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E3 O DO .O ODu OOO O0QO 03 ob.EDO o r & o State Fair Attendance Figures Soar as Cooler Weather Near CX1NDRD 1651 NHiETY -SEVENTH YEAR 10 PAGES The Oregon Statesman. Salem Oregon. Wednesday. September 3. 1947 Prlco Sc No. 13 Revolt in Vets j&aosh-to Haonks to Gash ESoinidls r 3 Ecuador 35 Killed dud Canadian Train Weeds Broken 3t i) J", v ;., 1 This bnl s Coney Islmnd warm day phto shot, (top picture) bat b snap of the afternoon aleata spot on the falrfronnda. Tnetday'a warm afternoon brought many footweary vUltora down to earth on the eool green grau. Claude Steuloff, Salem, won all firsts In Routhdowns and showen here (lower picture) are the five animals which won first place In flock class. These are being held by, from left to right. Merle Caselman, Ivan 8teusloff, Mervin Pearson and Carl Schmidt (Photos by Larsen for The Statesman). (Additional pictures on page, 7.) 1 , 1 .1. The publication of census fig- nrc chnwino iharn tionulation gains on the Pacific coast . has created repercussions clear across the country. Manufacturer! look out here and see ah expanding market and wonder , if the time hasn't " come ' for them to "go west," at least with branch fac tory. Young men getting out of college think of the west as a growing field, rich in opportunity. And politicians see shifts in power as the west coast takes on more weight in national affairs. The population gain for Cali fornia was 2,643,000; for Oregon 362,000; for Washington 517,000: A statistician who has done some ; ' figuring says that on the basis of. the 1948 estimates made by the census bureau California will be entitled to six more congressmen, Oregon and Washington to one each. The number of members in the bouse of representatives is limited to 445 and the members 'ship is reapportioned among the states after each decennial census on the basis of population. Of . course changes in populations 'between now and the time the census is taken will affect the ap portionment It seems certain, however, that each of the western states will gain one or more con gressmen. If the growth contin ues. California which now has 23 . members of congress will pans Pennsylvania which has 33. though this is hardly probable at the next reapportionment. Oregon will pay attention if it is to get a fifth member of con gress when the next shuffle of , seats is made. It gained one after the 1940 census. Then redisrict ing was easy all that was nec essary was to cut the old first district in two. Thus we have one congressional district for northwest Oregon, one for south west Oregon, one for eastern Ore gon and one for Multnomah coun- . ty. The new deal will not be so ' simple. Multnomah county may z be entitled to two seats, with the addition of some of the frinee counties. Since no district can have more than one congressman, :a division of Portland would be required. Thus we might have one ' congressman for - Multnomah county west of the Willamette plus Washington and Columbia counties; another for Multnomah county east of the river plus Clackamas county.-. All this is conjecture at this time; but the . prospect of another seat in con gress will excite both interest and ambition. EGGS TO ADVANCE CENT PORTLAND, Ore., Sept 2 -(JP) The price of all grades of eggs are ' scheduled to advance one cent a dozen tomorrow, the wholesale trade reported tonight Our Senalors Won mm 11-1 Youth Club Activities Highlight Second Day of 82nd Annual Fair By LJllie L. Madsen Farm Editor, The Statciman I Youth took the limelight in the second day of the 82nd Oregon State fair when Don Logan, Hillsboro, became champion dairy showman for the Future Farmers of America and Dale Palmblad, Multnomah county, became grand champion 4-H club dairy show man. Both youths showed Guernsey cows. Merton Sahnow," FFA boy also of Hillsboro, won the Jersey show manship champion . ribbon, and Firby : Brumf ield of Scapposse, won honors as the : outstanding FFA member with, a Jersey pro ject' Kirbjr was presented a calf by the Oregon Jersey CatU club, donated by Calvin Mikkelson, a former outstanding FFA youth of Silverton high school. Feature event Wednesday's Sa lem day at the fair will be the running of the Governor's Derby on Lone Oak track during the afternoon. In the evening at 6:30 the annual banquet and meeting of