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Art Appreciation
: Weather
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. Rain today and Wednes
day,, mow in high moun
tains; Max. Temp. Monday
64, Mln. 47, river 13.1 feet,
rain 2.91 inches, southwest
wind.
Hundreds of .sets' edf the
famous painting offered by
the National Committee for
Art Appreciation are being
purchased by , Statesman
readers.
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EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, December 28, 1937
Price 3c; Newsstands 5c
No. 235
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Gunboat Ready to Leave
H:With Americans From
Beleaguered Citv
?unitive Action Planned
by Japanese Because
Mills Destroyed
SHANGHAI, Dec. 28.-(T u e s-
tay)-()-Japanese. armies rolled
louthward across Shantung pro
' rince today after capturing Tsin
m, its capital, and isolating Tsing-
olo, Its "great Industrial and port
iity. j
The fall of Tsingtao, cut off
fromthe rest of the province,1
Seemed imminent. The some. 300
American civilians remaining in
the city were ready to take refuge
on . three United. States warships
in the harbor.
' A dispatch from Tsingtao said
the United States gunboat Sacra
mento would leave today for
Shanghai with any Americans who
wanted to flee the province.
The Japanese announced Tsin
an, seventh provincial capital to
fall before -Nippon's armies, was
occupied completely Monday.
- Throughout Sunday night hea
vy Japanese guns implaced on the
north bank- of the river pounded
the city. At midnight the north
and east gates were captured and
at dawn three columns of infan
try began mopping up the feeble
resistance. ,,.
Chinese asserted the city had
not yet fallen.
The capture of Tslnan followed
the army's announce ment at
Tientsin that "drastic punitive ac
tion" woutd be taken for Chinese
destruction of some $100,000,000
Arorth . of Japanese property at
' Tsingtao. .
The property, chiefly cotton
nuns, uau uccu iitu li J wna j i
nese since the outbreak of the un
declared war as hostage against
invasion.
;.r Because of the still uncomplet
ed task of cleaning up the country
around Nanking, as well as the
city itself, the Japanese asked for
eign nations not to reopen their
embassies at Nanking. v
The presence of foreigners, it
was pointed out, would be danger
ous and undesirable until absolute
Japanese control had been estab
lished. .
The United States had planned
to send two consular officials to
Nanking today to reopen the em
bassy which was abandoned when
the Chinese government left the
capital. Washington, however, was
understood to be considering the
. Japanese request.
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TOKYO, Dec. 2 7. -()-Japanese
government officials today,
praised the peaceful settlement of
the Panay crisis between Japan
, . Tt.fi. J r,.A 1 . .
iim me niiieu aiat.es as uemou
itrating the ability of "two civil
ized nations" to solve their seri
. us problems.
"Fifteen or 20 years ago," a
!oreign spokesman said, "such a
;ragedy (as the Japanese sinking
3f .the United States gunboat Pa
nay) would have been followed
within a few hours by a declara
tion of war.
"Japan's prompt apology and
the United States' prompt accept
snceef the final note, plus a dis
passionate searching for facts dur
ing the intervening period,
should set an example for the
wnole world."
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dditicc
. . in the News
BUFFALO, X. Y, Dec. 27
-JP)Vollce officers told today
bow wire-haired fox terrier
stood guard over a prostrate
Pekinese in a b a s y Buffalo
street, snarling at rushing an
tomobiles that passed too close
to its fallen companion, l : .
Detective Arthur J. Gibbons
and Liut. Nelson Gateline, ap-'
proachiag in a police patrol
ear, said they blocked traffic
with their machine to" relieve
the terrier of its vigil and took
the injured Pekinese to an an
imal shelter.
NEW" YORK, . Dec. 27-P)-H
tnrkeys could talk tnrkey r
Talking turkey by proxy. In
spector Thomas F. Morgan of the
department of weights and, meas
ures gave a tip in court today
to housewives who may have sus
pected that the Yuletide bird
seemed to have lost weight after
leaving the butcher's scales be
fore being popped into the oven
Thomas said he went Into a
ild-town butcher shop and
bought a gobbler that weighed
10 pounds and four, ounces. In
side the gobbler, wnicn ne
snatched from the - scalesy he
found three pieces of lead weigh-
inr one sound and 10 ounces.
The nronrietor and. butcher
Tsingl
u
Likeh
were held In $1,0 00 bail each.
