The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963, October 31, 1949, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextOrozon Historical Sooiity J'ubllo Auditorium PORTLAND 1, OREGON THE " BEND " BULLETIN State Forecast Oregon Fair today, tonight and Tuesday. Slightly warm er today; cooler Tuesday. High mostly 60 to 70 both days. Low tonight 25 to 35. LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 33rd Year BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1949 No. 278 Madras Youth Kill W ireck DO I ed 3 Hospital Bids To Be Opened Here Tuesday Sinri'N nf Pacific iioiihwost gen nil, plumbing mill electrical con- lllll'lllIH mi CXpCCtOll In lioud I" nun row fur the opening I Wits on Ihe now SI. Charles iiicimu lal hos pital. IIIiIh will lie received up nil III 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1. HiiIh have been called separately ur I In general contract und the plumbing mill electrical contracts. Mils are lielng received liy Sis ttr M. 1 tltn-ti. Kiicrliitcnilciit of Si. Charles hospital, mill will he opened in llu- Deschutes county circuit courlruom, starling nl the 7:30 p.m. deadline tomorrow. Opening ti I I lit IiIiIm. It wan an nounced by tin- IiuIIiIIiik commit tee IiinI wi-ck, was shifted In the courthouse lo provide adequate space (or the largo mimlx-i of con tractors expected. Arrangements fur the courthouse mooting were made hy II. A. Miller. Hugh Cole mill (ill Mnty. or thr liuKpliul bullilliiK committee. Architect o Attend JiiIim W. Malmipy. hospital ar chitect, mill members of IiIh staff nri rxMTU'il in In- present. Also ) present will ho representatives of both for chllilrcn und adults will I lie ptilillc health servli-o and the 'take place In n number of homes. Oregon male board of health. W. I Halloween has set the thome for F. Flanagan, San Francisco. Calif., art mid reading lessons In the will represent llu- public health ! grade schools In recent weeks, service, mid George M. Slilffer Ihe i and IhlH iiflernoon In a number of male board of liealili. Slilffer In j rural schools, parties and oxer director of Hie hospital mid fin-Ill-1 clscs were held, lie section of Ihe Mate hoard. I'urido l 7 Interest In Ihe hospital Job Is re. Revelry will reign this evening ported ureal In Ihe northwest, and , It wns Hnnnunced Uist week that 1H different general contractors had obtained plans. AFL Broadcast Resumed Here Resumption of the program. Report from Washington, over KHNI every Wednesday at 7:15 p.m., was announced today by officials of the AFL union In Hend Ilroadcast of the program was Interrupted this past sum mer. The program, which deals with International and national mat ters, features transcribed record Itilis made by lubor leaders, con Kivssmen, and leaders In other fields, discussing current prob lems. Among subjects up for discus sion on the scheduled programs are agriculture problems In this country, and economic conditions In Europe. The broadcast of the program will be continued through the end of the current year, union offi cials said. I 'IRK KTII.I. BURNING Newhall, Calif., Oct. 31 UJi Four hundred weary men des perately fought today lo control a stubborn (Ire set off by a plane crash In Angeles national forest. Some 4.000 acres of scrub oak and heavy underbrush have burn ed since Ihe fire was started Fri day when student pilot Lewis Chappell, 20, I-o.s Angeles, was killed as bis plane crashed and burned. Navy Prepares Per Cent, in Economy Move Itv Dayton Moore (ttnltrtl era. Stuff CurrmiMiiHl.nl) Washington, Oct. 31 Mil The navy got ready today to cut lis fighllng strength by 11 per cent In an effort to comply with de fense secretary Louis Johnson's rigid economy order. It revealed thai, by July 1, It plans lo put Into Us stand-by "mothball fleet" fully 77 vessels 35 warships and 42 auxiliaries. The cutback would affect five aircraft carriers, six cruisers, 14 destroyers, nine submarines, and one destroyer escort. In order to compensate the fleet for Ihe loss of lho.se ves sels, however, Ihe navy plans lo rencllvnle one light aircraft car rier and one submarine and to commission two new suhmnrtnes. The act Ion means lhal the fighting strength of the navy would be cut from 2IS8 ships on Sept. 1. to 237 ships an overall drop of 11 per cent. The Atlantic fleet would be slashed 12 yer cent and the Pacific fleet 9 per cent. Still Powerful But even Willi these cuts, the V. S. fleet would still be Ihe mightiest in the world. Charges of Encroachment By Federal Bureaus Made