CITY EDITION
CITY EDITION
LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER
VOL. 108
.CIRCULATION YESTERDAY 24,635
EUGENE. OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1947
NO. 21
Freighter Sinks
Off Astoria;
(rew All Saved
48 Aboard Rescued
I Smooth Operation
' ASTORIA, Ore. (AP)
af freighter .S. S. Drexe
SL, sank five miles west
rf Cape Disappointment Tues-
L after a smoothly organ
knight rescue that brought
totf-man crew to shore un
'jjnd, many of them not
even damp. .
The ship, carrying 4563 ton! of
-lw Yokohama, struck sand
K, the Columbia River mouth
-undar night, ripping her deck
K and sending water gushing
lo the mess hall where the crew
SaJ dining.
fitst I ielt a dull thud that
waned to empty my stomach,"
Larry Sharpe, Portland, one
a the rescued crewmen. "Before
I knew it everybody waa falling
IS or backward. Plates
hashed to the floor and the ocean
TO pouring through the porthole.
We were excited and rushed top
side. :
Ihen we tried to fix her. She
ms cracked between holds four
and five. We tried pumping water
ait of her, but we knew she was
lost"
: Capt. Canute Rommerdahl, San
Mateo, who ordered his men to
abandon ship after a vain two
hour fight to save the vessel,
blamed unusually deep swells
which' smashed the ship against
the bar.
When the abandon order wag
riven, the vessel had drifted four
Biles north off Cape Disappoint
ment The pilot's schooner, Colum
bia, itanding by, took 19 men
aboard. Others took to life-boats,
and were picked up In a light fog
bj the Coast Guard vessel
Triumph and the freighter Joseph
Gale, bound for Portland.
So smoothly was the rescue car
ted out that the nearest approach
to casualty was one novice seaman
who lumped overboard in excite
ment and had to be fished out by
tie pilot's schooner. Larry Brown,
Seattle, injured earlier in the day
aboard ship, had to be helped into
I lifeboat. .
. The Coast Guard cutter Onon
in stood by the abandoned ship,
bit was unable to prevent its sub
merging In the shallow waters
when many vessels have been
tot
i . ,
City Model to Show
Parking Problems
A graphic illustration of Eu-
Pm'i parking problem will be
presented Wednesday noon at the
ftjene Hotel to Ford 1 Hand's
chamber of Commerce parking
(ommlttee, city officials and the
lugene Planning Commission, in
melormof a model of the Eugene
business district prepared by Cen
tral Lane Planning Consultant
Howard Buford and his staff.
va model shows just where
too greatest parking congestion
"curs, as revealed by recent sur
"!. It will be part of a report
"iwiung sruaies made by Bu
W and The Register-Guard,
wuauon and coordination of
mch has been under way for
au weeKs.
The committee hopes to arrive
Wtoately at a decision on how
uch off-street parking apace is
m Eugene, where .it
ZuDe Iocated and hw H
ld be financed.
"AI-DCROCHER MARRY
LOS ANGELES- VP) Actress
Uraine Day and baseball's Leo
WPPy) Durocher were married in
to, i Tex" Tuesiay, her at
,?iBernard M- Silber. aid he
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UK. WILLIAM WACHS (arm upraised, center), teacher at James Monroe High School In the Bronx,
speaks from steps of Hall of Records, Brooklyn, N. Y., as teachers from the city's schools stage a
demonstration to press demands for an annual wage increase of $1,050. The Board of Education was
holding budget meeting in a nearby building. (AP Wirephoto).
State Solons Ask
Amusement Taxes
Admissions Levy of 20 Per Cent Sought
To Support Increased Pensions for Aged
SALEM UP) Measures to tax amusement devices and admissions
to theaters, athletic events, dance halls and other places of enter
tainment were ready for introduction in the state House of Rep.
resentatives Tuesday.
Reps. Giles L. French, Moro, and Henry Semon, Klamath Falls, are
introducing the amusement device tax, endorsed by tha State Tax
Commission, which would levy a 30 per cent tax ongross revenues
from devices in which there is an element of chance, such as illegal
slot machines and punchboards. The tax on devices .which which
have an element of skill, such as pinball and iron claw games, would
ce 10 per cent of the gross revenue.
Hep. Joseph E. Harvey, Port
Hospital Plane
Crashes in Fog
; OAKLAND, Calif . (jPH-A four
engine Navy hospital plane crash
ed and burned making a radar
controlled landing at fog-shrouded
Oakland airport Monday, killing
WAVE Margaret Wallace, Pit-
carln, Pa., and injuring the 20
other passengers and crew.
