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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
Volume LI 1 1
THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JAN. 16, 1945
NO. 35
THE
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Patch's Men Seize Initiative
Yank Forces Near Glark Field
Advance Made
On Rhine Front
By U.S. Troops
Germans Are Expected
To Make Stand on West
Side of Siegfried Barrier
Paris, Jan. 1G (ID The Ameri
can Seventh army seized the ini
tiative of the upper Rhine today,
stormed the German bridgehead
north of Strasbourg, and advance?
almost two miles to the outskirts
of Gambsheim, nine miles above
the Alsatian capital.
Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch's
forces attacked at the south end
of the western front while other
American forces were occupying
Houffalize, one-time anchor base
of the Ardennes salient, and driv
ing over the approaches of St.
Vith, last major stronghold in Bel
gium. The doughboys found Houffal
ize abandoned by the Germans
who were withdrawing eastward
to the St. Vith ridge on which
Marshal Karl Von Rundstedt ap
parently intended to experiment
with an attempted stand outside
the Siegfried line.
Nazi lire Encountered''"'''
, Seventh army troops and tanks
' charged the German bridgehead
above Strasbourg this morning
after artillery preparation before
dawn. They ran into violent fire
from small arms and artillery, in
cluding guns on the last bank of
the Rhine across from Offcndorf.
In a thrust of more than a mile,
one section of the attacking forc
es crossed the Zorn river running
north from Herrlisheim, a mile
and a half north of Offendorf.
Other units struck straight for
Gambsheim, main anchor base of
the bridgehead. They advanced al
most two miles and by midafter
noon were fighting in the woods
immediately north of Gambsheim.
Below this key town the attack
carried to Bettenhoffen, a south
western suburb of Gambsheim.
Kail Line Reached
North of Herrlisheim, some
forces reached the rail line run
ning northeastward parallel with
the Rhine.
On the Belgian front the Ameri
can First and Third armies and
units of the British Second army
were fighting the combination of
numbing winter weather and brisk
German resistance along the
flanks of the salient whoso nose
had collapsed.
The Germans were making the
orderly eastward withdrawal un
der cover of a fog which pre
vented air activity, while ice
glazed roads impeded the allied
efforts to slash in behind the
enemy.
New Snow Falls
On High Divide
The storm which during the
night sheathed the summits of the
cascades deposited snow ranging
m depth from 10 inches to 15 inch
es, it was reported today at the
Bend headquarters of the state
highway department, with the fall
continuing throughout the morn
ing. The greatest depth was report
ed on the Willamette highway,
where, like on the Santiam, snow
plows were busily egaged in plow
ing open the traffic lanes. Ten
inches of snow was reported from
'he Santiam summit, and 11 inch
es of packed snow was noted on
the Wapinitia highway. The con
tinued snowfall was reported in
all districts to be light, with main
tenance men on The Dalles-Cal-"ornia
highway between Bend
and Klamath Falls reporting "nor
mal conditions" there.
The weatherman predicted snow
showers over the mountains for
!day and tonight, with cloudiness
n store for tomorrow.
FIXE FIRE REPORTED
A flue fire yesterday afternoon
the home of Dr. J. W. Thorn,
Irving avenue, caused no dam
ae, city firemen reported today.
Piryssiaiffl Fortress Falls to
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THIRD FLEET PLANES LASH
AT CHINA COAST AFTER
WRECKING 69 JAP SHIPS
By Mac R. Johnson
(United Preaa War Correspondent)
Pearl Harbor, Jan. 16 (U.E) Carrier planes of the Third
fleet, turning horth after wrecking 69 ships off French Indo
China, lashed the China coast from Hong Kong to Swatow
with bombs and bullets yesterday for the second straight
day, Tokyo broadcasts revealed today.
A Pearl Harbor communique reported without elaboration
that Admiral William P. Halsey's air striking forces had
opened the attack Sunday along a 350-mile sretch of the coast
from Hong Kong north through Swatow to Amoy.
