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Volume .LIX
BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. AUG. 11. 1948
No. 56
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Completion
Now
Contract Let for Bridge
Over Mill Creek; Paving
Job to Be Done in 1949
A contract for construction of
the Mill creek bridge, a vital link
in the Warm Springs highway,
was awarded by the state high
way commission at Portland yes
terday afternoon to Don L. Coon-
ev 01 oeaiut?,. ai vvwv.
'Additional good' news for cut'-
l0H route between Central Oregon
points and Portland was an. an
nouncement war me ,seven-mue
section of the road through the
Mt. Hood national forest would
be paved next year, using a $385,-
000 allocation of forest road funds
for the Job. inis section, irom
Ihe Warm Springs reservation
boundary to the junction with
the Wapinitia highway, is the
only remaining section to be plac
ed under a paving cumiaci.
Completion in Sight
Surfacing of this seven-mile
section and construction of the
535-foot Mill creeK Driage win
bring to completion, possibly In
late 1949, a highway that has
been Central Oregon's number
one road project for nearly a
dozen years.
In addition to snoriening ine
distance to Portlanjl, the com
pleted road will eliminate the
Cow Canyon section of highway
97 in travel between Portland
and Central Oregon. The Warm
SDiines highway leaves highway
97 at Madras and joins the Wa
pinitia route at Clear creek on
the Mt. Hood national forest.
Will Increase Travel
Completion of the route is ex
pected to result in a large in
crease in north-south travel
through Central Oregon and may
also funnel additional travel onto
the Ochoco and Central Oregon
highways. Several .times .in the
llpast year norin-souin commer
cial traffic has been routed
through Central Oregon because
JU flood conditions on the west
Oside.
Another contract awarded by
the highway commission yester
day was for work on the Salt
creek-Odell butte section of the
Willamette highway. This job,
calling for macadam surfacing
;of 15 miles of road, was given to
E. C. Hall company, of Tigard,
at a bid price of $541,600.
Attending the highway com
mission meeting from Central
Oregon were William Niskanen,
chairman of the Central Oregon
chamber of commerce highway
committee, and William J. Baer,
chairman of a similar committee
in the Bend chamber.
Industry Studies
Mobilization Plan
Portland, Aug. 11 HP) Indus
trial mobilization plans, designed
to meet any crisis, are now un
der way in the national capital-,
according to R. A. Colgan, Jr., ex
ecutive vice president of the Na
tional Lumber Manufacturers'
association. .
Colgan, here for a directors'
meeting of his organization which
opened yesterday, said the na
tional security resources board
and the munitions board are lay
ing out "paper" emergency mo-
He said the lumber Industry is
onsldered in the readily convert
ible category, and therefore Is not
llioh nn U F nt,kAP
e,. nit tigi-uutta ui tiiiivri
ward. However, he added, the
resources board in particular is
already considering a staff for a
forest products division which
will formulate emergency plans
me lumoer industry.
ngs
Assured
bovver Corn Prices May Add
To Meat Prices,
Washington, Aug. 11 ill" Agri
culture department officials pre
dicted today that the prospects of
a record corn crop this year will
send meat prices higher in the
"ar future, hill If will mpnn "een-
prally lower food prices and a bet-
isuppiy next year.
These officials said that if the
""mated 3,506.363.000 bushel
Jrn crop becomes a reality this
'aH. it Will mpnn Minnrnr f(nH and
farmers will withhold more ani-
rcals from the market for fatten
lnf and breeding,
n brief, they explained it this
1. THo . .m
frep a drnn nf nt innct npr cpM
i-orn prices between now and
timber.
New Central Oregon Telephone Directory Printed
Pictured here are some of the 8,500 new Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. directories, being pre
pared for attribution this week end in Bend, Madras, Gilchrist, Prinevllle and Lapine. H. C. Kerron,
P. T. and T. manager, is shown in The Bulletin printing department examining a pile of 2,000 direc
tories that will go to Prinevllle. The August, 1948, directories, are the largest ever prepared for Cen
tral Oregon distribution, and the number is the greatest.
