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Volume LIX
TWO SECTIONS
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1948
No. 140 i
THE
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Red Delegate
Ref uses to Tell
Army's Size
Vishinsky Lashes at
West as UN Resumes
Debate on Disarmament
4l Paris, Nov. 19 iii'i Anurei Vi
shinsky defied western demands
1 that Russia disclose the size of
j her armed force today, shouting
i In the United Nations assembly,
$ "I won t answer, I won t answer
miv such questions.
i The general assembly in full
Session resumed debate on disarm-
Lament. The long smouldering
Tuninosities and frictions between
5 the east and the west boiled up
at once. Denunciations new tnicK
land fast.
I Vishinsky accused the United
ijStates and Great Britain of plot
tinp an atomic war apainst Rus-
) sia and of being afraid that "peace
, might break out." He tore sav
"agely into Secretary of state
'v George Marshall's statement last
week that a soviet "peace offen
sive", was a "dangerous proced
ure." Dulles Makes Charge
Before he spoke, John Foster
Dulles charged Russia with try
ing to increase its advantage in
arms. He told the assembly that
i the U. S. was building up its arm
's a1 fnrv tn etwn iha envlatc nut
-- -- f
j of the vacuum creatcd-by the war
1 in western Europe. ,
Hector McNeil of Great Britain
i reported that his country had cut
,i its armed forces from more than
5,000,000 to 767,000 since the war,
i but because of the soviet policy
had been forced to cease reducing
ai iiiaiiKriiia.
"In the present atmosphere of
lack of confidence, when soviet
forces are believed to be five times
the size of our own, we have no
alternative but to repair some of
the weaknesses in defenses which
1 but a short time ago we believed
we would not he called upon to
use," McNeil said.
" Vishinsky Shouts . ." V ' "
Mentioning persistent demand
at Russia disclose the size of
le soviet armed forces and agree
to submit to International inspec
tion as a prelude to any disarma
ment, Vishinsky shouted:
"I won't answer. I won't an
swer. I already have said they
are asking their question in vain.
When an international control or
gan is created under our disarm
ament plan, we will be ready to
Bubmlt that information."
Allen School
P.-T.A. Sees Film
A new educational film, "Hu-
Iman Growth," was shown at the
I regular meeting of the Allen
isohool P.-T.A., last night in the
jscnooi auditorium. Members or
; Jthe Kenwood and Reld P.-T.A.'s
J were guests.
The picture, which was secured
hy Mrs. A. E. Stevens, executive
secretary of the Deschutes Coun-
My Tuberculosis and Health asso
ciation, will be used In the Bend
(.schools in connection with the
((general hygiene program. It was
shown by Miss Mary Ann Blenk
Jinsop, girls' physical education di
rector in the high school, who an
Sswered questions in a discussion
f period which followed the show-
k M'E- Miss Blenkinsop, who is new
jn Bend this year, assisted in re-
,Vrch and script-writing for the
. - ,111m, which was made in Califor
nia through the C. E. Brown trust
, and the medical department of the
(University of Oregon medical
; school. .
, Mrs. Frank Chapman, member
ship chairman, reported that the
-oi ganization's membership drive
, lb meeting with success. She also
announced that room mothers
vill have a meeting Monday at
7 30 p.m. in the school auditorium.
. RaUe Uniform Fund
, Ford Hunnell, chairman of
lie finance committee, reported
3 that $340 has been raised so far
? ,h school's band uniforms,
which the group hopes to order
early next year. The project will
tost a total of $468.75, it was re
; ported. As a benefit to help raise
; the necessary money, a food and
anc' work sale will be held De
J 'er 10 and 11 at the Shcrwin-
Williams paint store, with Mrs.
i Ronald Hawthorne as general
; chairman.
j LAf,er ,ne meeting, refresh-
J1?? were served, with the third
t and fourth grade mothers provid
;. ing the cookies. Coffee was made
i oy the hostess committee for the
v evening: Mrs. Robert Brecken
ridge, refreshment committee
thalrman Mrs. Lee Bates and
Mrs. C. H. Barrel!. Mrs. Bates is
i IS: . ",ulner ior Mrs. Rubv Mc
nns third grade room," and
' i.P' airrel1 ls "om mother for
j. miss Ada Helberg's fourth grade
Willi
A permanent Deschutes county agricultural planning council took form In Bend yesterday, at a
meeting in the Bend city hall. Officers of the group, from the left, are Mrs. Gordon Wilcox, vice
. chairman; Fred Shepard, chairman, and Gene Lear, secretary.
