1948 State Fair Dratcs Holiday Throng
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The Orecon Statesman, Salem, Orocon, Tuesday. Sept. 7. 1948
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No, 151.
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Bright skies, warm sra and the Labor day holiday cawed tbeasanda
annual state fair In Salem Monday to partake of the expanded midway, ipancled exhibits, the races
' and Jodxinr shews. Shewn above it a portion ef the holiday-mided crowd thriUinr to the free Taode
Qlo show sirea at different times dnrinr the day in front of the horse ! show i pavilion. In the baek
CTvand eaa be seea some of the midway rides and beyond them the industrial exhibits and the
aaricoltoral bwildisy. jghoto by Don Pill. Statesman; staff photographer.)
OCP
8SSIDS
TO LilO
China is now a sort of sour
taste in 'American mouths.
The days when Madame Chiang
Kai-shek charmed Americans
into enthusiastic support- of be
leaguered China are past. She
herself has appeared seldom In the
, nr.u. A 4 Via
news xrom ann. v m
generalissimo, his prestige u
largely lost even In his own
ommtrv- The prevailing fear is
that the country will Just fall
apart, with the communists tak
ing oyer in the north to the Yel
low fiver, with the remainder
ruled from the south or perhaps
parceled out among war loras as
tf old.
The reasons for this Chinese
collapse are several. The long wax
with Japan bled the country of
its strength, permitted lniiauon
to et Into swing. The commun
ist separatism prevented postwar
rehabilitation. The corruption ana
administrative incompetence of
the central government under the
Koumintang party betrayed tne
country's Interests. Chiang him
self was a symbol of unity -but
ineffective in forcing tnrougn tne
reforms the times .demanded.
The late moves! by the central
government, in' Issuing a new cur
rency based on gold are part xA
a drastic program ox reiorm xnax
will be needed If the country is to
be held together. If they fail,
China may fail to exist save as
a racial and geographic expres
sion. ..
To support the effort to stabil
ize China's economy is the appro
priation" of $400,000,000 which
publicans wrote into
(Continued on editorial page)
HOUSING RECORD SET -
WASHINGTON, Sept. 0 - UP
The dollar value of housing con
struction accomplished during the
first eight months of this year set
a record, tne commerce aepan-
ment reported tonight.
.Animal Crackers
By WAJ&EN GOODRICH
m Junior amuses himself for
hours -just pitying with his
rattle." ,
Lalboir (Day Abcidens
CDaSmni Lives o1r 339
r At least 339 persons died violently throughout the United States
over the week-end: as the nation
holiday.
The toll from traffic accidents
millions of homeward bound motorists still on the highways. Added
to the traffic death list were 42 who died by drowning and 47 who lost
Blaze Covers
Large Area
North of City
Wiener roasters who built a bon
fire were believed! by Dr. M. C.
Findley, to have been the cause of
a fire which was still : burning
early this morning on the Findley
property 11 miles northwest of Sa
lem on the Bethel road, Salem
route 1. The fire had covered near
ly 100 acres on the logged-over
pi VJVZi LJ JJ MIC uufc nS"i CU1U
ley told the Statesman, It was par
tially under control.
The north wind plowing during
the evening fanned the blaze to a
raging ground fire within a few
minutes, Findley salcLand had soon
spread southeasterly toward a nay
barn, but was kepi from destroy
ing the barn.
Findley said that the state fire
marshall's ' office had sent out
equipment and men to fight the
blaze and that he had used a high
pressure water fire) fighter of his
own to help control the blaze.
Greatest damage; caused by the
blaze, Findley thought was to
fences around and enclosing parts
of the property. He said that dam
age to the logged over lands them
selves could not be estimated.
Scientist Dies
In Leap from
BurningPlane j
LAGRANGE, GaL, Sept 6.-JPh
A Chicago scientist doing cosmic
raycresearch leaped to his death
from a burning B-29 army bomber
today. Soon afterwards the plane,
the fire under control, landed
safely at Maxwells field,! Ala.
The mangled body of Prof. H. W.
Baldwin of the University of Chi
cago was found In a wooded area
by a small creek four hours after
he and three others jumped from
the bomber. His parachute had
failed to open. ; ' y
PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. 6.-tfV
Mr. anq Mrs. H. W. Baldwin said
tonight they have not been noti
fied that their son. Prof. H. W.
