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i 1 1 i t . ? rBowl-of-Cherrie39 Float Wins in Fete Parade " - lJ Li NINCTT-EIGHTH YEAli 10 PAGES Th Orvgon Statesman. Salem, Oregon, Saturday, July 17. 1343 Price IV No. 107 Children's Parade Festival Event y ' " V ' K t V " i Cherry Queen Lois and court on their float; In Sal;m Cherry land festival parade Friday. Miss Enera on queen's seat at left, with LaVenne MH stand:nr behind her. Other rincess-. Vnn left, are Mary Dornhecker. ' Jane Smith. Patricia Rice Anita Forrest. Jean Bothum, Shirley Klassen and Virginia Lewis. t r Sweepstakes winner in festival parade Friday was this bowl-of-cherrfes float of Miller Mercantile Co in which cherry clusters on parasol tops; concealed rirls who made freoaent surprise appearances (right). On float were Jean Deamitt and Yvonne J?rdner (in front), Violet Lassie. Pat Zosel, Jane Acton. Velma Davis. Letty Rogers and Donna Loehead. The Wallace partisans have filed petitions for recognition of their Progressive party in Ore gon. The national party has not been named, Wallace hansel f re ferring to rt as .the ; New party, 'evidently dodging the Progres sive label wJiC e hisiory with Teddy Roosevelt and the LaFol lettes was not reassuring. The Oregon progressives will hold a state convention in Portland Sat urday night and Sundaj. The publicity says the delegates to the convention will be largely workers, union members, farm ers, housewives, small business men, professional people and members of minority aud na tionality groups "representing the "average voter of Oregon." This may provide numbers but it will not supply leadership; and in politics leadership is essential. The New party is conspicuous ly deficient in its. leadership. Henry Wallace stands quite alone as leader. His assumed running mate, Senator Taylor, is an un distinguished member of the sen ate, more famed for his guitar playing than for statesmanship. Rex Tugwell is reported to be high in the New party council but he was exiled as proconsul many years ago. C; B. Baldwin held a position as division chief in the department of agriculture and he is now managing the Wallace j . . t (Continued on editorial page) Vets Warned Of Pay Delay Readjustment allowances paid to unemployed veterans during the coming week may be delayed slightly because of moving check processing operations from Port land to Salem, it was announced Friday, i The check register of July 15 was the! last put out from the Portland offices, while the Salem operation is. expected to be ready by July j 21. Claimants normally receiving checks. July 20 to 22 on claims filed the previous week may have to wait i from one to three days, officials said. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH J "Every year it's (he same old ---" - It . In mm i 1 Lilies and daisies bedecked this Model T, which took first place for the Focr Corners fire department auxiliary in civic division of fesbvLl parade. Riding in their "dusters" were Mrs. L G. Etiel. Mrs. Ia; 'Jeffries. Mrs. O. D. Binegar, Fox with her 10 and 26-months-old -v 1'- s-i, rrT' Sears, ) Roebuck & Co. float which won the commercial division of parade featured models with bathing suit styles since 1886. Left to right, Bonnie Klein (1886), Anne Herberger (1896), Barbara Al brich (1906), Theresa Thomas (1916), Marilyn Power (1926), Doro thy Ballard (1936) and Rita Lancaster (1948). 7 - i- . - . l,-r These, Salem youngsters were among hundreds who lined the curb stones to watch Cherry land festival parade Friday. Propeller-hatted brothers In foreground, are Bin and Arthur Ritchie of 25 Child are!, ages C and 4. Others, left to right. Charles Rastofer. J, Mrs. " J.M. Ferder, 355 S. 14th! iL. Frances Diane Ferder, 4, Mrs. B. M. tRastofer. 