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Virtually unopposed, American forces under General Douglas MacArthur have landed on Luzon
island in the Llngayen gulf area and are driving down the highway toward Manila, 100 miles distant,
news dispatches revealed today.
Foe Quits Bulge Trap
Nazi Defenses
Fold Suddenly
As Yanks Gain
Paris, Jan. 10 Hl'i German pan
zer divisions broke off contact
with the British at the western
end of the Ardennes pocket and
fled eastward today in a last-min
ute break to escape envelopment
by
converging American forces
that crushed in the waist of the
salient to nine miles or less.
Fast-moving patrols stabbed
across the Homme river and push
ed on within 20 miles of Houf
falize in hot pursuit of the retreat
ing nazis. Strong armored and in
fantry formations were advanc
ing more slowly in their wake,
hampered by six-foot snowdrifts
and vast minefields strewn across
the path of the enemy withdrawal.
Defenses Crack
The German retreat coincided
with a sudden crack in' the nazi
defenses along the southern and
northern flanks of the salient,
and all accounts indicated that
Marshal Karl von Rundstedt was
pulling back his forces for a last
ditch stand in the center of the
bulge.
American First army troops
hammered out sfoall gains all
along the northern wall of the Ar
dennes against generally weaker
resistance than at any time since
the start of the counteroffensive
a week ago today.
At the northwestern corner of
the salient, however, the Germans
Mill were fighting savagely and in
Orce to hold th rn.-iH huh nf I .1
Hoche, apparently to keep open a
"iie 01 retreat for their armored
"'visions in the west.
Yanks Gain London, Jan. 10 UIi An Amer-
I'nits of the American Second . lean air fleet of almost 1.500
armored division blasted their j planes, resuming the aerial offen
W;iy forward yard by yard to sive against Germany after a one
"ithin 1,000 yards north of La day lull, hammered nazi air
Koche early today, and other tank (dromes, rail bridges, and vital
"in iniantry elements of the same '
outfit were locked in a violent bat
tle for Samree, three miles to the
east.
Field dispatches said the Ger
mans were strongly entrenched
with tanks and mobile 88-milli-motor
guns along n high ridge
dominating Samree and laying a
murderous fie down on the st
acking Americans. The nazis also
were reported firing V-bombs
point blank into the doughbovs in
an attempt to stem their advance
At lac a,ioJ
had reached the outskirts of Sam-
rpe and were punching into the
town.
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24 Passengers Reported Dead
Tragedy Occurs. in Hills Near Los Angeles;
All Aboard Big Air Cruiser Service People
Los Angeles, Jan. 10 (U.E) A New York-Los Angeles
bound American airliner with 24 aboard crashed and burned
in the foothills here today after circling: the fog-shrouded
airport and heading for an emergency field.
All 21 passengers were members of the armed forces and
their names were withheld pending notification of next of kin.
There appeared to be no survivors.
It apparently flew into a knoll immediately after Capt.
J. R. McCauley radioed that he Was turning back.
The plane was 25 minutes overdue when it circled the air
port at 4 a.m., and turned back ;
tor an emergency field in the
desert.
It crashed in the foothills
about five miles northeast of
the Burbank air terminal, in
the La Crescenta region.
The fog which led to the crash
also held searchplanes on the
ground, and it was six hours be
fore the lifting veil disclosed
wreckage of the ship on the hill
side.
Shortly before 10 oclock a
watcher in the airport control
tower spoiled wreckage high on
the sloping lootnllls.
The watcher was unable to de
termine from that distance wheth
er there was any sign of life, and
automobiles left at once for the
scene.
The ship was on a regular flight
from New York here and had
made its last stop at Phoenix.
Huge Air Fleet
Back in Action
communicaiion lines ciusi- io im-
western iront today.
The force, comprising more
than 1,100 Flying Fortresses and
Liberators and about 300 fighters,
lashed at German army supply
funnels from Cologne south to
Karlsruhe.
Four airdromes and landing
grounds were hit in the vicinity of j
Bonn. Cologne and Eup.kii chen. to- j
gether with road and rail bridges i
across the Rhine at Cologne; rail
hrMa nrf liinctinnc! alonff the!
