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Uulv of Ore library EBEMB: BULLETIN "Get Tough" Your fight en the horn front It f Important at tho battle front. Buy war bonds. Help tho fighter. Temperature (AM Dete Mm Am II Been OU) . ' . Maximum yesterday, 78 degree. Minimum yesterday, M degrees, . CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER Volumt L THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND. DESCHUTES COOrTY, OREGON. SATURDAY. AUGUST 21. 1943 NO. 65 ADUiiedl F DIM Jlp: kosc FCOS..)DS tm TO Allied Warship As Airmen Retreat Lines Of Enemy Cut; 7 Craft Sunk U. S. Vessels Lob Steel to Mainland; New Cracks Show Up in Hitler Fort The allied sea and air campaign In the Mediterranean punished Italy relentlessly today, driving her toward the promised end of devastation and defeat. American and British warships nd planes raked the mainland lines of . communication with a steady fire, cutting off the axis lines of retreat and obviously looking to the day when allied troops will go ashore. American vessels bombarded the Gulf of Gioia on the top ot the toe of the Italian boot for the second time in 36 hours Thursday, setting fires at Gioia Tauro, on the coastal railroad which had been worked over Wednesday. Seven Craft Sunk Up the coast toward Naples British warships were reported to have sunk seven landing craft off Scalea while the allied bomb ing attack ranged from the rail way network (n southern Italy to the yards in the Naples' area. Fourteen enemy fighters were shot down. - j Significance of these continuous attacks was shown In a statement from Gen. sir Harold n. L. u. Alexander, allied ground com mander in' the Sicilian campaign, who told a press conference that the Sicilian conquest put Germany in a jam and clinched the ultimate defeat of the axis. , Cracks appeared -in the shaky nazl facade of Europe. Indirect reports from Helsinki said promi nent Finland leaders were de manding that the government seek a separate peace with Rus sia. . ; Kinr Calls' Meeting On the heels of new unrest re ports from Denmark, king Chris tian was said to have arranged to see Werner Best, Hitler's repre sentative, to work out some mettv nsxl of preventing German reia iVions with conquered Denmark lrom worsening. The bis British bombers that have pounded the continent with increasing fury from Britain took a night off last night, presumably because of bad weather. Washington, D. C, Aug. 21 The prospect of a national service program, mentioned in this column yesterday, may not be very remote. It may come with greater dispatch than is antici pated. Under national service act some peculiar developments way aDDear. F&r examcle. if the federal government orders Joe Doakes to go into a critical Indus try. Joe will most likely discover hat to comply with the federal directive he must first put his money on the line to Join a union. Joe will have no way of dodging 'he directive, and' he must first obtain permission from the union before he can comply. If Joe re uses to loin thp union. or pay 'i')r a work permit, he will very redely be notified that he cannot work, this being the policy ol ine union and one which has been in voked in thousands of cases in the hlpyarda and aircraft factories t the northwest since war Jobs "wanie Important. (Continued on Page 4) Captured Fortresses Used by Nazis in Spying on Airmen Enemy Send Big Bombers to Spot U. S. Formations; Planes Not Used in England Raids American Bombardment Headquarters, England, Aug. 21 (UP) German aerial spies using captured Flying Fort resses were revealed today to be sneakin&r into fortress raid ing formations to study their tactics and plot their course for nazi ground gunners and fighter planes. J ' Belated reports that four-motored Boeings which fell into German hands were being used, still bearing their United States army air force markings, against American raiding forces indicated that so far such nazi missions had the gath ippons Retreat- Into Salamaua Allied Headquarters, Southwest Pacific, Aug. 21 lUWletreating Japanese took refuge today be hind the main defenses of Sala maua and American and Austral ian forces prepared for a final as sault' on that New Guinea coastal fortress. Breaking through four strong points for a 2 mile advance the Australians closed to within three miles of the Salamaua airdrome. On their right, the Yanks coming up the coast occupied Roosevelt ridge, five miles south of the base. The advances followed a steady aenai offensive in which hun dreds of tons of bombs had been poured into the approaches to Salamaua and the base itself and came as bombers and fighters scored