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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
State Forecast ,
Oregon Portly cloudy to '
day, Tuesday generally fair.
Cooler north portion today.
High mostly ,75 to 85 both
days. Low tonight 45 to 55. '
LEASED WIRE WORLD
NEWS COVERAGE
33rd Year
Reuther Asks
New Talks in
Ford Strike
Head of Company
To Participate Directly
In Latest Deliberations
By Paul E. Svoboda '
ttTnitvJ Prw Staff Correiitondcnt)
Detroit, May 9 The CIO United
Auto Workers today offered to
resume negotiations tomorrow to
end the crippling strike against
the Ford Motor company. .
Walter Reuther, president of the
UAW, made the offer in a letter
to Henry Ford II, company presi-
dent, who he asked to take per
sonal charge of Ford peace talks.
When negotiations were broken
ml wiiu uie Dim l ui uie ouim;
last Thursday, union and company
omciais agreea .to meet again
on request of either party.
Reuther's offer to resume nego
tiations came as the strike of
62,200 workers at the Rouge and
Lincoln-Mercury plants dragged
through its fifth day.
First Break
It was the first break in the
stalemate of negotiations.
In his letter to Ford, Reuther
said that "since your letter ex
presses concern for . the Ford
workers we could suggest that you
assume your personal obligations
to participate directly in negotia
tions." Workers Sent Letter '
Ford sent a letter to the strik
ing workers last week in which
he explained the company's posi
tion in the dispute over produc
tion schedules.
The company previously snub
bed all offers of mediation to end
the strike, which if unsettled, will
leave 100,000 idle in 10 days.
Reuther suggested that if a
meeting tomorrow does not result
in settlement of the strike, that
Briggs stadium be reserved for a
mass meeting of Ford workers.
He proposed that the company
and union present their views on
the issues at that time.
At about the same time Reuther
offered to resume negotiations,
Ford replied to acting Mayor
George Edward's second offer to
mflHfntn tha cinllfa mIIaI Kir iUn
t UAW over alleged speed ups of
I assemblv linps.
! Ford told Edwards that "the
only legitimate issue in this dis
pute is one for arbitration accord
ing to well established contract
provisions."
Edwards and Mayor Orville
Hubbard of Dearborn had offered
to act as mediators. In a state
ment yesterday, John Bugas, Ford
vice-president in charge of indus
trial relations, rejected the offers.
In the Ford schedule, seven
plants will have closed or laid off
workers by Thursday. By May
18, all Ford and Lincoln-Mercury
assembly plants will have closed.
A company spokesman said the
strike will hit foreign operations
about June 6. About 30 days
later, he said, Ford's operations
and raw material purchases in
foreign lands will have been vlr-,
tually throttled. .
DISEASE REPORT MADE
Two cases of influenzal ence
phalitis and two cases of measles
were recorded this past week in
Jefferson and Deschutes counties,
respectively, is was announced to
day from the Tri-County health
department.
No communicable diseases were
reported in Crook county.
81st Congress Split Wide
Open; Conservatives Strong
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-A un in frnu Ntnn i (M-reHiMintienn
Washington, May 9 The demo
cratic 81st congress enters its 18th
week today with little to show
for its work except black eyes
and bruises.
The outstanding achievement so
far has been authorization of ex
tension of the Marshall pump
priming plan for Europe. On ma
jor issues of the democratic par
ty's domestic program not much
has been accomplished except the
drawing of a hitter line of division
between conservatives and Tru
man democrats.
Both sides are prodded by con
flicting political interests. All
hands are becoming angry. The
struggle between the two factions
surely will mar President Tru
man's relationship with the 81st
congress and may be extended
throughout his four-year White
House term.
Started Before Election
The ruckus began during the
pre-convention period when party
loaders In the north and south
sought to ditch Mr. Truman, al
though for different reasons.
When no candidate with any
steam up came forward to oppose
his nomination, Mr. Truman got
the prize. At that point he made
'he decision to join the new deal
elements of the party and to be
come their leader, although they
TWO SECTIONS
Bend Mother
Rescues Son
From Creek
A . four-year-old Bend boy fell
Into icy Tumalo creek yesterday
afternoon and was rescued by his
mother, after both were swept
under a log in the swift stream.
