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Univ. of Oregon Library EUGENE, Gascon c THE BEND BULLETIN LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE Stafe Forecast Eastern Oregon Partly cloudy today and Wednes day with scattered light showers. High both days 65-75. Low tonight 40-48. CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 111 33rd Year TWO SECTIONS BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON. TUESDAY, JUNE 28. 1949 No. 173 mm Senate Votes ''for Injunctions Seat Reservations For Mirror Pageant Ready Tomorrow Reservation of 2,267 seats for Bend's Mirror pond pageant of 1949, to be held this week end, will start tomorrow morn ing, with two booths to be set up in front of the Capitol thea ter, A. T. Niebergall, ticket chairman, reported todayRes ervations for the Saturday night fete will be accepted at one of the booths,- and tickets for the Sunday night fete will be reserved at the other. In addition to the 2,267 reserved ssate, 1,330 will be in un- Plan for Dalles Bridge Submitted To Commission Portland, June 28 iU'i The state highway commission has been asked to approve a report recommending the Covington point location for the proposed Columbia river bridge at The Dalles. Col. Ralph Tudor outlined the bridge report to the commission yesterday. He said Covington point, three miles upstream from The Dalles, would be the best location. A bridge there, he estimated, would cost $2,661,000. The proposed span would link Oregon highway 30 with Wash ington highway 830 and elimin ate the river ferry service at The Dalles. Tudor said the bridge would be paid for by toll charges and esti mated tolls would amount to $252,000 yearly until 1952, at which time the amount would jump to $300,000 annually. He said a Chicago firm, A. C. Allyn & Co., had expressed willingness to finance construction of the bridge If proper financial ar rangements could be worked out. Although the bridge project is being sponsored by Wasco coun ty, the state highway commission must approve the report. The fi nancing firm will not provide money until it receives assurances it will not have to pay $23,500 in state taxes on the span. Motorcycle, Car Crash; 2 Killed Umatilla, June 28 (IB A head on crash between a motorcycle and a car last night resulted in the death of Herman Marten Eb sen and his bride of three weeks, Nona Marie Ebsen, both of Stan field. Ore. Both were killed instantly when thrown from their motorcycle after colliding with a car driven by Charles W. Osborn, Richland, Wash. The accident occurred on highway 730 near the Cold Springs junction east of here. A passenger in Osborn's car, James J. McMillen, was reported seriously injured. Osborn is be ing held in the county Jail at Pendleton, pending further inves tigation. Sgt. N. W. Smith of the state police said Osburn attempted to pass another car and struck the motorcycle. Impressions of Central Oregon Visitors The Harold C. Andrees of Palo Alto, Calif., have really let their big new Chrysler stretch out, they said in Bend at noon today. In 10' days of travel, they have covered 2400 miles, going as far north as Victoria, B. C. They are now on their way home. Blonde Karen Noel ("two dots over the i please")-is 11. Asked if that rate of travel made It possible for her to stop at points of interest she noticed, Karen replied with a succinct "No!" Of all the phases of their trip to date, the Andrees most enjoy able boating: Mr9. Andree spe cified the motor-boating in a bay north of Victoria; Karen, the trip from Seattle to Victoria on the "big boat." They termed the scenery of central Oregon "fascinating. So craggy." They plan a quick as cent to the summit of Lava butte on their way out of Bend, so Karen may see a real fire look out station. Andree is an engineer for West inghousc company. He met his wife, Gladvs. when both were at tending Unlversltv of California. She taught for a while after their marriage. Asked for their suggestions for Improving anv pari of Oregon, they replied that they had "ab solutely none. We've enjoyed ev ery minute of our trip and plan to come again." 'reserved sections for both nights of the pageant. There are no difference in the seats, it was announced, other than the fact that holders of un reserved tickets will find it neces sary to get into the stands early in the evening if they desire to hold any special, seats. The un reserved sections were so classi fied because the seats are not numbered; not because of any dif ference in the seats, pageant offi cials stressed. Demand Heavy The request for pageant tickets this year has been unusually brisk, and predictions were made today that all seats will be filled on both nights. Requests for tic kets are being received from Washington and California points, and from many parts of Oregon. A heavy advance sale of tickets has been reported from Eugene. Local residents are cautioned this year by the general commit tee that there will be few points from which the pageant can be viewed this year, except from the seats. Construction this year has placed the back rows of seats above the level of the rocky ledge in Drake park. L Plans Completed L ( ' A