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Oration lllutor leal Society Publla Auiltoriuv THE : BEND BULLETIN State Forecast Oregon Generally fair to night and Thursday. High teinperaturei both days 52 to 62. Considerably cooler tonight with low 25 to 35. LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 33rd Yoar TWO SECTIONS BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1949 No. 262 morals Attack P u A7 n an uo weaKen maw 2 Ad Ml Bend Water Committee Probes Need What In liend' destiny? Will It continue to Kiow, until It Imkciiiii-k II city n f 20 or 2f ilimiMiiiii? Will It Ntlllllll'4 lit IlllllUt llM present population li'vel, or will it de cline? Memlx-is of Muynr T. D. Sexton's rlty water advisory Com mittee sought Nllllll of till on SWIMS tO tlll'W questions, nt Ihelr second meeting since organla Hum, hclil Tuesday evening ill the city hull. K Rend continues to grow it t Iih present pace It may lie necessary to Hueml morn (linn n mllllnn dol In i h or augmented water nop' plll-N. If till- M'l'IOll Of MllblllZa- Hun Ih ni'Hr nt luinil, It may lie possible to mi'i't I ho city's needs nt lower cost. If retrogression In In prospect, Ihe present system, with pullting dining tlu dry summer months, might be n ! quale. Such has Ix'rn I hi' consensus of commit tee member In discus Ions to ilntf on the water prob lem. Ijiki night mi expert on our of Bend's growth factors- tin- tim ber Industry wan osked to state hla vli-wn. I wiih Ralph W. Crawford, supervisor of the Des chutes natlomil fon'Ht. Crawford Miiil: Factor Knumeralrd I Ttie two large mllU now oier ntlnu here are cultliiK from 200 to MO million hoard feel of lumber! annually. 'Hi Ik Ix well uniler pro iluellon of some 325 million board fi-et annually, reached 20 yearn alio, yet Bend has grown from a rlty of nix or seven thousand er Hons to one of 1.1 or 14 thouiuind despite the decline In mill pay rolls. Timber now, owned by these mills, or timber under contract or land exchange agreements, at the present rote of consumption will keep one of the mills occupied for four and one-half yearn; the oiher occupied for six more years. This Is considering only the timber In the Deschutes plateau area, which Includes all of the Deschutes na tional forest and the northern part of the Fremont national for est. It does not Include timber that mny be brought tn Mend mills from the western slope of the Cascades. Sustained Yield Coming Marring additional sources of tlmlx-r outside the Deschutes pla teau area, the situation from five to seven years henre Mil be one of sustained yield cutting. This would afford sufficient timber for the oeratlon here of one mill, rutting about one-third of what the two mills now produce. Tills one mill would be getting Its tim ber solely from the national for est. The annual allowable cut In the Deschutes plateau region, under a sustained yield program, will be about 72 million board feet of ponderosa pine and 15 million feet of Douglas fir and other species. I-odgo pole pine may become more Important In future opera tions. Other mills in the area, such as Gilchrist, also would be (Continued on Page 3) INTF.ItlOK MM. SIGNKD Washington, Oct. 12 mi Presi dent Truman today signed Into law legislation aproprlatlng $584, 0!W.7!7 for operation of Hie in terior department during the pres ent year. The appropriation was about $-10,000,000 less than Mr. Truman had recommended. Anthony Eden Gives Party Platform of Conservatives By (llnltnT Prm Suit Corrcixinilonl) London, Oct. 12 till Deputy conservative party ' leader An thony Eden outlined to the open ing session of the party's 70th annual conference today a 12 point program promising lower taxes and no more nationalization. Eden, heir to the party mantle worn by Winston Churchill and first Important speaker at the meeting, hud to quell an Incipient floor revolt by rebel delegates who demanded to know specifically what the torles would do If they won the election. Ho also attempted to weld the split between party leaders and publisher Lord Beaverbrook over Beaverbrook's.recently-announccd empire first, last and always plan. Eden charged the labor govern ment had cut wages, the standard of living and the social services while Increasing the dangers of Inflation. Eden said the labor government