Roicf..r.erman f r o n t i e r at the
mouth of the Ardennes salient,
1 and a large rail yard at Karlsruhe,
at the southern end of the tront. '
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CATANDUANES
Pickup of Paper
Set for Sunday
Seeking to encourage a greater
saving of. discarded paper by
Bend residents, the paper salvage
committee of the Junior chamber
of commerce today promised to
make more frequent pickups of
bundles "to bring about a success
ful and quicker peace." The com
mittee members said that "we
feel that many i magazines and
much worthwhile paper is going
to the dump instead of the paper
depot, and we urge that all this
paper be saved."
The salvage committee has set
next Sunday for a general pickup
of paper throughout Bend. Since
the paper will be moved from the
streets direct to Portland, the
committee asked that particular
care be used in securely tying the
bundles or boxing the paper.
Trucks will follow the same
route as in former pickups, it was
announced. This route will appear
in The Bulletin before bunday,
Women Revealed
!ln German Lines
With U. S. Second Armored Di
vision, Belgium, Jan. 10 'LPi A
half-dozen German women were
captured at the front yesterday
bv T4 V. C. Dve of Sikieston,
Mo., who found them crouching in
front-line foxholes.
None of the women were armed
but. as their captor remarked.
"They were pretty far forward toi
be going around without guns." I
The women, apparently ambul-1
ance drivers or camp followers,
were wearing regulation German
uniforms with white cover suits I
to blend with snow.
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Japs
Of Yank
Invasion Army
Rolls Toward (
Manila Region
Only Light Opposition
Encountered in Opening
Phases of Drive South
By William B. Dickinson
(United Pre War Correspondent)
With General MacArthur on Lu
zon, Jan. 10 iib An American
invasion army 100,000 strong
today drove down the highway to
ward Manila, 100 miles away,
overrunning SanFablan and other
Lingayen gulf towns against
feeble Japanese resistance which
cost our forces virtually no beach
head casualties.
Light Japanese forces fell back
under the impact of the American
blow. So far there has been little
Japanese air reaction and advanc
ing American vanguards iouna
the Japanese had only made half
hearted efforts to wreck bridges
as they fell back in confusion.
From an i,uuo-snip armaaa uu
of them transports standing
along the curving Lingayen gulf
coast American troops, artillery,
tanks, transports, and munitions
poured ashore in a continuous
stream.
Come To Stay
By this morning one thing was
apparent we have come to Luzon
to stay.
Protected by a screen or heavy
naval artillery fire which fingered
inland as far as the line of the
Agno river, roughly 19 miles in
land and only 88 miles from Ma
nila. American troops were ad
vancing rapidly.
They had firm ground to aa-
vance across at the northern end
of the curving beachhead which
is already 15 miles long between
San Fabian and Lingayen.
At the southern end of the
beachhead the initial obstacle was
the sluggish Calmay river, con
necting the Agno and Dagupan
rivers, running parallel to the
beachhead about two miles Inland.
Hoads Are Good
But there were no appreciable
beach defenses and good roads
and paths thread the rice paddies.
San Fabian was the only Lin
gayen town named In initial re
ports as captured but others ftere
seized, too. Lingayen has three air
strips and one of the main beach
heads was estaonsnea oniy a iew
hundred yards from the main Lin
gayen strip.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who
came ashore with his troops a few
hours after their landing at 927
a. m. yesterday, said that the in
vasion was progressing "better
than could be expected."
Despite inconsequential initial
Japanese opposition the campaign
was expected to develop quickly
into full-scale battle. MacArthur's
spearheads were racing for the
broad terrain of the Luzon plains,
the best area of maneuver Mac
Arthur has encountered in his
long campaign since Bataan.
Sliced Still Problem
The speed of the American ad
vance on Manila, it was agreed,
will depend on the rapidity with
which the Japanese can move up
their forces under the strafing at
tacks of our airforces.
Naval pilots reported that Japa
nese troops already were on the
move to the north but the Japa
nese high command appeared to
have been bewildered and con
fused by the complicated maneuv
ers of MacArthur's Invasion fleet
and the shattering air and naval
attacks which preceded the land
ing.
Sgt. Ormiston
Victim of Gun
SSgt. Phyllis E. Ormiston,
whose death was reported ves-
terday from Kansas, died as the
result of the accidental discharge
of a shotgun, Col. Donald I).
Meade, commanding officer of
Strother field, has announced.
