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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 19, 1948)
III" O OS Owemraein) W(sA 7 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. lS - waterfront employers' association, handling essential army cargo from West Coast ports with CIO long shoremen. The office of Assistant Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray said a contract let to the Mutual cisco would cover the ports of San While for the past few weeks Kblic attention in Oregon has en focused on the Hall - Freck controversy, other events have been transpiring which bode no good. There is the serious prospect that the lobby will succeed for the first time in many years in controlling the organization of the state senate. Its choice for sen ate president is Rex Ellis, veter an senator from Umatilla, Mor row and Union counties. Ellis claims he is "in" thougn ne Has n't unfolded his shea of pledges for public-gaze certain upseis'in the November electiori may change the situation. Meantime, the con servative group which Has con- trolled senate organization at least since the 1931 session is mil ling around unable to settle on likely candidate. Ellis, who was first elected to the senate in 1936, has been a har dy perennial as candidate for sen ate president. It was assumed this year that he was running "to place" rather than to win, but a combination of circumstances have projected him- into a present lead. Sen. Douglas McKay, who shares with Dean Walker of Indepen dence the record of longest mem bership in the senate (since 1935) was counted the certain selection when the 1947 legislative session dosed. The death of Governor Snell opened the way for McKay to run for governor and he yield ed his ambition- to be senate pre sident, though he has not resigned as a member. ; , i Other events have made Inroads on the composition of the senate. Death came to Lee Patterson, (Continued on editorial page) InAia Names Governor for Hyderabad - NEW DELHI, Sept. 18-F)-In- dia cracked down today on Hyder abad by appointing a military 1 governor for the conquered prince ly state. This step was , taken by the Dominion of India- as Hyderabad state troops surrendered uncon ditionally and a triumphant In dlan armored column marched into Secunderabad. military gar rlson for the, capital of Hyder abad. A 7 pjn. to 6 ajn. curfew was clamped on Hyderabad city, the capital. Orders were Issued for the ar rest of Qazia Razvi, the fiery Moslem leader who had vowed , holy war if India dared put foot on the "holy Islamic soil of Hy derabad." Reliable sources said India would order - dissolution of the rakazars. the. private army of Razvi. Whereabouts of Razvi was not known. 895 Flights Reach Berlin During Day BERLIN. Sept lMAVAmeri can and British air forces sent 805 cargo flights into Soviet-blockaded Berlin today in awesome demonstration of peacetime air power. - Meanwhile, the western press said a wave of terror against non communists had started in the So viet occupation zone. ' The American - licensed Neue Zeitung said police in the Soviet zone Were being built into a "half militarist organization' armed with machine guns and machine pistols instead of the customary carbines. ' Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH 7 understand kVs pot a sxe sbe commission from tho sttit" OALt UUUL3 for AirmrDy The army, bypassing the struck today completed contracts Cor Stevedoring company of Sad Fran Francisco, Stockton and the Los Angeles area. S - i A similar contract cdvering Seattle was- announced yesterday. The statement said the : army "stopped recruiting civil (service longshoremen and associated dock workers' when the contract was signed, but "the release of those employed already is notiCOirem plated." The signing is expected to free all strike-uovnd military cargoes from the effects of the 17-day Pacific C ast maritime strike, but hid no ffect on civilian csr;?je Military d. pping accc ;rts for 30 per cet.t of the Pacific iCoaM's normal carrot The CIO international vlong-l shoremen's and warehousemen s union also announced it had reach ed an agreement with the Mutual company to handle army cargo in the California ports. It said, how ever, the agreement is subject! to ratification by '-' other maritime unions on strike. The army's contract Is based on "wages and working conditions; in effect in the industry prior to June 15, 1948."; West Envoys. Molotoy HoHJ New Meeting j MOSCOW, Sept 18 '-)- The western envoys met today with Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov possibly to receive final Russian word on proposals for settling the Berlin crisis. The usual secrecy surrounded the session the 11th in the Krem lin on East-West differences : in the past 51 days and the second this