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61st Year, No. 217 zr.rTo-Z
Salem, Oregon, Monday, Septembt
(16 Pages)
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Stale Fair Broke
Past Records
In Attendance
266,643 Admissions,
$447,919 Taken in by
Pari-Mutuel
The 84th Oregon State Fair
passed into history as one of the
outstanding on record, both
from the viewpoint of attend
ance and from finances. It will
be several days before an offi
cial audit is made.
Previous records in various di
visions were broken when the
night revue was presented for
the last time Sunday night.
Two days of rain did not pre
vent 266,643 persons from visit
ing the grounds this year as
compared with 264,177 in 1948.
The pari-mutuels took in nearly
$100,000 more than last year.
The wagering for the six days of
horse racing was $447,919 as
compared with $355,652 which
previously set the record in
1948.
Night Horse Show
The night horse show will
probably break even with re
ceipts last year which were
$24,894.51, or $2077 more than
this year but when the Sunday
rodeo receipts are checked the
1949 total will be increased. Re
ceipts this year were $21,222.11.
Seven night revues this year
brought in $30,347 as compared
with $28,882 last year while the
races contributed $13,315 against
$14,275 in 1948 exclusive of the
$5363 paid for midget auto races
Sunday afternoon of which the
fair will receive around $1100.
Total for all shows this year
was $72,664.60 against $69,
511.84 in 1948 without including
the Sunday rodeo receipts.
Daily Attendance
Three of the seven days saw
new attendance records es
tablished. The weekly compari
son of attendance, the first fig
ure denoting the fair this year,
shows:
Monday 70,962, 72.810; Tues
day 26,554, 24,068; Wednesday
i 37,465, 41,844; Thursday, 32,633,
f 30,641; Friday 26,579, 33,973;
Saturday, 47,895, 41,891 and
Sunday 24,555, 18,950.
(Concluded on Pare 5. Column 6)
Fired Employe
Asks Hearing
A dismissed state hospital at
tendant, Earl R. Shelton, 31,
applied to the state civil serv
ice commission today for a
hearing on his case.
Shelton said he was fired for
eruelty tc patients, but he de
clared he was innocent. He said
his only notice of dismissal was
a note which arrived with his
pay check on September 6.
Shelton, who said he worked
fur the hospital 14 months, also
said that his superior, Joe Mc
Shea, who was in charge of the
ward on which Shelton worked,
was fired at the same time. He
said McShea has gone to Cali
fornia and is not going to appeal.
Dr. C. E. Bates, superinten
dent of the hospital, said he
"fired both men because they
abused patients." Officials of
the state board of control said
they knew nothing of Shelton's
case.
Shelton, in a prepared state
, ment, said he wants the hearing
7 in order to help "make the pub
lic aware of the miserable at
mosphere which exists at the
Oregon state hospital."
He also charged that the hos
pital is a place where "tales
against one's co-workers be
comes the means to promotion."
Shelton Is the second hosptal
employe to appeal. The other
was Dr. Horace G. Miller, psy
hlatrist, who was fired for in
subordination. The civil serv
ice commission is expected to
announce next Thursday its de
cision on Dr. Miller's appeal.
Prune Pickers
Badly Needed
Apparently more prunes are to
be harvested In the Willamette
valley than had been anticipat
ed Judging by the appeal for
workers being filed with the Sa
lem labor office.
W. H. Baillie, manager of the
local employment service, re-
ports that 150 prune
pickers
wert sent out Monday morning
and that as many more were
needed to fill th demands of
i the growers. The crop of prunes
Ms the heaviest In I number of
ytari and at 15 cents a box fast
workers can make food wages,
ailll believ.
State Capitol
Group to Pass
On Courthouse
Joint Meeting of
Commissioners Slated
For Next Monday
Joint meeting of the Marion
county courthouse building com
mission and the state capitol
planning commission has been
set for next Monday at the state
capitol to consider plans for the
new courthouse in light of com
parison with the capitol group.
The county court was advised
of the proposed meeting Monday
and will have the plans on hand.
In the meantime court mem
bers indicated they would like
to get some public reaction as to
the appearance of the exterior
of the proposed building as ap
pearing in the papers recently.
So far, they said, they have had
very little public reaction either
way.
Changes Still Probable
The plans have not yet been
acted on by the courthouse
building commission and
changes are still possible, and
County Judge Murphy said he
believed it to be in the province
of the commission to scuttle the
whole plan, if it wished, and
start off anew. However, it was
indicated if any are opposed to
the plans just simply showing a
negative reaction wouldn t be
of much value to the group.
Some constructive ideas as to
what is wanted should come
along at the same time.
