Univ. of Oragon Library EUQEWS, OREUOM LEASED WlftE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE Volume LIX Ohio Manhunt Fnded; One of Convicts Shot Gun Battle Results In Capture; Seven Murders Are Attributed to Pair Van Wert, O., July 23 li One f the two gun-crazed ex-convicts vho had touched off one of the ( greatest manhunts in Ohio his- lory was fatally shot and his com. anion was captured today when v hey attempted to break through road block near here. f John C. West, 22, died of bullet rounds at 11:18 a.m., a little ' nore than two hours after he had een shot down In a gun battle ' vith police and sheriff's deputies. ' West's companion, Robert Murl ' )aniels, 24, was captured alive md confessed seven murders at ; rlbuted to them within the past wo weeks, sheriff's deputies said, j Policeman Wounded ' A Van Wert policeman, Leo ' lard Conn, was seriously wound . 'd In the gun duel. Frank Fre- nont, a conservation division em- iloye, also was wounded, not eriously. 1 i Daniels was not Injured In' the tattle and was placed in the Van Vert county jail. Roy Shaffer, Van -Wert county '. heriff, was in charge of the oadblock northeast of here when ? he stolen automobile transport ruck thundered up to the block de and stopped. It was carry, ng four new autos. Shaffer, with a machine gun, limbed to the top deck of the ruck to investigate. West, who was In the driver's eat, leaped from the cab of the , ruck and opened fire, Shaffer aid. Conn, who was covering lhaffer, fired back. Struck In Arm ' During the exchange of gun ' ire, Fremont walked Into the ne of fire and was struck In the rm,. the sheriff, said. , w .Conn, although serldusly Ttunded by West's fire, shot the er down with machine gun ffllets. Daniels, who was hiding on the )p deck of the transport truck, len surrendered, Shaffer said. The sheriff then radiod for olp, bringing several squads of ighway patrolmen and police his aid. The last two of the seven mur ers attributed to the gunmen rcurred late last night and irly today. A truck driver, ten itively identified as Orville Tay ir, of Niles, Mich., was shot near iffin early today, less than an I )ur after James J. Smith, 25, a J irmer, had been shot through 1 ie head on the outskirts of Tif '. n. The massacre of John Niebel I m his family in a cornfield j ny Wednesday and the two 1 lungs early today brought to J wen the total murders the pair as suspected of committing IS embarking on an orgy of I 'bblng and killing July 9. Accident Fatal o Truck Driver Leslie Lestor Slr?a,y ln St- Charles hospital jom injuries received in an ac font near Madras Tuesday lorning. The Safeway truck, WUen he was driving, plunged off Vt, '"au a"o rouea nearly luo t down Cow canyon. lIr. Corrigan, whose home Is Fi OlOUX CitV. Iowa, wn q llvlno fmporarlly n Portland, while fnployed with the Safeway com ny. He was born on Oct. 5, 1912, mngton, N.D. He Is survived by his parents, r- and Mrs. Jnhn rnrripan. City. They arrived ln Bend " eeK and will accompanv f body to Sioux City for burial. Impressions of Central Oregon Visitors 'J'Thcre Is no comparison," said WirOld ninnnu. I.., I,,,, .v,r. U 'IS asknrl In .,Vl m- t -wiujyaic ilia 21,e 1 Utah with Oregon. "This 5intry couldn't be much better, -mugn it s a shade warm right '" 'irs. Bloomer added that still wasn't as warm as it was ah when they left. r. and Mrs Rlnomnr u-frp wer is being transferred. ' Wnt-lra fns. . i . , dt, . ui ine veierans aw J.IllStratlon. Tho h. Jrllmn ons Bcn' n ,W0 Prevlous oc' n "SS "rpal mmintiliu tnlTtoh fountains are just big rock TO TWO SECTIONS 7ave Editors Make Night Stop in Bend On a trip through the Pacific northwest, travel editors from the middle west and east stopped in Bend last night, and before heading south for Crater lake this morning posed for a picture, on the Pine Tav ern lawn. From the left they are Harry W. Smith, Cleveland Plain-Dealer; Leonard R. Barnes, Detroit Motor News; Naomi Doebel, Cedar Rapids Gazette; Josie Stout Thurston, Des Moines Register and Tribune; Frank Angelo, Detroit Free Press; George Keaney, New York World-Telegram ; John Troan, Pittsburgh Press, and Wallace Forste, Cincinnati Post. Travel Editors At Trout Dinner; Group Sees Cascades From Pilot Butte On a conducted tour of the Pacific