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? Uatv. of Of go Library i- " Subscribers On Saturday, Tn BuMin of. fic will clot at 6 pjn. B sura to call 56 before 6 if you do not get your paper before that hour. TIE BEND BULLETIN CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER Weather Forecast Oregon Intermittent rain west portion and showers east portion today, tonight and Friday. Lit tle temperature change. Volume LV TWO SECTIONS THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY. FEB. 21, 1946 No. 65 iires konrl Arm V,i iu muuii w rr r y j-t r k t ir I Ball Diamond In Quick Move Property in South End Of Town to Be Bought From Deschutes County v . Bend today was assured a new baseball field, as a result of ac tion taken last night by the city commission. rnvtivraA altar, a filinrav that VIITIllVbM M1U.I ... 111UI the grounds on which the gov ernment trailer camp was erected at East Fourth street and Roose- 1 velt avenue were suitable, Com missioners ueiaiu w, KicLunn and Melvin Munkers quickly voice' to buy the property from the county. Mayor A. T. Nleber- ' gall was absent County commls k sioner A. .. Stevens, who was ,' present, said that it would take 1 about lour weeKS to complete tne transaction. Delegations Present Delegations from the chamber of commerce, the Jaycees and the John L. Chute post of the Ameri can Legion were present to urge quick acquisition of tne property and Its development. Likewise the commission had before it strong plea from the Elks lodge, signed by Exalted ruler K. A Ferguson. The Chute post is spon- soring a junior baseball league here. . Agitation for a new field grew after reports that the city was considering using O'Donnell field . for industrial warehouse sites. ; Representatives of the different civic and iraternai organizations were asked to make a survey of the city for a new baseball field, and they reported the old trailer camp as the most favorable. Rodeo Mentioned Suggestion was made that the property south of the camp be utilized for a rodeo grounds, but N. R. Gilbert, president . of the Rim Rock Riders reported that his organization -' Was studying , V other, locations. Since the, rodeo I 1 and water pageant had been su perintended by one committee. Commissioner McCann expressed regret that the officials had heard nothing from those inter ested in the water event. Employment for a number of returned veterans was seen after McCann moved that they be em ployed now in razing non-essen tial buildings .on O'Donnell field. This proposal met with the hearty endorsement of William Byers, in charge of veteran employment In the U.S. employment service nere, wno attended. . Fund on Hand City manager C. G. Reiter re ported that the city has a fund (Continued on Page 5) Miners To, Seek Higher Wages Washington, Feb. 21 IIP) The United Mine workers touched the button today for a new wage drive for the nation's 500,000 coal miners. After a two-day conference of district presidents with interna tional president John L. Lewis, it was announced that they had voted unanimously to call the union's wage policy committee into session here March 11. Up To Committee The union's brief announcement gave no explanation of the pur Pose of the conference, except to y that the 200-member policy committee "makes all decisions affecting wage matters." It was evident, however, that the mine union intends to press muner wages. ItS 1945 Blntrart larrfoi a nm. vision allowing either the operat ors or the UMW to reopen the wage clause at any time in the event of changes in the govern- wage staoiuzatlon policy. First President ' To Be Honored In observance of the 214th an niversary of the birth of George ,,n'neton, first president of the 3ll -f II I 'I Vli IV-1U1 UUOIIIC93 al a ianosnu in uena fomorrow. Th ,t,,i i. ttt federal and county offices fwnks Cl0Sed' aS 1501,1 the loc&1 MOSt hllQlnaoo hm.... ...Ill 1 JmM USUaI' and schl children 1 ill not get a holiday. ,,rpWn,0wn merchants will dis nt;i.n5g.s' and the occasion will be LT py observances by differ- ations fraternal organ! The wa 1 . . tff. V inu rauon Doara ft'lces In the library building will ll tomorrow, to be re f Pened on MonHav On the front terrace of the imperial residence