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Shady lawnsst center mt the Oreron state f aJrtroan ds are popular with! j fairceers restinr between
irht dnrinr hot weather Monday and Tuesday. Clear skies lent 4 spectacular aspect to the fair
and yesterday's breexe helped modify temperatures that reached 89 on the" official Salem weather
boreaa thermometer and doobtless higher in crowded fairrrounds ares.: (Farm photo for The States-
man.) . - - '
The CIO oil workers' union chose
propitious time tor puiung a
strike. They caught their employ
ing companies not with their pants
down but with their pockets bulg
ing with proms running iw u
half year as much as 100 per cent
-. At- nan'nH B
over UK correspuuv"" t-
year ago. And the companies
Z. o-vaotlv' nnnr in 1947.
From "the stockholders stand-
point me ous nave wh
ites this year as earnings zoomed
under the combination of huge de
mand and high selling prices.
jRrice markups were justified , as
necessary to keep wildcatters on
the prowl for newfields; hut the
earnings nave Deen xerrmc i
v Hre are the per share earnings
of companies now suuc.
first half of 1943 as compared with
ail of 947: " " ' .V '
Standard of California $557 for
six months, $8.25 for all 1947.
Texas Co. $5.07 for six months;
$750 for all 1917.
Shell Union of which Shell Oil
is a subsidiary, $4.15 for six
months; $4.44 for all 1947.
Richfield $2.12 for six months;
$256 for all 1947.
Tide Water Associated '$3.09 for
six months, $4.57 for all 1947.
- Union Oil $3.42 for six months,
$3.85 for all 1947. j
The ad inserted by thejoil com
panies ' says wages on fne offer
made would show an increase of
83 per cent since 1941. There is
scarcely a major company oh the
coast whoso earnings are not run
ning at least 50 per cent over last
year.
Maybe wages of the oil com-
Kny workers are high enough,
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Mac Slaps at
Soviet Policy
-TOKYO, Wednesday, Sept. 8-6F)-General
MacArthur has sharp
ly criticized Russia for failure to
fulfill her agreement to repatriate
Japanese, prisoners of World War
H.
. Allied headquarters reported a
letter. In MacArthur's behalf, was
sent to Lt. Gen. Kuzma N. Derevy
anko on Friday saying that for 15
months Russia has failed to abide
by the agreement. '
"... Reliable information avail
able to the supreme commander
indicates that conditions approach
ing slave labor continue to apply
to the estimated more than 900,000
Japanese still held by the Soviets,"
It added that allied headquart
ers had complied explicitly with
11 provisions of the repatriation
agreement of Dec 19, 1948 "and
expects other signatory . , . to do
likewise."
Animal Croclters
By WARREN GOODRICH
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sA fa spend good momey for
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The contest is on for naminr the
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Holsteia .herd, and the two Grimes: children, Edna May, 5, (right)
and Lee Allen, 4. are assisting in telling 4-II members aboat the
eompetition. (Farm photo for The Statesman.)
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Amazement shews in the 'eyes of
y f-year-old Jim Breithanpt, son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Breithanpt
of Klamath Falls, as he- listens
to hia own voice repeated back
to him hut after he had talked
into the telephone at a state fair
exhibit. (Photo by Don Dill.
Statesman staff photographer.)
Second Suit Filed in Attemnt to
Outlaw Power Franchise Vote
Marion county's election scene
became more complicated Tues
day when a second suit was filed
in the county circuit court here
blasting at the constitutionality
of a proposed Salem Electric
company franchise ordinance, f
The initiative measure which
would expand ; Salem Electric's
power outlets in the . Salem area
is slated to go beore city voters
in the November - 2 election. The
suit filed Tuesday is the second
one, directed against! it and its
manager, Harry B. Read.
