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UnlT ot Ora IJhrMT V Call Before 7 Tha Bulletin circulation office re mains open until 7 o'clock each eve ning to serve subscriber. Call 56 before 7 p. m. if you fail to receive your paper. T BMD) BULLETIN CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER Weather Forecast Partly cloudy today and tonight, light rain along" cuaxt beginning Saturday, spreading inland during; day. Slightly warmer today, Volume LI THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 21. 1944 NO. 118 British Force Japanese Back To Imphal Hills One Invading Column Retreats Thirty Miles As Imperials Attack '' Allied Southeast Asia Headquar ters, Kandy, Ceylon, April 21 IP Allied armorea xorces, counter attacking furiously In an effort to smash the siege of Imphal, have driven a Japanese invasion column Into the hills 30 miles northeast of the city, a communi que said today. A number of enemy strong points in the hill area were cap tured by the attacking British imperials yesterday and "our ad vance continues," the communi que said. Strike Over Trail The allied units apparently were striking over a hill trail linking Imphal with Ukhrul and the com munique indicated they had pene trated to within about 10 miles of that town. There was no word of further action southwest of Imphal, where allied and Japanese troops had been battling for control of a ..hill position overlooking the Dl-'shenpur-Sllchar road. Southeast of Imphal, however, tank-led Japanese forces were repulsed in an attempt to break through the allied lines on the Tamu-Palel highway. Sixty miles north of Imphal, fierce fighting continued for the town of Kohima and the com munique acknowledged that the Japanese had succeeded in rein forcing their troops in that sec tor. British Temporarily Trapped Front reports said the enemy broke into the southein end of the town more than a week ago, hemming the British defenders Into a hilly residential section of the northwestern end. Indian troops dispatched from Dimapur were - reported pouring -into. Kohima, however, and the x. communique t indicated - that'- the uiam it-lit-- tAjiuiuii was muvuig Ewiltly down the road, disposing of enemy blocks. At least 400 Japanese have been 'killed in the recent fighting around Kohima, the allied com munique said. On the north-central Burma front, the Chinese 38th division fought down the east bank of the Mogaung river to within 25 miles of Mogaung, an important enemy base. Stimson Favors Labor Draft Law Washington, April 21 IP Con gressional leaders remained gen erally cool to national service leg islation today despite a new ad ministration warning that it is urgently needed to protect war production against draft calls ex- nonffu, . i . . (in i : ,year. Rep. John M. Costello, (D), Calif., chairman of a military affairs subcommittee on draft matters, who said the administration al ready had enough authority to "accomplish what is necessary" if it would only choose to use it. The plea for a limited national service or labor draft law came from Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of Navy Frank Knox, and Maritime Com missioner Emory S. Land after meeting with representatives of the U. S. chamber of commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers. They favored legislation auth orizing voluntary recruitment as preliminary measure but Invok ing draft principles If and when needed to provide manpower for "sennai industries. ermans Observe Great Activity in Britain a r i i ns rmai invasion rrepararions London, April 21 UP The Ger man radio said today that the greatest concentration of shipping nce the Dunkirk evacuation haf wen assembled in British waters Presumably for an invasion of Western Europe. The royal navy is being con ntrated in home waters, along th units of the American. French and Italian fleets, the Broadcast said. "Troops are leaving London," It wded. "Every day now, troop twins are leaving London stations taking men to ports." Germany has moved reinforce ments of crack SS elite puards In- o her Atlantic wall defenses, said Stockholm dispatch, and naa broadcasts reported that 300,000 fen now stood ready to repel any tilled Invasion. "All preparations to counter GOP Keynoter J u -? 