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

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Newspaper Page TextJ iJniV. of Oragon Library . ' 1' EUGENE, OREaON C . THE BEND '". BULLETIN Bend Forecast Bend and vicinity Mostly cloudy but with brief partial clearing through Tuesday; high both days 40-45; low to night 32 37. LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 34th Year BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1950 No. 58 yimctDini Dime eirs Work Defy Still Out Local Thespians rr 1 ;wvTrvv- r if t vs ? v 4J 4 Bend Community Players this week are putting final touches on their characterizations, in preparation for presentation of three one-act plays, Friday night in the auditorium of Thompson school. Pictured above are members of the cast of "The Stepmother," a farce by Arnold Bennett. The director, George Jephson Turner, who plays the part of Dr. Gardner, is discussing the script with Mrs. Robert L. Cutter, Mrs. H. Allen Young and Neal Head, other members of the cast. Pictured below are four members of the cast of "The Dear Departed," a comedy by Stanley Houghton. Seated are Harry Davy, as Abel Merryweather, the surprising grand father, and Marilyn Brown, as Victoria Slater. Standing behind them are Mrs. George Smith, who portrays Lizzy Jordan, and Mrs. Almeda Hoist, as Amelia Slater, her calculating sister. Others in the cast are George Jephson Turner, as Ben Jordan, and Neal i . Head, as Henry Slater. Community Players to Make First Appearance Friday Bend Community Players have a full schedule of rehearsals booked for . this week, in preparation for the presentation of tnree one-act plays, Friday, f scnooi auditorium, ine Keia-1 ing group. The program will include a comedy, "The Dear Departed," by Stanley Houghton; a farce, "The Stepmother," by Arnold Bennett, ana a drama, "ine Valiant," by Holworthy Hall and Robert Middlemass. Posters advertising the plays carry an incorrect date, it was pointed out by cast members, who explained that confusion in booking resulted from conflicting activities. The plays definitely will be presented Friday, they stressed. Popularity Proved "The VaHant," which has prov ed its popularity by being selected repeatedly for presentation by "little theater" groups, will pro vide a well-rounded evening's en tertainment, contrasting pleasant ly with the lighter plays. In the gripping drama, James Warren plays the part of James Dyke, who Is given an opportunity to In terpret some of the bests-loved lines from Shakespeare. Frank Stokesbury plays tne part of War den Holt, and Ben Hamilton Is cast as Father Daly, who is called in to give spiritual counsel to the convicted slayer. The only female part, that of Josephine Paris, is played by Miss Beverly Steen. Heading the corps of volunteer to Present Plays I f f - - ' I Si eb. 17, at 8:15 in the Thompson nompson ft A is the sponsor workers who are assisting with staging details Is Mrs. S. G. Sug den, stage manager. Sets were de signed by Al Marvin, and Mrs, Ted Shoop Is in charge of costum ing. Football Player Captures Gunman St. Louis, Feb. 13 MPi James Greig, 23-year-old Washington university football player, had earned another "letter" today an invisible "C" for courage. Greig tackled and captured the masked gunman who was at tempting to attack his girl friend yesterday. Involved In the incident were Greig, his "steady" girl friend, former Washington univeiuity homecoming queen, Charlotte Obst, 19; and Kendall L. Morris, 28-year-old former convict. Greig dodged bullets to down the ex-convict, tie him with his own belt, shove him into the trunk of Grelg'g car and deliver him to police. Friday Niqht Military Chiefs Report on Fight To Check Reds Washington, Feb. 13 W The nation's four top military men have prepared lor President itu man a secret report on the impli cations of helping the countries of southeastern Asia in their fight against communism, it was disclosed today. Gen. Omar N. Bradley,- chair man of the joint chiefs of staff, made the disclosure at a news conference when asked how suc cessful he believed such military aid would be. . -- - Bradley said he could not dis cuss the matter because the views of the joint chiefs must be secret until made .public by the presi dent, the national security re sources board, or Defense secre tary Louis Johnson. However, informed sources said the joint chiefs at their meeting with President Truman last Sat urday did not discuss the possi bility of reopening the question of military aid to Chinese nation alists on Formosa or of helping Indo-China and other southeast ern Asia countries. Report Made Saturday Bradley and the three other joint chiefs reported to President Truman Saturday on tnelr iu-day Inspection tour of United States military installations in tne far east. Johnson said he was quite pleased and indeed proud" of the inspection report tne lour mili tary leaders had given to Mr. Tru man. The defense secretary said that (Continued on Page 