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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JAN. 9, 1945
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NO. 29
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Jittery Tokyo
Says Big Task
Force Spotted
Second Striking Unit
Of 150 Ships Reported
In Lingayen Gulf Area
I Pearl Harbor, Jan. 9 UPi Tokyo
broadcasts today reported a sec-
Jond great American task force
, has arrived in "the Lingayen gulf
ijcomoat zone' ana was maneuver
ing for a landing, while hundreds
pf American aircraft both car-Vier-based
and giant B-29 Super
'forts raked Japanese installa
tions on a 1,500-mile arc from
Formosa to Tokyo,
i The Japanese broadcasts esti
, inated the second American strik
ing force at 150 ships, apparently
jmost ly transports.
" The jittery Japanese broadcasts
gave a confused picture of the
situation on the coasts of Luzon
with fleets of American warships
and transports steaming back and
forth, shelling the shore and ap
parently feinting at landings at
numDer 01 points. .
Shift Operations
The first invasion armada, ac-
Wording to enemy reports, shifted
'operations to the Manila area to
day. Later Tokyo broadcasts said
Shelling of the coast by the first
force was slackening but that the
liuge new task force had appeared
jn Lingayen gulf.
I The Japanese accounts said the
Americans were only awaiting
the zero hour before commenc
ing landing operations,
i- There was no comment from
American official sources on the
Japanese reports of fleets off
Luzon.
;j However, official announcement
was made of fresh aerial blows
Tanging over Japanese strong
points in a wide Pacific arc.
Tokyo Bombed
Twenty-first bomber command
.headquarters at Guam announced
:that a "substantial" force of Su-
: perforts hit Tokyo, striking at In
dustrial targets in their second
Ifrnajor assault of the year on the
nain Jap island of Honshu.
1 At about the same time 20th
bomber command Superforts at
tacked military installations at
,F o r m o s a and carrier aircraft
from Admiral J. S. McCain's Third
fleet fast carrier force smashed
8t Japanese shipping and installa
tions in and around Formosa,
Jshigaka,, Miyako and Okinawa.
i The Japanese Dome! agency
"said 450 American carrier planes
teamed with China-based B-29's
Jn an assault today on Formosa,
presumably the second in as many
days and the fourth in a week for
-the carrier forces. Domci said 11
to 15 planes were shot down and
"eight others damaged.
f Fleet Goes North
Official American sources an
'.flounced that carriers of the Third
fleet turned north from Luzon
.following a two-day strike Satur
. (Continued on Page 6)
pritish Columbia
In Grip of Strike
1 Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 9 Ui
British Columbia's leading war
industries faltered today under
the impact of a wage strike of
street railway workers and bus
operators in three of the prov
ince's biggest cities.
' Picket lines swung into posi
tion in Vancouver after the last
of the street cars rolled into the
barns a few minutes after 4 a.m.,
leaving many of an estimated
80,000 war workers stranded in
Vancouver, Victoria, and New
Westminster.
) Officials announced that emer
gency measures were being taken
Immediately to avert shutdowns
Jn vital aircraft plants and ship
yards, ordering issuance of extra
gasoline to car owners under
agreement to drive workers to
their jobs in war plants, hospi
tals, public utilities and other es
sential services.
J Offer Rejected
J Meantime, street car workers
and bus operators had firmly re
jected a last minute street rail
way company offer of a five and
a half cent hourly increase and a
plea for a 48 hour stay In the call
ing of the strike.
Bus drivers and street car oper
ators, estimated at 3,000 were
mong the first to feel the effect
pf the strike, having to walk home
.from the barns after n.irklnp
Jheir vehicles. Throughout the I
f.uee anected cities, bakeries and
dairies made their own emer
gency arrangements to pick up
Jhelr staffs, although delivery
JToblems still were unsolved,
ft Fearing a shortage of telephone
w'peraiors aue to the transporta
tion shutdown, the British Colum
bia TeleDhone comnnnv annonlpH '
,' 'he public to keep telephone I
rails to a minimum. I
Sfate Legislature Opens With
Snell Asking for OLC Study
Organization of Two Houses Is Completed;
First Bill Is Introduced and Gets Approval
By Eric W. Allen, Jr.
fUnited PrtM Staff CorreiDondMit.)
