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NEWS COVERAGE
CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
34th Year
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20. 1950
No. 64
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Democrats
Make Plans
For Campaign
Democrats of Oregon consider
ed potential candidates for state
and national offices at an explor
atory meeting of the state central
committee In Bend over the week
end, and discovered considerable
talent for the governor berth, but
none for that of United States
senator.
Lew Wallace, Portland, twice a
candidate for governor of Oregon,
will enter the May primaries, he
announced at the Bend meeting.
Presiding over sessions of the
state central committee here was
another potential candiate, W. L.
Josslin, state party chairman, who
recently announced he would be
available if his party called him.
Two other potential candidates
for governor present at the Bend
conference were Walter J. Pear
son, state treasurer, and Austin
Flegel, state senator.
Action Dramatic
Wallace beat his possible pri
mary opponents to the punch
Sunday when he dramatically an
nounced his candidacy, at the con
cluding session of the party lead
ers In the Blue room of the Pilot
Butte inn. Earlier In the morn
ing, the central committee, after
turning down a move to bar the
press from the deliberations, vot
ed to pass up consideration of
gubernatorial talent.
Wallace was not in the hall at
the time, and Josslin, presiding
officer, had been temporarily re
placed by Mrs. Joada Leonard, of
Klamath Falls, state vice-chairman.
With this phase of the
agenda cancelled, the group pro
ceeded to a discussion of a pos
sible candidate to oppose Senator
.Wayne Morse, republican, who
will be up reelection this year.
Permisstr.n Asked
The state committeemen were
nearing the end of their consider
ation of U. S. senate talent when
Wallace entered the room, brief
ed himself on what had happened
by quizzing a reporter, then list
ened. The session was standing
by for adjournment to the Sun
parlor of the inn, to make way
for a Sunday dinner, when Wal
lace asked permission to make
a statement. Permission was
granted by Josslin and Wallace
proceeded to read a 350-word
statement that ended with this
announcement:
"I will be a candidate for gov
ernor at the May primary. If the
democrats again choose me, Ore
gon will come into her own with
a real program of action, conser
vation and progress. I will sup
port the democratic platform 100
per cent."
Wrongs Described
Wallace prefaced his announce
ment with the declaration that
"an alarming and disturbing situ
ation exists in Oregon." He pre
sented a long list of "Oregon
wrongs," including the statement
that "our public lands have been
shamefully bartered away at the
expense of our school system" and
the charge that Oregon's present
officers "fiddle while Rome
burns" in opposing the CVA.
"The democratic party has al
ways supported me," Wallace
said. "I have carried that banner
at times when success was hope-
, less, but ten times out of 13 I
have carried it to victory. In the
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British Election Campaign
In Home Stretch This Week
By Lyle C. WUson
(United Press Staff Corrnnondcnt)
London, Feb. 20 U" The Brit
ish general election campaign hit
the home stretch today with more
and more emphasis on foreign
policy and what will happen to
Britain when Marshall plan aid
ends in 1952.
Labor foreign secretary Ernest
Bevln disclosed last night that
talks are in progress with the
United States on what Is to be
done to avoid an "economic crisis
and catastrophe" when Marshall
plan subsidies end.
Addressing a rally at nearby
Croydon, Bevln said "It would be
perfectly silly" to say that he
could tell what would happen In
1952. However, both major polit
ical parties have indicated some
kind of foreign aid will be neces
sary after 1952.
"The conservatives ask what
labor is going to do in 1952 when
Marshall aid ends. It would be
perfectly silly of me to say I
could tell you. We know Marshall
v B, i-uiue 10 an ena. we Know
tt we nave got to meet it.
e are aireaoy aiscussinE
with the United States the situa
tion that may arise. We already
Jossy Named
State Head
For Project
A resolution authored by Wil
fred Jossy, of Bend, requesting
members of congress to attend a
series of "town meetings" in their
respective districts, for discussion
of the Hoover commission report,
was passed by the Junior cham
ber of commerce yesterday at a
state board meeting in Roseburg.
