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Road Death Rate Killeo "m By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The highway death rate dropped In the closing hour of the Labor Day - holiday weekend Monday night, and the National Safety Council held out hope that the final toll would fall far short of Hs advance estimate of 480 deaths. Although millions of homeward bound motorist were jamming the nation's highways, an Asso ciated Press survey reported only the relatively low number of 46 traffic . deaths in a seven-hour period between 3 and 10 p.m., EST. That raised the traffic death toll to 405. In addition, there have been 74 drownings and 8? deaths from miscellaneous causes for an over-all total of $38. , Compilation of the holiday week Three men who are reported receptive candidates for speaker ship of the house in the next legis lature have endorsed a plan for aa '"open convention" when the choice would be made. As pro posed by Heps. Stewart of Lane Ct-unty and Cardwell of Linn County and approved ' by Rep. Elfstrom of Marion County, can didate would not caivas prospec tive members and obtain pledges of votes, u has been the custom. Instead after the election in No vember members would assemble and by caucus pick the person they want for speaker or for president of the senate if senators go for the plan.' Without doubt the "open conven tion" Idea became attractive after the recent national conventions when Afflai Mevenson urged an A,, tnvw wii v liiiuu tvi ev w arsis- idential nomination and Republic cans talked "open convention" for j theirs. However it wiU be recalled JIT J LRDCDDG that Stevenson and other candi dates were busy as bees lining up pledges for the presidential nom ination before the convention. I fail to see how the open cau cus system would 'wit the pledge system. It still would be possible for candidates to "line up" sup- 1 port In advance of the caucus, by personal visits, by telephone calls, ' by solicitation Of intermediaries. Candidates might make a pledge of "no pledging," but this might be followed by charges of break ing ground rules through some Icircuitous route. In other words It hardly seems possible tor house members to caucus without con siderable advance gumshoeing by or in behalf of candidate. The result might weU be merely to push ahead the caucus which (Ceatiaaed aa editorial MS 4.) Deputy, White Man Shot in Race Flareup OLIVER SPRINGS. Tenn.. Sept. S W Racial violence erupted on Main Street here tonight, as a Negro man wounded a .while .member of frenried mob which all but took over this east Tennes see town and a deputy sheriff was wounded apparently by mob members themselves. The deputy sheriff, riding in a state highway patrol car, was wounded in the shoulder but it could not be learned Immediately who did the shooting. Anderson County Sheriff Glad Woodward said first reports were that the deputy was wounded by a mem- tup nt IK urhita mnh Adj. Gen. Joe Henry answered an urgent call for help by dis-1 patching eight National Guards-10"8 w. - - men. occupying the racially tense town of nearby Clinton, to Oliver Springs to help quell the raging mob of more than 250 persons. Woodward said the mob wss holding swsy on the town's main street, rocking cars on their springs and generally terrorizing motorists.. The scene was similar to a mob demonstration at Clinton Friday night. The sheriff added that he thought the Negro who did the shooting wss holed up in a tavern, but the white mob had police blocked off. PLXITZER WINNER DIES PITTSFIELD, Mass , Sept.' 3 () Anthony H. Leviero, 51, a Pu litzer Prize winner and Washing ton correspondent for the New York . Time for the past 25 years, died of a heart attack tonight' at St. Luke,' Hospital. W1LBERT V Oregon Toll Climbs end fatalities began p.m. (local time) Friday and ends Monday midnight. "At the present rate, the final toll should be