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Univ. of Oregon-Library Forecast Fair today through Sun day; high both days 30-35; tow tonight 10-15. Min. last night 11 degrees. 52nd Year One Nationalist Air Force Says 20 More Red Ships Blasted By WILLIAM MIL1JSB I'nlted Press Staff Correspondent TAIPEI, Formosa (UP) The Nationalist Air Force announced it sank or damaged 20 more Com munist ships today many of them loaded with troops in a new battle off Taislian Island, 120 miles north of Formosa. The Air Force said today's at tack against the Communist inva sion buildup brought to 41. the number of Red vessels put out of action in a 24-hour period. The others were destroyed in an air-sea bat lie yesterday in the same area. Military sources said the troop Eden Leaves For Bangkok Conference LONDON (UP) Foreign Sec retary Anthony Eden )et( London by plane today for the Bangkok Conference where he may be able to help fashion a new Anglo American approach to a Formosa cease-fire. His first stop is Rome and then Cairo, where he will confer briefly Willi Premier Carnal Abdel Nasser. His formal mission will be to join the other member nations of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organ ization (SEATO), in shaping the structure of their Asian defense organization to halt Red aggres sion. But there will be direct talks with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and the possibility of realigning Anglo-American pol icy on Formosa which was severe ly strained by Dulles' recent speech. Dulles' remarks on the defense of the Nationalist - held offshore islands of Matsu and Quemoy clashed headon with British feel . ings-that their surrender to Pel ping might pave the way for a cease-fire. Previous efforts to cool the crisis appeared stalemated as Eden de parted the United Nations in vitation to the Chinese Reds, Brit ish-Indian approaches to Moscow and Peiping, and Russia's call for a 10-power conference that would Ignore Nationalist China. Dulles left Washington Friday afternoon for Bangkok with the prediction the three-day confer ence which opens Wednesday would make a "real contribution toward the peace and security of the future." The members of SEATO are the United States, The Philippines, Pakistan, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Britain and France. In the main SEATO conference the delegates will move to tighten the alignment of the free nations against further Communist ad vances in Southeast Asia. Morse Welcome To Demo Fold WASHINGTON (UP) Demo cratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler said yesterday Sen. Wayne Morse's decision to become a Dem ocrat proves there is no room in the Republican party for "an inde pendent' a liberal, or an enlight ened conservative." Butler, in a letter welcoming the Oregon Senator into the Democrat ic fold, said Morse's "example will have the effect of convincing count less thinking Americans that they can best serve their highest hopes for America by . active enlistment in the Democratic party." Morse bolted the GOP" in 19K and campaigned for Democrat Ad lai E. Stevenson for President. He then became an Independent. Hi! single vote last month gave tht Democrats control of the Senate ir the 84th Congi-ess. Senate Democrats also welcomec Morse into the party. Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore) said hf would support Morse in 1956 anc predicted his re-election. Neuberg er said Morse could still be "inde pendent" while a member of the Democratic party. Sen. Earle C. Clements, actinc Senate Democratic leader, said "the Democratic party is big enough, broad enough for anyone who is interested in progress of this country to become a mem ber." "It can't be said he (Morse) took this step without doing every thing possible to reform the Re publican parly." Kefauver said. HOl'SFS ADJOlHtf SA1.FM (UP) Both houses of the state Legislature adjourned for, they can be cultivated. Central Or the weekend yesterday after re- egon District of ficials plan to start versing an earlier decision to be-l watering fields this coming month gin Saturday sessions this week. 1 wrll Hi advam-v of me Irrigation THE Section convpy was en route from the Communist port of Foochow to Taishan where it was believed the Reds hoped to mount an invasion of either Nanchi or Matsu islands, two of the main Nationalist out posts of the China Coast. Night-long Bombing Nationalist planes bombed Communist-held Taislian through out tlie night, sinking or heavily damaging an unidentified ship. Air and sea patrols set out at dawn for the troop convoy reported by Na tonalut