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Baby Carriage
Used at Front
And no Wisecracks; War
Correspondent Tells
of Visit to Line
By JOHN LLOYD
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES
ON THE WESTERN FRONT
i (Correspondence of the Associ
ated Press) Would you expect.
Trston a trip to the
t, western front, to
s:flnd a soldier
pushing his war
,bahy carriage?
I can assure
yon it happened.
, - "V "If Ton will re-
iVL , rard this as a
letter home I'll
chat of what
saw on a swing
through the
-. - John U07A front lines In
'"this sevenths month of tha Euro
pean war. '
Aa regards the baby carriage.
I do not mean to make light of
the war. Rather, the thought
that struck me when I saw it
was that, here and now. It ran't
a question of appearances, but of
'the best means to an end.
War Kit Is Heavy
Where the soldier found the
(perambulator I can't say. When
I saw him he was in a file of
troops wending their way toward
the front. The front was near
enough so that the men had to
wear their helmets.
The war kit is made up of a
-mass of necessaries that must
weight all of 50 pounds. Aside
from the rifle there are cart
ridges, cooking utensils, a
blanket, side arms and heaven
knows what more.
This fellow. In the middle of
the troop, calmly was wheeling
his kit in the baby cart. The
officer at the head of the file
didn't object. The other men
seemed merely to think that he
was luckier than they.
When you get near enough to
the line you find a lot or vacated
towns and villages. Anything the
people left in their houses re
mains untouched. But they simply
discarded a lot of stuff.
Every bit of such abandoned
material is made use of. Even
baby carriages. Apart from the
one I saw the soldier wheeling
there was another doing Its bit
ltl a barricade.
; A captain at one of the front
sectors loaned us some helmets ( I
doubt If the soldiers they be
longed to liked the Idea) and
took us up to show us his ad
vance lines.
Sees German Lines
First he took us to an obser
vation post, from whera we could
see the point to which his lines
extended and the German lines
began. Then we went by car to
the edge of a forest, got out and
started plodding.
There was a crest and we had
to negotiate it through a trench
because if we showed on top
somebody on the other side might
take a shot at us. We walked
and walked and finally we came
to a place where soldiers had
scooped out a shelter, beamed It
up, and transformed it into as
warm and cozy a nook as one
could wish one, I mean, who is
at war and considers comforts
relatively.
About 20 men constituted the
outpost. They actually were
cheerful. The captain with us
- said sympathetically: "It's been
i tough sledding for you lately
oat .here." (The French equiva
lent, of course). And they grinned
.hack and replied: "Oh, not bad,
captain, not bad."
' ' I'll quote the conversation.
.Captain: "How far did that
German patrol get the other
day?-
Sergeant in charge of the post:
"Look, my captain, they were
just over there!" (Not mere than
150 yards.)
Captain: "Did you get a chance
at them?"
Sergeant: "Oh, yes, we opened
up on them. We didn't have as
clear a range as the fellows up
the line, though. They're the
ones who got them.?
Party Is Surprised
It waa explained that a group
of Germans, out on a reconnolt
ering expedition, had been stir
1 1 ised and that their cries dis
closed some of them had been
wounded by machine gun fire.
They got away, taking their
wounded with them.
While we were tramping
around there was a sudden burst
of Intense fire. Outside of that
a few cannon shots, nothing hap
pened. "It was a calm day, the calm
est I've seen in a long while."
the captain reported when we
went back to headquarters.
Coming: back, we passed a
cemetery where some 200 crosses
marked the. burial place of men
who died in the "war to end
war' 22 or more years ago.
Peter Zimmerman
Will Be Candidate
Peter Zimmerman, here from
; Yamhill Tuesday, indicated he
would be a candidate either for
state treasurer . or state senator
from Yamhill county at the pri
mary election.
Zimmerman previously served
in the state senate. He Is a repub
lican, i
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"Murder Gang" Informers Tell of Operations
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Anthony
Held with several others as members of a "murder
ring" which killed for one dollar or more, Anthony
Maffatore, left, and Abraham Levine. center, give
Justices Inspect
Baseball Machine
Presence of Game Device
Believed not Proper
by Jurists
Oregon supreme court pustices
were not agreed yesterday as to
whether the presence of a so
called "baseball game" machine in
the court chamber was proper.