northwest, eisrht travel editors from the midwest and east who were guests at a trout dinner in Bend last night headed south for Crater lake and Klamath Falls this morning. Members of the group were brought here yesterday evening from Ontario, and on their way into Bend were taken to the summit of Pilot butte for an evening view of the Central Oregon Cascades. Last night, the six men and Deschutes county advertising1 committee and Bend chamber of commerce at a trout dinner served at the Pilot Butte inn. The trout were caught by Wil fred Jossy and Ed Hamm. Brief talks on the geology, econ omy and recreation attractions of the area were given by Phil F. Brogan, Frank H. Loggan and Jossy. M. A. Lynch, Redmond, chairman of the county advertis ing committee, presided. Represent raperg Editors present for tho dinner were josie-atout rnurston, ues Moines Register & Tribune; Nao mi Doebel, Cedar Rapids Gazette; Harry W. Smith, Cleveland Plain Dealer; Wallace Forste, Cincin nati Post; Frank Angelo, Detroit Free Press; John Troan, Pitts burgh Press; Leonard R. Barnes, Detroit Motor News, and George Keaney, New York World-Telegram. The editors were met at On tario by V. A. McNeil, manager of the visitors' service of the Port land chamber of commerce; Man ley Robison, Carl Jordan and Frank Schultz of the Oregon state highway commission travel and information department, and Floyd West, Bend chamber of commerce manager. With a bat tery of five typewriters provided, facilities of the local chamber were placed at the disposal of the visitors here last night, for the preparation of news stories to be sent to home papers. Others Attend ' Joining with the group at the dinner last night were Guy Wade, Madras chamber of commerce; Bill Robinson, publisher of the Madras Pioneer; J. R. Roberts, Redmond chamber of commerce; Robert W. Sawyer, publisher of the Bend Bulletin; Duncan L. Mc Kay and B. A. Stover, chamber of commerce directors; D. H. Peo ples and A. E. Stevens, members of the Deschutes county advertis ing committee, and William Moon, here from Boise, Ida. This morning, the editors and members of the local group joined In a breakfast at the Pine Tavern, where they were met by Charles Stark, manager of the Klamath county chamber, and Kenneth Frey, Klamath Falls photograph er. Following their visit to Crater lake and the Klamath basin, the editors will be taken north through the Willamette valley to Portland. From Portland, the group will go into Washington. The tour is being sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Travel as sociation. Youth First Under 18-Year-Old Plan Fort Lewis, Wash., July 23 mi A Grants Pass, Ore., youth to day became the first soldier in five northwest states, and pos sibly the first In the nation, to re port for duty under the one-year voluntary service clause of the selective service law. George P. Hypes, 19, reported here at 6 a.m. today. Officers said he may be the first In the United States to report for active duty under the new enlistment law for 18-year-olds. Armv officials explained that Hvpes was 19 Wednesday and had ju'st got "under the wire" by ap plying for enlistment before his birthday. Officers do not expect a wrpe number of arrivals here until next week. E BIND BEND, Are Guesis two women were guests of the Salem Of fice to Study Benham Investigation of the Benham falls damsite, plans for which were announced yesterday from Washington, D. C. will probably be under the supervision of the1 Salem office of the buVeau bf ' reclamation, It was'learned eie-: today. ' rne saiem otnee is m charge of such investigations, J; W. Taylor, Deschutes project con. struction engineer, said. Activi ties of the local office are con fined to construction. Some pre liminary work in the Benham falls area has already been done' by the Salem office. It it not expected that the Crew handling the investigation will have quarters In the Bend office of the bureau. The announcement from Wash ington said investigation of the Benham falls dam site would be resumed with funds made avail: able for general Investigations' under the interior appropriations act. "We expect the field work on these studies to start Immedi ately and to be conducted con currently with the present studies of water supply and water