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THE BEND BULLETIN
State Forecast.
Oregon Generally clear and
slightly warmer today and
Tuesday. High temperatures
mostly 60 to 70 both days,
low tonight 25 to 35.
Hunters' Guide
Sunrise October 19. central
counties, 6:22; sunset, 5.16.
CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
Volume LIX
BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1948
No. 113
'I
Russian Blast
.Rocks Planeon
Run to Berlin
Pilot Reports His Craft
Badly Shaken at Gatow
Airfield by Big Explosion
Berlin. Oct. 18 HPi British au-
Ithorlties said today that a heavy
xplosion in tne nussian zone
near Gatow ainieici rocked an
American airlift plane so severely
the pilot thought he was being
Ifired upon oy anu-aircrait guns.
The pilot reported by radio to
(the Gatow airfield control tower
t 8:25 a.m. that his plane was
shaken by anti-aircraft fire at
tiOOO feet altitude shortly after
taking off from Gatow.
Radio contact with the pilot
(then was broken, ine uritisn said.
They notified Fassburg airfield, in
ithe untisn zone oi western Uer-
ixmuny, and oineials there inter
viewed the pilot when he landed.
Explosion on Ground
The full report, the British said
definitely established that the con
icussion which rocked the Amori
fcan plane was caused by the
ground explosion.
A report on the incident was
prepared and will be flown back
to American ana Hrittsh author
ities in Berlin by another airlift
juaiu.
There was no immediate explan
ation of the cause of the explos
ion in the Russian zone. Capt.
)kin. U. S. chief at the
four-power air safety center, said
lie had reported the explosion to
the Russians.
Protest Received
The Russian representative at
the center meanwhile protested
igainst auegea Anglo-American
violations of air safety procedures
last Saturday. Airlift planes flew
below the authorized height over
uailgow airlield in the soviet
zone, the Russian aid.
American air force officials' in
SLiankl
I Jled t
iTiankfurt reported earlier that
American airlift fliers were
at 5:45 a.m. when their C-54
crashed and burned in a dense
Jforest about a mile from Frank
gfurt. The plane, returning from'Ber-
ilin, was circling for a landing at
liheim-Main airport and was in
radio contact with the airfield
when it crashed. Four hours la-
itor there still was no official ex
planation of the reason for the
crash.
Car, Train Crash;
Five Persons Die
Creston; B. C, Oct. 18 (Ui Five
persons were killed and seven
others were injured when their
.small coune crashed Into a welt-
ibound Canadian Pacific railway
engine near here early yesterday.
Constable Lindsav A. Doree of
iho provincial police said three
lof the passencers were killed in-
AJritly and two others died a few
aiours later In a Creston hospital.
si hrep Of thA Inllltvirl UWd in fri.
f k cal condition.
t; The party of 12 was returning
1; i Nome from a dance at Canyon, B.
f : ? , eight miles southeast of here.
; The accident occurred at Erick
fon crossing two and one-half
Jbiiles southeast of here. Doree
I 1 1""1 the coupe nad a rumble seat.
, M Three Die Instantly
Instantly killed were Larry Ma
Tnzoff, 13, Crescent Valley, B. C:
Tlichael Nestiak, 23, Canyon, and
Peter Olynyk, 23, North ville,
ttlta
1 W illiam Olynyk. 50, Northvil'e,
nd Nicholas Gorgichuk, 33.
'jpickson, died of injuries i.n the
mspltal.
1 Cl'iticallv InlnroH wnro Frnnlf
I? Futnam, 18. Erickson: Rose John-
; i'in. 30, Edmonton, Alta., and
Nicholas Olynyk 20, Northville.
; Also hospitalized were John
Miirozoff, 18, Crescent Vallev:
. Mrs. Alexandria Olvnvk. 50.
Northville; Mrs. Olga Gorgichuk.
. Erickson. and Alex Segar, 23,
, r-dmonton driver of the car.
x-Bend Resident
3ies at Hermiston
Mrs. E. M. Putnam. 82, who
as a resident of Bend from 1916
0 1910, died Sundav evening at
icrmiston after an illness of six
rrnths.
Mrs. Putnam, who was a native
Silver Creek, Minn., is survived
three sons, Favette H. Pt
m. of Bend, and J. L. and E. E.
