Univ. of Oregon Library EUGESS, OREGON HE BEND BULLETIN CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER State Forecast ' OREGON Fair today, in creasing cloudiness tonight and Sunday. Slightly warm ; er; gentle easterly winds to day and tonight. Drive Carefully A little skidding can go a long wayl Drive carefully when roads and streets are slickl Volume LVII BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1947 No. 143 TP Stop Gap Bill Backing Asked By Senators Europe's Chaos Factor In Need for Immediate Help, Says Committee Washington, Nov. 22 (UV-Im- mediate congressional approval ' of the $597,000,000 stop-gap aid bill was urged today by the sen ate foreign relations committee to ward off "political chaos" in Europe. The committee headed by Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, R., Mich., ji said in an unusual report that "y current unrest in France and It aly has necessitated speedy pas sage of the emergency foreign relief measure. The bill would provide help for these two coun tries and for Austria. The report warned that unless food, fuel and fertilizer are sent quickly, "the twin specters of hunger antl cold attended by po litical chaos would threaten wes tern Europe." The senate com mittee also appealed for early action on the long-range Marshall plan for European reconstruction. Debate Set Debate on the stopgap bill opens Monday on the senate floor and the Republican leadership has pledged itself to get a final vote by Thanksgiving day. The house foreign affairs committee plans to send foreign aid legis lation to the floor early next week. Other congressional develop ments: Prices Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., O.. "crossed off" proposals to cur tall weights of cattle shipped to market, but indicated he was ready to go along with new con trols on installment buying. Gen. Meyers Senate investiga tors summoned Gen. H. H. (Hap) Arnold to tell what he knows about the alleged wartime side lines of Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyer's. ' Developments Listed Cooperative Republican mem bers of the house ways and means committee reportedly are consid ering a compromise on the issue of whether farm cooperatives should continue to be exempt from taxes. Under the plan, the committee would recommend that the capital reserves of coops be taxed but not patronage refunds. Food Agriculture Secretary Clinton P. Anderson says there mav be a meat shortage next soring, but he sees little chance of an overall food shortage. Huge Land Plane San Diego. Nov. 22 (IB Con solidated Vultee Aircraft Corp. today announced names of the nine fliers who will attempt to fly the world's largest land plane, the XC-99, from Lindbergh field here tomorrow. ' The giant 400-passenger plane, whose tail stands five stories high, is scheduled to take off at 1 p.m. (PST) tomorrow unless some new flaw is discovered or 4. the weather turns bad. The weather bureau predicted some high cloudiness but no rain. Crew Listed At the controls of the XC-99 will be veteran test pilot Russell Rogers, 41, now chief of Con van's flight department. Sitting next to him will be Beryl A. Erickson, 35, Fort Worth. Tex. Flight engineers will be Mel Clause, B. B. Gray. L. J. Borde lon, Larry Branding, John T. Ready and G. W. Hotelier, all of Convalr's San Diego plant. Radio operator will be William G. Geo fath. There will be no army men aboard, although the plane is be ing built for the war department. 46 Jap Suspects To Go On Trial Yokohama, Japan, Nov. 22 U Forty . six suspected Japanese war criminals accused of killing three American naval fliers will go on trial before an Eighth army military commission Monday, it was announced today. It will be the largest mass ar raignment to date before any V. S. court in the far east. Lava Bear Squad Will Be Honored Members of the 1947 Lava Bear football team will be guests of the Klwanls club Monday noon at the Pine tavern, it was an nounced today by club officers. The luncheon, at which the foot ..hall team is honored, has been an annual affair by the Kiwamai'.s for many years. Gen. Arnold Says Ex-Major Disgraced Uniform and Rank Wartime Chief of Air Forces Also Brands Meyers as 'Liar' and Hearing Comes To End Washington, Nov. 22 '(U.EI Gen. H. H. (Hap) Arnold, war-time chief of the army air forces, today branded Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers as a liar who had "disgraced his uniform and rank." With that, a senate committee ended its hearings into Meyers' financial dealings and love life, and turned the case over to prosecuting authorities. Chairman Homer B. Ferguson, R., Mich., of a senate