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Newspaper Page TextUniv. of Craso.n Library BEND BUM Bend Forecast Bend and vicinity Mostlf fair with scattered showers in mountains through Wed nesday;hightoday 55-60; low tonight 30-35; high Wednes day 55-60. . LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 47th Year TWO SECTIONS BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1950 No. 295 h n e ellus mom TIE MUN no n no If - J is Flood Waters RecedingAfter Reno Struck ' (By Unitai Frm) The Truckee river flooded the "biggest little city in the world" today, touching off a short-lived, round of parties in the town's gambling casinos and hotels. The celebration fizzled out at dawn when the town discovered the flood waters had swept into more than 70 downtown stores and office buildings, caused dam age in excess of $1,000,000 and indirectly cost two lives. The celebrants were some 6, 000 divorce-seeking residents and visitors who came downtown to watch the Truckee inch, to the top of its 30-foot retaining walls, then spill over into the city's streets to a depth of three feet. The five bridges across the river, linking downtown with part of the residential area, were closed at the height of the flood so the spectators adjourned to the bars, gambling; casinos and ho tels. The morning after brought pos sibly Reno's only: water-inspired hangover. Crests Before Dawn The Truckee crested before dawn, leaving in its wake debris clogged streets, ruined stores and three feet of chocolate-colored wa ter sloshing around basements and, first floors of downtown buildings. City engineer Elliott Cann cal culated damage would run into the millions. Frederick G. Cash man, 51, buyer for a department store, died from a heart attack while trying to bail water out of a shop and James Patterson, 31, Sparks, Nev., drowned in the raging river, i During 'the night,' howeverrthe flood provoked a general round of partying by spectators cut off from their homes by the, rising river. Elsewhere in Nevada, some ranches between Carson City and Ccnterville were isolated by flood waters. Wooden bridges were washed out a.nd some livestock was drowned. Farmers were mak ing every effort to move their livestock to higher ground. , Rail Lines Blocked The' Southern Pacific railroad announced its main line traffic between northern California and the east was suspended because of a washout at Norden, Calif., just at the summit of the Sierras. In California, there were three major danger spots, Sacramento, the Tulare lake basin in the south ern part of the central valley, and the Modesto area, near which flow the Stanislaus and Tuolu mne rivers. s Red Cross headquarters sent radio equipped cars to warn all residents of the lowland areas (Continued on Page 2) School Holiday Planned for Bend On Thanksgiving A special assembly tomorrow afternoon at 4:20 at the Bend high school and programs at the various grade schools will usher in the 1950 Thanksgiving holi days for the local school svstoms. Announcement of plans for the observance of Thanksgiving were Jointly made here this morning by R. E. Jewell, superintendent, and J. R. Acheson, high school principal. The holiday recess will start to morrow afternoon, with a four day holiday, including the week eiiLJn the offing. All schools will ' t Mondav morning. ' nt prt,v Theme f Ballew, ftR tneme wll) fPa. tuf6 '!l!tj"?17ph school assembly tomorrow afternoon. Music will be provided by the high school choir. In addition to the Th.inks Rivinp theme, questions dealing with 'teen age prohlems will be dl5cus"?d. Torch Honor society pins will be distributed nnd 8th prade foot ball certificates will be given to bovs. Special Thanksgiving pro grams are, planned for all the grade schools in Bend. Over Jhe holidays mnnv of the Bend teachers will visit their homes in Oregon nnd other parts of the northwest, to join in Thanksgiving reunions and din ners. BANDITS KOB BAVK Seattle, Wash.. Nov. 21 U A tall, dark man held up the Inter national branch of the First Na tional bank at 12:36 p. m. today and escaped with an estimated S2.000. police reported. Employes told police the man held his he-id in his right pocket as if he had a gun. Rasmussen Back From Africa Trip George Rasmussen, Bend's high flying pole vault star, returned home yesterday after a three months' tour of South