r fTho Stcdoasan. SaleaC Orew Percfyerons (Highlight Fair Horse Show ; . ' i By Maxlne Buren ' Staff Writer. Tht SttUsman Local fairgoers Salem Day i brought a good house to the fair- grounds ttadium . Wednesday to : view the horse show and rodeo. ' Special event of the evening was , the exhibition driving of the six- in-hand . Percherons hitched to . heavy wagons from the Meadow Land Dairy, Portland. A Hayward, Calif, horse, owned . and ridden by Janice Kenyon won first ribbon in the opening event of the show, the handy hunters ,! which Includes performance in jumping, as well as conformation and quality. Mary Lellan of, Seattle placed first in the fine harness class with the McLellan Stables', Kal- mara Devine. Horses are suit- . able for and driven by a woman. Little Dream Girl took first of the harness ponies and Shetland! She, is owned and driven by Carl 4 Zimmerman of Portland. Morse Wins first Place Sir Laurel Guy. owned and driven by Sen- Wayne Morse of Eugene won first place for the third night in the roadsters to bike class. , Another harness event was that of the combination ' three-gaited horses, driven at first to the bug gy and later shown under the addle. Jeanne de La it t re of Oswe go took the first ribbon in this event with Maple Cricket A Sa lem horse, Linda, owned and handled by Charlen Woods plac ed fourth. 1 Salem horses also made a show Ing in the Palomino class. Cobb's King Gold, owned and ridden by Lyle Cobb won first place, with bun Kiss Serenade owned by Ar thur Franks sr., of Salem, ridden by Rose Mae Franke taking the red ribbon. Show Boy, owned by A. N. Mlnden of Salem, with Don Hanson up, awarded third; fourth place going to Bourbon's Golden Treasure owned by Rose Mae Frank of Salem and Jolden Zip- . per ridden by Pat Zosel and owned by Walter Zosel of Salem in fifth place. Goes te Arisonan ' The -judge gave first ribbon to sOlwen Beach of Phoenix. Ariz riding Joy Sue in the class for riders under 18 years of age. The audiance's choice, however, was Jittie Terry JVeal Taylor of Tacoma riding Barbara Afmirer . Terry Keal, the seven-year old rider who Has competed with adults through out the show, has consistently won me plaudits of the-audiance. A fine class was the five-galted sadle horse group which was won by Kieri Stonewall from McLellan stables ridden, by Bert Corby. Glenn Tyler of Modesto. Calif made a new bulldogglng record for tne uregon State fair with time on e a seconds. Record Heat In tlalif ornia LOS ANGELES, Sept 7-(P-The thermometer reached a nc heat record today as southern California sizzled under a blazing sun. Los Angeles' reading was 103 at ,1 p. m., but in nearby Glendale it t was 108, an all-time record. A reading of 107 was set in 1944. At least twQ persons succumbed to the heat Indio, in the desert, had a read- Ing of 102 degrees; Needles. 102; : Centro, 102; Yuma, 101, all In the desert area. Other readings included Pau- der.a, 101, North Hollywood, 103: til i a T. . 9 xuversiae, iui; juaherslield, 80. German Parliament Sessions Convene BONN, Germany. Sept. 7 -fP A gree German parliament took 1 Its place among parliaments of tne worid today after a 16-year Interlude of rule by Hitler and occupying powers. The bundesrat and bundstag. upper ana lower houses of the west German federal republic, convened for the first time in the hastily modernized capitol in this oia university town. HOTORISTS Overlie- I t Thursday; . 1M9 Prune Picker, Ml Issued A call for prune pickers in the, Dallas ateai came Wednesday irom the Salem office of the state em- Dlovment service. "At least 50 famines are needed to harvett one of the biggest rrops in recefit years, said William Baillie, inanager of the Salem of fice. The picking is fJust getting underway. -i Hoo Dickers campers and drive- outs art al0 needed In thfc In dependence district, said Baillie. Information on both prune and hop picking j may be obtained at the employment; service! officeJ 710 Ferry st- 11 - 'Rose9 Starts OwhStorv ?t 1 reason lnal SAN TRANCISCO. SeDt!7-OP) The voice of Tokyo Hose spoke up for the ilrst time In federal court today. Ml. i i It was ! calm ana clear, and quite husky. 