intelligence. The heavy Nationalist action em phasized belief in Taipei the Com munists were preparing major assaults against Nanchi, northern most outpost, and Matsu which one of the .two most important liases. The other is Quemoy. The Taishan Gui-rison strength was estimated at 600 men and the Communists have made frantic at tempts to strengthen it since the Nationalists evacuated the Tachens. Nationalist sources esti mated 2000 reinforcements were drowned in yesterday's battle and an unknown number today. The Nationalists reported wiping out 2 Communist vessels yester day and the possible sinking of a submarine. The Air. Force reported a sub marine, possibly Russian, surfaced near the Communist-held island during the sea battle and was ma chine-gunned and bombed. The Air Force said the subma rine was sunk, but the Ministry of National Defense said it would not issue a communique on the submarine until its sinking was authenticated. No oil slick wreckage was reported. The semi-official Chinatone News Agency, meanwhile, reported Rus sia has turned ov?r three more 3,000-ton destroyers to Red China The reports caused concern here because in the past the Commu nist Navy has been too puny to attempt an attack on Formosa, Nicaragua Next Stop for Nixon TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (IP) Ailing Vice President Richard M. Nixon leaves Honduras today for Nicaragua, sixth stop on his goodwill tour of Central America and the Caribbean. Nixon and his party are sched uled to leave for Managua aboard his special plane. In addition to Honduras, he already has visited Cuba, Mexico; Guatemala, and El Salvador. Although suffering from a cold, Nixon carried out his complete schedule on the last day of his visit to Honduras. Motoring some 50' miles over dusty, winding moun tain roads for the commencement exercises at the PanAmerican In stitute of Agriculture. In his address to the graduates, Nixon included an appeal to pri vate companies in Central Ameri ca to aid social and economic de velopment in the area by shunning a "profits only" motivation. Probe Bogged Down at Salem SALEM (UP) Investigation of the ambush slaying of Erwin Orcn Kaser, prominent Silverton hop grower, was bogged down today and police said no motive had been found for the slaying. Kaser, 49, was killed by rifle fire late Thursday night as he drove into the driveway of his home, two miles south of Silverton. His slayer was believed concealed some 75 yards from the drive. Dr. Homer Harris of the state rime laboratory ordered a ballis tics test of the four .30 calibre bullets fired into the automobile. 1 Plenty of Water in Early Irrigation Planned in Area Despite the fact that Central Oregon is experiencing its driest winter in decades, a 1000-second-foot head of water is flowing past 3end in the Deschutes channel, ?nd the volume Is expected to In crease when upriver reservoirs iverflow. Means of "capturing" some of his direct flow that is now rac ing north to the Columbia and on to the ocean W being studied. Irrieationists report that their lands are now so dry. as a result of the arid fall and winter, that the soil must be dampened before BEND' Bend, Deschutes County. French Press Bitter After Pineau Defeat By WII.BIR I-ANDKKV I lulled PrtNd Staff Correspondent PARIS (UP)-The National As sembly rejected Christian Pineau today as premier and was'immed- iately denounced in the Krench press for pushing France 'toward catastrophe." A rising crescendo of editorial criticism called the members of the assembly "demolishers" and "ahsui-d" and demanded reforms to end the condition that has left France without a government for 15 days. There even was doubt France could send an official representa tive to the SEATO conference in Bangkok which opens Wednesday and the Foreign Office caretakers met today to decide what to do. French anger mounted and com municated "itself toPresident Rene Coty whose third choice for pre mier since the downfall of Pierre Mendes - France was rejected by a humiliating, 312 to 268 vote. Although the vote against Social ist Pineau came well after mid night Coty began calling the balky party leaders on the red carpet at Elysee Palace and. told them to pick the next candidate them selves. Considers Fourth Designate The leaders agreed to meet this morning and report back to Coty on the main lines of any program on which they could agree. Coty hoped to name his fourth premier - designate by early even ing. ' , ' '- ' ' : There was no immediate predic tion who that candidate might be but there was speculation it might be a member of Mendes-France's radical