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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
34th Year
TWO SECTIONS
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1950
No. 86
MadrasForm
BULLETIN
Atom Defense
Plans Object
Of U.S. Study
By George E. Reedy Jr. "
(United Frs Staff CorrmiHjnJont)
Washington. March 17 Ul'i The
atomic energy commission said
today that survivors of an atomic
bomb attack can expect to live
a "reasonably normal life" there
after without fear of drastic radi
ation after-effects.
Dr. Shields Warren, director of
the AEC division of biology and
medicine, said there are two pos
sible exceptions to this general
rule. He said the survivors may
develop eye cataracts at a later
date and may be more susceptible
than before to leukemia.
Warren's statement was made
before the joint congressional
atomic energy committee. The
legislators are studying the state
of the nation's civil defense
against atomic attack.
"With the exception of a cer.
tain number of individuals who
will develop cataracts, those sur
viving the acute effects of radia
tion from an atomic explosion
can, on the basis of present
knowledge, expect a reasonably
normal life thereafter," Warren
said.
New Counter Developed
The commission, appearing be
fore the committee at the first
open session in months, also dis.
closed it has developed a new and
cheap Geiger counter. It would
help civilians detect dangerous
amounts of radiation after an
A-bomb attack.
Warren based his statements
on studies of the people of Hiro
shima and Nagasaki who suffer
ed history's first and thus far
only ratomic attacks. He said the
cataracts were noted this fall by
Dr. David -Cogan; Harvanr uni
versity opthalmologist. - .-
"So far there has been no de
tectable Increase in the incidence
of deformities among the progeny
of persons known to have suffer
ed irradiation at Nagasaki and
Hiroshima," Warren said.
He added, however, that it' is
"possible" there may be "genetic
changes in me second and tnira
generations.
measures Developed ,
Warren said that the commis.
slon has developed a number of
"useful" medical measures
against atomic attack.
He said thev include:
1. Use before an attack of fe
male sex hormones, substances
which temporarily suppress the
blood cell building activities of
the bone marrow, and some types
of amino acids. Used prior to ir
radiation, he said, they have all
increased the survival rate of ex
perimental animals.
2. Shielding the body or parts
of the body (particularly the
spleen) and somehow reducing
the amount of oxygen being
breathed at the time of an at
tack. He said that "a few feet
of earth or concrete" may be "sat
isfactory" for shielding purposes
and that research on reducing the
oxygen supply for individuals at
the time of an attack is now
going on.
3. After a "mid.lethal dose of
irradiation," he said, practical
measures include: Complete rest
for several weeks: use of antibio
tics; transfusions of whole blood
and plasma, and the use of anti
heparln substances to combat
hemorrhage.
Warren said a great deal of ba
sic research still is necessary to
determine precisely how "high
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Roosevelt's Personal Papers
Made Public for First Time
By Barbara Bunrischti
(Unitl Pros Staff CorrMiiondrat)
Hyde Park, N. Y March 17 (IP)
The bulk of Franklin D. Roose
velt's personal and political pa
pers were made public today, re
vealing new sides to his colorful
personality.
The 5.000.000 pages cf papers
eover all of Mr. Roosevelt's life
from an announcement message
written by his father a few min
utes after his birth to what are
believed to be the last words he
wrote "Let us go forward with
strong ana active faith."
It was revealed that like many
another person he attempted
from time to time to keep a diary,
but never was able to stick to It.
He also WM n friictrntnrl nnu.
elist, having started an historical
novel about a business tycoon.
nut he only finished two pages.
jne paper showed that two
aVS hofnrA tA,-l T I. rkni- Ur
Roosevelt Invited the late Wen
opll Willkie to go to Australia and
ew Zealand as his personal rep-
Toastmasters
Finalists representing three central Oregon Toastmaster clubs took part in area speech competition
in Redmond last night. From left, above, they were Albert Suratt, representing the Madras club;
Harold M. Aspinwall, Bend club representative who won the area contest, and Dr. R. W. Chrlstensen,
Redmond, named as alternate for the district competition. Below, Leonard I. Lindas, Toastmaster
district governor and Clackamas county district attorney, who presided at the Redmond dinner.,
Speech Contest
At Redmond Won
Toastmasters from three coun
ties, Deschutes, Jefferson and
Crook, were present in Redmond
last night for the area No. 9
speech contest, won by a member
of the Bend club, Harold M. As
pinwall, who will represent the
area in district contest later in
the season. Dr. R. W. Christen.
sen of the Redmond club was
named alternate, with Albert Su
ratt of the Madras club the run,,
nerup in the dtetrict competition
The three men were the finalists
in their respective clubs.
