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BEND B
EfIN
State Forecast
Oregon Cloudy today and
Thursday. Few showers to
day. Colder tonight. Low
temperatures 26 to 36. High
SO to 60 Thursday.
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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
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33rd Year
Conservation
To Be Theme
At Bend Meet
Conference .Scheduled
March 25; Delegates
Expected From Counties
Conservation and use of agricul
tural resources east of the Cas
cades in Oregon will be the theme
of a one-day conference in Bend
on .March 25, with headquarters
at the Pilot Butte inn. The con
ference, with representatives ex
pected from every eastern Oregon
county, will be under sponsorship
of the Oregon Bankers' associa
tion, in cooperation with Oregon
State college.
Staff members from Oregon
State college and leaders of the
agricultural and livestock indus
try in the -eastern Oregon coun
ties, from the Cascade range to
the Idaho line, will have places on
the program. Meetings wil be
held in the Pilot Butte inn blue
room.
Paynter to Preside
Presiding as chairman will be
W. H. Paynter, member of the
Oregon Bankers association agri
cultural committee and a resident
of Tillamook. The meeting will
open Friday at 10 a.m., with Payn
ter as speaker. His topic will be
"Conference Objectives. At
10:15, a panel discussion will be
held. This will deal with the con
servation of soil and water re
sources. Taking part will be the
following:
William L. Teutsch, assistant di
rector, O.S.C. extension service,
chairman; Marion Weatherford,
vice-chairman Oregon wheat com
mission, Arlington; L. A. McClin
tock, Pendleton wheat farmer; E.
Harvey Miller; chairman of the
Oregon state production and mar
keting administration committee,
Portland; Merrill Oveson, superin
tendent of the Pendleton branch
experiment station; A. S. King,
soil conservation specialist, O. S.
C. .extension service; Ramon
Kent, district 'conservationist, S.
C. S., Pendleton; Rudy F. Mollner,
First National bank, Prineville;
Gharles A; Reynolds, U. S; Na
tional bank of Portland, The
Dalles branch.
To Discuss Problems
Range livestock management
problems will be discussed at the
afternoon session, starting at 1:30,
'with H. A. Lindgren, O.S.C. ani
mal husbandry specialist, as the
first speaker. His topic wlH be
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Banquet to Honor
Basketball Team'
Lava Bear basketball players
who won the Central Oregon
championship, tied -for the Big
Six circuit title and earned third
place in the recent state tourney
in Eugene will be honored at a
banquet tonight at the Pilot
Butte inn. Between 75 and 100
persons are expected. Tickets, it
was announced this afternoon,
will be available at the door.
The banquet honoring the team
is being sponsored by the Athletic
Booster club, and Don Denning,
Sr., president of t h e club, will
preside as toaslmaster tonight.
James W. Bushong, superinten
dent of Bend school, will be the
principal speaker. High school
dingers will also have a part on
the program.
House Labor, Industries'
Group to Decide on Laws
By Eldon Barrett
(United I'reM SUiff CimwlHtnilent)
Salem, March 23 tU' The house
labor and industries committee;
was back on the griddle again to
day. .
The committee must decide
whether it wants repealed two
1947 laws which labor considers
restrictive and employers believe
necessary.
The laws outlaw secondary
boycotts and hot cargo actions
and provide a method by which
employes can vote to determine
if labor disputes should be con
tinued or ended.
The committee Tuesday heard
arguments for and against bills
that would repeal the two acts.
Organized labor had support of
State labor commissioner vv. t..
Kimsey who said hte acts have
"accomplished no good since en
octment."
Kimsey said the two laws
should be repealed because they
are impractical
w. &. MxiKrt renresentine;vo vine 48 employers since the
employers, said the law3 should elections measure became ef fee
be kept until the state supreme, tive July 4. 1947, and resulting
court decides whether or not they I elections did not settle disputes
are constitutional. He said they because there is no practical way
were enacted to protect employ-'for terminating them even
ers from abuse by organized i though employes vote to do so.
unions I Green charged that employers
Sen. Eugene E. Marsh. R., Mc- have usually fired employes In
Minnville, who aided in drafting volvcd In an original dispute, hlr
the laws, said thev are needed to rd new workers and then wal ed
protect small employers. 30 days to petition for an election
"There has been a lot mor la- to determine if they were Involved
bor peace in my county since they I in a labor dispute.
