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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
34th Yoar
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17. 1949
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Hearing Set
On Deschutes
Conservation
A hcilllllg (III till! pillpOHIll I luil
ndttit luiitt I IiiiiiIn Ih Included in
tlu MldXlule Soil Conservation
district, which now t'tnhiuccM
must of northern DemiiuleM conn
Iv, will he hclil In Uend ncxl
Wednesday, Dec. 21, in the Den
C'lllllf'M coin thouxe, li wuh (in
nouni'i'd today. The hearing hiui
been h' li luiicil (or by laiiil own
ri M, pvi i huh nl lo piovwIuiiH of I he
Oregon noil conservation law.
Time for Die lii'iiriiiK will lie 8
p. m.
Considered nl tin WttliU'Hiluy
hearing will lie propositi Hint nil
of Di'KcliiiU'K county not pinbnic
oil In tin- pri'Hi'iit district l In
rluili'd In un cnliii 'il district. It
Ih ulso proposed tluil small par
cels of adjacent lunilH In Crook
ii lid Jefferson count li'H li Inciud
pd In tin enlarged district.
May all Klccllmi
If Hie iM'tllion for Hip pnlnrge
mcnt of I he district H approved
nt Hie Wednesduy hcuiiiig. a dute
for (in election will Ip net. Fllg
Ihle to tnkp purl In lluit election
will lip ull persons, flrniK unci cor
porations ownlnK morp than 10
acres of land In the area thai
would lip lidded to the present
district.
A volp on tlio proosp(l pnliiigp
mcnt of Hip district wan held
curlier In .. year, hut thp move
wan defeated because of a lack
of Interest In the project; not bo
cuusi' of opposing vote, It Is as
serted. Since thp election many
farmers Indicated they did not
fully tindoistand the district en
largement project ot Hip time,
hut now desire to hp Included In
n counly-wUlp dlsliict, opimsers
declare.
Duto for the Uend hearing wan
set ly Howard K, OtiHhmaii, x-
ecutlvo secretary 01 tne stnie noil
coimcrvallon commltlpp of Ore
Ron. 2 Girls Injured
In Auto Accident
On their way to their homes In
Berkeley. Calif., from bpokunc,
Wash., where they had been at
tending school. Beverly McMor-
ran. 22, and Betty flrwn, If., were
Injured about 10 o cloeK last mini
when thp car In which they were
rhllnk hi ruck an Icy spot on high
way 27 mid turned over. The
accident occurred nhout 20 miles
south of Uend, and Hip Rlrls were
brought to St. Chuiies hospital
In Uend by a passing Greyhound
bus.
The Kit's were members of a
party of students en route borne
from Washington for Christmas.
State officers said no other car
was Involved In the accident.
Names of the other occupants,
who were not Injured, were not
learned.
The car turned over several
times, after hlttlnK the slick spbt.
Miss Green suffered a fractured
clavicle and scalp cuts. Miss Mc
Morran suffered Injuries the full
extent of which have not been
determined. The condition of the
girls was reported not serious.
New York Housewives Get
Credit for Water Saving
By Frederick M. VVInshlp
(Unlturi Pre Htnfl CorrwiiHindi'nt)
New York, Dec. 17 U House-1
wives won credit today for savlnR
un estimated 100,000,000 gallons
of water on "dry Friday" In the
city's buttle against n water fam
ine. Their fashion conscious men
folk rated only a Bronx cheer
for surveys showed they Just
couldn't get along without their
dally shaves despite the pleas of
city officials.
