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V-2 Rocket Sets Seed Height Records as Meteorites Scatter Today's Winners 2C4-S30 399-488 it -421 233-330 6-189 9-t 99-377 329-521 399-437 336-053 Prize in Tae Oregsm SUIm- Warner Brothers Cear- iww Drtrtng Campaign await driven of car wit' these li censes, at The Statesman office. NINETY -SIXTH TEAR 12 PAGES CRT 0S33JQ0 From Austria comes this letter addressed to 'The Statesman: Ktosterneuburg b( Wetn. IS Xi. 1M To "Orton Statesman. Salem: Dear Sirs. Every day arc freshly assured that America and the Americana are the land and tha people where right and humanity are well known. For this reason I dare to appeal alao to your kindness. We suffer from Hunger. The weekly official ration are only for 1 days but the week has seven days: and there nothing at all one could buy. By Amer ican bomber we have lot all our pos session including cloth and bv the development of things we lost our only I am sorry not to know any Amer ican friend, but I assume that you are acquainted with kindhearted gentle men or ladles who are ready to help so unhappy people as we are I have wl'rVrhap. be" e the large and happy we need also dresses not the rail Package but small pacta country. As we need also dresses which are neither obtainable I do not wnicn are nenner ooiainaoie i oo noi know how we. my husband and 1 will i so through the winter If there is any ! possibility. I am ready to return the money paid for 1 count onto your kindness and I would heartily ask you to pass this letter to a person corning In question Thanking you in advance. I am Sincerely vours. HCDY MOISSL Kloaterneuburg bei Weln Martmstraxse 40 Austria The author of the letter Is of course a stranger who has taken this means of appealing to the charity of Americans. But the letter i- probably an accurate re- flection of the need of the Aus trian peopK? and of their hopes of lurcor from America. Austria is jrhaps the worst off of any of the countries overrun by the war. I .eft weak as a result of the first world war. it is now quite impo tent after the second. Here again division of control of the country haw prevented a more rapid re turn to self-support The CARE package the corre- ! pondent refers to is the package r n.a purcnasen at a cost oi $10 from surplus food stores sent abroad for the American army. The name coms from the initials of the (Continued on editorial page) Gas in Water Mains Results In Explosion KLAMATH FALLS. Dec. 17 C4i Paul Albert Sanders. 19. turn ed on a water faucet at Tulelake and out came gas. So he reached over to flush the toilet and bang The explosion blew off two doors, sprung the w.ills of the building and set Sanders' clothing and hair afire. Fellow workers put out the flames with fire extinguishers. nxi took him to a hospital for treatment of bums about the hands and face. Members of the Tulelake city council explained it was the latest In a series of incidents resulting from methane or marsh gas in the water mains. They decided to make several openings in the mains near the water distribution plant in an at tempt to relieve pressure. They said gas was being formed in the mains, which are not connected at present to storage tanks be cause workmen are getting ready to connect the system to an aeri al ion and softening plant. They added that in no previous inci dent did fire result. Sanders said he could not re member whether he had a cigaret In his hand. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH "Of court I control th basic patents." n i Stassen Confirms P ires ideinit Sal Aim, Tells Program; Vandbnfoeirg Mofr Campaigning f HAROLD E. STASSEN Enlists in Race PotflfflPP IF! W UutlllllV ARM. .