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THE BEND BULLETIN- BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON. SATURDAY, DEC. 30, 1944
NO. 21-
Red Divisions
Break Across
River Barrier
Budapest Is Reported
Scene of Grim Fight;
Nazis Make New Stand
London, Dec. 30 (IP) Russian
armored divisions broke across
the Hron river barrier and drove
west through the Danube valley
toward Bratislava and Vienna to
day while in Budapest thousands
of nazi and. Hungarian troops
fought on for the fifth straight
flat, iM.'n 1 1 ! : .1 I knttU - .1 ..1 . .
the red army invasion of Austria.
1 With ..major elements of their
Second and Third Ukrainian arm
ies still pinned down in the strug
gle for. Budapest, the Soviet ad
vance south of the Danube ap
peared to have been stalled momentarily-
about 90 miles from
Vienna, where the Germans were
making a determined stand on the
edge of the Gyor plain.
Moscow Silent .
The Moscow early morning
communique made no mention of
fighting along the 55-mile front
from the Danube south to Lake
Balaton, but Berlin said the Rus
sians were reinforcing their lines
after hein&r Rtnnned hv strong
German counter-attacks.
To the north, however, the Rus
sians hurdled the Hron barrier
near Its confluence with the Dan
ube and shook their armor loose
on the Bratislava plain after a
savage, two-day battle that cost
the Germans 11,000 casualties and
45 tanks. .
The Hron, second of the six
Danube tributaries covering the
eastern approaches to Vienna, was
forced by units of Marshal Rodion I
Y. Malinovsky's second Ukrainian
army yesterday with the capture
of the west-bank towns of Nana
and Parkan, 77 miles southeast of
Bratislava and little more than
100 miles from Vienna.
Bridgehead Established
German spokesmen said an
other red army bridgehead was
Small Dugout
Used By Hitler
As War Home
, (By Unite Pro) .
The worries of war are turning
Adolf Hitler's hair erav. hut ho
still appears "almost young" and
his eyes "beam with' youthful ra
diance," German Propaganda Mln
ister Paul Joseph Goebbels wrote
in this week's issue of Das Reich.
Goebbels' articles, broadcast hv
the German home radio and re
corded by the FCC, praised Hitler
as "the miracle of Germany" and
"the greatest of personalities."
"Never does a word of decep
tion or of base intent cross his
lips," Goebbels wrote. "He is truth
nseir."
Goebbels said Hitler lived a sim
ple and frugal life in a "small
dugout" whose bedroom is not
much larger than a Pullman com
partment and is equipped with a
camp bed and small table on
which statistics are piled high.
Industrial Fund
Response Good
Directors of the Bend chamber
of commerce at their Friday meet
ing heard the report of a special
committee, consisting of Carl A.
Johnson, Sumner Deitrick and
Frank H. Loggan, that has out
lined to all Bend business and
property owners a plan for rais
ing an industrial fund for post
war development.
The committee, headed bv John
son, reported that it believed the
plan as outlined in a special bul
letin to those interested has
met with, the general approval
of businessmen and that approxi
mately one-fourth of the amount
required has already been sub
scribed. No general solicitation up
to tne present has been attempted,
Johnson reported. It was the rec
ommendation of the committee
that the total amount of, the
fund be raised in early 1945.
As subscriotions are received
the money is placed in trust funds
in Bend banks. When the general
drive is completed the donors will
established 29 miles to the north i se.t "P their own organization and
arouno. nainica. i miles east ui . v. . -- '
Soviet front disDatehes Indicat
ed that Malinovsky's armored
units were striking rapidly west
ward for Komarno on the Nitra
river, 25 miles beyond the Hron.
Vanguards of Marshal Feodor I.
Bolbukhin's Third Ukrainian army
below the Danube already were
within 10 miles of Komarno at
Tovaros.
Inside Budapest, meanwhile,
one of the war's bloodiest street
battles raged on through its fifth
day. Sparked by a fanatical core
of nazi elite guards, the axis gar
rison was fighting until death for
a partially-ruined city that the
German high command ltseu cal
lously wrote off as of no further
military value except that its
prolonged defense might delay the
Soviet march on Austria.
tion wl'X the city of Bend.. The'
1944 "city ' budget provides for a
fund of $10,000 which is to be
matched by a like amount from
Bend business and property own
ers.
