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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
34th Year
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 17, 1950
No. 62
Group Against
U.S. Housing
Plan for Bend
Strong opposition against a fed
eral low-rent housing project in
Bend was voiced last night by the
majority of townspeople who met
at the chamber of commerce of
fice to hear a presentation of the
federal housing program by R. B.
Spaulding, management opera
tion officer of the public hous
ing administration,. Seattle.
Major objection to the public
low-rent program was in regards
to a requirement that Bend, if it
were to apply for this type hous
ing, must make a cooperative
agreement to provide the project
with all services (police, fire pro
tection, sewage disposal, etc.)
which is ordinarily extended to
other property owners; but can
not levy any personal or real
property taxes against the proj
ect. Revenue Scale- Set
The maximum revenue the city
could derive from, the project
source, would be 10 per cent of
rental payments in lieu of taxes,
it was explained.
Spaulding told those present,
including city and county govern
ment officials, real estate oper
ators, labor union members, bus
inessmen and merchants, that it
was not his purpose to attempt
to force the low-rent program on
the city of Bend, but only to make
known the program's availability
to the city if it were needed.
He explained' that one of the
first requirements for a city to
become eligible for participation
in the program, was the estab
lishment of the need for addition
al housing for persons in low
income, brackets.
Local Need Sasn
"Upon the basis of the 1940 cen
sus," he continued, "there is a
need for low-rent housing in this
community." Spaulding explain
ed the census showed that there
were 1500 sub-standard houses in
Bend, and he believed that the
situation had not been bettered
since that time.
" Heated" stated that on the basis
of the 1940 census figures. Bend
probably would be eligible for at
least 100 low-rent units, in its first
year program, and an application
for this public housing would be
accepted by the. administration.
"The next step, after the need
for housing is determined."
Spaulding said, "is the formation
of a local housing authority board
which would have complete
charge of the construction, main
tenance and administration of the
project."
Agreement Required
However, before the eo-ahead
on the project could be given by
the federal government, he con
tinued, the city commission would
have to make a cooperative agree
ment with the local authority that
it win provide We project all reg
ular services rendered other resi
uems, and would not levy any
real or personal taxes against the
project.
Assuming this were accomp
lished. he exnlained. the local au
thority would then have charge of
ueiermining a site for the project,
and obtaining loans for financing
its construction. Cost of build
ing and equipping the dwellings
. VAVCCU IUUI1I
Capital costs of the project
(continued on Page 5)
Plays Scheduled
By Bend Group
Bend Community Players will
ndKe meir tirst public appear
ance as a little theater group to
night in the Thompson school
auditorium, when three one-act
pays will be presented, begin
ning at 8:15. The production will
e of interest not only because
the casts represent outstanding
talent of the community, but .be
cause three distinctively differ
ent stage sets, designed and dec
orated by members of the group
and volunteer helpers, will pro
vide appropriate backgrounds for
the plays.
Theater fare to appeal to every
aste Is in prospect, with the
Program to Include a comedy,
"Th Dear DePar,ed": a farce,
.Jre s,ePmother," and a drama,
The Valiant."
Sponsored by PTA
The program Is being spon
sored by the Reid-Thompson
' TA. with the new Thompson au
ditorium to be used for the first
ime for a civic project of this
'ype.
The players who have parts In
'he plays include the following:
i.oorge Jephson Turner, Mrs.
Robert L. Cutter, Mrs. H. Allen
oung, Neal Head, Harry Davy.
"ariiyn Brown, Mrs. Aimed a
Hoist, Mrs. George Smith, James
barren, Ben Hamilton, Beverly
''een and Francis Stokesbury.
Directors are Miss Grace Mary
r ; Pavv and Turner. Mrs.
y- W. Sugden is general manager
wr the production.
February Holidays Observed
li ii iiii niiii limmmmmiiiw
Dee Ann Parsons, as George Washington, and Carolyn Hoogner, as
Martha, pose as part of an animated valentine giving pictorial
proof that February is well-endowed with holidays. The girls ap
peared in a skit on the high school Girls' League assembly program
yesterday in the school gymnasium.
