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4 The Stat man, Salam. Oregon. Sunday. August 31. HIT "No Favor Swaya Vs, No Fear Shall Awe" Iron rtrtt SUteMMB. March It, 181 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY ; CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher Member f the Associated Preee The Associated rrtte Is entitled exclusively to the mm for reyabll mUm of all the local news printed la thli Bewtptper. m well as all AP mwi dispatches. : " OIF sa gJjQB GRIN AND BEAU IT (Continued from page 1) Involvement in Greece The collapse of the Greek cabinet a week ago, the diffi culties encountered in forming a new government, and the obviously transitory character of the ministry finally set up reveal the tragic condition of Greek politics. Split into num erous factions whose political coloration covers the full spec trum from red to deep black, Greece is hopelessly divided. In such an atmosphere the Athens government is urTable to re Store" national unity and the American mission labors under heavy handicap. These troubles are by no means new to Greece. Revolution and intrigue have kept the country upset for many years. Mon arch made exits, and entrances on cue", power has alternated between tough dictatorship and fairly decent liberalism. The post-liberation strife is a continuance of the struggle for power with the two extremes, the communists and the monarchists or rightists, in violent conflict. The British moved troops in to tree Greece from the nazis, and gave their backing to the right "wing element. -Cornmunists joined anti-monarchist groups in virtual civil wr, suppressed in the centers only with British support. The subsequent election returned a majority in favor of the king's return and the rightist party won a plurality but not a majority in the parliament, but many abstained from voting. The present, crisis arose when the four liberals in the coalition government resigned. Subsequent efforts to form a new coalition failed. Friday the right-wing populist (royalist) party set up a cabinet under Constantin Tsaldaris. As it lacks a parliamentary majority and has no liberal representation it early defeat seems inevitable. " In such a "state of political confusion and with the police repression exercised by the former minister of the interior, Napoleon Zervas, no headway has been made in composing the country, ending guerrilla warfare and the border raids inspired , by neighboring communist states. In fact besides clamoring 'for food and munitions the Greeks have been asking for Amer ican troop to police their country and for a larger share of the $350 million grant to be spent for military supplies. The developments confirm the fears expressed by The Statesman over our involvement in Greece. At the urging of President Truman we have gotten away out on a limb in the eastern Mediterranean, dabbling in a political pool of whose currents we are ignorant, risking military involvement or else humiliating loss of face through defeat of our policy. The Tru man doctrine may cost us more than the $400 million. We shall lose prettige if the Greek situation continues to crumble. Be Careful and Live Oregon's ominous record of 15 traffic fatalities last week may or may not lead to a reduction of travel over the Labor day week end but it certainly should give pause to those who do tife the highways. No- sfrigie factor apparently can be blamed for the sudden volume of death Crashes, but speed and liquor still figure heavily in some of them. An admonishing word should be spoken, too, for tho.e drivers who day-dream along at 20 miles an hour and eventually so infuriate drivers behind them that chances are taken on too-close passing. Eternal vigilance is the price of life as well as liberty, in regard to the highways, and if such vigilance is coupled with good t-tn.ve. courtesy and a decent respect for the law a marked decrease could be effected in the expectable accidents these next two days. . The same general rules hold true also for swimmers, six of whom have been drowned in Oregon within the last few days, and carelessness apparently