. Passengers and wreckage were
scattered like chaff over the run
way when the big plane struck an
embankment at the southeast edge
of the airport, exploded, and burn
ed. 21 Passengers
-The plane, flown by the Naval
Air Transport Service, was en
route east on a regularly sched
uled flight from Moffett Field,
Calif., near Sonnyvalle, only about
40 miles south of Oakland. In ad
dition to its crew of seven, it car
ried 14 patients and attending
nurses.
Four women, two WAVE corps.
men and two Navy nurses, were
among the occupants.
. Making what the Navy describ-
ed as a normal radar, ground con
trolled approach to the fog ob
scured airport, the plane's back
was broken by the impact of the
landing. Ensuing explosions shook
it for nearly an hour as gasoune-
fed fare swept the wreckage.
Treatment Given
The -injured were picked up
from the runway and rushed to
the Navy Oak Knoll hospital after
emergency treatment. .
Among those escaping with only
minor iniuries were L. E. "Pinker-
ton. 19. Storekeeper 3rd Class, of
Marion, Ohio, " and Arthur Chan,
dler Machinist's Mate 3rd Class.
land leader in the old age pension
movement, said the admissions
tax would duplicate the 20 per
cent federal admissions tax, and
that the revenues would be used
for pensions.
French said the amusement de.
vice tax might have the effect of
driving out slot machines by mafc
ing it too expensive to operate
them. .
Bookkeeping Necessity
Owners of all amusement de
vices would have to keep' books.
If they failed to do so, they would
have to accept the Tax Commis
sion's estimate of the amount of
tax due. Then, if they failed to
pay the tax, the state could get a
lien on all the owner's property.
The records of the Tax Commis
sion would be confidential.
The bill would apply to clubs
as well as to individual operators,
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 2)
Portland Police Hold Trio
For Murder of Sea Captain
Ionnd Tn JP) The battered body ot "hip's captain was
dei;"esd??.belw a cliff in the fashionable West Side Hills, and
over n , VJ , ree men tell a 8sly tale of tossing the man, groan
iv. , .. e 50-foot dron. ....
Hth.s e 1!,wa.s CaPt- Fnmk B. Tatum, 53, Billerica, Mass., master
been mLwi ln Abbev of the Shepard Steamship Co. Tatum had
appearand 8 " weeK Dut his dis
tS" reported o Police
&thief James PrceU
nngThNen' taken int0 custody
nSwhlrt?? a"-ni8ht investi
raid .nT''!hted "y night club
Pants,
lpj "O ou occu-
ffoldi
"id the trio told this
"tot ch?h"y!,lr"0ld owner o' the
Won. e.f the thfee men
S mur J ?r?e 01 suPi:in
rat,W ta th- ,"1 'igM with
H thru,. T.ClUD a week ago,
,bCra. tUmi injured- Into
lrtlht'he,:llb owner
!nd ordeeddTatu"'s groans,
to '?JT? youn8er col-
to m him out ot here."
W9W into tht Want Sid
Hills and dumped Tatum,' still
groaning,, over, the 50-fbot cliff.
Police, checking the report of
Tatum's disappearance filed Mon
day by' the steamship company's
agents, were led to the night club
as the last place Tatum had been
seen. On Jan. 14 he was noticed
standing outside with R. J. Peter
son, Grant Pass, Ore., his ship
steward.
Investigating, detectives learned
that a 20-year-old youth . who
lived in the club had been wear
ing for the past week an $1800
diamond-studded platinum watch
like the one Tatum owned.
Taken into custody, Purcell
said, the youth broke down and
admitted he had helped throw the
missing man over a cliff, and im
plicated ihe two others. They, too,
were arrested; and the two
younger ones, Purcell said, led de
ttctivu to tht man'i body.
Legislature's
Topics Today
SALEM (U.R) Salaries of Su
preme court justices would be
raised from $7300 a year to $10,000
and circuit court judges would re
ceive a pay boost from $6000 to
$8000 a year if a bill introduced
in the House Tuesday bx. the
Committee on Judiciary is passed
by the Legislature. '
WOMEN BARTENDERS
SALEM (U.R) Women bar
tenders would be banned from
serving drinks in state-licensed
liquor establishments if. a bill pre
pared by the Oregon American"
Federation of Labor is passed by
the Legislature. ; ' . .
