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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
State Forecast
Oregon Fair and warmer
today, tonight and Friday.
High temperatures 68 to 72
today and 75 to 80 Friday.
Low tonight 38 to 48.
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NEWS COVERAGE
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33rd Year
TWO SECTIONS
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1 949
No. 151
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Laxity Cited
In Guarding
Atom Secrets
Man With Police Record
Had Access to Safe, Is
Disclosed at Hearing
By Fred Mullen
(United Preut Staff CurrfsitonUent)
Washington, June 3 Veiled
testimony today disclosed that a
person with a police record of
grand larceny had access to the
safe at an atomic laboratory from
which a small quantity of urani-nim-235
disappeared early this
year.
"V The disclosure was evoked by
" ;Rep. Charles H. Elston, R., O., of
"the joint congressional atomic en
ergy committee In questioning of
Caroll L. Wilson, general manager
of the atomic energy commission.
Wilson carefully guarded his
answers. Beyond confirming El
ston's information in outline, he
said little for the public record.
Wilson said he would make a full
er explanation at a closed session
scheduled later today.
The U-235 was mislaid at the
Argonne national laboratory near
Chicago. The commission says all
but one-eighth of an. ounce of the
atomic explosive has since been
recovered from laboratory resi
dues. Not in Charge
Wilson later told reporters that
the man to whom Elston referred
was not In charge of the vault
where the uranium was kept. But
he was, Wilson said, in charge at
Argonne of the "accountability
for materials" system by means
of which the project tries to keep
track of all atomic fuels used in
research or production,
i Wilson said the man was not
involved In the mislaying of the
U-235. His record of previous ar
rests was, however, discovered
during investigation of the miss
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Milk Marketing
'f Pool Considered
&ifor This Region
V?" Ctraanl'tailnr, irt Central Clw
Organization in Central Oregon
of milk marketing pools, to sup
plement the present method of
distribution, is now being studied
and will come up for considera
tion at a meeting to be. held in
Redmond next Tuesday night, it
was learned here today. The Red
mond meeting will be in the soil
conservation office, and will start
at 8 p. m., and the occasion will
be the regular meeting of the
Central Oregon Milk Producers'
association.
Present for the Tuesday meet
ing will be Will Henry, Portland,
president of the Oregon Dairy
Cooperative association, and Mar
vin Davidson, his assistant.
Also in attendance at the Red
mond conference will be members
of the Central Oregon Cooper
ative creamery board of direc
tors. New Farm Bureau
Center Organized
Organization 'of a new Farm
bureau center, third in the coun
ty, took place last night at a
meeting of members of the Des
schutes county Farm bureau, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. James
F. Short, near Redmond. Officers
elected were Eugene Elliott,
chairman; Herbert Eby, vice-
chairman; Mrs. Eugene Elliott,
secretary treasurer, and Mrs.
George Elliott, associated women
chairman.
The first group organized In
the county was the Pilot Butte
Farm bureau center, with R. C.
Hooker, chairman; Fred Perry,
vice-chairman, and Mrs. Fred
Perry, secretary-treasurer. On
Tuesday evening the Tumalo
Farm bureau center was organ
ized, at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Folmer Bodtker. Center of
ficers elected were Charles Port
er, chairman; Harold Parson,
vice chairman, and Mrs. C. E.
Heislnger, secretary . treasurer.
Folmer- Bodtker is president of
the Deschutes County Farm bu
reau and Mrs. Ilo Bodtker is the
county secretary-treasurer.
Swearlngen Sneak
Attending the Deschutes coun
ty organization meetings was
Marshall Swearingen, executive
vice-president of the Oregon
Farm Bureau federation. He made
a plea for active participation of
farm members in order to keep
organization control at the farm
bureau level, providing, he said,
democratic operation.
Subjects discussed at the meet
ing included the Pelton dam
Issue. Construction of the pro
posed dam has been supported
by the Oregon Farm Bureau fed
eration on behalf of the Des
chutes. Crook .and Jefferson coun
ty farm bureaus.
