0rders Show 77T ' - Bad: Dovn Cqobs Snj H?" nro jm mm . - I v it a - North. Iran ifMritish Tmom Canitmrel. Landed, at Abadan n 0 1 i.'rp mm VXHRAN, Iran, Oct Sl--Ir-anian police have seized commun ist orders showing that Russia planned a lightning invasion of northern Iran it Britain - landed troops at the oil refinery town of Abadan in . the south, it was re ported today. ' . - . . A high authority, who refused to be named said detailed plans for a swift communist coup with so viet military support were among documents found in a police raid on underground Tudeh (commun ist) party headquarters here last Saturday. . . - Elaborate separate: Instructions were issued each. Tudeh ceil in 101st YEAH 3 SECTIONS V rl - i MUNSAN,' Korea, Thursday, Nov. l-()-Only ;the armistice status of red held Kaesong and minor differences in allied and red .versions of the battle line today blocked agreement on a buffer tone for Korea, t No agreement , was reached in a morning session today.-"We're 1 stall trying, we're still trytngVMtj. Gen. Henry t Hedges, chairman of the U. N. command subcommittee, said after the meeting at Pan- rnt' Labor's (AFL League for Poli tical Action is out with its score board on performance of represen tatives and senators. It has picked out .ten items in the scores of those voted on in the last session and assessed votes of members "right" or "wrong," in its own light, v- Its publication League Reporter sums up the record of congress by listing certain problems, then what congress should, do ana last what congress did. This summary na turally reflects the bias of the ones making it. For example the first item is Taft-H a r 1 1 e y ; act; the 1 "should- do," ; "repeal this anti-labor law"; the "did", "Nothing." Yet congress did pass an amendment to the law which moderated its terms considerably in the matter of union 'shop elections. -. . . Again, on the item Taxes, the "should do" is "Make everyone pay his fair share of taxes"; the "did": "Soaked the poor and let the rich escape their fair share of taxes." That is both inaccurate and unfair. The upper bracket incomes already are heavily soaked. Another item was rent control, with the "should do," "Hold down rents , uie uiu . iuucucu cuu 20 'per cent over what they were In 1947.V But what has been the v percentage of wage increase since 1047? And what about the increase in taxes, repairs, painting, etc on buildings In that period? . . The test for : senators and the vote which earned the AFL "R" for Right embraced the following: Taft amended to .Taft-Hartley law: Nay'' v " ' ... ,f Restriction on Troops to Europe ; Nay,-; - - :,-J7,- . ' - v 'More Money lor Schools in de fense areas: Yea Amendment forbidding livestock slaughter quotas: Nay (Continued on editorial page, 4.) Max. 52 - 54 41 Min. ai ; 58 . SI 31 Precip. M M .00 Salem Portland San Francisco Chicago . - New York 66 S5 .02 L wuiamctu River M feet, i FORECAST (from U. S. weather bu- - seau, McNary neia. saicm): Mostly unity today-and clear tonight. Little change In -temperature with the .high today near 55 and the low tonight . near 28. . , .. I v SALEM' PRECIPITATION Slaee Start f Weather Tear, Sept. 1 This Year Last Year . Normal 10.51 UJU ' M Anlmsl Craclicro y WARREN COODRlCK "A fU towndl el the 9009 H wil bf ftactly Noveanbec ' t . - ' ' r - ' northern " Iran: from the Russian border to f industrial Isfahan in central Iran, including the capital, Tehran, he said. The membership of each cell was to rise In revolt against the: Tehran government as Russian troops rolled into the area. The soviet soldiers were to oc cupy northern Iran. ' : The arrival of ' fresh . Brillsh troops in the middle east during the British-Iranian quarrel over nationalization! of Iranian oil pro voked speculation that Britain planned to-land troops at Abadan to protect installations of the Brit ish-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil com pany, 42 PAGES; Th Oragon I munlom. I s . ' v The. delegates went into - their afternoon session at 3 p. m. (1:00 a. m.EST).. V V r ' ' i The commtmists yesterday aban doned demands foc a fine five to IS miles south of the battle front. They proposed; a buffer zone close to that asked hy thef allies. " . The allies want Kaesong, the old truce conference site six: miles west of Panmunjotgau ,So do the reds." iK .