far short of our pre diction of 480 deaths, said Ned H. Dearborn, safety council presi dent. - -1 , "We stand a good chsnee of finishing below the record of. 461 deaths set in 1951 and fair chance of going under last year's figure of 431." , Labor Day normally is second only to Christmas aa the deadliest traffic holiday of the year. Tired, impatient motorists clog the high ways, winding up the summer va cation season. The record toll, for ahy holiday period came on the three-day Christmas observance in 1955, Throng Packs Into State Fairgrounds Crowds continued to make news Monday as the 91st an: nual Oregon State Fair eased over its third perfect day per fect crowds, perfect weather and the balloon made a perfect ascension at scheduled time, with the parachute jumper drop ping far out to the south. Counters had clicked in 15,315 more people by 6 p.m. than were counted on last year's Labor) Day at I p. m. Total count for the third day was over 70,000 against last year' third day count of 57,530. . This Labor Day also saw the biggest parimutuel mark ever set with a take of $179,904. The pre vious record was held bv the 195S crowd at $172,492. The Matinee combined horse show and rodeo drew 1930 against last year s cir cus -crowd of 1.384. The 1955 Helene Hughes Night Revue totaled 3.500, and this year the night show drew practically the same. Men Judgtag While crowds gathered all over the grounds, judging went on with out interruptions in both the Junior and the open class divisions. John fc llir i a . oeckl' Portland, known down thT,0Uh ',r VMr for hiI h,PW JrodfIln wh" attle made (Add. fair itorle pages 1, 4, S and 13. Pictures on pare 13). placings, is Judging this year. Monday he placed the champions in the Brown Swiss division, with his son Paul, showing the junior champion and reserve champion bull. All other champions in this breed went to Chris Schlungger also of Portland. M. C. Flemming, Troutdale, was the heavy champion winner in Guernseys, also H. C Stulve of Woodburn showed the senior and grand champion bulL L. B. Erb, Jefferson, showed the Junior champion bull, and Orville Brown. Woodburn, the reserve champion female. New Winner Edward Galh. Turner, not new to show rings on the Pacific Coast, was, however a new winner in cattle this year. He showed the champion female in Hereford. Clemens Hereford Ranch. Philo math, entered the reserve cham pion female. Double Ranch took the reserve purple in bulls and Herbert Chandler, old name in Hereford show circles, had t h e grand champion bull. Winnings in Ayrshire were divided betveen three owners, Meadowland Dairy of Portland, James A. Madsen of Gresham and Carol Buckley of Vernonia. First sheep winners of this year's fair were named Monday, with Ahrens Brothers, Turner, taking the Romney champion ships; Kennelh McCrac, Mon mouth, showing the champion Dorset, and Claude Stuesloff, Sa lem, the champion Southdown. J. G. Kassner, Oregon City, and George and Ruth Moscrip, Sher wood, the champion ewe, in Cor riedales. i " ,;m"7 , At Monday s brief state fair meeting, plans for a new k, ,. 4-H dormitory were discussed. Dr. E. B. Steward, board chairman, said, following the meeting, that he hoped that the next legislature would "make a suitable appropri ation, as a new dormitory is cer tainly needed ". Standing v r . If O J Crowds overflowed the state fair grounds Labor Day ai temperatures and attendance figures went high. Biggest Jam-up of people was at the race ' track. Tart of that crowd is shown above In this photo looking, straight down Dips: 403 when 609 died on the . nation's highways. . ' ? The record total from traffic, drownings and miscellaneous cause was 80S death, recorded in the three-day Independence Day holiday of 1955. ( ; . The death toll from Oregon's three-day Labor Day holiday stood at sin and possibly seven Mon day night as the homeward rush of motorist from vacation trips began. Four persons died in traffic mis haps during the period that began at p.m. Friday. One man drowned, another is presumed to have drowned, and a small boy died in an accident at a grain ele vator. ' i r Today at the Fair TUESDAY, SEPT. 4 $:M a. m. Gates Open. . 