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PAGE FOUR THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON, FRIDAY; APRIL 6, 1945 THE BEND BULLETIN . and CENTRAL OREGON PRESS ' T. ft Ami RnlUtfn WUlv. 1UOX . 1UX1 Th Bend Bulletin f Dally) Rrt. 1016 Published Every Aflcrnooo &KCiJt Sunday and CrUip Holiday by Tti liei.d bulletin 786 -78 Wall Street . Bund. Oreuun L Entered u Second Clau Matter, January . 1917, at the Foetofffce at fipnd, Oregon, Unuer Act oi aaarcn a, ion . BOflEHT W. SAWYER Ed i tor-Manager HENRY N. FOWLER Amtocltte Editor FRANK U. LOUOAN Advertlilw Manajrer An Independent Newspaper SUndfnjt for the Square Deal, Clean Business, Clean Polities ana uie mi inurwi ui puu wiu tuui vmwkuu MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS SUBSCRIPTION BATES By Mail Br Carrier One Year 96.60 One Year Six Months 18.26 Six Months Three Months tl.80 One Month All c..k...i !... nil IP mwiA PiViltI.E tv a nvANrR Pleas notify us of any ebaoge of address or failure to receive the paper regularly RUSSIA AND JAPAN One by one, occurrences recorded in the news, aside from that dealing specifically with battles, point the way and meas ure the progress of the war. Such occurrences have been government changes of axis powers and axis satellites, eleventh hour declarations of war by Turkey and Argentina. Latest of them is the action by Russia in denouncing that na . tion's neutrality treaty with Japan. This is good news, of course. Hitherto Russia has been bound to take no military action against the enemy of her allies. Now Russia will be free to take such action after an other year. That Russia might enter the war against Japan has long been the hope of America and Great Britain. Whether Russia would do so has been, and still is a matter for conjecture. The difference between now and then is iri the removal of the barrier to war between the two nations. This, in part, is the significance of the denunciation of the treaty. It is more important, however, as evidence of the progress of the war. , There was a time, and it does not seem so long ago, when , Russia was being pounded back, far behind her western fron tier, when Japan, as well as Germany, was mighty, when Italy was still a going concern. In that time Turkey was me ticulously preserving neutrality, Argentina was unwilling to take sides with the allies. Russia's one war with Germany was enough and more than enough. Another war, with Japan, could easily have been fatal. Indeed, it will be recalled that Germany diligently endeavored to persuade Japan to war on Russia. It was fortunate for Russia that Japan felt that it would be good business to finish off America first. There came a later time, however, when Turkev felt, flint it was not only safe but necessary to join forces with the uiiiuH. rreseimy .rtrgenuna was convinced mat a voice in the post-war world depended on her record in the pre-war world So Argentina lined up against the axis. Now Germany is no longer an offensive threat. The days wneii vubi, ai mica are neeaen w overcome tne nam resistance are numbered. Japan's might is dwindling. No longer does Russia require a treaty's assurance that Japan will not at tack. The treaty has become one which is for Japan's benefit ymy. nence me denunciation. Tne treaty is on its way out. Russia has not declared war on Japan, but she will be jn Position to do so. Tn thia fm-t wfthnnf ot,,l ..,..f., t is weakened. But Japan was already weakening and Germany Tvco oiicuuj uutiiiiiK ino nme wnen sne could longer do mischief. The notice of treaty annulment marks this trend. ' THE CHAMPION PONDEROSA The tree is no longer standing. Long since it was trans formed into boards which, in turn, became homes or farm buildings or furniture or shipping cases or toys, to mention but a few of the uses which are, made of good pine boards. In this it was.no different from thousands of other trees which have been converted to the service' of man. In one respect it was vastly different-it was the greatest of all the ponderosa pines of Oregon, , The tree will be remembered by many woodsmen of this area. It has been the themn nf wr;ion )..,. ... ... makes its appearance oncemiore in The' Forest Log. monthly .,V.VV , 7 ' inresu-y, wnicn lists it as one of Oregon's forest "champions," the greatest of its kind on record m the state. The Log describes it as 2T 1" in c r cumference, which would mean slightly more than 8" 7" in diameter, gives its location as -Deschutes county and slates that it was reported by "D. F. McKay." The middle initial is obviously a,misprint. for the man who fXnnaTndMrTrtC,d th1,S Ch"mi,i0,n Pondri,a pi e was tne late D. L. McKay, to whose son, Clyde M. McKay, we are in debted for further interesting information. Ihe VOUniror MiK'jiv firot - r - ; . . father a year lateen eerienced M "C'Did Be Dot Our Goo Fuehrer Vers Misinformed?" I I