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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
Volume Llil
TWO SECTIONS
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 4, 1945
NO. 25
IRMAH BUI
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SLASH. AT
Nagoya, Big Nippon Aircraft
Production Center, Left in
Flames By Yank Sky Raiders
Huge Fires Spotted in Target Area, With
Large Plant Believed Objective; New Guam
Bases Used By Americans for First Time
Washington, Jan. 4 (U.E Nagoya, Japan's greatest air
craft production center and third largest city, was believed
still smouldering today from the impact of hundreds of tons
of bombs dropped by American Superfortresses on Wednes
day. Huge fires were left burning in the target area, pre
sumably one of the Mitsubishi aircraft plants, a 20th air
force communique revealed. Preliminary reports indicated
the raid was among the more successful of the four so far
Bend Fire Loss
lnYear1944
Reported low
Fire losses in Bend dropped to
a new low level in 1944, it was
disclosed today by Fire Chief Le
Roy Fox. Losses totalled $9,910.74
as against $24,000 in 1943, the
chief reported. However, there
was one fatality.
The fire department, which con
sists of 19 volunteers and nine
paid members, answered 165 calls
during the year, 47 of them being
general alarms to which the volun
teers responded. In extinguishing
these fires, the firefighters laid
a total of 11,550 feet of hose.
- The biggest fire of the year was L
one wnicn destroyed a home at 57
Hawthorne street on Nov. 16, with
a loss of $2,500.' This fire was
caused by putting hot ashes in a
cardboard box which was then
placed between subwalls of the
kitchen, Fox said.
House Destroyed
On April 9, fire destroyed a
small house and claimed the life
of Vernon J. Anderson, 41, at 577
East Quimby street. This fire was
believed to have been started by
the careless placing of a burn
ing cigaret, and did $1,700 dam
age. The majority of the calls were
to extinguish flue fires, which
caused Chief Fox today to advise
householders to have their chim
neys cleaned periodically.
Firemen led a varied life, the
chief's report shows, handling ev
erything from rescuing cats in
trees, dogs in wells, children in
sewers and aiding residents In
getting into their homes after
they had been locked out. The
firemen also worked on one suf
focation case, a drowning, one
electrocution, aided in the search
for lost childrn, dealt with a big
haystack fire and made one run
to Redmond to aid that depart-
ment.
Pumper Added
The year also saw the addition
of a new $9,000 pumper to the
city's fire fighting equipment.
Fox said that there are 26 mem
bers of the department now in the
armed services, and paid a glow
ing tribute to his remaining vol
unteers for their "faithful an
swering of calls, attending drills
and studying new fire prevention
and fighting methods." He also
praised the residents of Bend for
using caution in handling fires,
and for their prompt reportihg of
nres "which helped keep the fire
losses down."
'Made in Japan'
Flares Ignited
Elizabeth, N. J., Jan. 4 Ui The
FBI, army investigators, Union
county park police, and Eliza
beth's own bluecoats were deter
mined to day to find the gag man
who slips into Warinanco park,
fires red signal flares into the
sky and slips out again before the
flares come down under para
chutes marked "made in Japan."
The flares were bought by the
army years before the war.
FEWER REQUESTS RECEIVED
Applications for automobile
licenses for 1945 slowed down yes-1
iciuay, ior tne urst time in a
week, when only 91 were issued,
R. I. Hamby, deputy sheriff In
charge of tax collections, said to-
day. A peak was reached Tues-1
day when 193 were issued. On
Saturday morning 189 persons se
cured licenses. Heaviest previous I
day was Friday, with 144 issued j
here. I
"directed against Nagoya by
me giant B-Sjy's.
Though part of Nagoya is
of modern steel and concrete
construction, much of the city,
especially war workers' dwell
ings, is of flimsy construction
and highly inflammable.
The Superfortresses, believed to
total 100 or more, bombed visu
ally from clear skies. Anti-aircraft
fire was meager and Inac
curate and only moderate fighter
opposition was encountered.
Plane Destroyed
One enemy plane was destroyed,
nine probably destroyed and a
number of others damaged, while
one Superfortress was lost over
the target area.