It is known that some mem
bers of the commission are not
altogether satisfied with the ap
pearance of the new structure.
There is some opposition to the
offset at the front entrance with
the pillars and belief that the
entrance should be changed and
the space now to be used up in
the porch effect put to some
utilitarian purpose.
(Concluded on Pate 5. Column 5)
Fay Separates
From Elliott
New York. Sept. 12 WP Ac
tress Faye Emerson Roosevelt
said today that she plans a di
vorce from Elliott Roosevelt.
Mrs. Roosevelt said she and
the son of the late president
"have been separated for some
time." She added that they part
ed "on friendly terms."
Her written statement was
handed to newsmen by a repre
sentative in Mrs. Roosevelt's
presence. She said she planned
the divorce when she finishes
her current motion picture.
Earlier, she had declined com
ment on a New York Journal
American report of a separation.
Elliott could not be reached for
comment.
The news story reported the
following about the couple who
were married in December.
1945:
The rift between the second
son of the late president and the
blonae. vivacious movie star
came in August. They had Just
done several radio and televi
sion programs together as an
apparently happily married
couple.
Since that time Mrs. Roose
velt has been living in their New
York apartment while shooting
scenes for a motion picture,
"Guilty Bystander."
Detroit Seeks to Become
Longest of Little Cities
Petitions for incorporating the town of Detroit, Ore., were filed
with the county court Monday by Justice Edison Vickers of
the Breitenbush district to create what he says will be the
"longest little city in the world."
With exactly 100 signers the petitions represent about one
third of the voting population oft
the area proposed to be incorpo
rated
Another unusual feature of the
plan is that a substantial portion
of the present town of Detroit
will be submerged by the Detroit
reservoir when it is completed.
However, the proposed city
wMl still stretch nearly six miles
along the Marion county bank
of the North Santiam river tak
ing In exactly that part of the
Detroit fire district situated on
fhot airie nf th. .(ream Th.
lines of the proposed town start
quarter of a mile west of the
school house and extend along
the north bank to Macy creek.
In width it will be dn an average
of i quarter of a mile to half i
mile. Hoover and Idanha would
be included In the newly incor
porated area
When the Detroit reservoir Is
completed the western limit of
the city will be the shore line'
I of the reservoir.
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6-29 Crashes But
12 Aboard Saved
San Francisco, Sept. 12 W A
B-29 crashed and burned short
ly after taking off from Fair-field-Suisun
airbase today, but
the air forces said reports from
survivors indicated all 12 aboard
had parachuted safely.
The crash occurred shortly
after noon near the little town
of Milpitas in a farming section
about 35 miles southeast of San
Francisco.
Fairfield-Suisun airbase said
calls had come in from five
crewmen who said they had
seen all the others bail out.
The plane took off from the
air base at 11:29 today on a rou
tine training flight. At 12:03, it
radioed the F a i r f i e ld-Suisun
tower that one engine was on
fire and the crew was abandon
ing ship. ,
First survivors to be picked
up were taken to the Santa Cla
ra home for indigents. Names
were withheld.
Two coast guard planes were
over the area searching for the
remainder of the crew. The
crash started several fires a
quarter of a mile apart.
Naval Air Facility
Hangar Enlarged
Plans had been drawn and
bids taken for an addition to the
hangar used by the Salem Naval
Air Facility.
The addition for which plans
were drawn by Lt. Stanley Fal
lander, executive officer at the
facility, and AD1 Phil Yoder,
one of the station keepers, will
be a lean-to structure on the
west side of the hangar.
Approximately 60 feet by 18
feet, the addition will house a
tool crib, meeting room for vol
unteers and a locker room.
Thursday Lt. Fallander will fly
the planes and the bids to Seat
tle for the approval of the ex
ecutive officer at the Naval Air
Training unit there, Cmdr. D. A.
Mclsaac.
County Judge Grant Murphy
stated that obviously the court
can see advantages to the coun
ty in the proposed incorporation
and will do all it can to expedite
the election on the question.
Under the law the court Is to
call an election in not under 30
days nor more than 50 days
from the time it has verified pe
titions on hand. Cost of the
election is to be borne by the
I petitioners and is requisite that
meir representative deposit with
the court sufficient sum to, in
its judgment, bear the cost. Only
qualified voting residents in the
area may vote on the question.
Justice Vickers said objec
tives of the incorporators were
to secure police protection, wa
ter facilities and advantages gen-
erally accruing to a city. It al-
ready has its fire district and he
said the matter of sewage to date
lis not a vital problem.