-- H f I II M I PfTI f lOVlflf' LUlVlH If V U'ia KJ Record Mails Cancellations in the Salem post ; office totaled 1 18,000 Monday and ; at 3:30 p m. Tuesday were well ; past 70.000 and on the way to 1 a new record for the holiday sea- I he ! son. Last year's peak cancel la tion was 136.000 reached later the week. Albert Gragg. Salem postmaster, said Tuesday. The i most of the cancellations are reg mosi oi ine cancellations are reg- istered during the night hours, Gragg said, when outgoing mall : G is worked All incoming mail is being handled in an auxiliary ware house on Ferry street. Package mail as it is brought from the trains is taken to this warehouse and distributed about town. Possibility of expanding the Salem postoffice space by floor inB th full basement of the less tnan j0 year old federal build- ! ing is seen as a means oi pro- viding necessary floor space for peak mail loads. I Russians Delay j I Til T m ; mess to me repqri oi kwiuihim AlOm r lail V Olf Robert Nathan (which CIO Pres-rlsL-III i ACtll "-ident Philip Murray said would be used as a gujdepost in CIO LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y . Dec. 17 j wage demands in steel, automobile j At-The United States failed to- and electrical manufacturing in day in an attempt to brin; about ' dustries) was mad by William K. an immediate vote of approval on i its proposals for international con trol of atomic energy. Soviet Delegate Andrei A. Gr;myko charged t1" 'he Ameri can resolution was in complete conformity with iiie historic dis armament decision of the United Nations general assembly and asked more time to study it. U. S. Delegate Bernard M. Ba ruch. who told the U. N. atomic energy commission he had intend ed to ask a vote on the American nr,.n,,i at this oir.n annared sorely disappointed at the delay, hut finallv aoreed to nostDone- , . ment cf the commission's deliber- ; ations until Friday. Courtesy Driving Campaign Prizes Following Is th list of prizes In The Oregon Statesman-Warner Brothers Courtesy Driving cuiiiTXTicn: MAJOR GKAND PBJZE Sswiit n umi wrmtwatcii. cholc f men's or wonasn's Stevna Jk Son). GKAND rtUZXS 1st: New tire and tub (State Tire service ) Ina: Dishes, service for I (Salem Hardware). Ira: Sandwich (Till and fly rod (Sears Roebuck I 4th: Permanent wave (Larsen'i Beau ty Studio) Sta: Wool auto robe (Bishop's Cloth -Inn ck ' Airplane suitcase (Miller Mer cantile) 7tfe: Table lamp (Elf Strom's V Sta: Electric room heater (McKay Chevrolet i Ma: Table lamp (Court Street Radiol. 10th: Andirons (Dough ton Hardware). DAILY FRIZES 1st: Camellia ( T. A. Doer Her At Sons). 1st: Three pair nylons (Army at Navy store!. Ird: Test gallons (asoUnc. oil change, tabneatma General Petroleum). 4ta: Umbrella (J. C. Penney eo ) Stll: Cms vacuum ( Hamilton Furni ture) Ma: Album ( records (Heider Ra dio). 7tH: Auto flashlight (Yeater Appli ance). M: Half gallon la cream (The Pike). tt: Two tickets Dslnore theatre. lath : Two tickets Els more theatre. In addition, every one of the prize winners (daily and grand) will re ceive a certificate entitling him or her to an x lt brown tone photograph Biabop-Moderne 1 . All prizes are being made available at The Statesman office, with the exception that certifi cates instead of actual merchan dise will be issued for the photo graphs, gasoline-oil, the perma nent wave and ice cream. OUMMO I&5I j I Salem. Orocjon. WskIb day Mornincj, Dtctmbtr 18, 1948 Minnesota. Gives Old Guard Notice By D. Hareld Oliver - WASHINGTON Dec. 17.-jP-Harolrf EL Stassen, 39-year-old former Minnesota governor and navy veteran, served notice on the old guard in his party today that he is definitely a candidate for the republican presidential I nomination in 1948 He made his announcement at a hotel news conference and said his main interest, at first will be to develop 'new labor legislation based on "voluntary" methods to prevent strikes ;but seeking to "break up monopolies and dicta torships" in uniotis. No Campaign Forecast Stassen s announcement came shortly after Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan told an other news conference that he is not a candidate, for the GOP presidential nomination and an ticipates no campaign in his be half, n Both Vandenberg and Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio have now saia xney are nu rxdi.uiu-, , thev have left the door open lor , , ,r . , I possible dran moyemenis. Gov. Thomas K. Uewey oi iNew ; York. 1944 party standard bearer and expected to be a serious con tender again in silent. Year's Crop Tops in Nation's History ' WAc;viiivrr:TrtN Tier. 17-(Jl-The agriculture department report- ,V . ,. thi vmi 's ed today that its final tally confirmed earlier est r 0f crop production Was the greatest in history, from the standpoint ol Klh nnantitv and nnalitv. Topping the piitput were record crops of wheat arid corn grains which last winters famine relief campaign and domestic livestock . 