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Newspaper Page TextOrion Historical Society rutllc AuiUorlu roaiLAna 1, oasaosi Sfate' Forecast Oregon Fair and lomtwhat warmer thii afternoon, to night and Thursday. High both days 75-85. Low to night 34-08, except 28 in colder valleys. r THE BEND BULLETIN LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 33rd Year TWO SECTIONS BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 194? No. 244 Traman Asks6 fceelT iruce -DayS Extensiotni Bend Drive-In Theater Plans Announced Conn) ruction of a drive-In tliva ter, ft t hi of Its yH in this cctlon of tin- stutp, will get under wuy lipxl spring on an elghl-ucrp trurl Jim! uurlli of Hcntl, If Was an-nnunt-pd today by Wllllum nntl Albert Kurmiiii, owner of Hip Tower, Capitol unil Liberty thcu Iimh In Hend. iiiiiI a string of I heal cm In oilier cities. Announcement of flu1 propound construction wus mudp loduy, fol lowing completion of Hip ilrul lo purchase Hip property, on Hip west sldp of hlghwiiy 97 one-half mtlp north of Hip cliy. 'Hip Innd wus bought from Ivim Furr, a Bend rcnlilcnt for about III years, who moved to Hip uiTi'iiKP flvp month iiko nfier selling city property. 'Ilie Furr retained t h r t-o acre of ground, where their home In located. To ( ot 173,000 Tho tiPW llirulpr, to Ip known as Hip Itend f rlvtn Theater, will Up a $75,000 liintullutlun to serve tin entire ii'nlnil Oreguii area, Hip Format! brothiM kuIiI, TIip pinking nri'u will cover moat of Hip elghtucre urea, unci will ac commodate 500 automobile. A huge screen. Mliout 00 feel square, will be vlnlble from all parking location and Individual speaker, which may lie adjusted by the put rons to the desired volume, will tic supplied. A bulldlnK, about CO pet long and 40 feet ilwp, will be con structed about 200 feel from Hip Hereon towpr, to house pro Julian room, rent roonii and ' InrKP concession bur and restaurant. Manager of Hip new out door theater will bp Oniric K. Clink, local munagcr for the Forman In terest. Ifetuils of the real palate trans, artlon were handled by Vern Ijit son, local realtor. To Hlm-t In .Spring; Ground-breaking will get under way next spring anon a weath er permit, the ownprs aid, They pxpect to have the theater com pleted by next nurnmer. to oper ate on a seasonal bant an far Into full ai went her will permit. "We feel that with the rapid Im-reaHC In the iwpularlty of drive-In theater, the people of eentrul Oregon ihould be given an opportunity to enjoy this new type of entertainment," the own em laid. Formans own drive-In theater In Salem. Eugene and Portlond, as well as conventional theaters In those cities. They arc con , structtng their second Portland drlve-ln at present. AI Formun makes his home In Portland, and William Korman lives in southern California. BKKH KIT.I, FAK.MKU Tleton, Wash., Sept. at mi A swarm of angry bee killed a farmer near1 here when he at tempted to move their hive from a pile of apple boxes In his or chard. It was reported todnv. William Henry Duncan. 4'J. died when the aroused hisects buzzed under a veil he was wearing and stung him 18 or 20 times on the neck. Kirempn attempted to re vive him with a resuscltator, but failed. British Labor Government Launches Fight By It. II. Sliu-kfonl (Ultltal I'rcM Slnll CirrtwiHitulttt) London, Sept. 21 mi The Brit ish labor government began a trade war on European neighbors today in an effort to capture the American and Canadian dollar markets. British board of trade president Harold Wilson ordered exporters to strike quickly with the new cheap pound to seize and hold the North American market for Euro pean goods. Wilson's orders were to sacri fice the sale of goods elsewhere in Hip world If nccessury but to bring . the dollars to Brlliil'i. Quick action by other European nations to devalue their curren cies, particularly France, was de signed to meet the Brltjsh tin-cut In the dollar markets. , Inflation Possible At the same time devaluation in western Europe set off tho first flutter of Inflation and unrest be gan to stir among labor unions. Labor leaders In Britain, France and Italy already were battling their governments for wage In creases. Unions In Holland, Swe den and Norway threatened to de mand Increases If prices rise. French finance minister Mau rlco Petsche said British devalu ation of tho pound from $4.03 to So7 Conservation District Rejected in Election; Lack Of Interest Declared Cause The proposal Unit all of Deschutes county be included in the Mid-Slate Soil (.'