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fii!y of Of Ithrarr - - mTTTTTTTl Weather Forecast - Snow over mat of Cascades to day, clearing; tonlf ht; Tuesday, fair west sad partly domdy east portion; colder tonight. 1M Is, sf wmit wtt will sua IM emlatfs lr tart sarins Ht, It wlU hl wkvm CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER BEND . BULLEMN ( Volume LI Second Battle Of Beachhead Won by Allies Nazis Believed to Have Suffered Major Defeat In Anzio Area Attacks Allied Headquarters, Naples, Feb. 21 IP The second battle of the Anzio beachhead appeared to have ended in bloody defeat for the oerman 14th army today as American and British armored lorces recaptured almost half of a 4,000-yard salient won by the nazis at tremendous cost in their three-day offensive south of Ap- riiia. Stunned and shaken by the fero city of the allied counterblow and the frightful land, sea, and air bombardment hurled against them, the Germans were surren dering by the hundreds to the ad vancing American and British troops. Scores of other Germans were snot down by their own gunners when they turned to flee. Nazis Make Claim (A German high command com munique said an allied battle group had been encircled south of Aprilia, but made no further claims ot success in that area. "Heavy, fluctuating fighting" con tinues on the beachhead, the nazi communique said.) While the bulk of the nine Ger man divisions engaged, six on the Aprilia front and three around Cisterna, waged 'a grim, fighting retreat and counterattacked des perately at several points, front reports indicated their big push had been broken. Battle-wearied nazis were re ported falling back slowly this morning under constant attack from land and air, leaving hun dreds of their dead and the wreck age of burned-out tanks in the fields and farmhouses lining the bloody road to Anzio. Prisoners Taken More than 700 German prison ers were rounded up by the ad vancing allies. Many of them were dazen and frightened by the Anglo-American air and artillery bombardment. The only German offensive ac tions reported today were minor attacks against the allied beach head perimeter around Cisterna and in the vicinity of ADrilia. Official word of fighting in the Aprilia sector revealed that the Anglo-American forces had surg ed back about a mile since the be ginning of their counterdrive at noon Saturday. Beavers Invade Overbay's Yard It's an ill wind that blows no body good. Charles H. Overbay, 1024 Har mon boulevard, believed this to day when he reported that beav . era had raided his y.ard In the F night, eating a goodly portion of a popular tree he had fallen for wood. The animals had eaten a hnln !.... U 1 1 . .P t and consumed about three feet of the log. "But I discovered that they liked the little branches too, so I'll just feed that out to them and save me the trouble of carry ing it to the dump," Overbay grinned. Property Report Deadline Is bet - County Assessor J. A. Fountain today reminded taxpayers that March 2 Is the deadline for re ports on personal property which must be made to the assessor. Personal property blanks were recently mailed to all taxpayers but anyone who failed to receive his is asked to call at Fountain's office In the courthouse. U. S. Official Says Spa Rule Is Prototype of Nazism Washlneton. Feb. 21 IP At torney General Francis Biddle today branded the falanglst move ment headed by Generalissimo rancisco Franco as the Spanish prototype of nazism and said its doctrine is "incompatible with the well-being of the United States." Biddle assailed the Spanish po litical party in announcing that denaturalization proceedings have been started against a Puerto Rlcan member, Isidro Conde Fer nandez, 47. It was the first Jus tice department action of Its kind against falanglst, but Biddle hinted that others might follow. Asserting that Franco "heads the falange and dictates its de crees," Biddle said the party was dedicated to "re-establishment of phe lost empire of Spain." It Is, he added, "the prototype in Spain of the fascist and nazi parties in Italy and Germany." Japan, Apparently Smarting Under Pacific Blows, Shakes Up Navy, Army Chiefs of Staff (By VmlU Pnu) Japan, apparently smarting under the crushing blow on Truk, the invasion of Eniwetok atoll in the Marshall and unceasingly aerial assaults on Bismarck archipelago bases, shook up her high command today, removing the chiefs of staff of the imperial army and navy. The official Japanese Dome! agency announced the shifts in command almost simultaneously