8 j tho Statesman, Salem, Of Salem Firm Low Bidder On High School INDEPENDENCE. AM. .31 7 (Specil A low bid of $253,214 w r r niHirmin Af Salem wai accepted here tonight for feneral 'construction of -the new Monmouth-Independence school. Second low bid! of $272,109 wu C reived from Vieko and Pott of lem. . ;. A total' of $384,84 in bids were i awarded by district 13-C school : board from $400,000 bond issue tithprir.edi when the " Monrributh and Independence school districts oted to "consolidate March 28. . Other bids accepted tonight were: Plumbine and heating, In- dustrial Plumbing and Heating company,. Portland, $74,160; elec trical. Ace Electric company, Port land, $28,18; and-well and pump system; MF and M stores, Inde penderice, 2,954. I The Batterman contract calls for 158 days construction to begin next week, The school will be occupied in September df 1950. Students will attend separate achxls iti the district during the 1949-50 year. ; ,t The new building will include ,,Si.tfK square feet of construction to be built at a cost of $7.14 per i square, foot. Area FFA Units Rank Hiffh in Stock Judging CANBY, Aug 31 -(JP)- A newly v organized livestock judging team from St. Helens chapter of the Future Farmers of America won out over 22 other sjate teams at the Clackarnas county .fair today. ' The other nine teams in the top ten ranked: Newberg. Independ ence, -Eddyville. Dayton. Hilis , boro. The Dalles, McMinnviUt, - Amity and Eugene. Bob Pease, St. Helens, topped the I individual scorers with 955 :out !of a possible" 1,000. Other ' leaders were Bill Green, vpw-l ,berg; Lawrence Watt, St Helens; Jim Davidson, Banks; Gordon Parker, Eddyville; Robert Leber, Cresham: George Baertelein, Nes tuccarBob Watts, Amity: George v; Andries, Gervais; Normaji Clark, Dayton. . . ! , The 4-H club team from Lone , Elder chapter won tht livestock , Judging competition among the Clackamas-county units. Tomorrow's program has been ' designated ' Marion - Multnomah ! counties day With farm organl . : tationi the special guests of the : day. '"" i . . Icebergs are not all frosty white. Strata of deep-blue ice are scat tered through most of them-' Late Sports Hawaiian Ace 110 Stand-Out EyGENE, Aug.. 31 -JP)- Tiny Je Tom from Hawaii 5 feet, inches and 169 pounds without gridiron gepr - wasthe passing whir of the .University of Ore gon's practice session today. Coach Jim' Aiken commended Trim for his work and said he had th inside'1 track for the quarter bi:k sjxit if he continues to sine II. ' l it ' J 'II inrojjgn me rrmainirg anus. GiaiitH, College Stars !o Clash NEW YORK. - Aug. 31 Ifefty Herman Hickman brings 40 eastern college All-S,tars to the p-Io grounds tomorrow night for a T-to-T charity game against the New York Gianta of the National Football leaguev On the records, Steve Owen 's Giants ought to win. In seven previous Giants-All-Str game;, the college boys hjve won only once, betting a 16-7 verdict in 1&40. OJom in Iead,. Race Qualifying CLEVELAND,- Aug. 31-(P)-Bald jBilt jOdom. who made, his fame uning the globe for a speed course, ahowed he Isn't bad around the pylon of a closed course today with an average of 405.5 miles, an hour His speed around the 15 : mile -seven-leg course was the best, among the first dozen open class qualifying flights for the na tional air races. 'Wavne'8 Whin Bellingliam Club - WICHITA. Kas, Aug. SI -6Pi f, The Fort Wayne, Ind., Electrics, national semi-pro baseball champs . of 1548, downed the . top-seeded Bellingham, Wash., Bells tonight o to 4. to remain undefeated in , the current national4 tourney. - Tonight's contest left only two unaereated teams In the1949 run ring . Fort Waynes, and the Golden, Colo.; Coon. . CHICAGO. Aug. 31 -UP)- Calu met farm's doughty 4 year .old filly Bewitch carried 125 pounds home in 1:34 23 .for the mile as she closed gamely to edge out Louis, Lee Haggiris Stole fin the $27,450 Beverly handicap at Washington park today. The time was Just two fifths of a second off Coal town's world ar-d track tnark, . ' Thmtdar. Sewnbot L llil But Where ' ' 'M I - V'"--': LIS - "4 ., 5' I I . 