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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
33rd Year
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1949
No. 109
THE
TTTV
Pacific
Northwest
Rocked
by Severe
Earthquake
, ;
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Truman Asks
For Columbia
Authority
Washington, April 13 (U Presl
v dent Truman today asked com
k gress to establish a huge Col urn
F, bia river administration, pattern-
ed after the "spectacular success
ful" Tennessee valley authority.
Mr. Truman, in a lengthy mes
sage to the house and senate, gave
no cost figures for the enormous
project but he called for "unified
treatment" of the related resourc
es of the Columbia river valley
encompassing public power, irri
gation, reclamation and flood con
trol. He said enactment of his rec
ommendations would "bring the
government closer to the people
closer to the grass roots."
The president said his program
of federal action would be a pro
gram "more responsive to the
needs of the people."
Specifically, Mr. Truman asked
congress for . legislation which
would weld together virtually all
federal activities in the Columbia
valley under a central authority.
Consolidation Sought
This, he said, was necessary to
bring the resources of the north
west "into a balanced, continu
ously developing program."
This would mean a consolida
tion of the work now being done
in the Columbia valley by the bu
reau of reclamation, the Bonne
ville power administration of the
interior department and the army
corps of engineers. .
"This consolidation will provide
not only for a balanced program
of constructing dams, irrigation
works, power transmission lines
and other facilities.'but alsolor.a
workable operating plan for using
these facilities simultaneously for
flood control, navigation, power
generation and transmission, fish
protection, and other purposes,"
Mr. Truman said.
"It is plain common sense that
the planning and operation of the
system of river structures is a
job for a single agency," Mr. Tru
man added. He said it would be
possible to build most of the CVA
staff from existing federal agen
cies with "no hesitation or delay
in the development program."
Aims Outlined
Outside of the aims he outlined
for the CVA, he said he recom
mended no additional consolida
tion of federal activities in the
CVA authority.
Mr. Truman recommended that
headquarters for the CVA be
' maintained in the region itself,
, calling for CVA consultation with
i state and local governments and
! civic groups on the best possible
implementation of tho program
t V on the local level.
!.-,.! "In these various ways," the
f i president said, "the Columbia val
v ley administration, while retaln-
ing its basic accountability to the
f 4 president and congress, will be
. far more responsive to the needs
: i and interests and desires of the
' people of the region than the pres
, ent subordinate field establish-
ments'of the government can be."
: , ' Not Regional
k'r Mr. Truman admonished the
, s house and senate not to establish
. via purely regional policy in setting
Jjup CVA.
JJ "In seeking decentralization of
' .f federal authority and appropriate
f flexibility to meet the unique
j characteristics of the Pacific
(i northwest," the president said,
jr . "we should not establish differ
' ent national policies for that re
i; j gion than for the rest of the
;, ' ;3 country."
I '! The Columbia river rises In Can
C ada and courses down the heart of
i ''4 the northwest, flowing into the
't ! Pacific ocean bptween Oregon and
Washington. The president last
; jj year made a .personal Inspection
f j tour of Vanport, Ore.,' where the
j . flooding Columbia cost many lives
!: , ; and millions of dollars In proper-
; ty damage.
I i The president told coneress to.
' 'f day that he had "two main ob
i .- Jectives" In developing American
p , l natural resources.
';;'( 'There should be unified treat
! fv ment of the related resources
h. J within each natural area of the
t country generally the watershed
i of a great riverand within the
framework of sound nationwide
policies.
"Furthermore, there should be
the greatest possible decentraliza
tion of federal powers, and the
greatest possible local participa
tion In their exercise, without
lessening the necesary account
ability of federal officials to the
president and to the congress."
Class Leaders Named
Margie Peak, left, holds top scholastic honors for the Bend high
school class of 1949. Pat Blakely, right, is salutatorian. Margie's
average for the lour years was 1.21, and Pat's average was 1.28.
Plans for Labor
Hall Approved by
Bend AFL Group
Plans for the AFL Lone Pine
labor temple association to con
struct a $40,000 labor hall were
made at a meeting in Bend last
night of the central labor council.
The building would be erected on
Hill street and would house recre
ation rooms, offices and an audi
torium.
Union officials hope to begin
construction of the building some
time in July. At present the arti
cles of 'incorporation of the asso
ciation are being amended to al
low the organization to erect the
hall. According to preliminary
plans th. building will be 150x50
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Will Send Letters .
