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Newspaper Page TextHi Nl KM : , 1 I Shir , . L-l : stv. PLANE CRASH KILLS MEDFORD MAN John C. Bieghler, 29, Medford, was killed when the light plane he was piloting stalled, went into a tail-spin and crashed on the Sams Valley sec ondary highway two miles west of Sams Valley at 12:25 p.m. yesterday. The plane is shown in the above picture as it appeared right after the crash. Spectators from Medford and surrounding areas were kept from getting too close to the wreckage by a state police officer. The nose of the plane was completely smashed in by the impact, and the pilot had to be cut from the wreckage. Master Criminals Hunted By Police In New York Area New York, Jan. 30 (U.R) Two master criminals, one a real life "Raffles" and the other a "Jimmy Valentine," hid out with their gangs today from police and FBI agent-! after three thefts netted $575,500 In 48 hours. The "Raffles" thief master minded the Saturday night bur glary of $428,000 in jewels and $500 in cash from Maxine Moore Sanson, 32, former model and wife of millionaire hosiery com pany President Stanton D. San son. This was the biggest jewel robbery in New York's criminal history. Rose Home Looted "Raffles" also may have been the leader of the three-man gang which looted half-pint showman Billy Rose's home of $100,000 in jewels and furs Thursday night, police said. But it was a "Jimmy Valen tine" police and FBI agents sought for the burglary in sub urban Babylon on Long Island of $47,000 in cash and traveler's checks from the Suffolk County Federal Savings & Loan asso ciation Saturday night..-. That all three of the recent robberies here had been planned by master criminals was appar ent in the fact that law officers had virtually no clues to work with. Mystery Fiction "Raffles," a suave jewel thief of English mystery ficlion, al ways left his pursuers empty handed of clues. "Jimmy Valentine." an Amer ican fictional criminal, was able to crack any safe, and often op ened them merely by listening to the lock's tumblers, disdaining the crudities of introglycerine or dynamite. Labor Party Favored In British Elections London, Jan. 30 (U.R) Two British public opinion polls in dicated today a favorable trend for the ruling labor party in the British general elections on February 23. The Daily Express, Lord Bea verbrook's mass circulation con servative morning newspaper, said its weekly poll showed new losses in conservative support. The poll also showed that 62 per cent of all persons polled thought labor would win the election. Only 26 per cent of those polled thought Winston Churchill's conservative party would win. The liberal News Chronicle prominently displayed the latest Gallup poll, giving the labor partv a slight margin of the straw votes cast for the first time since last April. New School Building Destroyed By Blaze Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 30 (U.R) A two-alarm fire today destroy ed a new 12-room semi-perma nent school building in the Sa lishan housing project area here. The building was not yet oc cupied by students. School Su perintendent Howard Goold said damage would be "at least S100.000." No injuries were reported. Ingrid Bergman's Husband Agrees to Speedy Divorce Hollywood. Jan. 30 (U.R) Ingrid Bergman's husband has received "third hand" informa tion which "seemed to clarify" whether or not she is pregnant, his spokesman said today. Representatives of the actress husband. Dr. Peter Lindstrom. wouldn't say exactly what the WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy with snow flurries mostly In moun tains tonight. Increasing and thickening, cloudiness Tues day. Near 20 tonight. Temp. Highest Yesterdav 32 Lowest this Morning Prec. to 4:3S A.M. Today II ' Of : m "ft - Two-Nation Spurs Plane Search Whitehorse. Y.T.. Jan. 30- U.R) A two-nation air armada spurred on by a determined RCAF officer's "we will find them today" fanned out over frozen sub-Arctic terrain in search of a missing C-54 trans port today despite plunging temperatures and darkening skies. The missing airforce trans port carrying 44 persons, in cluding a woman and