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Cleuiac up sorority and fraternity houses was typical activity Monday as students as well as staff pre
pared for today's reopening of Willamette University. Getting things shipshape for returning resi
dents and for soon-to-be entertained freshman prospects is the work shown above, for (left to right)
Jill Gilleiman, Bnrlingame, Calif.; Francie Graham, Fair Oaks, Calif.; Mary Leu Johnson, Portland,
and Carolie Doughton, Salem. (Statesman photo.)
Fall Activity Begins
On Willamette Camp
Willamette University students will again throng Salem streets
as preparation for the fall term gets underway on the campus this
week.
' Regular classes will not begin until Sept 15, but new and re
turning students began arriving Monday when residence halls on the
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TRDai
The great value of the German
election Sunday lies in the com
pleteness of the victory of the
Christian Democrat party, headed
by the venerable Chancellor Kon
rad Adenauer. The party ob
tained a positive majority in jthe
Bundestag, or lower house of
parliamenLThat is the tirst time
any German party has achieved
that goal since World War L The
Weimar Republic was plagued
with a. multiplicity! Of parties.
France has suffered from the
same trouble no government
since the war has had a single
party majority. Italy's govern
ment hangs on an uncohesive
coalition for lack of a one-party
majority. Germany, fortunately
for itself and for the world, has
avoided the morass of party frag
mentation and resulting weak
ness and confusion in govern
ment. In many ways the "CD victory
was a personal one for Adenauer.
Not only has he been the head
of the Bonn government since it
was established four years ago,
he was a militant campaigner in
the canvass for votes. With amaz
ing vigor for one of 77 he carried
the campaign for his party all
over the German Republic, and
now has the satisfaction of see
ing his policies given an empha
tic endorsement
While the chief opposition
party, the Socialist, is non-Communist,
it was the chief benefi
ciary of Communist efforts to
oust the Adenauer government,
though perhaps these proved
more of a liability than an asset.
The Socialists lacked the leader
ship of the revered Kurt: Schu
macher who succumbed in the
interval since the preceding elec
tion; but his successor, Erich 01
lenhauer, led his party in an ac
tive campaign. The Socialists
have opposed German association
with the West in the defense of
(Continued on editorial page, 4)
Train Worker
Fatally Crushed
BAKER (VWard Van Dolah,
a Union Pacific employe from
La Grande, was fatally crushed
Monday afternoon when he fell
from a train at the community
of Lime, east of here.
Union Pacific officials at La
Grande said Dolah was riding a
train of cars which was being
switched at the time of the mis
hap. Animal Crackers
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campus opened their, doors.
Known at the university as
"Orientation Week," the next few
days will be taken up with gener
al assemblies, classification tests
and social activities designed to
acquaint new students with cus
toms and procedures at Willam
ette. Welcome Planned
Rush Week, the fraternity and
sorority scramble for new mem
bers, starts today. Also included
in today's schedule is a welcome
to all new students from Dr. G.
Herbert Smith, president of the
university, and James Hitchman,
president of the student body.
New - students are required to
be on the campus today for clas
sification tests and other orienta
tion. Registration for all new and
law students will be held Satur
day while returning students must
register Monday, Sept. 14.
Today's Activities
Dormitories and residence halls
began filling Monday, the univer
sity information office reported.
Activities this afternoon will in
clude meetings of the Inter-Fraternity
Council, the Pan-Hellenic
Association and the Independent
Association. At 8:30 tonight an
activities carnival will take place
at Baxter Hall and all new stu
dents are invited.
Classification tests will contin
ue through tomorrow along with
fraternity and sorority open hous
es, it was reported from the in
formation office. Thursday after
noon an all-campus picnic is
scheduled at Sweetland Field.
Traffic Minus
Mishaps in
MidValley
The long Labor Day week end
ground to a close Monday as
travelers . streamed home over
traffic-choked highways. Despite
the heavy flow of traffic which
reached its height in the after
noon and early evening no seri
ous accidents were reported to
city or state police.
