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Volume LX
Some Secret
Papers to Be
Made Public
Contents of Twelve
Documents Will Be Given
Out by Spy Committee
Washington, Dec. 11 nil House
Investigators make public tonight
the first of a series of govern
ment secret papers stolen by a
communist spy ring. .
The documents, some bearing
the state department's "top sec
ret" label, have been cleared for
publication 10 years after they
Wrier Whittaker Chambers for
transmission to Russia.
Twelve of the documents will
be released for newspaper publi
cation and radio broadcast at 7
J p.m. EST. The house un-American
activities committee indicat
ed it may release more of the
papers later. Altogether, it has
more than 100 of them surrend
ered by Chambers, but some still
arc regarded as confidential by
the state department.
Hearing- Recesses
The committee's spy hearings
were in recess until Monday when
investigators hope to question
some of the former government
officials named by Chambers as
"contacts." Acting chairman
Karl E. Mundt, R., S.D., said he
will call Alger and Donald Hiss
to the witness stand next week
in an effort to fix the blame for
the thefts.
In addition to the Hiss broth
ers, Chambers put the finger on
another former state department
worker, Henry Julian Wadleigh.
He also named William Ward Pig
man, one-time chemist at the na
tional bureau of standards.
The documents to be released
tonight came to light after Al per
Hiss filed a $75,000 slander suit
against Chambers. The confessed
former communist not onlv nro-
duced a sheaf of papers, to sub
stantiate his charges, but he also
led congressional investigators to
a pumpkin in the backyard of his !
Maryland home where he had
state secrets on microfilm.
tfCVYCy, MUNICH I
To Meet at Dinner
Washington, Dec. 11 (IB Pres
ident Truman and his GOP rival,
( Jov. Thomas E. Dewey, will meet
for the first time since the elec
tion tonight at the Gridiron club's
dinner.
Both are scheduled to address
Ihe gathering of newspapermen
and their guests. But their re
marks will be off the record.
Dewey met here last night with
the Castle Rock Survivers' club,
newsmen who covered his 1944
and 1948 campaigns. The group
got its .name from the occasion
in 1944 when Dewev's train was
involved in a mishap at Castle
Rock, Wash.
Most of the Castle Rock meet
ing was devoted to election wise
cracks which the New York gov
ernor took good-naturedly. Dew
ey acknowledged that he did not
foresee his defeat, but said he
guessed he was in the same boat
us everyone else.
Motorist Pays
48 for Parlcina
Valem, Dee. 11 UI'i Wayne L.
HCriHy. Rosobure. was fined S48
police court here yesterday for
i accumulation of overtime
Marking violations.
Statisticians fieurert thnt Cnl-
! could have parked 960 hours
within the law if he had put
nickles in the parking meters in-
I Mean oi ignoring parking tickets.
Barbed Wire and Mines Block
Leading to Bethlehem, Birthplace of Christ
Jerusalem, Dec. 11 UltBarbed
"'ire and mines still block the
way of Christmas pilgrims to Be
thlehem, birthplace of Christ.
Hut the United Nations and
consular representatives in Jeru
salem hope to arrange safe-con-duct
tours for Christmas through
the lines in time for the holy day.
Even so, only a few hundred of
'he faithful are expected to make
'he pilgrimage this year. And
'hey will be mostly Christian
Arabs from nearby villages.
Before Arab - Jewish warfare
"pf;an. hundreds of thousands of
Persons from all p?rts of the
"or.d used to converqe on the lit
hillside town at Chris'mas to
"wshlp in the Church of the Na
"vity, which is said to be on the
act Site of tne mangpr in
which the Christ child was era-
n those pre war years, the pi!-
'Wi early in December, visiting I
mien I ie m r s nf .ipi-uen
TEE BM
CENTRAL OREGON'S
Bend Man Named to Head Boy
Dr. John F. Dorsch, center, Bend resident, has been elected to head the Boy Scout movement In the
Fremont district for the coming eight months as chairman. With Dr. Dorsch are Dr. Cecil Adams,
left, Klamath Falls, president of the Modoc council, Boy Scouts of America, and Leo Herbring, right,
Bend, district commissioner. Elections took place at last night's meeting at the Pilot Butte inn.
