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The house committee on agri
culture defeated the Fulmer bill
to remove federal taxes on mar
garine. The northern dairying in
terests proved too strong for the
southern cottonseed and soybean
i interests. This controversy re
minds me of an incident in the
life of Columbus. Returning to
Spain after his fourth voyage to
America, he waited at Seville for
an invitation to visit the court of
King Ferdinand, Queen Isabella
having died- Finally the summons
came, and Columbus, who was old
end afflicted with arthritis, faced
the problem of how to get there.
He tried to rent a royal hearse
that belonged to the cathedral, but
that plan fell through. iThen he
sought permission to go mule
back. His biographer writes:
"The - Andalusian horse-interests,
it appears, had become so
alarmed at the increasing employ
ment of mules as saddle animals
that-a law had been passed for
bidding their use for that pur
pose. Columbus believed he could
endure the gentle gaits of a mule,
but not the somewhat jittery pac
es of an Andalusian horse; so he
applied to the king for a mule
permit, and it was granted."
' As in old Spain there was the
collision of interest between the
horse- and mule-raisers," so in
the United States we have a con
troversy, between the dairy; and
creamerymen and the producers
and processors of cottonseed and
soybeans, with the former the vic
tor in the most recent battle in
the congress.
2 Margarine," formerly composed
chiefly of animal fats or of tropi
cal vegetable oils, is made from
domestic vegetable oils, with vita
mins added to bring up its food
value. The legal discriminations
against margarine include excise
taxes of Vac per pound for un
colored and 10c per pound for
colored margarine, plus federal
manufacturer's, wholesaler's and
retailer's license fees. In some
states, though not in Oregon, there
is an added state excise tax; and
some states, Oregon included, for
bid the sale of colored margarine,
although practically all butter
now. manufactured and sold is col
ored in the making.
The issue of legislative discrim
ination has become more acute
due to the present - shortage; of
butter, and its high point Value in
rationing. As a result consumption
margarine has greatly increas-
ed, up 80 per cent in August as
compared.. with the same month
last year. (Continued on editorial
page.) "
Strong Says
Axis Stocked
For Long War
' WASHINGTON, Nov. 12- UP) -Army
intelligence, firing a set of
figures at optimism, . said today
that Germany and Japan are still
bo strong, so well stocked and sit
uated, that if we take things too
easy "we may iind that our op
portunity for victory" has van
ished. t In fact, said Gen. George V.
Strong, acting chief of the mili
tary intelligence division, in a re
port released on capitol hill, the
Germans are stronger now than
in 1939 and the real fight against
the Japanese is only starting.
"Our main advantage In the
struggle Is our ability to produce
weapons." be said. "If, through
unwillingness to face facts, we
give up this advantage. If
through over-optimism we slow
down production and relax our
efforts, we may find that our
opportunity for victory has es
caped us permanently."
Strong's review, stacking up
point by point the things still
blocking the roads to Berlin and
Tokyo, previously had been given
to house members in secret ses
sion. , It. presented the same danger-
in-relaxing case he argued last
September before a conference of
Industrial ' and labor leaders ' and
newspaper executives, and its re
lease anew and in detail, gave em
Dhasis through repetition. ;
Starting with Germany, here is.
;what Strong emphasized, on the
basis of reports to military intelli
gence officers:
. Fighting manpower The nazis
liave more than 300 well trained
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German Losses .
Heavy at Leros
By WILLIAM McGAFFIN :
CAIRO, Nov. 12-0P)-Hundreds
ef Germans were killed securing
eachheads in a nazi invasion of
the IJritish-held Aegean island of
Leros today as British and pro
ellied Italians fought side by side
in a grim battle to throw the in
vaders back into the sea.
: Other German landing parties
jvere more successful, however,
Succeeding in setting foot on the
island, principally in- the north
eastern corner at Pasta Di Sotto
f nd , Appetid. Other landings, it
was reported, 'were made in 'the
0asX and southeast.
NINETY THIRD YEAR -10
mobs .Jtv'iUng.