Socialists or another Inde pendent. Edgar Faure, who served only a few days as foreign min ister in Mendes-France's cabinet, was mentioned as a possibility. Paris newspapers were quick to lash the National Assembly for its failure to do anything about the government crisis that has seen France stand on the sidelines dur ing half a month of major world developments. The right - wing newspaper L'Aurore called the deputies "de molishers" and suggested that the ask their constituents what they think of them now. It said the dep uties had "overthrown" Mendes- France, "torpedoed" Antoine Pinay, "eliminated with interest" Pierre Pflimlin and suggested they were ready to "assassinate" any one who follows Pineau. Lodge Expected To Stay Closed PORTLAND (UP) ' Negotia tions between the Forest Service and Timberline Lodge, Inc., were broken off late yesterday, and the corporation attorney said it ap peared highly Improbable the lodge would be reopened in the near future. Rueben Lenske, lodge attorney, said (he negotiations were under taken in an attempt to ootain For est Service permission to operate the lodge until Feb. 22. Ttip rpcnrt udc nrrlerpd rinsed to guests after Ihi Sandy Electric Co-operative shut off electric service. Lenske said the lodge manage ment had hoped to have the Mt. Hood resort open over the Wash- ington holiday, when at least 200 skiers from Washington state were expected to use the ski facilities, Car Qve&Jb Deschutes Channel season, to wet their fields. North of Crooked river. North Unit farmers also hope to turr water into their big diversion can al earlier than usual this season to moisten lands that have already been whipped by dust this month and may suffer extensively from dust storms in the early spring. However. It is pointed out by A. E. Perry. Deschules watermas ter, there will not be enough direct low in the Deschutes to care for the early irrigation of all the dis tricts. He hones to sneest nr nnements tinder which the COI ind It associnted districts can ob iin water earlv in Murch. then re lease some of this direct flow lat er In the early spring id the North CENTRAL OREGON'S Oregon, Saturday. Scouts Assigned New Area Chief James D. Harpole, a graduate' from the University of Washing? ton with the class of 1948, has been named executive Of the Mo doc area council of the Boy Scouts of America. Harpole, whose headquarters will be in Klamath Falls, replaces Harold Shearer,- who was trans ferred to Visalia, Calif., in Jan uary. Harpole has taken over his duties as administrator of an area that includes the Fremont district- in Central Oregon. The new Scout executive has been a professional Scout worker for six years. He is married and. has two children. Harpole was in Eugene when named to the Scout post east of the Cascades. Western Powers Skeptical Oyer Soviet Proposal By BRUCE V. MUNN United PrCNs Staff Correspondent UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UP) Soviet Russia's proposal for the destruction of all nuclear weapons brought quick skepticism today from Washington and speculation from London that the Kremlin fears the West is getting too big a lead in the hydrogen bomb race. United Nations observers said the proposal would make any agreement on outlawing atomic and' hydrogen bombs even more difficult. . . The Russian proposal that all nations destroy their stockpile j of nuclear weapons came only a few houi-s after the United Stales de tonated an atomic device in the Nevada desert to open the 1955 series of nuclear tests. It followed less than two days the announce ment in London that Britain is building the hydrogen bomb as the main deterrent to war. Program Too Generalized Officials in Washington said the Soviet recommendation . for "an appropriate international control for observation" of the disarma ment program was too generalized. They said Moscow should spell out its ideas in concrete terms. Washington .said the Soviet pro posal is unacceptable unless Rus sia is willing to accept a foolproof International inspection system to insure atomic disarmament. It was noted that Russia had consist ently refused to accept any such inspection system that would allow checks on her pledges to live up to prohibition of atomic weapons. Washington officials also were skeptical over the proposal that all nations should freeze the strength of their armed forces on Jan. 1, 1955 levels. This," they said, would rule out rearmament of West Germany and Japan and would give the Communist bloc a vast military manpower superiority over the Western powers. The American stockpile of atomic weapons, they noted, has