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Volunteers "and Army
Engineers Used to
Move Residents
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; reported from Grand Island to
Keizer, where families appar
ently In the meat critical state
were removed and ethers who
had fowid second floor rooms
- of their homes habitable . were
to be contacted today. Evaeua
tlon or aid ia form of food and
I water was promised these per
sons today. Bed Cross elothlmr
and blankets were to be avail
able. ;f::,::r ;
No estimate of 1 the number of
families moved from their homes
was aba liable either at Red Cross
or air base of fices, as men worked
through the second night prepar
ing for morning rescue parties. .
Considerable cattle loss . was
predicted by rescue parties. The
Oregon Hop company alone lost
50 j sheep, caught in the flood
across the river from Independ-,-
ence. - -
"Another, inch would have put
out the brooder heater," said
George Rhoten as he discussed
the situationat' the Rhoten farm
: south of Roberts, where thousands
of chicks were saved because the
: water. rose no higher.
: - At the Minto hop ranch it was
- understood no severe building loss
had been sustained and the horses
and other farm stoek xhad been
moved to , the second floors of
- bams. - y".;' '"jr. -'
- Question all along, the lowlands'
was the amount of erosion which
might be expected in the fertile
flat country. " - -
Use ef Wheatland Inter-county
ferry to salvage SO cattle
In the Dayton area was author
: bed ' early .;: Saturday morning
by County Jadgee Grant' Mor
phy and William O. PowelL A
. tog was to move the ferry with
Its cargo valued at $25,000,
property of ' U. S. Alderman,
. large fann operator. . ; ;
Roads in' the Jefferson area
were largely- impassable Saturday,
but damage was reported light,
although power poles- had gone
"down .Fridays - !'- ,-,-"t
South and North: River roads
were closed and a barricade was
placed near the North Santiam
schoolhouse, where an old fill had
washed out : , ,
County shops were to remain
open today to receive cala f or aid
over telephone 8813.
OHtheHOME FRONT
By-cash, cnnjxi
Adventure stalks the heels of
; Salem's Don Madison. - '
A river boatmao, whose boat
-Saturday- lacked- powerful
enough motor to be useful' in the
heavy current of the Willamette,
' Don told County Engineer Nate
a -;V . I
rr i
Hubbs ne'd , find transportation.
' How hwgot together a boat owned
' by Dick Severin and motor be-
. longing to Dr. Hugn Dowa is
gtory which, someday may be told
I V including always how he took
' Udie little craft back to Salem Dea
eoneas hospital thinking could
operate it in the flooded base-
r.lv. But the real story Is of "the
-thrilling tilp taken with Ma boy
r who knew the country . . . be was
swell , i . wish I could tell you
" bis name. He told me, but tod
" many things - were trying to go
.: through my head.' ItMi be worth
a month's salary to take that trip,
kut I wouldn't go again in that
; UtUe boat for anything!"
Over the tops of telephone
- lines, walnat and peach or
' . eharda- now and then avoiding
a fence Unit apparently was at
' the top of a rise la the ground,
the Uttlo boat traveled aoame IS
- . r IS wiles. ' , '
Once it mixed: with, some hop
, wires and was stopped in the nick
of time. Don gives you to under
s stand that in partner- might th-
' erwioe- have- been -rut in two by
; the wire which was tightly drawn
- across his middle.
- They, or at least Mr. Madison,
' didn't know exactly where they
;: were KOMwhert back of Sen.
- Charles I McNaryV farm. ;
Once they eat thrsetgb the top
1 of some woods, wnaoked what
had. been) :a- bee r tree, Jearned "
: tieT -...-;JI"1
Further meat -shortage was pre
, r dieted by Madison; - whose big
r game hunting instincts wero
- roused by Jight-of a cow precari
v . ously perched on a hillock; -a few
. sheep floating past. I s may -add
V- that this was. afternoon, when the
crest cf . the -flood : should ' nave
. reacheCr. that portion of the river,
so the cow, no doubt, continues
to lead a useful life, the sheep,
i still living when seen by Don,
v may well have reached dry
; ground. . S.-ife- ' . .
v t-V ' rm-: V-'
One elderly couple in a house
lapped by the edge of the river
;. preferred to remain at home. An
-.other couple traveled In the Madi
. ,son party to a -point where they
; could be put on . dry. ground
V .j-aved highway,-actually. "
i'Dimcut- .