In Beirut Streets
Feeling Is High
Following Arrest
Lebanon Chiefs
By STEPHEN BARBER
CAJRO, Nov. 12
(AP)- Fierce street dis
orders in Beirut, capital of
Lebanon, were described
tonight by a traveler who
said ? public feeling was
running higher by the
hour over the arrest of the
small republic's president,
premier, and some cabinet
members. , . t
The traveler, ; who was
in Beirut today, said inhabitants
had barricaded the Moslem quar
ter and advised French authori
ties that if they wanted to enter
they would have to use force.
. The French called out light
tanks this morning, the eyewitness
related.
I was standing by, astonished,
when the first tank plunged at
the barricade, he said. "One
stuck ; and was jammed in the
debris, and immediately 'jampot'
bombs appeared and set it afire.
"As I watched Lebanese civil
ians; hurling bombs, a little man
beside me tapped my arm, smiled
and said: "Please move over a lit
tle'. The traveler said the little man
then heaved a. home-made gren
ade at the tank.
He said a French officer had
told him two French- officers, one
of them a captain, had been killed.
Lebanon's executives were ar
rested in connection with the re
public's attempt to gain fidl sov
ereignty in the French mandate.
This morning, a women's dem
onstration led by the half-English
wife of a Lebanese deputy was
staged outside the British mission,
the traveler said. The women, in
orderly fashion, registered pro
tests and marched around for four
hours.
By RICHARD G. MASSOCK
LONDON, Nov. 12 -iJPy- The
French committee of national lib
eration, headed by Gen. Charles
De Gaulle, announced tonight a
few hours after the British gov
ernment urged it to end the strife
in -Lebanon, that it was sending
Gen. Georges Catroux, commis
sioner of state, to Beirut with full
power to settle the situation.
The committee's announcement
of Catroux' departure, ' issued in
Algiers, was the first official rec
ognition there of the troubled Le
banese situation.
President Roosevelt's arbitra
tion of the dispute over the little
eastern Mediterranean republic's
attempt to attain full sovereignty
independent of the French man
date was proposed today by the
British-owned Cairo newspaper,
Bourse Egyptienne.
Following its protest against the
French action, taken without Brit
ish knowledge, the London gov
ernment instructed Sir Harold Al
fred MacMillan, British commander-in-chief
in Palestine, to
pursue the matter with the French
committee of national liberation.'
Cumberland Mine
Strike Settled
CUMBERLAND, BC, Nov; 12
(CP) Cumberland miners voted
tonight to return to work, thus
ending in British . Columbia the
12-day-old walkout called by the
United Mine Workers of America
on a wage scale dispute.
The Cumberland miners voted
161 to 60 to go back to work,
with many of the TOO affected not
taking: part in the voting. They
will return to the pits at midnight
next Sunday, Just two weeks
from the time they answered the
strike call. :
The Cumberland vote followed
similar action by 550 miners . at
Nanaimo south of here, who de
cided to return to work Monday
morning.
Farragut to Have
Fire Fighting School ,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12- () -Provision
for establishment of a
fire! fighting school at the Farra
gut naval station in northern Ida
ho has been approved by the sec
retary of the navy, Senator Clark
CD. Idaho) announced today.
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Salem.
Soviets
Take 100
Towns
Advance Steadily
Toward Pre-War
Polish Border
By JUDSON O'QUINN
LONDON, Saturday, Nov. 13
-(JPy-The Russians threw their
cavalry into their semi-circular
offensive from Kiev yesterday,
reaching to within 15 miles of
the rail junction of Zhitomir
and capturing 100 towns as
they steadily pushed the nazis
nearer to the pre-war Polish
border, Moscow said today.
The early morning commu
nique, broadcast by Moscow
and recorded by the Soviet moni
tor, said cavalry was used to by
pass and surprise the Germans as
the Russians captured Korosty
shev on the main railway from
captured Kiev to the rail junction
objective of Zhitomir. Twenty
four guns, 300 trucks and other
war supplies were taken, along
with prisoners.
, Soviet troops, fighting north
east of Kerch, in an assault on
- the blockaded Crimea, smashed
a nazi flotilla try inr to evacu
ate the beaten Germans and
seat them : to their death by
drowning. On land, 1506 Ger
man bodies were left strews on
the battlefield.
