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NEWS COVERAGE
Volume LIX
Bend Tax Rate to Be 1 1 6.4
Mills, All-Time Record and
Highest in Deschutes County
Redmond Down to 91 .8 Mills, Show Figures
Released by Assessor; Schools Account for
Largest Share of Increase in 1 948-49 Bill
Bend property owners will pay taxes for the fiscal year of
1948-49 at a rate of 116.4 mills, an all-time high for the city,
according to figures released today from the office of Asses
sor Ed Risen.
Rend record tax rate includes the countv hasp milWe in 1
36.6 mills for the city levy, and 69.7 mils for schools. The
total Is an increase of 24 mills from last year, when the rate
stood at 92.4.
The levy for Bend falls Qn property with an assessed valua
U. S. Athletes
Continue Pace
At Olympic Meet
London, Aug. 2 (IP) Mai Whit
field of Ohio State set a record
winning the 800-meter run and
Owen Smith of San Francisco
copped the pole. vault today as a
driving rain failed to stem the tide
of U. S. Olympic track and field
triumphs.
Whitfield started the day's
glory for the U. S. by winning the
800 In 1 minute 49.2 seconds, snap
ping the old Olympic mark of
1:49.8 set in 1932 by Thomas
Hampson of Britain.
Herb Barten of Michigan was
fourth and Bob Chambers of Los
Angeles sixth.
Then Smith soared over the bar
at 14 feet IV inches, exactly two
Inches short of the Olympic rec
ord, t
E.O. Kataja of Finland was sec
ond with 13 feet nine Inches. Bob
Richards of Chicago was third. He
jumped the same height as the
Finn, but had more misses. Dick
sixth with 13 feet. -
Fall In Discus
However, the anks were doom-
,.A fn t l . .5 ; 1 . .
today when they failed to win the
discus throw. Instead, Adolfo Con
solini of Italy won It with a new
record toss of 173 feet two inches
and Gulseppe Tosi of Italy was
second. The U. S. had to settle
for third place, won by Fortune
Gordien, the University of Minne
sota world record breaker who
was favored to win the event.
In addition to those two gold
medals today, the Americans
started on their way to a pair of
victories tomorrow.
Mel Patton of Southern Cal
ifornia, Cliff Bourland of Los An
geles and Barney Ewell of Lan
caster, Pa., all moved into the
semifinals of the 200-meter dash.
All won their first heats, Ewell
and Patton In 21.6 and Bourland
in 21.3. Patton and Bourland won
their second round heats, Bour
land in 21.3 and Patton In 21.4.
Ewell was nipped by Jamaica's
Herb McKenley in 21.3 but still
qualified.
American Diver
Hurt at Olympics
London, Aug. 2 (IB Miller An
derson of Ohio state, one of the
lop American divers, was injured
today making an exhibition dive,
and may be scratched from the
high-board competition.
At first it was believed that
Anderson was definitely out of
future competition, but hospital
authorities said he would be dis
charged later today.
Anderson finished second in the
springboard diving Saturday.
Russian People
Freedom, Claims Kerensky
New York. Aue. 2 (IP A Rus-
san exile said today that if the
U. S. were to drive a wedge be
lween the Russian government
a"l Its people It would end the
communist aggression that
threatens to cause another war.
Writing In the August issue of
American Magazine, Alexander
wensky, former prime minister
xi Russia, declared that nearly
.TO,000 peasant families long
to be released from communist
mentation. He added that
"e 12,000,000 slave laborers
,L,he communists.
n here is hardly a family In
ussia which doesn't hope pas
sionately for revenge for the
monstrous wrong perpetrated by
communists," Kerensky said.
He said the- U. S. made a mis
" w'h its "get tough" policy
rjnat it should draw a distinc-
between the Russian gov
""went and its people.
lie LI. .V U.nulri oltnf Its
JV3, Kerpnelrv calH "anrt opt
THE B1MD
tion of ?5,001,835. Total asses
sed valuation for the county is
$13,263,847.
