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Newspaper Page Textiirtgon Historical SooUty Publlo Audltorlun poatUNo BEND BULLETIN Sfatc Forecast Oregon Partly cloudy to night and Tuesday. Colder. High' temperature 26 to 36 today and 22 to 32 Tuesday. Low lero to 10 tonight. LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 34th Year TWO SECTIONS BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1949 No. 12 Smoke From Mill Stacks, Rolls Into Chilled Atmosphere Syrian Army Clique Leaders, in Surprise Seizes Move i'Y' " , l I '. lb" k " . .;. ' 1 TtilH plcluio of the llrookH'Sninlon. Inc., plunt win lukon from (in upslicain posUlon al H:M this mornliiR an smokp and stenm rolled Inlo Die nortlwimt from lull MiU'kH. At the limn the pictunr whs tnkcn thp lrni)i-niturp wnx flvi- ufoovi' zt-ro, followlnd an early morning chill of zero. Smoke anil viipor from mills ami locomotives formed a heavy cloud north of town. The rlshiB sun fumed the smoke from the mills into Klden clouds. 153 Ballots Cast In Bend Chamber Election, Revealed A total of l.M ballots was cast and 20(1 mi'mlx?rs received one or more voles In this past week's nomination election of candidates , for board offices of I lie UenU chamber of commerce, It was an nounced today. Names of the 12 persons who received the blithest number of votes In the election will be plac ed on final-election ballots which lire to be mailed tonlKht to the chamber's paid-up membership. The 12 selected as candidates Include: Maurice Hitchcock, Kes sler Cannon, A. Wilson Uenold, I'M Cashman. Carl Krlckson, Hen F'snnlKR, A. J. (ilassow. Jack llal biook, Wilfred Jossy, II. J. Mann helmer. (Icoikc Hlichle Jr., and D. J. Ward. Will Klecl Six Of these, six this week ore to be elected directors to the cham ber board tor a period of two years, hculmilnK January 1, 1!I5. Floyd West, chamber manager, announced today that closing time for this week's election Is Thursday afternoon. He said that the votes will be tallied Friday mornlnc- Those directors whose terms expire with the close of this year are: W. H. Myers, 1-rank LKKan, K. U Nielsen, II. A. Stover. Jack Wetle, nnd lienold. lienold. who is servlnir out a temporary appointment on the hoard. Is the only one of the re tiring directors who Is cligililc to serve on next year's board. Holdover directors who will continue In office during 1950 Include: Ralph Adams, Richard Hrandls, J. W. Hushong, Alva Goodrich, C. L. McAllister, and Cordon Kandall, BLAST TAKKS TOM, Ronton, Wash., Dec. 19 HI' An explosion apparently caused by escaping gas today destroyed five business establishments In a block-long downtown building scattering Christmas merchandise over sidewalks and streets and inflicting damage estimated at $100,000. "II felt Just like on earthquake. The blast was deafening," said Walt I'orletll, news announcer for radio station KXRN. No one was Injured, A fire which broke out In a restaurant ufter the blast was brought un der control by firemen. A gro cery, a florist's shop, an appli ance store and a pharmacy were destroyed. 5 shopp'nSavs D. ... ruoiSTMAS erfe f J. 'A . Bend School District Audit Shows Condition Is Sound lteiid school district's audit :t(). l'J-19, found the tliHtrict midget estimates of ensh and cording to the report submitted ber of the Sulum lirm of Bowers, Davis nnd Hoffman, ac countants. Cash had been under-estimated $-10,226.17 and receipts $10,250.8-1, while expenditures had been over-estimated by $:.1!).!W!.18. These a mounts, ; with $8,414.47 in tax collec tions which had not been dis tributed by the county clerk at the end of the fiscal year, made up the $!8.8G0.1G surplus which the auditor reported. Un-der-exenilllures, he stated, were for the most part in the classifi cation of teachers' and supervis ors' salaries and in capital and emergency outlays. Tills figure did not Include amounts on hand for specific pur poses S8.7U0.09 for buildings and other Improvements, $20,423.31 for equipment, $590.95 in the Bend Youth club account and $1,651.80 for bond Interest and sinking fund, a total of $31,3-15.21. Assets Listed District assets at the end of the year were shown as $1,020,001.43. Real estate, buildings and equip ment mode up $1,393,774.40 of the amount; cash on hand and In banks was reported ot $131,835.07. exclusive of the amount held by the county. Taxes receivable were given as $77,099.12, tuition recelv. able as $2,108.91 and value of supplies as $0,768.80. Included In the audit report Is a schedule on cost of local public education showing a per pupil in crease In the high school from $107.17 In 1940-41 to $293.40 In the year of the audit and in the grad es from $135.90 In 1940-47 to $2-14.60 In 1948-49. Another reveals that taxes are being paid with Increasing reluc tance. Collections on the 19-10-47 levy were 93.5 per cent, on the 1947-48 levy 90.3 per cent and on the 19IH-19 levy 88 per