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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1941)
Th OEEGOIl BTATESf WIT. Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning. September 3, 1841 PAGE TWO Record Crowd Expected at Fair To Celebrate City, County Day (Continued from Page 1) . . and Mrs. Spragee plan ta be In their box at the rues and to present the wreath to the . handicap winner. Salem Cherrians are : to drill as a race program, feature. The concert arranged by the Oregon Federation of Music clubs for 1:30 p. m. at the agricultural building's little theatre is to fea ture Salem talent "r" At J:30 also FFA, members are to' stage their swine showmanship contest: at 2 p. m. the 4H. club beef cattle showmanship contest 1s slated, Continuing today are the free Industrial and invention moving pictures in the agriculture build ing, the free circus at 11 a. m. on the grounds near, the stadium ! and at 7 n. m. at the stadium plaza. Oregon Purebred Livestock Breeders associatioa holds Its annual banquet at the Golden - Pheasant restaurant en the grounds at S o'clock tonight. Opening also at 8 o'clock are the horse show in the stadium with its special ' entertainment feature! and "Funzapoppin,1 highly-rated vaudeville produc . tion, followed by the 9:30 dance at the fair dance halL Townsend club members ob served the day dedicated to them Tuesday with music, a basket luncheon, and an address by US Representative Homer D. Angell of Portland. i Well under way Tuesday and continuing today, livestock judg lng drew considerable interest, L. A. Halburt, Independence, who for 17 years has never missed a fair, always exhibit lng choice animals from his Jersey herd, watched the Judg ing Tiesday from a earefally- placed chair, viable to walk Into the ring or look ever the cattle closely because he had been gored by a boll Friday. Stock: owned by Hex. Koss, Ml. AngeL carried off senior and grand champion bull and cow honors in the Jersey division. Frank Clark of Aurora exhibited ' the junior bull champion, while Junior champion cow was from the herd of Charles Wivell ot Shelton, Wash. Title of grand champion sheep showman was awarded to Don - . - . m . . sua nowuna or inaeoenripnre. state president of the Oregon As sociaiion of Future Farmers of America, by FJdon Riddle, Mon mouth, Judge. Marion county 4H livestock juuguig wam piaceu uuru among 11. Henry Otto - Pfennig, Emma a i i . i . Pfennig and Alice Roberts com prise the team. . Polk eonnty's poultry Judging ' team, , Eagene Hlnman,' Cecil Vlllwoek and Harvey HarteL placed second in the poultry Judging division with 1359 points or 15 less than the win ning Benton county group. In crops judging. Linn county's - team placed first among six com peting groups, and George Allen Of that county made high indi vidua! score, 881 points. Judging of Ayrshires gave jun- bull honors to the herd of Fred L. Kirby & Son, Simms, Mont reserve-champion bull to Wood hull farm numrnt h fl Williams, Hutchinson, Kans.;jun lor,- senior and grand champion1' female to Meadowland dairy, Portland; reserve champion fe- Salem's Newest MM LTODAY and THURSDAY mv mis ft? ea inside b on. the way to win tothebsttUol the moil 1 n't O Plus 2nd Hit ED5IUND LOWE IRENE HERVEY la rj r . Continuous Dally nli- - Fre 1:C P,L Ml, l: Flaa News. Novelty f . JL - il male, to Woodhull farm, Hutchin son, Kans. ; Arthur Franke A Sons; rente 2, Salem, were awarded cham pion ratings for barrow and pen of .three barrows, 210-259 pounds; Frank Coffleld A Sons, Eagle Creek, champion-barrow. 