355 S. 14th st. Pan! Michael Ferder, 2, B;U Annlng, 4. ' Betty Annlng, 1W( Bob KlekeL (All parade photos above by . Don DilL Statesman staff photographer. Other festival photos en page 10.) rj r Mrs. Ray Russell, Mrs. John B. sons. 1 a. v - " , -1 Portland, Coos Bay Top Drill Portland and Coos Bay marched off with top honors Friday night in the Salem Cherryland festival drum and bugle corps and" drill team contest before a capacity crowd at the state fairgrounds out door arena. Two units of alem aerie 2081, Fraternal OrderS of Eagles, dis played top forny; in placing se cond in their competition. They were the men'sdrill team and the junior drum and bugle corps. Resplendent in their colorful un iforms under powerful arena floodlights, 12 organizations com prising more than 300 persons participated in the event, closing the second day of the festival. Ray Moore, Salem, was director and master of ceremonies for the dis play. Highlighting the evening was a contest between! women's drill teams representing the Portland Elk's lodge and Eagles' aerie 4 of Portland. So closely matched were the teams that they tied for first place after two separate run offs. Sheridan Eagles placed third. The Portland Eagles scored two more firsts, winning both the men's drill team j competition and the drum and bugle corps contest. Salem drillers placed second be hind the Portland team. The Port land drum and bugle corps was unopposed. The state champion Coos Bay Eagles' drum and bugle corps edi c" out Salem's junior Eagles' group. Portland aerie 4s women's drum corps took first place in an unopposed division. Prancing and baton-twirling majorette. fronV kindergarten to high ? chool age, Jed every organ-, ization. Bands, not competing but pro viding stirring marches for the contest, were from the Eugene Eagles' aerie and Hollywood post of the American; Legion in Port land. The bands, along with the Yamhill Baton Twirlers corps of McMinnville, both received merit awards. Adm. Thomas Gatch, USN re tired. Portland, presented . the awards. He was assisted by Col Eugene Laird, Salem army reserve officer. The program: was officially opened by Queen Lois Eggers of Mt. Angel and her royal court. corted by King Bing Charles Clag- ffett and Cherrian officials, the girls were introduced in front of the grandstand, j In p re-con test ceremonies 19 Sa lem Datriotic organizations, the marine corps recruiting staff and the marine corps; reserve, provided a color guard, j Judges for the contest were Sa lem reserve officers and national guardsmen Capf. Sam Harbison, Capt. I. Buchmeier, Capt Kenneth Potts, Maj. Edward Houser, Maj. Reginald Williams, Lt. Col. Eu gene Laird, Lt. ! Leonard Rowan, LL Dudley Handerson, Capt. Rol land Wood and Maj. Tom Massey. Steel Industry Workers Get Wage Boosts PITTSBURGH. July 16 -UPV- Nearly 300,000 workers in the steel industry were granted wage In creases today. : A spokesman for U.S. Steel cor poration first to announce an in crease said prices of its steel products are certain to rise soon. The spokesman said the company's "endeavor towards economic sta bilization" had flailed. VS. Steel fronted wage increas es averaging 13 cents nouriy 10 170,000 member of the CIO United Steelworkers and announced price hikes of its products will follow. "Big steel" said its 100,000 salar ied workers will get raises similar to those granted the CIO. In rapid fire. Wei rt on Steel Co., Weirton, W.Vai; Republic Steel CoV at Cleveland, and Armco Steel Corp., Middleton, O., indi cates they would loin the wage raise parade. Photo Winners In Sunday Statesman 1 .? The first 10 prlize-wtnnJnf photographs in the Statesman's .Strmmer - Photo J contest along with a complete list of the first week's winners, 'will appear on a special picture page m to morrow's 'Oregon Statesman. A complete- set of rules will accompany the . winning pic tures. Final jdeadline for en tries in-vthe second week of the four-week contest Is Wednesday rajdnight. .: ;: - . , 4 OrffioaC&laltsiaan City's 93-Degree Reading Was Hot Spot for Oregon - Salem was the warmest spot in Oregon Friday when the mer cury rose to 93 degrees, but the weather bureau forecast slightly cooler weather for today. Yesterday's high was the third warmest this year. It was sur passed only by 95 and 94 de grees recorded last June 28 and 29 respectively. The local overdose of sun re sulted in two cases of heat pros tration. First aid men were called to the home of Mrs. Edna Gar field. 