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Volume LIX
BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1948
No. 152
More Than 1,000 Dead in
ea Disaster
Chinese S
UN General Assembly Sets
Date for Adjournment; Plea
To Stay on Job Is Rejected
Paris. Doc. 4 :U.E The United Nat inns dwiderl trHnv offo
the political committee had approved a watered down Pales
tine uuni.-uiiii.iuii pmn iu winu up me general assembly meet
ing here one week from tonight.
After almost three months of' fruitless debute tho nomhlv
headed for adjournment the
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The general or steering committee decided to adjourn next
week end, rejecting a British plea to stay on the job until the
Head of Cairo
Police Killed
By Grenade Blast
Cairo, Dec. 4 tP Selim Zakl
Pasha, commander' of Cairo po
lice, was killed by a -grenade ex
plosion today when police and
rioting students battled in' the
heart of the city with guns, gre
nades and missiles.
Police reported that about 30
students were injured and some
300 were arrested. Reports saw
a police truck carrying about 20
bleeding students leave the col
lege of medicine on Kasr El Ain
street in downtown Cairo.
The rioting broke out in a re
newal of conflagrations last Sun
day. They began when Egyptian
lawyers on the way to the Sudan
to defend Sudanese accused of
fomenting trouble during recent
elections there were turned back
by Sudanese authorities. ""'
Police fired Into Fuad El Awal
university, in the suburb of Clza,
after students who barricaded
themselves inside the buildings
there threw six grenades at the
officers.
The administration offices and
college of law were reported on
fire.
Dispute Holds Up
San Francisco, Dec. 4 iui A ju
risdictional dispute between the
CIO longshore unions and the
AFL sailors union of the Pacific
appeared today to be preventing
waterfront work despite the end
of the 93-day west coast mari
time strike.
Matson Navigation company,
the only shipper to order long
shoremen to work after the long
strike was settled, cancelled its
orders for 19 stevedore gangs.
Eight of the gangs reported for
work last night but were sent
home without touching any car
go, according to waterfront
sources.
No official explanation for the
action was forthcoming, but it
was assumed that the hitch had
to do with the SUP demand for
settlement of a jurisdictional dis
pute with regard to the handling
of cargo on steam schooners.
NO INVITATION PLANNED
-Washington, Dec. 4 ilPi The
joint congressional "watchdog"
committee on foreign aid will not
invite Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek to
state her plea tor China.
U. S. Hopes to Lure Soviet
Satellites Away From Russia
Washington. Dec. 4 i
United States hopes to 1
(Hi The
hoDes to lure soviet
Satellite rnnntriuc au-nv from
Russia with economic goods, it
was revealed today.
This hope was expressed In a
confidential report drawn up by
the staff of the joint congression
al "watchdog" committee on for
eign aid. The report was based on
consultation with officials of the
state department and the econom
ic cooperation administration.
These officials, according to the
report, voiced cautious hope that
a wedge can bo driven between
jne kremlin and other countries
behind the "iron curtain." They
indicated that American goods
and raw materials will be used to
"ring about the split.
The report said these officials
lrged that trade hntuvnan o-iotprn
?VVi western Europe be encourag-
with indirect U.S. hnrkini?
a "deterrent" to soviet cxpan-.'
night of December 11-12. leav-
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program is completed even if
ll took until after Christmas.
The committee recommen
dation was subject to aunrov-
al by the full assembly. Final
approval seemed assured, since
this committee virtually dictates
mo assommy program.
Vote on Plan
As the adjournment rush began
the political committee voted by
a bare simple majority for a new
and weak conciliation plan for
seeKing a iinal settlement be
tween the Arabs and Jews In Pal
estine
The tattered remnant . of the
British resolution on Palestine,
from which the vitals of the Br
nadotte plan had been eliminated,
was approved by a 25 to 21 vote
oi tne political committee, it pro
posed to set up a three-nation eon
ciliatlon commission, its opera
tions under control of the Big five,
But the plan still needed a two-
thirds majority in the assembly.
These other developments
marked the close of the next to
last week of the Paris meeting:
Hecomniend Veto IJmlt
1. A special political committee
approved 33 to 6 an American-Biitish-French-Chinese
resolution
"recommending" that the big
powers limit their veto rights In
the security council. It was only
a suggestion, and was opposed bit
terly Dy Kussia.
