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.Univ. of dragon Library EUGENE, 08SGOM THE BEND : BULLETIN State Forecast Oregon Rain or snow to night and Tuesday. Colder tonight and Tuesday. High 40 to 48 today, 32 to 40 Tues day. Low tonight 25 to 35. t LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 34th Year BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY. OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 23. 1950 No. 40 Hdspota Ing Ceremony : Set royim Truman Calls For Revision Of Tax Laws fl Washington, Jan. 23 IP Presi fdent Truman today called for some excise tax reductions, coupl ed with higher levies on corpora tions, gifts and estates to give the government a net increase of $1, 000,000,000 in revenue. Mr. Truman in a special tax message to congress proposed no changes in individual income tax es. He recommended a selective re duction in excises only to the ex tent that the loss In revenue can be made up by closing what he called "loopholes" in the tax laws. He said the corporation, gift and estate tax increase, the exact amount of which he left to con gress, should raise the overall government revenue by about $1,000,000,000 a year. The president once more criti cized the 80th congress for what vhe called "short-sighted tax re - duction" on individuals as well as some other cuts. Mr. Truman said "drastic in creases in tax rates . . . might prove to be self-defeating." But, he said, he was recommending ad justment "to reduce present In equities, to stimulate business ac tivity and to yield about $1,000, 000,000 in net additional revenue." He did not say precisely how much he thought excise' taxes should be reduced. Not Specific "I believe that reductions are most urgently needed in the ex cise taxes on transportation of property, transportation of per sons, long-distance telephone and . telegraph communications, and 9 the entire group of retail excises, Including such itmes as toilet preparations, luggage and hand bags," he said. The present excise taxes on toi let preparations, luggage, hand bags and similar items are 20 per cent, compared with prewar rates generally of 10 per cent. The pres ent transportation tax on persons Is 15 per cent and the freight tax three per cent. . The taxes Which Mr; Truman proposes to reduce will yield a total of i $1,326,000,000 in fiscal 1951, according to budget esti mates. Mr. - Truman did not propose that the taxes on all corporations be increased. On the contrary, he recommended that the tax rate on corporate income between $25,000 and $50,000 be reduced to the same rate that applies about $50, 000. The rate on income above $50,000 now is a maximum of 38 per cent compared with what Mr. Truman described as "the exces sively high 'notch' rate of 53 per cent" between $25,000 and $50,000. "These changes in the tax rate structure would go far toward re moving the handicaps which the present law places upon the ex (Continued on Page 7) Train Hits Rocks Near Klamath Klamath Falls .Tan 23 (IF) Crews were clearing. the wreck age 01 a Mallet engine and 21 freight cars from Southern Pa cific's railroad tracks north of here today and normal service was expected to be resumed about noon. The freight engine plowed Into two giant boulders on the Algoma niu grade, 14 miles north of Kla math Falls. Saturdav nieht. Fire man James H. White, 42. Klamath Falls, suffered a sprained back. Train passengers were being transported around the wreck by ous. R. R. Robinson. Dunsmulr. Cal., assistant superintendent of the railroad's Shasta division, said the track probably would be back in aervice aoout noon today. Blast Wrecks Arlington Cafe Arlington. Jan. 23 IP A bu tane fuel tank explosion Sunday afternoon flattened the Oregon Trail cafe and broke nearly every Plate glass window in downtown Arlington. No one was reported Injured. The cafe, owned by Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Spaulding of Arling ton, was a wooden structure be- yfig renovated. All Arlington was shaken by the blast. The cafe is located on the city's main street. Mrs. Spaulding esti mated the loss at about $16,000. 'Big Mo" Still Li,- .V"-' i- ' . 