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CENTRAL OREGON'S i DAILY , NEWSPAPER
33rd Year
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 12. 1949
No. 108
emiate Defeats Plsnm;te Delay
Pelfoim Damm
Defense Pact
Offered for
Ratification
Washington, April 12 iu Pres.
Went Truman today sent the
North Atlantic defense treaty to
the senate for ratification with a
declaration that its 12 signatories
are determined that they shall
not be enslaved by "terror and
oppression."
Truman said in a special mes
sage on his fourth anniversary
as president that the pact is "a
great advance toward fulfillment
of the unconquerable will of the
people of the United States to
achieve a just and enduring
peace." It is a "long step on the
rqad to peace." he said.
No Violation
And he turned aside the krem
lin's contention that the treaty
violates the United Nations char
ter. He said it is "in accordance
with article 51 of the United Na
tions charter and subject to such
measures as the security council
may take to maintain and restore
international peace and security."
Without once mentioning Rus
sia by name, President Truman
nonetheless made it plain that
the 12 North Atlantic countries
shall not suffer the fate of the
soviet satellites.
"The people of the North At
lantic community have seen sol
emn agreements, designed to as
sure peace and the rights of small
nations, broken one by one and
the people of those nations de
prived of freedom by terror and
oppression," the president said.
"They are resolved that their na
tions shall not, one by one, suf
fer the same rate."
Urgency Seen
There were undertones of ur
gency In-the president's message,
which was lead by a senate clerk.
But he did not specifically re
quest rush action in ratifying the
the treaty.
Nor did Truman make any
mention of the program to supply
arms aid to western Europe. That
program will be submitted to con
gress later.
President Truman reminded
the senate that the treaty is in
accord with its approval last June
of the so-called Vandenberg reso
lution in which the senate went
on record in favor of such collec
tive agreements within the Unit
ed Nations charter.
Originally, Mr. Truman plan
ned to send the pact to the sen
ate with a mere letter of trans
mittal. Over the week end he de
cided to draft a major message
emphasizing his desire for early
senate approval.
"This treaty is only one step
although a long one on the
road to peace," the president said
in his message.
President Truman said the pact
is such a step, "based on the reali
ties of the situation we face to
day and framed within the terms
of the United Nations charter
and the constitution of the United
States."
Popcorn Balls at 50 Pacesl
Much Noise, No One Injured
Salem, April 12 UI'i Popcorn
hulls nl n mrail Tlnn'r fins 'till
vou see the kernels of their eyes!
Nuts!
Theater owners, led by bouncy
Ted R. Gamble, popped off
against the Oregon lcgislature's
bill to ban popcorn and peanuts
In moving picture theaters at a
three ring cir oops! hearing
here last night.
And despite the corny puns
that were dished out. Gamble and
his cohorts made it plain (person
ally I like butter on mine) that
they don't like the bill.
Gamble, chairman of the board
of Theater Owners of America
and former manager for Harold
E. Stassen at the republican par
ty's convention last year, roasted
the bill.
Called "Socialism"
"It's socialism," ho cried. "It
infringes upon human rights.
It's the most ridiculous piece of
legislation I have ever seen. It's
a clumsy piece of legislation."
But he made Sen. Thomas R.
Mahoney, D., Portland, hopping
mad.
"Gamble Is arrogant and inso
lent," said the democratic sena
tor. Mahoney, who's not even a
member of public buildings and
institutions committee that held
the hearing, pointed out that
Sen. Dean Walker, a staunch re
publican, was the father of the
anti-noise measure.
"Do you call him a socialist?"
Legislature Delays Action
On Budget-Balancing Plan;
Final Vote Due Wednesday
Salem, April 12 OLE) The house today untabled the sen
ate's complicated budget-balancing plan, but delayed final
action on the tax bills until Wednesday.
The measures were taken off the table by a unanimous
voice vote. They will be on Wednesday's calendar as a special
order of business at 10 :30 a.m.
Little opposition is expected when the scheme comes up for
tmal house action. This was
indicated when the house also
adopted a resolution to ad
journ the session Thursday.
The tax measures are the
major obstacles in the path of
adjournment. If the house ap
proves the bills they will go back
to the senate for final considera
tion before they are sent to the
governor.
