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BENBM BULLETIN
State Forecast
Oregon Foir and continued
cold today and Thursday.
Low tonight five above to
five below.
LEASED WIRE WORLD
NEWS COVERAGE
CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
33rd Year
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1949
No. 25
for Four
ion Dollar Tax Boost
THE
President Calls
I
v.
Midwest's Great Blizzard
Diminishes, But Thousands
Of Travelers Still Stranded
Chicago, Jan. 5 (U.R) The great blizzard's fury diminished
today but thousands of travelers still were stranded and
hundreds oi communities in western states remained iso
lated. Airlines reported they were running on almost normal
schedules, and western railroads resumed limited service on
some lines after overworked snowplows had pushed through
mountainous drifts to clear the tracks.
But the three-day siege had been the worst in the memory
;
Postal Receipts
Above $100,000
For Bend Office
Bend's postal receipts in 1948 ex
ceeded the $100,000 mark, to set a
new peacetime mark for the local
office, it was announced today by
Farley Elliott, acting postmaster.
Total receipts for the year just
past aggregated $100,698.49.
The growth of postal receipts
revealed In the past year was the
result of the growth and develop
ment of the community, Elliott be
lieves. The receipts in 1947 were
$92,742.42.
Receipts for the four quarters
of the past year follow:
First quarter, $22,926.07.
Second quarter, $22,947.34. ,
Third quarter, $23,293.88.
Fourth quarter, $31,530.60.
Receipts for the final quarter
of the year approximated those
for 1943 when Camp Abbot was
occupied. ... . .....
me nignest receipts ever re
corded for the Bend postoffice
were in 1943, when the total reach
ed $123,222.53. This was the year
when Camp Abbot activity was at
its height and military activity in
Central Oregoned reach a high
point. In 1944, year Camp Abbot
was abandoned, the receipts drop
ped to $103,784.61.
Stamp sales for the local post
office in 1948 reached $92,148.73.
Other receipts included second
class mail, permit matter, miscel
laneous matter, box rents and gov
ernment envelopes.
What to Do
With Bird Is
Big Problem
Tacoma, Jan. 5 till A plaintive
plea, a humble request, "What
am I supposed to do with him
now?"
"Him" is Jake Bird.
Warden Tom Smith of the state
penitentiary thus joined the long
list of public officials wondering
what the forwarding address
should be for the condemned ax
slayer. Bird was granted a stay
oC execution just before Christ
masan execution which was to
have taken place Jan. 14.
Warden Smith stated his case
plainly, "I wish to know," he said
in a letter filed with the prose
cutor's office here, "what my re
l sponsibilities are in view of the
stay of execution, and also to no
tify you that Jake Bird has filed
a petition for a writ of certiorari
and an affidavit declaring he is
without funds; both with the U.
S. supreme court."
Bird made the trip back to
Pierce county jail from the death
house early in 1948, when he was
granted his first stay of execu
tion. Deputy prosecutor Martin L.
Potter said it was probable that
Bird would remain in the state
penitentiary this time until the
supreme court considers the case.
Earl Saye Is Winner of Bend
Fire Department 1948 Award
fc-arl Sayc, with 99 points out of i
a possible 103 earned for attend
ance at fires, meetings, drills and
schools, was winner of the Bend
fire department's merit award
contest in 1948. it was announced
by department officers today.
Runners up and their merits were
T. W. Rhoads, 92; Bob Anderson,
So; Delbert Barber, 81; Art Hunt
er, 80. and Harry Brandon. 80.
ine six men were winners of
firemen
eligible
.awards
r'-nnounccment of ihe award
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for the
of old-time westerners. Some
anehers feared heavy live
stock losses, but there was a
bright side to the blizzard.
Crop experts said the heavy
snow would hell) the winter
wheat crop in Kansas and
elsewhere.
Flights Cancelled
Although planes resumed op
erations in the west, airlines be-
gan cancelling flights in the east
because of rain, (oh and low ceil
ings. United Airlines in Chicago
reported it was operating east
bound planes only as far as Cleve
land, Akron and Youngstown.
