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Newspaper Page TextIE A fQMIUl MP Ms fo) u Hi 111 I llB - v Br FIlANK. JKNKINH B DISPATCH (rum Wiiahlnglon Ilili morning tells us: ' "yuoatlona bearing vltully on the future of (ho United Slatea mill null of ilia world confront the itotli emigre, which moett tomorrow (or In (Innl tension." True enough. The headline muke tint plum. . THE dlapatrh gooa on: "A complicating (actor U that Uili la it general election yeur. Democrat wiinl to rutultt tile con trol of cungrca they lout to the UUP In 11141). Tho Republican Iiom to put their proaldcullal nominee III the While llouao for tho tint lime mure Franklin 1). Ilooacvrlt tlarted bit flral term In loa;t." THAT It alto true enough. What It mnounu to la lhl: From jiow until the (Irat Tuesday alter In Oral Moniluy III November CTATKHMANrllllP (wlml It beat for our rounlry) inuat piny aecond fiddle to POLITICS iwhnl It brat fur the politician!.) THE odd purl of II It tlmt In Uili hour the bulk of the pluln people WANT STATESMANSHIP, whereat the politician! I who want the pro ple't voteai are preparing to give I hem the uaual three-ring xillllcil clrcui. rONUKEMIMAN MAI. ONE Y of Peiuuylvania, Jual bark from a aevrn-wrrki tour of Europe, tella a I'hlladelphla reporter Una morning that the Huaaiana are ualng Oer man and Austrian furred labor III a maaalva war production program behind the Ural niounlaliu. lit tayt Una Boviel war produc tion campaign It a "tremendoua un dertaking" and adda that reliable i European) InlormaiiU told him the Ruaalaiu art making projectile! and Unkt in their Ural faclorlet. tS that surprising? With what they have In mind, which It a communist cace baaed upon world that It all communlai. It would be alrango If they weren't doing Uieae Uilnga. AN our aide of the fence, thla terae announcement cornea this morn ing from Morehead City. North Carolina: "An undisclosed number of U. 8. marine will ehove off from thla port tomorrow FOR SERVICE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA. The leatherneck!, according lo a brief navy announcement, will be Hatlonrd on thlpa operating In Julian and Ureek watera." N The dlapatch adda: "The Unllcd i Vila let la plelged to realat com munltm In both thcaa countries." 1 ITS put It Una way: Greece It meat. Bo far. It la a OUEIIRILLA meat. Back of the guerrilla!, over the Orerk border 111 Albania. Yougoalavla and Bulgaria, are RUSSIAN TROOI'S. In the watera of the Mediterranean aea, be yond Uie International limit of Oreek toverelgnly. are ah I pa of the American navy manned by Amer icana in uniform, commanded by American offlcert. You can tee what might happen. It RE wt doing right, or are we do Ing wrong? Well, generally speaking. If a big. tough-looking dog threatens to bite you, you'd bettor Hand whatever ground you have taken. If you turn and run, the dog will be PRETTY SURE to bile you. We'va taken a aland In Greece. Customers Get Bear By Tail SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan o W Six customer!, Irritated when A masked robber ttole f IDS from a tavern, gave chase In an automobile and caught him or to they said. When Patrol men O, J. Bosque and N. F. Bishop dashed up they found the alx un armed customers lined up against t.elr car facing the bandit and hit 'weapon. Addie May Nixon Named New City Librarian Today Addle May Nixon, for the past sev en year affiliated with tho Klam ath Fall city library as children' librarian, today was named city li brarian replacing Mis Enola Haw kins whose registration after 34 years of service was announced Sat urday. Mr. Nixon has had 21 years ex perience In library work. She at tended Lorotto Heights college In Denver, Colo., and was graduated from the Denver University school of llbrarlnnshlp. Mr, Nixon's first library experience wa a first as sistant In the Elyrla branch of the Denver public, library, and also served there a assistant In the brunch department for the blind, was librarian of the Valverdo branch library, first becamo In terested In children' work at Vul vrrdc where she wa assistant In the children's department, later Including five year' radio work ov er station KOA, Denver, conducting her own tlory lolling hour. Mr. and Mrs. Nixon wore mar ried In Klamath Falls on her arri val here from Denver. Mr. Nixon is with Bell Machinery compnny In Klamath Fall. After moving to this city, Mr. Nlxun served lor one year at the county library under the Into Mary McComb. She transferred to f.he city library seven year ago and took over the post of children'! de WEATHER !. It as Mia t rravlpllallaN laal SI fcaar . airaam raar la Salt S.at l.ail ftr I ll Narmal LSI raracaali