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A ". 1 1 . "' , ' Oragbn Historical So:lty Publlo Aulltorlua Portland i, oregoii c TIE BEND BULLETIN State forecast Oregon Fair today and Fri day. Little temper a t u r change. High 55 to 60 both days. Low tonight 25 to 35, except near 20 higher val leys. LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 33rd Year TWO SECTIONS BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1949 No. 263 Diversion Oni' of Oregon's mom Important diversion dams, tin 37-year-old North canal works at the north city limits (( Ueml. wait mild nt public iiut-tlnn In Bend this pant week by the U. S. marshal. Denton (. llurdlck, Sr., I'ortliiml, puiTluiHcd lhi dam, pictured here, for $11,000. The Swullcy (lump In at the li'fi. V WW I A' !" ft- -- i -.t.A .1,-,,.1-ifi 1 Water for Oregon's multi-million North Unit project of Jefferson county, with the cnnnl headworks pictured here. Is diverted ftum the North Cnnnl dnm. The dnm U also the diversion point for the Cen tral Oregon Irrigation district nml the -Swulli-y project Attorney for Irrigation districts anticipate Federal Spending Threatens Huge Deficit, Revealed By l.yle C. WUwin (l)rtltnl l'rn Sufi Curmun4nll Washington. Oct. 13 aii The 15th week of the new fiscal year ends today with government spending at a dizzy rate which assures a whopping deficit. Government hns cost the tax payers more than $12,000,000,000 In the past IS weeks. The treas ury Is about $2,000,000,000 In the red for the fiscal yenr so far, despite the labor of taxpayers who are paying a greater sum Into the treasury In this fiscal year than In the corresponding period a year ago. The startling and significant fact emerging from tile treas ury's dally statement of its opera tions Is not the big deficit figure, however. The block buster Is the fact that expenditures so far In this fiscal year ulready are about $2,500,000,000 greater than for the corresponding period In l'.MH. Figures Alarming If government costs had been hel dto last year's figure so far In the new fiscal year, wc would now have a fat surplus and, may be, some chance of further tax reduction. A year ago there was a surplus of nearly $500,000,000 In the first 15 weeks. Final figures for the first 15 weeks will not bo reported for several days. But ns of last Mon day, the government had spent $11,801,690,471.23. At that rote, the spending figure for the entire fiscal year will be around $-11,-(i00,000.000. If the deficit con tinues to accumulate at Its pres ent rate, the treasury will be In the hole when the fiscal year ends on June 30 by $8,512,000,000. If Uncle Sam were the head of a family instead of the head of a state, he would have been de clared bankrupt long ngo. It Is as though a family were getting Rreater Income this year than last year, but nevertheless had stepped up Its spending habits far beyond lis Income, There were times between world wars I nnd II when $12, 000,000,000 would have paid all the costs of government for three years Instead of for only 15 weeks, as at present. In 1914, which was the year world war I began, Iho entire cost of the Untied Stales government was $735,081,000, Now It costs more than that to run the government for a single week, , Dam Sold by U.S. .-: 5. litigation. Canton Abandoned by China Nationalists Without Fight (Nolr! Tli rrtnnsnu of ttif i'hinr njtkinjlitl guvtrnmrnl fttunrfonnl Canlun to Ih ronmiunttlt tiMlty. I'mlnt lrr rortrMMmlritt Arthur t'loul flrw lo Hunt Hunt and liom Ihrrv mutr ol Ihr rhautit rontlllion., Ih bur.t of (unflrv, III rrort to lorr and Ihiral., the rm.rfrnr ul Ihr communltl tindrrcround at Canton. ltl di.julrh follow. ) By Artiiuk M. Goul Hong; Konif, Oct. 13 (U.K. I left Canton a little while ago on one of the Inst planes to take off from the White Cloud airport there before it was closed down in token of the nation alist abandonment of the trrent south China city to the com munists. My plane was delayed nn hour after it was loaded, by na tionalist soldiers and non-paying; passengers forcing their way aboard, only to be drag- ged off by airport police. The White Cloud field was a scene of turmoil and hysteri cal efforts by some nationalist soldiers to commandeer pianos for flight from tho provision al capital which the communist armies were approaching. When they landed at Hong Kong, the ships bore several torn; my gun bullet holes