C r- :y sunset 5:SS pun. Mon
' C-y i.zriss a. m. Weather:
r. L rr-zx. temp. 59. mia. 4L FrL;
. j. i .17 ts. Sat. river Zi.9 ft
r Ciia . resinctea ox
Panorama of Flooded West Salem
S ' -v. - "-'It
king eastward on Edgewater
. pper photo) of the west end of
yfcttny rink (lower, photo) was
dynamite charges to break ap the
ran way. Statesman photos.
BuHdiiig Floor
Highway Crew;
CT (Continued from Cage 1) C
eenrred
partlea In boats small
and large braved the tarbnlent
flood waters which veteran riv
ermen ; described" as "a good
plaee to stay: eat of."
- Capt. Wallis and other tug op
era tors had gone many hours
and miles without sleep helping
rescue stranded persons and snar
ing runaway log rafts. His o
boat narrowly escaped disasflsr at
one point when It fan out of faeL
. Keith Brown, Salem industrial
ist, swam to safety when his pow
erful . eight-cylinder speedboat
capsized, after it had eaugfat on
a cable and later been taken- in
tow by fee Vanda.
Seperts freta Isolated farm
famine ponred In froaa np and
down the river, aaaary ef them.
retaetaai to . leave
then dwellings, and
Its' own ; water-sail oimded
In the Senth MIU creek
Winter street
in the Larmer warehen
at IXigh -and Liberty streets, en
fewer ClmaoMa street and
'rUi'On the river read, and ht
the tower Cherry avenae dte-
;triet. ; ' .
Many industrial plant propri
etors were attempting to cheek up
on their loas os from water dam
age to stores of paper, lumber
and canned foods, primarily,
while many? downtown
buildings nsrvmg -deep-
had' a foot r snore of backup
water, mat damaged ' mei ttrandise
and supplies. Even the two city
rest stations at State and High
streets were : flooded - out of use
fulness. i':
It was too -early Saturday night
to obtain -even specific guesses s
to individual tosses in most cas
es. Employes end employers alike
had been too busy moving goods
and snachinery to abov Ipeiwnifnt
levels. , t
Damage to the highway bridge.
whose deck ' had sagged six feet
Saturday, night, win cost' the state
highway department from $10,000
to $15,000,- R. H. Baldock. chief
engineer-estimated. He was con
sidering; the possible necessity of
erecting a .temporary trestle to
reopen travel, to West Salem if
early efforts to shore up the reg
ular approach failed. :
The city lest another bridge
to the ? ravaging of Skelton
drainage ditch Friday, this time
the 14th street crossing between
Leslie and Oak streets, a $1S00
less. City Eagineer J. H. Davis
said. It took with It a six -inch
city water mala bat water ser
vice in the; vicinity, was ) only
briefly Interrupted, aceerdlag to
Carl , Gaenther, water depart
ment maaager. Ne other water "
Tho
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street In West Salem, The Statesman
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the 1b undated Marion-Folk eouty bridge approach. Mellow Moon
Jammed firmly against the west approach to the bridge. Workers used
huge mass of wreckage m an effort to take pressure off the sagging
Breaks, Drops
Two Missing
ks damage was reported.
The same ditch eroded ten feet
of bank near -the Rosebraugh
foundry nt the fodt of South 17th
street. Its waters pouring into
Pringie park against: slack waters
from the river abetted the inunda
tion of many houses, the Deacon
ess hospital basement and the
room of the state school for
the blind.
Supt, Walter R. Dry postponed
Monday's scheduled reopening of
the blind school.
Salem's isolation lessened Sat
urday night as the Pacific high
way to the south wna reopened to
travel as far south as Eugene. Pi
lot cars were in operation south
of Harrisburg. The west side Pa
cific highway also was open to the
Lane county seat.
One-way traffic continued over
the North Santiam highway; the
South Santiam was closed again
by slides at Upper Soda.