Also represented at the meet
ing last night, but not taking part
in. the contest, were Prineville
Toastmasters, soon to be charter
ed. Frank Hall represented the
Prineville group.
Lindas Presides
Leonard I. Lindas, of Oregon
City, Clackamas county district
attorney and area governor of the
Toastmasters, presided at the din
ner meeting, held in the Redmond
hotel dining room with approxi
mately 100 club members, their
wives and guests present. The
group was welcomed by Marion
Coyner, mayor of Redmond. Also
on the program was Lyle Wll.
Hams, of Oregon City, area edu
cation cnalrman lor the toast
masters. Suratt, representing the Madras
club, was first speaker. His topic
was By Products. Aspinwall,
representing Bend, drew No. 2
position, with "Patriotism a Key
to Action " as his topic. Dr. Chris.
tensen was final speaker. He had
"Socialized Medicine as his topic.
Judges Named
Judges were Max Millsap.
Vance Coyner and Don H. Peo
ples, of Bend; Ken Munkres, Har
old Clapp and M. Pearson, of Red
mond, and G. Hamilton, Ben
Evlck and E. Van Wert, of Mad
ras. Counters were Dr. Bradford
N. Pease, Tommy Thompson and
C. Randolph. Timekeepers were
Amos Fine, Fred Paine, Floyd
Satterlee and Harry Drew.
Preceding the speeches,' Clar.
ence E. Bush. Bend, area gover
nor, touched on the history of
area No. 9, comprising the mid.
state clubs. The area was created
early in 1949.
resentatlve but told him the
Japanese situation was "definite
ly serious" and "perhaps the next
four or five days will decide"
whether "an armed clash" might
develop.
In a letter written in the spring
of 1928, Mr. Roosevelt described
Herbert Hoover, then candidate
for the republican presidential
nomination, as "an old, personal
friend of mine."
About 15 per cent of the presi
dential papers were withheld be
cause they deal with persons still
living and to protect state secrets.
However, Herbert Kahn. the di
rector of the Franklin D. Roose
velt library, emphasized that in
no case was a document restricted
to protect the memory of the late
president.
"There is no necessity to pro
tect Roosevelt," Kahn said. "He is
dead. There is nothing that could
be said about him now that could
damage him materially or hurt
his feelings or affect his political
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Hold Area Contest
I Tp -'Jn
College Senior
Sentenced to Die
Lancaster, Pa., March 17 (U'i
Attorneys for college senior Ed
ward L. Gibbs planned today to
appeal his death sentence for the
"impulse" slaying of a pretty
Franklin and Marshall college
secretary.
The 25-year oM married GI stu
dent slumped forward in his chair
with a muffled groan last night,
wheM a jury of five women and
seven men convicted him to the
electric chair for the bludgeon
slaying of pretty Marian Baker,
21.
Deputy sheriff Elmer Zerphey
said Glbbs was dejected and "not
too good" from emotional exhaus
tion after his return to the prison
to await an appeal from the first
degree murder conviction. He was
kept under constant guard to pre
vent any suicide attempt.
Father Stricken
The condemned youth's father
suffered a heart attack when the
verdict was read. He was taken to
the home of a local clergyman
under the care of two physicians.
Gibbs maintained that a sense
less "Impulse" made him beat the
young brunette to death with an
automobile lug wrench on a lov
ers' lane near here last Jan. 10.
