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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1949)
PAGE TWELVE THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 194? Seattle Bandit Wounded During Robbery Attempt Seattln. Wash., Doc. 24 MliPo lire checked all hotels today for a wounded gunman who shot it out with officers In a crowded downtown street corner. . The gunman and one detective were wounded In Cte melee. Police followed the trail of the bnndit through the plush Olympic hotel, then eight blocks further before a heavy rain washed away the droplets of blood he left in his flight. The bandit, surprised during an attempt to rob a loan comiuiiiy. exchanged shots with two detec tives and ran through a crowd of Christmas shoppers into the ho tel. Detective Paul Lee. wounded in the forearm, chased the lone gun man. Witnesses said another man, apparently the bandit's ac complice, escaped in a speeding car. Police surrounded the area within minutes and more than 75 officers were assigned to the hunt. The bandit walked into a trap MILLS rLAN HOLIDAY Prineville, Dec. 24 Prineville's pine lumber mills will follow pro cedure of public of I ire and other places of business here and re main closed Monday for observ ance of Christmas. Because of the five-day week, employes will pet a three-day vacation, Sutur day, Sunday ami Monday. With a single exception the lumber mills will observe a three-day va cation on New Year's week end. One of the mills, however, will resume operations on Monday, January 2. SMITHS IVIl'RV Piinevllle. IVc. 24 Hob Fan nlon. 47, and member of a Citv of Prineville section ct-w, was rejensed from t"'e PrlnevilN Gen eral hos'iltl verdav utter a nerlod'Of observation. It was re-vi'-fd, revealed no injury to his eye. Fannion was knock'n a bolt frfcm an ancle Iron which holds rails together while e"aped in track work. The holt flew frn' position, striking his face in te viclnltv of an eve. Several stiteh es vre lequired to close the wound. &REETINBS Sincere good wishes to each of you on this, the happiest occasion of "oil the year. Portfand Loan Company Norbert D. Goodrich, Mgr. 85 Oregon Ave. Thone 173 Ground! Floor when he attempted to hold on the Provident Loan co'oanv Mter of. fieers had ten tipped that th fii"i wis boirifT "i-"---ih1." Witness said tie roKNr e tered the loan eomnanv office and asked to be sdmitt"d through a" 'ron grf'l l"dim to "'e rer of he establishment. He s-fd he h.1 some flowers to deliver. Te company cashier. Mrs. tid Falconer stprd to open te barred door, but suddentv rrv-oini7"d ""f rn? as bandit who had held t-n the office sev-j ert months before. j She screamed and Detective Lee rn into te mom. As the bandit whirled and fired. ! Mrs. F"lconer h't him o-er the heid wth a potted nlant. Te rob ber and Leo exchanged pt lesst '4 sho's insH the tinv office be fore the band't reached th door. Detective John F. Larson, who had been waiting outside for I e. emptied h's gun at the fleeino handit as he dashed across the! street into the hotel. i A second man got out of a narked car with a sawd-off shut-1 etm but jumDed back into the! auto and sped away. ' At the bindit feed into the erill room of the hotel, witnesses said he out his stillsmokinp pun into a shoulder holster. When he withdrew his hand from und"r his coat, it was covered with , blood, they said. j Police followed the bandit's bloody trail for eight blocks be fore it disappeared in the rain-. swept streets. BRITAIN All Kflutas on ia aiillioai of dollars. l i rH ...,, I'l l.) ,..l l, ,,. .I.M.I. 4 k Aki 1 SBS Vb '".. ... 