Canwell Hearing
Witness Fired
From School Staff
Seattle, Aug. 11 IP Theodore
R. Astley, University of Wash
ington veterans' counselor who
was one of 13 "reluctant" wit
nesses at the recent un-American
activities hearings here, was dis
missed by university officials to
day for "generally unsatisfactory
work." . ,
- Donald K.1 Anderson, director
of public information at the uni
versity, said " the present action
is based on the quality of his
work and can in no sense be re
garded as a result of his politi
cal activities or his behavior be
fore the committee."
' Ejected From Hearing
Astley, 29, was ejected by state
patrolmen during sessions of the
Canwell committee when he tried
to make a speech from the wit
ness stand. The legislative group
was investigating alleged com
munist activities on the eampus.
Astley said the dismissal, ef
fective Sept. 1, was "black-listing
against those who advocate the
candidacy of Henry Wallace." ,
In another aftermath of the
recent hearings, six witnesses
who appeared before Canwell's
group faced contempt charges to
day. Prosecutor Lloyd Shorett charg
ed the defendants "willfully re
fused to answer proper material
questions before a legislative
committee."
The six cited in the complaint
were Ralph Gundlach, university
professor; Burton James, Flor
ence Bean James and Albert Ot
tenheimer of the Seattle reper
tory playhouse, and Rachmiel
Forschmeidt, Seattle-King county
sanitary engineer.
HARVEST CHERRIES
Joe Holmes, of 1929 Hill street,
has three Royal Anne cherry trees
in his yard that produced a bump
er crop this year, he reported to
day. He planted the trees 20 years
ago, and since they have been ma
ture to bear, have produced three
good crops, he said. This year's
crop Is by far the best, he added.
Holmes was picking the cher
ries today on the largest of the
trees, 20 feet high, which was al
most weighted down with the
fruit. He estimated that the yield
would probably be about 75
pounds. The other two trees yield
ed a toal of 89 pounds, he said.
Say Officials
2. Lower corn prices will make
it more profitable for farmers to
use a larger portion of their corn
for livestock feeding.
3. Some beef cattle, hogs and
poultry, which normally would
have gone to market during the
next few months, will be withheld
for fattening and breeding. This
will cut heavily into already short
supplies of these commodities
1 and. Inevitably,
: nrippS.
cause iuk'hm
However, experts look for more
nnd better beef at somewhat low
er prices starting in January or
Uphniarv and Drobably continu
ing until farmers ran get a line
: iho 1MP, mm cron. They anlici
i natp a sharp Increase In pig pro-
duciion wnn gencuuj iovi i.-
I prices in 1949.
NOV'- v ' "vN&V?
Highly Prized
Boar Shot by
Hunting Party
Ukiah, Calif., Aug. 11 (IP) Four
hunters on a search for wild hogs
in the mountainous area of Men
docino county were in jail today
because they shot millionaire
George Newell's prize registered
boar.
The four men were identified as
Jess Robefs, W. C. Hunt, Frank
Nowak and Raymond Rivera, all
of Oakland.
They told Gordon Trash, Cove
lOi Calif., ' meat market owner,
they had shot "one of the biggest
wild boars you ever saw."
When they proudly brought the
450-pound animal in to Trash's
market to put in cold storage, the
butcher recognized the carcass as
the remains of Newell's cham
pionship boar.
A few minutes after the four
men went back into the moun
tains to see if they couldn't bag
another "wild boar," Newell walk
ed into the meat market;
"Your prize pig is hanging in
the cooler," Trash told Newell.
"Oh, no!" Newell exclaimed.
Band to Give Final
Park Concert of
Summer Season
i Sousa's famous "Stars and
Stripes Forever" will lead off the
final municipal band concert oi
the summer season in Drake park
Thursday evening. The pro
gram, consisting mainly of gay
nineties tunes, classical ballads,
and American marches, will begin
at 8 p.m.
The band's next appearance
will be at fhe Crooked River ro
deo in Prinevllle on Aug. 21 and
22.
