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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1952)
WORLD-WIDE NEWS SERVICE 49th Year Allege Educators pen Conference, ye Unification Unification of faculties of Ore a's six institutions of higher (fning was being considered here lay by representatives, of the schools, University pf Oregon, igon State College. Eastern gon Normals Southern ' Oregon final, Oregon College of Eduga- 0 and Portland :State7 m1' ' ' conference opened thismorn ' f swith Charles Quaintance of the i jGrande school in general charge i is scheduled to end Saturday srnoon. Some 30 representatives e present for the opening of the tference this morning. - Ais evening, the group will join U dinner, at the Pilot Butte Inn. , First of Kind - ' Hie Bend conference, first of its ' id; is being held on the occasion ' .-the 20th anniversary of the 1 'Biding of the present unified tem of higher education in Ore I . Dr. Charles Byrne, chancellor, hadj. planned to attend the confer ence, but was unable to keep the iwpolntment. He is being repre sented by Travis Cross. Objectives for a proposed faculty t sanization for the state system Wre outlined as the conference t i tinder way. In general, the plan fato form an organization to par age!; and to supplement the exist b f conferences in the various ad t nlstrative categories. One of the 0 r objectives is "to provide for o-rttinuing improvement of instruc fctthrough the exchange of teach htt'f ideas and research between mbers of the faculties of the dif f tit state colleges." Hie executive council of the East- Oregon College of Education, 1 ijprande-, is sponsoring the meet I 6If it is decided that the group b'rs faculty unification, the type Organization needed will be ex 1 fed. It is possible that final ac t ;. on unification will not be tak i ft the Bend conference. Atiaders of the group said Bend ' selected for the conference be t me of its central location in Ore ' i. All sessions are being held at 1 V Pilot Butte Inn. A panel dis i Won was a highlight of the ) ening session. College caucuses committee meetings will be I this afternoon, and commit t n reports will be given at to il, fct's dinner. ' h-ganization work will largely ' 4ipy sessions scheduled forSat- .v.. ' Delegates Listed resent for the opening of the ' ference this morning were the wing representatives of the egon colleges: tiarles Quintance. EOCE; Trav Cross, chancellor's office; Roy aTtecn, SOCE; Erwin F. Lange, Hand State; Arthur S. Taylor. EE; P. M. Brandt. OSC; Helen k. EOCE; Eva Wear, EOCE; tt Farley. OCE. fonmouth; Os $ C. Bjorlic. SOCE; John W. s, OCE; J. W. Berrvman, UO: said S. Willis, UO; Waldo Schu Hher, UO. Me H. Johnson, EOCE; Dan ley, SOCE: Marion Addy. CE; Willism Buschman. Port 1 State: Wayne W. Wells, CE: George Nightingale. EOCE; liur Krekman. SOCE: Francis toes. OCE: J. C. McAulay. CE: Charles G. Howard. Univer t of Oregon Law School ; Bill A. hpson. SOCE: Leo Friedman, ft and Forrest V. Stewart. THE s BEM Chapter Holds Annual Dinner Meeting - yf a I "Bed Cross needs everyone." it was pointed out at the annual dinner meeting .of the Deschutes county apter, last night at the Pilot Butte Inn. In the picture, left to right, are Mrs. Meredith Bailey, 8I rs, active In Red Cross activities for many years; Beverly Myers, Junior Red Cross board mem r; Hubert Jackson, field executive from Portland, and Mrs. May BeUe Mathews, retiring chapter ;'5T ,; ' : executive secretary. Red Cross Sets Participation s In County United Fund Drive At the annual meeting of the Deschutes county chap ter of the American. Red Cross, last night at the Pilot Butte Inn, the board voted to participate in the Deschutes United Community Services Fund, later this fall. ; Business at the meeting also included acceptance of the resignation of Mrs. "May Belle Mathews as executive secretary, election of committees to fill vacancies in offic Broken Spigot A broken spigot Inside the tar pot was responsible for the blaze late Thursday that resulted In considerable damage to the Coble building on Oregon avenue, E. M. Berg, operator of the Central Or egon Roofing and Sheet Metal Co., reported today. Berg, In cor recting a statement that the break was not immediately discovered, said his kettleman, Thomas Car ter, was attending the pot at the time, and, at the risk of suffering serious burns, made every effort to check the flow of liquid tar and the fire. Ralph Taylor, who was on the roof in connection with repair work, also joined in the effort to