1:1 I CHICAGO, Anc. 31 Cheryl Ann Petrewsky (left) and Thomas Smith, both two-year-olds, wear crowns and anxious expressions as they glance around for support from mothers after winning baby beauty contest. (Ar Wirephoto to the Statesman.) . State Department Signals Start Aft V Of Atlantic Defense Council WASHINGTON, Aug. Jl-(AP)-Tha itate department tonight signalled the first slip toward creation of tht long-awaited North Atlantic defense council to bind together 'the common defenses of the United States, Cahada and 10 western European nations. The department aid it has been agreed that the first session of the general council : established by convene in Washington on Sept. 17. It Is expected that tha foreign ministers of all the treaty nations will attend," the brief announce ment said. I The agreement marks the -first move to build up the actual ma chinery of the adefena alliance and put it into operation. Presi dent Truman formally put the "treaty into effect a ,;Week ago at a simple White House ceremony. The state . department gave no details as to' the general coun cil's, sgenda, but it is regarded as certain that top priority will go to' these major points: ;! 1. Establishment -Jjf a military defense council andM jfeiection Of a single commander to, work out a common defense strategy for the 12( treaty nations. !' I 2. Plans for dividing upwards of $1,000,000,000 in American arrni aid which President,; Truman has asfted congress to I approve for western Europe. ) In. addition, the foreign minis ters are expected to discuss the latest hostile rumblings from Mos cow, particularly Russia's angrjr blasts against Marshall Tito s Yup goslavi'a. - Even, as the state department turned attention to the defenses of western Europe, a'j'Cry for help came from the other aide of the world. J! This developed when little Korea urgently appealed to the United States for military f aid and de clared that a communist attack -on the new republic "appears most likely. The tiny . American - sponsored republic Asiatic hot spot in the cold war adjoins communist dominated Northern; Korea. Korean Ambassador John Myun Chang made the appeal to Presi dent Truman in a; White House conference this noon, and later told newsmen: "We are right ori the spot. We need quick action on tha, part of the United States lb supplying us arms and ammunition to the maxl mum degree. There is no time to waste. Help for Korea tnay b forth coming shortly. On1 Capitol Hill, two senate committees were re ported near agreement on a com promise for handling President Truman's $1,450,000,000 arms aid program. Tha program covers military aid not onjy to tha west ern nations aligned under the North Atlantic treaty, but also to Korea, Greece, Turkey Iran and the Philippines. The later ara not members of tha Atlantic pact. Colts Get Wedemeyer LOS ANGELESj Aug. SI -VF)-Herman Wedemeyer, who entered professional football as a highly Lpubucized running star at at Clary's, today was sold outright by the Los Angeles Dons to the rival Baltimore Colts of ; the All-America football conference. LEX MAT GET WAftM-UT LONDON, Aug. Ill -VPh Bill Daly, manager ofXee Savold, said today the American fighter may have one bout at home while wait ing for bis postponed fight with British heavyweight champion Bruce Woodcock. ; The Woodcock: fight, for tht British version of pie world' title, has been reset for? sometime next Vf.v ' A An English expedition search Ing for gold first discovered iron ore in North America ia 1583. is Mama? the North Atlantic Treaty will Tired, Old GAR Vets Decide Meeting Last INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 31 -(JPf- Six soldiers of '65 closed tha his- torie books of the Grand Army of the Republic today, too old and tired to fight for more encamp ments. After their last parade and "campf ire" reminiscences tonight, they go home, tomorrow wth their dimmed memories of Antietam and Chlckamauga. In a closed business session to day, they resigned themselves to abide by a decision made last year that this is the last time the