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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1948)
Univ. of Oregon Library mm State Forecast OregonCloudy with occas ional light snow tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy. Not so cold tonight. '. , LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE A JLL CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 33rd Year TWO SECTIONS BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1948 No. 14 THE IN Roosevelt Dies in China Plane Crash I Grandson of 'Teddy' I Reported to Be Among J More Than 30 Victims I Shanghai, Dec. 21 Ui'i Capt, i Quentln Koosovelt, 28, grandson I of President Theodore Roosevelt, i was reported aboard a Chinese I airlines transport which crashed X and burned near Honk Kong to- day. x A Hong Kong dispatch said 31 and possibly 33 aboard the plane were killed, and there was no sign of survivors. The Chinese National Aviation corporation, operator of the C-54 transport, reported that Roosevelt was aboard. A member of the Roosevelt household in Shanghai also said he was. CNAC offices in Hone Kong re- ported that 31 bodies had been recovered, and two other persons may have been aboard the four engined transport which crashed in names on a hillside of Blsult island outside Hong Kong. Wreckage Burns The wreckage of the plane near Hong Kong from Siianghai was reported blazing furiously some time after the crash. The CNAC offices here said 35 were aboard the plane when it left Shanghai this morning. It was overdue five hours when word of the crash was received. The line here said it had no word regarding the casualties. A Chinese press report said 31 of 43 on the plane were killed. But CNAC officials said the report differed from its listing of 35 aboard. The press report said 26 pas sengers and five crewmen were killed. Among them, it said, were believed to be Peng Hsueh-pel, Chinese delegate to the United Nations, and Keng Yu-ching, head of the Central news agency's Shanghai office. , The report said those two were known to have left on one of three DC-4's for Hong Kong. -. ' ; i iiic fiitvi ut nic t.ia.-iiicu planer J was reported to be Charles Sun Slciy, an American whose address 'M was not known here. uiner pianes oouna ior fiong I rived safely despite overcast skies. All carried capacity loads because planes had been ground ed for two days and a big backlog of applicants were waiting. Christmas Buying Shows Slight Lag As the 1948 Christmas shopping race turned into the home stretch today, the concensus in Bend bus iness quarters was that there will have to be quite a spurt in buying if this season is to close with ledgers recording a volume of bus iness equal to that of the 1947 season. In some quarters there was no doubt of this spurt mater ializing, and in some there was an optimistic feeling that It would. But this latter feeling entailed no foregone conclusions. Business in Bend is not by any means unanimously following the national index, according to re ports heard from a number' of downtown merchants. In Port land, for instance, retail sales are up one per cent over last year at this time, and that after picking up the loss of a general Novem ber slump. The general opinion here is that sales are down con siderably from the December rec ord of 1947. But no one seemed prone to complain of business con ditions, considered only with an eye to present volume. "Compar ed with last year it's not so good," however. Many stores have taken on sup plementary help for the Christ mas "rush." This extra help, in most cases, was not needed as early as it has been in the past, as the anticipated rush came la ter this year to most places of business. It is still being antici pated by some. Merchants reiterated opinions expressed two week ago that peo ple were shopping more for what they wanted, and that with more merchandise available they were not so easy to please, nor so ready to part with what money they had to spend. Report On Roads Salem, Dec. 21 (IPi Snow plows and Sanders were operating again today on Oregon's snow-packed mountain passes but all major highways were open to two-way traffic. The state highway department reported that seven inches of new RnOW foil at Cniraramont fntnn tofchree inches at Santiam junction aj-ann two Inches at Odell lake. Four ircncs ot new snow was measur ed at the summit of the Sunset highway. Officers of Deschutes county grange officers for 1949 were installed last night at a meeting in Tumalo, with H. B. Kenney, Culver, veteran granger, in