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f I I Hi S FO Fi U si el 8 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Monday, November 29, 1948 Salem World's Capital in Making of Carnival Rides By BEN MAXtt'KI.L When sonny boy pays his dune and buys himself a ride on a mid way attraction that promises him the wackiest, daffiest thrill ever experienced in his juvenile life chances are better than even that he is riding on an amusement device manufactured right here in Ealem. ' For Salem is first among all Cities in the United States in carnival ride production. Lee Eyerly, dean of local pro ducers and the first to manufac ture an amusement ride on the Pacific coast, made the Aero plane in 1932 In 1928 Lee had a flying service here and oper ated a school for pilots in con junction with it. Came the depression and the need for a device to give the embryo pilot the feel of man euvering a plane without the expense of making a flight. Out of this economic necessity the Aeroplane was conceived and Lee's student pilots were soon Army Transporl Splits at Dock Seattle, Nov. 29 Engineers today are inspecting the army transport Sgt. Charles E. Mower which split open while moored at Whittier, Alaska. The 365 persons aboard were reported . safe, and the USAT Gen. LeRoy Eltinge is en route from Seattle to take off the 190 first-class passengers. The ship broke open Satur day shortly after it finished a stormy trip from the Aleutians, It was bound for Seattle. The Seattle port of embarka tion said it had been told there was a nine-foot crack up the starboard side and a five-foot split across the deck plates near the break in the hull. The Sgt. Mower is a C-2 type vessel, one of the smaller army transports. It has a crew of 125. It was rechristened the Mow er in Seattle in August, 1947, in honor of an army sergeant who died in the fighting at Leyte. He won the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously. $45 Million Asked For McNary Dam Portland, Nov. 29 W The new congress will be asked by the Portland Labor-Management committee to provide am ple funds to speed construction of McNary dam on the Colum bia river. Lee C. StoII, chairman, said the request would be for early appropriation of $45,000,000 during the 1949-30 fiscal year. He said the hydro-electric generating facility was vitally needed In the regional power pool. Canadians Win Hay And Wheat Awards Chicago, Nov. 29 UH-Vet-eran winners wore the 1948 crowns today for the best wheat and hay shown at the Interna tional Livestock Exposition and Grain show. S. J. Alsop of Red Deer, Al berta, was recrowned wheat king yesterday for the second consecutive year. George J Sauerman of Crown Point, Inrl., won his fourth hay title, win ning both first and second places. joyously rotating themselves about an axis that simulated movement of a plane in three positions. Scout Sees It A sharp-eyed amusement spe cialist saw even greater possibil ities. "It's a natural " he told Lee. "Make it for the trade and I'm telling you it will sell." Dubiously enough. Lee con structed another. And to his as tonishment it sold like the first case of legal beer arriving after the drought of prohibition. Aero plane rides were soon wanted by amusement concerns and car nivals everywhere. Eyerly Aircraft company now manufactures four highly de veloped rides in the plant ad jacent to Salem's airport. Dur ing the season's peak 80 per sons are employed building the rides varying in price from $6. 500 to $13,000. During recent years gross annual business has averaged around $1,250,000. Ev ery ride that Eyerly makes sim ulates some aspect of a plane in flight. Fly-O-Plane, for instance, con sists of a machine supporting eight little planes that can be rotated. Each small plane seats two persons. Then there is the Roil-O-Plane that simulates the man euvers of an acrobatic plane while stunting. Rock-O-Plane on the other hand is built like a ferris wheel and carries seven cockpits that turn the occupants upside down as the wheel revolves Finally there is the Octiipus that provides patrons with a turning and up-and-down mo tion. Eyerly Aircraft, Salem's first and largest producer of rides, sells its amusement devices to all parts of the world Just the other day Lee received a letter from a potential purchaser in England who wanted a ride but was troubled about a permit for sending money to make the pur chase. There are Eyerly rides in the Far East and Eyerly rides in Spain. This year eight were in operation at the Oregon State Fair. Second Concern Knters Next to enter the business of building rides here was the Frank Hrubetz company that started manufacturing In 1940 Forty persons are now employ ed in their plant at Front and Shipping streets. First