devalued British currency In a Program for Celebration Of Warm Springs Highway Slated for Consideration Kcpre.si'iitutivcs of valley nnd -central Oregon towns will Wither lit Tiiiiberline lodge by Mt. Hood next Sunday for luncheon and discussion of plana on the proposed celebration of lliu Warm Springs highwuy 'opening. Heading the mid-state delegation will lie members of-the. Central Oregon chamber of commerce, the organization slated to promote the road opening celebration and the dedication of the Mill creek bridge. Burglars Enter Bend Elks Club llurglary of Hie Elks rlub In liend In which a prowler who used a llininy In a professional manner eniered the building, ransacked he office and obtained at least $43S was under Investigation to day by officers. The burglary oc curred Monday night. . Kntry was gained through the fire escatie on the second floor I and facing the alley. Door hinges were pried off. unci; inside the building, the burglar entered thi ol (Ire of Ralph Ferguson, lodge secretary. Also entered was the rlub room and bur. All quarters entered were ransacked, and offi cers believe the prowler was slack ing cash which he presumed was hidden. No .Varhlnra N-en Kcxirts were current toduy that a number of slot machines had been Jlmmli-d and their con tents removed, but officers who Investigated said there were no machines in evidence wnen tney were called on lo Investigate yes terday. City and state officers in vestigated the burglary. The Investigation completed by officers yesterday afternoon indi cated that two Jimmies, of differ ent sizes, were used In breaking into the building. This has led to the belief 'that nt least two per sons took port In the burglary. Tills wus the second entry of a club In the liend area In recent months. 'litis past summer the liend Golf club was entered. rlanford Plant Work Speeded Richland, Wash., Oct. 12 (111 A speed-up In construction at the Hiinford atomic plant may be the result of Russia's recently report ed atomic explosion. Carrol Wilson, general manager of the atomic energy commission, announced here yesterday that additional men may be employed shortly after the first of the year. Original plans called for an $80, 000,000 addition to the Han ford atomic works here, but not until April. Wilson did not elaborate on any proposed expansion at the Pluto nium plant. But he did say that the atomic energy commission was "making a general revalua tion" of Its work because of the report that Russia has the atom bomb. lie said that Russia's progress In development of atomic energy would undoubtedly call for a change In emphasis of the United States' atomic research program. Wilson visited the atomic plant as part of what he termed a "re assessment survey." desperation move. He said the conservative party should; 1. Reduce government expend itures. 2. Increase the efficiency of government departments and so cial services, 3. Spend money only as parlia ment intends and approves. 4. Establish longer horn's for some Industries. 5. Reduce taxation to Increase Incentive. 0. Eliminate nationalization of Industries. 7. Get higher production of home-grown foods and feeds. 8. Reduce government controls. 9. Establish closer economic cooperation within the empire and commonwealth. 10. Get greater cooperation with western Europe. 11. Tell the people the whole truth. 12. Eliminate restrictive prac tices against industry. According to tentative plans, the celebration is to be held at the site of the bridge November 13. Invitations to the affair are to go to Gov. Douglas McKay and to offi cials of towns which will benefit by the new short route across the mountains. Among communities likely to be represented ut the Tlmlierllnc meeting urc Portland, Creshum, Sandy, Khododonilron, Govern men! Cuirip, Madras, Culver. Red mond, I'rlnevllle, Sisters and Bend. I'KINKVII.I.K MAKKS 1'I.ANS Prlnevllle. Oct. 12 Otto N. lloppes of this city, presldenl of the Central Oregon chamber of commerce, reported yesterday that delegations of the Sisters. Hend. Redmond, Prlnevllle, Cul ver and Madras chambers of com merce affiliates of the regional organization, will Join representa tives of the Portland, l.resbam ond Sandy chambers and the Mount Hood Pow-Wowers at Tim berllne lodge next Sunday at a 1 p.m. luncheon, to