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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DEC. 29, 1944
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British Launch
City Campaign
AgainstGreeks
Athens Is Scene of
Three Pronged Drive
As Civil War Flares "
Athens, Dee. 29 IP British and
Greek troops launched a three
pronged offensive against rebel
forces in southeast Athens at
dawn today and four hours later
the attack was reported going "ac
cording to plan."
The offensive opened the sec
ond phase of a campaign to clear
all southern Athens of left-wing
E.L.A.S. troops. Southwest Athens
already has been cleared virtually
up to Omonoias square and by
dusk, the British hoped to hold
half the entire capital.
Drive to Stadium
' Attacking at 7 a. m., one Brit
ish prong drove toward the sta
dium area of southeast Athens,
another British column pushed in-
4 (to the cemetery south of the sta
S."lium and a Greek force advanced
rf Vfrom the east.
: The Greeks had gained 1,000
yards against stiff resistance by
8:30 a. m. Mortars, artillery and
tanks supported the offensive.
Spitfires buzzed overhead at roof
top level, spotting endmy move
ments. , Ardittos hill, a (tray-green
mound directly behind the glisten
ing white marble stadium, was
half hidden in the morning mist,
but British mortar bombs glowed
orange through the haze as they
burst on the slopes, a scant 1,200
yards from government headauar
ters in the Great Britain hotel.
' Troops Attack
E.L.A.S. troops attacked Likivlt
tos hill in northeast Athens at
3 a. m. under cover of darkness,
but were beaten flack by British
artillery and newly-formed Greek
national guard battalions,
i. E.L.A.S. units also sent an
-armored, iae into the Omonoias
"y square area during the mght, the
urst lime tney nave usea armor,
but a British manned Sherman
tank reportedly knocked it out.
During the nearly three weeks
of fighting, it was revealed, Brit
ish and Greek government forces
have taken 7,500 prisoners.
German Raiders
Blast Hospital
With U. S. Forces In Belgium,
Dec. 29 (IB German raiders who
missed the target on their first
two tries blasted an advanced
field hospital to bits with two
500-pound bombs Wednesday, I
killing 15 persons and injuring
more than 50, it can be reveaiea
today. I
The bombs lanaea on a DncK
'buildine between two big red
crosses, burying patients, doctors
and nurses under tons of debris.
A nearby ambulance from an
other field hospital was bombed
while evacuating battlefront casu
alties. The bombing was carried out by
two German JU-88's at hlph alti-.
tude on a day when visibility was
perfect.
Score Near Misses
The fact the enemy planes tried
twice previously and scored near
misses was viewed by hospital at
taches as definite evidence the
Germans were going all-out in
ruthless warfare. This type of
warfare during the present offen
sive has brought the massacre of
captured American soldiers and
the murder of women, old men
and children in captured towns.
Charles B. Hastie, congrega
tional chaplain of Grand Rapids,
Mich., was stunned and hurled to
the hoslptal floor by me concus-
on.
So Sorry, No Cigs,
So Man Uses Pipe
Portland, Ore., Dec. 29 Ui
John R. Polioudakis, grocery store
proprietor, today was not attempt
ing to solve the clgaret shortage
any more by telling nis aisap
pointed customers to "use a pipe."
He was resting in a hospital,
where stitches were taken In a
three-Inch head cut after a fag
less smoker did use a pipe.
When a young man entered Po
lioudakis store and heard the old
refrain, "Sorry, no cigarets," he
produced a length of iron pipe and
rapped Polioudakis smartly on the
head and fled, still without cig
arets.
LAPINE MAN WOUNDED
inin. rw 9Q The war de-
Ipartment announced today that
iPvt. Charles W. Mitchell, son of
Walter P. Mitchell of Lapine, has
ibeen wounded in action in the
May Prove Death Pocket
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The Germans are reported to have been stopped in their drive
toward the Meuse river, and news from Europe today revealed that
the American 1st and 3rd armies were cutting into the northern and
southern flanks of the German salient In a move that may turn the
Ardennes Into a death pocket. ' . .