general meeting of the pag eant committee was held last night, in the Rixe real estate of fice, with final plans for the three day show completed. Opening event of the show will be held to morow night at Elkhorn, when the pageant queen will receive her crown, in a setting of pageantry. Not until the girls competing for the honor of ruling as queen are assembled in front of a throne will they know who is to rule over the fete. The contest victor will be "tapped" by Charles Clark, queen contest chairman, just prior to the coronation, set for 10 p.m. Prior to the coronation, the girls, who will descend the wind ing stairs in the big ballroom, will be escorted to the throne by sen ior members of the pageant com mittee, headed by W. J. Baer, president. Children Half Price At the meeting last nigh, the committee decided that children under 14 years of age should be admitted to the water follies at half price. It was announced that a booth will be set up, to make it possible for youngsters who earl ier purchased tickets at full price to exchange these for two or ob tain a refund. The booth will be in front of the Capitol Wednes day, at 10 a.m. Children under 10 years participating in the pet parade Saturday will be admitted to the follies that afternoon free. Norman Anderson, represent ing the Portland Aquatic club, met with the committee last night. He said ho was well pleased with local arrangements that had been made for the presentation of the follies on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. 16 Girl Swimmers This year, the follies will be patteerned after the Billy Rose "Aquacade." A feature of the 1949 follies will be the appearance of the Aquanettes, 16 girl swimmers and divers, all of them champions in various aquatic divisions. Committee reports submitted last night Indicated that arrange ments for the follies and pageant are well ahead of schedule. Major work In the next few days will center on the completion of the arch and floats. When bunting is in place on the arch, lights will be Installed and tested. The annual pet parade this year will be on Saturday, starting at, 10 a.m. Don Shingler, chairman of this event for the Jaycees, ex pects between 600 and 800 chil dren to take part In the parade and In the games that are to fol low in Drake park. Portland Milk Price Cut 1 Cent Salem, June 23 1P The price of milk will drop a cent a quart In Portland Friday mornln", State agriculture director E. L. Peterson announced today. The order follows a public hearing held In Portland May 23-25. Neighborliness Carried Too Far Oscor Carlson has decided that his neighbor, "Everett E. Wiles, is just too neighborly. Last week, Carlson entered St. Charles hospital and asked his neighbor, Wiles, to irrigate his lawn while he was away. This Wiles most willingly agreed to do. Yesterday, Carlson awakened from a nap in the men's ward of the hospital, looked across the way and saw Wiles in bed. Wiles suffered an Injury this past week in a fall from a ladder, while painting his house. His physician sent him to the hospital over the week end. While Wiles is chumming with Carlson in a neighborly fashion, Mrs. Wiles is taking care of both lawns. Mr. and Mrs. Wiles live at 405 Newport. Carlson lives just across the dividing alley, at 204 Drake. Bend May Need Added Quarters For Visitors Because hotel and auto courts are not expected to be able to ac commodate all the out-of-town guests in Bend over the Fourth of July week end, local residents have been requested to list with the chamber of commerce any fa cilities they can make available to visitors during the three-day holiday period. , Floyd West, chamber manager, said today that the reserve of ac commodations in private homes would be utilized only after all the facilities of commercial es tablishments have been filled. . He added that a large number of reservation requests are being received daily at the chamber of fice, and he expects that ail com mercial accommodations will be filled before the week-end. Ask Notification Private residents wishing to list accommodations have been asked to notify the chamber of the num ber of persons they can care for, the number of days the facilities will be available for visitors, and the amount they intend to charge for the accommodations. In order to take care of the an ticipated crowd of out-of-towners. West will keep the chamber of fice open for a few hours both Saturday and Sunday evenings. The chamber manager also an nounced today that Peter Davy, a Willamette university student and resident of Bend, has replaced Keith Sheppard, of Tumalo, as evening chamber of commerce of fice manager. During the summer the chamber office remains open until 8 p.m. Mondays through Fri days, and until 5 p.m. Saturdays. Central Oregon College Opening Set for Sept. 20 Opening date of the new Cen tral Oregon college has been ten tatively set for September 20, Howard Nicholson, Bend, adult education coordinator, told mem bers of the Bend Lions' club at their weekly meeting today noon at the Pine tavern. The college will be established under provis ions of a bill passed at the last session of the state legislature. Cooperating in