Univ. of Oregon Library EUCSNS, QRSOON BEND BULLETIN State Forecast OREGON Partly cloudy with scattered showers or thundershowers today and 4 Sunday. Slightly warmer , afternoons. JIJUBl LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER Volume LIX BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1948 No. 6 ) I U.S. Aircraft May Have Hit Korea Vessels Officials Admit Fliers On Mission in Area Where 14 Killed, 10 Wounded Tokyo, June 12 lBThe U. S. far east air forces admitted to day that Tuesday's bombing of Korean fishing vessels In which 14 Koreans were killed, and 10 wounded "may have involved far cast air forces aircraft. An official announcement said that a practice bombing mission was airborne aDove tne Japan sea off the east coast of Korea at the time the incident was reported to have occurred. Will Study Photos "Strike photographs and mis sion ports are being studied and a complete Investigation is be ing made to determine whether these aircraft were involved, tne announcement said. Earlier the Korean national po lice In Seoul reported the bomb ing was carried out by nine four- engined aircraft bearing the star and circle insignia of the U. S. air force. Eleven boats were sunk In the 20-minute attack, the police said. j An airforce spokesman here said there is an established bomtw ing range in the general area "used by bombardment aircraft In carrying out live bombing training assignments." Marking Not Determined It was not known at headquar ters here whether the area was marked as a bombing range. Standard procedure, however, re quires reconnaissance of the area prior to live bomb practice. American authorities in Seoul Insisted that no Korea-based air planes were in the area Tuesday. The incident occurred near the island of Dok, also known as Ko, eight miles east of Korea. . . Wreckage Yields Body of Airman . Randall, Wash., June 12 (IP) The state patrol today said it had received a report that the body of a pilot has been found in the wreckage of a light Stinson air plane in the mountains 10 miles south of Mount Rainier. The body is believed to be that of Billy Guy Holliday, missing since Feb. 7 on a flight from Ken newick, Wash., to Oregon City, Ore., state patrol officials said, A coast guard rescue party left Seattle this morning to aid a voluntary rescue team locate the wreckage. Wreckage Found Clyde Koher told the army air, search and rescue service at Mc- Chord field he found the wreck age last night mile southwest of Howard lake. He said the plane's number was NC-97506. CAA officials confirmed that was the number of the missing plane, owned by a "Mr. Henney" of Kennewick. ' The CAA said it had been ad vised by McChord field that a res cue team would contact the'state patrol at Morton, Wash., 10 miles west of here this morning. Ex-Kinq, Princess Invited to U. S. Hollywood. June 12 (IP Form- or King Michael of Romania and rrincoss Anne of Bourbon-Parma were invited today to spend their royal honeymoon on an island es tate off the nnnKf nf New Eng land. I Sineer Gertrude Niesen cabled the invitation to the newlyweds ;(t Athens yesterday, just before leaving for the midwest. nor father, Monte Niesen, said tie slncer'.Q MnnH le 9n mlniltps hy boat from Greenwich, Conn., and fullv staffed with servants. Miss Niesen and Princess Anne met several years ago and have corresponded regularly since, Meson said. The princess wrote Jjovprai weeks ago that she and ;-wlcnol hnnpt tn tlclt thle rnnn. fry. -7 Body of Ex-Bend Boy in Portland Thn UnAxt Af t nnnii 'Jaker, 20, who was killed in a orld War II battle in Germany, is among those who have reached wuana from Europe, it was learned here. The youne veteran the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. "aker, former residents of Bend. ' uneral services will be held Mon- 1?)f at 3 D. m.. from thp A. J. w.?18!1 af Southeast Sixth and Alder, in Portland. hioCs,T was 8 student at Bend "51, ool, and volunteered for wvice in the army. Deschutes Red Cross Chapter Seeks Funds for Disaster Aid No Organized Drive Contemplated, But Funds For Stricken People Wiil Be Accepted Here - The Deschutes county chapter of the American Red Cross has been authorized to ask for contributions of money to aid uie vicLims oi me norm west Robert E. Nicholas, chanter The tragedy at Vanport, in which 20,000 people saw their homes destroyed in a matter of minutes and whose emergency needs were acute in a matter of hours, is only a part of the storyoitne nortnwest floods, Portland Holds Floral Parade Portland, Ore., June 12 Thousands of