1:3 a. m. 4-H judging Guern-' seys. Sheep. I:N a. m. Judging: Dairy cattle Jerseys and. Hoist eins. Beef Cattle Aberdeen-Angus and Shorthorns. Sheep Columbias, Cotswolds, Shropshire, Cheviots. Swine Spotted Poland China, Bershires, Hampshire, large Yorkshires. :4J a. m. Organ Concert, Garden show. 11:3 a. aa. Band Concert. 1:M a. at. Midway act. Canning demonstration by Mrs. Vivian Freeman. 1:15 p. m. Racing at Lone Oak Track. 1:3 p. m. 4-H Judging Ayr shires. Milking Shorthorns, Brown Swiss. Flower Arranging Demonstra tion, Garden Show. -1:N p. m. Search for Talent Show. Organ Concert. 4:N p. . 4-H Livestock Awards Program. Band Concert. I:M p. as, 4-H Livestock and poultry released. $:M p. sa. Balloon Ascension. 7: p. a. Organ Concert - - -$: p. av Rodeo Horse Show. Helen Hughes Night Revue. 10:13. p. a. Midway Act U:M p. aa Gates Close. $976 Racing Ticket Tossed In Trash Can CHICAGO, Sept. I - Several hundred persons inducing Sam Shein of Chicago gathered around two trash cans today at Washington Park race track look ing for $97$. v . , That amount represented the worth of a daily double ticket ab scntmindedly tossed into the re cepticle by Shein. ."I had seven combinations go ing on the double,' said Sam, a newspaper distributor "and in the excitement of having the winning one Yea Bama in the first race and 50-1 Age of Consent in the second I tossed away the wrong ticket. When Sam discovered his error, he began going through a trash can like a siopher diggi-q his hnle A crowd of several hundred soon' gathered, eager to help. After wading through cigar butts iZTrTZ rv n raMl but s wsved it high while the crowd ! that be kept open to In cheered, ternational shipping. Room at a Premium at Oregon 3 3 lOoth Year Tombstones on Doorstep Plague Man in Chicago CHICAGO. Sept, J - Frank J. Smith, 47. a 'metal finisher, opened hi front door today. On his torch he saw a too-pound tombstone with ' his name in scribed on it. 'The same thing happened in July, Smith said; And what's more he said, he doesn't know how or why the pesky things turn up at his door.. - ,v -. .. ,' .. Shotgun Blast Injures Man At Woodburn ' lUlMui News Service " WOODBURN, Sept. I - A 50- yesr-old Woodburn-area maa was shot and seriously wounded at his home Monday afternoon. State police said the man's son-in-law was taken into -custody following the episode. '' Police identified the wounded man as Ivan Lazroff, who lives Just east of Woodburn on the Wood-burn-MoIalla highway. He was taken to Salem Momorial Hospital lor treatment of shotgun wounds In the face and upper body, officers reported. Hospital - attendants said Laz roff' s condition was "pretty food" Monday night. . Gives Self I'p Police said the son-in-law.. Vas sili Mike Jabln, 28. gave himself up and ' admitted the ' shooting. Jabin. a resident of . Woodburn, was lodged in Marion County jail on a charge of assault while armed with a dangerous weapon. Account given police indicated that Lazroff waa wounded about 4:30 p.m. while standing in his yard. The shotgun blast, from a 20-guage weapon, reportedly came from a parked car some 100 feet away. . Officers said they were told that prior to the shooting, Jabin and a friend had been pigeon hunting. On returning, the friend decided to stop rend visit Lazroff, leaving .Jabin and the shotgun isa the vehicle. The friend was a witness to the shooting. - Suez Meeting Opens With Friendly Air (Picture ea wlrepfcete page.) CAIRO. Egypt. Sept. J The Menzies mission to Cairo formally presented to Egyptian President Nasser today the It-nation plan for international control of - the Suez Canal. Arrangements were made