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NEWS COVERAGE
CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY
NEWSPAPER
No. 42
Volume LIX
BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON. MONDAY. JULY 26. 1948
THE
Congress in
Session; to
Hear Truman
President Expected
To Seek Price Controls
And Meat Rationing
Washington, July 26 (Irwrhe
republican-controlled con g res s
lcr , eaaetnn tnHV With
met in CAlia c.o-.w.. J
nop leaders hoping to wind up
Uilness In a few weeks and some
ofthem urging an alnjost Imme-
,f0t3SUDraklr Joph W. Mar
tin jr., and Senate president Ar
tnrVandenberg gavelled the two
houses into session at noon, EDT.,
Si an response to President Tru-
""Truman will appear before a
lolnt session at 12:30 p.m. tomor
Lu tn m esent in person his legis-
alive requests. These are expect
ed to Include meat rationing and
, ilc tn rnmhat Inflation.
V GOP is ready to say "no" to
,hAfter a 90-minute leadership
fHnr Martin said the GOP
wanted to hear Truman before
siting any definite legislative
wurse" To Meet Dally
Senate policy leader Robert A.
n O.. told newsmen the sen
ate will meet daily this week "if
we aeciae iu amj
vealed that A suggestion was
made during the leadership meet
ing that COngreSS aujuuill wmium
considering any of Truman's pro
posals. But no decision was made,
Taftsaid.
Only about 200 members were
on the house floor when Martin
opened the session.
But when the roll was called,
310 house members answered.
Sixty-five answered the roll call
In the senate, which met for 12
minutes. The only business was
okaying a resolution to attend to
morrow's joint session for Tru
man's message.
Tho mwsirtent will appear to
morrow before a joint meeting of
v, nj oonntntn deliver In ter-
IIUUK.iiu ai..." . - -
son his legislative requests ior an
anti-Inflation program and other
laws he considers necessary now.
Invites Leaders ,
Truman invited d e m o c r a t i c
leaders from each house to come
tn his office for a Dreview of his
message. He expected to complete
the final draft during the day and
show it to four democratic sen
ators and four democratic repre
sentatives at 3:30 p.m.
Despite an expected request for
them by the president there was
little prospect the republicans
would permit the return of ration
ing and price controls.
But the GOP is worried about
inflation and the smashing impact
oi high prices on the presidential
campaign. If Truman has some
other ideas about what should be
done, the republicans might go
along. There is much congression
al sentiment for action to end the
"easy money" policies which have
been a factor in boosting prices.
Fires Destroy
Valley Buildings
J (By United Pre)
4 Week end fires burned an esti
mated $210,000 worth of property
In Oregon's Willamette valley, It
was reported here today.
The Summervell roofing plant
at Eugene burned to the ground
Saturday night causing a total
loss of $90,000. Firemen said the
fire wa nnp of three of unknown
origin which kept them on the
run most of the night. A sawdust
Pile flared up at the Morga Lum
ber company and another blaze
broke out in a lumber yard.
About S25.000 in pine lumber
?s destroyed in the Western
Timber Products yard where sev
eral million dollars in lumber was
stacked.
The Colonial House at Milwau
kee caught fire Sunday from an
overheated water pipe, firemen
aid, and the battle to drown
the flames lasted four hours with
loss of $50,000. . An estimated
.000 gallons of water were
Pumped on the Colonial House in
effort to save the $15,000 struc
we and expensive fixtures,
which state police said Included
tot machines and roulette
wheels.
Another Sunday blaze destroy
ed the West Salem Lumber com
Wny on the West Salem road for
"toll of $45,000. Firemen saved
'be planing mill and a huge stock
f lumber. The cause was not
w'ermi.iprl.
PLANTS BR DKN
Adrn .t..H, Tii; Tk, Amor.
!n sunerfortresses on a round
"e world flieht arrived
at 8:30
"!. todav frnm Trlnnli. The
'"Mvmpn reported a pleasant and
"eventful journey. They ex-
Y'-" iu leave ior ueyion tomor
row evening.