Prisoners Caught
In Attempt to Dig
Out of Prison
Walla Walla, Wash., Dec. 11 IP)
Iwo prisoners at the Washing
ton state penitentiary were ques
tioned toaay aoout wno helped
tnem dig a 40-loot tunnel in wh ch
they were trapped last night In
an unsuccesstui escape attempt.
tiarry uallas, sentenced to 10
years for burglary, and Amado
uaciena, serving ute for first de
gree murder, were literally dug
out of the ground when guards
sunK a six-toot snalt intersecting
tneir escape route.
They surrendered meeklv. Of
ficers said thev had been dlseinc
for six" days and were within 15
leet ot the prison wall. Their Im
plements were a broken shovel.
and kitchen equipment, including
a large spoon.
Prison superintendent Tom
Smith said the tunnel was board
ed up when it was discovered last
night. Extra guards were called
to patrol outside the walls in case
the diggers reached the surface.
Callas and Cadena were locat
ed when guards heard them dig
ging under a hospital building.
Salem Officers
To Get Hearing
Salem, Dec. 11 (Ul A public
hearing will be given two dis
charged Salem policemen Dec.
15, the city civil service commis
sion said today.
Detective Hobart Kigglns and
patrolman "Leland Weaver asked
for the hearing in appealing from
a charge of violating civil serv
ice laws for which they were dis
charged Nov. 12. They areaccus-
ed of campaigning against city
manager government wnicn was
upheld by the voters Nov. 2.
Teams to Play
Again Tonight
Bend and University high school
basketball teams will meet again
tonlgnt in the local gymnasium
in the second of a two-game
series.
Some general admission tickets,
which have been on sale this week,
will be available at the door this
evening, school officials announce.
The Lava Bears scored a 45-25
victory in the first game played
last night.
the shrines of the holy city, and
remaining to attend the Christ
mas eve services in the Church of
the Nativity.
This year, only about 20 United
Nations staff members, consular
employes, and Christian clergy
still remaining in Jerusalem will
make the trip through the no
man's land that now shuts off
Bethlehem from the rest of the
world.
And even the safe - conducts
they will be given by both the
Israeli and the Arabs will not
guarantee against sniper fire.
Missing this year will be the
thousands of British and allied
soldiers who in recent years drove
in trucks from Jerusalem to Be
thelehem in organized pilgrim
ages on Christmas eve.
Today, only one rutted, make
shift road is accessible which does
not cross battleficlris. it runs
from Jericho to Beth'.ch?m. and
was built lor the Trans Jordan i
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Fremont District Boy Scout
Banquet Held; Officers Are
Chosen and Awards Made
Fremont district Boy Scout representatives holding their
annual meeting. last night at a dinner in the Pilot Butte inn
Blue room named officers for the coming year, changed thd
scout year to conform with the start of school in the fall, and
announced troop and pack awards. Approximately 100 were
present, with wives and guests joining the scouters at the
dinner meeting.
A delegation of 12 braved a blinding snow storm to make
' the drive here from Prineville
Trophy Winner
Current winner of the Nieber
gall award, offered the scout
troop or cub pack showing the
greatest growth over a three
months period, is Cub pack 27,
Bend. Presentation of the award
was made to George Thomp
son, shown holding the trophy,
at last night's scout banquet.
DRIVER APPEALS CASE
Noel O'Day, Bend resident who
was arrested-on December 7 on
a charge of operating an auto
mobile while under the influence
of intoxicants, entered a not guil
ty plea when he appeared Ln mu
nicipal court yesterday evening,
stood trial and was found guilty.
A fine of $150 was assessed and
through his attorney, C. E. Board
man, O'Day appealed the case to
the circuit court. His bond was
set at $200.
Historic Road
Arab legion last July when the
Israeli drove a wedge between
Jerusalem and Bethlehem cutting
the road along which Mary and
Joseph trudged the first Christ
mas eve.
Now this main road, "the road
of prophets." is pockmarked with
shellholes, cut by tank-traps, and
barricaded and mined where It
cuts the Israeli-Egyptian oppos
ing lines near Mar Ellas, halfway
between Jerusalem and Bethle
hem. The main highway to Bethle
hem from the south is controlled
by the Israeli between Beersheba
and Hebron, resulting in a south
ern no man's land.
Both Israeli and Arab authori
ties have assured consular and
UN authorities of their willing
ness to open the Jerusalem-Beth
lehem road Christmas eve to the
little p?rt" which will travel the
centurics - old pilgrimage route,
fift?;
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DESCHUTES COUNTY. OREGON, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 11. 1948
Scout District
for the dinner. Rev. G. R.. V.
