Forecast
ll rniii U.S. Wrather Burou. Portland)
Variable clouds through
Friday; high Friday 41-47;
low ror.ialir 20-25.
4 Sections
Two Men Interrupted While
Attempting to Burglarize
Eastern Oregon Mills Plant
Two men attempting to burglar
ize the safe at Eastern Oregon
Mills, 110 E. Greenwood, were in
terrupted last night and fled as
police cars squealed to a stop in
Ji int of the business. .
The two were flushed empty
handed from the building shortly
before 9:30 p.m. by George Short,
manager, who lives on the prem
ises.
While his wife drove their car
to a garage at the rear of the
building. Short entered through
the front office end noticed that
merchandise from display shelves
scattered over the floor.
He told police he heard some-
Demonstrations
Being Planned
For Hobby Show
Several organizations are plan
'ning special demonstrations and
programs at the Fifth Annual Hob
by Show to be held in Reed
Thompson school Saturday and
Sunday.
Among groups planning special
presentations are the Cascade
Camera club, the Weavers guild
and the Deschutes County Pioneer
association.
The camera club will present a
showing of slides each hour
throughout the two day show.
A display of items of historical
interest will be set up in a room
of (he school by the pioneer asso
ciation, while the Weavers guild
will conduct demonstrations of
weaving arts in another class
room. The show will be open Saturday
from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday
from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Hobby and handicraft displays
will be set up in the auditorium
ol the building. A large number
of school children and adults have
submitted entry blanks to the city
recreation department, co-sponsoring
the show with the Reed-
Thompson Parent - Teachers asso
ciation. Entry blanks for inclusion in the
annual show are available at the
recreation office in the city hall,
the county library and the Cham
ber of Commerce. No entry fee is;
charged.
Other special demonstrations
planned for the show include one
on leather crafts by Lloyd Reed
of Reed's Leather shop.
Final Check
Of Snow Set
In Forecast
A snow survey crew moved Into
the mid-Oregon Cascades today for
a final check on snow depth and
moisture content prior to the an
nual water forecast meeting, to be
held in the Redmond grange hall
on Friday. April 1.
The Trhee Creeks lakes snow
course was to be measured today,
with Hal Biggerstaff and Ted Thor-
son aboard the snow tractor on its
trip into the mountain. Tomorrow
the tractor and Its crew will go
into the Dutchman Flat area, west
of Bend, then later in the week
will be moved south into Waldo
lake, on to the Willamette pass
and Windigo. then to Diamond
lake. Glen Birchfield will accom
pany Biggerstaff on some of the
swings into the snowy mountains.
It is expected that the crew
will find much greater snow
depths and more potential irriga
tion water than on the February
survey.
In connection with this year's
water forecast meeting, a full-day
program is planned, according to
information from W. T. Frost, in
chnrce of snow surveys Mnd fore
casts. From 9 to 12 on April 1, at
the Redmond meetin". Fiwl nnr'
his mid - Oregon committee will
pieoare a water forecast for the
coming irrigation season.
At 1:30. George Smith of the
SCS will discuss "Sols in Rela
tion to Water." and from 2 to 2:30
p m., George Watt, of the Bend
nfl.ie, SCS. will discuss "Water
Management."
F. R. Jackman of the OSC ex
tension service will also be on the
oftemoon program and will review
possible crop adjustments. R. W
Sawyer, superintendent of the
Squaw Butte - Harnev Branch ex
periment station, will have as his
topic "Range Management."
The afternoon discussion will
largely hinge on the preemption
that Centi-al Oregon this year
faces a dry growing season, as
result of (even months of aridity.
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j one shuffling in a closet in an ad
I jacent room. He called out but gel-
ting no response picked up a
wrecking bar apparently dropped
by the frustrated buiglars and
headed into the inner-office to call
police.
As he reported the crime, the
door of a closet opened and a man
bolted toward the rear door of the
mill's warehouse. Short told police
on arrival. Short said it sounded
as if the man running from the
closet might have been met by
another man at the rear double
doors.
This impression was confirmed
by Mrs. Short who was waiting
near the rear of the mill lor her
husband to open the garage doors.
She said two men suddenly
threw open the double doors to
the large building and dashed to
ward the nearby irrigation ditch.
She said she turned to follow in
her car when she met the first of
several city patrol cars to answer
the alarm.
She directed police to the irriga
tion ditch where she saw the pair
disappear.
Three officers under Sgt. Juck
Arney scoured the area surround
ing the mill but were unable to
locate suspects.
