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Newspaper Page TextUniv. of Oregon Library EUSSKE. ORSQQM E BEND BULLETIN State Forecast OREGON Fair today, in creasing cloudiness Wednes day with intermittent rain by afternoon. Slightly cooler tomorrow. LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE CENTRAL OREGON'S t DAILY NEWSPAPER Volume LIX BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1948 No. 90 Russians ation Forces Demand Removal of Oceup i Miami andFloridaRegion In Path of Hurricane Blast ; i Winds Up to MOMilesPer Hour Expected Miami, Fla., Sept. 21 1P) A hurricane generating winds of from 125 t 140' miles per hour slashed across the Florida Keys today and headed for Miami. A 12:30 p. m. advisory from tha Minml wpflthpr hurpnll said 4 the storm was 25 miles north- east 01 ney wesi turn uiuvuig un the Miami area at mnes per hour. Hurricane winds were due to hit Miami at about 5 p. m. EST. Near hurficane force winds of 60 miles per. hour whipped through downtown Miami and Miami beach at 10:20 a. m. Key West Hit Key West, home of the sprawl in? U. S. naval air and sea base where President Truman has his "Little While House," caught the brunt of the storm at 10:30 a. m. when wind velocity rose to 110 miles per hour. ' Telephone communication De i tween Miami and Key West was cut off at 10:15 a. m. when the winds ripped loose all overhead lines. - - ' In a brief telephone conversa ; tion before the height of the ' storm struck the little island city, a United Press correspond- ent reported "everything okVs The storm slowed somewhat as it increased its power, the weather bureau reported, delay ing the arrival of the hurricane winds but assuring a longer stay when they do arrive. Strong gales covered an area 300 miles in diameter around the whirling center. WCTU Predicts State Victories Portland, Sept. 21 tin Ken tucky, "home of Bourbon whis ky," is 90 per cent in favor of pro hibition. Mrs. E. D. Hinkle, pres ident of the blue-grass state's Women's Christian Temperance union told delegates at the group's 74th annual convention today. And Kansas "will reject" a proposal to lift state prohibition in the general election, predicted Mis. Glenn G. Hays, Ransom, Kan., recording secretary of the National WCTU. About 2,000 delegates were on hand before the convention's opening when the Kentucky and Kansas reports were rendered. Mrs. Hinkle said 93 of Ken tucky's counties are dry under local option, and only 14 are "wholly wet." Kansas, said Mrs. Hays, has been dry sftice 1880. The last time a move to lift prohibition was referred to the voters, in 1934, it was rejected by an 89, 000 ballot majority. A WCTU vice-president Mary B. Ervin of Columbus, 0., told delegates that 680,000 American women are alcoholics and "prob lem drinkers." Huge Salmon Through Strikebound fort San Francisco, Sept. 21 HP A Seattle stevedoring firm today announced that west coast long shoremen on strike against the Waterfront Employers associa toon will handle some 510,000,000 worth of strikebound salmon at the Seattle terminals. It was bealievod that the sal mon would bp the first commer cial cargo handled by CIO long shoremen since the strike began 19 days ago. Previous agree ments between the International Longshoremen's and Warehouse men's union have covered only government cargoes. Meanwhile, left and right wing factions of the California CIO closed ranks on the maritime strike Issue. 'a Tim Flvnn, who replaced Harry Bridges when the latter was oust- i as northern California region al director in a left-right wing James R. Benham, Pioneer Of Central Oregon Country, Dies at St. Charles Hospital James R. Benham, 82, pioneer of Central Oregon who set tled in the Prineville country in' early days and filed on land in the upper Deschutes basin in 1885, died this morning at the St. Charles hospital. He was the victim of infirmities of old age. . ' A native of Harrisburg, Mr. Benham attended Bend's first school, taught in 1881. Benham falls, on the upper Deschutes river, was named for the pioneer. He moved from Prineville to what is now Deschutes county in 1879, and was the county's second oldest resident, so far as known. The oldest, in point of residence, is Mrs. Eva Ben nett, Bend, daughter of John Y. Todd, midstate pioneer. Benham falls, considered as the site of a federal reservoir on ' the upper Deschutes, re ceived its name from the fact that Mr. Benham's homestead, on which he filed in 1885, was in that area. However, Mr. Benham did not long live on the homestead, inasmuch