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Volume LX
Marshall Has
uperanon at
Reed Hospital
Condition of Secretary
Of State Excellent
Following Major Surgery
Washington. Dec. 7 Ul'i Secre-
firy of Stale George C. Marshall
nderwent a kidney operation at
ft'alter Reed hospital here today
he hospital reported his condl
.in "excellent."
A bulletin issued by the army
iosnital at 10:30 a.m. EST, said
Marshall was operated on at 8
m.
"The operation was successful
id Gen. Marshall's condition is
Lcellent," the bulletin said. "No
implications are expected."
There were no details on the
f-avny oi me operation, wnicn
id been disclosed earlier by the
slate department.
operation ueiayeti
The department said surgeons
Walter Reed wanted to operate
it Marshall last summer when he
titered the hospital lor a pnysical
ieck-up. But they delayed it be
iuse he had to attend the United
ations meeting in Paris.
Marshall, whowill be 68 on Dee.
. has been living at the hospital
tanee he returned Nov. 22 from
iiris, where he attended the
United Nations security council
Meeting.
IWhen he entered the hospital,
tpre was speculation that the
Kjfccretary's health might deter
mine whether he would continue
m secretary of state. He took over
fe number one cabinet post on
n. 21, 1947.
Asked to Keep Post
.'. Prpsirlpnt Trnmnn said nt n
Bs conference last Thursday
it he did not have any word as
whether Marshall felt physical-
It able to continue in the cabinet.
it the president added that Mar
iall alone with other cabinet
embers had been asked to stay
id that they would continue to
rve.
Marshall reportedly had wanted
resign after Truman's tnaugu
tion Jan. 20. The president
fonts him to stay on, however.
und Bonds Sold
lalem. Dec. 7 tP) Oregon's
dit status appeared to be back
an even keel today alter the
Bite veterans department sold
1,000,000 in veterans welfare
lids.
3An nttpmnl t.o coll lhn hnnHe
lit month failed because invest
ors feared that passage of the
niw old-age pension act by the
viters Nov. 2 had jeopardized the
state's credit.
. Jl'he bonds were sold today to
Hfelsey, Stuart & Co., Inc., of
Chicago and New York. That
firm's bid was 1,748 effective in
hfresr rate.
JThe bid was only .033 per cent
higher than the 1.7454 cost on the
partment s last sale Aug. 24
ich amounted to $3,000,000.
rhe sale today not only meant
at Oregon's credit has been
en a shot in the arm but also
tljiit the popular Oregon World
r II veterans $6,000 farm and
me loans can he Drocessed
houl riplav.
There were seven bidders in-
ding:
nKT. m.,tu r- T
1 lanrl l HM4y trirct- Nntfnnn
nk of Portland 205044: Na.
nal Citv Hank of New York.
roster and Marshall and
yiates, Seattle 1.9934, and the
le bond commission, 1.8397.
Sun nEFFVRR r.mn
New Vnrlr new, 7 UPi Ailm
"is E. Denfield', chief of navai
Ta InnC CO.,, ,1.1c Miinlni1,.
ll-KllhmJirlrir, r1arlrae -iT-o tha
m in the world.
ioycees Get Christmas Trees
. , espite Snow-Blocked Roads
espite snow-blocked roads,
"es for the Christmas illumina-
n of Bend's Mirror pond have
n obtained and will be erected
Sunday, along the west shore
the pond f,om t)le Newport
V''nue bridge to Pageant park,
l.vcees announced todav. The
es will be erected by the Jay
op's, with home owners to pro
f e the illumination.
JJayceps admitted thev did have
Jf'ne difficulty in getting into
W fir area west of Bend this
PJst Sunday, but through the
re ab p in mmi. nAtn, oKm,
ntlle from tho Clfi,lln. nlau.
