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Record Crowds' Eann Oregon-s State Faii - Fairgrounds Presents Panorama of People, Activity NUNDIB ' 1651 106th , 3 SECTIONS-14 PACES . ' The Oregon Statesman, Salam, Oregon, Sunday,' September 2, 1954 MCI 10 No. 159 Tear Gas Halts Pro-Segregation Mob $30,000 Fire Hits Salem Wa ter front Tugboat Damaged, Buildings Burn (Picture ta Page I) Fire destroyed three boathouses and damaged a tugboat and barge Saturday at Oregon Pulp and Paper Company hold ings on Salem's waterfront Firemen estimated damage at close to iO,U00. , . The flames erupted In one boathouse about 2:45 p.m. and quickly spread to the other boathouses and the tug and barge. JIT J 3MEEE 'Italy has been the country In Western Europe where the Com munist Party posed the biggest threat to democratic rule. The critical election : came In 1941 when control of the new republic bung in the balance. Then it was that the benefits of the Marshall Plan proved effective. The Chris tian Democrat party won, De Gas- peri was installed as premier; and Italy was saved to the West. But the Communist Party re mained powerful in Italy. It con trolled many of the municipal of' fices and had sufficient represen tation In the chamber of deputies to obstruct business at times and precipitate tumult. What added greatly to its strength was the allegiance ef the left wing of the Socialist Party under Pietro Nen- Bi. Elsewhere Jhe - gulf between Socialists and Communists re mained -wide, their antagonisms strong. The right-wing Socialists la Italy, under leadership of Cui- seppe SaragaL, held true to the democratic philosophy generally adopted by Socialists. Prom Italy now comes the very important news that Nenni is merging his Socialist section with Saragat's Social Democrats. If this is ac complished the danger of a Com munist take-over in Italy is te moved for aa indefinite period. What stirred Nenni to break with the Communists was the fail ure of their leader. Palrniro Togli- attl, to detach Italian Communism (Cewtlooed editor) a! pas. 4.) Youth Accused of Manslaughter in Death of Woman ROSEBURG. Sept. 1 W Rex Alfred Blankenship, II, was Jailed oa a manslsughter charge here last night. He was accused of firing the . caliber rifle bullet that killed Mrs. Josephine Claire Moore, 34, he mother of aix children, last Wednesday. The youth was arrested a few minutes after a coroner's Jury re turned the finding of manslaugh ter. Sheriff !ra Byrd said Blan kenship had been shooting pigeons on a barn about a quarter-mile from the Moore home. The bullet pierced the heart and a lung of Mrs. Moore as she was doing the family wash on the back porch. . The sheriff seised seven .22 cal iber rifles from youths in the area and sent them to the State .Crime Laboratory, along with the fatal bullet and empty shell cas ings. . t The Weather Today's forecasts Cloar to day and tomorrow. High both days near 76; low tonight, 45. (Complttt report past 1) Stock Salesman to WHITTIER. Calif.. Sept. 1 (v A member of the Nixon family acknowledged today that Young Republican Club leaders In the Lot Angeles area were asked to announce st meetings that stock in the family enterprises was be' ing offered (or sale. ' F. Donald Nixon, brother of Vice President Richard Nixon, con firmed that a form letter was mailed out to some 65 Young Re publicans Aug. 23 by Morgan 4 - Co., a Lot Angeles brokerage house. He said, however, M - was sent without his k n n w I e d g or sanction and that he was "very ngry" when he learned of it. . He added that the Morgan com pany was told to withdraw the let-. Urged Buv What was believed to be an ex ploding compressed air tank lifted the roof off one boathouse, but, several firemen near the scene escaped injury. A box of dynamite caps also was detonated without barm to anyone, firemen said. Star Eealpiaeot A company official said the boat- bouses were used to store equip ment for tufboat operations, which involve the movement of logs on the Willamette .River. . The fire, reportedly covered by insurance, wil not interrupt tug operations. th officials said. 4- The boathouses were locked up for the weekend at time the fire broke out. It was reported. Police routed South Commercial Street traffic up Trade Street for about an hour because of noses feeding water to the fire scene near the' foot of Bellevue Street Witnesses said the boathouses