Russian Aid
For Chinese
Is Indicated
HANKOW, China, Dec. 27-Jp)
Foreign diplomats today sav in
the arrival of the new soviet
ambassador to China, a soldier
rather than a diplomat, indica
tions that closer military rela
tions between China's and Rus
sia were in prospect.
Ivan Tewfimovltcb Luganets
Orelsky, 38' years old, with the
longest name but shortest diplo
matic experience of any foreign
envoy in this temporary capital
of Ch'.na, arrived Sunday by air
plane. Arrangements were in progress
for an early meeting - with Chi
na's leader. Generalissimo Chi
a n g Kai-Shek, at the latter's
headquarters at an undiselosi
spot in the mid-Yangtze valley.
'Of particular interest to other
diplomats was the fact that Lu-ganets-Orelsky
was several weeks
on his journey from Moscow to
Hankow, apparently spending
much time along the great con
tinental highway from Russian
Turkestan across Chinese Turkes
tan (S'nkiang) and Kansu, along
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Dallas Man Dies
After Auto Hits
Preston Dickey, World War
Veteran, Is Victim, of
Accident on Street .
DALLAS, Ore", Dec: 27. Pres
ton Dickey, about 47, of Dallas,
died in the Dallas hospital short
ly after he was struck by an
automobile d r i v e n by John
Benge, about 6 o'clock tonight
at the intersection of Main -and
Court streets.
Benge, witnesses said, stopped
within a few feet after striking
Dickey and 'gave such aid as he
conld. ' -r,
"Dickey's death was believed
due to a fracture of the skull.
Emnloved steadilv for the last
1 14 years by the Willamette Valley
Lumber company here, Dickey
served overseas during the World
war with company L of the Ore
gon national guard, the Dallas
company.
He is survived by his widow;
three children, Guy, Preston and
Phillip, all of Dallas ? a brother;
Noel, of Dallas; three. Bisters,
Mrs. Mary Yocum of Balls ton,
Mrs. W. E. Martin of Monmouth
and a sister of Amity whose name
was not learned.
Funeral arrangements have
not been completed.
Little Espionage
Reported in NW
WASHINGTON, Dec; 27-VP)-Senator
Thomas (D., Utah), mem
ber of the senate civil liberties
ommittee, said today investiga
tions to date had disclosed "com
paratively little" evidence of es
pionage against labor in the Pa
cific Northwest.
"Of course," he added, "our
studies are by no means complete
as we have not yet reached . the
large national associations.
The committee's report, pub
lished recently, listed but one
firm in the states of Washington,
Oregon. Idaho and Utah. This was
the 01ympia:Forest Products com
pany of Port Angeles, Wash.
Evi'Vnce also showed the Se
attle office of the Pinkerton Na
tional Detective agency assigned
its Investigators to service in the
auto mechanics' union, the Inter
national Association of Machin
ists, the International Union of
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers,
the marine cooks and stewards'
association, the plywood and ve
neer workers' union and the saw
mill and timber workers' assocla
tiOn. ' ;
Unemployment
Help Business, Is Forecast
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 2T
rW-OfUcl! of the social se
curity board, say they expect
business to receive a lift about
February l from the payment of
unemployment insurance bene
fits in 21 states and the District
of Columbia.
Board officials said today time
alone would tell how much of
the $437,800,000 reserve of the
unemployment insurance systems
would be paid out this winter.
They said they would have no
Idea until insured workers who
have lost their Jobs begin to
register after January 1.
An . immediate upswing In
business ' probably would reduee
the amount considerably, the
officials added.
All provide unemployment ben
efits only for persons who have
had jobs since the systems were
established.
' 1 . Most , of them cover workers
McNacks
Prof TVA
LJd's Moves
Norris Support; Also Is
Reported, .Indicating
Discord Serious
Condemnation Suit Said
to Have Brought It
out Into Open
NASHVILLE, Tenn., JDec. 27-(yP)-The
Tennessean, in a special
dispatch from Washington to
night, said a broad investigation
of the Tennessee valley authority
is under consideration by congres
sional leaders.
Hints of an investigation have
been made recently following
hearing of a condemnation suit
against the purchase of mineral
and marble leases in the Norris
dam reservoir by Sen. George L.
Berry and otherB.
The dispatch said Sen. Charles
McNary (R, Ore.) had endorsed
the move for an inquiry into op
eration of the authority.
"Senator McNary (ranking mi
nority member of the senate agri
culture committee) said that he
will bring the TVA controversy
to the attention of the committee
at its first meeting '(after the
January 3 opening of congress),"
the story said.