1209 Court st., where she was taken after becoming ill in the 300 block of State street. W. M. Dutton, 752 Trade sL, was taken to a local hospital after fainting in a downtown coffee shop. He was released later. Tmce Deadline For Holy Land Fixed Sunday By Max Ilarrelaon LAKE SUCCESS. July 1 -j!V Jews and Arabs agreed tonight to stop fighting in Jerusalem and the U. N. fixed Iff a. m. (EST) Sunday as the cease fire deadline for all Palestine. Israel has agreed to a truce for the holy land if the Arabs go along. The Arab league is meeting in Lebanon and may give its de cision tomorrow j Count Folke Bernadotte, media tor, leaves by plane tomorrow for Rhodes, his headquarters. He ask ed the Jews and Arabs to observe scrupulously both the spirit and the letter" of the armistice. ' The Swedish count is asking the United States, France and Bel gium to supply a total of 300 ob servers, 125 each from the LT. S. and France. The U. N. security council gave the Jews and Arabs 24 hours to accept a cease fire in Jerusalem and three days for all Palestine or face forceful measures. In view of the agreement on Jerusalem it was assumed the holy city cease fire would be effective sometime tonight, possibly at midnight, Greenwich mean time (7 p. m. EST). Togliatti Holds Own; Anti-Reds Weaken Union ROME, July 16 -WV Oxygen and American - made penicillin were administered tonight to com munist boss Palmiro Togliatti. Doctors said he is holding his own. Togliatti, shot Wednesday by a Sicilian assassin, developed pneu monia last night, mostly in his rieht lung. He had been reported weaken ing. His jvife, Senora Rita Mon tagnan.and student-son Aldo, hur ried to his bedside for an hour's visit At 2 p.m. (EST) doctors issued a bulletin saying "General condi tion is fairly good considering his wound?" Italy's 7.000.000 - member labor confederation, meanwhile, began to crack up over the ill-fated, 38 hour general strike which ended at noon. Italy's anti-communist labor leaders called for an autonomous union "free of all party influ ences. They sent a stiffly-worded letter to the confederation's communist dominated executive committee denouncing the strike as a viola tion of the confederation s consti tution. Reaction to Special Session Call Roils National Political Scenery WASHINGTON, July 16-W)- Ca pi to 1 scene shifters set the stage today for a command performance by congress. Nobody, however, was sure how the acts would run. President Truman knows what he wants. He told the democratic national convention all about it in his acceptance speech. But the house and senate are made up of me 300 super-individualists. Although nobody was taking the idea very seriously, there, was some talk of adjourning congress as soon as it meets. Senator Olin Johnston (D-S.C.) plugged for this olan. A house republican. Ben Jensen of Iowa, said he thought quick adjournment might be the best move. " t Neither house can adjourn for more than three days without the consent of the other, under the constitution. Even if congress vot ed to quit, the president could call it right back again. ?--.- ' i A ticklish situation might de velop, however, if a majority of Horses to Get Night Spotlight A children's parade through downtown Salem at 10 o'clock this morning will bring the 1948 Salem Cherryland festival to the midway point, followed by a Saturday night horse show and Sunday night territorial centennial musicale, both at the fairgrounds. Nearly 100 boys and girls under eight, years old will be in compe tition for prizes in buggy, stroller. wagon, tricycle, bicycle and mis cellaneous classes. The young pa- raders will form at Marion square for judging at 90 am. andlstart of parade at 10 ajn. The route will be south on Commercial to State street, east to High, north to Court, west to Commercial and north to Marion square. Saturday events follow the Satarday, July 17: II ajn. Children's parade, downtown Salem. p.m. Horse shew, falr- (Teands. Sunday. July IS: t pan. Territorial centennial music-drama, fairgrounds. Admission tm above events by wearing- festival buttons. Dally events: Industrial exhib its at Salem armory: carnival at Marion square: nlxht dances at Crystal Gardens. second day of the festival which featured a float parade (story on page 10), drill team and drum corps contest and the queen's ball. The latter event attracted several hundred townspeople to Crystal Gardens where the fes tivities included a . grand march by Queen Lois Eggers and her princesses, escorted by members of the Cherrians. Glen Woodry's band played. Band Planned L Music by Red Dunning's Port land radio band and introduction of the cherry court will precede the horse show on tonight's 8 o'clock program at the state fair grounds grandstand. The novelty-studded horse show program includes these events: En try parade of horsemen from Sa lem, Albany, Dayton, Silverton, St. Paul, Mission Bottom and Cor vallis: a Salem Saddle