Ceiling Prices
Of June 30
Back on Meat
Dairy Products Freed
Of OPA Control Unless
Prices Soar
Washington, Aug. 21 W
Price ceilings on meat, ordered
re-established by the decontrol
board, probably will go into ef
fect at retail stores about Sept.
3, an OPA official said today.
This tentative arrangement,
subject to approval by the ag
riculture department, will put
back retail ceilings on meats 12
days later than OPA previous
ly had planned.
While directing restoration
of ceilings on meat, the price
decontrol board decreed that
milk, butter, cheese, and all
other dairy products should re
main free of controls.
Preparing Schedule
OPA and agriculture depart
ment officials expect to set up
by nightfall a definite time
schedule for re-imposing the
meat ceilings. Previously, OPA
had announced controls would
be re-Invoked at 12:01 a.m. Fri
day. Revised plans call for re-establishment
of controls Friday
on live animals only, with
packer and wholesale ceilings
following a few days later.
An OPA official said this
procedure would "give the in
dustry a chance to clean out
meat supplies acquired at high
er prices during the period of
no control.
The decontrol board's restor
ation of meat price ceilings
brought varying reaction.
And the CIO cost of living
committee said the decision to
keep dairy products free of con
trols "will bring greater infla
tion to the American people.
Decontrol Board Rules
On other points in its first de
cision, the congressionally cre
ated decontrol board:
1. Ruled against restoring
ceilings on nearly all grains.
2. Authorized livestock and
meat subsidies to be paid again,
at June 29 rates.
3. Ordered price controls re'
established on soy beans and
cotton seed products, including
saiaa ana cooKing ous.
Shortly after the three-man
panel announced its unanimous
rulings last night, OPA Chief
Paul Porter told a reporter:
"Restoration of subsidies on
meats means-we can re-establish
ceilings at or close to June 30
. "This is, the case on beef, pork
'and veal. We have not decided
yet on lamb."
Effective Friday
OPA had announced earlier
that ceilings would become ef
fective Friday on any commodi
ties recontrolled by the board.
Officials said today, however,
that a plan under consideration
calls for putting ceilings on live
animals Friday, with a time lag
in each case before they apply
at the packer, wholesale and re
tail outlets.
(Concluded on Pane 9. Column 8)
Meat Supplies
In Oregon Low
Portland, Aug. 21 (IP) Low
meat supplies in retailers' and
slaughterers' coolers caused by
uncertainties over price decon
trol board action were reported
today.
H. E. Carlson, secretary of
the Portland Independent Re
tain Meat Dealers' association,
said stocks may be short until
packers are assured of profita
ble operations.
Retailers generally expect
their business will be more
nWncant with fawar niiclninw
complaints with restoration of
price ceilings, Carlson asserted.
Prices in the Portland area
were generally 25 percent above
June 30 level when OPA ceil
ings lapsed.
Meanwhile another meat in
dustry spokesman warned that
black marketing of meat will
get a new lease on life.
R. K. Clark, president of
the livestock brokerage firm of
Bodine and Clark and former
secretary of the Portland live
stock exchange, criticised a free
market on grain and ceilings on
meat.
"This order makes impossible
the feeding of grain to live
stock," Clark declared in pre
dicting higher prices on the
black market.
Soap to Remain
Hard to Secure
New York, Aug. 21 (IP) Soap
will stay on the hard to get list
for months to come, industry
sources predicted today.
Soap supplies are said to be
lower than at any time during
the war, and producers do not
expect much improvement at
least until the first of the year.
"Never before has the mod
ern soap industry faced the
scarcity of fats it does today,"
said a spokesman who asked
that his name be withheld.
apital
58th Year, No. 198 "SSpjiSSftSS Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, August
Reds Establish
Own Regime
In Manchuria
Nanking, Aug. 21 (IP) China's
communists announced today
establishment of their own gov
ernment of Manchuria, and said
they would not discuss partici
pating in any coalition govern
ment of China until all of the
current fighting is stopped.
Some informed quarters here
said that establishment of such
a coalition had become "the last
hope" of mediators seeking a
permanent peace.
Deny Mobilization
Communist spokesmen denied
that their party was calling for
all-out mobilization against
Chiang Kai-Shek's forces, and
said they "have no desire" to
overthrow his national govern
ment which is strictly a one
party regime now. But they
added: '
"The first thing is to stop
fighting. Then we can talk
about reorganizing the govern
ment." Some observers here said that
General Marshall and Ambassa
dor John Leighton Stuart, hav
ing failed to stop the shooting
first and talk politics later, now
were trying to reach a political
accord first.
