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EUQEHS, OKE'JON
THE " BENDV BULLETIN
Bend Forecast
Bend Partly cloudy today,
tonight and Sunday with
scattered showers; slightly
cooler; high today S3 to 58;
low tonight 38 to 42; high
Sunday 45 to SO.
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NEWS COVERAGE
CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
34th Year
BEND, DESCHUltS COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 25. 1950
No. 69
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Bushong Gets
Fellowship
At Harvard
Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 25
Appointment of James W. Bush
ong of Bend, Ore., as an educa
tion fellow at Harvard university
was announced today.
Bushong, superintendent of
schools In Bend, will study social
sciences as they relate to educa
tion administration, according to
the announcement of dean Fran
cis Keppel of the school of educa
tion. lames W. Bushong
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Indent of schools in Bend, has
Bend,
been awarded a fellowship in the
graduate school of educution of
Harvard university, it is an
nounced by Dr. Cyril G. Sargent,
secretary of the committee on
educational fellowships and chair
man of the committee on publica
tions at Harvard.
Bushong s acceptance was ten
dered early in the month when
unofficial word of his selection
was received. For the academic
vear of 1950-1951, when he and
his family will be in residence at
Cambridge, a temporary admin
istrative organization headed by
R. E. Jewell, now under contract
as high school principal, has been
set up. Bushong is now in the
east to attend the national con
vention of the American associa
tion of school administrators op
ening Monday at Atlantic City.
Many Candidates
Announcement of the award,
which is made to a small, out
standing group in the field of edu
cation, is the outcome of a long,
painstakingly careful process of
selection begun last summer
when individuals appraised as
worthy of consideration by the
Harvard committee on education
al fellowships were invited to sub
mit applications. From the large
number of candidates resulting
the field is gradually narrowed
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Foresters Hold
'Meeting in Bend
Foresters from points as dis
tant as Burns. John Day and Sen
eca were in Bend last night for
the monthly meeting of the So
ciety of American Foresters,
Deschutes river chapter, held in
connection with a dinner in the
Blue room of the Pilot Butte inn.
Approximately 100 foresters and
their wives were present, with
James E. Sowdor presiding. Leo
A.Isaac, silviculturist from the
Pacific Northwest forest and
range experiment station at Wind
River, Wash., was guest speaker.
Isaac, author of various publi
cations dealing with fir problems,
discussed forest genetics and
stressed the importance of obtain
ing proper parent stock in col
lecting seed for new pine forests.
The meeting was the third held
by the society since its organiza
tion late In 1919.
Sowder announced that three
more meetings of the society are
planned for 1950, with the March
meeting tentatively set for Red -
mond. Later in the season, the
foresters will join in a field meet
ing, with visits to the Pringle
falls forest experiment station,
the Deschutes woods and the Gil
christ operations planned. A din
ner will be held that evening at
Gilchrist. Date for
this meeting
has not been set.
ik.5 The final part of last night's
V" meeting was devoted tn a Ques
tion and answer period. One of
the topics discussed in this period ,
was the selection of proper crop.
trces- I
Nielsen Buys
Tract, Plans
Development
Purchase of a parcel of nine
lots lying in the block bounded
by Greenwood and Irving ave
nues and East Seventh and eighth
streets was announced today by
E. L. Nielsen, who is acquiring
the property, and by H. A. Mil
ler, who has held title si.nce 1941.
The property includes a cement
block building which has housed
the manufacturing operations of
the Miller Lumber company's
concrete products plant, but not
tho equipment which has been
in use.
Nielsen slated" last night that
beginning development of the
property will be a service sta
tion and a food market, both on
Greenwood avenue, on which five
of the nine lots have their front
age. The other four lots face on
Irving avenue.
Consideration in the transac
tion was not disclosed.
7 Bandits Fail
In Robbery Plot
At N.Y. Night Club
New York, Feb. 25 UP) Seven
bandits shot it out with police in
a daring attempt to hold up a fa
mous Greenwich Village night
club early today. Four of the
gang, believed to be from Phila
delphia, escaped.
