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Truman Gives
Viewon U.S.
Berlin Policy
Negotiations Not to Be
: Held Unless Blockade
Is Lifted by Russians
Key West, Fla., Nov. 16 (IP) -
President Truman said today this
country Is standing pat on its pol
icy of no Xour-power negotiations
on tne Benin situation until kus
sia lifts its blockade.
The president also told a press
conrerence at nis Key west vaca
tion headquarters:
1. He is not planning any meet
ing with Soviet Premier Josef
Stalin nor sending any special
emissary to Moscow.
2. He. will review the entire In
ternational picture in a confer
ence with Secretary of state
George C. Marshall and Roving
ambassador W. Averell Hani man
in Washington November 22, the
day after his return from the
Florida vacation. Harriman ar
rived in Washington today; Mar
shall is still at the UN meeting
in Paris.
Asked about reports that Mar
shall intends to resign, the presi
dent said he wouldn't comment on
that until after their November
22 meeting.
Pays Tribute
He took occasion to pay tribute
to Marshall, however, and to as
sert again that he and the secre
tary of state are in complete
agreement on everything.
A special conference of the big
four powers on the Berlin dispute
was recommended last week by
Trygve Lie, secretary of the
United Nations, and Australia's
H. V. Evatt, president of the UN
general assembly.
The Russian press played up
last week the idea of a Truman
Stalin meeting. President Truman
said he stands on the position that
he has held for several years
that he would be glad to see the
Russian leader any time he wants
to come to Washington. There Is
no such meeting planned at this
time, he added.
.- In the first press conference
since his election the president
also said:
1. There will not be a special
session of what he calls the "do
nothing" 80th congress. Sen.
Styles Bridges, R., N.H., has ask
ed for a special session to consid
er further aid to China. The new
congress will meet in regular ses
sion January 3.
Works on Message
2. He has been working, during
his Florida vacation, on the state
of the union, budget and econ
omic messages he will send to the
new congress.
3. The state of the union mes
sage will include the democratic
party platform's recommenda
tions for repeal of the Taft-Hartley
law and for-passage of civil
rights legislation. (The racial
rights plank, which followed the
president's recommendation to
congress last February, provoked
the southern democratic revolt
against the president in the re
cent election.)
4. His program for his new
, term beginning January 20 will
continue to be based on the poli
cies which he laid down in a 21
point message to congress Sept.
6, 1946. He feels that the elec
tion gave the nation's endorse
ment to those policies.
Arrest Is Made
After Accident
John B. Clemens, formerly of
Caldwell, Ida., and now of Culver,
was to appear in Redmond justice
court today on a charge of operat
ing a car while under the influ
ence of liquor, as the result of an
accident on highway 97 near Red
mond in which two persons were
seriously injured. Arrested by
state police, Clemens posted bond
of S150.
In the Redmond hospital are
Mr. and Mrs. Willis H. Hoyle, of
Wenatchee, Wash. Hoyle, 73
years old, was reported today to
be Improving, but Mrs. Hbyle's
condition was considered still ser
ious. They were injured Satur
day evening at about dusk in a
headon collision with the car driv
en by Clemens, at mile post 126.
about two and a half miles south
of Redmond.
Investigating officers believe
he Clemens car swerved into the
Hoyle car, resulting in the colli
sion. Clemens escaped serious in
Jury. Mrs. Hoyle was uncon
scious over night. She regained
consciousness Sunday.
Both cars were extensively
damaged.
TO INSPECT FOREST
OlymDla. Nov 1(1 cll'i Sen. Guv
Cordon of Oregon was due in ;
Snelton, Wash., today to Inspect !
the sustained vield forest pro
gram there. He was accompanied
ly Oregon lumbermen.
THE BEND
CENTRAL OREGON'S;
Sfate Board
Not to Act
On Pension
Salem, Nov. 16 ilPiThe state
board of control today agreed it
could take no action in complying
with provisions of the neWly-en-acted
old age pension law until
the measure's defects are cleared
up by the legislature or the
courts.
