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Volume LIX
TWO SECTIONS
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1948
No. 33
Truman Accepts, Calls Congress Back
Allies Say They Will Remain in Berlin;
MarshalStalinMay Qet Final Protest
Soviets Refuse
Request to Lift
City Blockade
London, July 15 (U' Britain to
day reaffirmed her "unshakable
intention" to remain in Berlin,
and informed sources suggested
that the western allies may carry
their protest against the Russian
blockade of the German capital
direct to Premier Josef Stalin.
A foreign office spokesman
said flatly:
"It is our firm and unshakable
intention to remain in Berlin."
Answering a United Press re
porter's question after his regu
lar noon press conference, the
spokesman said it could be stated
that there would be no backing
down from Foreign secretary
Ernest Bevin's recent promise to
the house of commons that the
British will remain in Berlin.
The united states and France
will take the same stand in reply
to the unsatisfactory Russian
inswer to western demands that
the surface blockade be lifted
immediately.
Report Heard
The British cabinet devoted
much of Its regular Thursday
meeting to hearing a report from
Bevin on the crisis and discussing
we next .steps to De tauen. - lUM
em tnree-power discussions are
nder way nere to decide what
11 he done.
Informed sources meanwhile
foresaw the possibility of another
note or notes from the western
powers to the Kremlin, this time
perhaps an appeal direct to
Stalin.
Bevin lunched at Buckingham
palace with the king and queen,
ana reviewed witn them the lat
est developments In the Berlin
crisis. Gen. Sir Brian Robertson,
British military governor in Ger
many, gave the king a personal
report earler this week.
"Deal" Recalled
"Stalin made the deal with us
in 1945 for the western withdraw.
ai ot troops around Berlin," an
uuivj, nirtiir baiu. inuw ivir. iviojo-
tov (Soviet foreign rtiinister V.
jM. Molotov) is repudiating It.
"It would certainly be logical
to carry the case to the Russian
court of last resort' before turn
ing to other action."
This Dossibilitv was raised
IV-'hiln rnmlnn TT- t.
alievin told tho Rritish oahlnnt thnt
SHussia's refusal to lift the Berlin
oiocKade posed a serious chal
lenge to the nrestW a nH pvpn
ithe honor of the western powers.
Meeting called
A l'eeular eahinnf mnottner nf Irt
Downing street, it ' was under
stood, was virtually converted
into an emergency session to dis-
! "ss the Russian note which chal-
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Waferhole Stop in Bend Planned on Friday
y Large Group Heading for
Scores of mcmhers nf tlio Or.
'dor of Antelope will be in Bend
''"morrow, noon, for a "water
hole" stOD before continuing on
,to Lakeview and Hart mountain
gor their 13th annual convention.
1 1 ho Antelnnp mpn iirn OYnpHnd
liei c by bus and by car, and will
J.Tun in a luncheon at Imp Pinp
itavorn.
V "(al arrangements, has asked all
jp"cal members of the order to be
Spresent, to assist In the entertain-
Jlnont nf ih t.--.nn.
IJiie luncheon meeting at the tav-
r'" mure man a ctozen central
.It irpffnM mn. I I -..., t
uii-iimeis ui lilt? UlT Ul
yntelopc and candidates for in-
ynaiion at ceremonies on Hart
P'loutain will loin In the south-
Jaid trek.
m the group converging on
Ji-nkevlew, jumpoff point for Hart
f nountaln, tomorrow evening will
i'e mombprQ frnm nf lonct fnnr
vstern state.?. "Vaterholes'
nave b:pn uclMilli-tinrl (,t UinH
$ urns and Redding. Nearly 800
invitations have hppn sent tn mpn
$t living in Lake county. "Can-
r"uies must be free, white, 21,
P'hd thev must rnmp impnrum-
f Tod with such things as "guns,
9
B'linOUIlPnnifinl fmm I uLnfinti-
Taps
Vis t;:-
John J. Pershing, 87, general
of the armies, died at dawn todav
at Walter Read hospital. He led
thousands of young Americans in
to battle 30 years ago.
Highway Section
e Ready Soon
- - - " -
Under contract, since last fall
and constructed at an approxi
mate cost of $300,000, a 6.81 mile
unit of The Dalles-California high
way from Crooked river north to
Culver junction will be opened the
first of next week.
Surfacing of the road, which
crosses the area immediately
north of Crooked river in a long
tangent and eliminates a number
of bad curves, has been completed
and final work on shoulders is un
der way this week end. The con
tract was handled by M. L. and
C. R. O'Neil, Eugene.
A, A. Fossen, working out of
the Bend district office, was resi
dent engineer in charge for the
state highway department.
