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Newspaper Page TextLEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE 33rd Yoar Pictures, Old pi t" Tr-t-", t : t u 1 4 iiTiinrTi h f-f TMcliiri'ii of r:u ly lay Ili-nU pravi'd of outstanding Interest ut the IH'HchtitPN PloniiTH' plcnlr yeKtrnliiy evening', at Pioneer pnrk. SroreH of tildtlnn' pictures weru (llsilnye(l. I (clow. Kva Todd Bi'n nell, iliiuuhler ol a Knrrwrll Henil ploiieor honorary quet-n of Hie HMsiirlall.in. In shown In u IINMi llol.sman cnr. with L. A. Smith, as Horlatlon prr.Hldent ami owner of the car, at the steering bar. Smith drove the car to the picnic. July Building Permits Low Compared to Total Last Year HuiUlinif wiih iukt in Heiid during July, with total csti niatin fost.i for '2-1 count ruction proji-ct.s pliicucl ut $;U,G()0. a Kiimtiiiiiy of huililititf permit applications at city hall shows. Junw'a btiihlitiK pcnnil.s totaled Sl.'W.fiOO, by riiiHon of two law Htructurcs; the $1.000 armory, and the $:i8,000 Wag ner and llunxon R-rocery. June's total number of permits was little larger than July's, with 28. July, liMS also exceeded this month's total because of a permit issued for construction 167 Lives Taken By Heat Wave (lly United I'm.) The heat wave scorchlnR nation from the Hockles to the the Atlantic coast took u mounting toll of dead today hut ivllef wus on tin? way and even New York city, wherv records were broken yesterday, was exploded to have conlliiK breezes by idKhtf.tll. A Ktirvev by United Press show ed that 1V7 )ersnns.had lled as result of the week-lone, heat blitz. The total Included 07 deaths as direct result of the heat. The cool air seeping down from Canada was expected to hold tem peratures below R degrees ni ("Id caeo today. Temperatures at Minneapolis were held yesterday to a maxi mum of 72 decrees compared to the day before when tile mercury zoomed above !K decrees. Pierre, S.IV, reported a hl:h yes terday of SO. Rochester, Minn., had 82. Hut farther easf, temperatures Hi I II were excesslvey hot as resi dents waited for the cool air to arrive. Pittsburgh and Evans vllle, Ind., had !K1, Washington, D.C., had 9.r). AfWIDKNT l'ATAI, Prlnevllle, July 30 tui chorlcs Thompson, Aberdeen, Wash., was killed near here yesterday when be was thrown In front of n hay rake, and suffered a fractured skull. The accident occurred when n team of horses driven by Thompson became frightened and ran away on the Mills ranch at Paulina, 60 miles southeast of here. Orogon MUtorlcai Socltty Public Audltorlua PORTLAND 1, OREGOS THE BEND, CENTRAL OREGON'S Car, Interest Deschutes Pioneers '1 ' I of Keul school, with cost esti- I mated at $167,000 brinifinif that month's total to ?232,5I5 for ;U applications. Two DwelllnKH This month's applications for buildinK permits for dwel lings juimhercd two, with costs of the two estimated at $8,000. tJara.tes numbered three, with their cost totaling $1.2f)0. Under the heading of miscellaneous, a $5,000 auto court building permit Is listed, and one for a $10,000 service station. Dwelling repair permits num bered IS, with costs totaling $7, '.'.5, Costs for two non-dwelling repairs came to $22.r. Included In the month's report were permits applied for yester day by William CHI, 013 East Irving, for adding of 10 feet to his '2-1 foot living room, to cost $r00, and by William J. Day, 337 East Emerson. Day expects to construct a frame garage M'x20' at a cost of $100. Thunder Storm Believed Imminent With forests vry dry and a hot sun beating upon them, an additional danger, a thunder storm Is threatening in the high mountains, H. R. Tonseth, district ranger for Fort Hock district of Deschutes national forest said at noon. . The 13 Fort Rock and 10 Bend district fireman and lookout sta tions are manned to full capacity, and all crews ore on call over the week end, or until the hazard abates, forest service officials said. Weather reports of an Immi nent electrical storm In the Cas cades make lightening fires a grave possibility, because mois ture Is "very low" In the woods. BEND, 250 Attend Picnic Held By Pioneers Deschutes pioneers, a number of whom lived In this area before Ilcnd was on the map of Oregon, met for their annual picnic yester day evening, with more than 250 present for the gettogether at Pioneer park. Heralding the start of the pic nic, E. A. Smith, president, en tered the park driving his IMG Holsman car, an automobile used In pioneer days of central Oregon by the late H. C. Ellis. The high wheeled "gu buggy" was parked adjacent to the picnic tables, and attracted considerable, attention through the evening. Presiding as hostess at the pic nic was Eva Todd Bennett, whose pioneer father. John Y. Todd, owned the Farewell Bend ranch In the past century. Mrs. Bennett, with Smith, was induced to mount the old automobile for a picture. Picture Interetit Principal attraction at the pic nic was a display of