The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963, October 22, 1949, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextOcon ::ijljrUal Society PuLUs Auiltcfluu THE BEND BULLETIN State Forecast Oregon Sunny and mild to day and Sunday. High tem peratures 60 to 70 both days. Low temperatures 28 to 38 tonight. LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 33rd Year BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1949 No. 271 Holliday Scores Six for the Bears Bend Youth Captured After Skyline Drive-In Hold Up at Point of Pistol (5 - 1 Km.. Gene llullldiiy. llruln light halfback. In plclurcd on a five yard drive which carried him across the goal lit i Icir six point In tlw Ihlril quarter of tin- game liiHt night between (hp Bend Imvu Hears mill tin Springfield Millers. I'uIUiik tin- squeeze mi lliillliliiy an- Phillip Holllster mill Curl Hour, light ituiii'tl unit quarterback, ri-speellvcly, of Ihe Springfield Irani. Tin- Bears won the came 1912. In tin- background In Uiyd U-wls, of I'tinevlllc, Kami- referee. Watchman Slays 2 Desperadoes, In Jail Break By Henry Itk-rrr (PnlUU lrrM Hrr r.fminlvnl) I'lioenlx. Al lz., K-t. 22 mi , Mve pliKiiners Irliil to Hlimit tlielr way out o the Maricopa eotmty )nll early toiliiy, Iml a erlppied nlfiht wiildiinun killed two mid two others wrre captured l-tore they could net out of the courthouse. Tlie fifth man was Jack L. Tu I in it. a menilx-r of the notorious Talum B""K which once terroii. eil the southwest. He escaped from the iHiildliiK and road Works were set up to try to halt him. Ijiter n man officers said was "positively Idenllfled" ns Talum was spotted on the southeast frliiKe of the downtown business! district, and !W) ofllceis m-kiid -"J i"-""b. -i.i.-k ...... -.-. makliiK tt room to room check of ' "' Kl'l l)-arlnK sands, the area. tjimllty HIkIi Klieiiff Cal Holes said Ihe man) Old-timers saiil the quality and was weiiiinK n white Tslilii and type of the newly. found lode was tattered lexis, such as Tattim was lis high, if not liie.her. than the wealing when he escaped. iKold found in Alaska's first hit; Sherllf till Holes said that fori two hours officers thought all six men In one lank cell had brok en loose. Hut the sixth man was later found cowering in the cell, where he had Ix-en licalen and left by Ihe others. The prisoners slugged a Jailer and a watchman and wounded a deputy sheriff, In the break, which Holes said they had care fully planned for several days. Hero of the battle was crippled watchman Tom Stowe, -II). lie faced the desperadoes alone as they buret from it ground floor elevator, and killed two of litem Instantly with his ..1H automatic. When tin- alarm first sounded, every available policeman, fire man, deputy and highway patrol, man was called lo Ihe scene. A cordon of 100 heavily armed men surrounded the courthouse, pre pared lo kill the men in their (Continued on Page 5) Cold Air Heads For East Coast Illy lliiltnl I'rma) A wave of chilly air swept the midwest today, plunging temper atures 20 degrees, mid forecasters said II would creep eastward over the Atlantic coast. The cold front was Ihe same one that swept strong rain and snowstorms over Hie west this week and set off. tornadoes in some prairie areas yesterday. Weal her experts said the cold would "moderate somewhat" be fore arriving In Ihe New York area. The weather In most Reel Inns was nearly perfect for today's football games except for scatter ed showers In some sections of the east. The cold hud moved eastward through nil of Michigan, part of Ohio and south as far as north ern Texas. It' shoved Ihe mercury to 37 de grees during the night nt Chics ro, 23 degrees below the previous night's minimum. Many Illinois. Wisconsin and Iowa cities report ed lows 20 lo 25 degrees below the previous night. Alaskans Excited, Result Of New Yukon Gold Strike Fairbanks, Alaska, Oct. 22 (U.I!) Gold fever hit Alaska iiKain today as prospectors reported findinK ntlKJft'ts "the size of peas" in the territory's biKKe.st strike since the Klon dike rush of 50 years ao. The claim, kept secret until the news leaked out yesterday, was discovered this week in the Yukon river a bare nine miles south of the. A relic circle. Within 24 hours, a tent city comprised of 50 whites and natives sprung up by the claim, l'rospectors here and at Circle City. 1G0 miles north of here and 26 miles east of the strike site, were lined up to buy all available equipment and supplies. Hush pilots started sliuttllnK