The two apparently gained entry
through a rear window. Working
from a stock room behind the
main office, the two were drilling
holes into a partition against which
the office safe was backed when
Short entered. Chief John T. Tru
ett reported a series of holes had
heen drilled level with the tuff
but that the safe itself had notistu!es annually on a competitive,
been tampered with.
Investigation continued today
under supervision of Detective
Sgt. Emil Moen.
The two apparently stuffed some
merchandise into their pocket, but
most of It was dropped as they
rani investigating officers re
ported. Professor Signed
By CO. College
Orde S. Pinckney, instructor in
History and Political Science, Uni
versity of Oregon, has accepted a
position with Central Oregon Col
lege for the 1955-56 school year.
Pinckney has been on the univer
sity staff for the pat four years
and prior to that held a position
as teaching assistant at the Uni
versity of California. He was an
instructor at the University of
Utah from 1944 r 46.
Pinckney has his bachelor's and
master's degrees from the Uni
versity of Utah -and will cmplete
the PhD degree this coming sum
mer at the University of Califor
nia. He is a member of Theta Al
pha Phi, Honorary Drama Frater
nity and Phi Alpha Theta, Hon
orary History Fraternity of which
he was president in 1949-50.
Pinckney is married and hug two
children. The family will moveto
Bend this September. During Jits
undergraduate years Pinckney
was active In college dramatics
and sports, having participated in
basketball, football, baseball and
ptay production.
Pinckney will Sll the position
left open in the local college by
the resignation of Albert H. Pike.
Forum Session
Planned Friday
Problems facing the state and,
Central Oregon relative to the stor-
age, conservation ana use ol wa
ter will be discussed at the March
forum meeting of the Bend Cham
ber of Commerce tomorrow noon
at the Pine Tavern.
LaSolle Coles. Prineville. mem
ber of the governor's water re
source committee and Oregon di
rector of the National Reclamation
Association, will be the speaker.
The forum session will be at a
luncheon that will start at 12 10,
chamber officers said.
All residents of the area inter
ested in Central Oregon's water
problems have been invited to at
tend. Newhouse Buys
St. Louis Paper
ST. LOUIS. Mo. (L'Pi-Purchase
of the controlling interest in the
St. Louis Globe - Democrat for a
reported 6-milIion dollars by Sam
uel I. Newhouse was announced
Wednesday by E. Lansing Ray,
oublisher of the morning news
paper. The Globe Democrat, now In
I us j'ura year oi puoucauon. nas
a daily circulation of about 295.000
u Missouri and Illinois.
Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon Thursday, March 2 1955
AWARD WINNER Thorn
as Schroek, Bend, has been
awarded a $2,200 scholarship
to New York University school
of law.
Bend Boy Wins
Law Scholarship
Thomas Schrork, Willamette Uni
versity senior from Bend, Ins been
awarded the Elihu Root-Samuel J.
Tilden scholarship fo New York
University school of law, it has
been announced by officials of the
eastern school.
Schroek, an honor graduate of
Bend high school, is "the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Schroek,
154G W. Third street. He is one of
two selected students from seven
Western states to receive the hon
or. Twenty scholarships are
awarded throughout the United
regional basis, and two scholar
ships allocated to each of the ten
federal judicial circuits.
Value of each Root-Tilden schol
arship is $2,200 a year and is re
newable for the second and third
years If the student, maintains a
high standard in legal and general
scholarship. The stipend covers tu
ition, books and living expenses! "
, Candidates for the scholarships
are chosen on the basis of high
scholarship, active extracurricu
lar participation and potential ca
pacity for unselfish public leader
ship. Academic records of candi
dates must be in the upper one
fifth of his graduating class. Can
didates must also exhibit qualities
of character and personality which
will enable them to become honor
able and effective members of the
profession.
The scholarships are designed to
aid young men who give promise
of becoming outstanding lawyers
in the best American tradition.
The scholarships are named for
two eminent graduates of the New
York University school of law
Elihu Root, 1S67, and Samuel J.
Tilden, 1841 because they exem
plified this tradition.
Schroek, who will graduate from
Willamette in June, is member-at-large
of the student body. He has
held the McCulloch scholarship at
Willamette and was president of;
his freshman class. He is a mem
ber of Pi Gamma Mu, national so
cial science honorary, and Beta
Thea pj Iratiy
. .,.,,,, sta. '
As the successful state candidate
from Oregon, Schroek appeared
before a committee representing
the Ninth Federal Circuit in San
Francisco, The committee was
composed of the chief judge of the
Court of Appeals of the circuit,
the chairman of the Federal Re'
serve Bank of the corresponding
district and a professor of law.