Links With Bridge
The new unit links with the
north approach to the Crooked
river bridge and extends north
just to the west of the present
winding, narrow route. On its
sweep north, the new road crosses
the North Unit canal. The new
Madras unit, opened several years
ago, just north of Juniper butte.
Over part of Its course, the mod-
ernlzed unit passes through newly
irrigated North Unit lands.
The Eugene road builders com-
ToB
pleted their work more than two I season. The program is scheduled
months In advance of the time j to start at 8 p.m., under the direc
specified in their contract. tion of Don P. Pence.
emuhasized
A secondary "watorholc" has
been established at Lakeview for
the large group moving south
from western und northern Ore
gon. Included In the southbound
trek will be a Trailways bus from
Portland carrying Portland cham
ber of commerce members. This
year, the head of the order. Fran
cis Lambert, is a resident of Port
land. Proceedings will open at Lake
view Friday night, with a water
hlk, ceremony to be hold at the
fail grounds. Clove Snider will be
in' charge. Saturday morning,
a huekaroo breakfast will be
served at Lakeview, with Bob
Weir and Jim Ogle as ramrods.
About 8 a.m. the caravan will
leave for Hart mountain.
This year, a guided trip Is
planned, as the large group
moves Into the great fault-block
mountain that overlooks the val
ley of the Warner lakes Head-
ne the caravan will be Phil F.
Biopan, of Bend, who will lecture
on th. geology of the area at
three different stops en route to
the mountain. Ope of these stops
vill be near the top of the grade
that winds from the Warner lakes
to the lofty home of the antelope
on the Hart mountain range.
Gen Pershing Dies;
Led AEF
Washington, July 15':U.E) Gen. John J. Pershing, 87, stern
leader of the American army in world war I, died shortly
before dawn today after a long battle against the complicated
illness of old age.
Death came to the nation's highest ranking soldier at 3:50
a.m. (EDT) in Walter Reed army hospital. For a decade he
had sat in his hospital suite and studied the developments of
another conflict which made the trials of his A.E.F. pale by
comparison.
General Pershing will be buried with full military honors
Monday at Arlington national
cemetery. That was his wish,
expressed long before his
death.
Funeral services will be
held at 3 p.m., the army an
nounced. His body will lie in
slate in the rotunda of the na
tional capitol Sunday and Monday
to allow the public to pay its last
respects to the famous general.
White House Gets Word
News of his death was announc
ed by the White House. A few
moments after President Truman
returned from Philadelphia jvhere
ne accepted tne democratic presi
dential nomination, the chief ex
ecutive was informed of Per
shing's death.
Maj. Gen. George Beach, com
mandant of the army hospital
was waiting at union station
when the presidential special roll
ed In from Philadelphia: ' Beach
gave the news to Charles G. Rbss,
presidential press secretary, who
intormeu tne president.
According to Ross, Pershing's
aeatn was directly caused by a
wood ciot in tne lungs.
The famed "Black Jack" of
world war I took a turn for the
worse yesterday afternoon. Army
doctors worked minute-to-minute
to prolong his life. But shortly be
fore dawn, the indomitable fighter
or tnreedecades ago slipped away.
Son Present
Present at his bedside were his
son. Warren Pershing who was
summoned from New York City
yesterday, and his sister, Miss
May Pershing. She had remained
near the general almost constant
ly since he was stricken some ten
years ago.
Pershing was the only Ameri
can in history, to hold the rank
of "general of the armies." He
outranked such contemporary
five-star generals as George C.
Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower,
and Douglas MacArthur. Their
title is "general of the army."
MlNCaBr lumuill
Residents of the Bend commu-
nity have been invited to gather
tonight in Drake park, to hear the
Bend municipal band s second
outdoor concert of the summer
Hart Mountain
From this point will be viewed
the shore linos of an ancient lake,
level of which was nearly 300 feet
above the present shallow lakes.
The caravan this year is to
swing around the Abort lake re
gion, where Abort rim, declared
to be the most spectacular feature
of its kind on the continent, will
be viowed.
Lunch will be served at the
Blue Sky hotel, high in the past
ern slope of Hart mountain, Sat
urday noon. In the afternoon,
R. L. Ackerman will load a desert
trip while Harry Utley and Fred
Trauger, all of Lakeview, will
load the group on a scouting trip
over the Hart mountain antelope
range. A steak dinner will be
served that evening at the base
camp.