near the pilots' compartments. None alioard was Injured. Pilot Stublmrn The plane In which I left ran afoul of arguments and Implied threats by nationalist remnants clomberlng aboard. The stubborn Chinese pilot refused to tuke off until the extras were loiceu oir. All air lines had been warned at noon to be out of Canton by 5 p.m. But at that hour commer cial planes still were loading and, surprisingly, some planes were arriving with full loads. Tonight Canton was an aband oned city, dangling in a vacuum, waiting between the nationalist and the communist regimes. Tho communists were expected In Canton by Saturday, if not earlier. They were only a little way north, ond could move down on the city as fast as their con venience dictated. Underground Bolder Now In the last hours of Can ton under the nationalists the communist undergrounders be came bolder. They began throw ing their weight around, warning tho police anil local gendarmerie, "do not desert your posts. Keep the city under control. We will ho watching." The last Jintirs In Canton brought no surprise to those who had leen observing the day to dav developments for weeks. But it had not all been told In the news columns. No censorship as It Is known to western newspapers existed. But a censorship of a more subtle kind did exist Intimidation. It was not intimidation of foreign correspondents, but of their Chi (Continued on Pago 5) Marshal k x w I Trial of 11 Top ' U.S. Communists Comes to Close New York. Oct. 13 tut The gov ernment ended Its nine-month prosecution of 11 top U. S. com munists by requesting a federal court Jury to find them guilty "as a clear warning to all that a crime of this character may not be committed with Impunity." The people of the United States are entitled to be assured of that," U. S. attorney John F. X. Mcoohey said in concluding his summation before the Jury of eight women and four men. McGohey finished at 11:43 a.m. (EST). Federal Judge Harold R. Medina ordered a luncheon recess until 1 p.m. At that time, he will begin his charge to the jury, which was expected to receive the case about 4 p.m. Conspiracy Charged The U members of the U. S. communist national board are charged with conspiring to recon stitute the- communist party in 1945 as a society of persons who tench and advocate the overthrow and destruction of the U. S. gov ernment by force and violence. McGohey portrayed the defend ants as "professional revolution ists" who used the Russian revo lution of October, 1917, as a blue print for their aim of smashing the government and setting up a dictatorship of the working class. This was the 167th trial day of the case. The tall, grey-halrcd McGohey charged In the opening phase of his summation yesterday that the 11 communist leaders are liars and "double-talkers" who "mas queraded" as an ordinary Ameri can political party, nut in reality, he said, they believed and taught that the bolshevik revolution of October, 1917, was the "'model for the violent overthrow of the gov ernment of this notion." Unification Plan Attacked By Denfeld By Charles ( orddry ' (Unard l'rM AvIalU.ri Wrturl WuHli'igton, Oct. 13 HHAdm. Louis K. Denfeld. chief of naval operutliins, loltl congress today the way unification is adminis tered now Is "worse than no uni fication" at all. Denfeld summed up for the house armed services committee the navy's cuse aguinst the pres ent nulional defense setup. He proposed a six point program which he said would "muke uni fication work." Ienfeld. a veteran of submar ine, buttleship and heud(uarteis service, told the congressmen that their unification law was a good one but thai it has been dis- henored In the breach. In many cases, he said, the army and air force have ganged up on the navy in an eflorl to cut off its weapons development and reduce Us roles and missions. And he said Defense secretary Louis Johnson has now Imposed r.i "arbitrary" budget cue with out consulting the navy. "Improper operation of unifi cation," said Denfeld, "Is worse than no unification." Admirals Backed Denfeld stripped away any doubt there may have been that he backs the admirals who have torn Into the air force and all its strategic air war theories. lie endorsed the present unifi cation investigation as regret table but utterly necessary, and wound up a 42 page "summation" of the admiral's case with these proposals: 1. "Kxpcdlte the rcport'of the weapons evaluation group (of the defense department! in order to determine the military worth of the B36." ' 2. "Literally support the na tional security act and the Key West (unification) agreement on roles and missions of the armed forces." 