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Newspaper Page TextUniv. of Oregon Library EU3S.NS, ORSQO.'J BEND BULLETIN State Forecast OREGON Little chcragt ia temperature tonight and to morrow. High temperatures 53 to 63. Low tonight 25 to 30. except 15 to 20 in higher valleys. LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 33rd Year BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1949 No. 290 n Aid Hpspita orcers.iMiay ami TIE B.inidl i W P -. Jl 1 3 Child Victim Of Fiendish Axe Murder By Henry Kavanagh (United Proa Suff Corruuondent) 1 uos Angeies, ov. io ine uuuy ui i-uuuuy, uuuy-iiuireu i-iiii-da Joyce Glucoft, 6, was found to day wrapped in a blanket and thrown on a junk pile in the back yard of a man suspected as her kidnaper, and police said she ap parently was beaten to death with the blunt end of an axe. Two detectives who searched the yard of Fred Stroble, 67, re peatedly since Linda disappeared at dusk, spotted the girl's curls sticking out from under a gaily colored Indian blanket, thrown on a rubbish pile between an incin erator and a hedge. It was partly hidden by old boxes, bottles and tin cans and only the girl's head, arms am? bare shoulders protruded. Her underclothing was found in the incinerator. Axe Murder Weapon A three-foot axe, its head spat tered with blood, leaned against a post near by, and Deputy police chief Thad Brown said it appar ently served as the death weapon. The girl's father, Jules, a com mercial photographer, and moth er, Lillian, collapsed when they heard the child's fate. Stroble, described by police as a fugitive wanted on a warrant in connection with an asserted child molestation, lived with, his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Hausman, in whose ia yard the body was found. J He disappeared, taking all his jj clothing, late yesterday, shortly -J after Linda Joyce was last seen. v A sheriff's posse was hunting J him in the Baldwin hills area, sparsely-settled section in south iV C west Los. Angeles,' and police l , checked in cocktail lounges. They J also posted his picture at Mexl- 5 can border points and at San Die- go airline offices on the chance that he was headed across the international border. The area where the girl's body was found was kept roped off and newspaper reporters were not allowed inside. Police who removed the axe and a seven-inch knife from the scene would not reveal whether the body had been mutilated and said they intended to keep details of the appearance of the body se cret lor the time being. They would not say, either, whether It was nude, but shoes and stockings could be seen on the feet, protruding from one end of the blanket. New Episcopal Pastor Called Succeeding Rev. G. R. V. Bol ster, now in Medford, Rev. Fred C. Weissenbach, rector of St. Paul church in Klamath Falls for the past seven years has accepted the position as rector of Trinity 'Episcopal church in Bend. He is expected to take over his work in the Bend Episcopal parish about the middle of December. Announcement that Rev. Weis senbach is to come to Bend was ,4 made today by Bishop Lane W. Barton of the Eastern Oregon Episcopal missionary district, with headquarters here. The an nouncement was made for W. E. Chandler, senior warden of the local vestry. Rev. Wissenbach, who holds a ' master of arts degree from Sar bonne, France, is one of Oregon's best known artists. Rev. and Mrs. Wissenbach have two children; Edith, a student at Willamette university, and Mrs. George Massey of Klamath Falls. The new rector of Trinity Epis copal church is well known hy members of the local parish, hav ing visited here on a number of occasions. This past year, his pic tures were exhibited in Bend. Bend Firm Plans Redmond Branch City Cleaners and Dyers will establish a branch office In Red mond, It was announced today by Frank Wonser and Marion Cady, of the local company, who said that the Redmond office will be in operation next Monday morn ing. Quarters have been obtained In a building which also houses the Sewing Nook, next to the Trailways depot. In addition to the cash and carry service at the office, there also will be free pick up and delivery, it was an nounced. The address is 527 D street; the telephone number, i265-X. Tax Turnover Averfs Bend School Loan Bend's board of school direc tors, which a month ago feared and provided for the possibility that it might have to borrow to meet current expenses, was re assured last night when Mrs. Irene Cothrell reported that a tax turnover had been made just in time to save the district from go ing into debt. Her announcement was made at the regular meet ing of the directors in the city school superintendent's office on Wall and Kansas streets. Need for borrowing probably has been eliminated for the remainder of the fiscal year, the board hoped. Directors authorized James W. Bushong, superintendent, to be absent from Bend in February to attend the national convention of the Association of School Admin istrators to be held in Atlantic City. Bushong will be one of the speakers on the convention pro gram. He was authorized also to look