Counfy Agricultural Council
Now Permanent Organization
With Shepard
Permanent organization of
tural planning council and its associated committees took
place at a meeting in Bend yesterday afternoon, with leaders
named and the progress of the agricultural and livestock in
dustries in the county reviewed.
The meeting was held in the city hall, with Jean V. Sheel.
of the Oregon State college extension service, as guest speak
er. Fred Shepard, Tumalo, chairman of the 1947 Deschutes
Two Lives Lost
As Northwest
Storm Continues
(By United Prc)
Snow, rain and high winds
ranging up to 65 miles an hour
struck the Pacific northwest Fri
day taking at least two lives and
obscuring the late ol another.
The fourth blow of a storm-rid
den week that took six lives alto
gether and resulted in three other
persons being missing howled
across the coasts of western
Washington and Oregon before
dawn.
Weather bureaus hoisted south
west storm warnings at 4 a.m.
from Tatoosh island to Cape Blan
co, for winds ol 35 to 4U miles an
hour. The winds, which had been
blowing from the southeast, were
to shift to northwest Friday after
noon and decrease to 13 to M
miles an hour by early Saturday.
Blinding snows swirled through
the Cascade mountain chain.
Bodies Recovered
A search party .recovered the
bodies of Avey Van Natta, 35, and
Vernie Van Natta. 33, Yakima,
Wash., brothers, near Ellensberg
where they had been missing from
logging camp since luesuay.
Both died of exposure.
Another party cllmoea Mt.
Wheeler, 25 miles northeast of
Everett. Wash., where Charles
Webster, 70, radar station build-
ine crew cook, had been missing
since Wednesday night in a bliz
zard. Four other lives were taken ear
lier in the week.
Full impact of the storm was
expected near Aberdeen, Wash.,
with winds up to gale force as
coast euardsmen kept an alert
eye on ship movements and re-
ponea none in uimi -.- niuns
the 600 mile lengtn oi me urugun
Washington coast.
Heads Golf Club
m iww.wihp mi
if
Leonard T Stanciifer was elected I reported at Quartz mountain on
president of the t'."nd Golf d'lblthe Klamath Falls Lakevicw
at its annual meeting last night. highway.
Head County Agricultural
as Chairman
the Deschutes countv aarricul-
agricultural planning and out
look conference, presided.
Name of the permanent or
ganization, a development of
the three county planning con
ferences held in the past 22
years, is to be the Deschutes coun
ty agricultural planning council
and Deschutes county agricultur
al planning committee. Shepard
heads the group as 'chairman,
with Mrs. Gordon Wilcox elected
vice-chairman, a new office.. Gene
Lear, county agent, is secretary,
Membership Outlined
Membership of the council v.'U
consist of the general chairman
of the county agricultural plan
ning conference, the chairman of
subcommittees of the council, the
president of the county home ex
tension council, the president of
tne i n loaders association, mem
ber of the county court, a Des
chutes representative of the Cen
tral Oregon chamber of com
merce and other members 1he
council may decide on. Meetings
are to be held annually, at the
call of the chairman.
The major part of yesterday's
meeting in Bend was devoted to a
review of programs of work de
veloped at the 1947. agricultural
conference, with suggestions for
work in the future presented.
Ileports Made
Reports were submitted by the
following:
B. L. Fleck, potatoes; William
Hall, weeds; Byrle King, crops;
Del Davis, dairy; OCorge Hostet
ler, poultry; Priday Holmes, live
stock; Mrs. Gordon Wilcox, rural
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Mountain Passes
Receive Heavy
Blanket of Snow
Salem, Nov. 19 itll S n o w
plows went to work for the first
time this winter in the Siskiyou
mountains where eight Inches of
new snow fell last night, the
hiKhway commission said today.