charge. Pictured here are the masters of the Deschutes Po mona, subordinate and juvenile granges. Front row, from left: H. B. Keeney; John Velgas, Redmond; Eva Thornburg, Terrebonne;-Claude Wanichek, Pine Forest. Middle row, Ila Jean Edgerton, Red mond; Marge Wilson, Tumalo; Doris Huettl, Pine Forest; Haley Prichard, Eastern Star. Back row, Jess Edgington, Plainview; Leonard Trueax, Tumalo; Arthur Horsell, Alfalfa; John Stenkamp, Eust- em Star, and George Murphy, Pomona master and Pine Forest resident. Grange Officers Installed at Tumalo Rites Officers of the Deschutes coun ty Pomona, seven subordinate granges and four juvenile units were installed last night at Tum alo by H. B. Keeney of Culver, veteran Oregon granger who just short of a quarter of a century ago instituted the first granges in this county. Present for the Im pressive rites were grangers from all parts of the county. A highlight of the meeting was ihp presentation to .E. 'B. .Vafco, Deschutes county commissioner and secretary of the Pomona grange since its organization in 1925, of a pen and pencil set. The presentation was made by Fred C. Shepard, Tumalo, first Deschutes county Pomona master. In a brief speech of acceptance, Varco touched on Pomona activities through the years and said that among the hundreds of resolu tions that originated with the Deschutes Pomona granges were ones which played major roles in the development of agriculture in this area. These included a res olution that cleared the way for appointment of the first Des chutes county agent. Recalls Early Days Shepard, in his presentation speech, also recalled early days of grange activity in this county and mentioned that some of the Pomona leaders of the present were youngsters when the Tum alo grange was organized in 1924,' a year prior to the time Pomona was instituted. Various retiring masters were called on for short talks. These included Mrs. B. C. Allen, who headed the Deschutes Pomona grange for the past several years, and George Murphy, new Pomona master. Installation of the grange lead ers was supervised by Keeney, who served as a member of the team. On the team were Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Keeney, Mr. and Mrs. James Read and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Horney Officers', from each grange were seated on a bench, at the rear of the hall, and were installed In groups. Tumalo grange officers, headed by Leon ard Trueax as master, were in charge of the meeting " Present for the rites was Vern Lantz, of Terrebonne, deputy state master for counties east of the Oregon Cascades. Mrs. Allen Is county deputy. , , Following the installation cere mony, the grangers and visitors joined in a lunch, with cake and coffee served. Thursday Night Store Hours Set Heads of the merchnnts' com mittee of the Bend chamber of commerce today announced that stores will remain open on Thurs- iiionina until 8:30. with the evening hours largely to be set aside tor men snuppt-is, u reported from the chamber of commerce today. However, there will be no "men only" signs out and all late shoppers will be giv en the best service possible, it was stressed. This evening and tomorrow stores will again remain open un til 6 p. m. On Friday night. Christmas eve, stores will clo?r at the usual time, 5:30 p. m. Deschutes Granges Winter Now Officially Under Way Bend residents probably won't believe it, but winter didn't offi cially start until this afternoon. Consequently, this is the shortest day of the year, but astronomers admit there will be no difference in the, length of the days until about Christmas. Then the days will start getting longer, with spring in the offing three months distant. f Calendar makers say the sun reached the tropic of Capricorn today, marking the start of win ter, but astronomers counter by saying that the movement of the sun has nothing .to do with the season.. :It is the earrh that does the moving, they say, as it swings in its orbit around the sun, with its pole slightly tilted. In the upper Deschutes country, winter really got under way about December 1, and for most of the month the ground has been white. Weathermen say that the mean temperature for the month will be well below normal. Winter will officially end March 20. Lions to Give Show Jan. 26-27 Lions of Bend on January 26 and 27 are to present a home tal ent show, with proceeds to go into the club's Memorial hospital fund, it was announced at today's meet ing of the group at the Pine tav ern. "Go West" will bo the title of the two-night