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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND. OREGON, TUESDAY. MARCH 21. 194 - PAC2 T?,1 Local News TEMPERATURE ' Maximum yesterday, 41 degrees. Minimum Isat night, 17 decrees. TODAY'S WEATHER . Teaqwnrtant: M p. bl, 9 de gree; 1 a. m, 42 tiu. Ve locity of wtod: 1 p. nv mile; M a. m, mfle. Cap. W. H. Zwick and Capt. Cecil Fuller have returned from Fort Belvolr, Va, where they at tended field officer' school the past three months. Both officers are stationed at Camp Abbot and their families remained here while they were in the east. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Jensen have gone back to Kirkland, Wash, fol lowing a few days' stay with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mar tin. A former Bend resident, Mrs. Norman Greer, is here from Port land as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Hodklnson. Mrs. Greer is em nloved at the George White's serv ice men's center in Portland; her husband is serving with the armed forces overseas. Sgt Solon B. Hamer has re turned to his duties at Camp Ab bot after visiting relatives and friends in San Antonio, Texas, while on furlough. Capt and Mrs. Charles Trapp are back in Bend after spending the past three months in the east, where he attended field officers' school at Fort Belvolr, Va and she visited her parents in Pitts burgh, Pa. The officer will return to duty at Camp Abbot and Mrs. Trapp expects to resume her work in the local Red cross chapter of fice shortly. Glenn Stockton, Standard Oil representative at Prineville, was a business visitor in Bend today. S. C. Mitchell and J. R. Nedry, Eugene, were in Bend today on business, registering at the Pilot iButte inn. E. H. Weigand, in charge of the food industries branch of the Ore gon State college, today returned to Corvallis after a brief stay in Bend. Prof. Weigand was sched uled to address the Ki wards club here yesterday, but was delayed by stormy conditions in the Cas cades, and was unable to appear. Oscar Cutler, temporarily in charge of the state highway de partment, and a recent business visitor In Bend, today was report ed from Salem to be suffering from a heart attack. Cutler was removed to a Portland hospital for treatment A celebration of hory commun ion with intercession for the armed forces will be held at the Trinity Episcopal church at 10 a. m. tomorrow. This service will be the occasion of the presentation of the united thank offering from the women of the parish, and a full attendance is urged, Rev. G. R. V. Bolster, rector, has an nounced. The Grange Hall Ladles' aid will meet on Thursday afternoon with Mrs. George Hanson, 506 Florida avenue. Dennis L. Martin, petty officer 2c, arrived in Bend Saturday on a 30-day leave following 13 months service in the Aleutians. Martin was Joined here by his wife and baby son from Grldley, Calif, and they are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martin, 1475 Balti more, and other relatives and friends. Dennis was graduated from Bend high school with the class of 1939. Members of the Bend Philatelic society invite all local stamp col lectors to meet with them tonight at 8 o'clock In the Episcopal par ish hall. Mrs. Leonard Swartz, 215 Ur ania lane, underwent a major op eration this morning at the St. Charles hosDietal. Miss Bessie Harden of Hanford, Wash, is house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wietu, 1010 East Sixth street. Mr. and Mrs. Carol Dickerson, 343 Georgia, announce the birth of a daughter this morning at St. Charles hospital. Groups of army officers' wives will meet Wednesday afternoon In private homes to sew for the Red Cross. The following is a partial list of hostesses -with whom the women will meet: Mrs. V. E. Vrana, 204 Florida; Mrs. E. C. Miller, 612 Columbia; Mrs. WilUam T. Avery, 18 Saginaw: Mrs. William S. Roberts, Jr., 637. Drake -road; Mrs. M. J. Cuadra, 1642 East 8th; Mrs. J. C. Burge son, 1428 West 3rd; Mrs. Aubrey Bond, Jo-Ann auto court POSITIVELY ENDS TONIGHT-.