Members of the central labor
council voted last night to send
letters of appreciation to the state
senators who defeated the pro
posed resolution which would hold
up the construction of the Pelton
dam for a two year period. L. G.
Bertram, union delegate at the
state legislature, reported to mem
bers on the Pelton dam legislative
hearing, which he attended.
Plans also were made to hold
the annual AFL picnic at Shevlin
park sometime in August. Les
McConnell was appointed chair
man of the picnic committee.
Dean Norton and George Lyle
also were appointed to the com
mittee.
Bend High Girls
Awarded Honors
Margie Peak is valedictorian of
the Bend high school class of
1949. and Pat Blakely is salutator
ian, it was announced today from
the high school. Margie is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
G. Peak, of 637 Drake road, and
Pat is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lawtenee Blakely, of 1204
East Third. Margie's average for
her four years of high school is
1.21, and Pat's is 1.28. Of the 10
seniors who ranked highest scho
lastically, the top eight are girls,
with boys In the ninth and tenth
spots.
The two high-ranking girls will
receive special recognition at
graduation exercises June 3, as
will others whose grades place
them in the top 10 of the class.
They are: Donna Gulick, 1.38;
Betty Dudley, 1.41; Charleen
Dahlin, 1.44; Winona Fihback,
1.48; Carmen Elder, 1.60; Dolores
Dyer, 1.61; Phil Gillis, 1.70, and
Don Denning, 1.78.
The valedictorian entered the
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Dr. Davis Speaks
To Dental Group
Dr. P. P. Davis, of the state
board of public health, was guest
speaker at the dinner meeting of
the Central Oregon Dental asso
ciation, last night at the Pilot
Butte Inn. Dr. Davis spoke on the
Importance of good public rela
tions in the profession. Dr. Eliza
beth Bishop, medical director of
the trl-county health department,
also was a guest.
The following dentists were
present: Dr. R. R. Hunter and Dr.
Walter Winitzky, Prineville; Dr.
C. M. Dale and Dr. E. M. McKrill,
Redmond, and Dr. J. S. Grahlman,
Dr. Lowell Aplln, Dr. W. C. Man
ntng. Dr. R. E. Johnson, Dr. John
M. McCarthy and Dr. Grant Skin
ner, all Bend.
Bend Chamber
Has 'Branch' at
Santa Barbara
Gordon -; Randall and Don
Thompson, who '"established" a
unit of the Bend chambeu of com
merce in Santa Barbara, Calif.,
recently, reported on their- expe
dition at this morning s meeting
of the Ten O'clock club, at the
Skyline Steak house. Howard
Steib, formerly manager of the
Bend chamber of commerce, now
heads the banta Barbara chamber.
One morning last week when
Steib came down to his office in
the California city he found this
sign hanging in front: "Bend, Ore
gon, chamber ot commerce, santa
Barbara branch." A number of
people had gathered around when
Steib arrived, and soon a press
photographer also was present.
Steib left the - sign . hanging
through the day, then invited
Randall and Thompson out to his
house for dinner. On their arrival
at the Steib residence, they found
the Bend sign erected there.
While in California, Mr. and
Mrs. Randall and Mr. and Mrs.
Thompson visited various points
of interest. Also, Mr. and Mrs.
Thompson visited with their son,
Wayne, who is stationed with the
marines at Del Mar, near Ocean
side. Randall presided at this morn
ing's meeting of the Ten O'clock
club, membership unit of the Bend
chamber of commerce. Eddie's
Sales and Service was announced
as a new member of the chamber.
ANOTHER BRIDGE ASKED
Portland, April 13 UPi A dele
gation from Vancouver, Wash.,
was on record today before the
state highway commission urging
a new interstate bridge across the
Columbia river.
A spokesman suggested two
sites, one east of the present
bridge and another west of the
railroad bridge that connects Van
couver with the Oregon shore.
The Oregon commission sug
gested the Vancouver delegation
first contact the Washington
state highway department.
Bend Man Rides Eisenhower Plane
If m. i
A. J. Glassow, Bend, was the lone passenger on Gen. Ike Elsenhower's old plane, The Sunflower II.
on a flight from San Diego, Calif., to the Redmond airport yesterday. The plane carried industrial
leaders from Fort Benning to the west. Pictured here, from the left are Lt. Hortencheck. cdpilot;
Captain Matson, commander; A. J. Glassow, president of the National Lumber Manufacturers asso
ciation and general manager of Brooks-Scanlon, Inc.; Sgt. Lucas, radioman; Sgt. Greco, engineer, and
Captain Thomas, co pilot. The picture was taken under a wing of the big plane at Redmond.