prospectors and equipment to the scene. An emergency landing strip was cleared a short distance from Hie liver. The Kev. Kdward Raillen. Fair banks flying missionary, took a quick trip to the river and re- 'V . K ' i ... . strike at the turn of the century. Cllflon Carroll, flshtrap opera tor, started Ihe excitement when he burst Into the U.S. commission. ers office at Circle City, clutch ing nuggets the size of peas and a small bag of flaky dust. He said he saw Ihe glitter In a fish box on a trap. The rush was on. Interior airways pilot James Magoffin said gold in encourag ing amounts was found several miles away last week, hut the news was kept under wraps. Car roll's find was the spark that IgJ illicit the flame of gold fever, the U.S. commissioner's office said. Prospectors said the quality of the gold indicated the deposit was a large one, and were likening It to the "days of '!)8" when a dead moose gave George Carmaek the Idea of trying lo pan for the yol loy metal. Cnrmack, "Skookum Jim" Mas on and Taglsh Charlie killed a moose and In the process of drag ging It luicj to their campfiro, exposed gold In the bed of Kabbit creek on Ihe Klondike river. Car mack washed some of the gravel and Ihe resulting publicity given the discovery started thu histori cal "Klondike days." Since thai time, more than $fi5!). 000,000 worth of "gold has been taken from Alaska. The Industry now grosses $7,000,000 a year. Jail Term Given In Hit, Run Case John Engelen, 22, a resident of Rend, has been sentenced lo serve 25 days In the city Jail on a hit and run charge, according to information from city police. En. gelen Is accused of being the oper ator of an automobile that hit a parked car earlier In the week. Eugelen was also cited on n dis orderly conduct charge, with ac tion on this case delayed until Nov. 15. Records also show that Billy Joe Garrison, Bend, was cited on two charges, one n basic rule count and the other a charge of operating n car while under the Influence of Intoxicants. Ills case will come up on October 26. Power' Increase Near for KBND, Cordon Advises In n telegram received, yester day from Senator (luy Cordon In Washington, U. C, KBND was advised that Its application for 1.000 watts both day and night Is now in llth place in the files of Ihe federal communications commission. The application filed with the commission In April of this year was In ISth place when the filing was completed. Two weeks ugo it was In 29th place: With rapid progress being made cn the application. Frank II. Logan, station manager, an nounced today that equipment Is being obtained to be used In the enlarged operation. Early last year KHND purchased a site north and east of Hend which will be used as a transmitter lo cation. With the Installation of 1.000 watts power, KHND would become the most powerful day and night station in central or eastern Cli-egon, Loggan said. Josslin Visits Bend Democrats On an 1800-mllc, six and a half day trip through eastern Oregon, William L. Joslln, Portland at torney and chairman of the state democratic central committee, met with menibei-s of the Des chutes county committee here yesterday, then headed south late in the evening. He was In Klam ath Kails this morning, and was to attend n noon meeting In Luke, view, before swinging east to Burns, Josslin was accompanied on his trip to Bend by Mrs. Joada Leonard, Klamath Falls, vice chairman of the state committee. Yesterday noon In Bend, Josslin and Mrs. Leonard met with local democratic leaders at a luncheon In the Pilot Butte Inn. Cecil Moore, chairman of the Des chutes county central committee, was in charge. Preliminary ar rangements for the conference were made by Mrs. Wilfred Ford ham, vice-chairman of the Des chutes committee. Tentative plans for organization of a women's group were discussed, and It was announced by losslln before he left for the south that a Young Democrats' club will be organ ized In the county soon. On his 1800-mile trip, Josslin plans lo cover-much of the dis trict east of the Oregon Cascades, In the Interest of his party. IOXAMINKU COMING A drivers license examiner will be on duty in Bend, October 27 and 28, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., at 1050 Bond street, according to an announce ment from the secretary of state office. Elliott Loses Sheriff's Post In Recall Vote n i 22 mi A recall Portland campaign ui-ainxt Mulinomah county slieiifl Marlon I Mike I tl llotl, 27, spearheaded by two Cortland newspapers, ended In victory today. t.iiolflclal returns from all Ihe county's 511 piecinils 'n KrliUiy's slM'cial election showed that then-call won by a vote of 59,059 to 11.H10. Klliott, who admitted he falsi fied his age, educational, and U. S. marine service records to win office last November, wlU lie removed from office after an official canvass of the votes. The Multnomah county com missioners will appoint an Inter im successor who will serve un til a new sheriff Is elected In No vember. 