Nips Repdrt Big Convoy
Sighted in Island Waters
By William B. Dickinson
(United Preu War ConespondentJ
Allied Headquarters, Philippines, ' Dec. 29 (U.E) The
battle of the Philippines went into a temporary lull today as
Gen. Douglas MacArthur prepared for the next phase of his
liberation campaign.
' (A Japanese communique said 30 American transports
with an escort of 20 or more cruisers and destroyers were
sailing westward through the Mindanao sea, perhaps to
launch a new invasion in the Philippines. Japanese planes
sank six of the large transports, and damaged two-others
heavily irr attacks Thursday; the communique said.)
Routine mopping up operations continued in northwest
. Leyte with 912 additional en-
Canadian Flier tetny dead and 16 prisoners
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Warrant Officer Newton Moore,
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Moore,
Bend, now stationed in the He
brides Islands, off Scotland, is a
member of a Lancaster bomber
crew that received a citation for
destroying a German blockade
runner, It has been learned here.
"We Just dropped a few 'eggs' on
the ship,'' was the radio gunner's
comment.
Attached to the Royal Canadian
air force, Warrant Officer Moore,
before going overseas, spent six
months on sub patrol in the Carib
bean sea, based at Nassau, In the
Bahama islands. He was based in
England and Wales for a year.
The young warrant officer
trained in Alberta, Canada.
American Fleet
Operations Plans Menaced By
Washington. Dec. 29 an ine
U S fleet entered Its fourth year
of war with 1,167 fighting ships
and 37,000 planes but the navy
warned today that operation plans
for 1945 are threatened by lag
ging production schedules caused
by a "severely critical manpower
shortage."
The total of combatant ships is
now more than three times the
number on hand when the war
started three years ago and Is
backed by 59,878 landing craft
and various auxiliary vessels, the
navy revealed in a report orf naval
production in 1944.
The roport estimated the fleet s
nrcsent tonnage at 11.707,000 tons
as compared with 1,984,000 tons
on hand Jan. 1, 1941. -
In 1944 alone, 420 combatant
ships, 640 patrol and mine craft,
630 auxiliary vessels. 37,724 land
ing craft, and 557 district craft
were built for the navy. The fight
ing ships included eight first-line
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er ground nor air activity was
reported from Mindoro, 300
miles to the northwest and
iust south of Luzon. MarAr -
thur's ultimate objective in
the Philippines.
.laps Steam Away
The Japanese task force which
shelled Mindoro Tuesday failed
to return, apparently having suf
fered sufficient damage from
American planes to discourage
further attacks for the present.
Three of Its six destroyers were
sunk and a battleship and a heavy
cruiser damaged Tuesday night.
An officer who witnessed the
shelling said it caused slight dam
age, but failed to hit the Ameri
can airfields, only 145 miles from
Manila. The cruiser and destroy
ers laid down considerable fire
for about 20 minutes, he said, but
the battleship did not participate.
Available reports indicate that
the Japanese made no attempt to
land troops on Mindoro during the
bombardment.
SOLDIER GETS AWARD
Sisters, Dec. 29 Pvt. William
E. Short of Sisters, a member of
the "Wildcat" division which re
cently Invaded the southern is
lands of the Japanese-held Patau
group, 500 miles east of the Philip
pines, has been awarded the com
bat Infantryman badge, it became
known here today. The badge is
awarded for exemplary conduct
and skill in action against the
enemy.
r GER.
initd.lv
Is Now Largest in World;
carriers, 37 escort carriers, 77
submarines, 197 destroyer escorts
and 84 destroyers.
The navy presented tables show
ing that in the years 1941-1944 in
clusive, it built 10 battleships, 25
first-line carriers, 102 escort car
riers, two 26,500-ton battle cruis
ers, six heavy cruisers, 27 light
cruisers, 309 destroyers, 503 de
stroyer escorts, and 178 subma
rines. Some of these ships, par
ticularly escort carriers and de
stroyer escorts, were turned over
to certain allies under lend-lease.
A naval spokesman estimated
that the U. S. fleet now has avail
able at least 90 aircraft carriers
of all types.