Baldwin of the University of Chi
cago, is dead.
Weather
Max.
.
.7S
Min Precip.
Salem
4 .M
S4 .00 I
3. . trace
Portland
San Francisco
Chicago
SS .11
68 .00
New York
.82
Forecast (from U. Si weather bureau.
McNary field. Salem )t Fair: today and
tonight with mm ; early morning
Cloudiness. -Continued wanner after
noon temperatures with maximum to
day 82; low tonight 46. Continued fa
vorable weather for all farm activities.
Salem Pzeeinltatlon
(From Sept. t to Sept. T)
This Year
Last Year
Average
ZS
of OreroniaAs swarm to their
observed the annual Labor day
j
climbed to $50 Monday night with
their! lives from miscellaneous
causes attributed to the holiday
observance.
Last year's Labor day observ
ance resulted in 451 deaths. These
included 293 traffic, 81 drownings
and 77 miscellaneous deaths.
Thk Labor day weekend death
toll In Oregon stood at 12 early
Monday night.
The peak of the homebound
traffic still was due on the high
ways; from coastal and mountain
resorts
.Traffic accidents accounted for
ten victims.' One man was elec
trocuted in Portland, and one boy
was drowned.
Among the highway victims was
the Owen Henry Troyer family
three: persons wiped out In a ditch
crash. Troyer, 20, and his wife
Mam, 19, and their 12-week-old
daughter Sharon were In a car
that left the Pacific highway two
miles south of Yoncalla. Their
home was in Oakland, Ore. John
Hustetler, Oakland, 16, and three
other passengers in the car were
hospitalized at Roseburg with
serious injuries.
Stanley ; Campbell, 18, Inde
pendence, Was injured fatally in
an automobile that overturned be
tween Clackamas and Carve& His
three- older brothers, John, Julian
and Matt, were injured.
Louis Moss, 50, Medford, was
killed in the plunge of an auto
from! a southern Oregon highway.
There were two killed in Port
lands Gordon Lewis In a truck
car collision; and Carl Hafner, 53,
struck down by an automobile.
The electricity victim was Ray
mond H. Sutton, 30, at work in a
Portland shipyard when he touch
ed the power line.
A 1 motorcyclist, Donald K.
Sneed, 21.) Springfield, died in a
Eugene hospital after a mishap at
Florence on the coast. In Mal
heur j county, a Kansas woman,
Mrs. John R. Wright, 68, of
Wichita, died after the car driven
by hki husband was thrown into
a. ditch by ! their weaving trailer.
Peter Card, age 8, drowned in
Agency lake in Klamath county
Monday wh'.n he tumbled from a
log while playing. At Tillamook,
Harold Babbitt, 22, died of in
juries j received when his motor
cycle' skidded, throwing him across
the highway and against a parked
automobile
ABANDON CONFERENCE
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 6 -JPr
The International Brotherhood of
Teamsters j has abandoned plans
for a political action conference
'Learn to Earn'
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That's the slogan of Ore
gon's newest state school, the
Oregon Vocational, school at
Klamath Falls. Firmly estab
lished after its first year, this
school is the subject of a series
of i articles by Staff Writer
Winston H. Taylor, beginning
on page 5, in today's issue of
The Oregon Statesman,
i I Exclusive in
i Year Hmm N
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Horse Race Betting
Tops Old Records;
Concessions Gain
By Lillle L. Madsen
Farm Editor. The Statesman
Perfect weather Monday brought out the second largest opening
day attendance in the history of
persons admitted through the entrance gates by 1 1 o'clock last night.
This was more than 13,000 admissions over last year's Labor day
attendance of 55,502, but under the record crowd of 77,366 at the 1946
fair here. The breakdown for yesterday's attendance showed 48,078
paid admissions and 20,726 others including children and young ex
hibitors in 4-H and FFA events.
E. L. Peterson, state director of agriculture, admitted by early
afternoon he had been off on his prediction that attendance on open
ing day would be 15 per cent below, the 1947 opening day.
Pari-mutuel play exceeded
$81,969, with $11,962 for the last
race records. f Today will feature harness races with only pne other
race, the debutante stakes.