Earthquake Felt by Many
Bend Residents; First in
History Recorded Here
Bend shortly before noon today was shaken by a distinct
tremor, the first earthquake ever reported in this area. Older
buildings in downtown Bend felt the full force of the temblor,
which rattled the entire northwest and, left a toll of dead, fires
and damaged structures.
Prineville felt a very sharp quake, and several buildings
downtown were badly shaken. No damage, so far as could be
General Ikes
Plane Returns
Bend Man Home
A. J. Glassow, president of the
National Lumber Manufacturers',
association and vice-president and
general manager of Brooks Scan
lon, Inc., returied by plane yes
terday afternoon from a lOday
conference called by the secreta
ry of defense. Some 60 American
industrial leaders joined in the
meeting and visits to defense cen
ters on the eastern seaboard and
in the south.
On the trip west, Glassow was
aboard Gen. Ike Eisenhower's old
plane of war days, The Sunflower
II, a huge 4-engine ship of the C
54 type. The Bend man was the
lone passenger on the plane on
the flight from San Diego, Calif.,
to the Redmond airport yester
day. The plane left Fort Benning
at 10:30 Monday night and reach
ed Redmond early yesterday aft
ernoon. Met April 4
The industrial leaders assem
bled at Washington, D. C, on
April 4, where they were: ad-,
dreshed by Louis Johnson, .secre
tary of defense. From the na
tion's capital, the leaders went
south to the big navy base ,at
.Norfolk, Va., and spent two days
aboard the huge carrier, "Mid
way." Stephen Early, secretary
to the late president, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, was a member of the
group, and while on the Midway
received news of his appointment
as assistant secretary of defense.
"We were impressed" that is
the manner Glassow summed up
his observations of the big de
fense centers. Not only were the
industrial leaders shown the lat
est in weapons, but they viewed
army, navy and air units in action.
At Fort Benning, they saw para
troopers drop from the skies.
The leaders saw none of the
atomic weapons mentioned in re
cent news, but there was discus
sion of atomic warfare, and
atomic scientists addressed the
group. Points visited included El
gin field, Valpariso, Fla.
FOOD TRICES LOWER
New York, April 13 (U-i whole
sale food prices as measured by
the Dun and Bradstreet Index
dropped seven cents last week to
a . level $1.05 lower than a year
ago.
ascertained early , this after
noon, occurred in either Bend
or Prineville.
In Bend, the O'Kane.O'Don-
nell and former Baird build
ings were slightly rocked by
the quake. Most noticeable
disturbance was probably in
the O'Kane building. Light fix
tures swayed in the office of A. E.
Hill, deputy collector of internal
revenue, where Hill was in confer
ence with Duncan L. McKay. Also
in the office was George Carpen
ter. '
Shock Distinct
In the O'Donnell building, Mrs.
Robert K. Innes felt a very dis
tinct shock, with her chair seem
ingly swaying under her. The
tremor was also noted around
town, with dishes rattled in some
homes.
Another local resident to report
the femblor was Dr. W. G. Man
ning, who was working on a
patient when he suddenly noticed
his mirfbrs swaying.
Police reported from Redmond
at 1:40 that no accounts of the
earthquake had been received
there.
The Deschutes county court
house, one of Bend's newest build
ings, was apparently not swayed
by the quake. The St. Charles
hospital, built on a volcanic "blis
ter", was also undisturbed.
Although Bend, so far as can be
ascertained, was never before
shaken by an earth trempr, geolo
gists say there is evidence that
earmquaxes occurrea nere in pasi
ages, in that epoch when fault
block mountain structures came
into existence.
Just south of Bend is one of the
longest fault lines intthe north
west a fissure that is some 30
miles long. Lava butte is on this
fissure.
Eugene Confirms
Offer to Nilsen
Eugene, April 13 UM The Eu
gene school board has offered the
job of head football and basket
ball coach at Eugene high school
to Henry Nilsen, present coach
at Bend high school.
Nilsen informed Superintendent
Clarence Hines that he would
make his decision on the offer
within the next few days.
The Eugene board voted to of
fer Nilsen $5,300 the same salary
he is receiving at Bend.
Nilsen was a three-year letter
man at the University of Oregon,
where he played end and back un
der coaches Prink Callison and
Tex Oliver.