One bandit, one detective, one
bystander and two entertainers
were wounded in the wild shoot
ing while 100 guests ducked for
cover amidst tne south seas is
lands decor of the Moroccan vil
lage club.
l naa jiiw a sidle UU1 Ul u
no, proprietor.
The seven bandits, wearing or
dinary business suits and un
masked, entered the club just as
a chorus of female impersonators
was finishing the 3 a. m. show.
One bandit pointed a pistol at
the hatcheck girl who was alone
in the foyer.
"Do you know what this is?
This is a gun and this is a stick
up." Microphone Used
Then the six other bandils filed
into the dimly lighted club where
Robert Dell, 50. the master of
ceremonies was joking at the mic
rophone and 10 chorus boys were
on the stage.
The leader of the gang grabbed
the microphone from Dell's hand.
"If there Is no excitement, no
one will get hurt," the bandit an
nounced. "There are six of us
around the place. Put your hand
bags and jewels on the table."
Dell, thinking it was a Joke,
laughed and turned away. The
bandit promptly shot him' twice,
once in the right arm and once
in the left hip. Women shrieked
as Dell, bleeding, slumped to the
floor.
At that moment James Ford.
22, of Philadelphia, another mem
ber of the gang, entered the bar
which adjoins the dining room.
Detectives In Bar
In the bar were detectives John
O'Neill and Thomas Tyrell.
O'Neill, seeing the gun in
Ford's hand, drew his pistol and
began firing.
Although seriously wounded.
Ford fired back, wounding O'
Neill in the left .leg, then fled
with the two detectives in pur
suit. Ford made his way to the street
where he commandeered a taxi
cab, shouting at the couple who
were in it: "keep quiet or I'll
kill you.''
However, Paul Knips, 33, of
Fords, N. J., one of the passeng
ers, grappled with the bandit and
was wounded critically in the
chest.
Two patrolmen, hearing the
shots, ran up and captured Ford.
Meanwhile, the other members
of the gang, exchanging shots
with the two detectives in the
club, wounded Jean Evol, 53, an
entertainer, in the band.
All six bandits fled to the
street. Two were captured.
PLAN LAYMEN'S DAY
Laymen's day will be observed
Sunday at First Methodist church,
as pastors in many of the de
nomination's churches' through
out tho cl.ttn clntt aaiiln nn.l lot
th ,avmPn ..,;ik ov(?r.. f the
d.lv
, j)0n P. Pence will be sneaker
at the Sunday morning service at
the local church, with Antone ros
sen presiding.
Rev. Daniel D. Walker, of the
First Methodist church of Cor-valli-s.
will he speaker at a union
service at 7:30 p.m. at the local
Methodist church.
ALARM ANSWERED
City firemen were called last
ntrrht fe 1 71 0 Unrrlnn tn nv
tinguish a flue fire In a house
owned by Eugene Fisher. No
damage was reported,
Bend High School Honor Students,
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fill ' x ;v . , """'Cii!
Bend high school seniors who attained honor roll status took time out yesterday afternoon for this
picture, on the high school steps. In the left row, Bill Niskanen, LeRoy Sherman, Tom Niebergall,
Dick Rasmussen. Right row: Mary Fowler, Garry Jerome, Dan Horstkotte, Diane Newland and
Dick Carlson. Not present for the picture was Mary Ann Klesow. Tirv ..Niebergall topped the seniors
with a mark of 1.10 for his four J-ears ofTiigh school work and' will 'be valedictorian, with Garry
Jerome to serve as salutatorian.
Potato Marketing, Other
Farm Problems, Considered
In Grange Panel Discussion 7
Agriculture problems, with special emphasis on potato
marketing, came in for consideration at a panel discussion
held in the Redmond grange hall yesterday afternoon under
supervision of the Oregon state grange agriculture commit
tee. The meeting was one of five being held in the state, in
compliance with action taken by the state grange at its last
meeting.