2756 FRANCE,,,,,., ,'.u., .. ,.,... yrrei 75i NETHERLANDS en U4 ITALY on 103 OTHER ERP NATIONS EJ 189 REST OF THE WORLD 297 '''A, Principal One Gold Bar $500,000,000 Interest TKAC1IKHH DKl'AKT PriiU'vill, Dec. 24 At 3:30 p.m. yesterday an exodus of about 50 per cent of the teachers of Crock county schools was ob served, U wua reported by C. M. Sly. county school superintendent, as they took off by automobile, bus and plane to visit relatives In distant places, Gerald Dslerhout, Instructor of gi1i'u!r.!:e clashes at the Crook county high school. will travel farthest, to Michigan, for a Visit with lil famllv. A j ntttiit.fr of teachers will to to iiiaiio points. Ciook county schools will re sumo claxswurk on Tuesday, Jan uary 2, Sly said. In mining coal underground only about M ier rent to 60 cr cent can be it-covered; In strip mining some 90 er cent Is recoverable. Foreign countries are obligated to repay the United States about $13,000,000,000 over the next SO years, according to the U. S. Com merce Department Britain is by far our biggest debtor, owing over baU of the total; France is next, owing 21 per cent. The newschart above gives approximate breakdown of Uncle Sam's outstanding .foreign credits. The figures leave out about $11,400,000,000 in World War I debts, and upwards of $60,000,000,000 In grants and gifts during World War II. for which no repayment is expected. Two School Bond Elections Planned Prineville, Dec. 24 Two school bond elections for central Oregon along Crooked river will be sub mitted at special elections next week and the week after. In the Terrebonne district, which Includes north Deschutes county and a portion of south Jefferson, voters will be asked next Wednesday to indorse an is sue of StS.OOO, proposed by the school board for a new six-rojm grade school. Plans, drawn by Bogen & Jossy. Bend architects, call for a structure to which ex tra units may be added. John Hansen of the Terrebonne school board reports that the selection of a site will be made following the election, U It carries. On January 4, Crook county voters, who are in a ccuntv unit, will bs asked to pass on a S50O.0OO bond issue, submitted by the. county board to provide a new building for the Crook county high school here. Plans and draw ings of the new structure, pre pared by Freeman & Haysllp, Portland architects, have been on display at a show window of the Erickson department store this week. SHARE IT TW.ETHF.lt I Ware, Mass. dli A letter writ I ten in 1945 from William H. Wade to Theodore Pajak. then a soldier In Germany, finally has been received by Pajak, now a civilian. When Pajak got the let ter, he took it over to Wade and they read it together. Pop sorghum, which can be chewed without noise, is becom ing a rival of popcorn. As tlie old year draws to a close, amid tlie good cheer and fellowship of Chrislmastide, we desire lo express anew our gratitude for tlie mani fold courtesies received, for tlie cordial relations we. have enjoyed, for the splendid patronage that has been ours. It has been the contin ually increasing num ber of friends and pa trons we've acquired through the past tw enty-odd years that has enabled us to give the community ever more elficient service . . . friendships and patronage that has helped us lo grow with Bend until Bend-Portland now sup ports a local payroll of more llian $55,000 an nually. Will, full confid ence in its brightness, we look furward lo the future of Bend and all Central Oregon, with humble happiness at the prospect of having an active part in the continued growth, und progress of this great area. With these thoughts in mind, we wish for you one und all u sincere Moty & Van Dyke, Inc. 824 Bond St. Phone 881 m ; tnttfi; Our sincere llianks for (tic loyal palrunagi: wc have enjoyed during (tic year we've been here to serve you. Trailways Coffee Shop L Trite Brown Furnace & Sheefmefal Co. CUFFIN'S HARDWARE 944 Bond Phone 349 to all r 1 W . r v ' v. V w f'u"4 l t"A,7 , .,;Tci..ond Jaclf- Schuiiejire Service r.. Pine Tavern s AS?. ' " 1 1 X .1 Mm i t ! I'.; f 4 v I lit u i ; i r f' 1 1 JM JL. H Chrislmfls has a special meaning to us at the Pino 'Invent because it murks our I3lh tintii verstiry . . . and it is with both pride and ap preciation' that we glance but kwnrd over ihi! years. It is the patronage and kind considera tion of our Central Oregon friends w hit h has made it possible for us lo continue lo serve you. lo nil of our friends und customers we extend a wish for a Merry Christmas and a I hippy New Year. In the coming years we will lintie to direct our efforts toward pleasing you ..T'- till J 'retaining your valued friendship. In Observance of Christmas and to Give Our Personnel The Opportunity to Spend the Day at Home ... THE PINE TAVERN WILL BE CLOSED Sunday and Monday OPEN 11:00 A.M. TUESDAY