165-21 pounds and pen of three, same weight. Luther Han-el's Belgian horses carried off senior and grand champion mare and stallion, jun- or champion mare and stallion ratings-, for their Ellensbitrg, Wash- owner., j F. N. Wolfer, Dayton, entered the stallion listed ' third among those four years old or over. T. M. Rolfe, Grass Valley, en tered Percherons judged senior and grand champion mare, grand champion stallion j and junior champion stallion; ; Norval Mar tin, The Dalles, senior champion stallion; Mrs. Florence Koehn, Salem, junior champion mare, Mid-Willamette valley 4H club boys led the state in forestry ex hibits judged Tuesday. They took all the firsts in the three classes and a number of lesser places. Henry Froehlich and Walter Hlp'pe, both of Salem, and Ray mond Bartos of West Stayton topped classes 1, 2 and 3, respec tively. . . Richard Steward and Richard Rantenkrants, Salem, took sec ond and third honors in class 1; Myron Cavender, Salrm. fifth, and Jimmie Bunnell, oalem, ninth in class I; Edntond Bar tos, West Stay ton, fifth in class Two scholarships for champion ship rating in home economics di visions were earned by a M - on county girl and boy, Luw'" Jaquet, Silverton, who led the blue ribbon winners among makers of ice box cookies, and Ronald Sim kins, Salem, for biscuits baked in a reflector oven. Blue, ribbons were awarded to Marjorie Tate, Sublimity, for sponge cake made with baking powder; El vera Larson and Cora- lee Nichols, Salem, bread; Aleine Youngblood, Salem, and Guy Scott, Sublimity, biscuits in re flector oven; Coral ee Nichols, Sa lem, -biscuits baked in oven. The Danish system Is in this year by home economies Judges, with red and blue awards made by groups, a cham pion in each class receiving the i scholarship. j In 4H vegetable garden exhibits, the entry of James Jenkins of Sa lem placed second to that of Bert jDenham, Eugene, while Eldort i-Pinsmore, Scio, took sixth place. Youngest prise-winner at the fair Tuesday outside livestock and ponltry entries, was Robert Ivan , Melntyre, one-year-old' son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Ihfclntyre of 378 "Evergreen ave nue, Salem. Because bis hair more nearly matched the nut- tinged feathers of the champion Buff Orphlngton hen in the pool- try show than did that of any other youngster appearing at the poultry pavilion between 1 a p. m. young- Kobert was .awarded $10. Winner in the same contest among persons 14 years of age or older was Juanita Linville, Rick reall. The remainder of the $35 offered in prizes for the "fun con test went to Ena Singler, Med ford; Jerry Panger, Salem; Aud rey Bugher, 2, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bugher, 880 FJec trie street, Salem, and Robert Johnson, 8, son of Mr.' and Mrs. Fred Johnson, Shedd. In the money among Shorp- shlre sheep breeders exhibiting Tuesday were J. j. Thompson of rente 5. Salem, and Gath broth xn of Turner, who between them carried off eight firsts,' seconds, Today -Thurs. Continuous Today 1 to 11 T.WL net t:'s rjucr-s cr . : iM tACUtA lt (I ALSO NEWS ANi i-.tsitAlj - ; '"iMiiiliir'J'"Ti.i'i'ii in'1' MrllmirTii, iii Four Salem I A-1 'A 4 . Enronte home from Seattle Monday, ley bus and an auto driven by Harry Baser, 25. Bsht and his wife were k&eeked nneonsclons. Tneir two-months-old daaghter Chsrlene suffered minor tvi enta. Mrs. Anns Xle, 22, thrown throng the windshield, suffered severe enta seven thirds ana one grand championship rating. Gaths entered the champion ewe. while Harms brothers ; of Canby are owners of the champion ram. Harms' took two seconds and two thirds and first produce of ewe. Floyd T. Fox, Silverton, won second place to Harms brothers In the 2-year-old ram class, third In pen of three ewe lambs. Firsts in ram Iamb, ewe 1 year and under 2, ewe Iamb, flock, pen of three yearling ewes and ret of sire were taken by Gaths. Thompson took first in' ram 1 year and under 2, and pen of three ram lambs, three seconds and a third. . Lynn Barnes of Harrisburg took first with his petj of ithree ewe lambs, third in produceof ewe. M. O. Pearson, Turner, was awarded second for his ewe Iamb entry. FFA Winners Wait Prizes At Banqiiet Five Future Farmers of Amer ica, winners among 2300 I FFA members competing in the, Better Farming contest- sponsored by Klwanis clubs pi Oregon, were selected Tuesday by Oregon State college faculty judges as best in the five Oregon .districts. First official appearance of the qvlntet, who will each receive $20 "at the official Friday night awards ban' quet to be held at the Salem high school building, was made