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ttelv. f OrKoa Library 7 r ArW:t'.-ir.i4) LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE 33rd Year Bend Resident Killed in City 'Cycle Mishap Motorcycle Hits Pole; First Traffic Fatality .Recorded in 3 Years Kenneth W. Biornstad, 27, Bend, father of two smajl children, was fatally injured about midnight last night when his motorcycle left The Dalles-California high way near Pioneer park in this city and plunged into a telephone pole. Death followed in about 20 minutes, before the motorcyclist could be moved from the accident scene, . . ' . The traffic fatality was the first recorded in Bend in three years and five months, and mars for this city a record declared by na tional safety officials to have been outstanding in the United States. The last traffic fatality recorded here, on VJ day, August 14, 1945, was also a motorcycle accident. Patricia Denton, Bend high school girl, was the victim. Accident Described Investigating officers said that the accident in which the young man was fatally hurt occurred on the slight curve near the south end of Pioneer park. Biornstad and John Day, Bend high school youth who was also operating a motorcycle, had been seen travel ing north on Wall street. Day is said to have missed Biornstad near the curve. He stopped fol lowing the crash. The Biornstad motorcycle struck a pole directly in front of the Eriksen metal shop,' after leav ing the pavement on the curve and skidding in the dirt. Biorn stad was thrown to the sidewalk. Just prior to the accident the mo torcyclists were passed by a truck. driven by Andy Kichanks, of Se attle, Wash. The Seattle man esti mated the speed of the motor cycles at about 50 miles an hour, officers said. .Kichanks looked back just as Biornstad's motor cycle struck the pole, and told of a shower of sparks. ,-v$$s&-i.: Ambulance Called J - As the accident occurred, a city patrol car approached over the Portland avenue bridge, with Of ficers Jeff Pierce, Emil Moen and F. C. Sholes in the Ynachina Pierce and Moen had just picked up Sholes, who was going on duty. ihe onlcers radioed their station for a doctor and -an ambulance, and In a few minutes Dr.' W. O. Courter arrived. The ex-Culver man died about 12:20. With his wife and their two daughters, Ha May, 8, and Minda Rae,' 7, Biornstad formerly lived at culver, where he operated a ga rage. Recently he moved to Bend, and was a mechanic on the Hal brook Motor Co. staff. Mrs. Biorn stad was at the home of her mother, Mrs. R. H. Wilson, in Ore gon City last night when notified of her husband's death. . The young man was a native of Gresham, and his survivors in clude his mother, Eva May Biorn stad, of Gresham, and the follow ing brothers and sisters: Claude, Jim Wilbur, John, Dot, Catherine and Rena, all in Gresham. Mrs. Biornstad, 26, is the former Pauline Fay Wilson. Funeral arangements have not yet been made. The body is at the Niswonger and Winslow funeral home. Toastmasters Install Officers Bend Toastmasters Joined In a program of five-minute and one minute talks and installed newly- elected officers at a dinner meet ing last night in the Pilot Butte inn Blue room, with wives of the clubmen present as guests. Clar ence Bush, deputy district gover nor, was in charge of installations. Officers taking over their new du ties were Don H. Peoples, presi dent; Dr. Bradford N. Pease, vice president, and Max Mlllsap, seero-tary-treasurer. George Sinierville, sergeant at arms, was unable to attend the meeting. Preceding the Installation of of fLvrs. the Toastmasters presented five sneakers In talks limited to live minutes. The speakers and their topics were Joe Slate, "Vo cabulary Development"; Dr. Low ell Aplin, "Life's Governing Fac tors"; Eugene Bucknum. "Music In Central Oregon"; Don H. Peo ples. "You Can Ent Your Cake and Have It", and Dick Bottcher, "The Story of a Girl Named Bet ty." Phil F. Brogan was chief evaluntnr. with Mrs. William Nis- kanen. as representative of the wives, called on tor an Impromptu crllcism of the amateur speakers. Millsap was toastmaster and Ralph W. Crawford was In charge of table topics. On April 9, the Bend Toastmas ters will be hosts at n district speech contest, with clubs from all parts of Oregon represented. THE TWO SECTIONS Syrian Army Overthrows Government in Revolution Coup Carried Out Without Violence; ' Cabinet Ministers Arrested in