into the possibilities of gov ernment interest free financing of school planning. Forrest Sholes Elected Forrest Sholes, Deschutes coun ty deputy sheriff operating out of the office of C. L. McCauley, was elected school district attend ance supervisor. Colored slides showing build ings, personnel and pupil groups in the Bend school system were screened by the superintendent to illustrate a lecture which he has prepared, covering public educa tion in Bend. Earlier Don P. Pence, director of music in the schools, had presented a state ment of his plans for general music instruction. AH members of the board Glenn H. Gregg, chairman; Dr. J. S. Grahlman, L. T. Standifer, Vance T. Coyner and Mrs. Joe Elder attended the meeting. Truck fts Train, 2 Persons Dead Stockton, Calif., Nov. 15 P A heavy cattle truck ploughed into a Western Pacific freight train at a grade crossing 12 miles northwest of here early today in a heavy ground fog, killing both the truck driver and his assistant. Highway patrolmen, hours after the crash, Identilied the dead men as Carol Crooks, 30, and his bro ther. Earl, 32, both of Dixon, They were employed by A. J. Brown of Dixon. The engineer of the train, H. L, Fuller of Lodi, said he did not see the truck approaching on the road. "I heard a crunch," Fuller said, "and then saw a pillar of flame shoot up." He estimated visibility at the time of the wreck at less than 50 feet. The truck-trailer rig caught fire after the accident and burned the bodies of the two men beyond recognition. Highway patrolmen said they believed the truck was chartered by a Dixon livestock company. The accident occurred at a grade crossing on the Thornton Sacramento highway where it crosses a branch line of the.WP tracks. The truck smashed into the freight train 10 cars back from the engine, pushing four of the freight cars off the track and tipping one half over. None of the train crew was in jured. 1 Investigators said the ground fog was so heavy the truck driver apparently never saw the train. Bodies of the two victims were taken to the Lodl funeral home. Traffic Control Test Made Here City police officers today en gaged in a traffic control experi ment at the Wall-Franklin Inter section, during the noon rush and planned a similar experiment for this evening, at 5 p.m. w.en the mill traffic pours into the downtown section. In today's experiment. Officer John Truett served as signalman and was stationed directly In the center pf the Intersection. At the southeast corner, Officer Jeff Pearce served as timer, allowing 20 seconds for cars to get through the intersection and five seconds for clearance. He used a whistle in signal time. The officers were agrr-ed that the signal system worked very nicely on the busy coiner, but added that motorists, apparently a bit confused, were slow in clear ing the intersection. This was largely due to a delay in start ing when directions changed. Stop Siqn Appears on Dalles-California Highway -v fj 1 7- . y : FSfr5 J, n ,C1I 1 , IT" IT l tfV.rr - J ptr- ISP v - c W wl )?' " ki i in Ft ' N vfcii -v; Below direction signs at , the junction of the ne Warm Springs route and highway 97 at the north edge of Madras is a stop sign which, so far as could be checked here today, is the only one of its kind on The Dalles-California highway between the Columbia river and the California line. With the erection of the traffic control sign, the Warm Springs highway liecame the through route. At the Shaniko junction, where highway 97 and.The , Dalles-California; hluLway- branch.' ther is, a stop sign, controlling traffic- irem the Sherman couiity route. The top sign pictured here shows that the new distance from Bend to Portland is 162 miles. Deschutes Court Members Leave For Conference The three members of the Des chutes county court this after noon left for Portland to attend the annual conference of the Ore gon County Officers association. The conference will be conducted Wednesday through Friday. Making the trip were C. L. Allen, judge, and A. E.- Stevens and E. E. Varca, commissioners. This morning members of the court met for the examination and authorization of county ex penditures for the past month. Among those bills approved for payment was a $673.52 item for weather-stripping and insulation work at the Deschutes Sunset home. Payment Approved Payment of $3,774 to A. Wil son Benold, general contractor, for construction work on the $12,058 county road equipment building in Bend also was ap proved. The walls and cement floor of the building already have been completed and workers are now constructing the trusses for the roof of the unit. Other bills approved included $895.93 for equipping county road trucks, and $895.93 for gasoline used for road equipment. George McAllister, county road master, was present for the court session this morning and report ed the road crews are currently engaged in repair work In the Terrebonne and Redmond areas. A two-man crew, he said, is doing bridge repair work in the Lapine area. At present 18 per sons are on the road crew pay roll. SCHOLARSHIP OFFERED The Safeway stores are award ing