baby son, disappeared Thursday. Royal Canadian Air force Commodore M. Costello's opti mistic forecast was based on the increasing number of planes in the air, and the narrowing of the search to two "priority areas." RCAF search sauadrons be gan taking off at 7 a.m. (PST). More U.S. planes joined the RCAF ships every hour as the search was intensified. The priority areas were set up after residents sent persist- Telephone Strike Strategy Awaited Washington, J a n. 30 (u.rt Government mediators dug in to day for a threatened strike at any time" by 100,000 telephone workers. President Joseph A. Bierne of the Communications Workers of America (CIO) readied an "im portant" afternoon statement on strike strategy. William N. Margolis and Peter Seitz, top aides of Federal Media tion Direct Cyrus S. Ching. planned a meeting with Bierne before his news conference. Negotiations with five Bell System units employing the 100. 000 workers have been stalled for weeks in some cases, for months. Union divisions representing another 150,000 telephone work ers are scheduled to open nego tiations with 16 other Bell com panies on Wednesday. They speeded up strike authorization votes to back up their demands. The union is asking for more pay, a shorter work week, short er apprentice periods and im proved pension benefits. Permit Lack Delays Opening Of KRCO Prineville, Ore., Jan 30 (U.R) Radio Station KRCO failed to start broadcasting as planned yesterday because noffication from the federal communica tions commission didn't arrive, a spokesman said. But distinguished visitors who came to help launch the new. 1.000 watt station made recorded speeches which will be broadcast when KRCO docs open with of ficial sanction. Gov. Douglas McKay, Sen. Wayne Morse and Portland May or Dorothy McCullough Lee were among the 300 visitors at the studio. Mauuu was i-unmii-m ufjun im ports of equipment tests, the sta tion said. The reports were air mailed Fridav to Washington, D. C. Permission was expected to permit an opening by noon to day or Tuesday morning. information told them nor how it was received. But as result of it, Lindstrom agreed today to let her get a speedy Valentine's day divorce to marry her Italian sweetheart. Film Director Roberto Rossel linl. Lindstrom added, however, that he will file his own suit to divorce the star in California, as soon as they can settle cus tody of their 11-year-old daugh ter. Pia, "to the child's best in terest." The doctor, who said he just received "clarification" of re ports his wife is soon having a baby, decided not to fight her hurrv-up divorce in Juarez. St...:nn tit -.;rt ,,.;ll "tttnnrn i'it;.s.ii.v. iiv oaiu u nil ,iw , it." ' e.w? 4 n l'.fc S T 3' Armada ent reports of explosions, flares and lights. One very dangerous area in the immediate vicinity of White horse remained unchecked be cause of dangerous weather conditions. Lt. Col. E. R. Strause directing search operations for the U.S. air force, said this area would be checked later today. The area from Northway, Alaska, to Edmonton, Alta., was being blocked off in 30 square mile grids with planes assigned to each grid. Commodore Costelio admit ted his prediction was "very op timistic" but said "if the excel lent visibility ' holds out, I feel we will find the plane today." Costelio took charge of the search yesterday. The search was the biggest and costliest in the history of the northwest. More than 7,000 men were engaged in the opera tion which .already has cost more than $1,000,000. Washington. Jan. 30 (U P.) The air force maue punnc lonay mis pa senner list of the C-54 transport miss. Ing In Canada since Thursday: Eldon V. IJolansKy. sunnysme. wosn: mrs. Jovce M. Esne. Anchorane. Alaska; Victor E. Espe, Elmendorf air force hase: IVSRt. Jack 1. l-zrls, nousion, Tex.; SSnt. Rotwtrt E.