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Newspaper Page TextUniv. of Oragoa Library euasus, ORSQOM LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE THE BEND BULLETIN State Forecast Oregon Considerable cloud iness with scattered showers today and Sunday. High temperatures 80 to 90 both days. Low 48 to 58 tonight. CENTRAL OREGON'S; DAILY NEWSPAPER 33rd Year BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON. SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1949 No. 136 Eagles Take Care of Eaqlets ft W - $ ,! j y J S , , . J , Loft homeless when their nest was inadvertently destroyed by a construction crew north of Madras, two tiny eaglets were brought to Bend and turned over to the Eagles lodge for care. Watching the little birds, here as they rest under the spreading wings of a metal eagle is Park Fleming, F.O.E. trustee. He is caring for the eaglets at his home, until they are large enough to be released. The birds have been identified as bald eagles. Crucial Baffle for Shanghai f Believed Geffing Underway By Frank H. (United Press Vice-President fur the Pacific Areal Seoul, Korea, May 14 (U.E) Atom appear to be under direct according to information received from an American plane that left there today. a. This morning I took off from Tokyo for Shanghai By way X of Seoul. During the flight to Seoul our Northwest Airlines plane intercepted messages ft hich had just lelt Shanghai s ' The intercepted messages j gave the following picture: 1 One Chinese National Avia- tion corporation plane was fired upon. . i Heavy artillery fire and explo : sions were heard throughout the ' , night by Shanghai residents. FVirfs tinner Mre. 'Vjf From the air the Woosung forts pPPear t0 oe under fire and direct attack. .. A semi-circular ring of villages ai )imd Lunghwa airport is burn - ing. A Fan-American plane was told v to make an ocean approach to Slunghai and be very cautious. The impression we received ''Jrorii uiu niubbuyci j umi uic en tire battle seems to have moved into the outer limits of greater Shanghai itself. At the same time the Chinese nir force issued a warning to all commercial aircraft to slay clear -."of Kiangwan airfield, one of the m.dn military airfields in the '"Shanghai area. There is no doubt that the Shanghai drama is approaching a climax. The general feeling is that there A i.Till ha nrt nvHllr7 hnmhnrflmpnf on the city itself since the com munists would not want to wreck the queen city of the most popu lous nation on earth. They more " piobahly would attempt to bottle it up completely, cutting off the an ports and the river route to the ." sea and trying to force a capitula tion by a continuously-tightening squeeze. ,;' Current fighting, reported ap ; proaching the Woosung forts, in v dlcates that American and British nationals already have been cut (tH from naval evacuation unless i'Ssihe ships are prepared to run the i guns on the Yangtze at the junc tion of the Whangpoo. Bend Boy Scouts Leave for Circus ; ' Bend Boy Scouts were moving north early this afternoon In troop format inn, to take part In the annual Fremont district scout : circus to be held In Redmond. 0ioning feature of the program was a parade, set for 2 o'clock "' this afternoon. Kiwanls will pro lcle the evening meal for the scouts, and- assist with program arrangements. Thp scout circus will be an evening affair, at the Deschutes county fairground, and will get under way at 7:30. W, R. Romine, . Pi Ineville, district chairman of camping and activities, will be in charge of the circus. Scores of nets have boon arranged. One of the features of the cir cus will bo the appearance of the Warm Spring Indian boy's, in full "war regalia." Explorer scouts of Bend are to present signaling demonstrations, using two large smnal towers. Redmond scouts will conduct a model camp. Kirs bv friction will be demonstrated . bv Tumalo scouts. As a result of n light rain last night, the grounds were reported , In Ideal condition this afternoon. Spectators will be seated In the covered stands. it 4 Bartholomew Shanghai and the Woosung attack by communist forces, from another Northwest plane Lunghwa airport. Pelton Hearing Delegate Named ? Prinevllfe.Mav 'l4--Wllliam B Morse, joint representative in the state legislature from Crook and Jefferson counties, will leave Red mond airport Wednesday, for Washington, D.C., to represent the Central Oregon chamber of commerce at a hearing before the public works committee of the house of representatives pertain ing to Pelton dam on the Des chutes river. Morse stated that he had just received a telegram from