with a communique ad mitting that American task forces sank 18 ships and de stroyed 120 planes in the raid on Truk, the Japanese "Pearl Harbor." ... Premier Gen. Hideki Tojo was given the additional post of chief of the army general staff andttavy Minister Shige- In South Pacific A ; Martin E. Benson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Benson, Bend, has completed his course in officer training as lieutenant and has been assigned to duty in the south Pacific, according to word from Australia. Lt. Benson, a grad uate from Bend high school, en tered the service with Co. I and west overseas in 1942. Doctor, Patient in Race With Death LaGrande, Ore., Feb. 21 IP Dr. Thomas M. Gilmore, 72, of Union, conducted a stethoscoDe examination of Ed Wulf, 73, who long had been seriously ill. In route home. Dr. Gilmore re marked to his wife: "I don't think. Ed Wulf will last through, the night and, you know, I think I may beat him." . At home, Dr. Gilmore remeved his shoes, sad down and toppled over dead from a heart attack. Dr. Gilmore died at 10:35 p.m., Saturday. While preparing to drive to Union for Dr. Gilmore's body, L. L. Snodgrass, mortician, received a call from the home of Wulf. Wulf had died at 10:45 p.m., Saturday. State Employes Lower Car Travel Seattle, Feb. 21 IP A reduc tion of about 40 per cent In auto mobile travel by Washington state employes has saved taxpay ers thousands of dollars in the last year, it was reported today. J. B. Whittall, state govern ment mileage rationing adminis trator, announced that during 1943 Washington-owned or leased cars were driven 7,229,370 miles by state employes, compared with Vijxo.ow miles in i4i. REDS CLAIM HUGE TOLL London, Feb. 21 U Russia's Baltic armies have killed or cap tured 97,200 Germans In their month-old drive westward from Leningrad, Moscow announced to day while soviet Ukranian lorces hurled a mighty new oiiensive against the last remaining nazi stronghold in the Dnieper bend. JURY LIST PUBLISHED Names of those who appear on the 1944 Jury list, selected this month by the county court, ap pears in today's Bulletin on page 6. in s The government seeks to re- voke Fernandez" citizenship on the ground that "the reason of his lack of attachment to consti tutional principles he is not en titled to the privileges of Ameri can citizenship," Biddle said. The government, he said, will base Its case on the fact that "member ship in the falange and other evi dence indicates that the defendant' advocates a totalitarian form of government and subscribed to other principles of the falage In mlcal to democracy, either at the time of his naturalization or dur ing the five years immediately preceding lt" Fernandez, a resident of San Juan, was born In Spain !n 1897, came to Puerto Rico In 1915, was naturalized In March, 1942, and Joined the falange in January,! 1938, Biddle said. 1 THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, taro Shimada, the additional post of chief of the navy gen eral staff. Both appointments were made "personally" by Em peror Hirohito, Domel said. Former army chief of staff, Field Marshal Gen Sugiyama, and former navy chief of staff, fleet Adm. Osaml Nagano, were "relieved" of their posts and no new appointments were an nounced. Ship Losses Reported The Japanese acknowledge ment of ship losses was only one less than listed by Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, commander of the Pa cific fleet, at Pearl Harbor. The American task force also destroy ed at least 201 enemy planes, al though the Japanese admitted loss of only 120. Nimitz' also announced thB)t marine and army troops had cap tured the western half of Eni wetok island and occupied all other islands in the atoll except Parry, which now was isolated. Casualties in the Invasion con tinued light, Nimitz said, although the Americans were meeting op position. Four of Family Now in Service When Jimmy Chambers, 17- year-old Lava Bear football star and a Junior at Bend high school. began his "boot" training last week at. Farragut, Ida, naval training station, he brought to 100 per cent the service record of the family ol Mr. and Mrs. Cary Chambers, 117 Chamber lain. Jimmy Joins his two brothers and sister who are in the service each in a different branch, Jack Chambers, 20, was serving with the army air forces on the Philippines when Bataan fell to Japan and since being reported a prisoner, has sent several postal cards to his parents telling that he is well and safe. Jack was graduated from Bend high school in 1941. Is Staff