"Old Timers" waltz will be the
second number of the evening,
with "Under the Double Eagle"
march, Wagner-Laurendeau, rfol
lowing. Next will come two rol
icklng songs, "Beer Barrel Polka',
arranged by Briegel, and "Take
Me Out to the Ball Game," ar
ranged by Edward Morbach.
The remainder of the program
will consist of "Barnum and Bai
ley's Favorite" march, K. L.
King; "Just a Cottage Small,"
Hanlcy Bennett ; "My Pony Boy,"
arranged by Briegel; "Rose Ma
rie," Priml-Stothart; "National
Emblem" march, E. E. Bagley;
and "Irish Tune from County
Derry," arranged by P. Granger.
The 45-plece municipal band,
under the direction of Don P.
Pence, has been presenting con
certs In the park weekly since
July 8.
French Premier
Survives Test
Paris, Aug. 11 'IP1 The two-weeks-old
government of Premier
Andre Marie survived its first
major test today when the assem
bly passed the economic reform
bill of Finance minister Paul
P.jynaud.
The vote was 325 to 215, with 49
abstentions.
The measure which had been
debated since last Friday now
sops to the council of the republic.
Hew Telephone
Books to Reach
Subscribers
Final work in preparing 8,500
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Co. directories for distribution In
Bend, Madras, Prinevllle, Gileh
rist and Lapine Is under way in
The Bulletin office and, according
to information from H. Kerron,
local manager, the directories will
be placed in the mail this week
end. Delivery in Bend has been set
for Monday.
The August, 1948, directory is
the largest ever printed and holds
140 pages. Indicative of the
growth, of the Central Oregon
communities, the books hold many
new listings the greatest num
ber by far ever to appear in a
Central Oregon directory.
Bend will receive the greatest
number of the directories, inas
much as the city on June 1 had
4,010 telephones. Prinevllle will
receive some 2,000 of the books.
Madras, Gilchrist and Lapine fol
low in order. This past week end,
dial telephones were placed in op
eration in Lapine.
Not only are there many new
listings in the August directory,
but there are scores of number
changes.
Bend Man Not
Board Chairman
J. D. Donovan, who has been
named as a member of the Central
Oregon selective service board for
the peacetime draft, said today
that announcement made In last
night's Bulletin, stating he has ac
cepted chairmanship of the board,
is premature. The board will
name a chairman at a meeting In
the near future, he said.
Donovan added that he had been
reluctant to accept appointment
to the board until announcement
was made that the office would
be located In Bend. Because of
stress of other business, it would
not be convenient for him to make
frequent trips to Madras and
Prineville on draft business, he
said.
Besides, Donovan, men who
have bpen named to the board are
Carey iV. Foster, of Prinevllle.
and J. V. Brooks, Sr., of Madras.
The throe will meet In the near
future to complete arrangements
for opening the office In the Bend
postof flee building August 16. The
office of the state selective service
commission had asked for sugges
tions for a location, and the only
space offered is room 202 of the
federal building, the same office
used In world war two, when
Donovan served as chairman of
the draft board.
CONDITION IMPROVED
Kathy LoBlanc and Norma Jo
f-'cott, '18-month-old girls Reri
ously III from eating a quantity
of pills, were reported to bo con
sidniably Improved today. The
girls are daughters of Mr. nnd
Mrs. R. J. LcBlanc, of Bond, and
Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Scott, of Spo
kane. They are at St. Charles
hospital. The accident occurred
Monday at the LcBlanc home.
Western Powers Place
Blockade Into Effect In Berlin
U.S.Hoopmen
Reach Finals
In Olympics
London, Aug. 11 HI'' The U. S.
basketball team moved Into the
finals of the Olympic tournament
today with a 71 to 40 semi-finals
win over Mexico.
The Yanks will meet the winner
of tonight's France-Brazil semi
final in the cnampionsnip contest
Friday.
The American team Jumped off
to a fast start in the semi-final
clash with Mexico, running up a
30 to 15 lead at the half.
