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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 17. 1945
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PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S MESSAGE
A plea for continued united war effort and for support by
congress, a threefold pledge that the American way shall not
be changed, that the professional direction of the war shall
remain in the hands now' entrusted with it, that America' re
sponsibility in organizing world peace shall be an active
responsibility these were the outstanding pronouncements
of President Harry S. Truman's first message to congress,
heard by the nation yesterday as well as by the congress.
In it there was nothing which could in any way astonish
or perplex. There was much to reassure. There was nothing
whichicould have heartened listening enemies of our country.
. There was everything to bring them back to full realizations
dimmed temporarily perhaps by news of Franklin D. Roose
velt's death, that their plight will be progressively desperate.
Under the circumstances, President Truman could hardly
have said less than he did say, nor could he have said more. .
It is understandable that his messairo could not be one of
detail, except in his promise that the armed command shall
not be changed, it was not one of detail. It was, naturally,
one of sweeping statements and it may be that some of these
are susceptible or more than one interpretation, depending on
definition of terms.
But, in the main, it was a statement pleasing in its clarity,
highly acceptable in its outline of general policy. v
, Primarily it is a war message. As such it is properly de
void oi political panisansnip. it leaves little opportunity .for
embarrassment in the light of the record of the months to
come. The American people, we believe, will be inclined to ac
cept it at face value. '
And Now the Limb!
OUTLINE FOR RECONVERSION
m If any evidence were needed of the trend toward allied
victory in the world war, it has been given in the report sub
mitted by James F. Byrnes as director of war mobilization
and reconversion and reenforced by his resignation from that
position.
Previously discussion of reconversion had been pretty
much taboo. 'It would make the people too optimistic, would
stimulate withdrawals from war industry employment. The
director's job, as far as it was brought to public attention, was
war mobilization. But the report, now being distributed over
the country, emphasizes reconversion. It gives interesting
hihusucs on ine amounts oi now critical materials which will
be released after V-E day, figures on the slow-up in muni
tions production which will be in order, the manner in which
cutbacks will be handled and the possibilities which will be
opened up for production for civilian use.
Forecasts are made as to small business activity, there is
discussion of the use of unemployment compensation funds
accumulated by the states (more than six billion dollars)' in
the adjustment period which will seits beginning with the
end of the war in Europe. At the sumo time there is considera
tion of continuation of lend-lease as a means of international
balancing of war and civilian industry.
But the report goes beyontj the immediate future. Its final
chapter outlines policies for the period following victory over
Japan, covering foreign trade, industry and trade, agricul
tural readjustment; conservation and administration and, be
lieve it or not, government economy.
Many of the divisions of the report warrant intensive
study. The report itself is naturally -to be considered more as
an outline of the conclusions drawn from reconversion studies
Its present significance is in' the fact that it constitutes
a key to the future and that it is now considered that the war
is so well advanced and developing so rapidly toward victory
that there can be no harm iii letting the pqnple know about it.
Prime Minister Churchill Pays
Tribute to His Friend, F.D.R.
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Minister Churchill told Commons
today that he noticed President
Roosevelt was ailing at Yalta, and
left him at Alexandria with iin
"indefinable sense of fear that his
health and strength were on the
ebb."
Churchill spoke In commons o
his "personal regard and affection
beyond my power to express" for
Mr. Roosevelt after attending
memorial services at St. Paul's,
where he wept openly.
Churchill said he received his
last messages from Mr. Roosevelt
last Thursday. They "showed no
falling off In his accustomed clear
vision and vigor upon perplexing
and complicated matters."
Altogether, he said, he and Mr.
Roosevelt had exchanged more
than 1,700 messages. On the basis
of these and his personal associa
tion with the president, ho "con
ceived an admiration for him as
a statesman, a man of affairs,
and as a war leader. I felt ut
most confidence in his upright, In
spiring character and outlook."
"It Is a loss, indeed a bitter
loss, to humanity that these heart
beats are stilled forever," he said.
"There Is no doubt the president
foresaw I he great danger closing
In upon tlio prewar world with
far more' prescience than most
well infoiineil people on cither
side br the Atlantic."