Steel Span Takes Shape Over Mill
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' Photo by Phil P. Brogan
The span being constructed across Mill creek gorge on the route of the new Warm Springs cutoff
into Portland today had reached the point where It was possible to lower steel to pedestals, shown at
bottom of picture. Swinging across the deep gorge is the narrow catwalk used by workers.
Economy of Hawaiian Islands
Hard Hit by Maritime Strike
Honolulu, June 2 (U.E) Business leaders said today that
the economy of the Hawaiian islands is being damaged to the
extent of $300,000 a day by a 32-day-old longshoremen's
strike.
Prospects for settling the strike were considered dim and it
was believed the walkout would continue for a prolonged
period. Waterfront workers have demanded a wage increase
Woman Held
In" Bend Case;
Man Released
Portland, June 2 (IB State po
lice today said a woman was ar
rested on narcotics charges after
a chase between Portland and Zig
Zag, Ore., that resulted in the in
jury of a'Portland couple.
Mrs. Marie Wietzel, 49, Evan
ston, Wyo., and Amos Newell, 59,
Bend, . Ore., were stopped near
Boring, Ore., by Multnomah coun
ty deputies. Two autos following
piled up. Newell was released.
Arnold F. Von Hause, 51, and
his wife, Elma, 41, Portland, were
taken to Providence hospital with
injuries. Their conditions were
termed "fair."
The hunt for a car with Wyo
ming license plates started late
yesterday after 60 grains of mor
phine and an unknown quantity
of opium were stolen from the
automobile of a Bend physician.
She will be taken to Bend for
trial.
WOMAN SUSPECTED
The arrest of Mrs. Marie Wiet
zel followed a state-wide hunt that
followed the theft of narcotics
from the automobile of Dr. P. W.
Chernenkoff in Bend yesterday,
when it was parked near the Pine
tavern. Officers said a woman
was seen entering the car. Mrs.
Wietzel is being brought back to
Deschutes county on a charge of
illegal entry of an automobile. Her
arrest followed a broadcast from
state radio station KOHN. here.
State police in the Mt. Hood area
heard the broadcast and recalled
that a car of the description of the
one sought had just passed, Sgt.
L. L. Hirtzel reported here today.
Officers said Newell owns some
property just South of town. In
Bend yesterday, he mortgaged
this property for $2200, officers
said.
Boy Files Suit
Against Union
Portland, June 2 A 16-year-old
boy today sued the AFL meat
cutters local for $5,000 damages
and medical expenses after a pic
ket allegedly kicked him in the
leg.
Leigh A. Hughes, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Hughes,
sued the union through his par
ents. He said he was kicked by a
picket as he picketed the picket.
A. R. Buck, union business
agent, denied that anybody
kicked the boy and said the
Hughes children had kicked the
pickets, "sugared their gas tanks
and peppered their cars with BB
guns."
The Hughes' meat market, op
erated by the family, has refused
to be organized by the meat cut
ters on grounds that the market
was a family affair.
ot 6Z cents an nour. employ
ers have offered 12 cents.
Two federal conciliators are
a.ttemp.ting to;bridge. the dif
ference between- the two sides
but have made no apparent
progress. r
A survey by the chamber of
commerce estimated that the
strike so far has cost the islands
$4,000,000, including wages, retail
sales, losses to the tourist busi
ness and losses in taxes.
Backs to Wall
Spokesmen for the employers
insist they will neither compro
mise nor arbitrate. They believe a
strike on 21 sugar plantations is
likely and in view of the frequent
strikes called in the past by the
international longshoremen work
ers' union they cannot afford to
appease the waterfront strikers.
They feel their backs are against
the wall for a last stand against
union domination of the island s
economy.
The employers also mistrust the
left wing leadership of the ILWU
as manifested by the bar associa
tion's recent request for a justice
department investigation to deter
mine whether the strike is a nor
mal labor dispute or a communist
stratagem."
