The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963, November 30, 1949, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textuniv. of Oregon Library THE WNB' BULLETIN A LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE State Forecast Oregon Cloudy Thursday with rain. Increasing cloud iness tonight High temper atures 44 to 54 both days. 33rd Year TWO SECTIONS esiuimptiort'o trikeSet Tom BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTYToRE . R MWi JUI - row .wkTu EXTENDED CAPITOL AREA CAPITOL PLANNING COMMISSION State Capitol Development Plan Outlined A plan of development for the state eapltol area in Salem, with a preliminary statement and re- .jwmmenaations, is presented In a Jf report recently released by the ,i ' Capitol planning commission. The .3 drawing here illustrates what is proposed. J The report recommends that 1 the present mall extending north- ;? ward from the statehouse in Sin- lem shall be extended as rapidly as possible to D street, some five blocks beyond the present bound aries. It will be recalled that the state house is placed facing Court street, with the new state library on the west of ttie sunken garden and the new office building, now nearing completion, on the east. Bend Man Chairman Robert W. Sawyer, Bend, who was a member of the commission that directed the building of the new statehouse after the fire of Heirs of Mrs. James J. Hogan Determined, in Sefflemenf Heirs of Mrs. James J. Hnenn. who at the time of her death was owner of the O'Kane building, have been determined, with Miss Lucie M. Downes, Portland, the principal beneficiary, according to information . from Karl Herb ring, member of a Portland law firm. A statement in The Bulletin several weeks ago stating that heirs had not been determined and that litigation was expected, were in error, the Portland attor ney said. J On Sept. 8, 1949, a decree and v judgment was entered by the cir IVciiit court of Deschutes countv ( f dismissing the will contest which i had been instituted by the heirs ; of Mrs. Hogan. Settlement Ordered J This decree ordered settlement of the estate in accordance with a written agreement entered into 3 June 25 of this year by the heirs. - The agreement, on file in county 4 courthouse in Bend, is based upon' ' the last will of Mrs. Hogan. According to the provisions of ' the settlement, Kathcrine and i Dorothy De Rushia, of Bend, are to receive Mrs. Hogan's religious ; articles, and Agr.es M. Selfoss, J her linens. I The agreement also nrovides for the sale of the O'Kane build i ing. 3 Building for Snle ; The building has been offered t for sale to the highest bidder. Mil. pi- late roclvM bank building, Portland. "Miss Downes, the executrix and princi pal beneficiary under Mrs. Ho gan's will, is prepared to convey good and marketable title to the property upon confirmation of the sale by the court, and ar rangements have been made to furnish title insurance in the full amount of the sale price to the successful bidder", Herbring wrote. I Distribution of funds derived j -lrom the sale of the building is provided for in the following 1935, is chairman of the capitol planning commission. The corn- mission was set up by the 1949 lafflalatlim I hnnn,. il legislature ' because of the fore seeable need "to get the land now for future buildings. The new state hiehwav build. ing will be on the east side of the mall between Chemeketa and Center,streets. It is not proposed, for the present, to disturb, the Presbyterian church building on the west side of the mall between Chemeketa and Center. But it is proposed: 1. To close Chemeketa and Union streets where they now cross the capitol area. Plan modified 2. To modify the "Balrlnpk plan" for Salem traffic so that Winter instead Summer street will be used, with Capitol street as through arteries. J. To develop Summer street manner: $10 for placing names of testatrix on Hogan monument in Bend; $75, for the permanent up keep of the E. J. Wright lots in the Catholic cemetery, of Bend; $150 to the Capuchin Fathers, of tsenci; zzw to the Redcmptorist Fathers, of Portland; $300 to netty t;. Wright; $300 to the Sis ters of St. Joseph, St. Charles hospital; $100 to circle 4 of the uatnonc Altar society; $100 to Florence P. Cox, $2500 to the ex ecutrix of the estate for services, and $3000, in addition to the $1000 already received, to attorneys for fees. Distribution of the remain der of the assets of the estate was provided for as follows: Miss Downes. GGi per cent; Lorene W. Anton, 163 per cent, and John W. Allen, lG2a per cent. Hospital Fund Boosted Further Contributions to the Bend Me morial hospital fund have been increased hy 10 per cent of Bend Furniture Co. profits on Hospital day. observed here . a week ago Friday, it was announced todav from headquarters of the Central Oregon Hosoirals foum atlnn In the O'Kane building. Earlier a similar contribution had be-n re ceived from the Welle store. It was also announcod today Mm. mi i-ni)ioyes oi tne consum STilSS ner "'"i -umi minions, wim the Bend teachers heading the 'list. SPANISH SHIP SINKS Gibraltar, Nov. 30 HPi The Brit ish liner Warwickshire was en route here todav with 24 sur vivors of the Spanish steamer Alejandro Tercero which sank early yesterday 20 miles off Ca diz, Spain. It was not known how many crewmen the Spanish vessel carried. through the capitol area in two parKways. as shown in the draw- ing, for the convenience of visit ! ' i ,-. . . . . ors and people" doini business wnn tne state. 