Soviet forces also captured a
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House Slates
Tax Debate
WASH INGTON, Nov. 12 -OP)
House debate on the new $2,142,
900,000 tax bill will begin No
vember 22 with proposed increases
in liquor excises and postal rates
likely to be the main target of
congressional criticism.
As Speaker Ray burn (D-Tex)
set the date today for the bill's
first test on the floor, indications
were that the legislation will be
tossed to the senate with little, if
any, change.
When the measure reaches the
senate side the administration
probably will renew efforts m be
half of its $10,500,000,000 addi
tional revenue program which the
committee repudiated.
Wins Medal
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Set. Lawrence M. "Larry'? . AD
port, son of Mrs. Ascmta All
port, 47$ Sooth lSUi street, has
been awarded the air medaL
- LU Gesw - George C Kenney,
, commander of allied air forces
t in the r sonthwest Pacific, an
nounces thai the modal was
awarded "for , neriterieas
achievement' while participat
ing In 25 operational missions
. incladlng bombing missions
against enemy; airdromes and
installations,, armed reconnais-
a nee flights and attacks on ene
my naval Teasels and shipping.
Throvxheat these - operations,'
the eitatlo stated, "he demon
strated outstanding conrage.
ability and devotion ; to doty."
Sgi. All port recently arrived at
his homo hero en' farloorh.
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Orojon. Saturday Morning. Novembor 13. 1943
3 German
Supply
Lines Hit
48-Hour Action
Threatens Force
In Mediterranean
By ROBERT N. STURDEVANT
LONDON, Nov. 12
(AP) With a brilliant
48-hour burst of coordin
ated air power, allied hea
vy bombers ranging thous
ands of miles from both
British and Mediterranean
bases closed a strangling
grip today around the
three most important sup
ply funnels feeding the
German armies, embattled
in Italy.
In a 1400-mile round trip mis
sion, RAP heavy bombers last
night crossed the whole of France
to smash the coastal Riviera rail
way in the vicinity of the resort
city of Cannes, and in the pre
ceding daylight. Liberators of the
new American 15th army air force
operating from the south attacked
the Antheor viaduct on the same
rail artery and also near Cannes.
British fighter command pilots
switched back to the offensive
against enemy transport in north
ern France and Brittany today in
weather unsuitable for high-level
attacks, the air ministry news ser
vice said. Typhoons and Spitfires
hit 11 locomotives and damaged
three tugs and nine barges on riv
ers and canals.,,. One aircraft was
reported missing from the day's
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Lehman Says
eNo Estimate ' .
By SIGRID ARNE
ATLANTIC CITY, N-J, Nov.
12-()-The size of the United Na
tions relief and rehabilitation ad
ministration program was disclos
ed today and Director General
Herbert Lehman expressed con
fidence that the American people
would make sacrifices willingly
to assure its success.
Lehman told a press conference
that there had been, as yet, no
estimate of the over-all cost of the
program, which Sir F. Leith-Ross
said would require shipment of 45,-
855,000 metric tons of supplies to
Europe in the first six months af
ter the war.
The former New York gover
nor, declaring no plans had been
drawn yet concerning Germany or
her satellites, said the estimated
7,332,000 metric tons of food
which would be needed from the
supplying nations in the first six
months would comprise only a
fraction of the food liberated
countries would require. ':
UNRRA will only supplement
the needs, be said, since the
devastated countries will have left
adequate facilities for raising
much of their own food.
Parties Mull
Convention Site
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12-()
Both republican and democratic
leaders were reported tonight to
be leaning toward Chicago for
1944 party national conventions.
The republicans apparently will
make their choice first,1 since
Chairman Harrison E. Spangler is
sued a call today for the GOP na
tional committee to convene in
Chicago (Stevens hotel) January
10 to choose the time and place
for the convention. He also invit
ed the 98 Stat chairmen and vice-chairmen-to
attend. - 1
, The -democratic committee also
will probably meet in January to
arrange for the party's convention.
Philadelphia and Cleveland also
have indicated interest in getting
the democratic ; convention,"' as
navel St- Louis and Los Angeles.