Redmond Kate Drops
The millage rate for the city
of Redmond dropped for the
second consecutive year and is
91.8, including 10.1 for coun
ty, 19.2 for city, and 62.5 for
schools. In the fiscal year 1946-47,
Redmond taxpayers had the high
est millage rate in the history of
the county, 125. The rate dropped
last year to 107.3, and the rate was
decreased this year by another
15.5 mills. Valuation in Redmond
Is $1,641,105 this year.
The total county general tax
rate of 10.1 mills is down .7 mill
from last year's 10.8.
The city of Sisters has a rate of
85.9 mills, compared to 89.1 last
year. Assessed valuation within
Deschutes county's smallest city
is $115,560.
The school millage, rate of 69.7
Is common for Bend and districts
20, 22, 28 and 35 C, which have
consolidated with the Bend sys
tem. Last year, millage rates for
the separate districts were as fol
lows: Arnold, 31.8; Richardson,
42.9; Hoech, 53.6, and Buena Vista,
29.3.
Total millage rates In rural
school districts are generally
higher this year, except for Clo
verdale, Which dropped from 92.2
mills to 8U.3 mills. School taxes
are equalized under terms of the
rural school , district law, which
went Into effect this year, requir
ing districts with higher "valua
tions to share with lower-valuation
districts the cost ef education.
Following is a table showing
the rate In mils for districts of the
county for the coming year, based
on the 1948 assessment.
School District 1948-49 1947-48
l.Bend 116.4 92.4
1. Outside Bend.... 79.8 61.9
2, Redmond 91.8 107.3
2. Outside Red- .
mond 72.6 82.6
2, Fire district .... 74.3 ' 84.3
3. Union High No.
1, Tumalo 61.4 58.2
3, Non-High 60.2 44.1
4, Lapine 60.2 40.4
5, Terrebonne,
Union High .... 78.5 77.3
5, Water District 93.2 90.8
5, Fire District .... 80.2 78.8
5, W.D.-F.D. '. 94.9 92.3
6, Sisters 85.9 89.1
6, Outside Sisters 60.2 63.6
6, Union High
No. 1 61.4 87.7
6, Fire District .... 70.2 73.6
12 Lower Bridge.... 61.4 53.2
12, Fire District .... 63.1 54.7,
15, Brothers 60.2 28.6
18, Cloverdale 80.3 82.2
21, Young 60.2 45.0-
23, Plainview 61.4 42.4
24, Alfalfa 61.4 55.1
24, Non-High 60.2 41.0
25, Harper 60.2 20.8
26, Milllcan 60.2 20.8
30, Deschutes 61.4 45.7
30, Fire District 63.1 47.2
CONVENTION OPENS
Boise, Ida., Aug. 2 (tl'i The
State Federation of Labor opened
Its 1948 convention here today.
Long for
i l.ii., onttrlnolv to drive a
wedge between the communist
government ana tne nussian
pie, America would end for all
time. I believe, the communist
aggression that threatens to pro
duce another war."
Kerensky said the government
should get behind the "iron cur
tain" and tell the Russian peo
ple It considers them apart from
their communist government.
"The time Is ripe" for such a
move, he said.
"Sabotage is Increasing," Ker
enskv said. "The Iron curtain
is full of holes. . . Stalin fears,
more perhaps than the atomic
bomb, a campaign reaching
everv corner of Russia telling the
truth Hbout the ideals of the peo
ple of the II. S. and their desire
that the dictalorship of the com
munist party be destroyed."
He said Stalin knows he can
not mobilize the Soviets to wage
war on a nation that wants Rus
sia to be "strong, united and
free."
BEND,
She Ruled as
L
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Munkres Photo ',.
