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Paper Pickup Set
Tightly bundle your salvage
paper and have it ready for the
Junior Chamber of commerce pick
up throughout the city on. Jan. 14.
Weather Forecast
Cloudy with occasional light rains
northwest portion, with light rains
or snow at times beginning to
night east of Cascades.
CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
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La Roche Falls
To Americans;
Nazis Retreat
British' Patrols Stab
Unopposed Four Miles
Into Nose of Big Bulge
Paris, Jan. 11 (in American
forces today captured La Roche,
northern anchor of the fast
shrinking Ardennes salient from
which the outmatched Germans
were fading back into the Sieg
fried defenses .beyond the borders
of the reich.
British patrols stabbed unop
posed four miles into the now
spongy nose of the Belgian bulge,
and the U. S. Third armv on the
south reported considerable Ger
man movement to the east and
northeast along the roads back to
Germany.
Today's reoorts were the first
, indications that the nazis were
pulling out at anything faster
than a snail's pace. The exit from
the costly pocket took on a brisk
ness in keeping with the collapse
of its defenses in the key sectors
all around its rim.
City Captured
United Press correspondent C.
R. Cunningham in a dispatch from
Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges'
First army headquarters, reported
the fall of La Roche at 9 a.m. to
day after about 24 hours of street
fighting.
The road junction was one of
the most important towns on the
north side of Marshal Karl Von
Rundstedt's salient. It was doom
ed yesterday by an American vic
tory in a tank battle to the north
east, after which the Yanks
speared into La Roche itself.
The Germans pulled out sud
denly after hours of stubborn re
sistance, and all at once the Amer
icans found themselves flailing at
thin air. Only nine prisoners were
sent back in the first hour after
the fall of LaRoche.
Resistance Is Stiff
Supreme headquarters reported
that resistance in many sectors of
the bulge remained stiff as the
Germans struggled to keep Its
walls propped up until they could
get out from under the crushing
impact of the Anglo American
close-in from the north, south, and
west.
The four-mile bound forward
by Marshal Sir Bernard L. Mont
gomery's British forces was made
from the area of Nassonge to the
St. Hubert-La Roche road some
where in the neighborhood of the
Champion junction.
If, as the report Indicated, the
Germans had withdrawn behind
that road, it meant they probably
were giving up the entire area in
front of the next lateral line which
runs through Houffalize.
Deschutes Men
Ask Status Data
Warning by the Deschutes coun
ty selective service board that un
less men in the 4-F classification
did not enter essential industry at
once they would be arbitrarily
drafted, caused a rush of men to
the offices in the Postoffice build
ing yesterday and today. All day
yesterday, clerks reported, the of
fices were filled with anxious men
seeking definite Information re
garding their status.
All were told that unless they
were already in essential jobs or
obtained such employment at
once, they would be called for pre
induction physical examinations.
Those who claimed to be in essen
tial jobs were furnished forms for
their employers to fill out.
Calls Received
Several telephone calls were re
ceived from Portland and other
distant points from men whom
the selective service has ruled
must "fight or work." Emphasis
ing that the selective service
means business, J. D. Donovan,
chairman of the local board, said
that he had received the following
whet from Gen. Louis B. Hershey,
director of selective service:
"Those who cannot go to war
must arm the warriors!"
BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
La Grande, Ore., Jan. 11 HP),
Elson Putnam, 8, of Cove, Ore
today was recovering at a hospital
here after an accidental shooting
n which his brother, Arthur,
fired a bullet into one of the boy's
legs. The two were in a field last
Eht, brineine in the familv's
cows, when the gun Arthur was
carrying was discharged.
STORM WARNINGS I P
Portland, Ore., Jan. 11 'tP
Small craft warnings were hoisted
a' 7 a. m. today at mouth of Col
umbia river and on Washington
wast through the strait of Juan
Be Fuca to include Port Towns
end, the U. S. weather office here
announced.
