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The Weather DIP FoaiCAST (tnm V. I. Mtiwr tarn. McNary MM, liloM Cloudy thn morning hoconunf sun ny this afternoon, fnemaine cloud In tonifhl Mottly cloudy with raitcrod thowori Saturday. Warmer today with a hlfh at Ifc km toniat SO. TMnnlvi at li:t a. as. tr aa M. lALBXf WHC1MTATIOW line Mart f Waatkw Yaw . I Tkts Taw Uat Vtw . Norajal !Ul MM JTJf WW UCDCEQ3 FOUNDED 1651 While Stevenson won the popu lar majority in the Florida prima ry election and 22 out of the state' 2 delegate to the Democratic na tional convention, his victory was not smashing enough to knock his opponent, Este Kefauver. out of the ring only about 12.000 major ity in a vote of nearly 430.000. This makes the California race the more important (or the .for tunes of each of the contenders 'or the party's presidential nomi nation. A clear victory there for Stevensbh would make him by far the best prospect nn' the eve of the convention. Kefauver's clean Meat in California would pretty ell erase him from the ranks of possible winners because already he lacks support of organization leaders and of Southern delegates. The piWnt standing of candi dates is Stevenson 174, Kefauver 13!. favorite sons. etc. 180";. un committed 344 There are 8.11 't delegates vet to be chosen. The convention will have 1372 dele Sates, and a majority, or 686'j are necessary for a nomination A blunted victory in California might cripple Stevenson enough to let some other Democrat capture the nomination, (iov. Harriman of New York, the active "inactive candidate." with his block of 88 votes from New York 'Continued editorial page, 4.) Curtain Falls On Warm, Dry Month of May Clouds are predicted for the Sa lem area this morning but it will probably become sunny this after noon, according to the McNary Field weather bureau Weather is expected to be a little warmer today with a high of 72 and a low tonight of 50. High Thursday was 68. r Increasing cloudiness is expect ed tonight and Saturday will prob ably be mostly cloudy with scat tered showers. Predicted high Sat urday is 67. Northern Oregon beaches will probably be mostly cloudy today wit ii occasional sunny periods. Bain Is predicted for tonight. High today is expected to be about 60 to 63, low tonight 46 to 52. Tne Salem area received 1 61 Inches of rain in May, the weather bureau's month-end statistics re veal. Rainfall was .32 below aver age despite Wednesday's .46 in ches. Average high tor May was 72, average low was 46. The average temperature for the month was 58 6. This w as 14 degrees above normal. Hottest day in May occurred on the 17tji when the temperature rose to 95 the highest the mer cury has soared in any May on record here. Lowest temperature came May 13 when the thermome ter dropped to 35. During May Salem and vicinity had nine clear days, three partly cloudy day and 19 cloudy dayi, the weather bureau reported. Portland E-R Post Declined PORTLAND -William Monre, manager ot an east side bottling company, Thursday turned down a, request from Mayor Fred L Peterson to s ej; v e nn the Port land Kxposition-Recrealion Com mission. Moore was invited to fill the position of Teamster I'nion offi cial Clyde C. Crosby who resigned after the Oregonian reported he had a trinun;il record No reason was gien for Moore's declining to accept the post Meantime, the city auditor's office reported it will begin re counting votes on the May 18 elec tion measure which requires that the sports center be located on Portland's East Side. The measure carried, according to unofficial reports, by a small margin. Governor lo Rercivc Honorary Doctoral" Gov. Klmo Smith will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree from his alma mater, the College of Idaho, at Caldwell, Idaho. He will receive the degree in person today at the college's com mencement. "Me has talent . . . If riiey write novelty hit song about the aeroesh Vwu saw he'll bo stsJaeMI'' 1 WILBERT SkMSTISJC iMaVM 106th Year Harriman Backers