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ROY BELLOWS stands in the back room of his clothing store
on Jackson street as his picture is snapped, in the midst of
many possessions which soon he can no longer claim; for he
has sold the store and gives possession to its new owners today.
Roy first started working in a
clothing store for W. H. Fisher
and Alva Bellows, old Roseburg
firm; from 1912 to 1924 he oper
ated his own store on Jackson
street where the J-C Sporting
Goods establishment now is lo
cated; from 1924 to 1931 he was
in business in Los Angeles. Return
ing to Roseburg in '31, he worked
for Lon Wilder in Wilder's Cloth
ing store until 1937, when he open
ed Roy's Men's store in its present
location. . ' t j
Widely known in Roseburg and
Douglas county because of his
business and family connections,
Roy is equally well known through
out the United States in the enter
's tainment field notably, . circus
society. Interested in circuses
from boyhood, he early made the
acquaintance of Al G. Barnes,
famous circus man, traveling with
him over much of Barnes' West
ern itinerary; and through Barnes
he met most of the noted circus
people of his time. From one troupe
he picked up much of the know
ledge of magic, which for long
years has enabled him to give
pleasure to thousands of people in
Douglas county at lodge presenta
tions and on countless other occa
sions to which he donated his time
and energy. ...
"I'll miss being in business
Roy stated, regretfully, "but 1 U
find something to keep my inter
ests up even if I have to pull
it out of a hat, as I would a rab
bit!" Door, Other Articles
Stolen From Ford Car
Someone stole the left door off
his 1934 Ford automobile, Don farm neQr Elkton. Andy has
Lewis, Brockway, reported; to been extension agent in Rose
State Police. ... burg nearly two yeors. He took
took f&V immediately after
some tools, a box of .22 cart- being graduated from Oreaon
ridges, a couple ot tow cnains ana
other miscellaneous items.
0 d&WlS.? Home economic and ogrr
the
Ford, but are investigating.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
1 From Washington (mostly pol
i Hies):.
s "President Truman's assign
ment of Attorney General McGrath
j f j clean up the government drew
angry protest from senate and
house KepuDlicans louay ana sil
ence from the Democrats."
Well, if you were an able, honest
Democrat (as, for example, Ful
bright of Arkansas, Kefauver of
Tennessee, Douglas of Illinois or
Bvrd of Virginia) what would you
do?
You'd KEEP STILL, I expect.
On the Republican side. Senator
Nixon of California sizes it up
pretty well, He says mildly:
"The public will have no con
fidence whatever in an investigation
of the justice department BY THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT." ,
Let's put il this way:
If I were under suspicion of
wrongdoing and the district attor
ney put it up to me to decide
whether I was innocent or guilty,
I'm afraid I'd whitewash myself.
Last year, according to the re
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The Weather
Cloudy with showers of rain and
snow today and Wednesday. Oc
casional showers of mixed rain
and snow.
Highest temp, for any Jan. ...... 77
Lowest temp, for any Jan. 4
1 Hightit ttmp. last 14 hours 42
Lowest temp, last 24 hours 34
t Prtcip. last 24 hours 44
? Precip. from Jan. 1 3.27
Pytip. from Sept. 1 23 88
v Excess 7.45
f Sunset today, 5:03 p.m.
1 sunrise tomorrow, 7:42 a.m.
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RESIGNS Wilbert L. An
derson, above, more common
ly known os "Andy," has" re
signed as county extension
agent for 4-H work to form a
farm partnership with Frank
Binder at Elkton. His resigna
tion become effective today.
He and Binder will raise sheep
and registered Aberdeen An-
qus cattle on 'the 600-acre
state Colleae in March, 19SU.
Miss Lou Owens will handle
cultural phases of 4-H work
until a successor has been
named. (Picture by Paul
Jenkins)
Vets' Tax Payments
Give Douglas $30,448
Douglas County received $30,
448 in tax payments from veter
ans' state morgaged properties,
reports the Oregon Department of
Veterans Affairs. The doart-t
reports paying $489,045 in 1951-52
property taxes on homes and
farms mortgaged under the World
War II Oregon state veterans loan
program. Tax"s are co""t"d s i
part of monthly payments and are
paid to the counties by ihc sia'c
By taking advantage of the dis
count for advance payment, the
state saved $15,125. The average
tax was $77.62, against $70.33 a
year ago. an increse of 10 per
cent. In Douglas County payments
represented prnn-rtv he1'1 bv '07
veterans. A total of 8,300 veter
ans have taken advantage of Uie
state loan.
