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Newspaper Page Text' " - i - . - - m ; - "-.' - ' ' !"" ' " " ' . - - y i - i. -. . ... - -' r . - - . i i - I ! - f 4. : h IFStr Traps A n li 7 FDffl'3 ' lJ. j I . .- ' i : : . ! : .. . . ' I i I 1 pounddd 1651 - 89th YEAR 2 Albany Berry grower Price rinimums Removed ' - I i Growers' price minimums are removed from loganberries, boy senberries and youngberries, it was announced Sunday by the Oregon Cane Fruits Control board. f j:j But the price picture remained uncertain and many growers are reported still reluctant to sell their berries to canneries of the area at the offered price of 6 cents a pound. ! LftP QM3IQ3 Fourth 'of July celebrations "aren't what they used to be" as true of many, many things in modern life. For one thing, they aren't even celebrations. .Fourth of July is a holiday, a day for picnicking and recreation. Many communities weave it into a midsummer carni val or rodeo, intended simply for entertainment. But up to the turn of the cen tury Fourth of July had but one purpose and that was to honor July 4th, 1778, the signing of the declaration qj independence . and the proclamation of a new and independent government for the 13 colonies along the Atlantic coast. Fourth of July was nosiy. "Sal ute of 20 Guns at Daybreak- ran the big posters announcing the celebration. If runs were not available then discharge 6f anvils was promised. (Often the pro-mises-of the big posters were never fulfilled, but there was plenty ot noise neverthlessV. Before the days of legal regulation firecrac kers cannon-crackers they were, called a foot long and thick as your wrist were exploded. Toy cannons with powder bursts, or thort lengths of gaspipe charged with powder were common im plements of noise-making. And of course the day concluded with a "spectacular display of fire works", . rockets, roman candles, pin wheels. But the big event was the public speaking in the hickory grove. The county's leading lawyer, or a judge or a preached was the speaker of the day, who held .forth for an hour or so after such preliminaries as singing patriotic songs and the reading of the 'declaration of in dependence. Then - his address would be printed in full in the next issue of the local paper. The common thread in all Fourth of July addresses of the elder day was the growing strength of the United States of America. History would be related from the glorious revolution forward, then the orator would launch into pro phecy and really let himself go. None of this talk (Continued on editorial page) Firecracker Catches Bass WINDHAM. Me., July 3-()-A 12 year old boy caught a four pound bass witha two inch fire cracker. Bill Leader of Portland said he, tossed a salute into the water, watched it disappear and heard a muffled boom. Result: One dead bass. Bill waded into the lake and hauled his prize ashore. His father found the exploded firecracker stuffed in the mouth of th 204 Inch long bass. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "1776? Ytp, b'liev it was-r fMms llk ony yesterday." f 12 PAGES Youths Die as I he packers price oiler is 2 cents Sunder the 8-cent minimum price j established by growers through their control board - June 15. It was the rescinding of this orderwhich William J. Linfoot of the board announced Sunday. The board's prepared statement said the board of directors did not want "to take any part in nam ing a low and unreasonable price," hence no j price minimum was named. In effect this frees growers af filiated wjth the board to sell their berries for the 6-cent price if they choose. The board also announced that it will make no assessment against growers of the three fruits this year.f Blackberry prices are to be established by growers later on. Statement of the board's res cinding action was prepared for distribution to all cane berry buyers of the state. Thi canneries' offer follows the pattern of lower prices to growers of all fruits this year, despite that the loganberry, boysenberry and youngberry crops are reported light this year. Cherry Festival Said 'In Black' Salem's 1948 Cherjyland festi val looks; like a financial success, it was reported Sunday by Sidney L. Stevens, president of the festi val association. Stevens was optimistic that final statement of the festival's finances will fchowf"in the black" and prob ably will iwipe out last year's de ficit. He said well over 3,000 festi val buttons were sold. The local festival ended Satur days butj.ti the related Browning carnival at Marion square con tinues its: stand here through to day, f . Cherry5 Queen Patricia O'Con nor and her court of four