The cstlmnt? on the amount of
water saved about 10 percent of
tho ' city's normal usage came
from n check of tho rate of flow
of water from the upstate reser-
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I.eamon Turner, of I'llnevllle, Is. plcturpd left takinR a test to determine his manual dexterity. The
test Is a phase of the new Keneral aptitude examination program recently installed at the local of
fice of the Ori'Kon state employment service. In all, the Keneral aptitude examination consists of 15
separate tests. Purpose of the examination is for the selection and placement of inexperienced
workers In occupations for which they are best suited. The general aptitude test, however, is only
one of several (actors taken in consideration by Ihc employment service in the placement in Jobs
of Inexperienced workers. To Turner's rlpht are three officials of the local office of the Oregon state
employment service. From left to right they are: William Humphrey, placement and Jot specialist;
Donald Wuhl, application and testing Interviewer, and Chase St. Clair, veterans employment repre
sentative and supervisor of testing and counseling.
Underground Air
Pocket Struck
By Vell Driller
Frigid air from an underground
pocket Is blowing from the test
well being drilled west of Bend,
it wns lenrntHl today ns the (hill
reached a depth of 1!I3 feet. The
"air gusher" was struck nt the
1H5 foot mark and a strong flow
of nlr Issued from the deep hole.
C. L. Cumner, drilling contrac
tor In charge of the test work, re
ported that the subterranean llow
of air was tapped when n rock
pocket was reached. Earlier this
week, the drill penetrated a stra
tum of coarse gravels, apparent
ly water laden. This caved badly
and It was necessary to sink cas
ing Into the hole. Then the drill
reached hard rock, apparently a
layer of lava. It was in this for
mation Hint the drill dropped into
the underground cavity. A rush
of air followed. Sumner lowered
casing Into the deep hole, and
blocked off the cavity, after ex
periencing difficult work In drill
ing. Lute yesterday, the drill was
again boring through hard rock,
at the 193-foot level, but cold air
was still rushing from the hole.
Not Uncommon
Underground cavities from
which flows strong currents of
nlr are not uncommon in the Bend
aren, drillers report. Earlier In the
fall such a "blow hole" was re
ported from the municipal air
port, in connection with Improve
ment work. Several years ago, a
westslde homo owner tapped a
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volrs which supply the city's 8,
OM.OOO residents.
Water commissioner Stephen J.
Carney suld the figures Indicated
the l ist water holiday In tne
city's history was a "marked
success."
He and other officials hoped
that Saturday baths wouldn t un
do all the efforts of yesterday In
trying to conserve water In the
drouth-depleted reservoirs which
are only one-tnlrd run.
The city hud asked nil residents
yes'erdny to go without natns or
shaves, use one glass less oi wa
ter, and stack the dishes until
evening for a single dish washing
Cooperation Good
A poll of the city's housewives
showed that at least 7S per cent
cooperated in suggested conserva
tion measures.
But three out of four men ob
served on the street were clean
shaven. Most said they had used
elect l ie razors or went to a bar
ber where waterless shaving was
used,
A bank cterk said his boss gave
him "such a look" Hint he sneaked
out for a shnvo at lunch time,
"My secretary look one look nt
my- ocard and called me a bum,
sairt n wall street broker.
Water authorities said a check
of one of the city's largest reser
voirs for the first 17 hours of the
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Installs Testing Program
' i"h, !. 'is:
Local Employment Office
Inaugurates Tests to Gain
Information on
Inauguration at the state
two new programs liesigned
nnd placement service, wuh
l'riee, employment ornce miiniifrer.
"The first program," Price explained, "provides for anti-
tude testing for the selection
worKers, ana proficiency testing- lor the selection and place
ment of typists and stenographers."
I he second program, he
T rail ways Still
Carrying Mail
From The Dalles
Pacific Trailways officials have
notified the postal department
that their line is willing to con
tinue carrying first class and spe
cial delivery mall from The Dalles
under the present arrangements,
until a decision is reached rela
tive to a new contract providing
more complete service, It was
learned today. Earlier, Pacific
Trailways notified the postal de
partment of its intention to can
cel its present contract at the end
of 30 days.