a 4-H summer school scholar ship to the outstanding 4-H live- stocK breeding project In Des chutes county, according to Don- 1 aid L. tsenscotcr, I Club members Interested in the award are to submit record books Pnd a standard report form by 1 1 riday, Nov. 18. Each contestant will prepare a 200 word story re ; garding their future rlans. Scire 1 tion is to be made by a commit tee of 1oc;m leaders. I The content is judged 011 the i basis of the project work, man- I agerr.ent. record bonks, clubman ship, and story. Previous wlnners.log is lorecast through tomorrow are not eligible for the summer j for interior valleys of Orego:i I school scholarship. and western Washington. PRINEVILLE 5PR!NGS3 Canada Joins Unifed Sfates In Denouncing Soviet Plan By Bruce W. Munn (United Press Staff Correspondent) Lake Success, N. Y., Nov. United States today in bluntly a five-power peace pact and need any more signatures; we At the same time, Yugosvalia branded Russia as a war monger operating with "monstrous hypocrisy" and warned the United Nations main political committee that the threat- ening of small states is usual- T I f r inai or uamage Suit Under Way A jury of seven women and five men yesterday heard testi mony in a $17,600 damage suit which is being tried in the Des chutes county circuit court. Plaintiff in the case is John H. Tobin, and the defendants are Joseph L. Pinneo and the Em ployers Mutual Casualty com pany. Tobin, represented by the Bend law firm DeArmond, Goodrich, Foley and Gray, seeks the sum of money for Injuries he received in an automobile accident in 1946 on the Willamette highway. The defendants are represented by the Portland law firm of Senn, Recken and Recken. Presiding Judge over trial of the case is R. S. Hamilton. The following persons make up the jury: Delia Ullman and Ruby Currier. Sisters; Mildred M. Bal- rtcy, John W. A. Noiiin, D. L. El lis, Maynard l. mown and is. u Fleck, Redmond, and Luclle Eus ton, Joe Tilden, Gladys L. Hauck, Winona Ki ibs and Evelyn Turner, Bend. Western Oregon Has Dense Fog Portland, Nov. 15 tui Dense fog today disrupted or slowed air, ship and automobile traffic natures in Oregon and parts of Washing-; ments. ,onj , 1 1 111L- tivu anuiiauiius nullum.-,- tration said uir schedules for; Western, Northwest and United j Air lines were snarled through 1 the night and forenoon by fog in the Willamette valley and along stretches of the Columbia river. Seattle and Seattle-Tacoma air-! pots remained open. Shipping in the Columbia be tween Vancouver, Wash., end Ixjngview was tied up momentar ily. I More nlcht and earlv morninp 15 (U.E) Canada joined the rejecting Russia's proposal for told the Kremlin: "We do not need some settlements.' ly an overture for general conflicts Paul Martin, Canadian minister of national health and welfare, denounced the resolution put forward by Russian foreign minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky, which asks the gen eral assembly to condemn prep arations being made for war, "particularly In the United States and the United Kingdom." Martin told the committee: Fear Real Problem "The real problem is not the preparations for a new war. The real problem is the iear and inse curity which lies like Ice In the hearts of men everywhere . . . Mr. Vishinsky's . . . remarks car ried a strong Implication that he and his communist sympathizers in the world are always right. If he clings to that attitude, there is, of course, little hope that we can get beyond the stage of uneasy ind distrustful watchfulness that now characterizes relations be tween communist states and the rest of the world." Rejecting Vishinsky's demand that the big five powers join In a "pact for the strengthening of peace," Martin said: "The signature of the foreign minister of the USSR already ap pears, alongside those of the for eign ministers of other great pow ers, in a whole' series of docu ments which contain the pledge, eithr-r In general terms or in par ticular terms, that International problems will be settled peace fully. "We do not need any more slg- we need some settle- I "If Mr- Vishinsky wants peace II he tipnrs tn in in c;i lit,(in ll to use the Instruments for peace already in our hands." FACES THEFT CHARGE Edgar Allen Pool, 26. of Salem, yesterday was taken In custody m ;--aicm ny Claude L,. McCauley, Deschutes rountv sheriff, end re turned to Bond to face a charge of auto theft. Pool, arrested by state police, Is accused of stealing an auto mobile earlier this month from a Bend resident, Mrs. Charles W. Boyd. Excessive Taxes Threaten Agriculture, Lowell Steen Tells Farm Bureau Session La Grande, Nov. 15 (U.E) Oregon Farm Bureau federation, today strongly criticized "burdensome property taxes, proposed reapportionment of the state legislature and "excessive" freight rates. bteen delivered the keynote second day s sessions of the 18th annual Farm Bureau convention. "Farmers and property owners are finding taxes so bur densome that they threaten the accumulations of a life time," Steen said. "Some of our leaders are in dreamland. They think they can spend and spend, without