It quoted Sen. George Norris
(R, Neb.) as saying he would not
object to the investigation.
"The declaration of Norris, who
has spent the greater part of his
time and energy- in recent years
in fighting for the TVA," it add
ed, "indicated that friends of the
project as well, as foes fear for
the future unless the administra
tion of the gigantic program Is
smoothed out.
"It was learned from a highly
reliable''! source i that President
Rassevelt himself is deeply con
cerned over the outspoken bitter
ness" between dirctors of the TVA
during the condemnation suit.
Salvage of Panay
Sister Ship's Job
Consuls Also Aboard Oahu
Bound for Nanking to
Reopen Embassy
SHANGHAI, Dec. 28-(Tues-day)-UP)-The
United States gun
boat Oahu today sailed up the
Yangtze river to start salvage
operations on her tragic sister
ship, the gunboat Panay, sunk
by Japanese bombs December 12.
Aboard was Lieut-Comdr. Har
old Lamer, of the naval con
struction corps, to superintend
efforts to salvage valuable and
secret naval- papers from the
ship's safe at the bottom of the
Yangtze. T j
Due to the absence of navi
gation markers and the possibil
ity of river mines, necessitating
anchorage at night, the voyage
was expected to take until Thurs
day to reach the Panay attack
scene near Hohsien, upriver
from Nanking.
Also aboard the Oahu were
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Gaiser Slated to
Head Association
Supt. Silas Galser, head of the
Salem- public school system, is
scheduled for election as president
of the Oregon State Teachers as
sociation at the annual convention
opening fa Portland Wednesday
He is now vice-president; eleva
tion to the presidency from this of
fice is automatic
A large number of Salem teach
ers are expected to attend con
vention sessions.
Benefits to
whose employers also employed
at least seven o,thers. This lets
out the single clerk in a grocery
store, for instance. Only in the
District of Columbia, Minnesota
and Pennsylvania are single em
ployes covered, i .
All the systems required the
insured unemployed to register
at an employment office and to
wait several weeks before re
ceiving benefits. " During that
waiting period, the unemployed
man, or woman, must take any
suitable Job that turns up.
Michigan's maximum weekly
benefit Is $16. The maximum of
all the others is. $15. Some have
no minimums, but the minimums
of most range from $5 to $7.
depending on the time worked
and pay received by. the worker
during the previous year.
The benefits will continue
from 12 to 22.6 weeks, most of
. (Turn to page 2, coL 41
Valley
Gale Reaches
75 Miles Per
Near Astoria
That City Entirely Cut
off Communication
Except by Radio
Grand Island, Wheatland
Threatened; iSIany of
Highways Blocked
PORTLAND, Dec. 27.-(i93)-A
southeast gale which struck the
Oregon coast Sunday reached a
velocity of from 65 to 75 miles
an hour at Astoria tonight, a
dispatch received via the navel
communications reserve station
here said.
Four inches of rain fell today
in one of the heaviest storms on
record. j
Astoria was entirely cut off
from wire communication.
Two vessels lay outside the Co
lumbia river mouth and several
inside. Coach guard officials said
no distress calls had been re
ceived, f
New slides halted traffic on the
Spokane, Portland & Seattle rail
way at Broadwood and piled ad
ditional debris on the lower Co
lumbia river highway at West
port, closed by slides Sunday.
The Danish East Asiatic motor
ship Europa, moored at the As
toria docks with two dozen lines,
threatened to break away in the
gale.
Traffic proceeded cautiously
over the Portland-Astoria high
waymenaced by slides and fall
ing trees which halted wire com
munications for the past 24 hours.
Emergency messages were carried
by the naval radio.
At Coos Bay, to the south, a
50-mile an hour gale continued
for the second day, but rainfall
was lighter. Stages continued on
schedule but trains ran only dur
ing the day to guard against acci
dents from possible washouts and
slides.
More than a dozen streets were
blocked in Portland and traffic
hazards from floods, slides and
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Northern Idaho's
Storm Is Severe
WALLACE. Idaho. Dec. 27
(lf- two-dav snowstorm which
y s f ' ' 4
pioneers described as the worst
in the history of the uoeur
d'Alenes closed three of the re
gion's major mines today, cut
off communications, naralyzed
highway travel and brought a
menacing threat of avalanches.
