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NEWS COVERAGE
CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
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47th Year
TWO SECTIONS
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1950
No. 167
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Big Changes
In Social
Security Due
By
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, June 21 tU') A
vastly expanded social security
system headed for speedy adop
tion by congress today after win
ding the senate's overwhelming
approval.
The legislation would make the
first drastic reforms in the pro
gram since it was born 15 years
ago out of the fear atid insecurity
of the depression thirties.
Final approval must await set
tlement of differences between
the senate bill and one the house
passed last year.
The seriate voted 81 to 2 last
night to bring 10,000,000 more
persons under full coverage of the
act, to double benefits and to
raise payroll taxes as much as
$18 a year per worker..
The house bill, adopted 333 to
14, would extend coverage to 11,
000,000 persons and increase ben
efits about 70 per cent.
Still More, Goal
But the reforms still fall short
of what President Truman asked
coverage for an additional 20,
000,000 persons and public aid for
ail needy persons.
The act now covers 35,000,000
persons. The senate bill would
add 5,000,000 self-employed, ex
cluding farmers and certain pro
fessionals; 1,000,000 full- time
farm laborers; 1,000,000 domestics
who work at least two days a
week for the same employer and
600,000 employes of non-profit or
ganizations. About 1,400,000 state and local
employes without retirement
plans would be included on a
voluntary basis.
The house bill did not include
the farm laborer? but would pro
vide 2,400,000 state and local em
ployes with their own pension
plans,
The senate voted to increase
maximum . indivi dual benefits
from $45 to $80 a month. Mini
mum benefits would be raised
from $10 to $20. The maximum
allowed to any family group
would go up from $85 to $150 a
month.
Wife Also Benefits
A retired worker is allowed an
added 50 per cent of his individ
ual benefit when his wife reach
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Hotel Manager
Murder Victim
Kansas City, Mo., June 21 tU'i
Marshall H. Dean, 35, assistant
manager of the Hotel President
and son of Its managing director,
was shot and killed today as he
walked into his office on the mez
zanine of the big downtown hos
telry. Sgt. Leo Hoedl of the police
homicide bureau said that E. G.
Murrell, a former room clerk at
the hotel, was caught 'after a 3Vfe
block chase and arrested in con
nection with trip shnntinfr.
Hoedl said that Murrell said
nothing immediately following his
arrest.
Witnesses at the hotel said that
Dean's killer apparently had been
hiding behind a large pillar. The
first of three or four bullets
struck Dean after he had taken
several steps into the office.
He staggered into the adjoin
ing office and fell, face up, be
fore the desk of W. C. Maser, 62,
auditor.
"Mr. Dean tried to say some
thing but I couldn't understand
him," Maser said.
Murrell had a blue-steel .32 cal
iber revolver tucked in his belt
when he was captured by Patrol
man Robert E. Ross, 31, who was
called Into the chase by three bell
hops. All six cartridges in the
gun had been fired.
Murrell was dressed neatly In
a light blue pin-stripe suit. He
had been living recently at Cartlv
age. Mo., according to officers,
Murrell left the hotel's employ
ftpril 15. 1948.
Dean was the son of Frank J.
Dean, managing director of the
tou-room notel.
NO MORE DEPRESSIONS
Geneva, Switzerland, June 21
UPi p. s. Secretary of labor Mau
rice J. Tobin predicted today that
the United States never aeain will
have a major depression.
"Any persons or nations who
make their plans on the basis of
an expected economic collapse in
the United States are doomed to
disappointment," Tobin told the
33rd annual conference of the In
ternational Labor organization.
Shters Rodeo Program Set
For Week End; Full Array
OF Events Now Scheduled
Sisters, June 21 Sisters' ninth annual rodeo will open this
week end with the Queen's ball Friday evening, according to
Etlis Edgington, vice-president of the rodeo association.
Donna 'Millican of Redmond, rodeo queen, and her court
will be introduced at the' ball, in ceremonies in which she
will receive her crown and a pledge of loyalty from her court
of princesses. Members of the court are Betty Smith and
4 Bend Business ,
Firms
Planning
Early Expansion
Plans for expansion of four
Bend businesses were made
known yesterday, when Rex
Brown obtained a. building per
mit at the city hall for construc
tion of, a $20,000 pumice block
building on the corner of Green
wood avenue and Hill street.