On receipt of the notice of ter
mination of service from Trail
ways, the postal department Is
sued a call for bids, for a service
that would bring parcel post, ns
well as first class mail here from
the north. Considerable interest
In the contract was shown by
truckmen, and more than a score
or mils were forwarded to Wash
ington, D.C., for action. It Is now
known that the awarding of a
contract may be delayed (or some
time, pending developments In
congress.
Teachers Stage
Strike at Astoria
Astoria, Dec. 17 Mi Astoria
school board chairman Fred Hard
er said today ho hoped to hold c
Tuesday night meeting with
school district patrons to hear 11
of the 13 Lewis ipid Clark guide
school teachers' protests that led
to their teaching strike Friday.
Eighth grade students took
over touching chores at th school
after the teachers . walked out In
protest of an alleged physical at
tack by a member of the school
board, Arthur Johnson, against
tho school's principal, Dewey Van.
Only witness to the alleged
fracas Tuesdny night was Aftop
Zunclel, husband of one of the
two teachers not In sympathy
with the strike movement.
Zandel said he saw tho attack
take place outside tho school aft
?r tho board meeting, where both
men had disagreed over Van'f
recording of tho minutes.
Neither Johnson nor Van Is
sued public statements on the
episode, but Harder sulci he per
sonally stood "squarely behind"
the principal.
Harder said he was cnslderlng
asking for an Investigation by
the Oregon department of public
Instruction on the matter,
Aptitude
employment office in Bend of
to improve worker selection
today announced by Clark A.
and placement of inexperienced
continued, provides for the use
of a new system of preparing
data on job specifications and
job requirements.'
P; Ice stated that Bend, with the
exception of Klamath Falls, is
the only office east of the Cascad
es to be operating these programs
at present.
Efficiency Increased
"By use of the aptitude and pro
ficiency tests," Price declared.
the employment office can now
do a more efficient job for appli
cants and the employers by plac
ing the former in jobs they can
do well, and furnishing the lat
ter with qualified workers.
Price also stated that through
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17 Bodies Found
At Crash Scene
Vera Cruz, Mex., Dec. 17 dP
The bodies of 17 persons were
found today in the scattered
wreckage of a Mexican airliner
which crashed and burned on p
Jungle-covered mountain slope 45
miles northwest of this gulf port.
Rescue parties, hacking
through the thick tropical un
dergrowth reached the crumpled
Compnnin Moxicana de Avincion
(OMA) DC-3, after an all-night
battle, to find no survivors.
Tho victims of Mexico's fourth
major air tragedy in three months
Included C. C. Laflcur. 31, Hous
ton, Tex., head of the American
Oil Exploration Corp. In Mexico;
Carlos Grossman, wsll-k n o w n
Vera Cruz millionaire, and two
women. All were Mexicans ex
cent La flour.
The twin-engined nlr liner
ploughed into the towering Sierra
Miult'3 mountainside, 10 miles in
land from the Gulf of Mexico, at
dawn yesterday. .
dipt. Luis Bayer, operations of
ficer of tho airline, who headed
the rescue party, radioed that the
planes fuselage whs split In two
by tho Impact. Half the wreck
ago plummeted Into a deep ra
vine and tho other half wedged
on the side of the jaggsd peak.
"It's almost Impossible to
count or Identify the bodies,"
Boyer reported.
Moat of the bodies were scatter
ed In the ravine. Rescuers des
cended tho cliff with ropes to be
gin tho grim task of recovering
and Identifying the crash victims.
The plane narrowly missed
clearing the Cerro del Borrego
ridgo which It struck, apparently
at cruising speed.
The disaster brought to 54 the
number of persons killed In Mex
ican airplane crashes since
Sept. 26,
Delinquencies
On Tax Roll
$201,168
Deschutes county has a total of
$201,108 delinquent tuxes on Its
rolls, according to a report today
from the stale tax commission.
Mrs. Edna Isham, chief deputy
tax collector fur the county, stat
ed this morning that the sum In
cludes delinquent taxes on rolls
of ull the" taxing bodies in the
county.