war investigating subcommittee announced at the close of the Bend Wins Bid For Convention Hood River, Ore., Nov. 22 IF The Orepon farm bureau federa tion today had adopted a new five-point program for 1948. De tails were drawn up at the con cluding session of the organiza tion's annual convention here Fri day. , The program called for govern ment support of prices at or near parity; for production and acre age controls "when necessary as a last resort;" for a system which would reflect fair prices in the market in lieu of government sub sidies and for providing market ing agreements to all segments of agriculture desiring them. The fifth plank in the farm bu reau program recommends estab lishment of parity prices on a 10-year-moving average instead of a permanent base as a method of bringing about a closer rela tionship between cost of produc tion and relative purchasing pow er. Valley Authority Opposed The federation also went on record as opposing a Columbia authority. W. Lowell Steen, Milton, was re-elected president of the organ ization. Victor W. Thompson, Hood River, was named first vice-president; H. R. Weatherford, Arling ton, second vice-president, and Glenn Sands, Cove, secretary-treasurer.- ' Bend' was Selected as the I94S convention citv. The senate bill to form a CVA was assailed on the grounds that such agencies are in an experi mental stage and possess tenden cies leaning strongly to socialis tic and communistic objects. Bureau Takes Stand On the matter of reclamation, the federation took a stand that the reclamation bureau is seeking to circumvent state water laws and to make water a utility whol ly under federal agency direction. Support of the REA program was voted, with the provision that the agency make no loans for building generating plants except where a saving can be made to consumers or where sufficient energy is not otherwise available. The federation adopted a state ment of policy under which it would impeach any of its officers accepting remuneration for a government agency, special inter est group or others deemed detri mental to the federation's prstige. Store Manager Gets Threat Note Spokane, Wash., Nov. 22 iU'i J. W. Clark, manager of a J. C. Penney store on north Monroe in Spokane, told police today that an unidentified man phoned him yesterday with a threat that "if you want to be with your family on Christmas, put some money in a bag and bring it to the back of Tufty's tavern." While a clerk In the store In formed police, Clark stuffed some receipts in a sack and left it on the ground behind the tavern. Prowl car officers who investi gated the incident said no one came after the receipts. Deschutes Sporfsmen To Hold Bend Meeting On Monday Preliminary To Interim Hearing Deschutes County Sportsmen's association members at a special meeting Monday at 8 p.m. in the local library auditorium will consider data and evidence to be presented to the Oregon legisla tive interim committee at Its meet ing in Bend, on December 6. The interim committee for the study and restoration of wildlife resources was created by the state I lecislalure as a result of action by I Bend sportsmen, and for this rea son the Deschutes club Is anxious that information be in shape for j proper presentation. "The Monday evening meeting win ne one oi tne most Important in the history of the local club, and for this reason there should be a full attendance," Bob Wetle, president, said. He I stressed that the Monday night ' session will be open to every per - son In the community Interested in the furtherance of wildlife and I fishing resources. Meyers phase ot the Hear ings that all- evidence would be submitted to the proper agencies for what prosecution may be warranted. The records will be sent to the justice department, the U. S. district attorney and the in ternal revenue bureau, Fergu son said. Attorney general Tom Clark already has said that he will seek Indictment of Meyers on income tax charges. Army Studies Case The army also' is looking into Meyers case anew. Meyers, who draws a retirement disability pen sion of $461 a month, already has asked for a court martial, but the army decided to wait un til after the wind-up of the senate investigation before making a final decision. Arnold himself, in his testimony today, said that Meyers had laid himself open to a general court martial. Arnold said that Mey ers stated "absolute falsehoods" when he said Arnold had given tacit approval to his wartime stock dealings in aviation companies. Meyers Accused Meyers allegedly made a false statement to an air force ques tionnaire in stating that he did not hold about $35,000 