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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
Volume LI II
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 17. 1945.
NO. 36
ED
THE
2 Sixth Army Columns Merge,
Continue Race Toward Manila
And Provisional Island Capital
Speculation Grows That Japs May Not Even
Attempt to Defend City; Lack of Bridges Is
Handicap to Yanks; Tarlac Fall Expected .
General MacArthur's Headquarters, Luzon. Jan. 17 (TIE)
Two strong Sixth army columns have merged near Paniaui,
3G miles inland, and are sweeping across the Luzon plains
toward Tarlac and Manila virtually unopposed, a front dis
patch said today.
Tarlac, a provincial capital and strategic communications
hub only 12 miles south of Paniqui, was expected to fall
without a fight and speculation was growintr the Japanese
miirht not even attempt a strong defense of Manila, 65 miles
farther south.
II. D. Quigg, United Press war correspondent with forces
' " fin fhfi T.livnw ntai'n oni'rl U
Ban on Nippons
Asked By V.F.W.
Auburn, Cnlif., Jan. 17 (IP)
Approximately 300 residents of
Placer county, led by the com
mander of a local post of tbe
Veterans of Foreign Wars, last
night signed a petition agreeing
to boycott returning Japanese
Americans and "persons who do
business with the Japanese."
The action came as the climax
of a meeting called to protest re
turn of the Nisei to this fruit
growing and mother lode mining
area of northern California.
A citizens' committee was or
ganized in an attempt to obtain
as manv signatures as possible to
the petition, which reads:
Agreement Slimed
'jJ"We the undersigned" agree nof
" y purchase, do business or fra
ternize with any returning Japa
nese and that we also will boycott
and refuse to do business with
any other persons who do busi
ness with the Japanese."
The meeting was called by
Deputy Sheriff Jack Hannon, com
mander of Donncr Post No. 1942,
VFW, who was appointed a com
mittee of one by his post at a
meeting last week.
"We do not want the Japs
hack," Hannon end other speak
ers at the meeting said. Several
women said they would withdraw
their children from schools at
tended by Nisei children.
Allies Capture
.Sixteen Capitals
London, Jan. 17 UP) Warsaw
was the 16th European capital to
fall to the allies since the capture
of Rome on June 4, 1941. Seven
others still are held by the Ger
mans. The liberated capitals, in the
order they fell, are Rome; Wilno,
Lithuania; Paris; Bucharest, Ru
mania; Brussels, Belgium; Mon
aco, Monaco; Luxembourg, Lux
embourg; Sofia, Bulgaria; Hel
smkia, Finland; Tallinn, Estonia;
tan Marino, San Marino; Riga,
Latvia; Athens, Greece; Tirana,
Albania; Belgrade, Yugoslavia,
and Warsaw.
Still controlled by the Germans
are Budapest, Hungary (now un
der Russian assault); the Hague,
'Netherlands; Oslo, Norway; Co
penhagen, Denmark; Prague,
Czechoslovakia; Vienna, Austria,
and Berlin.
People Queue Up
m Wrong Line
Portland, Ore., Jan. 17 (in
J-ustomers lined up for a block
'May in front of a building.
A poll, taken in various seg
ments of the lineup, showed the
customni-c ti,.,nKi i
l'; u:.CBarp,s'e.x,w'1lske-Mtion
'tie bovs' ieans. nointlnsq hnttpr
J" extra shoe stamp or "some
Ping really good, it's such a long
"ne, I wouldn't miss this one on
net.
The crowd actually was headed
fir
a special income tax informa-
"n of (ice. set up to relieve con
fMtion at the Custom house build-
STOVE EXPLODES
firemen shortly before
today were called to the
Cit
ny,n
tu"H..r- rv , i :
kZlr of Greenwood avenue and ; King, commander-.n-chiet or ne
I J" street, where a small oilU. S. fleet, asserting hat the in-,
h -'love hart .,i creas nc intensity of the war re-
"we hjH " "" ,
small fire Ther wai no rianviee
0 'he pronertv according to the
Bremen. accoraing to me
ww ""u jjtotii, noiU tUC
two columns ioined forces
near Paniqui after advancing
from Moncada, four and a half
miles to the north, and Camil
ing, 11 miles to west north
west. Lack of bridges was causing
more difficulty than enemy oppo
sition in the frontal advance on
Tarlac, Quigg said. He said the
Americans may use the roadbed
of the narrow-gauge railway run
ning from Moncada as the road
bed for a new highway to Manila.
