The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, November 21, 1949, Page 1, Image 1

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- OSLO, Norway (Monday) Nov. 21-;p)-A Dutch plane with 30
Jewish refugee children aboard was given up as lost today and fear
was expressed it had crashed in a wild forest and lake area only a
mile from Oio. I .
- Hundreds of searchers combed the forests around Oslo in .he
rain and darkness for a sign of the plane, which also carried a crew
mum
to ima
The president of Pillsbury Flour
Mills, J. Irl Beatty, visiting the
company'! mill at Astoria, Is quot
ed as saying that the outlook for
export flour business ' in the far
east is "not good." Communist oc
cupation of China pretty well elim
inates that one-time good market
for northwestern mills. Other ex
, port business is hit by the dollar
hortase. so wills art running on
slow bell these days. The Astoria
mill, chiefly milling for export,
operates only three days a week.
Time was when the orient was
great consumer of northwest
wheat. Before the first world war
ships carried great 'quantities of
our wheat and flour to China. The
other big export outlet was Britain,
the ships having to sail "round the
Horn." One reason given for the
handling of wheat In sacks in this
region was the risk of cargo shift
ing if wheat were loaded into ships
In bulk, because of the stormy
passage around the. tip of South
America,
Completion of the Panama canal
and the outbreak of the first world
war diverted most of our export
trade in wheat and flour to Eur
. 1 ........ II .nil Hf snoViiirfa h.
Vcame principal suppliers of wheat
tn China. In the neriod between
- the wars the northwest did not re
capture its former recurring wars,
domestic and foreign, lurtner cur
tailed ifr In the 1930's our govern
ment subsidized wheat exports -to
China which helped to cut down
our surplus. -
Wheat grown in the Pacific
northwest is soft wheat, much bet
ter for, pastry, than for flour.
Southeast United States offers'!
( Continued on editorial page, 4)
High, Low Tide
Levels Attract
Many to Coast
SEASIDE, Nov. 20-()-High and
low tide levels here today drew
large crowds of inlanders to 'the
' Oregon coastal resort areas. Clam
of the bivalves.
The shoreline at low tide of
minus 1.9 today was lighted by
lanterns and flashlights of clam
diggers during the pre-dawn hours.
Later, at high tide, children and
adults romped in the calm surf
under sunny skies.
At Taft, the high tide forced two
fishing boats to cut loose a barge
they were attempting to push into
the Siletz river. The coast guara
later took the barge in tow.
FDR, jr. Denies
Candidacy for
Governor's Office
CHICAGO, Nor. 20-()-Rep.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, J r, (D-NY)
said tonight he is not a candidate
for any office but he "hoped the
people of my district will reelect
mi." i
- His remark was made at a press
conference preceding his address
i to the dinner meeting of the Jew
lsh consumptive relief society. It
was made in answer to a news-
I man's query as to whether he is a
j canoiaaie ior ;wie oiuce ox . gov
' ernor of New Vork. Roosevelt re-
plied he is not candidate for any
office. Asked what he would do, if
, he were drafted, he replied:
; I haven't been drafted."
Animal Crackers
x By WARREN GOODRICH
v"Gtfy hen wanfi fo know H
you know what j foothill is."
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IPIamies
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of four . and two Swedish nurses.
The hunt was concentrated on
Lake Gjersjoen, a mile southeast
oi usioj wnere a snarp xiasn oi
light followed by an explosion had
been reported
Aero Holland, owners of the
plane, announced at The Hague
that it considered the plane lost
and relatives of the Dutch crcv;
were so informed. It had been
reported missing last night on the
last lap of a flight from North
Africa to Oslo.
Home Guard Mobilised
The home guard in the districts
southeast of Oslo had been mobil
ized by the Oslo radio. Daylight
planes, ; rescue boats and addi
tional volunteers were drafted in
to the ; search;
The plane, a two-engined Da
kota transport,; was due at nearby
Fornebu airport after its midday
departure from Brussels, where
it had Stopped for fuel. But radio
contactfrwith the plane was lost,
and it disappeared' into the cold,
cloudy 1 night without a trace. It
did not have sufficient gasoline
for prolonged flight
Wide Search Start
Red . Cross auxiliary workers
began a wide search around Oslo
after there were reports from
several places within the district
of explosions in the air.