Navajos Arrive in Chemawa
150 Navajo boys assembled in a Chemawa dormitory corridor
awaiting room assignments. Their ages range from 12 to 18.
Only a few speak English. Lower: Sixty Navajo girls who ar
rived from reservations in New Mexico and Arizona. All were
brought to Chemawa in four special railway coaches under
the supervision of Winifred Koske, head of the school's'
Navajo department.
Navajo Population at
Chemawa Increased
The Navajo population of Salem Indian school at Chemawa
was increased by 115 with arrival of 205 students from Fort
Wingate, N. M., Sunday evening. The school year at Chemawa
started Monday.
Last year 96 young Navajos
Controversy on
Detroit Road
Lt. Col. J. W. Miles In charge
of the engineering factors for
the Detroit reservoir, has writ
ten the county court to find out
who is going to maintain the sec
tion of the old Detroit highway
between Detroit and Camp Mon
gold. He says that from Camp Mon
gold west the only people us
ing the road are those working
in some manner in connection
with the dam project and inti
mates that it's an army engin
eering job to take care of that
section.
But from Detroit to Camp
Mangold he says, while it also
is used by dam workers, prob
ably more than any other type,
it also is used by the general
public and he is wondering who
will maintain that section. None
of it, he says, has been maintain
ed since the road was abandoned
by the county.
County Judge Murphy says
is the road he mentions is to be
maintained it will be by some
one else than the county.
He says when use of the road
was given up by the county the
county wanted to vacate the
whole thing. But the army en
gineers asked that the county
desist from such vacation as
they said it would throw the
ownership of it back into the
hands of numerous property
owners and cause considerable
trouble from that score.
So, said Judge Murphy, the
county desisted from going
ahead with the vacation proceed
ings at the request of the en
gineers and if they want the
road maintained they will have
to do it. The judge is advising
Col. Miles of the situation.
Truman Wires Morse
Wishing Recovery
President Truman and sev
eral colleagues In the United
States senate telpgraphed Sena
tor Wayne L. Morse over th?
week-end, wishing him specdv
recovery following his accident
Saturday evening in the State
Fair horse show.
President Truman's wire said:
"I hope you are not seriously
hurt and that you will be able
to win the prizes before the
show is over. Harry S. Truman
Senator Arthur Vandenberg
of Michigan sent one of the first
telegrams from fellow senators,
several others following.
Morse was leaving tht Salem
General hospital Monday after-
noon to speak at Lebanon and
return to his home In Eugene
before going on to tht national
icapital.
211 Strong Top; Some of the
were at the school. Sixty of them
returned to the home reserva
tion for the summer and were
aboard the special coaches bring
ing the 205 Sunday evening,
About 30 are not returning. Six
remained on the campus during
the summer vacation.
The Chemawa school's first
enrollment of Navajos last year
was very successful, Superin
tendent R. M. Kelley says, which
accounts for more coming this
year.
The young Indians from the
southwest were escorted on the
train by seven persons Wini
fred Koske, faculty member who
is in charge of their instruction;
Peta Cagete, registered nurse
who is also a regular staff mem
ber at the school; and four
young men and one young wom
an, all Navajos, who will be at
the school throughout the year
as interpreters.
Early Monday the Navajos
were assembled In the school
auditorium for orientation. For
purposes of instruction they will
be divided into groups of 25,
and an interpreter will serve
with each group.
The total enrollment at Chem
awa this year. Superintendent
Kelley said, will be around 600
young Indians from various res
ervations. That is the govern
ment allotment to the school
The enrollment has increased
50 per cent in the last two years,
with corresponding increase in
budget and number of employes.
End of Fast Time
Confuses Many
Salem residents were still
scratching their heads over a
"timely" topic today
The city returned from day
light saving to standard time
early Sunday morning, and the
process brought wholesale con
fusion to the clock-conscious
public.
Sunday school classes
throughout the city enjoyed a
sudden spurt in attendance as
numerous church-goers, forget
ting the change In time, arrived
an hour early for church Just
in time for Sunday school.
The merry mix-up actually
began Saturday afternoon, when
Capital Journal and police de
partment phones buzzed with
questions as, "Do I set my watch
an hour ahead or an hour back?"
Sunday dinner hosts were
caught with their aprons on as
guests showed up an hour early,
and bus-riders found they ar-
I rived in Salem Just a few min
utes after they left Portland.
The voice at the other end of
the wire when you dial 2-8900
Just tends to confuse everyone
more. Tint voice comes from
(Portland, where clocks will con-
itlnue on daylight tir- '-r two
Imor week.