No major power ' interruptions
occurred despite the flood, W; WJ
Hamilton, division manager of the
Portland General Electric com
pany, j said Saturday afternoon.
The company's feeder south of
Salem connecting with the Bonne
ville high line went out of set
ice early Saturday morning wfc
debris felled fire poles, but the
main supply circuits north to the
firm'a own .generating stations re
mained in-service. An emerges
connection was being set up with
the Mountain States lines at West
Salem.
Although the Portland Gas it
Coke company's gas main , to West
Salem and 'Monmouth is carried
by the Salem-West Salem bridge,;
it was holding- and service was
being i given aa usual. Manager
Leif Bergsvik reported.
Salem Electric Cooperative as
sociation, -serving many downtown
business houses in the capital, ex
pected tit have , its services re
stored today. Manager Harry Read
indicated. Radio station KSUL
deriving-. 3ts power from this
source,., was. ft; the air Friday
night and much of Saturday. The
station's1- antenna tower . on ; the
west aide of .the river was' not
reached' by the' flood waters.' 5;
Pipeline Installed' " I
A new section of pipeline was
installed Saturday to replace that
broken. ; Thursday ' when the ' last
portion ; of the Abiqua dam went
out at Silverton. Portable pump
ing equipment was put to work
there again after the installation
lifting river water to the settling
tank and on up to the reservoir
from which the city obtains its
water' supply. ;-.-."
OZEGON STATECMAIT. Ccdara.Ore.jon, Sunday ' Morning, Icmun-7XSi3
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photographer snapped this view
Reds
Deeply Into
South, West
F (Continued -from Page I) F
ward through the shell-pocked
ancient fortress of Velikie Luki
and thwarting every German ef
fort to break out of entrapmeniBurk, owner of Mellow Moon
at Rzhev,
The Germans insisted that Veli
kie Luki still was theirs despite
Russian claims to have slaughter
ed the Nazi garrison to a man in
puncturing the: main enemy de
fense line stretched from the Bal
tic to the Black sea. Berlin
acknowledged the fall of Elisia
170 miles outh. ml StaUncrad say
ing it was destroyed before the
'Russians entered.
fat the Paetfle
ekant shins In a
mi
attrition against the
Oriental
lack of shipping
wUar whloh to exploit the tieas
lands, canqnered to, the
Tbevtctories brenght to
lit the total ef Ji
by.
two large, sv
a. small cargo ship;
TK ntH.h Ttr nnv tH1 m I
bogged down m the mud of .Tuni
sia, but the Eighth army started
moving again toward Tripoli,
chasing, the Germans from . dry
water guSy 185 miles abort of the
Tripolitanian pert. The Berlin
radio predicted . imminent large
scale attacks in both Libya and
Tunisia.
; It was give, and take In the
Tunisian air. Allied planes act
large' fires at Tunis but lost eix
planes. X The Germans lost four
in three thrusts at Bone. , The
east coast ports .of ' Sfax- and
Sousse were declared heavily
damaged and the- enemy appar
ently was making no repairs.
t The army's Aleution Islands air
force,' grimly determined to .elim
inate the newest Japanese menace
at Kiska,'returned in force to mat
enemy base on New Tear's day,
shot down one of six 2erolflghiers
which attempted to intercept and
scored at least a near hit on one
small ship in the harbor.
JThis action was paralleled by
heavy American air raids the first
day of 1943 M the Solomons area
of the south .Pacific where bomb
ings were concentrated on break
ing I. up Japanese resistance on
Guadalcanal island and prevent
ing use of the Munda air base oh
New Georgia island.
' AB US planes were reported
turned from both raids.
TJS-amkmsriSiis
Papuan Fight
Not Finished
Isolated Snipers Busy;
Sanananda Area Left
Short of Lae
A (Continued from Page 1) A
by advanced allied infantrymen.
Douglas attack., planes also swept
low over the water, machine gun-
ninjr the swimming Japanese
While these ' ground troops
made-.Jthei allied:., airmen
pounded . me airdrome at Lae,
above Buna to the northwest, in
a series"of heavy 'attacks." B-36s
led Ihe -assault, dropping 1000
pounders on the runways, dis
nral havs and hangars. With
American - P-38s and Australian
Beaufighters supplying a cover-
Inar air screen.-A-20s followed m
a low level sweep over the enemy's
field. When the attack was over,
fires wfre burning all around the
airdrome.