The l children ranged in ages
from six to 12.g Dtt Leopold Ber
man, a prominent Jewish spokes
man here, said; they were coming
to Norway on: a six-month re
habilitation visit Their trip was
arranged by the Jewish Children
Relief organization. They were
to replace other Jewish children
who have been staying in Norway
for about eight: months and who
are now going to Israel.
Revenge Plan
PLAlNSVILLE, Mass. Nov. 20
- (Jf) An 11-year-old youth
charged with armed robbery told
state police today he held up a
liquor store to obtain fare to Mon
treal td kill the man charged with
blowing up a plane in which his
father ; and 22 others lost their
lives last September 9.
The youth gave his name as
Patrick J. Parker, a Brown uni
versity; freshman, ; and said his
father j was the late Russell J.
Parkeri of Rye, N.Y., former vice
president of the Kennecott Cop
per co, and president of the Que
bec Iron and Titanium Co.
The ; elder Parker was one of
three Americans killed when the
plane j crashed I at St Joachim,
Que-, after a bomb in the bag
gage compartment exploded.
J. Albert Guar, a Quebec Jew
eler, is held without ball on a
murder charge in Quebec. He was
accused of arranging for the bomb
to be placed in the place so his
wife, one ef the passengers, could
be killed. She was one of the 23
victims. f I
Young Parker told his story of
the planned "vengeance trip to
Montreal after the was charged
with the $55.60 armed robbery of
a liquor store. I
State police quoted Parker as
saying after his arrest:
"I was short of money. I needed
money to fly to Montreal. I had
maae -a reservation on a flight
irom Boston, l was going to Can
ada because I wanted to get re
venge and kill the man responsi
ble for my father's death the
man who had the bomb put on the
plane before the takeoff."
Clyde Marshall' owner of the
Cranston, RJ, home . where Par
ker was staying, told police the
youth was "deeply shocked" by
wj ucain or nig iatner. ;
Marshall said Parker "brooded
constantly" over the tragedy.
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REDS WIN RECOGNITION
LONDON. Nov. 20 -OP)- Albania
announced today it is establishing
diplomatic relations with the
Chinese communist regime.
PromptedTheft
BylStudent
Report to Suggest Unified Administration of All
Federal Transportation Activities, Policies
, WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -)-Secretary
of Commerce Sawyer
soon will inform the president
that the government needs a cen
tral policy body to guide all fed
eral transportation activities, of
ficials reported today.
The report ) will suggest that
coordination of federal programs
covering the air, frail, water and
highway transport industries
could save taxpayers part of the
$1,500,000,000 j now spent each
year by a dozen federal agencies.
Sawyer's own department could
finally fall heir to the top policy
due to be in President Truman's
due to b ein President Truman's
hands by December 1 is not ex
pected to recommend whether a
Illness
For Flight
Gen; Marshall,
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Stassen Among
25 Called In I
HONG KONG. Nov.! 20 -WV
.Nationalist China's Acting Presi
dent La Tsung-en new to mis
British colony and entered a nur
sin home: late today.
It appeared as a major develop
ment in his SDlit with Generalis
simo Ch'an Kai-'ibv- a deeo
ening cleavage that has set the
nationalists to bickering among
themselves while the communists
steadily continue their conquest of
China.
Although Li insisted he hoped
to return to duty as soon as a ser
ious stomach ailment permitted,
he handed his job over to Premier
Yen Hsi-shan. and the Hong Kong
Press said he might go to the
United States.
CHUNGKING. China.: Nov. 20-f;P)-Actlng
President LI Tsung
jen's action in flying ? to Hong
Kong created consternation' in na
tionalist official quarters tonight.
An official in close touch with
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek,
who is here, said, "Li's action at
this critical time is a surprise and
a disappointment. He had prom
ised to come to Chungking in two
or three days.
