I The Skrt eenvrn. SaUm. Oregon, WenlnadatT. June 1. 1948
Flood Cuts Off
Cities, Detours
Road Travel
PORTLAND, Junj l-f-P)-The
Columbia river flood bolated sev
eral towns tonight and snarled Pa
cific northwest commiintcations.
Kalama, Wash , wat completely
cut off. Planes and jrmv DL'KWS
carried bread and milk to the
town, part of which was flooded.
Farther downstrejm the Colum
bia river highway 011 the Oregon
side was closed by high water at
Clatskanie.
Vancouver, Wash., las' all its
major roads except the Evergreen
highway up the Colombia gorge to
the east. A dike broke on the Port
land ude of the river last night
and swept out the g main that
supplied Vancouvei
Telegraph Cables Snap
Principal telegraph cables to the
north from Portlind alto were
snapped. There wa a 10 U 12-hour
delay on telephone cjIU from Port
land to southwest Washington
towns. Telephone crew began
making an aerial revu over the
break.
The Pacific highway was cut
noiih of Portland Traffic to Van
couver was routed up the Colum
bia gorge and acrovi on the Bridge
of the Gods at Cascade Locks.
Tralfic to Seattle proceeded from
Portland down the lower Columbia
river highway and a:-rn the river
via the Longview briJgj.
Hit h way Covered
Ka.-t of Portljnt th Columbia
river highway wj covered by wa
ter at The Dallei mi-i Arlington.
D"ours were set up auund the
P')tS.
In Washington the Ydkima val
ley highway waa cl-fcl between
B-nton City and Pi i A detour
pivided access t Kennew irjc.
Repairs will start tomorrow on
the Pacific highway breaks north
of Portland. The Union avenue and
Denver avenue approache to the
Interstate bridge had gap torn in
them last night by 13 feet of water.
The state bighwiy commiv.ion
approved repair contract today.
Tie roads were ecpeK-te-i back in
operation in two weele-i
Lioness Gives
Birth to Quads
HARRISBURG. Juni 1.-;P-Dolly
the lioness gava birth to
quadruplets today.
The 400-pound circus lioness
nursed her cubs at th farm 'show
building where a 1. last week she
was the star performer in a wild
animal act
Dick Clemens, Peoria, 111., own
er of Dolly and her nine fellow
i troupers, said he kept the entire
act behind when the circus left
here for Houston, Tex. He planned
, to ship the rest of the act to Texas
tomorrow.
Clemens said the average lioness
gives birth to litters of two, or
sometimes three cubs, but that a
quadruplet birth is very unusual.
Army Sends
Relief to Area
SAN FRANCISCO. June l.-4p)-All
facilities and p-i jnnel of the
Sixth army have lx?en made avail
able for relief and flj control
uoik in the Portland area. Gen.
Mark W. Clark announced tonight.
Mote than 90J of f k en and en
lis'ed men from Fort Le a s. Wash .
under Brig. Gen. Ira P Swifi. al
ready are engaged in flood control
activities near Vanpoit, Ore.
In addition. General Clark said,
blankets, cots and ratotn to pro
vide for more than 5.00'J refugees
ar e available at Port Lewi tor im
mediate dispatch, it Red Cross
request, to the disisfer sorties.
Service team f r m Fort Lewis
are prepared to fev?d homeless
victims if called upon, the Sixth
a: my commandant aJleJ
Salmon Tahe
Over Road in
Washington
Br Elmer Vngel
ON U. S. HIGHWAY 9. Cow
litz County. Wash , June 1 -Ah-Salmon
were swimming by this
main north - south highway to
day. We met them as they moved
gracefully through the now tran
quil flood waters which have mer
ged the Columbia, tbe Lewis and
the Cowlitz rivers. Salmon were
only a small part of what one
sees, meets and feels in an at
tempt to patrol a 60 -mi la water
covered flood "front.""
Everywhere are the residents
who have been driven from their
homes by high waters.