1 3 , r. " ! -. -2 j Jf Stern of the battleship Missouri rests high In the water on an "in convenient" mud bank about three miles off Norfolk, Va., in Hampton Roads. The 45,000-ton vessel was heading out to sea on a routine training cruise when she ran aground in 24 feet of water. She draws 34 feet. Several attempts to dislodge the big ship have failed. Opposition to Sale of P-P-&L. To Guy Meyers Group Voiced; Washington Hearing Opens , By T. W. KIENLEN I (United PrMS Financial Writer) Washington, Jan. 23 (U.E) the board of Eilectric Bond & Share corporation went on rec ord today as "unalterably opposed" to a bid of B. J. Van Insren company and associates for 500,000 shares of common stock of Pacific Power & Light company. Calder testified at an SEC hearing on the proposal of Van Ihgen thatjit.be.accepted.as. p.urchase,r o .the- st,ockn.der,regUr lations of the hording" com- - - pan'yact. He followed on the stand Howard Aller, presi dent of .American Power & Light, owner of the stock, and a subsidiary of Electric Bond & Share. Calder said he was opposed to any delay in disposal of the stock because of possible loss of inter est that might be involved, was "unalterably opposed to van in gen's bid as well as to any sale that might ultimately place Pa cific Power In control of a public power district. Allen Bid Favored He said he favored the bid of Allen & Company and associates of $15,000,000 cash. Calder's support of the Allen group and his opposition to Van Ingen appeared to come as a sur prise but he told reporters imme diately after that he had In no way changed his position. Van Ingen. it was disclosed early in the hearing, today revised its earlier bid to $10,000,000 cash plus $5,000,000 within three years. Appearing as the first witness, Aller told the SEC trial examiner that the possibilities of establish ment of a Columbia river valley administration constitued a major factor militating against success ful competitive bidding for the common stock. Several conditions militated against successful competitive bidding for the 500,000 shares of Pacific common stock owned by American, Aller said, including the probability of a future power shortage on the west coast, the "possibilities of cva and tne tax situation as it relates to American (Continued on Page 5) Ross Candidate For Assessor Leslie M. Ross, flekl deputy in the Deschutes county assessors office, today filed as a candidate for the republican nomination to the office of assessor, it was an nounced. Ross, a resident of Bend since 1927, Is chairman of the Des chutes county republican central committee, and holds member ship In the party's state executive and policy committees. V He was aooointed field deputy this past spring by assessor Ed Risen. This past week Risen, a demo crat, announced that he will not be a candidate for nomination to the office this year. Ross Is married and has three children. For 21 years he was em ployed by The Shevlln Hlxon Companv. He is a past Cub mas ter of Packs 21 and 27 of the Boy Scouts of America, and is Bible school teacher at the First Chris tian church. Stuck in Mud 4vwS(Rv: -Jib-sat Curtis E. Calder, chairman of Bus Hits Boulder Near Oregon Qity; 19 Persons Hurt Oregon City, Jan. 23 (IB A northbound Pacific Greyhound bus struck a huge boulder south of Oregon City early today and state police said l of 22 passen gers were injured when the heavy vehicle turned over on the highway. Frank Johnson. Eugene. Ore. driver, said the boulder, estimated at about three tons, had fallen in the center of the northbound lane. He said he had a choice of hitting the boulder or another bus ap proaching from the other direc tion. Johnson's bus rammed the ob struction, swerved off the road and scraped a retaining wall for lb feet before overturning on the left side. Climb Through Windshield Passengers climbed out of the bus through a broken windshield Only Cameron A. Sharpe. 352 West 51st St., Seattle, needed aid in leaving the bus. He suffered internal Injuries and crushed ribs. Nine persons were hospitalized and 10 others released alter emer gency treatment. Besides Sharpe. those remain ing for further treatment includ ed: Mrs. Louis Condone, 79, Van couver, B.C., shock and concus sion. Donald Cramer, Coos Bay, left elbow fracture. Glenn Welch, Oregon City, lac erated left ear and concussion. Charles Martin, Portland, back Injury. Edna Dunbar, Portland, back iniury and face lacerations. Bruce A. Douglas, Portland, la cerated left elbow and badly cut right hand. Gene Garoutte, Portland, back Injury. Chamber Forum Speaker Named Bruce Kelly, president of the Oregon Junior chamber of com merce, will be principal speaker next Friday noon at a forum meeting of the Bend chamber, it was announced today. Kelly, a- Portland businessman, has chosen the Hoover commis sion report as the subject of his talk. A chamber spokesman said this morning that Kelly Is consid ered one of the northwest's top speakers on the report. The forum meeting is to be held at the Pilot Butte inn. Chamber members who plan to attend the session are being ask ed to make reservations through the cnamber pllice by Thursday evening at the latest. The phone number Is 297. Missouri