pictures, or ranged by Smith In coopeiatlon with members of the association. Throughout the evening, these pictures were the center of at tention. Some of i. the, pictures dated back nearly half a century. One was a faded photograph of members of The Bulletin staff, a total of four, In 1903, year the patter was founded. Picnic tables were arranged un der trees of Pioneer park. Ideal weather prevailed for the outing, a sort of reunion of old-time resi dents of the Deschutes country. The visits continued until after dark. A short business meeting fol lowed the picnic lunch, with Smith presiding, and an an nouncement was made of the Crook County Pioneers' meeting, to be held In Prinevllle Sunday. A considerable delegation from the Deschutes association will be present. It was indicated. The Descrutes pioneers meet twice yearly. Mid winter meet ings are featured by a pot luck dinner, a program and an old time dance, and have been held at Pine Forest grange hall. Impressions of Central Oregon Visitors "This Is our first trip to Ore gon and we are pleasantly Im pressed by the state," Carl H. Elser of Scarsdale, N.Y., com mented yesterday when he and his wife stopped In Bend for lunch. The New York couplo are Cali fornia bound after having spent the past month traveling through parts of northern United States and Canada. Wednesday night the visitors stayed at Ttmherline lodge by Mt. Hood, and yesterday they were headed for Crater lake where they planned to spend the night. Elser, who Is publisher of a trade Journal In New York, said that he was surprised at the rea sonable cost of accommodations In the recreation areas of Ore gon. He added that prices of re sort accommodations In Canada, particularly In the Banff -Lake Louise area, are much higher than charges made at comparable resorts In this state. From Crater lake, the New Yorkers plan to drive to the Cali fornia coast for several days of vacationing. They will then swing eastward, cover some of the southern states, and will arrive home about September 1. DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 30, 16 Killed By Fighter Bend Chamber Members Join With Eastern Star Grangers In Community Get-Together Business men of Bend "broke bread" with Eastern Star KTiiriKers liKt ni((ht in another of the Ket-tojfethers being held this year to provide a closer relationship between coun try and city residents. Home -95 persons were present last night at the grange hall for the joint Jiend Chamber of commerce-grange meet ing, which featured a home-cooked chicken dinner and a talk on the topic "America's Cold War," by Harry Drew, member of the IJend Toast- Son of Slain Newscaster To Carry On Alice, Tex., July 30 HM-The 22-year-old son of slain radio newscaster Bill Mason prepared today to carry on the antl-vlce crusade that allegedly led to the broadcaster's death. Authorities meanwhile charged Deputy Sheriff Sam Smithwlck, 55, with murdering Mason to halt his outspoken attack. In hbi newscast Thursday over KHK, Mason had accused Smith wlck of owning a bawdy house. He charged that Smithwick knew ' what was going on. He is out there all the time at night." Masun was shot to death yes terday while sitting in his parked car. The slaying occurred short ly after he met Smithwlck. The veteran newspaperman and radio reported died of a single .-ir caliber bullet wound. Smithwlck. one slug fired from Ills .-1.5 caliber automatic pistol, surrendered shortly afterward to city police. Scene Described t The shooting occurred nearMhe city limits as Mason drove to ward the town of San Diego, 10 miles away. Avellno Saenz, 35. who was with Mason, said that Smithwick hallxl them and Mason stopped. "Are you Bill Mason?" Saenz quoted Smithwick. "Yes, I am," Mason replied. "Why you dirty . . ." Saenz quoted the deputy. 'He said Smithwick pulled his pistol and fired one shot. Mason slumped out of the car,' then stag gered across the road to an office where he died. Saenz fled but was found later and told his story to police. Smithwlck refused to talk about the case. Campaign Bitter Au'horities said Mason had cat tied on a bitter campaign against Smithwlck and other members of the sheriff's office. In his torrid Thursday broad cast, he had charged that Sheriff Hubert Sain knew of "these things." He said that Sain per mitted "the ingress of 50 girls to take irom the men of Alice . . . money which should go to fam ilies of these men." He said he had received tele phone threats to "shut up" but defied his threatcners. He broad cast his telephone number to make it easier for them to reach him. "As long as a situation like this is permitted to continue," he said, "I shall blast every time a new fact comes to my attention. Mason's son Burt, said today he was determined to carry on the light his father started. He prepared to take his place at the microphone on the regular broad casts. Potato Growers Given Warning