make program plans for a celebration of the opening of the Warm Springs highway on Sunday, November 13. It was expected that repre sentatives might be present from Lokevlcw and Klamath Falls, where a keen Interest Is declared prevalent In gaining the benefits of the shorter route to Portland when the new highway Is oeneil. Representatives of the stale high way department have been naked to attend the meeting. Ceremonies to commemorate opening the new road, which will shorten the distance between cen tral Oregon and Portland by 32.7 miles, will be held at the new steel bridge across spectacular Mill creek gorge at the north edge of the Warm Springs Indian reser vation. Youth Confesses Brutal Killing Tampa, Fla., Oct. 12 Uli A 17-year-old boy held for a" brutal hatchet slaying here told sheriff's officers today that he killed movie bit player Harry Schawb In Hol lywood In l'J48. Chief deputy Sheriff Curtis Gul breath said Kay Robinson Dcrr confessed after an ull-night ques tioning that he killed Schawb In his Hollywood apartment on Sept. 22, 1!M8, while on a three-day pass from an army camp at Pittsburg. Cul. . Derr previously had admitted that early yesterday he and a companion robbed a Tampa truck driver and that after dragging their victim into a woods, Derr cut his head to pieces with a small hatchet. While police were questioning Derr to determine if he had com mitted any other "thrill crimes." the youth said he had killed Schawb. Derr told Culbreath' he had gone into Los Angeles from the army camp and had met Schawb In a bar. Schawb seemed "friend ly," Derr told Culbreath, and In vited him to spend the night In his apartment. They later had an argument. Story Checked "I picked up a brick and heat his head with It," Derr told Cul breath. A check with Los Angeles po lice showed Derr's description of the killing was accurate except for the weapon used, Culbreath said. Schawb was killed with a wooden lid to a toilet seat. Culbreath said Derr admitted taking $40 from Schawb's cloth ing after the slaying. Asked why he did It, Derr re plied: "I'm liable to do anything when I get mad." Early Tuesday morning, Derr and a companion, 19-yeor-old Al vln Mubry, picked up truck driver William demons of Bowling Green, Fla., on a Tampa street corner. Clemons told him he was unable to find his truck and the two youths offered to help him. Instead, according to both Derr and Mnbry, they drove demons to a wooded section eight miles from Tampa. Derr then beat demons unconscious with a (Continued on Pago 7) ft. w iymT Jim Si 1 , ' V- Vj-.. . V tor the fourth time this vcor. manship when he took the top riblxin awarded at the Pacific International Livestock exposition. In Portland. He is pictured here with the Hampshire hog he showed at the P.I after winning at The Dalles, at the Deschutes county fair in Redmond and at the state 4-H club fair. Fire Prevention ! Week Observed; Schools Checked - . Schools of Bend played a part In the city's fire prevention pro gram today, with several of the buildings Inspected by Fire chief Lcroy Fox and a fire drill held by pupils of the new J. Alton Thomp son school. The program will con tinue through the remainder of the week, Willi drills to be held in all schools. This morning Chief Fox and Frank E. Cook, head custodian for the Bend public schools, join ed in a fire Inspection of the high school, gymnasium and Kenwood schools. "Everything was in ship shape", Fox declared, fn com mending school officials in their efforts to reduce the fire hazards to a minimum. Scorer, of children filed from the J. Alton Thompson school In orderly fashion this afternoon when a fire drill was held, with Chief Fox as one of the specta tors. Principals and Instructors of the various schools are joining in the local observance of fire pre vention week. Fire prevention lit erature Is being distributed and programs are being devoted to the effort to . "stop fire before they occur." Cooperation the Bend fire de partment is receiving In the local observance of the week was laud ed today by Chief Fox. Fall of Canton Believed Near Canton. China, Oct. 12 Hf Chinese communist forces swept within S5 miles of this disintegrat ing temporary nationalist capital today. Nationalist officials were flee ing aboard every available plane either to Chungking or Tnipeh on Formosa. They are expected to be designated co-cnpitals of na tionalist China when Canton falls. However, acting president LI Tsung jen ond his cabinet still were In Canton at 5 p.m. (4 a.m. EST). They were awaiting the re turn of Premier Yen Hsi shan, who flew to Formosa yesterday. Communist Gen. Chen Ketig sent his snear'ieails late today In to Tsunpfn, famed hill resort 35 miles northeast of Canton. From Tsungfa a broad paved highway leads directly Into the city. Not far behind the vanguards. 