As the howling winds subsided
and the blinding snow lightened,
rescue attempts throughout the
stricken area were stepped up.
Private planes took off at dawn
fi'jm Srottsblufi, Neb., to take
emergency aid to persons strand
ed in snowbound farms, and to
search western Nebraska for ma
rooned motorists.
Although they were presumed
safe in .farmhouses, hundreds of
motorists were unaccounted lor.
Seventy were reported unaccount
ed for in Nebraska between the
towns of Bridgeport and Harri
son. Town Isolated
.. . Winds, reaching 60-miles per
hour had piled the snow in' many
places to 40 inches. Many isolated
towns in western Nebraska, Colo
rado, Wyoming and South Dakota
were reported running low on
food and fuel.
Trains and buses pushed furth
er into the snow-blocked regions
as the storms abated.
Two army trucks tried to get
a Torrington, Wyo., doctor to a
farm home near. Huntley, Wyo.,
to deliver a baby, but the truck
stalled in deep drifts five miles
from Torrington.
Eleven passenger trains and a
mail train were stalled at Omaha
and Council Bluffs, la., and hun
dreds , of stranded passengers
jammed hotels and bars.
Airline flights from Denver
were on schedule, except to Chey
enne, Wyo.,. where the field was
snowed in. At Chicago, most
western airlines reported normal
operations.
Spud Shipments
Total 1,852 Cars
Up to January 1, 1949, a total
of 1,852 cars of potatoes were cer
tified for shipment from the Des
chutes area by the federal-state
inspection service, according to in
formation from W. R. Stanard,
Redmond, supervisor of shipping
point inspection. Of the grand
total of 1852 cars, 251 cars are cer
tified for the commodity credit
corporation.
Potato shipments certified for
shipment in December totalled 635
cars of 360 cwt. per car, Stanard
reported.
YETS BORROW $8,000,000
Salem .T;in. 5 (IP) Oreeon war
veterans borrowed approximately
$8,000,000 during 1948 to acquire
farms and homes, the state veter
ans' affairs department said to
day. winners was made when newly
elected officers of the department
were installed, at the regular
Monday night meeting. Leonard
Garrett is president of the depart
ment, Nick Hollaman is vice
president and Orval Johnson, secretary-treasurer.
T. W. Rhoads was installed as
first assistant chief and Ivan
Murphy as second assistant chief.
Installed as captains were Harold
y
Fire chief T.eRov Fox was in
stalling officer and also presented
the awards.
Action in Bend -
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Ralph Sutton, Bend guard, adds two points to Bend's score by
flipping in a field goal over the head of Jack Endicott, under the
basket. Bruce Longballa (21 ), Bend forward, moves up fast to cover
the shot. Bend won the garfie 47 to 29.
Tornado-Stricken Arkansas
Town Begins Clean-Up Job;
250 Homes Are Destroyed
Warren, Ark., Jan. 5 (U.E) Freezing weather multiplied
the suffering in this grief-stricken town today as dazed resi
dents began the long job of cleaning up after a tornado that
killed at least 54 and left hundreds injured.
As if the howling, killing twister that tore up some 250
homes were not enough, the elements continued to plague this
broken community.
Hail and heavy rains followed the hop-skip tornado Mon
day night. Thunderstorms
Freezing Weather
Past 38 Nights
Weather observers in Bend to
day revealed some new evidence
that the present late fall and
early winter has provided the
Deschutes country with some of
the coldest weather on record lo
cally.
For the past 38 nights, the
temperature has dropped to freez
ing or below, it was reported
from the local station. This is be
lieved to be an all-lime record for
continued cold. The unbroken
string of sub-freezing nights
reaches back to Nov. 28, when a
minimum of 34 was recorded. .
On nine different days in De
cember, the temperature did. not
go above the freezing point in
daylight hours. The daytime tem
perature also remained below 32
degrees on the first four days of
the present month.