cent. In this connection budget mak ers under-estimated. $30,000 had been set up to cover non-collee-Hon of taxes. The amount need ed for this purpose was actually $.18,099.80. GIKIi HURT IN WKKCK Redmond, Dec. 19-When a car turned over on the Oetoco high way Just east of Redmond Satur day night. Uetty Sturdivan of this city suffered Injuries that required hospitalization. She was brought to the Medical-Dental hospital In the Redmond disaster car. No details of the accident were listed ond name of the driv er of the car was not known. A snow-sllckened rood was blamed for the accident, which occurred on the sharp curve east of town, SOUNDS FISHY Salem, Dec. 19 nil A.n epicu rean prowler with a fondness for seafood broke Into Lehman's Crab Tot here over the week end, police reported today, and mode oil witn: Six quails of spiced prawns, eight crabs, a tray of clams and a Jar oi cocmuii sauce. XWj,ii.VMXlM. for the. fiscal year ending June nearly $100,000 bettor off thun expenditures had forecast, ac by Horimrd C. Davis, mem Outgoing Mail Hits Peak Here; Delivery Sunday Outgoing mall was believed to hove reached Its pre-Christmas peak at the Rend postoffice this morning as the augmented crew handled an Increasing amount of Incoming mail, mostly parcels. Two truckloads of parcels were brought from the train this morn ing. Incoming mail Is expected to reach Its high murk of the Yule season about Wednesday. One delivery of mull was made by carriers Sunday, with carriers breaking their way through a light fall ot snow. Postmaster Farley J. Elliott announced today that the post- office will close on Saturday, Christmas eve, ot the usual time, noon. However, there will be a delivery of packages on Sunday, Christmas day, if belated Christ mas mall comes In that morning, as In past years. Many Headaches As In oast season, the rush of Christmas mail is causing many neadacnes tor members oi the bend postal staff. One of the major problems is that of de livering mall that is being re ceived without a city address. This problem is not difficult to solve when the names are listed in the city directory but, it Is pointed out, there are a consider able number of persons by the same name listed. Members of the staff take turns In their few leisure moments in attempting to work out addresses. Admiral Denfeld Rejects New Post Washington, Dec. 19 nil Adm. Louis E. Denfeld, ousted chief of naval operations, has formally rejected the post of commander of U. S. naval forces In European waters, it Was disclosed today. However, Denfeld has not de cided whether to retire from the navy or accept some other post. Denfeld advised navy secretary Francis P. Matthews that be cause of his ouster as chief of naval operations other nations might not have the respect for and confidence in him which the European commander of the navy should have, Denfeld formally rejected the European post In a letter doled last- Wednesday. He had already told Matthews on the previous ! Saturday of his decision. -n 11,11 'I t MWH fl llll'il III Redmond Hoop Players Escape Injury in Wrprlf ij mi i ill ill vvil Redmond, Dec. 19 Several members of Redmond's basketball team: were Involved In an accl- HMYfat 1:30 Sal unlay afternoon miles northwest of Uovernment Camp on the Wapinitia hlghwav. on their way home from a game which the team had played in Portlund Friday night wiih the University of Portland freshmen. Mrs. Marvin Scott, wife of the Redmond coach, was driver of the car and with her were Ray Shumway, Bob Shofstall, Chick Campbell and Joe Word. Slippery pavement was the cause of the accident. No other car was in volved and no one was more than slightly Injured, although the car turned over. The Scott car. a new Chevrolet, was considerably damaged on the right side, al though it was possible to drive it away tinder its own power. A chartered bus was called to convey the boys to Redmond. Mrs. Scott's family in Portland was called from Wildwood and her mother, Mrs. Edward Prentice, and her four brothers. Tom, Da vid, Bob and Dick Prentice, came for Mrs. Scott and returned her and the car to Portland. Mr. ond Mrs. Scott returned to Redmond Sunday evening. Oregon Accident Toll Totals five (By Unltal Pr.) Five persons were killed In Ore gon traffic accidents during the week end. Ralph LeRoy Rost, 25, Ashland. was killed early Sunday in an au tomobile collision two miles north of Ashland. Rost was a passenger in a car driven by Vernon R. Soulhworth, 28. Ashland. South- worth and DeWItt H. Collins, 27, also of Ashland, driver of the other car, both were in Ashland hospital for treatment of injur ies. Samuel J. Starr, 38, Celllo In dlan nnd David Tkumsur, Hi year-old son of Wesley Tkumsur, also a Celllo Indian, were killed when the Tkumsur car plunged 300 feet down an embankment east of The Dalles. Tkumsur, driv er of the car, was treated at The Dalles hospital but later