7) Plane Accidents Take Eight Lives (By United PrM) Eight persons died in airplane accidents and mishaps over the week end. and rescuers pressed searches today for two planes missing with a total of 53 per sons aboard. A twin-engine plane carrying material for the atomic energy commission rammed into a New Mexico mesa, carrying three per sons to their deaths. Three persons were killed when a light plane crashed and burned shortly after a takeoff from the Fort Bragg, Calif., airport. The body of a private pijot washed ashore from San Fran cisco bay, where his craft ap parently crashed while on a flight from Oakland to Monterey, Calif. Searchers hunted along the shores of Long Island for the body of steward John Harris who was swept out of a Pan American World Airways strato cruiser as It neared New York on a flight from London. A EC officials at Santa Fe, N, M., identified the dead in the crash near Albuquerque as pilot Hugh H. Williams Jr., Albuquer que; Robert F. Purcell, 331, Love land. Colo.; and Warren C. Flesh- man, 29, Watonda, Okla. Purcell and Fleshman were AEC security officers carrying classified in formation. Died Instantly The three were killed instantly wnen the plane plunged to earth and exploded as It approached Its landing strip Saturday night. In the Fort Bragg crash, the dead were Jarvls Williams, 48, Sacramento, Calif., Mrs. Ethel Stapp, 60, Fort Brag, and Charles (Continued on Page 7) Tornadoes Hit Over Big Area, Take 44 Lives By H. Smith Johnson 'UlliUrJ Jrw Stiiff Cut-renlMjnilent) Shreveport, La., Feb. 13 Uli Tornadoes that devastated scat tered sections of the south and southwest Sunday and today killed at least 44 persons, includ ing an entire family or six cnn- dren and their parents, injured hundreds and cost thousands ot dollars in property damage. victims of the ireakisn weatn- er that hedge-hopped through east Texas, northwest Louisiana and west Tennessee included, the Wilson Carroll family who ap parently died In their sleep wnen a twister roared Into the little west Tennessee 'community of Hurricane Hill before dawn. The bodies of the mother, fa ther and their six children were found by rescue workers. Their bodies were badly battered. Their home was In ruins about them. One negro was killed in the same area. A 101-year-old negro died yesterday from Injuries re ceived when the series of tor nadoes whipped through a suburb of Houston. 28 Dead In I.oulslana Twenty eight of the known dead were from Louisiana and six others from Texas. First aid headquarters were set up at Ripley, nearby. Hurricane Hill's eight telephones were knocked out, making communi cations to the stricken area diffi cult. As rescue workers stumbled through rubble to rescue the liv ing and reclaim the dead from destruction already exacted by the freakish weather, the weather bureau warned that conditions are ripe for more tornadoes in other areas of the south. North ern Mississippi and northwest Alabama were alerted. The tornadoes apparently had spent their fury in Louisiana and the danger in Arkansas was di minished today. There were unofficial reports (Continued from Page 7) Planned by Reds Berlin, Feb. 13 UP) The com munist plan to mobilize 500,000 youths for a massive demonstra tion n Berlin May 28 ran into housing and money trouble to day. The communist admitted they lacked space to house the visitors and the east German communist party newspaper Neues Deutseh land asked east Berliners to take 325,000 of them into their homes. Another 175,000 could be bil leted in schools and other public buildings, the paper said. Speak ing for the remainder, Neues Deutschland asked; "Who has quarters for them?" The free German youth, spon sors of the rally, also was re ported to be In financial diffi culty. Much Propaganda The British sector newspaper Die Welt said 70 per cent of a re cent $80,000 appropriation already has been spent for propaganda and the rally still is three months away. Herbert Warnke, state secre tary of the east German interior ministry announced meanwhile that every employe of the slate and state-owned plants would have to fill out a questionnaire listing his political and military history. "We consider It our duly to get an exact picture of each individ ual and his social development," Warnke said in the soviet-sponsored National Zeltung. "We are doing it in the interests of secur ing our democratic order. Lack of week end traffic did away with truck backlogs piled up by soviet slowdown inspec tions on the super highway be tween Berlin and west Germany. "We have no backlogs and we have no traffic," said Charles A. Dlx, American transport chief in Berlin. "We will have to wait un til the traffic Increases during the week to see if the Soviets are continuing their restrictions." Dix said rail traffic was nor mal. He said waterways, closed down by lee, should be free In 10 days. The office of east German for eign minister Georg Dertjngcr said Dertinger was at work as usual today. A spokesman denied