Highways Merge
Five highways merge at Tarlac
and its capture would put the
Americans only 20 miles from the
great Clark field air center and
almost half way from the Ltn
gayen gulf to Manila bay.
Though there was.no sign of
-Japanese preparations for a stand
north of Manila; the enemy was
offering stiff resistance and even
attempted a futile tank counter
attack at the northeastern corner
of the bridgehead.
Francis McCarthy, United Press
war correspondent in the north
eastern sector, said enemy resis
tance was stiffening steadily in
the area and there appeared little
doubt that the Japanese would
make a last-ditch stand to retain
control of the road running from
Damortis on the southeast cotist
of the gulf of Lingayen to the
summer capital of Baguio, 17
miles to the northeast.
Fighting Reported
Brisk fighting was raging less
than 1,400 yards east of Damortis,
he said, but the Americans were
killing at least six Japanese to
every Yank lost in the northern
sector.
(A Japanese uoraci aispaicn
said American convoys, consist-1
ing of 50 transports with escorts
of cruisers and destroyers, had
been attacked heavily by Japa
nese planes south of Negros is
land in the central Philippines.)
Most enemy troops encountered
in the frontal advance on Manila
have been of poor quality, largely
from labor battalions, and a con
siderable number surrendered.
None offered any organized re
sistance. BULLETIN
London, Jan. 17 UP The Red
army today captured the fort
ress city of Czestochowa only
15 miles from the German lior
der, and hundreds of other
towns anfl villages in a three
ply offensive pulverizing the
nazl defenses of all occupied
Poland.
FDR Again Calls for Law to
Washington, Jan. 17 'IB Presi-1 Roosevelt recalled that in his I
dent Roosevelt today determined- annual message to congress on
ly called on congress for enact- Jan. b . he had iuMcd both .
without delav" 01 legisia-
force 4-F's into essential
to force 4-F's into essential
jobs, and also renewed his request I tne urgent neea oi mis icgis- proauction ot critical items of mu-! Mr. Roosevelt said in nis tetter
for a national service law. jlation has not lessened but ha.Snitions, ships and to repair to May:
He made the requests in a letter, Increased since the sending of my 'damaged vessels. j "It Is true that there has been
to chairman Andrew J. May, D., i message," he said. They said army and navy man- a trend toward increased place-
Ky of the house military affairs! He said that while the May j power needs for overseas action ment of manpower within the
committee which is currently! bill is not a "complete national j would require a total of 900,000 last two weeks, but there is dan
holding hearings on a bill by May j service law, it will go far to secure ; inductions by next June 30, and , ger that this trend, which un
to force 4-F's into war jobs on; the effective employment in the; that an estimated 700,000 Indus-! questionably due to the belief that
threat of induction into special j war effort of all registrants under ; trial workers must be added to '. congress contemplated prompt
labor battalions. I the selective service law between; the nation's work force if urgent action, will be reversed by reports
To bark up his demands, he the ages of 18 and 45," war needs are to bo met. now current In the press that con
sent to -May a joint letter from "While there may be some dlf -I "You are Intimately familiar, gresslonal action is likely to be
Gen George C. Marshall, army ferences of opinion on the de-tMr. President," they wrote, "with delayed."
chief of s
taff, and Acim. t-rnesi j.
of the
creasing Intensity of the war re-
'quires "every conceivable effort")
ito build up and supply the armea
Iorces
BIG AIR FORTS CONTINUE
TO BLAST FORMOSA AREA
AND HIT AT CHINA COAST
Pearl Harbor, Jan. 17 (U.E) B-29 Superfortresses bombed
military installations on Formosa in daylight today after
carrier planes wrecked at least 30 and perhaps 100 or more
Japanese ships off that island bastion and the Chinn coast in
a three-day assault.