Portland General Electric -company
and Joseph H. Randall, also
plaintiffs in the first suit filed
last week, brought the complaint
Tuesday. They seek a court de
claratory judgment declaring the
franchise ordinance to be uncon
stitutional and void. They also
ask the order to determine the
"rights and status of the com
pany and Read.
A similar suit, slated for ini
!
new; twin calves In the Grimes farm
Offices,
Stores to Close
At Noon Today
City offices and downtown
stores will close at noon today
in; observance of Salem day at the
state fair.
Offices and businesses to remain
open as usual include those of
Marion county, the state, the post
office, banks and foods stores.
fWe have no legal right to close
county offices," County Judge
Giant Murphy said Tuesday. He
added, however, that most offi
ces ; I would . probably maintain
skeleton crews only to permit em-
fpldyes to attend the fair.
Operators of major . food mar
kets and smaller stores indicated
they would operate as usual to
care for perishable shipments.
Tlie Salem public library will
clcjse at noon. Librarian Hugh
Morrow said. All city offices ex
cept the police and fire depart
ments will be included in the noon
closing ruling by City Manager
J.il Franzen.
Weather
Max.
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Portland
Sail Franciaco
Chicago
New York
S2
Willamette river S.1 feet.
FORECAST (from VS. weather bu
reau; McN'ary field. Salem): Fair to
day and tonight with continued warm
afternoon temperatures.- High temper
ature today 90: low tonight 50. Weather
favorable- today and tomorrow for all
farm activities.
SALEM PKECIPITATIOV
(From Sept. 1 tm Sept. S)
ThU Year
Last Year
Average
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tial ; hearing Thursday, seeks an
order restraining Marion County
Clerk Harlan Judd and City Re
corder Alfred Mundt from plac
ing: the measure on the ballot.
As stated in the companion in
junction suit the complaint filed
Tuesday contends that Salem
Electric does not qualify as a
public utility, that if the ordi
nance passes PGE would 'be dis
criminated against in the matter
of ; tax competition, that PGE tax
moriey'would be used by the city
to furnish information on the
franchise measure, that the word
ing l of the measure is "mislead
ing: and indefinite, and that the
franchise violates the Oregon
constitution because Salem Elec
tric is not entitled to public
utility 'rights.
In addition to Judd and Mundt
other defendants include Mayor
XL! I. Elfstrom, Attorney General
George Neunor an Salem city
coundlmen.
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Besieged
City Hall
Cleared
BERLIN, Wednesday, Sept. 8
(Jt)- Nineteen western zone Ber
lin policemen were kidnapped by
rival Russian-backed police and
soviet tommy-gunners today as
they left the Berlin city hall un
der a Russian safe conduct guar
antee.
Their release has been nego
tiated by the French with the
Russians.
They had been cornered in the
city hall in the soviet sector
of this divided blockaded city
since Monday. They had taken
refuge in the western allies'
liaison offices in the building.
About three blocks from the
city hall, after they were releas
ed along with 11 American, Brit
ish and French liaison officers
and correspondents, they were
flagged down by two jeeploads
of Russian soldiers.
As the convoy stopped, about
20 soviet zone police jumped out
from behind a building and sur
rounded the western zone group.
Another four jeeploads of Rus
sian tommy gunners drew up from
behind. Then another truck car
rying about 65 more soviet sec
tor police roared up. It seemed
obvious the affair was a care
fully planned trap.
French officers protested and
explained that Maj. Gen. Alex
ander Kotikov, the Russian com
mandant for Berlin, had agreed
to give the western zone police
men safe conduct to the French
zone of the city.
They argued for an hour.
The soviet sector police then
loaded their 19 rival officers into
an empty truck, which rolled
away.
The Russians ended their hun
ger siege of city hall a short
time before this incident and two
French trucks bearing the be
sieged party of western zone offi
cials -and newspapermen were
permitted to leave.
The city hall has been besieg
ed since Monday when communist-led
demonstrators stormed
the building and forced the
elected city government to re
treat to western Berlin.
