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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
Volume Llll
TWO SECTIONS THE BEND BULLETIN, .BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DEC. 28, 1944
NO. 19
Russians Head
For Vienna in
New Strategy
Battle for Budapest
Is Roaring to Climax
In Bloody Struggle
By M. S. Handler
United Prt&i War Correspondent)
Moscow, Dec. 28 (lf"iThe Red
army struck for Vienna on a broad
front west of Budapest today as
the battle for the Hungarian
capital roared into its second day
with Russian tanks and riflemen
racing through the barricaded
streets to root out and destroy the
trapped axis garrison.
The bulk of the German-Hungarian
army that had defended
Budapest for seven weeks ap
parently was pulling back hurried
ly to cover the Austrian border,
and powerful Soviet armored for
ces wheeled away from the doom
ed and burning city to take up
the chase.
Striking along a 30-mile front
some 23 to 30 miles west of Bud
apest, units of Marshal Feodor I.
Tolbukhin's third Ukrainian army
drove the enemy back as much as
10 miles and broke across the
Bakony hills into the Gyor plain,
95 miles or less southeast of
Vienna.
Good Gains Made
. The biggest gains were won on
the northern wing of the assault
line, where Tolbukhin's troops
yesterday captured Sutto, 98 miles
from Vienna. At the center of
the front, they moved even closer
to the Austrian capital, pushing
beyond captured Felsogalla and
Tatabanya. The Soviet flank
drove into Banhida, site of Bud
apest's electric power station, 34
miles southeast of Gyor and less
than 60 miles from Austrian soil.
- Strong German armored units
counter-attacked time. and again
in a futile attempt to delay the
Russian advance, losing 79 tanks
in a series of fierce rear guard
actions.
r Riders Slash Flanks
Soviet cavalrymen were report
ed slashing around the flanks of
the retreating enemy and chop
ping isolated units to pieces.
Three nazi battalions numbering
perhaps 3,000 men were wiped
out by the Russian horsemen
yesterday.
Another 3,000 Germans and
Hungarians died in the streets of
Budapest and its immediate ap
proaches and 2,000 more surrend
ered in defiance of a "stand and
die" order from Berlin. The cas
ualties raised to almost 27,000 the
number of enemy troops killed or
captured in the past six days.
The bloody battle for the city
appeared to be entering the an
nihilation stage as converging
Russian columns from the north,
west and south lanced into the
center of Buda, the main section
on the west bank of the Danube.
taawolf
WW W w
Reported Lost
Washington, Dec. 28 1P The
1450-ton submarine Seawolf is
overdue on Pacific patrol and pre
sumed lost with its crew of at
least 62 men, the navy announced
today. .
This was the 34th U. S. sub
marine to be lost from all causes
in this war and the 239th Ameri
can naval vesel lost. Our sub
marines, however, have sunk 934
Japanese ships.
Skipper of the Seawolf was Lt.
Comdr. Albert M. Bontier, White
Plains, N. Y. he was a native of
Caney, Kan.
The Seawolf was commissioned
on Dec. 1, 1939. This was the
second submarine bearing the
name Seawolf to meet disaster.
The flrstran aground on an island
off lower California in 1920 and
sank during salvage operations.
Although the navy did not dis
close the war record of the second
Seawolf, it obviously had had a
distinguished career. Its first
skipper, Comdr. Frederick B.
Warder, earned two navy crosses.
Japanese Claim
New Super Gun
Tokyo, Dec. 28 Ui The Japan
ese claimed today that a super
anti-aircraft gun, capable of tir
ing projectiles to the stratospheric
height of 60,000 feet, was respons
ible for "bagging over 80 per cent
of the American Superfortresses
that raided Tokyo yesterday.
The gun's range, a Tokyo broad
cast heard by United Press In San
Francisco said, was the highest
in the world. .
The fantastic claim of shooting
down 80 per cent of the Super
forts contrasted with Gen. Henry
H. Arnold's official statement list
ing one B-29 lost in the raid.
Bullets Miss British Premier
As Leaders Confer in Athens
Lead From Machine Gun Strikes and Seriously
Injures Greek Girl; Fighting Still Continues
Athena, Dec. 28 (U.E) British sources said today that
machine-gun bullets believed fired in an assassination attempt
missed Prime Minister Churchill and other British authori
ties by 30 yards yesterday, but wounded a Greek girl probably
fatally.