check the blaze, which followed the' tar as it flow ed through drainage gutters. When the ppigot broke, about 70 gallons of liquid tar In the 80 gallon pot escaped through the valve. Cause of the break was not determined. Berg said this was the first time in his many years of work with hot tar that such a valve break ever occurred. Reports that the fire 'was ac companied by explosions-were at tributed to bursting tires on the portable kettle.The pot Is heated by kerosene, but the kerosene tank did not explode. CONFERENCE SET Dr. J. H. Stewart, tri-county health officer, will conduct a child health conference at the school building in LaPine next Monday afternoon, the health department announced today. Mrs. Myrtle Buck, volunteer health chairman for that area; will be in charge of registration. Senator Wiley Charges Truman Played Into Communist Hands in Statements on Election Bv JOHN L. STEELE WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 fin Sen. Alexander Wiley said Fri day President Truman "played in to the Communists' hands" by claiming a Republican victory in November would mean an isola tionist Congress. Mr. Truman told his news con ference Thursday the change In administration urged by Dwlght D. Eisenhower would give the na tion an "isolationist Republican Congress' that will not mean peace. The statement angered Wiley, ranking Republican on the Sen ate Foreign Relations Committee, and Sen. John W. Brlcker (R-O.h Wllev. who will head the key committee if Republicans gain control of the Senate in Novem ber, claimed the President's re marks served only "to create fear and confusion in Europe" about what might happen to U. S. for eign policy after election day. es and act on the budget, and nomination of Ben Ham ilton as an honorary life member, J n' recognition o f many yeggs. pfcBjBrvjc',' .. The plan for tne joiht commu- nlty fund drive was presented by uuy . Durham, Salem, of the Oregon Community Chest, who explained that his organization will devote several weeks this fall to aiding in the- centralized campaign. He was introduced "by Marion Cadyv Chamber of Com merce manager. The Chamber en dorsed the plan at a forum meet ing last week. ...... ,: . . No Dissenters .. The vote followed a motion by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Sisters. There were-no dissenting votes. Signing of an agreement, and ar rangement of details, will be worked out with Durham within the next .week, It was Indicated. : Mrs. Mathews ; finds It neces sary to resign, for personal rea sons, effective Oct. 1, It was re ported : by the Rev. Robert E. Nicholas,, of the executive com mittee, who presided in the- ab sence of Ben Fanning, retiring chairman. Fanning and Mrs. E. E. Hughes, Bend, and C. E. Thompson, Redmond, were nam ed to obtain a replacement for the executive secretary. Mrs. Mathews, a Bend resident 7V4 years, held the - office the past year. - ' Mrs. Ward Coble, Harold As plnwall and Mrs. Ross Farnham were elected to the nominating committee to obtain a successor for Fanning, who Is completing a one-year term as chairman. The Rev. Mr. Nicholas, Clark Price and Ray LeBlane were named to serve on the budget committee. Beverly Myers, Junior Red Cross representative on the board, reported on the Junior Red Cross encampment which she' attended' this past summer at Silver Creek Falls. Plans are under way for (Continued on page 5) He pointed out that at the very time the President spoke, the Voice of America was claiming American foreign policy will con tinue uninterrupted regardless of the election results. The Wisconsin senator told the United Press Mr. Truman's words were ill-chosen because the Pres ident: - 1. Ignored such "Republican champions of international lead ership" as Sen. H. Alexander Smith (N. JJ and former Sen. John Sherman Cooper (Ky,), botlf of whom- are locked In election contests this year. 2. ignored the services of Re publicans' John Foster Dulles, Warren R. Austin both former senators and Sen. Charles W. Tobey (N. H.). . 