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Univ. of Oregon Library 1 LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE Volume LIX Arthur Adams Figure in Committee Study Of Reds' Atomic Spy Ring t ... ' Washington, Sept. 13 '.TIE) Chairman J. Parnell Thomas .today named an Arthur Adams as the key figure in the con gressional investigation of a communist atomic spy ring, i Thomas revealed the name after his house un-American activities committee heard Eric Bernays of New York in secret session. r The committee is lining up witnesses in its search for evi dence to confirm a "well-founded suspicion" that communist piet, stole wartime A-bomb .secrets. Thomas said Bernavs em ployed Adams at a time when he owned a firm known as the .Keynote Recording Co. of New York. Bernays, he said, is still in the same type of business.' . , The committee has hot yet de cided whether to go ahead with public hearings on Wednesday. Thomas said five witnesses were slated to appear tomorrow. House spy hunters are making a point-by-point check of testl- : mony that Russian agents stoic some of this country's precious atom bomb secrets. The testimony that Russian agents succeeded in getting some atomic research secrets was at tributed to a "high ranking army officer." Members refused to iden tify him but he was obviously Lt. Gen. Leslie R. Groves, head of the army's atom bomb project during the war. Fire Danger Still ; High in Entire ; Deschutes Area Fire danger in wooded areas A of Central Oregon reached a sea- son peak today, following a week , end of extremely low humidity i readings and erratic winds, forest 3; of Eicials cautioned as forecasts' In dicated more arid weather is in the offing. One fire flared in the Deschutes woods Sunday, but it i was checked at half an acre. The : blaze started from a camp fire, I in the Fort Rock woods" near Cabin lake, i One of the lowest humidity readings in the state, 10 per cent, ; was recorded Sunday at Spring ; butte, on the Fort Rock district. ' Lava butte recorded a low of 10 ; per' cent, and at Redmond the reading was 15 per cent. No rela 1 tlve humidity readings were avail . able in Bend, as recording instru : ments were removed when the lo cal weather station was closed. West Side Logging Curtailed In western Oregon, the fire dan ger is considered so serious that logging operations are being cur- tailed. Logging is halted west of the mountains when humidity drops to 30 per cent. Moisture content of fuel in the Deschutes woods, determined through a delicate weighing de- vice, hit a low of 2. The normal . reading is 7. Foresters point out that such readings reveal that forest debris is extremely dry . and, as a result, highly inflam- : mable. Because of the serious fire dan ger, persons using the Deschutes woods are being asked by forest ers to exercise extreme caution. F.F.A. Judging Team Wins Title Young people from Central Oregon won their share of recog nition at the state fair, according to tabulations of awards releas ed from the fairgrounds at Salem. A team from the Redmond F.F.A. chapter, composed of Cliff McCulIough, Don Young and Frank Conklin,' won the grand championship in the Future Farmer livestock Judging contest yesterday with 2173 out of a pos sible 2400 points. McMinnville finished second, with Sandy third and Frlnevllle fourth. Thirty-one teams were entered.. In the 4-H contests, Connie Dickson and Nancy Peterson, both of Powell Butte, won blue awards for cookery demonstra tions. Rachel Henske and Carol , Meuret, of Madras, were among those winning red awards in the same division. Violet Klobas and Marjorie Da vidson, both of Bend, placed sec ond for their demonstration of planting seeds and plants, in the crops section of the agricultural division. TO GOVERN PAKISTAN Karachi, Sept. 13 IP Khawaja Nazimuddin, provincial premier of East Bengal, was named today as the second governor-general of " i Pakistan, succeeding the late Mo gfi hammed All Jinnali. ME BEND CENTRAL OREGON'S Named as Key State Aeronautics Midstate Group Need for additional emergency landing strips in mountainous areas and adjacent to highways that stretch across counties in the eastern part of the state was stressed at a meeting of the state board of aeronautics here Sunday night. Board members stopped here on an air tour of Oregon and were guests of the aeronautics committee of the chamber of commerce. Delegations were pres ent from Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties. Members