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Fair today and llon&ay
Little change in tempera-.
tore. Max. temp. Sat. 72
mln. 49. Northwest wind.
River. -L7 feet Partly
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Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, September 7, 1341
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Crowd in Histoiy
racks Grounds
Lights banted in the state
fair midway until 2 o'clock
'( this morning as remnants of
'a crowd unofficially declared
largest Saturday attendance
in i the big show's, history
milled among concessions.
' A total of . 22,398 persons
paid admissions throughout
the day, with a large share
remaining for the night at?
S tractions. Thousands of chil-
I dren,- admitted free, swelled
the crowd.
Saturday's gate, larger by
iOCO II... 4k. V 1nr.t C4i..
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sidered large, brought attendance
for the week to within 1200 of
the record set for the first six
days of the 1940 fair. ? '
Announcement of a 25-cent ad
mission charge and a full pro
gram of entertainment for today
.are expected to bring the Sunday
attendance above the 10,450 re
corded last year. . '- .
Crowds turned away frets
the night show Tonxapoppln'
Saturday night after even
I standing room had been taken
will have an opportunity to
l view' the highly-rated comedy
' performance tonight, ' for the
J entire show has been held over.
Heavy rains, which cut attend
ance early in the week, were cre
dited by exhibitors with holding
up quality of perishable exhibits,
and flowers and vegetables, al
though . not garden fresh, remain
'attractive.
I Although there will be no pari
mutuel wagering, exhibition har
ness races are slated for this aft-
ernoon on Lone Oak track.
: Pari mntnel ticket sellers
tialltd t13SK?a ilttHii 1i.
week of racing, compared with I
$116,664 last year. Saturday's
toUl of 135,998, larger by 19684
than that of Saturday of the
194i fair, set a new daily high
for the track and completed a.
. new seasonal high.
" Fraternal organizations gather
ing at the fairgrounds today: will
find the usual free circus-Hype
shows and complete exhibits. In
addition, they will provide con
siderable of their own' entertain
ment, with a fraternal picnic
scheduled, a drill team competi
tion and a program at which Sec
retary of State Earl Snell is
billed as principal speaker.
Editors, honored Saturday, were
taken on a tour of the grounds ar
ranged by George Angell, editor
. of the Oregon Farmer, and Lee
U. Eyerly.
As guests of Governor Charles
A. S prague they were enter
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Farm Leaders
Will Convene
At Salt Lake
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 6.-(JP)
-Farm leaders and government
experts from 10 western states
will gather here , Sept; 15 and 16
,tO discuss war-time price increas
es and the prevention of harmful
after-effects resultiog from nec
essary reductions after the cur
rent emergency. ' i 1
Secretary of Agricoltnre
Claade R. Wlckard and mem
bers of his staff from Washing
ton, DC, will be speakers. : The
: conference Is one of ;f our spen
v sored throughout the nation In
September by thd J department
x of agrientare.
Attending WiU be representa
tives of departmental agencies.
state defense board imembers and
t arm organization effffials from
Utah, Idaho, MontanaWycaning,
Colorado, Nevada, Washington,
Oregon, California New Mexico
and Arizona.
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roiir uregon
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Take Awards
Salem Girl Sets Mark
In Complete Projects;
Others Equally Good
Outstanding 4H club boys
and girls at the 80th Oregon
state fair. closing today, named
Saturday, are Coral ee , Nichols
of Salem, Virginia Bark
and Robert Marsh, jr.; t
Burkhart
Al
bany and ' Bert Denham of Eu-
gene.
belecuon was based on size
of projects and volume of 4H
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activities at fairs, leadership and
all-round 4H activities, according
to H. C. Seymour, state leader.
' Miss Nichols, 16 years old, has
Program;!
j Sunday, September 6
FRATERNAL DAY
: : M aoa. Gate open.
1 1 J ajn Fraternal picnic.