Political Accord
Chiang, these sources said,
had asked Marshall to request
a list of ministries which com
munists would demand in any
coalition government.
Manchuria's new red admin
istration, the communists' offi
cial radio at Yenan announced,
is "the provisional supreme ad
ministration for democratic
Manchuria," composed of 86
elected delegates from all sec
tions, and aspiring to "a peace
ful, prosperous Manchuria by
uniting all. . . ."
There was no report that it
was operating directly under
Yenan, the communist capital,
but its avowed goals were simi
lar to those of the Yenan gov
ernment. '
Poland Faces
BritishSanctions
London, Aug. 21 u.R) The
foreign office said today that
the British government was
prepared to apply economic
sanctions to Poland if the War
saw regime failed to carry out
the Potsdam agreement for free
and unfettered elections in that
country this fall.
A foreign office spokesman
said Britain would refuse to re-'
turn Poland's gold reserves,
brought here by the wartime
exiled government, if 'election
provisions sketched in Anglo
American notes to Warsaw yes
terday were not observed.
"The first and most obvious
sanction in the event the grave
irregularities of the recent ref
erendum also take place during
the promised election would be
for us to refuse to ratify the
recent economic agreement pro
viding for the return of the Pol
ish gold reserve after deduction
of the expenses of the exile
government while in London,"
the spokesman said.
The joint notes from the
United States and Great Britain
accused the Polish government
of ignoring the agreement for
free elections in Poland, and
charged that grave irregulari
ties occurred in the Polish ref
erendum last month.
15 Men Rescue Priest
Portland, Aug. 21 (IP) Fif
teen men were needed to lift
a car from the Rev. Leo Lina
hen, Oswego priest, when it ov
erturned on him last night. His
injuries were reported not serious.
Russians Refuse to Enlarge
Allied Council in Japan
Tokyo, Aug. 21 (U.R)-Gen. Douglas MacArthur's plan for the
allied control council to admit representatives of the 11 powers
wnicn waged the Pacific war met
the Russians. Lt. Gen. Kuzma
Derevyanko, the Russian mem
ber of the control council ap
parently considered the plan a
move to curb Soviet influence.
Derevyanko read a statement
to the council saying the pro
posal was "not within the pur
view of the council and 1 can
not even discuss it."
MacArthur announced h i s
plan August 13 to invite powers
"not individually represented
on the (four power) allied coun
cil for Japan informally and
unofficially to join the council's
discussions and contribute their
views on matters which may be
brought before the council."
China previously had accept
ed the proposal with reserva
tions, and W. MacMahon Ball,
representing the United King
dom, had agreed to refer the
Chief of Army
Denies Charges
Of La Guardia
Berlin; Aug. 21 U,R Gen. Jo
seph T. McNarney, American
commander in Europe, today
publicly rebuked UNRRA Di
rector F. H. La Guardia and de
scribed as "baseless" La Guar
dla's charge that American
occupation forces had deliber
ately opposed UNRRA's human
itarian and repatriation work
in Germany.
McNarney pledged continued
haven in the United States zone
for Jewish and other persecut
ed displaced persons. He said
there probably were 100,000
Jews still preparing to flee
Poland.
Simultaneously, the Ameri
can commander revealed at a
news-filled press conference
here, that a Russian woman spy
"a secret agent of the NKVD"
had been seized a month ago
while in the employment of
UNRRA. He said she was being
turned over to Soviet authori
ties today.
McNarney said, however, that
reports of UNRRA serving as
an "umbrella"' for Russian
agents and criminal elements
engaged in smuggling and dope
peddling were "exaggerated.
"We know of very few cases
of agents of any type who op
erated under the cloak of
UNRRA," he said, "and only
one has been positively identi
fied as an NKVD agent." He
said he was withholding details
until the woman-spy was in So
viet hands.
La Guardia's Charges
McNarney said the UNRRA
director had made the follow
ing charges against American
occupation forces, and gave the
following answers:
1. That the army in Germany
opposes continuation of UNR
RA in the field of care and re
patriation of displaced persons.
"This statement is baseless
and incorrect," McNarney said.