also for "free snd 'frank" diicussion at subsequent meetings with him. ' Nasser, although opposed to in ternational control, war, described as completely cooperative in set ting up a schedule for the confer ences with the five-nation mission headed by Australian Prime Min ister Robert G. Menzies. The Egyptian President was in good humor a he met during the day with his visitors, snd agreed to see them again tomorrow. : The Menzies mission is present ing the plan offered by U. S. Sec retary of State Dulles and ap proved with amendments by II of the 22 nations st the London Srez Conference. Nasser told a news Conference yesterday he saw room for com promise in President Eisenhower's tatimnt aHmfttintf FffvnHan X'vY,-'. , ' t 1 SECTIONS-U PACES fetf est Smoke Rolls From Burning Timber in Polk Gounty , , iiw'mmim v Hf mn mm nr i ji s, in Tiii I il l in i wmn i iit Mlt - -' ' 1 Smoke billowlnf vp the steep north slope of Eagle Cret, Ave - miles aorth west of Salem, in Polk County, marks the path of sernb forest fire whlck threatened farm at the brow of the pleturesque platen. Monday afternoon. When the Early Press Time)! ' . We sincerely hope you re ceive your Statesman on time this morning, even though it may not have quite its usual complement of last minute new. ' - A this is written, a stripped main gear on The Statesman's big press threatens to stymie production. At the least it will slow it down. , Two sets of Staesman stereo type plates are being prepared i one to fit The Statesman's own press and one for the presses of the Albany Deaie-crat-Herald which generously offered aid If needed. . The usual 1:30 p.m. press time was moved up to 10:30 p.m. ' to compensate for poss ible delays. In the meantime, a replacement gear has been ordered to wing its way air express from ' Chicago. The . Oregon Statesman Safe Crackers Turn Money Into Confetti - ORILL1A. pnt., Sept. S m Inept safe trackers tried to blow open a grocery store safe early today and succeeded only in turning $9, 000 into confetti Police said two nitro glycerine charges were used. State? Fair's Race Track T7 ,v.. 1 Ji C from the grandstand roof. The nlcture wss snapped between rare while bet- tors'studicd racing forms, compared notes or just plain looked for a way out of the mess. (Statesman Photo by John Erickien) ' ' , ' ' poundid' 1651 The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, September i 'Hiir 7"r ., .v.,,t. Rickreall Boy Crus suteiaua Ntwt trk . , RICKREALL, Sept 3 - A even-vear-okl Rickreall area boy was carried 90 teet.to his death Monday afternoon in' a rising lift' at a grain elevator some eight miles' north of here on Highway 99V.: . , ' , ' ' 1 . ' ' . . . ' Polk County Coroner. Paul Bollman identified the young victim as Paul Dwight Freeman, son of Mr. and Mrs Douglas Coeil Tiimblcs Froni Plane In California I SAN RAFAEL,! Calif., Sept. J I A University of California coed reportedly fell from a small plane in the- ragged hills between Mt. Tamalpais and Stinson Beach this afternoon. Her body had hot been recov eredv .... Stanley Gordon, t. Belvedere, told San Rafael police that Flora Lfeabeth Anderson, 22. San Fran cisco, "opened the door" of the rented plane he was piloting and fell from about 1.000 feet, i Gordon and the girl rented the small plane from San Francisco Bay Airport! , V 0 . 