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- The Weather
Fair jtoday and Monday,
-warmer falling humidity;
Max. Temp. Saturday 78,
Mln. & river -3.4 feet,
southwest winds. ;
FOUNDED 1831
EIGUTY-SIXTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, September 6, 193$
Price 3c; Newsstands 5e
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Programs and
: Exhibits wm
Break Record
Labor Day Holiday Will
Bring Out Big Crowd
for Initial Events
Important Changes Made
in Setup; Horse Show
Here Being Revived
STATE FAIR PROGRAM
MONDAY, OITENIXQ DAY
7 n. -m. Diamond Jubilee
fair officially opens.
-9 a. mo Judging starts.
1:15 p. m. Pari-mutuel
horse " races start, Lone Oak
track.
6:30 p. m. Free entertain
ment in front of grandstand.
7:30 p. m. -First amateur
performers con t'e s t, grand
stand. H p. m. Night horse show,
stadium.
A state fair rampant 'with color
ana Duiging wun me most iTanea
of exhibits will open officially at
the state fairgrounds at 7 o'clock
Monday morning. ;
Oregon's 75th annual i t ate
fair, it will be the largest in
point of program, exhibits and
attendance if the expectations of
S. T. White, director, and Leo
Spitzbart, assistant, are fulfilled.
The diamond jubilee fair already
has a record start with, all dis
play and concession spaces filled.
Perfect "falr weather fair
and warmer was forecast by
the weather bureau last night fof
me opening uaj.
Five major daily program
events will be offered throughout
the week:
' Running races on Lone Oak
track at 1:15 p. m., state fed
eration of woman's clubs musi
cal programs beginning Tuesday
afternoon, free entertainments in
front of the grandstand at 6:30
p. m., nightly amateur entertain
ers contest at 7;30 and a horse
show in the stadium at 8 with at
tractions never before shown in
Oregon.
Objectionable Games
Are Not Tolerated
Objectionable gambling games,
the fair management has prom
ised, will hot be tolerated on the
midway this year.
This Jubilee fair evidently will
be a testimonial to Oregon farm,
ers returning profits. The farm
ers themselves are bringing more
cattle, more sheep, more swine
and more birds to the fair this
week than ever before and their
children, in the 4-H clubs, by to
night will have filled every barn
allotted for their own animals.
Implement dealers will reflect
confidence In the state's enviable
farm position by aouunng inw
of their displays. Overflowing the
farm equipment sheds yesterday,
they.were taking to tents and the
openspaces at the western end of
the central plaza.
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Woman Gets Over
Atlantic, Landing
Forced in Canada
LOUISBURG. Nova Scotia. Sept.
5 UP) - Mrs. Beryl Markham.
feeling tine," and "with Just a
bump on my head" to show for
her forced landing, ended her
England to New York flight un
expectedly but safely today at Ba
leine Cove, near here. -
, There were scratches on h e r
nose and lace, and her plane was
badly damaged. b!ut the 33-year
old English matron was unhurt.
"It was nice to have landed
right side up," a h e commented
with a nervous laugh. "This-is
my first Tisit to America, you
kDMrsf Markham, who lifted her
small monoplane, -The Messen
ger " from the Abindgon airport
in England at 12:50 p. m. (East
tern Standard Time) Friday, had
been in the air 23 and three-quarters
hours when she was forced
down by lack of fuel at 1:05 P.
m.' (E D.T.) today. Foul weath
er challenged- her plane most or
the way, consuming her gasoline
supply more rapidly than she had
anticipated. M , M
I knew my fuel was almost
none, so I landed at the first clear
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BDOl 1 SIS"""' . " . , .
she had been bronght to Louis-
burg,
A a TTorhn Rrace.