(innervation district luHt'in yesterday's refer endum, ii rid the defeat of the move wiik attributed to u luck of interest on the part of land owners. Despite the fuel that Out proposal lost, only five votes were cast In opposition to the move that would have made soil con servation district engineering advice, equipment and plun ging available for the entire County Court Authorizes Book Payment Final payment of $-111 for books in Hie IVsctiutes county law library wus authorized toduy . . , ,, , ,, , 11 flll'IIMH-l U. III.' IWMIII ,'IUI J '1-1. .,.,,.1 Mnlrni.1 ..it u-hl,-li llml county has Is-en paying since 1U-I2 amounted lo S-lbUl. ltooks pur chased under the contract went to ii-pliire those lost when tile old county courthouse was destroyed by fire. The court also authorli-d the Insurance firms of Ituy CooM-r and Vern Iirson to write $('.7,000 worth of Insurance on Sunset Inline. I'ollclps are to run for five years and each firm Is lo handle one half of the total. Since the home was occupied this past win ter It hus lieen covered under a binder by the two firms. To (Jet Tlmlier Money Word was received this week by the court that the county Is to re ceive a total of $7-l,"J-l7.GO from the sale of timber In the lies- chute national forest. In draw ing up the budget this year the court estimated that revenue from this source would amount to approximately JT.1.000. Three quartern of Hie former sum will go to the county road fund, while the remulnder will be put into'Uie county school fund, Members of the court also were Informed this week thot the Cen tral Oregon Irrigation district had authorized irrigation rights to the county for Aevcn acres of bind at Sunset home. Program Completed According to a report today by George McAllister, county road mauler, the county's surfacing program for Hie year wa com pleted yesterday with the oiling of a 3.2-mlle section of the Dodds county road. The year's total of road surfacing by the county amounts to nine miles. McAllister said that crews are engaged in patch work at present In the Bend and Redmond areas, and are do ing some fill work on dirt roads in the Uiplne area. They will con tinue preparing for oiling other roads throughout the tall and winter months, weather permit ting, McAllister said. Present at today's court session were C, L. Allen, Judge, and E. E. Varco and A. E. Stevens, commis sioners. TIIAP TOO EFFECTIVE! Portland, Sept. 21 ll" Fifth grader Donald Hnn set a box trap near his home to catch his miss ing whlti rat. Toduy he found a skunk In the riup and was sent home from school to be deodorized." for Dollars $2 80 had started the beginnings of a European trudc war for dol lar markets. Some 50,000 British rallwnv workers In the London areowtn-e scheduled to start a slowdown strike at midnight to support d- mantis tor a i.4U a week wage in-ci-ease mode before devaluation was announced. Other developments: 1. Greece and Belgium Joined the devaluation bandwagon. Bel gium lowered tne mine -uotinr rate to 50 francs for $1 Instead of 43.8273, Tile Belgian franc Increased In relation to the pound 140 of the new francs against the old rate oi i -iu.au, 2. .The Italian lira slumped 10 per cent In official value In keep, tng with- the dollar's rise on the export market. 3. Former Prime minister Win ston Churchill called his "shadow cabinet" Into session today to Plot. conservative party tactics against the labor government In devalua tion debate when parliament meets. 4. Prime minister Clement Att lee is expected to announce within 24 hours when parliament will be summoned Into extraordinary ses sion. county. At pri'sent, the north end of the county and the Al falfu community are Included in the Mid-Stale Soil Conser vation district. Under suite soil conservation district luws. u district may be pslablislipd when favored by a majority of the voters lit un elec tion urn! provided such majority constitutes not less Hiun 30 per cent of the land owners. Only R No Voles In yesterday's referendum, yps votes and S no votes were cast. A total of 2-IH votes. 