1 The imalL dark haired Japanese-American, charged! with treason, began her story almost eagerly.1 : . I Iva Toguri D Aquino, 33, had waited through 9Vt weeks or trial for this chance. tedious The tiny defendant told the Jury: Se never had any intention of stayfing In Japan.' She tried to get out early in December, 1941 But Jananese red tape fouled her plans. Then! war came. j She Attended a Japanese lan; ruase school three,: months be fore going to Japan July 5, 1041 "I.wasja very poor student in the Japanese language, she said She spake it poorly, she said, and never learned to read or ; write It to arjy extent. She said her mother's only liv Ing sister was very sick andk want ed to see tier. But i Mrs. TegurL bedridden a year, asked Iva to go to Japan in her place. It wis such a rush trip, Iva didn't even apply for a passport. She got J certificate of identifi cation. On Dec. 1 her father. Toguri. cabjed his daughter ;to get aboard kheSTatsu Maru - which proved jto be the la it ship out of Japan before hostilities began. Clearance from thel Japanese fi nance niinistry was delayed then it was oo late. I Mrs. 3'Aquino testified: ; She u-asn't sure for two days whether war had broken out as she cou dn't understand the radio or the newspaper, j In a few days police arrived. She neelded an interpreter to un derstand them. "I asked them to intern mef but they answered, "we doh'ttgo that far. After all you ar only a woman. We will let you stay out a llittle bit." Then rthey asked her to change her citizenship front American to Japanese but she refused. I I told them I could never be come a uapanese. , Mrs. p 'Aquino then said she worked at Domei, a Japanese news agency, las ; a typist-monitor until December, 1943. and then moved over to jth Danish ministry as a clerical worker from January, 1944, until May of 1943 when the ministry was closed; She will re sume heir story tomorrow. U.S Steel to Manufacture $6,300 Home NEW J lLJBANY, IOd., Sept i-m A four-r torn house to sell for $350 down an i about $37 a month, In cluding insurance and taxes, was announced, tonight by" United States S eel Corp. i ! The h use is of plywood con struction 28 by 24; feet in, over all dimension, and! has two bed rooms, ilts total cost Including land - is expected j to be under $8,300. The announcement did 'not specify t&e terms of the mortgage, including the length of time for which it might run. "Big steel's" entry into the low cost mass housing market will be made through its pome fabricat ing subsidiary, Gunnison Homes, Inc. The house has nO basement and no garage (although 4 Gunnison produces $ separate garage unit) Its equipment does not include range and refrigerator. But it does have a streamlined kitchen with double compartment sink and wall cabinets, bath with built In linen closet, a utility room with an oil or sas-ured Durner supply ing heat Cor the forced-air heat ing system, and an automatic hot water heater Granges Oppose 'Purge' Plans for State Legislators GRANTS PASSJ Sent 7 -UPi- The Rogue river valley grange has followed the Klamath grangers lead in protesting the "purge" of Oregon state legislators. The grange convention had vot ed to work for the defeat of 22 state representatives who support ed a bill imposing: restrictions on the initiative and referendum. The bill did not pass. $ The Rogue river valley grange contended that the purge "is conf trary 4 to the principles of the grange and promotes . pressure pol itics of the Worst type". The res olution said it did not approve the 22 representatives, action on that particular question; but thought no man should be Judged oa a 1 Boy is iCttler's V' i rj; I 1 P- J. s I ... I . ' a - a . . I r --xko -:.iy-:.: t CAMDEN, N. Sept. 7 Ten-year old John Wilson died today, the 13th victim to die from the blazing pistol f Howard Unruh. 28, a erased war veteran wbe shot men. wemea and children a wild rampage. The bey Is shewn with his grandmother, Mrs. Emma Mat lack. 60, who sis died along with her daughter, the boy's mother, as the three waited la a car at a traffic light (AP Wlrephoto to The Statesman.) Camden Deaths Raised to 13; Probes Start 1 CAMDEN, N. J.. Sept. J-WV Why 28-year-old Howard 'Unruh slaughtered 13 persons and exact ly how he did it were the subjects of two separate investigations to day, j Thirteen murder warrants one for each of his victims were issu ed today against the former artil leryman and sharpshooter. All charge Unruh killed "wilfully, un lawfully, feloniously and with malice afore-thought." j Psychiatrists sought lo learn: Was Unruh insane or did he know what he was doing. If the hollow-cheeked killer is proved sane he faces the maxi mum penalty of death in New Jer sey's electric chair, says Prosecu tor Mitchell Cohen. Collected Guns Unruh, the Bible reading war veteran who collected guns as a hobby, went berserk yesterday. He stalked his victims in a usually quiet East Camden neighborhood, killing 12 Instantly with bullets at close range from his German lug- er pistol. The 13th 10-year-old John Wilson died early today In Cooper hospital. Three others were wounded. Unruh, who also has been In the hospital with a bullet In his hip, was removed suddenly this after noon. County detectives told news men of the transfer after It was made. Prosecutor Cohen said Unruh had been taken to