Sergeant Bob, 23, Is a staff sergeant with a crack army infantry unit in the south Pacific, and has seen action in the Solomons and New Guinea campaigns. SSgt. Chambers en tered service with Bends famed company I and was one of about 15 local men transferred to his new unit when the call came for volunteers. Bob was a senior in Bend high school when mustered into service. Mary, 19, is a member of the army cadet nurses corps at St Joseph's hospital in Tacoma Wash., ready to do her part for her brothers upon graduation. She finished Bend high school in 1942. . t Semi-Holiday to ' Be Observed Here City and county offices, and the banks of Bend will be closed to morrow In observance of Wash ington's birthday, it was an nounced today. Business as usual will be trans acted by most firms, and all fed eral offices will remain open, it was Indicated. Postmaster Robert H. Fox an nounced that the postoffice would also be closed. Air Patrol Class GetsNew"Home" Redmond, Feb. 21 The civil air patrol flight class met in quarters at the officer's club which has been prepared for them at the Redmond army air base Thursday evening. This was the first meet ing of the flight group at the base. Previously the meetings have been held at the high school. Lt. Lane of the base is giving a series of talks to the group on meteorology. M. F. Roberts is commanding officer. Bend Man Suffers Leg Injury in Train Mishap Falling from the cupola of an S. P. Sc S. caboose near Wishram, Wash., H. H. Whitemore, 62, a brakeman of Bend, suffered a fractured leg and other Injuries last Friday, according to word re ceived here today. Whitemore was taken to a hospital at The Dalles. 126 German Planes Bagged By U.S. Fliers Huge Fleet of 2.000 ' American "Shipt" Hit Big German Plants London, Feb. 21 Ut About 2,000 American planes struck their second staggering blow at Germany In two days today, at tacking on a scale equal to the Sunday bombardment that knock ed out one-fourth of Adolf Hitler's fighter plane production. The systematic destruction of the German air force as a weapon for the last defense of the relch thundered toward a climax ; as American and British aerial ar madas rained an unprecedented weight of explosives on the Nazi homeland. 1 ' The repeat performance today by United States forces ot the biggest daylight air attack of all time followed a smashing assault by the royal air force on the In dustrial center of Stuttgart, which rocked under the impact of an estimated 1,600 tons of bombs during the night. Tanks Back on Job Soon after announcing that American airmen had shot down 126 German planes in the assault on nazi aircraft centers yester day, United States headquarters revealed that an equally strong force had returned to hammer targets in northwest Germany to day. Marauder medium bombers of the United States Ninth air force, transferred to Britain from the middle east, Joined In the record shattering offensive with an at tack on the German air field In the Coxyde area of the Belgian coast. A small force of RAF and Roy al Australian air force Mosquito bombers of Britain's second tac tical air force smashed at north ern France. Both the American and Imper ial operations were covered by Typhoons, and one plane was lost. This was the first announcement that -the Mosquito Units were fir action as a part or tne kaf tac tical arm. Defeat Impressive ' Observers said that in all prob aballty the present attacks rep resented the worst single defeat of German air power since the battle of Britain. Aside from the destruction of nazi planes and the pulverized production centers, they said the campaign demon strated how thoroughly nazi de fenses could be saturated when the RAF and the USAAF team at full strength against targets deep in uermany. The German air force was as sumed to be desperately amassing a reserve against the allied inva sion of Western Europe. The best opinion here held that a few more blows like the current series would condemn the luft- waffe to inferiority as disastrous as that of the Kaiser's air force at the end of the first world war. Wayne L. Morse To Visit Midstate Eugene, Ore., Feb. 21 iipi Wayne L. Morse, candidate for the republican nomination for U. S. senator, will .leave here Tues day on a speaking tour to include Roseburg, Marsh field, Medford, Grants' Pass, Klamath Falls, Bend, Redmond and, after a re turn to Portland, eastern Oregon cities. George Brick, No.1,AIISetforWarNo.2 George R. Brick, 50, veteran of war that ended more than 25 years ago, former commander of the Percy