TWO SECTIONS
Singapore, Big Nippon Base,
Target of U. S. 'Superforts'
Foe Admits Military Installation Damage;
Japs Also Announce Tokyo Is Again Raided
Washington, Jan. 11 (HE) B-29 Superfortresses bombed
the great Japanese naval base at Singapore in daylight today,
and an enemy communique reported damage to military in
stallations, the destruction of 20 or more civilian dwellings
and "scores" of casualties.
A brief war department announcement revealed that
India-based B-29's of the 20th bomber command attacked
what were identified only as "military installations on the
Malay peninsula," but the Tokyo radio several hours later
Stock Disease
Control Gains
The disease control program,
aimed at the elimination of Bang's
disease and tuberculosis among
cattle in Deschutes county, is
making satisfactory progress, it
was reported today by Dr. R. L.
Lewis of Redmond, the county
herd inspector. During 1944 Dr.
Lewis said he inspected" 300 dif
ferent herds, and found that out
of 3,512 cattle tested only two had
tuberculosis and 47 Bang's dis
ease. This infected stock was
killed.
Since the war against Bang's
disease was begun in the state in
1935 there has been a decrease of
five per cent, according to Dr.
Lewis. In Deschutes county there
was a distinct drop in the num
ber of cows found suffering from
Bang's disease since 1943.
Dr. Lewis said that there is no
charge to dairymen for the test
ing for Bang's disease, since this
cost is paid by the county. A
charge of 15 cents per head is
made for tuberculin examinations.
Virtually all areas were covered
in the 1944 checkup, and Dr. Lewis
said that he planned a complete
survey early in 1945, with a re
test on a county-wide basis later
on.
The trend of the control of the
Bang's disease in this county is
snown by the following table:
No. cows Pet.
Year: Tested Re'ct's Re'ct's
1939 7,681 - ' 81 " 1.0
1940 4,648 -27 .58
1941 5,012 70 1.39
1942 3,764 57 1.51
1943 1,655 109 6.59
1944 3,512 47 1.3
British General
Dies on Warship
London, Jan. 11 HP) The war
office announced today that Brit
ish Lt. Gen. Sir Herbert Lumsden
was killed by enemy air action
Jan. 6 while on the bridge of a
United States warship in the Pa
cific. Lumsden, 47, had been a special
British representative with Gen.
Douglas MacArthur since 1943.
MacArthur, in a message to prime
Minister Winston Churchill, said:
"It is superfluous for me to
speak of the- complete courage
which this officer so frequently
displayed in my immediate pres
ence during operations in this
theater during the last year.
"His general service and use
fulness to the Allied cause was
beyond praise, and his loss has
caused the deepest sorrow to all
ranks. My own personal sorrow
is inexpressible."
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Paris, Jan. 11 HP" Lt. Gen.
George S. Putton's Third army
sprang a trap on a large nazi
column retreating toward Wiltz
today and wiped out the entire
body of German troops, taking
prisoners.
Healfh Board to Seek Control
Of Oregon Milk Supervision
Portland. Ore.. Jan. 11 lPi The
state health board will seek au
thority to set up and enforce milk
sanitation regulations in a pro
posed legislative transfer from
the state department of agricul
ture to the health agency. Dr.
Frederick D. Strieker, state
health officer, said today.
The health board also will ask
for the power to make all farm
and milk plant inspections. How
ever, the health agency will not
urge the passage of compulsory
pasteurization laws at this time,
Dr. Strieker emphasized.
The health board now makes
milk inspections only at the re
quest of local health officers.
Dr. Strieker said the board's di
vision of sanitary engineering has
reported shockingly poor sanita
tion conditions in the state's dairy
industry, which he attributed to
poor or insufficient supervision.
, THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 1 1, 1 945
said the main target was Sing
apore,
Another Japanese broadcast
said lone Superfortresses from
the Marianas made three nuis
ance raids on Tokyo itself be
tween 9 o'clock last night and
2:40 a.m. today (Tokyo time),
dropping fire bombs but caus
ing no damage.
The raid on Singapore was the
second by the 20th bomber com
mand. Last Nov. 5, another force
of the huge four-engined raiders
scored hits on a drydock and
wrecked other installations in the
strongest naval base in southeast
Asia.