t'laatr, aama rain, aaaw. rillCK KIVI! CF.NTH European Aid, Higtlost Of Living, Tax Slashing, Housing Face Congress WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 1l'j tjuri Hunt bearing vitally on the future of the Lulled H la lea and moat of the world confront the ftOlh cun grrat meeting tomorrow for Hi final traalon. Help for Europe and Aala, tax culling, the Illicit coal of living, rent control and the houalng shortage, military prrparrdnraa and health Inauranrc are a few of the top la auea. And the Hal probably will grow. A complicating factor It that this French Vote Reds Down PARIS, Jan. S lA"i The French notional assembly gave Premier Rrbert Schuinan vote of confl dinre today by defeating two com-muntst-pcaaaiil-De Oaulllst amend ment to the government antl-ln-flatlon bill. The assembly voted down efforts to exclude 1. 100.000 farmers from the tax bill and to exempt tmall artisans from the choice of paying a tieclal Income tax or Investing the same amount In government bonds. The votes were 3O0-S13 and 308-212. respectively. Other amendments atlll to re voted on would redure tax levte in war, drought and flood victim and on small family - oeralrd busi nesses. Assembly circle predicted that the government's maniln might l close In the voting on a MX relief ! for war vlrllmi, but It was generally i believed that It would win out. I The tax bill, a presented by the government, I designed to produce approximately 135 000.000.000 franc about g. ooo ooo .000 1 in revenue. Saturday when communist and rightist dcputle sought lo amend the measure with proposals for ex emption for those In small Inrom" biackrt they were defeated by 321 lo 383. Burma Adopts Socialism v RANGOON. Burma. Jan. t i.Vi President Sao Shwe Thalk said to day the policy of the new Union of Burma would be the establish ment of state socialism and the elimination of capitalism. In the first statement of policy since the state cut loose from the United Kingdom, the president said Burma would nourish Uie friend ship of all other nations but would "tolerate no Infringement on the territorial Integrity of the Union of Burma." Shwe Thalk said Burma Intended swiftly to establish highly trained army, navy and air forco to defend the country from external foe and create auxiliary force In which all able-bodied Burmese citizens would be required to serve Uie country. Parliament beat down communist opposition yesterday and ratified a new treaty with Great Britain as It first sovereign act. Crowds cele brated Independence In the street. The treaty cancel $60,000,000 In Burmese debt to Britain, give Britain permission to maintain mllllary base In Burma and pro vides for transfer of 27 small ves sel to the Burmese navy. partment and hua conducted slory telling In the city schools a well a over Radio Station KFJI. She plan to continue her story telling pro gram. Selection of Mrs. Nixon to the post was made by the city library board. No other chango In personnel ha been announced. AIIMK MAY NIXON fuu: ?r-iMaaag rww rni u I i" 1 " II W in In ... . It a gcncrul election year. Democrat! want to reguln the control ol con gress they lunt to the OOP hi Ki4U. The republicans hope to put their prealilentlul nominee In the White House lor Die flrat time aline Frank lin L. Hooacvclt Hurled his first term III IUX1. Htratrgy lluddlrt The flral week of the new session will bo devoted primarily to siwecn maklng and strategy huddles by con greaaional leaders, with few com mittees tuning to lay the ground work tor future legislative actions. The senate republican policy com mittee and the houae republican steering committee will meet during the week for declalont which will go far toward thaplng the majority party'a leglalatlve program to coun ter the propoaalt President Truman will outline Wednesday in hit an nual tUle-of-Uie-unlon mraaagr. The chief executive will go to the cupllol In person to deliver that mcsauge lo a Joint session of the senate and house. Hit economic re port on Friday and hit budget mes sage next Monday will be delivered by messenger. Hie flral actual battle of the ses alon probably will take place In the house, over the OOP-backed tax re duction bill. Home leaders want to paA! the measure this month to at Miwaker Martin put It, Uie president will know what to expect. The tax bill under consideration would rut VOO.0OO,Ooa and about 7,100.000 low Income and elderly per sons from Hie lax rolls. It goes fur ther than the two bills Mr. Trumaa vetoed last year. While the president has said noth ing about hit plan If he receive another tax cutting measure, highly placed vthlle House aides expect ' to oppose any general slash ""lie Uie national