Bolster presided as toastmas
ter, with James W. Bushong,
Bend superintendent of schools,
as speaker. His topic was "The
Right Way, the Wrong Way and
tne Navy way."
' Dr. Dorsch Elected
Dr. John F. Dorsch, Bend, was
elected district chairman and
Stuart J. Sheik, Prineville, was
named district vice president. Leo
B. Herbring, Bend, is the newly
a 1 a n t a i Hlclrlnf onmirilticlnnni
t
. , ,,,. ,, The district magistrates were
Members of the executive group empowered by presidential man
at large elected without opposl- aate to act as military judges in
tion are George J. Childs, Bend; their own areas. They were given
C. L. Allen, Tumalo; Jack Hal-1 powers to raise armed forces and
UnnV A A Cmnnn - f
Cashman, all of Bend. Albert B.
Cook, Bend, was chairman of the
nominating committee. -----
Present for the dinner meet
was Dr. F. C. Adams, Klamath
Falls, president of the Modoc
council, of which the Fremont dis
trict is a unit. Also here from
Klamath Falls was Robert La
mott, council executive.
Pack XI Wins
Cub pack No. 27 of Bend, with
George Thompson In charge, was
announced as winner of the Nie
bergall trophy, awarded quarter
ly to the pack or troop showing
tne greatest growtn. 1 ne presen
tation was made by Henry C.
Hulett, Prineville, chairman of
the Fremont district this past
year.
rroop no. bi or Tumalo, witn
Maurice Keller as scoutmaster,
was announced as the winner of
the honor banner given to the
unit showing the greatest ad
vancement. The presentation was
made by Dr. Dorsch. Jimmie
Tharp, Dale Mitchell and Darrell
Jackson were present with their
scoutmaster, and presented colors.
Gamage to Ieave
Formal announcement was
made that Robert Gamage, field
executive for the scouts in this
area, is leaving the Boy Scouts
to enter the ministry: Lamott
said his successor would be an
nounced in the near iuture, and
may be here before Gamage
leaves. I
Both the Fremont district and
the Modoc council will change
their scout year next fall, and of
ficers elected last night will serve
only eight months. The change
in the year was made because all
scout activities get under way
each fall with the start of the
schc.ol year, it was announced.
Herbring announced plans for j
the scouts' second annual Christ
mas parly a week from today
at Shevlin park if weather per-'
mits, Lamott said round table and
training programs would be held
in the council monthly in the
coming year.
Preceding the program. Helen
Tapken Allen was presented in
four vocal selections. Mrs. Clar
ence Bush was accompanist. The
first part of the program was
broadcast over KBND.
HEADS TBArL GROCP
Portland, Dec. 11 HP Alfred
Loeb, Portland, has been named
president of the Old Oregon Trail,
Inc. He was elected last night to
succeed Arthur B. Klrkham. Port
land.
BULLETIN
DAILY NEWSPAPER
Pinal Plea Made for Palestine
Peace Before UN Idjoums
Nationalists
Continue Drive
Into Red Lines
(Nanking, Dec. 11 Uli Chinese
nationalist troops on the northern
shoulder of the Suhslen battle
area have driven five miles
through communist lines in their
efforts to Join the troops on the
southern shoulder, it was report
ed today.
Gen. Chang Yo-Chln, nationalist
commander ln Pengpu, said the
advance was made by the three
army groups under Gen. Tu Yu
Ming which started to fight south
from Suchow two weeks ago.
The advance carried Tu's troops
to the area between Kungcheng
and Suhslen, leaving them an
other 30 miles to go before they
link up with the southern forces.
In Nanking, National defense
tninister Ho Ying-Chin was re
ported to have told the executive
Yuan in a military review that
the two forces are expected to
link up shortly.
Column Moves Eastward
Other government reports said
the army group commanded by
Gen. Chang Kang, which is
marching eastward from south
ern Honiin to 'reinforce Tu's col
umns, is approaching Mengcheng,
40 miles southwest of Suhslen.
