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b-0J0'0 O.E3 zjuz -CJ.c ,!:ono "O O : ODE: G O o .onpp o o.d. .on GO ,! Fate of 15,000 Unknown; Poison Gas Drifts Over Volcanic Hsle Appointed IlSOOll s CRT' May Save -I It " Jresident Truman launched his reelection campaign in Detroit Monday (his acceptance address ' and his speeches on his western tour were curtain-raisers). Har - old -Stassen gave 'a , rejoinder on . Tuesday. Governor Dewey is to open his campaign on September 20th. From here on out you'll have to stuff cotton in your ears if you want ; to avoid political oratory. j One trouble with modern po litical oratory is that it is apt to be synthetic. Presidents are busy people, and so are govern ors. The practice has grown up (probably it started a long time ago) to have some "writin feller" prepare the speeches. That wasn't true of Woodrow Wilson, who had a fine sense of rhetoric. He - wrote his own speeches and mess " ages, hammering them out on his own typewriter, so ' it was re ported. Franklin D. Roosevelt had a stable of writers: Robert tner wood, Sam Rosenmann, to turn out his fireside chats. Harry Tru man relies on others too, using " Rosenmann . part of the time, Clark Clifford and others. So far one cant detect that Harry Vaughn has written any of his speeches, though be has Truman's penchant for getting his foot in ' his mouth in speechmaking. Hen ry Wallace relies on a pinko lieutenant to work on his speeches. It sort of takes the edge off oeech when rou think it is ghost-written, that some catchy sentence has been hammered out by a backstairs wordsmith. Radio comedians buy gags like a maga zine buys cartoons. So far the gag-writers havent opened up the political market commercial ly, though it has possibilities. What is the thoughtful citizen to do as be listens to stump speeches? He should discount the catch-phrases and slogans, try to get at the meat of the discourse, if it has any. If a speaker (Continued on editorial page) Populace K 4 r x- - J Gen. De Gaulle Issues Gill for New Elections PARIS, Sept. 9-iTV-An official for Gen. Charles. De Gaulle called tonight for new national French elections. This was the first time De Gaul le had intervened during a cabinet crisis. Jacques Sous telle, secretary-general of De Gaulle's French Peo ple's rally (RPF), made a state ment to the press at a moment when: ;? . .-v '". 1, The veteran' radical socialist Henri Queuille had accepted for mally the nomination for premier of France. 2. Labor unrest flared through out France and her colonies. On the outskirts of Paris, work ers of the Renault automobile fac tory quit their jobs and battled with police as they marched to ward the center of the city. SousteHe's statement said: "After last October's municipal elections (in which the De Gaul list forces -won about 40 per cent of the votes) Gen. De Gaulle de clared it neccessary to five the na tion its voice as soon as possible. Today it Is even more neces sary to harmonize national repre sentation with the popular will Robert Ormond Case. Portland author, - was turned Thursday by Governor John Hall as stale of the deadly chlorines, was fall 'By Spencer Davis MANILA, Friday, Sept. HHJP) Deadly gases spewed from Hibok hibok volcano today, imperiling the last 15,000 Filipinos still on tiny Camiguin island. Ten hours had passed without word of their fate. The last message from the south Philippines island, where the vol cano has been in eruption for 10 days, was an urgent appeal for all ships in the area to come to the rescue. That i word came from Arturo Alcaraz; Philippines government volcano expert. Nothing has been heard from him since. He said acidic ash, probably one pounds 1651 I : ! i . ir''. - 1 ' I L " NINETY-EIGHTH YEAH 20 PAGES The Oregon Statesman, Salem. Oreaon, Friday. September 10. 1348 Price Sc No. 154 ft il in from the strike of refinery workers. coordinator. He will assist ing. He (ordered a mass evacuation solving prooiems resulting oi the island California There1 was one ray of cheer for anxious- officials here. This is the season Of the southwest monsoon. If it is blowing there it will carry the death-dealing gases away from; Camiguin s centers of popu lation, t Normally there are from 20 to 30 inter-island vessels somewhere in the vicinity. If they heard Al caraz's radioed appeal it was un likely they could reach the island before this morning. Newsf of what could be one of the great disasters of modern i j M a.: - thu.rh tH. xa nnrthurt etilH jcsierudjr ixi a lxanuc rC - a "- ;i i radio appeal for rescue ships. It Robert 0. Case Selected as Oil Coordinator PORTLAND, : Sept 9.