Icy Pavements
UMW WVIII4IWII
Icy pavements were blamed by
police for the collision of two
automobiles late yesterday at the
corner of Division and uiney
streets, in which the drivers es
caped injury.
A car driven by Mrs. C. A. Sut
ton, 147 East Olney, was struck
by one being driven north on Di
vision street by Amos Anderson,
111 Revere street, police reported.
Anderson was unable to prevent
his car from skidding into the
Sutton machine, officers stated.
CHURCH COLLAPSES
Monterrey, Mex., Dec. 30 ilB A
military rescue squad searched
for bodies today in debris of a
hlloa Vinrvh that nnllansed dur
ing construction yesterday, kill
ing 23 workmen and building en
gineer Juan C. Doria Paz, brother
of the president of the city coun
cil of Mexico City. Ten bodies had
been recovered.
Plane Hits Wire,
But Pilot Escapes
Wenatchee, Wash., Dec. 30 (IP).
Frances Williams, Chelan avia
trix, escaped with minor injuries
late yesterday when a Piper cub
seaplane she was piloting struck a
110,000-volt transmission line as
it came in for a landing on Lake
Chelan and sank upside down.
As the water poured into the
cabin, Miss Williams escaped
from the plane and swam to the
surface. She Was rescued by Kitty
Williams, her sister-in-law, who
landed in another plane.
The accident caused a brief in
terruptlon in electric service in
the area through the action of a
circuit breaker, although the
transmission line Itself remained
intact.
French Novelist
Sentenced to Die
Paris, Dec. 30 (ID Henri Be
raud, French novelist and politi
cal essayist, was condemned to
death last night for intelligence
with the enemy.
Admittedly a bitter Anglo-
Dhobe, he was convicted of writ
ing anti-allied propaganda for the
pro-German weekly Gingrolrg at
a salary ot $i,uuu a year.
NAZIS LOSE 15,000
London. Dec. 30 (LP) The Ger
mans lost 15,000 troops killed or
captured in the fighting west of
the Hron river in ChecnosiovaKia,
a Moscow communique said tonight.
fifth Army Front Alerted
As Germans Renew Attacks
Rome Dec 30 (IB The whole Patrol activities increased on
Fifth army front was alerted to- the Eighth army front around
day against the possibility the en- Faenza. Four miles west of the
emy may attempt to follow up the city a German patrol crossed the
western offensive with a drive Senio river and forced withdrawal
i,i tho aiilpriiof a British outpost which had
armies in Italy as the Germans
renewed their attacks along the
Serchio river near the Llgurian
coast.
The new attacks were on a
smaller scale yesterday and head
ouarters described the situation
in the area as "fluid."
American troops, which were
forced fo withdraw in the first
two davs of the offensive, held
been shelled previously.
British artillery repulsed sev
eral other German attempts to
cross the river farther south
west. North of Faenza, Eighth army
units continued to reduce an en
emy pocket east of the Senio
river.
(A Swiss dispatch from Chiasso
reported that German military
commanding positjons on high i'""";';?
ground south of Galllcano and with fam lies between the front
were maintaining active patrols. J hies and ith Po river o evacuate
Indications that the wrmans i "1 "rt 'lrM
may intend to increase the scope, the river The report said .partly
of thn Mui.it were seen in in-isan acuvu.es we . 'F""'' - "-
Regent Named
To Rule in War
Torn Greece
Prelate Is Appointed
To Head Government
, As King George Yields
; London, Dec. 30 (LP) King
George of Greece, yielding to a
blunt British demand, issued a
proclamation today naming Arch
bishop Damaskinos as regent of
strife-torn Greece.
The proclamation was made
shortly after the archbishop's sec
retary announced In Athens that
Damaskinos had received a cable
from King George appointing him
as regent.
The archbishops secretary,
John Georgakls, said Damaskinos
prooaDiy wouia De sworn in to
morrow. He disclosed that the
archbishop was confined to his
home today and had been given a
blood transfusion the first word
that he was ailing.
No Details Given
Announcement of the proclama
tion said only that Damaskinos
had been named regent, and did
not elaborate.
In appointing a regent, the
Greek king capitulated to a de
mand by Prime Minister Winston
Churchill on his return irom
Greece.
Earlier an Athens report said
the king had messaged Premier
George Fapandreou his approval
of the establishment of a regency
and the appointment of Damas
kinos.
