THE WEATHER HERE
PARTLY CLOUDY to cloudy,
light scattered showers in vicin
ity tonight. Partly cloudy Fri
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day, Afi. Total 24-hour precipitation: 0; for
month: .JWi normal, ,32. Sea ton precipita
tion, 42.35; normal, 87.66. River helrht,
-fl.8 feet. (Report by U.S. Weather Bureau.)
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4-H Club Show
On Big Scale
At Fairgrounds
Prizes Awarded in
Livestock Judging at
'Baby State Fair'
By DON UPJOHN
With fir boughs as a backdrop
the 14th annual Marion county
4-H club fall show is on in a
big way at the state fair grounds,
a "baby state fair" showing the
cream of the crop and climax
ing the work of over 2000 club
members over the county.
Exhibits totaled over 175 as
the entries were added and run
the gamut from livestock
through freezing, canning, tur
keys, rabbits, poultry generally,
rose and flower, garden ento
mology and freezing as well as
showmanship, judging and oth
er demonstrations winding up
with a big fat stock sale Friday
evening.
In livestock judging Thursday
Marshall Jelderks, Middle
Grove, took highest individual
scoring honors with 610 points
out of a possible 700 and the
Middle Grove Pig club was
awarded the highest team hon
ors for scoring with 1770 out of
a possible 2100 points. Team rec
ords showed Marshall Jelderks,
610; Lewis Patterson, 595 and
David Turner, 565.
Busy Beefers Second
In second place for high scor
ing honors was the Busy Beefers
club of Gervais totaling 1605
points, individual scores being
Bob Bannick, 550; Nancy Bur
ford, 535 and Franklin Hahn,
520. The Lucky 13 sheep club
of Turner made third with 1575
points.
(Concluded on Page S, Column 7)
Economy Drive
Upsets Solons
Washington, Aug. 25 (IP)
Members of congress found
themselves squeezed today be
tween a military economy drive
many of them had demanded
and the outraged cries of con
stituents affected by the pro
posed cuts.
A typical example was offer
ed by a western house member.
He said he has been deluged up
to now with letters urging him
to vote for cuts in appropria
tions. Now, he said, the same
people are complaining bitterly
against military cutbacks in his
district,
The predicament resulted
from Secretary of Defense John
son's announcement yesterday
that the armed forces plan to
fire 135,000 of their 905,000
civilian employes, while return
ing 12,073 reserve officers from
active to inactive status.
That program aims at a $200,
000,000 saving during the fiscal
year which started July 1, and
savings of $500,000,000 a year
thereafter. It would help bring
next year's' military budget
down to $13,400,000,000. The
1949 budget totals $14,900,000,
000. Johnson said the cuts are those
proposed by the three armed
services themselves. . They will
result in the closing of about 50
defense installations and the
slimming down of a number of
others.
Congressmen whose home dis
tricts are involved got the low
down from Johnson yesterday.
Many of them complained bit
terly. Others approved.
Camp Adair Area
Fire Extinguished
Dallas, Ore., Aug. 25 Fire
fighting equipment from three
cities and the forest service de
partment were called to the old
Camp Adair area Thursday mor
ning to fight a fire starting in
old logged off land and slashing
about a mile west of the old
cemetery south of Monmouth
City equipment answered from
Dallas, Independence and Mon
mouth and later a call was an
swered by the forestry depart
ment truck.. The blaze burned
over approximately half an acre
before it was brought under
control shortly before noon.
Study Wheat Marketing
Portland, Aug. 25 (IP) Agri
cultural experts gathered here
today to look over the study of
northwest wheat marketing, be
gun last year.
They expected to draft a pre
liminary report on where north
west wheat is sold. The survey
naa oia. icu, umuci mc .lutiaui-
-.thip of the Oregon Wheat com
mission, to provide specific data
In developing new markets.
North Santiam
To Be Diverted
To New Channel
Farmers of Area
Carrying Out Flood
Control Project
By STEPHEN A. STONE
Moving the North Santiam
river, at its confluence with the
South Fork, into a new channel
about a mile and a half south of
Jefferson, is expected to take
plaee Friday evening, at an hour
to be set.
This was made known today
by W. F. Weddle, representing
the farmers of the area, who
are carrying the project through
for control of floods.
The new channel that has
been constructed is about one
and a fourth miles long, starting
where the two forks of the river
join. It is an average of 150
feet wide at the top and 15 feet
deep.