--.r-; "But Kaesong wis not a major question at the morning session," a spokesman said. Hf explained that the allied delegates, worked to ob tain "clarification yf the latest red proposals." This meant comparing maps drawn to different scales. A communist correspondent in sisted the 1 talks would break up unless the allies give up their de-rr-.nd for Kaesongf ,- :, "We are not goig to compro mise" he said. "We are firm on this issue. The; U. . cannot claim Kaesong and .the' talks will break up unless it gives up its demands." U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD QUARTERS, lorea, Nov. 1- ( Thursday) - (iP)-Cmmunist gun ners knocked out two allied tanks and two tank j retrievers Wednes day as a U. NL conimand armored column thrust intq red hill posi tions .est of Kansong on the Kor ean east coast under cover of a snow storm. M6ther.Girl Die in Wreck Near Sheridan . Statesman Kew Servlee McMTNNVItLE, Oct. 31 A Sheridan mother! and her young daughter were killed and another daughter seriously injured - in a head-on collision eight miles west 04 here today. v Coroner Glen iMacy Identified those killejd as Mrs. Gordon (Viola May) Albaugh, 21, Sheridan, and her 2 -year-old daughter, Donna Jean. Injured was another daugh ter, Carolyn Sue, about 5. The hus baid and 1 father now is away on a trip to the coast. - surgery at aj hospital here. -The extent of injuries could not be learned at once. i s - - - Joseph Sobolik, state policeman, said Mrs. Albaugh's car apparent ly touched the? shoulder, of high way 18, four, miles east of. Sheri dan, then swung out of control into ant oncotning car driven by R. H. LowryJ 36,f of 4415 Center St., Salem. Ldwry was treated at hospital here for minor injuries. Still another passenger, in the Albaugh car,! Mrs. Paul Spratt, also of Sheridan, was injured. She was hospitalized here with a brok en ankle, broken ribs and multiple bruises. I tJeafi. pan . ; .Huffier, JLqbg anon avies Elopes nWifcfo Maritime Captain LAS VEGAS, Nev Oct Sl-W -Marion iDayies,! happy as a schoolgirl eloped today -with a sea captain. .... . . - The marriage which caught even the former actress' Immedi ate household by surprise, came a few hours after she settled her affairs with the Hearst corpora tion, heirs to , the newspaper em pire of her late close friend. Pub lisher William Randolph Hearst' The bridegroom ' is Horace Gates Brown,! a merchant marine captain nd father ef three sons. Brown is 48. Miss Davies gave her age as 45 in "applying for the li cense. The World Almanac, lists, her b -th date as, 1897. 1 Miss Davies flew to Las Vegas with Brown and one of his sons. She and Brown were married in an early morning ceremony at the El Rancho .-Vegas hotel's chapeL They flew out again for a Palm Springs, Calif, honeymoon after a wedding, breakfast of cham pagne turkey sandwiches, coffee -"i Such a move would have given Russia an excuse ; to send her troops into the 1 country under terms of .the Iranian soviet treaty Of 1942 guaranteeing Iranian ter ritory against invasion.! However, no British force .was sent into Iran and the oil company British staff was withdrawn. : The communist ; order gave no indication that the Russian forces planned to move-southward to the Persian gulf, risking a clash with the B rl 1 1 s h, the authoritative source 'said. . t He said a study of -the seized documents gave this picture of the communist plans pounddd 1651 Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, Novmbr L 1851 Tax Load ::.-Vi. j ; : '' ; Increases - By Francis' J. Kelly " WASHINGTON. Oct 3HV-A $3,700,000,000 "tax increase, piling an additional' average load of $38 year, on each of 150.000,000 Americans, goes into effect at mid' nieht. . - ' : Here are the Halloween: tricks the tax collector is playing:--' An individual income tax boost averaging between 11 and 12 per cent for most persons. The with holding rates- goes Up on every tay . check bearing a November date. That Is the biggest piece of new money- Jn the - law SZBO, 000,000 on a yearly basis but-ap-nlyinc to only a sixth of this year's income. (Tax rate schedule on naze 3. section 3.) - - Higher excise- taxes on . a lot of widely sold items-such as cig arettes, automobiles, gasoline, liq uor and some household appn ances. (The office of price adnumstra tion issued regulations tonight