The board made its decision af
ter studying an opinion from At
torney general George Neuner
which declared the measure was
a state law but "inoperative."
The board had asked for the
opinion.
West to Reject
Negotiation Plan
Proposed by UN
Paris, Nov. 16 IP The western
powers prepared today to reject
an appeal by United Nations of
ficials for immediate direct nego
tiations with Russia to settle the
Berlin crisis, and the soviet union
replied to the appeal in carefullv
chosen words which indicated no
essential change in the Russian
position.
The stumbling block which has
prevented any previous agree
ment m tne Berlin dispute con
tinuing soviet blockade by rail,
road and barge transport to the
western sectors of Berlin re
mained.
Refuse to Negotiate
Reduced to essentials, the re
ply of the United States, Britain
and France to the appeal of UN
secretary-general Trygve Lie and
General assembly president Her
bert V. Evatt was expected to be
that the western powers will re
fuse to negotiate "under duress
of the blockade."
And Russia, while couching her
reply in soft words about the "im
portance of personal contact and
mutual trust among the leaders
of powers," replied in essence
that her previous stand that the
west must agree to use of soviet
sponsored currency in- all Berlin
before tne blockade could be lilt
ed was unchanged.
Court of Honor
Held by Scouts
Tumalo, Nov. 16 A Boy Scout
court of honor was held yester
day for the awarding of badges to
members of troop 61, sponsored
by American Legion post 4 and
Tumalo Grange 631.
A list of those receiving badges
follows:
Tenderfoot badges: Dale Jack
son, Ernest Kitzmiller, Dick
Guernsey and Phillip Gillespie.
First class badges: Dale Mitch
ell, Darrell Jackson, Virgil Arm
strong and Jimmey Thorp.
Merit badges: Dale Mitchell,
swimming, planning and home re
pair; Darrell Jackson, swimming;
Jimmy Thorp, swimming and
home repair; Virgil Armstrong,
swimming, cycling and home re
pair; Maurice Keller, agricultur,
coin collecting, animal husban
dry, a 15 year badge and an 18
year service star.
Present at the honor court
were Howard R. Krog, Legion
post commander; A. L. Ryman,
institution representative of Bend
American Legion; Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Gurnsey. Mrs. C. L. Tackett,
Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie, Walter
Low, Harry Gossler and Mr. and
Mrs. G. H. Keller.
Members of troop 61 who
camped overnight at Skelton
cave Saturday were Scoutmas
ter M. D. Keller, committeeman
G. H. Keller, Dale Mitchell, Dale
and Darrell Jackson, Ernest Kitz
miller, Jimmey Thorp, Philip
Gillespie
and Jerry and Les
Crum.
Tito May Turn
Toward West
Belurade. Nov. 16 HI1' Marshal
Tito served notice on the comin-
form today that, if other commu
nist nations continue to attack
him, he will turn Yugoslavia to
ward the west for the goods need
ed to build a strong nation.
The Yugoslav dictator told the
Ljubljana academy of arts and
sciences in his frankest statement I
since his split with the cominform i ulty representatives ot the 10
several months ago that he could j schools in the PCC who have un
not understand why other com-1 til noon Monday to get their vot
munist nations have taken ales Into the commission office in
worse stand against Yugoslavia j Los Angeles, where they will be
as regards trade than they have tabulated and announced,
against the capitalist nations. Meanwhile, University of Ore
He admitted that the economic; gon officials pushed their request
blockade imposed upon Yugosla-ifor a playoff with California to
via bv her communist neighbors i decide the PCC championship In
was retarding the country's re-lease the two clubs end up in a
covery
anil threatening tier live ;
year plan.
10 Americans
Charged With
Arms Traffic
Federal Authorities
Plan Arrest for Part
In Smuggling Operation
Miami, Fla.. Nov. 16 (IB Fed
eral authorities today prepared
arrest warrants for 10 Americans
accused of plotting to smuggle
arms and warplanes into Pal
estine for use In Arab-Israeli
fighting.