On entering the chamber to
hand down their weekly grist of
opinions one Justice said that
while the machine would not con
taminate him he felt the device
had no business being there. He
added that the rules of the court
prohibited exhibits and that the
judges hear cases solely on their
merits. Other justices joined in
the argument.
One or two of the Judges got
down off the bench to inspect the
machines but hastily retreated
when they noticed newspaper re
porters in the chamber.
The machine was the type of
device involved in the case of W.
R. Fuller, Portland, who was ar
rested charged with its operation
in violation of the state's gaming
laws. The Multnomah county cir
cuit court dismissed the case
against Fuller whereupon the
state appealed to the supreme
court. Arguments of attorneys
were heard in the supreme court
Tuesday afternoon.
No attempt was made to remove
the machine during the argu
ments. Principal questions Involved in
the arguments was whether the
machine was solely for amusement
or whether there was an element
of chance.
The "baseball machine" game
is operated without reward or
prizes.
Auto Involved in
Slaying Is Found
EVERETT, Wash., March 26.-(P)-Piscovery
at Portland, Ore.,
of the automobile of two Californ
ians whose bodies were found
near here several days ago was
reported today while the sheriff's
investigation of the double killing
was at a standstill here.
The bludgeoned and garroted
victims in the killing were Cyril
Louis Abies. 28, and Allen Allin
son. about S2. The coroner report
ed they were killed last November
at a heavily wooded spot. Both
were former residents of T a f t ,
Reseda and Van Nuys, Calif.
Detective Sergeant William
Browne of Portland reported Al
linson's car waa found in a garage
where it was left December 15.
The investigation here was
without developments as sheriff's
officers active in the case were
detained in court for a homicide
trial.
Anti-Trust Laws
Apply to Unions
US Judge Rules
WASHINGTON, March 2-;p)-Scouting
any idea that trade un
ions enjoy a blanket exemption
from the Sherman anti-trust law.
Federal District Judge Peyton
Gordon today upheld the action of
the justice department in invok
ing the law against a union al
leged to have restrained trade
during a jurisdictional dispute.
Leaders of the American Fed
eration of Labor who have been
critical of methods used by the
justice department in its anti
trust campaign in the building
construction field have contended
that unions are exempt from the
anti-trust law. though subject to
prosecution under other laws.
But Justice Gordon said that
the Sherman act applies to labor
unions in cases where their objec
tives are not "legitimate" and
where they use unlawful means to
attain the objectives.
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NEWARK. NJ., March 2S-JF)-Gayton
A. Rotunda awoke today,
sneezed, stretched and blinked.
Beside him in bed was a pigeon.
Investigation of the feathered
intruder disclosed on identifica
tion band bearing the legend
"IF 38-S70914."
The owner, said Rotunda, may
retrieve "IF Etc." by calling at
34 Mt. Prospect avenue.
TUCKAHOE, NY- March
-JP)An unidentified person
aent a dollar bill attached to a
post card oat which was Inscrib
ed his belief that "people are
honest especially mail ear
Hers.M The card and the dollar bill
were received Id Twckaboe post
office today.
Carrier Michael Gemtile esti
mated the nBConcealed bill had
beeat throKgh at least SO post
office employee' hands since it
was mailed la Chicago Satar
day.
ASHLAND. ME., March
-Farmer Whit Martin became
slightly peeved after -digging his
mail box out of the snow several
times after a snow plow passed
his home. So he nailed the box
to a gable on his barn and set up
a ladder for the carrier to ascend.
Tough Army Chief
Balks Revolution
(Continued from Pago 1)
he saw a presidential aide com
ing with an order for his arrest.
Most of the revolters were
shepherded back into barracks,
under arrest, while thousands of
government supporters, summoned
by radio, milled noisily in the
central plaza of La Paz, shouting
"vivas" for the presidency.
The revolt waa regarded as an
expression of dissatisfaction with
the election, March 10, of the
government candidate for presi
dent. General Enrique Penaranda,
former head of the army. Gen
eral Penaranda is to take over
from Quintanilla on April 16.
This election was billed by the
government as a harbinger of re
stored constitutional government
in Bolivia. The provisional re
gime of Quintanilla was estab
lished only last August 23 after
Lieut. Col. German Busch, dictator-president,
had died of a
bullet wound said to have been
self-inflicted. Busch, himself
took power after the revolution
of July 13, 1937, and suspended
part of the constitution.