Homer Angell, national represen tative from Multnomah county, who arranged for his appearance at the hearing, to be held some time the coming mid-week Called by Opponents The hearing has been called, it is understood here, by opponents of the Pelton dam, who will in voke portions of Report 308 of the corps of engineers, U.S. army. That report, it is declared, recog nizes an agreement of federal agencies, including the fish and wildlife bureau of the department of interior, which provides that tributaries of the lower Colum bia should remain free from high dams, In order to provide a sanc tuary for propagation of fish. Morse, it was stated, will re view before the committee the in tensive fight at the recent legisla tive session, when both houses, after hearings, reports and stu dies, gave the Pelton dam the green light. He will present evi dence of the united support in Central Oregon counties of all in terests labor unions, farm groups and business and industrial organ izations. Bend Students Place at Klamath Jerry Wright and John Allen, both of Bend, placed in the senior division competition today of the annual state high school music contest being conducted in Klam ath Falls. Wright placed first in the cor net solo, and Allen won third place honors in the boys' high voice contest. Some 3.000 high school students are entered In the two-day affair which opened yesterday. Eugene, Washington and Grant high schools won the class A orchestra competition. Orches tras from Salem, Klamath Falls and Medford won second division spots. Today glee clubs, mixed chor uses aiid class B, C and D bands are competing. ATTACHMENT SOUGHT An undertaking for attachment has boon filed in circuit court by Ruth Brynelson against Robert H. i Riddle, et ux, according to rec ords in the county clerk's office. I In her complaint, the plaintiff 'states that she received no com Ipensation from the defendants : for service she rendered them in i the capacity of registered nurse. 1 She is seeking a judgment of $260. Storm Brings Lightning. Rain To This Area Ten fires were started on the Deschutes national forest, mostly in the Fort Rock district, yester day afternoon by an electric storm, one of a series that passed over Central Oregon. In the se ries of storms the latter part of this week, 16 fires were started by bolts striking into the dry woods. All 10 fires spotted following yesterday's storm in the southern woods were controlled, it was re ported from the local forest office this morning. Crews were still working on some of the fires, re ports transmitted by Held radios revealed. Rainfall Heavy Heavy rain fell in the East butte area of the Fort Rock district, with half an inch reported. This was the heaviest precipitation of the season in that normally dry region. Various parts of the for est received precipitation from the afternoon thunder storms. In Bend, the rainfall for the storm amounted to .16 of an inch. Fire conditions in the woods were generally improved today, with high humidity reported. Low clouds drlited over the eastern Cascades at sunset last night, at tree neignt. HEAT SUBSIDING (By United Pros) A "million-dollar rain" damp ened Central Oregon last night amid a spring heat wave that showed signs of subsiding throughout the state Saturday. Farmers in large areas of Cen tral Oregon, particularly In the Prineville-Madras district, were jubilant over heavy showers that ended a two months' drouth. The Prineville weather observer reported .34 of an inch of rain and E. L. Wood, Crook county farm agent, said the shower "may be - worth a million dollars." Ends Dry Spell There had been virtually no rain in Central Oregon since the middle of March. Pasture lands weer parched and cattlemen' were hard pressed to find sufficient feed for their livestock. The rain was expected to hasten growth and permit wheat grow ers to proceed with spring plant ing. But the weather was still hot through most of Oregon. The U. S. weather bureau at Portland recorded the following high temperatures for the 24-hour period ending at 4:30 a.m. Satur day: Ontario 91. Pendleton 87, Baker 84, Burns 83, La Grande 80, The Dalles 85, Salem 81, Portland (city) 83. Portland airport 81, Medford 81 and Bend 80. Pre-School Age Children Will Attend Programs Pre-school children who will en ter Bend schools next fall, and their mothers, will be guests at beginners' day programs next Week at the city's five grade schools. All youngsters who will reach their sixth birthdays on or before Nov. 15, 1949, are being invited for an introduction to school life, while their mothers will be enter