Pair Expecting Twins
Greets Quadruplets
NASHVILLE, Ark. I - A sur
prised, 38-year old farm wife who
was expecting twins gave birth to
quadruplets Monday night.
The babies, three boys and a
girl, were born to Mrs. Hagai
Ponder, the mother of eight other
children, at her small farm house
2 Vi miles north of Murfrecsboro,
Ark., 20 miles from Nashville.
Dr. M. D. Duncan, who was with
Mrs. Ponder at the time, said the
mother was doing nicely.
Dr. Duncan said he was just as
surprised as the mother. He also
was looking for twins.
The father. Leonard Ponder. 41
and three women neighbors took
the babies to a Nashville hospital
where they were placed in an in
cubator. An attendant laid they
I were doing well.
EsfoMhtMd 1173
Convict Pair Kills
Other Guards
Act To Foil
Escape Try
Blade Of Scissors, Axe
Used In Attack; Three
Injured In Struggle
SAN QUENTIN. Calif. - Two
San Quentin inmates, using a 12-
uich scissors blade and a double-
edged ax, killed two guards in an
attempted prison break Monday
night. Two other guards and one
of the convicts was injured.
Warden Harley 0. Teets, who
won over only inree weeks ago,
was vismiy aitected. He succeed
ed veteran Warden Clinton T
Duffy, who was appointed to the
California Parole Authority.
Guard Charles D. Wiget, 31, was
waylaid in the prison library and
stabbed to death. Guard Vern A.
Mackin, 38, was killed in a prison
movie projection room.
Richard M. Sims Jr., Marin
County District Attorney, named
Eugene Burwell, Los Angeles rob
ber, and James Alonzo Rogers,
serving a term for attempted
murder in San Francisco, as the
killers.
Escape Plot Recounted
Sims said this is what happened: I
Burwell and Rogers were plot
ting to escape. They had the scis
sors blade, a double-edged ax and
a six-inch knife. They bound li
brarian inmate Jose E Wolfe,
22, Los Angeles burglar.
Rogers climbed on a library
table ana feigned illness. When
Wiget came in Rogers grabbed
him and Burwell stabbed him.
Rurwell was stabbed in the lung
during the scuffle.
Guards Ralph E. Dascombe and
Virgil F. Stewart stepped into the
darkened library seeking Wiget.
The guards were beaten and slash
ed in the face.
Captured In Booth
Burwell and Rogers ran to the
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Route Selection
Draws Protest
Of Oakland Club
Insistence upon the so-called
"Short Route" between Sutnerlin
and the North Umpqua road, rath
er than the "River Route," re
cently approved by the county
court, is contained in a resolution
recently adopted by the Oakland
Development Club.
The resolution says:
"Inasmuch as the Honorable
Board of County Commission
ers has seen fit to disregard the
best financial interest of the tax
payers of Douglas County as a
whole and are displaying absolute
disregard of the expressed recom
mendations of the residents of
Northern Douglas County, and
thereby adversely affecting the
welfare economy of the entire com
munity, decision having been
made to our 'Short Route' com
mittee under date of Nov. 7 by
County Engineer Wallace Hector
that the 'Short Route' is the cheap
est road to build and the shortest
route between Lone Rock bridge
and Sutnerlin as well as having
no more adverse grade than the
Wilbur route;
"Now therefore, be it resolved
that this organization respectfully
requests the Honorable Board of
County Commissioners to recon
sider the choice of route for this
very important connecting link,
giving more consideration to the
economical spending of the tax
payers' monies, by choosing the
shorter and cheaper route and also
aiding in preserving the economic
welfare of all of Northern Douglas
County.
"Be it further resolved, that this
organization opposes the action of
the Board of County Commission
ers in this matter and continue to
actively oppose said action until
we feel we have been granted the
recognition which is due this com
munity. "Also be it resolved, that this
organization feels that the inter
ests of several thousand property
owners having hundreds of thou
sands of dollars invested in North
ern Douglas County should be giv
en more consideration."
Contempt Count Faced
In Non-Support Case
Albert William Osborne, Prine
ville. has been jailed here in lieu
of $1,000 bail, charged with con
tempt of a Circuit Court divorce
decree, involving alleged non-support
of one minor child, the sher
iff's office reported.
Phillip Arthur Thexton, 34. Sweet
Home, arrested by sheriff's den
ude nil Ivin.liinnn.l .k....
! Siven timp MnnHnv !,, A
J. Geddcs to consult with the dis
trict attorney.
