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Univ. of Oregon Library 6U3SJS, 033GM . '. : "xr State Forecast THE BEND BU LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE Oregon Showers of rain or snow, clearing tonight. Con siderably colder tonight and Tuesday. ' , ' CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 33rd Year TWO SECTIONS BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1948 No. 13 upreme Court Refuses to TT .IT. . I J Ml1 1M II A Save Jap : Warlords Nationalists Ready to Talk Peace Terms Nanking, Dec. 20 UP National ist Premier Sun Fo said 'today that his new government would be willing to talk peace with Chi nese communist leaders. But his government will settle for nothing less than an "honor able peace" and will continue steadfastly to fight the commu nists until and unless a just agree ment for peace can be made, Sun said. He announced at a press confer ence that he has succeeded in forming a war cabinet, and said it will be submitted to President Chiang Kai-shek tonight for ap proval and may be announced to . morrow. Asked what his conditions for an "honorable peace" would be, Sun said that would have to be discussed "later." Sun's peace feeler came as semi-official sources said large communist forces were driving rapidly toward the Yangtze river line in an effort to deliver a knockout blow to Chiang's gov ernment. Near River Communist units under Gen. Su Yu, the victor of Tsinan, were re ported within 35 miles of the river after capturing Kaoyu, 63 miles northeast of Nanking. If they should be able to cross the river in force, they could cut the vital railway between Nan king and Shanghai. Another large communist force was reported driving east across the Nanking-Pengpu railway, and then was expected to turn south toward the Yangtze on a line par allel with that of Su's advancing troops. . . r- First Statement -' v" The new premier's new open statement that his government would be emenable to beginning peace negotiations with the com: munists was the first official in timation that Chiang's national ists would consider seeking a set tlement. It was not clear whether the announcement indicated the possi bility that Chiang might resign, or must be preparing to turn over most of his powers to other lead ers. But communist leaders al ways have insisted that no peace agreement was possible as long as Chiang, remained in power. The generalissimo has indicat ed repeatedly that he had no in tention of trying to negotiate peace with the communists. His unyielding attitude has been blamed for the failure of Secre tary of state George C. Marshall's conciliation attempts nearly two years ago. Webfoots Leave For Cotton Bowl Eugene, Dec. 20 UP The Uni versity of Oregon football squad of 37 players, plus a five-man coaching staff left today by air for Dallas, Texas, to open training for the New Year's day Cotton bowl game against Southern Methodist university. The first scheduled stop was Denver, Colo. Head coach Jim Aiken and his assistants agreed the Webfoots were in good physi cal condition despite a Jong lay off from practice during mid-term examinations. At Dallas, the con tingent will be housed at the Melrose hotel. South Americans Feel 'Good Neighbor' Policy Is Scrapped Miami. Fla.. Dec. 20 ilD South Americans feel the United States has scrapped its wartime good neighbor policy, Hugh Baillie, president of the United Press, said today on his return from a five nation tour of South America. "There's a feeling prevalent j among ine aipiomats ana omer government officials that the good neighbor policy went into discard with the end of the war," Baillie said. "They feel that when South America represented a danger r " A. .l ii jcr. ,i. lousiness is welcome in most oi ing the war, the United States felt I )hp countries, particularly In very keen about the good neigh- c, d Pe,.u hicn arp 'bad, bor policy. But now they believe , , nepd of t,0ars... that policy Is being abandoned. , Baillie talked with the presi- , He said the one question asked dents of Argentina, Chile, Uru- invariably in a South American guay and Brazil during his visits countries was. Is war with Rus to those countries. The head of sla Imminent? the junta which took over the Pe-1 "When I told them I did not ruvian government "seemed too i think so, they just lifted tlieir busy to talk," he reported. j eyebrows as if I must be mistal;- But all other government lead- i cn," he said. Jaycees Get Sharp Earthquake Shakes Klamath Residential Area Klamath Falls, Ore., Dec. 20 (IP) A dish-rattling earth tremor shook residential sections of Klamath Falls for several sec onds after 8:20 a.m. today but no serious damage was reported. The tremor apparently center ed in the Hot Springs residential area,.hich. is honeycombed with underground hot water springs. Mrs. M. E. Cooper, wife of a dentist, reported dishes were broken in her home. Mayor Ed Ostendorf said his breakfast grapefruit bounced and rolled on the table. Other resi dents reported their toasters shook and kitchen ware rattled. The tremor was not felt in the main business district. Sheriff Lloyd Lowe said he thought a truck had hit his house when the tremor occurred. Reports of the shake were re ceived from residents as far as Merrill junction, five miles dis tant from Klamath Falls. Name of State