The senate passed the measures
unanimously last week and only
minor changes were made by the
senate-house conference commit
tee. Saturday May Be Day
The adjournment resolution
probably will be amended when it
reaches the senate to end the ses
sion Saturday because the upper
house still has much important
legislation before it. But legisla
tive leaders are confident the
longest session in Oregon's his
tory can close up shop by Easter.
Today is the 93rd day- of the
session.
House and senate conferees
came to an agreement last night.
They accepted the senate's ver
sion of how to balance the biggest
budget the state has seen.
Rep. Giles L. French, R., Moro,
who was the only holdout mem
ber of the conference committee,
signed the conferees' report "re
luctantly" and made it clear that
he was concurring with the other
three members as a "matter of
expediency only." ,
: French led the fight Saturday
that tabled the bills in the house.
He charged that the senate had
"scuttled" the house tax program
by not acting on his measure to
abolish property taxes.
The senate wants to use corp
oration excise taxes to balance
the budget.. But so does the
house, but in a different way. The
senate plan would include use of
$55,500,000 in income tax surplus
es now in the state treasury.
French contended that the $20,
600,000 of that surplus designated
as corporation excise taxes should
not be used without a vote of the
people.
' Program Tabled
The house tabled the senate
program by a 29 to 33 vote after
the senate passed the plan unani
mously. Sens. Dean Walker, R., Inde
pendence, and Orval Thompson,
D Albany and Rep. Ralph T.
Moore, R., Coos Bay, previously
had agreed that the senate pro
gram was the best plan.
The senate tax committee today
recommended passage of a bill to
prohibit Portland or any other
city from levying personal income
taxes.
The committee untabled the bill
yesterday and recommended its
passage by a 4 to 2 vote.
asked Sen Mahoney. But he never
got an answer.
At the start, Sen. Jack Bain,
another Portland democrat, rush
ed into the room garbed in a
white chef's hat and apron, and
nanded out free popcorn.
"Too Much Noise"
But as the carnival progressed,
Sen. Vernon Bull, D., LaGrande,
and Mahoney complained that the
"patrons" were making too much
poise with Bain's free popcorn.
"If the morons want to eat pop
corn, let them go out and eat
with the hogs," said Sen. Ma
honey. "Boo," said the crowd, mostly
theater owners.
"I don't classify either republi
cans or democrats as hogs and
theater goers as morons," said
Gamble.
Then Gamble went on to tell
the committee, which by the way
had only two members present,
that movie companies were mak
ing no money In the United Stat
es. He said they made all their
ornflt In the foreign mnrkpf and
the theater owners made most of
their profits selling popcorn and
other confections.
Mrs. Val Sloper, a Salem beau
ty parlor operator, gave her opin
ion of the bill: "It stinks." But
when the committee members
and some who were not on the
committee completed questioning
Mrs. Sloper she also had given
up her address and telephone
number.
ignr hams in
Forest Regions
End Fire Threat
. Light rains over the Deschutes
national forest last night ended,
at least temporarily, one of the
earliest fire seasons in the area's
history, with Bend receiving, .06
of an inch of moisture in the
early morning hours. Some parts
of the wooded country received
heavier rainfall, but foresters
cautioned that the return of arid
weather will quickly increase the
serious fire hazard.
So quickly did the fire season
come to the eastern Cascades
this spring that Deschutes na
tional forest officials have de
cided not to conduct any slash
burning operations this season.
Brush will be piled and burned
when autumn rains start.
One Fire Already
The Deschutes forest already
has had its first fire of the sea
son, a fur-acre blaze In the dry
ort Rock district this past week.
Up until last night the fire haz
ard in that area and in the Bend
country was reported serious.
It was reported from the local
weather station this morning that
since the first of the year .only
l.tu incnes oi moisture have been
measured here. January, usually
a damp month, yielded only .35
of an inch. In February precipi
tation was 1.20 inches, near nor
mal. The only ram to fall here
so far this month was the .06 of
an inch measured this morning.
Bend Teachers
To Attend Meet
The Northwest district meeting
of the American Association for
Health, Physical Education and
Recreation will attract several
Central Oregon teachers to Port
land this week-end. This is the
first time in several years that
the meeting has been held in Ore
gon and several hundred state
teachers are expected to take ad
vantage of the opportunity to at
tend. Bend will be represented on the
program when two members of
the local physical education de
partment will appear on the panel
at the health education workshop
Thursday. Claude Cook, super
visor of the department in the
local school system, and Miss
Marianne Blenkinsop, instructor
of girls health and physical edu
cation In the high school are the
two Bend members of the panel.
Only three other public school
people from the. northwest are
represented on the group with the
other ten members being drawn
from the state board of health
and colleges and university facul
ties. . .
The meeting will be in session
for three days; Thursday will be
devoted to health education, Fri
day to recreation and Saturday to
physical education.
New Government
Looms for Greece
Athens, April 12 Pi The Greek
government resigned tonight, and
King Paul asked the outgoing
premier, Themistocles Sofoulls,
to try to form a new cabinet.
The government crisis had
been brewing for several days.
The dispute was reported to cen
ter around Spyro Marke.inis, a
politician alleged to have been
connected with a recent currency
smuggling case.
Sofoulls asked Markezinis to
resign his political affiliations,
but he refused. Sofoulis then sub
mitted the resignation of the cab
inet. WILL BR SPEAKER
Bend city manager, W. O.
Cuthbertson, will be the guest
speaker in a question-answer pro
gram In the Bend labor temple
tonight, at a meeting of the AFL
central labor council, it was an
nounced today.
Mother Cat
J
Mr 4 fv.
At least one of the many baby chicks given away as prizes at the Kenwood school carnival late in
March has found a home and a mother. The mother is a cat, "Calico", who not only cares for the
tiny chicken, but devotes time to three kittens. In the picture, from the left, are Pat, Gerry and Jean
Driscoll watching "Calico" as she takes time out to feed her kittens while the baby chick, "Tuffy",
looks on.
Bend, Yakima
Groups Boost
Highway 97
The Bend chamber of com
merce tourist promotion commit
tee met last night with Lorin
Markham, manager of the Yaki
ma chamber, and O. H. Erickson,
a director ..of the .Xakima, tour
ist bureau, to discuss the promo
tion of highway 97. An organiza
tion of cities along this north
south highway was formed last
year for this purpose, and the
Yakima men are reactivating it
for the current season.
It was pointed out that much
money is being spent on the coast
highway and 99 and 95 to pro
mote tourist travel, and that cit
ies on 97 must become more ac
tive or lose much of this busi
ness. Joe Mack was named to
head a Bend committee, to make
a study and outline plans for this
area's cooperation.
Service to Start
William Niskanen of the Pa
cific Trailways told of plans for
the Trailways - Greyhound bus
service between California points
and Spokane, that is to start
about May 1. These tri-state buses
will cover the entire 97 route in
Oregon, cross the Columbia river
at The Dalles and swing north
east to Spokane.
Also at last nights meeting,
the tourist promotion committee
discussed plans for their activ
ities in keeping guests "an ex
tra day" in Central Oregon.
Easter Egg Hunt
Plans Announced
Final plans for the' 1949 Easter
egg hunt, to be held Sunday at
onevnn parK, just west ot liend.
were outlined at today's meeting
of the Lions' club, sponsoring or
ganization. The hunt, formerly
held at Drake park, has been
shifted to Shevlin park this year
because of the need of more
space.
R. .. Jcw.O. Bend high school
principal. Is general chairman in
charge of this year's hunt.
Bus transportation will be pro
vided for all youngsters wishing
to take part in the hunt at Shev
lin park. These buses will leave
from the high school tennis court
up until 1:30 Sunday.
The hunt will start nromntlv at
2 p.m., Jewell said.
H. A. Caslday, Bend chief of po
lice, will be in charge of police
worK an name control at Shev
lin park and Jim Lanzarottn. co-
chairman with Casiday, will su
pervise mo nunt.
. It was announced that the Bend
municipal band will appear In a
concert at Shevlin park from 1:30
to 2 p.m. Work of coloring eggs
will start on Frldav, under super
vision of William "Reld.
Because of the traffic problem
involved, Bend youngsters are be
ing asked not to ride their bi
cycles to the park.