The commission report said
plows were operating four miles
east of Siskiyou summit on high
way 99. ,
Plows also were toiling on both
summits of the Santiam highway,
the. John Day highway near Au
stin and in the Burns area.
Mixed snow and rain driven
hv a strong wind lashed most of
the Cascade mountain passes and
packed snow covered the Mt.
Hood-Wapiniata and Santiam
routes. Fresh snow blanketed
most of eastern and central Ore
gon. Two inches of new snow was
reported at Government camp on
the Ml. Hood highway. Six inch
es was measured at Santiam
Junction, Hayden mountain on the
Greensprings route and at Austin
on the John Day highway.
From one to five inches of new
snow fell on The Dalles-California
highway with one Inch at
The Dalles and Bend and four
inches at Chemult and five inch
es at Chiloquin.
Three inchps of new snow was
Council
4-H Club Leaders
Entertained at
Annual Banquet
Redmond, Nov. 19 Four-H club
leaders from all parts of Des
chutes county were guests of the
Redmond chamber of commerce
here last night at a banquet serv
ed in the local grange hall, with
Cat G. Monroe, assistant state
club leader from Oregon S.tate col
lege, as the guest speaker. Ap
proximately 100 persons were
present. Donald L. Benscoter,
Deschutes county 4-H club fader
was toastmaster.
A highlight of the meeting was
the presentation of pins to Des
chutes 4-H club leaders, with rec
ognition ranging from one to 19
years of service. Reeipieut of the
19-year pin was Mrs. Iraf'Cox, and
close behind was J. L. Jones, with
15 years' service. .
Wins Cup I
John Klesow, outstanding Des
chutes county 4-H club member
and Bend high school student, was
announced as winner of the all
around showmanship cup award
ed by the county fair board. The
presentation was made by M.'A.
Lynch, chairman of the fair board.
Lynch earlier extended a welcome
to the 4-H club leaders, on be
half of the Redmond chamber.
The response was by Mrs. Cox.
Mrs. Hubert Bartlett opened the
meeting, then turned the gavel
over to Jones. Rev. D. L. Pen
hollow asked the benediction. En
tertainment numbers Included a
piano duet by Joan Fuls and Mrs.
Adelva Dletz, harmonica solos by
John Kiesow and a vocal solo by
Barbara Uphoff, accompanied by
Gene Peden.
Monroe Speaks
Monroe, who was delayed by
the mountain storm, arrived
shortly after the banquet pro
gram got under way. In his talk,
he touched on 4-H club work in
Oregon, and commended the ef
forts of the local leaders. Mon
roe was introduced by Benscoter.
Earlier in the program, Law
rence Allen, John Kiesow and Bet
ty Koth, Deschutes county's three
top 4-H young people, were Intro
duced. John spoke briefly when
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Bus Operation
Shifts to Santiam
Operation of the Pacific Trail-
ways bus over the South Santiam
highway via Albany on a winter
schedule will start tomorrow, fol
lowing closure of the McKenzie
pass early this week by drifting
snow. Since the pass closed, the
buses have been operating over
the Santiam on an irregular
schedule. Three schedules . will
operate over the Santiam.
Effective tomorrow, the sched
ule calls for the first bus depart
ure from Bend at 6:45 a.m., with
arrival at Albany set for 10:45
a.m. and Eugene at 11:05 a.m.
The 2 p.m. bus from Bend will
arrive in Albany at 6:35 p.m. and
Eugene at 6:30 p.m. The evening
bus departure from Bend will be
at 5:30 p.m., with arrival in Al
bany set for 10 p.m. and Eugene
at 11:30 p.m.
Buses arriving from the Willam
ette valley via the South Santiam
highway will reach Bend at 1:50
p.m., 6 p.m., and 11:25 p.m. dally.
Through the summer months, the
Bend-Eugene buses operated over
the McKenzie.
The official opening of the new
Trallways depot in Eugene will be
held tomorrow. Myrl P. Hoover
and G. F. Chester, Trallways offi
cials, left today to participate in
the opening ceremonies.
Official .
