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n Tm ( " i mm HID POUNDDD 1651 Salem TV Stalled As 2 Firms Seek Channel 3 Permit By A. ROBERT SMITH Statesman Correspondent WASHINGTON Two newly organized television companies have asked the Federal Communications Commission for permits to bring local TV to Salem. But the FCC last week postponed review of either firm's application because both want to operate on the same channel. This has resulted in a momentary standoff which can be resolved only through public hearings to determine which company is. better qualified for a license. Local television for Salem would probably be just around the corner if the two competitors had picked separate channels. FCC has reserved two commercial channels for Salem, 3 and 24, as well as a non-commercial channel for educational use only. But both Oregon Radio, Inc., and Willamette-land Television, Inc.; have applied for channel 3. There are no requests for use of channel 24 or the educational channel. Salem's prospective TV companies would be owned and operated by Oregon personnel, but otherwise they would differ in numerous respects. One would be a bit more powerful than the oiher, thereby offer ing reception over a greater area of the Willamette Valley. The other would be on the air more hours per week. Other details of their pro posed operations as presented in applications on file with the Federal Communications Commission are as follows: Oregon Radio, Inc. Files Application Oregon Radio, Inc. (KSLM) Power .6 KW Coverage area engineers cal culate it would provide grade A reception as far from its trans mitter as the following places: south as far as Jefferson and Mar lon; southeast to Stayton and Sub limity; east to a point beyond Sil verton almost to Scott's Mills; northeast to Woodburn and Hub bard; north almost to McMinn ville and Dayton; northwest to Willamina. Grade B reception would extend to Portland on the north, Cascadia on the east, the. coast on the west, and Junction City on the south, and it would Include such outlying points as Toledo, Tidewater, Sweet Home and Detroit. Grade A Reception (The designation "grade A" re ception means that in that area about 70 per cent of all TV re ceivers should get adequate re ception 90 per cent of the time; grade B means 50 per cent of all sets should get adequate reception 90 per cent of the time. Points be yond the grade B area may get reception of varying quality de pending upon terrain and weather conditions). Time on the air 12:30 to 11 p.m. very day. Time Divided Proposed programming (no network was mentioned) time -would be divided as follows: 63.6 per cent entertainment; 13.6 per cent news; 12-9 per cent educa tional; 4.7 per cent test pattern; 2.4 per cent talks, including sports; 1.4 per cent discussion of the for um or round table type; 0.7 per cent news; 12.9 per cent educa cultural, including farm market reports. Feature programs would in clude a twice-monthly "Meet the Mayor" and a report to the public by state government officials. Wil lamette university would have a weekly half hour program for presentations by the various .de partments. Wrestling from Salem armory would be a; regular Satur day, night event, j Location studio In Senator Ho tel, transmitter 4.8 miles north west of Salem. The station would employ 20 persons. Cost of instal lation and equipment is estimated at $203,907. Officers Glenn E. McCormick of Salem, president. 3 Men Hurt as Car Cap sizes Statesman News Service STAYTON Three men were Injured Sunday evening when the suto in which they were riding ttruck a slick spot on the Stayton llarion highway about eight miles west of here and turned over. Taken to a doctor in Stayton lor treatment were Salem passen gers, Frank Camenzind, 1705 S. 15th St, and Robert R. Willard, 1540 Roberts Ave. Both received lacerations in the crash. Driver of the car, Leonard Kramer, Marion, was taken to Salem Memorial Hospital in Salem where his con dition was said to be "fair" Sun day night. Extent of his injuries was not available. Animal Crackers Bv WARREN GOODRICH 7 'Ah, smell thot brisk, Fott air ier' go over to the stodturo ond louse up the football aome " wo 1 .