a new victory at Wewak, 340 miles northwest of Salamaua, to blast enemy hopes of rising from this week's aerial disaster. Joe Louis Found "Out of Uniform" Washington, Aug. 21, Ui The war department explained today Just what happened to Sgt. Joe Louis last night, after reports that the heavyweight champion had fought marines and military police on a downtown street. Louis, the war department said, was stopped by an MP and "in formed he was out of uniform." Louis was wearing an officer's shirt, with loops on the shoulders, which only commissioned or war rant officers are permitted to wear. Louis received the reprimand without comment and there was no altercation according to the department At present Louis is stationed at nearby Fort Meaae, ma. Head of Lodge to Visit Bend Soon Rav Comstock of Baker, grand master of I. O. O. F. in Oregon, will make his official visit to the Bend I. O. O. F. lodge No. 218 Aug. 30, and all Central Oregon lodges are invited to oe present wim thplr candidates. The Bend lodge will conduct the initiatory degree in honor or torn, stock. Allied Losses in Sicily Estimated at 2 1,623; General Says Germany's Defeat Now Certain Knl Rnaaell (United Prae Staff Corrtapooiknt) Fifteenth Army Group Head- . cixiiv An?. 20 (Delav- uuai u i j, w.w.j r- - - ed) U Gen. Sir Harold R. L. G. Alexander, allied grouna com n.ior in tho Mediterranean theater, revealed today that 7,400 American soldiers were killed, wounded or captured In the con quest of Sicily, which he said clinched the ultimate defeat of Germany. The 3May campaign put the Germans in the worst predica ment they have yet faced, Alexan der told Anglo-American war cor respondents at a press conference. "The Germans are in a Jam, ne 'said. "We are closing in on tnem now. We are bound to win now i a. rniiu must be tnlnK- I. .L".. iw,..nn to lose. We've got them ai (right, but it will take time." s Pound Italy Strike From Skies ering of information as their objective, The nazi maneuver, employed sporadically for several months, involved no actual combat from the captured planes against the eighth air force heavy bombers. it appeared, nor were they' used inwny bombing of Britain. Planes Soon Spotted . Accounts of the German tactics said the nazi aerial spies aboard the fortresses sometimes man aged to ease into a raiding for mation and remain many minutes before they were discovered. The concentrated fire of the American ships usually knocked them out of the formation when they were spotted. Crewmen said the German-held fortresses apparently were not uaed as firing posts against the Americans, but merely sneaked in for. two. 4Wpojeew . 1. To report the altitude and general course of the raiding for mations to tiie ground batteries ana lighter stations. 2. To study the American for mations for information that might be useful in future de fensive operations. Face Own Fire But there was every Indication that the lob had been no more helpful to the nazis than other spying assignments. In addition to risking the hazards of gunfire from the forts surrounding them, they faced the danger of getting caught by their own fighters and anti-aircraft gunners. The fortresses being used by the Germans were those which made forced landings in nazi ter ritory, the crewmen apparently having no chance to destroy them Deiore tneir seizure. Some others might have been rebuilt from parts of fortresses which crashed In enemy territory. WOULD AVERT BREAK ' Stockholm, Aug. 21 P In a conference lasting until 4 a. m. today the Danish cabinet decided to make one more effort to avert open blows with the Germans and appealed to the people to refrain from any action which might Jeopardize a "continued Danish administration." BULLETIN London, Aug. 21 (IP More than 800,000 German troops have been killed on the Rom lan front since July S, and total nazl losses In the same period are estimated at about 1,000,000 men, the soviet information bureau said tonight. The British suffered the heavl est casualties in the Sicilian cam paign, losing 11,835 dead, wound ed and missing, he reported, while Canadian casualties totaled 2,388 for a grand total for all allied forces of 21,623. The figures cover ed the period up to last Tuesday, when the campaign ended with the capture of Messina. (An official statement issued at allied headquarters in North Afri ca last Wednesday estimated al lied casualties at 25,000, but this figure presumably included air force and naval casualties while Alexander's report covered only ground forces. .The headquarters statement also estimated axis dead and wounded at not fewer 'than 32,000 and axis prisoners at more