Fruit Grower not
Eligible for FSA
Loan Says Ruling
WASHINGTON, March 26.-()
-The farm security administra
tion notified Senator McNary (R
Ore) today it could not increase
the rehabilitation loan limit to
aid fruit growers in Oregon.
"Because we are not engaged
in a purely production credit pro
gram and because our rehabilita
tion funds are limited," the FSA
told McNary in a letter, "it will
not be possible to expand our loan
program for orchardists."
The Apple Growers association
of Hood River and other organiz
ations had asked McNary to ask
the FSA to increase its loan limit
from $5,000 to $7,500 explaining
many growers wished to rehabil
itate their orchards and the small
er amount was not sufficient.
"Financing of specialized farm
ing on a large commercial scale,
such as Is carried on by these
growers," the FSA said, "cannot
be considered as coming within
the field of our rural rehabilita
tion, program."
Oregon Will Get Usual
Federal Aid, Is Report
EUGENE, March 26-;!P)-Carl I.
Rynearson, Pacific Highway asso
ciation president, returned from
Washington, DC, today with the
report that Oregon stands a good
chance of getting Its usual $5.
000,000 share of the federal aid
highway appropriation.
Centennial Meet Set
The Salem Centennial commis
sion executive committee will
meet at the Marion hotel at 8
o'clock Thnrsday night. Mayor
W. W. Chad wick, president, an
nounced yesterday. Reports on
committee assignments will be
mad.
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New York, details of more than 15 murders at
tributed to the gang.
Snell Says State
Is Huge Business
Kiwanis Club Told State
Handles $77,000,000
Annually
Oregon state government is a
business which handles about
$77,000,000 biennially. Earl
Snell, secretary of state, pointed
out yesterday in an address to the
Salem Kiwanis elub at its regular
noon luncheon.
The state, he said, through the
land board and the veterans' state
aid commission, is the largest
land owning and loaning agency
operating within its own con
fines. The veterans' commission alone,
h pointed out, is the largest real
estate business within Oregon,
having loaned $10,000,000, and
holding title to $3,000,000 in
property and $2,500,000 in bonds
and securities.
Of the total Income expended
by the state government during
the period between legislative
sessions, the secretary of state
said, about $17,000,000 is spent
directly from moneys accruing
from property taxes. The remain
ing $60,000,000 is spent through
the self-sustaining subdivisions
of the state government, which
have .revenue sources of their
own.
Snell contrasted Oregon, with
an $8,000,000 balance in Us gen
eral fund, to Washington, with a
$6,000,000 deficit and California,
with a shortage of $60,000,000.
"This state," he said, "has re
tired over $34,000,000 in bonds
during the last few years, and
now has a bonded indebtedness
of only $38,000,000, of which
$16,000,000 is comprised in high
way bonds."
The secretary paid tribute to
the people of the state, to the
resolute character of whom he at
tributed a determination not to
go into -permanent public debt.
Liberalized Farm
Credit Advocated
WASHINGTON, March 26-HiP)
-Declaring that 200,000 farm
mortgages have been foreclosed in
the last 10 years. Secretary Wal
lace endorsed "in the main" to
day a farm credit reorganization
plan which would give Federal
Land bank borrowers lower inter
est rates and readjust both prin
cipal and interest in hardship
cases.
The bill would, among other
things, lower the interest rate on
both Federal Land bank and
Land Bank commissioner loans to
3 per cent. They are now S and
4 per cent respectively.
The measure also would pro
vide for scaling down the prin
cipal of mortgages on "over-burdened"
property, would permit
the spreading out of loan repay
ment so as to reduce annnal in
stallments, would relieve borrow
ers from taking out 5 per cent of
their loans In Federal Land bank
stock, would provide for recall of
present Land bank stock and for
new issues of government-guaranteed
bonds.
Grandmother Is
Unable to Help;
2 Children Burn
CLEBURNE, Tex. March 26-C-Two
children were burned to
death today while their grand
mother, Mrs. J. R. Matthews, tried
desperately to rescue them.
Mrs. Matthews, driven back by
tbe flames, said she heard 5-year-old
Tommy Matthews crying
"Grandma. Grandma!" she had
kicked in a door of the flaming
house. The child was at a win
dow. The house yas a "solid mass
of flames," she said.
