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Weather , v Occasional rain today; Friday showers; continued cool; snow - flurries over high mountains. 3 lax. temp. "Wednesday 69, mla. fil. - River -4.5 ft. Bala .10 In. South wind. Dependable T h t - la Tbe - Oregon -Statesman, a paper 70a can depend apon to give yon tha sews of the day complete, on time Interestingly : die played and fllutrated. VTS vv kys vo'V inZIETETH YEAH Calem, Oxqon. Thursday Morning, September 5. 1949 Price) . 3o Kwsstcmda , 5c No. IZ3 IT Tt7o MM w- w l c m uj i ismm mm u m fTi 1 Z pD Y: (yy vs vn.x 1 (Care gairii&iais Wortlanders Will Inning at Oregon Fmr Todd' on Salem Day Guts Dotvji " Size of Crowd But Races, Other Shows Do Well ; Livestock Exhibitors Dine Dayton Girl, Scio Boy . Win Health Awards; Judging Near End THURSDAY AT STATE FAIRr 1 PORTLAND, REALTOR'S DAY - 8:00 a. m. Exhibits open. 8:80 a. m. 411 bog show manship contest. 9:00 a. m. Judging con tinnes and . start Judging 4H . dairy cattle. 10:00 a. m. Wonderland theatre opens for day. , 10:0O au m. Judging FFA program. 11:00 a. m. Free acrobatic stunt. 1:80 p. m. Parlmn tn el races.' I -t - It SO p. m- Oregon Federa- tion of Music Clubs concerts la art building. 8:00 p. m Concerts, art building 8:00 p. m. Concerts, art building. - 7:00 p. Free acrobatic stunt in front of stadium. v 7:15 p. m Local 4H lead . era' dinner in dormitory. - " 8:0 ;p: nu Horse, ahowi stadium. W --,& j-t- hU 8:0 TPljniBAll-AJaertcaa revue, grandstand.' . 0:80 p. nu Ba WHd'i dance orchestra. By PAUL H. HAUSER, Jr. .' That old bng-aboo of fairs and carnlTal rain fell In intermit tent thowera on the fairgrounds yesterday, 1 t 1 n g Salem . day crowds vet feet and tbe fair man agement a headache. ' Because of the rain the crowd for Salem's day Instead of being tbe anticipated record counted on ly If. 239, under last year's Sa lem day attendance of 17,550 by 1011. The rain also caused cancella tion of the night's performance f the outdoor All-American re- rue. It was the first time In three years that any of the fair's out door attractions hare been called n account of wet grounds. Regardless of the weather, the fair's other actlrltles went on un abated and the races- and horse show both enjoyed large attend ance. A wet track didn't hamper betting as the . parlmutuel ticket sellers took In $20,824, an In eease of $7770 orer last year's Wednesday handle of ' $13,054. Important to exhibitors of pure bred livestock was the annual banquet and meeting of Ihe Ore- gon Purebred Livestock Breeders association at which E. B. Mac Naaghton, Portland, warned the breeders not : to become "land erary," to conserve their assets who represent . them In gorern-! ment. ' Touching on the cheapness of human Ufa now In , Europe, MacNaughton urged the breeders A. .-J .VIM... ..fnll. Bex Ross Elected by XJreeders Group ';; Rex Ross, Mt. Angel breeder of Jersey cattle; was elected pres ident of the breeders association, and Cass A. Nichols, Salem, was elected secretary. The two suc ceed S. B. Hall of Troatdale and Ronald Hogg, route four, Salem, who hare served as president and secretary respectively for the past two years. HAIL Hogg and John Boeckll of Portland, route one, ;wero chosen aa the execu tive "committee. Jean Magee of Dayton was first among girls and Robert Bchu maker, Sclo, first among, boys tn the 4H health contest in which 18 counties were represented by girl contestants and 15 counties by hoy contestants. Portland citizens will attend the fair today, which Is also dedicated to realtors. Portland Ulent will be featured in .three Oregon Fed eration of Music clubs' concerts to. be presented In the art building at l:t t and 5 p- tni : Little Arlene Cof field. Just two months old, waa found to be the redhead whose hair' came closest to matching the color of the cham pion Rhode island ilea cock in the fair's unique redhead contest yesterday. The winner la the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Coffield, Eagle creek, Clackamas county. Second waa Esther Jacob ,er, Salem, and third Don Butts, Portland. Shearer a Brahma Is Grand Champion . Gand champion of the poultry slow announced yesterday was a Brahma pullet entered by , Ed Chearer of : Estacada. Bhearer'a Brahma entries - also won cham jlon cockv champion hen and (Turn to PS 9, Col, 41 Main ACHIEVEMENT OF VARIOUS KINDS AT FAIR . - ... J ' ..... s " :. ; - . .; .: . ... ' . $ .4 . . x . .. ; 'v. . , X IB, ' - , 0 1 l 1 1 ' II 1 1 li 1 1 - . -.s:r - 1: II 1 1 : , s.