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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 194?
Passengers Say
Cool Pilot Saves
33 From Death
New York, Feb. 2 U Passen
gers Monday credited the coolness
or the pilot df the Pan American
Constellation "Monarch of the
Skies" for saving the lives of 83
persons aboard when the air
transport collided with a small
private plane 3,500 feet over Long
island.
The two fliers in the smaller
plane were killed instantly in the
collision which took place in clear
weather yesterday afternoon a
few minutes after the Constella
tion took off from LaCiuurdla
airport for London.
Two Dead
The two dead men were Arthur
Putting, 57, of Portland, Conn.,
the pilot of the light plane, and
Eugene Kowalczyk, 35, of Middle
town, Conn.
Capt. George F. Knuth, the Con
stellation pilot, brought his big
plane down for an emergency
' landing at Mitchell air force base.
The wreckage of the light plane
and parts of the two bodies were
wedged in the fuselage.
Severe Jar Felt
"I just caught a glimpse of the
other plane," Knuth said. "Then
1 felt a very severe jar. I started
losing altitude fast. So I circled
toward Mitchell field."
Knuth credited the teamwork
of his nine fellow crew members
for bringing the plane down safe
ly. But the 23 passengers said he
was being too modest.
Kept Control
"He never lost control for an
Instant," one of the passengers
said.
The light plane, a Cessna,
struck the Constellation in the
upper part of the fuselage Just
behind the flight deck, between
the crew and passenger compart
ments. It sliced a hole about 15
feet Jong.
A ,Tan American official said
that from the position of the
hole the 'light plane must have
been "diving down directly from
above."
Civil aeronautics board offi
cials began an investigation to de
termine the cause of the accident.
Graduation Gift
Girl's Death Torch
New York, Feb. 2 Uli-Thc fact
that -her boy friend, Pic. Sheldon
Posner got a fur lough from Chan
ute field to attend her high school
graduation made the event dou
bly Important for pretty Phyllis
Marcus, 17.
Posner, 21, arrived Friday
night. He took her to the senior
prom and alter. the dance lie gave
her a cigaret lighter as a gradua
tion gin.
While filling the lighter Satur
day morning, Phyllis spilled some
of the fluid on her pajamas. A
spark from the lighter ignited her
clothing.
She was buried yesterday, one
hour before her classmates
Large Reception
Set for French
Gratitude Train
Three 'Guesses
New York, Feb. 2 'II''- An elab
I orate reception in New York liar
, bor will be held for the Flench
i gratitude train, which will arrive
I aboard the French freighter SS
: Magellan Wednesday.
A salute by harbor craft and by
U. S. air force planes will mark
I the arrival ol the train, which in
; eludes 4H box cars loaded with
' gilts from the French people as
marched Into Samuel J. Tilden ! a" expression ot gratitude for the
high school for their diplomas.
Eye-Witness Gives
Account of Rescue
POLICE SEEK THIEF
Los Angeles, Feb. 2 nil Police
Monday sought a sneak thief who
entered the Bel-Air home of oil
man Thomas Winans with a pass
key and stole $257,775 in cash and
jewels.
Largest of the eight pieces of
jewelry stolen was an $80,000
ring containing an emerald-cut 24
carat diamond in a platinum set
ting surrounded by two layers of
Baguette diamonds.
Abraham Lincoln was offered
the first governorship of the Ore
gon territory, but declined, where
upon it was taken by Gen. Joseph
Lane.
CASH
FOR
TAXES
Easy to Get
Easy to Repay
'25.00 to '300.00
ON
FURNITURE
FARM MACHINERY
LIVESTOCK
Up to 500.00
ON AUTOMOBILES
Terms up to fifteen months.
PORTLAND
LOAN CO.
Norbert I). Goodrich, Mgr.
Km. 8, IVmiey Bldg., 1010 Wall
Telephone 173
Bend, Oregon
State Licenses 8186 M321
By Erie Allen, Jr.
(Written fi,r Oiv ;niul l'r)
Medford, Feb. 2 ill-' Two of
the bravest men I have ever seen
parachuted Into the ice and snow
of a mountain winter evening
Monday to rescue the pilot of a
light, silver colored low winged
monoplane down on frozen Fish
lake, 40 miles northeast of Med
ford. 'Hie pilot, John L. Krause, Jr.,
or Antlocii, iaiil., missing since
last Wednesday, appeared to be
alive, and crew members of the
PBY which took us to the lake
from the Medfgrd airport, said
they saw him moving around.
Capt. Frederick JInrcourt, med
ical officer with the air rescue
service, from Mlllray, Intl., and
Cpl. John Robblns, bundled to
the ears In layers of fur and can
vas, and laden with supplies, roll
ed out of the "blister" of the big
amphibian as it circled the lake,
dipping down in the canyon where
the missing plane was grounded,
and then heaving up over the
ridges. It was sunset, and for
awhile It was touch and eo wheth
er both men and their equipment
could be gotten down before dark
ness blotted out the wintry scene.
