CITY EDITION
CITY EDITION
LANE COUNTY'S HOME KEWSPAPEft
EUGENE, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1948
Phone 6300
fall Election Issue Seen
h Espionage Hearings
romer Aide
kan Says
Query Is
y Herring
, JACK BELL
a::tie President
fSJ. "challenge to make a
P .. . (h congressional
SSmunists in the gov-
, Truman's secuim -!
".: ... mH House in-
i(a, it. nrfHurt Dhrase:
L;ntfWlin
p vou can
t.,iohi a burst of an-
7. ii from GOP ranks.
raearrhocked" at
L he called the President s at-
i seeming w wv..
juation ueanns im "
; activities,
inslte" Interest
irbtrt Brownell, Jr., the cam
o chief for the Republican
sit, added to reporters that
else that has happened in
fcaiglon in me lasi wiec
ETtould match the "intensive"
fstihown in the spy investi-
I Mundt. (R-SD), who has
b acting cnairman iui mwv
the hearings before tne nouse
.irrnriran Activities -uiimm-
i ihaoed his acceptance in the
i oi a counter-dare,
ui Challenged
I challenge the President,"
cdt said, "to authorize the FBI
father government agencies to
it available the evidence sud
kfijtinj or disproving the ex
hit of these espionage activi-
k. Truman indicated by his
ad jab at the congressional
Bring he expects the Repub
Kai to dwell on testimony that
it government officials gave
v secrets to Moscow agents.
liltal Hinted
lis vigorous assertion that these
ties are nothing but a red
ing left litle doubt he will
tad In rebuttal that the hear-
were stage-managed to take
public mind off his cost of
III battle with congress.
i week ago the president said
sii had been disclosed that
not already known to the
He added that a grand jury
hid looked into the charges.
fie question came up at a
te House news conference
psday. One of a smaller-than-fcl
crowd of reporters noted
f ep. Mundt had said that be
ll the inquiries are over Mr.
sFnwill have to eat his
If- Dwight D. Eisenhower
f i seem to think so, the Presi-
Bin. usenhower said earlier
at week that the nation'
p Had been very well kept.
'You Kept Me a Prisoner'
Teacher Rejects
Russian 'Friends'
NEW YORK (AP) Mrs. Oksana Stepanovna Kos'en
kina Friday rejected the suggestion of a Soviet vice-consul
that she be moved to another hospital, saying "You kept me
a prisoner, you would not let me go."
The suggestion was madeby Vice-consul Zot I. Chepur-
nykh who visited the police-guarded hospital room of the
Russian teacher, seriously injured Thursday when she
jumped three stories from the Soviet consulate building.
Detective William Dyczko,
a Kussian-speaKing omcer
who was in the hospital room
during the vice-consul's visit,
said Mrs. Kosenkina said
no" when Chepurnykh ad
vanced his suggestion.
The detective said that after the
vice-consul and a secretary ar
rived at the hospital and asked
for permission to arrange for a
visit from the consul general, he
and Inspector Michael E. J. Led
den went upstairs to the teacher's
room.
They told Mrs. Kosenkina there
were two persons from the Soviet
consulate who wanted to speak to
her, Dyczko said.
"We told her 'we are going to
bring them in and see if you can
identify them'."
A few minutes later they escort
ed Chepurnykh and the secretary
into the room-
"The injured woman's eyes were
open, Dyczko said. The vice-
consul earlier had said her eyes
were closed.
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Doesn't Have
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Boycolfers Ask
Solons' Views
Eugene housewives staging
boycott against high meat prices
were awaiting word Friday from
three Oregon congressmen Ells
worth, Morse and Cordon
replying to their invitations to
discuss the current strike with the
women within the next week.
Harris Ellsworth has been in
vited to speak at the next public
meeting Monday.
Mrs. John McCloskey, chairman,
reported that a group of women
met Thursday evening with rep
resentatives of wholesalers in this
area.
The wholesalers, she reported,
feel that nothing can be done
about high meat prices until
production is increased. They also
maintain, she said, that a boy
cott will not remedy the situation.
'Can't Afford'
The women insist, however, that
they can't afford to pay current
prices, whatever the cause, and
that they have been "forced out
of the buying market."
About eight representatives
from the women's group will meet
Friday evening with local retail
ers to discuss the situation.
The next public meeting is
scheduled for Monday at 2:30 p.
m. at the Community Center.
Asylum Offered
Two Russians
By State Dept.