income la at a record hlih. Llilnese Aid In addition to tho Marshall plnn for European recovery, congress also I due to gel a separate atate depart ment program for helping China. The final decision on foreign aid will go far toward deciding the amount the republicans will try to cut Uie president's budget. Mr. Truman Is expected to submit a record peacetime budget of about 40.0O0.O00.O0O In hi message next Monday. Shortly thereafter. Joint committee under OOP control will meet to work out a legislative budget a a pattern for future appropria tions. , Bui lit advance of actual knowl edge, congressional leader are spec ulating that Uie president will ask the lawmakers to: Approve the Marshall plan quickly. Extend rent control beyond It February 29 expiration date. Pas a universal military train ing bill. Approve a national health In surance program. Broaden social security cover age. Extend the reciprocal trade agreement act expiring in June. Olve legal atatua to and expand the tate department's foreign in formation program. Do something about the housing situation, and give him standby price-wage control and rationing; power. Traffic Death Rate Drops SALEM, Jan. 6 I.Vi Oregon's traffic death rate In 1M7 might have been the lowest since records have been kept, Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry said today. The rate for the first 11 monUis of last year wa at an all-time low of 82 person killed for each 100, 000,000 mile traveled. The Novem ber rate was 8.4. a continuation of the downward trend. Newbry said the heavy Increases In traffic volumes have offset the high number of fatiilltlcs to estab lish the low death rates. Petrillo To Be Called On Ban WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 uP Chairman Hartley 1R.-N.J.1 of the house labor committee announced today he will call James C. Petrillo next week to explain the American Federation of Musician' ban on making new record. The AFM president will be asked to appear at public hearings ex pected to start next Monday, Hart ley told reporters. Hartley said he I considering an amendment to the Taft-Hartley Labor act making stoppages such as that ordered by Petrillo on re cording a violation of tho anti trust laws. Petrillo stopped recordings by his musicians January 1 when AFM contract with the principal record ing firms expired, claiming the re cordings wcro endangering Uie live lihood of the musicians who made them. & X .rfATII FAM.K, OKKOON, MONDAY, Murder Charge VrM ..SttXal Ktate Officer Robert. Milton Is ihown looking Into the opened back-yard grave Just after the body of Mrs. .Marie Franklin wa! removed Saturday night. Police began digging after Homer Franklin told au thorities he thot hit wife November 3 and buried her 14 feel from the house. JeWS Bomb ku Miau iiuici JERUSALEM. Jan. t MV-Rescuer dug today into Uie debris of the Semlramlt hotel for 18 persons mist ing after the three -story structure was leveled by a bomb which police said Uie Jewish under ground had planted. Three persons were Known aeaa. One Informant said Uie hotel was one of five district headquarters for an Arab military group. The known aeuu inciuaca Manuel eauuar ira- vesedo. acting Spanish consul. Some 17 were Injured. A similar act of violence occurred buiKity in jniiu. wnere Aran neaa- quarter wa bombed arid lS-pcrsun were killed and about 100 Injured. Police blamed the Stern gang, Uie most extreme element of the Jewish : underground. Hugana, the Jewish underground i defense force, aald through a spokes-! man at Tel Aviv Uiat Uie Jerusalem hotel attack was executed because "the building wa an Important meeting place of Arab gangs, where: arms were distributed to villages in the Jerusalem area." At least four persons were brought . alive from the hotel wreckage, one a , woman who had screamed In pain for four hours before she was saved. Construction Worker Killed A Rogers Construction company employe. Raymond Clifford Kah konen, 30. of Longvicw. Wash., was fi; tally Injured this morning on ths highway above Chiloquin in an In dustrial accident. The man was believed to have been hit on the head by an article of construction equipment. Death was due to a fractured skull. The man was brought to Klam ath Agency for treatment and was dead when the Professional Am bulance service vehicle arrived. The body Is at Ward's Funeral home. Marines To Shove Off Tomorrow MOREHEAD CITY, N. C Jan. R (IP An undisclosed number of U. marines will shove off from this port tomorrow for service In Uie Mediterranean area. The leaUierneck. according to a terse navy announcement, will be stationed on ships operating in Italian and Greek waters. The United States Is