay no, positively, or even probably. Girls Start Queries It was started when 96 teen age girls trotted up to the White House to look it, and the Presi dent over, and to sine him a song that lasted to long he had to wave goodbye and get back to work. One of the girls students of government brought here by the Aijerican legion auxiliary, had asked about her chances of be- (Continued on Page Two Two New Folio Coses Reported Al Hennineer. chairman of the Douglas county chapter of the Infantile Paralysis Foundation, today reported there are two new polio cases in the county. One woman, 30 years old, from Glendale, stricken Tuesday, it now in a Grants Pass hospitBi. She is reported getting along fair ly welt. A Roseburg woman, age 42, was stricken Thursday, and was taken by ambuiance to an tsoia- tion hospitai in Portiand last night. Her condition la reported as serious, There was one other case in the county, a small child, who suffer- ed an-attack about the fl?t of July. The child spent about a week in a Eugene hospital. The icase was reported as very mild, jsaid Henninger. The expenses of ait three (patients are being paid from the jr. i 1 r t i.'-.. .i I'- . ar J Aatjm SV r! Faur.H mambart a Curftn hava village is now on oispiey et h bean pro'(et of h combined 2, W Hurricane 'Gold Coast MiAMi, F5 Aug. U.iA? Rising winds assaulted the rich southeast Fiorina "go!i coast" this afternoon at a howling tropica! hurricane approached offshore. A Boon tdv'tiorf id h iempes. pciteJ wrfh r23-m(S fierce r;, wet ex- pec ?. P? mW Br W Lusri ister b etternooa. f is about 45 miiet o hor. i' i dm.f showers rSd.i ths , tempest esons. 1 39 miles soaslSine fcom Vera beach to M;, Zs . n n it Hurricane flags ppd from Vero beech to Miami end ,. f-Jt,!l,.JrKt farm implements, to took ist Everywhere tn the femeij f- sori area, ttsmcana-wtta prop-1 erfy owners in btihiita suits swr tne ooor oj jb paviKcn w!. j, j T were nnened to the public. To Wrfed widows , ! ttoert, jlrfges wiS t,srt e nd tied down potentiei debris. ijVwtris entris-s of both the -H Small boats tewnad for cover. Refuoees from WWs poor- ed into Red Cross iHr m ?im Seech, firemen, pou'ea icart, J duatter workers were eiertes for emergency duty. fhe boos advisory warned . . . , J . . . that tides aJ winds would b. sity oansT9u swwt Fort i.surfrrfal and Stuart, 3 Forking Meters Stolertj On fourid Shattered City police are investigating fhe theit of three city-owned parking meters, taken within th? last few days, Chief Calvin Saird said today. Bair said one of fhe meters had been found, "smashed all to pieces." He warned future of fenders that stealing meters is classified as a nnrit. Una u nA fmnrttttnm.nl A parking meirr' costs the city approximately ?3. ice I3e from smashing a meter wouit not exceed S3, Chief Baird saistfand Riverside counties in Catt WemaS ACCUSea Of j High temperatures and chBng-ling revelation would announce tii Iiii ing winds that shifted seven whether St. Peter's bones etal- Forgery And Larceny mes in one hour harrassed the !y b-n found. State Police Sgt. Lyle Harrel! i fjr, fighters. More than 32, Neither was there any nlnt today confirmed an Associated aeres at ranctt and grsidns iands ftnK(t the nature of the expect Press report from Portland that; have been burned over presumably io fca Edna May Henedetti, , wtii be Tw tiie is j, Payette f?5 feJ X!1 turned over to local authorities to NBtfcsig! forest w out of con- Y!rfc T, ,,A face forgery and larceny charges. J 5 , , HeSt'! "he New Yorfe Tiroes ljjrtet Sgt. Harreil said the woman is ii-JK s ssTiWss ItL stzt I reR4?Sf that the feonea of the wanted here in connection with if 1 ? vre understood to have the rSentlre afthe El Ranch 2SJ?S "itaSE? taarA tfe3? tfJSt ciuh near Wilbur charred 20,000 acre of timber. few ftc pavement of the BasSiScft. She was reported bv the AP as JWI ye died this week in Vatican source anofiiciaily being sentenced in Portland fori She Pa?" forest. have labelled the report fantBstic, SQ davs on drunk charges. Port- Two amali fires both under Comment wtthtn the Vatican land "police later learned war-!pn acres burned in western reportedly Is divided some oe rants were out against her in Oregon. Cool weather iessened j Sieving others disbelieving the a Douglas county. t busv beavers fhe attt - J it., . . ,,' -... i si- . L : ca. to. wi-.'