of the board started their air tour on September 8, with Salem as the Jumpoff point. Stops were made at Portland, As toria, Tillamook, Eugene, Coos Bay, Medford, Klamath Falls, Lakevlew, Ontario, . Baker, . La Grande and Pendleton. The group reached the Redmond airport yes terday from Pendleton, traveling in two planes. , Stop at Redmond V This morning, the aeronautics board members had breakfast In Redmond, then headed for The Dalles. In Portland tonight, the group will report to the state legislature Interim committee on aeronautics; 'y . f, . Philip Hitchcock, Klamath Falls flier and ex-Bend resident, presided at the dinner meeting here last night In the Blue room of the Pilot Butte inn. In the board party were B. F. Ruffner, Corvallis, chairman; Lee U. Eyer ly, Salem; J. R. Roberts, Red mond; Dr.. William M. Peare, La Grande, and E. S. Maroney, Port land, members; W. M. Bartlett, Salem, director, and Chester Mc Carthy, Portland, legal counsel. Purpose of the tour was to de termine airport needs of the va rious Oregon communities and to discuss aviation problems. Ruff, ner piloted one of the planes and Eyerly the other. Roberts Presides Roberts presided for the visit ors and introduced the board members. Roberts said that on the air tour three meetings were held dally. ,"We have ascertained the needs of the various communities and determined how the board can assist In solving some of the problems," he said. Roberts said the board functions under three departments executive, engin eering and search and rescue. The engineering department, Roberts reminded the home group,, has done some work for Bend in plan ning for expansion of the local field. McCarthy sketched a proposal for county-wide assistance in the development of airports, after pointing out that counties as a whole, not cities, shat? in the benefits of airport development. In Oregon, he estimated, 37 per cent of airplane owners are farmers. Oregon Not "Air-Minded" Ruffner said that Oregon "def initely Is not air minded." and at tributed this to the lack of sup port of aviation by the public. "Airplanes are safe and flying is safe." he declared, after touching on the reluctance of manv people to travel by air. He said that the public hears little of aviation, other than news of mishaps, which, he charged, is presented (Continued on Page 5) Oregon State Fair Ends After Setting Record For Attendance; Show Is Called One of Best Salem, Sept. 13 Ui The gates swung shut for another year on the state fair last night at mid night and officials announced to day that all previous attendance records had been topped. Final official figures were being compiled by fair manager Leo Pnltzbart today, but he said the 1946 record of 220,472 for the week-long exposition had been broken by "quite a bit." I'p to mldniRht Saturday 239, 978 had gone through the gates. Seven days of clear, hot weather with cool evenings was the main reason for tho high attendance, Spitzbart said. Fatal Berlin ,,.1., HU yMu'" Wll. -11 W-'UMOHTUIHWr W' ? fr : .w ! - .iM'l (NBA Radio-Tetephotol Anti-Soviet throngs went wild with enthusiasm when a German youth (above) scaled the flagpole on the Brandenburg Qate in Berlin and ripped down the Russian flag. Soviet troops fired on him, and it was announced that the boy, Wolfgang Schumann, IS, died of his wounds. Voluntary Gas Rationing Is , Started in Oregon; Stations In Bend Are Cooperating j Portland, Sept. 13 '.U.E) Voluntary gasoline rationing be gan today in Oregon. State oil coordinator Robert Ormond, Case said the move was necessary to prevent essential public services from breaking down. Retail sales in all service stations will be reduced to .75 per cent of the July average level. Case explained the move was designed to reduce social antU recreational driving only. Mass transportation,, harvesting!! movement pi gooas, ana puonc! safety vehicles will not be af fected. The action, taken as a result of the strike of employes of gasoline refining companies in California, is effective for the re mainder of September. , The decision to conserve re maining Pacific coast gasoline stocks came at a meeting at Los Angeles. : . ; ( Bend service stations today were making every effort to co operate in the voluntary gas ra tioning program announced for Oregon, but generally it was be lieved by operators that the end of the tourist season will easily pro vide the 25 per cent cut requested. Locally, lt was found today that only one gasoline