Japanese reports said some Su
perfortresses bombed Osaka and
Hamamatsu, 85 miles southwest
and 50 miles southeast respective
ly, and while, this was not con
firmed by official American sourc
es, it was possible that a few
planes may have attacked altern
ative targets..
. - tne s were mrectea lor tne
first time from new 21st bomber
headquarters on Guam, though
the planes themselves continued
to take off from airfields on Sai-
pan. Long-range plans called for
eventual bases on both Guam and
Tinian, as well as Saipan.
China Base Used
Japanese broadcasts also re
ported that two B-29's from a
Chengtu, China, base flew over
Kyushu, southernmost of the en
emy home islands, on reconnais
sance yesterday.
American Liberators from Pa
cific bases, meantime, bombed
airstrip installation on Iwo Jima
in the Volcano islands, half way
between Saipan and Tokyo, Tues
day (Monday, Pearl Harbor time)
for the 2Gth consecutive day.
Watch Lost Over
2 Decades Found
Portland, Ore. Jan. 4 (IB After
22 years, L. R. Minor, Metzger,
got back his stolen watch, re
turned to him by detectives who
had traced the watch number re
ported to them by the manager
of a pawn shop.
Minor, employed in the railway
mail service here when the watch
was stolen, is still at the same
job.
"Certainly I want the watch,'
he said, "I can still use it."
STORM FLAGS UP
Portland, Ore., Jan. 4 W
Small craft warnings were hoist
ed at 10:30 a. m. from Tatoosh
to Newport and through the Strait
of Juan de Fuca to Port Town-
send for the next 24 hours, the
U. S. weather bureau office here
announced.
Girl Bus Driver Killed, Robbed
At Terminal in San Francisco
San Francisco, Jan. 4 'Ui
Brown-haired W'innefred Cecil,
25-year-old navy bus driver, was
shot to death in her bus today by
a lurking assailant who robbed
and apparently raped his victim
after the slaying.
Miss Cecil's body was found in
a pool of blood in the aisle of the
coach, a few feet behind the op
erator's seat, after Pacific Grey
hound lines officials had reported
her overdue at the Seventh and
Mission streets terminal.
Homicide Inspector Frank
Ahern and the coroners office
sald Miss Cecil had been shot in
tne,ri(?ht shoulder with a pistol,
j Tnf, mer. thev believed, probablv
, naa been hiding or sleeping In the
j bus when she entered it early
this morning to make a passen-
i ger run to Mare island navy yard,
Vallejo,
The bus was found parked at
the intersection of Deharo and
Division streets at 6:55 a. m., two
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island today and the nearby Manila area was under heavy attack as
the Pacific war blazed into new
'Red Guns Halt Nazi Attempt
To Raise Siege of Budapest
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Russian Forces in City Compress Remnants :
Of Enemy Garrison Into Two Small Pockets
London, Jan. 4 (U.E) A powerful German bid to raise the
siege of Budapest was reported checked by red army guns
within 29 miles of the capital today as soviet forces inside the
city compressed the bulk of the enemy garrison into two shell
swept pockets on both banks of the Danube.
Moscow said the Germans were being beaten to a stand
still in a great armored battle northwest of the capital, where
the enemy had thrown at least two tank divisions and strong
infantry formations against a narrow sector south of the
Danube.
After two clays and nights of attack the German armor
m rvi il tnrllu VliiH nnnrlldH n Vinl
through the Kussian siege
lines for gains of as much as
six miles, but today's red army
communique said the nazis
were taking terrific losses that
slowed or stopped their drive all
along the front
Soviets Brace
The communique indicated that
the German advance had carried
through the Danubian towns of
Naszmely, Sutto and Piszke, the
last only 29 miles northwest of
Budapest. Soviet artillery, tank
destroyers and infantrymen
braced in that area, however,
after an all-day fight that Mos
cow said cost the enemy "several
thousand" dead and more than 40
tanks.