3. By creating "fear and confus ion" In Europe, "only plays Into the Communists" hands because the Reds would like Elirope to be CENTRAL OREGON'S BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, 0RE6QN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER Nominee, Tail Meet in N. Y.; Reach Accord By JOHN t. CUTTER NEW YORK, Sent. 12 IIB-Sen. Robert A. Taft said Friday after a iwo-nour ureakiast conference with Republican nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower that they agree "on domestic poUcy and to a large extent on foreign policy." , , He said he will campaign for Eisenhower, will make at least one national broadcast, .and .."do everything I can In the way of making speeches; withput sacri ficing friends or principles. ' ' Taft told a press conference af ter his meeting at the general's uoiuniDia university nome that in his campaign, for Eisenhower he would bring out their differ ences on foreign policy. He said these were "differences of de gree." Obvious Bid v !ln an obvious bid to swing his own followers into the Eisenhow er campaign. Taft said it was im portant for all Replblicans of all factions to work tot the election oi a uuf president ana congress this year. -. . Taft outlined these major points: . ... 1. Taft said Eisenhower : told him he believes in the basic prin ciple of the Taft-Hartley law and was opposed to Its repeal. 2. Taft said he would be "elad to speak" in sEisenhower's behalf "on a national broadcast or any point throughout the country to tne nest oi my anility. : Agree to Point . ,s : 3.- He said both he and Elsen hower agreed on foreign policy to the extent they both were aware of the menace of Communism ana that "our success In any' war de pends on"a strong fiscal and econ omic system." : ' - : 4. The general had assured him that there would be no discrimin ation against anyone in the party, for having been a Taft supporter. 5. Taft said Elsenhower agreed with him on the need of substan tial reductions in federal spend- Ijng, with a budget jf STO.opo.OOg,. oou in .fiscal xaM ana $ou,uuv,ovurp nno in IMS 6. A balanced budget by reduc ing, taxes to $60,000,000,000 by 1955 to match expenditures. Prepared Statement " Taft. reading from a seven- page typewritten prepared state ment, said he was satisfied that Eisenhower, if elected, will carry out the program of the Republi can platform. He saw tie wouia worn ior Eisenhower, but ' did not intend to "abandon" the- principles ' for which he has fought lh Congress for the past 14 years nor tne friends who have supported him in his three bids for the GOP presidential nomination. "General Elsenhower abhors the left wing theory that the exec utive has unlimited powers" Taft said, addlne that one of the things they agreed upon was the wrongness of President Truman's seizure of tne steci industry. ,. Justices to Open Convention Here Officers of the State Associa tion of Justices of the Peace will meet tonight to map' out a pro gram for their one-day conven tion scheduled to start at 10 a.m. tomorrow In the Eagles hall. T. H. Arestad, justice of the peace of Canby, Ore., is president of the group. Ole W. Grubb, Bend, is a member of the program commit tee. ' Following their morning ses sion tomorrow, the J. P.'s will attend the Chamber of Commerce forum luncheon tomorrow noon at the Pilot Butte Inn. Close to 50 delegates are expected here for the sessions. lieve America's promises might not be kept and that there is no point In having faith In American leadership. 4. By his remarks kept Ameri ca's international affairs In a "partisan stew. His remarks and similar noise from other Demo crats is self contradictory" be cause Democrats condemn Repub licans for allegedly making for eign affairs a political Issue, whilo hurling "sneers and insults" which produce exactly such re sults. Brlcker told reporters In a sep arate Interview Democrats arc raising a "phony issue" bv claim ing a split between Elsenhower's foreign policy views and those of some mid-western senators, in cluding his own. . - - ' . Brlcker claimed on a basis of Eisenhower's foreign affairs pro nouncements to date, there are no basic differences so far as he is concerned. i : BULLETIN pAILY NEWSPAPER (Heavy Damage Classed JnCpa.i Texas Floods fo Wisconsin heese Asked At Gold Beach ! GOLD BRim ; rw o..t ; 10 JH The local Chamber of Com iherce Friday asked its members tb boycott products made in Wis- CTinRln ne InMn on t I n .. n . i . state continue to support Sen. Joseph McCarthy. . ; J In an executive session Thurs day night, the group passed a solution calling upon its mem. ers to refrain from purchasing ny Wisconsin product "as long s that state continues to support ind elect . . . Jnsenh R MrTarlhv tb the Senate of the United itates." , ". -. . ; The resolution continued, "wei 'SnectftlllV nnll nru-ln nil, fAl)mi .merican hllAinpcqman. Rannhll: dan and Democrat, to join us in iiuuing tne nation's capital of another and deadly type of 'jness'." Delegates Ready fjor Red Vetoes 1 UNITED NATIONS. N. Y.l Sept.: 12 