- Atiearn; Charl ton Cltv. Mass.; S SrI. Bnrnls T. Lively, LonR Branch. W. Va.; S'Sgt. Haymonci G. Mimitold. Rodney. Ark.; S'Sgl. John J. McDonald, Lowell, Mass.; S Sgl. Clinton D. Tomkins, Langeley, Wash.; Sgt. Ray L. Asel, Los Angeles; Sgt. Donald W. Dagle. Hawarden. la.; Sgt. Noel B. Jones. Harllngton, Tex.; SgL Roy F. Jones, Marietta, Ga. Sgt. Junior Lee Moore. Montgomery. Pa.; Sgt. Harold R. Noell. Nebraska, Citv, Nru.; Sgt. Tommy E. Rhoads, Flint. Mich.; Sgt. Julian C. Thomas. Lake City. S. C; Cpl. Albie P. Baugh man, Tioga, Tex.; Cpl, Henry S. Kercn ner. Thomasville. Pa.; Cpl. Jeff D. Johnson. Allentown. N.J.; Cpl. Ray mond H. Malheny. McKenr.ic, Tenn.; Cpl. Bernard Portrey. Preston, Neb.; Cpl.. Richard L. Suggs. Crossville. Tonn.; Cpl. Thomas J. Voting. Sulphur Rock. Ark.; Pfc. John A. Chalpka Richmond, Mo ; Pfc. Charles W. Cook. Van Dyke. Mich.; Pfc. Billle C. Cym mins. Corbln, Ky. Pfc. Francis B. Hofer. Seattle; Pic. Herman L. Lawson, Pauline, S.C.; Pfc. Loyd E. Lowry, Mustoe. Va.; Pfc. William W. Cranor. Dallas. Tex.; Pvt. Robert M. Hlatt. Toppenish,. Wash ; Pvt. Blake F. Maxwell. Lynn, Wasst; Pvt. Robert J. Reltmeyer. St. Louis. Mo.; Capt. Frank E. Gregory. Eielson AFB, Alaska: SSgt. Jack E. Dicker son, Dunsmuir, Cal. Names and addresses of the eight crew members previously were releas ed from Biggs air fore base, San An tonio, Tex. 1st Lt. Kyle E. McMichael. plane commander, San Antonio, Tex.; Maj. Gerald F. Brittaln, pilot. Akron, O.; 1st Lt. Joseph W. Metzler, navigator, St. Louis. Mo.; Sgt. Clarence A. Gib son, radioman. Grady. Ala.; M.'Sgt. Clvde A. Ktroitmann, engineer. Ren frew. Pa.; TSgt. Harry W. McCoegly, engineer, Albion, Pa.; SSgt. Raymond A. Snow, engineer, Fort Worth, Tex.: 1st Lt. Mike Tlslk, co-pilot, Welisburg. W. Va. Red Border Guards Relax Restrictions Berlin, Jan. 30 U.R) the backlog of Berlin-bound trucks P'led up at Helmstcdt by the Russian baby blockade disap peared today when Soviet bor der guards relaxed traffic re strictions. Trucks were passed through Ihe Soviet checkpoint at the rate of eight to 10 an hour com pared to a low of two an hour last week. West German police said a backlog of 60 trucks piled up at Helmstedt last night was gone by 6 a.m. today. End of the baby blockade was signalled during the week-end when east German police an nounced the ending of what they called "document orienta tion week." Parents' Education Theme Of- Talks Here According to one of the more modern theories regarding pres ent education patterns, adults cannot be considered fully edu cated unless as children, they have been taught how to be "social beings." Academic learn ing and the basic "three R's" are not enough. That is the thesis ot talks being given here by Drs. Ray Hawk and Jack McAuley of the Southern Oregon college faculty. At a Washington school PTA Dad's night program last week Dr. Hawk spoke on the history of education and the background for the modern trends. Dr. Mc Auley spoke on the efforts, ex periments, and results in obtain-j nig those objectives. Medford 44th .Year 8 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1950 No. 262 PILOT DIES IH CRASH OF PLANE John C. Bieghler Victim As Craft Strikes Highway Stall At Low Altitude Said Accident Cause Crash of a light aircraft on state highway No. 234 two miles west of Sams Valley at about 12:25 p.m. yesterday, fatally in jured the pilot, John C. Bieghler. 20, 704 McAndrews road, Med ford. Bieghler was brought to the Sacred Heart hospital where he died at 2:10 p.m. eyewitnesses to the crash, in cluding Bieghler's brother-in-law, Burle Burreson, told state police that Biegler was flying low around the area, circling and "putting on a show" for friends and relatives. The plane stalled at an altitude of about 500 feet, and went into a straight-down tail-spin, crashing on the highway, they said. Biegh ler was literally cut out of the wreckage by State Police Officer James O. Joy, and ambulance attendants. See Crash In addition to Biegler's broth er-in-law, other eyewitnesses to the crash included Albert Straus, who lives about' one block from where the crash took place, and his son Dalton and daughter Doreen. Paul Schulz, another neighbor, also saw the crash. The group was sitting in Vars watching the activities of the plane overhead before the accident occurred. Ernest Picrcy, proprietor of the airfield from which Biegh ler was flying, said yesterday he believed the crash to have re sulted from the plane's stalling at insufficient altitude. This