-jP)-A1- has about 25 days' oil supply, of ficials took steps today to ration oil and gasoline should it become necessary. Gov. John H. Hall appointed was sighed by Alcaraz. Addressed To all ships at sea." it said: "Acute emergency at Camiguin Robert Ormond Case, Portland, lebone state co-Ordinator to work with representatives of other states in allocating stocks. He will meet with the others , in Los Angeles some time next ' week. for mass evacuation. Guinsiliban and Biaone designated embarka tion points. Tinone top priority to ships. I Rain of acidic ash, probably one of Halogens, has occurred. Or- Case, pttmiinent Oregon auth- der beg maintained." or, has been employed by the leg islative interim committee on highways and highway revenues, onous gases Halogens are the chlorine fam ily of elements which create pois- and prepared the committee's re cent report. Major Earl Riley said he would take the Initiative on rationing In Portland, should it be needed, and Alcaraz had predicted the pos- si Dimy or lust such an eruption. During the first six days of the outburst by the long-dormant mountain, about 36,000 persons asked the city attorney to study had been removed from the island. the legal aspects of the matter. (icture on page 13) Eaton Alone at Liquor Board Meet Kegi strations Designated at r itrv.i u, otrui. wvrtrk lone i i ' state liquor commissioner con- WnlAm Snhnnlc vened today for the regular com- OclJ-Clll, OLIJLUUlS mission meeting; and was unable to taxe any action. New pupils for Salem district Dr. Orvai Eaton. Astoria, con public schools which open next ducted routine .license hearmes. Monaays are to register today In but could not act on anything un- uie scnooi or tneir neighborhood tu at least one other commissioner or at tne appropriate junior or turns up. senior high school. Harrv D. Boivin. Klamath Falls. . Ae registration primarily af- was unable to get here for the meeting. Since Gov. John H. Hall discharged . Joseph Freck, there is no other commissioner. Weather fan Trsnclsco Chicago , Mew York Max. Min. Tnetp, . tS S3 J . M SI M .TlH M .79 . $1 .03 . S7 9 WUlamctt river -3.1 foet. rORZCAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. McMarr field, saiemi: comin ed fair today and tonisht. Hlh today bout.se. Vow tonisht near 93. Weath er excellent for all agricultural actlv- SALEM PKCCTPITATION (Sept. 1 to SepC !) This Tear MX LaatTeaf IN Averaso Animcl Cracltcrs By WARREN GOODRICH : "Yoif II nun year eyes, George How, put out jour light and go U sleep? Embargo on Oil Exports Slated fects boys and girls who will enter the first grade next week and thosei pupils who have moved into an area served by a different school ' than they attended last year- Children eligible for first grade must be 6 years old by November 15 this year. The Salem school district in cludes, besides eight grade schools. two . Junior highs and the senior high school, several suburban schools. iThese are the elementary and junior high school In West Baby Chicks Get Visitors V A ! .1.4 pv. Of c-.w 4- ; ?' 100-Acre Fire South of Gty Cuts Phones Salem perspired through the hottest day of the year Thursday a searing 08 and prepared for another scorcher this after noon. The skyrocketing temperature increased the fire danger in the area and 25 men of the Turner volunteer fire department battled i on siDoimi Baby chicks and baby docks In the poultry house Is one of the big moments for the youngsters at the fair. Here is Jacqueline Gor man, left. Carol DaMetx and Patsy Ann Gorman, all of Salem, gaga-eyed oyer the display In the cage. (Farm Phot for Statesman). Style Revue Tops Events At Heat -Dominated Fair By Xtllle L. Madsen Farm Editor. The Statesman Helen Wrolstad, 17, Hubbard, route 1, will go to Chicago as a re sult of winning the annual 4-H style revue of the 83rd Oregon state fair, to compete in the national contest of the 4-H congress. The revue was held Thursday. Miss ; Wrolstad, 1947 Clackamas county fair queen, wore a pink chambray evening dress to win the award. (Details on page S.) f The fair swung into its fourth record day attendance Thursday WASHINGTON. Sept 9 -4P- The government tonight announ- ced that a temporary embareo on - i fj i , , rati rJSrZZZ. rZZZ Middl Grove, Rickey, Prin " I le. Auburn and Swegle. w7o 11 ko 1VU1 C feet September 11 at 12.