4
i nam of Hermiston: a riaiifh-
ffT. Mrs V. H rhnnol nf Pnt.
,r"h. Ida.: six prandehtidren and
threat grandrhildren.
Funorai spndppo are t"1 be held
"'tnesdav at 2:30 n. rn. from t'ip
iswnnsr and Wlnslow fmirrp'
' it h Rev. K. A. Tnblas of
"'st Baptist chiuch, oHiciating.
' Deschutes Spuds Moving Through
! , '4'!
s t t
More than 30 persons are now at work In potato operations at the
Mid-Oregon Farmers' Warehouse and Supply Center In Bend as
harvesting moves into high gear in the Deschutes area. Grading is
done from field sacks brought to the warehouse by growers. In the
Lower picture, potatoes grown on Jim Matson's ranch two miles
from Bend are passing up the conveyor belt onto the Paramount
grader. Dean Davis, in charge of the potato operations, looks on
with George Ritchie, Jr., (right) one of the owners of the ware
house. In the top picture workers sort the spuds. Women In the
foreground are Mrs. John Williams, right, and Mrs. Thelma Young
berg, left. All but U. S. No. l's arc removed and dropped into slots
in the center. No. l's pass on through the conveyor belt, are sacked
at the far end and loaded directly onto freight cars at tracks beside
the warehouse. Other grades of potatoes pass onto smaller con
veyor belts on the light side, whore they are sacked. About five
4.')0-sack carloads of potatoes can be handled each day by the
grader.
Indian Summer Weafher Visits
Inferior After Cold Weekend
Temperature in Bend Climbs 56 Degrees on ,''
Sunday Following Low of 1 5 Saturday night
Central Oregon temperature started climbing back to
normal today following a week end of bitterly cold nights,
with clear weather prevailing. The lowest temperature was
recorded in Bend Saturday night, with a minimum of 1S'de-:
grees, coldest of the season.'recorded. Bend yielded to Baker,
a city that reported a low of 14 degrees, as the coldest report
ing spot in the state Saturday
of 18.
The chilling Saturday night
Oregon Boy Dies
As Hunter Fires .
Medford, Oct. 18 'IP Dwight
Epperson, 17. son of Milton Epper
son, rnoenix, ure., was Kiueu uu-
eidentallv Sunday when he was
shot bv a member of another deer
- .
hunting party. It was the dlst ;
fatality of the 1918 deer hunting ,
season in Oregon. I
The shooting occurred near Mis-
souri flats, in the Applcgate dis-,
trict. Epperson had been nunting ,
with Rav Ayres, Medlord,
Stanley Eerns. Phoenix.
State police have taken into cus
todv Elvie Ervin Stanberry,
Grants Pass, on a charge of hunt
ing without a license. Stanberry
was hunting near the Epperson
party.
Ives L. Brown of Murphy and
Albert D. Johnson and Joe Hunt
er, Applcgate, asristed Mute police
and the coroner's o'fice in bring
ing out Epperson's body.
n.si' Wu Ink-
In.
ifo
nignt. Keumona reported a low
; '
was followed by Indian sum-
mer weather on Sunday, with
the 'mercury climbing to 71
degrees. Skies remained
cloudless over the week end,
and, at sunset Sunday night a
harvest moon, " at its full
phase, climbed into the Octo
ber heavens through a-veil of
smoke from burning slash. One
of the slash fires was In the tim
bered highlands directly, east of
Madras, and west of the Ochoco
national forest. Through the day,
a clouct oi smoke was earned into
Jhn nnrih from tin h ti r n i n p
l)rush am, a, sunC) a n()rth wir
aoft- moved the smoke banner
south along the Cascades.
Frecz;nB weather Is again in
. ... - tonllzht. Iaro,.as,.
., . xtpnsive damaBP
was reported as a result of the
low temperature. However, In
some fields, harvesting opera-
Hons continued ty moonlight, as
formers woiked to get their crops
into cellars.
HOTEL OWNER DIES
I Astorja, Ore., Oct. 19 (IP Aus.
' :ln Osho.n, 70, Astoria hotel own
i cr, died here last night.