Pstfeetieally In interested
They stand idly by the roadside,
p-thetically uninterested in our
army duck as it roars by with its
load of mail, refugees, food or
burlap bags. They look like peo
ple who have lost not only their
ncmcs but their hopes. Theirs is
a sullen acceptance of nature's
prank. "
Children are a study in con
trasts. They are afraid of the dark,
iilent waters. They absorb some
of the disquiet of their elders, but
it all has a strange fascination
they show it in their faces; In
tf-nr venture.! to the water's edge
to probe the masses of debris with
long poles or sticks, occasionally
shouting with delight at some find.
We were stopped regularly by
flag - waving watchmen, some
official, some self - appointed.
Warn "Go Slow"
"Go as slow as you can," they
would warn us. "When you get in
the water you make waves and
that breaks windows. Sloshes wa
ter high on the walU."
And there is an unbelief that
goes almost beyond belief. A wo
man, standing m three inches of
water in front of her home at
Woodland, asked in all serious
ne: "Do you think the water will
come up this high?"
Train Service
Htndicapped
By Flood water
SEATTLE, June 1 - (P) - The
northwest's network of railroads
was operating at a slackened pace
today due to the floods, with the
two Vancouver! as the main dan
ger points.
The line from Seattle to Port
land through Vancouver, Wash.,
remained broken in two places
by high water at Kalama and an
embankment failure at north Port
land junction. The Northern Pa
cific, Great Northern and Union
Pacific all use the double-track
line.
Traffic over Great Northern
rails from Seattle to Vancouver,
B.C., was normal today, but the
rising Fraser river threatened to
flood the line south of the New
Westminster. B.C., bridge. Both
the Canadian National and Cana
dian Pacific lines were down east
of Vancouver.
Airlines Move
Northwest Airlines said tonight
it was moving all its operations
from Portland to Salem. United
Air Lines had made the switch
earlier.
The Great Northern's main lina
east was broken at Monitor, a few
miles east of Wenatchee, and east
of Bonner's Ferry, Ida. All main
line service was expected to be re
stored by Sunday or Monday.
Great Northern trains are being
detoured over other lines. The
G.N. is building a 1.150-foot trestla
to bypass a washout at Monitor.
Main Lines Open
Milwaukie and Northern Paci
fic main lines were open and op
erating. The Spokane. Portland Sc
Seattle railway expected to have
its line from Spokene and Pasco
open to Vancouver, Wash., by
morning. The Union Pacific was
providing shuttle train service be
tween Portland and The Dalles for
streamliner connections.
Steam-drawn trains were ford
ing high water at The Dalles.
T-H Act to Retain
'Union Shop9 Vote
WASHINGTON, Juna l. (
The Taft-Hartley labor law will
stay as it is until 1940 at least
That became practically certain
today when a committee of sen
ators and representatives refused
to recommend an amendment to
wipe out "union shop" elections
among employes.
This amendment had been con
sidered the only one that ad a
real chance of enactment this
year.
Holiday Death
Count at 404
By the Associated Press
Accidents took at least 404 lives
during the three-day Memorial day
holiday.
This compared with 504 killed
during the three-day holiday last
year and 292 in a similar period in
1946. The 1947 total was boosted
by two plane crashes in which 95
were killed and tornadoes which
took 43 lives in Arkansas and Ok
lahoma. Between 6 p m. Friday and mid
night Monday this year, 204 wera
killed in traffic accidents. This
was below the forecast of 225 mad
by the National Safety Council.
Too I,ate to Classify
LOST C.rry uitca ait of Court
pti on N. C otte St. fiidr rail 4JI0
or 647.
Rain During
Mar Doubled
Average Fall
The prevailing winds changed,
so Salem, which last year had it
driest May on record, this year had
more than double the normal May
rainfall. The change was from
.18 inch a year ago to 4.15 Inches
last month.
Meanwhile, the U.S. weather
bureau office at McNary field re
corded a maximum temperature
of 80 degrees Tuesday and fore
cast fog. cloudiness and lata after
noon showers for today.
Because of a prevailing south
wind, rains last month kept farm
ers from even planting many crops
and delayed much farm work.