ELECTION JUDGES
SALEM W) Election judges,
who now get $4 a day, would get
$1 an hour under a bill introduced
in the Legislature Tuesday by
Rep. Paul R. Hendricks, Salem.
t .
TRAFFIC SAFETY
SALEM W) The State. High
way Commission should give the
State Police Department $1,000,
000 during the next two years to
provide for more adequate patrol
of state highways, Secretary of
State Robert S. Farrell, Jr., said
Tuesday at a meeting of the Joint
Legislative Ways and Means Com
mittee. Farrell said traffic safety can
be broken into three phases en
gineering,, education and law en
forcement.
He said the engineering phase
is well handled by the Highway
Commission, and that his own de
partment Is doing commendable
work in education and publicity.
But enforcement, he added, could
be improved by employment of
additional state police officers by
use of highway funds.
MEDICAL REPORTS
SALEM W A measure to
compel doctors to report names
of their epileptic patients and
those subject to attacks ot uncon
sciousness to the secretary of state
won approval of the House Medi
cine, Pharmacy and Dentistry
Committee Tuesday, and will be
considered by the Hons Wednesday.
Marshall Takes Office;
Refutes Political Rumors
General Avers
College Students Follow Precedent:
Talmadge Hanged in Effigy;
Offers to Resign - IF
ATLANTA. Ga. (U.R) Gov.
Talmadge was hanged in effigy
Tuesday from the arm of a
statue on the state capitol
grounds by some 2000 leering
university students who march
ed on the capitol to demand that
he get out of the office he took
over last week.
The crowd, joined by scores of
citizens in a march through
downtown Atlanta, hoisted the
grotesque swastika-marked fig
ure to the statue of the late Tom
Watson.
It was the same spot where
five years ago other students
had hanged young Talmadge's
father in effigy during a protest
over his firing of two univer
sity professors which led to dis
accreditation of Georgia col
leges. The chanting mob of students
descended on the capitol lawns
shortly after Talmadge had told
the s'ate legislature that he was
willing to resign and run for the
office in a state-wide election If
Acting Gov. M. E, Thompson
would also agree to do so.
The effigy of Talmadge was
attired in bright red suspenders
hallmark of the Talmadge
"white supremacy" political
faith for many years.
Talmadge had taken some of
Hoover Asked
To Survey Food
Needs in Reich
WASHINGTON W) Former
President Herbert Hoover has
been asked to undertake a survey
of food problems in the American
and British zones of . occupied
Germany.
This was disclosed Tuesday by a
war department official who asked
that his name not be used. He said
Mr. Hoover has not yet given his
answer,
British Interest
Presumably the proposal to the
72-year-old former President has
the approval of the British gov
ernment and President Truman as
well as the highest War Depart
ment officials concerned with oc
minaftnn nnliniM . , .
The British nn. u, .miJnow totaling more than $4,000,-
wlth that of the United Staten tar00'000, ' ' ' ' '. ; ;.'
the edge off of the demonstra
tion by his dramatic proposal
that both he and Thompson re
sign. His statement brought
thunderous ovation from legis
lators convened in joint session.
Talmadge's surprising propo
sition was made in a hastily
appended section of a speech
before a joint session ot the
assembly. As he spoke, the col
lege students were preparing to
march on the capitol and de
mand that the people of Georgia
at large be given a voice in the
governorship battle.
Conditional Offer ,
Announcing that he -would
resign if his conditions were
met, Talmadge said:
"I therefore propose as follows:
that the legislature complete its
duites in accordance with the
Democratic Party platform
(passage of a white primary
law.) After completion of this
duty, if the lieutenant governor
will resign, your governor will
resign.
"The speaker of theHouse of
Representatives will assume
executive authority.
"I will meet any candidate for
the governorship of Georgia in
a Democratic primary to let the
white people of Georgia deter
'mine who is their choice for
governor."
Portal Pay Claims
May Hit Uncle Sam
WASHINGTON W The
War Department's liability in con.
nection with portal pay claims
may reach $500,000,000, Under
secretary Kenneth C. Royall said
Tuesday.
Royall testified before a Senate
judiciary subcommittee which is
considering legislation to outlaw
or restrict back pay portal suits
the proposal, officials said. be.
cause of the recent agreement to
unify them economically.