1 lie w v i i -
Newfoundland, after I had been
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heavy tog there jnade a Undlng
impossible. lucu "
Sydney; and here I am safe and
sound. ,
I ATTRACTIONS VARIED AT STATE FAIR
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Left, "fire jump" which 24 cavalrymen will do at free entertainment
from top, Johnny Johnson, Amity nigh school student, ana one of bis Wbtte leghorna entered In
Future Farmer contest; view of grounds through the main gate with cavalrymen's tenta at: far end;
Snowflake and her calf. Shorthorn entry by Joe Dodd,; Tygh Valley, Wasco county.
Utility: District
Chiefs Nominated
McKay, Jones Are on List
For Election; Names
Held Sufficient
Assured that there are sufficient
signatures on petitions to place
the matter of the creation of a
public utility district for Salem
and Marion county on the Novem
ber ballot, supporters of the move
yesterday announced the names of
the men who will be nominated
as directors of the district should
the measure meet the approval of
Marion county voters.
The men who are to be placed
on the ballot to fill, the positions
of directors are Douglas McKay,
Salem; Ronald Jones, Brooks;
Harley Libby, Jefferson; Frank
Hettwer, Mt. Angel, and Sylvester
Smith, St. Paul. For the first
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Announce Awards
In Dairy Scoring
Awards ! in the pre-state fair
cheese and butter scoring con
tests, held under the direction of
the state agricultural depart
ment, were announced Saturday.
Hugh Barber, Tillamook, was
first In the cheese contest with
a score of 95. Norman -Christen-sen,
Tillamook, was second with
a": score of 93 and Frank Red
berg, Cloverdale, third, with a
score of 92. .
Butter contest scores:
Marvin Davidson, ; Dairy Co
operative association. ' Portland,
first, 95; II. S. Hansen, Swift &
Company, P o r 1 1 a n d, second,
94.75; Redmond A. Pieraon,
Swift & Company - Portland,
third, 94.50; A. C. Madsen, Mc
Minnville Creamery, fourth,
94.25. i
F. C. Sparks. Clatskanie, was
fifth;; F. F, Fisher, Producers
Milk company, Salem, sixth;
Richard Trout,. Raven Dairy, sev
enth; H. R. Dugger, Medo-Land
Dairy, Eugene, eighth.
The prize-winning butter and
cheese will be on exhibit at the
state fair, f : :
Triple Car Crash
Occurs at Labish
: Three cars were damaged last
night in a multiple collision on
the Pacific highway, six miles
north of Salem near the Fukada
store at Lake Labish.
Charles Blank, Portland, land
ed in the ditch when he was blind
ed by the lights of passing cars.
He received a cut on his arm
which was given first aid treat
ment by State Officer Vera Hill.
While a wrecker was attempt
ing to get Blank's' car out of the
ditch, machines driven by Carl
Crow, Bremerton, Wash., and
James Wilhite, Gervais, collided
when they came upon the signal
man for the wrecker. The crash
damaged the rear of Crow's car
and the front of Wilhlte'a ma
chine. Minor injuries were receiv
ed by the drivers of the cars.
Sawyer Reelected Head
Of Irrigation Congress
As Vale Meeting Closes
VALE, Ore., Sept. K.-P)-Rob-ert'W;
Sawyer, Bend, was re-elected
president of the Oregon re
clamation congress today as the
organization's annual meeting
drew to its close. f r I
This noon Senator Charles L.
McNary and Congressman Walter
Pierce were guests of
honor at a
luncheon. Each spoke! briefly, as
did Roy Ritner, Pierce
s opponent
in the November election
Otjen's Car Climbs Up
Front' Steps of
After Corner
House
Collision
A car driven by Ben
Otjen, 818
Rural avenue, landed dn the front
steps of a house on the corner
of Rural and High street last
night after a collision' at the In'
tersection with an automobile
driven by Ted Lowrey of Brooks.
