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Housing' Shortage Acute for Valley's Large Grain Crop By LI7JLIE L. MADSEN Farm Editor, The Statesman The grain crop in the Willamette Valley is excellent the best In several years but what to do with it has become much more than the usual $64 question. . x Box cars, which earlier in the season were expected to be plenti ful, have developed ah extreme elusiveness. Grain elevators are fill ing to capacity, and to lew farmers are provided with adequate home DtP 333KB Gov Adlai Stevenson has made the trip to the White House, along with his runningmate Sen. John Sparkman- Though President Tru man says he is only a buck private now. it has been a question wheth er Stevenson would give or Tru man would ake orders lor the campaign. Both declared their conference was most satisf atory, which usual ly is the way conferences end, as far as information to, the public goes. However, Stevenson has let it be known that he intends to boss his campaign,-and maybe the idea has gotten across to Truman. At this stage both presidential candidates are in a quandary. Both must realize the need .however, for old hands and old heads. And both must be having quite a time . fending off those eager to climb in the driver s seat : Each- candidate is busy wooing his erstwhile opponents Stevenson with Kef auver, and Ike's men with the Taft following. Eisenhower is puzzled over how to handle ex tremes like Taft and Morse, and Stevenson has his worries over Harry Truman and the Southern anti-civil righters. One can hardly question that each asks himself a good many times. Why did I let myself in for this? Strategy conferences are the order of the day. The party plat forms are weasel-worded, as Her bert Hoover says. This gives the candidate latitude in interpreting his party's platform. But what should he do on domestic issues and foreign policy? Whatever stand he takes is sure to offend some voters. - Unless some unforeseen circum , stances arise the campaign pro mises to be a little dull as com pared with the Truman-Roosevelt forays for votes. Stevenson seems .too sedate for staging a rip-snorter of a campaign, and Ike isn't built for one. That will be 'all right, however. If the voters do not get their passions -aroused maybe they will use their heads when they mark their ballots. The feeling persists that next January will see many changes in Washington re gardless of which nominee is elected though many more if Ike is chosen. Republicans will urge that it's time for a complete Change. : Jap National Treasure Lost. Scandal Hinted TOKYO V A scandal of miss Ing national treasure including Empress Nagako's diamond-stud ded crown shook Japan Wednes day with overtones of corruDtion involving wartime Japanese and American occupation officials, : A special committee of the Diet Parliament investigating the long . rumored disappearances of mil lions of dollars of jewels, gold and platinum released a partial report luesaay. i Most of the treasure was boueht by the government for wartime use or was donated by citizens in patriotic drives, as was the case with the Empress' crown. At the surrender, occupation authorities took custody. .Two implications were clear: 1. Japanese government officials , had apparently embezzled some of the treasure during, or immedi ately after, the war. 2. Some American Army offi cers may have walked off with part of it on the pretext of con fiscating it for occupation pur poses. . Animal Crackers fiv WARREN GOODRICH "Stop them, Henry! There must U.some nicer gom they con ploy!" storage xacuiues. Polk County, as a whole, seems to be situated a bit better than Marion. The big 210,000 bushel capacity elevator at the Dallas Warehouse Cooperative, Is con siderable help. But even here Matt Gilles, .. manager, reports that so far as cars are concerned we are running about 35 per cent of our requirements." However, both red and white wheat, oats and barley are being accepted "from our own territory, only," Gillis hasten ed to add. Some grain is being sacked and stored in other avail able storage houses, too, Gilles said. Other warehouses in Polk Coun ty were still "taking from our own areas," managers reported. Quality throughout Polk Coun ty was reported as being "good." Barley,: which, had some com plaints in Marion, was, Gilles said "coming in in fine quality off the Polk County Hills.