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Uilv. of Oregon Library fcUGEHE, OREGON f HE BEND! ; BULLETIN State Forecast OREGON Occasional light rain tonight and Wednes day. Not so cool tonight. High both days 45-55. Low tonight 28-38. LEASED WIRE WORLD r NEWS COVERAGE CENTRAL OREGON'S; DAILY NEWSPAPER 33rd Year BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY. OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1949 No. 301 A PI mencain'Airlines Irlane A D 4 Wreckage of Believed Seen L No Indication Of Survivors .Seen From Air Portland, Nov. 29 1PI Aerial searchers flying over snow-capped Mt. St. Helens today sighted the shattered remnants of a plane believed to be an air force C-54 missing a week with six men aboard on a round trip flight from McChord field, Wash., to Portland. Pilots who saw the wreckage said there was no sign of life. The wreckage was strewn over a wide area of a heavily-timbered. snow-covered slope at an alti-' tude of between 6,500 and 7,000 feet. Capt. H. E. Lanning, directing search and rescue operations from the Portland air base, said three radio-equipped ground ve hicles had been dispatched to the wreckage from Kelso, Wash. The wreckage lay approximate ly 40 miles north of Portland in the Cascade mountain range. Capt. Lanning' said identifica tion of the wreckage as the miss ing C-54 was not positive. The wreckage was firsf sighted by Capt. Edward Peslk, Portland air force reserve pilot. He saw the wreck while flying a search mission for the lost plane. , Subsequently pilots . of ,a T-6 trainer plane, A C-46 and a B-17 ' from McChord field confirmed Capt. Pesik's report. They said the plane was wrecked in "very rusrged terrain." The C-54 disappeared a week ago shortly after the pilot radio ed "I am confused." The plane was on a routine navigational flight from McChord field, Wash., to Portland and was practicing an instrument approach through fog and intermittent rain. The pilot was descending from 7,000 to 6,000 feet when he last ' reported to the Portland control rower. Crewmen aboard the plane in cluded Capt. Elrino Neher Jr., San Francisco; Capt. Joseph F. Chuse, Mattoon, 111 ; 1st Lt. Rich ard M. Fanning, Portland; 2nd Lt. Thomas C. Hardisty. Port land; SSgt. Richard C. Hosner. New Haven, Conn., and SSgt. Homer C. Detwiler, Payette, Ida. SON OF BEND MAN One of the airmen making up the crew of the C-54 is Lr. Rich ard M. Fanning. 31. son of Ben W. Fanning, manager of the Bend branch of the U.S. National bank. The elder Fanning is In Taco- ma, Wash., at present awaiting word on the fate of his son. It will be recalled that Lt. Fan ning was a visitor in Bend this past fall. He Is married and is the lamer oi two aaugnters. He has been in the air force for the past seven and one-half years, and had a five months tour of dutv on the tserim airiut. , Lt. Fanning served in the Euro pean theater in world war II, and was decorated with the air medal. Wonder Drug Saves Two Lives Philadelphia. Nov. 29 IP A new wonder drug never before used on human beings has saved the lives of two patients, the Pennsylvania hospital announced today. The drug called "neomycin" completely cured the patients where other treatment naa taiiea, the hosnital said. The dramatic experiment was made "as a last resort'! on two men critically ill with an infec tion of the urinary tract. The fact that neither suffered any toxic effects from the drug and both were cured within a short time has opened up new hope for previously doomed pa tients, the doctors feel. Neomycin was discovered this year at Rutgers university and tried on experimental animals. However, until now it was not given to human beings because medical science did not know whether the drug would have harmful effects on men. The drug, made from a soil microbe. Is available now only in minute quantities. Growth of Central Oregon Electric Cooperative Cited At Redmond Annual Meeting Growth of the Central Electric cooperative from a small beginning in 1942 to one of the most successful units of its kind in Oregon in 1949, was pictured at the annual meeting of the midstate REA unit yesterday in Redmond. Excess re ceipts for the 10-month year just passed were $30,623.46, the members learned. This financial showing is second to only one other REA cooperative in Blue River, president of the Oregon State Rural Electric Cooperative association, said. It was announced that a rate reduction is being sought, with a review requested. Directors Elected Business included election of nine directors and two changes in by-laws. Directors elected were John Campbell, Madras; Bruno Reif, Prineville; Frank Foster, Powell Butte; Jack Shumway, Powell Butte; Lee Goodrich, Clo verdale; Jesse Smalley, Sisters; Priday Holmes, Lower Bridge; Kenneth Duling, Terrebonne, and L. A. Gregg, Redmond. By a vote of 93 to 30 the co operative members adopted