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NEWS COVERAGE
Volume LIX
Reds Kidnap
More Berlin
Policemen
U. S. Riot Squads Are
Ordered to Border Area
In German Capital City
Berlin, Aug. 21 ib Russian
military police kidnaped four
nopmnn nolicemen from the
illlUl C vi . - -- I
western sectors of Berlin today,
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and unuea amies iiimiuiy uu-
uiao nniwaml In hp nrpnar:
L. in resist anv further Russian
I fraids into the American sector.
II Col. Frank Howley, U. S. com.
manCJunl in wruil, uiuncu mice
Jiriot squads of American military
I ' , i V...t Q,IEiDlaM
Area UOrun Kinmi nT nuwinu.
and U. S. sectors, where the
kidnapings have occurred.
squaas jirinea
trha emmris ranKtst nf about 25
men each, and all will be fully
armed. Plans for entrenching the
riot squads in the area, especial
ly near the Potsdamer platz,
which is Berlin's Times Square,
.A..a rivnwn nn at the scene bv
jtop mUitary police authorities.
I The plans were approved Dy
Howley and by Ray Ashworth;
nnhlin snfetv chief.
(There appeared to be every rea.
feon to suppose that the U. S. mil-
litary wouia vioienuy resist any
Lnti, Pnclnn nttpmntfi tn abduct
IGerman policemen or civilians
Krom the American sector.
Nine Kidnapped ,
A tnfnl nf nine fiprman Dollce-
Inen have been kidnaped by sov-
et military police from the
tmoctran appfnr Three have
scaped, but the other six still
ere held. The two abducted to
lay were beaten, and one was
stabbed before being dragged
icross the boundary.
Two other German policemen
vere kidnaped today from the
idjolning British zone, and theyj
oo still are missing.
British and American authori
ses sent violent protest to Rus
sian commanders, and the British
strengthened their military police
precautions in line., with Ameri-
fcui moves.. - v.w,...v
II Charge "Gangster Haven"
I Russian army authorities mean-
Jlfhlle charged that the American
lector was 'a gangster naven
iimilar to the old days of Chi
cago, and said it "must and will
lie cleared of its fascist and crim
inal atomont "
U. S. provost marshal Col. W.
K. Falck made a close inspection
f the border area, and mapped
itrategy in frequent consultations
vith his deputies Lt. Col. E. R.
telly and Maj. M. Rigdon.
American authorities said rov
ng patrols of both American and
Jerman police would augment
he riot squads along the boun
lary. An air of tension prevailed as
iigh British and American offi
ers watched curiously from their
iide of the line, often only a few
,'ards away.
CARS IN ACCIDENT
Cars driven by William Percy
Loser, 336 Delaware, and Clara
Strom, 732 Colorado, were in
volved in a minor accident Fri
Jay at about 5:30 p.m., in the
X block, Bond street. Loser was
iriving north in the lane next
io the double center stripe, when
Mrs. Strom pulled away from the
curb on the same . side of the
street, crossing the first yellow
line and catching the rear fend
er of Loser's car. Damage was
flight, according to city police.
Impressions
of
Central Oregon Visitors
A chance of route "to avoid
traffic" brought Mr. and Mrs.
R. R. Hill and Mrs. Hill's broth
er, W. W. Shepard, through Bend
loday. "We're surely glad we
ame this way," said Hill, "this is
"rally beautiful country." The
Isitors are from Champaign,
llinois, where Hill attends law
ichool at the University of 1111
is. He finishes his course next
far. and is looking for a loca
ion in the west.
The Illinois party camped last
liRht at Tygh valley, and stopped
his morning in Bend, en route
o Medford, where they will visit
Natives of Mrs. Hill. They chose
his route Instead of going from
lie Dalles to Portland.
