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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
Volume Llll
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, JAN. 8, 1945
No. 28
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Luzon Landing Believed Neat
Lingayen Gulf Beaches Under
Attack by Warships, Planes,
Nippon Radio Broadcasts Say
Tokyo Reports Four Powerful Invasion Units
Now Hovering in Isle Area; Enemy Asserts
40 Allied Warships, Transports Are Bagged
Pearl Harbor, Jan. 8 (U.E)
one of four powerful American
on i,uzun in me rnuippines nas carried an unparalleled bom
bardment of breach defenses in the Lingayen gulf north of
Manila into its third day and said a landing appeared imminent.
Qoome tuu to 4iu American vessels are bound for "some
not too clearly definable point on or near Luzon," Tokyo said,
but warned that the American maneuvers were so complicated
that false conclusions might be drawn.
Japanese broadcasts said American battleships and other
. warships escorting 70 to 80
Two Fliers Killed
In Crash of Plane
I Portland, Ore., Jan. 8 IP Crash
of a training plane from the Red-
mond army airfield Saturday
killed Capt. Alph A. Thiessen of
-3 Hamburg, la., and Lt. Max R.
4 Smith of Eugene, Ore., the Port
4 land army alrbase announced to
z day.:,
A search party reached' the
i wr
wreckage late Sunday af'er II
' u.-a
J Of
f rail
vas signted from the air. Scene
f the crash was in rueeed ter
rain iu miles southeast of Bend.
J Relatives of the officers have been
noiniea.
s
The Bend Ski patrol was alert
e ed, and state police and radio
J station KBND aided in the search
for the missing fliers after the
:t Redmond army air field officials
reported the aircraft overdue. All
, i members of the ski group who
I were in the city were on orders
to be prepared to aid in the
ground search upon call.
:- Radio reports of the missing
j plane gave rise to a number of
i calls from residents who reported
J they believed they had seen flares
1 of had seen an airplane in dis
4 tress. One flare was reported
! seen in the direction of Bachelor
;j butte, and another "behind" the
a city water tanks. Investigation by
J state police showed these had no
connection with the ill fated
jj plane.
Gallagher Given
iBesson's Berth
3
-i Fort Lewis, Wash., Jan. 8 lPi
J Col. Edward B. Gallagher a vet
S eran of the march to Rome has
arrived at Fort Lewis to assume
command of the engineer training
f section, army officials revealed to
j day.
I Colonel Gallagher replaces Col.
s Frank S. Besson, who recently an
- nounced his intention of retiring
; after 39 years' army service.
:r ....wuu nit: engineers
s corps since 1917, Colonel Galla
i gher was awarded the legion of
a irnrniin nt u i ,
s '"vi ii in xidiy iur uriiuani em-
PlOVnipnt nf pntrlnnnra" rtn tha
march to Rome, where he served
with the Second army corps prior
tO tnlfintr the rV.wf T - :
f ment.
1 Served Irj France
; During the last war Colonel
I Gallagher served 19 months in
! France, after which he saw duty
?, in Panama until 1921. A four-year
assignment as assistant professor
i of military science and tactics at
1 iale University was followed by a
v post In the chief of engineers' of
I tire, Washington, D. C.
I In 19-11 the colonel was appoint
,i ed division engineer for Die New
)i England division.
.4 fi 1 ,-.,,,. . .
I ate of the command and general
i staff school, Fort Leavenworth,
mm nit: army industrial col
lege. Washington, D. C. His home
is in Norristowri, Pa.
STORM WARNINGS CP
Portland. Ore.. Jan. 8 'If
-lorm warnings were hoisted at i
a.m., today on the Washington :
, --"..- v anil hi mi mniiin ni inn
; , ,mbla river and through thelgress was the attitude of Senate;
!T T?f Juan dp Fuca to include I Democratic Leader Alben W.
f ort "ownsend. Barkley of Kentucky. i
Tokyo reported todav that
invasion armadas converging
landing craft, penetrated Lin
gayen gulf to within a few
thousand vnrdfl of the const
and were hin t:
h.'iis i::to it
-U: the
27-miIi' rtrele
Fernando a;n.
latter abon' ! :
Manila.