Still Fast on Mudbank; Plan New Efforts Norfolk. Va., Jan. 23 iPi High and harassed naval officials clus tered aboard the USS Missouri today to map plans for the next attempt to refloat the 45,000-ton battleship. They seemed to be the only mental casualties of Big Mo's fruitless six-day battle with a stubborn Hampton Roads mud bank. Some 750 sailors whose morale aboard ship was considered "ex cellent" through the frantic push-and-pull operations were ashore to boost It higher. More will fol low tomorrow. ... Before high tide February 2, when the navy's only battleship is expected to try to literally pull itself from the mud, all the Mis souri's 1,400 sailors will have tasted liberty. When the channel water mounts they will cast a dozen four-ton anchors 1,000 yards astern. Thick cables which can with stand 80-ton pressure will run from the anchors to the ship's winches. Then submarine rescue pon toons will hold the stern even while the winches pull from astern. That, explained the offi cers, will act as a fulcrum to hoist the Big Mo's bow, and pull her on the cables and out of the mud. Berlin Traffic Still Delayed Berlin, Jan. 23 (IP) Russian border guards delayed American armv train traffic in nnrl nur'lnf Berlin for seven hours earlv to-1 whistles blew this morning. 'Oper erjin jpr seven npurs eariy. - fpaPpH thBt nlcketlhB would day but removed restrictions on racti'irtintia rm truck traffic. A . west bound U. S. military train running from Berlin to Frankfurt was halted at the so viet border checkpoint of Marien- born and kept there seven hours while guards made a minute In spection of travel permits carried by passengers. One American official said the soviet "particularly objected" to the presence on the train of sev en Brazilians and one German, However, the train finally was permitted to proceed at 6:35 a.m. The Russian action also halt ed two other American military trains trying to get into Berlin from Bremerhaven and Frank furt. One was delayed five hours and the other three hours. Lt. Col. J. F. Phillips, army trans port chief In Berlin, said the two trains were held back by Ameri can orders until the first train was clear. Throughout the night the Rus sians stopped German trucks try ing to enter Berlin along the super-highway, permitting only one truck to pass every 30 minutes. Then, In mid-morning, the bar rier was lifted as suddenly as it was lowered, and the trucks were permitted to proceed. The Russians gave no reason for delaying the trucks, which at one time were backed up for three miles. Republicans See Campaign Issue, Result of Hiss Trial By Lyle C. Wilson (United i'rns Staff Corrtapondentt Washington, Jan. 23 (IP) Re publicans are enthusiastically con fident today that President Tru man and Alger Hiss have handed them a socko campaign issue for 1950 and 1952. The happiest republican of them all is Rep. Richard M. Nix on, R., Calif. He broke the Hiss case wide open and now has his sights on the United States sen ate. Nixon said he would give the house this week proof that high officials of both the Roosevelt and Truman administrations tried to prevent exposure of Hiss. Mr. Truman was a holdout for the theory that the Hiss investi gation was a republican phoney. But his administration can point to the fact that its ultimate pro secution of Hiss was both vigor ous and successful. The president's contribution to republican hopes began on Aug. 5, 1948, two days after Whlttaker Chambers told the house un American activities .committee that Hiss had stolen state depart ment secrets for him. Chamters at the same time confessed he had been a communist engaged in spy- ing lor tne soviet union. j Mr. Truman condemned the In- 1 vest Igat Ion as a "red herring" de- Miners Defy Lewis, Stay Gut On Strike Pittsburgh, Jan. 23 (IPi Embit tered rebel miners defied John L. Lewis' back-to-work order today and sent pickets into the coal fields to idle more than 31,000 United Mine Workers. Protesting the UMW's three- day work week the strikers con tinued their two-week no con tract: no work" drive for a show down. Resistance to Lewis' work edict centered in western Penrisyl vania, northern West Virginia and Ohio. At Jones & Laughlin's Vesta No. 5 mine in Washington coun ty; Pennsylvania, 1,500 miners en tered the pit. Roving pickets mov ed in and . shutdown the tipple. tne mine closed. Pickets also were active in the Rivesville, W.Va., .area, closing three mines. -At other mines in Pennsylvania. West Virginia and Ohio the angry miners refused to report. , "It looks pretty tough," a spokesman for the Western Penn sylvania Operators association said. "It looks like there'll be more striking than there