spectators (IP) lined Portland's eastside streets today to watch the grand floral parade, climax of the 50th annual rose festival. , The route of the. parade was abbreviated and switched to the eastside from the traditional westside procession because of traffic problems caused by flood conditions. The weather was overcast and light showers were falling Inter mittently. Grand sweepstakes winner In the Junior floral parade yester day was the "king and queen of nearts Iloat of district No. 4. The float was a rose-covered crown bearing Princess Judy Dameron of Sacred Heart school and Prime minister Dennis Wil liams. For Arch Crew Water In Mirror Pond was low ered about two feet today to pro vide access to tne water pageant arch piers below Drake park foot bridge.'. An inspection and strengthen ing of -The support piers is being earned out toaay, so tnat con, struction of the pageant arch can get unaer way next week. Activity in Pageant park and the north end of Harmon play field is increasing dally as prepa rations continue for the big show on the nights of July 3 and 4. Several hundred 12 by 12 timbers have been assembled at the north end of the playfield and will be bolted together into a new boom to guide the floats downstream. Platform Constructed On Pageant park, platforms to carry the floats are being con structed and oil barrels, which provide buoyancy for the floats, are being assembled. While water in the pond is at a low level a city crew, under the direction of Charles Bishop, park superintendent, is constructing rock retaining wall along Harmon playfield. WallofWater Takes Two Lives The two Klnzua people drowned in a flash flood about 15 miles south of there Thursday night have been identified as Charles Rittie, about 25, and his 70-year- old mother, Mrs. William Rittie, it was learned nere today. The couple lost their lives when they tried to escape to higher ground from the ranch house, which is located in a dry canyon near Thirty Mile creek. Another son, Bob, and a sister stayed in the house and were sale. A 15-foot wall of water surged clown the dry canyon as the moth er and son were attempting to cross it. The cloudburst In the Klnzua area was one or several wnicn struck that part of the state Thursday evening, cutting the John Day and Ochoco highways in several places. 1 Arniy Troopers In Flooded North Portland; People Escape Bv William Warren (United Prena Staff Correspondent) Aboard an army amphibious boat, North Portland, June 12 (Ui A large section of North Port land today was inhabited princi pally by Indignant cows, cats, roosters and pigs. When the big new flood came yesterday, most of the humans escaped. But they had to leave behind some of their pets and livestock. Near a submerged golf course, a row of roosters perched on a log floating by this army "Duck" as It criss-crossed over the flood waters. A mother cat, carrying a kit ten ,hy the neck, took refuge on a fiiy spot. They huddled. In nood disaster, according to Kev, chairman. according to word received by 'Nicholas. In addition,' there are 27,000 other disaster vie tims in the Washington, Ore- gon, Idaho and Montana area, many of them as severely stricken as the Vanport vie tims. . . . ' i Heavy expenditures from the Red Cross disaster fund will con tinue for more than two months rendering emergency assistance. Under disaster- experts, thous ands of Red Cross volunteers are manning shelters, canteens, clothing centers, inquiry bureaus, nurseries ana medical centers. Disaster Extent Told The northwest flood is one of the largest disasters known in the history" of the American Red Cross, in human suffering and loss of property. In disaster an nals it ranks with the Texas City explosion, the San Francisco earthquake and some of the worst Mississippi floods. Oregon is hardest hit, with more than 26,000 homeless. More than half of these will lose their homes entirely, while it will be a month or more before the others may return to theirs. Relief and rehabilitation for these families will be a Red Cross job that will extend many months beyond the time, when the flood waters re cede, Nicholas said. He pointed out that the Red Cross is still making expenditures on cases re sulting from the Texas City dis aster. ' . WU1 o Into Fund Contributions of money receiv ed by the local Red Cross office will be forwarded to area head quarters at San Francisco and will there go directly into the Red Cross disaster fund. The local- office . received number of contributions In the days 'following the Vanport dis aster, long