As the result of transactions
connected with Brown's building
plans, Moty & Van Dyke, Central
Oregon Roofing company and
Oregon Trail Motorcycle com
pany will also expand.
Brown, who has obtained the
local agency for Kalser-Frazer
cars, will do business in the new
building as Brown Motors.. He will
continue to pperate his furnace
business, from his warehouse at
East Third and Franklin.
Modern Building;
The new building, of pumice
block construction, will be 60x96
feet, and will include a showroom,
office space, automotive shop, and
display space for furnaces and
other heating equipment. The
building., will have a concrete
foundation and composition roof.
J. L. Ross is contractor, Joe Hol
land will do the plumbing, and
Smith Electric will do the wir
ing. The 100xl40-foot lot was pur
chased from George Gohrke, for
merly of Bend and now of Red
mond. Work on the building got under
way this week. It will be ready
lor occupancy about August 1,
Brown said. While the building is
being completed, Brown is repre
senting his automobile agency
from temporary quarters at
Zeek's Auto service, 67 Green
wood avenue.
To Sell Building
Brown is selling his building at
832 Bond street to Moty & Van
Dyke, Inc., owners of the adja
cent building at 824 Bond street.
The automobile supply business
will expand into the additional
quarters, and extensive remodel
ing is being planned, according to
Ivan Palmer, manager of Moty
& Van Dyke.
Will Buy Business
E. M. Berg, of Central Oregon
Roofing company, has completed
negotiations for purchase of
Brown's sheet metal business, and
he will engage in both lines, in
the' building at 123 East Green
wood, which he has purchased
from Ralph R. Mooers, of Ore
gon Trail Motorcycle company.
He plans to occupy the new
building, which measures 24x40
feet, on July 1.
Oregon Trail Motorcycle com
pany will be housed temporarily
in the former county shop build
ing, on Hill street north of Green
wood avenue. Mooers said that
he is negotiating with the city of
Bend for purchase of a 50x80-foot
lot east of the Franklin under
pass, south of Franklin avenue.
The property will be sold at auc
tion June 29.
Mooers has made tentative
plans for erection of a 40x60-foot
pumice block building. He hopes
to start construction early in July,
and to occupy the building in late
August. Specifications call for one
of the most modern motorcycle
shops in uregon, he added.
City Now Owns
Most of Meters
All but 20 of the city's parking
meters have been paid for, City
recorder Walter Thompson said
today.
Meters on which payment Is
still being made are those in tise
at the city s parking lot on Bona
street Between uregon ana irnn
nesota avenues. The 20 new met
crs, and 14 moved from streets
where their use was discontinued,
were installed March 12, 1950.
A contract for purchase of 408
of the 428 meters now In use was
signed June 30, 1947. They weie
bougnt at a cost oi oo apiece.
Payment was made each month
from revenue from the meters,
and final payment was made De
comber 16, 1949,
Janet Kedner, both of Prine-
villej Wilma Kirby of Tum
alo, and Mary Campbell of
Sisters.
Saturday's events will get
underway with a parade at 10
a.m. Oregon Saddle club mem
bers and rode'o participants,,
mounted on their horses, will pa
rade through downtown Sisters.
, Phin Horse Show
A horse show and bridle horse
contest will be held in the rodeo
arena immediately after the pa
rade. The contest is open to any
entrant, according to rodeo offi
cials. The rodeo itself is scheduled to
start at 1 p.m. Saturday. -
A complete rodeo program, in
cluding such events as bronc rid
ing, bareback riding, calf roping,
wild cow milking, bulldogging,
wild horse racing, boys' calf rid
ing and others, will provide spec
tators with thrills.
It is reported that some of the
west's finest cowboys will be on
hand to compete for the several
thousand dollars in prize money.
Stock will be drawn from Son
Bain and Pat Fisk's string of
bucking horses.
Use Point System
Official timer for rodeo events
will be Warren Isom. Maurice
Hitchcock will be arena director
and Mel Lambert will be an-,
nouncer.