West Leading in
Harold West, center, had reason to be happy this morning as he
increased his lead in the Oregon Open golf tournament to eight
strokes. West went four under par on his 18-hole round this morn
ing for a 68, bringing his total to 205. He is shown here with Tom
Marlow, Portland, and Fred Bolton, Pendleton, two of the other
leading contenders.
Harold West Goes Info Final
Oregon Open
Jennings by Eight Strokes
Harold West, Tualatin professional, held an eight-stroke
lead as the Oregon Open golf tournament moved into the final
18 rounds at the Bend Golf club
West continued his shattering
scorincr 68 to brine his total to
holes. He was eight strokes ahead of Lou Jennings, Portland
amateur, who got a par 72 this morning to make his total 213.
John Langford, Portland professional, dropped' to third
place with 214; followed by.
Bend Girl Hurt
In Car Accident
Miss Helen Stenkamp, 19-year-
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Stenkamp, 1506 East
Second, was still unconscious to
day at St. Charles hospital, where
she is being treated for Injuries
suffered in an automobile acci
dent early Sunday morning on
highway 97, six miles out of
Bend.
Also at the hospital is Kent
n.n-iand. of Swiss Home, who
was operating the car with five
other voung people, including
Miss Stenkamp, as passengers.
Tho nartv had been to Crooked
River gorge, for an early morning
view of tne canyon, ana wcic ic
tnvnlntr to Bend when the accl
dent occurred. Others in the car
were Jesse Garland, bwlss
Home, Mr. and Mrs. lewis ran
lett, 85 Sullivan, and Miss Bonnie
Jean Brandon, 344 Sisemore. All
but Mrs. Bartlctt were injured
seriously enough to be hospital
ized. All had bruises, abrasions
and contusions.
The accident happened when
novionrt annarentlv dozed at the
wheel, lost control of the machine
and struck a post, sheering off
the steering column, rasscisuy
who reached the scene later said
that the car apparently rolled
over twice, landing right side up.
Damage to the car was extensive.
Miss Stenkamp's injuries In
clude a head bruise and three
fractured ribs. All other victims
except Kent Garland were releas
ed from the hospital when X-rays
revealed that there were no brok
en bones. According to his ph
siclan. his condition is satisfac
tory. He suffered a minor concussion.
Revised Huntinq Regulations
For 1948 Show
Portland. July 26 ail-Oregon's
pheasant hunters win "
days in which to bag their limit
of two cocks a day throughout
most of the state.
The state game commission
SaTunlav revised its tentative
at1onsof2,,dayswithaone
cock a day limit when measure
nnt hv field agents disclos.xl
SryeS'.&d S.m, bird crop
illations Is in Malheur wunty
I whore the season win oe - ":
I ,vith .1 limit Of tWO COCKS u.,
! and six in posession. The posses-
sion limit i' "
uiii he four.
The season will open at noon,
Oct 29 and close Nov. 2 in a l
counties except Jefferson, al
luvia. Union, Bakt-r, Curry, Lin
Oregon Open
Round Leading
this afternoon.
sub-par golf this morning by
205. 11 under par for the 54
Bob McKendnck, Oswego pro,
with 215, ana uienn bpivey
Medford amateur, who had,
216.
Jim Bushong, Bend araa
teur, stepped up this morning
by taking a 73 for a 226-total,
while Bob Thomas had a 74 to
brine .lis total to 235. John
Prince had a 75 and a total of
230.
Scores at the three-quarter
mark were:
Harold West. Tualatin, 137-68
205; Lou Jennings, Portland, 141'
72213; John Langford, Port
land. 141-73214: Bob McKen
drick. Osweeo. 144-71215; Glenn
SDivev. Medford, 142-74216
Wendell Wood, Eugene, 143-74
217; Al Zimmerman, Portland,
145-72217: Emery Zimmerman,
Portland. 144-74218; Dave Kil
len. Olvmpla. 147-74221; Tom
Marlow. Portland. 145-77222
Woody Lamb, Bend, 145-77222
Eddie Hogan, Romano, hi-w-222;
Ted Longworth, 148-74222.
lrporf Rnltnn. Pendleton. 144-79-
223; Frank Newell, Taeoma, lis-7";99S-
.Tim Bushone. Bend. 153-
73226: Snike Beeber, Klamath
Falls, 146-81227; Joe Steiger,
Salem. 148-79227: Ray Hons
herger, Hood River, 149-78227
rlto Matthews. 150-78 228.