Thexlon is being held In lieu n(
$1,500 bail. Hc'i accused of non
support of five minor chldren.
K0SEIUR6. ORfCON TUESDAY, JANUARY
Forest Service .
Policies Topic
For Dated Talk
The Roseburg Chamber of
Commerce is sponsoring a gen
eral membership dinner meeting
in the Hotel umpqua Wednesday
af 6:30 p.m. J. Herbert Stone,
above, regional forester. North
Pacific Region of the U. S. Na
tional Forest, will discuss: "Na
tional Forest Policy with Refer
ence to Access Roads and Sus
tained Yield Um'V
Stone was recently nopointe'l
to his present position. This will
be his first public appearance in
Roseburg. He is coming upon
invitation of the access roads
committee ot the Chamber .of
Commerce as a part of its pro
gram for the promotion of North
Umpqua Highway construction
and a continuing plaii for the sta
bilization of our forest products
industry in this country.
The meeting will be open to
the public and the committee
in charge hopes that all engaged
in the production of forest pro
ducts will take advantage of this
opportunity to become acquainted
with Stone and the National For
est Service's program for indus
try stabilization.
Overseas Forces
Trained To Meet
A-Bomb Threat
HEIDELBERG, Germany lift
The U.S. Army Command in Eu
rope said Tuesday that Russia's
atomic bomb could be used both
against strategic targets on home
fronts and in tactical operations
on a battlefield.
It said American armed forces
on this continent, as well as in the
United States, are engaged in
atomic warfare training.
The training includes "disaster
plans and aid to the civil power,"
the command declared.
In its first statement on atomic
warfare, the headquarters here of
Gen. Thomas T. Handy, EUCOM
Commander, replied tersely to a
scries of questions submitted by
American correspondents.
It said all American troops in
Europe, including those in supply
and maintenance units,' were be
ing "trained to protect themselves
against atomic attack."
The United States now has 200,
000 combat troops stationed in Ger
many. More than 50,000 service
troops are stationed along supply
lines running from military posts
here to French ports.
Drunken Driver Fined;
3 Other Cases Pend
Three cases of drunk driving
were handled Monday in district
court here and another In Drain
justice court.
District Judge A. J. Geddcs re
ported the following dispositions
on drunk driving charges:
Orville William Getty, 37-year-old
logger, fined $500 and sentenc
ed to 30 days in county jail.
Gerald Earl Dodge, 32, 2203 Sun
set St., case continued to Friday
and defendant released in $500
bail.
Gerald E. Richcy, 19, Myrtle
Creek, case continued to Wednes
day. In Drain Justice of Peace Clar
ence Leonard's court, Carl George
Fox, 40, Springfield, was released
in $500 bail on a drunk driving
charge.
McKAY UNDECIDED
PORTLAND i Coventor Mc
Kay said he hasn't decided yet
whether or not he will seek another
I term
I "A lot of things can happen in
; three years," he said Monday
I when asked about his political in
I tentions.
W
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Tvo Guards In San
Allies' Bombs
fill fliun Man
till Wtf IIIHWIlf
Reds' Report
Victims Were In Red !
Prison, Claim; Allies
Skeptical But Probe
MUNSAN, Korea ti Commu
nists reported Tuesday U.N. bombs
killed ten Allied soldiers and
wounded sixty in a Red prison
camp.
A U.S. Fifth Air Force spokes
man said it wasn't so. But the
U.N. Command continued to in
vestigate. The Red report was made at
Korean truce negotiations. One
subcommittee argued over who
was in what army. A second sub
committee got sidetracked from
airfields to the North Korean birth
rate.
Neither subcommittee reported
any progress toward an armistice.
North Korean Maj. Gen. Lee
Sang Cho said the Kangdong Pris
on Camp, holding 1,591 Republic
of Korea soldiers and one Ameri
can, was bombed Monday night.
He said names of casualties would
be supplied later.
The U.N. Command in Tokyo or
dered a full study of air opera
tions "to determine whether there
is any truth to the Communist al
legations." This included flights by carrier
borne aircraft and B-29 Supcrforts
in addition o Fifth Air Force
planes.
The Reds did not invite the Al
lies to come to Kangdong and see
for themselves, as they have when
charging bomb attacks in truce
zone areas.
SEOUL, Korea W American
Sabre jet pilots damaged two Red
jets Tuesday in the first air bat
tles in four days over Nothwest
Korea.