A delegation of Bend Jaycees
attending the meeting included
Jossy, Bob Johnson, Gene Strana
han and Bert Hagen. Jossy was
named state chairman for the
project, and it is tentatively plan
ned that he will go to Chicago in
June to present the plan at the
national Junior chamber of com
merce convention.
Letters will be mailed this week
to Senators Wayne Morse and
Guy Cordon and to Representa
tives Walter Norblad, Harris Ells
worth, Lowell Stockman and Ho
mer D. Angell, urging them to ar
range visits in several Oregon
cities, Jossy said. The series, plan
ned along lines of the old "town
hall" government, will provide for
open meetings, with moderators
to conduct discussions or "opera
tion economy," recommended by
the Hoover report. Citizens will
have an opportunity to discuss
the proposals directly with their
congressmen, and make their
wishes known.
Part of State Move
The resolution points out that
promotion of study, analysis and
an understanding of the content
of the Hoover commission report
is part of the current activities of
the Oregon state Junior chamber
of commerce, and that "opportu
nity lor the average citizen to see
and hear and to have personal
contact with his congressional
delegation is very limited."
The resolution In part follows:
"Be it resolved, that the Oregon
state Jurtioiwohamber of com
merce forthwith extend an invita
tion to the congressional delega
tion from the state of Oregon to
attend a series of forum meetings
to be held in the principal cities
throughout the state of Oregon
during the summer of 1950, the
subject of said forum to be 'Op
eration Economy.'
"... Be it further resolved that
the United States Junior chamber
of commerce adopt as a part of its
program in connection with the!
study, analysis and dissemination I
of information concerning the
Hoover report, the sponsorship of
similar forums in each of the
states in the union."
Boy Scout Troop
Enjoys Outing
Members of Boy Scout troop
No. 25, sponsored by First Pres
byterian church, participated In a
skiing outing Saturday from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Skylinors'
winter playground west of Bend.
The boys took sack lunches fov
their noon meal.
The following boys made the
trip: Jack Hoist, Bobby Newman,
Vincent Wanichek, Jerry Page,
Jules Haglund, Gordon Slate,
Charles Murphy, Jerry Ackerson,
Bob Stennett, Ronaid DeLude,
Stewart Bennett, Jack Anderson
and Larry Mize.
The outing was arranged by
Larry Foster, camping chairman
for the troop. Transportation
was provided by E. G. Ackerean,
M. D. Newman, L. J. Haglund,
Mrs. Louis Page and Foster.
are taking every possible step in
order that there will be no eco
nomic crisis and catastrophe, and
assure that we move steadily
over Irom one system to an
other." Sharing the spotlight with
American aid was conservative
leader Winston Churchill's action
in "making foreign policy espe
cially the atom and hydrogen
bombs and another Big Three
meeting a crucial Issue of the
general election next Thursday.
But when nearly 30,000,000
Britons go to the polls three days
from now they will be deciding
the main question of whether to
continue socialism or slam on the
brakes.
Churchill is expected to elab
orate on his foreign policy thesis
tomorrow at Manchester and
Oldham and on Tuesday at Wood
ford, where he will close his cam
paign in his own constituency.
Bevin headed the list of Sun
day's labor party speakers. The
conservative party followed a
policy of holding no meetings or
rallies on Sunday.
Highlights of other labor party
campaigning:
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Deschutes Pioneers Select Officers for 1950
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Officers for 1950 and a pioneer queen were named by members of the Deschutes Pioneers' association
at their annual meeting Saturday night. Seated; at left, is Mrs. C. P. Becker, daughter of an early-day
Crook county family, who was named pioneer mother. At right, seated, is Eva Todd Bennett, the asso
ciation's first pioneer mother. Standing, from left, are Edna Boyd Brinson, president; LeRoy Fox,
vice-president; Mrs. L. W. Franks, secretary, and K. E. Sawyer, treasurer.
Community Chest
Elects Officers,
Allociehds;
Officers for the coming year
ware elected and funds collected
in the 1949 campaign were appor
tioned at the annual meeting of
the Deschutes Community Chest
Saturday afternoon in Bend, at
the chamber of commerce office.