the effort will be Bend, Klamath Falls and the gen eral extension division, state sys tem of higher education. Earlier in the season, a pre registration was held and between 40 and 50 prospective students in dicated their plans to attend. A total registration of between 50 and 100 is expected. Nicholson reviewed the devel opment of adult education and touched on plans for the local college, Intended, he stressed, to serve the entire central Oregon area. Tills coming year, only the first year of college training will be available, but It is planned ,to expand the course to the full two years of college lower divi sion training. Also a speaker at the Lions' luncheon today was Jack Kllpack, Portland, who told of arrange ments to bring the Pal club en tertainers here from Portland on July 25, with an outdoor show on Bruin field planned, Frank Settlemeyer was pro gram chairman. SENATOR WAGNER RESIGNS New YoiU. June 28 mi Sen. Robert F. Wagner. 72, and ailing, submitted his resignation today. In a statement released through his son, Robert F. Wagner Jr., the democratic -senator from New York said: Brother, Sister I,-- F' ' TT ,,s Hi1' Mrs. John Smit (far right) and her brother, Marinus, were apart since he was 11, when she went to America, a bride. But the family resemblances are still strong in their intent faces, as they search Oregon papers for employment for the Hollander. His wife looks on. Judge E. M. Page Named Supreme Courtjustice 'Salem, June 28 iU'i Gov. Doug: las McKay today appointed Cir cuit judge E. M. Page of Salem as justice of the Oregon supreme court, to succeed Justice Percy R. Kelly, who died June 14. Gov. McKay said he had not yet decided on the appointment of a Marion county circuit judge to succeed Page. Page was born April 28, 1893, on the donation 'land claim of his grandfather, Thomas Jory, some six miles south of Salem. He has been a resident of Marlon county all his life. He was graduated from Salem high school in 1910, attended Willamette university and was graduated from the Wil lamette college of law in 1913. In 1914 he was admitted to the Ore gon state bar. L Appointed In 1911 Page was appointed to the Mar ion county circuit court in 1941 by Gov. Charles A. Sprague. He was elected to this post in 1942, and reelected in 1948. During the time that Page at tended law school, he also studied in the law office of the late Judge John H. McNary and Senator Charles L. McNary. After his ad mission to the bar he became as sociated with the firm. After McNary was elected to the U.S. senate and Page returned from world war I service, he be came a member of the law firm of McNary, Keyes and Page. That continued until Judge McNary be came federal judge in 1927. Then Walter E. Keyes and Page contin ued the partnership until June 14, 1941, when Page was named cir cuit judge. From 1920 to 1945 Judge Page also acted as an Inspector In the Willamette university college of law. Hisap pointment still leaves '!e supreme court bench with four justices from the Willamette val ley three of them from Port land. Justice Kelly was from Linn county. One Justice Is from Coos county and one from southern Oregon, In Lake county. Last justices from eastern Oregon were John L. Rand, who served from 1921 to 1912, and Henry J. Bean of Uma tilla county, who served from 1911 to 1941. Body Recovered From River Bank The Dalles. June 28 Uli A borly recovered from the east bank of the Deschutes river was Identified here today as that of Gordon Hall, about 60, who dis appeared March 11 from an auto camp at Maupln. The body was sighted Sunday by fishermen at a point about. 20 miles from the mouth of the river and was recovered yester day by Sherman county Sheriff Norman Fields and Coroner Bruce Alley, Everett Cantrell and Gill Pausch of Grass Valley. Reunited After W'.v- .Afs' "KK.fc: m --x?-rmm Holland Couple Plan New Life in Central Oregon When Marianna Snoeks of Haarlem, Holland; married a home town boy, John Smit, who hud gone to America to make his fortune and then returned to make her his bride eight years later, her baby brother, Marinus, was 11 years old, and she did not see him again for 29 years. - That 29 year separation endedF riday; when Mr. and Mrs. Marinus Snoeks arrived at tire home of the Smits, at 408 Georgia, in Bend. And now, the Smits and their friends are dedicated to the task of finding Marinus work. A skilled me- chanic, he owned his own shop Fireworks Case Brings Summons To Father, Sister A father and a sister of two boys accused of discharging fire works within the city limits of Bend, In violation of a city ordi nance, have been ordered to ap pear in circuit court tonight, to answer for the youngsters, it was announced by officers today. Walter Laursen will represent his minor son and Helen Todoroff will represent her small brother. The minor boys were assertedly found discharging firecrackers on West 2nd street last night at 10:25. The citation of relatives into court to represent minors in a fireworks charge is believed to be the first of its kind in Bend, at least in recent years. The action and an arrest Sunday night fol lowed a flareup over the week end in which even fireworks