Heavy Storms
Lash Midwest
(By United Prw)
Heavy thunderstorms lashed
the midwest today on the heels
of tornadoes that Injured nine
persons and caused about $1,000,
000 damage to rural property.
Three persons were missing.
The twisters struck late yester
day near eight towns lying In a
200-mile radius where the Mis
souri river joins Iowa, Missouri,
Nebraska and Kansas,
Seven funnels dipped to reath
from dense black thunderheads,
causing dumage near Sidney and
Perciva' in Iowa; larKio, Burling
ton Junction and Fairfax in Mis
souri; Bern and St. Benedicts Jn
Kansas, and Nebraska City, Neb.
Most of the casualties were
caused by the twister that struck
near Burlington Junction and
Fairfax.
It smashed the farm home of
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Clark, injuring
them and their four children, Kim,
4, Kent, 9, Shirley, 12, and Mar
garet, 14.
Donna Louis, who lived 50
yards away, was hurt when she
started walking toward the Clark
home at the storm's height. Her
mother, Mrs. Owen Louis, and two
other Louis children were missing.
Her father was in Kansas City for
the day.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Stoldorf
were hurt when a twister smash
ed their farm home south of Es
sex, la. Stoldorf suffered a brok
en leg. His wife was cut and
bruised.
Creek Gorge
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Work Launched
On Tall Towers
Oyer Mill Greek
Construction of the first of two
tall towers that will support the
steel span across Mill creek, on
the route of the new Warm
Springs highway, wag under way
today,- with crews lowering ma
terial into the gorge from a lofty
platform. The towers are to be
erected on concrete pedestals,
with the four near the north wall
of the canyon in place.
The tower steel is being low
ered into place through telephonic
guidance, from the end of the
span that had been extended out
over the rocky gorge from the
north wall. At present the span
extension is resting on falsework
which reaches, weblike, out from
rocky facing.
Long Detour
When work on the north side is
completed, with the first tower in
place, operations will be shifted
to the south wall. Track-laying
equipment will make a 16-mile
detour to reach a point now only
583 feet distant. The span-extension
and tower-construction work
will then be repeated from the
south side of the canyon. When
both towers are constructed and
steel reaches to these towers from
the gorge walls, a Suspended span,
123 feet long, will be slipped into
place directly over the center of
the gorge, between the towers.
The new bridge will be 230 feet
high. . The Don L. Cooney, Inc.,
of Seattle, Wash., has the contract.
It was announced today by W. M.
Moore, resident bridge engineer in
charge for the state highway de
partment, that all steel is. now in
place and rapid progress is ex
pected.. Moore Is being assisted
by Larry Smitten, resident bridge
engineer, who Is here part of each
week from the Baker office.
Central Oregon
Water Survey
Now Completed
Salem, June 2 Ul'iStato Engi
neer Charles E. Stricklin announc
ed today lhat a survey of lands in
Central Oregon to help determine
relative rights to use of the wa
ters of the Deschutes river and its
tributaries has been completed.
The Deschutes county circuit
court at Bend and the Oregon su
preme court allowed the lands an
Inchoate water right.
The state engineer was required
to examine some 81,000 acres al
lowed an Inchoate water right of
which about 60,000 acres were sur
veyed. Stricklin said maps have been
prepared showing the lands irri
gated, and notice wll be mailed to
all claimants who were allowed
Inchoate water rights at a time
and place where proof will be re
ceived by his office. These proofs
will describe the lands which it is
claimed have been Irrigated In ac
cordance with the terms of the
court's decree.
After all claims have been filed
Stricklin will prepare his supple
mental findings of fact and order
of determination and will file the
same with the Deschutes county
circuit court.