Organize Financiers and Businessmen Form Commiltee NKW YORK Democratic Gov. Averell Harriman's White House aspirations were boosted Thursday by formation of a nation-wide committee of business men and financiers in support of his candidacy. Harriman welcomed j the organ ized move in his behalf. The committee's aim is fo en roll "progressive, enlightened bus nessmen," friendly with labor, in support of the governor, who is a former railroad magnate, invest ment banker and secretary of commerce "Very Nice" Robert Dowling, a New York investment Banker, annpunced the committee plans at a news con ference. He said he had discussed them with Harriman and that the governor "expressed the leeling it was very nice we were doing it" "1 regard him as a candidate today." Dowling added, saying he could not draw a "fine line" as to what distinguished an active can didate from an inactive one. Har riman prefers to call himself not an active candidate for the nom ination. List Not Complete Dowling said leaders in the com mittee movement include Benja min Buttonweiser, a partner in the investment firm of K'uhn, Loeb k Co . and Walter Fletcher, a part ner in the law firm of Davis. Polk, Hardsell, Sunderland & hiendl! Other members will be announced within 10 days to two weeks, Dowl ing said. Seated with Dowling at the news coherence -were Samuel I. Rose man,, intimate advisor and speech writer for the late President Franklin D Roosevelt and form er President Truman, and George Backer, former editor and presi dent of the New York Post. Squirrel Finds Trouble After Leaving Park One of Willson Park's squirrel vanished into a 4.000-foot cloud population apparently was extra laypr anov; Salem at roughly S hungry Thursday-or else working P m. Thursday. It was the in on a "do it yourself" project. augurated release of new type The sprightly little animal was weather balloons at McNary Field, seen hurrying down Court Street It a'so marked the Salem Weath in the morning hours I'nmindful er Bureau's debut as an "upper- or traffic lights, he crossed the busy Liberty Street intersection and turned into the Doughton Hardware firm. 355 Court St After a little reconnoitrnng. said proprietor Wayne Douglilnn, the squirrel headed for a bin in the rear of the store The bin contain ed nuts i not the eating kind' and bolts. Doughjnn summoned Bill Wilson, city dog catcher, and the brazen little invader, minus any loot, was returned to his Wilison Park habitat. NORTHWEST LEAGl'E At Slem A. F-mrne a At Trl-Cit Yakima, postponed, . wind. At Wenatchce S. Lcwiston L PACIFIC COAST LEAGl'E At Sn Frinclicn 0. Portland 3 At Lot Angflei 13. Vancouver IS. At San Ditto 3. Seattle 4 ill inntnusl. At Sacramento 8. Hollywood 2. AMERICAN LEAGl'E At Raltlmnrf I. Rnton 4 At New York 9 Washinjlnn S Only games scheduled NATIONAL LEAGl'E At C"hn t" H. Milwaukee 15 At St I.ouis 9. Cincinnati .1 At Pittshura-h 3. New York 0 'Called in Sth rami j Only camel icheduled. II ,1'H. ' II Khrushchev Says Fingerprint Rule Keeps Soviets From U.S. MOSCOW i.f Soviet Common- month that American military in ist Party leader Nikita Khrushchev telligence had used the tunnel ex said Thursday no Soviet citizen tending more than BOO yards under will ever go lo the United States East Berlin to tap Soviet army pointed out Main. The program if he has to be fingerprinted. communications. also will give valuable data on Premier Nikolai Bulganin and j The Soviet leaders' comment on upper-air winds, to be fitted into Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov I fingerprinting started when Ameri- j the country's over-all weather pic agreed, j can violinist Isaac Stern, who has it re. This top-level chorus of protest i just concluded a highly acclaimed Balloon operations were rrans was sounded over champagne i tour of the Soviet Union, button-. ferred from Portland because of elasses among blooming beds of holed Khrushchev by a lilac bush. ' interference from wind currents tuliDs at a British Rmhassy gard- en party