Tovey Named Admiral
Of British Fleet
LONDON, Nov. 12 -(JP)- Ad
miral Sir John ,Cronyn Tovly,
who conducted the chase and sink
ing of the German battleship Bis
marck, has been promoted admiral
of the fleet to fill a vacancy creat
ed by the death October 21 of
Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, the
admiralty announced tonight.
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US : Bombs Lcish Jap Ship
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This remarkable closenp view of a Jap merchantman being bombed
by a US bomber in the southwest Facifie war tone was taken y
Sgt. John A. Boiteao, Southbridre. Mas on his first mission. He
was awarded the air medal. The ship was sunk. Note Japs crouch
ing (circles). (AP wirephoto from US army air forces.)
Clark's Armies Beat
Strong Counter-Attacks
By NOLAND
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
a coldjrain in the lower ' areas
mountains, ..German troops are
continuously in an effort to
Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark's Fifth
the enemy's strongly fortified
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trage Warns
City Council
Of Rent Control
If by November 18, three days
after the next meeting of the
Salem city council, no provision
for control of rents by the city
has been made, Dr. Daniel Gage,
OPA rent control director for the
Portland district, will call for the
investigation which may mean fed
eral rent control here.
A letter to this effect, directed
to Gilbert Madison, chairman of
Salem's fair rent committee, read
at Friday's meeting of the Salem
Board of Realtors, will be present
ed to the city council as the pro-;
posed rent control ordinance
comes up for third reading.
.Expressing -himself as disap
pointed at the' failure -of the city
to take action following his visit
here in October, Gage reminded
Madison that at that time he had
suggested two alternatives: Either
the city could attempt to conrol
rents or 'a 'call for federal - rent
control could be issued.,- - -The
control ordinance, pattern
ed after that of Bend at the sug
gestion of Gage, : was given its
initial reading a month ago, but
two weeks" ago was threatened
when the council by one vote ac
cepted a minority report from the
ordinance committee objecting to
the measure as illegal, unneces
sary, expensive of administration
and impractical
At that time, on motion of the
ordinance committee's chairman
concurred in by the recalcitrant
member of the same committee,
the" ordinance was held up for a
final vote until three absent mem
bers could express themselves. . .
Catherine Wright
Is Committed
To State Hospital
ALBANY, Nov. 12 (fl5) The
woman' charged with the abduc
tion of two-day-old Judith Gur-
ney from a hospital here last Au
gust was committed to the state
hospital for the insane today. Fol
lowing a third physicians exami
nation of Mrs. Catherine Wright,
28, County Judge E. G. Arnold
signed the commitment papers.
Mrs. Wright sobbed in a . hear
ing I don't care what happens.
I want to get it over with.
Judge Arnold said Dr. A. Ed
ward Bostrom, county health of
ficer, took her to Salem late today.
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Algiers, Nov. 12-(P-Aided by
and by snow in the Apennine
counterattacking fiercely and
regain strategic heights .won by
army fighters near Mignano on
"winter line" across Italy,
Every nazi thrust has been
I thrown back with losses in killed
and captured, , allied headquarters
reported today, and Clark's Am
ericans have pushed on amid the
frightful weather conditions to
seize one more commanding fea
ture on the slopes of Mt. Camino
near Mignano.
This, however, was the only al
lied gain reported from yester
day's fighting, which consisted
mainly of clashes between rival
patrols the length of the 90-mile
front. Gen. Sir Bernard L. Mont
gomery's Eighth army exchanged
artillery fire -with the enemy
across the Sangro river near the
Adriatic, but for the first time in
weeks reported no advances. En
emy mines and ' demolitions con
tinued to plague the allies.
The nazis, for all the! fury of
their present thrusts, displayed
continued signs that they expect
ed to be forced back on Rome
soon. Aerial reconnaissance show
ed they had blown up oil reserves
at the west coast port of Gaeta,
nine miles behind their line, and
that they had sunk two - more
ships in Leghorn harbor in an ef
fort to block Its northern entrance.