pledged to resist communism in both these countries. The navy didn't say how manv marines wcro going, but It brief clght-llne statement did contain one hint: the men will board a transport of 12.000 to 15.000 tons fully loaded. The men, of the second marln; division of Camii Lejeunc, N. O. aaw World War II action In Guad alcanal, Tarawa and the Marianas. "Too Ltte Too Late" Huntinn Season Derided By Anqrv Nimrods As Second Half of Split Period Ends The last half of the split migratory waterfowl season closed today at 3:36 p.m. after a run which Was not particularly satisfactory. Although some hunter consistently got their limit of four ducks, others were whitewashed time after time. Hunters and wildflro officers alike predict that the U. S. fish and wildlife service will not call for a split season again. The general feeling here It that tho last half of the season here wa too lale for good or comfortable hunting, and failed to accomplish the government's conservation plan because Uie ducks merely went south to be shot rather than falling to gunners In this area. , Tulclake sportsmen are reported ready to draft a protest of the split season. Local groups may do the same thing. In Oregon the situation was further complicated by Uie fact that 1948 hunting licenses had to be purchased to take part In the last five days of the season, and dealers reported a fair sale of tho permits. California license and federal duck stamps remained good for the overlapping season. JANUARY I, IMS Telephone gill Follows Exhumation of tx-f '..-: if ' YiL v-v-j f"ir ? t. len Children Killed When Train Plows Into Bobsled ARCHBOLD, O., Jan 5 Pi "I I thought the track was clear." Jesse I Wye said today In explaining how the New York Central's "Chlcagoan" -, pa&senger train smashed hi farm bobsled, killing 10 children of three neighbor and seriously injuring two others, one of them his dauglv UI Wyse and hi 13-year-old son, John, whom Uie father believed "too young and Inexperienced" to take , the tractor-drawn sled out himself were not hurt. The boy leaped to Irom the of , ... j , ..x jml s,jf(ened n my eat on ; Ulc ,ractor," the father said. "The Alturas Bus Service Set ALTURAS. Jan. 5 That the Pad- "l started up the tractor again fic Greyhound stage lines will be : and Just as It was clearing Uie operating a two-trip bus service to tracks. I saw the train bearing down Klamath Falls and Reno before the ; on. the sled," he continued. "It was end of Uie month, was told today by horrible." Frank Word, manager of the O. C. I The dead were identified by Cor and N. stage lines, who are selling j oner h. m. Warner of Fulton county to the Greyhound people. The permit Bs four children of Mr. and Mrs. Is being granted by the ICC in : Lawrence Oneser Gayle, 13; her Washington. I twin. Charlene; Patricia. 8. and Officials of Uie Pacific Greyhound Sharon, 6 four children of Mr. and company will be In Alturas this week Mrs. Raymond Grieser Donald. 13: to complete details of the transfer, Marlin, 11; Arlene. 10, and Janet, 4 according to Word. The sale price, and two daughters of Mr. and made public by Uie ICC. Is $100,000. Mrs. Lyle Osborne Jean. 12, and of which in the neighborhood of I Marjorte, 16. $13,000 will go to the government I Wyse- daughter. Janice. 7. and in income tax. I another daughter of the Lawrence The two-trip sen-Ice a day will mean much to this isloated city which has to depend on bus service for Uie traveling public. Grand Jury In January 19th The Klamath county grand Jury Is summoned to go Into session Jan uary 19. Circuit Judge David R. Vandenberg announced during docket call at court this morning, and Deputy District Attorney J. H. Napier said that Uie session might lust four or five day. The county grand Jury has not met since last spring, and at least 15 felony InvestigaUons will be brought to the Jury's attention this time. Members of Uie Jury Include Hugh Falvcy, Merrill; Ben F. Per nlgottl, 2419 Reclamation: Ivan Knndra. Merrill; J. B. Horsley, Bo nonra: Glen B. Inman. 517 N. 4th; George Baldwin, Merrill, and Ken neth A. Moore, 3045 LcRoy. Numerous equity and law cases were set for. trial at today's docket call, and February 9 was set as the dntc for trial of Lewis H. Ankeny, charged with larceny by bailee. Last summer Ankeny was acquitted of embezzlement. Woman's Body train hit the sled, tore it loose from the tractor and hurled It down the tracks." The bobsled was scattered for a mie alosoj Uie right-of-way east of this northwestern Ohio town. Two of the victims were ground beneath wheels of Uie train. No train pas- : sengers were Injured and it contin- : ued to Chicago after a 57 minute : delay. j By tme witnesses said, snow 1 npnrlv had hlnttpri nut all evidpnre , of lhe tragedy which occurred at 1:30 p. m. (EST) yesterday. Wyse planned originally to take the youngsters out Saturday, but was- unable-to di-so -until .yesterday. Hit son, John, told state highway patrol men he begged to take Uie sled out himself "but Dad said I was too young and inexperienced." Wyse said he stopped at the cross ing and thought the tracks were clear. ! Orleser s. Shirley. 