John Prince, Bend, laxa
Bill Selkirk, Klamath Falls, 15o
78233; Sid Mililgan, Eugene,
156-76232; Bob Thomas, Bend,
161-74235; Bob Smith, 156-79
235; Jim Russell, Coos Bay, 154
83237; Cy Perkins, Hood River,
157.80237; Dom Provost, Med
ford, 159-79238; Norm Tausch
er Portland. 159-80-239; Don
Creary, 163-77240: Ray Morgan,
Medford, 161-79-240.
Rod O'Hoarn, Bend, 158-82
240; Gene GIllLs, Bend, 159-83--n,n.
tim imnahue. 157-90247;
Dave Duvall, Portland, 162-89
251; Prentice Black, Eugene, 163
89252 ' (Additional details on page 3.)
Little Change
coln, Tillamook and Malheur. In
Malheur county the season will
be from noon, Oct. 29, to Nov. 7,
Inclusive. There will be no opsn
season in the other excepted
counties.
Tlie valley quail season will be
from noon, Oct. 29. to Nov. 2,
inclusive, in Corts, Josephine,
Jackson, Klamath, Lake, Des
chutes Crook, Wasco, Sherman,
Gilliam, Wheeler, Morrow, Uma
tilla, Grant and Harney counties.
Bag limit will be five a day, but
not more than 10 In possession. '
The proposed special deer sea
son In the Keati,ig area of Baker
county was eliminated and t'io
number of tags Issued for the
special Baker elk season was re
duced from 300 to 200.
Special archery seasons will
end Sept. 2S, Instead of Sept. 30
as tentatively scheduled.
German Borders Sealed By 11
And Britain
UNShelves :
Efforts for
Disarmament
Lake Success. N. Y.. July 26 P
The United Nations today In ef
fect shelved its two-year effort to
obtain world disarmament.
A UN committee paved the way
for dropping disarmament talks
by adopting, over strong nussian
objection, a British resolution
saying that disarmament would
be possible only when internation-,
al confidence was restored. '
The resolution said such confi
dence would exist only after the
UN had set up an international
agency to control atomic energy
and had established an interna
tional DOlice force.
Today s action was taKen Dy
the working committee of the
UN commission for conventional
armaments. It still must be ap-
Droved bv the full commission
and then will go to the security
council and the general assembly..
Attempt Ended
However, for all practical pur-
Doses. the action ended the UN's
attempt to work out an interna
tional disarmament agreement, -at
least until the east-west struggle
is resolved.
The vote on the British resolu-
r.rt ,.,oo Q in O with the finvtet
Ukraine and Russia opposing-.
Russia has contended that tne
only way to establish internation
al confidence was to disarm first.
Soviet deleeate Jacob A. Malik
submitted a counter proposal. It
called for general slashes In arm
aments, armed forces, and mili
tary budgets, but also demanding
outright prohibition of the produc
tion and use ot atomic weapons
and all other weapons of mass
destruction.
The soviet proposal was passed
over without a vote.
Two Men Hurt in
Santiam Wreck
Two men were severely injured
and one man received minor in
juries when their car turned over
onn the Santiam highway be
tween Suttle lake and Sisters.
Elden Brandon and Melvin
Wright, both of Idanha, are con
fined In Redmond hospital with
severe injuries. They are report
ed to be doing "very well" by at
tendants. Their companion was
treated for minor injuries and re
leased. Hospital attendants did
not know his name.
Wrieht was thrown 15 lect
from the car when it turned over.
The car was demolished.
Circuit Court
Sessions Open
The special session of circuit
court convened this morning be
fore Judge David R. Vandenberg,
of Klamath Falls, tipconsidcr the
civil case, Edward Watson vs.
