Jruman Leaves
Krug to Handle.
Coal Mine Strike
Washington, Oct. 24 VP)
President Truman left the threat
of another nation-wide soft coal
strike squarely up to Secretary
of Interior Krug today. Mr.
Truman declined to discuss John
Ij. Lewis' ultimatum for a reop
ening of the United Mine Work
ers' contract at his news con
ference. The president likewise de
clined to comment on questions
as to his plan on continued wage
controls, telling reporters to
read his speech of Oct. 14 lift
ing price ceilings from meat.
Mr. Truman was asked if he
planned any special action to
decontrol wages by Nov. 1 the
deadline which Lewis has set
for the start of negotiations on
a new contract to replace the
existing pact between the United
Mine Workers and the govern
ment. Wage Control Issue
In the Oct. 14 address, to
which ho referred reporters, Mr.
Truman said that decontrol of
meat necessitated speeding up
removal of price ceilings all
along the line and that this in
tuTpn would accelerate wage de
control. Government officials have
said this means that no specific
action to lift wage lids is likely,
but that rather the administra
tion will follow a policy of hav
ing pay controls fall off auto
matically as individual indus
tries are freed of price con
trols. .
At his news conference today,
Mr. Truman would not be drawn
into any elaboration of his state
ment that the answer on wages
could be found in his speech on
meat.
No Further Comment
Pressed by a reporter as to
whether he meant there will be
no formal wage decontrol order,
the president reiterated that that
had been covered in his speech
last week. He said he would
have no further comment.
In response to a question as
to whether he had any statement
to make on status of the wage
stabilization board, Mr. Truman
replied he did not, and that he
is not planning to make one this
week. The status of the board
is clouded by the resignation
of the two industry members
of the panel. , ,
No Special Session
Without directly mentioning
the threatened coal strike, an
other questioner asked Mr. Tru
man whether he had any inten
tion of calling congress into
special session. He said no, add
ing that congressional leaders
could arrange a special session
but he had no knowledge of
any such plan.
In demanding reopening of
the wage agreement covering
400,000 soft coal miners, Lewis
had cited changes in the ad
ministration wage policy as one
of the reasons for his action.
The UMW chief told Secreta
ry Krug that unless new wage
talks begin Nov. 1, the existing
contract would be "void." While
Krug has expressed doubt of a
walkout on that date, the min
ers traditionally have observed a
policy of "no contract, no work."
Estonians to
Remain in U.S.
' Washington, Oct'. 24 VP)
Commending the action of At
torney General Clark in staying
the deportation of 18 Estonian
refugees, President Truman ex
pressed the hope today that im
migration laws can be amended
for the benefit of such persons.
Clark's action in the case of
the Estonians, who sailed from
Sweden to Miami, Fla., in a
mall fishing sloop, was an
nounced just before a White
ijlouse news conference. The
group, lacking immigration
visas, had been ordered to leave
this country today and was pre
paring to continue to Latin
America.
Mr. Truman told newsmen
he has not looked into the
group's situation officially, but
that he felt sorry for them.
He said he had not talked to
Clark about their plight, but
had intended to until he learn
ed of Clark's order.
He expressed hope that im
migrant laws can be amended so
that political refugees may be
provided for in proper cases. He
emphasized that legislation will
be required.
CIVIL WAR SOAP
IN ARMY SURPLUS
East Weymouth, Mass., Oct.
24 VP) Samuel Schofield order
ed some World War II army
surplus commodities and re
ports he received 64 bars of
soap made for use in the Civil
war.
On the label of each piece was
the slogan, "Save soap to win
the war," and the stamped sig
nature. "Commander-in-Chief,
Abraham Lincoln."
apital AJoilu
58th Year, No. 252
Ship Engineers
Vote to Accept
New Contract
New York, Oct. 24 VP) Mem
bers of the Marine Engineers'
Beneficial association (CIO)
here voted overwhelmingly to
day to accept an agreement with
east and gulf coast ship opera
tors as a spokesman for the
other striking maritime union
the AFL Masters', Mates' and
Pilots expressed hope of an
early settlement of their walk
out. Members of MEBA voted,
1,549 to 93, to accept an agree
ment arrived at by their spokes
man and eastern ship operators
as a basis for settlement of their
strike which began October 1.
Other MEBA locals throughout
the east and gulf port areas also
were voting.
