7 Coast Service
Permit Granted
East Bus Lines
Will Operate to
North Coastal Points
From Salem
G apital k Journal
Berlin Blockade
All of Shanghai
Taken Oyer by
Chinese Reds
Last Nationalist
Hold-outs Surrender
Good Order Prevails
Again in Effect
Through Strike
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61st Year, No. 126
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Salem, Oregon, Friday, May 27, 1949 (18 Pages) i
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By STEPHEN A. STONE
An order of the state public
utilities commission, announced
Friday, frants to Boy M. East a
permit to extend his coast bus
service along the route between
Wallace Bridge and Salem.
The operation will enable pas
sengers to go directly without
change of vehicle from Salem to
the Tillamook county beaches,
es.
Although the route from Sa
lem to Wallace Bridge will coin
cide with part of the route of
Pacific Coast Lines, which
Wednesday began operations be
tween Salem and Newport, the
PUC order says the two will not
be in conflict.
This finding is based on the
fact that Pacific Coast Lines will
give direct service to the south
beaches and the East lines to the
north beaches.
From Greyhound Station
In Salem East will operate out
of the Grevhound station, while
Pacific Coast Lines operates out
of the Continental pacliic iTau
ways station.
East for some time has been
operating between McMinnville,
Valley Junction, Hebo, Clover
dale, Pacific City and Tillamook
and serving all Intermediate
points. He acquired the rights
from the Oregon Motor Stages
in February, 1948.
His present service is coor
dinated at Tillamook with sched
ules of Oregon Motor Stages
for points north from there, and
at Valley Junction with Pacific
Greyhound lines for points south
from there, and at McMinnville
with Pacific Greyhound and Ore
gon Motor Stages from points
east, north and soutn.
To Lease Greyhounds
East's original application in
the present case asked for a per
mit for operation between Salem
and Newport But at the hear
ing it was amended to cover only
the route between Salem and
Wallace Bridge.
East has been using a 25-pai-senger
Flexible bus and 15-pas-senger
Chevrolet, but has com
mitments from Pacific Grey
hound lines and Oregon Motor
Stages to lease any equipment
required.
(Concluded on Ft 5, Column I)
Harris Thought
Drowned in Lake
Bend, May 27 CUB Joseph E.
Harris. 45. Stayton, Ore., is be
lieved by state police to have
lost his life in Sutue laxe, on
the Santiam highway, Thursday
afternoon when the boat from
which he and his wife were lish-
lng was overturned by high
waves.
The boat overturned about
1:30 and Mr. and Mrs. Harris,
wearing belt-type life preserv
ers, were thrown into the water.
Mrs. Harris clung to the boat
and called to her husband, but
received no response.
. Later, Mrs. Harris saw her
husband, upright in his life
preserver, drifting toward the
center of the lake, she said. She
was in the Icy water for more
than four hours before she was
rescued by fishermen.
She said that her husband suf
fered from a heart condition.
Search for the missing angler
continued last night until dark,
under supervision of state po
lice without avail, and was con
tinued this morning.
Ronald Harris of Idanha,
brother of the missing man,
called Denver Young, Marion
county sheriff, in Salem this
morning in an attempt to find a
bloodhound to track down the
missing man. Harris believes his
brother may have reached shore
while still alive and is some
where in the woods now.
The missing man is owner of
the Harris machine shop and a
member of the fire department
In Stayton. He has several chil
dren.
Ford Peace Offer
Rejected by Union
Detroit, May 27 A com
pany peace bid to settle the 13
day Ford strike was rejected to
day by the ClO-United Auto
workers.
Ford's proposal covered arbl
tration or worn standards on
disputed assembly lines In two
struck plants.
It was concerned only with
whether work standards Impair
the "health or safety" of em
ployes, in line with the Ford
UAW contract
The union has Insisted that
the powers of the arbitrator be
v limited to whether the company
has the right to work employes
in excess of 100 per cent of "nor
mal work standards."
Wharton Raps
Both Newbry
And Pearson
By JAMES D. OLSON
Tax Commissioner Wallace S.
Wharton, who was ousted from
office by Secretary of State Earl
T. Newbry and State Treasurer
Walter J. Pearson rebuked the
two officials for Indulging in
partisan politics.