.Churchill moved a resolution ex
pressing the deep sorrow with
which commons learned of Mr.
Roosevelt's death.'
"For us it remains enouch to
say that In Kranklln Roosevelt
died the greatest American friend ; but the pressure n my neck re
LITTLE MEMORANDA
XXVI
In times of stress the eye roves,
and mine roved right Into a pair
of yellow spats under a too long
overcoat that covered an unpleas
antly round little man Mr. P. A.
X. himself. He held one hand elo
quently suggestive In his pocket.
Booker slid the gun down my
back and thrust me towards a
chair. I sat down with Booker's
pistol Ice-cold on the back of my
neck. Peter A. Xavier gave me a
bleak unillumlnative smile.
"Where," he said, "are the
gems?"
"What gems?" I asked.
Ills lips drew straight over that
meaningless smilej Ills voice be
came silky. "I am told," he said,
"that you have a peculiar sense
of honor. The Ostermann dia
monds are mine. I bought them.
And I propose to have them."
"No dice," I said.
The pistol muzzle bored Into my
neck and Peter A. Xavier seemed
to swell at the veins.
"I mean I haven't got' them."
I spread my hands. "I haven't the
faintest notion of where they
are."
"Listen." Hooker leaned close!
to my ear. "Last night Phlneas
Hudson came to The Ledges, put
a pistol to my head, Just as I'm
pulling one to yours now, and re
lieved me of the Ostermann dia
monds." "So you h.1d them! It was you
who slugged me in the basement
corridor!"
"Trent, I'm warning you"
"And you killed Phlneas Hud
son!" For an Instant nil sound, all
motion, all thought, seemed sus
pended. Xavier and Booker ex
changed glances and 1 saw the
gleam of distrust in the former's
eyes.
"Booker." Peter A. Xavler's
tone was a mere whisper and his
eyes were dark, bitter pools. "You
haven't lied to me?"
I could not see Hooker's face,
we nave ever known, and the
greatest champion of freedom
who has ever brought help and
comfort from the new world to
the old," Churchill said.
Bend's Yesterdays
FIFTEEN YEA KS AGO
(April 17, 11130
(From 1'he Bulletin Files)
D. W. Fleming, landscape gal
Jacob Kamm of Portland, vicv
president of the American Pacific
Export company gives an inter
view to the Redmond Spokesman
and predicts that a much wider
market will be found for juniper
wood.
Carl A. Johnson of the Com-
doner and former supetinlemlnnt j munity Clearing House league
of city parks, digs holes on Har
mon playfield in preparation of
"tree planting day.
A traffic count shows that a
normal traffic for Newport ave
nue near the bridge is 220 cars
daily, so the city commission pro
ceeds with plans to pave the street
to the west.
The fifth fire of the season Is
reported by Carl B. Neal, niier
visor of the Deschutes national
forest, who says 1hat eight acres
are burn.-d over near the Brooks
Scanlon camp in the Fort Rock
district.
proposes to the city council that
a children's playground be estab
lished at the city park.
ixed.
"Xavier," he said, "don't be a
fool. Would I slick my head in
the noose here now?"
"For five m i 1 1 1 o n dollars,"
Xavler's tongue slithered lovingly
over the words, "you would do
anything. So would I."
"Then we'd better get busy,"
said Booker.
For one long moment Xavier
surveyed him, then nodded briefly
and the pistol came away from
my neck. I moved my head gent
ly, caught the tense look , In
Xavler's eyes, then fell the blind-
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
(April 17, 19201
(From The Bulletin Kile
TT. 3. Ovcrturf announces his
candidacy for state representa-
tive on the republican ticket,
.i.iinA tiint he will foster a
road-making program for Central nesduy,
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Five Day Forecast
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Five dav forecast ending Salur-l
day night: !
Oregon and Washington west
of Cascades: intormiltent light
showers clearing Friday. Cooler1
Wednesday and Thursday. Rising j
temperatures end of week. :
Idaho. Oregon and Washington j
east of Cascades: few light show
ers about' Wednesday over north-j
ern sect Inn and scattered ovei'i
area Thursday, clearing latter1
part of week. Warmer eastern
Oregon and southern Idaho cd-j
Cooler throughout area
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Bring Your Eyes
Out of the Dark
You ran, by linviw; us examine
them anil then miike a pair of
glasses Tor you that will cor
rect vision defects.