iifl Fro-Wesiern delegates in tne United Nations Security Council got set Friday for a new rash of Russian vetoes. -' ' They expected retiring ' Soviet Delegate Jacob A. Malik to say' "Nyet" to applications of JaDan. Libya, Laos, Cambodia and Vlct Nam for membership to the world organization, Malik admitted .Wednesday he Would .veto :th'e. amlhatioiift.uiiMa; Weitewi' -delegates 'admit'. simuIW-; neously nine Western - backed na tions and five Communist controll ed states,' ,. - - - The Council spurned an effort by Malik last ,week to blackjack the U-natlon group Into giving his "nine-for-flve" proposal blanket approval; ' Malik, who will sail for Moscow soon, thus earned . somewhat du bious recognition as a horse trader, for he previously had vetoed at tempts to admit the states to the U. N,i on their individual merits. No Bids Received On Dam Project No bids were received yester day by the U. S. Bureau of Rec lamation office In Bend for about $60,000 worth of work preliminary to the rehabilitation of the Savage Rapids dam on the Rogue River near Grants Pass, a project to be supervised from the Bend office of the bureau. Bids were sought on work call ing for the excavation of the spill way channel, repair of the down stream apron and replacement of the highway drain, to clear the way for the major contract in 1953. The Savage Rapids dam work was authorized by the last session of congress, with the overall cost estimated at around $700,000. En gineers had hoped to get some of the preliminary work done before start of the major project. since no bids were received yes terday, the lesser project will now be. Incorporated in the overall proj ect, with bids expected to be call ed about May 1, 1953. Outage is Caused By Power Failure Central Oregon communities were without power for a short time this morning, about 9 o'clock, as the result of a power failure on the Bonneville line, between' Bonne ville and The Dalles. When the Bonneville power was lost, distrib uting plants in various communi ties "kicked out," and there was a short delay before service could be resumed. No Information was available here as to the cause of the failure on the Bonneville circuit. 'Mess in Washington' August. 1951 Truman re fuses to censure Chairman Boyle for - American IJthofold connec tions. - September. 1951 Delaney In dicted for tax fixing and bribery. Convicted January, 1952. September, 1951 San Fran olseo Collector Jamea Smyth and B'Othen In office suspended. 12. 19S2 'Party of Past' Label Pinned On Opposition LOS ANGELES, Sept 12 flR-Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson moves into the Southwest Friday after a vigorous attaok here against the "eallanlrie reaction" of the Republican Party, wnicn ne qaiieq- - a party o: the past . , -. ;thes party of fear." ; The' Democratic ' presidential nominee, who made two speeches here; leaves "for a three-slop tour of Phoenix and Tucson; Ariz., and Albuquerque, N. M. ' ' Stevenson's managers -were elated after their candidate's ad dresses here one to a group of bankers and businessmen, and the other Thursday night to a capacity crowd of about 8,000 persons at Shrine Auditorium. . . .. ;- He asserted Thursday night that the Truman administration had driven Communists "out of any Places of responsibility they may have gained in our society." l::A. . Changes Address . "We will expose and identify them at every step along the way," he said. A -;' ;:;;: -A-i. In his .prepared text ho followed this sentence by saying, "We will not permit them to return." . -1 As his speech was delivered, however, he dropped this particu lar sentence as he did a number, of other sentences to conform with radio and television Ume.'- : '-' I He charged the Republican Party time after time had Underestimated the need and wants of the. country' .and-thef'pcojil,,! " "ftfvi"- "We have met great power needs, great irrigation needs, great resource needs In the last 20 years,", he said, .'"but each-move to meet them has been systematic ally opposed or attacked or under cut by the members of the party of the past the boys whose ele phant cannot figure out whether to follow its trunk or its tall." y.' ' .Denial -Made 'AA Stevenson denied the Democrats favored '(creeping socialism" and said that "there's something else I dislike just as much and that's galloping reaction." The Democratic nominee called on the American .people to have faith In themselves a n d their country's future. In his Town Hall address here, Stevenson again discussed the cor ruption