At the same time, part of the
German garrison in the western
half of Budapest lashed out to
the northwest in a desperate at
tempt to break through and reach
the rescue column, only to be
hurled back with heavy losses.
blocks from the Pacific Grey
hound lines garage and Seventh
and Irwin streets. Miss Cecil
seemingly was killed a few sec
onds after she drove out of the
garage en route to the depot to
pick up her load of civilian work
ers. She had driven for Pacific
Greyhound on a navy contract for
two years.
The bullet entered the shoulder
and penetrated the lung. Inspec
tor Ahern said the pockets had
been turned Inside out and a wal
let was missing from her disar
ranged trousers.
Miss Cecil, an attractive brown
eyed girl, lived at Mare island.
She formerly was employed as a
waitress In Berkeley, and before
that attended Vlsalla high school
and junior college at Vlsalia,
Cal.
Police deduced the slayer ap
proached the driver shortly after
the bus began moving, thrust the
gun under her right arm and
pulled the trigger.
Lqndings Made
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Mistrial Ends
Chaplain Case
Hollywood, Jan. 4 ipi A jury
that had deliberated paternity
charges against Charlie Chaplin
for a day and a half without
changing the opinion of a single
member was dismissed today and
Superior Judge Henry M. Willis
declared a mistrial.
The jury took six ballots, and
the vote on every one was seven
to five, for Chaplin, foreman
Ferdinand J. Gay reported.
Judge Willis said he thought
the jury knew its own mind.
"I can't at this moment see any
reason to deliberate further," he
said. "I feel inclined to accept the
opinion of jurors who have calmly
deliberated for several hours that
they cannot reach a verdict.
The jury was above average in
intelligence, the judge said.
The British comedian's for
mer protege said she didn't know
what she would do.
Afrika Corps Nazi
Caught at Border
San Pedro, Cal., Jan. 4 'in
Rolf Gustaf Julius Zeischang. 22,
former Afrika corps corporal, to
day was held af San Pedro deten
tion station, after his arrest by
FBI agents as he tried to cross the
Mexican border.
Zeischa"ng, who escaped from
Ft. Lewis, Wash., May 28, posed
as a "Frenchman" named Albert
Puschmann, during his attempts
I to leave the country, the FBI
said.
BULLETIN
Pacific Fleet Headquarters,
Pearl Harbor, Jan. 4 IHi Fleet
Admiral Chester W. Mmltz an
nounced today carrler-haned air
craft from powerful marauding
task forces In the Philippines
sea attacked Formosa and
Okinawa Jima, athwart the
China sea entrance, for the sec
ond straight day yesterday.
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U.S. Troopers
Strike Inland
On Mindoro
New Beachheads Set
Up on Island as War in
Pacific Flares Anew
By William C. Wilson
(Unttvd Praia War Corriwpomlent)
Allied Headquarters, Philip
pines, Jan. 4 nil The Pacific war
blazed with new fury along an
1100-mile front southwest ot Ja
pan today as American forces
surged inland from two new
beachheads on Mindoro, counted
25 ships wrecked around Luzon
and pressed a carrier-based as
sault against Formosa and tne
Kyukyu islands.
(Japanese communiques said
400 allied planes, most of them
from carriers, renewed the attack
on Formosa and Okinawa islands,
the latter In the Ryukyus, today,
but dropped "only a small num
ber of bombs" that caused "al
most no damage." Three and
probably five of the planes were
shot down, the Japanese said.
500 Planes Used
(Five hundred planes partici
pated in yesterday's attacks on
the two islands, Tokyo said, of
which 17 were shot down and
eight damaged. Damage In the
first attack was said by Tokyo
to be "slight.")
(Tokyo also reported a raid by
GO American planes on Clark field,
Manila, yesterday.)
(Another Japanese communi
que said Japanese planes sank
two large transports and dam
aged a destroyer yesterday in at
tacks on a group of American
ships In the Mindanao area, be
tween Leyte and Mindanao in the
soutnern Philippines.)
" Islo Control Near.
All Mindoro, strategic Philip
pine island just southwest of Invasion-marked
Luzon, was expect
ed to be under American control
within a matter of days as a re
sult of new landings on the east
coast Monday and the west coast
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that any formidable resistance
had developed, and the Americans
were expected to seize remaining
airstrips and other Installations
on the islands in quick order.
