b o - o E--::r "V 'oxa onno c ogo InvCp Festival ram To . r ! " Frog Ckfermlaiid i - - " - - - ' r Opens Featu re-Packed StoocOeirD: By .Frank Brntte ROME, Thursday, July 15-ifl-Riots Oared and a general strike spread throughout Italy early, to day as communists reacted swift ly and violently to the attempted assassination of their leader, Pal mira Togliatti. -A Sicilian law student shot and dangerously wounded 'Italy's No. 1 'communist yesterday. Early today doctors said Togliatti's condition was "slightly improved after an operation to remove two bullets from his. body. He received three bullet wounds just before noon as he , was leaving the chamber of deputies to buy ice cream. Up to midnight, police reports showed at least five persons had been killed and more than 100 wounded, in street battles which mushroomed all over the country following news of the attack on Togliatti. As 'midnight passed, if was ap- E a rent the communist labor bosses ad struck their hardest blow to date at the moderate government of Premier Alcide de Gasperi when they ordered the general strike to commence with the new day. " But the anti-communist govern ment stood firm. It. labeled the strike call by the confederation of labor a "political" demonstration and announced. "rigid measures for the maintenance of public order." Even .before midnight it became apparent that the strike, of indefi nite duration, would paralyze busi ness and industry. Newspapers failed to appear, crowds waited me TKDCDXi foe w - f Considering the extent of the pre-convention r c v o 1 1 against President Truman the, remark able thing is that his control of its proceedings was complete. The platform conforms quite closely -to his wishes and the vice presi dential choice is one that will be of his own making.' Politically Truman has cast hi; lot with the left wing of his party, evidently playing, the old strategy of .h I s . , predecessor: counting on the "solid South" to stay solidly with the democratic ticket and courting the mass vote of the northern cities. This is not to say , that his choice was un influenced by principle;,, but that the political significance of the moves Is apparent. The platform plank on civil rights, while watered down from a positive endorsement of the president's legislative program, did not include the ."states's rights' amendment sought by southern delegates by a motion from the floor. Outright repeal of the Taft-Hartley law was ask ed for In another plank, which again supports the president against the party conservatives. While Truman avoided the ap pearance of picking his running mate the- selection was one fully to his liking. Senator Barkley comes from a border state. He is well-liked by the southern senators and he has been faith ful to the white house incum bent, whether Roosevelt or Tru man, in his work as .a senate leader and in his voting on sen ate measures. All-in-all the Truman luck stayed with him through the convention. For all the rebellious ness of the southern colonels they still (Continued on editorial page) Weather Max. - ss 83 - w Miru Preclp. IS .00 13 .00 n .w rtiand San Francisco Chicago , ., New York WDlainetto river -J feet. TORECAST (from UJ. weather bu reau, McNary field, Salem): Contin ued fair weather today and tonight with wanner afternoon temperatures. High today 88. low tonight 50. Favor able weather for an farm work today and tomorrow. SALEM MUCCrprXATION (From Seytl to Jaly U) . This Year 4S.S3 Last Year; Average ma Animal Gathers ; By WARREN GOODRICH "Here's . your ballot, sir please use the lest booth,'; W(Qamni(dls in railway stations for trains that neverp arrived, buses .and taxis were jidle in Rome and the government-operated radio was silent. T Wounded Red ROME, Jly 15 Three ballets fired by- a Sicilian, law student struck Italian communist lead er, Palmiro Togliatti, yesterday and set off a series or riots threughont Italy. (AP Wire photo to The Statesman.) Attempt to Pry Ojjen Disputed Ballot Box Fails Salem city police today are : searching for the culprit whoforc- I I a. : a r : . eu aa cnixy niiu ixie inarjun tuuii ijr courthouse election room and tam pered! with ballot box contain ing ftsputed votes ' in the John Steelbammer-H. R. (Farmer) Jones Selection controversy, County Clerk