Concessionaires were doing big business early yn the day and by
last night reported that they were taking in TO per cent more than
last year.' Coffee was a big seller as usual with most places holding
it at 10 cents a cup but a few on
signs.. Hot dogs were selling at 25
were filled early with most of the
in small equipment for the tiny
the train rides ws another big attraction.
Seed Exhibit New
New also is the Oregon Seed
league exhibit on the porch of the
agricultural pavilion. This exhibit
will be taken from here to thel
Pacific International show, and
later to Chicago.
The floral exhibit Is unusually
laree and attractive with Salem
Tuesday at the Fair
Tnesday, Sept 7
Farm Organixa Uon Day
t a. m. Gates epen.
9 a. m. Judging epen classes.
Fatare Farmers sheep lod
ging begins.
It a. m. Jnniors exhibitors
demonstrations in jnnier
bulding.
11 a. m. Free vaudeville acts,
midway.
Organ mnsie and fresea
feed demenstratlons.
Neon "Come and Get It Gang
program.
1:15 p. m. Horse races, Lena
Oak.
Farm machine demonstra
tions. 4:30 p. m. Running ef debu
tante stakes on Lone Oak.
f:20 p. m. Free vaudeville
acts.
7:30 p. m. Annual Oregon
- Purebred Breeders,
t p. m. Helen Hughes Show
boat. It p. m. Dance.
Midnight Gates close.
Garden club winning first in Its
division and Little Garden club.
Salem, second: Brooks Garden
club, third. ;
In the 4-H division, three girls
from Haines in Baker county did
what no other team of girls has
ever done at the state fair won
the livestock Judging contest. In
the team were Anna Bell Boesch,
15, Diane Loenning, IS, and Peggy
Maxwell, 18. To retaliate, 16-year-
old Dean VanLeuven of Coosi
county, entered the cake baking
contest with 23 girls. This contest
is one of the new features, spon
sored by the Oregon wheat com
mission with the prize set at $100
scholarship. Results of this will be
announced today.
(Stories also on pages 7, 2)
0UB SENATORS
WOII. 17-4
Royalty of
Claude Steusloff ef Salem (left) took all championships la- the Oregen state fair's Southdown sheep
division en opening day Monday. He is pictured above with two winning sheep. Merl CasUeman. pic
tured with Steusloff, assisted in the showing. (Farm phete for The Statesman )
Jam State pair
the Oregon state fair, with 68,804
all other one-day takes, totaling
race of the day, to break all one-
the midway coming out ; with 5 cent
cents and hamburgers at 35. Rides
rides for older youngsters duplicated
tots this year. New "scenery" around
Russ-Backed
Police Seize
19 Germans
By Richard K. 0MaHey
BERLIN, Sept. 6W;P-Russian-backed
German police broke into
an American office of the Berlin
city hall tonight and carried off
19 Germans of the rival western
police force, handcuffed' and in
chains. f
Then a Russian officer ordered
all Allied uniformed personnel to
leave the building.
The 19 had sought refuge there
earlier today from communist-led
gangs who smashed into the
building with battering rams and
forced the elected city govern
ment to withdraw to .western
Berlin.
The Soviet-directed Invasion-of
American property came as the
American, British, French and
Russian military governors con
ferred three miles away on steps
to end the 75-day crisis resulting
from the Russian blockade of the
city. They met for nearly six
hours In this sixth conference and
again broke up without comment
They will meet again tomorrow1.
The Soviet - supported police
forced their way Into the Ameri
can office after a towering Rus
sian major had requested liaison
officers of the three Western
powers to leave the building,
which is in the Soviet sector of
the city. The Western officers
stood firm and the Russians did
not press their demand.
Twenty-seven more Western
policemen still were hidden In the
British and French liaison offices
tonight. Western power liaison of
ficers repeatedly rejected demands
by the Russians and their German
police for information on them.
In their invasion of the VS.
office, the police looked through
filing cabinets but did nqt take
anything out.
The incidents at the city hall
again brought four-power rela
tions in Berlin to the breaking
point.
Lights burned late tonight in
the office of Gen. Luchis D.
