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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
33rd Year
TWO SECTIONS
,4BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1949
No. 216
T
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eimse
Def
of Vaughan
U M M K
Congress Hit
For Decontrol
In Rent Areas
By lUyiilnnil II. Wilson
(I'fitlMt J'rw Hlf( (rrMM.iid.iil I
, Washington, Auk. 18 "I"1- Presl
clout Truman today blamed con
vii-hh (or Housing expediter
Tight' E. Wood' decision Id decon
trol rents on 4,!00,000 houses unci
iipiirtnieiils. ,
Mi'. Truman, asked in his now
conference ubuut WoihIn' notion,
observed I tin l congress illil nut
appropriate sufficient funds for
enforcement of Iho n'nt runtrol
liiw.
lie wild iho administration hud
nuked (ur u hugor amount Minn
wax appropriated (or I It In pur-
K)0.
VViiuiIm Iiiim culled In his region
til experts for a series of confer
ences to help dim decide where
to decontrol the housing.
Housing officials miUl Hioko con.
feivneex will Iiiki the rest of iho
week. On Iho bust ill those par
leys and n Hut of "borderline"
housing urrns. Wood will tlt-torm-Ino
what amis of Uio nation ran
bo removed from ront rontrols
moKt rondlly.
Order Duo titan
WocmIh announced In C'li'voliind
yoNtortlny that, because of con
Kivulonal t-utii In hi budget, he
inn derided to decontrol one-third
Of the 1.1)00 rounlloii and 13.300.000
housing unll whore rent colling
ure mill In offect.
Housing official said that Iho
flrttr U'hnli-ttulA rilo,int,-ftl (ir.li.i
UIH lu, Immiii.,1 It. n u'iul r,- Ifl
lays. They auld the Hooond IIhI.
.MiilJiriiiiK nip ui-illi 11,1 MU"
vi. i, me oilier win do rnec.
. wikxih saiu in n a i icveuiiui
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.--vii iiiui lutrwiy-vt-iucu ureas
uld be the flint affected. Mo
(avoid removing ront ceilings
u cities with an actual populn-
.tHi of more than 100,000.
; nirTlio smallest communities will
ti.nl , v. .., i . t i i I..
fThere lire many such places
i Uilong the ensl const and west
V const and In the southwest."
Housing official Mild, however.
that the decontrol order should
apply to area In almost nil part
. of the country.
Wood made' It plain at Clove
land that his derision wus prompt.
Pd by congress' action In rutting
hi top fiscal budget from $26,.
000,000 to $17,500,000. .
Religious Drama
Offered Tonight
"The LIkIh Eternnl," home-talent
drama sponsored by the Bend
Junior chamber of commerce, will
open tonlitht nt the hlKti school
gymnasium. The produ c 1 1 o n,
bused on familiar slorlrs from the
Bible, will be repented Friday eve
nliiK. Curtain time I 8: IS p.m.
Rev. Vincent Larson, as Joseph,
will piny the loading role. Others
who will portray Bible characters
Include: Jnmeg Warren, Judith;
Lowell Friday, Simeon; John
Stenknmp, Reuben : Ray Logan,
I.evl; Dean Tate, Benjamin; Jim
Wulkcr, Phnronh; Lloyd Hansen,
chief steward; Orvnl Johnson Sr.
and Gcorgo Walker, guards; Mary
Rowan and Margaret Walker,
court girls; Raymond C. Smed
ley, Moses; Jeanne Russ, Miriam;
Frank Blake, Aaron; Mrs. Sterling
Sorenson, Hannah; Jack Sherrell,
Nueblon; Garland Sorenson, girl
victim.
Nativity Scone
The third net will fen tine a
nativity scene, with Frances
Bonrdman as the Virgin Mary,
ChurlesKelth as a shepherd and
Mary Fowler ns an angel. Charac
ter In the prologue will Include
Bill Murk, as a grandfather, Stan
ley Crawford and Mnrthn June
Collins ns children, They will be
Joined In tile epilogue by Mr. imil
Mrs. Lloyd Abrnms, as the chil
dren's parents, The entire com
pany, with a choir composed of
local musicians, will Join In the
finale.