19M. Identity of the temporary suc cessor has not yet oeen revealed by the commissioners. Hut the commissioners have committed themselves to appoint a demo-!: crat. (Continued on Page 5) No Intervention In Coal Strike Indicated Soon (Or Unilnl I'rnu) Government Intervention ap- peared today to offer the only hope for quick settlement of the coal and steel strikes but no ac tion was likely before Tuesday. With the nation moving swUOyJ oown me road to serious econom ic difficulties, mine operators broke off negotiations, adopting a "get tough" attitude toward John L. Lewis' demands, and fed eral mediator Cyrus Ching said the steel disputants were "no closer" to agreement. White House sources said Pres ident Truman would take no ac tion In the critical labor situation before Tuesday and It was ques tionable whether he would act even then. The president, who was on a Potomac river crulsp for the. week end, apparently still hoped that the labor picture would clear up without drastic action such as in voking the Taft-Hartley law. Ching, It was tcported. had "some other Ideas" for bringing peace In the coal industry but he called off plans for a coal nego tiations meeting Monday at Wash ington In favor of a new meeting with U.,S. Steel at New York on Monday. Supplies Dwindle But even as the steel and coal negotiations skidded to a week end halt." the nation's supplies of those two basic products were dwindling rapidly to the economic danger point. Under orders , from the inter state commerce commission, rail roads with less than 25 days of coal on hand were putting out orders to reduce coal-burning trains service 25 per cent Tues day midnight. Coal-burning loco motives supply 28 per cent of the nation's passenger service, rail road officials said. Thus about seven per cent of ell passenger travel would be affected. At Detroit. Ward's Reports, an authoritative business renortimr agency.' said steel stockpiles had "melted below the danger poim and that the auto Industry would have to shut down temporarily even if the steel and coal walk outs were settled next week. Dr. Nourse Comments Meanwhile, Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, resigned chairman of the president's council of economic advisers, charged that selfish groups within labor, business nnd the government were throwing wrenches Into the nation's eco nomic machinery. The labor department reported that the big strikes apparently had out run their initial Imnnct and that new unemployment among workers covered bv state Jobless Insurance programs drop ped 27.000 during the week ended October 15. t In other labor disputes: Railroadmen at The Dalles. Ore., promised to resnect picket lines of the CTO longshore union which struck the nort to prevent unloading of a barge cargo of "hot" pineapple from struck Ha waiian docks. A union spokesman at St. Louis charged that a "stubborn attitude" bv management had caused a breakdown In negotia tions to settle the 42-day-nld strike against the Missouri Pa cific railroad. Indian Summer Makes Belated Appearance Indian summer weather be-! inK-dly arrived in central Oregon' trwluts f,,ll,u,lrta a nrnlr.nffml i'tl -" ...ft - , r. nL'lI'lnihMl.r. ,ture? down to within one degree me aii urne low, ueiayeu me iinrveni r.f riiirHi nnri resulted An Home damace to vegetables mat han not yet rieen piaceo in the temperature In Bend was crowding the 70 degree mark. I-rosty nights and mild autumn I days are expected to continue I over the week end. The return of good weather j was welcomed by road contrac- ,tors, especially those who are j 'constructing the new Ochoco highway over the Blue moun-j tains between Prinevllle and: Mitchell. On the Warm Springs highway, work is still under way on the Mill creek gorge and on the for est section of the road, near the west end. Rock production work Is under way on the Cascade Lakes highway west of Bend, and 11 good weather continues, an ex tension of grading, clearing and grubbing work Is planned. luuigea ury From the stock