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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
33rd Yoar
BEND,, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OR EG ON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1949
No. 242
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trikes -May. Disrupt. Industry
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Coat
Steel
Great
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U. S. Markets
Goal; May
Cut Imports
By K. II. Hlmi ltford
IIJhllMt l'ft Huff L'M-rMitiilrnl)
l-niKlon. Sept. 1!) -Sir Stuffon!
Cilpim Imliiy ruled out any m
slblllty of general wage Increases
and iHiiiuiHiM no cuts would be
made In defense and hoi'IuI serv
lie bm'iiiIIiiii n m it result of the
devaluation o( I he xiund from
$4 (LI lo J2.KO.
Tin- chancellor of tin- exchequer
appeared before '100 reporter for
cross examination less lhan If -I
hours iifu-r hi' announced lhi lie
vnluallon which precipitated 1 lie
most critical situation In inter
nallonul finance since Britain
went off I hi' K "Id standard IH
years ago.
Crlpps showed determination lo
hold llit line against u Kplral of
Inflation which allium! certainly
would bring a )' I elect liji
before next summer, wilh the
luhnrltc regime ul slake.
Wlnnlon Churchill, leader of
the conservative parly, linked I hi
InlHir government In reeiill par
llaini'iil from IIh summer and au
tumn recess not Inter Hum next
week to consider the devalunllon
crisis.
Confidence Voleeil
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Hii.-,ll i-ti iiii ,1,1111 1,1,11 u .miiti'
(Ion of the pound and establish
ment of a new relationship be
tween It and the dollar would
help I hi entire world.
An Crlpps upoke, the round of
ndjummenu of other cui-i einlo J
10 I lie new situation continued.
Iceland wan the latest to an
nounce a decision to devnlue Its
kronn to Its established ratio
with the pound.
France tensely awaited an an
ticipated devalunllon of the franc,
which wan exected to be rel
atively small. Italy seemed likely
to fali In line. Informed quarters
at The I labile mild the Dutch cab
inet had decided to devalue the
guilder In relation to the U. S.
dollar.
At hi press conference Crlpps
wax flanked by Harold Wilson,
president of the hoard of trade;
John Slraehey, food minister, and
Douglas Jay. economic secretary
of the treasury.
While the rest of the world
scrambled lo readjust currencies
and financial problems, Crlpps
told the press:
No Surprise
1. Any student of the world
black market could have foretold
that the new rate of the pound
would be around $2.80, and there
fore the rale should not be a
shock.
2. "We are not able to cut our
defense expenditures."
3. "We will not cut our social
service exendllurcs."
4. "We will economize on our
administrative exxhdltures hut
11 will lake time to examine the
possibilities."
5. The labor government stands
by Its wane freeze, and will op
pose any general Increases, al
though It will consider Individual
hardship cases.
"No one In their wildest dreams
could think there Is any possibil
ity of the rale going lower."
Crlpps said, disclosing he had
chosen a rock bottom price.
Asked whether some prices of
British exports would need to he
Increased, Crlpps replied:
"Take the case of Scotch wills
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Arthur S. Benson Honored
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Presentation of a scroll honoring Arthur' S. Benson on Ms long
sorvlce as chief clerk of the supreme court was made at the Gear
hart convention of the Oregon Bar association this past week end
by II. H, DeArmond, Bend, left. Benson is pictured, receiving the
scroll, u -.-
Britain
4 Accidents
Listed; Minor
Hurts Caused
The number of traffic accidents
In central Oregon for the year
look a swing upward over the
week end as reports of four
wri cks Sunday at various points
over the area were tabulated to
day by slate police and tho sher
iff's office.
In three of the wrecks cars
Involved were overt urnvd hut pas
sengers escaped with only minor
Injuries.