Grand Army meets." Theodore A Penland. a brisk 100-year-old from Vancouver. Wash., remains commander-in -chief for life. "There isn't a man here who could come another year except me," said 108-year-old James A. Hard of Rochester, N. Y. Mineralogy Exhibit Prepared for Meet Of Arena Societies , . An extensive display of odd stones, crystals; leaf prints and other mmeralogical specimens has been prepared by Willamette Gem Cutters for this weekend's annual meeting of Northwest Federation of Mineralogical Societies at Eu gene, according to Grant Shaffner, president of the Salem group. ' The year-old local society is an affiliate of the federation. Mrs, Ted Gordon will be in charge of the display, and Walter F. King is official : delegate 'to the con ference. I , ; " Mosaic Contests Slated in Rome VATICAN CITY (V- An In ternatlonal competition for a Mo saic has been opened by the con gregation of the Basilica of St Peter. The Mosaic must bear the effigy, of St. Joseph, protector of the Catholic church, and will be .put above one of tha altars Inside the Basilica. Artists are invited to send drawing 1.92 by 3.08 meters one third of the full size of the mosaic A detail of the head must be sent in full siie. Tht mosaic will be made by 1 the Vatican School of Mosaic A prize of about $1,700 will fct awarded for tht Improved llfierias Pick Your Own j $1 Boat Bring Your Contrrlner DIo&Ioq I'omphiQS Oa Grand Island Tak WaUac Eoad ' Bring tne Cds and a Land Bar a Good Timer Wettest, Driest MonthsotedJAugus In Rain Year Both the wettest and driest months in local weather bureau history were recorded during the 1948-49 "xainf all" year. Averages for the year, which extends from ! September 1 to August 31. were compiled "Wed nesdar nieht by the Salem weaui- er bureau and showed a total 1948-49 precipitation of 42.34 in ches compared to 47.52 inches last year and a normal of 3180. The wettest penoa -textenaea from February 2 to 22 when 12 J 1 inches of rain fell in (the Salem area, an all-time record since the weather bureau was established 56 years ago. i Another record fell in January, the driest month, when only -57 inches of rain; were recorded. Wettest 24-hour period was Feb ruary 16-17 with 3.16 inches of rainfall. ' Maximum temperature during the year was 98 on September 9 and lowest temperature was lion January 13. . August figures included a mean temperature of 66.2 with a high of 95 August 1 and a low of 45 August 14. Rainfall totaled .38 in ches. Ten clear, 11 partly cloudy and 10 cloudy days were report ed during the month- Bonnie Scott Rules Over Hop Fiesta INDEPENDENCE. Aug. 31 (Special) Blonde, eight-year-old Bonnie Scott is queert of the In dependence Hop fiesta following her selection and coronation to day. Queen Bonnie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scott of Inde pendence, was chosen from among ,20 contestants this afternoon, on "the fiesta's opening day. Chosen as princesses in the hop festival court were Judy Lou Kil mer, 8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Loren Johnson, Independence; Linda Sue Hill. 8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hal Hill. Eugenei Judy Fletcher, 8, daughter of Mrj, and Mrs. Beryl Fletcher, Inde pendence and Ramelle Wilson, 10, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilson, Independence. The court J was chosen aj 4 pm. Wednesday at an open air ceremony with three anonymous judges picking the finalists. A large crowd packed the local high school , gymnasium tonight to see Queen Bonnie crowned by Mayor Ralph Spencer. They also saw today s final activity a home talent show.. Featured Thursday at the fiesta will be a horse show by the Salem Saddle club at the Hop Bowl, Main and C streets, beginning at 6 p. m. and a fiesta grand parade down Main street starting at 7 p.m. A street dance on C street will complete that night's activi ties. A carnival is playing here during the festivities. Movie Cartoons Rage in Russia MOSCOW -MP)- Since the end of the war the Soviet film indus try has issued cartoon comedies andj cartoon films in large