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Now That the U.S., to Please Germany, Agrees to Withdraw Three Persons from the Paris Embassy, Will Germany Kindly Recall Her Agents from the U. S, ' - REFUGE SHIPS 1 Will the U. S. turn them over to Britain, as roquosted, and thereby commit an assertedly warlike act offensive to Germany? This Is the latest momentous question posed In war developments. The answer will appear In the NEWS-IIEVIEW: when given. THE WEATHER By U. 8. Weather Bureau Jiain tonight anil Sunday; Utile change In temperature. Bee page 4 for statistics, - ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21,1 940. VOL. XXIXNO. 118 OF THE EV'ENINQ NEWS BR mm Q inju MM 4-r THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DALY " p IT RS m 1717 1" 1 nl uuiruuu In The I' Day's." Tiy FRANK JENKINS THK stutisticians tell us that in this? groat .country 1800 people die ouch year from Tails on streets and sidewalks. HALF A MILLION arfi injiiml nnnmilly In such aociilenls. "Intoxication," the statistical do apartment of tho Metropolitan Life Insurance company anounces, "causes one-firth of these fatal falls an unexpectedly large pro portion. This may come as a dis tinct shock to those who hold the -.view that in some 'mysterious ; rhanner intoxicated persons are f ajj(? to protect themselves from alls. Quite to the contrary, the ''titistoady gait of the inebriated ' person is apt to cause his death." j IN this country one of our cher- ished beliefs is that a drunk FALLS RELAXED and so escapes 1he bumps that conic to the sober person who supposedly tightens his muscles as be falls nnd so hits hard. One by one, those hallowed de lusions are being taken from us by the cohl-blooded researchers who are interested only in facts. , The time may come when we Won't be handicapped by knowing f'o much that isn't true. pVNICAL thought intruding at this point: j Even more rapidly jthnn the scientists blast these undent er rors of thought the propagandists plant NEW ERRORS among us. Accurate knowledge of all things among all people is still a distant goal. " TP UK news just now is full of dire predictions of what is coming in Europe this winter and early in the spring. As to what is GOING TO HAP TEN, ft Is wise to doubt every thing you read nnd bear. The sources aren't pure. With censor ship universal throughout the world (in greater or less degree) we hear only what somebody is w illing for us to hear. What the censors are willing for us to hear Is governed by policy. rvONVT forget that SURPRISE is still important in warfare. The Ilritlsh say the most.import- (Contlnued on page 4.) Four Killed In 2 Wrecks In Marion SALEM. Ore., Dec. 21. ( AP) Two automobile collisions, one In volving an ambulance carrying persons Injured in Ibe first crash, killed four and gravely injured three others lust night on the Ha zel Oreen-Sllverton highway, 11 miles east of here. The dead are: Mr. and Mrs. Ted Crites of Seotts Mills: Arch Clayton Winn. 37. of Turner, and r. wonnn tentMi'-ely identified as Mrs. Tilly Vallet of Scotts Mills. William Winn of Turner. Mrs. Champ C. Shepherd oT Snlem and larline Crlten, 3, of Scotts Mills, were injured. State Police Sergeant Farley Mogan said automobiles believed to have been driven bv Crites and Arch Winn collided, killing Winn outright. Crites died a short time after reaching n Silverton hos pital. Mogan said an ambulance bear ing Mrs. Crites nnd Mrs. Vallet crashed with a car driven by Champ Shepherd, knocking the Shepherd car into a ditch, where it caught fire. The women were rushed to a hospital In a first aid car but were pronounced dead upon arrival. The officer said investigation did not show whether the women were dead hpfore the second ac cident. Shepherd was feverply burned in the fire, he reported. PORTLAND. Dec. 21. (AP) Clyde Wnymlre. about 16. high Fcrool student, was killed by an automobile driven by Hans C. Kar stens. 