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Volume LIX
Globe-Circling
B-29 Crashes
In Aden Gulf
One Man Survives Crash;
Superfort Plunges Into
Sea Following Takeoff
Aden. July 28 U An American
sunerfortress on a 'round-the-world
flight plunged into the sea
after taking off from Aden for
Ceylon last night and six men
aboard were lost.
dn Washington the strategic
air command said it received
, word from a state department
, consul at Aden that 19 of 20 offi
Icers and men aboard the super
ior! were missing.) .
Full military honors were ord
ered for the six victims of the B
29, one of three flying leisurely
around the world to accustom the
airmen to long range technique
and global conditions.
Sergeant Survives
Sergeant Gustafson survived
the crash. (The U. S. air force at
the start of the flight issued a list
of the airmen aboard the three
superforts. One listed was MSgt.
Sisyr R. Gustafson of Norwood,
Gustafson, who. was brought to
an Aden hospital, said he was
thrown clear when the big ship
crashed. When he bobbed to the
surface, he said, he could see none
ol his comrades.
British rescue vessels were sent
to the scene, and divers went
down to check the wreckage.
The other two superforts re
lumed at once to Aden, on the
southern tip of the Arabian penin
jula, after the third plunged into
(he gulf of Aden just offshore.
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Early Netted Gem
Spuds on Market
Early Deschutes netted gems
were appearing in local stores in
mail amounts this week, aeoord
tog to W. Ft. Stanard, federal-state
jhipping point supervisor, who
arned tnat state law requires
that containers be marked with
the grower's name, address and
the true grade of the potatoes.
If this information does not ap
pear on the container it is assum
ed that the potatoes are from an
outside source, Stanard explained,
and the tubers will have to be de
stroyed or removed from this
area. The Central Oregon potato
industry is protected by a quar
antine which designates Des
chutes, Crook and Jefferson coun
ties as a ring-rot control area, and
forbids Importation of .potatoes
Irom other sections.
Legal size stencils, for marking
containers, may be purchased
through the department of agri
culture office in Redmond, the
shipping supervisor said.
All Crater Lake
Roads Now Open
Snow slides have been removed
from Crater lake west rim road
"id it is now possible to drive di
twtly to the lodge by the way
of the Diamond lake cutoff and
the north approach, according to
information from Klamath Falls.
The north entrance was opened
earlier in the month, but travel
as detoured over the east rim,
because of the blockade.
, All roads leading to Crater lake
fire now open to travel.
NOT SUBJECT TO LAW
Salem, July 28 (U1 Elective
founty officials are not subject
w workmen's compensation laws,
Attorney general George Neuner
'May advised the state industrial
'radent commission.
Bookmobile Lost in Blaze
fieng Replaced by Library
" ww Bookmobile for the Des
chutei
'S COUntv niihllr. llhrarv has
kn purchased to replace the one
destroyed in the July 4 fire at Ed
,e's Garage, and will be ready
"r Usq by September 1, Miss
51?,anor. Brown, librarian, an
nounced today.
The truck, a G.M.C. purchased
"m Ward Motor company at a
J?t of S3600, is being converted
hne?ulpped ,or use as a bookmo
t? i . ex,ra door ls belnS cut nt
( '"I front of the vehicle for
n emergency exit, and the floor
fo.u 8 lmvred to provide more
!tZe France. Extra metal
'fP. to fold Inside the truck
;nejinot In use, are being Instal
lioK. e exterior will be painted
ih. i groy- wi,h red lettering, like
The tn.oi. i. ,
- ,n lhe ls-'t machine destroy-
' me lire, hut riirforont InciHn
THE
-, . , , Photo by Bob Hegge.
Central Oregon chambers of commerce last night in Sisters joined in a testimonial dinner honoring
Joyce Davis of Redmond, who was crowned Miss Oregon at Seaside this past week end. With Miss
Dayis in this picture, from the left, are Guy Wade, Madras; Otto Hoppes, Prlneville; Lester Houk,
Redmond; Cecil Allred, Culver; E. B. Hamm, Bend; Tommy Thompson, Redmond; Chester Lackey,
Redmond, and C. W. Mehelenbeck, Sisters.