This great fleet, the largest in
the world, has enabled the navy
to wage a "punching, offensive
war" which has carried the Amer
ican flag into fortress Europa
and Into Japanese empire waters,
the report said. The navy remind-
Patton's Third
Nazis Burning
Large Sections
Of Budapest
Soviet Armies By-Pass
City and Head Up Valley
On' Front of 90 Miles .
By Bruce W. Munn
(United Freu SUff Correspondent)
London, Dec. 29 IIP) Russian
armies struck up the Danube val
ley toward Austria on a 90-mile
front today far beyond Budapest,
where the trapped German garri
son blew up all the Danube bridg
tions of the city as they fell back,
es and were burning whole sec
tions of the city as they fell back.
Soviet front dispatches report
ing the razing of Budapest said
the area around the royal palace
was engulfed in smoke and flame,
the city hall had been blown up,
and streets adjoining parliament
buildings were dynamited.
The Hungarian capital was re
ported swamped by one of the
most violent holocausts of the war
in the east as Russian besiegers
and German-Hungarian defenders
battled savagely through the
streets, on the rooftops, and in
the cellers.
Regiments Trapped
Moscow relayed front reports
that German S3 regiments trap
ped In Budapest were carrying
out the systematic destruction of
public buildings as they retreated
toward the. center oi tne aiy Wp-ers recognized them Jrom des
define crushing blows of Redrjptjong broadcast by state po.
army assault units smashing in
from all directions.
They scattered mines in all the
streets and touched them off
whenever they were forced to give
ground. Gates, doors and win
dows of thousands of houses had
been converted into booby traps
the last ditch, hopeless defense
l01 lne a.m cuv-
Iteds Near Vienna
Russian tanks and cavalrymen
in great strength were i reported
Dareiy u miies irum vicuna M
the edee of the western Hungari
an plains below the Danube, while
equally-strong forces to the north
battled for a crossing of the Hron
river only slightly farther from
the Austrian capital.
The Soviet morning communi
que said -the Germans and Hun-
garians were retreating slowly
westward, sunenng -enormous
losses in men ana material, par
ticularly in the area west of Bud
apest between the Danube and
lake Balaton.
Swaying tank battles raged at
a half-dozen points on the 55-mile
front as Marshal Feodor I. Tol
bukhin's Third Ukrainian army
struck again and again in an ef
fort to breach the enemy lines
and turn their retreat Into a dis
orderly rout.
Isle of lwo Jima
Again Under Fire
Pacific Fleet Headquarters,
Pearl Harbor, Dec. 29 Ul'i Libera
tors of the Pacific strategic air
force bombed lwo Jlma for the
21st consecutive day of a sus
tained campaign to knock out Ja
pan's sole airblock on the route
from Saipan to Tokyo, a Pacific
fleet headquarters announcement
reported today.
Lack of Labor
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1945. acute ones. oslovakia and RAF heavies at
"Operation plans for 1945 have ; lacke,j in the vicinity of Casarsa
been based on estimates of the! in northeastern Italy last night,
real production capacity of navy
suppliers," the report said. "Right
now, however, even these realis
tic schedules are not being
achieved In a number of critical
and essential items, largely be
cause of manpower shortages and
a high labor turnover In certain
areas."
Labor shortages. It saltl, have
delayed sorely needed carriers
and cruisers as much as seven to
nine months, and have held up
the return of b a 1 1 1 e damaged
ships to the fleet. "The navy esti-
mates that by December, 1945,
about 132,000 more workers will
be needed for repair work alone,
primarily in west coast ship
yards," the report said.
Flair. Ik of G
Sky 'Forts' Raid
(By Vnitl Pru)
: Tokyo radio reported that un
designated. American planes were
raiding the south-central section
Of Honshu, principal Japanese
home, island, tonight (Japanese
time) in the wake of three attacks
on the same area by single B-29
Superfortresses from bases In the
Marianas.