- - . - . , 1 . li -. w -'. i i . s i t n 1 n - j, . 1 iiilr - . .. in Governor Charles A. 8pra&tao and teiay to present the purse to cne winner in too uovenora Handicap, feature race of the day. Fer vor! ta, with Jockey Glen Dye up, won the race and .the governor and Mrs. Spragne are here shown aXttr the floral horseshoe was placed around Fervorita'a neck by Mrs. 8praguew- Below, Eddie Gath of Gath Brothers, Turner, is shown with, bis grand champion. Shropshire ewe, which last year waa one of a champion pen of three at the San Francisco exposition. . Below, right, is little two-month-oid Arlene Coffield, winner of the f 15 prize In the state fair's redhead contest la which the win ner was chosen by matching hair with the color of the grand champion Rhode Island Red cock In the poultry show, also shown. Arlene la being held by Esther Jacober of Salem, second place winner. ". The baby Is the daaghter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Coffield of Eagle Creek. Sheriff' s Posse For Solent Day Horse Show I By MAXINB BUREN ! The Marlon countv - sheriffs posse rode at the horse show last night at the Oregon state I air grounds as a special feature of the Salem . day program. Mentis Vf nutans, and his troll DA and Dave Hamburg's "Tony, and the team of draft nonlea front tne sunn stables of Portland completed the list of specialties. ; ; ..- ; Oneninr event. the .' iumners. competing for a $250 stake, was won- by Concordia, owned -and ridden bv Mrrnella Hauser. Hebe, owned by the Portland Riding academy took second place wnue third ribbon went to. WToacne, owned bv the Portland Riding academy and ridden by Helen Ba con. ; . - " ' ; ' .- Two mld-nrorram features were the sheriff's tiosse and the parade of $5 blue ribbon registered sad dle and draft horses wnicn nave won awards during the judging at the state fair this week." - Gerald Frank riding his Happy Star took first place in the three galted saddle horse event and Mrs. Gilson Ross rldlnx Roes Ar- den' Heather placed second. Lady Mary Vagabond, owned by Roy Simmons, member . of . the Salem Saddle club, took third place in this 'event In competition for the perpetual trophy. imroe!k owned torxi Have Mr. Sprague were present, at the on Parade Dale, took first place In the Junior fine harness event when she was driven . by Roy Harrison. Dr. W, E. Stewart drove his Stormy Wea ther : to second place, while Ore gana Bourbon, owned and driven by Dean Wayne Morse took third place. - - ' , The musical chairs event waa won by Jim' Hall on White Lady and Durward on Plash. ; The five galted aaddle horse event listed nine : entries with Joann Jensen again appearing tn a gay turquoise riding habit and riding her chestnut mare, Haxel ene's Dream to victory. Second award was given Ross Arden Su preme, Dr. Gilson ' Ross, owner, up. J. : r. Brown on "Golden Thoughts took third place. V Competing for. the $100 stake In the roadsters to hike event, the two horses from the L. R. Banks stables again - took the first" two ribbons, -: Harvester MeEenny, driven tf L'.KJ Banks,' and Miss Dean driven, by ( Tom Mf tcalf. Third ribbon wnt again to Paul Washke driving his Hollywood Cherry. h ".: ' ' - First, second and third places In the exhibition six-horse 'teams were won ; by t Norvai Martin Farms, Tom Fraser and Sob, and Rolf a Stock farm. This evimt Is tn competition for the Burpi pr $va trcra .... state fair races on Salem day yea 1 Paul Hauser's Column Arthur Perry, columnist of the Medford Mall Tribune has t h e pleasant custom of Inflicting the wares of. other columnists of the state on his customers . dur ing a certain period of the year when his la bors .become more arduous than usual and he 'must cut' his column serlven Ing short. 