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Talk 4 Lead! ' . BERLIN', Aug. 3 1-6P-East-west negotiations to break the 69-day blockade of Berlin shifted from Moscow to this city tonight with a meeting . of Germany's four military governors, their first in five months. - Coupled with their discussion on practical steps for lifting the siege of Berlin was the highly technical problem of finding a way out m 0330003 The library of Congress will hold an exhibit to commemorate the Oregon territorial centennial, starting September 11th. From its extensive collection it will" show original documents, sketches and maps dealing with the Oregon country. They, will cover the peri od of the discovery, exploration and settlement of the great north west; from the account- of Sir Francis Drake's voyage In 1653 end a manuscript atlas of 1630 by Joao Teixeira Jo journals, letters and guidebooks of the mid-19th century. " Included in-the exhibit will be an illustrated report of the adven tures f Father Pierre. Jean De Smet, early Catholic missionary, letters from Dr. Marcus Whitman and' Rev. H. H. Spalding; the hand written jreport of Captain Bonne ville and manuscripts. by Hall J. Kelley relating to his efforts to colonize Oregon in the 1830's. The original logbook of Capt. Robert Gray's ship "Columbia," first to enter the' Columbia river; J- a letter-iook of the Capt. Charles Wilkes expedition.of 1841; Gabriel Franchere's narrative of the "first Astor expedition of 1811 which was published in French in Mon treal; . original maps of the Hud son's Bay company - these are among the items to be shown. What should prove of great in terest is a series of lithographs from sketches made in 1845 by Capt. Henry J. Warre, who was sent by Great Britain to survey conditions in the Oregon country in 1845 when the boundary ' ques tion, was still at issue. Also on dis play will be sketches made by art ists who accompanied railroad sur vey parties, showing forts, Indian encampments, Dunai places as weii (Continued On Editorial Page) Stores, Offices On 'Salem Day' City and state offices and Sa lem retail stores will remain open as usual on Wednesday, Septem , ber. 8, Salem day at the Oregon state fair, it was announced Tues day. City Manager J. I Franzen said he hadn't given the matter a thought up to Tuesday, but in dicated , municipal departments would r e m a i n In operation m throughout the day. The state board of control, meeting Tuesday, turned thumbs down on a" proposal to close state offices. "It is my opinion that only a small percentage of state workers - would attend the fair on Salem day if the board agrees to let them off," Gov. John H. Hall commented. - , James. Beard, secretary of the Salem Retail Trade bureau, said his group had agreed more than a week ago to keep all stores open for business ton Salem day. The decision . was reached, -Beard said, after the board be came . uncertain as to . whether a Salem day would be held during this year's fair. Declaration of the day was not announced until this week. MAN" 'CANT DROWN V PORTLAND, Aug. 31 A man who twice has jumped into the Willamette irfver was rescued by the harbor patrol today. The ' man, who leaped from the Broad . way bridge this time, complained he "Just couldn't drown."' He re-fused to give vhis name. h - Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH 7 andtrsUnd this pace be longs to an sdwthhg mun.'Z To Stay Open LVfcV NEN!BTTt CHEESE ( CJ H006lUiATt0tt wee I-or tne confusion created Dy two rivsrl currencies in this city of three and a quarter million people.- --After conferring for only an hour In the huge grey stone allied control council building, the RuStt sian. British. : American and French military governors left i formal state- without making ment. However, Gen. Lucius D. Clay, the American commander, said, "we will meet again tomorrow." It was understood top financial advisers to the military govern ors will get together-in the mean time to discuss technical details of the money jproblem with the aim of getting .'agreement for a single currency here. In the Rus sian view, such an agreement is essential for working out any final East-West agreement on Berlin as a whole. In Washington the American state department declared meas ures for lifting the blockade were among the points before the con ference. However, Gen. Clay said he could not answer questions along that line, i The four - power discussions which shifted here after more than a .month of negotiations in Moscow, began j after the arrival of. Francois Seydoux, political and diplomatic advisor to Gn. Pierre Koenig, tne French military gov ernor. . New Hurricane Forming Near Lesser Antilles MIAMI, Fla., Aug. SI (JP) -Northeast storm warnings were hoisted over a 200-mile area in the lesser Antilles today as storm flags along the North Carolina coast came down. . In - an advisory dstributed by tne federal storm warning serv ice here, the new tropical storm was pinpointed 3 about 50 miles east of St. Lucia, or about 1,800 miles southeast of Florida. The red antj black warning flags were ordered up from Pointe-a-Pitre, t on Gaudeloupe island, south of St. Lucia. Meanwhile, the first tropical hurricane of the "season" con tinued its retreat to the open sea after skirting the North Carolina coastline for the past two days. A third area of "suspicion" was reported in theUGulf of Mexicd some "150 miles east of Browns ville, Texas, but the third trouble spot has not developed into a regular tropical storm. The weather I station at San Juan, Puerto Rico, said the hew storm is moving1 westward toward the Caribbean at about 10 to 14 miles an hour, j , 3 Soldiers t)ie In Explosion FORT JACKSON, SO, Aug. SI HP)-Three soldiers were killed and 23 others injured, three cri tically. In an explosion here to day, army authorities reported. Capt. Anderson1 P. Neely, .post public information officer, said a full investigation is in progress and that few details, would - be released until it is completed. He declined to say what the na ture of the explosion was. Names of the dead and injured were withheld. Neely and his . assistant, Lt J. A. Reese said the explosion, timed at 12:45 p.nx, occurred while a company of recruits was marching along a road to a machinegun demonstration at the post air strip. All the men involved were recruits, Neely said. Some Cities Switch Time By til Associated Prcsa Two sections of Oregon went back to-standard time today while the remainder of the state contin ued along on daylight saving time. Klamath and Coos county cities abandoned "fast time" in the ear ly morning, hours today. These in cluded Klamath Falls, Merrill and Chiloquin in Klamath county and Coos Bay, North Bend, Coquille tfgd Myrtle Point in Coos county. Baker in far eastern Oregon is scheduled to follow suit Friday and Pendleton in eastern Oregon will switch back to standard time Monday. i . The remainder .of the state is scheduled - to continue daylight saving time until September 26. Watfier Wax. M. ' Min. Frecip. Sftlei Portland Ik .00 JM San Francisco Chicago 77 sa si S3 XI 67 .BO New York WUlamette river -3 8 feet. ' FORECAST (from VS. weather bu reau. McNary field, Salem) : Cloudy to partly cloudy today and tonifht. High today T7. low tqniffht 50. Weather fa orable for moat : farm work today. IAUM PKEdPTTATIOK (rra Ityt. 1 tm Sept. 1 ThteTeari' Last Year S8.7S Average S7t "" . POUNDDD 1651 ,,";f. NINETY-EIGHTH YEAR Truman Calls for Fa ir Play9 as Eggs Aimed By the Associated Press President Truman called for "fair play yesterday in the 1948 election campaign as he decried the heaving of eggs and soggy to matoes at .Henry A. Wallace on Wallace's tour thorugh the south. A Dixie police chief declared that communists and members of Wallacefs own progressive party instigated the barrages to gain "sympathy." Zhdanov Dies LOND0N. Anr 31 Anrei A. Zhd anov.; Marshal Stalin's "right hand man" for many years died todays in Moscow, the Red radio reported tonight. Caiididate for Stalin's Post Dies in Russia LON.pON', Aug. 31 -UP)- Mos cow aniKuunced tonight the death of, Andfei A. Zhdanov, a leading contender in the behind-the- scenes irivalry for the Job that Prime Minister Stalin must one day lay down. Zhadanov died this afternoon after a serious ill ness, an official Moscow broad cast said. Zhdanov, 52, was secretary of the central committee of the com munist j party. He Was a major force in the cominform's sensa tional attack of two months ago on Marshal Tito. He, along with Foreign Min ister VI M. Molotov and L. P. Beria, for many years chief of Russia's secret police? have gen erally been considered the chief candidates to take, over when Stalin dies. Stalin is 68. His most powerful position was as a member of the policy-mak ing politburo and as secretary of the Russian communist party, a post foCmerly held by Stalin. The Russian) - public ' was reported deeply shocked at the "hews. Since, the inception of the corn- inform : (communist international ilformation bureau) almost a Jear ago, Zhdanov had been one or tne; leading lnsplreri of Its activities. Zhdanov was always described in the Soviet Union as the "clos est associate of the great Stalin." On holidays when pictures of members of the politburo were displayed on buildings Zhdanov's portrait was placed next to the one of Stalin. Zhdahov, like Stalin, was a Georgian. Wi -1 Polk, Marion Courts Okeh Plan Jo Merge County