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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
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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
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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.
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