Constructing Dike
Shifting the river Into the
man-made channel will enable
the farmers to proceed with
construction of a dike that al
ready has been started. It also
will be a mile and a half long,
128 feet wide at the bottom and
averaging from 16 to 18 feet
high. Completion of the dike
will make a double channel for
the river, thereby controlling
the waters at the flood season.
The North Fork of the San
tiam, flowing south from
Green's bridge, makes a large
circle to the west, meeting the
South Fork about half way
around the circle, continuing
west until it flows north in pass
ing the town of Jefferson.
1000 Acres Protected
Most of the farm lands within
the circle, comprising aboi
1000 acres of rich river bottom
soil, are in a direct path of all
flood waters from the river.
The floods of 1948 and 1949
caused a critical condition, with
threat of a new channel being
cut across the circle and outside
the circle, to destroy several
hundred acres of rich farm land.
Some of the' threatened farms
are in Linn county. ...
The project now in progress
straightens the channel,: begin
ning at the confluence and con
tinuing upstream on the North
Fork to Green's bridge. The
new channel was built by mov
ing rock and silt from the pres
ent river and gravel bars and
building riprapped dikes. It is
estimated that 39,000 square
yards of riprap surface will be
laid on the dikes.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 8)
Lumber Mill on
McKenzie Destroyed
Eugene, Aug. 25 (IP) Fire of
undetermined origin destroyed
the Golden Gate Lumber com
pany, eight miles above Blue
River on the McKenzie river
highway early Thursday morn
ing. Discovered shortly after 1
a.m., the blaze threatened for
a time the surrounding cottages
of mill workers and about 300
acres of cutover land behind the
mill
Loss was estimated Thursday
morning at about $20,000 by Nat
Giustina of Giustina Lumber
company. Giustina had leased
the mill for the past two years
to Golden Gate, owned by
James Jones of Eugene. The
property was not insured and
there was no indication Thurs-
day whether or not the mill will
be rebuilt. .
McKay Intervenes for
Aged Pensioner s Auto
' By JAMES D. OLSON :
Governor Douglas McKay Thursday Intervened in 78-year-old
pensioner. Logan Field's case in which the state welfare com
mission ordered him to either dispose of his old automobile or be
removed from the old age relief rolls.
The governor pointed out that
would pay more than $75 for,
was apparently Field's only re
source.
I want to find out the com
plete story," the governor said.
State Welfare Director Loa
Howard was instructed to send
the complete file of the pen
sioner to the governor's office
forthwith.
McKay emphasized that he
generally pursues a hands-off
policy with respect to the auton
omy of state boards and com
missions, but added that he
could "not help but be concern
ed over the details of the Fields
case as presented in press re
ports." "I believe every one of these
cases should bt decided on its
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Florida Alerted
Miami,' Fla., Aug. 25 OT
South Florida, today was put on
the .'alert-' lor ahurricane; .:: .,
An erratic . hurricane ', in the
Atlantic had recurved to the
westnorthwest during the morn
ing after loiiowing a nonnwesi
course for. a time.
The new course caused Gra
dy Norton, chief storm forecaster
at Miami, to-inform the north
ern Bahama island to take hur
ricane precautions and- southern
Florida to stand by on the alert.
The storm at 11 a.m. was 480
miles east-southeast of Miami,
moving'at 15 miles an hour. ..
Norton said the erratic hurri
cane apparently was under .the
influence of a high pressure sys
tem. .-..-' : '
'This: storm is playing: a. few
tricks," said Norton; "It has de
veloped an elongated center and
isn't following a true course. We
are watching it like a hawk."
"The older storm, known ' as
"Harry's Hurricane" because it
coincided with President Tru-
mans visit to Miami Monday,
brought high seas -to the North
Carolina coast and a boatman
drowned there when he attempt
ed to retrieve a loose skiff.
Attempted Escape Fails
Scio, Ore., Aug. 25 U.R A
Drisoner who attempted to
escape the city jail here Mon
day by burning the door down
was back in a sturdier county
jail today facing an additional
charge of arson.
the automobile "which no dealer
ft;
individual merit the governor
said.