of the "bomb" type were discharged in side the city limits, shaking homes in some parts of town. Bond Forfeited On Sunday night, Boh Rato vltch, of near Bend, was cited on a charge of throwing a torpedo type firecracker Into an eastside street. He forfeited his bond In municipal court last night. The boys whose guardians have been cited into court told officers they purchased the firecrackers from a garage, just outside the city limits. Parentr were advised by officers that. If they see fit, they can bring action against the person who sold the fireworks, on charges of contributing to the incident that resulted In the cita tion of the youngsters. Officers reported that Bend was comparatively quiet last night, following the weekend "siege." Recreation Tract Honors Bend Man Portland. June 28 ill'' - The state highway commission today named i a recreation tract on the old Sis ters road, near Bend, in honor of Robert VV. Sawyer, former commissioner. i The tract Is a 40-acre pine and j juniper covered area on the Des chutes river. The recreation tract named aft er the Bend man Is the area gen erally known as the Old Orchard, on the Deschutes river Just north of town, on the Bend-Sisters road. The area was the location of the Collins homestead of pioneer days. Rome of the old apple trees planted in early days ate still growing. 29 Years in Haarlem, selling it to yield to his "big sister's plea that he come to America. v It wasn't the first time the Snoeks had sold possessions of which they were proud. During the war they sold their furniture to buy food. Hard Times Recalled That was when there were no lights In Haarlem and a family was permitted to buy just two loaves of bread a month. On one occasion Marinus paid $300 for a hundred-pound sack of potatoes. Times are better now but even yet the once-unbeatable creamy milk which was Holland's pride is thinned with water, and oranges cost 45c apiece. . The trip across the country from Hoboken consumed four days. Despite the fact that Mis. Smit had told them she wouldn't be able to "hop a bus in Bend and meet them an hour later in Ho boken," the Immensity of Ameri ca astounded the Holland couple, and the hearty American meals Mrs. Smit has been serving them seem to them lavish, if not down right prodigal. Skilled In repair of motorcycles and bicycles as well as automo biles I foreign made) Snoeks hopes to find work soon here where he can learn the English language better. Then, some day, he might have his own shop again in America. The Smits lived in Ontario for 20 years, farming, liefore moving to Bend. Contracts Let For Armories Salem, June 28 Hli-Thc Ore gon national guard today an nounced award of contracts to build armory building additions lo motor vehicle sheds and rifle ranges at Bend, Lcbannn, Oregon C'lly, Corvallis and Ontario. The slate Is building the ar mory structures. The federal gov ernment is financing the motor vehicle storage sheds And rifle ranges. The federal awards were previously announced, and the new awards show that the same contractors will also construct the state financed buildings. The awards included: Bend - A. Wilson Benold of Bend, $39,423. A. Wilson Benold, who earlier received the contract for con struction ol the federal unit of the guard building to be erected here, started work on the pob fast week. The state structure will i be erected adjoining the unit now being built, on wail street. eezyires r Administration Sustains Major Defeat; Taft-Hartley Repeal Now Held Doubtful By Raymond I.ahr (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, June 28 The senate by a 10-vote margin today crippled the administration's Taft-Hartley repeal drive by voting to retain the injunction as a weapon and to give the government a new weapon specific authority to seize industries involved in such strikes. The injunction powers are in the present Taft-Hartley law. The combination injunction-seizure proposal, sponsored by Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., 0., was adopted as an amendment to the administration's r e p e a 1 oill try a 50 to 40 vote. Seven-l teen democrats all but three of them southerners joined 33 republicans to put Taft's amendment acuoss. Staggering Defeat It was a staggering defeat for the administration and organized labor in their drive to enact a re pealer without the injunction. Immediately after approval of his -injunction-seizure plan, Taft introduced the second part of his two-package substitute for the ad ministration bill. It was drafted to retain other basic Taft-Hart ley provisions. It contains propos- asls for dealing with the closed shop, secondary boycotts, sueabll ity of unions and other disputed issues. The knockout blow came when the administration's main bid to keep injunction power out of the bill was beaten in a photo finish vote, 46 to 44. The senate then delivered the clincher by approving the emerg ency strike amendment sponsored by Sen. Taft. v It would allow courts, at the request of the gov ernment, to issue GO-dsy, Ihlunc. tlons or to authorize government seizure of industries, or both. But the real test came an hour earlier when senate democratic leader Scott