Redmond Air
Show Program
Now Complete
Many Attractions Now
Planned for Big Event;
Plane Rides Promised
ine auotn air division, a re
serve bomber squadron from
Portland, and the Empire airlines
or tuano, will participate in the
air-education day show in Red
mond June 12, it was announced
by Mrs. bvelyn Whilmaker, In
formational representative, Ore
gon slate board of aeronautics.
. The air-day program is to be
co-sponsored by the Central Ore
gon chamber of commerce and
the state board of aeronautics.
. Final plans for an all-Central
Oregon dance at the VFW hall
in Redmond Saturday, lo help
finance the show, were made
last night by chamber members
at a meeting in Redmond. Tickets
to the dance are on sale in the
chamber offices in the various
Central Oregon communities. The
dance will begin at 9:30 p. m.
me dinin air division squad
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Wide Attendance
At Tourist Host
School Advocated
"Every man and woman who In
any way comes in touch with our
tourist guests should attend the
tourist refresher clinic Monday
night," Fred Paine, chairman of
the Bend chamber of commerce
tourist committee, declared todav.
He added: "It behooves every one
oi us to oe able to answer tourist
questions and assist our visitors
in an intelligent manner.
From early response' ;o the
county s advertising, a heavy tour
ist travel can be expected here
this year, chamber officials said.
Daily inquiries are 50 per cent
greater than last year,.
It was estimated the tourist
business in this area amounted to
$'(,500,000 last yeir, which makes
It one of the region's three big
industries,, sharing top- honors
with agriculture and lumbering.
it was pointed out by the cham
ber officials. ,
This year's session of the tour
ist school will be limited to one
evening, and, Paine said, will be
direct to the point. Manley Rob
Ison, director of the state high
way department's travel and in
formation department, will be
present Wilfred Jossy will speak
on tourist attractions.
Following the talks, a "stump
the experts" session will be held,
with Phil F. Brogan and Don H.
Peoples leading a panel discussion
based on audience questions about
tourist attractions.
The meeting will be at 7:30
p.m. Monday, in rooms 306 and
308 of the Bend high school.
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Marilyn Bishop, one of the girls selected for the royal court of
Bend's Fourth of July water pageant, likes singing and outdoor
sports.
Ali Air port
Bids Exceed
Estimates
Bids for improvement of the
Bend municipal airport, opened
yesterday afternoon at the' city
hall, were considerably above esti
mates, It was announced from the
office of the city manager, W. O.
(Jutliuertson. All were rejected,
but it was learned today that ne
gotiations are under way between
the city and two of the contrac
tors, and there is a possibility that
specifications can be altered to
bring the job within the range of
available funds.
Four bids were submitted,
three covering the tolal contract
and one limited to grading. The
three general bids received by the
city follow:
Stevenson Construction Co., Sa
lem, $47,597.60.
Asphalt Paving Co., Klamath
Kails, $-19,918.68.
Jack Robinson, Bend, $ l9,fl8T).-l7.
May Negotiate
The grading bid was submitted
by M. L. O'Neil & Son, Eugene,
and was for $28,797.28.
There is a possibility, engineers
said today, that the O'Neil con
tract for grading and the Asphalt
Paving Co. unit bid for surfacing
can be negotiated. Conferences
with representatives of the two
firms are now under way.
W. C. Hill, engineer for the
state board of aeronautics, and J.
V. Fryberger of the CAA were
here when the bids were opened
yesterday. The proposii work calls
for the grading and surfacing of a
3800-foot north-south runway and
other developments, Including
catch basins, surfacing of park
ing space and construction of a
fence and topping of trees.
Field lighting will be included
in a separate contract.
Pinson Sought
Near Blue River
Blue River, Ore., June 2 (in
state police patrolled nearby
roads for a sign of two fugitives
who ' escaped from the Oregon
state i' prison Memorial day.-- '
Mrs. Stella Ely' saftl' she saw
a man, resembling a photograph
of John O. Pinson, one escapee
who had. Been serving a life term
for the murder of an Oregon
state trooper at Hood River.