club drill; stake bending by five-man teams; a tug-of-war between the lebanon logging horse Baldy and two of the horsemen present; obstacle race; balloon busting; judging of fancy-stepping parade norse ciass a scurry race; musical barrels con test; three-legged race; ,ragi in bags race and goat roping contest for boys under 10. To Judae Horse Shew E. L. Potter of Corvallis . will judge the horse show and Richard Wood will announce me events. Graham Sharkey heads the festi val horse show committee. The Sunday night show at the fairgrounds will present in song and drama a historical sxetcn in observance of the centennial of the Oregon territory. Lucile Cum min es of New York, a Salem trained singer, will be principal soloist and an 80-voice Salem chorus will sing. About 70 per sons have acting parts in the his torical program which was scripted by Carl Ritchie. MANtS BODY RECOVERED PORTLAND, July lMflVThe body of a man believed between 50 and 60 years of age was re covered from the Willamette riv er here today. -.GROMYKO LEAVES U. S. NEW YORK. July 16-4fP)-Sov iet Foreign Minister Andrei Gro myko left for Russia today and said he hoped he would not return to this country. the members didn't show up for the opening. Then it would be up to the members present to com pel the others to return. If they chose not to compel attendance, there wouldn't be much Mr. Tru man could do. The president presumably will lay down most of his program in a message on the opening day. Dut after those recommendations are presented, it's congress' balL 1 P Republicans control both houses. They can expect support' In some instances -from southern members disgruntled by Mr. Truman's stand on the racial issue. j. . - i - The republican steering commit tees will decide the order In which bills reach the floor. They may be expected, however, to clear one or more of the civil rights measures endorsed in their 1948 party plat form, then stand back, and watch the democrats fight, ! The White House counted tele grams and announced that senti ment in favor of the extra session was running about 20 to L 1 - on BeirDiini llaiurEe By Richard Kaslschke j ' i v BERLIN, July 16-fAVThe Russians announced today their fight er planes would train in the air corridor used by the western powers to fly supplies to Berlin. i ; : S This came as the United States dispatched 60 B-29s the plane that burned out Japan to Britain on a "short" training mission. The training trip greatly builds up U.S. air strength In the Euro-' $150,000 Fire Destroys Huge Albany Mill ALBANY, July 16 j (Special) Edwards Bros. Lumber j Co. saw mill, largest in Albany, was to tally destroyed by fire ! early to night with damages estimated by the president of the firm at be tween $150,000 and $200,000. The spectacular blaze, " which tied up traffic in the area for two hours and slowed travel on near by highway 99 E, was' believed by company officials to have been caused by a burned - out motor in the main section of the mill. All of Albany's fire equipment and two trucks from Corvallis were still pouring water on the smoldering embers nearly four hours after the fire started at 7:30. They saved the planing mill shed and the main office which contained the company j records. The mill, located across the tracks, from the railroad depot, was constructed in 1937 and had a capacity of between 50,000 and 75,000 board feet daily. Allen Edwards, president of the sawmill corporation and a former Salem resident, did not know to night what, plans will be made for rebuilding the plant which em ploy ea so men. The loss was largely covered by Insurance. 1 Hubbard Man Takes Own Life With Shotgun HUBBARD, July lS-(Special). Tne body of P. H. Hampton, 59, was found tonight in his home on Fourth street; a block west of the Pacific highway. State police and the Marion county coroner's office said the man had taken his town life by firing with his.toe a 16-gaUgc shot gun aimed under his chin. Investigating off leers placed the time of death at Tuesday . night Hampton had been last seen that evening at the home of neigh bor, Don Mullins. He j complained of a headache then, and had been known to be suffering from severe as thma for some time. Hampton had purchased and moved into the three-room house just three weeks ago. r Deputy Coroner O. S. Adams of Salem said the death was suicide. Officials said the man was