Denies Asking
China Peace
Nationalists Claim
Success in Big Battle
' In Area Around Suchow
Nanking, Nov. 19 HH U.&. Am
bassador J. Lelghton Stuart today
flatly denied persistent reports
that he had advised Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-Shek to seek peace
talks with the Chinese commun
ists and try to form a coalition
government.
The reports, circulated in usual
ly reliable quarters here, said
that Stuart had not made the sug
gestion in his official position as
American ambassador, but as a
personal friend of the generalis
simo. It was said that he urged
Chiang verbally that it was futile
to continue the war against the
communists, and told him that
prospects were slim for getting
enough American aid fast enough
to turn the tide.
Asked About Report
Stuart, in Shanghai for a series
of high level conferences, was
asked about the report.
"It is not true, he replied.
In a recent exchange of mes
sages between Chiang and Presi
dent Truman, the nationalist lead
er was reported to have asked the
president for a flat statement of
sympathy, solidarity and support
to check spreading sentiment
among the Chinese that the Unit
ed States had decided to abandon
the Nanking government to its
fate.
So far as. was known, Truman's
reply was no more than an
acknowledgement of Chiang's
message. The exchange was not
made public.
Crisis at End
Military observers said the Im
mediate crisis in 'central China
appeared at an end and would
lift the tension in Nanking and
Shanghai.
Both the nationalist govern
ment and pro-government reports
trumpeted the fact that; the red
offensive, which was supposed to
carry communist troops 200 miles
southeast to Chiang's capital at
Nanking, had failed either to cut
otf or capture the government
stronghold in north Kiangsu.
As the government claimed of
ficially that the battle had ended,
Chiang's army drove against the
red troops from the eastern and
western flanks of Suchow and
squeezed isolated pockets of them
south of the city. Government re
ports said communist forces held
only a short stretch of the rail
way south of Suchow.
iter Heads
Bend Golf Club
Bend Golf club members last
night held their annual meeting,
elected officers for the coming
year and reviewed activities of
1948, declared to be the outstand
ing year in the history of the
club. Heading the club in the
coming year will be Leonard T.
Standlfer, with Bob Thomas
named vice-president. Oscar Glas
sow was re-elected secretary
treasurer. B. A. Stover Is retiring
president of the club.
New directors named by the
group are Ralph Adams, A. Wil
son Benold, Bill Hatch and Allen
Young. Holdover directors are
James W. Bushong, George Gove,
Oscar Glassow, Standlfer and
Thomas.
Reports presented by commit:
tecs revealed that In the year now
nearing an end the club property
was considerably developed. To
protect water rights and provide
for future expansion, 300 acres
were added to the grounds. A
new tractor and accessories were
purchased and a new power
mower, for use on the tees and
aprons, was acquired. Heavy ap
plications ot tertinzer were made
to fairways, and the Improve
ment was so great that the club
has decided to apply several more
tons of fertilizer in the coming
year.
Protects on the books for the
coming year Include a new tee
and partial fairway on No. 14.
fc-vents ol state-wide Interest
sponsored by the club this past
season included the Oregon open
tournament and the exhibition
play, in which Ben Hogan was
presented under auspices of the
Hudson-Duncan Co., with Ralph
Adams in charge locally. Hogan
declared that the Bend Golf club
greens were outstanding in the
western states.
Since the end of the war, three
additions have been made to the
club house, the most recent addi
tion having been constructed in
the present year.
In recognition of his service in
building up the club during two
years of his presidency, Stover
was presented with a set of match
ed irons. Stover served on the
board for three years.
Passenger Trains Are
Halted by Deep Snow
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Convicts Set Fire to Flax
Mill at Oregon State Prison
In Desperate Escape Attempt
Salem, Nov. 19 :U.R) Seven convicts set fire to the Oregon
state prison flax mill today in a desperate attempt to escape
but guards quelled the break in a aeries of sharp fights in the
prison yard. One con vict was critically stabbed.
Five of the desperadoes were recaptured shortly after the
fire broke out. Two others were hunted in a painstaking
search of the penitentiary grounds.