at Tokyo, Emperor Hlrohlto and his family stand for a photo. In the front row, left to right, are: Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Suga. Just vis ible over the Crown Prince's shoulders la the face of Prince Yoshi. Others are, left to right: Emperor Hirohito, Princess Yorl, the Empress, Princess Taka, Princess Shlgeko Higashikunl, her son, . Nubuhlko, and husband, Prince Higashikunl. North Unit People Meet Here With Reclamation Official; Water Hearings Come To End Concluding two days of hearines here with fVntrnl rtroJel Nil barracks. Early reports gon irrigationists late yesterday, R. J. Newell regional di-Sald W men,were killed and 130 rector Tor the U.S. BureL of Reclamation SKStaEi ' wnT fhe" 22t frr&nn Tv" an insPectio" .tP of the North UnitThroughhe ga and onto till irrigation project. He was accomDanied bv Clvdp H Rnmnvr 'napado m-mmrt construction engineer in charge. I In the sessions the director heard requests for different' improvements in the Swalley, Tumalo, Lone Pine, Arnold C.O.I. and North Unit districts, and especially the develop- In German Mine Unna," Germany, Feb. 21 ,IP Fifty nine survivors and nine dead were brought to the surface todayj from the "Monopole" mine where hundreds were believed trapped by an underground explosion. More were known to be alive and British infantrymen were aid ing in rescue attempts. British ambulances stood by at the pit head. Cause of the explosion yester- day in the big Ruhr mine between here and Dortmund had not been determined. One Official said "I would have regarded the mine as one of the safest In the country." 1 -. Relatives Gather Hundreds of relatives of the trapped men gathered at the mine! last night as rescue operations began under emergency lights. Two British officers and one member of the British military government supervising mine op erations were known to be among those originally trapped 2,500 feet underground. Officials said prospects of res cuing the majority of the en tombed men appeared "fair." The explosion c o m d 1 et el y , wrecKea one snait ana shattered hundreds of windows In the vicin ity. Brakeman Killed Under Car Wheels Auburn, Wash.. Feb. 21 (IP Authorities reported today J. A. Steely, 57-yeaV-old Northern Pa cific brakeman, was almost in stantly killed when he was crushed by an engine at the east A u Burn depot. Witnesses said Steely moved between the engine and the .first coach to hook up a coupling when the locomotive suddenly backed up, knocking him to the ground and crushing him under the wheels. He died shortly after in the ci vilian hospital from internal 'n juries. . Nippon May Face Penalty 'of Death Yokohama, Feb. 21 iipi A mili tary court today deliberated the fate of Capt. Shigeru Aona, for mer Hakodate camp medical of ficer charged with contributing to the deaths of allied war prison ers under his care. In closing arguments, prosecu tor Lt. Charles D. Fogle, Mariet ta, Ohio, demanded the death pen alty. The court will reconvene to morrow to deliver Its verdict. Bfo If Anti-BritisK Riots Flare in Cairo ment of a reservoir at the Benham falls site. ,. In discussions with the North ' Unit ' representative yesterday, the "matter f sup - rjlementnl water- atnroca . tracts with settlers, pre'para - tinn r,f lnnH- f, ,o'J. .-" . j , ', 1 tenance and possible changes; sion of additional acreage were ... ajrauMii aim pussioie inciu- among subjects taken up. Group Attends Those attending the North Unit meeting were Lt. A. J. Bur ns, Madras; A. JJ. Sandoz and D. J. McLellan, Jr., of the Jef- ierson water conservancy dis trict; R. A. Hunt, Jefferson coun- ty agent; Ben Evick, Madras; At torney T. Leland Brown of The Dalles, legal representative' for the Jefferson water conservancy district, Howard W. Turner and E. M. Bone, both of Madras. . . Director Newell planned to leave here late today for a swing ."'An i C f 'hta .n it! tpnd mppHn RllrW in on Saturday. Truman Cautious About Bomb 'Leak' Washington, Feb. 21 Pi Presi dent Truman, in cautious reac tion to reports that foreign agents have obtained some atomic se crets, expressed confidence today In this nation s security measures. The president was asked whether he had ordered any spe cial steps taken after