3. "Supjiort the principle that each ( service within budgetary limitations be permitted . to de sign and develop its own wea pons." 4. "Provide the navy adequate and appropriate representation in key positions within the depart ment oi aciense. 5. "Limit the scope of activi ties of the Joint chiefs of staff (three generuls and one admiral) to those specifically mentioned in the national security act. He said the Joint chiefs try to operate the services, which is beyond their function of strategic planning." 6. "In the present stage of uni fication, it must be recognized that the views of a particular service are entitled to predomin ant weight in the determination of the forces needed by that ser vice to luiitii its mission." Senate Rejects Olds Nomination Washington. Oct. 13 HPi Presi dent Truman suffered a major political defeat today when the senate rejected his nomination of Leland Olds to a third term on the federal power commission. it marked the third time this session that a Truman nnpointee has been turned down. The pres- uieni previously bad fn led to eet approval of Mon C. Wallpren to head the national security re sources board and of Carl A II- genfritz to head the munitions board. The Olds defeat was an espe cially bitter pill for the nresldent. JHr. l r u m a n and democratic chairman William -.VI. Boyle Jr. had waged a vigorous "party dis cipline" campaign in an effort to pressure senators Into voting for Olds. But when the showdown came earlv this morning, the vote show ed 15 senators for the nomination and 53 against. Despite the fact that Mr. Tru man had made the Issue a matter of party loyalty, 21 democrats Joined 32 republicans In voting against Olds. Voting for him were 13 democrats nnd two re publicans Sens. William Langer. N.D., and Wavne Morse. Ore. During the hectic senate debate that preceded the vote, Olds' crit ics denounced him as a left-wine er with "foreign Ideologies." His supporters, on the other hand. hailed him ns a fearless anti communist public servant who had aroused the enmity of Influ ential power Interests. HEARINGS POSTPONED Washington. Oct. 13 Uli Chair man Will M. Whlttlngton, D, Miss., of the house public works committee said today that hear ings on proposals to create a Columbia valley administration have been nostponed until next year. He said he exnects the hear ings to be held between January is ana jpeoruary la, luao. Big "Payroll" Robbery Proves Childish Prank South Cute, Cal Oct. 13 tlJ Two children who played post man were blamed today for a $.'i.-f7,000 payroll "robbery." Juvenile oficers wondered what to do with the culprits, a nine year old girl and her seven year old brother. two heavy bundles of checks! mude out lo employes were placed I on a mull box in front of the C.M plant here Monduy. '. mJ,".rnln. OUl n Pil? ' them up the youngsters dlsc-ov-, Vl ' were wHted by a severe ered them on heir way home , , , month, from school, and decided to have!K, i , i . .... . some fun. They tossed one bundle In a yard, opened the other and: "delivered letters to vacant lots, homes and stores. Then they told their mother. She retraced the children's steps and recovered the checks with the aid of plant police. Postal inspectors turned the youngsters' names over to Juve nile on leers, nut um officials said they were willing to drop the motter. Bed of Ancient Sea Is Exposed By Road Work The bed of an ancient sea has been exposed on the Mitchell slope of the Blue mountains in connection with the construction of the new Ochoco highway, ac cording to information from C. G Springer, materials prospector for the state highway department. The stratified beds of the old sea are tilted and folded, and sections exposed in cuts indicate the ma rine ooze, gravels and conglom erates reached a depth of several tnousand feet. Springer said the marine beds exposed by the highway contrac tors east of the uchoco divide and well down Into Taylor cteek rep resent a sea known to geologists as tne cnico. this sea. type lo cality of which is found near Chlco, Calif., rolled over the old Oregon country in Cretaceous times that period of the age of reptiles mat also