-" Elevator Filled At Mt. Angel, the 85,000 bushel elevator has been filled for a week, with the first car in eight days re ceived Monday. While this relie ved the situation briefly, the bins were immediately filled again. Only a little white wheat is being accepted here. Red wheat bins are plugged. Two more cars were re ceived at ML Angel Tuesday but these were tapped for seeds, such as the Vetches. However, Bernard Kirsch, manager, stated that Sou them Pacific Railway officials said the situation should be relieved somewhat shortly. At the Pratum Warehouse Co operative, the situation is very similar, only no wheat was being accepted at all Tuesday. The 80, 000 bushel elevator is filled. Some barley is being accepted if it meets the test. However, some farmers have been cutting their barley too green, 'and this has been turned away, pratum warehouse officials said Tuesday. A carload of wheat went out from here Monday, but, as in Mt Angel, bins were com pletely xuled again. At Silverton, the 80,000 bushel warehouse, too, is filled. Some white wheat was being accented Tuesday but red wheat bins were plugged and farmers with this va riety were being turned away. Frank W. Burlingham, manager of the Woodburn Feed and Supply company at wood Dura, could still tauc witn a smile upon his face. Able to Furnish Can We are in a little better situ-1 ation here, in that Brain has been i hauled to West Woodburn where; the Oregon Electric has been able to furnish cars to offset the short age of the Southern Pacific," Bur- ungham said. "In this way," he added, "we have been shipping out and have been able to take both the red and white wheat brought to us." Many of the cars which bring cans to the big Woodburn cannery also haul out wheat on their re turn trip, it is suspected. Barley, however, Burlingham said, was not turning out very good in his area. It is running be tween 12 and 17 per cent thin ker nels, which is "quite a way off from brewing barley quality," he explained. Efforts were being made to take out the "thin ker nels" in hopes of making more brewing barley quality. There just isn't enough livestock in the Wil lamette Valley to, handle the am ount of feed barley which is show ing up this year, "Burlingham be lieved. The hot weather conditions, in his opinion, had not been too good for barley in recent weeks. Situation Similar Managers of other warehouses in the Willamette Valley were out at tne time of The Statesman's calls Tuesday, but reports from them indicated the situation was quite similar throughout "if the car situation eases "everything wui be au ngnt. Wheat crops in the valley are running unusually good this year, both as to number of bushels per acre ana quality. While aericul tural department crop forecasts early this week revised the na tion's expected wheat yield down ward because of drouth conditions in some fereas, the Northwest esti mates were steadily advancing with Oregon 'expected to have a record combined crop of winter and spring wheat of 30,320,000 ousneis. The new Oregon estimate com pares : with an estimate given a month -ago of 30,080,000, a yield last year of 28,999,000, and a 10- year average yield of 23,350,000. Lightning-Struck Student on Peak, Companion Killed by Bolt ELLENSBURG (JP) - Turbulent air thwarted two efforts by a heli copter pilot Tuesday to snatch Al an Robert Bob Grant, lightning burned 19-year-old University of Washington student from moun tainous country north of here. A third attempt will be made to pick up the badly injured youth early Wednesday morning. . Grant was injured Sunday when a bolt of lightning struck him and Paul Brikoff, 20, of Seattle, atop ML Stuart inr the Cascade range. Brikoff was killed. His body still lies at the top of the 9,700 foot peak. Grant worked his way down to the 7,000 foot level where he was found by a ground rescue party. The rescue crew carried him to the 3,500 foot level where a clearing was made for the helicopter, but it would not land because the tzac waa too cmalL 102nd YEAH 1 i - 1 Tfc. Taft Has double7 in Salem 4 t r - : , f I 1 " l Ohio Sen. Robert A. Taft (right) has a double at the Oregon State house in the person of Kussel Testerman (left), 129S S. Commer cial St, an employe of the state anto license division. He's known aa "Senator" to his colleagues, aaya he's a Republican but not Mr. Republican. He and his wifa moved here from Tulsa, Okla in April. " i " Extra 'Shift' for Boys at Parrish School Probable By ROBERT E. GANGWARE City Editor, The Statesman ' An unexpected increase in the number of boys entering Parrish Junior High School this fall may lead to the, Salem School District's first special "shift" for classes outside regular school hours. Superintendent Frank B.i Bennett told the school board- Tuesday night that the Parrish 7th grade is expected to have 198 boys and 140 girls. This would be about the total number expected earlier, but a freak distribution in inat mere are so many more boys than girls. There would be about 40 more boys than last year's 7th grade there. The board approved a plan rec ommended by the superintendent to organize a special industrial arts class to meet either early in the morning or after school in the afternoon. This step was taken be cause the