4 j Deem m i- p' n'ff mmAmrr vm-inx. . i - hi-. r f T f V snrestest dancer from this' fire leaped to life about a mile to awittly through icnib timber, sen from Kreltzbers AvlaUonL.lne plant)... . . , v Freeman, Kickreau Route i, box 203. The father is part owner of the elevator. , ' ' Bollman aaid the boy apparently died outright when crushed be tween the lift and the grain eleva tor ceiling about 2:15 p.m. The youngster, was believed to have been playing at the elevator when he . stepped on the lift's brake, causing the-device to rise. , Bollman. aaid the victim could have halted the lift by removing his foot from the brake. The lift had no motor but wa of the counter-balance type. - - ; Owner of the grain elevator along with the boy's father is an uncle, . Harold Freeman. There were reportedly .no wit nesses to the tragedy, but several men working in an adjacent ware house went to investigate after hearing the crash of the lift against the ceiling. , The body was taken to Bollman Mortuary in Dallas, where funeral arrangements are pending. Clear Day on Area Forecast Mors clear weather is due In the Salem area, McNary Field fore caster! report. A high of M Is seen today, low tonight of 40. Yesterday' high wa (1, with a low of 41 reached. . J " At the coant, fair weather Is ex pected with a high today of 45-70, low tonight of 40-45. Winds, from the northwest of from 10-20 mile an hour are foreseen. NORTHWRST LEAGUE At TrKlty . S.ltm S. ' . At Iutn 4, Yakima S. . PAClrlC COAST LSAOUI ' At Portland -. Vancouvar 0-4. At San Dt(tt 10-, Sacramtnto 4-J. At Seattle T-J, Loa Analai U-4. At Hollywood -4. San rranclaco S-. ' AMKSICAN LCAOIS ' ' ' - At Chicago S-S, Datrnlt ll-J. ' ' At Kanaaa. City 1-1, Clevaland I-t. ' At Washington t-0, Boatnn 1-IS. At New York S-S, Baltlmort l-O. Kf4TinMAl. I.KAllirt-' - At Philadelphia 1-1, Now York 1-1 At Bronklvn 4-1. Plttburh J-J. At Mllwatikee S-l, Clnrlnnall 1-7. At St. Louis 4-, Chlcao l-t. rmci appeared past, another which the east In lata afternoon need (Aerial photo by John Erlckv Old Conviction Set Aside for Qyde Crosby 5 PRESC0TT,- Sxiz., Sept.. I Ut - The 1930 Arizona burgtary convic tion of Clyde C.t Crosby, now an official of the Teamsters Union in Portland, Ore., has been set aside, Yavapai County Atty. Jack Ogg said today. ; ' ,:it', Ogg said the action was. nulli fied last Thursday by Superior Court Judge William E. Patterson in a tory book ruling," t..j. t... I..J -.1 . .mugs rauciwiia nnu ln.Mini Crosby in the original case, for which the union official served 13 months in the Arizona State Prison. Patterson at the time was county attorney.-; - ; v,V'j ;-; "Crosby appeared in court and presented evidence.' showing ; he was a Juvenile when convicted in 1930," Ogg said. Crosby had been convicted along with several other men of break ing Into s Santa Fe Railway sec tion house at Seligman and steal ing food, Ogg said. The court thai convicted him clearly had no Jurisdiction." " Ogg said the action was brought by Crosby "to clear his record in Oregon. PORTLAND, Sept. i I Clyde C. Crosby of Portland, who ob tained aa Arizona court order wiping- out a felony conviction of many yean ago, is under indict ment in Multnomah County on four charges. 1 - Crosby said he plans no -legal action to quash the Indictment charging him with possessing a gun illegally, because he doesn't believe the action is necesssary. 4, 1934 National Guard Keeps Lid c Clamped on Clinton; Tenn By Rl'SSELL BRt'Cf CLINTON, Tenn., Sept. 3 Militiamen who . stared down a mob of 1.500 anti-integration dem onstrators n the courthouse square last sight got tough today and cleared the square an nour before dark. 1 s' - ' ; Promptly at p.m. guardsmen moved in force onto Main Street at the east side of the square, where previous disorders had started. A small, orderly crowd dispersed.1 ,4- Traffic on U. S, 25-W, a main north-smith artery which passes along Main Street,' was dctoured two. block, to either side of the square. ; I " , r- The guardsmen permitted no body on the courthouse side of the square and required those on the t s Today's forecast: Continued ' dear today ana wednetdty; high both days 1244; low to. knight 40.: f -f , (Complct rtsvrt past $) , ' i( No. 161 Two Diazes Sweep Over 1 500 Acres ; I By RUSSELL BIERAUCEL SUff Writer, The Statesmil, Two fast-moving forest fires endangered the Eagle Creek: area live miles , northwest of; Salem Monday But both were believed to be under control