Clay, U.S. military governor,
where be hurried after today's
four-power meeting. .Neither he
nor Col. frank Howley. the
American Commandant, made any
statement. f 3
Oregon's Southdown Flocks
Trammami OSaps (SpFP IHlapis
Lalboir To peon ainropaSjpn
Queen Juliana
Takes Regal
Role for Dutch
By Richard Tompkins
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 8. -JPy-
tyueen Juliana s ceremonious and
formal ascension to the rule of
the Netherlands ended today in
an inaugural that may never again
be surpassed in European royal
displays.
She actually took over the 50
year reign of Queen Wilhelmina
on Saturday, when the ailing
queen abdicated after a half-century
of guiding the destinies of
the Dutch. But today Wilhelmina's
daughter was in the regal role of
queen for the first time before
her people in a public appear
ance.
Her introduction began at 11
o'clock when she strode slowly
across the street from the royal
palace to the Nieuwe kerk, tra
ditional church of worship for the
royal family in Dam square. Here
she took the oath.
Juliana's investiture brought
together royal representatives
from the diminishing thrones of
Europe. The pageantry of Wilhel
mina's golden jubilee last week
and the climax of the ceremonies
of transition from Wilhelmina to
Juliana today also doubled the
800.000 population of Amster
dam.
In Dam square, facing the roy
al palace, the carillon atop of the
three-century-old royal residence,
sounded the first notes of "Wilhel-
mus." the national anthem, to sig
nal the start of the historic cere
mony of Investiture. The crowd
joined in singing.
Heralds In 16th century cos
tumes, chamberlains of the royal
household, civil guards and hon
ored citizens of Amsterdam pre
ceded the new queen, accompan
ied by her consort, . Bernhard,
prince of the Netherlands, as the
procession moved to the church.
Juliana was obviously nervous
. 1 1 .A J
as she sat in a rea-upnoisiereu
chair in the church. She glanced
frequently to the side, seeking
some prompting from her mother,
Wilhelmina, dowager princes of
The Netherlands. Wilhelmina was
seated in the first row
of .the
winff reserved for royal guests
Wilhelmina hardly toox ner
eyes off her daughter.
Perhaps to her daughters
Princess Beatrix and Irene Jul!
ana In her address made it plairi
that "to a aueen her duties as a
mother are as important as they
are to any other Netherlands
women."
Driver Injured
In Auto Crash
Abraham Tom. 1825 N. Front
t incurred fractured ribs In an
automobile collision Monday night
at the Hopmere store Junction ol
route 119 north of Salem.
State police said Tom was driv
ing a sedan which collided with a
coupe operated by Carl R. Ny
strom of Eugene. Both cars were
extensively damaged. The accident
happened about 8:15 p. m.
Tom was taken to Salem Mem
orial hosDitaL where attendants
said he was In good condition .ear
ly today.
r
art Opening Day
Ousted
SOFIA; Sept. C Donald E. Ewlng
4 - , . . , . IV.
American legation in Sofia.
Bulgaria, baa been ousted by
the Communist-dominated gov
ernment eu charges ef spying.
The 17. 8. state department lab
eled tne charge a frmsnewpu (AF
Wlrephote te The SUtesmaa.)
Oil Workers
Renew Talks
To End Strike
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept BMJPh-
The first Indication of renewed
peace talks in the three-day old
strike of 15,000 Pacific coast oil
workers came tonight,
The union announced it had ac
cepted the invitation of the state
conciliation service to reopen the
question of wages. At least one of
the companies involved, Shell Oil,
was reported to have agreed to
meet again with union negotiators
in San Francisco at 2 p. m. tomor
row.
Negotiations broke off primarily
over the wage question. The union
demanded 21 cents: they were of
fered 12tt.
Glenn Bowers, supervisor of the
State Conciliation Service, direct
ed telegrams to the struck com
panies and the union recommend
ing a wage conference "be con
vened promptly.
"Separate negotiations,'
"may be conducted
he said,
without
change in the traditional structure
of collective " bargaining agree
ments.
"This proposed renewal of nego
tiations at one location should soon
end the work stoppage which
now paralyzes the industry,
Earlier industry spokesman said
tonight the gasoline supply for far
western motorists could be deple
ted in about 10 days If the CIO oil
workers strike continues J
Most gasoline distributors Mon
day night attributed the weekend
"run on gasoline" to the Labor day
holiday but several admitted that
there was a alight "fright-scare?
here following the strike in Cali
fornia's oil industry. .
