X Th S tatman." Salem. Oregon, SanAyy May I; -194J
2,000 Watch
First Session
Of Horse Show
By Charles Ireland
9aff Writer. The- Siaiewnea
Hre fane -en and rorleo fans
WtTna'H at nearly 2.000 gathered
In the Stat Fairgrounds stadium
Saturday Bight to watch the open
ing of the Western Spring Hoes
h-- Th fjnal session will atart
at 2-p m. today at the same place.
The event is sponsored by the
Willamette Valley Horwmtn'i as
sociation The 13-ever.t, thre-hour pro
gram varied from parading and
Judging of seeate pleasure horses
t'y vippv-ki-ajr bronco riding and
wiH row milking.
A definite cro.vd-p!eaer waa
th execution of precise and in-trt-a'e
drill manueyers the
pa!e green-shuted Jarn Saddle
el'J
Retaining the Eyerly Perpetual
tnonv which she wori last year in
the p'easure r.crse judging wn
Mr. Van Wicer of,Sam riding
LaHie The e ent was for Salem
Sa'Hie rlub iwmbm oniy
O Douglas McKay riding Eu
gene Pevine placed 'rurth in the
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above competition and ififjh in
the Silver Parade Honie class.
Large fields competed Jfci both
event.
A kids roptig scramble Aept the
crowd on its feet. A handful of
boys and one girl, Sharon McC
hany. none older than 10. were to
be turned loose to rope half-a-dozen
calve,' but a last minute
charge rent ? the girl chasing
flock of chics-ens. The lads man
aged to rope m few of the critters,
though mjicD of the "lassoing"
ii at pointblank range.
The Portland Mounted posse
made a clean sweep of the team
races, winnidg both the Jflag re
lay and stake bending dash.
Otjher winners were Will Hunt.
bareBack bronc riding; Mack
Price, matched ealf roping; Ever
ett UnbecV? obstacle race: Ted
Ki be. Shetland pony cart judg
ing; L. G. Adams, silver parade
horse judging; Conny Hodge, wild
row m:!kin4 '
West to Huddle
Before Parley
With Russians
5 Oregon Co untie on
Daylight Saving Time
PORTLAND. May 7 -UFV Five
of Oregon's 36 counties now ope
rate on-daylitit savings time, a
recapitulation showed tonight.
They are-7 Multnomah, Yamhill.
Washington. Clatsop and Colum
bia all in the northwestern
part Of the state. Hood River is
to go on daylight savings June 1
and Bend will vote on the Usui
this week.
By Jeha M. HlgkUwer
WASHINGTON. May 7-ffVThe
United State. Britain and France
quietly disclosed today that they' ,
will talk over major German que- Ql I Ilfl n QU
tions before meeting with Russia
in Paris two weeks hence. ' PstlCaa.G TTlllf
Without official fanfare, dipla-, TItJl 11UI I.
ma tic authorities in Washington, j y WT 1
London arjd the French capital said I Ifl VjHF V TCCK
Grcus Aura
Surrounds
ScoutEvent
Race Salem 42. Keizer 41. and nUMTDmr BISCS tS STATE
Dp m or rats. COP
Take Creilit for
Conires t ork
WASHINGTON'. May 7 -P
Senator Tafti R-Ohio) said today
thitt maior I domestic legislation
liaised by the senate i part ofj
'"the republican program" and in
quired "what s. happened to Mr.
Trrman's proposals?"
Senator Myers of Pennsylvania,
acting democratic floor leader.
that a review of their common
policies in western Germany waa
logical and necessary before the
council of foreign minister meets.
They asserted the western powers
were not in any sense "ganging
up on' Russia.
Nevertheless, developments spot
lighted the dramatic possibility
that Russia will enter the con
ference with a "divide and con
quer" strategy toward the west.
The westeni powers evidently an
ticipate this and intend to rein
force their unity and establish
their common policies ahead of
time.
Secretary of State Aches on. the
state department said, is sending
roving Ambassador Philip Jessup
and department counselor Charles
E. Bohlen. both top flight policy I
(Story also on page one,)
Sweet land field took on all the
; aspects of a 3-ring circus Satur
I day night with acts galore, bal
1 loons, ice cream bars, soda pop
i adding .to the enthusiasm of
scouts from the Cascade area i
I council. ;
Troop-built planes, log cabins. :
j trains, towers and Use scout force j
j of knot tying were on display for
I the crowd which overflowed the !
I Sweetland field stands and packed
the sidelines.
ALBANY.. May 7 -'4- Four George Durham, Salem troop I
Lebanon residents were injured . 20; Don Case and Bob Strayer, !
tonight when their car careened Salem troop 3; and Robert Hewitt.!
out of control and overturned on ! Salem troop 10, were presented'
highway 20 between here and Eagle scout honors by Governor
Corvailis. Douglas McKav.
State Police Officer Everett Onlv casualty of the circus was
Hockema said the driver. Bert an unidentified Albany scout who 1
Sylvester, lost control while at- was struck by a falling log from
tempting to pass another auto- cabin. His injuries! were descnb
mo one. his passengers
Salem 7. Best Circus Exhibit
Sweet Home 31. Hubbard 58 and
Gervais 54.
Cuba Sweepstakes Keizer 41,
Salem 10 and Silverton CI. Cub
Parade Keizer 41. Silverton 61,
, Cub Band Keizer 41. Best Uni-
form Keizer 41, Salem 57 and
Lyons 81. Best Circus act Valsetz
40, Salem 17 and Silverton CI.