Dr. M. B. McKenney
OPTOMETRIST
Offices: Foot of Oregon Ave.
Phon tfWVW
lng flash of pain as Booker's
pistol butt crashed down on my
skull.
e
There was a pin-ball game go
ing on inside my skull and bright
tinklings, In my brain, accompa
nied every movement of my
head.
"Migraine," I thought to my
self and tasted the bitterness on
my tongue. I opened my eyes and
looked straight Into Xavier's eyes
that were turlously llk,e a stur
geon's. Deliberately, I tried to put
my thumb In the very center of
one eye, but my hands were fast
ened behind me through the slats
of a very uncomfortable straight
backed chair. The dank odor of
harbor and sea moss came up
through the crocks in the floor
and against the wall. '
Booker sat astride a packing
case looking at me expectantly.
"A little melodrama," I said.
Xavler's teeth showed briefly.
Then he whipped out with the flat
of his hand and struck me across
the eyes.
. "Where are the stones?" he
asked.
The blow stung. The hot blood
rushed into my cheeks, but actu
ally it hurt little. I said nothing.
"Where are the stones?" in
toned Xavier.
Booker still watched. Xavier
rose and hooked me full in the
mouth with his fist. I went over
backward in the chair. Like a cat
he waggon me pulling me upright
again and I noted with satisfac
toin that there was blood on his
knuckles.
"Where are the stones?"
I spat out a tooth. It was a
good shot. It Just missed Xavler's
eve. "You," I said, "have a fixa
tion." . '
Then he kicked me and I had
merciful moments of hot black
oblivion. I was conscious of my
tongue a thick, detached lump in
my mouth threatening to choke
me. I heard sounds that blurred
and swelled, finally fading gently
into the low tone of voices.
"This is useless." Booker was
saying, matter of fact, and dis
pirited. "I don't think he knows."
"If he docs," replied Xavier, "1
shall torture it out of him."
"We should have got the girl,"
said Booker.
"Booker." Xavler's ferret eyes
were on me. "He is again awake."
Booker come over and stood in
front of me. "Trent," he said, "if
you have the diamonds, you know
of course that you can't dispose o
them anywhere."
"I haven't the diamonds." I said.
"Get me some mouthwash."
"Or if you know where they
are," pursued Booker, "the Infor
mation might be worth something
to us a great deal more, In fact,
than you might expect to derive
from illicit sale of the stones."
"You're contradicting yourself,"
I said. "I know nothing whatever
about the Ostermann diamonds."
Booker stared at me thought
fully. Ho gave a little shrug and
said:
"Xavier, I am inclined to be
lieve him."
"I," replied Xavier sucking his
hand, "should like to make sure."
Xavier came closer. I tensed.
Those fish eyes had a glaze of ice
over them. I teetered the chair
a bit with my toes and kicked as
I went over backward. I missed
his chin by an eyelash and lay
on my back in the ruins of the
chair helpless, unable to rise.
(To Be Continued)
RED TAPE SAVES MOOSE
Cheyenne, Wyo. iU') Commis
sioner Lester Bagley ot the state
game and fish department says
a mean, vicious moose which has
been ambushing unwary civilians
In the vicinity of Moran, Wyo.,
might not have a legal right to
do so, but carr continue until an
official complaint is received by
his department. The department
has disposed of mean moose in
the past, but not until it received
an official complaint.
DRUNK CHARGE FACED .
Said by Bend officers to have
been intoxicated in a Bond street
cafe, Ervin A. Myers, 42, of 78
Kearney street, was arrested last
night, and was scheduled to ap
pear in municipal court this evening.
Washington
Column
By Peter Edson
(NEA SUff Correaoondent)
Washington, D. C. The busi
ness advisory committee of the
department of commerce is plan
ning a testimonial dinner, but not
for Henry Wallace. The guest of
honor will be Jesse Jones.
..