"I saw little Tommy trying to
crawl through the window and he
was crying 'Grandma, Grand
ma!' "
Tearfully, she added:
"But I'm an old lady and I Just
couldn't make it."
Tommy and bis two-year-old
sister. Donna Faye, perished in
the blaze. They had been asleep.
The girl's body was found In em
bers under a cabinet where she
apparently had crawled to escape
the fire.
Shaffer Is Candidated
PORTLAND, Ore., March 26-(iP)-Miller
J. Shaffer, Portland
business man, filed for the state
legislature from Multnomah coun
ty today, subject to the republi
can primary.
Oregon, Vfmdntdaj Morning,
Carson Enters
House Contest
sTad" Shelton Turn in
His Name for Return
as Assessor Here
(Con tinned from page 1)
years. He was appointed assessor
by the connty court in April,
1935, following the death of As
sessor Oscar Steelhammer, and
was elected to the office in the
following year. He offered no bal
lot statement other than "present
incumbent."
First republican to file for the
recordership now held hy Mildred
Robertson Brooks, Mrs. Cox pled-
red an "efficient and economic
administration."
Carson's was the fourth repub
lican filing for the legislature
from Marion county. Ahead of
him were L. M. Ramage Salem;
George R. Duncan, incumbent,
Starton, and H. R. "Farmer"
Jones, Salem. Expected to file
before next Monday night are
John F. Steelhammer, Salem;
R. J. Berning, Mt. Angel, and Eu
gene Flnlay, Jefferson. Francis
E. Manley, Salem, is the only dem
ocrat who has declared his inten
tion to seek a legislative nomlna
tion here.
Only One Assessor
Candidate in Pronpect
Assessor Shelton is unopposed
on the republican ticket. The dem
ocratic central committee's com
mittee on primary candidates was
reported late last week as not in
tending to propose anyone for this
office.
Whether or not Mrs. Cox will
have an opponent at the primaries
was uncertain yesterday. Mrs
Brooks, recorder for many years,
was non-committal, and Ethel M.
Nile8, deputy in the office, would
not confirm reports that she
might be a candidate. Albert Egan
of Brooka has filed for the demo
cratic nomination.
Mrs. Cox is the widow of the
late Chester M. Cox, who was for
many years an assistant cashier
of Ladd it Bush bank.
At least one more candidate for
county commissioner, Henry Wer
ner of Silverton, is expected to
file this week. He is a republican.
Endeavorers Plan
Rally on April 12
The executive meeting: of the
Marion county Christian Endeavor
was held last night at the YMCA.
President Marvin Senter waa in
charge.
Plans were made for attend
ance and demonstration at the
state convention in Dallas, April
18-21. Preconventlon rallies will
be at Stay ton, March 29, and Sa
lem, April 12.
Reports were given by officers
and by representatives from First
Christian, Court Street Christian,
and Englewood Unied Brethren
churches, all of Salem; Christian
and Evangelical churches of Jef
ferson: Stayton Christian; Mill
City Presbyterian, and Silverton
Christian churches.
Officers present were Bernice
Gay, Mary Kruger, Bob Neal, Opal
Yates, Roberta Bostwlck, Gordon
Randall. Grace Klampe and Rev.
James A. Smith, county pastor
counselor. Peace Leadership
Held Woman's Job
NOG ALES, Sonora, Max., March
2.-JP)-Mrs. Saldle Orr Dunbar,
Portland, Ore., president of the
General Federation of Women's
clubs, urged American women to
night to employ "reason and In
fluence in efforts to "keep our
nation away from the battle
fields."
Addressing the banquet meet
ing of the annual convention of
the Arizona Federation of Wom
en's clubs, Mrs. Dunbar declared
that "American women must
think peace and talk peace" if the
neutrality of the United States is
to be preserved.
She asked American club
women to keep their contacts with
women of other lands, asserting
that "the women of the world are
looking to American women for
leadership."
Explosion Occurs
(Jn Destroyer; one
Sailor Is Missing
NEWPORT, RI, March 26.-;p-An
explosion in an after deck
house of the US navy's neutrality
destroyer King today left one
sailor missing apparently blown
overboard and six others burned,
one critically.
