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Univ. of Oragoa Library (.-;i... LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE 33rd Year Cooperation By District Groups Liked Central Oregon Chamber Meets at Sisters; Air Show Ef forts Get Praise "The splendid cooperation be tween mid-stale communities was the major factor in the success of the air-education .day program re cently held in Redmond," W. M. Bartlett,. director of the state board of aeronautics, stated to , .Central Oregon chamber of com- "nerce members, their wives, and wrests, at a banquet-meeting. last night at Sisters. . , Bartlett said that he believed the show was a huge success, and credit for it should go to the Cen tral Oregon chamber because it served admirably in coordinating the efforts of all the mid-state communities in promotion of the show. "Competitive cooperation," is what the director called the char acteristic of the mid-state 'com munities in working together to ward ends which benefit the area. Can Band Together He explained that while the people here were vitally inter ested in their individual communi ties, they were capable of banding together to work for the best in terests of . central Oregon as a whole. "There is need for the spirit of competitive cooperation in other areas of the state and in the northwest," Bartlett asserted. He declared that only through such cooperation as exemplified in central Oregon can the econo my of the state and Pacific North west be advanced. He added that progress in development of the natural resources in this pari of the country depends upon its peo ple pooling their resources to gether, and working toward goals which will benefit the entire area. In conclusion, Bartlett urged members of the Central Oregon cnamocr to continue their pro gressive work in building for bet ter mid-state communities. ' . ter mi( J Co rl Mrs. (sentc nautics Cooperation CofrimenUed ' s. Melvin Whltmaker, a rep tative of the board of aero- ics who worked with -the chamber In planning the air show, also commended the group for its cooperation and expressed her appreciation for the "wonderful" central Oregon hospitality. Otto Hoppes, president of the chamber, said that the organiza tion was well satisfied with the results of the show and praised the Redmond Buckaroo breakfast club for its outstanding work in serving over 800 pilots and guests In conjunction with the program. In other actions at the meeting reports were given by various members on activities in which the chamber is now engaged. Floyd West reported briefly on the meeting between McKenzie river and central Oregon cham bers, which was held recently at Suttle lake lodge for the discus sion of an all year route between the two areas. A recommendation was made by Tommy Thompson, of Red mond, that the chamber partici pate in a ceremony to be held in Detroit, August 7, in celebration (Continued on Page 3) Impressions of Central Oregon Visitors "One of the primary reasons for our being in Bend at this time i.iis to view the water pageant." So commented Mrs. Gnil Avory, of Gordon, Neb., who is vacationing nere with her mother, Mrs. Forest Johnson, and nieces. Janice and fieialdlne Ostrander, all of Gor don. , Mrs. Avery said that she had heard so many favorable reports "bout the pageant that she be lieved it would be worthwhile making the trip west for the oc casion. At present she and her party are visiting her brother and his family, Mr. and Mrs. Glen John son of Bend. Touring Slate The Nebraska party has been 'raveling about the state of Ore Rim for the past few weeks. They have made trips to the coast and through the Columbia river Rorge. Both places held many charms, according to the visitors. Especially thrilled by the visit In the coast were the two girls, Janice, aged G years, and Geral 'line, aged 8 years. It was the first lime that the two girls had ever seen the ocean. The visitors were also im pressed with the scenic beauty found in central Oregon. One of the nutatnniiino cir-iitu horp bp- rv,f.n.. ' i - i - cording to 1he Nehraskans. is Petersen's Rock gardens. They "greed that anvone passing llmiugli the area should put the Burdens on the "must see" list. Mrs. Avery said that they will slay for the three clay water pag eant celebration and then leave w home about July 6. THE TWO Work on Mirror Pond Arch A ears Completion :- mm-- . m Bend's Mirror pond arch of 1949, designed to provide a rainbow effect when its superstructure is illuminated, was nearing completion this afternoon as the pageant deadline neared. This picture was taken upstream from Drake park this morning. Floats in the foreground support a catwalk to be used by Portland Aquatic club performers in afternoon shows Saturday and Sunday. The cat walk will be removed prior to the evening pageants, on July 2 and 3. Public Housing Bill Receives Adverse Vote Washington, June 29 UPi The house voted tentatively today to Kill the public housing program provided in the administration's long-range housing bill. The teller vote was 168 to 165. This is subject to a roll call vote later. Rep. Edward H. Rees, R., Kan., offered the motion to strike out the bill's, provision for-.' 