30 per cent of the 825 luinl owners In the area, would have been re quired to approve the pruxxal. Ttip votp by precincts In yester day's soil conservation district referendum follows: Clovi-niule: Yes 52. No 3, Tumalo: Yes VI. One vote chal lenged. ' I'lne Forest: Yes GO, No 2. Only owners of more lhan 10 acres of land were eligible to vote on the move to enlarge Hie dis trict to cover the entire county. Farmers Sur?rlwd Formers In some of the dis tricts, especially the Tumalo, to day expressed amazement thut the proposal did not carry. It was announced that the 97 voles cast in the Tumalo community Includ ed practically every land owner. It was also pointed out that the 53 favorable votes cast In the Clover dale district represented most land owners. It was announced Just prior to the election thut there were 825 eligible voters In j the area and that 2-18 favorable vote would be required to ap prove the proposal. With only 210 votes cast yes terday, the proposal would have Inst even if not a single vote had been cast In opposition, inasmuch as a 30 per cent favorable vote would have been required. Ownership Increased It was pointed out today that there has been an Increase In land ownership in Deschutes county in the past few years, due to the breaking up of farm tracts into smaller tracts. Owners of these smaller tracts were Included in j the 825 potential voters, provided I they owned more than 10 acres of land. Also Included In the total were 25 land owners In Jefferson and Crook counties, inasmuch as the enlarged district would have crossed the county lines In two places. under stale soil conservation district laws, there can be no further vote on the proposed en largement of the district until a year has elapsed. Then- another refsrendum can be asked, through potitlon. Portland Wool Sale Failure Portland, Sept. 21 Uli The first impaci of foreign devalua tion on competing trade zones struck todav and blocked a sched uled 5,000.000 pound sale of Ore-' gon wool. Boston buyers, who had travel ed 3,000 miles to bid, entered tok en bids, 15 to 20 per cent lower than last week's price as they an ticipated price cuts on Australian wool Australia, along with other sterling-bloc nations, had cut her pound from a dollar valuation of $3.22 to $3.24 and eastern im porters expected her wool prices to drop accordingly, Oregon traders refused the Bos ton buyers' offers, thereby tabling the product for the warehouses. The wool, at last week's sup ported prices of $1.30 to $1.50 a pound, represented a transaction In the $7,000,000 class. It was of fered In two lots, the first was 2,500.000 pounds. Market observers expected the sellers and buyers to stand pat on their offers and price demands although Hie buyers were con ferring with their home offices about the possibility of raising tne oners. A wool growers spokesman said his collehgues would "hold tight" and sell thler wool under the current commodity credit pur chase program, before "sacrific ing" It on the open market, The maximum CCC price for clean, northwest wool, is about $1.30 a pound, or 20 cents below the expected sale maximum. Ochoco Dam Rehabilitation Work : MPS: i .", 5h V-2 4.: '. jfe- "V..V"?Vl. '.'.:rr .lt,i-.f&jr;-&: liM tm , . ivMiinrtf ' . B -rtf.H.-. 'i iH,in.irfi qtHI Bureau of Reclamation Photo. Kate September finds work of rehabilitating the Ochoco dam, on Ochoco creek a short distance east of Prineville, well under way, with Hip California Dragline. company in charge. The partly-stripped old dam Is pictured at the left, across the Ochoco highway. Materia! is being obtained from cliffs downstream. It wus first planned to obtain rock from the high cliff at the right of the picture, but this plan was later changed. Acheson Appeals For Russian Aid In Ending Strife By Bruce AV. Munn (Unitml l'rM Staff CefmiMinrivntl Flushlnir. N.Y.1 Scot. 21 U - Secretary of statft Dean Acheson toouy asKca nussia ana tier mil kan satellites to join the west ern powers In ending the Greek civil war. Acheson's appeal came in a ma jor statement of policy delivered before the United Nations gen eral assembly, which opened a "general debate" on the world situation. Most of the 20 foreign ministers here were expected lo make similar policy declarations. Even as Acheson spoke, Rus sia's Balkan problems were pil ing up. Yugoslavia was cam paigning actively among Latin- American delegations for a seat on UN's security council In opposition to the soviet - backed nominee. The Yugoslav lobbying. confirmed by high UN sources, brought the Belgrade Moscow rift into the open as the diplo mats of Marshal Tito's national communist regime sought to achieve a major prestige and propaganda victory over Premier Stalin's soviet representatives. Asked To Join Acheson told the general as sembly that the UN's Balkan commission boycotted by Rus sia should be continued and asked the Soviets to join it. The Balkan commission, he said, "has concluded that Yugo slavia has decreased, and mav have ceased, its aid to the Greek guerrillas, and