- Dependable T ha t 1 The Oregon Statesman, a paper yon can depend ape to jflve yon tha Mm of the day, complete, oa time. Interestingly die played and Illustrated. ; leather Mostly fair today ill Wednesday- with deerenaiagT haamidity. Max. temp. Mos day 74, malm. CO. River -4.4 ft. Bala J PsuNono 1651 NINETIETH YEAH Seism. Oreonu Tueador Zooming, September' t, 1943 FrXca Sci No. m Torrid Matties, Worn Rumania Still peiaieg Day-Auiteedaiice Mark : Trouble Zone; Grab Resisted 1 As 36 CorivictisiM&c$iDe Broken at" Oregon State! Faiir :JL. ""Wew , m. . - a m m m & W jar nnW a, -W T JT . Wfe fiWaW i Wk. - W. u. .j . . If ft V f V - BS ft S mit r f i f Hostages Held By One Group; Two Captured 'Arkansas Suffers Reign of Terror T After Men . Escape Frbxn'Gang Armed Trusties Slay One Who Won't Go Along; Officer Wounded GARLAND CITY, Ark., Sept. 2 -ffV-Two escaped eonTicts were captured and three others escap- ed on foot after . torrid gun I batue wun a posse oi - the Hed river bridge here ' eany tody. ; . . Sherlff Oce Griffin or tiayeiie county said two other men, found J In the convicts car after the oat- tie. told him they had been aia- naped and forced to accompany the fleeing felons. I Griffin said although more 1 than 100 shots were fired ana i three automobiles "shot up" no An wa In lured The captured convicts were MAntifit a Ion Johnson. JZ. aerrlnr 43 years for burglary and rnhbdrr. and Walter MagDT, jo.ij. t- tnr burrlarv and 1 grand larceny. Magby was one of tha tm.t-r ruarda who led the . vnit tnt freed 2 C prisoners yesterday. COLUMBIA; La., Sept. 3-(Tues-Airl-VPy-O9 deputy sheriff was reported shot as officers closed in early today on a group or men believed to have escaped from the Arkansas penitentiary yester far. . "" The Columbia sheriff's office reported that peace officers ur- ronndinr the group were airaia i to open fire on - the men because NAey-- were oldia;v. hostages two girls and a boy abducted at ftayrllle, La. - t A spokesman for the sheriff (Turn to page z, eoi. if Inine Paul Hauser Column were oeen noimg in "f.r pers lately that ponce nations j have been having an awiui ume with utomo-i.iw'"'-""'i I biles.- There was the case of Mrs. Alice Cornelius ef Glen Head, i I f l y; ' NY, who parked her ear - on a steep hill and went shopping. When she re turned , the car was gone. "Stolen," she muttered and hot-footed it to the nearest po- ynl B. Hanasr, jr. lice station. - The nearest police station looked as if It had been hit by a blitzkrieg. The front wall l7 a biitumeg. xne irons wan was smashed in, the Interior I was a asm Dies ana psneu i top of the chiers desk was her I automobile. lust where It stopped when It rolled down the hill. Then there was the police sta tlon In North Bergen, NJ. It waa a dnll dav and the cops were wishing something would happen. cjiJ.t- w . t I duuucuj uierv wu v. : - breaking glass, car was one ox Lieutenant Thomas Cassidy ried oft ribbons In the teiUle c ..v. vt. . hi. rfHv and I ittKit - at the state fair against luuu icu iu ymu v Mn l.. .1. .1. ---m ... A-mrm-r " I The two ran1 for the door. But I they couldn't get out. Jammed l squarely In the door waa an! automobile. - They went back to the uen- (nnt' rtttlrf. "Well, did yon get hlmT" Ui lieutenant demanded. Yeah, and don't try to et away the cops responded. 'And when yon park your ear on hlii as sin. be ears the brake are good." Mussolini has decreed stana-1 w ... trdlxation of spaghetti as a war time measure. It seems tbe tans aren't going to great length to win the war. And there was the Hillside, tUtmth Carolina, citizen who rttdn't care what his neighbor thought. The vote on prohibi tion in Hillside last wees: wasi Dry o9t Wet, 1. . rsad about th bad Juck the Hopl Indians had. Their traditional annual ram nance Another thing w rad . iru bout Mrs. Frances jsmersonoi Boston who met a burgiar STLnSi Trifled0 by her outragea sisre, n Ti Akln't eet PniiM ttlriced him UP the next day on the hasi identifica tion papers airs. jumrv of mind to filch Oregon Gudrdy0rv2XS Mbbilisatiqn flOOOWav rA ;is, j?, 6 - i. : aLre VIA IhO JLYC Announcement that machinery for mobilisation of the Oregon national guard on September 1, guard M-day set Sunday by Presi dent Roosevelt, Is well under way came from Major General George A. White yesterday after he bad conferred with Gorernor Charles A. Snrarue regarding procedure. The resident's order Included