Deck Officers Next
Hope for an accord between
deck officers and shipping oper
ators was expressed by Capt.
William C. Ash, co-chairman of
the NMP negotiating committee,
who said a solution might be
reached today.
Capt. Ash said that while the
negotiators had not yet reached
"the 64 question" his side in
tended to introduce "some new
ideas" today that might be ac
cepted. He said in answer to
a question-it might mean a com
promise. The union socks preferential
hiring of ship skippers and a
30 percent wage increase. Oper
ators have offered preferential
hiring of mates and pilots but
have balked at including mas
ters." Threaten World Tic-Ui
Capt. Albert E. Oliver at the
union negotiating committee,
told reporters "we'll tie up
every ship in the world" unless
operators capitulate to demands
for the preferential hiring of
masters.
The settlement with the cast
and gulf coast ship operators,
terms of which have not been
announced officially, already
has been approved by locals in
San Francisco and Norfolk, Va.,
but it has been rejected by
members in Seattle, Philadel
phia and Houston.
Steel Shortage
Closes Ford's
Detroit, Oct. 24 U.R The
Ford Motor company said today
it would be forced to shut down
virtually all operations tomor
row because of the steel short
age. The 80,000 workers af
fected will return to their jobs
Monday.
A similar shutdown occurred
throughout the Ford network
two weeks ago.
M. L. Bricker, vice president
and director of manufacturing,
said the action resulted from a
"critical shortage of steel ag
gravated by the recent unau
thorized strike in the company's
open hearth (department) . . ."
"The recent 30-day strike in
our open hearth cost us enough
steel to build about 14,000 cars,"
he Said. "As a result of this
strike wage losses to our em
ployes during the next few
months will amount to $2,618,
000." Bricker said only 10 plants
at Chicago and Long Beach,
Calif., and in Detroit and six
other Michigan communities
would not be affected by tomor-
ftrow's shutdown.
Salem Landlords Confine
Fight on OPA to Court Test
For the present Salem landlords who. are opposing rent con
trol by the OPA will confine their fight o backing up Henry
Koehler in his injunction suit, and will not join in the apartment
sirme movement that has spread
from Seattle to Portland and
some other places in the north
west. This was the statement
Thursday by J. F. Ulrich, presi
dent of the Salem chapter of
the National Home and Proper
ty Owners' Foundation follow
ing a meeting Wednesday night
of its directors with Delmore
Lessard of Portland and Ralph
E. Moody, attorney for Koehler
Lessard is president of the Prop
erty Owners' union in Portland.
Ulrich said the Salem prop
erty owners are in sympathy
with the Seattle landlords, but
that for the present anyway,
the local organization of about
200 members would content it
self with backing Koehler in
his suit to enjoin the OPA from
continuing rent control in Mar
ion county and West Salem.
Portland, Oct. 24 (R An
American veterans' committee
group today planned to ask the
U.S. district attorney for an
opinion on whether organized
property owners here, threaten
ing refusal to re-rent their
Entered a Keood cits'
matter Salem. Oregon
Congress May
Abolish OPA
Next January
Washington, Oct. 24 VP)
Congress may kill OPA in Jan
uary, some high administration
officials predicted today. But
they added that by then only a
slim list of very scarce, badly
needed items in addition to rent
will remain under ceilings.
As if to emphasize this fore
cast, OPA snatched its price
tags from cosmetics and a long
list of non-food products today
in a quick followup to last mid
night's sweeping food and bev
erage decontrol.
Together the two actions
swept overboard another big
segment of wage control be
cause the government applies its
pay curbs only when higher
price ceilings are involved.
Lift Wage Controls
Statisticians said that in the
case of food and restaurant in
dustries alone, some 1,500,000
workers were cut loose from
wage control.
On the food list, only sugar,
syrups and rice remain under
OPA.
Frankly acknowledging that
there is widespread belief in
the government that congress
will come back primed to knock
out OPA quickly and finally,
one ranking official said pri
vately the policy between now
and year's end will be to get rid
of ceilings rapidly but in or
derly sequence.
Truman's Policy
This official said the view
is that it would be to President
Truman's political advantage to
trim the controlled list to the
bone, then let congress take
the responsibility if it wants to
go the rest of the way.
Housewives and their hus
bands meanwhile watched retail
costs in groceries, restaurants
and liquor stores, as OPA offi
cials predicted the cost of liv
ing and drinking would certain
ly go up, at least temporarily,
as a result of the bread to beer
retreat from ceilings.