the New Jersey state hospital for Insane at Tren ton where he'll be under observa Hon for at least two weeks. Mother Prostrated Unruh's mother. Mrs. Freda Tjn run, about 50, was prostrated in her grief over the tragedy. She Is seriously ill at the home of a sis ter. The family says the mother has not been told the full extent of her son's crime. PORTLAND, Sept 7-(P-Tbe sergeant who commanded Howard Unruh , in ' the European theatre during the war described the Cam den killer today as a "cool, mild tempered kid." Norman E. Koehn, who com manded Battery C, 342nd armored field artillery battalion, said he could hardly believe that Unruh had run amok in a Camden, N. street and killed 13 persona. Koehn said Unruh, a private first class in the battery, "was one of the mildest tempered men I ever i knew, one of the most cool, level headed kids Tve ever seen." Expert Shot He was an expert shot and a gun collector, Koehn said, but not "trigger-happy." Unruh went to chapel every Sunday and "read his Bible a lot" Koehn said. "He didnt smoke or drink. When cigarette rations were handed out he always, took his share and divided It among the boys." 1 The former sergeant said Unruh, serving as a relief gunner In the ,1 Heal WOODBCRN. ORE. IIET7 TODAYl Bad Abbott i Lets CesteDe i "Ths Dad : Don! Dream'" BE Latest Victim i?z "" 1 1- . ft j? ; r' Judge Lightens Man's Weapon Hitting a man over the head with a money bag cost Alexander D. Wier its contents more or less in municipal court here Wednes day. ;V'- Weir, of Erie, Pa., was fined $100 on disorderly conduct charges. Police said he chased a smaller, unidentified man into the Union Oil station at 2504 Portland rd. early Wednesday. Three witnesses told police Weir assaulted the man with the bag. One of them held Weir while police were summoned. New Annex to House Stayton Switchboard STAYTON, Sept. T -(Speclal)- A $1,500 addition is being built to the building of the Stayton Mu tual Switchboard association on First street, with Gus Kirsch as builder. The addition is expected to be completed in about three weeks. The space is being added to house the new $12,000 three-position switchboard which is on order from the Kellogg Switchboard and Supply company at Chicago, with delivery scheduled for about three months away. The addition will be of frame construction with a stepped-down concrete floor. Besides the switch board, it wil also house the tele phone booth for public use. The added space is being built on a temporary program as the company is retaining its lot at First and Marlon streets, where a modern building will be built in the future. At that time the new board will be placed in the perma nent building, according to E. J. Bell, secretary. Salem Stores Close for Fair Salem downtown streets have a semi-deserted look Wednesday afternoon as residents and store employes took off for Salem Day at the Oregon State fair. Nearly all stores, except tav erns, restaurants and a few smaller shops, closed up for the half-day holiday. U. S. POLIO KATE DECLINES WASHINGTON, Sept 7 -UP) The nation s polio rate apparent ly has declined for the second consecutive week, the public health service said today. face Of a German barrage, "was as cool as if he was sitting at the dinner table ... if there was ever another war and the army gave me the privilege of jrickinf my men, he's the first I would take." Oa Our Stage - Traigntl Annual Northwest OU TtnMlWlersCasttsst Veterans Living Menoxjal Aaeeeiarlon Admits 1U - Cfcildrest tU nxrs ' Pancake Turner Digs Hole in Jail ASTORIA. Sept. 7-tfVCounty officials found Cleo Fleurant, Jail ed on a larceny charge, .sitting in bis cell - - and a bole several In ches deep dug around the cell win dows. They frisked him for jail-breaking weapons, and found a pancake turner. Crawford Had Varied Career Along Coast h (Story also on page 1.) William, H. Crawford, who died Wednesday at his residence at 972 Parrish st., was born at Philadel phia, March 11. 1877. After at tending the University of Pen nsylvania he spent two years In Japan representing an export firm. He returned to start a machin ery brokerage in San Francisco and sold the first air brakes ever used on street cars in that city. In 1908 he moved to Portland where he became state sales manager for the engineering firm of Charles C. Moore and Co. .Later he helped P. G- Simmeiv an inventor, pro mote the use of a train control which eventually became standard equipment on railroads. In the early 20's Crawford traversed the nation to attract in dustries to the then-new town of Longview. Wash. After a position with the California-Oregon Power company in southern Oregon he returned to San Francisco where he took a Chamber of Commerce post as a promoter of new in