Hill commented that highways
n Oregon have been "excellent,"
"jd that this is the only state
('here they have seen game. "It
nust be wonderful hunting coun
ry here," he sadi. "and the fish
nK streams we've seen arc
wnething 'out of this world'."
ne easterners were amused at
wrcupines they saw last night
'i 'he highway.
Mrs. Hill visited the local
tomber of commerce office and
j'ocked up on tourist data "for
illtllm f ii ii.tr. . . . km
Ar. tney said.
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THE BEMD
CENTRAL OREGON'S
Ready for Sunday Races
fclillillR iilNHMI
Ray Peoples, one of the members of the Elk Lake Yacht club,
gives his boat, "Punkin' Seed," a fast trial run in preparation for
the club's annual regatta to be held Sunday afternoon. Peoples
is one of the club's outstanding sailors and has been a frequent
winner in competition. (Photo by Jim Hosmer).
Elk Lake Yachiers to Stage
Annual Regatta
On Hiah Cascade Waters
The Elk Lake Yacht club's
of visitors line the shore of the
memoers race their cratt, will
1 he tirst race in the Snipe class is scheduled to start at 1 :15
p. m. with the other races to follow in rapid order.
For the first time since the regatta's were started, compe
tition is being provided for novice skippers. They will race
the same boats as the veteran :
sailors, who will take over aft
er the novices have completed
sailing around the triangular
course.!.. ' -... .'
Boats will assemble at the
yacht club dock near the Elk
lake lodge at 1 p. m.
-Although the starting time is
set for 1:15 p. m., club officers
have announced that this may
vary slightly because of wind con
ditions. If the weather is not suit
able for the novice race it may be
postponed, or a senior sailor may
be aboard as crew.
Entered in the regatta are:
Snipe Class
"Possa Missa," Raymond How
ard, owner, Estle Smith, novice
skipper; "Flit," Ed Knight, own
er, Carl wyatt, novice sKipper;
"Tyee," Charles Cleveland, owner;
"Sealo," Delbert Staples, owner,
Mrs. Staples, novice skipper.
Open Class
"Zephyr," Harris Taylor, own
er, George Stribling, novice skip
per; "Swish," Raymond Brown,
owner, Willis Brawn, novice skip
per; "Punkin' Seed," Ray Peoples,
owner, Jim Hosmer, novice skip
per. '
Cat Boats
"Festina Lente," Ted Meagher,
owner and novice skipper; "Wild
Kitten," Mildred Kane, owner,
Leonard Peoples, novice skipper.
Canoes
Paul Hosmer, Jr., Mr. and Mrs.
A. A. Pfaender, Don Williams.
Chamber Official
Prineville, Aug. 21 (Special)
Joe D. Thomison, former editor
of the Madras Pioneer and one
of Oregon's best known newspa
permen, has been named secretary-manager
of the Prineville
rvnnk rountv chamber of com-
mprrp. H. S. Merscreau, chamber
president, has announced. Thomp
son will serve as the chamber's
first full-time secretary-manager.
A former Hood River newspa
per publisher. Thomison worked
miih thn Inland Empire associa
tion, through The Dalles chamber
of commerce, lt was in ja-io uiai
TimmUnn ramp to Central Ore
gon, to serve as editor of the
M-M,-.-,Q Plnneer. a position he.
held until the recent sale of that
tvinor
Mr. and Mrs. Thomison are to
move from Madras to Prineville
just as soon as quarters can be
secured here.
Directors of the Prineville
chamber will welcome Thomison
Tuesday, Mersercau announced.
NOT ARCHITECT
The Bulletin was In error yes
terday In referring to Seaton
Smith as architect for the new
building erected at the Methorllst
camp site at Suttle lake. How
ever, he did draw plans for the
building, which will be dedicated
tomorrow.
BEND,
A
if1 - 1
Tomorrow
annual regatta, when hundreds
mile-high lake to watch club
be held tomorrow afternoon.