Following through Monday, Tokyo said, about 70 carrier
- planes bombed and machine-
Dead Engineer .
Pilot of Train
Ogden, Utah, Jan.' 16 (IP) A
dead engineer piloted the speed
ing 20-car mail and express train
which thundered out of the pre
dawn darkness Dec. 31 and
ploughed into the rear end of the
passenger section of the Southern
Pacific's crack "Pacific Limited,"
killing 50 persons and injuring
four-score more.
Such was the testimony this
morning by Col. Frank B. Queens,
pathologist at Bushncll -general
hospital, Brigham City, Utah, who
conducted an autopsy on the body
of James McDonald, 64, grey-hair
ed veteran engineer of the fast
man-express.
Dies Before Crash
"The engineer was dead of a
heart attack before the crash,"
said Queens, pointing out that
there was nothing to indicate the
engineer had reacted at all to the
steam which poured over his body
as the huge locomotive ploughed
deep into the rear Pullman of the
passenger train.
The testimony was given at an
official coroner's inquest into
causes of the crash 22 miles west
of Ogden at a railroad stop known
as Bagley. Three cars of the pas
senger train were telescoped and
eight others of the two trains
were strewn askew of the double
trackage. Many of the injured and
dead were pinned in the wreckage
for as much as eight hours.
Longer Balloting
Hours Are Sought
Salem, Ore., Jan. 16. "" The
polls will be kept open until 10
p. m. on election days, if a bill
presented to the house yesterday
by Rep. Jack Bain, Milwaukie,
passes. The polls close at 8 p. m.
at present.
Other bills introduced to the
house included:
A redefinition of optometry in
the state, and a restatement of
qualifications permitting tho
practice of eye exercises and
other treatment.
A description and adoption of
a system of coordinates for des
ignating and stating the positions
of points on the surface of the
earth in Oregon changing the
basis for land survey and divides
the state into two sections for the
purpose. i
Allies Will Fight Until Germany Surrenders
Unconditionally, Churchill Tells Commons
London, Jan. 16 "Pi
Prime'
Minister Churchill told commons
today that the allies will fight on
until Germany surrenders uncon
ditionally, even if such a policy
stiffens nazl resistance and pro
longs the war.
Churchill reaffirmed the allies'
insistence on unconditional sur
render in answer to persistent
questions from labor members at
the reopening of parliament after
the Christmas recess.
His reply came less than 24
hours after Sen. Burton K. Wheel
er, D., Mont., charged in me l'. .
senate that unconditional sun-end
er was a "brutal, asinine slogan nis siaiemeni ana aeoaie oegins "recent complications in interna
which was costing thousands of on the Greek situation Thursday, tional affairs."
American lives, splitting allied i Churchill's remarks on the At- "No, sir," Churchill said
unitv, and threatening a t h i r d lantic charter clearly showed that "We don't take that view at all
world war. he had Joined common cause with 1 1 think the house would be over-
Churchill also: President Roosevelt In public ex-i whelmingly againt our attempt-
1. Endorsed President Roose-1 pressions on the matter as an im-jing to make peace by negotiation "
velt's views that the objectives of j portant step in avoiding Anglo-1 Loud cheers greeted the reply
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gunned Hong Kong, Canton
and Swatow, the latter mid
way between Hong Kong and
Amoy. Five planes were shot
down and three damaged, To
kyo said.
"The damage to our side
was negligible," the broad
casts added.
Hit Both Days
Formosa, Japanese island bas
tion athwart the sea approaches
to the China coast, also apparent
ly was hit both days. Pearl Har
bor confirmed Sunday's attack
and a Tokyo broadcast yesterday
said 200 carrier planes raided the
island next day.
The Third fleet moved nearly
800 miles north for its latest at
tacks on the China coast after
scoring its largest one-day toll of
the war off French Indo-China
Friday the sinking of 41 ships
totaling 127,000 tons and damag
ing 28 others totaling 70,000 tons.