is the first accident in flying front the Piercy field, lie said, in more than 1,700,000 miles of flying. The plane was a 1946 Taylor- craft. Bieghler had been flying for about two years, Piercy said, and was nearly ready tq take an examination for his commercial pilot's license. Was Veteran Biegler was building supplies manager of the Montgomery Ward store here, for about three years. He was a technical ser geant in the field artillery dur ing the war, serving with the fifth armv in Italy, and was sta tioned at Camp White for a time. In 1943 he was married to the former Helen Burreson, of Sams Valley. They were the parents of two boys, Douglas, three, and Donald, five. Besides his widow and chil dren, he leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey fs. juiegnier, Denver. Colo., a brother and a sister in San Francisco, and another sister in Denver. His parents are en route here. Conger-Morris Funeral home is in charge of funeral arrange ments, with details to be an nounced later. Heavy Toll Feared In Southern Iran Telman. Iran. Jan. 30 (U.R) A heavy death toll was feared today in two remote sections of southern Iran hit by lloods ana earthquakes in the past five days. An official report from ani dan, 750 miles southeast near the Pakistan border, said 500 persons perished in floods which washed away two thirds of the city. No other details were available. Another report said 1,000 per sons were killed in an earth quake which rocked the Port Kangan area on me souinwcsi Persian gulf 180 miles south of Bushire five days ago. Three truckloads of army troops, doctors and nurses were dispatched to Kangan irom Bushire. Reports from Bushire said that the Iranian warship Pcland arrived there this morn ing en route to Kangan. Major Coal Fields Closed By Strikers Pittsburgh, Jan. 30 U.R) Rebelling united mine workers closed the nation's major coal fields today convinced they were winning their "no contract; no work" strike. With the miners' revolt against John L. Lewis' three-day work week spreading, President Tru man weighed the problem of in tervening to protect the nation's scant coal supplies. Jubilant rank-and-file leaders of the strikers declared their drive for a showdown was "in the home stretch." Reports from the coal fields indicated produc tion was at the lowest poinl since the wildcat walkouts start ed three weeks ago. Facilities Inspected For Feasibility of Constructing H-Bomb Washington. Jan. 30 (U.R) Congressional atomic officials al ready have inspected atomic fa cilities to determine the feasibil ity of building the super-hydrogen bomb, it was announced to day. Chairman Brion McMahon of the joint congressional atomic energy committee disclosed that committee members have in spected the plants and conferred with the military chiefs and the nation's top-ranking scientists on the H-bomb problem. May Take Vote McMahon indicated that a vote (Arma Tclrphnlo) MISS PAPER CUP Actress Pat Williams, dubbed "Miss Paper Cup of WO" by the Paper Cup Institute of America, steps Into a king-size cup in Hollywood to prove she fills the bill or the cup. School Name Contest Deadline Hearing Central Point, Jan. 30 The contest to name the new high school, which will be erected here, ends at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, February 1, seventh and eighth grade and high school students in school district No. 6 were being reminded today. Superintendent H. P. Jewett reported that students at Central Point so far have turned in about 75 entries. Principal Al bert Straus said that about 10 had been received at the Gold Hill school office. Selection of Judges is now be ing completed. There will be one judge from each of the five for mer districts now making up district No. 6. Entries are to write their sug gestions in ink on 8V4 by 11-inch notebook paper and give a reas on for the choice in 50 words or less. The winner will receive $25. Train, Car Collide, No One Said Injured Citv police said that Harold W. Smith, route 3. box 130, escaped apparently unhurt about 10:45 a.m. today when the sedan he was driving struck a freight train at the Fourth street railway crossing. One