"Forts" Counted
A communique issued by Japa
nese army headquarters at Sing
apore, broadcast by Tokyo radio
and recorded by the FCC, said 20
Superfortresses thundered over
the city and the adjoining Seletar
district, site of large docks and
naval installations, about 10:50
a.m. today (Singapore time).
"Practically no damage was
caused to military installations,"
the communique said. "However,
20-odd houses were demolished
and scores of citizens killed or
wounded in Singapore as a result
of the enemy's blind bombing."
The communique claimed that
two B-29's were shot down -and
14 others damaged, two of them
also probably destroyed.
U. S. Casualties
Reach 646,380
... Washington, Jan. 11 (IP) Offi
cially announced U. S. combat cas
ualties, still not including those
suffered In the German offensive,
reached 646,380 today, an Increase
of 8,241 over those disclosed a
week ago.
Secretary of War Henry L.
Stimson in announcing army cas
ualties compiled here through
Dec. 29 said they did not include
those suffered in the enemy drive
which started Dec. 16. He added,
however, that he expected "to
have next week the figures for
December which will cover prin
cipally the period of the German
offensive."
The overall army total announc
ed today by Stimson was 564,351.
The navy, marine corps and coast
guard total as of" last night was
82,029.
Army casualties were 7,999
greater than those announced a
week ago and included 106,952
killed, 33,849 wounded, 64,283
missing and 59,267 prisoners of
war.
The navy total included 31,441
dead, 36,798 wounded, 9,311 miss
ing and 4,479 prisoners of war.
Two Men Booked
To Die Monday
Salem, Ore., Jan. 11 (U'l Invi
tations were being distributed to
day to newsmen and police offi
cers to witness the execution Mon
day of Henry William Morten and
Walter Lorne Higgins, who die in
the lethal gas chamber of the
state penitentiary.
Prison Warden George Alex
ander has set the double execu
tion for 9 a.m.
The two men were sentenced to
die for the holdup shooting of
Ralph Dahlen, 27, Oak Grove, on
July 22, 1943. Dahlen died five
months after the slaying.
While denying that any animos
ity exists between the two state
' agencies. Dr. Strieker said that
; the health board best represents
! the public as a whole.
I In regard to compulsory pas
I teurization, he said that health
officials are convinced that this
method is the most economical,
surest and most practical way to
; produce safe and wholesome milk.
However, he emphasized that pas
; teurization was not a cure-all, but
i that adherence to a uniform
; standard of cleanliness and proc
I csslng was Just as important.
Dr. Striekpr, who submitted his
i resipttatlon as state health of fi
; cer Wednesday to Gov. Earl Snell,
I will remain in office temporarily
; until his successor, Dr. Harold M.
Erickson, who has been serving
as his assistant, has gradually as
isumed the duties of state health
officer.
German Relief
Columns Stall
Near Budapest
- Red Army Counterblow
Snuffs Out Hope of V
Aiding Besieged City
London, Jan. 11 UPv-Soviet front
dispatches said today that Rus
sian besiegers of Budapest had
occupied nearly all of Pest and the
industrial island of Cespel, and a
red army counterblow had snuf
fed out nazl hopes of breaking the
ring around the Hungarian cap
ital. Hungarian front reports re
layed by Moscow said the critical
phase of the battle had passed,
and the red army had the situa
tion well in hand.
The mop-up of Pest, the part of
the capital on the east bank of the
Danube, was complete except for
small nests of resistance, while
Cespel island and its 25 armament
factories were firmly in Russian
hands.
Hard Fight
The failure of the German relief
offensive west of Budapest was
taken in Moscow to mean that the
defense forces now concentrated
in the hills of Buda would fight
house by house and street by
street, as did the defenders of
Pest.
Strategically the Germans were
in better battle positions in Buda
than they were in Pest. They were
entrenched in stone houses among
the hills.
The Russians threw back two
German relief columns 15 miles
from Budapest, and the nazi ef
fort to save the survivors of the
Budapest garrison appeared to
have spent its force.
Trap Now Faced
Stalled almost in sight of the
trapped Budapest garrison, the
nazl relief army itself was in dan
ger of envelopment from the rear.