Tokyo Gives Details
Fighters, bombers and dive
bombers from 10 aircraft carriers
supported the bombardment with
tree-top strafing and bombing at-
tacKs, Tokyo said.
"This is the enemy's usual tac
tics preceding a- landingU Tffv
anese Domei dispatch from Luzon
sam. uur men . . . are strain
ing their ears for the sound of
landing craft, for the enemy may
approach the shores at any time."
American headquarters here
and in the Philippines remained
silent on the enemy reports of
impending landings, but an
nounced new neutralization raids
against Luzon and the capture of
Paluan, in the northwest corner
of Mindoro island and 90 miles
southwest of Manila.
Pincers Developing
The expanding American hold
on Mindoro, coupled with the oc
cupation of Marinduque, to the
east, and Japanese reports of
operations in Lingayen gulf, ap
peared to be setting the stage for
an amphibious pincers assault
against Manila.
Planes of the Third fleet, shift
ing their sights from battered
Formosa and Okinawa farther
north, joined with Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's land -based aircraft
Saturday in destroying 45 Japa
nese planes and damaging 14
others In a series of raids in and
around Luzon.
In addition to the invasion ar
mada already bombarding Luzon,
Tokyo said three'others were sail
ing through Philippine waters, ap
parently nound lrom Leyte to the
Lingayen gulf.
Foe Spots Fleet
One task force including 150
transports was said to be cruising
westward below Mindoro, another
of undisclosed size was moving
west in the Mindanao sea, and the
fourth, with an escort of battle
ships or largo cruisers and de
stroyers, was in waters south of
Negros island. ,
All four armadas were under
air attack and that in the Lin
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Congress Expected to Back
Drafting of Nurses and 4 F's
Washington, Jan. 8 UP) Con-
press anneared todav to be readv
,n fun, wm. Hn.,EO loaHohi J
, , ,., , , . . .ient on the question of national
for drafting 4-F's and nurses but sorvlce iegisil,j0n," Barkley said,
balked for the time being on the "it should be taken up promptly
idea of complete national service and not have to wait on national
legislation. service legislation."
In response to President Roosc- Thus, it appeared that the first
velt's request for "total mobiliza- legislation on the subject would
tion of all human resources for ! be along these lines:
the prosecution of the war," con- j l. a requirement that 4-Fs get
gressional leaders were prepared
to put the tightening of man
power controls at the top of the
legislative calendar.
A sampling of congressional re
action, however, indicated a desire
to try so-called stop gap measures,
such as the 4-F tlreft and a check
on job-jumping by occupatlonally
deferred men, before embarking
rn mnro Hraotic nlircrc nf nctinn i
Organized labor expressed strong j
hnstililv to a labor draft.
I i-mnai ni tnd iha no in mn.
EASTERN STATES ALERTED
FOR BUZZ BOMB ATTACK
An East Coast Port, Jan. 8 (IIP) Admiral Jonas H.
Ingram, commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet, said today
that it was "possible and probable that New York City or
Washington will be hit by buzz bombs within the next 80 of
60 days." '
Ingram said Admiral Ernest J. King, naval commander,
in-chief of the U. S. fleets, concurred with him in the "pos
sibility and probability" of the attack and that Admiral King
had approved today's warning. '
Ingram said he would take charge of coastal defenses of
New York and Washington and that he had moved "plenty
of forces" to take every possible precaution against the attack.
He said the bombs could come one of three ways :
(1) Surface ship: '
(2) Submarine: ' 1
(3) Long range planes.
He said the bombs would probably be smaller than the
V-l or V-2 launched against Great Britain. He said the
greatest danger to expect was from fires, and that the bombs
were not expected to seriously damage any large buildings:,
He warned against panic, which he said could increase the
damage.
"The next alert will be the real McCoy," he said.
Rescued Aviator
Visitor in Bend
Lt. (j.g.) William E. Miller, vet
eran of the South Pacific, who was
missing in the Philippines area
from September 21 until the
Christmas season, was met yes
terday in Portland by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Miller, and is
now In Bend on a 30 day leave.