Captain William S. Farber, com
mander of the neutrality patrol
unit to which the King was as
signed, said the blast appeared to
have been caused by some form
of gas, which ignited in an un
determined manner.
Naval sources said that Richard
Carl Oehlert of Denver, Colo.,
fireman first class, was missing
and that he probably had been
thrown over the ship's side by
the force of the explosion.
So far as was known, none of
the injured was in the house. It
waa believed they were walking
on the deck nearby and flames
spurted through the crushed bulk
head burning them.
The house, although of metal
construction, was not armor
plated.
Drama Slated April 7
Repeat performance of t h e music-drama
"There Is no Death" is
scheduled at the First Presbyter
ian church for Sunday night,
April 7, and not next Sunday night
as previously announced. The
production, written and directed
by George Lee Marks, was given
before a capacity audience at the
First Presbyterian church Easter
Sunday night.
March 27. 1940
Date for Nehalem
Power Ballot Set
The state hydroelectric com
mission yesterday fixed May 17,
the date of the Oregon primary
election for holding a special elec
tion on petitions for creation of
the Nehalem basin peoples utility
district.
The district Is located in Wash
ington and Columbia counties and
embraces 83 square miles. The
population is 5300 and the assess
ed valuation $1, 536.71a.
Dies Demands
list of 'Reds'
Will Put 'Em all in Jail
if He Doesn't Get it,
Chairman Insists
WASHINGTON, March 26-(?5)-Rep.
Dies (D-Tex) warned to
night that he would seek to have
every communist leader in the
United States sent to jail for con
tempt unless they furnish his com
mittee on unAmerican activities
with a complete list of communist
party members.
He said he had information that
members of the party were acting
as secret agents for Moscow and
sending American military and in
dustrial secrets to soviet author
ities. To halt such activities, he
held, it was necessary that the na
tion know the names of the esti
mated 100,000 party members in
this country.
"It's a mighty strange thing
that this government can't get the
information on people within its
own boundaries when a foreign
government already has it," Dies
said.
"We're going to try to get all
the communist leaders to come
before our committee, and they
will be asked to supply the names.
It they don't, we will institute con
tempt proceedings against them.
Tbe law will permit the govern
ment to keep them in jail if they
don't talk."
Same for Fascists
The Texan said that he pro
posed to follow the same course
with reference to nasi and fascist
groups.
Dies cited these three reasons
why the membership of the for
eign organizations should be
known:
1. Communist leaders had tes
tified before the committee that in
a United States-Russian war, they
would support Russia fhd "Do ev
erything to cripple us."
2. "There is no reason why a
foreign government should have
our secrets" and thereby take
away the "advantage of the prog
ress this country has made."
3. Government agencies and in
dustrial plants would be able to
"spot the foreigners and get rid
of them."
Canal Trip Made
By British Liner
BALBOA, Canal Zone, March
2 6. -(A3) Completing a cautious,
nine hour and 15 minute trip
through the Panama Canal, the
somber, gray-camouflaged British
liner Mauritania tied up here at
7 p. m. EST. today oil her way on
a secret war mission in the Pa
cific. The 35.739-ton liner Britain's
fifth largestwill pause here long
enough to replenish her fuel sup
plies before heading into the Pa
cific for what many believe ulti
mately will be tbe Job of ferrying
troops between Australia and
the near east. Her departure was
expected during the night.
YOUR FINANCIAL'
ARE NOT SOLVED BY WORRY..
Of POSTLAN
M I M II I rieilAl
Liberal Sweep
Minns Policy
MacKenzie King Regime
Handed Near-Record
Honse Majority
(Continned from Page 1.)
dorsement of his war effort, the
liberals had 169 seats, conserva
tive 39, social credit 15, and the
Cooperative Commonwealth Fed
eration 7,
The first returns from Alber
ta showed that tbe liberals were
continuing their triumphal march.
Eleven cabinet ministers, one
from Alberta, bad been reelected
late tonight.
The ballots of some 90,000 sold
iers, sailors and airmen, almost a
thirH nt ihpm in England-will not
be reported for another week; to
nights returns are oasea on m
civilian vote alone.