additional boys would this fall overload the facilities for the daily industrial arts class tak en by all 7th grade boys. The class would be made up of boys living relatively near Parrish and able to attend the special class without creating a family hard ship. They would either get out of school early or come later in the morning, by one period, depending on when the special class is held. The only extra expense of the change would be in extra pay for an instructor. As for the girls, their home economics classes would still average over 20 girls per class and thus require the same number of teachers. (Additional school board news on Page 2.) Polio Claims life at Nyssa NYSSA, Ore. W-The Eastern Oregon polio outbreak has claim ed a second life. Mrs. Kathleen Lowe, 29, Pay ette, Ida., died in Malheur Memor ial Hospital here Monday night of infantile paralysis. The current outbreak has stricken 18 persons in Eastern Oregon and Western Idaho. Mrs. Lowe, mother of three chil dren, was stricken Aug. 3 and pla ced in an iron lung here two days later. Four iron lungs are now being used at the hospital here to com bat polio. McKAYS RETURN ! Gov. Douglas McKay, who spent the past two -weeks at his beach home; at Neskowin, returned to Salem Tuesday. He was accom panied by Mrs. McKay. First meet' ing of the state board of control for three weeks will -be Wednes day. ! 1 Again the rescue workers car ried Grant downward, settling him near the foot of the mountain after a tortuous descent down the rug jed hills. But turbulent air at that point : prevented the . helicopter from coming in. for a landing. It was decided to discontinue the helicopter flights when the weath er bureau reported the turbulence would continue at least until mid night. : - The helicopter waa piloted by Lieut. A. B. Christensen, with an other plane flying cover for him. The ground party has been able to communicate with the planes by radio but little has been learned about the condition of the youth except that he has second; and third degree burns. Grant and Brikoff . climbed the mountain - Sunday and a search was started for them after they failed to return Monday. ! : - ! ' - - FOUNDED 1651 ' 18 PAGES mm Wilsohville Bridge Bids Due Aug. 19 Bids for construction projects on the bridge crossing the Willamette River at Wilsonville will be re ceived by the State Highway Commission Aug. 19, it was an nounced Tuesday. First part of the work includes construction of the concrete piers, approaches land decking of the bridge. The bridge has been named "Boone Bridge" by the commission in honor of the pioneer Boone family which homesteaded in that area in 1847. Bids on paving of the west ap proach to the Marion and Center street bridges will also be received by the commission at its two-day meeting Aug. 18 and 19 when some 26 projects, costing an estimate $4,600,000 will be considered. t Included in this are three Polk County projects: grading of 1.54 miles of highway roadbed and construction of three concrete bridges on the Fern Corner-Burns Corner section of the King! Val ley highway, six miles south of Dallas, and paving of 1.54 miles of the road. - i j In Marion County projects the commission is asking for bids on construction of a 28-foot by 104 foot masonry block building on property owned by the commission at its East State Street shops. The commission will also review bids on grading and paving of some 4 Vi miles of the Depoe Bay Miner Creek unit of ; the Oregon Coast Highway in Lincoln County. Suit Accuses Gabrielson FREEHOLD, NJ. (JP) - Guy George Gabrielson, former Repub lican national chairman, was ac cused in superior court Tuesday of illegally acquiring between $75,000 and $100,000 in stocks from a wealthy j widow. ; Gabrielson, a suit filed in chan cery division of the court said, violated the trust and confidence of Mrs. Irene B. Jackson by in ducing her to sign an agreement before her! death transferring her stock in a New York loan com pany to him. ; The suit was brought by the executors of the estate of Mrs. Jackson, of Ocean Grove, who died last March leaving an estate of $300,000. 1 Gabrielson was not immediately available for comment. . Pilot, Son Swim From Plane Crash in Reservoir LAKEVIEW UP)- A new light airplane crashed in Drews Reser- vor Sunday evening, but the puo land his young son made it to shore unhurt. ! . Robert Adams Jr and his 14- year-old son, Robbie,' were flying low over i the water when the plan's engine faltered. The plane, removed from 2 feet of water Monday, was only : slightly ' dam aged. I t '" f ' $ r - c ) 7 "-. J:ii&L. Th Oracon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, August Trum an, By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL WASHINGTON (JP)- Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois, the Demo cratic nominee, and President Tru man reported Tuesday a "very satisfactory" discussion of political strategy. . Although there was little further public enlightenment from them, highly qualified source said there were these developments in an hours White House conference attended by Truman, Stevenson and Sen. John Sparkman of Ala bama, the vice presidential nomi nee: ' l. Truman: oiiered to make a whistle stop tour for the Steven son-Sparkman ticket such as those he made successfully in 1948. 