It was felt here that, the Ger
man decision to destroy Leghorn's
sea facilities was inspired at least
partly by the fact that the port,
though nearly 250 miles from the
present ground fighting, is ' only
57 miles from; the island of Cor
sica. At ,that short range, allied
fighters easily could cover naval
forces if the allies chose to attack
Leghorn.
Capitol Hints
Wilson Resigns
WASHINGTON, Nov; 12ifP)
Major ' changes In the , top com
mand of the war production board
shaped up tonight, with Executive
Vice Chairman Charles E. Wilson
returning to private industry and
Chairman Donald M. Nelson re
suming active control of both op
erations and policy. K '
Informed sources said, without
tffjrtai confirmation, that Nelson
had finally accepted the resigna
tion of his right hand man.
. Speculation whether Nelson too
would resign was quieted by a re
liable report that he has indicated
willingness to stay at the pro
ductive helm.
Charles Ray. Dl
HOLLYWOOD, Nv. lt-fJP)
Charles Kay, star mt the silent
screen. Is seriously HI in hos
pital with aa iafecilea aVeat the
mowU asMi UirMt, hto pbyrfcta
. said tonicht. i a '
The physician " disclosed Kay
had been In the hospital about a
month.
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Allied Forces Takes Of f Frohi Garrierc,
Land Bases; Mac Arthur's Fichters i:
Lose 17 Aircraft;Boats pghtly Hit
' By WILLIAM P. BONj":
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC ALLIED HEADQUAR
TERS, Saturday, Nov; 13i-(AP)-Javyl planes frorhl
aircraf t ' carriers and land-based bombers -a raiding
force of more than 200 ank three Japanese warships
and . damaged -12 others at j Rabaul Thursday While thb
enemy expended 64 planes
cessful attempts to sink the
. . An enemy cruiser and. two deslroyers were sent to
the bottom of RabauPs harbor, a cruiser and 11 deS
stroyerswere damaged and 24 Japanese j; interceptor
were shot out of the sky during a massive assault whict
opened Wednesday night and
daylight hours. - - ir- -1
-1 Then, as the naval "task fnrr
nese made their supreme ef forte to delivef! mortal blows at the
carriers. Their medium bombers and torpedo planes were sl
consistently cut down by anti-aircraft of. the ships and covering
allied planes that none of the! planes in he first three wave6;
scored ajsingle'direct hit; on- th; vessels, headquarters said, and
the i fourth wave never even reached its target.- - 1-
General cArthurs spokesman said light damage was sust
tained by. some warships but the seaworthiness b none was iml
paired. There were minop casualties among the "personnel. g
; The heavy 'smasKt toe1
tottering-;Soiith 1 Pacific positiorf hinges wai the ( work of the
force of Admiral William F, Hllsey." ' Xl ' ;v('f . ;
Dauntless divebombers, Avenger torpedo bombers and landH
based Liberators loosed : the new devastation on Rabaul, pro
tected by Hellcat fighters from' the carriers. f f
Land-based fighters covered the aircraft carriers and'theafl
escorting ships. In all; the actions, 17 allied planes were lof t ?
against the Japanese plane tol of 88. Some of the allied pilots
were saved. . ; . . ' . 'I .' I "j-: - H
' Aerial photos taken priorto the newjraid-the latest in
series which have dealt crushing blows, particularly among tKe
cruisers, at Rabaul showed 23 Japanese: warships in RabaulWl
harbor or just outside in Blanche
(Many such warships ha4
800 miles from Truk to replace
?4s Reconnaissance Friday - shewed the number jof, warships sf
Rabaul had been reduced to eight. There Hvas a possibility thajs
onctta!tnightiaye hee withdrawn to the Jtavieng, Jf ew lrelan
area, but in any event Rabaults effectiyeiijess asa base againifs
the allied offensive in the northern Solomons has been impaired
seriously. . ." V j - ' ;' : -
f Reconnaissance also brought out that Japanese aircraft
strength,, which was approaching 300 before this latest assaultf
had been considerably reduced the following dayjj. ;j
In a special statement. General MacArthdr's spokesmsa said tlvii
"gTeater part of the Japanese air effort now appsrently is being nsHt !