He testified that "something snap
ped inside me" when he choked
her as they sat in his automobile
and that he "blacked out" until he
found himself standing over her
body with blood-drenched hands
holding the wrench.
The jury deliberated four hours
and 27 minutes before returning
the sealed verdict. Two of the
women jurors hardly could walk
as they filed Into the courtroom.
Gibbs whitened, slumped for
ward, and pounded his fists
against his temples as the jurors
were polled and each replied:
"Guilty, first degree, death."
"It can't be," he gasped.
STORM WARNINGS CP
Portland, March 17 Mi The
weather bureau announced that
soulhwest storm warnings were
hoisted at 8:30 a.m. todav from
Cape Blanco, Ore., to Tatoosh
Island, Wash., for westerly winds
25.30 miles an hour, decreasing
this afternoon and shifting to
southerly 30-40 miles an hour to.
night and Saturday.
At the same time small craft
warnings were continued through
the Strait of Juan de Fuca and
inland Washington waters for
west-southwest winds 15-25 mlle
an hour, increasing tonight anljan annual gross of from $3,000,
aa'.uruay 10 u.ou mues an nour.
in Redmond
& it
La Grande Wins
From Bend Quint
Eugene, March 17 UB La
Grande defeated ' Bend 64 to 56
and Hillsboro swamped Dallas 51
to 27 today in consolation semi
finals of the 32nd annual Oregon
state class "A" high school bas
ketball tournament.
La Grande and Hillsboro will
meet tomorrow at 9 a.m. for the
consolation title and fifth place
in the tournament.
The La Grande-Bend game was
a ding-dong battle all the way
with Bend leading most of the
time until late in the game. La
Grande took an early 10-8 lead
but Bend tied it up and went
ahead to stay until La Grande
came back to tie the score at 47-
all near the end of the third per
iOd. f-'- - -'-- --...
Lead Alternated
From then on the .lead" 'Swung
back and forth with La Grande
going out in front only to be tied
again by Bend at 49-all. Bend,
paced by Reggie Halligan and
Bob Hawes, drew away 54-50 but
the La Grande Tigers, on two
quickie baskets by Bob Gilbert,
tied It up at the three-minute
mark.
Burl Green sank a lay-in and
Gilbert hit a free throw to put La
Grande three points ahead. Gil
bert sank two baskets and Green
added a gift toss to give La
Grande the game.
Halligan led scoring with 22
points. Gilbert paced La Grande
with 18.
In today's opener, Hillsboro
grabbed an early lead and stayed
well in front the entire game.
Summary:
La Grande (64) fg ft pf p
Berry, f 5 2 1 12
Gilbert.f 7 4 3 18
West, c 2 13 5
Green, g 4 4 4 12
Ball, g 6 0 2 12
Carroll, f 2 12 5
Patton, g 0 0 2 0
Totals 26
Bend (56) fg
Halligan, f 10
Carroll, f 2
Robison, c 0
Chrlstensen, g 6
Hawes, g 4
Sampels, c 1
Mihelclch, g ...... 0
Laursen, g 0
12
ft
2
1
0
2
3
2
0
0
17
Pf
4
4
2
1
5
3
0
0
Totals 23 10 19 56
Officials: George Emigh and
Bux Blgham.
Missed free throws: La Grande
(13), Bend (9).
Drive Against
Rackets Planned
Washington, March 17 Mi The
attorney general's crime confer
ence Is ready to push for legis
latlon to smash the gambling
rackets.
A conference subcommittee on
federal legislation agreed late
yesterday to recommend that con
gress: 1. Prohibit interstate transpor
tation of slot machines and other
gambling devices, and their parts.
Sub-committee members believe
such a law would break the back
bone of the slot machine racket
which hns an annual revenue of
from $1,000,000,000 to $2,000,000,
000.
2. Prohibit transmission by tele-:
graph, telephone or radio of rac?1
track Information. This proposal ,
would not affect the data trans -
mltted by legitimate news wire mile trip from Hawaii to tin
services to newspapers and radio , wetok.
stations. Bookies using the major I The Elder was en route to Enl-
race wire servics reputedly have
ooo.ooo to $8,000,000,000.