It was the second time in 24 hours that Churchill has
missed death in Athens. On Tuesday, nearly a ton of dynamite
was found fused in a sewer beneath the Great Britain hotel,
British and Greek government headquarters.
The latest incident was disclosed as negotiations, among
Co. I Veteran
-i'
Visiting in Bend over the holi
days is a member of Co. I, SSgt.
Arthur W. Mosen, who went over
seas with Co. I and battled the
Japs in New Guinea jungles. Sgt.
Mosen is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Mosen, 225 Broadway.
Negro Troopers
Battle Germans
Rome, Dec. 28 IP American
Negro troops of the 92nd division
battled today against a German
counterattack along a six- mile
front iin the Serchio valley at the
western end of the fifth army
front.
Allied headquarters confirmed
an earlier German radio report
that the surprise attack had been
launched against the negro units.
The German radio said the shock
of the first assault in a sector
that had been quiet for more than
a month carried German and
Italian troops through the main
American fighting line.
Yield Two Towas
The Americans were forced to
yield the town of Barga, 15 miles
north of Lucca, headquarters an
nounced, indicating the Germans
had advanced up to three miles.
Units of the eight army con
tacted the enemy on the outskirts
of the German stronghold of
Alfonsine on the Ferrara road in
further progress along the east
bank of the Senio river.
Action elsewhere on the Italian
front was confined to patrols and
artillery exchanges.
Nippons Report
New 'Fort' Raid
(By United Press)
The Japanese domestic radio
reported that a "minor formation
of B-29 Superfortresses from the
Marianas dropped "some incen
diary bombs" in Ibaraki Prefec
ture on "the island of Honshu, just
north of Tokyo, today.
The broadcast, recorded by
FCC, said the big four-engined
bombers had been en route to
Tokyo but were unable to reach
the Japanese capital because of
the "might of our crack units."
The radio did not explain the
type of defenses used against the
B-29's nor did it make any claims
of damage to the American
planes.
Nippons Lose Three Destroyers
Blow at Mindoro; New Attacks
Allied Headquarters, Philip
pines, Dec. 28 tut New enemy
naval attacks designed to disrupt
the American timetable in the Pa
cific were expected today follow
ing an abortive bombardment of
Mindoro in which three Japanese
destroyers were sunk and a bat
tleship and a cruiser damaged.
The Japanese repeatedly have
said thev believed the battle of
the Philippines would go a long
way toward determining the
length of the Pacific war and they
appeared ready to gamble a ma
jor portion of their dwindling sea
and air strength nn stalling the
American liberation offensive.
Their hit-run foray against Min
doro Tuesday night came to grief
in a hail of bombs and shells
from American heavy, medium
and fighter-bombers that sank or
damaged all but three destroyers
in the armada.
Greek political leaders seek
ing to end the civil war
reached a temporary stale
mate. However, it was be
lieved that King George might
pave the way for a solution
by setting up a regency.
Fighting Continues
Fighting still raged in Athens
and northwest Greece. Additional
areas of southeast Athens were
cleared during the morning. A
Athens, Dec. 28 UP) Prime Min
ister Winston Churchill and For
eign Secretary Anthony Eden left
for London today to recommend
to King George of Greece the ap
pointment of a regency in accord
ance with a decision reached at
the Greek peace conference.
British armored force was sent
16 miles south of the capital to
round up 150 members of the re
bellious E.L.A.S.
British informants charged that
machine gunners undoubtedly
were aiming at Churchill, Marshal
Sir Harold R. L. G. Alexander,
supreme allied commander for the
Mediterranean theater, and Lt.
Gen. Ronald Scobie, British com
mander in Athens, when they
opened fire yesterday.
They conceded, however, that
the snipers might not have known
that Churchill was in the party
which was entering an armored
car in front of the British em
bassy. The short burst felled a
Greek girl 100 yards away and
struck and adjacent building 30
yards from Churchill.
It was believed the first time
that the snipers had used a machine-gun
In the embassy area,
though they previouslyhad
chipped the front of the buifding
with rifle fire. " .
Scobie announced in a commu
nique that the process of clearing
Athens and Piraeus of Insurgent
forces was "progressing slowly,
but satisfactorily."
Seabees Observe
Third Birthday
Washington, Dec. 28 "W The
navy's Seabees, who fight with
one hand and build with the
other, celebrated their third an
niversary today with a record of
participation in every major am
phibious invasion in this war.
