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M M. Mtn. 01 Mm im 7 'JiJJ'iJ jJf'jl'rV JKl T lt jP kJS'Ci ruiiliilUllun lull huurv II, its , Jr 1 1 liT k. lO Jlrf'Sk. (Mfc Ik 71 fl f V I MTIk tm T z3tTm airunt Mr ( .uu '-V I fl II Wj)f -Ap f JT fl I Fl 111 r IB I Jfl H R ITI I'KICK I !VK ( I N I H uTH FAIXH, OKK(.ON, WKIlNKHDAY, JANUARY 7, 1D4S Tflrphnne 8111 No. 1231 " i . .i.mi,.,. ' 1 1 ' " -.I....... ., ' i.-n -i . .. ,,,.,., . , I n I he- i lly FRANK JKNKINH I I hl latc-ol-llic-uuloii message lu congress till morning. Presi dent Triiiimn stands pal un most ul hlii pievluus rcciiiiiiiiciidiilliini mul UiMt 111 new tax-culling recipe ul lila own. Ui:ltK Ik how he would "cut" taxes: (.live rmh Individual puyrr nil Immediate HO reduction, lur him self and lor each drjirjlriciil, ullU mid the amount Uiu "saved'' ulitu the luxes ul the corporations. ' UAIII) recent experience trlln im n Ihnl thin In how It would work out III practice: our coi (Mil iitHum lulK "ml llltlc; mid ninny ol Uirin uro VKHY lltilci MAKE TIIK TIIINUH WK ItUV. Following the uriiM-ronU business principle Unit you must i'll whnl you make lor more thnu It hun cost you or you no broke our corpuru tinna l bill mid lilt 1c l would have 10 mid their Incrrunrd ux cost onlo thrir prices. Ho, you we. whnl wo Individuals rre enabled lu put Into our pocket through the proHcd tnx reduction would bo ukrn out ol mioihrr jMM'kfl by litrrrtturd prices ol whnt wo buy. We've Hour IhroUKli enough ol that alrcudy to trnch U4 that II gel un nowhere. roll that rruon. Ihu iiiull-llinr writer emi t work up much m thuslajim lur Mr. Trumnn a election year Uxra acheinc which rem to be dMliurd to cauh voUtt rather than to cure the Ilia from which we are all uIlcrliiK. IT arcuia to be a law ol lite Ulal when you net Into a bad hole you have to not out the hard way. It your loot alla and you tumble into an old abandoned Quarry laud coma oil without broken boiirai you can he on your buck In Uie warm, plrunanl iiiuihino and drcum about KLY1NU out until you ulll niatrly die ol hunitrr. Uul about Uie only way you'll grl out ol Uia hole (aMUinliul that no Uood Samaritan ciimra along and cliniba down and limn you out on hla back) U to hlnny up the rockn under your own power, meanwhile aweatliuj coplouily. r you'va vr laced bankruptcy I i as moat btuilueu Mople do at one lime or another in their cnrcerai you'll know without being told that the only cure lor having apciil more than you can allurd la to turn In and BPEND LKU8 until you get your bualnraa back onlo lla teet again. In Uie long run, that la the only way that we as a nation can gel out Irum under Uie burden ol high taxet. high prlccn, etc.. that we have piled onlo our backa by apend Ing more In pant yenra than we could allord. All the wand wuving that pro Icimloiml wavcta ol wanda cun ac compllnh in a lllctlmc won't turn the trick. OUT, everyone ay. we've GOT to D upend a lot ot monry abroad. Ilow are we going to gel around thnt? Well, It we have to upend more abroad laa apparently we ahall have toi we ll be obliged to BI'KNU LESS AT HOMK In Uie meantime. i Hut don't be no nnlvo as to ex pect any politician to propoae auch a thing na that In nn election year. The Hint rule ul prolCMlnnnl pulltlcx la NKVKH to propose doing any thing the hnrd way.) Fire Truck In River After Call AHllLANl). Jnn. 7 (A At Ash i land a Ilro truck Ilea nt the bottom "of Ashland creek nnd WclUcl'H dc- partmcnt store has n hnsemcnl llllrd with thousands ol dollars worth ol waterlogged merchandise. A leak developed 111 the basement lnsl night nnd the fire department ollered to pump out the water. When the heavy cngluo started over the bridge, nt the rear ot the store, the structure collapsed. The, wreck age (lammed the stream and water rushed Into the basement In lull Hood. Storo employes in the base ment luiulc a dash lor sntcty. Jews Disguised As Police Kill Ten Arabs With Bomb JERUSALEM, Jnn. 7 (!) Jew disguised ns Palestine policemen rolled n bomb Into the Jaffa givlo a; tho old walled city ot Jerusalem train n crudely nrmoied motor enr today nnd killed ten Arabs, An Arab policeman nnd n Jew were killed by n second bomb tossed liiim tho car In flight. Snldlors sub sequently killed one of tho nunckfrs in ho fled it n it nlmndnnlng tho car. A