Army Engineers
Levee On Lower Mississippi
Flood to Reach Peak About March 1, Report
Forecasters; People Warned Worst to Come
Chicago, Feb. 17 (U.E) The
threatened to burst a big levee
army engineers said the Hood
Louisiana.
Flood water receded in the
cast of fair weather in the flood
offered relief to some flood-weary areas.
State Democrats
Meet Saturday
Democrats from all over Ore
gon will gather at the Pilot Butte
inn tomorrow for an open meet
ing of the state central committee
and party leaders, it was an
nounced today by Cecil Moore,
chairman of the Deschues county
democratic central committee.
Among matters to be discussed
at the session are possible candi
dates for governor, U. S. senator,
congressmen, state labor commis
sioner, and candidates for non
partisan offices.
The slate committee first will
meet at 2 p.m., and will hold a
dinner at 6:30 p.m. Both affairs
will be in the Pilot Butte inn.
Sunday, the committee will
hold a session at 9:30 at the inn,
to be followed with a luncheon
by the state women's division of
the party at 12:00 noon.
Party leaders will close the two
day session with a meeting of the
second congressional district com
mittee at 1:30 p.m.
Three Indians
Receive Fines
Three Warm Springs Indians
were assessed fines Wednesday
on charges of intoxication, accord
ing to a report by Duncan McKay,
justice of the peace in Bend.
Archie Villa Mitchell, 29, was
fined $100 and had his driver's
license suspended for a year, on
a charge of driving while drunk.
Two of his companions, Dcm
sey Polk, 30, and Alvin Polk, 33,
were fined S15 apiece on charges
of being drunk on a public high
way. Survivors of
Parachutist Believed Seen Hanging on Tree
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 17 'IB A
ground party of 55 searchers
tramped through the rain-swept
underbrush of Princess Royal Is
land today hunting the remaining
five survivors of a B-36 intercont
inental bomber crash.
At the same time a helicopter
and 12 planes droned low over the
wooded island.
Searchlights' from the- royal
Canadian destroyer Cayuga play
td along the shoreline throughout
the nlghl. Flares from low-flying
planes penetrated the gloom of
the island's Interior.
Four parachutes sighted dangl
ing from trees; a man's cry for
help; a volley of gun shots; and
"other signs of survivors" kept
the searchers hopes up.
A coast guard pilot reported a
parachute looking "very much
I like someone was hanging from
Battle to Save
swollen Mississippi river today
in southeast Missouri, and
situation was getting worse in
upper Ohio valley, and a fore
zone during the next 48 hours
But in other sections par
ticularly along the lower Mis
sissippi the.worst vyas yet to.
come. " "
Army engineers said the
Mississippi river floods in the
far sduth would reach their
peak about March 1, and would
inundate 1,140,000 acres in Missis
sippi and Louisiana alone.
With an estimated 10,000 cattle,
hogs and horses flooded out, the
Louisiana agricultural commis
sioner said the "entire livestock
industry of the state is threat
ened." ,
Engineers Fight Battle
Army engineers fought a "very
hard battle" against wave wash
on a levee at the lower end of the
Birds point-New Madrid floodway
north of Dorena, Mo. They built
a 3.000-foot stretch of lumber
bulkhead there to hold back the
surging river.
Meanwhile, an army engineers'
barge stood by at the north end
of the giant spillway to open the
floodgates if necessary. An esti
mated 11,000 residents of the
floodway area have remained out
out of their homes since engi
neers first considered opening the
gates last month.
Levees Give Way
The Mississippi broke through
small levees on the Tennessee
side and water gushed through
the streets of Golddust and Ash
port. Levees also cracked on the Ken
tucky banks of the river, flooding
farmlands and forcing several
rural families to'flee.
Colder weather with snow blew
into the northern plains states,
and a cold wave with drifting
snow was forecast for North Da
kota.. Elsewhere in the country, it
was generally fair.