gets the nod in regard to blame for a sudden increase in fire casualties, too. Oregon sets the pace in many things, but topping the state by-state list of violent deaths is not a record to inspire pride. rich and bought up a section of river-front "patrolled by Dober man Pinschen." Or be a Texan who has made a wartime killing and can buy out the guy who got the river first. The other alterna tive is to fish the reservoirs for bass, crappie, perch, chubs "thor oughly abominable fish. The fi nal solution he offers iJto follow me nsn tumDrii (a magniiicent, oxygen-conditioned. Dlastic baf fled, glass aquarium mounted on av huge truckbg(iring the legend "Colorado Game AND Fish De partment") laden with legal-size fish for dumping in the rivers. Then this happens: "The frightened fish scurry for shelter and the dry-fly fishermen now take over in the grand tra dition: perfect costume, hip-boots, automatic reels, aluminum-tubed rods, and wondrous belts holding more gadgets than a telephone lineman packs around in his belt plastic containers for each kind of fly, trick boxes and loose-leaf books, gut leaders, nylon leaders. tweezers, vials of oil to keep the flies floating, and even DDT bombs. Some go in for thermo meters and barometers. In no time most of the planted fish are in the basket, trundling back down the same road they came up. The oldtimer who really caught fish grieves over the changes which are due to "the universal predicament of too many people, good roads, motor cars, airplanes and too easy access to what little wild country we have left," plus stream pollution and sluicing fish in irrigation ditches. But as Ferril writes: t "Yet for the new fisherman, who doesn't miss what he never had. the emotional rewards of going fishing, even if he brings back little, may be just as satisfying He is repaid by group activity, or ganization, totem paraphanalia, and that universal wampum of our culture, personal publicity. West ern dailies run fishing columns as impressive as the society columns. They work in cahoots with sport ing goods dealers. Everybody wins. And after a weekend of that the sports-togged fisherman can talk just as loud at the meeting of the fish conservation club as anyone, about something lie knows nothing about. Tbe Colorado author has told the fish story of the whole went vividly and entertainingly. We wonder though if part of the trou ble isn't due to catching those "hundreds of trout" in the South Platte. The early-day fishing orgy helped destroy the stock in the streams and all the scientific hocus-pocus can't build it back again. State Fair Week Heigh Ho, Come to the fair, Maidens and Men." Time to sing the old song again, for it's state fair week. The second show following the war-time suspension should see a distinct improvement in exhibits, particularly of livestock as exhibitors get back into the swing of showing their stuff. But the prime exhibit at the fair is the people themselves. The human animal is gregarious; he loves crowds. And state fair brings 'em all out One may tire of the grind of the hurdy-gurdy, of the sideshow barkers. His feet may get weary tramping along the aisles in the pavilions: even the races may prove boring. But there is always relief in watching the people. The state fair is unique in this respect too, that you are part of the exhibit: other people look you over. ' t. Anyhow, weather permitting it is bound to be a great week in Salem. The state fair is on again, authentic, colorful It is Oregon on parade. Alternate Exemptions Discussing the sales tax which will he voted on nextvOct T the Albany Democrat-Herald says: If the sales tax is passed each single peson will enjoy an exemption of $900 instead of the present $500 and the head of a family v- ill be exempted up to $1,800 instead of $1,000 as now: Furthermore sales tax approval will bring forth a $400 exemption for each dependent, instead of the $300 now prevailing. This is no.t correct as to present exemptions, which are $750 for single persons. $1,500 for married persons and $300 for dependents. If the sales tax is defeated exemptions will be lowered to $500 for single persons and $1,000 for married persons. A few days ago the, Capital Journal editorialized at length over the reported effort of left-wing democrats in Oregon under the leadership of Monroe Sweetland of Molalla to capture the Oregon delegation for Henry Wallace for president. The assign ment evidently is news to Editor Sweetland for we note in an editorial in his Pioneer this comment: "Obviously President Truman will carry the endorsement, probably unchallenged, of Oregon democrats and democrats in every state and territory.' 