Issue. Ho said any "swin dling" In government could find a counterpart In private industry and said such occasional dishonesty cost American businessmen $1,000,000,000 each year. He denied Republican charges that corruption was prevalent in the current administration and ac cused his opponents of trying to sell a "phony folklore" that "all Democrats are profligates." . Chinese Soldier Flees Red Army PANMUNJOM, Sept. 12 (IB-A Chinese soldier smashed through a Communist roadblock at the northern end of the Panmunjom neutral zone In a 2-ton truck Thursday night and escaped to Al lied lines. The soldier from Red China's "volunteer" army in Korea, clutch ing a burp gun in one hand raced through the middle of the truce village In a Russian-built truck. An American soldier at the south ern end of the neutral zone, Pfc. Roy L. Thompson of St. Louis, Mo., saw the Chinese was going to smash through the barrier. He raised it and let the speeding truck through. The Chinese surrendered to U. S. Marines manning a roadblock far ther south when he ran out of gas. It was the second time In a week n Communist has surrendered to the U. N. from the neutral zone. Last Friday, a security officer as signed to the truce talk area sur rendered to U, N, guards just out side the circle. Several months ago, two North Korean soldiers surrendered by running down the road from the conference area to the. safety of U. S. Marine outposts. The Chinese was disarmed and started back through channels to Join 14,000 Chines prisoners who have said they would rather die than return to Communism. The truck wos impounded. Brujns Open Grid Season . High school football spirit will flame anew tonight when th& Bend High School ,Lava Bears square off against the Madras High School White Buffaloes at Biuln field, starting at 8 p. m It Is the opening game of the sea sons' schedule for both squads, i Although he is not unduly pes simistic, poach Bud Robertson bet lleves his boys face quite a chore In taming the Buffalo herd front Madras before the final whistle signals the end of the contest. ' " coach' Bob Pollard appeared to have a well balanced team at the Jamboree last Friday at Prlne ville, and the Madras boys proved their mettle by being the ohly team to. score against-the Red mond Panthers, a team of pretty neny nign scnooi football vetert ans. This, at least, was some; thing Bend was unable to do in its 12 minutes of play against the rantners. -.. 1 -Through the line the Madras team will outweigh the . Lava Bears by several pounds to .the man, although the backfields are about equal so far as poundage Js concerned, ' , ,. ; . , j ' Both teams,' with minor excep tions, will employ the same start ing lineups that opened hostili ties at the 'Jamboree, although Robertson expects to use plenty of replacements to determine, if Sossible, how much dependable epth he has to his Bruin squad. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 im-The Agriculture1 department said Fri day that the hog disease, vesicular exanthema, has been stamped out in iu of tne 23 states where It broke out this summer, i : It said federal r state slaughter programs are being carried out in 10 other states and officials expect to finish "eradication measures" as rapidly as possible. The department said that exclud ing California and New Jersey an estimated 165,000 hogs have been infected with the disease. Of this number, it said, about 26,000 have been destroyed. It said these states are now free of the disease: Alabama, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa. Maryland. North Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vir ginia, and Washington. in its progress report, the de partment said federal Quarantines remain In effect In the entire state or California; parts of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and' town ships one and two north, range one east of Willamette meridian in Multnomah county, Oregon. unaer tne cooperative slaughter program, the states share on a 50-50 basis with the government the cost of indemnities to producers who kill Infected swine. Vesicular exanthema is, a disease similar to foot and mouth disease, causing blisters on the animals' tongues and hooves, but it strikes only hogs and not cattle, sheep, and other a n 1 m a I 8 susceptible to foot-and-mouth. Industrial Group Sets Meet Here A second meeting of Governor Douglas McKay's industrial de velopment committee Is scheduled for Bend on Saturday, Sept. 20, it was reported today by wiirreu Jossy, one of the leaders