ROADS IMPROVE
Salem, Feb. 17 mi As far as
weather conditions were concern
ed, Oregon roads were in good
condition, the state highway de
partment reported today.
Plane Crash Sought on Island;
i it on the northern end of the:
bleak isle. Near the same spot, an I three crashes were killed, how
SOS was tramped out In the I ever.
snow. Bloody snow was also re- A U. S. air force B-29 taking off
ported In the same location. from Great Falls, Mont., to Join
Six United States and Canadian ! the B-36 search crashed Feb. 15
air force planes have crashed in
the Pacific northwest in the past
three weeks. A total of 10G per
sons have been Involved in the
plane mishaps. At least eight per
sons are dead and 44 others miss
ing besides the B-36 crewmen.
The scries s'arted Jan. 26 when
a U. S. airforce C-54 carrying 44
i persons disappeared over the Yu
kon territory on a flight from
Alaska to Montana.
Two U. S. air force C-47s with
16 persons ahoard crashed during
search operations. Another Cana
dian C-47 with 14 aboard crashed
yesterdav In the Yukon during
I operation Sweotbriar. None of the
i Riprap 1
i Fuel S
Accused Spies
Enter Guilty
Pleas at Trial
' Budapest, Hungary, Feb. 17 UP
A British business man pleaded
guilty to spy charges when he
went on trial with an American
associate, Robert E. Vogeler of
New York, and five Hungarians
today. i
Edgar Sanders, Budapest man
ager for the International Tele
phone and Telegraph company,
implicated several members of
the Anglo - American legations
here in his plea on the first day of
tne trial of seven persons accused
of spying for the United States
and Great Britain. ;
Vogeler, assistant vice-presi
dent and eastern European mana
ger for the I. T. & T. was accused
of spying in Hungary for eight
years. He and his six .co-defendants
were alleged to have. organ:
lzed a spy ring with the help of an
American army colonel, George
Kovacs. . ,
Vogeler Not Called
The first day of the trial in the
red brick criminal court building
in the heart of Budapest ended
without Vogeler being summoned
to make his plea.
Sanders and two Hungarians
who preceded him before the
court pleaded guilty to charges of
spying for the United States and
Great Britain. The Hungarians
were Imre Geiger, manager of the
1. T. & T. s Hungarian subsidiary,
and Zoltan Rado, a section chief
In a arratmirrant- mtntatMi
The 44-year-old Sanders, a rela
tlve of film star George Sanders,
answered "do" in a firm, clear
voice when Judge Vilmos Olthy
asked him do you feel guilty?
Gives Court Information
He told the court he had obtain
ed military and economic infor
mation about Hungary for the
British intelligence service.
Sanders said the American and
British missions considered Hun
gary "a hostile country" after the
communists took over, and tried
"to undermine its .present re
gime."
He mumbled several- names
which were not clearly audible,
Among those he mentioned were
the assistant British military at
tache, a Col. Capero, and Col.
Raft and Lt.-Col. Hoyne, both
Americans, and an American
commercial attache named Smith.
Activity Center
The British legation was "the
center of those activities," Sand
ers said. He admitted every count
against him in the indictment.
Sanders said the British in 1940
taught him spying and counter
espionage. He said he came to
Hungary as a British army cap
tain. "I was told to obtain informa
tion about soviet and Hungarian
troops. I also had to obtain infor
mation about economic condi
tions. I had to make propaganda
for the Anglo-Saxon world," he
said.
Bend Merchants
Hold Conference
The retail division of the Bend
chamber of commerce met yes
terday at the Pine tavern for a
discussion of 1950 sales promo
tion plans. r
Next week the group will hear
a program on credit services and
conditions in the city.
Ralph Baker, presided over yes
terday's session.
30 service personnel on those
.killing eight of the 15 crewmen
aboard. The B-36 crashed on Feb,
14.
1st Lt. Charles G. Pooler, 36,
Beloit, Kans., was the 12th of 17
who bailed out of the Texas
bound plane to be rescued. He had
spent more than 36 hours wander
ing on the craggy north Pacific
Island before rescue teams lo;
cated him yesterday.
