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t Tfc. Stalmaa. Sala. Oregon. FfMoT Spmbf 21. AmatenrHour Feature at Fair (See story page 1) At -the opening ceremonies of the North Marion County Fair Thursday night, Gilbert Bamage, vice president cf the fair commit' tee. was master of ceremonies, in teeduciag J. S. Laeey, Woodburn, president, and the three member of the Marion County fair board, Archie Geer, Salem, Warren Cray f Markm and Win ton Hunt of Weedawn. The North Marion County com saimfty gave half hour concert prior to the opening of the doors, and a 12-act amateur hour, spon sored "by the Woodburn Firemen's auxiliary, drew more than 3,500 to Settlemeier park at 8 JO. Win ners in thia were the "Puddin' River Play Boys - made up of Willard Thompson, Woodburn; Buddy Wettstein of Hubbard and Elwyn KeU of Aurora In a song - J - - t.LI- - -4 ma aancv oumoa, nvuia du vx Hubbard, vocal soloist, and Janice Painter and Shirley Anderson of Woodburn in a musical panto caine. , Exhibits of the three-day. fair are housed in the Woodburn ar raory and the North Marion Fruit Co. warehouse. They are open to the -public from 10 a. m. to ll p. an. both Friday and Saturday without ny admission charge. Elated for Friday night at t o'clock is a IS-act performance by the Journal Juniors of Port- Viand; , Saturday at 10 a. m. the Judg- f . M f t t , , t mc m junior utcsiock wiu sian. A tfrtocic Satm-dav the annual Kiddies parade win be held and at 430 -the Future Farmers of America will hold its tractor driv tng contest. Another entertainment feature' la being set for Saturday night at o'clock. , . Vacation Tour Won for Sales Of Cosmetics Mrs. L K.,(Kay) Ferguson, 189 Gerth ave, is having a week's round of entertainment in Los An- "relea as reward In connection with nee worn . as a cosmeucs sales woman at the Fred Meyer drug -. atere here. She left Thursday by. plane' on the ail -expense paid trip she won In a Toni-sponsored contest She It to stay at the Ambassador hotel Mrs. .Ferguson has been in the local store s cosmeucs department far the past 2V years. Korean Vets " Due Saturday f Sgt Charles A. Scott, 1938 .Warner st, is one of 1,077 combat veterans from Korea who will ar live Saturday in San Francisco. ' The passengers include rotation combat . personnel coming home for reassignment, and enlisted re serve corpsmen being returned to ; civilian life. - ' . An Independence man. Set, J C. Western, Is also among the men returning. Are featured on our regular full COURSE DINNER . with Mary Barton, ! Organist - Downstairs on State Street 7 A.M. to 8:30 P.M. ; Week Days 1R Noon tot P.M. , Sundays ABt-CONDITlQNED ft vJ. imjwg rorr njghi Istpegr 79 PJ3. Us taweai tm awillsi (MKT ks amKt taimt SUM mo SMBO? : 1UBRIY: t H5I Merchants to Ping Limited Parian Meters Down Town A delegation of merchants and other businessmen cf Salem will appear before the t citys council Monday night to recommend the installation of start-time; parking meters, two or three tola block downtown. - :. '' This was indicated after a con ference of Mayor Alfred Loucks with Salem Chamber of ;Commerce ana sterau xraoe Duxeaia leaoers Thursday. . f jf -- Bureau , President ! Richard I Cooley said a: Questionnaire ans wered, by 73 merchants ! showed the 'favor the proposed 12- or 34 mlnute meters and generally op pose "meter feeding? by i all day paxkers in the business section. , ' it , . uests Right to Buy WASHINGTON. Sept i20-ffV- The army; is turning to! foreign markets far more than 1Z.OO0-OO0 pounds of beef, after being offered only 190,000 pounds by American Dackers. i t i i Army officials said today they had asked 212 domestic 'packers to bid on a 12,000,000-pound con tract, but that only two offered to supply any - meat. fThese were Kingan and company of Indian apolis, which, offered I i 100.000 pounds, and Dugdale Packing com pany of St. Joseph, Mo, which of fered mjjooo pounds,' an army spokesman said. - -1 Packers have listed a current shortage Of high quality beef and government price controls among reasons for