country of the Interior Oregon counties comes word that ranges are in very poor I condition, as a result of the un precedented drouth. In Bend, only 3.95 inches of moisture has been measured since the first of the year. Stockmen expect to do heavy feeding this late fall and winter, because of the lack of fall pasture. The range conditions nave also resulted in a heavy movement of stock to market. Arid conditions also prevail in the midslate forests, bat. tt Is believed the danger of fire Is over lor'the season, because of htavy dew at night. However, the wooas are still so dry that slash burn ing operations have been slowed. The harvest of some 11.000 acres of potatoes in central Oie gon counties is expected to be completed this coming week. Baked Potatoes Used as Favors Prineville. Oct. 22 The Camp Fire Girls organization of this city has Joined with other Ore gon communities in preparing favors for distribution, at the an nual luncheon at the Multnomah hotel In Portland tomorrow, to delegates to tbe national Camp Fire leaders convention. Huge baked potatoes were wrapped in cellophane and tied with a big blue ribbon and bow. Cooperating with Mrs. Lewis Gillam and Mrs. Herbert Post, local Camp Fire executives, the local chamber of commerce prepared the potatoes. They were especially selected by Roy I. Brown, a potato grower who is A&;nHatpr1 in nntntn riis. tribution with the firm of Trim - ble & Brown. The Dalles Pineapple Cargo Taken Off Union "Hot" List The TJalles, Oct. 22 Mi CIO longshoremen today lifted the "hot" label from the disputed pineapple tidbit cargo aboard the barge Honolulu, but tied up all traffic at the port. I The Hawaiian pineapple com pany, owners of the barge, filed I a plea In Wasco county circuit I court, asking an injunction 1 against the union's pickets. Giuither Krause, attorney for the firm, said grounds for the petition were that there was no labor dispute between his com pany and the International Long shoremen and Warehousemen's union. The barge, loaded with $800,000 worth of tidbits, has been moored at The Dalles since Sept. 28th. CIO pickets broke up unloading operations three days later, in juring six men and damaging a crane and two trucks. The ILWU filed briefs with the national labor relations board stating that the cargo was not "hot" and that there was no long er a dispute between the union and the pineapple company. Grain Cargoes lilt Technically, pickets were post ed against the port of The Dal les, tying up the movement of all Cargo, including the pineapple at the docks. Longshoremen at Longvlew, Wash., refused to handle two car loads of grain assertedly origi nating from the port of The Dalles. Yesterday, T. J. Carson, head 'of tile Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors grievance committee said Union Pacific trainmen, fire 125 AFL Delegates Arrive In Bend for First Sessions Of Central Oregon Council home l! delegates arrived session of the two-day conference of the AFL central Oregon .!:...:.. .11 f r . I I I . e r i -'I juiniiitt tuuiicu, iimeu uruuiui nuuu ui ttrpemers, Clarence E- Kr'KKH. council secretary announced this morning ;.., ffir rhrpp l,rnehp nf th ennneil in. -. -- -- - cluuinif the construction carpenters, the lumber and sawmill workers, and the ladies auxiliary, opened at 1 o'clock this afternoon. 1 he conference will II C 1. DAmHJ I I III I1HII n(l(I V I W V V I iwi I V J Release of Man Held by Czechs Washington, Oct. 22 W The United States today planned a blistering denial of Czechoslovak charges that five Americans ran a spy ring from the United States embassy in Prague. The United States also was ex- pected to demand the Immediate release of one of the accused men, Samuel Meryn of New York, who was arrested by Czech police. A long Czech note to the United States said Meryn, three other I American men and Louise Schaff- ner of Lancaster, Pa, described I as "unusually attractive" organ ized a spy network that reached far across Czechoslovakia. The note said Czech members of the ring were equipped with radios, presumably to relay re ports from distant parts of Czech oslovakia, which contains the largest known uranium deposits In the communist world. Linked to Purg-s-American officials, scoffing at the charges, linked the latest cry of "spy" with a growing purge of Czech and Polish government of ficials. Reliable inform a t i o n reaching here indicated that be tween 12 and 15 employes of the Polish foreign office and econom ic ministry in Warsaw