New Warehouse
Potato Pickers
Urgently Needed
Three thousand potato pickers
are now at work in Central Ore
gon fields and 400 more are ur
gently needed to harvest the re
gion's largest crop, it was an
nounced today from the local em
ployment office.
The call for 400 additional pick
ers to fill calls for assistance was
issued this morning as the potato
harvest neared its peak, with
growers fearful that winter may
move into the area before the
work is finished. This fear was
heightened by low temperatures
of the past two nights, with an
area minimum of 14 reported.
Information Given
Workers are being asked to re
port to their nearest employment
offices in Reoinond, Bend, Prlne
ville or Maaras. Not many trans
ient workers are reporting at
present. However, about 50 per
cent of the farmers requesting
pickers report they have housing
facilities.
Information as to wages can be
obtained ai the various employ
ment offices in the area. Arrange
ments foR. transportation are be
ing made.
Despite the chllly'nights, ideal
potato harvest weather prevailed
today, with the sun crossing an
unclouded sky. Increasing cloudi
ness is predicted for tomorrow.
Recall Vacancy
Matter Pondered
If voters of Bend should recall
any or all of the five commis
sioners named in recall petitions,
the vacancies on the commission
would probably be filled . by ap
oointment, Commissioners T. D.
Sexton and W. J. Baer indicated
In separate statements today.
At the November 2 election,
voters will decide whether or not
to recall Mayor Hans Slair.svold,
Commissioners Clyde O. Hauck,
Hugh E. Simpson, C. B. Hoogner
and George F, Freeman.
The city charter provides that
vacancies on the commission may
he filled by apnolntment bv re
maining commissioners within
'fl days. If apnointments are not
made in that time, the eitv reor
der miil rail a snerlal elrrtiop
vi'hin 20 days to fill the vacan
cies. Two, Men OmltteO
Rexton and Baer hnve both dis
claimed any part In the reeall ef
fart. Because of their stand favor
'nt a change in the police depart
ment, thev were omitted from the
recall netitlons by the Citizens
for Efficient Government and
Law Enforcement, the sponsoring
organization.
Sexton said he would meet the
situation when It comes no. At
nresent, however, he would be In
'ovor of making apnointments to
fill anv vacancies that might re
ult from the recall. He said he
Had no one in mind, but would
favor appointing men "who would
take the same stand that I have
akpn, for strict law enforce
mont. a ww manager and a new
oo'ice chief."
Baer also said he had no one In
mind for the positions, should
thev become vacant, but that he
""Mid he in favor of making tho
"""'"'"ic"!0 soon as possible
after the election.
UAWing
To Talk About
Bomb Control
However, Russians Are
Warned That Nations
Will Continue to Re-Arm
By R. H. Shackford
(UniUnl Tress Stair Currssijonili'nt)
Paris, Oct. 18 .UP The United
States is willing to talk some
more about the atomic bomb, but
will maintain its stockpile of the
deadly weapon until and unless
Russia lowers the Iron curtain to
disclose soviet strength.
' American delegate Warren Aus
tin made that statement to the
United Nations political commit
tee today in a speech restating
the U. S. position that Russia has
made, further work by the UN
atomic energy commission use
less at this time.
, But he said again that the U. S.
supports a Canadian proposal for
a resolution .directing the Big
Five nations and Canada, which
was an original partner in the
atomic bomb project, to hold pri
vate talks seeking a basis for con
tinued negotiation for effective
international control of atomic
energy.
i Up to Russia
! The entire western world, Aus
tin told the committee, will con
tinue to remain armed until Rus
sia and her satellites open the
doors of their "secret world." He
called the soviet proposal for sim
ultaneous destruction of the U. S.
atomic bomb stockpile and crea
tion of an international control
system a "maneuver."
It was designed, he said, to de-
destroy America's bombs before
and probably a long while be
fore" the rest of the world
knows whether Russia has such
a weapon. 1
"The United States does not
intend to give up Its atomic weap
ons except under a system of con
trol sutilclently effective to guar
antee ,that other nations do not
have , and' cannot' secure these
weapons," Austin said.
Malik Answers
Russia's Jacob Malik answered
immediately and near the end of
a long denunciation of American
atomic energy policy said that
"no fairy tales by Austin about
closed doors and iron curtains"
can show the soviet plan unac
ceptable. "Experience shows that' when
representatives of the United
States have no real arguments
then they conjure up speeches of
propaganda, of closed doors, or
iron curtains."