4. To provide off-street parking in the area for all concerned. 5. To construct future state buildings along the mall which will conform architecturally .with the statehouse and other state buildings. Salem's city council, its plan ning and zoning commission and its long range planning commis sion are asked: Changes Asked 1. To extend their class 1-C (Capitol zone) district to include the new area immediately. 2. To make the indicated street closings and changes as soon as possioie. 3. To "set a foot down" on busi City Test Well Down 380 Feet Depth of a test well being drill ed just west of the city limits in search of water to augment the city supply in summer emergen cies had rsached 380 feet yester day evening, after striking and losing a light flow of water. At present, the drill Is in hard rock, the first of the type struck since work was started. The water was reached at a depth of 340 feet, but indications are that it was not a subter ranean flow. The water came up in the hole a depth of about 20 feet at Ihe time. Should the rock encountered in the work yesterday prove mas sive, drilling at the site, in the ravine near the north base of Overturf butte, will be abandoned and the outfit will be moved about a mile west, where geologists be lieve there Is a possibility that an underground flow may be tapped. In the major part of the hole that has reached a depth of 330 feet, volcanic cinders, of th? ba saltic type, were encountered Yesterday some silica showed up. and was at first believed that at..., ,iuu ui.-cu icMcueu. it is now believed that the silica is being ground out of lava pockets by the in in. Drilling will be continued for a time in the hard rock, to de termine whether it may be a rhin layer with a water-bearing stra tum below. HIGHER PRICES ASKED Washington, Nov. 30 (inThe sugar beet industry asked Secre tary of agriculture Charles F. Brannan today to force an In crease in sugar prices next year. Robert H. Shields, president of the U.S. Beet Sugar association, told a department hearing that sugar is the "cheapest food on the market" and Brannan should raise the price a bit by limiting the 1950 supply. SEPT.IW ness encroacnments in or near the margins of the area, such as have been permitted on the east sine oi ijapitor street. . There, a large market and a large depart ment store have been erected, The legislature is asked to nro- vide necessary laws and financing to carry out the program in or derly stages. Total costs have not been estimated. Comparison Made The experience of other states, particularly Florida, is cited in the commission's report to show the necessity for providing sites ior me iuture. "This plan concerns all the citi- zens of Oregon, as well as the people of Salem", Sawyer said, iimi i mere is economy as well as beauty in sound planning. We have tried to plan for 50 to 75 years anead. Symphony Group Plans Practice The Central Oregon Symphony society, whose members voled at a recent meeting to hold occas ional rehearsals in Prineville, will have the first practice in the Crook county town tonight at 8 o'clock, in the Prineville high school. The Bend members are to meet at 7 p.m. at the Bend high school band room, it was announced by Grant E. Mathews, director. The organization ha3 grown, with the recent addition of string players from Prineville, Mathews said. Woodwind and brass intru menrs are to be added to the group sometime in mid-December he added. The first concert by the group Is being planned for late January. Hamilton Issues Call for Players Wayne Hamilton pttv rnnroa. tion director, today issued a call to basketball players, asking that they meet tomorrow m 7-:tn n m in ine commission room nf the. 