honoring the official birthday of Queen Klizaheth II. It probably was the most emphatic statement of olficial Soviet opposi- tion to the V S. immigration re- quiremenl for foreign visitors On another front, the Soviet gov- ernmrnt announced Thursday a note to the United States demand- ing punishment nf persons who burrowed a tunnel between East ann neM dh nn. I . . n 1. The Russians charged last 4 SECTIONS-36 PAGES Ready for U i :v..,v Tm itiffnwn af the Weather Bsnvaa at MeNarv Field smsmrt) ta Thursday evening opened a new be released every six hours, will ployes la pictnre are Francis lioa device which relays course Huge Balloons Start Flights Over Salem to By JERKY STONE Staff Writer, The Statesman A goldish-colored object rose and air' station The five foot-diameter balloon Silverton to Add Kitchen To Hospital Sulrsnun Xtwi Sfnirt I Slf.VF.RTON-Silverton Hospital i will use its $15,500 Ford Founda - tion gram to construct a s. mot hy 40KHH concrete mock iw n , to he used as a kitchen, it was announced here Thursday. The new addition will have 1 400 i snnare leet nl floor space and will include a small dining room, gro- eery storage and a walk-in cooler in addition to tne Kiicnen. Fl)unl by Hunters Hugh Range, who built the hos- ..We decr hunlPrs to come pilal and a wing added later, will' up wjU) a number of the devices supervise the new construction. ; as ,fy penetrate ihe mountainous The Ford grant WSs revealed in areas," observed R. A. Halvorson, December, 1955, Silverton Hospital i newly assigned to the Salem weath was one o( 42 Oregon hospitals er station as supervising tech whT received donations from the nirian foundation. PORTLAND Bl'DGET OKKHK.I) ivinri vn , The Portland (lily (,'nui j p record I ounci Thursday apprnv rd high budget of 4.1 million l dollars for the 1956-57 year. "Your visit has been a tre- mendous success. Khrushchev said, raising a toast to Stern, "There should be more like it." "And there would be more." Stern relied, "if your people ovrr- looked surh (rchnical requirements as fingerprinting " This we ran never do." Khrush- t;K( "in ' " 3 rlirement for criminals. It is degrading. It is a shame. None of wir people ....II .... . t. Ik. I mlt Ql at. ni ki m !.. "'"'"ik,,, v, lit they have to be fingerprinted."' Long Trip Into Stratosphere J,: -; . , ' ; ' ' : : r - 1 , Mf ' , , . A... ; '..-.--:v. ,'V.-.a'-,-'. ft . . .. . ' -r I -4 " ''''fit- I it w - ? a ' ' . H . V , , , ' , -' 1 " ; V - " phase of operations at the Salem provide valuable mfarmattosi Burns (left) and Robert Benl. In of the balloons. ( Statesman pwau Probe Weather Secrets loosed Thursday eve was feted by; has released 20-inch balloons, but aU calculations to reached approx-, these were not on a schedule and imately 70,000 feet-and burst. En-jdealt only with determination of route high into the heavens an at tached radio device transmitted a running account of such valuable weather data as temperatures, air pressure, relative humidity and wind velocity. Ascent Delayed The maiden ascent, slated for 7 maiuen ascem. siatea itr i p. m, was delayed as personnel A 1011 I lllf 1 rushed to complete installation of"0-" VJiiav.a some $35,000 in equipment. Facil- ities were transferred from Port - land and installed within a six- Thaipear-shaped helium bal- loon which climbed a lonely course into the evening ssy was mamng run i i,smu i - r iremen talked about since the location the "maiden voyage'' in an opera- Thursday investigated the possibil- n( onp nf thp pw hjgliwav inter lional schedule that will find Mc- ity of arson in a fire that swept changes at the bypass and Mar Nary Field weathermen releasing through a warehouse and a paint H street, the nhipcK evrrv ix hour arniinrl store in downtown Portland late the clock. 