Washington, July 30 tin A house agriculture sub-committee served notice on potato growers that it will recommend with drawal of mandatory government price props for their crop next year. The action came after an air ing of the potato support pro gram which cost the government $225,000,000 in 19-18. Chairman Stephen Pace, D.. Ga., announced the sub-committee will drop for this session of congress a bill to make potatoes a basic crop with high mandatory supports and strict controls on planting with penalties for non compliance. .' Pace said the sub-committee's recommendation would be to give Secretary of agriculture Charles F. Brannan discretionary power In supporting potatoes. Brannan had sought to use his new sub sidy program In a trial run on potatoes, but the house rejected the bill. BULLETIN DAILY NEWSPAPER Wh masters' club. More important than Rus sia's cold war in Europe, ac cording to Drew, is America's cold war with herself. Drew explained that with in America, industry, labor, and agriculture are carrying on a Cold war against each other. He declared that labor attempts to gain advantages which are det rimental to Industry; that indus try, likewise, wants the upper hand over labor, and agriculture, too. Is guilty of self promotion at the expense of other units of the country's economy. ' Production Vital Factor Each, according to the speaker, fails to take into consideration the welfare of the other, and if such an attitude continues to pre vail the result will be the econo mic ruination of the country. Drew asserted that the back bone of America's economy Is production, and when production Is curtailed by reason of indus try, labor and agriculture light ing each other, then the economy of the country is bound to de cline. America's cold war must be stopped, the speaker declared. a; id to do so will require that In dustry,' labor and agriculture change their attitudes toward one another.. They must aban don self promotion for the inter est of the economic whole which they make up, the speaker de clared. Entertainment Provided Preceding Drew's talk, Al Lew is, of Bend, presented a program of magic tricks. Entertainment was also provided by the Bend high school girls' trio, composed of Audrey Bailey. Anne Nelson and Suzanne Gilfillan. The quar tet sang several numbers, ac companied at the piano by Gwen Russell. tContinued on Page 3.) U. S. Defense Heads Favor Use of Bomb By Walter Bundle (United PrM Staff Curnpondent Frankfurt. Germany, July 30 dpi Gen. Omar N. Bradley said today the United States is the only country of the Atlantic pact group which has the atomic bomb, and the only one that can carry it on a strategic bombing campaign. The army chief of staff spoke to reporters a few minutes after he arrived with the chiefs of staff of the other branches of the service Gen. Hoyt S. Vanden berg of the air force and Admiral Louis E. Denfield of the navy. The leaders of the armed serv ices were setting out on an un precedented peacetime tour to re view the military situation in western Europe. They landed at the Rheln-Maln airport at 3:50 p.m. (9:50 a.m., EDT) in Presi dent Truman's plane, The Inde pendence. "We are the only one of the 12 nations (in the Atlantic pact) who have the atomic bomb," Bradley said. "We are the only ones capable of carrying out stra tegic bombing." Is Spokesman He was serving as spokesman for the trio of service chiefs, who flew here from Washington. Bradlev reiterated his state ment in Washington yesterday that it is the duty of the United States to strike with atomic bombs against any aggressor which might attack any one of the Atlantic pact nations. His statement about the Amer ican monopoly on the atomic bomb was taken to mean that neither Great Britain nor France, with their atomic research posts, had achieved the know-how of atomic bomb manufacture. During their tour the chiefs will talk with military leaders of other Atlantic pact countries. Next Tuesday they will go to the U.S. army's training grounds at Grafenwochr to Inspect Amer ican ground and air forces massed there In preparation for the autumn war games. 1949 en Plane; Guy M. Wade Dies From Heart Attack Madras, Ore., July 30 HP Guy M. Wade, prominent central Ore gon civic leader, was stricken by a nean attack last night while attending a baseball game, and died before reaching a hospital. Mr. Wade was instrumental in promoting the north unit of the Deschutes project to irrigate 10,000 acres of land In central Oregon, which he named "Green Spot." He waS a native of Ohio.. He was employed by the White Sal mon bank for several years, then became a staff member of the old First National bank In Mad ras 15 years ago. Later the bank affiliated with the United States National bank of Portland. Mr. Wade later was in the state banking department and on the state tax enmmission. In 1946 he entered the real estate and In surance business in Madras in the