Mrs. Jane Demaris, 80, a resident of the Prineville community since
she was a small girl, ruled as queen Sunday afternoon when Crook
county pioneers held their 14th annual reunion, in Prineville. In a
touching Incident at the end of the program, Queen Jane presented
her bouquet of gladiolus to Miss Joyce Davis Miss Oregon of 1948.,
Crook County Pioneers Hold
Annual Meeting at Prineville;
Jane Demaris Rules as Queen
Prineville, Aug. 2 (Special) Pioneers of a mother county
larger than some eastern states, Crook as its boundaries stood
in 1882, met here yesterday for their 14th annual reunion,
with Jane Demaris, 80, presiding as queen.
Highlights of the program were the coronation of Queen
Jane, a picnic lunch under the poplars of Pioneer park and an
address by Ormond R. Bean, president of the Sons and Daugh
ters of Oregon Pioneers. ,.,
In an unscheduled; touching
gram, Queen Jane, who has'
lived in the Prineville commu
nity since she was a small girl,
presented her bouquet of gla
diolus to Miss Joyce Davis, of
Redmond Miss Oregon of
1948.
Presents Bouquet
The graceful pioneer of the
'eighties, clad in a blue gown and
wearing a golden crown, met pe
tite Miss Oregon at the edge of
the speakers' stand, to present the
Redmond girl with the huge bou
quet. Miss Davis was still holding
the bouquet later when she re
sponded to a request for a song hy
singing "When Irish Eyes Are
Smiling".
Seated tvith the pioneer moth
er on the speakers' platform were
seven queens of former years
Hattie Read, Dora Templeton, Vir
ginia Lvtle. America Crooks, An
na Sumner, Elizabeth Schaffer
and Mary Howard. In mid-afternoon,
the ex-queens were joined
by Belle Taylor.
Mrs. Reed Oldest
Oldest pioneer in attendance
was Mrs. Reed, 93, who lives in
Madras. The pioneer present who
had lived the longest In the area
now embraced in Crook county
was Mrs. Schaffer, one of the ex
queens. She claims residence from
July 15, 1809. George Slayton,
first president of the Crook Coun
ty Pioneers association, also
claimed residence dating to 1869,
but yielded honors to Mrs. Schaf
tcr. , ,
Dolly Hodges Fessler, who has
headed the association for the
past two years, presided at the
Sunday meeting, opening event of
which was the crowning of the
queen. Crown bearer was little
Ann Demaris, a great grand
daughter of the queen. The cor
onation prayer was by Rev. A. D.
Vaughn, with Shirley Stearns and
Mary Louise Powell leading in the
singing of America. Suzanne
Michel was accompanist.
Memorial Kites Held
After eating picnic lunches and
iHuillnu far lust short of two
hours, the pioneers resumed their
meeting at 2 p.m.. iohowhik im.
Introduction of former queens. In
(Continued on Page 5)
New Grand Jury
Selected Today
A new grand Jury was drawn
this morning from the list of
veniremen called for the special
session of circuit court. The
seven members of the jury were
sworn In, given their Instructions
and dismissed subject to call.
The new members are Martha
Conklin, Mildred M. Kelley, John
Massart, E. G. McCabe, Loyde
Blnkley, A. I. Lewis, and Inez H.
Cyrus.
Other veniremen summoned
for the special session were ex
cused subject to call. No other
trial cases will be considered In
the special session.
CENTRAL OREGON'S
DESCHUTES COUNTY; OREGON. MONDAY, AUGUST
Pioneer Queen
i
Scetie near the end of the prtf
; T
Miller Joins Bend
Fire Department
John R. Miller. 30, a Bend resi
dent for 16 years, today assumed
his duties as a regular member
of the Bend fire department. He
served in a similar capacity sev
eral years ago, but left In April,
1942, to join the Portland fire
department. In December, 1942,
he enlisted in the army air corps,
and was stationed in Texas as an
aerial gunner. When he was re
leased in February, 1946, he re
turned to his work In Portland.
Miller qualified for appoint
ment to the local department by
being one of three highest-rank
ing applicants in civil service ex
aminations held July 10 and July
20 at Bend high school. Others
who passed the tests and were
placed on an eligibility list are
Robert S. Anderson, Arnold J.
