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Delay Meeting
To Prove Lie
Committee to Recheck
Testimony of Ex-State
Department Official
Washington, Aug. 16 itB The
louse un-American activities com
mittee today postponed for a few
jays its plan to confront Alger
Hiss, former state department of
icial, with the witness who ac
cused mm oi memoersnip in a
brewar communist underground.
Chairman J. teamen inomas,
N. J., announced that Hiss
ill appear before the committee
In closed session this afternoon
or a rechecK oi nis previous tes
timony.
But inomas sam hiss will not
Uifront Whittaker Chambers, an
idmitted ex-communist and a
tnior editor of Time magazine,
Intil later this week.
Chambers, testifying under
Lath, made the original charges
ieainst Hiss. Hiss, also under
bin, denied them completely.
The two had been scheduled to
bttle the question at a face-to-
Ice meeting before the commit-
e today.
"We still plan to bring the two
eether face-to-face," Thomas
bid. "But it is highly improb-
tie that that will .take place un-
later.
Hiss and Chambers are appear-
g before the committee at their
yn volition. JNeitner has been
bbpenaed.
Thomas refused to give any ex-
lanation for the postponement.
Committee members said they
inted the two key witnesses in
le espionage inquiry to confront
idi other without outside dis-
betlons." They said newsreels,
otographers, n e w s p a permen
d a large audience would con
fute distractions.
Will Open Hearing
"Of course, we plan to open up
kh a hearing to the public aft-
we have asked these men some
teliminary questions," one mem-
said. But we want to ob-
tye their reactions first-hand."
Chambers insists that Hiss was
itop man in a red "apparatus"
which he himself served as
iirler before 1937. Hiss, who is
w president of the Carnegie
d o w m e n t for international
feee, has flatly denied the charg
and says that so far as he
tows he has "never laid eyes"
uiamoers.
ar Strikes Bus;
hree in Hospital
fhree people were hospitalized
Saturday night when the car
which they were riding was
tuck by a Greyhound bus seven
es south of Chemult on hlgn
y 97.
Ilarvey Banks, driver of the
I, accompanied by his wife and
In Dethridge, all of Shevlin,
s making a left-hand turn onto
1 road to Shevlin when they
lided with the bus, driven by
roia uusiey, of Eugene, no one
the bus was injured. The
hks automobile is a probable
Pi loss.
rirs. Banks and Dethridge suf-,
ed cuts and bruises and were
eased from St. Charles hospital
ay. Banks, still hospitalized, re
red an injury to the left shoul-
ana lacerations on his tore-
d. H ic winnrlrtH tic "ontltntr
jug very well."
West Official
Deschutes Area '
:imes Frankland. assistant reg-
hl forester from the Portland
'e. U. S. forest service, arrived
Bend todav for a two-week
taction of the Deschutes na
pal forest.
fc was conferring today at the
1 office with Supervisor Ralph
irawiord and other olticiais,
will be In the forest on a field
tomorrow.
mtern Cifies
Spy Probers
fee From Meat Strikes
B tlnllnl Prawi)
futchers In eastern cities ad
'ed todav that their sales have
rn considerably due to the
ft strike, but elsewhere in the
on meat dealers claimed bust-
p was normal.
Bany markets in Washington
f ned that sales were off
climes as much 3S 30 per cent
I'ven though no organized
ft strike had been set up.
1 Cleveland, the Retail Meat
1M'S association came out and
fitted it was worried about the
r'We spread of a strike to
feter Cleveland. One dealer
his ttjalos fnll CJ twr rnnt
lurday.
THE
Deschutes
Tri-County Draft
Board in Session
For First Time
Three Central Oregon men
named to the Central Oregon
selective service board were con
ferring in Bend today, completing
preparations "for administration
of the peacetime draft in Des
chutes, Crook and Jefferson coun
ties. They are J. D. Donovan,
Bend; J. F. Brooks, Sr., Madras,
and Carey W. Foster, Prineville.
Donovan and Foster served on
draft boards in world war II, in
their respective counties.