witness said tho car, mined villi mitcliliii'iiiiiis, drew up In Die In r In galo firing Inlo the crowd mid moving Hlowly. "Then, ns wo Ihotight I hoy wore hulling nwity," he mild, "the bomb rolled Into tho street nnd tho ex plosion followed.' Some shooting allowed Immedi ately nnd n column at smoke sev eral hundred toot high nroHa from the nrcn of tho wnll, train which - , i rmrmmw 9 " ' ' iw" shihhd'huiim mm mm 'n mi m n innni i g n i saurian w mi iw. . m ! , Truman Asks Congress For Cut In individual Taxes, Up In Corporation Levy WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 lv-President Trumiin asked congress toduy to vote each Individual taxpayer an Immediate HO lux cut for himself and each dciieiident and to raise coriKirutlon taxes by 13.200.000.000 to onset It. He thus laid the groundwork lor another tux buttle with the republican-controlled house and senate In a state of the Union address on the second day ot the 11HB session Mr. Truman described his recommendation as a "cost ot living" credit designed primarily la relieve the small tuxpuyer. Itecause at Inflation, he said, the government should not reduce lis total revenues- uiul he descrllied corporations as well able to take up the slack. The recommendation run sharply counter to a 6.600.000.000 GOP Ux cutting measure sponsored by Chairman Knutson Ul-Minn i of the house ways and means coiiimltire which would give Income tax payers percentage cuts all along the Hue and leave corporation taxes un changed. In his slate ol the Union meiwiuge toduy, the president declared thul prices huve continued to rise line! added: , '"llie events which have occurred since I presented my 10-polnt uiill-lnllatlun program to the congress on November 17 have made It 15 Killed In Plane Crash SAVANNAH, lia. Jan. 7 l,V -l-'lllren persona were killed and ulna Injured today when a Coastal Air Ultra twin - rnglned plane crashr.l In a marsh on the Havannah river. The plane, on a chartered flight, waa en route from Newark to Mia mi. Kin. Frank Hell, reixirter lor the Savannah Evening Prraa, reiwrlcd from Uie acene thai (he pilot and co-pllot were among Uie dead. All the passengers were Puerto Klcnna en route to their homeland. Hell said that all the Injured appeared to be In serious condition. Thev were Iranstcrrcd to the coast guard cutter Auroro which Harted lor Savannah. Discrepancy The civil aeronautics authority here reported earlier Unit the plane curried M passengers and two crew men. This waa three more Uian the dead and Injured loll Inter reported. The discrepancy waa not Immedi ately explainable. The crash occurred In Uie Uilrk marshland about three miles off the Wilmington Island airport. The huge DC-3 ahlp waa practlcnlly de molished. DeH'a report to his paper did not Identify whether the plane'a pas sengers were men, women or chil dren. A coast guard culler with first aid equipment and Red Crosa personnel left for the scene which la about three mllea oil the Wilmington Is land airport. Members of the cutler crew reported thry were having difficulty reaching the wrecked plane due to the thick marshland. Deer Killing Charge Filed Edward Kruncls Fltapntrlck. 39. who now ranches on Uie late Vera Crlsler holdings near Bly, waa ar rested by state police nnd chnrged with Illegal possession of venison nller a raid on a Lakcvlew Rrocery yesterday. The officer making the arrest said that he vtslled the Pcople'i market In Lakcvlew nnd found sev en venison hams In the smokehouse lor curing. Ownership of the hams was traced to Klt.pntrlck. He allegedly took the meat to the atore on a Sunday two weeks ago nnd It was being kept hidden by nn employe there, the olflcer said. Fltr.putrlck Is In Jail nt Lnkcvlew nnd Is due to come Into court today. The officer anld his Information hKllcnted thnt Fltzpntrlck had killed eight deer, taking the hams nnd leaving the rest of the meat to rot on tho ground. However the man would not sny what happened to the carcasses although he ad mitted ownership of the ment seined nt Lnkcvlew. Arabs have been besieging 1500 Jews. Privnte sources said nn Arab crowd wns the target. ! Tho ntlnck enr sped nwny through the crowded Arnb quarter to the corner of Mnmlllah road nnd St. Julian's wny, whoro another bomb wits hurled, killing nil Arnb pollco mnn nnd n Jew nnd injuring a Ul 11 ls.ll cmiHlnblo. The occiipnnta soon abandoned tho car and fled by foot, through nn undent Moslem cemetery. Tho Jaffn gain lies next to the Damascus gate, tho most heavily mod entrance to the old city. Other violence marked this day of tho Chrlntnius observance of nenrly 100,000 Chi lstlnn Arabs ot tho east ern churches, which use the Julian cnlonclnr. Mayor Issn Bnndak of llethlehem, nn Arnb, Issued n ChrlNtmns plen for pence nnd nn Arnb victory. 