company was actually rationing gasoline, and the local supply was reported good. One Bend station reported a September allocation of gasoline above that of the past month. Most service station operators reported a virtual disappearance of tourist travel, except California cars, from local streets. However, it was pointed out, the drop was expected at the end of the vaca tion season. Morse to Attend Three Meetings Sen. Wayne L.' Morse, who Is making three appearances in Cen tral Oregon this week, tonight at 6 o'clock will meet with Deschutes republicans at a dinner at the Pi lot Butte inn. Included among those expected will be members of the county republican central committee. From Bend, Sen. Morse will hurry to Redmond tonight to ad dress an open meeting at the Red mond high school. This meeting has been set for 8 o'clock. Tomorrow noon, Sen. Morse will be guest speaker . at the Lions' meeting In the Pilot Butte Inn, with Klwanians and Rotar lans Invited. Thlp was the second fair in the state's history where not one drop of rain fell. The only other time In the 83 years of fairs when It did not rain was In the 1930's, accord ing to Ella Wilson, Spitzbart's secretary. Parlmutuol wagering for the six-day racing meet at Lone Oak track also established a new lrigh mark. Bettors plunked down a total of $367,124 at the W3goring windows. In 1947 gamblers bet a total of $334,936 on the horses to set the previous high mark. Bruce Williams. Spitzbart's as sistant, said livestock, exhibits, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, Escapade . . ., k Highway Office Addition Planned Members of the state highway commission meeting In Portland today opened bids on recently an nounced contracts that include an addition to the highway depart ment building In Bend, according to information from the United Press. The low bid for the Bend addition was $8,268 and was sub mitted by Archie Averili, Port land. The addition proposed for the Bend building Includes construc tion of two offices, one for high way department use and the oth er for the state police, who have quarters in the local building. The addition will be constructed on the south .side of the present building. Eskimo Women' On Way to Win Bet in Dallas Seattle, Sept. 13 irThree Es klmo women have a date In Dal las, Tex., Thursday with oil mil lionaire L. L. Home; Pilot Lew Beach and Walter Stonebreaker arrived here Sunday to help Home win a 520,000 bet with another Texas oil man that three Eskimo women would be in Dallas on Thursday. "We don't, care what the women look like, or how old they are," Stonebreaker said. "We will fly them down and back within a week and give them $200 apiece for their trouble." ! Beach and Stonebreaker weiej scheduled to take off for Kctchl kan, Alaska, today. and entertainment were the best ever offered falrgoers. Both the horse show and musical revue were sold out every night. Yesterday the horse racing track was turned over to the auto mobile racers who thrilled a large crowd with their dare devil speed ing. Los Anderson, Portland, a vt eran of the Indianapolis speedway Memorial day race, won the cla.'s A 20-lap contest breaking the track speed record he set two years ago. Anderson negotiated the dirt half-mile oval In :26.99 for one lap, The old record was ;27.31. V , ! 1 BULLETIN DAILY NEWSPAPER MONDAY, SEPTEMBER (ndia'sArmy Invades State OJ Hyderabad Three Columns Spearing Toward Center of Rich Area; Meet Resistance New Delhi, Sept. 13 (ll'i-Indlan army columns Invaded Hydera bad today at three or more points and speared toward the heart of the rich princely state at a speed indicating relatively light resis tance. India's first communique of the invasion reported that a column striking eastward into Hyderabad from Sholapur had captured the transport city of Naldrug "after severe fighting." Hyderabad army headquarters reported that the Indians, attack ing from east and west, had push ed nine miles inside the state on the Sholapur border and 25 miles, inside it from Bezwada, near the southeastern frontier. Still another force was report ed driving down into Hyderabad from the central provinces of In dia, on the north.' Lt. Gen. Rad Judra Singh, comamnder of the Southern Indian army and direc tor of the Hyderbabad push, said Indian forces had penetrated the state from several directions. : Claim Police Action He said' it was a police action to maintain law and order In Hy derabad. Basically it stemmed from Hyderabad's refusal