show to be pre sented under the supervision of a Hollywood director. C. J. Mor gan will be in general charge for the Lions and will be assisted by more than a score of committeemen,- Practice will start shortly after the first of the year, Morgan an nounced. Committee leaders in clude Lester McKenzie and Farley Elliott, tickets; Frank H. Loggan and W. L. Van Allen, nroeram: Kessler Cannon and Don Shingler, puonciiy; cnaries Clark and Dr. J." S. Grahlman, theater; Doug Ward and William H. Reid, stage and properties; R. E. Jewell and Loyde Blakley, rehearsals; Ray Le Blanc and William E. Naylor, costumes ana ma:;eup, and Bruce Cullison and K.. E. Sawyer, fi nance. The clubmen at their meeting today were entertained by. the Bend high school a capclla choir and other groups from the music department, directed bv Don Pence. In addition to choir num bers of more than half a hundred voices, Kitty Moore, accompanied by Gary Jerome, was presented in a vocal solo and Larry .Standi fer in an accordion solo. Also pre sented was a girls' sextet Au drey Bailey, Peggy Terwilligar, Ann Nelson, Pat Blakley, Susan Gllfillan and Mary Fowler, with Gwen Russell as accompanist. C SHOPPING & DAYS LEFT Installed If - , V.-v'v County Officials Elect Minson To State Group Members of the state associa tion of county judges and com missioners of the mid-Oregon dis trict, wound up their session at the court house here yesterday af ferndon by electing Commission er J. C. Minson of Crook county as member of the executive com mittee for the state group, with Commissioner Fred Pope of Kla math county as his alternate. Burns was designated for the spring meeting.;- - ' . . Discussion of the legislature's interim committee report on roads and highways featured the after noon meeting. The committee's recommendation for a one cent a gallon Increase in gasoline tax and $10 registration fee for all vehi cles was acceptable but the pro posal that all proceeds of increas ed rates go to the state brought prompt protest from the county officials. It was voted unani mously that the counties' 19 per cent participation should continue as to new taxes as well as old. Outlines Report Judge F. L. Phlpps, executive secretary of the state organiza tion, outlined the interim report to the members of the association and the five legislators who had attended the meeting from Des chutes, Crook, Klamath, Jefferson and Lake county representative and senatorial districts. It was explained that one of the possi- Dliltles, if the report is reflected In legislation, will be state relin quishment of approximately 1,300 miles of secondary highways, re sponsibility for which will then rest with the counties. Judge Phipps reported also that the as sociation is going ahead with in vestigation of comparative re turns from PUC carriers under the present law and the previous law. Resolution for the check, passed at the state convention of the association, was eneouraeed by belief that the unit yield is (Continued on page 6) Judges and commissioners for five legislators wno will represent the courtroom includes: Front row : i ."M ...; - '. (?' C. L. Allen, Deschutes county judge; Tom Powers, Jefferson county Crook county commissioner. Second row E. E. Varco and A. E. Stevens, Deschutes county commissioners; Roy Morehouse and P. W. Hotrhkiss, Lake county commissioners. Third row U. E. Reeder, Klaniolh county judge; Ed Gowan, Klamath county commissioner; Asa Death Hearing for Tojo and Six Other Japanese Leaders ECA Aid to China Halted, Says Hoffman Washington, Dec. 21 IH Recov ery administrator Paul G. Hoff man said today that the long range $70,000,000 construction pro gram for China has been suspend ed because of the critical situa tion there. He made the statement after a 30-minute White House conference at which he gave President Tru man a "report for nis ears alone ' on his recent flying trip to Eu rope and the far east.. Hoffman said the decision to suspend the China construction program was made in Shanghai during conferences with Roger D. Lapham, chief of the American aid mission in China. Hoffman said a small part of the construction funds less than $1, 000,000 already has been ear marked for engineering surveys and will be spent. Confer With President Presumably the report on China occupied the full half-hour con ference because Hoffman said the president did not ask him about two other policy questions which came up while the economic coop eration administrator was away. The first was whether ECA will continue to give U. S. vessels