Foundation
Appointments
Made for Year
Central Oregon Hospitals foun.
elation committee appointments
for the year were announced at
yesterday's meeting of the foun.
dation directors, at the Pilot Butte
inn. The assignments were matle
by Robert W. Sawyer, president
of the group.
Merhbers of the .finance com
mittee, delegated "to manage the
capital funds of the foundation, to
plan and, with the approval of the
board, carry out an investment
program and to determine a pol.
icy with respect to the manage
ment of such securities as may
come into the possession of the
foundation" are Tom F. Brooks,
Maurice Hitchcock and W. H.
Myers. Named on the operations
committee, "to oversee the man
agement of the foundation of
fice," are Richard W. Brandis,
Glenn H. Gregg and John Wetle
sr.
Members Listed
On the application committee.
duties of which will be "to pre
pare application for balance of
federal aid with funds to be used
for paving and to the extent avail
able and necessary on account of
lurnishings, are A. c. Goodrich.
Lowell A. Jensen and Carl A.
Johnson.
Members of the building com.
miltee are H. A. Miller, Hugh K,
Cole and G. R. Moty. Duties of
this committee will be ."to give
advice and assistance as required
In connection with the construe
tlon of the hospital building." On
the administration committee are
Maurice Hitchcock, W. H, Myers
and Hans Slagsvold. Tills com
mittee will advise the' hospital
management and officials regard
ing' financial and other business
matters.
To Collect Pledges
On the collection committee,
delegated "to oversee and advise
on the program of collection of
pledges in cooperation with the
operations committee," are Ben
Hamilton, Joe Mack and George
J. Childs.
Gordon Randall, Dee Haines, I.
T. Powell, Ed Hamm and Father
William Coughlan are on the
funds campaign. This committee
is being asked "to cany on the
campaign for further subscrip
tions to the hospital fund, cooper
ating with the Founders Service
organization in this undertaking."
On the founders' committee,
serving as a liaison group be
tween the board and the public,
are Rev. Robert Nicholas, LeRoy
Fox and George Murphy.
Survey Team
Here Next Week
A three-man survey team of
army engineers will be here next
week for an examination of var
ious sites in central Oregon
which might be suitable for a na
tional air academy.
Members of the central Oregon
chamber of commerce will meet
in Redmond tonight lo work out
details of the visit, according to
Harold C. Clapp, chairman of the
aviation committee for the cham
ber group.
He reported today that the
team will be In Bend on Tuesday
and will meet with representa
tives of the Bend and Redmond
Chambers of commerce on Wed
nesday. The three-man team Is being
sent here by the office of Col.
O. E. Walsh, division engineer of
the army engineers in Portland.
Missing Tender
Object of Search
Pearl Harbor. T.H.. March 1
djiAll available search planes in
the mid. Pacific today were or
dered into the hunt for a navy
net tender with 40 men aboard,
mysteriously missing on a voy
age to the atomic proving
: grounds,
- Rear Adm. Charles H. McMor.
i gris, commander of Pacific rescue
operations, also ordered three
naval vessels Into the search for
the N.S S. Elder, which Is four
days overdue on a 10-day, 2.600-
wetok to lay navigation mioys in
- j preparation for the spring atomic
weapons tests
Welfare Assistance Slated
For Increase Here, if New
Budget Receives Approval
Welfare assistance in Deschutes countv for the lOfid-fil
fiscal year will cost local taxpayers $4,565.60 more than it has
for the current year, if the state welfare commission im
proves the budget being submitted this week by Olive Jame
son, county welfare administrator.
Miss Jameson reported today that her office is askinc
approval of a total budget expenditure of $226,640 for public
Chamber Group
Plans Daylight
Saying Inquiry
The retail merchants commit
tee of the Bend chamber of com
merce decided Thursday noon to
take the issue of daylight savings
time to the people."
At Its weekly meeting held at
the Pine tavern, the committee
instructed Howard Moffat, cham.
ber manager, to prepare imme
diately petiitons both favoring
and opposing the daylight sav
tngs time issue.