Pearl and Helen Welgand. All
members of the jury had not
been Impanelled this afternoon.
Robert Foley and H. H. DeAr
mond are attorneys for the plain-
.tiff and George H. Brewster is
attorney for the defense. In the
complaint, Watson, of Prlnevllle,
asked $35,000 damages for injur
ies received when he fell, or was
thrown, from an allegedly frac-
tious horse on the Welgand
ranch at Terrebonne. He was em
ployed on the ranch at the time
of the accident.
Central Oregon
Chamber to Meet
The July meeting of the Central
Oregon chamber of commerce
set for tomorrow night, will be In
Sisters, with one of the largest
groups of the year expected, ac
cording to information from Les
ter Houk, Redmond. A delegation
of at least six Is expected from
Bend. The meeting will be a din
ner affair, starting at 7:30 o'clock.
Bend, Redmond; Prlnevllle,
Madras, Culver and Sisters are af
filiated In the mldstate chamber.
Sisters tomorrow night will be
playing host for the first time.
President
Seeks Action
On 11 Points
Washington, July 26 Hi" Presi
dent Truman today completed
work on an 11-point program he
will submit tomorrow to the spe
cial session of congress.
The president devoted most of
the afternoon to reviewing his
legislative plans with democratic
leaders from the house and senate.
The White House made avail
able a memorandum showing this
11-point program:
1. Anti-inflation.
' 2. Housing.
3. Federal aid to education.
4. Increased minimum wage.
5. Social security expansion.
6. Federal pay raises,
7. Civil rights.
8. Correction of the displaced
persons law.
9. The loan of $65,000,000 for
United Nations headquarters.
10. Ratification of the interna
tional wheat agreement. .
11. Restoration of $56,000,000
in funds for power protects. .
The purpose of the memoran'
dum was to show that all of the
proposals by the president are in
what the White House has called
the legislative process, meaning
that most of the points are cov
ered by bills already pending. The
administration, however, plans to
introduce new legislation to com
Dat nign prices.
The conference with democra
tic leaders included four. each
from house and senate.
County Valuation
Put at $13,263,847;
Big Gain Shown
Total assessed valuation for
Deschutes county property, In
cluding public utilities, is $13,
263,847, an Increase of nearly a
million and a half dollars over
last year. Figures were released
today by Assessor. Edward Risen,
who has received valuations of
public utilities from the office
of the state tax commission, in
Salem, and has started the work
of allocating tne puouc utilities
valuations to the various school
districts and cities in the county.
Public utilities this year are
assessed at $2,446,517, with a
full cash value of $6,146,300. Real
and personal property Is assessed
at $10,817,330. Last year total
assessed valuation for Deschutes
was $11,765,855, including an as
sessed valuation of $2,282,125 for
public utilities.
Mlllage rate for the county tax
Is 10.1 mills, the rate required to
meet the tax levy of $134,034.90.
Utility Figures Listed
As usual, railroad holdings In
Deschutes will contribute more
taxes to the county's coffers than
other utilities. Their assessed
valuation Is $1,484,170, compared
to $1,430,530 last year. Other
utilities showing an increase in
valuation are telegraph and tele
phone companies, from $340,295
last year to $413,870 this year,
and United Airlines, from $51,
230 last year to $52,000 this year.
Power companies dropped from
$460,070 last year to $456,840 this
year. Other utilities assessed in
clude Consumers Gas, $12,240; ex
press companies, $3,300, and pri
vate railroad cars, $12,110.
The state tax commission Is re
quired by law to determine the
full cash value of all utility prop
erty each year. It must also de
termine the percentage the asses
sed vauatlon in each county Is to
the true value, which then to
comes the ratio for that county.
The ratio Is applied to the full
cash value of utility property to
equalize the assessed value with
other property.
Battleship on
Final Mission
Pearl Harbor, July 26 ur The
battleship Nevada, survivor of
two atom bomb blasts, was on
her last mission today a 35-mlle
trip to destruction.