the capital credits plan, to care for excess receipts, and approved by a vote of 129 to 8 a plan whereby directors will serve for three years, instead of one, as at pres ent. The directors will name officers for the coming year at a meeting set for Friday. Data Presented Manager - Johxu NOrlih of. .the Central Electric cooperative pre sented data dealing with the year's operations and reminded the members that early in 1950 the cooperative will move into its new home, now under, construc tion on Ihe McKenzie highway at Redmond, at a cost of $48,888. Offices and the central plant will be consolidated in the new build ing. Also in 1950, Norlin said, the cooperative is looking forward to new construction and the im provement of the Powell Butte and Sisters lines. Plans call for extension of lines into the Camp Sherman commu nity, on the Metolius river, and into the Grizzly and Post areas of Crook county. Seven carloads of copper wire already have arrived lor the projected work. 1315 Members The electric cooperative, serv ing Deschutes, Crook and Jeffer son counties and reaching over the line into Wasco and Wheeler counties, now has a membership of 1315, compared with 280 at its start in 1942 and 589 at the end of its first year of operation. Electric service amounting to $99,416.88 was sold in the past year, and total sales were close to the $100,000 mark. The coopera tive in the past year has been using Bonneville power, piped into central Oregon over 'the Pa cific Power & Light company's new extension and hookup with the Northwest power pool. Compared with 57 K.W. hours per month in 1942, the coopera tive members are now using 266 k.w. nours. Dollar "Divided" Net value of the Central Elec tric cooperative system is $633, 362.28, the financial report shows. Electric power In 1948 cost the system a total of $12,609.90. Nor lin in his report divided the co operative's dollar for the year as follows: Operating expenses, 29 per cent; power, 14 per cent; in terest, 8 per cent; insurance and taxes, 4 per cent; depreciation, 15 per cent; surplus, 30 per cent, Electric power is playing a ma jor roie in increasing farm pro duction in Oregon, declared Clar ence Belknap, of Blue River. president of the Oregon State Rural Cooperative association. He was one of several speakers on the afternoon program. Belknap lauuea tne cooperative on its fi nancial showing. Only one othti cooperative In the state has made a better financial showing In the past year, Belknap indicated. He said that when a program of ex pansion, already approved, is completed Oregon's rural areas will be 99.2 electrified. This will be within 0.1 per cent of the na tion s top state, he said. Eugene Man Sneaks William E. Tommershausen of Eugene, southwest Oregon dis trict manager for the Bonneville Power administration, touched on the power situation In the north west and sketched the basic net- ( Continued on Page 7) Missing C54 on St. Helens Oregon, Clarence Belknap, of Band, Choral Clinic Set For Week End Selected students from the high schools of Culver, Madras, Prine ville, Redmond, Burns and Bend will participate In a band and choral clinic Friday and Satur day, Dec. 2 and 3, In Bend. Cli maxing two days of rehearsals and training will be a concert by a 100-piece student band and a chorus of 70 voices, at 8 p.m. Saturday in the high school gym nasium. The program, which is open to the public, will include a wide va riety of selections, according to Don P. Pence, Bend school music supervisor. A nominal charge will be made, to defray expense of bringing two- college music pro fessors to ..Bend to conduct the clinic, he said. Tickets will -be on' sale at the gymansium before the concert, but no advance ticket sale is planned. O.S.C. Director to Attend Ted Mesang, new band director at Oregon State college, will be in charge of the band rehearsals, and Donald Allton, of the Univer sity of Oregon school of music, will direct the chorus. Rehearsals will be held in the gymnasium fTiday and Saturday. Burns students who will take part will stay in Bend Friday night, but those from the other schools will return to their homes after the sessions Friday and make the trip to Bend again Sat uraay morning. Purpose of the clinic is to give tne student musicians specialized training in vocal and band tech niques, and to foster a spirit of cooperation among the music de partments of the various schools in the mid-state area, Pence said. Fire Destroys Merrill School Merrill, Nov. 29 iui Fire to day destroyed the two-story n ame ounaing oi tne Merrill high school. Authorities said the flames broke out In a furnace room at about 7:45 a.m. and swept the en tire school, except for the new gymnasium. There were no students in the building at the time of the fire. Cause of the blaze was not de termined immediately, but fire men said they would conduct an