living alone but some relatives are thought to be living in other parts of Oregon. The body! was taken to Ringo mortuary. Wood burn. New State Bank For Woodburn WOODBURN, July i 16 - Ap proval for the opening of a new state bank in Woodburn was an nounced today by Homer Wads worth, one of five people whd made the application. Both state banking department and the federal deposit insur ance corporation have approved the application, made in January, Articles of incorporation will he filed soon by Wadsworth, who is cashier of the Gervais State bank, Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Wads worth. R. V. Colby 1 and Helen Hiller. All are connected with the Gervais bank, which j will not be affected by the new institution. according to Wadsworth. Capital' stock Is listed at $25,000. Weather Max. . l Min. si 1 S3 - n . Preclp. ; tra Slsa '. Portland : San rraaciac Chlcaro 7 Mew York 84 9 WITUmett river -2 1 fret. FORECAST (from US. weather bu reau. itcMarr ncia. sin: 7 fair today and tonight H iff h today as. low toniffht 17. Winds will hinder dilat ing operations In afternoon. ALKtt rurcrrrrATiOT (rieaa Sept. l to mly 17) This Year Last Tear Average 17.40 4SS3 Cains Approval pean area just when Russia is threatening to put the squeeze on western allied air travel in the Berlin corridors. M. - ! The Russians warned the Am ericans and British their fighters would go aloft from airfields at Koethen, Dalgow 'and Branden burg, west and southwest of Ber lin between 7 a.m. and 7 P-m. There seemed to be ho doubt among American "military men that the Russian ; announcement was another "harassing tactic." They stressed that the Russia announcement was not 1 affecting the air shuttle into the blockaded city. . . M - 1 LL Gen. Curtis E. Lemay, air force , commander, said ' here the two groups of 30 superfortresses will be known as the "third air division, (provisional ). )i There are "30 superfortresses, one group, already,, In Germany. . For several months, groups of1 B 29s have been rotated through Germany, flying over and bade from the U.S. on training flights, with at least one group always on , hand in Germany. ; ' Two Killed in ALBANY, July 16 (Special) Josephine Clara Carter, Albany route 1, and Joseph Henry stetier, Portland, were fatally injured in separate highway accidents near here Thursday night. j Mrs.-Carter, 29, died at 11 p. m. in Albany General hospital after her car and a Greyhound bus col lided at the intersection of the Pa cific and South Santiam highways north of here at 8:55 p.-m. A step daughter, Mereloyd, 6, only other occupant of the car, i sustained bruises, but no one in the bus was reported hurt. Mrs. Carter suf fered fractured skull, pelvis and lower vertebrae when she was thrown to the pavement, i The woman was brinrinff the girl to a show in Albany. Witnes ses told state and city police that tne carter car started across the Intersection against aired light, then swerved to miss the bus but was.hitr (Obituary on pace 10 Stetler, 32. was instantly killed at 2:40 a. m. when the car he was driving left the old highway one quarter mile south of the Jeffer son bridge and went into a field. He sustained a broken neck. Mrs. Noel Staley, Portland owner of tne auto, was in Albany General hospital with shock and severe cuts and bruises. Mr. Staley was siignuy nurt. They told a deputy asleep at the wheel while enroute from Portland to Eugene. e to Select 15 for Selective Service Names f IS ' Marion count residents are in ; the k Drocess of being selected for recommenda tion to President Truman as se lective service officers in this area, it was reported Friday. aiarion county Judae Grant Murphy said he was . selecting five names each from Salem. Stayton. and Woodburn. The se lection is being done 'at the re quest Of the state adjutant gen eral's office. The names will be sent by Gov. John Hall to Presi dent Truman for consideration. - The action is being; taken un der authorization of the new draft act recently passed by congress. Plans now are to set up selective service posts in Salem, Stayton and Woodburn. Judge Murphy stated. He added, however, that no definite plans or instructions have come to him yet as to the draft program in this area. Selection of the Marion county names, he declared, would be completed : within a few days. . cun SEimicms LOST 2,0-G Gar Accidents Near Albany Judg - ; 1 3 1