office of Howard W. Turner, who operates the Jefferson Coun ty Abstract company. He was secretary of the Cen tral Oregon chamber of com merce in 1947, and secretary of the Madras industrial site com mission to acquire land from the Madras air base for warehous ing purposes. He had been presi dent of the Madras chamber of commerce since its reactivation several years ago. . Mr. Wade had been chairman of the Jefferson county commu nity chest for a number of years. He was a close friend of Irl S. McSherry, Salem, head of the Oregon chest, who also suffered a fatal heart attack earlier this week. He is survived by his wife, Marjorie. Masonic funeral rites will be held at the Madras Odd Fellows hall. Fire Situation Declared Acute Portland, July 30 cip Increas ing fire danger to Oregon and Washington forests was reported here today by regional fire dis patcher G. . B. Johnson, who blam?d continued dry weather and rising temperatures. Johnson said the fire hazard was "increasing rapidly and daily" due to the high tempera tures and low humidity over northwestern Oregon and Wash ington, The rains of the past few weeks which were localized in the area have now been "nullified" by the high temperatures and the continued dry spell, Johnson said. "In southern and eastern Ore gon the condition remains criti cal," he added.. "There was no rain in that area of the variety which helped us in the northern part of Oregon and Washington. The forests remain dry and sus ceptible to fire." ... Humidity Low Johnson pointed out that in many areas the humidity had fal len below 30 points, "which has been arbitrarily set as the danger point in most of the area." The temperatures have' com bined with the low humidity to "create a situation which is fraught with danger," the fire dispatcher added. "The danger will increase daily until we have a good rain, and the weather bu reau forecasts continued low hu midity and high temperatures for at least the next several days. The temperature will multiply each day of the dry spell." Johnson's prediction of trouble came almost simultaneously with the announcement of formation of a forest fire control study committee "to keep abreast of the latest developments In fire control. J. A. Hall, director of the Pa cific northwest forest and range experiment station here said the committee would make sure that latest developments in fire con trol were completely understood by both public and private for esters. FIRE DESTROYS MILL Eugene, July 30 HPi The East ern Lane Forest Protective asso ciation said today that a small sawmill owned by C. L. Marcus, Trent, Ore., was destroyed by fire last night. Airli rimer Both Crash Rev, Watson Named Pastor At Hood River P-ev. W. I. Watson, pastor of the Church of the Nazarene in Bend for the past four years, has oeen named minister of the Nazarene church in Hood River Rev. and Mrs. Watson and their four children. Ken neth, 8. Kath ryn, 6, Susan, 4, and Margaret, 2, will leave Bend next week for their new home. Rev. Watson's successor here has not been named, and there probably will be a period when the pulpit will be filled by supply pastors, officers of the church said. Rev. Watson will preach his farewell sermon at the 11 a.m. service- tomorrow. It will be com munion 'Sunday, and- the sermon topic will be "Preparing the Pass over." At the 7:45 p.m. service tomorrow. Rev. and Mrs. Watson will present a program of sacred solos and duets, singing numbers requested by members of the con gregation. They will be accom panied by Mrs. Earl Kiel. Hear Four Years The Watsons came to Bend four years and three months aeo from Connell, Wash. The pastor has served on the Memorial Hospital foundation board since the hosni tal drive began in April. 1948. He served as president of the Bend Ministerial association from Sep tember. 1947. to December, 1948,' and has been actiie in civic af- fairs. He is a graduate ol Cas cade college.. Portland, Mrs. Wat son attended Pacific college at wewDurg. As he completed his work in Bend. Rev. Watson expressed his appreciation to members of the congregation and others in the community for kindnesses ex tended during Mrs. Watson's re cent illness. She was stricken with polio a year ago, and re turned home in January, after spending four months at a hospi tal in rortiana. Rev. Watson will take over his new charge Aug. 7. During his pastorate in Bend, average Sun day school attendance has dou bled, and there has been almost a complete turnover in church membership, as a number of old members moved away, and new members were received. Desperadoes Take Car; Young Owner Vows Vengeance Very desperate thieves must have taken the automobile of Bob Newman from 234 East Greeley. Newman told officers it has a metal hood with balloon tires mounted on red rims. He said he purchased it with savings from his job and he's pretty mad about having it taken. Police assured him they'd bend