A. Stevens post of the American legion and post adju tant since 1937, Is all signed up ior worm war ino. t. Passing his Dhvslcal examlna. tion 100 per cent. Brick was ac cepted for duty in the navy ship repair unit and given a rating as chief electrician's mate. He hopes to get into the scrap soon as pos- sioie ana, ne aaaea, ao nis bit In helping his boy and several other million boys winding up the pres ent war. They might figure that work ing In the mills here Is essential duty, but to my way of thinking I can do a better Job for Uncle Sam by showing the boys how we aid the job In France last time, ne added. "If I can help keep the ships afloat so's the boys can carry the thunder to the enemy, that's where I had better be!" Brick's son, Eugene, Is stationed on a subchaser somewhere In the South Pacific. "They thought I was too nIH fnr the army, but the navy seems to ininn i m u. ii. or they wouldn't have been so nice to me by giving me the chiefs rating," Brick ob served, Brick came to Bend in the fall Still Has Doughboy Touch r i:,iVK .vV den. Dwlght D. Elsenhower, supreme commander ot Allied Expeditionary Force, shows ha hasn't lost his "doughboy" touch as ha fires Browning inc macmne gun from tus nip jsngiana. signal Red Army Believed Saving Big Victory News for Anniversary l Intricate Series of Encircling and Flanking Drives Menace Germans Near Junction of Dno Moscow, Feb. 21 (U.P. An intricate series nf soviet en circling and flanking drives along the railways and highways east of Pskov directly threatened the strategic junction of Dno from four directions today. Steady Russian advances raised the question of whether the Germans would be able to make a stand at the rail hub 60 miles east of Pskov under the developing threat to their rear communications. Meager front reports suggested the possibility that the rW rmy -was saving; accounts of victories in the making - Two Stolen Cars Reported Located Two automobiles were recover ed, as another was reported stolen to police over the weekend, ac cording to reports at headquar ters today. '"City and state police were at tempting to locate a car stolen early today from Merle Clark, Rt. 1, Box 360, Bend. The machine was taken from Bond street. It was described as a small coach, bearing Oregon license No. 320 319. A car belonging to Fred N. Van Matre, local contractor, and which was stolen here a week ago, last night was recovered near the Sky liners playground, eight miles out of Bend. The car had been aband oned in snow after the thieves had smeared the windows with pie, and ran the motor until the gaso line tank was drained and the oil gone. The machine was discov ered by Gordon George and Phil Brogan, high school boys who were skiing In the vicinity. Another car reported stolen from J. D. Donovan was later re covered by state police on Wall street. Veteran of War of 1915, and for 27 years worked as an electrician at The Shevlin- Hixon Company. He was com, m under of the American Legion post here in 1935 and lasti. Enlisting at Vancouver, Wash., on December 9, 1917, Brick was transferred overseas after only a short training period as a mem ber of Company B, Fourth combat engineers. He was discharged from the army on August 29, 1919, at Fort Lewis, Wash. In France Brick figured In sev eral of the major battles, escap ing without Injury. At Aisne Marne in July, he went Into the sanguinary struggle with the marines, and saw action In Aug ust at St. Mihiel, on a defensive sector at Verdun in September, and in September and October at Meuse-Argonne. When the armistice was signed Brick was assigned with the army of occupation In Germany from November until the time he was transferred back to the states and mustered out. In discussing his medical exam ination, Brick noted that he was only two pounds heavier than when he enlisted In the first war. Awaiting call to active duty, I Brick is with his wife, Bemice, and other sons, Sammy 14, and Rowan, 15, and his mother, Mrs. Sophia Briek, at his home St 418 Florida avenue. FEB. 21, 1944 (NEA Radio Ttbeheto) during inspection of uuantry. unit in corps raaio-wiepuouj. less than 30 miles from Dno tfor the 26th anniversary of its founding Wednesday, Slogans Issued The central committee of the communist party Issued 47 red army slogans for the anniversary. They rang with confidence of ultimate allied triumph over Ger many in such terms as "Long live the victory of the Anglo- American - Soviet lighting alli ance over the mortal enemy of mankind the German fascist en slavers, Front reports