At Astoria, he played . on two
state title basketball teams.. 'He
went to Bend from Linfield col
lege.
on Home Trip
Mo6n In Eclipse Pictured
These five pictures, taken over a period of 40 minutes, illustrates
the emergence of the moon last night from a total eclipse. At the
extreme left the moon appears as a faint crescent, as its eastern
limb was first touched by sunlight. Imthe upper right-hand corner,
only a small part of the earth's shadow remains on the moon. The
pictures were taken from Pilot butte, by Web Loy, The Bulletin
, staff photographer.
Eclipse Vewec
Of Bend Residents; Meteor,
Northern Lights Also Seen
The moon came over the
with its eastern edge badly
Rhnrinw. then slowlv alirjDed
eclipse was the stellar show of the year but the moon, as it
ducked into deep shadow, then emerged into glaring sunlight
186,000 miles out in space, had plenty of competition.
-Northern lights flared into cerise curtains while the moon
was in total eclipse, and a giant meteor at 9 :35 blazed into
the south, directly overhead.
It was a slow-moving fireball,
probably 200 miles above the
earth, that drifted out over
the winter constellations that
are -now well down the west
ern heavens.. The display of
northern lights-was-brief, but
the glowing curtain,.-well below
the Big Dipper, was widely ob
served, and the auroral glow re
mained in the northeast until the
moon emerged from shadow.
Seen by Many
Scores of motorists drove to the
top of Pilot butte, at the eastern
city limits of Bend, to view the
eclipse in the early evening hours,
and to the old butte. The Bulle
tin also sent an "expedition,"
headed by Web Loy, staff photog
rapher. Loy set up his camera on
the butte and took a series of pic
tures of the moon as it slipped
from the earth's shadow. The "ex
pedition" also-observed the eclipse
through glasses for a period of
about an- hour, .and clocked the
time the moon was touched, by
sunlight. The eclipse, it was
found, was exactly on scneauie.
Distant Sun Seen
- While in total eclipse, the moon
had as its near companion a dis
tant sun, the first magnitude star
Spica of the summer constella
tions. Spica, one of the mighty
suns of the stellar system, was
only "inches" away from the
moon in the total phase of the
eclipse. Directly under the moon
was a tiny sixth magnitude star,
which, as viewed through binocu
lars, seemed to touch the darken
ed lunar rim.
Although the moon was in total
eclipse, it always was visible as a
spectral orb of copperlsh color.
Light rays that bent around the
earth provided this color.
At the maximum phase or total
ity, the moon was In the extended
curve .of the handle of the Great
Dipper, with Arcturus, also a first
magnitude star, and Spica form
ing part of the curve.
Robins
Water
Accepts
Program
Thomas M. Robins, president
of the Northwest Power Supply
company, yesterday agreed to a
reservation proposal of Central
Oregon Irrigation Interests, which
would provide for the diversion
of water from the Deschutes riv
er for present and future Irriga
tions projects in the area when
the Pelton power plant Is con
structed, It was reported today by
J. W. Taylor, construction engin
eer for the bureau of reclama
tion. Taylor, T. Leland Brown, attor
ney for the Jefferson county wa
ter district, and H. R. Stinson, re
gional counsel for the U. S. bu
reau of reclamation, submitted
the reservation proposal to Rob
Ins at a meeting in Portland yes
terday. Robins, according to Taylor,
agreed to make official his ap
proval of the proposal at the com
pany's application hearing before
the hydroelectric e o m m I s s Ion
April 25.
O
by Throngs
mountains at sunset last night
dented by the earth s distant
into total ecliDse. Locally, the
Quake Terror
EyeWitnesses
(By United Preu)
Frightened office workers,
shoppers, housewives and school
students preparing for the noon
lunch hour ran into the streets
at 11:56 a.m. today when a major
earthquake shook buildings, rat
tled dishes, toppled chimneys and
cracked plaster.
The temBlor came with a gentle
rolling motion that swelled into a
sharp, shaking jolt.
In Seattle, Mrs. Peggy Parcell,
an attorney's secretary, was on
the 27th floor of the Smith tower,
the city's tallest building. She said
the building "swayed like a ship."
"I ran 27 floors to the Street with
other employes, but there was no
panic in the stairwells. We just
kept quiet and hurried after the
building stopped jumping."
Archie Hosner, Portland, was
walking across the Morrison
street bridge spanning the Wil
lamette river.
"I had to hold onto the railing.
I felt like I was going to be
thrown off the bridge."
Didn't Blame Beer
Charles Hansen was drinking
beer on a stool in downtown Port
land. 'The whole place started shim
mying and shaking. I was nearly
tossed to the floor when my stool
started rocking."