Since the first naval construc
tion regiment was authorized
just four days after the fall of
Wake island in December, 1941,
the navy's youngest service has
consistently lived up to a tradition
of getting things done.
Growing from an original
nucleus of 3,300 men to more than
234,000 strong more than three
fourth of whom are now overseas
with thousands more scheduled
to go in the near future the
Seabees have followed close on
the heels of the invasion waves
to build airstrips and bases as
fast as the fighting troops secured
the land.
CAR TAMPERED WITH
For reasons police were unable
to determine, someone last night
removed a portion of the distribu
tor and disconnected the ignition
wires from the spark plugs be
longing to Jack Lee, 78 Kearney
street, reports stated today. Lee
said that the car was tampered
with while it was parked in front
of his residence.
It waf the first time that Japa
nese surface forces have ventured
from their bases in any strength
since the American third and
seventh fleets sank 24 Japanese
warships, probably sank 13 others
and damaged 21 in the second bat
tle of the Philippine sea In late
October.
Despite mounting damage from
attacking American planes, the
Japanese task force pressed on
toward Mindoro Tuesday night
and lust before midnlpht began
a 20-mlmite offshore bombard
mcnt described officially as "fruit
loss and inaccurate."
(A Japanese communique "aid
Japanese warships sank four
transports, a torpedo boat and two
other small craft and bombarded
the San Jose airfield at Mindoro
Tuesday night. Supporting air
12U.S. Bombs
Hit Nip Plane
Plant in Tokyo
Pictures Reveal Blows
As Air Armadas Again
Wing Way Over Japan
By Lisle Shoemaker
(United Press War Correspondent)
21st Bomber Command Head
quarters, Saipan, Dec. 28 tlPMVia
Navy Radio)-Twelve direct bomb
nits from giant American Euper
fortresses thundered into the
buildings of the important Musa
shino aircraft factory in the indus
trial suburbs of Tokyo yesterday,
ior tne inira ram on tnat piant
since the start of B-29 bombings
from Saipan Nov. M.
Tokyo radio reported that a
small number of Marianas-based
B-29s appeared over Honshu is
land this afternoon, dropping in
cendiaries in Ibaragl prefecture
north of Tokyo, but claimed the
Tokyo area proper was not ap
proached. (The raiders caused "small fires
i in a forest area," the broadcast
heard by United Press in San
Francisco said.) -
Late photographs developed to
day clearly showed 12 budding
oomD Dursts in the building area
which comprises most of the
space of the 50 acre Musashino
plant layout. ,;
Factory Is Big
The victory, part of the Naka
Jlma Aircraft company, along
with the Mitsubishi works repre
sents the dominant factor in the
Japanese aircraft industry.
Brig. Gen. Haywood S. Hansell
Jr., commanding the 21st bomber
command, announced after the
second raid on the Musashino
plant that a few buildings had
been destroyed and production
possibly had been interrupted in
side the plant.
Although the photographs of
yesterday's attack now available
do not reveal specific damage, it
may safely be assumed that this
sprawling plant which produces a
large part of Japan's planes Is not
running on schedule today.
... The bomber command had not
announced the combing results
earlier because first photographs
did not show hits. Announcement
that this vital factory received
huge bomb bursts indicates that
the command thought the damage
was conclusive enough to an
nounce. -
Pictures Studied
Results of later photographic
reconnaissance flights are being
eagerly awaited for final damage
appraisals.
The Musashino plant, lying in
the western suburbs of Tokyo,
was first hit Nov. 24 and again
on Dec. 3.
Participating air crew said they
strung bombs across in industrial
area in a pattern a mile long and
three blocks wide and in the dock
area of Tokyo despite the stiffest
fighter opposition yet encounter
ed over the capital.
Irked Gob Locks
Up Two Sisters
Seattle, Dec. 28 IP Irked when
two attractive sisters, waitresses
in a malted milk bar, rejected his
bids for a date, a sailor today
locked the entire staff of four in
side the shop for half an hour be
fore they escaped through a base
ment window.
The waitresses said the sailor
spent the half hour walking up
and down outside the shop mak
ing faces at them through the
window.
The shore patrol recovered the
key.
FIRE DAMAGES KOOF
Considerable damage was done
to the roof of the home of Law
rence S n e 1 s o n, 592 Thurston
street, late last night, by a fire
which firemen believed was
caused by sparks from the chim
ney. Three holes were burned
through the roof, firemen re
ported.
in Abortive
Are Expected
craft, the communique said, sank
four otner torpedo boats and set
several fires near the airfield.
