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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
33rd Year
TWO SECTIONS
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1949
No. 192
Srannan Fairm IPIan Beaten. in House Vte
Gangster Put
Under Guard
At Hospital
l.os Angeles. July 21 li.. Addi
tional guards were placed mound
till' hospital loom li Wounded
gangster Mickey Cohen Ic it In V. fol
lowing telephoned warning thai
mobsters planned ii lieu attempt
In kill him.
'I'lir winning came as law en
forcement agencies JiiIiiihI forces
Id tlml tin gunmen whii shot Co
lii'li anil I III companions. In
In I x-N n preventing mi on I In i'al
il lat:' scale gang warfare lien'.
Tin' (lapxr X yi'ur nlil mobster
Mini lilt; friends wen' wounded
liy shotgun fire on the' swank
Sunset strip early yesterday Just
lit: a grand jury Investigation Into
tlw tangled I h Angi-lcs under
world ( ni'ari'il tin1 "Indictment
Hlaci'."
Tin' iiilillilnnal guards were
placed iiiiiiind Cohen's room ut
yuwn id Angels hospital after an
anonymous telephone call last
lillilit win ncil the switchboard
tipet'ator:
"lie tm your guard. We're go
Int! to coiue down and get Mickey
tonight."
Nut Identified
Ix'nh tliait Iwo hours later a
sedan Kcreeched to a Hlop In from
of (Me hospital, and four men and
II woman ran past guards at (lie
entrance. Ignoi lug, commands Id
halt, they ran down a basement
hall, emerged from a slile door.
Hot hack In the car and sped
away.
Newsmen believed one of them
wiik Johnny Stompoiiuio, a Cohen
associate, iiut could not Identify
the others.
Sherlft'K deputies und police
patrolled the wing where Cnheii,
Ills henchman EYlward (Neddie)
llerherf, mid (dale attorney gen
end's agent Hurry 'Cooper were
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Impressions
of
Central Orogon Visitors
If Katherlne I.. Maker, Massa
chusetts 1 1 1 k ' school home econ
omics supervisor, and Hrendu
Moore, physical education super
visor from the same state, are
samples of eastern teachers--hrlnu
'em west !
Hlueeycd, sliver haired, Miss
linker smiled her friendliness
from the moment a reporter slli
onto a cafe slool Im-sIiIc her unit
asked: "Similiter here?''
Headlly she told horn the two,
accompanied hy her falher, W.
M. Maker, retired lime lock ex
iert. have traveled from Medford,
Mass., tu Medforil, Ore., In a lei
surely vacation trip lasting
months - the sort of nip which
compensates for the hliirklioard
and hllzzard months.
"Wherever we went, we asked
ourselves, 'Now how would we
change tills, how would he Im
prove that?'" she told, It was
wllh reluctance thai she told any
of the shortcomings of Oregon,
hut with rate Insight she talked
freely about the flaws in the
elongated slate to the south. -
'"I wouldn't slay at Crescent
Clly, Calif., ever," she said, "We
were treated uncivilly hy a post
office employe at Crescent City,
where we asked for our mail.
We'd never stay at Sequoia park
HKiiln, either. There were no curb
markers real traffic hazard
and everyone's cars hulled over.
It's Just poorly' t un."
At Grants Pass - nil, there's a
postmasler who's every Inch a
gentleman. "Surely there's mall
for you -ii lot of it. You're from
a long way off, aren't you? . . .
Michigan's my state ..."
Thai's the way he talked, and
so, he made friends of her party.
"Wo loved (Slants I'ass, hecause
of him," slip declared.
She termed SecUoln park the
Coney Island of the west crowd
ed, tense, unlovely.
A Boston university graduate
wllh n master's decree, she said
she wished her acquaintance
Marjnrie Mills, society editor of
the Boston Herald-Traveler were
olotiK. "Now Iheres' n girl!" she
said. "A million-dollar radio pro
gram, she's developed . . . Women
groeal at her feet ... If she loltl
them to servo their next dinner
party guests martinis made of
permanent-wave solution and can
apes spread with shoo polish In
stead of caviar, they'd try It and
write her aflerwnrtl how Ingeni
ous she Is!" .