losses' at the Crane prairie and Wickiup reservoirs," bureau of reclama tion officials notified Senator Guy Cordon. A tentative allocation of $32, 000 has been made for the Ben ham falls studies. OPA Chief Back In Administration Washington, July 23 ilBPresi dent Truman today brought Paul A. Porter, former price adminis trator, back into the administra tion to prepare an explanation of the anti-inflation program to present to congressional commit tees of the special session. Porter will serve as a non-paid special assistant to the president. The white house said his duty will be "to coordinate the informa tion that may be presented to the appropriate congressional com mittees if and when hearings are held on the president's proposed anti-inflation legislation. Operator Wrecks Switchboard After Tiring Of Hearing 'Number Please' Too Many Times By Hal Clancy (ITnlti-U l'rwwi SUff CorrMipoiiilent I Ripley, Me., July 23 HPi Mrs. Winifred Hatch bustled merrily about her cottage here today not at all sorry she ripped up the village switchboard and left this town of 350 persons sharing a single emergency pay station. "I got sick and tired of ask ing, 'number please?' " she said. "I guess I just wasn't cut out to be an operator. I'm glad I did it because it's great to be free. Great." It was too bad the New Eng land Telephone & Telegraph Co. wouldn't bp able to furnish serv ice for four or five months, she said, but that wasn't her worry. "After all," said the 45-year-old widow, "people got along without telephones for a long time before the things were In vented. Ripley will have to Uo CENTRAL OREGON'S DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 23. Illimi Wickiup Fissures Being Sealed By Work Crew Work of sealing leaks that de veloped in Wickiup reservoir this past storage season is now well under way, as the level of, the huge man-made lake of the up per Deschutes slowly lowers, ac cording to information from the bureau of reclamation office ln Bend. This morning, the reservoir level was near the 100,000 mark. Capacity of the basin is 180,000 acre feet. At present, a crew of 15 men is on the job sealing one of the leaks that have appeared in three different zones near the base of Davis mountain. In sealing the cracks, top soil is stripped away, until the fissures in the under lying rocks are exposed.' Rocks are placed tn tnese fissures, and on top of this base, gravel arid sand is packed. Eventually, a thick, Impervious layer of old lake bed soil will be placed on top of the base layers. Prelimi nary tests have demonstrated that this treatment will effective ly seal the leaks, and the only fear held by engineers is that other cracks may develop, requir ing further work. Studies Zone This past week, the leak zones ln the reservoir basin were stud ied by C. J. Oekson, regional ge ologist for the bureau of recla mation. In one of the zones from which overlying soil had been removed, the geologist was low ered Into a deep fissure. The ge ologist ascertained that the fis sure consists of a fault, one side being lower than the other. This fault apparently reaches toward Davis mountain. When water was being lost earlier in the season, it appeared as if the flow was toward the volcanic butte. Engi neers believe that it is possible that the fault occurred In the era when cinder cones were forming In the region. Later, these faults were covered by lake sediments, following a blockade of the De chutes by a lava flow. In one of the Wickiup fissures, a tape line was dropped 70 feet Into the earth. Although handicapped by limi tations on the amount of force account funds that can be used in the work, bureau engineers hope to seal the reservoir leaks in the present season, while stor age is at a minimum. TO ASK FUNDS Washington, July 23 (III Pres ident Truman will ask the special session of congress to restore $56,000,000 In appropriations for public power and reclamation projects. the same. I owned the telephone exchange and I was within my rights in closing it." Meanwhile, disgruntled towns folk trekked to Mrs. 