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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
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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
34th Year
TWO SECTIONS BENDrj DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1950
No. 32
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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
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'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
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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
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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. .