Most seriously injured was
James Van Tassel, of Shevlin,
whose model A Kurd crashed Into
a truck tractor and trailer on
highway 97 a short distance north
of Chemull. Van Tassel suffered
the loss of some front teeth, and
Is St. Charles hospital. John Mr
Her, of Sent lie, driver of the
truck has signed a complaint
against Van Tassel charging him
with failure to drive on the prop
er side of the road. When the two
vehicles collided, at around 3:45
o'clock early Sunday morning,
both were turned on their sides.
The truck skidded along the side
of the road and crashed into a
tree. Tse passenger car also skid
ded off the rood and the Impact of
the crash lore out Its motor. It
took towing equipment about 12
hours lo right the truck.
James Cook, a passenger in
Van Tassel's car received a slight
cut over one eye as a result of the
crash.
Mi-tler and a passenger, Frank
wlekham. of Portland, escaped In
Jury. Wreck Nrar Redmond
Anothrr serious wreck occurred
ut about H o'clock last night ap
proximately two miles south of
RiHlmond on highway 97. -
A car driven by Sue Jackson, of
Madras, collided with one operat
ed by Llndon Lunday, of Culver-;
who was iicompunled by his wife.
llotn vehlcnn were neavllv
damaged when they left the road
following the crash and dropped
into a 24-foot ditch beside the
highway. The car operated bv Sue
Jackson skidded approximately
1150 feet after the crash but re
mained upright when It want into
the ditch.
The car driven by Lunday skid
ded 98 feet and rolled over sev
eral limes before coming to rest
In the ditch. Occupants of both
cars were taken to the Redmond
Medical Dental clinic for medical
aid. and were released. , , ' ,
Investigation Started
Sgt. I.. I., lllrtzcl, head of the
central Oregon state police, re
ported today that an investigation
of the accident Is being conducted
lo determine who was responsible
for l he crash.
Hex K. Rathbcrne. of Ynklma,
Wash., also escaped serious In
jury yesterday afternoon when
the station wagon he was drivmg
was overturned In nn accident
with a passenger cur at the Junc
tion of the I'etersen's Hock Gar
den road and the old Dalles-California
highway. Rathbcrne re
ceived a slight head cut.
Mrs. O. II. Van Doten. of Port
land, n passenger In the other car
Involved, which was driven by her
husband, suffered a leg cut in the
collision. Damage to the Van Dor
en car amounted to a crushed
fender.
Knthberno, according to Claude
L. MoCauley, sheriff, who Investi
gated the accident, stated that he
did not sec the slop sign on the
Petersen's Rock Garden road as
he approached the other highway,
and he drove Into the Intersection
without stoppltfg.
When the crash occurred Rath
heme's station wagon was over
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Orders Devaluation
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Highway Blocked by This Car-TrUck Accident
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PIclurtKl aliove are the remains
of a model A Ford and 8 truck
tractor trailer, which were Involv
ed In a collision Sunday on high
way 97 a short distance north of
Chcmult. Occupants of both ve
hicles escaped serious injury.
James Van Tassel, drjvor of the
coupe, lost several teeth and
James Cook, a passenger In the
car, received a slight cjit over one
eye when the two vehicle collid
ed. Both are from Shevlin. John
McGee, of Seattle, driver of the
truck, has filed a complaint
against Van Tassel charging him
with failure to operate his car on
the proper side of the road. Mc
Gee. and a passenger Frank
Wlekham. of Portland, escaped
injury, when the truck was flip
ped on Its side and crashed Into
tree. At right is the model A
Ford which had Its engine torn
out In the crash.
Scroll Presented !
By Bend Lawyer
A Bond man. H. IL DeArmond.
wus called on to present a scroll
to Arthur S. Benson, chief clerk
of the state supreme court, at the
ltMM convention of the Oregon
Bar association, this past week In
Gearhnrt, on the Oregon coast.
In years of service, Benson, who
became deputy clerk of the su
premo court In March, 1902, is
now the oldest employe. Benson
has served under 33 of the Judges
who have been on the state tw
preme court since the court was
established In 1841. Since that
time, there have been 70 Judges.
iienson is a resident ol Salem.