Other government sources said
about half the communist force
of 20,000 men harassing the rail
Imp rrnm Nanktnir tn Ppncrnn hart
,Jtbeen wiped out.- by . jiationjillst
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek
extended martial law throughout
modern China and called upon
district magistrates to raise local
armed forces to repel the com-
I munists,
t II 1UI ! 1 1 till I lUldl U I Ul'l ,
Storms to Last
Five More Days
Portland, Dec. 11 ail Five days
more of rain, snow and wind
were forecast for Oregon by the
weather bureau today.
The Santiam river at Jefferson
was expected to rise 1.5 feet
above flood stage this morning
and the Willamette was predicted
lo flood at Harrisburg.
-But serious inundations In the
Willamette valley were discount
ed by the weather bureau.
Elmer Fisher, river forecaster,
said there would be moderate
rises in the Willamette and prin
cipal tributaries in the next 12
to 48 hours, but snow at several
points In the western slopes of
the cascades would tend to cush
ion further jumps in the Willam
ette's level.
The Willamette was expected
to reach 14 feet at Salem and 11
feet at Oregon City today.
At Seaside, Ore., the city's
quarter-milll.on dollar sewage dis
posal plant was threatened by the
Necanicum river. The stream cut
a new channel Thursday through
the sand pit and began emptying
into the ocen cie-half mile south
of its normal mouth 90 feet
from the plant.
Truman to Ask
Emergency Laws
Washington. Dec. 11 mi- Presi
dent Truman is expected to ask
the new congress to enact a broad
program of emergency controls
for use in case of war.
The program was outlined to
the president yesterday by mem
bers of his national security re
sources hoard. It would Include
wage and price controls, authori
ty to allocate scarce materials,
stiff excess profits taxes and pro
duction guarantees.
Arthur M. Hill, retiring chair
man of the board, said Truman
reacted favorably to the propos
als. The president named his
White house assistant, John R.
Rteelman, to succeed Hill until a
permanent chaiiman is found.
Bend's 1948
Rainfall Over
20-Inch Mark
Bend's annual precipitation last
night went over the 20 Inch mark
for the first time in 41 years, the
1948 moisture reading 20.33 Inches
this morning. With the exception
of the unusually damp year of
1907, the present year is already
the wettest in the 45-year history
of the Bend weather station.
The December precipitation this
morning was 1.30 inches, with
more moisture in prospect for the
weeK end. Last night's storm, in
termixed with snow and rain,
yielded .06 of an Inch,
In 1907, Bend's annual precipi
tation was 25.75 inches. Despite
the present dampness, this mark
is not expected to be exceeded this
year, inasmuch as the normal De
cember precipitation is under the
two inch mark. .
Mme. Chiang's
Mission for Aid
Believed Failure
Washington, Dec. 11 ll"i Diplo
matic observers today expressed
the belief that Mme. Chiang Kai
Shek's mission to Washington'has
thus far been a failure.
They said China's first lady ap
parently is still without assuranc
es that this country will answer
ner emergency appeals lor large
scale aid to her husband's nation
alist gpvernment. . . ..
, Thcsje sources said It was high
ly unlikely" that either President
Truman yesterday or Secretary of
state ueorge C Marshall last
week had made any major com
mitments to Mme. Chiang.
Following her meeting with the
president, the White House said
only that she had "stated her
case" and that Truman had list
ened "sympathetically." As Mme.
Chiang left Blair House, tempor
ary presidential living quarters.
she said she had "no comment"
on the meeting.
Plea for Underwriting
Mme. Chiang's "case" was re
ported reliably to amount to a
plea for U. S. underwriting of the
nationalist government's fight
against the communist armies.
She was understood to have
asked for assurances that this
country provide $3,000,000,000 In
economic-military aid over the
next three years. ston-gaD military
help, a flat statement of U. S.
support far the nationalist cause,
and a large military advisory mis
sion. There were no hints in official
quarters that the United States is
considering even so much as a
policy declaration in favor of Gen
eralissimo Chiang's government.
The administration's postwar pol
icy toward Chiang's regime has
been based on the principle that
only effective political and eco
nomic relorms would prompt
larger American commitments in
China.
'Hoho Basket,' On Long Tour, Reaches Bend
Filled with everything from a steer horn to time tables, a "hobo basket" that originated on November
20 at Birmingham, Ala., through the courtesy of Southern railway employes "as a token of friend
ship for railroad employes in all departments through the United States and Canada," reached
Bend yesterday afternoon. The basket was brought In on an S.P. and S. train by F. H. Egan, conduc
tor, left, and was received here by Albert Allen, local agent. Bend workers made a contribution and
sent the basket south. Eventually, the basket, with Its strange cargo, will return to Birmingham.