The amphibious thrusts on Min
doro coincided with a marked in
tensification of the air offensive
softening up the capital island of
Luzon for eventual invasion.
Sweeping the Island from north
to south, heavy and attack bomb
ers sank or set afire a, 7,000-ton
transport, a 6,000-ton freighter, 21
smaller freighters and two large
trawlers Monday and Tuesday.
2 Morticians
Not Yet Found
Seattle, Jan. 4 mi The case of
the missing morticians has been
shelved and forgotten, Mrs.
Gladys Hennnssy, wife of one of
the undertakers, charged today.
The Seattle woman declared
that "it doesn't seem that every
thing possible is being dime" In
the search for her husband, John,
and Earl Cassedy, who disap
peared after a thanksgiving cele
bration in Hennessy's lH.'i'J black
Plymouth sedan.
"I don't see how our husbands
could stay missing so long if of
ficers really are hunting for
them," she said.
Mrs. Agnes Cassedy, however,
staunchly defended the police
force, pointing out she contacts
them almost dally, and "they are
doing everything they can."
Follces Petition
Denied by Court
Portland, Ore., Jan. 4 MH Rob
ert E. Lee Folkes, convicted in
the "lower 13" Pullman car mur
der, today lost another attempt
to escape execution tomorrow in
Oregon's lethal gas chamber when
Federal Judge James. Alger Fee
denied a petition for a writ of
hahens corpus.
Apparently the last recourse
left to the 23 year-old Los Angeles
Negro was an appeal to Gov. F.arl
Snell of Oregon.
SECKKTAKY NAMKI)
G. W. Montgomery is secretary
of the Deschutes County Muni
cipal Improvement district, and
not a director, as stated in The
Bulletin yesterday.
FIRE KILLS INFANT
Colfax, Wash., Jan. 4 HJ'i
Jimmie Lynn Ells, six-month-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Ells, died of suffocation In a fire
which destroyed the Ells home
here today.
Stimson Says Nazis Prepared
To Hit at Allied Lines Again
Secretary Reported Over 22,000 Foe Taken
In Half Month; U. S. Tank Losses Not Heavy
Washington, Jan. 4 (U.E) Secretary of War Henry L.
Stimson said today that Field Marshal Karl Von Rundstedt
was keeping enough troops in the area of his recent break
through "to make another punch .possible."
He warned at a news conference that despite the early
success of American countermeasures, the Germans still have
the power to launch new offensives.
Though any new attack probably would not be comparable
to the Ardennes assault, the Germans are determined if pos
sible to prevent Gen. Uwtght?
v. Eisenhower from regain
ing lost ground.
The German counterattacks
along the Saar are designed to
this end, he said.
"Having made his gamble the
enemy is not yet pulling out,"
Stimson said of the Ardennes
bulge. "He is not willing to re
tire from his temporary advan
tages. He has dug in ut certain
points on the perimeter and main
tained enough troops in the cen
ter to make another punch pos
sible.
Tank Loss Small
Stimson said that despite the
speed and power of the German
advance which started Dec. 10,
U. S. tanks losses were only six,
per cent heavier than the normal
mummy Himuon raie.
He said it was too early for a
comprenenslve report on allied
losses there but added that mate-1
rial losses were heaviest In com
munications equipment and wire,
because of the difficulty of with
drawal. Though he did not furnish other
particulars, his comment on com
munications equipment was ac
cepted as an Indication that sub
stantial amounts of other material
were successfully evacuated.
German prisoners of war cap
tured irom Dec. lb tnrougn ucc,
30 totaled 22,430, Stimson said.
But no accurate statement of
-t u. s; material, losses, and casual
ties has been received, he said,
adding that it would be some time
before they are available.
Sumatra Capital
Target of Fliers
(Ely United Prras)
Tokyo radio reported 40 "ene
my" bombers and fighters raided
Medan, capital of Sumatra, Thurs
day morning, Inflicting "slight
damage."
Medan is located on the north
east coast of Sumatra and Is re
garded as vital to the control of
the Straits of Malacca, which pro
vide the shortest route from India
to Singapore and Batavia, Java.