One OPA food authority said
increases can be expected in
bread and baked goods; jams,
jellies and preserves; dry beans,
canned fish; bananas and most
whisky.
Prices to Ease
Trade sources generally ex
pected some temporary price
rises but said there should be
a gradual return to the old price
system of supply and demand.
Liquor industry spokesman
predicted that some aged bour
bon, Scotch and other whisky
may appear again but at some
what higher prices. They said
OPA ceilings had tended to keep
them from markets.
A New York bakery leader
anticipated little change in con
sumer prices of bread and baked
goods, saying he expected flour
prices to remain about the same.
But a Chicago miller spokes
man forecast a jump of 25 to 60
cents a hundred pounds on flour.
Besides cosmetics, with soap
excluded, today's new decon
trol list ranged from hot water
bottles and other drug sundries
to assorted lumber and paper
items.
The lumber items are the few
needed neither in home build
ing nor for pulp paper.
Fishway Completed
Portland, Oct. 24 VP) The
state fish commission today re
ported a new fishway had been
completed on Falls creek, tri
butary of the Alsea river.
houses and apartments, are v
lating federal laws.
The executive committee of
the Abraham Lincoln chapter
of AVC announced it would
send a delegation to meet with
Henry Hess, U.S. district attor
ney this afternoon.
Meanwhile the district OPA
rent control office said OPA
could do "nothing" about the
decision of the property owners'
union here to refuse to re-rent
quarters when they are vacat
ed. . Delmore Lessard, president
of the month-old property own
ers' union, warned late yester
day that some roomers and ten
ants would be evicted. The
union reports 500 members, but
there has been no statement on
the number of units it controls.
Lessard was one of three de
fendants ordered by federal
court yesterday to refrain from
charging excessive rents.
An OPA witness told the
court her rent had been doubled
from S37.50 to S75 monthly in
violation of the ceiling.
Salem, Oregon, Thursday, October
O d
Chicago 'L' Cars Telescoped VP) Workmen use acetylene torches to cut telescoped elevated
cars apart in Chicago after the trains crashed at the 47th street station in the fog, injuring 240
to 270 persons, some of them seriously. Passenger platform (lower) is similar to that on other
side where passengers left trains during rush hour.
No School Facilities
For 200 Children
Further efforts toward ironing out the situation (o secure
schooling for 200 children residing in the farm labor camp are
presaged in call of a meeting of the district boundary board by
Mrs. Agnes Booth, county school superintendent, for 10 o'clock
Saturday morning in the county court room. This meeting
$ follows one held in state super-
It J 1 C..l..
nedi juppiy
Now Tripled
Chicago, Oct. 24 (U.R The na
tion's weekly meat production
has more than tripled since re
moval of price controls, gov
ernment reports showed today.
Packers said future reports
would show that the difference
is much greater than that.
Analysis of 12 department of
agriculture reports showed that
986,552 cattle and hogs were
sold during the farmers' big
rush to market during the first
eight days of the free market.
During comparative eight-day
periods under OPA controls,
total receipts averaged 223,448
through September and the first
two weeks of October.
Bacon and pork chops on the
hoof showed the greatest mar
ket boom, with hog receipts 14
times higher during the free
period. Cattle receipts were
about 2.7 times as high.
Packing house spokesmen
here said that meat production
this week actually will be much
higher than triple the old rate.
They pointed out that the mar
ket reports included the first
few days of the free market be
fore the great deluge of live
stock filled the nation's stock
yard pens, v
Land and Sea
Chefoo Siege
Peiping, Oct. 24 VP) Gov
ernment military sources con
firmed today reports that the
important port of Chefoo in
Shantung province was under
siege by land and sea, with
fighting in progress in the su
burbs of the city.
Chefoo is reportedly defend
ed by 100,000 communist troops.
Its capture would snip the com
munist sea route to Manchur
ia. Nationalist warships bom
barding the port were fired
upon by the communists, pro
government dispatches reported.
The central government re
ported also that their forces
were on the verge of gaining
full control of the northern sec
tion of the Peiping-Hankow rail
road, from Schihchiachuang to
Peiping. Hsushui, the only
town still held by the commu
nists along the rail line in that
sector, was under assault by the
94th army in Hopeh province.