Two light cruisers and 10 de
stroyer escorts were among the
ships sunk or beached. Two con
voys, one of 11 ships and another
of 19, were wiped out completely
and a third decimated. A total of
112 enemy planes was destroyed
and 50 damaged.
Sixteen American planes were
lost, but surface forces apparent
ly escaped undamaged. It was
one of the most one-sided victor
ies of the Pacific war.
Anglers Protest
May 12 Opening
Protesting the tentative setting
of May 12 as the opening date for
the angling season east of the
Cascades, a number of Central
Oregon sportsmen today were re
ported to have written members
of the Oregon State game com
mission. According to informa
tion received at the Chamber of
commerce, the commission's plans
to set the late date were strongly
attacked in the communications.
Local sportsmen contend that
the opening date should be rolled
back at least two weeks, and
charge that partiality Is shown by
the proposed plan to open the
lower Deschutes to fishing on
April 28.
The game commission has set
Jan. 27 as the date when their de
cision will become final, and it
was expected that scores of pro
tests would have reached them be
fore that time.
the Atlantic charter were as valid
as they were in 1941 though all
were not likely to be attained im
mediately and the charter "is not
law."
2. Assured the house that Bri
tain would continue to recognize
the Polish exile government in
London as the legal government
of Poland despite Russia's recog
nition of the rival provisional re
gime at Lublin.
3. Revealed that British casual
ties in Greece from Dec. 3 to Jan. 6
totalled 2,101. Including 237 dead,
but put off nil questions on
Greece until after he has made
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U. S. Advance
Across Plains
Is Unchecked
Americans Coyer Third
Of Distance to Manila
In Sweep Over Island
By William B. Dickinson
(United Press War Correspondent) -
General MacArthur's Head
quarters, Luzon, Jan. 16 U)
American tanks, mobile guns and
infantry swept on unchecked and
apparently unchallenged across
the great central Luzon plains
less than 75 air miles north of
Manila today.
The biggest invasion of the Pa
cific war entered its second week,
with American spearheads nearly
35 air and 40 road miles inland
from the Lingayen gulf beach
headalmost a third of the way
to the Philippines capital.
Stiff fighting was under way
along the Rosario-PozorrubiQi
line at the northeastern corner of
the beachhead, but the unopposed
frontal advance already had car-
ried to within nearly 30 miles of
the great Clark field air center
and perhaps a dozen miles
the provincial capital of Tarlac.
Columns Advance
Camiling, 28 road miles inland
from Lingayen and five miles in
side Tarlac province, fell Sunday
to two converging columns which
advanced nine miles from Bay-
ambang, to the northeast, and
Mangatarem, to the northwest,
and merged into a single power
ful army aimed straight at
Manila.
Tarlac lies 22 road miles and 17
air miles south of Camiling and
may be engulfed by the advancing!
Americans within the next 24
hours, if it has not already fallen.
For the first time since Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's men began
the march back to Manila from
New Guinea, they are fighting
under the conditions in which
their mechanized equipment and
great firepower can best be used.
Clark Field Target
American bombers struck out
ahead of the advancing troops
Friday and Saturday and heavily
bombed and strafed both Tarlac
and the Clark field air center, as
well as airfields at Manila and
farther south. Supply und Biv
ouac areas were destroyed at Tar
lac and large fires started.
At the center of the beachhead,
other American forces advanced
five miles from Catablan to Urda
neta, 16 miles southeast of Dgau
pan, along the main highway run
ning east across the plains.
Units in the northwest corner
of the beachhead seized several
hill-top positions in sharp fighting
with Japanese forces and gradual
ly were reducing enemy positions,
with artillery and mortar fire.
NEW DRIVE OPENED
With 21st Army Group, West
ern Front, Jan. 16 Uli British
forces opened a new attack to
day in the area of Sittard.