Kahler, Maurice H. Kelley and
Lee V. Ogden. If vacancies occur
In the department within the next
two years, appointments will be
made from this group.
The tests were given under the
direction of the state civil serv
ice commission, with Claude
Cook, of Bend, acting as monitor.
Members of the local board are
George Gove, chairman; A. O.
Schilling and L. H. Helphrey. The
three men who ranked highest in
the tests were referred to. City
manager C. G. Relter for inter
views. Miller Is a Bend high school
graduate, and served as stCKlent
body president in his senior year.
He arrived in Bend yesterday, and
his wife will follow In about a
week.
Employment of an additional
man on the fire department was
necessitated when a new time
schedule went Into effect, accord
ing (o Fire chief LeRoy Fox. Un
der the new set-up, each man is
on duty 72 hours a week, rather
than 84. as formerly. The fire
chief said that the shorter work
ing week Is being adopted by
many fire departments.
There arc 10 men, Including the
chief, on the Bend fire depart
ment. Superforts on
Way to Japan
Manila, Aug. 2 dpi Two Amer
ican superfortresses left Clark
field tonight for the U. S. air
force base at Yokota, Japan, on a
mostly overwater leg of their
flight around the world.
The B29's left at 10 p.m., 12'i
hours after arriving from Ceylon.
On their arrival, they were wel
comed by MaJ. Gen. E. L. Eubank,
commander of the 13th air force.
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DAILY
NEWSPAPER
French Plane
Missing With
52 on Board
Mid-Atlantic Region
Searched for Trace of
Huge Lost Flying Boat
Paris, Aug. 2 IP Sea and air
units searched the nild-Atlamlc
some 1,400 miles west of the Af
rican coast today for a huge, six-
enginned French flying boat
missing with 52 persons aboard.
The plane, a Latescoere Ml,
the largest commercial airliner
in the world, was last heard from
at 8 a. m. EDT Saturday. It dis
appeared In tne sea on a flight
from Fort de France, Martinique,
in the French West Indies, to Port
Entlenne, French West Africa.
Port Entlenne is north of Dakar.
Air France said the missing
plane carried 40 passengers and
a crew of 12. No passenger list
was available In Paris and It was
not known if any notables were.
aboard.
Join Search
Authorities here reported that
American long range planes and
regular cargo ships had joined
the search, and that the French
submarine Creole was dispatched
to tne area.
French naval authorities order
ed a warship and naval planes
trom Dakar to search for the
missing airliner and ships at sea
were notified to be on the lookout.
Air France sent two long range
planes to join the search, one a
Latecoere 631, a sister ship to the
missing plane, and the other an
air France Constellation,
i The U. S. coast guard cutter
Campbell, on patrol duty in the
mid-Atlantic, notified the U. S.
embassy that it was steaming to
the last known position of the
giant sky queen.
Gives Position
j Air France said the missing
plane left Martinique at 10:50
a. m. EDT Saturday and was
scheduled to arrive at Port En
tlenne at 9 p. m. It was last heard
gom at .8 p m., -whrti-lt gave.
no tiaiuui, aitu aniu an was wen.
The position given by the plane
was aoout i.iuu miles short of its
destination in an area some 850
to 900 nautical miles northwest
of -the Cape Verde islands.
The U. S. embassy notified Air
t ranee tnat an American radio
station in the Azores had picked
up a distress signal from the sky
queen. The time of the message
was not Known.
Should all aboard be lost, it
would be the worst disaster on
the Transatlantic run and the
third worst aviation 'disaster In
history. Fifty-three persons were
Killed in each of two air chashes
last year, a Douglas DC-4 crash
in Maryland In May and another
DC-4 crash In the mountains of
Colombia, South America, last
February.
Men "Arraigned
On Burglary Count
Stanley Paul and Ben Thomas,
both of Bend, were arraigned be
fore Justice of the peace Wilson
George Saturday on a charge of
breaking and entering. Paul waiv
ed preliminary hearing and grand
jury Indictment.