worth of aircraft stocks. Arnold said the penalty for such a false statement is "severe" and is the "most basic ground for general court martial." The army also is considering whether Meyers' story of a five- year affair with another man's wife constitutes grounds for army action. Rome Is Scene Of Bomb Blasts Rome, Nov. 22 IP The politi cal police squad investigated two bomb explosions at the precinct .headquarters of the Christian Democrat and Uomo Qualunque parties today to determine wheth er the nation wide campaign of communist violence had been ex tended to Rome. The first bomb went off at 10 p. m. last night at No. 9 via Ra venna, precinct headquarters of the Christian Democrat party, led by Premier Alcide de Gasperi. A wooden shutter was blown off the door and about 10 windows brok en. Bomlw) Crudely Made Fifteen minutes later, a bomb went off in front of the door of No. 25 via Giovanni da Procida, a precinct headquarters of the Uomo Qualunque. Only the shut ter of the door was damaged. Police said both bombs were small, crudely made and inexpert ly laid. The damage was so small, they said, that thev wanted to see whether the bombings were po litical or a "joke." Repair Of Floor In Jail Started Repair work on the floor of the city jail is under way this week, according to City Manager C. G. Belter. Cracked portions of the concrete floor are being removed and will be replaced and the en tire floor will be made water proof to facilitate mopping and cleaning. Most of the work is be ing done by prisoners under the direction of Charles H. Bishop. Wetle also asked that persons submitting Information for pre sentation to the committee have facts and figures, not mere "hear say evidence." Evidence that can not be supported by facts will not be considered by the club's special committee, headed by Duncan L. McKay, and wiil not bp presented to the Interim committee at its Bend hearing. Touching on the Bend hearing December G, Lew Wallace, chair man of the interim committee, said: "We are attempting to find out what is wrong with the game situ , ation in Oregon, whether it be j over-hunting, lack of enforcement, too many predators, illegal hunt- i Ing or what. When we have col - ! lected all the data possible It Is 1 our purpose to enlist the help of the mod outstanding wildlife no - j thorltv in America, Ira Gabriel - son. From this, you will see that Ex-Chancellor Bend Speaker; War Is Topic! Balance of Power Held Factor in Maintaining Present World Peace . "There is no danger of a war as long as a east-west balance of power is maintained," Dr. Kurt von Schuschnlgg, former chancel lor of Austria, told an audience of more than 230 persons at the first dinner meeting of the new Bend Knife and Fork club last night at the Pilot Butte inn. ' There will become an Imminent danger of war if America cuts her armed forces or has a decline In its industrial capacity, the former chancellor said. - J . Dr. von Schuschnlgg arrived In Bend early yesterday afternoqn and was taken to Chemult by car last night following the meet ing to board a Southern Pacific train for San Francisco. He will speak at Stockton tonight. ' j Bolster Presides :! Rev. G. R. V. Bolster, president of the new club, presided at last night's meeting. The invocation was given by Rev. Fred C. Wis senbach, of Klamath Falls, who Is president of the Knife and Fork club at that city. Elmer E. Schlotz, executive field director of the Knife and Fork club international, brought greetings from other Ore gon clubs at Portland, Salem, Eu gene, Klamath Falls, Medford, Baker, Ontario, Corvallis and La Grande. - . Directors and officers of the Bend club and their wives were Introduced by Rev. Bolster. James W. Bushong is vice president and James E. Brinton is secretary- treasurer. Directors are Sumner Deitrick, Robert H. Foley, A. C. Goodrich, Jack Halbrook, Carl A. Johnson, Raymond J. LeBlanc, Robert J. Mannheimer, E. L. Nlel-j sen, nowaru J. aieiD ana a. a, Stover. Events Outlined ; i Following his introduction hv. Rev. Bolster, Dr. von Schuschnige outlined events in. Europe-pjeecCt&J!9yteht.. ,.. inc world wartwo . He traced tire rise and ascent to power of fje Kazis in Germany. He said le had talked with von Hindenburg two weeks before Hitler became chancellor and at that time the aged general was of the opinion that Germany was safe as long as its army existed. Other govern ment officials likewise did not be lieve Hitler would come into pow er. After the Nazis took over there followed the blood purge of 1934 and the resignation. of Germany from the League of Nations. The latter event brought no reaction from other nations. Schuschnigg's