Health Units Tentative plans to merge Polk and Marion counties into a single district! health unit were approved Tuesday by both county courts. Members of the two courts drew up a proposal to form tne unit. Marion! County Judge Grant- Mur phy sapd he expected tne com bined linit, barring legal obstacles. to. be in operation within a few weeks. , In welding the two counties into a common health unit, neither the status nor existing programs of the two counties' health depart ments Would 'be disturbed. Judge Murph said. Expenses of the pro gram would be borne by both counties on a population percent age basis. Accoming, to the proposal ad vanced: at the local courthouse Tuesday: Tne district neaitn board win comprise members of the two county Icourts. The.Marion county health department executive com mittee f will be reduced from a supervisory board to an advisory group, i The Joint program win admin ister health service, and health I 12 PAGES 9(0QQ Fa at Wallace Mr". Truman sent, word to news men that he considers egg-and-vegetable showers are "highly un American" and violate "the Amer ican concept of fair play." The chief executive added: "Mr. Wallace is entitled to say his piece the same as any other American." In Winston-Salem, N. C, Police Chief John M. Gold said much of the jeering and egg-throwing was inspired by the progressives. Wallace; himself served notice that he will go on with his six state presidential campaign through the south, but in Birm ingharw, Ala., where he is sched uled to speak tomorrow. Police Commissioner Eugene Conner said he will enforce the city's or dinance requiring separation of whites and negroes. Wallace has, announced he will address only non-segregated audiences. Blames Ku Klux Klan In Washington, Walter White, secretary of the National .Associa tion for the Advancement of Col ored People, blamed the egging of Wallace on an "irresponsible hoodlum Ku Klux element." White discussed Wallace's Dixie experiences with Mr. Truman at the White House. Later White told newsjmen that the outbreaks would "nbt necessarily" swing a big negro vote behind Wallace. He said Wallace as Secretary of Ag riculture, and later as Secretary of Commerce did not practice, the anti-discrimination policies he is preaching now. Elsewhere on the political front: In Texas, former Gov. Coke I-Stevenson built up a lead of 349 votes over former Rep. Lyndon Johnson in late returns from a Saturday's democratic runoff pri mary for. a successor to Senator W. Lee O'Daniel. The Texas elec tion bureau figured only about 40 votes were unaccounted for out of nearly a million, but an official canvass was slated to determine the winner. Edward Benes Seriously 111 , PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Ang. 31-fP)-An official bulletin said tonight former President Eduard Benes has become unconscious and that his condition is "extreme ly serious." Benes doctors said In a report issued at 7 p.m. that he lapsed into unconsciousness at 8 a.m. today when he underwent a "new and serious deterioration." . The C5-year-old co-founder of the Czechoslovak republic, who resigned the presidency in June, suffered a stroke a year ago and has been in poor health since then. ri : : j OUR SENATORS I WON, 7-6 I education as authorized by the new board which will audit and approve all accounts, and - will make available health services to other government units on a cost basis. . Changes In health department location are not planned for this year, but selection of a more ac cessible office than the present one in the Masonic building here considered necessary, either in Sa lem or West Salem. A comparative physical inven tory will survey equipment in the two counties' health departments. At next budget committee meet ings, .appropriations are to be made which will "bring the equip ment to a parity Jn the two coun ties." Next step in the process, Judge Murphy said, is to translate the proposal into resolutions which will meet legal requirements. Adoption by the county courts will place the program into effect. Judge Murphy said he did not be lieve state health department con sent is necessary. (Additional details page 7.) The Oregon Statesman, Salem. Lakebrook It r I. The Lakebrook Hop ranch's $100,000 hop drying kiln building- was when a fire of undetermined origin swept through the wooden structure.. The photo above, taken from the west side of the buildinewas taken about 20 minutes af ter ' the blaze Was discovered. (Statesman photo). Hot flames knife through the east side of the kiln bulidlnr st the Lakebrook flop ranch. 