Berlin Mayor Defies Soviets
In Refusing to Reinstate
Markgraf as Police Chief
Berlin, July 28 W.E) Mayor Louise Schroeder openly de
fied the Russians tonight in flatly rejecting their order to
reinstate Paul Markgraf as Berlin police chief. .
, Mayor Schroeder in a letter to the soviet commander here
said "I would act in contradiction to the city constitution and
violate my oath of office" in obeying the Russian demand.
The administration ousted Markgraf, the Moscow-trained
chief who refused to take orders from anyone except the Rus
sians. He ignored the discharge, saying he did not regard it
as legal. 1 he Russians did the
same.
The soviet press and radio
charged in unison that the
western commandants had ap
proved"plans at' a'secret meet
ing yesterday to set up a sepa
rate city administration and
police headquarters for the
American, British and French sec
tors of Berlin.
Letters Sent
Basis for the charge was two
letters sent by the western mili
tary governments to acting Mayor
Frau Louise Schroeder.
One approved the city adminis
tration's dismissal of soviet-trained
communist Police president
Paul Markgraf, who had refused
to accept orders from anyone ex
cept the soviet administration.
This letter also rejected the sov
iet order ousting Johannes
Strumm, appointed by the city
administration to take Markgraf's
place.
The second letter rejected the
Russian attempt to replace Paul
Fuellsack, deputy head of the
food department of the city ad
ministration, with a communist
appointee, Paul Let.sch.
Yugoslavs Charge
Trieste Violation
Lake Success, N. Y., July 28 P
Yugoslavia charged today that the
United States and Britain have
conspired to incorporate the west
ern zone of Trieste into Italy and
asked the United Nations secur
ity council to label the move a
threat to world peace.
The Yugoslav delegation to the
UN said Britain and the U. S.
have made economic and fiscal
agreements with Italy which
would give the Italian govern
ment complete control over West
ern Trieste territory, placed under
thredpower rule by the Itulian
peace treaty.
arrangement will provide for an
extra foot- of length for shelves.
The walk-in portable library will
have a capacity of 1200 books.
Funds for the new bookmobile
are from Insurance, Income from
the Benson building fund, and a
$120 Item which has been budget
ed for storage of the vehicle, but
will not be expended for that pur
pose. The new county warehouse
now under construction will pro
vide parking space for the ma
chine when it is not in use. The
old bookmobile was Insured for
S2500, and the full amount has
been turned over to the library.
Insurance totaling S006.54 was col
lected on books lost In the fire.
The library staff estimated that
964 volumes were in the truck.
When the motor company com-
r,tnir structural changes ana
iui..;r,i7 will be installed '
by Ralph E. Shumate, local cab !
imt mnker.
CENTRAL OREGON'S
BEND,
Miss Oregon Honored at Sisters
'
Library Use Is
Circulation at the Deschutes
county public library for the fis
cal year which ended June 30 was
257,965, an increase of 40 per cent
over last year, it was reported to
day by Miss Eleanor Brown, li
brarian, who ha6 just completed
her annual report. Last year's
circulation was an all-time high,
topping the former record, made
in 1946, by 72,965 check-outs. Cir
culation increased from 183,667 in
1945- 46 to 185,000 in 1946-47. ;
The number of persons who
hold library cards jumped from
8305 last year to 8837 for this
fiscal year just completed. Ac
tual book borrowers probably
number hundreds more, Miss
Brown pointed out, because cards
are not required at schools and
rural stations, and in many cases,
one member of a family will
check out books for a number
of persons besides himself.
Largest Increase in circulation
was in the school stations, the li
brarian said. In the fiscal year
just ended, 136,631 books were
checked out through these sta
tions in addition to books from
their own permanent collections,
compared to 69,250 the year be
fore. Check outs over the desk
in the main library increased
from 75,306 in the fiscal year
1946- 47, to 80,269 In the year just
ended.