declining to bid. The army stated yesterday that if domestic packers failed to furn ish the beef it would request au thority from Army Secretary Pace to buy overseas. Officials indicat ed today j that statement 1 stands. Tbe European market probably will be explored, as well as that in Argentina and possibly BraziL If foreign meat is obtained, the army said, it will be used to feed American forces in Europe! reliev ing a drain on west coast-sources which normally ship to the Far East. -; i i j, i Meat experts in the agricultural department predict that beef sup plies will ; increase within; a few weeks, as summer pastures dry up, and that the army shoald have less difficulty in filling its needs. But the army has stated it must have "immediate assurance that supplies will become available to the army not later than Nov. 10.' ; A Chicago marketing area offi cer said most packers told him they could not bid for army con tracts because j they cannot buy enough cattle to slaughter without suffering losses.; t DAV's Oiief Addresses; jj Salem Chapter Steele Moorhead, Agate Beach, state commander of the Disabled American Veterans, addressed the Salem chapter Thursday night at a general meeting in the Woman's clubhouse.! , u ii The state leader brought local members up to date on actions of the 20th annual DAV national convention: he attended last! month in Milwaukee, Wise ;" , j Two other DAV officials who spoke were Gerald S Kebey of Portland, national service officer, and W. A. Bisdon, Albany, district commander. ; ? i -Ridgley C. Miller. Mariorr coun ty services officer, discussed the new state, bonus plans. The: meet ing . was conducted by the DAV chapter commander, i Arch I Brewster. ! . rr wirv v f J I . By Chriitma youT boys Army: Red Foreign Beef - r. i i ! i - . - erU W VV flg J f , J ll w m a ar r m me srnoomiy, efficiently wilh poise and confidence. ' j ? " I I ' .- . i ft will cost y only $16.00 for a 16 weeks course. I K i? ' i Starting Thta Sahirday Cvenlna at 73 P. II, i - " ' 'i -: U " " 1- - .;. ! September 22nd at the : Continued Bid To Keep Peace Truman Aim ByD. ITareld OUver WASHINGTON. Sert, 2a-CP)- President Tramra said today the United States will continue to seek agreements with ..nmria. but will rearm- to see they are kept: Be solemnly told r news cos ference that there is a stronger possibility now than ever before for preserving the peace if we stick to our knitting and go ahead building defensively. Repeating that soviet Rossi a had made it Impossible to settle differ ences over the conference table, he said that under existing cir cumstances it is necessary to be able to meet force with; force, al though he isliked this necessity err mtirh i it' Mr. Truman said the United Na tions was organized to t settle things without the -use of force, but Korea is just one example of how the communists have made this impossible. Other examples he mentioned were Greece, Tur key, Berlin and Trieste.: Today's news conference cover ed a wide range of topics. The chief executive as alternately grave ana smiling. There were fewer "no comments than in the past. Firing back as fast as the questions were put. he said: 1 He thinks it is all right for democratic national committee of ficials to Introduce prospective borrowers to government agencies so long as they are not paid for it. He is convinced, he said, that Chairman William M. "Boyle, ir has not received any fees in con nection with contacts .with the RFC v. i 2 The republican opposition has no issue on which It can at tack the administration and hence it is resorting to representation and smears. "Ie predicted a dem ocratic victory in 1952, basing this on the idea that the voters rarely turn out an administration if the country is prosperous. : 2 He is standing by his nom inations for two Illinois federal judgeships despite the action of the senate Judiciary committee in bottling thenvup. He said he has no - intention of submitting new nominations to 'replace those oo- posen by Senator Douglas. (D-Hl). Stiff Penalty Handed