4i feeding operations had depleted to CIO Economy eaf lll "fM a-ir A7 t Th i!nitHH Stales chamber of comrnerce tonight! described as a "mirage" CIO claims that wages ! ran he increased nrnavbe as much i pnS.tufull as 25 per cent wunoui oiiseiung -I dress reply Of bUS- ! iness to the report of economist ident Philip Murray said would Jackson, president of the U. Js. chamber of commerce. Nathan was hired bv the CIO ', to draw up the report. r , Wliole Town Fii?lits I T I Hi It: !i t? ! Fire in Oklahoma is BINGER. Okla Dec. 17 -(JP) Using garden hoses, wet sacks, mope, ana anytmnjj iwnuy iu n8i a fire. 600 men. wfnen and child- ! ren aided regular firemen tonight . . , - . , i Dring unaer control a oiaze wiucn leveled two buildings on the main street and threatened for a time to wipe out this town of 860. L. R. Griffin, inember of the city board, said ijto one was in cny Doara sa.a " "'T i jured as the blaze was brought under control about two hours af ter it began at 5 pym. today. The Hentz general merchandise store, on a main street corner, and the Binger theatre were destroyed by the blaze. SHIP SAILS TO ALASKA PORTLAND. Ore . Dec. 17-YP)-The Alaska relief ship. Reef Knot. sailed from here i late today for southwestern Alaska ports with I 4842 tons of relief cargo. Drive Shows When Women Drivers Good. They're Very. Very Good; When They're Bad They're Awful By Wendell Webb Managing Editor. The Statesman Several interesting conclusions gradually are being formed from data gathered ii the current Oregon S ta tesma n f Warner Broth ers Courtesy Driving campaign one of them pertaining to women drivers. The women, harangued about their driving, are Showing a high er percentage of uniform courtesy than the men. tjpnversely, the most glaring evidences of dis courtesy and unsafe driving prac tices also have been perpetrated by women. I But the most outstanding con clusion reached byl the courtesy campaign observers is that the actual percentage of drivers who keep, in their own lanes, give proper hand signals, proceed at safe speeds and relinquish their "rights" to help keep traffic mov ing smoother is startlingly small, both among men and women. Stassen' open candidacy, all but avowed up to pow, is expect ed by politicians to put a keen edge on pre-conviention activity that otherwise would remain dull two years before nominating time. Vandenberg fin asserting he is not a candidate! said the "Re publican task at hand is exclus ively one of nowf justifying our November victory 1 Future of U.. Workers Stassen said thaj future of the working people in the United States depends onj four things In the next six months: 1 That big strikes be avoided. n ord to bring about high, con tinuous productiori 2 That salaries and wages of the white collar classes - - teach ers, pensioners and the like be brought up to f"the new level we have arrived ait." 3 That no extreme restrictive les,alion enacted by congress . . wol.1(1 nlac- textreme cower . , , ii . , nanus ui uic tuvtuiurcm . violation of tKe fundamental . . wnrWWrs .. Exercise of fconsumer re- 1948, remained sistance to nign prices in una mi i mediate period." J Production dangerously low levels. These crops put the country into a posi tion to ship large amounts ofrere- livestock production and to re- I build grain reserve grain reserve!. The aggregate velume of crops -j - .. v. 107-91 nv-oraoo 7 a5ove last yr and 2 points above the previous Record of 1942. d---j r-w.m I Record crops alsq were reported for rice, potatoes! tobacco, soy k--,,,. rhrrie riearhes Dears. h ' and truf.k crODS. r ' - j, Tki- sir At v'o VlQ 1-7M: ta1 0T0 0 C70 tota)ed 345.773.OOO compared with 346,482,000 last year and 334.823.