The government's war program
has been under attack by the op
posltlon conservative party and
by the dissident liberal, Mitchell
Hepburn, premier of the province
of Ontario, as weak and ineffi
cient. It was the first general election
since Oct. 14, 1935. Supporters of
Dr. Manion argued that only a
national government formed with
out regard for party lines could
prosecute the war effectively.
The liberals replied, however,
that If they did not win a major
ity of the 244 parliamentary seats
they would not take part In the
new government.
Barlow Bomb Has
Plenty of Power
(Continued from page 1)
Middle river. Barlow fired a steel
jacket filled with the explosive
from a makeahlft mortar against
a atael plate to prove it could not
be exploded by impact.
To climax the performance he
fired a five-pound charge 1600
feet into the air, recovered It af
ter it crashed harmlessly to earth,
then exploded it with tbe electric
detonator, similar to that used in
other explosives. The wall of a
nearby ahack was ripped away by
the blast.
New Plane Policy
Will Be Outlined
WASHINGTON, March ti-ypy-A
new government policy, which
is expected to speed delivery of
prospective allied orders for $1.
000.000,000 in warplanes. Is to be
laid before American plane and
engine manufacturers tomorrow.
It was learned tonight that more
than a score of representatives of
the industry had been summoned
to confer with war and navy de
partment officers and other offi
cials. The conference coincides with
the opening tomorrow of an inves
tigation of plane sales by a house
military affairs committee. War
department spokesmen have pre
pared to testify that the armed
services expect to benefit substan
tially from a revised policy liber
alizing the aale of planes to for
eign countries. They take the po
sition that an arrangement per
mitting Great Britain and France
to acquire planes which the army
air corps had ordered would aave
several million dollars and assure
later delivery of Improved models
for American defense forces.
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Murder Charged,
Gold Beach Man
0 OLD BEACH, March 2S-(;p)-A
second-degree murder charge
was placed Monday against Frank
Pennington, Gold Beach, in the
death of Harry Hawkins.
Pennington Is accused of stab
bing Hawkins, part Indian, in an
argument yeaterday over 60 cents.
Franco-Soviet
Breach Likely
Statements in Telegram
Declared Reason He's
not Acceptable
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Adolf Hitler of tbe advantage a
prolonged governmental crisis
might have given him.
"M. Hitler's opportunity would
have come if he had seen emerge
from the series of ministerial cris
is In France a weak government
cut off from the manses of the na
tion and incapable of leading the
country." Reynaud declared. "But
that danger has been avoided."
Reynaud aald that he was now
concentrating on "results" and
that he believed these results
would bring him wider support.
MOSCOW, March 27-Wednes-day)-(iiP)-Tass,
Soviet Russian of
ficial news agency, said in a stste
ment today Russia had recalled
her ambassador to France, Jakob
Surlts.
Tass said the action was taken
in response to the French govern
ment's request. The statement said
'the French had declared Surlts no
longer would be acceptable because
of certain statements in a tele
gram signed by him and delivered
to a telegraph office in Paris for
transmission to Joseph Stalin
when the Russo-Finnlsh peace was
concluded.
Rainfall Is Heavy
And More Coming
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coast today and drenched Oregon.
Winds reaching a velocity of
between 65 to 75 miles an hour
hampered shipping from the
Strait of Juan de Fuca to southern
Oregon, and tbe Rogue river val
ley experienced one of the year's
heaviest rains.
Six Inches of wet snow fell at
Crater Lake park during the
night, bringing tbe total snow on
the ground to 100 Inches. Park
toads were open but chains were
necessary.
Umbrellas replaced Easter bon
nets in Portland after .7$ of an
inch of rain fell during a 24-hour
period ending at 7 a.m. The down
pour continued during the after
noon. The government weather bu
reau forcasted for more rain and
moderate temperatures tomorrow.
Precipitation measurements in
cluded Falls City 2.35 Inches,
Summit, west of Corvallls, 1.64,
Brookings 1.49. Wlllamlna 1.26,
Eugene .52, and Pendleton .27.
GOVERNMENT, CAMP, Mount
Hood, March 26-(JP-A six-inch
blanket of new snow covered
Mount Hood early today, aa rain
turned to snow upon hitting the
mountain's cold slopes.
US Veterinarian Killed
PENDLETON. March 26-py-An
automobile-truck collision
killed Dr. Ward Meyer, 27. federal
veterinarian, on the Pendleton
Echo highway today.