Africa as a member of a 10-man U. S. track team. , The. former Bend and Univers ity of Oregon athlete cracked the South African pole vault record at , Pretoria on November 4 and was a member of the American relay team which set a new South African record in the 440 yard run. ' - ' Rasmussen soared over the bar at 14 feet 1 inches in setting the new pole vault mark and re ports that he narrowly missed clearing the bar at 15 feet on a succeeding jump. The relay team's new record for the 440 was 41.1 seconds. In 20 Meets Altogether, Rasmussen and his American mates participated In about 20 track meets while in South Africa. It was the second year in a row that the Bend youth had been abroad to par ticipate in foreign meets. Last year he traveled through Norway and Sweden. , . . (Continued on Page 2) Excess Profits Tax Draws Fire Washington, Nov. 21 IIPI The U. S.- chamber of commerce told congress today that it can avoid raising taxes on blisiness by lop ping $6,000,000,000 a year from the non-defense budget. The economy course was recom mended by Ellsworth C. Alvord, chamber finance expert, as a sub stitute for an excess profits tax on corporations which President Tru man requested. . - In a statement prepared for the house ways and means commit tee, Alvord said the excess profits levy of some 54,000,000,000 would encourage inflation. The conse quences, he said, "are too grue some to play with. If congress insists on an excess profits levy, he added, it should be limited to two years and hedg ed to prevent dipping into "nor mal" profits and funds needed for industrial growth. Huge Take Seen The government already Is tak ing about half of all corporation earnings, Alvord said. Such a rate can be carried "for only a limited period of time" and a tax on nor mal profits above that "cannot be justified," he said. The committee has limited its hearings to an excess profits tax and the democratic members, try ing to rush a bill for the meeting of congress on Monday, hope to wind up hearings tomorrow. Twice yesterday the democrats beat down, by a 15-to-10 party vote, republican efforts to con sider alternative tax schemes and to bring in a fresh list of wit nesses. Alvord was one of a series of representatives of business who condemned the proposed excess profits levy as liable to step up Inflation and rising costs and put clamps on industrial efforts to keep the production schedules ris ing. Wintry Weather Hits East Coast (Br Unitfd Pma) Wintry storms pummelled the nation with a wide assortment of blows today. Rain- squalls with gale-force winds hit the east coast, tornadic winds ripped through Mississippi, snow fell in the upper Great Lakes and Ohio valley and a new frigid air mass blew into the northern plains from Canada. Meanwhile, floods harassed Ne vada and California. Winds with gusts up to 50 miles on hour caused at least three deaths on the Atlantic seaboard last night. Charles Greenleaf. 55, Medford, Mass.. was killed when a wind storm yesterday toppled a garage wall under construction, and two women were killed In the Boston area in highway accidents attrib uted to a southwesterly storm. Nearly an Inch of rain fell, and winds were up to OJ mnes an hour. Walter Roberts of New York was electrocuted when a live wire was blown down on his automo bile, Albert Wedgebury of Irving Iton. N. J., drowned in Paritan bay when the blow capsized his boat, and Rudolph Wltzel was killed when a piece oi piywooa picked up by the wind, struck him in the forehead. Reds Retreat As U.S. Troops Reach Border By Earnest Hoberechl I UP Staff Correspondent) Tokyo. Wednesday. Nov. 22 U?i Communist resistance virtually disappeared on tne Korean north east front today In the wake of trie u. s. 7th division surge to the. Manchurian border, but Ameri can commanders feared a new assault by 100,000 reds was build-1 ing up m tne northwest. The South Korean capital di vision, east of the American 7th, DroKe tnrougn the last .Known communist defense south of the port of Chongkin and drove to wttnin id miles of the city and to within 67 miles of the Russian border. ' ; In the center of the Peninsula, nearly 100 miles to the south, Chinese and North Korean com munists were pulling back rapid ly, apparently in the face of an enveloping threat by American and South Korean forces south west of the Chqsirt reservoir. Reds