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LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE Volume LIX Quick Ruling On Pension Bill Neuner's Plan Meeting Being Held in Salem This Afternoon; Special Session Studied By Eldon Barrett (United Preu Suff Correapondent) ' clom Orp Nov. 8 (IPi Attnp. ney general George Neuner said toduy he will rule dn the const! tutionalityof the complex old age pension law which the voters of Oregon enacted In the general election. The measure, which has thrown (Oregon's financial status Into a Estate of uncertainty, was approv ed by a large majority. Neuner said it is "very seldom 'nn nttnvnpv ppnArnl Will riila nn constitutional questions, but the "grave situation causea Dy pas sage of this measure compels me 10 UO H I1UW. Hp Raid hp will mppt with snnn. sors of the bill, the board of con trol and other legal and financial experts of the state here' this afternoon. Will Write Opinion At that time he plans to give lllcill a iiH.iiiviniiua Ul 1119 UCW sion. Later he plans to write a formal opinion. Ordinarily the attorney gener al would let the court make such decision before he would act. The bill, which caused bond buv- era to withdraw bids on $2,000,000 worth of state veterans bonds last week, has "seriously impaired Oregon's financial status," ac cording to State treasurer Leslie M. Scott. Seott said he would not per mlt trust funds of the state to be "invaded by the measure. Would Dip Into Funds Some state officials believe the law is unconstitutional because it attempts to dip into funds which are earmarked for specific purposes, such as the state indus trial accident, school, and high way funds. Scott said the only fund which ight be used, as far as he can termlne, is liquor funds which w are set aside for welfare purposes. Meanwhile, some persons, in cluding former Gov. Charles A. Sprague, Salem publisher, are suggesting that a special session of the legislature may have to be called to relieve the situation. The next legislature convenes Jan. 10. Effective Now The pension bill carried an emergency clause which makes it effective as soon as the votes are canvassed. The bill, estimated to cost the state between $3,000,000 and $9, 000,000 a month, provides that "needy" men 65" years or older and "needy" women 60 or older shall receive not less than $50 a month pensions. A person, is de fined as needy if he now has an income of less than $50. Neuner said the legislature can amend or repeal the pension law despite the fact the measure con tains a provision which says the -ft shall be the "people's will." Funds Received For Bend Hospital Checks from the Floytf De- tment hospital and Floyd Dement haritable funds aggregating $8, 00 have been received here and 'ill go into the fund for the con struction of an addition to St. Charles hospital, officials of the Central Oregon Hospitals foun dation have announced. The checks were received from John Day, Jr., trust officer for the Bank of California, named to ad minister the funds set up in the will of the late Floyd Dement, early-day Bend businessman and owner of the Bend Hardware Co. The check representing Income on hand from the Floyd Dement charitable fund, which was set up ' Mr. Dement to be used for charitable purposes at the sole discretion of the trustee, is for W00O. The other check, from the "ospital fund, was for a like amount. In a letter to Sister M. Blanche, St. Charles hospital su lnntendent, Day pointed out jhat under the terms of the fund, income may be used by the hos pital for additions and improve ments, as well as hospitalization. Sister Blanche has announced nat the hosnltal fund check will e used for building purposes. TO PKESENT PROGRAM Mrs. Richard Chester, of Bend, ill present a piano program over Jate station KOAC this evening TOm 8 tn R-."n n m Mn Thpstpr. Ino was formerly Miss Helen nooi of music at the University M Oregon. THE TWO SECTIONS Fire Menace Marine Base In California Orange, Calif., Nov. 8 lli Fire roared out of control In the Santa Ana mountains today, whipped by a 50-mile-an-hour Santa Ana wind, forced evacuation of 300 cabins in three mountain ranunnc on,i - w.ijv.h - mtu threatened the huge El Toro ma-1 rine air case. , More than. 750 cabin dwellers were evacuated from Silverado, Modjeska and Trabuco canyons after the flames flared up at 6 o'clock this morning in almost In accessible .Black Star canyon. Within less than six hours, 4500 acres of brushland was blackened. Volunteer, state and federal forestry crews, aided by marines from the El Toro base, fought to keeD the flumps from homes scattered through the can yons. The U. S. forest service flew 2S fire-fighting exoert.s in from northern California, and assigned two helicopters to direct fighting from the air. Farm Federation To Open Oregon Meeting Tuesday - The Oregon Farm Bureau fed eration will open its annual con vention here tomorrow, with dele gates and members from most counties of the state expected to attend in record