'city hall for the purpose of form ing a league for Independent teams in Bend. He repored that teams from the community college, American Le gion post, and another squad headed by John Odem, have Indi cated Interest In forming the league. Bend high school officials have granted use of the school gvm every Wednesday night, Hamil ton said. JAPAN TO EXPORT Tokyo, Nov. 30 HP Ceneral MacArthur announced today that the Japanese government is pre pared to place exports on a pri vate basis as of Dec. 1 and to permit exporters to handle their transactions directly with author ized banks in accordance with nor mal commercial practices. Pasco Man New Manager For Chamber Howard W. Moffat, secretary manager of the Pasco, Wash., chamber of commerce for the past 17 months, today accepted the position of manager of the Bend chamber and will take over his duties on Jan. 1. He will sue ce?d Floyd West, who recently announced his resignation. Moffar, who has been In cham ber work for the past six years accepted the Bend offer early this afternoon, by telephone. He was one of eight applicants for the Bend position interviewed by a committee composed of directors of the local chamber. Moffat vis ited Bend last Saturday aul con ferred most of the afternoon with the board of directors, headed by Frank H. Loggan as president of the local chamber. The new manager of the Bend chamber visited Bend on one pre vious occasion, in June. 1948 when en route to a United States chamber of commerce conference at the University of Oregon. Native of Kansas A native of Wichita, Kans., Mof fat attended Kansas university for two years. He is 42 years old, and a veteran of world war II having spent 37 months with the Seabees, serving as a chief boat swain's mate. He saw service on both Sainan and Ie Shima during the Pacific war. Prior to the war, he held vari ous public and labor relations po sitions, and spent 1937 with the Kaiser ship vards, in Richmond, Calif. In 1939-40, Moffat was in public relations with the Golden Gate exposition, In San Francisco. Folio-vine the exnnsltinW ho ra. turned to the Kaiser firm Before the war he was in charge of the Transportation department of the Texas centennial, in Dallas, Tex. Former Athlete Earlier, than 1935, Maffat was In semi-pro athletics, and plaved basketball for the Wichita Hen ry's, the Dallas Athletics and Schepns Brewers, of Dallas. Moffat is a former director of the Rocky Mountain institute of the U. S. chamber of commerce. His wife Is the former Alice Van Houten, of Twin Falls, Ida. Mr. and Mrs Moffat have a 9-month-old son, Gary. Moffat's chamber of commerce experience includes two years as secretary-manager of the Rupert, Ida., chamber. An ardent sportsman, Moffat looks toward hunting and fishing trips in the Rend countrv. On his first trip to Bsnd. in 1948. hp com- mented: "If ever a chamber job opens in Bend, I should like to have it." Moffat accented the Bend unsi. tlon fodav by. telephone, following the regular weeklv meetine nf the chamber directors here. At the noon luncheon. Moffat's applica tion was formally accepted. West has agreed to remain on the job in Bend until the end of the year. He will announce his Dlans for the future in a. week or two, he has indicated. New Zealand Ousts Laborites Wellington. New Zealand Nov. 30 mi The labor government, which for 14 years sponsored a weiiare and nationalization pro. gram similar to Britain's labor government, was defeated today in general elections by the oppo sition nationalist party. ine nationalists had accused the laborites of responsibility for ine nign cost oi living. The defeat endd labor rule which began in 1935 when the party defeated a coalition govern ment headed by George W. Forbes. With the vote count still Incom plete at 9 p.m., the government aumirtea it had lost four seats In the house of representatives to the nationalist party. Thl3 reversed the position which prevailed in the house be fore the election, when the house was composed of 42 labor mem bers and 38 nationalists. Labor party leaders also admit ted the goverinment may lose more seals before the vote count is completed. The labor government, which came Into power with Michael J. Savage as prime minister, guar nnteed dairy farmers a price for their products, instituted stare marketing of produce overseas. Introduced a minimum basic wage for adult workers and com pulsory unionism in many Industries. Deschutes County Welfare Agency Will Eliminate Aid To Single, Able-Bodied Men f!l8le' able-bodied men will be unable to receive financial aid through the Deschutes county relief program accordit to a policy established last night by the county welfare board Action of the group followed a request by the state public the matter"1"1'88'0" 1 CUntieS tilke 8 definite "nd It was brought out, however, that if the need arises in the Pope McCarthy's Ueath Suicide, Coroner Decides Pope McCarthy, whose body was found in his car in the Bull springs area some 14 miles north. west of Bend yesterday, died as me result oi a self-inflicted gun shot wound, it was the decision of Dr. George W. Winslow, Des chutes county coroner, following an Investigation. The body was found by Officer Kenneth of the state police and Deputy autrim rurresi noies. McCarthy, long a resident of Bend and a familiar figure in local athletics, took his life with a .22 caliber rifle, which he had borrowed in Bend on Monday. He said he wanted the rifle to kill a dog. On his death drive McCarthy was accompanied by a local girl, who left home with the intention of taking a "baby sitter's" job for the evening. Instead of stopping in town, McCarthy drove into the Bull spring region. She jumped from