the Oregon Purebred Live stock Breeders will be held. S. B. Hall of Troutdale will preside. Cooler Weather . Cooler weather and end of the long holiday weekend apparently were a boon to the fair, as at tendance was at an all-time high for a Tuesday of fair week. Total attendance of 23,748 was 30 per cent above last year's 18,232; the paid attendance compared 15,765 yesterday against 12,952 a year ago. Pari-mutuel take continued to show a slight gain, with 834,974 comparing with last year's Fair Calendar Wednesday SALEM DAY t man. Grading of livestock of both the 4-H and FFA for the fat stock auction sale,. Judging of Holsteins and Brown Swiss, Red Polls and Milking Short horns. Swine: barrows. Judg ing of FFA farm shop by Clyde Walker. Judging continues itr) the 4-H livestock division. - 1 p jar-Judging of FFA beef by C. W. Hickman. 1:15 p.nu Horse racing card on Lone Oak track, including run ning of Governor's Derby. 6:30 p.m. Purebred Livestock as sociation banquet. t p.m. State Fair Follies of 1947 and combined championship ro deo and hprse show. 9:38 pjn. State Fair dances with Buddy Rich and his orchestra. 833,766 for Tuesday of fair week. Ribbons Blossom Purple ribbons blossomed out all over livestock barns j Tuesday, as Judging in several 1 divisions was completed. However, picking of champions will not' be com pleted until Thursday, with the calf selection day at hte Oregon Holstein association a special and new event added this year by the Holstein breed. Early horse show goers who wandered about in the livestock barns, found championship rib bons bedecking Hereford stalls of N. R. Tucker of Prospect Tucker took grand championships in Herefords. Joe Fisher of War ren won reserve championship in the bull division and Pat Mann Hopper of Adams took reserve female champion. Washington Winner Meadowland Dairy of Portland won the purple in the female Ayrshires, with the Rivermoor Ayrshire farm of Rainier, Wash., taking the bull championship. Other than these two breeders, George Gessford & Son of For est Grove, winning on a four- year-old, was the only prize taker in the Ayrshires. Grand champions in Jerseyg Salem Day Today At Fairgrouiiils To facilitate an all-out ob servance of Salem day at the state fair today, retail stores and many offices and munici pal departments of this city will close this afternoon. Stores have planned to open one-half hoar earlier ' than us- . sal and remain open until 1 p. m. Regular postal and bank service will be maintained through the day. however, and all state offices will remain op Went to two Albany breeders with Ernest Gourley 8c Son showing the grand champion cow, two time winner, as she also came out with the 1946 purple, and N. V. Shelby & Son taking the grand champion in bulls on Imported Radar, brought over from the Is lands b,y Rex Ross late this spring. All . championship ribbons in the Black Angus division went to Ox bow Ranch of Prairie City. Salem Man Wins Claude Steusloff of Salem won all firsts on Southdowns, and Ahr ens Brothers of Turner took-all firsts on Romneys excepting a pen of three ewes won by McCaleb Brothers of Monmouth. In the fat lamb division, Gath Brothers, Turner, took first on lamb, med ium wool, pen of three ewes, pen of fat lambs, and champion fat lamb. William Riddell of Mon mouth took top in long wooled lambs and pen of three long woolies. Kenneth McCrae of Monmouth captured all firsts and champion ribbons in Cotswold, while Gath Brothers of Turner took all firsts in Shropshires excepting that on a ewe lamb won by Angus Lefler of Scio. Gath Brothers took all firsts in Suffolks.. New Breed' Winner In Columbia sheep, a compar atively new breed, E. J. Handley of McMinnville was majority winner. Others include firsts on a ram, one year old, by Marcus Vetter of Wood burn; ram lamb by Charles - Evans of - Independence, and ram champion by .Marcus Vetter. While some swine breeds are still being Judged, ' winners of purples in Poland Chinas went to Leonard Foster of Tangent for Ju nior and grand in boars. There were no senior boars in the breed. C. E. Stretcher of Beaverton took senior and grand champions for sow and boar in Duroc Jerseys, with Austin F. Flegel taking Jun ior and reserve boar, and C. E. Spencer. - of G res ham reserve champion sow. Howard Lee Tho mas of Dayton took the senior and grand champion