Und ' and nhtalnoH oil Imm
lor the decoration. The
ntlon votjtitrilau that thf, Inu.
iwa to be content with I
TELE
TWO SECTIONS
Snow iocrder Clears Wall Street "Divide"
s. - , ii iii iiiniimiM mil - mi ii t
The city snow loader was called into service yesterday afternoon
mid-street piles following the Sunday storm were quickly removed.
nun ui, vvuu street inonaay aiternoon. crnesi waiKer is operator
ing beside the outfit. Early today,
Welles Testifies -
Documents Hold
Important Data
Washington, Dec. 7 ' lU'i For
mer undersecretary of state Sum
ner Welles testified today that
publication of some of the stolen
state department documents re
cently recovered by house spy in
vestigators wouia oe "prejudicial
to the nation's interest."
Welles appeared at a dramatic
session of the house un-American
activities committee, where he
looked at several of the docu
ments. Committee members said
they would take his advice and go
into executive session to consider
them further.
Some of the documents were re
covered in I microfilm form from
the . Mary land -farm of former
communist Whlttaker Chambers.
Others were produced by Cham
bers' attorney, Richard . Cleve
land. Tells or Finding Film
Before Welles testified, a com
mittee investigator gave a brief
first-hand account of how he re
covered the microfilm from a
pumpkin shell on a night visit to
Chambers' farm last Friday.
Chambers, a senior editor of
Time magazine and former com
munist has charged that Alger
Hiss was a member of the com
munist party. Hiss is a former
state department official who has
denied any communist party con
nections, and denied that he took
the documents from the depart
ment. Before the open hearing actual
ly began there was much wrangl
ing over how much, if any, of it
should be open to the public. It
first was opened to the public,
then closed, then opened again.
McKays Senate
Successor Named
Salem, Dec. 7 tlPi Former state
senator Frederick S. Lamport of
Salem, a retired banker, today
was named by the Marion county
court to succeed governor-elect
Douglas McKay in the state sen
ate. Lamport, a republican, served
Ln the 1943 and 1945 sessions
while McKay was on leave and
serving in the army.
Lamport will represent Marion
county along with Sen. Allan
Carson also of Salem.
"jackpincs, junipers and an oc
casional sagebrush" was a bit ex
aggerated, the clubmen said, in
expressing their thanks to the
many persons who called with
information as to where trees
could be obtained. Some 20 trees,
averaging around nine feet high,
were brought into town by the
Jaycees Sunday..
The road situation into the
nearby woods was reported im
proving today, with snow rapidly
melting, and it Is expected that
local residents will have fair luck
in hunting yule trees this week
end, providing a new storm does
not develop.
Veterans of Foreign Wars are
to set up their "Christmas tree
forest" later this week, on the
MnmnHal hit. Mini? nt At the rpnr
oi tne city nan.
a moisture-laden wind transformed remaining snow into slush.
Thirty-Three Plane Crash
Survivors Rescued in Pacific
By Aircraft Carrier Rendova
Johnson Island, Dec. 7 '(U.E) Thirty-three survivors of a
mid-Pacific air crash were en route to Kwajalein island
aboard the carrier'Rendova today and the navy discontinued
the search for their four missing comrades.
The men were picked up by the Rendova last night, 39
hours after they ditched their crippled C-54 transport plane.
Shortly after their rescue the Hawaiian sea frontier at Hono
lulu said the search for the four still missing was being dis-
continued. Survivors had indi
Fire Damages
UN Quarters
In Paris Palace
Paris," Dec. 7 tu?i A fire that
caused more alarm than damage
crackled through a committee
room at United Nations headquar
ters in the Palais de Challlot to
night but it was brought swiftly
under control. 1
The fire broke out in committee
room seven on the ground floor
of the marble palace sprawled on
a promontory overlooking the
Seine near the Eiffel tower.
Within an hour brigades of
Paris firemen had brought the
fire under control and were dous
ing the. embers which sent acrid
smoke through the corridors.
Three hose lines were dragged
through the front door of the pal
ace and looped through a wind
ing corridor to the committee
room where during the day dele
gates debated the right of Rus
sian women to join their foreign
husbands abroad.
The blaze apparently started In
electrical wiring ln the committee
room. A ventilation draft carried
the sparks upward. They swirled
above translators' booths over
looking the committee room.