than 135.000). Alexander said the Germans lost 30,000 of their original 300,000 troops in killed and wounded and Finns Request SeparateTruce With Russians Trend Worries Germans And Von Blucher Rushes Back to Capital of Ally Stockholm, Aug. 21 (IB A dele gation representing a number of political .groups called on Presi dent Risto Rytl of Finland yester day and demanded that the gov ernment take definite steps to in vestigate the possibility of a sep arate peace with Russia, a Hel sinki dispatch said today. The demands were Incorporated in a letter signed by 50 prominent Finns and delivered to Rytl by the delegation, the dispatch, publish ed in the newspaper Dagens Nyhe- ter, reported. New Premier Wanted The letter also suggested that a separate peace could be facilitat ed by a change of government with J. K. Paasikivi succeeding Prof. Edwin Llnwomies as pre mier. Paasikivi, a former premier, is President of the Finnish section of the international chamber of commerce and chairman, of the rinnisr) export association. - The delivery of the letter to Ry tl coincided with conferences among Finnish officials and mili tary leaders on Finland's status in the war and renewed speculation that the government was seeking a formula that would permit peace. Staff Returns .Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Man nerhelm, Finnish commander in chief, and his chief of staff re turned to Helsinki earlier this week and Aarae Wuorimaa, min ister to Berlin, has been in the r ;,ii.Ish capital for some time. Georg A. Grlpenberg, minister to Sweden, has Just returned to his post in Stockholm following several days of conferences with government leaders, but he is ex pected to go back to Helsinki shortly. At Stockholm, he could make contact with American, British or soviet diplomatic of ficials. Evidence of German uneasiness over the Finnish trend was seen In the hurried return to Helsinki of Dr. Wlpert Vdh Blucher, Ger man minister, alter an absence of several months. Two Fliers Killed In Plane Crash McChord Field, Wash, Aug. 21 (Ui Two second lieutenants, James L. Hall, Jr., Northampton, Mass, and Robert S. Steigerwalt, Norfolk, Va, were killed yester day when their crippled army training plane snagged a tree top and crashed in a field six miles east of Olympla. The plane burned, the McChord field public relations office re ported in announcing the names of the victims. . 134.000 in prisoners. The original axis forces comprised 94 Italian battalions assigned to coastal de fenses, four Italian divisions of mobile reserves and two German divisions in "poor, widely-scattered positions" as battle groups, he said. Many Sicilian soldiers deserted, donned civilian clothes and re turned to their villages and farms. Alexander said he was not con' cerned with them unless they en gaged In sabotage or espionage. wnicn, ne warned, would w pun- I .. U I .1 . L. IMiiiru witii ucraui. Alexander said the Italians "Just cuuapaea wnen ine allies landed. but the Germans fought bravely and hard to the end. "The German is a brave soldier and a good one," he said. "He fought hard. To say otherwise would be only to belittle our soldiers." Japs Hurriedly Quit Last of Aleutian Isles Qu.LIm Milt tetinq Sec r .V nN ISLANDS KISICA ISLAND Cap St. Stephj, Pacific Ocean 3 4fVtrt. . ... It was announced from Quebec, Canada, today that Canadian and American troops have occupied Klska, last of the Japanese strongholds in the Aleutians. Occupation was made without opposition, the Japs apparently having left Kiska under a blanket of fog. Klska was under Jap rule when the map used here w uiawn, uui tuuay Legless Airman Beady for Duty Allied Headquarters, North Atilca, Aug. 21 lFi Col. Graham West said two months ago when both his legs were blown off that he would fly again,, and today an offldab statement confirmed' his prediction. Now in England, West has re ceived a special pair of artificial legs which will enable him to ride the sky lanes again. He is expect ed back in North Africa soon. West commanded a Spitfire group. A native of Portland, Ore, he was and is one of the most popular officers in North Africa, according to the men who ought to know. Bomb Explodes Axis resistance In Tunisia was gasping its last on Cap Bon when West, 31, rushed onto a flying field to help his men fight a grass fire around a captured German plane. The plane held a big bomb wired as a bobby trap. The fire touched it off. When West regained conscious ness, his first words were: "I'll fly again. Ail I want to do Is fly." In the base hospital West talk ed most of the time about flying again, legs or no legs. Lieut Gen. Carl