tained at programs. The adults will hear talks by Dr. Elizabeth Bishop, medical dir ector of the tri-county health de partment, who will speak on the school health program; Mrs. Al meda Hoist, director of remedial work in the city schools, who will have as her topic, "School Readi ness," and Mrs. George Simer ville, local authority on psycholo gy, who will discuss "Parent and Teacher Point of View." 3 Afternoons The prospective first graders and their mothers or guardians will visit the-schools nearest their own neighborhoods, or the ones in which the children will be enrolled in the fall. Persons not sure of the boundaries may get informa tion by calling the schools. Be ginners' days will be held three afternoons next week, from 1:30 to 3 p.m., as follows: Wednesday, May 18, Marshall and Yew lane schools; Thursday, May 19, Allen school; Krlday. May 20, Kenwood and old and new Reid schools. Officers Join in Check of Cars Approximately 2,033 cars wore examined here in the three days that state and local officers joined in a local traffic check, with stops placed on various routes. Of the total motorists checked, 62 were found to be using void drivers' licenses, or were without licenses. Brakes on a considerable number of cars were found defective. A number of cars were found with out horns, or with defective horns. A number of arrests were made, and In other cases warnings were Issued. Northwest Rivers Conioouimig Rise; Rich Farm Land Menaced : . ., i i- -- .'. t ' Redmond Air Show Plans Formulated Oregon's governor, Douglas McKay, will fly to Central Ore gon to attend the air-education program at the Redmond airport June 12, Mrs, Evelyn Whitaher, state board of aeronautics repre sentative from Salem, announced Friday. Mrs. Whltaker met wilh mem bers of the aviation committee of he Central Oregon chamber of commerce in Redmond last night to draft plans for the air-day, She said that there Is also the possibility that Gov. C. A. Rob ins of Idaho will attend, Invita tions have been sent to both gov ernors, according to Mrs. Whit- maker, but, so far, only Gov, McKay has indicated his inten tion to be In Redmond for the program. T - Starts With Breakfast ' The air-day events will begin at 8 o'clock Sunday morning, June 12, with a chamber spon sored breakfast at the airport for pilots participating in the program. The Redmond Bucka roo Breakfast association has volunteered its services to cook and serve the meal. A schedule of the air events which will be conducted through out the morning has not yet been announced. Tentative plans call for free airplane rides to the pub lic, an all girls air-race, and an airplane dusting exhibition. The program will be concluded bv about 1 p. m. From 300 to 500 pilots are expected to be In Red Big Dance June 4 Financing of the program, which is to be co-sponsored by the Central Oregon chamber of commerce and the Oregon state board of aeronautics, will be through an all-Central Oregon dance to be held fc Redmond June 4. The dance will be at the V. F. W. hall, with music by the North Unit Melodiers. Members representing the various Central Oregon chambers were distrib uting tickets for the dance last night. The proposal was made to re quest the services of members of the Saddle club and the area mo torcycle clubs to aid in directing' traffic and parking cars at the airport on the day of the pro gram. The Central Oregon chamber will hold its next regular meeting in Prineville May 24. J. R. Roberts, of Redmond, pre sided at the meeting last night. McKay Names Potato Group Salem, May 14 lPi Members of Oregon's new potato commis sion created by the recent legis lature were appointed by Gov. uougias McKay r rmay. Purpose of the commission Is to promote and advance Oregon potatoes, through advertising and publicity campaigns in this and other states. The commission will strive to educate consumers In use of po tatoes and to educate retailers In methods of handling and sale. McKay named these men to the commission: S. E. Hartley of Nyssa and Floyd Stoneman of route 3, Wei ser, Ida., (Malheur Co.), repre senting Malheur county; N. I.. Weiga.nd of Powell Butte and John Brooks of Madras, central Oregon (Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson counties); Scott War ren of Klamath Kalis and Wil ford J. Dixon of Merrill, rcpin sentlng Klamath and Lake conn ties; Clyde Warren of Baker, rep resenting the Blue mountain area (Baker, Union, Wallowa, Grant and Umatilla); M. B. McKay of Troutdale, representing Multno mah county, and Robert Miller of Broadman, representing the state at large. The commission