num ber Most foreigners here who have seen them agree that tltey are of high quality and well-produced. There have even been issued full-length cartoon, films. One of the best-liked of these was called "The Little. Hunchbacked Horse." It took its "subject from a Russian folk tale. Like all cartoon films here it wasin color. ? Russians have also had a lwk at a foreign cartoon film. Walt Disney's "Bambi" was shown here and was liked both by children and adults.; Realtors to Recommend Action on Road Petition - A board of Salem realtors, Leo N. Childs, i WiUiam Kroger and Jot Bourne, was named Wednes day by. Marion county court; to make a recommendation concern ing settlement of a.iway-of-neees-sity petition on the so-called Hil fiker road near the 99E-South 2th street junction. I Several property owners have filed to force maintaining of the portion of a 30-foot road which has been in use for several years, but which Was never deeded as a road though reported so intended. Other property owners have re cently dumped dirt on the undeed- ed half, according to the petition. FDK, JftV MARRIED I I NEW YORK, Aug. 31 -(JP)- Sep. Franklin . D. Roosevelt Jr" KD- Lib, NY)' was married ' today to Miss Suzanne Perrin, a slim, blonde socialite who .did a hitch in the marines during tht war. LABELS CHECK FORGESMXS . BANGKOK-(AP) -The Ministry of Finance has decided to print cigarette duty labels abroad. It seems that duty labels art too eas ily forged in Thailand (Slam) when the originals are printed by tht Government Tobacco Mon opoly. !' Marriage License Record Stands but t Total High Altar-bound couples during August were too ' few to break any Marion county records, but those, who sought licenses proved the largest group of any 1949 month and tied for second-best in the all-time list, j , The total of applications at the county clerk's office reached 134 Wednesday night, equal to the total in June, 1946. That was second only to the 142 of August, 1944. Fourth best for all time was June of this year with 114. Legion Asks U.St Aid in China Fight PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 31-P)-The American Legion today re fused io write off China as lost and called on the United States to help the Chinese fight the com munists. , !. The legion, in a resolution ap proved unanimously at its 31st National Convention, appealed to the Chinese people to "throw out all foreign ideologists aimed at setting up totalitarianism domina tion in the interest of a foreign power." And the 2,500, 00-membef. vet erans organization called, for the U. S. government's "immediate aid in forming" a Pacific regional union, along the lines of the At lantic pact. Secretary of Defense Louis John son told the convention the Uni ted States can insure permanent neace only by Vkeeping awalte and preparing accordingly." Johnson, former national com' mander of the legion, declared that: "We shall build our ramparts so strong that no agressor will dare attack us. We must achieve peace and we will achieve it ' "We will achieve it in the only wy possible in this world of to day affirmatively by unmis takeable strength of land and sea and in the air." Trio Sponsors Alcohol Plant At Springfield WASHINGTON, Aug 31 -(JP)' The war-built Springfield, Ore., plant for producing alcohol, from wood waste finally found a com mercial sponsor today. They art Charles B. Hudson, jr., William S. Hudson, and Mrs. W. E. Mitchell of Americus, Ga. The three will pay only $100 a year rent for the first three years, while they put the plant into op erating condition. ' After that the rental will be at least $5,000 a month, the exact amount to be determined by the prevailing price of industria alcohol. The 83.000.000 factory has capacity of 4,000,000 gallons of alcohol annually. Sea Scouts Return From Area Resatta w Ten Cascade area Sea 'Scouts have returned from region 11'. Sea Scout regatta on the Colum bia river near Portland. ' , The boyS, who piloted the! 26- foot motor whale boat William; ette at the regatta, werelEd dott frief, Don RasmussenA Charles Staab. Wayne Mercer, Robert Hewitt, David Hill, Bob NeVcom- er, Earl Michalke. Robert Gil christ and William Thomas. ; Tenth Part of a Dollar To Be Barker Cry Again. A dime will finally come into its own at the Oregon state fair for the. first time since 1941. Exposition officials announced that on Saturday, Sept. 10, all amusement rides for 'children ,12 and younger would be reduced to SI cents, plus. 1 cent tax. The special rates are a feature of Children's day at the state fair and will be in effect from early morning until S p.m. The. midway will begin operation that day at 9:30 ajn. MOTORISTS Tlf fjf.1' Mf : WSf I . !