half of the recovery shipment business from this country if they fall to lower their rates to conform to those charged by foreign ships. Jaycee Santa To Visit Bend Santa Claus will be In Bend Wednesday and Thursday to meet all his young friends, dis tribute candy at the Christmas tree on Oregon avenue near Wall street, and answer phone calls at his temporary office, it was an nounced today by members of the Junior chamber of commerce, who are arranging details of his local visit. Santa will be at the tree from 1 to 4 p. m. both days, with treats for all the youngsters. Children who want to discuss their special Christmas wants with him may do so simply by taking down the receiver at home and asking for "Santa Claus," It was announced. Santa will be in Bend to answer phone calls Wednesday from 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. and from 5 to 8 p. m., and Thursday from 10 a. m. to 1 p. m., Jaycees announced. As part of the "Hello Santa" program, there will be a free show for all children of the com munity Thursday at 11 a. m. at the Tower theater, it was an nounced by Charles Clark, thea ter manager. The big show will feature a Roy Rogers western and a cartoon. Officials From Five Counties Convene in counties were In Bend yesterday jfor five counties in the forthcoming lelslattve sossion. tne picture, taken Judei ge F. L. Phlpps, executive secietary of the state association of county Judges and commissioners; ers. Jefferson county judge: Marlon South. Jefferson county commissioner: J. C. Minson. isatties, crook county judge; t. v;. Duntiam, crook county commissioner. Chambers Adds New Mystery To Death Leap of Former State Department Worker New York, Dec. 21 (EE) Whittaker Chambers, confessed former spy courier, threw new mystery today on the death of Laurence Duggan, former state department employe who plunged from his office window last night. Chambers said he had not named Duggan as one of those persons who gave him secret state department papers. Chambers said that as far as he knew Duggan was not a communist. In Washington last nfght, the house un-American activities : committee said, that Duggan Three Powers Resume Berlin Kommandatura Berlin, Dec. 21 (U'i Berlin's three western commandants to day announced resumption of the city's kommandatura, but on a three-power basis without Russia. The kommandatura, compris ing the commands of the occupa tion forces in Berlin, has not met as such since the Russians walk ed out of a meeting June 16 with the announcement they would not return. It was set up to coordinate four power rule and occupation direc tices to the German administra tion ln Berlin. .Since the Russian walkout, the GermanmunJclpal administration gradually has been split in two. There now are separate city governments for the soviet sector and the three west ern sectors of the eity. The revival of the kommanda tura was announced after the first official meeting of the body without Russia since the sov iet walkout. -But the American, French and British commandants left the door open to their erstwhile col leagues. "If the soviet authorities either now or at a future date decide to abide by the agreement to which the four powers are committed," said the announcement, "quadri partite administration of Berlin could be resumed." Ice Too Thin For Skating Bend patents this afternoon were cautioned by police to warn children that they are. risking their lives in skating on thin mar ginal ice along the Mirror pond. The warning was issued after a nurhber of children were found using the Ice over the noon hour and were skating In areas of ex treme danger. The ice is reported thin along both sides of the pond. It reaches out only a short distance and ta pers into a dangerously thin sheet, children were warned by police. a district meeting of their association and conferences with state judge was one of six tipsters Cham bers was reported to have in the state department. The committee said that Duggan'a name was brought up in sec ret testimony by Isaac Don Levine, magazine editor and close friend of Chambers. Le vine said that, according to Cham bers, Duggan had "passed confi dential information along." Chambers made his statement to reporters after testifying for 30 minutes before the federal grand Jury inquiring into communist spying. Asked by Reporters Chambers was asked whether he had named Duggan as one of those "passing papers" -over to him. "No," Chambers replied. Asked what his response meant in the light of Levine s testimony, Chambers replied: "It would have been more prop er to say I mentioned six people." "Was Duggan among them?" he was asked. ''I mentioned Duggan, but I did not, mention all "tno'se' people-as navtng turned papers over to me," Chambers replied. He added: "I did not name Duggan as passing over papers to me." Chambers said he never had met Duggan. He described the 43-year-old former state department official's death plunge from his 16th-story office window as "a shocking thing." Chambers said he had no Idea why Duggan might wish to com mit suicide.