Thomas demanded a prelimin
ary hearing. Their bail was set at
$2500 apiece. The men were ar
rested Thursday morning after
Paul had entered Carroll's body
and fender shop.
STORE BURGLARIZED
Klamath Falls, Aug. 2 (IP) Po
lice said today the local Safeway
store was burglarized during the
week end by thieves who took an
undisclosed amount of cash and
checks. Chief Orville Hamilton
said bars at a rear window had
been sawed and a strongbox-type
safe ripped open.
Industrialist Again Fails
To Collect Withholding Tax
Westport, Conn., Aug. 2 lli
Industrialist Vivien Kellems, who
doesn't like the federal withhold
ing tax law, announced she
hadn't withheld their employes'
taxes for the second quarter oi
1948.
She said she had written Presi
dent Truman and Secretary of the
treasury John W. Snyder asking
them what they Intended to do
about It.
The last lime she "refused lo
act as a tax collector for the gov
ernment" It cost her $837 In taxes,
the same amount In fines and a
$10 fine for "Interest." The gov
ernment collected by attaching
her bank account.
In her letter to Snyder, Miss
Kellems said her employes had
forwarded their taxes directly to
the internal revenue department
for the second quarter.
Miss Kellems, owner of a small
cable grip factory here, said that
ETM
U
2, 1948
Third Set of
Twins Born to
Ohio Woman
Akron, O., Aug. 2 UH Mrs.
Margaret Summers, 29, a former
army Wac, gave birth to her third
set or twins in ci months early
today In Peoples hospital here.
Mrs. Summers, who married
her GI sweetheart, Charles, 31, on
New Guinea In the South Pacific
three and one half years ago, said
she was "flabbergasted" by her
third set of twins. "But I'm also
quite happy about it."
The twins are boys, as are her
second set. The first pair of twins
are girls and they were born in
May, 1946.
Summers, a woraer tor tne Co
lumbia Chemical Co., in nearby
Barberton, O., was also "flabber
gasted." He said It "won't be easy"
to take care oi tne tnree sets.
The Summers live in Doyles-
town. O.. near Akron. They are
currently building a house under
a GI loan.
Effort to Smash
Senate Filibuster
Meets Failure
Washlneton. Aue. 2 (IP) A re-
DUbllcan effort to smash the
southern anti-poll tax filibuster
failed today, senate presiaem Ar
thur H. Vandenberg invoked a
31-year-old senate rule to block a
move to limit aeoate.
Senate reuublicans. backed by
four administration senators, tri
ed to break a three-day filibuster
by filing a petition to invoke do-
ture-limit ceDaie.
But Vandenberg ruled that clo
ture could be invoked only to lim
it debate on a "measure." The
southerners have been filibuster
ing since Thursday on a motion
to take up tne anu-pou tax oni.
The measure itself Is not yet be
fore the senate.
Democrats Join
The cloture petition bore the
names of four democrats and
more , than a dozen republican
senators. It was Hied by acting
republican leader Kennetn t,
Wherrv of Nebraska.
The four democrats who joined
the republicans In moving to lim
it debate to one hour for each
senator were democratic leader
Alben W. Berkley of Kentucky,
president Truman s vice presiden
tial running mate, Sens. J. How
ard McGrath and Theodore Fran
cis Green, both of Rhode Island,
and Claude Pepper of Florida.
While senate republicans tried
to break the filibuster, the house
met to listen to another round
of "lt's-your -fault- we're-here
speeches. House committees have
not sent any legislation 10 me
floor since congress reconvened
a week ago.
Rail Unions Seek
Third Round Boost
Washlneton. Aug. 2 Three
railroad unions hoped today to
clear the last obstacle blocking
the start of thelrd-round pay
raise negotiations.
Heads of the engineers, fire
men and switchmen were due to
return here for Joint conferences
with the railroads and presiden
tial assistant John R. Steelman
on details of the formula which
settled the threatened nationwide
strike by the unions.
