Univ. of Oregon Library eushis. qhsqm END" BUM ' State Forecast Oregon Fair. Little change in temperature this after noon, tonight and Friday. Low tonight 25 to 35. except 15 to 20 in higher valleys. LEASED WIRE WORLD 4 NEWS COVERAGE CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 33rd Year TWO SECTIONS BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1949 No. 292 Bend Recreation Class Constructs Boat oiled om e in ft Dead, 7 Men mown Dssong THE B 29 B bersC Air. 10 ICtl'1 k r ..Three members of the recreation department's boat-building class and their Instructor are pictured here at work on an outboard boat. From the left they are Don Redfield, Paul Smith (instructor), Neal Ross and Cliff Rich. The class members turn out the boats as cooperative projects, assist- ' ing each other in construction. Eagles' National To Prineville ' A large delegation of Bend Eagles is expected to attend a meeting Friday evening at the Ochoco Inn in Prineville, when William B, Mostyn, Rochester, New York, will be honored guest at a 6:15 banquet. Mostyn, a la bor leader, is grand worthy pres ident of the Fraternal Order, of Eagles and secretary-manager ' of the Rochester aerie. He will speak on national objectives of the or- tier;. "Including v youth ' guidances child health, aid for the handicap- pea ana extension oi social se curity. He also will discuss the Eagles' Memorial Foundation fund. Loy to Attend W. M. Loy, state president of the order, will return from Coos Bay Friday in time to be present for the Prineville meeting. The Bend lodge, which will present several candidates at the meeting for initiation, will be represented by more than 75 members. The junior drum and bugle corps, sponsored by the lodge, will leave Bend Friday at 6:45 p. m. by char tered bus, to perform on the pro gram honoring the national pres ident. Wives of Eagles may attend the banquet as guests, it was an' nounced. Bend members were to obtain theelr reservations at the lodge quarters today. Mr. and Mrs. Mostyn will ar rive tomorrow from Pendleton, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Herb Johnson, of that city. The national president and his wife will leave Saturday morning for Seattle, with a series of official visits in Washington scheduled. I Mutilated Body i Of Child Found i3 Burley, Ida., Nov. 17 U The mutilated body of seven-year-old Glenda Joyce Brisbois, was pulled out of a canal near here today less than 15 hours after she was reported kidnaped. The blond, curly-haired girl's head was bruised and deeply gashed In several places, accord ing to. attendants of the funeral home to which the child's body was brought. Meanwhile, a plane bearing a state police officer was trailing an automobile suspected in the kidnaping. The car was said to be heading in the direction of the Utah line, r Utah highway patrolmen and all peace officers were alerted. Cassia county sheriff's officers said they expected a "break in the case some time this after noon. Little Clenda's kidnaping and death was the third of its kind this week, Cassia county coroner, Vern McCulloch, said that there were "several deep gashes" on the child's head. He said that after officers brought the body into Burley, they returned to the canal site where the child's body was found. There was no indication of what led the pilot of the plane to track the one car in particular. A witness had reported to the police that Glenda ha"d gotten in Ho a black or dark blue automo bile, driven by a round-faced man. Central Oregon Cities Plan Intervention at CAB Hearing On Air Service for Region Officials of the cities of Bend and Redmond today readied a petition for submission to the United States civil aero nautics board, seeking permission to intervene in a forth coming CAB hearing on air The hearing, probably to be of next year, is for the consideration of a West Coast air line's application to provide service to the area, and their request that United airline service here be suspended. Representatives of. the Bend commerce are working in con- junction with the city off lcials on the air service issue, and are expected to, participate in any presentation made at the Ti'eai'iii "' , V '' . Today T.' D.' Sexton, may'dr; of , Bend, and M. L. Coyner, mayor of Redmond, affixed their signatures to "the petition which will be submitted to the CAB. A pre hearing conference on the proposed change of service here was held in Washington, D, C, this past September. It will be recalled that