Writing his final bulletin Fri
day to county assessors in the
state Commissioner Wharton re
viewed the action of the major
ity members of the board of con
trol on May 16 when Wharton
and Commissioner Earl L. Fish
er were ousted over the protest
of Governor McKay.
Sound Principals Needed
"This country and this state
function under the sound prin
ciple, established by the Found
ing Fathers, that government
should be under the control of
law, instead of according to the
whimsey or avarice of persons
occupying positions of power
and trust" his bulletin read.
"Thus, and only thusly, are
all citizens and residents assur
ed of equal rights and fair treat
ment," he continued.
Fair and impartial adminis
tration of the law on assessment
and taxation of property in Ore
gon, Wharton declared, is bigger
than, and must rise above per
sonal and partisan politics.
"This is especially true in the
equalization of assessed valua
tion of taxable property and the
task of getting all taxable prop
erty on the assessment and tax
rolls." .
Educational Campaign
Wharton has been in charge
of the assessment and taxation
division for the commission and
in this position has carried an
educational campaign with
county assessors including train
ing courses in every area and
issuance of monthly bulletins
containing information of inter
est to the county officials.
Wharton told the assessors
that due to the protection of
civil service the trained and ex
perienced technical experts of
the Assessment and Taxation di
vision will continue to be avail
able to assessors and tax col
lectors needing counsel and as
sistance. In closing Wharton expressed
appreciation for the support giv
en his program by the county of
ficials and their staffs. He will
leave his post on June 4 to be
succeeded by Col. Robert Mac
Lean of Lincoln county.
Find Shotgun
In Reuther Case
Detroit, May 27 VP) The
shotgun used in an attempt on
the life of Victor Reuther, auto
union official, provided the
newest clue today in police ef
forts to track down his assail
ant. The gun was found at Reu
ther's home Tuesday night un
der the window through which
the double-barrelled blast was
fired. The shot cost Reuther his
right eye.
Today the weapon was flown
in a special state police plane
to Chicopee Falls, Mass., for
study by its manufacturers, the
Stevens Arms Co.
Jack Harvill. chief of Detroit
detectives, said that telephone
conversations with- Stevens of
ficials established that the gun
was one of only 2,000 of that
model manufactured Just last
February.
Police said they were hope
ful company distribution infor
mation may lead them to learn
where the gun was sold.
While police studied the thin
clues to the shooting Reuther
remained under medical care
in a hospital. '
Morse Outlines Attitude
On Columbia Valley Plans
Senator Morse (R-, Ore.), filed today with the house public
works committee a statement elaborating upon his position on Co
lumbia Valley development plans.
He said his approval of the army engineers-reclamation bureau
plan for a $3,000,000,000 development of the Columbia basin does
not "imply that these projects'
when completed would not be
administered and operated
through some regional authority
such as some form of a Colum
bia Valley administration.
"It seems to me that too many
people are losing sight of the
fact that the immediate and pri
mary need of the Pacific north
west is to proceed as rapidly as
possible with the completion of
the wealth-creating projects
which are included within the
Columbia river basin and Wil
lamette river basin plan which
Is pending before the commit
tee .. .
Eugene Blaze
Burns $250,000
Lumber Plant
Eugene, May 27 W) One of
worst fires in Eugene's history
completely destroyed the $250,
000 Long Bell Lumber Co.
wholesale and retail yard in the
northeast section of town this
morning.
The entire Eugene fire crew
and volunteers fought the blaze
for over five hours while the
Springfield crew stood by for
emergency use.
Started In Empty Factory
The fire is said to have start
ed in an empty excelsior man
ufacturing plant owned by the
state and the flames Jumped
across a railroad spur into the
lumber yard. City police have
two suspects in custody who are
thought to have been sleeping
in the empty plant at the time
the fire started, a police official
said.
The area destroyed covered a
city block right In the heart of
the industrial district. Firemen
succeeded in preventing the
flames from spreading to an
other lumber yard equally as
large alongside Long Bell. Ashes
from the fire covered city streets
within a one-mile radius of the
blaze. Flames and smoke soared
several thousand feet into the
air and was visible for 15 miles.
Electric Lines Damaged
Oregon Electric estimated that
several thousand dollars dam
age may have been done to their
electrical lines and installations
close by.