first threat from the Nazis came in 1933, from Ru dolf Hess, at Munich. Hess asked that immediate parliamentary elections be called in Austria, thut Nazis be appointed to cabinet posi tions, and that the Nazi party be given the right to use their prop aganda machine in Austria. Schu schnlgg gave a negative answer and was told to be on the next plane for Vienna. Requests Repeated The ex-chancellor said three months ago high communist offi cials had made the same requests from the present Austrian gov ernment. Von Schuschnlgg said that, al though Nazis denied any part In the assassination of Austrian chancellor Dollfuss in 1934, Ger man newspapers printed pictures of Dollfuss in the room In which he was killed and the death story on the evening before the assassin ation. Threats against Austrian Inde pendence continued until 1938, when von Schuschnlgg was called to Berchtesgaden by Hitler. The final threat, against which mili tary resistance would have boon (Continued on Page 6) we are really going Into this mat ter, In a serious, businesslike way." The resolution originating in Bend that resulted in the creation of the interim committee called for an investigation of the game commission, among other things, brings Rev. F. C. Wissenhach to However, Wallace stressed: "This Hend this week end from Klam committee In no sense is a commit-; ath Falls as guest speaker at tee of inquisition." Meetings are , Sunday services at Trinity Epls being held In all parts of the j copal church. Rev. Wissenhach, state, to obtain Information. I who was rector at the American The interim committee will Episcopal church In Munich for open Its hearings in Klamath Falls la number of years, will conduct on December 5, coming to Bend ; the 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. services, the following day. Two meetings j and will be present at a meet will be held here on Saturday, He-; ing of young people of the comber 5, wlih an open meeting ! church at 7 p.m. planned for 8 n.m. A closed ses- i Rev. and Mrs. Bolster will go i sion will be held at 2:30 n.m. Both i meetings will be In the Pilot Butte i Inn. From Bend, the committee ! will go to Burns. Eight meetings 1 will be held In December, In the eastern part of the itrte. Has a Head Start ' 111 t Although she is only 5 months old, three inches long. Above, she sits home as her mother, Mrs. James Mercury Low Of 11 Degrees Chills Region Bend was chilled by Its lowest temperature of the season last night when tbe mercury dropped to 11 degrees .above zero. Con tinued cold lias been forecast for tonight, with a minimum of 12 above set for the Bend area. The forecast calls for general ly .clear weather through Sunday, but with increasing cloudiness Skiing prospects are fair for the week end, especially at Hoo doo bowl. In the Cascades west of Bend, snow is not very deep, except on the higher slopes of Bachelor butte. All mountain roads were good "winter condition" today In United Nations Warned By Arabs Lake Success, N. Y., Nov. 22 (Hi A leading Arab spokesman warned the United Nations today they were "evading the issue" and Inviting failure if they try to par tition Palestine without raising an army to do the Job. Foreign Minister Mohamed Fa dhil Jamali of Iraq, opening de bate on the conflicting Arab and Russia-American blueprints for Palestine's future, said the Arabs of the Holy Land would have to be "subdued" by force If Pales tine is divided. Jamali said the Russo-Amerl- can plan for placing a five-member UN commission In charge ot tne transition of Palestine to inde pendence without help of Great Britain or support of military force was "optimistic." Touch Off Drive The Iraq delegate's remarks touched off the final drive of the UN general assembly to decide In the next few days whether to par tition Palestine, turn it over to the Arabs as an Independent slate or defer any tlecisloon now on the matter. Ksawery Pruszynskl, Poland, chairman of the group which ham mered out the final Russia-American partition program, told the Arab states, In reply to a series of questions, that refusal of Pal estine's Arabs to cooperate In their half of a partitioned Holy Iind would mean automatic referral of the case to the UN security council. Ex-Munich Rector To Speak In Bend An exchange of ministers to Klamath Falls, where the local minister will be guest speaker at , S:. Paul's Episcopal church. Rev. j Wissenhach was In Bend last ; night for the Knife and Fork club ; dinner. Sharon Kay Boyd's hair is over patiently In her Gahanna, Ohio, F. Boyd, combs her thick locks. School Children Get Train Ride Thirty-five excited children, in