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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1949)
Oragon Historical Socltty Publlo AuJ.'torlun PORTLAND 1, 0RE09M - ; ...i '. LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE THE BEND BULLETIN Stafe Forecast OREGON: Wednesday most' ly cloudy with occasional rain and snow over moun tains. High both days 40 to 50. Low tonight 26 to 36. CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 34th Year BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1949 No. 1 Kill arm Springs Highway Wreck ed In W CAA Officials Gather Here In Conference CIVll lll'I'IIIIIIUllCH IK 1 1 tl I Ills I III- I lim of f U-IiiIh Iroin Alliuku, lin wall mid the seven region of tin United Slates iiirncil u tliicc-day Airman iIIvIhIiiii conference In llcnil today Willi Wllliiim S. Moure, ill li-f of Ilic division, WiixIiIiik'om, D.C., presiding. l'n li'i"iii'i'n mi' being lii'id In tin! Blue loom of I hi' I'llol Hun,. Inn. Purpose of t tic conference, us otilllni'd by Moore, will he "to otiinln ii more iinlform Inli-i n liiilon mid uppllcailun of out' reg tilitt Iciiih mid Instruction.! mid n liciicr uiul-rHtiiiulliiK of our inu t tin 1 problems In order tin t we may (Irlcrmliio liny ni'i'd for mod ification of procedures which will result In heller service to lttc fly Inu public." Many ('cine liy I'lt.in Normally, thi' CAA alrmiin di vision conference Is lu'ld In Wash ington, DC, but this year a west ern ini'i'lliiK wiin planned, partly for rlii purpose of acquainting headquarters and region x-i mom ii"l wllh all port mid flylir' prob lems. Thi' meeting has brought to Hend rcpn'vnlatlves of every region adinliilsliTiil by (hp CAA, from (tin Now England hIiiIim lo the southwest" mid ifrom Florida to Alaska and llnwuil. Some '10 officials mi' here. Tin CAA officials converged on rrntral Oregon bv plane, with most of tlirin making thi trip vlp commercial airline... ImidliiK at tlu Redmond atiport yesterday. Moot'.' mid 12 oilier members of Ills staff made thi trip here from tln niilloii'H cimllal In n CAA I lunulas plane. Thi' plane landi'd lit Huberts field yesterday eve ning on a Imp from Cheyenne. Wyo. Ttie -plajWdunylnK WA district K!rsonnel from Spokane. Wash., landed at Hi,- Hend muni clpul airport. Formerly of Kent tie Moore Is well acquainted wltli the l'aelflc Norlbwest, having turn stationed In Sealtk', region headquarters, for a miniber of years, lie went to Washington. IXC, lifter the war. CAA officials with Moore lnolude It. E. Ilcrr. of the International CAA staff, lie was formerly In the Oregon district, with headquarters in 1 'oi l la nil. The three-day conference In Hend will be primarily a "work shop" for the CAA leaders. Mod erators nt today's session were Moore, C S. Stanton, chief of the operations branch, Washington. 1).C id V. W. Jamil, chief of the pilot brunch, Washington, IXC. Practically nil men attending the national conference In Hend are pilots. Bend was selected, by Moore as the place for the west ern ronfei-ence, he said. Iiocause he supervised a two-region con ference here In war davs, liked the dry and liked the I'liot Butte Inn. Business sessions will occupy three days of the conference, wllh various portions of the agenda to be moderated by thi- appropriate (Continued on Pane 5) Engineers Report Progress On Columbia River Projects Walla Walln, Wash,, Dee. 5 ttii Col. O. 1C. Walsh, North Pacific division army engineer, today told the Inland Empire Water ways association's ltilh annual convention that "In terms of ap propriations ... we were treated quite generously by the 81st con gress." At last year's convention, the Inland Waterways group passed a resolution favoring funds for Ice harbor lock and dam on the Snako river which was Ignored by Ibis congress. Regarding appropriations, Walsh sulci: "The Columbia liver basin re ceived tlie third highest appro priation as compared with other basins, being topped only by Missouri and Ohio. The North SHOPP'NSaVS iUFT mm 16 ASM I "n : ir I Garden Club Prepares for Sale of 11'. ! jgjjf - Members of the Hend Garden club gathered yesterday at the home of Mrs. Virgil L. Surfus, to make swags and wreaths for their traditional pre-Christmas sale, to be held Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Warner Plumbing shop. Left to right In the picture are: Mrs. Joe Werner, Mrs. Surfus, Mrs. Stella Nelson, Mrs. John M. Mlhelelch