Overcast skies and a high tem
perature reading of only 70 de
crees ended the summer's final
fling in Salem.
Although no rain is predicted,
the weatherman crlls for more
clouds today and Wednesday with
partial clearing in the afternoons.
The mercury, which has
dropped steadily since Saturday's
89, is expected to move up a bit
todf-y to 75.
A trzee of rain was measured
Mcdav by the Weather Bureau
at McNary Field. Lifht drizzles
were noted in early morning
hours.
'Liberation- of East Germany
Goal of Adenauer's Regime
BONN. Germany W Chancel
lor Konrad .Adenauer, an over
whelming victor in the West , Ger
man' elections, told a wildly ap
plauding crowd Monday night he
will direct his policies toward the
"liberation" of East Germany from
the Russians.
More than 25,003 people, packed
tisht in the market place of JBonn,
responded with excited cheers.
"We have always talked about
reunificrtion of Germany, Adena
uer said. "Must we not now talk
about the liberation of the East?
"Our aim must be the liberation
of the, IS million East Germans
now under' the yoke of Soviet op
pression and slavery. "
Earlier Monday, Adenauer, back
ed by the power of his massive vic
Fun House Barrel
Not Barrel of Fun,
Father Contends
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It was no fun at the state
fair fun house Monday for
Louie Atterbury, 28, of Gresh
am. Atterbury took his daugh
ter for a ride in the revolving
barrel at the fun house and
ended up at Salem General
Hospital with a severely in
jured shoulder. He was re
leased after treatment
State Holiday
Deaths at 16;
528 in Nation
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oregon's holiday accident toll,
one of the largest on record,' con
tinued to mount Monday as thous
ands crowded the highways.
Late Monday night the toll stood
at 16 13 traffic victims, two
drowned, and one who died in an
airplane accident..
Accidents reported Monday in
cluded: Mrs. Lola Gunyon. about 63, an
Indian from the Celilo Village was
killed -outright Sunday night when
struck by two cars as she crossed
a highway near The Dalles.
State police said the driver of
the first car that struck the wo
man drove on without stopping.
The driver of the second car was
not cited.
Gerald Edward Wornstaff. Port
land, died in a Hillsboro hospital
early Monday from injuries suf
fered when his car struck a bridge
abutment on Sunset Highway
about two miles west of North
Plains.
Youth Drowns
Malcolm Phillips. 15, of Haines,
Ore., drowned in the Umatilla
River at Pendleton when he fell
from a ledge where he was play
inn, with his cousin.
Charles Roy Loomis. 76, Port
land, died Monday from injuries
suffered when hit by a car as he
crossed a Portland intersection
Sunday night.
Mrs. Maxine Humphreys. 40, of
Hood River, died Monday from in
juries suffered in a one-car smash
up on the New Columbia River
Highway Sunday night. Her bus-
band, Melvin, 39, was killed out
right. .
Eleven died in accidents report
ed through Sunday night
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The extended Labor Day week
end closed Monday night with the
traffic death toll apparently falling
short of the National Safety Coun
cil s pre-houday estimate.
368 Traffic Deaths
At midnight Monday, with late
returns still coming in, 38 died
in traffic, 63 by drowning and 95
from other causes for a total of
528 violent deaths.
The National Safety Council had
estimated 440 persons would die in
traffic between p.m. (local time)
Friday and Monday midnight
tory, made it clear he would press
for quick enactment of his pro-American
policies, which include re
arming West Germany. '
I Adenauer pin-pointed one of the
major meanings of Sunday's tre
mendous vote which gave his Chris
tian Democrats 244 seats, a major
ity of 1 in the 437-member Bunde
stag (lower house of Parliament)
and, with his Free Democrat al
lies, a controlling margin of 97. The
Chancellor said: ! V
1 "It is of special importance that
the young voters, who have come
of voting age since the ; last elec
tion, convincingly expressed their
approval of the concept! of a Eu
ropean Defense Community (EDO
in which they would be called to
serve.'