A small girl, Jennie Carle, suf
fered a back injury, an ankle
fracture and Internal injuries,
when she was burled under snow
and debris for a half hour. The
porch roof collapsed on her in
Montgomery 5ulch.
The snowfall here for Sunday
and today was 35 inches, at Mul
lan 36 and at Kellogg 20. The
snow measured 96 inches at Mile
High lookout; summit on the
Idaho-Montana divide.
The Hecla mine at Burke and
the Morning at Mullan shut
down operations because snow
kept crews short-handed. The
Jack Waite, ft smaller operation,
was closed down by power shut
off. Gus not Suitable
Name for Pastor,
Is Judge's Advice
TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 11-Wf-"Gus"
is no name for a minister.
In the eyes of Federal District
Judge Edward Everett Cushman.
He so advised the Rev. Gustav
Lue - Freigang today when the
minister annlied - for United
States citizenship anJ requested
that "Gas" be substituted for his
natal "Gustav."
. "But I like short names, the
minister replied.
"When Gustavus Adolphus was
king of Sweden,' Judge Cushman
said, "I don't think they called
him Gus."
"Your honor, said Mr. Frei
gang, "I .will take your advice.
I will remain GusUt Freigang.
Licensing Detectives Is
Talked to Halt Spying
" WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-ff-Senator
Thomas (D-Utah) said
today the senate i civil liberties
committee was considering the
licensing of private detectives as
a means of halting labor espionage
Si
reams
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H. Hamilton, state highway department employe sta tioned near the "shore," flags motorists on the Salem-Dallas
highway to warn them that water reaches a depth of more than a foot In the quarter-mile
stretch beyond. Later it rose to 18 inches. Photo was taken two miles west of Drunk's Corner. A pilot
car helped traffic get through to Dallas part of the day Monday. lien Maxwell photo.
Four Deaths Are
Caused by Storm
2 Trainmen Killed When
SP&S Train Wrecked
Near Washougal
PORTLAND, Dec. 27.-(-Four
deaths in Oregon, and two more
across the Columbia river at
Washougal, Wash., where an
SP&S train crashed into a slide
last night, were lett in the wake
of the Christmas storm which
swept the northwest this weekend.
John Malloy, 27, of Vancouver,
a .brakeman, and Everett S. Wil
son, 59, Portland, a fireman, died
when the 75-car freight train,
drawn by two engines, piled up on
the slide four miles east of Wash
ougal. caught fire and burned.
Jack Raab, engineer, was in a
Vancouver hospital with both legs
scalded and head lacerations.
N. P. Larson, Portland, engineer,
suffered a scalded face. Three oth
er crew members were uninjured.
Wreckage was cleared and traf
fic resumed late today.
The head engine rolled 100 feet
down an embankment. Five of
the cars were smashed to kindling
and their cargo, principally wheat,
scattered.
The wreckage continued to burn
briskly today as wrecking crews
cleared the track.
Ambulances could only get with
in a mile and a half of the wreck
last night.
At Portland Rh Hubert Mc
Cullough was electrocuted in the
flooded basement of his home to
day. Clarence Thompson, 17, of Wal
terville, was fatally injured Sun
day when his automobile skidded
from the McKenzieriver highway
near Leaburg. Albert Parrottee,
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Portland Bridge
Experts Win out
SEATTLE, Dec. 27(P)-Port-land's
team of four contract
bridge experts today ended a two
day, exhibition match byf defeat
ing a Seattle quartet by a gross
score of 4000.
Frank Gates, Warren Aber
crombie, William Leary and
Stanley Jaloff were on the Rose
City team which defeated Lillian
Thompson, Bill Savery, Joe Muck
ley and John Stableln in the 64
hand match..
A return exhibition will be
played next month in Portland.
C C. Colt Will Retire
PORTLAND, Dec 27-()-C. C
Colt, First National bank direc
tor and vice-president for 18
years, will retire January 1. He
was president of the Oregon Bank
ers association in 1933. : -
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Late Sports
PORTLAND, Dee. 27.-P)-The
unbeaten University of 1 Oregon
basketball team turned in its
ninth pre-conference win tonight
defeating Union Oil of Portland
49 to 21. .
The Webf oots ' alternated a
tone with a man to man defense
with equal success. 1 " .:
The halftime score was 31 to
10 for Oregon.
Laddie Gale, Oregon forward,
was high with 13 points, followed
by Bob Hardy with 11. ...