As a world authority on food
problems since World War I days,
Mr. Hoover was asked to make a
personal survey expected to re
quire several weeks and then to
8 u o m 1 1 recommendations - on
means to increase food output and
to assure its most equitable distri
bution. Those familiar with the proposal
said that among specific problems
which need solution are the extent
of government controls of crops,
black markets, food collection,
calculation of requirements, and
stock levels.
Funds Requested
Describing the food situation as
among the most pressing of Ger
man occupation problems, officials
noted the War Department is ask
ing Congress for a $300,000,000
deficiency appropriation for the
occupation of Germany, Japan and
Korea.
Of this sum, more than $50,-
000,000 is earmarked for the cost
of meeting German food require
ments.
The money would be available
for use between the time of its ap
propriation and the end of the
government's fiscal year next
July 1. Additional sums have been
asked for the 12 months beginning
then. .
At President Truman's request,
Mr. Hoover made a world survey
last spring of international food
problems. He traveled more than
35,000 miles and visited 38 coun
tries all the. major ones except
Russia. . !
He emphasized that his test!
mony dealt only with contracts of I
the War Department. Navy wit
Butter Price Drops
On Wholesale Market
Wholesale butter prices were
cut another four cents a pound
in Eugene Tuesday, bringing the
total drop in the last two: weeks
to 13 cents.
Prices posted Tuesday were 72
cents for Grade AA prints and 71
cents for Grade A prints. The re
duction is expected to take effect
in retail stores in two or three
days.-Retail prices' in the city at
present are from 78 to 82 cents a
pound. ,
The slash followed by one day
four-cent drop in the Portland
wholesale price. Reports: from
Portland Tuesday said that trad
ing was steady although distribu
tors noted low sales.
Butterfat prices in Eugene also
went down four cents. Both but
ter and butterfat prices have been
dropping steadily since the ex
posure two weeks ago of artificial
price-setting on the New York
market.
CUBA GENERAL STRIKE
HAVANA, Cuba (P) Air
plane service was suspended be
tween the hours of 3 p. m. and 7 p.
m. Tuesday for a general strme
protesting the coat of living. The
City waa qulat.
Extended Ration
Power Urged
WASHINGTON OP) The
Department of Agriculture ad
vised a congressional committee it
will ask for continued rationing
and price control of sugar
throughout this year.
James H. Marshall, head of the
department's sugar branch, told
the House Food Shortage Investi
gating Committee he hopes the
sugar ration for individuals might
be increased by 10 pounds this
year.
He indicated, however, there
will be no increase before April 1.
Despite improvement in world
production, he said, the supply is
still far short of demand.
"If sugar rationing and price
control were lifted at this time,"
Marshall said, "it is my opinion
that the price easily would go to
40 cents a pound."
In such a situation, he said, the
great bulk of the available sugar
might be bought by industrial
users, "and the housewife might
get much less."
The authority to ration sugar
expires April 1, and the price con
trol powers end July 1. Marshall
said the department will request
that both powers be extended
through Dec. 31 as they relate to
sugar.
Youths Nabbed at Drain
With Stolen Automobile
ROSEBURG VP) Two
youths, reported to be escapees
from the State Training School at
Woodburn, were captured at
Drain Monday night in an auto
mobile stolen a few hours earlier
in Roseburg and belonging to Rev
H. P. Sconce, Roseburg Baptist
minister, State Police Sgt. Paul
Morgan reported.
The boys, whose names were
given as Walter William L. Per
due and Roger Byron Rolof, alleg
edly abandoned here an automo
bile they stole in Portland, then
doubled back north in the Sconce
car, Morgan said. .
Enough Public Works
Authorized, Says Solon
WASHINGTON M) Enough
flood control and rivers and har
bors projects alread. have been
authorized by Congress, Chairman
Dondero (R-Mich) ot the House,
Public Works Committee said
Tuesday. .
He told a reporter that commit
tee records show $3,635,000,000
worth of these projects have been
authorized and are "laying on the
shelf."
"There is no necessity tt all for
any mor, added. , . . .
nesses have yet to be heard.
Royall said portal pay claims
arising under cost-plus fixed-fee
contracts which have been closed
by renegotiation probably would
not require reimbursement by the
government. In contract renegotl'
ttions, the government has re
claimed excess payments , to con
tractors.
There are lump aum contracts
' where the payhnwtef full portal
elalms wonld exceed the firm's
profit, he said, and the result
would be a net loss to the eon
tractor . la performing tht Job,
he said.