17 -Year-Old
Girl Fatally
Stabs Father
Seattle, March 23 P A 17-year-old
high school girl today
admitted fatally stabbing her
father with a kitchen butcher
knife at the climax of a family
quarrel, sheriffs deputies re
ported. The victim, Willis E. Minneker,
53, died a few minutes after offi
cers arrived last night in the
blood-spattered living room. A
butcher knife was plunged into
Minneker's left chest Just below
the heart. '
His daughter, Loretta Jean, a
RooseveLt high school student,
was taken to King county hospi
tal suffering from severe shock.
Deputy Bert Kersh reported
that the girl's mother, Ann, said
the stabbing occurred shortly aft
er the family had returned home
from a neighborhood tavern. "The
mother said the girl recently had
some dental work done which had
been bothering her and apparent
ly she went berserk," Kersh said.
The father had been.crtlcizing
his wife and daughter after they
came home, Mrs. Minneker told
deputies. .
When police arrived, the mother
and daughter were struggling on
the floor. Mrs. Minneker had
pinned her daughter down while
awaiting police.
Loretta Jean was booked on an
open charge at the county jail
before being taken to the hospi
tal. Her mother was being held
as a material witness.
Hopital attendants said the
girl was in "fair" condition.
County Seeking
Road Placement
County judge C. L. Allen today
stated that the county would seek
the placement of the Bend-Elk
lake section of the Cascade lakes
highway under the federal forest
highway program if the presi
dent's appropriation recommen
dation of $23,500,000 for that pro
gram is passed by congress.
This appropriation would be in
additionYtO;-the- uregular federal
high w;a y appropriation. The
Bend-Elk lake highway project
would cost an estimated $150,000.
Allen said that State highway
engineer R. H. Baldock has
agreed to make the recommenda
tion to the state highway commis
sion. He added that the forest
service has given its approval of
the project.
At the present time about 12
miles of the Bend-Elk lake road
are paved while an additional
eight miles has been graded and
prepared for paving. Maintenance
of this latter section of the road
has been handled by the county
while the state has maintained
the paved section.
High Costs Faced
Allen explained that the coun
ty's section of road has required
high costs for maintenance be
cause of the rapid deterioration
of unsurfaced roads. Under the
proposed plan, Allen said, the
county's section of road will be
surfaced. He added that under a
long-range program work might
be done eventually to extend the
highway from Elk lake on to
Odell.
Under the federal government
forest highway program only
Ihose states with federal forests
are eligible for an allocation of
the forest highway approprialion.
were enacted." Marsh said.
V. A. Green, Portland labor at
torney, urged repeal of the, laws.
He said four circuit judges have
held the elect-ons law invalid and
a fifth refused to rule on its con
stitutionality. He said the .secondary boycott
act "compels men to" work to de
stroy their own unions."
Green said he thinks the acts
are unconstitutional and should
be removed from the books. "I
see no reason for having this ex
cess baggage on the law books,"
Green told the committee.-
The elections measure now Is
under fire in a test suit in the
state supreme court.
Both Masters and Marsh asked
whv labor "Is so anxious" to re
peal the laws if they are uncon-
stitulional.
Green said the court cane would
bo held "moot" if the laws were
repealed.
Kimsey told the committee that
he has received i petitions in
Vets' Pension
Bill Predicted
To Pass House
Measure Would Give
War Veterans Over 65
$90 Monthly Pensions
Washington, March 23 mi Sup
porters and foes of the Rankin
pension bill agreed today it would
pass the house, but not without
some heavy trimming.
House members generally pre
dicted the controversial veterans
measure, carrying $90 monthly
pensions for all 65-year-old vet
erans of world wars I amL II,
would be amended today to:
1. Cover veterans of world war
I only.
2. Include a test of need, In the
form of a limitation on income.