Spaatz, commander-in-chief ol the northwest African air force, called on West after his recovery was certain. Gripping the Gen eral's arm, West exclaimed: "I can fly again." Mrs. Von Borstel Choice of Women . Baker, Aug. 21 (IF) Mrs. Frank Von Borstel of Grass Valley was nominated for the presidency of the State American Legion Wa men's auxiliary, succeeding Mrs. Grover Francis of Portland. Mae E. Whitcomb of Portland was renamed as secretary; Mrs. McKinley Kane of Dundee, treas urer, and Mrs. Leon Brown of Salem, renamed finance officer. Only contest was for vice-president, the group nominating Mrs. Barbara Rhodes of Portland Fed eral Post auxiliary and Mrs. Gladys K. Lemmon of Pendleton. Salem auxiliary and Union auxiliary won the two historic awards, with Corvallls, Rose City, St. Johns, Portland No. 1 and La Grande receiving honorable men tion. William L Phelps Dies in New Haven New Haven, Conn, Aug. 21 cipi Dr. William Lyon Phelps, 78, nationally-known author, editor, lit erary critic and teacher, died early today at his home here aft er suffering a relapse following a cerebral hemorrhage two months ago. Phelps, professor emeritus of English literature at Yale, was re cuperating at his home, since he It ft New Haven hospital last month. He suffered a relapse on Sunday, his condition becoming steadily worse and he died at 4:50 a.m.' I y. II SlriuPlii o J y Mil A N :Vl"'-rl JZXir & II ' TLiJOlAYI . f lhi!tiMMimlC..3r'1V tJkf "NUT C -e4c. rVv -V H4 1 u in ine American i lag mat waves Japs Believed Ten Thousand Men on Kiska American Sea and Air Power Responsible for Evacuation, Officers Hint; 106. Raids Made Washington, Aug. 21 (UP) The Japanese had at least 10,000 men on the positions they now nave abandoned at T 1. .. I. . 1 . j , j. jiana, 11 was esuiruuea nere. I - .The! navy -mid-that non-utor all and surface!; menta evidently made k'inka American airmen, carrvlnir air Dimes of the. war, hit Kiska 106 times while our surface forces smashed at the enemy positions 15 times in the two weeKs prior to tne landings. Ihere was not positive Escape Corridor Target of Reds Moscow, Aug. 21 tP Russian planes and artillery poured a tor rent of bombs and shells into the 13-m lie-wide escape corridor southwest of Kharkov today as ground forces hammered at the enemy'a flanks in an attempt to complete the Inclrclement of the big German stronghold. The last railroad out of Khar kov still in German hands, a fork' ed line running southwest of Za porozch and Dnepropetrovsk, ap peared to be almost within the grasp of soviet forces thrusting westward below Kharkov. Sumy, another German base nearly 100 miles northwest of Kharkov, also appeared doomed as Russian troops seized Lebedin, 27 miles to the southwest, and pushed on toward the vital Bry- ansk-Kremenchug railroad, 43 miles to the west, whose capture would split the German armies on the southern and central fronts. . Fred Hamilton Wins Promotion Fred Hamilton, former Bend resident and for the past five years stationed at Klamath Falls as area manager for the Shell Oil Co., has been transferred to the head office of the company In San Francisco and will leave on September 1 to take up his new duties, It has been learned here. In San Francisco, Hamilton will be in the office of operations and planning. Mrs. Hamilton is to re main in Klamath Falls until liv ing accommodations can be found in San Francisco. When a resident of Bend, Ham ilton was active in civic work. Brooks-Scanlon' Picnic Time Set The annual Brooks-Scanlon Die- nic, sponsored by the women's or- I ganlzatlon or the logging camp, will be held, tomorrow at Shevlin jpark. I The picnic will be pot luck, with each party bringing Its own lunch. 1 Ice cream and coffee will be fur 1 nishrd. The lunch will be at noon. I All employes of the company I are Invited to attend. Bering Sea Haycock ttik Jape Imt sir Held, euo bete, settlement on ' Kifc Harbor , a vLittlt KUae HaV t LITTLt.KISKA. TANAPAK ISLAND Volcanic K ilka, on ot Hit ktrgot Monde ot th Aloutlon chain, il similar in rorrain to mountainous Attn, recently rotakon lrom Jooi. Enemy bate fcere, keld ilnce June. 1942, not been heavily bombed over ine norinern isie. to Have Had untiniihla tnr tha nnnmv out one of the most intenaive knowledge of the manner in which, the Japanese garrison managed to get off the island, but the navy suggested that enemy ships succeeded in reach ing Klska under cover of the ever-present Aleutian fogs. Delay Explained Explaining the delay in an nouncement of the inoccupation of Kiska, or the devastating pre!