By Reclamation Delegates Salt Luke City, Oct. Ill (UP) Charges of federal encronch inciit were heard frequently today as scotch of doleyiiteH ar rived in Halt Lake City for Wednesday's opening of the 18th convent ion of tin1 National Reclamation association. J. 10. .Slitrroek of Austin, Texan director for the assoeia tion, wiih the miohI outspoken as he criticized operations of the wartime-created southwestern power administration. Sturrock, also vice-president of the national group, charged thiit the SI'A had been cre Bend Neewollah Parade Scheduled For This Evening Preparations were being made today In liend for the traditional I visits of ghosts and goblins. Al though police have warned Hallo ween pranksters that vandalism will not be tolerated, a number of activities are being planned lo give Ihe spooks and witches an appropriate welcome. The Ni-owollah parade tonight will bo tho principal activity, and II is antlclaptcd that In the early evening hours, hordes of young- stem will roam their neighbor- hnmlM to "Irlck or treat." Parties downtown Bond, as school chll dren participate In Ihe Neewollah parade, lo be sponsored Jointly by the American 1'glon and auxil iary. Children, In costumes, are to meet at 6:30 In front of ihe Des chutes county courthouse, with Ihe parade lo start at 7 o'clock. The youngsters will march down Wall street to the high school gymnasium, where Judging will lake place and treats will be dis tributed to all children In costume. Judges will Include T. I). Sex Ion, mayor of Mend: W. O. Cuth berlson, city manager; Wayne Hamilton. Vlty recreation direclor: Mrs. Kessler Cannon, president of the Kenwood PTA, and Mrs. Bruce Culllson, president of the Jayceo auxiliary. They will select winners as the children pass In re view before the Jildges' stand. Ten attractive prl7.es. donated by Bond merchunts. will tie given for Ihe outstanding costumes In various categories. Treats Prepared One thousand candied apples have been prepared for distribu tion to the young marchers, Mrs. W. E. Parsons, legion auxiliary president, reported today. The apples were equipped with sticks and dipped In Ihe traditional cara mel syrup ot the Crouch Candy factory, where Ihe company's candy-making crew and equipment were "donated" Sunday afternoon. (Continued on Page 7) YOUTH IIKKOIC Belllngham, Wash., Oct. 31 Uli The heroism of a toon-aged youth saved the life of a three-year-old boy trapped In his burning home, firemen reported today. Firemen from the Belllngham airport department said thai Bob Hamilton, 13, dashed through the flames to rescue Bobble Hanson from the blazing building Satur day night. for Cut of 11 The navy made public the cut back program yesterday. It was reported that Johnson tried un successfully to get the navy to recall Its announcement, but its wide distribution made this Im possible. The mothballlng program Is merely tentative. Johnson has In formed navy secretary Francis P. Matthews that the navy will he given a hearing on possible revisions in the planned cutbacks In navy expenditures during the current fiscal year. If Johnson later decides to al low Ihe navy more money, some of the ships now scheduled for molhballlng may bo kept In the active fleet. Under present orders, the navy has to cut Its expenditures $3.p0, 000,000 below congressional ap propriations In order to allow Johnson to operate on n $13,000, 000,000 defense budget next year. Johnson also has ordered n cut of $.100,000,000 for the army, ond $150,000,000 for the navy. In ad dition, President Truman directed Johnson Saturday not lo use $(115,000,000 which congress voted to build the nlr force up to 58 groups. ated by executive order early in the war ns an emergency administrative agency. Since its creation, Sturrock said the power administration had expanded operations until "we now have what amounts lo a valley authority." He assorted that the agency had placed use of water lo generate power "ahead of domestic , municipal and Irriga tion uses" lo Ihe detriment of "most water users." Bureau Criticized The association's California di rector, Charles L. Kaupkc of Fres no, said that the federal bureau of reclamation was also acting contrary lo public good "by trying to assume control" of the Pino Flat reservoir on central Cal ifornia's Kings river. The association board of direc tors mot today to complete offi cial plans for the three-day con vention, first held in Utah where Mormon pioneers Introduced mod ern Irrigation since the associa tion was