The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963, January 13, 1950, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextUniv. of Oregon Library EUGE21E, OREGOS THE BEND ' BULLETIN State Forecast Oregon Snow today, to night and Saturday. Colder tonight and Saturday. High 25 to 35 today and 18 to 28 Saturday. Low 10 to 20 to night. LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 34th Year TWO SECTIONS BENDrj DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1950 No. 32 "o n r SILL IZAUB TOG IRE . 1 . Search Made For Missing Bend Girl Dorothy Jean Reeves, 14, Bend high school freshman and daugh ter of Mr. and Mi's. J. S. Reeves, who live near' the municipal air port in the Butler road area, was reported missing today. Officers were asked to aid in the search when she failed to return home last night. Dorothy Jean disapp eared Thursday afternoon, after calling her mother to say she would not be home until after 5 p.m. She had been scheduled to take part in a school skit in the early after noon, but did not show up. The girl was last seen in Bend at the Courthouse service station. Aft er information about the girl was sought on a KBND broadcast, a motorist reported he had seen a girl answering the description hiking east on the Central Oregon highway. Nq Home Trouble The girl's father reported that the youngster had had no trouble at home and was in the best of spirits when she left yesterday morning. A check with school au thorities revealed that Dorothy Jean had ho, caus,e to worry be cause of her grades, despite the fact that she was recently out of school for a month, after under going an appendectomy. Fears that. the youngster might have met with some mishap were discarded when it was learned that she apparently planned on leaving. She carried a small suit case, it was ascertained, and had some money. Dorothy Jean has a brother, Diflf nt Fnrt Tlrrl CaUt nnri it d is oenevea sne mignt.venruauy " show up there. Officers Elected By Geology Club Deschutes Geology club mem bers at their annual meeting last night reelected officers for 1950, tentatively discussed plans for a field season that will center around exploration of newly-discovered fossil and mineral local ities, and considered construction of a club house. The meeting was held in the city hall. John H. Eaton, who headed the club in its highly successful year just past, was named to serve as president again in 1950. Howard Jenne was named vice-president and Patsy Stewart was elected secretary-treasurer. C. G. Spring er led the discussion of plans for construction o a club house, a site lor which has been tenta tively selected. A short talk on the geology of the Gateway country, which has been in the limelight in the past year as the result of fossil finds that ranged from two new leaf localities, was given by Phil F. Brogan. He touched on the recent discovery of rhinocerous fossils and the skeleton of a large fish in the Gateway gravels. Outings for 1950 will be ar ranged by a scouting committee, and it was indicated that the first field trip of the season would be into the Gateway locality. Missing Child Hides for Week Yonkers, N. Y., Jan. 13 IP Authorities said today that home life broken by divorce caused 12-year-old Josephine Leech to run away and hide for a week while an FBI led search for her spread throughout the nation. Since last Friday, the FBI, po lice and hundreds of volunteers combed Westchester county in fear that the bobbvsoxer had been kidnapped. While all the while she hid in a parsonage basement only seven miles from her home. She was found in Mount Vern on. New York, last night uncon cernedly watching a movie en titled "Black Magic." She hung her head and refused to tell police why she ran away Jan. 5, but she had left a note in her basement hideaway which read: "Dear Mom. I think this is the best way because there will be no more fighting." k Po"ce Raid Josephine apparent w ly entered the parsonage base ment through a window and had been sleeping there and bathing in the bathroom. Police found 51.19 in her pockets. Chief Operator Gets 30-Year it "IS Mrs. Minnie Livingston, chief operator in the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. office In Bend, was honored at a dinner prepared by her fellow operators yesterday. She is pictured here, receiving a 30-year-pin from C. E. Johnson, Portland, district traffic manager for the company. At left is Frances Jackson, who was chief operator when Mrs. Livingston entered PT&L service here 30 years ago. Looking on is Mrs. Livingston's son, Oliver, central office repairman for the telephone company. Recreation Dept. Plans Stamp Club For Bend Juniors Plans are being made for or ganization of a junior stamp club as part of the city lecreation pro gram, Wayne Hamilton, recrea tion director, announced today. Youngsters between the ages of 8 and 14, who are interested in stamp collection as a hobby, are being asked to get in touch with Hamilton, and the first meeting of the group will be called, prob ably next week. Tentative plans call for Saturday morning ses sions at the city hall. In working out