Oroion Historical Society
I'ubllo Aulltorluo
POHTLANU I, OREOO:i
THE BEND BULLETIN
State Forecast
Oregon Fair today, tonight
and Sunday. Slightly cooler
today and tonight. High
temperatures 56 to 66. Low
tonight 26 to 36.
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NEWS COVERAGE
CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
33rd Year
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1949
No. 277
Progress Made in Ochozo Dam Rehabilitation
Strikes Causing Plant Closures
I Tim.-' 7JHI
llnprfiil of beating nil wentlier llwit iiiav lie abend. Dragline Rental Co. crews urc rushing lo
coinpleilon tiv Jim. I. l!ir0, ii $ri7.'I.M.ri contract (or rehabilitation of the Orhoco dam, six miles cunt
of l'i Inevllle.' Above, concrete Ik being poured fur the new spillway. At Iff t In the picture, u fleet of
tin -fyiillH In pictured inovlni; earth In tin- ilmn. The lower picture shows Hie reservoir side of Ihe
i rhiililllliiiiil Mam, where carryalls have just begun the placing of Ihe rip rap coaling.
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Philip Murray
Planning Action
For Red Ouster
Cleveland. O., Oct. 2!l li CIO
President Philip Murray prepared
liuliiv lo tusH nil communist. tinged
unions out of his labor movement.
Murray will tell the CIO con
vention meeting here Monday that
the Amerli-an communist party Is
operating " program of destruc
tion . . . which Ihe CIO wants
none of," Informed sources snld.
In a report already prepared.
Ihe hard hitting union chief will
lell the convention thai commun
ists have no part In the CIO and
the union will lake m-tlon lo oust
left-wing nihilities.
Murray will accuse the com
munist party of working through
the left-wing unions to capture
the entire labor movement. He
will point out that Ihe commun
l.sls' plan Is evidenced by their
"vicious and diabolical campaign"
against his acceptance of n "no
new wage Increase" policy for Ihe
striking United Sleel Workers un
ion. The sleel workers now have
been on si like for 2!) days for an
Insurance and pension plan paid
for entirely by the sleel compan
ies. Negotiations wire apparent
ly deadlocked.
Murray Hitter
Murray reportedly Is extreme
ly billet over left-wing CIO un
ions which have charged that he
sold out lo "big business" when
he agreed lo accept free pensions
nnd Insurance plans In piece of
n fouiih round general wage In
crease. In his report to Ihe convention,
Murray Is expected to say that
Ihe CIO has the power lo kick
nut any affiliate union which does
not abide by nlillonal CIO policy
on bol h foreign nhd domestic Is
sues. This ennip ns Murray prepared
to meet with leaders of two CIO
unions, longshore boss Harry
Itridges and cooks and stewards
President Hugh Iiryson, this af
ternoon.
Sources close lo Murray said
I lie CIO president would listen to
holli Bridges and Mryson inn that
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Spring Appears Suddenly,
Sends Stream Across Road
Water is Ki-slii"Kr from now-born sprinu in pumice flats
about a milu from the Wickiup ilum. scmling n stream across
tin- Wickiup road a short distance below the dam, foresters
ami bureau of reclamation olluials report. Ihe .spring that
lias suddenly burst into lite as the How from many other
underground sources diminish, as a result of the dry weather,
wits active on one other occasion, in lP-l.'i.
Source of the spring remains a mystery, but persons in
Radio Failure
Cause of Crash
Ponta Delgada, Azores. Oct. 29
'IP' - The crash of an Air Prance
Constellation In which -18 per
sons died was hlnmcd today on
apparent radio failure and a con
sequent effort to land on the
wrong l.dnnd ln the Azores.
Investigators who flew here aft
er Ihe crash said .the radio evi
dently failed after the pilot sent
word that he was landing at .au
la Maria field in five minutes.
Instead he smashed Into a 3.tU)0
foot peak on another island IX
miles to the north, a little later.
Marcel Cerdan, French boxer;
dinette Neveu, French violinist;
11 Amerocnns and all others
aboard were killed. Tlio bodies
of Cerdan and Miss Neveu were
among those Identified. Most
were burned beyond recognition.