Greek Guerrilla
Area Cleaned Out
Athens, Aug. 21 U) Greek
government troops pave wiped
out Gen. Markos Vafiades "Free
Greece" in the Grammos moun
tains in the most Important vic
tory of the civil war,- the gen
eral staff announced officially
today.
Intelligence reports showed
Markos' forces pulled out of the
last tiny pocket of Greek terri
tory left to them, along the Al
banian border, yesterday, the gen.
eral staff announcement said.
But 2,000 to 3,000 rebels re
main to be mopped up in scat
tered and disorganized groups of
100 or thereabouts, the general
staff said, adding that Greek reg
ulars pushing from east and west
were sealing off all . escape
routes to Albania.
Greek planes were strafing
rebel groups trying to sneak
through narrow mountain paths
into Albania, it was said. Many
of the planes used rockets, the
reports said.
In advances in the last 12 hours
the government troops have
found hundreds of bodies of guer
rillas decomposing in the open,
these reports said. They found
the last of the rebels fleeing in
panic. - .
Official casualty lists of the
last two months' offensive said
that the guerrillas have lost 2,137
killed and 964 captured. About
6,000 guerrillas have been wound
ed, it was estimated. The Greek
army lost 750 killed, 4,521 wound
ed and 57 missing..
Sports Writers Visit Bend
Three eastern sports writers arrived In Bend by plane yesterday
evening and Immediately left for
upper Dei
schutes. From the left
ton Press; Jack Bell, Washington
oils Register.
The editors were
today noon,
and this afternoon
DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON. SATURDAY, AUG.
Ousted Red Consul Plans to Leave
U. S. on Swedish Liner August 28
Important
Data
Expected
From Peters
Washington, Aug. 21 (IP House
investigators hoped today that
the mysterious J. V. Petdrs will
prove to be the witness who fi
nally will "crack open", their
soviet spy inquiry.
feters, wnose exact where
abouts are unknown, has been
named as the- former leader of
the communist underground in
the United States. The house un
American activities committee
has drawn up a subpena for him.
Peters is now free on $5,000
bond awaiting a deportation hear
ing. He was arrested in October
under a 1918 law which forbids
aliens to belong to an organiza
tion that seeks to overthrow the
government by force and vio
lence. Claims No Authority
Immigration commissioner Wat
son Miller said he-does not have
the authority to produce Peters
for the committee. He said he
can call the man only for a de
portation hearing.
If, of course, Peters is located
before the hearing," committee
members said, the committee sub
pena will be served on him with
out delay. . ;
Committee members said they
believe Peters has information
that would "bring us to the real
heart of the soviet spy case." But
they conceded that like previous
witnesses he might refuse to talk
Heters'-name was first brought
before trie committee by Whitlak
er Chambers, reformed comma
nist and a senior editor of Time
magazine, who identified him as
prewar head of the American
underground.
Atomic Workers
Face Loss of Jobs
Los Alamos, N. M., Aug. 21 (U'i
Workers at the Los Alamos atom
ic bomb project were faced today
with either returning to the con
struction jobs they walked off of
Wednesday or having the jobs
filled by other laborers.
Officials of two contracting
firms at the atomic city announc
ed they would recruit other
workers unless the striking AFL
laborers came back to work.
About 3,500 construction and
maintenance workers left their
jobs Wednesday and have main
tained a cold silence on the
return-to-work request made by
the Zla and McKee construction
companies.
The two firms pointed out that
their back-to-work request was
not an ultimatum. But they said
they would look to other quar
ters for workers so that they
could-fulflll their contracts with
the atomic energy commission.
J. D. Quails, co-chairman of the
workers, said it had been believ
ed the workers would return to
work Monday but that a "new de
velopment" made this unlikely.
He refused to disclose the new
difference.
ir (
the Spring Rlv.r ranch, on the
they are Andy Anderson, Hous-
Post, and Ed Shave, Mlnneap-
guests at a luncheon at Elkhorn
were fishing at Paulina lake.