- 4 Willamette-Land Television, Inc. Willamette-land Television, Inc. (KGAE). Power 3.08 KW. Coverage area its engineering maps show that it would provide grade A receptions as far as the following places: south to Talbot, southeast to Aumsville, east to Silverton, northeast to Gervais, north to Whiteson, northwest to Ballston, west to beyond Dallas, southwest almost to Falls City and Airlie. Grade B reception would extend south to Brownsville and Halsey, with Sweet Home and Harrisburg just beyond the reach of this reception range; east to the Cascades, although not quite to Detroit; north to outskirts of Port land, west almost to the coast but just short of coastal towns. Daily Schedule Time on the air 11 a.m. to mid night except Sunday, when tele cast would begin at noon. Proposed programming (no network affiliation mentioned) time would be divided as follows: 62.5 per cent entertainment,- 12.5 per cent news, 8.9 per cent educa tional, 5.55 test pattern, 5 per cent agricultural, 3.33 per cent relig ious, 1.67 discussions of forum or round table type and 0.55 per cent talks, including sports. The com pany states it will stress agricul tural programs, with farm leaders and farjners featured in programs at suitable listening times for the farm population of the area. Educational Programs Oregon's colleges and universi ties will be given regular programs ior lectures and dramatic presen tations. The firm says that after it builds its station it "will be the desire of the station" to offer five per cent of its class B stock to the drama department of Willamette University so that the Income may be used to further the participation of the music and drama groups in TV programs. Location studio in Marion Ho tel, transmitter 2.2 miles west of W. Salem. The station would em ploy 12 persons. Equipment and installation cost is estimated at $166,280. m Officers W. Gordon Allen of Lebanon, president; Harold C. Sin gleton of Portland, secretary treasurer; Otto W. Heider of Sher idan, vice president. Petty Larcenies in Independence Area Traced to 15 Boys Statesman Newt Service INDEPENDENCE A number of petty larcenies in the Indepen dence area in the past two months have been traced to about 15 teen age boys and three have received fines in Justice W. A. Wiest's court. One of the hardest hit citizens by this teen-age raiding party was Dale Grossman who operates a gravel dump about four miles south of Independence. Grossman reported a total of 150 gallons of gasoline taken in the two months time, several gallons of oil, some empty 50-gallon drums, several five-gallon government gasoline cans and a gasoline pump hose. The three boys who were ap prehended pleaded guilty to the charge 'and admitted taking part in the " raids." r State police are in vestigating the other boys. New Mexico Convicts Mold Guards IKIosiage SANTA FE, N.M. LB Eight or nine prisoners seized two guards at the New Mexico State Peni tentiary late Sunday and refused to release them after hours of bar gaining with prison officials. State police Chief Joe Roach said five other guards are isolated in a hospital building across the prison yard from the cell block held by the rebelling prisoners. The - rebels, armed with at least one gun. are demanding freedom in return, for release of their hos tages. Earner reports said three guards were held. ? Roach said : one nrisoner was slightly wounded in the "initial scuffle but declined to give furth er details. "Oour negotiations with them have been of! no avail so far." Roach, said. The . prisoners are hM'" Cfn Block No. 2 and demanding that the be given a car and allowed 102nd TEAB 12 PAGES Klamath Power Fails Triplets Start r ' .: -j ...... ' -if I - -Yv7 -fcfAZrii . - " FXTIXJERTON, Calif. Colleen, Carl and Condlce, 9-month-old triplet daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Hills, Fullerton, Calif., are all set to become career girls. They have been Issued Social Security acoonnt numbers in preparation for becoming wage earners. The girls expect to begin work soon at modeling and motion picture Jobs. (AP Wlrephoto to The Statesman.) Morse to Reject Help in Paying for Reprintings EUGENE (yP) Sen. Wayne Morse, criticized In some quarters re cently for accepting money to defray costs of reprinting his speeches, said Sunday night he would accept no more such contributions. The costs "will be paid out of my own pocket from my salary and income from my lectures and articles," Morse said in a1 radio talk, "Report on the Cost of Reprinting My Speeches." over Station KORE here. The controversial Oregon sena tor who bolted the Republican Party two months ago- to support the unsuccessful presidential bid of Gov. Adlai Stevenson, said that since 1945 a total of 227 speeches or insertions in the Congressional Record had been reprinted. The total printin cost was $17r 117 and of that he paid $8,647 out of his own pocket, he said. The remaining $8,469 was paid by in dividuals and groups who wanted specific articles reprinted, Morse added. Those who asked for reprints in cluded individuals and organiza tions In such fields as labor, agri culture, veterans and social wel fare groups he said. Morse said he also has accepted money to pay tor the reprints from persons who were motivated by "intimacy of friendship." He read what he said were let ters from George Owens, Eugene lumberman, who contributed $1, 200 in 1951. Later when Owens criticized Morse for bolting the Republican Party, Morse returned the money. The furore over the reprint fund is part of an organized smear campaign planned for the next f )ur years by political enemies that know I can't be controlled