Edict Requires
48-HourWeek
At Institutions
A recent ruling of the state civ
il service .commission for a 48
hour week for state Institution
employes was announced Tuesday
by William C. Ryan, director of
state institutions.
Ryan said this directive, when
in operation, would tend to in
crease the operating costs of the
institutions and make it necessary
for the next legislature to boost
their appropriations. At some of
the state institutions employes
nave worked SO hours a week.
"We have endeavored to have
this ruling modified but the civil
service commission has been ob
durate and refuses to yield," Ryan
declared.
Gov. John H. Hall, when ad
vised of Ryan's statement, said
this would' be a matter for the
1949 legislature to consider. Ryan
said completion of a number of
new buildings at the state institu
tions also would demand more em
ployes. The shorter work week for state
institution workers has long been
sought by the Oregon State Em
ployes association and a number
of labor organizations.
Mi t chum Indicted
In Narcotics Case
LOS ANGELES, Sept. T.-iJP)-Movie
Actor Robert Mitchum and
Actress Lila Leeds with two other
personswere indicted by the Los
Angeles county grand jury today
on charges of possessing marijua
na and criminal conspiracy.
Also indicted were Vickie Ev
ans, 25-year-old dancer, and Rob
in Ford, 31, real estate agent.
Mitchum, 31, Miss Leeds, 20,
and the others were arrested last
Wenesday in a raid on a secluded
cottage and were booked on suspi
cion of violating narcotics laws.
MRS. LUCE'S BROTHER DIES
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept
7 -JPy- D. F. Boo the, believed to
have been the pilot of a plane
which crashed at sea Sunday, was
identified tonight as the brother
of former congresswoman Clare
Boo the Luce of Connecticut.
LAVA LEVEL RISING
TOKYO, Wednesday, Sept. 8-VPy-
A rise of 164 feet in the level
of molten lava on the crater of
Mdunt Asama one of Japan's
largest active volcanoes was re
ported by the ILS. army today.
Fair Crowds
Harness Races
Draw Small
Betting Total
Br LUlie L. Madsen
Farm Editor. The Statesman
Harness races may be nice from
the spectator's viewpoint but they
don't pay out well, state fair
officials announced Tuesday at
at the close of the second day of
the pari-mutuel play of the 1948
Oregon state fair. The take was
but $23,745 in comparison to
$3 1,974 on the second day of last
year when running races pre
dominated. Officials also said that the
Tuesday races were an experi
ment which will not be repeated.
Today's races will include eight
running with only the Governor's
handicap set for 4:30. Governor
John Hall will be a special fair
guest for the day.
Feature of the Tuesday race
was when Jockey R. W. Black was
fined $25 for rough riding astride
"Irene Angel" during the only
running race of the afternoon. He
was also suspended for a period of
10 days for misconduct following
the assessing of the fine. Black
washout in front at the beginning,
however, and won by nine lengths
Attendance Holds Up
Attendance continued to hold
up in comparison to the 1947 count
for the second day which totaled
20,868. Tuesday's total was 22,318
with paid admissions at 15,406
well over 500 more than a year
ago.
Beneath the betting stands in the
pavilion. Chin Uppers were re
joicing Tuesday that they had
taken in $200 on opening day for
sales of materials in their booth.
Gertrude Fisher and Dolores
Meyer, both of Salem, who are in
charge of the booth reported that
patronage of fair-goers was very
good to the physically handicap
ped. Marion county did very well
throughout the judging on the
second fair day. Merle Pearson
of Turner won the coveted Golden
Bell for the best pen of four
sheep in any breed of either sex
on his Shropshire display. Claude
Stuesloff, Salem, won the prize
awarded the best fitted and kept
flock of sheep on display.
Marion county 4-H club con
testants made a clean sweep of the
two top places in the sheep show
manship contest with Floyd Fox,
17, Silverton, named champion,
and Jerry Wipper, 14, Turner,
runner up. Both winners showed
Southdowns.