BULMTIH
DAILY NEWSPAPER
Lone Indian
Paces Before
Red Consulate
New York, Aug. 21 IP A lone
Indian he said he was a full
blooded Sioux paced back and
forth in front of the soviet con
sulate today.
He wore civilian clothes and
carried' two signs. The signs car
ried messages to consul general
Jacob Lomakin, whose recall has
Deen demanded Dy the United
States. .
One sign said: "Don't feel that
you will be missed when you go.
We don't need you anyway."
The other said: "Goodby glad
to see you go. Take Glen, Henry,
and Paul Robeson with you."
The picket, Robert Lubbay, said
he did not represent any organ
ization. He said the "Glen and
Henry" in the sign meant Hen
ry Wallace and Glen Taylor, pro
gressive party candidates for
president and vice-president.
Lubbay said he had served five
army hitches and had been
wounded in Tunisia in the sec
ond world war.
He said his father was a scout
for Gen. George Custer.
- Lomakin was prepalrlng to
leave for home Aug. 28.
Order by Court
Blocks Eastern
Shipping Strike
, New York. Aug: 21 1--A fed
era! district judge issued a tem
porary restraining order today,
blocking a strike scheduled by
25,000 east coast longshoremen at
midnight.
The order was issued by U. S.
district judge Harold R. Medina,
who set Aug. 24 as the date for
a hearing on the government's
motion for an injunction-against
a longshoremen's strike.
President Truman had ordered
Attorney general Tom Clark to
seek the Injunction to head off
the walkout. The president said
a strike would tie up east coast
shipping and would imperil the
national health and safety.
In its petition for a court or
der, the government asked that
the International Longshoremen's
association (AFL), be restrained
from "participating, encouraging,
ordering, or taking part in any
threatened strikes or lockouts In
the maritime industry in the
United States."
The temporary order issued by
Judge Medina will expire Aug.
31. Presumably he will act on
the1 government's request for an
Injunction before that time.
Pioneer Resident
Visiting in Bend
A pioneer of Deschutes county,
now living in Modesto, Calif., is
visiting friends and relatives in
Bend this week. He is L, A.
Brandenburg, who lived in Bend
and vicinity from 1906 to 1923.
"The Pilot Butte inn was just
a little wooden building and an
other wooden building across the
street was the post office," Bran
denburg remembers.
Accompanying Brendenburg are
nis son ana aaugnter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Everett H. Branden
burg and family, and Charles
Burgess, all of Modesto. The
younger Brandenburg was a Bend
high school football player in the
days before the first world war
and starred on the University of
Oregon football team In the years
following the war.
The group will leave tomorrow
to return to California.
Business Firms
Receive Inquiries
San Francisco, Aug. 21 nil
Sixth army Intelligence officers
disclosed today that business
firms throughout the 11 western
states have received letters from
suspicious sources which may
have been seeking information
useful to foreign Intelligence
agencies.
The letters have been forward
ed through army channels to the
presidio here officers said, and
then to Washington for evaluation.
21, 1948
Ride 200 Miles
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Lynn Haight, 12, and his brother, Richard, 13, like rodeos so well
that they rode their horses more than 200 miles from Newport
to Prineville to be on hand for the Crooked River Roundup toduy.
The boys left Newport on August 9 and averaged more than 20
miles per day to arrive in Prineville Thursday afternoon. Above
they are shown with their pack horse. "Hi-Jinx." on the left, Rich
ard in the center mounted on "Kitty," and Lynn, on "Cocoa."
Wednesday night before getting to Prineville they were guests
at the home of Miss Bevely Kissler, of Powell Butte, the round
up queen. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Haight, the boys' parents, who
will establish residence in Prineville, met the boys at Cascadla,
again at Tombstone praire and finally at Sisters.
Air Force Scientists Will
Investigate Causes of Fires
In Illinois Farm Buildings
Macomb, 111., Aug. 21 U.E)
entists here today to find out
Charlev Willev's farm.