The 10 were indicted here yes
terday by a federal grand jury,
which charged that an interna
tional smuggling ring operated
from here to Palestine by way of
Czechoslovakia.
Prosecuting Attorney Fred W.
Botts said that none of the 10 is
now in federal custody. Warrants
will be Issued today,, he said, and
the defendants will be given a
"limited time" to surrender vol
untarily.
Trial was set for Jan. 24 in U.
S. district court here.
One witness who appeared be
fore the grand jury had been
"threatened with death," Botts
said.
The defendants were charged
specifically with unlawfully con
spiring to export three B-17 bomb
ers from Miami to Zatec, Czecho
slovakia last June 11.
Others Not Indicted
Twenty-one others were named
as "co-conspirators" but were not
indicted. They included four men
identified as official members of
the Israeli diplomatic corps to
Czechoslovakia.
Chester A. Emerick, supervis
ing customs agent here, testified
that one of the bombers "took off
to bomb Cairo from Zatec on July
19, piloted by an ex-American air
force veteran.
He said the other B-17's, fully
equipped with bombing equip
ment and armaments "from the
Skoda arms plant in Prague,"
were destined for Tel Aviv, Is
rael. ;
At least ifive other warplanes
were involved- in the 'plot, Emer
ick said. One member of the ring
tried to fly a B-17 to Zatec from
Westchester airport, N. Y., but
got only as far as the Azores, the
customs agent testified, and four
A-20 bombers recently seized at
Fort Lauderdale, Fla., were also
owned by the ring, intended for
Palestine.
Snow 31 Inches
Deep on Santiam
Plows were operating over Cas
cade passes today, following an
other snow storm 'that increased
the depth of roadside snow on the
Santiam to 31 inches, with seven
inches falling last night. Packed
snow covered the entire summit
area and chains were advised.
To the north, rain was falling
on the Wapinitia cutoff, with only
spots of packed snow reported.
Two inches of snow fell last
night and the roadside depth was
11 inches.
Light snow was falling on the
Willamette highway at 9 o'clock
this morning, following a night
fall of four inches. There was
packed snow over the divide from
the tunnel, west of the Cascades,
to The Dalles-California highway
east of the mountains.
No information had been re
ceived from the McKenzie divide
up until noon today.
Rain fell in Bend through the
night, with the precipitation this
morning measured at .30 of an
inch.
FLIES TO ALASKA
Spokane, Wash., Nov. 16 HP)
Charles A. Lindbergh left before
dawn today for an undisclosed
Alaska air base, Spokane air
force base officials reported.
Vote on Rose Bowl Team to Start Immediately
After Completion of Saturday
San Francisco, Nov. 16 (Hi
Ignoring Oregon demands for a
playoff game with California, Pa
cific coast conference commis
sioner Victor O. Schmidt said to
day that a telegraphic vote to se
lect the western Rose bowl repre
sentative would start Immediate
ly after Saturday's games.
The ballots win tie cast ny lac-
tie. ine weniooix nave won six,
1 lost none in the PCC and end the
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER
Heavy
Coast
Armistice for
Palestine Is
Asked by UN
Paris, Nov. 16 (111 The United
Nations security council today
called on the Arabs and Jews to
negotiate a permanent armistice
in Palestine and again ordered the
Jews to leave their recently-seized
territory in the Negev.
Acting in the face of fresh Arab
and Jewish defiance, the security
council took four votes to approve
the armistice plan in sections.
By a vote of 8 to 0 with Russia,
the Ukraine and Syria abstaining
it adopted two parts of the armi
stice plan. By a third vote of 8 to
1 with Russia and the Ukraine ab
staining it adopted the part call
ing for the armistice.