every effort toward recovery, but they didn't notify Oregon state police, as is usual. Reason: The car is a soap box derby model. Newman, 13, told officers he saved $10 and bought It with earn ings from his paper route. "I was going to fix it all up, with a motor and everything," he mourned. He inferred he might "take the law into his own hands," if he caught sight of his chariot being driven by someone else! Utility Values Show Gain Here Assessed valuation of public utilities in Deschutes county for the 1949 tax year has been placed at $2,661,402, an increase of 8.8 per cent over last year's public utilities valuation, Ed Risen, coun ty assessor reported today. Risen said that only the total figure could be released today and a breakdown showing Individual utility valuations will be made available at a later date. Couple with other property valuations in the county amount ing to $11,589,290, the public utllties Item brings the county's total valuations to $14,250,692, an Increase over last year's total val uations of $986,822. SUCCINCT! New York, July 30 tlPi The New York Daily News carried to day what it termed an "all-Inclusive editorial on the current heat wave." The editorial consisted of two words: "Damn it." State Forecast Oregon Sunny and warm today and Sunday. High 86 to 96 both days. Low 50 to 60 tonight. No. 200 Hit All Persons Die Instantly In Air Tragedy Wrightstown, N.J., July 30 HP Sixteen persons died today when an airliner and a navy fighter collided in the air and then crashed. The passenger plane was a two engined DC-3 of the Eastern air lines en route from Boston to Memphis by way of New York and Washington. It carried 12 passengers, including a child, and a crew of three. The navy plane was a "Hull Cat" fighter. The only person on board was the pilot. No one aboard either plane sur vived. Witnesses on the ground, not seeing the tiny fighter at the high altitude, thought the air liner had exploded. It crashed on a farm five miles from Fort Dix, scattering wreckage over a wide area. The fuselage burst into flames on impact. The navy plane ploughed Into a farmer's field two miles distant. The time of the collision was placed at' shortly after 11 a.m., EDT. Some Bodies Cremated Crash crews, ambulances and doctors from McGuire military air base at Fort Dix rushed to the scene and found parts of the plane scattered for hundreds of feet. Some bodies had been thrown clear of the fuselage by the impact. Others were ere- uutieu in me lire. r ituvy uuiuiais saiu ine neii Cat" either was from Anacostla field, Washington,- D.C.,. or Nor folk, Va. They said if "definite ly" hit the DC-3 in flight. It was so completely disintegrated In the crash that there was even some difficulty in identifying It as to type. The pilot's body was man gled. First investigators of Eastern airlines to reach the scene found bits of the DC-3 scattered over a two-mile area, indicating, they said, that It had been disinte grated in the air by the force of the collision with the Hell Cat. Pieces of the navy craft, they said, were scattered through th? same area. 8 of Victims Women The airliner had just taken off from LaGuardia airport. New York, where some of the passen gers had boarded. Eight of the victims were women and one was a child who died with its parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Patzin of Long Beach, N.Y., who were en route to Winston-Salem, N.C. Five of the women had boarded . the plane at Hartford, Conn., (Continued on Page 3) Scientist Studies Ancient Forests Dr. Ralph W. Chaney, nationally-known scientist who a number of years ago followed the trail of ancient man into the high Gobi desert of Asia with Roy Chapman Andrews, writer and. naturalist, left for the south today after ex ploring central Oregon's prime vial forests. Dr. Chaney is Amer ica's outstanding authority on plants and forests of remote ages. He is a member of the University ot California staff and a Carnegie Institute of Washington, D.C, re search associate. Yesterday afternoon, Dr. Chan ey visited in a new locality near Gateway and found evidence of an ancient forest that had been destroyed by a flow of volcanic mud. Trees were apparently torn from their roots and leaves were folded Into the mud. Dr. Chaney said the old Gateway forest was principally composed ot white oaks. New Find Reported While in Bend, Dr. Chaney also learned of a new redwood locality In the Haycreek country. For the past several days, the paleo botanist has been In Crook coun ty, studying the old forests of the Gray ranch region. He is primar ily interested In redwoods, trees he has traced from China across the Bering land connection of an other age to California. Recent ly, these "dawn age" redwoods were found still growing In the uplands of China. Dr. Chaney had planned to visit China again this year, but can celed his trip because of the un settled conditions In that country.