Up until today, the highest
temperature recorded in the 38
days of abnormally cold weather
was 44 degrees, on the first day
of December. The lowest was
plpht hnlow. on Mondav mornim.
of the present week.
Last night's minimum in Bend
as quite "warm" three above
n'n I'fi,viMtc nail fn- mm-,
nnril mn'ilhnr trtnitrht hilt nt nn,m I
today there was some evidence
of moderation as a storm moves
in from the north Pacific.
Report On Roads
Salem. Jan. 5 'Hi Packed snow
covered mountain roads and ice
glazed highways throughout the
state today as an Arctic cold wave
continued to freeze the state, the
highway department reported.
The coldest spot recorded by
highway maintenance crews was
Bly, between Klamath Kails and
Lakeview. where the mercury was
down to 21 degrees lelow zero at
9 a.m. Yesterday's reading at Bly
was 32 degrees below.
Astoria with 34 degrees was the
warmest spot recorded by the de
partment. Plows were working In the pass
es and sanders were busy through
out the state. The Territorial and
Richardson-Eugene highways in
Lnre county both were closed to
loads of more than 36,000 pound;;.
Prineville Game
r
and a heavy downpour kept
up all day yesterday.
Last night the skies cleared,
but the temperature dropped.
By early today, weary cleanup
crews battled freezing weather to
get this once-bustling lumber
town back to "normal."
The furious, whirling tornado
rushed across 100 miles of north
west Louisiana and Arkansas laic
Monday leaving wreckage and in
jured in its wake everywhere, but
this town near the end of its path
was by far the hardest hit.
Of the 54 known dead, 49 were
killed here. Only haphazard esti
mates of the injured could be
made, but they ranged from 270:
to 400. j
Mayor James Hurley, after a j
survey, estimated the damage in
Warren conservatively at $1,000,-1
000. I
Sunny California
Has Record Cold
Los Angeles, Jan. 5 mi Sunny
southern California learned today
what it's like to freeze.
Los Angeles, where anti-freeze
is unknown and overcoats are
.things worn by tourists from the
least, shivered through the most
, frigid cold wave in its history,
j The thermometer dropped to
1 27 9 degrees yesterday, the coldest
' day ever recorded here, and skid
j ded to as low as 2 degrees in some
; mountain areas. The Los Angeles
maximum was only 50 degrees.
; another record.
j Sub-freezing temperatures in
i California last night again struck
Jat citrus and vegetable crops. Los
i Angeles' low this morning was 31.
besting the previous low of 33 for
any Jan. 5, recorded in 1910.
Smudge pots were fired in cit
rus groves as early as 3 o'clock
; last night, making a pail of smoke
j in many sections,
i Hardest hit was the 5200,000.000
' winter citrus crop, which authori
ties said already was damaged
I "considerably." Full extent of
frost damage will not be known
: for 10 days, but meanwhile ranch
ers were spending $600,000 an
hour to smudge some 150,000
acres.
British Troops
Bolster Egypt
Frontier Area
London, Jan. 5 'II'1 - - Informed
sources reported tonight that
British troops were being sent to
the area of the Palestine-Egyp
tian frontier in hope of discourag
ing any further invasions of
Egypt by Israeli patrols.
The government made it plain
that It regarded the Negev situa
tion as grave. It accused Irsael of
deliberately violating Egyptian
territory by armed invasion.
Later informants said a small
detachment of troops was being
sent to Aqaba, Trans-Jordan vil
lage at the head of the gulf of
Aqaba.
One responsible source said
that if such incidents as the inva
sion continued the British "may
have to go to the security council
and raise the whole question of
the arms embargo in the Middle
East." He referred to the United
Nations arms embargo.
The source also mentioned the
Anglo-Egyptian treaty which, if
invoked, would require Britain to
go to the aid of Egypt if the latter
were attacked.