School Changed Salem, Dec. 20 U1 Oregon Vo cational school, a state-operated trade school at Klamath Falls, has a new name today because too many persons thought it was a re form school. . The state board of education changed the name to Oregon Tech nical institute. Only one member, Miss May Darling, who represents labor, -objected. She thought the new name implied the school was too technical. The change was -requested by Supt. Winston Purvine. He pre sented a portfolio full of docu mented objections. One told of a student who applied for a radio technician's job with the civil aero nautics administration. The CAA wrote back' they would consider his application aft er authorities "of the institution in which you are now interned forward your complete record." ers,, diplomats and the "hundreds of other people" Baillie interview ed desired a rebirth of the good neighbor policy in the spirit of the war years, he said. Asked if South American lead ers and their peopie wished Unit ed States intervention in the con tinuing political crises in Latin America, Billie said they did not. "They want our sympathy and understanding." he said. "They want U. S. economic assistance ,b , jj s thinking. American Candy Ready for v -if.'" " mrrm i ii -liriinwrrn ruiirrtoif tip pm HO'H tun .Lniim. jh i' .iwm I - T i . , f f f t - ' w " -It t A 'I V' , f ""Tv - " f , Jaycees of Bend volunteered as Santa's helpers yesterday, and at the Crouch Candy Co. here assisted in preparing 2,000 boxes of Christmas candy for distribution by Santa on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. The candy will be handed out by Santa at the community Christmas tree, on Oregon avenue, near Wall. Pictured here, at top, are Bud Newton and Gary Smith, members of the candy company staff, at work. Below are A. J. Crouch, left, and Jaycee E. L. Crouch, with a huge triangle of candy. Three Chickens Given Christmas Meal at Bend "They can't do that," clerks in the Bend postoffice declared this morning as they gazed at three full-grown chickens, in a screen topped box. Grown chickens, the clerks stressed, can't -be shipped through United States mails. It is against the rules. But there were the three chick ens, bantams, but full-grown. They were mailed in Denio on December 16, arrived In Bend via Burns and will finally reach their destination at Crescent, where they are consigned to Jerry Jones. The bantams were mighty hun gry when they arrived in Bend, and this morning were enjoying a real Christmas meal, despite the fact that the chickens are traveling illegally. Inasmuch as they are in transit, members ol the local postoffice staff could do nothing to right the wrong that apparently originated in Denio when the chickens were accepted Baby chicks can be shipped for shipment. through the mail, but not adult fowls, Bend postoffice staff mem bers said. SHOPPING DAYS LEFT 4 Santa Claus Plane Crashes On Way to Bend On a flight from Colorado to Seattle, Wash., with a stop in Bend for a visit with relatives planned, a young Denver couple was in a plane crash In storm swept mountains 30 miles from Laramie, Wyo., over the week end, but escaped serious Injury. Flying the plane was Frederick W. Ruble, Jr., 21, of Denver, nephew of Walter G. Peak, Bend, accompanied by his 20-year-old wife. Peak was waiting the arrival of the couple at the local airport Sunday when a telephone call from his sister, mother of the young airman, told of the crash. Ruble, in the air corps In the re cent war, was attempting to fly a light plane to Srattle when Ice and downdrafts forced him into a landing in the rugged Dutton creek area. The couple huddled in the plane for 20 hours. The crash occurred Saturday and it was early Sunday before a rescue unit reached the plane. The young people were taken to a Laramie hospital, but it was indicated they were only suffering from expos ure. SKI ON CENTURY RKIVK Scouts of troop No. 25. sponsor ed by the First Presbyterian church, joined in a ski trip into the Century drive country west of Bend Saturday afternoon, and had so much fun that another such outing Is planned for the neiir future. Taking part in the winter outing were Charles Ches ter, Jim and John Overbay, Carl de Broekert, Jerry Bishop, Paul Ellison, Vincent Wanichek and Clifford Nelson. Leo Bishop and C. H. Overbay provided transportation. Winter Storm Hits Nation, Takes 37 Lives (By tlnltnl Prnw) More cold and snow swept down from the northwest today in the trail of a week end storm that left at least 37 persons dead and buried New York City under Its third heaviest snow in history. The weatherman warned mid westerners that a new cold wave, with snow and strong winds, was bearing down from the Canadian northwest into an area covered with icy pavements and snow bianKets oi varying aeptn. ine storm was expected to hit central states Tuesday. Train Derailed Winds were strong in the plains and mountain states. Colorado and Southern railroad employes said that a wind of hurricane force blew four cars of a passen ger train off the tracks 17 miles south of Cheyenne, Wyo. Railroad officials said they were investi gating the cause of the cars leav ing the tracks. Iowa, Mlssenota, Wisconsin, Il linois and Indiana were warned to be prepared for colder weather and wintry winds by tomorrow. The extent of the new eastward thrust