- UN Council May Vote Cease Fire Paris, Dec. 21 (IB An Ameri can spokesman indicated tonight that the United States had lined up enough support in the United Nations security council to adopt a resolution ordering a cease fire in Indonesia and return to the lines held when the Dutch at tacked Sunday. The council will meet tomorrow to consider the outbreak of hos tilities In Indonesia. The spokesman said It appeared that the U. S. had enough backing to pass its draft resolution, and it now was seeking a co-sponsor before the council. The Dutch government defied a UN condemnation of its plan to set up an interim government in Indonesia. Bend in the Deschutes county circuit Executions May Be Made Late Today Tokyo, Dec. 21 tiP Time was . running out tonight for former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese warlords sen tenced to death by hanging for their crimes. There were strong indications that the executions might be cai ried out in the strict secrecy im posed by Gen, Douglas MacArthur during the period from midnight to dawn tomorrow (7 a.m. PST Tuesday to late afternoon). No official announcement will be fofthcoming, : MacArthur's headquarters made clear, until all the hangings have been complet ed. The supreme commander has barred reporters from the execu tions despite protests of the Unit ed Press, the Tokyo Correspon dents' association, and others. To Give Announcement Col. M. P. Echols, MacArthur's press spokesman put the public in formation office on a 24-hour bas is to be prepared to issue the an nouncement, of the executions. which will take place in heavily- guarded sugamo prison. A major was on duty In the public Information office tonight. He asked that his name not be used, but said he thought the exe cutions might occur as early as soon after midnight 17 ajn. PST Tuesday), or, as late as dawn to-., morrow" (Tuesday afternoon. PST). . . . Earlier reports had indicated that there might be a delay of at least 24 hours from the time that MacArthur received official noti fication of the U. S. supreme court decision which cleared the last legal obstacles to proceeding with the hangings. The six men who will die with' Tojo are: . ' Gen. Kenjl Doihara, 65, chief manufacturer of "incidents" for the Japanese army, often called' "the Lawrence of Manchuria." Koki Hlrota, 70, premier of Japan In 1936-37, and former am bassador to Moscow. Gen. Selshiro Itagakl, 63, form er war minister who starved war prisoners in the Dutch East In dies. Gen. Heltaro Kimura, 59, form er vice war minister. Gen. Iwane Matsul, 70, who di rected the rape of Nanking and the killing of 200,000 Chinese in' six weeks. Lt. Gen. Akira Muto, 56, chief of the war office bureau of military affairs, and later chief of staff in the Philippines, where he bore principal responsibility for the rape of Manila. Fire Department Elects Officers Members of the Bend fire de partment, regulars and volun teers, elected officers for 1949 at a regular monthly meeting, held last night at the fire hall. The following men were named. Taylor Rhoads, first assistant chief; Ivan Murphy, second assis tant chief: Harold Bradbury, cap tain of engine No. 1; Ray Nedrow, captain of engine No. 2; James L. Shiek. captain of engine No. 3; Paul Mickel. captain of truck No. 1 1: Leonard Garrett, president; Nick Hollamon, vice president, and Orvul Johnson, secretary treasurer. The fire department members and their families had their an nual Christmas party Sunday aft ernoon In the lounge at the fire hall. The youngsters took part In a program. Claude Wanichek acted nn master of ceremonies, and Dick Miller took the role of Santa Claus, distributing treats to the children after the program. Reckless Plane Pilot Arrested Grants Pass, Dec. 21 UB State police today charged Edgar C. Abbey with reckless operation of an airplane. Abbey crashed his rented plane into a power line behind a Cave Junction cafe. He suffered cuts and bruises. Witnesses told authorities Ab bey had "buzzed" the cafe prior to the crash.
