THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1945
PAGE THREE
pst-WarView
iOf Economic Life
I By Joseph Laitin
? (United Press Surf Correspondent)
f Washington, April 2 (IP) There
iwere strong Indications today that
J production of civilian goods
.would climb back to pre-war
levels and surpass them in the
year following defeat of Ger
imany, 1 But that still will not mean a
lieturn to the peacetime standard
.of living for Americans.
It will take at least two or
'three years, in the opinion of
many officials, to satisfy the pent
.up demand in this country alone
sfor automobiles, radios, refriger
ators and similar items. And
, some of this production will be
J earmarked for export.
I Will Increase Production
f In the first few months after
iV-E day, the increase in civilian
'goods will hardly be apparent to
the man on the street. But as the
Jwar production program adjusts
fitself to the reduced needs of a
''one-front war, the output of civil
ian goods should swell to gigantic
f V war Mobilization Director
Uarnes a . Byrnes, in ms weeK-ena
'report to congress, estimated that
J30 per cent of the nation's re
sources in materials would be
'(available for civilian production
Iwithin nine months after the end
; -'Jof the war in Europe. As facili
ties are released from war work,
I these materials will find their
, way Into the durable goods that
have virtually disappeared from
j the American scene since Pearl
tjj Harbor.
W I ft..
f f4 Byrnes gave tne American peo-
?ple this post V-E day preview:
1 The midnight curfew, the pro
fhlbitioln against racing and the
s brownout of commercial lighting
iwill be lifted. But the high tax
on transportation and the ban on
convention travel will continue,
J as will controls on manpower,
! wages and prices.
J There may be a "small in
T crease" In the basic gasoline ra
il tion.
! There must be immediate tax
f relief for business to encourage
5 new production and make new
jobs for displaced workers,
i Byrnes also called for legisla-
tion to empower the president to
J reorganize and consolidate execu
tive agencies ana to unity tne
war and navy departments into
a single department of national
HpfpnsA nffpr the war.
VandeVert Home"
Damaged by Fire
Four fires over the weekend
kept city firemen busy, and caus
ed considerable damage, it was
reported today at the -fire station.
Two of the blazes were grass
fires, one of which yesterday
threatened to destroy a barn and
other buildings on the property of
Dr. J. S. Grahlman on Butler road.
riremen were auie iu umig
1 fire under control, however, be
fore it spread to the buildings.
The other grass fire was in the
300 block on Columbia avenue,
where it burned a considerable
area near the river.
Considerable damage was done
to the home of Dr. J. C. Vande
vert, 930 Broadway, shortly be
fore four o'clock this morning,
when a fire broke out around the
fireplace and spread to the wall.
The Vandeverts were awakened
when smoke filled their bedroom.
Several holes were burned in
the roof of the Roland Raymond
home at 1414 East First street,
Saturday when a fire was started
from a defective chimney, fire
men reported.
TODAY IN GERMANY
(By United Press)
Third .army tanks were within
152 miles of Berlin.
Adolf Hitler was reported to
have instructed Joachim von Rib
bentrop to make a final "peace
proposal," with a threat that if
the allies rejected it, captured al
lied officers, hostages from occu
pied countries and 250,000 Jews
would be murdered.
! All local nazi party officers
were ordered to stay at their
posts.
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lngness to strike If their new wage demands are not granted By the time their present contract expires, caat
their ballots at Pittsburgh Coal Co. mine, library, Pa., Before entering mine for day's work. Ruth L. Sim
mons, special NLBB agent, checks before giving them their ballots.
OREGON STATEHOUSE JOTTINGS
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By Eric W. Allen, Jr.
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Salem, Ore., March 30 till
Ninety eight new laws are now on
Oregon's statute books and in full
effect this week, following the
43rd session of tho legislature
which passed them.
Ordinarily bills do not become
law for 90 daVs after their signa
ture by the governor, but these 98
bills carried the emergency
clause, making them in "full force
and effect" after the'r signature.
Of these 30 were senate bills, 68
were house bills.
The new laws cover a whole va
riety of subjects from appropri
ating millions of dollars to grant
ing claims against the state for
less than-$500, and from making
administrative changes in the un
employment compensation law to
accepting a new dental school for
the state.
The emergency clause which
caused the most furor in the re
cent session was the one attached
to senate bill 62, the "PUD" bill,
designed to prevent the purchase
by peoples' utility districts of
outlying facilities. Opponents
thought that the emergency
clause was tacked on to prevent a
referendum of the measure to a
vote of the people.
The clause prevents referen
dum, and it is unquestioned that
in some instances the clause is
used for that purpose, but ordi
narily it is placed on a bill for the
reason Its name implies that an
emergency does exist and the law
is needed, and right now.