1V Up to You , 2. But the President was quoted as telling the nominee, in regard to this and other political -plans: "You are the one who has got to run the campaign it's up to you." 3. There was no final decision either on the whistle stop proposal or on conflicting tentative dates for Labor Day speeches Truman in Milwaukee and Stevenson in Detroit. ' 4. The nominee and the Presi dent seemed in general agreement on the issues to be5 emphasized In the campaign. Question Unanswered Publicly. Stevenson and Truman left unanswered in a joint appear ance on the White House steps, the question of what role Truman will play in the campaign. All signs in advance or tne meeting had indicated that Steven son wanted Truman to soft pedal any idea of a sledge hammer cam paign up and down the country in benalx ol the ticket. And I there were no concrete indications after the meeting that Truman had any plans which would run counter to the Stevenson's desires. ' Labor Day Talks SPRINGFIELD, 111 un-l Gov. Adlai Stevenson said Tuesday night the Democratic presidential campaign may be kicked off with labor day speeches both by j Pres ident Truman and himself. Stevenson, the Democratic pres idential nominee, returned here m good spirits from Washington and a conference with President Tru man. l i If plans are worked out! then Truman would speak in Mllwau kee while Stevenson would! make his first major campaign address in Detroit. They now have tenta tive engagements to speak in those cities. i ountain Town Sinking BENEVENTO, Italy UP) - The Appenine Mountain town of Tocco Caudio sent! an appeal to Rome for government aid Tuesday, It is sinking. Already the town church has split in two and 19 of the town's 2,000 families have seen their houses disappear into the earth. It is believed underground springs are undermining the area, creating huge grottos. The town fathers have appealed to the na tional government to evacuate all residents. , Gov. Sid McMath Loses in Arkansas LITTLE ROCK tfVJudge Fran cis Cherry Tuesday night turned back Gov. Sid McMath's bid, back' ed by President Truman, for i third term as Arkansas, chief ex ecutive. i f i ' McMath conceded his defeat at 10:35 pjn. (CST), slightly more than four hour after the polls closed in Tuesday's runoff pri marv. ; ' : Unofficial returns from 1,618 of the state's 2,286 boxes gave Cherry 122,151 votes; McMath 76,500. Western International : At Yakima 6. Salem 5 . ' ' At Vancouver S. Victoria 0 - At Wenatehee 10. Tri-City t ' At Lewiston 1. Spokane ' : ' Pacific Coast League At Seattle 3. Portland 3 At Hollywood S. San Francisco Z At San Diego 4, Sacramento . At Oakland 3. Los Angeles 2 American Leagne At St 1iin, 3. Chicaro S - ' At Boston 3, Philadelphia 4 (13 inn.) At New Y or it-was ningion. rain. At Cleveland-Detroit, rain, j ; National Learue j At Chicago 0. St. Louis 1 .At Brooklyn-New. York, rain.! At Philadelphia-Boston, rain. : Only games- scheduled. , Adlai in Accord Italy M South Ohio Atom Bomb WASHINGTON UP) A sparsely settled area in southern Ohio some 20 miles north of Portsmouth was picked Tuesday as- the, site for a new $1,200,000,000 plant to speed output of atomic, bomb fuel. The Atomic Energy Commission announced the selection, con firming reports which had circulated in Ohio since Monday. The fact that the new installation would be built, and that it would go to the general Ohio Riv- er Valley area, had been known for months. The plant is an im portant unit of the three billion dollar atomic expansion program for which Congress appropriated money just before adjournment of the last session. It will turn out U-235, the fis sionable isotope of uranium, sep arating that material from ore of ordinary uranium by the same gaseous diffusion process used in the original U-235 plant at Oak Ridge, Tenn. j It is the splitting of U-235 atoms which looses the energy for the blast of the A-bomb, for the radi ation which creates the isotopes of other materials increasingly im portant in medicine and industry, and for the heat that is being har nessed for power. This is the only wholly new plant covered by the three billion dollar expansion program. Board Urged To Reconsider Dam Rejection i PRINEVILLE (JP)-A resolution asking the State Hydroelectric Commission to reconsider an ap plication for : permission to build Pelton Dam was approved