3 Powers Agree on Steps to
Aid Britain in Dollar Crisis
11 Days Strike
Truce Accepted
By Steel Union
Pittsburgh, Sept. 12 m The
CIO United Steelworkers today
accepted President Truman's re
quest for an 11-day extension
of the steel strike truce and the
recommendations of the presi
dential fact finding board for
settlement of the steel wage dis
pute.
Union President Philip Mur
ray said collective bargaining
conferences will be resumed
with the various companies of
the steel Industry "for the pur
pose of attempting to conclude
mutually satisfactory agree
ments prior to 12:01 a.m. Sep
tember 25.
Following a three and a half
hour session of the steelworkers'
wage and policy committee
Murray released the text of a
telegram to President Truman
which expressed "profound re
gret that the steel industry rec
ommended against any steel
wage rate increase at this time."
The mesage added:
Union Accepts Terms
"Nevertheless, in the interest
of concluding a prompt settle'
ment of the existing labor dis
pute in the basic steel industry
and in recognition of the public
interest in this dispute, the in
ternational executive board and
the international policy commit
tee of the United Steelwork
ers of America hereby author
izes the international executive
board and the international pol
icy committee of the United
Steelworkers of America here
by authorizes the international
officers of the United Steel-
. workers of America to accept
the recommendations of the
steel industry board as set forth
in its report to the president . . .
as a basis on wmcn to conclude
a settlement with the various
companies in the steel industry."
Studied by Companies
Decisions on the board recom
mendations also are expected
from more than 60 steel compa
nies as soon as officers and
boards of directors finish study
ing the fact finders report.
The steelworkers executive
board went into session at Ho
tel Sheraton. CIO and Steel
worker President Philip M u r -ray,
spearheading labor's drive
for a fourth round pay boost,
got behind closed doors with
other union heads to plot their
course.
The executive board is made
up of international officers and
33 district directors. Its recom
mendations must be ratified by
the union's wage policy commit
tee which was called together at
11 a.m. (PDT). The wage policy
group includes the executive
board plus representatives of lo
cal unions.
City School Enrollment
Expected to be 7,500
Snlem Dublic school registration totalled 5518 pupils Monday
the first day of the 1949-50 term, according to figures compiled
by the office of the superintendent.
Because enrollment statistics at three schools are not available
due to the fact that contractors
finished in time, comparison with-
last year's registration cannot be
made accurately.
However by compiling known
figures with fairly accurate esti
mates, it is believed this year's
enrollment will he well in ex
cess of 7500 as compared with
6381 for the first day in 1948
Superintendent Frank B. Ben
nett estimates that elementary
registration of approximately
3800 is around 500 In excess of
the first day year ago. Salom
senior high which reported 1591
on the books shortly before noon
today, was five more than a
year ago. Leslie junior high's en
rollment of 678 is up 74, largely
due to the annexation of Salem
Heights.
To further complicate this
year's enrollment figure Is the
fact that Salem Heights and
Pleasant Point were annexed
during the past year. All of the
7th and 8th grade pupils from
Salem Heights were sent to Les
lie while Pleasant Point pupils
were enrolled at Pringle.
A considerable under-estima-tion
in the number of first grad
ers that would register Monday
was admitted by the superin
tendent. These first graders
totalled 657, not taking Into ac-
Heuss to Head
West Germany
New Republic
Bonn, Germany, Sept. 12 MP)
Prof. Theodor Heuss, whose
books were burned by Hitler,
was elected first president to
night of the new West German
republic.
The 65-year-old educator, can
didate of the three-party rightist
government coalition of the new
state, received 416 of 800 votes
cast on the second ballot, better
than a clear majority.
Dr. Kurt Schumacher, chair
man of the socialist party on the
left, was second with 312 votes.
The first ballot ended in a dead
lock. Heuss, Is a scholarly, white-
haired professor of politics who
likes a good cigar and an oc
casional glass of beer.
The election of Dr. Heuss as
sured the early selection of Dr.
Konrad Adenauer as first chan
cellor (prime minister) of West
Germany and the subsequent end
of allied military government
over the western part of this
conquered land.
Vepee Scotches
Marriage Yarn
Washington, Sept. 12 W)
Vice President Barkley scotched
reports today that he Is going to
marry Mrs. Carlton F. Hadley,
comely St. Louis widow, on her
birthday Sept. 23.
There have been published
reports that his engagement to
Mrs. Hadley would be announced
shortly and that the couple
would be married in St. Louis
on her birthday.
Asked about It, Barkley told
a reporter:
"It is true that Mrs. Hadley
will have a birthday on the 23rd
of September. I am Informed
that for years she has celebrated
her birthday with a little party
of friends. She will do so this
year.