dustries, i He came to Salem from that city. Teen-Agers Said Responsible for Robeson Rioting ALBANY. N. Y.. Sept. 7 JP) ! Teen-agers were responsible for most oi tne violence tnat occurred after Paul Robeson's concert near Peekskill Sunday, the Westchester county district attorney said to day. , In a preliminary report to Gov ernor Dewey on the post-concert disorders, Prosecutor George M. Fanelli said his investigation in dicated that 70 persons were in jured and that "most of the dam age and trouble came from teen agers who had no connection with veteran groups. Fanelli told the governor that state , and Westchester police had "accomplished an insuperable job of preventing fatalities." Considerate Burglar Replaces Putty In Glass YONKERS, N. Y., Sept. 7 -JP)-Consider the case of the consid erate burglar: He entered the home- of Joseph Albaum by chiseling away the putty and removing a pane of glass in a rear door. He took $7 from the house, replaced the glass with new putty and departed. Ocean-Going Ship Loads at Florence FLORENCE. Sept 7-6TVThe C- Coaster, first ship to take on car go here in 13 years, was being loaded with lumber today. City and port officials, whose harbor here has been deepened. turned out to welcome the ocean going vessel NEW CASE8 OF rOLIO PORTLAND, Sept. 7-W-Nlne new cases of Infantile paralysis were reported in Oregon last week, the state board of health said todax. The year's total is now 104 cases, compare to 63 during the same period ofJ'948. RECREATION GROUP TO MEET SILVERTON The Silverton Recreation association will meet Monday, September 12, to elect new officers and hear reports of its summer program. Wade Scott is president of the association and Hannah Olson is secretary. TOASTMASTER MEET Dr. John McNiece will be toast- master at the meeting tonight of the Willamette Toastmasters club in the Bright Spot cafe at 6:15 o' clock. Slated speakers are Walter Link, John Susbauer, Cecil Matt- ion and Herman Eckennan. Old Tim Fiddlers Contest Hollywood Theatre Tonight end Friday 8:15 P. .I Sponsored by oVtoraits Uvutg Memorial AssocUtloa Unions Level Strike Threats At 3 Railroads i - By The Associated Press Strike threats were levelled Wednesday at three railroads by independent brotherhoods. While 30,000 workers on the Missouri Pacific railroad made ready toj go through with their strike at IS pm (EST) Friday two more strikes were ordered on In terplant connecting railroads in the Pittsburgh district The strikes in the Pittsburgh district could seriously affect ng operations and idle steelmak upwards of 100,000 workers in a few days Wages are not Involved in the. disputes. A spokesman for the brotherhood of locomotive engin eers, encinemen and firemen, and railroad (trainmen said they have 282 unsettled claims involving about $3,000,000 in the Missouri Pacific dispute. The order of rail way conductors is expected to fol low the! lead of the other three brotherhoods. The strike call on the Pitts burgh district inter-connecting railroads! results from disputes about working rules. W. P. Kennedy, president of the brotherhbod of railroad trainmen, ordered 11200 brakemen and con ductors ion the Union railroad to strike at6:30 a.m. (EST) Tuesday, Sept. 13,! At the same time he ordered a strike on the Mononga hela connecting railroad for 3 p.m. Saturday, September 10. ja Heme to OIl Wed Socialite NEW YORK. Sept. 7-(;p)-Skat ing Star Sonja Henie will be married! next week to Winthrop Gardiner, jr., socialite, aviation executive and former test pilot. ; The jnnouncem ent issued through! a public relations firm, said thejweddine would take place Sept. 1, but did not say where it would be held. It will be the second marriage for Mis? Henie and the fourth for Gardiner. Her marriage to Daniel jReid Topping, tin plate heir and part owner of the New York Yankees, ended in divorce. Gardiner formerly was married to Mildred Shay, Bethany Ann (Babs) Beckwith of Miami, and Frances Lattimer. All three mar riagess ended in divorce. Collage Grove lo Fete Finish of Dorena Dam EUGENE, Sept. 7-fP-The com pletion of the $14,000,000 Dorena dam will be celebrated at Cottage Grove October 23. i . High Oregon officials have been invited to the ceremony, planned by the chamber of commerce. The dam is now nearly finished, and the pool may begin to fill by the end of this month. Mid-Valley Towns Slate Time Changes McMINNVILLE, Sept 7-flV McMinnville, Dayton and Carlton will all revert to standard time at 2 a.m., September 12. Three other Yamhill county towns Newberg, Willamina, and Sheridan will wait until Septem ber 25, when Portland resumes standard time, to make the shift Salem Clubs Granted Master Locker Permits PORTLAND, Sept 7-WVMaster locker permits allowing sale