Four Bend attorneys, DeAr
mond, Alva C. Goodrich, Robert
H. Foley and E. O. Stadter, at
tended the Gearhart conference,
at which Wallace G. Carson, Sa
lem, was named president, suc
ceeding Waller G. Evans Jr., of
Portland. William P. Riddles
barger, Eugene, is the new vice
president. . .
Goodrich Is a member of the
bar association board. Others
from the second congressional dis
trict are Richard E. Krlescn.
Burns, who has Just been named
to the position, and S, H. Burlegh,
of LaGrande.
At the Gearhart convention,
Foley was In charge of one of
the round table sessions. Attend
ance at the convention set a new
record.
COLLEGE OPENING SET
Central Oregon college will of
ficially open tomorrow, with the
first class set for 5:35, In the Bend
high school. Instructors here for
the opening of the Junior college
will be Dr. Caroline Brady and
Ruth Wtnchell. On Wednesday,
the two other Instructors, Dr. F.
Eugene Melder, and Harold Pal
mer, will take over classes.
As college time nenred today,
09 students had been signed, and
It was expected that the 100 mark,
goal set earlier In the season,
would be reached by mid-afternoon.
Instructors are alternating be
tween the new Klamath Falls and
Bend junior colleges. All classes
will be In the afternoons and eve
nlhRs, in the Bend high school
building.
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Big Lava Lake Poisoned,
Only Three Trout Discovered
.More than half a hundred
boats spread "poison" through Big Lava lake yesterday, and
when a tentative count pf the "take" was made late in the day
only three trout were found among the thousand of trash fish
that had drifted ashore.
One of the three trout was a fine seven-pound rainbow. In
this big trout was a seven-inch white fish. The small number
of trout counted among the
trash fish further bears out
the contention that chub and
white fish are exterminating
trout in some of the Deschutes
lakes by eating all the natural
food, sportsmen say.
Little Cultus Today
The state game department was
in charge of the extermination
work at Big Lava lake yesterday.
and early this morning shifted
operations to Little Cultus. This
Is a smaller body of water, ISO
acres, and it was expected that
the Job would be finished early in
the day. Big Lava lake holds 380
acres.
Work of spreading the derrls
root compound in Big Lava lake
started early Sunday morning,
with boats operating over strips.
The earth-like compound quickly
spread through the lake water,
and in a short time trash fish
were coming to the top, lashing
the surface. The compound suffo
cates all gill breathers. The fish
still remain edible.
As the trash fish drift to the
surface, they will be "Impounded"
at the edges of the lake and left
there as fertilizer. Fresh-water
shrimp will be planted In Big
Lava and Little Cultus lake next
year, and later fingerllng trout
will be released.
TO VISIT PORTLAND
Portland, Sept. 19 W Secre
tary of commerce Charles Sawyer
was expected to arrive today for
a 4-1-hour visit after attending the
western slates democratic party
meeting in Sun Francisco.
Following talks with the west
coast advisory committee on Inter
national trade, press representa
tives and Oregon democrats, he
planned to confer with Portland's
Mayor Dorothy McCullough Lee.
She returns Wednesday after vis.
its to Dallas, Tex., Houston, Tex.,
New Orleans and Washington,
D. C.
" HJ
men operating from some 25
Four Inquiries
Into Ship Blaze
Now in Progress
By Thomas G. McQuald
(United PrM Staff Correspondent)
Toronto, Ont., Sept. 19 ilP The
government today ordered the
crew of the lake steamer Noronic
to a secret inquiry to check "all
aspects" of the dockslde fire
which killed at least 120 panic-
stricken passengers.
Questioning of the crew began
as five divers descended again
into submerged sections' of the
charred hull of the 6.905-ton pleas
ure boat to search for bodies of
171 passengers still listed as miss
ing. Officials doubted, however, that
the death toll would rise much
higher. Some 361 of the ship's 685
passengers were reported safe.
with 34 In hospitals. It was be
lieved that most of those unac
counted for had left the scene for
their homes without reporting
their escape.