25. Helix, last night. Patrol man Andy Crabtree reported. Heavy Storm Trails Quake In California j Rain, Wind Lash Eureka Region, Disrupting Telephone, Rail Services, Halting Work on Shasta Dam; Rivers Rise. EUREKA, falir., Dec. 21. (AP) Communication facilities into Eureka were restored early today after a rain and wind storm, pre ceded by an earthquake, had swept over this northwestern California area last night. No damage was reported as the result of the quake which was felt here at 3:30 p. m. yesterday. The shock lasted IT) minutes. The rain, driven by a 45-mIte-nn-hour wind, came from over the Pa cific and deluged the Eureka coast al district, which usually is sub jected to heavy rains this time of the year. An earth slide near South Fork disrupted telephone and telegraph service and delayed Northwestern Pacific train service. No severe storm conditions were reported, although the upper Eel river was rising rapidly, and tlie weather bureau station warn ed ranchers of the lower Eel riv er valley that there might be some danger from rising water today. The same storm swept inland to the upper Sacramento river valley where Redding recorded four nnd one-half inches of rain in 24 hours. Work on Shasta dam, north of Redding, was halted and 1,600 men rendered idle when the Sacramen to river rose five feet in eight hours and flooded over the power house at the dam. for the second time this wek. Construction com- (Continued on pnge 6) Sheriff Killed By Automobile Blow SEATTLE. Dec. 21. (AP) Kit sap County Sheriff Rush Illanken sbip, of Premerton, died today in a hospital of injuries received in nn automobile accident hist night six miles south of Port Orchard, on the dig harbor highway. Two other brothers, one of them Daniel L., his predecessor as sheriff, met violent deaths, one of them In an automo bile accident. He was struck by an automobile driven by William (i. Hyl, 21, a navy yard pipefitter's helper., of Manetto. last night as be stepped out of his ear onto the highway. I.'ndersheriff Fred Vetters of Brem erton said. Vetters and Ulanken ship had been Investigating a min or nccident nnd the rear bumper of their machine got caught in anoth er car's bumper at the scene. As Hlankenshlp stepped out, Ttyl's machine cuine by, Vetters said. He was knocked down and re ceived a broken leg and arm and severe shock, Ulankenship. a world war veter an, was elected sheriff two days after the death of bis brother Dan iel, on Nov. 4. 1934, Rush bad been injured in an altercation while at his duties as deputy sheriff and Daniel and another deputy were rushing hiin to Seattle for treat ment when their car left the road and hit a tree. Daniel was killed instantly. Rush was immediately selected by the democratic county central committee to take bis brother's place on the ballut at the election two days later and was elected. Another brother. Herbert, was found dead a number of years ago near Olympla near the scene of a mysterious blast. Britain Has Abundant Shipping, CIO Asserts NEW YORK. Dec. 21. ( AP) Great nritaiu has more merchant shipping under her control today than ever before in her long marl time history, according to a survey by the national maritime union (CIO), which placed the figure at nearly 17.ihhi.O0o tons. The survey was described today hy National Organizer Howard McKenzie, who conducted it, as proof that "the cry 'all aid to Britain it little less than out-right duplicity." Anti-Nazi Films Stir Mexican Hitlerites Ire MEXICO CITY. Dec. 21. (AP) Police assigned speciaL guards , lories he received In nn automo tnday to all theaters showing nntl-jbilp nceident Wednesday. ii.itI rilma nml tn nil maetlncra nf One of Kemn' limps Was nunc- an nntl-nazl nutnre tn nn effort to halt a series of organized disturb-j ken when his car and another col ances by groups crying "hell Hit-llded near here. Yesterday pneu ler" and throwing stench bombs, nionli developed In the Injured tear gas and Itcb powder. lung, and spread to the other. Roosevelt Appoints 'High Command' to Direct United States Arming Program; Board Is Headed by Wm. S. Knudsen WASHINGTON. Dec. 21 , (AP) Four men personally selected by President Roosevelt as a defense "high command" shouldered the concentrated responsibility today of nrmlng America. To the new organization to lie known as the office for production management for defense the presi dent, late yesterdnv named William S. Knudsen and Sidney HiUmnn of the present defense commission, Wnr Secretary Slimson and Navy Secretary Knox. Knudsen will be director. Although the present defense ad visory commission will be retained, it was expected that the new hoard would take over most of its duties, leaving the seven defense commis sioners to coordinate the civil life of the nation with the activities' of the new hoard. Mr. Roosevelt's decision to create the new office, under authority of the 1!)39 government reorganiza tion net. followed widly-voiced de mands for a greater centralization of authority In defense matters. Prospects were that the new set up would be functioning by January 1. The hoard, Mr. Ttoosevelt said, will represent all three of the ele ments Involved In every process of production labor, management, and the buyer-user. Imnisli-born