The undersecretary said the
government faces - the greatest
liability on cost-plus-fixed-fee
war contracts. Under these, he
testified, the War Department
must compensate contractors for
additional costs which may arise,
such as portal pay.
. Royall said that cost-plus-fee
contracts for the period 1941-46
total $40,000,000,000 to $45,000,.
000,000.
Claimed Already
He estimated that already $200,-
r.00,000 in portal claims "have
been asserted against the govern
ment." He added that the total
claims "probably will exceed
$300,000,000 and may reach $400,.
000,000 to $500,000,000."
' -T 1
Weather
V. S. Weather Bureau Forecast:
Eugene and vicinity, mostly cloudy
Tuesday night- and Wednesday,
with occasional light rain Tues
day night. Little temperature
change. Oregon, same, with snow
flurries northeast portion, moder
ate southerly winds off the coast
except fresh to strong In northern
portion.
Local Statistics: High Monday,
54 degrees: low Tuesday morning.
32 degrees; no. precipitation in 24
hours ending 10:30 a.m. Tuesday;
total for month, .93 inches; nor
mal for month,. S.42 inches stage
of Willamette River at 7:30 a.m.
Tuesday, 0.00 feet; wind at 11:30
a.m., ESE 8; prevailing Monday,
SE 7.
Sunrise and Sunset (PST):
Wednesday, 7:42 a.m. and 5:07
p.m. Thursday, 7:41 a.m. and 5:09
p.m.
shihlaw tints
Wednesday
High 1:08 .m. .9lt l:IJp.m. S.Sft
Low 6:35 l.m. S.Sft. 7:19pm. -0.4 .
IS
;
AL CAPONE, Chicago gang
land's "little Caesar" of the
prohibition era was repc. ted to
have suffered a stroke and died
Tuesday at his walled villa on
luxurious Palm Island, near
Miami, Fla. His doctor could
not be reached for immediate
comment.
Painters Named
Painter Painted
Very Confusing
Two painters named Painter
who attempted to paint the town
Monday were given a shellacing
in the office of Justice of the
Peace John Bryson Tuesday to
the tune of $15 each.
Leslie K. Painter and Hobart
M. Painter were both arrested
right in front of the state police
offices and charged with being
drunk on a public street. They
plead guilty. Both are painters
by trade. '
Gas Firm Asks
For Rate Boost
-Northwest Cities Gas Co. asked
for rate Increases ranging from
3.81 to 39.03 per cent at a public
neartng in Eugene Tuesday. Com
pany officials testified that the
concern operated at a loss .of
$263.12 during the month of October.
"Unless these rates are
granted, the company cannot
expect to continue operations In
the Eugene-Springfield area,"
W. G. Forshaw, company audi
tor from Walla Walla, Wash.,
told the Public Utilities Com
mission. The 39.03 per cent increase
would aifect several large bakery
consumers. Residential customers
would pay fa 7.42 per cent increase.-
Cites Costo
The company -based its request
on increased payrolls, freight
rates, fuel and distribution costs,
and on increased cost of mainten
ance supplies. Forshaw said that
a wage increase ot 20 per cent
had been granted, and that' the
company's financial report indi
cated it would be impossible to
grant another wage increase re
quested by union representatives
in this area. He testified that 1946
production costs Increased 56 per
cent over costs in 1945.
His report shov.-ed a profit of
only $142.29 for the ten-months
period ending Oct 31, 1946, a 98
per cent reduction over the same
period in 1945.
PUC Men Hear
The hearing was conducted by
David Don, chief PUC engineer,
and by J. L. Kennedy, chief ac
countant for the PUC. Both are
from Salem.
Testimony Was given by For
shaw and by D. W. Olsen, Eugene
general manager of the gas com
pany.
Kennedy said the rate increase
would become effective with the
February billing if it is granted
by PUC.
HeWillHot
Enter '48 Race
Firm Renunciation
Kills 'Draft' Talk
WASHINGTON (UP)
Gen. George C. Marshall took
office as Secretary of State
Tuesday after bluntly
squelching speculation that
he might be available later as
a Democratic candidate for
President.
Some Democrats had dlscuued
the idea of drafting him if Presi
dent Truman should not run in
1948.
Before taking his new tmmL
Marshall in an unsolicited state- .
ment to reporters declared:
I cannot be drafted for an
political office."