'Grave DamaceDone
"The communists will make
capital of it, and it will do the
government grave damage. When
we first heard the report from
Hong Kong we simply did not be
lieve it. Then Gen. Pai Chung-hsi
arrived and confirmed it."
Pai was closeted with Chiang
for an hour and a half. Chiang
also conferred at length with
Premier Yen Hsi-shan and other
high nationalists on the crisis
caused by Li's departure.
An unexpressed but obvious
fear was that Li, in Hong Kong
would be accessible to Communist
go-betweens who might try to
make a deal that could be fatal to
the already-groggy nationalists.
Discount Illness
Discounting reports of Li's ill
ness, one official said : the Hong
Kong trip was intended to force a
showdown with Chiang, to force
Chiang either to resume the pres
idency himself or give Li greater
power.
WASHINGTON, Nov! 20 -W)
State department officials dls
closed today that Former Secre
tary George C. Marshall, Harold
Stassen and other American lead
ers outside the government have
been called in to help find an
swers to the Chinese communist
upheaval. ?
These were among a group oz
25 men who participated In a re
cent closed door, three-day session
called to aid the work of shaping
a current revision of American
policy, which now is apparently
in its final stages.
Question ef Recognition
What to do about recognizing
the new communist regime and
halting the advance of commun
ism to the rest of the Far East
were among Questions out ud to
them by. Secretary Acheson. Their
views were not disclosed but of
ficials said they were taken fully
into account by Acheson and
others involved in the China prob
lem. i
Others taking part in the China
conference Included E. B. Mac
Naughton, board chairman of the
First National Bank of Portland,
Ore.
Burglar Enters
Feed Store
Flashlights and pocket knives
valued at $32 were stolen by
burgler who pried a board from a
rear window at the Oregon Feed
and Farm supply on Portland road
over the week end. ; ,
City police investigated after
owners John Brazie reported the
beak-in at 1:45 p. m. Sunday. A
candy-vending machine had been
removed from the building to a
nearby freight car and dismantled.
Part of the contents was taken.
Missing besides 24, 2-cell flash
lights and 10 knives were a foun
tain pen and 70 pennies from the
cash till Another small cache of
change was overlooked.
new agency, an old one, a com
mittee or a White House "coordin
ator" should be designated.
The report may call, for studies
on whether the government
should impose "user charges' on
the air and trucking lines, ship
ping firms and railroads which
benefit from federal .outlays on
highways, airports, harbor work
and .other facilities.
Transportation officials who
gave this information privately,
said. Sawyer's report 'now la in
the rough-draft stage, following
talks with all agencies concerned.
These include the interstate
commerce and maritime commis
sions, civil aeronautics . adminis
tration, bureau of public roads
and others. r '--v
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99th YEAR 12 PAGES The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Orecon, Monday. Normbr 21. 199 PRICE Sc i Wo 247
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3 Armed Prisoners
Company B
First Lt Joseph Meier, commander
rnard anit demenstrates field
traininr session in the lacal amMry. Lie a tenant Meier is using a
Driver Dies in
99-E Wreck
North of Salem
A motorist tentatively Identified
by state police as Wallace -Taylor,
1970 John st, died en rente to Sa
lem General hospital early this
morning after his roadster careen
ed from fog-shronded highway
99-E four miles north ef the city.
City first aid men said the man
they estimated his age at 30
had been crashed.
State police thought he had Just
turned north onto 99-E from Lan
caster road. The car, a cloth-top
'32 Ford, hurdled a drainage ditch,
ricocheted off a tree and came to
rest on its side in a clump of smal
ler trees.
The driver, who was alone, was
found near the first tree. A T-shirt,
believe by witnesses to be the one
he wore, hung grotesquely from a
barbed-wire strand nailed to the
tree.
A door from the car, a hub cap
and one of his shoes lay nearby.
State police said they could only
speculate that fog had been a fac
tor. Eddie's ambulance accompanied
the first aid car to the scene and
returned the man to the hospital.
The roadster was reduced to
rubble.
Tentative identification was
made from papers in the man's
billfold.
