. -rM "i - ..-.: . i : '-" . I. '-, !!!' ifeffira peoii POUND 1651 Air View Shows Fairgrounds in Readiness NINETY-EIGHTH ' YEAH 20 PAGES the Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oregon, Sunday, Sept. 5. 1948 Price 5c No. 150. GasGompaMies 't$f Ration9 Fuel to State gpp 1 jar 1 1 l '3 KlaOl FSires Fired ' - ' - .... J ? Meairmm " PORTLAND, Sept 4 -(JF) Gov. John H. Hall fired Joseph O. Freck from the state liquor control commission today and set 1 September 15 for a public hearing; on the action. Freck, who defied the gover nor's earlier request for a res ignation, received the dismissal - notice from a Multnomah coun ty sheriffs deputy this morning. The governor charged Freck with, "inefficiency, neglect of duty,, and misconduct in office," citing sales of office supplies to the - liquor, commission by Freck's stationery , firm, and the amount of daily pay collected by Freck as a commissioner." Hall specified that the public hearing which Hall himself will conduct ' wpuld be con fined to the charges against Freck. That might bar Freck from bringing out his own countercharges. Both Freck and The reporters turned naturally TS the "lower right-hand corner" to come up with grand total figjy tires, when they examined tne re port on "Highway Transportation in' Oregon." The figuresjfere $704,983,000 enough to make' Mr. 'John Q. Ore gonian reach for a "powder. The average citizen can't think in those terms, as far as the state is con " cerned. ' " " But figures are only part of the story. When one reads the full re rxrt gets his eyes opened to the vital importance of highways, in state economy and catches a vision of probable growth, his interest is aroused and he begins to wonder just how the state can tackle the problem of reconstructing its sys tems of roads and streets. He will await with much interest the rec ommendations that will follow giving the views of the legislative interim committee as to how much of the load should be undertaken, at what rate of progress, and how the cost should be borne. - This initial report is the fruit of the labors of engineers employ ed by the Automotive Safety Foun dation which was invited to make the technical studies necessary for the interim committee., Their find ings are put in readable form by Robert :Ormond Case, well-known Oregon author. He has succeeded in dressing up facts and figures in such, palatable style that the report becomes absorbing reading. He gives a moving narrative of the history of ' r (Continued on Editorial Page) Tornado Kills Two in Florida HAVANA, Fla., Sept -VP)-A tornado struck the outskirts of this tobacco farming community today, killing at least two persons. Several other persons were hurt and nearly a dozen homes were destroyed. v Hospital Superintendent CC. Weil at Florida A. and M. college for negroes in Tallahassee report ed six injured persons have been brought in by highway patrol cars and private automobiles. "Most of them are in pretty bad shape, lie said. The state highway patrol -has sent nine cars to the scene and the state road department has dispatched a special crew te clear the debris-strewn roads. I Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "fad is mj isrork color" OTP I SQGDjQS ucd crocs irdleiredl his fellow - commissioner, Dr. Orval Eaton of, Astoria, have accused me governor or sees ing Freck's resignation because the commission refused to buy a certain type or whiskey. The governor's letter today itemized $7,944.22 worth of sales of supplies by3 Freck's firm to the commission.' He" charged that this violated a law forbidding officials to have any i interest in articles sold to the state. The governor also charged that Freck's per diem pay of $1,240 between January and June wa. "exorbitant? and "ex travagant" i ' The public hearing requir ed by law before a commission er can be discharged will be held at 10:30 : a.m. J September 15 in Halls executive office. Freck can present his defense personally or by counsel. (Additional details page 4.) Schuman Picks Cabinet, Ends i i French Crisis PARIS, Sunday, Sept 5-(JP-Piemier Robert Schuman formed a new cabinet today, .ending the eight-day French political crisis. Schuman was successful in his second attempt to form a cabinet to succeed that of Andre Marie, which resigned a week ago. His first attempt had been stymied when the