founded in Salt Lake City 18 years ago. Also meeting today was the wa ter users committee, whose chairman-Maurice Croon of Boise - said main consideration would be given problems of repayment, public power and revision of Irri gation laws. Tooze Extends Injunction ' The Dalles, Oct. 31 till Circuit Judge Waller Tooze today ex tended Indefinitely a restraining order preventing the CIO long shore union from picketing the port of The Dalles dock during unloading of s barge of pineapple. Judge Tooze presided at a pre liminary healing of two cases against the longshoremen, origin ally by Circuit Judge Malcolm W. Wilkinson. Judge Tooze was ap pointed to conduct the hearing after the longshore counsel filed a request for change of Judge. On motion of Uunther Krause. attorney for the port, Judge Tooze dismissed the first suit filed against the union. The suit was based on the contention that no labor dispute existed. Remaining was the second case which in volves the question of striking against a municipal corporation. The port commission contends a labor union cannot strike against a governmental unit. It was on this second case that the restraining order was Issued. Judge Tooze said he would con sider written briefs from both parties to the dispute before mak ing a decision. Attorney Leo Lev enson represented the union. Tooze warned that In the mean time anyone Interferring with shipment of Ihe pineapple would be subject to contempt of court. Meantime, 17 truckloads of the disputed pineapple had been moved from the dock lo Portland for loading on railroad boxcars for shipment to a San Jose, Cal.. cannery. About 40,000 cases of pineapple have been taken off the barge "Honolulu" by volun teer workers. Amateur unloading crews of townspeople, working at standard longshore wage scales, continued to do the Job. Railway officials Saturday ran the locomotive and did needed switching to start 250 tons of the pineapple tidbits on the way to a San Jose, Cal., cannery. It was the largest shipment of the Hono lulu's cargo to leave The Dalles in a month. Earlier, members of the rail road brotherhoods refused to work the port because of threats. Police said two notes were re ceived, warning railroadmen to observe a "ghost picket line" aft er a temporary Wasco county court order removed a picket line of CIO International Longshore men's and Warehousemen's union members. . HKCAM, DEMANDED Washington, Oct. 31 (Ui The United States has demanded the recall of two Czechoslovak diplo mats In this country, the state department announced today. The department Informed the Czech embassy that consul-general Ervln Munk at New York, and Jan Ilorvath, embassy at tache here, were "persona non grata to this government," Prineville's TrrTl !?V tff "iff Vf 5 " " I ' ,." i' "t ' . ' ' I-;.', V'- V,- r "If- Jiiw - V:-" s.-- Prineville's new Pioneer Memorial hospital is now about 42 per cent completed, with the structure under cover and interior work under way. Riverman & Son are contractors. This picture of the hos pital was taken Sunday, from the northwest side. Because of a mound of earth at the right, not all the building could be included In the picture. Stettinius Dies Suddenly; Heart Attack Blamed Greenwich, Conn , Oct. 31 dpi Former secretary of state Ed ward Stettinius died early today at the home of Juan Trippe, pres ident of Pan-American Airways. Stettinius, brother of Mrs. Trippe. had been visiting the fam ily for the week end. He died al 7:30 a.m. Stettinius, who suffered a heart attack last spring and had since been convalescing, was stricken again shortly after he arose this morning. Dr. Harold L. Amoss was sum moned but Stettinius died shortly afterward. He was 49 years old. A family spokesman said Stet tinius had fell well until the at tack. He died less than a half hour later. There were no immediate plans for the funeral. Born to Wealth Edward R. Stettinius Jr., was born to wealth and became a prominent Industrialist but it was In the field of diplomacy that he made his most lasting mark. Stettinius was born in Chicago on Oct. 22, 1900. He received his early education In a private school and was graduated from the Uni versity of Virginia in 1924. It was then that he took a job which was to lead him to the top level ranks of Industry while st ill a comparatively young man. In his last month at' the univer sity Stettinius. who had ambitions to enter Ihe clergy, beRan an em ployment service for students. An official of General Motors Corp. asked him to try out some