-1 ude to It, the navy said that the air and surface blows in late July apparently smashed Japa nese radio equipment on the is land. On the chance that enemy communication with the home land had been severed, silence was imposed on Aleutians opera tions in older not to convey infor mation to the Japanese which they might not otherwise have had. It was the first time In the present war that the Japanese had given up a strong position without n fight. And it was Am erican air and sea power that turned the trick. "SHUT OUT" LOSES RACE New York, Aug. 21 Ut Boone hall stable's "Prlncequlllo" breez ed past Green tree stable's dis appointing "Shut Out at the head of the stretch and then romped home for a five-length victory in the $20,000 added Saratoga han dicap at Belmont park today. U. S. Army Engineers' Work In Sicily Receives Praise Fifteenth Army Group Head. quarters, Sicily, Aug. 21 'tfi Gen. Sir Harold R. L. C. Alexander, al lied ground commander in the Mediterranean theater, singled out U. S. army engineers for special praise, paying tribute to their "remarkable road-building feats in the wild Sicilian moun tains." "I visited the American front for several days and never saw such remarkable military engin eering acromplliihments." he said. "It was magnificent. The Ameri can engineers built miles of road.i at night over mountains you wouldn't think you could get a mule over. "The Germans blew up 15 bridges In 20 miles along one sector of the coast, but they de layed the Americans only a mat ter of hours. It was a wonderful feat. "The Americans went from Pa lermo to Messina in a fortnight. Nips Evacuate Last Outpost In North Isles Position Untenable, Say FDR and McKemie Kinq; Announcement Withheld Quebec, Aug. 21 IP) Canadian and American troops have occu pied KisKa, last Japanese strong hold in the Aleutians, without meeting opposition from the ene my, it wa8 announced today In a Joint statement by President Roosevelt and Premier W. L. Mac kenzie King. The Japanese garri son apparently evacuated the is land under cover of tog. it was said. . The landing, which began on Aug. 15, was supported by sur face vessels. "It is evident that the position of the Japanese troops became un tenable because of the occupation of Attu, the harassment of enemy supply lines and the recent bomb ings and bombardments ol Klska by air and surface craft," the Joint statement said. Text Given Text of the Joint statement: "A strong force ot United States and Canadian troops sup ported by surface vessels nave occupied the island ot Kiska In the Aleutians. The landing be gan on August 15; no Japanese were found, and it is our belief that the enemy evacuation was made under cover of heavy fog. ' "It is evident that the position of the Japanese troops became un tenable because of the occupation ot Attu, the harassment of enemy bimnlw llruia anH th mmi! hwt WJtnftard'jtngs and bombardment of Klska . by air and surface craft "For security reasons this an nouncement has been withheld pending the unloading of trans ports., . ." .' ..'',. j (Continued on Page 5) .. . , Snores, Snorts Meet Disfavor! Divorce Sought Chicago, Aug. 21 IP Mrs. Reg gie Swiecz sought a divorce today on grounds her husband mixed snores wltn snorts. - Mrs. Swiecz told Judge Joseph Sabath that her husband set an alarm clock for 1 a. m. before re tiring every night. When the alarm sounded, she said, he would reach under the pil low for a bottle and take a drink, set the alarm for 3 a. m., go back to sleep, awaken, take another drink, etc. She said it disturbed her sleep. Baseball NATIONAL Cincinnati 000 100 0102 5 1 Boston 100 110 OOx-3 9 1 Walters and Mueller; Andrews and Masi. St. Louis 000 002 0002 8 0 Philadelphia 200 00001X-3 6 0 Brecheen and W. Cooper; Rowe and Moore. AMERICAN New York ... 010005 2008 13 1 Cleveland .....000 300 000 3 9 2 Bowory and Dickey; Bagby, Hevlng (6), Poat (7), and Rosar, De Sautcls (8). You wouldn't hike it In a tort- night in peacetime." Alexander 'depreciated sugges tions that the allies could have avoided losing contact, with tho retreating enemy near the end of the campaign. "To break contact is too easy," he said. "The enemy Jumps in trucks at night and goes 20 miles away, leaving a few snipers. Our patrols are always active, but, meeting snipers, mines and demo litions, we must halt and figure out Just what the enemy is doing. "There is nothing you can do about It once the enemy decides to break contact and run." Alexander said German pris oners reported allied bombings were "Intolerable." Aerial bom bardment, he said, cut enemy communications, blocked move ments of supplies and smashed headquarters. "The enemy Is getting what we got a couple of years ago," he said. t. i 6