Most of the appropriation bills,
for instance, carried the emer
gency clause, because the money
is needed to carry on state gov
ernment. Among the bills which carried
the clause, and are now part of
Oregon's law, are the appropria
tion bills; laws raising either
permanently or temporarily the
salaries of county officials in
many counties; bills appropriat
ing money to finance interim
committees and the bill authoriz
ing a special election on June 22.
This last bill needed the clause
so that preparation for the elec
tion could proceed.
Other new laws include a num
ber of changes in the administra
tive procedure in a number of de
partments, particularly the com
pensation commission; money for
forest land acquisition and the
eradication of pests; authoriza
tion for the fish and game com
missions .to propagate wildlife,
place screens on irrigation ditch
es, and change the fishing sea
son in many places; authorizing
tho destruction of useless papers
by county courts; changing the
bounty laws; authorizing loans to
veterans and funds for the burial
and relief of indigent veterans,
and creating a director of apprenticeship.
Tumalo
Tumalo, March 30 (Special)
Twenty grange members showed
up Wednesday for the cleanup of
the hall and grounds at Tumalo. A
potluck luncheon was served at 1
o'clock. Building of a woodshed
and the boarding up around the
hall was postponed until a later
date as the lumber had not arrived.
Tom Fair cleaned out and filled
the Tumalo school cistern Tues
day.
Recent guests at the E. T. Han
neman home were: William P.
Ludwig, MM 2c and Edward C.
Niederst, F 1c, both of the navy
and located at faeattle, Washington.
Fayet Scoggin left Wednesday
for Portland as the Redmond
union high school representative
at the state F. F. A. meet held in
that city this week. Fayet plans
to return home Saturday.
Mrs. Blake Becker of Detroit,
Mich., and LeRoy Payne of Vida,
Ore., were visitors at the Ted
Becker home the past week. Mrs.
Becker, whose maiden name was
Dorothy Dayton, formerly lived
here on the C. M. Barnum ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Stanton
were dinner guests Sunday at the
Ted Becker home.
Mrs. J. A. Chamberlin is enter
taining the Tumalo grange ladies
at a 1 o'clock luncheon at her
home Wednesday, April 4. The
home economics club of the
grange will be reorganized at this
time and a new chairman elected
to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Mrs. George Beim
ler. Mrs. John Hopper and Mrs. D.
O. Stanton called on Mrs. Carl
Hatch Wednesday. Mrs. Hatch's
mother, who is staying with her,
is quite ill.
U. S. Army Leader
Annwrr to Prrvloug Pussle
HORIZONTAL 55 Western sports
1,6 Pictured competition
chief of staff, e nl
U. S. 2nd
Service Com
mand, Brig.
Gen. 10 For
11 Scarce
13 Bright color
14 Negative
15Hostelries
16 Upon
17 Account of
(ab.)
19 Fish eggs
21 Metal
23 Rough lava
25 Attempts
27 Requires
29 Take care of
30 Writing table
31 Dry
34 Diminutive
of William
37 Supreme
" Headquarters,
American
Force
(ab.)
39 Bards
(0 Exclamation
II Turkish hat
13 Friend
14 Street (ab.)
15 Tellurium,
(symbol)
46 Facility
49 Epistle (ab.)
51 2000 pounds
52 Disorder
53 Portuguese
coins
of staff of the
Service
Command
VERTICAL
1 Spain (ab.)
2 Vase
3 Lying at
anchor
4 Great Lake
5 Raced
6 Direction
7 Pressed
8 Five and five
9 Editor (ab.) .
12 Registered
nurse (ab.)
17 Attorney (ab.)
18 Native metal
20 Bone
22 Within 38 Iron (symbol)
23 Paid notices 39 Father
24 Inquire 42 Nothing
26 Far Eastern 43 Diminutive
nation ' of Peter
28 Weird 45 Also
31 Type of tree 47 Three-toed
32 Greek letter sloth
33 Offer defense 48 Distress signal
34 Spanish dance50 Writing tool
35 Lieutenants 51 Transpose
(ab.) (ab.)
36 Type of 54 Hypothetical
landing ship structural unit
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The state highway department
has had a crew of men working
on the . Tumalo-Cline falls road
the past week. Pumice stone is
being dug out from the hillside
above Tumalo and . being put on
the road.
Tumalo grange will sponsor
a dunce and card party the eve
ning of April 14 at their hall for
the benefit ot the Red Cross.
British. Navymen
Complimented
Juam, April 2 mi Fleet Ad
miral Chester W. Nimitz has sent
a congratulatory, message to Vice
Admiral Sir Bernard Rawlings,
commander of the British carrier
task force operating with the U. S.
5th fleet, for the "auspicious man
ner" in which the British initiated
naval operations in the central
Pacific, it was disclosed today.