Miss Brown attributed the in
creased circulation to population
growth, and to expansnon of the
bookmobile program, making the
library's facilities available to
smaller cities in the county, to
rural communities, and to city
and rural schools.
Resolution Asks
For Adjournment
Washington, July 28 tlPi Sen.
Olin D. Johnston, D., S. C, today
introduced a resolution to ad
journ the special session of con
gress Saturday.
Me said ho would not ask for a
vote on the resoltuion today. But
he can get a vote at any time he
desires.
The South Carolina democrat
said "nothing good can come out
of this special session of con
gress." He earlier had suld President
Truman did not justify an emer
gency in his special session call.
Johnston's resolution would ad
journ congress until Dec. 31. Re'
publican leaders of the house and
senate would be empowered to
call congress back before Dec. 31
If they chose.
PLAN HOSPITAL DRIVE
Salem, July 28 Uii Two Salem
hospitals will join forces In a
campaign to raise $3,000,000 to
exnand their facilities, it was an-
rounced today.
rounced toaay. ine nospiiais nre
Salem femorlal
no om.'m gen-
contributions. I
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BEND
DESCHUTES COUNTY. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY
Central Oregon
Chamber Honors
1948 Miss Oregon
Sisters, July 28 (Special) Rep
resentatives of six Central Oregon
chambers of commerce joined,
here last night in a testimonial
dinner honoring Miss Joyce Dav
is, Redmond girl who will go to
Atlantic City in August as Miss
Oregon of 1948. Miss Davis, who
won the state crown at the Sea
side beauty contest this past week
end, was sponsored by the Cen-
..! r unu,... c -
merce. The group held its monthf ,T0rTp'1 18
ly meeting here1 last night, with
Miss Davis as the guest of honor.
Present for the meeting were
135 persons, with more than 100
of these taking part in the dinner
served in the Redmond gymnas
ium by the Rebekah lodge of Sis
ters. It was the first meeting of
the three-county chamber in Sis
ters, and attendance set an all
high . mark. Lester Houk, Red
mond, president of the tri-county!
group, presided, with Clarence W.
Mehelenbeck heading' the host
unit.
Asks Representation
With the exception of a sugges
tion by William Niskanen, Bend,
that representatives of all six
chambers be represented at the
August meeting of the state
highway commission In Portland,
the dinner program was entirely
devoted to the Central Oregon girl
who will enter the national beau
ty contest on August 6 to 12 in
Atlantic City as Miss Oregon.
Niskanen reminded the group
that bids on the Mill creek bridge
on the Warm Springs highway
would bo opened on August 10,
and cautioned thgt on three other
occasions bids had been rejected.
This might happen again, Niska
nen warned. ,
Miss Davis and her attendants
entered the gymnasium, convert
ed into a big dining room at 7:30
p. m., and received an ovation
from the large proun. Later, she
was formally Introduced and
spoke briefly, promising that she
would do her best to bring the
title of Miss America to Oregon.
Native of Bend
As Miss Orego.n, Joyce, 18
years old and a native of Bend,
will be Oregon's official hostess
In the coming year, Jack Hal
brook, who presided nt the Sea
side contest as chairman of the
judges, announced.
Speakers at the testimonial din
ner Included Frank H. Loggan.
who touched on the value to the
area in visits by dignitaries and
mentioned the part Miss Davis
will play In her visit to Atlantic
(Continued on Page 5)
Impressions
of
Central Oregon Visitors
Members of two families from
Canada "don't care much ahout"
the flat desert land around Bend,
but on the whole they think Ore
gon is "pretty nice."
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Radcllffe
and son, Ernest, and Mr. and Mrs.
J. Goodbrand, of Calgary, Alber
ta, were driving through Bend for
the first time yesterday. Their
vacation trin had taken them to
Salt Lake City, across Nevada to
San Francisco, and up the coast.
They were on their way back to
Canada.
Thoy all agreed, that Crater
lake and the Oregon caves were
"quite a sight." They preferred
Oregon west of thp Cascades tc
the eastern part of the state.