P. M. Houk, Redmond, was named
president of the group, headed this
past year by Elmer V. Ward,
Bend. Nelson Leland was named
first vice-president; R. E. Jewell,
second vice-president; Mrs. Joe
Elder, treasurer, and Ernie Trax
ler, secretary. All four are Bend
residents.
In the 1949 campaign, a total of
S10.515.67 was collected. This rep
resented G8.9 per cent of the goal.
Funds collected were apportioned
among participating agencies as
follows:
Oregon state chest, $3,261.66.
Boy Scouts, $5,102.35.
Camp Fire girls, $1,851.66.
Administrative expense, $300.
Presidents of service, union.
civic and fraternal organizations
are to serve as board members
in the coming year, it was an
nounced. Mrs. E. G. McCabe, La
pine, will continue on the board,
Mel McClaln will represent Sis
ters.
Jurors Chosen
In Sander Trial
Manchester, N. H., Feb. 20 'IH
Half the jury that will try Dr,
Hermann N. Sander for a mercy
murder was selected in three and
a half hours today.
Five of the six chosen were Ro
man Catholics, whose church op
poses mercy killing a fact in
terpreted by some to mean that
the subject of euthanasia might
be avoided during the trial.
Though actually 13 persons will
sit as juror3. one will be desig
nated as an alternate and will not
take part in the deliberation of
the fate of the 41-year-old physi
cian. Sander came to the Hillsbor
ough county courthouse today to
be tried for murder in the "mercy
death" of an incurable cancer
patient.
The trial began at 10:12 a.m.
Before him lay a gruelling trial
for the death of Mrs. Abbie C.
Borroto that could end on a hang
man's noose.
Dr. Sander reached the court
house at 9:57 a.m. With him was
his chief counsel, Louis E. Wy
man, another attorney, and Mrs.
Sander.
She had not expected to attend
the trial because of a cold. But,
she said, felt better torlay and de
cided to accompany her husband.
Unemployment
Across U.S., Result of Coal
Sfrike; Supplies Running Low
VV J.' ' By DAVID
iew l ork, v co. zu w.r.) -i ne nation s coai stockpile ieu to
less than a week's supply today, symbolically dimming the
glitter of Times Square.
Unemployment threatened to snowball across the country
as industry after industry announced plans for shutting
down unless the strike of 370,000 United Mine Workers-is
settled soon.
A nation-wide cold wave with' temperatures below freezing
Howard Moffat
Will Be Speaker
At Scout Court
Howard Moffat, manager of the
Bend chamber of commerce, will
be the speaker at the Bend-Tum-alo
Boy Spout court of honor to
be held Tuesday evening An the
Allen school auditorium, Harry
J. Waldron, district scout ad
vancement chairman announced
today. Nearly 200 scouts and
leaders will assemble in the first
multi-troop court of honor to be
held in Bend in several years.
Moffat will speak to the scouts
on the subject: "Your Place in
Tomorrow's World." j
Numerous awards for the ranks
of second class, first class, merit
badges and star scout will be
awarded under the leadership of
the district scout commissioner,
George Fulton of Bend, who will
act as the presiding officer.
Neighborhood scout commission
er Kelly Swafford will act as the
court herald, and will be in
charge of the opening and clos
ing ceremonies, assisted by Scout
masters C. E. Hein, Arthur
Schroedef and Jerry Dalkenberg.
Songs Slated
Field scout executive Kenneth
Pearson will be court clerk, and
will also lead the scouts in sing
ing camp songs, following the in
vocation given by the Reverend
Ross Knotts.
Leaders who will make presen
tations to the scouts will bp Leo
B. Herbring, scout district chair-
man; James K. Bockius, explorer
scouting tield commissioner, and
Eugene Stranahan. district train-
ing chairman.
Special activities during the
court will consist of first aid,
signaling, and scout law cere
mony conducted bv troops 61 of
Tumalo, and 25 and 60 of Bend.
Parents of scouts and the gen
eral public are Invited to attend
this court of honor which will be
gin at 8 p.m.