Syria voted against the armi
stice clause. vj
Refuse to Leave Negev
The Jews welcomed the call for'
armistice negotiations as the first
step toward a formal peace settle
ment. But their refusal to leave
the Negev, even temporarily, con
fronted the .council with new
troubles., even before the resolu
tion was passed.
The council order called on the
Arabs and Jews to negotiate
forthwith, either directly or
through Dr. Ralph Bunche, acting
UN mediator, for:
1. A delineation of "perma
nent armistice demarcation lines
beyond which the armed forces
of the respective parties shall not
move."- ' . V
- 2. "Such withdrawal and re
duction of their armed forces" as
will insure a permanent halt in
the Palestine fighting.
Circuit Court Jury
Awards Damages
circuit court jury at 12:15
a.m. today returned a verdict In
favor of Harry Funkhauser,
plaintiff in a civil action against
Lee Goodrich, defendant. After
seven hours of deliberation, the
jury assessed the plaintiff's dam
ages at $1,100. Original complaint
filed by Funkhauser asked a total
settlement of $6,100.
The complaint, filed with the
county clerk April 15, stated that
Funkhauser, a hired hand on the
Goodrich ranch, slipped on the
floor of Goodrich's barn and fell,
whereupon he was kicked several
times by a cow and thereby suf
fered a broken leg. The complaint
further alleged that the defend
ant, Goodrich, had been negligent
by "failure to provide a reason
ably safe place to work"; that the
barn was open to the weather and
the floor was icy.
The defendant's answer to the
complaint claimed that Funkhau
ser had struck the cow with a
milking stool, and that the plain
tiff was familiar with conditions
In the barn. The answer alleged
that the cow, after being struck,
kicked the defendant, and the de
fendant then fell to the floor.
Jurors who signed the verdict
were Bernice Bartel. foreman:
C. G. Springer, Joe Holmes. Jack
Masterson, George E. Windham.
J. D. Trusheim, Genevieve Ken
nedy, Irene Herbring, O. S. King.
Mabel Hirtzel; Ralph Hauck and
Norma E. Gilbert.
season against Oregon State Sat
urday.
California has won five, lost
none and finishes against Stan
ford. The Bears have the best
over all record, being undefeated
in nine games this year and work
ing on a stretch of 13 in a row.
Oregon has lost only to powerful
Michigan, 14-0.
Athletic director Brutus Ham
ilton of California yesterday flat
ly rejected a suggestion from Leo
Harris, Oregon athletic depart
ment head, that the two teams en
gage In a playoff In Berkeley to
decide the crown. Hamilton said
California did not engage in post
season games. '
Coach Jim Aiken of Oregon
said his squad were heartily in
favor of the playoff proposal, but
Coach Lynn Waldorf of Califor
nia said he could not look be
BULLETIN
DAILY NEWSPAPER
Storm
of
Confessed
Spy Living
At Retreat
New York, Nov. 16 ilFi Eliza
beth Bentley, self-confessed for
mer communist spy courier, who
named government officials as
members of a spy ring, has em
braced the Roman Catholic faith
and retired to a religious retreat,
it was revealed today.
Louis Budenz, former editor of
the communist newspaper, the
Daily-Worker, and now an ener
getic opponent of communism.
said that he and his wife Marga
ret, acted as godparents at her re
cent baptism.
Budenz, now a faculty member
at Fordham university, said that
Miss Bentley, whose whereabouts
had been a mystery in recent
weeks, had received instructioi In
the Catholic faith from Mser. Ful
ton J. Sheen.
It was Sheen who received Bud
enz back into the church in 1945.
Authorities at the cenacle of St.
Regis In New York, a Catholic re
treat for women, refused to con
firm or deny that Miss Bentley
was sequestered there.
Strike Causing
Rail Layoffs
On East Coast
I
L New York,,.Nov.-W HiEast
em railroads Degan laying oil
worKers today as tne snipping
striKQ cut into ran tratiic.