as the government re jected his filing. He later home steaded about half way between Bend and Redmond, nearly 50 years ago. Up until about 10 years ago he made his home on a ranch about ten miles north of Bend. Attended First School Bend's first school, attended by Mr. Benham 67 years ago, was taught by Mrs. Electa M. O'Neil, wife of William O'Neil, one of Central Oregon's pioneer settlers. The school was taught in the O'Neil cabin, erected earlier" in 1881 by tftree sons of the teacher, George, Charles and Walter O'Neil. The building was on the land of John Sisemore, where the Brooks-Scanlon mill now stands. Pupils were Ida and Lucy Sise more, Amanda Benham, James Benham and Anna Trupin. In his long years in the Bend country, Mr. Benham saw the re gion develop from a rangeland outpost, visited onlv by stockmen en route to mountain pastures, to a region tapped by major high ways and three railroads) In those days, Mr. Benham frequently re called in discussing pioneer times, Bend was only a stopping place on the Deschutes river for stockmen. He also witnessed the rush for timber in the early years of the century, and the growth of Bend from a village to a city, secona largest in Oregon east ot the cas cades. In Prineville in 1926, Mr. Ben ham was married, and was later divorced. There were no children. Made Violins In his latter years, Mr. Benham devoted considerable time to wood working, and made violins from juniper wood. He played one of these violins at the winter meet ing of the Deschutes Pioneers' association, of which he was a member, this past year. Mr. Benham was active until re cent weeks, and attended the pio neers' picnic In Bend this summer. So far as known, Mr. Benham has no relatives In the Bend coun try. A niece, according to avail ahle Information, lives in Wash ington. Funeral service plans have not yet been made. GET LAW CERTIFICATES Salem, Sept. 21 UP Seventy new attorneys' received law cer tificates today at ceremonies in the supreme court chambers here. Cargo to Move feud, Issued a statement blasting the employers' association. "The feeling is slowly gather t in nninn r-lrrln " Flvnn said. Mho, Iho i-onl nhtpftlvp Of WEA and the Pacific Steamship Own ers association is me L-uiiijjieic destruction or ine mm nunc mi Ulin. - nnih nrirnnizat ons announceo nflni. fVin etriUn hppan that thev would have no further dealings with thp ILAVU anm omer mini- time unions until lis ipaoers, in eluding Bridges, filed non-conv munist affidavits under the Taft T,nV1n lift- flvnn minted out that such pction is not compulsory under the lail-nnrui'v i;iw uui i.. . Ilninna it-ichlna tn lisp the facilities of the national labor relations board. He added there was "no legal basis" for the em ployeis' demand. Pioneer Dies ! 1 James R. Benham, who attended Bend's first school 67 years asp, died ; ttitsr ' Tnorning- at -nff ' st, cnarles hospital. - Israel Announces High Penalties For Terrorism Tel' Aviv, Sept. 21 (UWThe Is raeli government made public to day a series of emergency regula tions providing sentences of five to 20 years for particiaptlon in ter rorist activities In Palestine. The new regulations, aimed pri marily at the outlawed Stern gang as a result of the assassination oi Count Folke Bernadotte, also pro vide one to five years imprison ment for membership in a terror ist organization. Sentences up to three years, or a fine of l.ouo pounds (4,uuu), are provided for any. persons found guilty of supporting terror ist organizations. The drastic penalties to stamp out underground activities in the new Israeli state were made pub lic as officials disclosed that 320 members of the Stern gang now are under arrest. None- of the top leaders of the Stern gang have been arrested yet. The Israeli cabinet last night declared the.Stern group an Illegal organization ana ooservers ex pected its members still at large would go underground. The leader of the Irgun Zvat Leuml, Menahem Beigin, mean while disclosed that he has order ed the Irgun underground organi zation in Jerusalem to disband. Spy Probe May Indict Three Wnnhlnetnn. Sent. 21 HP ReD. John McDowell, R., Pa., said to day he believes house spy inves tigators have assembled enough evidence to Indict three persons for espionage. Two of the three, McDowell In dicated, had access to some high ly secret atomic Information dur ins the war. These two are Americans, he said. He said he did not know whether the 'hird person is an American. McDowell said all three have testified before the commlttpe. A reporter askPd