STORM WARNINGS UP
Portland, Feb. 20 U--The Port
land weather bureau today or
dered storm warnings hoisted ef
fective at 2 p. m. from Cape
Blanco, Ore., to Tatoosh island,
Wash., and through the Strait of
Juan de Fuca and Inland waters
of Washington.
The warnings call for increas
ingly southerly winds on the
coast reaching 40 to 50 miles an
hour by Tuesday morning, shift
ing to southwesterly and continu
ing Tuesday.
May Snowball
JVHlJJJEYr . . . . .r
aH .across the northern half of
the country burned the pre
cious coal supplies faster.
And in New York this was
the coldest day of the winter,
with the temperature falling
to 10.8 degrees at 6:20 a.m.
Some 55,000 industrial and rail
road workers already are idled as
a result of the strike.
Dim-outs Start
Times Square turned off its
huge display electrical signs last
night, turning Broadway's great
white way Into . just another
street. It was the fourth time
since the war that New York has
been dimmed out because of a
fuel shortage caused by a labor
dispute.
Elsewhere throughout the
state, however, compliance with
the order banning electric signs
of more than 200 watts was spot
ty, with some cities reporting less
than 50 per cent cooperation In
the drive to save coal.
Home owners in New York be
gan to feel the pinch of the coal
shortage today. They have been
rationed to one week's supply of
coal and-must prove necessity in
order to buy that.
Dewey Alarmed
A spokesman for Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey of New York warned
that unless a break occurs soon in
the strike the governor may ask
the legislature for authority to
confiscate all private coal stocks.
In Minnesota, state fuel con
servator, James W. Clark, also
has ordered fuel rationing, asking
dealers to limit deliveries to sup-
: plies sufficient for one month
i The Rtate of Massachusetts also
I was considering plans for ration-
ing.
i Twelve steel firms have cut
back production throughout the
country. The latest was Jones and
Laughlln, the country's fourth
largest producer, which plans to
shut down operations in the Pitts
burgh district by mid week,
throwing 25,000 employes out of
work.
PIONEERS MAKE DONATION
A donation of $17.75 was receiv
ed this morning for the polio fund
from the Deschutes County Pio
neers' association, It was reported
by Mrs. J. F. Arnold, county direc
tor for the March of Dimes. The
contribution represented proceeds
from a sale of cakes and baked
ham which followed the organi
zation's mid-winter meeting Sat
urday night at the Pine Forest
grange hall.
To date, contributions totaling
$3300 have been banked during
the current fund-raising cam
paign. The quota has been set at
$7000.
Deschutes Pioneers Boost
Membership Requirements,
At Reunion Held Saturday
inirty years' residence in the Deschutes country will no
longer be the minimum requirement for membership in the
This decision was reached
association Saturday night at
witn a record turnout, 3 4, present. A highlight of the meet
ing was the election of officers, with Edna Boyd Brinson
G. of C. Members
Stage Breakfast,
As Part of Drive
More than 50 Bend chamber
of commerce members this morn
ing convened at the Pilot Butte
inn for an "Early Bird" break
fast that marked the opening of
a one-day membership drive.
The session was presided over
by Don Thompson, chairman of
the champer s len u Clock clup.
Following the breakfast, the
chamber members were divided
into two-man teams which will
make membership solicitations
throughout the day.
The day's activities will be con
cluded this evening at 7 o'clock
with a report-buffet at the Inn.
Thompson explained that the
1.5 teams which are high in suc
cessful membership solicitations
at the end of the drive will com
pose the chamber's 1950 Ten
O'Clock club.
4 Dead Swans
State police today were investi
gating the report that four dead
swans had been found a short dis
tance east of the Cascade Lakes
highway, about two miles west of
Bend. The swans were found over
the week end by persons hiking in
the area. City police were noti
fied, and the information in turn
was passed to the state police for
investigation.
The dead swans were reported
ly found In one heap, as if piled
there by some person, it is do
lieved the swans are part of the
Mirror pond flock. Whether the
swans had Deen snot was not
known this afternoon.
Kenneth Roach, of the1 state
police game division, was conduct
ing the investigation today, and
was in the field.