An annual feature of the trek
to the mountain will be a camp
fire program Saturday nlpht.
with Lambert, In his role of Chief
White Tail, as master of ceremon
ies. Candidates will be initiated
at that time. Burt K. Snyder,
John Blair and Dick Johns, Lake
v.ew, will be the ramrods.
Following a buckaroo breakfast
Sunday morning, desert trips and i
a guided hike to the 8020-foot !
summit of Hart mountain will be I
.n order. i
To Battle
Annual 4-H Rally
Billed for Friday
Final plans are being made for
the annual 4-H rally day tomor
row, when close to 400 youngsters
are expected to converge on Bend
to participate in the special activi
ties. Window displays calling at
tention to the 4-H program were
being arranged today in local
stores by club advisers.
Presentation of awardj to clubs
and individual members will be
a highlight of the program, ac
cording to Charles F. Clark, chair
man of the Jaycee committee in
charge of arrangements. Each
club with 100 per cent attendance
will receive a set of 4-H desk
flags. Cash awards will be pre
sented to the youngest 4-H club
member enrolled In a regular club
and to the youngster with the
largest number of years In 4-H
work to his credit.
Awards will be presented to
morrow afternoon at the Tower
theater, in connection with the
stage show and movie program
which will be the final event of
the day. The movie bill will In
clude cartoons and a feature pic
ture, "The Eyes of Texas," star
ring Roy Rogers. A "local talent"
stage show will follow, with 4-H
clubbers and other local entertain
ers taking part.
Registration Set
Registration will be from 9 to
10 p. m. in Drake park, near the
footbrid"e. From 10 to 11 a. m.
there will be conducted tours to
the Bend fire hall and The Bend
Bulletin, and from 11 a. m. to 12
noon, the youngsters will partici
pate in a program of games and
races, with prizes to be presented.
Krom 12 to 1 p.m. will be the lun
cheon hour. "The youngsters will
bring their own lunches, and the
Junior chamber of commerce will
provide ice cream and cold drinks.
After lunch, the group will go to
the Tower theater for the pro
gram.
Jaycee members assisting
Clark with plans for the day's ac
tivities are Donald O'Connor, Gor
don Randall, Bill Barton. Les
Schwab, Frank Reis, Carl Lindh,
Gene Stranahan and Frank
Prince.
Increase Noted
In Postal Receipts
A slight Increase "$2,281.14"
in postal receipts at the Bond
post office during the first six
months of 1948 as compared with
receipts during the same period
last year, was reported yester
day by Farley Elliott, acting post.
master.
Total postal receipts for
first half of this year were S22.-
947.34. A total of $20,666.20 was
received during the same period
in 1947.
The greatest Increase was in
stamp sales with $20,880.12 re
corded from January to June,
1948. against $18,812.08 for 1947.
Other totals, with the 1948 fig-
ure first, were: excess. $21.73
against S23.13 In 1947; second
class mall, $192.47 against $175;
permit matter, $1,268.51 against
SI. 145.88; miscellaneous matter,
$39.32 against $5.04; and box rent
al, $555.19 against $510.11.
Flags Lowered;
Pershing Honored
Washington. Julv 15 itl Pros.
irient Truman by proclamation to.
; Hnv nrriri-n1 Va tan n.t,.n unir
staff on all public buildings, mil.
Itarv installntinn. ,rf .n
after the funeral of Gen. John J
Pershing.
Income Tax
Surplus Ruled
General Fund
Huge Total Subject to
Appropriation, Oregon
High Court Determines
By Eidon Barrett
(United Preiu Staff Coi-resnundent)
Salm, Ore., July 15 (Ui Ore
gon's whopping $40,000,000 In
come tax surplus is part of the
general fund and subject to ap
propriation, the state supreme
court ruled today.
The court was split 4 to 3.
Justice James T. Brand wrote the
majority opinion, i
The decision, which may revo
lutionize Oregon's financing pol
icies, also held that income and
corporation excise taxes are not
subject to the constitutional six
per cent limitation.
The high court said the surplus
was not ear-marked for specific
purposes and can be classed as
miscellaneous receipts."
Former Use Limited
Income taxes previously always
have been considered available
only to offset property taxes.
The decision upheld the state
tax commission, attorney general
George Neuner and Circuit court
ijidge (Jeorpe K. Duncan or Ma
rion county. ,
The suit was brought by for
mer Gov. Charles A. Sprague,
Salem publisher, to enjoin the
commission from following Neu
ner s advice and considering the
surplus in making up the 1948-49
state levy of property taxes.