She said the man entered a
Blue River restaurant for a cup
of coffee yesterday and asked
for help. "He was shaky. He
wore a navy peacoat and brown
trousers. He said his car was
stalled down the road," she said.
Police later found the - car
abandoned at a Blue River serv
ice station with "fake . Idaho
plates. The automobile was re
ported stolen from Sam Ruben
stein, Eugene furniture dealer.
The McKenzie pass through the
Cascade mountains and the Clear
lake road north lo highway 20
were watched.
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Bend Recreation
Program Subject
Of Heated Debate
A postlogue to the Rend city commission meeting Wednes-.
day evening originally scheduled to be an occasion for re
marks by Willnrd H. Shumard, field representative for the
National Recreation association developed into a general
and at times acrimonious debate on the new city recreation
program. ;. v
Principals in the discussion were Dave Howard, new city
recreation director, supported '
uy members ot the city recrea-
tion committee and the city
park board, who were in at
tendance, and W. O. Cuthbert-I
son, city manager. Gordon!
Randall, member of the com
mittee, raised the Issue when he
asked the commission whether or
not Bend has a recreation depart
ment. Cuthbertson replied that he has
been In the process of setting up
such a department, but had been
Handicapped by lack of coopera
tion on the part of Howard. An
incident involving the city nala
torlum, to be completed late In
June, was cited by Cuthbertson
to support his charge. Howard
employed a lifeguard for the pool
without consulting or obtaining
the approval ot the city manager,
Cuthbertson asserted.
Duties Discussed
This brought about a general
discussion of the duties Howard
Is supposed to have, In connection
with his -job as recreation direc
tor. Randall declared that How
aid has been given no real author
ity and that he had been serious
ly handicapped in his efforts to
get the city recreation program
under way. An example was cited
in Harmond playfiekl, which haB
playground equipment but had a
locked gate until a few days ago.
City commissioner Albin Nelson
asked: "How should nils be run;
should we create by city ordinance
the department of recreation, and
have it run as our fire and police
departments are operated?" Cuth
bertson replied tnat ne favored
such a department, but felt that
tho recreation director, as well as
all department heads, should be
under his direct supervlstori.' ant
should not assume undelegated
authority.
"If Dave only will consult with
me I'll see that he gets everything
he needs," Cuthbertson said.
Hired by Drost
In answer to a question from
the audience as to the arrange
ment under which Howard had
been employed, it was brought out
that actual employment had been
through arrangements made by
Percy Drost, of the department
of public works. Drost confirmed
that lie had hired Howard as rec
reation director, and not as a
department head.
Actual management of the nattl
torlum also was an issue raised
at the debate. Members of the
delegation said they felt that How
ard should have full repsonsiblllty
on this score, subject only to ap
proval by the city manager.
Cuthbertson disagreed, saying
that he had operated municipal
pools in connection with his cl y
manager duties for the last 10'
years and that it was his belief ;
" Loan, Wall and Oregon, renova
of recreation activities at the pool, (ion jjqq
but not outright management.
I'racticeH Said Approved
Howard at this point took the
floor, asserting that he only was
tnblished and approved by the Na
tional Recreation association., LOW TBMPERATURE NOTED
Shumard confirmed this state- The temperature In Bend last
ment, adding that to his knowl- night dropped to the chilly mark
edge there was only one pool In! of 25 degrees, in the pre-dawn
the Pacific northwest In cities Ihours, it was reported from the
with supervised recreation pro-! local weather station today. The
grams that was not under direct i chill was listed as a "killing frost",
management of the recreation dl- but no great damage was expect
rector. ed to gardens or to potatoes, few
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Nursing Career Is Chosen
By Comely Queen Candidate
Marilyn Bishop, lVyear old wa
ter pageant queen candidate, Is a
true outdoor girl. She loves horse
back riding and swimming, but
she's equally enthusiastic about
dnnring. Although she's extreme
ly attractive In blue jeans or a
bathing suit, her delicate blonde
beauty shows up as well In a
feminine formal.