9. were hospital ized at nearby Wauseon. D. O. Scherer, of Toledo, engineer of Uie train, said he saw the sleigh ride party, whistled frantically but was unable to stop In time. He es timated his speed at 80 miles an hour. Conductor R. L. Snook of Elk hart, Ind., said two of the children leaped before the train struck. Weird Gadget Identified SEATTLE, Jan., 6 (PI A SeatUe man has identified an electrical gad get on sale in a Dallas, Texas, army surplus goods store as a "low-voltage machine which has been used for years to exercise muscles where nerve function has been Impaired. V. W. Worden, owner of an elec trical equipment company, made the Identification yesterday from an As sociated Press wlrephoto and said he was amazed that no one seemed to know Uie purpose of the machine. A dispatch from Dallas said the owner of the store, the army medi cal corps from which the machine was purchased and several physi cians said they didn't Know what It was used for. State Of Union Talk Wednesday WASHINGTON. Jan. 5 (A The White House reported today Presi dent Truman decided to deliver his state of the union message to congress In person because of "Its extreme Importance." Press Secretary Charles G. Ross told reporter Mr. Truman will ap pear before a Joint session of Uie senate and house in the house chamber at 1:30 p.m. (EST) Wed nesday. Ross added that as nearly a he could Judge In advance of the com pletion of the message It will re quire about 40 minutes to deliver. The president usually speaks at rate of 120 words a minute. The Gallup Poll, which has been carried on page one for the past week, will be found on page four of today's Herald and Newt, No. 1221 Ef . . II HOMER FRANKLIN si 11 11 1 MARIE FRANKLIN 'Slave Labor' Story Told PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5 Rep. Franklin J. Maloney (R-Pa.) asserted today that the Russians art using" German and Austrian forced labor "in the thousands" In a massive war production under taking behind the Ural mountains. The legislator who recently re turned from a seven-week tour of Europe said he received his infor mation from a high German churchman. "The Soviets," Maloney said in an interview, "are calling In men and some women too from Uie Russian-occupied zones of Germany and Russia. Their families never hear from them again." Maloney said the Soviet war pro duction campaign Is "a tremendous undertaking" and that reliable in formants told him Uie Soviets are making projectiles and tanks "al though I don't know why" In their Ural factories. Since the end of the war, Malon ey added, the Russians have re moved a great number of their ma jor factories to the seclusion of the area behind the Urals. "And they've built a lot more since then," he de clared. Late Spud Bulletin SAN FRANCISCO, Jan, 5 AP USDA) Potatoes: 9 broken. 12 un broken cars on track; California 4, Nevada 2, Oregon 6 arrived, one car arrived by truck; market slighUy stronger: Klamath Russets No. 1-A, 4.75, Deschutes 4.65, Idaho 4.50. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5 (AP USDA) Potatoes: 19 broken, 25 un broken cars on track; Oregon 1, California 4, Idaho 8. Utah 1 ar rived. 12 cars arrived by truck; mar ket firm; Idaho Russets No 1-A, 4.60-65. Snowstorm Blankets Basin Over Week-End; Travel Slow A swirling snowstorm blanketed the Klamath country over the week-end reaching Its peak Sunday when .60 of an Inch of moisture was recorded at the CAA weather sta tion. Snow was foremost In weather news throughout the state, with transportation slowed considerably over mountain passes. Today most mountain roads were Improved, the state highway commission reports, but strong south winds are expect ed In the Cascades tonight, Motor ists are still advised to carry chains. The morning road report told of packed snow on sections of the Willamette pas with 66 Inches of roadside snow. The pass Is par tially sanded. Similar conditions prevail on Sun mountain, with seven Inches of new snow and 36 Inches of roadside snow. There Is slush for 10 miles across the summit. Travel Is slushy over Hayden mountain on the Greensprlngs a well. Many college students home for the holidays were bound for school with some waiting until today's clearing weather