Revolt Amman, Maren 30 U.E Col. Husni Al-Zaim. Syrian armv commander, announced by radio from Damascus today that me army uuu uvennrown me government in a bloodless revo lution, and promised early elections to select a new regime. A new government under Faris Al-Khoury, former premier and Syrian delegate to the United Nations, is being formed, Zaim said. It would replace the regime of President Shukri - Truman Approves Rent Control Bill Washington, March 30 IU1 President Truman today signed into law the new rent bill extend ing controls until June 30, 1950. The new bill will extend federal controls for 15 months. But it would give states and municipali ties a cnance to get out from un der rent ceilings, and will guar antee landlords a "fair net operat ing income." . The new measure was worked out by a joint conference commit tee as a compromise between earlier senate and house rent bills. Truman on Feb. 7 asked for the enactment of a strong rent law that would extend controls for 24 months and provide criminal pen alties for landlords who violated it. Both the senate and house balk ed at such legislation. Instead of criminal penalties against viola tors, congress wrote into the final bill a provision authorizing hous ing expediter Tighe E. Woods to sue overcharging landlords for treble damages. Both tfie house and the senate approved the compromise bill overwhelmingly when it came up for a final .vote. The senate pass ed the measure first, 78 to 11, with republicans casting all the dissent ing ballots. . In the house, 196 democrats combined with 66 republicans and one American labor party mem ber to push through the bill on a vote of ,263 to 143. Opposing the bill were ,48 democrats and 5. red pwuucHiw. ... . Dog Tie-Up Set To Begin April 1 Dog owners of Bend were re minded by city officials -today that not only will the summer tie-up become, effective on April 1, but that prices of licenses will also go up 50 cents that day. Licenses may be obtained at the present rates today and to irlorrow. On Friday, April 1, tags for females will cost $2.50 and males, $2.00. A dog catcher will go on duty on April 1. The ' tie-up season will extend over four months, ending on the last day of July. Senate Approves Alien Law Repeal Salem, March 30 (Ui The sen ate today voted to repeal Oregon's alien land laws which were de clared unconstitutional by the state supreme court Tuesday. Sen. Irving Rand, R., Portland;'1 said the laws were "discrimina tory" against minority Japanese American groups. The bill carried 25 to 5. The alien land laws were pass ed during world war II to prevent Japanese from owning or leasing farmlands in Oregon. Bend Toastmasters Install Officers mi 'irgSSTHHTfTTP " lr fv ? If Mil IbaSHCli t l ., ' fi -. ' t I f" fjj ) , f "J j I a - . i; '-ft i iV" i t v fN .v.l: Officers who are to head the Bend Ing stx months are. irom mt icu, mj i.unon,,, o,.., Don H Peoples, president; Clarence Bush, deputy district governor, and Dr Bradford N. Pease, vice-president. George Simervllle, mas ter at arms, was not present. Al - Kouwatly, which was top pieu uy a coup last nignt. Radio Damascus broadcast a series of communiques, one ot wnich said the government offices had been ordered re opened under military super vision. Aimed at Block Reports- on the revolution from mideast listening posts indicated that it was aimed at blocking a Syrian peace agreement in Israel. The overthrown government was planning to negotiate an drmi stice. Damascus . broadcasts and the first brief dispatch from the Syr ian ca'pltal said the coup was car ried out without violence. Zaim told reporters in Damascus this afternoon that the entire country was. calm. One communique broadcast from Syria said all the deposed cabinet ministers had been arrest ed. It said all unauthorized per sons caught carrying arms would be condemned to death without trial. Personalities Detained ' The first dispatch from Syria said only that a few top personali ties were detained. But other re ports said Premier Khaled El Azam, his cabinet, the president, and other leaders were jailed. , ", A late broadcast from Damas cus said a curfew imposed on the entire population this morning would continue with only a slight change. Persons will be permitted on the streets for two hours daily, between 7 and 8 a.m. and 4 and 5 P.m. Radio Damascus quoted Zaim as saying the revolution was or dered because of ill