It was possible that planes of Admiral William F. Halsey a
Third fleet extended their attacks on the Formosa-China coast
area into a fourth day in conjunction with the B-29 raid. Both
Superfortresses and carrier planes attacked Formosa last
Sunday and on Jan. 9.
A brief war department announcement in Washington dis
closed the latest Superfor-'
tresses strike mounted by Ma.i.
Gen. Curtis Le May's 20th
bomber command from bases
in China. Though no details
were available immediately, it
was likely the B-29's struck at
airfields, supply dumps and
similar military targets.
Hong Kong Bombed
First reports from the Third
fleet covered only preliminary re
suits of the second and third days
Monday and Tuesday (Japa
nese time) of the carrier-based
assault on Formosa and the China
coast,' where targets included
Honk Kong, Canton and Swatow.
On Monday, a Paciifc fleet com
munique said, the navy fliers
sank nine ships totaling about
22,000 tons and damaged nine oth
er ships and nine small vessels.
Another 82,000 tons of shipping
was sunk or damaged Tuesday,
including the 17,000 -ton tanker
Kamoi last seen listing, and two
oilers set afire, the communique
said.
Ship Total Mounts
Though only 30 ships were tden-
titled specifically in the commu
nique, the large toll of tonnage
listed for Tuesday indicated the
number of ships hit during the
48-nour period actually totaled be
tween 60 and 70. , . . . .......
Observers believed that when
figures are received for Sunday,
the first day of the attack, the
total number ot ships hit may ex
ceed 100.
'Mac Steps Out,
Faces Get Red
Washington, Jan. 17 Ui The
war department, in a "memor
andum to the press," today told
of the embarrassment of a group
I of crewmen from a navy attack
cargo ship who served as a shore
party directing unloading opera
tlons at a L,eyte beachhead.
A. signalman whose job was to
Lnun tha conttiv ulna rf nthnp
. ......n lnrtir,
approaching.
"Get that boat out of here,"
he shouted.
The ship continued toward the
beach. It struck bottom 15 yards
from the shoreline. An army
lieutenant's head appeared o.vcr
the ramp.
Get Orders
"Send a 'Duck' out to pick us
up," he called.
The assistant beachmaster
shouted back in a truculent tone:
"Walk in. The water's fine."
The landing craft's ramp drop
ped. The first man to jump into
the waist-deep surf was Gen.
Douglas MacArthur, supreme
Allied cammander in the south
west Pacific.
The embarrassed beach party
was put at case when the general
waded up and, with a beaming
smile, greeted with. "Good morn
ing. How are things going?"
The war department didn't dis
close the reply if any.
naiiunai service arm i-r iegixia -
tion.
ian ui mi- piumyr nuwn .
mu- n more important in tne war ,
mu.-n e 'J '
effort than the perfecting
tails, tie saia.
of
tans, ne saio.
me Marsnan-King tetter sam it
j was xne.r ou y to report an
l"urgent necessity for immediate
Norway Forces
Take Over Front
Stockholm, Jan. 17 (IB Nor
wegian forces, reinforced by po
lice troops'trained In Sweden and
flown to northern Norway in
American transport planes, have
taken over the Finnmark front
from the red army and have lib
erated half the province, It was
disclosed today.
Advancing west across moun
tains from the Tana valley dis
trict the point reached by Rus
sian forces which liberated East
Finnmark the Norwegians in
creased the freed portions of
Finnmark, northernmost province
of Norway, to 80,604 square miles.
A communique from the Nor
wegian government in exile in
London said the Norwegian
troops - were holding positions
south of Porsangerf jord and were
in contact with the enemy.
The Norwegian Telegraph
agency said the Norwegians had
cleared the area along the west
boundary of Finnmark and had
captured the Banak airfield, one
of the bases the Germans used
for air attacks on allied convoys
bound for Murmansk.
Season on.Trout
To Be Discussed
Late opening of the upper Des
chutes river trout season, which
resulted In a storm of protest lo
cally, will be discussed at a meet
ing of 'Central Oregon sportsmen
in the Deschutes county circuit
court room on either Friday or
Saturday night of this week, it
was announced here today.