The advance ticket snle Indi
cated thut many central Oregon
persons plan to attend the per
formance, according to the spun
sors. Tickets will hIro be avail
able at the door, both nights of
' the play,
The piny was produced under
direction or Miss Marge Annumd
sen, professional from Mlnneirpo
lis, who works out of Kansas City.
The Jaycces are sponsoring the
piny as a benefit for their annual
"Hello Santa" Christmas pro
gram. .
Ends Tour of Duty in Greece
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Lt. Col. Frederick II. Loomls. who has Just completed a year's j
Morvlre In troubled Greece, loft for the roast today following a visit
In Bond with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. 1-oomls. Col. Lootnls
has been assigned lo Fort Louvenworth.
Campaign in Greece N earing
Success, Co. Loomis Reports.
Lt. Col. Frederick II. Loomis, formerly of Bend, one of
the iirmy's most highly-dccorutcd olllcers, returned last week
from n your of duty in Greece, which he described as one of
the "mont interesting" assignments of his career. "
He and his family left today for u short vncation nt the
coast, after visiting- here with his iiareiits, Mr. and Mrs.
J. II. Loomis. He will return to liend September 1, en route
to Kort Leavenworth. Kan., where ho will attend command
general stalf college for three years, lis an instructor in the
Woman Attacked
By Large Dog,
Police Informed
A large black dot; with
out warning or cause attacked
Mrs. Lcorin Davidson. 1-170 Hill
stnvt, as she rump homo from
work last night. The dog sprang
for her throat and tore her cloth
ing badly, she told city Mllce of
ficers last night. Officers said
she was extremely agltuted.
She hod boon In the vicinity of
the Standard Oil station on Hill
street at the time the dog alleg
edly crossed the street anil leaped,
with apparent Intent to Blush her
throat, She told officers that a
smnller woman or child might
have boon thrown by the nnlmnl,
and killed.
Here's Trouble!
No Taxi Fare,
Deer Wrecks Cab
A San Quentln prison camp
escapee is lodged In the Klamath
Kails county lull; an uwi taxi is
laid up In Chcmult for repairs;
police are searching for an armed
cab-fare dodger; a deer is dead; a
$42 taxi fare bill is unpaid, and
a tired taxi driver Is sleeping it off
today nt his room In the Leblein
hotel, official reports in Bend and
Klamath Falls police departments
reveal.
The chain of events leading to
arrest of Glen Rny Noel, Identi
fied by blierirr Jack rrnney of
Klamath county ns a San (juentln
"Wanted," begun in Bend when
two men hired Frank Johnson, cab
driver, to take them to Klamnth
Falls.
On arrival, the two showed no
Intention of paying the $12 in re.
Johnson protested, then culled for
police help.
Noel wns taken by officers, bill
the second man escaped. Franey
believes he is armed wjth a .32
caliber pistol.
On his return, the harried Bend
cab driver struck and killed a
deer, nbout 30 miles from Che
mult, Dnmnge to the cm- neces-.
sltated Its being loft In Cl.emull
for repair.
Asa Goddnrd, owner of the tnxl
company, met Johnson in Che
mult and brought him home.
Damage to the car was set nt $200.
In addition, Die fare remains
unpaid, GoUilnid snid.
school of combined arms. His
wife, Mary, and their chil
dren. Leonard, 11, and Fred
die, 8, will accompany him.
Advised Crooks
In Greece. Lt. Col. Loomis was
chief of the JUSMAPG detach
ment of the Greek lSlh mountain
division, and as such, advised the
commanding general of the divi
sion. Although the American
army men did not take part in
the fighting, (hoy observed the
engagements, usually from the
front linos of battle. Small groups
of American officers and en
listed men are with all major
units of the Greek army, living,
eating and sleeping with the
Greek forces. At times they are
subject to grent (lancer, Loomis
snltt.