by any political or pressure group," he said. Barracks Fire Kills 5 Officers RAPID CITY, S. D. l A flash fire swept through a two-story frame barracks at,the Rapid City Air Jp orce Base snoruy oeiore oawn Sunday, killing five Air Force offi cers and injuring she others. Thirty-three other officers sleep ing in the barracks when the fire broke out escaped without injury. All of the dead and injured had been assigned to temporary duty with the 72nd Strategic Reconnais sance Wing. Officers who fled the burning building were unable to save any personal possessions as winds whipped the flames through the building. safe passage through the prison gates. The five guards in. the hospital building apparently are Unable to cross the yard without coming within-gunshot of the cellblock held by the prisoners. . Details of how the guards were seized and the original complaint of , the prisoners were not ' known. It was believed whatever: weapons they had vere taken from a gun tower. j - Negotiation with the men were being conducted through a window of the cell block by Roach and prison Warden Morris Abrams. "We hope to have the situation sweated out soon," Roach told re porters. The prison was sealed off from the rest of Santa Fe early Sun day night by a tight cordon of police. Reporters and photograph ers were not permitted fb enter the prison. , T . ' r, Social Security Missing Boys Arrive in Time To Halt Search Statesman News Service - SWEET HOME Four 13-year old local boys gave parents and citizens a scare Sunday when they failed to return on time from an afternoon hike into the woods 10 miles east. of town. The lads were reportedly on a Sunday School outing on the Floyd Eromert ranch land when they became lost and failed to return when planned. As darkness neared a search party was organ ized from state forestry personnel and volunteer citizens. Before the actual search had even begun, the boys scared and tired walked out of the area. Two of the boys, Eddie Smith and Wayne Kotchel, reported to searchers they had simply taken the wrong road. Names of the other two were not available. Dallas Sports Lighted Tree Statesman Newt Service DALLAS The traditional pub lic Christmas tree, lights and all, decorated Courthouse Square Sun day. The 35-foot fir was erected by Dallas firemen, complete with lights which are illuminated des pite the power shortage by a fire department portable generator. The tree was hauled from the woods by a Willamette Valley Lumber Co. truck driven by John NachtigaL Other volunteer help came from Mountain States Power Co. winch provided a hoist oper ated by Ted Foster and R. G. San derlin. Also already installed are silver foil stringers across downtown streets. The Christian Business Men's group with the aid of vol unteer church workers is making life-size Nativity Scene figures to be placed on the square by Dec 16. John Radke and Mrs. Ervin Neufeld are heading the work. Christmas music soon will be played from the Courthouse tower. License Plate at Scene of Wreck Leads to Arrests A license plate found at the scene of a hit-and-run automobile accident late Saturday night led Salem police to arrest two Astoria teen-agers on a charge of auto theft. The plate was located near the auto of George Skaggs, 420 East Bust SW after it was hit by a passing car in the 1000 block on South Liberty Street Police traced the plate number and discovered the car had been stolen from the Stan Baker used car lot earlier in the day. A description of the car was sent to all policemen and the boys were arrested as they were driving out of town. Parents of the youths were notified and the boys were lodged I In the Juvenile ward. Thm Oregon Statesman Salem Oregon, Santiam Route Beset by Snow, Road Cave-In A storm-bathed Salem and Wil lamette Valley was deluged with more than an inch of rain Sunday accompanied by severe lightning and thunder. And enough snow fell in the Santiam Pass to all but block the highway. The Santiam Highway suffered a cave-in near Detroit Dam, five miles west of Detroit, and caused one-way travel at the point where a short section of roadway drop ped intb the North Santiam River. Outlook for the valley today was brighter with decreasing showers predicted by the U. S. Weather Bureau at McNary Field. Weather men also pointed out that more rain has failed in Salem in the past five days (3.19 inches) than for the entire five-month period pre ceding (2.79 inches). Only minor electrical and tele phone inconvenience due to the storm was reported by Salem res idents Sunday. Transportation suffered some when two United Air Lines flights scheduled to stop in Salem Saturday night were grounded, one at Eugene and one at Medford. Both -were held until the storm let up later Sunday. Portland's two streamliner con tacts with California, the Shasta Daylight and the Cascade, had to cancel their runs starting Satur day when severe snow in the Klamath Falls and Dunsmuir, Calif., area blocked the tracks. Officials reported that this service would be resumed today. 