The warden's office said the attempted escape occurred
shortly after lunch when the
f I ri i n
icnooi nay to De
Presented Tonight
If yesterday's matinee perform
ance of "A Date with Judy" can
be taken as any Indication .of
things to come, the presentation
at the Bend high school gymna
sium tonight should be good en
tertainment at the least.
Advance ticket sales for to
night's production, the termina
tion of weeks of strenuous prac
tice and rehearsal by the cast, in
dicate a near-capacity audience.
Tickets will be on sale at the
door, however. Curtain time is
set for 8 p. m.'
Cast for the matinee yesterday
Included Diane Newland as Judy
Foster, Bill Niskanen as Mr. Fos
ter. Dolores Dyer as Mrs. Foster,
George Silkworth as Randolph
Foster, Muriel Brooks as Hannah,
Dorothv Corkett as Barbara Win-
socket;. Keith Tucker as Oogie
Prngl8, Barbara Blakley as Mlt
di Hoffman, Larry Sullivan as
Mr. Martindale, Jackie Nystrom
as Mrs. Shultzhammer, Clarence
Neyman as Rex OConner and
Roberta Fredenhaugen as Susie.
This cast as a whole received
praise frpm their director, Grace
Mary Linn, for the way they han
dled their parts.
Following is the cast for this
evening's presentation of "A Date
With Judy": Joan Tilden, Bill
Niskanen, Rose Jackson, Stanley
Crawford, Paula Smith, Betty
Ann Simervllle, Paul Rhodes,
Nadine Pepin, Larry Sullivan,
Nancy Forrest, Clarence Neuman
and Mary Meagher.
Rent Controls
Urged by AFL
, Cincinnati, O., Nov. 19 UMThe
AFL's top housing spokesman
said today the 67th convention
will urge an extension of strong
rent controls beyond next March
31 and a new law to provide pub
lic residential projects at rent as
low as S35 per month.
Harry C. Bates, president of the
Bricklayers' union and chairman
of the AFL housing committee,
told a reporter that the AFL will
insist on a much stronger public
housing law in the new 81st con
gress than the Taft-Ellender-Wag-ner
act.
Bates said he favored using part
of the $750,000 fund being sought
by the AFL political league to edu
cate voters on the need for get
ting behind extended rent con
trols and a new housing act at
the opening of congress. .
Bend Geese
When snow this week blanketed Dratfe and Pageant parks, Mir
ror pond geese quickly located a new feeding ground a patch
of unharvested carrots in the garden of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer V.
Ward, on Harmon boulevard adjacent to the river. This picture
was taken this morning through a large window in the Ward home,,
as the geese fed on carrots, with one big honker standing guard
The geese carefully pull the carrots out of the partly frozen
ground, then eat them at their leisure.
I conspirators, m o st 1 y 1 o n g
term convicts committed for
murder, robbery or assault,
touched off the fire in the flax
mill.
Used Matches
The convicts used matches to
ignite the mill. They apparently
Intended to go over the wall in
the confusion created by the fire.
But prison guards detected the
fire quickly. They summoned Sa
lem city fire equipment and, us
ing additional prison equipment,
brought the blaze under control
before It had inflicted extensive
damuge.
The office of Warden George
Alexander identified the conspir
ators as:
Doyle C. MeCann, 26, Douglas
county, serving three to 20 years
for assault with Intent to commit
robbery. i
John O. Plnson, 30, Hood River,
county, serving life for murder
of a state policeman.
. Lawrence Ogllvle, 32, Portland,
serving 15 years for second de
cree murder. t
John Edward Ralph, 28, Union
county, serving 12 years "for rob
bery.
Paul Le Roy Gardner, 30, Port
land, serving 15 years for assault.
. Allen D. Brumfield, Portland,
serving a life term for first de
gree murder.
Reuben Portlew, 18, serving
five years for robbery.
Coop Schedules
Annual Meeting
Redmond, Nov. 19 Philip Far
rell, manager of the Deschutes
Farmers cooperative, has an
nounced that the annual meeting
of the organization will be held
tomorrow, with four board mem
bers to be elected. Principal
speaker will be Robert Taylor, oi
Adams, chairman oi tne uregon
AAA In the war years. Also pres
ent will be Charles Baker, gen
eral manager of the Pacific Sup
ply cooperative.