1 Wnen tne inflated rubber oh- jrds bursl at "ceiling", the at- tached rarl0.s,.ndinR device para- (,nuU,s o the ground In most in- slan(.PS thfse devices will bo found only by chance because there is stronc likelihood thev wifl drop into inaccessible spots However. thei(Pr, jn through a metal lire door devices are rated expendable. j He said police were investigating Halvorson added that sometimes the balloons will climb almost rii- redly overhead lo bursting point. "In" Hmes they may drift as "epcoumg " w inu- Course of the balloons are re- rOHTI.AND - There will he corded by a ground detection in-;pl,ntv of ros(,s for the Rosc Fes slrumenl. which also relays find-:i, net w.ol, Portion nn.. Ings of the ascending balloon an insme recormng macnine. New Employes M S Main, chief meterologist in The anxiety had been more pro charge of the Salem station, said nounced this year because of wln si new employes will help fill out ter freeze damage round-the clock shifts to handle - added duties of the operation Advent of the weather balloons will improve forecasting servic down the Columbia Gorge The Salem station previously The Weather Max tl M 2 7 n in 71 Min J1 S7 SI SJ S2 S.I Prr trarr V rnrlllnd Rakfr '"v, RWhiiri sun rnrirm Pirain 7 wuitmctu Rivir is tt. 58 .1) The Oregon Statesman, ' baJUe-a which im balloons. U1 la inch a fire-foot station.' The sellim for forecast pnrpases. Bareaa left background ts ground dotee- ky Jakn Erlcnsea.) c niii ho oM The five-foot balloons can at times look awfully "flying saucer- 0 Summer Street and of Fair ish" on the ascent and weather-; pounds Road between South and mm ntvrt nrt nhnne mils tn- Hood Streets also are to be done result. . y. r IUlgOVCrCCl 111 Poi'tltllld IPC Wednesday night at an estimated loss of about tSOO.OOO Fire Marshal" Dale Gilman -said the lire could Iwe started acci- dcnt.illv but he had found ew- d(,n,.(, of a pr,m,,r jn ,,r building Jus hefore the lire tum ,,,h h,A tr reports that money had been taken from cash registers and a safe Officials of the General Paint Co. store estimated their loss at tlM.Om Fireman sa,H the Ham. age to the Gilbert Bros, whole sale hardware company would come In about $200 000 i . I'lciltV Ol l()S('S i(n or rOSIlVH to;Fpstjval A,sn nfjcjai, ,aj(1 Tmlr, jnav Msing the annuf) ncr the blooms anxiety, es Secret Selection of 8 Today for Before today is over eight pretty state employes will have been secretly selected as prin cesses to participate in the Wil lamette River Days festival in Salem on July 4. The girls, tn he selected for their eye appeal hy a "phantom selector," will he unaware that they have hern chosen liniil letters reach them wilhin the next few days over the signa ture of Mayor Robert F White F.ven thrn each "mystery princess" will hr asked to Veep her selection a secret until I special coronation ceremony on Salem, Oreon, Friday, June 1, Rising Forecasts: Governor's Act Attacked By Langley I PORTLAND - Multnomah County Dist Atty William I.ang , ley-Thursday challenged an order I from Gov . Klmo Smith placing all criminal matters which come before the district attorney's of I ice in the hands of the attorney gen j eral. Gov. Smith issued the order after Langley attempted to bring j a matter related to the current , Portland vice investigation before a grand jury. ; Since then. Atty Gen Robert V. Thornton, who is investigating the vice charges, also has been in charge of criminal matters coming before the grand jury. I Langley contended in a com i plaint filed in circuit court here that the governor's order was in valid because it is in conflict with the law under which it was j drawn I Langley s complaint also said that "the unauthorized act of the governor and acts of the attorney general . . . have created .an emergency in the criminal busi ness of Multnomah County . . ." and that if Langley is "prevented by the attorney general from per forming his ordinary duty, such criminal business will accumulate and delay, and consequently mis carriage of justice will result." Salem Street Widening Job O Starts Today Tree clearance along South 12th Street today will signal start of the street widening program ap- proved by Salem city voters at hc recent election. ty engineering department