Canadian prime minister W. L. Mackenzie King notified him of a leak, to foreign powers. President Truman said that he did not, because he felt our se-iwlth leaving the Lapine camp on curity measures were adequate Sept. 20, 1944, and "remaining then. He added quickly that he away from the camp without per thought they still were adequate. I mission and authority." Russia Admits 'Insignificant Secret Data' Obtained From Canada; Soviets Blame Bevin ' London, Feb. 21 tP The Moscow-newspaper Pravda asserted today that the Canadian spy plot announcement was an effort by Prime minister W. L. Mckenzie King to help Foreign secretary Ernest Bevin out of trouble cre ated at the UNO. Radio Moscow transmitted the editorial by Pravda, official com munist party paper, a few hours after It broadcast a statement admitting that Russia had ob tained "insignificant secret data" from Canada. The original statement charged that Canada had adopted an anti soviet attitude on the question and had acted in a manner "in compatible with normal relations between the two countries." Pravda said Mackenzie King's announcement of an espionage plot was made "in order to help Bevin, who placed the British gov Bloody Fights Rage In City; Many Killed Army Infantry, Tanks ; Sent Into Action as ' Crowds Jam Avenues : Cairo, Feb. 21 n AnU-Brltlsh rioting flared through Cairo to day with inflamed Egyptian bands storming all British mili tary establishments in the center of the city and 140 casualties were reported in only one of the many bloody skirmishes. Thousands of Egyptians thronged the Cairo streets brand ishing clubs and clamoring "re volt against the British" and "down with the British." As fast as harried authorities dispersed crowds, the demonstrators re grouped at other points. British machine gunners opened fire on a mob charelne the Ksar Tanks In Action Army infantry and tanks, both BrlUsh and Egyptian, went Into action on a batt,e scale- ""..J. 1 ""J"..1 martial law on the city which for two weeks has been wracked by sporadic manifestations against ne British, y. .-; -j ' The demonstrations beean ds 1?,1", a"airs- J0? masfes of I Cairoltes,. armed with, sticks or whatever weapons came to hand, were in action against the British military centers, with outbursts of violent : reported irom all quarters of the city, British military trucks and other vehicles were attacked wherever they appeared. Time after time they were overturned and usually they were set afire before the shouting bands de parted. . Buildings Fired - ' Demonstrators , set fire to British army buildings and smashed foreign shops in the area of the Ismalla square. a crowa moved menacingly upon the British embassy. Arm ored cars of the Egyptian army barred the way. After a period of indecision the crowd halted be fore the barrier, and police began dispersing them. - . Other Egyptians attacked Royal air force iyipsspr npnr Kant- nl Mil street and threw flamincr pam if gasoline Into British buildings. Lapine Internee Freed of Charge DnHllnnJ t- 1-14 t ... Henry Louis Hundertmark, 20, of imiiu, uit reo, z 1 uj-j ttna, fa., was a free man today, I but only after he had traveled all j ' WILL TRY 4 JAPS the way from his home to hear Yokohama, Feb. 21 Four his freedom pronounced here in Japanese accused of "cruel In federal district court. human and brutal" nffn but only after he had traveled all Hundertmark was acquitted of a selective service act violation I charge. He had been charged ernment In a difficult position by , statements at tne vau assem-, bly." 'Thats why Mackenzie King 1 timed the statement precisely at tne moment tne assembly session ended," the editorial said. Bevin clashed several times dur- k iiie ictpiu ui-hj -security council session with Andrei Y.lment leaders were "disquieted, Vishlnsky, soviet vice foreign j even alarmed" at the trend, commissar. The Russian denounc-1 The Russian broadcast last ed British policy In Greece, In- night said that the soviet mill donesla and the Levant. Bevin ! tary attache In Canada, Col. Nl denied all the charges In forth-'colal Zabotln, had been recalled right language, even using the, because members of his staff had Word lie. InhtAlnari orw rot Infnrmatinn I mm Pravda said the