In addition to sauelchine nresl-
dential speculation concerning
him, Marshall also said that he
considered the secretaryship of
state to be a non-political job. '
"And." he added. ' "I am unln. '
to govern myself accordingly." .
Kecalls Sherman's Stand
Marshall's statement was per
haps the most explicit disavowal
of political ambition since another
general took himself out of politic!
after the Civil War. At that time
Gen. William T. Sherman declared
ma; ne would not run for Presi
dent if nominated, and would not
serve if elected.
"I am being explicit and em
phatic." Marshall said, "in order
to terminate once and for all any
discussion of my name in regard
to political office."
Whatever his feelings about po
litical office, the moment Mar
shall took oath as secretary of
state he became heir' to the office
of President should anything hap
pen to Mr. Truman in the next two
years. There being no vice presi
dent,, the secretary of state is now
nrsv in ine line of succession. '
Oath Administered . , .':
Marshall took the oath of office
as successor to James F. Byrnes
from Phipf Jlistlrn TUT VIn-
SOn in Mr. Truman's executive of
fice. Present at the ceremony in
addition to Mr. Truman wert
Byrnes, the cabinet, high govern
ment and congressional officers,
and friends of the general.
The former Army chief of staff
arrived here by train from Chi
cago at 7:35 a. m., completing a
journey from China which was in
terrupted by several days in
Honolulu and by a brief layover at
Chicago - where his plant was
grounded by .bad weather.
Prohibition Act
Author Passes
GRANITE FALLS, Minn. UP)
Andrew J. Volstead, former Min
nesota congressman and father of
the Volstead Prohibition Act, died
Monday. He was 87 years old.
Volstead, a lifelong dry, had been
in poor health for years and had
abandoned daily visits to hit
Granite Falls law office four yean
ago. He had lived the life of a
country lawyer, devoting himself
largely to probate cases and took
little part in community activities.
A native Minnesotan, Volstead
was elected to Congress on the
Republican ticket in 1903, after
serving as mayor, city attorney
afhd county attorney in his home
community. In Congress, he spons
ored measures to repeal broad
powers granted the President dur
ing World War I, fathered the
Farmers Cooperative Act, in addi
tion to the prohibition act.
Wool Growers Eugene Meet
Recognizes Western Flocks
From 150 to 200 sheep raisers will meet In Eugene Wednesday
through Friday for the annual convention of the Oregon Wool
Growers Assn., the first such meeting west of the Cascades in the
organization's 51-year history.
Although sheep raising is by tradition an industry of the Eastern
Oregon plateaus, Willamette Valley farmers have Increased their
Mnrkft to such an extent that I '
and welcoming addresses by
Mayor Earl McNutt and Associa
tion President W. C. Stewart, Day
ville, at 10 a. m.
Women Meet
Mrs. Mac Hoke, Pendleton, will
report on work of the women's
auxiliary, of which she is presi
dent. The auxiliary is holding its
convention in conjunction with
the association.
Walter A. Holt, Portland, will
outline nis work as secretary
treasurer and R. L. Clark, Port
land member of the Executive
Committee, will respond to the
an
several counties In this region
now have more theep than some
of the eastern counties where
single flocks may number In the
thousands, Lane Agricultural
Agent O. E. Fletcher said.
Flocks Large
Lane has approximately 37.000
sheep on 727 farms, the agent re
ported, and the animals are valu
ed at $400,000.
committees on public lands,
wild life and predatory animals,
and general resolutions will hold
preliminary sessions Wednesday
In the Eugene Hotel.
Thursday's program includes
I registration at tht bottl at 9 a. m.
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Colin Kelly Opening
Set for January 27
An estimated 370 students will
file into the new Colin Kelly
Junior High School in tha River
Road area Monday, Jan. 27, mark
ing the opening of classes in the
yet unfinished building. ;
For the first time since Septem
ber, 1945, 550 students at Wood
row Wilson Junior High, and
members of the Kelly student
body, will go on a full day shift.
Because of the consolidation of
several suburban school district
with Eugene School District, mora
than 900 children were forced to
double atWoodrow Wilson.
The student body of Colin Kelly
Is made up of seventh, eighth and
ninth graders from Garden Way
School. Willagillespie, River Road,
Santa Clara and Whiteaker, in
addition to ninth graders at
Bethel. Ninety per cent of th
students will be transported by
four buses. Another bus . 1 on
order and is expected to arrive in
February.
construction or the new school
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about two months work will hav
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mov in next Monday.