On the ground chief action was
in the center of the snow covered
145 mile front. U. N. troops threw
back an attacking Red company
east of the Pukhan River. The
fight lasted four hours.
Two Russian-type MIGS were
damaged in a fight between 36
U.S. F-86 Sabres and about 40
MIGS.
F-84 Thunderjcts set a grenade
factory afire with incendiary
bombs. A tower of billowing smoke
and flames rose above the plant
near Pyongyang, the North Korean
capital. Pilots said the factory was
three-fourths destroyed.
Thunderjets and F-80 shootine
star jets cut Red rail lines in 95
places, the Fifth Air Force re
ported. Second Damage Suit
Follows Child's Death
Damages of $15,000 are asked
in the accident in which 3-year-
old Patricia Mathes wes fatally
burned Nov. 8. when her clothing
caught fire from a kerosene flare
pot.
Rose Mathes, mother of the
child, filed suit Monday in Cir
cuit Court against the Pre-Mix
Concrete Company, charging five
counts of negligence.
Mrs. Mathes, whose husband
was killed in a logging accident
about two weeks after the girl's
death, was also appointed Monday
as administratrix ot Patricia s es
tate. The girl died at Mercy Hospital
several hours after suffering
burns while playing with a group
of children In the vicinity of the
North Roseburg sewer install
ations. Glenn Ryder, accountant, bad
previously filed suit against the
concrete company asking some
$15,000 damages for alleged per
manent injury to his hands when
he attempted to beat out the
flames In the girl's clothing.
Passing Of Bad Checks
Charged To Prisoner
Ethan Earl Billings, Lebanon,
waived preliminary hearing Mon
day in district court and was held
to the grand jury on a charge nf
obtaining money by false pretenses
by Judge A. J. beddes.
Billings, accused of passing four
worthless checks to Roseburg
stores, is held in lieu of $1,000
bail. The checks were signed un
der the alias of W. H. Leeds, State
Police said.
Coal Mine Explosion
Kills Nineteen Men
STELLA RTON, N. S. I Can
ada's worst mining disaster In 11
years killed 19 coal diggers Mon
day in a gas explosion they feared
and were working to prevent.
Every man in the blast area in
the McGregor mine here was
killed.
Three others, working farther
from the blast, were brought out
alive.
IS, 1952
g?fTissough;
By Frank Ashley
Frank Ashley, Roseburg Lum
ber Company fuel manager and
a member of the City Council from
Ward 1, Monday became the first
person this year to file his can
didacy for county commissioner.
He filed for the Democratic nom
ination in the May 16 primary
elections,
Ashley, who resides at 1003 No.
Jackson St.. has been a member
of the City Council for the past
six years, and is also a member
of the Douglas Community Hos
pital board of directors.
He is chairman ot tno City
Council police committee and is
serving on the Chamber of Com
merce roads ana highways com
mittee. Commissioner Elmer Metzger,
whose nosition Ashlev tiled for.
has not . yet indicated whether he
will be a candidate in the prim
aries. Metzger was appointed last
June to fill the vacancy created
by the death of Commissioner R.
G. Baker.
As a campaign platform, Ashley
listed, "Pledged to establish better
conditions to insure the economy
of Douglas County."
Socialist Leader
Gives Opinions
Of Top Politicos
PORTLAND W Norman
Thomas, six times the Socialist
Party's candidate for President,
had a few remarks on candidates
in the 1952 Presidential elections.
He told a Reed College student
audience Monday that General
Eisenhower's greatest, attraction
is based on the fact that he is
neither Taft nor Truman.
All General Eisenhower has said
in his speeches, Thomas said, "was
that he favors free enterprise.
Universal Military Training, sound
taxation and no inflation. I suppose
he also favors the Ten Command
ments."
He added: "Whoever is elected,
he will in six months time be
doing the same thing as any other
candidate would have done."
Thomas applauded the refusal of
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Wil
liam Douglas to become a candi
date. It would be bad for the
country if Justices "sat around
waiting tor political ugmning 10
strike, ' he said.
Umpqua Forest Revenue
Third In Northwest
Receipts from the Umpqua Na
tional Forest ranked third in the
list of 19 national forests in Ore
gon and Washington.
The regional office of the U, S.
Forest service reports that the
Willamette Forest led in revenues
with collections amounting t o
$3,340,015.57 during the period July
1 lo December 31. The Olympic
Forest was second with $2,126,
972.07, and the Umpqua third with
$1,485,092.85.