plans' for the junior organization, Hamilton sought the advice of Charles K. Weil, . recognized as a local au thority on philately, and other adult stamp collectors. Two mem bers of the Bend Philatelic soci ety, Mrs. Harold Rice and Stan ley Younger, will act as counsel lors for the Junior group, Will Fill Need Organization of such a club will fill a local need that has be come apparent, as there have been many inquiries both from parents and children, Weil said.. As a background for club activi ties, the youngsters will be In structed In f u n d a m e n t a 1 s of stamp collecting, with emphasis on the enjoyment to be derived from the hobby. When the club gets under way, printed material on various phases of stamp col lecting will be available. Hamil ton said that a mimeographed guide book also will be prepared in his office. Amateur stamp collectors over 14 years of age will be welcome to meet with the J3end Philatelic society, which has evening ses sions each first and third Tues day at the Weil home, 1324 Jack sonville, officers stressed. Attempt to Wreck Trains Thwarted Chicago. Jan. 13 mi North Western railroad officials report ed today that a deliberate attempt was made to wreck two fast pas senger trains as they entered Chicago. The Twin Cities 400, en route from Minneapolis, and the Valby 100. bound here from Green Bay. Wis., flowed into piles of heavy switch bars, pieces of rail, angle irons and other maintenance equipment on Chicago's north side. Both trains remained tracks and none of the gers was Injured. The Twin Cities train had 300 passengers aboard, the valley 400 was carrying 170 passengers. GAMES CANCELLED Because of the storm, the Bend - Madias basketball games, be- tween varsity and Jayvee squads, has been cancelled, Russ Acheson, assistant Bend high school prin - cipal, announced this afternoon. Sfafe Department Believes Russia "Puf on Spof," Resulf Of A cheson '$ La f est Charges By Edward V. Roberts (Unitnl Pits Staff Corrpsixindent) Washington, Jan. 13 (UJ?) The state department hoped to day that it has put Russia on the spot in Asia with its charges that Moscow is trying to steal 2,000,000 square miles of Chi nese territory. Secretary of state Dean Acheson has said the soviet union is in the process of taking over four areas of north China Man churia, outer Mongolia, inner Mongolia and Sinkiang. These ' regions constitute almost half Plans for Annual Red Cross Drive Topic at Meeting Plans for the annual Red Cross drive, to be held in March, were discussed at the quarterly board meeting of the Deschutes county chapter, held yesterday in connec tion with a luncheon at the Trail wavs dining room. H. M. Aspin wall, fund drive chairman, was appointed to serve on the board, succeeding the late T. D. Carl son, who had been appointed a short time before his death. Rev. R. E. Nicholas, chapter chairman, presided. Other board members attending were Mrs. E. E. Hughes, Mrs. Ward Coble, Mrs. Craig Coyner, Robert Foley, Dr. Max Hemingway and Ben Hamil ton, all of Bend, and C. E. Thomp son and Mrs. Jess Tetherow, Red mond. Also present were Mrs. Leon Bates, Junior Red Cross chairman, and Mrs. Thompson Taylor, new chairman of nursing services, who made reports, and Mrs. Max E. Millsap, executive secretary. Reports were given by com mittee chairmen, and plans for coming activities were discussed. Qrand Jury Report Hits L.A. Crime Wave Bv .lack Metcalfe (United l'rtnn Staff CorrwiMindent) Los Angeles, Jan. 13 mi A grand jury report claimed today that Los Angeles is suffering an "appalling and fearsome" crime wave, hut Mayor Fletcher Bow- ron said the picture painted by the jury was "rather mild." The survey, submitted by Fore man Harry iawson and 18 fellow jurors as the 1019 panel was dis charged, cited an "alarming in crease" in unsolved murders and other major crimes. This shows "ineffectiveness In law enforcement agencies and the on the:cr)Urts ((!( should not l;e toler-passen-! ated." the Jurv said. Bowron said this was practical 1 ly re.statement of the iury's interim report made In the fall. In defense of law enforcement agencies, he answered that the ! city's record of unsolved crimes 1 is ' lower, precentage-wi.se, than j that of any city In the United ; States of similar size, On the whole, the mayor said, 1 the report was "rather mild" and I "all for the good." Award of China's 4,314,097 square miles. The incorporation of these areas into the soviet union would rob China of rich in dustrial and agricultural lands and make its economic rehabili tation totally dependent upon Russia. Acheson made it clear that the United States considers the four areas to be integral parts of China. His words could put the Chinese communists in a political ly embarrassing position. Leader In Moscow Mao Tse-tung. their leader, now is In Moscow for negotiations in which he is expected to agree to increased Russian concessions in northern China. If he does, he will bo in the position of ceding to Russia huge areas which the United States insists are part of China. Diplomatic observers said this would make it increasingly diffi cult for Mao to convince