But the victory did not come
too easily. The Mexicans matched
the Yanks for height, one advan
tage the Americans heretofore en
Joyed unchallenged in the tourna
ment. The Yanks definitely had the
superior team, however. Fast and
deceptive with a collegiate start
ing lineup, Coach Bud Browning's
crew came within a point of the
U. S. total in the hard-fought first
half.
After the Americans took a 13-
5 lead, the Mexicans closed the
gap before they fell behind again.
Hank Herring, z-year-pia ne
pro welterweight from San Diego,
Cal., scored a decisive victory
over Paddy Foran of Eire in the
Olympic welterweight boxing
eliminations. ,
... Herring knocked Foran Into a
'tttng position halfwaj through
the ropes as the ben sounaea end
ing the last round. The American
scored heavily from the opening
gong, knocking Foran down
twice. But he never was able to
put the plucky Irishman away.
As a result of his victory, Her
ring, who is all-Pacific navy
champion and winner of the Gold
en Gloves, reached the Quarter
final round, where he will meet
Aldio Herrera of Argentina.
Sure-shot basketball players
and sharpshooting boxers carried
the main Interest of Americans
today as the Olympic games mov
ed into their final throe days of
activity before the ceremonial fi
nale on Saturday.
For all practical purposes, the
race for the unofficial team
championship has been over for
several davs. Possessed of 31 gold
medals and 531 points, the Unit
ed States Olympic team has more
than fulfilled the gaudy promises
made for it and made the games
a one-nation show of power.
Russia Ignores
U. S. Request
Washington. Aug. 11 ill1) State
department officials disclosed to
day that Russia, while demanding
the return of a soviet schoolmas
ter, has Ignored a U. S. request
for release of more than 200
claimants to American citizen
ship. These officials said this coun
try made Its request in a formal
note to Moscow on May 28, 1947.
The note never has been answer
ed. Authorities hinted strongly that
the Russians may he reminded of
this when the state department
replies to the soviet ambassador's
demand for release of schoolmas
ter Mikhail Ivanvitch Samarin.
The teacher has appealed to U. S.
authorities In New York to keep
him from being sent home.
Impressions
of
Central Oregon Visitors
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Horlno were
driving through Bend yesterday
after visiting In Klamath Falls.
They plan to go home to Bloom
ington, III., hy way of Yellowstone
park. Although they have been in
Oregon before this is their first
trln Into Central Oregon.
"The trees along Ihe highway
Mre beautiful," Mrs. Horlne com
mented. "We like this country
very much." Her husband second
ed this and declared that "our va
cation In Oregon has been very
enioyable."
Mrs. Horlne was surprised at
the number of thunderstorms In
OreRon during the past two
weeks. "I hear they are pretty
unusual for this country, hut I
xiippose you're bound to have
them when It gets so hot," she
remarked.
Woman Spy Tells Committee
Of Receiving Cash and Star
From Soviet Embassy Official
Washington, Aug. 11 ''U.E) Elizabeth T. Bentley said today
that Anatol Gromov, first secretary of the soviet embassy,
gave her $2,000 and told her she had been awarded the red
star for her services as a spy on the American government. .
Miss Bentley told the house un-Ameriean activities com
mittee that the pay-off took place on the New York waterfront
on Oct. 17, 1945, while she was under surveillance by FBI
agents.
At that time, she said, she knew Gromov only as "Al."
Miss Bentley has been the No. 1 witness in a congressional
GOP Leaders
Forecast Success
In November Vote
Meeting yesterday for a lun
cheon session at the Pine Tavern,
half a hundred Central Oregon
republican women heard party
leaders f ram Portland predict suc
cess for the Dewey-Warren team
this November, when voters will
make their trek to the polls to
name a president and vice-presi
dent of the United States. In the
Portland group were Mrs. Will
lam Burns, Mrs. Roy Bishop, Mrs.
Mary Ross Walker and Ralph
Cake.
Principal speaker at the affair
was Mrs. Burns, state president
of thd Oregon Federation of
Women's Republican clubs, and
chief clerk of the Oregon senate.