Ncnrly every summer, she and
Brendn and her father make a
long trip. Horn Bend, they go to
night to Porllnnd, thence to Lake
Louise.
Couch Road
Made Ready
For Oiling
County toad crews today cone
pleled a Joli of preparing for oil
lilK a two-mile Hccllou of the
I 'ouch road weal of Hie licnd
Sisters highway.
George McAIIUter, county road
master, reported Hint equipment
would now Im moved to the Podds
road for preparing for oiling u
three mile section of the road east
of the Central Oregon highway.
Komi crews are also engaged In
iladlii; county rouds In the Red
mond area. Sonic minor bridge re
pair Is also underway.
Since Ihe first of Ihe year 3.9
miles of county toads have Isen
oiled, accordion lo McAllister.
Jobs completed Include the fol
lowing: l)encer .7; Clovenlale 2.5;
Three Creeks .1, and Redmond
all pol l ,:i.
McAllllster said that he hopes
In complete the olIInK of six miles
more of county roads before cold
weather stops Ihe operation.
At present there lire 5H miles of
oiled county roads.
Negro, Officer
Die in Baffle
Scuttle, July 21 'Hi A 50year
old Negro gunman and a detec
tive were killed and two others
seriously wounded In a terrific
I pre dawn nun battle Involving u
score of police on Capitol hill to
day.
Jame? Jackson was killed after
he fatally shot Detective Harry
W. VosM-r. about 3!i.
The wounded nre Johnny Tay
lor, 33. a Negro, and Donald M.
Keed. 27, a tow truck driver.
Heed's condition was listed as cri
tical by King county hospital at
tendant. Taylor was in satisfac
tory condition.
The gun bnllle climaxed an eve
nlngluiig argument between
Jackson and Taylor, police said.
After wounding Taylor with
three shots from a .'IS-automatlc
pistol, Jackson fled back to his
home, armed himself with two
rifles and a large supply of am
munition and ban leaded himself
In the basement.
House Surrounded
Vosicr was sent to the scene
lo investigate the Taylor shoot
ing and Heed was sent to im
pound Jackson's car.
As Keed started to connect the
tow chain to the car, the killer
opened fire. Keed fell to the
street seriously wounded.
A score of police surrounded Ihe
two-stoy house after VoBpor re
quested additional help. A tear
gas bomb was tosseil Into the
basement In an effort to dislodge
the cornered gunman.
Vosper was killed as he entered
the basement. Groping his way
through the acrid fumes, Vosper
met Jackson at the door. The
gunman killed the detective with
one shot.
As Vosper fell police fired
across his bodv at Jackson. The
killer was felled with three bul
lets In his head.
. Before Jackson died, several
volleys of gunfire shattered the
early morning quiet of the resi
dential district located about a
mile from downtown Seattle.
Taylor was wounded shortly he
fore midnight. Jackson, whose
wife was suing him for divorce,
police said, went to the Taylor
home where Mrs, Jackson and
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were sitting
on the porch.
15 Winners Named
In 4-H Contest
Redmond, July 22 Fifteen Des
csules county -I II club members
have been named as winners In
the Scars-Roebuck garden con
lesl, it was nnnounced today by
Don Uenscoler, county 4-H club
agent. Each will be reimbursed
for seeds planted, up to $-1.50,
mid will be eligible lo compete
for cash prizes of $(, $4 and $2.
The following were named:
Kathleen Kiesow, Davkl Krihs,
Mary Ann Kiesow, Larry Krlbs
and Betty Koth, all C'.len Vista:
Hugh Cole Jr., Alice Samples and
Boh Mulllns, all Bend; Donna
Williams, Agnes Thornhurgh and
Vernle Maglll, all Terrebonne;
Violet Klohas, Hulcy Prlchard
ond John Prlchard, Richardson
district, and Joanne Johnson,
Young school district.
Winners of Ihe cash awards
will be named later. Judging will
be on a basis of 50 per cent on
garden tours to' be conducted
later, 25 per cent on exhibits of
five varieties of produce dis
played at the county fair, and
25 per cent on record books.