The near-tragedy occurred when
Larry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ver
non Larson, lost his footing on the
bank of Tumalo creek, after toss
ing a stick into the stream. He
reu into the swift creek at a point
where it was about five feet deep,
and was carried into the current.
His mother was standing nearby,
but slightly downstream, from the
youngster. She lumped into the
creek and succeeded in grasping
ine Doy around tne waist.
Grasped Bush
As the current carried Mrs. Lar
son and the boy into the stream,
she grasped an overhanging bush,
clinging to It with her right hand
wnne attempting to keep Larry's
head above water.
Playing a short distance away
when her brother fell into the
stream and her mother jumped
into the cold water was Sandra
Larson, -7. 'She frantically.
screamea, attracting tne attention
of her father, who was fishing a
short distance downstream with
Jack Hamby. Mrs. Larson was
still clinging to the overhanging
limb and holding to Larry when
Larson reached the scene. He
jumped in and reached Mrs. Lar
son and Larry. The boy was
handed to shore, to Miss Louise
Tempke, a member of the party,
then Mr. and Mrs. Larson were
helped to the bank.
All Chilled, Wet
Also taking part in the rescue
was Hamby who, fearing that
Mrs. Larson might lose her grip
on the tree branch, plunged into
the stream below the place where
she was clinging. The current
carried him against the bank. He
then entered the ice-cold creek a
second time.
Chilled and wet, Mr. and Mrs.
Larson, Larry and Hamby hastily
returned to Bend. Although chill
ed, neither Mrs. Larson nor
Larry suffered from the exper
ience Others In the fishing party in
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Herman Lar
son, parents of Vernon Larson,
and Mr, and Mrs. J. P. Miller,
Terrebonne Man
Education Head
Redmond, May 9 (Special)
Russell Hollingshead, of Terre
bonne, was elected president of
the Deschutes county branch of
the Oregon Education association
for the coming year, at a dinner
meeting held last Thursday eve
ning in the Redmond hotel din
ing room. Others elected were:
Mrs. Ruby Scott, principal of
Tumalo grange school, vice-president,
and Mrs. Edna Wood, of
the Redmond grade school, sec
retary. Bert Fisher, Bend, is re
tiring president.
More than 60 teachers of the
county were present at the meet
ing, which featured a talk by
Howard Billings, Portland, of the
Oregon Education society. Bob
Johnson, bend, reported on the
regional classroom teachers' meet
ing which he attended recently in
Boise, Ida.
H. O. Van Hise, vice-principal
of the John Tuck grade school
and retiring vice-president of the
Deschutes county OEA, was in
charge of the program, which
featured musical selections by
Redmond grade school students.
had taken the lead in the effort
to retire him to Missouri.
The party split is getting wider,
if anything. During the week end,
Gen. J. Howard McGrath, D., R.I.,
told the United Press that "a Dix
iecrat has no future in the demo
cratic party." McGrath is chair
man of the democratic national
committee.
Plxlecrafs Attacked
A fortnight ago house democra
tic leader John W. McCormack,
Mass., publicly rebuked Dixiecrat
congressmen. Speaking directly
to Rep. F. Edward Hebert, L.,
La., McCormack sharply remark
ed that Dixiecrats were permitted
to use the democratic party label
in the house only by the tolerance
of the party leadership.
Mr. Truman is backing the na
tional committee and the demo
cratic congressional leadership In
their challenge to party holders.
They can get back Into the fold
and eat some patronage pie only
If they will go along with the
party program, which none of
them seems to be willing to do. ,
It is evident now that Mr. Tru
man cannot get from this con
gress without great compromise
the civil rights, labor, social secur
ity, minimum wage, health Insur
ance and tax legislation which he
promised the voters during the
campaign, 1
BEND,
League Officials In Bend Meeting Tonight
( 4 iyfei V
Mayor Hollis S. Smith, Dallas,
vice-president, League of Ore
gon Cities.
Here's Punier!
Who's Stuck for
This Stolen Car?