will be working in our area today." ' Power 'Hit 'There are 50,000 miners In the district. Included among the pits closed by the wildcat walkouts was the Harwick pit of Duquesne Light Co. The power company has warned that it may be forced to cut off power to 2,000 indus trial consumers In the Pittsburgh area this week unless coal sup plies improve. In West Virginia, at least 5,600 refused to work when the mine I . . .. dose- more mines, even ' though many of the locals had met .and voted to lollow iewis strategy. Hanna Coal Co. reported that at least three of its mines in Ohio failed to open this morning. Observers regarded the strikes, which had idled 90,000 last week, as a protest against the UMW's three-day yveek policy, ratner tnan against Lewis. However, Lewis' lieutenants fought hard to break up the walkouts, They told miners' meetings dur ing the week end that Lewis wanted them to work. But the rebels refused, declaring the time had come for a showdown In the eight-month battle for a 95-cent-a-day wage boost and a 15-cent-(Continued on Page 7) MAY CUT PRODUCTION ' Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 23 (Ul Allls-Chalmers and the Nash Mo tor Co. said today they may have to cut production because of coal and steel shortages. An Allls-Chalmers spokesman said the company's plants have only a three-day Inventory of sheet "Steel. The spokesman said the coal shortage is getting worse. Allls-Chalmers has plants at West Allis and La Crosse, Wis., Gadsden, Ala., Springfield. III., La Porte; Ind., and Oxnard. Calif. Elmer Bernett, manager of the Nash plant at Kenosha, Wis., said supplies of sheet steel are "thin" at the firm's Kenosha and Mil waukee plants. signed to divert public attention from the refusal of the republican 80th congress to enact anti-infla tion controls for which he had called It Into special session the last week of July. The president also said that no congressional committee would be given loyalty check records on any former or present govern ment employe. A week later as the special session was about to adjourn, Mr. Truman returned to the attack .He said the Investiga tions were red herrings with a strong odor and promised to prove during the presidential cam paign just what they really were. The Investigation bogged down finally when Chambers and Hiss each stuck to stories so utterly conflicting that one of them had. to be an extraordinary liar. The committee closed hearings and hoped . the Justice department would bring perjury charges against someone. The case might have died there but for Hiss. He sued Chambers for $75,000 on charges of slander after the former spy had repeated on the radio his committee testi mony that Hiss was a communist. Preliminary hearings of that suit obtained from Chambers new documents which he said inerlm hook, I think Mr. Truman Is." (Continued on Page 7) Bend Gets Ice As Mercury Takes Tumble Eend and much of central Ore gon early today was under a sheet of ice, as a result of a sudden drop In temperature last night as a light rain fell over the Des chutes country. Some snow fell in tne early morning hours. To tal precipitation for the 24-hour period ending this morning at 7 o'clock was .30 of an inch. So far this month Bend's pre cipitation, approxi m a t e 1 y 2.50 inches, is more than one-third of that measured here In the entire year of 1949. In Bend, streets and sidewalks were glazed with Ice through the morning hours. Despite slick roads and streets, no major acci dents had been reported. Chinook winds over the week end. whipped away most of ithe snow pack that fell last week, with the exception oi aeep arms. Mountain passes were in gen eral use today, but winter condi tions prevailed, with motorists ad vised to carry chains. Only major highway reported closed wus the Columbia river road. Considerable snow fell in the mountains last night. State fore casts call for rain or snow through the ensuing 24 hours. COLD WELCOMED Portland, Jan. 23 Ul'i The main stem of the Willamette river ran at flood stage along its middle reaches today but the weather bureau said colder weather would check rising floodwaters through out the storm-stricken Pacific northwest tomorrow. , The Willamette . surged two feet over its banks at Harrlsburg. Ore., 90 miles upstream from Portland, and crested two-tenths of a foot above flood stage at Al bany, Ore. Only lowlands were flooded and riveri --forecasters said thev ex- Deoted Ithfi. flooding, caused hv warm rains thawing a .'big bite,. zard's snowpack, to be minor. The Kllchls river- near Tilla mook, Ore., also was flooding and coastal highway 101 was closed. Johnson creek went out of Its banks in southeast