Damaskinos became archbishop
of Athens soon after the Germans
occupied Greece. Under him the
church played its traditional role
as the center ot resistance to ior
eign suppression. He defied the
nazis many times and repeatedly
lodged public protests against
their activity.
Includes Own Name .
On one occasion he was report
ed to have visited German authori
ties to protest against the execu
tion of hostages. He was said to
have offered another list of men
ready to fte'sho In their stead. On
the list were the names of himself
and other church leaders.
The king called on Churchill at
his 10 Downing street residence
last night shortly after the prime
minister had reported to his cab
inet at a 90-minute meeting on his
efforts to solve the Greek crisis.
The cabinet met within an hour
after Churchill's return from
Athens.
Six Lose Lives
In Indiana Fire
Columbus, Ind., Dec. 30 (LP)
Firemen removed six bodies from
a burning home today and be
gan a search for two other per
sons who were missing ana De
lleved to be In the flaming ruins.
The dead were members of the
family and relatives of Kay Eng
land, a foundry worker, who was
absent from home when it was
swept by the fire.
None of the victims was identi
fied immediately, tout Coroner
Marvin Davis said the occupants
of the four-room frame house had
included Mrs. Opal England, 30,
her four children, Bennie, 8, Wil
liam, 9, Dale, 4, and Norma Jane 1;
Mrs. England s brother-in-law, Joe
England, 18, his wife, Ruth, 19,
and their four-month-old baby,
Roger.
The fire apparently spread so
rapidly that it caught the vic
tims in their beds.
Jap Bombs Wreck Saipan-Based 'Fortress'
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Kr '3&a!ft. " 1 - i,.,?,-
Japanese bombers paid a heavy price to 9t aflro and destroy this Super-Portress, caught on the ground t
Silpan'o B-29 airfield.. But there will be one less Super-Port for the Tokyo run T until Amevican prodioU
lines can furnish another giant plane for the crew whlih escaped unharmed. Photo by Stanley outman NKA?
Acme photographer for War PIcturepool.
"Sweet Mystery"
Far From Solved
Seattle, Dec. 30 (LP) Maybe it
was Santa Claus working overtime..
Anyway, a couple of days ago
the doorbell at the home of Lt.
W. G. Costello of the army rang
five times and each time no one
was there. But whoever rang the
bell left behind a box of chocolate
creams five of em.
The m y s t e-r y deepened in
triguingly yesterday. The bell
rang again, the Costellos ran to
the door hoping to trap their
anonymous benefactor and all
they found was one pound of
butter, 24 red points worth.
Snow Piles Up on Summits;
All Major Highways Open
White New Year's in Prospect, With Storm
Forecast for Late Sunday; Skiing Improves
While snow had reached considerable depths along- the
summits of Central Oregon's highways, and further snow was
forecast for late Sunday, officials of the state highway de
partment in Bend today said that they believed all major
routes would be open to: traffic over the New Year holiday
period. Maintenance crews were busily engaged in clearing
the snow from the highways, and were following the plows
with sanding equipment.
The heaviest snowfall was reported on the Santiam sum-
"i- mit. where three feet was
noted in the morning. Plows
miere engHged in ctertring the
road, and in the afternoon!
were widening and sanding
the tratnc lane. The thermom
eter dipped to 6 degrees above
zero on the Willamette highway,
where 29 Inches of snow fell.
Twelve inches was recorded on
the Waplnltia highway. In all
cases the snow was packed, but
motorists were advised to carry
chains.
Light snow was reported fall
ing in the Klamath area, but with
The Dalles-California highway be
ing reported in "normal" condi
tion. Icy conditions were reported
south of The Dalles.
Bowl Well Filled
Snow was packing in the Hoo
doo bowl south of the Santiam
highway at the summit, and ex
cellent skiing conditions were re
ported there, with the possibility
that they would improve through
Sunday and New Year's day. Fa
vorable skiing was reported, also,
near the Skyliners lodge west of
Bend.
Skating devotees received loss
cheery news, however. The re
cent snowfall roughened other
wise good skating surfaces such
as at Tumalo reservoir, it was
reported..