a hear ing was held in San Francisco in August on the matte:- of South west airlines replacement of Unit ed airlines service between Klam ath Falls and Santa Barbara, Calif. The hearing followed a recom mendation of the CAB in April, that Southwest should be granted a five-year extension of its tem porary certificate to serve the route, and UAL should suspend service for the five year period in order to eliminate "uneconom ic competition." Restriction Proposed The recommendation by CAB was in keeping with its recently formulated policy to restrict the activities of "trunk" line service (such as United)- in certain areas. Theory behind the board's stand was that large trunk lines lose money on small cities, and these cities would be better serv ed by "feeder" airlines (such as VVestcoast and Southwest). At the time of the Southwest hearing in August, UAL presi dent W. A. Patterson, told board members that his company in tends to 'fight to the last any proposal to discontinue their serv ice to smaller cities." He termed UAL service to some 38 smaller cities a "feeder" line operation even though the CAFi did not recogrilze it as such, and said United did not want to. aban don any of these flights which produced good will that offset any financial loss. .Mall Costs Involved He added that taking all short feeder hauls away from big air lines would increase mail costs and fares to the smaller commu nities. It is Relieved that the stand of Bend and Redmond will be along the tine that regardless of which airline carrier is to be used here, fast through service from this area to northern and southern points Is essential, -and a fast practical shuttle service between this area and Portland is desir- able. The thought is that the service between Portland and the Bend-Redmond airport should be such as to provide a flight to the valley each morning and a return riiohiohina MEETING POSTPONED Because of thp absenep of a number of members from town, the November mpptins? of thp Bend planning commission hasfde. ordered him back into the been postponed until Monday evening, Nov. 21, Arthur May. secretary, has announced. service' to central Oregon. held sometime in. February and Redmond chambers of : Ti; QLnl For Bend's Bike Riders7 Scheduled A traffic school for youngsters who ride bicycles will be held In Bend this week end, as a safety measure sponsored by the local police department, H. A. Casiday, chief of police, announced today. Casiday outlined plans for the two-day school as arrangements were completed for the registra tion of all Bend-operated bicycles, under a license system provided by a new city ordinance. First of the bicycles, were to be registered this afternoon, at 3 o'clock, with bicycle owners whose surnames start with "A" to re port. Tomorrow at 3 p. m work of registering the "B" group will be started. The program will be continued next week. Registra tions cannot be handled on the designated days prior to 3 p. m., officers stressed. Will Get Plates Each registered bicycle will be assigned a numbered license plate, white with black lettering. The traffic school, to be held as a phase of the bicycle safety pro gram provided for by the new or dinance, will be held in' the new armory, on Wall street just south of the Safeway store. The first session of the school will be on Friday, at 6:30 p. m., and will be for all bicycle riders who are in the sixth grade or above. Second session of the. school will be held Saturday at 2 p. m., and will be for youngsters up to the sixth grade. Instructors will outline Bend's traffic congested zones, especially on Wall street,- in chalk, on the concrete floor and will tell chil dren how to get across, when riding bicycles. . "The school is being planned primarily as a saieiy measurer lor vounpstnrs nf Rpnrl whn HHo hi. cycles," Chief Casiday said. Salesman Facing Robbery Charge Portland, Nov. 17 Uii Clarence David Sleight, 23, salesman re cently arrived from Kelso, Wash., was arrested on a burglary charge today when he was surprised in side a southeast district house by the owner. With Sleight's arrest and the apprehension of four other sus- Tit..,,. u, moving to halt an outbreak of house prowlings throughout the city for the last two nights. Lester L. Jose said he returned I home unexpectedly and found I Sleight leaving the house. Jose I pressed a finger Into Sleight's i nouse ana canea ponce. Sleight admitted a number of i other prowlings, officers said. State Group To Get