1 BULLETIN
DAILY NEWSPAPER
Over 200 Killed When Blasts
WreckGermanChemical Plant
Civil Rights
Issue Due to
enate
Washington, July 28 (P Re
publicans in congress scrapped
most of President Truman's "urg
ent" legislative program today
and invited the democrats to re
new their family quarrel over ra
cial Issues.
Southern democrats were noti
fied that they must start their
senate filibuster against an anti
poll tax bill late today or tomor
row. The filibuster may prevent the
senate from ever getting around
to price controls, rationing, hous
ing and the other legislation rec
ommended by the president. GOP
whip Kenneth S. Wherry said the
republicans probably will not try
any parliamentary "tricks" to
shut off the southern talkathon,
and he doubted that they could
muster the two-thirds vote need
ed to impose' a "gag" rule.
Policy Outlined
The views of republican house
and senate leaders were outlined
in a 1,000-word policy declaration
issued last night, seven hours af
ter President Truman had read
his 11-point special session pro'
gram to a joint meeting of house
and senate. The declaration was
handed to a conference of the full
senate republican membership
this morning for consideraUon,
and will go to a house republican
Republicans expected to gain
political benefits from the inter
nal democratic fight over the bill,
endorsed by President Truman, to
outlaw poll taxes in elections of
federal officials. .
Aimed at Seven States
That bill, strongly supported by
negro groups, is aimed directly at
the seven southern states still col
lecting poll taxes.
Administration democrats were
prepared to snap back with the
charge that the republicans were
playing politics by ignoring the
acute problem of high prices to
provoke a democratic family
fight.
While senators squared off for
a civil rights fight, the house was
in recess until tomorrow.
Heeding the advice of Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey, GOP presiden
tial nominee, republican leaders
decided against calling for an Im
mediate adjournment of congress.
Power Trouble
Caused by Wind
A large section of downtown
Bend was without electric power
for about 40 minutes between 3
and 4 p.m. yesterday. The break
down was caused by a windstorm
that caused two wires on the
Bond street feeder to become
twisted. Location of the source
of trouble required about half an
hour, but after that, repairs were
quickly made.
The Bond street feeder serves
the area on the east side of Wall
street, and as far as the railroad
tracks, and extending from
Greenwood avenue south to about
Delaware avenue.
St. Charles hospital, also In the
affected area, suffered no emer
gency. The Bulletin's presses
had just started to roll, when the
power shutdown delayed printing
of yesterday's paper. Radio sta
tion KBND was off the air.
Draft Registration
Will Be Painless
Washington, July 28 UH-Selective
service officials said today
that registration for the new 19-through-25
draft will be made as
painless as possible.
They said that In cases where
the older registrants are clearly
exempt from service, they may
not even have to fill out question
naires. This will be especially
true in the case of veterans,
whose military records are
known to their draft boards.
Selective service director Lewis
B. Hershey told the senate armed
services committee yesterday
that his organization hopes "to
bring certainty to the upper age
groups as soon as possible as to
whether they will or won't be
taken."
Tie Up S
28, 1948
Reds to Get
New Note on
Berlin Crisis
London, July 28 U. S. am
bassador Walter Bedell Smith
was scheduled to arrive back in
Moscow today to' present Soviet
foreign minister V.. M. Molotov
with the western powers' latest
note on the Berlin crisis.
Smith left London last night
in his special transport plane and
arrived at Berlin shortly before
midnight.
Authoritative sources said
Smith was carrying with him a
verbal message from the United
States, Britain and France advis
ing Molotov that the Berlin block
ade is a violation of the United
Nations charter.
Paragraph three, article two, of
the charter says:
"AH members shall settle their
international disputes by peace
ful means in such a manner that
international peace and security,
and justice, are not endangered."
13 Miners Killed
By Explosion in
Coal Mine Shaft.
Princeton, Ind., July 28 u An
explosion at King's mine In which
13 miners were killed wag caused
by "accumulated gas" In a sealed-
off shaft, state mine bureau offl
cials said today.