'Mary Litch field's general stoic and post of fice station where the N. E. T. & T. Installed an emergency line last Saturday after Mrs. Hatch quit ln spectacular fashion. It seems the Ripley exchange came Into being ln 1913 when 63 subscribers purchased 63 tele phones, put up $5 each and each supplied five poles. In 1936 still using the same equipment the cooperative was on the rocks. "My husband agreed then to run the switchboard for 10 years if the subscribers would give their stock ln the cooperative and pay him $1 a month," Mrs. Hatch said. "I've carried on since his death ln 1942 because he was pledged BU LLETIN DAILY NEWSPAPER Air Veteran Blamed for UN 'Bombing' Note Found Near Spot Where Missile Exploded; Man Sought in 1 3 States GIVES SELF UP New Haven, Conn., July 23 IP Stephen .1. Supina, 36 year-old war veteran surrendered here today and said he "bombed" the United Nations at Lake Success, N.Y., yesterday because he was "not satisfied the way the UN has been treating the Palestine and Russian situation." Lake Success, N.Y., July 23 IP) An army air force veteran who dropped a "bomb" on the United Nations yesterday, included a note demanding peace, police dis closed today as they continued to search for him. Police said the note, found in the underbrush near the spot where the "bomb" landed, was ad dressed to "the assembly of the United Nations," and was signed by the veteran, Stephen J. Supina, 36, of Stafford Springs, Conn. ine note was written In red Ink across the top of Suplna's army discharge papers. Although It was only 30 words in length, police declined to give its exact contents. They said Supina said he did not want another war and wished the United Nations to work for peace. Search Area While a 13-state alarm was broadcast for Supina, a former B-17 turret gunner, Lake Sue cess emergency squad police made an exhaustive, all night search in the area where the "bomb" was dropped. bupina s discharge papers showed that he served with the 331st bombing squadron and had won the air medal with five oak leaf clusters. Most of his service. it previously was reported, was in the European, African and mid dle eastern theaters. . Police found relatives of Supina in New York who said the veteran visited them shortly after landing his borrowed red and yellow Aer onca plane at La Guardia field. He was reported to have told them that the "bomb" was a stick of dynamite. Supina left the home of his' rel atives before police arrived, and the search for him was being con centrated in the city. After making an illegal down wind landing at La Guardia field, Supina told attendants that he wanted to refuel but had to tele phone home for money to buy gasoline. Affidavit Content Given by Sexton Following is the text of an af fidavit signed by four Bend police officers, according to T. D. Sex ton, city commissioner. Sexton did not have the copy with him at the commission .meeting Wednesday evening and said he was not able to quote the contents fully at that time. The petition refers to charges against Chief K. C. Gullck by Fred L. Painter and Dale Gibson. They signed the affidavit, along with two other officers whose names Sexton said he will not dis close. "We, the undersigned, have read the petition and have per sonal knowledge of some or all of the statements therein related. We attach herewith our signa tures, as a vote of confidence for any action the commission sees fit to take, under the circum stances. "We, the undersigned, have signed this affidavit with full realization of the consequences, should our names be disclosed." to continue to 1946." But when the time was up, she said, she wanted to sell the bus iness. No luck. She wanted to give it away. Still no luck. Then she wrote the public utilities com mission and told them: "Gentlemen; I don't want this job any longer." Mrs. Hatch said she never re ceived an answer. She said she was thinking about this last week when she was sitting at the switchboard. It was a hot night. The lines were busy. She was thinking how nice it would be at home on her cool front porch. "So," she said, her eyes twlnk ling, "I decided to go home. I cut all the wires very neatly. I rlpiied the connection out of the board. I severed the trunk lines so I wouldn't weaken. "Then I went home and slept the sweet sleep of the free." 1948 ore Flames F or oenin Wallace Claims He Would Pay Visit to Stalin If It Would Aid Peace Cause Philadelphia, July 23 Wi?) that he would "go over