Christmas Mail
Being Sent Early
"We have been getting wonder
ful cooperation from the public in
mailing," said acting Postmaster
Farley J. Elliott today. He said
that the volume of mail handled
at the post office had been un
usually high, but that many peo
ple apparently have heeded post
office requests to "do your Christ
mas mailing early".
Normal number of cancella
tions per day during this portion
of the Christmas season has in
the past been around 7,000 here,
but this year there have been
8,000 or more cancellations a day,
Elliott said. During the peak of
the season, which the postmaster
said would be December 21 and
22, he expects that cancellations
will number beteen 20,000 and
25,000 both days.
Elliott urged that patrons do
their mailing between nine and 10
a.m. and between 1:30 and 3:30 in
the afternoon. The main volume
of business at the window comes
between 10 and 1:30, he explained,
and if the bulk of mailing would
be done before and after the
lunch-hour rush at the windows,
it would greatly facilitate handl
ing of both incoming and outgo
ing malls.
People mailing Christmas cards
are encouraged by the postmaster
to send their cards first class, for
only first claw mail is given di
rectory service In the event that
an address is wrong or that an
addresnee cannot be found at the
original address.
BEMB
CENTRAL OREGON'S
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY. DECEMBER
and ridges of snow scraped into
The loader Is pictured here In ac-
ana rTea croucn is picturea stana-
cated that the men were dead,
the navy said.
Capt. James M. Lane, skip
per of the rescue ship, report
ed: "All survivors are on board.
The four missing apparently
are beyond hope."
Four Men Lost
Lane said the survivors had
told hm two men went down with
the pfane, another died Sunday
night and the fourth jumped into
the sea.
"All are believed drowned,"
Lane said. The message added
that all the survivors were "well
and happy."
Lt. Col. W. R. Calhoun, of Bir
mingham, Ala., pilot of the C-54,
was among the rescued. He rec
ommended that the search-be dis
continued. The American servicemen were
picked up at dusk at a point re
ported officially to be about 490
miles southwest of this tiny mid
Ocean sandspit some 717 miles
west-southwest of Honolulu.
Amid cheers from the stranded
servicemen, the Rendova launch
ed whaleboats to effect the res
cue. The vessel had sped to the
scene three hours after the life
rafts were sighted by a navy Pri
vateer patrol bomber of the large
rescue group that was sent out to
scout the ocean near this island.
New Coast Strike
Threat Arises
San Francisco, Dec. 7 IU The
threat of a new west coast ship
ping strike arose today on the
heels of the 95-day walkout just
settled.
The AFL sailors' union of the
Pacific rejected a wage increase
offer identical to that given strik
ing west coast maritime workers
and threatened to strike Pacific
coast shipping in 30 days.
Harry Lundebere. sailors' union
chief, said that the $21 given
other unions "is not enough for
us."
"We'll negotiate for three days
and then we may go on strike our
selves if we don't get more," he
said.
The membership approved
guarantees from shipowners that
CIO longshoremen would not take
over cargo loading on coastwise
steam schooners. The sailors also
voted to return to work "imme
diately.
In Los Angeles, the SUP voted
to accept the pact with the reser
vation that "if the CIO tries to
muscle in on our Jurisdiction
we'll tie up the whole coast," a
union official said.
The AFL sailors did not partici
pate in the recent 95-day west
coast maritime strike.
DINNER DATE SET
Washington, Dec. 7 LPi The
democratic party will hold Its an
nual Jefferson-Jack3on dinner in
Washington Feb. 24. The Wash
ington dinner is the largest of
scores of similar fund-raising fes
tivities all over the country at
which the tab ranges up to $100-a-plate.
BULLETIN
DAILY NEWSPAPER
Nationalists
And Reds Lock
In Heavy Battle
Communists Launch
Powerful Attack to
Break Government Line
Nanking, Dec. 7 UPi Commu
nist forces have launched a pow
erful attack on nationalist lines
southwest of Suchow ln an effort
to break through a government
"Interception line" barring. their
retreat, government reports said
today.