the entire 41st dirision, of which General White Is commander. All Oregon guardsmen except the state staff are preparing to mobli lze for the Impending year or longer training period. This will be the state's fourth response to such a call in 42 years. TTia mnv-A in TmrTI f rut Inn Mll te wiU take place n or about s t be wltn aU Oregon troops except the 249th coast ar tniery going to Camp Murray, General White said. The coast ar- tm6ry wm quartered at Camp ciatsop until a cantonment can De completed at Fort SteTens, tneir regular field sUtion while General White made no announcement, It was understood tbat a conference in San Francisco ror wnicn ne leit aner coniernng with the goyernor would bare to do with concentration or north west troops at iron lwih, xneir supply, equipment ana training, He will meet Lieutenant General k. jcwih, iuuhu mander, in the bay city. "There Is much to be done after the effective date of the order General White said, "but all ar- rangements Have been completed for an orderly procedure, lnclud- (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) Jewish Army Is To Help British nMnt, srt H " - o - tr a t T liOUe JUM. ABKTICB, A ' - , Leaders' Report LONDON. Sept. 2-wn-Plana were announced tonight for as sembling a world-wide Jewish army to fight beside the British against the racial arch-foes of Jewry headed by Adolf HiUer's ! nasi legions, unaer me project wh tw eruitlnr for a crack at Hltlerlan niLMtnttlim ,it1 Ital, wnnld b dom. in Amertca. Tn ,rmy.- minimum strength. dI t . Abrahams, head f tha noiltlcal denartment of the naw rlnnlat ArrSTlizStlon WhO diS- cussed its frrencA todav. is to oe iov.ooo men apart from troops recruited In Palestine. - Tfio first t Tin Are A thousand. f said be honed, would be quick lr mustered by recruiting in aU parts of the world. Un reernmnr. However, win lu carried on In America, accord lug to the conference's plana. The new army. It was propos- mA wnnlil bs SOUiPPea BT Ul HMsh rovernment; although an effort will be made to have Jews provide financial support wem selves. a j rks.riI- lFSt AlCl iapUllIl . . aKCS JttXDIlOIlS 111 TextUe Division So that's what a fireman does with his spare time! . . m sr illsaltae AV IDA Captain c. . - " rj. fiaiam fir departments first aia v. , - mw . A rV .llftn an t IMOnfl Pnll OB crocheted table ciom. dell, Oregon cuy. was ma.i prise winner with a Knmea Seven men aaa entries textile division. Labor Scans Defense i Holiday Death Toll Is 434 w i -elated Press) iw r-. deaths In the .A" "r the three-day Labor J hed 424 Mon- day . weekend reached day night.- ...... Automobile ,,,".- . ttiftt firure still was below j the normal traffic death expectancy, whicn in. safety! council said was 275 for comparable weeaena v. Fair skies ; over most nation brought out thousands ,of l;. ffttT T.cord?ot ,"TuH-Prwl- denee. RI, and Plttsfield, Mass., cam. p m-field 242 ae ... -y- , -tv. - Vtrir.- 17 auto deN.w-ff ork 2 4; an Ohio i wnrv,r. observ- of the World war, neara i-iw and AFL leader join yesieraay In vigorou opposition to )PeRC- tlme conscription. ; ivi'i William Green' and FDR Declares Conscription ! Method of Def ending liberty - President Insists National Unity Stressed in Talks; Park and Dam Dedicated By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL NEWFOUND GAP, Tennessee North Carolina Line- Sept. l.-UPl President Roosevelt sternly In formed the American people to night that to remain free they must steel themselves for sacri fices, achieve absolute national unity, and "prepare in a thousand ways" to defend their country and their: liberties. "The greatest attack that has evsr been launched against free dom of the Individual, he said, "is nearer the Americas than ever before. "To meet that attack we must prepare beforehand for prepar Ing later may and probably would be too late." The spirit cf the pioneer la needed, Mr. Roosevelt contended. But the nation also needs modern arms and trailed men. Dangers far more- deadly than frontiers man had to face, he said, can not be met with "pltehforks and squirrel rifles or even with the training or the weapons ex ue war of 1217 and 1211." Great Smoky Pork Is Dedicated He spoke solemnly, dedicating the Great Smoky mountains na tional park , to "the free people of America." People from several states gathered to beat the president at a jaile high spot oa the Trans- Mountain highway, wnere