investigation. The high school structure was ouilt in 1911 and housed approxi mately 200 students. It is nhout 15 miles south of Klamath Falls toward the northern California border. REA Officials Present for the sixth annual meeting of the Central Oregon co operative in Redmond yesterday was Clarance Belknap, right, president of the Oregon State Rural Electric Cooperative associa tion. He lives in Blue River. Belknap Is pictured here talking to Eric Johnson, of 'The Dalles, manager of the Wasco Electric cooperative. Bend Man Found Dead From Gunshot A search for Pope McCarthy, 36, reported missing in the early morning hours, ended shortly be fore noon today when his body was found in an automobile park ed on the Bull springs road, in the old Tumalo reservoir area. Officers said a gunshot wound was the cause of death. The body was found in the rear seat of the car. Nearby was a .22 caliber rifle. The bullet had ap parently entered the mouth. Dis covery of the body was made by Officer Kenneth L. Roach of the state police force and Forrest Sholes, Deschutes county deputy sheriff. Girl Tells Story The search for McCarthy was launched early today after a local girl was found near Tumalo creek, making her way back to Bend. She told officers a story that had its beginning last night, when she was being taken to a "baby sitting" lob by McCarthy, Accompanied by the girl he drove west from Bend over the bhevlin park road, and when the girl pro tested that he was leaving town he said he was merely driving out to- turn around, 4he, girl- told po lice. Instead of ' turning around he headed west over forest roads, in the direction of Bull springs.' In that area he apparently lost his way, and drove through tne woods a considerable distance, it was explained. When McCarthy again obtained his bearings, he was in the old Tumalo reservoir area. He stop ped the car and got into the rear seat. Earlier, he had indicated that he planned to "end it all" and spoke of his crippled condi tion and mentioned debts he could not pay. Rifle In Car He assertedly made an attempt to choke the girl, but was fought off. That was the only advance made, officers ascertained. When in the back seat, McCarthy re portedly asked the girl to join him. Fearful of the rifle in the car the girl cautiously opened a door, then' jumped out and ran Into the darkness. Officers said it was evident the wound that fesulted in McCar thy's death was self inflicted, Shorles remained with the body while Officer Roach drove into town to notify Coroner George W.Winslow. .. Long-time Resident Long a resident of Bend, Mc Carthy was a well-known figure at softball games and was an ard ent follower of sports. Despite his crippled condition, he was an out standing softball pitcher. On vari ous occasions, lie served as tele graph messenger boy In Bend. He also scored ball games for the Bend Elks and other teams, and recently was a scorer at local bowling matches. Officers said today that the girl was not molested. So far as the investigators are concerned, the case is closed, it was indi cated. at Conference Core. yv I , ' V?? Writs - S f 425 TORjoN CROOK From One Football Star to Another ' JWk ! i &' Bill Sheffold, former Lava Bear who now plays football for Oregon State college, is shown presenting .a new football to his brother Frank for his selection as the outstanding gridiron player on the Ken wood grade school team. Looking on are Kip Taylor, OSC football coach, and Wes Hogland, former Bruin, who also Is a member of the OSC grid squad. Three other boys, Dick Allen, of St. Francis; Gary Gentry, of Allen, and James St. Clair, 8th grader, received similar awards. The footballs were donated by the George Childs Hardware, Wetle's, the Bend police department, and Don Denning. The awards were made last night at the annual banquet honoring the Lava Bear football squad. The Ath letic Booster club sponsored the affair. Lewis H. Irving, Jefferson County Pioneer, Dies Here Lewis H. Irving, 73, a native of Virginia and a resident of Madras, who some 35 years ago was the leader In the move that resulted in the creation of a new Oregon county, Jefferson, and proposed the name given that county, died last night at St. Charles hospital in Bend. Death followed a prolonged Illness. Just short of 40 years ago Mr. Irving, a college graduate and an attorney, came to the Madras community, then in Crook coun ty, to work in the hayfields. He remained to become a leader not only in the early-day effort that resulted in the creation of Jeffer son county, but to play a prom inent part in the move lt:X event ually brought Deschutes water to 50,000 acres of Jefferson county lands. He lived to see the com ing of water to the Madras coun try. History Recalled Death of Mr. Irving revived for old-timers memories of the crea tion of Jefferson county on De cember 12, 1914, and the healed debates