if McDow ell's position was that he would' nrooose to the full house un American activities committee that It recommend to the lustlce department that the three be In dict pd. "'"hat Is correct," McDowell sail Group Plans Recall Vote November 2 Bend voters at the general elec tion on November 2 will also pass on the proposal that five mem bers of the city commission be recalled, If plans announced at last night's meeting of the Citi zen's for Efficient Government and Law Enforcement material ize. . '' The plan to place the recall pro posal before the voters at the general election received unani mous approval at last night's meeting of the sponsoring group, held in the Deschutes county court room before a packed house, with many standing. Over1 140 persons were present,, and when a standing vote was taken it was indicated that more than half of these were members of the recall league. - t " Benson Speaks Included in the large audience were visitors who apparently ex pected some "iireworKS" in con nection with the appearance be-1 fore the group of Rea L. Benson, who was recently discharged from the city police force. How-, ever, Benson's talk was largely a recital of details of his appear-1 ance before Police chief K. C. Gulick and City manager C. G; Relter, who had asked for his resignation. Benson said he re fused to resign and was asked to turn in his equipment. Benson also said he refused to divulge to the officer whether he had or had not signed the affidavit that ac cused Chief Gulick on various L- Following Benson's brief recital' oi events leading to nis aiscnarge from the police force, he. was asked a series of questions by Mack Malcolm, president of the recall group. Others also Joined in the questioning. -Chief Criticized Included in the group criticiz ing the chief for alleged irregu larities in arrests was Earl Wood of the Downing hotel, who said two men arrested in the hotel on a breaking and entry charge on the opening day of the 1947 deer season were seen on the streets of, Bend the following day. .. He said the two men had been re leased. (Police records reveal no ar rests at the Downing on the open ing day of the 1947 season. How ever, on Sept. 30, 1945, records show that two men were arrested at the Downing, and were re leased when no complaint was filed.) Speakers at last night's meet ins Included Rev. Len Fishback, who said rumors that he was stepping out of the recall move was without foundation. Some of the men who are taking part in the recall move have lost their jobs, Rev. Fishback said, and added that he had received un signed letters. Malcolm, In an swering questions, said he had a new job. Coming within the range of the minister's fire were the city attorney, the city man ager and the commission. Included in List On a motion by Mel Erlckson, the group voted to include Benson In the list of officers who should be reinstated on the police force if the recall move carries, A house to house canvass In an effort to obtain 1,000 or more signatures to the petitions was proposed by Malcolm, and eight members of the group volunteer ed to circulate the petitions. M". M. Orona, vice president of the group, said he had investigated and learned that when once filed the petitions will become a public record. President Malcolm was author ized to call the next meeting of the group. House Investigators May Call Off Open Hearing Plan Washlngton,Sept. 21 itPi-House Investigators said today they may call off their open hearings on atomic espionage to avoid unwit ting revelation of any of Amer ica's closely guarded secrets. But they promised a "full and complete report" on a "shocking chapter" In the activities of soviet spies searching for atomic sec rets. The report will be Issued within a few days If they dpcide to call off the public hearings. The house un-American activi ties committee had been planning to hold open hearings In the near Australian President of UN Assembly Paris, Sept 21 U" Australian foreign minister Herbert V. Ev att was elected president of the United Nations' general assembly today In a runoff ballot with For eign minister Juan Bramuglla of Argentina. The final vote was 31 to 20 with one abstention and six inva lid ballots. The voting was se cret, but obviously the Russian bloc of six countries refused to vote for either of the candidates who went into the runoff. On the first ballot Evatt re ceived 25 votes, Bramuglla 22, Zygmunt Modzelewski of Poland, 6, and Josef Been of Luxembourg, 2, with one abstention and one invalid