Monmouth Man
Dies in Wreck
REEDSPORT. Nov. 20-(AJ)-Wil-11am
De Witt Crisp, 27, Monmouth,
was killed last night and three per
sons injured when the automobile
In which they were riding over
turned on highway 30.
State police said the Injured
were Robert Wright, 22; Floyd
Mathews, 28; and Harry Carroll,
39, all of Scottsburg. They are in
a North Bend hospital.
SEC SNTDEE IN MANILA
MANILA, Nov. 20 -()- U. S.
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder
arrived by air in Manila today on
his tour of the Orient. He is due
to start for home via Guam Wed
nesday. ' The high policy board, Sawyer
will suggest, should develop a
program aimed at an efficient na
tional transport system with
high emphasis on military . use
fulness at lowest possible cost in
federal outlays.
Officials have in mind that it
would resolve such questions as
these:
Should further federal help be
given railroads, in view of stead
ily sagging earnings despite re
peated boosts in freight and ' pas
senger rates? Or should the gov
ernment cut its subsidies to- air
lines, whose growth has hurt the
railroads? Or adjust rates among
the competing forms of transpor
tation to relieve pressure on the
railroads?
of National Guard Bees Tactics
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ef Campany B, Salem national
tactics t his rrenp of riflemen at a
Gus Moisan, Ex-Mayor
Of Gervais, Succumbs
Gus Jerome Moisan, 73, member of an early pioneer family and
mayor of Gervais for 32 years until his retirement last January, died
at a Salem hospital Sunday.
Moisan was active in Gervais city government for 42 years. His
continuous service as mayor established a record for Oregon: cities.
He was a former Gervais postmaster, grain dealer and real estate and
insurance agent,
The deceased was born on the
donation land claim of his father,
G. T. Moisan, ' near Brooks. His
grandfather, Thomas Moisan, came
to the northwest from Montreal,
Canada with the Hudson's Bay
company. Gus Moisan's father was
born on the land claim in 1841.
Willamette GradnaU
Young Moisan attended Brooks
schools and later graduated from
Willamette university. He was
married to Bessie Stevens of Ger
vais, who died in 1947. : Moisan
was postmaster at Gervais in the
early 1900s. Later he operated a
grain business and constructed
several warehouses. Since 1935
until his retirement he had been
in the real estate and Insurance
business.
He was first elected to the Ger
vais city council in 1906, He be
came treasurer in 1908 and took
the mayor's office in 1916 under
the town's new charter. His first
official acts were to lead in bring
ing to Gervais electricity and its
own water works. Later when he
was a member of the school board
Gervais established the first union
high school in Marion county.
Survived by Son
Moisan is survived by a son,
Benjamin Moisan of San. Bernar
dino, Calif.; brothers, G. T. Moi
san and F. A. Moisan, both of Sa
lem. Lou Moisan of Alhambra,
Calif, F. R. Moisan of Marshfield,
and Fred A. Moisan of Portland,
and a sister, Mrs. Rose Nash of
Salem.
Recitation of the rosary will
take place Tuesday night at 8 o'
clock in the W. T. Rigdon chapel
here. Funeral services will be
held Wednesday at 9:30 a. m. in
the Gervais Catholic church.
A resident of Brooks, Moisan
had 'been in iU health for several
years.
Lebanon Woman
Found with Bullet
Wound in Abdomen
LEBANON, Nov. 20 Mrs. Lor-
ene Rook Martel, 32, was "holding
her own" at Lebanon Community
hospital today after she was found
last night with a bullet wound in
her stomach, said by the coroner
to be self-inflicted.
Coroner Glenn Huston was call
ed about 9:30 p. m. to a local hotel
where the woman lived, and found
her slumped unconscious over
chest, with a .44 calibre revolver
beside her. The bullet had passed
through her body. The coroner
said it was not yet known whether
the shot was accidental at intend
ed.
The woman's husband, Herbert
Martel, told Huston he was down
stairs when he heard the shot.
U.N. TO VOTE ON COLONIES
NEW YORK. Nov. 20 -(ffh A
plan to guarantee eventual state
hood to Libia and Somaliland is
promised decisive approval in the
United Nations assembly tomor
row against Soviet bloc opposition.
