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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1952
No. 14
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BEACHING FOR DEE BUTTONS, three governor agree Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower Is their choice
for President during Chicago meeting. From left: Gov. Dan Thornton. Colorado; Gov. Douglas McKay.
Oregon; Thomas S. Tyler, Illinois, and Got. John Lodge, Connecticut. (International Soundphoto)
Grants Pass Youth
Seriously Injured
In Auto Accident
Arthur Harding, 16, of Grants
Pass, was seriously injured early
Sunday when the car he was
driving failed to negotiate Bybee
, corner, on the Medf ord-Jackson-
ville highway, and overturned.
State police, who investigated
the accident, said the car Hard
ing was driving went through
Jacksonville at a high rate of
, speed, and that the Jacksonville
police chief chased it. When it
came to the corner it did not
slow down, the police report
said, and turned over three
times, pinning the youth in the
car.
Partly Paralysed
Conger-Morris ambulance at
tendants took Harding to Com
munity hospital, and physicians
gay he is paralyzed from the
chest down, having only a little
use of his arms. There was dam
age to the nerves in the neck,
the report said, and he also suf
fered cuts and bruises. He is in
"poor" condition , but spent a
fair night, hospital attendants
. added. . -
He is the son of Mrs. Faith L.
Harding of 731 Southwest Elk
street, Grants Pass.
Second Accident
Another Sunday accident also
occurred on the Jacksonville
highway. West of Oak Grove
school, state police reported
The cars involved were driveri
by Gale Andrew Jones, Grants
Pass, and Coe Eugene 1$rown,
805V4 West 10th street, Med-
f ord. police said. " : -
The accident reports indicated
Brown was blinded by the head
lights of the other car, and left
the highway, then swung back
onto the highway and crashed
into the Jones vehicle head-on.
Both cars were badly damaged,
police said.
Brown was treated at Commu
nity hospital for minor injuries
and then released.
Off-Highway Mishaps
Kill Two in Oregon
Hillsboro, Ore. (U.R) Two
persons were killed Saturday
in off-highway accidents in
Washington county, according
to Deputy County Coroner An
drew Young.
Margaret Lentz baby daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Lentz
of Hillsboro, was pronounced
dead at Jones hospital after a
car backed over her in a drive
way. Young said the car was
driven by the baby's grandfa
ther, a Mr. Hutcheson.
The other accident occurred
at Orenco, five miles east of
Hillsboro. Einar Ellesson . had
raised his car on blocks to
change the oil. Young said the
car rolled off the blocks and
crushed Ellesson.
Radio Highlights
The talks, entertainment pro
gram and other features of Ash
land's centennial banquet today
will be broadcast by KWIN start
ing at 6:30 p.m. and continuing
throughout the evening.
Washington U.PJ The Fed
eral Communications. Commis-
sion has postponed indefinitely
hearings on proposals to allocate
special television channels to
theaters.
800,000 Men
By Armed Forces in Summer
Fort Hood, Tex. U.R) Under
Secretary of Defense Anna
Rosenberg estimates the U. S.
armed forces will require about
800,000 replacements this sum
mer, meaning draft boards might
have to begin calling men less
than 20 years old. '
Vip to l ower Ages v-
Present law calls for. drafting
men I8V2 through age 25. Se
lective Service has been draft
ing the older men first and
working down through the age
groups. "Few have been . called
thus far younger than 20 years
old. The heavier call mean that
Judiciary Committee
Will Hold Hearing
On McGranery Choice
Washington (U.R) The Sen
ate Judiciary Committee in
closed session voted unanimous
ly Monday to hold hearing on
President Truman's nomination.
of Federal Judge James P. Mc
Granery to be attorney general
No date was set for the hear
ings. Nor was there' any indica
tion whether they would be pub-
Electric Storms
Yesterday 'Rare'
Thunder and lightning storms
experienced by Jackson county
residents yesterday afternoon
and evening were described by
the weather bureau as rare for
this time of year.
The storms were mostly in the
hills and mountain fringes of the
valley, but .69 of an inch was re
ported at the weather bureau
station at the municipal airport
in the 24-hour period up to 4:30
a.m. today. ,
Jacksonville residents report
ed some thunder, lightning and
rain about 3 p.m. yesterday,
heavy rain about 5:30 p.m. and
thunder, lightning and rain
again about 10:30 p.m. No storm
was . experienced at Emigrant
lake during the boat races yes
terdays .