who took part in the orgunjzntion of the committee, and who is now Its act ing chairman. The committee has undertaken a comprehensive survey of the indus trial potential in every part of the state for the purpose ot endeavor ing to bring new industries into Oregon. Numerous reports have been complied which are made available to those who might be planning on starting a new Industry within the state. Sid Woodbury, Portland Industral ist, was the first chairman of the committee but since his withdraw al, Joasy was asked by the gover nor to serve as active head of the committee until a new perm anent chairman could be named. The committee originally wss to have met here last Saturday but the date was changed until Sept. 20 because of the conven tion of the Oregon Bar here last week. Disease Stamped Ouf in 10 Slates" Bend Forecast Fair Saturday! high Pit day 69 to 73; low Friday' night 35 to 40; high Satur- ,- day 70 to 75. . . , No. 237 NEW BRAUNFELS. Tex.' Rent . 12 an A half dozen angry streams slowly receded Friday after. flood waters spilled . over : their banks.-: kUled five persons and did "mil-. lions" of dollars of damage in Central Texas. : .. j- . .-; . - Only four days ago .the same area was parching under a multi million - dollar drought that de stroyed thousands of acres ot Tex as croplands. . 4 Boiling Cibola Creek ' and the Guadalupe, Blanco, Comal, San Marcos and Pedernales rivers dropped after reaching -record-breaking crests and flooding some 74,000 acres. Wide Area Petted Rain, which pelted a wide area' ot Texas from the Gulf Coast to ' 225 miles inland to the northwest, and was unofficially measured in the Central Texaa area . at: 22.9 Inches, stopped early today. ? Cuero- and Victoria. Tex., still were in the path of the torrential waters, but an extensive chain of large dams on the Colorado River, into which most of the flooded rivers and streams flow,-began ab sorbing tho flood ; as the crest roared seaward. Lake Travis, one of the huge lakes held back by the Lower. Colorado River Authority's system of dams, rose 35 feet in iseven hours. . ';E-HW:r kllled by rain. or , iiooa ana tour . were nussina today. At the height of. the flood Thursday,' seven, cities were com pletely Isolated or partly-flooded. .AAA Men 'Marooned .. ..A Boats were sent to reach three men marooned on a high tension power pole near Seguiri, Tex., and another six men trapped in the . Seguin filtering, pumping and elec tric light plant, which was sur rounded by ! water. Helicopters dropped food to them. Sen. Lyndon Johnson' of Texas escaped serious Injury or death when the Btnall Piper Cub which he and his pilot occupied attempt ed to take off from a washed-out farm road near his Johnson City home. He was headed for McAllen to keep a speaking engagement and the small craft slipped and skidded Into a big oak jree, thrust ing a limb of the tree through the plane's wing. An estimated 700 families were evacuated from their homes in the New Bradnfels area, cut by two of the rampaging rivers, and the. city's semi-weekly newspaper, the Herald, -said it was the worst flood since 1935. Helicopters Used . Helicopters thrown Into rescue work by San Marcos Air Force Base picked scores . of persons from housetop and treetop perches in 50 separate missions Thursday. - Communications throughout the area were disrupted and power failed. . - All rail traffic north from San San Antonio was halted by floods between there and Austin. The Katy Flyer, a swift Missouri-Kansas-Texas dlesel-powered stream liner, was stalled by a washout three miles south of New Braunfels with 100 passengers aboard who were removed in trucks to dry ground. A" 1 Hearing Planned On Zone Change An adjourned meeting of the Bend city planning commission will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in the city hall to hear persons who are for or against the pro posed zone change affecting prop erties in and near the Lytle Acre tract, in the north part of the city. Tonight's meeting was adjourn ed from last Monday night, to make it possible for Interested ' persons to appear before the com mission. Details of the proposed zone change were presented in legal notices In The Bulletin this week, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednes day. FIRE RUN MADE A short in electric wiring was blamed by firemen for a minor fire Thursday evening at 500 Roanoke. The property is owned by R. B. O'Leary. Firemen answered a still alarm at 11 p. m and reported slight damage. At Least Rye Persons Dead; Waters Drop