paying the bill. Steen asserted that the propos ed reapportionment of the state legislature would give Multno mah coun'ty one third of the mem bers of the legislature. "I shudder to think what would have happened if the last legisla ture was not composed as it was," Steen said. Cities Blamed He charged that metropolitan centers were the strongholds of sentiment for reapportionment, government care "from cradle to the grave," and excessive spend ing. "It is a threat to our security as farmers," Steen said. Steen attacked rail carriers on grounds they were blocking the vital flow of northwest farm products to eastern markets. "The northwest Is an exporting area and will continue to be. Steen said. "The rail carriers are killing the goose that lays the golden eggs." Steen said that although rail carriers present a good case here for high rates, the carriers have reduced rates in the east, further aggravating competition faced by northwest producers. Steen's address followed the expected pattern of keeping sharp eye on rural power in stat poItUCS;; - ' ' ' ' Resolutions Prepared Monday the federation house of delegates Instructed the1 resolu tions committee, headed by Bar ry Brownell, Milwaukle, to draw up proposals such as: Opposition to any reapportion ment of voting districts that would "limit or divide the voting power of rural Oregon;" favor a measure to require signatures from all sections of the state on initiative and referendum peti tions; provide that tax measures should accompany all spending measures and be approved by the state tax commission. Tonight, a series of speakers were slated, topped by an address on farm bureau organization by Marshall Swearlngen, executive vice-president. Forest Fire Season at End Oregon's 1949 forest fire sea son is officially at an end, it was announced today from the Des chutes national forest headquar ters following receipt of a proc lamation Issued by Governor Douglas McKay. The proclama tion was effective Nov. 10. With the fire season officially over, burning permits in forest areas no longer will be required. However, year-long regulations still remain effective. One of these rules Is that fires In wood ed areas must not be left unat tended. Because of the Ideal fall weath er, a maximum of burning has been possible this fall, foresters report. Generally, the period be tween the end of the season of high fire hazard and fall storms Is so short that burning work Is carried out under considerable difficulty. Extensive burning work has been done in the Wickiup basin region this season. For the past several weeks smoke has been rolling up from slashing fires in various parts of the forest. NEW STRIKE LOOMS San Francisco, Nov. 15 nil The Sailors Union of the Pacific (AFL) will hold stop-work meet ings at west coast ports tomor row while members vote oil strik ing the Pacific Maritime associa tion Nov. 22. The strike vote was authorized by union officials after a meeting with shipowners last night which failed to produce agreement on a new contract. Major Issues are wares, a welfare plan and a defi nition of sailors' work, particu larly on steam Rchoon'-s. Federal conciliator Omar Hos kins scheduled separate confer ences with union and manage ment representatives today al though no Joint meetings were to be held. Lowell Steen, president of the speech at the opening of the Bend May Lose Mid-Day Mail From The Dalles Bend is threatened with the loss of its mid-day mall service from The Dalles, It was learned here today after Pacific Trail ways served notice of cancella tion of its star route contract under which first-class mail is brought here from the main east west line aiong the Columbia. J. E. Flory, district superin tendent of the railroad mail serv ice for the postal department, to day notified Farley Elliott, Bend postmaster, or. the development. He also announced a new con tract is being sought, with bids to be received up until Novem ber 25. New Contract Sought A new contract is being sought under which parcel post, as well as first-class mail, will be brought directly here from the north. A new contract is being called un der two heads: 1. Service six times a week, dally except Sundays, carrying first-class and all classes of air mail only. .: 2. Transportation of all -classes- five times a week. t " , " :i - Invitations for both types of services speciiy that departures from The Dalles will be about 7:30 a.m., following connections with the westbound train. It Is pointed out that the contractor would necessarily have to live in The Dalles, since the trip to Bend would start from thaj city in the early morning, wltji a return trip scheduled for the afternoon. Would Expedite Schedule If a contract to carry heavy mail is let, parcel post deliveries will be brought directly here from The Dalles each afternoon. Otherwise this mail would not reach Bend until the following morning. The mall contractor would make morning connections with eastbound Union Pacific train No. 103 at The Dalles, as well as re ceiving mall from the westbound streamliner. If a new contract cannot be obtained, all mall from the