to Join the dominion of India after the partition of the sub-continent. The Indians gave little Indica tion of the size of their invasion forces. They said an armored division was in action, and infan try, artillery . and "other units" were Involved. In New Delhi, police surround ed the luxurious palace main tained here by the Nizam of Hy derabad and disarmed his guards. Observers said the Hyderabad invasion coming within 36 hours after the death of Governor gen eral Monammed All Jinnah .or Pakistan increased tHe possibiK ity of full-scale war between Hin du India and Moslem Pakistan. ' 80 Per Cent Hindu Although the Nizam is Moslem, Hyderabad's population is 80 per cent Hindu and he has steadfast ly refused to Join either Hindu India or Moslem Pakistan. He has repeatedly cited the In dian Independence act of 1947 which gave all Indian states the "right to choose freely and with out pressure" what their course of action would be. The invasion was launched less than 24 hours after the Indian ,government proclaimed a nation al service ordinance by decree. The order alerted all demobilized Indian vetrans for an immdiate call up. Last reports from Hyderabad said that some 450 Americans and Britons remained in the capi tal after some 150 who wanted to leave were evacuated. These reports said the western ers were laying In supplies of small arms, ammunition and food to withstand a possible siege from looters In case law and order broke down. Strike Bermuda New York, Sept. 13 HP" Hurri cane winds hit the Island of Ber muda at 11:15 a.m. EDT, the weather bureau reported today. The advisory said winds would Increase over Bermuda until the storm passed. The dead calm center of the storm was located about 60 miles southwest of the island, the weather bureau said, and prob ably would pass between 40 to GO miles west of Bermuda as the storm continued Its northwester ly movement. "Highest winds near the storm center are estimated at about 140 miles per hour and the hurri cane force winds extend about 60 miles from the center," the ad visory said. Only the outer edges of the storm were striking the island at 11:15, it was said. An earlier advisory said the storm would "pass close to Ber muda about noon" and warned residents of the British colony to complete precautions against winds and high tides "at once." POMCK SKAKCII FOB GIRLS Two 14-year-old Bend girls who left for the Shevlln park area yes terday shortly before noon were listed missing yesterday evening wh"n they failed to return to their homes. Officers were noti fied, and a night-long search whs launched. The girls returned to their homes this morning, and re ported they had been detained by two . Intoxicated men. Officers were checking details today. 13, 1948 Reels Accused Of Plan To Take Over Berlin Shots Fired In California Oil Strike San Francisco, Sept. 13 m Shots were fired in the California oil strike today as tank trucks and non-striking AFL refinery work ers began crossing CIO picket lines.. ' Two bullets were fired at a tank truck on a gasoline loading dock at San Pedro, and steel-helmeted police and special deputies were posted around refineries at El Segundo and Richmond to prevent other violence. Trjuck driver Eugene Peach said two slugs pierced his truck's radi ator when unidentified men fired at him from a speeding auto this morning as he loaded gasoline at the Pacific States Oil Co., an inde pendent company not Involved in the strike. No one was injured in the shoot ing. Guards Posted Special guards were posted around the Standard Oil com pany's southern California plant at El Segundo after a court order limited pickets. Officers expected non-strikers to attempt to break through the union "blockade." At Standard's Richmond plant, in northern California, nearly 1,500 AFL maintenance workers went peacefully across the picket lines under the watchful eyes of sheriff's deputies and special pa trolmen. Truck drivers for Standard re portedly protested against driving through the lines at Montebello as an "unsafe working condition," but drivers were hauling gasoline front other. Plants to rapidly-drain ing service stations throughout the west. Stations began Individ ual rationing to motorists in some localities. To Be Tonight Gordon Randall, ticket chair man for the Kiwanls minstrel show, predicted this morning that there win oe a tun nouse tonigni at the Tower theater, when the curtain goes up at 8:15 p.m. for two hours of blackface entertain ment. Demand