Here's one for the armchair
lawyers.
Seems as though a fellow stole
a 1947 model car from Peter Soc
cio, of Berkeley, Calif. He then
proceeded to travel in the vehicle
to Arkansas where he forged , a
bill of sale and obtained an Ar
kansas title to the car.
Not satisfied with conditions In
Arkansas, the car thief returned
across the country to Bend, Ore
gon where he sold the auto to a
couple of local car dealers named
James Lemke and Sparky Walk
er. Lemke and Walker put the
auto up for sale and W. A. Rob
ertson, also, of Bend, purchased
the vehicle. Then Robertson filed
the bill of sale with the secretary
of state's office and obtained an
Oregon title to the car. Next, he
bought some insurance from the
Farmers Insurance Exchange,
which included coverage for theft,
first Owner Appears
About that time Peter Socclo,
original owner of the car, got
wind of the fact that the automo
bile was In the Bend area. So, one
night after Robertson had parked
tne auto in iront vi rus nume, ow
cio "surreptitiously" repossessed
the car, according to a complaint
filed in circuit court by Robert
son. Robertson next filed a claim
with the insurance firm for the
value of the car. The insurance
company contends that since the
car was owned by Soccio, the
plaintiff did not have an insurable
interest in it and the firm is,
therefore, not obligated to pay.
The two car dealers, Lemke and
Walker, contend that they lawful
ly purchased the car and had the
legal right to sell it to Robertson
and are not liable to him for sell
ing a car which they did not own.'
Meanwhile, the man who made
off with the auto in the first
place, is in the "clink" In Califor
nia on a charge of stealing a dif
ferent car than the one Involved
in this case.
Robertson has filed a suit in
circuit court seeking a judgment
declaring respective rights of the
parties under the insurance policy
and title certificate which he
holds.
What's the verdict judge?
Kiwanians Hear
Details of Trip
Highlights of a trip through
western European countries pre
vious to the signing of the Atlan
tic pact were given today by Har
old C. Clapp, local manager for
World Wide travel bureau, as the
feature of the Kiwanis club noon
luncheon program at the Pine tav
ern. Cliff was introduced by B. A.
Stover.
One more good crop year and
France will be on its feet, Clapp
said, noting the rise of the franc
on the black market. 1 lie opera
tion of the Marshall plan, he said,
definitely is getting results, but
there is still evidence of Insuffi
cient food in a number of the
countries formerly under German
occupation. In many places there
has been rapid recovery from
war's ravages, he said.
A. Wilson Benold polled the
club on the number who will turn
out Thursday afternoon to com
pete In the inter-club nine-hole
golf tournament against the Lions
and Rotarlans. Fifteen signed for
attendance at the dinner, which
will follow the tournament. The
number of entrants for afternoon
play has not yet been announced.
Fines were assessed against all
Kiwanians who failed to vote at
the school district excess levy
election last Monday. At one dol
lar each, $30 found its way into
the treasury, with a possible $20
yet to be collected from members
absent from today's meeting.
Thirty-six had voted.
DESCHUTES COUNTY. OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 9,
Arnold M. Westling, planning
and public works - consultant,
bureau of municipal research
and service.
Newly-Enacted State Laws
Slated for Discussion o
Cities League Meeting Here
Newly enacted state laws affecting city revenues, public
works financing, annexation and many other municipal op
erations will be reviewed by city officials and civic leaders
of Central Oregon at a dinner meeting tonight at the Pilot
Butte inn. Sponsored by the city of Bend and the League of
Oregon Cities, the dinner will start at 6 :80.
Mayor T. D. Sexton, Bend, said the meeting, first of a series
nt. ..antnnol . ,.,,'11
Boy 'Dead' 10
Minutes, Still
Alive Today
Pasadena, Cal., May 9 UPi A
four-year-old boy revived 10 min
utes after three doctors pronounc
ed him dead was reported slightly
improved but still in critical con
dition today.