J
H- if r
Janet Hedner, 16 and Crook county high school junior who has been riding horses since she was 6
has been named quen of the 19-111 Crooked Klver roundup, scheduled for Prlneville August 12, 13
and 14. She
Train Hits Oil
Truck Bad Fires -Injure
3 Persons
Montehello, Cal., July 21 dpi
The- Union Pacific streamliner
City of Ixjs Angeles collided with
a truck driving out of a Standard
Oil refinery today and set off fires
that burned the truck driver, train
engineer and fireman.
No passengers of the luxury
train were Injured.
H. E. Byers. of Las Vegas, Nev.,
and H. G. Hcaton, Bell, Cal.. the
truck driver, were the most seri
ously Injured, Both suffered se
vere burns.
The fireman of the train, whose
name the railroad knew only as
"Dennis." was burned less seri
ously. Dennis also lives in Las
Vegas.
Ho told Investigators who ques
tloned him at Angelus emergency
hospital that an automatic wig
wag signal was working at the
crossing but that Heaton appar
ently failed to see It and drove
directly into the path of the train,
inbound from Chicago to Los An
geles. leaving lleftnery
The truck and trailer were driv
ing out of the refinery after hav
ing .taken on n load of petroleum
products.
Impact of the crash set off an
explosion and a spectacular fire,
but damage was limited to the
Immediate area and to the front
end of the railroad engine.
Ambulances and county fire
equipment were rushed lo the
scene when it was feared Ihe
crash might develop Into a major
disaster, but the fire was quickly
brought under control.
Heaton was treated at Beverly
emergency hospital for burns.
Byers and Dentils both were tak
en to Angelus emergency hos
pital. Churchill Lays
Blame on FDR
London, July 2t illi Winston
Churchill placed on the late Presi
dent Roosevelt today the full re
sponsibility for the "uncondition
al surrender" policy regarding
Ciermany, and admitted that the
British cabinet would have reject
ed such a policy.
Mr. Roosevelt made the '"un
conditional surrender" statement
at Casablanca without consulting
him, the wartime prime minister
told the house of commons.
Churchill conceded that he had
"not the slightest doubt" that the
British government would have
turned down the policy If the
cabinet had been consulted in the
matter.
The secrets of the Casablanca
conference came out In commons
debate on foreign policy, marked
oy on ongry exchange between
Churchill and Foreign secretary
Ernest Bcvtn,.
Named Crooked River Roundup Queen
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley T. Redner.
General Marshall Declares
Atlantic Pact Peace Factor
By John U Steele
(lnltrd Vrtm Blmtl CorreioDJf llO
ICopyrluM. 14. -by lh United I'na
AwMlationl
Washington. July 21- General
George C. Marshall, former sec
retary of state, said today he
feels certain that "the Atlantic
pact will contribute to world
peace."
The wartime army chief of
staff told the United Press exclu
sively that he also believes the
mutual defense treaty will "Im
measurably" strengthen the se-
Two Accidents
Occur in Bend
' Although the car in which he
was riding came to rest on Its
side after an accident at Third
and Revere last night at 8:05
o'clock, Allen Leroy Hurrington.
Route 1, Box 354, was not hurt
and today was at work.
The car he was driving, owned
by Huettl Brothers Repair shop,
Butler Market toad, was said to
lie badly damaged.
Driver of the other car, Norman
W. Enluw, Route 1, Box 194, Red
mond, was going north on Third
and turning west into Revere, po
lice records showed today. The
Harrington car was goliig west
on Revere, crossing Third.
Taxi In Accident
Police officers described the ac
cident by saying apparently Har
rington's car struck Enlow's left
front fender with Its right fender.
This spun Harrington's car to the
left and over onto its left side.
Damage to Enlow's car was said
to be minor.
A second mishap occurred an
hour later at Bond and, Green
wood, when an Owl taxi, driven
by Rolin Henry Thompson, 1219
Baltimore, and a car driven bv
Creed Marshall Trlplett, 480 E.
Virginia, San Jose, Calif., came
together.