1 So the Pioneer goes on to discuss vice presidential possibilitiej and gives Justice Douglas the call. Evidently the C-J got its signals mixed, though we doubt if Sweetland has much heart for the Truman nomination. In her question and answer column in a national women's magazine (well, it's the LHJ, if you want to know) Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt confesses that she is "deeply grieved" to find that Jim Farley "is not the person I thought him," and doubts the ccurarcy of Farley's quotation of her remarks "since I have never had such thoughts." This much is true, Mrs. Roosevelt 1 always the lady. The public which contributes to the infantile paralysis fund is naturally interested in what happens to its money And it is pleased to see visible evidences of beneficial spend ing at local levels. However the spate of publicity respecting a Salem case and the ue of special equipment seems like press agent stun, as though the purpose was to maintain the flow o dollars rather , than render the service. Vancouver Sun Out of Print VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 30 -JP) The Vancouver Sun went out of business today, the third newspaper to leave the hands of Sheldon Sackett since he bought or optioned the three last spring. The Sun blamed the newsprint shortage, increased costs and limited advertising revenue for suspension of publication. The paper said its circulation of 7,900 would be taken over by the Van couver Columbian. Sackett, who still publishes the Coos Bay Times, acquired the Vancouver Sun, . Portland East Side Post and Seattle Star last spring. Since, he has re-sold the Post to its former owner, and al lowed the option on the Star to lapse shortly before the Seattle newspaper suspended. Holiday May Aid Car Lack PORTLAND, Aug. 30-(T)-Box- cars, so scarce that nearly 200 small lumber mills have closed briefly for lack of shipping space, may catch up a little with Ore gon lumber production during the Labor day holiday. Lumbermen expressed hope that the usual holiday mill clos ure, slowing the flow of lumber into crowded mill yards, would ease the boxcar crisis. The Southern Pacific railroad, only line serving the western Oregon area where the pile-up is worst, foresaw no hope of entire ly meeting the Intense demand for cars. Mill operators said prices of certain types of lumber had been upped slightly by competitive bid ding. Registration Said In Lieu of Taxes The state board of aeronautics announced Saturday that under an opinion of Attorney General George Neuner the payment of registration fees for registration of aircraft is in lieu of personal property tax on these planes. The board also reported paint ing of 84 markers throughout the state progressing satisfactorily, Those now completed includes ones at Mill City, Mt. Angel, Scotti Mills and St. Paul. Regi tration of pilots, according to the board, is not progressing as rapid ly as expected. Dr. P. D. Baker Osteopathic Physician Now Located at 1165 Court St. Telephone 7905 Ry.LiYlity !tPCC I IBS! MitMc k ' Here's ear new schedule, men! we make S pictures an epie, a super-colossal, a stupendous. a miracle, and one worth coin to see!" Marion FFA Show Awards Compiled Three vocational agriculture classes in Marion county held the annual county show at the state fairgrounds Saturday. Exhibitors were from the Salem, Silverton and Woodburn high schools. Dis plays were made in farm crops, livestock and poultry. W. M. McKinney is Salem in structor and was in charge of the show locally. Leonard Hudson is Silverton instructor and Richard Schoenborn is Woodburn instructor. Awards were as follows: FARM CROPS Fescue seed. Floyd Fox. Jr.. 1st: Guy Scott, 2nd: Lawrence Fischer, 3rd. Bent grass seed, Dal Lee Miller, 1st, all or silverton. Flax. John Since, woodburn. 