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' ' The senate, after a period of
regurgitation, passed the McKen
na joint resolution calling fe the
creation of 'a tax study commis
'aion of-15, ascribing it to author
"ity though not compulsion, toen
'gage a firm of "nationally' known
;experts." Now it goes to the
house, where ' it probably will
meet with less resistance, since
it is one of the " few "request"
measures of the governor. The
trailer will be an appropriation
bill for $25,000, which was the
s.ame amount authorized for in
vestigation of the liquor commis
sion. To this commission are assign
ed 18 duties. It might be better to
say 17, because the first com
mandment, 4lto make a study and
analysis of the entire tax struc
ture of the state" is repeated in
the 18th commandment: "to make
a full and complete study and
survey of the present tax system,
" including methods of assessing,
collecting and -administering the
entire tax structure of the state
of Oregon."1 The . other 16 com
mandments of the resolution
which the commission is enjoined
to carry out are: j
1. To make a study of the tax
factors affecting industrial devel
opment and to determine the pos-
' sibility of so revising the tax
structure of this state so as to
, make it advantageous for indus
try and business to locate within
its borders.
j (Here is the meat in the coco
nut so far as the Portland crowd
" Is concerned. . Portland suffers
great distress because it sees some
'industries
(Continued on editorial page)
McNutt Offers
Of Service Bill
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 - JP)
War Manpower Commissioner
Paul V. McNutt delivered a tem
pered endorsement of the work-or-jail
bill today But senators
who questioned him at a closed
hearing said he expressed confi
dence that the current manpower
problem could be handled by the
existing voluntary system.
On the record, McNutt renewed
his recommendation for the lim
ited national service bill, amend
ed to place overall control of the
program in James F. Byrnes' of
fice of war mobilization and re
, conversion. To enact the bill in
the form it passed the house, with
selective service in charge, would
hurt rather than help the war
effort, he declared.
' His recommendation, McNutt
asserted, "was not, based upon
any conclusion that our manpow
er program has failed, but upon
a recdgnitioh of the fact that at
this crucial period of the war we
must be sure that there will be
"no failure in. our ability to man
urgent plants promptly."
SgtvMd
Dies in Action
In Italy Sky
Sgt. Elbert F. McKinlay; young
est son of Mrs. J. F. McKinlay, 539
North Winter street, was killed
January 21 in action over Italy,
his mother . has been notified by
the war department.
In the service since October,
1943, McKinlay arrived . overseas
shortly before last Christmas. He
was a member of the crew of a
B-17 bomber.
. McKinlay. employed by Stand
ard Service stations while attend
ing school here, had completed his
sophomore year at Willamette uni
versity when he enlisted in the air
corps. ' He was a member of Kap
pa Gamma Rho fraternity.
A- In addition to his mother he is
survived by " two brothers, Lt.
Philip UcKinlay, Jefferson Bar
racks, Mo., and, CpL George Mc
Kinlay, -a paratrooper in France,
and by tme sister,' Evangeline Mc
Kinlay, student at Willamette uni
versity. " L :
U.S. Bombers
Hit Nip Ships
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Forward Area,
Thursday, Feb. 8 -(- Attacking
with rockets and bombs, marine
Mitchell bombers hit a large ship
Jn a convoy north of the Volcano
islands Tuesday and left another
one north of the Bonins burning,
Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz re
norted today. - ' , '
The ships were hit as marine
bombers disrupted the two con
voys bringing supplies to the
nrelr Dressed Bonin and Volcano
island groups on the Marianas-
based B-29 road to Tokyo.
Armr Liberators hit the instal
lations at Chichi Jima and Ototo
Jima-in the Bonins on the same
av. Three enemy fighters were
seen airborne over the targets but
Tempered OK
Kinlay
they 'failed to make interceptions.
NINETY FOUBTH YEAR
7th
Oder
Grossing
Reported
Moscow Silent
On Zhukov's
Push for Berlin
1 - ;
LONDON, Wednesday, Feb. 8
(Jf) -Soviet troops established their
seventh bridgehead over the Oder
river in the Kuestrin area little
more than 30 miles from Berlin
yesterday and broke into the city
of Kuestrin itself, according to
German accounts.
Moscow still did not confirm
any of the river crossings which
Berlin said had bee, made by
Marshal Gregory Znukov'a First
White Russian army.