were a "boiling mass of flames in no time at all" as the fire fed on gasoline and lubrication oil. Lost equipment included cables, motors and welding instruments. TiKboat Damaged The flames badly damaged the deck house of the tugboat moored at the scene and slightly burned one side of the barge. Some logs in the area were scorched and there was threat of a brush fir until the premises were wetted down. - A short circuit or cigarette were suggested as possible causes of the fire. One source commented that transients from a nearby "Jungle" have a habit of loitering about . the premises "and one might accidentally have dropped a cigarette." . Four Anglers Feared Lost NEAH BAY, Wash., Sept. 1 or A Seattle man and three compan ions from Clarkston, Wash., are believed to have drowned today while fishing near this resort vil lage at the northwestern tip of the Olympic peninsula. - The Seattle man was Maynard Wallace, 44, a shipysrd mechanic. One of the others was believed to be Burton Meiser, an uncle' of Wallace, from Clarkston. The others, reported to be from Clark ston, have not been identified. ; Fears for their safety were felt when their empty mot or boat was found about noon near the Duntze Rock buoy. This was about seven hours after Wallace and three companions had left a Neah Bay boathouse. An Intensive sea and air search followed and one body was re covered. It has not been identified. The Coast Guard said the other men are presumed drowned. , Today's Statesman Pago Sec. .: II ..ill ..II Classified 13-15 Comics .". l-B...,. Crossword - :....13 Editorials 4...... Garden 12 Homo Panorama .11..... Obituaries V..:. Radlo-Tv L 7 , Sports , .............6-7...... Star Caior'v $ Valley News ........1J Blamed as, Ypung GOP . m "Pits' r snares in mxon enterprises ter Immediately. Nixon said his brother, the vice president, was in no way connect ed with the enterprises a super market and three restaurants. ' What purported to bt a photo static copy of the letter was tent anonymously to news media. The copy said shares were being of fered for subscription end it re quested the Young Republican leaders to "mention the stock of fering ot your next meeting." The letter, as reproduced, wis signed by Walter E. Peter under the letterhead of the Morgan com pany. After detailing the price of the individual shares 110 for one preferred share and 1 1 per par common share. Tennessee Vigilantes Aid State Police By The Associated press Vigilantes used tear gas Sat urday Bight to break up a eat calling snob of about 500 pro- segregationists in riot torn Clinton, Tenn., just before Ten nessee highway pstrolmen roared into town to restore order, One officer fired -a pistol into the air and others loosed tear gas shells when the mob threat' ened to overwhelm the 47 man local force. Police said the crowd kept advancing with shouts of "nigger lovers," and "get their guns and kill them. - The tear gas drove the mob slowly back from the courthouse square.- Minutes later highway patrol cruisers rolled into town and troopers joined the beleag uered vigilantes and local police. Rally Held Later," a cat-calling mob which had defied police was quieted by segregation leaders and a pro test rally went on under the watchful eyes of state troopers.' Vigilantes had cleared the square an hour before the rally to protest integration of Clinton High School. But the crowds kept pressing in despite three arrests and efforts of auxiliary police to move loitering persons along. Goard Called Gov.- Frank Clement sent the troopers into the east Tennessee town and also called out the na tional guard. Guardsmen will take over within 24 hours to re lieve the troopers for Labor Day weekend highway duty. .The governor ordered out the patrol and the guard in response to pleas for help from the mayor of Clinton and the sheriff of An derson bounty. He acted two hours before a planned rally of pro-segregation forces in Clinton. In bis announcement at Nash ville, Clement noted that outsid ers had been blamed for much of the trouble at Clinton where 12 Negroes and about 808 white pu pils started attending integrated classes Monday. "Onl-of-Staters "We're going to put those out-of-state agitators in Jail if they get out of control tonight," he said. Before the state forces arrived, vigilantes under command of Leo Grant, an Oak Ridge lawyer with anti-riot experience in the Kore an War, were organized at a local citizens' meeting. Horse Kicks, Injures Girl A' Washington girl was kicked in the face by horse at the Oregon state fairgrounds Satur day afternoon while she was trim ming the animal's tail, Salem first aidmen Mid. Lihr Franklin. 