Reinforced However, communist reinforce ments once more were pouring across Yalu river bridgeheads in the northwest, and intelligence reports said the enemy was set ting up strong "blocking" points astride main roads leading to the Chinese border on a line running from Chongju near the Yellow Sea coast, through Taechon and Unsan to Huichon. : These cities are eight to 25 miles beyond present United Na tions lines. i In the center of the United Na tions east-west line across Korea, the Puerto Rican 65th regiment . L TI I"- O 1 -II. .1-1 1 J "L "? '" '" uixupieo. a town jo miles west oi nam- hung nd boat off a coujiter-afw,shlnfo No 21 im ';. tack by a red company. North olT S"' "?,Yl - A them, the South Korean 3rd di vision drove .north and west from Huksuri. Until last Monday. Huk suri, 22 miles southwest of the Chosin reservoir, had been an as sembly point for regrouped com munist forces. Still farther north, U. S. ma rines fanned out from the big (Continued on Page 7) Ochoco Highway Open to Travel Prineville, Nov. 21 IM Ore gon's newest highway, the Ocho co, was opened to travel this morning, as a class I route. The new highway, west unit of which was completed several years, ago, ascends Marks creek to a summit 500 feet lower than the pass used by the old Ochoco route, in use for more than 30 years. East of the divide, the modern highway extends to West Branch creek, then on into Mitch ell. Final section to be completed was a 19 mile unit, with a base rock surfacing placed by the Rog ers Bros. Construction Co., under a bureau of public roads contract. Earlier, a grading contract near tne sumrmt, was completed. Heavy work was involved in construction. The road slashes through the Ochoco divide and clings to the side of steep moun tains in the drop to the Mitchell country. Motorists say that the new highway will prove to be one of the most scenic in this part of the state. Surfacing of the new highway will not be undertaken until next year. Opening of the road will make It available for trucks now mov ing lumber from Mitchell mills to the Prineville railhead. Wasco Man Dies In Auto Accident The Dalles. Nov. 21 u Ken neth Blau, 28. Wasco, was killed early today when his automobile crashed Into the rear of a stalled truck on highway 30 six miles east of The Dalles. James O'Mcara, 32, Wasco, an other occupant of the car. suffer ed a dislocated hip. He was taken to The Dalles general hospital for treatment. State police said they had not determined which of the two men had been driving the car. They said the truck driver had posted flares. FERRY CLOSED Salem, Nov. 21 HP) The state highway department reported to day that high water In the Willa mette river has compelled closing of the Wilsonville ferry. Shevlin-Hixon Mill Involved in J I ''"wf a-ViSi f Vj. L J Vkl. Property acquired by Brooks-Scanlon, Inc., in the transaction announced today Included The Shev-nn-Hlxon Company mill, pictured here across the Deschutes river. First unit of the big mill was constructed 34 years ago. New units have been added since. Committee Hits At Negligence Of U.S. Officials - w.rren nt.urn ...-.i... senate sub-committee 'today "HP nouncea the governments pa perwork preparedness" and warned that "wars aren't won with memoranda." The munitions board and gen eral services administration bore the brunt of the criticism in the Lpreparedness sub committee's 37- page report. The group, headed by Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, D Tex., said the two agencies "have been slow to awaken to the realities of the challenge by communist aggres sion "and have offered" only flimsy protection against the threat we face." It recommended that GSA and the board improve . their opera tions immediately, saying that "neither the President .nor any congressional committee can be expected to baby-sit throughout the emergency." "It ill becomes government of ficials to conduct the public busi ness with less prudence than they would display in operating a charity bazaar," the committee said. "But that has happened." Instances Cited The report, covering surplus property and rubber reserve pro grams, cited for Instances for special criticism: 1. Sale of $4,000,000 alcohol nlant at Kansas City, Mo., to Schcnley Distillers, Inc., for pri vate use. There was no clause to "recapture" It for government "se in event of an emergency. The sub-committee also rharped it was sold after a "freeze" order on such sales bv general services administrator Jess Larson. 