Late Moscow dispatches said a
powerful Soviet flanking force
north of the Danube had fought
its way to the outskirts of Komar
no, more than 30 miles behind the
German vanguards and was
threatening momentarily -to cui
their supply line to Austria.
Russian guns and flame-throwers
turned back the German ad
vance on Budapest yesterday af
ter the enemy's panzer columns
had wedged deep into their lines
in the Pills hills northwest o the
city and around Bicske, on the
western approaches.
Cold Wave Grips
Most of Nation
(ny United Preu)
A cold wave engulfing most of
the nation will break in the mid
west tonight, and In the east to
morrow, the Chicago weather
bureau reported today.
The bureau said warmer weath
er was moving in and that the
break In the mid-west would come
by morning, with temperatures
rising to minimums of 15 to 20
degrees over most of the central
states.
Greenville, Me., was the cold
est spot in the nation, with a tem
perature of 24 degrees below
zero. The lowest reading in the
midwest was 17 below at Rock
ford, 111.
It was 41 above at Helena,
Mont., which is unusually warm
for that section. Miami reported
40 degrees and the mercury sank
to 32 at Jacksonville, Fla. and 23
at Birmingham, Ala.
U. S. Navy to Get
Marsh-field Hotel
Coos Bay, Ore., Jan. 11 iipi
Completion of arrangements for
the U. S. navy to take over the
$300,000 unfinished Marshfield
hotel building in Coos Bay is ex
pected soon, the Coos county
court, which holds title to the
building, announced today.
Naval engineers are inspecting
the structure, tallest in Coos Bay.
Financial details concerning the
purchase of the bulding were com
pleted Tuesday when members of
the county court went to Seattle
to consult with the commandant
of the 13th naval district.
183 Physicians
Dead in Service
Chicago, Jan. 11 ui A total of
183 physicians died in military
service during 1944, the Journal
of the American Medical associa
tion reported today In its current
issue.
Of this number, the Journal dis
closed, 70 were killed in action
and 113 others died from natural
causes. Since the outbreak of the
war the Journal has recorded the
deaths of 326 doctors who met
their death while serving with the
armed forces.
Sixth Army Vanguards Drive
Across Central Luzon Plains
To Within 90
Manila Harbor Graveyard for Jap Shipping
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Dramatic proof of effectiveness of navy carrier raids on Manila is provided in this recent photo of
the great anchorage with more than 50 ships sunk or immobilized as a result of bur air raids. Water
front Installations and shore line fuel and ammunition dumps have also felt the weight of navy blows.
Most of this harbor destruction occurred just prior to the American invasion of Luzon Island.
Car, Small Boy
Reported Stolen
Seattle, Jan. 11 (IP) An inten
rive statewide searchiwas under
way- today for a car thief who
stole a 1933 sedan and two-year-old
Roger Hohmann, fast asleep
in the back seat at the time of
the theft last night.
Roger's father, Albert, a Kent,
Wash., aircraft company worker,
told police he parked his car out
side an Auburn, Wash., hospital
last night, leaving the keys In the
car and his son asleep, while he
went in to visit his wife, a patient.
Hohmann said he believed the
car thief was unaware that the
boy was in the car, and authori
ties said they were inclined to
shelve the possibility of kidnap
ping. Police Alerted
The combined forces of the
state patrol, the sheriff's office
and Seattle, Renton and Auburn
police departments were alerted
as the hours passed without trace
of the child or the car.
Police broadcasts described the
car as a 1933 Ford sedan, with a
1945 license plate number A-73-153.
Roger, police said, was
dressed in a bluish gray suit, red
sweater and brown shoes.
Undulant Fever
To Be Discussed
Corvallis, Ore., Jan. .11 ni't
Undulant fever control, in its re
lationship to dairy sanitation and
milk handling methods will be dis
cussed at the 51st annual conven
tion of the Oregon Dairymen's
association Jan. 1517.
The convention will take place
on the campus of Oregon State
college, It Is announced by Roger
W. Morse, extension specialist in
dairying and secretary of the as
sociation. Approximately half of
the main addresses will he on cer
tain phases of disease control.