side of Smith's car was reported badly damaged. Police slated that Smith told them that the did not see the train in time to avoid he mishap. Engineer of the train was said td be John Young, Roscburg. Road Conditions Chains were an absolute necessity for travel oyer the Siskiyou and Greensprings mountain passes and were re quired on the Redwood high way and on highway 99 north orer Sexton mountain, state police said this noon. There were 10 inches of new snow on the Sisklyous and Greensprings this morn ing, temperature fell to 19 de grees and snow was falling again this noon, according to police. The two highway routes were "slick." Snow was on highway 99 north to Port land, United Press said constant plowing kept Oregon high ways open today despite the snow. All major routes except McKenzie pass and east and west Diamond lake roads, closed earlier, were open. hli 1M U.'vj-Lr Tss m I; .Ti: . -, might be taken soon on the is sue. He said that he. himself, has informed President Truman of his "personal views." Mr. Tru man will make the decision whether or not to build the H-bomb. McMahon's disclosures were marie shortly after David E. Lilienthal, retiring chairman of the atomic energy commission, said that he is not opposed to making the hydrogen bomb "as such," Lilienthal said, however, thnt the "question of whether or not to build (the H-bomb) is not the issue." McMahon's statement was made after a closed meeting with Robert Oppenheimer. chairman of the advisory committee for the atomic energy commission. To Meet Tomorrow He said the committee took no votes or action, but will meet tomorrow afternoon "for fur ther deliberations." He declined to say whether "votes or action" would be forthcoming at future meetings. Many congressmen already stated their beliefs and appear willing to pit any money needed for building the hydrogen bomb. Although Lilienthal said the question to build or not to build the H-bomb is not the "issue," he declined to say what he considers the issue to be. But he recalled that during the war the question frequently arose as to where the country's resources, brains and money best could be used. Show Being Presented At Camp While ! Today Patients and personnel of the Camp White domiciliary center were to be entertained this aft cmoon and evening by a con tinental review sponsored by Veteran Hospital Camp shows. The review is described as "col orfully costumed and gay," fea turing dancing, singing and music. Sergei Malovsky. conductor and pianist, will conduct the re view in which international per formers will appeal- including Eugene Sablin, Marilvn Stevens Tannga Tavas, Claire Markoff, Alexandria Yablonowsky, Vladi mir Fedchenko, Ann Coolidge and Andrew Hamshay. The review was presented this afternoon in the center's theater and will be tonight in the Infirm ary and the theater. Veteran Hos pital Camp shows appear in 100 veterans' hospitals in 43 states. Man Jailed After Alleged Altercation Duff Pirtle, Jacksonville, is held in the county jail in connec tion with an altercation Involv ing Mr. a'nd Mrs. George Dart ing, also of Jacksonville, at Jack sonville Saturday night, accord ing to Btate and Medford city ponce reports. City police said they learned at Community hospital that Dart ing suiicrea a cut ioreneaa ana lip nnd other head injuries and Mis. Darting a severely lacer ated nose. 1 Streamliner Gets Away As Enginemen Battle Fire Kittitas. Wash.. Jan. 30 (U.R) The engineer and fireman of the Milwaukee streamliner "Hiawa tha" stopped their nine-car train and climbed out of the cab to investigate a small fire in one of the electric motors last night. The train, carrying nearly 200 passengers, had just covered the six-mile uphill run from Kittitas to Rcnslow, Wash. As Engineer Edward Maxwell and Fireman A. R. Liberty fought the blaze underneath the engine, they forgot that one of them should be checking the air brakes. Train Starts To Move Suddenly the train started to move. Maxwell and Liberty jumped clear but treacherous undcr fnollng prevented them from get ting back aboard. As the pair watched, horror-stricken, the train picked up momentum and sped backwards