anti-communist reports that he had been placed under house ar rest to prevent his flight westward. Giant Slalom Races Staged By Sky liners Junior men and women and youngsters under 16 competed in giant slalom races yesterday af ternoon on the Skyliner course west of Bend, with John Drew, Kathy Thurston and Terry Skjer- saa placing first In the various events. The races were held on the Skyliners' winter playground on upper Tumalo creek, an area now under its deepest blanket of snow in many seasons. Present for the races, held un der sponsorship of the Skyliners, were spectators from near-by Bend and from other central Ore gon communities. Operated by Don Wahl, the Skyliner tow was in use through the day, and will be operated over week ends as long as snow conditions permit. To Award Trophies Joe Slate, president of the Sky liners, has announced that tro phies will be awarded winners at a meeting a week from tonight. Place of the meeting will be an nounced later. Also to be made at the Monday night meeting will be awards of the Skyliners mem bership contest, now under way. Featured event on the race schedule yesterday was the giant slalom contest for junior men between the ages of 16 and 18. Ten entered this closely contested race, in which John Drew nosed out Dick Rasmussen by a frac tion of a second. Results of these raies follow: Results Given John Drew, first, 1:24.0; Dick Rasmussen, second, 1:24.5; Craig Thurston and Henry Herbring, in tie for third, 1:35.7; Marvin Mix, 1:45.3; Dave Rasmussen, 1:48.0; Charles Allen, 1:48.8; Jim Gilll land, 1:59.0; Doug Thomson, 2:20.7; Lem Foster, 3:47.7. Only two entered the race for junior girls, event in which1 Kathy Thurston placed first with a tmie of 33.7 for the shorter course, with Janice Jappert in second place. In the race for juvenile boys and girls, Terry Skjersaa out distanced the field to place first with a time of 27.5. Clara Skjer saa was second, with a 52.2 sec ond mark, and Jimmy Sinclair was'third, time 55.5. Others fin ishing, and their times, follow: ' John Laylon, 1:8.5; Howard Foster, 58.7: Gordon Slate, 57.6; Gordon Slate, 57.0; Sally Slate, 67.5. Einstein Fears Hydrogen Bomb May 'End World' New York, Feb. 13 (Ul Physi cist Einstein, who made the atom and hydrogen bombs theoretical ly possible, fears that the United Slates and Russia may "annihi late" all mankind In their race to perfect the H-bomb. The famed physicist said yes terday that the only way that man now can find peace is through a "supra-national judic ial and executive oody" to be set up and empowered to decide ques tions concerning the security of all nations. Dr. Einstein voiced his warn ing that the "hysterical" arma ments race between the U. S. and Russia would doom man, during the premiere of the weekly tele vision show of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt on the NBC network. He expressed his views on sound film made at his Princeton, N. J., home. The other government officials, A bomb experts and educators who were on the program last night appeared with Mrs. Roose velt in person. They took a bright er view of the future of atomic energy than Einstein, who said the hydrogen bombs could polsoi, the atmosphere and annihilate all life on earth. All Lire Menaced Einstein said the armament race between the two nations, "originally supposed to be a pre ventive measure, assumes hys terical character on both sides." lie called the "means to mass de struction" through the H-bomb now a "probably attainable goal." "If successful, radioactive pois oning of the atmosphere and hence annihilation of any life on earth has been brought within the range of technical possibili ties," he said. "The ghostlike character of this development lies in ils apparently compulsory trend. Every step appears as the unavoidable consequence of the preceding one. In the end, there beckons more and more clearly general annihilation." , Einstein said It was a "disas trous Illusion" to believe that na tional security can be achieved through atomic armaments. He said nations must make a solemn renunciation of violence and mass destruction to elimi nate mutual fear and distrust. Six Billion Budget Slash Now Sought By Raymond I.alir- (tlniti-,1 F-rvns Staff CorreKiMtndent) Washington. Feb. 13 Ul'i Sen. Walter F. George, D., Ga called for a $6,000,000,000 cut in Presi dent Truman's budget today to keep the nation's economy on an even keel. George, a chairman of the sen ate finance committee, previous ly had favored a $3,000,000,000 re duction. But after a second look at Mr. Truman's spending pro posals, he said the figure could be doubled. He refused to discuss details of his new proposal, but he made it clear that he believed a sub stantial saving should be made on foreign aid. "We should give reasonable aid wht're it can be given effectively," George said, "but primarily we should create a sound economy in America. "If that Isn't done, the whole world Is going to collapse any how. A sound economy here Is