Reports from Portland stated
that state welfare commission
had upheld earlier action by the
Multnomah county welfare com
mission in ruling that Fields
must dispose of his automobile
Fields, press reports said, had
claimed that his physical condi
tion made it difficult for him
to walk any considerable dis
tance or to carry groceries on
a bus. ' '
Governor McKay issued the
order just prior to his departure
for Pendleton with other mem
bers of the board of control,
who wiU visit the roundup, hence
no action on the case is ex
pected until early next week.
(More details on page 10)
Officers and Directors of Oregon Farm Bureau Federation
State headquarters of the Oregon Farm Bureau Federa
tion will be established in Salem September 1, and will
be welcomed here August 31. Above are officers and direc
tors. Front row, from left, W. Lowell Steen, state president;
Mrs. Lester Van Blokland, president of Associated Women;
Marshall Swearingen, executive vice president. Back row,
from left, Glenn Sands, third vice president; H. R. Weather
ford, second vice president; Fred Rueck, director of southern
region; Harlan Wendt, past director at Baker; Bill Perry, Pen
dleton, attorney; L. A. McClintock, director of northeastern
region; Barry Brownell, director of the western region. Below
at left, President Steen.
Farm Bureau Caravan
Comes Next
A progress caravan, heralding
in Salem by the Oregon Farm
Salem next Wednesday, August 31. It will be officially welcomed
by Governor Douglas McKay.
Salem headquarters will be at 147 North Liberty, in the same
building occupied by the Cham--
ber of Commerce, and will open
September 1.
Arrival in Salem will climax
a two-day trip from Milton, seat
of the federation for some years,
and the caravan will be cere
moniously welcomed at several
places on the way.
Cars and trucks in the caravan
will carry equipment and staff
members. Lowell Steen, state
president,, said, tne move to aa-
lehi! is'; another step in a steady
expansion of : the' federation in
Oregon.
The caravan will leave Mil
ton early on August 30 and is
scheduled to reach Hermiston
at 8:30 where it will be wel
comed by Mayor Lee Quiring
and Sam Moore of the Chamber
of Commerce. Refreshments
will be furnished caravan mem
bers.
At The Dalles Mayor Howard
Dent, Jr., and W. S. Nelson of
the Chamber of Commerce have
arranged a western style lunch
in the park at noon. Radio Sta
tion KODL will record welcom
ing speeches and the response by
President Steen.
(Concluded on Pare 5, Column 8)
Chiang Wants
Finish Fight
Canton, Aug. 25 (IP) Chiang
Kai-Shek appealed to national
ist China today for a finish
fight against the "aggression" of
the communist international.
The Reds answered with a new
push on uneasy Canton.
The Chinese Reds have "un
masked themselves as interna
tional agents," the nationalist
generalissimo declared. He saw
their power waning as a "strong
arrow reaching the end of its
flight."
But he also seemed to see the
end of Canton as his govern
ment's refugee capital. For he
said "today Chungking will
again become the center for the
fight against aggression."
The new communist drive
was unleashed by famed one-
eyed Gen. Liu Po-Cheng in the
southwest corner of Kiangsi
province. It threatened three
towns near the Kwangtung
province border all within an
arc 140 miles northeast of Can
ton.
It was believed the Reds were
trying to take Chiennan, Lung
nan and Tingnan as spring
boards for an enveloping move
ment aimed at cutting the Canton-Hankow
railway at Kukong,
125 miles north of Canton.
If the maneuver succeeded
latge nationalist forces would
be forced to retreat or risk en
circlement. Canton would be
seriously threatened.
Body Pulled from River
Portland, Aug. 25 W) A mid
dle aged man's body was pulled
yesterday from the Willamette
river by Portland harbor patrol
men. The coroner's office said
the man was clad in tan shirt,
brown pants and blue coat. An
empty wallet was found in one
pocket.
Wednesday
the setting up of headquarters
Bureau Federation, will arrive in
Mobile Unit
Here Sept. 1
The mobile unit from the
Portland regional blood center
will be in Salem, Thursday eve
ning, September 1, at the invi
tation of the Salem organized
naval reserve surface division.
Trie unit will be in' operation
from 6 p.m. on that date at the
U.S. naval and marine corps
reserve training center off the
airport road.
This is the first time in the
13th naval district that the
bloodmobile has been at a naval
reserve unit establishment.
It is hoped that the goal of
100 pints will be realized upon
this visitation. Members of the
marines and seabees as well as
of the volunteer naval air re
serve unit have been invited to
join the group in donating blood.
