4$tafe Buildings
To Cosl Total
Of $8,022,667
Contracts Let for All
Structures Except 3
Due in Spring
The estimated cost of build
ings for which contracts have
keen let by the state of Oregon
through the board of control
plus three buildings for which
contracts will be let In the
pring, is $0,ud,tti.
The funds came partly from
legislative appropriations and
partly from the slate building
una approved By vote of the
eople. Of $6,000,000 allocated
o the board from the building
ii nd, there has been allocated to
uildings already contracted
$4,625,156. The balance of the
86,000,000 will be required to
complete the buildings yet to be
f ontracted, and any shortage will
fop,, met by money from the 1947
pprupnauuii.
t State Hospital
At Oregon State hospital has
nen authorized construction for
ie total sum of $3,609,951
follows:
J ..i'it (1) Ward building at cottage
4 - farm, with 340 capacity. Cost
tf $688,542.
(2) Treatment hospital, with
i ' 300 capacity. Cost, $1,583,637.
I j (3) Ward building 46-47, with
300 capacity. Cost, $778,761.
..; (4) Dormitory for nurses,
V' w 1th 100 capacity. Cost, $378,
; 360.
t 1 (5) Tunnel to serve above
buildings. Cost, $180,651.
Eastern Oregon Hospital
i At the Eastern Oregon Stale
Hospital a contract was let last
'year for. the nurses' home and it
-was completed and occupied
about July 1 of this year. The
admission hospital is under con
struction. jj The program at Pendleton is
divided as follows:
i t' (1) Dormitory for nurses, with
i! 4 capacity, uost, siso.uuu.
k (2) Admission hospital, with
?' 114 capacity. Cost, $1,030,489.
J Total improvements at this in
stitution amount to $1,186,489.
(Concluded on Page 9. Column. 6)
Solve Robberies
At Aumsville
With arrest of Erwin Speers,
Aumsville, and Blaine Ogle, Sa
lem, both 19 years, Sheriff Den
ver Young reported that four
burglaries in Aumsville during
December had been cleared up
and that the boys admitted par
gticipation in all of them,
i Three of the burglaries were
during the early morning of De-
cember 27 in Mickev's garage.
'f Aumsville Lumber company and
jb. the Gentzler garage.
I i In the Mickey garage burglary
H. L. Mickey, proprietor, lost
' among other things the first dol
f, lar bill he'd ever earned which
j he had tacked on the side of the
V garage as an inspiration. It's
doubtful if he'll get it back. Tak
l7 en there also was $10 in cash,
X a table model radio, a Ford con-
I denser and a sport light. At the
f Gentzler garage, W. W. Bradley,
i manager, two fog lights were
f taken, a Yankee sealed beam
I light, a Schick double head razor
V and an electric toaster. At the
Aumsville Lumber company
S plant operated by three broth
I ers. C. W., S. H. and Luther
I. Wright, $30 in cash was taken,
$60 in another drawer being ov-
I. erlooked and also from that
place an electric razor was taken
I: The fourth burfilary admitted
geby the youths was at the Aums
ville school December 17 when
$67 in cash was taken including
receipts from sale of meal tickets
f una aiSO irom sale ox uaan-ctumi
Vlckets for a game the night be
If fdre the burglary. Checks total
inV $22 were taken and burned
Sheriff Young stated that 13
.3 toys were quizzed in the search
lor the culprits.
1 80 Percent of Tax
h WnU I I1IIHIIHI1
?i Tax collections against the
"current 1947-48 roll nave
mounted to $2,371,772.04 against
a roll of little less than $3,000,
000 or about 80 percent of the
roll or better, and there are
still some of the statements mail
ed in to get out. Harold Do-
j 'Jimgnlia, ucyuij am wioifit j. .....
I collection department, said there
were probably between 500 and
f 1000 receipts yet to be issued
I that were received through the
i ttiail before the delinquent dead-
line and he hopes to have these
f back to the taxpayers in a week
or two.
) Out of a little over 37,700
i ttatements sent out the receipts
have been issued on 29,825 of
i them, and including those for
s Which receipts have not yet been
' mailed out, it shows there are
f still about 7000 taxpayers in the
: county who have as yet made no
; payments on their taxes. The
deputy figures that the collec
tfjpns are just slightly behind
lose of last year at this point,
C apital
59th Year, No. 2
Guerrillas Flee
From Konitsa
Info Albania
Athens, Jan. 2 (IP) Greek War
Minister George Stratos said to
day guerrilla forces were flee
ing into the Grammos mountains
after a "crushing defeat" inflict
ed in the battle of Konitsa,
where a week-long siege of the
government garrison was lifted
yesterday.
