Pearson Asserts
McKay Has CVA
Utility Viewpoint
Treasurer Says
Governor Can't Speak
For People of Oregon
Washington, June 23 VP)
Walter Pearson, Oregon state
treasurer, a democrat, told the
senate committee hearing on the
Columbia valley administration
proposal that Oregon Governor
Douglas McKay who will testify
against the CVA bill tomorrow
"represents the utility view
point" and cannot speak for the
people of Oregon. Pearson said
they favor the CVA.
Pearson said he and Flegel
"represent the forward seeing
people of our state and McKay
will find it out at the next elec
tion." McKay is a republican.
Senator Chavez (D-NH),
chairman of the committee
stopped Pe a r s o n ' s testimony
along that line. He told him the
committee is interested in his
r view on the proposed CVA legis
lation, not in state politics.
Tompkins Testifies
Morton Tompkins, master of
the Oregon State Grange, un
derwent close cross examination
by senators who demanded fre
quently that he produce evi
dence to support his testimony.
Tompkins said he represented
32,000 farmers in Oregon who
"favor creation of the CVA to
promote a more coordinated
program of development of the
Columbia river basin in the se
ven northwest states.
He said the Pacific Northwest
Development association is a
"private utility subsidized front
organization."
"The CVA bill," Tompkins
said, "should be judged by its
own provisions, not by the
smoke screen of half - truths,
distortions and innuendoes that
have been launched against it."
Rebuked for Half Truths
Senator Kerr (D-Okla) insist
ed he give the committee exam
ples of the "half truths, distor
tions and innuendoes." Tomp
kins said he could not do it but
would send the information to
the committee later.
He told the committee that in
terests opposing the bill are try
ing to scare the farmers by tell
ing them they will lose their
water rights under the CVA.
. In answer to questioning by
f Senator Cain (R-Wash) Tomp
kins insisted his work is not con
nected with lobbying.
He said newspapers in Oregon
oppose CVA generally and that
only one large newspaper fav
ors it. He did not name it.
Flegel for Measure
Earlier witnesses from the
basin area favoring a CVA had
continued presentation of their
testimony lor the measure to
both the senate and house pub
lic works committees, consider
ing identical measures. Nine are
here to be heard.
Yesterday Austin F. Flegel, an
Oregon state senator and one of
the nine, testified to the senate
group that representatives of
the Pacific Northwest Develop
ment association are drumming
up opposition to the CVA.
Flegel, war time president of
the Willamette Iron and Steel
company, Portland, Ore., testi
fied yesterday:
"Every meeting or convention
is being solicited to adopt reso
lutions adverse to the CVA by
representatives of the Pacific
Northwest Development associ
ation. ' ,
First Aid Saves
Harvester
Promptly applied first aid Is
. credited with saving the life of
Jack Kortzeborn, 18, 1130 N.
Cottage, who was rushed to the
Salem Memorial hospital by
first aid car at mid-morning
Thursday where a battle was
staged in the resuscitator to
keep him alive.
Kortzeborn, a pre-m e d i c a 1
student at Walla Walla college,
''Walla Walla, Wash., collapsed
while assisting in moving baled
hay at the Robert En-ion farm
directly across the Salem-Dallas
highway from the Oak Knoll
golf course this morning. He
was stricken about an hour af
ter he started work.
Mrs. Errion immediately start
ed artificial respiration and con
tinued until the first aid car ar
rived. Capt. Art Bloom contin
ued the application and also
called into service the resuscita
tor equipment carried. Though
young Kortzeborn apparently
was "gone" several times, the
efforts were continued until the
hospital was reached and he was
placed under care of Dr. E. V.
Fortmiller.
This is the second time with
in two days that the first aid
car is credited with prolonging
life until after the victim of an
attack had reached a hospital.
Late Tuesday Winfred Clarke,
manager of the state liquor store,
collapsed on the way home un
St similar conditions but died
a few hours later at the hospi-UL
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Senate Rejects
Morse Proposal
On Labor Bill
Washington, June 23 VP) The
senate today rejected 77 to 9 the
plan of Senator Morse (R., Ore.),
to have congress deal with na
tional emergency strikes on a
case-by-case basis;
The action amounted to an
other tactical victory for the
supporters of the Taft-Hartley
law provision which lets the
government get injunctions
against critical strikes though
not all who voted against the
Morse plan favor injunctions.