American
bickering and in pre-
senting a
7h V: .i mi i
,t?C. meeting f 'he allied ;
more united front at
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He also sought to allay critl-
SVthoLff P'V.Jn. u'Y;
wrt '1 tha ,h. b.f i
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present government is extremely;
democratic . . . composed entire
ly oi repunucans.
Churchill reaffirmed the allies'
determination to fight on to un
conditional surrender in replying
to a question from laborlte John
R. Davles whether the pollcv
might be reconsidered In view of
U. S. 32nd Division Infantrymen with aid oftnedlum tank battalion tighten their grip In the Ormoo sector ol
northeast Leyte Island. Yanks push past smashed tank and artillery as they prepare to take mortar-defended
enemy position around road bend. Signal Corps photo.
Lions Told of
Flier's Escape
Telling of his experiences 65
days behind the German lines and
how he sometimes brushed el
bows with nazl soldiers in Paris
as he masqueraded In French
clothing. Lt. Rex Hielm. now sta-
j Honed at the Redmond army air
'field, today spoke Informally be-
fv fore the Lions club at their noon-
day meeting in the Pine Tavern.
Lt. Hjelm said that ne was loreeu
to bail out 45 miles north of Paris
after his P-38 plane had been de
stroyed in an air battle.
The air fighter said that the
French people befriended him, and
that the poorer classes were espe
cially friendly. They assisted him
in the long trek back to the al
lied linos. Fifteen days of the pe
riod were spent in Paris, and
from there he made an 85-mile
trek in four days through the
German lines to join an Ameri
can air force group. L,t. Hjoim
said that he wore his clothing at
one time for over a month with
out removing a garment.
Bombed Paris
Lt. Hjelm was with the first
fighter group to bomb Berlin, and
related how the Americans caught
the Germans entirely off guard.
His fighter group also aided the
allies on the D-day invasion on the
beaches of France.
Possessor of four oak leaf clus
ters and two stars signifying ma
jor battles, Lt. Hjelm is married
and with his wife resides in Bend.
Before joining the air force, the
officer lived in Idaho Falls, Ida.
'Today's Lions' session was pre
sided over by Glenn Gregg, presi
dent.
Equipment Here
For State Guard
With complete equipment on
hand and stored in a secure vault
in the high school gymnasium,
I members of Bend's Company B,
9flth hnttal nn Ol-prrnn state
guard, today planned to hold their
first dress drill on the gymna-' "'l- n-i m-m-vi-u m
slum floor tomorrow night. I error. A "sight" on the location
Drills, beginning a 8 o'clock, will' where the object was reported to
be held each Wednesday night, have been seen falling was taken
according to Captain Ralph j from the local army shops, and a
Graham. I dark object was spotted in the
Sufficient equipment was re-distant hills. However, when this
ceived from the state guard's j was examined through field glass
quartermaster department for ales, before the evening storm had
un t of 40 men. Cant, uranam '
said. Everything necessary for the
complete equipment of the com-
' was 4 ' ived in the shir-
ment yesterday, it was said. In-!
ciudodamonB 7hc 8unDiw were
two uniform T for each man, buy-
onc,,s. s kits, two sub-machirie ,
guns, 38 rifles, 4,soo rounds or
ammumtin, pack sacks, tents,
first aid kits and even compasses.
BULLETIN
Houffalize, Rflglum, Ian. Ill
If United States First and
Third army forces julni'il inside
this battered mountain village
at 10 a.m. today.
Other units of the First and
Third also linked up at several
points along the Ourthe river
three miles west of Houffalize.
Yanks Mop Up Jap Remnants
Dynamite-Laden Civil Rights
Bill Is Introduced at Salem
Measure Says Public Accommodations Not
To Be Denied to Persons Because of Race
Salem, Ore., Jan. 16 (U.E)
bill, providing legal protection for the rights of persona
without regard to race, creed
1945 Oregon legislature today
Lew Wallace and (Joe McKenna, all of Portland.