Giving details of the air raid
on RabauL New Britain, Januaury
a spokesman said Flying Fort
resses dropped 500 pounders and
clusters of fragmentation and in
cendiary bombs on Laknnal air
drome, star'Jng fires which were
believed , to ' have destroyed: a
number of places caught on the
ground.
West Salem
Wet-But
Undefeated
By' STEPHEN C MERGLER
They waved, men, . women and
children alike, as they congregat
ed along the : Southern Pacific
tracks to welcome one of the sev
erafspeciaV abbreviated combina
tion trains a locomotive, a cou
ple of. boxcars,: and a couple of
cabooses for the first-class pas
sengers chugged along the tracks
into West Salem Saturday after
noon. ' :
The scene reminded of earlier
days in those cozy small commu-1
nities: where the coming of the!
daily train was an event not to
be missed, j - . , . v
Salem's neighboring coramuni-
ty across river was making out
right well, thank you, even though
half of its main street, Edgewater,
under ;. water to depths as
great as six feet, homes and stores
flooded out; lakes and millraces
rippling and raging over what had
been high ground, the, day before.
The train brought . groceries
milk, workmen who had
been marooned fat Salem -and
even a general's daughter, Mrs.
CeCe Ceek, who made the novel
trip from Salem to Join her fa
ther, Mai. Gen, Gilbert K. Cook,
commander of the Timber Welf
division at Camp Adair.
Hardest hit property holders
and business proprietors in West
Salem apparently were Earl C.
iuu, wwen Droxetup Saturday-
against the highway bridge,
and of the; Riverside auto park,
which lost a wash house and
smaller stnictures to the swift
Willamette; John S. Friesen, who
lost between . $2500 and $3000
worth oT box- shook held tor war
orders -at the Salem Box factory,
and the owner of the Puritan ri
der workswho got but little of
his goods from ' his establishment
before Uie river poured In.
uvuian aefe&se officials of
West Salem; supervised the caring
for at least 18 families, driven
out of their quarters In Burk's
auto court and .given the Kin
wood post, American Legion, hall
as temporary dwelling, place.
Walter Gerth, pioneer of West
Salem, said the town's new city
nau apparently was undamaged
by the flood, though muddied up
on 'the lower levels. The town's
water pumping system, which had
to.be removed from the hall
the river rose, probably will be
backin service by Sunday, Gerth
said. Meanwhile, an ample auppiy
of water was believed held in two
''
the top off the
right-of-way i
-street
of the
a Mg lake
over Wal-
for nab?
' The city park, where the town
has lone wanted to install su
swimming pool, didn't need such
fancy trimmings Saturday. It also
was a lake. '
. The West Salem townsfolk were
taking their ' cares in stride, smil
ing and making the best of It.
thankful the water .bad come no
higher.
A-1923 high water mark in the
basement of Gerth stare kt 1211
fkigewater street iiipated the of
ficial Tiver gauje records' showing
thatthe .flood- of If was ..greater
that) that of '43, he said.". -
. . - . . . -- . -
. TThere Isn,t more than an inch
difference: ; either way," : , Gerth
said, referring to level of .seepage
water.T- . -, . 1
- Pedestrians travel ". over - the
Southern Pacific trestle was lim
ited by railway officials to sol
diers Adair-bound and civilians
who could, obtain passes 1 based
upon necessity of the trip. '
To the west, the Salem-Dallas
highway was passable. .' '
Grew Reported
O f Surprise, Boob Dicclosea
B (Ctotinued -from Page -1) B
ies, "like strong wine," had Intox
icated Japan with dreams . -
"golden opportunity.