2. A special political commis
sion rejected an Argentine propo
sal to call a special UN confer
ence to consider amending the UN
charter. .
3. The western powers saw lit
tle new in the latest soviet state
ment on the Berlin currency cri
sis. But they welcomed Russia's
acceptance of the principle of
committee study of the currency
problem, even though Russia ap
peared fairly cool to the whole
idea.
Week-End Skiing
Forecast Made
The following week end skiing
conditions were reported Friday
by the Portland weather bureau
for the Santiam pass area:
Saturday fair with increasing
cloudiness at night; Sunday
cloudy with snow; winds north
west 15 to 20 miles an hour to
night and Saturday backing to
southwest 20 to 25 miles an hour
Saturday night and increasing to
25 to 35 miles an hour Sunday;
temperature range Saturday, lb
to 30; Sunday, 25 to 30.
Welfare Checks
Placed in Mail
Portland, Dec. 4 IP December
wnlf.n-p cheeks to Oregon's old
age pensioners were In the mail
today after a 48-hour delay be
cause of the failure of federal
funds to arrive on time.
Welfare administrator Loa
Howard said most welfare recip
ients will receive their December
checks which are mailed normal
ly the first of each month.
sion.
The diplomatic officials ex
pressed a "desire on the part of
the United States to foster nation
alism within the (soviet) satellite
countries" and to assist those na
tions in maintaining their "nation
al economic structures."
Disclosure of the report coincid
ed with a statement by the Czech
oslovakian ambassador to Wash
ington that he believes U.S. ex
port restrictions soon may be eas
ed. Ambassador Vladirmir Outra
ta said a conversation with Acting
secretary of state Robert A. Lov
ett had given him hope that Amer
ican machinery and industrial
goods soon may be shipped to his
nnltntl-V in substantial quantities.
At present, he said, some S17,-i
000.000 worth of U.S. goods order
ed by Czechoslovakia, are being
held up for lack of export licens
es. (. ZPcnosiovaKiB IS "lie u "'
soviet satellites,
Bend Player Scores at Jamboree ' f
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Mickey Sullivan (24), Bend forward, leaps high in the air to score
a field goal In the Bend-Prlnevllle tilt at the Redmond hoop jam
boree. To his right, Gale Billsborough (5), Prineville, and Al Chris
tensen (20), Bend, are poised for a rebound. Bend won the 10
minute game by a score of 23-7, and went on to defeat Madras
and Redmond to take top honors at the jamboree.
Heavy Earthquake Causes
Four Deaths a1
40 Miles Off Mexican Coast
Mazatlan, Mexico, Dec. 4 IB
Army and coast guard planes
took off this morning with doc
tors, medicine and relief supplies
for the Marias islands penal col
ony where a heavy earthquake
caused at least four deaths and a
number of other casualties last
night.
A series of tremblors wrecked
90 per cent of the buildings in the
island prison cofony, 40 miles off
this Pacific coast city, according
to a radio message'from Col. En
rique Carrola Antuna.
lhe earthquake caused deaths
and injuries the number of which
I cannot determine at this mom
ent," the message said. It called
for planes to bring doctors and
medicine, Approximately 400
prisoners, guards and other
workers live on the four lush
semi-tropical islands.
The first quake occurred at o:24
p. m. PbT yesterday, and lasted
15 to 17 seconds. It apparently
was the strongest and brought
most of the colony's brick and
plaster one-and-two-story build
ings tumbling down.
Kadlo Building Collumes
Among those which collapsed
More Mirrors
Taken from Cars
The toll of automobile side and
rear view mirrors lost in the
Wednesday night raids increased
today, with two more local resi
dents reporting thefts and car
damage. Latest victims to report
the loss of mirrors were A. L.
Stearns, 1545 West 9th street, two
side view mirrors removed from
the car when it was parked in
front of the high school gymna
sium, and C. M. Gulovson, 502
Florida, rear view mirror lost.
Although some of the car own
ers did not notice their mirrors
were gone until yesterday eve
ning, it is believed that all thefts
occurred Wednesday night, or ear
ly inursday morning. Raids on
five cars were reported yesterday
with radio aerials either removed
or damaged in several cases.