Both sides are predicting that
the still-to-come vote on the in
junction issue itself will be very
close.
Injunction Plan Wins
Backers of the Injunction won
a pair of preliminary victories
late yesterday when the senate
soundly defeated two other
plans for dealing with strikes
which threaten the national wel
fare.
But the senators in that pro-
injunction group said they are
keeping their fingers crossed.
And those opposed to the in
junction method declared they
still are in the running.
Senate Democratic Leader Lu
cas (111.), one of those against
the Taft-Hartley provision, put
it this way:
"The vote is going to be very
close, and I think we have a
chance to beat the injunction."
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 8)
Reds Torture
Two Bishops
Vatican City, June 23 iP) A
Vatican source said today that
two leading bishops of the out
lawed Uniate church in Ro
mania have been put to torture
by communist officials in an
effort to break their allegiance
to Pope Pius XII.
The Uniate church is a Ro
man branch of the Roman Cath
olic faith. It was dissolved by
ina uomanian government last
December.
The source said the commun
ist regime in Romania is bent
upon "wiping out the two
branches of the Roman Catholic
faith there, from the ground up,
and with the use of every means
of terror, oppression and pres
sure." This Vatican informant said
the communists demanded the
Uniate church leaders return to
the Orthodox Romanian faith.
Six bishops refused. They were
lead by Monsignor Ion Suciu,
papal representative of the met
ropolitan see of Fagaras and
Albia Julia, this source said.
Swimming Pool
Closed by Strike
Younestown. O.. June 23 tin
Racial conflict fnmpH th find
ing of one of Youngstown's six
cuy-operatea swimming pools
late yesterday. But park com
mission members said nil nf fh
pools will be placed in opera
tion again today.
Nathaniel C. Lee, Negro,
member of the rommnnfiv Mix
tions committee of the National
Association for Advancement of
Colored People, and his three
children entered the
pool. A few moments later most
oi a group of 1000 other swim
mers milled around and threat
ened the father and his children.
Lee was warned, police re
ported, to leave Or ' 'cP Vnirr
children drowned "
Bruce Hamm, manager of the
pooi, canea police and, acting
on orders of the park commis
sion, closed the pool for the day.
Truman Signs Bill to Pay
Payless Federal Employes
Washington. June 23 (IP) Presld ent Truman Inrtav
$862,563,000 appropriation bill
" ".Hu,ruy payiess leoerai employes. It also makes $5,400,000
available for rebuilding or repairing the White House.
The bill is what is known as a deficiency measure. It supplies
money for agencies which al-
ready have exhausted their reg
ular appropriations for the pres
ent fiscal year which closes with
the end of this month.
Several agencies are in that
fix and have been unable to pay
employes. One reason is that
congress voted a pay raise for
government workers ifier mak
ing an appropriation based on
the old pay scale.
With just a week to go be
fore their 1949 money runs out.
every agency and department
of government except congress
itself is still awaiting passage
of its appropriations bill for the
comlng 12 months.
G apital Jour nal
"2S2XS?J!S. Salem,
Scientist Warns
'Fiascos' Likely
At Atomic Plant
Washington, June 23 VP) A
congressional committee today
heard a scientist's warning of
"fiascos" at the Hanford Pluto
nium plant and criticism of the
atomic energy commission for
lack of "business sense."
The scientist was Dr. C. W. J.
Wende, former director of pile
(atomic furnace) technology at
Hanford who resigned last Mar.
28 from his position with Gen
eral Electric company.
His letter of resignation con
taining the warnings was read
to the joint senate-house atomic
committee today by Senator
Hickenlooper (R-I o w a ) , who
has charged the AEC with "in
credible mismanagement."
Turns to Wende Case
Putting aside earlier plans to
discuss AEC operations at Los
Alamos, N.M., and Oak Ridge,
Tenn., Hickenlooper turned to
the Wenr.e case. He called Wen
de one of the "most highly able
scientists in his line" in the
country. He added that Wende
now is reported on a camping
trip in the west and he had been
unable to talk to him person
ally. In his letter of resignation to
Dr. A. B. Greninger, manager of
the GE technical division at
Hanford, Wende recalled that
many of his fears of the Hanford
operation had been expressed in
a letter of August 30, 1948. He
added:
"At that time, I felt that a
concerted tug at our boot straps
might do some real good, and
asked to be put on a special as
signment to develop a pile pro
gram for Hanford, in the hope
that one nucleus might start a
crystalization process which ul
timately would bring some sem
blance of order into the amor
phous complex of our relations
with the commission. This mis
sion vas abortive . . ."