that guerrilla ac tivities In general are declining; but the danger still exists be cause of continuing aid, prirfcipal ly from Albania, "It is timely for this assembly to make a renewed effort to re-1 vanced experience in carpentry' is store peace along the northern not necessary. Greek border and to reestablish If interst is sufficient, classes normal relations between Greece ; similar to this one will be organ and all its northern neighbors. ized after the first course is com- uutsiite aid to the guerrillas must stop and Greece must be per mitted to bind up its wounds. , "I believe that I express a de sire widely shared in this assem bly when I voice the hope that the U.S.S.R., which in the past has not participated in the Bal kan commission, will Join In re newed consultations looking to wards a settlement of this per sistent and serious problem." Fosltlon Set Forth Acheson set the tone of the American position at this assem bly with an appeal for a coopern (Contliuied on rsgo 5) County Treasurers Will Plan Meetinq Plans for the annual meeting of the county treasurers' state as sociation will be matle In Portland during the 13th annual conven tion of the Oregon Finance Offi cers' association, September 28 to October 1, It was announced to day. Heading the state association of countv treasurers is Mrs. Edith Fall-child, the Deschutes county treasurer. George Slmerville. Bend city recorder, is president of the finance officers' organization. J A' i r Pacific Northwest Hearings On CVA Cited by Sparkman Washington, Sept. 21 (U.R) Sen. John J. Sparkman, D., Ala., said today he expects to conduct hearings in the Pacific northwest on proposed Columbia valley administration legis lation. ' The self-described supporter of river authority programs said he believed he would head the senate public works sub committee that will hold long-promised field hearings on . the Controversial CVA bills. Boat Building' Class Projected "Adults -whose hobbies run to 'fishing, water sports, hunting or carpentry, will be interested in the boat-building class which will get under way next week under auspices of the city recreation de partment," Wayne Hamilton, city recreation director, said today. . Registration for the class, first winter craft sponsored by the de partment, may be made by calling the recreation office, telephone 18S0. Because of the space re quired for building the boats, the class will be limited to 15, and registration will be handled strict ly on a "first come, first serve" basis, Hamilton said. To Meet Wednesday The first meeting of the class will be Wednesday. Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. in the Bend high school woodworking shop. Paul Smith, high school manual arts teacher, will be the instructor. Ho has sev eral plans from which boat-builders' may make a selection and three boats, which have been built from the available specifications, will be on display. When the class gets under way the three boats will be demonstrated, to aid en rollees in making a choice. "A boat made by hand is a source of pride for lis owner, and the. cost is considerably lower than that of a ready-made boat," riumuion sam. ne annea mat au- pleted, it was announced. Welch Entertains Jaycee Members Guy Welch was a guest enter tainer at the regular noon lunch- con of the Junior chamber amber of rnmmmw, ln,l., Ir, ihn Dl T., ern dining room. He drew sev .u.,,.,. ,,, . nic eral caricatures, with members of the club as subjects. He was in troduced by Don-Shingler. pro gram chairman for the day. Other guests nt the meetini were Kenneth Shank. Ke:ineth Pearson, Charles Boardman and Don Ferguson. Tho turnout was one of the largest in recent months. t A new policy Is to be inaugu rated, whereby Jaycee business will be discussed at evening meet ings, freeing the luncheon meet ings for programs and brief re sumes of the business sessions, Norman .Partridge, Jaycee presi dent, announced. The first eve ning meeting will be Thursday, September 29, at 7:30 p.m. in the Trallwavs dining room. Bob Johnson. Bert Hngen and Partridge will attend a meeting for central Oregon Jaycecs to night in Redmond, to discuss pre national convention business. Well Under Way "UarErely," he said, . "be- cause I am the most senior democrat who will be able to go" Sparkman told a reporter that the dates for field hear- ;ings were entirely dependent on when congress adjourns. His sub committee will start them about two weeks from adjournment date, but will not attempt them after Nov. 10. "After that date," he' said, "I understand the weather would make traveling over any large area difficult.'