before a call for funds was received from national head quarters. There will be no fund drive, Rev. Nicholas said, but it is hoped that many local people will be able to make contributions that will extend the amount of relief work the Red Cross is able to accomplish in the flood zone, Henderson Asks Hearing by Jury Paul R. Henderson, Bend lock smith who allegedly attempted to break into the Eagles lodge build ing early Monday morning, de clined to waive grand jury indict ment. District attorney A. J. Moore said today. A circuit court hearing had been tentatively set for yesterday, on the supposition that Henderson would waive in dictment. Henderson is at liberty on $1,000 bond, and the grand jury will be summoned probably witnm tne next two or three weeks, to review the evidence. Henderson is being represented by George H. Brewster, of the Redmond law firm of Cunning and Brewster. The locksmith was arrested by city police when he dropped from the roof of a building near the lodge quarters. Officers said that he admitted ownership of a cache of tools, including an axe, brace and bit and other articles, found on the roof of the building. DRIVER LOSES LIFE Salem. Ore.. June 12 ttPi Abra ham Louis Goldberg, 39, Salem, was killed yesterday when his car went off a bridge near the state penitentiary, state police re ported today. Goldbere. who was thrown from the vehicle, died from inter- nal injuries, police said. Join in Rescue flight as the "duck" tried to rescue them. A black torn cat sat discon solately atop a fence post, survey ing the water that rose toward him. The army troops aboard the "duck" rescued six cows, three cnlves, four pigs and one cat. They tied ropes around the necks of the stranded livestock and hauled them through the water, two or three miles, to refuge. There were a few reports of people still In houses flooded up to thp second story. Most of the reports were false. Several fam ilies Attempted to return to their Hooded houses to retrieve val uables and a few articles of furniture. Truman Heads For Berkeley; , Visits Klamath Stalin Gets Attention: !j In Speech at Eugene; .4 Meeting is Recalled ' ' . y:. . By Merrlman Smith (United Pros Staff White Houne Report) En route with President Tru man, June 12 iu President Truman switched abruptly ; from domestic to foreign issues today in preparation for his speech on Soviet-American .relations v. at Berkeley, Cal, ' . j .vf The president may have Indi cated the tenor ot his speech at Eugene, Ore., last night when he told a crowd gathered about the rear platform of his train, that Marshal Josef V. Stalin was "a prisoner of the politburo." . v; Recalling his meeting with Stalin at Potsdam in 1945,!, Mj Truman said: . . "I got very well acquainted with Joe Stalin, and I liked, old Joe." - 1 The crowd laughed. I. "But Joe," the president added, "is a prisoner of the politburo. He can't do what he wants to- He makes agreements, and if .he could he would keep them, nut the people who run the (Rus sian) government are very spev cific in saying that he can't keep them." President Get Serious ft 4 i Speaking more seriously, the- president said: some time or other that great country and this great country are going to understand that their mutual interests mean the wel fare and peace of the world as a whole." . The president's remarks about Stalin were not new. He made a' similar statement in April to the Washington meeting of the Amer lean Society of Newspaper Edi tors. However, at that time Pres ident Truman, said It in confi-, denoo and-reporters were Instruct ed to treat it as off the record. rhere was no indication whir the president changed-his mind about talking publicly about Sta lin. But newsmen accompanying him interpreted it to mean there would be more about Stalin in his address at the Unlversitv of California this afternoon. Wallace May Be Factor Another theory was that Henrv A. Wallace, third party presiden tial candidate, nas Deen. insisting that it was possible to reach an agreement with Russia Much of Wallace's strength is on the west coast. The president told a ernwri at Albany, Ore., that ;he country was not getting the truth about his administration "through the press." He said the Dublic need. ed to know the truth about how tne presidency operated. His of fice could be handled properly, he said, only if he received the cooperation of the congress and nis constituency. "And I've cot ten neilhpr one" he added. At Klamath Falls. Ore., as the presidential train neared the Cal ifornia border, Mr. Truman de nouncer! "gloom