- 000 for the ten-jrear (1935-44) average. Production of fpod and feed grains were the largest on record, amounting to 162,500.000 tons, or about 7.500.000 tons above 1942's previous record. Corn Up Slightly j Tne final f'gurei for corn was 3,287,927,000 bushejs. This com pared with the 194f record of 3, 228.000,000, with tKe revised 1945 figure of 2.880,224.000 and with a ten-year average of 2,608,499,000. Wheat production was reported at la.uuu Duspeis, comparea with 1.108.224.000 0ast year and the ten-year average of 843,692,- 000. FLOOD DRIVES OUT RATS SEATTLE. Dec.i 17 -iffy- The county health department here 5aw one good result of the flood, n cfew armed wjth shotguns to destrqy rats which had taken refuge jin trees after being forced from! buildings by flood waters. ! DANNY KAYE POFPA NEW YORK, Dec. 17 -(P)-Mrs. Danny Kaye, wife: of the stage, screen and radio comedian, today gave birth to a daughter at Wom- en's hospital The child weighed five pcJunds, five ounces and was named Dena. That fact, if it can be accepted as such, is what has made the courtesy campaign prize win ners so outstanding on Salem's streets. j The 10 prizes daily, donated by Salem merchants, :will continue to be awarded through Saturday, and in next Tuesday's Statesman will be announced the winners of the 11 grand prizes n The Statesman-Warner Brothers campaign to reduce the number of pre Christmas accidents and make driving more pleasurable within this city. Here are the car licenses of the 10 drivers listed by the secretary of state's office asj meriting to day's prizes, obtainable at The Statesman office: ) 264-S56: Dec. 17; ljth. State and High; 8:40 a.m.: used proper hand sig nals, slowed at Intersections, turned and kept in proper lanes, good left hand turn signal frorrj stop. (Camel lia). I 39S-4SS: Dec. 16; State and Liberty, No. 228 Arthur IL Vandenberg Waits for Draft Budget Plans Double Wage Allocations Budgets for the 1947-48 bi ennium, physical plants and ope rating personnel of the state training school for boys and Hill crest school for girls, were dis cussed by the so-called advisory committee of the two institutions at a meeting with the state board of control here Tuesday after noon. The boys' school budget, as now prepared, includes $328,000 for salaries and wages, $201,320 for general operation and mainten ence and $302,075 for capital out lays. The salaries and wages bud get is 102 per cent higher than that for the current biennium, while the operation and main tenance budget is 46 per cent higher. The new budget makes provision for a chief parole offi cer, more elementary teachers, nurse and other employes. The salaries and wages budget for Hillcrest school is $173,952 as against $69,628 for the present biennium., The general operating and maintenance budget is $103.- 915 and capital outlays $134,429. Members of the advisory com- mittee are County Judge E. L. fope, Oregon City; Miss Joy Hills. ; Salem; Dr. Herman Dickel and ! Mrs. Paul McKee, Portland; Fath- ! er Francis P. Leipzig. Eugene, and! Mayor George Stadelman. The Dalles. YM to Stage Open House Plans for the 29th annual Christ mas open house for Salem boys at the YMCA are being completed this week. Boys from the 4th to 9th grades in Salem schools will be given free reign of the Y facilities December 23 to 31, C. A. Kells, secretry, said yesterday. Various- games, sports tournaments, movies and education trips every morning to surround ing institutions are part of the schedule. Last year's open house drew an average of 1200 boys ev ery day, Kells said. Weather Salem Portland San Francisco .. Chicago Max. .. 42 43 53 - 24 Min. Precip. ZS .aa 31 .00 38 .00 16 trace 32 trace Nfw York BO Willamette river 23 6 feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. McNary field. Stltmi : Mostly cloudy today and tonijrht with slight ly warmer temperatures. Highest to day 45. Lowest 35. 