-. . Parking, Traffic Control Plan -F( r Fairgrounds Announced . Parking and .traffic nekr the state fairgrounds will be regulated closely during state fair, week in Salem, Police Chief Clyde A. War ren ordered Wednesday. I Local traffic police under Warren's direction hava prepared a control plan designed to expedite the anticipated heavy load of state fair traffic The new traffic light at Silver- ton road and fairgrounds road will be5 manually operated by pol ice at peak traffic times. - When incoming fairgrounds traffic ia heaviest Silverton road will be closed at the Fairgrounds road! intersection and will serve westbound traffic only. Other traf fic is to use the 18th street en trance or may use the Silverton road entrance via the Pacific high way! and Lana avenue. To expedite traffic in fair week. parking will be prohibited on both sides of Fairgrounds road irom the Hollywood intersection to 200 feet; north of Silverton road; on Highland avenue from the Junc tion to Cherry avenue; on Cherry avenue two blocks north from Highland: on 18th street from Madison street to the fairgrounds; on ; Silverton road from Fair grounds road, to Lana avenue. Changes in bus traffic- will be made, including temporary dis continuance of the stop, at the Sil verton road junction, j Commercial traffic will use the 16th street .entrance, except race hnrwc wftirh will be -taken via Evergreen avenue to the grounds. Stock Judge List Completed For State Fair The complete list of livestock judges1 for the Oregon State fair at Salem, September 5 to II, was announced Wednesday by Manager Leo Spitzbart. All state fair judg ing will be completed by late Tuesday afternoon. September 8 The judges include J. C. Knott, Pullman, Wash., Ayrshires and Brown Swiss; Clifford Knight, Lodi, Cal., Guernseys; Wendell SeVerin, Lincoln, Neb., Red Poll; M.i B. Nichols, Pullman, Wash., Holsteins; O. C. Evans. Chilliwack, B., C, Jerseys; C. W. Hickman, Moscowr Idaho, beef cattle; . R C. Gracey, Roscoe, Tex, m,ilkjng shorthorns; Frank Ecker, Modesto, Cal, milch goats; Don Kessl, Har lan, Angora goats; Wade Wells, J - r t i it; - DOise, swine; jeonaru nigginson, Sardis, RC, and Chauntey Hub bard, Junction City, sheep; E. L. Potter, Coryallis, horses; Robert Sprague, Sacramento, rabbits; and Harry Reld. Vancouver, B. C, poultry. ' " Eiu of Accident Victim Sought State police today are seeking Salem .area relatives of Lawrence jQhn Rogers, 57, wtio died Tues day as a result of injuries received in an auto accident near Pendle ton August 26. No kin of Rogers couldXbe lo cated at Pendleton and it wa$ re ported that the deceased had rel atives living in "Salem. Capt. Max L. Alford of the state police said here Wednesday, however, that no relatives of the dead man could be found through the usual channels. Relatives of Rogers are asked to contact the state police. ' SUCCUMBS TO POLIO A SEATTLE, Aug. 31 -OV Mar tin Sholset, 10 years old. died last night: in King county hospital the eighth Snohomish county fatality from polio this year. He pad been kept alive a month in a respirator. HUNGRY AS A BEAR? You Want to Gel ' cmvou Nqw Buffet - Dinner (Choice of entrees and ' desserts, .too.) Dewnfewn 5 00 P. M. :30 P. M. Evtry Day Sunday Stat 1. . for m t m Actress Views Plane Crash, Count's Death CANNES. France. Aug. Jl -UP)-Italian Count Giargio- Cinl was killed today as his private plant crashed in circling back low after takeoff so he could wave goodbye to Actress Merle Oberon. The