- Fair- skies through - Tuesday
has been forecast by the weather
bureau. V "" ' . ,.
Montana Residents
Baffle Flood Threat
Chinook, Mont. (U.R) Chi
nook was six inches from disas
ter today,
A thousand residents almost
half of the town's population
worked with bulldozers' and
their bare hands to strengthen
dikes weakened by the Milk
river. -
As they worked, however, the
townspeople kept their ears
cocked for the sound of a siren
the signal that the river had
broken through.
Officials warned them that if
the siren sounded they should
head for a five-square block area
expected to remain about 25 feet
above the flood in the center of
town.
Men, women and children
were trying to save a half-mile
earthen levee along the town's
east side where 50 homes were
in immediate danger. About one-
fourth of the town's population
would be affected if levees along
the east side toppled. . .
Communist Planes
Dodge Ull Sabrejefs
Seoul (U.R) The Communist
air force, staggered by the de
struction or damaging of 53 of
its jet planes during the past
eight days, stayed out of sight
of prowling American Sabrejets
Monday.
The Sabres patrolled North
west Korea's "MIG alley" as far
north as the Manchurian border
without finding a single Rus
sian-built jet. On Sunday alone,
the Sabres shot down four MIG-
15s, probably . destroyed two
more and damaged seven.
Needed
Selective Service now will have
to dip into: that age group.
The heavier calls .would re
place men scheduled for. dis
charge because of expiring en
listments, Irs.' Rosenberg said,
but- aren't expected to "strain
civilian manpower available for
production.'
May Extend Enlistments '
The under secretary, on an
inspection tour of Exercise
Longhorn Sunday, said Presi
dent Truman is considering re
quest to extend the enlistments
of volunteers who were not cov
ered by the previous one-year
extension. .
lie or held behind closed doors,
Quick Confirmation Stalled
But the decision to hold hear
ings apparently forestalled any
chance of quick Senate confir
mation of McGranery's nomina
tion. The committee action came
after Sen. Arthur V. Watkins, R
Utah, said the group should "lay
aside" the "courtesy" usually
given former congressmen and
conduct a thorough investigation
of McGranery.
McGranery, former Democrat
ic member of the House from
Pennsylvania, was named by Mr.
Truman last Thursday after he
fired Attorney General J. How
ard McGrath.
Motion by Watkins
Committee ,members said the
motion to hold hearings was
made by Watkins and seconded
by Sen. Homer Ferguson, R-
Mich.
Chairman Pat McCarran, D-
Nev., said last .week that the
committee would take its time
about acting on McGranery's
nomination. He has denounced
Mr. Truman's ouster of McGrath.
"We shouldn't confirm him
just because he was once a mem
ber of the club," Watkins said.
"Courtesy will have to be laid
aside this time."
Chairman Pat McCarran, D-
Nev.. . bitterly critical of Presi
dent Truman's "'cruel" ouster of
Attorney General J. Howard Mc
Grath last Thursday, indicated
that the committee was in no
hurry to confirm McGranery.
Watkins said most committee
members think that before Mc
Granery is allowed to occupy the
double hot seat vacated by Mc
Grath and corruption hunter
Newbold Morris, he should be
asked some "pointed questions"
about the wisdom of the Justice
Department's prosecution of the
wartime Amerasia case.
Fala Laid To Rest
At Feet of Roosevelt
Hyde Park, N. Y. (U.R) The
body of Fala, elder statesman of
dogdom, rested in a grave Mon
day at the feet of his master, the
late President Roosevelt.
The black scottie dog would
have been 13 years old Monday.
In failing health for some time
he was given a "mercy death"
Saturday, a week before the
seventh anniversary of Roose
velt's death.
The famous dog, which had
frisked at the feet of some of the
world's most noted men and even
became an issue in a presidential
election campaign, was buried
Sunday in a pine coffin fashioned
by Louis Depew, former chauf
feur for Roosevelt's late mother.
in a shallow grave in Hyde Park
rose garden.
Olio Jeldness Dies
At Home Early Today
Otto Jeldness, 68, of 525
South Grape street, died at his
home early today.
Mr. Jeldness, who was retired,
formerly operated Otto's club at
39 South Front street A resident
of Medford 46 years, he was
born at. Astoria, Ore., on Dec. 9,
1883.
Survivors include his widow,
Beulan.
Chapel mortuary has charge of
funeral arrangements.