Wende's Statement
In the course of the assign
ment, he continued, "I became
convinced that one of the prima
ry shortcomings of the commis
sion set-up is that nowhere in it
is there a hard knot of practical
business sense of the kind that
can effectively manage a pro
gram of industrial development.
Such know-how appears to be
alien to governmental agencies,
and must of necessity come from
industry. . ."
He said the difficulty at Han
ford at the time he submitted
his resignation, "and the worse
ones which are bound to follow
it, are clearly the outcome of a
lack of direction which lets us
get over extended."
At another point he told Gre
ninger that "it takes little fore
sight to see that the present drift
will lead to fiascos which will
far overshadow the current bud
getary crisis."
Dulles Sees Conflict
Behind Iron Curtain
New York, June 23 VP) John
Foster Dulles said yesterday
that "events may be shaping up
to a new and intense struecle"
within the Soviet Union and the
satellite countries.
In a statement issued at the
Manhattan headauartera nf the
U. S. delegation to the United
nation, Dulles said:
"Soviet leadership is having
to contend with nroblems in the
satellite countries where there
is steadily growing revolt
against the extreme intolerance
of Soviet communism."
The republican foreign policy
advsier to secretary of state
Dean Acheson said that in
Czechoslovakia, Hungary and
Poland "the people will not will
ingly accept rigorous conform
ity to a pattern of life made for
them in Moscow."
supplying money for thousands
Many of the bills may be pried
loose before the new fiscal year
starts July 1. If they aren't, the
agencies Involved will be money
less unless stop-gap measures
are passed at they have been
in past years.
All me departmental money
measures have passed the house,
which set a speed record this
year by getting the last regular
appropriation bill out of the way
on June 9. That bill, which
carries the congressional bud
get, is the only one that has
reached tht Whit House.
Oregon, Thursday, June
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Airliner Crashes All 43 passengers and crew members
aboard this American Airlines plane escaped with their lives
when the airliner crashed shortly after take-off from the
Municipal airport at Memphis, Tenn. The pilot, Ed Hatch,
avoided a major air disaster by shooting the plane under
the high-tension wires shown at the left. Pole and telephone
cable (above) were downed as the plane ground to a stop.
None of the passengers were killed and only three persons
were injured seriously. (Acme Telephoto)
Steps Taken to Prepare
For Polio Emergency
By MARIAN LOWRY FISCHER
Preparatory steps to be ready for action in an emergency, should
a polio outbreak occur in the Salem area, have been taken by the
medical and health groups here and by the Marion county chapter
of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, it was reported
Thursday by officials of the interested groups.
News dispatches lately have
told of several outbreaks
throughout the country, and
local authorities are at work to
marshal local resources to be
alerted should any emergency
arise here.
At a meeting of the Salem
Memorial hospital medical staff
last evening, Dr. Harold O.
Schneider, chief of staff, was
authorized to name a group of
doctors to work as a "team of
experts" or specialists working
together in caring for those
stricken by polio. Previously, an
emergency plan has been set up
by the health and IP Founda
tion chapter officials to give as
sistance with equipment, per
sonnel, and other help In case
of an emergency.
A symposium on polio featur
ed the hospital staff meeting last
evening, including reports by Dr.
Lewis D. Clark and Dr. Robert
F. Anderson who recently at
tended a conference for doctors
in Denver. Dr. Clark presented
statistics and new findings on
diagnosis, treatment and care,
and pointed out emphasis was
made at the conference to have
'teams of experts" to act in
times of emergency. Dr. Ander
son commented on the progress
made in treatment and spoke of
the treatment centers established
throughout the country, as well
as on research done on the sub
jects of treatment, rehabilitation
and physiotherapy. These two
doctors would be available to
work with local teams of experts,
it was stated. Dr. James Ha-
worth presented a digest of a re
cent article on polio.
(Continued on Page 5. Column 6)
Labor Favors
Reapportioning
Eugene, June 23 (IP) The AFL
intends to put on the 1950 bal
lot a proposal to reapportion the
state legislature.
A resolution passed at the an
nual state federation of labor
convention yesterday directed
the executive board to prepare
an initiative measure on reap
pnrtionment in time for the 1950
election.