Salem, Ore., Jan. 9 (U.E) Oregon's 1945 legislature today
rolled up its sleeves and settled down to business with action
believed in the offing on Gov. Earl Snell's urgent request for
a full-dress investigation of the state liquor control commis
sion. Organization of the two houses amd preliminaries were
completed at the initial meetings yesterday, climaxed by the
governor's message to a joint session.
In a last minute addition to Ms speech, Snell said he
Officer Leaves
A v.
3
After visiting here with his Dar-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Murphy,
Lt. Bill I. Murphy, who recently
received nis wings, has returned
to his base at Columbus, Miss. A
former Bend high school student
and football player, Lt. Murphy
attended the University of Oregon
belore enlisting.
City Development
Plans Discussed
Carl A. Johnson, newly elected
president-of the local chamber of
commerce, at today's meeting of
the Bend Lions club in the Pine
Tavern spoke on industrial de
velopment for Bend and urged the
united support of every citizen
and .organization in working with
the chamber to make this develop
ment possible.
The program, as already work
ed out, was explained in detail by
Johnson. The immediate plan is
to raise money for an industrial
promotion program. This sum
has been placed at $20,000. One
half will be provided by the city
and half by business and property
owners. The fund will be ad
ministered by a committee rep
resenting the doners and the city.
Johnson said, to interest new in
dustries in coming to Bend.
Development Comes First
'The first and foremost pro
gram for this year for the Bend
chamber of commerce will be the
promotion of plans for industrial
development of this area," John
son added. ,
A committee from the Prine-
ville Lions club, including Presi
dent Don Taylor, Charles Downey
and Elton Mooney, invited the
Bend Lions to a Lions party in
Prineville on January 27.
Claude Cook, coach, discussed
the basketball schedule remain
ing for the Lava Bears.
State Barber Law
Unconstitutional
Salem, Ore., Jan. 9 Uli The
Oregon supreme court today de
clared unconstitutional the law
permitting a majority of barbers
to fix minimum prices for a
county.
The act was passed by the 194 J
legislature and was appealed by
Earl La Forge, a barber of Mult
nomah county.
La Forge contended the act vi
olated the due process clause of
the 14th amendment and unlaw
fully delegated legislative authority.
j 'if fX
F' (fx
Total War Program for Five Years to Cost 450 Billions-FDR
Washington, Jan. 9 U Im-for the fiscal years 1941 through i Social Security Reconversion
portant statements in President 1MC, will total 450 billion dollars." "I hope that the congress will ..A, ,nn, . . ... ...
Roosevelt's messaee transmitting KorelBn Aid give early consideration to exten- A ,B aS " 'lr , , w",r-"'lt
Roosevelt s message ' ransm tmg Wp continue to provlde slon and mprovt.mpnt of "l Z" war against two powerful enemies
10 congress ms .
budget
Progress of flip War
"I have not made in the past,
and I shall not now make, any
prediction concerning the length i
of the war. My only prediction is
that our enemies will be totally
defeated before we lay down our
arms."
"We would make a great mis
take if, jn our military and bud
getary planning, we underesti
mated the task of defeating Ja
pan." War Costs
"The total war program .. .1
wanted a "thorough, sweep
ing and complete audit and in
vestigation" into the Oregon
liquor control situation to dis
pel "certain statements, in
nuendos, and accusations" that
have arisen in connection with
the purchase of liquor stocks by
the states of Oregon and Wash
ington.
Initial housekeeping chores
were completed in the house, as it
voted to give itself the copies of
the Oregon laws that are furn
ished to each member, to furnish
legal date to committees and to
obtain needed equipment.
First Bill Passed
The first house bill introduced
that to pay for the expenses of
the 1945 session was passed to
its second reading, and in a move
just prior to adjournment, Rep.
Vernon D. Bull, (D., La Grande)
introduced house joint resolution
No. 1, which would call for a
constitutional amendment to
change the legal voting age in
Oregon to 18 years.
First senate bill introduced was
one that would repeal the com
munity property law In the state,
while other bills were in prepara
tion to substitute legislation for
some of its provisions.