ride manufactured by this company was the Spitfire, greatly improved during the past eight years and still In strong production. This device, rated an Innovation In midway attractions, possesses an airplane type control wheel that enables the passenger to roll the car over in either direction or fly level at will. Spitfire carries 10 cars seating 20 passengers. Those who choose to ride in the Hi-Ball are hydraulirally elevated to a height of 52 feet and rotated through a diameter of 48 feet In eight cars seating 16 to 24 assengers. Kiddy Boat Ride, popular children's attraction at the fair this year, consists of six gaso line propelled boats moving around in a tank of water. Newest Hrubetz creation is the Dragon, Just now getting finishing touches. The Dragon, also a ride for youngsters, Is constructed of rubber to simulate a dragon. Gl,3.3.7H 14 t-J-"-T i. 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Normally, 16 votes are need ed, but Senator-elect Richard L. Neuberger, Portland, a demo crat, has stated he will vote for neither Walsh nor Engdahl. Walsh said he held pledges from the following: Allan G. Carson, Salem: Truman A. Chase, Eugene; Thomas Parkin Allister, Medford sx?v-.:;iesAN son, Roebursg; William McAl lister, Medford; Marie Wilcox, Grants Pass; Dean Walker, In dependence; Eugene March,. Mc Minnville; Paul Patterson. Hills boro; Howard Belton, Canby; Jack Lynch, Portland; Irving Rand, Portland, Austine Dunn, Baker. His own vote would make the 13th. Public Accountants Meet Here Tuesday One of a series of 10 special meetings to discuss problems confronting public accountants in Oregon will be held in Salem Tuesday under the sponsorship of the Oregon Association of Public Accountants, James L Keys, Salem, president, announ ced today. Presiding at the Salem session will be John C. Vassie, chair man of the local chapter. Dis cussion problems will be pre sented by Keys, Lester Barr of Salem, board of governors mem ber, and other members of a special committee headed by L M. Taylor of Portland. The meeting will be open to all association members ana other public accountants. Other meetings called by the OAPA: HE PERSON TEUS MOTHER WHVPAYj MORS, Portland, Monday; Eugene and Medford. Wednesday; Kla math Falls. Thursday; The Dali es, Pendleton and Astoria, De cember 9; Coos Bay, December 10. Friction matches were first made in England tn 1827. S0N0T0NE For Better Hearing LOCAL CONSULTANT WALTER f. DODGE Oil Ice t!MJ Slate St : : : : : :; :: : : : : CIIIIIVIMAS TOP You can have IS OKGE ttthis beautiful : ELECTIUC 11 A A 4 E jj installed 3$ IS lor C 5e only nsrl -"--- 3995 :j! down I j : : .! Biggest value in toMn! See it NOW! MOOR f-401 15 Equal Payments of 169 .p". Month Salem Leads Nation in Carnival Ride Production Top: Little Skipper, kiddy ride perfected by the C-Cruise corpora tion, a Gerlinger enterprise, seats 24 children in six boats propelled over an uneven track. Miami police selected this ride for their playgrounds used by underprivileged children. Below; Lee Eyerly, dean of ride producers and first to build a ride on the Pacific coast, seated in an Aeroplane designed in 1932 as a device for training embryo pilots. Bottom, left: Rock-O-Plane, one of four rides now built by Eyerly Aircraft company in a business that grosses $1,250,000 annually. Right: Spectacular Hi-Ball manufactured by Hrubetz Si Company elevates 24 passengers to a height of 52 feet and rotates them around a diameter of 46 feet. Lifting motion is accomplished by a telescoping center column fitted with a hydraulic lift cylinder. Twenty children are accommo dated upon the back of this in flated dragon that is provided with stirrups and travels over an undulating track. During the year Hrubetz & Co. have manufactured 15 Hi Balls, two Spitfires, six Kiddy Boat rides and several trailers for the transportation of amuse ment equipment. They have distribution in both North and South America. Like A Boat At Sea Latest to enter the amusement ride field is the C-Crul.e corpor ation with a new plant, 65x125 feet, located at Seventh street and Murlark avenue in West Sa lem. C. F. Gerlinger is presi dent; C. A. Gerlinger secretary treasurer. Production started in November, 1947, and the con cern occupied Its new plant in February of this year At pres ent 27 persons are employed in the manufacture of two popular rides. C-Cruise ride simulates mo tion of a boat at sea. Forty pas sengers are seated in four boats and four tubs with action con trolled by the occupant. This device, with an outside diamet er of 46 feet, circles a dipping track. Action of C-Cruise sug gesting a descent into the mael strom to its astonished patrons, sells for $13,000 at Salem. 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