The enemy broadcast recorded
by United Press, San Francisco,
did not identify nationality of the
raiding planes, but In the absence
of a confirming announcement it
was presumed they may have
been British aircraft operating
from carriers.
The Japanese announcement,
based on a dispatch from Sumatra
said Japanese fighters and anti
aircraft units "accounted for a
large number" of the raiders.
Medan is connected by road and
rail with the port of Belawan Deli
at the mouth of the Belawan
river. It is 815 nautical miles
northwest of Batavia.
NEW ATTACKS I.AL'NCIIKI)
London, Jan. 4 nil Soviet
troops repelled new German at
tacks northwest of Budapest
while other red army forces cap
tured 277 additional city blocks
Inside the Hungarian capital, a
Moscow communique nnnounccd
tonight.
Senator Says Army and Navy Can Alleviate
Manpower Shortage By Reassignment of Men
Washington, Jan. 4 mi Sen.
Harley M. Kilgore, D., W. Va
charged today that the army and
navy were partly responsible for
the present manpower crisis
through "flagrant misuse" of men
already in uniform.
Kilgore, who has specialized in
mannower studies bv the senate
war Investigation committee and!
has long advocated total war mo- is something like his tolal mobili -
bilizatlon legislation, said the'zation measure a unified pro -
armed forces could greatly alie -
viate the present shortage by
careful reassignment of men now
in other than combat duty.
"Thev oueht to fake thp nhvsl -
cally fit men now In uniform nndjmunpower legislation, Byrnes
put them In combat service," he moved ahead in his effort to tight
said. "Those not fit for combat en controls as far as possible un
they could use in the supply lines der existing laws,
to the front and at bases here At Byrnes' order, selective serv-
and abroad. They could also put
military personnel Into service
warehouses which now employ
Eby Named Head
Of 'AAA' Board
Redmond, Jan. 4 H. T. Eby,
Terrebonne, has been elected
chairman of the Deschutes county
Triple "A," with Carl Baker, Turn
alo, named vice chairman and Ed
Duffy of the Eastern Star serving
as the third member of the coun
ty unit.
Howard Smith, Deschutes coun
ty agent, is to serve as secretary
of the unit 'with Miss Carol Wph.
pp. nf iho ennntv uinr nffipe
appointed as secretary. James Un-
fierwood. who served with the
group for many years, succeeding
E. M. Wright, Tumalo, tlrst chair
man, is the retiring chairman of
the organization.
Delegates Piek Board
Election of the board was made
by delegates from the six county
committees, each of which Is com
posed of three members. Com
munity elections took place late
in 1944.
A state convention of Triple
"A" committee members will be
held In Corvallis on January 18,
19 and 20, and the Deschutes com
mittee plans to be represented.
Following the state meeting, con
ferences will be hel4 by. all com
munity and qouhty committees,
on January 27, to establish crop
conformance with
national and
state goals.
Bend Ministers
To Meet Friday
A meeting of the Bend Minis-
ioi-ii,r,.osncintinn win he helH Frl.
day at 10 a. m. in the First Baptist steadily worse until today the
church studv, It was announced doughboys were mushing slowly
by officers of the local group to-! f"i ward in a blinding blizzard
day. Rev. W. I. Palmer is the new against stiff opposition from Ger
president of the association, Rev. 'man bazookas, dug-in tanks, mo-
Robert Nictiois is vicepresiueni
and Rev. Kenneth Tobias is secre
tary.
At the Friday morning meeting.
Rev. Ii. E. Kiel will be in charge
of the devotions.
Prineville Parley
Speaker Named
Corvallis, Ore., Jan. 4 nil W.
C. Jones, secretary of the Nation
al Wool Glowers' association, will
he one of the principal speakers
at the 40th annual meeting of
the Oregon Wool Growers' as
sociation to be held Jan. 17, 18, and
19 at Prineville, Ore.
Another speaker will be Mac
Hoke, Pendleton, who will report
on national developments in wool
Industry after a trip to eastern
markets.
