THE WEATHER HERE
MOSTLY CLOUD with occa
sional showers tonight, Tuesday.
Slightly cooler. Lowest tonight,
34; highest Tuesday, 46.
Maslmam 7'iUrdiT, St: minimum lod.y.
7. Total U-hoor precipitation, .16: for
monik, .; normal. Season precipi
tation, Ze.M; normal, n.M. River helfht.
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Willamette at
Flood Stage
To Start Falling
River Crests at 20 Feet
With Upper River
Dropping Fast
The Willamette river was ex
pected to hit flood stage of 20
feet or slightly above that mark
at Salem late Monday, then start
falling, according to the noon
time report from the weather
bureau.
The local gauge registered
19.5 feet for the river Monday
morning, and the reports stated
the crest was due to be between
20 and 20.S feet as this part of
the valley received the surplus
waters from the upper river and
its tributaries.
Flood stage of 20 feet would
not close traffic over the bridge
from West Salem, that taking 23
or 26 feet.
Tributaries Falling
All stations on the upper Wil
lamette reported the river and
its tributaries falling during the
morning and the mid-Willamette
sections were to crest this after
noon. Colder weather in the moun
tains was said to be checking
further advances in the rivers
at this time.
(Concluded on Page 5. Column S)
Weather Back
To Normalcy
By the Associated Pressl
Normal winter weather
re-
turned to most of the Pacific
Northwest today. Nearly all
schools reopened. Travel by both
land and air returned to near
normal conditions. Intermittent
snow flurries resumed in many
areas.
New tragedies were reported,
however, from across the Cana
dian border. Ice sliding from a
roof killed a child at Cranbrook
B. C. '
'.Two men. were reported killed
In a locomotive at the Pacific
Great Eastern railway in British
Columbia. The engine was re
ported swept into a lake, but
there were no immediate details.
The rail line runs northward
into British Columbia's interi
or. Hundreds of stranded travel
ers on the main Canadian lines
were brought to Vancouver yes
terday by specially chartered air
planes. The planes carried 400
in the emergency air lift from
Penticton, B. C, alone. It was
the main pickup point.
In northwest Washington, an
ice breakup clogged the Nook
sack river and several houses in
low-lying areas near Marietta
were evacuated after the water
backed up. Two bridges were
closed for brief periods over the
weekend until it was determined
that they were safe from any
damage from the ice.
Genocide Pad
Before Senate
Washington, Jan. 23 VP) The
Truman administration sought
today to dispel objections that a
United Nations agreement to
outlaw the mass destruction of
peoples might violate the U. S,
constitution.
Solicitor General Philip B.
Perlman told a senate foreign
relations subcommittee that the
justice department holds "the
United States has complete au
thority to enter into the Geno
cide convention."
The senate group is holding
hearings on the U. N. compact,
which President Truman sub
mitted last June with a request
for early ratification.
Mr. Truman said then that
United States approval would
show that this country "is pre
pared to take effective action on
its Dart to contribute to the es
tablishment of principles of lawj
and lustice" throughout the
world.
In his prepared statement,
Perlman noted that the U. N.
defined Genocide as "a denial of
the right of existence of entire
human groups, as homicide is
th- denial of the right to live
of individual human beings.
He gave as an example the nazi
persecution of Jews before and
during World War II.
The solicitor general said the
precedent for ratifying the
agreement is well established by
U S. participation in treaties to
punish piracy on the high seas.
BnH in nl(,it,i iualinil uith PIUTI-
me-cial aviation, trademarks,
copyrights, narcotics and white
slavery.
Road Damages
Due to Storm
Less than in '49
Snow Removal Costs
Far Beyond Yearly
Mai ntenance Average
By JAMES D. OLSON
Storm damage to Oreron
highways during the recent cold
spell was far less than the frost
damage which broke up s many
roadways a year ago, according
to reports received by the state
highway department.
W. C. Williams, first assist
ant highway engineer, said
Monday no detailed reports were
yet available, but said highways
suffered less damage due to
protection given them by the
department and through the im
position of load limits on a ma
jority of the highways in the
state.