numbers. A resolutions committee ses sion tomorrow evening at 7 p.m. will be the first official meeting of the federation, with delegates irom all county farm bureaus. and the board of directors making up the committee. At a general session Wednes day morning, W. Lowell Steen, of Milton, president of the federa tion, will call the convention to order and address . the group. State committee reports will also be heard at that time. Commodity meetmgs will take up most of the day, with another general session set for the evening hours. Sessions Open Thursday General sessions will be held Thursday morning and afternoon, with the final meeting on Friday morning. . . , . . One of the big events of the convention will be the annual ban quet at 7 p.m. Thursday. Sen. Wayne Morse, Gov.-elect Douglas McKay and other prominent visit ors will be present. The main ad dress will be given by Ralph T. Gillisple, president of the Wash ington state farm bureau. State officers of the bureau an ticipate the largest attendance of any convention in their organiza tion s history. The Pilot Butte Inn will be con vention headquarters. Three Boys Enlist For Navy Training Three Central Oregon boys have enlisted for navy service and have left for San Diego, Calif., where they will receive their basic train ing. In the group is one Bend boy, Kenneth D. Burden, who has enlisted for three years. After completing his preliminary train ing he will go to an aviation school. Victor L. Anderson, of Culver, has also enlisted for navy air corps training. Lyle D. Miller, of Warm Springs, is the third mid state boy entering navy service. All three boys enlisted through the Bend recruiting office. "Lord's Acre" fcti . . ml -A a m 700 people were present for the Lord's Acre auction, held Saturday afternoon at Powell Butte, ed here, left, is Rev. D. L. Penhollow, pastor of the Powell Butte church. C. E. Smith, at right In Some Pictured the stock pen, De Gaulle Gets New Support In French Vote General Moves Nearer To Nation's Leadership; Reds Lose Delegates Paris, Nov. 8 Ui Gen. Charles de Gaulle moved a step nearer to leadership of France today when returns from yesterday's elections showed his rally of the French people (RPF) had scored a sweeping victory over all other parties for seats In the council of the republic. De Gaulle's 18-months-old rally and other groups allied with it took 107 of 262 upper house seats contested. Though de Gaulle emerged with the most seats in the senate and administered com munists their worst defeat since the liberation, control of the council escaped him. Middle of - the - road parties. which now control the govern ment of Premier Henri Queuille, took 140 seats. But with strength drained from near-right parties, de Gaulle was expected to exert some check on the national as sembly and may dominate certain projects in the council. Figures Given Ministry of Interior figures is sued this morning gave: Socialist party, 48; left republi can union, 26; independents, 20; radical socialists, 19, and popular republicans, 14. These seats, in combination, would give Queu ille's -eoalition government strength enough to hold off right ists and their probable drive lor new elections in the national as sembly. The communists, who lost strength, held 16 seats. Radical independents held three seats. The republican liberty party, which probably will associate with de Gaulle, got three. The democratic and socialist resist ance union took down two seats. Republican and independent so cialists also took two. Five were divided , among obscure . parties and, several still' were to be de cided. School Building Set-Up Described Bend's school district may he lacking in "fancy buildings" but it has a teaching staff the equal of any in the state and, in con trast to many districts in Oregon which are bonded to the limit, the debt here is down to $8,000, James W. Bushong, city school superin tendent, told the Kiwanis club this noon at the Pine Tavern. Tax es are high, he admitted, but the people have elected to pay them now rather than postponing them to a future date when the money (Continued on page 7) Man Hit Twice On Oregon Road Grants Pass, Ore., Nov. 8 IP State police said today that Ed ward Loosely, 65, Fort Klamath, Ore., was killed last night on the Pacific highway when he was struck by an automobile. Loosely was hit by a car driven by Charles G.' Brent, Roseburg, and then again by a second ve hicle as he attempted to cross the road to an auto court. He had just alighted from a car driven by Homer Mustard, Klamath Falls. Auction Held at autloneer. Among ine uiuitris iur uul-m was shown with his duck, senator Morse also bought Univ. of Ortgon Llbrtry tUGB . or? BEMB CENTRAL OREGON'S BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY. OREGON. MONDAY, NOVEMBER Arvid Nelson Utilization Road Mwryi fmti jiH .,iir;a-ira -L-i r II i II .S3 A'?'-A . p-J t-i -; If i I , . r ... 