Only 29 of the 119 bodies recov.
ered had been Identified.
This confidential inquiry pre
ceded from a formal government
investigation, to be open to the
public, later this week, the depart
mcnt said.
3 Investigations
Three other investigations to
determine the cause of the trag
edy also were under way. They
were being conducted by the Can
ada Steamship lines, owner of the
vessel: city oflcials of Cleveland
and the insurance firm which had
Insured the ship for $1,000,000.
Not far from the wreckage
strewn dock where the "Queen of
the Lakes' burned Saturday
morning at her moorings, weary
Red Cross and Salvation Army
workers and medical officials
continued their grim task of iden
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Deschutes County Launches
Community Chest Campaign;
Service Clubs Cooperating
Deschutes county's 1949 community chest campaign was
launched today noon with a quota of $16,386.66, approxi
mately the same as la.st year's revised quota, as the goal. At
the campaign kickoff in Bend today, 25 two-man teams, rep
resenting the KiwaniH, Kotary
with plans made for a lightning
fcven before the campaign
Referendum
Due Tuesday,
On District
A proposal that all of Deschutes
county be Included In the Mid
state Soil Conservation district,
now functioning In the north part
of the county and In the Alfalfa
area, will be decided at a refer
endum vote of land owners to
morrow. Three polling places have
Been designated, iney follow:
Cloverdale, squaw creek dis
trict water office; Tumalo. dis
trict water office: Pine Forest,
grange hall. Polls will open at 9
a. m. tomorrow and will remain
open until 10 p. m. Lloyd Smith
is to serve as polling superin
tendent. The proposed mid-state district
also would embrace small parts
of Jefferson and Crook counties.
Farmers will vote for or against
"inclusion of the lands described.
all lying in the counties of Des
chutes, Jefferson and Crook j
within the Midstate Soil Conser
vation district.
- Eligibility Explained
Eligible to take part in the
referendum will be all individ
uals or municipalities owning
more than 10 acres of land. More
than 30 per cent of all land own
ers in the proposed enlargement
of the midstate district must ap
prove vthe move, if the enlarge
ment is to take place.
Land owners who do not vote
automatically will be voting
against the enlargement, it was
pointed out. If the referendum is
approved at tomorrow's vote, of
ficers and directors of the pres
ent midstate district will be in
charge of the enlarged 'district.
Later, all parts of the big district
will be represented. V:
A soil conservation district "is
primarily a group of farmers or
ganized to work together to get
Jobs done which affect the best
use of their land and water." SCS
officials explain. Its business is
conducted by five supervisors,
two appointed by the state soil
conservation committee and three
elected by landowners.
In general, a soil conservation
district "is authorized to do
everything that needs to be done
to achieve the prevention and
control of soil erosion and the
conservation of soil and soil re
sources." No farm taxation is
involved.
Big Four Plan
Talks on Austria
Washington. Sept. 19 IP The
state department announced to
day that Kussla has accepted a
U. S. proposal that deputies of
the Big Four foreign ministers
reconvene in New York Sept. 22
10 taxe up again the Austrian
peace treaty question.
The department said the Big
Three western ambassadors called
on acting foreign minister An
drei GromyKo in Moscow after
the Big Three ministers, meet
ing here, had formally expressed
hope that Russia would agree to
reopen the Austrian question.
"The acting foreign minister
of the Soviet Union accepted on
behalf of his government the
proposal already made for the
resumption of the meetings of
the deputies on the Austrian
treaty convening on Sept. 22 in
New York, and assured the three
ambassadors that the Soviet dep
uty would participate," a depart
ment announcement said.
The ambassadors handed Gro
myko parallel notes amplifying
the Big Three communique, which
stressed the Importance attached
by the west to an early Austrian
treaty. The announcement said
"the outstanding points of differ
ence were outlined" at the meet,
ing between Gromyko and the
ambassadors.