'veil clearer that all Ira points are c.wiilliil." He did not list the points again. This Is what he asked the tpeclul session to do and whut It did: 1. Ucstoro consumer credit con trols and restrain Die creation of Inflationary bank credit. iNo ac tion, i Z. Authorl.x the rrguluiion of sicculutlve trading on Uie com modity exchanges. Voluntary agreements only authorized.) 3. txtrnd and strengthen ex liort controls. extension lo Fcb ruury 38. HHI). grunted. j 4. hi tend authority to allocate trumixirtatlon facilities and equip ment. lOrnnlcd i 5. AuthorlM mcusui rs w inch will Induce the marketing of livestock and pouliry at weights and guides thai represent the most cliicleiil utllljmon ol gram. iNo action.) (. Knuble Uie department ol agriculture lo expand Its program ol encouraging conservation prac tices in litis country, and to authorize incu&urca designed to Increase Uiu production ol loods In foreign countries. iGranicd.) 7i Authorlte allocation and In ventory control ot scarce com modlUes which basically affect the cost ol living or Industrial production, i Power to allocate gram to distillers only restored until January 31.) S. Extend and strengthen rent control, i No action. I 9. Authorize consumer rationing on products In short supply which basically affect the cost of living. (No action. ) 10. Authorize price celling on products In short supply which basically alfect the cost of living or Industrial production, an., to authorize such wage ceilings as are essential to maintain Uie neces sary price ceilings. (No action.) Further details on page 4. Fire Razes NYC Pier NEW YORK, Jnn. 7 (Pi A 1000 toot pier nnd Its cargo were de stroyed, a freighter dnmnged nnd two barges burned In a $1,500,000 five-alarm tire which raged on the Brooklyn waterfront enrly today. Lower Manhattan and a large section of the harbor were lighted up nt the height of the blaze. Tho pier tire, which broke out shortly before midnight (EST), was reported under control about 1 n.m. but burned ftito tho daylight hours. Three hundred firemen with five flrcbout nnd 35 pieces of Innd nppnratus fought the flames. Four firemen fell overboard from a tire boat nnd were taken to a hospital for treatment of submersion. The SS Rio Parana, nn 8498-1011 freighter of the Argentine state mcrchnnt fleet, was towed aflame Into the Enst river where the crew and flrcboats extinguished the tire. The freighter blazed up again a short lime Inter, but the flnmes again were quickly extinguished. Police said the ship was not bndly dnmnged. There were conflicting report as to whether the fire started on the ship or pier. Time's Up! The period of leniency on the part of slate police toward late 11148 license getters waa over and officers advised that any motorist driving without the red nnd alu minum plate or evidence of ap plication will face the conse quence. Licenses tfere due Jan. 1, 11148. In the meantime, 5.1H8 tempo rary permits had been Issued up In II o'clock this morning front the license bureau on the first floor of the courthouse. Permits were bring sought nt the rate or' ulfoiit 500 per day, nnd today there appeared no let-up In the demand. ' Survivors A " -I J . ' . y - S'-, v-.4S'J,,,:3 -it..''