Fellow survivors, now comfort
ably recovering at McChord,
Wash., air force base, feared their
lost companions may be suffer
ing from Injuries and exposure,
unable to assist In their own rcs-
I cue
eera on
upply
flew England Doctor Placed
In Limelight On Eve of Trial
Acquitted Girl Believes Many Praying for
Physician Accused of Killing Cancer Patient
Manchester, N. H., Feb. 17 (IIP) A 41-year-old doctor
J'aited nervously todoy in a two-story frame country home
or the beginning Monday of his "mercy" murder trial.
; In another two-story frame house in Stamford. Conn., a
honey-haired girl, -half the doctor's age, tries to forget her
"mercy killing trial.
' Carol Ann Paight, the girl
7 Year Old Boy
Dies in Move
To Save Sisfer
New York, Feb. 17 UP) Wil
liam Meade, 7, burned to death
last night trying In vain to save,
his baby sister from the fire that
swept the Bronx tenement in
which they lived.
Heavy smoke filled the cold
water flat when William's father,
Charles, was awakened by the
crackling flames. The father
grabbed two of his four children
and told William to get his sis
ter, Lynn Carol, two months, and
ioiiow mm.
But the boy lost sight of his
father in the smoke and flames.
Firemen found William s body,
his dead sister clutched in his
arms.
Board Against
Federal Housing
The Bend chamber of com
merce directors today adopted a
resolution opposing the city's par
ticipation in a low-rent public
housing program .as presented
last night by R. B. Spaulding, rep
resentative of the public housing
administration, Seattle.
M The resolution, drafted by the
chambers civic affairs commit
tee, read in part as follows:
"The committee is opposed on
(he basis that it cannot sponsor
further increased federal taxation
in support of government subsidy
finance.
"The committee does recom
mend that a survey be made on
the local level, by local authority,
to determine the need for low cost
rental housing. It also approves
improved conditions on sub-Standard
living conditions with the
ability of the local tax structure
to assume the program on the
local level."
The resolution was presented to
the directors by Vance Coyner,
chairman of the civic affairs com
mittee.
Directors also heard a report on
the Water Pageant association ac
tivities by C. L. McAllister, or
ganization head.
Gordon Randall, chamber vice-
president, presided over today's
session.
Deschutes Chest
Meeting Set
A meeting of Deschutes county
community chest directors will be
held at the Bend chamber of com
merce office Saturday at 1 p.m. to
apportion funds to participating
agencies, it was announced today
by Elmer V. Ward, chest presi
dent. All members of the board
are asked to be present.
Officers for the coming year
will also be elected.
Final figures were not available
this morning, but It was believed
that around $10,000 would be
available for distribution to the
state and local agencies. This sum
is about $8,000 short of the county
quota.
Missing Plane
Reported Found
Lewlston, Ida., Feb. 17 mi A
plane carrying two Lewiston men
missing since Wednesday was
sighted by search planes today.
search headquarters here report
Ml.
Officials at the airfield here
said no other Information could
be released immediately.
The location or condition of the
plane or men, Tom Peterson, 28,
and Roy Howard, 25, was not re
ported. SMALL BOYluLLIcl)
Portland, Feb. 17 mi Peter
Lester Comely, 3-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Comely, was
killed shortly before noon today
when a lumber truck hit him on
his tricycle.
U.S. Coal Strike;
Rapidly Dwindling
who killed her cancer-tortured
father and was acquitted by a
jury or middle-aged parents,
knew what Dr. Hermann
.Nelson bander was going
through.
"I certainly think every
body is praying for him,'
Carol told the United Press by
teiepnone.
"I know about his case, but I
haven't read too much about it
I'm trying not to read the pa
pers," she said. "I've been rest
ing." Miss Paight Rests
Carol said she didn't know
enough about the case of Dr. San
der even to wish him good luck.
But the slim, tall college senior,
and the soft-spoken athletic gen
eral Dractitioner have a common
bond. They were paired strangely
I in trials that have brought the
issue of euthanasia "mercy
death" out of the abstract phras
es of the pamphlet, the text book,
the legislative hall, and the pulpit
and into the quick arena of the
courtroom.