Sgt. Ormiston. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Ormiston of,
Eugene, former Bend residents, I the Danube river bend, with the
was the first sergeant of a Wnc j Germans committing great mass
detachment at Strother field. She es of men and armor in an all
was the erand daughter nf r r nut nitnmnt to salvaoe Hitler's
'Brown of Bend.
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ouii-iu, wiif., jan. 10 'o- ur.
Harold M. Erlckson todav was act-i
Ing state health officer after reslc-
nation of Dr. Frederick D. Strick-!
er who, however, will remain In'
office until the change is con i
venient. I
BULLETIN
Fall Back
Lifting of $40 Ban on Old Age
Assistance Is Proposed in Bill
Oregon Legislature Completes Organization
And Gets Down to Work; Measures Presented
By Eric W. Allen, Jr.
itlntM Prew, Siatf CnrreBDnnitent
Salem, Ore., Jan. 10 (U.E) The Oregon legislature was
officially down to serious work today, following two days of
organization preliminaries and the introduction of bills
which will start the wheels rolling this week.
The senate received an early-session slate of bills yester
day afternoon when seven were introduced. Among them were
the so-called "big truck" bill, which would impose permanent
limitations on the size and weight of trucks in the state. The
bill, brought in by the roads and highways committee, seeks
a 50-foot, 54,000 pound and
bU-loot, 71,250 pound limit.
A bill by Sen. Thomas Ma.
honey, Portland, calls for the
lifting of the 40 old age as
sistance celling. No top limit is
provided In the bill. Townsend
groups have asked for $60.
Other action proposals made at
the brief sessions yesterday, in
cluded in the senate
Committee Proposed
A resolution proposing a tax-
studying committee, and a resolu
tion which would create a com
mittee to Investigate the liquor
control commission of the state,
in conformity with the request
maae oy uov. Karl snell at a
Joint session on the first day.
Bills to amend income tax laws,
providing permission of filing of
separate returns by husband and
wife in any proportion they see
fit; creating a state hospital in
Portland for mentally diseased
construction of a governor s
dwelling, not to exceed $100,000;
prohibiting gift taxation upon per
sons wno inea tax returns unuer
the now Invalid community prop
erty law, and to revoke the com
munity property status and to
restore property titles as before,
In the house
Only two noteworthy measures
were proposed. One to change fil
ing time for candidates before
state elections; the other to vali
date stickers now in use in lieu
of metal automobile license plates.
Signs of Spring
Reported in Bend
Even the weatherman admit
ted today that the weather is
springlike, as the temperature
reached the 50 degree mark for
the fifth consecutive day, hut he
warned that the forecast calls for
a bit cooler weather tonight.
Backing up the weathormaji, in
his remarks about spring, Mrs.
Steven Zubar, 123 St. Helens
place, this morning reported she
had spotted a robin.
And, It was reported from vari
ous parts of Bend, sired cataloges
have appeared.
Roadside Council
Seeks 'Freeways'
Portland, Ore., Jan. 10 HI''
Directors of the Oregon roadside
council have adopted a resolution
urging the passage of a bill by the
Oregon state legislature which
will provide for construction of
"limited access highways" or
"freeways" as a part of the state
highway program, Jessie M. Hon
eyman, president, announced to
day. The freeways are expected to
meet modern requirements for
mass transportation.
German Army
Into Budapest
London, Jan. 10 HI''- The Ger-iby
man nrmv hurled fresh panzer
divisions into the battle for liuda- Ing reinforcements into the bat
pest today in a series of lunging! tie, as well as into a second critl
tank drives that rolliti ij.uk the leal sector north of the Danube,
Russian siece lines within 15 !
I miinc wt .inri m.rthwcst of the!
I burnine cit v
One of the war's decisive battles!
I was in full swing on a 30-mile j
front extending southward from
I last major satellite capital nntii
I flip remnants nf KO.OOO axis troops I
I trapped In its ruins.
Mnscnw riisnatches admitted ,
the Russians were giving ground
t some noints before superior ;
German nomheis. hut the soviet i
morning communique said all at-
temDts at a breakthrough had
been hlnrUed and that the en-
cmy's casualties were piling upl
Blows on
Data Released
On Results of
Survey of Milk
Milk Is being produced in Cen
tral Oregon, including Crook, Jef
ferson and Deschutes counties,
under unsanitary conditions, with
pasteurization in all sections be
low the accepted government stan
dards, it was asserted here today
by Dr. Wayne S. Ramsey, public
health officer for the three coun
ties. Dr. Kamseys report was
based upon the results of a recent
sanitation survey made by rep
resentatives of the Oregon State
health department and the United
fatates rubllc health service.