Articles In the basket included a bottle of melted Cascade snow, from Washington.
General Assembly Session
At Paris Enters Last Hours ;
With Requests for Action ;
Paris, Dec. 1 1 (TIE) The western powers warned the
United Nations general assembly in the closing hours of its
Paris meeting today that the only hope for peace in Palestine
was a watered-down Anglo-American plan for a new.concilia
tion commission.
The United States, Great Britain, France, Canada and
China implored the assembly to do something to promote a
lasting settlement of Arab-Jewish strife. "
John Foster Dulles of the United States told the. assembly
that the conciliation plan
would provide the key for alp ij. i
settlement. He said there al
ready had been too much fight
ing in Palestine and "there
must be no more."
Hector McNeil of Great Britain,
urging passage of the plan which
fell far short of the original Brit
ish goal, admitted thai as now
constituted it was "not a strong
resolution, and in the circum
stances cannot be."
French foreign minister Rob
ert Schuman said it would be a
"great failure" if the UN neg
lected to act on Palestine and
allow the conflict to continue."
Lester Pearson of Canada warn
ed the assembly that It must act
now to bring peace to Pulestine
before new violence, disorder and
disaster visits the middle east. .
Pearson pleaded desperately for
enough votes to pass the weak
ened Anglo-American plan for a
new UN conciliation commission
ln the Holy pindA . . k
l'ulluro reared ,
Failure to take any action
would be by far the, worst deci
sion of this assembly," Pearson
said.
The assembly opened the last
day of Its Paris meeting at 11
a. m. (8 a. m. PST), faced with
a struggle to finish debate on
Palestine and settle another half
dozen issues before dawn tomor
row. Delegates planned tto adjourn
late In the afternoon for a re
ception given by French presi
dent Vincent Auriol and then
return to sit all night If neces
sary to meet the Sunday morn
ing adjournment deadline. The
assembly will meet for the sec
ond half of this session April 1
In New York.
Elliott Roosevelt
Sets Up Tree Lot
New York, Dec. 11 UI'iEUIott
Roosevelt went Into the Christ
mas tree business in New York
City and five upstate communi
ties today to "bring the market
Into line" so more children can
have Christmas trees.
Truck-loads of trees left the
farm at Hyde Park which he op
erates with his mother, Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt, late yesterday
lor New York, Buffalo, North
ITonawanda, Syracuse, Ilcrklmerrtjuartz mountain on the Klamath
and Poughkeepsie.
State Forecast
Oregon Cloudy with inter
mittent rain or snow today,
tonight and Sunday. Some
what warmer.
No. 6
3amiam nignway
Again Open After
Second Blockade
. Salem, Dec. 11 Ui A snow
slide 300 feet long and eight feet
deep blocked the Santiam pass at
Hogg rock last night for the sec
ond time this week, but the state
highway office reported this
morning the route had been clear
ed and was now open.
Twenty-two inches of new snow
was reported at Santiam pass last
night, while the Willamette route
had 15 inches of new snow In the
Odell lake section. .
A slide-- 14mik south of Rose
burg caused one-way traffic on
Pacific highway. Route 99 also
suffered from high water near
Dillard, Yoncalla and Sutherlin,
but one-way traffic was fording
without difficulty, the highway
department said.
One-way traffic also was in ef
fect on the Oregon Coast highway
for eight miles between Gardiner
and Florence because of a mud
and rock slide.
Chains Required
Chains were required for all
mountain travel, and plows and
sunders were working in.the pass
es and on many eastern Oregon
roads.
The department said there were
"numerous slides and rocks" on
the Columbia river highway but
patrols were clearing them with
out difficulty and traffic was
moving freely.
Sixteen Inches of new snow
fell last night at Government
camp on the Mt. Hood-Waplnltia
highway and that route was pack
ed with snow over the summit.
Some new snow fell on The
Dalles-California highway and
slush was reported at Chemult.
Seven inches of new snow fell at
Chemult last night while Chilo
quln had six.
slush bothered motorists at
Hayden mountain on the Green
Springs highway and five Inches
of new snow was reported at
I Falls-La
i-Lakevicw route.