810,000 public housing units in six years. After an hour's hot debate In which everal southern democrats supported Rees' proposal, the house voted in favor of the Rees amendment. The public housing section is the most controversial part of the bill. Final vote may be taken later in the day on the bill as a whole as well as another vote a roll call this time on the Rees amendment. Democratic leader John W. Mc Cormack unsuccessfully defended the public housing program. He said no community need avail It self of federal aid under the pro gram unless it wanted to do so. The public housing program, if approved, would cost the federal government a maximum of $308, 000,000 a year for 40 years. The senate has approved this pro gram. Eefore tentatively rejecting the nubile housing feature of the housing bill, the house approved the administration proposal to cut it down to the senate-approved size. The proposal, offered by Chair man Brent Spence of the house banking committee, was approved bv voice vote. The Kentucky d e m o c r a t's amendment called for a reduction in the number of public housing units provided In the long range housing bill from 1,050,000 to 810,000. Among the pending amend' ments was one by Rep. Charles A. Halleck, K., Ind., proposing that the house use President Tru man's own figures to write' a stiff limitation Into the public housing legislation. Good Weather This Week End The United States weather bu reau Issued a five-day forecast todav which s indicates that fine weather is in the offing for Bend's Mirror pond pageant over the coming week-end. However, it Is pointed out, five-day fore casts at times can go "Haywire. Normally, the weather bureau' is sues only 48-hour forecasts. The five-day forecast for Ore gon east of the Cascades calls for adequate sunshine through the five-day period ending July 3. There will be occasional light showers In mountain areas through Friday, the "forecast states. And, the forecast, con cludes: "Fair and warmer after Fri day." ASSIGNMENT MADE Sergeant Floyd E. Norton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvle .., oofs r-aot k'pnriwv-street hnR been assigned to Regimental Headquarters company, 38th In fantry regiment, Lt. Col. Jack W. Rudolph, regimental commander, announced today. Sergeant Nor ton formerly was assigned to XXIV corps, Soul, Korea, He en listed December 3, 1945. SECTIONS BEND, St X 5?.-. 't f.fi --'V it -.S I Hanford Plant Producing New, Deadlier Atom Bombs By Joseph L, Myler (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, June 29 Production of new and deadlier A bombs got a big boost this week. A $25,000,000 plant for tooling plutonium into atomic bomb charges went into operation at Hanford, Wash., on Monday. - ' , It is expected to be in full production by the week's end. The new plant will fabricate the explosive core of the new model bombs tested in 1948 at Eniwetok atoll in the western : Pacific. It will do so for the Bend Fireworks Front Now Quiet, After Arrests t: Bend's firecracker "front" was reported quiet last night, with police answering only one call. It was the second night in succes sion that a pre-July 4th quiet ruled, following a week-end flare up in which fireworks that in cluded even "bomb" type explo sives were discharged. Guardians of two minor boys had been cited to appear in muni cipal court last night, after the youngsters were found discharg ing firecrackers. One of the guardians, Walter Laursen, for feited a $5 fine. Helen Todoroff appeared with the second boy and paid a $5 fine. . At last night's session of muni cipal court, Ross Farnham, city attorney, ruled that in firecracker ordinance violations, boys, not their parents or guardians, are to be brought into municipal court, Inasmuch as the violations are misdemeanors and not trans ferable to juvenile court. In the arrests here over the week end, the guardians had been ordered into court. Police chief H. A. Casiday today expressed his appreciation for the cooperation received from the public in the past few days in the observance of the anti-firecracker ordinance. This ordinance bans use of fireworks of any type with in the city limits. Judith Coplon Case Before Jury Washington, ' June 29 OP) Ju dith Coplon sat quietly and her mother sobbed openly in federal court today as the former govern ment girl's case went to the jury which will decide whether she spied for Russia. The jury of eight men and four women got the case at 10:55 a.m. EDT, almost 10 weeks after It opened. It will decide whether the 28-year-old Barnard college gradu ate stole government secrets with Intent to aid Russi or was as the defense claims the victim of a frameup by the Justice depart ment. Federal judge Albert L. Reeves delivered a 25-mlnute charge to the Jury, quietly pointing out questions of law on the two counts on which Miss Coplon was in dicted. She is liable to n maximum penalty of 13 years In prison and a $12,000 fine If convicted on both counts. Ten minutes after the Judge completed his charge he recalled the Jurors at the request of de fense lawyer Archibald Palmer and slightly modified his Judicial Instructions. The Jurors then be gan deliberation at 11:12 a.m. EDT. Bill CENTRAL OREGON'S DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE sr"?L4- SIM" .-V--; first time on a production line basis. 