princess es Will ride in the St. Paul rodeo parade this morning and will be guests of ; the rodeo queen at this afternoon's rodeo. Salem Cherr ians also will march in the parade. House Given OldiHeaverHo From High 1 ca y Portland, ore., July 3-av- A boggedrdown house that block ed one of east Portland's main thoroughfares more than 24 hours, finally got the heavo-ho today. The city got special permission from thejstate to move the house on i Sunday, then made a mov ing crew tow the house to a new location, about two miles away. The crew which had been mov ing the house for tie owner, left it astride: the thoroughfare (N. E. Glisan between 81st and 82nd aves;) when quitting time came yesterday, Then the city found the street couldn't be unblocked at ohce because of a state ruling that prevents moving of houses i on Sundays and holidnvo It -looked as if the thoroughfare j would bei bottled' up until Tues- I aay. am a lire in the night, in which fire trucks had to detour around a couple of blocks because of the hoia.se, convinced state high way; officials that they should grant special permissiont for the, move. A Demonstration to Show Driver Reaction Time, Brake Efficiency ' Salem drivers can learn first hand next week just how much lime and distance they need to stopi their cars under normal driv ing conditions. The il experiment, tenativelv V scheduled on North Church street between Marion and Union streets, will be Sponsored by the Salem Taxi seryice. Lynn Clark of the company said city officials are expected' to attend a demonstra tion which probably will be held either Wednesday or Thursday. - Here's! how it works. A mechanism will be attached to the auto's front bumper. A mad riding in the back seat of the;; car will pull a string to re Th Oregon Statesman, Nat ion s nt Toll 323 ALBANY July 3 -(Special ) Two teen-aged Albany boys were killed about 3 a.m. Sunday when their car spun off the road, over turned and burst into flames about five miles north of Albany on the eld Pacific highway. The dead are Wayne 'Arthur Teeter, 19, 1075 N. Pacific high way, and Cecil Carrol McKee, 18, 1029 E. Third st. Deputy Coroner Walter Kropp said they both died from burns. j A third person was thrown clear from; the car and escaped injury. He was William L. Bolton, 1131 Salem rd., Albany. He was arrested by state police on a charge of intoxication on a public highway and released on $100 bail. Driver of the car was not deter mined, (Additional details on page 2). 159 U.S. Traffic Deaths NEW YORK, July 3 -&)- Ac cidents had taken 323 r&es across the nation as the three-day Inde pendence day holiday headed to ward the home stretch Sunday night. Traffic mishaps accounted for 159 deaths; drownings caused 103 more, and an additional 61 per sons died In Miscellaneous acci dents. The National Safety council has predicted that 290 persons will die in traffic accidents over the hol iday. Last year, deaths from all causes reached a total of 500 for the 1948 three-day ; Fourth-of-July cele bration. Nineteen of the deaths occurred in the Pacific Northwest. Wash ington state had 16 deaths, six in traffic accidents, two from drown ings and eight from miscellaneous causes. Oregon hadUhree fatali ties, all traffic. (Two boys were killed at Albany and a baby died in a wreck in central Oregon). Salem Pre-IIoiiday Quiet The Fourth of July was ushered into Salem quietly with no seri ous accidents nor disturbances re ported to local peace authorities early Sunday morning. the first dav Tor shoot in fire- works legally resulted in no runs by the city first aid car from that cause. Firemen, however, were summoned, to the Bush school playground on Mission street to extinguish ' a small sawdust blaze believed started by a firecracker. State police reported bursts of heavy traffic mingled with quiet spells. Record crowds were re ported..at nearby coast points. Wreck Spills 6 qn Road BEND, fcire.. July 3-(;p-A tire Diowout spilled a carload of six persons on the central Oregon highway 60 miles east of here to day, killing one and injuring four. The death victim was James L. Garner, tw?o-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Garfter, Burns, who were seriously injured. Also seriously hurt were Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Smith, Burns. Their 17-month-old daughter, Nancy Ma rie Smith. ' was uninjured. . The car overturned three times after the : blowout The injured were brought to the St. Charles hospital here. TAFT DEFEAT PREDICTED WASHINGTON, July 3-UP)-A. F. Whitney, president of the Brotherhood Railway Trainmen, today predicted the defeat at Jhe polls of Senator Taft (ROhio) and other senators who supported his labor ideas. lease a 22 shell in the mechanism which will spatter a paint mark on the pavement. When the driver heart the re port of the shelL hell slam his brakes. When he touches the brakes, another shell will release another paint mark. The distance between paint marks will measure reaction, time by the number of feet traveled. Distance between the second paint mark and the front tire of the car will measure distance nec essary to stop the car once brakes are applied, j . The testing mechanism will be forwarded to Coos Bay after use in Salem, Clark said. It was used last week; la Vancouver, Wash. Accide Salem, Oregon, Monday, July Car Leaves Road Burns Fireworks Reigns on 'Glorious Fourth V JSC 1. . IF - r t ; A. 5 .iW- .- as- Vw... 4 .-Ik- V .A. -l , --w ...... 'A-i ... jfftg -Vy '. j j" ( t 1 -J: Jimmy Lehman,' 12. son of Mrs. Lucille Lehman. 971 Heather lane, will be tettinr off his Quota of fire works today and tonight alonx with the old and the young of the nation. Explodiaf firecrackers, sput tering pin wheels, and whooshing rockets will; fill the sky tonight with all sorts of fantastic tracery. Above is Jimmy setting off a whopper against a background of photographed rocket tracings. (Photo by Don Dill, Statesman staff photographer). ; . Lockout-Strike Closes Bars, Cafes in Reno; Emergency Facilities Set Up By Ed Olsen RENO, July 3 t-UP)- Cowboy singers cleared the dishes and pro prietors mixed the drinks tonight after union workers walked off Uheir jobs in most Reno eating and drinking establishments. The strike followed by an' em ployers' lockout, order came as thousands of visitors jammed the city for the Fourth-of-July holi days. Emergency eating facilities were set up in Reno parks to feed the throngs returning hot. thirsty and hungry from the annual Fourth-of-July rodeo. u No emergency provisions were made for serving liquor but bar owners or other employes stepped Chauffeur to Bird's Nest ONTARIO, Ore., July 3-TPV-Tip Powers, Ontario insurance sales man, is driving a bird nest around these days. Lots of troubles, too. A couple of sparrows built the nest under the hood of Powers' new automobile in a bucket shaped space near the fenders. Then mama sparrow laid four eggs. Now Powers has to keep open ing and closing the hood whenever mama wants in our out. On oc casion he has had to delay start ing out on a trip, while he wait ed for mama to show up so she could keep the eggs from getting cold. Max. 7 19 SS Mia. Praia. lilts Portland .. San Francisco Chitajo New . York 49 SI IS 73 .00 tr. M .00 -102 M FORECAST (from V. S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Salem): Tair to day and tonight with high today near SO. low tonight 50. ; Agriculture out look: Conditions favorable for all ac ttviUes today. SALEM PEECIPITATIOX (Sept. 1 to July 4) ThSa Year Last Year Normal 41-tt . 37 M 4, 1949 PRICE IE ., 4 . 1 V into the breach mixing drinks by guess. That usually was heavy tHo Cr.t r,r Rni.rKnn ' u , , ine union utmanuea wage in- creases ranging from $1 to $4.50 day. Negotiations which hadeen in almost continual progress since early yesterday were broken off at midday. Only two hours earlier, an amic able settlement had been consid ered almost certain. Bartenders, cooks and waitresses walked out of a hotel dining room and three restaurants shortly af ter noon. The Reno Employers council, which claims it represents about ,100 per cent of the city's bars and eating places, promptly carried out its earlier warning to the AFL union: ' "If you strike a single one of our bars or restaurants during the holidays' we'll close up every one." But the council was quick to Legality of John L Lewis' 3-Day Work Week Order Questioned Br Marvin L. Arrowsmitb and Harold W. Ward WASHINGTON. July 8-CP)-Senator. Robertson (D-Va) today questioned the legality of John L. Lewis' order putting most of the nation's coal miners on a three-day work week. He said a senate in quiry will take a look at it. "I . can't believe that congress, in exempting; unions from the anti-trust laws, ever intended to confer on any union the right to control production and thereby to control prices." Robertson said. The Virginian added that - the matter is bound to come up" at a senate banking committee In vestigation of various phases of the coal industry's-oiatiorisThe, committee plans to start the in quiry late this month or early in August Lewis, chief of the United Mine Workers, has 1 instructed all soft ! coal diggers except those work ing western dines to go on a 5c No. 107 (-1 0 advise Rena visitors, too. that they would go neither hungry