movie star, who had seen, him off on a flight to Venice, wit nessed the. crash and fainted. When revived she said: My life is finished. There's no point In going on." The -31-year-old Count was president of a company owning hotels in Italy, including the Lido in Venice, and the ; Excelsior, in Rome. Killed with him in his "twin engine Cessna vk his pilot. Giargio Giardeloo, 26. who was burned in the plane. Count Cinl body was thrown some distance away. " W 'A Portland Woman Returned to Face Parole Violation A Portland woman arrested by city police late Tuesday night was reiurnea o romino auinon - ties weanesday to face a charge of parole violation. The woman. Vera Chase, .was arrested at a local auto court after police said she attempted to pass a bad check in Salem. Also arrested was Ruben All mendinger, Portland, who told police he had been with the Cha?e woman the past two weeks. All mendinger was sentenced Wed nesday to five days in the city jail on a charge of vagrancy. Two Years Added . To Lifer's Term Allan D. Brumfield's -life was extended by two years Wednes day. 'I That was the sentence imposed in Marlon county circuit court af ter a jury had found him guilty of arson, in connection, with last November's fire at the state prison flax plant, set in an attempted es cape. ' Brumfield is already sorting :a life sentence for murder, tof which the neW term is to be added. He has been at the penitentiary since November, 1939. ThS Girl Promt fJonc5 Scach PETER GODFREY HEX OOtTSoT PETER GODFREY tad Major Hit! Extra- Navel ty - Warner News j New Snewtjir Oeen f:5 V its .era Second Featart ' -TXOCBLE nU7EUtEX" "- Wtth Charles Snaeell . h II , Ray Milland II I H 11 y l" Til 1 I II ' ,eB Peters If I ' i . I fi I "IT HAPPEN ? i I n I ill EVERT SPRING- II I BIGOT I Off! j I I . I I ; : t . , JLM Mat Daily frem I P. M. ' .-. And-Jee Paloeka i. NOW SHOWTNGlJ j -WIXXER TAKE ALL" i " TpV TwiaTeatheyBaTa V ftYflKf I We Were Strangers" Jt- j n m ."Crime Dr.'s Diary" - 1 I . , I ; COFEATURE! . Xkmw m , Plane's Roll Blamed for Pilot's Death SPOKANE. Wash, Aug. U -tifU ! The pilot of a B-29 bomber told tooay now ma co-puot was kuied when the big ship crashed ind burned yesterday. j Lt. Jack Glllard of Spokane wag . the only man killed " when the plane tore into a hill 15 miles northwest of here and exploded. The other 14 crew members par achuted to safety on the Spokane Indian reservation. . . I Capt Wallace B. Coetx. pllk said he ordered the crew to Jump when an engine caught; fire. 1 j ' Iveryone balled out except ch-r lard and Goetz. It was easier for Goetx to get out first to mak way for Gillard, so he umped,,Thrff the wuiuwg piane rouea over. "It is probable that lieuien ui uuiira was anocaeo: uncon- scipus when the plane turned over , andkwas unable to geVbut,- Goeti said. Ed Colby Starts Deputy Sheriff Duties Today S E. E. (Ed) Colby assume duties this afternoon j as a new deputy sheriff on Denver Young's Marion county force. ' j . " Colby was named to replace Lawrence Wright who resigned August 1. The' hew deputy served In hbth Lstate and county civilian defuse activities during World War II and later, worked as a correspondent with the state accident commis sion. He has lived In Sfllem sihea i ig38 when he moved 6 this area ; from California. Voter Registration Goses September 13 j t Voter registration within Salem for the special annexation election October 14 will close September 13, the Marion county elections clerk. Mrs. Gladys White, said Wednesday. j That day will also bt tht hast to register for residents of I the southeast Salem area seeking !an- meation-. If that issue should be placed on tht ballot The other area proposed for consolidation Is West Salem, which ' has already balloted in favor of the move! Oeent f:4S F. M. NOW1 Deeble ThrlUst TJB4er Westers SUra" l . rcau ft Caay'ee," New! Openi C:4ST. M. Randolph Scott j ROY lOCtM 'GRAND CANTON TXAJl- , , T , , , ftf - NOW SHQWTNG1 I 1 f rll free Sheukni Ptayl lt 111 I Rides far the Kid- 1 I 1 II dice SUrUa- Daily 'i II I II I At I TM. . U I III I I 1,1 I wis