-0I a. m. Department of commerce offi- TT i M iT?A dais, in making the announce- U lllOllllien rOrCCU merit, said the embargo will af-1 rr w4 i xT 11 feet army and navy 4 shipments lOi UaCK WaUace, wuj ui ev uu,U iuct uaai com- i i - merdal vessebi. ll.OmmiftPf I nlrl i i WASHINGTON, Sept -PV- Two : congressional witnesses tes tified today that union "fear" tac tics are forcing New York fur workers to contribute money to Henry A. Wallace's presidential campaign. The witnesses told a house la bor subcommittee, headed by Rep. Max Schwabe (R-Mo), that un ion members are also under pres sure to support communist news papers. 'The workers live only in fear,' said Morris Goldner, president of the Independent Fur Manufac turers association. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8-P) Representatives for the six ma jor struck oil companies will meet tomorrow with California state conciliation service men in an ef fort to end the western states oil strike. GREEKS XEPEL YUGOSLAVS ATHENS, Sept 9 -V War Minister George Stratos said to night a group of Yugoslav troops had invaded Greece and had been thrown out He; appealed, for in ternational help to prevent a gen eral war in the Balkans. City Council to Meet in New Chambers Monday Remodeling of Salem city hall is far enough along to open the new council chambers for a council meeting next Monday night city engineering department officials predicted Thursday. Improvements in the old build ing also will include an elevator which made its initial test run Thursday and soon will be in reg ular operation. The elevator was necessitated by the remodeling project which this summer has been adding offices and storage rooms in the hitherto little-used third and fourth floors. The construction work has been under the general supervision of S.W. (Jack) Haines of the city engineer's office who estimates final cost of the remodeling will not exceed $40,000, as against an architect's estimate last year of 172,000. Principal savings have been in purchase for $500 of the elevator from the burned-out Guardian building and acquisition of 25 sur plus army barracks at the airport for $3,300. Low bid price for a new elevator rand installation last year was $17,000. Instead the city de cided; to; use the old but undam aged Guardian building elevator and do the work itself. The army barracks are provid ing much of the lumber for the remodeling. Haines said lumber from only 3 of the ojd barracks has been used so far, and has pro vided the equivalent Of $6,000 worth of lumber at current prices. The council chamber will have 108 theatre-type seats for the pub lic and will seat the councilmen and city officials around a semi circular continuous desk arrange ment on a raised platform. Otherf rooms will provide com plete quarters for the engineering department a municipal court room, city attorney's office, city conference room and rest rooms, all on the third floor. Storage space will occupy most of the fourth floor which has been fixed in such a way that city offices can later I be put in when growth of Salem warrants. ' with 30,721 to maintain its 5 per cent lead over the 1948 record week total, and 15 per cent paid attendance over 1947. For the second day the unusual ly warm weather (98) kept the . crowd somewhat smaller during j the afternoon with the cooler ; evening breeze bringing in 8,000 after 6 p.m. j Thursday, was mayors' day att the fair with 62 mayors attend ing as guests of the fair manage ment. They were welcomed offi cially by Mayor Robert L. FJf strom, who is also president of the League of Oregon Cities. A special section in the grandstand was reserved for the afternoon races as well as for the state fair Showboat in the evening. One Woman Mayer The only woman mayor, and among the first to register, was Mrs. Alcy J. Madden, Lonerock, the smallest incorporated city in Oregon and situated near Condon in the Blue Mountain region. Winner of the National Gar den Institution special was Mrs. W. H. Criteser of Garibaldi who exhibited the best 12 jars of as sorted canned vegetables. First and only grand cham Dion repeat thus far from last year's state fair in the 4-H com- Detition is Jerry Wipper. 