before tackling the trip over Icy, stormy roads to schools In the north. No United Air Line planes land Ex-Navy Man Jailed For Killing Wife A Multnomah county deputy sher iff here on a duck-hunting trip over the week-end waa Initrutnental In bringing to light and solving a 33 day old slaying at a suburban farm house and placing hla brother, 64 year-old Homer V. Franklin, In th county Jail charged with flral degree murder. The body of the victim, Marie Franklin, 43, wa exhnmed from a small backyard grave by atate pollee after Franklin had con fessed the killing., John Franklin, who ha been a deputy sheriff In PorUand for 22 yean, received hi brother's con fession Saturday afternoon and turned him over to local authorities. The statement made by Franklin Indicated a self-defense shooting, but the fact that a first degree murder charge waa algned by State Police-Sergeant Earl Tlchenor may mean that Franklin' story is doubted. Franklin gave a reason for the killing an unhappy married life and torture on the part of his wife. He said that Marie had given him medicine to keep him awake for five night. He also said the repeatedly left their home for long periods and often bad threatened to kill him. The slaying took placa In a nar row hallway at the Franklin home, near the airport on the Joe Wright read, th night of November M, Franklin statement disclosed. Th 43-year-old Marie Franklin waa thot once in the head with a .38 calibre frontier model revolver. Franklin Is held without ball In the county Jail and baa talked with U. S. Balentine, attorney who In stituted a divorce action for him over a year ago. Balentine said ha had not decided whether to take the defense. Friday Visit John Franklin, the Portland deputy, was here Friday and that night went to visit hi brother at Uie farm home. He said he noticed the absence of Mrs. Franklin, but was told by Homer Franklin that Marie had left him, presumably to go to Sacramento. The deputy said that he knew Mrs. Franklin had left her husbanr several time In the past But Saturday afternoon Homer Franklin telephoned his brother to come back to the house, saying ha had something he wanted to tell him. Deputy Franklin went back and hi brother told hint the story af IIm -Uayinr, a tlory which he later re peated before other officers, the district attorney and court re porter. "I advised him to go to the dis trict attorney," John Franklin (aid, "and he agreed." Homer Franklin told District At torney Clarence Humble he shot and killed his wife about 10 p. m. No vember 30. He said he had gone to bed and Mrs. Franklin came across the living room of Uie small nous (CtaUaac raft , Calama 11 UMT Gets Push From Royall LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5 P)ln a world of unrest and possible future conflict, the United States' defense requirement make Imperative es tablishment of universal military training, Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall declared today. Royall, In an address prepared for delivery at a civic meeting, said he had come to this conclusion "reluctantly." He emphasized that he had not abandoned hope for permanent peace, but added: ' "Until world conditions are better stabilized than they are today, wa must plan and we must have uni versal military training In order to be ready properly to defend our nation." The army secretary said victory In a future war could not be achieved without the Invasion of enemy territory, and for this the United States would require large numbers of men, in the air, on the ground and upon the sea. ed at the municipal airport Sat urday night and Sunday, but flight were going normally today, United reports. The storm only momentarily at' fected transmission on The Califor nia Oregon Power company line, but automatic switches returned power without the necessity of call ing out crews during the Sunday storm. Forecast tor tonight and Tues day Indicated occasional rain mixed with snow for the Klamath area. Telephone communications were disrupted tor the second time with in the past several days In th Lakeshore drive area, Manager Chuck Seavey of The Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph company re ported this morning. Moisture seep ing into an old break on a cable In the Oregon avenue area caused the trouble, Seavey Raid. Some 250 telephones were report ei out till rooming. The first break was repaired Saturday night but the second disruption occurred early Sunday morning. Llnea wera expected to be back In service to day. Seavey said the break occurred at a point where It looked like a BH hot had struck the cable. Seavey aid the Lakeshore line was the only trouble on the local set-up.