$8,500
Stolen at
Meha
Stateunaa Nawa Service
MEHAMA Burglars got more
than $8,500 in cash and checks
and an undetermined amount of
merchandise including several
firearms from the Ken Golliet
general store here sometime late
Sunday or early Monday, state
police reported.
Over $8,300 in cash and checks
were taken from the store safe
and three cash registers were
emptied of $125. Several rifles
and two pistols were also stolen.
Cash Estimated
Golliet, who had owned the
store exactly eight years on Mon
day, estimated cash taken from
the safe totaled between $3,000
and $4,000, but said he had not
determined how much merchan
dise was missing. He said it was
considerable.
State police said the dial of the
safe had been knocked off and
the locking device punched back,
allowing the safe to be opened
by turning the handle. Entry to
the store was gained by breaking
glass in a rear door.
Found by Plumbers
The burglary was discovered at
8:30 a. m. Monday by two Meha ma
plumbers, Robert Shields and
Luther Stout They told investi
gating officers they had gone to
the rear of the store to buy
plumbing supplies but found the
store had not yet opened.
Golliet said several Mehama
area logging companies pay
employes on Fridays, hence the
large amount of money in his
safe with which to cash payroll
checks.
The store carries groceries,
meats, drygoods, appliances,
sporting goods and general hard
ware. Golliet said the store was bur
glarized a year ago of $1,500 in
cash and merchandise. The thief
was caught and is no serving
time at Oregon State Penitentiary,
he said.
All persons who cashed checks
at the store after Saturday noon
were urged by Golliet to -contact
him in order that the checks
might be stopped at banks.
Crews Fight
Small Fires in
South Oregon
MEDFORD MB . Federal and
state forestry crews fought dozens
of small fires Monday in the wake
of a lightning storm that also
dumped heavy rain and hail in
this area.
Seventy - four blazes were . on
state-controlled land, and 14 others
were counted in the Rogue River
National Forest Seventy men bat
tled the state land fires, largest
of which .blackened two acres.
Nearly all the blazes were north
east of here in the Little Butte,
Butte Falls and Antelope areas.
Largest of the Rogue Forest
fires covered . 25 acres in the
Lather Mountain district Smoke
jumpers expected to have it con
trolled by night
Crews, also sought out "sleeper
fires which could flare up with re
turn of dry weather.
The storm caused an estimated
$50,000 crop loss, knocked out
aooui aou smau power lines, ana
damaged a carnival.
PRINEVILLE to Four lightning-set
fires in Northern Wheeler
County were under control Mon
day, but Ochoco National Forest
officials said they feared some
sleeper blazes.
One-fourth of an inch of rain
fell Sunday night on this city. The
storm bypassed Jefferson County,
where field workers rushed harvest
of grain from the 50,000-acre North
Unit project before poor weather
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Western International
At Yakima 1-3, Salem 8-
At Lewiston 6-7, Victoria 1-6
At Tri-City 1-6. Spokane 15-11
At Calgary 2. Edmonton 4
At Vancouver 4-5, Wena tehee 2-4
Coast League
At Seattle 3-4. Sacramento 7-12
At Hollywood 0-3. Oakland 5-1
At S. Francisco 5-7. L. Angeles 4-2
At San Diego 15-L, Portland 4-4
National League '
At Brooklyn -, Philadelphia 2-1
At New York 7-3. Pittsburgh -S
At S Louis 4-1, Cincinnati 3-
At Chicago 4-6, Milwaukee 3-4
American Leagae
At Cleveland 3-10. St. Louis 6-T
At Philadelphia 2-3, Wash. U-S
At Boston 7-3. New Ycrk 4-
At Detroit S-4. Chicago 2-2
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crowded the ropes of the Whiteface cattle showing at the State Fair Mojpday. Here Bill McDonald
of the Double M Ranch, Adams, and Jerry Green of the Walter P. Hubbard Hereford Ranch, Junc
tion City, display the two grand champions of that breed picked Monday in the first cattle show
of the 1953 fair. (Statesman Farm Photo). !