The offensive against Konitsa
was believed to have been aim
ed at capture of a capital for a
Greek communist government,
existence of which was pro
claimed in a Christmas eve
broadcast by Insurgent Leader
Markos Vafiades.
7-Day Battle Ends
A general staff communique
reviewing the seven-day battle
said: "This is the first fruit
which has been repeated by the
bogus government of Slavo
communists." The communique said one
column of troops entered the
town and relieved the Konitsa
garrison yesterday, but that a
second column was held up by
fire aimed at the Bourozani
bridge, 11 miles west of Konitsa.
The communique disclosed
that on the first day of the at
tack the Konitsa garrison, con
sisting 01 some sou men, was
"completely isolated ... to a
considerable depth" when a
force of more than 3,000 guer
rillas made a frontal assault.
Some sources estimated that the
rebel strength totaled 10,000
men.
Cross into Albania
Guerrillas forced their way
into Konitsa the third day, the
communique said, but were an
nihilated. An authoritative source said
the Konitsa siege was directed
by a "Balkan staff" consisting of
Russian, Yugoslav and Bulgar
ian officers operating from Sko
plje. Yugoslavia, 65 miles north
of the Greek border.
Stratos said some of the flee
ing guerrilla units had crossed
into Albania eight miles north
of Konitsa,
Military sources in Athens
said a number of the guerrillas
actually were trained in Albania
and Yugoslavia and all their
arms and ammunition came
from those two countries.
Pauley Asked
For His Records
Washington, Jan. 2 (U.B Ed
win W. Pauly, special assistant
to the secretary of army, today
was given until Monday to turn
over to senate investigators his
personal records on commodity
speculation.
A senate source said that un
less the millionaire California
oil man voluntarily produces the
requested information by that
time, he may be served with a
subpoena.
The senate appropriations
committee asked for the records
December 12 after hearing
Pauley testify that he had made
"substantial" profits by specu
lating in grain and other com
modities. Two weeks later, Sen.
Homer Ferguson (R., Mich.),
who heads an appropriations
subcommittee i n v e s t i gating
speculation, wrote Pauley a
hurry-up letter.
The army department official
replied from his Los Angeles
home that "the information is
being assembled and will be for
warded to you as promptly as
possible." Pauley pointed out
that the senators "did not spe
cify any particular deadline."
The subcommittee, it was
learned, has decided that Mon
day would be an
deadline.
appropriate
Bailey Steel Bridge Races
Stork to Marooned Homes
When the county bridge crew Friday morning started moving
a Bailey steel bridge from the state highway shons nn in tin.
Lumker bridge site on the little
replace the old Lumker bridge,?
demolished earlier in the week
when a logging truck went
through it into the river, it was
incidentally putting Marion
county in a race with the stork.
Report has it that marooned in
homes beyond the bridge are
three expectant mothers who.
the report further says, can't
wait too long for outside aid to
be at hand when needed.
County Judge Grant Murphy
stated Friday that the tempor
ary Bailey bridge should be
shoved across the creek and in
readiness for use by Monday,
but court members admitted it
was a little problematical as no
body in the crew has had expe
rience with handling that kind
of s structure.
Cattrtd (teood eltu
witter at Salem, Oreson
France Plunged
To New Crisis by
Premier's Bill
Paris, Jan. 2 (IP) Premier
Robert Schuman presented a
new anti-inflation bill to the
French national assembly today
and threatened to resign if any
changes were voted in it.
The bill was designed to raise
about 120 billion francs a bil
lion dollars.
Schuman decided to withdraw
a previous anti-inflation bill ap
proved by the assembly. That
measure gave Frenchmen a
choice of paying 150 billion
francs additional income tax or
of investing the same amount in
government bonds. It was de
signed to help pay for a big re
construction program and to
drain off excess purchasing
power.
Amendments Cut Income
Amendments in the chamber
cut the expected income from
the bill by about a third. Dep
uties exempted several classes
of French citizens from its pro
visions. The premier said his new bill
was a compromise and told the
deputies he would accept no
changes. The cabinet, at a meet
ing earlier, authorized Schuman
to demand a vote of confidence
from the assembly "as often as
necessary."
Cabinet Stakes Existence
Schuman told the deputies the
new bill also was designed to
"sponge up" excess purchasing
power in France. The premier
did not say whether the taxpay
ers could avoid taxes by buying
the equivalent amount of bonds.