Officers reported that Trlplett
was apparently backing out of a
parking place at the time of im
pact. Meteor Viewed
By Bend Residents
A blue-green meteor flashed
down the western sky last night
about 9:30, exploded with a bril
liant flash, then trailed Into in
visibility. Observers said the meteor,
dropping Into the west at a sharp
angle, was first noticed when It
exploded with a flare of light.
Following the explosion, the me
teor, probably only a fragment
of the larger fireball that explod
ed, continued down the sky, leav
ing a distinct trail.
The meteor was observed by
people In farm communities ad
jacent to Bend.
curltr of the United States and
Its 11 partners in the Atlantic
area.
Marshall discussed the pact and
its implications at length in an
swering a series of questions sub
mitted to him by this reporter.
It wis one of his most extensive
discussions of world affairs since
he left the state department last
January.
Now in Retirement
He Is now living in retirement
at his Leesburg, Va., home.
Here are some of the questions
put to Marshall, and the general's
answers:
Q. Do you regard the pact's
pledge to consider an attack on
one signatory as an attack on all,
with the consequent commitment
that each nation will take such
Steps as it deems necessary, as an
"automatic" commitment for
United States participation in
any European war?
A. No. The United States can
wage war only if congress de
clares war.
The language of the treaty
makes it clear that In the event
of an armed attack each nation
must decide for Itself the meas
ures it should take to restore and
maintain the security of the
I tNortn Atlantic arqa, and then it
must take those measures,
i Benefits Seen
Q. In what manner do you be
j lieve the pact will be beneficial to
j the security and national defense
j of the United Slates and of the
other co signatories?
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Benham Falls
Investigation
Discontinued
Geologic investigation of the
proposed reservoir site at Ben-
l ham falls, a study which was
j started early this summer, has
been temporarily discontinued.
accwrtling to a report today from
the U. S. bureau of reclamation
office In Bend.
The project study Is being con
ducted by personnel of the bureau
planning office in Salem, headed
by Lee McAllister, planning en
gineer. B. K. Thomas, project
geologist rom Salem conducted
tests at the site prior to the dis
continuance of the investigation.
J. W. Taylor, Deschutes project
engineer, said that he had receiv
ed word from McAllister indicat
ing that the study would be re
sumed about October 1.
In a report this spring on the
proposed project, Robert J. New
ell, regional director, now retired,
stated that preliminary study re
ports showed that the project
would be comparable In cost to
the Wickiup reservoir. He also
said that the maximum develop
ment at Benham falls would con
sist of a dam and reservoir with
an estimated 70,000 acre foot capacity.
Engineer Will Make Report
Monday Evening on Proposed
Bend Water Improvements
A report on the practicability of obtaining additiomil moun
tain water for Bend, and potential cost involved, will be
made to the city commission at a special meeting Monday
evening, by the Portland engineering firm of John Cunning
ham and AxHociateH.
Cunningham's firm was retained by the city to explore the
water situation fully, and make recommendations and cost
estimates for additional transmission mains and storage fa-
cilities as a means of reliev
Downey Hits
Reclamation
Bureau Acts
Washington, July 21 IP Sen.
Sheridan Downey, D., Cal., said
today former reclamation com
missioner Harry Bashore com
plained to him that he could not
endure- that job because of "politi
cal maniuplation coming from
Michael Straus."
Straus Is now commissioner of
reclamation.
Downey reviewed his com
plaints against the bureau and
against Straus before the senate
interior committee, which is try
ing to decide whether to adopt a
resolution by Downey calling for
a "full scale" investigation of the
bureau.
Downey attacked Straus be
cause of his recommendation of
Richard L. Boke to be regional
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Relief Figures
Show Increase
A total of $16,308.20 was spent
IrrPeschutes county in ihe month
of June for relief, according to an
announcement by Miss Olive
Jameson, welfare administrator,
at a meeting last night of the
county welfare commission.
Miss Jameson also reported to
the commission that the number
of persons seeking relief in Des
chutes county is the greatest now
since before the war. She said
that many relief applicants are
persons who have in past years
followed the harvesting of crops.
They have told Miss Jameson that
harvest Jobs are extremely scarce
tms year.