in Hampshire boars with Lyle ,McKinley of Shedd taking junior and senior sow awards. RUSS ABANDON A CONTROL LAKE SUCCESS, Sept 2 -W) Russia said today that dissensions over international atomic control proposals wrt so great that it would oe useless to offer Soviet amendments to a majority-supported draft report of the United Nations atomic energy commis sion. '.,.i.,w,'.;:.vk-; QUITO, Ecuador, Sept. 2-(AT)- Col Carlos Mancheno, chief of the Ecuadorean government which came to power in a coup nine days ago, resigned tonight in the face of a spreading counter revolution and Mariano Suarez Veintimilla, vice president of the regime ousted by Mancheno, as sumed power temporarily. Mancheno's resignation was followed by an immediate cessa tion of firing on all fronts and brought to an apparent success ful conclusion the counter revolt which began late Saturday night. Ask Return of Rights The counter revoiters had de manded return of the constitu tion which Mancheno suspended when he assumed power in a bloodless, one-shot coup on Au gust 24. Diplomatic sources said Man cheno had taken asylum in the Venezuelan embassy and . intend ed to leave the country as foon as possible but other sources said he had simply disappeared. Without Ambition In Riobamba, Suarez Vienti milla the reputed leader of the counter revolt proclaimed that he was without personal ambi tion and was ready to present his resignation immediately upon the meeting of an extraordinary ses sion of congress which would des ignate who was to assume power. (A broadcast heard in Cali, Co lombia, said exiled President Jo.e Velasco Ibarra, the man Man cheno ousted, was planning to leave Buenos Aides by plane for Guayaquil immediately to ! re sume power.) Holiday Death Toll Set at 454 By The Associated Press The labor day observance with at least 454 violent deaths, 293 of them in traffic accidents left its grim stamp today as the dead liest holiday for motorists thus far in 1947. The traffic toll compared with 228 highway deaths on Memorial day and 255 on the Fourth of July and was considerably above the advance prediction of 250 deaths made by the National Safety Council. Ned H. Dearborn, council presi dent, described the traffic toll as a "Roman holiday of spilled blood" that "exceeded our worst fears." "What will Christmas, last year's blackest mark (with 253 deaths) bring?" he asked. Tornado Leaves m 5 Dead in East; Winds at 116 mph By The Associated Press Five men were killed Tuesday as a tornado struck southwestern Pennsylvania and high winds and storms ripped into eastern New England, damaging buildings and utilities, but most other sections of the country enjoyed pleasant weather. The Salem, Mass., coast guard airbase said the wind reached 116 miles an hour-at its height and the Boston weather bureau said 2.7 inches of rain fell in less than 12 hours. Three men were killed in New England. One was fatally injured when lightning demolished a one-story factory at Easton, Mass.; another died in Thomas ton, Conn., when lightning struck a furnace he was repairing and a Readville, Mass., man was killed when his automobile collided with another car during a blind ing downpour. August Building Marked Increase Permits for new construction and alterations issued by the city engineer's office during August total $500,270 more than $200,000 in excess of those of July, City Engineer J. H. Davis reported Tuesday. Figures from the city engineer showed that 'this year's construc tion record was set in. June when permits covering a total of $L 794,711 were issued, with a permit for $1,500,000 addition to the Ore gon state hospital that month largely responsible for the rec ord. Permits for $292,500 were issued in July, the figures showed. Highlighting August's applica tions for building construction was one by the Pacific Telephone and Telepgraph company to erect a telephone exchange building ad dition at 740 State st., at an esti mated cost of $150,000. Other sizeable structures for which permits were issued in Au gust included a $15,000 Hollywood district bank building at 1990 Fair grounds rd.; a bus garage costing 149,000 for schal district 24 at 15 Hurt; Worst Crash in West Canada History DUGALD, Man., Sept. 2-(P-The worst train wreck in' western Canada's history killed at least 35 persons and seriously injured 15 others here late last night when a Canadian National Rail ways campers' special collided head on with a stationary tram continental passenger train at this flag station 20 miles east of Winnipeg. The west-bound 13-coach spe cial from Minaki, Ont., and other Lake of the Woods resorts, was traveling 30 miles an hour 'when it plowed into the standing ex press hortly after- 11 p. m. as the transcontinental train was discharging passengers. Two of the nine wooden coaches of the special caught fire. The flames quickly spread to other coaches, a grain elevator and nearby oil storage tanks, some of which exploded. 