Ten nessee and North Carolina meet. Mr. Roosevelt arrived here al ter, a 170-mile tram ana motor trip from , Chattanooga. Tenn., where he spoke this morning. He emphasised defense and danger In the earlier speech, too. In it he dedicated Chlckamauga dam and the TVA's system of lakes along the Tennessee valley to the "total defense of the United States of America." And he said that America today faces "a time of peril" nnmatched in world history. Much the same thought was earned over into the address here. "Today we no longer face In dians and hard and lonely strug gles with nature," he said. "And also we have grown soft In many ways. "If we are to survive, we ean not he soft In a world In which (Turn to Page I, CoL 2) Martin Asks Who Pays for Jiinkets WASHINGTON, Sept. Descrlblng President Roosevelt's address at Chlckamauga, Tenn., as a "political speech," Republi can Chairman Joseph W. Martin, Jr.. demanded today to know "who Is paying for this pouueat excur sion T" "Is the coat of his special train and bis staff of aides being charged to the the United States treasury, or as It should he, to the democratic national commit M?" Martin asked in a statement. There waa no Immediate reply from democratic national head anarters. Aboard the president train. Stephen Early, White House Mrturr. made this comment: "It & non-nolltlcal trip." Mr. Rooeevelf addrea dedi cated the Chlckamauga dam la the TV A system. th organization field,' spoke alike aralnst pending proposal to con script men In peace-time for mili tary training. ) ' Both pledged answ also that labor would work loyally for na tional defense . i- Other Labor day orator eaiiea for th preservation el laoor "social and legislaUv gains" In industry' shift to arms-making. and a greater voice in th na tional defense councils. - Both Green and Lewi advo cated establishment of condition which. ' they said would make it easier to enlarge the armed forces bv voluntary, enlistment. ; They proposed shorter terms of enlist ment and niguer pay tnan moss bow in effect. . ' Addressing . a"" labor gathering In Denver. Green said that volun tary enlistment "must be given a fair trial first." He called on President Roosevelt to make known the nation manpower On a matter as vital as thl to tfca nation' welfare." Green saia "we feel that it is the duty ot the Forcing Nazis . to Assist Hungary in Occupying Area Is Strategy Repeated Raids Made on London; RAF Drives Back Some Waves (By The Associated Press) , i Kaal bomber supported by fighter squadrons struck time and ae-aln at London last night and early i today a unconnrmea re port circulated In Bucharest nac German motorized units were as sembling on the Rumanian border to force the cessation of northern Transylvania to Hangar?. Two Rumanian generals, Ion Dargolina and Mlhal Cornleu. were reported planning to resist with arms any attempt by the Hungarian army to move Into Transylvania, area awarded Hun gary by the axis powers.' One Important Rumanian offi cial explained that Hungary, If convinced she cannot occupy the territory peacefully, certainly will call on the German army for aid. Rumanian troops would not at tempt to fight the nails, be said, but the transfer then would be regarded as a military seizure and would make a better case for Ru manians In any future peace con ference. British Say Main Impact Blunted Nazi raiders, some of them hug four-motored Junkers bomb ers, poured across Britain during the day and night In an apparent attempt to smash one of the big gest obstacles to any German In vasion the RAT aad Britain's airplane factories. London had three alarms. The British said their aircraft blunted the main impact of the nasi attack, often dispersing the advancing waves or turning them back. Britain claimed her defenders had downed nearly 2000 German planes, mostly In the last IH months, since the war began. Nasi authorities in Berlin, re calling the' destruction of France' air tore ' Just before the final phase of the great western front ef teas! v - aartd that "the RAT would be swept from, the skies within two weeks leaving the U- (Tarn to Fag 2, CoL 7.) Gervais Boy Falls Off Truck, Killed Samuel Magel Is Victim of Sideswipe Collision In West Salem Samuel Jam Magel, 9. was fataUy injured at 4:4s p. m. yes terday when he was thrown from a light pickup truck tn which bo waa riding with two other broth er along Edgewater atreet in