Tuesday- noon when the- winners spoke before the Salem Klwanis club luncheon. ' . Everett Graville, Junction City; William HUlebrandt, Cor vallls; David Chllds, Arlington; Willis Bailey, Enterprise, and Joe Schmidlkoffer, Forest Grove, are the winners. Honorable mention went to Frank Prince, Grants Pass; Roy Gooding, Henley, and Joseph Chotard. Malin, for southern Oregon; to Clyde Cohklin, Baker; Irvin Topliff, Nyssa, and Walter Pierce,,, L Grande, for eastern Oregon; to William Anderson,' In dependence; Rex Don, Nestucca, and Bob Online, of Albany, for Willametteyalley; to Dale Hoeck- er, Gresham; Bob Madsen, New berg, and Everett Nelson, Sandy, for. Columbia river. ; Introduced to the club by Wil liam Henry of the Portland Kl wanis club, the boys were ques tioned -by Earl R. Cooley, state vocational, education agriculture supervisor. Japan Leaves Foocliow SHANGHAI, Wednesday, Sept 3 r-iJfy Japanese 'military and I naval authorities here announced todiy 'that Japanese forces had withdrawn from the Chinese port ofiFoochow in Fukien province. South Germany Bombed PrLONDON, Wed, Sept. S.-(P)- raong-range ' Bnush bombers blasted targets in southwest Ger many and in th Berlin area dur- ling Tuesday night, authoritative sources said toky. 1 ROCHESTER is in . - .. ling . l:fce4S iris -uas rfeskibr:.. firs IIUiiUHIHtt .S:S " Xt People Injured in This Accident - fear Salem ressienta were injured and s possible skull fracture. Phot FDR and Hull Discuss Japan Tallu With Nipponese Envoy on Situation In East ; Continue (Continued from Page 1) Japanese and American policies may be bridged. The president is expected to re ply to the message in ttfe near fu ture, but the White House has giv en no hint of the nature of the re- Ply, i At his press; conference Tues day, Mr. Roosevelt referred all questions on the Japanese-American situation to" Secretary Hull. The president. Secretary Bail, and Admiral Kkhisaburo, No mura, the Japanese ambassador, have conferred once since the receipt of the Konoye message, and more talks are scheduled at dates net yet announced. Hull said-Tuesday that he was continuing to talk with the Jap anese ambassador on Japanese- American relations.' TOKYO, Sept 2--i!p)-A plan to establish a "safety zone" all around the Japanese islands and thereby possibly shut off the big Siberian port of Vladivostok from Ameri can shipments was before Pre mier Prince Fumimaro Konoye .Tuesday while the Japanese press read a variety of meanings into President Roosevelt's Labor day speech. SHANGHAI, Sept 2-VPHGfcr- man advisers are pressing ' the Japanese government toward a policy of aggregation on the Asi atic continent and defiance of the United States and Great Britain, reliable foreigners recently : ar rived from Japan said Tuesday. xney added mat the . nazis are bringing all pressure possible to force Japan into wax. Salem Ready, On Airfield (Continued from Page . 1) - 5 rare or rive - cents, with a one cent transfer charge and a maxl imum time schedule of 20 min utes. The fare could be increased if cost records showed it to be Call Board LTBEBTT Today Xdmund Lowe, Irene Hervey in' "The Crooked RiMd George Tobias in "Calling All Hus bands." Friday . James ' Stewart. Rosalind Russell in "No Tim for Contedy." i ntner m iarson ciljr jua. STATE -h : ioaaj aiicc aye. jonn pavne Jack Oakie in "Great American Broadcast.". Conrad i Veidt. Valeria Thursday Joan BlondeU, Carole Land is, Roland Young in "Topper Returns." Merle Oberon, Melvyn Douglas in "That . Uncertain reel- - Big." . . i. - . Saturday midnight Tyrone Power, i-onaa xwrneu in "Blood and Sand.' BOLLYWOOD j Today Lionel At well. Lbn Chaaey. Jr, in. "Man-Made Monster." Dtck Foran, Peggj Moraa In "Hor- : ror uiana. . rriday William Boyd la "Doomed Caravans.' Joan Bennett, Louis ; Hayward In "The Son : of Monte tXSTNOBB . ' 4 Today Ginger Bogers, George Mur- -phy tn -Torn. Dick; and Harry." John Barrymore. Frances rarmer In World Prenuer.' j- ... Thursday Errot Flynn. rred MacMur ray m 'Tnvo-Bomberi' Guy Kibooa a in "ScaUergood Encounters Broad- CAPITOL, r s-"- : Today i- Dorothy Li mour . A Mil land In- "Her Jungl hovmj : Holt ,m "Six Gun Cold.V: " Ray Tun SaturdaT Wayn Morris nVrTho Smil- - 2ost "-.Df,yld Sh'rp'. Thunder tn "SUver Stallion.' . j GKAND ' Tay Henrjr Ftnda. Joan Bennett to . . nrnd Gem . Calling.