treatment and slander directed at the army and supported by the courts. Syria has been restive for some time, particularly over the Pales tine situation. Growing dissatis faction also has been reported in Syria over a pipeline agreement with the United States and a monetary pact with France. Dixiecrats Trying Labor Bill Block Washington, March 30 (IP Southern democratic leaders claimed today they can muster a majority in the house to block the administration's drive for repeal of the Taft-Hartley act. "We can lick them by about 20 votes all along the line," a top Dixie legislator said. He asked that his name be withheld because "we are still formulating our strategy." The southern democrats report edly were ready to throw their strength behind a bill drawn up by Rep. John S. Wood, D., Ga. It would keep the Taft-Hartley act on the state books with a few rela tively minor amendments. The southern democrats believe they can revive their old coalition with the republicans on the basis of the Wood bill. If the two groups stand solidly together, they have the strength to determine the course of house labor legislation. JUDGE KUI.ES ON FINBAM.S Salem, Ore.. March 30 lli Dis trict Judge Joseph' Feltor) ruled Tuesday that "free play" pinlmll machines are illegal. Toastmasters' club for the com- MMMMM 1 BEND CENTRAL OREGON'S BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH Vinson Says Defense Fund Cut Dangerous Truman Signs Approval For Building Radar Screen Around U. S. Washington. March 30 IP Chairman Carl Vinson of the house armed services, committee today accused President Truman of endangering national security. The Georgia democrat charged the president with cutting the de fense budget far below the "rock bottom minimum" set by army, air force and navy staff chiefs. Meanwhile in Congress: Pact Sen. Alexander Wllev. R.. Wis., predicted that congress would declare war if any country commits aggression against a North Atlantic treaty nation. Communists Chairman John S. Wood of the house un-Amer ican activities committee Intro duced a bill to drive reds off the federal payroll. New Law President Truman signed a bill authorizing the air force to start work on a radar warning screen which eventually will extend around most of North America. v Health Sen. Lister Hill, D., Ala., proposed that the govern ment spend money to encourage voluntary hospital Insurance pro grams instead of financing the compulsory health insurance plan asked by President Truman. Labor In the controversy over the Taft-Hartley law, one Influen tial southern house member said supporters of the act could, defeat efforts to repeal it "by abcHU 20 votes." ""Foreign Aid Senate leaders are fearful that the drive to trim Marshall plan spending may mean trouble ahead for the North At lantic security pact and its arms-for-Europe companion measure. Taxes New trouble -between President Truman and congress wak "deveidplng Jri charges that nis nigner tax program might bring about a sizeable 1949 busi ness depression. Unification Congressmen ap plauded Defense secretary Louis Johnson's order to ranking armed services offficials to stop quarrel ing or get out. Red Peace Move Seen in Germany Berlin, March 30 (Ui Russia's appointment of a new military governor and commander for Ger many touched off renewed specu lation today that the Soviets are preparing a "peace offensive" in Germany, perhaps including the lifting of the Berlin blockade. Radio Moscow announced short ly after midnight that Marshall Vassily D. Sokolovsky had been relieved of his duties as governor rfhd commander in Germany to become first deputy minister of the soviet armed forces. Succeeding Sokolovsky In Ger many, Moscow said, will be Gen. Vassily I. Cuikov, veteran of the Russian civil war and one of the heroes of the battle of Stalingrad. Chuikov at present Is soviet mili tary administrator in the German state of Thuringia. (A Moscow dispatch to the United Press said Moscow news papers carried the announcement without comment on their pages.) American occunntlon officials declined Immediate comment on the transfer to Moscow of Soko lovsky, the man who has enforced the soviet blockade of Bo'lin and relentlessly prosecuted the cold war In Germany. Rotarians Given Tourist Lessons Bend 'Rotarians were given brush-up lesson on scenic points of interest In Central Oregon and a united rress survey snoweo io on giving directions