The figure for the whole state
amounts to $11,205,355, the re
port said. This total represents
uncollected ad valorem levies
against property over all the
ed. .he commission said, and Is
only 1.47 per cent of the total lev
ied for the years.
Thai figures were compiled I
from reports of county tax col- i
lectors as of this past August.
Multnomah county had the I
largest total of delinquent taxes I
still on the rolls, $2,814,487. Clat
sop county was next with $1,
021,549. Bend Chamber
Nominates 12
New Directors
;Names of 12 Bend chamber of
commerce members who received
the highest number of votes In
this week's nomination-election of
candidates to serve this next year
on the chamber's board of direc
tors, were announced early this
afternoon.
The 12 Include: A. Wilson Be-
nold, Kessler Cannon. Pat Cash
f mon, Carl Erickson. Ben banning,
A.. J. (j lasso w, jack Halbrook,
Morris Hitchcock, Wilfred Jossv.
R. J. Mannheimer, George Ritchie
Jr., and D. J. Ward.
Th( nnmes nf tho 19 CAlnetari
will appear on ballots this next'" Oregon by dealing with Port
week when members of the or-
t!am,ion vle l six ot the
r W
Benold Held Over
Benold is the only candidate
who is currently holding a seat on
the chamber board. He is eligible
for another term as director be
cause he has not served -a full
term In the office, but was finish
ing out the year as a replacement
for former director Loyde Blak
ley. Others whose terms will end
this year include W. H. Myers,
Frank Loggan, E. L. Nielsen, B. A.
Stover, and Jack Wetle.
Holdover directors are: Ralph
Adams. Richard Brandis, J. W.
Bushong, Alva Goodrich, C. L.
McAllister, and Gordon Randall.
Tellers for the election were
Norman Gilbert and Stanley
Scott.
SETS NEW RECORD
Shannon, Ireland, Dec. 17 IP
A Pan American Stratocrulser
arrived today seven hours and 49
minutes after leaving New York,
bettering the Atlantic crossing
record by 37 minutes.
Capt. J. L. Randall of Moscow,
Ida., said his speed at times
reached 495 miles an hour.
The old record was set by an
American Overseas Airlines plane
two weeks ago.
Ruth Aberle Gets Joyous Greeting From Mother
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Sixteen-year-old Ruth Aberle, who was lost for five days in a wilderness near Kelso, wash., re
ceives a Joyous greeting from her. mother, Mrs. William F. Aberle, as she lies In hospital at Long
view, Wash., after her rescue. Found in a 12 by 12-foot homestead cabin, Ruth said, "I wondered
if anyone would ever find me." Her doctor said "she's In pretty good shape."
Central Oregon Delegation
Confers Here With Governor
Gov. Douglas McKay, who met with a highway 28 delega
tion k; Bend yesterday following his talk at the chamber of
commerce forum, said he would immediately confer with
R. li. Baldock, state highway engineer, relative to the road
improvement program affecting the area. Delegations from
Madras, I-'rineville, John Day and Prairie City met with the
governor, and told of the need of highway development as a
result of increased milling activities and livestock expansion.
Governor McKay promised
that he would use his effort
toward obtaining an alloca
tion of funds by the state
highway commission for work
on unimproved short links of
highway 28, now being recon
structed across the Ochocos.
He heard John Day valley live
stock men and representatives of
businesses there and lumber in
terests of Prineville declare that
for them an 11-mile stretch of
U.S. highway Immediately west
l J.' 'TT,l,,rf
an economic way. Introduced by
Elmo Smith of John Day, joint
state senator from Grant, Harney
anI Mrtlhc.tif vii in f loc whn tvas
spokesman at the conference,
Hugh Naldrette. John Day hotel
man, declared that it is essential
that the 11-mile stretch of high-
way west of Mitchell be complet
ed if the John Day valley is ex
pected to remain in Oregon."