week. U. S. Ambassador Walter Be dell Smith told newsmen after to day's talks: "The three western envoys had a delightful 2-hour and 30-minute talk with Mr. Molotov. I have no comment Smith said he stayed behind at the Kremlin for a five-minute talk with Molotov. He said it was on a "purely Soviet-American matter" but would not divulge its nature. H would not say whether the meetings were at an end or would be continued. B-36 Crosses Local Area- at 14,000 Feet Salem's airminded citizens need d telescopes Saturday afternoon to get a look at . the publicized flight of the giant B-36 bomber. The world's largest bomber, fly ing over Oregon as an air force day feature, was nearly 30 minutes ahead of the 3:09 pjn. schedule and 14,000 feet up. But McNary field visitors Sat urday won some consolation with four other army; planes open for inspection on the air force's first birthday. The first plane, an A-28, arrived in Salem Thursday night from March field. Calif. The second, also an A-28 from March field, land ed early Friday night Crew mem bers are Capt L. G. Towe, Lt John Reinheimer, Lt R. S. Scott and Sgt R. M. Kostraba. Late Friday night a B-23 ar rived from Keesler field,' Miss., after a cross-country flight Crew members are Lt M. E. Sawcrew, Lt L C Tolbert and Sgt K. Lama. An F-61. piloted by Capt J. Toynx, landed Saturday 1 morn ing after a flight from Hamilton field, Calif. Crew members are Captain SowkUdan, and Sgt Lov ing Fobs. After the display of r planes ended Saturday sight Salem's air force reserve entertained crew members in a party at army re serve headquarters at 25th and Lee streets. Simplot Says Expansion Slated af Fertilizer Plant By Lester Cour Staff Writer. The Statesman John R. (Jack) Simplot color ful Idaho capitalist and a partner in the Columbia Metals company, was in Salem Saturday to an nounce expansion of the' Salem fertilizer nlant and addition i of other pbfhts in Klamath Falls and Eugene. Simplot also ; said the Salem plant would go into full produc tion Monday with about 80 em ployes on the payroll. Two car loads of essential ammonia arriv ed at the plant Friday night and four more are expected Monday, he stated. A lack of ammonia has shut down local plant operations for several months. When operations resume Monday, U. S. Sen. Wayne Morse, Eugene, will be on hand to witness unloading of the first ammonia. It was Morse who secured re lease of the present shipment from the army, which now con trols all production and distribu tion of the chemical. After all local effort failed to secure the shipments, Senator Morse tele NINETY-EIGHTH TEAR wens in gion s Top Spot ASTORIA, Sept 18 -UP)- B. E. Owens, 51, Salem, a marine vet eran : of the first world war, was elected commander of the state department of the American Le gion by unanimous vote today. Owens; who has been vice- commander, will succeed Jack- Maris, Canyonville. A predicted .election 'contest blew up when Clyde Todd; Sheridan, withdrew his candidacy. Sam Bowe, 39, Grants Pass, was unanimously elected vice - com mander. I Bowe was an enlisted man in the second world war. Owens! who served overseas and was twice wounded in action, is a- native jOregonian. He is in the automobile business in Salem. Salem to! Play Host The convention selected Salem as site for the 1949 convention. Delegates named the Rev. Frank Egan, Burns, as chaplain, and re elected Tom Staughton. Portland. to the post of finance officer which be has held for 23 years. The delegates also: Asked 1 that a state legislative interim committee be appointed to investigate "the infiltration of subversive individuals and agents into the state department of Ore goo, particularly into the faculties of our state institutions of high er learning. To Seek Subversive Books Asked jits posts to inspect pub lic , and school libraries for sub versive literature and to report their i findings to the Legion sub versive committee. Urged j Oregon congressmen to support the bouse un - American activities! committee and "insist' upon; passage of the Mundt-Nixon anti-communist bill. B. . (Kelly) Owens, who was elected state commander of the American Legion at Astoria Sat urday, has been a partner in the Herrall - Owens automotive com pany in Salem for several years. A member of American Legion post in Salem, he has been long active in Legion and veteran af fairs. ! Credit Controls Begin Monday WASHINGTON. Sept 18 - UP) Credit controls, going into effect Monday,! are likely to put the skids under premium prices for used cars, some automobile deal ers: said today. Some 1 said they already had lowered the amounts they've been paying for "new used" and late model used cars in anticipation that stiff er credit terms will make them harder to, resell. Ana some nnance men ex pressed the belief that the con trols, by: forcing high monthly payments, will put late model cars i beyond the reach of many families with Incomes up to $4,000 or even more. With half the nation's families having incomes under $2,300, the number of squeezed out of the market could run to millions.