and Mrs. Fred L. Hutton. Christmas Rush Beginning Early at Bend Post Office The Bend post office Htuff is looking forward to its busiest Christmas season in history, with the exception of Camp Abbot days, it was announced today as decks were cleared to handle the yule rush expected to develop in the present week. In fact, the staff yesterday afternoon experienced an unex pected mailing rush that necessitated special attention. As a result of the heavy conitiitnment of packages mailed Dr Coe Coming Here for Meeting Of Bend Masons Dr. U. C. Coo. enrly-day Bend physician and author of "The Horse and Buggy Doctor." Is to come here from tils home In Port land for a meeting of the Bend Masonic lodge on December 8. Norman (.filbert, master, an nounced today. Dr. Coc assisted in organizing Bend lodge 40 years ago last June 17, and was the second master of the local chap ter. The visit to the Bend lodge will Iw one of the few times Dr. Coe has returned to this city since he left here more than a quarter of a century ago. He Is a prac ticing physician in Portland, Sharing the spotlight with the Hend pioneer will lie another old timer. Clyde M. McKay. Bend resident, who Is to be presented wllh a 50-year pin, according to plans outlined here today. Every effort will be made to have old time' members present for the meeting. Officers for the coming year will be elected by the Bend Ma sons at the Thursday night meet ing. Also, a program Is planned. Refreshments will be served, Pacific division was alloted $70,- 825,000 for this basin In the 1950 flncal year, which ends June 30. "The Missouri basin received $86,130,000 for army' engineer civil works and the Ohio basin, $72,357,000. "The largest single const met Ion allotment (In the Pacific division) was for McNary dam In the sum of $35,000,000. Detroit dam hnd reservoir (on the north Snutlam river) and Lookout Point dam and reservoir each received $9, 500,000, being the next largest in dividual appropriations." . Col. Walsh, who this year re placed Col. Theron D, Weaver as the corps of engineers' division head, spoke at the organization's opening day gathering and out lined the year's progress In con struction on rivers of the Pacific northwest Chief Joseph rinm below Grand Coulee and McNary on the Co lumbia were the spotlight proj- cctsoescriied, Preliminary work has been "virtually completed" on Chief Joseph with tlie driving of a 1,' im-toot exploratory tunnel on the Columbia's right bank, Walsh said. Chief Joseph when com pleted at a cost of $206,000,000 will be the second largest elec tricity generation project In the world, turning out 1,728,00U Kilo- wans. Grand Coulee Is the largest. The Initial construction of the (Continued on Pago 5) "yesterday, racks were brought up rrom the uu.seniunt quar ters and tables were arranged for on truing- mail. Postmaster Farley J. Elliott reported to day that the staff has been en larged for the holidays. Men and women with experience have been engaged, he said. Itcct'lptH Heavy Postinatser Elliott predicted an unusually busy Christmas season for the postoffice staff this year when reviewing postal receipts of the year that is now nearing an end. Gains have been shown every month. Postal receipts for the month Just ended were $!,216.33, com pared with $8,568.17 for Novem ber last year. October receipts were also well In excess of those for October, 19,18. Klrst rush lacing post office workers will be that of caring for outgoing mall. Incoming mail will reach a peak in the week prior to Christmas, which will fall on a Sunday this year. Value of Dollar Shows Increase New York, Dec. 6 'Hi The pur chasing power of the consumer's dollar improved to 62.5 cents in October, an Increase of 2.8 per cent over its level in the corre sponding month of last year, ac cording to the national industrial conference hoard. The board's figures show the consumer's dollar was worth 100 cents In January, 1939. Between beptember and Oc tober, the board said, consumer prices dipped 1.1 per cent, with decreases being reported in 57 of the 61 cities included in the monthly survey. Consumers' prices in October were 2.7 per cent below those prevailing in Oc tober, 1948. ANOTHER STORM DUE Vuncouver. B.C.. Dec. 6 tlPi The storm-plagued British Col umbia coast prepared for another bout with the weatl er today as 50 mile an hour gales headed for Vancouver Island and lower British Columbia. Tlie