Conducting the meeting were Jay Wcscott, PMA field man
for Oregon, and Ben Buismun, editor of the Oregon Grange
New Cub Scout
Pack Installed
Bend's newest Cub Scout unit,
pack 21, sponsored by the Meth
odist church, was installed by dis
trict' officials in a colorful pack
meeting held Friday evening in
the church parlors. Richard Den
man, pack chairman and Everett
Gettmann, cubmaster, were in
charge of the program which was
niiiimgmeu uy Lie pruscmaiuiu
of bobcat badges to the new Cub
Scouts.
John Pezzetti. Edward Dona
hue, Gary Cox, Tommy Rily, Jim
my Aim, Harry Rhoades, Edward
Blackshear, Paul Denman, Arthur
Eisebach, and Bobby Rhodes all
were installed as Cub Scouts by
field scout executive Kenneth
Pearson. The badges were pinned
on by the Cub Scouts' parents.
Following the investiture cere
mony, Gary Cox was awarded the
rank of wolf.
Presented by Herbrbig
Leo B. Herbring, Fremont dis
irict chairman, made the presen
tation of national scoutcr insig
nia to the adult leaders -of the
pack, who are, Richard Denman,
chairman; Everett Gettman, cub
master; Dr. Lorance B. Evers,
and James Aim, committeemen,
and Mrs. Elmer Brown, Mrs. J. L.
Kney and Mrs. Everett Gettmann,
den mothers. H. M
Asplnwall
the scouting representative for
entatlve for
the Methodist church which also
sponsors Boy Scout troop 21. ! found in a canyon after being I newspaper work that 20 reporters
Following the presentation of ! missing 10 weeks. worked on one slory, for the
"strengthen the arm of liberty" i Tne 0WnP(1 nv Naviera ! same paper. Each wrote a sen
crusade awards by District chair-! commercial' De Ensenada, disap-1 "ice covering some phase of
each den presenter! skits and :
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songs. Rev. Ross Knotts spoke lo
the assembled parents on their
opportunities In cub scouting. Re
freshments were served by the
den mothers.
STREET DAMAGE HEAVY
Portland, Feb. 25 'Hi Winter
weather damage to Portland
streets was estimated - '?4,P"0
by commissioner William &
Bowes.
'Bulletin. Verne F. Ltvesay,
Portland, a lormer resident of
Deschutes county, was pres
ent to discuss details of the
Brannan plan. Livesay is a
former state grange agricul
ture committeeman.
Questions Answered
A question and answer period
occupied most of the afternoon
discussion of farm problems. This
period followed an outline of the
1949 agriculture act, the Brannan
plan and the Oregon State grange
program. Most of the questions
centered around the Brannan
nlnn. Ellis EHcinafnn .Qiutnt-c n
i member of the state grange ag-
nculture committee, introduced
the visitors.
Early in the discussion, atten
tion of the group was centered on
potato marketing when Buisman
declared that potatoes which
could be classified as culls are
being sold on the Portland mar
ket, under Deschutes trade
names. Redmond and Bend potato
dealers said such potatoes were
not being shipped from this point
to Portland, and members of the
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Wrecked Plane
Yields 8 Bodies
Ensenada, Mex., Feb. 25 1P
ISiEicht bodies were removed today:
: from the hnrneH urr,,-un f a
from the burned wreckage of a
; M e x I ra n mmnuvriil nlrim,.t -
..parp, opn ii n n nhi hm
from Guaymas. Sonora. with sev-
:ora hundred pounds of lobsters
Natives found the wreckage yesM
terday 200 miles south of here.
Aguilar Gomez, inspector of
communications, identified the
dead as Rogello Perez, pilot; Nic
olas Ramos Palaclos, co pilot; Gil
herto Velasco, government fish
Inspector; Jose Moreno Ochoa
and Ernesto Medrano, company
employes; and three unidentified
fishermen,
Class of 19S0
Bend May Have
Rodeo, During
4th Observance
Possibility that a rodeo will be
held In Bend in connection with
the 1950 Mirror pond pageant,
scheduled for the July 4th holi
days, became known today when
W. V. (Jack) Hamby announced
tentative plans for development
of grounds just south of Bend.