crews win take out trees in the .PrkiK sl,iPs alon8 the street 'rom Mission Street to Hoyt at, c"' ,imits- Tne street be. wiut-nru irum 01 iu 1 ieei. Widening of Market Street east under inr newiy approved Jlotf,- 000 bond issue. Market will be widened from 30 to 44 feet; Fairgrounds Road from 34 to 44 feet. Marion County Court members jsaid Thursday they have nn plans ;for widening the rnntinuation of Market Street (Garden Road) from city limits lo the bypass. The paved width js about 20 feet. r.ventual widening has been much Civil Defense Plans Video Blackout Test BATTLE CREEK. Mich. i.ti - Th" t ivil Dffcns' Administration announced Thursday night a IS minute "blackout" of radio and television broadcasting July 20 to t"st clvl1 emergency broadcasting Jaeilit ies The agency said the radio-TV silence will permit a check of civil defense broadcasting of es sential information during a sun tilated nuclear altai k In a directive, the I'ommunica tinns Commission ordered the lTi minutes nf silence to begin at 12.10 p. m. ' TST'. July 20 During this nj-rioH all sl.il lolls so onuinnerl will shift In Ihe "Cnnelrarl" wave lengths. MO and 1240 kilocycles, tn hrnadcast civil defense data other stations will remain si lent Cnnclrad signals usually can he h-ard only ilhin of the station 10 to 11 miles Willamette June 7 making this one of the most secrecy-shrouded princess selections ever held in Salem. When names of princesses are revealed next Thursday at ft p.m. at the Marion Hotel, rep resentatives nf rivir and serv ire groups will then select girls they wish tn support in the competition to pick a Willam ette River Pays queen Announcements appearing nn all state departments' bulletin boards Thursday advised all girls to rnme to work today looking their prettiest Queen of the festival, one of 1956 Columbia to Top U.N. to Kick Truce Board Out of Korea Moscow Hurls Defiance at Order PANMt NJOM, Korea iPt The I . Y Command told the four-nation Neutral Armistice Supervisory Commissioa Thurs day to get out of South Korea, charging it had been used to mask a truce-violating arms buildup in North Korea. , The Commission is intended to police armistice violations. The I'. N. Command accused its Cierhoslovak and Polish members of flagrantly unneu tral conduct in covering up Communist violations and frus trating attempts nf the Swedish and Swiss members to Investi gate them. The Commission's functions in South Korea have beea sus pended, the V. N. Command in formed the Communist, com mand, until all provisions of the armistice agreement are met la North Korea, particularly those forbidding an increase in mil- - - . . "9' T Salem Sector Needs 1,000 Strawberry Pickers Today ' By LILLIE L. MAD8EN Farm Editor, The Statesman Around 1.000 strawberry pickers the Salem area, C. M. Litchfield of Thursday afternoon. "We could have easily used ISO more than we had Thursday morn ing Friday will see a lot of growers making their first pickings- What with schools still in session we needed Friday." Litchfield said While part of the shortage of pickers is due to classes -still in session, not all of it can be blamed to this situation; Litchfield con tinued An all-over high employ- mclit 'is responsible for much of the shortage, he said. With Ms of jobs available, the "farm suffers first. For one-thing the farmer needs so much help all of a sud- den and at onetime," the employ- ment official explained, Morf p ,( NttM He also expressed fear that last season a snoriage iiugm ir peated. Growers were unable to save their entire crops because they couldn't get people to assist In harvest. Some growers have stated al- ready this year that, while they t will pick pn Sundays and holidays o n 1 y ' if absolutely necessary," they will pay time and a half for such days in order to save the food crops. Platoons Neit Week ricking is good, according to reports nf many of the growers and the employment offices. Grow ers are paying 30 cents a carrier, they said Thursday. Platoons from