vote. . Bramuglia, who was tempora ry president, had to announce his own defeat. Evatt took over the gavel immediately. Truman Makes Charges Against 60P Chairmen Eg Route With President Tru man, Sept. 21 tlPi President Tru man, as he campaigned from Colorado into Utah today, accus ed republican chairmen of the house and senate appropriations committees of being ignorant about the problems of the west. Truman, alter, criticizing the republicans for reducing appro priations for reclamation proj ects at ' the last session, picked out as his particular target the republican chairmen of the house land senate appropriation com1 nnittees, Sen; Styles Bridges of New Hampshire, and Rep. John Taber of New York. , "What do they know about the west?" he shouted. "I doubt that either one of them has ever been west of the Applachian moun tains. IN "If the senator was out here on a jaunt or something, he prob ably didn't know what he was looking at." n-. .. - Appears Rested ' 1 The president, appeared rested and refreshed after one of his longest spells from speechmak ing and public appearances since leaving the White House in his 18-car special train last Friday. In his brief platform appear ance at Grand Junction, he de livered his 27th speech of the ar duous campaign tour to date. After reviewing reclamation, power and preservation of the soil as the "life blood of the west," the president told of this region's "rolling advancement" after the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt was first elected. Then he appealed for support of the democratic ticket next Nov. 2. He cautioned that two thirds of the people of the Unit ed States tailed to vote in 1946, In which year the "do-nothing 80th congress" came into being. Republicans Plan Luncheon Session Precinct committee members of the republican party, and other GOP members, are being urged to attend a luncheon meeting Wed nesday noon at the Pilot Butte Inn. Mrs. John Y. Richardson, of Portland, vice chairman of the state republican central commit tee, will be guest speaker. She is Interested In meeting all local re publicans, it was announced by Mrs. E. R. Ryan, president of the Bend unit of the National Federa tion of Republican Women's or ganizations, who has assisted in plans for the meeting. Reservations may be made up to tomorrow morning by calling Mrs. Pearl Staples, phone 200. future. A subcommittee has been making a hlRhiy secret prelimin ary investigation for some time and this will continue in any event. Rep. John McDowell, R., Pa., said the legislators are afraid open hearings might result in an unwitting disclosure of Informa tion that should be kept secret. He stressed that the committee does not want to break any security regulations. He said the question of open hearings probahly will be decided at a full committee session tomorrow. U.S.AsksUN To End Jewish- Arab Warfare Paris. Sept. 21 unThe United States urged the third general as sembly of the United Nations to day to seeK an end to AraD-Jewisn warfare in Palestine by support ing the proposals of the UN's assassinated mediator, Count Folke Bernadotte of Sweden, which provided for recognition of the Jewish state of Israel. U. S. Secretary of state George C. MarshaU formauy proposed ac ceptance of Bernadotte's report even before the general assembly, meeting against a somber back' drop of expressed fear of another world war, nad completed its or ganization. Arabs, Jews and the 58 nations of the UN, Marshall said in an official statement, should accept Bernadotte's recommendations in their entirety "as the best possible basis for bringing peace" to tne Holy Land. Assembly convenes The general assembly convened In the plush Palais de Challlot overlooking the Seine amid the gravest crisis since tne war, in which attention oi most delegates centered upon the cold war be tween Russia and the western powers rather than on lesser profr lems such as Palestine. Onlv three hours after the as sembly opened, foreign ministers of the United States, Britain and France were to meet at the Qua! d'Orsay. possibly to agree on a showdown action in the dispute with the Soviet Union which has its focal point in the Berlin crisis But Marshall seized upon the in- terest in and concern for the Pal estine situation which followed the" assassination" toirt' -Friday -in Jerusalem of Bernadotte to issue a formal statement in which he said that the Swedish mediator's conclusions regarding the Holy Land "are sound" and expressed hope that both sides would accept them in the spirit of fair