nor i thirsty. I "No one will get hurt," said j Bernard Hartung, spokesman for I the council. - -Thi will K th hioooet Iain- ! boree Reno ever has nad and our visitors will have a better time than ever before. "A citizens emergency com mittee, set up at the suggestion of Mayor Francis Smith, will go to work immediately. All visitors and other persons who must de pend on the restaurants for a place to eat will be fed in the city parks.' BUDDINGTOV JONES DIES PORTLAND. July 3-OP-Bud-dington W. Jones, 62, Portland insurance executive who was mayor of Sheridan, Ore., in 1913, died of a heart ailment yesterday while fishing on the Nestucca river. Funeral services will be held here Wednesday. three-day week starting Tuesday when the miners' annual vacation ends. The order departs from the traditional UMW policy of "no contract, no work." The union contract with the operators ex pired June 30, and negotiations looking toward a new agreement have been halted until July 12. Lewis edict comes at a time when there is a record supply of coal above the ground. Reduction of that supply would improve the UMW's bargaining position. ; Robertson told a reporter that congress ought to check up oh whether Lewis has any legal right to curb production. " "I'm not sure whether he has the right," the Virginian said. "But if he does, he certainly should not have it Robertson said Lewis can to be fore the banking committee during the forthcoming investigation and explain his action if he wants to. Six Others Burned; Near 35 Asleelp in Hotel as Blal Hits I '" .'I I'" ' v . People Cling Screaming at Windows ABERDEEN, Wash, July 3--A pre-dlwn .("flash fW whipped , through a imall residential hotel here today, killing se.ven guests and burning six other persons. J . i The blaze, origin undetermined, flared just before 3 a m. (PDT) in the LaFayette hotel at Market and H.' Streets while's to 35 goiests were asleep in second-floor rooms. ;. M The search for other possible victims waft halted in mid afternoon after firemen and police had gone thrugN the charred wreckage with, probe sticks and shdvels. 1 Police Chief A. M. Gallagher said he was confident all bodii had been recovered. Fred Cleveland, assistant fire chief, said about 18 persons were brought down on ladders from the hotel rooms, all situated above street-level shops. Some others escaped to the roof of an adjoining building. ' ' Race Through Structure The blaze, apparently starting in the hotel lobby near the stair way leading to the rooms, raced through the structure 'in a matter of minutes," Cleveland saiaV "We believe the victims died before an alarm even was sound ed,?' he added. ?T"he whole roof was glowing red When we (the firemen) got there. Just as we rounded the corner from the fire station, only a block from the hotel, the front of the lobby mushroomed out. Victims Identified Coroner E. B. Riley identified five victims positively and two tentatively. Known depd are: Mrs. Mary Kearns, 74. Mrs. Eliza Beshers. Mrs, Mary Abshire. Hugh Rogers, a paralvtic. Paul Myhr, the hotel proprietor. .Two other bodies tentatively were identified as Mr. and Mrs. Earl Christofferson. A late-cruising taxicab driver saw the fire first. He radioed po lice headquarters, which notified firemen. People clung screaming at al most every window of the two story masonry and frame building. The stairwell and skylight acted as a giant flue, and the blaze shot quickly through the upper part of the one-fourth block square build ing. Screams Heard Screams of trapped persona, many of them old-age pensioners living in the hotel, could be heard above th roar of flames and the crash of broken glass in first-floor shops and hotel windows. Police Patrolmen Don Shea and Pete Popovac, who had passed the hotel five minutes earlier in a squad car, heard the alarm broadcast ' They sped to the hotel and start ed rescue work with a ladder that reached four feet short of the bedroom windows. Shea and Pop ovac saved three or four elderly women who were sitting on ledges of smoke-belching windows. One of the women, Mrs. Mary, Roberts, 80, jumped several feet into Shea's arms, nearly tumbling both to the street below. She was hopitalized with head burns. Help Fight flames Firemen from nearby Hoquiam, volunteers, and military men visit ing this Grays Harbor coastal town on leave helped fight the flames. Fire Chief Charles A. Borum said "Mrs. Beshers gave her life for $48.77. With two companions fhe was crawling across a hotel room to safety when she exclaim- ed, "oh, my purse." She turned back. The , others reached the street. Later, firemen found Mrs. Be sher's body near the door