released. Floyd Hughes, 19, Milwaukie. died and three others were Injur ed when an automobile struck a Southern Puclfic passenger train in southeast Portland early Sun day. Fred Londreth, 4, Portlund, died en route to a hospital after he was hit by an automobile at a rainy north Portland intersection. MAN DIES IN FIRE Chehalls, Wash., Dec. 19 mi The body of a man burned to death In a house fire outside Che halis Saturday night was Iden tified today as that of the owner, Henry Pinkerton, about 45. Mercury Falls To Zero Here; No Relief Due Clearing weather that follow ed a wet-k-end storm tumbled Ucnd's temperature to zero at sunrise this morning, as the Des chutes country experienced Its coldest December night in nine years. Bend's zero temperature was the lowest reported from any point In the Pacific northwest for the night. Last night'? zero mark In Bend was one d"gree colder than the minimum for the chilly month of December, 1948, when a low of one above was recorded on Christmas eve. The wek-end storm closed tho Diamond lake cutoff, as well as the McKenzle pass highway. Eight Inches of snow covered the Klamath basin this morning. Snowfall Light Light snow fell over the mid- state country, with Bend's fall rr corded at two Inches. Moisture content of the fall was light, only .10 of an Inch. Continued cold weather is In prospect for central Oregon, the weatherman Indicated. However. increasing cloudiness and snow flurries are expected. Midstate highways this morn ing were dangerously slic. Many minor accidents were reported. Motorists traveling across snow areas In Oregon were advised to carry chains. Plows were operating over the various passes this morning, and at the Santiam summit the road side depth was reported as 09 inches. ' Eight inches of new snow fell on that divide last night. Roadside depth over the Willam ette divide was 48 Inches, state highway department fiikl men reported. Packed snow covered the Wapinitia route into the Mt. Hood country. Three inches of snow fell last night at Wapinitia junction. Heavy at Chemult One of the heaviest falls of snow for the night was in the Chemult area. Twelve inches of new snow was measured there this morning. The roadside depth was 24 inches. Highways west of the moun tains were icy in places this morn ing, and ground fog covered the Corvallis-Eugene country. Observers In charge ef the local weather station reported today that last night's zero temperature marked the 15th time that the mercury has slumped to zero or below in December in Bend since readings were started 48 years ago. Lowest temperature ever recorded here in December was (Continued on Page 6) Picketing Issue Due for Review Washington, Dec. 19 lb?) The supreme court today agreed to re view three Washington state court rulings that peaceful picket ing of non-union places of bus iness Is illegal. Two of the cases were brought by Seattle used car dealers; the other by W. L. Gazzam, owner of the Enetal Inn, Bremerton. Some 115 used car dealers in Seattle were bound by union agreements to close their lots not later than 6 p.m. on week days and to keep them closed on Sat urdays, Sundays and certain hol idays. The AFL teamsters union pick eted Atlas Auto Rebuild for fail ure to observe these hours. Atlas is operated by A. E. Hanke and his three sons, who did all their own work and had no connection with the union. The Automobile Drivers and Demonstrators (AFL) picketed the premises of George E. Cline for the same reason. Gazzam's hotel was picketed by the Building Service Employes union (AFL) after it failed In contract negotiations with him. A trial court awarded Gazzam $500 damages. Besides the picketing, the union put the hotel on Its "we do not patronize" list. In all three cases, the state su preme court found there was no labor dispute under state law. It ruled the picketing was coer cive," and therefore illegal. The unions held the picketing should be allowed as a constitu tional right of freedom of expres sion, regardless of whether any union members worked 'at the places concerned. They appealed the Issue to the U.S. supreme court. 11 Persons Killed in Three Week-End Airplane Crashes; Other Mishaps End Happily Eleven persons were killed in two week end plane crashes in-the United States and France, but 42 Americans were un hurt in three other aviation mishaps in this country. A Belgian Sabena airliner house in a Paris suburb yesterday, killing its four crewmen and four passengers, including Foster White of Hartford, Conn. The plane had just taken Rink Flooding Again Started, Near Laundry Zero weather last night and forecasts for continued cold brought hope for Bend ice skat ers that a rink would be avail able by ChrL.tmas. When the temperatures started i nnnin ia.t nioht .ri, f dropping last night, work of flooding', the Bend rink, on lots adjacent to the laundry, was re sumed and the ground was well