compro mise. Railroad Unions Hope for Increase -Chicago, Sept. 21 tlBUnion officials representing more than 200,000 trainmen and conductors said today that negotiations with the nation's railroads on a third round wage Increase are "pro gressing satisfactorily." "We are hopeful of reaching a settlement without government Intervention," a spokesman said. The unions have asked for a 25 per cent pay raise. Negotiations also are being con ducted between the railroads and three other unions which threat ened a nationwide strike last May. The unions represent engi neers, firemen and switchmen. They seek the difference be tween the 15W-cent hourly raise awarded under a government set tlement of their second round wage demand, and the 30 per cent they originally requested. Negotiations between the rail roads and 16 unions representing about 1.000,000 non-operating em ployes, Including shop, mainten ance and clerical workers, col lapsed last week. ' The national railway media tion board arrives here Thurs day to attempt settlement of the dispute. The non-operating un ions demanded a 25-cent hourly Increase and an eight-hour reduc tion In the work week. Fish and Game License Sales Up A final analysis of the 1947 hunting and angling license sales reveals an Increase over 1946 of 8.30 per cent In the number of license holders, according to in formation in the current Issue of Oregon state game commission bulletin. The number of licensed Individuals in Deschtues county was 12,799, with anglers lending hunters 8,447 to 7,184. The total sales In Deschutes county aggre gated $47,211. Multnomah led U counties with a total of 69 565 Individuals licensed. In upstate Oregon, Klamath county was first, with 18,883 Individuals purchasing li censes. In the state at large, 372,814 Individuals obtained hunting or fishing licenses In 1947, Hall Sustains Charges Made Against Freck Salem, Sept. 21 IB Gov. John H. Hall today sustained- his charges of misconduct, neglect of duty and inefficiency against Joseph Freck, chairman of the Oregon state liquor commission, and ruled that Freck had legally disqualified himself from the commission. In a five and one-half page de cision,' Hall said he had found that Freck had "violated his oath of office by purchasing supplies from his own firm in contraven tion of the state constitution." "Freck has legally disqualified himself from holding the office of liquor commissioner. His re moval therefrom was justified from the facts and law. Charges contained in the written notice of removal have been sustained," Hall said. Dewey Answers Truman Charge Concerning West En route with Dewey, Sept. 21 HP) Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, in an obvious reply to charges by President Truman, said today that he would "do something about western development" and "not Just talk about it." The r e p u b 1 1 ca n presidential nominee followed Truman into Colorado by one day to discuss the same subject development of western resources. Truman told Colorado audiences vesterday that the republicans had blocked western development. . hundred which met his train at Julesburg, Colo., Dewey promis ed action on western projects, but refrained from mentioning direct ly the president's accusations. It was Dewey's first rear platform talk in the centennial state. Board Titeln Among those who boarded the train for the trln to Denver were Sen. Eugene D. Mllllkln, R., Colo.; GOP senate candidate Will F. Nicholson. Congressmen William Hill, J. Edgar Chenoweth and Robert E. Rockwell; David Hamil, GOP candidate for governor In Colorado, and Chris Cusack, re publican congressional candidate. Dewey speaks In Denver to night at 8:30 p. m. MST. A crowd of 200 met the spe cial Dewey train at North Platte Neb., todav but he did not appear on the platform during the half hour stop. GAME FARMS OFFERED Portland, Sept. 21 mi The Or egon state game commission said today It will offer for sale its Pendleton and Eugene game farms. The Pendleton game farm will be consolidated with a new modern game farm near Hermis ton while the Eugene property is to be abandoned because of the development of the area as a resi dential district, the commission said. Street Vacations to Be Asked For East Side School Site Bend school directors Inst night authorized their attorney, Alva C. Goodrich, to start proceedings leading to the vacation of streets traversing the high school loca tion site recently acquired from Deschutes county In the east part of Bend. Parts of East Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, of