Under instructions from his su
Deriors to divulge no information
relative to his experiences in the
Philippines, he was not available
for an interview.
The New York Herald-Tribune
in a dispatch passed by Pacific
censors revealed in its December
26 issue that Lt. Miller was pilot
of a navy plane shot down in a
sweep over Manila. The plane, a
Hellcat, crash landed on an islet
near Corregidor.
Lived on Snails
The Bend lieutenant, the New
York paper added, lived on snails
and crabs for many days, in tor
rential rain part of the time, then
made his way to the mainland,
where he joined companions.
Their rescue was effected by a
navy speed boat, which braved
Jap guns to dash through Min
doro strait, the New York paper
said. In making their escape, the
boat crew and fliers were attacked
by a Japanese plane.
Lt. Miller was missing some 90
days in the Philippines. His par
ents had been notified. News that
he was safe reached his parents
shortly after Christmas.
Tanned by South Pacific suns,
the young lieutenant was meeting
friends around Bend today.
Arnold District
To Get Water
Users of water along the Arn
old Irrigation company canal to
day were urged to fill their cis
terns while the water is turned
on.
George Murphy, chairman of
the irrigation company board, said
that the water was turned on
Saturday noon and will be on un
til tomorrow night. He stressed
the filling of cisterns because
weather conditions might prevent
any early release of water.
"The question of what should
be done about getting 4-Fs into
essential jobs Is wholly independ
into essential jobs or face induc
tion into non-combat service or
labor battalions.
2. A similar draft for men who
leave jobs on which they are occu-pationally-deferred
to enter less
essential employment.
3. A draft of nurses unless the
present program of voluntary en-
listment gets the 20.000 which the
amoH fr. r.r t?'lll nonil
Many members of congress felt
that th colppiivo cnrvlro ovctom
qnii ikn nomine, n m.h
already i
have authority to invoke the 4-F
draft and prevention of Job-jump-1
ing. '
Fiery Meteor
Races Across
Oregon Skies
Eugene, Ore., Jan. 8 lU'i Prof.
J. Hugh Pruett of the University
of Oregon meteorology depart
ment, today reported sighting a
meteor of unusual brilliance about
9 p. m. Sunday.
Sighted by residents of Oregon
and Southwestern Oregon, the
meteor left a trail of blue flame
and set up a sheet of light in the.
southwestern sky when it struck.
Pruett said he believed it landed
at sea after going over southern
Oregon or Northern California.
Slot Machine Bill
May Be on Slate
Salem, Ore., Jan. 8 (IP) Gov.
Earl Snell will "have no part of"
any proposed legislation to license
slot machines by the state, he
said today in response to news
paper articles and comments by
legislators, which stated that the
illegal machines were putting the
state-license pin-ball machines out
of business.
"Action will be taken," the
governor said, in insisting that
law enforcement officials' stop
operation of the illegal machines,
if it is found such a condition
exists.
Revenue from the licensed nin-
ball machines goes to the old ace
assistance fund, and the governor
pointed out that contention over
the use of illegal slot machines
"is coming on eve of a legislative
session." "Watch for a bill to be
introduced" to license the slot
machines by the state, he said.
The governor stated he presum
ed that such a proposed law
would give the slot machines state
sanction to operate in defiance of
the state constitution.
Midstate Solons
Get Assignments
Central Oregon's representa
tives in the Oregon state legis
lature today won important com
mittee assignments, according to
a United Press report from the
statehouse in Salem.
Rep. William Niskanen, Bend,
was named chairman of the im
portant game committee; and
Rep. Bert K. Snyder of Lakevicw,
heads the highways and highway
revenues committee.
Rep. Niskanen was named to
four other committees, Rep. Sny
der to four others, and Rep. W.
B. Morse of Prlneville was chosen
to serve on seven committees.