Attending the meeting will be
Frank B. Wire, state game super
visor. He will be here either Fri
day or Saturday, and the date of
the meeting will be arranged to
fit his schedule.
The game commission has ten
tatively set May 12 as the date for
the opening of the up-river trout
season. ,
Col. Chenoweth
On Way Home
Portland, Ore., Jan. 17 'Ui Lt.
Col. William C. O. Chenoweth. of
Bend, Ore., one of the survivors
of the Bataan "death march" was
in Portland today, on his way
home from Walter Reed hospital,
Washington, D. C.
Chenoweth, a West Point gradu-
ate of the class of 1937, was ac- i ()ay told tno rc(a ,,.ade group of
companied by his wife, Mrs. Annj ,he organization. The newly elect
Chenoweth, and his son William, I ,.,i nmsiHent met with the retailers
4 ',4 and daughter, Nancy, 3. !
Col. Chenoweth is one of 83
who swam from a torpedoed Jap-j B. A. Shellhart was named su
anese prison ship, many of whom j porvisor for the group, with R. W.
made their way to Philippine is-, lirandis as director in charge,
lands, where they were treated Shellhart said that committee ap
by Filipino doctors and protected ; pointments would be announced
by guerilla bands. in the near future.
Force 4-F's Into War Jobs
action" to relieve "the acute need .United States should make every
for young and vig0rous replace-1 conceivable effort to enable the
f
i - - -
ito Provide manpower to increase
nit? gu-di importance or regaining-
me otlensive on the western front
de-land pressing It, together with
operations against the Japanese,
witn constantly Increasing intensi-;of
ty in me montns to come. To this or . our manpower on
'end, therefore, we feel that theifront."
Blows By Allies
Stagger Nazis
On West Front
Ardennes Salient Now
Hammered Into Small
Pocket; British Help
Paris. Jan. 17 HP) Allied troons
hammered the Ardennes salient
down into a narrow'pocket on the
rim of the Siegfried line today
and swung over to the attack on
either flank with two offensive
thrusts that staggered the Ger
mans in Alsace and the Nether
lands.
Hard fighting still raged in the
Houffalize area where a few Ger
man panzer units were struggl
ing to escape envelopment by the
American First and Third armies.
but the focal point of the Arden
nes battle had shifted eastward to
the St. Vith area and late dis
patches said the nazis were being
squeezed inexorably back across
their own frontiers.
Nazis Compressed
The remnants of Marshal Karl
Von Rundstedt's three attacking
armies were compressed Into a
thin band of Belgian and Luxem
bourg soil extending down about
50 miles along its eastern base
from Monschau to the Echternach
area and measuring about 12
miles at its widest point.
An Allied headquarters commu
nique reported that the Germans
were being forced back all along
the Ardennes front, giving ground
fairly rapidly on the southern and
western flanks and fighting back
furiously against three American
First army divisions driving in
from the northwest on their last
strongpoint at St. Vith, '
Fiftv miles to. the north, tank-
led British army troops lashed
out against the German salient
west of the Roer river In a sur
prise attack that official spokes
men said was making good pro
gress against only moderate re
sistance. The Tommies shoved off from
the Sittard area early yesterday
in what appeared to be a limited
of fensive aimed at eliminating the
Roer bridgehead as a possible
springboard for another nazi
counterdrive.
There was no immediate In
formation on the scale of the Brit
ish attack which at last reports
was pounding steadily ahead into
a triangular saueni rougniy ir
miles at its base on the Roer 15
miles on each side, bounded by
Sittard in the west, Roermond in
the north and Getlenkirchen in
the south.
United Press War Correspond
ent Ronald Clark reported that
the British advanced about 1,000
yards during the night to capture
one unnamed village and enter a
second.
Johnson Lists
Chamber Aims
Mutual aid for members and
cooperation with other organiza
tions in the development of the
community, are the two prime ob
jectives of the Bend chamber of
commerce this year, Carl A. John
son, president of the chamber, to
when they gathered to perfect
iheir orpaniaztlon for the vear.
, - -
Instructions."