10 Inches of Snow At Marion Forks 20 miles east of Detroit in the Santiam canyon, and on toward the summit, 10 in ches of snow and a blinding fog Sunday made traffic hazardous. Motorists were advised to use chains and travel on only essential business. State Highway Depart ment snow plows worked all day Sunday. Driving was otherwise hazardous because many rocks, some of boulder size, had been washed down on the highway along the North Santiam. Although snow continued on the upper elevations, the town of De troit had only about one inch of snow Sunday, and that mostly slush. Telephone service from Salem through Detroit was reported de layed for a time during the slide but was readily restored. The ser vice was again cut due to the wind later Sunday morning and was a gain restored by Pacific Telephone and Telegraph linemen. t Lightning, Thunder The picture was better in the mid-Willamette valley where the storm left-few damages but many exclamations from citizens awak ened by the shattering thunder and lightning during the night. At Dallas two walnut trees were uprooted on Ellis Street and water put out of commission temporarily the City Hall oil furnace. At Albany where J. 12 inches of rain fell in the 24-hour period up to 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Christmas street decorations were blown down and Mountain States Power Co. had to reinforce two power poles left leaning after the storm. Lebanon had a brief power out- Lage Saturday night. Water stood so deep in one block of Lincoln Street at Wood burn Sunday that traffic had to go around it by other residential streets of the area. Falls City which reported light snow Friday night had only rain since then, with considerable wind. Talking' Horse Gives Mother Advice on Location of Lost Son RICHMOND, Va. lJ A grief stricken mother, desperately seek ing her nine year old son who has been missing 76 days, called Sunday on a famous "talking" horse for help In the search. Mrs. Benjamin Hayman of Pro vidence, R. I., had a newsman ask the horse. Lady Wonder, about the whereabouts of the child, a mute. The horse, which two psycholo gists have called a "genuine phe nomenon" because c" her so-called clairvoyant powers, "answer ed" that the child was alive some where in Kansas. Mrs. Hayman said, she would ask police to begin an immediate statewide search of Kansas. She had her 1 problem taken to the Virginia horse . because she read a newspaper story two days ago reporting that the 27-year-old mare helped locate a missing four-year-old boy in Massachusetts. In Wellesley, Mass. Sunday night Dewing said the horse did, indeed, give the answers that led search ers Thursday to the body of Danny Matson, who had been .missing since January, 1951. The horse gives answers from a sort of giant typewriter. She presses her nose against num ber discs that cause letters to pop up on a board, spelling out her answers. Monday Dscsmbw 8, 1852 as Snow RMSay With Dke in OSS IHleDeinia By DON WHITEHEAD ABOARD USS HELENA EN ROUTE TO HAWAII (President-elect Eisenhower arrived off Wake Island aboard the cruiser Helena Monday and was joined by John Foster Dulles and two other Cabinet designates .to begin a momentous series of talks on U. S. foreign policy in the Orient. : Dulles, who will be secretary of state, was brought aboard the Helena by helicopter. With him were George M. Humphrey, sec retary of treasurer designate, and Gov. Douglas McKay of Oregon, who will head the Interior Depart ment. Two other Cabinet designates and top ranking military leaders were to split into two groups dur ing the day for vital conferences which wiU deal primarily with mil itary and political aspects of the Korean War. Two Seta of Talks ' Some of the party will fly to Pearl Harbor for simultaneous, co ordinated conferences. Eisenhow er and the rest of the group will confer aboard the Helena during the rest of its 3,300-mile voyage from Guam to Pearl Harbor. Charles E. Wilson, next defense secretary who accompanied Eisen hower on his historic three-day tour of Korea, planned to leave the Helena at Wake and fly to Pearl Harbor for conferences. James Hagerty, Eisenhower's press secretary, said that both Ei senhower's sessions aboard the Helena and those be veen Wilson and high military leaders at Pearl Harbor will be coordinated and deal primarily vlth the Korean War. Gen. Lucius Clay Among those boarding at Wake were Gen. Lucius Clay, former occupation commander in Ger many and one of Eisenhower's close advisers; Joseph W. Dodge, C. D. Jackson and Emmet J. Hughes, likewise advisers. Adm. Arthur Radford, com mander in chief of the Pacific Fleet, was to accompany Wilson to Pearl Harbor by plane for con ferences with Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman of the U. S. Joint chiefs of