alleged Canadl-1 an government attempt to inflict political damage on the Soviet Union had failed. mis Is not the first time that klndlers of anti-soviet campaigns from publications. It said the In have been unmasked," it said, formation could not affect the se They will be unmasked now as ' curity of Canada. Caribbean Lands To Get Steadily Increasing Measure Of Self Government Says Truman Washington; Feb. 21 (IPPresl- dent Truman reiterated today that It is this government's policy to give its Caribbean possessions a steadily increasing measure of self-government. In the case of Puerto Rico, President Truman said, a recom mendation already has been pre sented to congress which would permit its people to determine the question of eventual independ ence from the United States. In addition, he said, this coun try looks forward to more and more self government for the Vir gin islands, The president's remarks were made in connection with the opening of the West Indian eon ference of dependent and non self-governing territories in the Caribbean at St. Thomas In the Pauley Retains Truman Backing Washington, Feb. 21 (IB Presi dent Truman today reiterated his support for . Edwin W. Pauley, whom he nominated to be under secretary of navy. Pauley's chances of confirma tion .were skidding rapidly down hill today as the senate naval affairs committee probed his oil dealings. . x Mr. Truman asked whether he Intended to withdraw the Pauley nomination, in view of V rimmH bv Sen. Tom Stewrt, b Tnn ! that he do so. Mr:-Truman said .. Stays Behind Man "Then Pauley still has your full support; ne was asKea. Yes, the president said. He ex- plained that when he gets behind a man ne stays behind him. This has been President Tru man's position consistently since nis . nomination 01 Pauley pro voked the current controversy In uuugrcss. ' Senate republicans made no ef fort to hide their enjoyment of the discomfiture Pauley's nomination has brought the administration. Tuberculosis Seal jQuota Is Exceeded Deschutes county's tuberculo sis Christmas seal quota of $4,000 has been exceeded, it was report er nere ioaay Dy Mrs. A. Stev ens, executive secretary of the Deschutes county public health association, To date a total of been received, she iW.U2 has stated. Seal sales were recorded as follows: Bend, $2,374.65; Redmond, $1, 105.10; Sisters, $139.25; Lapine, $65; Terrebonne, $75.85; Brooks Scanlon camp, $24.70; Route 1. .n. . x T . , w an" "te 2, $141.50. .against American prisoners will bo oc inea Saturday in the first common trial in Japan, it was announcea ioaay. The Japanese are Narachl Chi. hara, Shunsuke Kato, Truo Ono and Motoichi Sakagaml. defenders of a cause which has nothing in common with the In- terpst nf Hpmrwrapv flnrl thp ill. veloDment of normal relations bp. tween states." The London Daily Mail com menting on Russia's latest attack on the motives of British empire members, said British govern Canadian citizens about atomic energy and radar. Moscow belittled the Informa tion received, saying it already naa received belter information Virgin Islands. V ' V . - His statement was presented to the conference by Charles W. Taussig, chairman of the A. S. delegation, . ;, President Truman pledged that American policy In the Caribbean would conform to the united na tions charter In promoting the political, economic,- educational and social development of the peoples. - ' - "This government ' takes the view," he said, "that member of the united nations which have re sponsibilities for the administra tion of non self-supporting terri tories in .this region have under taken a solemn obligation in this respect." . r The president added that the United States was gratified to note that France and the Nether lands had joined the conference. This country and Great Britain Snell To Visit Bend Monday, Give Awards Tickets went on sale today at the Chamber of commerce of fices' for the DUblle dlnner-mivt. ing of the chamber to be held at the Pilot Butte Inn next Monday mgm ai ( ociock, when Gov. Earl Snell will be nrfnclDal sneak er. Reservations must be made for the dinner, Manager Howard j. stem 01 tne chamber said. The meeting was called nrlmari, ly by the governor who will pre sent