1 We were among, tne col umnists with whose : inanities Pasl H. Bsmssr. nr. the aage of Jackson county chose to regale his following and, now that the period when our: labors are more arduous than 'usual due to the state fair, is here, we are repaying ' Mr. Perry In ' kind. In troducing ' "Art Perry.. of Ye Smudge Pot, the-unwitting but witty guest conductor for .today: ; Full " length v punishment of readers, after a curtailed output tor a fortnight Is herewith re sumed. ; li - ; ;fv --: i' - FADl EXOUGHt ' v (Bine Mt. (Ore.) Eagle) " 'Estrar Notice . . i There have come to my back, door three cats ixaia la it yo. ia ; I i - i . & J "i i -- Fistic Combat Marks Debate iOf Draft BiU Sweeney, Vincent . Clash'; tv. tAiou! oiues 01 iase . . V J . Given Applause :' - Short t Claims Peacetime . Conscription "Naxi" ' - i Wadsworth .Heard WASHINGTON. Bept 4-V Representatlvei Sweeney - (D Ohio) and . Vincent (D-Ky) - ex changed blows on the house floor tonight at the close of a speech by the former opposing the con scription bill and accusing the ad ministration of pushing the, coun try toward war. ; As Sweeney waa proceeding to ward his seat, those close by said Vincent stuck a foot in his way. The two exchanged half a dozen vigorous blows, most of which caught the other full in the fa.ee, before colleagues separated them. WASHINGTON Sept. 4-V- Peaee-time military conscription waa denounced aa "nazl-lsm" in the bouse today and advocated aa a bulwark against aggression from abroad. Rep. Short (R-Mo) contended passage of the' senate-approved Barks-Wads worth measure would constitute a "confession that the methods of Hitler are more effec tive than those of democratic America. His speech was applaud ed loudly. Replying. Rep. Wads worth (R- NYj, co-author of the legislation, told the house that "we cannot afford to adopt a wait-and-see pol icy." adding . that "others have done that, and they have er ished." . Wadsworth Given General Ovation A f sw . biases mingled with cheers in the galleries aa Wads- worth took his posltioato speak. -j w&eo ae. coaciuaea u mmuiea : , (Turn to page I, coL 1) US Warns Japan, fado-Oiina Issue Second Statement by Hull Relates to Control of Shanghai Sectors r-. , By J. C. STARK WASHINGTON, Sept. 4-)-The United States -government called on Japan today to .keep out of French Indo-China, where authorities were reported resist ing a virtual ultimatum that Japanese troops be allowed pass age for an attack on South China. Secretary of State Hull, taking notice of the disturbed aituation In France's rich far eastern col ony, asserted In a public statement that it was a "matter, to which this government attaches import ance." v ' Reminding Japan of its state ment In recent months that the principle of the status Quo In the Pacific should be respected. Sec retary Hull said that If events proved the ulUmatum reports to be well-founded "the effect upon puhJlo opinion in the United States would be unfortunate." A further indication that this government was challenging Japa- 4 (Tarn to Page I, Col. 7) Labofr Trouble at Boeing Is Averted , SEATTLE, Sept. 4-()-The Boeing Aircraft comapny and the Aeronautical Mechanics union (AFL) announced tonight a "full agreement" on differences which threatened the big bomber pro duction plant with a strike closure last month. "As a result,' the company and union said In a Joint statement. Issued after a union meeting, to night; we are In a position to carry out effectively and without delay the needs of the national de fense proganv-' for Boeing flying fortresses. r Major Sidney P. Simpson, aide to the assistant secretary of war, expressed ' gratification at the settlement without the expense and delay of an arbitration." ';: The . contract which has Just been . signed Insures against : any stoppage of work up to the time of 1U expiration. July i; he said, "but gives an opportunity for negotiation as to wage ratea and certain other matters in mi." Boixiieville Power; Contract Renewed ' -.;-- ' PORTLAND, Ore., SepL 4-)-Tha Portland General Electric conpany renewed Its temporary contract tor Bonneville dam elec trical power for another year to day, r- -v--- The Bonneville administration sail failure to work out terms of a long-time agreement by August 15 led to the renewed temporary connection pending a permanent SgreemeaW" , j Girl Hostages Freed by Convicts " Are Uriharmed-butNear Collapse m V 1 K . - .: . .. . 'Il l r - i K ,--4 1l V - 4 ' j i S. 4 ir- - x - , - Ai;l f , v - . '-:: :4 V -i ' . , 'v I , -v .1 1'. ..VV-ii n 1 r.i ' i.V,,. ;'; nrnHiin. .r,in.iJiU,. .