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7 !-! . S I . ! ! f ; i ; I i : ' i f i I ' f, CHJ WD ODD PS UD Today exhibitors and .conces sionnaires fold theix tents at the fair ground and noisily rattle way. They .will unlink the f erris wheel and the Cy-o-plane, pack up the kewpie dolls and the pea nut roasters: They, will carry borne the blue ribbons and the red and yellow and white. They will trundle the tractors off the grounds, and haul away the Jer seys and the Romneys and the Poland ririar Four-H-ers and Future Farmers will bead for borne, and school, and ... fresh "projects." And the people will scatter to cherish memories of the best state fair in history and look forward to another-in 1949. It is interesting and instruc tive to view the ' exhibits, the choice fruits of farm and kitchen, of orchard and forest and fac tory. The display of power ma chinery was most impressive: power in big doses like the great tractors or in bitty fragments like garden tractors. And tools for all occasions: drilling post boles, scooping up manure, for spraying and dusting and culti vating. Pushbutton farming, to be sure; but a farmer still needs lots of push. But a state fair is chiefly peo ple, lots of people, all kinds of people: kiddies getting thrills out of the rides, young couples going through the tunnel of love; crowds T"irifrig in the quarter stretch or Jamming the lobby be fore the betting wickets; crowds on the midway; pitchmen hawk in rimeracks: tired women sit ting on the benches; youngsters racing like quarterbacks through holes in the crowd. , Giving a twist to Lincoln's say ing, they must be. common peo ple there are so many of them. They are for the state fair is a j democracy, its entertainment geared to the masses. The state fair draws folk (Continued on editorial page) $80,000 Fire Razes Sawmill Nqar Lebanon J 1XBANON, Sept 11 Fire which broke out about 130 Sat urday morning completely de stroyed the Earle W. Closner Lumber company sawmill, five miles south of Lebanon on high way 20 in the Fairview communi- Loss has been unofficially es timated at between $80,000 and $100,000 and included recent large purchases of cable and log ging equipment reportedly made In anticipation of advanced prices and short supplies. ' Three pumpers of the Lebanon rural fire fighting unit went to the scene of the fire as did one Sweet Home truck. Fire fighters worked for four hours to combat the blaze and pulled out their equipment Just before 6 o'clock. The fire started with an explo sion right after the night Watch man had finished his rounds, find ing everything in order. Among the losses other than the mill and equipment was Closner's automo bile. State Fair Today Sanday, September 11 Clealng Day , 1300 a.m. All exhibits open. 110 a. m. Free vaudeville actj on main midway. 1210 p. m. Time trials, auto races. t 140 p. m. Auto races. 2:00 p. m. Free vaudeville. 4.-00 p. m. Livestock re leased. I .-00 p. m. Showboat musi cal review. 12:00 p. m. - Gates close on 13rd state fair. 199 DEGREES AT LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES, Calif, Sept. 11 yty- ft-was hotter than a depot stove here today as the mercury hit an even 100 highest of the year.';- Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "Alexandra! Are yov trj'utg to aroid mfT NINETY-OGHTH YEAfi r Betting Also Sets Top Mark By Lester Cour Staff Writer. Tb Statesman Children's day and clear skies brought endless throngs to the 83rd Oregon state fair Saturday, breaking the all-time weekly at tendance record ad surpassing the previous pan-mutuel horse- racine take. Unofficial attendance records compiled at 11 pan. at 11 pjn. Saturday showed that the 1948 total' at tendance for the first, six days (paid and unpaid) was 239,878, as compared with 207,925 for the full week last year and 220,472 Total Fair Attendance . (Paid and Unpaid) S3rd Oregon State Fair Fai IMS 71,722 23,06$ 40444 29,641 32373 41.730 (Nt taeledlaf Saaday.) in 1946, the previous record year. Bright sunshine blessed the 1948 fair throughout the week "and if it doesn't rain today it will be the second time since 1900 that there has been no pre cipitation during state fair week. The only other occasion was in the 1930s. Total paid attendance this year including Saturday night was 165,050. against '148,519 In 1947 k Xirt. L t!rt.iT With today's figures yet untamed I utur w"-- rZZicuM "Zi fair would outdo.the 1946 record by many thousands. Saturday '41,730 persons checked through! the gates, com pared with 26,144 in 1947 and 29,027 in' 1946, also setting a new Saturday record. Of yesterday's totals 28,736 were paid admis sions, against 18,674 in 1947. Up to Friday idr Bltft persons been counted, 1MJM of had whom were paid admissions. The six-day horseracing meet. which closed Saturday, drew ; i total of $367,124. Last year's fig ure the prior record was $334,936, while the 1940 take was 1267.547. Saturdays Detung re ceipts were $81,513, close behind the Labor day total ox aaioy. Many Children Children's day Saturday! brought out an "estimated 10,000, with about s.000 Detween me ases of 1 and taking rides at 1947 Menday 55,502 Tuesday 2368 Wednesday 37363 Thursday - 26,72$ Friday 27332 Saturday 26,144 Sanday 14.164 Tetal 29732$ half price on the fair's numerous lation Monday night to get the pro amusement devices. The ride psal and three other annexation operators, along with other con- requests on the November 2 bal cessionnaires, did a brisk trade . throughout the day. The east annexation area lies Youth took the spouigni eax- urday as all competition drew to Lancaster drive, from the Silver a close. J I ton road; south to the railroad line In Future Farmers of America I contests Redmond outstripped 31 other teams to win the FFA live- stock Judging contest. Oregon's top awards for vocational agriculture students went to Jim McDowell of Salem and Jim Churchill of Myr tle Point in the FFA farm shop contest sponsored by the Oregon Bankers association. llMee Awarded In FFA chapter contests plaques were awarded to McMinnville. for 1 dairy herd; Newberg, swine herd, and Albany, sheep flock. Bill! Green, Newberg, took the FFA in-1 dividual livestock judging contest. I Margaret Walker. Eugene, won 1 the annual 4-H -"Dollar Dinner" j competition and! a $100. college I scholarship In other 4-H competi-1 tion. Lane, Wallowa county teams I were winners of state grand cham- pionships In agricultural and home j duction and public bearing Mon economics tests. 1 day would vacate three city alleys Robert Perlich, Salem, was among five of Oregon's outstand- ing 4-H livestock club members chosen to receive purebred animals This bill is drafted to assess a from members of the various "vacation benefits' fee ofapprox breeders associations. Clifford An- imately $6,000 against Pacific Mu- derson of CorvaXiis was another I tual Life Insurance Co., the prop winner. I erty owner, but the fee Is contin- TaBey Men Wta i I Three Willamette valley men I won grand sweepstakes awards in the crops division. Cecil Boyd, Sa- lem route 2, won in the fruits di- vision; J. S. Bank, Brooks, won top awards for grain with five firsts and; Harvey Young. Moo- mouth, carried off the ribbon for I vegetables. ; I Mr. and Mrs. John D. Burt, I Newberg, were winners of the grand sweepstakes for beekeep-1 ers exhibiting, scoring 83 points ; I Ths final cattle sale the all fe I male sale by the Oregon Milking and solicitors operating in the el Shorthorn Breeders association ty. At the last council meeting, brought $8,985 as 28 purebred fees were reduoed and investiga sows, heifers and calves exchanged tion procedure simplified in the ' . POUNBiBD 1651 (BeirDooD W i i it Djg 4 to nesota Miss America ni;wQ Wio I ''M0 A-' tt mo ATLANTIC CITY, N. J Sept. ll-(AV8eatrice Vella Shopp of Hopkins, Minn., an 18-year-old reddish! brunette, tonight was named Miss America of 1948. A) regal crown valued at $10, 000 (was placed on the head of Miss Shopp by the retiring Miss America, Barbara Walker Hum mel 'of Memphis. The beauty title brought with it a $5,000 scholarship, a $3,000 automobile and the interest of talent scouts from . Hollywood and Broadway Miss Shopp's beauty statistics: Height 5 feet 9 inches, weight 138 pounds, bust 37 inches, waist 27 inches,! hips 36. In second place was Carol Held ; of Lusk, Wyoming, who earned i a $3,000 scholarship. Both j the queen's parents, Mr. and 'Mrs. Edward R. Shopp, ran to the stage to embrace their beauty ; queen daughter. Mr. School Vacations to End In Salem Area Monday five-day week from which about 7,000 Salem area youngsters have vacationing for three months win resume Monday morning. An Salem pubUc and parochial schools will begin classes tomorrow, wlth mcrease in enrollment certain. Willamette university will open