11 :M a.m Frc circus, itaAtam
laxa. -14
Fraternal parade. -13
p.m Fraternal protrram and
, drUI team competition; Earl
Bnell, mala speaker. "
1:M p Exhtb itlan. h a r n e"s i.
races and circvi acu, race
. track, .. v ' . . i .
- 1M t m-rree 1 r , atadiant
: plasn. 4
l:M pjn "Faniapoppln,1 grands
- - stand. -
had eight year's of club work, hav-
ins; this vear carried and comDle-
ted projects in clothing, cooking,
canning, room improvement and
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Harvest Help
, Portland Rushes Aid;
Situation Improved
; Though Unsteady
With sorely needed help al
ready arriving from Portland and
with clear skies expected today,
Salem people were urged Satur
day to again "come through' and
work in bean, fruit and hop har
vests of the Willamette valley, by
William H. Baillie, manager of
the Salem employment office. .
ane crops situauon u mucn
Improved,1 Baillie sUted, hot
cuu venous, asope - w a ; ex-
pressed this weekend might re
lieve the pressure caused by the
shortage of pickers. '
. Salem Cherrians are to be out
in . uniform . today, Baillie an
nounced, to act as escorts and
guides for persons wishing to go I
out and pick. The employment
office, at Cottage and Ferry
streets, with telephone number
9287, is to be open all day to
furnish names and locations of
growers needing help, r
' A big response has been giv
en to calls for aid in picking
. hops, Baillie ' said. Pickers of
pears and prunes are also urg
ently needed. - . .
PORTLAND, Sept. 6-ff)-The
state employment service report
ed Saturday that Oregon's critical
harvesters' shortage .was ."some
what eased" but large portions
of some crops still would be lost
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NYA to Aid 2060
Oregon Students
WASHINGTON, Sept. G.Jiy-
Approximately i 450,000l students
in all sections of the United States
will be helped to continue their
educational careers in the acade-
mic year just beginning, the Na
tional Youth Administration an
nounced Saturday.
In Oregon, the NYA will aid
2060 students.
I Ten RAF Ships Downed!
BERLIN, Sunday, Sept. 7-(P)
Ten British planes were shot
down Saturday; night during the;
course of RAF raids on western
Germany, authorized sources said
, today, . '.v-
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ing left to right, they are Coralee Nichols, IS, Salem; Virginia Borknart, 17, Albany; Bert Dennam,
17, Lane county, and Robert Marsh, jr IS, Albany. Below a typical race and a typical; crowd! at
Lone Oak track daring the week
$100 Sought
By USO for
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Jt QYl LiCWIS
"One hundred dollars given be
fore Thursday will mean com
fortable and much-needed club
room furniture for our boys at
Fort Lewis before next Sunday,"
declared Dr. Henry C. Morris,
chairman of the United Hospital
ity association, Saturday night.
Heavy army trucks slated to
go through Salem on either
Thursday or Friday will pick up
whatever Salem folk have ready
to send in the way of furniture,
Dr. Morris said he had been noti-
fied. - ' ' ' "i
More than $100 was raised by
a benefit ball game ' to provide
similar accommodations for Sa
lem men at Fort Stevens, Morris
pointed out, emphasizing that
Fort Lewis men' have been prom
ised "something from borne."
Contributions can be in a d e
through him or other members of
the association, Morris declared.
Wallace Seeks 5. Demo" Gijberiiafbrial Noiriatibn
By STEPHEN C MERGLER
Multnomah county . produced
two developments in . the 1942-
election talk that has alternately
murmured and chattered ever
since the recent legislative ses
sion. 1
First was announcement by
: State Sen. Lew Wallace, ex
game commissioner, that as ru
mored, he would be a candidate
for the democratic nomination
for governor next year.
Second wag a decision by
Bojq and Girls Selected
Oregon's Greatest Fair
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"outatandlnr 4H clnb members at
at the state fairgrounds.
LoggingBooms
On Willamette
Willamette river log rafting
set a new record last month.