After the collision, Otjen's ear
ran over the curb, knocked down
a small trees and stopped against
the steps of the house. No one
was Injured in the wreck. . Both
cars were badly damaged. '
PARADE FEATURES FLAX FESTIVAL AT MOUNT ANGEL
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Top left: Joe Berndt, president of Mt. Angel Flax Growers Coopera
tive, on buckskin saddler, paces the parade headed by the Mt. A4
Cel band. Top right: Governor Charles H. Martin, State Treasurer
Rufus Holman, Secretary of State SnelL Father Alcuin of Blount
Angel, E. J. Griffith, state, director of WPA, members. 9t the state
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Labor Day Is Zero
Hour of Campaign
Republicans Draft' Kelly
as
Tactician ; Knox
Visit Is Awaited
Labor day Is the zero hour for
politicians as i well as for the
army of teachers and school chil
dren. The first Monday in Sep
tember past, the host of office-
seekers will get out of , the sum
mer trenches and try ' to 'cross
the no man's land to November
victory.
In Oregon the republicans ap
pear to be in much better posi
tion for the biennial roundup of
votes than the democrats. The
organization got going! in late
July, has visited nearly every
county and put the bee on local
chairmen and precinct committee
men; and now ihey are getting
busy.
Newest move of QHQ of the
GOP in Portland was to borrow
Johnny Kelly from the Oregon
ian to act as publicity director
and political tactician. With his
background of Oregon politics
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Resistance
to
Rebel Advance
Is Now Slifflit
San Sebastian Next Goal
in Drive Along Coast;
One Battle Fought
Loyalist Government Not
Agreeable to Scheme
to 'Humanize War '
(By the Associated Press)1
Spanish fascist rebels, pressing
toward the northern city of San
Sebastian, seized Fort Guadalupe
and the town of Fuenterrabia
Saturday nlghtafter silencing the
1 a s tj government defenders of
charred and devastated Irun.
There was Jonly slight resist
ance as the Insurgents moved
westward along the northern
coast. Government militiamen,
fleeing from Fuenterrabia, set
the town on fire and crossed to
France by boats or went to aid
in thedefense of San Sebastian.
The Madrid government, mean
while declined to consider pro
posals of foreign diplomats to
"humanize" the war, rejecting a
suggestion for exchange rather
than execution of prisoners, the
diplomats announced.
Outcome Disputed
As Battle 'Waged
- At Talavera de la Reina, about
40 miles west of Toledo, a ma
jor battle was being fought, the
Madrid administration said. It as
serted the revolters were being
forced back, .but the rebels claim
ed a victory and the seizure of
large ammunition and arms suih
plies.
The French government's deci
sion to continue its neutrality
policy toward the civil war
brought an order for a one-hour
strike Monday by the French
Metal Workers' union in support
of . communist demands for as
sistance to Madrid.
Dissension among the govern
ment defenders of San Sebastian
created the possibility the city
might surrender without a fight.
The rebel high command planned
to occupy San Sebastian as the
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90th Building Permit
For New House Issued
Now It's No. 90.
The 90th permit for building a
house In Salem this year was tak
en out at the city hall yesterday
by O. R. Ethell. It will be a one.
story, $1000 frame structure.
Ethell will build it at 2395 Cher
ry avenue. V
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flax board and others inspect load
Bottom left: Bevy of Mt. Angel
flax. Bottom rizhtx Oueen Irene.
their escorts, presiding royalty of
Festival Ends:
On Dedication
Of Flax Plant
4000 in Mt. Angel Attend
-Final Events; Parade. '
is Outstanding"
Bright Future of Nevfest
Oregon Industry Given
Particular Stress
MT.
ANGEL, Sept. 5. Headed
by Governor Charles Martin ,
and
a long
list of men notable in state
and industry, Mt. Angel today saw
the largest crowd that has ver
gathered here, swell the popula
tion of their city to 4000 When,
visitors arrived here to help cel
ebrate the third and final day of
the! Oregon Flax Festival, the first
flat celebration ever to be held in
thej United States.
At 9:30 the. governor and the
other members of the board of
control, the state flax board, Rep
resentatives of the Canby andsEu
gene flax boards, Rev. FatherAl
cuin, and the members of the lo
cal j flax board gathered at the
flax plant for the official inspec
tion and dedication, of the build
ings. Fred J. Schwab, manage of
the local concern, was master of
ceremonies. C. F. Piper of Port
land made a newsreel of the af
fair.