30,000 troops of the 15th and Kith red armies were advancing rapid ly southward from Fokimg.' An other 10,000 men were said to be driving down the railroad from Yingtak, 75 miles north of Can ton. Still another column has by passed Tslngyun, 45 miles north west of Canton, crossed the Pel liver and Is preparing to attack Canton from the west. The nationalists were reported planning a huge withdrawal to ward southwest China for a final stand on the Asiatic continent. Top Showman Fourth Time '"'-I ' , f . mm wmMw, - iwmmwmmmmmmmmmnMmmmmwmmmiimm John Klesow. 18. Bend, was named Central Oregon Educators Complete Institute Here Instructors in Deschutes, Harney, Jefferson and Crook counties were back in their classrooms today, after attending the 12th annual central Oregon teachers' institute Monday ana 1 uesaay in liend. .More the sessions, which included meetings on various subjects instructors. Speaker at the final assembly Tuesday was Miss Alice Pendlebury from Stands Newollah Parade Planned in Bend For October 31 Children of Bend are to be In vited to observe Halloween by participating in a "Neewallah" parade Monday evening, Oct. 31. The parade, to be sponsored by the American ' Legion auxiliary and the American Legion, will be followed by treats for all who take part, and the awarding of prizes for the funniest and best costumes in several classifica tions. Preliminary plans for the pa rade were made at a meeting of the Legion auxiliary last night, in the library auditorium. The "Neewallah" parade this year will be the first local Hallow een observance of its kind held in several years. ilitary Pay Bill Signed Washingotn, Oct. 12 Uli Presl dent Truman today signed legis lation providing the first general pay raise in 40 years for all mem bers of the armed forces. Recruits, whose pay was raised from $21 a mon'.h before the war to $75 a month during and after tne war, will not share in the new increases as much as top-ranking officers, who got their last pay raise In l'JOS. A recruit with five months serv ice will get a $5 a month hike. In some cases brigadier gener als will get an almost 50 per cent boost, counting basic pay and al lowances. Increases under the new law for married officers will Include: Major generals and above, and their counterparts in the navy who have 32 years' service from $895.33 a month in pay and allow ances to $l,14b.75 a month Brigadier generals and the navy counterparts with 30 years' service from $712 to $1,018.50 a month. Second lieutenants will get an Increase from $282 to $345 a month. These figures do not Include extra flight and hazardous duty pay In any rank or the annual personal expense allowances of $2,200 for geenral and $500 for lieutenant generals. Officers In the past have recelv. ed a five per cent pay raise for pvprv Hippo venra nf aorvlcp. This Increase will' be taken away from officers who fall to win promo- tlons. in '49 pmnil rhamnlnn in swino chnw. than 300, educators took part in general assemblies and section for elementary and high school Grammar School for Girls. Manchester, England. She is in America as an exchange art professor at Oregon College of Education. Her topic was, A Limey Looks at America." Comparisons Mode Miss Pendlebury compared some of the habits and personali ty traits of the Americans and the English, admitting that persons in her homeland deserve their repu tation for reserve and seeming in difference. On the other hand, she enjoys the friendliness and free dom from convention which she has found in this country, she said. In comparing the education sys tems of the two countries, she said that in her opinion, too much stress is placed on intellectual de velopment in England, and not enough on emotional adjustment. In England, she said, education