The greatest part of the total.
$9,319, was spent for 201 old age
assistance cases. Other expendi
tures included: 93 general assist
ance cases, $3,499; two aid to
blind cases, $101, and 25 aid to de
pendent children cases, $2,855. .
Medical Care Listed
Medical care accounted for a
part of the general assistance
total of $3,956. Of that amount.
$693.63 went to old age assistance
recipients; 5207,43 was spent for
medical aid to dependent children
cases, and $794.74 was paid out as
medical assistance to children in
foster homes.
In June of 1948 relief expendi
tures In the county amounted to
S12.603.2U On the relief rolls at
that time were 192 old age assist
ance cases, 102 general assistance
cases. 22 aid to dependent child
ren cases, and two aid to blind
cases.
In May of this year $15,774 was
spent for relief. Recipients total
led 323. .
Commission members present
last night were: Craig Coyner.
chairman, Mrs. B. A. Stover, O.
W. Grubb, and A. E. Stevens.
Australia Uses
Troops in Mines
Sydney, Australia. July 21 ilP
The Australian labor government
called out 3,000 troops today to
dig coal In the strike-bound mines
of New South Wales.
Five hundred policemen were
ordered to prevent the possible
reoccupation of the mines by the
23,008. communist-led miners who
walked out 25 days ago.
ihe decision came as the win
ter's worst blizzard swept New
South Wales and northern Victria.
The government announced there
was only enough coal still above
ground to continue present limit
ed service for three weeks, unless,
the mines were put into operation
immediately.
The troops are expected to pro
duce 55,000 tons of coal weekly
to Dnng renei to smverlng Aus
tralians. The bulk of the strikers voted
at local meetings to remain out
until their leaders have been re
leased from Jail and their claims
for pay Increases and 16ng-servlce
vacations had been granted.
ing the local water shortage,
it was explained last night by
W. O. Cuthbertson. citv mnn.
ager, at the July commission
meeting. The question of ad
ditional water rights also may
be involved, as the city's present
source of supply may prove in
adequate, it was pointed out.
Bank Loans Authorized
In another action last night the
commission authorized the nego
tiation of bank loans, to carry the
city through the fall months until
the first tax turnover is made in
December. George Simerville, city
treasurer, estimated that it might
be necessary to borrow as much
as $80,000, compared to last year's
total of around $40,000.
The increase Is due to the fact
that airport and pool fund monies
must be utilized ' immediately,
and the city Is carrying consid
erable street Improvement liabil
ity, pending completion or assess
ment payments by property own
ers, simerville said.
The commission decided to split
the loans, to be made as the funds
are needed, between both local
banks. The interest rate will be 3
per cent, it was added. Interest
payments, as has been done pre
viously, will be taken from state
tax street money, inasmuch as
much of the debt will be .due to
street improvement work, Simer
ville said. '
I Pound DLcuse4 -
Mrs. Alice Orewiler, represent
ing the recently formed Des
chutes county unit of the Oregon
Humane society, again appeared
before the commission, Inquiring
as to the extent of assistance the
unit could expect in devloping a
new dog pound. She was assured
that the city would cooperate
tuny.
Mrs. Orewiler also asked that
any dogs left in the pound, at the
conclusion of the tie-up season,
be turned over to her group
which either will find homes for
the animals or dispose of them.
The request was granted.
Mel Erickson asked the com
mission for an explaantion of the
city licensing ordinance, and if
any action looking to repeal were
contemplated. Ross F a r n h a m,
city attorney, explained that it
would be necessary to publish the
entire licensing section, if chang
es in the ordinance were made.
Mayor T. D. Sexton said that it
was "quite possible" that the com
mission might consider repeal of
this provision, at some future
date.
Foreclosures to' Start
Simerville told the commission
that , he had delayed ttfe start of
foreclosure proceedings against
Bend residents who are delin
quent in payment of street im
provement assessments, but
would proceed today. The delay
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Big Suit Filed
In Court Here
A $35,750 collection suit has
been filed in the Deschutes coun
ty circuit court by S. M. Seeley
against O. N. Hanson and I. N.