The nightly communique broad
cast from Moscow told only of
mopping-up operations east of the
river,, including the capture of
Guestebese, on the east bank 33
miles northeast of Berlin, and
limited advances in the 50-mile-wide
soviet bridgehead in Silesia,
Jar to the southeast.
Rail Under Fire
The new Russian bridgehead
south of Kuestrin brought the
Berlin-Kuestrin railroad under
Russian , artillery, the German
radio said.
The only indicatipn from Mos
cow that Zhukov's forces might
be west of the Oder was unoffi-
cial. It was a broadcast quoting
the red army newspaper Red Star
as saying, "fighting is going on in
the fortified forefield of Berlin.'
Moscow'! communique, how
ever, announced that 15,460 pris
oners had been taken on the east
ern front Sunday and Monday,
and that since January 11 eight
German generals had been killed
and five generals and four top
ranking colonels had been cap
tured. The officers, all of whom
were named, included the com
manders of two army corps and
JJ. divisions.
50 Towns Taken i ;
More than 50 towns were taken
in the westward drive in- Silesia,
the communique reported.
'Yesterday's communique from
the German high command stated
without elaboration that the Rus
sians had been "able to widen a
little" their bridgeheads both in
Silesia and 'near Kuestrin.
German military commentators
also turned their attention once
more to Zhukov's right wing in
Pomerania, announcing that Py-
ritz, 22 miles southwest of the
Baltic port of Stettin, had been
lost to the Soviets and then re
gained, while Russian pressure
continued on a-90-mile front ex
tending eastward from Schwedt,
33 miles south of Stettin, through
Pyritz, Arnswaldfe, and Deutsch
Krome. ' ,
Weber to Get
Life in Prison
CAMP ROBERTS, Calif, Feb. 7
(JPy-The death sentence imposed
by a court martial on Pvt. Henry
Weber, 27, for having refused to
drill was removed today and he
was sentenced to dishonorable dis
charge from the army and life im
prisonment at hard labor.
Last Monday a general court
martial decreed death by hanging
for the Vancouver, Wasb, soldier.
The charge was that he argued
for 45 minute with two superior
officers, and finally flatly refused
to engage In army drill, declaring
he. would rather be shot than take
up arms.
Gripsholm Will Leave
Willi Wounded Today
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7-W)-The
Swedish steamer Gripsholm
is scheduled to leave from Mar
seilles tomorrow and arrive in the
United States about February 21
or 22, the state department dis
closed today.
The exchange ship is carrying
American wounded -war, prisoners
and internees from Germany.'
Facts About
Date: Friday, February 9.
Polls Open: 8 a.m. to 8 cm.
Who may vote: All registered Voters are eligible to votcj.
It is not required that they be taxpayers. r I
!
PoUing Places: Ward 1,
house; .ward 3, city hall; ward
St. Vincent de Paul school; ward
Leslie Junior high. (In ward 1
2, precincts 2, 11, 23, 27; ward
el nets 4, 5, 12; ward 5, precincts
cincts 1, 3, 19, 20, 23; ward 7,
Questions to be voted on: 1. Whether to authorize the
pachase tf 47 acres in Bush pasture for park purposes and
issue $175,000 in bonds for paynjent
1. Shall the city issue a franchise to Salem Electric to es
tablish an electric distributing syktem In Salem? ' I
12 PAGES
No Wonder! This
Tan Doesn't TJkv
Don't Fence Me M
FORT SCOTT, Kanx., Feb. 7.-
(A)-Someone dropped a nickel In
he restaurant juke! box and out
ime "Don't Fence He In."
"Turn that; thing off," yeUed
other customer in the place. I
The protesting man, it developed
as in custody of deputy sheriffs
ho- were taking him to Tulsa on
harges of kidnapping and rob-
hird Invades
on New I
I" i - 1
!4-Mile Front I
PARIS. Feb. T 4 (JPl-Thm US
T turd army thrust elements of four
divisions across the fchir and Sure
rivers into Germany from Luxem
ill , . -
bourg at 10 places ;on a 24-mile
fi!ont today, as the TJS First array
burst through the list main zone
oi the Siegfried line defenses in
the Olef riverl secto near Schlei
At the sane timfe the Thij-d
army forces ilreadyj in Germahy
expiouea me Dreacn mey rata
de in the Siegfried line's per-
anent works east! of St Vith,
aking gains of a mile southeast
ward through! the Schnee Eifel
hills; and taking Wscheid, three
and; one-half j miles s north of the
strongpoint of Pruem.
ninese forces rormed an arc
around Pruem as close as three
miles on the West down to seven
miles away orj the southwest with
the capture of Hollnfg.