21. of BotheU, Wash., received a fractured finger, plus neck and chin lacerations, aidmca said. She reportedly placed her left hand in front of her face before the horse's hoof struck her. Miss Franklin was taken to Salem General Hospital following the 1:30 p.m. accident. Hospital attendants said she was treated and released. Salem Can Firm. Plans Open House An "open house' will be. held from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 15 at the Salem plant of the American Can Company. The. public has been invited to attend, plant officials have announced. On Sent. 14 the Salem plant plans Informal dedication c e r emonies and a "preview" inspection for in vited guest A, dinner will follow the plant tour. . n . Donald Nixon issued the follow ing statement: "My brother has no interest, fi nancial or otherwise, in Nixon, Line, and never has had. "The thing was done, in the worst possible tsste. , . ' , "This completely .unwarrrnted action by the broker "was contrary to my direct instructions."- . Emerson Morgan, head of the brokerage house, termed Peter a "very fine young salesman" who had been in the brokerage business only a short time. ' "He ' made a naive mistake," Morgan said. "It was a case ot his being overzealous in his attempt to seU the stock." rpri 1- - Stolen Boat Overtaken In Wild River Chase By LARRY HOBART Staff Writer,- The Statesman v. A 21-foot cabin crusier was recovered Saturday, in a chase straight from Dick Tracy. An airplane, a speed boat, played a part in the operation an is-year-oia aaiem youth on a charge ot larccnv. Lodged in the Polk County fail was Eugene Strausbaugh, Oregon Free of Traffic Deaths; U.S. Toll at 150 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ,. Oregea went thrangh its see, ead apparent deathless sight the highways as the long Labor Day weekend Beared Its nid- Ne fatal traffic accidents have been teperted la the state since the national eaoat kegaa at p.m. yesterday. ByM a.m.. EST, U6 traffic deaths were reported la the ao tie. There were 26 deaths by drowning aad .. 21 from ether caases, raising the ever-all ao ctdent death total to 1. Aa estimated 451 aersoas are expected to die la traffic crashes during the holiday weekead. Connecticut Tot Kidnaped From Carriage HAMDEN, Conn., Sept. 1 un The 6-week-old daughter of a tragedy-riddled couple . wat kid naped today from her carriage out' side a crowded department store where her mother was shopping. , "It doesn't seem to be a kid naping for ransom, said State's Atty. Abraham1 S. . UUman. "It looks like It was done by a person who wanted a baby." Police said they suspected a stocky, dark-complexioned young woman of taking blue-eyed, brown haired Cynthia Ruotolo. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Ruotolo, who have also an S-year- bld boy and 19-month-old daugh ter. Two previous children died, one In an accident; the other of pneumonia. Te Start New Job ' Ruotolo Is a salesman who starts a new job with a paint firm Mon day. He quit his old Job last week because It called for a transfer to Boston. Mrs. Ruotolo said this was the first day she or the baby had left their $16,000 home in a new de velopment here since the birth. She had gone shopping with a neighbor and left the child in its grey carriage outside the store Sears-Roebuck Co. She said she made 10-minute checks on the child and when she went out the second time, the baby was gone. The FBI promptly Jumped into the case. -Search for Wemaa State police and New Haven po lice also Joined the is "1 for the woman) whose description ras pieced together by police receiv ing reports from shoppers " ho called into the police headquar ters hours later. All buses and automobiles were sioppea ana searcnea in a massive police operation. . Four years apo, the Ruotolos lost a daughter. Ruth, who died at the age of three weeks of pneumonia. Two years ago. a son, Gary, 3 weeks old, died in an c 'dent A little -neighborhood boy wandered into the house, picked up the week old child ani dropped him. He i died of a brain injury two weeks later. . Both parents made dramatic radio appeals - for the return of their