The boy, Lawrence Page, Mo
jave, Cal., stopped breathing aft
er a traffic accident. Saturday
night and doctors at the Hunting
ton hospital emergency ward no
tified his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Francis M. Page, that he was
deal.. -. . - -
A'n interne who helped revive
the child said the procedure by
which he was brought back from
apparent death was one that has
been used hundreds of times in
similar cases, but that this was
the first time he had known it to
work.
"Just Kept Trying"
"We just kept trying and hop
ing, as we would with any similar
case," said the interne, who would
not let his name be used. He and
two staff physicians were credit
ed with reviving the boy with a
combination of drugs and artifi
cial respiration.
"We were helped tremendously
by the fact that all the equipment
we needed was right at hand," he
said. "The boy seemed to be all
right when he came in and we
told his parents he would recover.
Then he suddenly stopped breath
ing. We checked and he was pro
nounced dead.
"The parents left the room
then, and were gone when we re
vived him." '
Drug Used
The interne said the drug cora-
mlne, a common stimulant, was
injected directly into the child's
heart. Meanwhile artifcial respira
tion was applied manually.
The boy also had vomited and
inhaled some of the vomited mat
ter into his lungs. This was re
moved by sucking on an endotra
cheal tube, a hose Inserted
through the bronchial tubes.
Oxygen also was administered.
Condition of the child made it
impossible to take X-rays, but
doctors said he might have a skull
fracture, as well as other wounds,
suffered when 'he ran In front of
a car.
They explained he apparently
"died" because of extreme shock
and fat escaping from the Injured
Done marow anil Clogging arte
ries. Lawrence was visit Ine here
from Mojave, Ca! when he ran
into the path of a car late Satur
day night.
Columbia River
Again Coming Up
Portland, May 9 mi The weath
er bureau said today that the
main stem of the Columbia river
above the mouth of the Snakr
river has made its first significant
rise of the early 1949 freshet pe
riod. At Trinidad, near Grand Coulee,
the Columbia climbed .6 of a foot
in the 24 hours ended at 8 a.m. to
day. The Snake at Lewlston,
Ida., went up .9 of a foot, greatest
rise in a week.
The weather bureau forecast a
steady slow rise In the middle
Columbia and the lower Snake for
the next three days because of
warming weather in the Interior
areas of the Pacific northwest.
Mayor George W. Peavy, Cor
vallis, president, League of Ore
V i gon Cities. , '
ui ibgiwiai 'tuuiciciivcni vm
be attended by several league
officials and staff members.
These include Mayor George
W. Peavy, Corvallis,- league
president; Mayor Hollis. S.
Smith, Dallas, league vice
president; Deane Seeger, league
consultant,' and Arnold M. West
ling, planning and public works
consultant for the bureau of mu
nicipal research and service of tlje
University of Oregon. ; ; ' '
Invitations Extended
Invitations to attend the dinner
and to participate In th.e discus
sions have been 'extended' to may:
ors, touncilmenj city officials arid
civic leaders of Burns, Culver,
Hlnes, Madras, Metollus, Mitchell,'
Prinevile, Redmond and Sisters.
It was announced today that a
delegation of about 20 will repre
sent Bend at the conference.
"In past years, city officials
have found it very helpful to at
tend these regional meetings and
to exchange ideas and views on
current municipal problems being
faced in their respective commu
nities," Mayor Sexton said. "An
opportunity to discuss such prob
lems and their relationship to
many new laws affecting cities,
which have been passed by the
state legislature, should prove
helpful and Interesting."
New Recreation
Program Starting
The newly-organized. Bend rec
reation department this week will
launch a program that is to in
clude badminton and volley ball.
Both activities will be at Allen
school.
Badminton will be held two
nights weekly, on Monday and
Wednesday, starting at 8. First
play will be tonight. Volley ball
will be sponsored at the same
place one night a week, Tuesday,
at 8 p. m.
The schedule Is tentative, and
will be changed when school Is
out.
Here Is Ford
Assembly line In building B of
motionless following a walkout
1949
Bend Daylight Saving
Vote Slated Tuesday
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Warm Springs
Jurisdiction
Ruling Made
Portlund, May 9 HP) U. S. At
torney Edward Twining said to
day the federal government will
retain law-enforcement jurisdic
tion over state highways in the
warm springs Indian reservation
in cases where a major crime is
committed by an Indian against
another Indian or his property,
T. Leland Brown, The Dalles,
attorney for the Indians, an.
nounced last Friday that juris
diction over traffic on the Madras.
