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BEND
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Oregon Partly cloudy' and
windy today with widely
scattered showers tonight
and Tuesday. High 72 to 82
both days. Low 40 to 50
tonight.
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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
33rd Year
BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 16, 1949
No. 137
Board
swhairtoBTir Fisher
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1ULIUETEN
Flood Danger
Abates, Result
Of Gool Spell
(By United Press) .' '
A eloor mass of air checked the
t rapid melt of the 'Cascade snow
V fiack Monday shrinking swollen
Stivers throughoit the Pacific
wjturthwest where turbulent waters
nau ciaimea tnree lives, wrecked a
. bridge, spilled across scattered
several families.
The eight-day heat wave, which
dried timber stands to the kindl
ing point and started nearly a
score .of forest fires in Oregon,
snapped Sunday morning.,
The surging Clearwater in
northern Idaho caused 'he death
of three loggers Sunday. The trio
drowned when a boat was swept
into a partly submerged tree and
capsized.
At Peck, Ida., a 750-foot bridge
was undermined by swirling wa
ters which sent .floating logs
pounding Into the center pier. The
bridge collapsed with a rumble,
the boiling current pulling out
first one span and then the other
nftpr shpprlnp thrnnph the mlHrlle
support.
i Over River Road
' The rising lower Columbia spill
ed over the lower river road west
r if nH iir t. c i
til vuiiuuuviri, vvubii., ouiiuny.
Three families fled their homes.
Other families prepared to send
livestock to higher ground and
evacuate if the river continued its
rise. .
The snow-fed waters of the Koo
tenai river breached dikes Satur
- day and caused flooding of rich
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Deschutes School
Funds Distributed
-Distribution Of ?30,114i4"fin
1 1948-49 county school funds was
i made to schools Saturday, it was
reported by Velma Buckingham,
county schcbl superintendent.
The following distribution of
funds was made: Bend, $28,344.97;
Redmond, $12,615.19; Tumalo, $1,
71252; Lapine, 851.56; Terrebon
ne, $1,619.85; Sisters, $2,767.41;
Lower Bridge, $194.42; Brothers,
$55.57 'Cloverdale, $397.99; Young,
$684.92; Plainview, $55.57; Alfal
fa, $462.80; Harper, $64.80, and
Deschutes, $286.97.
The distribution was made on
the basis of the 1947 school cen
sus which lists 5,417 children,
wheat and range acreage near
Bbnners Ferry,
Highway Project
Sought for Bend
A proposal that highway 20,
from its junction with highway
97 north of Bend to the grade
west of Tumalo, be rebuilt, will
be submitted to the state high
way commission by a Deschutes
county delegation at a meeting
in Portland tomorrow. The com
mission meeting -''ill begin at
10:45 a. m Portland time.
The delegation, composed of
l'loyd West, Bend chamber man
ager; C. L. Allen, county judge,
and commissioners A. E. Stevens
and 12. E. Varco, left for Port
land today.
Large Crowd Attends Scout
Circus Saturday at Redmond
The Fremont district Boy Scout
circus held In Redmond Saturday
night attracted at least 1,000 peo
ple, who saw Central Oregon boys
in action In events that ranged
from pioneering demonstrations
to chariot races. The circus was
hei on the Deschutes county fair
grounds under sponsorship of the
Redmond Kiwanis club, assisted
by fellow clubmen from Bend,
1'rlnevllle and Madras.
William M. Romlne, Prinevllle.
Fremont district chairman of
camping 0"d activities, was circus
director, a.,d he and his assistants
were busy men. The circus was
held under a threaning sky, but
no rain fell and weather condi
tions were ideal. Last year in
Prinevllle, a bitterly cold wind
swept the circus arena, as light-
nmg flashed in the east.
I Parade Staged
, Preceding the evening circus
Saturday night, the scouts Joined
In a parade through Redmond. A
highlight of this parade was the
appearance In the line of march
tf Warm Springs Indian boys,
Vho later at the circus were pre
sented In ceremonial dances. Paul
. E. Foster is leader of the Warm
Springs troop, sponsored by A. F.
i. local 530.
Chariots were Hifteed In the line
of march, and the entrv ol troop
Shanghai Now
Under Siege
By Red Army
By Blake Gearliart
(United Prvwi Stuff CorreHlKindent), '
Shanghai, May 16 U' Chinese
communists threw a ring of men
and guns around Shanghai on all
sides today.