- Anita Ijouite. Russell Harden in Two in a TaxLf - , ' . . Thursday Spencer A Tracy. Ann Dvorak: to "Sky Devils." Paul Muni. George Baft. Boris Ksrloff in "Scar- 1 fat this' crash ef Portland trol courtesy of The Oregeniaa. ; necessary to profitable operation. Opponents ef Kavea were quick te point out that the or dinance, which the council put through preliminary reading only, Aid, net require him to post a bond to insure continu ous operation during', the five-, year franchise period. Plans of Terminal Ice 8c Cold Storage company to erect an ad dition across the alley adjoining the plant and between D street and Mill creek were disclosed by an application' to the council for 100-foot sewer extension, which the aldermen granted. The addi tion would give the firm . 6000 feet more floor space. J Lowell E. Kern, vice-presi dent of the company, said after the meeting that plans for the addition were Indefinite. Other council actions included: Request of .city firemen, for $100 to pay expenses- of four men to a state firefighters association convention at Bend rejected; $100 appropriated to pay expenses of city officials inspecting ' canton ment and - other defense nctivirr sites to study resultant municipal J problems; Dr. Ralph E. Purvine given special police reserves com- mission io act as aaviser ana iiai- son agent Deiween uc reserves authorized hereafter ttf .handle sales of city property and pay usual fees to brokers making! deals through, this .office; unused alley in block 21, Fairmount ad dition vacated; 15-minute loading zones ordered established on North Commercial street between Court and Chemeketa streets; bid of Valley Oil company, to supply i city buildings fuel oil needs at $1.52 per barrel accepted. Petition Asks Curb on "Hot Cargo" Acts r (Continued from Page 1) tween such other employer and his employes or a labor organ - The purpose of the act Is de clared to be the preservation of tranquility among the "citizens of this state and the encouragement of the unobstructed production and distribution of the products of the fields, factories and forests of the state. In case completed petitions are filed by July 2, .1942, containing inc. signatures oi z 4,383 quaimed voters, the initiative measure will go on the ballot at the hext gen eral election. , ';;: City to Shii aiary mites OfS309000 (Continued from Page 1) major budget subdivisions to make recommendations at the next and final meeting, set for September Alderman Bert Ford spoke ia favor of Increasing all city em ployes' salaries not only ot rising llrlng cos said. bat also because department is losing employes to the government and to prl vat mdttstry. lie proposed the 19 per eeat rate. . Its fiscal year shifted to a mid year begmnig and ending by the last legislature, the city is per mitted by law to increase Its cur rent expense tax levy for 1942-43 only by 9 per cent of tho 1941 tax. The Increase for ,the first half of 1942 may not exceed 3 per cent Dies i Flas Henderson ORANGE, Texas, Sept j 2r-CflP)-Rep Martin Dies (D-Tex) said Tuesday he would release from Washington Wednesday or within a few days facts that would prove Leon Henderson ,iunfit to ad minlsted the price control efforts of the j government and will jus tify his dismissal." . iv New Priorities Board Parleys Control System Set To Speed Defense Production 7ork (Continued from Page 1) " wisest use of available raw ma terials. - I .1. Routine out and patting to use of materials which are be-' lng hoarded by certain Indus- "J tries and - tradersi Speculation - in such materials cannot be tol erated tho board said. All actions "taken by the board will be publicly announced . and the reasons' for them stated. Thusv!: the statement said in conclusion, in an hour when free men must unite to defend their freedom, we shall move forward in that