Recent supreme court action in
validated the income tax return
use of the law by married couples.
Both houses adjourned shortly
after completion of the governor's
speecn.
Airport at Baker
Suffers Bad Fire .
Baker, Ore., Jan. 9 IIP) All
buildings . and seven privately
owned planes were destroyed by
fire Monday at the Baker munici
pal airport, at an estimated loss
of 823,000.
Included in the buildings lost
were the main hangar, adminis
tration building and repair shop,
all under one roof.
Four of the planes, valued at
$0,000 were owned by the Baker
flying school and were Insured,
said L. D. Shurtleff, proprietor.
ine otner tnree planes, valued at
$3750, were owned by Fred Shaw,
an airport meenanic, put no in
surance was carried on them.
A weather station and two near
by buildings were saved by city
nremen.
Oregon Far Over
Its Bond Quota
Portland, Ore., Jan. 9 UP)
Final Sixth war loan drive
re-
ports, released today, show that
Oregon succeeded its over -all
bond quota by 46.9 per cent, with
total sales amounting to $157,221,
512. The state goal was $107,000,
000. Oregon citizens bought $40,714,
912 worth of E bonds, against a
quota of $34,000,000, with the
over subscription amounting to
19.7 per cent. Complete figures
for each county and community
are being compiled by the federal
reserve bank and will be an
nounced soon, E. C. Sammons,
state war finance committee chair
man, said today.
HURT IV ACTION
Pfc. Hugh T. Lowther, son of
Charles E. Lowther, employed at
the Horseheaven mines in Jef
ferson county, has been wounded
In action in the European theater
of war, according to information
from the war department. Hugh
is a grandson of Dan Crowley, pi
oneer resident of the Ashwood
community.
if.nd-lea.se, and our allies to pro-icial
vide reciprocal lend-lease, to the j
full extent necessary to win the ;
war. Lend-lease has been and will
be an instrument of war; it will
be liquidated with the end of the
war."
Agriculture
"... we must develop a pro
gram to eliminate malnutrition
and rural poverty . . . farmers and
the nation as a whole must be
protected against heavy fluctua
tions In agricultural prices and
income, and this must be accom-
j plished without the accumulations
of unmanageable surpluses."
Billions Sought
To Meet Costs
OfGlobalWai
Flexible 1946 Budget Is
Presented to Congress
By President Roosevelt
By Lyle C. Wilson
(United PreM Stuff CorrMpondent) ,
Washington, Jan. 9 " Vxes
dent Roosevelt today presented to
congress a flexible 1946 fiscal year
budget calling for reduction of ex
penditures to $83,760,000,000 and
estimating cumulative .war au
thorizations at $450,000,000,000 for
six years.
The 1946 expenditures would be
approximately $17,802,000,000 less
than those in the current 1945
fiscal year. '
The six year war authorization
figure covers the period from
July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1946.
Roosevelt told congress that
there was no justification for tax
reduction so long as we are en
gaged in major war. And he fram
ed this budget to meet the even
tuality of war in Europe continu
ing for another 18 months.
Reduction Planned
This budget message contained
a pre-view of Roosevelt's post-war
demobilization and employment
plans. They evidently contemplate
reduction of annual government
expenditures to $50,000,000,000
through the demobilization per
iod 'and, ultimately, to $25,000,
000,000 where they would level
off.
He s.i lil that as demobilization
accelerates after the war "there
may be 60,000,000 men and women
to be employed."
"Manifestly," Roosevelt said,
"full employment in peace time
can be assured only when the re
duction In war demand is approxi
mately offset by additional peace
time demand from the millions of
consumers, businesses, farmers,
and by federal, state and local
governments.
"That means that consumers'
expenditures and business 'invest
ments must increase by about 50
per cent, measured in constant
prices, above the level of the year
1939 if full employment is to be
provided by private enterprise."
Expenditures Lower
To that end he proposed post
war overhaul of the wartime tax
structure to stimulate consumers'
demand and promote business in
vestment. Spending, revenue and deficit
estimates were all down in this
budget compared with those for
the current fiscal year which will
end on June 30. The 1946 fiscal
year, budgeted today, will run
from July 1, 1945, to June 30, 1946.