the Chi nese people that the United States is the "imperialistic" nation that Moscow says it Is. Acheson made the statement in a speech before the National Press club yesterday. He was slated to return to Capitol hill to (Contlnued on Page 2) 'Everybody can stand some criticism." he said. The Jurors did not single out any particular law enforcement agency as responsible for releas- ing criminals who are "writing a recoru oi crime mat includes mur ders, mysterious disappearances and loathsome sex crimes." The heads of most state, county and city police agencies either kept quiet about what they thought of the report or were un available for comment. The police forcp itself, headed by retired marine Brig. Gen. Wil liam A. Worton since the former chief retired during the grand jury's investigation of his depart ment, was the most close-mouthed of all. Worton's shake-ups and tight ening of discipline were called "a partial reorganization" by Jurors. Listed among aspects of the Los Angeles underworld wag an "extensive traffic by abortion ists, dope peddlers, bookmakers and gamblers." Sex Murders Deplored As for sex crimes, the Jury said Trailways Bus Wrecked, 17 Persons Hurt Government Camp. Ore... Jan. 13 Mli Seventeen persons were injured today when a Trailways bus, bound from Portland to Salt Lake City, crashed into the rear 3nd of a snow-plow on the Mount Hood highway four miles east of Government Camp at 11:10 a.m. State police said the bus. mov ing through .a blizzard near the Waplnltla cutoff, collided With heavy impact Into the rotary snow-plow which also was travel ing eastward. Extent of the iniuries was not disclosed immediately but frag mentary lniormation irom the scene of the accident said some of the casualties were "In pretty oau snape. Although the bus was not trav eling fast, the collision Impact was "hard," according to wit nesses. A Trailways company doctor was taken to Government Camp in a reiiet dus, escorted by Port land and state police. The Injured were taken to Mountain View and Darr's resort for emergency treat ment. All the 17 injured were bus passengers. Names Not Available Pacific Trailways officials re ported at noon that names of bus occupants were not immediately available. Myrl P. Hoover, Trail ways president, hurried to the scene of the crash from Madras. William Nlskanen also left for (Continued on Page 2) . s 5 at Vincennes Vincennes, Ind., Jan. 13 tlH Sewer gas compressed by back waters from the flooding Wabash river may have caused a hous ing project explosion that killed two mothers and their three chil dren, officials said today. Indiana state fire marshal Alex Hoagland came here to direct per sonally an investigation to deter mine the cause of the blast. The explosion wrecked a two family unit in the project just two blocks from where 1,000 sol diers were fighting to hold a levee against flood waters lap ping 18 inches from the top. The unit's concrete block walls tumbled like dominoes as the blast rocked the entire town. Witnesses said the building was knocked "flat as a table-top." A refrigerator was blown across a street and crushed a parked car. A mattress was thrown a city block. As fire broke out In the debris, about 250 of the troops raced to aid police and firemen in the search for dead and Injured. The explosion ripped the units of the Bowman terrace housing project shortly before 4 p.m. yes terday. In the ruins, rescue workers found the bodies of Mrs. Wanda Cooper, 23, and her two children. Charles, 5, and Barbara, 3, and Mrs. Rose Overfelt and her daugh ter, Vickie June, 18 months. Authorities said the exact cause of the explosion was not known. Mrs. Overfelt's husband. William, told police he had "smelled gas" for weeks in his home. there have been seven women murdered since Elizabeth Short the "Black Dahlia," was hacked to death In 1947. "Because of the character of these murders . . . women and children are constantly in Jeopar dy," the report said. Other victims were Mrs. Jeanne French, Mary Tate, Evelyn Win ters, Rosenda Montgomery, Mrs. Laura Trelstad, Gladys Kern and Louise Springer. Names of two vanished women. socialite Mimi Boomhower and actress Jean Spangler, also were noted under the heading of mys terious disappearances.' No trace of either has been found since they dropped from sight last fall. As for "mobsters and gang sters," many "have repeatedly been taken Into custody and re leased Just as often," the Jury said. They go about freely with bodyguards, many of whom have criminal records. It said. This apparently was a comment on activities of gambler Mickey Cohen, whose tangled Interests were the subject of much testl- En fire Pacific Feels Winfer's Considerable Damage Lisfed Portland, Jan. 13 (U.E) Oregon took a severe lashing from an arctic storm today and the U. S. weather bureau, in an emergency warning, predicted blizzards for the eastern sec tion of the state Friday night and early Saturday morning. Schools were closed in Portland, Astoria, Monmouth, Dal las, Independence and other Oregon cities as snow and sub freezing temperatures snarled traffic and clogged streets with