Besides the game committee,
Niskanen Is on the ndminlotr.itlnn
and organization, banking and entrusted McCauley with only 'retires after the first day after idominanlly republican assemblies, at the smoke-filled caucus room,
corporations, forestry, irrigation $160 w',h which to buy the land: more than 30 years of service In, In the senate, there are only five At the senate caucus, the follow
and drainage committers. ' 'n question. George H. and Jake that capacity. democrats, while there are 25 re- 'ing clerks and other officials were
Snyder Named 'P. Settlemeyer over-bid the A joint session of both houses , publicans. In the house the re-1 named:
Snyder, besides heading the sheriff. They got the land for was set this afternoon to hear publicans have a 50 to 10 majori- Chief clerk Mrs. Zylpha Burns,
highways committee, will serve S1G5. The sheriff stated today Gov. Earl Snell deliver his bl-;ty. a veteran at the post, from Port-
on the "legislation and rules, pub- 'hat, even though he had been;ennlal message. I Other posts of Importance in land; assistant chief clerk Miss
lie welfare and unemployment given permission to pay more for Preliminary organization was, both houses were determined at Genevieve Conner, Portland; cal
and the ways and means commit- the land, he is forbidden by law j completed last night In pre-session the caucuses. In the house, the endar clerk Miss Pearl Schaef
tees. to make more than one bid. i caucuses with the "unofficial" j assembly elected the following of-1 fer, Portland; reading clerk
Rep. Morse is on the agricul ! Other purchasers of county election of presiding officers, ! ficlals: , I Gordon Barnard, La Grande;
ture, alcoholic control, fisheries I lands this mornine were: Pearl clerks and minor officials. Chief clerk Clarlhel Buff, ore-1 sereent at arms Banks Morti-
food and dairy products, highways
and highway revenues ii
and drainage, and mint
postwar planning commit
irrigation
arv and
planning committees.
Russian Lines
Buckle Before
GermanAttack
Nazi Relief Column Is
Now Only 15 Miles Out
Of Besieged Budapest
London, ' Jan. 8 IP The red
army siege lines west and north
west of Budapest buckled danger
ously today under a pile-driver
German attack that carried van
guards of a nazi relief army with
in 15 miles of the beleaguered
city.
Spending men and armor reck
lessly in an llth-hour bid to res
cue the remnants of some 80,000
axis troops holding out inside
Budapest, the Germans slugged
their way almost into artillery
range of the capital in the face of
terrific casualties and a growing
threat to their left flank north of
the Danube.
Crossing Captured
One nazi column recaptured the
Danube crossing town of Eszster
gom, 19 miles northwest of Buda
pest and almost half-way back
from Komarno, where the counter-offensive
began last Monday.
At the same time, a second arm
ored spearhead farther to the
south carried a six-day, 22-mile
advance to the outskirts of Bicske,
15 miles west of the capital, and
began storming that Russian
stronghold.
Late dispatches said furious
fighting was in progress at Bicske
and south of Esztergom, where
outnumbered Soviet armored and
artillery forces ground the nazi
advances to a temporary halt last
nignt.
Heavy Toll Taken
Red army dive bombers and ar
tillery took a terrific toll of the
panzer spearheads, knocking out
88 tanks Saturday and 69 more
Sunday, running the enemy's
losses to more than duo tanks
since the start of the week-old
counter-offensive. In addition
more than 1,400 nazls were killed
yesterday in the fighting west of
the capital.
Meanwhile, a grave threat to
the Germans' left flank was de
veloping in the north, where pow
erful units of the Second Ukrain
ian army broke out of their nar
row bridgehead on the west bank
of the Hron river and advanced 12
miles to take Madar, 11 miles
northeast of Komarno. Capture of
Komarno would lop off one of the
main supply and communications
centers of the nazi relief army
moving on Budapest.
Window Broken
By Crash of Car
Alleged drunk driving over he
weekend caused the arrest of two
men, and considerable property
damage in one case, state officers
reported today.
Herbert Mitchell Franklin, 47,
of 820 Federal street, was at lib
erty today on $100 bond pending
arraignment this evening in just
ice court. He was arrested by
State Officer Walt Smead and
Floyd Chesnut who witnessed a
crash between Franklin's car and
another belonging to Edward G.