Boise to Benefit
He cited that next year a sec
tion of U.S. 28 will be surfaced
over Dixie pass. When that oc
curs, he said, it will result in
Jobbing and wholesale business
going more and more to Boise,
Ida., which is 182 miles from John
Day. He cited that completion of
the Warm Springs highway has
cut the distance between John
Day valley points and Portland
by 33 miles and has stimulated
interest In gaining improvement
of the highway west of Mitchell
and over the Ochoco mountains, a
project that would eliminate an
other five miles. He declared that
availability of the short-cut routes
will bring John Day within 265
miles of Portland, and said that
business folk of his community
will prefer to keep their business
land jobbers and wholesalers. As
long as the route remains in bad
condition over the Ochocos, how
ever, the trend will be to increase
contacts with Boise, he said.
Would Cut Time V.
E. W. Kimberling of Prairie
City, said that betterment of U.S.
highway 28, plus the shortening
of distance gained by the Warm
Springs highway will lessen the
time of delivery of livestock by
truck from the John Day valley
to Portland terminal markets by
three hours. He said that it is es
timated that cattle lose four
pounds for every hour of such a
trip. Thus, he declared the bet
tered highway condition will
mean a saving of up to $3 per
head on all cattle shipped to the
Portland market.
Prineville lumbermen telling
the governor of economies to be
gained by the improved road were
H. S. Mersereau, assistant gener
al manager of the Alexander-
Yawkey Lumber Co., Leo A. Sell
representing the Hudspeth pine
mills, and J. G. Marks, represent
ing the livans and Forans Lum
ber Co. Mersereau declared that
Prineville has become the first
point in the United States in orig
inating carlots of pine lumber,
end declared that most of the logs
or lumber move over highway 28.
Sell said that his company uses
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Schneider Pays
Death Penalty
At Canon City
Canon City, Colo., Dec. 17 HPi--Paul
J. Schneider was executed
here last night for the murder
of a Denver filling station man.
The handsome, Bible-reading
Schneider, died In the lethal gas
chamber at 8:01 p. m. (MST). He
was confident to the end that he
would get a reprieve but his
ninth stay of execution failed to
arrive.
Schneider, convicted of slaying
47-year-old Frank J. Ford, Den
ver filling station attendant, was
steady and stony-faced as War
den Roy 'Best and prison guards
came to his cell to escort him to
the gas chamber.
"Take it easy," he called to
fellow inmates as he left cell
block five. "The Lord's will, will
be done this evening."
On the walk up Woodpecker
hill to the large black chair the
gas chamber, 25-year-old Schnei
der walked briskly. Warden Best
was on one side, deputy warden
Ora.n Doolen was on the other,
and Rev. Sidney Hoadley was
behind. Several guards surround
ed the party.
Dies Quickly
At 7:55 p. m. Schneider sat
down on the chair. He sakl u
short prayer with Rev. Hoadley
and watched unconcernedly as
guards brought in the acid crock.
"Schneider shook Yhands- wlt
Best and with .George Wjnteri.
death row guard. Then Best and
other officials left the chamber
and the heavy chamber door
clanged shut.
At 7:59 p. m. the cyanide
"eggs" were dropped Into the
acid and the death-dealing gas
began flowing immediately about
the chamber. Two minutes later
Schneider was dead.
The body was claimed by a
sister, Mrs. Marie Nash of Wood
burn, Ore.
Schneider hoped up until the
final second that he would re
ceive a reprieve from Gov. Lee
Knous. However, the chief exec
utive said late yesterday that he
would not issue another reprieve.
Just about a year ago, Governor
Knous handed down a reprieve
on a court technicality.
Schneider was tried for Ford's
murder in January, 1948. He
confessed at the time to the kill
ing of two Michigan men on Oct.
8, 1947.
Some of yesterday's long wait
for the trip to the gas chamber
was spent by Schneider in con
versation with a brother, Grant,
of Portland, Ore.