weather bureau said the full force of the storm should strike about noon today. The storm is expected to shift to southwest with 25-mile-per-hour winds late tonight. The province has been struck by strong winds and rain storms the last two week ends. The first storm took 24 lives. PROTEST REJECTED Hong Kong, Dec. 6 UP) Chinese nationalist forelg.n minister George Yeh today rejected Amer ican protests over nationalist gun boats firing on American ships. Holiday Greenery Diamond Lake Cutoff Closed, Result of Snow The Diamond lake cutoff, short cut over the southern Cascades from highway 97 to southern Oregon-, has been blocked by snow and will remain closed for tne remainder of the season, it was announced today from the local highway office. .Barricades were erected at approaches to the mountain rpad this morning at 8 o'clock. Officially known as Oregon sec ondary No. 230, the Diamond lake cutoff crosses the Cascades be tween Diamond and Crater lakes. To the south, the Fort Klamath route to the Medlord area re mains open. ' The trans-Cascade cutoff was closed following a storm that de posited considerable snow In the southern mountains, but skipped the northern passes. As a result, tl McKenzie route, normally closed this time of the year, re mains open. Packed snow cover ed that pass and other mountain roads today, with icy spots re ported from the Mt. Hood coun try. Chains were advised. Organized Army Reserve Station Established Here Opening in Bend of an organ ized reserve army recruiting sta tion, with M. Sgt. John E. Butler In charge, was announced here today. Headquarters will be in room No. 7 of the J. C. Penney Co. building. 1 lie station will be main tained in Bend on a permanent status with Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook counties to be served, All ex-service men and former officers will be eligible to sign wttn tne organized reserves. Pay Is provided. Sgt. Butler formerly covered the central Oregon counties from the Medford station, from which he was assigned to Bend. The lo cal office was opened yesterday. Office hours will be from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Will Retain Rank Sgt. Butler said an ex-service man may join the reserves at the rank held when discharged from service. Central Oregon men sign ing up for service will be assign ed to the 6310 logistics training tlvision. Meetings will be held on Thursday nights, from 8 to 10 o clock, in Deschutes county court house' quarters. Sgt. and Mrs. Butler and five of their six children havt- moved to Bend and are living at 1550 Di vision. Their oldest son, William E. Butler, Is a student nt West Point. A daughter, Valene, has en tered high school here, and two other (laughters, Chorlene and Sue Ellen, are In grade school. Two younger children, Judith Marie and John, are at home. FIRE CALL ANSWERED Firemen were called Monday at o:3o p. m. to the George Jen sen home, 227 E. Greeley, where an overheated oil stove caused alarm. There was no damage. Shipments Of Uranium To Be Probed By W. K. HlKglnbotlium IdnlunJ l'rM HUOf CwrTwpundrnt) ; Washington, Dec. 6 Ul'iHouse spy hunters today were on the trail of a mysterious wartime shipment to Russia of A-bomb uranium which may have been "doctored" to make It useless. It also was learned that a ban Imposed by the late President Roosevelt, preventing govern ment agencies from giving con gress access to confidential ma terial may be lifted next month. The security ban, which Presi dent Truman has kept In effect, and the mystery cargo were key items In a broadening inquiry Into shipment of atomic materials and other secrets via the aerial lend-lease pipeline to Russia. The names of such high war time officials as the late Harry Hopkins, wnite House confidant and former Vice-president Henry A. Wallace have been linked to the inquiry so far. It was be lieved scores of others, both high and low. Including two former state department officials, would crop up later. Wallace Makes Denial Wallace said he had "absolute ly nothing to do" with the ship ments. Hopkins' relatives, friends and close associates branded as "Incredible" charges that he was partly responsible. George Racey Jordan, former army air force major, touched off the inquiry with a report that Aussian agents sent tons of maps, documents, atomic materi als and other secret items through the pipeline at Great Falls, Mont., where Jordan was lend-lease "ex pediter" in 1943-44. - . 