The greatest city in China was
isolated by communist forces driv
ing 'into the outlying suburbs,
save for a narrowing corridor
down the Whangpoo river.
The communist vanguard press
ed close to the Woosung forts at
the mouth of the Whangpoo a few
miles north of Shanghai. They
also were near the Hungjao air
field just southwest of Shanghai.
And they were across the Whang
poo sout hof the city, and pushing
a spearhead iast Shanghai to the
east. ' .
To the southeast across the
Whangpoo river from the billion
dollar bund, communist guerrillas
reached the Nanhwei district,
about 17 miles distant.
River Crossed
(Air travelers from Shanghai to
Hong Kong reported that the com
munists swarmed across the
Whangpoo; which bisects Shang
hai, this afternoon a few miles
south of the city and about three
miles south of the Lunghwa inter
national air field
(They also said the nationalists
had begun a water-borne with
drawal from the east coast east of
Shanghai. They were boarding
small craft along -the coast, and
also were being ferried across the
Whangpoo. and marshlng toward
Shanghai.) '
AH foreign ships were diverted
from the port of Shanghai. . A
U. S. LCI had been plying up and
down . the Whangpoo between
Shanghai and the Americans, ships
off the mouth of the Yangtze, fer
rying out the last of 1,500 Ameri
cans who wanted to leave.
Dispatch Not Clear .
'ifthis' dispWcH -did -nbt' make
clear whether the diversion of "all
foreign ships"' from Shanghai
meant that the LCI had made its
last trip and ho more U. S. craft
would come up the Whangpoo.) (
All passenger train service .on
Shanghai's two lines, to Hang
chow and Nanking, had been
halted "until further notice." All
trains on both lines were reported
.commandeered for troop move
ments. ,
Shanghai became an armed
camp. Armored cars patrolled
the main streets. Residents re
mained at home unless their busi
ness was compelling.
The sound of explosions was
heard intermittently from the
north and west all daq.
SUPERINTENDENT NAMED
Salem, May 16 U1 The state
board of control today appointed
James Lamb, 38, of Portland as
superintendent of the Woodburn
school for boys.
Lamb, chief probation officer
for the court of domestic relations
in Multnomah county, was named
to succeed M. D. Wooley, who re
signed the Woodburn post to be
come secretary of the Burns
chamber of commerce.
The board of control was unani
mous in naming- Lamb, who was
recommended by the advisory
committee for the boys' training
school.
No. 60, Bend, sponsored by the
Latter Day Saints, was declared
the winner. Ray. Howard Is scout
master of this troop. At the cir
cus, these chariots were seen in
races, with all troops and senior
suts participating. In the Cub
division, the Warm Springs boys
won in a runoff, following a neck
arid neck contest.
Demonstrations Given
The circus got under way in the
Sunday twilight with clowns, "cir
cus freaks" and "wild animals" on
parade. Then followed the scout
pioneering demonstrations, with
troop No. 21, Bend, presented in a
bridge-building act. Boys of troop
No. 25, Bend, improvised ladders,
using ropes and poles. The Ex
plorer scout post, No. 120, of
Bend, demonstrated the building
and use of two large signal tow
ers. Other events Included "Scouts
In Action", bv troop No. 23, Bend;
"Scouts Go Camping", by troops
27, 26 and 60; Indian ceremonial
dances, the chariot races and clos
ing ceremonies. In the final cere
monies, the scouts joined In
re-dedlcation of their oath to
"strenethen the arm of liberty".
Scout officials present lor tne
i circus Included Robert H. Lamott,
I Klamath Falls, area executive.
Tornado Dead
Now Total 5
AmariUo, Tex., May 16 UPi
Looting broke out today- as
guardsmen ana rescue worxers
picked their way through the rub
ble left by a tornado that killed
five persons, injured 83 others
and caused almost 31,000,000 dam
age to property.
The twister roared down upon
this Texas panhandle city of 65,
000 persons about 9 p.m. yester
day, smasntng through an area ot
about 30 square blocks.
The storm was sighted as it
leaped crdzily over the prairies 15
miles to the southwest. Radio sta
tions flashed a warning to the
city's residents.
But few heard the warning and
the tornado crashed through the-
southslde residential area a few
seconds later.
Many Missing
More than a score of persons
was reported missing, but it was
believed many simply were out of
touch With relatives or friends in
the general confusion.
