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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1956)
Univ. of Oresoa Library r x THE BEND BULLETIN WEATHER nigh ynU-rday, it degiws. Low last night, 36 deKTiVHi. Sunset today, 4: S3. Sunrise tomorrow, 7:33. FORECAST Ocraaional rain through Satur day. High both day, 48 M. Ixm tonight, 33 38. CENTRAL OREGON'S DAfLY NEWSPAPER 53rd Year One Section Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon Friday, January 20, 1956 Eight Pages No. 38 Killer Slips From Jail In Indiana PRINCETON. Ind. (VP) Stale police armed wilh sawedoff shot' guns and tommyguns today guard ed officials and 'Witnesses who helped convict Leslie fi-vin, the "Chinese execution" killfr who slipped out of an "escape proof jail Thursday. Irvin had killed six persons be fore he was trapped, tried and condemned to death. Police said he probably is armed and won't hesitate to kill again since his own r life is worthless. Authorities in Indiana, and Ken tucky scenes of his crimes also were warned to be on their guard against Irvin, who became known as the "Chinese execution" killer because he made his vic tims kneel before sending a bullet through the back of their heads. The escape of Irvin terrified citi zens of Evansville, home of two schoolboy members of the Junior Sheriff's Patrol who had linked lrvin's car to the murder of three Kentuckians and led to his cap ture. Frightened Evansville citizens bought practically every available gun in town. Store owners had to set up waiting lists and there were angry complaints at a state law requiring fingerprints and a one day waiting period for gun pur chases. Roadblocks surrounded Evans ville, site of two of his crimes and Princeton, but the manhunt appeared to be centering in Illin ois. A nervous man believed to be Ii-vin was seen in a Watseka, III. bar late Thursday night. He bolt ed out the back door when a police car happened to pull up outside. Television station WCIA in . Champaign, 111. flashed a United Press facsimile-picture of .Irvin tender Joe Thornbui'g and his cus tomers reported "that's the same man who was in here." Need Help With Taxes? We Have Handy Booklet Figuring out your Ineome, tax? If you are, it Ik certain you are mm of 90 p-r cent of nil federal Income tax payer who nwd authoritative answers to your partiruJur problems. You can get the answers in the official publication of the Internal Kevenue Service "Your Federal Income Tux 1055", now available at The Bulletin office al 25 cvn.n a copy. "Your Federal Income Tax 1955" tells you who must make a return and where and when It mast be filed. Are you paying for child care to permit you to hoCd a job? If you are, you should read Chapter 3 to learn whether you can deduct such expense froiu your 1955 Income. Do you pay an Income tax on rental allowance, wcholursbip grants, tips, gambling winnings, prlies and gifts? If you are sell employed, you may have to pay a 3 per cent tax on self-wnp!oyment income to qualify for old age and sur vivors Insurance. Be a good citizen and pay all tho income tax you owe but no one should penalize himself by overpayment. Know the answers by consult ing "Your Federal Income Tax 1955". Mining Claims , Called Worthless WASHINGTON UP A mining expert has to!d congressional in vestigator.'. the Al Sarena mining claims in Oregon's rich timber land are nearly worthless. Mining consul tan l George B Holderer told a joint congression al subcommittee investigating the 15 disputed claims that the claims could not be mined for profit. The subcommittee will summon Interior Undersecretary Clarence A. Dafc'is next Thursday to testify why he granted the claims to Al Sarena Mines, Inc.. Mobile, Ala Hearings were adjDuroed until! then. I The Interior Department under, the Truman administration reject ed Al Sarena's application for the claims. Democrats have charged the firm 1 "mining," timber. " i "BREAD LINE" FOR DEER Wt a hay line for about 40 deer in the Camp Sherman area which drop around at odd times every day to have a few bites from the hand of Alex McLen nen, retired. Frank Tate, justice of the peace, a neighbor, and Letter Writers Praise Bend Taere were two letters of con gratulations sent to the city thi: week and read before the commis ston meeting. The commissioners beamed. Dr. Harold M. Erickson, state health officer, congratulated Bene1 upon winning its case before the state supreme court for the right to fluoridate its water supply. This decision, wrote Dr. Erie.t- son, will have fur reaching effects In Oregon and other nor Uft western states in providing legal assurance to cities for similar pngrams "so very beneficial in reducing tooth decay." The other letter was fi-om Frank R. Prince, local resident. It con gratulated the city fathers on just about everything. Prince said he and two other