The Central Oregon draft offirp
will be located in room 202 of the
federal building, the same office
used in world war II. The board
will probably name a chairman
from their eVouo. ammint a clerk
and inspect the quarters before
adjourning today.
Donovan, who is superintendent
of Lumberman's hospital, has
been active in Central Oregon
public ' affairs' for a number of
years. He served as chairman of
the Bend school board for nine
years, and was the first chairman
of the Deschutes county health
department. He is a charter mem
ber of the Deschutes County Pio
neers association, belongs to the
Masonic lodge, and holds a life
membership in the Shrine, being
affiliated with Al Kader temple.
Donovan is also chairman of the
P.U.D. board of directors.
Foster, a native of Crook coun
ty, is a retired stockman, promin
ent in Prineville civic groups. He
belongs to the Kiwanis club and
the chamber of commerce, served
as a Crook county commissioner
several years, and Is a past presi
dent of the Crook County Pio
neers association.
Brooks is one of the new arrivals
in the rapidly growing Madras
area, reaching there on Jan. 27,
1946, from Caldwell, Idaho. He is
a successful larmer ana ware
house operator, and for five years
served as president of the Idaho
Potato Growers' association. In
Caldwell, he was active in church
and civic work. Brooks was for
merly in the wholesale meat busi
ness in Idaho.
Jews and Arabs
In Sharp Battle .
Jerusalem, Aug. 16 mi Jewish
sources accused Arab leaders to
day of responsibility in a sharp
Sunday battle that flared up in
Jerusalem despite the truce agree
ment. An Israeli communique said the
Arab legion launched a six-hour
general attack with mortars and
machine guns along the entire
Jerusalem front from north to
south.
The attack lasted about six
hours, between iw inii m
the communique 'nd,ca'1,wfii
casualties were Riven as two kill-
ed and three wounded.
Main targets were the Ram
Rahel area in the south, the But
Israel quarter in the north, and
Mt. Zlon in New Jerusalem south
of the old waned cuy.
p-Ry-(faof
Report Some
Frank Kllnger, association
president, called a meeting of 10O
independent butchers, to discuss
wavs of coping with a strike if if
spreads to independents. A strike
now b?ing pushed by Cleveland
residents is concentrated mainly
against chain stores.
Ureteral meat inspectors at New
York said retailers there bought
"negligible" Amounts for the
week end. Some butchers said
their sales had fallen 25 to 50
r,.-r cent during me wern cuu.
n..t ,.rm thpsp eastern cit-
ira rr,r.c, hnt'rtws rcnorted that I
hiis'nmi niched ud a little on Sat-
urdav when housewives sVjp-d J
for their big Sunday meal. .
BEND,
Pioneers Hold Annual Pitnic
; f- J fp ; ,?:
Pioneer park, on the Deschutes river In Bend, was the scene of the
second annualpienic of the Deschutes Pioneers' association Satur
day evening. The group, above, is pictured seated around picnic
tables. Below are the two oldest pioneers, in timeof residence, pres
ent. They are Jim Benham and Eva Todd Bennett. Gifts were
presented by R. M. Smith, association vice-president, at left. ;
More Than 200 Pioneers Join .
For Annual Picnic in Bend
' More than 200 members of the Deschutes Pioneers' associa
tion, including a delegation from Redmond, joined in their
second annual picnic Saturday evening at Pioneer park, with
a picnic lunch and a general reunion highlighting the evening.
To provide the old timers plenty of time for visiting, program
talks were confined to announcements, by Carl A. Johnson,
president of the group.
One of the major attractions at the picnic was a display of
pioneer pictures, some of them dating back to the beginning
of Bend, others showing Wall
Army Sets First
Draft Call Sept. 2
Washington, Aug.,16 clpiThe
army said today its first draft
call will be for approximately
15,000 men and will go to selec
tive service about Sept. 2.
Maj. Gen. John E. Dahlquist,
assistant army personnel chief,
said the army expects to get its
first men from the draft about
Nov. 1. The call for them must
go to draft officials 60 days be
fore that date, he added.