IN WOI.F'S CIX)TIIINO
O'NEILL, Neb. (UP) A group
of farmers near here organized a
hunt when a mountain linn was
reported on the loose. Instead the
posse bagged an extra fut timber
At ft j
Wolf.
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MC CALL'S AWARD Check for 1 100 from McCall's magazine to the Bend Teenago Recrea
tion council is presented by Youth Councilor George J. Turner to Charlens Chopp, treasurer of
the youth group. The presentation was made following taping of a short broadcast acknowledging
the award. The check was accompanied with a cortificate of merit. The tape will be broadcast
on the Mutual network's show, "Teenagers USA." Left to right are Recreation Director Wayne
Hamilton, Miss Chopp, Kessler Cannon, of KBND, Shelby Blevini, president of the council, Gail
Thompson, council member, and Turner. (Bend Bulletin Photo)
BEND
CENTRAL OREGON'S.
Cancer Virus
Said Isolated
By VA Doctor
WASHINGTON (UP)-A Veter
ans Administration physician has
isolated a - virus that has caused
cancer and leukemia and can be
transmitted from one generation
to the next, Congress has been
informed.
The Veterans Administration, re
porting this "rather startling" dis
covery to a House Appropriations
Subcommittee, said another V.A.
researcher has developed a sort
of sonar device which, through
electronic soundings into deep body
tissues, "may prove most effec
tive" in early diagnosis of cancer.
Dr. William S. Middleton, chief
medical director of the veterans'
agency, said the virus finding of
Dr. Ludwik Gross, of the Bronx,
N.Y., Veterans Hospital, could
prove "one of the greatest ad
vances" yet made in the search
for a cancer cure.
In closed-door testimony made
public today Dr. Middleton listed
the two cancer developments
among a dozen accomplishments
of VA's research program. Sub
committee members had ques
tioned whether the program was
worth what it cost.
"If It is true." said Dr. Middle
ton of Dr. Gross' finding, "it is
the best expenditure of money the
government has ever made."
In a prepared statement the Vet
erans Administration said Dr.
Gross had made two important
discoveries.
'One is that certain types of
cancer and leukemia are caused
by a virus, and two, that the virus
may be transmitted from parent
to offspring in whom cancer or
cancer-like diseases later develop"
the agency said.
"This is of fundamental impor
tance because it opens a whole
new avenue of approach, not only
to an understanding of the causes
of cancer, but as well to their
treatment."
Urider questioning Dr. Middleton
emphasized that Dr. Gross' re
search must be carried "much
farther.'' Once the findings are
fully established, he pointed out, a
way to combat the virus still must
be found.
A VA physician at Denver, not
otherwise identified in the testi
mony, came up with the sounding
device, VA reported.
Housing Needed
For OSC Band
An appeal was Issued today
for housing for members of the
Oregon State college band, who
will be In Bend for a concert
next Tuesday evening, March 29.
The touring band Is composed
of 63 students.
The concert Is sponsored by.
the Bend Klwanis club, and the
Wiklwans, women's auxiliary,
are assisting with the housing
arrangements. Persons who
would open their homes to one
or more students are asked to
call Mrs. Edgar Anderson, 298,
or Mrs. Lorance B. Evers, 1122.
Persona who otfer their hospi
tality are asked to provide their
guests with dinner Tuesday eve
ning, breakfast Wednesday
morning and transportation to
and from the concert. Housing
has been obtained for nbout hall
of the musicians in homes of
Klwanis members.
A LECTURE
BOSTON (UPI-A bandit who
held up a Back Bay cleaning shop
got $25 and some advice from his
victim. The clerk. Mrs. Frances
Lockhart, 56, told the bandit:
"You're getting off on the wrong
foot young mun."
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BULLETIN
DAILY NEWSPAPER
Commission Opposing
oosfc
Tax Plan Gets
Grudging OK
Of Committee
By BILL FOKCK
United Press Stuff Correspondent
SALEM IUP1-A new personal
income tax law that would hike
percentage rates in all income
brackets and cut the dependency
exemption from the present $600
to $500 won the grudging1 approval
of a majority of the House Taxa
tion Committee late yesterday.
In addition to the lowered ex
emptions and the higher rates, a
surtax would still have to be
superimposed on the basic tax to
raise a needed $24,500,000.
The plan which finally drew
enough favorable votes in the com
mittee session to be placed in the
tax program was the work of Rep.
C. Allen Tom (R-Rufus). It met
vigorous opposition from Rep. Pat
Dooley (D-Portland) who said It
would place a disproportionate
bui-den on low income classes.