for tickets has been brisk, he said, and a good turn-out is expected. General ad mission seats will be available nt the boxoffice before curtain time. Jack Halbrook, producer-direc tor of the show, said that the cast of nearly 40 local Kiwanlans and other Central Oregon entertainers Is ready for an evening of bang up fun. The show is said to be one of the outstanding local talent pro ductions of recent years, and is guaranteed to provide plenty or laughs. ' Key parts are played by Rev. G. R. V. Bolster, "Mr. Interlocutor"; Grant -Skinner, "Mr. Bones," and Jack Wetle, "Mr. Tambo." Special ty entertainers will include Lenlce George, Sally George and Garry Monical, dances; Paul Hornbeck, Dutch Stover, Rev. Allen Philp, Rev. Devere Penhollow, solos and monologues; BIH Mark, Bob Dud rey, Lloyd Robldeaux and Norm Venable, quartet, and Clarence Bush and Al Mansneiu, instru mental number. Wilson George Is accompanist. Proceeds from the show will be used by the Klwanians In meeting their club's Memorial hospital pledge and In carrying on other civic projects. Group to Attend Legion Conclave The Stevens-Chute post of the American Legion plans to send ten delegates and alternates to the state convention In Astoria on September 15 16, 17 and 18, It was announced today. In addi tion to the delegates, A. T. NIc bergall will attend the conven tion In his capacity of command er of district No. 12, comprising the Central Oregon posts. Delegates named to attend the convention are H. R. Krog, post commander; R. K. Inncs, past commander; A. M. Ryman, adju tant; W. E. AtLee and Craig Coyner. Alternates are George R. Brick, H. S. Rovelstad, Art Johnson, Dr. A T Inttallatt nnrl llpiira Sands. ' I Hall Hearing On Freck to Be Wednesday Salem, Sept. 13 ua-Gov. John Hall's public hearing for ousted Liquor commission chairman Jo seph Freck of Portland will be conducted in the executive office here Wednesday. The governor has refused a re quest from Salem radio station KOCO to broadcast the proceed lnes. Hall said the hearing will be confined' to his charges against Freck and will not permit Freck to air countercharges against the governor. Freck has been accused by the governor of "inefficiency and mis conduct in office." , Freck, who refused to resign from the three-man commission as Hall requested, charged that Hall attempted to pressure the li quor board Into buying 30,000 cases of a little-known brand of whiskey. Hall himself has the power to decide whether recK should re main on the commission. Eyes of Nation Being Held Today Portland, Me.. Sept. 13 (U Maine voted today in the first election of this presidential year. The voters may elect the first woman republican ever voted a full term in the U. S. senate. Mindful of the adage that " as Maine goes, so goes the' nation," republicans and democrats alike nopea tne state flection, wnicn included congressional contests, would furnish ammunition for the forthcoming presidential cam paign. The voting was highlighted by the precedent-seeking campaign of Rep. Margaret Chase Smith who hoped to become the first woman of her party ever elected to a six-year term in the senate. Though Maine democrats ad mitted they did not expect to win any major office In this tra ditionally republican state, politi cal observers said the minority party could damage national GOP prestige by polling more than 35 per cent of the total state vote. Mrs. Smith, serving her fifth term in congress, faced a politi cal novice In her quest for the seat of retiring Sen. Wallace H. White, Jr. Her opponent. Portland ohvsl- clan Adrian H. Scolten, hoped to become Maine's first democratic senator since 1911. HUGE SQUASH RAISED John R. Giinn. of 734 East Marshall avenue, has proof that Central Oregon soil is capable of producing vegetables of Paul Bunyan-proportlons. A huge summer squash, of the Zuchinnl variety, which Gunn raised In his home garden, and brought to the Bulletin office, weighs 10 pounds, four ounces, and Is 23 Inches long. 350 Present at Dedication Of New Warehouse at Culver Culver, Sept. 13 (Special) Bar becued steer beef competed with King Netted Gem Saturday when approximately 350 people celebrat ed completion of another wing on the Deschutes potato warehouse. In spite of a brilliant mid-Sep tember sun the hungry crowd en Joyed a dinner of barbecued beef, potato salad prepared by the dis trict's housewives from home grown Netted Gems, and more than enough ice cream to go around. The Culver school