CANADIAN TROOPS CAIN
Rome, Jan. 4 Uli Canadian
troops of the eighth army have
hammered out further gains
along the Fosso Vechio, 10 miles
northwest of Ravenna, after beat
ing off four strong German coun
t e r a 1 1 a c k s, headquarters an
nounced today.
approximately 500,000 civilians.
Those civilians then could be chan
neled either into the combat forc
es or other essential work."
Kilgore expressed doubt that a
long-term solution to the man-nnwet-
piisis would he nrovided
by the series of new proposals bv;
M,,hlll7.itl,m Director James F.
Byrnes
What is needed, he said:
lgram backed by sufficient legal
j force to compel proner use of
mannower and material.
Although the new congress has
'not vet had time to enact new
ice headquarters ordered local
draft boards to begin at once a
i review of agricultural deferments
Hodges' Army
Leads Assault
In Ardennes
Foe, Caught Off Guard,
Yields Several Miles as
American Units Advance
Paris, Jan. 4 (IPi Allied dlvt-
sions, paced by American First
army forces have plunged ahead
three and a half miles In the first
phase of a new offensive, battled
southward through a blinding bliz
zard today in a slow -but steady
advance rolling up a broad stretch
of the Ardennes salient's north
rim.
Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges'
First army crashed into the sali
ent at its narrow waistline, caught
the Germans off guard, and won
three and a hall miles on a six
mile front aimed at the U. S. Third
army spearhead through Bas
togne. Flanking forces to the north
and west of the First army tossed
I preliminary feeler pinches into
,ne German line, found holes, and
uuim-u uie uu.i ueiciars im a,..--
able gains on either side of
Hodges' pocket carved out below
the urandmenil-Hotton area.
Bulge .Under Assault
Front dispatches reporting that
virtually the entire north side of
Marshal Karl "von Rundstedt's
bulge was under assault did not
specify what units were In action
on either side of the First army
spearhead.
, German broadcasts, however.
reported that the American Ninth
army was In action against the
northeastern base of the salient,
and that Marshal Sir Bernard L.
Montgomery's British Second
army also was hitting It.
Supreme'headquarters announce
ed that First army armor ana in-
I fantry taking off at 8:30 a. m. yes-
leiuuy wiinuui air ui uium-iy
preparation, advanced three and a
half miles on a six mile front in
the first 26 hours of the offensive
and still were grading ahead to
day. Wintry Weather Prevails
The attack started in a snow-
storm and below ireezmg temp-
eratures and the weather grew
uii,ini:iuMiNj
An announcement by Hist
army headquarters at 4:40 p. m.
today said the Americans reached
La Chapelle and Amcomont, six
miles northeast of Grandmenil;
pushed on to the Salm river at one
point southeast of Stavclot; struck
to Heiiiot and Bergevan, six miles
east of Grandmenil; sent tanks
into Malempre, three miles south
east o Grandmenil; and captur
ed the village of Beffe, six miles
southwest of Grandmenil, then
advanced beyond It.
Gilchrist Teacher
Suddenly Stricken
Robert Bray Nason, 67, Gil
christ teacher, died following a
para y. e suue ttl u.e oi. v-.,, i
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SIIIUUUU.
Nason, who taught In northern
Klamath county for the last three
years, practiced law in Portland
for 22 years prior to thut.
He Is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Verne I. Brader, Chemult;
two sons, Lt. Stephen G. Nason,
an aviation cadet now stationed
at Waco, Tex.
In the 18-25 age group. The boards
were Instructed to give a pre-in-ductlon
physical examination to
all farm workers in that age
group and determine whether
Ihcv were entitled to continued
deferment under a strict inter-
pretation of the Tydlngs amend-
ment to the draft law.
Sen. Millard lydings, v., ma.,
1 author of the amendment under
! which essential farm workers get
i deferment, said alter a conference
j with Byrnes that he understood
'the new order was designed to
1 ascertain whether any of the 364,.
; 000 in tha category can be re-
i nlaeed.
"It's to squeeze the water out,"
he said. "There is no basic chanee
in the law contemplated. It's only
a auestlon of whether there is a
replacement available for a physi
cally fit farm worker who now Is
i deferred."