east will go into Portland and be brought to Bend the following morning. The new schedule would serve Madras, Princville, Redmond and Bend. Lions Hear Talk On School System An illustrated talk on the Bend school system featured today's meeting of the Lions club, at a luncheon In the Pine tavern. Col ored pictures showing school buildings and depleting school ac tivities were shown by John Pren tice. James W. Bushong, superin tendent of schools, discussed the Bend school system as the slides were shown. Bushong touched on the pres ent value of each building in the high school system. Included in the pictures were views of the Kingston school, now under con-strucilon. Bend Sportsmen's Group Will Make Recommendations Fish and game regulations for the coming year will be consid ered by committees at a dinner meeting Wednesday, If pluns for the conference can be worked out, It was announced today. The meeting has been planned for the Pine Tavern, at 6:30 p.m. Asked to attend will be the fish and game committees of the Bend chamber of commerce, the Izaak Walton league and the Deschutes Sportsmen's association. Arrangements for the confer ence were tentatively discussed at Inst night's meeting of the Des chutes Sportsmen's association, in the library auditorium hero. Primary purpose of the meeting will be to work out recommenda tions that can be submitted to the state game commission for its guidance In working out fishing Merchants Also Consider Big Donation Bend mlU workers today re ceived an appeal from their un ion leaders to join in a move to assure completion of the $900,000 Memorial hospital project, as merchants outlined a plan where-, . by they would donate 10 per cent 01 proms on riday ot this week -to the medical center project. Workers who do not normally work on Saturday are being ask- , ed by their leaders to report for duty that day, and contribute their earnings to the hospital project. Today, Wilfred Fordham, bus- , iness" agent for the IWA-CIO, in a broadcast over KBND, issued an appeal to the workers to sup port the undertaking, success of which, it was believed, would clear the way for hospital con struction. Ballot Tomorrow : Mill workers will ballot on the proposal tomorrow. The manage ment of both The Shevlin-Hixon Company and Brooks-Scanlon, Inc., will cooperate in the under taking, as will the management of the Oregon Trail Box company. However, it was pointed out, ap proval of the Saturday work pro posal must be nearly unanimous u mills are to operate, for in- , stance, it was pointed .out, it 1 would be impossible to operate a mill if men in one department favored the plan and those in an other opposed the move. In his talk oyer the radio today to men of the local mills, Ford- nam saw: "Bend needs a hospital and needs it badly. We now have a short way to go. It is vital to the ' welfare of Bend that we build this hospital. We can't wait now. Makes Appeal . ng u icuieaciiiauve ui Liu, 1 am appealing: ro your 101--vour cooperation, for your fami ly's sake yes, for your children's r saKe inai we uuiiu tins uu&pi tal. Now, what can we do to help? "Arrangements have been made where Brooks-Scanlon, Inc., The Shevlln-Hixon Company and Oregon Trail Box company will operate an extra day to heln nut this over. They will operate Sat urday, Nov. 19, If you approve, and all earnings for that day made by you will go to build the (Continued on Page 7) Annual Meeting Slated by REA The annual meeting of mem bers of the Central Electric Co- : operative, Inc., will be held at the Townsend club hall in Red mond Nov. 28, starting at 10:30, Frank Foster, secretary of the . group, has announced, A lunch will be served at noon. Election of nine directors and a discussion of two resolutions will come before the group at the bus iness session. Various reports will be submitted and progress of the past year will be noted. John Nor Iln is manager of the electric co operative, which serves the three interior Oregon counties. In connection with the elec-, tion of nine directors, the follow ing have been nominated:., Lee Allen, John Campbell,' A. B. Carlson, O. A. Buckner, Ed Duffy, Frank Foster, L. A. Gregg, Eugene Grover, Lee Goodrich, K. E. Dullng, P. B. Holmes, Bruno Relf , Fred Rose," Jack Shumway, Jesse Smalley, C. W. Trachsel, Jack Weigand and Robert Bees ley. A special program has been ar ranged for the Nov. 28 meeting, REA officials announce. regulations for 1950. There is a possibility that the sportsmen may ask the commis sion to make some provision for the removal of dolly varden trout from closed areas of the Metolius river, possibly through regulated angling. It is reported that the big dollies are destroying young salmon In the river. A wide range of other recom mendations will be considered. A cottontail rabbit hunt is plan ned for Sunday, Dec. 11, to be followed on Monday. Dec. 12, by a "rabbit feed," sportsmen re port. If this hunt is held. Walton ians and Deschutes Sportsmen as sociation members will enpare In a contest. Cottontails are rap idly increasing in the Bend area, sportsmen say and they add that they are appetizing.