However, Williams said that
snow removal costs will be far
beyond the average yearly main
tenance costs, due to the ex
tremely heavy snowfall through
out Oregon during the past six
weeks.
Trees Across Highways
Further costs were entailed by
the department in removing
trees blown down over highways
by exceedingly heavy winds.
Particularly difficult condi
tions were encountered in the
Columbia river gorge, Williams
said, due to the fall of "tapioca'
snow snow that falls in small
pebble forms between Cascade
Locks and Hood River.
"This 'tapioca snow covered
not only the highway but the
railroad tracks as well," said
Williams, "and it is an extreme
ly expensive operation to re
move it."
Although there was an un
usually heavy snow fall on both
the north and south Santiam
passes, these two highways have
been reopened to traffic, Wil
liams said.
(Concluded on rate 5, Column 4)
Polar Air Mass
Moving South
Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 23
(CP) A cold polar air mass has
ended the threat of floods in
British Columbia but the return
of colder weather increased
transportation problems.
Tram service to the east is
still disrupted, the last train
arrived in Vancouver Thurs
day and none are expected dur
ing the day.
Passengers who had been
stranded in the Fraser canyon,
120 miles east of here, were
moved to interior points during
the week-end, and brought by
plane to Vancouver.
Penticton was the centre of
airlift operations with some 400
passengers being ferried to the
coast city. Others were brought
in by plane from Edmonton and
Calgary.
Ice sliding from a roof kill
ed a child at Cranbrook, and two
men were reported killed on the
Pacific Great Eastern railway
when a freight engine was swept
into a lake.
In the far north at Watson
lake the mercury dropped to 55
below zero while Prince George.
500 miles north of here had a
low of minus 45.
Temperatures in coastal dis
tricts are dropping fast. Van
couver is to have a low of lo
above zero tonight. The low dur
ing the night was 29.
Fear Of CVA Prevented
Bids On Pacific Power
Washington. Jan. 23 (U.R) Curtis E Calder, chairman of the
board of Electric Bond & Share
as "unalterably opposed" to a bid
associates for 500,000 shares of
Sc Light company,
Calder testified at an fatt.
hearing on the proposal of Van
Ingen that it be accepted as pur
chaser of the stock under regu
lations of the holding company
act He followed on the stand
Howard Aller, president of
American Power & Light, own
er of the stock, and a subsidiary
of Electric Bond & Share.
Calder said he was opposed
to any delay in disposal of the
stock because of possible loss of
interest that might be involved,
was "unalterably opposed to
Van Ingen's bid as well as to any
sale that might ultimately place
Pacific Power in control of a
prblic power district
He said he favored the bid
of Allen & Company and asso
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Bus Overturns
At Oregon City
Oregon City, Ore., Jan. 23 (ff)
A Pacific Greyhound bus
struck a big boulder on the Pa
cific highway just south of here
today and overturned, injuring
seven passengers.
State police said the two by
four foot boulder had tumbled
onto the highway in an earth
slide. The bus struck it at 2:35
a.m. and turned on its side.
There were 21 passengers on
the northbound bus.
Most seriously hurt was Cam
eron Sharp, 3525 W. 51st ave
nue Seattle, who suffered in
ternal injuries and fractured
ribs. The Oregon City hospital
said he was in "poor" condition.
Six other, passengers were
taken to an Oregon City hos
pital. They were Mrs. Ada Con
don, 79, 155 W. 41st, Vancouver,
B.C., shock; Donald Cramer,
Coos Bay, fractured arm; Glen
Welch, Oregon City, head in
jury; Ulen uarouue, roruaim,
back injury; Mrs. Jtana jjunoar,
Portland, side injury.
The bus. driver, Acel rranK
Johnson, Eugene, was not hurt.
Steel Mill Reopens
After 20 Hour Strike
Pittsburgh, Jan. 23 (IP) The
nation's fourth largest steel com
pany hustled back into opera
tion today after a 20-hour strike
on its supply-toting railroad
forced it to shut down.