Escaped Convicts:
Are Taken North
Arthur Maynard, alias Harry
Mlnton, 33, and Marwood Daily,
alias Thomas L. Springer, 25,
escaped convicts from the Wash
ington state prison at Walla
Walla, who were captured here
early yesterday morning, today
were enroute back to the peniten
tiary. The two men, who were said
to have escaped on Christmas
day, were turned over by Sheriff
Claude McCaulev to Warden Bert
A. Webb and Capt. E. E. Ertte of
the Washington penitentiary this
morning.
Maynard and Daily were arrest
ed by Officers Walt Greissinger
and Chester Nordstrom who
found the men asleep in the cab
of a truck at the local terminal.
A comparison of them with de
scriptions of the escaped convicts
brought an admission irom tne
pair that they had fled the prison
Christmas day.
creased movements in the sector
hetween the Serchio river and tne
war effort and that after the evac
uation, the remaining population
would be treated as enemies.)
Mother, Sisters
n Wac Barracks
Fort Meade. Md.. Dec. 30 (LP)
Wac Pvt. Reba Heck of Damascus,
Va., is a normal member of the
armed forces in all hut one respect
she never gets homesick.
Both her mother. Pvt. Blanche
Heck, and her sister, Pvt. Hildreth
Heck, are members of the Wac
and occupy bunks in the barracks
here on either side of her. Pvt.
Reba was the last of the Hecks to
be inducted.
Hard Year Ahead,
Goering Warns
Berlin, Dec. 30 (U'l Relchmar
shal Hermann Goering said in a
New Year's proclamation today
that 1945 would bring "tough and
terrible times" to Germany, but
predicted that under Adolf Hitler
"we shall achieve victory and also
the peace for which we long with
all our hearts."
Goering said the slogan for next
year should be, "Defense or at
tack, we shall fight like true Germans."
"The fuehrer s will inspires the
fighting front and the working
h o m e 1 a n d," the proclamation
said. "Through him the tremen
dous strength of the Gorman peo
ple, which he has united, reaches
its supreme pitch."
Hard Fight Ahead,
Admiral Reports "
Saipan, Dec. 29 (Delayed) (Via
Navy Radio) (Hi Fleet Adm.
Chester W. Nlmitz, returning
from an Inspection tour of Pacific
forward areas, said today that
Japan definitely will have, to be
occupied by U, S. forces to win
the peace and warned "we should
be prepared to invade Japan by as
sault." Nimitz said he did not know to
what extent the Nipponese home
islands will be occupied.
Giving a speedy interview to
war-correspondents on the pier
after ai quick tour of this Super
fortress, base in a Jeep freshly
painted with five stars to match
his five-collar insignia, the white
haired commander-in-chief of the
Pacific fleet said he didn't know
how much bombing the Japanese
homeland could take.
Will light To End
"I do believe this they will
fight to the very end," he de
clared. Nimitz said he expected the Jup
anese to use the remainder of
their battered fleet to the best ad
vantage, citing the recent raid on
Mlndoro Island In the Philippines,
where, he smilingly added, the
Japanese suffered losses and
caused little damage.
American air action, submarine
attacks and surface vessels vie
to r 1 e s have gradually reduced
Japanese naval strength, he said,
but warned that the enemy will
continue to attack when condi
tions are favorable.
"But we will be ready for
them," he declared.
Nazi Forces Launch Attacks
Against Patton's Corridor;
Bastogne Route Under Fire
Supreme Headquarters Says It Is Now Time . .
For Germtn General to Try for New Gains
- Or Withdraw From Belgian-Luxembourg Area
ParisDec. 30 (UP) German forces launched coordinated
attacks from the east and west today on Lt. Gen. George S,
Patton's corridor to Bastogne in the south flank of the Luxembourg-Belgian
salient.
The Third army was reported to have pushed the corridor
well beyond Bastogne to within 12 miles or less of a junction
with the First army attacking the north side of the salient.
First reports of the German attack on the Bastogne alley
way did not indicate the scope. It was reported both at
supreme headquarters and mf
tield dispatches.
To the northwest above
Aachen, other German forces
temporarily recaptured Trip-
strath, originally overrun by
the British Second army in its
drive past Gelsenkirchen. Later
today they were thrown out of all
except the north section of Trip
strath. Supreme headquarters spokes
men said that the time was at
hand for Marshal Karl Von Rund
stedt, after four days of Indeci
sion, to make up his mind whether
to pull out of the Belgian-Luxembourg
bulge or renew his on
slaught. Tanks Herded Back
Under relentless American pres
sure the nazis were reported herd
ing their tanks back from the
perimeter of the salient and re
placing them with infantry, but
whether the armor was merely
regrouping for new attempts was
a matter of conjecture.