Following today's luncheon pro
gram, the Lions adjourned to
Westminster Presbyterian church
for Holy week services.
Takes Baby Chicken to Raise
I ' turn If I
Pur-r-! Pe-e-ep!
It's All Same to
Calico the Cat
One of Bend's busiest mother
cats these days is "Calico," who is
not only raising her own kittens,
but has adopted a baby chicken.
"Calico", her three kittens and the
tinv chicken are members of one
i-Happy ..family ...with., Eat,- perry
and. Jean uriscoii as tneir guard
ians. The two girls and their
brother are children ot Mr. ana
Mrs. Charles V. Driscoll, 1391
Newport.
The baby chick Is "Tuffy" and,
the girls say, it received its name
for a reason. "Tuffy" was one of
three chickens acquired by the
children at the Kenwood school
carnival on March 18 and 19. Ap
parently chilled by Bend's spring
opening weather, two of the
chickens died.
Pat, Gerry and Jean faced a
problem. Their lone surviving
chicken had to be kept warm or it
would die. One of the girls had an
idea: Put the chicken in the box
with "Calico" and her three kit
tens. "Calico" quickly accepted
her new responsibility, and since
March 20 "Tuffy" has been sleep
ing nightly with the mother cat
and kittens. Now "Tuffy" is fol
lowing the mother cat around the
house.
The chicken was called "Tuffy",
the eirls said, because he survived
the spring chill that caused the
death of the other two little
chicks.
Hosmer Book on
Selected List
A book written by Paul Hos
mer, Bend, is one of 12 included in
200 sets to be placed on lumber
book shelves of high schools in
western Oregon and Washington,
according to information from
Arthur W. Prlaulx of the West
Coast Lumbermen's association.
The Bend man's volume is pictur
ed and described in a forest indus
try book shelf circular. "The 12
books," the circular states, "have
been carefully selected from
scores of volumes."
'In these widely recognized
books, the slory of forestry, log
ging and lumbering is interesting
ly and factually told," the circu
lar adds.
Other books In the forest book
shelf are "Paul Bunyan," by
.lames Stevens; "Tall Timber," by
Stewart Holbrook; "Timber," by
Stevens, and, among others,
American Conservation, by
Ovid Butler.
Also Included in the 200 sets is
"Burning an Empire," by Hol
brook. Carver Will Die
In Gas Chamber
Edgar Garver, 25, was sentenced
to die in the gas cnamoer ai sa
lem for the holdup-murder of
Anrel Ahhntt 65-vearnld Port
land Janitor, last Jan. 3.
liarver smiled as circuit juuge
James R. Bain pronounced sen
tence of execution and added:
soul." June 10 was set as the date
Of the execution.
Banker Wounded,
Kidnap, Robbery
Plot Suspected
Indianapolis, April 12 (IPiTwo
men and a woman were arrested
today by police investigating the
shooting of Fassett w. Hinshaw
51, president of a small town
bank, in what may have been a
bungled kidnap-robbery attempt. .
Hinshaw, who heads the Citi
zens State bank of Shirley, Ind.
was shot when he went to the
door of his home last night, in
answer to a knock.
He. was wounded seriously by
a bullet In the abdomen.
While detectives questioned the
three, investigators were consid
ering a theory that Hinshaw's as
sailants intended to kidnap the
banker and make him open the
vault of his bank to facilitate a
robbery. They believed one of the
gunmen might have become
"trigger happy" and fired before
the plot was carried out.
Indiana state police arrested
Lawrence Albert Anderson, 30,
and Francis Earl Hedrick, 19, in
rooming houses at. Indianapolis.
They also questioned a woman
found with Anderson.
In front of the north side home
where Anderson and the woman
were found, police found a black
sedan with Nevada license plates
tallying with the numerals on a
car seen by residents of Shirley
several days before the shooting.
Police said Anderson admitted
stealing the car in Las Vegas,
Nev., March 28, and told them he
had been implicated in California
burglaries.
Hedrick admitted knowing An
derson and told police both men
had been in Shirley recently, po
lice said.
State police said the three as
sailants asked the banker If he
was Hinshaw, then opened fire.