.f"v Marooned on a wind-swept point of the Alaska peninsula, crewmen (arrow) of the wrecked cannery tender Spencer await rescue. Hix men, possibly sevrn. huddle above the heeled over. Ice-encased tender which went aground Drrrmber 31. Three other men from a navy tug also were marooned there when their surf boat overturned In a rescue attempt- Over Half-Inch Of Rain . Falls During Basin Storm More Uiun one-half Inch of rain. .6? ol an inch lo be exact, saturated the Klnmuth basin In a widespread downMjur overnight, and high tem perature coupled with a strong wind, created an unusual weather condition In this section for early January. The .53 ot an Inch precipi tation figure was for a period cov ering from 5 p. m. Tuesday to 8 1. m. today. While the western part of th tale ot Oregon felt Uie brunt ot rainfall which was translated inu slides, swollen rivers nnd washouts; the Klamath country waa exper- BULLETIN IHNSMUK. Jan. 7 A p proxi mal tly 450 feet of track bordcrinK the rapidly rising Hacramrnto river has waahtd out In the Castle Crari area Just aouth of here this morn Injt. A southbound train which left Klamath Falls earlier In the dav will be held up approximately elRht hours, and an 8-hour delay in all movements Is anticipated by SP men here, it was learned. leitclng vnlley-llke weather. This ! section usually has snow and below freezing temperature readings at this time, but It was warm nights. ' warmer days, rnln and low clouds J todny. j The forecast for tonight Is "cloudy ', with occasional rnin or snow." Precipitation to date Is 5.90 j Inches, ns compared to the normal figure of 4.96. Lnst year the rending at this time was 3.74 Inches. There was no localizing the bnsin rnln. Fort Klamath reported "lots of water," nnd Tulelnke said the rain was fnlllng steadily today. Fred Pope. Klnmnth county com missioner, said the county court was ndvlscd Hint someone was di verting water in the Sprague river nren on the reservation to keep H off fields nnd the wntcr was now Merchants In Tule Organize TULELAKE. Jan. 7 Tulelnke merchants organized Monday night at the chamber of commerce and formed the Tulelnke Merchants association, first such group to be established here. There wns an ex ceptionnlly fine turnout and Fred Fischer, malinger of Rcedcr nnd Mills, wns elected president. Vice president of the nssoclation Is D. R. Simpson, sheet metnl shop opcrntor, and secretary Is B. G. Boyd, recently In the electrical bus iness. Members of the planning committee nnmcd nre Don Potter, Chnrles Card, Don Webster nnd P. C Bergmnn; by-lnws committee, Floyd Boyd. Ronnld Rlnebnrgcr nnd A. A. Rodenberger. W. G. Nogle and Clayton Rudislll were named to con! net n representative of the Merchants Credit Service, Inc., in Klnmnth Fulls. The nssoclntion wns formed to crcnte Interest In future community events, city improvement, nnd 'o stlmulnle buying In the Tulelnke nren with this city ns the shopping center. Colored films of the recent Christ inns pnrnde nnd party were shown bv Vei n Clark of Recder nnd Mills. This group sponsored the holidny event. Meetings nro slated tor the second nnd fourth Mandnv evenings of each month In the chamber of commerce. The next session Is January U, nt which time n member of the Merchants burenu Is expected to attend. wo if Rescue r - 1 5 -r 'J - rm covering a public roadbed. This is unla'.vlul. Pope pointed out, and those involved should halt the prac tice immediately An investigation was ordered. The Oregon state police otfioe was deluged this morning, not wltn rain but with telephone calls. Offi cers said It appeared as it everyone wanted to travel and was Interested In road conditions out ot the basin. Portland-bound cars were advised that, the .only safe route waa over the Wapinitla cut-off, as the W'll- jwcsr-jjasj" Is otosed at Oosheiv Locally, omcers saia. no auncuiiv was being experienced as far as road conditions go. There have been no accidents attributed to rain cov ered highways. The highway to the south is In good condition nnd the Lakeview highway was reported okay except for a stretch of eight miles on the east side ot Quartz mountain where the road is badly cut up. There Is no snow on the stretch. Southern Pacitic officials here advised all trains north and south bound were running on schedule and nn 11:30 a. m. check with Eugene said that the trains were going out on time up to that point. There arc no slides on the line as far as the local district goes. The California Oregon Power company said no report of diffi culty following last night's rnln had been received. The Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph company ad vised some 18 'phones affected but crews were making repairs as fast as possible. The rain caused no cable trouble, according to Manager Chuck Scnvey. County Roads In Good Shape The snowy nnd wet weather thus far hns not had too much effect on county roads with the exception of some washouts in the Fort Klam ath area nnd oUicrs nround Sprague River. Couhiy Engineer Wnlly Hector reported todny. However, additional rains prob ably will develop washouts In other roads very soon. No work other than necessary snow-plowing hns been carried out by the county rond department since Just after Christmas because of shortage of funds. Hector said. It wns decided to lny off for six weeks or two months during the winter rather than to risk running out of mdney while spring work was In progress. 