Nationalist sources said com
munist resistance along the lino
was collapsing and that the main
red force had retreated into
western Hopeh province. Gov
ernment troops driving south
ward from Paoting and the
third army were moving toward
a junction at Wantu, 23 miles
south of Paoting.
The new China News agency
at Yenan said the communist
eighth route army had destroyed
a 10-mile stretch of the line in
north Honan province, between
Tangyin and Yikow. The com
munists reported the "elimina
tion" of more than 40 govern
ment strong points along the
railway.
MacNaughton Appointed
E. B. MacNaughton, Portland
banker, was appointed by Gov
ernor Earl Snell today to the
state board of geology and min
eral industries, succeeding State
Sen. W. H Strayer, Baker, who
died last Friday.
24, 1946
intendent of public instruction's
office last Friday with represen
tatives from that office, directors
from the Rickey and Pringle
school districts, in which the
camp is located, Mrs. Booth, a
representative from U. S. depart
ment of agriculture and one from
the U. S. engineers in attendance.
At that time the Rickey and
Pringle districts pointed out
that neither had the facilities
or funds to provide school facili
ties for the children. Buildings
at the camp are available for
school rooms, but Pringle and
Rickey.
At that lime the Rickey and
Pringle districts pointed out that
their facilities were both over
taxed and that it would be im
possible for cither to provide
funds for the hiring of teachers
and purchasing of text books for
the children, if buildings at the
camp were used as class rooms.
Attention was drawn to the fact
that the families arc living on
government property not tax
able to cither district and both
districts through their attorney,
George Rhotcn, expressed the
thought that the Salem Agricul
tural Housing, Inc., active in
the establishment of the camp
should assume some responsi
bility for providing school facil
ities for the children.
It is not known what propos
al will be submitted to the boun
dary board but at the meeting
last Friday both Rickey and
Pringle felt that district bound
ary lines should be re-established
so that a district more capable
of absorbing the 200 children
would be responsible for their
schooling.
Expected to attend the meet
ing Saturday morning are repre
sentatives from the Rickey and
Pringle districts, and represen
tatives from the Salem school
district, the state superinten
dent of public instruction's of
fice, the U. S. department of
agriculture, and the U. S. en
gineers. Also invited to the
meeting arc representatives
from the Salem Agricultural
Housing, Inc.
Korean Criminals
Instigating Riots
Seoul, Oct. 24 OT Lt. Gen.
John R. Hodge charged today
that "criminals and agitators"
have instigated "disgraceful
riots involving horrible crimes"
in southern Korea the past few
weeks in an attempt to smash
a left-right unification move for
a coalition government.
Hodge, U.S. occupation com
mander, issued a press state
ment declaring the ultimate goal
of the agitators is "despotic rule
by "those same few self styled
leaders who now are busily en
gaged in engineering the mur
ders of their follow country
men." Canned Goods Pack
Breaks Records
Washington, Oct. 24 VPi
More than 480,000,000 cases of
vegetables, fruits and other
canned goods wore packed dur
ing the 12-month period ended
September 1, an increase of
100,000,000 over the preceding
year and a "record achieve
ment," the census bureau re
ported today.
Nearly one third of this pro
duction went into inventories of
wholesalers and packers, the
bureau noted.
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Price P;-e Cents
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Chinese Reds
Appeal to UN
Nanking, Oct. 24 VP) Eman
cipation Daily, mouthpiece of
the Chinese communist parly,
today asked the United Nations
assembly to organize a special
committee to conduct an "on
the spot" investigation into
charges thai American forces
"are infringing China's terri
torial integrity and security."
The request, made in an edi
torial broadcast over the party's
Yenan radio, demanded immedi
ate withdrawal of all U.S.
troops and of support lo Chiang
Kai-Shek's government.
The editorial declared the
Chinese delegation to the U.S.
assembly "represents Chiang
Kai-Shek's representatives."
It asserted U.S. aid to Chi
ang's "civil war effort" totaled
$4,000,000,000, which it said
was four times the amount of
U.S. aid lo China during Ihc
Japanese war.
Nation's Coal
Stocks Too Low
Washington, Oct. 24 U.R -The
threat of a new sod coal strike
caught Ihe nation today with its
stookpiles of coal loo low to
absorb the' impact of a pro
longed walkout.