West Salem. The accident occurred when the Magel car sideawlped a sedan driv en by Perry L. Roger. Lebanon, which turned off the highway to enter a tourist camp. The boy was thrown from the rear of the truck onto the pave ment, and suffered internal In juries and cut which proved fatal before he could be brought to a local hosjltal by the Salem first aid ear. Driver of the truck was Floyd Magel, aged 17, a brother of the fatally Injured boy and son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Magel, now of route one, Gervais. Another brother, Daniel, aged IB, was also In the ear when the accident oc curred. The Magel family wa moving yesterday from Yamhill to the Gervais address, and .the three boy were transporting the family furniture and household effect in the truck and trailer. West Salem authorities who In vestigated the accident Indicated that no chargea would be filed. Faniihoiisc Blaze Takes Four lives GRACE. Idaho. Sept. "HffV-A coroner's Jury was called today to examine evidence In the mid night death of four small , chil dren who perished without awak ening as flame consumed their tiny frame home. Bannock County Coroner Ar thur w. Hall, who acheduled the inquiry f or 1 p. . tomorrow, aaid W do not Know yei.wnai caused the 'fire, but the Inquest will serve to aid our" investiga tion of the tragedy." . Among those to be questioned, he indicated, are Mr. and Mrs. Hvrum R. Adams, parents of th dead, who. Sheriff M. J. Rosslter said were, absent from the home at the time of the fire early sun div monilnr. -. The victim ' were lay L. Adam, i,. Dart O. Adams, I, Fern Adams, 2. and Elxlna Arlen Adams. 1. ' Our -Senators Lcslc 2-0 V? CROWD SETS i-1 1 f hi i M "r Seed Industry Is Emphasized Here Marion County Booth has Display, Many Type of Seeds Grown Emphasis on Marion county's development as a seed producing area la mad In the Marion county state fair exhllbit In which a re volving belt display 24 varieties ot Med grown commercially in the county as the center display. Also on display are a colorful variety of other agricultural pro- jGtact of th couaty.' The booth t flanked on both side By a spreaa of ripe red tomatoee, set off with a row of green pepper.' Row of apple on narrow shelving orna ment th sides of the display.- Seed included In the revolving belt around . which th booth 1 built are beet, carrot, wheat, onion, hairy vetch., pea. . corn, timothy, two kind of v dovr, three klnd"of wax bean, orchard grass, red ot. :grey .oat and cantaloupe; . . . . : Supervising 'the exhibit are A. A. Geer. secretary of the. coun ty fair board; Mrs. Roy Rie and J Warren Gray. . ' AtXeast5Dead In East's Floods CAMDEN. NJ. Sept. SXV Sulferlng and the threat ot di sease were the chief concern of putdle official and relief agencie tonight in scores ot communities stricken by destructive floods which cost at least five live In south western ; Nw Jersey and Delaware. . : ; As the floodwatcrs from yes terday's torrential downpour re ceded. Eugene L. Horan, head ef the - Red Cross in . Gloucester eountt. asked New Jersey health authorities for medical supplies to prevent typhoid fever. ' . Water wa rationed la Wood bury. Gloucester .. county seat, where the pumping station was flooded. Many Hammonton resi dfnl ate cold meals because the flood reached th Glass boro gas nlant. Gaa service also was cur- jTura to P I oL Jl RECORD, STATE FAIR OPENING 1 ' i 4 1 iw -1 1 i J Labor day crowds thronged the state fairgronnd yeaterday tn even greater numbers than the SS.OOO who attended the state's show i window exposition em opening- day last year. Crowd en wy, m RnA. mwm mvtAmmt. Eeed and ether land crope at which Marion eonnrr encela tn rrowtax nre stressed tn the eonnty's i f atr booth, middle photo, while tower pictnm shows Bndolph deVrte abowiag off Bed Clowd, Ked rou awu enserea m uIt" tttion by Fred deVrlee and Son of Prafsii nalemsn photo. Horse Show Well A ttended; Local Entry GrahdChampion . By MAXINB BUREN ; two Salem horses mad an ex ceptional showing at th first day of th horse show, when Roy Sim mons' brown mar Lady- Mary Vagabond won grand : champion award' for all-American eaddle hor la th show, and his year ling stallion. Lord Highland Su preme took blue ribbon In his class. Simmons and other mem bers of th Salem Saddl club llst- I d th third largest number of n- """" m wN V . ... ' . . . - , .. sw . -nr.