staff. Bradley flew directly from Guam to Pearl Harbor Sunday. The .nature of the parallelling conferences indicated that both the political and military approach to the Korean situation would be syn chronized. . The Helena is expected to reach Pearl Harbor Thursday, Hawaiian time. Ike Enjoys Voxage Eisenhower Appeared to be en joying his voyage and getting some long-delayed rest. With a tropical storm abated, smooth sea gave the Helena an even keel Sunday. The president elect was up early for breakfast and then went back to bed for most of the day. He s just unwinding from all the months of work and travel," this is the first time he has had a real chance to sleep and rest since he returned home from Eu rope June 1. I TO PASS UP CORONATION LONDON tf Queen Mary, 86, has decided not to attend the coro nation next - June of her grand daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, be cause of the state of her health, informed sources said Sunday. COAL MINERS REVOLT HONG KONG iS) The inde pendent newspaper Wah Kiu Yat Po reported Sunday that more than 1,000 coal miners in Central Kwangsi Province of Red China revolted recently because of Com munist wage policies. Of the horse and her part in the search, Dewing said: "It's stranger than fiction. And we kept it a complete secret be cause we didn't want people to think we were completely out of our minds." To admirers of Lady, her per formance was no surprise. " . The owner, Mrs. Claudia Fonda, said she discovered shortly .after she bought Lady 25 years ago that the horse had "amazing powers" for mind reading and forecasting future events. As long ago as i928, two Duke University psychologists conclud ed she was a "genuine phenome non." The horse has been the sub ject of numerous medical studies. In the Massachusetts search for Danny Matson, Dewing told this story: A friend questioned the horse and was told that the animal an swered "Pittsfield water wheel.' On the basis of that. Dewing sent a detective to Pittsfield, a western Massachusetts city . but learned nothing. L "We got to mulling it over." Dew ing said, "and we thought the message might have been twisted that the poor old horse meant to say Sit fields wilde vater.' " - So Dewing ordered draining of the Fielde-WOdft quarry in Quin cy, where Danny lived. The child's body was found there. PRICE 5a Isolates City Meany Claims WSBEndMay Bring Strikes WASHINGTON UP) AFL Presi dent George Meany said Sunday the foldup of the Wage Stabiliza tion Board (WSB) may result in protest strikes by unions if a way is not found to clear a log jam of pending wage agreements Interviewed on television (CBS "Man of the Week"), Meany made clear he was not predicting ex actly what would happen. But he said he believed President Tru man could save- the situation by giving blanket approval to ail pending agreements. There are 12,000 such cases before the WSB. "Workers are, discournged with this red tape and delay in the ap proval of agreements they have negotiated," Meany said. And the fact that the WSB may cease to function "would only add to that discouragement and would likely bring on decisions to go on strike sooner he declared. The wage board was immobilized by the resignation Saturday of all seven industry representatives in protest against Truman's approval of the full $1.90 a day 'wage in crease for hard coal miners. This decision overrode a board ruling that had held the pay hike to 11.50. EN. Jets Shoot Down 7 MIG's SEOUL (J) Sharp-shooting Al lied Sabre jets blasted seven Rus- slan-built MIGs from North Korean skies Sunday in their biggest vic tory over the Communist fighters since Sept. 15. The U. S. Fifth Air Force re ported one British and six Ameri can pilots knocked .down the MIGs in two afternoon dogfights. A total of 24 Sabres and 18 Communist planes were involved. The battles ranged in altitude from 40,000 feet down to 500 feet. One of the Americans tasted re venge. A MIG shot him down Nov. 22, but he was rescued and got his first kill Sunday. Choking Fog Covers London LONDON UP) Thick, dirty, gag ging fog blacked out London for the third straight day Sunday. It was the worst siege of fog in the city's modern history, and worse than any wartime blackout. Surface transport was at a virtu al standstill and thousands of fam ilies had to go without milk. . The British Broadcasting Corp. broadcast an appeal for all off-duty ambulance drivers to get back to the job and relieve crews who answered more than 350 calls dur ing the morning. Because of the fog, the ambulances are using three-man crews, instead of two, with the extra preceding his ambu lance on foot bearing a torch. Travel conditions were hazard ous even for oedestrlans. who risked headon collisions with other pedestrians. Those who took the subway often found themselves lost after getting up into the fog. It even filtered Indoors, making offi ces and flats look like smoke-filled