The resolution protested that
the legislature had ignored a
provision in the state constitu
tion requiring reapportionment
according to population growth
after each census.
In other resolutions delegates
urged a shorter work day and
asked for measures to cut down
noise in offices and work plants.
A proposal for a statewide
AFL newspaper ran into trouble.
opponents asked where the
money would come to start the
paper. The matter was refer
red to the executive board for
study.
The executive board also got
for study a proposal to change
the primary election law so that
voters would not be bound by
party lines.
A peace proposal from dele
gates of the Salem Labor Coun
cil ran into troubled times. The
Salemitcs urged that the CIO be
invited to return to the AFL.
They also proposed that rnachln
ists, now Independent, be asked
to return, with their original
jurisdiction guaranteed.
The machinists left in a dis-
put over Jurisdictional rights
23, 1949
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Horseburger
Raids Still On
Portland, June 23 VP) Oper
ators of seven restaurants and
one retail market were accused
here today of selling horse meat
as hamburger.
The charges resulted from
yesterday's raid on the Salem
Meat company here in which po
lice seized a thousand pounds of
horse meat in crates labeled
"turkeys." They arrested three
men who were unloading the
crates from trucks.
Later the restaurant opera
tors, accused of buying horse
meat, were picked up. All were
small, little-known restaurants
Charged with serving unla
beled horse meat were: Leslie S.
Gedrose, Freighters cafe: Lee
and Lena Sharp, Keg cafe; V. D.
Boule, Virg s cafe; Hazel New-
hill, Hazel's cafe; K. C. Conley,
Bob's Coney Island; E. J. and
R. E. Pappenheim, Wiggle inn;
and A. L. and B. I. Plucard. All
were released on $100 bond.
L. L. Lee and H. Fong, Base
line super market, also were
charged with selling unlabeled
horse meat. They were released
Raise Pay of
House Clerks
Washington, June 23 VP)
President Truman today signed
a bill giving house members an
additional $3000 each for clerk
hire and $500 a year for tele
phone and telegraph messages.
In doing so he repeated that the
salaries of top government of
ficials should be raised.
The president said in a mes
sage to congress that he signed
the increased allowance meas
ure willingly because he be
lieves it is in the Interest of the
government and the people to
provide for the efficient conduct
of the public business.
But he indirectly" chided the
legislators for taking care of
themselves while ignoring offi
cials in the executive depart
ments and agencies who have
not had a raise in years.
"Important as it is for mem
bers of the congress to have
adequate clerical assistance," he
said, "it is at least of equal im
portance to have men of ability
in the key executive positions
of the government. The best
laws can be ruined by poor ad
ministration." House Group OK
Medal for Vaughn
Washington, June 23 VP)
A house subcommittee today
voted to let MaJ. Gen. Harry H.
Vaughan, President Truman's
military aide, accept a medal
from the Peron government of
Argentina.
The action, by an armed serv
ices subcommittee, was a rever
sal of a previous decision.
U.S. military and government
officials are not permitted by
law to accept gifts or decorations
from foreign governments with
out the approval of congress.
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Dutch Airliner
Crashes into Sea
Bari, Italy, June 23 VP) A
four-engined KLM (Royal Dutch
Airlines) plane crashed in the
sea off this southeastern Italian
port today, killing between 30
and 40 persons.
Americans, Dutch and Turks
were said to have been aboard.
Apparently there were no survi
vors. A Bar! port official said 24
bodies had been recovered, many
Dadly burned. These included 16
men, five women and three chil
dren, he said.
Recovery of other bodies be
lieved trapped in the wreckage
was hindered by choppy seas.
Italian navy divers and patrol
craft were aiding in the recovery
operations.
The plane crashed in bright.
clear weather. A light northwest
wind was blowing. Some ac
counts said the transport went
down in flames from a height of
about 15,000 feet.
KLM officials in Rome indicat
ed the plane may have been off
its course and possibly was try
ing for an emergency landing at
an airport near Ban. The plane
was en route from Batavia, Java,
to Amsterdam. Baggage and
other effects recovered indicated
at least some of the passengers
Doarded the aircraft in Batavia
Silence Wall
Around Beran
Prague, Czechoslovakia, June
23 VP) Catholic priests said to
day that Czechoslovakia's com
munist government apparently
has succeeded in clamping a wall
of silence around Archbishop
josei Beran.