Knudsen, one of the nation's outstanding production ex perts, will represent management. Ilillmnn, a union man for 30 years, will handle labor problems, and will be assistant director of the board. Secretaries Knox and Stlmson will present the viewpoint of the buyers-user the armv and navy. The new four-man board will he given full responsibility to make decisions of policy, without confer ring with the president. Hut, said ;Mr. Roosevelt, If one of the deel-, Auto Thief Hunt Follows Wreck In South Douglas State and county police offi cers were guarding all roads and combing the brush in the Myrtle Creek-Canyonville area today for either two or three men reported to have stolen and wrecked an automobile taken from Myrtle Creek last night. The car was wrecked on a turn about five miles south of Myrtle Creek and one or more of the occupants was believed to have been injured as consid erable blood was found in the wrecked vehicle, Sergeant Paul Morgan of the state police re ported. Officers lack descriptions of the men, but believe two and possibly three persons were in volved in the theft, Sergeant Morgan said. Husband Kills Himself As "Present" to Wife SAN PEDRO, Calif., Dee. 21. (AP) Call Stiinibaiigb, longshore man, told Ills wife last night: "I'll give you your Christmas present I tomorrow morning." Today Mrs. Stiimbnugh found i bis body 111 Hie famllv aillomobile. On the windshield, police said, was n Christmas card Willi the mes sage: "To mv wife: Rest wishes for a inerrv Christmas ami a hap py New Year." Shortly afterward Ibe couple's 21-yenr-old son. Morton Stum bangh. a spaman on the steamship Alaskan, arrived home for Christ mas from a cruise to Hawaii. Mrs. Htiimhnugtl filed suit for divorce yesterday. Police said Stitnibnugh died of carbon mon oxide gas, enrried to the car from the engine exhaust through a gar den hose. Orchestra Leader Kemp Dies After Auto Crash MADERA, Calif., Doc. 21. (AP) I In I Kemp. 3D, tho orchestra leader. dlel here todav from com- Plications that developed from In- tared and several ribs were bro-1 William S. Knudsen sinus went wrong, ho would call In tin? lour mid talk it over Willi them. rho board, he Indicted, will have all (he iiuwera which the president constlliit'niially can turn over to subordinates. Under the constitu tion, he said, there can bo no sec ond president. MOW YOJtK, Dec. 21. (API former President Herbert llnovor. commenting on President Koose- velts appointment of n. four-man national defense council, said to day- "Tire president has taken a wise step in tho orguiiiznl ion of arms anil numinous productions." U. S. Naval Plans Stolen From Engineer's Auto DIIANKSIUIRO, N. Y., Pec. 21. (AP) Slain police said today their criminal Investigation bureau Is investigating theft of plans they "understand" are for 'construc tion of naval vessels" from Kus sell Keefer, production engineer of tlie New York Shipbuilding corporation, Camden, N. J. They stated the prints were stolen from Reefer's car while he was dining Thursday night at Illx sou ttlvervlew Inn, near Schenec tady, N. Y. Keefer. they milled, had been on a business visit to the General Kleclric company at Schenectady, and stopped for din ner with a friend, proceeding to Camden after reporting tho theft. Four Slightly Hurt in Wreck at Coos Junction Mr. and Mrs. Warren Climke and their son-in-law and daughter, .Mr. and .Mrs. Robert La n Rho IT, suf fered cuts and bruises hut no ser ious injuries Prhlay In an auto mobile accident near (,'oos Junc tion. The ear In which lliey were returning from u trip to Mandon skidded off the highway and over turned. The vehicle was a truck covered Into ti house trailer, and considerable damage resulted to Ibe furnishings and equipment. Members of the party were able to return home after receiving treat men 1. NATION'S CHRISTMAS TRADE BEST IN DECADE ' i'f i'; t- Goods. Output Speeded to Clear Way Itv FREDERICK GARDNER NKW YORK, Dec. 21. (AP) Christmas shoppers in Ibe final holiday buying rush made cash reg isters from coast to coast ring to day with cheerful tune of good business. Swelling the shopping tide In re tall trade districts of many Indus trial communities were thousands of consumers who had found Jobs In recent months In war supply factories. Manufacturing employment was estimated 111 business circles the highest on record, although sev eral millions remained to be ab sorbed In private payrolls ns result of the growth of the nation's labor forces In the past decade. Overtime pay In defense-pressed Industries, such ns tools and ship building, contributed to the Christ mas spending splurge. Turnover Best 8lnce '29 As the shopping whirl approach ed 1; climax In a war time setting of free spending mixed with mis- glvlngs about the fnture of con- snmer goods production, trade re- ports Indicated the best retail I rapacity. Little Inclination toward turnover since 1S29 at industrial usual yenr-end slowdown was no centers. ' ticeable, although some curtailment Bardie Siege Tightened By British Ring Warships, Artillery, Bombers Unite in Battering East Libyan Base of Italians, Defended by 20,000 Men. OAIIiO, Egypt, Pec. 21. (AP) While Hrltish bombers, artillery and warships were reported bat tering beleaguered Ilardltt today In un el fort to smash a path through the Italian defenses, a general headquarters communique announced Hrltish troops bad cap tured nn additional Hno prisoners and .were "clearing" the ureas to the northwest and west, of the eastern Libyan base. The Hrltish forces in the west ern desert, "which continue to be reinforced," also have taken four guns' In their moppliig-up opera tions, the communique reported. In addition, patrols . along iho Sudan frontier were said to be carrying on "their aggressive ac tivity." As the Hrltish closed In on Har din, large nulls of the trapped fascist forces were said to he try ing desperately to slip through the ring Of steel under cover of dark ness nnd tho pall of smoke nnd dust hanging over the town after five days of bombardment. It was believed In some Hi'ltlsli circles that such nulls If any got through would try to join Marsha (Iraz an at Tobruk lor a new stand 7.1 miles west of the J.I-liynn-Kgyptinn frontier . 'be coastal road to 'murine anu Dormi has been reported, llko Har din, under almost constant HAI' und.imvul bombardment. Siege Tigntenea Honoris from the battlefro.i' said the Ilritlsh, bringing up In fantry to reinforce their advance tank columns, completed a semi- Ircle of men nnd guns uroiind the landward side of Hardin last night while a line of warships olf tlio coast finished the encirclement. Imineillalely, it was Mini, ine battle of Hardin became a siege. from all sides Ilritlsh guns were thundering at the 17-mll. llalla ; defense front of tank traps, gun emplacements and pill boxes man-ne-1 by some iu null Hoops -many el them survivors of the f.isclsl flight from Kgym. The Hiltls.'i oi'tv,er-drlvs Inlc (Continued on page (I) Dock Strike Settled by Two Years' Agreement SAN FRANCISCO, nee. 21. (AP) Pacific coast slevedoro la bor problems apparently have been solved for a critical period of the nntional defense program by tho signing of a. new two-year working agreement. Representatives of the Waterfront Kmployers' asso ciation and Iho CIO longshoremen yesterday put their names to a i:ontract covering lll.non men. Specifically, tho new Omtrnot, which extends until September III), 1IM2, granted provisional wage In creases effective next February 2D wllb sinl-annual wage reviews provided Iberealler; tightened the arbitration procedure; set up a new const Joint labor relations committee, and allowed tho use of labor-saving devices. The union hiring hall anil pre ferential hiring were, continued. Hun Drnibdreel, Inc., said there was "Increasing evidence I hat consumer holiday buying w as shaping up to Ibe best volume In a decade." "Store traffic wan of rnpnrlty proportions In many large cities anil retail turnover In nulls fre quently was found to be the heav iest since 1!l29," the mercantile agency added. War Needs Pose Question Santa Clans had the business spotlight but the demands of the I'. S. and Hrltish war buyers were the main topic of study among business men looking ahead to the post-Christmas prospect, Washington efforts to speed war Industries and the presidential move to increase aid to England by lending equipment, rather than selling It, raised the question In business circles whether civilian consumer demand would be surbed to give arms orders the right of way. Iatost reports showed key Indus tries, Including stpel, at or near Attempt to Incite U. S. to Commit Warlike Act Seen RAF Bombs Ruhr Region; Nazi Bases Dodecanese Islands Also Struck, With Resultant Fires; Raid By Germans Deals Heavy Damage to Liverpool Area. LONDON, Bee. 21. (AP) Ilrit lsh raiders touched off "many ex plosions and fires" In a Herlln airplane engine factory last night, struck danuiging blows at the In dustrial Ruhr and "Invasion ports" and attacked mi1 gun positions along the Dugllsb ctuinne), the ministry of information reported today. At the same time the admiralty announced "I'lres were seen to havo been started" In a raid