f Harlan Judd reported Wed nesday. Tampered with but not opened was ; the Salem precinct 1 ballot box for the May 21 election. Bal lots o precinct ,1 arc the object of an election contest ' suit now "on appeal to the state supreme court. Clerk Judd was notified of the breakf into the fourh floor elec tion room Wednesday morning by Mrs. Gladys White, election clerk. On the advice of Marion County District Attorney Miller B. Hay den, (Jity police were called to in vestigate and t take fingerprints. The door of the room was found to bej forced and the lock on it torn iparL Although several out side seals on the precinct 1 ballot box : f.'ers broken, other contact seals indicated the box was not opened. Its lock also was unopen ed. 5 Th box was opened by Judd in the 1 presence of Circuit Judge George Duncan, Hayden, Asa Lew elling and Robert DeArmond, at torneys for the contestants in the suit. Its contents were found to be undisturbed and the box was re sealed. Judd said that the entry oc curred sometime after last Friday when! he checked the election room and? fts 92 precinct ballot boxes. Th suit involving precinct 1 ballots was brought recently by Charles C. Krauger against Steel hammer, who was nominated as a republican candidate for Marion county representative to the state legislature by a margin of one vote.; The suit seeks to oust Steelham merrjas the republican nominee. Krauger alleges that, through an errof, the official Marion county canvass board gave Steelhammer one vote too many in precinct 1. The complaint seeks to establish a tie vpte between Steelhammer and Jones, his nearest rival. In the of ficial count Steelhammer defeated Jones 6,600 to 6,599. Jtldge Page. dismissed the suit last week on the grounds of lack of jurisdiction. The case was appeal ed to the higher court. 4 yym 1 Wftmium "m- m i. jay m ., aassaioaw ; - . - I t XX '-y'jL' Jh !" -... . i A SP Railroad Track Relocation Plans Prepared by Engineers Engineers ' Wednesday- began preparation of detailed plans pro posing removal of the Southern Pacific railroad tracks from 12th street to a. 4,800-foot tunnel and two' cuts along 13th street. The .proposal was submitted to the I Salem long-range planning commission in a Tuesday night, meeting and was estimated to cost about 84,000,000. C A. McClure, Salem engineer who prepared plans for .the project, was instruct ed by the commission to ready any additional specifications for pre sentation to the city government. Th commission . indicated the plans would be presented to South ern: Pacific by citjr officials. ; The . report stated the move would eliminate hazards created by the present route and would benefit both the city and railroad company. Marion county the state of Oregon and the Southern Pa cific would share costs of the proj ect -as well as the city. The proposed route would start Crowning Of Queen Top E vent Salem will blow its own horn today when townspeople pause in a busy summer season to open their four - day Cherry land festi val. - Fun and pageantry will abound from the armory - opening festivi ties this noon through the music drama' which is to observe ' cen- i tennial of the Oregon territory Sunday night. Opening day features are the queen's coronation, fashion revue and children's dancing show at the state fairgrounds, beginning at 8 o'clock this evening. Daily events set in motion as the festival of f icially opens include the Salem area industrial exhibits and mili tary show at the armory, the Browning carnival in Marion square and night dance at Crystal Gardens; Headliners for the official open ing ceremony at 12:30 this noon in front of the armory are Gov, John Hall. Mayor R. L. Elfstrom. f King Bing Charles Claggett of the Salem Cherrians and President Sidney Stevens of the Cherryland festival association. Master of ceremonies will be Irwin Wedel. cnairman of the manufacturers' exhibit committee. . But center of attraction at the opening ceremony and at all festival events to follow will be Cherry Queen Lois Eggers of Brooks and her court of princes ses. These girls, representing schools of Marion and Polk coun ties, are Virginia Lewis of Salem, jean liotnum of Monmouth, Anita Forrest of Stay ton. Mary Dorn- hecker of DaUas, Patricia Rice of SUverton and Shirley Klassen