1 Chairman John S. Wood,' D, Ga., said his house un-American activities committee will not "leave an avenue untouched" in running down those who let such vital information reach the soviet union. Dates, Names Given Jordan, now a New York con tractor, gave both dates and names to back up his story in two radio interviews with com mentator Fulton Lewis Jr. He said Hopkins once told him by telephone to keep the atomic materials moving to Russia and "keep It quiet." On another occa sion, he said he found a White (Continued on Page 5) 2 Men Arrested For Smuggling Aliens Into U. S. Washington. Dec. 6 U7 The justice department announced to day it had broken up an alien smuggling ring with the arrest of two Grand Rapids, Mich., men at Miami, Fla. Arrested last night on charges of smuggling in aliens from Ha vana. Cuba., by plane were Gay lor Saxton, a pilot, and Charles Cramton, both 26. The arrests were made by Im migration officers working in cooperation with the FBI. Three aliens allegedly smug gled into the country already have been taken into custody on charges of illegal entry. The de partment said 23 others, includ ing four children, would be rounded up before the week end. A justice department spokes man said that coordination of the Miami, New York, and Havana Immigration officers led to the arrest of Ignatz Stern Fried, 27, and his sister, EJla Stern Fried, 21, and Henryka Czlenowa, in New York yesterday. ITtvate Airport Used The Frieds were taken to Mi ami where they pointed out a private airport where they had landed after a flight from a field near Havana. The spokesman said that this and other Information led to the arrest of Saxton and Cramton. He said the pair operated with planes rented from private own ers or plo.ne service companies In Miami. Saxton was accused of thing the aliens from Havana to Miami. Cramton alleged!;,' made the arrangements for those brought In to proceed to New York by plane or train. The two Michiagn men, if con victed, face maximum penalties of $2,000 In fines and five years Imprisonment for each alien brought In. The spokesman said that the 26 aliens allegedly involved were from the Balkan countries and paid from $500 to $800 each to get into this country. There was no smuggling charge for children under six, he said. County Officers Association Will Ask Congress for Funds To Offset Property Tax Loss Something conclusive may be done at the next session of congress to assure county government of federal funds in lieu of taxes where property, taken off the local tax rolls be cause of federal ownership, competes with private enterprise, C. L. Allen, Deschutes county judge, stated today. Allen, who returned Sunday from the national convention of the Association of County officers, in Chicago, 111., Haul that Second Test Well Down 110 Feet A test well being drilled in an effort to locate a supplemental supply of water for Bend reached a depth of 110 feet yesterday eve ning with a black volcanic forma tion reached below a thick strat um of tuff. The layer of tuff was about 45' feet thick, and is be lieved part of a "glowing ava lanche" that spilled down the eastern slope of the Cascades into the Bend area prior to the out flow of lava underlying Bend. ur.iy a trace of water has been found so far in the new hole, being drilled at a site west of the city. The site selected is that suggested by a federal geologist, who recently viewed the area. The geologist said that structural conditions appeared favorable for underground water at the site. How Type Indicated The pink tuff penetrated by the drill is believed to be of the same type exposed in westside Bend and along the Deschutes above the city and at the Bend Sisters highway crossing of the Descr ,tes near Tumalo. It is the belief of geologists that this rep resents consolidated pumice of the flow type, rather than air borne ash. Geologists say that molten pum ice spilled from various Oregon mountains, mclud l n g vanished Mazama of the Crater lake area, as a glowing mass that raced down valleys. Fiery hot and filled with gas, the "flaming ava lanches" eventually froze into thick sheets of tuff. Wildcat Strike Hits Oak Ridge Building Project Oak Ridge, Tenn., Dec. 6 IP The government moved in today in an elfort to halt a mushroom ing wildcat strike here that idled more than 700 AFL construction workers and halted work on part of the