Me auuea mat as me uiineu
nations enter upon a truly total
offensive" It was vital that their
drive should not slacken "because
any less than total utilization
the home
The Plain Road io Berlin
f iLi-iLr - iBotjcliSeoi XSSSSVl LITH-
CtboIholm
Ud ' "Tr, PP L AN D
Warsaw was captured by the
flat, Polish plains that made the
Hitler s mechanized hordes In 19J9 now stand as a threat to Berlin.
Map also shows how all transportation routes converge on the Ger
man capital.
Bill Motivated By 'Lower 13'
Murder Shows Up in House
Logging Truck Measure Also Introduced in
Salem; Candidate Advertising Given Study
v Salem, Ore., Jan. 17 (U.E)
"lower 13" murder case in which an alleged "concession" was
.brought Into the trial, was introduced into the Oregon senate
today by Sen. Frank H. Hilton, Portland. It states in clear
terms that a confession produced by threats or fear may not
be used as evidence, and that only confessions signed before
a court oath-administering officer may be accepted as evi
dence.
A confession only, without
warrant conviction under the
terms of the measure.
Permission for logging
trucks to proceed to their des
tination after being stopped
for violation of overweight
laws, under certain conditions
was sought by Sen. Rex Ellis. The
trucks could complete the trip if
they carried a flag indicating that
they were overweight, and drove
at no more than 10 miles per hour.
Hill Passed
In the house, a bill to facilitate
the absentee voting of Oregon's
soldiers passed over the objec
tions of five democratic represen
tatives who disliked the clause in
the measure which would provide
for unilorm portraits in the vot
ers' pamphlet.
The bill would change the time
between filing of a candidate and
.the ensuing election from 45 to
70 days, would require the uni
form pictures, and would elimi
nate voters' pamphlet advertising
for unopposed candidates.
Rep. Warren Erwin, Portland,
said he thought "characteristic"
pictures of candidates should be
permitted. Referring to a picture
of Willis Mahoney, tlefeated can
didate for the U. S. senate, in the
last pamphlet unci which showed
him on the Whitehouse steps, Er
win said there should be no ob
jection to It, and described a hy
pothetical case where Henry Se
mon, Klamath Falls republican,
ran for governor and wanted to
use a picture of himself "with a
hoe, in the middle of his potato
patch, and dressed In overalls."
"He should be permitted to use
such a picture If he desired," War
ren maintained.
St. Helens Man
Namedto Board
Salem, Ore., Jan. 17 'Hi R. W.
Simeral, St. Helens, today was ap
pointed as a member of the state
board of education, Gov. Earl
Snell announced.
Simeral has been serving on a
protem basis during the absence
of John J. Winn, whose term ex
pired on Jan. 1. Winn is In mili
tary service.
PAIRS, PEARS nrscrssEn
Salem, Ore., Jan. 17 nr. Sen.
Earl T. Newbrv. Ashland pear
grower, who yesterday made
gifts to the legislators, today re-
minded the senate that "all good
things come In pears
Replied Sen. Thomas Mahoney,
Portland, "I've seen the time
when I didn't think a pair was so
hot."
Red armies today, and now the same
invasion of Poland so easy for
A bill motivated by the recent
other proof of a crime, cannot
70 Tons Paper
Collected Here
Reviewing their activities since
they took over salvage paper col
lection in Bend last October, mem
bers of the Junior chamber of
commerce today revealed that
they have already shipped a total
of 70 tons of paper to processing
plants.
As a result of the last two city
wide pickups, one of which was
held last Sunday, a carload of
paper weighing more than 20 tons
was shipped last night to a paper
mill at Longview, Wash., and an
other 20 tons Is ready to be
trucked to the processing plant,
according to Don Higgins and
George Thompson, co-chairmen
of the salvage work.
The Jaycees pointed out that
their collection of salvage paper
has almost equalled that gathered
In recent Portland drives, nnd
that they have approximately
only 10 per cent of the area and
population.
More Paper Needed
Hlgglns said that, the chamber
is in receipt of Information from
the war production board to the
effect that salvage paper collec
tions Is far below the war needs,
and he urged Bend residents to
continue saving old paper, maga
zines, books and cartons pending
another pickup In several weeks.