71 A Governor Earl Warren of California. i v. Hwraiuio ar rangements committee to deliver IrMmnl. mwm - n i . . j ouuino nepuoucan na tional convention in Chicago, June 26. NipponsOpen Fierce Drive At Chenghsten Big Campaign Looms In China As Japanese Close in on Vital City Chungking, April 21 IPI Japa nese spearheads of a force now estimated at 60,000 troops today attempted to storm the immediate outskirts of Chenghsien in( north ern Honan province in an attack Chinese military spokesmen pre dicted would develop into the first large-scale battle in China since Changteh. Other Japanese columns, appar ently bypassing Chenghsien, were advancing west in the general di rection of Kunkhien, described by Chinese spokesmen as the "first city of strategic importance west oi cnengnsien. Kail Line Crossed One enemy column crossed the Peiping Hankow railway bed 30 miles southwest of Chengslen and was attacking in the direction of Migsien. Another column was advancing westward from the southern end of the Yellow river. MaJ. Gen. C. C. Tseng said Chenghsien, though formerly a vital railway juncture, had lost its military importance since the Chinese tore up both railways touching the city. He said he believed the west ward advance of the Japanese in dicated they, were aware of Chenghsien's lesser importance. Fleet in Action Supporting the Japanese land advance to the west, an enemy air fleet, unchallenged by either Chinese or American airmen, bombed two cities in southern Shensi province. In the absence of reports of Chinese or allied air re sistance. It was assumed the Japa nese had achieved air dominance in the battle area. Japanese planes also bombed and strafed ferries on the Yellow river and railway stations on the Lunghai line, west of Chenghsien. Five Day Forecast Five-day forecast ending Tues day night: Oregon and Washington west of Cascade mountain divide: light rain except south portion first of period and over all of area latter part. Normal temperatures. Idaho and Oregon and Wash ington east of Cascades: light rain north portion first of period and over all of area last of period. Rising temperatures to normal or slightly above Monday and cooler I end of period. n l t hn Imnuinn hnva hivn f-nnrliiHrvl ind all defenses are ready for thr 'nemy, raaio oeriin saiu. Tha Qtrw-lrhnlm nnwnfltvr T1H. ningen reported from Berlin that the newly-arrived SS troops "are considerably more strictly dis ciplined and much better equipped than other line troops." European reports indicated that all was not well behind Hitler's invasion defenses, however. A Swedish telegraph agency dis patch from Oslo said a small ves sel obviously an ammunition ship blew up opposite the so called fortress quay at Bergen on the west coast of Norway and de stroyed a number of buildings In a military area near the shore, including Haakon's hall, one of Norway's oldest historic monu ments. The explosions, presumably Admiral Says Big Fight Due In West Seas Bagley Holds Nip Fleet Will Be Annihilated if It Faces U. S. Armada San Francisco, April 21 Ut Vice Admiral David W. Bagley commander of the western sea frontier, declared today " a show down in the Pacific is in the off ing," and promised that the Jap anese navy will be annihilated if it makes a stand against resur gent American sea and air power. If the reluctant enemy high seas fleet remains in hiding, Bag- ley said in an address prepared for delivery before the Common wealth club, American forces will proceed by new land and floating bases ever nearer to the Japanese homeland. "Japan is caught upon the horns of a dillemma of ner own man ing," the admiral declared. "Re treat cannot win; it can only pro long the day of reckoning. May Scuttle Fleet "It Is even possible, if improb able, that tne imperial iieet may eventually be scuttled to preserve the quaint myth of its invincibil ity." Bagley, in a survey of tech niques for what he. termed "the Pacific invasion," said the devel opment of "floating bases" by the navy will enable American forces to reach China for the final as sault upon Japan without wait ing for a fixed base to be com pleted at every waypoint. These floating bases compos ed of floating drydocks, seaplane, submarine and destroyer tenders; ammunition, supply, cargo and repair ships, all types of landing craft, and other vessels of the 'train" made possible the Japan ese debacle at Palau, Bagley said, Vast Area Covered They also enabled a Central Pa cific task force to cover more than 8,000 miles while shelling Truk and the Mariana' islands. and permitted a reconnaissance in force aimed at -the Admiralty islands to be transformed into a successful invasion by supplying necessary landing craft, he declar ed. The admiral summarized four reasons for the ability of Ameri can forces to become aggressors In the Pacific in their current "war of movement:" 1. "We have demonstrated our superiority over the Japanese in amphibious warfare.. 