I he campaign in Greece wns
Inunched Inst spring to clenr the
guerrilla forces out of the Hello
ponnesus. The next move was
north lo clear out the Romell
area, Thessaly and western Mace
donia, and finally to the Gram
mos anil Vltsl areas. The opera
lions have been successful to
date, with only the two latter
objectives still lo be realized. The
situation will be cleaned up by
winter, Loomis said, and the
American forces will be permit
ted to leave.
FpomIo Praised
Loomis had praise for the
Greek people, and feels that tliey
appreciate what America is do
ing for them. In Greece, every
one wants to come to America;
and to make a Greek soldier hap
py, all it tnkos is to tell him he's
using Amcricun equipment. Then
he'll give everything he hns to
be worthy of it.
The Greeks fool thnt they aVc
fighting the war against commu
nism not only for themselves,
but for all western powers,
Loomis said. The troops, although
poorly t rained when the Ameri
cans first arrived, have achieved
the reputation of n well -disciplined,
well-trained army, after
two years of American guidance
and American supervision, he
added.
The high-ranking army officer
from Bend wns Intrigued with
the Greek customs and way of
life. The people are clenn, frugal,
hnrd-working, he said. They are
extremely kind and polite, and
dispense hospitality gladly. The
hnrd, crusty Greek bread Is the
mainstay of both army and civil.
Ian diets. Mutton is the principal
meat, and many cheeses, mostly
ot gout milk, are served.
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City Plans Test Drilling
In Affempf to Find Water ,
To Augment Present Supply
The possibility that subterranean wuter sources may be
taliped, lo uuymcnt the Kend water supply, will be investi
gated by the city before large sums are expended otherwise.
This decision was reached last night at the city commis
sion meeting after O. W. Cuthbertson, city manager, had
suggested sinking test holes at the pipe line overflow site,
about two and one-half miles from liend. Cuthbertson ex
plained thai the terrain indicated an old water course and
thut an underground wuter supply might be struck there.
Six Women Die
When Car Burns
After Accident
Hopklnsvllle, Ky., Aug. 18 Hit
Six women hospital employes
burned to dealh in the flaming
wreckage of their car near here
last night after it was slammed
in front of a truck by another
car. the stute police reported to
day. The stute police said the car In
which the women were riding
was knocked in front of a truck
carry-all by another car being
driven by a soldier "at a high
rate of speed."
The driver of the truck escaped,
although the truck and a load of
new Studobakers were destroyed
In the fire that enveloped them
from the womr' automobile.
The driver Raid tne gas tank
o'n the women' car apparently ex
ploded when It was struck because
it was burning wnen the car bear
ing the women careened In front
of mm.
Driver Hold
Three soldiers In the second car
received minor injuries and were
treated at the hospital here, the
state police said. The driver was
held for investigation on a charge
of manslaughter.
Tests for sobriety were not yet
completed. .
The state police identified tne
victims as:
Mrs. Lucy Roper, about 40, su
perintendent at Jennie Stewart
hospital here; Alary Ann Pryor,
Mary Jefford, Ann noper. about
lb, Mrs. Ropers daughter; Airs.
Maude Oats, Beatty Cason.
All oi the victims were resi
dents of Hopklnsvllle and work
ed in the Jennie atewart hospital
here. .
Mt. Hood Yields
Plane Wreckage
Portland, Aug. 18 (ui Wreck
age of a large airplane today was
found scattered over a large area
on Mt. Hood, about 50 miles east
of here, and first reports indicat
ed It was a two-engined B-2b miss
ing with three aboard since April
21 on a flight from Hamilton
field, Cul., to Portland.
U. S. forest service rangers re
ported the wreckage was found
by Charles Colleti, employe of
Timberline lodge, a mountain re
sort. Colleti told the forest serv
ice he spotted the scattered parts
of a large plane after stumbling
onto a gun turret while hiking on
Mississippi bend on the slopes of
Mt. Hood. Mississippi bend is a
cliff 800 feet high and about 300
feet wide. It Is a five-hour hike
from the lodge.
A ground party led by Jim
Ralph' of the forest service, was
organized Immediately. The for
est service snid the WTeeknge
might be thnt of the missing B-26.