2. What McNarney described
as a "sneer" at the army's ef
fort to provide 60 to 90 days
rations for Polish refugees who
would return to their homes
"It had been necessary for
occupation forces to delay car.
rying out this program as or
dered by the secretary of war
because of a shortage of food
at that time."
That the army was "reluc
tant" to remove a handful of
former London Polish liaison
officers from the American
zone who had been aiding in
handling Polish displaced per
sons. McNarney said that under an
agreement with Warsaw liai
son office he had been care
fully removing the London
Poles so as not to cause undue
excitement in the displaced
persons camps. He said the Pol
ish officers had done "yeoman
service" and were "literally
lifesavers."
Building Lumber
Prices Raised
Washington, Aug. 21 (U.R)
The OPA today hiked ceiling
prices of four essential build
ing materials from five to 10
per cent under requirements of
the new OPA law.
Boosted were ceilings on
stock millwork (10 per cent),
pine stock millwork and Doug
las fir doors (nine per cent),
and stock screen goods (five
per cent).
OPA said the price increas
es, effective today, are manda
tory under provisions of the
new law requiring distributors'
percentage margins to equal
those of March 31, 1946.
with a flat refusal today from
matter to commonwealth
gov
ernments concerned.
Chairman George Atcheson
Jr., representing the United
States, pointed out that all 11
nations are included on the Far
East commission in Washington
He said an enlarged council
would afford "an effective
agency for full allied coopera
tion.
In China, Lt. Gen. Shih-Ming
said he was instructed that his
government had no objection to
inviting others, but would agree
only if the plan were accept
able to a majority of the pres
ent four members.
Ball said he thought the pro
posal should be submitted to the
foreign ministers of the present
members, because it was too im
purtant an issue to be decided
in Tokyo.
Deported Jews at Cyprus VP) Jewish immigrants make their
way down the gangway of a British transport at Cyprus on their
way to the internment camp set up for them after their departure
from Haifa, Palestine. (AP wirephoto via radio from Cairo,
Egypt.)
Albanian Envoy Attacks
Greece and Italy 1
Paris, Aug. 21 (IP) The prime minister of Albania, Enver
Hoxha, demanded today that the peace conference seat him as an
equal and asserted that the Balkan state never would consent to
any changes in its borders "for those frontiers are sacred." Many
of his remarks were directed against Greece and its prime min-
ister,
Constantine Tsaldaris'
also a target of Soviet Russia
Referring to Tsaldaris' mention
of the Albanian Quisling gov
ernment during the Italian oc
cupation, he asserted that all
who remained had been killed
and "those war criminals who
fled are in the best hotels in
Rome."
He demanded that the peace
treaty "put an end to the ag
gressive, imperialistic policy of
Italy.'"' -
Hoxha asserted that Italy
caused 3,000.000,000 gold francs
damage in Albania and demand
ed "as an absolute right, to be
allowed to determine the
amount and payment of Italian
reparations."
Hoxha received a long burst
of applause and so did Alfonso
R. W. Diaz, spokesman for Mex
ico, who spoke next.
The Mexican ambassador to
Paris expressed his country's
hope that "a just and equitable
peace will be concluded" with
Italy that "will permit her to
join with dignity in the concert
of nations."
Speaking of the defeated en
emy nations, the Mexican
spokesman said:
"Mexico simply hopes to pre
vent the damages caused by a
war imposed on her, from fall
ing on the Mexican people."
As the speeches droned on, an
informant in the peace confer
ence secretariate said 250 "un
fundamental" amendments to
the draft treaties and an unde
termined number of others had
been presented by peace con
ference members. An Ameri
can source said the United
States had proposed none; that
its position was already stated
in the five treaty drafts. The
deadline for filing amendments
passed at midnight.
Jap Bandit Adopts
ild West Style
Sasebo, Japan, Aug. 21 Pi
Striking in wild west style, Sa
scbo's bicycle bandit held up
another branch bank Monday
and escaped with 130,000 yen.
The bandit parked his bicy
cle in front of the bank, walk
ed in brandishing a pistol,
pumped one shot into the mana
ger and another into the ceiling
to frighten customers, and
dipped into the till.
Then he ran from the bank,
leaped onto his bicycle, and
pumped briskly away.
British Proposals
Rejected by Egypt
Alexandria, Egypt, Aug. 21
VP) Premier Ismail Sidky Pa
sha presented to Lord Stansgate
today the Egyptian delegation's
decision to reject British pro
posals for revision of the 1936
Anglo-Egyptian treaty.