Notables Introduced
As : Parade Awaited
Upon leaving the plant the offi
cial curs took their place at the
head of the big parade that
formed on College street, turned
south on Main, then east on
Charles to the entrance off St.
Mary's school, where the officials
left their cars to mount thee re
viewing stand on the school sfeps.
Father Alcuin took the micro
phone to act as master of Cere
monies. During the interval of
waiting for the -parade he intro
duced I to the waiting crowd ) the
following friends of flax: Myor
Berchtold of Mt. Angel; E J.
Griffith of the WPA; Prof. q. J.
Hyslop of Oregon State college;
W. )R.jMay. Portland chamber of
commerce; Rufus Holman, state
treasurer; Earl Snell, secretary of
state; Rev. Vincent-Koppert, Irec
tor of Mt. Angel college; B. Fj Ir
vine of the Oregon Journal; iliss
Elizabeth Lord of Salem, daugh
ter of Governor and Mrs. William
P. Lord, the first boosters of flax
in Oregon back in 1890; R. J.
Hendricks of Salem; E. J. Robin
son of the Oregon Jour nja 1;
Charles A. Sprague of the Orf gon
Statesman; and A. J. Herman! the
Belgian consul. I
About 10:30 the parade began
passing the . reviewing stand land
a more interesting parade has
never gone up the streets ofjMt.
Angeli Joe Bernt, veteran if lax
grower and president of theMt.
Angel board, led the parade en a
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of flax at the Mt. Angel flax plant.
misses, on a float decorated -with
Prlneeases Dorotnr ana Anna- ana
the festival. '
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One Girl
Escapes but Others
Burned in Wrecking
Tri-Motored Ship !
; 1000 Feet; Second Explosion
Occurs Three Hours Later '"
No Record of Occupants Kept, Blaze
Makes Identification Difficult;
0 One Lucky Man Refused Ride
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 5.(AP)4-Nine persons died ins
flames tonight as a tri-motored sightseeing airplane
crashed arid burned in Buttermilk Hollow near the coun
ty airport. J v
One girl,! Linda McDonald, a visitor from Miami, Fla
survived the crash.
Hysterically calling for "Johnny, John A. Power of
Miami, her escort oh a sightseeing tide over the Allegheny
county fair, Miss McDonald was f oulnd wandering helplessly
around the burning ship by first would-be rescuers.
"I jumped and tried to. get the (others to jump but they
acted like they were paralyzed," she feaid when she had calm-
prl n hit. Shp "was tnkpn in n hnsrnfjil jltrmnri eha Vw-iro tm
marks of physical injury.
Tenisons Confess
Slaying in Texas
But Sheriff There Thinks
Statement ' of Convict
Pair Here Is Ruse ,
PERRYTON, Tex., Sept. .-(P)
-Sheriff J. F. Talley of Ochiltree
county tonight said he regarded
as a "fake a purported confes
sion by Claude and Elmer Tenl
son, prisoners in the Oregon pen
itentiary, of the kUling of Gene
Cone - of Perryton on June 1,
1932, and his two sons, 9 and 6
years old.
? "I have seen the document,"
Sheriff Talley asserted, "but I be
lieve it la a fake. "I want to know
more about those two convicts be
fore I take any action," he said.
"It looks to me as if they are try
ing to get out of the penitentiary
so it will be easier for them to
try and escape." . .
Deputy Warden E- C. Holley of
the Oregon state penitentiary ver
ified last night the reported con
fession of Claude and Elmer Teni
son to the killing of Gene Cone
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Hiker Bandits Get
Ten Years Prison
Two young hitch-hikers, Don
Curtis, 21, Portland, and George
Corbin, 20, . Dallas, Texas, who
hurried through Salem Friday af
ternoon after robbing John T.