band, under direction of E. M. Bpyer, music Instructor for the schools, present ed a conceit before the featured ceremony of dedication. Arnold Pettibone, master or ceremonies, then Introduced Mayor Francis Keeney, of Culver, who welcomed the assembly. Mayors of other Central Oregon towns and repre sentatives of chambers of com merce called to the rostrum, con gratulated Culver chamber offi cials on the success of the party and builders of the warehouse on their Initiative In construction of facilities to enre for potatoes and seed crops. Joe D. Thomlson, representing Mayor R. P. McRae, of Prineville, and President H. S. Mersereau, of the Prlnevllle-Crook county cham State Forecast OREGON Varlabl Ugh cloudiness but generally fair today, tonight and Tuesday. Little temperature change. No., -81 U.S. Planes balloons, buns Berlin, Sept. 13 tm -4 Soviet leaders have drawn up plans for communist action squads to seize power In Berlin on "X-day" soon after the American elections in November, the British licensed German press said today, ': This followed disclosure by American authorities ' that the Russians are harassing the Am erican airlift to Berlin with anti aircraft ' fire, barrage balloons and blinding searchlights in addi tion to aerial maneuvers. The British licensed Montags -Echo said the current soviet cam paign of provocations-in Berlin will be climaxed by a move to seize power under the pretext of preserving order. The newspaper claimed, with out stating its source, that soviet officials told communist party members that Russia does not want an agreement with the west ern powers on either: Berlin or Germany. .. i ' '. "It would delay for a long time the conversion of a peoples' demo cracy into a dictatorship of the proletariat," the newspaper said. Want Disorder "The communists will attempt by every means to aggravate the Berlin situation so they can claim the role of guardians of Justice and order and justify the seizing of power to which they aspire." The Berlin action squads will be organized along the same lines as those that helped the commu nists seize power in Czechoslovak kia last February, the paper said. Three American soldiers who wandered into the soviet sector late last night were released to; day after being held four and one half hours by soviet military po- They were Identified as Pfc. Bernard J. Creed, Chicago; Pvt. Anthony T. Cummlngs, Kerrvllle, Tex., and Pvt. W. N. Fitzgerald. San Diego, Calif. One anti-aircraft shell burst within 150 yards of an American plane the past week end, ac cording to pilots' reports at Wies baden. The shell was fired at a sleeve target towed by a Russian Plane, utner pilots reported see ing flak bursts ahead of their planes, Lt. Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, Am erican air commander in Europe. said the Russians also have plac ed barrage balloons along the n ri !7d a nf tho nit- onrvi Atra looillnn to BerJIn. At night they have been turning searchlights on airlift planes, making it impossible for the pilots to see landmarks and rnt-nfncr thorn it net n Inc.... ments. ' f iw fs w Mil IIIOUU- ILLINOIS MAN ILL T. J. Hazlewood. 52. of Green Ridge county, 111., suffered a heart attack Saturday and was taken to tne st. Charles hospital. The man. was stricken In front of the Eagles' hall, on Wall street. His condition improved over the week end. ber, observed that application of Deschutes rtver water on Jeffer son county's fertile land had not only caused the production of hundreds of tons of potatoes but also brought Into being the Pacific northwest's largest potato ware house. George P. Penrose, general ag ricultural agent of the Union Pa cific R. R. Co., completed the pro gram by presenting the potato motion picture, "Potutoes Unlim ited." Bob Burns was master ol ceremonies In the movie. Begun last fall the Deschutes Potato warehouse served the south Jefferson county potato dis trict in the movement of last year's tonnage. The main potato warehouse Is 357 feel long and 130 fpet wide. On the north end Is an 80 foot extension utilized for housing the modern facilities for the recleanlng of clover and other seeds and handling of these grains. The additional unit was brought to completion this fall. Earl Hansen of Metollus built the huge warehouse which will store 7,000 tons of potatoes. Owners of the warehouse In clude Kenneth E. Duling, James F. Short, Rolla, Norman, Jack and Pearl Weigand, Mrs. Neva Mc Caffery and Frank McCaffery. Harassed by