Bend's Insured
Fire Loss $20,118
Bend's insured fire loss in 1948,
not including that suffered in Ed.
die's garage fire of July 4, aggre.
tated $20,118.71, LeRoy fox, Bend
fire chief, announced today after
compiling data to be submitted to
the city commission. Data on the
garage tire are not yet available,
but the fire chief estimates that
the total, including automobiles
and damage to the building, will
be about $120,000.
In 1948, alarms answered num
bered 303. Sixty of these were
general alarms and 14.) were si
lent. Inspections made totalled
521.
Bend fire department members
completed in 1948 the department
of vocational education's basic
fireman training course of 60
hours. This course was complet
ed in the spring of 1948. In the
summer months, outside equip
ment drills and evolutions were
conducted.
On October 25, 1948, the depart
ment Inaugurated an advanced
fireman training course which
will continue for a period of ap
proximately two years. Engineer
Vernon Carlon has charge of
schools and drills, and Engineer
Wilbur Kelsay has charge of rec
ords and reports.
At present, the fire department
consists of 27 volunteers and ten
paid men.
Santiam Snow
Now 124 Inches
Snow at Hoodoo bowl and San
tiam lodge has settled down to a
mere 121 inches, after having
reached a depth of 135 inches on
Sunday, Bill I .aiidorback, proprie
tor of the lodge, reported today.
Skiing conditions, which have
been good since December 1, con
tinued to be near perfect today,
he said. Over the Christmas and
New Year's holidays the lodge
and ski bowl saw very heavy use.
All tows in the area will oper
ate this week end and another
large crowd of skiers is antici
pated, Lauderback said. The Jay
oee ski school will get under way
this Sunday with classes to be
taught on a slope near the lodge.
UN May Study
China Civil War
Lake Success, N. Y., Jan. 5 ll'i
United Nations secretary general
Trygve Lie said today that he will
"consider" what he can do to in
tervene in the civil war in China.
At the same lime, Lie predicted
In a press conference that "a gen
eral settlement in Palestine Is
closer than ever before" and that
peace will come to the holv land
this year. :
Lie announced that the t'N
general assembly will convene at
Flushing for the second half ol
Its 1948 meeting on April 5, In
stead of April 1 as had been plan
ned. He said April 5 a Monday
vas a more logical time.
Truman Talk
Draws Praise
And Criticism
' Washington, Jan. 5 ni'- Demo
crats in congress generally ap
plauded President Truman's legis
lative proposals In his state of the
union message today. But most
republicans were highly critical.
Some of the president's recom
mendations, such as civil rights
and universal military training,
were criticized by members of his
own party, however.
Among those who opposed Tru
man's call for enactment of uni
versal military training was Rep.
Carl Vinson, D., Ga., who will
head the house armed services
committee.
Vinson said that "as long as the
draft is on the statute books,"
there is no need for congress to
consider UMT.
Sen. Walter F. George, D., Ga.,
said he is "positively against"
some of the chief executive's pro
gram. He mentioned civil rights
specifically and said there were
"some other things" he opposed.
He did not elaborate.
Ashland Mayor
Suspends Chief
And City Attorney
Ashland, Jan. 5 Ul'i Mayor Tom
Williams last night suspended
City attorney William Briggs and
Chief of police C. C. Williams in a
renewal of his feud with the city
council.
A crowd ot 1,000 Jammed the
Ashland armory and interrupted
the proceedings with frequent cat
calls during Wlliams' inaugural
ceremony and - subsequent an
noucements of administrative
changes in tho city government.
Suspension of Briggs and Wil
liams today left Ashland without
a city attorney. Deputy chief of
police Herbert Hayes was appoint
ed to replace oner Williams.
Hud Promised "Changes"
Mayor Williams, a railroad con
duclor who had promised a re
freshing change" in the Ashland
government, earlier had vetoed an
ordinance passed by the city coun
cil abolishing the mayor's power
of replacing city officials without
public hearing.
Last night the council re-passed
the ordinance over the mayor's
veto.
Mayor Williams nominated At
torney Ben Lombard to succeed
Briggs as city attorney, and Vei n
Smith to replace Chief Williams.