Capt. Harcourt was the first to
jump, and his light-green chute
drifted Into a clump of trees a
few yards from the edge of the
tiny lake. After we circled twice
more, (Jpl. Kobblns plunged from
the plane and made a landing di
rectly in the center of the ice
covered hike.
Robblns, a blond, curly head
ed, Portland boy, set off a smoke
signal immediately, telling us he
was "OK," and the two tiny figur
es started trudging toward the
downed, plane and Its pilot.
Before leaving the scene, we
dropped two heavy packs Willi
tents, medical supplies, food and
signaling equipment.
Death Yacht Ends
Side Show Run
Long Bench, Calif., Feb. 2 l'
The Overell death yacht ended a
profitable run as the grisliest side
show on the carnival pier Monday.
The side show operator sold at
auction yesterday the once hand
some boat, where financier Wal
ter Overell anil his wife were
blown to bits, lie said the arm-
! chair detectives weren't coming
around to stare any more.
Lawyer Leland Zeman, repre
senting an unidentified grout),
bought the boat for $1,900. He
i saltl he would take It on tour
around the country,
i During Its 14 month run here,
I the silent witness to the sensa
I tional mystery hauled in $75,000
! and a million customers for Jack
,OT)are and his partner, Harold
I Jarves. They paltl $7,050 to have
It hauled from Us ocean grave
after the victims' daughter, lieu
( lull, and her boy friend, Hud Gol-
lum, were acquitted of murder
i charges.
friendship food train sent to
France a year ago.
The national triendship food
train committee announced plans
for the reception.
Boats to Ewort
Polite and fire boats and other
harbor craft will meet the Ma
gellan at quarantine and escort
It to the statue of liberty, where
the fire boats will give it a water
salute while air force Jet planes
antl a squadron of navy planes
make sweeps overhead.
The Magellan will dock in Wee
hawken, N. J., The car to be as
signed to the state of New York
will be uncoupled and placed on
a lighter to lx- taken to the Bat
tery for the ollicial parade anil
welcome ceremonies at city hall
on Thursday.
Parade to Begin
The parade will begin at noon
Thursday proceeding up Broad
way to city hall plaza. The com
mittee announced that tins board
of education has arranged lor
thousands of school children to
participate.
The ceremonies at city hall will
include an exchange of greetings,
via short wave radio, between a
child In Paris and one in New
York.
. Mayor William O'Dwyer's spe
cial committee, headed bv Grover
Whalen, will give a luncheon aft
erwards for French ambassador
Henri Bonnet antl other French
antl American officials at the
Waldorf-Astoria hotel.
Lilienthal Urges
Delay in Building
Washington, Feb.' 2 HI''- David
E. Lillenlhal Monday urged the
public to wait a while before it
starts putting buildings under
ground to escape the atomic
bomb.
The chairman of the atomic en
ergy commission told a news con
ference that's what needed .now
Is "more information and fewer
conclusions." The commission, lie
said in comment ing on its fifth
semiannual report to congress,
Is planning to put out a lot more
information In the future than it
has in the past.
About mitl June, he saltl, it will j
publish an atomic weapons-effect
handbook which should help in
dustries antl cities make up their
minds about decentralizing or go
ing underground for the atomic
future. It also should be useful
to civil defense planners, he said
This handbook will deal with
atomic air blast, ground stock,
damage to buildings, blast In wa
ter, radioactive contamination,
the bomb's radiant energy antl
incendiary effects, and civil de
fense problems.
Air Corps Reports
On New Rockets
Washington, Feb. 2 'U''- The air
force announced Monday it has
added two new rockets to its. store
of guided missiles and will use
them in a $.',500,(KXi drive to
train men who can lire them.
One rocket is 32 feet long and
capable of soaring 100 miles into
tlie air to drop on Its target. Call
ed the Consolidated Vultee 774, it
tops anything developed of its
class except the German V-2. The
air force said some ot its features
Improved on the V-2.
The second was the 13-foot
North American Nativ, which is
fired off guide rails from a tower.
Both rockets have been fired suc
cessfully In tests, the air force
said.
The missiles will be purchased
principally for use in tests under
the program to equip and train
crews under the development pro
grain. Mount Rainier, named after the
British admiral, Peter Rainier, is
the third highest mountain in
continental United States.
SIXS SELF AFLAME
. :.,, 2 'IP
.' " :' of falling
,on gas jets in us ap a m
land 1ouretl gasoline ove us
bed. Then he laid down and lit a
' '"The 'explosion rocked the neigh
Iborhood. Firemen put out the
fire. Kelly was taken to the hos
pital to be treated for fust tie
i gree burns of the hands and face.