She declared that the American
people want "a dignified govern
menl, one in which officers will
not assume the role of benefac
tors," adding that both republi
cans and democrats went to "re
turn good government to the
United States."
Describes Convention
Mrs. Burns presented a behind-the-scenes
picture of Oregon's
part in the national G.O.P. nomin
ating convention at Philadelphia,
which she attended. She credited
Cake, national republican com
mitteeman, with prominence In
the strategy which resulted in
nomination of Gov. Earl Warren,
of California, as Gov. Dewey's
running mate. Lamar Tooze, offi
cial delegate to the convention
and Cake's partner in law, made
the nominating address from
notes which he made on the
floor, using his knee for a desk,
Mrs. Burns said.
Mrs. Burns also reported brief
ly on the national convention of
the women's federation, which
she also attended In Philadelphia.
Her orcanlzatlon cultivates poli
tical' thinking and education
among Its members and their as
sociates, she said.
Train leaders
One of the oblocts of the organi
zation Is to train women for lead-
(Continued on Pago 5)
Meat Strike Is
Started in Bend
Women of the Moose voted 100
per cent last night to go on strike
against high meat prices. The
women agreedi not to buy any
meat afall until next Tuesday
night and then only If beef has
gone down to GO cents a pound or
below.
"We're Joining the rest of the
ladles in the nation in an attempt
to hrlng these high prices down,"
said Mrs. Robert R. Anrlerson,
chairman of the membership com
mittee of the Women of the
Moose. "We'll continue Just as
long as the rest of Ihe nation Is
fighting this price war," she de
clared. Each of the more than 25 wom
en present at the meeting last
night Is calling from five to ten
other housewives today to pass
the word along. They, in turn, will
call five of their friends. Reports
today Indicated that the women's
organization is getting whole
hearted support from other Bond
women.
Butchers contacted today could
see no change In the amount of
beef going out over the counter.
One commented that "If anything,
business has perked up the last
couple of days." Another said It
would bo "two or three days be
fore we can toll" whether the
strike Is effective.
investigation, of alleged- red
undergrounds and soviet spy
rings in the capital. She said
she made periodic trips from
New York to pick up wartime
military secrets gathered by
various government employes
lor Russia.
Renounced Communists
At the time of the Russian pay
off, which has been confirmed by
the FBI, she had renounced the
communists and told the FBI her
story. But she was pretending still
to be working lor the reds.
Before she returned to the
stand, the committee:
1. Announced that a subcom
mittee will go to New York to
morrow to question two Russian
citizens teacher Mikhail Samar-
in and his wife who have re
nounced their homeland and offer
ed to tell what they know about
soviet designs on the rest of the
world.
Denies Being Agent
2. Heard Henry H. Collins, Jr,
former government employe, -de
ny he ever was an "agent of a for
eign government." Collins refused
on constitutional grounds to say
whether he is a communist. Whit
taker Chambers, former commu
nist now employed by Time maga
zine, had testified a prewar red
underground here met in Collins'
apartment. Collins Insisted he did
not know Chambers. But he re
fused to say whether the under
ground met in his home.
Gromov is no longer listed as a
member of the soviet embassy
staff here.
Collins refused on constitution
al grounds to answer questions as
to whether ho was a member of
the communist party.
Meat Strike Has
Some Success
Dallas, Aug. 11 mi The "petti
coat rebellion's" scouts reported
today that the Dallas meat strike
was a success but butchers claim
ed the week-long cost of living
battle had not yet reached a criti
cal stage.
Women sent out by the meat
strike's leader, Mrs. R. D. Vaugh,
said the number of customers In
butcher shops had fallen off
greatly since the strike began
Monday.
"We have confidence in the re
ports from these women," Mrs.
Vaughn said. "I Just don't think
people are buying moat."
Deschutes Pioneers to Hold
Annual Picnic on Saturday
Deschutes pioneers will hold
their second annual picnic Satur
day evening In Pioneer park,
starting at 5 o'clock, Carl A.