2. "We have added structural strength and fire power to our fighting ships, concurrent with improvement in their tactical dis position. 3. "We have perfected the floating base as an extension of and as an important adjunct to our westward-moving system of advance land bases. 4. "Our maturing experience and offensive power permit broad er and bolder operations." Soldier and Wife Hurt in Accident Pvt. and Mrs. William Jones, injured when a small truck in which they were riding overturn ed Monday three miles north of Redmond, today were reported showing Improvement at the Camp Abbot hospital. Mrs. Jones suffered head Injuries and a frac tured leg, while her husband re ceived cuts about the head and an Injured shoulder. Pvt. Jones, stationed at Fort Lewis, and Mrs. Jones, a member of the Canadian WAC, stationed at Edmonton, Alberta, were mar ried April IS In Redmond. LORD SNELL DEAD London, April 21 ilPiLord Snell, 79, died in a London hos pital today. He had been a de puty leader in the house of lords since 1940. j a J I Aire maae touched off by saboteurs, killed at least 43 persons and Injured hun dreds of others. A tugboat was blown out of the water onto a pier and fires raged uncontrolled for several hours. Another Swedish Telegraph agency dispatch, this one from Copenhagen, said Gestapo agents had arrested hundreds of Danish patriots in a surprise round-up that covered the entire country. Practically the entire executive of the conservative youth organiza tion was taken Into custody. The Danish press service said the German command held a num ber of realistic anti Invasion ma tk.'tiveri recently In Denmark. A few days ago, the Germans sound ed a practice alarm In Copenhagen and occupied all roads and im portant buildings, the agency said. Diving Suit Cowboys Ride "Human". Torpedoes m mm , ' ' . V-I: ..Jif-zSZ-J - pj t: f ' - !r" "mm . - nll . i , " ""v, -L vj- -.. -J Lu - v- u C J Broadside view of the tandem crew torpedo used by Allies in Mediterranean with deadly effect on Axil ship ping. Tha two men wear special diving suits, wrap their legs around the slim, explosive projectile and ride it under water until It reaches target. Then they attach its explosive charge with, a time fuse to target and ride the propulsive part of the torpedo to safety. Badoglio Forms 1 Mixed Cabinet Naples, April 21 UAPremler Pietro Badoglio announced today that he had formed a new Italian government with all six opposi tion parties participating, includ ing the action party which had previously declined to collaborate. Members of the new cabinet will Include five ministers without portfolio. They are Benedetto Croce, lib eral; Count Carlo Sforza, action party; Giulio Rodino, Christian democrat; Palmiro Tagliattl, com munist, and Pietro Mancini, social ist. The 73-year-old Badoglio an nounced the -new government when he received correspondents after a meeting with the six party Junta at which he reportedly again stressed his intention of re signing the premiership upon the liberation of Rome, coincident with King Victdr Emmanuel's re tirement in favor of Prince Um berto. Called Victory The formation of the cabinet generally was considered a politi cal victory for Badoglio over the quarreling junta, which when finally confronted with a decision refrained from seizing an oppor tunity to eliminate him. Ministers of the army, navy and air force will all be Badoglio ap pointees. Among other important posts, the minister of interior went to Salvatore Aldisslo, Chris tian democrat, and the minister of Industry, commerce and labor went to Attillo de Napoli, social ist. Stassen Rescue At Sea Reported Madison, Wis., April 21 IP) The rescue of Lt. Cmdr. Harold E. Stassen, former governor of Minnesota and republican presi dential possibility, from a stalled patrol boat in the south Pacific! was disclosed today in a letter from a sailor aboard a submarine chaser. The incident was reported bv William Bormett, 22, sound me chanic second class aboard the sub-chaser, in a letter to his sis ter, Mrs. Harriet Bartholomew. Bormett, who has been in the navy for the last two years, said his ship was out on patrol when a small boat was seen stalled near an island. Passenger Picked Up We picked up the passengers." he wrote. and one of them identl - tied himself as Stassen." "Maybe," he commented, "we just picked up the next president of