cit izens were sitting at a luncheon ta ble and commenting upon the ad vantages of Bend its snow clear ing, stroet sweeping, its fine rec reation department, ils efficient oc'.ice, its excellent schools and "so many other things thai make it a happy place to live in. ' Why don't you write the city and say so?" Prince said one of the others remarked. And so he did' GOP Campaign chool Planned Here on Feb. 17 Campaign schools for Republi cans in Eastern Oregon will be held Feb. 17 at Pendleton and Feb 18 at Bend, Mrs. Harriet Ryan of Bend. Deschutes county Republi can central committee chairman, has announced. The school at Bend starts at 1 ).m. Saturday on the 18th in the Pilot Butte Inn Uith Mrs. Ryan is hostess. Both three -hour sclurols on the OOP's program to win the 1956 eneral election next November will include instruction on voter registration, precinct organization ind recruitment of volunteers. All interested Republicans are in vited, including precinct workers. county officials, state legislators members of auxiliary orgamza ions and officers of Republican ounty central committees in hast en Oregon, Mrs. Ryan said. The two new srltools are similar o those held last Dec. 10 at Salem and Roseburg fjr Republicans in he first ard fourth congressiona' lis'ricts. Library Friends To Meet Jan. 31 Originally set for Tuesday Jan J4. the next meeting of the newly irgani?."d Friends of the Librarv Trouo. headt d by Everett E HigVs. Rend, will be on Tuesday. Jan. 31. The meeting will be in the Deschutes county library audi torium. and will start at 7:30. The meeting date was postponed 'n'il the fifth Tuesday of January o make it possible for the special "ommittee named hy the grouo to -nnn!ee it a studies into Prrv oroblems and prepare a report for Con;i!frition of the organization. The Jan. 31 meetir? will bo ooen to all interested in the cxmty li brary and its problems. E Yes, Bend Has Already Voted Waller T. Thompson, city man- iger, assured a numler of Bern! esidents today by telephone thai oters here expressed their will in 1952 on fluoridaling the water ;up)ly. Thompson was culled by persons who had read yesterday in Hie Jregonian a letter to the editor ligned by a Portland woman who declured it '"sickening" that fi-ee-ioms were tuken away by cities that did not allow voters to ex press themselves on such things as water fluoridation. T.iompHon cited the record which" shows (hat the water fluoridation election was held hi Bend Nov. 1952. Citizens voted 2,6fi2 for floor datlon to 2,016 against. Thieves Grab Gold Bullion In Europe GENEVA. Switzerland (UP) Police sent out a five-nation alert today for a casual set of thieves who made off with a pickup truck containing $280,000 in gold bullion while its lone driver sipped coffee in a restaurant. Theft o' the 250 kilograms (550 pounds) of gold from (he unguard ed truck was believed to have been (he largest such haul in European history. The robbery occurred in bi-oad daylight on a busy street. Swiss police officials notified In terpol, tht international police or ganization, and police of Italy, France, Germany and Austria set up screen! along their borders with Switzerland to try and intercept the quarter-ton of bullion. "An international dragnet lias been spread in an effort to catch the men who committed, the crime, a Swiss police spokesman said. We have alerted all horde points." The truck, a simple pickup truck without armor, was recovered In a Geneva suburb shortly after the robbery. If was empty. Point Scored By the Girls PORTLAND (UP) The girl have won their point. Auto insur ance underwriters announced to day they would no longer penalize car owners w . allow women un der 25 to op.- :ite their vehicles. Rcmova' of extra premiums for women drivers under 25 was an nounced by the National Bureau ol Casualty Underwriters and the National Automobile Underwriters Association. The change would In1 effective in Oregon Feb. 1. Member companies sakl the pre mium reduction was the result of good driving records by younger rt'jm' n. Several independent corn Dailies have already removed the extra premium but those diarged against cars driven by men under 25 will remain. KBND to Air Bend Contests KBND. with Km Cannon han dling the play by play, will broadr-aM boh tlr Bnd va. Al banv game Friday and the Brnl vi. Iebaiion Rnmc Saturday. The broadraata "III start at I. McLennen have spent $24 already this winter for alfalfa. One doe even jumped into the trailer and started feeding before the hay was unloaded. NHcLennen'i big St. Bernard dog is friend ly with the deer. (Bend Bulletin Photo by Web Loy) Shot Takes Life Of Reed Student PORTLAND (UP) Police said today they were continuing their i n v e s t i g a tion into the circum stances of the gunshot death yes- terday of an lR-year-old Heed Col lege student in one