Nilsen Sounded
For Eugene Job
Hank Nilsen, Bend high school
football coach, Is one of two men
being considered for the Eugene
high school coaching position, ac
cording to information from the
Eugene city. The other prospect
is Bill Borcher, Marshfield high
basketball coach, and the decision
between the two men apparently
rests with Clarence I lines, a for
mer Bend coach and now Eugene
superintendent of schools.
A story from Eugene In Port
land papers today said both men
were in Eugene over the week-end
for conferences. Nilsen had no
comment on his Eugene trips.
Both Nilsen and Borcher are uni
versity of Oregon graduates.
With Joe Huston, now Lewis
and Clark college coach In Port
land, Nilsen was co-coach lor Ore
gon's first official state champion
ship team, when Bend won the
state title In 1941. Nilsen saw
service overseas in world war II,
then returned to coach the Bears
to a Big Six co-champlonshlp with
Albany In 1947. The Bears finish
ed second to Albany last year.
Borcher has takPn Marshfield
basketball leans to state tour
neys for four consecutive years.
The Eugene position will in
volve coaching both football and
basketball.
Moon Eclipse
Will Be Seen
Here Tonight
Provided skies are clear to
night, Central Oregon residents
will view America s No. 1 show
of the year a total eclispe of
the moon.
The distant shadow of the
earth will take the first bite out
of the moon as the rotund satel
lite pushes over the Blue moun
tains, as viewed from Bend. This
beginning phase of, the ' total
eclipse will be at 6:25, Bend time,
and will occur when the western
Cascades are still silhouetted
against a sky aflame with sun
set colors.
Gradually, as the moon creeps
up the eastern heavens, the black
shadow will spread over the orb,
as the moon diDs deedv into, the
eartn's iuu shadow some i6,uoo
miles out in space. i
At 7:25 p. m.', the entire lunar
surface will be darkened and for
nearly an hour and a half the
moon will be in shadow. How
ever, the moon still will be faint
ly visible and, It is expected, will
glow with a faint and ghostly
copper-red, as some light from
the sun oends around tne eartn.
The first yellow light will re
turn to the eastern edge of the
moon at 8:50, Bend time. About
one hour later, the moon will
ride high and glorious in the
eastern sky, having passed east
ward through the earth's shadow
while apparently moving west
ward over tne eartn.
Dr. J. Hugh Pruett, University
of Oregon astronomer, has an
nounced that the celestial show
should be a "splendid eclispe,"
and it is expected that it will be
viewed by millions in the Amer
icas, because of tne favorable ob
serving time.
Reclamation
Row Unsettled
Washington, April 12 UP) Con
gress was on notice today that it
will hear more about the contro
versy over Reclamation commis
sioner Michael Straus and Rich
ard L. Boke, California reclama
tion director.
Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney, D.,
Wyo., a member of the senate
appropriations committee, said
flatly that "the issue is not yet
settled." He made his statement
after the senate voted late yester
day to continue a provision that
the posts now held by Straus and
Boke must be filled by qualified
engineers. The restriction was in
the form of an amendment to the
$538,453,000 first deficiency bill.
Neither Straus nor Boke quali
fies under this condition. As a re
sult, both have been serving with
out pay since Jan. 31.
O'Mahoney said that, in consid
ering the controversy, the appro
priations committee decided to
take no action until a sub-committee
had Investigated the whole af
fair. For that reason, he said, the
committee accepted a sub-committee's
recommendation that the en
gineering qualification be con
tinued, at least lor tne time Being.
Embezzler Took Calculated
Risk to Pay Debts, Theory
Note : There have been few recent stories
as perplexing or intrittuinK as the rase of
Kit-hard Crowe, the hanker who absconded
with one of the lament turn, ever taken
from an American hank, nfter almost a
ireneration of imiieecalile honesty. In the
following dispntch llnltcri Press staff cor
respondent Itobert Muscl reveal some of
the haokKrntiud of the einbenKlement and
the lulercstllm Bits-lea that make It an un
usual stutly In crime.
By Robert Muscl
(United Press Staff Correspondent
New York, April 12 HI'' There
were only a few passersby on
lower Broadway just before 6 p.
m. March 25 when Richard Crowe
hurried from the branch office of
the National City bank carrying
perhaps the largest sum ever
stolen at one time from an Amer
ican bank.