To Receive Trophy
Fox will receive the Anthol
Raiey perpetual trophy and a
scholarship to the 1949 Four-H
summer school. Wipper will also
receive a summer school scholar
ship, both provided by the state
fair.
With open classes at the fair
livestock judging almost up to
schedule, only a few classes are
left to Judge today. The swine di
vision was not yet completed and
some horses were left to be Judged.
In cattle, only the Red Polls are
not yet started.
One feature of today will be
the grand sweepstakes winner in
the hothemakers division to be
announced Wednesday afternoon.
Superintendent Anne Hunt Mc
Kenno said. The winner must be
a resident of Oregon and will have
compiled the most points in the
combined textile and cooking com
petition of the fair. A refrigerator
is the first prize.
(Additional details on pages 2,
3, 6, 7 and 14.)
Humidity Low
Over Oregon
PORTLAND, Sept. 7 -(JPh- Ris
ing temperatures and, plummeting
humidity readings in the western
Oregon forests today increased the
fire hazard conditions that normal
ly suspend logging.
The weather bureau reported
humidity was down to 16 at Mc
Kenzie bridge ranger tower and at
Medford, at 19 in Eugene, 20rln
Salem, 25 at Roseburg and 26 in
Portland.
Temperatures at the same time
soared to a high of 94 at Medford.
The mercury stood at 90 in Rose
burg, 89 in Salem, 84 in Klamath
Falls, 85 in Portland and 91 in
Eugene.
Logging normally suspends
when the humidity drops to 30
per cent.
TO POLICE BENES FUNERAL
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Sept.
7 -JPy- The Czechoslovak minis
try of the interior said tonight it
was guarding against any attempt
to hold demonsrations at the fun
eral of former President Eduard
Benes tomorrow.
PORTLAND SCHOOLS OPEN
PORTLAND, Sept. 7.-(P-Port-land
schools opened today with
enrollment going up to 46,905, an
increase of 1,735 over last year.
Less Tlpinil EbttSlht
Off asoDflDDe Dim
Gasoline Sales
Rise Rapidly
In Salem Area
Salem service stations did a brisk
business Tuesday as motorists con
tinues to "fill 'er up" and store gas
oline in containers to avert the
threatened shortage due to the Pa
cific coast oil industry tieuf).
A total of 20 service station op-,
erators polled by The Statesman
reported their gasoline trade had
increased from 25 to 50 per cent
daily since CIO oil workers walk
ed out at California's oil fields.
All said they had notyet been
forced to effect rationing, but
pointed out that some restriction
would be put into effect within 10
days if the strike continues.
Five major oil company distrib
utors supplying retail stations re
ported their stocks of gasoline di
minishing rapidly, especially the
premium quality. One company's
spokesman said the firm's storage
tanks of premium gas were down
to 25 per cent of normal, and that
distribution of this grade has dis
continued.
By agreement all petroleum die
tributors will maintain their gas
oline stocks at a minimum of 25
per cent of normal. The emergen
cy supply will be used to supply
state and city police and fire
equipment.
' One oil company official ex
pressed concern over persons stor
ing gasoline in containers, point
ing out that the fire danger is ex
treme. He reported that service
station operators have been in
structed to discourage the practice.
Stassen States
Truman Fails',
Rebuttal Talk
DETROIT, Sept 7 -W) Presi
dent Truman was tabbed by
Harold E. Stassen tonight as i
"complaining" failure who has re
sorted to "demagogic appeals" in a
bid for election.
Turning official republican fire
on Mr. Truman's one-day political
foray into industrial Michigan
and Ohio, Stassen told a whistling
cheering crowd of 3,000 here that
the president "cannot furnish the
essential leadership' tha country
needs.