Portland. Snow mixed with rain was fore cast for the Portland area toni-'ht along with colder tempera lures. Tucker Cleared In Jury Verdict Chicago, Jan. 23 mi Preston Tucker, cleared with seven asso ciates of fraud charges, said to day that he hopes to reorganize his automobile firm for another try at producing a revolutionary rear-engine car. Tucker and the other defend ants cheered wildly and a few wept openly yesterday when a federal court jury of seven men and five women cleared them of 31 counts of mail fraud, securi ties and exchange commission vi olations, and conspiracy. After a 30-minutn demonstra tion of unrestrained joy, the courtroom of U. S. district Judge Walter J. Lauby quieted and Tucker told newsmen: "I'm ready to help In any way possible in a reorganization of the Tucker corporation or anything else. "My Immediate plan Is to get (Continued on Page 7) Blue Heron Pays Visit to Bend Mirror pond birds had a rare visitor yesterday a blue heron that made a landing In Pageant park, looked over the winter scen ery, then crossed the river in a long glide to the east shore and Drake park. When last seen the long-necked, long-legged bird was apparently watching with Inter est ducks and geese In the Mirror pond. Last year, it is recalled, two of the big herons visited the Mirror nond area. They are occasionally I reported from the up-river coun- try, where they wade In the snai low water. The heron seen here yesterday was Identified as the type fre quently seen In the Malheur liver country. UNION MAKES OI I'EK Detroit, Jan. 23 'Hi-The CIO United Auto Workers today of fered Chrysler corporation a new pension proposal which would tost thp company 10 cents an hour Instead of 11 cents, cost of the union's original demand. Nnrmnn R. Matthews, national UAW Chrysler director, said the union would accept either a 10 cent package Including six cents per hour for pensions and four cents for a hospital and medical program, or a flat 10-cent-an hour wage Increase. Program, Parade Scheduled Saturday; Contractor Makes Plans to Move Equipment . Work of assembling equipment, preparatory to start of the ; construction of the St. Charles memorial hospital will get un- ' der way tomorrow, according to information from Paul W. Wise, ol the Boise, Ida., contracting firm of J. H. Wise & Son, low bidders on the project. Equipment will be moved here from Boise, Lewiston and Pendleton. Assured by the junior member of the firm that equipment will be on the ground, , the : ; -: Hospital l-ounders organiza- tion has announced that a ground - breaking ceremony will be held Saturday, starting at 1 p.m. This is being planned as an all-central Oregon af fair. Governor Douglas McKay is being Invited to take part. Parade Planned Preceding the ceremony there will be a civic parade through downtown Bend, Dr, J. M. McCar thy, president of the Hospital Founders organization, has an nounced. Joining in the parade will be local music groups, such as the municipal and high school bands and marching units repre senting various fraternal organi zations. It is expected" that Co. I of the Oregon national guard will take part. Final plans for the ground breaking ceremony will be out lined at a general meeting of the Hospital Founders organization Tuesday night at the city hall, at 7:30. All men who took part in the campaign for funds and who later pledged continued support to the hospital are to join in the meet ing. Sawyer Speaker Robert W Sawyer, president of the Central Oregon' Hospitals foundation," will be- the i'lnclpal speaker at the ground-breaking ceremony, and will remove the first shovel of soil from the site on which the $900,000 hospital is to be erected. Dr. McCarthy will be master of ceremonies and, In addition to Sawyer, will Introduce Carl A. Johnson, campaign chair man: Hev. Kobert Nicholas, repre senting the Bend Ministerial asso ciation; Dr. Bradford N. Pease, who will represent the Central Oregon Medical society, and Fath er William uoughlan, who win re spond for the Catholic diocese and the Sisters of St. Joseph. It was announced today that mayors of all central Oregon towns and judges of mldstate counties are being invited to at tend. Bishop Joseph McGrath of the Baker City diocese of the Catholic church also is being In vited to attend the ground-breuk-ing rites. Work to Start Monday With equipment being assembl ed this week, it Is expected that actual work on the hospital proj ect will get under way Monday. Bob Harris will be foreman for the J. II. Wise & Son firm in con structing the Bend hospital. At present, Harris Is supervising work on a da-bed hospital at Weis er, Ida., for the Boise firm. Paul W. Wise