multi-million dollar expan sion program in the atomic city. The unauthorized walkout re portedly started in a dispute over alleged employment of non-union labor at one of the myriad gov ernment projects plastering the Oak Ridge area. An atomic energy commission official announced that the na tional labor relations board is sending an investigator here and that an international representa tive of one of the three idled con struction crafts also had been notified of the situation. Lt. Fanning s Body Discovered McChord Air Force Base. Wash., Dec. 6 iu?i Bodies of three of six airmen aboard a C-54 trans port plane that crashed on Mt. St. Helens have been discovered, it was revealed today, but immedi ate attempts to evacuate them were given up because of treach- trous conditions. The bodies were discovered by a ground party Sunday near the 8,000 foot level where the big plane plowed into the side of the mountain 13 days ago after the pilot radioed, "I am confused. The mountain is at a 45-degree angle slope at that spot, officers said. Searchers spent 24 hours hunt ing the victims. It may be until next spring, officers said, before bodies of those found can be re moved and the others located. Officers said disclosure that the bodies had been found was held up until the ground party return ed here late yesterday and noti fied the base chaplain. The bodies were placed in a secure spot, where ground party members said they would remain undis turbed. The three recovered were iden tified as 1st Lt. Richard M. Fan ning, Bend, Ore., survived by his widow In lacoma, Wash.; 2nd Lt, Thomas C. Hardisty, Sarasota, Fla survived by his widow In Ta coma; and SSgt. Richard C. Hos- mcr, survived by his mother in Massachusetts. the views of county govern ment on the subject are to be presented fully betore con gress when it convenes next year. He explained that two members of the national asso ciation were named at the Chi- caeo meeting to an Inter-eovern. ment relations committee which will be responsible for presenting the matter to congress. Long Considered The committee, he stated, is made up of representatives of federal, state, county and munici pal governments. The matter of federal funds in lieu of taxes to local governments has been under consideration by tlie association for a number of years, according to Allen. He explained that many local government units in the county suffer a great loss of tax revenue because of federal ownership of lands in local areas. As examples he cited military and naval instal lations which in many cases have taken thousands of acres of land off local tax rolls. Welfare and social security regulations were other subjects discussed at the association con vention, according to Allen. - Expansion Favored A resolution was passed which proposed that the federal govern ment expand the social, security laws to cover persons in occupa tions not now under.the program. Under the proposal it' is asked that such fields- as- domestic- serv ice, transient farm work, farm ing, etc., be included in the pro gram. '. At . present, - Allen explained, persons who served in those occu pations in the past and are now aged and in need of financial aid, are supported entirely through county and state welfare pro grams. Had they been under the social security program, he add ed, they now would be receiving assistance through social security benefits, and would have contrib uted, during their working days toward their old age living costs. Benefits Seen Allen believes that by including all occupations under the social security program, the welfare costs of the counties and states could be cut materially in the fu ture. Among other resolutions pass ed at the convention were those proposing that the federal gov ernment participate in the financ ing of the foster home care of children programs in the states, and making funds available for support of persons voluntarily confined to county homes and hospitals. Under present regula tions these programs are financed with county and state funds. Allen explained that the resolu tions dealing with welfare and so cial security will be presented to congress by the association s leg islative committee. Telephone Employes Charge Taft-Hartley Law Violation Washington. Dee. 6 tin The Communications Workers of America (CIO) today formally accused the American Telephone and Telegraph company and 18 of its Bell system