Hundreds of persons on their
way to work stopped to watch
the spectacle but police had lit
tle difficulty controlling the
crowd. Traffic was lined up
for several miles. Company of
ficials said that the lumber
yard was fully covered by in
surance and that it will be re
placed but probably not at the
same site.
(Concluded on Pare 5, Column 4)
TVA Urged
By Magnuson
Washington, May 27 VP)
Senator Magnuson (D-Wash)
told a senate committee today
the proposed Columbia valley
administration in the Pacific
northwest "will provide the
tools for doing a better Job" of
developing the river basin.
Magnuson Introduced the ad
ministration's CVA measure in
the senate a day after Senator
Cain (R-Wash) introduced an
identical bill. Cain is a member
of the public works committee,
considering the proposal.
The measure provides for the
Columbia valley administration
to have complete control of de
veloping the Columbia basin in
Oregon, Was h i n g t o n , Idaho,
Montana, Wyoming, Nevada and
Utah. Little of it is in the last
three states.
Magnuson was the first wit
ness at a hearing that he and
other northwest senators and
representatives have demanded
be complete and extensive with
sessions here and in the basin
area.
Turkish Mobs Riot
Against Greeks
Istanbul, Turkey, May 27 VP)
Turkish mobs battled the police
in the mid-town European sec
tion of Istanbul yesterday in anti-Greek
demonstrations.
It was the worst outburst of
feeling against Greece in a quar
ter century, and it flared with
out warning. It apparently was
sparked off by defeat of a Turk
ish soccer term in Mediterrane
an competition at Athena
Greece, on Friday,
"So far as I am concerned,
differences of opinion as to how
they shall be administered when
completed are of secondary im
portance . . .
"I have not reached any final
conclusion as to whether the
projects should be administered
through some form of a CVA or
some type of an interstate com
pact, or by a suggested North
west Development Corp. Oper
ating under a federal charter,
or by a federal-state coordinat
ing board, or by any one of the
many other suggestions that are
being advanced."
L '' ' I i i- ' n ' X flrl
Big Enough for Housekeeping Loretta Sizemore, 345 Hick
ory street, who is five feet and three inches in height stands
comfortably in a 72-inch section of pipe now being manufac
tured in Salem by the Seattle Concrete Pipe company for use
in an interceptor sewer to extend from the river to Church
and Union streets. Each section contains three yards of con
crete, is reinforced with 300 pounds of wire mesh and weighs
six tons. Three pipe sizes, 72, 66 and 60 inch are being manu
factured for the line approximately 11,000 feet in length.
Laying to a depth of 27 feet will begin sometime in June.
Removal of Bottleneck in
Hollywood Urged in Plan
A way to remove the Hollywood bottleneck, in the process of
improving Salem street traffic,
planning commission. The plan,
gineer, is shown in the accompanying map.
The plan would create a new street through the district for one-
wav
northbound traffic, wnue
the present North Capitol street
would be for one-way south
bound traffic. Certain streets
would be closed and the space
used for off-street parking.
The following description of
the plan by Engineer McClure,
and a look at the map, fully ex
plain the plan: "North Capitol
street between Madison street
and Portland road is now one of
the worst traffic bottlenecks in
the city. Parking space is lim
ited. The narrow twisting road
way does not permit a smooth
flow of traffic. The five-way
junction of Fairgrounds.- road,
Myrtle street PortlancT road,
Tile road and Capitol street
adds to the confusion of traffic
movement I
"The accompanying illustra
tion shows a possible develop
ment that would solve1 the traf-
fice movement through that
area and at the same time pro
vide ample space for the ulti
mate rebuilding and the expan
sion of the North Salem business
area.
(Continued on Page s. Column 1)
Strawberry
Pickers Needed
With more and more straw
berry patches reaching the stage
where harvest is necessary, ad
ditional pickers are needed, re
ported the Salem office of the
state employment service Fri
day. Ninety-five pickers were
placed early in the day and sev
eral more could have found em
ployment had they been avail
able. The need for pickers, es
pecially boys and girls of Junior
and senior high school age, is
expected to increase and the
employment office points out
that the three day holiday from
Saturday through Monday will
present many young folk with
an opportunity to earn several
dollars.
Cooler weather has slackened
the ripening process to some
extent but in most instances the
fruit is of large size.
'Drive-outs" can be placed to
advantage if those wishing to
provide their own transportation
will call the employment office.