The premier and Lord Stans
gate, acting head of the British
delegation in the prolonged neT
gotiations, met for two hours
at Antoniades palace. Later
they were photographed together.
Joimial
21, 1946
Forest Fires
Under Control
(By the Associated Press)
Fire crews and forest para
chute jumpers working on scat
tered fires along the Cascade
range from Roseburg, Ore., to
the Canadian border today were
reported having little trouble.
Most of the lightning fires
started during yesterday morn
ing's thunderstorms were snuf
fed out by prompt arrival of
smoke jumpers in the isolated
regions while others were be
ing reached today.
Forest service headquarters
at Portland reported blazes in
Washington and Oregon were
minor on federal lands and no
important fires were reported
on private or state timbered
tracts.
Smoke jumpers reached many
of the 37 fires on the Chelan
national forest and 53 on the
Mount Baker national forest
area in Washington. Largest
burnt over area in the two
states was a 250 acre tract in
the Fremont national forest
where a fire was brought under
control by 250 men.
Airway Liners to
Pass-up Yugoslavia
Vienna, Aug. 21 U.R U. S.
headquarters announced today
that Pan American Airways had
altered its flight route from Vi
enna to Istanbul to avoid fly
ing . over Yugoslavia, and will
not make stops at Budapest and
Belgrade because landing priv
ileges for American commercial
planes were refused.
Under the new plan, flights
will be made from Vienna to Na
ples and thence to Istanbul, the
announcement said.
Those stops are on the regular
route from New York to New
Delhi. So far, Pan American has
not flown farther east than Vi
enna, but Belgrade and Budapest
had been scheduled to become
part of the route to the orient,
Shot Out of Speed
Plane by Ejection
Dayton, O.. Aug. 21 IIP) The
air materiel command disclosed
today that First Sgt. Lawrence
Lambert, 29, of Berkeley, W
Va, was the first human in the
United States to be shot out of
a high speeding aircraft with
the aid of the newly developed
pilot ejection scat.
Lambert was shot from
P-61 flying at more than 300
miles per hour at an altitude
of 6,000 feet over Patterson
field. He squeezed a handle
setting in motion the automatic
apparatus that catapulted him
from the plane, separated him
from his scat in the air, caused
the parachute to open and land
ed him safely.
Price Five Cents
K-r.ciinack$
By Yugoslavs
IB- the Associated Press
Premier Marshal Tito declar
ed in a speech published today
that Yugoslavia wanted peace,
"but not at any price," and up
held Yugoslav action against
American fliers as defense of
her sovereignty.
He told iron workers of Jes
cnice that "even whole squad
rons" of planes had violated
Yugoslav territory; that "the
question today is one of true
democracy versus reaction."
The Yugoslav "strong man"
acknowledged United States
planes had been forced down
and that he had witnessed one of
the incidents, but denied the
plane he saw had been lost in
the clouds or had been fired
upon after being downed.
To Visit Tito
U. S. Ambassador Richard C.
Patterson arranged to take up
the matter of the downing of
two American C-47 transports
by the Yugoslav air force per
sonally with Tito tomorrow at
the marshal s summer palace in
Bled. Patterson and his party
will fly to Bled in the embassy's
C-47.
Gen. Joseph T. McNarney an
nounced in Berlin that Ameri
can air transport flights be
tween Vienna and Udine, Italy,
had been cancelled temporarily
as a result of the downing of the
two planes. McNarney said he
planned to confer with Gen. W.
D. Morgan, allied commander in
the Medterranean, on measures
to protest the transports.
Admits Attack
The Yugoslav ministry of for
eign affairs acknowledged that
Yugoslav fighters attacked the
U.S. transport which crashed in
flames near Bled Monday and
implied some of the crewmen
were killed, but referred to the
incident as "a regrettable acci
dent." Two of the five mem
bers of the crew parachuted
out. Their fate has not been as
certained.
A U.S. slate department note
had demanded assurances that
there will be no repetition of
the incidents.
In Paris, where Secretary of
State Byrnes is attending the
peace conference, it was stated
that the secretary had had a
frank talk with the Yugoslav
Vice Premier Edward Kardelj
yesterday.