The foreign ministers and their
deputies have been unable to
agree on terms of the treaty, and
Austria has remained under oc
cupation. -
FRANC DEVALUED
Paris, Sept, 19 (Ui France to
night devalued Its, franc by 10
per cent In relation to the pound
sterling.
and Lions clubs, went to work,
campaign.
was officially launched, Red-
mond reported a contribution,
from the United Air lines.
In Bend, activities of the
volunteer solicitors will be
guided by the Soroptimists
and PEO organizations. Plans
for the start of the drive were
outlined Saturday afternoon, at a
meeting in the chamber of com
merce office with Elmer V. Ward,
president of the Deschutes county
community chest, in charge.
Ward and Ernie Traxler will be
directly in charge of the cam
paign. Headquarters will be in the
chamber office. The telephojie
numDer is 427. me Bend Toast
masters club is to provide speak
ers for the various groups parti
cipating in the campaign.
Importance Stressed
In a talk to the group attend
ing the pre-drive conference,
Ward stressed the importance of
the county-wide campaign, to pro
vide funds for orphans, the needy
and persona In trouble, in a demo
cratic manner. If the community
dose not volunteer generously to
meet requirements of the commu
nity chest, the government or
state will be required to step in,
Ward said.
Ward said that Boy Scouts and
Camp Fire girls carry on a pro
gram to make youngsters of the
community responsible citizens.
whereas the state chest cares for
the errors of youth in such man
ner that it is no blemish to the
youngster, and he or she is then
returned to the community as a
useiut citizen. ,,.
The board of directors approv
ed the following budget:" Oregon
chest, $4,756: Boy Scouts. S7,
440.56; Camp Fire girls. $2,700;
continuing fund and administra
tion expenses. 51,490. or a total
of $16,386.56.
County chest officials present
for the meeting were Elmer V.
Ward, president; P. M. Houk,
Redmond, first vice-president:
Ben Hamilton, second vice-president;
Nelson Leland. treasurer.
Others present, and the organiza
tions they represented, follow:
Kenneth Pearson, Boy Scout
executive; Ben Hamilton, Kiwan-
is; James w. Bushong, Lions;
Ray Forrest, Rotary; Eric Peter
son, Jaycees; Miss Zola McDoug
all, Soroptimist; Christobel Da
vidson, Business and Profession
al Women; Ray Curtis, V. F. W.;
Mrs. J. S. Grahlman. P.O.E.; A. E.
Ledbetter. Elks; S. R. Harmon.
Eagles; Clifford Briggs, Moose;
George Murphy, Pomona grange,
and Clarence Briggs, A. F. of L.
Mrs. Ernest McCabe represented
the Lapine community and P. M.
Houk, Redmond.
BOY SUFFOCATES
Fresno, Cal., Sept. 19 HM
Three-year-old Edward Ryder's
death by suffocation in an old
icebox apparently was accidental,
authorities said today.
The boy had been the object of
a 24-hour search since he disap
peared Saturday. For a time, it
was feared he had been kidnaped
by a sex degenerate.
His body was discovered In the
icebox yesterday when his uncle,
Lester Peck, of Tulare, Cat, sud
denly remembered how he was
trapped In a similar manner as
a boy.
Portland Man
For Izaac Walton League
Delegates to the quarterly con
ference of the Izaak Walton
league. Oregon division, conclud
ed their business sessions Satur
day aftjrnoon, joined in their an
nual banquet that night at the
Pilot Butte inn, and on Sunday
headed for their homes In all
parts of the state. Approximately
100 attended the banquet, with
Joseph Pcnfold. Denver, Colo.,
and Dr. J. A. Hall, Portland, as
the principal speakers. Penfold,
western representative of . the
Izaak Walton league, touched on
his experiences In China, with a
United National rehabilitation
team.
Dr. Hall Is director of the Pa
cific Northwest Forest and Range
Experiment station, with head
quarters In Portland. Robert W.