1 .Jt is' expected to step up the rate . at which the A-bomb stockpile,.- now unofficially estimated at 20ft tcV300, is growing., -p.- Chairman David E. Lllienthal of the atomic energy commission told congressional investigators on June 14 that: 'The plant is there in time to increase the stockpile." . Up to this week, bomb cores were tooled only at Los Alamos, N.M., by laboratory scientists. Little Information Little has been revealed about the new bomb. The commission reported last January 31 that data recorded at its test showed "a substantial gain in energy re lease was obtained." Just how much more powerful it is than the wartime bombs dropped on Japan the commission did not say. Unofficial published guesses have put the ''substan tial gain" in power at 50 per cent. Guarded official announce ments at the conclusion of the Eniwetok tests suggested that the new bomb is not only more pow erful than the first ones made but also more economical in the use of costly "fissionable mater ial." This would mean that with the same amount of atomic explosive the Eniwetok bomb produces more blast power. That in itself would automatically step up the stockpile because it would mean (Continued on Page 3) Coplon Case Pictured above Is Judith Coplon, whose "spy" trial Is expected to come to a conclusion today, with presentation of the case to a Washington federal court Jury. She had JuBt screamed "this case online iw iiii,,! .iu.i, BUI DAILY NEWSPAPER Soviet Guards Seize Trucks Near Berlin Cargoes Distributed in Russia Sector; Protest Made by Transport Chief Berlin, June 29 mi Russian guards seized 11 West German food and supply trucks on the edge of Berlin today and forced some ot me drivers to distribute their produce in the soviet sector, American officials reported. Charles A. Dix, U. S. transport chief in Berlin, said he was pro testing to the soviet military gov ernment against the seizure of the trucks. The seizure was described by U. S. officials as a new attempt to impede irairic oetween West Germany and Berlin It followed allied protests over the failure of the Russian-controlled railway administration to resume sched ules. A month-long strike of 15,000 West Berlin railway workers ended yesterday. But no elevated trains in the city and no trains between Berlin and West Ger many were operating. Cleared Properly Dix said the 11 trucks cleared the zonal border checkpoint at Helmstedt without trouble, only to be seized on the outskirts of Berlin. They were forced to take back roads to the soviet Sector of Berlin, he said, and there a num ber of drivers were told to dis tribute their supplies to the East Berllners. Most of the trucks carried fish and other foodstuffs. One, a big trailer truck, was hauling ma chine parts for a power station under construction in the Ameri can sector. Whether the Russians seized the machine parts was not reported Immediately. Dix said the Russians claimed that the truck drivers' papers were not in order, but that Ger man police checked them later and found them in order.-. The railway management was charged with-violating its agree ment not to take reprisals against West Berlin railroad workers who went back to work yester day. 25 Strikers Fired Heinz Bracht, head of the un ion, said the soviet-controlled rail way management had fired 25 strikers and told 110 others they must work in the soviet zone of Germany instead of Berlin if they want to keep their jobs. Some 16.000 West Berlin rail way workers called off their 39 day strike yesterday and reported for work after receiving a no reprlsal guarantee from the Rus sians and a joint east-west prom ise of 100 per cent of their pay in West German marks. Bracht said he Was awaiting further reports from union locals in the American,' British and French zones before taking any "action." He did not say whether the union Is contemplating resuming the strike. Neither Berlin's elevRtcd rail way nor the Berlin-Western Ger many railway line had resumed service. The management said it still was checking tracks and other installations which it charg ed had been damaged by the strikers. Bracht denied any equipment had been damaged. Goes to Jury enThenpLK wr.akVT mm A 29. 1949 AFL Gives Up Taft-Hartley Law Repeal Washington, June 29 Ul'i The AFL surrendered today In its fight to repeal the Taft-Hartley law this year and administration leaders in the senate appeared ready to follow suit. The AFL threw In the towel as the senate agreed to start voting at 2 p.m. EDT tomorrow on the payoff round. This will decide whether more basic features of the Taft-Hartley law will le writ ten into the administration's re peal bill. AFL president William Green said yesterday's senate vote to write Taft-Hartley injunction powers into the new bill made the measure "absolutely unac ceptable" to labor. Senate democratic leader Scott W. Lucas then predicted that President Truman will veto the bill it congress accepts the rest of the proposals sponsored bv Se"-' Robe A- Ta. R- O. , consent Given Lucas made his prediction as he asked the senate to accept his proposal to vote at 2 pm. to morrow on Taft's substitute for three major sections of the ad ministration bill. The senate yes terday approved Taft's substitute for a