According to Chairman Ralph
Baker, the merchants committee
then will distribute the petitions
in various business houses in
Bend with instructions to mer
chants to obtain as many signa
tures as possible. Jn this way.
Baker said, the commlltee hoped
to obtain a fair sampling of pub
lic sentiment toward the contro
versial issue.
Next Thursday the merchants
committee is scheduled to discuss
the question of daylight saving
time anil then prepare a resolu
tion, which It will present to the
city commission together with
the petitions the following week.
The commission, which postpon.
ed" a decision on the question
Wednesday ' night, is scheduled
to discuss daylight savings time
at ils next meeting on April s.
The committer also made final
plans Thursday for Its next pro
motion program which will be
Tield in Bend March 30, 31 and
April 1. The event, which win
feature "red hot" specials .ac
cording to the committee, has
been named the "Bell Ringers"
campaign.
Flower Culture.
Meeting Topic
"Annuals and Perennials for
Central Oregon" will be the sub
ject of a public meeting on land
scaping, at 8 o'clock tonight in
the courthouse assembly room.
Lerov Warner, soils specialist
from Oregon State college, and
James Ellngs, county agent, will
be speakers. Anyone interested In
getting help with landscaping
problems will be welcome lo at
tend, it was announced.
A similar meeting was held last
night at the Redmond grange
hall. Warner discussed rules for
good grounds arrangements,
touching on such subjects as
depths and texture of soil, drain
age and the availability of plant
food. He also suggested several
different types of organic mailer
which can lie used successfully,
and gave Instructions for the
making of compost piles and use
of sawdust. He told of Hie use
of nitrogen on lawns, and warn
ed lhat fertilizers should be ap
plied only when the leaves are
dry. and watered later.
tilings discussed principles oi
good landscaping, and stressed
ha mnnp animni a mnn ni u-nr
annuals which are suitable for
the local area.
ti .. not r.i ,w.-nK,ti.ic iJ!hu iim iiath nf A.lnm MrKinl.iv.
Oregon Firm Buys Big Warehouse in Bend
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The Eastern Oregon Mills, Inc., operator of one of the northwest's larsest warehouses, in Madras, Is
cVmPlea,lng flnafdelU for purchase of the Mld-Oregon Warehouse anj Supply ""'o' Be"d
it wis announced today. The large Bend plant, constructed two years ago and enlarged since men, is
pictured here.
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'assistance in the coming year.
Ut this total $1'.2,735.60 would
be paid by Deschutes county.
Under the budget estimate,
$99,716.40 would come from
state funds and $84,188 from
federal funds, according to
Miss Jameson.
Unemployment Blamed
She blamed Increasing unem
ployment in the county for the
most of the estimated increase in
expenditures. Many children, she
pointed out, no longer are able to
support parents, because of un
employment. The welfare office
has had an increasing number
of applications for old age assist
ance In recent months, she re
ported. The budget 1 estimate, which
must be submitted to the siMo
commission by March UD, wes ap
proved by members ot tna tous.iy
welfare commission at its month
ly meeting Wednesday, Miss
Jameson said. In attendance were
W. C. Coyner, chairman; Mrs. B.
A. Stover, O. W. Grubb, County
judge C. L. Allen, Commissioners
A. E. Stevens, E. E, Varco, and
Miss Jameson.
The commission also heard a re
port from the administrator of
the welfare expenditures for the
month of February. In the report
were listed 201 cases of general
assistance at an expenditure of
$4,4u&34; 197 cases ot old age as
sistance, at $10,430; three cases
of did lo the blind, at $183; 26
eases of aid to dependent children,
at $2,856. These represented a
total of 427 cases and an expendi
ture of $17,877.54. (
Miss Jamescih announced that
her office had handled 85 more
cases in February than in Jan
uary. Part of the increase, she
said, was due to the greater num
ber of migratory workers In the
county unable to find employment
last month.