to Russia" and see Premier Josef Stalin if such action would serve the cause of peace. Wallace made the statement shortly after he arrived here convention of his new third night, It will nominate Wallace and ben. Wen laylor ot Ida ho for president and vice president tomorrow afternoon. Wallace said he had receiv--1 ed no invitation from Stalin to visit Russia but that he would be glad to exchange views with the soviet leader by letter or personal visits if such action would promote peace. The third party candidate urg ed reporters not to question him about his communist support. Gives No Answer "No matter how hard you try, you are not going to get me to engage in red baiting, and no mat ter how hard you try you are not going to get me to admit that I am a communist," he said. Wallace also: 1. Said that if he were presi dent now one of 'his first acts would be to end all kinds of seg regation In the armed services. 2. Declined to discuss the tense Berlin situation, but promised to deal with u.s.-sovtet omicuiues in the German capital in his ac ceptance speech Saturday night. 3. Said he had never discussed "one way or the other" the law under which a New York federal court this week indicted 12 U.S. communist leaders on charges of seeking violent overthrow of the government. -r-7- Eisenhower and Dewey Meeting Pawling, N. Y., July 23 M-) Gen. Dwlght D. Elsenhower met with Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, re publican presidential nominee, today at the latter's farm for luncheon and a discussion of events in Europe. At the Invitation of the gov ernor, Eisenhower motored from inow orK city to rawung. jrie was accompanied by Mrs. Eisen hower. Dewey , said he had In vited the general to "discuss our military establishments and Eu ropean artairs. ' The conference came as reports circulated that the republican standard bearer would propose a bi-partisan program in working out the Berlin controversy. Dew ey has described Berlin as a powder keg that could be touch ed off by the slightest misman agement on the part of the unled States. Dewey will confer on forclen problems tomorrow with his top GOP advisers, Sen. Arthur Van denberg, chairman of the senate foreign affairs committee, and John Foster Dulles, United Na tions delegate. They will be guests for dinner at his Quaker hill farm. Three Americans Released by Reds Berlin, July 23 mi Three Americans, one of them held In communicado for three days, were released today by soviet authorities after strong American protests. One of the Americans. R. F. Goff, Altoona, Pa., was taken prisoner by the Russians last Tuesday morning when he at tempted to pass through the sov iet corridor west of Berlin Into the British zone. Goff, an engineer with the American military government, had been reassigned from Berlin to the city of Wetzlar In the American zone and was attempt ing to reach his new post when he was arrested. The other two Americans were military police who Inadvertently crossed Into the soviet zone on the outskirts of the American sec tor of Berlin at noon yesterday. U.S. army authorities identi fied the military police as Pfc. George G. Hunt, Camp, O., and Pfc. Elwood E. Dwlnncl, Mabton, Wash. The American provost mar shal's office said all three were released early this morning. lin Air Run Henry A. Wallace said today at a news conlerence called to be on hand at the founding party. The convention' opens to Pairings Made For Oregon Open Play Tomorrow Oregon golfers will tee off for the first 36 holes of tho Oregon open tomorrow at 8 a. m., playing for the second consecutive year on the Bend links. The 54 registrants include most of last year's winners, back to take a second crack at the pine and sagebrush lined course. Lou Jennings will be on hand to attempt to win back the open title rrom unucK congdon, i47 win ner. In addition to the outstanding amateurs and professionals from the northwest, several Bend ama teurs will compete. Handicap awards will be given. The pros will compete for ?1J50 ln cash prizes. Pairings and starting times drawn up today by Ithe Bend Ore gon open commlttefe and subject to the- approval ol Al. Zimmer man, president or" the Oregon professional uoir association, fol low: Palrltiirs Given 8:00 a. m. Saturday and 2:12 p. m. Sunday H. 13. Eckles, Oswe go; Bill Van Allen, Bend; Joe Stelger, Salem. 