Ghost of Guam Suffers
Injuries at Grants Pass
Grants Pass, Ore. U.R)
George Tweed, the "Ghost of
Guam," was recovering Monday
from a broken left leg and a
broken back following a 30-foot
fall from a tree.
Tweed was putting up a swing
for his children in his backyard
Saturday when he fell. Doctors
said he would be in the hospital
for two weeks but would have
to wear a cast for many months.
San Francisco U.R) Negotia
tions between Pacific Grey
hound Lines 'and the striking
AFL Motor Coach Employes
union resumed her Monday.
Stevenson Backers
Predict Sizeable
Vrite-ln Vote
Illinois Primary 4
Will Be Tuesday
Chicago (U.R) Backers of
Adlai Stevenson, said to be Pres
ident Truman's choice as the
Democratic presidential nom
inee, . Monday predicted he
would draw a sizeable write-in
vote in Tuesday's Illinois pri
mary.
At the same time, supporters
of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
hoped for a substantial write-in
showing for the general against
Sen. Robert A. Taft and Harold
E. Stassen. both of whom appear
on the ballot
On Ballot for Governor
Stevenson will be on the bal
lot, but only as the unopposed
candidate for nomination to the
governor's post, a Job he has re
peatedly said he is seeking
rather than the presidency.
Sen. Estes Kefauver has the
Democratic slate all to himself
in the presidential column and
should take the primary, observ
ers have said, unless there is a
heavy vote for Stevenson.
And although Stevenson has
maintained consistently that he
is a candidate solely for the gov
ernorship, and there has been no
concerted write-in drive in his
j behalf, most observers feel he
will make a good showing.
Double Voting Approved
Illinois election officials have
approved double voting for Stev
enson, both as governor and as
a write-in candidate for presi
dent.
And any understandable spell-
in of a write-in candidate's
name will be counted.
Illinois will send 60 delegates
to the national conventions of
both parties, the largest number
of any state holding a presiden
tial preferential primary. Fifty
will be elected Tuesday and 10
chosen later at state conventions.
Kefauver Declines VP Job
Kefaucer, appearing Sunday
on a television program with
Stassen. unconditionally turned
down any possibility of his run
ning with Stevenson as a vice
presidential candidate.
"I'm running for president."
Kefauver said. "I'm not interest
ed in any other office."
Portland (U.R) Gov. Adlai
Stevenson of Illinois has accept
ed an invitation to address the
1952 Jefferson-Jackson banquet
j of the Oregon Democratic party
on May 1. it was announced
Monday.
Both Stevenson and Sen. Estes
Kefauver of Tennessee, who will
be opponents of the states Demo
cratic presidential primary oai
lot May 16, have been invited to
address the annual party fund-
raising event, but Kefauver has
not yet given his final answer.
C. Girard Davidson, Portland
attorney and former assistant
secretary of the interior, will be
general chairman of the ban
quet
Prison Guard's Shot
Halls Wandering Pair
Salem U.R) Two trustees
working in the dairy barns of
the state prison farm annex here
tried to walk away in the spring
like weather Sunday, but halted
their migration when a prison
guard fired a shot over their
heads after they had left farm
annex property. Warden Virgil
O'Malley said Monday.
The two were identified by
O'Malley as Joe Scott Wilson,
21. and William H. Stark, 22.
Wilson was received from Ben
ton county in March, 1951, to
serve two years for larceny and
forgery.
Stark was received from Hood
River county in April, 1950 to
do four yean for forgery.
HST Asks Extension
Of Emergency Powers
Washington (UJ9 President
Truman urgently requested Con
gress Monday to extend for at
least 60 days his war-time emer
gency powers before taking an
Easter recess. .
Some 60 war-time emergency
powers, including the power to
seize the railroads, will expire
when the Japanese peace treaty
becomes effective. The Senate
has approved the treaty, but Mr.
Truman has not yet issued a
proclamation of ratification.
None of the emergency pow
ers Mr. Truman asked continued
would give him authority to
seize the steel industry, which is
threatened with strike .early
Wednesday.