Judge Duncan upheld the attor
ney generals contention and
Sprague appealed.
History Traced
Since the income tax law was
approved by the voters in 1930,
income taxes have been consld-
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West Rim Route
Blocked by Snow
The north entrance to Crater
lake national park is open, but
it is impossible to drive to the
lodge over the west rim road
because of snow barriers.
This Information, correcting an
earlier news release that indicat
ed all park routes are open, was
received by the local office of the
state highway department this
morning from Klamath Falls.
Persons using the north entrance
must drive over the east rim road
to the south approach to get to
the park lodge.
Bond vacationists are being ad
vised -to use the Sand creek en
trance from The Dalles-California
highway for a direct approach
to the park.
Plans for the annual golf open tournament to be hold on the Bond links Julv 21 to 26 were formulated
yesterday when the committee and others met at the Pilot Butte inn. Plctm-Pd hero are left to right
front row: Oscar Glassow, Earle May, Mrs. Jack Halbrook, Mrs. Loyde Blakley, E !. Nielsen and
Lloyd Abrams. Back row: Jack Halbrook. sponsor of the tourney; Pat Cashman, Woody Lamb, Slg
Skavlan, W. J. Baer, Floyd West and Allen Young, chairman of the committee.
18 Year Olds
ToGetChance
To Avoid Draft
Washington, July 15 (Ui The
defense department announced
today that the army, navy and
air force will start next Wednes
day to enlist 18-year-old volun
teers under the new draft law.
Under that law, 18-year-olds can
escape the 21-month draft by
serving for one year as volun
teers with the regular forces and
signing up for the reserves after
their 12 months in service.
The armly's failure to accept
18-year-olds sooner has brought
congressional protests of discrim
ination against youths who turn
ed 19 since the law became effec
tive at midnight June 24.
Enlistments will be handled by
regular recruiting officers of the
army, navy and air force. No
applicant will be accepted If he
has become 19 before midnight on
the day on which he applies.
Jewish Forces
Rout Egyptians
Tel Aviv, July 15 (Hi Jewish
forces have routed an Egyptian
battalion and raised the siege of
Negba, on the southern front
below Tel Aviv, official sources
claimed today.
But in most of Palestine the
fighting fronts were so quiet that
observers wondered if the lull
was a prelude to another truce.
Egypt threw In armor, planes,
artillery and a strong infantry
force in an effort to take Negba,
which the Jews, remembering
blalingrad, had called "Negba
grad," but a counter-attacking
Jewish mechanized commando
unit paught an Egyptian battal
ion off guard, killed 200 of them
and wounded another 200, and
Drone Hhe Egyptian ring encircl
ing the Jewish bastion.
Field Described
The battlefield was "littered
with dead bodies, and the Egyp
tians withdrew in confusion, leav
ing their killed and wounded be
hind," a United Press corresnond.
ent on the southern front report
ed. (Earlier. Cairo communlnup
had claimed that Egyptian troops
had Negba encircled, and ImH
driven off Jews attacking to lift
the siege.)
Boy Dies Under
Father's Tractor
Yakima, Wash., July 15 (111
Three-year-old Darrel Lowry was
killed today when he wits run
over by a tractor driven by his
father on the family ranch west
of here.
WILL RECEIVE AWARDS
Betty Koth and Mary Ann Kle
sow, who received scholarship
awards from Safeway Stores for
outstanding work In 4-H cooking
projects, will be interviewed over
radio station KBND at 12:45 p.m.
Friday, It was announced today.
The program had been scheduled
for today, but was postponed. The
Bulletin was in error yesterday In
announcing that the awards
would be made Friday at the
Tower theater, in connection with
the rally day program.
Bend Golfers Plan for Oregon Open
Into Session
Barkley of Kentucky Named
President's Running Mate;
Philadelphia Vote Onesided
By I.yle C. Wilson
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Philadelphia, July 15 (U.E) President Truman accented the
democratic presidential nomination in the small hours of to
day and called congress back into session effective July 26 to
make good on republican campaign promises. Sen. Alben W.
Barkley of Kentucky at the same time accepted the vice presi
dential nomination. The democratic national convention then
adjourned at 2 :31 a.m. E.D.T.
The president put price and
of his emergency list for congressional attention. But he laid
out an eight-point program
which he said the republican
congress could enact in 15
days if it would.
Presiden t Truman and
Barkley made a joint appear
ance before weary delegates
and spectators shortly before
z a.m., KDT today. The presi
dent had just been nominated in a
bitter but lop-sided contest with
Sen. Richard B. Russell of Geor
gia, the state's rights candidate of
the unhappy south. Barkley was
named by acclamation after other
vice presidential candidates with
drow. Outlines Request!)