cluding third-graders at Reld school and several younger broth ers and sisters, were passengers last night on the north-bound S.P. & S. train out of Bend. Al though the trip ended at Red mond, the 15-mlle Journey was one of the most unusual in local train history. The experience was a novel one for, the ticket agent, too,- when the youngsters plied Itlto the pas senger depot and counted out their pennies, nickels and dimes for the 18-cent fares. Before boarding the train, the party in spected the mall car, and inside Conductor William Strang and Brakemen Monahan and Moton Introduced the young passengers to the mysteries of the water- cooler, the baggage car, and the workings of the amazing berths, "iust like bunk beds at home." Clarence Lyons was engineer for the trip, assisted by fireman Kuhn. Accompanying the young sters were Miss Irma Kllngham- mer, third grade Instructor at Reld, and Miss Ruth Cray, of the Allen school faculty. The trip was planned as an extra-curricular activity in co ordination with the class' study of transportation. Adults who met tho group in Redmond to drive them back to Bend includ ed George Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Carlon, Mrs. George Sim erville, Mrs. Harold Summers, Mrs. E. L. Nielsen, Earl J. Frier and Jack L. Davis. James J. Davis, Ex-Senator, Dead Washington, Nov. 22 Hit Former Sen. James J. Davis, a Welsh-born Immigrant who came up the hard way from steel pud- dler to legislator and cabinet member, died early today at the age of 74. The famous "I'uddler Jim of Pennsylvania republicanism had been confined to the Washington sanitarium In nearby Takorna Park, Md., since late September. He was suffering from a kidney ailment. For 20 years a power in repub lican politics, Davis was secretary of labor under three presidents and a senator from 1!)30 until 1044. Since his defeat In 1!M4 by Democratic Sen. Francis J. Myers, he had lived in retirement here and at his Pittsburgh home. Officers Escort Man To Bandits New York, Nov. 22 Wi- Louis Flneman, president of the Jansa Woodworking Corp., picked up $1,561 In payroll money at his bank yesterday and was escorted by a policeman through the streets of Brooklyn to his plant. At the plant door, the policeman left. When Flneman reached his office, inside the building, two bandits appeared and took the money. They escaped In the com pany car, which Flneman had parked outside. I IRK CALL NSWKRKI An overheated oil stove at the James Ness residence, 335 State, resulted In a fire call to the Bend department yesterday afternoon. No damage was reported. France, Stricken By Strikes, Names Its Financial Expert To Form New Robert Schuman Takes On Grim Task, FacingX. Problem of Uniting Country Torn by Strife; vS" 750,000 reported Idle in Vital Industries Paris, Nov. 22 '.U.E) Robert Schuman. financial expert of the popular republican party, ot torming a government for With nearly 1,000,000 French workers idle m a nation wide wave of strikes, Schuman accepted President Vincent Auriol's urgent request to undertake the organization of a cabinet as soon as possible. bchuman still had to have the approval of the national assembly. But it seemed assured. After consultation with various party leaders, he appeared to have the support of most ot the assembly, commu - nists excepted. . The assembly last night vot ed miseonfidence in Leon Blum, the socialist veteran who had undertaken the same assignment. Schuman was the next nominee. Accepts Mission At 4:15 p. m. (10:15 a. m., EST) Schuman went to the Elysee pal ace and Informed Auriol of his acceptance. As he left the palace he said he planned to form a gov ernment comprising nearly all parties except the communists. Schuman has been finance mini ster almost continuously since June, 1946, The strike wave took a turn for the worse. Two main railroad stations In Paris were paralyzed. Kaiiroaos tnrougtioui southern France were at a standstill. A stoppage of all ports was sched uled for Monday. France was threatened with total economic paralysis. 