16 Killed In Two Plane Crashes PARIS. Jnn. 7 (Al Sixteen per sons perished and seven others were hurt In two separate European plane crashes lnst night. Three Americans were nmong tho dead. An Air France DC-4 from Brus sels crashed nnd burned while com ing In for a lnnding nt Lo Bourgct airfield in Pails, killing 15 of the 16 persons aboard, Including the three Americans. Air France Identified tho Ameri cans ns: Mrs. Jane Wallace Burrell. 36. visa clerk in the U. S. Embassy hero, of (94 Old Army road) Scnrs dnle, N. Y daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Harold Wallace, also of Scnrsdnlc. Tho embassy said Mrs. Burrell hnd been In Brussels on lenvc. John Povert, address not immedi ately avnllnble. Louis Slbre, address not Immedi ately available. Hundreds Flee As Willamette Loars To'15.7 Foot Peak EUGENE, Jon. 7 AP) Three persons, trapped in o small cable-operated ferry over the Rogue river at llohe in Southern Oregon's mountain wilderness, drowned os raging flood waters, roaring over all of the western port of the state, reached their crest today. Here, where 1400 people were evacuated to safety last night, the Willamette river roared to a 15.7-foot peak at 4 a. m. Three hours later it had subsided almost impercepti bly and the weather bureau said the worst had passed. Word of the triple drowning last night came from the Siskiyou forest service by radio. The victims were Mr. ond Mrs. Robert Lackey, caretakers at the summer lodge of A. T. Jergins, Long Beoch, Calif., and their guest, Mrs. Ross Cooper. Man Swims For Aid Rex Wilson, Siskiyou fire control officer, soid that the Agness station radioed news of the drownings. The three were said to have been swept away in a stalled power tram, Ross Cooper, husband of one of the drowned women, swam ashore for aid and saved hit own life, the Agness station reported. At the rain-swollen Willamette surged northward from here through the 100-mile-long rich farmland route to the Columbia river, 1430 evacuees jammed the Red Cross dormitory, Springfield high school, improvised trailer camps and hundreds of private homes. There was no loss of life here directly attributed to the flood, although 3-year-old Arthur Boyd of adjacent Springfield drowned in o drainage ditch around which he was playing. Until the waters subside nnd further rains are expected to alow Meyers Says Not Guilty WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 iJP MaJ. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers today pleaded Innocent to a federal in dictment charring him with com mitUng perjury by lying to a aenaie war investigating committee about bis private wartime business deal ings. The retired air force purchasing officer also pleaded innocent to another indictment charging him with inducing a former business as sociate to swear falsely to the sen ate committee. Federal Judge David A. Pine, before whom Meyers was arraigned, set the trial for February 16. Judge Pine gave defense counsel 10 days in which to file motions at tacking Meyers Indictment. Meyers was indicted on three i charges of perjury and on three charges that he persuaded Bleriot H. Lamarre, 35, a former business associate of the general, to tell falsehoods to the senate committee. Lamarre also was indicted on three charges of perjury and pleaded guilty yesterday befor Judge Pine. Sentence against La marre, a resident ot DurtoB. Ohio, was deferred pending a report from a probation officer. The arraignment of Meyers re quired only a few minutes. The bald, 52-year-old retired officer ar rived early In Judge Pine's court and waited while several routine criminal cases were handled. He stepped forward briskly when his name was called and the clerk asked him how he wished