was not definitely deter mined, weather forecasters said, pointing out that often such storms were diminished before getting beyond the midwest. The storm was the most wide spread of the winter season which Is scheduled to begin tomorrow. . The snow area stretched from Iowa across the Great lakes and Ohio river valley to the east coast. The heaviest snowfall was re corded in the New York area. Ex perts said the exceptionally heavy i fall there was due to a "collision" of the western storm with an other, that came noijth, off tlw" Cferolina capes. New York's Mayor William O'- Dwyer personally directed the work of 18,340 snow removal crewmen wso used thousands of pieces of equipment to prevent a disastrous snarl of the city's traf fic. Almost 20 Inches of snow fell, rivaling the record-breaking 25.8 inches that fell almost exactly a year ago and the blizzard of 1888 when 20.9 inches were measured. Tickets Available For Redmond Tilt A few tickets remain for to morrow night's basketball game Detween tne Lava Bears and Pan thers at Redmond, it was an nounced today by the high school office. The tickets are on sale at the City Drug store. This may be the only chance lor oend tans to see the Bears on the Redmond court before tourna ment time in late February, it was stated. Although the Bears and Panthers have another game scheduled at the Redmond gym nasium for February 1, it is prob able that tickets will not be avail able at that time. A preliminary game, at 7 D. m.. will be played tomorrow evening between the Bend and Redmond Jayvee teams. The varsity game win I01IOW. Contest Judging To Be Wednesday Judging of entries In the 1948 Christmas illumination contest in Bend has been set for Wednesday night of this week, Junior cham ber of commerce officers an nounced today. They said Judging would be in two divisions, residen tial and commercial, with tro phies to be awarded first and sec ond place winners in each divi sion. Only entries registered at the senior chamber of commerce of fice In advance of Wednesday eve ning can be judged, the Jaycees stressed. Judges will take the lir;t of entries to guide them in their tour of the city. ine Jaycees have asked that nil Bond residents who have ore- pared yule illumination register just as soon as possible. Registra tions can be telephoned to the chamber, number of which is 297. The contest sponsored by the Jaycees is a part of the general illumination program for the city. Trees were erected along the west shore of the Mirror pond by the clubmen, and these are being lighted by home owners. Last night, the trees were ablaze from Pageant park downstream, with river reflection intensifying the illumination, i Stores Provide Extra Time For Shoppers To provide service for late shop pers, most Bend stores will re main open until 6 o'clock tonight, Tuesday and Wednesday, it was announced by the merchants' com mittee. of the Bend chamber of commerce today. . 8:30. On Christmas eve, stores 23, stores will remain open until On Thursday night, December win go back to the regular clos ing time, 5:30. Unseasonably cold weather this past week slowed Christmas shop ping, reports indicate. As a re sult, heavy yule shopping is ex pected in the present week. Shevlfn Park Is Scene of Scouts' Christmas Party Scouts of the Fremont district joined Saturday night in their second annual Christmas party at Shevlin park, with 125, including parents, present for a bonfire pro gram and a welcome to Santa Claus. Two large bonfires blazed in the white setting, with some four inches of packed snow cover ing the ground. Weather condi tions were ideal. Santa stepped Into the scene as a sort of harbinger of the gold rush anniversary year of '49, with a mule serving as a reindeer. The mule, from the Alva Goodrich acreage, was even equipped with horns, and the tips of these were Illuminated. Laden with gifts, the mule posed with Santa for pic tures, as leaping bonfire flames lighted the jackplne grove. Santa looked very much like Walter Al- )iA"li.J,'i?ie Of the .scouts admit ted. Assisting Santa "about the grove was Dr. R. E. Johnson. Badges Presented The scouts took time out for a business session, with Leo Her bring, Fremont district scout commissioner, presenting tender foot badges to boys of troops 25, 27 and 60. Present for the meeting was Dr. J. F. Dorsch, Bend, newly elected district chairman. Packages holding fruits, nuts and candies were distributed to the scouts by Dave and Dick Ras mussen and Henry Rasmussen of Explorer post No. 120. Troop No. 24 provided the music for the out door meeting, and carols were sung by the entire group. The outdoor Christmas party originated last year with Charles Bishop, Bend park supervisor, who suggested such a Yule outing at Shevlin park. Bishop was in the hospital this year, but his assist ants provided wood needed for bonfires. Last year, Bishop had the role of Santa Claus. Grange Officers To Be Installed Officers of all Deschutes coun ty granges elected for the coming year will be installed at a meet ing to be held In the Tumalo grange hall tonight at 8 o'clcck. Herb Keeney, of Jefferson coun ty, will be the installing officer. Visiting granges are being ask ed by committees in charge to bring cake. Santa and Reindeer ('49 Version) far , : i -r- ?