- Many Say: If l Better Than "Lassie Come Home" y Local Funds Aid AbbotDay Rooms Close to $2,000 remains In the treasury of the Deschutes county camp and hospital committee even though major projects have already been handled, it was re vealed at a committee meeting last night In the Red Cross rooms. Expenditures to date have totalled about $4,000, which was taken from the $6,000 allotted the com mittee for Camp Abbot needs in the national war chest drive held last fall. Heading the list of expenditures is $3,100 toward the conversion of a building at Camp Abbot Into additional guest house space to relieve "visitor" housing crises In Bend, with the building to be named In honor of Bend's Major J. L. Chute, who was killed last year in Australia. - Other projects and their cost have been: $700, sanding floors and finishing walls In the Red Cross recreation building at the station hospital; $350, portable piano used in station hospital wards and sickrooms; $200, lino leum for halls in Red Cross build ing; $100, drapery materials for sunrooms at hospital and camp day rooms; and $70, recording ma chine for station hospital. W1H Aid Redmond Mrs. Jess Tetherow and Mrs. J. R. Roberts, members of the com mittee from Redmond, attended last night's meeting and announc ed that a request for funds to fur nish three additional' dayrooms at the Redmond air base may be expected soon. It is thought that the $1,000 contributed to the war chest and earmarked for the Red mond air base will cover the cost. The Redmond representatives ex plained that unier the present setup at the base, the two day rooms which accomodated the former personnel are inadequate for the number now occupying the post FCC Gets Word r HOUSE PET Abiww I Pmbw Paul HORIZONTAL 1, Pictured animal II Exist 1) Negative 14 Head cover 15 Three times (comb, form) 16 Symbol for radium 17 Percussion musical instrument It Forenoon (abbr.) 20 Genus of vipers 24 Upon vntiCAS lAnxlttiss . I Scriptures 3 Symbol for cerium 4 Half-em 5 Wand 6 Evades 7 Card game 8 Near 9 is a type of dog 10 Expunge.' II Restrict . It International language - 25 Fire worshiper 21 Mixture SB Slope 22 Bury 50 Water Ice 32 Respect 34 Deviate 35 Her 35 Handle 36 Bantu language 41 Male sheep 43 Journey 45 Greek letter 47 Plays the part of host 49 Accomplish ' 51 Resource 52 Caterpillar hah- 54 Of the thing 85 Vegetable 56 Georgia (abbr.) 56 Dress edge 59 Long fish 60 Penetrates 23 Salnte (abbr.) 40 Changer ' 25 Through - 42Mimlo 26 Reaches 44 Constellation 27 Symbol for 46 Perfect rubidium 48 Plant parts 29 Lines of 50 Overtime Junction (abbr.) 31 Bodily organ 52 Observe 33 Symbol for 53 Era manganese 55 Hebrew letter! 87 Street (abbr.) 57 Any 31 Meadows 58 Him i 11 li I U 14 j ii. i7 b I ii io ii r--ii 3" ST it" p H iTRT isr Vv. M hiftPM FASHION'S- PRETTIEST Men of Church Organize Group Under the guidance of Mr. K. T. Myklebust, president of the Pa cific district brotherhood, a men's organization was formed at the First Lutheran church on Sunday evening. The following bfficers were installed: president, Larry Lermo; vice-president, W. B. An derson; secretary, H. A. Christen sen, and treasurer, Gunnar Bjor vik. The next meeting of this local brotherhood will be on Wednesday- evening, April 5, with Lewis Selken as host. This will be in the church parlors. All who attend this gathering may be enrolled as charter members. Advent of Spring Marked by Chill Spring officially came to Cen tral Oregon yesterday, but the local weatherman apaprently for got to change his gadgets. Last night the temperature dropped to 17 degrees, one of the chilliest nights In the past several months. And yesterday's maxi mum was only 43 degrees. Today, the weatherman appear ed to have things under control again and the temperature mount ed above the 50 degrees mark. TONIGHT TOMORROW 30c Any Seat BARGAIN NIGHTS 30c Any Seat ALLAN JONES EVELYN ANKERS BURKE Prv id Brute -Patsy O'Connor Vl , "A ft PLUS 2ND. FEATURE TIM HOLT Proof that prisoners of the Japanese government have receiv ed some mail from this country was contained In a telegram re ceived today by Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Gilliland, Star