- Weither Max. 77 77 SS - 90 Min. Prectp. SAlem , Portland , San: Vyancisco Chicago J 41 .M 47 M S3 .03 68 .01 U .04 Nw York ss Willamette river -3.4 feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau, i McNary field. Salem): Partly cloudy today and tomorrow with light ratna expected late tonleht or early Tomorrow moraine, men today near 70. Low toniaht near 48. Weather condi tion in general will be favorable for farm activiues. SALEM PRECIPITATION (Sept. 1 tm Sept. 1) Thia Year Last Year 1.01 Average .SO graphed 1 several Washington, D. C., . Agencies demanding release of - the ammonia. Simplot was profuse in his praise of Morse. "The entire northwest should be grateful for Morse's effort, Simplot said. The resumption of fertilizer production was a neces sity to many of our farmers. They simply haven't been able to get any."! Accompanying Morse Monday will be Art King, soil specialist at the Oregon State college ex tension service in Corvallis. Under the new expansion plan, Simplot explained, a mixing plant will be (installed in Salem and some! of! the present equipment eliminated. Other mixing plants will be built at Klamath Falls and Eugene. The plants will cost between $40,000 and $50,000 each. Arch Metzger, vice president of Columbia Metals and manager of the Salem plant said he had not; decided whether the Salem mixing plant would be housed in' a! new building or in one of the' present structures. (Additional details page II) Ee 24 PAGES Commander B. E. (Kelly) Owens, Salem auto mobile dealer, was elected com mander of the state depart ment of the American Legion Saturday at its annual conven tion in Astoria. (Story at 2 Die in Plane Crash Near Sweet Home SWEET HOME. Sept 18-(Spe cial)- Two men were killed Sat urday afternoon when their cub plane crashed and burned in the mountainous area 20 miles east of here. Dead were Fred Richard Red ding, 27, Gettysburg, Pa., pilot of the craft and Darius coye Adair, 31, Sweet Home. Art Matherly, foreman of a road construction crew working in the Canyon creek area, scene of the crash, said the plane apparently hit a downdraft and struck a tree Workers who had seen the plane flying low were drawn to the scene by a forest fire started by the burning wreckage. Matherly reported that the pair had emit their loba with the con struction crew Saturday morning t . A1 A lU A. Alaska. Apparently they had rent- A th rtlan frnm thm Sweet Hmtm branch of the Valley Flying service to fly back over the area. The craft took off from the Sweet Home airport shortly before 4 p.m. and crashed along the Can- yon Creek road five miles from the Santiam highway. Bodies of the two men were tak en from the wreckage to the Hous ton funeral home in ' Albany by James Fuiten, Linn county deputy coroner, Adair is survived by his widow and two children. Relatives of Redding were believed to be re siding in California. CIO Politicos Favor Demos PORTLAND, Sept 18-CflV-The Oregon CIO Political Action com mittee today indorsed two demo crats" and a republican for state offices. Lew Wallace, democratic candi date for ' governor and Walter Pearson, democratic candidate for state treasurer, won approval as did George Neuner, republican in cumbent for attorney general. attorney general. recommendation for Late. There was no secretary of state. Also indorsed were the Truman- Bar kley presidential ticket and these congressional candidates: Manley J. Wilson, democrat for U, senator; Edward Xlideon, demo crat for first district representa tive: c. J. Shorb, democrat second district representative; Homer D Angell, republican, third district representative. No recommendation was made for the fourth district Board Okehs Start Of Student Union CORVALLIS, Sept. 18-0P)-The state board of higher education approved today a plan to start construction on the Erb memorial union building at the University of Oregon. A $1,371,793 bid by Ross B. Hammond romnanv of Portland was approved for the memorial union building, which will be fi nanced by student fees and gifts from friends of the university. Construction is expected to take IV years. Traction Company Employes Get Raise PORTLAND, Sept 18 Ap proximately 1300 employes of the Portland Traction company won a 12-eent hourly wage increase to day, retroactive to April 1. The arbitration decision will give streetcar and bus operators $1J2 hourly after a year's exper ience. BARKLET DUE IN SPOKANE SPOKANE, Sept 18 -4V1 Sen- a tor Alben Bar kley (D-Ky), demo- erratic nominee for vice-president is scheduled to arrive in Spokane I October 8 on a tour of the north-1 western states. - 1 fnm i urn mtm ' I I , ' P . - ' I 1 , V. . J i :. ;r . ' . - i -i . JLf Zf fl POUNDDO 1651 The Oregon Statesman. Salem, U.N. 