27 Bodies Removed Twenty-seven bodies had been removed from the wreckage to night, 24 of them so burned and mutilated that identification other than by dentures and finger rings was deemed impossible. Some passengers said acetylene lamps used to illuminate the wocKien coaches caused the blaze. "When the crash came, all those lamps burst into flame riRht away," an unidentified yardman declared. Flames 50 Feet High Early rescuers found flames shooting 50 feet high. Canoes, duffel bags and other vacation ers' baggage was scattered over the right of way. The two loco motives were locked toether, the baggage car of the . transconti nental train raised partly over the tender ahead. The screams of the injured and trapped came from the piled up wreckage, but the heat of the flames drove most of the res cuers back. Telephone . operators sum moned ambulances, doctors, po lice and firemen from Winnipeg, St Boniface and Transcona, 10 miles to the west. The firemen pumped water on the wreckage from a" nearby ditch, but it was not until nearly noon that the bodies had been dug from the still sizzling wreckage. Rail Workers Given Raise CHICAGO, Sept. 2-P)-The na tion's 1,000,000 non-operating rail road workers were awarded a la1! cents hourly wage boost to day which the carriers estimated would increase their payroll costs $438,340,000 annually. The railroads and 17 unions af fected did not comment immedi ately on the wage increase, which was awarded by a six-man arbi tration board. However, in recent testimony before the board, Ralph Budd, president of Burlington sys tem, asserted that "adding to the already inflated railroad payrolls would immediately necessitate in creased railroad rates." CARRIER TO FIRE V-2 PORTSMOUTH, Va., Sept 2 (VThe super aircraft carrier Midway went to sea today to fire V-2 type rockets, it was reported tonight by an usually reliable source who asked to remain anon ymous. Permits Show in Salem 793 N. 14th st.; a store building costing $17,300 in the 400 block oa North Church street; a school building on Willamette university campus costing $23,000 and a com mercial garage costing $21,000 by E. E. Marx at 1695 Fairgrounds rd. Curly's dairy started Septem ber's total in the large figures Tuesday, receiving a permit for construction of a new $70,000 milk processing plant and office to be located adjacent to the pres ent lant at Hood street and Fair grounds road. A- A. Siewert of Salem will handle the construc tion of the building. Other permits issued Friday were to Anna Morgan to reroof a dwelling at S37 N. 20th it.. S3O0: Standard Oil vompany. to reroof a service station at 463 cn-meKeta si.. I37Z; A. Pat terson, to repair a dwelling- at 2447 Fairground! rd , 1150: Theodore G. Nelion. to erect an office at 700 N. High at., $3,000; Dora Kitly, to aHer a dwelling at 2315 Maple it., $100: Orsa Tmfg, to alter a dwelling at 1937 Maple, $30: Otto Schies. to erect a lean-to at 1347 S. Commercial at.. $150; Betty and Ruth Bedford, to re roof a dwelling at 590 Statesman at., $100: Clrude Boone, to reroof a dwell ing at 2048 N. Capitol, $200. Truman Tells Americas 'Strength Key to Peace'' 19 Nations Sign Mutual Defense Treaty By Ernest B. Vacearo RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. -2-fFVPresident Truman told Lat in American delegates today that "many of the remaining peoples of Europe and Asia live under the shadow of armed ag gression," arid that the United States was detetmined to keep its military mignt to bulwark a policy based on a desire for lasting world peace. He laid down a "frank" four point declaration of American policy at the final session of the inter-American conference at Quitandinha, ; then drove to Rio de Janeiro. In a post-war world which Mr. Truman said has "brought us bitter disappointment and deep concern" the president gave these as the major points of his country's olicy: 1. The providing of economic help to Europe through the Marshall plan and Truman doc trine. 