14, oi Turner, who succeeded in two timing the top award in the mar ket fat lamb class. The police report "an unusually quiet fajr" from their standpoint. A tossing game was prohibited from being set up Thursday, E. W. "Hap" Hewitt, chief of fair grounds police, said. . Press Relaxes For an hour Thursday night the press and radio covering activi ties relaxed and enjoyed the hos pitality of the fair management at a buffet supper at the admin istration building. Averill Hansen, 19, Junction City, was named champion of the first annual 4-H sheep shear ing contest judged by O. N. Nel son, Oregon isiaie college ana Bruce Arnold, Portland, Pacific Wool Growers. Friday's big event is the 4-H and Future Farmers fat stock sale at 10 ajn., with 162 animals consigned, including 17 beef ani mals, 95 hogs and 51 sheep. Also to be offered for the first time at this sale' are two pens of poul try. The 4-H is selling 120 head, with the FFA 42. Major awards not yet decided include the 4-H healthiest boy and girl to be named at 10 ajn. Friday, and the winner of the so-called Dollar Dinner contest State, Fair Today Friday, Sept 10 4-H and FFA Day 8 a. m. Gates open. 9 a. . m. All exhibits open. 10 a.m. 4-H and FFA Fat stock auction. Choosing healthiest 4-H boy and girl. 11 a. m. Free vaudeville acts ,on midway, organ music, agricultural building, Eu gene municipal band con cert. ( 1:15 Horse races. Lone Oak. . Machinery demonstration. 6:30 Free vaudeville acts, midway. Eugene municipal band concert t p. m. Helene Hughes State Fair Showboat Horse show, pavilion. 10 p. m. State fair dances. 12 -. m. Gates close. Blaze Destroys Meat Packing Plant The Salem Meat Co. packing plant al 25th and Mission streets was destroyed by a $60,000 blaze early today. Salem firemen were till battling the blase at 3:15 this Booming. Thee blase, which, started short ly after midnight broke out in tne smoking rooms of the pack ing plant A series of explosions spread the flasne over the entire OcUkUng. A new section of the structure .was also engulfed. Fire saen were fighting lo save the offices, from wnicn tne recoi'iu and equipment had been re saoved, ana tne stock yards. A large ejuuiUty of meat was de stroyed in the fire, bat no animals wer endangered. Owner - Manager Ernest Crys tal estimated the loss at $6tf,W and said no plans had been form ats ted as yet for reconstmcuon. Tabnadge in Georgia Saddle ATLANTA Sept. 9 (P-Herman Talmadge returned to power in Georgia today on a "white supre macy" platform and a wave of resentment against the federal ci vil rights program. His nomination for governor in yesterday's democratic primary was overwhelming and a special session of the legislature seemed assured to inaugurate him early in November. Gov. M. E. Thompson, his rival since the hectic days of the "dual government" 20 months ago, con ceded defeat. From 1,657 out of 1,763 precincts gave him 336,022 to 291,728 for Thompson,, and a county unit mar gin of 322 to 88. Monday Suggested For Big 4 Conclave WASHINGTON, Sept 9 -P) The United States told Russia to day that . tomorrow is too soon to reopen talks on the fate of Italy's war-lost colonies, and sug gested Monday instead. The Russians suggested that the talks start in Paris tomor row. Secretary of State Marshall, in a memo to the soviet emoassy, said the U. S. was "wholly agree able" to the Paris meeting. But he said the American delegation could not be briefed arid dis patched In time to get to Paris tomorrow. a 100-acre biaae south of Salem before bringing it under control. Telephone wires leading soutn along tne old PacUic hignway be tween Sunnyside and Jilahe schools were cut when the. lire destroyed five poles. Fifty-eight wires leading south from Saiem to Albany and &ugene were cut by the blaze, interrupting long distance and radio broadcast operations. Radio programs at the Salem stations went on as scheduled through rerouted lines via Klam ath rails and The Dalles. Four construction crews with about oO men worked from 5 pjn. until 11 p.m. tp lay temporary