"The government will stake
its existence on this new text,"
Schuman declared.
"The government recognizes
its responsibilities and wants to
associate the assembly with
them. We will not accept a di
minished position either from a
financial or political point of
view.
"The country must know the
government has behind It a par
liament with confidence in it,"
he said.
Cable Workers
Out on Strike
New York, Jan. 2 (IP) Union
overseas communication workers
went on strike at four cable com
panies today, tieing up an esti
mated two-thirds of their facili
ties for transmissions between
the United States and the rest of
the world.
The walkout, which involved
some 35U0 employes, began at
12:01 a.m. (EST) and came
while federal conciliators still
were attempting to bridge dif
ferences between uion and com
pany negotiations.
The dispute stemmed from
their failure to ag,-ee on provi
sions of new contracts to replace
those which expired last mid
night. The companies are the cables
division of the Western Union
Telegraph company, Mackay
Radio and Telegraph, Inc., the
Commercial Cable company and
AU-American Cables.
The unions are the CIO Amer
ican Communications association
and the Independent All-Ameri
ca Cables Employes' association
whose members had voted to
join the CIO union in strike
action. " n
The last-ditch effort to avert
the tieup involved the ACA and
Western Union with conciliation
officials hoping that agreement
between the company and the
union would serve as a pattern
for overall settlement. Negotia-
tions with the other companies
were broken off earlier.
north fork of the Santiam to
But, in the meantime, the tel
ephones of the court members
have been kept ringing by ex
GIs who have had experience of
one sort or another during their
army career in the placing of
such bridges.
County Engineer Hcdda Swart
stated that the bridge which is
150 feet long to be used for re
placing the old 100-foot span of
the wooden bridge, comes in
units weighing 600 pounds each.
The army he said, used six men
on each side of a unit in putting
it into place and he believes the
bridge crew with the instruction
books at hand, will be able to do
a fairly quick job in placing the
structure.
jkJoiij
Salem, Oregon, Friday, January 2, 1948
P' " i - J"W 1 Wjf i
Home Demolished by Tornado in South A resident of Cotton Valley, La., looks at the remains
of a small home which was leveled bv the tornado which struck the small town on New Year s
eve. At least 10 persons were killed in the town by the storm. Storms swept five southern
states. At least nine other persons were killed and 200 injured by the storms. (AP Wirephoto)
Spectacular Gain in
Salem Postal Receipts
Salem post office receipts during 1947, consistent with other
records made in the community, shot upward for a gain of $60,
706.51 over the receipts for 1946, figures furnished by the post
office showed today. The 1947 total was $634,595.15, and the
total for the previous year was $573,888.64.
Total receiDts for the fourth
Probe Reds in
Canal Zone
Washington, Jan. 2 (IP) Chair
man Thomas (R-N.J.) announc
ed today that the house commit
tee on un-American activities
will make an on the spot inves
tigation late this month of "com
munist infiltration" in the Pan
ama. Canal Zone. t ' :.v .
The Panama inquiry will be
part of a five-point program the
committee has outlined for im
mediate consideration. This in
cludes a resumption of the in
vestigation of communist influ
ences in Hollywood and hearings
on attempts to steal atom bomb
information, to Indoctrination of
Negro groups with communism
and the spread of fascism.
Thomas said he will conduct
the Panama investigation, assist
ed by Robert E. Stripling, chief
investigator. Whether other
committee members will accom
pany them to Panama has not
been decided.
'We are going to investigate
primary reports that communists
are making headway in their
program to infiltrate labor
groups in the Panama Canal
Zone," Thomas told a reporter.
He declined to say whether he
and Stripling will inquire also
into the current controversy be
tween the government of Pana
ma and the United States over
leasing of bomber bases to this
country.
'One of the first things the
committee will do when congress
reconvenes next week." Thomas
said, "is to hold public hearing
to inquire into the spread of
fascism in this country. We will
question Gerald L. K. Smith
during this hearing."
35 Visas Asked
For Mihai Retinue
Bucharest, Romania, Jan. 2 Wj
The Romanian government
asked today for 35 visas for for
mer King Mihai, Queen Mother
Helen and their retinue to enter
Switzerland.
Diplomatic passports were re
quested for Mihai, who abdicat
ed Tuesday, and his mother.
A spokesman for the commu
nist-dominated "popular demo
cratic republic" which succeeded
the monarchy, said the requests
may reach Swiss federal officers
in Bern tomorrow, but that a
reply is not expected before late
Monday or Tuesday, because
Swiss offices close at noon on
Saturday.