- 4, alwl Distraught by the experience of being held a "hostages by convlcta who escaped from Cummins prison farm in Arkansas, Ulatys Diamond, Iff, at left, and Voncelle Williams, 18, right, are shown . near collapse as they emerged from swampland near Columbia. La-, after they were released. Miss Williams aald she and Miss Diamond were not mistreated by their captors but . were forced, to tramp through the woods with the convlcta while posses songht them. . Stere Alford, state police superintendent, Is shown at the left. Of SO convicts who escaped, at least .17 bade been recaptured Wednes day night, and two killed. AI Triemat.. . ' -"C-. - ran : . lionvicririo' After "Truce" Refused One . Qirl; Sent With Message Others to Be Slain - Unless Men Given Passage; Second Fugitive Is Killed; 17 Are Recaptured to Date . COLUMBIA, La., Sept. .4 (AP) Demands for a ftruce' . f ailing, three desperate Arkansas convicts threw down their guns in a cornfield today and surrendered peace fully after, releasing unharmed two girls and a boy held cap tive" nearly 48 hours. Surrounded by 1000 grim possemen, the desperadoes gave up a few hours after free- Three Destroyers Sail From Boston Apparently for Canadian ' Port; Opinions on Deal Various BOSTON, Sept, 4-(P-Three of the nation's '"over-age" destroy ers -the first of those destined for Great Britain in President Roosevelt's historic trade for western hemisphere naval and air bases sailed from Boston harbor tonight, apparenUy bound for a Canadian port. Despite navy department expec tations that none et the destroy ers would be ready to sail be fore Friday, the three ships were hurriedly painted and repaired by bustling crews throughout the day and set out befbre sunset. - Soon after 2: SO p.m. (PST) the first of the three vessels reversed engines and backed out ' of its ., (Turn to. page 2, eoL 4) 4000 on German Transport Perish, Stockholm Report STOCKHOLM. BepL4-JP-The newspaper Dagena Nyheter r ported tonight that most of about 4000 : German- troops 'aboard a transport on route to Norway had been drowned In a torpedo attack in the Kattegat by a British sub marine that sent the Vessel to the bottom.' - - The paper's report was from. Its correspondent at LysekiL near Goteborg. t . " ' Th transport. Identified as the Marion., of Hamburg, was sunk Monday night, the dispatch said, adding that Swedish and Danish fishermen were witnesses. T The Marlon waa 1 reported, en route from Germany under a convoy of two armed trawlers and a de stroyer. With one' torpedo; the dispatch said, the Marion was hit amidships. " - The ships escorting the Marlon saved no more" than 100 of the soldiers aboard. It - was reported. - It was rumored,' without con firmation, that another vessel had been torpedoed two weeks ago. LONDON, Sept e-CAn Ex change Telegraph (British News X&cjl dLspatcJi froa fioteborf, v h' W&W "m up ing one of the girls and sending her to oficers with a demand for safe pssaage through posse lines on. the threat of death to the oth er two high school students. The surrender near here was followed quickly by the killing of another - fugitive and additional recaptures among the band of 36 criminals which shot Irs way to freedom on Labor day In a sen sational break from the Cummins prison farm. In all two convicts are dead, 17 have teen re-taken and 17 remain at large.. In their , mad break from the Arkansas prison farm, the con victs killed a trusty guard. One of the ringleaders was Frank Con- ley, 24, who was killed by a posse fusillade when searchers came upon him as they scoured this see- tor for the group that kidnaped the three young people. Conley died only 10 yards from, the spot where the felons killed Merchant Posseman Frank Gartman early yesterday. Caught In a closing t flank of state police and trusty convicts In civilian clothes from the Louisi ana Angola penitentiary; three of (Turn to page X, col 1) Sweden. t6nlght quoted Swedish fishermen as saying they had seen a German transport of about 12y 000 tone torpedoed and sunk by British naval - vessels, north of Skagen, at the northern tip-of Denmark. BALTIMORE, Sept. i-VPf-Clvi. John H. Taylof, British consul here,' said 27' rescued seamen aboard the Swedish freighter k naren which docked here tonight were survivors - of a ' torpedoed British freighter. . Captain Taylor refused to give the name of the vessel or say where it waa sunk but told re porters it waa torpedoed "some Ume ago. "-v '. !, Eight . of the " survivors