of his ideas In the company's various factories. Stettinius agreed. He started as a stockroom at tendant in a General Motors sub sidiary, the Hvatt Roller Bearing Works In Harrison, N.J., at 41 cents an hour. Two years later, (Continued on Page 7) Bend Police Hit Vandalism Vandals, not ghosts and gob lins, engaged in pre-Hulloween activity in Bend last night. H. A. Casiday, Bend chief of police, re ported today. Property damage included cut and broken clothes lines in various parts of town. A wire was strung across the New port avenue bridge. This might have resulted in the serious in jury of some elderly person, of ficers pointed out. "The persons who cut the clothes lines probably are the same ones who recently slashed hoses anil awnings in Bend," Chief Casiday said. It also has been pointed out by officers that parents of youngsters found dam aging property will be required to pay for the damage. Major Halloween activity will lake place tonight, Halloween officers expect. All patrol cars and motorcycles will be ready for action, and officers will be alert ed. Youngsters participating In the normal Halloween activities will he free to have their fun, Chief Casiday mentioned. How ever, he has stressed that de struction of property will not be tolerated. In recent years, Rend has suf fered comparatively little prop erty damage from Halloween van dals, police records show. Memorial Hospital Indian Summer Weather Continues in This Region; Stockmen, Foresters Irked Indian summer weather spread through central Oregon over the week end, luring motorists to highways, hunters into the pheasant and quail country and even an occasional picnic group into the high hills. Skies were cloudless Sunday, with the temperature crowding 70 the mercury mounted to 64 degrees, following a niooy Satur- day night when a low of 19 was Although balmy, the weather was not the type wanted by -' stockmen, foresters and coun Murray Pledges Early Ouster ) .. Of' Communists Cleveland. O., Oct. 31 lit CIO President Philip Murray said flat ly today the CIO would run all communists out of the big union before the week is out. In an opening speech to the na tional convention meeting here. Murray promised to "make quite sure'- that the CIO is "cleansed" of communist influences this week. Murray said the communist par ty serves "the soviet union and the soviet union alone." "As president of the CIO, I have exhausted every measure of pa- tience and tolerance that I have! with these people." Murray said. Moscow-directed He said he had learned through long and bitter experience that if soviet Russia tells the communist party leaders in this country to di rect their stooges in the labor movement to "tell the trade union movement to go to hell, they will do it." "This is a fundamental issue," Murray told cheering delegates. Murray accused a combination of Interests big business and the communist party of "joining hands in 1928 to destroy the United Mine Workers of Amer ica." He said the same interests, par ticularly the communist party, re cently set out to destroy the steel workers union, Murray's own CIO affiliate. "They care nothing about trade unions," Murray said, "and I'm going to make quite sure that the hole in the ground Ihe commu nists bore into in this country is not going to be the CIO." To Offer Resolutions Murray told the convention that later in the week it would be ask ed to approve a series of resolu tions designed to cut the power of left-wing elements in the CIO. He said he "felt sure this convention will adopt those resolutions." As an example of how his pa tience has been taxed. Murray said that at recent meetings of the executive board he had "taken occasion to tell my people I didn't know whether I could talk freely or not. I didn't know whether I was talking to a fink, a commu nist, or an FBI man." But Murray gave the tip-off on the convention's programs earlier when he submitted his annual re port to the delegates. He accused leaders of a dozen CIO unions headed by the United Electrical Workers union of stoog ing for the communist party and said the CIO wants none of "the communist program of destruc tion." OFFER REJECTED Washington. Oct. 3t ill") Rep. Mike Mansfield, D., Mont., today turned down an offer by President Truman to succeed George V. Al len as assistant secretary of state for public affairs. Allen recently was named am bassador to Yugoslavia. Takes Shape ' u ' i Vim degrees in most areas. In Bend I recorded. ty crews assigned the task of