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton ex
panded the frontage of his Third
army attack on the southern
flank from 35 to 45 miles and
seized a six-mile stretch of the
German border at the base of the
salient, according to official re
ports as of yesterday morning. ,
. Battering forward as much as
lx miles north of Jthe Bastogne;
Libramont railway line, Patton's
troops seized five towns grouped
southwest of Bastogne and threat-
England Shaken
By Heavy Quake
London, Dec. 30 (iw A severe
earthquake, probably the heaviest
experienced in Britain in recent,
years, shook a wide area of north
em England early today, but pre
liminary reports from the scene
indicated that little if any damage
resulted.
The shock centered in the heavl-ly-lndustriallzed
section, between
Manchester and Darlington, and
many people rushed from 'their
beds to air raid shelters in the
belief that German bombers were
attacking the area.
Seismologist J. J. Shaw of the
West Bromwich observatory sdid
the tremor was "a severe vlbra-'
tlon for this country." . '
It began at 1:36 a. m. and in-,
creased in intensity for 45 sec
onds, continuing for two full min
utes. -! -i
; Buildings Tremble "
Buildings in Manchester were
shaken violently and many resi
dents were tumbled irom tneir
beds. .' -
Houses in Bramhall, 14 miles
from Prestwich', were lifted two -
or three times during the brief
tremor, some ol tnem raising two
to three inches from the eround. .
Shaw expressed the belief that
the tremor originated In the so-
called Pendleton fault, a crack in
Only 11 Counties
Lagging in Drive
Portland, Ore., Dec. 30 HP)
Only 11 counties In Oregon have
failed to make their quotas of E
bond sales, according to today's
report of the federal reserve bank,
but there ia a good chance they
will go over the top before the
drive's end since each county has
attained over 90 per cent of Its re
spective goal.-
Of thn KWt lint nf 95 rnuntips
which have gone over the top, I on supplying and reinforcing the
Sherman county stands far out In Mlndoro garrison miner than
front with 210.4 per cent of Its I maklnr? a now invasion venture,
quota which means that it has A Tokyo broadcast In Italian,
more than doubled its quota. j beamed to Europe, said the con
Grant county, with 1M.4 perlvoy had reached Mlndoro, and
rent and Hood River county, with j that "only eight or 10" transports
153.6 ner cent of their quotas, are i of an original "about 30" made
second and third in the race, bank .port. i
officials reported. I "Thus we can say," the propa-l
WPB Places Ban
On Ammunition
Washington, Dec. 30 ill') In a
move to meet suddenly Increased
military demands for small arms
ammunition, the war production
board today stopped production of
civilian ammunition and froze
manufacturers' stocks pending de-
velonmnnt of distribution con
trols NII'I'ONS OPTIMISTIC
The aconrv also ordered nmmu- Tokyo, Doe. .) mi Radio I ok
nition sales halted to hunters and I yo said today that It would take
iwhirrri to f:irmors and ranchers. ! from 15 to 20 years to burn Tokyo
effective tomorrow. The order af-1 out of existence through bombing
focts both wholesale and retail j alone. The broadcast was record
sales of ammunition. led hy the KCC,
Fatalities Due
For Week End
Salem, Ore., Dec. 30 (IIWBe-
tween five and eight persons are
due to die In traffic accidents over
the weekend, if past experience is
any Indication Secretary of State
Robert. S. Karrcll, Jr., warned to
day before the New Year's holi
day. Ho appealed to drivers to elimi
nate this haaard by paying par
ticular attention to driving con
ditions, lo use extreme care, and
not to drive while Intoxicated.
cned to nip off the southwest the earth's crust running from'
nose of the pocket, northwest to southeast In north-
One of Patton's spearheads I em England,
probed northward in the Com-i
pogne sector beyond Bastogne,
where it was a dozen miles or
less from Lt. Gen. Courtney H,
Hodges' First army troops chew-
Ing Into the northern flank of the
salient In the Grandesnll area.
A German Transoccan dispatch
from Rundstedt's heudquarters
said the pressure on the salient
was being increased from both
sides by the appearance of rein
forcing divisions.
"The American counteropera
tions are aimed at bringing a de
cision and hitting the German of
fensive wedge at its base," the
dispatch said.