artists" who have little faith in the future of the country. Schwellenbach Rites Are Held Seattle, June 13 IP Funeral services for Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach will be held today In the Trinilv Knls. copal church here. Services also were held In the national cathedral in Washing ton yesterday. The body was then put aboard a special nlane. which arrived here last night. President Truman, unable to attend the funeral because of a crowded schedule, will be repre sented bv Secrelarv nf Tnfni-lm- J. A. Krug. Schwellenbach died Thursday after a long illness. of Livestock une rueful householder, who had ignored a summons to evac uate several days ago, said: "I wns a darn fool. I didn't believe there would be a flood here. Now look at me." A "no trespassing" sign was visible over the top of eight feet of water. Another sign no tified ll.e boat crew that It was at n "dangerous intersection." At the rmy air base canton ment, which was under ten feet of water, the duck's crew read a notice saying: "No smoking with in 50 feet of thp hangars." At a pol-t where the water was six feet deep, a sign read: "Warning well water in this area may be contaminated." Fights for (NEA Tele photo J Charging that the House used a "meat-axe technique" In cutting the "guts" from the European Recovery Program, Senate President Arthur Vandenberg mates an unprecented appearance before the Senate appropriations committee to ask his colleagues to restore the " some of 12,160,000,000 which the House slashed from the fund. , Senate Supports Europe Aid Move Washington, June 12 dPi President Truman had a senate go-ahead today to lend American support, and perhaps eventually U. S. arms, to western European alliances to check aggression and insure world peace. .'. The senate voted 69 to 4 yester day to "advise" the president it favors renewed efforts to curb the United Nations. veto power. The resolution also looked toward U. S.: backing for such defense Lpata as the flve-poweii"westem Punton" arrangement in Europe.' , It. came amid even stronger hints that the-U. S. will not stand idly by in event of a military showdown in Europe. Sens. Walter F. George, Ga, and Carl A. Hatch, N. M., demo cratic members of the foreign re lations committee, told the sen ate that in such a case this coun try would give "actual military support to Europe. Peace May Fail Senate president Arthur H Vanderberg called upon members to, face . the grim reality that peace may fail by voting for the resolution. He termed it an effort to make certain "another war will not be our fault." Diplomatic sources hailed the action as the first step In a move to furnish peacetime military aid to the "friendly" nations of Eu rope. Truman Draws Sen. Taft's Fire Philadelphia, June 12 Hl'i Sen. Robert A. Taft rested his defense of the 80th congress today with an appeal to tho people to filve it a vote of confidence by electing a president that will carry out its program. Taft, the Republican policy maker In the senate and one of the leading candidates for the GOP presidential nomination, went on the air (NBC) last night to defend congress against Presi dent Truman's charges that it was the "worst" in history. He accused Mr. Truman of "blackguarding congress at every whistle station in the west . . . for the simple reason that con gress happens to differ from him in his whole philosophy ot gov ernment." Taft called Mr. Truman "tho gallivanting president" and as sailed him for traveling about the country in a 15-car special train at the taxpayers' expense. Taft made three speeches and tne president was his special ta got in all of them. Columbia Flood Covers 5 Courses Portland, June 12 tli Five of Portland's golf courses have been hit by floods-four by the latest break. Water covered the Riverside course to the club house eaves. Columbia EdRowator had been submerged previously. Broad moor and Colwood public courses were hit by the last washout. The lower pnds of both layouts werff under 15 to 17 feet of water but the upper parts were still dry. At Alderwood country club, wa ter had begun to sweep over tho southwest corner of the course with no apparent sign of let up, ERP Funds U.S. to Send Truce Patrols To Palestine Lake Success. N.Y.,,June 12 U The United States will send truce patrol ships and planes to Palestine in response to an ur gent appear from United Nations mediator Count Folke Berna dotte, it was learned today. Bernadotte telephoned UN headquarters to report that the six ships he had requested from the United States, France