12:45 p.m.: unusual courtesy to pedes trians at intersection, allowed lane to clear before starting. (Three pair ny lons). M-62Z: Dec. 16; State and High: 1:15 p.m.: allowed woman and baby buggy to clear intersection before starting. ( 10 gallons gasoline. oU change, lubri cation). 233-336: Dec. 16: High and State: 3 JO p.m.: gave right of way to another car to clear Intersection and keep traffic moving. (Umbrella). S-lSt: Dec. -18: Center and 12th; 2:45 P.m.; stopped car for boy on bicycle. (Car vacuum). S-666 (1S47 license): Dec. 16; Cot tage and Center: 3:45 p.m.; stopped to let little girl across street. (Album of records). S9-377: Dec. 16; Capitol and D: 4 p jti.: stopped car for children to cross Capitol street. (Auto flashlight). 32S-521: Dec. 16; Center and 13th: 3:45 p.m.; driver stopped so that school children could get across street. (Half gallon ice cream). 394-437: Dec. 16; Commercial and State; 11:15 a.m.: making left hand turn, signalled a stop to give right of way to pedestrian. (Two theatre tick ets). 336-653: Dec. 12: State and Commer cial; 1:43 p.m.; pushed stalled car to cial: 1:43 dj garage. (Two theatre tickets). Missile Ascends ill Miles Meteor Display Unspectacular, Observers Say WHITE SANDS, N. M., Dec. 17 " MrZLtJ ,i , i geo, however, dicounted the pos-(JPi- New records were set for . 4:J , speed of 5350 feet per second and for altitude of 111 miles by a German V-2 rocket fired tonight, the army said in an official bul- V,Vw-, j i m . .While awaiting data from ob- 5rVenand develPment of m from 300 cameras, the army made no mention of its experiment to create man-made meteorites in its first night rocket shoot. The new speed. Lt. Col. Harold R. Turner, White Sands com- mandant, said equalled five times the speed of sound and eclipsed the former mark of 5000 feet per second set December 6. The prev- ious aiutuae marK was iu mnes . a lit . . Army Has No Comment xiie aiiujr tiu ii wuuiu iwve; no comment until 8 a.m. tomor row on its meteorite experiment, but from the popular view the shoot was not much of a spec tacle at places 100 or more miles away. Press reports from Bisbee, Ariz., were the only ones to men tion meteorites being visible and then only faintly by the naked eye. A press representative station- ed about six miles from the firing platform, however, said he saw no evidence of meteorites. The rocket was fired at 10:19 p.m. (Mountain standard time) and the all clear came at 10:23. Flames Light Desert The flames from the rockets jet engines lighted the desert brightly for about three miles. They were visible for 68 sec onds and the white hot rudders for about 52 seconds longer. Atomic Power Held Feasible For Airplanes WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -)- Dr. Louis A. Alvarez, University of California physicist, said to night it "is technically feasible" 10 propel airplanes wan atomic power, but that it probably would not be done within ten years. At the same time. Dr. Alvarez said "There is no obvious or sim- pie way in which to use atomic energy for space ships." He expressed his views in an address at the Washington Aero i club's annual dinner in observ- ance of the Wright brothers' first flieht. Earlier Dr. Alvarez was j presented the Robert J. Collier . trophy by President Truman fcr i outstanding achievement in avia- tion during 1945. The award was based on the scientist's work in developing a radar method for guiding airplanes in bad weather. i 1 28 Die in Spanish Train Wrerk. Simnert Sahotace t a n r T r- r- it ; m. r ... iAi,i", a.-v--c.lj-- had cieared at tne state m, eight persons were killed and ; or vehicle department here Tues more than 100 were injured to- day officials estimated that be day, railroad officials said, when tween 425.000 and 430.000 licenses the Andalusia Express crashed WOuld be issued during the license lnio a stationary string oi ireignt cars at Cinco Casa, 100 miles south of Madrid. Immediately after the wreck a group of railroad employes was arrested at the tiny Cinco Casa station on charges of suspicion of sabotage. Long Range Planners Urge Relocation of State Penitentiary Officials of Salem's long range planning commission, headed by former governor Charles A. Sprague, appeared before the state board of control here Tues day and urged that the state peni tentiary, now located at the east ern terminus of State street here, be relocated on a site some dis tance from the city. All winners also get a certifi cate for an 8x10 browntown pho tograph. To repeat Tuesday's winners, some of whom have not claimed their prizes: 22-157, 338-440, 161 562, 268-094, 54-645, 335-976. T9 461, 388-565, 264-499. 