classes on September 21. Salem Petitions Ask k JL f f.VPA VjtLSl 01 Salem Annexed By Kobert E. Gangware Ctty Xditor, The Statesman Petitions seeking annexation to Snlom of nearlv two sauare miles n atrn suburban area between silverton road and State street ara on d with the city recorder k, nrenaration for expected legis- between' nresent city limits and wvirh crosses State street a few yards cast of present city limits an(j continues east and north of state street. Petitions were signed Dy 175 property owners. In Southeast Area Other annexation areas include a 4P0-acre tract to the southeast (as far as Fairview ; home state land), a small area north of Sun- nyview avenue in east Salem and a Polk county strip surrounding but not Including the city of West Salem. Ordinance bills to place these annexation proposals on the city ballot will be presented to the dry council when it meets Mon- day at 7J30 p. m. for the first time in newlr completed council cham- bers on the third floor of city halL Weald Vacate Alleys Another bill prepared for intro- in the two-block North Capitol street site of a $2,000,000 retail trading development. gent i upon passage of another nendins ordinance bill which ap- peared before the council last month. The latter bin would per- mit the city to establish a fee based on the benefits accruing to abutting property when a city street ior alley Is vacated at the request of the property owners. Other' legislation which the council baa deferred lor study in the face of some opposition and which j may receive final action Monday night includes two bills regulating peddlers, canvassers. -peaaier- buu. The Ortgcn Statesman. Salem. Oregon. Sunday, Sept 12, Passes races ffoir (SemiiFeir iddd DftaDSaini Lass Wins Crown l flilfl v1;""" uv-uu x ojui a Shopp, who is director of health education for a cereal company, attributed his daughter's beauty to "fresh air, plenty of sleep and proper food." Shopp said his daughter plan ned to enter the McPhail Col lege of Music at Minneapolis (She plays the vibra harp). But first would consider any con tracts offered her as a result of her victory tonight. The new queen is just one inch short, of equalling the record height set for a Miss America. Contest ofii cials said that her size 16 dress and 37-inch bust set new records. For the new queen and the four other prize winners, it was a long, difficult night The field of 55 had been narrowed to 15 finalists earlier in the evening and then later to five. The 15 finalists included Miss Oregon, Joyce Davis. Each final 1st got a $1,000 scholarship. freshman activities Tuesday and College and Academy will start classes September 20 Predictions as to size of enroll' ments were refused by public school officials Saturday, since it is not known how many former students have left the district and it is believed that many new pupils have not made themselves known. Much of the increase is expect ed, on the basis of last year's census of all children residing in the district, to be in a first grade somewhat larger than a year ago, Last year's city total was 6,232 on opening day. Students are asked to register Monday whether or not they can attend classes immediately, in order that assignments to classes may be made and enrollment in equities corrected. Elementary school pupils are to register at the school in the area of their rest dence. Those who have not reached the 18th birthday and have not finish ed high school are also to register Monday at 7 pjn. for night school. Sacred Heart academy, St. Joseph's and St. Vincent de Paul Catholic schools will all open Monday, with heavy increases ex pected. Livingstone elementary school, sponsored by the Seventh Day Adventist church, will openMon day also, with about 60 pupils. Of the three teachers, two are new Mrs. O. A. Thorman and Mrs. A J. Gordon while Mrs. Mabel Griffin is returning. (Additional details and pictures on page 12.) 