Racetrack 'Take' SetfRecord
18Persons
Die in Chicago
Tenement Fire
CHICAGO to A roaring tene
ment fire took at least 18 lives
and left approximately 100 persons
homeless early Monday.
Nine persons in one family, in
cluding six children, were among
the dead.
The -blaze destroyed a four story
building and damaged two similar
structures which flanked it.
Most of the Negro residents were
asleep when the flames started. in
the rear of the building, the first
floor of which housed a tavern
The fire spread up a stairway and
through halls.
Eight of the bodies recovered
were those of children. Identifica
tion of the victims was hindered
because, in most cases, they were
charred.
Rep. William L. Dawson (D-Ill),
in whose district the fire occurred,
blamed the tragedy on overcrowd
ed conditions in the building, and
said he was conducting his own
investigation.
He said also that fire depart
ment companies appeared to be
slow getting to the scene, and wa
ter pressure in hydrants seemed
low. Fire department officials de
nied the allegations.
Max.
Min.
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68
Portland
San Francisco 70
Chicago 73
New York 80
FORECAST (from U,
S. Weather
Bureau, McNary Field. Salem):
Cloudy today and Wednesday with
partial clearing during the after
noon. Little change in temperature
wita the high today near 73 and the
low tonight near 53. Temperature at
12-01 a.m. was 63 degrees.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
Since Start of Weather Year Sept. I
This Year Last Year Normal
Trace Trace M
Truman Flays Administration
Policy of Defense Cutbacks
By ROGER GOELZ
DETROIT OH Citizen Harry S.
Truman returned to Detroit his
"lucky town" Monday full
of praise for labor and of criticism
for the Republican administration
and the nation's press.
Truman , flanksd by labor and po
etical leaders on the , City Hall
steps, addressed a crowd estimat
ed at 15,000, in downtown Cadillac
Square while a nationwide televi
sion audience (NBC-TV) looked on.
It was bis fourth Detroit appear
ance.' all but one of which has been
for Labor Day speeches.
The former chief executive told
ah AFL-CIO rally that "there are
signs of a return to the old phil
osophy that the object of govern
ment is to" help, big business.
He drew applause from labor's
ranks when he criticised the Taft
Hartley law as "a bad law." Tru
mca said he failed to see any
changes in the law "as promised
by the Republican candidate dur
ing the 1932 election campaign.
Introduced by Democratic Gov.
G. Mennen Williams, the. ex-chief
executive praised Michigan's late
Sen. Arthur Vandenberg and form
er Democratic Sen. Blair Moody.
Commenting on recent reports
that Moody and a group of Detroit
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Son FreeS by Reds
By LILLIE L. MAKSEN
Farm Editor, The Statesman
Television which was a huge drawing card at the 1952 Oregon
State Fair, was being slightly blamed Monday in some quarters for
lack of new attendance records at the 1943 show.
However, fair officials were inclined o place more of the blame
on the rain in other towns and the threatening, overclouded skies
at Salem which actually made perfect going for the 37,722 who did
Today at the Fair
. S am. Gates Open
t a.m. Judging
Dairy Cattle Jerseys and
Ayrs hires
' Beef Cattle Aberdeen
Angus
Swine Spotted Poland
Chinas, Berkshires, Hamp
shires and large York
shires FFA swine showmanship,
farm shop judging and
swine judging
10 a.m. Band concert
1:15 p.m. Horse Racing
2:30 p.m. Free Midway show
6:30 p.m. Free Midway shpw
8 p.m. Hawaiian Stage
Revue, Grandstand
Rodeo, stadium
9 p.m. Old time and western
x swing dancing
Fire Quelled in
Fire Station
Smoke from a smoldering blaze
in a davenport in the downstairs
lounge of Salem's central fire
hall awakened firemen early Mon
day mornihg. It was quickly ex
tinguished and the fire fighters
returned to their beds.