To Reduce Cost
Sponsors said these, amend
ments would reduce to a "reason
able" level the projected multi-
billion-dollar cost of the Rankin-
bill. The budget bureau has said
the measure, as originally drafted,
would cost $125,000,000,000 in the
next 50 years.
Veterans committee chairman
John E. Rankin, D Miss., said the
bill would be passed by the house,
"with some amendments," before
nightfall. Consideration was to
get under way shortly after noon.
House Approves
In a parliamentary uproar yes
terday, the house first approved
(on a "teller" vote), then rejected
(on a roll call) a move to kill the
bill by striking out the enacting
Clause.
On a roll call, it also turned
down a motion to send the meas
ure back to the veterans commit
tee for further study. Rep. John
A. Carroll, D., Colo., an adminis
tration supporter, sponsored both
moves.
Juvenile Grange
Members Initiated
Eight new juvenile and 28 hon
orary members were' Initiated at
a meeting of the Eastern Star ju
venile grange last night, with vis
itors attending from the Terre
bonne, Plainview, Pine Forest
and Eastern Star granges. The
initiation, with the youngsters in
charge, brought to 89 the mem
bership of the Eastern Star juve
nile unit.
Juveniles initiated last night
were Susan, Barbara' and Richard
Burton, Jean and Judy Eaton,
Gerald Grissom, George Starr
and LeRoy Bennett.
Officers of the Eastern Star ju
venile grange are Haley Prichard,
master; John Prichard, overseer;
Mary Ann Eakman, lecturer;
Sharon Eakman, steward; Don
Brown, assistant steward; Joan
Reeves, chaplain;. Art Paul, treas
urer; Darlene Hince, secretary;
Carl Paul, gatekeeper; Helen Dy
er, Ceres; Joyce Brown, Pomona;
Mary Kay Prichard, Flora, and
Judy Call, lady assistant stew
ard. Mrs. Carson Call is junior
matron.
At the conclusion of last
night's meeting, , refreshments
were served by the home econom
ics club of the Eastern Star
grange.
f ft f f : '
Eastern Star Juvenile grangers at a special meeting last night at the grange hall east of Bend presented deRree work for eight new
juvenile and 28 honorary members. Pictured here are the Juvenile officers, committee members and degree team. First row. from left:
Jovce Brown, Mary Kav Prichard. Helen Dver, Msvls Rowley. Ann Dyer, Karie Hooker. Butch Eakman. Roger Brown and Sharon Eak
man. Second row, John Prichard, Judv Ca'll, Carolvn Bradbury, Mary Ann Eakman, Joan Reeves, Art Paul. Carl Paul and Richard
Torkelson. Third row, Donald Brown, Anna Torkelson, Ramona Hooker, Darlene Hlnce. Haley Prichard and Mrs. Carson Call, matron.
Susie Call was ill and was not present for the picture.
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH
Getting' Away
Sick and tired of his work as a. house painter, Christ J. Voelker
junked ihar career in 1913 o Join ihe Cleveland police department.
So what has Voelker been doing as a policeman for 36 years? For
the past 28 he's been assigned to the police paint shop and has
turned out 600,000 neatly painted signs at the rate of 2000 a month.
Here, he scratches his head and wonders how it all ever happened.
Spring Opening Schedule
For March 25l Announced
The time schedule for "Bend's
1949 spring opening, set for Fri
day evening, was announced by
Ray LeBlanc, chairman of the re
tail merchants' committee in
charge, today as final arrange
ments for the opening were made.
Weather forecasts for the even-
Straus Voted
Down by Group
Washington, March 22 ill The
senate appropriations committee
refused to restore . Reclamation
commissioner Michael W. Straus
torthe payroll after Attorney gen
eral Tom C. Clark refused to give
the corrfmittee an FBI. report oh
Straus, committee members said.
A three-man subcommittee con
sisting of Sens. Guy Cordon, R.,
Ore., Joseph C. O'Mahoney and
Pat McCarran, D., Nev., was ap
pointed to consult with President
Truman and Clark about Straus.