of Independence. Queen Lois has chosen for her youngest auenaants " crownj oearer ana tram bearers a niece, Jackie Eggers, Carolyn Uppendahl ana Connie Pfau. National guard fighter' planes will fly over the armory as the ceremony begins this noon. Mar tha DuRette of Gervais, the 1947 cherry queen, will be on. hand to help in the ceremony. As the armory doors are opened; car rier pigeons will be released to bear the official news of the 1948 festival opening, and balloons will be released with free fes tival show tickets. Several thousand spectators are expected to be on i hand Thursday night when the first of four festival night shows opens at 8 pjn. at the fairgrounds grandstand. Coronation ceremonies Will be staged by the Salem Cherrians, with the governor and the "mayor again present, as well as offi cial representatives of Portland's Rosarians. Newberg's Berrians, Mt. Angel's Flaxarians and1 Stay ton's Bean festival. A former Sa lem singer, Cory don Blodgett will sing as the new queen's Royal Minstrel. Salem's munirinal hand will play for 'the Thursday i night events, w:th Maurice Brennen as conductor. Early fall fashions will be fea tured in the style show which has been arranged for the fes tival's Thursday night program by Dave HbTfzman: Helen Cha pin, New York adviser on. fash ions for Butterick Pattern Co- will be commentator as 20 models of Salem and the Northwest pa rade in apparel from 15 Salem stores. - Attendants for the 'models will represent four ' Salem i men's stores, The Man's Shop, Bishop's, S & N and Jayeon's. The women's stores showing are Smart Shop, Moderne, Montgomery Ward, Penney s, Roberts Brothers, Price's, Wittners, Little French shop, Kay s, Leon s, Johnson s, Fashionette, Miller's, LaChelle's and Rohland's. More than 150 Salem area youngsters will dance in the Paul Armstrong school dance , revue during the Thursday night program- Featured will be Beth DeLasHmitt, Mary Jane Wait, the Neal "twins, Joan Frichtel and Sandra Lee Allison. Robert Shaw- han, tenor, will sing and Mrs. Grace Brown" will accompany. Mrs. Brown wrote words and music lor lour cnerry-ineme songs figuring in the revue. on the- SP right-of-way north of Mission street "and an open cut would be excavated to 13th street, just south of State street From this point the 4,800-foot tunnel would continue under 13th street to a spot .just north of Market street where cut would carry the tracks to. the present roadbed north of Madison street- 3 . Alternate plans to relocate the tracks, including tunneling under the present 12th street route, were discarded because construction would 'interfere with rail traffic. The 13 th street proposal; the re port stated, would eliminate sev eral dangerous crossings along 12th street-. ... - Costs of the proposed relocation, broken down into individual oper ations included: ' i Excavation, $148,000; sewer re locations, $100,000; water main re locations, $50,000; tunneling, $968, 000; cuts including walls, $940,000; track, $190,000, and miscellaneous, $340,000. The figures, less cost of the right-of-way, total $3,734,000. laZfXTT-EXGHTH YEAB f)ji)(goa Carldn Resigns PUCPost;HaU Appoints Flagg George Flagg, state public utili ties commissioner, for five years. again will take over that office, ef fective tomorrow, under appoint ment of Gov. John Hall. John H. Carkin, supervisor of rail trans portation for the commission un til j he was named the succeed Flagg last March 3, will resume his- former position. These two developments were announced at the governor's of fice Wednesday when Carkin sub mitted his resignation from the public commissioner's post which he assumed when Flagg -resigned to become a candidate for secre tary of state. Governor Hall, in accepting Carkin's resignation, commented that "he never wanted the job in the: first place." Carkin, formerly state tax com missioner, will reacn retirement age: of 65 years in November and Governor Hall said he wanted to get: back into a civil service po sition to protect his retirement rights. Flagg, prior to his original ap pointment as public utilities com missioner, served as deputy sec retary of state for nine years. He was defeated for the republican nomination for secretary of state two months ago by the incumbent, Earl T. Newbry. First