1 High In the Ochoco national forest southwest of Big Summit prairie, the Arvid Nelson utilization road was dedicated Saturday when a monument honoring the late forester was unveiled by his daughters, Sue and Nona. At the left Is Henry Hulett, Ochoco national forest supervisor, who was In charge of the program. Lord's Acre Sale At Powell Butte ' Attended by 700 Powell Butte, Nov. 8 (Speciul) The second annual Powell Butte Lord's acre" auction, sale was held here Saturday, with a crowd of 700 In attendance. A highlight of the day was a barbecue lunch, with so many people In line that it took nearly two hours to serve them all. Waiting his turn In line for nearly an hour was Senator Wayne Morse, who spoke briefly to the large group as the auction got under way at 2 p. ml Present for the auction were people from at least three mid-state counties. Approximately $3500 was ob tained from the auction, bazaar, country store and barbecue, it was announced today. This about equals the amount secured In the 1948 auction. Produce from five acres of potatoes is still to be sold. Also, 10 sacks of clover seed will be sold. Stock Also Auctioned In the first phase of the auc tion Saturday, household goods ranging from quilts to lamps, were sold. The big crowd then adjourned to the stock pens, where sheep, calves and a horse were quickly sold. Sacked grains were then sold, then lumber was auctioned. In the final sales of the afternoon, geese, ducks and chickens were auctioned. Lloyd Bussett was sales mana ger for the auction. Entire pro ceeds from the sale will go into the fund for the construction of a church and youth center at Pow ell Butte. Rev. D. L. Penhollow was in charge, with C. E. (Charlie) Smith, Redmond, do nating his services as auctioneer. Cool, but sunny weather pre vailed for the barbecue and auc tion. CLINIC INCORPORATES Articles of incorporation for the Prineville clinic, in Prineville, have been filed with the secre tary of state, according to a news release from Salem. Capital stock was listed at $50,000 by Dr. Ray mond Adklsson, one of the incor porators. Powell Butte oenaiur wayne worse, lie is a pig. BULLETIN DAILY NEWSPAPER inn i mi Cool Weather Grips Region, Bend's temperature tonight will dip to the lowest point of the sea son, 10 above zero, if forecasts for the area materialize. Such a temp erature would be four degrees un der last night's minimum, 12 almve. " v ... Chilly weather has been pre dicted for the entire .eastern Ore gon country tonight, with marks as low as 5 alrave expected at higher elevations. Forecasts call for generally clear weather until Tuesday. . Portland last night experienced its chilliest weather of the fall, 31 degrees.. t t . Crooked Riyer Work Proposed i Portland, Ore., Nov. 8 Ui The corps of army englners ioday rec ommended flood control projtcts totaling $150,000 in the Prineville. Ore., area. The engineers' report said that the channels of the Crooked river and its tributary, Ochoco creek, near Prineville, were Inadequate to carry flood waters and that considerable damage had been caused in that area by overflow and bank erosion. "Complete protection," the re port said, "would require reser voir and local improvement works consisting of channel clear ing, rectification and construction of levees, an well as revetments, on both streams. . "At the present time, it appears expenditures of $150,000 to pro tect certain points on both streams are justified. These in clude channel clearing, rectifica tion and some revetments." Larger Quonset Held Guard Need Company I of the 162nd infan try, regiment, Bend's national guard unit, is progressing very satisfactorily, but is severely handicapped by poor housing fa cilities. Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Ri lea, adjutant general for Oregon, reported on an inspection visit today. The Bend company in world war two was one of the finest units Oregon has ever produced, Gen. Rilea said. It fought as a part of the 1(i2nd regiment, which established an all-time record of B7 days of continuous fighting In New Guinea. The solution to the local unit's housing problem. Gen. Rilea said. will be the erection of a large quonset hut on property south of I the Safeway store. Foundation I for this large structure has been iconstructed and the state has the quonset building. However, there lare no available funds for heat ing, lighting, plumbing and a floor for the building. I hese funds must be raised locally. "It is my i earnest hope that the community 'will get behind this very worth j while program," Gen. Rilea said. Payroll Hill Be Big When it reaches its ultimate strength, Company I will have an annual payroll of approximately $50,000. Gen. Rilea pointed out, that this money would come to the community only through the operation of its national guard company.' Affl.ht.. irTlll. .....I 8, 1948 Dedicated Road Dedication Held in Ochocos; Senator Present Prineville, Nov. 8 Formal dedi cation of the Arvid Nelson utiliza tion road took place Saturday high In the Ochoco mountains southwest of Big