Both were the center of world
attention. Both have been prais
ed, denounced; defended, attack
ed. Both have a good reputation
among the home folks. Both were
charge! by their states with tak
ing human life in violation of the
laws of God and man.
Girl Acquitted
Carol did not see her home
from he time she shot her father
until she was acquitted nearly
five months later, because mur
der is not a bailable offense in
her state. Dr. Sander, charged
with first, degree murder, has
been free in $25,000 bail, an ac
tion rare in capital cases in his
state.
There was a report that when
the trial begins in superior court
at. 10 a.m. Monday, the state will
ask that the defendant's bail be
discontinued and that he be re
arrested and kept in custody for
the duration of the trial. That
would be possible, although un
der the law the ball could be con
tinued until there is a verdict.
Southern Judge
Speaker in Bend
"God, the Supreme Court and
Us" was the topic of Judge
George W. Hardy Jr., of Shreve
port, La., at a dinner meeting in
Bend last night attended by 120
persons. The banquet was under
auspices of the Bend Knife and
Fork club, in the Pilot Butte inn
Blue room, with Alva C. Goodrich
presiding.
Judge Hardy prefaced his talk
with a discussion of the supreme
court's decision relative to the
teaching of religious classes in
schools and questioned whether
Americans are in danger of los
ing religion by zealous pursuit of
the letter of the law. Carried to
the extreme, the supreme court
ruling might even remove "In
God We Trust" from coins, the
judge declared. Ho touched on
world-wide socialist trends and
the danger faced by America.
There was also a discussion of
"gimme boys and girls" and min
ority pressure groups. The soft-
voiced southerner revealed that
he believes "in the good old fash
ioned need for individual interest
and effort in public affairs" and
recognized "the evil of pressure
groups and social panaceas."
For the first time since the club
was organized two years ago, the
members had not a single ques
tion to ask the guest speaker at
tbP conclusion of the address. At
all the meetings, the audience Is
called on for questions.
Mr. and Mrs. Vic Whetzel and
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Wells were an
nounced as new members nf the
Bend Knife and Fork club.
FIREMEN ANSWER CALL
A defective flue was blamed by
firemen for a blaze this morning
at the Floyd Branson home, 574
E. Seward. An area of the roof
around the chimney was burned.
An estimate of the damage had
not been made today. Firemen
answered a general alarm at
11:45 a.m.
Long Deadlock
To End by Close
Group Holds Secret Session
By Robert E. Lf.e
(Uniti-il l'rrss Stalf CorrcsiMHnlent)
Washington, Feb. 17 (U.E) John L. Lewis and the coal
operators neared a contract settlement today after an eight
month deadlock that precipitated the nation's worst coal
crisis.
They were prepared to meet to exploit a sudden break in
the long and costly deadlock that came at a top secret meet
ing late last night. .
With the unwieldy' 20-man negotiating committees for
each side pared down to four,-
Lewis and the operators were
reported ready to talk specific
contract terms and put on full
speed to end the crisis as soon
as possible.
Coal supplies were down to
eight-day average throughout the
country as 372,000 of Lewis' Unit
ed Mine Workers stayed out of
the pits in defiance of a federal
court back-to-work order issued
last Saturday.
Hold Up Action
Government lawyers were re
ported to be holding up contempt
of court action originally planned
for noon today against Lewis and
the union for ignoring the injunc
tion.
The delay was designed to take
the pressure off Lewis with settle
ment of the dispute, 'so clqse'at
i 1 ' - -
hand.
. A
Barring an unexpected break
down, ft was understood the ac
tion would not come until tomor
row If at all. A contract settle
ment would automatically send
the miners back to work.
Last night's secret 3'4-hour
meeting, which broke up shortly
before midnight marked the first
real break In" the coal stalemate
after months of futile negotia
tions. The parley was arranged
only moments after yesterday's
conference was recessed with no
Indication of progress.