Once the formal agreement Is
signed, the three unions and rail
roads will begin negotiations on
the union's demands for a third
round pay boost of $2.25 a day.
The unions estimate this Is the
"unsettled" portion of their 30
per cent "second round" demand.
They regard the $1.24-a-day raise
gained In the previous wage
movement as a "down payment."
If she was going to act as "collec
tor for the government" she
wanted to be paid for her work.
She said she deliberately broke
the law to test its constitutional
ity.
The industrialist told Mr. Tru
man In her letter that she ad
dressed him "not only as presi
dent of the U. S., but as a candi
date In the coming election and
as a voter."
"I wish to ascertain your posi
tion on the withholding tax," she
said.
Miss Kellems said she assisted
her employes In making out
money orders for the amount of
their taxes' which thev themselves
mailed to the Internal revenue de.
partment.
She said she would continue to
do all she could to heln her em
ployes pay their taxes "as the law
requires" but would not act "as a
collection agency for the tax de
partment "
Envoys of Western Powers
Believed in Session With
Stalin to Air Berlin Issue
Presentation of Two-Point Plan, Calling
For Lifting of Blockade and Four-Power
Talks, Expected to Be Made to Soviet Premier
Moscow. Autr. 2 MJ.R) Envoys of the western powers went
to the Kremlin tonight, apparently for a meeting with Pre
mier Josef Stalin.
The diplomats representing the United States, Great Bri
tain and France entered the Kremlin nt 9 p.m, (1 p.m. EDT) .
Earlier tonight they received word from the ministry ot
foreign affairs, the first since W. Bedell Smith of America,
Frank Roberts of Britain and Yves Chataigneau of France
asked Foreign minister V. M.1
Molotov for a meeting with
Stalin.
After the message hnd been
received, reliable quarters un
derstood the emissaries had
meen asked to confer with sov
iet officials.
Whether it was the meeting
with Stalin for which they asked,
was not known or was not being
made public at the time.
To Present Plan
A source close to the western
diplomatic representatives said
they would present Stalin with a
simple two-point plan agreed on
at London to resolve the German
crisis.
This plan calls for the Russians
to lift the Berlin blockade In re
turn for four-power talks on the
entire German situation, probably
on the foreign ministers level.
It was understood the western
envoys will suggest a news
blackout when actual discussions
start. It was expected there would
be no runner news available in
Moscow until the results of the
talks were made public in all four
capitals.
The western request to talk di
rectly with Stalin on the Berlin
crisis was made In meeting with
Molotov Saturday night. Molotov
returned quickly from his sum
m an . irilln mttclrln Mnonw nftai-
the western envoyjp informed his
deputy of the mattii'g they wished
to discuss,
Sisters Man Is
Killed by Log
Wilbur Ora Rife, 40, Sisters,
was killed Saturday afternoon
when he was struck by a log
which rolled from a truck which
he was loading. Mr. Rife was
working alone on Fly creek, north
of Sisters, when the accident oc
curred. He was dead when other
workmen reached him, and he
was brought Immediately to the
Nlswonger and Winslow funeral
home. He had been employed by
the Fly Creek Lumber company
only a short time.
Funeral sevlces will be held at
the graveside at the Rest Haven
cemetery In Eugene on Wednes
day morning.
Mr. Rife was born on March 1,
1908, In Deweese, Neb. He had
been a resident of Sisters for sev
eral years, moving there from Eu
gene, tie was a member ot tne
Bend Elks lodge. He la survived
by his wife, Mildred, and daugh
ter, Linda Jo, 7, of Sisters; and his
mother, Mrs. Maude Rife, Eugene.
Veteran Housing
Probe Planned
Washington, Aug. 2 ( A
score of U. S. attorneys from as
many large cities will meet here
Thursday and Friday to plan "all
out prosecution" of persons nc
cused of cheating home-buying
veterans.