WASHINGTON UP) The
State Department Friday promis
ed asylum for two Soviet school
teachers who have figured in cur
rent congressional spy investiga'
tions if as expected they want
to remain m this country.
At the same time, the depart
ment disclosed that the Russian
government's claim that official
agencies of the United States were
involved in "kidnapping" at least
one of the teachers have been
denied directly to Soviet Foreign
Minister Molotov by American
Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith,
Report Denied
Moreover, Department Spokes
man Michael J. McDermott also
vigorously denied a report broad'
cast by the Moscow Radio that
Undersecretary of State Robert A,
Lovett had told the Russian am
bassador in Washington last Mon
day night that one of the teach
ers, Michael Ivanovitch Samarine,
"was subject to interrogation by
the Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion." . McDermott., characterized ;that
Moscow Radio report, which was
represented as the official version
of what Molotov told Smith Wed
nesday night, as being "pretty
rough."
Interview Asked
McDermott said that Lovett
actually told the Soviet ambassa
dor that all he knew was what he
had read in the newspapers abdut
the case and that the newspaper
accounts showed Samarine had
voluntarily requested an inter
view with the FBI.
Denies Any Link
With Spy Ring
WASHINGTON UP) Lauch-
lin Currie, former assistant to
President Roosevelt, denied Fri-
day that he was connected in any
way with a Communist spy ring.
The 48-year-old New Yorker
told the House Un-American Ac
tivities Committee that Elizabeth
T. Bentley's story linking him to
spy ring was "hearsay three
times removed."
Russian Code
Miss Bentley, who says she was
a courier for the Communists, had
testified thai she was told Currie
once informed a member of the
ring that the United States was
about to decipher the Russian
code.
While no one ever accused him
of being a Communist, the soft-
spoken Currie testified: "I am
not and never have been a Com
munist, a member of the Com
munist Party, a believer in the
tenets or doctrines of Commu
nism."
"I have never been affiliated
with any organization or group
sympathetic with the doctrines of
Communism or engaged in fur
thering that cause. I have never
had any reason to believe that any
friends of mine or even acquaint
ances or associates were Communists."
Miss Bentley had said she did
not think Currie was a Commu
nist, but that he was helpful to
the Soviet espionage group in the
government.
.The hearings were resumed
against a background of tumbling
developments ranging all the way
to Moscow.
The House committee is inquir
ing generally into Communist in
filtration into the government. It
has heard Miss Bentley and Whit-
taker Chambers, also a professed
former Communist, reel off a long
list of past government workers
they said were Commu:iist spies,
just plain Communists, or sympa
thizers. Now the people named are get
ting their chance to reply.
The Postman
Didn't Even
Ring Once
PORTLAND U.R Postman
John Oscar Vaux was bound over
to the grand jury Friday on a
charge of abandoning some of his
mail along his route.
Postal inspectors said the 32-year-old
carrier told them he first j
discarded part of his mail the day
he became a regular postman,!
when he became "tired and con
fused" on a route new to him.
Vaux has hidden at least 97
pieces of first class mail in bushes,
the inspectors charged.
Russians Leave
City Goverment
Mete Namesake
The proprietor, the Hilyard St.
Market is selling "McCloskey
Steak." It's really hamburger and
it costs 59 cents a pound.
P?ing of Spain Was Pained
S. Willamette
Problem Aired
About 175 householders in the
south Willamette district Thursday
night met at the Dunn School to
hear the pros and cons of a pro
posed annexation to the city of
Eugene.
At the end of the meeting, peti
tion bearers were volunteering to
bring signatures to the Aug. 23
city council meeting to seek a
vote on the November ballot.
A number of businessmen and
persons owning small acreage with
livestock are opposed to the annexation.
The meeting was called by the
commissioners of the South Wil
lamette Sanitary District which is
faced with a legal quandary as a
result of last May's annexation of
a part of their district to the city.
Additional details page six-
0- C to Reunite
per Half Century
SDani.h a Manas aurmg
u In Eugene Monday,
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'Wh!L"'bf Planning
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w!re "snlHcance in
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Volun ' t C' Second Ore-1 gather in that park on the Sunday
Philin i serving nearest the 13th.
Coming to Eugene lor tne locai
reunion Monday will be quite a
number of members of Co. C who
live elsewhere.
A noli of the remaining mem
bers of the company who can be
located indicate that the following
are exDected here to renew ac
quaintance with old-time friends
and to witness the astounaing
transformation of the home town
in the past 50 years:
Mahlon H. Calef. Portland is.