route, from the provost marshal of the U. S. army referring to their son, Cpl. How ard M. Gilliland. The wire which contained the complete text of a message from Howard which the federal communications commis sion wired Mr. and Mrs. Gilliland yesterday that they had heard reads as follows: "The following short wave broadcast from Japan has been intercepted: 'Dear mother, my let ter from Frances informed that you were all well. What are dad and the girls doing? Has Jean or Mary married yet? Can you send pictures? Love, Howard.' This broadcast supplements previous official report received from the International Red Cross stating your son was prisoner of war. The "Frances" referred to in Howard's message is Mrs. Fran ces Anderson of Rochester. N. Y. Mrs. Gillilarid's sister. Howard's parents and other relatives have also been writing to him but ap parently only Mrs. Anderson's let ter has reached him. Relatives Mentioned As for the two girls whose mari tal status he questioned, "Mary" is Miss Mary Dent of Riverside, Calif., his sweetheart whom Mrs. Gilliland reports is still "waiting" for him. "Jean" is his sister, who has married since he was taken prisoner with other air force men in the Philippines and has been waiting since October for further word of her husband, SSgt. Har old E. Rogers of Wilmington, Del., who has been reported as missing In action over Germany. SSgt. Rogers was formerly stationed at the Redmond air base. Governor Replies To Query by FDR Salem, Ore., March 21 (IPI Ore gon's election laws provide "more complete election opportunity" than the federal soldiers vote bill, Governor Earl Snell declared to day In reply to President Roose velt's query as to the acceptability of the federal ballot in this state. "The attorney general and elec tion officials are still studying the provisions (of the federal act) looking to coordination with the Oregon laws any features which would expedite soldier balloting in this state," Snell said. The governor indicated that he would have a "yes" or "no" an swer to the president's inquiry as soon as this study is completed. "Under Oregon laws all service men and women from this state will be permitted opportunity of casting complete ballots," the gov ernor pointed out, adding that "it is understood, however, that air mail service will be provided in delivery and collection of overseas ballots. "Oregon's legislature and elec tion officials have already taken necessary steps to insure soldier voting but you may be assured, Mr. President that should subse quent developments indicate the necessity for further action, Ore gon will proceed forthwith. British Subs Sink 7 Nippon Vessels London, March 21 tlPi British submarines, ranging through far MORE ABOUT Smashed Nazis (Continued From Page One) : points. Two Rumanian divisions with German stiffening elements were charged with the defense of Mogtlev-Podolski. There on the el bow of the Dniester the Russians feinted attacks in several direc tions, threw the defenders off bal ance, seized the river bridge 'and made it possible to sweep on into Bessarabia without loss of mo mentum. Soviet forces were reported streaming across the Dniester at many crossings, despite increas ing resistance by the German air force. Hah to put stars In your eyes make you feel excitingly pretty for Easter parading. Computer fermnine- flower-decked flat-tops, half hats, the backswept bonnets, dashing besu-brummel sailors, postillions. Choose yourf from our fashion head-liners! 