The battleship will be used In
the highly-secret four-day tests
of the navy's newest non-atomic
weapons.
as Counter Action
Joyce Davis Is
Joyce Davis, of Redmond, who represented all of Central Oregon in
the state beauty contest, was named "Miss Oregon" yesterday at
Seaside. The Redmond girl will represent the state at the national,
Atlantic City contest.
Central Oregon Girl Named
Miss'Oregon to Represent
State at Atlantic CitvShow
Miss Joyce Davis,' 18-year-old
was namea miss vjregon oi iho ouiiuay oi coiuc,
monies wnicn ciimaxea rnree aays oi ueauty iiuca
ent shows. As winner of the coveted title of beauty and person
ality queen for the state, she will recive an all-expense-pnid
trip to Atlantic City, where she will vie with 47 others for the
title of Miss America. In addition, she receives approximately
$2000 in prizes.
Miss Davis represents Bend, Prineville, Madras, Culver,
Sisters and ner nome town,
Redmond. When she was pick
ed by a panel of judges from a
field of 21 contestants, her se
lection drew prolonged ap
plause from the thousands of
spectators who had thronged
to the resort city to view the
contest.
Four Factors Used
The contestants were judged on
four factors, each of which count
ed 25 per cent. The qualities for
which Dolnts were Eiven were
beauty in a bathing suit, beauty
in an evening gown, talent and
personality. Candidates for the
honor were graded noin in scnea
uled appearances and Individual
ly. Sunday morning they rode
through the streets of Seaside In
a motorcade. Climax of the three
day contest was the coronation
ceremony Sunday afternoon,
when Miss Davis was crownea ny
Miss JoAnn Amorde, Miss Oregon
of 1947.
Jovce. who is small, dark and
slender, is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. G. M. Davis, of Red
mond. She has dark brown hair
and hazel eyes, and was gradu
ated from Redmond high school
this spring.
Had Musical Talent
Her musical talent has won for
Joyce a number of honors. As a
soprano soloist of unusual prom
ise, she has been in demand
throughout Central Oregon as an
entertainer, and was popular with
Portland chamber of commerce
members who visited the mid
state area recently. Since her se
lection as Miss Central Oregon.
Joyce has made appearances at
numerous affairs, Including
Bend's Fourth of July water pag
eant on the picturesque Des
chutes. She was billed as "Central
Oregon's Sweetheart," on a color
ful heart-shaped float. Radio sta
tion KBND had recorded her
voice, to be released as vocal ac
companiment when the float glid
ed down the water. When mechan
ical difficulties prevented use of
the prepared recordings, Mrs. Al
hort Allen, of Bend, sana "Let M"
Gall You Sweetheart" In tribute
to the Redmond girl.
Sings Irish Tunes
Joyce's voice, however, is famil
iar to hundreds of Central Oregon
residents who have heard her in
person and on radio programs
over KBND. Her repertoire In
cludes a wide range of classic,
light opera and popular selec
tions, but among the favorites is a
group of familiar Irish tunes that
she sings with an authentic, lllt
(Contlnucd on Pago 5)
"Miss Oregon
ink,
"queen" of Central Oregon,
Bend Engineer
III With Polio
Arthur E. May, Bend city en
gineer, Is . confined to Holiday
Park hospital in Portland with
polio, the first case reported from
Deschutes county this year. The
diagnosis was confirmed by a
letter from Mrs. Anne Kell Rob
inson, executive secretary of the
Multnomah county chapter of the
national foundation for infantile
paralysis, to Mm. J. F. Arnold,
director of the Deschutes county
chapter of the foundation. May
was 111 for several weeks before
being taken to Portland last
week.
M-u Arnolfl tirm'ri that anvnne
exhibiting symptoms of polio to
contact a doctor immediately.
The doctor will contact the coun
ty chapter of the foundation for
aid.
Felix Montez, state chairman
of the foundation, will arrive in
Bend today to confer with the
local board members.
Truman Willing
To Meet Stalin
AcV,lr,tr,i l,,H, ')t IIP, .-rr..l.
dent Truman has not changed his
attitude about meeting wnn so
viet premier Josef Stalin.