Heavy damage to one Japanese
destroyer was admitted.)
(A navy department communi
que announced the sinking of a
large Japanese aircraft carrier
and 2G other Japanese ships, in
cluding seven combat vessels, by
American submarines operating
In Far Eastern waters. Another
navy communique said the Ameri
can destroyer Cooper and the
LSM-20 had been lost off Ix-yte In
the central Philippines "as result
of a night action against the Japa
nese.") On Luzon, Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur's main objective In the
Philippines, American Liberator
bombers attacked Clark field near
Manila for the third straight day.
starting large fires in dispersal
areas.
Greenland? No, Just Chicago
'
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The scene above might have been snapped somewhere in the ley
' whsIcs of Greenland but it wus actually taken in Chicago, at the
Jackson Park Coast Guard station, during recent cold snap. Keep
ing chilly vigil is Coast Guardsman Robert Soverville.
Army, Acting
Takes Charge
X Seizures in Seven Cities Reported; Notice
Warns Interference May Bring Penalties
Chicago, Dec. 28 (U.E)
orders from President Roosevelt took possession of Mont
gomery Ward and Company facilities in seven cities today.
Maj. Gen. Joseph VV. Byron, director of the special services
division of the army service forces, seized the plants at
9:50 a.m. CWT.
The executive order, which was executed by the war de
partment covered Ward properties in Chicago, Detroit, Ja
maica, N. Y. ; St. Paul, Minn.; Denver, Colo.; ban Kafael,
Cal., and Portland. Ore.
The executive order suid
on performing their normal1
duties.
"The terms and conditions
of your employment will re
main unchanged, except that
we are putting into Effect im
mediately the ' provisions ' of
the directive orders of the na
tional war labor board," the
order stated.
Called Duty
"It is the duty of every Mont
gomery Ward employe and super
visor, as a patriotic American, to
assist the army in carrying out
its mission. We have a job to do
and wo are going to do it. Any
person who Interferes with our
operation is subject to severe
penalties under the law.
"I hope we will not have to In
voke these penalties against any
one. "I am counting on your help."
The move was the second seiz
ure this year of the firm's Chica
go properties by the government
seeking to enforce WLB directives
on wages and maintenance of
membership.
Lf. Bill Miller
Reported Safe
News that their son, Lt. (jg)
William E. Miller, listed missing
in Pacific action since late last
September, Is safe, was received
today by Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Mil
ler, Bend, from Vice Admiral Ran
dall Jacobs, chief of naval per
sonnel. The telegram reads, in
part:
"The navy department Is pleas
ed to inform you that your son,
previously reported missing, is
now reported a survivor and has
been returned to U. S. naval Juris
diction. Undoubtedly ho will com
municate with you at an early
date concerning his whereabouts.
The department rejoices with you
In this good news."
Lt. Miller had been reported in
action in the Philippines theater
of war.
Three In Service
Lt. Miller, a navy pilot, Is one
of three sons of Mr. and Mrs. Mil
ler in the service of their country.
Lt. Charles Miller was In the
Philippines at the time of the
Japanese invasion and has not
been heard from since the fall of
Bataan. Also a pilot, Lt. Miller
was believed to have been In the
Sebu area when the invasion oc
curred. The third son, Captain Harry A.
Miller, is with the army medical
corps, in Italy.
CONFESSES MURDER
Ran Francisco. Dec. 28 np-
John Ehrman Sumpter, 22-year- mmmng n wn.cn to oma.n me
old exsoldler from Cuthbert, GaJ Jokers, "wre ar? m0 nan 25
was held here today for Los An-! 000 who have not applied as yet.
geles police after walking Into i A total of 105,376 applications
the local office of the federal bu-'have been received so far, Farrell
reau of Investigation and confess-; said. Application may be made
ing to the murder of pretty New by mall to the Salem office, or in
York heiress Georgette Baucrdorf .person to the two Portland branch
last Oct. J2.
on FDR Orders,
of Ward Stores
The federal government under
that employes were to keep
Mrs. Sadie Lucas
Suddenly Stricken
Mrs. Sadie Lucas, a resident of
Bend since pioneer days, died sud
denly at her home at 42 Haw
thorne avenue last night about
9:30, apparently the victim of a
heart attack. Death occurred
shortly following her return from
Portland, where she spent Christ
mas with her sons, Ralph, a resi
dent of Portland, and Fred, who
lives in Tacoma, Wash.