Personnel at the Amarillo air
port control tower spotted the
twister and announced over their
teletype that they were leaving
their posts due to the "approach
ing tornado."
They returned to their work a
few seconds later as the storm
dodged the airport and ploughed
into the town.
The screaming funnel skipped
over the south side as a deluge of
rain and egg-sazed hailstones pelt
ed the city. . ' .
Airplanes Demolished
It demolished 45 airplanes and
their hangars at Tradewind air
port, a private field southeast of
the city, and derailed 35 cars of an
80-car i Santa Fe.-, freight train
about a mile away."" .
The train crew escaped. Injury.
The locomotive and tender were
among the cars which stayed up
right. . .... ...
In one block, Viree occupied
homes were levelled. An adjoining
house was not touched. It was va
cant.," ..'.':. .. ' '
-The high wind pushed the roof
of their home down onto Mr. and
Mrs. M. C. Bryant but a flying
mattress shielded them from the
rafters. ,
Sam Peiptone and his wife, who
is expecting a baby, were evicted
from their home last night, and
left ; to ' spend the night with
friends. They weathered the
storm in their automobile and ar
rived at the friend's home to find
nothing but a pile of wreckage. '
As dawn approached, Capt.
Polk Ivy of the Amarillo unit of
the Texas highway patrol, direct
ed the operation. He said he be
lieved virtually all casualties had
been found. ,
The known dead were:
Mr,s. Lois Martin, 30.
Mrs. Charles Mesarang, 30.
George A. McPherson, 67, and
his wife, 56.
An unidentified body.
In Texas uty
Winners in Scout Chariot Contest
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Troop No. 60, Bend, was winner of the chariot races, In the scout division, Saturday night at the
annual Fremont district Boy Scout circus in Redmond. All members of the team, sponsored by the
Latter Day Saints church received scout axes as awards. Presenting an axe to Johnny Wild Is Henry
Hulctt, Prinevllle. In tht background is Danny Bucknum, with Grant Spanl at the right.
Bend Boy Wins State Marble
Billy Giltner, 14, Kenwood schopl' pupil and' son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Giltner, won the marble
championship of Oregon In state' competition Saturday afternoon in Portland. Billle, at lelt, is pic
turned here With the bicycle he won in the state tourney; Gary Lee Johnson, at right, also of Bend,
placed third in Eastern Oregon competition. Locally, the contest was sponsored by the Eagles. Blllie
will get a free trip to Pittsburgh, Pa., to participate In the national V.F.W. tourney.
Bend Boy Wins
State Marble
Billle Giltner, 14, Kenwood pu
pil and son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Giltner, Bend, ruled as marble
champion of Oregon today, fol
lowing his Tictory Saturday aft
ernoon .in the Young Oregonians'
state tourney, held In Portland.
In the state finals, gillie met
Jimmie Hodson, of Roseburg, and
won two out of three games.
Merchandise won by ihe Bend
boy includes a bicycle, ''with aH
the trimmings," which he brought
back to Bend Sunday. His major
award, however, will be a free
trip to Pittsburgh, Pa., to enter
the national tourney sponsored
by the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
In Central Oregon, the tourney
was sponsored by the Fraternal
Order of Eagles, which paid all
expenses of participants making
the trip to Portland for the slate
finals.,
One of the state participants
in the junior division wan Gary
Lee Johnson, Bend, who placed
third in the Eastern Oregon di
vision. Joe Hyde, Prinevllle, win-
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m inn in ii miium t-iii nr irTrl1 i n -
S wing Toward Righf Seen
In i Britis h, Berlin Election
: . (By UnlUl Prow) ' ' '..:'( . . "
C. Election results from Europe showed today two swings to
Ihe rightc in Britain,! .where, theconieryativea. claimed they
hafl won almoKt 85U idcacotnicH seats from the ruling labor
party, and in Germany, where
than half the voters in the soviet zone had repudiated com
munist rule.' ,-, .-. '
In two other elections in communist-dominated Hungary
and Bulgaria the results were a foregone conclusion. More
: y ; : than 95 per cent of the people
Body Recovered
From Deschutes
The Dalles, May 16 mi The
body of Don Livingston, 13-year-old
Portland angler who drowned
May 1, was recovered from the
Deschutes river Sunday about a
mile below Maupln, .
R. B. Cox, Portland, member of
a fishing party, waded into the
stream and brought the body to
shore.