10 miles northeast of Salem. Tuesday night shortly before the streore collapsed. An estimated $28,000 worth of hops were consumed. Glow from the blaze was visible forzar miles and the Intense heat drove tne 1.500 by standers back a half block. (Statesman photos by Les Cour). CIO Of f icial to Defy Probers WASHINGTON, Aug. 24-UP)-James B. Carey, 'secretary of the CIO, today said he "must respect fully decline" to testify at con gressional hearings on the ques tion of communism in the CIO united electrical workers. A house labor subcommittee will open hearings on the electri cal workers Thursday. It had asked Carey to testify. ' Carey gave reporters copies of a letter to Rep. Kersten (R-Wis.), chairman of the subcommitee. He wrote Kersten that he be- ueves such uiijuiim ic wtihin the competence of con- gress. Long's Son in Election Lead NEW ORLEONS. Aug. Rusell Long, son of the late Huey P. Long, snatched the lead by 392 votes over Judge Robert F. Ken non for the United States senate late tonight. Mounting returns from rural boxes, including some Long fam ily political strongholds, overcame a 25,734 lead given Kennon by New Orleans voters in the demo crat i cm primary election. Some strong Kennon areas, however, still were represented only by fragmentary returns. -The unofficial total for 1136 of the state's 1,883 precinct, includ ing some from 58 parishes, gave Long 162,420 votes, Kennon 162, 028. Kennon was running ahead in the cities of Shreveport, . 1 Baton Rouge and Lake Charles. Addition to State Hospital Laundry Wins Board Okeh The state board of control Tues day approved a $75,000 appropri ation for construction of an addi tion to the Oregon state hospital laundry in Salem. The money for the project will be taken from the capital outlay appropriations fund, the board said. Also passed was the employ ment pf a psychologist at the hos pital at a starting salary of $260 a month and establishment of a training school for young physi cians who desire to be psychia trists. The young doctors, under the plan, would work part time at the hospital and would receive about $100 a month and maintenance from the state. They would take their psychiatric training at the Porland , Medical school or some oher institution close to Salem. Oregon, Wednesday,, September run iru Hop Yard Kiln Sweeps Evening Sky with Fldm -4 i'- ., , Eugene IMayor to Seek Solon Spot EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 31-f;P)-Mayor Earl V. McNutt was named a Lane county republican nomi nee for state representative to night. The county central committee elected McNutt on a second ballot and then made the choice unani mous. He will take the ballot position vacated by the death of Rep. John Snellstrom in a plane crash in Klamath county McNutt declined to run ffcr re election as mayor earlier this year. He is a contractor. f C7 1 1,1 UlinCI HCilleS Courthouse Pole Spectators gaped Tuesday after- j Jackson county republican can noon as they watched a pole j didate for state senator. i climber replace the broken pulley j The county republican' central atop the 95-foot flagpole in front j committee named him to succeed of the Marion county courthouse. 1 William H. Fluhrer on the No After replacing the pulley R. E. vember ballot. NorthnesSj 1073 Seventh St., West Fluhrer was one of the four Salem, began painting the pole 1 republican candidates killed' in a with aluminum paint as he worked i crash! of Fluhrer's plane at Lake hi way down. of the Woods August 22. Independence Hop Fiesta Starts First Post-War Slibw Tonight By IJIlie L. Madsen Farm Editor, Th Statesman INDEPENDENCE, Aug. 31-P) -The Hop Bowl Fiesta at Inde pendence, will open again Wed nesday, September 1, for the first time since 1940, to form the 8th annual festival. Joe Lamb, president of he Hop Bowl Incorporated which spon sors the fiesta, tells that the first one was held in 1933 and from then for the following seven years was held annually, stopping only with the war. Banners and hop decorations were up throughout the town to day with Gene Malecki, Salem, on hand to make final arrange ments. "There will be something doing each night Wednesday to Satur day Inclusive," said George Cor win, general fiesta chairman, 'but during the day everyone is going to pick hops. Even the carnival will run oly at night." Picking of the late hops started Tuesday in many yards with several folowing up" Wednesday and Thursday. The fiesta will get underway Wednesday night with a five-act vaudeville show, the free enter tainment starting at 8:30 at the high school gymnasium. Acts will include Hugh Aspinwall, known 1, 1948 Price Sc completely leveled Tuesday night , v; Skunk's Age Belies Ability COOS "BAY, Aug. 31 -P)- A friend gave Patrolman Jerry Wickman a young skunk.; A vet erinarian' said the animal was too young to have a scent sac. So Wicktnan