Federal, state and company in
vestigators examined the mine,
largest shaft In Indiana. Secre
tary Griffith Morris of the state
board of mines announced that
electrical machinery operated
elsewhere in the pit might have
sparked the explosion.
The blast apparently took place
in me mine s "east run, a section
that was sealed off last Saturday
because the coal vein was ex
hausted. The mine had reopened
yesterday after being closed for
repairs. .
Hips Through Seal
Investigators said the explosion
ripped through the seal just as the
175 day shift workers were leav
ing the pit. 'Most were unaware
that there had been a disaster un
til they, reached the surface.
Placlde Mayeur, the mine su
perintendent! said "some kind of
terrific pressure" apparently had
built up In the sealed-off section.
It was the second major explo
sion at the mine within a year.
The men killed and Injured ap
parently were just passing the
sealed-off section. The explosion
caught them like the blast from a
cannon barrel. It seared tnem
with with flame and blew them
against the wall of the tunnel they
were walking through.
Fire broke out in the wake of
the explosion.
Flood Control
Dams Studied
Bonnera Ferry, Ida., July 28 nil
Proposed flood-control dams to
tame the Kootenai river were
studied today by the three U. S.
and Canadian members of an in
ternational Joint commission.
The proposals, aimed at pre
venting recurrence of last
spring's devastation along the
Kootenai in British Columbia,
northwestern Montana and north
ern Idaho, were outlined at a
commission hearing yesterday in
this flood-scarred town.
Prime minister Byron Johnson
of British Columbia promised full
consideration of any recommen
dations made by th commission.
"Canadians will do all that they
can hiward development of the
Columbia river basin," Johnson
said.
Construction of a large dam on
the Kootenai near Llbby, Mont.,
was advocated by Guy Constable,
president of the Creston, B. C,
board of trade. The dam, also en
dorsed by Montana representa
tives, would create a reservoir ex
tending over the border.
Conatablo also recommendH a
low dam east of Bonners Ferry
to regulate the river's flow for
Irrigation farmen In north Ida
ho and southeastern British Columbia.
1 8-Building Farben Works
At Ludwigshafen Is Ruined
By Series of Explosions
Frankfurt. .Tnlv 28 :II.P
18-building Farben chemical plant at Ludwigshaven today
and U. S. army rescue crews reported that 200 persons were
known dead and 2,500 were treated for injuries.
Estimates irathered bv the'
ties would run into several thousand. One unofficial estimate
relayed by the army was that some thousands of persons
might have been killed, but other reports were running lower.
Great explosions over a period ot several nours rippea uihu i.
the sprawling chemical plant"
at Ludwigshafen, on the Khine
45 miles southwest of Frank
furt.
About 80 per cent of the
plant was reported destroyed.
It was a key cog in the nazi
war machine, and since has
been operating under the con
trol of occupation authorities.
Army Crews on Hand
U. S. army crews reported to
headquarters that the explosions
still were going on sporadically
tonight. Earlier military reports
said seven main blasts had rocked
the plant.
Communications to the plant
area were broken by the disaster.
Army reports were being relayed
to Heidelberg by radio.
The first short message from
an army crew on the scene said
"Two hundred dead. , Twenty-
five hundred treated for wounds.
many suffering from chemical
burns. French army on scene. Ex
plosions continue.
Scene Bombed Often
The site of the devastated chem
ical plant is on the west bank of
the Rhine 45 miles southwest of
Frankfurt. The twin cities of Lud
wigshafen and Hannhelm, across
the river from each other, were
hit hard and often by allied bomb
ers during the war.
Army headquarters In Heidel
berg said fire broke out after
three explosions, which were at
tributed to escaping gas. As the
fire raged through the plant,
other blasts occurred.
An army statement said the
shattering blasts began In the lac
quar manufacturing unit of the
plant, operated by the Farben
combine before and during the
war, and since carried on under
the direction of occupation forces.