major job confronting Flagg, under his new appointment, wilf be that of hearing the appli cation of the Pacific Telephone it Telegraph company for: an in crease in rates aggregating $5,- 500,000 annually. ( Flagg presided at a similar hear- mvplving rates of the telephone company a year ago. His order in the! case was released in. January. Hearing on the new application is slated to start here next Mon day. Officials predicted it would coqunue a month. Carkin's letter of resignation: "In accordance with our under standing at the time of my ap pointment as commission that I could return to my civil service status at a later date If desired. I hereby tender my resignation as public utilities commissioner, ef fective as of the close of business July 15. I request restoration to my for mer position of supervisor of transportation in the state classi fied service at the current' salary mciacung merit and other in creases." E. M. Amundson Candidate for Salem Council Xlmer M. Amundson, . Salem attorney and realtor, became the first candidate for alderman from ward 4 Wednesday when he filed wjth the city recorder's office on a platform seeking a vote on the city manager form of government ana the sewer rental plan. In his declaration, Amundson stated "I will seek to give the people of Salem an opportunity to decide whether to continue the ciy managership form of gov ernment and the present method o sewer assessment" To become an official candidate Amundson must secure 50 valid signatures from two precincts within the' ward. Incumbent al derman from ward 4 is Daniel J. Fry, appointed in May to fill the unexpired term of JL O. Lewis who resigned when he moved out side the district. ! "Many Salem citizens are not satisfied with the city manager ship as It is being operated at present" Amundson stated after filing. Many are disgruntled by the manner In which the sewer system is .being handled, and method of assessments, he said. I Amundson Is a graduate of the Washington College of Law in Washington, D. CX, and was em ployed -in federal agencies in that city from 1931 to 1945. During the war he served as department head in the army-navy munitions bur eau, maritime branch. i Ha 'passed his bar examinations in "Salem in 1945 and entered the real estate business and law prac tice shortly afterward. Last sum mer he opened his own real estate offices at 554 Ferry at Amundson is married and the father of two girls and a boy. The family resi dence is at 633 Richmond ave. . ' '. - I POUNDDO 1651 :"- ! - . .J,-.'. : ( '.,, 12 PAGES Hi Oregon Lead Southern PHILADELPHIA, WD0US llflTD0 (gSSD(0iD1 ft .-,' v ' -f - Ci , JoI 14 . 1h a decision to walkout after a strenxthened civil rixbU plank was added t the party's plauerso, Pictored Just before the explosive bolt from the convention hall are left to right:-Alabama chair man, 'Handy Ellis: Former Gov. Channeey Sparks; John Miller, Cordova, Al. and-Tona C. King, Anniston, Ala. (VP) Wlrephote Russia Objects To Plan to End Holy Land War By Larry Haack LAKE SUCCESS, July 14 Russia tonight suddenly objected fV several key sections of the American proposal ior ending vne Palestine war. The Soviet stand threatened to delay or even kill the- plan for the security council to issue a cease - fire order to the Jews and Arabs. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei A. GromykO raised his ob jections and made counter - pro posals just as the council appear ed to be nearing a vote. The Am erican plan had six affirmative votes pledged but seven are need ed and Russia thus appeared to be in a position to force a series of changes and deletions. If accepted, the Soviet counter proposals would eliminate Count Folke Berhadotte from the picture. The United States resolution pro vides for the U. N. mediator to supervise a truce of unlimited duration and continue efforts at mediation. Russia moved to strike out all these sections. CAIRO, July 14 -JPh A deci sive battle for Jerusalem appeared to be shaping up today around Latrun where the Arabs have plugged Jewish supply roads , to the holy city. . The Jews are pressing an of fensive from the coastal plain in an effort to pry loose the Trans- Jordan Arab legion's grip on the Latrun bottleneck, But legion ar tillery still dominates this area. The main Jerusalem - Tel Aviv highway meanders through Bay El Wad gorge at this point It is 14 miles from Jerusalem and 18 from Tel Aviv. FORD OFFER REJECTED DETROIT. July 14 W) The Ford Motor company offered its 116,000 production workers a "final' 13 cents an hour wage increase to night and the ClO-United Auto Workers rejected U Cherryland Festival Calendar Thnrsday, Jaly 15; 1220 p. m, -8 p. m. - ' -M: Friday. Jaly 16 . 