Wagner, operators of the Bond
street market and the Bend Dairy
store. Seeley also seeks $4,000 in
attorney fees.
In his complaint Seeley states
that he lent the sum of money
sought in the suit to the defend
ants tinder an agreement that
they purchase the Bond street
market and an adjacent area
where the Western Union office
is now located, and clear title to
the Bend Dairy store. The agree
ment also called for the defend
ants delivering to the plaintiff
a first mortgage on the property
to secure the loan, according to
the complaint.
After obtaining title to the
property, Seeley states, the de
fendants delivered a first mort
gage on the property to the
Equitable Savings and Loan as
sociation to secure another loan.
Seeley has had the property in
question attached and now seeks
collaction of the $35,750 promis
sory note signed by the defend
ants, court records show. The
note, according to the complaint,
was signed by the defendants
June 24, 1948.
W W
Present Price
Support Setup
To Continue
Washington. July 21 (111 A
powerful house coalition today
overwhelmingly defeated the ad
ministration's proposed trial run
farm bill and voted to continue
through 1950 the present system
of agriculture price supports.
The administration poured all
the strength it could muster into
a final vain effort to save its own
bill, which called for a t'-vo-year
experiment on Secretary of agri
culture Charles F.. Brannan's
plan of producers' subsidies for
three crops. Speaker Sam Ray.
burn took the floor personally
to plead for the administration
bill.
Action Decisive
But in a final decisive action,
a coalition bill continuing the
present price support law and
repealing the republican Aiken
law was adopted, 239 to 170, on
a roll call vote.
Earlier, the house on a pre
liminary vote had rejected the
administration bill, 22 to 152.
The first house test came on
a proposal to repeal the Aiken
law, which was due to go into
effect next January 1. That was
carried easily by voice vote.
Then Raybum spoke out In a
last-ditch effort to line up "my
democratic friends" behind the
Brannan experiment with pota
toes, eggs ana snorn wool.
The Brannan plan would aid
consumers by allowing prices to
fall when surpluses occur. If
farmers got less than a pegged
price for their crops, the govern
ment would give them, a check
to make tip "Ww-drfference. ' '
Girls Battered
Body Discovered
Ogden, Utah, July 21 (IP The
nude body of a teen-age girl
strangled with a brassiere and
blouse was found In a clump of
bushes at Riverdale, near Ogden,
today.
Weber county Sheriff Mac M.
Wade said a "sex fiend" appar
ently strangled the girl, Shirley
Gretzlnger, 17, Ogden. Deputy
county sheriff officers said the
girl had on only her shoes.
The finding of the girl's body
came after Ogden and Weber
county authorities had, been
plagued by a series of rape at
tacks within the last month, in
cluding one on a seven-year-old
girl.
The sheriff said he did not
know Immediately if the girl had
been raped.
Shirley's 18-year-old boy friend.
George Middleton, told Wade that
the girl had gone to downtown
Ogden last evening to meet a
man whose children she was go
ing to tend so he could go to
the rodeo."
Middleton said he did not know
who the man was. He said his
girl friend had been called by the
man after he had answered a
newsDaoer advertisement for
baby tending, put In by a woman
friend of Shirley.
Found In Field
Wade said the girl apparently,
had been killed about midnight.
The body was found in a field
near an old highway. The sheriff
said bruises about the legs Indi
cated she had been dragged from
a car on the road into the field.
The body was found by a man
living in an old radio transmitter
shack in the field. The girl was
Identified by Middleton, who had
been standing by alarmed at
the police station since before
dawn because Shirley had not re
turned to her home.
On her feet were black suede
slippers. Her blonde head was on
her skirt, which had been folded
none too carefully and placed
on the ground.
On one of her wrists was n'
charm bracelet with three silver
hearts on it. One of the hearts
was stained with blood from the
injuries.
WINDOWS STONED
The manager ot General Gro
cery, W. B. Ream. 1340 Wall, ask
ed police help yesterday In ton
trol of window breaking. On four
occasions, he said, he has found
back windows broken, apparently
by rocks. Yesterday morning
was the most recent instance. Re
pairs have cost approximately
$30, he said.
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