During May, 1947, berry crops
were a week or more ahead of
normal schedule and were wither
ing on the vines for lack of mois
ture, while a north wind and a
hot sun pushed the mercury to 93
degrees. 10 points above the high
est so far in 1948.
The month helped to bring Sa
lem's total precipitation since Sep
tember 1 to 45.8 inches, almost 10
inches above tha normal 35.87 and
more than 12 inches above last
year's 33.79 for the same period.
Heaviest rainfall in any ona day
was 1.26 inches on May S, ona of
the 20 days in which rain fell.
May's temperature averaged
55.2 degrees, 1.1 degrees below
normal, while the mean maximum
was 65 and tha mean minimum
reading 45.4 degrees.
The period was the fifth wettest
May on record here. Tha top spot
is held by 6.23 Inches in 1895.
followed by 5.54 in 1896, 4.61 in
1933 and 4.44 in 1945.
Newfoundland
Vote to Decide
Nation's Future
ST. JOHN'S NfdU June 1-(JP)-The
campaign over Newfound
land's future, in which economic
union with the United States is
an issue, reached its pre-election
peak today.
About 170.000 of Newfound
land's 320.000 inhabitants in this
oldest of Britain's colonies are ex
pected to vote Thursday on three
alternative proposals:
1. To join Canada as that do
minion ji tenth province.
2. Return to independent status
with a responsible government
such as it had before 1934.
3. Remain for at least five years
under the present commission
form of government with a gov
ernor appointed by the British
crown.
The question of economic union
with the United States has been
injected by a new party organized
by Chesley A. Crosbie, St. John's
businessman, who is campaigning
for independent status. He says
when that is realized he will head
a movement to lead the country
into economic union with the
United States.
or groups would be thoW desig
nated by tha international refugee
organization as of January 1, 1948.
Sen. Mors of Oregon favored th
amendment while Sen. Cordon op
posed it.
K of C Elects
Sylvester Ripp
New grand knight of Salem coun
cil. Knights of Columbus, is Syl
vester Ripp, following an election
Tuesday night. Ha succeeds Al
Cramer.
Other officers elected are Don
Doerller, deputy grand knight; j
Andy Fisher, chancellor; Walt
Link, recording secretary; Cyril
Suing, advocate; Joe Thomas, war-
den; Bruce Wiesner, inside guard;
Bill Stewart, outside guard, and '
Al Cramer, trustee for three years. 1
Willow Grove
Men Battle to
Save Island
LONGVIEW Wash.. June 1-i-PV-For
two feverish days and nights,
the men of Willow Grove have
battled to save the dikes around
what has become an island colony.
They haven't had a chance to
sleep. They have barely had time
to snatch a bite to eat now and
then on the run.
Today, and on into tonight, they
waged what looked like a losing
battle. But the Willow Grove farm
ers are stubborn men stubborn
about giving up their land and
homes to the muddy, power-swollen
Columbia river.
The men of Willow Grove are
typical of hundreds of farmer and
fisher folk who depend on he
mighty Columbia, in its tamer
moods, for much of their liveli
hood.
Willow Grove is normally sep
arated from the mainland near
here by a road atop a causeway
Water two feet deep over the road
has converted their home area into
an isolated island. It is eight miles
around, all diked.
The water was within inches
of the top of their vital dikes all
day. The dikes were softening;
there was a dangerous seepage
But the battle went on.
They didn't even have sand
enough to fall tha sandbags. A
barge was trying to get soma to
tiiem late today.
If the dikes go, say that famil
iar with Willow Grove, the Co
lumbia will engulf the land and
homes to as much as 15 feet deep
Reclamation
Official to Aid
BOISE, Idaho, June I -p
R J. Newell, ret ma! director of
tr.e bureau of reclamation, has
ben appointed th-i department of
interior's represent iti v e in helping
to relieve victim of the Pacific
northwest flood
Newell said he rvivi a tele
gram from Secretary of the In
terior J. A. Kruii diiecting him to
a t as the dep jrtmnt'- special
i -preventative in mobilisation of
'all available facilities of men,
rr.di hinery and equipment in the
Ph. ific northwest to rlie e flood
victims and to help iv?it further
disaster."