A nationalist military news
agency correspondent said the
battle is developing into the third
major clash of the month-long
fighting along the approaches to
Nanking.
This dispatch said the 2nd na
tionalist army group of more
than 100,000 men formed a line
between Youngcheng and Hsiach-
sien, 50 and 20 miles southwest
of Suchow, as part of a "vast an
nihilation campaign" to destroy
the communist forces in the field.
Twelve communist army
groups of about 180,000 men are
trying to break through the na
tionalist line, the government dis
patches said.
Other Columns Move Up
The government Central news
agency said that two other gov
ernment columns are moving up
to reinforce the nationalist line.
One, which has been stationed in
the railway zone, has reached Sui
klkuo, 30 mllest east of Yung-
cheng. Other press reports said
the nationalists captured Suiki
kuo. The second government column
previously was stationed in north
ern Anhwei province and has not
yet been engaged In the battle for
Nanking, Central news said.
Government forces on the
southern side of the battle zone
were reported to have advanced
15 miles north of Kuchen to reach
the outskirts of Jenchiao.
Speaker Reviews
Far East Topic
Should Russia decide to take
over China, the rest of the world
can "sit back" for 200 years and
take things easy, Ed Hamm, who
served in the orient in world war
II with the OSS, declared when
speaking before the Lions' club
today noon. The luncheon meet
ing was in the Pine tavern, with
Alva Goodrich in charge.
Hamm touched on some of his
experiences with the office of
strategic services in Burma and
China, and told of a plane flight
half way around the earth and a
trip over the Burma road as com
mander of an allied convoy.
Hamm said he personally op
poses further financial aid to the
Chinese, and charged that the
money never finds it way to the
lower levels of China's millions
of people. He predicted that if
China does not obtain new aid
from the United States, the lead
ers will turn to Russia.
But, Hamm, declared, the world
need not worry too much about
the Russians taking over China
a country which through the long
ages has absorbed its would-be
conquerors.
Fred Dallas, who is to be pre
sented in a violin concert here
Monday at the Allen school audi
torium, played two numbers and
was called on for an encore. He
was accompanied by Mrs. T. D.
Sexton.
A large, framed picture of a
lion was presented to the club by
Dr. Paul Woerner. Announcement
of the presentation was made by
Goodrich.
Icy Streets Cause
Auto Collisions
Three automobile collisions,
two of them at one intersection,
occurred early last night, partly
as the result of icy streets.
In one of the accidents, at 7:18
p. m., a car operated by Lois M.
Gumpert, Shevlln, suffered some
damage when it was involved in
a collision with a car onerated by
Jacob W. Sesock, after Scsock
reportedly drove into the River
side and Gilchrist intersection
from a slop street. Sesock was
arrested for operating a car with
out a driver's permit.
Earlier in the evening, cars op
erated by Melvin Gay and Joseph
Frier, both of Bend, were Involv
ed in a minor accident at this
same corner. On Greenwood at
8:56 p. m. yesterday, cars operat
ed bv Charles C. Methenv ar.d
Virgil Hindle, both of Bend, were
involved ln an Intersection acci
dent, police report.
STRIKE CALLED
Baltimore, Dec. 7 Ul'i Operat
ing trainmen of the Baltimore and
Annapolis railroad have schedul
ed a strike for tomorrow at 1 a.m.
7. 1948
Seven Years
Passed Since
Jap Attack
(By Unltnl Prow)
Seven years ago today Dec. 7,
1941 105 Japanese warpla.nes
and five Japanese midget subma
rines delivered the sneak uttack
on Pearl Harbor which drew the
United Stales Into the second
world war.
When the attack nnded hours
later, eight American battleships
and 10 oilier vessels had been
sunk or damaged; 177 American
planes destroyed, and 3,303 Amer
icans killed or fatally wounded
But less than four years later
Japan had fallen In crushing de
feat, to which the atomic bombs
dropped at Hiroshima and Na
gasaki gave only, the crowning
blow.