blading dirt roads. Deschutes national forest officials re ported today that a danger of fire still exists in the Des chutes woods. . ... Timber Dry Also, the timber is so drv that slash burning work can be carried j on only under difficulties. Some burning work on the Cascade Lakes highway clearing is plan ned for the present week. The continued dry weather is resulting in a serious problem for stockmen, whose cattle and sheep are now grazing on arid ranges and closely-cropped meadowlands. Because of the lack ot rams, the range country lacks its usual cov- ering of autumn grass and most stockmen will be feeding their flocks and herds when the first snow whitens the interior coun try. Stockmen report that in the range country many streams and springs are disappearing, as a re sult of the driest year in the re gion's history. Break in Steel Strike Indicated Washington, Oct. 31 ilP Steel industry sources said today CIO President Philip Murray and Bethlehem Steel Corp. have agreed on a contract In which the company would finance CIO sleelworkers' pensions and both company and union would contrib ute to a social insurance pro gram. The compromise solution of dispute would be the first major break in the 31-day-old steel strike. Murray, who is also presi dent of the Steelworkers union, is scheduled to make an "impor tant announcement" at 5:30 p. m. EST at Cleveland. Industry sources said it would ! be the strike settlement. They said it would provide that the company continue financing in whole, as it does at present, pen sions for its employes. Whether the rate of contribution would be changed was not learned. One industry source suggested that a pension plan agreement might involve a sliding scale for retirement payments. Such a program, they said, would provide a monthly mini mum which could be substantial ly increased for top-employes who have long seniority and top wages. Howeveron social Insurance a program for sickness, injury a.nd death benefits the company would pay half and the workers half, these sources said. It was understood that Beth lehem workers now make the only contribution to the social insurance program. PLANES HIT, FOUR DIE San Antonio, Tex., Oct. 31 Ui Four airmen were killed today when two T-Y trainers collided In flight and fell burning to the ground about one-half mile apart. Car Runs Off Highway Near Crooked River Bridge; Driver Is Still Unconscious Today A Madras youth was fatally injured and three others, also residents of the Jefferson county town, were injured last night about 9 o'clock when a car plunged into the junipers at the south end of the high bridge over Crooked river. Norman Waud, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Waud, comparatively new arrivals on the North Unit project, died at the Redmond hospital about two hours after the accident. Larry Dennison, about 20, driver of the car, is still uncon scious at the Redmond hos- pital and his condition is re-1 ported critical. He suffered a head injury. Also in the hospital, but be lieved not seriously hurt, are James L. Moss and Keith Far rell. All In Car The four youths were occupants of the same car. Dennison and Waud were in the front seat, Moss and Farrell in the back seat. Apparently moving at a high speed the car, traveling south, failed to take the turn. It plunged I iiuiu ...e uiB".j aim uul the rocks and junipers a distance of 71 yards. The machine rolled 29 yards, apparently turning over four times, then struck a tree. Passersby removed the four In Jured youths from the car and the Redmond ambulance car, with Po lice chief John McKelvey and Of ficer Bob Nichols aboard, made the run to the scene of the acci dent. Also summoned was Officer Glenn Ray of the state police, who was patrolling north of Redmond and got the call by radio. . ,. ; Moved- by Ambulance Waud and Dennison were taken to the Redmond hospital by ambu lance and Moss and Farrell were placed in the car of a passing mo torist. A large crowd, representing Sunday evening traffic, quickly gathered at the accident scene. The four Madras youths were on their way to Redmond at the time of the accident. Officers report that the Madras car left the highway on the sharp curve near the south end of the highway span, where the road swings back toward the gorge to pass under the Oregon Trunk roadroad bridge. In this area are the sharpest curves now existing on highway 97. Hercules Buys Plant at Klamath Klamath Falls, Ore., Oct. 31 IP The Hercules Powder company of Willmington, Del., today