Is charged with the responsibility of find ing and opening up new markets for Oregon potatoes. NAMED DELEGATE Kate Tierney, secretary of the Bend AFL culinary alliance, has been named official delegate of the Central Labor council to the annual Oregon state federation of labor convention to be held in Eugene June 2025, It was report ed today. Old Age RefJremenf Plan To Cover Counfy Employes Placed in Budget Tofal Deschutes county's budget commiitee acropted old age re tirement for county employes last night and in doing so raised estimates for 1949-50 expense to a point where the required levy will crowd the ceiling set by the six per cent constitutional provision. If county library personnel, which was not included in the figure given for public contribution to the retirement fund, is added to the program, the extra amount required, a 'possible $1,200, would make the squeeze even tighter. As it is, the amount of coun ... 7. !- !. ty rjartirination was sot tit $li,700. Of this, $4,500 is to cover employes whose pay comes from the general fund and $7,200 for those paid out of the county road fund. Fund Again Increased The general fund budget," al ready upped to allow higher pay rates, was again increased to al low the $4,500 item. The road fund of $202,550 remains unchanged. Roadmaster George McAllister had suggested that the $7,200 be taken from the appropriation lor jock and road oil but the budget makers decided that the item for salaries and wages could stand the charge and reduced It to $57,- 720. First Indication that a move ment for adoption of the old age retirement plan was under way was given Tuesday night when D. D. Tussing, long-time road crew member, presented a peti tion, signed by a sampling of court house and road employes, asking that the budget commit tee ascertain the cost of partici pation to the county. Ask Adoption i Last night a score of elective and appointed county personnel iattended the committee's meeting Till" the circuit "courtroom at the courthouse to ask, this time, that the plan be adopted. C. L. Allen, county Judge, gave Ihe figures as $7,200 to cover the road depart ment and $4,200 to cover court house personnel. None of the commlttee Allen, Commissioners A. E. Stevens and E. E. Varco and appointive mem bers Pearl Weigand, C. E. Thomp son and Gordon Randall had any objections. Mrs. Helen Dacey, county clerk, and Aubrey Perry, watermastcr, did object, however, when it was suggested that all proposed salary increases be can celed. Tentatively approved up ward revisions of pay were not disturbed. Memorial Included General fund appropriations, at the close of the session, totaled $163,981.34, including an oft-re-budgeted item of $15,000 for a vet erans memorial. The appropria tion for the Deschutes share of the expense of the tri-county health unit, $9,788, remained un changed after Dr. Elizabeth Bish op, head of the unit, had appeared in response to Invitation to ex plain travel estimates which her budget contained. The total expense budget for all purposes, as it was left by the committee for Auditor Bernard C. Davis to whip into final shape, ap proximated $556,600. Of this amount, the road fund was set up to offset expected revenues, no taxation being involved, and the post-war road fund of $52,000 was a rebudgeting of the unchanged balance which will be carried over from this year. Judge Allen called special at tention to the appropriation for county law library, which, he said, will not again be needed. An old charge for law books which has been reduced by Installments over a period of years, will at last be willed out by the $441 which Ihe committee alowed. Air Patrol Head Will Visit Bend i I Colonef W, G. Dye, wing com mander of the Civil Air patrol in Oregon, and his staff will he In Bond Wednesday, May 18, for a meeting wilh all poisons Inter ested In the Civil Air patrol pro- ; gram, It .was announced here to day. Purpose of this mooting will be to reactivate the Bond squad ron, a unit that lias boon Inac tive for Ihe past several years. In the war years the Bend squad ron numbered nearly 100 senior i and cadet members, and was rec ognized as one of the most active units in the state. All tntnroatfvl npt-tinnq InMtlfL Ing high school boys and girls Between the ages of l: and in. are being asked to attend this meeting, to he hold in the Bend i high school Wednesday at 8 p. m. : Eisler Refuses To Leave Ship. Southampton, England, May 14 IIH) Fugitive communist leader Gerliart FJslcr, kicking, screaming and trying to wrench himself loose, was taken off the Polish liner Batory tonight by British