336-371. (All numbers are for 1946 unless otherwise indicated). Another list of 10 winning li cense numbers will be in tomor row's Statesman. One unusual instance in to day's list was noted: Car license number 7-555, which was a second-prize winner last Saturday was listed as ninth today for an other deed of courtesy. Claimant of that number's prize for last Saturday was Mildred Trommlitz, 330 Academy, Salem, - who gets new congratulations but is not eligible for another daily award under rules of the campaign. An other number was thus moved up for today's prize. Fiire lone Molds. Ray .ff Mps i?ir Crash VocftDmnis SEATTLE, Dec. 1-JP)-K faint hope that the 32 men aboard m missing marine corps transport plane still might be alive" kept the air over Eatonville crowded with search planes today after several witnesses reported seeing a brilliant fire blazing before dawn in the forest choked hills 25 miles southeast of the western Washington village. sibility tonight after an hour and a half of flying over the district. "Visibility was excellent and we covered the entire area." Al geo said. "All we saw was a bunch (of small logging outfits burning ; siashings : "If the" plane is in that area or : on Mfnint Raini(,r it is undoubt- edly covered by snow." The planes converged on the Eatonville district after W. B. Bray of that district told Sgt. Nor- ' ti t ih. n:tm hH seen , ..plain,y visible fire" eariy - this morning. It flared up Ss though it were being fed by g. ; linet., Bray was quoted as sayjng. Ar owr,;, nrK-Mo fi,r t irai " - - - : Schlotterback, also reported to- day tnat he saw a coiumn of biack smoke, which changed slowly to a dull gray fog-like color, over a were forecast for sections of north spot 25 miles southeast of Eaton- em Illinois, Iowa and South ville and west of Longmire. Mount Dakota. Rainier national park. He was headed for another area to search and did not investigate closely, but on returning over it this aft ernoon could see no sign of log ging operations or an area having burned. He said he "probably made a mistake" in not looking i closer this afternoon : $15,000 Fund Contributed to Defeat Bilbo WASHINGTON. Dec. 17-UP-Senators digging into the financial deals revolving about Senator Theodore G. Bilbo today turned up a report of $15,000 allegedly earmarked for defeating him the polls. And the senate war investigat ing committee was told that the custodian of the money tempor arily at least was Edward Terry, the Mississippi senator's own pri vate secretary at the time. J. Marvin Quin. vice president of the Jackson state nationafbank jackson. Miss., told about it. He said Terrv told him the pian was for Gov Tom Bailev j to against Bilbo this year, j Bailey did not make the race. He ! was talked of as a candidate but J his health was not good. He died ! recently, Quin said Terry told him that the $15,000 had been raised to "get Governor Tom Bailey to en ter this race against Senator Bil bo." Bilbo fired Terry as his secre- tary last January 1. 119,305 Apply i T" X T Or LlCeilSeS i A total of 119.305 applications , i: I i n i 1 " " . ... : period. Licenses are now being sent out at the rate of between 6.000 and 7,000 a day from the Salem of fice, although a slight interrup tion has been encountered in mov ing the plates because of the Christmas rush at the postoffice. Sprague told the board that the land now occupied by the- prison was badly needssd for city expan- sion. Five proposed sites, all lo- cated east of Salem, were Dro- posed. One of these, containing approximately 2400 acre, lies along a county highway between the state hospital farm, five miles east of Salem, and Aumsville. Approximately 60 per cent of this property is classified as rough land with 1000 acres tillable, Board members agreed that be fore anything definite is done the state land board should be asked j RALEIGH. N C. Dec. 17-f.TV-to appraise the several sites and . William B. Umstead. 