Two United Press stair mem
bers eating lunch near the Oregon
Journal building saw their plates
of corned beef and cabbage jump
on the counter as the walls sway
ed and chandeliers rocked to and
fro.
"This felt Just like two earth
quakes I went through in south
ern California, said one patron.
Mrs. Blllie Roggl, a Portland
waitress, said:
"I was busy dishing up food
when the dish counter started
rocking. Suddenly I saw all the
customers rush outside, and then
I realized It was an earthquake."
At Mount Tabor, In eastern
Portland, the earthquake was par
ticularly acute. Old frame houses
swayed and shook, baby carriages
and tricycles rolled across front
porches, and closet doors swung
open.
Clock Stopped
Prineville, April 13 (Special)
A grandfather clock that was
stopped by tho San Francisco
earthquake of April, 1906, stop
ped here again today.
It was stopped by the April,
1949 tremor that shook the Pa
cific northwest shortly before
noon.
Owner of the clock Is Mrs. Mar
garet Groff,
At Least 5
Dead; Heavy
Damage Seen
(By United Preu)
At least five persons were
killed and 85 were reported :
injured in the earthquake
which jolted the Pacific north
west four minutes before noon :
Wednesday. 'Many were not
immediately identified, and
some refused hospitalization.
Here is an incomplete list of
casualties.
Dead: ;
Marvin Klegmanln, 11, Taeo
ma, killed In the collapse of the
Lowell grammer school roof.
Jack Roller, student at Castle
Rock, tVash., killed when a
brick facing collapsed at Castle
Rock high school.
Perclval N. BIsson, 63-year-old
steamfltter, died of injuries ,
suffered when a brick smoke .
stack toppled over and. crushed
him. . " '
Mrs. C. W. West, middle-aged
resident of the Governor hotel,
died of a heart attack shortly
after the earthquake.
An unidentified man, known
to have been killed by a falling
wall at Centralis. , v
Jack Roller, a student at Cas
tle Rock, Wash., was killed when -a
brick facing - on the school
building collapsed- as the classes
were leaving for noon lunch. He
was pronounced dead at Long
view, Wash.
:' Twenty persons were reported
Injured in Cowlitz county of
southern Washington. . , .
- Barce Sunk - .--
t "'A 2&tbh' block" of concrete" fell
through a barge near the Tacoma
narrows bridge, sinking it.
Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, Van
couver, B. C, Olympia and other
cities throughout the northwest
were shaken for periods ranging
from several seconds to a minute. '
' Fire departments in Portland,
Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia and
other cities were flooded with
calls from householders reporting
collapsed chimneys and, in a few
cases, fires which started but
which were quickly extinguished.
Lights in the Washington
county courthouse at Hillsboro,
Ore., crashed to the floor. Police
said there were several reports
of cracked chimneys.
Buildings swayed, chandeliers
waved and windows rattled.
Thousands of people in downtown
Portland rushed, from buildings
into the street. '
The quake was of several sec
onds duration. At Seattle, tele
phone service was disrupted by .
the shake.
Arch Toppled
At Aberdeen, Wash., a key in
a window arch at the city hall
was knocked to the ground.
At Seattle, telephone poles
swayed and the radio transmit
ting tower of radio station KOMO
swung in a wide arc.
The Portland fire department
reported a chimney fell over at
3449 Northwest Franklin avenue.
At La Grande, Ore., the tem
blor was recorded for a full min
ute. Residents near Mount Tabor, in
eastern Portland the only ex
tinct volcano within the city lim
its of an American city reported
that doors in homes were shaken
open by the. jolt.
At Olympia, marble and con
crete slabs from several state
buildings crashed to the earth.
However, no one was reported in
jured. The Olympia fire department
went out on a dozen reports of
small fires.
One water main was reported
broken in Tacoma and a fire
broke out at the Marvin boat
works. Several persons reported
the quake knocked down their
chimneys.
Radio station KMO was knock
ed off the air for 20 seconds.
Rnnk Damaged
In Chehatis, the Security State
Bank building was damaged.
Plate glass windows cracked
throughout the business district,
The wave was continuous for 35
to 40 seconds.
Brick and glass were strewn on
the street when a three-and-one-half-foot
decoration railing on top
the bank crumbled. Plate glass
windows were pulled out. No in
juries were reported.
In Seattle. Frederick and Nel
son's department store personnel
reported a cornice cracked. A
water tayk on top of the building
sprung a leak and water was
spilling Into the street.
In Yakima, buildings were
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