lelt its marine record In Kansas. Beds of the Chico sea had previously been discovered in Wheeler and Grant counties. Geologists say that the cans which overlook Mttcnell from the east were formed from silt of this sea. Fossils Recalled More than 20 vears ago. a field party from the University of Ore gon under supervision of Dr. E. L. Packard, now at Oregon State college, found remains of a fly tng dragon," a pterodactyl, a short distance east of Mitchell. There Is evidence that the beds opened by the Ochoco highway contractors were formed near an ocean headland of the distant past. Included in the marine silt are beach-rounded stones, cement ed into a conglomerate. On top of the marine beds on the eastern face of the Ochoeos have been found a land formation believed to be of Clarno age. This Is the name given the oldest beds of the more than 12,000 feet of sediments piled up in central Ore gon in tne age of mammals an age that dates back to the days when rhinos, tiny camels and three-toed horses grazed on semi Ironical pastures. Several fossil leaf localities have been found in the Clarno beds opened in excavation work. A number of carbonized stumps have been unearthed, and In one ulace a small deposit of coal was located. All coal so far found in central Oregon, geologists say, was formed in Clarno times, in that period known to geologists as the eocene the dawn of the recent Springer Is to report on the discoveries at tonicht's meetlnc of the Dehchutes Geology club, at 8 o'clock in the city hall. Violence Flares In Coal Strike ny United Fnnl Violence broke out as negotia tions resumed In the nationwide coal strike today, while in the steel walkout hope rose that fabri cating plants could keep going de spite the basic steel stutdown. An armed band of about 50 men halted a non-union coal truck near Harrlman, Tenn., last night, fired bullets Into Its rear tires and forc ed its crew to dump their coal cargo. At White Sulnhur Springs, W. Va., John L. Lewis met with northern and western mine oper ators In another attempt to break the deadlock over the United Mine Workers' welfare fund. But there were no signs of set tlement, and operators reportedly planned to take the dispute back to Washington and place It before federal mediators again. Temperature Drops to 14 Above Here A chilly low of 14 degrees was recorded In Bend and vicinity last night as growers in central Ore gon neared the halfway mark in the harvest of the greatest acre age of potatoes ever planted in the area. So far, the unusually severe October cold has resulted in no damage to potatoes. cspiie coo. weatner inrougn m"" of the growing season, with trm recorded every month this P8"' urnmer and a killing low of OO Hnnfnoa nnloil lata fm lima Iha P"""1" ' reported outsl'and- uui ill iiiubi aitrun uuiaiun iiidiur- , .,,, B Movement High The movement of potatoes from the central Oregon area so far this year was been unusually high. In September 205 'A acres were certified for shipment from the Redmond shipping point, ac cording to W. R. Stanard, ship ping point Inspector. Prineville also reported a heavy shipment. in Bend, the Mid-Oregon Farmers warehouse is one of the busiest plants in the region, with pota toes being processed. . Last night's minimum of 14 de grees compares with an all-time low of 10 degrees, recorded In 1913, 1917 and 1948, for October. DIGGING DELAYED Prineville, Oct. 13 A low of 14 degrees was recorded here last night, with Madras reporting a minimum of 16. However, a check made this morning indicated that no loss of potatoes was suffered. At sunrise, the temperature was still hovering around the 16 degree mark, and in the Powell Butte community, the start of digging was delayed for a short time, until the temperature got above the freezing point. 