Believed" to have started, from
a cigaret that dropped from an
ash tray, the fire burned cushions
and part of the back of the daven
port. industrialists planned to publish a
fourth daily newspaper in the
motor city, Truman asked his au
dience to support such a paper.
Truman criticized the Eisenhow
er administration's policies on in
terest rates, public housing, pow
er and plans to balance the na
tional budget by cutting defense
spending.
Truman charged the Eisenhower
administration with 'betraying the
Hell's Canyon project in the Colum
bia River Basin. He said the GOP
administration, through the new
secretary of the interior, thinks the
power dam project should be given
to private interests.
The former President said he was
a great believer , in a- balanced
budget
"And I kept a balanced budget.
too, until an emergency c?me along.
That was a lot more important
than all the balanced budgets in
the world."
. "We have to put first things first.
Truman said criticizing what he
termed defense cuts ,to keep a
balanced budget.
"The security and safety of the
nation comes first as far as I am
concerned. I don't sss how any
body can take chances with our
nat onal defense, at this time in the
world's history.
Cattle at Fair
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- attend! the Labor Day showing.
Last year's Labor Day attendance
totaled) 40,064.
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But 1 the : smaller, crowd this
year paid more money at the
races than in thy one day in
history! of state fair betting. A
handle of $168,446 topped aU
previous records and far out
stripped the $137,157, entire take
for the: week in 1941.
TV Wstched In 1952
It wjjs being recalled Monday,
by the crowds who gathered
around various TV programs on
the fan-grounds, that this form
of amusement made its debut in
Oregon! at the 1952 fair.
Howfver, neither television,
lack ofl attendance records or the
possibility of not winning in the
Hols te in showing, marred the day
for Albert Evers of Forest Grove,
when v?ord was relayed to him at
the stale fairgrounds by the army
that his son, Eugene, was re
leased from a Korean Prisoner
of W'ar. camp.
Eugefie, who is widely known
at the tate fair as a former 4-11
club exhibitor, and later as don
or of! the 4-H Dairy Herdsman
ship cup, hadn't been heard from
sincej July 3, 1952, when the B-29
on which he was listed, was lost
The parents had been watching
the PQW releases, gradually los
ing hope, Evers said here Mon
day, wen the army notice came
that hife son was with the last
batch iof "bonus prisoners re
leased .Saturday.
Forest IjGrove Man
Everl did not take the Hol
stein championship, but another
Forest ;Grove man did. Arthur P.
Ireland; showed the grand cham
pion bgu and the reserve champ
ion cpw, wnue unmes Brothers,
Harrisliiurg, took both junior
champions.
Alsotcelebrating Monday, was
John Thomas, 17-year-old Tigard
4-H'eryifwho learned that he was
the national All-Jersey Milk La
bel slogan contest -winner. For
this he gets an all-expense-paid
trip to .Waterloo, Iowa, to the na
tional Jersey Council show there,
Oct 3-10. John didn't even know
Monday which slogan had been
chosen jas the winner, for he had
sent in three.
Thei contest winner runs a
heard of eight registered Jerseys
and four of these are at the state
fair to be shown in the 4-H judg
ing Thursday. (Additional Fair
news on) pages 2. 5. 7. 9.)
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An unusual exhibit attraction
at the state fair is the copper and
brass I, exhibit of Hermann A.
Galli o Grants Pass, a native of
Switz--fand. The Swiss artisan
has a I display of his, hand
hammered work in the art build
ing at the state fair. :
A special attraction in the gar
den division each afternoon at the
state fair, is the making of Ha
waiian ; straw hats. The exhibit
goes H each day from 12 to 6
p. m. ja a part of the Hawaiian
w'", prominent in this year's
state lair.