The message was sent after the
first operation reports on British
attacks against Sakishima Gunto
were received at fleet headquar
ters. Planes from Rawlings' car
riers swept that group of islands
at tne soutnern end ot tne Kyu-
kyu chain March 26-27-31 and
April 1. ,
The British pilots pinned down
Japanese air strength in those
sectors while Okinawa operations
were in progress.
Vice Admiral Raymond A.
Spruance, commander of the 5th
fleet, sent a similar message to
Rawlings.
TWO MEN ARRESTED
Two Bend men today had ob
tained their freedom from the city
jail on $15 bond each, following
their arrest over the weekend for
asserted Intoxication. Carl Mat
toon, 46, a painter living at 125
Oregon avenue, was taken into
custody In a Bond street hotel;
and Pat M. Gibson, 47, a mill
worker, was arrested at the cor
ner of Wall steet and Minnesota
avenue.'
Water Prospects
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The Dalles, Ore., April 2 HP
Irrigation water prospects in
Wasco and Hood River counties
are fair, but moisture conditions
in the area extending to the John
Day river are poorer than last
year, it was reported at the an
nual water forecast meeting.
Watershed snow depth In
creased during March, according
to Roger Wllhelm, Wasco county
watermaster, but water content
is generally below average and
Indications point to a fairly early
runoff.
At Brooks Meadows, near the
divide between northern Wasco
and Hood River drainage area.
snow depth was 22.4 Inches
March 30, with water content of
eight inches compared with five
inches a year ago and an average
of 8.4 inches for the last 12 years.
The supply of water for Hood
River valley is expected to be
short but not worse than in 1944.
The meeting, conducted by W.
T. Frost of Medford, representing
the cooperative snow surveys of
the soil conservation service and
the O.S.C. experiment station,
was the first In a series of eight,
with meetings scheduled this
week at Pendleton, La Grande,
Vale, Burns, Bend and Lakeview.
Ofhman Exposes Sfeakeasy,
Angers Officials of OP A
CHARGE FACED
Said by police to have been
overdue at the Camp Parks,
Calif., naval station, Buster Owen,
a 17-year-old sailor, was arrested
by Bend officers and was held for
navy authorities. He was charged
with being a straggler.
By Frederick C. Othman ,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, April 2 illi For
the Information of the OPA, the
U. S. senate, a would-be dynamiter
from Kansas City andsletter writ
ers so numerous I've got to men
tion 'em, I can report that a cer
tain steakeasy has gone out of the
$5 steak business.
Calm down, fellers. Neither Is
this joint continuing to sell eight
pound hams, sans ration points,
for $10. The proprietor thereof
has decided to be a good boy, and
I think it would be nice if the
OPA splashed cold water on Its
face. Or at least quit issuing state
ments denouncing my favorite
author.
All I did was describe last week
my experience in a steakeasy
here that was doing a standing-
room-only business. There has
been no peace for Othman since.
The story hardly had hit print
when a red-faced Missourian, in
Washington on OPA business,
burst Into my office and cried:
"Where is this steakeasy? I
want to dynamite it." He wasn't
fooling. Hardly had I eased him
out before Chairman Elmer
Thomas of the senate agriculture
committee read the dispatch into
tne record of the senatorial meat
inquiry. He turned to a couple of
the head men of the OPA In the
audience and said he presumed
they knew all about the situation.
Apparently they didn't. Because
that night an executive of the na
tional OPA phoned me to ask the
name and address of the steak
easy. I had to tell him to go sit on
a tack, that I was no cop, thut his
local enforcement officials ought
to know all about the capital's
busici restaurants.
Then came Director Robert K.
Thompson of the local OPA to
issue a three-page statement In
which he said that dispatches
such as mine did no good. (It re
formed a steakeasy, didn't it, Rob
ert?) Came also Enforcement Chief
Carl W. Bureffly of the local
OPA to say he'd never asked me
to tell him the location of tho
steakeasy. He hadn't, but one of
his national superiors had. If nec
essary. I'll introduce him to his
boss. (Phone me anytime, Carl.)
Somebody else got on the phone
and started to curse me. I asked
him who he was. He wouldn't say.
I hung up. He called my long-suffering
bride and told her to tell
me I ought to be ashamed of my
self. I don't know for what.
Numerous other citizens phon
ed. They said, frankly, they want
ed steaks at any price.
By now the letters were arriv
ing. I was either a hero or a heel,
according tp the viewpoint of the
writers. I have spent the day an
swering them.
My operatives (who don't work
for the OPA) report that the one
tints steakeasy has no more $5
tenderloins; that it's serving stew
and fish, like other restaurants.
Let's everybody forget it now
and go back to work. I'm tired of
being in the middle of a Washing
ton controversy. It Interferes with
my sleep.
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