Kennedy Present
Lewis was accompanied to the
conference by UMW vice-presi
dent Thomas Kennedy. The op
erators were represented by
George H. Love, chief spokesman
for northern and western oper
ators, Marry Moses, spokesman
for captive mines, and T. G. Ge
row, president of the Illinois Coal
Producers association.
Noticeably absent was Presi
dent Joseph E. Moody of the
Southern Coal Producers associa
tion. Moody, however, was scheduled
to be a member of the operators'
team in the negotiations today.
The secret meeting opened at a
downtown hotel with federal me
diation chief Cyrus S. Chlng and
David L. Cole, chairman of Presi
dent Truman's fact-finding board,
sitting In. During the talks, Lewis
and the operators got down to
specific contract details for the
first time.
Group to Attend
Youth Conclave
Twelve young people from the
First Methodist church left this
morning by Trailways bus for
Portland, to attend a state Meth
odist youth conclave being held at
Centenary-Wilbur church. They
were accompanied by Mrs. Ross
Knotts and Mrs. Ida Reynolds.
The conference begins this eve
ning and will conclude Sunday
noon. Those attending are Arthur
Drake, Paul Reynolds, Laura Por
ter, Darlvne Hoover, Doris Aspin-
wall, Anlith Towner, Anne Moore, I Marshall plan in return for Rus
Eula Chavis, Jackie Marshall, La-1 sia's agreement on atomic con
Dona Gilford, JoAnne VanSickle, trols. But like Tydings, he was re
and Karlce Johnson. i huffed by the administration.
Courageous, Commendable
(Editorial)
The Veterans of Foreign Wars have done an admirably
courageous thing in withdrawing from the three-way, outside-directed
promotion which had encroached upon the offi
cial activities of the March of Dimes infantile paralysis cam
paign. Courageous, because it was harder in this instance to
retreat than to advance or stand firm; admirable, because in
the action now taken a wrong is being righted. Doing this,
the Veterans of Foreign Wars are assuming costs which they
need not have assumed and these, we understand are consid
erable another reason why they should be commended.
We do commend them and congratulate them on the de
cision they made public yesterday and believe that the general
public will share our feeling in this matter.
May Come
of Week;
Rail men Set
February 27
For Walkout
Clevelund, O., Feb. 17 KM
Two brotherhoods representing
250,000 railroad workers set Feb.
27 today as the date for a nation
wide strike.
The date was announced.in the
Trainmen's News, organ of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men. President Truman now is
expected to appoint an emergency
board to investigate the dispute.
which would postpone the strike
for at least 30 days.
The other union Involved is the
Order of Railroad Conductors.
-The unions are seeking rule
changes,' including va 40-hour
week without a reduction in pay
for yardmen now working 48
hours.
The BRT has about 210,000
members and the ORC has 40,000.
'X' Bomb Next,
Tydings Hints
Washington, Feb. 17 dPl Con
gressional atomic energy experts
said today the hydrogen bomb
may set the stage for the develop
ment of still more devastating
weapons of mass destruction.
They did not belittle the warn
ing of Dr. Albert Einstein that
'annihilation of any lifeoneartn"
may result.
These experts represent the
democratic wing in congress that
is drifting away from the policy
of President Truman and Secre
tary of state Dean Acheson who
eschew any new approach to Rus
sia to head off an atomic arms
race.
Case Presented
Chairman Millard E. Tydings,
D., Md., of the senate armed ser
vices committee stated the case
for these congressmen yesterday.
He warned the senate that the
H-bomb will be followed by a
still more powerful "X-bomb"
and other super-weapons.
He said this raised the "awe
some possibility of the ultimate
destruction" of civilization.
Tydings recently proposed a
woiid disarmament conference to
put an end to the arms race. But
President Truman and Acheson
dismissed ills suggestion as un
realistic. Views Shared
But it is known that his views
are shared by some of the admin
istration's top leaders in congress
especially Chairman Brien Mc
M a h o n, b.. Conn., of the joint
congressional atomic energy com
mittee. McMahnn proposed a global