1 10 a. m. - '--i;- s p. m. - Hrf '-'-"h-- .9 P- m, -Saturday July 17 1 10 a. m. - - ' i 8 p. m. Sunday, Jaly IS: ' 8 p. m. . j. .... Admission to Daily events: Statesmen. Salem. Oregon, Thursday July IS. 1948 t i ::. ! . U Kevolt Over Civil Rights Issue, V? 7S i iaa mssC jX i i i.x Alabama's ieleration to the Democratle national eonvention split teday to The Statesman). Two Convicts Escape State Penitentiary State police and prisons . guards early this morning were search ing for two convicts who escaped from the penitentiary cannery, about 300 yards from the main prison building, between 10 pjn. and midnight Wednesday; The fugitives were identified ss Lawrence Ivan Gates,- 26, and Michael D. Lee, 32. Police said Gates I was serving a three-year sentence for burglary after being sentenced from Union county Feb, 28, 1948. Lee was committed from Clatsop county Aug. 27, 1947, to serve a five-year sentence for forgery. Prison officials said the men were present during a 10 o clock check,- but were discovered miss ing shortly after midnight. They were .still at' large at 1:15 this mornihg. Wobdburfi School Budget Approved WOODBURN, July 14 -CSpe cial) Voters of Wood burn school district 103C Wednesday balloted 237 to 151 to approve a 1169,900 budget for 1948-49 in a meeting at Lincoln grade schooL Wednesday s election was a re- vote, the same budget having been voted; down previously on June 17. The 1948-49 figure is 73, 870.14 in excess of the 6 per cent tax limit The budget calls for -a total tax levy of $99,900, of which $26,029.86 is within the 6 per cent limit. TRUCK DRIVER KILLED PORTLAND. July 14 -W Francis Moran, 30-year-old truck driver, was fatally injured today when): his truck went out of con trol on a hilL The truck sheared off a telephone pole, knocked down another, brought down a power line, two trolley lines, and a, Ore alarm line. - Opening ceremony, Salem armory. . Coronation, styla show and dance exhibition at fairground j . :- V -i i : I - ' . - - Float parade, OUnger field to Marion square. - Drill drum corps demonstrations at fair grounds, if i ' ; ' -Queen's balL Crystal Gardens. ..Children's parade, downtown SalemT p - Horse show, fairgrounds. ' 1 ,....., I j j-;-- ,.-'-. ; :v. j ' . Territorial centennial - music-drama, fair grounds. I ' ' " above events by wearing festival buttons. : Industrial exhibits at Salem armory; carnival at Marion square; night dances; at Crystal Gardens. ; . ; t v " "So on s aDDs , 4 , . g : .' T " ,i-v "h ;;-.--.M -.AL. L t:. . ft t 1 i . Soviets Refuse U. S. Demand to Lift Blockades LONDON, July M-WVRussia refused tonight a United States demand that it lift its blockade of Berlin's land supply lines as a prelude to negotiating the i Berlin issues. 'I - . A Russian note, replying to an American note of July 6 which demanded that the 'blockade be lifted, was broadcast by the Mos cow I radio several hours -after it was delivered to the state depart ment in Washington. The Soviets said they do not object to negotiating the problems of four-power administration in Berlin, but will not start such talks "with the fulfillment of any preliminary conditions. : Further more, they said, they will negotiate only if the talks concern the ad ministration of all Germany, , and not I Berlin alone. i . , I The Russian note complained of the recent currency reform in the western zones of Germany and of the decisions of the United States, Britain, France, Belgium, and; Netherlands and Luxem bourg to establish partial self government in Western Germany. As a result of these actions, which the Russians tersned viola tions of four-power agreements on Germany, the United States, Brit ain I and France hare' undermined the "legal "basis' on which rested their right to participate in the administration of Berlin. Governor Warren To Attend Oregon Centennial Show