BOY, 15, ADE3ITS- HIIROER
OIF OOTTOGE ISBOWE ML
Eugene, Ore. (U.R) A charge
of first degree murder was filed
Monday igainst a 15-year-old
boy, who, authorities said, admit
ted killing a near-deaf mute girl
because his eighth grade class
mates taunted him about her be
ing prtgnant
The boy, Elmer Harlan Bel
cher, was remanded to juvenile
authorities by District Judge
Stalin Seen in Favor
Of Early Sessions
To Settle Disputes
Moscow (U.R) Premier Jo
sef Stalin was believed Monday
to be in favor of early East-West
negotiations, perhaps by heads
of states, to settle all outstand
ing world disputes.
He gave that impression to
Indian Ambassador Sir Sarve-
palli Radhakrishnan in a half
hour audience Saturday night
that produced the Soviet Union s
Talks Scheduled
In Final Effort To
Avoid Steel Strike
Washington (U.R) The,
government Monday banned
11 deliveries of steel for civil
ian use in a move to save sup
plies for high priority defense
needs in case of a steel strike.
New York !U.R) The gov
ernment wage stabilization boss
scheduled. separate and joint con
ferences with industry and union
leaders Monday in a desperate
final effort to head off a nation
wide steel , strike at , midnight
Tuesday.
Nathan P. Feinsinger, wage
Stabilization Board chairman.
started the day by talking with
union representatives. He met
with company representatives
late Sunday night
Plants Cool Furnaces
I expect to have either sep
arate or joint conferences
throughout the day," he said. "1
do not expect to have anything
further to say for the rest of the
day."
While settlement attempts
were being intensified in the
meetings in New York hotel
rooms, plants which manufacture
95 per cent of the nation s steel
for defense and civilian use be
gan cooling furnaces and laying
off workers in an orderly shut
down. Other industries throughout
the country were planning for a
curtailed use of steel. Large
users of steel said they believed
they could keep going for two to
six weeks.
Gradual Progress" Reported
Feinsinger reported after a
joint meeting Sunday that "grad
ual progress" was being made in
attempts to find a peaceful set
tlement of the wage dispute.
But an angry exchange of
charges Sunday night between
Benjamin Ft Fairies, president
of U. S. Steel, and Philip Mur
ray, head of the Steelworkers
Union CIO dimmed chances that
a walkout by 650,000 steel work
ers would be averted.
Josephine Road .
Employees Strike
Grants Pass, Ore. (U.R)
Fifty-four employees of the Jose
phine county road department
went on strike Monday.
Douglas McOmie, president of
the local road employees' union,
said the strike was in protest to
actions of County Road Superin
tendent Roy Slette. A picket line
was set up around the county's
road shop.
The county court issued a
statement saying that the road
department would be operated
through the foreman rather than
through the superintendent but
that Slette would not be fired.
However, McOmie said that un
der no circumstances would the
men go back to work unless
Slette was discharged.
CALLED SOUTH BY DEATH
Mr. and Mrs. Cole Holmes, 16
Ross Court, were called to San
Francisco Saturday by the
death of Mrs. Holmes' mother.
Mrs. Clara Myers McKenzie of
that city. Funeral services will
be held Wednesday in San Fran
cisco. Mrs. McKenzie is survived
by her husband, Mrs. Holmes,
the only daughter, and grand-
Chester Anderson. However, Cir
cuit Judge G. F. Skipworth call
ed a special grand jury to inves
tigate the slaying of 16-year-old
Mary Ellen Campbell.
District Attorney C. E. Luckey
said the boy confessed he fired
a .22 calibre pistol bullet into the
back of the girl. Her body was
found near her home south of
Cottage Grove, Ore, early Sat-
fourth gesture toward the West
in the past month.
Problems Can Be Solved
Radhakrishnan told newsmen
afterward:
"Following my interview with
Stalin, I feel there isn't an out
standing problem now dividing
the world which cannot be solv
ed by discussion and negotia
tions. "It would be unwise to bang
the door against every approach
and give up the task as impos
sible. Every effort should be
made to get the top people to
gether." Radhakrishnan did not iden
tify the "top people," but it
was assumed he was urging an
early meeting by Stalin, Presi
dent Truman, British Prime Min
ister Winston Churchill, French
Premier Antoine Pinay and pos
sibly Indian Prime Minister Ja
waharlal Nehru.
Other Soviet Gestures
Stalin's interview with Rad
hakrisnan, his first with a West
ern or neutral diplomat in two
years, followed these other So
viet gestures toward the West:
1. A Soviet offer last month
to unify Germany and write a
German peace treaty.
2." Stalin's statement to a
group of American editors that
a third world war is no closer
now than it has been for the last
two or three, years and his re
iteration of his belief in the pos
sibility of Communism and cap
italism existing peacefully side
by side.