2. Leasing of a S7.100.000 alco hol plant at Omaha, Neb., to the Central States Corp. of Chicago. The sub-committee said GSA has no guarantee of the corporation's financial responsibility" in a suit filed by Ihe agriculture depart ment against another company they own. 3. Sale and pnrtlnl dismant ling of a $6,600,000 high octane ftasoline plant at Cotton Vallev. La. A "recapture" clause should have been Included in the sale contract. 4. War surplus sales of needed air force property at Robins nir force base, Macon. Ga.. two weeks after the air force reported such sales had been stopped. The sub-committee said both alcohol plants are needed for synthetic rubber oroduction. Sale of the Kansas City plnnt bv the munitions board. It said, showed a "lark of foresight" nnd "ex tremely poor Judgment." Bulletin Vancouver, B. C, Nov. 21 HP) At least six pernoni were killed and several o'hers Injured whn troop rotn nH a Ca nadian national railway pasnen- Iter train collided In trie Rorky mountains near Jasper, Alta., Ihe CNK announced here today. v'; IV ,M , IS' ' , SMS N ext Legislature to Face Financial Problems; Voters Approve Tremendous Outlay By William Warren ,' . (UiiIKhI PrrM Slnff Com-nponi lent ) Salem, Nov. 21 (U.E) Enough controversy to satisfy the most stage struck political fan was nresaired for the 15)51 legislature today, with a renewed suuirestion bv the lecisla- .tive interim tax studylcommittee ihat the lawmakers try the cini -eiit?njeg lhx again. -? - ..... They've tried it before, four times. And each time the voters have batted the fag tax out of bounds. The general sales tax Salem Mother, Son in Tragedy Salem, Nov. 21 Ul A double tragedy of starvation and expos ure ended today In the death of 42-year-old Walton M. Shattuck Authorities found his 79-year-old mother, Mrs. Melissa Shat tuck was dead when they investi gated their Salem home Monday night. Deputy coroner estimated she had been dead about 10 days. They said her mentally ill son, Walton, was found lying help less in bed. They found several hundred dollars cached In a closet of the unhealed home. Walton Shattuck was taken to a hospital where he died early today. C. D. Hawley, a neighbor, dis covered the tragic situation. He told authorities he became sus picious after he had seen no ac tivity around the house for sev eral days. Monday night he de cided' to investigate, and after getting no answer to his knock, checked the mall box. He found a card postmarked over a week ago, so he entered the house by a rear door. Woman Dead In Bed He found the woman dead In hor bed, and the man half on his bed in a comatose condition. He called police. Evidence had Indicated, author ities said, that the son had eaten decayed food, probably cooked by his mother before her death. Bits of food were found In several rooms and in the bed where Shat tuck was found. Police with assistant county coroner Charles Edward, checked the cluttered house, and found bills and coins In a closet trunk. Police estimated Ihe sum at over $750. Bank books found In the trunk Indicated that accounts had been closed for several years. Walton Shattuck had been a patient at Oregon State hospital for many years, but when his father died, his mother obtained his release and cared for him at her home, relatives said. EXPENDITURES LISTED Delbert Hale, chairman of the Deschutes county republican cen tral committee, spent S227.49 in support of various republican can didates in the recent general el ection, according to a report to day by the state elections bureau in Salem. Also reported to the bureau were the following campaign ex penditures: B. A. Stover. Bend; state representative, $59.50; T. F. Brooks, treasurer and chairman of the Stover for Representative committee. Bend, $291.60. Btot Sale ;?.' has been knocked into the net no less than six times in Ore gon. The way it came up at Mon day's "final" session of the tax interim group at the cap itol was this: The hard-working members of the committee, headed by state Sen. Howard Bel ton of Canby, were figuratively gulping down sedatives and try ing to find a way of meeting something like $120,000,000 worth of additional debts voted by the citizens at the Nov. 7 