The conference was called by
Attorney general Tom C. nark
who said "the veterans' housing
program is a matter of grave
concern to the department of jus
tice." He said prosecution of their
complaints has been given "top
priority."
The attorneys were summoned
from areas "where It Is indicated
housing complaints have been
most numerous," the department
said.
The areas Include San Fran
cisco, Los Angeles, Washington,
D. C; Miami, Atlanta, Chicago,
Des Moines, Topeka, New Orleans,
Baltimore, Hoslon, Detroit, Kan
sas City. Hillings, Mont.; New
York and Brooklyn, Houston, Kan
Antonio, Madison, Wis., and
Grand Rapids, Mich.
BOARD MKETS
Salem, Aug. 2 Hit The stale
emergency board was scheduled
to meet here this afternoon to con
sider the application of the board
of higher education to start con
struction on several School build
ings and projects.
Stafe Forecast
OREGON Partly cloudy
and a little cooler today
with scattered afternoon
thunder showers in extreme
east portion.
No. 48
Former Red Says
Communist Party
Is Fifth Column
Washington, Aug. 2 (W Louis
Budenz, former U. S. communist
leader, today charged that the
communist party of America is a
"fifth column of soviet Russia",
committed to destruction of the
American republic.
Budenz was called out of turn
as a witness in the senate inves
tigating committee's Inquiry into
communists In government. . '
Chairman Homer Ferguson, R.,
Mich., explained that Budenz was
scheduled to leave the country
by plane tonight and asked to be
heard Immediately.
The senate's hearing reopened
as house Investigators set out to
learn whether any ot the tormer
government officials, accused or
funnellng Information to a com
munist spy ring, arc still in a
position to "soil us down the river
to Russia." .
Ferguson said Budenz would be
able to "shed some light" on facts
disclosed last week before the
committee by JVllss .Ellza.beth T
Bent lev. px.rnfnninnlRf snv
To InvesUgiile Officials
Rep. Karl E. Mundt, S. D., rank-'
Ing republican on the house un
American activities committee,
said that group will Investigate
the present jobs of all of the 30
odd officials named by Miss Ellz-
abeth T. Bentley.
Miss Bentley, confessed war
time courier for the espionage
ring, was being kept in protec
tive custody while two congress
ional committees due further into
her startling revelations.
The senate's Investigating com
mittee recalled William W. Rem
ington. 30-year-old eovernment
economist, who Miss Bentley said
suppnea ine ring witn secret war
production data. He has denied
that he ever gave her any Infor
matlon she couldn't have read in
the newspapers.
27 Couples Get
Licenses in July
Marriaec licenses Issued riurtno
July exactly equaled the number
issued in June a total of 27 dur
ing each month. Total receipts
In the countv clerk's offleo for
July were $1,505.10, slightly more
mini me qi,i:.).z3 received In
June.
There were 17 divorces riin-incr
July as opposed to 11 months
June. Filing and recording ac
counted for $1,203 of the total;
dog licenses, $7.50, and games
licenses, $6.
LOADING 1IALTKI)
San Francisco. Auir. 2 OH) Tin
longshoremen halted loading and
unloading ot snips on the San
Francisco waterfront yesterday,
putting into effect their "no work
on Sunday" program.
Impressions
of
Central Oregon Visitors
A family from Illinois visited
Crater lake yesterday "lo see If
it's really as blue as It Is on the
picture postcards. And we
weren't disappointed."
Mr. and Mrs. L. II. Nickels and
daughters, Virginia Lee and Har
riet, were in Bend toilay on their
lour of the northwest.
"We're very favorably Impress
ed with this country," Mrs. Nick
els said, "and we want to live out
here some day." Mrs. Nickels
lived In Washington and Oregon
before moving to Illinois. Al
though the Nickels like the Cen
tral Oregon country, they will
probably settle somewhere west
of the mountains.
Nickels was particularly Im
pressed by the views he had swn
of most of the famous mountain
peaks In Oregon. "That's one ad
vantage this country has over tha
coast," he said. "Here, you can
almost always see the mountains."