The bill, which passed the
In the-commrttee in the house,
dations cannot be denied a
.strong opposition by hotel interests, the bill may have a rough
time ot it, but Sen. Mahoney'
says he thinks it has a good
chance to pass."
In the house, Gov. Earl
Snell's bill to send liquor rev
enue directly to the general
fund, and provides for -appropriations
for old age assistance.
was introduced by the public wel
fare and unemployment commit
tee. Would Lift I. Id
Ron .Irtcm.h V f-Inviv TVff. !
land, submitted a bill to the house
which would lift the lid clear off
of the old age assistance limita
tions, and would provide for a
minimum of $40 instead of the
present maximum of the same
amount. Two other bills, one of
which would set a top of $50, the
other eliminating the ceiling al
together but providing nu mini
mum, are now in the senate com
mittees. A merit system wrtuld be estab
lished In the compensation, health,
higher education and public wel
fare departments of the state by
a bill authored by Heps. Earl Hill,
and W. W. Chadwlck, and Sens.
J. N. Jones and Lew Wallace. It
provides for a council of three
persons to administer the merit
system.
Report of Falling
Object Is Studied
A report that an airplane or bal
loon had been seen falling In the
Cascade foothills west of Bend
! yesterday received the attention
i of state police and Redmond army
airfield officers yesterday eve-
nlng, but today it was announced
ciosen in, n was ucu-i mineo ii
was a natural feature on the
hill.
side.
No planes have been reported
missing, investigators learned.
Cina Man Armw
n e Man Army
'Of Buna Killed
With 32nd Division, Leyte, Jan.
1G ill'iCapt. Herman Hottcher,
35, . the one-man army of Buna,
died of wounds early Dec. 31 is
his small reconnaissance force
battled off 300 Japanese far be
hind enemy llni's in the drive
south toward Ormoc, headquar
ters revealed today. '
The German-born Bottcher,
who enlisted as a private soon
after Pearl Harbor and became
a legendary hero in the south
west Pacific, was struck in the
arm and knee by enemy mortar
fire and died a few hours later.
Red Army
on Leyte
The dynamite-laden civil rights
or color, was introduced to the
by Senators Thomas Mahoney,
senate in 1939, and then died
provides that public nccommo
person due to his race. Due for
Essential Jobs
List Is Slashed
Washington, Jan. 16 (111 The
War Manuower commission todav
moved to facilitate draft net
200.000 industrially-deferred men
in the 26-29 age category by set -
! tinf? "p
listing of critical and
essential industries to govern the
order in which they would be
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called. In general, men In the,antl ,nP penetration a reaay was
limited list of critical employ
ments will be deferred the long
est. The list actually was based on
the year-old list of 35 essential
Industries established early in
1944 to guide local draft boards in
acting on occupation deferments
requests. In its new form, how
ever, roughly one-third of the
several hundred sub-headed oc
cupations were held as critical.
The remainder retained essential
ranking.
Only seven Industries were list
ed as critical In all divisions'.
These covered the production of
aircraft and aircraft parts; ships,
boats and parts; ordnance and
accessories; ammunition; metal
shapes and forglngs for essential
products; machinery, and essen
tial rubber products.
War Mobilization Director
James F. Byrnes, In laying down
rules for calling up the 200,000
deferred 2(i-through-2U s said yes-
terday they should be drafted on,
the basis of the relative Import-1 reported the accident to his par
ance of their Jobs. 'ents.
Meeting of 'Big 3' Expected
Soon, in Middle East Region
London, Jan.
formed sources
16 'Un Best in-1
said today that
President Roosevelt, Prime Min
ister Churchill and Premier Sta
lin probably will meet In the
middle east within the next two
weeks.