pur chased the Ewauna Box company plant here from the Weyerhauser Timber company for $1,000,000. The sale was announced in a joint statement by A. E. Forster, director of the powder company, and R. R. Macartney, general manager of Weyerhauser's Klamath Falls area holdings. The timber company purchased the box company last year. The statement said the powder company plans to set up a pilot plant for chemical research of wood products. The plant, which covers 75 acres in Klamath Falls, has been standing idle since its purchase by Weyerhauser. Vice-President Mrs. Had ley, St. Louis, Oct. 31 dPi The na tion's No. 1 lovebirds, Vice-president Alben Barkley and Mrs. Carleton Hadley, spent today to gether, excitedly settling details for their wedding on Nov. 18. The best wishes of the nation were showering down upon the 38-year-old widow who will rise from secretary to second lady of the land on her wedding day. Congratulatory messages from throughout the world flooded her modest apartment where the "Veep" last night smilingly told newsmen "I yield the floor to the senator from Missouri" to let her tell of their wedding plans. The remaining 18 days before the ceremony will be busy ones for Mrs. Hadley. There's a trous seau to be selected. And presum ably she will leave her position as secretary to the general counsel of the Wabash railroad. The ceremony will be perform ed here but the couple probably will reside in Paducah, Ky., where Barkeley has a mansion. No Surprise The wedding announcement came as no surprise. Both the. . , f i Acciaems iaKe Lives of Eleven During Week End (Br United Prcw) Accidents took 11 lives In the Pacific northwest during the week end and Injured seven ,thers as resV,U ? flre?' lrl1' f 1 f mniintoin it mha and tho hunting season. Three died and five were In jured in a head-on automobile collision, 24 miles east of Baker, Ore. Don Welk, 20-year-old Lewis and Clark college student, died in a 1,500-foot tumble down Mt. Hood's zigzag glacier from the 10,500-foot level. Five died and two were burned in residence fires and an elderly Portland pedestrian was killed crossing a street. One woman was fatally shot on a deer hunt. Dead in the auto collision at Baker were: Eli V. Harris, 54, Caldwell, Wav his wife, Carrie Jane, 53, and Robert Woolery, 32, Baker. Five injured taken to the Ba ker hospital by ambulance and the Baker Elks lodge first aid car were: Lucille Harris, 21, daughter of the dead couple; Mrs. Claude Jennings and her daughter, Glo ria, both of Caldwell; Jack Pet erson and Bill Smedley, both of Baker. Fire Takes Lives Fire that destroyed the home of retired dentist Cloan Norris Perkins near Milwaukie, Ore., fatally burned him and his in valid wife, Grace. Both were 65. A Centralia, Wash., residence fire killed two small boys, John 3, and William Dickey, 2. Their mother, Mrs. Jean Fusco Dickey, and a 16-year-old baby sitter, Des sie Tunnel, were hospitalized with serious burns. They escaped by jumping from a second floor bedroom window. Harry Little of Wenatchee, Wash., died when fire destroyed his home. His wife and four chil dren were away at the time. Mrs. Violet Packer, 40, Spo kane, Wash., was shot to death near Springdale, Wash., while deer hunting. David William Neely, 88, Port land, was killed as he crossed a northeast district street between intersections, sheriff's deputies said. The motorist was not held. ALARM ANSWERED An over-heated oil stove in the Artistic beauty salon, -324 Wall street, was the cause of a still alarm that Bend firemen an swered Sunday at 10:15 p.m. No damage was reported. Barkley, Plan Wedding Veep and his lady had parried questions about a wedding ever since Barkley began squiring the attractive widow around about six months ago. President Truman, whose friends said he would attend the wedding if official business allow ed him, was informed by tele phone prior to the public an nouncement. Barkley's daughter, Mrs. Max O. Truitt, his official hostess for the past five years, said in Wash ington that she had known the good news since last Friday. The couple said last night they had not decided on honeymoon plans yet. Mrs. Hadley met tho 71-year-old vice-president and former Ken tucky senator at a luncheon last summer In Washington. They were Introduced by Clark Clifford, a member of the White House staff. Barklev's first wife, whom he married In 1903, died In 1947, two years after Mrs. Hadles hus band, general counsel for the Wa bash railway, died of heart disease at 42.