Secretary of Commerce and
Mrs. Wallace sent put Easter
greetings to their many friends
and followers Jn Washington.
They took the form of little boxes
about two by two by three inches,
and in each box was perhaps 50
grains of corn. The accompany
ing card wished the recipient a
Happy Easter and said that the
corn was Hybrid Golden Bantam.
The card didn't say whe'her it
came from Wallace's hybrid seed
corn establishment in Iowa.
Freshman Senator Wayne
Morse of Oregon and family have
finally found a house, which is
news. They'e been looking ever
since the new congress convened
la.it January. Washington hous
ing situation is that tight.
.Of the neany 150 members of
the present congress who are vet
erans of world wars, a surpris
ing number hold decorations tor
battle honors. J. LeRoy Johnson
cf California won the silver star
as an aviator. Edouard V. Isac of
California holds the medal of
honor. ' .
Senator C. Wayland Brooks of
Illinois served in the Sixth ma
rinei and holds DSC, navy cross
and croix de guerre. Forest A.
Harness of Indiana was awarded
the purple heart. Errett P. Scriv
rer of Kansas has purple hcavt
and silver star. Senator Millar!
E. Tydings has DSC and DSM.
Dobert W. Kean of New Jersey
holds silver star and DSC.
Joseph Clark Baldwin of New
York won legion of honor. Pat i
Kearney of New York has legion
ot honor and croix de gucne.
Walter G. Andrews of New York
has DSC. B. Carroll Reece of Ten
nessee has DSC, DSM, purple
heart, croix de guerre with palm
and' five citations.
What to do with the 2,000 Japa
nese prisoners of war now held
n the United States may prove
cue of the more puzzling jobs
n'.ter the war is over. They can't
stay in the United States. But at
home, because theyhave be"i
captured, they have been declared
dead and their funeral services
have been held by their families.
Another rumor had it that Ger
man prisoners were allowed to
eat their lunches on the porch of
the Arizona Biitmore hotel, out
side Phoenix. The whole jtoryis
that the hotel was then closed and
the prisoners 'were assigned as
contract labor on the grounds.
Report that army was buying
$-i0 hearing aids or deaf German
prisoners grew out of a story that
International Red Cros3 hai a
fund to buy such devices, arti
ficial limbs and eyes for prison
ers in any country. No hearing
aids have thus far been ordered
for prisoners in U. S.
Tribute Is Paid
To Late President
Prineville, April 17 (Special)
Prineville joined state and nation
Saturday in paying homage to
President Roosevelt by a quiet
period from 12 noon to 2 p. m:
when all business houses were
closed. On Friday afternoon at
the high school a short, impres
sive assembly was held with ap
propriate music and a short eu
logy by Rev. W. N. Byars of the
Community church. The churches
gave brief periods Sunday to sol
emn requiems.
Buy National War Bonds Now!
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It's a tradition in our Pacific North
west to compliment with the gift of
Societb Fine Chocolats. Tempt
ing assortments with pure chocol.ite
coatings . . . supreme quality in the
varied centers, rich with cream . . .
luscious fruits . . . new crop nutmeats.
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M We salute the farmers of
M ' America, who help to keep
M us a nation of milk-drinkers,
military and civilian! For the B
nutrition and vitamin content
that keeps our army on the
march, our civilians on the
job, try Bend Dairy Grade A
Milk!
THIS WEEK'S RECIPE
CnEAM OF POTATO SOI P
2 UhlrdtHJort butter T cop milk
V, rup mincfd onion l icaftpooni salt
3 rup diced potatoes Pepper lo tattle
2i rup. water i( tea-poor, celery salt
Saute oninn slowly in Duller unlll t ,nnparpnl, Add potato!.
Bait and water and cook until pnlatoex ua- tender. Mauri pola.
toe in the water In which they arc cooked. Arid milk and
heat to ncaldtnjr. adding pepper to nuit taste. Serve topped
with chopped panlcy. Serves 6.
NOTICE
TO OUR CUSTOMERS
Our Meat Department will be closed for'about 10
days. (Lockers will be open.) We are renovating and
adding new and more complete Meat and Freezer
Services that we may serve you better.
WATCH FOR OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT
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