Data On Hospital A delegation of seven, repre senting the Central Oregon Hos pitals foundation, left for Port land today to appear before the advisory council of the Oregon state board of health in behalf of Bend's proposed Memorial hospi tal. The Bend group will report on finances now available for cc.nstruction of the 5900,000 hos pital and submit data on the cam paign for additional funds held here for the past 10 days. contributions for the hospital project were still being received at the foundation office in the O'Kane building today, as the delegation left for the Portland oonference, outcome of which may determine the fate of the medical center proposed to serve much of the interior region of Oregon. Included in contributions was one fropi an early-day resi dent of Bend, R. B. Mutzig, who mailed a check for $250. An un solicited gift of $100 was also re ceived from K. E. Spencer, of Klamath Fails. Yesterday it was announced that Mrs. R. D. Miles, whose death occurred in Pre: cott, Wis., on Mondav. had. through a sister, sent a check for Clubs Make Donations Bend's three service clubs, the Klwanis, Lions and Rotarians. each have contributed S250, sums that represent half of their con tributions in the original -cam paign.f . , ,,, . A canvass of business firnis, to obtain donations from employes. is still under-wayv and it was'p.n- nouncect irom the foundation of fice today that the 21 employes of the A. Wilson Benold contract ing firm had Joined the 100 per cent list, headed this past week by Bend teachers. It was also announced today from St. Charles' hospital that members of the Practical Nurs es association had donated 100. per cent to the fund needed to assure completion of the hospital. Members Named Members of the group confer ring in Portland today with the hospital survey and construction advisory council to the state board of health were H, A. Miller and Hugh Cole, of the local hos pital building committee; Robert W. Sawyer, president ol the Cen tral Oregon Hospital foundation; Thomas F. Brooks, Dr. Bradford N. Pease, Father William Cough Ian and George T. Murphy. Members of the Oregon State Board of Health advisory board arc William Gahlsdorl, Salem; Walter W, R. May, Oregon City; Dr. Charles N. Holman, Portland; Dr. Thomas E. Griffith, The Dalles; Mrs. Llnnle M. Laird, Portland; Mrs. Saidie Orr Dun bar, Portland; Sister M. Bona Ventura, Pendleton; Fred Aan dah, Portland; E. S. Benjamin, Salem; Dr. Harold M. Erickson, secretary to the slate board of health arid exofficlo member of the advisory group.- ' California Sex Killer Arrested In Los Angeles Los Angejcs. Nov. 17 nil A rookie traffic officer arrpstnH ; Kred stroble 67-vear-old susoecl re' ola suspect in the brutal torture murder of 6-year-old Linda Joyce Glucoft, in the heart of the Los Angeles business district today, ending a two-day, international manhunt. Officer Arnold W. Carlson made the arrest after the sus pect was pointed out to him by Bill Miller, an employe of the Los Angeles Towel company, who spotted him In Pershing square. The excited Miller ran up to Carlson, a rookie officer who was directing traffic at the corner of Fifth and Hill Rtieets. Carlson ran back wilh him to the men he had pointed out and;snp can B aml ,,ave " ",le made the arrest Stroble readily admitted his identity and was taken to head quarters for questioning. No Admissions Made Stroble has made no admis sions with regard to the abduc tion and brutal torture slaying of the little Glucoft girl, whose beaten, savngely stabbed body was found Tuesday morning on a junk heap in the back yard of the house where he lived. Spring Start Set for New Lake Highway Work on the new Cascade Lakes highway project, which calls for five miles of grading and seven and one-half miles of clearing, will not be started until early next spring, F. W. Riddle. bprlnglleld, who was awarded the contract, has announced. Locally it was hoped that the work could be launched this fall, so the job would be near comple tion by the start of the 1950 vaca tion season, but the contractor has decided that such an undertaking this late in the year would not be feasible, He reached his decision prior to the present Indian sum mer weather, following a visit to the high country west of Bend. That trip was made following the early November storm, when snow blanketed much of fhe re gion. Start in Early Spring The contractor. It was reported. decided It would be too much of a risk to assemble men and equip