The public debt is going up to
an estimated $252,000,000,000 on
June 30 and to $292,000,000,000 on
June 30, 1946. Roosevelt will ask
congress to raise the statutory
debt limit, now $260,000,000,000.
He estimated interest on the
public debt alone would cost $4,
500,000,000 In the fiscal year 1946.
His calculation of war expendi
tures for the next fiscal year
ranged from less than $60,000,000,
000 to more than $80,000,000,000
depending on when or whether
Germany is licked In the period
covered. He arbitrarily nrnnnsorl
$70,000,000,000 as a tentative esti
mate of war spending. Of this
amount, $39,000,000,000 would be
spent by the army, $22,000,000,000
by the navy, and the rest by other
government agencies.
Mould Cut Expenditures
This budget would reducp over.
all 1946 expenditures hv jihnnt
$17,802,000,000 from the $101.-
562,000,000 being scent in the cur-
rent fiscal year. These figures in
clude outlays by government corp
orations as well as the iwasiim
The 1946 net deficit would be
down approximately $12,000,000,
000 from this year's expected $53.
182,000,000. Roosevelt estimated net treas
ury revenue in the 1946 fiscal
year at $41,254,000,000 compared
with the 1945 estimated of $15,
729,000,000. securltv svstpm nn,i win :
examine the financial basis of the
program."
Taxes
Wartime taxes must be main-
tained as long as large-scale war
expenditures are necessary. There! dependent on the progress of tho reclns.siflod as available for mill
is no justification for tax reduc war." Itary service, It was said.
in a major war." )
The Pnblic Debt I
(He said It would rise to $292 !
oinion oy june do, J346.; :
i lavor a policy oi orderly but
steady debt reduction, consistent
with the objectives
of long-run
economy policy.
Qermans Believed Pulling Out
Of Bulge; Tank Battle Rages
Snow Lined Foxholes Are Cold
Yank infantrymen hastily dig foxholes Into the snow-covered, frozen shoulder ot a road some
where in Belgium as German advance rolls towards them.
Moore Is Named
District Attorney
Arthur J. Moore, Bend attorney
who for 10 years served as Des
schutes county district attorney,
today was again appointed to that
post by Governor Earl Snell to
act pro tern during the absence
of District Attorney Robert Fo
ley, now a captain in the signal
corps stationed in New Guinea.
Moore succeeds Charles E. Board
man whose term as acting district
attorney expired early this month.
The appointment came as a
complete surprise to Moore, who
said that he had not been in com-
munication with the governor,
nor had he any hint that he had
been considered for the post.
Moore had been Deschutes dis
trict attorney between 19J8 and
1928, serving two and a half
Moore Is Surprised
"Tills is the first I've heard of
lt," Moore said when informed
that a United Press dispatch from
Salem told of his appointment, ef
fective today.
Moore said that he would be
unable to accept the position im
mediately because of several pend
ing civil actions in which he could
not legally represent his clients
while serving as district attorney.
Moore, a republican, is appoint
ed to fill the vacancy created by
Foley's absence in the service,
either until the latter returns or
until the end of the four year
term to which Foley was reelected
without opposition at last fall's
elections.
When Foley entered the serv
ice, Irving D. Brown was named
acting district attorney and held
the position until he enlisted in
the navy late in 1943. Uoardman
was then named as Brawn's suc
cessor, taking over the duties of
the district attorney on Dir. 15,
1943.
Joe Stenkamp
Hurt in Action
Pfc. Joe H. Stenkamp, 19, suf
fered a broken leg and an in
jured right arm during action In
Belgium on Dee. 21, his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stenkamp, 54
Sullivan, have learned.
Joe, a Graduate of Bend high
school, was employed by Western
Union here before entering the
sen-ice a year and a half ago. He
was with an infantry unit when
wounded.
or against onlv one of them
we !
will give unqualified priority to
all war production and to all
manpower needs of war. Never-1
theless, some reconversion of war are found engaging in profession
industries maV hecome OOSSible. :il unnrla ulcn ulll hn nrnmntlv
"Large-scale demobilization can
hardlv ho oynorlnd to hppin dur
ing the period covered in this
budget. Nevertheless, as we con
tinue to mobilize for a long, hard
war, we must under no eircum-
stance be caught unprepared for
I peace.