lines along the ground. The blaze started about 4 p.m. and the fint circuit was back in operation at 8:45 p.m. Thursday. Stabble Field Barns Another blaze burned over sev eral acres of stubble field just south of the Salem city limits Thursday afternoon before it was brought under control by the Four Corners fire department. The fire started from a trash fire between Baxter and Fabry roads just off highway 99E. Keep Oregon Green association headquarters in Salem issued an urgent appeal ' to all citizens to be on the alert for forest fires. The humidity at Salem Thurs day was 20, well below the crit ical mark. Logging operations in western Oregon have been brought to a standstill because of the fire danger. Little Relief In Sight While the weatherman offered little relief from the heat for today he reported that Saturday may see the start of cooler weath er in the Willamette valley. Thursday's 98 degrees hot test day since July 20, 1946's 105 was too much for two women at the state fairgrounds. First aid men treated the pair over come by heat and exhaustion. Two Redmond high school boys got a surprise cool-oil irom ine day s heat They were louing on the state library lawn when the automatic sprinkling system started spouting. The youths were cooler, but very, very wet Russ Flekl Muscles j ' 1 ' ' ' 1 V 1; . I I . i f In European Zone, Fire on BERLIN, Sept. 9 - VP) Berlin ers - Soviet planes prowled the, skies of Northern Europe today and Soviet ships cruised in the Sal tic off Denmark in the greatest sjhoW of Russian strength since the "end of the war. There was little doubt in military minds here that the Soviet activity was a carefully planned military show designed to Im press! Europe with Soviet armed might in view of the EasUWest crisis! in Berlin. . . x !''' ' The moves also were apparently designed to take some of tha edge off the Anglo-American airlift to Berlin and the impressive joint British-American air maneuvers over Britain in the last week, IVkimlawl tari t H Anff1n.Amarian Amv manantrara at ro f sn uia.K1 Vwvvt waa s aaav aaftavcuA a.a ui aaaviuwva an ji a o- 9 the picture reminded many of the Europe armed camp of 1938 and 1939. At Grafenwohl in the American zone of Germany, a, defensive force jis practicing warding j off a superior "aggressor" force attack-, ing from the East . I L I . 9 ' The usual Soviet practice is to cloak their armed forces with the greatest secrecy. Today however high-flying: Soviet fighters i cnsc crossed over Berlin leaving vapor trails in the sky. j- Giant Anti-Red Rally Scene of Shooting BERLIN. Sept 9-P-Street fighting inwhich shots were fired by Russian soldiers and their Soviet-supported German police tonight cost the life of at least one Berliner and wounded an undetermined number of others. 1 ! . ! I J; The clashes occurred near the historic Bradenburger gate after 200,000 Germans had demonstrated in a nearby square against the Communist drive for power over the blockaded city. i " . It was a meeting which dwarfed-all previous rallies In post-war ' Berlin. The Communist-sponsored Socialist unity party (Sed) tonight . called; upon -the workers of Berlin" to mass for a big counter-dem onstration Sunday. . 1 I r Part of the home-going throng stoned three i Russian soldiers in Jeep. They tossed rocks at the massive memorial the Red army erected to the conquest of Berlin. One demonstrator climbed atop the memorial and tore down a 'Russian flag. I I I i : Soviet troops that rushed to the scene fired .their tommyguns. Russian-controlled German police fired pistols on- demonstrators on the Soviet side of the historic granite gat which is the dividing line between the Russian' and British sectors of Berlin. Russian mili tary police drove a Jeep through the ftate into the British sector and fired .tommyguns into the air until British-conxrouea ponce ana sol diers persuaded the crowd, to disperse. I ' . ' ,, L Truman Determined to Hold Berlin WASHINGTON. Sept. 9-0P)-President TrUman today underscor ed American determinationi to stay in Soviet-blockaded Berlin and a White House visitor quoted him as saying W will not be pushed out" I ' j i I As the crisis over the German capital tightened, Mr. Truman told a news' conference: The United States Is standing Up for. Its rights! in Berlin, but w are still seeking a peaceful settlement with Russia. ! ; 1 i S About an hour later Mr. Truman received; David Dublnsky, AFX. union Header at the White House and discussed the Berlin situation with him. Dubinsky told newsmen he asked jlhe president for the fullest protection" for trade! unionists in Germany against communist out of Ber- reprisal "in the event we dre pushed out of Berlin." , He said Mr. Truman repliedj We will not! be pushed lin. Marion County I to Contribute 4 Men To First Draft Call PORTLAND. Sept 9-iflVMaJ. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea said today that Oregon's 30 selective Service boards will call up 78 men in Nov ember for the first peacetime draft The! state selective service di rector said each board will furnish at least one Inductee, with; Mutl nomah county's five boards prob ably supplying five men each, and Marion and Lane county boards four men. each. i The inductees will be taken from the 25-year old group. There wui be no lottery; men win be chosen in order of age oldest first . Rilea said examinations jwiU be conducted in October; to decide which men are qualified. j LIGHT "IRON LUNGS" NEW HAVEN, Sept Cheap, featherweight "iron lungs for pplio victims can be made from rubberized cloth or trans parent plastic, two Yale juniver sity scientists said today. I Snafu-Seekers Find Fertile j Field in Export License Bureau WASHINGTON, Sept 9-(P)-As-tonlshed senators dug up these as sorted facts today about this gov ernment's export license program: 1. Nails 2Vx and 3 inches long - - badly needed to build homes --were exported last .year as shoe tacks." 2 A woman government clerk Issued permits to export more than 2.000.000 pounds of lard during a period when the quota was 199, 000 pounds. 3. A man under suspicion in con nection with forged licenses was put on a "watch list" and then two weeks later granted a permit to export a million dollars worth of rice. 4. Government officials here continued to use a perforating ma chine to validate licenses for five months after they learned a sim ilar machine was turning out for ged licenses. They explained they lacked $750 to change the origin al machine. i ' ! S. A New York City exporter told about paying $9,400 for two permits to ship flour to BraziL He said the money went to another exporter who previously testified to paying more than $29,000 for 15 export permits that senate in vestigators say were forged. f Chairman Ferguson i (R-Mich) of the senate investigating sub committee finally observed that "It is impossible to tell What went out of this country under the ex port system." ; I But Wallace S. Thomas, jdirector of export operations for the office of International trade, assured senators that a new check-up had been Installed at the start of this month. He said It should eliminate most Irregularities including the forged permits. Truman to L Head West iii FaUampaign By The Associated Press President Truman plans to head west for an intensive two weeks stumping campaign. His itinerary, announced yester day is similar to one to be fol lowed by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, the republican nominee. Mr. Truman's western swing will carry him all the way to the west coast Major addresses will be made in at least four western states, the opening speech being scheduled at Dexter, Iowa,; Sept 18 at a farm raUy. j i: ' Following the Dexter kick-off address, Mr. Truman is scheduled to make major addresses at Den ver September 20. Salt Lake Sep tember 21, San Francisco Septem ber 22 and Los Angeles Septem ber 23.' iij ' y- He make make talks in Color ado Springs. Pueblo and Glen- wood Springs while in 1 Colorado, and several platform talks along; the route, the White House said, i Nicholas I Granet chairman of the Multnomah county Democratic Central committee, said otday that President Truman would stop in Oregon in mid-October.; TT r - I V Midwest Temperature Sinks Below Freezing CHICAGO. Sept J- ml The midwest got a foretaste of fall to day. I .j i . I. The first freezing tempers turea of the season dropped the mercury to 30 degrees in Williston, N.D, and an overnight frost was fore- tast for the lowlands of Minnesota and Wisconsin. ' ! I oun seiiatoiis v' j; j Js Lcsl . ? i 1 1 : "'I ':. I . .. , - . : : . j ; - u 1 j: i r t -s