Bear Springs highway through
the reservation will be shared by
sheriff's officers, state police and
Indian police.
Twining said local authorities
have jurisdiction over traffic
cases and minor crimes. But a
major crime committed on a state
highway passing through a reser
vation is outside jurisdiction of
the local officers, he said.
Precedent Cited
"The question came up a few
years ago when an Indian as
saulted another Indian on a state
highway. The defense pleaded
that the federal government had
no jurisdiction because the crime
was committed on a state right-
or-way.
"The federal government now
assumes jurisdiction on the fol
lowing crimes, committed by one
Indian against another, or his
property: Rape, murder, man
slaughter, assault with a deadly
weapon, robbery, burglary, in
cest, assault with Intent to kill,
arson and larceny."
Many Catfish I
There may be few catfish In
Bend's Mirror pond, where the
first catch was reported this past
week end, but in the mill area up
stream there are plenty of the
wnisKerea creatures, anglers
report.
The catfish are reported con
gested In the warm water near
the Intake to the Brooks-Scanlon
pond, a miniature man-made lake
constructed several years ago, pri
marily for fire protective pur
poses. Fishermen say that some
person dumped catfish minnows
into this lake. Eventually, they
made their way out Into the river,
through the pond intake.
Over the week end, anglers lo
cated the school of catfish near
the Intake and reportedly made
heavy inroads. It was reported
that some 200 youngsters fished
in the area. The fish are all
about the same size 8 or 9 inches
in length.
Anglers were back on the job
again today, in the mill area, and
some good catches were reported.
fishermen say the catfish ap
pear to shun the chilly water of
the Deschutes river. However,
some have made their way down
stream into the Mirror pond.
TREATY TRANSMITTED
Washington, May 9 Presi
dent Truman today transmitted to
the senate the International treaty
covering the northwest Atlantic
fisheries.
Assembly Line Idled by Strike
the Ford Motor Co.'s key River Rouge plant at Detroit, Mich., stands
by 65,000 Ford workers over an alleged "speedup" of assembly lines.
More Faults
Discovered
In Reservoir
New faults have been detected
In the Wickiup reservoir through
which an estimated 700 acre feet
of water escapes daily, it was re
ported today by J. W. Taylor,
U. S. b,ureau of reclamation en
gineer. He added that even with
this loss of water North unit
farmers would receive their full
supply for irrigation in the pres
ent season.
Taylor said that a thorough
examination of the reservoir area
had been completed recently by
bureau personnel and the new
leaks had been found in the same
area of the reservoir where large
faults were detected last year.
He added, however, that the new
faults are not those which were
sealed up last fall. The faults,
according to Taylor, are appar
ently at a high level, since there
was no loss of water at the 130,
000 acre foot mark of the reser
voir. The water level rose to
187,000 acre feet in the reservoir
ut the opening of the irrigation
season April 15. Last year only
150,000 acre feet of water was
stored.
Start Operations Soon
The bureau plans to begin seal
ing operations on the new faults
as ' soon as the water recedes
enough to make them accessible.
Taylor said the work probably
would begin late in the summer.
At present 180,800 acre feet of
water is stored in the reservoir
and approximately 1,400 acre feet
of water Is being delivered daily
to the 50,000 acres of irrigated
land in the North unit project.
Taylor also announced today
tnac a new appraisal ooard to
examine lands to be purchased
for the Ochoco dam right-of-way
naa Decn approved Dy tne reg
ional bureau office. ......
To serve on the board are Ray
L. Schee and Cary W. Foster,
both ; of PrlnevJIUJ, and .R. . A.
Baker, representative of the bu
reau from Bend.
Bend Man Gets
District Post
Robert S. Johnson, Bend, was
elected vice-president of district
No. 4 at the annual meeting of
the Oregon State Junior cham
ber of commerce in Baker this
past week end. The district com
prises the Central Oregon re
gion. Attending the Baker con
vention from Bend were Johnson
and Ralph Lind, who represent
ed Bill Barton, Be.nd, at the con
vention as state director.