Storm Sweeps
Cascade Crest
A summer snow storm broke
over the Oregon Cascades yester
day afternoon, whitening the Cra
ter lake region with July flurries.
blotting the Three Sisters from
the western skyline and sending
occasional showers Into the lower
country. Motorists arriving here
yesterday evening said the storm
along the MeKenzle pass at times
lowered tne visibility to a few
hundred feet.
High winds accompanied the
storm, and anglers reported
rough waters in the lake areas.
Newberry crater , was enveloped
In the July storm In the after
noon.
Not even a trace of molslure
reached Bend, but as clearing
weather came last night the mer
cury dipped to 34 degrees.
Barkley Panned for Opinion
Given on Special Session
Illy Unit. -I Vrrnl
Sen. Alben W. Barkley, demo
cratic, vice presidential nominee,
was pushed unwillingly Into the
campaign spotlight today by his
republican colleagues on capltol
hill.
They quoted the Kenturklan to
move their point that President
Truman's special session call was
a big mistake.
GOP leaders In the house and
senate burrowed through their
Congressional Records and came
up with a statement purportedly
made by Barkley a month ago,
before he was selected as Tru
man's running mate.
"I think." thev nuoted Barkley,
"If we sit here until after tht (re
publican) convention, or If we sit
hre between the conventions, or
after the two conventions, the en
State Forecast
OREGON Mostly cloudy
with a few light showers in
the north. Partly cloudy in
the south portion today, to
night and Thursday.
No. 44
Terrific exnlosions wrecked the
army indicated that the casual
Professors Flout
No-Strike Order
Tokyo, July 28 tin Nearly
2,500 professors at Japanese col
leges and universities went on
strike today, despite a warning
from a cabinet minister they
were flouting Gen. "Douglas Mae
Arthur's order forbidding gov.
ernmcnt employes to strike.
The walkouts came a few hours
after James S.. Killen, chief of
MacArthur's labor section, said
he would resign because he dlS"
agreed;wlth the occupation's nw.
labor policy for Japan. ,
The policy to which he referred
came about when MacArthur last
week strongly suggested to Pre
mier Hitoshi Ashlda that strikes
by public employes be banned.
The Japanese government decid
ed MacArthur's letter to the pre
mier constituted an order.
The first to walk out were 2,000
faculty members and employes
of the state-operated Kyushu uni
versity at Fukuoka. They plan
ned to be away from their posts
for 24 hours. Later, 300 teachers
at four Gumma perfecture col
leges went on strike.
Some 400 Instructors at three
Tochlgi prefecture colleges re
portedly planned to take similar
action.
Education minister Tatsu Morl
o warned that MacArthur's non-
strike warning applied to teach- '
ers as well as other government
employes, who comprise one-
lourth or Japan's unionized la
bor forces.
Cold Wave Hits
All of Northwest
Spokane. Wash.. Julv 28 (III
Snow, chilly rains and freezing
temperatures showed up In the
Pacific northwest today to help
make 1948 the most cockeyed vear
on record for weather.
Traces of snow fell in the vicin
ity of Lookout pass on the Idaho
Montana line. Mullan, Ida., just
west of the pass, reported the
mercury hit 32 with snow falling
during the night and morning.
The weatherman, who refuses
to be surprised at anything any
more, thumbed through his rec
ords and labeled eastern Wash
ington temperatures the lowest
July readings since 1916.
Sport fans at an outdoor fight
here last night shivered In a chilly
47 degree temperature. Only com-
I fnrtable fan was one wearing an
I Ali'ullan-type parka.
tire time of the congress will be
taken up with political bickering
and political legislation and poli
tical oratory, and I do not want
that to be brought about."
Barkley, who has taken no part
In the campaign since his nomina
tion two weeks ago, did not com
ment Immediately on the GOP
leaders' statement. He said yes
terday, however, that he thought
the president's legislative pro
gram was "reasonable" and could
be carried out "If congress would
take it seriously and go to work
on It."
The republican leadership cited
Barkley's comment in support of
its claim that "serious legislative
problems cannot be satisfactorily
handled In the midst of a political
campaign."