is co-educational only until the pupil reaches the age of 11. She said that after seeing the ease with which American pupils mix in their classrooms and In recrea tion, she feels that segregation, as practiced In England, prevents the student from achieving a well rounded outlook, "at such an im pressionable age." Traditions Treasured England treasures her tradi tions, she said, mentioning that many of the buildings are two or three centuries old. She was intro duced by Dr. Henr? Gunn, presi dent of Oregon College of Educa tion. The afternoon general assembly started with a group of songs by 53 picked singers from the sev enth, eighth and ninth grades of the Bend and Prineville schools, and seventh and eighth graders from Powell Butte school. The group was directed by Miss Flor ence Vanderwiken, of the Univer sity of Oregon staff, who was music consultant for the Institute. She worked with the youngsters Monday and Tuesday morning, and their short concert was well- received by the audience. Their numbers included, "Thanksgiving Hvmn." "Swing Low, Sweet Char- lot," "Old Black Joe" and "Bohe mian Christmas Carol." Christine Ryman, of Bend, was at the piano. Consultants Listed Besides Miss Vanderwiken, con sultants included: H. H. Gibson, Oregon State college; Theodore Yerlan, Oregon State college; Vernon Sprague, University of Oregon; Katherine M. Rahl, state department of education; Helen Hollandsworth, Oregon State col lege: Ernest G. Moll. University of Oregon; K. E. Montgomery University of Oregon; Agnes Shields, Oregon state library: Qulrinus Breen, University of Oregon; Stanley Williamson. Ore- j Ron State college, and Dr. Henry i-unn, uregon ouege oi umica (Continued on Page 2) . King, Halsey Charge B-36 Aerial Bombing Strategy Based on Wrong Concepts By Charles Cordry (United Press Aviation Writer) ' Washington, Oct. 12 (UJ?) Two fleet admirals Ernest J. King and William F. Halsey today denounced the atomic bombing theory of warfare and asked congress to strip De fense secretary Louis Johnson of power to weaken the na tion's naval power. Both five-star veterans of world war II attacked what they called the air force's "mistaken, over-played" theories of intercontinental bombin g. Both said that in any war this country must hurl its striking power not at cities but at en emy military forces. King, wartime chief of na val operations, told the house armed services committee that we have been overemphasizing the atomic bomb and the bomber that was planned to deliver it." The next war, If we really ex pect to win it, will be fought much like the last with vast arm ies and navies and the "impor tant services" of long-range bomb ers, he said In statement. Would Finish Carrier To build up the mobile striking power which he said this country must have, Halsey urged the com mittee to demand completion of the 60,000-ton super aircraft car rier scrapped by Johnson. He also said congress snouia strip Johnson of authority to cut naval spending below figures ap proved by congress. The commit tee has heard Johnson plans to do just that As for the super-carrier, Halsey asserted that it is "not super" but merely "a normal ...develop ment" from the carriers of world war II. And another navy witness r Capt. Arleigh A. Burke, assistant chief of naval operations in charge of research declared: "If we build this carrier and find that we don't need it. the cost to the nation will be $189,000,000. If we don't build this carrier, and find that we do need it, the cost to the nation may be the nation Itself." Russia Not Frightened Kine said the notion that the air force's B-36-atom bomb com bination frightens Russia is "wishful thinking." King did not appear in person. But Halsey, who as third fleet commander in the Pacific war guided history's greatest concen tration of naval forces, did. The hard-jawed tough little man known as "Bull" rapped at "city bombing" as capable of ac complishing nothing but unifica tion of enemy peoples In "fiery patriotism" as the assault on Pearl Harbor did Americans. Halsey said the air force's high flying, long-range B-36 could stop nothing but enemy bullets. Like other navy witnesses, he declared it Is too vulnerable to enemy fighter planes to .be a useful weapon. Halsey said the mobility of naval forces in