per mitting sellers to raise their ceil ing prices to reflect the new ex cise taxes.' In some cases the price increases - will be more than the tax boost because sellers will be allowed to apply their usual per centage markups to their 'entire costs, including the tax.) i Heavier corporate and excess profits taxes calculated to bring in $2,207,000,000 a year. A few shafts of sunshine pierced the tax cloud. i The levy on telegrams, goes down from 25 to 15 per cent 01 the mes sage charge. The 20 per cent re tail tax is removed from baby oils, powders and lotions. The tax on smoking and chewing tobacco droos from 18 to 10 cents a pound A 3 per cent levy on electric current is repealed. ; In general, however, the salaried taxpayer . is going to. have to try to stretch a smaller pay check to cover heavier expenses. His daily pack of cigarets will be taxed eight cents instead of seven. .Ten gallons of gasoline will cost him a nickel more. The zed' eral excise on a small sedan, now about $109. goes up to $150 at new rate of 10 per cent of the manufacturer's list price. The rate on hard liquor rises from $9 a 100-proof ; ballon to $10.50 with a dollar-a-barrel boost in the beer tax, from S8 to $9. i The new law contains special re lief for home owners who sell their houses In today's, inflated market Any profit they make on such a sale will not be taxed pro vided they reinvest the money in another personal dwelling-place within a year. This provision ap plies to all home sales since the first of this year. ' A brand new tax on professional gamblers goes into effect Novem ber 1, but there was little advance indication it would bring in the $407,000,000 additional revenue estimated by the lawmakers. Book makers and lottery operators were obviously wary of openly pro claiming their trade by buying a $50 a year occupational tax stamp, Most of them said they would ac tually .lose money if they cut the government in for the 10 per cent levy on the gross take that is, the whole amount bet with them. cake and beer, v She was in a gay mood, her long blonde hair blowing in the breeze, as she ! hugged her new stepson, Horace Gates Brown III, 29, and laughed: "This is my new baby. Gates." - . - She said that her new husband "is Mr. Hearst's cousin,'' but close associates In Beverly Hills said this was news to them. In recent - years, Brown has been a ' frequent' visitor in the Beverly Hills mansion which Miss Davies owns and where Publisher Hearst died last August 14. "Mr. Hearst liked him very much," friend said. But even servants at the home said they Were taken completely by . surprise . at the ceremony. It was Brown's third marriage and bis bride' first Miss Davies was closely associ ated with Hearst for many years. and at one time headed his film producing company, with herself as the star. She recently told a re porter she Is worth $10,cC0,CC0. Today Well-organized acts of sabotage would .begin before dawn; Factor ies would , be burned, bridges, and railways blown up, fuel and-ammunition depots would be explod ed and army barracks attacked . Thousand of leaflets bundles of which the police found already printed would-be scattered through towns and villages ask ing support of the. people against "British imperialists.. --. "Liberation committees' organ ized In advance would move in to take over ; police headquarters, city halls and governors . head quarters. Communist firing Halloween Fete Blasts Dn jure 22 in . PITTSBURGH, Oct 31-W-A series of earth - shaking explos ions broke' up a gay Halloween.' parade tonight -sending at least ' 22 .persons, to hospitals Three, were reported in critical .condi tion, -r' - -. There were ho . known fa tall- ties. .'. . i . rf 1. :. ''' Police said meybeiieved : the -explosions resulted when gas from a broken main leaked into nearby basements. j u A score or more persons went home after emergency treatment innearby' doctors' offices. ; .4, -: Four blasts occurred in' rapid succession. The "firsti reputedly the heaviest, could be -felt four city blocks away -' r A roaring fire broke out after tKe first explosion.