child tonight. Lightning tFircs Neariiig Record PORTLAND, Sept. 1 1 - Lightning-set fires in the Pscific North west may reach a. record high this year, Kermit W. Unstedt, day He reported that through Aug. 24, national forests In the north- of these were blamed on light- in. . , , The record for lightning caused. tires was 1.932 in 1941. This year's fires, however, have burned only 973 acres. EDL'CATOR DIES PORTLAND. Sept. 1 (- Dr. Thomas A. CottJngham, Portland educator, died df a heart attack early today. He was 43. stolen from Salem Friday nicht. patrol cars and two-way radios which resulted in the arrest of 444 s. High M. poller said straus baugh was apprehended on the missing 21-foot cabin cruiser near Buens Vista ferry Saturday after noon. . ... , . V .'7:,, ? The boat, owned by Lee Dugger, Route 1, Box 267, Brooks, was taken from the West Salem Boat Moorage in the -1100 block of Edgewater Street between I p.m. Friday and 9:20 a.m. Saturday, police reported.; The cruiser, to gether with motor and gear, was valued at over $6,500. . ' - Salem police learned of the loss Saturday morning and ' alerted other law . agencies. A two-place plane owned by Willamette Search and Rescue was dispatched about 11:30 a.m. to search the Willam ette River area. ' Plane Patrols 1 ", The aircraft, piloted by Salem policeman Harold Edwards, 3135 Felton St., with Ray Commings, 1375 Elm St., as observer, pa trolled the river between Salem and Oregon City with no results. : A report that the boat had been seen between Independence and Albany,- however,' proved correct and the cruiser was spotted sbout one mile north of the Buena Vista ferry near Independence. "Wnen we spotted the guys we could see two of tbem one had a pair of binoculars and was watch infg us," Edwards said. Edwards said the duo was at tempting to make away with a second boat a runabout whea they were first observed. Basted Beat - '-Whea they saw 11a and we buzzed them, , they , immediately cut loose the runabout they were trying to get away with ' and started upstream," Edwards re ported. However, - the cruiser ran aground, pulled away and then beaded toward Salem. Meanwhile, state police and Marion County sheriff's deputies had arrived at the scene and were able to view the proceedings from the shore. Also headed for the stolen craft was an inboard speed boat manned by Oliver Boline, owner of the smaller boat, David Nelson, operator of the West Salem moor age and Dugger. The trio had been searching the river tor a trace of Dugger's missing boat. Captared Youth Tbe three men discovered the cruiser, closed with the boat and boarded it to capture Strausbaugh. A second youth believed to be aboard was not found. In the confusion1 of the Pinal capture, an officer on - the bank fired a shot about 200 yards in front of the Boline boat, believing it to be playing a part in the theft and hoping to halt the craft. The boat swerved, throwing Nelson into the water. He was recovered without injury, police said. Sheriff's deputies Ernie Clark and James Painter said they searched a large Island near the spot where the cruiser was found in hopes of turning up the second youth Involved in the escapade. No sign of the boy was, found in the island's heavy brush ' they ' in dicated. n . t jiHOSl IJUSlIieSSCS, , t 11 rtf 1 UOUC UltieeS tO - j lOSC Oil iUOIlliay Federal, state and city offices- plus Salem banks and most city, merchants will close their doors Monday in observance of Labor morning fog "and low clouds, As Day. . . . . ", ..." I sociated Press said. Temperatures Merchants previously announced are expected to be 42-fi0;i winds, that they will observe regular I northeast, 13-20 miles an hour. Monday store' hours on Tuesday. ' of a -.. Natural Gas Enters Salem Lines Saturday Afternoon . All consumers in the Salem snd ' mid-vslley areas began re- ' Miving natural gas by Saturday Dodd, manager of the Salem d- Gas Ct!i C0, . . ' , , Th PT,MV whwfby. Mi. 1 gas pushed. last manufactured gas J uu" " 1he Sauvles Island station nesr.lem area and 11,000 in the mid- Portland. - Natural gas flow reached the outskirts of Salem about 4 p.m. and was servicing all of the Si lem area by about 9.30 p.m. Sat urday. Woodburn received the flow about 1 p.m. and hit the Silverton-Mt. Angel sector about 9:30 p.m. , '.j 1A Oregon's 91st State Fair began Its- eight-day run here Satur day under cloudless skies. The