Railway Express
Clerks Get Raise
New York, May 27 VP) The
Railway Express Agency and
the AFL Brotherhood of Railway
and Steamship Clerks have sign
ed an agreement under which
about 50,000 employes get pay
boosts and shorter hours.
The national agreement, sign
ed yesterday, provides an in
crease of seven cents an hour
retroactive to last Oct. 1. This
boosts the average wage to about
$1.40 an hour.
The agency said a cut in the
work week from 44 to 40 hours
next Sept 1 will be equivalent
to a 10 percent wage increase,
A presidential board, which
was appointed during a recent
two-month work stoppage In the
New York area, recommended
the terms of the agreement
is suggested by the long-range
designed by C. A. McClure, en
Cancer Fund
Boxes Stolen
Nominated for meanest trick
of the year is theft of seven coin
collection boxes which were sta
tioned in Marion county places
of business to raise money for
the American Cancer society
fund drive.
There's no way of determin
ing whether the same culprit
took all of them or several per
sons were involved, Robert M.
Fischer, Jr., campaign chair
man, said. How much their con
tents in small change would have
added to the county's quota
also unknown.
Two cancer coin boxes at the
Portland General Electric office
netted $33.65 for the drive. Oth
ers averaged around $3.
With only a few returns yet
to be made from outlying towns,
contributions to the cancer re
search and educational fund
campaign now total $1978.50.
One of the largest donations
reported this week is $22 from
the Mill City Woman's club,
through Mrs. Mildred L. Allen.
British Court
Frees Eisler
London, May 27 VP) Britain
refused today to send Gerheart
Eisler back to the United States
to serve out two prison sentenc
es he drew during investigation
of his communist activities here.
Bow street magistrate's court
rejected the American demand
that Eisler be extradited. That
left Eisler called America's No.
1 communist agent by a congres
sional committee free to go on
to the Soviet zone of Germany
permanently out of American
grasp.
The squat, mild-appearing lit
tle man, about whom had whirl
ed an International tempest,
heard the Judgment stolidly at
first. He solemnly shook hands
with the pollcement who had
guarded him. But when the court
was dismissed and he was a free
man, he broke Into a Jubilant
smile.
'I wasn't worried." he said. "I
feel fine.
"I am going to Germany as
quickly as possible. I am very
glad the American reactionaries
have been defeated and I hope
they will be defeated many more
times."
Eisler has been offered a pro
fessorship In the University of
Leipzig, in the Soviet zone of
Germany. Presumably that is
where he Is going.
Washington, May 27 'At
torney General Tom Clark said
today the United States has not
given up on Its efforts to get
communist Gerhart Eisler back
from England to serve his pri
son sentences.
Truman on the Potomae
Washington, May 27 (Pres
ident Truman will spend the
week-end cruising on the Poto-
mae river and Chesapeaka bay.
City Sewer Pipe
Rapidly Made
Reinforced concrete sewer
pipe 72, 66 and 60 inches in di
ameter is now being manufac
tured at the rate of 12 six-foot
sections daily by the Seattle
Concrete Pipe company at their
plant on the North River road
and Harold Davis, city engineer,
states that laying approximate
ly 11,000 feet of this pipe for
an interceptor sewer will begin
sometime in June.
Each section of pipe with an
inside diameter of 72 inches and
of the same length contains 300
pounds of wire mesh for rein
forcing. Weight of each section
in this size is six tons, the con
crete content being approxi
mately three yards.
Each section of manufactured
pipe is steam cured for three
four hours and receives a
water spray over a ten day peri
od to control the drying and
curing process. Ten men are
now employed at the pipe plant
Engineer Davis says special
machinery is now being assem
bled in the city shop for the
purpose of handling and placing
the heavy pipe in the sewer
starting at the river on the site
of the future sewage disposal
plant and terminating at the in
tersection of Church and Union
streets at the top end. At some
points along course of this inter
ceptor sewer the pipe will be
laid to a depth of 27 feet. When
the sewage disposal plant is ulti
mately built waste carried by
this line will be by-passed into
the plant for sanitary processing.
Independence Bridge
Approach Meeting
Members of the Marion coun
ty court will conduct a meeting
at the Independence bridge site
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
daylight saving time in regard
to the building of a bridge ap
proach. County Judge Grant Murphy
received a phone call Friday
morning, requesting the court to
hold the meeting. Interested per
sons of that community will be
on hand to air their views.