visited Bend this past week and looked over the site where the hospital is to be erected, on the St. Charles hos pital grounds at the head of Min nesota. , Directors of the Hospitals Founders organization outlined tentative plans for the ground breaking ceremony at a meeting Saturday afternoon Textile Painting Class Scheduled A class in textile painting, soon sored by the Bend recreation de partment, will get under way Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Nancy's hat shop, it was announced toilay by Wayne Hamilton, recreation di rector. The course of instruction In decorating fabrics is in re sponse to popular demand, and the initial class will be limited to 15, ho said, If Interest warrants formation of additional classes, others will probably be organized later, with the possibility of an afternoon class being considered. Mrs. Charles Keith will be the in structor. Registration will be on a first come-first serve basis, and per sons who are Interested were re quested to get In touch with the recreation tlirector by telephoning 1880. The fee will be $3, to cover six Tuesday evening class ses sions, for a total of 18 hours. The meeting tomorrow night Is not In cluded In the six lessons, he said. At that time, work to be covered will be outlined, and necessary fumes Into the vehicle. The win materials will be listed. Idows were sealed with rags. r l LtAaeJ , Of Mountains Held Bad Economy By selling $975,000 worth of hay annually for feeding west . of the Cascade mountains, Des chutes county farmers are serl- ously disturbing the balance of the agricultural economy, Fred C. . Shcpard, Tumalo dairyman, told -. the Bend Kiwanis club this noon at the Pine tavern. He gave the total of dairy prod ucts at $930,000. Greater demand . in the mid -state for mid -state dairy products, he suggested, would require the milking and feeding of more cows in this area, reducing the export ol hay and the Import of products manuiac tured elsewhere. As It is, he said, "we are shipping out the fertility of our soil." Specifically Shepard urged con sumption of locally made ice cream, pointing out that the mar ket for the higher grade butter fat used in ice cream making is of importance in supplying the . profit motive for dairymen. . Fewer Cows : The number of milk cows in central Oregon has decreased in ,4 the past 15 years, he said. Butter-1 fat demand has gone down al though there has been - an in- -i crease in requirements for fluid milk, Glenn Lay, representing ice cream manufacturers of the area, stressed the desirability of local use of local products as a means of improving general business conditions. He said that $70,000 worth of Ice cream is imported by central Oregon annually, and noted that the $30,000 of this, which is the dairyman's share, would mean more families on the farms and more money in circu lation In the community. Robert H. Foley, chairman of' the club's agriculture committee, introduced the speakers. At the opening of the meeting, the membership applauded the designation of Mvron H. Symons as Bend senior citizen. ' WCUIUII III sJIIIIIII Files Candidacy For Justice Post Seaton H. Smith, city building ; inspector, today filpd as a candi- . date for nomination to the office 1 of district 1, Bend, Justice of the peace, Mrs. Helen Dacey, Des chutes county clerk, announced. " Smith, a Bond resident, is a t former member of the local high ' school staff. He Is a republican. It will bo recalled that Smith this past week submitted his res ignation as buiidlng inspector to the city commission. The com mission, however, failed to act and directed Smith to tender his ' resignation directly to W. O. Cuth- , hertsnn eitv mannppr. Cuthbertson said this morning ; lhat he has not received Smith's resignation. HEART STITCHED Norrlstown, Pa., Jan. 23 IIP) A surgeon used four stitches lust nlKht to close a wound In the heni t of a 15-year-old boy stabbed accldentallv while playing with a hlh school classmate. Roland Manclni of Plymouth township was reoortjd In critical condition nt Montomerv hnsnltal but physicians said he had a "good chance" of surviving be cause of his youth. The bov and three companions were walking horns after watch ing a television show when Jamie Gravps. 15. began playing with a pocket knife. Mnncinl lunged for the knife plavfullv and the 3'4 Inch blade pierced his chest, po lice said. BANDON MAN SUICIDE Ukiah, Calif.. Jan. 23 ilPv The hodv of a man Identified as Lloyd I.aird. 55. of Bandon. Ore., was found in an automobile parked on a lonelv road near here Saturday. Coroner B. G. Broaddus said Laird had committed suicide by attaching a hos to the cars ex- ihaust and piping the deadly