But six councllmen unanimously
vetoed the appointments. The
mayor then suspended Williams
and Briggs, and the council coun
tered with an order to hold a hear
ing on the suspensions Friday.
Toastmasters
Hold Session
Frank Bonham, local author,
won top honors as a five-minute
speaker at last night's meeting of
the Toastmasters' club with "How
to Make a Poor Picture" as his
topic. The dinner meeting was
held at the Trail ways coffee shop,
with Italph W. Crawford In the
role of toastrnaster and with Dr.
L. W. Aplln as table topics chair
man. Bonham illustrated his
talk with camera and pictures,
and at the conclusion of his speech
took a picture of tile toastmasters.
Samples of poor photographs
were shown.
Other five minute speakers and
their subjects were Max Millsap,
"Is Honestv the Best Policy?";
Bill Mark, "The Fight Against Po
lio"; Joe Slate, "Parent Delin
quency," and Vernon Larson, "Do
Automobiles Lower Our Standard
of Living?"
Evaluators were Bob Thomas,
in general charge; Oail Baker,
Phil F. Brogan. Dr. John M. Mc
Carthy, Dick Boucher and Clif
ford Briggs.
Wilson Benold was inducted in
to membership in the club. Clar
ence Bush, deputy district gover
nor for the Toastmasters. an
nounced that January 22 has been
set as the tentative date for the
Redmond club's charter night pro
gram. INDIAN GOKS MODKRN
Taos, N. M., Jan. 5 'U'' Tho
weekly Tas Star reported today
that an Indian at Ihe Taos pueblo
had blossomed out in an electric
blanket.
Annual State of Union Talk
Given Congress; Wage, Price
Ceilings Would Be Authorized
Washington, Jan. 5 (U.R) President Truman today asked
the new democratic congress to hike federal income taxes by
4,000,000,000 and to authorize.liniited price and wage ceil
ings. In his annual message on the state of the union, he also
proposed that the government make loans for any neces
sary expansion of plant capacity in such industries as steel
where production is critically short. If private industry re
fuses to build the plants, Truman said the government itself
should build them. The plan is "
bound to raise cries ot social-1
ism.
The proposed $4,000,000,
000 new taxes would lie heavi
est on corporations but the
president did not say whether
by an excess profits levy or
otherwise. Some new revenue
would come from higher estate
and gift taxes. Truman said con
gress also should consider raising
tax rates in the upper and middle
personal income brackets.
Cabinet I'rcsent
He delivered his "fair deal"
message in person before a joint
session of the Hist congress in the
chamber of the house. Most of
Truman's cabinet and the Just
ices of the supreme court were
among the distinguished and
largely friendly audience.
"We have rejected the discred
ited theory. that the fortunes of
the nation should be in the hands
of a privileged few," the president
said. "We have abandoned the
'trickle-down' concept of national
prosperity.
"Every segment of our popu
lation and every individual has a
right to expect from Ills govern
ment a fair deal." ',
Follows Cumiialgn Line
With that as a text, Truman
fired at the new congress which
his party controls the long list of
recommendations which the old
republican congress had ignored
and on which he based his sue
(Continued on page 7)
Multnomah's New
Sheriff Installed
Portland, Jan. 5 tin - M. L.
(Mike) Elliott was launched on
his duties of sheriff of Multno
mah county today, his bonds
finally approved by the county
commissioners.
Elliott officially assumed the
office of sheriff late Tuesday af
ter the commissioners voted two
to one to accept the bonds sub
mitted In his behalf, one lor
$100,000 to cover him as lax col
lector and one for ?10,0(KI to cover
him as sheriff.
Elliott was under fire for some
time after admitting he had
made false statements in his
campaign, and bonds were offer
ed and accepted only at the last
minute, in tact, he was to nave
taken office Monday. He succeed.,
Martin T. Pratt.