.-'Ss. S. - 7 1 if - -fj eounty fair anJ ineludat tawmiSS, poti lfita, 9nfi o?,jrrr txcn ores 4-H ciubs in the ommityt whe r itsowff s th Crfiifc rfe the Probers County Fair 37-Year Gap Attractive Exhibits Are Viewed if Large Crowd; "Stampede Is Feature . ....j. ..!ijnderwfr "breathing" tube eoumy fair pavilion Thursday, wkicfc ns&if ''iJ?fS to viSw exhibits that point up 1 l J Tl ZZlc titf, first fair iTS 37 srt, ; if woold do credit to a county: J manv wars. Th? effort and cissy- i J hSe pall hn is evident in the attractive Display. Lest night, B5BBV visitors from he ra Hack sauntered dawn sawdust - covered midway, past displays of new automobiles f js.ii exhibit vat lln- : derway yesterday morning, soon Sand t-iiture- farmer of America. , ?,J'r !'i,UiT!Uf ,ntest et noon; dollar dinner contest at 3;39 p. is., and the caSf tek!ni! ntest P- ! tests are scheduled st IS a. sa. A second dollar dinner contest wm oe at bogs, ano senjonssrs- i M ... iAthl, . JSSriiSSft ".S tConttnued an Page Two Fire Situation In U. S. Improving , , . , areas United States today, but few ser- iou, development, were ported. A new muasi lire ons uui m California lust south of the Stan- W acre already have been teirn?1 in Sl&mal&ua ami two Uvea have been lost. A feuze brush fire in San OSego iornla burned out oi control the danger in Oregon. yeer. mekiiia mosSe? houses bf Arctic Area Location Of Sea Disaster Crew Saved iy 2nd Beat That Lojj Six Men, 7fit Die On i&Fcted Crcft WASHiNGTGX, AiJ. 2g tJPS Six navy aafemarinera and a tiii iass technician lost their live and: Si crewmen were rescued today when the submarine Cocaine e ptoded aiHi txaned in ArciSa waters. The six rtBvy men attach. esS to the S. S. TsaSc, a sister submarine which rescued; the Coefcino'e crew. The civilian, wha was not inwjsediately SdesstSSed, was the only one feat aboard: tte The Task fea4 jaiiied; alongside the Cocnifsa to try to rescue; St after the explosion. The ssaiken submarine was rmrarf vAttt KRftrfeel aft followed by ilr. A Sjeatasaa and five oi frcns wefe y rwvy eos aiir ing the rescue of th Ccrtri crew, hica was aamperes sy high seas. The Tusk, with the rescues men aboard, Is hearttejf for ih Norwegian port of Hammerfaat. Tfeis is the- nearest port wiser srdscsi assistance can oe email The sufeiTsarSnes hd been ! gaged itt cold water training ever else In the Arctic rhj ar uia The Cochino, iike the Ttisfe ir-arrili?ied ssinPV-enorJtei type submarine, of the iatest postwar moaet. itie tora Continued on Paga T? St. Peter's Tomb Revelation Is 01008 rrOIHISe VATICAN CITY. Aust. 2S fiSW The Vatican radio ha tirged tfe faiihtui to await "great reveia. tion" by the hoiy see concem ing- the tomb of SL Peter. This advice, ft was learned, is the only authoritative Vatican comment yet made on America : : t'l'! nnrtt w,,b ary ;? aTaVicie t The Vatican rasSo rebroaacast , -, S ""T"" " ZJS. K f 'lM,t,t- i,ivIub the Associated Press "this r?pre- wrtt oar view" - s Neither the Vatican radio nor i Quottdiano ventured io predict s count. jStot Weifar Board's i Dm?ai h Semasded ! SALEM, Aug. A d I tnand for riisnsissai of the Stat Public Welfare commission cam today as an aftermath of the con troversy en whether aged pen sioners would be allowed automo biles. State Sen. Joe E. Dunne sikj Floyd K. I5evrr, Seadera of , age pensioners hpre, said they would crry the demand to Gsv emnr McKay Tuesday. They also said they would tak to court the case of Logan Fields, 1 turned down by the welfare commission in his plea to keep car. Fields said he needed his I93T auto to get to the store. Effort To Satt Sunday Safe Of ieer Foils PORTLAND, Aug. 2S VPs The awoui can't legally keep beer drinkers front their brew on Sundav. That's what City Attorney Alexander G. Brown ruied vester st3v stter a sroon of 2tX5 petition ed for Sunday prohibition in itt cliv. Hrown said at ate law governed the sale of alcoholic drinks, and the city Jacked authority to inter vene. AdjHsm f in HsH for 25 sisy iie-spste refusal f fhe Saaf ta tontti it preel . . t . : . cafctta A fewae Untse ejojtitoS. Lvfty Ron 8y t, F, Reiaensteia r