that preceded the division election. Joining in the debates on behalf of the creation of Jef ferson county was Mr. Irving who, with William King, Prine ville pioneer who opposed the division, appeared In practically every section of the large county. Mr. Irving assisted In fixing the boundaries of the new county of Jefferson, and suggested the name. Not only does Mt. Jeffer son tower on the county's west ern skyline, but Thomas Jeffer son, like Mr. Irving, was a native of Virginia. Mr. Irving was born January 27, 1876, at Amelia Courthouse, Va., the son of Charles R. and Ann Maria Irving. He attended primary school at Amelia Court house, and high school at Marlon, SC. He was graduated from Hampden-Sldney college in Vir ginia with the class of 1898. Af trr working in the coal fields of West Virginia he returned to the family plantation, Woodland, now one of Virginia s historic shrines, and worked there 11 years, read ing law in his spare time. He later attended the University of Richmond and was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1909. First Came to Albany It was In 1909 that the young attorney moved west and arrived at Albany, Oregon. He taught school at Albany for one winter, then moved to Madras In 1910. He opened a law office In Mad ras that same year. Through the years he also operated grain warehouses, and had been whole sale and retail representative of the Texas Co. In the Jefferson county town since 1930. He also icontinued on page 7) Bend Lava Bears Honored At Gridiron Banquet: Annual Awards Presented to Players More than 200 Bend high school students, parents and grid fans turned out last night for a banquet in the Pilot Butte inn, to honor members of the 1949 Lava Bear football team and the coaches, Bud Robertson and Bill Overman. The banquet, sponsored by the Athletic Booster club, featured Kip Taylor, Oregon State college football coach as principal speaker, and the showing of a film on the Oregon Hoover Report Group Organiies For Public Study Immediate adoption of a pro gram to acquaint the public with the Hoover commission recom mendations was given approval by representatives of the Bend junior chamber of commerce, the Business and Professional Wom en's club, Toastmasters, and the Bend Teachers association, at a dinner meeting last night at the Pine tavern. Robert Johnson was elected permanent chairman of a com mittee which has as its alms study of the commission report and dissemination of its contents to the public, as part of a nation wide program which is designed to bring about acceptance of the recommendations by congress when that body reconvenes in January. Officers Named Other permanent officers of the nucleus group were named as follows; Clara Jones, secre tary; Dean Tate, press and radio publicity; Don Peoples, contact chairman; Frank Rels, Sylvia Andrews and Antoinette Blals, speakers bureau; Charles Keith, information research and distri bution chairman, and Christobel Davidson and Ruth Cray, com mittee members. Chairman Johnson declared that the help of all service clubs In Bend is needed, and all per sons interested in the project were urged to participate In the public education program. Serv ices of speakers who are willing to acquaint themselves with the Hoover commission recommenda tions are sought, he said, suggest ing that they notify the speakers' bureau. The committee will co operate by making adequate ma terial available, and will assist In booking engagements for the sneakers. To Meet Rcgnlnrh The permanent committee de cided to hold regular weekly din ner meetings each Monday at 5:15 p.m., at the Pine tavern, to push the program ahead as rapid ly as possible. Johnson asked the group to be thinking about suit able slogans from which a catch Phrase can be selected for the keynote of the campaign. Present last night were the fol lowing: Robert Johnson. Sylvia Andrews, Antoinette Blals, Ruth Cray, Christobel Davidson, Don Peoples, Frank Rels, Denn Tate, Charles Keith and Clara Jones. btate-Michigan state football game. i Master - of - ceremonies for the occasion was Alvin Gray, president of the Booster club. One of the highlights of the affair was the presentation to Tom Niebergall, Bruin team cap tain and center, of the local Lion's club plaque for outstand ing defensive play during the season. Neibergall, who played defenf ive fullback throughout most of the Bears' games this year, was presented the award by Alva Goodrich, Lions club presi dent. Grade School Awards Football awards also were made by Claude Cook, athletic di rector of the Bend schools, to the outstanding players of the four schools In the city grade school league. Receiving the awards were Dick Allen, of St. Francis; (Continued on Page 5) Separate Treatment for Sex Offenders Proposed by Board Siilnm Nnu 90. (Ill Thn alatf I -nmml hnat-rt tnrt.iv lirulpri'nrik n Htnrlv nf a proposal to establish a separate institution in Oregon for psyco- patnic patienis wnose records in dicate they are potential "sex fiends." The action was taken as a moans of coping with sex assaults and murders which recently have flared in several s?ct'ions of the country. The purpose of the Institution would be to place potential sex maniacs under rigid confinement, not as a means of punishment to them, but as a means of protec tion to society. They would not be allowed to leave the institu tion until psychiatric or other treatment should effect a cure. Cnnrnlnrv i.f ctnto F.