been the main Western counter balance against the mass armies of Russia and its Communist satel lites. Britain Making II llonll. In London, observers said the Soviet proposal was evidence of the Kremlin's growing concern over the West gaining a 2 to 1 advantage in the H-bomb race. Britain announced Thursday that it too is producing an H-bomb. The sources said that Britain had no intention of changing its pre vious stand linking nuclear dis armament with the overall reduc- tion of conventional arms. Unit. ' In this manner, Perry points out, both big segregations can use the direct flow of the river while eon serving their reservoir storage for the regular crop seasons. The usimlly heavy flow in thr Deschutes in mid-winter, in a pe riod of aridity, Is attributed lo In flow from big springs in the upper Deschutes country. These SDrlngs miniature rivers and streams are being fed by pro'ind water thRt 'ell as snow and rain more than a year ago. Both the Wickiuo and Crane "mine reservoirs, on the unper Deschutes, are near maximum ca-pecltle. BULLETIN DAILY NEWSPAPER February 19, 1955 DEATH CAR A Bend navy man, Richard Darst, was fatally injured in the early morning hours when hit ear flipped over on Harriman street after striking a curb, The fatal accident oc cured on Harriman at the rear of St. Charles Memorial Hospital, and the youth died In the hos pital shortly after being received. Two companions escaped with minor injuries. (Bend Bulletin Photo by Web Loy.) 1 Bend Proves Magic Name For Couple Bend was a magic name for a local couple, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cleveland of North Pacific Prod ucts, on their visit to Chicago ear lier this week. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland are east on a selling (rip, lining up outlets for Ihe boy glider planes being manufactured by North Pacific Products. Cleveland decided to get in touch with the buyer at Sears Roebuck & Co., Mr. Lansing. Cleveland called for an appoint ment, and was told by a secre tary that Lansing was booked for an . entire week. Nevertheless, Cleveland visited the store's head quarters, to leave some samples of tha new glider, "Skyfiydr . 'ijHising noticed Cleveland's" card and his home address, Bend, Ore gon, tie asked that me Bend man be brought to his office "muy pronto." The Sears Roebuck official, it developed, was stationed in the Bend area during World War II, There are some 25 veterans of the Battle of Bend" In Chicago who still meet once a month. Lansing wanted' to know all about Bend of 1955, and . asked that Cleveland send him some pic tures or post cards, "or anything showing Bend today." This request was forwarded lo the Bend Cham ber of Commerce office here by Cleveland, who will be in the east for a month or so yet. Oh. yes Lansing said he would put Sky-Flyer in his retail stores this spring. The Clevelands report a fine re ception for their new models in the east, with orders being receiv ed so fast they may have to hur ry back home to assist in produc tion. Hill Says School Plan 'Wrecked' WASHINGTON (UP)-Sen. Lister Hill said today that criticism by experienced educators has made a wreck" of president Eisenhower s program of federal aid for helping states build more schools. The Alabama Democrat is chair man of the Senate Labor Commit tee which has been considering the President's school - construction blueprint. Hill's committee was told Friday that lop educators In 37 states are critical of the plan This thing is a wreck after the testimony of experienced educa tors," Hill claimed. Hill', himself an opponent of the administration plan, is sponsoring a bill of his own which emphasizes lutright federal grants rather than the loan programs favored by the idministration. President Eisenhower has recom mended that Ihe government put up $1. 120.000.000 almost all of it in loans lo spur a total fed- ral-stale-local outlay of 7-billion dollars on school buildings over a Ihree-year period. Opposition of state education ad- minstrators was conveyed to Ihe committee directly and Indirectly Witnesses from Florida, Ohio, and alifornin testified personally. Com ments of top educators trom, M other states were read to the com mittee. fU!'SKO TO DEATH SWEET HOME (UP) Gunnar Frcy, 42-year-old Sweet Home log- ger. was crushed lo death by a rolling log yesterday while felling timber on Talley Creek, about 18 miles from here. ECollotnig Yyhh Trade Program Facing Tough Time In Senate After Passage in House By DAYTON MOORK United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON (UP) TJi e President's foreign trade program, approved by