In a speech billed as the official
kickoff of the republican presi
dential campaign, Stassen drew a
lusty cheer with the assertion that
the GOP is "driving the red
herring out of the official waters
of the Potomac" with congres
sional inquiries into communist
activities.
Mr. Truman ' has said these
probes are only a red herring to
take the people s minds on nign
prices.
"Toe many red herring nave
been in Washington for too long a
time," Stassen declared. "The
president should help man the red
herring nets instead of complain
ing against the fishermen."
Stassen said that Mr. Truman
had "dishonored labor with an
extreme demagogic appeal to set
class against class."
14-Year-Old Wins
Furniture, Names
20-Year-Old Tune
Joyce Kasper, 14, won a verita
ble shipment of household furn
ishings Tuesday when she correct
ly identified by telephone a 20-year-old
dance tune, "Valencia,
on an afternoon radio program
from Los Angeles via KEX. The
daughter of Mrs. W. H. McAllis
ter, 840 Trade st, she won a gar
bage disposal unit, set of dishes,
registered mirror, hassock, electri
cal roaster oven, set of luggage
and two rugs.
Northeastern Oregon ,
Back on Standard Time
PENDLETON, Ore.. Sept 7-UP)
Northeastern Oregon was back on
standard time today as Pendleton
and La Grande moved their clocks
back.
Other communities in Union
and Umatilla county previously
turned their clocks back or did
so today. Baker swucnea xrom
daylight saving time last weekend.
Larger Tfiam
State Fair Today
Wednesday
: Sept 8 ,
! Salem-Governor's Day
S a.m. Gates Open .
9 ajn. Fntare Farmers
Swine Judfinr j
lt a.m. Demonstration, Jun
ior Building
11 ajn. Free Vaudeville
acts, Midway
Orran Mnsle, Ag Building
Eat ene- Band concert
1 pjn. Horse races. Lone
oak ;
Award of Grand prizes, Ag
baUdinr
Farm Machinery demonstra
tion 4:30 pjn. Governor's han
dicap 6:30 pan. Free vaudeville
acta, Midway
S p-m. Helene Hashes
;Showboat
10 p-m State fair dances
Midnight Gates close
Firm to Rebuild
Razed Sawmill
Atj West Salem
A $50,000 rebuilding and lm
provement project for the burned
out West Salem Lumber Co. mill
on Wallace road just north of
Glenn Creek road wag announced
Tuesday by Ernest Parcher, man
ager, who hopes the new mill will
be completed by November.
The mill was destroyed by fire
July 25, and only planing work
has been done there1 since. The
planing will continue while re
building progresses at the present
site.
The new mill will have a ca
pacity of 30,000 board feet per
eight-hour shift Parcher said, and
will be fitted with the latest type
of equipment Including a double
circular -head rig with vertical
edges' and addition to the plant of a
new re-saw unit
Building and operation of the
mill Upon completion will be su
pervised by O. V. Snider, Portland
man Who has just been added to
the incorporation which includes
Parcher, to become sales manag
er and log buyer; Norman L. Acoff,
retail i manager, and J. Norman
Acoff of Los Angeles.
The mill will resume employ
ment'of about 45 men when lt is
in full operation. ,
Growers push
Crop Harvests
An ! attempt Is being made by
bean and hop growers to complete
their harvests by the time school
starts, William BaiLbe, manager
of the Salem office of the state
employment service, 1 said . Tues
day, j
"Pickers are badly, needed In
the Independence hop fields ' and
Stayton bean yards, Balllle stat
ed. Workers may drive out to the
fields or they may use the free
transportation provided each mor
ning at the Salem office between
6 and 8:30 o'clock.
The beans, Baillie said, are of
the late variety and are "In fine
shape." Both bean and hop yards
have 1 camping facilities. An OSES
office at Independence wil direct
worxers 10 yaras. '
New French
Cabinet Falls
PARIS, Sept. 7 -JP)- Premier
Robert Schuman's French govern
ment! resigned tonight 64 hours
after (lt had been laboriously put
together.
