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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
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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
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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.