the House by only a razor-thin margin in a bitter tariff fight, headed today for another rough baltle in the Senate. , Support mounted in Ihe upper chamber, particularly among Re publicans from industrial slates, for watering tfown the trade leg islation by trimming the Pres ident's tariff - cutting powers. Under the bill, the President is now free to override the Tariff Commission when It recommends tariff increases or import quotas on foreign goods which it has de termined are harming American industries. , , .).; . President Given AMiirance This was a crucial issue in the House fight. And the House voted Airliner Overdue In New Mexico SANTA FE, N.M. (UP) A trans- World airliner -with 13 passengers and three crew members aboard was more than two hours overdue on a flight from Albuquerque and Santa Fe today. Light snow whipped through the air by gusty winds was falling be tween the two cities. State police said a plane was heard flying low through a snow shower in the vicinity of Madrid, N.M., south of here about 7:30 a.m. (MST) the time it was sup posed to have landed here. A coalyard worker at Madrid reported hearing the plane.- If it was the missing aircraft, K was off course to the east and approach ing a rugged range of scraggy mountains. Stale police said the coalyard worker observed the plane but didn't know whether it was the same type as that missing. He said it was flying in an easterly direc tion. Search planes from throughout the area began taking to the air in search of the craft. The Civil Aeronautics Authority in Snnta Fe said there was no rad contact whatsoever with the plane after it left Albuquerque. The plane was a twin-engined Martin Skyllner. Slate police began an immediate ground search between the two cities. Dilliard Praises Education Board EUGENE (UP) Irving Dilliard. editor of the editorial page of the St. Louis Posl-Dispalch, congralu Inled the Oregon State Board of Higher Education yesterday for slicking lo Its plans to Invite Dr Robert Oppenheimer lo speak at three 'Oregon colleges this sprint. Dilliard, in a talk at the 3Slh annual Oregon Press Conference, said the hoard was lo be congratu lated for not being sweot off Its feet in the hvsterla. "Die board has isked Dr. Oppenheimer to Roeak il Orepon State, University of Ore gon nnd Portland Slnle this soring. The University of Washington has de"idnd not lo do so. The Amos E. Voorhies award for ditinniished community service ws given to A'ton Baker Sr. niib- lloher of Hie Eupene Register- Guard. It was presented at a din nor meetlnsr addresed bv PalmT Hot. editor and nuhllsher of the Dnver Post who snoke on the ro'eilttemnted to set fire to a down- of a newspaper as a community 'servant. . Eight Pages 206-199 to extend the President's tariff-cutting authority only, after he gave his personal assurance that "no American Industry would be joepardized. The house then voted 295 to 110 to approve the over-all adminis tration trade program. It will meet lis first Senate test after the Fi nance Committee holds hearings on the legislation, in 10 days or two weeKS. Severai GOP senators said pri vately they believe the Presi dent's authority to override Tariff Commission suggestions should be trimmed. One said American in dustry is coming to feel It does little good to take a hardship case to the Tariff Commission If the President can reverse protection granted oy rne commission. Eleventh Hour Appeal The House approved the trade bill only after the President's 11th hour appeal and an impassioned plea by House GOP Leader Jo seph W. Martin Jr. (Mass). Even then, the administration needed strong Democratic support to win over GOP-led opposition. On the key Issue Rep. Daniel A. Reed's (R-NY) proposal to keep the President from overruling the Tariff Commission except when national .security required It a total of 140 Democrats and 6G Re publicans voted to keep the Pres ident's present power intact. Voting with Reed were 119 Re publicans and 80 Democrats. After the House approved the measure, the President issued a statement saying , he was "grat ified." Heisaid the trade program "is of tremendous significance to the economic health and security of the United Stales and our friends In the free world." U.S. Freedom Being Eroded) Warren Notes ST, LOUIS (UP) United States Chief Justice Earl Warren said to day that "processes of erosion" arc threatening American freedom. Bui. "Ihe fabric of our liberties is still far from undermined," said .Mr. Warren, Ihe keynote speaker of Ihe second century convocation at Washington University here. 