to plead on each of two indictments. "Not guilty." he said in a firm ! voice. Youth Held On Car Count - Willis Glen Pigg, 21. of 4631 Frelda, was committed to the county jail this morning alter he pleaded guilty to driving a car while his operator's license was suspended, and to dis orderly conduct He was arrested by state police on the Merrill highway yesterday. Pigg was given at $50 fine or 'J5 days In the lockup on the first charge, 90 dnys with 80 suspended on the second. He asked for a sus pended sentence and promised to leave town a dny after he Is re leased from jail. Jackie Newlnnd, 18, signed the disorderly conduct complaint, alleg ing that he beat and struck her. Pigg and the girl were Involved with other young persons In a car-stripping case lnst summer. Busses Routed Through Here Pacific highway busses north and south bound were being routed through Klamath Falls, starting it 4 p. m. Tuesday, and the local Grey hound bus depot and restaurant kwere dninir a lanri-offlr httslnpss todny and on a 24-hour basis. In addition to the Klnmnth busses, the Pacific highway busses have demanded servicing here and the big vehicles were arriving in bunches of twos and threes, nt two nnd three-hour intervals, bus station officials said. Greyhound Is "stubbing" certain busses out of Redding as far as Grants Pnss. but there Is no service beyond that point. All Portland bound vehicles were routed through here nnd over the Wnpinitin cut off. Today Is Christmas Day In Russia MOSCOW. Jnn. 7 m This Is Chrlstmns Dny in Russia, and al though It is not nn officlnl holiday mnny believers still observe It. Worshippers thronged Moscow's Cathedral of the Resurrection nnd other orthodox churches through out the Soviet Union last night for Christmas Eve services. The crowds were somewhat smaller thnn In pnst years, however, because of the bitter cold 18 below In Moscow. the recession no damage estimates will be attempted. In past years, notably In 1943 and 1949, loss was In the millions of dollars. Current flood levels are slightly less than in those years. Tributaries Falling Elmer Fisher, weather bureau river forecaster at Portland, said further rise was unlikely as most tributaries were falling. Downstream as the Willamette and the Santiam, a major tributary, roared out of their banks, people were evacuated in scattered localities in preparation for the crest. It is only In this area, however, that large numbers live in the water-scoured lowlands. Suburban Clenwood, always hard hit in a flood, was wholly evacu ated last night after the corps ot engineers at Portland ordered ita emergency flood plan Into operation and the Lane county disaster pro gram went into effect. Much of Glemrood is a huge trailer camp. All trailers were taken to high ground in Eugene and Springfield, electric connections were made bv the Red Crr.it and the residents were little discommoded. Those living in permanent dwellings Families Famed MrKenzie river boatmen reported only two families required ahead of the flood. Mrs. Cora Pirtle, the county's disaster program with n ... I- ! tVi ia the evacuees ana Jtm waning iot nntirilv no unusual incidents last everything. Glenwood waa evacuated and people living in known danger areas at other points near here were taken oat" Families began moving out of low areas south of Salem today. All of Western Oregon and parts of Western Washington suffered from overflowing streams, hillside slippage and blocked highways. All Lowlands Quagmires The torrential downpours of six days, coupled with warm weather melting snow in the mountains, made every lowland point a quagmire. Typical of the rainfall was here where In 40 hours ending at 2 a. m. to day, 4.65 Inches leU. . . ...