Kauffman, Renton, Wash.; Willard
A. Elkins. Salem: Bryant Drake,
California; W. J. Chapman and
H. R. Scott. Shamania. Wash.; T.
H. Tucker. Camas. Wash.: F. E,
Taylor, Vernonia; Smith Taylor,
McKenzie Bridge; F. G. McMurry,
Yakima, Wash.
Eugene Area
There are several living in and
near Eugene, including Ray Babb,
William L. Ford, A. B. Anderson,
Horace Burnett. Maior W. G,
White. Charles Letson, William
Miller and Leonard Gross,
The gathering will be in the
new Veterans Memorial building
in the evenine. The day will be
spent by the visitors in looking
over the city and visiting old
friends.
8on r '?rces 8n the Sec-
thl"86"' that re-
tanrrimL5nd. th' "en
, Plaza i. u lnem down
tba ii .w! the Second
"T and the color
onfla. ""'ca e first
surrendered to
i W!t Part 'elment in
r... "le SllrrAnn.
then veterans
Eugeneans Injured
In City's Traffic
Two Eugene residents, one a
driver and the other a pedestrian,
were injured in separate traffic
accidents Thursday.
Walter Scott 1331 High St., was
struck by an automobile at the
intersection of Thirteenth and
Ferry Sts. at 9:35 p.m. Robert Sar
gent, 1825 Onyx St., said he did
not see the 69-year-old pedestrian
who was dressed in dark clothing.
Scott was taken to Sacred Heart
hospital for treatment of head in
juries, and Friday his physician
reported that he was being treated
for severe lacerations and possible
concussion.
Also Injured, but not hospital
ized, was Frank J. DeCoy, general
delivery, Eugene, whose '31 sedan
was totally wrecked in a collision
at Seventh and Willamette Thurs
day evening.
DeCoy's car collided with I log
truck and trailer operated by
Raymond D. Benham,- 48 27th
Ave. W.. at 6:15 p.m. An inves
tigating officer reported damage
to the truck as minor.
HOPS HARVESTED
INDEPENDENCE W) The
hop harvest was under way here
Fridav. with four cents a pound
being .paid to pickers. The early
crop harvest will be in full
Ellis Charged
With Murder
In First Degree
Clarence Edgar Ellis, 32, South
ern Pacific railroad section gang
foreman, was arraigned late
Thursday in district court on
charges of first degree murder in
connection with the shotgun death
of Earl Bowers, 37, Negro section
gang worker, near Cascade Sum
mit Wednesday morning.
Following the arraignment,
Judge Chester N. Anderson con
tinued the case to allow tins to
acquire counsel. Ellis is being held
without bail in the county jail.
Five Witnesses
Five other men, all Negroes,
were arraigned as material wit
nesses and bail was set at $1000
each. They are Samuel Walton,
47, Robert Lee McCoy, 33, Lloyd
Headspeth, 27, Gad Williams, 45,
and James Butler, 41, all section
gang workers.
Williams was also sentenced to
30 days in jail for carrying a con
cealed weapon.
Charges Told
District Attorney C. E. Luckey
charged that Ellis "did unlawfully,
feloniously, purposely and with
deliberate and premeditated mal
ice, kill one Earl Bowers by . . .
shooting . . . with a 12-gauge
Remington repeater shotgun . . ."
Ellis allegedly shot Bowers in
an altercation after Bowers car
became stuck in the mud when he
was en route from Odell Lake
Tuesday night, according to a pre
liminary investigation by County
Coroner Phil Bartholomew.
Bartholomew said Friday that
an autopsy on Bowers revealed
that he was shot twice, once in
the left side and once in the abdomen.
Crashed Plane
Sought in Wood
A ground search party from
Eugene and a McChord Field,
Wash-, aar-rescue party were
searching Friday for the wreckage
of a light plane sighted Thursday
from the air near the Sardine
Butte ranger station, 32 miles east
of Eugene.
The wrecked plane was believed
to be a Globe Swift single-engined
craft carrying Pilot Earl Williams
and Edward 1 Suppes, Shoshoni,
Wyo., on a flight from Klamath
Falls to Portland Aug. 3.
No Life Seen
Williams' brother, who sighted
the wreck from a McChord Field
L-5, said there was no sign of life
near the crash scene.
The wreck is approximately
two miles northwest of the Sar
dine Butte station, in a heavily
wooded area.
Rough Trip
The ground party went in by
way of Fall Creek about 9 a m.