socialists' re fused to participate in his . gov ernment and none of the coalition parties would acecpt the interior ministry. The socialists are in the new cabinet however, and in the new lineup announced byi Schuman today socialist Jules Moch re mains as interior minister, con trolling the police. Schuman, who served as foreign minister under (Marie; will hold that post as well as the premier ship, i Marie was named vice premier and head of the French delegation to the United Nations. Marie is a radical socialist (conservative) and Schuman a popular republi can (MRP). Volcanic Lava Buries Towns MANILA, Sunday, Sept. 5-P)- The main port of Camiguin was abandoned today and two villages were buried under a sea of rock and lava by a self-destroying volcano which is in eruption for the fifth dav. i An' estimated j 30,000 Filipinos already have fled the southern Philippines island. The remainder, estimated at' 15,000 were fearfully awaiting rescue? gbservers reported the ancient ano, called Hibokhibok, which once jutted more than a mile above sea level, had been reduced by the eruption to little more than several nunarea xeet in neignt. Boulders, rock, lava and ash had settled on nearby farms and coconut plantations on the slopes, covering some of them to a depth of 30 feet Nation to See Mighty B-36s WASHINGTON, Sept -(JPi- Most of the nation will get a look at the mightiest bomber yet the huge six-engined B-36, on Air Force day Sepember 18. The air force announced tonight that five of the big! warplanes from the seventh bomb group at Fort Worth, Tex will take off on individual long range flights which will have a pattern over scores of cities in all parts of the country. The B-36's won't land at any of the cities, but will Oy at the low est safe altitude to give the popu lace a good eivjefh mwopsSoc lace agood view of them. ; Man Bests Women In Crochet Contest PITTSBURGH. SepL 4-tflVEd- win F. Proger, RX. 2, Sharpsburg, Pa, proved today a man's place "might be in the home. For a long time Proger has en joyed crocheting; Today he enter ed a tablecloth, in that division of the Allegheny county fair's needle work contests. M' f ' There were J other entrants, all womenw ;!!" i- You guessed it Proger won first prize. f Strike Results In PORTLAND, Sept A -UP) -Oil companies serving Oregon an nounced tonight they will begin holding' back oil and gasoline to stretch the available supplies dur ing; the strike in California oil fields, i George V. Birkinshaw, chair man of i the Oregon petroleum in dustries committee, said the com panies plan to hold back 25 per cent of all products at storage plants fmostly gasoline to meet any emergency condition. The committee chairman said "it 'won't be long" until the short ages are reflectedat automobile service ) sation gasoline pumps, A number of oil company executives said iti may be ten days before gasoline shortages develop. The supply situation varies with com panies.! Phone Number Change Made Near Midnight Don't dial that usual number on your telephone today because nothing will happen. All Salem telephone numbers were changed to five digits after the Pacific Telephone and Tele graph company effected its "cut- over last night at 1 1 :50. Harry V. Collins, district mana ger of the PT & T in Salem, said the changeover was accomplished with practically no confusion re sulting;. Collins said most exchanges were sivitched over to five digits within (five minutes. A few re maining "bugs' were ironed out by i technicians within 15 minutes. The Conversion will immediate ly give; Salem 2,000 more phones. A total of 17,000 customers will be served through the Salem office by October 1. We'll Get 1 Translated As Soon As We Catch The Quy Wot Wrote It DU titt DnBois Dial Roef Taw Day, Thle f Test Basch Just Bef un; Beahore Tew Ask Watts Jestea Wrieht Kaott Wait T1I11U Barms Dunn. (With profound apologies period) Checking the new Salem tele phone directory will be the only sure: way to have the right tele phone ; number, beginning this morning. All numbers are now of the fiveniigit variety. In order to accommodate the greatly increas ed! number of local connections. The i change was effective at 1130 o'clock last night Dewey to Bid For South Vote NEW YORK, Sept. 4-0F)-Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will make a de termined bid for support from the once "solid south" in the Novem ber presidential election, republi can : national headquarters an nounced Saturday. Herbert Brownell, jr., campaign manager for the Dewey - War ren ticket said in a statement: Thousands of southern voters are ready to vote for Dewey and Warren and for the establishment of a real two-party system in the south." Union Men Choose Between Walk for Truman, 3 Fine DETROIT, Sept 4-(;PV-Members of ; an ' AFL teamsters local were ordered by their leaders today to march in the Labor day parade here Monday or pay a $3 fine. The order went out to members of local 299 over the signature of President James R. Hoffa. Hoffa pointed out in his letter to! each member that President Truman is coming here for the celebration at the invitation of both the AFL and CIO. Therefore, he added, "let's make this a real ly successful event! Bring your' friends and your family and make this an all-out affair." Weather Max. - 74 n 73 87 Min. Precip. 42 M 4S M Sairas i Portland Saa Francisco JOO JOO JM Chicairo 11 New York SO Willamette river -3.1 feet. rOKECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau field, Salem): Cloudy this morn ing, i partly cloudy this afternoon. Slia1 ttiy wi uy wai SO, low oeilent anner today with the hi ah low toxUrnt.es. Weather good to exee. for all farm acttritlea. Oil Decision Suinniinnieir Caimni Ends On U.S. Labor Scene . ; Dock Operators Withdraw Offers By Harold W. Ward WASHINGTON, Sept. 4-(tf3)-Annoying dark clouds drifted sud denly into the industrial horizon this Labor Day week-end. There had been rumblings of thunder, but most of the forecasts were optimistic. And then a maritime strike broke loose on the west coast and AFL teamsters struck in New York City.- Within 48 hours, ,16,000 ClO-oil workers walked off the job in Russ Arrest, Release Six U. S. Soldiers BERLIN, Sunday. Sept 5-VPh- U.S. military police said today the Russians took six American sol diers into custody in Berlin during the night but later released all of them. Names of the soldiers were with held pending an investigation. The police also declined to disclose the circumstances surrounding the in cident. The arrests, the first in 'more than a week, came amid hints that the four-power Berlin talks had reached a final stage with a par tial agreement on trade and fi nance problems. An official spokesman said, however, the talks had not yet produced any decisions on ending the crisis produced by the 73-day-old Soviet blockade of the city. The four military governors met yesterday for the fifth day in an effort to find a formula for end- the cold war. Hurricane Hits New Orleans, Heads Inland NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 4 -(TP) A gulf hurricane smashed its rfry against New Orleans shortly af ter dawn today and blew on Into Mississippi a milder gale. No fatalities or Injuries were reported in New Orleans or in its wake along the south Louis iana coast northward to the city. At the storm's peak, winds at tained a steady 75 miles an hour with gusts of 90 miles whipping Moisant international airport, 12 miles west of the city. After " a preliminary survey, Mayor deLesseps Morrisson esti mated damage at less than $100, 000. In the business district the winds ripped some signs from their moorings and broke a few plate glass windows. Most down town stores closed for the day. In residential sections, a few frame structures were wrecked, trees uprooted, and a few power lines blown down. Nearly seven inches of rain that accompanied the storm flooded streets in some areas. And the wind-whipped waters of Lake Pontchartrain splashed over protecting seawalls at the Buck- town community where New Or leans and Jefferson parish (coun ty) to the west join on the lake front. Residents of the community were evacuated and housed in the nearby municipal Yacht har bor building. About- 2,000 other residents in some other -low-lying cummunities left their homes for a night of shelter in the city auditorium. 