Eliiolt staled after taking of
fice: "I want to thank the voters
of Multnomah county for their
confidence in me. I shall do my
duty as the chief law enforcing
officer in the county for the bene
fit of all the people of the country
and I will show no favoritism. I
am going to enforce the law to
the fullest extent."
Inauguration of
Set for Monday Afternoon
Salem, Jan. 5 Hi'' Governor-
elect Douglas McKay will be in
augurated next Monday atternom
at a ceremony In the house of rep
resentatives chamber. Plans for
the ceremony have been complet
ed, it was announced today.
The ceremony will stmt at 2
p. m. and will include messages
to the legislature bv Gov. John H.
Hall and McKay.
flic legislature will meet Mon
day morning for formal organi
zation. However, all officers will
have been decided at caucuses
Sunday evening.
William K. Walsh. Coos Hay.
who will be elected sena'e presi
dent, and Frank I. Van Dyke.
MedfTd, who will be named
speaker of the house, will an
nounce committee appointments
at Monday's morning session.
Sen. Walsh is scheduled to pre
side at the inauguration.
James McMullcn, Junction
City, a baritone from the Univer
sity of Oregon, will sing the na-
'liml anthem, ncompanled by
Lyall Gardner, Eugene, also from
Battle Raging
Near Egyptian
Frontier Town
Cairo, Jan. 5 The biggest
battle of the Palestine war was
reported raging today in the soft
desert sands around the Egyptian
frontier town of Rafa, with the
U. S. involved diplomatically.
Egyptian sources said the Jews,
thrown back last week in at
tempts to capture Rafa because
their tanks and armored cars
bogged down in the sand, were
hilling the town again with the
biggest forces they ever have
used.
Egyptian forces are holding
their ground, these reports said.
Rafa is about one mile Inside
Egyptian territory but reports did
not make clear whether fighting
had passed onto "Egyptian soil or
if the battle still was being fought
in Palestine. . ... .. . ..
On Main Highway
Rafa Is on the main coastal
highway between Egypt and Pal
estine. Large forces of Egyptians
hold Gaza, 20 miles north, and
the highway between the two
towns. Official reports Indicated
the Jewish attack was made out
of the desert to Ihe east.
Heavy Jewish attacks also are
being made against Faluia, where
an estimated 2,000 Egyptian
troops are trapped, and against
Gaza itself, Egyptian military
sources said.
The Jews are attacking In
waves and are throwing In rein
forcements in what appears to
be a desperate attempt to seize
all three objectives by storm,
these reports Indicated. Egyptian
troops were reported meeting the
attack wilh planes, artillery and
machine gun fire.
The United States was report
ed In Tel Aviv dispatches to have
become involved diplomatically
in the fighting by warning the
Israeli government against any
further military 'invasion of
Egypt.
France Hit by
Grippe Epidemic .
Paris, 'Jan. 5 dl''-Hundreds of
thousands of French men and
women were reported ill with
griooe In a nationwide epidemic
today.
Hardest hit were the eastern
cllies of Metz and Mulhouse. In
Melz alone, 20.000 persons were
stricken. Public health officials
said "thousands" were ill in Paris.
A public health ministry
spokesman said Ihe epidemic was
"bothersome rather than serious."
Gov. McKay
j the university, on an electric or
I gan.
I Invocation will be given by Dr.
I Chester Hamblin, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church here,
i Gov. Hall will deliver his message
i after invocation.
Walsh then will ask Speaker
! Van Dyke to canvass the general
i election vote and the speaker will
announce that McKay has been
j elected chief executive.
I Chief Justice Hall S. Lusk of
! the Oreeon supreme court will
: administer the oath of office to
j P Kav and the new governor
th will deliver his message,
i Walsh will adjourn the session
aftc the message. The next day
the legislators will get down to
tint business of lawmaking.
The inauguration ceremony will
be open to the public on a first-come-first-served
basis. Tickets
for seats on the floor have been
given to 460 iicljsons. The galler
ies will be open and loudspeakers
will broadcast the activities to
crowds in the lobby and rotunda.