3. Russia s offer at a Soviet-
sponsored International Econom
ic Conference in Moscow to buy
$2,750,000,000 worth of goods
annually from the U. S., West
era Europe, Southeast Asia, the
Middle East and Africa.
London (U.R) Prime Min
ister Winston Churchill indicat
ed Monday that he feels the
time is not ripe for a face-to-face
meeting with Premier Joseph
Stalin to try to settle the cold
war.
Churchill's reaction to appar
ent Soviet feelers for such a
meeting emerged from an ex
change with Labor members in
the House of Commons.
Truce negotiators
Soften Propaganda
Panmunjom (U.R) - Allied
and Communist headquarters
Monday soft-pedaled their props
eanda voices and restrained
truce negotiators a top com
mands of both sides worked sep
arately on delicate strategy
plans that could bring the Ko
rean war to a sudden end.
Armistice sub-delegates met
here for a brief 5 minutes and
57 seconds to see if either side
had anything new to offer on
truce supervision problems. Nei
their side did, and the meeting
was adjourned until Tuesday.
Prisoner exchange discussions
entered their third day of "in
definite" recess to give the op
posing teams in Munsan and
Kaesong a chance to "develop
additional avenues" for resolv
ing the POW question.
Valley Men En Route
Home on Rotation
San Francisco (UJ!) Twenty-eight
Oregon men were en
route to their homes on combat
rotation from Korea Monday
after landing at the Oakland
Naval Supply Center aboard the
USNS Gen. John Pope. They in
cluded: Pfc. Ernest C. Lunsford,
Grants Pass: M-SgC Genrel O.
O'Brien, Ashland; Cpl. Joseph H.
Santos. Medford; Sgt Glen R
Rock, Medford.
PAVING STARTS
Paving of Third street be
tween Grape and Fir streets is
under way. according to Vernon
Thorpe, city public woaka director.
urday by Elmer's brother, Ken
neth, 17.
Luckey said the yputh told
uuu ue una planned zor 8DOUI a
week to kill the girl. Luckey said
young Belcher told him he lured
her about 200 yards away from
her home while her parents were
away milking cows Friday eve
ning and shot her in the back.
Dr. Homer Harris of the state
crime detection laboratory said
the Campbell girl was five
months pregnant. However,
Luckey said he was not sure if
young Belcher had caused her
condition.
The youth's confession to state
police officers came early Sun
day after Lane county authori
ties confronted him with evi
dence that the bullet that killed
Mary Ellen had been fired from
his pistol.
Gold Hill The Harlan Belch
er family formerly resided in
Gold Hill, but left thereabout
10 years ago when Elmer H.
Belcher was about five, former
neighbors said today. The father
was employed by the Southern
Pacific company, and there are
relatives now living in Medford.
Forgery Charges
Await Local Man
Police authorities in Cedar
Rapids, la., have notified Sheriff
Howard Gault that they have ar
rested A. D. Thompson, formerly
of Medford, who is wanted here
to face charges of forgery.
On January 22, Thompson was
charged by a grand jury secret
indictment of passing bad checks
at the J. C. Penney store, the
Bar-B-Q grill and the First Na
tional bank, totaling some $500,
Sheriff Gault said.
Thompson was formerly em
ployed here as a meat cutter for
Safeway and the Big Y market
Assistant District Attorney
boo Dickey and Sheriff Gault
said Thompson has refused to
waive extradition,, and that an
officer will be sent after him.
He -has a prior criminal record,
tney indicated.
Tigard Girl Dies
Of Accidental Shot
Portland (U.R) Police said
Monday a 13-year-old Tieard
girl had been killed by an ap
parent accidental shot from a
rusty .38-caliber revolver held
by her 14-year-old brother.
The victim was Angela Rosa.
State and Multnomah county po
lice said that according to infor
mation they could piece together,
the girl was shot while combing
her hair on a davennort across
the room from where her broth
er, Gerald, was examining the
revolver.
.Deputy sheriffs Bill Cree-
craft and K. C. Robertson found
the terrified brother eight hours
later. The officers said the boy
apparently had become panicky
after the shooting and had fled
after asking a neighbor to call
a doctor.
Oregon Prison Slates
Commencement Rites
Salem U.R) Oregon State
prison will hold the first com
mencement exercises in its his
tory Friday night when 11 grad
uates of the prison's academic
school get their eighth grade
diplomas.