! May Be Delayed If congress adjourns after Nov. 1, Sparkman said, the hearings probably will be postponed until next spring. Sen. John C. Stennis, D., Miss., another public ,works committee member, said he would accompany Sparkman. Both ex pect that Sen. Robert S. Kerr, D.. Okla., will be a member of the party. Sen. Harry P. Cain, R-. Wash., ranking GOP committee member, has said he will go whenever the hearings are held. According to the committee staff, however, no formal sub committee appointments have ben made to the CVA task force. Sparkman said he believed all ar rangements thus far were "infor mal." Sparkman has been a strong supporter of the Tennessee valley authority and indicated during CVA hearings that he favored the principle of the legislation. Woman Injured By Automobile . Miss Lorraine Wilkenson, 39, a resident of Portland, was hos pitalized last night after being struck by an automobile reported- ii nna..,i k., iani, ur D.ki.n. ' "f " .""uioui., Kpnri man eehnol ciitrionr npnr the Drake-Newport intersection as she was crossing the street at an angle. Miss Wilkerson was re moved to the hospital by ambu lance, and was still in a dazed condition today. However, it is not believed that any bones were fractured. Robison, in his report to Investi gating officers, said he was driv ing at about 25 miles an hour, west on Newport, when the acci dent occurred. He said Miss Wil kenson walked into the street, in front of his car. The youth was not held, Also taken to the hospital last night were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kubokawa, a Japanese couple from Berkeley, Calif. State police learned they were Injured when, their car rolled from the Diamond lake cutoff, after striking a soft shoulder. Kubokawa was released from the hospital today. His wife is not believed seriously injured..! Hope for Settlement Seen, As Both Sides Show Signs Of Willingness to (By United Press) President Truman asked for another .six dayg of truce in the threatened steel strike today while hopea were revived for settling the impending Ford walkout and negotiations were resumed in the nation-wide coal strike. Mr. Truman asked the CIO United Steel Workers and tho steel industry to continue work under present conditions un til 12:01 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1. Union and industry represen tatives promised an answer- by tomorrow. The existing truce ends at 12 :01 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 25. Mr. Truman made his new truce request after conferring wi,th federal mediation direc tor Cyrus Ching. He called on both sides to begin bargaining on the recommendations of his fact finding board. Response Awaited Ching was said to believe that neither the steel companies nor the CIO United Steel Workers actually want a strike, which would idle 1.000,000 workers across the nation at 12:01 a.m. Sunday. The union stuck to its demand that steel companies accept the recommendations of President Truman's fact-finding board for a 10-cent hourly pension and wel- i fare "package" financed by the in dustry alone. But CIO President Philip Mur ray raised hopes for averting the threatened walkout when he post poned a meeting of his steelwork ers' policy committee until tomor row to enable him to participate in today s negotiations. In the soft coal dispute, north em .and western mine operators who previously had failed-to-do so paid $3,000,000 into the welfare fund of John L. Lewis' striking United Mine Workers for the month of July. Most northern and western operators had continued the welfare payments, but the failure of southern operators and some of the others to pay had touched off the walkout of a half million miners. Ford Reports Progress At Detroit, the Ford Motor Co. announced it was making "real progress" in -pension and Insur ance discussions with the CIO United Automobile Workers, whose 115.000 Ford members threaten to strike Sept. 29. It was reported that the company was preparing an 8 cent ."welfare package" along the line recom mended in the steel dispute. Ford already contributes 14 cents to ward employe Insurance. At Cincinnati, stereotypers of the city's three daily papers struck in a wage dispute but pub lishers said they plan to continue publishing despite the walkout. The 68 members of the AFL stereotypers' local struck to en force demands for a weekly wage of $96. The three papers had of- fenxT593. Including the 480.000 