Summit prairie, with Senator Wayne Morse among the speakers. The dedica tion ceremony was held at a road side monument erected in mem ory of the late Arvid J. Nelson who died in Portland on February IS, 194&. """'Taking part In the unveiling of tne monument and memorial plaque were Nona and Sue Nel son, daughters of the forester who served on the Ochoco nation al forest as foreman of construc tion and maintenance, and later as superintendent of road con struction. It was during his serv ice with tne regional office, as construction engineer, that he was detailed to the Ochoco to make the final location and draw up construction plans for the first five miles of the project that was dedicated to him Saturday, for his outstanding work. Joining in the construction of the utilization road was the forest service and the Ochoco Lumber company, un der a timber sales contract, The new road has opened up the tim ber resources of the Summit prairie region, and has made pos sible light selective logging of ma ture and beetle-menaced stands. KxtciiHlons Planned It is planned, if appropriations are available, to build down the North Fork canyon to Deep creek in the summer of 1949, and into Little Summit prairie by the end of 1951. The Arvid Nelson monument Is 16 miles east of the Ochoco high way. At present, the gravel-surfaced road has been pushed 34 miles into the forest. Eventual terminus of the road is 65 miles from highway 28. If. H. Hulett, supervisor of the Ochoco national forest, was In charge of the dedication program, with Mrs. Nelson jncluded In the group of 65 people present. James Frankland, assistant regional for ester, represented the regional of fice. As the ceremony got under way, an Ochoco Lumber company truck carrying 18,500 board feet of pine logs moved downgrade and came to a stop near the monument. The heavy loads are moved downgrade to a dumping site a short distance above the Keystone ranch. The logs are re loaded there and hauled to Prine ville on smaller trucks, over the arterlul highway. Operatloiui Viewed Ln route up grade, the caravan other activity on the schedule for passed through the Ochoco Lum- the first day or President Tru ber company's new logging camp, man's two-week v:irailnn. H. built to care for families of wood- working crews. Later, in the Gray prairie area, ine group visnea ine The temperature was SO de company's bachelor camp. Sand- Kl.c.,.s wnPn President Truman ar wlches and coffee were served. Hvcd here from Wash in. -Inn ves- After lunch, there were tours of the Antler and Gray creek forest service timber sales. Morning clouds cleared away as the caravan moved into the tim bered mountains, and Ideal weath er prevailed a.i the dedication rites were held. Gr.OLP INCORPORATES The Gray Butte Grazing associ ation, of Redmond, has filed arti cles of association with the secre tary of state in Salem. J. L. Campbell is one of the associates. War Crimes Tribunal Blames Tojo for Engulfing All Orient InConflicti'Hito Exonerated Emperor Reported to Have Violently Opposed Alliance With Axis Powers; Strong Nations Termed Only Ones Finally Worthy of Survival Tokyo, Nov. 8 '(U.P) The far east war crimes tribunal blamed former Premier Hideki (The Razor) Tojo today for engulfing the entire orient in war and for developing the axis alliance which linked Japan with Germany and Italy. A pattern of aggression began shaping up as the tribunal worked through the third day of the reading of its verdict in the trial of Tojo and the 24 other Japanese leaders. The blame for specific phases of Japanese wartime strategy was being fixed to certain of the defendants, although the fate of the war lords will not " be pronounced for s e v e r a II l U ' days when the end of the epic length verdict is reached. The first official indication emerged ' that a " dissenting opinion had been reached by one or more of the 11 judges of the international tribunal. ' Motion Accepted The defense filed a motion that such opinions, which It "under stood" existed, be read in open court. The tribunal accepted the motion for later decision. The day's reading tended to give a clean bill to Emperor Hlro hlto, whom the allies decided af ter the war to leave on the throne. The tribunal noted -two clearcut instances In which he opposed ag gressive plans for Japantce mili tarists, and in each case lost out to their connivance and chicanery. The verdict, as read so far, made it .plain that the army brooked no pacifist Interference from the throne or those mem bers of the cabinets who happen ed to dissent on aggressive poli cies. Alliance Opposed Hirohlto, according to the court, violently opposed the alli ance with Germany and Italy in 1940. and resisted the expansion of the Chinese "Incident" in 1931 which touched oft 14 years of fighting in Asia. ) -. I'The evidence Isiabtntdant'and convincing that the Mukden lncl dent was carefully planned be forehand by officers of the army, general staff officers of the Kwantung army, members of the