down the hill toward Kittitas. Conductor W. B. Hollcnbeck alerted the rest of the train crew. As Hollcnbeck stood on the rear platform of the observation car. frantically waving a red signal light. Brakeman T. Barton, aid ed by porters and the baggage man, raced from car to car set ting hand brakes. Most of the passengers, used to delays caused by slides, were unaware of what was happening Later, train officials said, "I Tribune January Continues Winter Antics As More Snow Falls Low Pressure Trough Brings Renewed Storm January, 1950, continued its presentation of winter weather here over the week-end, when the tail-end of a low pressure area which came inland from the Washington state coastline swung over the Rogue valley, again blanketing the area with a covering of snow. Three inches were recorded here, with seven inches at Grants Pass, 10 inches in Ash land, and four in Jacksonville. The snow began at about 2 p.m. Sunday, continuing in flur ries until about 10 p.m. It began again at 1:20 a.m. today, and one inch tell between then and at 4 a.m. From 4 to 6:30 a.m., when the fall let up, an additional two inches fell. The three inches of snow contained only .22 of an inch of water. More Snow Maximum temperature yester day was freezing 32 degrees, and the minimum last night was 27. Possibility of more snow in Medford, with colder tempera tures to prevent that still on the m-ound from melting, was fore cast by the weather bureau. The temperature will go aown ciose to 20 degrees tonight, the bureau said. The storm made travelling hazardous on mountain routes, but traffic was moving with rhnins. Only one minor accident In Medford was attributed to the weather, state police said, but streets were "slippery as the light, fluffy snow was pucKea down by the first cars, ana Be fore it became slushy. City police today cautioned at least one motorist for haul ing children on a sled behind an automobile, they said, and added that this is an extromcly hazard ous practice. Safeway Manager, Son Kidnap Victims Portland, Ore., Jan. 30 !U.R) Detectives had few clues today to a pair of masked gunmen who kidnapped a Safeway store man ager and his son Saturday night and forced the manager to open the store safe at guhpoint. The amount of money taken from the safe was unknown, The only written record, a bank de posit slip, was still in the post office's week-end mail pile. Store Manager Wesley K. Bailey said the gunmen entered his home and as one of them forced his wife to stand and face a wall, the other took him and his son, Bob, 14, to the store in an automobile. After looting the safe, the ban dit drove Bailey and his son back home. Then the pair cut tele phone lines and told the Baileys to face a living room wall for 10 minutes while they made their escape. The apparently well-planned robbery lasted only 20 minutes. guess they thought It was just a bit of backtracking caused by snow on the tracks. Reaches Depot As the train rattled down the foothill of the Saddle mountains, Engineer Maxwell stumbled wiiuiiKii anus ana reacnea ine Renslow depot. He telephoned the Kittitas station agent. "I've lost my train . . . It's headed your way!" he shouted. The station agent looked out the window. Down the tracks at a 30-mile-an-hour clip came the Hiawatha. But by then the hand brakes were beginning to take effect. The runaway train finally slopped just beyond the depot. The unscheduled ride which be gan at 8:09 p. m., had taken 14 minutes. Later, after a helper engine brought Mnxwcll and Liberty here from Renslow, Superintend ent A. L. Thor questioned the embarrassed pair. Not Blamed "They didn't want to talk about it," Thor said. "Fortunate ly, there were no other trains In the path of the Hiawatha." Thor said: "While Maxwell and Liberty were trying to put out the fire they forgot that one of them should have been peri odically bringing up the air in the brakes. However, they can't be blamed, because they wore too busy fighting the blaze." IS-Fooi Drills Outside Portland Block Traffic Inland Empire Swept By Sub-Zero Weather By United Press An icy wind pummcled north western Oregon and southwest ern Washington early