Fag 1. Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore., Thurg,, Jan. 8, 1948
Flood Waters Recede Slowly;
Families Going Back Home
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type of crop that will itand the
water. That li one of the main
troubles with not having the area
drained. If It were drained, a
greater variety of crops could be
planted there."
Bed CroM
The Red Cross, which was send
ing trucks to Springfield Thurs
day to help families return to their
home or move to Red Cross facil
ities In Eugene, said Richard
Gordon, administrator of disaster
service for Pacific Area Red Cros6,
arrived In Eugene Wednesday
night. Ht will aid local personnel
in making a damage survey Fri
day.
A spokesman for the Red Cross
Disaster Committee said Thursday
the Red Cross was "especially
grateful" for having U. S. En
tfinnvr nnri Nnvfil Reserve nerson-
nel in the office and on call at all
hours during the flood.
Says Thanks
''We can't thank them enough
for their wonderful help," Mrs.
Oregon Roads Open
After High Water
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)
Cora Pirtle, chapter manager, said
Thursday.
Ambulance men from this area
reported that soma patients, In
cluding maternity eases, were
brought to Eugene from Oakrldge
and Klamath Falls on the train
Wednesday night, and taken to
local hospitals from there.
In one cast an ambulance drove
to the washout near Lowell, and
a patient was brought as far as
the washout from that community.
carried aoross the break in the
road, and brought to the hospital.;
Advises Ihota
i
Dr. Anthony Trlolo, eity-eounty
health officer, advised Thursday!
that typhoid shots be taken by all
persons living In areas where the J
drinking water may have been
polluted. The dispensary at the
county courthouse will be open all
day Friday and Saturday morning ',
for this purpose, or the family;
doctor may ba consulted.
City-supplied water has not
been polluted In the county, Dr.
Trlolo said, because hourly checks
have been made In all citlce and
additional chlorine used to purify. 1
Classes to Meet '
Classes in all Springfield schools
were due to resume Friday, Supt.
E. H. Silke announced, and four
schools closed Thursday In Eugene
District 4 will also resume classes
Friday.
Along Highway 99 South, next,
to the overpass by the Willamette i
Park, workmen were removing:
heavy logs from the highway
Thursday, straightening and re
placing telephone poles and re
moving debris from the thorough-
fares.
Debris Cleared
D. L. Hancock, proprietor of a
grocery store in that area, was
using a shovel to remove debris
from the Inside of his store. A few
bananas were stlU hanging high
out of the water a reach and the
owner counted himself "lucky"
since a $2000 ice box was un
harmed.
A house, wedged against the
railroad trestle, had to be dyna
mited away. Other small sheds
were wafted across streets and
generally out of place by more
than 100 feet.
Loses Shed
A former, milking his cow under
a tree, said he had lost one shed
but that two large roofs lodged
ngninst his home had been caused
by the "big flood" in 1945.
Large chunks of the macadam
highway had been chewed out by
the angry waters.
Water board employes at the
fclghtn Ave. steam plant reported
Thursday they saw five teen-age
youths going down the Willamette
River in a boat Wednesday after
noon, waving to persons on the
bank and having a "wonderful!
time."
the Oregon Coast or the Dalles
California Highway until highway
crews can erect two Eailey bridges
loaned by the Army.
The Oregon Coast Highway was
closed by high water six miles
south of Coquille, but traffic may
go through by Thursday night. The
North Santiam was closed by a
slide at Sardine, and Junction
City-Eugene secondary was closed
Thursday but expected to open
lated in the day.
Highway 99 West from Junction
City to Corvallis was open Thurs
day, but the east route was still
closed. The Richardson-Eugene
secondary was open, but some
water still reported on the road,
while one-way' traffic was in ef
fect east of Vida because of slides.
PUBLIC AFfAlKS CHIEF
WASHINGTON -(U.PJ Presi-
Tn.noH Tkiinrfiv announced
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ne is appointing ueurfc-e v.
now ambassador to Iran, as as
sistant secretary of state for pub
lic affairs. '
Survivors Say
Tried lo Cancel
SAVANNAH, Ga. (U.R) Au
thorities Thursday investigated
claims of survivors that they had
tried unsuccessfully to cancel
their reservations on a cnanerea
DC-3 airliner that crashed near
here Wednesday, killing 17 per
sons and injuring nine.
The converted Army --"
wiiibi from Newark, N. J., to
Puerto Rico, crashed and burned
In swampy marshes near the
mouth of the Savannah river.
Pilgrims
Of the dead, 14 were Puerto
m tv Npur York area
rutaiiB ui" --
making a pilgrimage to their
homeland. Another was nana
n ,.u AliMnnl Atnniolli.
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Two other bodies, burned to a
crisp, were said to Oe tnose oi
it c Jxtapnal revenue aflents
picked up In Philadelphia. They
were burned so Daaiy uwi uj
lOTmaHtatpIv identifiable.
In Philadelphia, it was disclosed
that Revenue Agt,-
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