Hamby purchased the site this
week from the Bend Stampede
and Water Pageant association.
The association had planned to
develop the rodeo arena, but the
directors were forced to sell the
40-acre tract to pay off an in
debtedness of more than $5,000
incurred in presenting the Mirror
pond pageant over a two-year
perio. Hamby submitted a bid of
S5.500 for the grounds at the
Monday night meeting of the pa
geant association. Details of the
transaction were completed yes
terday. Arena Planned
A special finance committee is
to distribute funds to creditors.
Hamby plans to develop the
grounds into a rodeo arena, with
work to include the installation
of seats. There is a possibility
that tiers of concrete seats will
be Installed for use the first year.
Hamby said full plans for the
development or the grounds win
be announced later.
26 Young Reporters Visit
Fire Hall, Write Impressions
Twenty-six reporters who col
laborated In writing a news story
for The Bulletin this week vis-
I iled the Bend fire hall, interview
ed Cbler LeKoy rox and mem
bers of his staff and in a joint
undertaking recorded their im
pressions of Iheir visit.
1 This Is hflievetl to he the first
This is bel
! time in Ihp hlslorv of Orceon
lire nan acuviiy anu one njh-u.
"we 'hink we have a good fire
department. A radio system would
be better for the firemen."
The young reporters were
from Thompson school, second
grade, room 4. Mrs. Seaton Smith
was Instructor in charge. The
visit Was one of a series of field
trips planned by the class.
Sent to Bulletin
"Dear Bend Bulletin," the 26
reporter staff started its news
letter. "We have been studying
Outline of Bend Chamber's
1950 Program Given at Forum
Meeting, by Manager Moffat
An outline of the 1950 program of the Bend chamber of
commerce today was discussed by Howard W. Moffat, organ
ization manager, before some 70 members at a forum-luncheon
meeting in the Pilot Butte inn.
Presentation also was made of the state junior chamber's
program, "Operation Town Hall," which is designed to stim
ulate interest in the Hoover commission report. The program
was explained by Wilfred .lossy, chairman in charge of the
project for the state organi-
zatton.
New members brought into
the chamber earlier this week
also were introduced.
Freight Kates Factor
Moffat, Introduced by Kessler
Cannon who presided over the
session, stated that one of the
chamber's major activities this
year will be In regard to freight
rates affecting the area. He de
clared that freight rates from
west to cast have increased a
great deal in recent years, while
rates from east to west have
stayed more or less stable. A
study of the situation will be
made by the rates and traffic
committee of the chamber, he ex
plained.
Studies also are to be made by
the chamber into the power de
velopment picture, he continued.
Other Features
Other features of the 1950 pro
gram include:
Encouragement of new indus
try contingent on natural resourc
es of the Bend community; assist
in creating a stronger preserva
tion system so that the outdoor
recreation advantages of the area
may be made more productive for
its Inhabitants and its visitors;
improve the Bend position in pub
lic carrier service and increase
regional interest in private fly
ing, and to study diligently and
to campaign actively In matters
of legislation and taxation.-
Moffat also urged that cham
ber members participate in an
"American Opportunity" pro
gram which chambers over the
nation will inaugurate next
month.
The program, he explained, is
designed to help preserve the
American way of life and free en
terprise. Second Play
Offering Set
"Fair and Warmer," second in
a series of plays brought to Bend
by the Civic Drama guild of New
York, will be presented Saturday,
March 4, at 8:15 p. m. in the Al
len school auditorium. The series
is sponsored by the Jaycee aux
iliary, and members of the group
are selling tickets.