PORTLAND. May 7 -JVOr-gon's
forest fir danger declined
today, and will drop still more to
morrow. That' was the report of
the weather bureau, which said
humidity was 'rising. : ;
Th orchid b on of th largest
flower families. !l i -
Ford, Union
Willing to Talk
DETROIT. May 7-6PV-Ford and ;
union leaders indicated today they !
want to settle the three-day strike
t
of 65.000 Ford workers. But
neither side made a direct peace
move.
Henry Ford II blasted the walk
out as "particularly bad because
it is unnecessary. At the same
time, however, he reiterated the
company's willingness to "sit down
and discuss" the CIO United Auto
were ed as minor. Several parents be- j Workers charge of a production
George Drawley. former Lebanon ! came lost from youngsters, but a s speed-up.
police officer who soon will join i tireless announcer was able to get ! The UAW meanwhile accepted
the Eugene force; T. S. Sylvester J families back together aa the big I the only peace overture made since
TT C ... n .a T . u . . . j 1 th. u'ttllr,-ti it ThnrxHi nnnn That
Three were treated at the Gen
eral hospital here, but the sailor
asked to be taken to the Lebanon
hospital. None waa in serious condition.
Award winers:
Scout Sweepstakes
the walkout Thursday noon. That
J was a proposal by Mayor Orville
Sweet i L. Hubbard of Dearborn, home of
retorien promptiT ,n. p.i makers, to Pans late next week,
not only has rr, r fee t ed ; some of Th wi mN.t high-ranking Bli
the mistake" of the republican Uah nd French offici,u
80th congress, but is moving
ahead with ;the president's pro
gram.
In
serarate interviews. Taft
Firms Nationalized
and Mers claimed credit; for their' F r
respective parties in senate ap- lll KllSSiail ZiOTie
proval of housing, aid to educa-1
tion and school health oil's. j
"Thee were part of the repub-i
lican pVogram that hk senate i
passed last year" said Taft. who:
heads the GOP policy committee.:
Columbia Dike Better
Prepare! for River Rise
PORTLAND. May 7 -( jp-Lower
Columbia rifrr dikes nw are bet
ter pjared to handle the rivet's
expee'e-rt flood surge
Army engineers said all diking
districts had reported on mainte
nance plans! They said Inspections
would contraue.
BERLIN. May 7-i)-Four thou
sand seven hundred enterprises
have been nationalized in the Rui
sion zone of Germany so far. the
zone's economic administration
announced.
The factories were taken away
from Nazis, war criminals and
"capitalists", partly because they
failed to meet production quotas
fixed by the Communist-controlled
administration.
They were turned over to state
Town in Chile
Honors Petain
SANTIAGO, Chile. May T-(JP)-Santiago,
has named an avenue
Las Condes, fashionable suburb of
for Marshal Henri Phillipe Petain.
under sentence of life imprison
ment in France for his wartime
relations with the Germans.
Questioned by a reporter, mu-
niciple authorities ,of Las Condes
declined to say what prompted j
them to honor the 92-year-old
marshal, former head of the so- j
called Vichy government,, who I
was convicted of intelligence with ;
the enemv and imprisoned on the
He d'Yeu.
Home troop 31, 1st: Salem 42. 2nd;
Keizer 41, 3rd. Best in Parade
Keizer 41. Sweet Home 31, Foster
62. Best Scout band Sweet Home
31, Keizer 41. Salem 15. Best Uni
form Salem 42. Gervais 54.
Sweet Home 31, Salem 10. Chariot
the mammoth Rouge plant who
suggested that management and
union leaders meet in hia office
next Thursday.
Ford has not replied to Hub
bard's invitation to attend the pro
posed peace parley.
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LAMP
REPAOR STAYD0M
C0IIVEI1T YOUH II. G. LAIIP TO
All L E. S. LAIIP
- f
We earry a complete line of lamp parts for lamp
building;.
Antique lamps our spctlaltr
' Fre estimates on all jobs
O
Salem Lighting & Appl. Co.
236 NORTH HHJH
Senator Bldf.
Phone 3-9112
combines of -people s owned en- j Guerrilla Mass Along
j terprises", which account for more j .
' than 45 per cent of the zone s total ISorth (reek Border
1 industrial production.
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ATHENS. May 7--Th Greek
general staff said today guerrillas
were massing in Albania along
Greece's northwest border for a
new invasion.
The staff lsiied a special an
nouncement reporting unusual
movements of troops and supply
convoys toward the Greek border.
The area threatened, the bulletin
said, is about 20 miles west of
Konitsa.
A,
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Stores, markets, garages, office beildiags,
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Durability, fire safety, watbr protec
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Two Junior Weekend
Queens Rule at Eugene
EUGENE. May 7-0i-Th Uni
versity' of Oregon improved on
junior weekend plans sthia year.
They had two queens.
The girls, Mary Margaret Jones
and Phyllis Morgan, both Eugene,
tied In balloting for junior week
end queen. It was the first tie in
59 years.
City Obltuarie j
Jrph L. Prints, late resident of
1S4S Mjpl. av . near St.vton. Mar 7
at the ace of S3 irtrt. Survived by
widow. Brm Prange. Saletn. torn.
Clarence. Robert and Conrad, atl of
S.lem. and I -o Prjnae. San Franci-o;
bro'her. the Francei Pranfe.
Tcom. the Rev. John Pr.nee. StK
kane. and Georee Pranae Portland:
sisters. Sistrr M. Boniface Prange. Rov.
Ore. and Mrs Marry Schott. Spoka".
an4 ix grandchildren Memorial serv
ci Mill be held Mondav at S p m. In
fie Howe!l-rd. arda chapel Under the
autplret of KnuMi of CoJurnbus An
nouncement of funeral service, later
by H"we -Kdvt ards rompjny
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