The brief strike by 400 work
ers of the Monongahela railroad
idled 12,000 Jones and Laughlin
Steel corporation employes and
5,000 workers of smaller firms
serviced by the line.
corporation went on record today
of B. J. Van Ingen company and
common siock oi raciuc rower
ciates of $15,000,000 cash.
Calder's support of the Allen
group and his opposition to Van
Ingel appeared to come as
surprise but he' told reporters
immediately after that he had
in no way changed his position
Van Ingen, it was disclosed
early in the hearing today re
vised its earlier bid lo $10,000,
000 cash plus $5,000,000 within
three years.
Appearing as the first wit
ness, Aller told the SEC trial I
examiner that the possibilities
of establishment of a Columbia
River Valley administration con
situated a major factor militating
against successful competitive
bidding for the common stock.
Santiam and Willamette Flood Lowlands Top: Air view
of tne Talbot region inundated by the flooding Santiam near
its confluence with the Willamette. An Oregon Electric trestle
appears in the foreground. Flood erosion in this locality is
destructive to rich alluvial soil devoted to growing hops and
peppermint. Lower: Willamette overflows Grey Eagle re
vetment five miles upstream from Salem. Engineers have
recently rebuilt this revetment at the point of overflow hoping
to prevent the river from cutting through Brown's island
and reestablishing itself in an old channel of I860.
Changes Proposed In
Numbering On Streets
By STEPHEN A. STONE
Highland avenue and the Capitola district come in for ex-
ensive changes in street numbering of buildings and premises
called for in an ordinance bill
Monday night.
The bill, however, is general,
Egyptian Girl
To Wed Farouk
Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 21 (IP) (De
layed by censor) Hussein Fahmi
Sadek, father of beautiful 16-year-old
Narriman Sadek, said
tonight he would be "filled with
honor and joy" if his daughter
married King Farouk.
(Reliable sources outside
Egypt's strict censorship have re
ported that Narriman's engage
ment to Zaki Hashem, 27, a for
mer United Nations economist,
had been broken at the order of
King Farouk, who is seeking the
beauty as his own bride.)
Sadek, secretary-general of the
Egyptian Communications Min
istry, told reporters he was mak
ing his comment only to correct
errors in press reports abroad.
He declined further comment
on the affair except to say he had
heard "rumors" of a match be
tween Narriman and the king.
If fate so ruled," he added, his
family would be filled with hon
or and joy.
Narriman, an only child, is liv
ing quietly at home these days,
he said.
The foreign office press de
partment on Dec. 29 said: "All
news concerning his majesty s
engagement is premature. All
information published in this re
spect is completely without foun
dation."
Son Born to Snells
At Portland Hospital
A son was born Monday
morning at a Portland hospital
to Dr. and Mrs. William E. Snell,
formerly of Salem.
Grandparents are Mrs. Earl
Snell and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel
J. Fry, all of Salem.
The new arrival is the third
child in the family, the older
two being four and one-half
year old twins, Bill and Danna.
The three grandparents were all
in Portland Monday to greet
the new arrival.
to be introduced in city council
and affects the whole city on
both sides of the river, with nu
merous changes to be made on
other streets in the north part
of the city. In many parts of
the city where numbers con
form to the new bill no changes
will be made.
The bill, which amends
old ordinance, relieves the chief
of police of responsibility for
house numbering and gives it to
the city engineer,
The measure fixes Slate street,
and Water street north of Mill
street and Fir street south of
Mill, as base lines or starting
points in each direction. Both
sides of the same street will be
in the same hundred scries, and
100 numbers will be assigned to
each block.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 6)
Slowdown on
Berlin Traffic
Berlin, Monday, Jan. 23 (A3)-
Soviet frontier guards enforced
slowdown today on American
military trains and German
truck traffic to Berlin
In apparent retaliation for last
week's Russian-American squab
blc over occupancy of a railway
building in Berlin, Soviet au
thorities delayed American
trains as much as five hours.
Trucks from Berlin to West
Germany were allowed to pass
the Soviet zone check-point at
Helmstedt at the rate of two or
three an hour. Eighty truck;
were backed up at the frontier
this morning.