A third son, Pfc. Russell S
Lucas, chaplain's assistant with
the united States army, was re
cently killed In action in Italy.
Mrs. Lucas came to Bend when
this town was still a village, and
for a number of years operated
the old Pilot Butte hotel, predeces
sor to the modern Pilot Butte inn
of the present.
'Active In Civic Life
In her some 40 years of resl
dence In Bend, Mrs. Lucas was
active In civic life, and her work
in earlier days included assis
tance with the Bend Library club.
She was also an active member of
the American Legion auxiliary
and served as secretary of the
Women's Civic league. Mrs
Lucas was affiliated with the
First Presbyterian church.
Fred Lucas, one of her two
surviving sons, was to arrive to
day, to complete funeral arrange
ments.
2,000 Warplanes
Blast at Germans
London, Dec. 28 till Nearly
2,000 American heavy bombers
and fighters smashed through
dirty weather today at rail yards.
bridges and other vital unKS in
the transport network behind the
Cicrman salient In Belgium ana
Luxembourg.
Lt. Gen. James H. Doollttle dis
patched more than 1,200 Flying
Fortresses and Liberators, escort
ed by upward of 700 Mustangs
and Thunderbolts, against 10 key
points betwocn the German sali
ent and the Rhine.
It was the sixth straight day
that the eighth air force had hit
targets vital to Marshal Karl von
Rundstedt s armies.
Deadline Nearing
For Car Stickers
Salem, Ore., Dec. 28 U The
new 1945 automobile registration
stickers must be attached to ve
hicles on and after Jan. 1, Sec
retary of State Robert S. Farrell,
Jr. warned Oregon motorists to
day. With only three days re-
loffices of the state department,
Yank Troops
On Flanks of German Salient;
Berlin Admits Nazi Reverses
Hard Fighting Doughboys Win Most Decisive
Victory in Bending Spearhead Aimed at Dinant;
Enemy Reported Facing Local Entrapments
Paris, Dec. 28 (U.P) American troops have seized the
initiative on both flanks and at the tip of the Belgian-Luxembourg
salient, supreme headquarters announced today, driv
ing back the westernmost spearhead three miles and sur
rounding thousands of nazis east of Celles.
A broadcast nazi dispatch from Marshal Karl Von Rund-
Parls, Dec. 28 IIP) IX Gen. George S. Pat ton's Third army
wheeled north against the now sagging southern flank of the
German breakthrough salient, a front dispatch revealed tonight,
and supreme headquarters said American troops had seized the
initiative at least temporarily on three sides of the bulge.
stedt's headquarters admitted that the Germans had lost the
initiative on a 35-mile front between Bastogne and Echter
nacht, and had "gone over to the elastic defense of their flank."
On the basis of SHAEF reports as of noon yesterday, hard
fighting doughboys won their
biggest defensive victory since
the enemy attacked when they
shoved back the spearhead
aimed at Dinant on the Meuse,
capturing several hundred
prisoners and a number of
tanks and other armored ve
hicles. Planes In Action
Despite murky weather which
grounded most of the tactical air
forces, almost 2,000 Flying For
tresses, Liberators and fighters
struck from Britain at 10 key rail
yards, bridges and other links in
the German transport network on
which the break-through forces
depended.
For the sixth straight day
eighth air force bombers struck
at Rundstedt's rear. More than
1,200 big bombers crashed up
ward of 2,500 tons of explosives
on the supply and reinforcement
hubs west of the Rhine.
American troops were pressing
home attacks on both sides of the
Gorman corridor, ind apparently
were whittling down IU 20-mlle
waist between Bastogne and Man-
hay.
Although the Germans still
fought bitterly, for the moment
at least they were fighting to
hold their sensational gains rath
er than to extend them.
Supreme headquarters revealed
that the counterpush against the
southern side of the German bulge
had gained an average of 10 miles
since It jumped off from an east
west line through Arlon.five days
ago.
Further gains appeared prob
able on the basis of the German
admission of an "elastic defense"
the usual nazi terminology for
an uncertain situation and some
times constituting an acknowl
edgement of a retreat.
The German dispatch from
Rundstedt's headquarters, which
did not concede the relief of Bas
togne, said that the big road Junc
tion was the center of "one of the
most violent tank battles since the
beginning of the invasion."