Final Rites Held
For Local Pioneer
Funeral services were held Sat
urday afternoon from Nlswonger
and Wlnslow chapel for O. D.
( Dad ) Allingham, 81-year-old
Central Oregon pioneer, who died
last Wednesday morning. Rev.
Carsten Brien, of First Lutheran
church, oificiated, and Mrs. Clar
ence Bush was soloist. The chan
cel was banked with profuse flor
al offerings.
Pallbearers, all past or present
members of the Bend fire depart
ment, of which Mr. Allingham
was a lifetime member, included
Taylor Rhodes, Ray Nedrow,
Harry O Grady, LeRoy Fox, Os
car Anderson and Maurice Van
Sickle.
Mr. Allingham, a native of Linn
county and the son of pioneers
who crossed the plains in a cov
ered wagon, was an early-day
stockman who rode the Deschutes
ranges more than 60 years ago.
He came to Bend from Grand-
view, in 1919 and for a number
of years was a special city night
officer. He is survived by two
sons, Ora and Roy, of Bend, and
one brother, L. E. Allingham, of
California.
Burial was in Pilot Butte cemetery.
American Legion Opens Its 1948 Convention
In Florida With
Miami, Fla.,- Oct. 18 Ui The
American Legion opened its 30th
annual convention today with
President Truman present to key
note a Legion appeal for a strong
America.
The president arrived at Miami
International airport at 9:57 a.m.
(EST) for a 2 p.m. speech at Con
vention hall. He spoke on a "non
politcal" subject as a Legion
naire and commender in chief of
the nation's armed forces.
Thousands of cheering specta
tors lined the route followed by
the presidential motorcade from
the airport to a Miami Beach ho
tel, where the president and some
200 distinguished guests were to
meet at a buffet luncheon prior
to Mr. Truman's legion appear
ance. An "umbrella" of air force, navy
and marine planes filled the skies
over Miami as the president pass
9 persons Die
As 3 Cars Hit
In California
Ventura, Calif , Oct. 18 Nine
persons were killed and another
was Injured critically last night
in a three-car crash on the coast
highway south of here near Mt.
Mugu.
Six of the dead and the pass
enger who was iniured were rid
ing In one car. All three passen
gers in the second car were kllj
ed. However, the occupants of the
third auto escaped injury, the
California highway patrol said.
Identification of the dead was
difficult because the mangled
bodies were strewn over a wide
area.
Officers said the crash appar
ently occurred when an automo
bile drivpn bv Augusta Louise
Stewart, 56. Los Angeles, side
swiped another car and bounded
head-on Into an auto driven by
Jacob L. Barton, 21, Long Beach,
Calif.
Explosion Wrecks
Plant in Detroit
Detroit, Oct. 18 UP A gas
making plant exploded early to
day, killing one man and causing
damage estimated at more than
$1,000,000.
The blast ripped the plant In su
burban Melvlndale at 3 a.m. Wil
liam Blascak" 26, was killed and
another workman, Joseph Gar
dlnlk, 26, was hospitlalzed with a
possible broken back and other
back injuries.
Capt. C. G. Brooker of the Mel
vlndale fire department said the
three-story brick plant covering
a half blockAvas "all demolished."
Fire Controlled
He said a fire which followed
the explosion was brought under
control before it could reach near
by storage tanks. He said a check
with plant officials accounted for
all other workers.
The explosion burst windows in
i residential areas more than
three miles from the scene. The
.plant Is operated by the Michigan
t'onsolldatea-tias company on Do.
trolt's hear west side, v:
Birds Hit Glass
On Death Flight-
About 15 birds1 of an unidenti
fied species met death the past
week end when they crashed Into
the plate glass window "of the
Bend Auto Parts store on Oregon
avenue.
The dead birds were discovered
yesterday by A. O. Schilling, man
ager of the firm. Marks and
feathers stuck to the glass show
ed where the birds had hit the
window. The birds on. the side
walk appeared to have died from
head bruises received when they
crashed into the glass.
Several years ago hundreds of
white-crowned and Savannah
sparrows died here when they
crashed Into power wires and
buildings while on migratory
flights. However, the birds killed
the past week end were some
what larger than the sparrows.