Axtell of Hend, Saturday night
near the Intersection of Wall
street and Louisiana avenue. Offi
cers said that Axtnll's car was
parked at the curb, and that the
impact threw this machine across
the sidewalk, smashing a plate
glass window in the Bend Garage
company building. They said that
the suspect was also driving his
car without lights.
The other alleged drunk driver
was Albert Dyer of Prlneville,
who was arrested in that city.
Bidding for Land
Is Reported Brisk
Asking prices were paid
by I
three purchasers of Deschutes !
county lands at the semimonthly and 43rd regular meeting since , tion to the speakership of the turned from several years over
land sale, conducted Saturday 'attaining statehood, with formal , house of representatives. His jsoas with the 41st division; door
morning by Sheriff C. L. Mc-ieleclion of officers and attaches, election has licen conceded for a; keeper-Lee Howard; and mailing
Cauley. Bidding on a KiOacre The senate meeting was opened number of months with sufficient clerk -Vivien Ledoux. Only oii
plot in the Brothers district might 'by Sen. William Strayer, Baker, voles pledged him by house mem-j position vote was on the post of
have turned Into a spirited com- i "Dean of the senate", while the ljers since about last June. mailing clerk. Miss Ledoux won
petition, the sheriff said, but for house was called to order by Fred Both Belton and Marsh are re- the post over M. T. Collins, who
an old factor: Mike Draglch hadlDrnger, veteran r.ilef clerk who '
Welgand, $80 for SO acres; B. F. j
and B. L. Rhodes, $S0 for 80 acres;
H. E. and Grace Thornton. S.W0ident or the senate. lo onnosi-;
for 320 acres.
Two Great Battles
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The Battle of the Bulge shared the limelight wKh a German thrust across
the Rhine In the Strasbourg area. The U. S. First and British Second
Armies smashed Into the north side of the bulge for slight gains while the
Germans were counter-attacking heavily In the Bastogne area. In the
Saar area Seventh Army troops were reported to have stopped the Ger
mans after a 10-mile penetration. Very heavy fighting continued at
Bltche, Wtngen and Wissembourg.
Governor in Biennial Message
Asks for Jax Structure Study
Hiring, of NationallyRaeoflrijjepl -.JjirjTt, f .
Accountants Is Suggested to Legislature
Statehouse, Salem, Ore., Jan. 8 (U.E) Gov. Earl Sneil
miide the following specific recommendations to the" 1945
legislature in his biennial message today.
1. Hiring a nationally-recognized firm of lax experts to
investigate and make recommendations on Oregon t tax struc
ture. 2. Adoption of legislation activating veterans' educa
tional and loan benefits, voted at the November general elec
tion. 3. Creation of a department of veterans welfare with a
single commissioner.
4. Study of the milk pasteurization situation, and enact
ment of appropriate sate-y
guarding legislation.
5. Creation of a revolving
fund of $100,000 for forest ac
quisition.
G. Increase to $50,000 the
funds for forest products la
boratory.
7. Continuation of experience
rating feature of unemployment
compensation law.
('iiiiiix'iisalliin Relief Its
8. Liberalization of compensa
tion benefits.
9. Reception of liquor revenues
into state general fund linear-
marked, and direct appropriations!
from fund for old age assistance
10. Increased allotment from
highway funds for tourist pro
motion after the war.
11. Adoption of legislation set
ting forth qualifications whereby
those once convicted of felonies
may vote, pursuant to measure
passed by popular vole In Novem
ber election.
12. Creation of a national ceme
tery in Portland.