by planes of the fleet air arm on Ihree cities In the Kalian Iknle- caaese Islands off tho Turkish coast Dec. 17. Tlio ministry said tho RAF, em ploying large forces of hombors in "successful and extensive op erations," scored hits on the Her lln engine factory and "other parts f the target area" and thut the tires which resulted were "sti mulated" by tt subsequent attack which also started new blazes. Invasion Ports Blasted In operations by the coastnl command yesterday. a '.'direct bit" was registered oa a (leiinnn sup ply ship. "Particularly good results wore nblalaed from the raids on Inva sion ports of Ostein!, Antwerp (belli 111 llelgluni), I.n llavro ( Prance) and Flushing (Iho Neth erlands)," said the liilormallon ministry's statement. It reported daylight attacks yeslerduy as follows: "Veslcribiy several attacKH on enemy gun positions.- ulriiromes and harbors were made hy air craft of Hie coastal command. We suffered no losses from any (Continued on pagn C) Woman Love Slayer Faces Murder Charge PORTLAND, Dec' 21. (AP) A first-degree murder charge was filed against ' Mrs. Julia Carlson, middle-aged widow, yesterday In the slaving of her ndiulltcd lover, Paul NotzoM. fi2. Mrs. Carlson, confessed killing Notznld with an axe and a razor, Detective John Abbott, who signed the complaint, said. Notzold'H slashed and batlered body was found In a bed at the widow's borne. Abbott reported Mrs. Carlson was In a shiper on the kitchen floor when nollce arrived. Pollco quoted her as saying she had in tended to commit suieino mn "insi my nerve and got drunk Instead." The widow waived preliminary hearing In municipal court, anil was ordered held for grand Jury action. Notzold, n cook, had n wlfo liv ing on a furni at Iluttleground, Wash., police reKrtod. for Defense Needs of factory activity was expected next week for the Christmas holi day. Huslness sourccfl ascribed the production drive partly to altornpls to complete orders before the de fense program and Hrltish pur chases demanded n larger share of factory capacity. When these or ders are out of the way, especially In steel, there would be ample ca pacity for defense in most lines, some authorities Insisted. May Affect Auto Output Nevertheless, the Impression sprend In financial circles that de fenso planners would exercise wider control over the flow of raw mntorluls and perhaps divert some capacity from consumer goods to war production. f'ertnln reports reeelvod In Wall street laid automobile output for the normal market may be curtail ed within the next five months to permit diversion of skilled person nel and plant facilities to arma ment work, especially aircraft manufacture. Recognition of this possibility ap peared to be Influencing the excep tional demand for automobiles. U. S. to Withdraw Three From Embassy To Appease Germany WASHINGTON, Doe. 21. (AP) Secretary Hull said to day that tho stato department would comply with the roqunat nf the. (lerinan government nnd withdraw two officers and an eiuployHe of tho Amurlcun em bassy In Paris. Two secretaries of the em bassy, Cocll M. P. Cross and Leigh Hunt, nnd the reception ist, Mrs. Elizabeth Onega n, will be assigned elsewhere. Hull emphasized that any gov ernment has the right to de mund tho wlthdruwnl of officials Dr employees of another govern ment without submltltng any reason. Tho stato department will In vestigate th charges against Cross, Hunt and Mrs. Deegan, Hull said, but a preliminary ex amination of tho fuels hud not disclosed that they worn guilty of assisting a Ilritlsh officer to escape, as charged by the Ger mans. Greeks, British Deal New Blows Italian Port of Brlndisl Fired By Bombers: Greeks Take 2 Battalions In Land Smash. -J- ; 'ATHENS. Dee". 2L (AP) li'riV Ish royal air force bombers based on Greek soil were reported today to havo carried out "successful at tacks" on oil tanks and railways at Drlndlsl, ncross tho Adriatic Strait of Otrauto on the heel of the Ital ian boot, ' "Poor visibility and Intense nntl- aircraft ftre made observation diffi cult," said the RAF communique, "but nil bombs exploded in tho tar get uron. Large fires worn started and subsequently there were sev eral explosions," Whllo tho RAP reported this nnd other nssuults to support the Greek oflenslvo Into Italian-held Albania, dispatches from the fighting front suld Groek forces had captured nn Italian colonel nnd two battalions in fierce fighting around Tepoloni. Greek Infanlrymen, buttling cold nnd n stubborn fascist force, wore said to havo occupied two villages and two strategically important heights in tho