Since neither the air force nor
the navy expects to call for any
men from selective service in the
first draft, the 15,000 probably
will be all who will be called.
Dahlquist said draft calls will be
stepped up later to around 30,000
per month.
He said both enlistees and
draftees have an "excellent
chance of becoming officers. The
army is doubling its officer can
didate schools.
"We are particularly after the
ex G.I. who went back to college,"
Dahlquist said." "He is Just get-
f him - nrper , thp
army with a chance to get a regu-
,ar commission."
,!o estimatpd tnere wiM bc
from ym (q i m vacanples
fo(. ref,uiar army offlcers ln
ariuijon )0 thousamis of reserve
. , available. There
will only be 300 West Point grad
uaies commissioned next year.
Other sources disclosed that the !
army will ask congress In Janu- ;
ary for authority to draft doc- ;
tors. They said about 6.000 will
be needed. In addition to the 3.000
now In uniform, if all draftees
are to get proer medical atten
tion. Couple Injured
In Car Accident
Mr. and Mrs. James Marcus,
Los Angeles, Calif., were recov
ering from contusions and minor
Intunes today in M. Charles hos-1
plt.il following a car accident
near Camp Sherman yesterday
i morning. Their condition is de-
scnriea as koou.
Marcus lost control of the car
when a rear tire blew out and I
the cir rolled Into the ditch. The ;
car was badly damaged. ,
BENE
CENTRAL OREGON'S.
DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY. AUG.
1
street in the dust of 1910 and
still others picturing the ar
rival of fhe first train. Also of
interest to the large group
was a photostatic copy of the
congressional act creating the
territory of Oregon. The pic
nicnic was hekl on the 100th an
niversary of the designation of
i Oregon as a territory.
Oldest Pioneer Present
Eva Todd Bennett, who came to
Bend as a girl of seven years in
1871, and Jim Benham, who came
to Bend in 1879 and attended the
first school ever held here, were
designated as the oldest pioneers
present, in time of residence. Mi s.
Bennett is the daughter of John
Y. Todd, pioneer rancher of the
uppc Deschutes basin. Mrs. Ben
nett and Benham were presented
gifts by R. M. Smith, vice-president
of the association.
Fire chief LeRoy Fox was in
general charge of arrangements
for the picnic, with E. A. Smith
arranging for the display of pio
neer pictures. A highlight of the
program of entertainment was
the appearance of the Bend-O-Leers,
who were presented In old
time songs.
THVSSEN CHARGED
Frankfurt, Aug. It! 'in-Seventy-four-year-old
Fritz Thyssen, for
mer German industrialist, was
charged today with helping fi
nance the rise of the Nazi party.
Impressions
of
Central Oregon Visitors
Mrs. O. C. Hill, of Onalaska,
Wis., was most Impressed by tin'
trees and mountains in Oregon.
"We've never seen mountains lie
fore, you know," she said. "And
the trees are magnificent."
Mr. and Mrs. Hill were going
through Oregon for the first time
when they stopped in Hend today.
Mrs. Hill, with her two sisters,
Miss Edna Roofe and Mrs. It. B.
Donaldson, of La Crosse, Wis.,
have been visiting their brother
In Grass Valley
The group had visited Craler
lake yesterday and their verdict
was "beautiful beyond words."
The people from Wisconsin
were enjoying the cool morning
In Bend and fully approved of the
climate. They were on their way
home through Yellowstone park.
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BULLETIN
DAILY NEWSPAPER
fficials
Proposal for
German State
Moves Ahead
' Berlin, Aug. 16 U' Western
military leaders went ahead today
with plans to create a western
'German state despite indications
Jrom Moscow that this is the
prime target of Russian opposi
tion." f Gen. Lucius D. Clay and the
British arid French commanders
ip Germany were scheduled to
-meet German leaders in Frank
furt today to push the project
ahead.
The six western nations which
Lsigned the plan for a western
Germany are expected to meet
next month to work out a detailed
blueprint for Joint control of the
Ruhr.
v There has been no postpone
ment of plans to proceed in Sep
tember with a meeting of German
representatives in Germany to
work out a provisional constitu
tion for n western German state.