subsidiaries of "bad faith" contract bargaining in violation of the Taft-Hartley law. Joseph A. Beirne, president of the CIO union, charges in a com plaint filed with the national la bor relations board that A.T. & T. and Its subsidiaries last month "illegally" changed the terms of the industry pension plan with out bargaining with the union. Most of the 18 subsidiary com panies named in the complaint are state Bell telephone com panies. The A.T. & T. and the Bell sys tem have had a company-financed pension plan since 1913. On November 22, when the CIO un ion was bargaining with many Bell companies, A.T. & T. increas ed Its pension benefits. Beirne said the pension plan was changed by the company without the knowledge or con sent of the union. "Tills Is not true collective bar gaining," Beirne said. "Actions like that of the companies, If al lowed to continue unchecked, would completely destroy the pat-, Car Skids Over Bank, Men Die Instantly Two Oregon liquor commission assistant supervisors were in stantly killed late Tuesday when their car skidded, apparently on a frosty spot, and plunged over a steep embankment on the new Warm Springs highway, a short distance west of the agency. Victims of the accident, first fa tality on the new highway, were Fred H. Slmkln, 28, and Andre Van, 50. Bodies of the two men were found in their wrecked car about 11 a.m. today and were removed to Redmond. State patrolman William Simpson, stationed aC Madras, investigated the accident and said the car rolled over the bank a distance of 75 feet and lodged against a juniper stump. At Top of Grade The accident happened near the top of the steep grade leading westward from the agency. The two men were driving east, en route to Burns. They left Port land yesterday at 3 p.m., it was reported from the OLC office in-, that city. The bodies remained undiscov ered over night, inasmuch as the car was not visible from the highway. Circumstances of the discovery were not learned here. It is surmised that the accident occurred around 5 p.m. yesterday. The men were en route to RiiT-nc in onnorvIcA nnsnlnff n f a new agency. Van was in charge of the eastern Oregon territory for the state liquor commission. rortiana itesiaents Both men were residents of Portland. Simpkin lived at 2724 NE Hancock and Van at 8308 NE GlMcnn.. t w ,..v 1 .' ' V. Full details of the accident were not yet pieced together this after noon, but available information indicated that both bodies were in the car when found. The car, state officers reported, was upside down. Combs Addresses Bend Lions Club The value of birds in protect ing our natural resources today was discussed by Nephi Combs of La Grande, before members of the Bend Lions club meeting for their weekly luncheon-meeting. Combs, an authority on bird life in the state, explained that various birds which are consid ered nuisances by many have a definite place In the natural re sources picture of the state. He said that birds are respons ible for controlling infestations In timber; they control diseases in fruit trees, and they aid in the control of such insects as mos quitoes and crickets. Combs also showed colored slides of various birds of Ore gon, and imitated their calls. In charge of today's program was R. E. Jewell. The meeting was presided over by James ,W. Bushong. tern of collective bargaining rela tions.'" The A.T. & T. issued a state ment asserting that the changes protested by the union were made under procedures provided for in the pension plan. The company said the 18 sub sidiaries followed suit in order that system employes would not lose any pension rights if they transferred from one company to another. The A.T. & T. pension plan now provides $100 a month pen sions, including social security, for all employes, 65 and over, who have been with the company 20 years or more. The old mini mum at age 65 was $50 a month. Besides A.T. & T., the union charges were directed against Bell system companies In Indi ana, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Cincinnati, New Jer sey, and the Southwestern Bell company, Northwestern Bell com pany, Southern Bell company, and Chesapeake & Potomac Tele phone companies In West Virgin ia. Maryland, Virginia, and thu District of Columbia. phone and telegraph companies on the Pacific coast, the mountain sl'ates, and several departments and laboratories of A.T. & T. and Western Electric Co.