were hospitalised here, apparently suf fering fom bams of varying se verity. One waa a stretcher case. Four were reported seriously ' In jured. The others were taken, to a hoteL . : .The Eknaren'a docking was sur rounded by a blanket of official secrecy. Most newspapermen were barred from the pier and Captain Taylor ordered, all the survivors Tura to age 10, column drives Premier Gains Supreme Rule Over Rumania . - - : " 80,000. Alaars Heading for Transylvania; j f . Rioting Occurs Cross . Channel " Fightink V Hitler Boast ' :? KISMARJA,' OX THE TRAN SYLVANIA FRONTIER, Sept (Thnrsday)-p-Eighty thon- .aand Hungarian soldiers march ed . today at the command of the' Regent Admiral Nicholas ' Horthy . toward the ''eastern crest of , the Carpathians te ' occupy the Transylranln terri tory yielded te Hungary by Ru mania In the recent axis-ordered Vienna settlement. NEW YORK. Sept. S- (Thurs day) OP) The Brttkh Brand casting company reported in a broadcast beard here by CBS early today that 33 persons bad been killed and 70 wounded la, riots in Constanta, Rumanian Black sea port. Hundreds of ar reete were said to have been made. , (By The Associated Press)- Harried King Carol II of . Ru mania gave up many of the power of. bis kingship today, placing in tha strong hands of General lea Antoneseu supreme power to ran the eeuntry. . r The king issued a decree at dawn which dissolved ' parliament and suspended the constitution and gave to Antoneseu the task torn by dissension over recusejtt -cession of Rumania's jterritory her Insistent neighbors-! - " WhUe the Balkan king wresK - led with .the" problem of folding hls : nnhanpv -r eeuntrr-3 fmrtb , . Germany and Britain smashed at -each other through the air. British bombers unloaded two explosive bombs In Berlin which , killed - a policeman and hit an army, warehouse in a northwest ern suburb, but en! official an nouncement in Berlin said no ex tensive damage vas caused. The Germans claimed another person was killed in a town south east of Berlin, whete a bomb struck a workers' settlement, Ber- liners spent a couple of hours fat their air raid shelters. Explosive ' and Incendiary bombs were drop ped elsewhere throughout the reich. Waves of Bombers Batter at London W aves of nasi bombers, spur red by Adolf Hitler's threat to "erase" British cities In Tetalia Uon for RAF bombinrs in ""reo repeaceaiy against London's defenses last might In one of the greatest battles yet over that heart of empire. British batteries at Dover also answered der fuehrer's speech la which he sardonically told Britona TTT1 Mim'.. V m a w a.aA . . " uj iirmg aerosa the channel against German long distance 'guns on the French coast, RAF bombers also 'T against those "big Bertha" era placements in coordinated attack. . Anu-aircraxt batteries loosed a terrific barrage over London against4 the' raiders which also were attacked by British fighter planea. . - One barrage balloon'crashed flames and two naxl slasea an. peared to hare fallen on tha Tm- don outskirts during the first : round of night tiahtinr. Alto. gether, pre-midnlght reports said oi naxi planes had crashed to 11 British. Most of them in day fighting over many Darts of th Island. There were no details of do. slhle damage inflicted by the raid era although explosions could be heard on the capital' outskirts. "We'll Give Good Aecoant, Rejoinder - Prime Minister Churchill In a welcoming speech to New Zealand .troops In,. England referred, to , Adolf Hitler as "that bad man, and said If Hitler l Inclined to try kia venture : (Invaaion) wo ' feel aura we shall give a good ae- ceunt or ourselves." i The Intense attack kept London under alarm for r about an "hoar and a half. Whether damage re- salted' from the raid was not Im mediately reported. ', -A few - hours beforsc,v.Hitler. speaking to 2S.O00 cheering Ger mans at the start of the nails eighth winter.- relief campaign. Jeeringly assured the "impatient" English that his long awaited as sault was coming. Once more the British braced harder for the fray. During the daylight houra Lon don had had two. alarms but no bombers had penetrated the inner -defenses of the city. In the day, . also, the British chased most of the Germans back over the chan nel tn fighting elsewhere la Eng - (Turn lo Page 1. CoL 2 ) Our : ; Senators Lczl. 0-1 mi. li