The veteran pilot, Jean de La
None, a distinguished French air
man, apparently thought he was
over Simla Maria when he sent
Ihe last message. Hut he was
over Sao Miguel Island.
"He was off his course nnd ap
parently having radio difficulty
or he would have caught the
guide point signal from Snntn
Marin," n Flench official snld.
Rescue crews brought down
from the mountain peak the r
mains of the victims. They were
wrapped In while sheets nail plac
ed In the tiny church nt nearby
Algarvln, nt the foot of the
rocky peak.
Most of the bodies were found
still strapped In seats in Ihe
burned out wreckage, workers
snld. Miss Neveu's Stradlvniius
violin, which she was to have
played In concerts In Ihn United
Stales, was found, smashed.
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i V l mi ii In V iimi rwmnw
touch with storage in the up-
viver basin believe it comes
trom Crane prairie, live
miles distant. This year, it is
pointed out, the spring ap
peared after Cr:i"e prairie
reached Us second highest stor
age In history. When Ihe spring
first appeared In 1!M3. Crane
prairie storage reached a 60.500
tember of this year, the storage
was measured nt 55.800 acre feet,
high point of the year. A lag In
underground flow would account
for the delayed activity of the
spring, five miles distant from
Ihe storage basin.
Not I'roin Wickiup
One thing Is certain, rcclnma
tlonlsts say: The spring does not
have Us origin in Wickiup reser
voir. The spring is above the level
of Wickiup. Also, Wickiup was
heavily drained this past irriga
tion season, to permit of leak re
pair work.
The level of Crane prairie, up
stream from Wickiup, wns kept
high this year, to preserve some
holdover storage for the 1950 sea
son. Reclamationlsts havp known for
many years that Crane prairie
sutlers a heavy loss of water
when storage is nt a high level.
This water apparently escapes
Into high-level fissures." In 1913,
some water showed up In the bot
tom of a nearby crater.
There Is a possibility, geologists
and hydrologlsts say, that the
spectacular "spring rivers" of the
upper Deschutes country have
their Rources In high lakes to the
west. Some of the lnkes have no
visible outlets.
HOLIDAY ritOCLAIMKI)
Washington, Oct. 29 un Pres
ident Truman today proclaimed
Nov. 11 ns Armistice day nnd
urged Americans to "redeillPiite
themselves" to the cause of world
pence.
Dalles Train
Crews Refuse
To Move Cars
The 7alles, (Jet. 29 'Hi -Ship
ment of pineapple llilliltH unload
ed from Ihe hurtfe, "Honolulu"
was halted for the third time In
a momh today.
The railroad hrotherhooilK re
fused to move boxcars to or from
the port and mild they hud been
"intimidated." I.ahor Hlrlfe nan
permitted the unloudltiK of only
M) tons of the nurKe's 2.700 ton
non union loaded ai(;o, valued at
$H1)(;,(J(XJ.
Hepresentatives of the railroad
men yesterday asked sheriff's
deputies carrying shotguns to
withdraw from ihe site of a for
mer CIO longshore picket line be
cause they feared "more vio
lence." After deputies withdrew to the
port warehouse, railroadmen re
portedly uskcu they be removed
from Ihe port, but this request
was refused.
"(ihoKl Ticket"
A train of five boxcars destined
for the port then drew up lo the
limits of the court-banished pick
et line and then withdrew, caus
ing speculation that the railroad
men were observing a "ghost"
picket.
These developments followed a
temporary Wasco county court
Injunction restraining picketing
by the International Longshore
men & Warehousemen's union.
The pickets had been posted tech
nically ugalnst the port of The
Dalles, a municipal corporation.
The Hawaiian Pineapple com
pany, owners of the "Honolulu,"
last night ordered trucks from
Ihe Portland Pendleton Motor
Transportation Co., and said 80
tons of the disputed fruit would
roll to a San Jose, Calif., fruit
cocktail packer shortly.