the car and ran into the darkness, after McCarthy asked her to sit with him in the rear seat, investigating officers were told. Officers ascertained that the girl was not molested. No funeral arrangements have yet been made, it Was Annnunnnri from the Nisvyonger & Winslow pariors. , Parnell Thomas Concedes Guilt Washington, Nov. 30 tPi Rep J. Parnell Thomas, R., N.J., today in a surprise move, entered a plea in which he offered no defense to government charges thaf he col lected salary "kick-backs" from his congressional employes. His plea waB "nolo contendere." It meant that he does not wish to contend the government's charges. The government immediately accepted the sudden plea offered on the third day of his trial. The government then announc ed It was dropping its case against Miss Helen Campbell, Thomas' co defendant and his secretary for 12 years. Her attorney had said at the opening of the trial that sne went "voluntarily" to the jus rice department and had told the whole story of the "kickbacks." Immediately after the mid morning recess in his trial. Wll. liam H. Collins, attorney for l nomas, stood up In the court room in U. S. district court and announced: "Your honor, Mr. Thomas de sires to enter a plea of nolo con tendere." Presiding judge Alexander Holt zoff looked questionlngly at U. S. prosecutor George Morris Fay. Fay aro.e and said: "We under stand the plea Is to the whole Indictment. The government has no objection." Thomas, former chairman of the house un-American activities committee, could draw a jail cen tence of up to 32 years and fines totaling $40,000 for the charges of padding his office payroll ami taking "kickbacks" from his of fice staff. Holtzoff set Dec. 9 as the date for sentencing Thomas. Fay told reporters that" under the constitution a conviction for an offense as serious as the charg es against Thomas means that he will be forever barred from hold ing further office. New Storm Due To Strike Coast Portland, Nov. 30 Hit Heavy rain expected with a new storm tonight will cause "substantial rises" in the upper reaches and most tributaries of the Willam ette river, the weather bureau said. Despite general rain In the Wll- lamette watershed, the river con tinued to fall today, dropping 2.6 feet at Corvallls and Albany and 29 feet at Salem. Tatoosh Island, Wash., was drenched with an even two Inches . of rain In the past 24 hours, the! heaviest precipitation recorded In j the United Slates for the samel period. I t fiater winter months, some ex ceptions may be authorized. The BTOUD also rlmrnauoH the current status of the rela tive responsibility law. Under the statute certain blood rela tives of welfare recipients are required to contribute toward the support of relief recipients. The uegree oi support is dependent upon the financial ability of the relatives. Cases at Issue There are eases now at Issue before the county board where re sponsibility of relatives has been established, but the latter have refused to make their required contributions, it was explained. C. L. Allen, county judge and ex-offlcio member of the board, suggested that if these persons persist, in their refusal to meet their liabilities, the state welfare commission should be asked to take legal action through the at torney general, or the local dis trict attorney, to require them to do so. Other members agreed with his idea for the treatment of such cases. . Another feature of the law which is causing the board some administrative difficulty, is that concerning the filing of an affi davit by relatives of welfare re cipients setting forth the amount of their income durine 1948. In. come for that year is the basis for Determining tne degree of respon sibility of the relatives thtR vent- However, there In a case now before the board vhere a man insisted on filing hte affidavit on the basis of a joint-return, half of tne income being his and half his wuo s. By doing so he cut his re sponsibility for needy relatives' support by one half. Ruling Cited In a recent ruling Attorney gen eral George Neuner interpreted the law to mean that the basis for fixing the amount of liability of a person, Is on his total income for the entire year and not just on one half. In accordance with this ruling members of the board stated that legal action is contemplated against those persons who fail to submit income affidavits contain ing the proper figures; that Is, all of their Income and not just one half of it. Another case said to be giving the local board some grief in volves a man and wife who both work and have a joint income considerably above that of the av erage persons. One of them has a parent who seeks relief aid. The board believes that between the two persons the parent could be adequately supported without help from the county. However, the couple refuse to do so, and the party whose parent is in need insists upon filing an income affi davit setting forth only his in come. Consequently the