The B-26 was object of an in
tensive search after it disappeared
last spring on the flight from
Hamilton field. The plane Inst
was reported about three min
utes flying time from the Port
land airport.
Aboard the plnne were Col.
Archibald Y. Smith, 49, San Fran
Cisco, pilot; Col. Walter W. Hodge,
45, U.S. army, Presidio, San Fran
cisco, and Master sergeant H. E.
Flugn, nlr force, San Jose, Cat.
TO 1KI KM) KNC.EL
Chicago, Aug. 18 (Ui Mrs. Pau
line Langton, New York, who
once elnimed thnt love thief Slg
mund Engel took $50,000 worth of
her Jewelry, was here today to
help him fight confidence game
charges.
"I'm his real wife, I don't be
lieve nil those stories about his
flirtations with other women,"
she sold after visiting Engel In
Jail.
The elderly Lothario is charged
with bilking two Chicago women
and is being held on $65,000 bond
on numerous complaints.
He estimated the cost of test
holes at around $600.
A prolonged discussion of
the parking meter situation
here occupied the commission's
attention earlier in the session.
Albert Eriksen complained that
he had been given tickets for
parking along his own driveway.
on Brooks street, and asked the
commission for special considera
tion. In view of the fact that there
is no real entrance to his business
establishment there. He was told
that no exceptions could be made,
inasmuch us numerous other
Bond stores also have no rear
entrances and a concession to one
would have to bring concessions
for all.
Leslie Harlow, 853 E. 4th street,
also protested what he called too
strict enforcement of the parking
ordinance. He said he could cite
Instances of motorists receiving
tickets while they had gone to
get change. Ray Wollen. The
Dalles, who covers this territory
as a salesman, told the commis
sion that other cities give far
more consideration to out-of-town
motorists. He cited Pendleton and
La Grande as specific examples.
Other Cities Cited
A petition for the Improvement
of Hood place, from Riverside to
Congress, was referred to the en
gineer for checking of signatures
and cost estimates. The commis
sion voted tentative approval to
the petition, If it meets legal re
quirements, as a means oi expe
diting the work.
Only Bidder
Merle L. Sleeper submitted the
only bid for the improvement of
the Gilchnst-Steidl road-baglnaw
project. The bid was accepted. It
called for 12-inch curb at $1.25 a
lineal foot; sidewalk at 40 cents
a square foot; rock excavation
at $9.75 per yard; dirt excavation
at $2 per yard and fill material
at $1.25 per yard. The price for
excavation of all common mater
ial Is $4 a yard and all material
which must be chipped or "shot"
comes under the $9.75 per yard
classification.
Ralph Bailey developed lively
discussion when he again brought
up the question of marking city
police cars. He contended that
Bend's policy of unmarked cars
was based more on catching per
sons after they have committed
crimes, than on preventing law
violations. State police cars are
marked, as are city police cars
in most other communities,
Bailey charged.
Henry Casiday, Bend police
chief, defended unmarked police
cars, saying: "We have trouble
now catching people who break
laws Intentionally. Other cities
have detectives, who ride in un
marked cars, and accomplish this
purpose. We have no detectives
here."
No action was taken on Bailey's
suggestion, and he promised to
bring the subject belore the com
mission at every future meeting
until something is done.
All members of the commission
were in attendance at last night's
meeting.
Bid Submitted
On Ditch Flume
A proposal of $24,047 was the
only contract offer made today
at the U. S. bureau of reclama
tion office In Bend on the place
ment of 782 feet of metal flume
for the Arnold irrigation district
projeet. The bidder was R. P.
Syverson, of Bend.
Syverson Is the contractor who
In 1918 replaced 4620 feet of the
district s rotted wood water run
wny with a metal flume as a
part of the district's rehabilita
tion program started that year.
Under the rehabilitation pro
gram land owners in the district
contracted with the oureau tor
the replacing of the wood flume.
which was constructed In 1905
by a private company. A $172,000
appropriation was made for the
project and to date $143,000 has
been spent on the reconstruction
program. .