Marilyn, daughter of Mrs. R. I
H.unby, lives oti a farm in
Butler road community, where
she has ample opportunity to en
gage (n some ot the outdoor ac
tivities she most enjoys. She rides
horseback "plain and fancy," with
or without a saddle, and she likes
to make pets of the young live
stock on the dairy ranch.
Has llnhhy
The queen candidate's hobby, a
logical one for a young equestrienne-.
Is collecting figurines of
horses. She has about 30 so far.
in a wide variety of materials
ranging from bronzo to juniper.
She ha a career as a nurse all
picked out, and she plans to con
tinue her study of music, too, as
an avocation. She was a member
May Building ;
Permits Under
Total Last Year
Building permits in May aggre
gated $65,175, well under the
April total, $125,587, and consider
ably below the May total last
year, $105,558, data from the of
fice of the city recorder, George
Slmerville, reveal. The decrease In .
May construction , followed two
months of building that was well
above normal. -
Dwellings represented the ma
jor part of the May, 1949, con-'
si ruction in Bend, permits indi
cate. Largest non-dwelling permit
was for $5000, for the extension
of the J. C. Penney Co. store into
quarters of the Pennev bulldine
lormeriy occupied by tne western
Union,
IAst Given
Building permits obtained from
the city recorder in April follow: ,
W. E. Daum, dwelling, least
Kearney, $6,000.
Norman Venable, dwelling and
garage, 10th and Norton, $8,000.
Harriet E. Marling, garage, 1414
Fresno, $200.
Mastcrcraft Cleaners, 832 Wall
street, $400.
Central Oregon Petroleum Co.,
service station, Greenwood and
Bond, $600.
Al Nelson, greenhouse, 366 Laf
ayette, $1,500. v ...
K. R. Gustafson, 764 East Em-'.
erson, -storage shefr, $100.
Chet Barbour, 633 Portland, re-'
model dwelling, $250. i
Pilot Butte Motor court, 1236
Wall street, storage shed, $200.
P. A. Klud, Davenport, . dwel
ling, $4,000.
C. Laurson, Irving 'avenue,
dwelling, $6,200.
Lee Taylor, South Thirds office,
$500. .
: To Build Duplex
Jess Johnson, 2516 NoHh 1st,
duplex, $10,000. . :
Bernard Newhouse, 839 Colo
rado, utility room, $150. -
Frank DUborko, 30 Marshall,
greenhouse, $650.
O. E. Lipps, East 9th, addition
to building, $5,000.
Warren E. Zimke, 1381 Mil
waukie, dwelling, $500. -,
f. Keiuei, loss fcast ist, dwel
ling renovation, $400.
H. D. McMickle, 358 Riverside,
storage building, $300.
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willard Li. fix, Hawthorne,
c p. winn, Lafayette and 8th,
dwelHn no,,
Deschules Federal Savings and
tion, $500.
I. T. Kovell, 1609 West 4th, reno
vation, $500.
J. C. Penney Co., extension and
, renovallon qqq
of the high school a cappella choir,
and competed as an alto soloist in
the state music festival, winning
a high rating.
Marilyn, who reminds one some
how of the song, "Lynn," has
sparkling blue-green eyes. Her
fair skin tans nicely In the Cen
tral Oregon sun, and she's apt to
have a few pert freckles on her
nnmv Sho'c ftvn fppt fivA And
,n,'ia half Inches tall, and weighs 120
pounds.
Born In Spokane
Marilyn was born August 7,
1931, In Spokane, Wash. She has
been In Bend since she was In the
sixth grade attending Allen
school before high school. She
was a member of the high school
Pep club, and was active In stu
dent body affairs.
Miss Bishop plans to attend
Eastern Oregon College of Edu
cation at La Grande this tall, with
a view to taking nurses' training
later at The Dalles hospital.
An Interview with Marilyn will
be heard tonight at 9:45 p.m., over
radio station KBND.
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