- Firemen con-' fined it to a large two-story; Triiman Gives Welcom eto By Arthur WASHINGTON, Oct. 3MP)-President Truman welcomed Prin cess Elizabeth to the U, S. today by Margaret tens me tnai wnenever anyone becomes acquainted with you they Immediately fall In The words weren t m Mr. Truman's prepared remarks. j But judging by the way ha and the 5&0.0Q0 persons acted who Dallas Parade V . Statcsmaa Newt Service DALLAS Almost the whole town turned out to watch all man ner of Halloween spirits march from Morrison school to Polk coun ty courthouse in annual Halloween kiddies' parade. j ' Prizes were awarded for the best costumes. 1 I - Grand ; champion spook for the event was Rickey Wilson, 3rd grade, dressed as a rooster in a costume made of genuine chicken feathers.! ': '' i- -, Grand prize winners were, for boys, Curtis Hubbard and Cloyce Grant for girls, Kathleen Salisbury and Leann Salisbury (tied) and Jo Allyn Eagle. , ;; ' ' , - I First prize winners In various divisions, by grade in school, were: 1 Preschool boy, . Johnnie McAl lister; girl. Sherry MaxweiL ; ! First grade boysFr,ahkie Wal- lender, Lynn Ritner, Billie Young blood, Curtis Hubbard and Bobbie Sherman; girls, Pamela Davis, Ruth Wolfer, Lorene Boss, Narily- ne Miller and Leslie Starbuck. i Second grade boys, Johnny Gorman, . Phillip , Wilson, , Richard Anderson, Stanley Cook and Billie Hiatf ; girls, Kathleen Salisbury, Jo Allyn Eagle, Ruth Foster, Sherry Orsborn and Caroline Thurston.. Third, grade boys, Joe Craven, Tommy I Vesleyi Jackie Sherman, Cloyce Grant, Rickey Wilson; girls, Frances i Dunn. Rita Rogers, Pris cilia Bullington, Daisy Henry and Virginia Henrickson. Fourth grade boys, Mark Gro- ons. Hank Arends, Robert Young- blood; girls, Judy Fast Sharon Nelson and Phyllis Miles. Fifth grade boys, Eugene Brown, Danny Parker,' Ronnie Babb. Tommy Robinson, lrma Jan zen, Diane Hague, Margaret Miller ana Lann 2aiisoury. The parade was sponsored by Dallas merchants. Jack Eakin was master of ceremonies, j ? ; x OOi In Salem Area Spooks were out In force in the Salem area, playing tricks and playing not so tricky. Salem , police reported ; "more than usual activity" in street sign stealing caliber of operations. Ra dio statibns reported hobgoblins in transmitters which the unbe lieving explained by a knocked out relay in a Bonneville power substation lights flickered In Sa lem. And uncounted little hob goblins gobbled : treats or - played tricks. . t :..-.... -.; j -.- City police worked double shifts to keep the less playful type' of activity to a minimum.! For all but some of those tricksters Hallow een is over to haunt no more until next year. On Halloweeh SP 1 -: Ta ' 1 Ksnusy squads then- would begin sum mary execution of hundreds of "enemies of - the people." .The source said an actual list of .those to be to liquidated was, found. : i Tribal uprisings, especially among, the Kurds in northwestern Iran, were set to coincide with the communist revolt and letters had been sent to the Kurdish leaders urging that they Join forces with Tudeh. . J -. . ; , ' . . Sabotage would be extended to the south, with the Abadan and Elt minihih oil installations marked for destruction. I llll PRICE 5c No. 218 Pittsburgh frame building, which housed four families and a confectionery store. - " Police said they , could not say positively but they believe : all residents escaped from the flam ing structure. The owner of the store,.: Mrs' Rose 'Davidson, . 02, was 'among the seriously injured. U The first blast apparently oc curred under the confectionery store. It cascaded glass and - de bris over hundreds of persons ga thered for the parade.'. .. - - . , ! Between 200 and 300 children wearing . grotesque ' masks and costumes milled through the area as firemen fought to -bring the blaze under control j Escaping gas added to the haz ards! A sheet of flame, rolling up alongside the house from the basement, made it difficult to ex tinguish the fire. , ; Elizabeth Edson saying: ! love with you." lurriedTMt to greet Britain's Eliz abeth and Prince Philip, they pretty well filled the bill. The president Mrs. Truman and daughter Margaret were wait ing' for the princess when she came down the ramp from the air plane i which ' had brought her from j Montreal. Behind her came Prince Philip. 