The body Is greyish brown, with
yellow feathers on the abdomen.
Grey tail feathers are tipped with
a small section of canary yellow.
One robin was found among the
dead birds.
The dead birds had feasted on
mountain ash berries from trees
near the First Baptist church.
Other birds of the same species'
could be seen in the trees this
morning.
DISEASE KEI'OUT MADE
One case of mumps was the
only communicable disease re
ported in Deschutes county for
the week ending October 16, ac
cording to records at the tri-coun-ty
department of health. The case
was reported from Redmond. All
doctors in the county make re
ports.
President Truman Speaker
ed through the city. There were
44 navy fighters, 13 B-29 bombers,
18 air force jet-propelled K-80
Shooting Stars and the navy's
famed "Blue Angels" acrobatic
team.
President Truman was accom
panied by his wife and daughter,
Margaret, Adm. William A.
Leahy, the president's chief of
staff and his military and naval
aides.
All important issues facing the
United States today were to be
aired by the 3.444 delegates rep
resenting 3,000,000 legion mem
bers and veterans of two world
wars the nation's defense, the
cold war with Russia, commu
nism and States' rights.
National commander James F.
O'Neii probably will bear heav
ily on the menace of world com
munism and its activities in the
United states when he makes his I
Renewed War
Spreads Into Desert Areas;
Iraq Artillery Shells Town
Jews Try to'Cut Off Egyptian Forces, With
Planes Ranging Over Battlefields to Border;
Arabian 'Dangerous Triangle' Is Under Attack
By Ellav Simon
1 (United I'rcus Stsff CTMlKjmU'nt)
Tel Aviv. Oct. 18 ' U.P) The rdnewed war in Palestine
spread today from the southern to the central front when
Arab artillery shelled a town northeast of Tel Aviv, an Israeli
communique reported.
The Jews claimed further victories in the JMegev, where
they were trying to cut off Egyptian forces spread thinly
through 'the desert. The Israeli air force ranged over the
southern battlefields and to .
the Egyptian border, bomb-
ing and straffing the Egyp
tian concentrations and
strong points.
The reports ot tne hostil
ities showed no sign of any
Inclination anywhere to put into
effect a United Nations order to
stop the new warfar. Instead
it was creeping tnrougn i-aies-tine
and threatening to set the
whole country aflame again.
City Under I lro
The Israeli government re
ported that Iraqi artillery shell
ed Jewish-held Kefar Yavitz,
some. 10 miles east of Natunya,
the coastal diamond center, and
along the Arab "dangerous tri
angle" flanking Tel Aviv to the
northeast.
At least 15 shells landed near
the town, the communique re
ported. Iraqi forces based at the
edge of the Arab triangle thus
showed the first sign of activity
on the central front since the
fighting broke out anew in the
Negev last week.
An Israeli military spokesman
also reported the capture of
"additional" heights along the
supply route used by the Egyp
tian spearhead aimed ;through
the Negev toward iei -Aviv.
Big Victory Reported
"Army sout-ces reported earlier
that Israeli troops bad scored a
big victory by seizing a strate
gic height. It was not identified,
now where the "additional"
heights now reported captured.
The communique said the. Is
raeli air force had bombed
Egyptian concentrations at Maj-
dal, Faluja, Beersheba, Gaza and
El Arish.
The points attacked from the
air are the main bastions of the
Egyptian Invasion forces, stretch
ing all the way from the border
to the high water mark of their
northward push some 30 miles
below Tel Aviv.
Gaza Now Captured
Gnza is the seat of the new Arab
government for Palestine, recent
ly proclaimed by the Arab higher
committee, and is the main town
of south Palestine.
The seizure of the unidentified
heights was said to have cut off
the bulk of the Egyptian front
forces from their main bases at
Gaza and to have opened a supply
line to Jewish settlements In the
Negev.
Barge Reported
On Way to Port
Seattle, Oct. 18 dl'i The 105
foot self-propelled barge Star
stone, reported sinking with five
Seattle men aboard Thursday
night after a heavy north Pacific
storm, was believed to be making
its way to Cordova, Alaska un
der Its own power today, the coast
guard reported.