our first line of defense. Celling Proposed By upping his proposed budget cut. George joined Sen. Harrv F. Byrd, D., Va in urging a $36, 000,000,000 ceiling on spending during the 1951 fiscal year. Mr. i ruman s budget calls for $42, 400,000,000. Chairman Clarence Cannon. D., Mo., of the house-senate budget committee, made it clear that nothing would be, done this year to carry out budget provisions of the congressional reorganization act. . - The provision requires the com mittee to submit a report by next Wednesday estimating govern ment income and spending for fiscal 1951 and recommending a celling on appropriations. Con gress made faltering attempts to comply In 1947 and 1948 but ig nored the provisions last year. Deficit Foreseen George recalled that his $3,000, 000,000 cut was proposed a month ago. He added that he now thought congress could trim the president's budget by $6,000,000, 000. A $36,000,000,000 budget still would exceed total federal spend ing for the 1948 fiscal year by more than $1,000,000,000. . Mr. Truman's budget foresees a deficit of $5,100,000,000 In fiscal 1951. The limit endorsed by Byrd and George would leave a small surplus. Cannon told a reporter the re organization act's budget provis ions had become "a dead letter," because ranking members of his group agreed last year that It was unworkable. Mysterious Sub Sighted Again San Francisco, Feb. 13 lUi The navy today studied a report that an unidentified submarine was sailing 25 miles west of Mono bay off the central California coast. It was the third report of a.n unidentified submarine off Cali fornia in the last two weeks. The report came yesterday from 2nd Lt, John L. Adams, who was piloting a B-25 bomber based at Mather Field, Calif. He said he was about 25 miles away from the sub at an altitude of 8,500 feet when he saw lt. "There Is no possibility It could have been another kind of ves sel," he said. "There was no other ship In the vicinity to compare it with." On Training Flight He said he was on a radar training flight with two students and could not leave the practice course for a closer look. The navy sent four planes from Oakland, Calif., to look for the sub, but a two-hour search proved unsuccessful. The navy refused to speculate on the nationality of the subma rine. However, a spokesman pointed out, "we. do not have any craft in that area." On Jan. 29, three persons re ported sighting a submarine off the northern California coast near Eureka. Two commercial fishermen and a former RCAF pilot said they saw It on the same day. PLAN ONE-WAY GRID Portland, Feb. 13 IP The city council today set Feb. 27 as the date for switching downtown Portland streets to a one-way grid system. Grangers Observe 25th Anniversary Deschutes county Pomona grangers holding their quarterly meeting at Tumalo Saturday ob served the 25th anniversary of the founding of the local Pomona acted on various resolutions, one of them dealing with Bonneville power, and expressed opposition to daylight saving. Five charter members of the Deschutes county Pomona grange, organized on Jan. 26, 1925, were present. They were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shepard. ivir. anu Mrs. t. t;. varco and Mrs. Luella Griffin. Shepard served as first master of . the Deschutes county Pomona grange, and Varco has been sec retary since its organization. Max Hunt, manager of St. Charles hos. pltal, Bend, was speaker at the open session Saturday afternoon and touched on hospital problems and socialized medicine. He was Introduced by George Murphy, Pomona master. Mrs. Varco was in charge of the prosram and In troduced entertainers, including Jeanne Parker, violinist and her sister, Irene, accompanist, and Faye Lentz, pianist. Hubert Scog gin was presented in a reading. Fred Shepard led the large group in singing. May Meeting Set " The May meeting of the Po mona grange will be at the East ern Star grange hall. Vern Lantz, member of the Redmond grange and Oregon state grange deputy, was pre sented with the stat deputy sash, with Mrs. Nellie Allen, county deputy and past Pomona master, making the presentation. Plain- view, as a result of attendance Saturday and at two previous meetings, won permanent pos session of the attendance troohv. One resolution favored by the grangers opposed purchase of agriculture productsN from for eign countries and the salo of ttus produce at lower prices than those raised In the United States. A resolution dealing with the CVA and originating with the Kiamatn iJomona grange was re- (Continued from Page 7) Most of Oregon Gets Rainfall Portland, Feb. 13 IIP) More rain was forecast today for a thoroughly wot Oregon. A week end storm continued to roll over the coast, with small craft warnings ordered up in place of storm warnings from Cape Blanco, Ore., north to Ta- toosn island, Wash. Snowbanks in most valley areas were all melted away under the falling rain and some county roads, - raised by the big freeze, were being pounded to pieces by the weight of autos. Portland had .72 of an Inch of rain at the airport while the storm dwindled out to mere cloudiness at Medford in the 24 hours ended this morning. Eu gene reported .23 and Roseburg .02. Rough water at the mouth of the Columbia river delayed a few snip crossings lor about an hour early today. Internal Revenue Receipts Show Substantial Decline By Raymond h. Wilson (I'nil.