fourth section when it ap proved continued use of the in junction as a weapon against na tional emergency strikes. Sen. Irving M. Ives, R.,' N.Y., grumbled bout Lucas' proposal but did not object. Unanimous consent was required and given. it was yesterday's vote on the injunction that prompted the AFL to call it quits for this year. Salt Lake City. Has Bad Fire Salt Lake City, June 29 un Clouds of odorous smoke billow ed today from the ruins of a huge cold storage plant destroyed by fire with a property loss of almost $2.ouu.uuu. .' Flames still ate thr.o.ugh tons .rt .i ... .I... i , ul puuiiiy unci ittiiiiy umi iiau been stored In the plant. At least 20 firemen, Including five officers, were injured slight ly or overcome by the thick smoke rolling through the big building. All were released after first aid treatment. Damage to the plant, owned by the Utah Ice and Storage com pany, was estimated by President Albert Hahn at more than $1,- 75C.000 but Superintendent N.' F. Hecker said the estimate "prob ably will have to be revised up ward." The fire broke out late yester day near a room containing 500,- 000 pounds of candy. Flames crept through the three-story, halt-block-long plant, seldom breaking into the open but caus ing tremendous volumes of smoke. Cause of the fire was not tie tormined. Britain, Facing Economic Crisis, Calls on Dominions By C. T. Halllnan (United IVraH Statf Correslionflcnt) London, June 29 UIi Britain, facing a major economic crisis and badgered by Its Marshall plan neighbors, is looking to its dominions today for help and support. The labor government has 'In vited finance ministers of the commonwealth countries to an emergency meeting in London within two weeks to discuss means of stemming the drain on the sterling area's gold and dol lar reserves. Britain and other sterling area countries have been forced to dip with increasing frequency into their reserves to make up the dif ference between the Income from their exports and the bills for their Imports. The drain on the reserves has been Increasing alarmingly In the last few months despite help from Marshall plan funds. May Bo Alarming Just how f:ist the reserves have been dwindling will be disclosed when the next figures are pub lished early next month. Finan cial quarters believed (he figures might be alarming enough to set off a panic. Britain acts as banker for the whole sterling area, and any Brit ish collapse would bring financial disaster to many commonwealth countries. Chancellor of the exchequer Sir Stafford Cripns, already nick named "Old Austerity" for the drastic economics he has impos ed on Britain, is expected to pre sent to his commonwealth col leaguer a plan for further reduc ing British Imports to save dol- la rs fi,- o,t i rjn tmnrti-tc 'orient 'to' call aneraV eloc Queen's Coronation Scheduled Tonight At Elkhom Lodge Opening event of Bend's 1919 Mirror pond pageant will bo held tonight, with the designation and coronation of a queen lor the three-day fete, arranged for the Fourth of Julv holi days. The coronation will take place at an invitation dance at Elkhorn lodge. The dance will start at 9 p.m., with the coron ation set for shortly after 10 p.m., Don Connor, dance chair man, has announced. The coronation is to bo the most colorful affair of its kind ever hold in connection witlr me local river tele, t'onncrA i I A said in outlining plans for to-J ntrlI I IPOIAH night's party. The coronation win be held in the spacious ballroom of the Elkhorn lodge, at the site of former Camp Abbot south ot Bend. A throne has been erected on the stage. Will Announce Winner At the start of the ceremonies. the six girls who are candidates for queen will descend the wind ing stairs from the ballroom bal cony. At the foot of the spiral stairs, they will be met by six senior members of the water pag- j cant association and escorted across the hall to the stage. On tne stage, tne girls will be lined up, and Charles Clark, queen chairman, will "tap" the winner of the ticket sales contest. Not un til then will the girls know which of their number is to reign over tne ntn annual Mirror pond pag eant as queen. The coronation ball Is also to be featured by a floor show, Conner has announced. Food will also be served. Persons who have not re ceived invitations by mail mav get them at the chamber of com merce office. Queen candidates who will be presented at the coronation ball are Marilyn Bishop, Joan Tildcn, Llla Bacon, Charlcen Dahlln. Patt Blakely and Ella Sterling. Court jester for the queen nt the coron ation festivities will be Stanley Crawford. The queen's guard wiil be members of the Lady Elks' drill team, dressed in white. Throne of Velvet Following her designation,- the pageant queen will be seated op a 'velvet throne. v - Following the coronation, the next public appearance of the queen and her princesses will he balurclay night, when the rainbow arch, now nearing completion, bursts Into auroral lights and the swan and cygnet float majestical ly moves into the Deschutes river. The pageant queen will ride a huge make-believe swan down stream and her princesses will be on cygnets. About midstream, queen and princesses will mount a river throne, the point from which they will review the gay tote. Tonight's coronation will be slightly in advance of the three day program, which will get un der way Saturday, July 2, nt 10 a.m. The Bend Junior chamber of commerce will sponsor this event, with Don bhingler as chairman He announced today that all ar rangements for the celebration (Continued on Page 3.) tion this fall, instead of waiting until mld-lDSO as planned Political observers believe the government would have to go to the people for a now mandate he fore making life any grimmer than it already is. Some Hiitlsh food rations already are smaller now than during the worst days of the war. Cripps will fight to save the sterling area's reserves on ' an other front tomorrow In Paris. There he Is expected to resist to the end cf foils of oilier Marshall plan nations to m.