spirit which holds that' in a world where mad men, are run ning loose, none but the free are strong and hone - but the strong are free. . To implement the declaration against hoarding, Wallace told re porters at a press, conference im mediately after the board meet ing; that a nationwide inventory of all. raw material supplies would be undertaken at once, i Donald M. Nelson, executive director el the board, who par ticipated in the' press j confer ence, said the program weald also involve a campaign to pick vp scrap metals, simplification of models used in prodneUea for 'clvlllsji use and reduction of their number. i In addition to Wallace and Nel son. the board is comDosed of Secretary of War Stimson. Secre- tary of tho Navy Knox, William I S. Knudsen. director of the office of production management, Sidney Hillman, co-director of OPM, and Leon Henderson, chief of the of fice of price administration and civilian supply. Mr. Roosevelt saM he. would send a message to congress soon ea appropriations for de fense production, bat quickly indicated that soon might mean any time between new and January. He would not indi- ( eate bow much more la defense appropriations was contemplat ed. : With respect to the $7,000,000,- 000 appropriated originally for the lease-lend program, he said it had all been' allocated and or ders had been sent out covering nearly half the amount. Orders will cover the remainder within 60 or 90 days, he added. A VarB1Jiava xOH OUlU-lCl O rwt A J aO i jg gj f- gj VX vImS (Contmued from Page 1) mat many would be glad to get Into the harvest fields! and help the thousands of workers already busy. M "We're very glad te have the boys home for a well-earned vacation,' declared the gever nor. "We want them to enjoy themselves m every way they can. If they are able to hely tn the harvest, their communities and all of as will be ! most ap preciative." I am heartily ia ac cord with any plan that will help the nation through this emergency. . ' ' . A rumor,! circulated Tuesday afternoon, that the canneries were refusing to j take beans because they were oversize, was denied at Blue Lake Producers, West Salem, and at California Packing company and Paulus Brothers here. .;- : j As one Informant put it "it's not the' ike of the bean we're worrying about, it's the -delivery. We are taking all we can get.' PORTIiAlD, Sept 2-JP)-Ore- gon nop growers, in desperate need of ; thousands- of harvest I workers, turned to aerial anneals Tuesday in an attempt to save their crops. The state employment service applied for a permit to send broadcasting airplane over .Ore gon towns, after sound trucks and radio and newspaper i advertising failed to raise the needed 30,000 additional pickers; ' Crops' worth- $10,000,000 are affected by I the labor shortage. String bean; and prune-growers also have! been seeking workers. Farmers: of Washington 'county, a prune center, estimated that one-third of their crop was over ripe on the trees because of. the labor lack. : Young Riders Show Ability i (Continued from Page 1) Simmons and shown by Bert Colby. -0 :,irv 'im ..'..; i Jim Hall on White Lady won in the musical chairs over W. T. Miles on King. " ; Mrs. F. B. Puna's six-horse team of ponies took first award in the miniature draft; class, with Ed Tanners teams In second and third place. : In the exhibition draft horse team . event Norval Martin's team, of six was named best, with. the L. S. Sha thick team taking : second place, and 7 T. ;' M. Rolfs third. This is the second contest for the annual $500 stake and perpetual trophy, i " . - In the five-galted mares, Joann Jensen's IllitUi e's Dream was awarded blae rib boa, owner up; Gorgeoaa Girt. , owned by Bert Taylor and rid- dea by Tern Xletealf took second and Silver Handles, owned by Graeme Stewart and ridden by Larry Kastersoa, took third. Largest event in the show was the pleasure horse class in which Bonus, owned by Dr. osephJ Gray and ridden by Helen Bacon, won. Second and third places went to Valencia Maid owned by Mr. and Mrs. M. Petty and ridden by the latter.and Slicker