The Weather
(Released by United States
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for Salem and Vicin
ity: Mostly cloudy with occasion
al rain tonight. Showers Satur
day. Lowest expected tempera
ture tonight. 40 degrees: highest
Saturday, SO degrees. Maximum
yesterday 50. Minimum today 46.
Mean temperature yesterday 47,
which was 7 above normal. To
tal 24-hours precipitation to 11:30
a.m. todav 1.24. Total precipita
tion for the month 1.72. which is
1.42 inches above normal. Wil
lamette river height at Salem,
Friday mornin, 8.1 feet, rising.
quarter of the year were $196,
206.53, a gain of $16,198.39,
while the total for December.
1947, was $91,256.68, a gain of
S8473.36 over December, 1946,
figures of $82,722.11.
The spectacular gain through
out the last year averaged about
$15,000 a quarter, it was said of
ficially. An extra-long legislative ses
sion at the beginning of the year
and a prosperous Christmas sea
son doubtless boosted the fig
ures. Nevertheless the Salem
post office has been showing
gains consistently for over 10
years, the only exception being
in 1939 when there was a slight
drop.
As the Christmas mail busi
ness got under way at the end
of 1947 it was necessary for the
post office to arrange for a sub
station in a large warehouse on
Trade street. A sub-station had
been necessary the previous
year also, but not requiring so
much space.
Receipts by years for the last
11 years, for purposes of com
parison, were:
1937. $325,883: 1938.
557; 1939, $354,463; 1940,
210; 1941, $393,648; 1942,
605; 1943, $432,512; 1944,
824; 1945, $528,664; 1946,
888.64; 1947, $634,595.15.
$357,-$374,-$399,-S487,-$573,-
Vet Insurance
Policies Probed
Washington, Jan. 2 (IP) Vet
erans Administrator Carl C.
Gray, Jr., said today former
President Herbert Hoover is ar
ranging for a committee of in
surance experts to investigate
the veterans insurance program.
Franklin D'Olicr. chairman of
the board of Prudential Insur
ance company, will head the in
surance men.
Hoover is arranging for the
study as chairman of a commit
tee which congress established
to survey the organization of the
executive branch of the federal
government and recommend
steps to promote efficiency.
Gray, who took office as suc
cessor to Gen. Omar Bradley
last Wednesday, said he has al
ready received numerous com
plaints about the insurance serv
ice provided to war veterans.
"I am determined the veter
ans shall have the best possible
insurance service," Gray told a
news conference.
Greeks Unified by
Red Secession
Athens, Jan. 2 'Pi Dwight P.
Griswold, chief of the U. S. mili
tary mission in Greece, declared
today the proclamation of a com
munist state in the north by
Markos Vafiades unified the
Greek people and ultimately will
"have a good effect."
Griswold said the seven-day
battle for Konitsa, in which the
guerrillas were repelled in a bid
to establish a capital, had no
effect on the American military
aid program.
"It gave me a greater respect
for the Greek army, which
seemingly put up a good fight
and did its job," he said.
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5 Alarm Fire
In New York
New York, Jan. 2 (IP) A five-
alarm office building lire which
spread to two converted apart
ment houses blanketed Man
hattan's west side at Columbus
Circle in dense smoke today.
An undetermined number of
persons, many clad in night
gowns, were led down ladders
and an 80-year-old woman leap
ed to safety in a lifenct.
Eight firemen were overcome
by smoke in fighting the blaze
which started in the office build
ing in West 58lh street at 7:19
a. m. (EST)
The rear wall of Hie four
story loft building at 230 West
58th St., caved in shortly before
10 a. m., but no one was in
jured. At that time fire officials
said the front wall ui Ihe same
building was weak and might
also collapse. Shortly after 10
a. m., Frank Murphy, chief of
operations of the fire depart
ment, said the fire was under
control.
Launch Drive
For Joe Martin
Washington, Jan. 2 (IP) A one
man drive to make House Speak
er Joseph W. Martin the compro
mise presidential nominee of
the republican parly was launch
ed today by Rep. Leo Allen (R-
111.).
Allen appraised Marti n's
chances of getting the nomina
tion at "one in five." He said
Ihe speaker knows of the cam
paign now getting under way to
"talk him up."
"All he says." Allen told re
porters, "is that he doesn't sec
how anyone could refuse the
nomination."