Salem firm doubles Its log out
put this month. Read an ex
pert's summary of valley log-'
Log on today's Statesman feat
ure page, section 2, page 8.
Coast Blonde
Wins, Annual
Beauty Prize .
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ, Sept. 6
-WVThe crown of Miss Ameri
ca of 1941 was placed Saturday
night on the pretty blonde locks
of Miss California, Rosemary La
Planche, 19, hazel-eyed Los An
geles resident and -a runnerup in
last year's Atlantic City .beauty
pageant. r .
She broke Into tears as the
award, goal of attractive girls
from coast to coast for. many
months, was made In Conven
tion hall as the climax ef a
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Multnomah county 'a equalixa
- tlon board against following
the state tax commission's ml
Ing for assessments on a uniform
ratio basis and In favor of re
turning immediately to that
county's old variable ratio me
thod. Wallace in a formal statement
said he was making his announce
ment early because , h believed
the voters ought to -have ample
time to get acquainted With their
candidates. He doesn't plan to
-campaign actively until after the
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the 80th Oregon state fair." Read
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WilUde Asks 1
Use of Force
On Sea Lanes
NEW YORK, Sept -(ff)-Wen-
dell L. Willkie Saturday called, on
the; United States to use "deter
mination and force" to meet Geiv
many's challenge to its policy of
freedom of the seas. rf
Speaking on a CBS radio pro
gram celebrating the 18th birth-
day of the exiled King Peter of
Yugoslavia, the 1940 republican
presidential, nominee declared
"once-- again, savage and bestial
might has challenged the right of
America to freedom of the seas.1
"I know I apeak the over-
. whelming sentiment of my fel
low Americans In urging the
president to meet the challenge
with determination and for."
Wmkie said. "I , hope, and I
know yea hope, that the presi
dent of the United States serves
" notice en nazi Germany that the
United States expects Its ships
to go unmolested in their pass
age across the North Atlantic, .
and those interfering with them
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first of the year, he added, i
"Rumors have, arisen and
seem to persist suggesting that
I may be a candidate for some
office other than the governor
ship in the 1942 primary elec
tions despite the fact that I have
never had the slightest inten
tions of following any ' such
course of ; action," Wallace's
statement said, m part "How
ever, I have seriously consid
ered becoming a candidate ' for
governor and I now announce
that I will offer my juma to
Rivalry Keen
For Numerous
Stake Prizes
: Governor's Guard Has
Applause; Many Good
1 Equines Are Shown
By MAXTNE BUREN
The popular Governort
I Guard, Salem riding posse, ap
peared again in the final night's
horse show Saturday at the
Oregon' state fairgrounds, be
fore the biggest audience Of the
week. Their, drill dreWunstint
ed applauses " I ,
Prizes were awarded in sev
eral classes where stakes were
given on accumulated winnings
for the week.
In the first event, "touch and
go," horses are eliminated on
touching the Jump. IHebe, owned
by Mrs. Harry Kerr on and ridden
by Don Dryer took blue ribbon,
while Ne Touche owned by the
Portland riding academy, and rid
den ; by Helen Bacon jumped to
second place. Marijane Churchill,
owned by Eyta Esh and ridden
by Erroll Ostrum took third.
Lady Vagabond, Roy Sim-
. nions' mare, ridden by Bert Cor-
-hy, and Geertia Dale's gelding,
Shamrock' ridden by Raymond
narrison -were Judged - best' of
the three gaited pairs. Bey Tan-
cendor, owned and ridden by
VL 9 DvaUray, and Ti r a a b ,
owned, and ridden by Xlale
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Russ Mission
Chiefs Confer
Visit Air General at
Spokane; Party Will
Fly in US Bombers
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I SPOKANE, Wash., Sept 1-iJPy-
Leaving as unexpectedly as they
arrived, five members of a Rus-
sion aviation mission I returned
late Saturday afternoon to Seat
tle aboard a commercial plane af
ter an all-day : conference with
Brig. Gen. John B. Brooks,, acting
commander of the Second air
force. " I
The men were i leaders of a
group ef 47 who flew to Seattle
from Nome, Alaska, .earlier In
the week. The entire party was
not expected to reach Spokane
until Monday, flying In char
tered commercial planes.