1st: 3 row barley. Donald Kuhn. Salem. 1st: Ralph Undfeth. woodburn, zna; Elvin Goode. Silverton. 3rd. Wheat. Don Baaaett. Salem. 1st: Ray oats. Carl Jarnagin, Silvertatn, t: Bassett, 2nd. Honey, Donald Kuhn. 1st. Potatoes. LeKoy DeJarden. wood- b irn. 1st. Pears. Kuhn 1st lor Boac and Bartlett; Charles Saucey, Salem. 2nd. Bartlett. Prunes, Saucey 1st; also 1st on three varieties of apples. Field corn. Ken Waymlre. Wood burn. 1st: sweet corn, Joe Hess, Sil verton, 1st. LIVESTOCK Jersevs: aged cow. Harold Watts. Silverton, 1st: Keith Nelson. 2nd; 1-year cow. Bob Barnes, 1st, all Silverton. Senior yearling. Basrett. 1st: Barnes. 2nd: junior yearling. Nelson. 1st: Dan rotter, snverion, ana: senior can, boo Cooley. Salem, 1st: Nelson. 2nd; PoU ter, 3rd; Junior calf. Barnes, 1st, Bill Ford, Woodburn, 2nd. Guernseys: aced cows. Hess. 1st: senior yearling, Edward Kappel, Sil verton. 1st; junior yearling, itappei. 1st: Hesc. 2nd: Marvin Jann. silver- ton. 3rd; Fox. 4th; senior calf. Tom Stampley. Woodburn. 1st: Howard Klooenatine. Silverton. 2nd: Junior calf. Bassett, tat. Ayrshire: Aged cow, Albert Wil liams, 1st; senior calf, Leonard Per- lick. 1st: Junior calf. Williams, lit; Perlick, 2nd and 3rd. all. Salem. Holstein: 3 year old cow. Gerald Bros. 1st; senior yearling, Jim Mc Dowell, 1ft, both saiem. SWINE Duroc Jersey. Junior gilt. L. Fisher, 1st; Bassett. 2nd and 3rd: senior gilt. Hess. 1st: Allen Dahl. Silverton. 2nd: sow. Barnes, 1st; Fisher, 2nd. Chester White, sow, Harold watts, 1st. Poland China, sow. Jarnagin, lit. Duroc Jersey, fat hogs. Fisher, lat. Spotted Poland China, fat hog and Junior gilt, Arthur Gtrod, Salem, 1st. SHEEP ' Hampshire, yearling ewe, James Mcuoweu, ist. ana. Suffolk, ewe lamb and ram lamb, Fisher, 1st and 2nd for each. Romney, yearling ewe, Barnest. 1st, 2nd. Corriedale. Aced ewes. Gene Mul- key, 1st and 2nd; ewe lamb and ram lamb, both firsts. Gene Mulkey, Sil verton. POULTRY White Leghorn.' pen pullets. Good, 1st: Bob Williamson. 2nd. New Hampshire, breeding pen. wiuts Melsemhelmer. woodburn. 1st Arthur Glrod. Salem. 2nd: utility pen. Ed Lepper. Salem. 1st; Glrod, 2nd. made up of engineers and men experienced in practical engineer ing and construction work. Entire ly voluntary, it would be, he said, the nucleus of an experienced or ganization that could be called out in any emergency, national or lo cal. Public Records Swimming Pool Attendance Low In Active Playground Summer Attendance this summer at the city's seven 'neighborhood school playgrounds equaled that of last year, but cool weather cut patronage at Olingcr and I-slie nwimmmg mmIs nearly one-half, Vernon Gil more, playgrounds director, estimated Saturday. Incomplete attendance reports indicate that this summer's Desk day at the two pools registered about 1400 swimmers. Last sum mer, Gilmore said, nearly a dozen days reached the 2000 mark. The pools closed for the sea son Saturday and the neighborhood playgrounds wound up their 11 week program Friday afternoon with picnics attended by about 300 children and parents. Attendance figures for each of the schools during the past 11 weeks include Bush 4713. Wash ington 7097, Ric hmond 58K5, High land 9.186, Englewood 13,449, Giant f037, and McKinley 9104. At West Salem grade school, in its first year of operation as a playground, the attendance reach playground, the attendance reached 3677. The playground there was sponsored jointly by the city of West Salem and school district 24. No Salem city funds were used on the project. Gilmore said. r it : , i -- j a j i . . ni'pioximair-iy iu auuii super- visors, aiienuanis anu instructors took part in Salem's summer pro gram. The playground schedule will continue into the fall and winter months with a basketball program and other activities. Also contemplated, Gilmore said, is su pervised use of school playgrounds during after-school hours and on Saturday