congressional awards to se lective service officials of Harney, Jefferson, Deschutes and Crook counties. Sixty selective service ornciais, mayors and others from these counties are expected to attend. Ex-Finn leaders Helsinki, Feb. 21 (IBEight of riniana s wartime leaders, headed by ex-president Rlsto Rytl were sentenced to prison terms ranging from two to 10 years today on charges of taking their country into war against the allies. A Finnish war crimes trihunnl imposed the stlffest sentence 10 years at hard labor on Rytl as leaacr 01 tne government that plunged Finland Into the world conflict on the side of Germany. former premier Juko Wllhelm Rangell was sentenced to six years' imprisonment and terms of 5V4 years each were imposed on ex-premier Edwin Linkomics and ex-finance minister Valno Tan ner. The court also sentenced Toivo M. Kivlmaeki, former Finnish minister to Berlin, to five years In prison and ex-foreign minister nenriK namsay to 2!4 years. Tyko Reinikka and Amtl KuU konen, assistant finance minister ana inierioi- minister, respective ly, in the wartime cabinet, were sentenced to two years' imprison ment. Sky Giants Ready For Isle Operation Washington, Feb. 21 (lPiPan American world airways an nounced today that it would start dally clipper service between the west coast and Hawaii with 47-passenger sky giants March The company said the new 300-mlle-an-hour planes would enable jit to cut flying time between Honolulu and San Francisco and Los Angeles almost In half and permit a 30 per cent slash In fares. No Trace Found Of Missing Child Los Angeles, Feb. 21 lPi Mud dled clues and conflicting state ments by eyewitnesses today stalemated detectives searching for 6-year-old Rochelle Gluskotcr and the stranger who kidnaped her last Friday. Police said that a re-enactment of the kidnap scene In front of the modest Gluskoter home yes terday before two women who saw the girl enter the kidnaper's car established no new leads In the case. round nut the membership. Turning specifically to this country's Caribbean possessions, President Truman said: "This government looks for ward to an Increasing measure of self government by the people of the Virgin islands of the United States. With respect to Puerto Rico, it has been recommended to the congress of the United States that It provide a means by which the people of Puerto Rico might choose their form of gov ernment and ultimate status with respect to the United States. The president also pledged this government "to support any suit able plan which would bring the non self-governing territories of the Caribbean region into closer co-operation with each other, with a view to developing the educa tional, social and cultural Insti tutions of the region." Idle Put V:' . (By United Praia) The nation's strike-idle nusheri beyond a million again today as a walkout of Detroit dairy work ers spread and Houston garbage i-uueciions were" naitea by a strike of city employes. At Detroit, 250 CIO united dairy workers employed In five more dairies went out to support wage demands. Four creameries yesterday were affected bv - a strike of 1,250 production work ers; tying up 60 tfer cent of th citys milk deliveries. Several hundred drivers not involved in tne strme were forced to stop wuir. Bus and street car service was scheduled to be resumed this af ternoon at Lancaster, Pa., where negotiators for 250 AFL transit workers agreed to a compromise wage settlement. ficKet violence and a citywlde labor walkout marked the 16-day strike. . Picket Line Broken The entire picket line at the strikebound W. A. Jones Foundry ana luacnine io. at Chicago was broken, as sporadic fighting went Into a third day. Police took 131 pickets to court, bringing the number of arrests to 187. New York stoDDaees forced tne number of U.S. id e in i.nni 000. , At Pittsburgh, indenendentlv organized employes of the . Du- quesne Light Co. said they will resume a walkout, ended last week, over demands for 37 per cent more pay, . next Tuesday morning. The company provides power ior i.auu.uuu consumers. New Cardinals Honored By Pope Vatican City, Feb. 21 UJ'i J- iwenty-nlne new cardinals re ceived their red hats from the hands of Pope Plus today In one of the most