3,054 Register for Draft at Armory Durins: First A total of 3,054 men have reg istered at the Salem armory draft board during the first two weeks of listing, the board reported Saturday as it prepared to open the last week of registration on Monday morning. - The registration of draft. eligi bles in the 18 to 23 age groups will be completed by next Sat urday at I pjxl, Mrs. Fern Bea key, draft board clerk, said Sat urday. All men in that age range, regardless of occupation, are re quired to register by then. After that the said, the office wui be maintained at the arm ory for the registration of those only who reach their 18th birth day after Saturday. The law re quires them to register within five days after their 18th birth day. Board office hours will be from 9 w n, to pan. Monday through Friday. A total of 1,286 men were reg istered at the Salem office dur ing the week ending Saturday. The offloe was closed on Mon AMFhrte High Klew IPro Rus$ Assert U.S. Lowering Parley Status WASHINGTON, Sept U-(JP)-The Big Four powers will discuss the fate of Italy's pre-war colon ies in Paris Monday although Rus sia insists it won t be a top-level review. The Russians took that position because Secretary of State George C. Marshall will not attend. They said that would make it some thing less than a council of for eign ministers. This country tartly told the So viet that it still can be a council of foriegn ministers, since the Pot sdam agreement permits the send ing of high ranking deputies to such meetings. Shortly after the American note on that point was made public, Lewis W.K Douglas, ambassador to London, was named to represent Marshall. The announcement on Douglas almost coincided with a Moscow broadcast, heard in London, which said the U. S. and Britain have made a big four foreign ministers meeting impossible by refusing to send their top men. State department officials said. however, that they were sure "Mos cow was merely reporting the Rus- Uian note, released here along with the American reply, on the ques tion of whether it will be a foreign ministers conference. Ammonia Due At Local Plant Two carloads of amydrous am monia will arrive at the Columbia Meatls plant a week from tomor row to permit resumption of fer tilized production, plant officials were Informed Saturday. Word that the cars already had been dispatched from the Cactus Ordnance plant at Etter, Tex., was received from Phillips Petroleum company. The telegram from Phillips ar rived in Salem shortly after Rep. Walter Norblad, who had asked the army to explain why shipment was delayed, had been informed by the secretary of the army that the material was available at Etter and that arrangements were made to have the Phillips com-1 pany maxe xaruc cars avauaoie zor i dispatching. Hurricane Located In Atlantic Ocean MIAMI Fla., Sept ll-IV-An Atlantic storm, about 1,100 miles east of Miami, has grown into a full-fledged hurricane ' with 115 mile an hour winds in the center. In an advisory issued at 5:45 pm. (EST) the weatner Dureau said the "severe storm" had been accurately located by reconnais sance planes at about 530 miles northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and moving northwestward at 18 to 20 miles an hour. 2 Weeks of New Sign-Up day (Labor day). This figure is 382 below the number registered during the first week. A total of 233 registered Saturday. Draft registrations also are be ing taken at Silverton armory and Stayton city hall on the same schedule as the Salem office. Incomplete returns Saturday showed that a grand total of 2,963 men had been registered at the three offices up to last Wed nesday night since the first day of registration. First questionnaires went out last week to registered single, non-veterans in the 23 age group, Mrs. Beakey said. These are to be filled out within 10 days and returned to ' the board. From these questionnaires the men will be classified by the Marion coun ty selective service board, she said. Mrs. Beakey said Saturday she was fearful that many men who have failed to register on their scheduled age group days will be iSlS" Pile 5c - Coiiiramaonist 'silD oDQ)DDoes MOHAMMED A LI JINN AH Heart Attack Fatal Pakistan Chief Ali Jinnah Dies; India Arming LONDON, Sept. 1 1 -UP)- The r rrr; - mawanamwawamamwammaaamamaamtm faii iv:-xwel British commonwealth relations j ' office said Mohammed All Jin- WASHINGTON, Sept 11-V nah, governor general of Pakistan, Top American and British lead died tonight ers met todav in an unusual icriH The duty officer at the office said word of Jinnah's death came irom auinoniauve sources in India. He said Jinn ah died at :u p.m, inoian nine, wh uie message ua not say where his death occurred. The duty officer said death was aut in xirai 1 aiiai-ji. uubu w 'i- A aispaicn xrom rvaracni xomgni said Jinnan naa amvea in me Pakistani capital