- V 1X W imiii rr-" i fif,f-'K-tr'iM mi- j'iii','irfiiifiw ilftf'WwfiAiiiMMiif in rrimri m Fremont district Boy Scouts holding their second annual Christmas party at Shevlin park Saturaay night greeted Santa Claus, who appeared in the light of blazing bonfires with a "reindeer", antlers of which were illuminated. Santa, who bears some resemblance to Walter Allison when shaved, Is pictured here, with his "reindeer". At left Is Leo Hcrbring, district commissioner. Justices Turn Down Appeal By 6 to 1 Vote; MacArthur Expected to Order Executions Washington, Dec. 20 (Ui?) The supreme court today re fused to save .seven Jaiiane.se warlords condemned by the Far East military tribunal to hang for their part in starting the Pacific war.. i . . - . By a 6 to 1 vote, the court ruled it has no authority to inter vene in the convictions by the Far East military tribunal at Tokyo. , ' - , The ruling apparently leaves Gen. Douglas MacArthur free to go ahead with the execu - tions of the seven former Jap- anese war leaders, The decision of ' the court was announced by Chief just ice Fred M. Vinson. Associate justice Frank Murphy dissented. Justice Wiley B. Rutledge said he would announce his vote later. Justice Robert H. Jackson did not participate in the final deci sion since he had served for a year as U. S. prosecutor at the Nurnberg trial of German war criminals. Kullng Applies to All Only four ol the seven Japa nese condemned to die had appeal ed to the court. But the ruling ap plies to all seven, including war time Japanese premier Hidekl To Jo, who did not appeal. . MacArthur recently had delay ed their executions until the su preme court ruled on the appeals. The court also turned tlown the appeals of seven other Japanese war leaders who had been sent enced by the Far East military tribunal to long prison terms. In all, the decision affects a total of 25 Japanese war leaders convicted by the Far East tri bunal. The court turned down specific appeals from: ( , Former Premier Kokl Hirota, ex-Gen. Kcnjo Dolhara, and Hei- taro Klmura and Akira Muto all condemned to hang; Koichl Kido, Takasumi Oka, Kenryo Sa to, Shigetaro Shimada and Yoshi- Jlro umezu sentenced to life im prisonment 'Shigenoii Togo, sent enced to 20 years, and Mamoru Shigemltsu, sentenced to seven years. EXECUTIONS EXPECTED Tokyo, Tuesday, Dec. 21 Hl'i Ex-premler Hidekl Tojo and six other Japanese war criminals are expected to die on the gallows as soon as Gen. Douglas MacArthur receives official notice of the re fusal of the U. S. supreme court to save them. The allied commander's press spokesman, Col. M. P. Echols, said the decision by the American high tribunal cleared the way for im mediate execution of the seven warlords, but that no action would be taken until the official notifi. cation. The supreme court's decision that It has no authority to inter vene In the convictions by the in ternational military tribunal was expected to take six to 10 hours in transmission from Washington. PORTLAND WOMAN INJURED Mrs. Edward Stuerhoff, 1401 N. E. Hancock street. Portland, is a patient at the St. Charles hos pital, victim of an automobile ac cident over the week end. Details of the accident were not available here. - County Officials And Legislators Discuss Program Members of the county judges and commissioners association from Deschutes, Jefferson, Crook, Klamath and Lake counties and legislators who will represent the area in the 1949 session at Salem met in the circuit court room of the court house here today to dis cuss suggestions of association ' committees for new laws and amendments of old ones. Judge, Tom Power of Jefferson county, vice-president of the state association, presided, and Judge F. L. Phipps, The Dalles, executive secretary, , presented subjects for consideration. Meet ings continued this afternoon aft er noon adjournment for lunch eon at the Trailways Coffee shop. Would Require Levy . Action for which the associa tion hopes Includes provision that Initiated, measures, requiring exv penditure of funds-shall include a tax levy to provide such funds, with the further qualification that no initiated measure of the kind shall become effective until the next fiscal year. Suggestions for such enactment, Judge rnipps explained, are the out come of the recently enacted, de fective old age pension bill. Welfare was the chief topic In the discussion of the morning. One possibility in this connection that was laid before the legisla tors was for amendment of the Walker plan for distribution of income and excise tax receipts to provide for an allocation of funds to counties to offset welfare lev ies before rebates to income tax payers should be made. Tightening ' of laws and en forcement of personal responsi bility for support of indigents were urged. ; Would Share Shortage The association Is renewing Its recommendation for amendment of the state property tax law to require the state to share In de linquencies instead of receiving full payment out of first moneys collected by the counties. Proper ty taxes are now fully offset by Income tax moneys but the time may come, Judge Phipps men- tloned, when state levies will ac tually have to be collected. Recommendation was made for a change in the county collection law which now requires counties to meet full cost of discounts for cash payments by tax payers. The (Continued on page 5) Visit Scouts