schools in the valley will begin next week. Some r 0 r s I school youngsters were already picking Thursday and many more expect ed to join the picking troups rn- day. With strawberries going into full i swine somewhat earlier than in i the past two years coming up for picking andthe cherry harvest expected to Start around June 20, to be H fnilwpd in another month by cane )Prry and hean picking, the Wil- lamelte Valley is going to see a "busy summer" on the farm from here on nut, Litchfield said Short a) Supply Forcing Albany Mill (o Dismantle ALBANY. Ore. uT - The Ma-loney-Chambers Lumber Co in tends lo dismantle one nf its two sawmills here because nf dwindling log supplies. aiI?!..T.!j!r ,d-r.8J!!,l,iS;!I;!l0!: I"' M" mi'diiy i.uiiiim u. f"iiun. ma since January. The other mill. operating under the Malnney Chambers name, will continue in operation at least for a lime Princesses River Days Salem's first such Fourth of July activities in many years, will be decided on sale of festi val tickets. Her identity will he nnnnnreri nn fh eve nf th festival The River Pays pro gram will include a parade and fireworks with the climax to be motor boat races on Ihe Willam ette River and other water ac tivitie.s Salem Chamber of Commerce mid May. will officially present the Ore-' Thi iosse, which was one of . 01 . - i . i the sharpest monthly upturns in a gon State Employes Association ong time7renecled substantial ad as festival sponsor st the vinces for hogs, potatoes, tree Thursday sight meeting. 'fruits, Iambi andcsttJe. PRICI S Dike llary strength. Moscow Radio called the ac tion a gross violation of the ar mistice agreement Stopping the work of the neutral nations commission ran-' not be done arbitrarily." said ; the broadcast beard in London. The V. N. demanded reeled Communist reports" of shipments of combat material i II feet above flood level at Vaa and aircraft particularly jet couver by next Tuesday, lora planes which It said the Reds casters warned, have moved Illegally Into North I The river was at 4.7 feet at Korea since the armistice was j Vancouver Thursday -1.7 feet signed at Fanmunjom In 1954. !ve flood stage. It had been ex At the same time, Britain an- "Pertl tu reach a peak of JS.4 nounced the 11 nations wboae Monday, but forecasters Mid troops compose the V. N. Com- 1th continued Inland warm spell mand headed b U. 8. MaJ. meant it would be op at .T by Gen. Robert C. Card have re.Tuedy with the possibility it iected a Communist Chinese ! "WU climb st 11 hijher In sue. proposal for s "conference to reunite Krea and withdraw foreign troops' from the conn try. will be needed this morning la the State Employment Office said are going to be very short of help 2 Men Lost On Central Oregon Trip BEND lift A Sandy city coun cilman and a companion were re ported missing Thursday in the Crane Prairie Reservoir area, SO miles southwest of Bend. Police and relatives are searching for them. Ernie Harris, the councilman, and C. A. Happold, went to the area last Friday on a fishing trip, intending to return to their homes Sunday. State police were notified Wednesday that they had failed to return. A policeman found their pickup truck st the reservoir with camp ing supplies still in It. The boat and the men were gone. The reservoir spreads over an area of seven square miles, and police attempted to arrange for an airplane to help In the search. It was feared the men's boat had capsized. 'Blind' Phone ier man in i n JSMflll Brings Aid to Woman An invalid Salem woman who fell from a davenport in her home received help from Salem police and first aid men Thursday night as the result of a "blind" phone call Mrs Mirtie Thompson. 