unexpectedly to- aay zrom me nui sxauon ai wueiia. It said his arrival was unexpected because his doctors had advised him to stay at the hill station for at least anoiner monxn. - The frail former lawyer, who long headed the powerful Moslem league, died at a time wnen re- lations and India and Pakistan were strained over tne controver sial issues of Kashmir and Hyder abad. NEW DELHI, India, Sept. 11- 6P)-The dominion of India appears today to be on the verge of launching its second .undeclared war in an effort to forge a uni fied nation. Indian troops and tanks are poised to march into the realm of the opulent and obdurate Nizam 01 xiyaeraoaa in ui unim. In the north there was.no sign of abatement in India's struggle with Pakistan for possesion of I strategic Kashmir. 8,000 Rescued from Volcano-Ravished Isle MANILA, Sept ll-(P-One U S. army transport was removing 8,000 refugees from the volcano- rsiHhf lalanri nf fATniruin to night and another was en route to help rescue additional thousands. Mt. Hibokhibok, which has been erupting since September 1, con- tinued to fume, but Philippines government experts said its nox- .,. nn innr dadlv. I C storming the board during the closing hours of registration. Already many men are begin- nine: to register far past their correct registration dates, she ter st Salem, Ore., was in, out said. She cited one example out and back in a San Jose, Calif., hos of a total of 782 registering dur- pital, the victim of two mishaps ine the two davs when the 25- year-olds only were supposed to Retterath, a mechanic at Bone come in, only 413 were of the Steele jj Sales and Service, j in proper age for that day. Salem,! is in California on his va Because the next week is ex- cationJ He received hospital pected to be a heavy one, volun- treatment first for a slight 1 leg teer workers to register the men injury j Leaving the hospital be are needed, she declared. "This started across the street to rejoin last week will probably be ter- his wife, who was waiting in their rific, she said. "We will need ail the helD we can ret." Anmn wiahin to hln (a alr- I ed to caU Mrs- Beaker at the armory at 24858. The registra- tion schedule includes: 1 Birth Date Are 1928 19 Sept 13-14 1929 IS Sept 15-16 1939 (before Sept 19) Sept 17-18 These wbe are net IS by Sep- tember 19 she aid rerister en their 18th birthday er within five days after. 1 No, 1&6 brj Week CVuDm)(dlay U.S., British -j Plan Berlin Uisis lac tics BERLIN, Sept. ll-OSVRiot-torn Berlin '.braced itself tonight for a communist demonstration. t Under the slogan "anybody who doesn't march tomorrow is a nazi, the commuists were i re ported i to have ordered even children to turn out for a Sunday rally against the western powers. American officials frankly stat ed that the situation had become highly dangerous, with Germans meeting under one power to dem onstrate against another power. In Washington top British land American officials met in extra ordinary session on the Berlin crisis. ; The 1 Sabbath demonstration is set for j the Lustgarten (Garden of Fleasure), about a -half mile in side the Soviet sector of Berlin. The rally was called to protest Thursday's anti-Russian mass meeting which touched off street I fighting. 1 J of conferences which may lead to a j decisive new turn in the crisis with Soviet Russia over Berlin. ; Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich.) 1 was amone a eroun consult! hv 1 secreiary Marshall at the state I department Amid indications that the long 1 erion 10 reacn a firm agreement I with Moscow on lifting the Berlin 1 siege races a breakdown. Mar. 1 ahau and his advisers met also with Sir Oliver Franks. th 1 British; ambasador. Meanwhile in Moscow the Americsan. British and French en- I voys were standing by, dispatches 1 saia, apparently lor final , In instructions before making the fateful; next move possibly a de- mand for a showdown session with Prime Minister Stalin. 5 Injured in 3 -Gar Wreck WOODBURN, Sept 12 -(Spe cial)- Five persons were injured in .trident involving thrM mra Saturdav nieht near Wood- burn's north city limits. One lun- laenuiled man was still uncon- . ious when brousht to thse Sa hem Memorial hosDital bv ambu- lance. Three Dasseneers of the se- cond car were treated at Salem General hospital. While wreckers were clearing the scene of a two-car accident! earlier, another car failed to I see warning lights and drove off the road into a tree. Extent of the driver's injuries were not known. Earl I Moullet, Gates, driver of one of nd his two pass- ?fr,'V Vra. e"' ' BU? wee reP . .1 uJ5rea -nt "ri5?