Then on January 27, Grew
informed the state department
ef "reports fromjmany soores,
: that Japanese ; military - forces
planned a 'surprise mass
ai T earl H a r b e r In case of
t r b 1 e w 1 t'hr the United
StatesJ :; ? -
i Soon Ihere alter the new Japan
ese ambassadorr Admiral Kicbisa-
buro Nomura, presentediius. cre
dentials to president Roosevelt,
and were begun to persuade f the
Jananese that their real, opport
unity; lay In collaborating, with
Britain and the v United states
aeainst the German menace. In
a conversation with; Nomura, Huu
said that "unless the civilization
of the world was to run the great
risk of being destroyed by Hitler
the united efforts of nations like
Japan. the United States and Great
Britain would be required to shape
the course of the world In . a
different direction.
Germany invaded , Russia In
June. 194L . and in July the Jap
anese moved troops into southern
Indo-China. A though on July 24
President Roosevelt received No
mura and told him the new move
by Japan in Indo-China created
an exceedingly serious problem
for the United States, he proposed
neutralization of Indo-China by
international agreement"
When, in the following month.
the president met Prime Minister
Winston Churchill at . sea in the
historic Atlantic Charter confer
ence it was agreed that the United
States should continue conversa
tions with the Japanese. But
Japanese-American relations did
not improve.
Nomura suggested they would
improve If a meeting . could be
arranged , between President
Roosevelt and Premier Prince
ftonoye, possibly aboard a Jap
anese warship. Secretary Hall
insisted an agreement In prin
ciple on at least the major far:
eastern questions should be.
reached before such a meeting.
The' Japanese repeated the In-'
vitation and finally warned
that the Koneye government
might fall If the meeting failed;
to take plaee; In which case "a
less moderate government
might take the helm. Koneye
did fall and Gen. Hidekl Teje
took over.
Ambassador Grew cabled from
Tokyo, warning of the possibility
of Japan's acting "with dramatic
and dangerous suddenness. .On
November 7 the situation' looked
so bad that Secretary Hull ad
vised the cabinet that the public
should be informed in public
speeches of the gravity of the
crisis, the report said.
But soon thereafter there ar
rived in Washington Japan's fly;
ing emissary Saburo Kurusu
and on November 17 Kurusu and
Nomura began their conferences
with H&l for negotiation of a far
eastern settlement.
The same day, November 17,
Grew again cabled urging "vig
ilance against sudden Japanese
naval or military attack.' - ,
The negotiations pursued their
futile course.
Rescue Craft
Lost in Flood
Somewhere .beneath me flood
In the Spongs landing area lies
Keith Brown's speedboat, -formerly
owned by Lee U. Eyerly.
Used as a rescue vessel.; Satur
day morning, the boat, with its
rescue party consisting of Brown
and his son, L W. DoefLewis
and Chandler Brown had picked
up Mr.- and Mrs. R. H. Myers,
their infant daughter and "Mrs;
Myers mother, when it tangled
with a cable strum? between two
trees.
: Services
of another craft were
secured to
remove the Myers fam
fly, the boafs earner, due to leave
shortly on er busineas . ,trip, and
his son. jFinally ieinoed from
the cable on which it had been
"hung up," the boat took on water
and sank. W hop it's wedged
in some trees and can be recov-
ered wl
the flood.
taewn,"
said Chandler
Adair Men Returned
Men from Camp Adair, instruct
ed Saturday afternoon to walk
across th railroad bridge and
take Imsses in West Salem to
Camp Adair, found motor service
insufficient and returned to the
capital city, where Saturday night
they were, told to travel by bus to
Albany, entrain there.
Prayer' Teek Open .1
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1
President Roosevelt today endors
ed the "universal week of prayer
which Is being sponsored by the
Federal oCuncil of the Churches
of Christ in, America, atarting
Sunday. The general theme will
be Taith Giveth the yictory
':-fV
Ila-Shili Appointed
WASHINGTON, 'Jan. 2-JP-Dr-Hu-Shh,
former Chinese ambass
ador to the United States, has
accepted appointment as -research
associate and consulate of the
American council of learned soc
ieties it was announced tonight-;
Jap Intention
Industry Loss
Hospital Hit
fi Still uncalculated .. at an early
hour this morning were Salem's
industrial losses from the wuiam
ette river flood.
..