above phototake from the top of the. race track grandstand shows a major por tion of Jhe (rounds Including the new, but as yet lnoper- Today, at the Fair Snaday, Sept, I, , 1:66 .m. f Gates Open ' ' : a.m,' Judging Milk Goats ' 4-H Senior Dairy : Showmanship, " Beef Showmanship; Sheep Shearing" Contest 1:43 a.m. Organ Concert,, 16:36 a.m. . Band Concert 11:66 a.m. Dr. F. E. Townsend, Grandstand 1:66 p.m. Midway Act 1:36 p.m.. Rodeo and Horse Show Free show. Grand stand, Multnomah County Sheriff's Motor Cycle Corps Flower Arranging Demonstration 3:66 p.m. Search for talent Show Organ Concert 4:66 p.m. ' Band Concert Folk Dancing, Grandstand 6:66 p.m. Balloon Ascension . 7:36 p.m- Organ Concert 6:66 p.m. Rodeo-Horse Show Revue 16:13 p.m. Midway Act 12:66 p.m. Gates Close Clear Skies On Forecast The State Fair started Saturday with a clear, cool day and two more daya of the same are expec ted, McNary Field weathermen said. ' Temperatures will remain about the same with the high about 76 today and Monday, they said. . Sat urday's high temperature .was 79. Low temperature tonight lj expec ted to be about 4$. ' Weathermen said they had sev eral calhv Saturday night about a display of Northern Lights. They said the display seen in the Sa lem area was a little early in the year but undoubtedly the real thing. Northern Oregon beach weather today will be fair, except for early Independence was r e 4 c h e d bout S'p.m. snd Dallas had nat ural gas by 9 p.m. The Albany-Lebanon-Corvallis area will re ceive the flow about 9:30 or 10 a.m. this morning..' ' Filling of the lines with natur al gas capped months of exten sive change-over preparations at homes snd establishments of some 3,600 customers in the Sa valley as a whole. ) - Extra crews made at least two visits to each customer to adjust appliances for advent of the new type Ras, Dodd said, h Calls from curious customers in regard to the chsnjfe-over were "no more then uiusl" Sat urday, Dodd said, i , -. Three Records Fall During Opening Day LlLLIE MAOSSk -.i."r -.V Farm Editor, The Statesman New records were being made throughout Saturday , as the sun shone comfortably down upon a pleased and happy opening-day Oregon State Fair crowd that topped the 1955 attendance by 1,585. The first Saturday count at 9 a.m. gave Leo Spitzbart, fair manager, the fitters, but by 11 a.m. the figure had crawled 260 above the IBM attendance at that hour, and con- tinued its upward trend the remainder of the day. Final count lor the 1956 opening day was 42,635 in contrast to the 1953 figure of 41,070. , A new .all-time high opening day horse racing handle of $12 J, 721 compared to the 1955 handle (the previous all-time high first day) of $116,678. Also a new first dsy record was (Full page of State Fair also on pages t, S, 5.) ; the grandstand attendance of 4,152. Last year this count was 3.616. Attendance at night entertainment this year, topped last year's by 1,350. ' The night revue combined with tbe horse show and rodeo drew crowds totaling 5,473. , There were two big disappointments on opening day, how-' ever Because of too much breete, the balloon did not make its scheduled ascension and the big roller coaster did not get into action. Fair management expressed hopes that both will . work on schedule Sunday, , - t ' The great and the smsli in the political world helped swell (he attendance Saturday and with their ready handclasps also helped give s wsrm homecoming feeling to many fair goers jvho have little other opportunity to shake' hands with U.S senators and governors. Rumors Saturday were that this pleasure would extend through the week. . Race Track Post Time Settled The fair board, headed by Dr. E. B. Stewart, Roseburg, in' . Salem for the entire week, held its annual opening day meet ing, arranging for audiences for the remainder of the eight-day fair run. One item settled by the board Saturday was that in the 1956 races on Lone Osk track, post time would be post time, and not 15 minutes later. Dr. Stewart said.' Cecil Ed wards, race steward, said that there will be 25 minutes between , the posting of official results and the start of the next race. Windows closed Saturday, as per instruction, at post time. ' Judging In a number of divisions got underway, with Timberland Gardens; Lebanon, taking sweepstakes in gladioli, ant Swan Island Gardens, Portland, sweeping to top places in