Santiam Pass
Route Blocked
By Snow -Slide
The Santiam highway in the
Hogg rock area, about a mile
west of the Junction, was blocked
this morning by a huge snow
slide, 200 feet long and eight feet
deep, and maintenance crews ex
pected that the mountain road
would remain closed through the
day. The slide occurred at 10 a.m.,
as heavy rain fell In the Santiam
pass area.
Rain was beating down on all
Cascade passes this morning,
breaking up packed snow and
turning It Into slush. Chains were
mandatory on all mountain roads.
and reports from the field that
autolsts were having consider
able trouble.
Fear was held In the upper Wil
lamette valley that the sudden
melting of the snow would result
in flood conditions in valley sec
tions.
In Bend, rain started falling
early this morning, following
night snow that deposited two
inches on top of the week-end
pack. Nearly live inches oi snow
covered the ground when the
Chinook winds, moisture laden
and strong, hit ln the morning
hours. Within a few hours, the
snow vyas transtormed, to slush.
It was reported from the weather
station that the Bend snow held
more than an inch of moisture.
The rain apparently did not
reach into the southern part of
the state, and rotary plows con
tinued to operate over bun moun
tain, on highway 97, and at Kla
math Falls, Chemult and Chilo-
quin. Packed snow was breaking
up at L,apine.
In the Lakeview area, snow
was drifting this morning, with
a four-Inch fall reported last
night. Highways in the Lakeview
area were icy. Snow was falling
at Burns this morning, with six.
inches oi new snow blanketing
the region.
Five Inches of snow fell on the
Ochoco highway last night. Eight
inches of snow fell at Govern
ment camp, on the Mt. Hood
route, in the night.
Zimmerman Heads
Oregon Golfers
Portland, Dec. 7 n Al Zim
merman, Alderwood country club,
has been named president of the
Oregon Professional Golfers' as
sociation. Zimmerman was named late
yesterday to succeed Larry Lam
lrger, Portland golf club, who
served as the group's chief execu
tive lor two years.
Others named were Howard
Bonar, Astoria, vice-president and
Bob McKendrick, Oswego, secretary-treasurer.
Winter Scene
. . . . ' yk
Out at the Timberlane ranch of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Hollinshead
just east of Bend, "Mack", big palomino, has been receiving stiff
workouts for the past few days, moving a cutter over December
snow. This picture was taken yesterday afternoon, with Mr. and
Mrs. Hollinshead aboard and "Mack" on the Job. Incidentally,
"Mack" is not camera shy. He had a part In the filming of "Canyon
Passage", at Diamond lake, a few years back.
U.S. Delegate Requests UN ;
To Close Ranks in Opposition
To Red Threats and Violence
Solidarity Against Communism Offers Best . .
Hope of Peace, Claims Dulles; Russia Accused
Of Supporting Terrorist Activities in Korea
Paris, Dec. .7 'XJ.E) John Foster Dulles, in a major Ameri
can policy address before the United Nations today, called
upon the entire world to close ranks against communist
threats and violence.
' Dulles spoke in the political committee during debate on
the Korean problem. He accused Russia of supporting com
munist terrorism in Korea and defying the United Nations.
"Overwhelming solidarity against communist violence and
coercion offered those countries outside the iron curtain the
best chance for peace, he"
said.
"We see violence, terrorism
and internal dissension being
stimulated from without by
those who hope thereby to
gain international objectives,
Dulles said.
"Every non-communist govern
ment in the world Is, to a greater
or lesser extent, subjected to
these tactics.
Asks Solidarity
"There is one elemental de;
fense and that is through the UN
to evidence at least a moral soli
darity with those who, In violation
of our charter, are subjected to
such threats of violence.
"It may be that the greatest
service the UN can render is to be
an Instrumentality for demon
strating that whenever those
methods are used or threatened
Internationally, the rest of the
world closes ranks to prevent the
success of those methods by what
ever peaceful means available,
either to the UN as an organiza
tion or to member states acting
pursuant to the charter."