J. i vn, ih. nram Puln andlvaee ooeratlons began mere w ,
Paper; company's paper, milLA
laiS portion-of 1600 tons of fin-
isbed paper stored j at the 'Lax-
mer warehouse and at the com
panys plant on Soum Commer-
cial street, was believed damaged
and uncovered by Insurance,
1 i -nt, intf ta 'wi:mtmI nrab
ably small, nor damage to equip -
ment could be estimated Satur-
day, X Not -until the water r: has
dropped considerably could con-
cuuon oi tne macnmery-ien onienneerg took over evacuauon.
the lower level be determined, j Hmdreds f Camp Adair sol
The outdoor sulphur - pile stood f .tMI ,arormd in Albany, were
in slack water and -was probably
noi greauy , ownagro.; .
ai uie vuuiuanj a mwtum,
motors were pulled Friday night;
SLBLSr
morenVfooT
approximately a toird of the yard
j 'v.
woodea platform from the river
Side. y r.- ---r.i ; -OH;-ry - ;-;;aj
t r nn i. hiUvMl l'
to be the r Deaconess hospital, J said late -Saturday that the Ever
where the: heating plant waa; green highway on the north side
oat ef eommlsslon, the big
kitchen too flooded far service,
cooling equipment, power cut
off and stored -food supplies
thoroughly wet. In : the water
which stood' more . than four
No estimate of. losses can be
figured until salvage can be
checked and cost of repairs de- To residents of flooded com
termined, Ff F. Wedel, manager, munities and evacuees therefrom,
said. ' From the kitchen of the these instructions were -issued
nurses home and diet kitchens
went, food to the patients who!
practically filled the recently-en-J
urged hospitaL ! .
"Everyone has been most co-
operative and kind,L declared Mr.
Wedel. Willamette university's
president. Dr. G. Herbert Smith,
offered use of Lausanne hall
kitchen equipment, which the hos
pital management said would not
be .seeded. !r Commercial estab -
liahments offered, gratia. Jood to
aid the biir ! estahliahment. TJr.
..ao. - t 1
Cross, civilian defense and -doc-
tors of the city, sought to dis-
cover what were toe hospitaTs
heeds and renorted that the jtaff
believed It could care . for the
emergency. t T' i ' ' ; t
Other Industrial losses Includ -
edj ; i . .:;;l:.1-;.';F.i-,lnfor those' in 'the
Terminal Ice & Cold Storage
company, 990 North Front - street.
five feet of water on lower tr
that may have damaged wall In-
sulationr all ' of - customers' mer- J"""" ao.cjucnrisi Duua
chandise removed ahead of the ,bove Woolworth store,
rising water. 1 (in Salem, will receive such re-
Reid Murdoch lr. mnan
vr vr..v. -...T
salvage work! to ri. . k..,
atocki of canned eood. atored k
lower floor. : primarily : a loss
through labor entailed.
Hunt Bros. Packing company.
no damage to plant or -stock, but
section of river bank washed
away, threatening small parage at I
rear of cannery bufldings.
Faulus Bros. Packing company.
unlabeled, canned .good -In base
meat levels flooded butrto be aal-
vsged with Uttle or no Iocs.
eCnllaSM T AniJtpw xeaa a.
i '-itSSTl S-SS:
Douera shut down during day Sat
urday but expected to be In oper
ation today.' . - ,
19-Year:01d;
Takes life
Jack LockharV If, recently' en
listed in' the jmy Signal' cerpa
for training here, hanged wiralf
at rthe home of lus nareats 140
Silverton road, late feturdey al
ternoon, afaerifTa and corenera
office 'announced jherew .
Apparently f happy m bis radio
school work at the old high school,
young Lockhart on Saturday car
ried to : a conclusion ' experiments
attomptod twice prevtoualy, his
mother told iavveatigatang officers.
City Cast aid men wrked vex
the body two feours. , -
Bobson PredicU -New
Trench line
NEW YOPJ Jan. tHVCover
nor. General .Pierre Doissen oi
French West Africa said Saturday
In a new year's message broad
cast oyer the Dakar-radio that the
allied - landings in North Africa
had put .France on . the,, path to
Victory oral that tomorrow we
will be on the firing line. with an
our Forces." , .:."'