They had to walk about 10 miles
to reach the site of the crash, A
pack train, provided by the forest
service, was used. Deputy Coron
er Fred Buell was with the rescue
party.
A Capt. Smith from McChord
Field, Wash., organized the ground
party in cooperation with the Wil
lamette National Forest Service.
Members of the local Civilian Aif
Patrol assisted
Lookouts Report
Lookouts on duty at the ranger
station reported hearing a plane's
motor missing after 6 p.m. Aug. 3.
A few minutes later, they report
ed, they heard the motor quit, fol
lowed by two explosions.
Search efforts were hampered
the first few days by fog which
shrouded the crash area. Also,
since the fliers had no plan on
file, there was a delay while
authorities ascertained whether a
plane had left Klamath Falls in
tending to pass over this region-
Coal Carriers
Crash-Land
At Tempelhof
BERLIN VP) Two United
States four-engined "Flying Coal
man" planes spanning the Soviet
blockade of Berlin crashed while
landing during a heavy rainstorm
at Tempelhof Airdrome Friday.
One smashed through a fence
and burned but the crew of three
escaped through an emergency
hatch without serious injuries.
The other plane, coming down
through clouds, landed on a half-
completed runway and was heavily
damaged. The crew was unhurt.
The burned plane careened
through a fence a few yards short
of one of Berlin's busiest streets.
One wing and part of the fuselage
and cargo burned before firemen
put out the blaze.
Bystanders Escape
It was a near miracle that the
crew was not killed- Bystanders
who usually crowd the end of the
field where the plane crashed nar
rowly escaped injury.
A few minutes earlier another
C-54 coming out of the clouds on
instruments came down on a half-
completed runway. The plane was
ripped by the rough landing but
tne crew was not hurt.
Fifth Crash
Friday morning's crashes
brought to five the number of
crashes since the air lift to Berlin
was started. Five Americans have
been killed in these accidents.
A few minutes later a third Am
erican C-54 reported by radio that
it was near Berlin with two en
gines out of order. Tempelhof lost
contact with the crippled plane,
but the Royal Air Force at Gatow
Airfield contacted it and guided
it to a safe landing there-
1 V- i
Mil esav f
if' if
COL. FRANK L. HOWLET,
American military governor of
Berlin, will have to carry out
his duties without Russian co
operation from now on, as a re
sult nf a formal Russian "walk-
mil" frnm th fnur-nnwitr hodr''
governing the old capital of the
destroyed Reich,
Aluminum Auto Seen
As Car of the Future
LOS ANGELES (U.RV Detroit
Industrialist Charles B. Bohn Fri
day predicted the advent of all
aluminum automobiles that will
go 35 to 40 miles on a gallon of
gas.
Only the expense of retooling
prevents immediate adoption of
these lightweight cars which will
be just as rugged as present
Local People
Contest Will
Mrs. John Witteveen, Rt. 4, and
her brother Ivan Horton of De
troit, filed suit in a Chicago cir
cuit court to contest the will of
her uncle, Roswell G. Ackley, who
left most of his $2,000,000 estate
to two Chicago nephews.
Mrs. Witteveen is the wife of
the publisher of the Eugene Pic
ture Press, and came to F,n
last year from Chici,?,-
She and her -.'1'jU.ci were each
left $1000 in the estate of the Chi
cago real estate dealer who died
at the age of 74 last November. In
nephews, Clark L. Ackley ana
Glen F. Ackley, used undue in
fluence and caused thr- uncle to
change his original intent.
Railroads Get
rKeysr to Eugene
City Manager Deane Seeger will
address the more than 160 dele
gates of Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen and Enginemen
lodges and ladies' societies from
throughout Washington and Ore
gon at Friday night's banquet in
the Veterans' Memorial Building.
Following an all-day business
session, opened Friday morning
when Eugene's Acting Mayor
Verne Hawn smilingly offered
delegates the keys of the city,
the banquet will begin at 8 p.m.
An entertainment program is
scheduled during the dinner and
dancing in the ballroom will fol
low. Official.
On hand for the tvent, repre
senting national brotherhood chief
tains, are Vice-President S. C.
Phillips, Western General Organ-
'Tl "'Society WoGrand Ti
President Mrs. Lillian Kemp.
The two-day convention, first
of its kind since the war, will
wind up Saturday with an all
day picnic at 9 a.m. at Swimmer's
Delight.