from the Ukraine said that heavy blizzards were impeding the Russian advance but probably were making it even harder on Gen. Fritz von Mann- stein's struggle to erect a new de fensive wall. (A German communique said the Russians were attacking heavily south ol Krivoi Rog in the heart of the Dnieper bend, east of Zhaskov to the west, south of the Berezina river In White Russia and southeast of Vitebsk. Bud Salisbury Hurt in Action Mr. and Mrs. Grant Salisbury, 802 Delaware, have learned that their son, Pvt. Monroe Salisbury, was wounded in action recently in the southwest Pacific theater. The notification, which was signed by Capt. Josephus Dan iels, Jr., marine corps headquart ers in Washington, stated that the information had been "delay ed," and that further details would be forwarded as soon as possible. Monroe was Injured in the knees by gunshot, the letter stated. A V-mall letter was received from "Bud" himself Saturday the same day the official notifica tion came stating that his wounds are healing and that he is at a base hospital somewhere Inthe South Pacific. The marine was a senior in Bend high school last year when he enlisted. 4 Year Old Girl Fatally Burned Lebanon, Ore., Feb. 21 tP Fu neral services will be held in Lebanon tomorrow for four-year- old Helen Van Horn who burned to death Saturday when her cloth ing was Ignited by flames from a fireplace in her home. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Huey Van Horn of Cas cadia. Ore. BULLETIN London, Feb. 21 ftP The Berlin rutin uld tonlrht that attmrklnr allied armor had broken Into the German positions south of An rilOa In the Anzio beachhead, but claimed the peneratlon was wiped eat by s tana led nasi counterattack. Mighty Rifles of Believed to Have Had Part in Daring Attack Invasion Forces Battle Way Across Foe-Held Eniwetok Atoll as World Still Speculates on Blasting of Pacific Fortress by Americans . Pearl Harbor, Feb. 21 (U.P.) U. S. Invasion forces" battled their way across the next-to-the-last enemy-held island in Eniwetok atoll today as front dispatches indicated a battleship bombardment may have aided carrier-based planes in sinking 19 Japanese ships in last week's smashing raid on Truk. - (A Japanese communique admitted the loss of 18 ships, three destroyers, and 120 planes in the American attack . on Truk. It claimed the sinking of two American cruisers, the damaging of an aircraft carrier and an unidentified warship and the destruction Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, announced in a communique late yesterday that marines and army troops had captured the : : " western half of Eniwetok is land and occupied all other islands In the atoll except Par ry, which was Isolated by the landing on Eniwetok. Casualties Light "Although the Americans are meeting opposition, casualties continued to be light," Nimitz said. - The invaders were expected to complete the conquest of the atoll, 750 miles northeast ot Truk, within a matter of days, better ing even their eight-day victory on Kwajalein earlier this month. Speculation that the 16-inch guns of American battleships may have contributed to the destruc tion at Truk last week stemmed from official reports : that all aerial opposition had been wiped out In the first day of the as sault, leaving the way clear for warships to approach within gun range. 10 Ships Sunk Altogether, the powerful Amer ican task force sank 19 Japanese ships, probably sank seven others. destroyed at least 201 enemy Dlanes and wrecked! shore Instal lations last Wednesday -and. Thurs day In the greatest naval victory numerically since the battle of the Bismarck sea in March 1943, when American planes sank an entire convoy or 22 enemy ships. The successiui attack cost tne American armada only 17 planes lost and "moderate damage to one warship. "The Pacific fleet has returned at Truk the visit made by the Japanese fleet to Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and effected partial (Continued On Page 3) Los Angeles Area Los Angeles, Feb. 21 (IP) Scat tered showers in the lowlands and more snow in the mountains were forecast for today as Southern California cleaned up after its worst storm in 13 years, a mix ture of snow, hail and rain that dumped 3.68 Incres ol precipita tion on Los Angeles in 24 hours and blocked mountain highways. me neavy downpour, wnicn started late Saturday, reached climax yesterday when lightning heralded a 10-mlnute downfall of hail and snow that whitened streets and housetops. The weather bureau said the snow was not