iced this morning. Two more nights of zero or near zero weath er will make it possible to com plete the job, Wayne Hamilton, director of recreation, estimated today. Myron H. Symons, skating en thusiast who developed the rink widely used in the winter of 1948 49. is assisting the recreation de partment this year In an advisory capacity. The lots were graded this sea son, and it is believed that it will be possible to develop a much better rink than the one used last winter. When the rink Is finally iced this season, an attempt will be made to keep all persons, other than skaters, off the ice. Bicycle riders resulted in considerable damage to the surface last sea son. ( Deschutes Snow Plow Equipment Placed in Use Deschutes county s?ow plow equipment today was brought out for the first time this winter and put in operation on roads in the Laplne area. George McAllister, county roadm aster reported. McAllister said that these roads were clogged with about eight inches of snow. He stated that it will take about two days to clear the roads in that section of the county. He added that all the roads are passable to cars with chains. Tomorrow a rosd crew will be gin preparing for oiling a 2.5-mlle section of the Bend-Deschutes road which forks north off the Butler road some three miles northeast of Bend, McAllister re ported. The lob will consist of earth filling to bring the road up to grade, and the laying of a cinder under-base for the oil, he said. Under ordinary circumstances. McAllister stated, the project could be completed in about' 30 days. He explained, however, that weather conditions would probab ly prevent the completion of the job in that time. It will depend a great deal upon how much of the county road equipment will be needed for clearing snow in the next month or so, he said. Bridges Makes Portland Visit Portland, Dec. 19 0P Harry Bridges, boss of the CIO Interna tional Longshore & Warehouse men's union, left by air for San Francisco yesterday after brief meetings with local union heads. He said he was confident he would not be convicted ef perjury in his current San Francisco trial. "It's the same old stuff," Brid ges declared. "Before this trial is over, we will prove to the sat isfaction of the jury that the whole thing is a frameup from start to finish and that every wit ness who has testified against me Is a liar." He djnied that his union of West Coast Longshoremen had become delinquent in Its dues to the national CIO. He said the money was on the way. Matt Meehan, union representa tive, said the meetings with Bridges here renewed the union's campaign for reviving trade with the Orient. "We don't care whether the reds are recognized or not, as long as we get the trade and our men get the work, Meehan said. crashed into a Hmall frame off from LeBouriret airfield , when one of the DC-3's two engines caught fire and the plane plummeted to earth. Three air force officers from Hamilton Field, Calif., were kill ed when their twin-engined train Ing plane crashed Into a mountain near Nevada City, Calif. The dead were 1st Lt. John E. Rabb, 27, El Cerrito, Calif.; 2nd Lt. Richard Armstrong, 27, Berkeley, Calif., and 1st T.t Thnmno Valpntlnn w.Vl,,. r-. n Washington, D.C. Crashes Through Fence At Chicago, Trans-World airlin es officials began an investiga- tion to determine why a company plane failed to stop on a munici pal runway, crashed through a fence and onto a busy intersec tion. Twenty-one passengers and five crewmen escaped unhurt as the plane finally came to a rest after knocking over a runway marker. grazing an airport ' cafe, and smashing through the wire fence. The pilot, Capt. Stanley Kas per, of San Francisco, said his brakes failed to hold as he landed on the 5.746-foot runway but com pany officials said a preliminary investigation Indicates there was no malfunctioning of the air plane." ine plane came here from San Francisco. Three coast guardsmen also es caped injury yesterday when their amphibian plane ran out of fuel and crash-landed near east Harrisburg, Pa., while flying from Salem, Mass., to the Anacos tia naval air station at Washing ton. A Northeast airlines Convair plane- carrying 13 persons landed safely at Boston after its "wheels down" instrument panel light failed as the ship flew toward Portland. Me. The plane was 45 minutes out of Boston when Pilot Edward Ca- taldo noticed that the light was not functioning. Fearful that he might have to make a wheel-less belly landing. Cataldo flew back to Boston. The wheels lowered in good order, however, and the ship made a routine landing. The passengers were transferred to another plane for the flight to Portland. Chinese Ports Will Be Mined Hong Kong, Dec. 19 IP The Chinese nationalist government announced today that all ports on the China coast will be mined effective Wednesday to prevent British and American ships trad ing with the Chinese