coal min ers, a total of 610,000 American workers were on strike or idled by strikes today. That figure would swell to ,725,000 if the steel workers and Ford employes struck on schedule. The chain reaction of fuel and material shortages eventually might idle close to 3,000,000 em - ployes. Slash in Canadian Dollar May, Result in Trade Boost Vancouver, B. C. Sept. 21 HH- The cut in the Canadian dollar to day was expected to boost trade between the Pacific northwest and normally tourist-busy British Columbia. Travel agencies here and in Vic toria made plans for a small boom of post-summer U. S. trav elers. Including hunters and shop pers, for the Canadian dollar drop from parity to $1.10 for every U. S. dollar would affect woolens,. bone china and transportation prices. However, trade sources said no price cuts were anticipated until the arrival of new stocks from the United Kingdom when a 15 per cent decrease In shopping tags was expected. A newsprint industry spokes man said the devaluation would not affect supplies purchased in British Columbia by U. S. pub lishers. ' William Barkley, vice-president of the Powell River Co., Ltd., said the basic price of $100 a ton in U. S. dollars would remain. Sell for Dollars Canadian newsprint firms have been selling for U. S. dollars only, which they in turn convert on the Early Action Indicated For Hospital - A review of plans and pre. Ilminary specifications for the new St. Charles hospital in Bend have been completed by Norman Moore, district archite on the public health service staff, San Francisco, it was announced to day, as the way for calling con struction bids was further cleared. ' A date for the calling of bids probably will be set in a few days, officials of the Central Ore gon Hospitals foundation, with H. A. Miller heading the build ing committee, have announced. The plans and specifications, af ter being reviewed in San Fran cisco, were forwarded to George M. Shiffer, director of the hos pital and facilities section of the Oregon state -board of health, in Portland. From Portland they were to have been forwarded yes terday to John W. Maloney, St. Charles hospital architect. Ready For Action "We are glad .that - we have reached the time when every thing fndicates the project may now go forward," Shiffer wrote to Robert W. Sawyer, Bend, presi dent of the Central Oregon Hos pitals foundation. On the receipt by Maloney of comments from the San Fran cisco office and from Shifter's staff in Portland, the plans and specifications will be In order for the final working drawings and specifications, w h I c h will be drafted pursuant to the com ments. The specifications then will be ready for contractors in terested tn bidding on the Bend hospital. , It is expected that a represent ative of the public health service will be present from the San Francisco office for the bid open ing. RESOLUTION VOTED The executive board of the Mo doc area council has voted a reso lution memorializing the late Wil lian C. Wessell, national director of the Cub scouting section of the Boy Scout movement, it was an nounced today. Mr. Wessel died suddenly in Salem last week end, after attending a northwest con ference. During the. early years of cub bing, Mr. Wessel was associated with Robert H. Lamott, Modoc area council executive: x "Millions of you:ig boys, with their mothers and, dads, have ex perienced a new type of family cooperation because of Mr. Wes sel s untiring efforts in organiz- iing Cub scouting throughout I America," the resolution declared. foreign exchange. Actually the British Columbia newsprint industry will reap a larger profit on future shipments, pocketing $110 Canadian dollars for every ton of newsprint sold in the U. S. Barkley added that It wouldn't all be gravey. "On all equipment and raw materials purchased In the U. S. we will have to pay 10 per cent more," he said. U. S. tourists normally shop In British Columbia for Scottish woolens, rum toffee, eight per cent beer, traditional makes of bone china and Canadian Whis key. Meanwhile, in the Pacific north west, dealers in British-make au tomobiles announced $300 price cuts on most models and English shoe prices were cut 15 per cent. The first test between compet ing wool-export regions, Austra lia and Oregon, is expected in Portland, Ore., today when 5,000, 000 pounds of domestic will be sold in open bidding. Wool traders expect prices to drop 10 to 20 per cent because of the devaluation of the Australian pound, and an anticipated drop In, Australian export wool prices.