of liquor by the bottle to members were granted to two Salem clubs today by the liquor control com mission. The permits went to the Frater nal Order of Eagles 2081, and to American Legion Post No. 0. ERIC LAETSCII ELECTED CHICAGO, Sept 7-r-The Na tional Hairdressers and Cosmetoto- gists association today elected Mrs. Maye Whitley of Dallas, Tex, as its president Eric Laetsch, Salem, Ore., ;was one of the five vice presidents chosen. The female mosquito drinks blood to get proteins with which to make her eggs. - r ; f H: 'Ihi.i:i Club to Back Concert A concert tour appearance of singer Gale Page and her husband accompanist Solito D. So'4s. on Wednesday, September 21, will be sponsored by the Salem 20-30 club. It will be at; Salem High school auditorium, j A portion of the proceeds will, be donated to the school playground fund drive which a Salem wo man's group is conducting. . Sen. Connally Qaims Chiang Turned Thief WASHINGTON, Sept JP Senator Connally (D-Tex) told the senate today that Chiang Kai shek deserted his people and "ab sconded' to Formosa with $138, 000.000 in gold. The Texan turned bitter criti cism on the generalissimo in op posing any u. S. military aid for non-communist China. "Chiang Kai-shek deserted his people to go to Formosa," Con nally shouted, adding that he fled with $138,000,000 rightfully be longing to the Nationalist govern ment Chiang is no longer, leader of the Nationalist government Con nally said, and no one can say who are the responsible leaders in non-communist China who should be given and. Connally is chairman of the senate foreign relations commit tee and the Truman administra tion's chief spokesman on foreign affairs. The Texan engaged in a caus tic exchange with Senator Know land (R-Calif) when Knowland demanded that Secretary of De fense Johnson order the joint chiefs of staff to proceed to the far east to confer with Gen Mac Arthur on the' China situation. The joint chiefs are now in Alaska, where they are inspect ing U. S. defense outposts. The clash was a prelude to the "main show"1 fight over military aid to China which is certain to break out into the open on the senate floor later this month when the $1,450,000,000. global arms program comes up. Knowland J has offered an amendment o provide China with military help at the discretion of President Truman. SILVERTON WOMAN INJURED Mrs. O. E4 Eller, 922 S. Water st., suffered a right arm fracture at her home Monday when she slipped and fell to the floor. Her condition is satisfactory. Most End Tenight! . "It's A Great Feeling" "ROUGH SHOD" TOMORROW! Jase AllTsea to -nnt STBATTOK STOHT Actieoi Thrills! Gtorss" 20-30 '''--l, rvt'4. I J vt?Lt AREA v.V-O-f team again.. V RIGHT ON C.fvY AT TUNEFUL, JOYFUL, BEAM TrAGAlN!- h" right fri? n I PtM This f heJL I t Mystery Fall Kills Deb in Mid-Atlantid BOSTON. Septi T -MV Th liner Excalibur anchored la Bos ton harbor tonijht its Atlanta voyage marred by a stalrwkv f!t which cost the life of a (Texs debutante and, caused serious in Jury to a young roan companion. A coast guard cutter met American export liner as it ar rived with the body of Adricne AtwelL 20. of Dallas. Robert M. Willard. 11, of 4200 Arcady, Dal las, was carried aboard the cutter on a stretcher fend later taken to Peter Bent Brigham hospital. Miss Atwell and Willard suf fered head Injuries in a fall; down a nine-foot stairway between the boat and promenade decks last Saturday. The cause of the fall was not known, j ;: The girt granddaughter of Fed eral Judge William H. Atwell of Dallas, was j returning from a Mediterranean i cruise with! her parents,. Atty. and Mrs. Webster Atwell, and t party of college friends. She died early yesterday despite the efforts of three doc tors. .i. ; iff'. Two doctors, each ' representing 1 the steamship, line, and five com pany officials, boarded the Ex calibur after she anchored. One official, Allison Graham, who Identified himself as publle relations manager,; told newsmen that Capt Samuel N. Groves, of Brooklyn, N. gave him this account of the stairway fall: About 0620, Greenwich time, last Saturday (120 a.m, EST) morning. Miss Atwell and Willard were ascending the stairway be tween decks. Witness reported they were walking up the two and a half-foot-wide stairs nearly side by side. When about halfway up. they fell backward and landed on the promenade deck. Capt. Groves said the sea was fairly calm at the time of the couple's fall. Miss Atwell's father said the accident was "most Inexplicable since the sea was only moderately rough and the stairs were those generally used by all the passen gers." Ty.Cobb scored 2,244 'runs dur ing his 22 years in the major leagues. , i j NOW SHOWING! 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