have suf fered sharp demotions or have disappeared. These purges comparatively mild so far and the spy charg es against the American were In terpreted here as part of a drive to widen tne oreaci Between tne west and the people behind the iron curtain. The Czech note, however, re portedly went into considerable detail about how the alleged American spy ring worked. It said four former Czech cabinet members were involved. In addition to Miss Schaffner and Meryn, the other Americans involved were Walter cirge, at. I Louis; Isaac Patch, Gloucester, iMncs? nnH Snenrer L. Tappart. ' All except Taggart were regular 1 embassy employes. men, and engineers would respect the longshore picket line. A train crew refused to cross a one-man picket line to move boxcars with pineapple from the dock. Krause said his injunction re quest did not involve provisions of the Taft-Hartley law Thursday company officials tried to hire AFL teamster truck drivers to haul the fruit to a Spi Jose, Calif., cannery. Not one driver would accept a job. A hearing on the pineapple company's request was set for Tuesday morning. Final Settlement Near Honolulu, Hawaii, Oct. 22 (IPi Observers expected today that the Hawaiian docks would return to normal operations early next week with final settlement of the 175-day CIO longshore strike this week end. Fringe issues in dispute with three of the struck stevedoring firms were settled yesterday. Ne gotiators agreed on an eight-cent hourly wage increase lor non stevedoring employes at Ahukini terminals, Kahului railroad and Kauai terminals. The agreement cleared the way for a return to work of all but 17 employes at the Mahukona terminals. Bargaining there was scheduled to be resumed today. The union, meanwhile, an nounced that representatives would meet with employers to- the meeting of the Western Hos day In Honolulu to discuss open- pitals association got under way. lng the five other ports immedi- Discussions on professional prac ately regardless of the outcome tice and hospital financing pre of the Mahukona negotiations. (Continued on Page 5) in Kent! today for the openinif - close tomorrow with a joint meetinir of the tfrouns Among the top matters up i for consideration by the dele gates are the proposed CVA i legislation and plans for the es j tablishment in central Oregon of I remanufacturing plants in the lumber industry. I Also on the conference agenda are other important union mat I ters such as retirement plans, wage and- contract agreements, and the ISaO political campaign. To Debate CVA The council plans to decide this week end what stand it shall take in regards to CVA that is, whe- ther to support the proposed plan or to oppose it. une oi me ieaiure speaKers on the topic will be Russell Chandler, a member of the AFL Blue Moun- tain district, who is a representa tive of the Hell canyon develop ment committee. eonferencT delegates i n e 1 u ri i Gene Tedrick, representative of tne Klamath Basin district coun cil; Walter Peeples, of the Blue Mountain district, and Ivor Jones, executive secretary of the AFL state council oi carpenters. Conference meetings are to be held in the Labor temple on Hill street; the union office at 83 Ore gon avenue, and )n the Pilot Butte inn. ... -. ( - Armistice Day Dinner Planned The annual Armistice day din ner sponsored by the American Legion will be held at 6:30 p.m., November 11, at the Pine Forest grange hall, it was announced Thursday evening at a meeting of Stevens-Chute post No. 4. The after-dinner program will include an address and dancing. All veterans, whether or not they are Legionnaires, are invited to attend with their ladies, accord ing to those in charge. Tickets can be obtained from Legion of- ticers or at Niebergall jewelry dr the Smoke shop. preceding the meeting, the aux iliary executive committee met with Commander A. M. Ryman and post members to work out the program for the Neewollah costume parade for the night of tianoween. A number ot prizes will be awarded. It was learned from the Oregon department headquarters mat a district convention will be held in Bend in the early part of November. It was also re ported that District commander William Atlee, who has been as signed to work in the state of Washington for the past few months, will return to Bend. The local post has the most unique setup in the adjutant's office of any post in the United States, it was brought out at the meeting. Tom Casey is the offi cial adjutant, but Mrs. Casey does most of the book