Officers expect other reports
to be received today, as owners
check over their cars. It is not
known whether the thefts are the
result of raids by a local "gang,"
or by transient thieves.
So far as can be ascertained,
the raids were confined to one
night.
15TH ANNIVERSARY
New York, Dec. 4 dli Tomor
row Is the loth anniversary of the
repeal of prohibition. On Dec. 5,
1933, Utah became the 36th state
to ratify the 21st amendment.
Penal ' Coon yri
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was the government radio sta
tion. Juan Antonio Vaca Rivera,
manager of the station, and three
members of his family were kill
ed, according to information
reaching Mazatlan.
The tremblors continued inter
mittently until 10:30 p. m.
Carrola said he was taking all
possible precautions to prevent an
outbreak among prisoners who
might try to break for freedom.
Six prisoners escaped from the
colony in a small boat last month,
but all were killed by a machine
gunning army plane or by sol
diers who discovered the surviv
ors landing on a mainland beach.
Senior Wins Speech Contest
Barton Garred, Bend high school senior, has been announced as
local winner of the "I Speak for Democracy Contest," sponsored
here by the Jaycees and KBND. He will take part in state compe
tition, for the right to represent Oregon in the national contest.
The young orator is liown here with Bill Barton, Jaycee official.
Chiang Adds
100,000 Men
To Big Battle
Nanking, Dec. 4 dli General
issimo Chiang Kai-Shek threw
100,000 fresh troops from central
China Into the Pengpu battle to
day to help wipe out the com
munist armies menacing Nan
king.
Leader of the reinforcements
was reported to be nationalist
Gen. Soong Hsi-Liang, hero of the
battle of Shanghai, who arrived
at the Pengpu front with four
army groups after a forced
march from central China.
Soong's men smashed the com
munists on their southern lines
while another three army groups
of 180,000 men under nationalist
Gen. Tu Yl-Ming hammered with
desperate fury at the communists
northern lines.
Make Headway
Front reports said that the
northern nationalist offensive
was making slow and bloody
headway south against the com
munist columns around Suhslen,
170 miles north of Nanking. The
northern offensive has been cut
off from its base at Suchow, cap
lured by the communists, and
must link up with the southern
nationalist forces or face annihi
lation.
Pro-government reports claim
cd a partial victory in the west
ern sector of the Huai river front
between Pengpu and Suhslen.
These, reports claimed that 40,-
000 communists In three columns
were scattered by a nationalist
attack 10 miles north of the river.
Nationalist fighters, and bomb
ers were reported spearheading
the" government attack, hammer
ing the communists relentlessly
in a massive effort to destroy
tneir iorces ana relieve the dan
ger to Nanking.
Homes Are Open
For Inspection
Redmond, Dec. 4 (Special)
Mountain View homes, two of
several being built here by Den
ton and Bowen, contractors, will
be open for public Inspection this
evening and tomorrow.
The homes are located between
Alder and A streets on 12th. The
houses were furnished for the
event by the Square Deal Furni
ture company. Inspection hours
are 6 to 10 p. m. this evening
and 1 to 10 p. m. tomorrow.
Temperature
At Baker Hits
7 Below Zero
Portland, Dec. 4 till - While
western Oregon was enjoying
fulrly moderate weather, temper
atures were hitting new season
lows east of the Cascades-today.
The Oregon coastal area was
buttoning up for winds up to 40
miles an hour, accompanied by
rains, but the Interior of western
Oi-egon was experiencing only
brisk cool weather.
East of the Cascades the ther
mometer dropped to 7 below at
Baker last night, the coldest re
porting station, according to the
weather bureau. Other lows were
Lakevlcw. 2 above; Klamath
Falls, 7; Burns, 8, and Bend, 14.
Snow and continued cold were
predicted by the weather bureau
In eastern Oregon, with rain and
slightly lower temperatures in the
western half of the state.
Judge Dissolves
Injunction Against
Tavern Picketing
Preliminary hearing of the Pine
Tavern-AF of u labor dispute
ended this morning when Circuit
judge David R. Vandenberg
signed an order disolvlng the
temporary Injunction issued
against Culinary alliance local
537 by County judge C. L. Allen.