to support the sitoatlon on his vtewak-Kabaitt froni" ;
I ; Wewak Is on northeastern New Galnea, ppreaimately SCO mfle;
np the eoasf from the Boon peninsula, where General MaeArthnr
tronnd forces bold positions only 79 miles away from the west ti;
of New Britain. Rabaal is on New Britain's northeastern tip. 4
i There was no change in the situation on Bougainville, wherjt ?
marines and army troops have ecured a fim beachhead at Em
press Augusta bay, 260 miles southeast of RahaulJ Japanese posi'-.
tions near the beachhead toolc an aerial j'pounding and alliel
planes continued to render Bougainville'sJj airfields inoperative.,
Discussing the air situation from thejjjjapanese standpoint,
General MacArthur's spokesman explained: !
"With ' his intermediate isand bases, jjjhe can fly even hft
fightertypes from "the empire 'itself to this fron in four days,'
By this" means, it is possible for him to fly In from 100 to 155 ;
planes a day. ., - ,ij j -.
"In spite of his heavy losses, much ofj which resulted fronj
initial surprise of his planes on the ground; he is able! to continue
ously maintain the strength of his air forces (at Wewak and Ra .:
baui). . .'..; , -, -: v,;l; . (j - -
; "Little or no pressure is being exered on him from other -fronts,
which enables him to concentrate his air forces here.
'Hi, Babe!9
Greets Eleanor
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1Z-(JP)
Sirs. Franklin D. Roosevelt de
scribed : tonight how American
soldiers who hadn't seen a wom
an for many months in their
sontfc Pacific outposts hailed her
approach with a shont of, "HL
Babe.''
In a commentary to the Na
tional Geographic society on mo
tion pictures of her '25,000 mile
tour of supply islands, Anstralia,
Goadalcanal . and .; Hawaii, the
most travelled member of the
presidential family added, how
ever, that as ; she came closer
aad was recognised a whisper
swept down the line.
. ."It's Eleanor. said the sol
diers. Coast Guard Hunts'
For Navy Flier :
ASTORIA, Ore., Nov. 12-M
Coast guard boats . searched gray:
seas 20 miles offshore and. a navy
blimp droned- overhead today in
a hunt for a downed navy flier. 1
, He parachuted into the ocean
following a collision of two planes
from the Astoria navy air station
yesterday. The pilot of the second
plane managed to land his damag
ed ship here." I
Commander, John EL Beck said
the pilot who returned, Ensign W
A. Rawlea (home town not yet
available), : reported Cie downed
flier , crawled into a rubber life
rift released from the wrecked
plane.. "
Planet:
; -III . ! fi .! ; : - ft iCt
As
in fow franlic but nnsuo
carriersl!
extended into Thursday 'f
. . '. :
wa wiihHrawin tK .Tanal
bay.
been seen!
recently moving ttisy
others sunk and; damaged.)
or
Debate Due
By WILLIAM ARBOGAST-'
W A S HI NGT0N, Nov. 12 -m
With no cplmproraise in sight, scf-
ministrauoo leaders today
st:
next .Thursday for the beg:
of debate ij& the house on the con
troversial cjuestion of paying sulf
sidies to curb the cost of living.
Followirig a JWhite House coital
ference yesterday; efforts wrt
made to ihd a jcommon grouni
on , whichllj the opposing forc s
could meet; but dyed-in-the-woei
subsidy opponents so far h a v
refused to; give ground.
Hungary Reportetl in 1
State o Near Chaos
LONDON, Nov. K VP) A f
state of near ehaos in the Car-r i
patho - IT k raise,; easternmosf
province j ef Hungary and for3
merly the southeastern tip ot
Cxechosloyakla, j w a s reported j
today by the Czech government :
In London as Fremier Nicholas;
Kallay . of Hungary fervently
appealed, to his countrymen foe',
suppression of j1 anti-axis outv
"breaks. S' -'tk.
.Wealper-" I ' f 'r:---:
Friday maximum temper
ature 1, minimum 39. River
IS ft. ;1 -: 1 ,. - .
; Occasional light rain west
ern portion Saturday and
finnd: little) f hanrc is
femperxtBre. ii