398 and up Wetle's j The Place' To Trede eastern waters, sank seven Japan ese supply ships and severely damaged two others, one of which was left burning, in recent patrol actions, it was announced today, An admiralty communique said that among the ships sunk were two medium and two small ves sels. Those damaged were de scribed as one large and one medium-size supply ships. ' The actions occurred in the Mal acca straits, at the southern end' of the Malayan peninsula, and around Sumatra, the communique said. Klamath Seeks School Firebug Merrill, Ore., March 21 IP In vestigation was begun today on ! the third Klamath school blaze of , mysterious origin to occur re cently. An apparent attempt to destroy 1 the Merrill high school by fire was l discovered yesterday by the Jani tor, .Virgin Morrow, who found paper piled In the center of the furnace room ablaze and spread ing. Two other community schools, 'one at Dorris, Calif., 16 miles south of Klamath Falls, and one at Bonanza in Klamath county, have been destroyed by fire re ' cently. Fourth Engineers Veteran Visiting ! Camp Abbot, March 21 (Spc 1 vial) "Auld acquaintance" Is ex pected to figure today or tomor row at this post through the pres ence of Col. James L. Blakeney, ninth service command chaplain from headquarters. Fort Douglas, Utah, who served In the last war ' with the Fourth engineers a reg iment whfch included a number of men from the Central Orcgqn area. i Chaplain Blakeney is visiting at Abbot today and Wednesday and Is hopeful that any of his old friends who know of his presence ( here will get in touch with him at the post chapel or telephone Camp Abbot, extension 67. BOMB BLAST BOYS' PRANK Vallejo, Cal. (IP) A home-made bomb fashioned of dynamite caps and fuses and placed in the cel lar of a Vallejo home smashed windows and blew down the front door. Police arrested two boys who said the whole thing was a prank to frighten the 15-year-old son of the houseowner. Babies' Photographs Given Away in 2nd Annual Mother's Day BABY CONTEST Every baby a winner because every Baby receives a lovely FREE picture . . . And every baby has chance to win one of ' 31 Prizes Totaling $250 3 Age Groups 3 Prize Groups 1st, each group $25 War Bond 2nd, each group $10 War Stamps 3rd, each group $ 5 War Stamps Nest 7 prizes $3.50 Color Photo Grand Prize $50 War Bond Children up to 6 years eligible, but not more than one in family. We take photo. No charge! No obli gation. Contest closes April 30th. No Appointment Necessary Chapter Quotas Rapidly Reached San Francisco. March 21 "Chapters ol the American Red Cross in the seven western states are bettering their 1943 record for war fund contributions in the Red Cross war fund drive." This announcement has come from Verne Simmon, manager Pacific area, of the American Red Cross, after studying comparative figures on the midpoint survey of this year's unprecedented fund raising drive. "Last year, on. March 15, 26 chapters had gone over the top, and goals were sub stantially lower. This year, by Marcn 15, 28 cnapters nau report ed full attainment of their In creased quotas," Simmons said. Simmons pointed out, however, that the fund raising job ahead was still enormous If the Red Cross is to continue and expand its vital services to fighting men and their families In this country and overseas. He announced that the first large chapter in the coun try to "go over the top" was the Spokane county chapter, Wash ington, which reached its mini mum chapter goal of $311,500 within the first 15 days of the of ficial campaign. Other successful chapters as of March 15 are those located as follows: California: La Verne, Ojal, Chlco, Turlock, Calexico, Lindsay. Idaho: Teton, Oneida, Idaho, La tah, Lewiston, Power, Montpelier. Nevada: Douglas, Ruth. Oregon: Wasco, Josephine, Hood River, Deschutes. Utah: West Millard, East Mil- iara. Washington: Columbia, Whit man, Asotin, Adams, Spokane. v;neian. Buy National War Bonds Now! BEDS CUT BAIL LINE ' London, March 21 IP Russian forces driving through Bessarabia have cut the Beltsi-Cernauti rail- road winding through the north west sector of that border prov ince Between tne Dniester ana Prut rivers, a Moscow communi que reported tonight Dried apples, now available in limited quantities to civilians were reserved for war needs during the past two years. At the Tower AM ' a 0 m , ... i ErcrO Aakcn and Allan Jones are shows in a scene from their latest musical comedy, "You're A Lucky Fellow Mr. Smith," with Billic Burke. ueirmeein STUDIOS "PORTRAITS OF DISTINCTION" 906 Wall . . N.xf to USO . . Phone 89 . . Bend Open 10:30 a. m. to 8:30 p. m. 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