Out to Drunk Driver The troubles of Ernest Dupuy, charged Tuesday with driving while intoxicated, multiplied Thursday. Dupuy now faces a 45-day Jail sentence and S425 in fines fouow- ing a session with Municipal Judge Feery T. Buren. ' : Wednesday Dupuy was released front jail, but he returned that af ternoon after being cited again for driving while intoxicated. Police said he had borrowed a car from a Union street used car lot to try it out, when he got the second ci tation. - 'i i A check of records showed this to be Dupuy's third arrest this year, and that he was driving with a license suspended in May in Eugene. i Buren fined him 2350 on the in toxication charge and gave-him a 40-day jail sentence, slapped an other $75 fine on for driving with a revoked license and added an other five days to the jail sentence. Former Chief of A&P Victim of Heart Attack NEW YORK, Sept 20-(P)-jrohn A. Hartford, 79, who made the A. ic P. chain food stores a mass operation, dropped dead in a sky er a per elevator today. He was chairman of the board of the A. & P the great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. He once was president of that firm, founded by his father in 1858. v wa - vinf sjsni tfviwvr uun ': . and girls can ballroom danca tancina a ! . ; . J Gty Officials to Attend Annual League Sessions " 1 ' " , .... Several of Salem's city officials are making plans to participate in a convention of the League of Ore gon Cities October 15-17 at Port land. ;.-!- - One of the speakers there will be Salem's municipal judge. Peery T. Buren, who is among officials interested to forming a state soaaUon of dry Judges. ; Adult Classes' Faculty Holds First Session' The faculty of the Salem adult education program met Thursday night for a final meeting before the opening of the night school Mon day.- ' Some 25 teachers, who win be teaching 32 classes in the fall term. attended the meeting. They dis cussed the year's program, and compared this year's plans with the experiences of the last six years. - Now entering its seventh year in -Salem, the night School enlists the aid of Qualified people from the public schools' teaching staff, Willamette university and non professional ranks to be instruc tors. ... . The - fall term wffl last ten weeks. 'concluding before Christ mas. . Blood Donors Give 118 Pints A total of lit pints of blood were collected during four hours xnursaay aziernoon zrom a niooa- mobfle stationed at the Oregon Pulp and Paper company on South Commercial street. Mrs. Ralph Moody, chairman of the blood drive, said the unit had expected to collect between B0 and 79 pints. s Biggest turnout came from the paper mill, where tl pints were collected with ll .nen being r jected. The public donated 37 pints, with 10 rejections. 1 Fire Aurora Mill! SUtesaua Ntwa.Sarrle AURORA. Sept. 20 Fire here this evening almost totally, destroy ed the P. H. Peterson sawmill. causing an estimated $43,000 to $30,000 worth of damage. I Saved from the blaze, which be gan about 6 pjru, was a tool shed, a truck, and a planer. The rest of the mill was a complete loss. Wil lis Matthieu, district fire chief said. - The fire apparently was started from sparks on a sawdust burner which Ignited a diesel engine un der the main saw. It burned for more than two hours. The loss was partially covered by insurance. 3W Brownout Due October 1 SEATTLE, Sept 20-0P)-October 1 was set today as the approximate starting time for a Pacific north west brownout and cutback of in dustrial electricity. - The date was announced : by J. H. Gumz, regional administrator for the defense electric power ad ministration, utility system' repre sentatives. - : ; !. The brownout and cutback or ders will affect virtually all com, mercial users of power and about 2,100 industrial firms, Gumz told the power officials. Destroy fflfl fill immw. Glenuccd Holler Binli Jnil North1 ol the Drtve4n on SSS eey . r-JoSa Hie ; 1 . CiPiT0L IPS' CLUB ' : At the CAPITOL "ffiSIYffiE : Every Sctordcry crl 123 " Eianil out this Kemberslip AppHcaflon and bring St wS2i'to Scrrnrdar MaSnee! a xl ccAprroL eds clus Nasi Address - SPECIAL FEATURE PICTUSE CABTOO:3 mTAL STAGE FUin RFC Prokrs Told 4 Paid By Company WASHINGTON, Sept 20-CPr-A senate inquiry group was told to day; that the American Lithofold Corp, 2st. Louis printing firm with government contracts, paid to tour federal employes while they were still on govern ment oayrolls. I.