May Be Stumbling: Block
Available Information on the
secret talks in Moscow indicate
the Russian insistence on halting
the plans for a western German
state may be the stumbling block
that is holding up agreement.
;. The western envoys in Moscow
conferred again today with Sov
iet foreign minister V. M. Molo
tov. It is the fourth meeting with
Molotov alone since the east-west
italks started. i.-'- -
The situation in Berlin remain
ed tense. Western authorities,
however, continued to avoid any
action that might lead to a show
down and jeopardize the chances
of sucess at Moscow.
Authorities admitted they were
concerned seriously by the flight
of western marks into soviet
hands in Berlin, which has been
going on since the Russians froze
eastern mark accounts.
The Russians are suspected of
accumulating western marks for
use either in financing communist
activities in the western zones of
Germany or for future dumping
in the western zones in an effort
to inflate the new currency.
Fire Prevention
Efforts Described
Training people who frequent
the woods to prevent fires was
stressed this noon by Albert K.
Weisendanger, state chairman of
Keep Oregon Green, when he ad
dressed the Bend Kiwanis club
at its meeting at the Pine tavern.
Weisendanger showed films of
forest scenes, including the epic
Tillamook fire, and accompanied
them by description of reforesta
tion work and quick statistics of
the importance of wood indus
tries In the economy of the state.
Stock raising, the vast tourist
business, natural resources of
fish and game are all dependent
on maintenance of the forests,
Weisendanger said. He warned
that, although the season so far
had been unusually favorable,
the large amount of rain In
spring and early summer had en
couraged heavy grass and brush
growth and that this, In late sum
mer and fall, would result in con
ditions extremely favorable to (he
ground fires.
Weisendanger was Introduced
by Everett Hughes, program
chairman for the day. .
Plane Carries Full
Load 5,792 Miles
Washington, Aug. 16 HI'' An
air force 11-2!) has flown a record dent Truman of political "Jug
5,792 miles non stop with a simn cnK" n his estimate that the
inted bomb load of more than 10,-1
000 pounds, the strategic air com-
mand announced today.
The flight was made over the
week end. The IJ-2R, using what
were described as special cruise
control procedures, left MacDill
air force base, Tampa, Fla., flew
to the west coast, dropped Its
simulated bomb load In the Pa
cific, and returned to Its base.
The strategic air command said
the total flight time was 23 hours
and 30 minutes.
The B-29, flown by Major Ralph
R. Taylor, landed at MacDill air
base after the flight with 317 gal
lons of gasoline left In Its tanks
enough for about another hour of
flying.
16. 1948
Army Asked
To Arrest
'Tokyo Rose'
Washington, Aug. 16 tll'i The
Justice department today asked
the army to arrest "Tokyo Rase"
on charges of treason for her war
time radio broadcasts from Japan.
The justice department Identi
fied Tokyo Rose as Mrs. Iva To
guri D'Aqulno, now ln Tokyo.
It said the army "has been re
quested to arrest . . . and return
her to the United States at as
early a date as possible ... for
tnis treason prosecution."
The department said Mrs.
D'Aquino, an American citizen,
probably will be returned to this
country within 30 days.
"Grand Jury proceedings will be
Initiated immediately after her ar
rival and the defendant will be
tried promptly if an indictment Is
returned," the department said.
The maximum penalty for trea
son is death.
The Justice department said
Mrs. D'Aquino was one of about
six women who broadcast over
radio Tokyo during the war. The
broadcasts were beamed at Amer
ican troops in the Pacific and
were designed . to Induce war
weariness and unrest.
State Department
Gets Full Report
In Kosenkina Case
'"' Washington, Aug. 16 1P The
state department today received
an official report from New York
police on their Investigation of
Mrs. Oksana S. Kosenkina's
plunge from a window of the Rus
sian consulate in New York
Thursday.
Mrs. Kosenkina, a Russian
schoolteacher, leaped from the
third floor of the consulate and
later was taken to a New York
hospital. She reportedly said she
was being held in the consulate
against her will.