Woman Cited
After Accident
Citation on a charge of failure
to give right-of-way to another
vehicle was issued by city police
Tuesday evening to Roma Rae
Teeti, Salem route 8, box 890. fol
lowing an accident at Portland
road and Beech street.
Miss Teets is to appear in muni
cipal court this morning. Her car
was involved in a collision with
one driver by William R. PoweTs,
Salem route 7, box 14 1.
BOY KILLED IS FALL
HOOD RIVER. Or.; . June 1-PV-Nine-year-old
Gary Crl Banister
fell 100 feet to his dsath today over
a bluff in Starvation Creek state
paik, 10 miles west or here. The
boy. son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
C Banister of HJ River, "fell
v. hiJe on a picnic.
Petition Would Bar
Horse Race Betting
Preliminary petition for an in
itiative measure outlawing pari
mutuel or other forms of wager
ing on horse races in Oregon was
filed in the state elections bureau
Tuesday by George Gordon of
Aloha, Washington county.
A similar petition Involving dog
races was filed here a few weeks
ago. In event completed petitions,
containing 18.969 signatures, arc
filed in the state department by
July 1 tha horse racing pari-
mutuel measure will go on the
ballot at tha November general
election.
VAN'S .
School of Dancing
Van's Corner West Salem
Classes Wed., 3:30 P. M.
Sat., 1:30 P. M.
Tap Ballot Acrobatic Russian Spanish
Novelty and Eccentric Dancing
Stag Deportment Taught
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Class and PririU Lessens Far Appointment Pheae Zlltf
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Senate Rejects
Proportional
DP Admittance
WASHINGTON. June l-OPH
The senate tonight beat down, 40
to Jl, an effort to put the admis
sion of displaced persons into the
United States on a proportional
basis.
The vote keeps in the bill a re
quirement that not less than 50
per cent of the 200,000 -persons to
be admitted during1 the next two
fiscal years shall be refugees
"whose place of origin or country
of nationality has been annexed
by a foreign power."
In effect, this means that at least
100,000 displaced persons from the
former baltic states of Lithuania,
Latvia and Estonia, and from east
ern Poland, shall be admitted if
they meet the eligibility require
ments. The alternative, strongly urged
by Senator Ferguson (R-Mich)
and others, would have provided
that visas be issued to each "ele
ment" or "group" in the same
proportion that the element or
group bears to the total number
of displaced persons. The element
Alabamans May
Leave Convention
BIRMINGHAM, June l.-(P-Al-abama
democrats voted tody to
leave the party's national conven
tion if a strong civil rights plank
is included in the platform.
They also defeated decisively
tha ' bid--of Governor Jam -X. f field of aavao for totii place as
(Kissing Jim) Folsom for; a place
in tha 2 6-man delegation to the
Philadelphia .meeting.
Folsom was running list In a
delegate at large
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Wa asked our serrice expert what
a vacationer should do to his car
before ha heads for the highway.
They say tha check list below cov
ers most of tha points that causa
trouble on a long trip. Let ua go
over the list with you and take
cars of every danger point so
thoroughly that you can start out
without a car worry on your mind.
VACATION CHECK-UP LIST
(Just check items that seed attention en
your car, tear out list and give to attendant.
Do it a week or so before yoa leave and
save Last -min ut delays.)
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Just so youll be prepared for any emer
gency, here are a few items it's wise to
take along: flashlight and extra batteries,
a tuba repair kit, spare auto fuses, Handy
Oil and sun glasses. Most of us carry
these, and we all have Chevron Supreme
Gasoline and wear-saving RPM Motor
Oil to keep your car at ita best.
fl lubricate chassis
( 1 change oiL I use
8AE. "RPM"
Q drain, flash end
refill transmission
and differential
O inspect all tires.
Inflate to Jba.
pressure
Q clean and adjust
spark plugs
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service oil filter I
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check battery and
cable f j
O repack front wheel
bearings ' -
inspect radiator check fan WU
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