2. Fidelity to the United Na tions. 3. The retention of U. S. mili tary strength. 4. Increased economic collab West Salem Councilmen Ask Bridge Replacement By Marguerite Glee son Statesman Valley Editor WEST SALEM, Sept. 2 Formal demand upon the state highway commission to replace the Marion-Polk county bridge was decided upon by West Salem city council meeting here tonight. The bridge as it is now is a fire and traffic hazard at all times, and as such interferes with property values of this "fastest growing industrial city in Oregon," members insisted. - While traffic and fire hazards are set up at all times by the bridge bottleneck, traffic is par ticularly hindered at time of floods, councilmen pointed out, as each in turn offered suggestions for the letter which R. E. Pattison, city recorder, was directed to write to the state highway com mission. Insurance Rates The higher fire insurance rates which prevail in W'evt Salem be cause of the bridge bottleneck plus the railroad which crosses the street on the Salem side of the bridge is a particularly sore point with the councilmen. This and the adverse effect of the bridge on the property values was stressed by councilmen in the general discussion. Four of the six council mem bers either are employed in Sa lem or are in business there and therefore cross the bridge daily at the hours of congested traffic. Interest In Pipe-Line West Salem financial interest in the bridge was augmented this year when an eight-inch pipe line was with the highway commis sion's permission suspended from the bridge to carry an emergen cy water supply from Salem to this side to forestall a drougth such as was experienced in 1946. What would happen to the local in vestment in case the 30-year old Marion-Polk bridge collapsed was mentioned by some councilmen. (Additional Details on Page 2) Rep. Stockman Sees Eisenhower As Next President PORTLAND. Sept. 2-PV-Rep. Lowell Stockman of Pendleton predicted today that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower would be the next president of the United States. Stockman said Gen. Eisenhower would be the republican candi date, and would run against Presi dent Truman. He expressed the belief that Eisenhower would de feat Truman. Stockman and his wife stopped here en route to Honolulu for a vacation. The 'representative had breakfast today with Sen. Guy Cordon of Roseburg. Salem to Evict City Hall Pigeons Salem's pigeons, who for many years have made their homes in the belfry of the city hall, axe going to be evicted. City Manager J. L. Franzen said Tuesday that pigeon-proof netting will be stretched around the lofty spire tar. keep the noisy birds out With the eviction notice Franzen issued warning to other landlords who might own belfrys to be on the lookout for some undisirable ten ants. oration with the countries of the western hemisphere. Pascual Larosa, delegate from Argentina, said the speech "touched on problems closest to the heart of all Latin American nations represented at this meeting. It echoed the thoughts of us all in a brilliant, clear fashion." RIO DE-JANEIRO. Sept. 2 (JP) Representatives of 19 of the 21 American republics, acting in a concerted effort to outlaw Avar in the western hemisphere, signed today the mutual de fense treaty framed at the inter-American conference at Quitandinha. . The treaty provides that an armed attack against any of the Kignator natrons will be consid ered an attack against them all; that collective military defense measures will be taken in case of an armed attack within a geographically-defined security zone "or within the territory of an American state." The only two American re publics : which did not sign the treaty were Nicaragua and Ecuador. Hospital Shuts Doors oh Polio In East Oregon ONTARIO, Ore;,' Sept. 2-JP)-Malheur county ; health authori ties reported, tonight two new cases of poliomyelitis had developed- in this area and that an ap peal was bethg made to the Vati can by the National Infantile Paralyys Foundation to have the Holy Rosary hospital here open an , unoccupied ward to any fu ture cases. Dr. L. A. Maulding, county