The Voice of America !.i
broadcast that she jumped to es
cape "slavery and death."
Keport Being Studied
State department press officer
Michael J. McDermott said the
New York police report is being
studied so the state department
may frame Its reply to Russian
protests against alleged "conniv
ance" by American officials In the
Kosenkina case.
The Russians made four pro
tests last week In connection with
the three Russian schoolteachers
who refuse to return to Russia.
The Russians demanded that all
three, be turned over to Russian
authorities and charged that
American authorities had "con
nived" In the alleged abduction of
the teachers.
Bodies Recovered
In Alpine Crash
Cueno, Italy, Aug. 16 lliFlve
more unidentified bodies have
been taken from the wreckage of
a United States army plane which
crashed In the Alps on a flight
from Pisa to Frankfurt a year
ago, It was announced today.
Ten bodies now have been re
covered but only two have been
identified Sgt. Abram Atkins
(home town not given), and Sgt.
Harmon Newell of Kermlt, Tex.
Rescue workers expected to re
cover (wo more bodies today
from the fuselage of the plane
which Is buried In snow.
Republicans Accuse President
Figures to Estimate Deficit for
Washington, Aug. 16 (Hi Re-
publicans today accused Tresl-
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n, n..a vt.ar i.MO.om 000
In (he red.
GOP spokesmen In congress
forecast that instead of a deficit
there actually will be a surplus
of between $ri,000,000,000 and $(i,
000,000,000. They said they look
forward to the second half of the
fiscal year, beginning In January,
for "intelligent and orderly fiscal
management" under a republican
president.
In his midyear budget review.
Trumnn said the treasury will
take In $40.654 000,000 and pay
out $42,203,000,000 during (he
venr ending June 30. He blamed
Increased spending and Ill-timed
tax cuts for the predicted deficit,
eekiog
last; Five Dead
Fire and Explosion Level
Half Block of Nevada City;
180 Persons Suffer Injuries
Reno, Nev., Aug. 16 '(U.E) Three official inquiries began '
today to learn the cause of a fire and explosion which levelled
half a block of downtown Reno Sunday, killing five and injur
ing 180 persons.
The district attorney's office, the police department and the
coroner's office each began separate investigations. They .
concentrated on learning what caused the explosion that ;
turned a third-rate fire into a major tragedy 30 minutes later.
Police Chief Lorenz Greeson reported investigators still
had not discovered what caus-'
ed the earth-shaking blast. He
said earlier reports that a
quantity of dynamite had been
stored in the rear of one of the
buildings had been discredited
and it was now believed the
explosion came from a large
quantity of paint stored in a
basement.
Three. Firemen Din
Coroner Laurence Layman said
a joint inquest into the deatis of
three firemen one a 60-year-old
veteran fire chief from a neigh
boring city who pitched in to help
on his day off and two specta
tors who perished in the flaming
wreckage would be held Wednes
day. Reno Fire chief Karl Evans
said all firemen had been account
ed for and that it was believed
the death toll would remain at
five unless additional bodies of
spectators are fouhd In the wreck
age. A crew of workers, aided by
a giant clamshell crane, continued
to clear the debris, In search of
additional possible victims.
Host Patients Released
Hospitals reported that the
three persons critically Injured of
the 32 hospitalized were showing
improvement today. They esti
mated that all told, about 180 per
sons most of them spectators
struck by flying glass and bricks
when the burning building explod
ed were given medical treatment
of some kind. Most of them were
released Immediately.
The tragedy began as a minor
blaze about 9:30 a.m. yesterday In
the rear of an empty spaghetti
parlor. It spread to several other
Jampacked buildings, including a
Chinese cafe, an army surplus
warehouse and a small hotel. A
general alarm was sent out.
About 400 people watched fire
men fight the blaze. Police tried
unsuccessfully to get them to stay
back, but they persisted in break
ing the lines. The blast came
without warning.
Anti-Inflation
Bill to Be Signed
Washington, Aug. 16 Hfi Presi
dent Truman was expected to sign
tne republican anti-Inflation bill
today and at the same time fire
another blast at his favorite tar
get, the 80th congress.