The meeting will be held in
Townsend hall, starting at 10:30
p.m. A free lunch, featuring bar
becued beef sandwiches, will be
served at noon.
More than 400 attended last
year's meeting.
Two Youths Sign
For Navy Service
Enlistment of two Bend young
men in the navy was announced
today by the local recruiting of-
lice.
James E. Koho, of 845 Harri-
man street, enlisted for a three
year term. Koho, who had more
than six years of previous service
including world war two, entered
as a damage controlman 3c and
went to Seattle for assignment.
Like Carrots
' mm
Streamliner
Proceeding
Behind Plows
Denver, Nov. 19 HP The Rock
Island railroad announced at
noon today that its crack Chicago
Denver streamliner, "The Rock
et," was proceeding slowly west
ward from Jennings, Kan., behind
a snowplow and would arrive
here about midnight "with luck."
The train earlier had been re
ported "lost" because of a com
plete wipe-out of Rock Island
railroad communication facilities
east ot Limon, Colo., where gale
winds drove heavy snow into
over-sized drifts.
The "Rocket," a dlesel-powered
red streamliner, was reported the
object of a four-plane search by.
the- air force rescue unit after
word of the rdilroaTs effort to
get a tracer message through to
the streamliner was reported.
Search Started
The search started after the
Rock Island office here was in
formed erroneously that the
Rocket had left Goodland, Kan.,
85 miles west of Jennings, and
had not been reported since. At
noon today, railroad officials
were able to establish emergency
communications with the storm
swept Kansas area and learned
that the train was proceeding
slowly, westward behind snow
equipment. . .... ..v c
. The Denver office said It was
presumed that a second train, the
Colorado Express, a Kansas City-to-Denver
passenger carrying lo-
cal coach and Pullman traffic,
was sandwiched between the
Rocket and the snowplow, also
proceeding westward slowly.
Two other streamliners, the
east and west-bound sections of
the Union Pacific's "City of St.
Louis," were tied up at western
Kansas stations, waiting for
snow crews to clear heavy drifts
In the vicinity of Cheyenne Wells,
Colo. .
Other Trains Halted
At noon today, the Union Pa
cific reported the east-bound
train had been held at Weskan,
Kan., since about 2 a. m. and that
the west-bound streamliner had
been held at Ellis, Kan., since
about 4 a.m.
Both were expected to resume
their trips about 4 or 5 o'clock
this afternoon, the railroad said.
On both trains, the passengers
had remained aboard on station
sidings and were "perfectly com
fortable. .
Hereford Bulls
Sold for $700
Prineville. Nov. 19 Three bulls
brought a top price of $700 each
at the auction of registered sires
held at the grounds of the Crook
ed River Round-up association
Wednesday.
R. A. Fields of Central Point
paid this price for a two-year-old
from the Prineville ranch of J. L.
Jacob & Sons. The animal had
previously been judged by L. K..
(Billy) Freeman of Warren, as
champion animal at the second
annual show and sale of the
Crook County Hereford Breeders
association.
The other young bulls bought
at the $700 price were from the
J. R. Breese & Sons' Prineville
ranch. One was bought by Dar
rell Mills of Post and the other
by Cameron Cliffs of Silver lake.
Mills also paid $650 for another
of the Breese bulls, and E. F.
Blankenship of Randall, Wash.,
paid a like amount for an animal
from the Jacob herd. .
Fifty-seven bulls were sold at
the Wednesday sale, at an average
of $398. Twelve registered heif
ers averaged $313.33.
Buyers were present from the
following counties outside Central
Oregon: Lake, Jackson, Wasco,
Harney and Linn, Oregon, and
Klickitat, Wash.
HEADS STANFORD
San Francisco, Nov. 19 HP)
Dr. John E. W. Sterling, director
of the Huntington library at San
Mariano and a prominent histor
ian, today was named president
of Stanford university. Sterling,
42, succeeds Dr. Donald B. Tresld
der, who died tn New York City
last January.