Dulles' speech was the boldest
plea for an anti-communist bloc
the united States nas yet deliver
ed before the UN.
The assembly voted late yester
day to end the current session
next Saturday night and recon
vene In New York on April 1 to
complete Its unfinished business.
The Korean question, as well as
Palestine and the problem of the
Italian colonies, might be among
tne unsettled issues. . , .
Germans Receive
Death Sentences
Berlin. Dec. 7 Ul'i A Russian
appointed German court imposed
death sentences for economic
sabotage today on five Germans
charged with trading through the
black market with the western
sectors of Berlin and western Germany.-
Three of the five were sentenc
ed in absentia because they al
ready had lied to the west before
the charges were filed. The sent
ences were announced by the sov
iet-German news agency ADN.
three others were sentenced to
15 years each in prison, one to 10
years and one has been acquitted.
Rudolf. Wlssel, technical direc
tor of the electric corporation in
western Berlin, said another 450
bewag workers were expected to
Join the walkout later today.
wissel said a request had been
made to the western mllitarv gov
ernments to find housing in the
western sectors for those who had
to flee their homes in the soviet
sector.
Bewag officials at Shell house
said necessary office equipment,
including teletype machines and
typewriters, had been smuggled
out of the guarded eastern head
quarters during the past few
days.
at Timberlane
State Forecast
OREGON Mostly cloudy
with occasional snow flur
ries tonight. Little change
in temperature.
No. 2
Recall Group
Disbands, Says
Work Completed
Citizens for Efficient Govern
ment and Law Enforcement,
group that successfully sponsor
ed the recall ol five city commis
sioners at the Nov. 2 election in
the move to oust C, G, Relter,
city manager, and K. C. Gulick,
police chief, disbanded at a meet
ing of leaders last night. , The
meeting, it was announced, was
at the home of one of the mem
bers. The formal announcement of
the dissolution of the recall
league was signed by Mack G.
Malcolm, president. It follows:
"Citizens for Efficient Govern
ment and Law Enforcement by a
majority vote of members present
agreed to disband the organiza
tion. Our primary purpose was
(o alert the citizens of Bend and
grant them a vote on the prevail
ing Issues. Toward this end we
have diligently worked.
Express Thanks
"We wish to express our thanks
to the police officers whose sense
of civic duty cost them their po
sitions. We also thank the gen
eral public for their patience and
support'.' ' -
The recall league took a place
in the Bend political picture this
past summer, following the spring
election when the number of city
commissioners w a s increased
from three to seven. The move
to increase the number of com
missioners had been spearheaded
by the Bend Property Owners as
sociation, The recall league was
formally organized at a meeting
at which officers were elected
and a program approved. This
program called for the ouster of
the city manager and the Dolice
chief, through the recall of the
five commissioners, and the re
instatement of three officers, who
had been removed from the Bend
police force. Malcolm was named
president and Mrs. Mel Erlckson,
secretary-treasurer.
Meeting Held
Immediately following the re
call of the commissioners, lt was
announced that the group was to
step from the political picture,
with its mission fulfilled. How
ever, this was later denied and
a mass meeting was called just
prior 10 tne vote on the parking
meters and the acting city man
ager. At this meeting, it was
stressed by league speakers that
tne no. objective of the league s
platform was the reinstatement
of the three officers. At the meet
ing, Mayor T. D. Sexton announc
ed that he was in favor of civil
service for officers, and this stand
was later backed by the commis
sion. At the recent election, parking
meters were favored by a 109 to 1
vote and Percy Drost was backed
for city manager, a temporary
position, by a 3 to 1 vote.
A search for a "permanent"
city manager is now under way,
with Mayor Sextan reporting to
day that the number of appli
cants is rapidly increasing. It was
said that the commission will
carefully study all applications
and ask for personal Interviews
before the appointment Is made.
TO TRAIN IX ARCTIC
Washington, Dec. 7 UP The
navy disclosed today that more
than 1,000 marines will go on
Alaskan cold weather maneuvers,
probably In January.
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