Johnson, president, announced to
day as final plans for the affair
were completed. Memliershlp of
the association Is now near the
400 mark, and It is expected that
the picnic will be one of Bend's
largest of the season. It will be
held on Oregon's territorial day,
August 14.
A program of entertainment Is
being prepared, with the Bond-O-Loers
to entertain with oldtlme
songs. R. M. Smith Is chairman
of the entertainment committee,
assisted by C. G. Springer, Hugh
Kolloy and Mrs. Wilsoii Gejrge.
Heading the arrangements com
mittee is LeRuy Fox, who will be
assisted bv Mrs. Ann Forbes, Mrs.
Claude McCauley and Alfred
Hunnoll.
Members are being asked to
bring basket lunches, with Ice
cream and coffee to be served by
the committee. The luncheon
period will last from 5 to 7 p.m.,
with a short business session to
follow. The program of enter
Money
Counter Move
Taken Against
Soviet Efforts
Berlin. Auc. 11 !) The west
ern powers Imposed a financial
eoun,ter-oiocKnae on tne nussian
quarter of Berlin tonight by or
dering the city council to halt the
flow of money out of the west
ern sectors into the soviet.
The action by the American,
British and French military gov
ernments was taken to counter
soviet efforts to force the whole
city to accept their financial reg
ulations.
The order prevents banks in the
west sectors all of whose main
offices are in soviet-controlled
territory from transferring
funds to the Kussian sector.
Violate Promise
That was the western retort to
soviet violation of a promise
made last Thursday to unblock
soviet mark funds of the city
council and businesses in the
western sectors. By blocking all
soviet mark funds deposited in
branches throughout the city, the
Russians were draining oil west
ern capital.
The western counter-move rol
lowed an assertion by U. S. air
secretary W. Stuart Symington
that the western air forces could
continue supplying Berlin as long
us they were required to, "even
through the winter weather."
i Inspects Ata1 Route,
" Symihgl'on, 'who came to Ger
many to inspect the aerial ferry
to Berlin, spoke of the possibility
of operating it in winter weather
as If the city might still
blockaded, by the Soviets at that
time.
He said bad weather would
slow down the operation, but the
winter "would not keep us from
doing the Job." The air forces
can "keep it us as much as de
sired, even through winter weath
er," he said:
Symington and his chief of
staff, Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg,
came to a Berlin depressed by a -wave
of pessimism over the pros
pects for an end of the crisis.
The first flush of hope over east
west talks in Moscow had faded,
the situation deteriorated even
further last week end, and the
cold war was in full swing.
New charges of violating air
safety rules were flying thick
and fast, and the soviet propa
gandists boasted that enough
Russian food to supply all of Ber
lin for 40 days was on hand here.
Funeral Ship Due
At San Francisco
San Francisco, Aug. 11 tin
The funeral ship Dalton Victory,
carrying the remains of 3,961
world war II dead, is scheduled
to arrive here Thursday.
The Dalton Victory made stops
at Manila, Saipan and Honolulu.
Its arrival here will mark the re
turn of 25,000 bodies from the,
Pacilic area for final burial in
the United States. '
tainment will start at 7:15. A
feature of this phase of the pro
gram will bo recognition of the
oldest pioneer present. After
7:30, the oldtimers will have an
opportunity to .vjsit, and chat
over pioneer days."
K. A. Smith will be In charge
of a table devoted to pictures and
mementoes of pioneer days,
which members of the group are
being Invited to bring. Also on
display will be a copy of the bill
admitting Oregon as a territory
Just 100 years ago.
All persons who have lived In
the Deschutes country 30 years
or more are eligible to member
ship In the Deschutes Pioneers'
association. Invitations to at
tend are being extended to old
time residents of Crook and Jef
ferson counties.
Johnson has named C. P. Beck
er and Clyde M. McKay to serve
with Smith In arranging the stand
that is to hold pioneer memen
toes. Persons planning on attending
the picnic have been asked to tele
phone either Mrs. R. L. Martin,
secretary, 1258-W, or Clara Grif
fith, 6G8.
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