Lewis C. Gust, chief technician at Wright Field, 0 said
the scientists "would try to check whether radio -waves or
radioactivity touched off th mysterious fires which have
burned the farmhouse and two barns.
But Wiley wasn't much interested. He packed his belong
ings and fled after his second'
barn burned down yesterday.
The 67-year-old farmer and
his family couldn't keep up
with the tiny fires, which first
appeared as brown spots on
the wallpaper, then burst into
flame; His farmhouse and two
barns have burned down within
the last two weeks.
To Check for Sabotage
Gust Intimated that the scien
tists Would check whether some
one was trying out a new form of
sabotage. In an interview with the
Chicago Sun-Times, Gust said:
"Suppose you had material that
could be ignited by radio and you
wanted to test it for sabotage val
ue. Wouldn't you pick some out-of-the-way
-place, like the Wllley
farm, to make the tost?"
He said scientists believe that
powerful high frequency or ex
tremely short radio waves could
touch off fires. For example, ra
dar waves set off photographic
flash bulbs in planes in flight.
A Chicago scientist agreed that
radioactivity or radio waves might
cause "such disturbances" but said,
It was "highly unlikely" because
there had been no other reaction
in the area.
Thinks It's "Hokum"
' Another physicist said the whole
idea was "a lot of hokum." And
he didn't think "even solar disturb
ances" could produce the fires.
Most of WIlley'B neighbors were
convinced the sun or Its heat had
something to do with the fires.
They pointed out that the bla.es
occurred on days when the sun
shone brightly.
Scores of persons have gather
ed at the farm to see new fires,
but some neighbors stayed away
because they didn't want to chance
bringing home "whatever the
stuff Is" that causes the fires.
Special Services
To Begin Monday
A week of special services will
start Monday evening at the
Church of the Nazarene, 1745
East First, under sponsorship of
the young people's society. Spe
cial speaker will he Rev. William
Griffin, of Calgary, Albrta, Can
ada, who will conduct meetings
each evening at 8 p.m., ending
Sunday, August 29. Rev. Walter
I. Watson, of the local church, de
scribed Rev, Griffin as "a young
man with a message for young
people." He has been preaching
since he was a boy. Last year he
attended Northwest Nazarene col
lege at Nampa, Idaho, and is do
ing evangelistic work in the sum
mer. Services tomorrow at the local
Nnzarene church will be conduct
ed by Rev. Watson.
to Roundup
The U. S. rfir force sent its sci
what is raising the blazes on
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Deferred Men
In Eleven Groups
Washington, Aug. 21 mi Here
are the men who will be deferred
In the 19 - through 25 peacetime
draft:
1. Husbands.
2. Fathers.
3. Unrcplaceable agricultural
workers engaged In marketing
substantial amounts of farm
products essential to the national
health, safety or Interest.
4. Workers whose special
skills in industry require that
they stay on the Job.
5. Those physically or mentally
unfit.
6. Members of the armed forces.
7. Veterans who -served more
than 90 days In any of the armed
services between Dec. 7, 1941,
and Sept. 2, 1945.
8. A sole surviving son of a
family in which one or more sons
or daughters were killed In action
or died In line of duty while serv
ing in the armed forces during
world war II.
9. Conscientious objectors.
10. Ministers and clergymen.
11. Public officials deferred by
law, Including governors of
states and territories, members of
congress, members of state leg
islatures, and Jutlj'cs.
Army sources have Indirated
that they will ask selective serv
ice to Issue Its first cull on Sept.
2. There will be, draft officials
said, a 60-day period between the
draft call and delivery of the
draftee to a specified armveamp.
That would mean that the first
1948 draftee would don his uni
form the first week In November.
Sports Writers Test Fishing
Skill in Deschutes Waters
Three touring sports writers
were fishing on Paulina lake to
day! following their arrival In
Bend yesterday evening from En
terprise on planes piloted by Ol
lie Bowman ond A. J. Tllse. They
stopped In Bend briefly, then left
for the Spring River ranch In
the evening, accompanied by Wil
fred Jossy and Vcrn Slmltz.