the United States." The letter was received by Mrs. Bartholomew Feb. 17. Mrs. Stassen said at her home In South St. Paul, Minn., that her husband had not told her o'f the incident. Leg Ion to Send Hosp ital Boxes Monthly shipment of hospital ity boxes to the Roseburg hospital will be made by he Percy A. Stev ens post of the American Legion and the auxiliary, it was announc ed today, as a result of a joint meeting of the groups last nleht In the veretans' room at the court house. The boxes, it was stated, will contain candies, cookies and other gifts designed to brighten the lives of military patients at the institution. An entertaining Droeram and luncheon featured the Joint as sembly, with hostesses being the Mesdames Margaret Anelin. Jean- ette Mulkins. C. A. Bovd and Edith KostoL Officers of Bend Association Warn OP A May 'Take Over' ! Conference of Taxpayers, Property Owners Called for Wednesday; Sign-Up Is Requested ' Warning that the "OP A may still invoke the federal rent control in this area," officials of the newly formed Taxpay ers and Property Owners today announced there will ganization next Wednesday evening at the city haH. The conference, according to Mrs. C. A. Sutton, secretary, will begin at 7 :30 p.m., and all property owners as well as land lords were urged to attend. The organization, formed a week ago in an effort to keep the OPA from controlling local rents, has almost com pleted a survey of all registered properties in Bend, and "has met with wonderful cooperation from all those contacted, : Vork Started On Pine Plant Construction of a $20,000 wood experiment plant on the property of The Shevlin-Hixon Company, by the Western Pine association, was begun today, with prospects that the pilot station would be completed and in operation by July. With the arrival in Bend of Carl A. Rasmussen, engineer for the Western Pine association, and who is now stationed here, a crew of eight men began exca vating for the foundations of the building. The workmen were being direct ed by J. L. Ross, for the Fred Van Matre contracting firm of Bend. Machinery Being Built ' At the same time it was an nounced that machinery for the plant is being built in the mid west, and will reach here some time next month. The Western Pine association some months ago decided on the erection of the experiment sta tion here because of the availabili ty of proper woods for use In dif ferent experiments designed to improve lumber. The association I members are also hopeful that dlf- ferent marketable by-products might be discovered at the plant. However, the by products will be merely incidental to the major undertaking, that of bettering the lumber produced by the associa tlon mills. Four Boys Seek Service at Sea Four Central Oregon youths, all 17 years old, today were In Port land taking physical examina- 1 tlon for enlistment In the navy, It was announced here today by Walter F. Patrle, in charge of Bend's recruiting station. The boys are: Paul Gordon Bowman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer G. Bowman, 557 East Norton street; Jack Le roy Hassler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerold V. Hassler, 915 East Sec ond street; Kenneth Homer Hag en, son of Mrs. Catherine Hagen, 144 Colorado street, and Clarence I mand of ..an,ncr army." Harold Johnston, son of Mr. ani TheTe was no jmm(Mi(1,e lndica Mrs Charles R Johnston, o03 ,, ag , wn, Faon.g asslKn. Nichols street, Prinevllle. , , Brilllin wouM and Redmond Bakery To Be Repaired Redmond. April 21 Work of repairing damage to the Redmond Bakery, partly wrecked when a.""""'""' K..H... ' JVLi-j .,,,rf . fi,! taken belief shortlv hnfnn. midnight Thurs - day, was begun today, with Joe Shultz, proprietor, expressing be lief that the plant would be back in normal operation soon, rire-i men were still attempting to de- termine cause tor me explosion ..........--..