of the men's dormitories on the Reed campus here. The boy- of Richard Townsend, son ot Col. II. F. Townsend, Phoenix, Ariz., was found In the room of another student. The death went into notice records ,ju. uu Student friends of Townsend told officers Ihe youth had been "dry firing a .45 calibre automatic for (he past two days. Investigating officers sa id a bullet may lui ve lodged in the chamber of the weapon while Townsend was ma nipulating a loaded clip. College officials said regulations forbid the keeping of firearms in student rooms. Library to Sell Benson Building On Bid Basis Sale of the Benson building, ow ned by the Desch u t es Cou n t y Library, will be handled on a bid basis, it was decided at a social meeting of the County Library Board held Wednesday evening Ian. 18. Interested parties are asked to deliver sealed bids, which will in- olude a certified check as earnest money, to Miss Eleanor Brown. junty librarian, at the library building, 507 Wall St., between now and Wednesday Fib. 1, ' at 7:30, at which time the Buard will hold its regular monthly session and open the bids. Several interested parties have already made bids, it was report ed. Sale will be made to the party whose bid will return the largest net amount to the county library. ASTORIA V KIIJ.ED ASTORIA (UP) Mrs. Irena Christian McClean, 78. of Astoria, was kilied last night w hen she was truck by an automobile driven by VIrs. Helen Gunn of Astoria. Police said the accident occurred is Mrs. McClean was crossing the itreet at 11th and Franklin about :50 p.m No citation was issued 400 Expected at Pioneers of the Desrhulej coun- !ry, one of them with a time tag that (bites lo distant 1S70. will join In their annual winter renteon, din ner and program Saturday night. I with some 400 expifted. The meeting place this year will be the Oregon National Guard irmory in downtown Bend, across from the high school grounds on Wall street. Dinner will be served from 5:30 to 7:30. This will be the first time in the history of the pioneers that they will meet in a place other than the Pine Forest Grange hall C. G. Springer, president of the Deschutes . Pioneers Association, reported today t!.at all arrange ments for the reunion of the old State Highway Report Issued j SALEM (UP) Chains were re mured for motorists traveling to Timberline, where 2 inches of snow fell overnight, the State Highway Department said today. Ota ins were advised at Warm Springs junction, with 2 inches ot new snow Santiiun pass; Chemult, with 2 inches; Brothers, with an Inch, ami Ijipine. Spots of Ice were reported at Siskiyou, Bly, Baiter, Ontario, John Day and Burns. Slides kept the Umtxnia h'mhway closed at mile point 1 and the Cluckaniup highway closed, lty miles earn, ol Carver. Living Costs Dip Slightly . WASHINGTON (UP) The cost of living dropped slightly in De cember at the close of the most stable year since 1940, the govern ment reported loday. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said its consumer price index fell three-tenths of 1 per cent between November and December to 114.7 per cent of average 1947-49 prices. This was the first drop in the index since August. .The . Deccmbcr: Index also was three-tenths of 1 per cent higher Mian in December, 195-1. Over the year, however, it fluctuated within a range of less than 1 per cent. The December drop was due mainly lo 'price declines of 2.4 per cent for 1956 cars and 3.1 per cent for used cars at the dealer level. Lower prices for food and house furnishings also contributed to the; decline. Bulletin BOSTON tVV) The 5300-ton Sugltta, a Military Transport Servfou ship, rammed Into the Teuw radar Uland off Cape Cod today while attempting to unload KUpplleM In heuvy neat. The tdiip radltMMl U waft "I Ming HeriouH ly" and Its 42 crewmen were "dajtdlng by the lifeboats." The veMwJ was rport(i trying to make port despite a hide in her starboard vide. An Air Defeiwe NpokeHinan who contacted the tower by tele phone, Home 100 miles off Ihe At lantle Count, uu id that none of the M officer and rnllted men Mtationed at the radar ohtiena tion punt had been Injured. t imers have been completed. A highlight of the meeting -will be the presentation to the group of a '-lueen, who will reign over Ihe pio neers in 19T)fi. Lloyd Magill, who heads ihe queen selection committee, said the 19T6 queen has been named but stressed that her identity will be kept secret until she is intro dured. Mrs. E. A. Smith headed the pioneers in IHTw and will as sign her crown to the new queen. A business meeting, at which new officers will be named, will e h!J following the dinner Sat urday night Springer will presid" at that session. Mrs. Walter M Prlchard is secretary Immediately following the busi Grocer Wounded in Scuffle Would-ie Moldup foiled Winter Delivers Big Snowstorm In