The signing originally was
scheduled for Friday, but was
postponed reportedly because
Truman's accompanying message
was not ready.
The measure authorizes the
government to rclmposo controls
on Installment buying and tighten
up on bank lending. Hut It makes
no provision for any of the other
features of the president's eight
point antl Inflation program
which Included wage-price con
trols, rationing and an excess
profits tax.
The president acknowledged
that the books may show a sur
plus of $1,500,000,000. But this,
he said, will he only a "paper sur
plus" because congress set oslde
$.'!,0O0,O00.0O0 of last year's ex
cess to help run the Marshall
plan.
Sens. Styles Bridges, R., N. H.,
and Kugene IJ. Mllllkin, II., Colo.,
fired the first republican broad
sides at Truman's deficit esti
mate. Bridges is rhnirman of the
senote nniironriations committee
and Mllllkin heads the senate fi
nance committee.
Bridges charged the president
with higgling figures "deliberate
ly and for political purposes." The
budget review was "Just another
campaign speech," he said.
The president, Bridges said,
was "making a political feint bv
,conurlni up . . . the snectre of
deficit financing which has kept
Sfafe Forecast
OREGON Generally fair
today and Tuesday. Slightly
warmer in afternoon. High
today 74 to 82. Tuesday 78 to
86.
No. 60
Cause
Spend Four Hours
With Molotov '
Moscow, Aug. 16 ill'i Western
diplomats met for nearly four
hours with Soviet foreign minls
ter V. M. Molotov tonight in
what was believed to be the
most important conference thus
far In a series seeking settlement
of the Berlin crisis and the whole
German problem.
It was the seventh meeting
within 1G days between Russian
officials and the envoys of the
United States, Britain- and France
-and' It was nearly two hour
longer than any. which had pre
ceded it, even the meeting with
Premier Josef Stalin on Aug. 2.
U. S. Ambassador Walter Be
dell Smith, French ambassador
Yves Chataigneau, and British '
representative Frank Roberts
went to the Kremlin at 6 p.m.
(11 a.m. EDT), and they did not
leave It until 9:40 p.m.
The length of the meeting was
seen as emphasizing the impor
tance of the discussions taking
place, and observers believed that
it might also indicate that there
still was u possibility of agree
ment upon renewed four-power
negotiations regarding Germany.
Babe Ruth Takes
Turn for Worse
BULLETIN
New York, Aug. Ifl. (in The
condition of Bulw Ittith Is be
coming more critical, Memorial
hospllul reimrted late today.
New York, Aug. 16 lU'iBnhe
Ruth took a turn for the worse to.
day.
A bulletin issued at Memorial
hospital for cancer and allied dis
eases shortly after 2 p.m. said that
Ruth's temperature rose during
the morning.
He had difficulty taking nour
ishment and moderate pulmonary
complications have reappeared,"
the bulletin said.
Ruth developed breathing com
plications after a brief rally over -the
week end that cause physi
cians to allow him to sit up for a
short time.
WORK ON DAM STARTED
Umatilla, Aug. 16 ill1) Rock
drilling began at the McNary
dam site today under direction of
Robert J. Jenks, 38. construction
engineer.
of Jugling
Fiscal Year
his party In power for nearly a
generation.
Estimating revenue at $44,000,
000.000 and spending at $11,000,
000.0K), Bridges came un with an
"operating" surplus of $3,000,000,
000. To this he added the $3,000,
000.000 transferred to the Mar
shall plan thus getting a total
surplus of $6,000,000,000.
Truman said one of the chief
reasons for the deficit he is an
ticipating Is the GOP-sponsored
income lax cut which congress en
acted over his veto. He called this
a "crave error."
Mllllkin replied that the presi
dent made some "weird distor
tions" In the renort "to gain face
. . . for the blundering veto of
now accomplished independent
congressional Income tax reduc
tion which Is heinp enioyed by
more than 40.000,000 of our In
come taxpayers."
V,