Livingston, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Livingston, drowned
while fishing on the west bank
of the Deschutes In the ai-ea oppo
site Kaskela. The body has been
sent to Portland.
Receive Awards
Championship
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the west Berlin press said more
reportedly voted in Bulgaria s
election . of local "people's
councils" and approved the
government party's choice of
officials. ;
Tabulators In Hungary totaled
figures, meanwhile, to see how
many seats there would be in the
new parliament elected yesterday.
No Doubt of Result
Who would occupy those seats
posed no question. The voters had
a choice of a single slate of hand
picked candidates.
Fourteen million voters were
involved. In the balloting in Itie
soviet zone of Germany. West
Berlin press reports said 35 per
cent of the people voted "no" in
the selection of the soviet-sponsored
German people's congress.
Another 20 per cent reportedly
validated their ballots as they
voted in an election which gave
them no choice but to accept or re.-
ject a single list of 1,525 commu
nist and pro-communist delegates
to the people's congress.
Conservatives Gain
In Britain, where voters ballot
ed In complete freedom and with
a wide choice of candidates, Win
ston Churchill's conservatives
claimed they had gained 1,171
seats In municipal, metropolitan
and county councils.
The labor party admitted that
It had lost 1,090 seats but said It
gained 395.
"These results are a major dis
aster for the labor party," con
servative headquartrs said,
The voting was considered a
preview of the crucial 1950 British
general elections. On the basis of
last week's voting, the conserva
tives said they would regain con
trol of the government next year.
Training Plane
Crashes; 5 Dead
Roswell, N. M., May 10 urn At
least five men were killed today
when an air force C-47 crashed on
a routine training flight and burn
ed nine miles east of Roswell.
The public information officer
at Walker air force base herc.sald
five men were known dead. He
said it was possible there could
be more casualties because the ex
act number of men aboard the
plane was not known.
One filer parachuted to safety
before the piano crashed. He es
caped injury.
Names of the dead and the air
man who escaped were being
withheld by the air force pending
notification of next of kin.
Gov. McKay Charges Unfair
Play by Other Members; Two
New Appointments Are Made
Salem, May 16 U.E The state board of control in a turbu
lent session today ousted Tax commissioners Wallace S.
Wharton and Earl T. Fisher and appointed new men in their
place. Gov. Douglas McKay, board of control member, charged
the other two members with "unfair play."
The new commissioners are Ray Smith, secretory of Port
land aerie No. 4, Fraternal Order of Eagles, and Col. Robert
Senate Approves
Reorganization 1
Of U. S. Agencies
Washington, : May 16 UP) The
senate today whooped through by
voice vote legislation to give the
president authority to reorganize
agencies of the executive branch.
Under the senate bill, the presi
dent's reorganization plans can be
vetoed by a majority vote of either
nou3o of congress.
The bill, which varies widely
from the house-approved version
on three major points, went
through In less than two hours of
debate with no expressed opposi
tion. ..'''
It now goes to a conference
with the house to work out differ
ences between the two measures.
The house voted to let reorgan
ization plans' submitted by the
president go through unless, both
houses turned them down. The
senate required n veto only by
one. . ;'. ,,, :.. .. ? ;.;.
." The lower -house version! how
ever, gave special treatment ' to
several agencies, Including the
vase military estaDiisnment. ine
senate voted no special treatment
or exemptions for any agencies.
In the third major change, the
senate voted an April 1. 1953, cut
off date for the president's, reor
ganization authority. . The house
bill had none, .. , . ,
Lumber Operators,
Woodworkers Sign
Klamath Falls, May 16 UM An
agreement affecting approximate
ly 5,500 workers has been signed
between lumber operators and the
International Woodworkers of
America (CIO).
Unionists affected by the agree
ment includes several thousand
between-Redding, Cal and the
Bend, Ore., area.
Except for a few modifications,
the agreement will freeze present
wage minimums In the industry
until April 1, lDM). II settled
union demands . pertaining to
health and welfare, holidays, vaca
tions and wages.
APPEAL REFUSED
Washington, May 16 iui The
supreme court today refused for a
second time to hear an appeal by
Jake Bird, negro awaiting execu
tion for the ax-slaying of a Ta
coma, Wash., woman.