; The broadcast, recorded by FCC
monitors, said the planes had been
sighted approaching the Tokyo
Yokohama metropolitan district
at 9 p. m. (5 a. m. PWT), but, af
ter an air raid siren was sounded,
changed course and "now are cir
cling over the northern section"
Escaped Convicts
Arrested in Bend
; Two men found asleep in the
cab of a truck at the local termi
nal early today, proved to be es
caped convicts from the Washing
ton State prison at Walla Walla, It
was reported by city and state
police today. The men were said
to have fled from the northern
penitentiary on Christmas day.
Held in the county jail for
Washington authorities are Ar
thur Maynard, alias Harry Min
ton, 33, and Marwood Dally, alias
Thomas L. Springer, 25.
The capture was made by Po
lice Officers Chester Nordstrom
and Walter Greissinger as theyi
a. m. Seeing the men asleep in
the cab, the officers stopped and
questioned them. When taken
. n v...,anro v,o
lice yesterday. Confronted with
these facts, the pair was said by
police to have admitted tnelr iden
tity and the fact that they had
escaped from the Washington
prison.
Pair Released
Descriptions of Maynard and
Daily were broadcast late yester
day following their successful
evasion of detection at The Dalles.
The pair had been arrested there
. for .hitchhiking, and had been re-
leased from the Wasco county
jail before their true Identity had
been established through finger
prirlts. They were released from
The Dalles Jail yesterday.
They were believed by police to
have concealed themselves on the
truck while it was bound for Bend
and then to have availed them
! nf (i,n rah nftnr the driver
had left.
Reported Quiet
Rome, Dec. 29 Hli The Italian
front was quiet on all sectors
today as headquarters reported
that fighting had died down in
the Scrchio valley where German
troops launched a surprise attack
three days ago against Fifth army
units In the Ligurian coastal area.
It was acknowledged officially
that the American forces yielded
the village of Gallicano Dec. 27
under nressure of the German ad
vance which carried three miles in
the direction of Lucca.
Activity along both the Fifth
and Eighth army fronts was con-
fined to natrolllng.
EWnrn Hnmhfrt nf TIhIv rPfent-
ly flew to Forll and Ravenna to
visit Italian troops serving with
the Eighth army, it was announc-
ofi infiiv
eci louciy.
AiraUnew'
yesterday. A communique re-
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air force hit oil and rail targets
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Nip Sub Father
Reported Dead
London. Dec. 29 Ui The Ger
man Transocean news agency re
ported In a Tokyo dispatch today
that Adm. Nobumasa Suetsugu,
known as the father of the Japa
nese submarine force, died today.
No details were given.
He was placed on the reserve
list In October, 1937, retiring from
the post of commander of Japan's
l I.I 1. 1 I flan ( onH In
m-jo i . t.no miniQtor in the .
cabinet of Prince Fumimaro Ko-1
nnye. I
of the Kwanto district.
The Kwanto district In south
central Honshu includes the large
Industrial cities of Kobe and
Osaka.
Tokyo said the Superfortresses
made the three reported raids be
ginning at 8:30 p. m. last night
and continued until 5:30 a. m.
(Japanese time) this morning,
during which incendiary bombs
were dropped.
The first two attacks were cen
tered on the "eastern sector of the
capital," the broadcast said, but
did not clarify whether the raid
was made on Tokyo Itself or on
a prefectdre. The Japanese claim
Leaving Service
I Col. Frank S. Besson, who headed
; c"mP Abbot when it was rated
i the outstanding training center In
me naiion, is io renre, ii worn an-
Colonel Besson
Plans to Retire
Fort Lewis, Wash., Dec. 29 !
Col. Frank S. Besson, engineer
training section commandant, to
day revealed his Intention of re
tiring, after 39 years with the
corps of engineers.
Besson already has taken his
pre-retirement physical examina
tion and has turned over the com
mand to his deputy, Col. Charles
F. Baish.
In 1943 Besson activated the
engineer section at Camp Abbot,
Ore., where it was rated as the
outstanding training center In the
nation. A year later the unit was
moved to Fort Lewis.
A West Point graduate of 1909,
the colonel Is a veteran of world
war I and commanded me urst
engineers of the first division at
Toul, Cantigny and Soissons until
the armistice. For this service he
was decorated with the French
Fourragcre for outstanding
achievement.