Award of the contract for
which btds were called today will
be made at a later date.
Fish Almost as
1
sis
Pictured above is one of the largest rainbow-trout taken from
central Oregon lakes this year. It was caught Tuesday in Davis
lake, on light tackle, by Homer Elkln, of Lapine. Elkin fought the
fish for about 30 minutes before it was brought to shore and netted.
The huge trout weighed 9 pounds and 14 ounces and was almost as
long as Elklns small son, also in the picture. He caught another
rainbow the same day, 194 faehes long and weighlrrrJJ0UQd.5i 1
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No Bids Made, on Two Tracts
Of Timber Advertised Here
No bids were made on two
tracts of timber, one located in
Crook county, and the other in
Klamath county, which were put
up for sale under oral auction
yesterday at the bureau of land
management office in Bend.
Kenneth A. Burkholder, district
forester, reported that the Crook
county tract contained 174,000
board leet of fonderosa pine
with a minimum selling price of
$1,626.90 and the Klamath county
tract contained ZTo.OOO board feet
ot Ponderosa pine and Cedar,
with a minimum selling price of
$4,005.
One Grant County Sale
A tract of timber located in
Grant county was sold Tuesday
at the Portland bureau office un
der sealed bid to the Edward
Hines Lumber Co., of Hines, for
$10,919, slightly more than the
minimum sale price of $10,287.50.
The sale was prepared by the lo
cal bureau office.
No bids were received at the
Portland office on a tract of tim
ber in Union county which also
was prepared lor sale by the Bend
bureau staff.
Communists Move
In Finlandf One
Fatality Listed '
Helsinki, Finland, Aug. 18 iUA
One person was killed and 14 were
reported injured today in a pitch.
ed battle between police and 2.000
workers who joined a communist
called general strike.
Minister without portfolio Unto
Varjonen, in charge of the gov
ernment's anti-strike program,
charged that the strike was or
dered by communist-dominated
labor unions in an attempt to
seize power by force. But he said
the government is "fully prepared
to deal with any attempts to stage
a coup.
An estimated 100,000 dockers,
bakers, brewery workers and
building workers already were on
strike. . More were expected to
Join the work stoppage. All are
demanding wage increases up 30
per cent. -
Pitched Battle Fought
Interior minister Azre Simonen
announced over the Finnish radio
that the first violence of the strike
occurred in Kemi in northern Fin
land. He said one striker had been
killed and four wounded in a
pitched battle between strikers
and police. Ten policemen also
were reported injured in the fight
ing. Police reinforcements had
been rushed to Keml yesterday
In anticipation of trouble.
Extra police forces were mobi
lized and troops were alerted.
Big as Boy!
Burkholder announced that
sealed bids are invited on timber
tracts In Deschutes and Lake
counties. The bids will be opened
I at 2 p.m. September 13, in the
Portland bureau office.
Larger Tract
The Deschutes county tract con
tains 401.000 board feet of Pon
derosa pine with a minimum sell
ing price of $5,874.65. The Lake
county tract, containing 571,000
board feet of Ponderosa pine, has
a minimum selling price of
$4,396.70.
Burkholder stated that the Lake
county tract was located on Abert
rim, and is very difficult to get at.
He explained that the tract was
prepared for sale because many
loggers had signified interest in
the timber.
Effective September 1, accord
ing to Burkholder, sale of timber
tracts will' be held open lor JO
days after the bid opening date.
He said that the present policy
is to close the sale immediately
after the opening of bids.
Stevedores Refuse to Load
Ship for Strike-Bound Area
San Francisco. Aug. 18 tlP
CIO longstoremen today refused)
lo cross a iwo-man picrtei line iu
answer a call from the Matson
Navigation company to load a
ship for strike-bound HawaU-
The 60 dock workers, sent from
the hiring hall on orders of the
company to work the freighter
Hawaiian Refiner, found the en
trance to the pier patroled by two
island strikers who were flown
here on August 1 for just such
a contingency.