Six Lose Lives
As Home Burns
Port Huron, Mich., March 17 till
A mother and father and their
four small children burned to
death early today when fire raced
through their small home near
here. '
Killed were Kenneth Chase, 42,
his wife, Phyllis, 32, an expectant
mother, and their children, rang
Ing from two to six years old.
Flames shot through the one
story cinder block home two
hours after the family had retir
cd. A neighbor said the Chase's
had spent most of the night play
ing canasta with friends.
Ray Goushaw, who lives next
door, called firemen when he saw
flames licking out of theAvindows
at 6:10 a.m.
The mother was found in bed
with one of her children. The
father was near the kitchen door.
He apparently had awakened and
tried lo flee. The other children
were In their beds.
MAJORITY CUT
London, March 17 Mi The la
bor government's perilously small
; majority in Ihe house of com-
mnns wji s rifiiii'fi ill live iiiiiii
! labor member for West Dumbar -
lonsliiie.
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J tARMERSKWASEEItJFSE
George Short
Will Manage
Bend Plant
Purchase by the Eastern Ore- .
gon Mills, Inc., Madras, of the
Mid-Oregon Farmers Warehouse
and Supply center. Bend, was an
nounced here today as details of a
transaction involving more than
$200,000 neared completion.
Management of the big plant,
constructed in Bend two years .
ago and enlarged last year, will
be taken over by the new owner s
between April 15 and May 1, it
was learned after officials of the
Eastern Oregon Mills, Inc., an
nounced late Thursday they
would exercise their option to
purchase the Bend firm.
The sale is being made by
George Ktchie Jr., his wife,. Mil
dred Richie, both of Bend, and H.
L. Boutin, of Portland. Richie's
Immediate plans call for a vaca
tion and a rest, in an attempt to
regain his health. He was serious
ly ill this past year. Richie has
been associated with his father,
E. G. Richie, in the management
of the local plant,
George Short Manager
George Short, who has been
with the Bend firm since the start
of operations in 1948, will be man
ager of the plant for the new own
ers, and will be in full charge ot
me local operations.
The Madras and bend plants1
will be operated as a unit, it was
indicated. Annual business Is ex
pected to aggregate several mil
lion dollars.
Sales of the Bend plant In Its
first full year of operation in
1949, amounted to some $8uu,uuu.
Capital stock of the Eastern
Oregon Mills, Inc., will be Increas
ed, officials have announced.
The Deschutes and Jefferson
county plants will bei affiliates ot
a Western!-Oregon lirm widely
known in the Pacific northwest,
the Buchanan Cellers Co., headed
by A. Cellers, of McMinnville, as
president. Harold B. Davis, also
of McMinnville, is secretary-treasurer.
Directors, other than the offi
cers, are Glen S. Macy, McMinn
ville; Howard W. Turner, Madras,
and Kenneth Duling, Terrebonne.
Macy and Davis were here from
McMinnville, and It was Macy
who late Thursday announced his
company would exercise ils op
tion to purchase the Bend plant.
Plan Expansion
Plans for enlargement of the
Madras plant, serving the new
$12,000,000 North Unit reclama
tion project, are now being con
sidered. The Eastern Oregon
Mills, Inc., warehouse is immedi
ately west of Madras, near the
top of the highway out of the Jef
ferson county town leading across
the Warm Springs reservation.
The huge elevator is a landmark
in Jefferson county.
The Eastern Oregon Mills, Inc.,
was chartered in March, 1949. Ils
bulk storage is 130,000 bushels
and Its sack storage 135,000 bush
els. Like the Bend plant, it has the
latest in seed cleaning and feed
manufacturing equipment. Stan
ley W. Cellers is manager of the
Madras plant and Douglas Macy
is field representative.
Started in IIM8
The Mid-Oregon Farmers Ware
house and Supply center, Bend,
started operations on May 1, 1948.
Since that time a large warehouse
for storage of potatoes was added,
and field grading equipment was
purchased. The Bend plant has
been declared one of the most
modern seed processing opera
tions in the northwest.
The parent company that will
serve as the selling agency for the
midstate plants was Incorporated
1 in 1924 In McMinnville, by the late
C. H Buchanan and A. Cellers,
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