Dahlias. TuAlatin Garden Club came in first In the 39 garden clubs exhibiting with Little Gaidcn Club of Salem Heights, see-' onri and Hilltop Garden Club of Colton, third, . . The Garden Mart which has much to offer garden shoppers ', wjs doing a brisk business all day Ion, and Mart shopkeepers promised' a good supply throughout the week.. , The first fnmily to enter the gate alter the official opening ... was the Lule Whitsett famiW of Redmond, who included the father and mother, and son, Doug, who is a 4 K club member and daughter, Nera. Judging of Entries Underway Judging began early, and one ot the first announcements made was the winner of the national crocheting contest. This wss Mrs. Frank C. Hubka, Portland, who was also last year's winr'er. Mrv. Hubka submitted an original luncheon cloth. Youthful exhibitors got off to a full day in a full week of Judging.' Four-K Club exhibitors .showed eonsidcrsble calm-, nest. In their showmanship, however, as they had been working .. at county fairs previously. ' - "It takes time snd patience to educate a pig," was. the sage ; comment of 14-year-old Donleo Schellenberg, Dallas, . after judges acclaimed him the grand champion 4-H swine showman. This- is one of the big contests in the 4-H livestock exhibits. The Dallas youngster said he had been exerting his influ ence on the Yorkshire junior gilt for the past month, and had Keen named champion swine showman a week ago in the Polk , County fair. Donlee, an intermediate winner, won over Sheila Day, 17. Beaverton, senior champion and Donald Stengel,' 10, Sherwood, Junior showman. - ' A 181-pound Berkshire exhibited by Patricia Joan.Kuh!,' John Day, was judged the grant, champion 4 H market hog. Reserve champion ribbon was placed on a Hampshire Berkshire . cross shown by Tommy Hawkins, 10, Shedd. This was the first trip to the State Fair .for both 4-H'ers. U the meantime Mr. Tallent conducted his first talent show Saturday afternoon, Monte Brooks' band provided music, snd the daily "high act" drew big crowd. - atlve roller coaster (foreground), , 100-foot high apparatus used In the free midway shows (upper right) and the irt&U : tional array of midway rides and booths. (Statesman Thoto ! by John Ericksen) ' pictures on Page I. Stories V PaulusBros. Sales Oil iccH To Move South The sales department of Paulus Bros, packing firm apparently is ticketed to move to San Jose, Calif., about Nov. 1. The move would come under a new cen tralization plan announced by Dole Hawaiian Pineapple Com pany,, of which the' Paulus plant is a subsidiary- A Saturday release from the Dole company, which presumably ' applies to the Salem operation, said centralization of all sales functions of all holdings is a part of a program of expansion and diversification, '' - A Paulus spokesman, informed ot the announcement, . said that personnel cf the Salem subsidi ary's sales department possibly will remain here in other capaci ties. Department personnel are William Paulus. - Chester Chase ard Harold Prince. ' The Paulus official said so far- as 'he knew there are no plans for Immediate expansion at the Salem plant. . .. .; 1. Missing Cons Believed Seen ROSEBURG, Ore.. Sept. 1 I Police - converged on "a secluded valley satith of here tonifht 'tcr reports of two strangers roam'-g the area revived the manhunt for Northern California's Nr Hying convicts. . v . A policeman at Myrtle Creek. about 14 miles south of here, said state arr) county police and ""I or two FBI agents were check'rg possible hideouts in brushy thick et of sou'h MtJ'o Va"", ' Residents r' the are" har? re- pos-M srein" two mt tb' after nmn. nt'cm":!" "Me n : er j'owik sl"g. th 5o"th P-roia rver." . , . ,; " , It waa In the Mvrtle Orck area where two of the escap?" cmv''S abandoned a stolen car. early rre terday after the four had fhwii an airplane to Medford. The four men flew tnt Oregon after escsn- big Thursday from a San Q. lent in prison farm eld stealing a plane for their flight. NUBTHWIlt LEAGl'B At Balam 4, tun 1 Al Yakima 1. Suok.n S Af LawlaUMl S, Wanalcha 16 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Al Portland 1, Lot Angda S . Al Hollywood e, karramtms 4 Al Son rranrlK-o . Sun Dirio 6 At Vancouver , Brattle S MATIONAi. LfcAGl'K Al York J-0, kroakl 'n S-J Al Pittfburin 1, Pml,iti-itu : Al Clm-innaii 1. C.itruco 1 Al Milwaukee 3. 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