- Drive utulu " vehicle was believed to be Frank I!...Ut.. California Drivers Hit Saiem Man uaa jwov SAN JOSE. Calif Sept llJ-GP) -William Retterath, 1185 N. win Friday night automooiie. e was sirucs. 07 car which Jostled him against! an- Other CSX. So back to the hospital he went wun a oro-en arm ana h in- juries. CAPITOL OPEN TODAY The I state capitol building wm be open for Inspection of state fair visitors Sunday, Secretary of State S Earl Newbry announced Saturday Guides wiU be on duty from 9 until 3 pjn. Heat Higli Drops to; 89 in City By the Associated Press Forest crews fouzht ;700.am blaze in southwestern I Ores at timberlands yesterday even the state's week-long dangerooi fire conditions turned for s th better. !..(., Temperatures were ' dropping and humidities rising over ;. ttm state. The weather bureau c-s- pected the trend to continue,' but warned that fire conditions would remain hazardous) fori seven! days yet . ,. i , : i showed -the extreme danger. ; Ap parently "started by a dgaret flipped, from an automobile near Camas Valley, it exploded fretn " a tiny spark to a 400-acre blaae in 114 hours.- " i s B the timet covered ' 7C acres of slashings and old growth timber along the middle fork t the Coquille river, 50 fire fight ers were on hand 1 to slow dovra its progress. The state fire patrol was hopeful of bringing it under control, without additional hem. : Temperatures Saturday ranged from 65 at Newport and 66 t North Bend on the coast to C4 in Portland and 97 in Medford. Others were Salem 89, Klam tti Falls 89, Eugene 190, Pendleton 91 and Ontario 92. Birds C'' Into Eastern Skyscrapers NEW YORK, Sept U-rSV-Hun-" dreds of migratory songbirds cf . many species were killed today when they struck the world's tall est building the Empire State. In Philadelphia hundreds nt other birds met a similar fate r when they crashed into tall buU ri ngs. -..,, M The brightly-plumaged 1 btrda. mostly warblers, plunged to the streets In early morning darknefs. Their piercing cries echoed loudly as they felt. !'...- In New York, several uve bird were retrieved by-the American society for the Prevention cf Cruelty to Animals and the Bronx zoo. They will be released when . they recover from their- injuries. A Bronx zoo spokesman i mm that 33 birds seven of them alive-. taken to the zoo represented 13 species of warblers. Two of them Cape May and Tennessee war blers are rare, the spokesman ' said. ! New French Cabinet Named PARIS, Sept. II -Wv'Premi r Henri Queuilie formed a new co -alition French cabinet tonight Queuilie, a radical i socialist (conservative) will serve asifinj ance minister as well as premise. Robert Schuman of the Catholac popular republican movement (MRP) was named foreign minj ister. ii ; The socialists dominate the ccf alltion with five of the 15 minis tries. They were given 1 the ; ky posts of interior, which controls the police, and national defense, which directs the army, navy ana air forces. The ministries of la bor,' Industrial production ! and public works also went to social ists. r In forming his centrist regime Queuilie ignored both the commu nists and the De Gaulllsts. The next hurdle comes when he sub mits the names1 of his ministers to the national assembly, pre b- j - - Hop Festival $600 Success INDEPENDENCE, Sept 11 Approximately $600 has been pla-? ced in the local recreation fund s a result of proceeds received from the hoD fiesta ; held earlier; th month, fiesta officials announced" here today.. 1 . " Townspeople ind committee , members proclaimed the fiesta the most successful yet held. Manag er of the fiesta was Gene Maleckl and general chairman of commit tees, George Corwin. t , Weather i i Min. rrrik M . jM . ST f JBO se. tr S4 : JO lUx. s Saleat - - Portland San Frandac Chlcaro - SJ New York It FORECAST (from U.S. Weather reau. McNary field. Salem): Contin ued fair today ; and tomorrow : wn liShUy cooler tetnperaturcB. Hi(h Sun day near SS. Low tonieht near JK Weather ? eeodinons excellent ior eU arrtcultural acttrtty. . .1 IAUM rsUECITITATtOM ( r . (SerC 1 aeev u ( ' This Tear i Last Tear ; Awa- eOev ' r as'sj ,iiapeB oun SQiATons ?x' i : 'Jhik Lcsir .) - i - i' I . ? : ( ' 4 ' :