put the skunk in a box on the police car front seat "and drove off. The skunk jumped out and hid , under the seat. Wickman reached for it. The police car will be put of service a few days. ! Ex-Legislator to Replace Flnhrer . MEDFORD, Aug. 31 -OfV Wil liam f McAllister, Medford attor ney tmd former member 6t the state legislature, today became the as the "singing: troubador"; Flor ence! Polter and SuantHowell, ccordianists; dance "fouthies by students of the Paul A'rpistrong School of Dance from Salem, and impersonations by Malecki, who will be master jof ceremonies. A total of $100 in prizes will be' awarded in the Thursday night 7 o'clock children's parade, and the grand fiesta parade will be held Friday night with other Willam ette Valley festival folk invited to participate.' The ' Salem Saddle club will give a horse exhibition adjacent to - the high school ath letic field following the parade. Saturday night is dance night with! the Richard Dix eight-piece orchestra furnishing the music. Dancing started at 9:30 o'clock and more than $500 in prizes are to be given away.. Assisting Corwin on commit tees j are Joe Lamb, ticket sales; Dee Taylor, dance; Hal Mellinger and !Bob Morgan, children's pa raded Bob Craven, grand parade; Dr. M. J. BUtler and Tom Smith, reception committee. All proceeds ; from the fiesta will go to the Independence high school recreation fund. Plans call' for making this a community recreation project with eventually a swimming pool ; added to the recreational area. Naj 148 a-. 4 en Save Hoi) Buildings -v By Lesteif Cour stall Writer Tv Statcsm A spectacular fire . Tuesday night destroyed the; giant wooden dry kiln building at the iLake- brook Hop yard, 10 miles north east of Salem, at an estimated lets of $128,000. The blaze Was discovered about' 8 p.m. and swept' Out of control within 15 minutes, endanserinir Several nearby buildings jbeloiw , burning itself out at 11 p.mi Yard officials said the flames ) broke out in the middle of five kiljis, but the cause was still undetermined late Tuesday night.' No one wile hinjured. , . ' Only fast work by the Brooks fire department '. prevented the . wnue-noi inierno irom. spreaaing to. a surrounding warehouse, bal ing shed and several smaller buildings.. . 1 The 18-man department, led by Capt. Mike White, arrived shortly after the blaze , was discovered and poured a steady stream f water from its tanker on the threatened buildings to quench numerous roof fires spread ty flying embers; Quelled Roof Fires - An estimated 1,500 persons watched as flames and tmoke shot hundreds of -feet lintb the evening sky. Eager yelfthsj weie helpful, stamping, out i numerous brush snd grass faes. ignited ty sparks.' ' . '! '. ; ..(. J '. Hop yard workers werecirf diied with saving the baling ',sheq-4 lo cated about 100 yard east'f the burning kilrv when they Chirjpptd and tore away a feeder, track con necting the two buildings port ly after the kiln broke jbito . ll&me. The leveled building, 1to stories high and about lf.y 0. feet, was located about onetblota from the highway.! If wai sur rounded by the baler shed on the east, a grain field on the north a four-story dormitory on thri wtit and cottages on the south. I West Wind Helped . Firemen fighting, the blaze said only a brisk wind blbwir.g from the west prevented, 1 Mm flames from spreading thjrouih all of th 472-acre yard. Remains of the building were ull smouldering at 10:30 p.m., but firemen reported the dange wta virtual! past. Salem sent te ' fire trucks to the scene. N f- -Tom Livesley. president j ef X A. Livesley and company.) own ers of1 the ranch,' said the kibt w.s valued at about $100,000. Fred Ew Fralick, office manager, estimatt-d about $28,00p worth of baled and sacked hops went up in smoke, although an inventory has not been ' completed. ' ; . if' I Employes 1,000 j L The ranch, one of the largest in . the world, la currently employ turn about 1,000 workers. Picking cf early hops watl completed? istt' week, and the harvest of late h' ts was only three days old when JLbe fire broke out. - I i-'Ji; With the. principal bulk 'of the yard's hops yet to be picked . and cured, Livesley pointed but thst the' company will be herd pressed to get its hops dried for the mar ket. He announced, however, that picking would continue as usual today, and was contacting other kiln owners throughout the! valley requesting use of their fryers. Persons with available kilns were requested to contact Livesley. The razed kiln building, one cf the most modern in the valley, ws constructed in 1946. Each of its five kilns had a capacity of 300 sacks an operation, . and could process several , thousand V aacka. daily. ' j .- . . I;.-. Firem