The chairman of the influen
tial house rules committee said
he figures the republican con
vention in Philadelphia this
summer will supply an opening
for Martin by following the pat
tern of 1940.
That was the year when Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey of New York
and Senator Robert A. Tatt of
Ohio fought to a stand-off in the
early rounds, allowing the late
Wendell L. Willkic to snatch the
nomination on the fifth ballot.
Allen said it looks to him as if
Dewey and Taft are in about the
same positions mey occupied
eight years ago and have about
the same strength.
Heavy Snow and Floods
Hamper Highway Traffic
Week-end travel in western Oregon and the mountains might
be hampered by heavy snow and floods, the state highway com
mission said today.
The Pacific highway was in
bad condition today in the Sis
kiyou mountains of southern
Oregon, as well as between
Weed and Dunsmuir in Califor
nia, unains are aDsoiuiciy
necessary in both areas because
of the heavy snowfall.
The commission said the Wil
lamette river at Eugene was ris
ing one foot every three hours,
and that highways would be
flooded tonight if the rise con
tinues during the day.
The Wilson River highway
was blocked by a fallen tree 19
miles east of Tillamook, but the
commission said it expected to
have traffic restored this after
noon. The Bcllevue-Hopewcll high
way was closed today by highisary.
Sleet and Snow
Storms Strike
East to Seaboard
Tornadoes Rip 5 South
ern States Leaving
Death Toll of 100
'Bv the AMwiatPd
Winter's most damaging storms
of ice and snow struck across
the central slates and eastward
into southern New England over
the New Year's holiday after a
series of tornadoes ripped
through five southern slates
Thc storm left a wide path of i
destruction in their wake. The
property damage was expeciea i
to run into the millions. Thei
death loll was near the 100
mark, not including the 20 per
sons who were killed in the
twisters which struck in Dixie.
Over 80 Traffic Deaths
More than 80 persons died in
traffic accidents over the holi
day period. Fourteen persons
were killed in a crash of two
Missouri Pacific passenger trains
in a snow storm in Otlerville,
Mo. The tornadoes which twisted
through Louisiana. Arkansas,
Tennessee, Mississippi and Ala
bama injured 250, destroyed 240
homes and damaged 250 others.
The freezing rain and snow,
which yesterday centered near
the Chicago area, continued to
day in many parts of the storm
bcit. The weather bureau said
the freezing rains today exten
ded over a narrow band from
lower Michigan across Lake
Erie to southern New England.
Snow was expected lo follow.
Snow in Mid-west
Snow continued lo fall in
parts of Illinois and Indiana and
n Ohio and Pennsylvania mere
was about lu incnes oi new
snow on the ground at Milwau
kee and from six to 10 inches
throughout lower Michigan. The
fall in northern Illinois, south
eastern Iowa and parts of Mis
souri measured from four lo six
inches.
Temperatures in the midwest,
which yesterday hit a low of 25
below in Minnesota, moderated
throughout the day and no sub
zero marks were reported early
today.
Reports from the snow and ice
storm areas were similar in con
nection with the crippling ef
fect on transportation, communi
cations and property damage.
Traffic Disrupted
Traffic rail and air, was dis
rupted and in some communities
paralyzed. Sleet and freezing
rain covering electric wires cut
off telephone and light service
Street cars in many cities were
halted and radios were silenced
due lo mechanical difficulties
and wrecked towers
Scores of communities in sev
eral slates were isolated from
telephone communication as the
icy gales snapped lines. Hign
ways in many midwest areas
were impassable. Trains and
buses operated far behind sche
dule and all airline flights in
and out of Chicago and other
midwest cities were cancelled.
The strong winds gusts
reached as high as 60 miles an
hour in some parts of the storm
belt wrecked radio lowers in
Chicago and broke store win
dows and uprooted trees in
many communities. Nine trans
mitter towers toppled and three
others were damaged in and
near Chicago. Mechanical diffi
culties interrupted broadcasts
on many of the major stations.
2 Escaped Oregon
Cons Recaptured
Two slate prison convicts
who escaped from the prison
farm last September 23 have
been caught in Los Angeles and
Arizona, Prison Warden George
Alexander was advised today.
Eugene Hammond, who enter
ed the prison Jan. 16, 1945, to
serve five years for larceny, was
captured in Los Angeles.
Lcroy E. Thomas, who enter
ed prison from Multnomah
county Aug. 29, 1945, also to
serve five years for larceny, was
caught in a stolen car at Elroy,
Ariz., which is north of Phoe
nix, Alexander said.
water a mile cast of Bcllevue.