1945 Oregon Legislature Opens in Salem;
Belton Heads Senate, Marsh House's Chief
By Erie W. Allen, Jr.
lUnibd I'rm stuff Cormiwniirnt) ;
Salem, Ore., Jan. 8 Mi The
194.') Oregon legislature today con-:
vened Its second wartime session i
Sen. Howard C. Belton, Canby, I
was unanimously elected presi-1
tion was forthcoming as other
(NEA Telenholo)
Bend Man Gets
View of Rhine
Staff Sergeant Clayton Con
ytable of Bend got to see the
Rhine river the long and hard
way, via England, Africa, Sicily,
Italy and France, but the round
about trip was worthwhile, he in
dicated here today on his return
from overseas service, on a 30
day furlough. Member of the
Bond Garage Co. staff In civilian
life, Sgt. Constable, who visited
first with his mother. Mrs. Geor-
(.-ia Constable In Hood River,
stopped here briefly en route to
Klamath Falls, to meet his wife.
Unit Cited
In Africa, Silicy, Iialy and
France, Sgt. Constable served
with an engineer's unit cited on
two occasions, for the construe-
Hon of ! bridge over the Volturno
river in Iialy, under German fire, I probably saved his pet's life,
and for the construction of rail-) Officers said that this poison
road bridges in southern France, ing brings the total to over a dnz
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prospective candidates for theinon low, who also has held the
post had all withdrawn In his! post previously; reading clerk
favor prior to the caucus. I Richard Wilson, another veteran;
Rep. L'ugeno Marsh, McMinn-! sergeant at arms Captain Dow
ville, was named without opposi-!
publicans, and will preside over:
viously stenographer to Fredmer, Portland; doorkeeper
Drager; assistant chief clerk
I'atr c la sv vers, a veteran at the
icost; calendar clerk Edith By-'
-
Tide of Battle
FavorsYanks;
Foe Retreats
Overall Situation Along
West Front Encouraging;
Snow Covers Entire Area
Paris, Jan. 8 HP) American .,, .
forces drove through a swirling
snowstorm a mile to a mile and
a half deeper into the crumbling
north flank of the Ardennes sali
ent on a JB-mlle front today, and
the Germans began pulling out ot
its blunted nose.
The title of battle also swung
in favor of the American Seventh -army
in northern France, where
Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch's
troops seized the Initiative in
several sectors, compressed a Ger
man bridgehead north of Stras
bourg to ease a threat to that city.
and drove the na.is back two
miles from the high water mark
of their Bitche bulge.
Supreme headquarters and
front reports sketched one of the
most encouraging overall situa
tions on the western front since
the German offensive began on
Dec. 16. ,
Gains ltecnrded
Lt. Gen. Courtney II. Hodges'
first army headquarters reported
general gains along the north rim
of Marshal Karl Von Rundstedt's
shrinking salient in Belgium.
With the main east-west road
on the north side of the bulge cut
and that on the south side under
fire, British troops at the western
most sector of the Belgian front
were advancing against negligible
resistance in some sectors, while
at others they found no -sign of
1h i.'jenst? ircttV wiS4- adf '
back with a German withdrawal.
Kodges' Second and Third
armored divisions pushed their
way south through the Belgian
forests toward Lt. Gen. George S.
Patton's northbound forces, whit
tling down the waistline of the
bulge to less than a dozen miles.
Itidge Captured
The 82nd airborne division cap
tured Thierdumont ridge, two
miles southeast of Vielsalm, a
choke point not only on the cut
German escape route along the
north side of the bulge but also
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Wasco Prepares
For Death Trial
The Dalles, Ore., Jan. 8 Mi
Selection of jurors will begin
Tuesday In the trial of Sam A.
Brendel, charged with the fatal
stabbing of Willie Carl Jones here
last Sept. 30.
Brendel faces first degree mur
der charges that he followed
Jones from a cardroom and stab
bed him during an argument. He
will be defended by T. Leland
Brown and F. L. Phipps, both ap
pointed by Circuit Judge Fred W.
Wilson.
DOG HKIJKVEI) I'OISONED
Bend police today were investi
gating the supnosed poisoning of
a dog belonging to Homer Cole,
104-1 Portland avenue, with chem
ists aiding in the analysis of the
contents of the dog's stomach.
Finding the animal suffering,
Cole administered an antidote and
Lovell, Salem, who recently re-
held it last year, by secret ballot
Robert Campbell, Portland; and
mailing clcrk-
-William King,
Prineville.