Both time and place for the
conference have been fixed defi
nitely. It was learned, and an ad
vancing party of high British of
ficials was preparing to depart
on short notice. Churchill prob
ably will remain in London un
til the last moment, however, then
make a quick air Journey to the
scene.
Harry Hopkins, confidential ad
visor to Roosevelt, was expected
to arrive in London within the
next few days to confer wlthi
Churchill and British Foreign Sec-1
rotary Anthony Eden on outstand-;
lng Anglo-American problems and!
the agenda for the "big three"!
meeting.
Stephen Early, the president's I
Nazis in Panic,
State Reports
From Silesia
Schlossberg Taken and
Radom Menaced as New
Gains Made By Russians
London, Jan. 18 (IP) Marshal
Gregory K. Zhukov's red army
today climaxed an offensive out
flanking Warsaw In a 37-mile
drive westward from the Vistula
on a 75-mile front with the cap
ture of Hadom, great transport
hub 50 miles south of the Polish
capital.
London, Jan. 16 tl The full
scale Soviet winter offensive, nazt
reports said today, has carried the
red army to the outskirts of Ra
dom, the great Polish south-central
communications center, and
in the north the East Prussian
fortress of Schlossberg has fallen
to the Russians.
One German report placed the
Russians already to the west of
Radom, 56 miles south of Warsaw
and 25 miles west of the Vistula,
and the fallof the communications
network appeared imminent.
Russian spearheads already
were within 45 miles of Silesia
and threatened the ancient Polish
capitol of Krakow.
Fame Urtps Nazis
There were reports of uncer
tain reliability that the nazis in
panic already had begun the evac
uation of some industrial centers
in Silesia.
The Germans declared that Ra
dom was the "center of gravity"
of the red army assault which
now had spread to envelop almost
the entire eastern front in what
the Germans acknowledged was
the bloodiest fighting of the war.
Nazi reserve divisions were be
ing wheeled hastily into action in
an effort to slow down the ever
increasing pace ot the red army
advance.
The Germans Identified the Sov
iet forces engaged In the Radom
area as Marshal Konstantin Ro
kossovsky's First White Russian
army.
Icadom Strategic Goal
Radom was one of the prize
strategic goals of the Soviet offen-
ofsive,
controlling a network of
eight
good highways, leading
j north to Warsaw and northwest
1,0 '"maszow, in mncs aisiani.
'no soviet auvance soutn or
! Warsaw was on a front so i broad
so deep that the possibility that
the Polish capital would be com
pletely flanked and open to as
sault from tile rear was emerging.
With improvement of weather
the red air fleet joined the battle,
harassing nazl efforts to bring re
serve forces Into position. The
Germans said they had brought
up fresh armored forces which de
stroyed 122 Soviet tanks but
frankly admitted the Russian ad
vance was rolling forward at all
points.
Rescuer of 'Rick'
Dies in Pacific
Evanston, 111., Jan. 16 (111
Comdr. William F. Eadle, 31, navy
flier who rescued Capt. Eddie
Rickenbaeker from a raft two
years ago, was killed Sunday In
an accident in the Pacific, his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wliliam G.
Eadle, Evanston, reported today.
No further details were given
by the navy department which
press secretary, also may visit
! London to participate in the pre
liminary discussions, but it was
emphasized that his main work
will be the Improvement of press
relations at supreme headquar
ters In Paris.
Designation of the middle east
as the most likely site of the
Roosevelt Churchill-Stalin meet
ing suggested that the three lead
ers might convene again at the
Iranian capital of Tehran, where
they first conferred late In 1943,
or perhaps Cairo.
The official soviet news agency
Tass denied published reports
that Russia, nt the request of
Fiance, had asked that Gen.
Charles De Gaulle be invited to
participate In the meeting.
A Paris dispatch said, however,
French hopes were rising that De
Gaulle would be Invited to the
next "big thrpo" session as result
of reports Roosevelt may visit
Paris In February and the meet-
lng may be held there.