The pickets. John Aukai of
Hilo and Fred Kamahoahoa of
Honolulu, carried placards which
read: "Hawaiian longshoremen
pickets."
As the workers balked at cross
ing the picket line, a Pacific mar
itime association representative
asked a gang boss if the men
were going to work.
May Tie Up Coast
"I'm not in charge." the fore
man replied, "these men are free
Americans."
The International Longshore
men's and Warehousemen's un
ion, local 10, voted last week to
observe any picketing by the fel
low Hawaiian members.
Matson Issued the work call to
coincide with a proclamation by
Hawaiian Gov. Ingram Stainback
declaring Hawaii's ports open to
commerce.
Matson is now expected to file
charges of contract violation
against the union. Whether or not
Press Blamed
For Adverse
News Reports
Washington, August 18 'tP
President Truman today asked re
porters and editors to "suspend
Judgment" on his military aide,
Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan, "In
common fairness" until Vaughan
can testify before senate investi
gators. At a news conference, where
Vaughan was present. President
Truman by Inference criticized
the senate Investigating commit
tee for "leaks" on testimony given
In closed sessions.
Permitting direct quotation of
his remarks, Mr. Truman said
that "most all" of the hearings
thus far have been held "behind
closed doors, particularly if they
were favorable to Gen. Vaughan."
At the start of his conference,
the president told reporters not
to question him about Vaughan.
Statement Read
He read this statement:
"At the outset I want to say
that I do not intend to answer
any questions pertaining toVthe .
testimony given before Sfiu.,
Hoey's sub-committee.
"Gen. Vaughan has already said
he will gp before the committee
and make a full statement on all
matters with which his name has
been connected. '
"I suggest, as the chairman of
the committee has done, that you
gentlemen and your editors In
common fairness suspend judg
ment on Gen. Vaughan until lie
has been heard by the committee.
President Truman then com
mented informally that much ot
the Information regarding testi
mony about Gen. Vaughan leaked
Ironi closed sessions of the sub- .
committee. The., president also . -said
that frto'st of the testimony
of friends of Gen. Vaughan has
not leaked from the closed ses
sions. Some Sessions Open
Reporters told Mr. Truman that
many of the sessions of the com
mittee had been held in the open.
The president said he did not
know about that, and only knew
what he read in the newspapers.
Mr. Truman's opening state
ment blocked reporters who were
prepared to ask him a long ser
ies of questions, based on the
above sworn testimony given in
public sessions of the senate com
mittee. They had wanted especially to
ask about demands of a republi
can senator that Vaughan be dis
missed from his post as veter
an's coordinator. Another sena
tor predicted Mr. Truman would
fire his aide.
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-,
Wis., made the demand, and Sen.
Karl E. Mundt, R.. S.Dak., deliv
ered the forecast. Both are mem
bers of the senate sub-committee
that is Investigating Washington
"fixers" and "five per centers.''
Their views were not expected to
carry much weight with the presi
dent. Once Cursed Pearson
The president has brushed aside
previous attacks on his military
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the dispute will result In a coast.
wide tie-up depended on the ef
forts being made by the ILWU
and the PMA to localize it.
WILL SEIZE SIUP
Honolulu, T.H., Auj. 18 UP)
The Matson line freighter Hawai
ian Farmer, with a $750,000 cargo
in its hold, was to be seized and
unloaded today by government
stevedores under U.S. Marshal
Otto Heine.
The Farmer was ordered seized
by federal court on a petition
from the Honolulu citizen's com
mittee representing consignees of
the vessel's cargo.
Gov. Ingram Stainback, mean
while, announced that he will
leave Honolulu late today for San
Francisco to address a junior
chamber of commerce luncheon
there In connection with Harbor
day. He will remain on the main
land for several days.
Employers and the striking
CIO International Longshore
men's and Warehousemen's un
ion were to resume negotiations
this morning hi efforts to end the
109-day strike against the Island's
docks. i
The union Is asking a wage In
crease of 32 cents an hour. The
seven struck stevedoring compan
ies have offered 14 cents an hour.
A company spokesman said there
was "no indication of a break" In
the negotiations yesterday.