8:08 a. m. Saturday and 2:04 p. m. Sunday Ed Stier, Riverside; George P. Gove, Bend; Spike Bee ber, Klamath Falls. 8:15 a. m. Saturday and 1:56 p. m. Sunday W. E. Naylor, Bend; Jim Gibson, Lloyds; Jim Russell, Coos Bay. 8:25 a. m. Saturday and 1:48 p. m. Sunday Ray Beeber, Klam ath Falls; Jim Bushong, Bend; Ray Tauscher, Lloyds. 8:32 a. m. Saturday and J:40 p. m. Sunday Cy Perkins, Hood River; Glenn Splvey, Medford; Bill Hatch, Bend. 8:40 a. m, Saturday and 1:32 p. m. Sunday Harold West, Tuala tin; Tom Marlowe, Portland; Fred Bolton, Pendleton. 8:45 a. in. Saturday and 1:24 p. m. Sunday Woody Lamb, Bend; Gene Bates, Portland; Rod Tay lor, Eugene. 9:04 a. m. Saturday and 1:08 p. (Continued on Page 5) Top Girls' Teams To Appear in Bend All arrangements have been completed for a Softball game here next Tuesday night In which two girls' teams will meet under the lights of the Bend Municipal field, It was announced today. In this contest, the Arizona Ramblers, 1947 world champions, will face Llnd & Pomeroy, Port land, winners of world's titles In with five straight shut out games. 1'iay win start at 8:30. Home Demonstration Agent Miss Ruth Shelton, who took up her duties as county home demon, stration agent, Monday, Miss Shelton received a year's appointment to replace Mrs. Dora Cooper, who Is on a temporary leave of absence. Miss Shelton Is a 11)48 graduate of Oregon State college. State Forecast OREGON Partly cloudy to day and Saturday, with widely scattered afternoon showers or thunderstorms in the mountains. No. 40 Clay Claims U.S. Making Winter Plans Washington, July 23 UP Gen. Lucius D. Clay, American com mander in Germany, said today the United States Is sending a large number of additional air transports to Germany that can , overcome the Russian blockade through the winter. 'We will be ame to oeuver in Berlin an average of 4,500 tons ner dav." Clav said. "We can pro vide all the food and enough coul for absolutely essential needs. C av said there mlcnt De some suffering from cold in Berlin next winter, if the blockade continues, but that It would not be extreme. Plans Airport He added that he will begin construction of a new airport in Germany Immediately upon hi return. He leaves lor aernn laic today after a series of quick conj ferences with fresiaent iruman and others which reinforced the American determination not to oe forced out of Berlin by the Rus sians. "This will give us time for our government to carry on negotia tions with the Russians that I hope will result In lifting the blockade," Clay said in telling re-, porters about the decision to send more planes. Clay said the United States Is determined to stay ln Russian bcseiRed Berlin and has "the abil ity" to do so. , Clay made the statement to the housfl foreign. 'affairs "committee. ' The meeting was closed. Issue Statement In a joint statement issued at the conclusion of the meeting Committee chairman Charles Ea ton, and Army secretary Kenneth C. Royall said: "Gen. Clay presented to the committee the general conditions in Berlin and the action ol the American troops and personnel in Berlin. Gen. Clay reiterated the determination and ability of Am erican forces to carry out our stated governmental policy In re maining in Berlin, and supplying those in the American sector. 'Chairman Eaton joined the secretary of the army ln compli ment ne Gen. day uoon tne splendid manner ln which he and his troops and civilian personnel are carrying out their mission in Berlin and in Germany as a whole." Men Arrested Following Fight Bill Lee Walden. 38. of Sonora, Calif., Is held at the city Jail on a charge of being drunk and disor derly, with ball set at $50. Ac cording to police, he was Involv ed In an altercation last night on Bond street parkling lot with G. C. Statler, 30 ol Bend, who was also booked for disorderly conduct and cited to appear In municipal court at 5:15 p.m. to night. He was released without bull. The disturbance occurred at about 8:30 p.m., according to po lice who Investigated. Officers said that after the fight, Walden attempted to drive his truck, and In so doing, locked bumpers with another truck. No damage to either vehicle was reported. Slated