Clark, It was learned, in refus
ing to make available FBI data on
Straus cited executive orders is-;
sued by President Truman and
former Attorney general Robert
H. Jackson as a precedent. Straus
was removed from the-payroll by
the republican 80th congress.
Attistant attorney general Pey
ton Ford met with the senate
group today to explain Clark's;
stand. After that members voted
to: '
1. Eliminate a house-approv
ed provision which would make
Straus eligible to draw his pay.
2. Appoint the subcommittee
to consult Mr. Truman and Clark
and try to get the FBI data.
3. Instruct senators who event
ually will confer with house mem
bers on the matter to stand firm
on the refusal to put Straus back
on the payroll.
Eastern Star Juvenile Grangers Initiate Members
From It All!
ing are not yet available, but it
was believed locally that a break
in the series of "spring showers"
that dampened Bend this week is
in the offing, with a maximum
of 60 degrees forecast for Thurs
day. " '
Preliminary to the spring open
ing, a spring style show will be
held Thursday at 8:30 p. m., at
the Tower theater. The fashion
show, with local stores cooperat
ing, will last about an hour, and
will be presented between the
regular film shows.
Unveiling Set
Unveiling of the windows has
been set for 5:30 Fridav evening.
at which time tudees will make
their awards. Judging will he In
MR divisions this yaar, .with
grana prize to oe awarded, rnis
prize will be the Lumberman's
Insurance plaque awarded an
nually to the store having the
outstanding window display.
First and second awards will be
made in hard lines, soft lines,
food and produce, beauty shops
and furniture. The blue and
white ribbons will be donated by
The Bulletin.
The automobile show Is sched
uled to get under way at 6:30.
This will be in a roped off section
of Oregon avenue, between Wall
and Bond. Scores of automobiles
will be on display. Also, several
of the automobile dealers are
holding open house that night.
The entertainment program
will get under way at 7 o'clock,
when marching units will swing
through downtown Bend, partici
pating will be Prineville, Red
mond and Bend high school bands
and marching groups. Local or
ganizations are to join in the pa
rade. Thousands of persons are ex
pected to be downtown for the
gala opening, planned as one of
the most outstanding of Its kind
in recent years.
23, 1949
John L Lewis
Senate Confirms Boyd
Appointment Placing
Issue Before Union
Washington, March 23 ilPi Sen
ate confirmation of James Boyd
as director of the bureau of mines
today put squarely up to John L.
Lewis the question of whether the
current mine holiday will end on
schedule Monday.
Coal industry sources said Lew
is may extend the work stoppage
which is now In ots 10th day.
They said he reportedly has Indi
cated that new orders may be Is
sued for the 463,000 Idle miners
not to return to the. pits until
local union safety committees
have inspected and approved
them for operation.
Appointment Opposed
Lewis opposed Boyd's appoint
ment on the ground that he had
had no experience In coal mining.
Coal mine safety inspection is
among the responsibilities of the
bureau of mines.
Some senators, accused Lewis
of trying to "intimidate" them
into voting against Boyds con
firmation which had been hang
ing fire for almost two years.
The result was Just the opposite.
The senate voted 50 to 11 last
night to confirm the former dean
of the Colorado school of mines.,
' Miners Jittery"
The senate's action sent a wave
of jitters through the coal fields.
Rank and file miners made It
plain that if Lewis wanted them
to stay out longer in retaliation,
they were willing to do so.
John P. Busarello, president of
the UMW's big district five at
Pittsburgh, said he "couldn't say"
what the union's strategy would
be.
One miner, Nick Harbett of Lib
erty, Pa., commented:
"If John L. doesn't think the
guy is capable, that Is the way
we feel. I think it's doubtful if
we'llso back Monday., -
- - "We'i-e-bacKfrig: John L. 100 per
cent, remarked another miner.
"We took a two-week vacation
and we don't care if It takes an
other six months.
Blake Purchases
Uppendahl Store
Purchase by Frank Blake and
his mother, Mrs. Dot Harvey,
of the Uppendahl Jewelry store,
839 Wall street, was announced to
day as the new owners took over
operation of the store. The pur
chase of the slore and Its full
stock of diamonds, watches and
jewelry was from Robert Uppen
dahl, who, with his family, is re
turning to Corvallis.