Malloni Returns;:
! Pal ' MaXlon Is baik 'en' Ids
beat; the nation and the world,
as seen from Washington, ' DC
- Theabaenee en much-needed
vacation oT. this' top 'celamnlst.'
whose lines rare packed with
accurate rpeerting and at times
astounding foresight, 'brenght
many iaaniriea to The States
man as to whether or not his
daily" colnmns had been Clscon
tlnaed. They have "net, and The
Statesman hopes It will be able
to eenUnae ' tegularly present-
' lag Mr. IXaHonS eemmeats.
iLovcr Hive:1
Floods Bants
Lower Sections Hit,
But Level Drops'
. Toward North
g (Continued from Page 1) B
structure on a dam at Oregon
city was carried away.
At r.mrna the river dropped
five feet. It Is expected to be back
i - ---- . . c,,
army engineers ryeyed dange
expected to run Into f mUlions of
dollars. It was tne worst
- 1 there In 15 years.
seventh flood fatality was
i reported la the miaaie viuej
I n,t,AM- jnhn Heffner. a fanner,
I M-nMi after a rowboat cap
1 sized.
Emergency food shipments were
fxa the thousands of homeless,
A ue ; Albany area army
I jetuurned to camp by a special
I frafn maiins! room in tne puduc
, .m r nrivate . names.
where been housed, for
the incoming evacuees
"itween
ed la Oregon ce. bwe
Marshfield and Coquille on the
coast where water stood over the
bkhw-" -
I The l Washington state
of the river had been reopen eo.
Flooded Areas
Instructed by
I Hrrrltn OltlCGrfl
- - - , -
Saturday night:
AU drinking water should be
boiled until the source Is known
jto be clean. Wells should, be
I cleaned by use of some purifying
solution. Chloride -of lime Is ap'
I proved and used widely for this
I purpose In the east; simple Qorox
1 of Purex is satisfactory, if approx-
I imately one-half cup is poured
I into well and water pumped out
luntn chlorine taste Is gone. Don't
I drink the water, but it may be
I nut on the toncue. . ' . ' . . !
1 1V' W T CfMia
L ' County Health Officer.
Register as soon as possible
I your current needs, your losses.
condition of property, etc- with
I your nearest Red Cross represen-
j tahve. MrsT Hal. Wiley at the Jef-;
1 ferson drugstore wlU take such
Talbot - Jefferson district r Mrs.
I "ton Hoyfser, route three, Is to
receive It from the Oroville-Riv-
rid area. The county chapter
I rom nearer areas and those
north of the city.
1 Sucn registration will aid the
.Crc workers to determining ,
JLV?11 .? ffer nd
will be of - considerable value in
tne task of rehabilitation. .
Ceocge Roeaman, Marion County
Red Cross Chapter Chairman.
Irl S. McSherry, Disaster
CThairman ler County Bed
Cross.
Holiday Toll
-Io Jrersoii3
By The AssocUtad Press
Wartime restrictioo. . JTii
the-buaineas of ataying on
the Job helped th w
Jr 7 o
the-safest in years. - -
tf5?.WWe 184 Wn'r deaths
unfcd la an Associated Press
unrey Satarday nlghV of which
5?iTEJ? -ts and
dr!E!i'00tiI,1 tbbinga,
cwShgs, falls and by auffoca
on. Jeauary z, 1942 the
New. Year's total wag ICS, , of
TO m were traffic deaths.
ment Closecl
On Rood Control
;The Willamette vaUeys Nw "
anot -fgurn
d SaSrday! ?pn ddar-
ProJeclJ1 w vcn
SSTSw the
le?onaS? '
tmr. sold he ha5 -been''
r Rep. Jae.V!ot;d-
Ptt'"a2?fnd- f 443
vcuated from PiuSi
nounced today bt L1 Wa. n
er, of toeWesSLlf
roup already bTmW JT' The
m C3ucot mr,A cenier
nd Drew
Arkansas.
counties,
c Herd
Smith.- hxutliM v e ' h y
eaa filer, a elS Br -Arl-
wrial adventure! lllT Ia
t ... -
ccorchy-