ment lor tne work this late in the season. Kiddle plans to move into the job just as early as pos- sible next spring, even if it Is necessary to break through snow barriers. Riddle received the contract on his $67,816 bid. The grading proj ect will extend the improvement from the end of the present cin ders, about a mile east of Dutch man flat, to about half a mile from the Todd lake furnoff. The clearing contract provides for removal of . trees and brush from the right of way us far south as Elk lake. No Trace Found Of Missing Plane Hamilton, Bermuda., Nov. 17 (IH Scores of rescue planes wheeled In widening circles over the Atlantic around Bermuda to day in the U.S. air force's great est peacetime search for a super fortress missing at sea with 20 men. Air force officials said better weather improved the chance of finding the big bomber which went down at sea yes.terday near (he end of a 4-100-mile hop from California. The weather was poor north west of Bermuda, but fair In all oilier directions with a ceiling of 2,000 to 3,000 feet and visibility of 10 miles. Summoning planes from its far-flung bases, the air force re ported that 71 were to be avail able in Bermuda by afternoon. Fifty-two were here on the way from bases in the United States and elsewhere. Seaplanes Used Eight planes were In action from K'.ndley field, the air force base here. The navy furnished nine seaplanes, equipped for res cue work and first aid. The airmen expected to sweep over 60,000 square miles, while other planes from MacDlll field In Florida were covering another 100,000 square miles. Portland Night Spot Is Raided Portland, Nov. 17 (IPi A north end night, spot was raided early today by state liquor commission agents and city vice officers who arrested five waitresses and charged them with violating Ore gen liquor laws. The raid was on Tom John son's chicken dinner Inn, one of the oldest clubs in the city. About 20 customers were in the estab lishment when agents walked In, but they were permitted to leave. Four women customers aired a complaint. "It's a dirty shame that a girl who works until 2:30 in the morning can't have a place where after she gets through work, said one. "Other people play after work, why not us? We saved up a week to buy that bottle and we only had one drink out of it." Despite the complaint, officers arrested Rosemary Lloyd, 23; Klcmentlne Armstrong, Dorothy Adams, Blanche Golden and Johnnie Williamson, all of whom were held in the county Jail on $500 bond. Johnson, negro-owner, vvas not present when the raid occurred. Commission Debates Fire, Water Issues Fire protection and city water service to areas outside the Bend clt'y limits came in for consider able discussion at Wednesday night's meeting of the city com mission. No definite decisions were made in either respect, but Mayor T. D. Sexton voiced the opinion that "at least it is some thing we should think about" for possible future action. The fire protection Issue was raised when rhll Gould, repre senting a local Insurance agency appeared before the commission on behalf of the Bend Iron Works, located outside the city limits. Hp said thar the rating bureau now refuses to recognize fire protec tion outside city limits unless definite contracts exist, in which municipalities guarantee this pro tection. Gould offered to pay the city $'32.58 annually, in exchange for such a guarantee, in the form of a written contract. He estimated that the charge would be about what the iron works would pay, were it in a fire protection dis trict, and would save his client around $300 annually through reduced Insurance rafes. Fire Chief Explains Asked by Mayor Sexton what he thought of the proposal, LeRoy Fox. city fire chief, explained that It has been the practice of his department to make runs out side the city limits, on the theory that; any fire originating there might- also endanger property in side the city limits. He explain ed, however, that state law makes him personally liable for damage action, In the event city property is lost by reason of the fact that he has men and equip ment fighting a fire outside the limits. He asked the commission to take a stand on the subject1, for his guidance. W. O. Cuthbertson, city man ager, pointed out that" many su burban areas in Oregon now have formed fire protection districts and pay on a millage basis for this municipal service. Attempts to form such districts around the city of Bend thus far have beer unavailing, however, he