Impressive ceremon ies of the Roman Catholic church. A throng of 20,000 to 25,000 milled in the huge central nave of St. Peters basilica and over flowed into two adjoining naves to watch the procession of cardi nals. Peoples of many nations rubbed shoulders In the long high-domed basilica as the week-long cere monies reached their climax of pomp and color. There were black-veiled Italian s 1 g n o r a s, American GI's, Polish comman dos, Chinese priests, towering Swiss guards, and men from pon tifical colleges in scores of coun tries. Among spectators were Prince Humbert, lieutenant general of the realm; Gen. Mark Clark, James A. Farley, Frank Walker and Doris Duke. The ceremony was run off in less than the scheduled time to reduce the strain on the aged cardinals and the pope. The pon tiff was reported very tired. BULLETIN London, Feb. 21 UPv Foreign secretary Ernest Bevin told commons today that ho could conceive of no circumstances In which Russia and Britain would go to war. Crews Seize' Several Ships In Outbreaks Britain Sends Vessels -To Bombay, and Admiral Issues Stern Warning London, Feb. 21 (IP Prime Minister Element Attlee .an nounced in commons today that "certain vessels of the Royal navy" were proceeding to Bam bay, where a mutiny of Royal Indian navy sailors was under way. Bombay, Feb., 21 IP Mutiny in the ranks of the Royal Indian navy erupted In bloody violence today, prompting a threat by vice admiral John Henry Godfrey to put down the Insurrection at all costs, even the destruction of the fleet Itself. "A state of open mutiny pre vails, In which the ratings (sail ors) appear to have completely lost control of their senses," God frey said. '; Mutinous sailors seized control of several ships in the Bombay harbor and fought a pitched battle witn British and Indian troops around the castle barracks in the center of the city.: Warning Broadcast ' Godfrey, commander , of the Royal Indian navy, broadcast a stern warning from Bombay head quarters In the face of the spread ing mutiny.-' ., Godfrey, said the government was determined to Ose Its over whelming forces "to their utter most, even if lt means the destruc tion of the navy of which we have been so proud." ' The government. Godfrey said. will "never give In to violence." He told the mutineers that it was the height of folly" to continue the struggle. ,. Tentative reDorts on the battle of the barracks, where a band of sailors were barricaded and hold ing out against besieslne troons. said at least 20 persons had been wounded. No authoritative cas ualty report was available. 1 Uprisings Spread -- The "sailors have been rioting for four days after striklhe for faster demobilization and better service conditions. Uprisings spread to Karachi and other points in India. . Mutineers seized control of several navy ships In the Bombay harbor and gave dockworkers a 10-minute ultimatum to get out. The dock workers fled. Another large group of sailors, barricaded In the castle barracks, fought an hours-long battle with troops summoned to subdue them. The sailors were armed with machineguns and rifles stolen from an armory. Military pickets drove the sail- ors Into the barracks at bayonet point Inst night. During the night the mutineers broke Into the built log barricades, armory, . armed themselves and Rioters Open Fire The mutineers posted men with machineguns along walls of the barracks and opened fire on the army guards. More than 500 British and Indian soldiers were rushed up as reinforcements. Business and traffic wns nnrn. lyzed in the center of Bnmhav The chaotic scene resomhlpri wartime street battle. County Jai) Population Is At Low Mark A new kind of record has been made by Deschutes county, It was indicated today by Deputy sheriff Harry Johnson, Jailer, who said that only one prisoner is being held in the county Jail, the -lowest since the new courthouse was built In 1940. Average population at the Jail Is eight prisoners, he said, and as many as 17 have been lodged there simultaneously. The num ber has never before dropped be- ' low five, since 1940. The lone pris oner Is due for release March 9, and if no new Inmates are com mitted, the jail will be vacant for the first time In recent local history.