-. and resultant fire which de-! reported to Col. Russel M. Her strayed considerable material and j rington, base commander, today damaged the rear of the building, i at Gclger Field, Wash. INK4 TmlmtJtMt Protective association of Bend be an open meeting of the or Mrs. Sutton said. She urged that all those who have not registered their apartments, houses or rooms which are being rented, do so at once with George Slmervllle, executive secretary of the fair rents committee, at the city hall. It was pointed out that there is no charge for registering unless an appraisal Is asked, when the fee will be $1. Registration Asked In urging quick registration, and compliance with the aims of the protective association, Seaton Smith, chairman of the group, said "the OPA may still invoke the federal rent control in this area, and it is better that we work out our own problems rather than have the QPA arbitrarily set rent ceilings." He called attention to a letter recently sent the fair rents committee by Daniel D. Gage, of the rents division of the OPA, following a survey here. In the letter Gage stated his "at tention had been focused on auto courts, apartments and rooms," and expressed the wish that the rents committee would be able to bring about satisfactory adjust ments without the OPA s aid. Smith said that the protective association has "other advantages besides adjusting rentals, such as post-war planning and benefits to the property owners and taxpay ers." Urging a large attendance at Wednesday's meeting, Chairman Smith said the purpose of the gathering was to perfect a larger organization and to create big ger committees to make zone surveys of rooms, houses and apartments in Bend. Gen. G. S. Patton Now in England London, April 21 mi Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., commander of the American army that spear headed the Invasion of Sicily, has arrived In England "for duty," a terse allied announcement dis closed today. The announcement was the first direct word of Patton's where abouts sinre lant month when It was announced that he had been relieved of the command of the wupnth farmv and would take speculation regarding his mission was not permitted. I Patton, dubbed "old blood and 'guts" by his seventh army troops, Iwas a storm center last summer : ...I 1, .11. 1..... I V., hn ",.. a . SZ. .i,u, in r," 'Ju" .r, Z ci.Tiu Vh ZiZ field hospital In Sicily in the mis- that tne man was 1 malingering r.RASIUO GETS POST Spokane, Wash., April 21 U" Mai. Samuel C. Grashlo, only (A AF survivor of the "march of Nazis Lash at Reds in North As Soviets Increase Pressure On Bomb Ravaged Sevastopol Fall of Big Black Sea City Considered But Matter of Hours; Russian Cruiser Moves in To Bring Docks Under Fire; Destroyer Hit Moscow, April 21 (U.P.) The German command hurled hordea of tanks and tens of thousands of infantrymen today against soviet forces massing in Estonia and old Poland for spring and summer offensives, but the Russians held firm and were reported officially to be "slaughtering" the at tackers. The increasingly heavy German "preventive" attacks in dicated that red armies may be Drenarinar to strike next in the Narva sector of Estonia in the Baltic states and on the Stanialawow front in the Carpathians as soon as they com- Great Armada Of RAF Planes HitsWestWal! Blows at Nazi Defenses Reach Pre-lnvasion Pitch In Heavy Night Attacks London, April 21 IH More than 1,100 British bombers, the. largest air fleet ever sent out by the RAF, carried the allied air offensive against Germany's western de fenses to pre-invaslon pitch last night with paralyzing blows at Cologne, Paris, and two other key railway centers serving the channel coast. First reports Indicated that the assault was the heaviest ever made by any air force, with the raiders dropping well over 4,000 tons of explosives on railway tar gets at Cologne, Germany; La Chapelle, In the outskirts of Paris; Ottlgnles, 15 miles south east of Brussels, Belgium; and Lens, in northern France. Berlin Stabbed Twin-engined Mosquitoes simul taneously stabbed lightly at Ber lin, rounding out a night of raids in which 16 aircraft were lost. Coastal reports that large for mations of allied bombers were crossing the channel in layllght today Indicated that the offensive designed to soften Germany s de fenses for an allied landing now was on an around-the-clock basis. The night raiders hit western Europe only a few hours after nearly 1,000 American Flying Fortresses and Liberators, plus swarms of fighter-bombers and medium and light bombers, made the heaviest daylight attack of the war on northern France. Tonnage Mounts With the RAF believed to have exceeded Its previous record one night bombload of 4,400 tons dropped only two nights earlier, the weight of explosives unloaded on Germany's Atlantic wall de fenses and the railway communi cations supplying and reinforc ing them soared to nearly 12,000 tons in the past four days and nights alone. The allied command long has been expected to order the crip pling of Germany's Intricate sys tem of military railways in ad vance of the opening of a western front, which nazl sources