Two American military trains
from Frankfurt and Bremerha
ven were delayed at Helmstedt
without explanation. After waits
of three and a half to five hours,
the trains were permitted by the
Russians to proceed to Berlin.
A British military train from
Hamburg passed the Soviet
check-point without difficulty,
however.
Since the western powers oc
cupied west Berlin in 1945 their
road and rail communications
with western Germany have
been at the mercy of the Soviet
army. Ending of the Berlin
blockade last May left these
communications as exposed as
ever.
Truman Asks Excise Tax Cut,
Boost in Corporation Taxes
Mrs. Roosevelt
Not Talkative
In Brief Stop
By MARIAN LOWRY FISCHER
If Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt has
opinions regarding the United
States extending aid to the
Chinese Nationalist government
now established on Formosa, or
on the subject of Alger Hiss be
ing convicted Saturday of per
jury, she was not in tne moon
to give her views on those
topics upon alighting from a
United Air Lines plane at Salem,
Sunday evening.
The famous American woman,
widow of President Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, stopped in
Salem because the McNary field
facilities hav been handling all
tliC Portland traffic during the
past few days due to icy condi
tions at the Portland airport.
Mrs. Roosevelt was due in
Portland Sunday evening to give
a lecture on United Nations, and
she was late in arriving here be
cause weather conditions to the
south prevented her making ear
lier connections to fly north.
Greeted by Crowd
Almost a "mob" surged
around the airport here to
glimpse the noted woman yep,
many of them prominent repub
licans, too. And there were some
elements of a "comedy of errors"
to enliven the short visit.
(Concluded on Fage 5, Column 7)
McCloy Reports
On Saar Issue
Washington, Jan. 23 (IP) John
McCloy, U.S. high commissioner
for Germany, is here to report
to President Truman, amid signs
that the Franco-German struggle
over the Saar may grow more
critical. ....
The future of this industrial
region seems certain to figure
largely in McCloy's talk with
the president as well as his more
detailed discussions with Secre
tary Acheson and other state de
partment officials.
McCloy had a busy week s
schedule ahead. Tentatively it in
cluded a visit to the White House
this afternoon, followed by a
news conference (4:30 p.m. EST)
and a broadcast tonight (NBC,
10:30 p.m.). Tuesday he is to
be on Capitol hill, Thursday he
will see some people in New
York and Thursday night he will
speak in Boston.
He will leave for Germany on
Saturday, one week after arriv
ing for this visit. He reached
Washington late yesterday.
His conferences with officials
are likely to range from minor
problems of the West German
government operation to such
major matters as the status of
the Saar
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Mrs. Roosevelt Visits Oregon Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt was a
brief visitor in Salem Sunday evening en route to Portland to
give a lecture. She is shown here at United Air Lines office
autographing a copy of her book, "This I Remember," for
Kent Myers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Myers, 2375 Madison
street, Salem. Myers is the high school "Rotarian for the
month" for January,
6 Days Delay
For Injunction
In Coal Strike
Washington, Jan. 23 (IP) A
federal district court here today
granted a six-day delay in the
hearing of a government plea
for an injunction to end the
three-day work week in soft coal
mines.
The hearing, originally set for
Thursday, was postponed to
Wednesday, February 1.
The postponement was grant
ed on the joint request of John
L. Lewis' United Mine Workers
and Robert N. Denham, general
counsel of the National Labor
Relations Board.
The injunction suit was
brought last week by the NLRB
counsel.
Aides said Denham feels that,
since it took him about three
weeks to prepare his case, the
union is entitled to more time to
prepare for the hearing.
Reopen Probe
Of A Shipments
Washington, Jan. 23 (IP)
House spy probers reopened
their investigation today (10:30
a.m., EST) into stories of al
leged wartime shipments of ur
anium ore to Russia.
The identities of the first wit
nesses were not disclosed in ad
vance. Some big names were on tap
as witnesses for hearings sched
uled to run for several days be
fore the house committee on un-
American activities.