to tourists In day. ' question-answer program at their regular luncheon-meeting unemployed is in the three Pacific today at the Pilot Butte Inn. coast states. Joe Mack and Wayne Fadilis, The federal security agency es posing as two tourists from Call-1 tlmates there are more than 700, fornla, fired typical tourists' ,000 able-bodied working men and questions at individual members women out of Jobs In the three and those unable to give the cor- states. In California alone, state reel answers were pcnaii.eo. i rie .. . , familiarize all members of Bend state CIO criticizes ss too low. ! stagnation In the shipbuilding. Rotary with information which j There are more than (lOO.OOO un- j maritime, railroad and metal will be most useful to them In aid- i employed In California, the union ! trades Industries, ing tourists to see and know about claims. I The shipbuilding industry Is a Central Oregon. ! In Oregon, unemployment hit a good example of why unemploy- Robert J. Wetle was Introduced new postwar peak of 91.200 this monl is so great on the west at the luncheon today as a new winter and In Washington there coast. At Its wartime peak, the member of Bend Rotary. Guests were 123,000 out of work in Feb ; Industry employed S27.fMl, work nresenl were W. O. Cuthbertson. : ruarv the FSA estimated. ! ers. according to the e SA. To.Ih.v. citv manager, and Lyle Dowdy of T,..'.. in nA... jl t t-u rA -ri.i.. I Hllllt. r iliri or i.lKlli vu. imii - I.....' i ,.. luncheon. BULL DAILY NEWSPAPER Teachers for I ill rZ't ' mi Tiisji mm TliV ; 1" i rm hi i , mmm mmmwmmmmmmmmmt S!lfomVmJmim A group of Bend high school seniors who participated In "senior government" day yesterday at the high school, are pictured holding a "faculty" meeting In the principal's office. Left to right, they are Charleen Dahlln, who acted as principal; Barbara Blakley, dean of girls, -upper division; June Clark, dean of girls, lower division; Ken Johnston, vice principal and senior high boys' dean, and Ralph Sut ton, junior high boys' dean, v Truman's Higher Tax Plan Said Threat to U. S. Economy Republican-Democratic Drive Demands Cut Of 10 Per Cent for Marshall Plan Funds . By Lyle C. Wilson ' (United Preu Staff Correspondent! Washington, March 30 (UJ?) dent Truman and congress developed today in charges that his higher tax program might bring a sizeable 1949 business depression. , . ' : ' This was accompanied by congressional demands for econ omy and a republicandemocratic drive to cut Marshall plan appropriations by 10 per cent or theneabouts. Republican and democratic. Truman s tax progratn and to torce the administration to - ward economy. These develop ments followed federal re serve board warnings that the big inflation boom was over. Spending Challenged Chairman Walter F. George, D., Ga., of the senate finance com mittee challenged Truman's spend ing and tax plans yesterday. He said the administration tax pro gram would threaten the country with a "sizeable depression." Chairman Robert L. Doughton, D., N. C, of the house ways and means committee refused to com ment on depression possibilities but said the time has come for congress to cut expenses or hike taxes. Rep. Daniel A. Reed, N. Y senior republican ways and means member, said It was up to con gress to reduce the spending pro gram because a tax increase would hring, depression. Calls for Kronomy George called for economy shortly after Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., O., moved to clip $543,000,000 from the administration's $5,580, 000,000 Marshall plan appropria tion. Taft said the only way to avoid a June tax Increase would be to cut expenses now. George argued that congress must econ omize or choose in June between a deficit and a tax hike. He thinks taxes should be eased a bit. "In my opinion," George said, "there is but one thing which will bring us a sizeable depression In 1949. After that, of course, no one ran even venture to make a guess. backjThat one thing is to add to the already heavy tax burdens ol tne American people net ween i,uiiu,- 1 000,000 and $0,000,000,000." Unemployment on Pacific Coast Double Rate For Nation as Whole; One Fifth in 3 States By Thomas S. Page (Untied Pre Staff Corriwfmndent San Francisco, March 29 HP Unemployment In California a iWashingion and Oregon is double! the rata for the nation os a whole, , tn fact. one-fifth of the nation s : ouiciuis i-suniuu-u uini'.