Thomas O. Wise, manager for
Union Oil company in Salem, said
that his, company stations had
some automobilers who "filled up'
in anticipation of gas shortages,
but said that his company antici
pated no great shortage of gasoline
unless the strike continued for
more than a week. I
All distributors ; questioned lo
cally Monday night believed! 'that
their companies could supply gas
oline for at least 10 days and all
had received orders to set aside a
25 per cent reserve for emergen
cies. Emergencies would! include
gasoline for fire, police, ambulance
and other emergency vehicles, dis
tributors agreed, i
John C. Emlen, general mana
ger of Shell Salem stations, said
he expected the gasoline supply to
become "most critical- after ;10
days of strike. j
Ha r land G. Brock, owner jof
Doolittle's service station, Center
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ana Manniereiu : mil cc us, auuu-
pates no real shortage and says the
station has a good ten day's sup
ply on hand. After that, he said,
he did not know what to expect.
Several of the other distributors
still were unable to state lust what
the situation would be after ten or
more days of strike.
BACKS BUSS POLICY
MANILA, Tuesday, Sept.
-Luis Taruc, admitted communist
eader of the Hukbalahap Guerril
las, openly urged Filipino peasants
today to
support Russia's policy In
Asia.
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Predicts Boom,
Bust Cycle if f
Demos Lose f
By Jack Bell ! t
DETROIT, Sept6 -ftf- Pres
ident Truman told a sunbaked
throng here today the i nation's
economic freedom will be threat
ened In an "era of fear if it elects
a "reactionary" republican admin
istration. ' -. .
Calling free labor "our -best bul
wark against communism. i. Mr.
xruman aeciarea: t .
"If you let republican reaction
aries get complete control of the
government, I would fear not only
for wages and living standards of
working men but even ( for I ; our
democratic Institutions of free la- .
bar and free enterprise.' ,
The crowd responded With
scattered applause as Mr. Truman.
in the third of six speeches sched-.
tiled for the day, predicted that if
the republicans gain control of the
White House as well as congress
there will be another "boom and
bust cycle." j J ,
"The boom Is for them and the
bust Is for you." he cried, f
The president, who earlier hi d
speeches at Grand Rapids 'fend
Lansing, sailed into the Tail
Hartley law. ' I I
It was, he said, one of the "body
blows' labor has suffered at ir.e
hands of the republicans, i i
"Two years ago," he sald,-fthe
people of this country and many
working men among them .secm
ed to feel that they wanted a
change. " '
"They elected the republican
eightieth congress and they got
their change. The republicans
promptly voted themselves a cut
in taxes and you got fcut - in .
freedom. f
He said the republicans "failed
to crack down on prices but they
cracked down on labor. ) i
He said that the Taft-Hartley
act adds up to "a dangerous
weapon In the hands of the cor
porations." (
Wltnoui caning oy nam vvv.
Thomas E. Dewey of New York.
his presidential opponent, Mr. ,
Truman .said that the typical fre
actlonary republican is Tm very
shrewd man" with "a calculating
machine whtre his heart ought to
be." i . I
Mr. Truman came to Detroit; icr
his biggest reception of the phy
after a vigorous punching ax;me
republicans and Ohio's ; Senator
Robert A. Taft In particular m
Grand Rapids and Lansings i
Independence
Youth Killed in
Auto Accident
Stanley Campbell, 18, Indepen
dence was killed and rus tnree
brothers injured Sunday after their
car overturned on a curve on high
way 212 near Rock Creek Junction
between Clackamas and J Carter.
Stanley Campbell was the driver.
Th thro brothers were taken
to Portland General hospital. John.
29, suffered a frsetured law and
shock. Julian, 28, received t rac
ture of the clavicle and shock. Matt
w. released from the hospital af
ter being treated for slight back
Injury. 1 . ' -
The four men were enroute to
Tndenendence where they had hop ;
picking jobs. John and Julian both
live in independence idqwh j
Gresham. ' J f.
decides his brothers. Stanley
Campbell Is- also , survived by ; his
parents in Greshatn. Funeral serv
ices are to be announced later by
the Holman. Hankins and Rlian
mortuary la Oregon City,? '.t I .
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