Hagerty at the point of a gun and
stealing his automobile were back
yesterday, committed to the state
penitentiary to serve a ten-year
term.! -
The men 'waived all prelimin
aries j in pleading guilty to a
charge of assault and robbery
while; armed with a - dangerous
weapon before Judge L. H. McMa
han. The information was filed
against- them by William H. Trin
dle, district attorney. The ten
year sentence was the minimum
allowed under the statute.
- The two men were arrested by
Portland police Friday night fol
lowing broadcasts of their de
scriptions afterii they had taken
Hagerty's ear and left the owner
stranded barefoot, one mile from
the. Karl Stewier home on the An
keny road. Hagerty reported the
holdnp to state police and Sheriff
A. C. Bark. -
Arrest of the thieves came after
they had abandoned Hagerty's ear
and were walking past the Port
land police station. Two city de
tectives recognised them from the
broadcast description. Sheriff A.
C. Burk returned the men here
late Friday night. ; v
Late Sports
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. t.-UP)
M. and M. Woodworkers of Port
land, Oregon state softball cham
pions, won the northwest title to
night by downing the Washing
ton State champs. Fisher Bodies
of Seattle, 4 to 3.
A wild ninth inning which saw
three Portland runs cross the
plate gave the home team the vic
tory. I.
Fisher Bodies -I
M. and M. - fc 4 S S
B. MeKeaun and C Stelnauer;
Berlant and Gette. ,
P
er
Falls From Height
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The Identified dead were Wil
liam Leeay, 43, a janitor, his sis-
ter anil her husband.
A fifiend, Edward Helm, said be
saw these three get in the ship
and would have 'gone himself if
the pilot nad let him.
"The told me he could carry n
more passengers and 1 would
have to wait" for the next trip,''
said Helm. "Gosh, but I'm lucky:
The plane, a ten-passenger snip
'pUoteli by Eric Beckley, crashed
from an altitude of about 1,000
feet rhortly after it bad taken
off fpr a flight over nearby
South Park, where the county
fair was in progress.
A lew seconds after the ship
struck it caught fire.
As it had fallen into a thickly
a joded ravine fire apparatus
hurriedly sent from the airport
and from the fairgrounds could
not reach it.
Airjtort officials said no record
of th(! passengers was kept and
it was likely identification of
some of the dead would be a
difficult task.
The! young woman who leaped
from the ship told'a farm couple
who rushed to the scene that she
was a -visitor from Miami and
that her escort had died in the
wreck!
Hundreds of spectators watch
ed th ship burn, helpless to
rendej- assistance.
The ship was owned by Pitts
bargh Skyways, Inc., a sightsee
ing firm which had been giving
short rides at -one doUar a per
son. As I It ieok off from the coun
ty airport attendants- there said
the pilot appeared to be having
difficulty in gaining altitude.
Two miles from the field one
or mpre of the motors failed and
the crash followed.
- Three hours after the accident
an eitra gasoline tank in a wing
of tbje shattered ship exploded.
Two hundred officials and
spectators scurried" for cover.
Nonet was injured.
Sn&ll Girl Gives
arnins as Attic
Blaze Is Renewed
A repeat fire at the home of
Mr. land Mrs. J. H. Plank, 19'J
Virginia avenue, at 10 o'clock last
night threatened the lives of two
small children and caused an es
timated $500 damage to the hous
in which the children were sleep
ing. I
It was Patricia, 10, wbe
the alarm to her mother that fire
had 'broken out in the attic over
the room in which she and her
brother, Richard, 7, were sleep
ing. -Mrs. Plank Immediately
called the fire department, which
spent two hours in getting the
blaze out.
A chimney fire had taken the
fire department to the same ad
dress at :20 o'clock last night.
Firemen put on the blaie. They
declared that the construction of
the house was such that the hot
chimney against, the siding per
mitted the fire to smoulder and
get a new start after the first fire
was i put out.
Firemen were forced to tear the
roof off near the chimney and to
open ,the celling of the bedrooai
to gfet into the attic to fight the
blaze. Considerable water dam
age was done to furniture and
waUs in the downstairs rooms of
the honse. - t
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