Th, Whiti, Mnnun U'jis Ollstlim.
ed today about a report of a new
oig iour meeting.
l'res Secretary (Tharles (I.
17,ua ttstlft thnt na fnr- nu n m.,t.
ing with Stalin Is concerned, the
president s position Is silll mat
he would be glad to see Stalin at
any time but that any new con
ference of slate heads would have
to be held here.
Ross said tint as far as he
knows no conference has been
proposed officially.
Two U. S. Fliers
Die on Berlin Run
Fratikfurt, July 26 'Hi The
U. S. air force today Identified
the two airmen killed early Sun-d-iy
near Tempelhof airdrome In
Berlin when th.'ir transport crash.
?d into an apartment house
while flying supplies into the
city.
They were 1st Lt. Charles H.
King, Ilrltton. S. C, and 1st Lt.
Robert W. Stuber, Arlington, Cal.
Reason Same
As Reds Gave
-
In Berlin Area
Berlin, July 26 Ul'i The Amer
ican and British military govern
ments today sealed the borders of
ihh- occunation zones In western
Germany against railway traffic
Into or out of the Russian zone.
Ti, Anolo-Amerlcan embargo
on rail shipments destined for or
coming from soviet-occupied Ger
many was one of the most dras
tic measures employed by the
west in the crisis over the Rus
sian blockade of Berlin. ,
The western powers attriDuiea
their action to "technical difficul. v
ties." That was the reason given
by the Soviets when they clamped
their land blockade, on Berlin.
Message sent
iu i r.on rharles Gross, denu- '
ty chief of transportation for the
Anglo-American area of western
Germany, sent a message iu
transportation officers which
said:
'Due to technical difficulties,
bl-.onal authorities cannot in
August accept Ior movement
across the United States and
United Kingdom zone railway
traffic, exclusive of mail, origin
ating 4n or--terminating in- tha
sovlet zone."
Gross specified that any ship
ments which might be crossing
the Russian zone in enner airec
tlon would be permitted. Thus
for example, Poland or Czecho
slovakia could ship goods across
the occupation zones without hin
drance by the new regulation.
If this approach failed, it was
believed the Americans would
urge the western allies to make
a direct approach to .Generalissi
mo Josef Stalin to achieve a set
tlement. Decided at Conference
American strategy was decided
upon in an unprecedented con
ference yesterday afternoon and
last night attended by Gen. Lu
cius D. Clay and America's top
diplomatic experts on Russia and
Germany.
"I do not know If wo can find
a solution through four-power
negotiations," Clay said in re
to a Question during a
press conference alter tne meeting-
.......
But the unitea states nus
never been, opposed to mis ap
proach except under duress. Such
a solution is not possible so long
as the Berlin blockade persists."
Will Make Concessions
Clay said the United States
was prepared to make conces
sions on Berlin currency reform,
one of tho Russians' major dis
likes, to pave the way for soviet
concessions in removing the Ber
lin blockade. Tho unprecedented
Berlin meeting called together
the highest diplomatic talent
available to the United States In
Europe.
Lewis Douglas, U. S. ambas
sador to London, and Walter
Bedell Smith, ambassador to Mos
cow, flew to Berlin for the con
ference. Clay and Robert Murphy, U. S.
ambassador to Germany, went
Into the conference straight from
a five-day visit to Washington
where they received their latest
Instructions from President Tru
man and Secretary of state
George C. Marshall.
Impressions
of
Central Oregon Visitors
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Idlewlno
traveled through Bend 12 years
ago and "it's changed a lot since
then for the better." Especially
noted was the Improvement In
highways In Oregon.
The people from Greensburg,
Ind.,' with their two small chil
dren, Janet Sue and David, were
through Bend again Saturday,
They plan to visit Eugene and
Cnrvalll and start back home In
about two weeks.
When asked how he liked Ore
gon, Idlewlno said, "I like it very
much, but I can't say as much for
Washington." They had traveled
up to Yakima where "there Isn't
even a scrub tree. At least here,
there's some sagebrush."