Two phases of the Tom plan
the lowered exemptions and the
increased rates would bring in
about 20 million dollars in new
revenue to the state. The surtax
would be used to raise the other
$1,500,000.
Passage Far Off
The plan a compromise of
committee, ideas was still a long
way from final adoption.
It must be put into bill form
and will face more argument. in
committee. It will then have to
go to the floor of the House. If
it wins approval there, it will
move over to the Senate where
another taxation committee will
hold hearings and offer amend
ments. The Senate version would
then go to the floor of the upper
chamber and, if it is passed, would
have to go back to the House for
adoption of the Senate amend
ments. The tentative committee agree
ment simply meant that chairman
Loran Stewart (R-Cottage Grove)
had a program to show the House
at a special meeting scheduled for
4 p.m. today.
At the beginning of the legisla
tive session, the taxation commit
tee estimated it had a minimum
of 55 million dollars to raise. Cut
ting that down to the point where
only $24,500,000 would have to be
raised through the income tax,
meant wiping out the utility ex
emption from the corporate excise
tax and proposing a 4 per cent tax
for two years; approving a three
cents a pack cigarette tax; rais
ing liquor prices 30 per cent; in
creasing the withholding tax from
one to two per cent, and taking
back Into the general fund one
million dollars appropriated last
year to start an Intermediate penal
inslitution. '
Would cover budget
Most of those plans are still on
thin ice. Stewart said he was only
assuming that the joint ways and
means committee would drop plans
for building the Intermediate Insti
tution in the next biennium. That
would mean that the unspent mil
lion could then be used for other
purposes.
The total Stewart plans to raise
with his program would total $210,-720.000.
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SURE SIGN OF SPRING When crocuses bloom and lambs
gambol, you don't need a calendar to know the season. County
4-H Club Agent Doug Messenger, hefting Jackie Sargent's lamb,
decided he must get more to eat than Ivy. The lamb will gam
bol Tatar at the (at stock show ana) auction. But right now he's a
sgring-ljke as a. new Easter bonnet. (4-H. Photo for The. Bulletin
ty Bill Jossy.) . ,
Spring Opening Set
In Bend Friday Night
Bend's 1955 Spring opening pro
gram was completed today as
committees in charge optimistical
ly considered a 24-hour weather
forecast.
The Spring opening will be held
Friday night between the hours of
7 and 9, and the area weather
forecast for the evening Indicates
improved conditions, but with a
possibility of snow flurries in the
mountains.
Milder weather was reported
from all parts of the mid-Oregon
area today, following a blustery,
Newest in Cars
To Go on Display
Bend residents and visitors Fri
day evening will be able to view
in one area, makes of practically
every major automobile now on
the American market.
The occasion will be the auto
show, to be held as a feature of
Bend's 1955 spring opening, from
7 to 9 Friday evening.
The new models will be moved
from showrooms, to a roped off
section of Oregon avenue, between
Bond and Wall, early in the eve
ning, with each dealer to be as
signed a section.
Well before 7 p.m. all cars will
be in place, available for inspec
tion.
Cnn Compare Curs
Visitors to the lilix k can com
pare the cars with other cars,
learn about the latest in au
tomobile development and view
'color blends.
Dealers and members of their
staffs will be on hand to explain
fatures of the new cars.
Kay Thompson is chairman in
charge of arrangements for the
show, only one of its kind that
will be held hire this year.
Automobile shnws have been
held in downtown Bend through
the years in connection with
spring opening programs, and
have altactracted wide attention.
FOU LATIN AMERICANS
CHICAGO (UP I A $11,400
gift to help give extra training for
Ijitin American doctors hHS lieen
given to the Interamerican Foun
dation for Postgraduate Medical
Education. The money came from
the Gustavus and Louise Pfelfler,
Research Foundation for postgrad
uate medical fellowships for doc
tor from Mexico, Peru, Argon
Una, Brazil and due.
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chilly week.
Highlights of the Spring opening
will be an open house on the part
of all places of business between
the hours of 7 and 9, an automo
bile show on Oregon avenue, band
concerts at various spots in down
town Bend and a Four-H club
demonstration.
The Four-H demonstration will
be in the Pacific Power and Light
company window, from 7 to 9,
with 11 youngsters taking part.
Following the Spring opening
program, three one-act plays will
be presented by Bend High school
students, In the gymnasium audi
torium. Around Bend, merchants today
were preparing special Spring
opening windows", for the display
of the latest in merchandise.
New automobiles will be wheeled
tnto place on a roped-off section of
Oregon avenue, between Wall and
Bond, Friday evening, in prepara
tion for the evening show.