Nearly all trans-Atlantic ship
movements were halted as the
strike of AFL longshoremen
from Portland, Me., to Hampton
Roads, Va., neared the end of its
first week.
New York's daily export of 23,
000 tons of cargo was cut to a
trickle of army supplies. The 16,
000 tons of dally imports norm'
ally handled in the world's big'
gest port also were blocked by
tne striKe. .,
.'i The longshoremen refused to
handle Marshall plan goods, and
the only ships moving were those
carrying army supplies and coaS'
tal tankers which are not servic
ed by the dock workers.
The strike hit hard at the Eu
ropean recovery program.
"Marshall plan stuff will not
go," said Joseph P. Ryan, presi
dent of the International Long
shoremen's association, rejecting
an appeal by Economic coopera
tion administrator Paul C. Hoff
man that ERP grain and coal be
allowed to clear eastern ports.
Only army supplies bound for
overseas bases will be handled by
the longshoremen, Ryan asserted.
The 65,000 longshoremen ap
peared to be settling down for a
long strike if necessary. In Bos
ton, many of the 2,000 dockers
were reported to be seeking new
Jobs to tide them over during the
walkout.
POWER SUPPLY CUT
Tacoma, Wash., Nov. 16 (IW
More than half the city of Ta
coma was cut off without electri
city this afternoon as rain, accom
panied by high winds and occa
sional snow flurries dealt havoc
with power service. All available
repair crews of Tacoma city light
were sent to repair damage to
power lines.
Grid Games
yond Saturday's "big game" with
Stanford.
Schmidt said from Los Angeles
that there was no rule against a
conference playoff, but added
that it would have no effect on
the selection of the Rose bowl
representative, because that still
was up to the faculty members
in their Saturday ballot.
Present indications are that
California may win the ballot sup
port of six schools. It Is report
ed that the Bears have been as
sured of all four California vot
es (from Cal, Stanford, USC and
UCLA) and a published story in
Seattle said that Washington
would vote for the Bears. There
are rumors that Washington
State would follow suit.
Howevrr, all faculty represen
tatives officially refused today to
comment on their balloting plans.
Washingt
16, 1948
Batters Ships
Nationalists
Escape Route
Nanking, Nov. 16 lUt Chinese
government forces fought their
way south from Suchow today in
an apparent effort to open an
escape corridor to Nanking.
Rumors swept Nanking that
Suchow, about 200 miles north
west of here, already had fallen
to the onrushlng communists. But
this was denied "categorically and
officially" by Holllngton Tong, di
rector of the government infor
mation office.
Claim Successes
The government claimed con
siderable successes, including a
smashing victory with many
thousands of communists captur
ed at Nienchuang, 33 miles east of
Suchow.
But the whole pattern of con
fused reports from the front
northwest of Nanking indicated
strongly that Suchow, if not al
ready lost, was tottering and that
resistance there could not con
tinue much longer.
It appeared that government
forces would make their next con
certed stand at Pengpu, halfway
point on the railroad line from
Suchow to Nanking, where a de
fense line was forming along the
Hwei river. One report said that
1U nationalist divisions evacuated
by water from fallen Manchuria
already had reached Pengpu and
were digging in mere.
Advise Evacuation
So seriously was the situation
regarded by American officials
here that the United states em
bassy urgently advised all Amer
icans in China to get out at once
unless they were prepared to re
main in China regardless of the
situation.
The embassy was reported to
nave drawn up a plan for emer
gency evacuation by air of the de
pendents of its own staff mem
bers, If necessary. Many officers
of the Joint U. S. military advis
ory group left for Shanghai to
day:
Football Season
Reviewed in Talk
Bend high school's 1948 football
season, in which the Lava Bears
won six games and lost three, was
reviewed by Coach Hank Nilsen
in a talk to Lions club members
at their weekly luncheon meet
ing at the Pine Tavern today.