In his new Gladstone bag was
SHH3.GO0 In cash and bonds. He
was somewhat out of breath, for
the Inst hour had been one of
haste nnd anxiety. But he appar
ently had himself under such
complete control that he passed
unnoticed toward the ferry for
his home In Stnten island.
Clever or Stupid?
In the single hour from 5 p. m.
to 6 p. m. Crowe, whose record
for honesty was excellent, com
mitted a theft of such curious
Implications that most people
connected with the case are not
yet sure whether he Is Just a stu
pid blunderer or an embezzler so
clever he planned everything that
has happened right down to his
own arrest.
In his clumsy effort to escape,
In sharp contrast to the smooth
Bitter Fight
Climaxed by
16to13Vote
By Ben K. Anderson
(United Press Stuff Correspondent)
Salem, April 12 (U.E) The
senate today defeated a last
ditch attempt to delay con
struction of the $12,000,000
Pelton power project on the
Deschutes river, . .
A resolution for a two year
interim committee study of
Columbia river fisheries that
would prohibit new dams on
the Columbia or its tributa
ries was killed, 16 to 13.
"Fishing interests are not try
ing to be obstructionists," argued
Sen. Robert D. Holmes, D., Gear
hart, who sponsored the measure.
"We must face the issue right
now whether or not we're going
alone with the state of Washing
ton and federal government in a
lower Columbia river fish conser
vation program."
Cowlitz Closed
Sen. Holmes, chairman of the
senate fishing industries commit
tee, pointed out that Washington
recently closed the Cowlitz river
to further hydroelectric develop
ments in order to save nsn runs.
Holmes also urged that it 13
foolish" to build a dam on the
Deschutes when the state of Ore
gon since 1941 has been construct
ing a fish hatchery on the Metol
ius eight miles above the pro
posed damsite.
Sen. Phil Hitchcock, R., Klam
ath Falls, attacked the resolution
as "a delaying tactic."
"The people of eastern Oregon
need the power now. They're on
the starvation end of the. Bonne
ville line," Hitchcock said. '
Holmes" .charged " that the- pro
posed Pelton project would "ruin
a potential $2,200,000 annual fish
ery resource in that area." .
3rd Fish Fight
This was the third major dam-
vs-fish fight in the 45th session.
Earlier the house killed an at
tempt to stop new -dams on the
Deschutes. Also killed were at
tempts to prevent a proposed
Rogue river hydroelectric-flood
control-irrigation project.
Hitchcock charged that "there
are no real salmon runs In the Me-,
tolius. Oregon's greatest natural
resource is its hydroelectric pow
er. The state's payroll industry
must oe Dased on mat resource.
"If we give them this interim
committee, they'll be back in 1951
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Flushing, N. Y., April 12 IP
The United Nations general as
sembly agreed today, over so
viet protests, to place on its
agenda a discussion of the trial
of Joseph Cardinal Mlndszenty
and other Catholic and Protes
tant churchmen in Hungary
and Bulgaria, The vote was 30
to 7 with 20 abstentions.
technique of the embezzlement,
represented his best thinking,
Crowe was an incredible fumbler.
But if his clue-strewn trail to
Florida was designed to be just
that, there Is reason to speculate
he may have taken a calculated
gamble that the fruits of the rob
bery would outweigh his punish
ment by law.
This has been done before by
embezzlers, but not on so large a
scale. And Crowe's trial may
serve to clear up several intrig
uing questions Including whether
an embezzler can pay off mort
gages, bank loans and other
loans and other debts with stol
en money and thus achieve reas
onable solvency even If he has to
spend some time in prison as a
result.
Trusted Employe
Whether foolish or foxy, Crowe
was, until the early evening of
March 25, one of the bank's trust
ed employes. He had joined the
bank in 1930 as a messenger,
worked his way up to manager
of the Staten Island branch and
had been transferred to the lower
Broadway branch in the fall of
10-17 as assistant manager.
This change In title was a pro
motion rather than a demotion
because of the greater import
ance of the Broadway branch. His
superiors in the huge financial in
stitution, one of the world's big
geiit, regarded him as a compe-
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