4 Die as Plane Crushes House NEW YORK, Sept 4-fjP)-Four persons were killed today when a small naval fighter plane crashed into a four-family dwelling in Bay side Queens, a residential suburb of New York City. Three of the victims were wom en occupants of the two-story house which was almost demolish-." ed by the crash and explosion. The small craft struck the roof of the house and plowed through the building into the cellar. No positive identifications of the women were possible, police said, because of the burned and mangl ed condition of the bodies. How ever, they were tentatively identi fied from rings as. Mrs. Helen Ray hor, Mrs. Alice Cressmer and Miss Louise Paul. , The pilot of the craft was iden tified by officials at Floyd Bennett field as Lt Roger Olsen, 24, a marine corps reserve pilot from New Bochelle, N. Y. MIGRATION APPROVED WASHINGTON, Sept Men of military age can again migrate to Palestine from Amer ican occupation rones in Europe, I the United States ruled today. nine major California refineries. The labor-management situation took a swift though possibly brief turn for the worse. "The summer calm was ended shrilly on the eve of the 66th anniversary of labor's own holiday. In th num ber of big strikes besetti- parts of the nation, it was the worst Labor Day since V-J day. (There have been many other days since the war ended, however, when industrial relations looked much worse.) West Coast Trouble The major cause for govern mental concern was the west coast maritime shutdown. It was brought on by the collapse of nego tiations between Harry Bridges San Francisco leader of the CIO longshoremen's union, and the waterfront employers; association of the Pacific. A prolonged strike of the type threatened by both sides would have a paralyzing effect on the west coast and eventually would cripple dozens of U. S. industries dependent on Pacific commerce for supplies or markets. Vote Meaningless The waterfront employers asso ciation told striking longshoremen Saturday night that a jimon conducted vote on the last em ployer offer is "meaningless" be cause all offers are withdrawn." To plague the west coast fur ther, the oil refinery strike "within a few days" would cut off gasoline supplies in Calfornia, Washington, Oregon, Nevada and Arizona, an industry spokesman said. Government trouble - shooters had little prospect of settling lhe New York trucking strike before Tuesday, because of the long wee legend holiday. Mayor O Dwyer said some chain stores would be forced to close as movement of groceries Was choked off. Wages are the big issue in that dispute. Mildew Threat To Hop Crop Attempts to keep full crews of pickers in the hopyards over this long week end will be made in order to meet a threat of mildew. the Salem office of the state em ployment service said Saturday. Independence area yards are particularly anxious to harvest as much of the crop as possible, to avoid possible damage following recent rains, it was said. The Independence office of the OSES will remain open today and Monday to guide pickers to yards. Crewless B-29 Aims at Russia FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept, -IP)- The possibility that a crewless American B-29 Super fortress had taken off on tf run away flight in the general direc tion of. Moscow held the atten tion of air force officials today. One thing was certain. A B-29 was missing after its crew of 1 parachuted with the loss of one life yesterday near Vlissingen Flushing off the Netherlands coast while engaged in a mock air war over Britain. Then came roundabout reporti that eyewitnesses had seen a B 29 flying at 10,000 -Jeet over the Hamburg, Germany area 200 miles away and "about an hour after the men . jumped. Other unofficial reports said the plane was seen over Luebeck, about 35 miles northeast of Ham burg. James Roosevelt to Give Oregon Speeches PORTLAND, Sept 4 -CP) James Roosevelt California dem ocratic national committeeman and son of the , late president will speak in three Oregon towns this month. He will be in Klamath Falls September 22, Corvallis and Portland September '23. The Statesman's New Number - - Starting today all calls to The Oregon Statesman go through a new switchboard, .with added trunk service, and tne new tele- phone number is 2-2441. TOCI HO NKWVPAPKX JL fc. ,n. i . -" - -- - rr- - ..Mi-nil i m - i - ' Where Oregon residents wUl stage and enjoy their own annual statewide celebration Is shown by ibis aerial photo. The fairgrounds in northwest -Salem appear much as they will Monday morning hen the gSrdV annual state fair opens for a fall week. In the foreground Is the exhibit-crammed agricultural buildlnr. while at lower left are machine sheds faeinr on an area with