I First army doughboys, moving
ip in a heavy rain cracked the
iegfried emplacements' innermost
t pit; by capturing Hellenthal, two
and ( one-half (miles (southwest jbf
S phleiden and pouring across the
Olef river.
There they Jeft thej main system
0 ' concrete barriers sand nUlboxes
thind them I and threatened o
tflank the I Schleiden-Gemund
sector of the westwajL
litter Would i
afce Position I
f President I
i t ; 1
STOCKHOLM, Febl 7-(P)-Re-
ports published here today said
Hitler was planning? to relinquish
His dictatorship of Germany with
a view to bidding for peace, arid
that Franz Voh Pappen was sched
uLed to become chancellor with
Hitler as president.'!' 1
Possibly nazi-insplred, the re-
t5rts met an; attitude of skepti
sm in informed ojuarters herie,
They were circulated by the Free
German news; service, which has
ilot proved too reliable in the
Some observers said the reports
sounded like I trial ..balloons sent
up to test allied reaction to ;i
government so revamped.
Neutral observers jdo not ovef
look the possibility Of some siml
lir j governmental I development,
however, as the military pressure
on Germans hears Hthe breaking
point. ,
Three Valley Men
Reported Prisoners
Of War in Germany .'-
The namesf of three mid-Wil-
in a lijt of 2837 arany personnel
reported by the war departmen
as prisoners yf warj in Germany.
The men are PfcJ John R. Mc
Cracken, son Of Mrs Clara A. Mc-
Cracken, route six, box 358, Sa
kmr Pvt. Robert N. Hyatt, hu
b ind of Mrs.! Virginia P. Hyatt,
11117 E. 5th St, Albany; and 1st
LL Evan J. IvansJ son of Evan
Gj. Evans, Alt 10th? st McMinn-
ville.'- !: I - - I
Shirley Rudolph Alacon
KiUed in War! Action
The came of Shirley Rudolph
Macon,' chief gunner's mate.
Whose wife U Mrs. Ella Mae Ma
cn.i'775 Center street, Salem, is
included in a list of naval per
sonnel reported killed in action.
City Election
i I i ' t
Garfield school; ward .2, court
4
state heating plant; ward 3.
6, Englewood school; ward 7,
ark precincts 8, 10, J15, 22; ward
3,
precincts 16, 17; -ward 4, pre-
7, 8, .14, 21, 28; ward 8, pre
precincts , 13, 18, 24.)
eich
Scrlem. Oraon.
H
otel Bill
In Senate
Houses Passes
28 Measures
In Heavy: Docket
The 43rd legislature 'was sliding
into high gear . today;! after dis
posing of some of the session's
most controversial measures.
Dead were such proposals as the
civil rights (hotel) bill, which the
senate defeated 24 to 6 in sur
prisingly; short Order, and mobile
registration booths which the sol
ons voted to bar previously and
Wednesday declined to reconsider.
And in the house a determined
effort to boost the pay of election
workers more than S4 a day failed
on a motion of reconsideration.
$4 Bill Approved; ! t
The bill providing for the $4
was passed with senate amend
ments. rl - I:
The house passed 28 measures
Wednesday. ! Others included sal
ary increases for the state super
intendent of schools; ($4000 to
$5400); the lowering of the age
limit for compulsory school at
tendance! from 8 to 7 years: and
the; authorizing of school districts
to take but insurance against in
juries to auueies. ' H
Several liquor bills j to tighten
enforcement of the Knox! law also
were approved by the senate, and
in tVl A ViaIica a earioe rt lrafarnnp'
wkt7 m ava4,a V4 TMiOiu
measures passed, including those
for preferential hiring, civil ser
vice credits, continuance in elec
tive offices, and community build
ings. I
Veteran Plan Offered ',
Major hew introductions includ
ed a house bill to enable veterans
to receive both state and federal
help in education, but; not at the
same time, and a senate measure
providing! for a retirement system
for employes of the state board of
higher education. '
Galleries were filled in both
legislative bodies at times Wed
nesday, the 31st day of the sched
uled 50-day session, j j
(Legislative news on page 2.)