rooms. The fog, filled with soot, was so choking that persons out in it wrapped their faces in mufflers. Some prize livestock here for a big exhibition Monday was affected. One 22-month-old heifer had to be destroyed when her breathing was affected. Burglar Takes Clock-Radio City police reported a total of $4 in cash and a $35 dock-radio was taken from the residence of Clarence HayneS, 1115 Oxford St, in. an illegal entry sometime Sat urday night. . Investigating officers said entry into the Haynes home was made by breaking a window and un locking a kitchen door in the ab sence of the residents. The house was reported ransacked. . No. 21 Electricity Off 3i Hoiirs; Rail Crisis Eases KLAMATH FALLS Snow laden 50 - mile an - hour winds ' knocked out all electrical Dower lines to this Southern Oregon town , ox la.uuu Sunday. i Suffering from the sub-freezing temperatures was widespread dur ing the S Vt hours that the city was without electricity. ! The population of the town wu swollen by hundreds of traveler held here by blocked highways and rail lines. Scores of farmers from outlying communities, where power has been out since Satur day, were arriving in town. Telephone lines were down and communication with outlying areas was difficult, i Read Routes Closed North- and southbound traffic was at a standstill as highway crews battled to keep a single lane open to the north for emer gency use. i Three . Southern Pacific train southbound from Portland to Cali fornia were halted here because of heavy ; snows on tracks to the southr The tracks were cleared Sunday and both north- and southbound trains continued their trips. Sev- . eral northbound1 trains had been held at Redding, Calif. Southern Pacific officials in Port land said normal service would resume Monday..; The power went off at 1:30 p.m. when a California-Oregon Power Co. line between Klamath Falls and Northern California snapped. Service was resumed at about 5 p.m. t J The town's four major lumber plants reported they would remain closed Monday. Schools will not be open. , f The weather forecast for 1 the area called for snow and rain to continue but with some improve ment Monday. Elsewhere in Oregon, the storm had resulted in j five deaths four on rain slickened streets and.high ways and one by drowning. Heavy winds at the mouth of the Columbia River in Northern Ore gon prevented ships from enter ing or leaving the; Astoria harbor. A number of highways in the Cascade Mountains were blocked by snow. v : Storm Deaths Dead in the wake of the storm were: ' . Leroy Johnson, 43, killed. Satur day when struck by a car- as he walked along a highway at North Bend in a blinding rain storm. Ralph Willis Peterson. 88. Hau- ser. Ore., killed when struck by a skidding car near Hauser. Louis W. Stange, killed when an automobile in which he was rid- , lng collided with a logging truck near Otis. Agnes Sigrist, 78. who died in a Portland hospital several hours after she was struck by a car s she crossed an intersection. I Nelson Durbin, 23, drowned when a high wave washed him into the surf as he was fishing near Flor ence. - ! SAN FRANCISCO (J! North ern California's worst storm of the season moved on Sunday night after taking five lives. Heavy snows temporarily halted seven trains, blocked highways and dis rupted communications. Pounding rains flooded river valleys. Passenger trains bald up on ixrth sides of the California - Ore- !;on. border began moving again in ate afternoon. Highways to the Northwest were being opened, but those to Nevada remained impas sable. Swollen Rivers J The Russian river, swollen by steady downpours, lapped over its , banks at several places. The Sac ramento crested at 17 feet this morning at Red Bluff a safe 6 feet below the danger mark. j Southern Pacific snowplow crews late Sunday cleared eight miles of snow-blocked north-south track near Dunsmuir and four north bound trains which had been held up 24 hours at Redding and Ger ber started north for Oregon. Altogether, some 1,370 passen gers , including 108 Iowa dele gates to a Seattle arm iiureau Federation convention were he' t up overnight. U. S.i Highway 89 to Oregon re mained closed by huge drifts and dotted ' with stalled automobiles. U. S. Routes 40 and 50 to Neva da the main trans-Sierra routes were likewise blocked by wet snow drifted by winds which reached 100 miles an hour early Sunday. . l-.itE ffllUS, I Max. Mia. Prrt. .4 4 l.t -49 41 .41 SO S3 .14 SS S3 J09 .49 as M Saleaa - . Portland - San Francisco Chicago New Yorlt ; Winamettc River -1.1 feet. rORECAST (from U. 8. Weather Bu reau. McNary rield. SaWn): Variable cloudinets with scattered showers to day, tonight and Tuesday. XJtUe chant In temperature, with highest tnany nar4S, lowest tonight near 34. Tem perature at 12:01 am. was 3S degrees. SALEM lKtXX7TTATIOH Since Start f WmUms- Tear Sept. 1 ; ' ; - This Tear 1 Last Year Normal S.4S V iOJt 12.03 "