more machinery. At the upper right is the stadium and Lone Oak track. Top center shows the stockand horse barns. And In Um center of the picture is the midway, with its myriad of carnival attractions. (Statesman photo.) V, 1 ! ; 1 i ; U ' Officials Expect Largest Attendance in History Fair to Overshadow Salem's Labor Day Plans In contrast to the opening bustle at the state fair on the northeast edge of Salem, the business dis trict is expected to be on the quiet er side Monday, as stores and of fices close for Labor day. All federal, state, county and city offices will be closed, except for emergency services such as po lice, and fire. Postoffice service will be limited to the usual Sunday schedule, with downtown box pickups, but no de livery. Mail will be placed in rent al boxes. Regarding Wednesday, Salem day at the fair, Postmaster Albert Gragg said there would be no curtailment of postal service. Most stores will observe the holi day, as well as closing again Wed nesday afternoon for state fair par ticipation. The public library will be closed both today, and Monday. By the Associated Press Seventy-eight persons already were dead in accidents early Sunday as the nation's pavements, resounded to the whirr of Labor day week end motorists. Of the dead, 64 were victims of traffic accidents; seven were drowned, and seven others, died of various causes related to the holiday. Bread Law Constitutional PORTLAND, Sept. 4-(P)-Cir- Lull UUgC tallica 11. A-11J 1 iUlCUyf lating the weight of bread is con stitutional and that the state agriculture director's interpret tion of it is valid. Davidson Baking company hacH brought suit against Agriculture Director Ervin L. Peterson to prevent his revoking the com pany's baking license. Peterson objected to the com pany j labeling, its loaves id ounces or more. The law re quires that size of the loaf to be labeled "one pound. The Company contended that since, all loaves vary a dii in size a universal "one pound" label would be false. The judge upheld Peterson, arid said the baking concern should appeal to the legislature instead of to the courts if it wanted the law revised. Report to Committee Declares Both '99' Roads Both 99W from Portland to Mc- Minnville and 99E from Portland to Salem require four-lane high ways to handle traffic, it Is de clared in a report to the legisla tive interim committee made pub lic this week end. And. previous figures to the con-: trary, it is the Portland-McMinn- ville route which carries the heav iest average traffic of the two roads. The report to the committee, made by G. Donald Kennedy of the Automotive Safety foundation after a year-long survey, said 152 miles of Oregon's highways shouia be four-laSned immediately. Of the two south routes out of Portland, it was declared 99W to McMinn ville carried an average of 8250 vehicles daily, with a Sunday peak over 10,000, and that 99E to Sa lem earned an average or 7300, with peaks exceeding 15,000. The renort also said tnree-iane highways no longer are consider ed either safe or economical,' but that four lanes are deemed suffi cient to handle 18,000 to 20,000 cars daily. Two lanes such as now are common in most part- of the state are deemed to be over- capacity IX used by more than Mcinclay at the Fair i . . - Monday, Sept C, Labor Day S a.m.Gates open to Oregon's 83rd state fair. 9 ajn. Judging all open' classes begins. 11 a.m Free vaudeville acts, main midway. 12:20 p.mv Horse races en Lone Oak track. 4:30 p.m. Labor day handicap. Lone Oak track. 6:30. pi.m Free vaudeville acts, main midway. 6:30 p.m. Oregon Polled Here ford dinner. ' ' S p.m. Rodeo-horse show. S p.m. Helen Hughes Show boat 10 p.mw State fair dance. 12 ' p.m. Gates close. Johnson Leads By 181 Votes in Texas Election 1 ' DALLAS, Tex., Sept 4 -UP) Texans are still not sure who thei? next U. S. senator will be although the election, a demo cratic runoff race, was held a week ago. . An unofficial count by the Texas election bureau shows Rep. Lyndon B. Johnson with lead of lU 1 votes over Coke Steven son, Texas governor during the war j years. The race Is considered Texas closest The democratic nomination in Texas is tantamount to election in the November general elec tion; The winner of an official count Sept 13 at Fort Worth willj replace W. Lee O'Daniel, who; did not seek re-election. Johnson's total