today while record snows and huge drifts piled, up in Oregon's ordinarily temperate Willamette valley and the thermometer dropped to new record lows in the Inland Empire. Great puffs of snow blew into buildings, and automobiles for awhile during the night and drifts that reached 15 feet in many places outside of Portland blocked traffic and forced clos ing of nearly all the schools in the' area. Three Lose Lives The latest blizzard to hit Ore gon took at least three lives. Charles Oilman Davis, 58 was Injured fatally Sunday night when a large tree crashed down on him about 50 yards from his home. He had gone out to inves tigate a power failure and anoth er fallen tree. Two children were found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in tilt- uuck seui ui tueir parents automobile at La Grande Sat urday. Mr. and Mrs. R. Edmiston, . Lincoln, Neb., were driving from Spokane, Wash., to Biloxi, Miss., when the tragedy occurred. The children, Robert, 3, and James, 1, were sleeping In the rear seat and were overcome by the fumes, apparently from a defective ex haust pipe. The weather continued lis rec ord breaking pace' in the Inland Empire. The weather bureau at Coeur d'Alene. Ida., today, re ported a record low tempera ture of 30 below zero. Yesterday the thermometer dropped to 29 below. Lake Coeur d'Alene's 47 square miles were frozen over. At Spokane, Wash., the temper ature was 24 below zero early yesterday, the lowest in 62 years. It was 18 below at 8 a.m. today. In Oregon Multnomah county road equipment was pressed into service to plow through an es timated 300 miles of county roads closed by drifts. CorbcU, east of Portland, was isolated and the old Columbia river highway was closed nt Sprlngdalo. The water-lcvql Col umbia highway was blocked at Corbctl station and all north south roads east of 122nd ave nue and north of NE Halscy street were reported blocked. "We have lots of 15-foot drifts to battle through." said Assist ant Roadmaster Paul C. North rup. "On Sidel road near Spring dale there Is a drift 22 feet high." Northrop said that if the wind subsides, the county hoped to have all routes open to at least one way traffic by Wednesday. Official 15 Degrees Portland's official airport tem perature minimum was 15 de grees but many householders re ported readings below 10 on their porches. Some of the wind blown snow even penetrated doors and windows, residents reported. Heaviest snow In the latest blizzard fell in the Portland area, where from four to eight inches were recorded in various parts of the city. Salem also caught the brunt of the storm with more than six inches and schools in both Salem and Portland, with a few exceptions, were closed. Trains Late Trains wore reported "many hours late" on nearly all lines. Busses also operated on delayed schedules and there was no ser vice between Portland and The. Dalles on the Columbia river highway. Busses to eastern Ore gon were going over the Mt. Hood loop and Wapanitia cutoff, then to The Dalles. Airlines re ported, however, they were on near-normal schedules from the Portland airport. Pendleton was Oregon's cold est reporting weather station ear ly today with 17 degrees ooiow zero. Baker followed with a minus 15, Bend with a minus 8 and Burns with a minus one. The Dalles had one above, On tario 4. Eugene and Portland 15, Klamath Falls 18. Medford 27, Newport and North Bend 31. 97 Persons Visit Park Over Week-End Crater Lake National park had a total of 97 visitors over the week end, 89 of them skiers, park headquarters here reported today. No skiing accidents were reported. The ski tow was brok en at noon Sunday but was ex pected to be back in service by next week-end. There are 18 Inches of new snow at the park, making a total snowfnll this month' of 308 inches. It has packed and settled, however, to a present depth of 135 inches. West and south entrance roads are open to one-way traffic, the park service reported, but the road from government camp to the lake rim is temporarily closed. Maximum park temperature the past 24 hours was 14 degrees; minimum was 9 degrees, and at 8:30 a.m. today the mercury stood at 10 degrees.