3200 Casualties
Calcutta Riots
Calcutta, Aug. 21 OJ-PJ An
Indian government spokesman
said today that three days of
bloody Hindu-Moslem commu
nal riots last week were respon
sible for 3,200 casualties, includ
ing 444 dead.
Those were casualties report
ed to hospitals, the spokesman
said.
There was no way of indicat
ing how many other casualties
there were. Eyewitness ac
counts from Calcutta told of
innumerable bodies being
thrown into sewers and burned.
The spokesman said that be
tween 20,000 and 30,000 persons
had been rescued or evacuated
from the time the riots started
Friday night until late Tuesday.
The situation improved on
Monday and Tuesday but spor
adic incidents continue to be
reported, the spokesman said.
Rescue trucks will not be
needed after today, he said. Cal
cutta street cars appeared for
the first time in days today
They carried armed British sol
diers, however.
An increasing number of
shops opened this morning and
hotel and government office em
ployes began to trickle back to
work.
Sweden, Iceland, Afghanistan
Win Admission to U.N.
Lake Success, N. Y., Aug. 21 (IP) Sweden, Iceland and Afghani
stan passed muster for membership in the United Nations in a
screening report handed up today to the security council. The
report carried the elements for
further wrangles in the council
over the disposal of six other
would-be members:
Albania supported by Rus
sion, opposed by the United
States and Britain.
Outer Mongolia sponsored
by Russia, opposed by China.
Siam opposed by France and
Russia.
Portugal, Ireland and Trans
jordan opposed by Russia.
In a strongly worded argument
before the prolonged final ses
sion of the council's member
ship committee here last night,
Chairman Jerzy Michalowski of
Russia-backed Poland challeng
ed Transjordan's membership
bid as premature.
He touched upon the Pales-
United States Formally Declares
Outright Opposition to Russian
Demands Dardanelles Control
American Note to Moscow Along With Angry
Protest to Yugoslavia Sends Relations With
Soviet Lands to New Postwar Low
Washington, Aug. 21 i'Pi In an historic claim to direct interest
in Black sea affairs, the United States today formally declared
its outright opposition to Russian demands for a share in military
control of the Dardanelles.
The American note to Moscow was one of two factors that sent
relations between the United States and countries within the
Soviet orbit plummeting to a new postwar low.
The other was this country's angry protest to Yugoslavia over
the "outrageous performance" of Yugoslav fighter craft which
attacked and forced an American transport plane to crash land.
Premier Marshal Tito reported that his country wants peace "but
not at any price."
Bearing the signature of Under Secretary of State Dean Ache
son, the Dardanelles note expressed the "firm opinion of this
government that Turkey should continue to be primarily responsi
ble forlhe defense of thostraits. f
Pointedly, it noted that the
Russian proposal contained no
reference to the United Nations
a clearcut reminder that an
international organization has
been set up to handle all such
security problems.
"Should the straits become
the object of attack or threat
of an attack by an aggressor,"
the note declared, "the result
ing situation would constitute a
threat to international security
and would clearly be a matter
tor action on the part of the
security council of the United
Nations."
Up to United Nations
Asserting that this govern
ment holds that the "regime of
the straits" should "function in
a manner entirely consistent
with the principles and aims of
the United Nations," Achcson
reaffirmed United Slates wil
lingness to participate in any
conference to revise the control
policies.
But he made it abundantly
clear even within the confines
of polite diplomatic phraseology
that the United States would
not sit idly by in any soviet
effort to establish herself in a
favored, if not dominant posi
tion in the straits.
"It is the view of this gov
ernment," Achcson said in his
note, "that the regime of the
straits is a matter of concern
not only to the Black sea pow
ers, but also to other powers, in
cluding the United States.
3 Proposals Approved
"This government cannot,
therefore, agree with the soviet
view that the establishment of
the regime of the straits should
come under the competence of
the Black sea powers to the ex
clusion of other powers."
The American note, however,
did set its seal of "general agree
ment" on three of the soviet
proposals, namely:
"1. The straits should be al
ways open to the passage of mer
chant ships of all countries.
"2. The straits should be al
ways open to the passage of
warships of the Black sea pow
ers. "3. Passage through the
straits for warships not belong
ing to the Black sea powers shall
not be permitted except in cas
es specially provided for."
The note itself was drafted
after consultations with the
British.