Some groups from the postal
service also have expressed an
interest in giving blood at this
time and all others of the public
interested are asked to donate
at that time. Visitors who come
that evening to donate blood
also are invited to inspect the
naval reserve facilities.
In preparation for the visit
of the bloodmobile motion pic
tures will be shown this Thurs
day evening on the blood pro
gram at the regular meeting of
the naval reserve surface divi
sion.
Albany Council
Asks Rent Decontrol
Albany, Aug. 25 VP) The
city council last night voted to
ask Gov. McKay to recommend
rent decontrol here.
The vote was 3 to 2.
Two resignations were receiv
ed. Police officer Martin R.
Holmes said he had been wrong
ly dismissed by City Manager
D. Baughman. City Engineer
Harold Polling quit as the re
suit of what he said was criti
cism of his inspection of recent
street improvements.
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Johnson Announces 135,000 Lay-Off Defense Secretary Louis Johnson, (standing right),
announces to group of congressmen at Pentagon that 135,000 civilian workers for the armed
forces will be laid off in his drive to slash military spending. (AP Wirephoto)
House Probers Exonerate
Officials in B-36 Program
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House to Recess
To September 21
Despite Senate
Washington, Aug. 25
Ignoring Senate objections, the
house passed today a resolution
adjourning itself informally
from tomorrow until Sept. 21..
The resolution does not re
quire senate approval.
It provides that the house
shall meet every Tuesday and
Friday during the recess period
to hold token sessions.
The constitution won't let
either chamber quit for more
than three week-days at a time
without consent of the other.
The senate has refused to give
consent to house plans for an
outright adjournment.
Earlier speaker Rayburn had
announced the house would ad
journ despite the senate's ob
lection.
He said the senate's action
was the first time in history"
as far as he could recall that
one chamber refused to agree to
procedure approved by the oth
er in respect to meeting. The
action, he added "certainly does
not" promote comity between
the two branches of congress.
Since the house technically
will be in session, that proced
ure won't conflict with a con
stitutional ban against either
chamber quitting for more than
three week-days without the
consent of the other.
By a thumping vote the house
yesterday passed a resolution
seeking senate consent for an
outright house adjournment
without the necessity of keeping
a few members here to hold in
formal meetings.
(Conoluded on Pag S, Column I)
Senate Votes
For Power Lines
Washington, Aug. 25 (P) The
senate voted money today for
construction of two public pow
er lines in the central valley
of California.
The unanimous voice vote was
another in a series of victories
for public power line advocates
in overriding the senate appro
priations committee. It had de
leted power line funds from the
house-approved interior depart
ment bill.
The senate also agreed today
to house-voted funds for a rec
lamation bureau power line at
Anderson Ranch dam in Idaho
It was with the understanding
however, that the bureau will
first negotiate with the Idaho
Power Co. for a contract to
transmit government power over
the company's lilies.
The California lines were ap
proved when the senate adopted
an amendment by Senators
Knowland (R., Calif.), Downey
(D., Calif.), and Malone (R.
Nov.).
The amendment provides $2,
000,000 for two controversial
west side lines from Shasta to
Tracy. The house had voted $3,-
000,000 and the senate commit
tee nothing.
The amendment also restored
house-approved $100,000 for
surveys of power facilities in the
central valley project.
Barkley Keeps
Romance with
Widow Alive
Washington, Aug. 25 M)
Vice President Barkley kept
alive today the romantic specu
lation linking his name with a
pretty St. Louis widow.
And he took obvious delight
being introduced as "the
squire of Paducah and the new
spirit of St. Louis.
It all happened before several
hundred democrats last night in
the Hotel Mayflower ballroom
when the genial "vecp" spoke at
a dinner of the national commit
tee. The widow, 37-year-old Mrs,
Carleton Hadley, wasn't present.
Her name was not even men
tioned. But she was very much
in everybody's mind when re
tiring National Chairman J,
Howard McGrath introduced the
71-year-old Barkley.
The "veep" threw back hi
head and laughed as heartily as
anyone in the room at Mc
Grath's reference to St. Louis.
"This," Barkley responded
when quiet had been restored,
'is the hour I long have sought
and mourned because I found it
not."
He went on to say that "there
has always been an inseparable
connection between Kentucky
and Missouri" and "it looks like
it's going to continue." He add
ed: "That's what I hope."
Europe Slumps
In Recovery
Washington, Aug. 25 (IP) The
economic cooperation adminis
tration (ECA) today reported a
slackening in the rate of Euro
pean recovery.