CUnfaunnd'n,. JU Hr II.... t , . . ' ' -'-7"Y"k wiueuer iiuerests, which wore presently to be extended to the far west. It was in 1001 that the lilTv McKay spotted the giant pine, growing on what was late o be the site of Camp Abbot. At the time the area wu f be , quired as a possible mill site. -'- was uting at- i,vC.!!1.1M16ilhu.tnll't w.tt sol(l t0 Shovlin-Hixon interests and Si nVhM u' w: ,h,?thers f lt kind, was KZ His son remembers well the big pine and the d-iv ivl, he and h.s father measured the mighty trunk. TENSION XVII Charley sat quietly for 'a 'long time staring at the distant white tower of the lighthouse on Old Prince. Finally he said "Could that fellow have killed you down in the cellar?" I shuddered. . . "What makes you think he didn't try?" . , I flcure It this way." Charley spoke Impersonally as if he were working out a simple problem In long division. "If the fellow who entered your room last night and tne one you encountered in the collar are the same man, and I think thoy are, you may exnlain his actions as attempts to avoid discovery. You surprised him In your room, and, of course, he shot. But there's the possibility that he may not have known It was you In tlie room. Then you were prowling around In the cellar and, In order to protect his Identity, he hit you on the head. It strikes me that if he had really wantediloved him, At first, that made no impres sion upon me. It was mere pleas antry about food and drinks that went unremembered in an hour's time. But suddenly I was aware of a strange silence and I looked across at Temple. I could have sworn that I saw a faint flush on his controlled features. Phlneas Hudson had turned and his eyes were fixed unwinklngly upon his guest. Brenda Temple's face had gone suddenly rigid, and all of the expansiveness had gone out of Erio. That thin-lipped smile was tnere and that cold, dead-pan look. i "Estoril?" he asked. Temple's eyes swung slowly to ward Eric. "Yes," he said heavily, "In Portugal." "I know," answered Eric. "Near Lisbon. The Palacio is a splendid hotel." . "I prefer the Avlz," said Temple bluntly and for the moment I PLANT IS SOLD Madras, April 6 (Special) A. T. Ashcraf t, who for the past year has owned and operated the Un ion garage in the north end of Fifth street, disclosed Tuesday that he has sold his building, Washington Column Bv Peter Edson (NEA Sttrt Corraiximlent) Washington, D. C Without prejudice and just for the fun of it, there are here set down a num ber of recently observable trends in what is known as "the labor movement," so that he who reads may also run his finger down the list and make his own conclusions on where this labor movement might be headed: Union membership is now close to 14 million, or roughly one out of every four persons in the labor force, one out of three industrial or non-farm workers. There are five principal groups within the movement, AFL, CIO, Railway Brotherhoods, John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers, and the Jndependents. Though these groups get together in various combinations lor specific pur poses, general unification of the labor movement in a common front seems to be making no progress whatever. A postwar economic setback might provide impetus for bringing tnem closer. In the meantime, lack of organic unity provides comfort and strength for other elements of the population which may have cause to fear the growing power of organized labor. The need for a department of labor to serve as labor's spokes man in the halls of government has ceased to exist. Organized la bor itself is interested and active in every phase of government ac tivity. The labor lobbies are as powerful as any pressure groups ever established in Washington i by industrial groups. Union officials sit on many war agency advisory groups. Union representatives sit on the nation al war labor board, passing judg ment on its own controversies, though not always winnine ma jority decisions to labor's liking. Activities of the CIO political action committee are well known to everyone who showed any in terest at all in the last national elections. While openly opposed stock and equipment to H. E. j by leaders of the other big labor Rlcke and Ray Mullans. Both j groups, the PAC program was un men are from Portland. Ricke is ; questionably followed by many a welder and Mullans a mechanic, j rank and file members of those They took possession immediate- otner groups, ly. Ashcraft will remain with the concern until the owners se cure another mechanic. Many labor nollcv decisions on both international and national affairs are made by labor leaders PAKTV IS PLANNIOI) you out of the way, he could have hit you a lot harder or he could have hit you again. He had plenty oi nine, you Know. ' 1 felt the back of my head glneerly. "On tlie other hand," continued fhai'ley, "the fellow who slugged Joubert and