-.i ,. ,,miv,i n,M thr - These statistics do not provide ii.m r..li !.,,. .-a r,. tAi, rnll tn 'uig IUI IIIIUIC, 4VI lilt. fl,l i .,., .hi hiM.. m.w.mninu. Iment" that occurs when men are ETIN 30. 1949 a Day Confer at New trouble between Presi forceV were forming to reject ; it I ft I ornaao nips AcrossThree Towns; 3 Dead Canton, Okla., March 30 up A tornado ripped through three Ok lahoma towns today, killing at least two persons and injuring 18 others. Hardest hit were Canton and the nearby community of Long dale In Blaine county. The funnel tore across the northern half of Canton about 12:30 a. m., skipped six miles northeastward und roared through Longdate and then hit Into the southern edge of Blackwell, 70 miles northeast, at 3:20. One person was killed in Can ton and another died at Longdate. Eight persons were hurt at Can ton and one at Longdate. The hlRhway patrol, which sent eight men to Blackwell, said sev en or eight were Injured enough to, require medical treatment there but no fatalities were re ported. Property damage at Canton was estimated by highway patrol men at from $200,000 to $300,000. Damage at Longdate, a town ol 100 residents, apparently was not very happy. Heaviest damage at Blackwell was to the South Main grade school, located In the heart of the i few south blocks which the tor nado plowed through. No homes were demolished at Blackwell al though several were damaged. not working full time. Labor unions and federal state employment experts say there are two reasons whv the rac nc coast states are leading the U. S. in un - employment: 1. The collapse of the tremend ous wartime boom in heavy Indus tries and related small shop plants. 2. Seasonal layoffs In the lum ber, agriculture and fond process ing industries. The coming of spring probably will mean a rise in employment in agricultural Jobsbut experts ........ .......... - "in lltl tliei-o weii. 7-t slito-i trad- 'in tkn mi the slack eft bv the "1 "ieie weie 1 1 snips tiati only lfl.ZV) men are working , the tthlnvnrrlN 111 ,-. - The mnrlt mn ndustrv a so s I suffering from un unprecedented High School Cuthbertson Will Take Over April 1 Bend's new city manager, W. O. Cuthbertson, who with his wife and their daughter, Rene Ann, 10, arrived from Abilene, Kans., Mon day afternoon, will take office on Friday morning, April 1, he an nounced today. Cuthbertson, former city manager In Abilene, will be sworn in by George Sim- ervine, city recorder, at a a.m. that day. .,- ; Cuthbertson was) around town today, meeting local residents and getting acquainted with city prob ems. Tomorrow, accompanied by W, P. Drost, cily manager since tne resignation or u. u. Keller in November, Cuthbertson will visit the city's various plants and meet city employes. un his arrival here, the new city manager found Drost prepar ing the city budget for the com ing fiscal year. The first meeting "f the budget board will be held on April 13. Cuthbertson also finds spring city construction work again moving Into high gear, following a bitterly cold winter that shut down all building activ ity. Construction of a bathhouse at the new municipal swimming pool Is under way and erection of a new rest room In Drake park has becrr started. Some street curb work has also been started, and a steel fence is being erected on the Harmon boulevard side of Harmon playfleld. .Extensive street repair Work is also in prog ress. After Cuthherton takes office on April 1, Drost will resume his Job as city superintendent of streets and water superintendent. on a lull time basis. He will also serve as advisor to Cuthbertson until the new manager is fully acquainted with Bend's financial, construction and managerial prob lems, It was indicated. It is expected that the new city manager wll obtain a preview of city business at the next commis sion meeting. AUTO WOKKKKS IDLE Detroit, March 30 ll Chrysler corporation loday recalled 13,500 of lis 28,000 workers who were idler) by a shortage of frames. I slump. On San Francisco's water- ; front, Ihe longshoremen's union ; says there are 5..tO0 longshoremen , classmen as employed. dui ! many of them are working only a few hours a week. One month for Instance." 