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Continue
Warns "Seagoing" Valley Motorists
Tillamook Region
Is Badly Flooded
When Dikes Burst
PORTLAND, Dec. 27-JF)-Shortwave
radio messages from
Tillamook picked up by ama
teur operators here tonight said
Trask, Kilches and Wilson riv
era had overflowed, bursting
dlkee, flooding farm lands and
highways and washing livestock
out to sea.
The messages said the Kil
ches river had covered the
highway north of Tillamook
with four feet of water for a
mile and a half.
Slides and fallen trees
blocked the Wilson river high
way and a log jam SO feet high
was reported to have dammed
the river.
KELSO, Wash., Dec. 27-JP)-Runoff
water from surround
ing hills flooded nearly a doz
en homes In north Kelso and
threatened more than 50 oth
ers tonight.
Families were evacuating to
higher ground. -
A flood control" project to
protect the area, damaged sev
eral times in- recent years, was
held up several weeks by a
wage dispute.
34 Arraigned on
Contempt Charge
PORTLAND, Dec 27.-(P)-Thirty-four
men accused of con
tempt for the alfeged violation of
a restraining order' against pick.
eting at the Newport docks ap
peared in federal court today.
Taking of statements began be
fore Judge James Alger Fee on
stipulation between attorneys for
the defendants and the Waterfront
Employers association, who
brought the complaints.
Testimony In the trial last week
of ! Ralph Peoples, Jacob Dexter
and M. A. Walters, held guilty by
an advisory jury last week, will
be used in the pending cases.
The defendants were released
until Wednesday in custody of
their counsel.
250 Accidents Occur
PORTLAND, Dee. 27.-(P-P.o-
Uceman William St, Claire Tully
said 260 Christmas eve accidents,
in which 74 persons werejlhjnred,
had been reported.
Freighter Beulah Wins Over
Angry Sea; Reaches Victoria
VICTORIA, Dec. . 27-(ff)-Cap-tain
S. Erickson piloted , his 1,
04 2-ton south seaa freighter Beu
lah into Victoria's outer , harbor
today, t tictor in a. i 6-hour battle
against ' the sea -which " took ' the
life of one of his: crew and , in
jured another. -
The little : motor-vesseV which
came north for a cargo of lum
ber, salmon and general ' freight
while the copra season was at a
standstill, developed' rudder trou
ble .off Carmanah point at the
southern tip of Vancouver Island
on her outward voyage. - -
During Saturday night, while
the eon verted' barquentine
dragged two anchors nd Just
missed pounding herself to pieces
on sharp rocks; first - officer
Trygve Bradgo was wakhed over
board while the crew looked on,
helpless. Boatswain Frank Mn-
Their
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Ralph McCulIough
Live Wire Victim
Electrocuted or Drowned
in Home at Portland;
Recently Married
Ralph Hubert McCulIough, 25,
graduate of the Willamette uni
versity law school in 1936, was
electrocuted . or drowned after
he came in contact with a live
wire in the flooded basement of
his home at 15504 SE Martins
street in Portland early Monday.
. McCulIough had gone into the
basement, in which there were
40 inches of water,' to remove a
pump which the flood had sub
merged, shortly after 5 o'clock
Monday morning.
Mrs. McCulIough, formerly
Gwen Gallaher . of Salem, heard
him scream; then he shouted to
her to cut off the electric light
switch. She dd so immediately,
then went into the basement to
find her husband dead and lying
under water.
Denly Coroner Snook said he
was unable to determine whether
McCulIough died from the elec
tric shocks or from drowning
after the shock rendered him un
conscious.
. Delayed by stof m conditions.
La deputy sheriff and two PGE
company linemen tried artificial
respiration without success.
Mr. end Mrs. McCulIough had
been planning to" entertain
friends at a party at which they
were to announce t h el r mar
riage, nerformed Rentember 24
in' Stevenson, Wash., and kept
secret even from Mr. McCuI
lough's office associates.
Mrs. McCulIough, a 1937 grad
uate of Willamette and daughter
of Mrs. Elizabeth Gallaher, who
until recently was secretary of
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Headquarters Battery
Has Banquet; General
White Guest Speaker
. Major General George A
White, adjutant-general of Ore
gon, was guest speaker at the
annual banquet! of the Headquac-
ters Battery, 249th Coast artil
lery, held at the Quelle restau
rant last night.