county will have to share In the support of the needy parent, despite the fact that the couple acting Jointly could adequately provide the nec essary care, it Is declared. (Continued on Page 7) ' New A-Bomb Next Spring at Bv tfoscith L. Mylr (United Prow Staff Corremiondent) Washington, Nov. 30 Uli A task force now being organized will test at Eniwetok, probablv next spring, new A-bombs expect ed to be a "major improvement" over the sensational weapons tried out there last year. At least three bombs will be detonated under conditions of strictly enforced secrecy. The western Pacific nrnvinn ground established in 1947, is out-of-bounds to all unauthorized nlnncf and ships, American or foreign. That the new tests will be heli' was disclosed in a curt announce ment Issued Jointly vesterd.iv bv he armed forces and fie atomic enerpv commission. Just vhcn thev will be h"ld. how mnnv Mfitnio wrMinns will he detonated. nd nrerlselv whv new tests must hp held so soon after the sucr-ssfiil 1;I48 experiments were not revealed. New Bcnilw Bi-llcr But It has been stated officially before and since the Sent. 23 an nouncement that Russia h.is lenrn ed to explode the atom that this nation Is perfecting bombs even better than those proved at Eni wetok In April and May last year. And those bombs, according to John L Lewis Fails to Take Further Action By Laurence Goiider (United Pres. staff Correapendent) New York, Nov. 30 IP) John L. Lewis failed today to take any action to prevent the nation's 400,000 soft coal miners from striking at midnight tonight. Lewis called off a meeting of his top officers who were to de cide whether to call off the strike. It was the third day that the pol icy committee of the United Mine Workers had scheduled a meet ing, and the third straight day that Lewis had called off the meeting a short time before the committee was to meet. It left the workers no apparent alternative but to quit the mines at midnight tonight. iowis policy committee was scheduled to meet here at 4 p.m. EST to go over the coal wage dispute and decide whether to keep the men at work or let them go on strike. Held Tomorrow ' A terse announcement from the , mine workers said merely that "the meeting has been called off. It will be held tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. There is no further comment." Lewis set the Dec. 1 strike dead line on Nov. 9 when he sent his miners back to work after the last soft coal strike had run 52 days. There had been strong reports that the mine workers' boss want ed to extend the strike deadline once Egaln to allow more time for bargaining and also to keep his men at work during the Christmas season. . But all that's off now. Tomor row's meeting- of the policy com'.' mittee will be too late to stop the coal strike. Lewis, himself, was not avail able to newsmen and other offi cers of the union wouldn't com ment. No New Bargaining . ' ' There had been reports that Lewis and northern and western coal operators were ready to start bargaining again. But these re ports, like many others, . have borne no fruit. . The last time Lewis met the coal operators was more than five' weeks ago. Those bargaining con ferences broke down when the in dustry refused to grant any con tract improvements which might force an increase in the price of . coal. Lewis has not yet made public his demands. But he has said that what he wants in a new contract would cost the industry between 30 and 33 cents for every . ton of coal mined. Lewis had been expected to de lay for about 30 days the threat ened second coal strike of the year. He had been reported looking for an excuse to postpone the new strike. MARGARET GETS OFFER London. Nov. 30 (IPi Cecil Lan. dau, British producer, has sent Margaret Truman an offer of 500 Dound sterling (Sl,400) a week for a brief appearance in London in the revue "Sauc? Tartare." Tests Slated Eniwetok public statements by Sen. Edwin C. Johnson, D., Colo., are six times more powerful than the wartime motl?l which wrecked Nagasaki. Johnson, a member of the well informed conpressional atomic energy committee, also said this country Is making progress to ward development of a "super bomb." employing hydroeen gas as well ns uranium or plutonium and 1.000 times more powerful than the Japanese weapon. A hydroeen bomb, emnlovlng nuclear processes oneratine in the sun and stars, is scientifically nnsslhle. according t'o nhvslclsts. Whether It is technically feasible remains to be seen. It was understood, however, that the new wannns to be de tonated In the forthcomln" tests are not "suner bombs, in t"e Johnsonian sense, hut rpflnert de sipns suggested by last ysar's tests. The tests will be carried out bv the army, navy, air force and atomic energy commission welded together In a tam dubbed "joint task force three." Air force Lt. Gen. Elwood R. Queanria will be In command. The scientific contingent will be head ed by Dr. Alvln C. Graves of the Los Alamos laboratory.