general elec tion, in addition to the rising cost (along' with everything else) of state government. MiihI. Raise Money They were wondering how the money could be raised. More prop erty tax? Higher income taxes? More excise taxes? More etc.? flow to pay for the basic school tax boost voted Nov. 7 ($48,000, 000). Property, probably. That's what it says In the measure. How to pay for the veterans bonus (esti mated up to$70,000,000 total cost). More property tax? Well, prop erty will have to stand back of whatever means are used to fi nance the bonds, In order to give the state a decent rate on the bonds, members agreed. Then the fag tax to finance the veterans bonus was suggested and Ihe members voled to recommend to the 1951 legislature that It con sider this means of financing the vets bonus. (Continued on Page 3) Police Regret Neglect of Dog Pdrllnnd, Nov. 21 HCi City po lice described as "very lament able" today Ihe death of a dog In the basement of police head quarters. Police acknowledged that there had been a "human failure" and Ihe dog apparently had been neglected after It had been picked up for not wearing o license. No one knew when the dog died. But it had been a prisonei In a wooden box for nine days, without food or water. A report dated Nov. 12 show ed two patrolmen had taken the stray black-and-white dog inlo custody and recommended thai It be turned over to the human so ciety the next morning. But the report on the dog was mislaid and the dog died slowly. JL'DGE ASSIGNED Salem. Ore., Nov. 21 IU") Chief Justice Hall S. Lusk of the Ore gon supreme court assigned Cir cuit Judge Charles H. Combs of Lake county today to Deschutes county to hear the case of city of Bend vs. Charles Allen, In place of Judge Ralph S. Hamilton. All Properties In Deschutes County InDecd Sule of timber, plant and lodging equipment of The Shevlin Hixon Compuny to Brooks-Scanlon, Inc., was announced here this afternoon. , : ' The announcement was made in a joint statement by W. II. Myera, general manager of The Shevlin-Hixon Company, and Thomas F.-Brooks, assistant general manager of Brooks Scanlon, Inc. Brooks joined Myers in making the announce ment in the absence from Bend of A. J. Glassow, general manager of Brooks-Scanlon,- : : : me. The sale will be effective early in December, with Shev lin loggers to cut their last trees somewhere around De cember 12. It is planned to clean up the log Inventory by the end of the present year and, according to present plans, saw mill operations will end at that time. It is estimated that it will take about four months for The Shevlin-Hixon Company to dispose of its lumber inventory, and during that time the planer and shipping departments will continue to op erate. Statement Quoted The Joint statement Issued this afternoon by Myers and Brooks follows: 'For several years past, both of our companies have become in creasingly concerned over the im pact that undoubtedly would be ieit in Menu and surrounding com munity when one or both of our plants thai! have exhausted the timber supplies and be forced per manently to cease operating. r "The heavy demand for war purposes during the last war and for relief of the critical housing shortage In the years after the war nave forced -s to deplete our timrjer reserves at a rate for In excess of oui desires. The Shevlin Hixon Company faces exhaustion of its standing timber reserves within the relatively short period of less than three years. Uinlcrences Held , In considering this unfortun ate situation, tho principals of the two companies concluded some time ago that if one of the two operations was to continue oper ating for a maximum period of time, tnis result could be accomp lished only through a sale by one company to the other of its uncut timber. This procedure, although resulting in closing the plant of the seller, assures that ono of the two plants will remain in opera tion tor a mucn longer time by reason of the additional timber it will acquire. un this basis our two manage ments have been conferring for some time and our discussions have culminated in the sale of the timber, plant and logging equip ment of The Shevlin-Hixon Com pany to Brooks-Scanlon, Inc. To Process Log "The present plans are that Shevlln-Hlxon will continue the operation of its sawmill for the period necessary to process logs now on hand, afler