work, at home. However, they both sit at the table with the commander, and both help to answer ques tions relative to Legion business. Mrs. Casey, who was In the serv ice in world war II, is a Legion naire in her own right, and a member of the local post. She attends all regular meetings. Bend Hospital Group Attends Portland Meet Sister Blanche, sister superior; Sister Edwards, X-ray technician, and Max L. Hunt, business mana ger, all of St. Charles hospital, and J. D. Donovan, superintend ent of Lumberman's hospital, re turned yesterday from Portland, where they attended the first joint mid-year meeting of the Oregon Association of Hospitals and the Washington State Hospi tal association. The two associa tions plan to meet together again next year, the local hospital heads reported. After the loint session. Cash Taken From Register All Recovered Bend's Skyline drive-in, near the south city limits on highway 97, was robbed shortly after mid night last night by a man who entered the place, with the lower half of his face covered by a white handkerchief, and flour ished a revolver In demanding the contents of the till. Officers said the masked man was Jack E. Neff, 21, Bend resi dent. He was in the city Jail today, facing a tentative charge of rob bery that may be Increased to armed robbery. His confession is on file at the city police station. Neff used a taxi in his visit to the Skvline drive-in and later In the night was arrested by a city officer who was riding in another taxi Neff attempted to hail. Taxi operators cooperated with police jn locating Neff and In checking his identity. After Midnight When Neff entered he drive-in after midnight, Peggy Smith was on duty, with Omer Summers, one of the owners of the Skyline drive-in and Skyline Steak house in Bend, In the kitchen. Several patrons also were in the drive-in waiting for their orders. As the youth stepped to the cash register, on the counter near the main entrance, with the gun in his hand and face partly cov ered with the white handkerchief, Mrs. Smith apparently thought he was a prankster. Instead of hand ing over the cash, as ordered, she stepped behind the counter. Neff, . according to his confession, then reached over the counter, hit the cash register with his hand, open ing the drawer, then scooped up the money with his left hand. He then left. Missing was approximately $140 in cash and an American Ex press check for $10. Returned in Taxi Neff used an unsuspecting taxi driver, Al Lewis, In making the trip to the drive-In. He asked Lewis to stop the cab about half a block from the drive-in. saying he would be right back. When he returned he assertedly pointed the gun, a .32 caliber automatic, at Lewis and ordered him to drive him back to town. Neff reported ly lett the taxi near the Intersec tion of Franklin and East Third. City police, notiflrd of the drive in robbery, Were on the trail of the suspect minutes after the holdup was reported. Officers acted on Information supplied by Lewis. Following the reported robbery, Neff went to the home of an un suspecting acquaintance and threw his coat into the attic. He then left. Confession Made City officers, who had learned that Neff generally used taxis in moving around town, suspected that he would call another taxi. John Trultt, one of the officers. got into a taxi, while police cars patrolled the area. Neff hailed the taxl in whlch Trultt was riding, and was arrested. Taken to the police station. Neff confessed, to the robbery charge, with Chief H. A. Casiday and Officer Truitt as witnesses. Officers said the gun used by Neff in the holdup apparently was unloaded. No shells were found on his person. All currency taken from the drive-in was re covered, with only the American Express check for $10 missing. Neff indicated he had burned the check. The case will be turned over to A. J. Moore, Deschutes county dis trict attorney, for further action, Casiday said. Wilson George Taken by Death Wilson George, who came to Bend in 1918 as a machinist and remained to take active part In community affairs throughout the years, died shortly before noon today at St. Charles hospi tal, where he had been a patient for several days. He had been In 111 health In recent months, and suffered an attack Wednesday. A pulmonary embolism was the cause of death. Born June 11, 1886, in Franklin City, Pa., Mr. George spent much of his boyhood In New York City, and as a youth, toured with vaudeville companies as an ac (Continued on Page 5)