The play, a farce by Avery
Hopwood, was first produced on
Broadway In 1915, and has been
rewritten, streamlined and
brought up to date. The plot tells
the story of one husband who
has a weakness for weekly visits
to the "mystic shrine" one wife
who believes him; and a wife
who pays weekly visits to the
"women's club" one husband
who believes her. To these are
added a friend of the families
who gives advice without charge;
a maid who has a penchant for
husbands, and an assortment of
nondescript characters.
On the cast are Robert Paquin.
Kathleen Claypool, Frederic Mey
er. Irving Karesh, Peggy Dcane
and Ruth Elliot. All have had ex
perience in stock companies and
other professional theater work.
how we are protected from fire.
We went to visit the Bend fire
station. We like it very much. We
saw the chief, Mr. Fox."
Such was Ibc summary lead.
At that point, another of the
young reporters took up the
story: "He was nice to show us
around." Then came the nola -
lion In an entirely different hand-
wrilini: We saw many Inter -
estlns thlncs." From that point
Ihe young reporters covered In
detail their visit through the fire
hall, from the lounge room lo the
house crew living quarters. And,
one reporter added, "we saw the
kitchen too."
On page three, one of the little
reporters slipped into editorial
style and wrote: "Fires are bad.
Fires do a lot of damage."
Primary source of interest were
obviously Ihe trucks, and four
different reporters covered this
Information:
"We saw Ihe hook and ladrler
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Deschutes
Republicans
Make Plans
Deschutes county republicans
attending a party forum meeting
in Redmond last night were told
by Slgfrld B. Unander, chairman
of the republican state contral
committee, that registered repub
licans at present outnumber dem
ocrats in Oregon 321,000 to 308,
000. Leslie M. Ross, chairman of
the Deschutes county central
committee, presided.
The well-attended meeting was
held in the Redmond hotel din
ing room. Rupert E. Park, Red
mond city attorney, presided at
the forum session that highlight
ed the meeting.
Unander said republican central
committees have been organized
in all ,ih counties of the state,
with 76 per cent of committee
men and committee women
named, in preparation for the
May primaries. He said the state
committee is concentrating its or
ganization work on precinct and
county levels.
Plans Reviewed
George H. Brewster, Redmond
attorney, discussed the proposed
legislature reapportionment pro
Dosal and reviewed he Npuberc
ei French and Young republican
plans, urewster expressed his be
lief that the Young republican
plan is the most workable of the
three.
Joe Brown, co-publisher of the
Redmond Spokesman, discussed
phases of social welfare, and
mentioned the tendency to in
crease old age assistance and aid
to dependent children.
"Hottest" issue considered at
the conference was the proposed
Columbia valley1 authority, with
Jay Shlvely leading the attack on
the proposal and Rev. Wesley
Baker supporting the plan.
All Governors Opposed
Shlvely said that he believes
enthusiasm for the CVA is wan
ing, and expressed a doubt wheth
er the bill even will come before
the next session of congress. He
pointed out that all governors
and legislatures In the region em
bracing the Columbia valley are
opposed to the plan. The CVA
proposal will be further discussed
at the next meeting of the central
committee, wllh the Hoover re
port also to bo considered.
Two republican candidates, Sea
ton Smith, who seeks the nomina
tion for justice of the peace of
the Bend district, and Ross, can
didate for assessor, were intro
duced. Alva C. Goodrich, candi
date for his party's nomination
as state legislator, was unable
to attend because of illness.
Portland Firm
Gets Madras Job
Bickford Construction Co., of
Portland, low bidder on a pro
posed Marlras high school addi
tion and alteration project, yes
terday was awarded the contract
for the job, according to a report
from Carl Rhoda, school superin
tendent
The Portland firm's offer
amounted to $193,600. Twelve oth
cr bids ranging upward to $229.
723 also were submitted on the
project.
Award of the contract was
made late yesterday afternoon by
Ihe Marlras high school board of
directors.
The project calls for an 11-
room
dilition to the existing high
i si-hool structure, and alterations
designed to increase the size of
, the school gymnasium.