Debate on disposition of Italy's
prewar colonies in Africa .winds
up in the morning. A final vote
is expected by early afternoon.
M-1
sand table, shewingMand contours,
field problems. Meier, a world War
saves soldiers' lives In wartime. (Statesman pboto). (Story on pace X).
Man Killed, 6
Persons Hurt
As Gars Hit
GRESHAM, Nov. 2.0 -JPh One
man was killed and six persons
injured last night when two cars
crashed head-on east of here. Lat
er, an ambulance carrying the in
jured was . involved in a minor
collision.!
Multnomah county sheriffs dep
uties reported J. H. Collins, 47,
Portland was dead on arrival at
a hospital. Three injured in the
car Collins was driving were Mrs
Loraine i Collins, 22; Marian E.
Neilson, ;47, and Mrs. Betty Niel
nn 30. ITher had broken bones
and brufses.
The driver of the second car
was Mrs. Eudora May, 35. With
her were Chester E. May, 30, who
is listedl as In critical condition,
and Wymard May, 11. The boy
had head Injuries. Mrs. May suf
fered a smashed knee and ankle
fracture-
Atomic Conference
Slated at Heidelberg
FRANKFURT, Germany, Nov,
20-itp)-Unifed States army offi
cials said today a top secret con
ference on atomic energy will be
held atS Heidelberg November 30
and December 1.
United States army leaders and
atomic experts from the U. S. army
department in Washington will
participate in the conference, at
the Heidelberg headquarters of the
army, i - i '
Los Angeles Records 25 Cases
Of Crimes Against Children
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20 -iP)-A
rash of crimes against children
has broken out in Los Angeles in
the wake oi the sadistic : slaying
of 8-year-old Linda Joyce Glu
coft Since little Linda met gruesome
death last Monday, police said, 23
cases of sexual molestation of chil
dren have been reported by irate
parents. " j V
Tomorrow night a mass meeting
of citizens, sponsored by parent
teacher groups, will be held to
discuss j methods of dealing with
sexual criminals.
Today alone, these new cases
showed up in police reports:
, A 7-year-old girl was raped by
a man as she walked through an
alley on an early morning errand
for her! mother.
Three girls, aged 7, 8 and 12,
were lured into a hotel room by a
63-year-old man. t '
A 12-year-old boy, forcibly held
in a car by a blond man, leaped
Escape
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en which the group works eat Its
II veteran, believes such training
Revolt Leaves
Police Chief
Ruling Panama
5 PANAMA, Nov. 2CMFVPollce
Chief CoL Jose Remon rose as the
ataong man oi Paaama today and
forced the resignation of Presi
dent Daniel Chanis, the surgeon
politican who had held office four
months.
Vice President Roberto F. Chl-
ari was sworn In as chief execu
tive at 8 ajn. after a feverish
night of plans for battle. Last
minute intervention of the diplo
matic corps prevented the firing
of a shot" or the shedding of a
drop of blood.
The deposed president observed
his 58th birthday at his residence
tonight. He said he resigned in
order to avoid bloodshed.
He tried to force the resigna
tion of Remon and. two chief
aides in a battle over monopolies.
Instead, they threw him out of
office in a middle-of-the-night
coup while Panama slept.
i Chanis said he ordered the
police chiefs' removal because
they held interests in virtual
monopolies In the beef slaughter
ing business and commercial bus
routes. He said they refused to
recognize a supreme court ruling
throwing the business open to all.
Check Passer
Busy in Lebanon
ftatesssaa News Service
LEBANON, Nov. 20 A sheaf
of bad checks totaling 1133, with
more expected to show up when
the bank opens Monday, were
held here Sunday by Chief of
Police Cliff Price. He said they
were passed Friday and Saturday,
all made out to a "Jerry Berger'
and signed with the names of sev
eral prominent Lebanon residents.