Receipts from all forests totalled
$19,504,938.15, 50 percent higher
than for the same period in Cic
previous fiscal year.
Presidency Unwanted
By Ike, Dispatch Says
NEW YORK W The Wall Street
Journal said Monday in a dispatch
(rom Paris that Gen. Eisenhower
doesn't want to be President of
the United States.
The copyrighted dispatch, writ
ten by Edward Hughes, a stuff
correspondent, gives this account
Eisenhower "genuinely prefers to
stay out of politics, finish his job
of building western r.urope s De
fense and then move lo a farm in
America where he can live quietly
and do a little golfing and hunting
now and then."
Eisenhower intends to make no
trips lo the United Slates within
the next few months, or make any
statements or moves which would
be political ammunition for either
Republicans or Democrats.
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Freedom's
Price Topic
Of Dr. Strand
Preservation Needs
Stern Self-Discipline,
OSC President Says
Freedom Is not a license. It in a
discipline, Dr. A. L. Strand, presi-1
dent of Oregon State College, told
noseDurg mamaer oi commerce 'in tne mountains,
members Monday. It was the worst storm in 50
Dr. Strand, who spoke at the I years, the Weather Bureau said.
Chamber's forum luncheon in the More than an inch of rain fell tn
Hotel Umpqua Civic Room, was Santa Barbara early Tuesday, and
accompanied here by Bob Knoll, I Oakland had 1.23 inches in the 24
OSC Alumni director; Leonard1 hou ended at 8 a.m. Tuesday.
Vounce. football line coach, and : The two rescue trains puffing
Warren Reed, who heads the fund
raising campaign for the proposed
new football stadium at OSC.
They were guests at the Maurice
Newland home at a reception from
5 to 7 p.m. and then each spoke
brSfly a"ihr Alumni Action
dinner mcetine in the Hotel Umo
qua in the evening. They also
toured Roseburg industries in the
afternoon. -
"America is unique in one great
respect it was born with a pur
pose," Dr. Strand told the Cham-
I ber gathering. He pointed to the
Revolutionary War as a fight lo
maintain freedom for the human
being. "The preservation of that
demands self-discipling today," he
saia.
If Freedom Is To Survive
Education has as its mimosa the
disciplining of people so they will
appreciate and enjoy the principles
under which the country wss born,
ne noted.
But there are three other pre
mises .of almost equal importance
if freedom is to survive, Dr.
Strand emphasized.
Freedom is not exclusive. If it
is good for one, it is good for all,
he emphatically stated. It should
not be restricted to any race or
class, but should be a possession
of all.
Political freedom is not enough
there also has to be a level of eco
nomic freedom if an industrial na
tion such as the United States is
to remain in existence, Strand said.
If freedom is to be Dreserved.
there must be a reward for risk,
the college president explained.
-mere sun rages tne controver
sy over the merits of 100 ner cent
security and 100 per cent free en
terprise," he said. "But freedom
will not be retained if either be
comes an absolute."
The two complement each other,
and growth will depend upon the
possibility of reward, Strand said.
"If there ceases to be a reward
for risk,, individual initiative will
die," the speaker predicted.
Foomall Tone-Down Needed
At the alumni meeting in the
evening, Dr. Straw discussed the
college in general He mentioned
specifically enrollment trends and
improvements to the plant facili
ties, and he elaborated upon the
present tendency to de-emphasize
football.
He said he can see a definite
need for "toning down" the em
phasis on football in the schools nf
the nation, and he agrees that
"some houscclcaning is neces
sary." But, in respect to discon
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Oregon Group Seeks
Prohibition's Return
SALEM W An effort lo bring
prohibition back to Oregon was
launched here Tuesday with the
filing of a preliminary initiative
petition to prohibit the manufac
ture or sale of liquor containing
more than one-half ot 1 per cent
alcohol Dy volume.
If the sponsors get signatures
of 26,286 registered voters by next
July 3, the initiative would appear
on the November general election
ballot.
Purple Heart Spurned
By Slain Vet's Dad
GREEN BAY, Wis. A fa
ther who claimed his son was "kid
naped" by the Marine Corps
"through trickery and sugar coat
ed promises" and later died in
Korea, says he is sending to Pres
ident Truman the youth's Purple
Heart and Presidential Scroll.
The awards ire being returned,
Glenn Fiedler said Monday night
because "fraudulent statements
were entered on his son's physical
records to make it appear he
passed his physical examination."