ice and slush. Portland recorded gusts of! wind up to U7 miles per hour and the weather bureau said its lines to the coast of Oregon were .disrupted, preventing a full assessment of storm con ditions. Warning Issued Heavy snow fell throughout the Oregon Cascades and on suburb an hills surrounding Portland. The weather bureau said Portland may receive as much as a foot of snow by Saturday morning. In a special bulletin issued from the Portland headquarters at 12:15 p.m., the weather bureau Is sued emergency blizzard and live stock warnings for eastern Ore gon, eastern Washington and Idaho for Friday night. The Multnomah county sher- iff's office reported the tempera ture dropped Id degrees In one hour at Bonneville Friday and that it was "snowing hard" there with a eo-mile-an hour wind TRAFFIC PARALYZED (By Unitnl Prow) A sub-freezing, near-hurricane blizzard blasted the Pacific north west Friday destroying several small craft, paralyzing transpor tation and disrupting communica tions In scattered areas. Several power failures were re ported throughout the area. The coaBt guard reported a 60- mile-anhour gale caused "consid erable"' damage to the fishing fleet in Grays Harbor, Wash. At least six fishing boats were total losses. The larger boats were rid ing out the blizzard "fairly woll," officers said, but all craft suffer ed some damage. The weather bureau issued blizzard and livestock warnings for eastern Oregon and Washing ton and northern and southern Idaho. Officials said the blizzard was moving swiftly and its full force would be felt east of the Cascades Friday afternoon and evening. Schools Closed Schools In most coastal counties of Washington and Oregon were closed. Merchants In many cities closed stores for the remainder of the storm. Weather officials were unable to measure the fall because the gale was blowing the snow almost horizontally. They described the storm as one of the worst In history. The blizzard struck the north Pacific seaboard as a bone-chilling Canadian cold wave edged slug gishly out of British Columbia and moved southward toward the Columbia river. Six-foot snow drifts were re ported In several sections of west ern Washington. One Seattle fore caster reported a snow drift al most four feet deep In his back yard a few hours after the storm hit the city. All ferries In Puget sound were halted because of high seas. Dam age to dock installations could not be estimated. Portland public and parochial schools were ordered closed at noon today because of heavy snow and Icing conditions. Most rural schools In the Portland-Vancouver area were closed 1 mony during the jury's hearings. The report submitted to Super ior judge Robert H. Scott said Jurors noted indications of pos sible payoffs to law enforcement officers. It accused many of reluc tance to cooperate In presenting evidence. During investigation of an al leged multi-million dollar book making front, the jury said, "large sums of money have been unaccounted for." hinting at pro tection payments to authorities. The retiring panel made few recommendations, but It did sug gest changes In the system of se lecting grand Juries. Other proposals included meas ures for closer cooperation be tween law enforcement agencies with overlapping authority and appointment of special investiga tors when necessary to help grand Juries get evidence. The greatest service the Jury said It performed was dramatiz ing to the public "that something is radically wrong with the pres ent system of apprehending the guilty." Norfhwesf Worst Sform; Car Skids Into Roadside Pond, Three Drowned Kelso, Wash., Jan. 13 tU'i A young mother and her two small children drowned In a roadside pond today when their car skid ded from the Pacific highway in a snow storm. The Washington state patrol said the . accident occurred two miles north of Kaluma, Wash., when the car carrying the family of Cpl. Walter W,arner, 25, from Pennsylvania on a transfer to Fort Worden, near Seattle, went out of control on icy pavement. Warner was driving. He said the machine spun Into the water and submerged. He managed to clhnb to the top of the vehicle and was rescued by a passing truck driver, who spotted the skid marks of the car on the highway. State patrolmen said Mrs. War ner and two small children, whose names were not learned immedi ately, were dead when the cur was towed from the pond. Warner was liaspHnlized , a( Woodland, Wash., suffering from chill and exposure. Four Inches of snow covered the road when the Warner car skidded at about 7 a.m., officers said. Youthful Gunmen Finally Captured San Francisco, Jan. 1!) dl'i Two gunmen robbed a tavern of 5264 today, kidnaped two cab drivers and a doctor and finally were wounded and captured. They gave their names as Frank McKay, 21, and Donald Llndstrom, 21, both of Seattle. Llndstrom, police said, served two years in Washington state penitentiary for armed robbery. The robbers during their get away In a cab they commandeer ed at gunpoint were shot at two different times, once by merchant marine Captain Osborne Whit taker, 43, and again by a cab driver-deputy sheriff, Em melt Robertson, 33. Llndstrom suffer ed two flesh wounds and McKay was shot in the left leg. The doctor they kidnaped to treat their wounds was Herbert N. Jones, 35. He was released un harmed. McKay and Llndstrom were booked for suspicion of armed robbery and kidnaping and viola tion of the gun law. Klamaih Couple Injured in Wreck Dunsmuir, Calif., Jan. 13 tl" Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis of Klamath Pnllu Ol-n nnH Riilnll Harris nf Allia'nv Hi p wcib in. Jured five miles north of Mt. Shasta late yost-rday in a truck auto collision. The Lewis car. In which all three were riding on a trip to Oakland, was hit headon by an auto carrier truck which skidded on an icy curve. The driver of the truck was not injured. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis wre Irr serious condition In the hospital at Weed, Calif. Harris was re leased after receiving first aid. 1'OWKK LINE DOWN Portland, Jan. 13 mi The Bonneville power administration said today that a liO.OOO-kilovnlt transmission line feeding the Grays Harbor, Wash., public util ity district went out at 8:10 a.m. and repair crews were unable to reach the trouble spot In the Pacific Northwest storm. BPA Identified the line as be tween Raymond and Cosmopolls and said It had been swept by winds of between 50 and 75 miles an hour during n blinding snowfall. Gale Sweeps Snow Into Deep Drifts Bend at noon today was In the grip of a blizzard that forced the closing of grade schools, stalled traffic, choked country roads with drifts, tangled telephone and pow er lines and closed both mills. . Old timers said' the storm was one of the worst ever known in :he uppei Deschutes country. The storm was general over the Pa cific northwest, and forecasters said a ii'.w disturbance Is rapidly rushing it; from the north Pacific. Barometers were still plunging at noon, reaching one of the low est marks ever recorded here. The CAA station at Redmond reported a sea-level reading of 29.42 short ly before noon. United Air Line flights were cancelled. Rood Closures Likely On exposed mountain passes, highway crews at last reports were bottling to keep routes be tween western and eastern Ore gon open. Closures of some of the routes appeared likely. Motorists were advised not to attempt crossing the storm swept passes, except in emergencies. Despite the fierce storm, all mountain routes remained open through the night and this morn ing. Heavy snow was falling on most passes, and drifting condi tions were repored. Rotaries were working in deep snow cuts. "Snowing hard and continuous" was the report from the Santiam summit at 8 a m. Roadside depth of snow was 160 inches. Both Bend sawmills were closed due to the fierce storm. The Brooks-Scanlon plant closed at 10 a.m. and the Shevlin-Hi.xon opera tions at noon. Brooks loggers re turned from the woods. Both op erations will remain closed until Monday morning. Schools Dismissed Bend grade schools were dis missed at noon, to make it pos sible for youngsters living in rur al areas to reach home before dark. Because of completed exam ination . schedules, Bend high school was in recess today, Tangled power and telephone lines kept repair crews busy through the day, as the snow laden gale whipped through Bend, at times reaching an estimated velocity of 45 miles an hour. That was the maximum reported from the Redmond CAA station. One of the busiest places in town through most of the day was (Continued on Page 5) Chamber Names Committee Heads Committee chairmen who will be in charge of carrying out the Bend chamber of commerce s 1950 programs today were selected by the organization s board of direc tors at a noon meeting in the Pine tavern. The committees, their chair men, and board contact directors, respectively, are as follows: Agri culture, George Ritchie Jr., and Ben Fanning; conventions. Jack Halbrook and Alva Goodrich; for um, Fred Paine and Kossler Can non; aviation. Ward Coble and Maurice G. Hitchcock; fish and game, Ed Hamm and Richard I Brandts; irrigation. Robert Foley and Goodrich: civic affairs, Vance Coyner and C. L. McAllister; for- ! e-s,1''. William Niskanen and A. J. Glassow; legislation and taxation, George Chilris and Carl Erlckson; rates anil traffic. Gilbert P. Moty and Ralph Adams; membership, Don Thompson and Gordon Ran dall; roads and highways, Doug las Ward and J. W. Bushong: Des chutes county advertising, Frank H. Loggan and Cannon; school affairs, Joe Slate and Bushong; central Oregon chamber, B. A. Stover and Fanning: retail mer chants, Ralph Baker and Pat Cashman; tourist promotion, Al Nielsen and Wilfred Jossy,, co chairmen, and McAllister contact director; fire protection, Keep Oregon Green and Keep Bend Clean. Everett Hughes and Pat Cashman. It also was announced to to day's session that the chamber's budget committee will meet next week for planning the organiza tion's financial program this year. Among other ections the board authorized membership in the Na tional Better Business bureau, an organization which provides in formation to Its members about Illegal business practices which exist in their particular areas. .