here Tuesday by the Prineville-Crook County Chamber of Commerci. The commission recently denied the application by Portland Gen eral Electric Co., even though the firm has federal approval for the controversial dam . on the Des chutes River. Sportsmen groups and the Oregon Fish Commission have opposed the dam on grounds t would damage fish runs. A representative of PGE, who asked that his name not be used, said at Tuesday's meeting that his firm will ask the Hydroelectric Commission on Tuesday to hold a hearing on the matter. The chamber of commerce reso lution, introduced by former Prineville mayor Ralph J. Brown, follows similar action by other Central Oregon groups. Parked Sheep Worry Crowd A eroup of North Cottage street residents made a truck driver feel pretty sheepish. The driver, hauling a truckload of sheep to Antelope, Ore., Mon day, decided it would be cruel to cart the animals in the heat of the day. So he found a shady spot and parked. He left his charge. Returning late in the day, he found his sheep had attracted a small crowd in cluding Salem police officers. Citizens had notified the police who demanded an explanation. Satisfied that no cruelty was in tended, the incident was dismissed and the driver resumed his trip. State Tax Board Upheld In Multnomah Case PORTLAND OSVFifteen Mult nomah County businessmen have lost an appeal for a reduction in their 1950 merchandise inventory assessments It was denied Mon day by Circuit Judge W. C. Perry of Pendleton, temporarily assigned to Multnomah County. Judge Perry's ruhng upheld the State Tax Commission and the County Board of Equalization. Karnes Sentenced to Die Oct. 17 for Killing Widow ". Albert William Karnes Tuesday j was sentenced to die Oct. 17, for the murder of Mrs. &asan Litch field in Salem. Marion County Circuit Judge George Duncan, who presided at Karnes' five-day trial last week, pronounced sentence. Karnes was convicted by a jury Saturday of first degree murder of the elderly j widow. "Do you have any legal reason why sentence should not now be pronounced,! the judge asked the slim, 24-year-old accused, .Tues day. . . "No sir," Karnes answered quietly. He maintained the same calm he had shown all through last week's gruelling trial. The official death order reads that Karnes shall "be put to death by lethal gas on Friday, Oct 17, 1952, in the manner provided by law at the Oregon State Peniten tiary; Karnes court-appointed attor ney John William Stortz, who put 13. 1952 PRICE cod ft WBIlsiMls Site of New Fuel Plant Chemeketan Harold Melchert. 43. of 420 N. 19th St.. was seriously hurt Mon day in a hiking accident in Gla cier National Park, Mont., where he was on a two-week outine with Salem Chemeketans. ' Flown to -a Portland hosDitaL Melchert underwent surgery Tuesday for a fractured jaw, and was reported in "very good" con- cution Tuesday night. - Melchert was hiking on a trail between Logan Pass and Granite Park when, he was struck by a smalt boulder which rolled down a hill. He was carried out of the area by stretcher and - taken to Missoula. Mont, and flown from there to Portland's Providence Hospital. ! An employe of the State High way Commission, Melchert has won six ; awards for mountain climbing, No others in the party were hurt. Man Sentenced To Take His Wife Fishing BALTIMORE (P)-Thomas Lem on was spared a iail sentence Tuesday, but only on the condition that any time he goes fishing in tne next za months his wife goes along. ' Magistrate Avrum K. Rifman imposed the penalty when Lemon came to court on his wife's charges he beat her up. The young Negro couple said their argument was over her be ing away from home last Friday and Saturday. "I was fishing., Mrs. Lemon told the magistrate. "Catch any fish?" "Six spots and a perch." The fight sent Mrs. Lemon to the hospital. "I got a stitch a spot," she said. The magistrate's Questions brought out they both loved to fish. "I'll sentence you to 30 days in jail," he told Lemon. "But I'll suspend the sentence on the con dition you do all your fishing -together. Council Crest May Have Video Tower PORTLAND UP) A television station and tower would be built on Council Crest under an agree ment worked out Tuesday by the Portland City Council. The council ordered the city at torney to prepare an agreement to use part of the city property for a television station site. The re quest was made by Empire Coil Co holder of the only television station permit granted in Portland so far by the Federal Communi cations Commission. ATTACK REPULSED SEOUL (JP) U. S. marines re pulsed a fierce new attack by a battalion of Chinese Red Who struck early Wednesday under cover of a 6,000 round artillery barrage in a bloody attempt to recapture Bunker Ridge. up a stubborn intense battle to save Karnes from the gas chamber, said Tuesday there are no