Tenelenl area. Heights taken In the Tepoloni nreu wyro described as strongly guarded with barbed wire. After mentioning the gains In that aec- tor. ono report sold: "Our artillery successfully shell ed the rotreatlng Italians. Guns nnd much material havo fallen Into our hands. "While Iho enemy was being chased, Italian planes attempted to halt our advance hut our fighters took off and shot down four enemy aircraft." General Ilallnn retreat from the mountain strongholds of TopelenI nnd Kllsura In southern Allmnln was reported imminent na the Greek advance forces sought meth odically to make the towns unten able by endangering the routen of supply and retreat. That has been the pattern of Greek operations ngalnst all of the fascist defense positions captured so far. Pilot Hussey Missing on Way to Deliver Plane INGLEWOOI). Calir., Dec. 21. (API Pilot liiiil Hussey was still unreported loday after taking err early Thursday to deliver a single engine combat training piano from the North American Aircraft com pany to the Canadian government at Montreal. Fourteen airplanes searched desert and mountain areas between Palmdale, Calif., and 1ls S'egus, Hev., without sighting him. Douglas Turkey Given to Crew of British Ship PORTLAND. Dec. 21. (AP) Hy way of helping "ease the lives of the men who are fighting; for Britain." the Allied Merchants Navv club of Portland gave the crow of the Ilritlsh motorshlp Sib veryew a 40-pound champion Ore gon turkey today for Yule dinner. Tho huge bird, dressed, came direct from the Northwest Turkey Show at Oakland. Ore. It wan inlsed near Yoncalla. Further Drift Unbearable' Berlin Says Suggestion of British Minister Cross That America Turn Over Rafgu Vessels Puts Germany In Bad Mood. WASHINGTON, Deo. 21. (AP) Secretary Hull declined today to comment on state ments made In Berlin to the ef fect that Germany would con sider It an unfriendly act If the United States requisition ...ed foreign flag ships now In American porta and told them to tho British government. Hy LOUIS P. LOCHNEIt BERLIN, Doc. 21. (AP) The German foreign office spokesman doclnred today that the British sug gestion that the United Stntes turn over to Brltnln "enemy" ships now In rerugo Is "nothing other than Inciting America to commit a war llko act" and American reaction to the stiggostlon Is "being nwnlted by Germany with extraordinary In terest." He asserted that Oermnny had "shown restraint to the point of self-crncement, whllo on the other aldo there hna been a systematic policy of. pinpricks, humiliations and even mornl aggression." Now, tho spokesman added In comment on British-American din ctiBsIons of assistance ti Brltnln, It Is unbearable for Oornkany to let things drift further, f I. The statements camp Ity'n press conference. : 1 i , i (Ronald If. Cross, irtrltlah minis ter of shipping, said yesterday In London that the assignment of "a certain number of enemy ships In tlio United States" nnd addition or United StnteB ships to the Brit ish .service "are the only , ways t enn see for replenishment of any consequence.") Cross was speaking, tlio spokes man said, at tho moment when Great Britain Is In a death Btrttg. glo." - Limit Reached, Assertion. The Gennan government for noma tlpio hits bocomo nccustoinotl to for mulnllons by American officialdom which "mo guided by certain rabu llstio characteristics," the spokes man said. "neiniindn and Itnorpretatlons are launched ns though notions con templated did not fall within tha scope of practices defined by inter, national law." wee u suonjg Xeg Annthor informed commentator volunteered the opinion that the cross proposal shows In what dlffl cullies tho British find themsolves. 'The British position Is catns trophlcal," he said. (ny tho Associated Press) (There are two Gorman vessels, 27 Italian ships and 37 of Danish (Continued on page (J) Spring-Like Weather Marks Winter's Debut PORTLAND," Dec. 21. (AP) The almanac has It. as the rirst day of winter, but you'd never know II otherwise. Spring -like ' wenlhor prevailed over all Oregon tndny. Ruin fell In every Boctlon nnd no where did Hip mercury dip below freezing. North Bend on the coast was deluged with :i.r,:t inches of ruin In the lust 21 hours. Newport, Itosebnrg and Eugene ench had morn than an Inch, hut other ci ties experienced more gentle rain fall. Minimum temperatures ranged from Si degrees nt Burns to Bl' nt North Bend. MORE DAYS to SHOP 5ia WF. IPS! Strict fuardi ogolnH jjvfll tubtculotit mutt Im vtjiJi&m thrown up praund ikCf babltt. Parent! and 5!iWXRs nvrici can anhnaw- tlfjfid ln(ly ba carrftr al