Since the first world war, Col
onel Besson has been graduated
from the command and general
staff school, Fort Leavenworth,
Kans., and from the army war
college, Washington, D. C. A year
prior to assuming command at
Camp Abbot, he headed the en
gineering replacement center at
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
County Revenue
Bill Considered
Salem, Ore., Dec. 29 Ui A bill
which would provide that the
counties of Oregon would receive
1 20 per cent of the state highway
commission road funds, with a
minimum 11 ,o-,,w j,-uhj,
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i 11 VUit-U ai a lit. - J
The counties at present get 15.7
per cent, with a minimum of
000,000. '
Officers Seeking
Slayer of Girl
West Vancouver, B
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mi TP) Snorl;i1!v-trained
nn re
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dogs today joined In the hunt forislnee his return from Washington
the slayer of Jenny Conroy, 22-! to the scene of his greatest tn-year-old
north Vancouver girl, jumnhs.
whose bHttered body was found Mltscher's new Job remains a
on a lonely road nenr Englewood naval secret, but It will lie In the
drive here yesterday. j Pacific area.
ei i i . i - .fAtl. 1 In nnnnHnrl thill mfinV things
nne nan m-t-ii ij.-mi.ii u...
with a hammer or axe.
TJ-.1 trnm umrltlntT nn
the
thenrv that the elrl kent a ren-
dezvous with an unidentified man
somewhere on the north shore
Wednesday night and was slain at
dawn Thursday.
Army
ermam
Jap Isle
ed no damage was Inflicted.
In the third attack, Tokyo said,
a single B-29 raided the "south
Kwanto area" of southeastern
Honshu with Incendiary bombs
which caused "only a little dam
age to civilians."
Washington, Dec. 29 HPi No In
formation was, available at the
war department today on Tokyo
reports that U. S. planes were
sighted approaching the Tokyo
Yokahama metropolitan district
at 5 a. m. PWT. In the absence of
Information about the planes
here, it was assumed they were
on reconnaissance missions.
Break With Spain
May Be Sought
Washington, Dec. 29 UP) The
newly reorganized state depart
ment was faced today with Us
first organized pressure campaign
a demand by left-wing groups to
sever diplomatic relations with
the Spanish government of Gen
eralissimo Francisco Franco.
Spearhead of the campaign will
be a resolution that Rep. John
M. Coffee, D., Wash., plans to in
troduce in congress when It con
venes next week., The resolution,
similar to the bne Coffee spon
sored in the last congress which
died In the foreign affairs com
mittee, recommends severance of
diplomatic relations with Spain
and calls for a military commis
sion to investigate the possibility
of supplying lend-lease aid to anti-
Franco Hpanlsn guerilla move
ments. Campaign Started
The antl-Franco campaign Is
eettlne under way as the United
States and Great Britain change
ambassadors to Madrid, removing
men who have been subjected to
severe criticism for their coun
tries' policies towards Spain. Nor
man Armour, the new U. a. am
bassador to Spain, will soon take
up his post In the midst oi specu
lation that American policy -toward
Franco will stiffen now that
the German military threat In
that area has been liquidated.
But there Is unanimous belief
among observers that there will
he no precipitous break In rela
tions. 30 Inches Snow
Falls on Summit
The current storm has depos
ited 30 inches of new snow along
the Santiam summit, the state
highway headquarters reported
here today, wllh a slight snow
still falling at noon all along the
Cascades. And to the south a
heavier snowfall than visited the
Bond area fell, with eight Inches
being renorted on The Dalles-
California highway north of
Klamath Falls.
Reports were lacking from the
Waplnitia and Willamette nign
way maintenance crews, leading
local officials to believe that con
ditions there were "normal."
The heavy snowfall In the San
tiam region promised excellent
week-end skiing at Hoodoo bowl,
Just south of the Santiam sum
mit. Liquidation of
Is Tentatively Set for 1945
Pearl Harbor, Dec. 29 dD Vice
Admiral Marc A. Mltseher, for
mer commander of famed task
force 58, was back In the Pacific
today with a prediction that the
Japanese fleet probably will be
liquidated In 1945 "if the present
rate of attrition is maintained."