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WASHINGTON (A Chief Jus
tice Fred M. Vinson! died unex
pectedly of a heart attack at his
apartment at 2:15 a.m. EST (11:45
PST) Tuesday. V
The chief ; justice was stricken
fatally early Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Vinson and their son, Fred
Jr., were at the apartment.
They summoned the physician
who recently has been treating
Mrs. Vinson. The physician. Dr.
Henry Ecker. was called at 1:30
a.m. EST (10:30 p.m. PST) but
Vinson died shortly afterwards.
He had returned to Washington
recently after attending meetings
of the American Bar Association
in Boston.
Truman Appointee
Vinson took over leadership of
the Supreme Court on June 24.
1946, as an appointee of President
Truman. . j..:.
He . had a long career of public
service before he went on the high
bench, including membership in
the U.S. House of Representatives
during six Congresses as a repre
sentative from Kentucky. .
He left Congress in 1938 when
former President Franklin D.
Roosevelt named him associate
justice of the VS. j Emergency
Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia. f
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During World War II he held a
number of important federal posts
In the executive branch of govern
ment under Roosevelt and Truman:
These included director of the Of
fice of War Mobilization and sec
retary of the Treasury.
Vinson is survived by his widow
and son and another son, James
R. Vinson. He had one grandchild,
James R. Vinson, Jr.
, A sister. Miss Lou Vinson, also
survives, one resides in Kentucky, i
The 63-year-old Vinson was born j
at Louisa, Kentucky, where his
father, James Vinson, was the Jail
er. He was elevated to chief jus
tice at the ago of 56 capping a dis-i
tinguished public career that in
cluded service in all 3 branches of
the government, i 1 (
His congressional and Judicial re
cord and his direction of the Of
fice of Economic Stabilization and i
the vast operations of the Recon- i
struction Finance Corporation
brought him to the attention of
President Truman.
Woman Wins
Fish Derbies
ASTORIA (P) Mrs. Floy Nel-;
sen of Portland Monday was i
awarded $2,300 prize money as
winner of the Astoria and Chi- L
nook Salmon Derbies here. i
The 50-pound 8 4 -ounce salmon
which she caught Sunday brought I
her $1,000 grand prizes in each of
the derbies, $100 for first place,
among women in the Chinook
derby and $200 for first place
among women on! the day she
caught the fish, j
She is the first woman sin the
history of the event to win. t
Larry Campbell, 15, of War-j
renton won the Warrenton Sal-i
mon Derby with a 43-pound, 5-?
ounce fish. His prizes totaled $275.!
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British Jet j
Sets World's
Speed Record
LITTLEHAMPTON. England m
Squadron Leader; Neville Duke
flashed his scarlet ! painted Hawk
er Hunter jet through a sultry sky
at an average of -727.6 miles an
hour Monday, bettering the world
record by 11.91 miles an hour.
His highest speed was 738.8
miles an hour. !
The speeds are subject to offi
cial confirmation.
His pointed-nose swept wing jet
fighter blasted back and forth over
a measured three kilometer course
at this English South Coast resort
town. .
Duke's pretty, dark-haired wife,
Gwendoline, watched the attempt
from a nearby beach. t
Duke was out to beat the mark!
of 715.69 miles an hour set in Jubyj
by U. S. Air Force Lt CoL W, F.i
Barns in a Sabre Jet. '
Barns speed still awaits ratifica
tion and the present official record
is 698 miles an hour, also set by
an American Sabre. i
Duke's speeds for four runs over;
the course were "715.7, 738.8, 716.5
and 738.6 mijes 4in hour. The offi
cial time is taken : from an aver-i
age of the four runs.
Today's Statesman
Editorials, features 4
Society, women's . 6, 7
Comics . . 8
Sports ..J 10, 11
Radio. TV 1 12
Classified ads - 12, 13
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