John L. Lewis, president of
the United Mine Workers (AFL)
raised the threat of a strike
Nov. 1 lo 20 in his demand
for a new wage contract with
the government, which lias op
erated bituminous mines for
nearly six months.
Stockpiles still were low be
cause of the mine strikes of
last April and May. Govern
ment figures indicated that
stocks on Nov. 1 would be large
enough lo last '' for about 40
days. Because those supplies
were unevenly distributed, how
ever, a strike would have im
mediate effects on some consum
ers. Since coal output normally
exceeds consumption in Sep
tember and October, the Nov.
1 supply was expected to be
about 40 days.
The Sept. 1 report of Ihc solid
fuels administration gave these
averages for various classes of
consumers: electric power, 68
day supply; coke, 21 days; steel
and rolling mills, 34 days; .ce
ment mills, 35 days; class 1
railroads, 28 days; other indus
tries, 57 days; retail dealers, 14
days.
Last 24 Units of Vets
Housing Project Completed
Their completion delayed for several weeks because of the
inability to secure essential materials, the last 24 units of the 172
units at the Salem Veterans' Housing project were today turned
over to Joe Hopkins, manager
of the project, by N. Kulzcr,
project engineer for tho public
housing authority from Seattle.
Kulzer has supervised the con
struction of this project and the
one at Corvallis.
Saturday is the clay set for
the 24 veterans' families to oc
cupy their new homes. How
ever, some of tho new residents
may experience a little difficul
ty in getting their belongings
to their apartments. Mud is
now running step-deep deep in
the streets at the project and
unless drivers of automobiles
using the streets arc very cau
tious they may find their autos
bogged down to their floor
boards.
The street lights, authorized
by the city council late in Au
United States Opposes Russia's
Efforts to Bar Debate in U. N.
Over Veto Power
American Delegation Insists on Right of Assembly
To Discuss Major Issues Though They May
Oppose Them in Final Showdown
New York, Oct. 24 VP) A clash appeared to lie developing today
between the United States and Russia o cr the right of the
United Nations general assembly to discuss small nation proposals
for ending the big power veto in the security council.
The American delegation, in a meeting today under the leader
ship of Chief Delegate Warren Austin, decided that it would
insist U)on the full right of the assembly to discuss this and two
other issues listed on a provisional agenda now before the as
sembly's steering committee.
This means that the United Stales is preparing lo argue for full
discussion of a proposal which it intends in the end to be against.
The delegation favors rejecting all efforts to eliminate the great
power veto, and in this respect is lined up with Russia. But it
intends to try to restrict use of the veto and on lhat point likely
will be in disagreement with Russia.
The steering committee, American informants said, is expected
to meet late today or tomorrow-;
to go over the list of 53 main
items of assembly business
which are supposed to come up
once general debate, beginning
today, is ended1 early next week.
In an informal meeting of
the steering committee two days
ago, Russian Deputy Foreign
Minister Andrei Vishinsky indi
cated though American infor
mants said he did not make it
final that Russia would oppose
assembly discussions of:
Three Major Issues
1. Australian and Cuban pro
posals for ending the veto vot
ing system by amending the
charter.
2. A South African proposal
for annexing the mandate of
Southwest Africa. (The United
States may or may not favor the
project, but thinks it should be
discussed.)
3. A Canadian plan for limit
ing assembly debate to ten min
utes per speaker and otherwise
speeding up procedure. (The
United States is reported op
posed to the plan, but feels it
should be permitted to come up
in the meeting.)
The Russian desire to block
discussion of these items was de
scribed by American officials as
entirely logical from the Rus
sian viewpoint. Normal soviet
procedure on proposals to which
they are opposed is to fight those
proposals from the moment they
first come up. The United
Stales, on Hie other hand, up
holds the principle of free dis
cussion as an end in itself, re
gardless of the American view
on the mailer to be discussed.
Cuban Issues Challenged
Cuban Delegate Guillermo
Belt immediately challenged
Russia lo a fight to the finish
on the reported soviet opposi
tions to discussions of the veto
question.
Assembly President Paul
Hcnri Spaak of Belgium called
the second session at 11:16 a.m.
(EST), and immediately entered
into the formalities of introduc
ing the seven vice presidents
and administering the oath of
office to the eight assistant sec
rctarics-gcncral.