The new name of the store will
be the Cascade Jewelers, Blake, a
registered watchmaker, announc
ed today. Blake, a navy veteran of
world war No, 2, came here last
September with his mother from
North Hollywood, Calif. A mem
ber of the Bend chamber of com
merce and the Ten O'clock club,
Blake formerly operated u Jewel
ry store here on the south highway.
Might Extend
Mine Holiday
Pop$ Declares
Propagandists
Fight Church
Vatican City, March 23 Hl'i
Pope Plus said today that enemies
of the Catholic church have un
leashed against it a violent prop
aganda campaign of spoken and
written words.
The pontiff addressed 300 len-
ten preachers of Rome In the
huge consistory hall of the Vati
can palace. He told them their
work and all preparations for the
1950 holy year must be Intensified
to oppose religious indifference
and atheism.
"All arguments, even the most
absurd ones, are used by them
with the aim of breaking up the
unity and tne cooperation of
Catholics and to shake their faith
toward the vicar of Christ and
towards bishops and the clergy,"
the pope said of the propagand
ists.
"The weapon they prefer to
use is calumny, In such a way
that obedience and harmony are
exposed to the danger of being
little by little tainted and de
stroyed," 1
The pope denounced the "nau
seating . crudity and shameless-ness"-
as seen In newspapers, mag
azines and the theater.
"When one thinks of the nau
seating crudity and shamelessness
which are witnessed in newspa
pers, magazines, movies and the-
theater, and on the other hand,
of the Incomprehensible aberra
tion of parents who lead their
children to amuse themselves In
the sight of similar horrors, our
face reddens with shame, "fhe said.
Redmond Youth
Charged in Death
Everett Earl Wilson, 18, of Red
mond, driver of the truck involv
ed in the accident In which a
13-year-old John Tuck school stu
dent was killed, was arraigned
this afternoon , before . County
judge C. L;Allei on, a charge
of .'negligent' . homioldei C'ffye .com
plaint against Wilson was signed
yesterday by Archie K. Shobe,
father of the dead youth.
The complaint states that Wil
son was d r 1 v 1-n g recklessly
without regard for the safety of
his passengers and that the man
ner in which he was driving was
the cause of tiro death of Archie
Dale Shobe. Archie was riding
on the bed of the truck when the
vehicle turned over. He was
thrown to the ground where he
struck upon his head and suffered
a broken neck. He died instantly.
Judge Allen conducted the ar
raignment hearing today in the
absence of Justice of the peace
Wilson George, who is ill.
Funeral sei-vlces for the dead
youth were held today In .Red
mond. JOINS BEND CHAMBER
Ten O'clock club members hold
ing their weekly meeting this
morning at the Skyline Steak
House announced Hutchins Motor
Sales as .a new member of the
Bend chamber of commerce. The
firm's application for member
ship was submitted by Don
Thompson. In the absence of
Nelson Lelnnd, Gordon Randall
presided at the morning meeting..
Central Oregon Chamber
Discusses Pageant, CVA
A plan to hold the finals of the
"Miss Central Oregon" talent con
test in conjunction with Bond's
water pageant on July 4 was dis-
(cussed last night by members of
the Central uregon ennmner or
commerce at a banquet in Culver.
The group agreed to present the
proposal to Ihe individual cham
bers for discussion Immediately
so that action could he taken on
the matter In the Central Oregon
chamber meeting In Madras next
month.
It was suggested that individual
chambers hold u contest of their
own with several entrants to de
termine their own candidates for
"Miss Central Oregon" and then
the final contest would be held
in Bend with the winner reigning
as queen of Ihe water pageant as
well as being crowned "Miss Cen
tral Oregon." It was also suggest
ed that chambers participating in
the program should share in the
profits of Ihe finals ronlesl in
Bend.