said. Water Also Factor Mayor Sexton also pointed out that city water Is being obtained free and trucked to residents outside the city limits. He sug gested a nominal charge, possibly 50 cents per thousand gallons, for this water. "The water truckers are selling this water at $5 a tankload and I have been Informed that they can make up to two trips an hour, taking the water from the standplpe near the city ware house," the mayor said. "It is costing the taxpayers of Bend $110,000 annually to provide this water, and I don't believe we should give It away." W. B. Anderson suggested that rural and suburban residents ob taining city water should be re quired (o pay at least as much for it as do residents of Bend. Percy Drost estimated that, on a meter basis, such a rate would be $1.50 for the first thousand gal lons, ranging down to as low as six cents a thousand gallons on subsequent consumption. "A policy on these questions ultimately must be set up by the city commission," the mayor com mented. The discussion ended at (Continued on Page 7) Foresters Meet In Bend Friday The Bend meeting of the Soci ety of American Foresters, at a dinner tomorrow night at the Pilot Butte Inn, is expected to be attended by some 65 persons, officers of the f roup reported to day. Guest speakers will be Dr. T. W. Chllds. pathologist from the bureau of plant industry, and Vondls E. Miller, assistant super visor of the Ochoco national for est. Organization of a new chapter of the Society of American For esters will be considered. Persons planning on attending the dinner are being asked to notify Kenneth A. Burkhokler, acting secretary. He is forester for the bureau of land manage ment, with headquarters in the Pilot Butte Inn basement. 12 'Kid's Day' Officers Set For Service Twelve grade and high school boys and girls who will serve as honorary officers of the city of Bend Saturday, designutvd as Na tional Kids' day, were named Wednesday in spirited elections and this morning looked over the city hall, met municipal officers and posed for pictures. - Heading Bend Saturday as honorary mayor, as a result of election by high school classes, will be Dan' Horskotte. Dick Carlson was named city manager and Dick Armony, chief of police. Doug Thompson will serve as honorary fire chief and has been assured of a ride through town, with his fellow officers, aboard a fire truck. Richard Daousf was named city judge. In the high school voting, and will sit next to the municipal judge, Alva C. Goodrich, when a special session of court is held here Sat urday. . Interest Shown Grade school youngster's were elected to positions as honorary city commissioners. Reports from the grade schools indicate much interest; in the elections. Even campaign speeches were made, and one candidate promised a three-month school year. Grade school children named as honor ary commissioners of the city of Bend follow: John Dorsch, Allen school; Shelby Blevlns, Kenwood; Chris tine Carlon. Thompson: Blllv Da vis," Yew Lane; Aljen Ryman, Marshall; Patricia uuncan, K.mg: ston. and Jimmy SirAerville, Reid Some of the little people had a bit of difficulty In seeing above the edge of the city commis sion's ponderous council table this morning, when a picture was made. Meet Mayor Sexton The senior officers this morn ing met Mayor T. D. Sexton, City manager W. O. Cuthbertson and Police chief H. A. Casiday. Dick Armony tried on the chief's star and found that it lit nicely. Saturday morning, the honor ary officers will meet at the city hall at 10 a.m., for n commis sion meeting. At that time, there also will be a municipal court session. One of tie highlights of the day will be a bicycle parade, start ing at 9:30 a.m. at the citv hall on Wall street. Participating youngsters are being asked to decorate their bicycle.!. C. L. Mc Allister has been named chair man of the bicycle parade, with Juck Burpee to be In charge of prizes, which will be awarded at a free movie, set for 10:30 a.m. at the Tower theater. A feature will be a 15-rnlnute radio show, with Kcssler Cannon, master of ceremonies for the KBND Pnl club. In charge. The screen pro gram will Include a Roy Rogers westerner. In Bend National Kids' day Is being sponsored by the Klwanis club, with A. Wilson Kenold as general chairman. Mavor T. D Sexton has issued a proclama tion designating Saturday as Kids' day, and has called on the public to Join in making observ ance of fhe day successful. State Officers Auxiliary Will State