I.w Obeyed
Longshoremen have not ap
peared in The Dalles since the
court injunction. Matt Meenan,
International union representa
tive, said his union would "obey
the luw
A notice osted In the railyards
ri. t..!i Si.i i
at The Dalles advising railroad
men not to spot any more cars
at the port until further notice
was signed bv three men:
W. B. Hawkins, Brotherhood of
land: T. J. Carson. Brotherhood !
of Conductors, The Dalles, and
James E. Peterson of the Loco
motive Engineers, The Dalles,
CIO longshoremen's violence
broke up operations September
28. Injuring six men and damag
ing a crane and two trucks.
A second unloading was abort
ed by pickets recognized by the
j railroadmen.
3 Children Die
In Blazing Truck
Spokane. Oct. 29 UPi Three
tiny children died in the flaming
wreckage of a truck after a head
on collision with an automobile
near here early today.
Miraculously, the parents of
the children, who also were in
the truck, and the driver of the
car were not seriously injured.
The bodies of Delores, 5; Don
na, 4. and Marlcne Martin, 3.
were found jammed against the
right door of the truck. They
were the children of Mr. nnd Mrs.
Earl Martin. Deer Park, Wash.
The driver of the car, Frank
J. Suchy, 57, Spokane, was being
held In the county jail for ques
tioning by state patrolmen.
The Spokane valley fire depart
ment was called to put out the
fire in the truck.
Reclamation Law
Changes Sought
Suit Lake City, Oct. 29 tU'i
Chief counsel of the Arizona In
terstate stream commission
Charles A. Carson said today
that liberalization of the basic
reclamation law Is necessary to
permit continuation of western
development.
Carson was one of the first del
egates to arrive from Arizona for
the annual convention of the Na
tional Reclamation Assn. next
week In Salt Lake City.
He expressed hope that the or
ganization would support pending
legislation to liberalize reclama
tion law by lengthening the pe
riod of repayment.
The board of directors of the
national association will begin ses
sions Monday. General sessions
will stnrt Wednesday.
PUT 'ER BACK!
St. Paul, Oct. 29 tll'i A motor
1st whose car plunged into a
swamp refused to pay the bill
tor having It pulled out by a tow
pg service.
The service returned the car to
the scene and shoved it back into
the swamp.
Bend Juvenile
Post Slated
For Study j
Kmployrnent of a Juvenile offi
cer for the clly of Bend will be
considered at a committee con
ference called for 10 a. rn. Thurs
day. .Nov. 3, in the city hall by
W. O. Culhbcrlson, city manager,
and C, I.. Allen, Deschutes county
Judge.
This announcement was made
today following a suggestion by
Judge Allen "thai In order to get
the Juvenile work done most ef
fectively, a committee of persons
who have knowledge of the need
for the work and of the most
approved methods of doing It,
should meet and exchange Ideas."
It has been suggested that a
youth council cooperate in plan
ning work that should be carried
out by the Juvenile officer. Eight
have been named to this council.
today, asking them to attend the !
Thursday morning conference.
Member Listed
Members being asked to serve
on the youth council and attend
the Thursday conference are T.
D. Sexton, mayor of Bend; H. A.
Casidy. Bend police chief; Alva
Goodrich, municiual ludee: Miss
Zola McDougall, Bend high school
dean of women; Russ Acheson,
upicr division dean of men. Bend
high school; James W. Bushc.ng,
city superintendent of schools;
C. L. McCauley, Deschutes coun
ty sheriff, and Judge Allen and
City Manager Cuthbertson.
Under a cooperative arrange
ment, the' city of Bend and Des
chutes county pay for the serv
ices of a Juvenile officer. City
police have been handling Juve
nile problems, In cooperation with
the schools, since the resignation
of ft. K. Roderick as juvenile
juvenile
officer earlier in the year.
Redmond Polio
t
Case Indicated
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belman, five-year-old daughter of
nn.nH j r on TV... r
Mr. and Mrs. Harry' Gobelman,
Redmond, was taken to Portland
last night for treatment of an
illness tentatively diagnosed as
polio. Dr. Robert M. Unger, Red-
mond. 83 ld. !n,at " w' not b?
known defintely whether or not
the child has poliomyelitis until
returns from spinal fluid tests
received, but that symptoms
indicate the child has the disease.