Madras Accident
Death Probed
Madras, Feb. 20 An effort was
being made here today to deter
mine the identity of a middle-aged
man who was struck by a passing
motorist and fatally injured Sun
day at 1:50 a.m., on the Warm
Springs highway just west of
Madras. The driver of the car
which assertedly struck the man
was later arrested in Redmond,
by city officers, and cited on a hit
and run Charge. The accused mo
torist is Ivan Olsen, of Madras.
Final action to be taken In the
case will not be determined until
an inquest Is held tomorrow, it
was indicated here today.
The unidentified man was
taken to the Redmond hospital
where he died Sunday at 4 a.m.
Before dying, he muttered a name
which investigators at first be
lieved was his. A check revealed
that the name was that of a Mad
ras resident. The unknown man
had been seen around Madras for
the past month, It was determin
ed.
Olsen was driving south toward
Madras on tne warm Pnngsi
iuuic onu nil- man u ...
accident occurred. Olsen indicated
he had stopped to Investigate,
after striking an object he W'as
unable to Identify, then proceeded
south.
Jefferson county and slate po
lice assisted In the Investigation.
CAN At, AGAIN OPEN
Portland, Feb. 20 un The
Dalles-Celiln canal on the Colum
bia river reopened to traffic at
8 p.m. Saturday, the corps of en
gineers office here announced to
day, The canal locks had been clos
ed because of Ice in the river.
nt the annual meetinc of the
the Pine Forest irranire hall
'named president and Mrs. C.
r. Becker, daughter of Crook
county pioneers of the 'seven
ties, selected as pioneer queen.
Both Mrs. Brinson and Mrs.
Becker are residents of Bend.
Also honored at the Saturday
night meeting was Eva Todd
Bennett, the association's first
pioneer queen.
Membership Near 800
LeRoy Fox, Bend, was named
vice-president and Mrs. L. W.
Franks, Redmond,' was elected
secretary. K. E. Sawyer, Bend,
continues as . treasurer. E. A.
Smith, Bend, is retiring president I
of the group, membership of
which now is near the 500 mark.
A by-law change approved with
only one dissenting vote will lim
it membership to persons who
lived in Deschutes county in 1917,
or earlier, or former residents of
the county who now live in a ra
dius of 100 miles from Bend.
Since organization of the associa
tion three years ago, thirty years
residence in the Deschutes coun
try, or in the parent county,
Crook, was the minimum require
ment. The by-law change will not
affect persons who came to the
Deschutes country, or were born
here, and are now members of the
group under the former require
ments.
Primary reason for the by-law
change was to restrict member
ship to the point where the an
nual meeting could ;be held in an
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Telephone Strike
Still Probable
Washington, Feb. 20 'LP) Gov
ernment officials said today the
prospects for heading off a na
tion wide telephone strike this
Friday "are not too good."
They said spokesmen for the
CIO Communications Workers
and the telephone industry may
be summoned to new mediation
conferences tomorrow.
About 100,000 members of the
union have voted to walk out
Friday. Another 150,000, whose
contracts expire soon, are expect
ed to respect the picket lines.
The strike originally was
scheduled to start February 8,
but was postponed at the request
of federal mediator Cyrus S.
Ching.
During the truce, negotia
tions were held with Bell system
companies across the country.
Industry and union negotiators
as well as federal mediators were
to report to Ching todav on the
status of bargaining efforts.
Ching was not talking about
his next move. But other govern
ment officials said new meetings
with some union and industry
officials may be scheduled tomor
row. The new mediation efforts
probably would be directed espe
cially toward the Western Elec
tric company's dispute with In
stallation and sales personnel.
Gasoline Price
Eastward From
By Ben Cook
(l'nitil I'rewi Sloff CvrreKponilont)
Los Angeles, Feb. 20 HI'i A
budding gasoline price war
spread slowly across the nation
today and gleeful motorists in the
west and middle west were get
ting the benefit of savings up to
five cents a gallon.
A spokesman for one major oil
company said competitive price
cutting at California gasoline sta
tions resulted from a local sur-
plus. Mo pointed it was "part of
trPn( lnat pratiually will affect
the entire product.'
A United Press survey shows
that price cutting began at some
cities four months ago.