Copies were sent to Britain,
France, Turkey, Greece, Yugo
slavia, and Romania who were,
along with Japan, signatories to
the Montreaux convention under
which the straits are now con
trolled. All Clear Signal
In Typhoon 'Lilly'
Tokyo Aug. 21 U.R The al
liod Seventh army air forces
weather station flashed the "all
clear" signal today on the ty
phoon "Lilly which Is now
over the mountains of Korei
and steadily weakening.
The Japanese central meteor
ological observatory however
reported low atmospheric pros-
sure in the Mariannas islands
which was said likely to develop
into another typhoon that might
reach Japan about September 1
- '
tin question and Britain's rela
tions with the former British
mandate of Iraq, where British
imperial troops are based, tin
der a treaty of military alii
ance, ready to move into the
southern Iran oilfields.
Russian Representative Alcx
ei Krasilnikov gave his en
dorsement to Sweden and Ice
land "with pleasure" after hnv
ing previously approved only
Afghanistan. Those three coun
tries alone arc unopposed out of
the nine applicants the security
council will pass upon, with the
veto power held by each of the
Big Five. Final approval is up
to the general assembly, before
which the applicants must get
a two-thirds majority for membership.
Army Transport
Flights Cease
Berlin, Aug. 21 (U.R) Gen.
Joseph T. McNarney, U.S. com
mander in Germany, today an
nounced cancellation of all
American army transport
flights between Italy and Ger
many and Austria.
McNarney told a press con
ference that the flights were
cancelled, effective yesterday,
pending clarification of free air
passage over Yugoslavia.
Air travel from Germany aiKI
Austria to Italy will be resum
ed, McNarney said, as soon as
he could reach agreement with
Lt. Gen. Sir William D. Mor
gan, allied Mediterranean com
mander, on methods I. ensure
safe passage.
McNarney said he had not
been advised by Washington
that army commanders would
take what initiative is necessary
in providing fighter escort or
other means for safe flights.
Cancellation of service was
the direct result of two inci
dents in which Yugoslav fight
er planes forced down with gun
fire American transport planes
which entered a cornor of Yugo
slav territory while flying from
Austria to Italy.
To Try Pu-Yi
As Collaborator
Tokyo, Aug. 21 (U,B Henry
Pu-Yi, onetime puppet emperor
of Manchukuo, will be tried be
fore a special co.urt, presuma
bly for collaborating with Ja
pan, it was learned today.
Disclosure that the slender
"boy emperor" will face trial
was made by Joseph B. Ken
nan, chief prosecutor in the
war crimes trials of 27 leading
Japanese suspects where Pu-Yi
is appearing as a prosecution
witness.
In his four days of testimony,
Pu-Yi has steadfastly Insisted
that he was forced to become
emperor of Manchukuo because
of threats made against his
life. He has repeatedly empha
sized that he was opposed to
the Japanese but dared not
show it.
His attempts to excuse him
self for not taking a stronger
stand against his Nipponese ov
erlords drew from Court Presi
dent William Webb a remark
that the witness was not on
trial. Kcnnan leaped to his feet
and said:
"When the lime comes for
Pu-Yi to go on trial before a
special tribunal the world will
learn whether duress alone is
enough evidence to condemn a
man."
In his cross-examination tes
timony, Pu-Yi emphatically de
nied that he sought Japanese
aid in becoming emperor of
Manchukuo and labelled as a
forgery a letter he purportedly
wrote to a trial defendant ask
ing for assistance.
Dock Workers Strike
Ties-up NY Piers
New York. Aug. 21 lTi The
walkout of about 3,500 long
shoremen which started at a
few piers Monday afternoon
and spread to 26 yesterday, af
fected Brooklyn piers today for
the first time, the war ship
ping administration reported.
All Manhattan and New Jer
sey piers previously affected by
the walkout remained tied up
today. The WSA tabulation
placed the total number of piers
affected at 28, the number of
longshoremen idle at 3,500 and
the number of vessels affected
at 45.
The Weather
(Released by the Untied Stales
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for Salem and vicin
ity: Clear tonight and Thursday,
silghtly warmer tomorrow. Low
est temperature tonight 52.
Weather will continue favorable
for spraying and dusting. Max.
yesterday 89. Mtn. today 52.
Mean temperature yesterday 71,
which was 5 above normal. To
tal 24-hour precipitation to 11:30
a m. today, 0.00. Total precipi
tation for the month, trace,
which Is .21 inches below nor
mal. Willamette river height,
-3.8 ft.