Robert J. Wetle and Hal St.
Clair, co-chairman in charge of
the Spring opening, have an
nounced that the Bend Municipal
band this year will play at sev
eral street intersections.
"Things are lining up nicely and
we are sure that this year's
Spring opening will be one of the
best ever arranged." Ray Le
Blanc, chairman of the Bend
Chamber of Commerce retail mer
chants committee, said.
Ex-Supervisor
Of Ochcco Dead
Word has been received of the
death in llillsboro of H. C. (Hap)
Hulett, 53, who served ns super
visor of the Ochoeo Notional for
est until he was forced to retire
a number of years ago by Illness.
His home for years was in Prine
ville. Mr. Hulctt's death occurred
Tuesday In lllllsburu. He suffered
a heart attack three years ago;
and his illness forced his retire
ment from the forest service a
shert time later.
The former Ochoeo supervi
sor was a native of Marshal,
Mich., and had worked most of
his adult life in the forest service.
Surviving are his wife. Otelia.
land
daughter, Mrs. Sonjn J.
who is a resident of Port-
Clark
land.
Services were to be held in
Portland this afternoon,
land Memorial.
al Port-
High and Low
High yesterday, 48 de
grees. Low last night, 30
degrees. Sunset today,
6:22. Sunrise tomorrow,
6:20.
No. 92
HoldtheLine
Attitude Held
In Budgeting
By HADI.EV ROFF
Bulletin Staff Writer .
A $21,000 Increase asked in wel
fare expenditures for the next fis
cal year was trimmed from a ten
tative budget presented the coun
ty welfare commission yesterday
afternoon at the courthouse.
The commission voted unani
mously to hold the budget equal to
this year's and pruned increases
from several of the .welfare funds.
The revised budget will now be
forwarded to the state welfare
commission for final approval.
The tentative budget seeking
$287,3-16 against this year's total
of $266,322 was presented to the
commission by county welfare di
rector Miss Olive Jameson.
Trimmed in the tentative budget
were the general assistance medi
cal program, old age assistance
grants, aid to dependent children
grants and aid to permanently dis
abled grants.
Largest cut was made in the
aid to dependent children fund.
Miss Jnmeson asked for $48,960 for
fiscal 1955-'56. Allowed was $41,-
000, still a marked increase over
the current budget which ear
marks only $33,000 for this program.
Miss Jameson said she made
her estimate of probable cost of
this program next fiscal year
from the present case load. She
reported that this month the -' .
parrment is 'providing assistance'
for 35 cases, at an average cost
of $118 a case.
Commissioners expressed hope
that a reduction in number of de
pendent children cases might hold
the upcoming budget to present
levels.
Miss Jameson reported that of
the amount budgeted this year for
dependent children care, almost
the entire amount has already
been spent.
Miss Jameson advised that the
number of dependent children
cases is presently higher than ever
before, but added that the case
load "fluctuates considerably" and
a drop might be possible.
She said the number of such
cases at the outside of the cur
rent fiscal year totaled 21 but that
a monthly Increase has been
noted.
The department's request for
$4,500 for general assistance medi
cal care was trimmed from $4,-
500 to $2,000 and commissioners
announced the continuation of the
present emergency medical care
program. Under the program care
Is restricted to emergency treat
ment.
The commissioners, with W. C.
Coyner presiding, knocked $3,100
from the department's request of
$166,800 for old age assistance
grants, and reduced from $33,696
lo $30,000 the amount for perma
nently disabled.
Further Reduction
A further reduction of $3,768 to
bring the cut to $21,000 and bal
ance the proposed budget with the
current budget of $266,322.
Welfare costs are shared by fed
eral, state and county agencies,
the federal government paying
roughly 50 per cent of the cost,
the state 30 per cent and the coun
ty the remninder. The county con
tributed $16,117 to this year's
budget.
estimates on the probable cost
of the old age assistance program
for next year was made on cur
rent case load, which averages
about 300 cases monthly. Average
monthly payments runs slightly
over SC9, Miss Jameson reported.
Welfare expenditin'es Inst month
totaled $22,844.49, a slight increase
over February when $22,370.38 W'as
distributed.
Western Movie
May be Filmed
In Mid-Oregon
I'nlleJ Artists hopes to use Cen
tral Oregon locales as a back-
ground for a western picture to be
proilured In the coming season, ac
cording to information from the
Bend Chamber of Commerce.
A representative of the Holly
wood production company will vis
it Bend the first of the week to
discuss the p'an wilh chamber di
rectorn and to look over possible
I sites.