'Horrified' Over Bernadotte I ! J Lie Demands Protection for Peace-Makers PARIS, Sept. lS-iiPHSecretary- General Trygve Lae today demand ed that the United Nations take stern measures to protect the lives of its peace-makers such as Count Folke Bernadotte. Lie angrily told the security council that the assassination of the mediator was "a direct act of attempted interference with the efforts of the U. N. to settle the Palestine question. Members of the 11 -nation coun cil listened gravely as one dele gate after another expressed hor ror and indignation over the slay ing of Bernadotte and his aide, French Col. Andre Serot. One delegate. Dr. Jose Arce of Argentina, openly accused the newly formed government of Is rael of apparently failing to pre vent the attack at a time when such an incident was likely to de stroy the U. N.'s work for Pales tine peace. "How can the new nation of Israel be regarded as peace-loving when murders of this sort occur within its borders," Arce asked. Off the floor of the council, Arce said- the U. N. needs an army of 10,000 men to reestablish peace and keep order in the Holy land. He blamed the big powers for the current turmoil, declaring: This murder, done in the worst way ta m fault of big powers. Their inability to agree on creation of armed force has resulted in the tragic death of peace-loving gentleman from peace-loving country." r fgy ff ! XJVlKs M. f Ot j w w Hiirftf TfHTTl HH .7 X T (till JL TeStie All the horsemanship wasn't confined to the Pendleton round up Saturday with two Oregon state policemen and some help - ful neighbors came to the rescue oi duoj aiuca. oa . a uickod Electric trestle north of Salem's dry limits. Young Ralph Robinson, who lives -over mere , was ncung nis pony along uie rauroaa ngnt oi way Saturday evening, ne got on ana ine pony waucea away onto the trestle. His feet fell through and he was firmly stuck, and with a tram due about 8 p jn. State policemen Floyd West and Carl McCormick were called to the scene and a half hour of tugging, coaxing and lifting got the pony on uie iresue wiui bdoui cu nun- MM a. a a - a t a.- ea t utes to spare Frightened Ralph, age aDout eigm or rune, iea xne horse home. Emil Liidwig, -m -r AlltllOI UlCS 7 ASCONA, Switzerland, Sept 18 -0f)-Emil Ludwig, world renown ed German bioeraDher whose books were burned by the nazis, I died In hu sleen last nieht at 87. 1 A prolific writer, Ludwig pen- r I ned plays, political essays, and such books as "The Nile," the story of Africa's historic river. But ne was best Known tor ms Diog- raphies. They included Jesus Christ Abraham Lincoln, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Goethe, Bismarck, and Beethoven. I Cannery Executive Says Food Prices Past Peak By Winston H. Taylor Staff Writer. The Statesman Food prices "have passed the peak" and probably will be down next year in the opinion of A. W. Fames, sr., San Francisco, presi dent of California Packing cor poration. Eames was in Salem Saturday to inspect the local plant and to present pins recog nizing long service by five em ployes, v Eames told The Statesman be based his prediction principally on this year's large grain crops J and their influence on many prod ucts. But he said the weather would play a leading role in the final determination. The north west's abnormal weather of this summer, he noted, had frequently hurt the food industry. This year's pack is the largest ever for Calpack, Eames asserted. No expansion is in the making. but future plans depend largely upon? next year's market and farmers' . plans. The executive added that his firm's labor rela- tions have, on the whole, been highly satisfactory. Some 300 employes here ceased Oregon, Sunday, Sept 19. 1948 iTruinraatni Terms u uuu crcuu. nu DEXTER, la.. Sept ll-(JP)-President Truman told a yelling com belt crowd today the demo crats are fighting the farmers' battle against "gluttons of privil ege" threatening agriculture with "another republican blight" For their own "protection," Mr. Truman said in a major cam paign speech, farmers ought to vote democratic this fall. The president spoke from a bunting-draped stand in the mid dle of a trampled alfalfa field, at a national plowing match on a farm near Dexter, Iowa. It was the first big speech on a 9,300 mile, 19-state political stumping tour. .