Both IRA and RCA point sys
tems will be used in awarding
prize money to contestants.
Additional thrills will be pro
vided by- Chet and Juanita How
ell, trick riders. , v
Saturday's events will conclude
with a buckaroo dance in the Sis
ters school gymnasium.
One of the big attractions of
the rodeo is the buckaroo break
fast, served Sunday from 6 to 9:30
a.m. by the - Sisters Breakfast
club. Menu for the breakfast in
cludes buffalo steaks, flapjacks,
bacon and eggs, fried potatoes and
all the trimmings. The meal is
prepared western style, cooked
over open pits, and served out of
doors.
In charge of rodeo plans are
Carl Campbell, president of the
rodeo association; Edgington,
vice-president; Lewis Luekenblll,
secretary-treasurer, and George
Wakefield, Pete Leithauser, Wil
lis Spoo and Carl Paschwatta, di
rectors. Columbia River
Crest at Hand
Portland, June 21 tPi The Co
lumbia and Willamette rivers
will crest below 25 feet, probably
within the next 24 hours, the
weather bureau forecast today.
. The bureau said both rivers
would level off above 24 feet and
probably remain at a constant
ievel'for three days before begin
ning a slow decline.
Last , night the Columbia at
Vancouver, Wash., reached 23.8
and the Willamette at Portland,
23.5. Elmer Fisher, weather bu
reau "river forecaster, said the
main rise would come by noon
today, adding that the situation
was "favorable" barring unfore
seen weather conditions.
Fisher qualified his prediction
with the statement that it was
"too early to say if the predicted
three-day leveling off indicates a
crest." But he added that the re
cession might start by Saturday
if weatheV on the upper Columbia
and the Snake river is favorable.
LEVEE BREAKS
Bonners Ferry, Ida., June 21 HP
In the first major break, 1000
acres north of here were swept
under the surging Kootenai river
early today as it broke through
the district two dike In six places.
Major William Agbert of the
Idaho national guard, said no
evacuations were necessary from
the flooded wheat fields.
The Spokane weather bureau
said the river had swollen to 33.3
feet today 2.3 feet over flood
levels.
He said two families at Deep
creek north of the newly flooded
area were being moved as a pre
cautionary measure.
"These earth-filled dikes are
pretty soft." the major said. "I
wish I could say how long they
can hold out."
Boy Scouts
"'- ""Itllf Mil ftllt f II I . i
Pictured in Klamath Falls yesterday morning boarding the Pullman car that will take them to the
national Scout Jamboree in Valley Forge, Pa.,, are: Standing in the doorway, left to right, Jack
Hoist, Jerry Rice and Danny Bucknum, all nf Bend, and, standing in front of the car, left to right,
Jimmy Martin, Paul Reynolds, Ronald Tippetts and Robert Newman, all of Bend, and Richard Graue
of Madras. The boy standing behind Jack Hoist is not identified. Eleven Boy Scouts from Bend, two
from Redmond and two from Madras, accompanied by Jamboree scoutmaster, Eugene M. Bucknum,
of Bend, will attend the session.
City Decorating
In Preparation
For Pageant
Preparations for Bend's water
pageant were in full swing today
as the multi-colored banners an
nouncing the celebration made
tjieir first appearance over busi
ness streets and tickets went on
sale at downtown booths.
Approximately 4,000 persons
will be accommodated by the
seating arrangement this year,
according to Andrew T. Nicber
gall, who is in charge of ticket
sales.
Tickets will be sold from four
booths, located In front of Cash
man's, Penney's, the First Nation
al bank and Wetle's. Members of
the American Legion auxiliary
are handling sales from the
booths.
Both reserved seat and general
admissipn tickets went on sale
today. .
Rp-scrved seat tickets will be
exchanged for definite seating
tickets at a booth at 1019 Wall
street on Monday, Niebergall
said. ,
He suggested that persons in
terested in reserved seats might
visit the grandstands in the park
and choose the section of the
stands they prefer.
Summer Makes
Official Arrival
(By United Press)
Summer comes to the northern
hemisphere at 7:37 p.m. EDT, to
day, but some householders had
fires in their furnaces.