The survey was made by V. C,
Morgan, state sanitarian, and Lt
Harold Walnes.s, assistant sani
tarian for the U. S. Public health
service at the request of the cities
of Bend, Redmond, Prinevllle and
Madras. Their report made sever
al recommendations, including
that:
Bend employ a milk Inspector
and adopt regulatory measures
embodying sanitation recommend
ations made by the Investigators;
that Redmond adopt similar "con
trol measures"; that Prinevllle
adopt a control ordinance pro
viding arrangements are first
made for Its enforcement," and
it was suggested that Madras and
Sisters also "improve sanitation
conditions."
Milk Inspected
Morgan and Wainess confined
their Inspections to milk from its
raw state and through pasteuriza
tion, it was said. Inspection of
herds and livestock Is a function
of the state agriculture depart
ment. The campaign against tubercu
losis and the Bang's disease
among cattle in Deschutes coun
ty, Is meeting with satisfaction,
Dr. R. L. Lewis, Redmond, county
herd Inspector, reported today. Of
3,512 cattle inspected during lull,
only two were found to have tu
berculosis and 47 suffering from
liangs disease. I his stock was
slaughtered.
In each case the Investigators
found that producers were using
untreated ditch water for the
cleansing of utensils and equip
ment, and it was urged that this
practice be stopped In accord
ance with the "Standard Milk Ord
inance" as published by the U. S.
public health service.
Referring to the use of un
treated ditch water, the report
said:
"The fact that such a condition
has been going on for many years
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Hurls Fresh Panzer Divisions
Battle' Red Lines Rolled Back
the thousands,
Both sides were reported pour
where the Russians were closing '
in on Komarno in a desperate ef-'
fort to outflank the nazl divisions
striking for Budapest.
The focal point of the fighting
remaineu on ine j-,szicrgom-L5ua-apest
highway northwest of the
city. There the Germans were at
tacking Incessantly with tanks and
Infantry against a thin wall of
r.ussinn guns nno armor mawn
up within 15 miles of the capital.
At several points the Germans
succeeded in breaching the red
'army lines, but Moscow said alljOerman relict army appeared to
tne penetrating lorccs were rounu-,
cd up and destroyed.
Simultaneously, another strong
German armored force swung
wide around the Russian left
flank between the Bakony and !
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L
uzon
Final Great Battle for Islands
May Be Fought Not Very Far
From Manila,
U. S. Troopers Ram Inland "Like Tigers Who
Have Tasted Blood," Says General Kreuger;
American Casualties Are Reported Not Heavy
By Ralph Teatsorth ,
(United Trewi War ConeaponXlent) '
Aboard Admiral Kinkaid's Flagship, Off Luzon Beach
head, Jan. 10 (U.E) American troops today rammed inland
toward the broad Luzon plains leading to Manila, 100 miles
away, like "tigers who have tasted blood."
The characterization was that of Lt. Gen. Walter Kreuger
of the Sixth army as he directed the big forces pushing for
ward against Japanese opposition that was still light and
disorganized.
Already they were driving past the rice paddies of the
pnntttnl nrnn tnvlil the lilnins
where the final great battle of
the Philippines was expected
to he fought.
In the initial phase of the
operation there were practi
cally no American casualties
and only a handful of Japanese.
One American observer said:
"The Japs refused to fight." Oth
ers said the Japanese defense had
been confused by the complicated
maneuvers and terrific strafing of
the American air and naval forces.
The Luzon attack force com
prised more than 800 ships the
greatest, armada ever assembled
in the Pacific.
Shore Defenses Hit
Actually, the battle really be
gan three days bejore our land
ing at P:27 a.m. Tuesday.
On the morning of Jan. 6 Vice
Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid's
Seventh fleet steamed Into Lin
gayen gulf and methodically pul
verized the Japanese defense in
stallations. Pre -Pearl Harbor battleships,
heavy and light cruisers and air
craft carriers laid down a continu
ous barrage while minesweepers
and demolition teams quickly
cleared the gulf of mines sur
prisingly few were found and
cleaned up the landing beaches.
The bombardment group was
commanded by Vice Admiral II. D.
Oldendorf.