Cherry society and others," the judges said, adding that the Chi nese had no plan to attack the Japanese. Blame was assessed to two of the defendants, Gen. Selshlro Ita- gakl and Gen. Kenji Dolhara, for the plot to Install Henry Pu Yi as emperor of Manchukuo, as the Japanese called occupied Man churia. Dojo Gambles As for Tojo, he believed that only strong nations were worthy of survival, and gambled on Jap an being strong enough to pre serve herself by force of arms, the tribunal said. Reviewing events which led to the war in the Pacific and the axis agreement, the, court placed on Japan the blame for the war with China which broke out In 1931 and lasted 14 years. Truman Invited To CIO Meeting Washington, Nov. 8 HI'i CIO President Philip Murray today In vited President Truman to ad dress the CIO's annual convention at Portland, Ore., Nov. 22. In a formal invitation sent to the White House, Murray told the president the CIO received "a deep satisfaction" from President Truman's sweep at the polls last Tuesday. Truman Vacations in Florida; 'White House' Key West, Fla., Nov. 8 (Hi President Truman looked forward to nothing more strenuous than a swim today, aware that work would pile up soon enough even at this tropical vacation retreat. Lounging under the warm Klor- Ma clin w;iq inat iihonf thn nnlv eventually hopes to get in some fishing, too. terday and he lost no time in swapping his brown business suit for slacks and a light shirt. The president was quartered In the commandant's home on the U. S. submarine base here, a white painted house with a view of the Atlantic. The makeup of the president's party made it clear that business matters would claim more and more of this time. Among those who flew down with him yester day were John R. Steelman, as sistant to the president; Clark Clifford, special counsel; Adm. State Forecasf .Oregon Fair today and Tuesday. Slightly warmer Tuesday. High tempera tures 38 to 48. low tonight 15 to 25. but near five above in the higher sections. No. 131 jaycees to nonor National Leader At Dinner-Dance Paul D. Bagwell, of Lansing, Mich., president of the United States junior chamber of com merce, will pay an unofficial vis It to the Bend junior chamber of commerce Wednesday. .:: Bagwell will be honor guest at a dinner-dance at Elkhorn lodge south of Bend that evening. ine oo-year-oia neaa oi uie nu- tlonal Jayeee organization has al- iviartt, trtntM4 half nt tna n T0fl States this year. In September he was at the Atlantic city beauty contest and crowned "Miss Am erica of 1948." : it- ' Bagwell is one of the youngest professors at Michigan State col lege, where he heads tne depart ment of written and spoken Eng lish. He has been a Jayeee for 11 years, first joining the organiza tion at Akron, O., and then trans ferring to the Lansing chapter. To Visit Klamath On his present western tour he will arrive at Klamath Falls to day from Dallas, Tex. Tomorrow' he will visit the Eugene Jaycees and will come to Bend on Wed nesday. He will leave here Thurs day for Seattle. The Bend Jaycees have Invited a large number of guests to the meeting Wednesday evening. Reservations should be made by calling the senior chamber of commerce office, telephone 297. The dinner will begin at 8 p. m. and will be preceded by a cocktail hour. . ' Two Girls Attend Junior Meeting Peggy Terwllllgar and Pat Blakley attended the Junior Red Cross district conference at Port land Saturday as representatives of the Deschutes county chapter. They were accompanied by Mrs. Lillian Mlllsap, executive secre tary. . ' Planning programs and adult classes were held In the morning with representatives of the vet erans administration, P. T. A. and other agencies. The Grant high school a cappella choir was heard and Washington high school con ducted a "Junior Town Hall" pro gram which was broadcast. One of the projects of the local Junior Red Cross has been the making of 70 dinner tray favors to be sent to the veterans' hos pital. The local junior chapter is now conducting its annual enroll ment drive. Set Up in South William D. Leahy, the president's j chiof of staff; and Jonathan Dan iels, editor of the Raleaph, N. C, News and Observer. Others due to arrive within the next day or two include Vice- President elect Alben W. Barkley; Sen. J. Howard McGrath, chair man of the democratic national committee; Leslie L. Biffle, direc tor of the senate democratic pol icy committee; and Matthew J. Connelly, one of the president's top secretaries. Like President Truman, all of them worked hard during the campaign and are due for a vaca tion. It is inevitable however, that when they gel together their thoughts will turn to plans for the new Truman administration which begins in January. There is some expectation that President Truman will find a place in the government for re tiring Gov. Mon C. Wallgren of Washington. Wallgren, who serv ed In the senate with Truman, was defeated at the polls last Tuesday and will be another Klor-. ida visitor.