-: - . Twfl witnesses told the senate's investigations subcommittee that $15,055 went to James B- rinne gan while he was collector of in ternal revenue: in St. Louis. Fin nezan has been ousted, and a fed eral grand - jury is investigating his activities, r . - - Carmine S. BeHino, a subcom mittee investigator, testified that company records show that John T. Kelly, former chief of the labor department's wage and hour in vestigating unit for New York and Jersey, received $13,942 from the firm in 1949, 1950 and the first seven months of this year." He said the payments were listed as advances on sales commissions. Bellino said James B. E. Olson received $5,851 In 1949 and 1951 while he worked with the internal revenue bureau's alcoholic tax unit in New York. : Chairman Hoey (D-NC) of the inquiry group "said Olson resigned his government job on Aug. 24. Bellino said he found instruc tions in American Lithofold's re cords to pay Walter Doxon $1,000, and discovered that the amount was' paid- Doxon Is an internal revenue agent assigned to the Newark internal revenue office. The subcommittee began its probe of Lithofold's affairs after charges were made that William M. Boyle, Jr., democratic national chairman, used his political in fluence to help the company get $585,000 hi loans from the recon- structlon finance corporation. Boyle has denied the charges and today President Truman again ex pressed confidence in his party chieftain. . . The testimony about Flnnegan came from Bellino and Homer W. Stanhope, comptroller and assist ant secretary of American Lithe; fold. Stanhope was the man who wrote the checks. Stanhope said the $45,085.11 list ed as paid to Flnnegan was for salary and expenses. Stanhope testified that the firm also hired Boyle, in early 1949, while it was negotiating for an RFC loan, and Max Siskmd, Boyle's former law , partner, each at $500 a month, recording them on their books as salesmen. Salem to Have Third Station i A third radio station for Salem has been authorized by the fed eral communications .commission, the Associated Press reported Thursday. " The FCC permit went to Gordon Allen, operator of station KGAL in Lebanon; John B. Truhan, now with the civil aeronautics authori ty in Honolulu, and Mrs. Justine Clark, an investor of Camas, Wash, The Salem station, designated KGAE. would operate in daytime hours at 1,000 watts on a frequency of 1430 kilocycles. British Imports Outstrip Exports . -LONDON, Sept. - 20-(S5r-British imports for the first eight months of 1951 outstripped exports by 808,000,000, $262,400,000 and the nation was told today it is living beyond its means. ' Richard Stokes, cabinet minis ter in charge of Britain's raw ma terials supply, said there is "no solutiono to our present difficul ties except by higher production all around." i , No Charge for t - Use)- ol Skates Vh2e They "Last! iuds! ThoauL Ccrsllol JJ7 Bettors Give -Conservatives Edge in Vote LONDON. Sept 20-HV-British bettors established the conserva tive party today as a six-to-four favorite to topple Prime .Minister Attlees laborite regime in the gen eral election Oct. 25. That means persons who figure Winston QmrchiQ and his Tory followers will take over the gov ernment put up money at the ratio of a pounds (iuo) agamst e pounds ($11.20) by .those who back the' laborites. Betting is legal lit Britain. - ' The prospect that, after six years, the labor parry's socialist rule may be nearing an end touch ed off a buying spree on the Lon don stock exchange. i But professional politicals among the conservatives were playing down the feelii of optimism in the party's ranks. They passed the word: 'Remember the republi cans.