I Gov. Earl Warrenf of Califor nia, republican vice presidential candidate, has accepted an invl tation to attend the Oregon ter ritory centennial August 13 and 14. i Gov. John IL Hall announc ed Wednesday. ! t Governor Warren will be guest of honor August 1 J on "Governor Warren : day at Oregon - City. which will be the center of the celebration that day.! -, j i On August 14, Governor War ren will speak at the states din ner , in Portland, at which gov ernors of the five states which originally were a part of Oregon territory will be honor guests. New Era Route Detour Schedule Announced ' Throueh traffic on the New Era- Oregon City section of the Pacific highway, now under construction, is under detour, from 5 am. to 9 p ja, except Sundays, instead of from 4 ajn.'to 8 pjn, stave mgn- way ' ' department oixicuus - an nounced Wednesday.) -. No. 107 second dp ot; South Revolts By Douglas B. Cornell and Ed Creagh CONVENTION TTAT r Philadelphia, July 15 -T-(Thnrsday)- JDemocrata be stowed their presidential no mination on Harry jS. Truman early today in the thick of a snarling fight that split their par- Mr. Truman said: ) "I accept." and fluntf a challenge at ih re publican ODDOsItion with a call for a special' session Jul jr 28 of the congress ne nas labelled at least the second worst tn h story. Delesates to the 30th demorratV convention howled ajid shrieked meir approval or tnat maneuver. And confidently, Mr. Trumtn declared: f -... "Well-.win this election and make the. republicans like it. Senator Alben W. j Barclay of Kentucky! was nominated bv t.i- clamatjon as the party's 1948 vice presidential candidates Russell Withdrawn j The Kentuckian's J nomination as PresidentxTrumanfs running mate came after the name of Senator Richard Russell of Ceor- CONVENTION HALL. Phila delphia, July 15 - (Thursday ) VP) The democratle national eonventlen' adjourned at 1:39 a. m. ' (EST) today. gia was withdrawn. Russell hud been nominated by Senator Li&- A ffftl -. . t 1 : tcr nut Oi Auwnu, The president won the nomi nation on the first ballot after one southern delegat on and half of another stormed out of th. convention in rebellion againtt the 1943 platform endorsement of Mr. Truman's , civli rights pro-i gram. I I Angry Dixie rebejs called a convention of their own at Birm ingham, Ala., next Saturday to discuss forming sj new party with an anti-Truman states rights candidate. if - Mr. Truman romped home han dily in his race for jthe nomina tion. He got 94 na Votes to 263 for Senator Richarq Russell rf, Georgia and one-half of a vote for Paul V. McNutt, j former gov ernor of Indiana; South Defiant i Russell was thrust forward as a candidate in a finl gesture of defiance by Dixie rebels agaimt the 'president many of them now are vowing to beat! in the No vember election. McNutt got into the edge of the picture the same way. ' ? I Some of the southerners shout ed in , the convention: "Truman cant win." T How much luck he would have against republican I Thomas E. Deyrry and third party .contender Henry Wallace was Something for. all America to decide. One rebellious southerner, Charles J. Bloch jof Georgia, shouted to fellow delegates: "You know and if you don't -know you'll learn St now the democrats can't elect a president without the votes of the south. Futile Protests ; j i Dixie delegates, almost without exception, tossed their ballots to Russell In futile protest fgainsx Mr. Truman and his demands for federal laws against .lynching, poll taxes and racial discrimination In Jobs. - . Northerners used! their heavy voting superiority jin this i con vention to write into the party nlatform only yesterday a strong and specific endorsement of Mr. Truman's civil rights stand. i But ironically for the south, and Its spectacular but fleeing battle, it was, 13 of North Carolina's 32 votes that pushed 1 Mr. Truman beyond the 618 total he needed to win on -the first ballot. Then came the vice presidenuai nominating. . ... Dixie tried again with itusseu. George !C Wallace of Alabama offered his name. - - Wilson W. WyattJ who utd to be mayor of Louisville and Na tional Hnusmtf administrator, pux up Barkley and went Into a long (Addiuonai ueiaiia , rag. ! i.o- PrfcwSc . ... .r - . i ., . I Rnrlrlw Wine mmjm. A.mM.- w. r -Basil 1 - i '