Many top-flight diplomats
were absent, including the chief
of the soviet delegation, For
eign Minister V. M. Molotov. In
Moiotov's absence, the Russian
delegation was headed by Dep
uty Foreign Minister Andrei Y.
Vishinsky, who look his place
on Ihe rostrum as one of the vice
presidents.
Secretary-General Trygve Lie
then gave a supplement to his
report in which he called on
the assembly to take action at
the present session to give the
other organs of the UN "com
prehensive guidance" in deter
mining their relations with the
Franco regime in Spain, which
he condemned.
Polio Outbreak in
Oregon Declines
Portland, Ore., Oct. 24 (U.B
The outbreak of infantile par
alysis in Oregon is definitely on
the decline, the Oregon health
bulletin indicated today.
The bulletin reports six new
cases: two in Linn .county, one
in Multnomah, one in Lane, one
in Curry and one in Clackamas.
gust, have not yet been installed
and Hopkins is warning those
persons visiting occupants of
the project within the next two
weeks against driving on the
streets unless extreme care is
used. The city has been doing
considerable digging in the
streets in preparing them for
graveling and several soft spots
have resulted. This week a
wrecker had to bo called to pull
out one car that had bogged
down in the muck.
The Portland General Elec
tric company, responsible for
installing the street lights,
plans soon to have six of the
nine lights in place. A short
age of materials has delayed
their installation and is the
reason for the installation of
only six of them now.
of Big Five
Attlee Again
Scolds Soviets
Brighton, Eng., Oct. 24 (U.PJ
Prime Minister Clement Attlee
accused the Soviet government
today of sealing off the Russian
people behind a "wall of ignor
ance and suspicion" of the out
side world, and pleaded for uni
versal cooperation to make the
United Nations a success.
Attlee, chief of Britain's so
cialist government, sharply at
tacked both the Moscow govern
ment and the communist party,
He accused the communists of
recognizing as democratic re
gimes only those in which their
party wielded the power.
It was the second straight day
that a British forum had rung
with criticism of Russia. Yes
terday in the house of commons
the Russians were accused of
breaking their Yalta pledges, of
misusing the UN veto power
and by implication of maintain
ing 200 divisions of troops "on
a war footing" in occupied east
ern Europe.
Today Attlee addressed tho
British trades union congress in
convention here. Ho sajd the
British "would like to know
fully and understand our Rus
sian friends" but charged blunt
ly: "It is one of the tragedies of
the world situation taht the So
viet government appears delib
erately to prevent intercourse
between the Russian people and
the rest of the world."
Higher Living
Costs Expected
Portland, Oct. 24 W In the
first day of ceiling-free foods,
buyers noted little change but
wholesalers said they soon
would.
Retail stores said today that
their prices were unchanged
and a sampling of restaurant pa
trons' checks showed no boost in
food prices.
Higher eating-out costs were
expected, however, particularly
where costly cut of meat are in
volved. The wholesale price of lard
doubled today, going up to 55
cents a pound. Also virtually
doubled was the wholesale price
of vegetable shortening, quoted
today at three pounds for $1.10.
These prices will be reflected in
retail stores when present slocks
are exhausted.
Earl Corey, manager of the
North Pacific Millers' associa
tion, said removal of ceiling on
flour would affect principally
bakers' flour.
Hugh R. Kickpatrick, chair
man of the Oregon liquor con
trol commission, said beer and
whisky prices will rise only aft
er the supply on hand is sold.
The commissioH has about six
weeks' supply of blended whis
ky, he said. The new price will
depend on the figure set by
wholesalers. Kirkpalrick said.
Oregon Highways
Reported Normal
Oregon highways were nor
mal today after rain washed
away the first snow of the sea
son in the mountain passes, the
state highway commission re
ported. There is some snow and
slush on the Mt. Hood highway,
but it was raining hard this
morning. Conditions returned
to normal today on tho Colum
bia river highway.
Tho Weather
(Released by the United States
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for Salem and vicin
ity: Partly cloudy this evening
and Friday mornlnir with occa
sional light rain showers. Low
est temperature tonight, 40 de
grees. Weather will be favorable
for farm work during tho next
24 hours. Max. yesterday 55.
Mln. today 48. Mean tempera
ture yesterday 51. which was 1
below normal. Total 24-hour
precipitation to 11:30 a.m. to
day .09 Total precipitation for
the month 3.26 which Is 1.30
inches above normal. Willam
ette river height 2.1 ft.