In the Indianapolis area, one
company has cut 5.4 cents from
the price of regular grade. In
most affected areas, reductions
of one to two cents on both regu
lar and premium grades prevail
ed. The "price war" is confined In
most instances to the big cities
and surrounding areas, and oil
company spokesmen say that
even there It Is on a "block-to-block"
basis "to meet local com
petitive conditions."
Metropolitan areas reporting
Federal Judge
Withholds
Further Acts
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Striking coal miners Ignored
John L. Lewis' back-to-work or
der today and a federal judge '
withheld further legal action to
get them back into the mines.
Meanwhile, the nation's coal
stockpile dwindled to a week's
supply, dimouts went into effect
and a cold wave in the east ag
gravated the shortage.
Violence erupted again in Ken
tucky and West Virginia, and
pickets roved non-union coal
fields In Pennsylvania.
The coal strike and the Chrys
ler walkout, now in its 27th day,
already had idled about 570,000
workers, and the number was.
mounting rapidly as industry felt
the increasing impact of the coal
shortage.
Meanwhile, government medi
ators said prospects for heading
off a coast-to-coast telephone
strike Friday are "not too good.":
Order Extended -In
the coal strike, federal judge
Richmond B. Keech at Washing
ton extended until March 3 his
temporary no-strike order against .
the miners. The original order
was due to expire tomorrow, but
Keech extended it pending fur
ther consideration of the govern
ment's request for a full, 80-day
Taft-Hartley injunction.
President Truman conferred
with democratic . congressional
leaders today, but they said no
mention was made of the possi
bility of seizing the mines.. - ,
At Barbourville, Ky., 100 men
l carrying arms raided a process
ing plant ot the Richland Cpal
Co., beat five workers and wreck
ed machinery and office equip
ment. In Mineral county, W. Va.,
a mine engine room was dyna
mited. In Illinois, last-ditch negotia
tions were called in an attempt
to avert a strike by 8,500 mem
bers of the Progressive Mine
Workers Union, traditional rival
of the striking United Mine Work-
ers. The union has scheduled a
strike at midnight tomorrow.
Negotiations Resumed
In the Chrysler dispute. Presi
dent Walter Reuther of the strik
ing CIO United Automobile Work
ers Joined negotiators today, in
an attempt to settle the longest
automotive walkout since the 113-
day General Motors strike four
years ago.
Negotiators to date have been
discussing the 172 non-economic
demands presented by the union. .
rederal conciliator E. Marvin
Sconyers said "things are mov
ing, but very slowly." an esti
mated 135,000 are idle, of which
89,000 are Chrysler workers.
In other industries, a strike by
1,300 employes tied up the White
Sewiig Machine Co. plant at
Cleveland in a dispute over piece
work rates and recognition of
the newly organized CIO Inter
national Union of Electrical
Workers.
But a two-week strike at Pesco
Products division of Borg-Warner
Corp. at Cleveland ended when
about 800 members of the CIO
United Automobile Workers re
turned to work with a new con
tract providing for further dis
cussion on health, welfare and
pension demands.
War Spreads
Coast Cities
signs of the price war include Los
Angeles, San Francisco, Salt Lake
City, San Diego, Calif.; Milwau
kee, Wis.; Miami, Fla.; Phoenix
and Tucson, Ariz.; Minneapolis
and St. Paul, Minn.; Indianapolis
and Seattle.
"Very little" price cutting was
reported in Chicago, Kansas City,
Mo., New York, New Orleans,
Portland, Ore.; Dallas, Tex.;
Omaha, Neb.; and Atlantic, Ga.
Oil company spokesmen were
hesitant to forecast a widespread
war, and only one company would
acknowledge officially that It has
become directly involved.
General Petroleum Corp. Issued
a formal statement saying that
it was granting "a day-today
competitive allowance' 'to any of
its retail dealers "suffering ex
treme hardship due to price-cutting
by competitors In their Im
mediate vicinity."
Dealers Protest
Other companies were refusing
such allowances, and dealers in
many instances protested that
they were forced to cut prices but
were refused any assistance from
the manufacturer.
William C. Dixon, head of the
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