The youngster Ls in the isola
tion ward at Good Samaritan hos
pital in Portland. Her father is
physical education instructor at
Redmond union high school. The
Cobelmans also have a child
younger than Tony.
Tony was taken to Portland in
the Dedmond disaster car, which
Ihe Redmond disaster car, which
returned this morning.
Tax Turnover
Report Made
A total of S133.872.02 In tax
turnovers for three years was an
nounced today by Mrs. Edna
Isham, chief deputy tax collector
for Deschutes county.
Years and sums Involved in
cluded: 1947-48, $1,649.88; 1948-49,
$9,057.25. and 1949-50. $123,164.89.
The following distribution of
funds was made: ucneral fund,
$8,248.07; county public assis
tance. $3,270.63; city of Bend.
$24,960.61: citv of Redmond, $3.
8S3.47; citv of Sisters. $400, and
school districts, $76,495.79.
Mrs. Isham reported that dis
count and interest payments on
taxes are now being distributed
between the various districts,
rather than being handled
through the county general fund
as in past years.
Deschutes Area
Still Without
Precipitation
Another autumn storm cleared
from the central Oregon Cascades
Inst night and Bend's precipita
tion for the disturbance, which
wa3 accompanied by high winds
earlier in the week, was a mere
trace. Today, Bend's precipitation
for the season remained at 3.95
Inches, lowest for a similar period
in history.
Since Aug. 1, Bend has received
only .48 of an Inch of moisture.
Part of this fell as snow In the
present month.
Bend's normal yearly precipi
tation, based on records dating
hack to 1902, is 12.81 Inches.
Fnlr weather has been forecast
for the week end.
Truman Signs
Bill for Big
Arms Program
Washington, Oct. 29 1H Presi
dent Truman signed a $15,585,-
said he is freezing a $615,000,000 ( ou ..ch.. 'b'ack of Cratpr ck
sum provided by congress to ex- within 300 feet of the summit
pand the air force to 58 groups. I ridge on Zigzag glacier, and top
The extra sum was put lnto Pled down ,ne mountainside to
the fiscal 1950 military spending:"" a"ii,u'1L1f about 9m, ''''
. ' t where his body lay motionless,
bill over the previous objections ... ...
... . . ,; The accident was reported to
of Mr. Truman who favors a 48 Tlmberllne lodge at 8 a.m. by
ErOUD air force. He Contended Wplk'e rllmhintr cnmnnnlona N.l.
that this is all the nation can '
afford at this time I
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The senate for a time went ,
along with the president, but f i-1
na"y y'eldcd ,0 ,he house whlch
insisted on 58 groups. j left the lodge at 12:30 a.m. for the
In signing the bill, Mr. Truman -climb and had reached above 10,
sal(j. ;500 feet when Welk slipped. A
,.T" ,, . , "lifeline" maintained in the chute
Increasing the structure of during tne summer cilmbing Ka.
the air force above that recom- son had been removed, he said,
mended in the 1950 budget would
De inconsistent wun a realistic
and balanced security program
which we can support In peace
time.
Would Hit Planning
He said the extra funds for
the air force also would upset
orderly planning for the three
services army, navy and air
force "based on a unified stra
tegic concept."
Then the president added:
"I am therefore directing the
secretary of defense to place in
uf.'
5".rf.?i
reserve the amounts provided by I
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, tuc auui.iuic ui iiic ail iui
Mr. Truman's action in freez
ing the extra air force funds cli
maxed an argument that has split
defense officials and members of
congress for almost two years.
The eoctra funds were Dut in
the defense bill as a step toward
Dunaing a 7u-group air force,
which both Dresidential and con-
I gressional commissions held to
be the minimum required for na
tional security.
But Mr. Truman said that, in
asking for the 48-group force this ! secretary-treasurer. Others elected
year, he took into consideration ; included Sam D. Moss, Seattle, re
the need for a "relatively high cording secretary, and Paul J.
level ot miutary preparedness
under existing world conditions.