Bradley Says German Losses
May Affect Course of War
Americans Seize More Prisoners Than U. S.
Losses to Foe; New Attacks Are Expected
Twelfth Army Group Headquarters, Jan. 9 (U.E) Lt
Gen. Omar N. Bradley said today German losses in the naz:
counterof fensive have been so
materially the course of the
Bradley, in his first public statement since the launching
of Marshal Karl Von Rundstedt'a counteroffensive, said that
the number of German prisoners taken since December 16
by the American armies alone is greater than the number" of
American troops reported captured or missing in action.
Bradley said the Gel-mans are hot on the verge of collapse
and that "there is considerable
Deschutes 4-F
Men to Get Call
Approximately 375 4-F men be-
iwLi-n i in- ages oi is ano ja years
who are under the jurisdiction of
the Deschutes county selective
service board face Immediate in-
duction for military service tin-
less they get Into essential in -
dustry at once, It was announced
here today by board officials,
Members of the board have al
ready begun the reclassification
of such men in order to fill the
urgent needs of the army and
navy, it was said.
"These men have been amply
warned by the press and radio In
the past weeks and there can be
no other alternative," said J. D.
Donovan, chairman of the board.
"We are fully aware who these
men are, and they should receive
their calls for service shortly."
Warning (ilven
Donovan also warned that the
practice of moving from one job
to another without fust notifying
the local board would result in
immediate reclassification to the
status of 1-A for induction. Like
wise men who have been deferred
because of employment In the
merchant marine and who have
left that work, will be called up
for army or navy service unless
they immediately report to the
Recruitment and Manning organi
zation for sea duty.
Men in the 4-F classification,
regardless of the physical defect
which brought them this status,
will be summoned for military
service unless they immediately
enter essential war work. If they
lane mis siep iney musi nomy ,
the board. By entering essential
work they will be reclassified as
2 BF.
Will tall Youths
All men between 18 and 20 who
' have been deferred for farm 1
jwoik will shortly be called for!
pre-induction physical examina !
tions, Chairman Donovan said.!
He pointed to the fact that re-
cently President Roosevelt ruled
that older men could do the farm
work and are available for this
purpose. .
Men who have been discharged!
from military duty, and those
with 4-F classifications and who
CITY MANAGER NAMED
Coos Bay, Ore., Jan. 9 nil ;
Robert E. Baumberger, city man-
lager at Mill Valley, Calif., will be
oiierea tne post as nrsi city man-
nger for Coos Bay, the council .in-
nounceu tooay.
Comfort
serious they are likely to affect
war on the western front.
fighting ahead."
The allied command, he
said, had appreciated the pos
sibility of a German attack
through the Ardennes but ad-
mited frankly that "the actual
liming of the attack and its
strength were somewhat of a
surprise.
I No Risk Involved
Bradley said that the area chos-
bv Ru'iJstedt for his offensive
1 jlnrs ,.unnillf! up lo our fronts.
The terrain, he said, was per
fectly suited for regrouping of
allied forces which was carried
out by Lt. Gen. Courtney Hodges,
commander of the American First
army, and Marshal Sir Bernard
Montgomery In the north and by
Lt. Gen. George a. Patton, of the
Third army in the south.
Thus, said Bradley, Rundstcdt
was contained "before he could do
much damage."
Bradley indicated that Rund
stedt's gamble might actually
work out to shorten the war in
stead of to lengthen it. v
Bend Mill Gets
Federal Timber
The Iii-ooks-Scanlon Lumber
Company Inc., today was revealed
as the successful bidder for 4,
000,000 board feet of timber in the
Bull Springs and Tumalo reser
voir area, and the company plan
ned to begin logging operations at
once, it was reported at the of
fices of the Deschutes national
forest. The timber covers ap
proximately 1,200 acres, and was
sold by the government at $7.50
stumpage rate.
About HO acres of the newly ac-
t urefl timber atljoins the present
ii,.,,f,k.s,.;.in ,..., (.