Members nlso discussed Ihe
proposed Columbia river valley
authority and the majority seem
ed to look upon the CVA plan
as a move to "take Ihe natural re
sources from the control of the
elected representatives nf the peo
ple and place It Into the hands
of s dictatorship." It was brought
out that the control of the CVA
would be put In the hands of three
men three men who might pos
sibly be appointed from eastern
states who know little of the prob
No. 91
AchesonTerms
Charges False
Reds State Military .
Bases in Iran .Threat .
'Made to Invade Russia
Washington, March 23 HliSec-
retary of state Dean Acheson to
day branded as "altogether false"
soviet charges that the united
States is building military bases
in Iran from which to attack Rus
sia. - ......
At the same time he said that
American interest In the North
Atlantic area should not be "mis
Interpreted" by anyone as Imply.
Ing a lessening of American inter
est In Greece, Turkey, Iran and
other near and middle eastern
countries.
Force Told
Acheson told a news conference
that no more than 62 American
military officers and men are In
Iran. He said they are only ad
vising Iranian military forces on
organization and supply matters,
and assisting Iran to build up
an adequate internal police force.
Acheson said soviet pressure on
Iran In the form of persistent
press and radio propaganda
"seems to have Intensified in re
cent weeks."
Reports of this pressure have
been communicated to the state
department by the American em
bassy at Tehran and Iranian am
bassador Hussein Ala, Acheson
added. ',
Attacks Protested
He . pointed out that Ala on
March 14 handed him a memo
randum sent to Russia by the
Iranian government which pro
tested the increasing soviet at
tacks on the oll-rlfch nation.
"One type of soviet allegation
mentioned In the Iranian memo
randum is that 'American advis
ers intend to transform Iran into
a military base to be used against
the soviet union'," Acheson said
in a statement. "Such charges
are altogether false and demon-,
sfrably untrue."
tAcheso' emphasised' 'attain'
statements he made In his radio
talk last Friday night on the At
lantic pact- "this country is not
planning to make war against
anyone. It Is not seeking war; it
Thomas F. Dixon
Dies in St. Paul
. Word has been received here
of the death yesterday in St. Paul
of Thomas F. Dixon, 67, vice- ,
president in charge of operations
for the Great Northern railroad
and formerly a resident of Klam
ath Falls. Mr. Dixon was well
known In Bend, and only recent-,
ly visited here with a party of
Great Northern officials.
Mr. Dixon was found dead in
St. Paul. Death was attributed
In n.iturnl rmiKnn.
A natiwn nf Maw Tlrhmnnr1
Wis., Mr. Dixon-took his first job
with Great Northern at Superior,
Wis., in 1900. He became train
master nt Great Falls, Mont., in
1917, and held a number of posi
tions in Montana, Washington
and Oregon until 1942. Before go
ing to St. Paul to serve as Great
Northern vice president, Mr. Dix
on was general manager and vice-,
president of the S. P. & S.
lems of the west. Most of the
I members objected to the CVA
; plan because the control of the
j project would be surrendered by
i congress and the three men head
I Ing the program would be respon
sible only to themselves.
Howard VV. Turner, of Madras
I stated at the meeting last night
that he believed the resolution In
i the state senate to delay construe
ition of a dam on the Deschutes
! river will probably be killed in the
s senate. He said thai a canvass of
'senators and representatives had
: been mad? and the majority of
i both houses seemed to be oppos-
jed to the resolution. Turner la
belled it as a "delaying' proposl
! tion bv proponents of defeated
house bill 13l," which would have
...nt lowmrl tiyn onnatt'iift Inn nf a
dam on the Deschutes river.
Another matter considered by
iho chamber was the equalization
of tiucklng freight rates between
Portland and Central Oregon com
munities. It was noted that
freight rates on a run leaving
. Portland arc higher than a run
from a Central Oregon commu
nity to Portland. Thu chamber
! decided to get In touch with the
I various trucking businesses in
: tn Central Oregon to find a basis
, for an equalization or an ad
justment of the rales. , i
The next meeting of the Cen
tral Oregon chamber will be held
in Madras next month. Twenty
seven persons were at hte ban
quet Inst night.
Soviet Attack