war is the prime requisite for victory against an enemy. The lessons of world war II, he said, gave "proof of the pud ding" rather than supporting the air force theory of pure aerial warfare. Halsey's testimony was not lim ited to criticism of the air force. He also outlined what should be done in war, especially by navies. Halsey said the strategic theory (Continued on Page 5) Columbia Basin Committee Hears Fish-Dam Arguments Astoria. Oct. 12 tlP Interior department, fish and wildlife spokesmen lined up at the Colum bia basin inter-agency committee meeting today to protest the in adequacy of fish preservation on the lower Columbia river in the face of dam construction. Roy A. Bessey, interior depart ment representative, said the fish eries problem was out of balance with other problems of Columbia basin development. "Only half of the federal funds available for the fish program have been made available In the first two years," he said. "If piled up financial needs are not met Immediately, the pro gram will be In serious Jeopardy," he declared. Arnie Suomela, master fish warden of the Oregon fish com mission, said that the $20,000,000 program planned for fish conser vation on the lower Columbia was not enough to insure perpetuation of the salmon runs. He said the salmon catch has fallen from 43,. 000,000 pounds annually in 1883 to 18,000,000 pounds at present. Coo Strike Compromise Considered Pittsburgh, Oct. 12 IP John L. Lewis and the major coal produc ers were expected to discuss a possible compromise today to end the 32-day-old soft coal strike. Both sides were under heavy pressure from federal mediation director Cyrus S. Chlng to make "substantial progress" in the long-deadlocked negotiations or face government intervention. Industry sources speculated that Lewis may drop his wage and shorter work wek demands if he can get an increase from 20 to 30-cents-a-ton in royalty pay ments into the United Mine Work er welfare fund. Handouts Charged But Joseph E. Moody, spokes man for the southern operators. indicated he will first insist on a new set of standards which would make the fund self-operative. He charged that the depleted fund, now administered by trustees, was a "Tammany hall proposition of handouts." Tne meetings resumed at White Sulphur Springs and Charleston, W. Va., as Iron Age, national metal-working weekly, warned that only a speedy settlement of the 12-day-old steel strike can pre vent its crippling effects from en gulfing the entire economy. Unemployment resulting from the twin coal and steel strikes al ready has shot past the 1,250,000 mark with announcements of new cutbacks in allied industries. The government will move to- . morrow to bring both sides to gether for the first time since the steel strike started. Federal medi ators will hold an exploratory conference in New York with offi cials of Bethlehem Steel Co., the second largest basic 'steel pro- ducer. Arson Suspect Cleared by Jury Joe Hornsby, 37-year-old Bend resident who has been held in the Deschutes county jail for the past four and one-half months on a . charge of arson, was released at noon today after the grand jury returned a "not true" bill on the case. Hornsby was accused of setting fire to his house, which was lo cated at 706 Ogden. The house was destroyed by fire. WILL AID KOREA Washington, Oct. 12 IP The senate today passed, 48 to 13, and sent to the house legislation to provide $150,000,000 In aid to Korea. Alvin Anderson of Olympla. Washington state fisheries direc tor, said the proposed $20,000,000 plan was "no substitute for up river salmon runs." He suggest ed a five-point program: Program Outlined 1. Complete all dam projects now under way before starting new ones. 2. Complete Foster creek dams and all above It, before lower riv er dams. 3. Finish Hells canyon dam on , the upper Snake river at an early date, 4. Postpone the four lower riv er dams on the Snake and Priest rapids, John Day and The Dalles dams on the Columbia. 5. Keep the lower river fisher ies program on Its schedule, call ing for $20,000,000 In 10 years. Tom Murray of the Idaho fish and game commission said his state had "kept the fish" by leav ing the spawning streams unim paired. Today's Columbus day meeting of the committee was the first to (Continued on Page 7)