Airmen Destroy
130 Jap Vessels
Washington, Jan. 17 ni'.-Rcar
Adm. M. F. Schoeffle, assistant
chief of staff, operations, said to
day that U. S. naval forces have
sunk 130 Japanese vessels total
ing 230,000 tons, damaged 200
others and destroyed 400 enemy
planes In recent strikes against
enemy bases from Formosa to
French Indo-China.
Summarizing results of naval
activities from Jan. 2 to Jan. 10
In support of Gen. Douglas Mac-
Arthurs operations In the Philip-
pines, Schoeffle said:
. "This has given us all here
great lift. Less than a year ago,
we must remember, our forces
were progressing toward the Mar
shalls. Now they have moved 3,600
miles to the westward In less than
a year."
Soviets Sweep
Across Plains
Toward Berlii
Entire German Defense
In Poland Believed to
Have Quickly Collapsed
London, Jan. 17 HP) The red
army captured Warsaw today in
its greatest triumph of a six-day
winter offensive sweeping across
Poland and rapidly undermining
the German positions along a 600
mile battlefront.
Marshal Stalin proclaimed the
capture of Warsaw in a special
order of the day which revealed
that the First White Russian
army had forced the Vistula north
of the capital and clamped it in a
pincers.
cutting lt ott irom tne west,
Soviet assault forces stormed
Warsaw from three directions and
wrested it from the Germans.
The announcement of Warsaw's
liberation came as a flood of nerv
ous nazl broadcasts reported that
the Russians had plunged wltnm
15 miles of the stleslan irontier ac
Czestochowa, had shattered the
Nurew river line of German de
fenses northeast of Warsaw, and
were racing at top speed across
central Polund.
Defense Collapses
The entire German defense in
Poland appeared to have collapsed
under the weight of probably the
mightiest single land offensive of
the entire war, and Stockholm re
layed Berlin hints that the nazis
had written off all of Poland.
Stalin, announcing the capture
of Warsaw on the sixth day of the
winter campaign, ordered Mar
shal Gregory K,-Zhukuv'g -victors .
saluted with 24 salvos of Moscow's
324 victory guns. . .
Khukov, Stalin's deputy in the
Soviet supreme command, set up
Warsaw for a three-way assault
by a double flanking maneuver.
Swinging up behind the capital
from a great bridgehead south of
It. the Russians captured Zyra-
tlow, 29 miles northwest of War-
saw, and cut the roads running
west from the city.
Then the White Russian army
stormed ucross the Vistula north
of Warsaw and wheeled down to
close the pincers and Isolate the
city.
crossing avoiihni
Storming In bom three direc
tions end avoiding a dangerous
crossing of the broad Vistula
from the long-held Praga suburb,
the Russian "by combined blows
from the nonh, west and south
captured the capital of our ally,
Poland, the city of Warsaw, the
most strategic center of the Ger
man defenses on the river Vis
tula." Stalin said.
He paid tribute to troops fight
ing under 13 generals, Including
the commander-in-chief of the Pol
ish First army, thus revealing
that the Poles had taken part In
the strategy which liberated their
capital. Also praised were four
generals of artillery, six generals
of armor, and seven generals of
the red air force.
The capture of, Warsaw first
was announced by the Lublin
radio.
Report Released
The radio Polski report from
Lublin, seat of the self-styled pro
visional government of Poland,
that Warsaw had fallen at first
lacked confirmation in any other
source. Even the BBC, which re
corded It, did not include it in its
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Snow Piles Up
In Mountains;
Routes Open
Light showers at dawn turned
to a heavy snowfall along the
crest of the Cascades as the
morning progressed, causing
state highway maintenance crews
to use snow plows along the San
tiam summit, it was announced
at the local highway department
offices. Reports Indicated that
the snowfall was general along
the mountains, piling up several
inches of new snow on the Wapl
nitia and Willamette highways.
Light snowfall was also report
ed at Sun mountain on The
Dulles-California highway, but
all roads, with the exception of
the McKenle pass which was
closed several weeks ago, were
open to travel.
The forecast called for con
tinued snow showers at higher
levels, but with warmer weather
predicted for the east portion to
night and tomorrow.
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