51-year-old report back. i Durham lawyer and a former rep- " " utnucu that the Oregon state hospital, lo cated north of the penitentiary, also presented a serious problem and eventually might have to be relocated. Sprague countered that while this was possible the peni tentiary proposal was the most important at the present time. There is a possibility, board members declared, that the Mar ion county delegation in the legis lature may present a bill at the 1947 session providing for the prison relocation. Land now oc cupied by the penitentiary would be sold by the board of control. Funds for removal of the prison to another site would have to be appropriated by the legislature. Sprague stressed that the present prison plant is old and even if maintained on the present site will have to be remodeled and expanded at a cost o'f many thou sands of dollars. Cold Wave to Spread South, East Suffers By the Associated Press A biting cold wave nipped large stretches of the nation Tuesday night and heavy snows and free-' ing rain imparted a Christmas set ting in several states. The cold, severest of the season. j . . uiuvc iritr mercury oeiow zero in parts 0f four states North Dako- ta Montana Minnesota and Wis- . consin. Near zero temperatures Strong winds added to the dis comfort of the cold in the mid west. As the cold spread south and east in moderated form, weather forecarte predic!ed sub-freezing temperatures would be recorded by Wednesday morning in the Carolina?, northern Georgia, northern Texas and northern Lou isiana. The temperature at Dawson, in the Yukon territory, rose from an unofficial 70 degrees below zero : to 40 below yesterday, and schools : reopened. I In New England, a freezing rain ; or wet snow glazed highways, i making motor travel extremely hazardous. Warm Weather.j S; Expected; Well Users Warned Warmer temperatures are pre dieted ttday by McNary field weather station to relieve the cold snap prevailing in Salem for the. past two days. Meanwhile, flood damage in the lower Willamette valley is continuing negHgible. as the crest reached the Columbia river. Eastern Oregon tempera tures went down to 10 degrees. Salem's lowest was 23 Tuesday. Health authorities In Portland are warning of the possibility of a communicable disease outbreak because of flood pollution of wells in the Willamette valley and all well owners are advised to purify their water before use. Oregon coast highway is the only main road in the state still closed, R. H. Baldock. state high way engineer .reports. Usually clear weather is reported in east ern Oregon with some low tem peratures and snowy, icy roads prevailing in some sections. County Judge Grant Murphy I Tuesday that a washout on i -rket road 39 had been report ed between Talbot and Jefferson. Soviet Invades Fishing Waters WASHINGTON Dec. l7-JPt-j Gov. Mon C. Wallgren of Wash I ington expressed fear today for ; the future of the $1,000,000,000 yearly northern Pacific fishing in i dustry, saying Russians are fisft i ing waters formerly plied by the Japanese. The governor headed a west coast group at a meeting with Sec retary of State Byrnes. Afterward j that Russian fishermen had moved i in where Japanese had left off and j that he feared old disputes be- Lren "v"' groups may flare anew. "We had our troubles with the i Japanese and now the question . may arise with the Russians as to , how far they are to go and. how j far w can go" Wallgren told a i reporter, j UMSTEAD NEW SENATOR resenuuve in congress, was ap pointed by Governor R. Greg! Cherry today to the UJS. senate, as successor to Josiah W. Bailey who died Sunday. ( ft SHOPPING 1 L PAYS LEFT J