which that part of the plant will be closed and Ihe planing mill and shipping departments will be continued in operation lor the period necessary to ship the lumber inventory then on hand. . "It is regrettable that such a sale Is necessary, for the effect of a shut down of the Shevlin-Hixon plant on the economic life of Bend is fully realized. Such shutdown being inevitable, however, in a Zrrnra,bh'e ,"me' " .'2 be,"t'vert that in the long run the plan to discontinue one company's opera- (Continued on Page 5) CIO Deleaates Shows Need for Cooperation Chlracn. Nw 91 (IP) TK r-Trt i ,l "... . Chicaizo. Nov. 21 (IPiTh. mn should work together with farm ers and white collar workers to insure election of its candidates In future elections, says Sen. Paul uuugias, u in, Douglas spoke yesterday before tile CIO'A natlnnnl Pnnvnnllnn here. Delegates were expected to get their first look at tlons today but no major floor iiBiit was expeciea on any of the OrODOSnl!. T1P mnVPntinn nnn the dullest in years, was in con- trasi to last year s meeting when the CIO launched Its campaign to rid Itself of communists. Henrv Moreenthn secretary of the treasury, will ad- ui?3 iiiib auemoon s session. Douglas said the republican vic tory in this year's election waa due to: Almost Custom 1. The usual mid-term swing iff if A f r II u. o. ssKs run Investigation Of Red Acts By Bruce W. Munn - (United 1'rM Staff Correnpundent) Lake Success, N.Y., Nov. 21 IID The United States called on the united Nations today to investi gate Russia's relations with Na tionalist China as a "case history which will server further to alert the world to a danger to which none of us can be indifferent." John Foster Dulles, republican adviser to the state department, told the general assembly's main political committee mat tne u. S. "supports In general" a pro posal made by Chiang Kai-Shek's government to appoint a commis sion to investigate Russia's abro gation of this treaty of 1945 with the Nationalist government. Thc Chinese delegates alleges this act endangered the peace of the far east and the world. Dulles spoke after chief Na tionalist delegate Tin g f u F. Tsiang told the committee that the Peking communist regime is disintegrating in the face of mounting . Chinese resistance, which he said now has an army of 1.667,000 men active against the Chinese red on the Asiatic mainland. - - , Proposal Supported Supporting Tslang's proposal that a committee be appointed to gather "information and facta . from the two countries in dis pute," Dulles told the 60-natlon political group: ' we believe mat recent events in China may present a case-hu.-(Continued on Pas 7) Yule Decorations Set for Madras Madras, Nov. 21 Tho busiest group In this city Sunday was the Madras volunteer fire depart ment. While a part of the mem bership engaged in placing beams for the roof of an annex to the city fire hall, others started stringing lights and preparation ror ine pre-wnristmas season dec orations on main streets. The city's traditional Christmas tree will be raised and lighted, a bea con to attract attention to motor ists over highways aproachtng the basin in which Madras Is lo cated. On December 3 a party of the firemen will visit forests to the east of here and harvest Christ mas tre3, proceeds from the sale of which will go toward mainten ance of extra-curricular activities of the firemen. BAD HABIT Portland. Oi-e.. Nov. 21 (IW A 97-year-old shoplifter wag given 11 fln.tu ! lu i.i.n.jn.l 4..M . . hV nlclpai judge Eva "nd then told to watch her step "Stealing cun become a habit " ' Judge Eva said ' Told Election against the party in power that is "almost an American custom." 2. Bad news from Korea in the last days of the campaign. 3. "McCarthyism" in the form ' of GOP charges of communists In the administration. He said the election results were no Indication, however,, of how uic ji prusiuemiai race will go. He Said ) hp Hpmncmt' rial.., . 1. 1 , uvu tii 1 1 1 in year wasn't as uHnn. .n, - . , - -o as lit Apia when they came back to win in lino. "If liberal forma iym1.i ... .. and get off the mat In 1946, they u n in iskm, ne said. However, he urged the CIO to real tw that voters want to think for themselves without taking the hand-me-down opinions of union leaders. The CIO. ho um u , ?lth 0,her P-r- lar workers, for progressive measures.