Tree Roots
Street Sewer
The 24-inch main line storm
sewer on .Norway street between
McCoy s'xeet and the! railroad
tracks Wednesday became clogged
backing jiip water in the entire
neighborhood in the area and at
3 p. ; m. ; calls by the score were
received jtiy City Engineer J. Har
old Davis I from householders who
announced .excitedly that the wat
er was filling their basements.
Long before these calls started
coming in Davis I was ' aware of
th.e situation and; had a crew of
men working in an effort to re
lieve Jhe stoppage. He said the
men were pulling huge: chunks or
bundles of weeping willow roots
from the sewer indicating that the
growth had become, so heavy it
stopped foreign objects until a
complete ' dam was effected.
Davis said there was no oppor
tunity to: pump the water back of
the stoppage because it would have
to go somewhere. He said his crew
intended J,to keep on pulling roots
and at this same time digging down
to tap the sewer. In the event the
rains continue he said it was prob
able the psewer would be broken
and the water pumped over, the
impediment. si:
Lt. Lewis on
Missing List
STAYTON, Feb. 7 First Lt
Darel D. Lewis has been missing
in action: over Austria since Jan
uary 20, Ills parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Lewis, have been notified
by the 'war department.
His wife, the former: Henrietta
Lyons, is living with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J'at Lyons of Lyons,
Ore. Lieutenant Lewis was grad
uated from Staytpn high school,
enlisted in the army air corps in
1942, and was commissioned a pi
lot in March, 1944. He has been
awarded the purple heart medal
for .wounds received while co
pilot on a B-24 in Italy. -
Oregon Birth to Death
Ratio Highest Since '21
. PORTLAND, Feb. i 7.-ff)-Ore-gon's
birth and death' rate de
creased last year compared, to
1943,. but; the 1944 ratio j of 183.4
births for every 100; deaths was
the highest since 1921.! '
Dr. Frederick Strieker, state
health officer, today . reported
births totaled 24,621, a 3.3 per
cent decline, and 13,291 deaths
a 92 decline, j r
Defeated
Cloi Norway
Thmaday Momlsg, Fsfamary
poking
Worst Storm in
Rips Oregon
Suff
ers
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb 7 -
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and communication service crews labored to restore service in
the wake of the worst coastal storm in 10 years.
The Columbia : bar was closed to all shipping today.
Most of the damage was centered at Astoria where the city
Santiam River
FastNearing
Flood Stage
Reports early today from the U
fit Weather bureau at McNary
field, said that the Santiam river
near Jefferson had reached a
height of 11 feet late Wednesday
afternoon and was still rising.
Flood stage is 13 feet, and some
local flooding was expected though
no serious damage, was forecast
The Willamette river in Salem was
9j feet, 2 inches at 6 p. m. Flood
stage is 20 feet. j
C. A. Stearns, senior observer at
the weather bureau, reported a
total of 1.24 inches of rainfall
Wednesday, .54 inches of which
fell between 11:30 a. m. and 5:30
pi m. This makei a total of 3.74
inches for the month of February
so fir, 2.55 inches above the nor
mal amount. Wind velocity reach
ed 33 miles per hour between 1:30
pi. m. and 2:30 p. m. .
1 . . ; y
2 Salem Men
iire Missing j
I Two Salem high school gradu
ates have this week been listed
as missing in action, one apparent
ly at sea and the other over Ger
many. -"I - . i ;-:;"; "
I Mrs. Christopher Sparks, the
former Rosetta Tricker, has been
notified that her navy husband is
missing. :i i - ' , : ii
I Mrs. James L. Moorman hu re
ceived the official war department
announcement .that her nephew.
First Lt- Lewis R. Brown, 2631
Laurel ave., Salem, has been miss
ing since action over Germany oh
December 23.
(Further details on service
page.) ,- .; ,
War Chest Membership
Meet Set Next Teek j
i The annual membership meet
ing of the Salem United ? War
Chest, lias been called 'fori next
Thursday, ; February 15, at' the
Marion hotel, and will be held in
conjunction with ; the regular
luncheon meeting of the Salem
Lions club,' President Lowell ; E.