W. Lucas' amend ment to strike all the injunction provisions from Taft's proposal was beaten by a two-vote margin. Packed galleries watched the proceedings because the vote on the Lucas amendment was con sidered a test which may deter mine the fate of the entire repeal bill. Secretary of labor Maurice J. Tobin sat in a front row seat surrounded by labor department aides and labor lobbyists. Taft Mukcs Plea In the final plea for passage of his amendment, Taft said a na tional emergency strike could amount to "practically a revolu tion," and the president must have powers to deal with It. "A general strike can happen," he said. "It happened in England. I hope we never have one here." He said the Injunction tells la bor it must behave; seizure tells the employer the same thing." The approved Taft amendment contains these provisions: 1. In a dispute thresfenlng the national health and safety, the president would issue a proclama tion calling on labor and manage ment to resume or continue work 2. The president would name a fact-finding board to investigate tne dispute and recommend set tlement terms within 30 days. 3. The president could order the attorney general to ask any federal district court to issue an anti-strike injunction or to auth orize the government to seize the Industry involved, or to lake both steps. The Injunction or seizure could not be effective more than 60 days. 4. If the government should seize, it could not negotiate an agreement with the union or otherwise change wages and working conditions. Farm Plan Test Given Approval Washington, June 28 Mi The house agriculture committee to day approved, 17 to 9, a farm program for 1950 which would boost price supports generally and let the administration experi ment with direct subsidies to pro ducers. The committee vote was divid ed on party lines. The hill Is certain to have repercussions in the campaign for the farm vote In the 1950 congressional clec- Rep. Stephen Pace. D.,Ga.. who! is handling the measure, said he will press for quick action to clear the bill through the rules com mittee and onto the house floor. "We are going to try to get the earliest possible considera tion," Pace said. rL LI,L Bids Received; Grading Provided The state highway commission at its meeting In Portland today received bids for the grading of the final section of the Ochoco highway, over the Blue mountain summit between Prinevllle and Mitchell. Fourteen bids on the last . link were received. Leonard V. Slate, Portland, submitted the low proposal, $262,851. Highway officials report that the Ochoco job calls for 3.06 miles of grading, east from the forest boundary to an .8 mile section on Taylor creek graded before the war. The job also calls for the grading and removal of slide ma terial on the small link between the present highway and the pro war grade. ; v .".,. Funds "Borrowed" , Last year, the comrhlSsi6ft '1ori rowed"TrtSm"e"8f the Ochoco high way funds used to speed up work on the Warm Springs highway. now, according to tne announce ment from Portland, it is concen trating on the Ochoco road through Central Oregon. The Ochoco highway is graded and surfaced from Prinevllle east up Ochoco creek to Marks creek, point where the new highway di verges to the north for a crossing of the Ochoco at a low pass. All sections within the national for est are either completed or under contract by the bureau of public roads. The old highway, in use for some 30 years, crossed the Ocho cos over a pass slightly more than a mile high. Motorists re port that this road, heavily used in lumber and log hauling work is in rugged shape at present. It is expected that the new road over the summit will be surfaced over its entire length in 1950. Baruch Attacks Truman's Delay Washington, June 28 Wi -Elder statesman Bernard M. Baruch charged today that President Tru man's failure to come up with an Industrial war mobilization plan is a "needless Invitation to disaster." In an address prepared for the 25th anniversary graduation ex ercises of the industrial college of the armed forces, Baruch said the need for such a plan "never was greater." "Additional delay," he said, "Is a needless gamble with our na- with our na- tlonal security a needless Invi- tat Ion to disaster. Though Baruch did not men tion the president by name in his prepared text, he made It clear to reporters beforehand that he blamed Mr. Truman for the lack of an industrial mobiliza tion blueprint. At the same time, he vigor ously defended military "brass hats" who, he said, are "being sneered at and sniped at so un justly." Baruch said he knows of no group which has "been so loyal to the country as a whole." In 50 lears of association with members of the armed forces, he said, he has never met a military man "who was not so fervently desirous for peace as the ordi nary civilian." "Nor have I ever detectod Irt the military any tendency to usurp power or to do anything "'her than safeguard our frec- doms," he added. Baruch, adviser to presidents since World War I, blamed "reck less civilian politicians and rabble-rousers," rather than the military, for past Internal threats to American liberties. Ml: :hi