Eastern Area By IIMTKD PRESS Winter's biggest snowstorm Mew into the East loday, leaving a heavy snow cover stretching half way across the nation. The three day storm was al ready blamed for six deaths from Texas to Pennsylvania. In New- York City, it coincided with a strike of fuel oil and coal truck drivers and officials considered de claring an emergency. Elsewhere in the East, there was inches of snow at Baltimore, Md., and 5 Inches In Central Penn sylvania. West Virginia also had siuav, and a mixture of rain, sleet, or freezing rain coated the Caro Unas and Virginia. The forecast of 3 to 5 Inches of snow at New York heightened growing concern over the five-day fuel strike. Mayor Robert C. Wagner wa expected to declare an emergency if settlement Is not reached. Such action would authorize police sei zure of fuel supplies and police protection for non-striking drivers. The big storm was born In the Gulf of Mexico and struck UvaI at Texas, where two deaths oc curred and as much as 15 inches1 ot snow piled up. The storm rolled northeastward, breaking HeriouH drouths In isome areaa and dump iug,$ inches of snow on the South ern Illinois city of Cairo. Icy weather hovered behind Ihe .storm front. It was 19 below zero al Minot, N.D., today and 25 above as far south as Fort Worth, Tex, The snow was melting in Texas today, but farm officiuls said much more moisture is needed to break one of the worst drouths in the state's memoiy. An Agriculture Department offi cial said ''unless it rains by plant ing time, folks won't even know this one came." Concert Jan. 27 At Prineville I,awrence. Winters, nolrd bari tone, will I presented In concert Friday evening, Jan. t7. In Prineville, and not tc night, an vv'hk printed on concert ticket. The program U an offering of the Vrinevttle- Community Vhi cert asMM'iatlon, and membeni of the Bend Redmond aMOctatlon am eligible to attend. Consider able coiifiiKlon among concert ntemlwra has rewulted from tha erroneous announcement of the earlier date. The program will be In thA Ochoco grade school auditorium. W I lifer U Ihe leading baritone of the New York (Ity Center Opera company, which apecJal tee In the more Intimate openm, such an "lxve For Three Oranges." He Im aJso renowned for his perfoniiandra as Klgoletto In the opera of that name, and In the huity role of Porgy In "Porgy and Bewi." SEKKH 1HVOIUK Ethel M. Olsen filed a divorce suit against her husband. Arden in Deschutes county circuit court Thursday, Pioneer ness session, the new queen will be introduced. Then will follow (he annual memoriul service, with Kathryn Bennett in charge. Mrs. Raymond Cum port heads t!ie entertainment program, and w II present talent by the younger generation. Then will follow an old ti:n dance, with W. J. Burton In charg On entering the armory, mem bers of the association will receive "opien of the Deschutes Pioneers' Gazette, published, annuully. This oaper h jlds all the names of asso ciation members, some 700. Heading the li.it of pioneers' tzain this year Is Jamea T. Tuney, who came to the Dcschu'e coun-l ry in 1X70. He it a resilrnt of1 cat Salem SALEM (UP) The courage of a market operator in the Keizer dis trict north of Salem, the spunki ness of his wife and the firm, helping hand of a neighbor proved too much for a would-be holdup man and he was subdued by the time police arrived last night. Dean McFarland, 52, owner of McFarland's market, was taken to Salem Oeneral hospital for treat ment of a gunshot wound in his lower left chest. Ills condition was reported "fair." State Police Sgt. Byron Hazleton Stork Overtakes Plane Winging Back to U. S. SAN FRANCISCO (UP) A young mother gave birth to a daughter high over the Pacific to day as a Honolulu bound Pan American plane reversed its course and tried lo beat the stork to a California hospital. Mrs. Robert Henderson. 25. Nashville, N.C., and her two months premature daughter, were take to Petiiasula Hospital at near by BtU'llngume. Both were report ed doing fine. The father, Murine Sgt. Robert' Henderson, was taking his wife and another daughter, 28-month- old Elizabeth Ann, to Hawaii where he was to be assigned to the Fourth. Marine Division. The boy was born at 3:04 a.m. PST shortly arter ihe plune's cap tain, Henry C. Kiistotlerson, de- rFrando, Krileri hart ITLAND (UP) - The chair i. u.A n.... 1 mun ot a committee which is clr- Sub Morehouse Sui-gent, hat "a --i"'-mmnn rwuuMiinn- ia nhmitfio hnvi. Elwnhower' name on thi) a baby." JC Awards Banquet Due Here Tonight Junior Giamber of Commerce members at their annual distin guished service award banquet here tonight will honor Bend's jun ior and senior citizens of the year and present to their own outstand ing member a coveted Juycee key. Tim DSA dinner will be ut tw Pine Tavern, starting at 7 p.m.. with Thomas Lawson McCall, Port land