The largest of the checks pre
sented so far was for $33. They
were passed at several types of
businesses.
to freedom but was knocked down
by a passing automobile and suf
fered a broken leg.
i The first victim was on her way
to a neighborhood grocery store
for a bottle of milk when attack
ed, by a stocky man wearing a
dirty white shirt and dark trous
ers. She was taken to General
hospital and an immediate search
begun for her assailant.
I Joseph Harmon. 12, told officers
a blond man bad picked him up at
a neighborhood market and of
fered him a ride home. The man
drove around for a considerable
time, he said, and refused to let
him leave the car.
; "Finally he told me he had
note, to deliver to a woman in
house," he said. "That's when
Jumped." - i
I He lumped into the path of
car driven by Chester M. Bast,
Terrebonne. Ore. Bast was not
blamed
I Jailer
"rfk Beaten j
hi J sir
Coos JdM.
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Elderly . !!
Trio Takes Small
Arsenal. Guts! 1 !
Telephone Wires
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COQTJTLLE. Nov. 20-MVThree
Coos county prisoners battered
down an elderly jailer and broke
out of the cell room tonight State
ponce said the escapees were heav
ily armed. . . . ; . U i ;
Road blocks were erected at all
major highways leading front this
southwest Oregon coastal area and
Police authorities organized pewoes
to search the sector. I i j l i
Wanted ia West Virginia'; M I
Police said the escapees wer
James Lyle Vinuig and Doyle
Gault, both of North Bend, Ore,
and held for grand jury action
on armea robbery cearges, i and
David Clinton Maynard, held for
West Virginia authorities. ' i '
Jailer G. H. Atherton. 70. is In
a hospital at nearby Myrtle Point.
ne suiierea nead injuries. The
county Jail matron, Mrs- K. Staten,
escaped possible harm by; locking
herself in a room on the iop jTlor
of the court house where thai jail
is located. ' I s i
Cat Phone Wires ' - !' 11'-
State police said the trio lootal
the Jailer's office of shotguns, pis-
uu ana ammunition, iney cut the
telephone wires to delay ttbe
alarm. h ;
Mrs. Staten said the Jailer' had
been called into the cell .block by
one of the men. When he entered,
he was tackled in theji corridor
and knocked down and beaten.
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Rats Threat to T
Texas Fruit 1 i
MISSION. Tex- Nov. 20 lln.
Tree-climbing rats bigger and
tougher than those which, invaded
tomato fields in neighboring Starr
county several, weeks ago are
gnawing at 1,800 acres bf citrus
west of here, . - j " '
Grower X. M. Goodwin, who
owns the groves, estimated today
me rais are aotng sioo day dam
age to his groves. That's a long
guess," he said, "but with oranges
at $60 per ton on the tree,! that
might be it You cant really toll
what the low is," i if : i .
So far the rats have been re
ported only In Goodwin's; groves.
poisoned grain which checked
the tomato field invasion may
not work against the! orange
eaters.
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Scientists Plcui
2-Year Trip j
To Antarcticl s'
LONDON. Nov. JQ-vn-iTh Nor
wegian Whaler Norsel. tied tip at
a London dock today ! to take
aboard scientists and equipment
for a two-year expedition to Queea
Maud Land in Antarctica, j !
The three-nation venturs spon
sored by scientific societies and
governments of Norway, Swede
and Britain will attempt te put
14 men ashore to set up house
keeping until April. 1932. So far
as is Known, no man nas ever uvea
in the forbidding region on the
east side of the pole opposite Lit
tle America. f f
The expedition will attempt t
send back pictures by radio and
carry out many research projects.
They are not concerned,! however,
with claiming territory fdr any na
tion. The segment already is claim
ed by Norway. j f
(The Moscow Journal; on econ
omic questions said Sunday the
UJS.Rn is conducting I consist
ent struggle against "imperialists"
attempting to transform! the: Ant
arctic into a base of aggression)
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Portland 5 S9 , ! .00
San rranelaco S
Chicago t li l trace
New York . . e it trace
Witlamefta river -I S fact. . .
FORECAST (from US, weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem) t Fogfy thte
morning, with slight improvement thle
afternoon. Heavy fog again tonight.
tiXga loamy u uaw Ionian m.
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Last Tear
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