The Astoria-Mcglcr ferry across
the Columbia river resumed op
cation today as the gale force
winds abated.
Chains are required in moun
tain passes.
The 9 .m. road" report:
Santiam junction 30 de
grees, snowing. 14 inches new
snow in past 36 hours, mostly
slushy. Some packed snow
across summit. 56 inches road
side snow at summit, 18 inches
at junction.
Odcll lake. Willamette high
way 34 degrees, snowing hard,
14 inches new snow at summit,
packed snow throughout dis
trict; chains absolutely neccs-
Oregon Streams
Rising As Result
Of Heavy Rains
Santiam at Flood
Stage; Storm Damagt
To Wire Systems
New Year'i day rainstorms
were bringing up river
throughout the valley region,
Friday, with flood stages fore
cast for at least two points. The
Santiam at Jefferson is due to
reach 15 '.-4 feet early Friday
evening, the U. .V weather bu-
reau reports. Flood stage ther
is 13 feeli No j.reat amount of
dam8ge K predicted,
Th wm.m.. ri
The Willamette river is du
to hit a crest of I.V2 feet at
Harrisburg early Saturday
morning. Flood stage there ii
12 feci.
At Salem the Willamette read
8.1 feet at the local gauge Fri
day morning, booming up near
ly 5 feet in the 24-hour period
ending this morning. Flood
stage here is 20 feet.
Heavy Rainfall
Downpours of rain in the Sa
lem area totaled 1.24 inches in
the 24-hour period ending at
10:30 a.m. The two-day total
for the new month stood at 1.72
inches Friday morning, or 1.42
inches above normal amount
for the period. December's
rainfall was below normal for
that month.
The heavy winds sweeping lh
Salem region New Year's day
hit a velocity up to 50 miles
an hour in guests of less than
a minute; while the wind of a
minute's average were recorded
at 41 miles.
Near Cloudburst
A shower of ' cloudburst" pro
portions, accompanied by light
ning and thunder, hit the Salem
downtown area shortly after
11:30 a.m. Friday. Some sec
tions did not report as severe a
storm, including the area where
located the weather bureau.
The weather bureau said they
saw the heavy shower and noted
the lightning.
The oddity of an electric
storm in January was explained
by weather bureau officials who
said a "cold front" moved in
about that time, the colder air
coming in stirring up the at
mosphere. New Year's day mean tem
perature was seven above nor
mal, the winter day being a
mild one despite the wind and
rain.
Storm Damage in Valley
The Portland General Electrie
company reported scattered
storm damage all over the Wil
lamette valley division. Man
ager Fred Slarrett said no seri
ous damage occurred, but a re
pair crew was kept busy
throughout the night, and work
ed about 12 hours before being
relieved.
(Concluded on Page 11, Column 4)
65 Mile Gales
Rip Northwest
(By Lhe AjAOciated Presj)
Highway crews took to the
arduous task of clearing Wash
ington and Oregon highways to
day after coastal regions of th
two northwest states were lash
ed yesterday by a high wind that
reached a peak of 65 miles an
hour at Tatoosh island and 58
miles an hour at Astoria, Ore.
The blasts brought a deluge
of rain that turned to snow in
the mountain regions, halted
shipping and ferry services at
the mouth of the Columbia riv
er, disrupted power service
throughout western Oregon and
left highways clogged with felled
trees.
The Great Northern railway'!
Empire Builder No. 2 train was
delayed several hours after it
struck a small earth slide 12
miles south of Everett yesterday.
The front pair of engine trucks
was derailed but no injuries re
sulted. The highway from Tillamook
lo Otis was closed by trees in
Oregon; one-way traffic was en
forced along lhe Coast highway
near Cannon Beach.
The Astoria-Mcglcr ferry ser
vice was halted and ships re
fused to attempt to negotiate en
trance and exit to the Columbia
river.
Falling branches cut telephone
service to Salem and Astoria for
two and one hours respectively.
Highways at Snoqualmie Pass
and Mount Rainier were block
ed by snow, cutting short the
year's initial ski trips of many
persons.
Residents of Tacoma and vi
cinity were treated to the rare
spectacle of a 20-minute Janu
ary lightning storm beginning
about 12:10 a.m. today. It was
followed by very heavy hail and
a deluge of rain:
Ontario Loads Car
Ontario, Ore., Jan. 2 U.F!l A
freight car will be loaded with
wheat, food and clothing here
this week-end as the area's con
tribution to the northwest
Friendship Ship.
J