Captain Arthur B. : Bates was
toast master for the affair at whieh
44 enlisted men and seven offi
cers of the battery were present.
knlasi was hurt. ' ,
-Captain Erlckson's distress
call waa answered by the United
States coastguard cutters . Red
wing and Samuel H. Ingham. The
Pacific Salvage complay r tug
boat Salv&ge King also was sent
from Victoria. - -
Erickson said his erev be
haved wonderf nlly" I during the
tense period from Saturday night
to Sunday afternoon, whea the
steering gear was repaired tem
porarily and - the Beulah began
her slow trip to Victoria. -
When she reached here, the
freighter was listing. heavily, and
all but one of her lifeboats were
washed away.' Launched - as. a
barquentine in 1923. the Beu
lah is now a twin engined- mo-torship.-
:-S h e is 4 operated v by
Varriso Corporation, Inc., of San
Francisco. r
Rise
County Roads
And Highways
Here Flooded
Pilot Car Is Needed on
.Salem-Dallas Route;
Rain t5 Continue
River Level Climbs but
Flood Mark Unlikely ; .
13.1 Feet Latest i
Storm - drenched mid - Willsm-
ette valley citizens yesterday saw
county roads and state highways
flooded, small streams overrun-'
nlng their banks and the rivers
rising rapidly as the day brought
.63 inch of rain in addition te
2.90 inches which fell in Salem
during the 24-hour period end
ing at 7:30 a. m. ,
Many Marion county foeee
were washed out in varying ex
tent. Several important thorough
fares were covered hy overflew
water. In Polk county pilot care
led motorists through water oa
the Salem-Dallas highway and -several
farmers were isolated
when small bridges near Rickreall
were carried away.
The Willamette river rose
steadily yesterday at the rate of
nearly three-tenths foot an heur
to reach 13.1 feet by 10:30 b. m.
The weather bureau at Portland
predicted the river would reach
17 feet at Albany and 15 feet
in Salem tonight. The late fere-
cast stated that flood stage was
not indicated for Salem although
the upper river was still rising. ;
December Rainfall ..v-,
Is Above Average
The weekend's rains brought
the total precipitation for the
month to 8.54 Inches, slightly
less than one-halt the all-time
record established In 1933 but
3.21 inches above the mean aver
age for December. Rainfall since
Wednesday, the last dry day in
Salem ha tntaloil 4 91 Inrhca
Near perry on the Salem-Dallas
highway, water from ever
flowing Rickreall creek reached a
depth of nearly two-feet yester- ",
day afternoon and traffic was di
rected by a state department pilot
car.The same stream flooded the
highway in Kickrealf from the
Haunted Mill dance hall to the
Richfield service station before it
receded three feet from its peak
stage.
Bridges washed out by the
Rickreall left the families ef J.
P. Hamilton and Charles Larkins
marooned on their farms.
In Marion county the Turner
highway was flooded to running
board depth in the flats south of
the state penitentiary annex, wa
ter flowed across Turner road
near the Salem airport for the
first time in several years and the
lower Salem - Silverton highway
was again inundated. At last re
port the North Santiam highway -remained
open as far as Detroit.
umu ill nwuj -
Reported Serious
(Innnfv Rnrlnse, V C. H.kka
said numerous reports of minor
county road washouts and several
of a serious nature were being re
ceived. Among the most serious
were believed to be breaks In a
road a short distance northwest'
and another east of St. Pauk
Although Sunday night's wind
storm reached 3 8-mile aa hoar
velocity, no serious damage was
reported in Salem. The accompa
nying torrential rains, however,
kept the city sewer departsaeat's
crew busy attempting to clear up
trouble In Isolated cones, Assistant
City Engineer J. H. Davis report
ed. The storm caused flooded
basements in the vicinity of Mth -and
Center streets for the first
time In the memory of engineer- '
lug department - employes.
Basements were flooded on
wi ui wnyuvi ireei oeiween II
and Nebraska because the sewer
in that area runs north into the
Belmont system rather thae late -the
newly - constructed D street
line. Engineer - Davis said. The
Walnut park district, ' always a
trouble zone in other years,
brought 'no complaints from the
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B
A L L A D E
of TODA V
By R. C -
Thy held a hearing Just a
week ago, at which some scores
of witnesses described how high
Willamette valley floods might
go, if funds for flood control
were ; not prescribed; now aa- '
ture takes her turn at testify
ing and valley project's friends
approve, no -doubt; we -hope
that her wholesale humidify-
ing will stop before the roads0
are all washed out:- '