sabotaged our plane meant business." "All ot which still leaves us pre cisely nowhere,"-1 said. "Not quite." Charley leaned foi ward and lapped me on the knee. "You haven't forgotten that Book- rr was anxlofls to talk you Into something, that Calavestrl slipped you wnat is very probably one of the Oslermann diamonds, and that she was'muidered while try- livrnnl mill ,i..o fcM,.. ki . Mndra. a,.u c ,o.....,.. """' ewman'ing io contact you. Alumni n V ..T, OI ",p ulll11'1 B'TO'P "re in charce I "Or Eric Woolf. Union high school Is planning an h "i;!'"E"0n,s- lAh!n"1" "s ""' informal parly honoring the fac-i .,JU'ltn,s "lc lm'"l,l l" ulty and student body of the;H J' M-nooi at tne gym Saturday even hig. Mrs. Cus Ramsey, Mrs. Mel I Buy National War Bonds- Now. Contribute to the United Nations Clothing Collection April 1 thru April 30 All wearing apparel that is usable,' clean and in good repair will be acceptable, including shoes which should be tied together. Bring clothes to corner of Oregon and Wall in the basement of Lydiclt'i Rocreation. DO IT NOW! CONSUMERS GAS "A Local Institution" I doubt it," replied Charley "From there on It seems rela tively simple. You had possession tor awhile of one of the Osler mann diamonds. Somebody be sides Marks must have known that Hooker possibly. So far as anyone on the outside goes you might still have it. And that makes you a marked man." "Very pretty." I said, "but still ho more than a theory." When the seven of us gathered around the table for lunch, the air had cleared a little. Bruce Temple, it seemed, had been persuaded to delay his de parture until afternoon by the promise of native pheasant, which Pat had wheedled out of Nig Nel son's, the grocer's, own private refrigerator. And Temple had brought In Teeky, his Filiolno househoy, tn rook the meal. Woolf beamed ecstatically nt the appear ance of the birds and Charley mur mured: "Four dollars a portion at Har vey's." "Harvey's?" Eric looked up pleasantly. In the- presence of good fond he became expansive, almost human. "In Washington, you mean?" "That's right." I "Pinner at llarvcv'R Is one of the bristht spots in my life. Mar tinis first nt the Carlton. Then sturgeon at Harvey's." Woolf put back his head, closed his eyes and ! beslowed a reverent kiss upon the i memory. "Martinis,' repealed Bruce Tern tle. His massive, roek-llke fea tures had relaxed. "That calls Up memories. The best martinis In Ihe world are to be had in the 1 Pulaclo Hotel In Estoril." The Palacio was the German hangout about 15 miles down the Tagus river from Lisbon. The Aviz was more luxurious and had I no Germans. "When were you in Lisbon?" Eris asked. "I've been there several times," Temple replied. "Recently?" Eric persisted. Bruce Temple took his time in replying. He regarded Eric as a, man looks at an enple before hei bites Into It. He said: "No. Have you?" "Not since 1933," Eric answered ! readily. ! "It used to be lovely," Brenda ! said. - I "It's changed," Charley Strand said. "Now 90 per cent of the; transients about Lisbon have se crets. The other 10 can't keep' them." - ! "In Lisbon," Eric said, "it is; dangerous not to keep a secret"! "It is fatal," Bruce Temple cori reeled him. ' ; We had coffee. It was black! and bitter. The remains of the pheasant had been cleared away! and I could see the large oval im press In the tablecloth where the, platter had rested. We had all grown quiet! We watched each other attentively; over the tops ot our coffee cups. I I saw Erie glance at his wrist ! watch and his eyes rested chIcuI.H lively on space, I The last cup hit the saucer and Phlneas Hudson said: "Bruce, Tecky can cook." That was all. (To Be Continued) Qeorgeanna Easy-to-wear casuals are in! Crisp two-piece seersuckers in candy stripes of red, brown and blue . . . sheer rayon prints.. . . spun rayons in floral and multi-striped designs. Every dress well made with the individual touches that mark a true Georgcanna. All sizes from 12-20 to 38-42. 7.05, 12.73. 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Casualties Nearing 900,000 Washington, April 6 IIP) n ,K combat casualties officially oi' piled and announced have ima 892,909. This means that the v tual total, including losses vm; be recorded in Washington v; surpassed 900,000. Today's official figure was' 047 greater than that announce,, week ago. It included 798 vn er public health measures, includ- my and 94,526 navy, marine com ing health insurance, hospitaliza- and coast guard casualties MM, WHAT CAN YOU SPARE THAT THEY CAN WEAR? O In the war-torn countries ravaged by Nazi hordes, 125 million people 3D million of them children are in desperate neea oi cioining-yotir IVv.&J'" ..... - . clothing your spurn viuioina-ta LW I tf-. ' shield them against death from exposure, from dis ease, and misery. Every garment helps. 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