Kern announced Wednesday.
Directors have been called to a
special meeting Monday immed
iately following the chamber of
commerce luncheon to act upon
the recommendations of the nomi
nating committee. : ! ' r
Legion of Merit Goes r
To Lt. Gen. Brereton
LONDON, Feb. 7-CJP)-Lt. Gen.
Lewis H. Brereton, commanding
general of the first Allied airborne
army, has been awarded the! legion
of " merit i by Lt Gen. Carl A.
Spaatz, - commander of the - US
strategic air forces for his "out
standing service while command
ing the Ninth air force from Jan.
1, 1944 to Aug. 7, 1944. .JJ.
S.'ISiS
Decisions Vital
10 Years
Coast; Astoria
Heaviest Damage
P - Storm warnings were ordered
along the Oregon coast as power
was without light and power most
of the night and, lines continued
to fall intermittently all day as
high winds whipped western Ore
gon from the California line north.
Naval observers reported a 75
mile . an . hour gale blowing off
shore and fear was expresed for
fishing vessels known to be out
in the area. Coat guard stations
reported no distress signals sight
ed, however.
Heavy rains accompanied the
wind. Logging camps at some dis
tricts were idle as falling trees
halted - bus and i highway traffic
several hours. At Tillamook fish
ermen spent the night at dock
side as high rollers pounded small
craft moored in the bay area.
Trailers at several : auto camps
were reported overturned in the
Astoria section, and one truck
driver said his metal truck cab
was torn off and blown 20 feet in
the air. . !
Gusts of 80 and 100 mile ve
locity were reported J at scattered
sections of the coast j !
Skunk Alioy!
Home Really
Moves Fast
A fine specimen of skunk (not
the kind that voted against your
favorite bill) broke out of a card
board box in the house of repre
sentatives , Wednesday and pre
cipitated the fastest) movements
witnessed - in .either legislative
body this session. -
The skunk, an estimable daugh
ter of the Portland zoo skunks,
was placed on the desk of Rep.
John Hall in tribute to the Mult
nomah . opunty representative's
48th birthday. She was carried in
by Rep. John Steelhammer of Sa
lem who made the presentation.
- Nearby legislators and their
secretaries, unaware that the
kitty-creature no longer was fit
ted with the aroma d'ultra of its
ilk, took, to their heels, chairs or
desks. A five-minute recess : was
called to restore order.
- Just so there would be no hard
feelings, the house forthwith pass
ed a memorial j to congratulate
Hall on his anniversary and Rep.
Jack Bain led the "Happy Birth
day" song in which the skunk
didn't join. i
Dr. John Gross Will Deliver
Willamette Graduation Speech
Dr. John O, Gross, Of Nashville,
Term., has been chosen by Wil
lamette university to deliver the
principal address for the mid-year
graduation exercises to be held in
the chapel hall, March 6 at 11:40
a. m. : .. v- ff" Vv " '' - '
Dr. Gross is secretary of the
board of the Institute ; of Higher
Learning of the Methodist church
and is Immediate , past president
of church relative colleges and as
sociation of American colleges.
! Graduates are: RoseHa Marie
Prlc 5c
to World
Yankees Clear
Of Jap Forces
MANILA, Thursday, Feb. HP)
The fire-ravaged business district
of Manila has been cleared of
Japanese demolition squads by
Yanks now holding all the area
north of the Pasig river but Amer
ican troops , still ire held up in
the Pasay suburbs at the south
east edge of the .city by continued
bitter resistance at Nichols field.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who
visited theity. yesterday j d4ring
which a Nipponese shell fell with
in 100. feet of him, announced the
slow progress in a communique
today which listed enemy casual
ties in the Luzon campaign at
about 48,000.
American casualties for the
corresponding four -week period
were reported as 7076, including
1609 killed.