TThe United Air lanes office here
reported Saturday the charters
had been cancelled ana ine party
would fly in army ships. Whether
the scheduled Monday stop here
been cancelled or the mission
t would fly directly to the national
capital could not be learned.
j Heading the advance party was
Brig. Gen. Michael M. Gromov,
I famous for his flight over the
J north pole 1 from Russia to Call
J fomia. 1 J j
I IWith him were Anton N. Fede-
tov. attache of the Russian em-
bassy m wasmngton, wno jomea
the mission at Nome, Alaska;
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On the Air
For Defense'
! W. J. nant, Woodbum area
chairman of civil defense. Is to
!be guest speaker on the Marion
I county civil ' defense ' council's
iprograai Monday night at 9:15
o'clock over KSLM. lie ts
i scheduled to tell ef activities for
1 civil defense ta bis area.
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the democratic party for nomi
nation as Its candidate for gov
ernor "... .": i vv e S'y-,;:
Thus Wallace beat to the draw
National Committeeman Howard
Latourette of Portland, for whom
a "draft committee appears to be
about ready to produce a carefully-prepared
statewide , demand
for Latourette to permit himself
to be proclaimed a gubernatorial
candidate on the same democratic
ticket. :' '. :4 ' v
. Sen. Wallace stems from one of
Nebraska' famed sod houses,
Germans 42aim
Attacked;
Answer in
Japan Hedges on Mutual Aid
Axis Pact: Russians Assert
Leningrad Drive Repulsed
- By The Associated Press -
The United States navy, Saturday night bluntly disput
ed a German claim that the American destroyer Greer was
the aggressor in a clash with
and reiterated that the U-boat
the Green 1 i
With German-American
more critical stage as a result
navy department issued this
Notwithstanding German
day's press that the Greer was
House to Okeh
Income Change
Amendment Lowering
Personal Exemptions
Expected to Pass
WASHINGTON, , Sept -P)-Belief
tliat the house would ac
cept the senate's most important
change; In the revenue bill an
amendment lowering personal In
come tax exemptions was ex
pressed Saturday by Chairman
George (D-Ga) , of the senate
finance, committee. -
' George "said his information was
that many. members of the, house
ways an means committee had
regarded the amendment favor
ably when the . revenue .bill was
before them.' "At thai, time, he
added, "the treasury was not so
strong f or It j :- . 9
Later, President : Roosevelt
recommended a broader income
tax base and the senate ao-
proved an amendment 'cutting
personal exemptions from $2900
to $1509 , for married persons
and from $809 to $750 for single
persons. The treasury estimated
the change would pour an extra
$303,600,000 Into the federal
till and require an additional
4,911,000 persons to file Income
tax returns. r
xne x3,083,guo,ooo revenue
measure, passed after three days
of debate by the senate Friday,
win be considered by a joint sen
ate-house conference committee
next Wednesday. George predict'
ed that an agreement would be
reached in two or three days.
T George said the senate
changes likely to cause the most
controversy were those knocking
out a special 10 per cent tax on
corporation profits and increasing
surtaxes on corporation incomes.
WASHINGTON, i Sept. l-VPt-
Uniiied command of the nation s
military forces land, sea and air
in remote areas to simplify ad
ministration and eliminate "fric
tion' was suggested by Senator
Brewster (R-Me). j !
: As a member of the special
senate- committee investigating
the defense program, Brewster
wrote a formal report to Chair
(Turn to Pago 2, CoL S)
Nazis Reveal
Europe Plan
BERLIN, Sept S-(fl-Dr. Hans
Keller, president of the Academy
for the Rights of Peoples, in an
article distributed by the German
high command Saturday blasted
away any hopes that "Germany
after defeating her opponents'
win "resurrect all those states
which the storm of war has swept
away."