Among them are Henry A.
Wallace, vice president at the
time when, the committee has
been told, raw materials for
A-bomb construction were said
to be going to the Soviets via
lend-lease.
Another is Lt. Leslie R.
Groves, now retired, but then
military head of the super-secret
Manhattan project charged
with development of the atomic
bomb.
Frank Tavenner, committee
general counsel, said he was not
certain when Wallace would
come before the committee but
that it was likely to be Wednes
day. Wallace has asked for a
chance to be heard on testi
mony to the effect that he exert
ed pressure to get atomic sup
plies to our Russian allies dur
ing the war. Wallace called this
the "sheerest fabrication."
When Groves primarily testi
fied some weeks back, he denied
that either Wallace or Harry
Hopkins, late confidential as
sistant of President Roosevelt,
had put pressure on him to ex
pedite atomic shipments to the
Soviet.
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Raise Requested
In Estate Levies
And Big Gifts
TAXES AT A GLANCE
(Br the Associated Press)
1. Cut seven excise, or
"sales" levies. Without say
ing how much he would cut
them, he mentioned taxes on
transportation of freight (now
3 percent) and passengers (15
percent), long-distance tele
phone and telegraph bills (25
percent) and toilet prepara
tions, luggage and handbags
(20 percent).
2. Make up for these cuts
by closing "loopholes" in pres
ent laws. He singled out for
particular criticism the allow
ances under present law for
"depletion" of oil wells and
mines.
3. Raise corporation taxes
and revise estate and gift tax
es so as to bring $1,000,000,
000 a year more revenue to
the government.
Washington, Jan. 23 (IP)
President Truman sent congress
a tax program today calling for
a cut in excise or "sales" levies,
plugging of loopholes, and a billion-dollar
boost in taxes on cor
porations, estates and big gifts.
In a special message, Mr. Tru
man did not say specifically how
much reduction he thought
should be made in the excise
taxes, but he said cuts are "most
urgently needed" in the taxes on
freight, railroad and bus tickets,
long distance telephone and tele
graph bills and "the entire group
of retail excises, including such
items as toilet preparations, lug
gage and handbags."
While the president used no
figure, some congress members
said they understood the treas
ury which will give detailed re-
commendations to congressional
committees later would suggest
a cut from 20 to 10 percent in
the retail tax on such things as
cosmetics, luggage and handbags.
Points Out Loopholes
Mr. Truman did specify that
these taxes should be cut "only
to the extent that the loss in
revnue can be recouped by elim
inating the tax loopholes which
now permit some groups to es
cape their fair share of taxa
tion."
(Concluded on Paj;c 5, Column 5)
Taff Supports
Aid to Korea
Washington, Jan. 23 (IP)
President Truman's pica for
economic aid to Korea shelved
last week by an angry house
found support today from Sen.
Taft (R., Ohio).
The republican leader told a
reporter he thinks congress
might well include in a forth
coming recovery administration
bill a provision to give some
economic help to the South
Korea government.
Mr. Truman has announced
he will ask congress for "speedy
rectification" of the house'r re
jection of a $60,000 aid bill last
week by a one-vote margin.
The president had an oppor
tunity to discuss ways and means
of reversing this decision at his
regular While House conference
with legislative leaders today.
Chairman Connally (D., Tex.)
already has suggested the senate
foreign relations committee
might link the Korea aid pro
posal to a measure offered bv
Senator Knowland (R., Calif.)
to continue economic help for
the Chinese nationalist govern-
mct which has fled to Formosa.
Both the Korean and Chinese
aid programs will expire Feb
ruary 15, unless congress acts in
the meantime.
Secretary of Stale Acheson is
scheduled for testimony before
the senate foreign relations
group tomorrow.
Bend Gets Hospital
Bend, Jan. 23 VP) Construc
tion is to begin soon on a $900,-
000 hospital to be operated by
the Sisters of St. Joseph order.
Federal financial aid for the
structure has been granted by
the U. S. public health service.
J. H. Wise & Son, Boise, has
the building contract.