Fred Hampson, Associated Press
war correspondent, relayed field
reports stating there still were
few small pockets of the enemy
in the north sector of Manila
which the communique reported
"cleared." i j
He said Japanese troops were
in the center of the city south of
the Pasig and began burning part
of it Wednesday. This district
contains the Manila hotel, j the
Army and Navy club, the iigh
commissioner's residence and oth
er historic buildings. f
Prison Trust
Escapes North
Of Hubbard I
State police and prison guards
were combing the countryside hear
the Pacific highway one-half mile
north of Hubbard early this morn
ing in search of Robert R. Mix,
prison trusty who escaped as of
ficers stopped an Oregon state
penitentiary, truck shortly before
8 o'clock Wednesday night )
With the truck they took! into
custody Eugene Perry Shank and
learned for the first time ) that
Shank and Mix had escaped from
the prison annex south of Salem
sometime after dusk. j'. j
Mix, who came to the peniten
tiary from Multnomah county on
Feb. 8, 1940, sentenced to serve 15
years for assault with .intent to
kill, is described as 29 years old,
weighing 188 pounds, of slender
build, six feet two inches tall with
blue eyes and dark brown!, hair.
He was clad in striped denim pris
on garb and wore a piece of white
adhesive tape across some boils on
the back of his neck when he es
caped, state police said. j
BelL biology major, S tay ton Mary
Edith Bennett, physical education,
Salem; John Howell Glass, psy
chology and philosophy, Alameda,
Calif.; Marian Beth Nordean, his
tory. Baker; Robert Curtis Taylor,
biology; Portland; and Kenneth R.
Torgeson, history, Salem. ? . "
The university is also sponsor
ing a meeting of. all ministers of
Salem and vicinity at the chapel
hall, March S, at 8 p. m., to discuss
the "church in relation to col
lege." . . -
Manila Center
No. 278
Lasting
Peace Is
Discussed
Official Bulletin
Reveals Leaders
In Conference -..
By the Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. -(iip)-t
The "big three," in secret, his
toric session In the Black Sea
area, have agreed to aim coor
dinated, knockout punches at fast
weakening Germany, and are now
discussing a "secure peace."
This was disclosed late today
in an official announcement that
President Roosevelt, Prime Minis
ter Churchill and Premier Stalin
are in . session j with their highest
diplomatic and military advisers.
The tone of the pronouncement
indicated that they have substan
tial hope for achieving real Anglo-American-Russian
cooperation
for the future of Europe and tho
world. v
First Official Word t
A three-power statement issued ,
in Washington, Moscow and Lon
don at 4:30 p. m., twx, gave tti
first official Word of the meeting
which practically the 'whole world
knew was taking place. The state
ment showed t that the military
phase of the talks has ended and
the critical political discussion?
have, .begun. ' j ' :'" -w ;
Three overall political subject
were listed in the official report,
released by the White House here!
1. Joint plans "for the occupa
tion and control of Germany.',
The big three have long since
agreed on unconditional surrender
and on plans for the initial stage
of military occupation, the prob
lem now is how to keep Germany
weak and .unable to start a new
world war for many years. , i
Liberated Problems '
2. The "political and economic
problems - of liberated Europe.
Every liberated country in Europe
now has a shortage vof some kind
of essential civilian supplies and
all of them are real or potential
powder barrels politically. Hottest
spots are in the Balkans wher
British and Russian influences and
interests conflict. ;
3. Proposals for the "earliest
possible establishment of a perm
anent international organization to
maintain peace." The main prob
lem here has : been the conflict
between Russia and the United
States over the question of a great
power veto in the world security
council. The British have been
seeking a compromise and are
expected to get it A major ques
tion also is that of mandated ter
ritories, such as the strategic is
lands formerly held by Japan in
the central Pacific. y
3 Boys Have
Close Escape
In Mill Creek
Three boyi. all asred 11. had a.
narrow escape from death Wed
nesday at 6 p. m. In the swift
waters of North Mill creek at
Chemeketa and 18th street when
their "landing boat" broke . itm
moorings and started downstream.
Gilbert Rowling, ton of Mr. and
Mrs. H. B. Read, 390 North 17th
street, was tossed from the im
provised raft and fought his way
for almost 100 feet in the water,
before he was able to reach the
shore. The other youngsters, Hill
man Fischer and Allan Hoadley,
clung 'desperately to the raft
which stalled against a small is
land. .... . - .v-t ,,,
Excited yells for help brought
residents of the area to the scene
who urged the boys to cling tight
to the raft Police "and first aid
were called and first aid reached
the scene in time to take the boys
off with ropes.
lOTERMnTENT
RAIN
and overcast skies today with
the " temperatures continuing
above normal in the mid-Willamette
valley area, predicts
US weather ; bureau, McNary
field, Salem. ; ' V - -
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