and Belgium were needed urgently to maintain the uneasy truce which began- yesterday - morning. - He urged UN officials to exert every effort to speed the delivery of the small force which will do the truce policing. Mazamas Visit En Route East On their way to a. little-known part of Oregon, the scenic Leslie creek country of Malheur county, a group of Mazamas - and two members of the Salem Geological society stopped in Bend today. There were 16 In the party, and they plan to be in the field for an entire week. Colored pictures will be taken in the isolated region, and various agate localities and fossil beds will be explored. Tonight, the group planned to camp east of Burns. Heading the group is Earl A. Marshall, of Portland, accompa nied by his wife, Dorothy, and their three children, David, Al bert and Nancy. Others from Portland In the party are Mr. and Mrs. I). B. Lam, Harrle Jennison, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Huntress. Mrs. Huntress is the author of articles that frequently appear In the Oregonian., Joining the party In Bend were Mr. and Mis, W. E. Richardson, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lay- port and son, of Ihe Salem Geo logical society. Bishop Barton To Sail June 24 Bishop LaneMW. Barton, of Bend, head of the Episcopal Mis sionary district of Eastern Ore gon, will sail on June iM from New York on the Queen Mary to attend the Lambeth conference of the Episcopal church at London. Bishop barton will leave ny train from The Dalles on June l(i for New York. He expects to be gone about three months. Ihe Lambeth eonlerelice, which Is held every 10 years, brings to gether bishops from all churches of the Anglican Communion. It is held at Lambeth palace, the London residence of the Arch bishon of Canterbury. Bishop Barton Is spending this week end In Mllton-Fieewaterand Pendleton and will return to Bend Monday to complete preparations for the trip. Russians Restore Traffic to Berlin Berlin, June 12 IP The Rus slan army cut off rail freight traffic from western Germany to Berlin for a time today but fin ally reached an agreement with the British permitting resump. tlon of normal shipments to the German capital, Portland-Columbia Airport Covered by Water as Flood Continues Spread Over Area Thousands of Trooos Into Battle to Save Blue Lake Dike Along Campbell Road; 2,000 Homes Are Inundated By Roger lohnson (United Prtma Stuff CornsMionilent) Portland, June 12 ':U.E Flood waters today engulfed the huge Portland-Columbia airport, swept over 2,000 homes in north Portland and threatened the $43,000,000 Reynolds aluminum plant. , The Columbia river reached a third critical crest along its lower reaches, bursting new dikes and pushing brown water over a vast expanse of north Portland. - ' A wave of water, whipped with whitecaps, coursed through a 200-foot break in the Peninsula drainage dike. The water swept over a 12-mile, 8,000- acre strip of rich farmlands, dairies, golf courses and sub urban homes in the north Portland area. The crisis was unabated throughout the Pacific North west. At Wenatchee, Wash., the Col umbia buckled the city's pumping station and left the 12,000 resi dents with only a single day's water supply. Work crews labor ed through the night to tap an alternate reservoir. Dike in Bad Shape Army engineers said the Col umbia river dike at Richland, Wash., near the government's atomic energy plant, was in "cri tical condition." Army planes flew 100,000 sand bags to Rich land at the request of officials of the plutonium works. At Longview, Wash., the Col umbia rose six-tenths of a foot above the June 1 crest, sending It to the highest mark since the 1894 flood stage. Levees were holding, but 1,200 men worked in three shifts to hold back the wa ter. - At Trail, British Columbia, res idents ran out of sandbags as the upperv -Columbia rose steadily. The Royal Canadian air force had been scheduled to deliver 13,- 000 bags Friday afternoon, but was unable to take them in. Floods Sweep East Floods from the latest Port- lend dike break swept eastward toward the Sandy drainage dis trict. Waters edged over the Port land airport runways. The air port previously had been aban doned. Four golf courses were submerged. Next major threat in nortn Portland was directed against the Blue lake dike along Campbell road, which protected the big aluminum plant. Thousands of troops and civilians were thrown into the battle to save the em bankment and keep -the flood away from tho plant ' and the Troutdale airport. 