nave been predicting will come within the next five weeks. PRESS CENSORED La Pliiz, Bolivia, April 21 Pi The Bolivian government an nounced last night that It had es tablished censorship of the press. Ration Point Values of Pork Butter and Mutton to Be Cut Washington, April 21 HP) Ra tion point values of lamb and mutton will be roughly halved next month, pork point values will be cut somewhat and the point value of butter will be re duced from the present level of 16 points a pound, probably to 12 points. It was learned today. The office of price administra tion, Its hand forced by prema ture disclosure of Its plans at the capitol, officially announced that It was planning thq sharp cut in lamb and mutton point values. It said the values for these meats effective May 1 will be approximately half of the cur rent values, which range from two points a pound for stew meat and other inferior cuts to 10 points for loin chops and roasts. Officials, however, denied re ports that the point value of but ter would be halved, to eight points a pound. Spurred by print ed reports that this 50 per cent slash was planned, OPA was un derstood to have told regional officials this was not so. Of ficlals Tplete the liberation of Sevas topol, last nazi toehold in the Crimea. The German stand in Sevasto pol, Russia's biggest naval base was believed In Its final hours as two Russian armies slowly pressed the doomed garrison back through the streets of the city. Soviet planes blockading the ap proaches to the port in 24 hours alone sank an enemy destroyer and four transports totaling 15,- 000 tons, some of them loaded to capacity with fleeing German and Romanian troops. Docks Under Fire (A British broadcast recorded by CBS said a heavy Russian cruiser, standing off Sevastopol harbor, was shelling the docks in the German-held city.) The soviet high command. In Its midnight communique, failed to mention ground fighting in the Crimea for the first time since the soviet offensive there began April 8, and it was possible' that there would be no imther an nouncement until Sevastopol la captured. Tne Hermans launcnea tneir heavy attack against the soviet bridgehead on the west bank ot the Narva river southwest ot the Estonian rallwav iunctlon Of the same name after a fierce 90mln- as tne curtain oi lire mira, large forces of tanks, self-propelled guns, and infantry moved forward, "apparently counting on routing our defense by one blow," the soviet communique said. Enemy Flees Instead, a hail of soviet rifle, machine-gun, artillery, and trench mortar fire forced the enemy to turn and flee, but later reports said the attacks were continuing on a heavy scale, though without success. Some 2,000 Germans were killed in the initial battles. Supporting the red army, soviet planes bombed concentrations of military trains at the Latvian railway centers of Rezene and Gulbene. Many fires and ex plosions were touched off. A slate refinery at Klvihll, 45 miles west of Narva, also was raided, and the communique reported that "almost the entire area of the plant" was left enveloped In flames. Big Wasco Ranch SoldtoWeigands Powell Butte, April 21 Pur chase of the 20,000 acre James W. Fisher ranch three miles south west of Shaniko by Weigand Bros., Central Oregon ranchers and stockmen, today was an nounced here by N. L. Weigand. Already 300 head of cattle have been trucked to tne rancn, lorm ing the nucleus of a herd ot 700 herefords, Weigand said. The big ranch, comprising 30 sections of land, is entirely fenced and is one of the best watered ranges in eastern Oregon, it was sa id. refused to be pinned down defi nitely, but Indicated that 12 points a pound was a likely guess about the May point value for butter. May point value charts probab ly will show some further reduc tions in pork points. It was said, despite the sharp reduction earlier this year. Most of the reductions probably will be only one point a pound, it was understood, al though some might be two points. Some Inferior pork cuts already are valued at zero points, while other cuts range upward to six points , OPA officials said they could not release information on future point values more than two or three days in advance of the ef- fective date without disrupting normal trade channels, and said that for this reason official plana for May will not be released un til next week. But they said they were con firming the lamb and mutton point value cuts because these plans had been made public In j semi-official form at the capitol.