Cool temperatures stretched
from the Dakotas to New Eng
land, with 31 degrees reported at
Grand Marals, Mich., and 35 at
Land O'Lakes, Wis. ,
South of the Ohio river, the
weather was hot and sticky.
There were some scattered
thunderstorms. A' 1.21-inch rain
fall overtaxed storm sewers at
Portsmouth and New Boston, O.,
flooding basements, knocking out
power lines and stalling motor
ists. In British Columbia, 1,400 vol
unteers and Canadian soldiers
fought to keep the Frazer river
rrom Breaking dikes that protect
the homes of 50.000 persons.
U. S. rivers rose too. The Co
lumbia. Willamette and Kootenai
menaced lowlanders and at Bon
ners Ferry, Ida., farmers floated
their catt Ic out by raft.
The Chicago weather bureau
predicted there would be no se
vere changes in the nation's
weather tomorrow.
Forecasters added that, despite
the opinion of some citizens,
1950's spring was one of the
"finest" the area had ever seen,
with temperatures well above nor
mal and only a few days of rain.
Depart for National
15 Central Oregon Scouts
Leave for National Jamboree
To be Held at Valley Forge
A large group of barents and friends of the 50 Boy Scouts
from central Oregon who are
made the trip to Klumath Falls
young men and the 61 scout contingent lrom the Modoc area
council leave for the trip to the National Scout Jamboree at
Valley Forge. . - : '
Headed by Jamboree Scoutmaster Eugene M. Buckum of
Filings on North
Unit Considered
At Meeting Here
A meeting to work out final
details" with the state for filing
to secure water rights for the
North unit of the Deschutes pro
ject was held in Bend yesterday
at the office of J. W. Taylor, bu
reau of reclamation construction
engineer for the project.
Attending the all-day meeting
were H. R. Stinson, regional coun
sel, and E. C. Davis, assistant re
gional counsel, both from the re
gional office of the bureau of
reclamation in Boise; Charles E.
Stricklln, state engineer, Salem;
T. Leland Brown, attorney for
the North unit of the Deschutes
project, The Dalles; Harold J.
Eidemillcr, secretary of the North
unit irrigation district, Madras;
Lee McAllister, planning engin
eer, bureau of reclamation office
at Salem; with Taylor, construc
tion engineer, C. C. Beam, assist
ant construction engineer, and
Hat old W. Sexton, hydrologlst,
all members of the local office
of the bureau of reclamation.
House Approves
Farm Price Bill
Washington, June 21 mi The
house today approved, 234 to 82,
a compromise bill to provide S2,
000,000.000 in extra money to sup
port farm prices.
The bill was passed on a roll
call forced by republicans who ob
jected to a section dealing with
controls over Imports of foreign
commodities which might inter
fere with American farm price
programs.
Senate approval will send the
bill to President Truman for sig
nature. The bill expands the borrowing
authority of the commodity cred
it corporation from $4,750,000,000
to $6,750,000,000. It nlso contains
a compromise version of a sen
ate proposal to lighten restric
tions on imports of farm produce
which Is getting government
support under control programs.
Fund Tied I'p
The bulk of CCC'g funds now
are tied up In loans on surplus
crops kept off the markpt to pre
vent overabundance from de
pressing prices received by farm
ers. The extra money Is needed
to support prices through the
1951 crop year,
'Jamboree
bound for Valley Forge, Pa.,
Tuesday morning to see these
Bend, the 11 Bend scouts and
two boys each from Redmond
and Madras met at the South
ern Pacific depot in Klamath
Falls, where they were joined
by 46 scouts from Klamath,
Lake, ' Siskiyou and Modoc
counties and six other adult lead
ers. After last minute instruc
tions and berth assignments, they
boarded the two air-conditioned
Pullmans which will be their
homes for the tour of the United
States. '
Train Hour Late
Train number 20, to which
these special sleepers were at
tached was one hour late In leav
ing Klamath Falls, but was sched
uled to arrive in Eugene in ample
time for the two sleepers to be
coupled to a special train of Pull
mans which will carry Jamboree
bound scouts from eastern and
southern Oregon and valley
points. This special will not make
regular stops after leaving Eu
gene, and will, carry the scouts
over a special route.