Rhoda staled that the Bickforrl
offer amounts to a cost of $7.60
i per square loot for the work in-
volved.
CAT DIDN'T COME BACK
Coalsville, Pa., Feb. 25 (111 A
farmer at nearby Gap .nearly lost
his barn yesterday because a cat
walked too close to a fireplace,
lis fur blazing, the cat dashed
Into the barn, and set fire to a
load of hay.
Only quick action of a bucket
brigade saved the barn. The cat
disappeared during all the excllc-
menl
,
Resignations
Submitted
By Cabinet
By I.yle C. Wilson
(United Trcsa SufC Corrowondrnt)
London, Feb. 25 W Members
of the labor cabinet today handed
their resignations to prime min
ister Clement R. Attlee, who an
nounced he would form a new so
cialist government.
The labor ministers met for an
hour to weigh their election set
hack, decided to carry on as best. ,
they could, and turned in their
resignations as is customary af
ter an election.
Tho new cabinet probably will
be ready next week. It will be
about the same as the old one, but
it will find the going a great deal
tougher, since the socialists will
lack a practical working majority
in the house of commons.
With the count nearly com
plete, labor had a 314 to 294 edge
over the conservatives. The once
proud liberals trailed with eight
seats. The Irish nationalists had
two, and one was the politically
neutral speakers.
20 Seat Majority
Thus the laborites had a ma
jority of 20 seats over the con
servatives alone, 12 over the
combined strength of the conserv
atives alone, 12 over the com
bined strength of the conserva
tives and liberals, and only a two
seat margin over the halfway
mark in the 625-seat house.
Five election districts still were
to report. One seat will be filled
by a Manchester election March
9. . The death of a candidate
caused a postponement several
days ago. ,
Politicians agree that no mod
ern government can work effec
tively here without a majority of
50 to 60 seats in commons.
The labor decision to carry on
was given to King George today
before the cabinet meeting broke
up. The test of the king's speech
for the state opening of the new
parliament March 6 already was
being prepared by the socialists,
who will put into his mouth an
outline of their plans.
Another Vote Expected
How much legislation they
would undertake In the new par-
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Break in Coal
Strike Possible
During Week End
By Roliert E. Lee
(Unitrtl TroMi Surf CurrcMKmlent)
Washington, Feb. 25 (U' Dis
trict presidents of the United
Mine Workers union were sum
moned here today and directed
to stand by over the week-end.
The 25 district executives met
for an hour with UMW vice-president
Thomas Kennedy and secretary-treasurer
John Owens be
fore today's bargaining session
between the union and the soft
coal operators was resumed at
11:10 a. m. Kennedy is directing
the union s end of the talks in
the absence of John L. Lewis.
The significance, if any, of the
move was not immediately ascer
tained. The district chiefs could dis
cuss any agreement reached at
the bargaining session, They also
are members of the 200-man
UMW policy committee which
would approve any agreement.
Government May Act.
Disclosure that the UMW had
called in its district presidents
came soon after the White House
sairl that President Truman is
not expected to take any action
over Ihe weekenrl to end the na
tional coal crisis.
Reports persisted, however,
that federal negotiators told Lew
is before he left for Springfield,
111., to attend his brother's fu
neral, that unless there Is a break
In the deadlocked negotiations by
tomorrow night the government
will be forced to drastic new
steps.
An hour after today's negotia
tion session began, federal me
diation chief Cyrus S. Ching and
chairman Davirl L. Cole of Mr.
Truman's fact-finding board
joined the talks as observers.
Prodding the negotiators to
ward a settlement of the soft
coal dispute and strike which is
riddling the nation's economy,
they said they would discuss with
the negotiators the possibility of
a Sundav session.
A half dozen of tho district
presidents already were here
when the call went out for the
other 19 to join them.
The new development came as
.172000 strikine UMW soft coal
miners completed the third week
of their full-fledged walkout,
which has idled 127,000 other
workers in coal-burning Industries.