of her fire-blackened room. The purse was clutched under her arm". It contained $48 in currency and 77 cents in change. The injured, in addition to Mrs. Roberts, were: v . Mrs. Helen Raidy, 49, broken ankle and minor burns; ' Mrs. Louise Gagner, 68, undetermined injuries: Miss Mildred Dropulich, 37, multiple burns; T. N. Jovan ovich, 28, badly burned hands, and PFC. Jerry J. Ramey, Fort Lewis, Wash, whose home is at Olympia, v asn., overcome by smoke. Arkansas Official Required to Read Out Loud 3 Days LITTLE ROCK. Ark, July 3 (-Secretary of State C. G. Hall will take the Fourth of July off, then start reading aloud again. He ha about two full days of it to go .before he reads out aU the state's biennial printing con tract bids as required by law. He put in nine hours yesterday and last night. , Sometimes the secretary gets by without reading all the bids aloud before representatives of the bidders. But .some of the bid ders this year . insisted that the legal formality be observed. And, wailed Hall, it had to be a year when there are literally "hundreds" of bids on the 56 pro posed contracts. FIVE IN PLANE CRASH NEWAYGO, Mich, July j A five-passenger plane crashedr and exploded ten miles east of this western Michigan town just be fore midnight iSunday. State Dolice said the bodv of a bov had IJbeen found, and a search for other bodies was underway. Programsat Institutions Mark Fourth 1 I The Fourth ol July! will be cele brated with programs and riciiiea today at state institutions in the -Salem area. A costume parade With girls de picting leaders in American his tory is the feature fattraction of the annual picnic 1 at Hillcrest school. Prizes will b awarded for the most original costumes. The girls alst will eejov ; pic nic and softbalj "garfie this after noon with fireworks; and dam-ing tonight. ;'. I Some of the Cher r land fttial parade floats will add color te a parade at 9 this morning at thaw Fairview home, featuring floats) made on the grounds and cos tumed entrants: Following a . picnic lunch thie noon, a field day of games will be held at Fatjrviev. There will be a dance from 7:30 to 9.c30 to night and firewWksjjjat 9:45. At the state hospital there will be a ball game and other rates and games. ? f A special mvie Sunday night inaugurated th holiday program -at the Woodburn sc&ool for Uja. A field day tday iill featine a ' Softball game between the hyi and staff members, f Other gitmea and races will "follow. 1,600 Register At Church of Christ TURNER, July 3 -( Special ) More than 1,6j(J persons itgiMt-r-ed at the 99th annual satherine ..t Oregon Churches of Christ which ended here Suftdjy iafter a wek of activities. Total atttndmire was believed to hive exctlvJ 2,000. te I The Rev. MrV and Mrs. Walter Naff of Salem Fist Christian church were music ? directors f-r the week. The Rev. Dudley Stiain, pastor of the. same f church, fave a message on the relationship of the Northern Baptist church and the Disciples f Crirrst. He aire was re-electedj chairman of the state education,; comjnittee of tlie church. I Harold Lyman, member of : the Court street Christian church in Salem, was te-eleted seiittaiy of the state board; of Christian churches. A resolution ?Was passed calling for action to jim with other pro testant groups? and the Fedtial council of Churches of Chrit In protesting the appointment of Myron Taylor -as special ambas sador to the Vatican J Whole PotfUH of Beans Explodes In Restaurant LONG BEAjhl, Calif., July t -P)-At least ine restaurant cus tomer here will prbbably swear off eating beans fof a long time to comei They're l6 powerful. Here's what; happened w hen a large pressure Cooker full of bean exploded in the restaurant: It blew out three large plate glass windows blew an 18 inch hole in the ceiling; blew beans in all directions; crackfd "the plaster, and splattered customer Robert T. Davis with beani from hair te toe. .I". Alarmed nearby residents called police to ask."Whpt blew up? 5 "Beans,1? the desH sergeant re plied. "A M hole poffulir mm . f WEJ5TER.V INTERNATIONAL At Salem J-l. Vkirta J-5 At Spokane -. WaU-he a-1 ( la, am 10 inn.) I At Bremerton J-5. Vancouver -4 (3 Same 10 inn. i i At Tacoma -2. Vtctofi - (lt i mn-J , ' . ' J COAST LEAGUE At Portland 14. Sacrament 6-1 At Seattle 7-1. San Diet o 3.3 -At Hollywood 4-3. Oakland 1J-0 At San Francisco d-3w Uoa Angeles S-4. NATIONAL LEAGIE At Boston 0. Philadelphia 1 . At St, Lout 85 CindlnnaU I ' At New York J3. Brooklyn . At Chicago 3. Fittaoirih T AMERICAN LEAGUE At Detroit 4. Chi3o At Philadelphia . Uotton S At Wasiiiniton t. New Ytiik I inn At Cleveland 44. St. Loula 3-1 il 10 inn.)