In the party ore Jack Hell, of
the Washington Post; Ed Shave,
Minneapolis Register, and Andy
Anderson, Houston Press.
The sports writers reached the
up-river ranch yesterday evening
In time to do some fishing. Trout
were Jumping voraciously In Lit-
State Forecast
OREGON Partly cloudy
today and Sunday. Few
widely scattered light show
ers north portion Sunday.
Low tonight 45 to 55.
No. 65
Home Slated
For Lomakin
New York. Aue. 21 HP) An air
of mystery surrounded activities
at the soviet consulate toaay
where consul general Jacob Lo
makin was preparing to leave for
home Aug. 28.
Lomakin s plans to sail on the
Swedish - American liner Stock
holm wpm revpnled hv the steam
ship line last night, less than 24
partment demanded his recall.
. However, the- steamship line
said passage was booked for Lo-'
makin and his wife and two chil
dren several days ago, indicating
that possibly the Russian govern
ment had planned to call him to
account for his handling of the
case of the fugitive soviet teach
ers.-.
Refuse to Comment
Consular officials refused to
comment on Lomakin 8 ouster.
All dav vesterdav and until the
early hours of this morning, there
was Intense- activity about tne
consulate. Lomakin's aides made
several hurried trips between the
consulate and the offices of the
soviet United Nations staff.
And late last night seven un
identified mftn left the consulate
carrying full packed duffle bags.
They drove away In two black
limousines, returning a short time
later empty-handed. They refus
ed to comment on where they
liau'-urrii. J -
' SWcdlsh:Amerlcan line officials
said Lomakln-would leave New
T 1 1 IK 1 1,' X I nN mm.u 1111 1 .1, LKUUIIC .
Sweden, traditional route for sov
iet officials returning to Mos
cow. Meanwhile, Mrs, Oksana Kosen
klna, the 52-year-old Russian
school teacher who brought about
Lomakin's downfall oy jumping
from a third story window at the
consulate, was reported to be
Improving at Roosevelt hospital.
"She Is slightly better, though,
she Is still on the critical list,"
attendants said.
To Have Operation
Doctors- said she would have
to have- several operations as
soon as she is well enough. '
Hospital authorities refused to
consider Lomakin's proposal to al
low two physicians of his own
choosing to examine the woman.
Lomakin numed two doctors yes
terday, but the hospital refused
to let them see Mrs. Koscnkina
because they were not surgeons
as specified.
Names of the doctors Lomakin
appointed were not revealed. - -
However, when the hospital
turned them down, he said:
"If you do not let our two doc
tors examine Mrs. Koscnkina, we
will hold the hospital authorities
responsible for the result."
Irrigation Leader
Dies at Ontario
Frank T. Morgan, of Nyssa,
who was well-known In the Cen
tral Oregon area because of his
interest in reclamation, died
Thursday night at Ontario.
Mr. MorRan, who was 58, had
been president of the Oregon
Reclamation congress and was
one of the key figures In develop
ment of the Owyhee project In
Malheur county. As secretary
of the Nyssa chamber of com
merce he assisted In organizing
that city's successful hospital
fund drive earlier this year.
Mr. Morgan is survived by .his
wife and two sons.
lie river, ond the writers made
a fair catch in the torly dusk.
The writers were trying their
lurk on the Deschutes again this
morning, and were to have lunch
today noon at ElUiorn. former
Carmi Abbot site. This afternoon,
the party will move to the Pau
lina lake resort, for an overnight
stem and some lake fishing.
Sunday morning, the group will
return to Bend, then take off
from Roberts field for Portland.
Loral arrangements for the visit
were being supervised by the
Bend chamber of commerce fish
and game committee, with the
Deschutes county advertising
committee cooperating.
Hurried Trip