By next summer, the Japs will
be sitting on a decidedly uneasy
cnni in ihnii- nmnlrp" he sa d
vesterdav n his Hist interview:
. . ... . . ,
cnulrt Happen enner to snonen oru
prolong tne war, nui ne saiu inenin-
Japanese had reached the point
where they "will throw in every
thing in an euon 10 aiave un
defeat."
Once American forces consoli-
t Hikes
Bulge
Foe Reported
Buildingforces
For New Blow
Yanks Cut Width of :
Enemy Salient to 15
Miles; Gains Recorded -
By J. Edward Murray ,
(United Prau Wr Corrwpondint)
Paris, Dec. 29 hp American,
forces today punched the nose of
the German salieht back a good IS
miles, lifting any current threat
to the Meuse river line, and Lt.
Gen. George S. Patton's fighting
Third army hammered solid blows,
into the under, flank of the Ger.
man bulge in an effort to force a
general German withdrawal. ,
But at the northern corner of
the nazt salient in the Monschau
forest area, signs Increased that
Field Marshal Karl von Rundstcdt
is beginning to build up forces,
possibly for the second phase of
his offensive.
United Press correspondents
with the First and Ninth Amer
ican armies reported that signs of
the build-up for a possible new
break-through attempt had been
observed and U. S. commanders
were on the alert.
Width Reduced
By pounding on both sides of
the nazl salient the Americana
had reduced its width at the nar-.
rowest point to less than 15 miles
and were hammering hard In an.
effort to trap the nazl forces ln;
the forward extension of the
budge. , - i
At the Western" end of the nazl T.
finger which had tried vainly to, .
penetrate to the Meuse the Amer-.
leans were making steady prog
ress and had forced the Gerrpans
to fall back on Rochefort, more
than 10 miles back of their deep-
est rjenetratlon and a good 15
miles from the Meuse.
The Americans captured Jam
bllnne, four miles west of Roche-
fort, and United Prss war cor
respondent Jack Fleischer report-;
ed they were "pursuing fleeing
panzer columns" Into Rochefort.
Units Regrouped "
Boyd Lewis, United Press war .
correspondent, reported that von
Rundstedt was hauling back his
most forward units to regroup
them for another Sunday punch
and an attempt to break through
once more. The American hlRh
cdmmand Is aware that von Rund
stedt has crack troops which have .
not yet been committed to the of
fensive. These reports Indicated that the
nazls were pulling back In many
places In the salient, covering
their withdrawal with small coun-'
ter-at tacks.
Along the Roer front, above the
salient, heavy movement of Ger
man transport was observed as
well as Increasing artillery fire,
possibly in preparation for a new
thrust.
Nazis Dig In
The Germans were digging in
strongly In the Grandmemll area
In the center of the nortn side oi
the salient, evidently regarding ;
this as a strong pivot for further
operations. The derense also is
necessary to prevent a juncture of :
the American First and Third
armies which would cut off the '
western tip of the salient.
On the southern flank, Patton
throwing In the fourth armored
and 80th Infantry divisions, had
won a secure grip on the path to
Bastogne. What yesterday had
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Nippon Fleet
date In the Philippines, he said.
the Japanese either will have to
withdraw to their home empire
"or lose everything they have."
He believed the enemy already
was facing a gasoline shortage
as a result of Americans con
quests and because of .continued
ship sinKings.
Another American Pacific con
manuer. Mai. lien, nooert w.
uourihss, i-uimnunuci
of the
seventh air force and deputy com-;
mander of the strategic air forces
In the Pacific, told newsmen that
the Japanese In the Bonln pnd
Volcano Islands; only 750 miles
south of Tokvo, appeared to have
lost their will to fight as result
uu
He Dointed out that the Japan
Kiuul,b.
ese had made only one daylight
attack on the central Pacific area
in the 14 months sine Nov. 7,
1943.
uropean theater.