2,000 Homes Inundated Two thousand homes were In undated during the swift rise of floodwaters throughout the Mult nomah drainage district. Most of the residents previously had been evacuated. A few returned in boats in an attempt to salvage furniture or valuables. Army amphibious boats churn ed across the new flood lake, res cuing cows, calves and marooned pets. Another body was recovered from the wreckage of Vanport City, raising the number of known dead to six. Bend Man Held Following Crash Elmer J. Russell, 2525 North First streel, was arresled by city police last night on a charge of driving while under Ihe Influ ence of Intoxicating liquor. The arrest was made after a car driv en by Kessell hart crashed into the Intersection "island" at East Third street and Franklin ave- nue. Ho was released from the city Jail this morning after post- ing nan oi wuu. Masked Men in Raid Girls' Camp in Alabama Birmingham. Ala., June 12 HI Authorities today promised to investigate a night raid on n nearby Girl Scout camp by a band of men wearing the white robes and hoods ot the Ku Klux Klan. Two white Girl Scout Instruc tors conducting a "leadership training" course for some 20 Ne gro girls reported that the mask ed men broke into their tent late Thursday night and gave them 21 hours to "gel out." Scout officials said the camp was broken up yesterday to safe guard the lives of the students and Instructors. Th.' incident came to light when Mrs. L. K. Geohegan, a member of the Birmingham Girl Scout council, complained to authori ties. Deputy solicitor II. A. Sulllnger and Civilians Thrown JukI I Iwl wvl kllip Yielrk m Mm Copenhagen, June 12 U? Dan ish navy divers reported today that the bodies of an estimated 150 men, women and children were packed In the submerged camns ano engineroom oi tne coastal steamer Kjobenhavn, which struck a mine and sank in 10 minutes off the coast of Jut land yesterday. The divers said most of the bodies were in salons and cabins just below the surface, the far thest point they were able to reach before the water reached them. - The mine blew a hole 30 yards square in the bow below the wa ter line, divers reported, letting the water in so fast that more than a third of the passengers and crew wore trapped below decks. Chopped by Propeller - The divers said some victims who tried to struggle out of sub merged compartments became entangled in the propellers and Were chopped to bits by the blad es, .wnicn contipueiijp turfl.as tne ship went down.r , ' The United Steamship com pany, owners of the vessel, said, no more survivors have been found other than the 261 persons rescued yesterday. Nineteen bod ies have been recovered. Divers late today will begin the task of bringing the other bodies to the surface. Truce Violation Charges Studied Cairo, June 12 (Ui United Na tions observers under Count Folke Bernadotte began moving to the fronts In Palestine today to investigate Arab and Jewish charges of truce violations and report on present conditions. Bernadotte himself, accompan ied by Harold Evans, the Ameri can Quaker named as United Na tions mayor of Jerusalem, was scheduled to fly to Jerusalem to day to confer with the consular truce commission there. Both Arab and Jewish charges of truce violations had been ex pected by Bernadotte before the armistice went into effect. The acid test of the four-week truce agreement was expected to come, however, after Ihe Initial 18-hour period of tension had passed. There was optimism In Berna (lotto's party that the presence of United Nations observers on the eight major fighting fronts of Palestine would solidly Ihe hard won truce and set the stage for Ihe next major step of negotiaN Ing a permanent peace.- A total of 68 truce observers, split Into learns, were expected to be roaming the Palestine, fronts within the next few days and others may be added If the need arises Klan Sheets of Bessemer, near which Ihe camp in located, promised an Investiga tion to determine if any state laws had been violated. And In New York, Scout offi cials said the federal bureau of Investigation was checking into the Incident. Scout officials identified the threatened white girls as Miss Katrine Nickel of Birmingham and Miss Elizabeth IJams ot Knoxville Tenn., instructors on the Girl Scouts' national staff. The two girls reported to scout headquarters that "eight or ten" men In white robes and hoods, who looked like klansmcn, en teitKl their tent late Thursday night. The girls said tho men awak ened them, questioned them about camp operations and rifled, their personal belongings. .