An emergency regarding the
bridge approach arose two days
ago when the contractors build
ing the span said that an ap
proach would have to be built
immediately in order to allow
them to haul heavy equipment
and supplies onto the bridge
during construction.
Rita Hayworth Becomes
Bride of Indian Prince
Vallauris, France, May 27 Ml Radiant Rita Hayworth of the
movies became the princess bride of Aly Kahn today in a cere
mony performed by this town's communist mayor. It was a town
hall ceremony spangled with some of Hollywood's tinsel and the
riches of the East.
The rernmnnv climaxed a 10-4
month rniirthinnm. p.UoH it
road-show romance for Rita
31, and the 38-ycar-old heir to
millions. She has been a Roman
Catholic; he is a Moslem.
Cheered by 500 villagers, the
couple drove slowly away in a
grey Cadillac convertible A re
ception heavy with lobsters and
champagne awaited at the Cha
teau de L Horizon the prince s
house, where he wanted to hold
the wedding. (The French gov
ernment said no).
Rita, who used to be Mar
garet Caniino of Brooklyn, wore
big picture hat of blue and a
blue, Paris-designed gown that
came down to the calves of the
legs that helped make her fa
mous in the movies.
The Aly Kahn, forsaking his
sports plaids for the day, wore
striped trousers, a double-breasted
black Jacket, white shirt and
gray tie.
Mayor Paul Derlgon wort a
dark serve suit enlivened by the
No Railroad Wheel
Moves and Freight
Yards Glutted
Berlin, May 27 VrV-The full
Impact of the Berlin rail strike,
making a gigantic mess of trans
port, struck groggy Berliners in
the breadbasket today.
Here is the situation as of
now:
1. Not one railroad wheel
moved from west Germany to
ward Berlin and the city's
freight yards are a vast grave
yard of stalled cars.
2. The western sectors began
to dip into their backlog of three
weeks food supply maintained
by the allied airlift, once again
the chief source of supply for the
harried city. The airlift never
stopped after the lifting of the
Russian blockade. The western
allies were waiting to see what
happened, and the 8,000 tons a
day coming in now showed the
decision was wise.
3. Western Berlin's mayor.
Ernst Reuter, called in his dis
trict sub-mayors for a special
conference.
Held German Matter
4. The western allies insisted
that the bitter stand-off between
the independent rail workers
union and the Soviet-controlled
management was a German mat
ter. They refused to do anything
which would look like strike
breaking.
The Russians said nothing.
This was an Impasse for the
west which appeared worse than
any the Russians may have
dreamed up when they imposed
the blockade last June.
The Reichsbahn the Soviet-
controlled elevated rail manage
ment notified the allies of the
west it was sending in repair
crews.
(Concladed on Page 5, Column 7)
Ousted Profs
Again Protest
Corvallis, May 27 VP) Two
ousted professors protested
again yesterday, and in turn
underwent some severe ques
tioning from a student audience
Th two, Dr. Ralph Spitzer,
associate professor of chemis
try, and L. R. La Vallee, assis
tant professor of economics at
Oregon State college, asserted
academic freedom was endan
gered.
Spitzer urged the audience of
300, mostly students, to "refuse
to allow campuses to become
rubber stamps of orthodoxy."
He added that Dr. A. L. Strand,
president of O. S. C, was a vic
tim of the cold war.
The meeting was called by the
Young Progressives organiza
tion. Strand sat through the
hour-long session without taking
part. Later he commented:
"The fact that the college pro
vided a hall for them to attack
me and the institution and paid
the cost of the set-up and the
loud speaker should be good
evidence that no one is being
denied academic freedom on this
campus."
In a question period following
the main speech, a student ask
ed Spitzer whether he was a
member of the communist
party. Spitzer refused to say. He
declared that no one has the
right to question a man's poli
tical or religious beliefs. A man
should be Judged on his actions
and not on the basis of mem
bership in any organization, he
said.
i incoiorea sasn DeioKening nis
trlcolored
office.
The simple civil ceremony-
the couple answered "oui" to
questions was over only eight
minutes after the couple ar
rived, Rita In the big converti
ble and Aly by a back door.