500 dock workers made less than $20 a week apiece. Harry Lundberg, head of the Sailors' Union of the Pacific lAFLl, estimated 2,5110 sailors were "on the beach." "Take one line the American Hawaiian company," ho said. "Be fore Ihe war they had about 40 ships operating in the Inter-const- I, nl trade. Today they have five. ine up and down the Pacific coast. Now there are 12." The railroad retirement Ixiard. which pays unemployment claims nf t-nill-nrwl ,1-m-L'm-a f tut I mil t f(l "about 50,000" men were out of Jobs In five western slates. Kddie Tangen, secretary-trcas- I .1 rf- f....l.. ... I, nM.I 'Stewards union, said, "this Is the 1 worst for our members since 1937. . , F ftv per cent of them, about ; 2,000 men, are Jobless. State Forecast Oregon Cloudy with scat tered showers today. Cloudi ness Thursday. High both days 46 to 56. Low tonight 22 to 32... General frost No. 97 Ernest Bevin Atlantic Pact i To Sign North British Secretary Hit By Tomato On Arrival T At New York's Dock , New York, March 30 lu1) Brit. -Ish Foreign secretary Ernest Bev. in, arriving in this country to sign the north Atlantic pact, was the : target of a tomato hurled from a group of Jeering pickets today lis he left the liner Queen Mary. ' The tomato missed. Police ar rested two of the pickets on charg es of disorderly conduct. Pickets March Nearly 800 pickets, sponsored by the joint committee to combat anti-Semitism, had marched be fore the mid-town pier at which . the Queen Mary arrived, but when the foreign secretary left the ship only about 30 remained. They said' .' ' they were college students and that their picketing was "spon taneous" and unsponsored, As police sirens heralded the de parture of the. Bevin limousine, the youths stormed a protective line thrown up by 30 policemen. They shouted: ' "How do you , spell Bevin? t 'SOB'." , . Pact Viewed ' Bevin said aboard shin thafXIf the north Atlantic nations jusFVs. we will be In great danger." "Do you mean the pact needs implementation?" he was asked. "Exactly," Bevin replied., The British foreign secretary said the Atlantic-pact "has taught the world again that democracy can come together when danger is ' apparent." Andrei Gromyko, chief soviet delegate to the United Nations, also arrived on the Queen Mary, v ' Gromyko would say only that he had "nothing official to say" and at one point locked himself In Ms state room to avoid reporters. When a photographer asked him to smile, he rupllodf ,, . -.w . -; - '- "I could, smile but It would be' ' artificial." . McKay Signs Game Measure Salem. March 33 UP) Gov. Douglas McKay has, signed a bill which re-establi s h e s Oregon's game commission, giving it broad er powers and restricting Its mem- Dersnip to specmc areas. originally the house approved a seven-man commission, but the senate cut the number back to the existing five seats. two members of the commis sion must be residents of the area west of the Cascades, two from the area east of the Cascades and one from the state at large. J ney win serve live-year terms. The commission also will be em powered to appoint a director to administer game laws. His salary will be determined by the com mission. The commissioners themselves will cect $10 for each day they work on commission business. Within 30 days after the effec tive date of the act. which will be 90 days after the legislature ad journs, the commissioners will meet and select a chairman. The commissioners must meet regu larly once every three months but the governor or the chairman can call special meetings. Club 'Expedition' Will Head South A Ten O'Clock club "expedi tion" will head south for Califor nia this week end. and, If plans work out, will establish a "Santa Barbara branch of the Bend, Ore gon, chamber of commerce." Ix-adlng the expedition will be Gordon Randall and Don Thomp son. The two Bend men plan to have a sign prepared, notifying Santa Barbara residents of the south ward extension of the Bend cham ber's activities. This sign will ho erected directly In front of the Santa Barbara chamber. Heading that chamber Is Howard Stelh, former manager of the Bend chamber. Mr. and Mrs. Randall and Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are going tn California on a vacation trip. The plan to provide Bend with a bit of advertising in Santa Bar bara w.-s brought up at this morning's meeting of the Ten O'Clock club, at the Skyline Steak house. j PORTUOAI. TO SIGN PACT I Washington. March 30 dP A state department spokesman an- HnunHul Imhv ( h 1 I thfl PnVtll. guese embassy lias informed the department orally that Portugal will sign the North Atlantic trea ty Monday. V