Prospects were not good at the
start of the season, Nilsen said,
with only a few lettermen back
from last years team. However,
a large number of boys turned
out and from these some excel
lent players were developed.
equipment lor the team the
past season cost $2,000, Nilsen
said. This put 120 boys in uni-
lorm. Sixty started on the varsity
squad and 49 were still on the
squad at the end of the season.
Albany was credited as being
the best team Bend met.
Nilsen said Bend should have
another good ball club next year.
However, the squad will lose 12
seniors.
Attention was called to the an
nual football banquet to be spon
sored by the Athletic Booster
club on November 23.
Rowboat Ruined
By
Gun Shots
A rowboat belonging to Jack
Wetle was ruined by shotgun
blasts sometime the past week on
the Deschutes liver above Bend,
it was reported to state police to
day. I he boat was found yesterday
afternoon by Wetle and C. J. Mor
gan some distance below the
point where they had tied it up
after a recent duck hunt. Sev
eral shotgun charges had been
fired through the bottom of the
boat and several others through
the sides. The boat had been cut
loose and allowed to drift down
stream, where it lodged on rocks.
Also missing on the river Is a
large boat belonging to Wilfred
Jossy, operator of the Spring riv
er ranch. The green boat had been
tied up a short distance above
Bcnham falls.
Seek to Open
on and
Princess and
Son Reported
DoingWell
London, Nov. 16 (tl'i Princess
Elizabeth and the son born to her
Sunday night are doing well, a
bulletin from Buckingham palace
said today.
The bulletin was Issued after
Sir William Gilliatt and Sir John
Weir, the royal physicians who
attended her at the birth, had ex
amined the princess and child.
"Her royal highness the Prin
cess Elizabeth has had a good
night and is making satisfactory
progress," it said. "The infant
continues to do well."
After examining the princess,
the two physicians were summon
ed by Queen Elizabeth, who asked
detailed questions about the prog
ress of her daughter and grand
son. Power Shortage
Felt in Midstate
Late Yesterday
Electric service interruptions of
varying length In the Central Ore
gon area Monday afternoon were
a direct result of the severe peak
power shortage now affecting the
entire Pacific Northwest, W. A.
Lackaff, district manager for Pa
cific Power and Light company,
reported today.
.". Overload on a section of. trans
mission line between Dufur and
The Dalles, now being rebuilt and
enlarged, caused a main oil
switch to open. This cut off the
supply of power coming into the
Deschutes area over Pacific's new
transmission line he said.
Lackaff reported that the
heavy load being carried on the
local system at the time of the
interruption damaged equipment
in the Redmond substation. As a
result the Redmond area was
dark for an hour while crews
rushed emergency repairs.
In Bend and Prlneville several
short interruptions occurred
while power plants In Central
Oregon were stepping up their
output quickly to pick up the
load.
The Monday evening "dlmout"
was general in Central Oregon.
ana uena experienced power trou
ble for the better part of an hour,
Hrst trouble was noted here
shortly before 5 p. m., and was
most severe at the time house
wives were preparing evening
meals.
KBND was off the air Inter
mittently during the period of
power interruption.
Phone Service
Is Interrupted
Portland, Ore., Nov. 16 (IP
About 300 telephone and cable
circuits between Portland and the
east were knocked out for about
five hours today when a rectifier
tube blew out in a repeater sta
tion tour miles east of Hood
River.
Press wire services and some
radio networks were stalled by
the loss of power, telephone com
pany officials said.
Long distance service between
Bend and Portland was Interrupt
ed for more than two hours this
morning by the line break. United
Press teletype printers were out
of service for that period, but
came back on shortly after 9 a.m.
Annual Football
Banquet Planned
Members of the Athletic Boost
er club will meet at 6:30 p.m. to
morrow at the Trail ways coffee
shop to discuss final plans for
the football banquet to honor
members of the 1948 Lava Bear
squad.
The football banquet is to be
held on Tuesday, Nov. 23, at the
Pilot Butte Inn. Bill Bowman,
freshman coach at the University
of Oregon, has accepted an Invita
tion to be guest speaker.