1 Elizabeth and Philip shook hands with this country's first family. ! Then cabinet members and their! wives and British common wealth diplomats and their wives came, up to meet Elizabeth. - ; j i'The American women shook hands with - her; the common wealth wives neatly curtsied, j Official Welcome i i j Elizabeth and the president went to a rostrum for the official welcome. ! ; ' In a voice calm anjd firm, Eliz abeth told the president and the millions more watching and list ening by television and radio that Britain and Canada will "work with all our strength, for freedom and for peace." . ( "Free men ,eyerywhere,w she saidJ "look towards the United States with affection and with hope. The message that has gone out from this great capital city has brought7 help and courage . to a troubledworld." ! Mr. Truman had a speech all prepared, and then didn't use it. He I said he wished Elizabeth would7 tour clear across the U. S., as she did across Canada.- ; Dark Red Suit ' LThe petite Elizabeth, in a dark red suit, black hat and black ac cessories, seemed to hit it off with the : president immediately. - i 1 They chatted away cheerfully as they walked together review ing the troops. Philip, in his naval uniform, tagged along behind. : And when they got into the open car to come into town, they continued their animated conver sation. ' I- Philip rode In another car with Mrs... Truman and Margaret. .The cheers rolled 'out as the princess and the president rode by. ; Tpe crowd estimate of 550,000 was. made by Maj. Robert Barrett of the Metropolitan police. Many In the crowd were women, and even if Elizabeth had the star ring role, they saved their loud est cheers for, the blond, hand some Philip. ! Tonight's busy schedule includ ed a meeting with the press at a special reception at the . Hotel Statler, and a formal dinner with the Trumans Today's Statesman SECTION I Editorials 4 , 4 -S.1.1 ja.li is 11 -14-11 U Alcoa Caloma WMMm'i Seettoa Spmts SctlMy ram News , Comiei CUslfleASs Ba41FrSTi (' section d: I Ciattoa for ChiMrca i Gm. Ike. la Earop . ; mz spoinac bn ! CMfTcasJoaal Qalx ... s 3 -T 14 Warm ! j section m. Hew laeoaM Tax , , ; VaUcy New r- i Daytaa Opea Housa t , . S -S-7 . S 'x LaawBMMrf -'-m MU.'L J John Omar PInson, convicted killer of a state patrolman, : wielded a wooden gun In escape ' attempt at state prison YVed nesdsy. . . - M : V i t , Wayne Leltoy Long, who killed an . Oregon City ..track driver,-.was among eenricts whs overpower ed seven prisoi guards. ... Dnpree Poe; slayer of a Silverton policeman, was also in the est cape plan last night All three convicts pictured ; are lifers. (Pictures also en page z.) " Escapee Trio PORTLAND, Oct Sl-ffV-Three teen age boys who escaped from McLaren school for boys at Wood burn Monday were captured by state police at Marlene Village on the Sunset highway tonight in a hail of gunfire. -' - j The trio crashed , a truck road block set by state police and con tinued in a stolen car until police bullets pierced the sleeve of one boy. Police Identified them as Richard Jackman, 16; James Malone, 14, and Richard Wolfram, 15. They were among eight youths who fled from the Woodburn institution Monday. Police here said they sub sequently stole three cars and con ducted a minor "wave" of break ins and auto prowls here, at New- berg and Cannon Beach. - State Police Officer Robert Win ter pursued them on the Sunset highway tonight after they had forced two youngsters out 01 parked car and headad toward Portland. The policeman radioed ahead to have the roadblock es tablished. SALEM FORECAST CHILLY Chill temperatures are forecast for Salem today, warming up later under nunnv skies. Temperatures Wednesday dropped to lowest level of the season with 31 degrees at Salem. A low of 16 degrees was recorded at Bend, i In ce 4-H Winners of An Independence youth was among 18 Oregon 4-H contest winners named Wednesday to re ceive expense-paid trips to the1 national 4-H club congress in Chicago November 25-29. He Is Roland Rogers, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rogers, In dependence .route 1. He wpn in state-wide competition In V club achievement, Rogers, an Oregon State college freshman in agriculture, has Com pleted his fifth year in 4-H work. He has led an eight-member swine and dairy group for two years and was chaperone for Polk County Leaders association summer school in Corvallis last June. - ' .t . ' - : ' Other ststa winners were: Frances 1 Hughson, 16, Albany, clothing; Floyd Gatchell, 14, Leb anon, tractor maintenance; Ilene Janet Farness, 17, Canby, food preparation: Rose Lucht, 16, Mol alla, liome improvement; Carolyn Kollas, 17, Portland, canning; William Littlefield, 1,' Shady Cove, farm and home electricity; Joanne ..Thomson, .15, -Portland, dress revue; . Cherry Hofer, 15, r a - f f -I v ; - 1 ' s V'S' '. .v :-.?:: .rf': t x ' V V;-I .0 ''" '" " i '' x i" ..1 .,. ' --r.