Sawyer, Bend, presided as toast
master, and spoke in rebuttal to
the C V. A. address delivered by
C. Glrard Davidson, assistant sec
retary of interior, at the Satur
day noon session of the league.
A Portland chemist, Dr. David
Charlton, was , elected, president
of the Oregon Waltonlans, and
Deadline Set
By Murray;
Miners Out
POSITION OUTLINED
Washington, Sept. 19 '
CIO President Philip Murray
said today that his 1,000,000
steelworkers will strike at mid
night Saturday unless they get
the full, pension and Insurance
benefits recommended by Pres
ident Truman's fact-finding
board.
Murray made the steelwork
ers' position clear at a "peace
conference" called by Federal
mediation director Cyrus S.
Ching.
Ching will advise executives
of the nation's top steel com
panies of Murray's stand at a
separate meeting iater In the
day.
IBj United preaa)
The nation today faced the pros
pect of the worst Industrial paral
ysis since 1946, with a country
wide coal strike underway and. -
strikes scheduled against the steer -industry
and Ford Motor com
pany within the next 10 days.
Jonn U Lewis q&u.uuu unitea
Mine Workers stopped producing
coal today in a-dispute over their
pension fund.
In the steel dispute, CIO Presi
dent Philip Murray announced
that the United Steel Workers will
strike at midnight next Saturday
unless the steel companies agree
to settle the union's pension and
welfare demands on the basis of
a presidential fact-finding board's-,
report.
At Detroit, Walter Reuther,'
president of the CIO United Auto
Workers' union notified the Ford
Motor company that the UAW
will strike Sept. 29 unless fourth-,,
round economic demands are met.:
A strike of Ford's 115,000 produc
tion employes would shut down
33 plants across the nation and
eventually idle thousands of other
persons in companies from which
Ford buys supplies and parts.
Mediation Falls
In Washington, the government
failed today in its first effort to
mediate the steel strike. But an
other peace conference was sched
uled for later in "the day. Federal
mediation director Cyrus C. Ching
said he had failed to break the
deadlock after conferring with
union and management represen
tatives. With the 480,000 mine workers
idle, and 1,000,000 steelworkers
set to walk out Saturday night,
nearly 1,500,000 workers mav be
idle throughout the nation Mon
day. A strike against Ford would
boost the total to 1,615,000 Sep
tember 29.
The worst previous strike crisis
was in 1946 when 1,800,000 work
ers were idle in steel, meat-packing,
electrical manufacturing and
auto industry strikes.
Steel company heads and Mur
ray met at Washington for a con
ference regarded as showing the
chances for averting a steel walk
out. The meeting was called by .
Director Cyrus S. Ching of the
federal mediation services.
Coal Walkout Spreads
At its outset, Murray said a nation-wide
steel walkout would
start at midnight Saturday unless
the steel companies agreed to ne
gotiate the CIO United Steel
Workers' pension and welfare de
mands on the basis of the recom
mendations returned by President
Truman's fact-finding board.
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New President
with his fellow officers and di
rectors will serve a 'long year."
The Walton leaguers voted to
change the start of their business
year from September to early
spring, effective in 1951. Other
officers elected follow:
George Chrlstensen, Sllverton, 1
secretary . treasurer; James Mc.
Cullough, Burns: Merle Griffin,
Grants Pass; Scott McKay, Wal
oort. and Carl Schwartz, Hills
boro, vice-presidents; Clayton Yo.
der, Canby; Sherman Smith,
Grants Pa$s; Frank McCormack,
Klamalh Falls; Dr. W. G. Man
nlng, Bend; Fred Kennedy, Port
land; Joseph Mason, Prlnevllle;
Rex Stanford, Salem: Al Ranb,
Bcaverton, and Burt Gaines, Wal
port, directors.
Directors of the league will
name their 1950 convention city
at a state meeting to be held
later.
A dozen of the IS chapters In
Oregon were represented at the
,Bend conference. The Bend chap
ter, with M. L. Myrlck as presi
dent, was host organization. ,