President T r u m a n told the
cheering delegates lie would ask
congress to enact:
1. Laws to halt rising prices.
2. Housing legislation. (Taft-El-lender-Wagner
bill.)
3. Aid to education.
4. National health program.
5. Civil rights legislation.
6. Increased minimum wage.
7. Extension of social security,
8. Public power and cheap elec
tricity projects.
'- President Trumaii's aggressive
speech and his challenge to the re
publican congress finally tapped
the store house of party enthusl
asm. Weary delegates whooped
and shouted and cried: "Hurry,
lay it on." The man from Missouri
stood smiling before them, speak
ing from notes in his new off-the-
cuff technique.
Mississippi Silent
From the rows of seats assign
ed to Mississippi there were
neither cheers for the president
nor responses when that state's
name was called from time to
time on roll calls. Mississippi had
taken a walk. Half the 26 dele
gates from Alabama had loft the
convention hall, too. They boiled
when the convention rejected the
compromise civil rights platform
plank so carefully written by the
resolutions committee and substi
tuted a plank calling for congres
sional action to slop lynching, end
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10 U."S. Planes
Sent to Cyprus
Frankfurt, July 15 (111 Ten
American pianos left Germany
today for Cyprus lo stand by for'
the evacuation of Americans from
the middle east, "If necessary,"
the U. S. air force announced.
They were three Flying Fort-'
resses converted for passenger
use, six C-47 transports and one
Fortress fitted out as an air-sea
rescue craft.
housinir legislation at the top
Barkley Reluctant
Demo Candidate
Philadelphia, July 15 (IP) Al
ben W. Barkley leaves town today
with a prize he didn't seek the
democratic vice presidential nom
ination. As the 70-year-old Kentucky
senator himself explained it in h.is -acceptance
speech to the demo
cratic convention shortly before 2
a. m.:
"If anybody told me when I
left home for Philadelphia a few
days ago that I would leave here
as the nominee of the democratic
party on the national ticket, I
would have denounced such per
son as a prophet without honor . . .
"1 did not come here as a can
didate, and I did not become one
after I got here."
He didn't either. He came here
solely as the convention keynoter.
But, as it turned out, that was the
role which protected him into the '
No. 2 spot on the democratic tick
et. After Barkley's keynbte speech
Monday night, there was no doubt
who the democrats wanted for
their vice presidential nominee.
The delegates made it official
early this morning by acclama
tion. Impressions .
of
Central Oregon Visitors
Four visitors from "the choco
late town," Hershey, Pennsylva
nia, stopped in Bend today and
commented that so far, there has
been only one flaw In a perfect
trip across the country from the
Quaker state. Their big disap
pointment was that they hadn't
seen any bears. Yesterday at Cra
ter lake they kept a sharp watch
for bruins, but they were tempor
arily In hiding, rangers told them.
The Pennsylvania folk "got a
thrill" they said, when they saw
the lofty snow-covered peaks that
form a background for Oregon's
national park. They enjoyed mak
ing snowballs, and took pictures
to show the folks back home.
In the party were two school
teachers, Miss Miriam Snyder and
Miss Dorothy Mentzer; a house
wife, Mrs. Verna Lebo, and Miss
Eva Schroffler, driver of the car,
who Is in the advertising busi
ness. "We've had excellent accommo
dations and splendid food on the
entire trip," the visitors comment
ed. "Out here It takes twice as
much sugar to sweeten our tea,"
one of the ladles observed. "I
don't know whether it's because
of some mineral in the water, or
because our cane sugar In the
east Is sweeter than beet sugar."
The four visitors decided that
Oregon scenery Is "wonderful,"
but they wore looking forward to
a visit to Yellowstone park, still
hopeful that they would see some
bears.
Rancher Attacked
And Gored by Bull
U. W. (Wayne) Hamby, of the
Grange Hall community, is at St.
Charles hospital being treated for
Injuries which he suffered yester
day when he was gored by a bull,
at his ranch on Hutler road. He
had entered the bull pen to ring
the animal's nose, when he was
attacked and knocked down.
Hamby's wife and a visitor
wont to his assistance and remov
ed him from the enclosure. He
suffered numerous bruises, but
had no broken bones, It was re
ported. STEEL SAVANT DIES
Torquay, Eng., July 15 (ID-4-Harrv
Rrearley, 77, discoverer of
stainless steel, died yesterday.
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