1S42 Lib erty St.. fell about 9-30 o.m.. po lice said. Unable to rise, she ac-i might cause the pumping system cident-ftlly knocked her telephone j to jam and result in a serious from its stand Dialing numbers sewage disposal problem, at random in the darkness she1 At nearby Kalama, Wash , city i eventually reached a second party officials declared a state of emer i who notified the telephone opera-'genry and said they soon would tor shortly before 11 pm , police call for volunteers to sandbag the 'said. dikes which protect low lying ! Switchboard operators traced areas in the region. the call to three possible addresses , ru iwu lai a iu HI CM Four minutes later an officer had located Mrs Thompson's resi rience and talked lo her through. the locked door. Mrs. Thompson, who is normally confined to a wheelchair, was unable to open the door and police were forced to break a window to gain en trance First sidmen were on their way two minutes later. No injuries were apparent, they said, and Mrs. Thompson wss helped back to her couch. Price of Farm ; PrO(lllCC CHlllbs I ! WASHINGTON yT-The agrietil - ' ture department reported Thursday - that farm product prices increased, 3 per cent between mid-April and, No. 66 Fades Flood Engulfs Farms Near Vancouver PORTLAND (AP) - An In land heat wave hung on Thurs day, and flood waters surged higher from the headwaters to the lower Columbia River b- sm, collHpsinK a dike near Vancouver, Wash. Melting snow, feeding tha mighty Columbia and its tributar ies, will send the river up almost i-crcumg unyv u inar warm apvu -j - it t. - . ti cungs. First Failare The first dike failure came ta 1 the lower Columbia area as a dike : crumbled .north of Vancouver, Wash. Water washed across ! farms there, but there were a fatalities. Livestock bad .beea evacuated in advance and scat tered farm families, followed. It apparently will not be the last dike failure. Water was within foot of the top of one dike nearby the BaUheior Island dike on the Washington shore, .and within ' a loot of the top of a Sauviea ' Island dike oa the Oregon tide of the Columbia, the predicted two . foot rise fa. the river win flood . both at those, areas. . , Army engineers said nine other oiling amnios along me lower, Columbia vIB be la critical condi.' tioa when ihe rrrer reaches -' M.7-fooi level with water aear ' the top of Ihe diket. At other points, including the more heavily populated areas around Vancouver. Wash., aad Portland, dikes protect against levels upwards of SO feet.' At M.7 feet, though, tot Hood will be the third worst en record. Only twice previously has the river gone above SS feet One was In 1194, the other la l4t, when a dike north of Portland broke and wiped out tne housing 'project of Vanport. where 11.000 lived. A dozen lives were lost. At 10 reet The river reached 10 feet then, and a number of other dikes also broke under the pressure. TJie dikes since have been rebuilt and strengthened, but Vanport no long er exists. Truck gardens bow oc cupy the site. In northern Idaho the tributary Kootenai River, which has flooded 11.000 acres, continued to eat at dikes and threatened another lt 000 acres of Wheatland. In southeastern Idaho the upper Snake River, another big tributary of the Columbia, spread over 1,000 acres of farmland. The upper Snake is expected to crest Satur day. In British Columbia waters from the rising Columbia invaded base ments at Trsil, and the city engi neer warned some homes would have to be evacuated if the rise continues. Trouble st Kelso Late Thursday night. Mayor Don Talley reported the fifth major break In sewer lines at Kelso in southwestern Washington. He said that ground water had caused tha ground to shift, breaking the pipes. He said that further breaks ARTIFICIAL LEO LOOTED V ANCOUVER. B. C. t W. Wilkinson, resident of an East End hotfl- reported to police Thursday that SAO was stolen from his artU ficial leg when he removed It ta go to bed alter a party. Today's Statesman Page Sec. Babson Report 16.... II Business Pag ......la.. II Classified 344A....IV Comes tha Dawn- ... 4 I Comics 26....III Crossword 25....III Editorials 4.... I Food 1M3....III Home Panorama 1 1,1 J ... H Markets .... Obituaries Radio, TV .. Sports Star Csser 34.. 1.. 34.. .2941.. 14.. ...13. .IV ,.M IV IV .. H n jii Valley News Wirephoto Pag 16. T