Monday night . i ' One that swept op the steep north slope of picturesque Eagle Crest Monday afternoon was aim-.; mering down Monday night but another that burst into action . about 4 p.m.. Vt mil to the east,-; raged fiercely in the dark before. It waa halted by firemen from Amity and Bonneville Power ad- ministration. . - - It biased a mil long swsth through logged ever fir la four hours and Amity firemen- said at ' one time they feared for the safety of several houses a half ' mile to the east across a small : ridge. Stubble Harming , ' 1- Both fire were believed to have ; started from burning stubble, area -; resident said.r ; The first fire, which is believed - to have started Sunday at the base - of the hill, threatened to ; rampase acrosa cagie nn , Monday afternoon but after a 'v heroic fight by aa estimated M neighbor the greatest danger wa .; believed to be past Monday night. The amateur fir fighters said they bad it almost stopped about t p.m. on the hillside whea light. -. gusty winds : arose which gave st . new life.-' - , .-: v BUImre of kaiek' - The neighbors attracted by the billows of smoke which could be-: seen for miles around battled the onward rush of the flames with portable -farm water tanks, plows ' and backfires, balem lire depart- ; ment sent a truck, to guard . sgainst sparks Jumping Kacle '. Creek road, a quarter mile from the brow of ; the hill where the fire appeared .stopped Monday " night. Apparently serious damage was confined to plum trees which were '. seared and cooked by the heat on the Fred Gibson farm on E? 'o Crest road. The center of the lire . was halted at the edge ot the prune field. Leaping flames in a tn9 canyon to the taA onLaurrm E. Sawyer property were stopped with ditches and backfires at the brow of the hilL But the fire con- ; tinue a slow progress westward, . guarded by area residents, a the .' night wore on. Prune on the Ker- ' mit Peterson farm oa the hillside also were threatened. ' St Acres Baraed With the front sf the Tire more . than a mile wide at the top of the : hill. an estimated too acres had ; been burned. - The second fire was concentrated - Monday night on property report- ; edly owned by C. W. Stuller north of the intersection of Brush College and Eagle Crest roads. It blaied ; up suddenly about 4 p. m. at the northwest edge of the woods. Z The area of the fires is not in a ; (fire protection district, ana mate . Forestry officials said they were. . .,Lnrl,aA ...J ,,.. ment outside their own tax-supportp ed protection districu. ra eo-; tered the picture Monday night be cause of .burning transmission. iu Plrm.i aa lh arn were - hampered by a lack of forest fight- . Ing equipment. ' T AGREEMENT REACHED PORTLAND, Sept. II Agree ment on a three-year contract wa j , reached today by representative of the striking United Steelwork ers Union and the Hanna Nickel and Smelting Co. at Riddle. Ori. . Today's Statesman .; i : j ; Page Sec. Classified. 14. IS H Comics Editorial ..;....: ..4. Home Panorama .... Obituaries ,,..t,'.......i4. Radio-TV 1 5 II ,IA I II n Sports ; ......,. 1 0....N Star Caxer .1.."..;,.,... 2 . I Valley News ........ 1 1...II Wirephoto Page -1 2......II opposite sidewalk to keep moving. ; But later In the evening guard officers sent two tanks - a road- , block on State Rout SI south of.; the city- "a - a precautio iary V measure' after hearing uncon-1., Ilrmec" reports that 300 persons . bad held a pro:egregatioa meeting In Oliver Springs ami lien headed ; lor Clinton In a motorcade. , The guard had already set up : road blocks two miles north ard IOUID 01 (.union oa u.a. a n w " ; able to control traffic la the evnt of trouble.". 'I "We're stoooing both ' In-stale and out-of-state tan and .talking.; to the occupants, an officer M.d.. Nn' k! - without loud reason was - authoriied to t Iv into town, and about three jf rvefy SO cars were ; being turned back. - .f