radio executive who served as secretary to two governors, &a the keynote speaker. McCall is a former Central Ore gonian, having been raised on a ranch in the Crooked River valley, and is an ex-member of The Bend Bulletin news staff. Owen Panner will be toastmaj ter at the dinner. In addition to the three t. awards, special cer tificates are to be presented this year by the Jaycees to Individuals and organizations. Names of the junior and senior citlens and the Jaycee key man who will be honored at tonight's dinner will be kept a secret until the presentations are made. The Jaycees over the entire country annually honor a young man, between the ages of 21 and 35 years, for his outstanding con tribution to the civic responsibili ties of his community. He does not necessarily have to be a member uf the Jaycees. It has idso 'been the practice of Bend Jaycees through the years to pay Iributo lo the city's out stand ing senior citizen of the year. The distinguished award banquu'; will be open to all interested. I Reunion Redmond. Second name on the nw , ter is that of John C. Todd of Bend, wilh an 1X78 date, and Host , behind. Is U. N. Cobb, who camei to the area bi 1879. David W j Grimes has an 1XH0 date. i The association's "50 year re union class," piowent with a nsi dence date of 1906, have received a special tribute in thi year Gaette. There ore 17 in this class. A ham dinner, with all the trim mings will be served, and mem bers are being asked to bring n special tribute in this year's their own cups, knives, forks and spoons. Plate will be provided. ! The assembly of the pioneers will be In the main hall of the big armory. said the man taken Inlo custody was William Grady Cope. Officers said McFarland, after being confronted by the gun, re fused to open the till and instead lunged for the pistol. In the shuffle that followed McFarland was shot. But he continued to grapple with his assailant. Mrs. McFarland came from the rear living quarters to "investi gate sounds' of scuffling." She grabbed a broom and hit the gun-' man on the head so many times her arms were tired, the gunman's head was lacerated and the broom was broken. The neighbor, Sam Davis, heard the noise and wrested the gun from Copt. Cope told Sgt. Hazleton he hail stolen the gun from a car after coming to Salem by bus from Portland. He said he had first at tempted to hold up the Aronson grocery. Police said that after a gun was pulled on store owner Toby A. A reason, the operator's wife stepped through a rear door, ran to a neighbor's and called policp. This apparently frightened the gunman and he fled. Ike's Comments Encourage His Oregon Backers Oregon .primary ballot .said today a state-wide petition would be filed before March 17. ' ; Paul Kerrigun, chairman of the Eisenhower . for President Com mittee at Reed College, Bald "We ure greatly encouraged by the President's comments on the ques tion of his candidacy at his press Conference today. They support our firm conviction that Mr. Elsenhow. wilt bow to the wishes of Uie American people for Hid continua tion of his leadership ..." President Eisenhower said he had no "official objection" to entry of his name in the GOP presiden tial primaries but added this does nol mean he will run for re-elec tion. Kerrigan said the commit lee could file the required 1000 signa tures now but preferred to wait un til a petition representing all parts of the stale could be presented. He said the committee Is organizing groups in 20 of Ihe 36 count Ic and would organize In the other 16 as soon as possible. The Oregon primary is May 18. U. S. Population Jumps 13,582,000 n Five Years WASHINGTON (UP)-The Cen sus Bureau est i mated today that the population in the United Slates jumped 13,582,000 from lift) lo July 1. 1955. The estimated total population of the United Stales now stands at 161,780,(100. The Census Bureau said Nevada Ss (lie fastest growing stale in the union. However, the bureau added, California had the biggest popula tion gain. Ils imputation increased ?.Hi,0U0 lo a total of 13,032,000. N wada's gain of (15,000 persons vas a 10.6 per cent incivaxc dur ing the five - yeur period, The lute's estimated population now is 225.000. Six states lost population; Aik uiKas, down 121,000; Mississippi, 'W.OOO; Oklahoma. ttl.OOO; Ala bama. 211.000: Maine. 9000. and West Virginia, 4000. New York Slate picked up on es timated 1,291.000 for a btal popu la tion of 16.121.000. Arizona luid the second test in crease in population with a rise of 730.000, or 30.7 er cent, to 980,- 000. HMH'K OF DIMES SET The Mid;jet Twlrlent of tin Eagles Drum and Bugle corps will hold a "block of dimes" con test Saturday. Jan. 21. on the west side of Wall street -between Oregon and Minnesota avenues. The fea ture is an annual hihlltfht of the local fund-raising activities for in-