- Cooley Buys Coast Store Plans Moving Byron Cooley, former Salem exoceryman. announced Thursday he had purchased the Coast to Coast tore at 219 N. Commercial st, from Ray Crawford. Crawford, who owned the store lor io years. plans to go to Phoenix, Ariz. After November 1 the store will be moved to a new location in the same block, now occupied by Rice Shoe store and will be completely modernized, Cooley said. . Coast to coast stores are locally- owned and nationally organized. There are 600 in the group. Cooler owned and operated a erocerr store on state street zor 10 years. He sold u to juuara Hanson last month. Oliver Boline win remain with the Coast to Coast store and Gene Rulifson will be added to the staff. Cocley said- y 1 CONTINUOUS FROM 1K0 P. M. DAHYI NEW TODAY! A GSJEAT NZW ADYINTUI - FROM TKI UNFORGHTAUI SATURDAY EVENIN3 POST SGUAI SENSATION! .. . - .ll.. v3i 1 mm mm r m a s l I 17 ar i - - - -- T 1 MUIW mm i i cj mica tu tzzza Tcacii ADDED DROOPY COLOR. CARTOON . . . - GCDOCJA gaps 1 07 FexriurfBg di. Finest la CHrsra zzi ilc:rix Fc: O Lunch O Knner i O-"hai SaacW Prepared Ordsn to Tale Out, Fhono KEV7 CHAEGED CSSIS EOOM facilities Available For Banquets and Parties 28SS rafrgreeada Kd, Jest before ye get to the HeSyweed V; Step Light! j j. : v . Salem VFWs Win Oregon Service Award i i Marion post 661. Veterans of Foreign Wars, will receive an award for the outstanding com munity service . program among Origon VFW posts during a post meeting here Monday night. Presentation will be made by the VTW state commander, W. J. Ash worth of Portland. The state wide, contest, part of a national VFW program to stimulate public service; work by veterans groups. was fudged by Gov. Douglas Mc Kay, Portland Mayor Dorothy Mc Cullouga Lee and Dr. Rex Putnam, state' director of education. Among activities on the Uarlon post record of the past year are street crossings patrol at opening of school, poster placing for traf fic safety, help in civil defense, Christmas party for underprivi leged children, polio fund raising, sponsorship of three Scout troops and various other projects. Governmental Employes Pay Boost Voted WASHINGTON, Sept 20-WV Tbe house todar whoooed into passage a series of bills biking the nav of more than 1300 eovern- ment employes by a total of $870,- 045.600 a year. The raises run from a flat $400 a year for more than a million ci vil service workers to W00 for some nostmasters. In the flush of voting the big increases, house members showed an urge to fatten their own pay The legislators applauded vigor ously! as majority leader Jaccor- mack! fD-Mass) declared: "Salaries of members of congress murht to be at least 123.000 a year. I have the courage to vote for such an Increase. I think we ought to 0 Plus This Laugh-Loaded Co-Hit! TREATS! FOX NIWS i Open Dcfly 11 AJL to 2 AJL Cat TU 3 AJ-L. r ( f, r . trim u 4 w i r do it before the next session of congress is over." i Member of both the house and senate now get $1203 a year, plus a tax-free expense account of $200. In addition, they get al lowances tor stationery, telephones and clerical hire. ; , r; - McCormack said the present eon. gressional pay is 4unf ortunater The big pay-raise bills provide: L A flat $400 nay boost for l.- 043,614 government workers outv side the postal servicetotaling . $417,445,600. r ; : ' H , : - Z. increase of $400 to $700 a year for 500,000 postal workers totalling $235,760,000 annually. 3. An $800 limit onU raises for 42,000 postmasters and 26,000 post al supervisorstotalling $15900,- wv annually. is , ' DEPENDENT BAN LXTTTD !J WASHINGTON. Sent. ilMlVi The sending of dependents to join servicemen in Japan will be re sumea on a limited scale early in November, the army J announced To tne Moaio of Julius Moen'a Tito Every Fridor Iflle at tne ' . DciSaiiclependence j " ' " Tancnonli 1 ' AHt CONDITIONED Salenrt Only tlsma Quasi : Theatre ii j '" - - -g ii ir rp irnrLrmrunwn rxsaa LSt NOW raOWDJO - OPEN MS ,m i in bkAXMD FEATCSJC . ! 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