"I have been Invited to attend
this celebration. If possible. But
whether I can attend is prob
lematical, depending somewhat
on the legislative status in the
senate.
But whether I am able to at
tend or not, no deductions are to
be drawn therefrom. Any spe
culative rumors that may have
currency, based on this celebra
tion are without foundation."
Barkley said nothing about
possible future plans beyond
the Sept. 23 date.
Former Legislator Dies
Astoria, Ore., Sept. 12 (U.B
Fred A. Hellberg, Astoria phar
macist and former stale legisla
tor for 3 terms, died Sunday at
his home of cerebral hemmor-
hage. He was 38.
were not able to get the work
count the new Lincoln building
in the Four Corners area where
class room will not be started
until Sept. 19. It also does not
include Englewood where the
program is also being held up
for a week.
First grade registration was
particularly heavy in the Bush,
Highland and Richmond areas
and additional teachers may
have to be secured to core for
the overflow.
Registration by buildings as
compared with a year ago,
1!)49
Bu.sh 527
Englewood
Garfield 151
Grant 211
Highland 362
McKinley 30B
Richmond 2RH
Washington 243
Auburn 88
1948
4H0
4fi(l
206
191
364
3114
242
207
94
135
87
71
123
112
6(14
921
1586
Liberty 143
Middle Grove ... 77
Pringle 121
Salem Heights ... 1B9
Swegle 139
West Salem Ele. . . 2!HI
West Snlem Jr. .. ll
Leslie 678
Parrish
Senior High 1591
(ConoludM raft . Column I)
10 Point Plan
Agreed Upon
By Delegates
Washington, Sept. 12 OP)
The I'nited States, Britain and
Canada today announced a 10
point program for dealing with
Britain's Immediate dollar crisis.
Its aims, too, is to make Bri
tain self-supporting In long
range dollar earnings.
The program was announced
at a joint news conference held
at the conclusion of the week
long three-power talks here.
Sir Stafford Cripps, British
chancellor of the exchequer, laid
he is convinced the agreements
will block any further danger
ous drains on Britain's gold and
dollar reserves.
Immediate Points
The ten points supplement
Britain's own belt-tightening
measures. They provide, first of
all, for a series of trade conces
sions and other steps by the
United States and Canada.
Immediate points include:
Greater freedom for Britain
to spend its Marshall plan dol
lars. Modifications In American
customs procedures.
Increases In stockpiling of
rubebr and tin and an increased
opportunity for use in this coun
try of raw rubber Instead of
synthetic rubber made here.
All such measures either will
enable Britain to earn more dol
lars by selling more goods to th
United states and Canada, or
will help Britain conserve the
dollars she has.
(Concluded on Page K. Column $)
Tito Again Defies
Russidn Bear
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Sept
12 W Premier Marshal Tito
flung new defiance into the
teeth of the Russian bear today.
Yugoslavia, he declared,
'steeled by tremendous experi
ences" in World War II, Is ready
to overcome any present troub
les as lt did its past ones.
The premier, prime target of
Moscow and the cominform as
heretic from Marxism, ad
dressed a group of engineers and
workers from a motor factory.
They came to Belgrade to show
him three new types of tractors
they developed in the country'
industrialization campaign the
very campaign which so irk
Moscow.
Tito has refused to bow to
Moscow's orders to concentrate
on an agrarian economy, just as
he refused to heed Moscow a or
ders to step up collectivization
of farms. His thus far success
ful rebellion against Moscow
domination in these and other
aspects now shows signs of be
ing copied In other communist
countries.
In his brief talk, Tito told the
group their efforts provided the
best answer to foreign "inven
tions and lies" about socialist
development In Yugoslavia. The
account was carried by th
communist newspaper Borba.
Senate Groups
OK Arms Bill
Washington, Sept. 12 W Two
senate committees today Jointly
stHmpod formal approval on a
$1,314,010,000 plan for re-arm
ing friendly nations against
communism.
The final vote 20 to 3
cleared the way for the arms
bill to go to the senate. There it
faces another fight by a group
determined to make a deep cut
in the total spending.
The senate foreign relations
and armed services committees
voted for this arms program:
$1,000,000,000 for the North
Atlantic pact nntions divided
50-50 between cash and contract
authorization and with some re
striction on use of the cash.
$211,370,000 for Greece and
Turkey.
$27,640,000 for Iran, Korea
and the Philippines.
$75,000,000 to aid anti-communists
in China with President
Truman to spend the money
where he sees fit without mak
ing any report to congress.
The bill Is in the form of an
authorization. Funds must be
provided later by appropriation.