Balance Sought
He said the program he pro
posed to congress represented a
balance between security needs
and the nation's economic prob
lems. Mr. Truman said the extra air
force money would provide "a
major shift" in the defense pro
gram and ,"if fully utilized, would
result in a serious lack of bal
ance In our defense program and
would require much heavier ex
penditures in the future than we
now contemplate."
The spending bill carries funds
for the army, navy and air force
for the fiscal year that began
July 1.
Although he had no alternative
but to sign the bill, Mr. Truman
is not required to spend all the
money congress gave him.
This was the last major ap
propriation bill to clear congress
before it adjourned last week.
Congressional action on the bill
was delayed repeatedly by a dis
pute over the air force issue.
Gas Explosion
Destroys Home;
4 Persons Hurt
Oakridge, Ore., Oct. 29 HP
A gas explosion today destroyed
the William Durham home and
inflicted burns on four members
of the family.
Five-year-old Janice Durham
was critically burned and taken to
Sacred Heart hospital in Eugene,
where little hope was held for her
recovery. She had burns over 95
per cent of her body.
Durham had disconnected the
gas range at his Willamette City
home last night, preparatory to
installing an electric range. Ap
parently gas collected in the house
during the night. When Durham
arose this morning, he struck a
match to light an oil heater in
the living room.
-The flame touched off a blast
which shattered the house and
sent a burst of flame searing
through the rooms. Janice was In
the living room with her father.
Her two-year-old sister, lying in
her crib, suffered painful burns.
Mrs. Durham and her husband
Suffered less serious burns. All
except Durham were hospitalized.
The house was owned by G. M.
Graham. Ironically, a house which
Graham had owned on the same
location burned down six months
ago.
All the furniture, household
goods and clothes in the house
were destroyed.
Mountain
Climber
Dies in Fall
Tlmberllne, Ore., Oct. 29 'IPA
youthful mountain climber was
believed by forest rangers to have
been killed today in a 1.500 foot
plunge down the icy slope of Ore
gon's towering Ml. Hood.
Authorities said Don Welk. 21,
P.rlluml elinruirl ihn l.iiuof.
Buscho and Alice Welk, both ofPlanned to confer with officials
Portland. Lodge manager Jim ?' three other big producers in
Caswell organized a rescue party
wnlch n climbi the
ln an ef fort to reacn Weik.
Buscho said the climbing oartv
Teamsters' Union
To Fight Clerks
San Jose. Calif., Oct. 29 IP
Three hundred thousand mem
bers of the AFL teamsters un
ion in 11 western states were
urged today to adopt a policy of
low union7sts enrolied in the AFL"
retail clerks union.
A $25,000 war chest to fight the
retail clerks was voted by the 13th
annual western conference of
teamsters, which wound up its
meeting here yesterday.
The-S25.000 was vited -ior the
use oi Einar Mohn, leader ol the
teamsters fight for jurisdiction
over "back room" workers in
stores and warehouses now con
trolled by the clerks.
The conference elected Frank
: Brewster. Seattle, as permanent
Jones, Los Angeles; Joseph Di
viny, San Francisco, and Bill
Brady, Portland, trustees.
Yugoslav Border
Incident Cited
Belgrade Yugoslavia, Oct. 29 mi
Yugoslavia charged tonight that
Hungarian troops fired auto
matic weapons and threw hand
grenades toward Yugoslavia for
eight hours Thursday night in
the most serious incident of the
"little cold war" between Marshal
Tito and the Kremlin.
A ministry of interior commu
nique said Hungarian soldiers
and frontiers guards laid down a
heavy barrage along a front 220
yards wide but made no attempt
to cross the border.
It said Yugoslav forces, alerted
for any possible invasion attempt,
did not return the fire, and there
were no casualties on the Yugo
slav side.
The communique described the
incident, which occurred near
Donji Miholjac, about 160 miles
northwest of Belgrade, as "the
most insolent and biggest provo
cation up to the present."
Boy Rescued Alive After
Fall Into Irrigation Well
Austin, Tex., Oct. 29 ilP Three-
year-old Bobbv Gow awoke In
Brackenridge General hospital to
day with only a "slight skin
abrasion" on his forehead to show
for his three hours of terror 14
feet down an abandoned irriga
tion well.