health officer, said the hospital, operated by, Sisters of the Dom inican order, had refused to ac cept cases for treatment because of the" danger to other patients. The county medical authority said the state polio team of spe cialists considered the Women's club rooms here unsuitable for a treatment center and had asked use of a new ward at the hospital. The National Foundation has wired the Vatican to intervene and overrule the order, accord ing to Dr. Maulding. Avak 'Improves9 Epilepsy Victim MADERA, Calif., Sept 2-(JP)-The Arakelian family announced today that the treatments of Avak Hogopian, Armenian faith healer, have brought "marked improve ment" to their epileptic son and brother, Vaughn. At the same time, they said Avak would perform his healing services at several Fresno church es, starting tonight at St. Paul's Armenian Apostolic cathedral. Portland School Enrollment Rises PORTLAND, Sept 2-T-Portland's public school enrollment was up 1.500 pupils over last year, on the first day of school today. Grade schools reported 31,604, about 2,000 above last year's first day; High school reported 13,- M. arop or ooo. Weather Max. . ft - 73 Win. ss CI Preclp. .00 trace Salem . Portland .. San Franciaco Chicago , 87 CO New: Xprk BS 70 "- . .73 Willamette river -3.S feet. FORECAST (from US. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem I: Mostly cloudy throughout the morning with some clearing in the afternoon and evening. High temperature today, near 80; low tonight, near SO. Weather will be favorable for most farm activities except for winds tn the afternoon that will Interfere wits dusting. Local Veterans Get $180,000 In First Day Veteran bond-cashers kept lo cal bank tellers busy ail day Tuesday as an estimated $H0.COf was traded here far World War II terminal leave bonds. D. W. Eyre, manager of U. 8. National bank's Ladi and Bush Salem branch, said that 289 men formed two lines during the day i to cash an stimafi tun rn , worth of hnnda t tht H,ir ' At the First National Bank of Portland's Salem branch. Man ager Guy llickok estimated tht the three lines formed there dur ing the day cashed c!oe to $100, 000 worth of bond. The average amount of bond cashed per veteran Tuesday wa estimated to be $275, the bar managers said. By The Associated Ptew t Thousands of World Wsr II veterans began cashing their ter minal leave bonds yesterday and a survey of major cities brought reports ranging from a "mod erate" to "heavy" rush. Approximately 9,000.000 ex servicemen are eligible i to ca aoout si. 800.000.000 In bond Heaviest in South i In isolated cases the rush'waa termed "unmanagejblel" T heaviest rash-ins appeared to b in the south. World War II veterans earned in an estimated $1,000,000 in ter minal leave bonds at banks throughout Oregon and banker said in the next six weeks more than $12,000,000 worth of hrui. probably will be converted to cash. There is an estimated $20,000 000 in terminal bonds held in state. Lines Ferns Lines of veterans stood -in front of most banks throughout the state today when the door opened and Jammed into lobtie all day. Portland bankers estimated $500,000 in bond redemption by closing hours and a survey by newspaper reporters indicate! many ex-GIs planned paying eft home mortgages. for recent births in their families or pur chases of automobiles. ) Sen. Lliessman Rites Today ASTORIA, Ore, Sept 2 -V Merle Rowland Chessman. Astcr ia publisher and leader in stat and civic affairs, will be buried here Wednesday after services in the Presbyterian church. The services will be conducted! by the Rev. Philip Lewis, pastor, and burial will be in Ocean view cemetery, Astoria. Gov. Earl Sneil and former governor Charles A. Spranue. Secretary of State Robert S. Far rell, Jr., State Treasurer Leth Scott, Brig. Gen. Ralph CowgilL Brig. Gen. Roy Olson, Dr. John Evans, H. G. Matson, Harry Schenk, Carl Gabrielson, Georg Alexander, Judge Harry Belt tnd Judge Hall Lusk, all of Salem, irs included in the list of honorary pallbearers. Weather Bureau Picnic Cancelled Due to Rain PORTLAND. Me., Sept 2-Jty The weather bureau staff picked today for a picnic t nearby e bago lake. Today Portland was deluged with more rain than had fallen in all of August The picnic was cancelled. Animal Cracfccrs By WARREN GOODRICH 'Tom, Dick and Harriett cwm a .ti intan 7-3 I think."