' The new order in Europe can
only be a German order, he said.
where he was born 52 years ago.
After receiving his education, in
iVtwSI.
law, he - moved ; to Portland and
entered the life insurance bus!
ness in 1914. He served in the
Oregon house of ! representatives
in the 1935 sessions, after having
been appointed to the state game
commission in 1934 by . Governor
Charles H.i Martin. His advance
to the Senate came by appoint-
ment in 1933, and he was elected
to his present term last year.
' There were no new develop-
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Sub
i'EDR WiU
Air Talk
a nazi submarine! off Iceland
made the initial attack on
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relations deteriorating to a
of . the seagoing incident, the
statement in Washington:
contentions appearing in to
the aggressor in its action
with! the submarine, the facts are
the same as. originally stated by
the inavy department namely,
that the initial attack In this en
gagement' was made by the sub
marine on the Greer. It was then,
and not until then, that the Greer
counter-attacked.'' :
In phrases of interest to Japan
under the axis pact, official Ber
lin earlier Saturday in its version
of the affair, declared that the
submarine aimed two torpedoes
at the Greer only after the Greer i
had depth-bombed the submersi
ble. ' , -
There was a possibility that
President Roosevelt would reply
directly by radio at 6 pjn. Pa
cific Standard Time Monday
night from the White House.
William D. Hassett, acting
presidential secretary,- announc
ed at Hyde Park that the presi
dent would deliver a 15-mlnnte
speech of major significance':
at that time and thai the speech:.
would be translated for :jt'
broadcast by shortwave
thronghout the world.
Asked whether the speech was
connected with the Greer's en
counter with the German subma
rine, Hassett, answered: T cant
say." v - 1 . : -
DNB, official German news
agency, distributed a nazi com
munique that a German U-boat
"was- attacked by the Greer
about 200 miles southwest of Ice
land. The U-boat loosed two tor
pedoes in reply two hours and
nine minutes late r, the agency
said, and then moved off under
depth bomb pursuit
'"Mr. Roosevelt, m this way,"
DNB said, "is trying by all
means at his disposal to provoke
incidents In order to incite the
American people 1 a t o war
against Germany."
Denunciation of President Roo
sevelt and American policy occa
sioned little surprise in Wash
ington. Chairman Connally (D-
Tex) of the senate foreign rela
tions committee said "the fact
that the nazis admit a German
submarine was Involved amounts
to an admission that it was act?
ing under orders of the nazi gov
ernment In firing on our destroy
er.
The German , communique de
clared President Roosevelt had,
contrary to his published! state
ments, issued "general orders to
American destroyers not only to
report positions of German ships
and U-boats but, beyond that
to attack them." '
Japan b pledged nnder the
German-Italian-Japanese trea- .
ty of Berlin signed Sept 27,
1949, to help the axis "with all
political, economic and mili
tary means when one of the
three contracting powers Is at
tacked by a power at present
not involved in the European '
war or in the Chinese-Japanese '
Conflict : , vr-: '
The Greer incident was dls- ,
missed, however, by the Tokyo
newspaper Hochl as "nothing
but that a belligerent destroyer
was attacked by a submarine in 1
belligerent waters." The news,
paper declared the United States
gave vp nentrallty In the occn-.
pation ef Iceland.
SSSSSH
jectives of three German drives,
Leningrad, Odessa and Kiev, and
T "V T f -a. I
been hurled from vital approach-
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HosUirrca Executed
."VICHY, Unoccupied F r a n ce.
Sept C.Three French .hostages,
I reported : selected from among
1 communist prisoners , ct a- con-
j centration camp, , were, ; executed
by a German firing squad at Paris
Saturday in reprisal for an attack
in which a G reman sergeant was
slightly wounded. - c- r- yr
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