A coast guard PI3Y search
plane which sighted the crippled
barge 88 miles west of Yakutal
yesterday, was scheduled ty fly
to the scene at dawn today if
weather permitted.
The plane reported that the
barge, a diesel-powered craft, was
"low In the water" but did not
appeal' to be sinking and appear
ed to he making about two knots.
major address to the convention.
More than 50.000 members of
the legion, the women's auxiliary
and the frolicsome 40 and S pour
ed into this winter playground
capital during the week end. An
additional 100,000 persons were
due for the legion's six-hour
grand parade tomorrow.
"Rowdyism" was forbidden by
order of Commander O'Neii.
Whitehelmeted legion police pa-
trolled the streets and places of
entertainment to arrest or subdue
legionnaires who "exceed the
bounds of decent fun."
In the battle for national com
mander, S. Perry Brown, 56, of
Beaumont. Tex., who showed sur
prising strength at last year's con
vention, was considered the man
to heat. He had strong support
from both world war I and II del-
egaten,
ince he is a veteran of
both
in Palestine
Newbry Visitor
On Region Tour
On a tour of Oregon east of the
Cascades in the interest of his
candidacy as secretary of state,
Earl T. Newbry, who was ap
pointed to the office following .
the death of Robert S. Farrell Jr.,
was in Bend today. He is the re
publican nominee for the office.
Newbry was accompanied here
by Adam LeFor, who is checking
driver license examiners in the
area. y
. "I am greatly pleased with the1
pre-election outlook," Newbi-'
declared. On his present sw' s
through the eastern Oregon coun
ties, Newbry does not plan to
make many speeches. "I just
want to meet the people and get
acquainted with this rapidly de
veloping region," Newbry said.
Newbry and LcFor left about
mid-morning with a stop planned
in Prineville. He was to attend a
group meeting at John Day at
noon, and tonight will meet with
republicans In Ontario. Following
a hurried swing through the far
eastern part of the state, Newbry
will return to western Oregon via .
the Columbia river route.
In Bend this morning, Newbry
took time out for a visit with a
friend of high school days, Nelson
Leland.
Oregon Educators
Hold Conference
A number of Central Oregon
educators are in Salem to attend
the two-day school administrators
conference today and tomorrow.
l'rom Bend are Mrs. P. II. Buck
ingham, county school superin
tendent ; R. E. Jewell, junior-senior
high school principal; Albert
W. Nelson, supervisor of Bend
elementary schools, and Virgil
Moss, Kenwood school principal.
Moss Is incoming regional presi
dent of the Central Oregon ele
mentary principals' association.
Also attending are Russell Hol
linshoad, Terrebonne school prin
cipal; Byron F. Evans, principal
of the Sisters high school, and
Hugh O. Hartman, Redmond
grade school principal. Mrs. Ruby
Scott, principal of Tumalo school,
plans to leave tomorrow morning
for Salem.
Assembly Planned
The conference was to start at
!) a. m. today with a general as
sembly in the Leslie junior high
school auditorium, with Melvin
F. Moore, of Eugene, president
of the Oregon association of
school administrators, in charge.
Elementary school administra
tors will hear reports on the five
year study of school problems,
which began in the 1944-45 school
year and formed the basic for
the present standardization set
up inaugurated by the stale de
partment of education. The first
year of the study was devoted to
problems of administration and
organization. In 1945-46 physical
facilities, including equipment
fnd supplies, were studied, and
the nest year instruction meth
ods were analyzed. The year 1947
18 was devoted to curriculum
problems, and in the current year,
1918-19. community relations are
emphasized.
Hunter Mauled
By Grizzly Bear
Ferni:-, B. C. Oct. IS HI''
A
Concord, Calif., man was mauled
by a wcunded and furious grizzly
bear while on a hunting trip near
here, it was reporte-l today.
Lawrence Lcngaerp w as attack
ed by the bear while he and an-
oth-.-r Concord man, Dewey Riv
ers, were searching for the ani
mal in the Flathead country
southeast of here during the week'
eid.
The parly's guide, Alex Gra
ven?. Fernie, said the grizzly pin
ned Longacre to the ground and
mauled his left arm. Rivers shot
and clubbed the animal to death
and then look Longacre to a hos
pital here.