-: Mr. Truman looked out across acres on acres of rich, rolling land where corn was ripening under a friendly autumn sun. And he looked at some 80,000 men and women who make their County's Draft Sign-Up 1,500 Under Estimate A total of 8 .833 men fn Marion county registered for the draft I durine the reeular slm-un ter- iod which ended Saturday night Mrs. Fern Beakey, draft board clerk, reported. Still uncounted were 18-year-olds in the Stayton area where the board ran out of cards before the three-week registration could be completed The expected late rush of men of eligible ages did not material lze at any of the selective service boards Saturday and Salem reg istered 189 on the closing day. Silverton signed up 29, Gary Radke, 18, Salem route 2, was the last man to complete the sign-up at the Salem armory and 1 close the staggered registration period. The Marion eounrv total was substantially beloow the 7,000 exDected for the area. Dallas I aijrn-un nost for Polk counrv closed with 1.204 and Albany lone board for Linn county had . eomDleted total of 4.854. Jet Sets New Speed Record i wicuTVf-!Tnw ia a alr force lts Q Birthday" acros much of the world today and under scored it with a new speed rec ord. It was a big and costly birth day party that sent the United States air force into its second year as a co-equal department with the army and navy in the defense set-up, Thousands of warplanes flew in dozens of localized shows tied soceuier wiui a mignxy criss m a . m, A. cross or oomoer iracxs rrom eigm major overseas bases to M dues at borne. In New York, General Hoyt S. vandenberg announced a new world speed record of 670.981 miles an hour made with a fully armed Jet fighter, the North American F-88, three days earlier. their work on snap beans, prunes and other products at mid-afternoon Saturday to see their fel low workers receive the awards. Pins are awarded for each five years ;of service, with diamond settings beginning at 20 years. Eames himself makes the rounds of the 61 company plants to pre sent the diamond pins. The service pins were presented to William "G. Fisher, green fruit buyer who has been with the firm for 35 years and has long been identified with food process ing in the northwest; H. E. He dine, maintenance foreman, 30 years; Mrs. Julia Judson, head forelady, ' 20 years; Mrs. Lillian Lloyd, assistant head forelady, 20 years, and Ellis L. Whltacre, as sistant superintendent 20 years. Eames was accompanied here and on his northwest tour by his son, A. W. Eames, jr., northwest manager of the operating division; John Hilstrom divisional super intendent and Harold Vollmer, northwest manager for green fruit all of Portland. His host here was Percy BlundelL plant superintendent Price 5c ir caii yuiKSir 5s I living from the soil, people from many states. ' j "Your best protection," he told them, j "is to elect a democratic congress and a president that will play fair with the farmer an ad ministration that will reinforce Soil conservation, and help the farmer make enough oh his crops to meet the cost of living, and nave something left over. He ticked off what he said the democrats already have done for farmers improved living stand ards, lowered interest reduced aeDis.j . Then he swung on the GOP. "This republican congress," he said nas already stuck a pitch fork in the farmer's back." Now he said, "the GOP is "ready to lei the bottom drop out; of farm prices? and the farmer' faces the danger of a "man-made disaster bearing the republican trade mark.? i Football Scores ' Willamette 9, Portland U 6; Oregon 55, Santa Barbara 71 Oregon State 27, Idaho 12. Calif. 41, Santa Clara 19. i Stanford 26, San Jose St. 20. UCLA 48, WSC 26. OCE 44, Clark Jr. CoIL 0. . SOCE 26, Vets Vocational 0. Linfield 14, Low. Col. Jr. 7. Villanova 34, Tex. A&M 14; Texas Christ. 14, Kansas 13. Texas 33, -Louisiana St. 0. Gas Stations dosing Eay In Salem Area ' Salem's gasoline supply remain ed about unchanged Saturday, but some stations closed slightly ear lier in the afternoon when their quotas were sold. j Motorists filling up for week end trips were blamed for the early closings, station operators said. A , survey j by The Statesman Saturday afternoon showed that only a few. stations will remain open today. The operators said they had decided to close Sunday to conserve then dwindling sup ply. I - ! One large oil distributor said quotas were bound to be cut by the end of the month should the oil workers' strike continue.! ' He explained that this month's quota was based on 75! per cent of gallonage received during Aug' ust Next month's quotas be said, would be based on reduced Sep tember gallonage, with a: resulting reduction to all stations. I Most Salem stations Saturday closed between 4 and 6 pi, m with a few shutting down at noon when their pumps went dry. i 400 Willamette Freshmen Enroll; More Due Monday Approximately 400 freshmen. 