-- - - Southern Oregon's Rogue and ita tributaries were up. isolating communities and flooding out isolated settlers. A tent colony in Douglas county on Myrtle creek was swept away, making a dozen families homeless. The coastal area of Southern Oregon, swept by wind and rain, hud road washouts and power and telephone failures. Reedsport merchants sandbagged their buildings today as the Umpqua overflowed. Highway 99, and the Coast highway, the main north-south arteries west of the Cascade mountains were closed by high water and the Co lumbia River highway east of Portland had one-way traffic due to slides. The Evergreen highway in Washington, paralleling tTie Columbia, river, was closed as water-logged ground gave way under the highway edge east of Bingen, Union Pacific main line tracks east ot Portland were closed by a slide and trains were re-routed to the Washington side ot the river. Old Masters Now New Footwear BUDAPEST, Hungary, Jan. 7 UP) The newspaper 'UJ Hirek said today gypsy thieves had taken five old master paintings from an uninhab ited castle at Bodogkovaralja, boiled them In water and used the canvas as uppers for homemade shoes. The report said remnants of a painting by Velasques were discovered later in a gypsy hut. but that four TiUans disappeared completely ns footgear. Late Spud Bulletin SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 7 (AP USDAl Potatoes: 9 broken. 6 un broken cars on track; arrivals California 3, Oregon 3; market firm; Klamath Russets No. 1A $4.75 LOS ANGELES. Jan. 7 (Ar USDA) Potatoes: 19 broken, 31 unbroken cars on track; arrivals California 5. Oregon 1, Idaho 6, Utah 3; 25 enrs nrrived by truck: mnrket slightly stronger: Idaho Russets No. 1 size A $4.65-70; one car ot large $4.85. Dalles-California Only North-South Highway Open SALEM, Jnn. 7 (Pi i- Traffic on Western Oregon highways wns nl most pnrnlyzed todny, with the Pacific highwny. Oregon Const highwny and 15 other roads closed by slides nnd high water. The stete highwny commission said several other routes probnbly will be closed In the next 24 hours, and advised motorists to stay home. The only north-south highwny open todny was The Dalles-California highwny, which also was plagued by high water. The wnter, however, wns reported receding. Travel on the Columbia River highway was slowed by slides 76 and 71 miles east of Portland, but one-wny traffic was restored after a closure lnst night. The highway commission warned thnt snow and Ice are expected in the Cascade mountnins tonight. The South Umpqua river bridge, four miles south of Roseburg, was wnshed out today. The Pacific high way also wns closed by high wnter todny at Canby, between Portland nnd Salem, at Hnrrishurg, south of Eugene and south of Grants Pass. The Oregon Coast highway was closed between Coqullle and Ban don. Other roads closed Include the were housed in emergency quarters. Rescued patrolled the river last night but rescuing. Others had gotten out Red Cross director here, credited averting loss ol uie in uus vicuuiy. mnrninr " ah uiri. W are feedinn inc mer w gv uvu. uC. ww night because we had planned lor Flood Threat To Trailers PULLMAN, Wash., Jan. 7 P The rampaging Palouse river, swell ing rapidly as a result of heavy, unseasonable rains, was threatening to overflow a trailer camp housing 300 persons here today despite round-the-clock sandbagging work by several hundred volunteers. Most of the residents are married students of Washington State col lege and their families. Preparations were being made to evacuate them to the college com mons temporarily for food and shel ter nnd emergency housing was being sought in the town ot Pull man. Seepage already has permitted considerable water to flow Into the area. A few farm buildings In the district were Invaded by water and three business firms at the edge of town were surrounded by the flood. Alsea highway, where there Is a slide 27 miles west ot Philomath: the South Santiam, the Clackamas, Cascade, Woodburn Estacaia, Slus law. Junction City Eugene second ary. Territorial, Richardson, Spring-field-Creswell, Medf ord -Provolt, Kings Valley. Halsey - Brownsville, Corvallls East Side, and the old Pacific highway at Jefferson. No detours were available today around the closed roads. The S a. m. road report also said: Government Camp 32 degrees, snowing, 29 Inches roadside snow, pavement bare except between Sal- ninn tHv anH nnr PaW Santiam Junction 36 degrees, raining, patches of pneked snow across summit, closed 3 miles west of Sweet Home. Odell lake 35 degrees, raining, 1 inch new snow, 42 Inches roadside snow, spots of packed snow across summit. McKcnzle highwny One-way traffic because of slide 26 miles east of Eugene. Willamette highway One-way traffic because at slides In Oak ridge area. Sherars secondary highway One way traffic because of slides. 1 4