The purchase will afford the:
company about a half month's i
cut, it was said
The government sold the tim
ber, according to Charles
Overbay, assistant Deschutes for
ester, because of the ravages
insects and the drouth conditions.
Portland Ruled
By 26 Mayors
Portland, Ore.
jan. :i 'it-' in
theory, Portland has 26 mayors
Monday in the absence of Mayor
Earl Riley and four other com
missioner members of the city
council who were In Salem to at
tend the opening sessions of the
: state legislature.
City attorney L. E. Latourette!
explained that each department
head In the city government acted
without higher authority during
absence oi me council, nmmgn
his own office functioned In an
auvisoiy capacity wncii net-L-ssuiy.
U. S. Soldiers
Facing Enemy
In Deep Snow
Storm Handicaps Units
In Slashing at Nazis;
Fire of Foe Not Heavy ,
Paris. Jan. 9 Ul'i American and
German tanks were locked in a
roaring battle today on the ap
proaches to La Roche, keystone
base of the Ardennes salient, and
front dispatches reported signs
that the Germans might be pull
ing out of the entire bulge under
cover of a delaying action.
A snowstorm enveloped the
mighty clash of armor around
Samree, three miles northeast of
La Roche on the highway to St.
Vlth, limiting the First army
march southward to gains aver
aging a third of a mile.
, uemians withdraw
Allied armor and infantry were
reported encountering "remark
ably light" artillery and mortar
fire, indicating a German general
withdrawal from the north side of
the bulge toward ridges guarding
the one remaining highway out,
which already was under the fire
ot U.S. troops less than four miles
away.
"There are indications that the
Germans are beginning to move
out of the Ardennes bulge slowly
by fighting a delaying action, and
that they may take up positions
along a ridge south of Houffallze
as soon as they have cleared their
armored units from the bulge," a
dispatch from Lt. Gen. Courtney
H. Hodges First army headquar
ters said. " ' - -. '
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley, com
mander of the 12th army group,
warned, however, that the Ger
mans are not on the verge of col
lapse, although their losses In the
Ardennes offensive have been so
heavy they are likely to affect the
course of the war in the west.
Units Close In
While Hodges' armor battled
the German tanks three miles
northeast of La Roche, other
(Continued on Page 5)
Miami-to-Africa
Clipper Crashes
Miami, Ma., Jan. 9 tH Pan
American Airways reported today
that a death toll of 23 was indi
cated in the crash of the 10-year-old
China Clipper which plunged
into the sea at Port of Spain, Trin
idad, last night while enroute from
Miami to Africa.
Navy divers sought 35 of the
passengers and crew members be
lieved trapped in the sunken
wreckage of the huge flying boat.
Seven were known to have been
saved and eight bodies recovered
of the 30 persons aboard.
W. O. Snyder, manager of Pan
American here, said latest reports
"indicate that 23 of 30 persons
aboard the plane were lost."
The clipper left Miami at G:30
a. m. yesterday on a regularly
scheduled flight to Loepoldville,
Belgian Congo. The big ship ar
rived at Port Au Spain, Trinidad,
about 9:30 EWT last night.
The crash followed an attempt
ed landing, it was believed here,
Trinidad was a regularly sched.
uled stop on the run Inaugurated
last Sept. 30.
The plane was reportedly carry
ing a double crew, 12 men. The
two crew members killed were
Capt
r... .,:
L. W. Cramer, and Radio
i Operator T. J. Fleming, both of
Miami
Budget Figures
Washington, Jan. 9 'U'i The
budget at a glance:
For 1940 fiscal year, which be
gins July 1, 1945:
Total spending-SS3,7f0,000,000,
a drop of $17,802,000,000 from this
vpar.
war .-.pi-ouiiiK
S70,000,000,000,
down S19,000,000,000 from the cur
rent fiscal year but upping au
thorized war program for six
years to $-150,000,000,000.
Income $ll,2r:,000,000 a cut of
$4,175,000,00.
National debt 5292,300,000,000
by June 30, 1946.
Debt interest $4,500,000,000,
higher than all government ex
penditures for fiscal year 1931.
Taxes No changes recommend
ed for war period.