officers of the American Legion and auxiliary will be in Bend Sunday, November 20. for a conference of district No. 12. Including Warm Springs, Madras. Redmond. Prineville. Mitchell and Bend. Meetings will start at 2 p.m.. with legionnaires meeting in Norway hull, west of the Des chutes on Galveston avenue, and the women meeting In the First Lutheran church parlors. Samuel M. Bowe of Grants Pass, the first veternn of world war II to become a stale com mander of the American Legion, will head the group of stale of ficers to be present. Clyde Dickey, department vice-commander, and Tom Collins, department adju tant, also will be present, as well as a representative from the serv ice office and several chairmen of standing committees. Langston D. Fisher, district vice-commander, will preside. To Dhrux Problems The purpose of the conference is to discuss the problems, pro gram and policies of the legion and to acquaint the membership , Rescuers Seek Bodies; Dense Fog Handicap By Ed DeVere (United PrtM Staff Correspondent) Stockton, Calif., Nov. 17 HJl Two air force B-29 bombers col-' lided at 26,000 feet last night and crashed into the fog-shrouded peat bogs of the San Joaquin river delta ,10 miles northwest of here. ,-- Ten of the 21 airmen aboard the two Superfortresses were known dead. Seven men were . missing and four parachuted to safety and escaped with minor injuries. ' Rescuers, hampered by the dense tule fog which blanketed the area and the widely-scattered . wreckage of the giant planes, were unable to determine the fate of the seven missing crew men hours after the crash. Some may have parachuted and landed in an inaccessible part of the del ta region or they may all have perished when the planes smash ed into the earth and buried deep in the mud. Fragments Found Lt. Romeo Freer, Fairfield- Suisun AAB, in charge of rescue operations, made a minute exam ination of one of the B-29's, which caught fire at impact and ex ploded on McDonald island, nul l ing wreckage more than 700 yards. He found three bodies and some fragments of bodies. "It is very difficult to tell," he said, "whether they are parts of the three known dead or remains of the other members of the" crew." - . One man from the McDonald island bomber parachuted to safe ty. He was identified as Lt. War- . ren Sherrick. The other B-29 crashed across the river three miles away on the Rindge tract and burled it self 20 feet into the slimy delta mud. Undersheriff Michael N. Can lis of the San Joaquin county sheriff's office said seven bodies had been counted in the Rindge tract crash. Rescuers could not search the wreckage immediate ly because the plane and the area around It was covered with high-octane gasoline and the fire hazard was considered too great to permit a close Inspection. Three airmen parachuted from the Rindge tract B-29. They were identified as Pfc. Keith R. Burns, 19, Boise, Ida., a radio operator; TSgt. Frank D. Schmidt, Spo kane, flight engineer, r.-id SSgt.' Robert S. Kluge, Spokane, a gun ner. They were treated at Stockton emergency hospital for minor in juries and shock and then trans ferred to Fairfleld-Sulsun AAB. Survivors Incoherent None of the survivors could tell a coherent story of what caused the big four-engine Super fortresses to smash into each other. One of the survivors, Lt Sherrick, told a woman who dressed his wounds that "maybe he and another plane got mixed up." The ill-fated bombers were part of a formation of 13 planes from the 92nd bomb group, 325th (Continued on Page 5) of Legion Visit Bend of the action taken at the depart ment convention at Salem and the went national convention at Philadelphia. After the legion meeting, cock tails will be served until 6 o'clock. At 6:30, the legionnaires will Join the auxiliary members for a potluck dinner to be held In the library auditorium. The session will close with short addresses by Commander Bowe and1 Mrs. Sadie Graham. Corvallis, state president of the auxiliary. Mrs. Graham will preside at the auxiliary's afternoon confer ence, assisted by other officers, including Mrs. Myrtle Kruger, The Dalles, vice-president, and Mrs. Mae Whitcomb, department secretary. A music program Is being plan ned for the evening session. The women's chorus, composed of members from the legion auxili ary and the Bend branch of American Association of Univer sity Women, will make their first public appearance of the year. Grant Mathews is director, and Mrs. Bernice Towner is accompa- nist.