A fireman and two helpers
fought their way into the earth,
working with their bare hands nt
times, and prevented a tragedv
such as that which took the life
of little Kathy Fiscus, golden
haired youngster who fell Into
an abandoned well at San Marino,
Cnl., last April.
Scores of workmen aided in the
operation as hundreds of specta
tors stood by silently, praying for
the little sandy-haired boy.
Condition Good
Physicians at the hospital said
Bobby was in "excellent" condi
tion after rescue worket-3 last
night pulled the tear-stained boy
from the eight-Inch well casing
In the backyard of his home.
Bobby plunged into the well
while playing with his brother
and sister, Jimmy, 8, and
No Agreement
Yet in Sight,
Ching Reports
lllr United Prcu)
A major automobile manufac
turer today announced plans lo
shut down production at two
main plants next month, because
of steel shortages, while a rail
road union official predicted ad
ditional cuts impending in train
service.
At New York, Cyrus S. Ching,
chief federal labor mediator, re
cessed talks with U. S. Steel, hut
Washington Sunday and Mon
day. He said that he was remain
ing in touch with U. S. Steel. At
torney General J. Howard Mc
Grath. meanwhile, discussed that
he is studying whether President
Truman has power to seize struck
coal mines and steel mills.
Nash Motors announced at De
troit that it will be forced to shut
down car assembly by the mid
dle of next month at its two main
plants at Kenosha, Wis. About
12,000 will be Idled. Ford Motor
Company has announced plans
for cutbacks which will idle about
100,000 production workers about
the same time, It the steel strike
continues.
Suffering Develops
Hardship and suffering threat
ened to spread across the nation
as result of the twin walkouts.
A railroad union official warn
ed that coal buming roads would
be forced to cut operations an
other 25 per cent, as they did
Tuesday, unless the coal strike
is settled soon. W. P. Kennedy,
president of the trainmen's
brotherhood, said 50,000 of his
225.000 members were Idled by
the strikes.
Thomas A. Lewis, a Kentucky
stato' agriculture- department o'
flcial, said about 70 per. cent of
Kentucky's 55,000 coal miners
were "getting hungry." In one
county alone. 1.500 families were
reported In "destitute circumstan
ces," he said.
At Washington, the labor de
partment reported that the steel
and coal strikes had created the
highest level of unemployment
since the middle of July. A total
of 323,000 new claims for unem
ployment compensation was re
ceived last week and the total
claims for the week rose to 1,
921,800. Unemployment Mounts
The bureau of labor statistics
said unemployment caused by
strikes was higher in September
than at e.ny time since the spring
of 1948. And in that month, the
total of 510,000 strikers did not
include the 500.000 CIO steel
workers who walked out Oct. 1.
McGrath's statement that he
was studying the president's
rights of seizure came on a Mu
tual Broadcasting System pro
gram. He said he was studying
whether Mr. Truman could seize
the mines and mills but did not
reveal whether he had reached
a conclusion or submitteJ one to
the president.
Citing broke off his meetings
with U. S. Steel officials after
talking with CIO President Phil
ip Murray by telephone "in con
fidence." He showed neither pes
simism nor optimism and said
his efforts toward a settlement
would continue. He expected to
talk with officials of Youngs
town Steel and Tube, Republic
Steel and Jones and Laughlin
in Washington tomorrow nnd
Monday.
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Peggy, 12.
Moments after Peggy reported
simply to her parents that "Bob
by fell in the well." firemen and
construction workers, determin
ed that another "baby trap" death
should not occur, wheeled giant
earth-moving machines into (lie
vard of the Gow's modest frame
house just outside Austin's city
limits.
Bobby's whimpered cries from
deep in the dungeon spurred the
rescuers on as they dug a crater
alongside the shaft, then cut
through the well casing to release
him.
IPs small-boned body was
wedged in the pipe with one hand
stretched upward and the other
pinned against his body. A line,
dropped over his extended hnnd,
was held by rescuers during the
operation to keep him from slip
ping deeper Into the well.
Reassured by Father
The boy's father, James, knelt
beside the shaft throughout the
work to free his son. He spoke
soothingly to him, reassuring
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