Pay Settlement
Holiday atmosphere of the oc
casion was helped considerably
Dy announcement Friday of final
agreement between national lead
ers and railroad representatives
on pay boosts, fought for since
last year.
It is expected the average fire
man and engineman will receive
more than $350 in pay retroactive
to Nov. 1.
B-29 Crash
Kills Twelve
ROSWELL, N.M. (fl) Twelve
crewmen were killed and eight
others were injured dangerously
Thursday night in the crash of a
B-29 superfortress, the Roswell
Record said Friday.
The ship crashed three miles
south of Walker Air Force Base
near here.
Col. John D. Ryan, field com
mandant, announced that eight
men escaped but declined to say
how many were dead pending
notification of relatives.
The Record said its count on the
death toll came from a responsible
source but one which could not be
quoted, , (
Colonel Ryan said the big
bomber crashed and burned while
taking off on a routine flight. The
crash occurred about 11:30 p.m.
(MST).
The ship did not catch fire un
til after it struck, the officer said.
An investigation to determine the
cause of the crash began immediately.
Reedsport Rodeo Calls
Fans This Weekend
REEDSPORT Weekend motor
ists will be heading for Reedsport
this time to see the Fifth Annual
Civic Reedsport Rodeo Saturday
and Sunday and Queen Nadean
and her court, Princesses Carmel
and Vienne.
Queen -Nadean (Strickler) of
Gardiner was the candidate of the
Long-Bell Lumber Co. Princess
Carmel (Austin) was candidate
of the E. K. Wood Lumber Co.,
and Princess Vienne (Flugg) was
the Gardiner - Reedsport Lions'
Club candidate.
The rodeo will have a full pro
gram of amateur and professional
"wild west" events.
Overthrow By Force
No Wallace Principle
NEW YORK W Henry Wal
lace says his Progressive Party
will not tolerate "anyone who
preaches the overthrow of the
government by forct and vio
lence." He added, however, that "I have
not conducted and never intend
to conduct a purge of the Pro
gressive Party on the basis
past political affiliations. . ."
TOBIN SWORN IN
WASHINGTON VP Maurice
J. Tobin became the nation's sixth
Secretary of Labor Friday. As he
was sworn into office the former
Massachusetts governor pledged
an effort to wipe "the word
'strike' " from labor-management
relations.
Century Festival Gets
Started At Oregon City
OREGON CITY (U.R) Oregon
continued celebration of its 100th
birthday Friday with a parade and
motor boat races scheduled for
the second of a four-day territor
ial centennial fete at this, the first
capital city of Oregon.
A giant firecracker burst set
off the observance Thursday and
iestivities were climaxed by a
parachute jump from a run-away
balloon and tug boat tug-o'-wars.
On the Willamette River tug
boats tugged each other in the
afternoon.
The celebrations will last
through Saturday, which marks
of -the 100th year after the U. S.
Senate ended a filibuster to pass
a bill forming the Oregon terri
tory.
Military Government
Man Named By ECA
WASHINGTON (U.R) Ap
pointment of Edward A. Gould-
51, as assistant to the controller
in Europe was announced Friday
by trm Economic Cooperation Ad
ministration. Gould has served with the Ber
lin office of Military Government
for the past six months and has
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the last of this month. poratia declared. 1 of the United States." 'European economic recovery.
FILES KEPT SHUT
WASHINGTON W) Sec
retary of State Marshall has re
fused to turn over confidential
visa files to a Senate subcommittee
Foreign Aid:
City Housing
Housing had been secured Fri
day for all but three of 12 for
eign students seeking temporary
jobs and homes in Eugene.
The homeless students include:
Erdem Ergin, Turkey, who intends
to stay three weeks; Mike Flac,
Czechoslovakia, who will be here
two weeks; and Karel Holblck,
Czechoslovakia, who will here two
weeks. .
Several of the students urgently
need temporary employment. Lo
cal aid groups at the Northwest
Christian College are trying to
find short-term work for the stu
dents. Persons desiring to help
may contact 'Dan Kinsey, aid
chairman, by telephoning 2379.
Soviet Banner
Hauled Down
From Building
BERLIN !-() The Russiani
evacuated the Allied four-power
Kommandatura Building in Ber
lin Friday and hauled down their
flag-
This action appeared to com
plete the division of Berlin be
tween the East and West at least
as far as the Russians are con
cerned. The Russians withdrew July 1
from the Allied Kommandatura,
which had provided four-power
administration for this city for
three years. They pulled out with
the comment that The Komman
datura no longer exists."