The injunction, issued October
28 in the absence of Circuit judge
Ralph S. Hamilton, stopped pick
eting which had been going on
at the restaurant for more than
three months.
The order was signed at about
noon today,, and almost Immedi
ately Its ' signing;'; pickets were
again placed m front of the IJine
Tavern by the union.
The order denied the applica
tion of the plaint III tor a prelim
inary injunction from the circuit
court, but adjudged that .the
plaintiff may file an amendment
complaint. It was believed that
this would be done "Immediate
ly" by attorneys for the restau
rant. Judge Vandenberg did not set
any date for the hearing of the
amended complaint, however, be
cause of indefinlteness of his
schedule.
The complaint upon which the
hearing just ended alleged that
lhe picketing was unlawful, and
asked permanent injunction
against the picketing and settle
ment of $1,000 damages.
Packed Snow on
All Pass Routes
More snow fell on the Cascade
passes last night, with a new
storm breaking over the summit
early this morning, according to
inlormation from state police and
motorists. Packed snow covered
all high passes today and chains
are necessary, state officers
stressed.
On the Santiam summit, last
night's fall of snow, two Inches,
was less than that of the previous
night. To the south, four inches
fell on the Willamette pass, ac
cording to radio reports received
by state police. Deep roadside
snow was reported from both
passes.
Motorists report wintry condi
tions over the entire Waplnltia
route, from the timberline across
the summit. More snow fell last
night and the highway was re
ported slick, handing crews were
on the job. '
Deschutes national forest field
men report that unusually deep
snow Is piling up In the eastern
Cascades, with 30 inches meas
ured in an area where logging
operations are under way. The
snow is getting so deep In this
area that logging is being carried
on under cliflicult conditions.
Winter sports enthusiasts are
looking forward to some of their
best skiing of the -season at the
Santiam bowl, where tows are
operating. Depth of the snow in
the bowl was reported around 60
Inches.
'I his morning, the snow line was
low in the eastern Cascades,
reaching far down Tumalo creek.
UK ADS ( HF.IIAI.IS (HAJWBKR
Prineville, Dec. 4 R. B. Bach
elder, new manager of the J. C.
Penney store here, has received
word that Charles A. Downie,
former manager, has been elect
ed president of the Chehalis,
Wash., chamber of commerce for
1919.
Vessel Carrying Refugees
From Shanghai Explodes and
Goes Down in Hangchow Bay
Shanghai, Dec. 4 U.P) Rescue vessels still swept Hang-'
to tinrl additional survivors of the
sinking of an overloaded Chinese coastal vessel in which from
1,000 to 2,000 Chinese refugees were believed to have
drowned. - . :
The 2,100-ton steamer Kiangya, en route irom onangnai 10
Ningpo, went down in Hangchow bay, some 50 miles south
of Shanghai, last night after an explosion which some sources
asserted was touched off by communist saboteurs.
Operated by the China Mer-
chants Steam Navigation Co.,
the vessel carried 2,150 listed
passengers as against a nor
mal capacity of 1,200, but
some survivors claimed as many
as 4,000 pei'sons had jammed
aboard It, packing into every
available Inch of space. The com
pany admitted (hat a number of
"unauthorized" passengers might
have been aboard in addition to
those listed.
1,000 Survive
About 1,000 survivors, some of
them seriously Injured, had reach
ed Shanghai aboard rescue craft
Several other ships, including an
unidentified U.S. navy vessel, ra
dioed that they had picked up a
number of survivors.
It was believed all the victims
were Chinese, fleeing from
Shanghai southward because of
the communist threat to Nanking
and the great port city. There
were no reports that any Ameri
cans had been aboard.
The Kiangya sailod late yester
day, and the explosion and sink
ing occurred some four hours lat
er. Sabotage' Hinted
. Some sources, including a num
ber of survivors, insisted that two
Chinese communist Junks suc
ceeded in closing in on the stern
of the Kiangya and tossing explo
sives aboard It. The blast which
followed, these sources said, blew
a hole in the stern, and the vessel
sank quickly in fairly shallow wa
ter. Officials of the steamship com
pany which operated the Kiangya
at first charged hat the blast was
caused by communists, but later
refused to repeat the accusation.