Senator Strayer
Reaches Milestone:
Salem, Ore.. Jan. 11 'U'' Yestcr-1
day was the 7!lth birthday of the;
"dean of the senate," Senator ;
William II. Iiill) St raver, of.
Baker county.
In recognition of his long serv
ice to the state, and his advanc
ing years, the senate members,
provided a bank of flowers for
his desk in the upper chamber. '
Senator "Hill" briefly expressed i
his thanks, lie has served in the
legislature for 30 years, 15 regu-j
lar and all special sessions.
EXPENSE BILL PASSED j
Salem, Ore., Jan. 11 mi By the
prompt action of the legislature,!
the life of the 1945 session is as
suredat least to the extent of:
$100,000. The amount was pro-j
vided In the first bill to pass tne i
house and senate yesterday,
which appropriates money for!
their expenses. It Is traditionally!
house bill No. 1. I
Rome Reports
Sicily Is Scene
Of Disorders
Rome, Jan. 11 U1 Disorders
by youthful draft dogers and
other rebellious groups were re
ported continuing In Sicily today.
At Comiso rioters were holding
out against soldiers and police and
it was revealed that 10 soldiers
who were reported missing a few
days ago were being held as hos
tages. Regular troops were reported
to have the situation under con
trol at the Sicilian towns of Reg-
usa, Ciarratana, and Vittoria.
All Under Thirty
Facing Induction
Washington, Jan. 11 mi Secre
tary of War Henry L. Stimson
said today "there seems to be no
escape" from inducting imo ine
armed forces all physically-qualified
men under 30.
He told a press conference the
army is upping Its monthly calls
on selective service from 80.000 in
January and February to 100,0(10
for March. The army's big need
is for young and physically able
youths with aggressiveness and
endurance, he said.
At almost the same moment,
Col. Francis V. Keesllng, selective
service legislative representative,
told a house committee the 100,-OOOa-month
army call rate will
last through June. He said the
navy will need 32,000 men for each
of the first six months of this
year. These calls, plus estimated
enlistments of 150.000, would
make a grand total of 902,000 men
entering the services In the six
months.
Senate Adjourns;
House Restless
Salem, Ore., Jan. 11 mi The
Oregon legislature stalled along
with the introduction of only a
few bills and action on only one,
today, as the senate adourned
until a brief windup session Fri
day morning. There were grow
ing indications that the restless
house will call it quits for the
week end late today.
A proposal by the Tithing In
terim committee that all self sus
taining state departments, except
the land board and the depart
ment of education, pay certain
percentages of their Income to the
state, came on to the senate floor.
The resulting revenue would ag
gregate some $500,000, proponents
of the measure believe.
The morning session of the
house lasted only about 15 min
utes, and saw the Introduction of
a few new bills, which went Into
the slowly grinding hopper for
later action.
Miles of Qoal
fNF.A Telenhotal
3 Destroyers
Lost in Typhoon
Washington, Jan. 11 (U'lStrlk
Ing with a fury, that no enemy
force could muster, aMippical
typnoon sanK tnree American de
stroyers and damaged an undis
closed number of smaller vessels
some time last fall In the western
Pacific, the navy revealed last
night.
I ho destroyers swallowed up
by the sea in the midst of the
fierce storm were the Spence,
Hull, and Monaghan. They nor
mally carried a peacetime comple
ment of 520 men.
The navy said a total of 84 crew
members from the three ships
were rescued by planes and sur
face vessels that searched the area
after the typhoon had passed.
Losses Not Given
No mention was made of losses
aboard the other craft damaged
by the storm.
In addition to the typhoon vic
tims, the navy reported the loss
of seven other smaller craft to
enemy action in the Pacific, bring
ing' to 254 the total number of
U. S. naval vessels lost In the war.
The seven ships were identified
as four landing craft, one motor
torpedo boat, one small submarine
chaser, and one auxiliary smaller
vessel.
Windshield Tag
Use Validated
Salem, Ore., Jan. 11 till Second
bill to pass both houses and senate
at the 1915 session was a major
vehicles measure, which validates
the use of windshield stickers on
automobiles in lieu of new metal
license plates.