police to face proceed ings for extradition back to the United States. Southampton, England, May 14 (U?) Gerhart Eisler, communist agent fleeing from the United States to Poland, refused to come ashore from the Polish liner Ba tory today and the captain of the ship backed him up in his deci sion, reports from the vessel said. British police boarded the Ba tory this afternoon at the re quest of the United States gov ernment and asked Eisler to come ashore for proceedings to extra dite him to the United States. The. fugitive communist leader skipped bail of 24,500 pending ap peals on convictions for passport fraud and contempt of congress. Eisler, according to an infor mant who came ashore from the Batory, refused to leave the ship. Captain Adamant Police appealed to Captain Jan Cwiklinskl for help. He report edly answered that Eisler had paid His passage to Gdnyia, Po land, and that he could not force him to leave the ship If he did not want to land. The British police investigators returned to the mainland for further instructions from the home office. They planned to return to the Batory for further Questioning at 6 p. m. (1 p. m., EDT.) A representative of the U. S. embassy, which made a formal request that Eisler be detained for extradition proceedings, still was aboard the Batory. An official of the Polish em bassy came ashore In the same tender with returning Scotland Yard representatives. "I cannot speak," he said and hurried away In an automobile with two other men. Redmond Twins Win Contest Two Jefferson county girls, members of n pioneer Central Oregon family, have been de clared state winners of a twin con test sponsored by The Oregonlan, it was learned here today. The girls are Phyllis and Shir ley Bolter, 20, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bolter of Wil lowdale, north of Madras In Jef ferson county. The twins are Jun iors at Oregon State college. Their home is a 17,000 acre cattle ranch, and the girls are the fourth gen eration of n family to live on the same place. Their great-grandfather, Ed ward Bolter, sottlod there in pio neer days, before Bond was on Ihe map of Oregon. Their grand father. John Bolter, still lives there, and was winner of an old time rancher contest recently con ducted In Redmond. Father Operate Ranch Their father now operates the big ranch. In the vacation months, the girls assist their father ami grandfather in caring for 700 Ilerefords that graze on the Trout crook hills. At Oregon State college the girls are members of PI Beta Phi sorority. Phyllis was Junior prom princess and Shirley was Kappa Sigma sweetheart this spring at O.S.C. Shirley and Phyllis were born j In Bend. Nov. 28, 1!)28. They at icm, ihkh kiiwi hi maunm. As Oregon finalists the girls now enter a national contest and should they win they will get la free trip to South America. Bonners Ferry Faces Serious Threat by Sunday Night; Dikes Patrolled by Anxious Crews (By United Prean) The broad, snow-fed Fraser river broke through a flood gate Saturday, spilling two inches of water over five acres of farmland. near Vancouver, B.C., as thousands of around-the-clock dike patrolmen nervously watched rivers swell to flood stage elsewhere in the sweltering Pacific Northwest. The Kootenai river flood threat at Bonners Ferry, Ida., was expected to become "serious" by Sunday night. i . A minor break in a dike on the Kootenai flooded 250 acres late Friday. There was no in-' : : : dication, however, at that! time of more serious breaks. Hole Plugged A diver was sent down Satur day into the muddy Fraser to plug a hole in the breached dike with sandbags. Diking authorities said there was no danger to the dike. The flood gate is in a cul vert and Is kept open when the river Is low. The gate was closed when the river started Its rapid rise Thursday. The Fraser was expected to reach flood stage this week end the f rst time since the disas trous floods of last spring. It rose six inches Friday night at Mis sion, B.C., 50 miles east ot Van couver, to within a half-foot of the 18-Inch danger points. Meanwhile, the latest official reading at Bonners Ferry was 29.1. Sheriff Roy Boehm said It probably would reach 29.4 by 8 a.m. a .3 rise within tnreejiours. Flood stage Is 31 feet. ' The weather bureau,' ' mean while, predicted 'the current eight-day heat wave would con tlnue to speed the runoff of a record Cascade snow pack. Heat to Continue The weather bureau said tem peratures would be somewhat lower west of the Cascades but would continue to soar as high as 97 degrees in eastern Washington. In Oregon the heat wave com bined with