'Powerful forces arc at work in the world both to preserve liberty and extinguish It," he said. "The Interplay of hope and fear, be lief and doubt, determination and frustration keeps the affairs of mankind and the minds of people in a state of turbulence ... that destroys perspective und clouds the vision." The Chief Justice snid "We can not delegate to any or all of our governmental representatives Ihe full responsibility for protection o' our freedoms from Ihe processor of erosion." "Such protection," he said, "can he had only through an under standing on the part of Individual citizens of what -these freedom? are, how they came into being and whether their solrit dominates our Institutions and the life of our country." Vnt'TIi f'f.KARKO PORTLAND (UP) - Gerald R. Kldd. 24, of Portland was cleared of attempted arson yesterday by a Multnomah county grand jury. The erand Jury returned a not true bill to a charge that Kiddi town burlesque theater in Ihe mid Idle of show recently. High and Low Max. yesterday, 34 degrees. Sunset today, 5:40. Sunrise tomorrow. 6:57. .Ho. 64 Richard Darst Dies in Crash A young navyman home - oh leave, Richard C. Darst, 22, Bend High school graduate and ex-Lava Bear, was fatally injured In' an automobile accident , here - this morning at about 2:30. Two companions, Larry Shaffer, 22, Bend, and Harry D. Lasater, 25, Myrtle Creek, escaped with minor Injuries. The accident occured on Harri man street, Immediately east of St. Charles Memorial Hospital, and the Bend youth died In the hospi tal shortly after being received, , . The fatal accident, Bend's first, in a little more than a year,' oc curred when a car reportedly op erated by Darst failed to make the turn into Harriman from the l 1 1 n-wtiy jregun-narromun,'mva Road intersection. Track marks Indicate that the car went over the curb between Hawthorne and Greeley, struck an alley curb, flipped over and skid-' ded some distance on its back. - Shaffer, dazed and suffering from shock, wandering nearby. Both he and Lasater received first aid at the hospital. Only Few Blocks . . Investigating officers said rub ber marks Indicated that the death car had traveled only a few blocks irom the downtown area on Ore gon between Wall and Bond to Harriman. : , , Survivors said Darst was drlv. Ine when the; accident occured. uincerg nave: not yet compietea their report dealing with the prob able cause nf the ncrfrfont- Track marks indicate that the cat carrying the three youths moved southeast on Oregon to the three-way intersection with con siderable speed, officers said. No other car was involved. Dick was the son of Mr. and . T- . . . A T". . I , wii eji iil-si n, irarsi, wno 'live . nn eimulnnj .,,. ....... L. ..I .U n T1 I city limits. The father is a logging' contractor. When attend nc Henri H uh school, Dick played varsity foot ball in his senior year, holding down a halfback berth. He was also a trackman, and specialized in the javelin. He earned two track letters. 1953 Graduate Dick was a member of the Let terman's club, and headed that group as president In his senior vear. He entered the U.S. Navy following his graduation from high anhnnl in 1tl Aside from his parents, Dick s survived bv a sister, Joanne. Fu neral services are pending, with the Niswonger-Winslow chapel In charge. . ' The traffic fntallty was the first to occur in Bend since Feb. 4, 1954. when Arlen McNeil, 21. died when a car In which he was rid '" crashed into a tree on U.S. 97 near the north city limits. I Treaty Ratified By SEATO Group MANILA (UP) The SEATO nations ratified their collective de fense treaty of Sept. 8, 1954, in a simple 23-mlnule ceremony today., Carlos P. Garcia, vice president and foreign secretary, began re ceiving the instruments of ratifica tion from diplomatic representa tives in the main hall of the new Department of Foreign Affairs building at 11 a.m. The powers presented their doc uments of ratification in alphabetic cal order Australia. France, New Zealand, Pakistan, Ihe Philippines, Thailand, United Kingdom of Brit ain and Northern Ireland, and Ihe United Slates. Tweniy-three minutes later the ceremony was over, and Garcia lec'.ared the "Southeast Asia Col lective Defense Treaty and Ihe n-otocol thereto are in full force and effect." HOW TO LIVE TO BE A HUNDRED . hint no. i To live to lw a hilndrfil. Irlrntlflt my. ntar out of arvumvnU. Among 1.K00 known centenarian there were no chronic ara-uerm. And there'a nn arsument whatever about the excellent reaalu Bulletin Claettfied ada brlns. Through Want Ada vou aell. rent, hire help and pro long vour life throuth better hvlnst Phone 66 tor an ad-writer. Near Hospital