Pomona Grangers Hear Talk
On Sfate Legislative Session
James Short, state representa
tive from Deschutes-Lake coun
ties, described the workings of Ihe
legislature nml I he mechanics of
law-making, as guest speaker for
the lecturer's hour at the Pomona
grange meeting Saturday ut the
Redmond grange hall. He explain
ed several laws passed at the re
cent session that affect farmers
of the Central Oregon urea.
Other highlights of the ull-day
meeting were a noon luncheon
served to 110 persons, Ihe Pomona
grange's first annual memorial
service honoring deceased mem
bers, and a morning business ses
sion featuring reports by commit
tee chnlrmcn, with George Mur
phy, Pomona master, presiding,
t'ounly Airent Reports
Gene l-eur, county agent, gave
a report on soli conservation dis
tricts and the new rules govern
ing them. He also touched on the
new brand inspection law, and dis
cussed damage to the l'jcal alfalfa
and clover crops, resulting from
the prolonged period of cold
weuther this past winter.
Legislative reports were given
by Mrs. P. F. Rledel, who discuss
ed socialized medicine, and Harry
Gossler, who reported on the new
traffic law regarding school bus
es. Mrs. Walter Prlehard discus
sed the new recreation program
MacLean, county commission-.
er ot Lincoln county.
Smith, prominent ' republi- .
can, was nominated by Secre
tary of state Earl T. Newbry
and supported by State treas
urer Walter J. Pearson, lie :
will replace Fisher in the in- :
come, tax division.
Governor Dissents
MacLean was nominated bv
Pearson and supported by New- :.
bry. He will take over Wharton's
post W the assessment division ot .:
the commission. Gov. McKay re
fused to concur with either hoith
inatlon. The new commissioners
will take over June 4. !
Said McKay: "When you have v
men who are doing an efficient '
job I don't like to see you Tire'
them. And another thing I don't:
like is for you two gentlemen
(Newbry and Pearson) to meet a
half-hour before this meeting and
enter into a deal and give me no
chance to consider it.
Pearson and Newbry retorted
that McKay had refused to dis
cuss the appointments with them.'
Pearson declared: "I talked to
you,. Governor, three weeks ago,
anu other tnan to say mat you
were for Fisher and Wharton and .
no one else, you wouldn't discuss'
, . Newbry denied he had entered
"Into any ,"'aeal" with Pearson, He :,
said that more than' a month ago r
he had declined to back Pearson's .
suggestion that Howard Morgan,
Portland democratic state : repre-;
sentative, he named to the post. -.: X
' Near Retirement&lge
McKay said Commissioner Fish-!
er would be 65 years old next '
March and he was In favor of
keeping him until then. He tfaid
Wharton had considerable experi
ence on the tax commission and
he could see no point to displacing
him. As a final word, the gover
nor declared:
You two men have the votes
but I wish to say again that I
don't like to see men who are
performing an efficient job get
kicked out m this way.
MacLean was born in Minne- i
apolls in 1901. He came to Wald- '
port on the Oregon coast in 1940
where he has operated a ranch of
190 acres. After serving 16 months
in world war I as a private, he
enlisted in world war II as a pri
vate in the air corps and rose to ,
lieutenant colonel before he left
the service. He was elected Linc
oln county commissioner last No
vember. County Commissioner
MacLean moved to California at
an early age. He attended elemen
tary school at Mill Valley, Cal.,
then moved to Nevada where he
was graduated from high school.
He attended University of Nevada
for two years. He was employed
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for the rlty of Bend In the civics
report. Mrs. Ellen Stacy gave the
reports of the juvenile granges in
the county and Mrs. Stella Nelson
gave the Alfalfa home economics
report.
Alternate Delegate
Following the count of mem
bers representing the various
granges, reports of the subordi
nate granges were given. Mrs.
Vern Lantz was elected alternate
Pomoifa delegate to the state
grange convention, and Louis
('.less was elected to represent the
Pomona grange In the fire Insur
ance meetings at state grange.
The lecturer, Mrs. Leo Bishop,
urged the grange to enter the na
tional grange contests, and gave
her report from the subordinate
grange lecturers.
A discussion followed on the
Pelton dam question, with argu
ments given both for and against
the proposed construction.
Mrs. Vern Lantz, Pomona chap
lain, was In charge of the memor
ial program, which featured vocal
music by Byrl King, Sherwood
Nicholas, Ellis Edglngton and
George Billingslcy. The brief cere
mony was in memory of Mrs. C.
P. Wanichek, Mrs. M. W. Knicker
bocker and Victor Iler.
The lecturer's program opened
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