250 in liberal arts and $0 in the law school, formally enrolled at Willamette university Saturday. Harold B. Jory, registrar: does not expect to have complete: registra tion figures until returning stu dents and stragglers sign up next week, i j AH returning students and transferees will register Monday and take physical examinations. 800 are expected to sign up which will push the enrollment; to about 1,200. Classwork for all students begins Tuesday. r About 90 veterans enrolled In cluding i 22 with wives and fami lies. This is nearly a 50 ! per cent drop from the previous two year's enrollment j Fire Destroys 9 . Vanport Houses PORTLAND, Sept. lt-JJPy-Vnl port smashed by the Columbia river flood Memorial Day, was hit by fire today., j Flames of undetermined origin swept through nine shattered buildings as the one-time housing project city of 18,700 was being salvaged by a wrecking firm. The wreckers said the fire, brought! under control after two hours, destroyed $15,000 worth of salvageable material. ! , MARSHALL TO VISIT UJM. Secretary of State Marshall will fly to Paris tomorrow for a United Nations : sssembly meeting. No. 192 Slayi 200 Arrests j Made; Threat Of War Grows TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept lS-i"! The Israeli government announce tonight that Its intensive manhunt for the assassins of Count Folks Bernadotte has resulted in the ar rest of ."some of the supposed lead ers of the Stern gang." ) The government has charged thm Stemists, s Jewish extremist group, with the slaying of the United Nations mediator and his French aide, CoL Andre Serot ia the Jewish part of Jerusalem yes terday. . Israeli authorities began moving Jewish troops into position in the fear that the shooting down of Bernadotte and Serot might be fol lowed by a full scale war with the Arabs. i Under "House Arrest" The Israeli announcement said more than 200 arrests have been made in the attempt to comb out the killers. Jerusalem's 90,000 Jewish residents have been placed under virtual house arrest by a curfew order. House-to-house searches brought 150 arrests ;in Jerusalem and the seizure of ar considerable quantity of arms, the announcement said. Fifty arrests were made in other portions of Israel, including 40 1m the Tel Aviv area. i Te View 8 aspects t A spokesman said the Israeli ar my has invited members of the VJt. staff who witnessed the as sassinations to view a parade of suspects which probably will be held tomorrow. k Jews were called upon to rise and track down the "traitors in our midst" and the "criminal gang responsible" for the slayings. All roads into Jerusalem were closed. No departures were allowed from Israeli's airfields and harbors -in order to prevent suspects from slipping out of the country, i Ask UJV. Army : Meanwhile, high United Nations officials in Haifa disclosed that a recommendation may be sent to the security-council in Paris call ing for the creation of a 8,000-man international army. Such a force the Informants said, is the minimum now believ ed to be required for the iob of compelling Jews and -Arabs to ac cept the authority of the U.N. over the Holy City. Plane Crashes Kill 15 During Block 'Battle of Britain' MANSTON, Eng, Sept 18-OF) Fifteen persons were killed today and 14 were injured when four Royal Air Force . planes crashed during "Battle of Britain! air shows. i The exhibitions commemorat ed the RAFs defensive stand against the German luftwaffe during the nari blitz of . 1940. Ten of the victims died when a twin-motor Mosquito plane stunting over the Manston RAF base plunged from 800 ' feet swept through a line of automo biles and exploded In view of 15,000 spectators. I In another accident two airmen died when their Mosquito crash ed while practicing for a show at Conlngsby-. airfield In Lincoln shire.. . -f : Two flying officers were kill ed when a third Mosquito crash ed, and burned at the Lichfield RAF station. S A Spitfire pilot died when his plane blew up at the bottom Of a dive in an air snow at jueu chars, Fife. .: 00 Strike Talk Recess Called SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 18-MV- Negotiations in the California oil refinery strike were in a week end recess today. r I The strike began two weeks ago today, when CIO oil workers and six major California refineries which supply most of the West's gasoline deadlocked on the wage issue. The union asked a hike of 21 cents an hour. The company of- f fered 12 cents, which the union said would raise the present 81.es ( an hour to $1,805, against $1.95 in the East and Texas. - 1 , 1-1 In contrast to the situation early in the strike, the lndusry says the supply of gasoline had shown "re markably improvement in the past j few days.". . i ! PORTLAND TRAFFIC DEATH i PORTLAND. Sept IS -UP) -A motorcycle skidded out of control today, fatally injuring the rider. Paul G. Glmarelll, 19. It was the 29th traffic fatality of the year in Portland.