The Archbishop is in semi
captivity now In his palace in
Prague. The informants said all
their contact with him had been
broken off since last week-end
Vatican informants and in
formed diplomatic sources here
expresed the belief Archbishop
ueran might be formally arrest
ed at any time.
The communist regime has
accused him of anti-state aeita-
tlon. Me has resisted the com
munists' campaign to bring the
cnurch under state control and
to crush the influence of the
Vatican in Czechoslovakia.
The diplomatic sources said
they thought It was onlv a Ques
tion of time until the communists
believed they had built up their
case against the Archbishop suf-
ncientiy to bring it to a show
down. i n e communists - SDonsnrert
Catholic action society leader-
snip defied Vatican excommuni
cation last night and accused
Beran and his followers of anti-
state activity.
Negro States $200 Offered
For Hiss' Old Typewriter
New York, June 23 (IP) A former handyman for Alger Hiss
testified today that the FBI offered him $200 for an old type
writer which the defense produced yesterday.
Raymond Catlett, 27, the Negro handyman who worked for
the Hisses In Washington, D. C, so piqued the prosecutor that
he began snouting questions un -
til defense counsel objected.
The prosecutor, assistant U. S
Attorney Thomas F. Murphy,
became annoyed with Catlett's
reference to what Murphy called
"This alleged $200 offer."
The battered old Woodstock
typewriter became a silent wit
ness for Hiss yesterday at his
perjury trial. Catlett and his
mother, who served the Hiss
family as a maid, related part of
the machine's history to bolster
Hiss' defense.
The prosecution charges an
old Woodstock was used by Mrs
Hiss In 19.17 and 193R to copy
state department documents for
transmission to Whlttaker Cham
bers. Chambers, courier for i
pre-war Soviet spy ring, charges
Governors for
Administration
Foreign Policies
McKay Honored by
Election to Conference
Executive Committee
Colorado Springs, Colo., June
23 if Governor Douglas Mc
Kay of Oregon today was nam
ed a member of the executive
committee of the Governors'
conference, as the 41st session
came to an end.
Besides McKay, the confer
ence named two other republi
can governors to the committee,
Govs. Fred G. Aandahl of North
Dakota and Gov. James H. Duff
of Pennsylvania. Democratic
governors placed on the com
mittee were Gordon Browning
of Tennessee, Paul A. Dever of
Massachusetts, Beauford H. Jes
ter of Texas, Lee Knous of Col
orado and Adlai E. Stevenson of
Illinois.
Three After Senate Jobs
At least three members in
eluding the new conference
chairman, Kansas' republican
Gov. Frank Carlson are being
counted here as probable en
trants In next year's senate rac
es.
Pennsylvania's republican
Gov. Duff and Colorado's dem
ocratic Gov. Knous are linked
with Carlson as likely candi
dates.
But nobody professed to know
anything about the future plans
of New York s Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey, the 1948 GOP presiden
tial nominee. Best bet was that
if Dewey runs again at all, it
will be for re-election as gov
ernor next year.
Dewey's running mate on last
year's ticket, Calfiornia's Gov.
Earl Warren, is being listed as
almost certain to seek re-election.
(Concluded on Pare 5, Column 8)
Snags Struck
In Berlin Strike
Berlin, June 23 VP) The
British military government or
dered German police in its sec
tor to prevent non-communist
railway strikers from operating
an "emergency" service without
permission of the Russian-con
trolled management.
This was only one of a series
of snags struck by the offer of
leaders of the 14.000 strikers
to restore freight service be
tween Berlin and Western Ger
many without calling off their
strike.
The non-communist union,
the UGO, announced yesterday
it was willing to handle freight
for West Berlin but would con
tinue the five weeks old strike
on the elevated railway system,
which normally carries 1,000,000
passengers a day.
British officials promptly de
nounced the plan as "totally im
practicable," since it proposed
to continue blocking Soviet zone
freight trains.
The British attitude reflect
ed an American official view
that the UGO could not hope to
operate a portion of the railroad
unless the Reichsbahn (the rail
way management) agreed. UGO
leaders, who had planned to go
ahead today with repairs neces
sary for resuming service, said
they had not decided what their
next move would be.
UAL New Flight July 1
New York, June 23 (IP)
United Air Lines announced to
day it will inaugurate a new one
stop DC-6 fliRht from New York
to Los Angeles on July 1. The
new flight will enable passengers
to leave New York at 5 p. m.,
New York time, and be in Los
Ai.gclcs before midniRht, coast
time, said Don B. Wilson, the
airline's district traffic manager
here.