The hill also provides that cars
must carry license plates of a
designated year as well as the
stickers, which validates them.
Work-or-Fight Bill Expected
To Call Millions to Service
Washington, Jan. 11 mi -Col
Francis V. Kessling of the selec
tive service system estimated to
day that 18,0(10.000 men, includ
I Ing 4-F's, would be covered by
the pending bill to put substan
tially all draft registrants in the
'1815 category on a work or fight
I basis.
Kessling. liaison officer between
j selective service and congress,
I made the estimate in testifying
before the house military affairs
committee on the bill providing
for induction into special service
units of all men who give up or
refuse to take essential war work.
He said seleetlve servlco and
other war agencies joined the war
and navy departments In endors
ing the bill as a means of tight
ening up home-front manpower
mobilization.
Kessling also gave the com
mittee a breakdown of the month
ly schedules by which the armed
forces plan to obtain the newly
announced quota of 900,000 new
NO. 31
Patrols Reach
River Barrier
In Philippines
Cities and Airports
Fall to U. S. Forces
.In Advance on Manila
By William B. Dickinson
(UniU-d 1'rcvn War Corrmponilent)
General MacArthur's Headquar
ters, Luzon, Jan. 11 HPi Sixth
army vanguards drove 18 to 20
miles inland from the Llngayen
gulf today, overrunning perhaps
30 cities, towns and villages and
at least one airdrome in a power
ful drive across the plains ot
central Luzon to within 90 to 95
miles of Manila.
Reliable reports at Gen. Doug
1 a s MacArthur's headquarters
said that at least a few patrols
already had reached the Agno
river at a point where it bisects
the Luzon plains some 20 miles
rrom the 20-mtle wide Invasion
beachhead.
The Japanese had been expected
to make their first defense stand
along the Agno, but military
sources suggested that the enemy,
caught off balance, would be un
able to organize quickly enough
to defend the river and instead
would attempt to stem the Ameri
can advance farther south.
Cities Selied
Already behind the Americans
were the cities of Lingayen with
its airport, Dagupan, Mangaldan
and Sari Fabian, as well as a clus
ter of 25 to 30 lesser towns and
hamlets In the invasion area. All
lour initial beachheads had been
linked and army engineers were
enlarging the Llngayen airdrome
for imminent use.
(A Tokyo broadcast heard in
London said a second American
convoy still was in the waters
west of Lingayen gulf and a third
west of Panay in the central Phil
ippines, "unable to continue north
ward because of Japanese air at
tacks." With the landing on Lu
zon, Tokyo said, the battle of the
Philippines has reached the "de
cisive stage.")
(A Japanese radio broadcast
(Continued on Page 2)
15 Men, 2 Planes
Missing in North
Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 11 (ir
Royal Canadian air force air and
ground parties today combed a
wide sweep of southern British
Columbia, for 15 RAF and RCAF
airmen missing in the crash of
two planes in the last 24 hours.
Last night, the western air
command said, a Canadian bomb
er exploded in midair, blowing
three of the seven crewmen
aboard free of the wreckage, and
allowing them to parachute to
safety. Fate of the other four
was not Immediately determined.
Meanwhile search continued
over southern Vancouver island,
B. C, and in northern Washington
for 11 Royal air force crewmen
missing in a four englned Liberat
or bomber, overdue since Tuesday
night.
! men during the first six months
! of 1915.
I During January and February,
j Kessling said, the armv will need
i 80,000 men a month and will boost
I draft calls up to 100,000 a month
during the next four months.
The navy, he said, will need
32.000 men for each of the first
six months of the year. This, com
bined with estimated total enlist
ments of 150,000 would make a
grand total of 902,000. he said.
Undersecretaries of War and
Navy Robert P. Patterson and
Ralph A. Bard appeared before
the committee vesterday to en
dorse the pending bill and ex
pressed the hope that congress
would follow it with a full na
tional service measure.
Committee Chairman Andrew
J. May, D., Kv., who introduced
the work-or-flght bill, told report
ers It would be sent to the floor
sometime next week. He said it
p r o b ab 1 y would carry some
amendments but declined to pre
dict their nature.