mornings. SiuiHct Highway Marker to Honor 41st Division Men A marker dedicating the Sunset highway to Oregon's famous 41st division was completed Saturday, Oregon national guard headquar ters and the slate highway com mission announced. The cedar marker, four feet high and six fet wide, is located at the intersection of Mecanicum and Sunset highways. Known as Wolf Creek highway, the latter route from Portland to the coat wa renamed iasi year in nonor oi lly thousands of Oregon men who ought under the Sunset division insignia In both world wars. For 173 days the 41st division was in continuous combat against the Japs in World War II. Fof the first world war, it was organized in 1917 and fought in engagements at Chateau-Thierry, Sisme-Marne and St. Mihiel. Seabee Reserve Chooses Libby Hollis W. Libby, Salem route 9, chief locating engineer for the Oregon highway commission, was elected leader of Salem's Seabee naval reserve unit at an organiza tional meeting Friday night at the Chamber of Commerce. Seventeen former Seabees at tended the meeting, second held in preparation for formal activa tion which may take place Octo ber 10. A. W. Marquiss, Roy Webber and W. C. Hill were elected to the program committee, The unit. Hill said, would be msmm CIRCUIT COURT Beth Adams ve Jerry Adams: De fendant's answer. Harley A. Borders vs George Alex ander: Stipulation that demurrer In above matter be heard at 19 a.m. September 3. LaVern B. Myers vs Dorothy M. Myers: Order of default Allied Building Credits. Inc., vs Dwyn. A. Miller and Beatrice A. Mil ler: Complaint asking judgment of $1,149 against defendant!. Orval Lama, doing business as Orval's Used Cars, vs Gordon Coffey: Complaint asking judgment for $355. Ruby Marie Weigel vs Edmund Ay bert Weigel: Answer and cross com plaint filed Amoe Miller vs Ford Harvey and N. A. Harvey: Plaintiffs reply. DISTRICT COURT Bert Major Davis. 420 Elma ave . charged with forgery, preliminary ex amination set for September 24. James Frank Cannon. 1560 Bellevue at. charged with driving while in toxicated, caw appealed, held In Mai Ion county tail. Edward Albeit Ralrtirnlin g. Salrm route 3. charged with malicious de struction of personal property, con tinued until September 13 for sen tence. Calvin George Stobbe. Salem route S. no hunting license, fined 125 and costs. Harry Battixe, Lakebrook hop ranch. Intoxicated in a private place, fined i $50 and cotv , Ely Brtnnam, lakeorooK nop rancn. J Intoxicated in a private place, fined , 50 and costs. I MARRIAGE LICENSE ! APPLICATIONS Walter R. Heine. 27. student. 299t ! Brooks ave.. and Marie E. Hannegan, : 24. bookkeeper, 2005 N. Church St.. i both of Salem. Richard A. Raines. 21. laborer, and Rachel A. Jones, 31, housewife, both of Independence. Emmett Byrim Warner, 29. machin-. ist, Salem route S, and Betty Louise Rust, 21, waitress, 635 N. Salem St.. Salem. Lester Irvin Herigtad. 27. farmer. Woodburn, and Wanda Marie Simp son. 20, office worker, 643 Marion St., Salem. Donald George Rmrhr. 21. U. S. navy, Dallas, and Rogene LaVere Miller,' 20. stenographer, 1561 Elm St.. West Salem. Loyde Remington. 22. painter. 3545 Portland rd . and Denna Tealer. 19,. general office girl, 378 Bellevue at., both of Salem. Norman Ratchet. 19, sawmill work er, and Joyce Br u ton, IS, domestic, both of Silverton. Kenneth L. Prince. 22. 2395 N. Fifth St., and Carolyn Bates, 20, student, both of Salem. Robert H. Butte. 24. painter. 405 Richmond ave.. and Barbara Jane Spaulding. 22. clerk. 210 Vista ave.. both of Salem William L. Ean. 23.' student. Port land, and Janice H. Nelson, 22. house keeper. 260 W. Lefelle St.. Saiem. Lyman D. Sundin. jr., 22. florist em ployes. 1473 B St., and Helen Jeanne Wtlhelm. 23. domestic, 1250 N. 18th st., both of Salem. au 8095 357 Cowl St mmm WITH TNI HZ "GOLDtN THROAT r TONI SYSTEM -29 . r 104.50 Automatic Vfctrola tadio-f Honograpli 1 Flays ay to It rsisris. Mm ska "CeU i Tare at" taste syrtsss. j?ilat Sappkira" perasaaeat pslsa fswal piakap...M aaadlea ( T. ssjss aWwm "plattsr stall sr." Flaw walasjt t ansae eaa ftaat. Yiatrab 5U. 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