2 Youths Held Here on Charge Of Auto Theft Two Bellingham, Wash., youths. one aged 16 and the other 17, Mon day had cut short theus trip from Washington to Kansas when they were arrested by Vale police on an auto theft charge. They were returned to Bend to day to face charges ol stealing a car owned by John Bradetich, of Bend. According to their story to Claude L. McCauley. Deschutes county sheriff, they left Saturday on their proposed excursion to Kansas in a can they took at Lyn den', Wash. They drove it to Sedro Woolley, Wash., where they abandoned it and picked up an other car. From there they drove to Bradetich s residence about nine miles east of Bend, aband oned the car they obtained in Sedro Woolley and took Brade tich's car, which they drove to Vale. One of the boys was on parole from the boys school at Chehalis, Wash. He is to be returned there to face charges of parole viola tion. Both were scheduled to appear today before C. L. Allen, Des chutes county juvenile officer. Two Indicted By Grand Jury Two "true" bills and one "not true" bill were returned yester day by the Deschutes county grand jury, which was convened Monday. A true bill was returned against Frank R. Henderson, 56-year-old Tumalo resident who is charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Henderson, accused of molest ing a 7-year-old girl, was free until yesterday under $1,000 bail. He was arrested July 5. He appeared in circuit court yesterday where R. S, Hamilton, circuit court judge, set bail at $5,000. Henderson was unable to make the bail, so was taken in custody by Claude L. McCauley, sheriff. A second true bill was returned against John Paul Cahill, 36, of Wallula, who is charged with at tempted burglary. He is to appear tomorrow be fore Judge Hamilton for plea. Cahill is accused of attempting to burglarize Freeman's Tackle store. The jury's "not true" bill clear ed Joe Hornsby, 37-year-old Bend resident, of a charge of arson. Hornsby, who was accused of burning his house, located at 706 Ogden, has been in the Des chutes county jail since May 25 of this year. He was released yesterday. SEIZURE NOT PLANNED Washington, Oct 13 (IP Presi dent Truman said today he Is not considering seizure of the soft coal mines. Army Engineers Promise Salmon Will Pass Dams Astoria, Oct. 13 (U.R) -Col. William Whipple, army engi neer building McNary dam on the Columbia river, assured the fishing industry Wednesday that he would "get fish over tho dam and back down again." He spoke at the closing session of the 33rd meeting of the Columbia basin inter-agency committee, held at this port and fishing city to hear the fishing side of the northwest fish-dam controversy. Col. Whipple said the engineers planned to spend $14,000, 000 on fish facilities at Mc- Nary dam. He said the engi- neers also planned elaborate fish facilities at the Ice Har bor dam on the lower snake river a dam vigorously op posed by the fishing interests of the northwest as a salmon killing project. He agreed It is necessary to maintain the upper Columbia river fish runs and declared "we wouldn't be spending large sums on fish facilities at the dam if we didn't believe we could maintain those runs." Behind Schedule S. J. Hutchinson, assistant re gional director of the U. S. fish and wildlife service, stated that the $20,000,000 fishery lower river rehabilitation program was be hind schedule. It is a 10-year pro gram. He said that M. C. James, assist- am Ulimm ul "r ijm aim w.iu- . -ii . .u -J .. ii life service, now is in Washington o appearing before the bureau of the budget and attempting to get appropriations for the project up to $5,000,000 for the first five years. Col. Whipple told fishing repre sentatives that the Hells canyon dam, which .they are advocating be built before other dams on the lower Snake river is "economical-1 iy ulieosiuie wuuuui iiie struction of the fishery-opposed lower Snake dams, which are 1 power producing. He said Hells canjran.'dam. was. a storage dam and not primarily a power producer. Lesher S. Wing, U. S. power commissioner in San Francisco, told the fishing industry that the federal government "probably" can authorize the Cowlitz river dam, sought by the city of Ta coma but rejected by the Wash ington legislature. He said this also applied to Ore gon's Deschutes dam, known as the "Pelton project" It is being fought by the fishery people. However, Wing said the commis sion had not ruled on its jurisdic tion on the projects. 