-' C " : .' ' " i v 0 -7 5 S- triaa In the show. ; An. unusually large first night audience attended the show, given In the stats fairground stadium. Several fins special events- were scheduled. Including, the Monty Montata troupe ot trick riders and ropers, Tony.;- Drv . Hamburg' high school" hors and the ex citing musical chair competition. Th first vent. open to all hunt er and Jumpers, was won by inky CTam' to pag 2, CoL' 2). ; i ; Big Townsend 1 Parade Is "Set TIiisForenodii : .' 1 -; ' i First Day Attendance la Good Though Reduced by Rain, ClondY Initial Exercises, Lahcr Program Arc Features J j Judging Is Begun '' WHAT'S GOING OX TODAY 1.1 AT OREGOX STATE FATS :0O nan. ExMbtts open. ' k 9:0O a m Jndgtn;- coatin ns in all departments. t :0O aJMv 4H dairy abew anaashtp contest. ; 10:0O a.ra. W n d e rland tbentre opens far day. j " 10:SO a ni i Tewnsend pa rade, from downtewn Salem e and through falrjrromnds. I 12:43 pjn. PFA better farming centest winners an-" nosoaced tn bcoadcast kefoew 8alem Kfwanis elab. l:SO p.m. Fot time, parl xnntael race. ; : l:SO pan. FFA dairy show-' snanahip. " 4 l:SO p.m. M a lcal coacert, art building; ansplres Oregon . Pederation of Mnate elab. . i ' l:SO p-m. tH meat Identi fication contest,' elab dormitory. , 2:0O pan. Toansund speak-f ing program. Danal W. Milton,1 Portland, speaker. 8:00 p.m. MaWcai concert art bn tiding. 5:00 pjn Mmsical costeeeV bnlldlng. I dab annual state fair. banquet. 8:00 pon Night horse , show, atadinsa. " 8:00 p.i .Jl-vAmirican re . -rate, -grnndstand. - ' r 0:8O p.m. Ran Wilde, dance orchestra, dance pavilion. By; PAUL H. HAUSER. Jr. They began driving their car into th fairgrounds and they be gan walking into the fairground early yesterday and by noon Mr. Leo Epltxbart, who Just likes te . have lots of people around hie fair, could look over the parking lots and up and down the midway and feel very, happy. It was a big day at th Oregon state fair aad the crowd that thronged th grounds, poked It wsy into the stock barns and th exhibit buildings, bet some money at the races and tried a rid er two on the nldway came pretty close to being a record. Ehewers la th afternoon and a cold breexe at night kept th nlgnt- gat from keeping pace with the day take; even so attendance slighUy exceeded last year's rec ord of 29.000 cash customers, aad receipts registered a more sub stantial gain'because more persoa drove their cars through the gates. It was a large fair for a large crowd." Newly painted buildings, massed flowers, an array of ex hibits and displays larger than ever greeted the throngs. Races, Two Night Shows Draw WeU A 'usual the races drew tbe lion's share ot tbe afternoon crowd with arery available seat In the grandstand taken and bettors were packed In th apron be for the stand. - Rain that set in after the fourth race dampened the ardor of the wags r era as well as xaakl&g muddera ' out of th horses aad the total pushed through the pari mutuel windows was only 221.00, 4SCCi below last year's openiag day handle of S2S.sU. r The two night show drew wea with about ; 200 attending the horse show at the stadium and an equal number watching th fast- paced f All-American revue, big time vaudeville show, at the grandstand. ! - i .Today the fair wCI he dedi cated to Townsead clubs, which will parad . from downtown te the fairgrounds where they win have special programs, the Junior chamber ot commerce. Lions club and Acuve club. t Junior, Chamber to Be .Represeatod ! ! A motorcade at Junior chasa- . bar of commerce members from Oregon point will arriv en the f grounds in late afternoon and a secUon will be reserved for them at the All-Amerlcan revue to- night. i . - i , ' li Junior chamber of commerce officer coming Include Walter EL Holman. ; past national presi dent. Portland; Charles W. Red ding. 1 national director. Port- president; . Charles Mack. paf state president, Klamatk rails. aad Ed W. Eggen. stats preal flent, Portland. , Governor Charles A. Sprague. declaring the fair officially open, pointed out; the many Improved facilities of ths fair la epening ceremonies at 12:1. Otler speak er were H. C Seymour, state 4H club leader, who Introduced Wil bur BUrkhart ot Linn county axd Geraldlne DeLancey. Corvallls. two ouUtandlng 4H club taem- -hers; Earl Cooley, director ot-O-(Tura to page 2. eoL I) ; , - .--:! ' from his pocket as he dashed lQ' Joan X Lc5i. ftll to . ATjya to I i- lA . t taet