Keep Sentry
They then announced they
would retain their sentry and flag
at the building until their archives
have been removed. The Kom
mandatura is situated in the Am
erican sector of the city.
Although they walked out oa
the Allied Control Council toi
Germany on March 20, the Rus
sians still fly their colors and
maintain sentries at the Allied
Control Authority building.
ACA Man Kept
They also maintain a represen
tative in the permanent allied
secretariat there, which now hai
little to do but exchange inter
Allied messages and handle proto
col matters- , -.
After the Russian withdrawal
from the Kommandatura an- ad
which the U.S., Britain and France
refused to recognize legally the
elected German city government
alone remained to hold Berlin to
gether. Since then, however, the anti
Communist administration hal
been under constant Communist
attack and several of its branches
have been split between the east
and west. This includes the polics,
force and food administration.
Photos There
The only Soviet property left in
the building were photographs oi
Stalin and Lenin, hanging in the
chief of staff's office.
A British spokesman said the
Russians had not notified them
they planned evacuation Friday. A
Russian captain drove up' to the
building early Friday morning
and shortly afterward sentries
withdrew with the flag.
Asked if the Western cowers
planned to set up a three-power
regime, the spokesman said thai
ever since the Russians left the
Kommandatura the Western allies
nave been holding meetings.
Supporters of Barnes
Take Council Petitions
Nominating petitions were taken
out Thursday afternoon by citi
zens who intend to back Clay A.
Barnes, real estate broker, in the
November race for the First Ward
city council vacancy.
Barnes, who will enter what
may be a crowded contest, lives
at 1908 Alder St. A long-time
resident of Eugene formerly i
sociated with the federal land
bank here, he is married and has
one daughter.
Completed petitions also were
filed with the city recorder Thurs
day nominating Blair Alderman,
contractor, for- the First Ward
representative's post.
One of the first candidates an
nounced after incumbent Ed
Bailey declared that he would
not seek reelection, Alderman re
sides at 1038 Twenty-First Ave.
E. Petitions have been Issued to
backers of six possible candidates
to succeed Bailey, but only Al
derman's has been completed and
filed.
British Smoke Ration
Cut Another 4 Per Cent
LONDON (IP) Manufacturers
have cut cigarette and tobacco
supplies another four percent.
Shops rationed customers to ten
smokes a day. Some retailers went
out of busines. Many cigarette
users started rolling their own or
falling back on pipes.
The manufacturers' action came
a month after the Labor sovern-
i l l U.. .U,U 4Vt i SATURDAY
met "'- "J " t,h ,:00 .m.
amount of tobacco they could use. 'low am
Mexican Government
Acts to Check HCL
MEXICO CITtt (U.R) The
Mexican government fixed the
price of rice, flour, lard, beans and
salt in the Federal District Friday
in a move to keep prices from sky
rocketing as a result of devalua
tion of the peso.
The official prices were set bv
the secretary of national economy
and announced by Fernando Cas-
as Aleman, chief of the Federal
District Department. ' '
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TRAIN, TRUCK COLLIDE ;
Logs were scattered at the in
tersection of the Veneta Road and
SP railroad tracks when a local
freight collided with a logging
truck at 9:45 Friday morning. No
one was reported injured. The en
gine was damaged slightly and
was cut out at Veneta for return
to Eugene for repairs.,
O A O DEADLINE
The deadline for submission
of written briefs by potential
witnesses at the Senate Sub
committee hearing on O Se O
land administration in Eugene '
next month Is Aug. 15. Local
representatives of federal agen
cies expect no extension of the
limit.
Weather
V. S. Weather Bureau Forecast!
Eugene and vicinity: Cloudy Fri
day afternoon and evening and
cloudy Saturday becoming partly
cloudy Saturday afternoon. Little
temperature change. Oregon gen
erally cloudy with scattered show
ers near mountains Saturday;
slightly cooler in northern in-,
terior Friday and southern in-,
terior Saturday. Little change in
coastal temperatures.
Local Statistics: Highest tem
perature Thursday, 83, low Friday
morning, 57; no rain in past 24
hours, total for month, trace; nor-'
mal for month, .46 inch; river at,
7:30 a. m. Friday, minus 2.2 feet;:
wind direction and velocity at
11:30 a. m. Friday, SW 13; prevail
ing Thursday, N 6.
Sunrise and Sunset (PDT)t
Saturday, 6:14 i, m. and 8:18 p.
m.; Sunday, 6:15 a, m. and 6:17
p. m.
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