16 Killed When Bomber Crashes Isleham, England, Oct. 13 IP A U.S. airforce B-50 bomber, car rying six tons of bombs, crashed and exploded with a deafening roar in a field near here in heavy fog today. All 12 crewmen aboard the big four-engined plane were killed. The bomber plunged to earth at 9:25 a.m. (3:25 a.m. EST), only minutes after it had taken off from the U.S. air base at Laken heath for a practice bombing run across the North sea to Heligo land. The blast shook the country side, blew a woman off a bicycle on a nearby country road, and (Continued on Page 5) Central Oregon Has Many Winners at, PI Central Oregon residents who returned yesterday from the Pa cific International Livestock ex position in Portland reported that four Deschutes county boys won calves In the popular "scram bles," features of the show each year. Besides Richard Koth, who won a Hereford in a scramble last Friday, others who won animals are Norman Lynds, Redmond, and Don Sorensen and Tommy Burton, both of the Grange hall community. Norman won an An gus calf Sunday afternoon; Don caught a Hereford Sunday eve ning, and Tommy got a Here ford Monday night. Winners Varied Winners of the 4-H crops judg ing contest Tuesday at the show were as varied as the crops them selves. No single contestant won first place In more than one of the contests although several got Into competition as the contests progressed throughout the morn ing. Officials place the contest among the most difficult In which club members take part, and many say It Is harder to do good placing of the crops than It Is to show an animal or come out Protests Plan To Export Water Representative - Lowell Stock man of the second district of Ore gon has continued to protest the department of the interior's plan to export the waters of the Pacific Northwest streams. While the secretary of the Interior has stated the department Is "interest ed only in utilizing water which would not be needed In the basin or basins of origin," Representa tive Stockman has replied by ask ing Secretary Krug if the need of the Northwest is to be determined 1Qc itns nrn ...i " ui '""V Z " A 1 -rmam rryaacm an Dion arlaast Secretary Krug: "It is my opinion that if the Pacific Northwest is given another 10 years for de velopment, there will be no sur plus waters." On September 26, Secretary Krug replied to the congressman's question by writing him as fol lows: Krug Quoted In response to your letter of -August 4, I am glad to explain in lurther detail the position ol the department of the Interior with,' regard o tne exportation oi un- i . . ri-Aici- Northwest streams to the Central valley of California and other wa ter shortage areas. "There can be little doubt of the ultimate need for an augmented water supply to the Southwest That area is already 'scraping the bottom of the barrel In Its ellorts to meet the demand for water. In contrast, enormous quantities of fresh water are discharged an nually by the various streams in northern California. Oregon and Washington. The Columbia river alone discharges about 170.000,000 acre-feet of water annually, more than all other streams discharg ing Into the Pacific ocean in the United States combined. We visualize one possible solu tion of the problem as a climbing of the ladder to the north, putting to use the excess flows of each watershed in turn as the need de velops. As you point out, however, the amount of water available in excess of the maximum practic able within-basin ue must Ilrst be determined for each potential exporting watershed. Studies Undertaken 'To assist In that determina tion, the bureau of reclamation has undertaken comprehensive river basin studies on all the ma jor stream's In northern California and Oregon. Upon completion of those studies, we hope that it win be possible to estimate with some assurance of accuracy the largest probable amount of consumptive use of water under foreseeable conditions, and the residual dis continued on Page 3) Exposition successfully In the calf scramble. Of the nine entries who Judged potatoes, Richard Holt of Red mond placed first, with Connie Dickson of Powell Butte second. Dick Burton and Haley Prichard, both Bend, were among the other winners. Lee Paul and Donald Soren sen, both of Bend, were among the top contenders In the wheat judging contest. Barley judging attracted only three club members this year. Donald Sorenson and Harley Prichard, of Bend, followed the winner, George Jefferson of Shedd, In that order. Donald Sor enson was also second in oats judging, which drew only two entries. Local Man Assists A central Oregon man, Millard Eaktn of Powell Butte, Shorthorn breeder, was called on by Judge Dick Richards, manager of the Ox Bow ranch near Canyon City, to assist in choosing the grand champion In the beef showman ship contest The winner was Douglas Bennett, 16-year-old Washington boy. Central Oregon youngsters who (Continued on Page 7)