tonight as anT nounced by the election bureau, was! 494,168; Stevenson's 493,887. . FIRfe STARTS IN OSC LAB CORVALLIS, Sept 4-ifrVA fire in Oregon. State college's bio chemistry laboratory .today was brought under control after burn ing a few minutes and causing1 about (5,000 damage. The 'cause was not determined. Need 4 Lanes 4,000 vehicles a day. In regard to the increasing con gestion on 99 E from Portland to Salem, it was declared that it now takes nine minutes longer to' tra verse the route than it did six years ago. In other, comment pertinent to the; valley area, the report which fav6red a 10-year program to cost $704,983,000 said 1300 miles of road noW in the state system should be returned to county control, in cluding Three Mile lane and the Bellevue-Hopewell and Lafayette secondary- highways in Yamhill county. Favoring Increased attention to parking problems, the survey said that angle parking was far more dangerous h than the parallel-to-curb type and that only one more car: per 100 feet could be accom modated by the angle plan. Other recommendations includ ed jfurther provision for control-led-access roads (freeways) and improvement of the Wilsonville, West Salem-RickrealL Independence-Monmouth and Dallas -Corvallis via Kings Valley highways. The need for uniform traffic laws and safety programs was strongly stressed. By Llllie L. Madsen ; Farm Editor. Tb Statesman Oregon's big agricultural show, with all of its allied enterain ments and educational features,' opens Monday morning at ft o'clock for the 83rd time.Krom the number of entries already in place, indications are that the show will be by far the biggest fin its history. ! . The smallest fair in history was, the first, with 1500 paid admis sions. The 1948 fair has been the largest on record with 157,454. tnd the 1947 fair was less than 10,000 smaller. Officials are expecting at tendance this year to get very close to the 1946 number. Opening day last year totaled 65,502. Many new features have teen added this year to attract the in tention of fair goers. Most recent Jo arrive is Emperor Hirohitos im perial mount First Frost Dick Ryan, former army officer, uho purchased the horse in Japan dur ing the latter days of the war, wll display the famed stallion onXne fair's main midway. First Frct is registered under the name nit Unt suchimo. i In addition, approximately 10 horses will be on handto compete for S6.500: in prizes at the annual horse show. Harness racing, al ways a ! popular attraction hi county fairs, will take the racin spotlight at the fair on Tuesday which has been designated a Farm Organization day. Speed Su- perintendent Charles A. Evans ht announced six races for trotters and pacers to be run that after- noonon Lone Oak track. Also fcJ eluded on. the Tuesday card will be the running of the Debutant stakes, for Oregon bred two-year oi as at a distance of five furlongs. New Building Interior I In the agricultural b u i 1 d 1 n ! which will present a new interior appearance to fairgoers, will be found various farm organizations ahd 12 Oregon counties with dis play booths. I Fair officials state that the au4 tomobiles ,may be driven directly into the grounds, preferably ' the lotn street entrance, which leads directly into the main parking area. j . k i Livestock exhibitors and 'others may use the Silverton road. Thore interested in the racing may drive directly to the stables by Ever- green avenue, all at the tarne price. - .;-','!'. Parking Fees . , ,- Parking fees from morning tin til the fair closes, are 25 cents, with attendants on hand at all times. The admission remains the same as 4n the past 50 cents per. adult, with children 12 years and young er admitted free to the grounds. Also there is no raise in prices for the horse races in the after noon, the night horse show, or the ' State Fair Showboat the nightly entertainment feature. Eating prices will be about the same as last year, checking with a number of stands along hamburger row has revealed. Midway attrac tions, too, will be operated at approximately the same price as a year ago, when rides were 25 and 30 cents, j i ... ! CURFEW OX REVOLT CAIBARIEN. Cuba, Sept. 4-(JTi The army clamped a 0 pjn. cur few tonight on Caibarier a city in .rebellion against the Cuban government Police and ftoldicra patrolled the city. ? iOun SEiiATtms" - ' ' j " p .