750,000 Idled Communlst-led strikes, which had Idled at least 750,000 men In the most vital industries, began to spread rapidly in Paris. Four teen thousand school teachers went out yesterday. The Gare de Lyon, which handles Marseille- bound train traffic, was closed today. Only a quarter of the normal traffic was running in and out of Gare du Nord and police announc ed saboteurs had cut the telephone lines mixing tne forts of Rosny and Noisy-Le-Sec In the working class suburb of Montreuil. These strikes and the lack of a moderate leader In the govern ment appeared to be leading the country to a showdown between communists and De Gaullists. Director Of FBI Upholds Policy Washington, Nov. 22 Ui Di rector J. Edgar Hoover said to day the FBI is only doing Its job when It sends government agen cies unsolicited information about their employes and other persons "of Interest" to them. He said the practice recently denounced hy Federal communi cations commissioner Clifford J. Durr was a vital part of his Job. Failure to send the information to the agencies, he said, would leave the FBI open to criticism. FBI Assails Durr assailed the FBI for send ing the commission "unsolicited reports on Individuals connected with radio." He dismissed much of tlie information as "baseless gossip." Hoover said Durr was correct in his allegation. But, he added, the FBI makes no attempt to evaluate the Information, leaving this up to the agency involved. Hi- said, however, that the FBI "does endeavor to evaluate the reliability of the source of the information." Philip Takes Britain's Future Queen for Fast Spin in Jeep Romsey, F.ngland, Nov. 22 II Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip will leave their honeymoon re'reat on Broadlands estate after one week and go lo Scotland, It was reported today. They originally were expected to spend two weeks here and two weeks at Blrkhall, near the royal castle at Balmoral, Scotland. But they now plan to spend three weeks at Blrkhall. The little town of Romsey buzzed with approving talk about the speedy Jeep ride Elizabeth took yesterday across the 6,000 acres estate and up a busy high way. Neil her the policemen guard ing the gates of the estate nor the townspeople expected to see their future queen and her new husband in such an unroyal ve hicle. As a matter of fact, few Government today took on the grim task crisis - stricken France. ' " Midstate Group To Hear Nelson . Speaker at a meeting of the Central Oregon 'chamber of com merce in Madras Tuesday will be W. S. Nelson, manager of The Dalles chamber of commerce and Oregon director of the Inland Wa terways association. Nelson was invited to the meet ing to discuss methods of acqui sition and development of indus trial areas by cities. Nelson will also discuss plans for getting bet ter highway connections between Central Oregon and the Colum bia area and also the importance of early construction of a brid(;e over the Columbia river at or near The Dalles. Bend, Redmond, Prineville, Cul ver and Madras chambers of com merce will be represented at the meeting. Meat Shortage Due In Spring . Washington, Nov. 22 (Ui Sec retary of agriculture Clinton P. Anderson predicts a meat short age for next spring, but sees lit tle likelihood of an over-all food shortage. He told the joint congressional economic committee yesterday that meat supplies will be "criti cally short" In March, April, May and June. They may continue "low" all year, he said. Anderson said Americans, now. eating meat at an annual rate of 156 pounds per person, will have to get along on about 20 per cent less. But he was "greatly encourag ed" by recent reports on crop prospects and said a general food shortage Is unlikely unless there Is a "disastrous" wheat failure. Conditions Improve Anderson said improved weath er conditions in the past 10 days might boost next year's grain crop prospects and "what looked like a bad situation may turn In to a fairly good one." He said good weather could boost the Kansas wheat crop next year by as much as 250,000,000 bushels over previous estimates. 2 Cars Hit, Kill Washington Man Spokane, Wash., Nov. 22 Uli Roelof H. Meyboom, 68, Oppor tunity, died here yesterday of in juries received Thursday when two cars hit him within a few minutes of each other on n busy highway seven miles east of here. The state patrol reported today that Meyboom was first hit by a car driven west by Russell D. Hlte, Opportunity, causing a leg fracture. A few minutes later he was struck by an unidentified car going east. ! of the townspeople did see them, I but the news spread fast and It delighted them. I While Elizabeth ami Philip were strolling about yesterday, they ! came upon the jeep. It was one I that Philip's uncle. Earl Mount- batten, who owns Broadlands, ac quired during his military career. Philip was reported to have said to his bride: "I've never driven a Jeep. Come on, let's go for a ride." She was at first reluctant, pos sibly because of his reputation as a fast driver, but was soon per suaded. They roared around the es'nte and up to the gates. The police guard gasped, sa luted belatedly and swung the gates open. Philip drove for half amlle down the busy highway and enmo back. The entire ride lasted about an hour.