Y. C. Yorke, assistant general
manager of the company, said the
disaster might have resulted
from the vessel striking a floating
mine remaining from the last
war.
Circuit Court
Cases Postponed
Madras, Dec. 4 Several dam
age cases, growing out of an au
tomobile collision, which occurred
about a year ago on the highway
between Madras and Culver and
Just north of the latter town, will
not be heard at the final session
of Circuit court which Judge
Ralph S. Hamilton will convene
here Monday. Tentatively sched
uled for the current term, they
have been postponed.
The defendant in the cases Is
Mrs. Mary Williams, pioneer ma
tron of Metolius and adminis
tratrix of the estate of her son,
Don Williams, who was killed in
the collision of his car and an
other. Damages arc being sought
for the death and injury of others
as a result of the accident, as the
complaints allege.
Mrs. Nellie Watts, county clerk,
says that only one civil case, My
rta A. Campbell vs. Gresham
Transfer, a corporation, and Kyle
A. Caldwell, will come befo'e
Judge Hamilton. E. D. Harris.
Jefferson county district attor
ney, says the docket shows no
criminal cases.
Office Structure Being Built
At Forest Service Nursery
Construction of an office build
ing at the United States fores!
service's Uend nursery, on the
Butler road east of town, Is un
der way, with R. P. Syverson, lo
cal contractor, In charge. The
structure, 38 by 20 feet, will be of
pumice block and frame construc
tion, and will provide space for
the nursery's main office, a pri
vate office and a laboratory.
A feature of the office struc
ture is a large "picture window,"
12 feet wide and six feet high, In
four sections, that frame all peaks
of lhe Cascade skyline seen from
the Bend area. The building is to
be completed by spring.
Work on a 30.000 gallon reser
voir, to provide domestic water
and protection against fire, will
start In the near future, with this
Job to lie done by a forest service
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Claim Source of
Papers Is Known
Washington, Dec. 4 HPi House
investigators said today they have .
evidence which "conclusively" t,
identifies the government em
ployes who gave ex-spy Whittaker,
Chambers confidential state de
partment documents before 1938.
Robert E. Stripling, chief inves
tigator for the house un-AmerlcanSt
activities committee, said that
"we expect to show conclusively
the source of these documents,
from the state department . to
Chambers."
Stripling's statement was made
as the committee sped prepara
tions for resuming the commu
nist espionage hearings on the
basis of microfilmed secret papers
produced by Chambers, a former
communist. .,
Stripling said the committee rev
ceived some additional documents
from Chambers last night. Some
of them, he said, appear to be
in his handwriting. He did not
disclose their nature or contents.
Found In Pumpkin
Stripling would not discuss
with reporters the source of the
state department docu m e n t s
found in microfilmed form in a
hollawed-out pumpkin in the back
yard of Chambers' Maryland
farm.
But he said that they originat
ed in the state, war and navy de
partments and that none were
dated later than 1938.
He said that all of the docu
ments "appear" to be from state
department files.
Hundreds of feet of microfilm
were taken from the pumpkin.
Committee sources said it indicat
ed government secrets were pass
ed to Chambers by the red under
ground, PLANT SHUTS DOWN
Dallas, Dec. 4 Ul'i The Pope &
Talbot Lumber Co. today an
nounced the falling lumber mar
ket would cause the shutdown of
Its Dallas plant, which employs
125. Paul Morgan, manager of
the Willamette Lumber Co., said
Ills mill would continue at full
production.
crew under supervision of Corwln
E. Heln. Next summer, a cone and
seed extractor shed will be erect
ed, according to plans.
Planned for some time in the
future is a residence for the nur
seryman. This will be a modern
building. However, funds for this
building have not yet leen set
aside.
Two million trees were planted
at the new nursery this past
spring, but some losses were suf
fered due to adverse weather con
ditions. Eventual capacity of the
nursery will be around 15,000,000
trees.
W. A. Engstrom, nurseryman,
is In charge of the Bend nursery,
purpose of which will be to grow
pine seedlings for northwest reforestation.
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ffiCHBISTMAS SEALS