For three days this group
worked under the open observa
tion of thir Japanese.
Butteries .Silenced
'Japanese batteries dominating
the entrance to the gulf at San
tiago island on the western side
and Poro point on the east were
knocked out.
This phase of the operation was
not costly but in the five days of
air attack prior to the landings
some of our warships were hit.
The Japanese paid a greater price.
They threw all the planes they
could get Into the air at us but
their airfields throughout the
Philippines and Formosa were be
ing attacked by Admiral William
F. Halsey's carrier planes and by
the 5th and 13th army air forces.
Nippons Attack Ships
With Hand Grenades
MacArthur Headquarters,
Jan.
from
10 tli'i An NBC broadcast
Luzon said Japanese troops
gone
mad," swam out into Lingayen
gulf last night and threw hand
grenades at American ships.
"That was Just like throwing a
snowball at a hot stove," the
broadcast said.
Vertes mountains and hooked in. Pacific war and most sources
below Bicske, 15 miles west of - here expected some clamactic n!.
,, , ... . , ., u val developments within the next
Budapest. Repeated thrusts "X ! fi0 days. Th(. Jap!im,sc probably
massed tank formations were; w throw most, If not all, of their
oeaien on anil me nazis swncneu
to Infiltration tactics wil h equally ;
small success. i
The soviet communique said at
least 1,500 Germans were killed i
in that sector yesterday and that !
dozens of enemy tanks were de
stroyed, running the nazis' ar
mored losses since the start of
the nlne-dav offensive to more
than 500 tanks. I
Outnumbered on the direct ap-
proaches to Budapest, the Soviets' clear whether Japanese partlclpa
main hope of beating back the tion was limited to air forces.
rest wirn ine mintiing column
north of the Danube. That force
yeRterday advanced four miles or
more on a nine-mile front to cap-
ture the river town of Iza, 3'ii
miles east of Komarno,
Weather Forecast
Light showers today, becoming
partly cloudy tonight and Thurs
day. Light rain west of Cascades
Thursday. Slightly colder tonight.
NO. 30
on Open Plains
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Japs Believed
To Have Quit
Exposed Coast
Washington, Jan. 10 (IP) Au
thoritative military observers said
today thut American forces on Lu
zon in the Philippines probably
are meeting; serious Japanese op
position by now, rrjost likely in the
region of the Agno river some 10
miles inland from the Lingayen
gutr Deacnneads.
These observers said the "Japs
have learned better by now" than
to attempt strong resistance ,at
beaches themselves, because ot
the terrific pre-invaslon bombard
ments to which those areas are
subjected. '
The combined naval-air bom
bardment,' plus the rocket ships
which immediately precede the
landing boats, are of such inten
sity that any resisting force on
the beach Is rendered completely
impotent, the observers said.
.Iiips Move Inland
Consequently, the Japanese
have learned to setup their main
defense points inland, where it is
much more difficult to spot them
and pound them with naval guns.
These observers believed that
there were five or six concentra
tions of Japanese forces on Luzon
designed to stop the American ad
vances. The first of these is prob
ably directly behind Lingayen
gulf - along the Agno -with a sec
ond slightly to the north set for a
flanking attack.
A third force Is believed to be
on the northernmost part of Lu
zon to resist a possible American
landing from this direction. How
ever, it can not be brought to bear
rapidly on the American forces
because It is cut off by rough ter
rain and Jungle.
Big Naval Battle
Looms Near Isles
Pearl Harbor. Jan. 10 IIi Ad
miral William F. Halsey's Third
fleet got set today for another
and perhaps final showdown bat
tle with the remnants of Japan's
fleet after wrecking 15ti enemy
ships and 593 planes In eight days
of raids on her bases from Luzon
to the Ryukyus.
With the American Invasion of
Luzon, the chips were down In the
remaining naiiiesnips, earners.
and other warships into a tinal
enori 10 save men- uismiegiauiig
empire, these sources said.
Vnits Challenged
Tokyo broadcasts Indicated
some surface units already may
have challenged the American
Seventh fleet in the Lingayen gulf
Invasion area. A "severe naval and
air battle" was under way one
broadcast said, hut It did not make
nut it was on me inirn neei,
won us iiiikiiiv ramn mac ia
pable of putting 1,000 or more
planes in the air at once, that the
main brunt of warding off any
Japanese counterblow was ex-
I pected to fall.
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