I he son,
, James, 18. was killed to "spare the rod (Mid spoil
in Korea, June 1, Wl.h- enjd.. B-w
in action
DAMAGE NEGLIGIBLE
Firemen were called to 1352
Umpqua Ave. at 7:02 this morning
to investigate an overheated wood
rs-n.ra.iFM'.. 'rS, -
sident. Damage wss negligible.
Train Stalled,
Avalanches
Plug Canyons
Higher Floods Sweep
Lowlands; Damage
Mounts To Millions
SAN FRANCISCO Rescue
trains, bucking the worst snow
banks the mountains have had in
half a century, inches Tuesday to
ward i passenger train stranded in
the Sierra with 226 persons aboard
R. D. Spence, Southern Pacific '
trainsmastei' at Crystal Lake, in
the high mountains, reported to
San Francisco headquarters that
he reached the stranded train at
7:50 a.m. (PST), walked through
all the coaches, and found no one
in desperate Plight. All had blank
ets and there was enough food for
the day, Spence said.
The rescue trains were working
toward the stranded streamliner,
SP's City of San Francisco, from
both sides of the Sierra. At 8:30
a.m. (PST) the eastbound train
was reported at Dutch Flat, about
22 miles from the streamliner.
Worst Storm In 50 Years
A now ilnrm fnntnr-ttA naaf thm
mn,iih nf ti rni..mkin d:.....
brought more rain to California's
lowlands, and piled up more snow
through, the drifts toward the
stranded streamliner were equip
ped with powerful snowplows. Both
carried doctors.
Floods Maroon Hundreds
the swank westbound train was
M"? 'ElS Si
lashed the West Coast from Cana
da to Mexico. The nowling gaius
piieo deep snow drifts in the
mountains, dumped flooding rains
on already sodden lowlands and
sent towering waves smashing
against sea walls.
Hundreds of persons travelers
and residents were marooned.
Exactly how manv was snv-
body's guess,
Communications were disrupted
in many places Some communi
ties were cut olf. Avalanches '
roared into canyons, killing at
least three persons.
a nc mui iii a tun in me anu ortiD
erty damage could not be reck
oned because of poor communica
tions. Damage was expected to run
into the millions, but casualties ap
peared af a minimum. "
Motorists Stranded -
The Red Cross reported about
120 motorists were stranded by a
blizzard on Highway 395 northwest
of Reno. They found shelter at
Stead Air Force Base, now beine
reactivated. Only a few airmen
wcie were anu iooo was reported
low. A Greyhound bus took 42 of
the motorists to Reno.
Thirty nssseneers nf a f.rev.
hound bus. stranded since Friday
at Lake Audrain near Echo Sum
mit on U. S. Highway 50, were re
ported evacuating caDins in which
they had taken shelter. Continuinff
drifts threatened to bury the ca
Dins.
Only one eastbound Southern Pa.
cific train was scheduled Tuesday.
me wiy oi oan r rancisco was
to leave by a southern route and
then proceed northeastward after
crossing the mountains. The east-
Dound uvenand and Goid CoaJt
runs were cancelled.
The California Division of High
ways reported it temmirarilv nnri
given up trying to clear transcon
tinental Highways U.S. 40 and 50
over the Sierra except for rescue
operations. Strong winds piled deep
drifts behind the snowplows.
Chains Required,
Motorists Told
New snow falls continue to
plague motorists traveling High
way 99 south.
Snow is reported falling In the
Siskiyou Mountains, but the road
has been re-opened. There is eight
inches of new snow and 66 inches
of roadside snow.
Plows are operating and chains
sre required.
Packed snow covers Sexton
Mountain, plows are operating and
chains are required. Twenty
inches of roadside snow is reported
and 12 inches of new snow.
Camas Mountain is navigable,
but chains are advised. Highway
101 in Douglas County is open.
Highway 97 is open to traffic,
but chains are required. Six inches
of new snow has fallen and plows
are operating.
SALEM Oregon highway
conditions were improved Tuesday
with all routes open within the
state, but chains are needed in
mountainous areas, the State High
way Commission reported.
11 DIE IN PLANE CRASH
YOKOHAMA I The U.S. Na
vy said Tuesday 12 crewmen were
killed in the crash of a four-engine
Navy patrol bomber near Atsugi
Air Base Monday night.
Levity Fact Rant
Br L. F. Reizenstein
King Solomon's admonition
ap
plication since the orti-FISH-ial
fly ruling for future North
Umpqua river anglers. Make
(he child acquainted with the
i;od7h.r k,nd for eot,in9' Bot
lombasting.