In a sober report on its first
years operations, tne agency
said the dollars earned by the
nations of Europe during the
period were enough to pay for
only one-fifth of their imports
from the western hemisphere.
This was the critical prob
lem which the participating na
tion faced as the European re
covery program (ERP) entered
its second year," the ECA said.
However, the report added,
the program's "ultimate objec
tive of a 'healthy economy in
dependent of extraordinary out
side assistance' remains as a dif
ficult but attainable goal."
Board Members
Off to Round-up
Gov. Douglas McKay left the
Oregon capital shortly before
noon today to attend the annual
Pendleton round-up.
He was accompanied by Sec
retary of State Earl T. Newbry
and State Treasurer Walter
Pearson.
They planned to inspect the
Eastern Oregon state hospital
while in Pendleton. On his way
back Sunday the governor will
stop over at the county fair at
Redmond.
London Publisher Dies
Dublin, Ireland, Aug. 25 u
Cyril A. Kew, joint managing
director of the London News
Chronicle and Star newspapers
died suddenly here last night
He was 59.
Odium Denies
Politics Played
On Big Bomber i
Washington, Aug. 25 (IP) The .
house armed services committee '
today completely exonerated
air force and defense depart-
ment officials of collusion, fraud '
or dishonesty, in the B-36 bomb
er program. '
The finding was reached after
the committee heard: 1
1. A flat denial from Floyd '
Odium, head of the firm that k
makes the B-36, that there is . '
"not one rivet of politics" in the 1
giant bomber, and
2. A repudiation by its author
of an anonymous memorandum
which touched off the injuiry. . i
Symington Cleared j
The committee, including '
Rep. Van Zandt (R., Pa.), voted j
unanimously to clear Air Secre- !
tary Symington, Defense Secre- !
tary Johnson and all others con
nected with rumors of political
influence in the military air
policy.
It was a speech in the house
last May by Van Zandt, relaying
some of the material In the un
signed memorandum, that led to
the investigation.
Today Cedric Worth, suspend
ed special assistant to Dan Kim
ball, undersecretary of the navy,
backed away from all the sug
gestions of political influence
and corruption that he had writ
ten into the paper.
Worth Repudiates Memo
Worth also withdrew his des
ignation of Odium as an "un
scrupulous" man.
Under a lashing cross examin
ation by Joseph B. Keenan,
counsel for the committee,
WnrlV, .nnMirlcH ha V,a 1nna
what Keenan .aed ... .t Hia.
service to the American peo
ple." - '
Worth also said:
"I will state to anybody I be
lieve I have done the navy no
good."
(Concluded on Pane 5, Column 6)
Coal Strike
Parley Dubious
Washington, Aug. 25 U.B
The breakdown of soft coal ne
gotiations threatened the nation
oday with a simultaneous shut
down of its basic steel and coal
industries within the next
month.
Government officials regarded
this possibility as i grave threat
to American economic stability.
They said the potential effects
of such a shutdown would sur
pass even those of the prolonged
labor disputes of 1946.
In 1946, they said, there was
a huge backlog of demands that
encouraged both labor and man
agement to settle their griev
ances and get back to work.
The companies at that time
were assured of tax rebates
under wartime laws, and the
workers had accumulated sav
ings from their steady wartime
employment. Both sides believ
ed they could afford the strikes.
This year, however, the back
log of orders has almost dis
appeared, the wartime tax re
bates have been wiped out, and
workers' savings are down.
Britain Cuts Clothing
Prices 5 Percent
London, Aug. 25 (U.B The la
bor government today ordered
a five percent cut in the prices
of all utility clothing, footwear
and household tpxtiles despite
the protests of Britain's small
businessmen.
The price cuts will take effect
Sept. 26. However, an organiza
tion of 250.000 small business
men has asked its members to
ignore the order to force a show
down with the government's
board of trade.
To offset the effects of the
price cuts, the board of trade re
leased from price controls 42
groups of goods ranging from
pencils to suspenders.
Boy Wins Scholarship
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 25 (IP)
Fourteen-year-old Gale Morris,
Portland, Ore., last night was
named a $2,000 scholarship win
ner in the Fisher Body crafts-
i man's guild 1949 model automo
bile competition. The Portland
boy took third place In the jun
ior division. He was one of ten
youths who won scholarships
totaling $26,000.
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