Grant went to Paul's cell In
the morning. They both wept si
lently for about three minutes
and then they sat on the cell's
lone cot and talked.
When his brother took his
leave, Paul brought out a cross
fashioned with 2,000 matches
glued together. "Keep it," he told
his brother.
Schneider spoke last with Rev.
Hoadley.
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Other Roads
In This Area
Still Open
Oregon's mile -high McKcnzle
pass, direct route from the mid
state country to Eugene and the
coast, was closed shortly before
noon today when high winds
whipped summit snow into im
posing drifts. It was announced
from the highway department
that barricades at the east and
west approaches have been
locked. Signs are in place notify
ing motorists that the McKenzle
will remain closed for the winter.
The McKenzie route was op
ened to travel on June 15 this
year.following an eariy closure
last tan on November 17. This
year's closure date Is unusually
late, but is far from a record.
Closures as late as January 10
have been recorded. December
closures have been common
through the years.
Santiam StUI Open
Closure of the McKenzie comes
at a time when many University
of Oregon students are making
ready to return home for the
Christmas holidays. Most of these
will now return over the San
tiam. Early this morning the high
way department, before announc
ing the closing of the pass route
for the season, said "high wind
of marked violence" was sweep
ing over the McKenzie lava fields.
The storm was general along the
Cascades, with heavy snow fall
ing on the Santiam summit,
where the depth was 48 inches
at roadside. Last night's fall was ,
measured as 10 inches ..i .,
Ideal ski conditions are expect
ed in the Santiam area over the
week end. Tows will be operating ,
at Hoodoo bowl and at the lodge.
New Storm Due
Reports from Portland indicate
that a new storm is sweeping in
from the North Pacific. Winds of
up to 48 miles an hour raked the
Portland area. Heavy rains ac
companied the storm in lower
areas.
Motorists were cautioned that
highways are dangerously slick.
Plows were operating over both
the Santiam and Mt. Hood di
vides and chains were advised.
Seven inches of snow fell at Gov
ernment camp, on the Mt. Hood
route, last night.
To the south of Bend, eight
inches of snow fell in the Lapine.
country last night. Four inches
of new snow fell on the Ochoco
summit, and push-plows were op
erating. ..
Private Plane
Crashes, 2 Killed
Fall River Mills, Calif.. Dec. 17
HP) Searchers today discovered
the burned wreckage of a private
airplane with two persons aboard
which crashed in the mountains
near here shortly after dusk last
night.
The plane was found near
Glenburn, about 10 miles north
of here. i
The bodies of the two passen
gers were so badly burned iden
tification was impossible, Sheriff
John Balma, who led the search,
reported.
Balma said he could not iden
tify the plane by type, but it
was thought to have been one
missing on a flight from Pullman,
Wash., to Klamath Falls.
The civil aeronautics authority
at Spokane, Wash., said a BT-13
airplane piloted by Thomas Dve.
23, and carrying an unidentified
passenger left Pullman, Wash.,
at 12:30 p.m. and was due at Kla
math Falls, Ore., about 75 miles
north of here, at 4:30 p.m.
Ranchers here reported they
heard a plane circling last eve
ning during a wet snowfall. A
Hare was dropped and a few min
utes later they heard the engine
cut out and the sound of a crash.
Washington State college at
Pullman said the two passengers
were believed to be Tommy Dye,
24, Clearwater, Calif., and Robert
Watts Finch, 22, Phoenix, Arix.,
who had been unreported since
they took off from the Moscow
Pullman airport at 12:45 p.m. yes
terday. PLANE CEASH-LANDS
Maneto, N. C, Dec. 17 tlPi An
air force B-25 from Maxwell
Field, Ala., bringing Ma. Gen.
O. A. Anderson here to the cele
bration of aviation's 46th birth
day, crash-landed today when Its
landing gear collapsed The three
persons aboard were not hurt,