A dinner for the grades will
precede the commencement ex
ercises. Gov. Douglas McKay is
expected to be among guests of
No Serious Flooding Seen
In Portland-Vancouver Area
Portland (U.R) The weath
er bureau said Monday 'that
spring runoffs from the snow-
heavy mountains of the Colum
bia river basin probably will
cause 1 minor flooding - in the
Portland - Vancouver, Was h.,
areas before the end of the sea
son.
If o Serious Flooding
A special water supply out
look, compiled as of April 1, said
no serious flooding is expected
in the Columbia drainage above
the confluence of the Columbia
and Snake rivers near Pasco,
Wash., "unless an adverse se
quence of temperature and pre
cipitation conditions occurs."
With normal temperatures and
rainfall throughout the melt
season, the discharge of water
down the Columbia would re
sult in peak stages near 22 feet
in the Portland and Vancouver
harbors, too report Hid,
Hit-Run Tactics
Threatened To
Disrupt Service
Communications
System Limtied
New York (U.R) More than
65,000 telephone workers went
on strike across the nation Mon
day and threatened a "hit and
run" disruption of service in 43
states and the District of Colum
bia. The strike started at 6 a. m.
Combined with the five-day-old
strike of Western Union oper
ators, it confused and limited the
nation's communications. But the
telephone strike was immedi
ately effective in only four states
New Jersey, Ohio, Michigan
and Northern California.
Major Threat
The major threat to national
service was from the compara
tively small 15,500 member
Districts 10 and 11 of the Com
munications Workers of Amer
ica, CIO. All are employees of
Western Electric and their hit-and-run
picket lines could idle
all other telephone workers in
all states except those of New
England and Montana.
The first Western Electric
pickets appeared in Augusta,
Ga., and Jennings, La., Shortly
before 9 a. m. A Southern Bell
spokesman said one picket at
Augusta kept "some" operators
off their jobs. Two pickets ap
peared at Jennings and prevent
ed 6 of 12 operators from work
ing who respected the line and
refused to enter the exchange,
the company said.
Other Operators Quit
In addition, 44,500 telephone
operators in Ohio, Michigan and
New Jersey, represented by oth
er divisions of the CWA, walked
off their jobs in separate dis
putes wtih local Bell Telephone
companies.
Service employees of the Pa
cific Telephone and Telegraph
company struck in Northern -California.
These .6,500 strikers ,
were expected to idle operators
with their picket lines.
Negotiations in all the wage .
disputes broke up shortly before
the 6 a.m. strike deadline but
were scheduled to resume dur
ing the day. A settlement in any
one could set a pattern for quick
agreement on the others.
Portland U.R) Some 350 em
ployees of Western Electric Co.
in Oregon, Washington and part
of Idaho went on strike Monday
in connection with a nationwide
walkout but service was not im
mediately disrupted.
Downtown telephone ex
changes in Portland and Grants
Pass, Ore., were picketed for a
brief period. Western Electric
installers are also employed at
Medford, Jacksonville, Eugene,
Springfield and Madras in Ore
gon. Although no pickets appeared
at the latter places immediate
ly officials of the Communica
tions Workers of America CIO
hinted that "hit and run" picket
ing would be employed. A union
official said he expected all tele
phone workers to observe picket
line when they were set up.
Western Electric employees at
work in Medford and Jackson
ville installing new central of
fice equipment are on strike
here, it was reported this morn
ing by J. H. Creager, manager
of the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company here.
All telephone service, both lo
cal and long distance, is normal,
Creager said. No picket lines
had been set up this morning, he
added.
There are about eight Western
Electric employees in this area,
Creager. reported.
Flood stage is 18 feet at the
Portland "seawall" and 15 feet
in the lowlands surrounding
Vancouver.
Such stages would send wa
ter into low-lying farm areas but
would not seriously affect ei
ther of the cities.
108 Per Cent of Average
The forecast said all streams
tributary to the Columbia above
Grand Coulee would produce
more than 110 per cent of their
1940-49 average water year
flows, assuming medium subse
quent precipitation.
The inflow at Grand Coulee
dam is expected to be 108 per
cent of the 10-year average.
Streams tributary to the Colum
bia in Washington state below
Grand Coulee are expected to
produce between 90 and 100 per
cent ' of their average, except
in the Okanogan, where nearly
140 per cent is expected. .
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