communists. With the last national mainland port lost to the communists, the nationalist foreign office in For mosa has warned foreign consu lates to advise their ships to leave communist ports before Tuesday. A spokesman for the nation alist cabinet said all communist held ports along a 2,000-mile stretch of coast from Yinkow south to the Luichow peninsula would be mined. The announcement did not say just how the mines would be laid and shipping circles in Hong Kong were skeptical of the nation alists' ability to lay a thorough screen of mines. However, they pointed out that shippers would "think thrice" be fore ordering ships into mined ports, even though the mining threat might be largely bluff. ' The cabinet spokesman said the mining of communist ports was made necessary by persistent blockade running. Most success ful In efforts to run the blockade have been ships of the American Isbrandtsen line and some British ships. The U. S. state department at Washington warned American ships last Saturday that the communist-held port of Shanghai now was a "danger area." It was pre sumed that the nationalist deci sion to mine the coast had beon communicatd to the state depart ment last week. It was presumed the nation alist warning of mines applied also to Tientsin, Foochow, Amoy, Swotow and Canton in addition to Shanghai. Conspiracy Charge Made By Military Damascus, Syria, Dec. 19 tP An army clique staged a lightning coup today and seized Gen. Saml El Hlnnaoul and other political leaders on treason charges. The leaders of the uprising, Syria's third this year, said the army would not take over the government. Col. Adobe Chichakll, who helped Hlnnaoul execute Presi dent Hossni Zaim and Premier Mohsen Berazl last August, an nounced that the army had ar rested Hinnaoui and his brother-in-law, Asaad Talass, secretary general of the foreign office. Other political figures, their number and identity not disclosed, also were arrested for allegedly plotting with "foreign elements" against the Syrian army and re public. Chichakll said the army did not intend to interfere with the government or the newly elected constituent assembly unless the security and integrity of the state were threatened. Chichakli said those arrested today were banished "to an un known destination. No other clue to their fate was given. Chichakli, Hinnaoui and Zaim teamed last March 30 to carry out a bloodless coup. Zaim was made president. Chichakli became po lice chief and Hinnaoui chief of staff. On Aug. 14, after Zaim had as sumd almost dictatorial powers, Chichakli and Hinnaou led a grouo of officers who shot Zaim and Berazi and made Hashem El Atassy president. Chichakli, President Atassy, as sembly president Rusbid Kikhya, and other leaders met at Atassy's office at noon. Chichakli assured them that the army's action was aimed only against Hinnaoui and Talass. They, he charged, had "conspir ed against the army, the country and its republican system in co operation with some foreign ele ments. An army spokesman said the army was completely united, and its action was intended to "safe guard the republic and Its demo cratic Institutions." Hinnaoui. Talass and most of the others arrested were leaders of a movement for closer cooper ation with Iraq and Hsl,hemlte Jordan. During bitter parliamentary debates last week. Chichakli made it plain he felt that Syria would never cooperate with Iraq and Hashemite Jordan so long as they remained monarchies and under alleged British dominitlon. An assembly committee approv ed a r.;solution calling for closer cooperation with Iraq over Chichaklrs violent objections Sat urday. Bend Jaycees Help Make Candy Preparing for the arrival of Santa Claus on Thursday, Jay cees became candy makers Sun day and turned out a total of 1800 boxes for distribution from the community tree Thursday and Friday. The Jaycees prepared the candy at the Crouch Candy Co. plant in Bend. The candy factory was made available through the courtesy of Ed Crouch, the Jaycees reported. Only cost was for the ingredi ents that went into the candy. Thirteen Jaycees reported for duty as candy makers Sunday, and b;- "-k they had the 1800 boxes filled and wrapped. Some 600 pounds of candy went into the boxes. Arrives Thursday Santa is billed to arrive in Bend bright and early Thursday, and there is a possibility that he may reach here in a sleigh. In preparation for his coming, one of the big conifers on the post office grounds wiU be illuminated this week. Santa will set up his headquarters at the base of the big tree, with telephone service available. From his headquarters at the tree, Santa will receive telephone calls from all parts of town. This will be the "Hello Santa" phase of the Jaycees annual Christmas program. As another activity, Jaycees erected Christmas trees along the west side of the Mirror pond. These have been illuminated by home owners.