Cascade and Overturf avenues and of Lake place will be involv ed if the city commission accedes to the request. The borad, meet ing In the superintendent's office on Wall street, had no Idea when the new site might need to be put to use but was agreed that preliminaries should be disposed of now. Lack of room In the gymna sium building for growing music activities of the high school has led to temporary arrangements being made for use of the nearby First Methodist church, superin tendent James W. Bushong told the board, which gave its approv al of the plan. As soon as the new srade school, now under construction at Wall and Georgia Is completed, Its auditorium will be available at certain hours for high school music, Bushong said. Another result of the growth of the district and of its popula tion was seen In the intensive use being made of the four school buses being operaid by the dis Move Thought Designed to Win Sympathy Berlin, Sept. 21 tut Russia de manded immediate withdrawal ot all occupation troops from Germ any and blockaded Berlin today as the center of attention in the Berlin crisis shifted to Paris. Gen. Lucius D. Clay left for Paris' last night and the three western envoys from Moscow are scheduled to pass through Berlin today en route to the French cap ital. The Russian withdrawal de mand, published In the official so viet army - newspaper Taegliche Rundschau, was believed part of a new soviet propaganda cam gaign to win German sympathy and embarrass the western pow- S. ,';'; " It comDared Germany to Korea and urged Germans to note the soviet action in Korean where so viet troops are scheduled to leave by Jan. 1. Hint maepenaence Taeellche Rundschau attempt ed to give the impression that German independence would be Just around the corner if the so--vlet demand -was followed, but Russian controlled radio Berlin was more moderate. Radio Berlin said soviet forces "could" withdraw 1 within ono year after the peace treaty with Germany was signed. Attempts to reach four-power agreement on a German treaty, however, broke up last fall at the big four for eign ministers' conference in London. The Russian attitude was con- which., compared the soviet occu pktioii In orea-aM Germany un- 3ff the headmjH'A trmderoT coip distent policy." It said the entire Russian for eign policy is based on peace and recognition of the national inde pendence of all states. It claimed that the United States, in both Germany and Ko rea, was attempting to turn its occupation zones Into colonies for use as operation bases around the soviet union. Red Squads Prepared Indications were that the Rus sian demand was based on confi dence ' that communist action squads and soviet- trained Ger man militia easily could seize power in Berlin once troops of the western allies were removed. Observers believed the soviet demand was timed strategically to coincide with the opening of the United Nations general as-' sembly at Paris. Should soviet diplomacy fall to block United Nations considera tion of the Berlin crisis, as plan ned by the western powers, Rus sia could offer as a solution that all four powers withdraw from the disputed German capital. BOOSTERS TO MEET The Athletic Booster club will meet Thursday at 7 a.m. at the Trailways Coffee shop, President Joe Slate announced today. Elec tion of officers and reports from football coaches are on the pro gram. trict. Looking forward to still greater use, the directors suggest ed that the superintendent collect Information on which acquisition of a fifth could be based. The board granted use of the Allen school auditorium for a atntn tnm.hai-Q n aanpl n 1 1 nn mppt. Ing on November 13, expected to bp attended by some 300 In- . structors. It designated both Bend banks as district depositar ies and heard requests from a . i 1 i , , .... . ......! by Mrs. Gale Blakley, for Im proved playground facilities at Kenwood school. Mrs. Blakley and her committee members, Mrs. Elsie Crulkshank, Mrs. Grace Elder, Robert Hawes, G. M. de Broekert and W. T. Welcome, were Interested in more and bet ter equipment and In some treat ment for the playground surface which would abate dust In dry months and mud In wet ones. tnkl that eaulnment. long on order, Is expected to ar rive some day and tnat ine ooara would be glad to entertain sug gestions for dealing with mud and dust. - Members of the board attend ing last night's meeting were Dr. G. W. Wlnslow, chairman; Vance . T. Covner, Glenn H. Gregg, Dr. J. S. Grahlman and L. T. Standi- for. .