Divisions Identified
It Identified the American units
encircled at Bastogne as the 101st
airborne division, the tenth ar
mored division, and "remnants"
of the 28th infantry division.
A light snow was falling this
morning over much of the battle
zone, and temperatures were
somewhat higher.
A front dispatch said the Ger
mans continued building up
strength In the Monschau forest,
on the north side of the base of
the salient, and were believed to
have placed a large number of
troops In position with an espe
cially strong concentration of self-
propelled guns.
It was revealed officially that
the nazis have committed two pan
zer armies and an Infantry army
aggregating more than 20 divi
sions 200,000 to 300,000 mento
the battle of the Ardennes. I
U. 5. Officer, Four Soldiers
Brutally Murdered By Nazis
With U. S. Forces on Western
Front, Dec. 28 Ul'i American
army officials announced today
that nazi SS guardsmen shot down
In cold blood a United Slates Lieu
tenant and four doughboys cap
tured west of Bastogne and then
stomped their faces with hob
nailed boots.
Disclosing another authenticat
ed case of the Germans murder
ing their prisoners, authorities
said the report had been verified,
and tallied with the announced
oollcy of the SS elite guard in
this campaign.
The onlv survivor or the ruth
less slaughter was wounded badly,
but managed to crawl a tortuous
mile and a half to the American
lines.
The six-man patrol was sur
rounded and forced to surrender
on the night of Dec. 17 in tne
area west of Bastogne, Belgian
transportation center where an
Seize Initiative
BIDS RECEIVED
ON BIG CANAL
Six bids for contracts to con
struct approximately 10 miles of
the North Unit irrigation project
main canal, were opened today at
the Bend offices of the bureau of
reclamation. Beginning with the
lowest bidder, they are:
Strong & McDonald, Tacoma,
$333,130.80: E. B. Bishop, Orland,
Cal., $333,803.00: Babbler & Con
ley. Portland, $347,278.50: E. C.
Hall Co., Portland, $376,178.50: C.
J. Eldon, Portland, $385,253.40,
and Morrison Knudson, Boise,
$511,561.00.
Because the contracts call for
completion of the work In .100
days, lt was held probable at the
local bureau offices that Strong &
McDonald, although lowest bid
der, would not be awarded the
contract as they sought approxi
mately 30 per cent more :(ime to
complete the work.
Work Outlined
The successful bidder will be
called upon to construct and lm
prove the main canal from the so
called "big cut" north of the
Smith Rocks near Terrebonne,
around Juniper butte to Havstack
draw south of Madras. It was
expected that the contract would
be awarded within au days.
This new section of the canal
will include several laterals for
sunplving water to the Metollus
and Culver sections, it was said.
Meantime work was progress
ing favorably along several sec
tions of the big waterway, accord
ing to bureau officials. Heavy
construction timbers have been
moved to the site on the Crooked
river where a huge flume will
carry the water across the deep
gorge. In the Smith Rocks where
two long tunnels have been bored .
through, contractors are prepar
ing to concrete the surfaces of the
subterranean canal.
To Remove "Pines"
A 47-ton dragline is being mov
ed along the canal to a point about
five miles north of Bend where
"plugs" in the ditch will be re
moved, and damage to the canal
done by tanks and other heavy
military equipment during last
summer's army maneuver is to be
repaired.
While bureau officials had plan
ned to turn water into the big
Irrigation canal earlv this month,
cold weather has held up this op
eration. It was said. There was a
possibility, officials said, that this
water test of the canal may not be
made until spring.
'GAS', OIL IS STOLEN
Gasoline and oil were taken
from two motorcycles while they
were parked In the alley near his
home, George Asejidorf, 344 Dela
ware avenue, told police today.
American force was encircled and
now has been relieved.
The survivor was marked for
death with his companions after
their German captors had ques
tioned (hem perfunctorily. A halt
of bullets crumpled them to the
ground.
Riddled with bullets, the surviv
or played dead while the Germans
ground their hobnails into the
faces of the Americans and kicked
them mercilessly. He told his
story through bleeding and pur
ple lips while doctors worked over
him.
Chocking back cries of pain, the
doughboy waited until the Ger
mains had finished their gory
task and left. Then he dragged
his punctured and battered body
back to friendly territory.
Authenticated accounts of
earlier nazi atrocities In recent
weeks have been forwarded to
Washington.