Official Records
ASSUMED BUSINESS NA.s,
Two business names were fnM
with the county clerk's office yS
terday. Faith Murphy filed V
name Bend Bargalnville, m
W. N. Denton, et al, filed th.
name Rainbow Tavern.
Bulletin Classifieds Bring Rosun,
You're looking up into the world's tallest drilling rig, located in
the swamps of Louisiana. This rig is the most powerful ever
assembled, and is designed to drill 18,000 feet into the earth in a
search for oil. That pipe you see suspended inside the rig is 135
feet long.
CAR FREEZES. CATCHES FIJI
Madras. Feb. 2 Jim Whitt's
automobile was a casualty of the
zero weather. Jim wasn't able to
start his motor. He built a fire
un'tler the car. It caught fire. The
Madras volunteer fire diiartnient
responded, and the automobile
was not a total loss.
Citizens Invited
To Express Views
Patrons of the Deschutes coun
ty library are being Invited to ex
press an opinion on the policy
they prefer for operation of the
library's rental shelf, Miss Elea
nor Brown, librarian, said today.
The present policy, which has
been in effect for the past six or
seven years, is that books which
go on the pay shelf, not subject
to reservation, are new mysteries,
westerns and light novels, In addi
tion to those on the free shelves,
which are popular with a large
number of the library's patrons.
A change has been proposed,
whereby books available for rent
al would Include duplicate copies
of the majority of best sellers,
both fiction and non-fiction, so
that persons who wish to read
these new books may do so with
out placing their names on the
waiting list and waiting perhaps
several weeks until the book is
available. The pay books would
not be subject to reservation.
Some of the new mysteries,
westerns and love stories would
still be purchased .from time to
time as part of the regular bud
get, Miss Brown stressed.
Ballots for expressing a prefer
ence are available at the library.
Miss Brown said that it is hoped
at least several hundred patrons
will fill them out, so that the vote
will be an accurate cross-section.
Overload Fines j
Paid by Drivers
Three truck drivers were fined ;
over the week end by Justice of j
the peace Wilson George on over-!
load violations.
Frank Emerson Jr.. driver for i
Gilbert Dawson of The Dalles, for
feited $30 on an overload charge.
Russell Jones, driver of a truck
for Produce Transport, Inc., of
Fresno, Calif., paid a $132 fine
plus costs on a similar charge.
Gale H. Messing, driver for Pa
cific Inland Transport of Port
land, was fined $lti plus costs on
a combination overload violation.
In another action Justice
eeorge fined Henry Oldaker,
end, $1.50 on a motor vehicle
license violation.
The Pacific coast has now one
of the country's largest and fast
est cold reduction steel mills; it
can roll strip at a speed of 4,000
feet per minute.
TOUGH BREAK
Cambridge, Mass. dl'' -Ten min- j
tit es after he was elected captain I
of the Harvard freshman hockey
squad, Dustln Bulge of Athol,
Mass., broke his collarbone and
waS out of play for the season. '
We Repair All Makes
of Washers
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STORE
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1033 Broolls St. Phone 274
stamp oKtTOIs
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the world.
Phone 1135-W afternoon or evening.
Thanks for Eating Us Out of an Enormous Surplus
on
. . . if you wanf anofher delicious prawn dinner
or two at our special low price stop in on or
before SUNDAY.
ONE PRAWN DINNER 2 DINNERS SERVED AT SAME TABLE
$150
Skyline Steak House
Thorn- 'JTJ
Skyline Drive - En
855 Wall Street
can ml l o( kjc
ON HIGHWAY i7 SOUTH
124S South 3rd Street Phone 12.W-W
City Cleaners & Dyers
Marlon Cady Frank Wonser
1032 Wall Phone 246
VENETIAN BLINDS
Wood Steel Aluminum
FREE ESTIMATES
Bend Venetian
Blind Mfg. Co.
R38 E. Gtenwood
(Off of E. 5th Street)
Phone 1 434-J
GUNS
FISHING TACKLE
Buy Them Now
DURING OUR
CLOSE-OUT
SALE
Yes, we're going out of business and
everything is drastically reduced for
quick sale.
ACT NOW ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT
GLASS FLY RODS Slashed
They're finest quality rods, too.
SALMON EGGS Slashed
You can use them on the lakes this spring.
BAIT HOOKS Slashed
Stock up now you won't find better buys.
ALL OTHER ITEMS Slashed
Except fair trade merchandise
DOUTHIT'S
913 Wall Street
Phone 51
If You Want to SEE How We Do It-
YOU'RE WELCOME
You've no doubt heard a lot about our better mechanical service.
Let us assure you there is nothing magical about it no tricks or
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to do a thorough job every time. It's something you'll understand
when you see the painstaking craftsmanship our expert mechanics
put into their work.
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TIRES BATTERIES
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