-
Mrs. Hiss copied the documents
and that Hiss gave him the
copies.
Under cross examination Cat
lett said he helped trace the old
typewriter. He said Hiss' broth
er, Donald, had given him "about
$40" to offer to anyone who
could find the machine.
Murphy then brought out that
Catlett was interviewed by FBI
agents and Catlett said, "The
agents said they wruld pay me
$200 or mora if I got the type
writer." Catlett's brother. Perry, tes
tified the Hisses gave him the
typewriter about the time they
were moving from their home
in 30th street to Vol la plan.
Fight Continues
In House over
Housing Bill
Democrats Claim
Passage Assured
But GOP Denies It
Washington, June 23 VPi Rep.
Javits, a New York republican,
broke with his party's leader
ship and predicted in the house ,
today that President Truman's
big housing program will pass.
Some folks "are going to be
surprised" by the number of
votes the bill gets "on both sides
of the aisle," Javits declared.
The house GOP policy com
mittee has come out solidly
against the housing bill, and
many republicans are attacking
it as "socialism" and as a threat
to federal financial solvency.
But Javits supported the ad
ministration measure, saying
"private enterprise is not doing
the job" that needs to be done
in housing.
Passage Assured
House leaders claimed a mar
gin of 30 votes for President
Truman's hotly contested hous
ing bill, one of the major do
mestic points of his "fair deal"
legislative program.
Speakers Rayburn (D., Tex.)
told reporters the administration
is sure to win.
However, lawmakers spear
heading an opposition team of
republicans and southern demo
crats insisted the issue is still
doubt. Rep. Halleck (R..
Ind.) said republicans may have
a substitute ready when voting
begins, probably tomorrow.
Opposition Split
The opposition appeared split
over whether to make an all
out fight to kill housing legis
lation for this year, or offer a
substitute. One suggested com
promise would take out of the
bill all authority for the gov
ernment to finance publicly-
owned homes that low-income
families could rent.
Halleck said some republicans
are discussing compromise, but
he added that if a substitute is
offered "there will be no sur
render on fundamental princi
ples." Opponents shouted "social
ism" at the bill yesterday as
floor debate opened, and cried
that the administration proposal
imperils the financial sound
ness of the government .
Acheson Pleads
For Atlantic Pact
Washington, June 23 VP)
Secretary of State Acheson re
emphasized today this time to
the house the "utmost import
ance of approving the North
Atlantic pact and European
arms program at this congres
sional session.
Acheson also urged action by
June 30 on a bill to provide
$150,000,000 of economic aid for
Korea.
The secretary spent more than
two hours with the house for
eign affairs committee and issu
ed a brief statement afterward.
He underscored what he had
told the senate foreign relations
committee yesterday that ac
tion on the treaty and arms pro
gram are needed to back up
America's policy in Europe.
The house has nothing to do
with ratification of the North
Atlantic defense alliance. But
it will have to approve the arms
program.
At the moment, the foreign af
fairs committee is considering
the Korean bill. Without help,
Acheson said, the South Korean
government "will have an al
most insuperable task in main
taining freedom and indepen
dence." He told the senators that the
inability of the western dele
gates at the conference to come
to any real agreement with
Russia emphasizes the need for
both the North Atlantic pact and
the related arms program.
Floods Disrupt Traffic
Anchorage, Alaska, June 23
VP) Swollen streams disrupted
rail and highway traffic in this
south central Alaska area today.
Torrential rains drove rivers
and creeks from their banks.
Palmer, in the Matanuska val
ley, had three inches of rain yes
terday. More was predicted.
WEATHER
(Released bv United States
Weather Bureau
Forecast for Salem and Vicin
ity: Increasing cloudiness to
night, becoming mostly cloudy
and cooler Friday, with scattered
llKht showers In afternoon. Low
est temperature expected tonight,
52 degrees: highest Friday. 7a
Showers will occasionally hinder
some fftrm work Frldnv. Maxi
mum yesterday 72. Minimum to
day M. Mean temperature yes
terday 60 which was 3 below
normal. Total 24-hour precipita
tion to 11:30 a.m. today 0. Total
precipitation for the month .77
of an Inch which Is 20 of sn
inch below normal. Willamette
river height at Salem Thursday
morning. -1.3 feet.
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