Bruce Kelley, Portland, was
named president of the state
group. Directors will name the
1950 convention city later. A state
board meeting will be held at
John Day in September.
The Baker convention was
outstanding, the Bend delegates
reported. They returned to their
homes here last night.
NOMINATION MADE
Washington, May 9 IU1 Presi
dent Truman today nominated
Henry D. Smyth, physicist and
author of the original public re
port on the atomic bomb, to
membership on the atomic en
ergy commission.
NtA Telephoto
No. 131
Commission
Will Abide
By Decision
Registered voters of Bend will
go to the polls tomorrow to de
cide whether this inland city
should turn its clocks ahead one
hour on May 15 or regulate Its.
activities by solar time. There
will be only one balloting place,
in the city hall. The hours for
voting will be from 11 a. m. to
8 p. m.
Because the, time question has
developed Into a sort of contro
versy locally, with its start at a
meeting of the city commission
last week, a heavy vote is ex
pected. This vote will be advisory
In nature, City attorney Ross
Farnham has ruled, but the com
mission has indicated it will abide
by the results.
Survey Made
A downtown survey has Indi
cated that businessmen are pre
dominantly in favor of changing
clocks for the summer months.
Opposing the uptown stand are
the International Woodworkers
of America, representing pork
ers in the two big Bend dine
mills. Central Oregon farmew
will have jio vote In the election
tomorrow, but through their lo
cal contacts, the dairies and the
Mid-Oregon Farmers' warehouse
they have made an appeal for re
tention of solar time. The joint
statement issued by the business '
iirms in Bend directly m toucn
with farmers states: s.:
"Last year, daylight saving
time was coastwlde. This year,
Portland is trying to dictate to,
the state. To date, the -only
larger cities outside Portland to
adopt 'fast' time are Oregon City
and Astoria,, Let's, not Jnconven
ience the farmer and lessen farm
production with daylight time un
less it is adopted statewide."
Unions Take Stand
AFL unions have Indicated they
favor the proposed "fast" time
for Bend. This group Includes the
Central Oregon district council of
the Lumber & Sawmill Workers.
Although the northwest corner
of Oregon is rather generally on
daylight time, the rest of the
state thus far has kept Its clock
nands in agreement witn tne
movement of the sun, on Pacific
standard time. Portland's adop
tion of fast time spread to a
(Continued on Page Five.)
Seattle Triangle
Ends in Tragedy
Seattle, Wash., May 9 HPiTav
ern owner Otto wcidum, 30,
forced his pretty red-haired wife,
Millie, 28, to write a death note
to her mother before he killed her
and a friend, Frank Howe, 33, and
then committed suicide, police
said today.
Wcidum surprised Howe visit,
ing Mrs. Weidum yesterday. The
tavern keeper ordered Howe from
the house and followed him to
make certain he left the nleghbor
hood.
Then Weidum returned to the
house and ordered his wife to
write a note to her mother on the
bottom of a large candy box. In a
firm, precise hand, Mrs. Weidum
wrote:
Letter quoted
"Dear mother:
"This Is Frank's pen. He says
to use it. Ott says we're both
very sorry It. had to happen. But
that's life, even if It's short.
If Frank shows up,' which
Ott says he will he will be shot.
Olt says he loves me move than
anything in the world, and won't
share me wltn anybody.
"I love Ott, mom. I always
have and always will, but he
wants me to die. Love always,
your girl."
About an hour later, Howe re
turned. Weidum met him at the
door with a .22 caliber rifle and
fired two shots Into Howe's abdo
men. Howe died on the Iront
lawn with his hands still In his
pockets.
Weidum locked the front and
back doors as his wife apparent
ly waited calmly for him to kill
her. Ho shot her In the left tem
ple with the rifle and then killed
himself with a blast through the
head from a double-barreled shot
gun. The Weidum'g six-year-old son
was staying with Mrs. Wcidum'
mother, Mrs. Ann Hampton, of
Redmond, Wash., when the slay
ings occurred.
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