All members of the Booster
club are asked by Don Denning,
president, to attend the meeting
tomorrow evening to assist with
banquet plans.
Stafe Forecast
OREGON Partly cloudy
with light showers Wednes
day. Low Tuesday night 28
to 38; high Wednesday 45
to 52.
No. 137
Along
Oregon
Crew of 20
Drifting on
Cargo Vessel
(By United Pra)
Two seagoing tugs with a total
of 13 men aboard foundered in a
raging storm off the coast of -Washington
and Oregon Tuesday .
while a stranded crew of 20 was
reported drifting aboard an 8,000
ton cargo vessel near the mouthy
of the Columbia river.
The tug Ruby A, towing an
empU' barge, sank near Point
Wilfjn off the northern Wash
lngtiin coast. The coast guard re
ported two persons were missing.
Eleven men were rescued from .
the sinking tug Neptune in a gale
near Astoria, Oregon. One of the
rescued men suffered a heart at-Z"
tack.
A C-2 cargo vessel which hact
been under tow by the Neptune '
was adrift with 20 aboard In the"
gale-swept seas. Winds that reach
ed a velocity of 70 miles an hour "'
whipped the coastal waters of
Washington and Oregon.
The Neptune was reported to
have collided with the drifting
cargo vessel, breaking a hole in
the Neptune's hull. Coast guards
men said the tug Sea Fox had at
tempted to tow the cargo vessel
early today. But the line parted,
setting the cargo ship adrift and
helpless in the gale.
The Ruby A's crew was com- "
prised of the skipper, Capt. Ed
Gui)derson,,and,.crewman Lelnnd ,
John' Fox, "Both bf Seattle. She
left Seattle with Its barge tow last
night, en route to the company's
rock quarry near Port Ludlow.
Both men disappeared.
A coast guard cutter dispatched
from Port Angeles, Wash., found
the sunken tug In about 43 feet of
water, 850 feet east of Point Wil
son. The barge was floating, still
connected to the sunken tug by
us towiine.
Three Prisoners
Get Sentences
Circuit Judge Ralph S. Hamil
ton yesterday pronounced sen
tence on three men, sending two
to serve time In the state peni
tentiary at Salem, and one to
the Deschutes county jail for a
short term. Men sentenced were
Denver R. Fitzgerald, Benson
Kuns and Shannon Ralnbolt.
Fitzgerald was indicted on
charges of forgery by a Des
chutes county grand jury in No
vember 1945. Arrested last July
upon release from the California
state prison farm at Folsom,
whdre he had served 41 months
for a previous forgery conviction,
he was brought before the circuit
court here and convicted Novem
ber 8. He was glvon eight years '
in the state penitentiary.
Sentenced to three vtf.ii.i in tne
state prison was Benson Kuns,
24, for assault with t dangerous
weapon. Kuns was taken into
custody November 4, afier shoot
ing and falling to hit state police
officer Bob Steele when Steele
saw him and a companion hitch
hiking east of Hampton, and stop
ped to query them about an aban
doned car he had seen not far
from where they were. Kuns
waived grand jury Indictment and
appeared directly before Judge
Hamilton. He registered a plea ot
guilty to charges of assault with
a dangerous weapon.
Shannon Kainbolt, younger of
two brothers from the Sisters
area arrested in September on
morals charges, was sentenced to
eight months in the county jail,'
following grand jury indictment
on charges of contributing to the
delinquency of a minor girl.
County Crew
Working on Road
Main activity of the county
road department is now being
centered on the Bend-Prinevllle
secondary, preparing that road
for oiling, said Deschutes county
roatlmaster George H. McAllis
ter today. Having had about 10
men on the job for the past two
weeks, McAllister said he expect
ed the road to be completely rea
dy for oiling by January. Accord
ing to McAllister, county crews
will not do the oiling.
.M