electric storms caused several small, scattered forest fires. Approximately 50 men were sent into the Umpnua river area where a forest fire flared up in part of an old burn. Other small fires were reported in Lune coun- Logging operations in Tilla mook county were halted by the Oregon state forester when the humidity dropped below the cri tical 30 per cent mark. Army engineers in t'ortinnd said the Columbia would crest at 21.8 feet Tuesday and inundate part of Sauvie's Island and some lowland pastures and orchards. The Bonneville power adminis tration said water backed up be hind Bonneville dam has caused loss In a "power head" and elec tricity generation at the dam had fallen off 7,000 kilowatts. Employmenf Makes Gain In This Area The total number of unem ployed In Central Oregon chopped from 1,500 In March to 700 at the end of April, Clark A Price, man ager of the Bond office of the slate unemployment compensa tion commission, reported today. The number of unemployment compensation claimants decreased to 300 at the end of April from a figure of 900 In March. Price said that Ihe majority of workers find ing employment in that period wore absorbed In const fuel ion, logging, lumbering, agriculture and wholesale and retail trade. Work opportunities, received through the local office also wore up. Price said. There was an un usually heavy demand during April for general farm workers, especially those with Irrigating experience, and also for experi enced construction workers, he added. KKI'HKSF.NTS I'M'MKF.ItS Otto Vanoll, of Eugene, has boon named field roprcsontatlvo for the AFL plumbers union in Central Oregon, It was reported today. Vancil plans to establish his headquarters In the AFL office building at 83 Oregon avenue. Negotiations for new contracts are now being carried on bv the union with contractors in Mad ras, Prinevilc, Redmond and Bend. Deschutes Bond Drive to Open Monday, May 16 Joining with the state and na tion in the Opportunity bond drive, Deschutes county on Mon day, May 16, will launch a cam paign to promote ' purchase of $165,500 In bonds between that date and May 30, A. L. O. Schue ler, county bond drive chairman, announced today. , Schueler pointed to the fact that the county has met and sur passed all its wartime and peace bond drive quotas, and predicted that the new quota,-will be at tained well in advance of June 30. "In the past we have had the full cooperation of labor, busi ness firms, civic and service groups and the banks, and I am sure this cooperation again will be extended," Schuler declared. He pointed out that more than a million and one-half Oregon people have $503 million dollars In "stored up" future purchasing power, to aid in keeping business on an even keel In the years to come." He added that Uregonians who have purchased bonds through the years now have $14 million dollars In accrued inter est. Kick Off May 16 May 16 has been designated nationally by the U. S. treasury department as the "kick off" dale for the Opportunity bond drive. "There are many advantages to each of us in the encouragement of this campaign," Schueler de clared, adding: "An Increase in this reserve will help keep pur chasing power right at home, it will stabilize business and guar antee future markets, and It will help keep the public debt wide spread." The national quota Is $1,040, 000,000 In the "E" bond scries. . Pageant Plans Taking Shape Back from a trip to Portland, whore he made arrangements for outside entertainment features for Bond's 1919 Fourth of July cele bratlon, W. J. Baer, pageant committee chairman, reports that plans for the celebration are rap Idly taking shape. A two-night pageant is planned for the 1949 show, on July 2 and 3, Saturday and Sunday nights. Ihe rourth of July this year will fall on a Monday, providing a double holi day. Btir-r has called n meeting of &f pageant committee for Mon- dt y night, at T.M o'clock, in the Bend chamber of commerce office. Committee chairmen were ap pointed at a meeting earlier in the spring. A queen contest again- will be sponsored this year. Thp contest will be confined to Bend, with high school classes asked to select girls who will rule over the pa geant. One of the girls will be named queen. Water carnival features again will be included In the three-day program, Baer Indicated, follow ing his return from Portland. Because of the lack of grounds, there wil be no rodeo In connec tion with the 1949 celebration. Other feautres will be lined up to replace the rodeos of pre-war years. Charles Clark is chairman of the queen contest committee, Baer has announced.