The first stop will be at Spo
kane, The train will then go to
Billings, Mont., where it will be
routed over the Burlington to St.
Louis. The train will be handled
by the Baltimore and Ohio east of
St. Louis to Pittsburgh and Wash
ington. The scouts will not need to wor
ry about changing cars or trains,
even though a number of differ
ent railroads will provide dining
car service and locomotives.
The Jamboree special will ar
rive at Valley Forge on June 27,
via the Rowling railroad.
More than 40,000 scouts from
all over the United States and ter
ritorial possessions will be en
camped for ten days at this his
toric spot.
Central Oregon scouts making
the trio are Richard Graue and
Lowell Nichols of Madras, Ken
neth Dieterman and Bradford
Hallock of Redmond, and Paul
Reynolds, Jack Hoist, Charles H.
Murphy, Robert Newman, Ronald
Tippetts, Danny Bucknum,
George Nelson, Jerry Rice, James
Hlddcrbush, James Martin, David
Nl.skanen all of Bend and Buck
num. "TARGET" TOO CLOSE
Berlin, June 21 Hl'i Allied offi
cials reported todny that soviet
fighter planes had fired at ground
targets near the International super-highway
connecting Berlin
with west Germany.
They described It as "another
example of soviet harassing tac
tics." The highway Is the only route
used by western 'allied vehicles In
traveling from Berlin to the west.
Officials said the bullets easily
could rlccochet from the targets
to the highway, 500 yards away.
Shots Exchanged
At Rayon Plant;
Bakers Still Out
(By United Press) ' ' ''
Violence broke out in Pittsburgh's milk strike today and
shots were exchanged in the turbulent American Enka, rayon-walkout
at Morristown, Tenn.
An Enka official said three cars filled with non-strikers
were fired on from ambush shortly after midnight, but no one
was wounded.
A filling station operator who was taking his wife home
from work at the plant work a
pistol and returned the fire.
On the morning shift today,
a bus loaded with non-strikers
en route to .the plant was
stoned, company otticials
said, and its windows were
shattered,
At Pittsburgh, state police re
ported that two independent dai
ry trucks were dumped early to
day and the driver of one was
dragged from the cab and beaten
by eight men.
Settlement Hinted
But Mayor David L. Lawrence
of Pittsburgh, who was scheduled
to resume conferences with strik
ing AFL milkmen and dairy firms
late today, said the disputants are
"not so far apart" and hinted set
tlement might be near.
Meanwhile, another public
transportation dispute arose at
Philadelphia. The CIO Transport
workers threatened a "safety
slowdown" In which vehicles
would be halted while fares are
collected to protest scheduled op
eration of one-man 'trolleys this
summer. ,
Four thousand AFL Transpor
tation union members at Los Ang
eles voted yesterday to accent a
two-year contract and-return, toj.
worK, enntng a nve-aay smite
which idled street cars and rais
es and stranded 1,000,000 daily
riders. ,
Pay Boost Granted
The strikers received an imme
diate five-cent-an-hour pay boost
and a promise of an additional
three cents In a year.
In Atlanta, trolley workers
meet tonight to vote on a new
contract with a syndicate which
has agreed to purchase the trans
it lines. The city council called a
special meeting to grant a, fran
chise to the new firm.
Union spokesman Jesse Wal
ton predicted that the trolleys
would be operating by tomorrow
night, but the Georgia Power Co.,
which had operated the system,
said the complicated settlement
might not be completed that soon.
Vancouver bakers threatened
to walk out if their employers
ship bread supplies to Seattle,
Wash., and Portland, Ore., where
a bakery strike has entered Its
fourth day with no settlement in
sight. Small Portland bakers un
affected by the walkout operated
24-hour shifts trying to keep up
with the demand.
AFL bakers also were on strike
in Los Angeles and several near
by communities.
At St. Louis, Kroger Co. pre
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FBI Check Fails to Reveal
Loyalty File Tampering
By John L. Sfo-ole
(Unitvd Press Stan CorreuKindenD
Washington, June 21 Hit Sen.