plans for an appeal of the death verdict to a higher court. Hearing the sentencing Tuesday was Claude Litchfield, son of the 81 -year-old Mrs. Litchfield, whose brutally axe-hacked body v. was found in the woodshed of her home at 1333 Waller St- on the Sunday morning of June 8, by a roomer. Karnes went on trial last Tuesday. A jury of eight women, and four men, disregarded Karnes plea of innocent by ' reason of insanity, and returned the verdict Saturday afternoon, after only a few hours deliberation. As the jury did not recommend leniency the ' death penalty automatically followed, under Oregon law. The group of relatives who sur rounded Karnes during his trial were not among the spectators in the half-filled courtroom at the sentencing Tuesday morning. Seriously Hurt In Glacier Park 5c No. m Novelist to i -. Test. OLYMPIA UP)- Truth serum tests may be given Wednesday morning to Turman and Utah Wil son, brothers who are scheduled to die on the gallows in Walla - Walla early Friday for the1 mur der of Jo Ann Dewey. r i The tests, if given, will be con ducted by the State Department of Public Institutions, it was dis closed luesday night by Harold Van Eaton, director of the de partment. Permission to test the doomed men was given after reauesta were made by mystery writer Erie Stanley Gardner represent ing the radio program "Court of Last Appeals." The test will be given, Van Eaton said, if the Wil sons or their attorneys sign ; a re quest for administration of the examination. Sodium Pentothal is the drug used in the so-called truth serum tests. Its effect is ; supposed to make the subjects retell truthfully events about which they are ques tioned while under the influence of the drug. Proper Supervision Van Eaton said his department is taking steps to see that if th serum is administered that it ia given under proper supervision and by qualified personnel. ; For that purpose, the-assistant superintendent of the Eastern State Hospital and : Van Hinkle, assistant to Van Eaton, have been sent to Walla Walla. The drug will be administered by, the hospital official and questioning will b conducted by Hinkle, Van Eaton said. Hinkle is former Thurston County prosecutor and acquainted with the legal problems involved, the department head said. Langlie 'Won't Object Earlier, Fred Kuch, administra tive assistant to Governor Lang lie, said he understood the testa were to be held. He said the testa were not ordered by the governor but that "the governor would not object to any honest : effort to check the boys' statement." Kuch said the latest develop ments followed a call early Tues day from Tom Smith, former war den of the state penitentiary and now connected with the radio pro gram, concerning the possibility of giving the tests. Smith was told the governor would not object. Further discus sions were " then held with Van Eaton and Hinkle was dispatched to the penitentiary. - No Results Kuch said Gardner's agency al ready has conducted polygraph electrical device to record reac tion tests but they had been dis continued when they disclosed nothing. Jo Ann Dewey, a Vancouver. Wash., girL was reported missing March zz, 1950, and her broken body found four days later under bridge. The Wilson brothers were convicted June 28, 1950, of her first degree murder and kid naping and . sentenced to die. They have fought the case ud to the United States Supreme Court and three times have ob tained stays of their scheduled execution. Petitions have been cir culated widely in Oregon and Washington asking executive cle mency for the brothers but the governor has said nothins has been brought to his attention mer iting his intercession In the case. Gragg Calls For Keizer Postoff ice Bids Bids for operation of a contract post office at Keizer were called for Tuesday by Postmaster Albert v jragg oi ine aaiem post oxiict. The Keizer office was for merly located in the Keizer Paint Store, but this offce was closed Ready Give Aug. 1. One bid was submitted in an early call for bids to continue j the station, but Gragg said that bid was too high to be accepted. ! The successful bidder must pro- vide office space, utilities and a satisfactory safe. The station would sell stamps, money orders , and handle registries and parcel ! post. Bids must be at the down- I town office by 4 p m. Monday. Max. M , 83 i 65 1 77 i Min. Prccip. sa S3 .00 - SS . trace 63 .00 Satem Portland San Francisco Chicago New Yorit 87 7S Willamette River -S.4 feet FORECAST (from TJ. S. weather bu- i reau. McNary field. Salem): Fair today H and tonight, except for some early j morning clou dines. Little cooler today. high today near 86, low tonight near j 52. Salem temperature at U:01 am. to- j day waa 57. - ' - SALEM ntZCTPITATION Since Start of WeaUwr Tear, Spt 1. f This Tear LartTear Normal 4XJt 444 ' ' 17 & ; F