AWOL Navy Man
Arrested in Bend
Described as an habitual desert
er, William George Tackett, 20,
seaman 2c, last night was taken
into custody by city and state
police at the home of his wife,
2305 Awbrey road, and today was
being held for naval authorities
on u charge of desertion. Said by
officers to have deserted three
times before, Tackett was re
ported to have been absent from
his post on the receiving ship in
San Francisco this time since
July 15.
A representative of the navy's
shore patrol will be in Bond the
first of the week to take Tackett
into custody, according to Chief
Paul H. Connet, In charge of the
navy recruiting station here. Tack
ett was arrested by Sgt. L. L.
Hlrtzei and Officer Earl Huff of
the state police, and Officer Fred
Painter of the Bend police de
partment.
Tokyo Says American Convoy, Under Heavy
Attack in Sulu Sea, Anchors at Mindoro Isle
tly Unite.! Prenii)
The Tokyo radio said today
that an American convoy had put
in at Mlndoro after sailing west
ward through the Philippines to
the Sulu sea under Japanese air
attacks which sank 70 per cent of
the ships. .
Japanese broadcasts said the re
ported convoy the existence of
which has not been confirmed by
any American source was bent
Mmllsts renortod. "that 70 nor! forces continued their drive
r-pnt nf thn ennvov has boon sunk I through Burma and were report-
by our heroic activity
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
meantime returned to Saipan
from an Inspection tour of Pa
cific forward areas and warned
that "we should be prepared to
Invade Japan by assault." He saiu
that Japan definitely will have to
be occupied by u. s. lorces to win
the peace and notified the Japa
nese that the bombing of their
homeland Is Just commencing and
Is due to be Intensified.
On the continent, American fli
ers were revealed to have de
stroyed or damaged 202 Japanese
planes and 48,000 tons of shipping
In one week of raids throughout
Asia. They shot down enemy
planes at a rate of 40-to one. Allied !
ed less than 90 miles from Man-
! dalay.
A Japanese communique
claimed 17 ships, Including a
cruiser and a destroyer, had been
sunk In attacks Wednesday
through Saturday and the official
Domel agency suggested the con
voy's main objective was to re
plenish Mlndoro rather than an
attack on the west coast of Luzon.
Domel called the convoy a
"great fleet.."
Japanese planes intensnied
their attacks on the convoy Thurs
day night and all day Friday,
sinking four more large trans
ports and a torpedo boat and
damaging two other largo trans
ports, a cruiser and a destroyer,
the enemy communique said.
Senators Oppose
Ceiling on Cattle
Washington, Dec. 30 (in West
ern states senators and cattlemen '
will carry to Economic Stabiliza-.
tion Director Fred M. Vinson on
Monday their campaign to pre
vent Imposition of price sellings
on live cattle, a step they contend
would cause serious meat short
ages. The meeting was scheduled for
today but weather conditions
grounded planes on which some
of the cattlemen were traveling to
Washington.
They were to meet Vinson In a
conference arranged by Sen. Ken
neth S. Wherry, R., Neb., a leader
in the fight against livestock price-
ceilings. Urban spokesmen have,
demanded the ceilings on grounds
that ceiling-less live cattle prices.
combined with regulated meat
prlceo are forcing retailers out of
business and preventing an equit
able distribution of meat.
The conference coincided with
Issuance by two government de
partments of reports painting a
dimmer prospect for civilian food
supplies in 1945. Speaking of food
generally, the commerce depart
ment said there will be enough,
for all in 1945 but it probably
won't be the kind people want.
Chamber Plans
For '45 Sought
Members of the Bend chamber,
of commerce today were being
polled by the board of directors to
determine a definite program of
activity in the New Year. Copies
of the chamber's "Review" were
mailed to the membership, asking
them to suggest a program for
1945. '
The "Review" stressed that
every effort should be made to
develop old payrolls and secure
new ones, as "there is every in
dication that Bend will come Into
the postwar period as an even bet
ter town than It was in prewar."
Boy in Elevator
Crushed to Death
Portland, Ore., Dec. 30 P An .
Investigation was under way to
day to determine what caused a
merchandise cart Inside a freight
elevator to open and crush to
death 16-year-old Lyle W. Arm
strong, employe of a downtown -Portland
store.
The elevator had stopped be
tween the first and second base- -ments.