Members of the cabinet sub
mitted their resignations to Pres
ident i Vincent Aurioll when they
failed, to receive a' majority vote
on a technical question in tne
chamber of deputies. The cabinet
went ! under on its' 'first test of
strength.
Duping its short life the cabi
net, the second headed by Schu
man, ; ordered a cost of living
bonud of 42,500 francs (8.33) to
almost all French office and in
dustrial workers.
The bonus had been accepted
by labor unions, but with protes
tations that lt was not enough.
The cabinet did not last long
enough to take any other actions.
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Strike Sept. 17
PORTLAND, Sept 7 ' -lfP) A
spokesman for the oil induct jy
here reported . tonight , the north
west area has 18 days pf premium
gasoline and 27 days I of regular
gas in storage. ?; f -
The announcement followed re
lease of a west coast survey miico
by the Voluntary allocation com
mittee of the struck oil firms end
was released by Reese H. ?Taylor,
president of the Union Oil com
pany of California. ? f
He said the total supply repie
sented about 25.5 days' norm-1
gasoline consumption.: .'
Other oil products in the north
west appeared in good supply. -
By the Associated Press
Already in the grip of three
major strikes, the nation Wtfl-i
nesday was threatened with a
fourth work stoppage which CIO
union leaders said would ! cripple
the country's telephone service. '
The Association of: Communi
cation Equipment Workers. whco
25,000 members install telephone
equipment, announced lt had t
September 17 for a strike of Bell
telephone workers in 43 states.
Meanwhile strikes In the ciL
trucking and shipping industries
continued and there wereno in
dications ,of any early settlement
of any of the three disputes.
Gas rationing In far weste Tn
states loomed- as a possibility i-s
the strike of 15.000 CIO oil rcife.
ery workers remained unsettled. '
An industry spokesman pre
dicted west coast motorists would
be without gasoline the latter pait
of next week If a settlement is
not reached in the wage dispute.
SheU Oil Co, while it talked
over the wage Issue with union
people today, obtained a tempor
ary restraining order f to prevent
mass picketing at its Martinez.
Calif- plant. . ' . e
State conciliators last night an
nounced that four more major
oil companies involved in . the
coast strike had agreed to -reopen
wage negotiations with the union.
Conciliator Glenn Bowers said
Union Oil would meet with repre
sentatives of the onion In Los An
geles at 2 p. m. today, and Stand
ard Oil would renegotiate both
at Richmond and El Segundo
Thursday. Associated OU will
meet union representatives-in S&n
Francisco on Friday, :
PORTLAND, Sept ; 7-jrp)-Ap-proximately
1,000 ' CIO telephone
equipment workers will walk cut
in Oregon and Washington in 1K
September 17 strike,, union clfl-
dals said here today. ;
Eggs Greet
Republican
- KINGSPORf,Tenn4sept..7-iiin
-Hillbilly Singer Roy Acuff and
Republican National , Committee
man B. Carroll Reece were target
of a fruit and egg barage here
tonight i ;
Acuff, republican candidate for
governor, was hit by a grapefruit
Reece, former chairman of the re
publican national committee and
republican candidate for U. S.' sen
ator, was struck by an unidenti
fied missile. 1 j
The candidates addressed
campaign crowd estimated at more
than 10,000 persons in an auto
mobile parking lot. j . -
CROSS BURNS IX, GEORGIA
VALDOSTA, Ga, Sept! 7 -On
About 20 robed but unmasked
klansmen burned a. cross; in the
negro section of this south Geor
gia town tonight on the
eve !
the state s democratic
election. ?
primary
ROOSEVELTS KIN TO WED
NEW YORK, Sept
Edith Kermit Roosevelt, 20-year-old
granddaughter ... of Theodore ;
Roosevelt will be married tomor
row to Alexander Barmine, 40-year-old
ex-soviet diplomat. .
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