with his own er, Roy Simmons up. ' Eddie Brewer, owned by Wheel er : Warren and driven by James Oke took s. blue : ribbon in the riders-to-bike . events, fast mov ing class in the show. Red ribbon went to Miss Deari driven by Joe Bob Price for" Jt' F. "Brown, r, and third to Lassy Cincof eld, owned by Nean West arid driven by J. W. Merrill, v - - k;" " - . Special .features of the show on Tuesday Included Sonny ; Moore's animal acts, the Eugene mounted posse, the Pollock black horses and Carol Henry and her trick horse. Nazis Say Red Cities to Fall Claim Troops now 20 Miles of Leningrad; Slaughter Is Told :h (Continued from' Page 1) . let eommuntqne .' for Tuesday afternood declared that b i sin gle sector of the central front about Smolensk a German west ern Infantry regiment sent ont from Toulon France had Jbeen annihilated, , only eight to ten tea snrviTlng in each company. It was In this central - theatre to Russians appeared yes- terday to be devoting their princl- P euons. Other red counter-attacks were reported by Berlin itself, but were said in every case to have been bloodily repulsed. One aeries of these actions was in the lower Ukraine, where the nazis said the Russians were thrown back in their efforts to re gain the western shore of the Dnieper river. Another series was in the north' era sector, where the Russians re peatedly stormed German-held heights In what Berlin said was a costly and futile effort to retake them. During the day, British bomb ers and fighter plaaes the yngllsh channel la unbroken squadrons attacked the French coast from dawn to dusk as a fellewup to heavy overnight as saults upon Cologne and ether Rhmeland points, J. Bremen, the great German port and submarine base, was assault' ed board dayl&ht by American buijt ictresasurcraft, London an nounced. ' - i Too, the British wireless report ed, that the biggest radio blackout of ithewar; descended Tuesday night upon Germany and: German-occupied countries, extend ing westward from Budapest and Prague,-thus suggesting that Brit ish and perhaps Russian air raids of unprecedented scope were in progress. . . ? The Germans acknowledged that British night raiders had attacked the north, central and southwestern sections - of the retch and said some bombs had fallen ia Berlin, causing damage to apartment traildlngm. Most of the raiders, however, were driv en away' from the capital by heavy anti-aircraft fire, which shot down three planes, a com munique said. The- Germans for their part asked the world to bote that for two successive nights nazi bomb- I ers had loosed major attacks upon jlWtaJrr-actually the first of such I consequence since the spring and said this proved that despite the demands of the Russian adventure Germany I still had plenty of air power to beat at England. Russ Fliers llAtKodiak (Continued from Page 1) navy ajr bases now under con structioh. SAN DIEGO, Calif, Sept 2-Upl -Five soviet Russian officials de- s'SsaJ 2 Hit First Run Features HENRY FONDA , JOAN BENNETT, to . Tno b a Taxi' With Anita Louise arid . . Russell Hayden " NEXT ATTRACTION "SL7 Dsvils" A - Starfing ' , -' ' SPENCEK TRACY" " One of ,theScreens Greatest . Flying Pictures - AJLSO . ."Scirfcw" 1 V, With Paul Muni and George Raft hu.ii , i...l,iii . ......Li Jim iiiliMlMSSMUBSSMlusl tmmrnm- NEW LOW PRICES 20c ! 25c : MaUnee Nights 'PiHF I nimiiii. , 2ND 'FEATURE parted in an army transport plane vsMif stva vm Tr"aa avn i a g VUk ter visiting the Consolidated Air craft Corp, plant. " - The; group, headed by MaJ. Gen. Alexander K. Bepln, chief of an aviation mission from TJSSB, ar rived yesterday by piano from Washington. Official sources here said the party was Interested in obtaining military, aircraft, but neither the Russians! nor Consoli dated would discuss details of the visit. ' ; - . Consolidated officials said they believed the 47 Russians who ar rived in Alaska 1 by flying boat Sunday would come to San Diego. Advices from Washington state the Russians would visit a num ber of American factories. 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