-f I i - - -2," - " XA is 1 ,( . 'if. Gunfire Stops Boys School denenden n 1 x By Norman f7, f." - Staff Writer, The Statesman '.'- ;' .' - Twenty convicts overpowered seven tate penitenti ary guards Wednesday night on the points of homemade knives in a frantic grab at freedom -and tjien returned quietly to their cells rather h&ri try to crash the pris on's outer defenses. ! ' No one was injured, although several of the guards' lives were momentarily threatened i by prisoners holding knives against their throats. - The Halloween night "trick" occurred during; the dinner hour, as inmates of cell block u were returning to Itbeir cells from the main dining room. ; r 1 1 As they were milung around the cells, the escapees diverted the unarmed guards with . scuffling and catcalls and then overpowered the. guards individually, ; shoving them into cells. , - t V , They attempted to get out of the prison Joy crossing the construction area at the front of the prison and intended. to go through the turn key's gates, and out the front en trance, .Warden Virgil J. O'Malley said. But another guard, Maurice FolqueL . returning from: dinner, and .unaware of the escape attempt, caught them by surprised Shouting from .the catwalk across Ihe con struction area to -the escapees hud dled together on the ground below, he told them to get back inside the control. room. ; . , .. j Bleturn Qoletly ! 7 . . . . And, led by Omar Pinson. a liter who attempted a prison break, two years, ago, they returned quietly to tneu ceus.. ; f;. ....... . .But for a period of more than half an hour, 400 prisoners were unguarded. All were inmates of cell block D who had been let loose by the escapees. Except .for the es timated 20 making the escape ; at tempt, none of the prisoners caused any trouble, O'Malley said. L i Warden Virgil J. O'Malley hom ed the seven guards who were im prisoned as: Guard Captain - Roy RiggsAlfred Feltman, Hal Master son, Lee Harley, Dennis Knight, Edward J. Muster and Chief Engi neer Wendel Rambo. - ' j j j; Tunic Slashed . : H 1: I Henderson's tunic was slashed by the knife of one of the prisoners. The lives of several of the guards were saved by caution oh the part of a few of the escaping men who prevented other less-hesitant con victs ' from slashing - the .throats of the guards whom they held. ! .1 Pinson, bluffing his way with a "mock-up" gun,' almost a perfect imitation of a short-barreled i re volver, was singled out by O'Mal ley as the leader of the escape at tempt. William P. Benson, who at tempted the prison break with Pin son two years ago, was also listed as a leader. Bensoif'is serving a five-year sentence for assault and robbery. ' - -?': r . 1 -I Finds Only S Others 1 1 jl I O'Malley was able to I discover only eight others of the estimated 20 involved In the break. They were i John Ralph, serving seven years' for armed . robbery; A P. Brumf ield, serving ) life and two years for murder and arson; Rich ard M. Moore, serving a life sen tence for assault and robbery; Bud Downing, serving three years for forgery; Dupree Poe, serving life for murder; Wayne Long, -who is awaiting execution for the murder of an Oregon City track driver; Walter J. Sampson, serving a! 10 year sentence for assault and rob bery ; with a dangerous 'weapons, and Louis E. Purnell, serving eight years for assault and robberyi - ! All the men were held in' the isolation ward, awaiting action by the disciplinary committee of the prison which will meet Thursaay afternoon, O'Mauey saw. - (Additional details on page 2.) s - .' " - Veterinarians Added To Gvilian Defense ; I' Marion county's civil' defense forces have added a veterinarians section to cope with livestock dif ficulties in the event; of biological t3ifirc --I -. ' j f Dr. Fred N. Lange was appoint 'ed chief of the new section Wed nesday, in action of the county Civil defense coordinating committee.