-il I'n-M Stuff C'ormpwiilrnt) Washington, Feb. 13 U.E Government internal revenue receipts slumped by $1,800,000,000 in the 1949 calendar year, mostly because of a hue 12 per cent drop in personal income tax payments. Officials said the year-end summary released by the bureau of internal revenue sharply reflected 1949 general economic decline and the GOI'-sponsored tax cuts of 1948. Iotal receipts lrom inter - nal revenue taxes which yield the bulk of the govern ment's income were $10, 501,870,605, or four and one quarter per cent below the $42,1502,864,105 collected in 1948. Personal Income tax payments, which normally account for al most half the total revenue, drop ped to $17,752,414,084 last year. Collections In 1948 amounted to $20,281,50-1.081. Corporations Larger Officials said the chief reason for this slump was the tax reduc tions voted by the republican-controlled 80th congress. Effective In mid-1948, the full affect was not felt until last year. Corporation Income taxes, the second largest source of federal revenue, rose to $11,851,444,106 last year from the $10,928,910,030 collected in 1948. Officials said business firms set aside less Pickets Now Seek to Close OtherShafts By .1. Robert Shubert (UniU-fl Htm Stuff ttirraiponilent) Pittsburgh, Feb. 13 (IP) John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers today defied President Truman's ' court order outlawing ..the coal strike and sent pickets into the fields to close non-union mines. The strikers closed all major soft coal pits across the nation and then moved against the smaller non-union pits In Penn- cvlvanl.l nnrl Wpct Virorinla At Richwood, W. Va Sheriff John Bell said a band of about -300 pickets raided the Donegan : Coal & Coke mine and beat three men. Pennsylvania state police re ported pickets out in force, "re questing" all mines to close. In ' Armstrong county, the troopers sent in reserves as a 100-car cara van of pickets started a foray : through the mine districts. They sought to intercept the band and break it up. Pickets Successful The police said the pickets had succeeded in closing some opera tions, utner umw members simply stayed at home awaiting tne government s next move. There was no Indication, however, of immediate new action. Government officials were opti mistic that a back-to-work move would develop within a few days. They pointed out that yesterday was Lewis 7Utn birthday and that last year the miners stayed home in celebration of their president's anniversary. However, that wasV the first time Lewis' birthday-brought a shutdown and the current dispute already was brewing. The day is nui an oiuciaj contract -nouoay in the soft coal mines. ,The miners were not In a holi day mood. They bitterly denounc ed Presitlent Truman's Taft-Hartley injunction action. "Lewis' birthday, or not," John Bell, Uniontown, Pa., miner, de clared, "I don't work until we get a contract." It was reported in Washington, that Lewis has upped his wage and welfare fund demands. In the so-called "Kentucky" agreements Lewis signed with a few inde pendent operators, wages were boosted 95 cents to $15 a day and welfare funds royalties raised from 20 cents a ton to 35 cents. Demands Increased UMW sources indicated Lewis was ready to ask $15.50 a day and 40-cents-a-ton when negotiations resume at the government s direc tion. UMW district 17 President Wll- llam Blizzard said he would sign no more "Kentucky" agreemants with the operators, pending out come of the court proceedings and negotiations. Missouri and Kansas, UMW dis trict 14 President Henry Alia! said yesterday he had instructed his men to work today and added that he believed they would. They didn't. ' In Illinois, even maintenance crews, which customarily work during walkouts, failed to report this morning. - t - money for capital Improvements, thus increasing their tax liability. Excise taxes of all kinds de clined more than $4,000,000 last year. They totaled $1,932,167,574. compared with $3,936,234,709 in 1918. President Truman has asked congress to reduce excise levies but to offset the revenue loss by closing tax "loopholes." He also asked congress to raise another $1,000,000,000 In higher corpora tion, gift and estate taxes. Kurt her Cuts Favored There Is strong sentiment In congress for an excise reduction of $1,000,000,000 and perhaps $1, 250,000,000. But most members oppose any kind of tax Increases In an election year. Indicating that federal revenues may fall even more In 1950. The government will start los ing some revenue when the oleo margarine tax repeal law is en (Continued on Pag 7)