the real thing, Just snow pellets;" but lt looked like the real thing to oldtlmers who had to explain what "that white stuff" was to children. Scattered parts of the city were blacked out by power failures which went unrepaired because of the current strike of depart ment of water and power employ es. However, maintenance work ers kept lines open to war plants. Hit by Storm Soldier Accused of Giving Aid To 2 Escaped War Prisoners Albuquerque, N. M., Feb. 21 IIP) Federal authorities today promised a speedy trial for Pvt. Dale Maple, 24, San Diego, the first American soldier charged with treason In World War II. The handsome Harvard gradu ate, who according to the federal bureau of investigation was dis missed from the ROTC In 1940 because of alleged pro-nazl sym pathies, was charged with aiding in the escape or two nazi prison ers from the prison stockade at the army winter training center at Camp Hale, high In the Colo rado Rockies. Maple and the two prisoners were captured Thursday when their car broke down Just south of the Mexican border and were turned over to U. S. authorities by the Mexican Immigration office. Maple denied the charges on ar raignment and was held in default of $100,000 bond. U. S. District Attorney Howard Houk said his case would be presented to a fed NO. 66 U.S. Vessels on Nip Bastion i broadcast by Tokyo radio including two cruisers and of 54 carrier-based planes.) . commander of the Pacific fleet,- Mutual to Carry Varied Programs Chet Wheeler, manager of sta tion KWTL in Albany, Is In Bend today assisting the staff of KBND in making plans and arrange ments for the station's affiliation with the Mutual Don Lee broad casting system. KBND will be-, come a member of the national network on Wednesday, March 1. The full service will be available to KBND and will be broadcast, over the Central Oregon station. - "Central Oregonlans will enjoy one ot the finest of radio ser vices," Wheeler said. Station KWTL, which Wheeler manages, has been a Mutual affiliate for more than three years. Wheeler Is a former KBND staff member. In commenting on KBND's affilia tion with Mutual, Wheeler point ed out that this national network has an outstanding, well-balanced ' program schedule designed to. suit evervone. whether votine or - j old- Many Features Billed Outstanding commentators and newscasters, popular dramas,; women's programs, symphonies. sports and many top-notch dance bands are only a lew oi tne lea- tures, Wheeler said, people of Central Oregon will be able to hear when the Mutual programs are released over KBND. "With this affiliation with Mu tual, I know that Central Oregon. 1 fans will be tuned to KBND from - the time the station goes on the air until they sign off," Wheeler said. "Listeners everywhere are enthusiastic over Mutual Don Lee programs, and as KBND pro- ' vides the best coverage of this area, the large midstate audience ' will really appreciate this ser vice." Before going to Albany, Wheel er was commercial manager of , , KBND for more than two years. He organized and was in charge . of the program and commercial departments of the local station in 1938, wnen broadcasting was started. Chamber Receives -Fishing Inquiry Don H. Peoples, secretary of the Bend chamber of commerce, today opined that spring is sure ly Just around the corner, when he reported noting a genuine har binger: He received a long dis tance telephone call from a San Francisco man inquiring about the fishing possibilities around Bend. The man was Walter Bar ringer, and he advised the sec retary that he usually fished in the Cascades each year. "I told him that we'd had a bit of snow, and that the fish were rarin' to go," Peoples said. "This is a sure sign of spring!" eral grand Jury In Santa Fe, N. M., March 6, and his trial would be held shortly after that. Maximum penalty on conviction Is death, Houk said. The two Germans, Earhard Schwichtenberg and Hclnrich Kik ilius, neither of whom could speak English, were reported missing Tuesday night. At the same time, officials at Camp Hale reported that Maple was absent without leave from the camp. Details of the escape were not known, the FBI said, and Maple would make no statement other than to maintain his innocence. The youth, clean-shaven and scrupulous about his appearance, remained calm through the ques tioning, officials reported. The two prisoners, members of Rommell's Afrika Korps, stoically puffed pipes during the three hour questioning period and offi cials said they would be returned to camp either today or tomorrow.