-' i-y , -:u'r -." i 1 g Chicago Trips TttTlKhoro. safetv; Joseor ,EllIng- son, 17, Mapleton, field crops; Vi olet Klobas, 15, Bena,i garden; Nadine Davies, 18, Eagle Point, girl s record; Donna ttlaske, 10, Hillsboro, health; Wilbur Zuver, 17 Tualatin: ivmltrv: Joan Wal- born,M7, Portland,, accomplish ment, and William a Dei, i, As toria, aU. round record, ,N : I Eipht others were named to participate In regional contests In which they also may win trips 10 Chicago. . ' ' " " V ! ' TTinc nf-rln(r Tppional con- jtests are Joan Lehman, 15, Day ton, frozen foods; Alice Knox, 10, Gaston, dairy achievementr Syd ney Weigel, IS, Tillamook, dairy fnndi - demonstration r . Patricia Horning, 20, Sherwood, leader ship; Stanley Marugg, 19, Port land, leadership: Marilyn Bohn- ert, 17, Eagle Fomt, meat ammai work; Roger Smelser, 18, Port land,- forestry, ana -- aiargarei Schafer, 17, Milwaukee, achieve ment.. Th comnetitlona arc lointly sponsored by 4-H ' leaders - and commercial organizations. -,7 Youth Amon DK3: vJ7 J W L J Anderson United Salem Days Bring ManyB argams . United Salem days, opening to- .. day; offer Salem1 area shoppers a ? . Wide ' choice of specially priced j merchandise in stores of all des- . ' cription throughout the city. ti j J The three-day carnival of fear- . gains Is under auspices- of tha H Salem Retail Trade bureau, with; 1 scores of retail businesses parttd-; f ! pating. Placard shields In shew, windows identify the official par- ticipants. -" . . - . - .. -.-1 Designed to appeal to aU aorta of shoppers throughout the Salem" trading area, the sales promotion 1 evept will continue through Satur day. Many of the stores have ar ranged special purchases in recent v weeks in order, to have outstand- ing bargains on hand in sufficient - quantity to go around. Department stores, shops, food stores, automo tive dealers, furniture and ,: other businesses are among the partiei pants. j li.r-v i ; - ; A new . feature for , the- sales event this week will be free bus - -transportation throughout the ieity from 9:30: to 11:30 ajn. each of the three days.; The bus arrange-1 :. ment was made by the participat-1 ? ing merchants f through the trad , . ! bureau, j " !? P .' : The special offers of the Salem Days merchants are - advertised widely; today in j distinctive shop-, : ping sections or The Statesman. . , - Ex-SalemMan Would Rather Stay in Korea 1 :J:,mm-.: ! Tit a nw mnmm in ivmAwm- : r t . LA01 iiuninvL xrwi, ro- rea, Oct 3 H)-Sgt, Ralph "Ripley, 30, doesn't want to go home to Oregon; he likes .it 'too well her in Korea. But the army has or dered him to go anyhow, P Ripley, who attended high school in Salem and whose parents now . live in Portland, has , 112 points, almost three times the number ; needed to qualify for return on; -rotation, ' and . army - authorities have told him he can't , delay tha trip : any . longer. : ' . If I gotta go, I gotta go, Ripley said sadly. "But there's nothing to , . keep me from applying for Ko- rean duty again after my fur- I lough ends. ; 1IU 9CV A AVI .UK . Ul VV111UWV1U A ..VI MM ' For one thing "you're safe frem a lot of buddies who went back ' and they got hooked. I'm against marriage as long as ' I'm in tha . army' ;..; , - Ripley runs the regimental post collector like-- he is. It's a - rids source of r new stamps and Ripley, estimates, the collection of 15,000 , stamps he has built up over an 18-year period is worth S39oo. -. - t)ne difficulty, though, is ,tha temptation to snip stamps off let- ters before he delivers them. '"We have a big variety, but I can't touch them," he said. "There's a $300 fine if we get caught taking, stamps off letters."! Another thing; 1 Ripley likes v "wide ! open spaces places- whera the winter is cold and the summer hot" j ; That's why he is planning to settle downin eastern Oregon af t- he said. ''".;;'' Ripley, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. - W. Ripley, Portland, joined tha army in May, 1941, and went to Japan In Septemberl945. He has been overseas ever since. - NO INJURIES IN CRASH . BURBANK, Calit, Oct. 31-JF- A Pacific Southwest Airline plane with 24 passengers aboard' crashlanded in a field today rrom an altitude of about 500 feet but apparently there were no serieua injuries to the passengers or It'sTime Tb Practice Plans for" the 1951 .. Staies-man-KSOf Spelling contest are well underway. They ars detailed on Page C ef Section 2 today. ; ' -y :. Tear COMPLETt ' Xewspape