-ll'l T NfW. bry suggested that a committee nf three laymen be named to cttulu mnrtinrlu mlfintI hv New York state. But Gov. Douglas McKay expressed belle fsuch a committee could be filled by com petent persons In state employ. McKav Favorable McKay said: "I am In sympn- IV,., tflth iUn nt-rmnsiil hut I think wo should take people from our own staffs, inere are quami persons, familiar with tills prob lem on flic staff3 of the state board of health, the hoard of eu genics and In our two mental In- ctltntinno " The governor suggested that q 18 Others Saved From Raging Flames By Roy Calvin (United Press Staff Correspondent) . Dallas, Tex., Nov. 29 (IP) A crippled American Airlines DC-6 passenger plane, trying to land with one engine dead, crashed and burned at the north edge of Dal las' municipal airport, Love field, before dawn today. -An airlines spokesman said 28 of the 46 persons aboard were killed. Eighteen others, including a 22-month-old baby and three of the five -member crew, were saved. The wreckage instantly was en gulfed In angry, red flames that spouted 100 feet into the dark sky. The weather was clear and crisp when the Mexico City-bound plane approached Love field for the landing that turned into hor rible death for many of those aboard. Civil aeronautics administra tion officials said it was the worst ir disaster in Texas' history. 3 Buildings Burned The fire destroyed three build- tngs, one into which the plane slammed as it settled on the ground and burst Into flames. It landed just off the airport proper,' after plowing through the roof of one at the airport's fringe as the pilot fought desperately for alti tude. One of the lucky few thrown clear, Benjamin Bogish, 58, of New York City, was en rou.te to Tucson, Ariz., for his wife's fu neral. The funeral was to have been conducted this afternoon, but Bogish telephoned Tucson and asked that It be delayed, His injuries in the crash were a broken arm and shock. Bogish , hired an ambulance, and left Dal las during the morning for Tuc son, r The four-engined ship went down, witnesses said, left wing first. ' The pilot, Capt. Laurens (Tom my) Claude of Dallas, had feath ered one propeller one a left-side engine ?and made an approach from the southeast. .. . Seen From Tower In the control tower, Howard McKendree, was watching. He said the plane's left Wing seemed to drop at the south end of the north-south runway. "He tried to pull up the plane, and then he veered off to the left," McKendree said. "On the radio, he said something the tow er couldn't understand clearly, but it sounded like 'we are losing.' That's all that we could hear." McKendree's .ringside seat for the tragedy was three-quarters of a mile from the crash site. The plane, off balance, skittered at telephone-pole altitude between two buildings on the fringe along Love field drive, the street that is the north border of the airport. It apparently crashed in the street and then slammed side ways Into thn building coupled by Magnaflux, an aircraft spare parts house. The time was about 5:48 a,m. (Continued on Page 3.) nmmllinn marln itn rt ctatn am. pToyes might bring in a proposal within the limits of available state finances. He said an out side group might suggest a plan which could be excellent but too costly for Oregon to handle. Newbry agreed that the com mitloo w.m1H hi r-nmnncprl cif BtAtP personnel. He said it would take legislative action to create such an Institution, and he hoped the Investigation could get started In tlmo tn upt .1 well-rounded plan before the 1951 legislature. State treasurer Wairer J. rear son agreed with the other two board members, McKay and New bry, that a study of the proposal Is advisable. The board approved a claim on the state restoration fund for $36,400 to cover loss of a hay shed nnd 800 tons of hay destroyed by fire October 25 at the state pris on farm. 1-osq of the shed was nlnml nt $6,000 and of the hay, at $30,400. Gov. McKnv took ncvslnn to commend a plan starter! hv Mnr inn countv Circuit 1d!e Rex Klmmel to send iuvenlle delln ou"nts to the stute orison fof a tour which would show them the end of the path urwn which they had started. Said McKav: "I think this Plan v"l hear fruit. It Isn't a nrettv nlrtt're "t the penitentiary. I don't We It myself."