The ceremony was at 11:16
a.m. (2:16 a.m. PST) and they
left the town hall at 11:32 a m
It was a double ring ceremony
Then they got their wedding
certificate, and emerged into a
shower of rice. Rita was carry
ing two bunches of flowers. She
hsd taken orange blossoms into
the town hall and the mayor
presented her with a bouquet
of white roses.
Rome, May 27 nji Ritu Hay
worth's marriage to Moslem
Prince Aly Kahn is "illicit In the
eyes of the (Catholic) church"
and any children she may bear
him will be "conceived In sin"
as far as the Holy See is con
cerned, a high Vatican source
said today.
Shanghai. May 27 (111-The
Red blanket of communism qui
etly enveloped all of Shanghai
today. The gunfire ceased, ine
last nationalist holdouts surren
dered. Veteran troopers peace
fully carried Red rule Into tho
northern part of the world's
fourth largest city.
The communist occupation
was complete three days after it
began. Red political officers be
gan taking over the government
of the greatest Asian commerc
ial center and its 6,000,000 peo
ple.
The nationalist garrison of
Woosung fortress folded up. The
government evacuation fleet
pulled out, down the Yangtze
and into the east China sea.
Troops Left Behind
The ships left behind the
nationalist troops who had fail
ed to make the 10-mile north
ward march down the Whang
poo river escape corridor from
Shanghai to Woosung. How
many only the Reds would know
after they had rounded them up.
The sharp but minor fight
ing for Shanghai really was over
last night. But not until today
did the handful of nationalist
rear guards who made the fi
nal, mad stand in the heart of
the city make up their minda
to quit.
The nationalists stayed as
long as they did because they
were afraid to quit.
It was the foreigners trapped
in the buildings with them who
finally persuaded the last of
them to give up.
Casualties Unknown
Communist troops came and
got them this morning. And the
thousands of suddenly freed civ
ilians Chinese and foreign
burst out into what had been
a no-man's land for 50 danger
ous hours.
The number of casualties in
the fighting that made a battle
ground out of such thorough
fares as the Bund and Peking
road was not known.
Some sources put the civilian
dead and wounded at less than
200 practically all Chinese.
Chinese newspapers said the
toll was "several hundred," most
of them nationalist soldiers.
The surrender of the last
Soochow creek defenders those
holed up in the 17-story Broad
way Mansions and the seven
story embankment building
were amazing affairs.
In Broadway Mansions, ar
rangements were made by Hen
ry Topper, an Austrian with the
international refugee organiza
tion, with the aid of my wife,
Margaret.
By telephone calls through
Chinese interpreters they fin
ally talked the handful of na
tionalist machine gunners in the
building into giving up.
'we had to convince tnem
their officers had quit," Top
per said.
Starr Cannery
Closed Down
The Salem plant of the Starr
Fruit Products company, locat
ed at South Church and Mill
streets, has been closed down.
It was reported here that the
company's plants in Portland
and Yakima were also closed.
Glenn Lengren, Salem mana
ger for the company, would
make no statement as to the rea
son for the closure or its possi
ble duration.
It was understood definitely.
however, that the plant would
not operate in strawberries, and
that there was uncertainty
about cane berry operations
later. Included among rumors
was that strawberry contracts
had been taken over by other
canning concerns.
The Starr company is headed
by R. E. McCuughern of Port
land, and headquarters are in
that city. The company estab
lished in Salem 27 years ago .
and has held an Important place
In the Salem canning industry
since that time. Lengren has
been with the company during
the entire period.
During the peak of the season
the company has employed
about 200 workers.
THE WEATHER
(Released by United States
Weather Bureau!
ForecaM for Salem and Vicin
ity: Partly cloudy tonight. Most
ly cloudy with widely scattered
showers, Saturday. Little change
In temperature. Lowest temper
ature expected tonight, 47 de
grees; hlnhest Saturday. 75. Con
dttlorut will be mostly favorable
for (arm work Saturday. Maxi
mum yesterday 74. Minimum to
day 46. Mean temperature yes
terday 00 which waa 2 abore
normal. Total 24-hour precipita
tion to 11:30 am today 0 Total
precipitation lor the month 2.07
Inches which Is 2ft of an inch
above normal. Willamette river
height at Salem Friday morning
H feet.