Millard E. Tydlngs, D Md., said
today an FBI checkup does not
substantiate Sen. Joseph R. Mc
Corlhy's charges that state de
partment loyalty files have been
"tampered with."
The files are those made avail
able by President Truman to Ty
dlngs' senate communist investi
gating subcommittee. They cov
er 81 individuals McCarthy has
charged with being communists,
red sympathizers and bad secur
ity risks employed, or recently
employed, by the state depart
ment. Tydlnps told a news conference
that the Justice department and
the FBI checked McCarthy's al
legations that the files had been
"raped." "tampered with," and
"skeletonized," to delete "damag
ing material."
"The charges are not substan
tiated by the facts." Tydlngs said.
Testimony Secret
TydltiRs' announcement came
as:
1. His committee questioned
John E. Peurlfoy, deputy under
secretary of state, regarding Mc
Carthy's charge that Peurlfoy en
gaged In a "payoff" deal with a
key witness In the Amerasla stol
en documents case inquiry. Puer
foy's testimony was not made
public, hut he already has de
nied the McCarthy allegation and
has charged in turn that McCar
7"oo Much Bread?
Local Bakery
Solves Problem
Glenn H. Gregg, manager of
Gregg's bakery, had quite a head
ache this week, all because of a
bread strike as far away as Port
land, v '
The trouble started Sunday.
Gregg, with his wife and Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Terwilligar, were en
joying a leisurely vacation at Mt.
Hood. Gregg was just about to
take a swat at a golf ball, when
he received a message to call '
home at once.
He was informed that Portland
bakeries were strike-bound; that
central Oregon would be without
outside bread, that the local bak
eries would have to expend every
effort to supply the local market.
He rushed home.; With the help
of crews working overtime 4,000
extra loaves of bread were baked
Sunday to provide a stop-gap for
the expected run on Monday. - ,
:, No Run . i
. But the run did not occur. The
two' Portland ,: distributors who
bring bread Into this area had
managed to obtain enough bread
from product's in Washington and
Idaho to supply their local mar
ket. '
A surplus of 4,000 loaves of
bread posed quite a problem to
Gregg. He did not want to put
the bread on . local shelves, for
fear of having stale bread reach
purchasers. Then an idea struck .
him.
Ha loaded the bread on a truck
and took It to Portland, where
bread is mighty searce this week.
The trouble all started In Port
land, anyway.
STAMPEDE DEVELOPES
Portland, June 21 l A stam
pede of buyers kept Portland's
smaller bakeries working around
the clock, last night as negotia
tions in the three-day-old bakery
strike stalemated and the bread,
shortage became acute. ,
J. C. Crawford, secretary of the
bakery employers council, said
operators felt it was impossible
to grant the demands of the AFL
Bakers and Confectionary Work
ers union.
The union abandoned its time-and-a-half
demand for Sunday
work but continued to ask for a
non-consecutive, five-day, 35-hour
week with no work on holidays.
thy tampered with the witness In
volved.
. 2. Four of the five committee
members lined up behind a move
to cite Philip Jaffe, editor of "Am
erasla" magazine, for contempt .
of congress resulting from his
unwillingness to answer questions
about the 1945 stolen documents
case.
3. Tydlngs sought to speed up
conclusion of the communist in
vestigation by setting a Sunday'
night deadline on senators' ex
aminations of the 81 loyalty files.
The committee has been studying
the files in the white house cab
inet room for about two months.
Kef used to Answer
Jaffe, one-time editor of Amer
asla magazine, refused to answer
questions about the 945 stolen
documents case in testimony on,.
June 12. He claimed his answers'
might be self-incriminating.
Council Edward P. Morgan has
recommended that the sub-committee
Institute contempt pro-,
ceedlngs. Chairman Millard E.
Tydlngs, D., Md., announced yes
terday that he would support the
recommendation.
Three members of the foreign
relations group Sens. Bourke B.
Hlckenlooper, R., Ia., Henry Cab
ot Lodge Jr., R., Mass., and The
odore F. Green, D., R. I.
promptly endorsed the proposal.
The fourth, Sen. Brlen McMahon,
D Conn., was not immediately
available.
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