-ike sterling more freely convert ililc. Belgium and oilier countries, with American support, want to alter their payments aereeinent with Britain under the European recovery program so that sterling could be used outside the sterling area to pay for impnrls. Cripps adamantly has refused on grounds that creditor nations would immediately convert their sterling Into dollars, thus starting a further drain on the sterling area's gold and dollar reserves, The government's seeming In- abllily to halt the drain on the reserves, coupled with pirslslenl rumors of a devaluation of ster ling, has sent the stock market Into Its worst slump in years. For 27 consecutive trading days- without a single dav of re covery the prices of British gov ernment storks hav" fallen. Their average Is now at the level which prevailed during the threatened German Invasion of Britain In 1910. Upper and middlechsv Inves tors appenr frightened and are turning their gilt-edijed invert ments into cash until better days arrive. Some business funis . i,-M,.h L-nnvi- tliov will need cish i in the near future also are selline - lman borrowing from bank., securities, rainet State Forecast Oregon Partly cloudy to day with scattered showers in mountains. Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. High' today 62.72. Thursday 68-78. Low tonight 38-48. No. 174 i vvim ui viuyuii Gets Cold, Snow; 37 Above Here Late June snow fell over the Central Oregon Cascades last night as the temperature drop ped to freezing points on the mid state plaleau. Bend, however, was comparatively "warm" last night. with a minimum of 37 degrees. . To the north, the mercury dipped to 31 degrees at Redmond. Motorists and bus operators crossing high Cascade passes lust night reported that they encount ered a near blizzard, with blind ing snow driven by a strong wind falling along the mountain divide. At sunset last night, the McKenzie pass was enveloped in a blinding storm, motorists re ported. No Precipitation Here Snow whitened resort areas In the eastern Cascades and New berry crater this morning, with depths up to three inches re ported. It was reported from East and Paulina Jakes shortly before 9 o'clock this morning that the night fall of snow was rapidly disappearjng. Not even a trace of moisture felt In Bend as the storm' raged through th! nlKM in the Cas cades. A cold wind whipped over tile uoner . Deschutes count rv through the night. Weather fprecaslers say the weather Is scheduled to warm i up a bit by Thursday, and this news was welcomed by Bend's water pageant directors. OREGON CHILLY Portland, June 29 aw Six Inches of powder snow fell on the slopes of Ml. Hood last night. It was snowing briskly early this morning, and Tlmberline lodge officials said skiing should be good for the next few days. Generally, temperatures were lower throughout Oregon with frost reported in eastern Oregon. The weather bureau said the cold air 'condition, which drifted down from the Bering sea, would continue for another day, with some warming expected Thurs day. Lakeview was the .coldest spot in Oregon this morning with 29 degrees recorded. Redmond re corded 31 degrees; Burns, 35; Klamath Falls, 98; La Grande, 38. and Baker, 37. The weather bureau said the freezing temperatures were rais ed quickly and no serious crop damage was expected. j Cloudy weather with occasion al showers was predicted by the weather bureau for today and Thursday. Shanghai Hit In Bomb Raid Shanghai. China. June 29 HP . Four-eiicined nationalist bombers raided Shanghai today for tho first time, killing or wounding at least 500 persons. Seven or more bombs were di oiiiied bv two B-24 Liberatoi i and possihly a third tiomner which 1 circled the city for three and .'I ; half hours. They apparently 1 were aimed al Shanghai's bh inni lh station, but fell wide of the mark and smashed 80 houses in two slum areas. More than '10 persons were killed and 50 wounded In one area of mud huts a half mile north east of the railway station. In the other district, thiee-quarters of a mile west of the station, more than WO persons were kill ed or wounded. A hall-dozen big explosions were heard in downtown Shang hai. Communist machine-gun-rerr and anil aircraft crews fired on the circling raiders, hut rain and clouds hampered their ef forts. It was the first raid since the nationalists becan their air at- 1 tacks June 10 in which Libera- I tors have been used. Watchers s.nu uit-y n. i 'ators drop four bombs,
