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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JAN. 19, 1945
NO. 38
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THE
Rifles
of Navy
Help Soldiers
In Luzon Drive
f Yanks Seal Off Japs
In Philippine Hills
And Await Fall of City
General MacArthur's Head'
mmrters. Luzon. Jan. 19 till
American invasion troops seized
almost complete control ol Ros-
ario in the northeast corner of
their Luzon beachhead today,
sealing off strong Japanese forces
entrenched in the mountains
around the Philippine summer
capital of Baguio, 14 miles away.
(A Japanese communique re
corded by the FCC conceded that
the Americans had advanced as
far as the Agno river, 20 miles
south of the Lingayen gulf, but
claimed Japanese counterattacks
had halted an American advance
two and a half miles inland from
San Fabian in the northeastern
sector.)
Await City's Fail
Other American' units massing
strength on the central plains- 37
1 wiles south of the Lingayen. gulf
Ftrere believed awaiting the fall of
JUJSailU, live iiiwcro uiiaiiu iiuiu
the eastern rim of the gulf, before
resuming their frontal smash
toward Manila. "
The capture of Rosario would
effectively block the only practical
highway along which Japanese
troops In the Baguio area to the
northeast could mount a counter
attack against the eastern flank
of the American beachhead and
endanger the rear of spearheads
pointed toward Manila.
Supported by the big guns of
warships in the Lingayen gulf,
American doughboys broke into
the outskirts of Rosario Wednes
day despite what Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's communique called
"strong enemy resistance."
Japs Use Artillery -
Field reports said the opposition
came principally from artillery
fend m
wo-han
5nly I
id mortar batteries. little hand-
lo-hand skirmishing was reported.
a few miles east of Rosario
lies an excellent airstrip.
Urdaneta, a road junction 13,
miles south of Rosario, was cap
tured by American units, while
other troops fought in the out-
f skirts of Pozorrubio, halfway be-
ftween Urdaneta and Rosario.
The Japanese, in an 11th hour
attempt to save Urdaneta,
counter-attacked with several so-
called tankettes, but were quickly
repulsed. The tankettes are light,
small tanks carrying 37-millimet-pr
suns, but their armor is so
vulnerable that it cannot with
stand even .50 caliber machine
gun fire.
ilnauquration to
I jBeon Radio KBND
The fourth inauguration cere
tony for President Roosevelt to-
OrrOW will he hrnArfpnst nvpr
jiadio station KBND between 8:45
5$uki y.so a. m., the management
announced today. Features of the
inauguration will be colorfully
-IdeserihnH Kir fuitAM t i
j " '"- "J 1 UllUll fl.f
Walter Compton and Jack Brick-
uuse.
The oaths of office as
"tered to the president and vlce-
"iuem-eiect Truman may be
learly heard, followed bv the
resident's inaugural art rip ens
rom Washington.
MEMORIAL OPPOSED
salem. Ore.. Jan. 19 UP) A nm.
OSed mAmnHal n (
jaor 0f national service met hot
f Ppositlon from labor interests in
fommittee todav. The memm-ini
I froposed by Rep. Warren Erwin,
i' the sernnH nna tn !. 1 1
t "'ii- iu uc iiiiiuuuutru
0 the legislature today.. Another
w is before the senate. -
couts Plan for
Pf Dimes Aid in
uescnutes
nr, 1ds for the Foundation of
n3 lle Para'ysis will be fea
'f tomorrow by the presence
" aoout 36 members of Boy Scout
'roop No. 23, conducting their
Mf-conceived "Block of Dimes"
"J? n Wail street.
Shortly after riav.hnrat lio
scouts plan tn ltno itn nn tho
Ejest side of Wall street between
eniT i?. anJ Minnesota avenues,
"wetting every passerby for
in. ,. lay in a line along the
;'walk. Last year the scouts
Wfr.nated the "mile of dimes,"
;na collected more than $200 for
v of infani'e paralysis.
-""wrs oi tne women's Jun
r league who will participate in
- - fund raisintF ramnaitrn uiprp
announced today by Mrs. Norman
J'lDert. DrPSlrfont Tha wnmon U.H11
-'aff booths in tho turn hanlrs onH
In w,(iD'. j r, ' rr. . "z
lh Ilu Jennys stores
tVsnout the morning hours to-
Happy Family
if: '
- l I M -
Lt. Col. William C. Chenoweth, prisoner of the Japanese in the
Philippines for two and a half years who escaped when a ship laden
with American prisoners was torpedoed, is visiting in Bend this week
wan nis parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Chenoweth. colonel unenowetn,
Bend high school graduate, and his wife, Ann, and their two children,
Nancy and "Cappy," are pictured above.
March of Death Veteran
And Family Visit in Bend
' Lt. Col. William C. Chenoweth, survivor of the "march'of
death," prisoner of the Japanese in the Philippines for iwo
and a half years and one of the 83 Americans who escaped
their captors "when an enemy ship was torpedoed in the
Mindanao island area last Seotember. was meeting friends
in his home town of Bend today, and his emphatic greeting
was : . ,.u ; . ... v-. " ... . .-. J,....:.:,:'
" "I am mighty triad to be back." . .....
- And friends who in recent weeks have been reading of
the experiences of the 83 men who escaped from the.sinking
ship, in which some 750 Amer-
icans had been packed for 17
days and nights, were certain
he meant it.
- However, Colonel Cheno
weth was unable to grant an
interview. Stories of returning
survivors have already been pub
lished in the United States, but,
the young officer points out, each
of these stories had to receive an
army release.
Meets Daughter
But there were many things
Colonel Chenoweth was perfect
ly free to talk about. These in
cluded a reunion with his wife
Ann, who had made her home
with her husband in the Philip
pines until 1941, when war clouds
gathered over the western ' Paci
fic. Also, Colonel Chenoweth was
free to talk about his introduc
tion to a very young lady his
daughter, Nancy, 3, whom he met
for the .first time on his return
to the states. He was also re-introduced
to his son, "Cappy," 4'6.
Mrs. Chenoweth, "Cappy" and
Nancy are here with Colonel
Chenoweth, visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Chenoweth.
Colonel Chenoweth, who was In
jured in the torpedoing of the
Japanese freighter in which he
and some 750 other Americans
were being moved through the
Philippines, is en route to the Hoff
general hospital In Santa Barbara,
Calif. '
On -his arrival In the states late
in. 1944, he was flown across the
United States to the Walter Reed
hospital in Washington. D. C, and
later was In Nichols general hos
pital in Louisvile, Ky. His wife's
home is in the Kentucky city.
(Continued on Page 3)
Annual Block
Polio Dri
The booth solicitors are Mrs.
Vern Larson, Mrs. Melvin Munk
res, Mrs. G. A. Gollihur, Mrs. Mari
on Poor, Mrs. Norman Gilbert,
Mrs. Harold Nicholson and Mrs.
Lee Grant.
Next week, according to Mrs.
Gilbert, the Junior league women
will open booths in the drug stores
as well as in the banks.
The Bend Elks have donated
their hall for the President's an
nual Polio ball to be held the eve
ning of Jan. 27, according to Mrs.
J. F. Arnold, Deschutes county
chairman for the drive. For the
ball, Mrs. Arnold also reported,
the Bend Baking company is do
nating a cake.
Ken Hodkinson was announced
today as the chairman for the
"march of dimes" in local thea
ters. The Junior chamber of com
merce will sponsor polio programs
over radio station KBND.
Visits in Bend
VWOjptaUlgWIIH III.
Cnurtettv Ornron Joumftl
I r P II
Ligm mow rails
Along Cascades
Reports to the state highway
department headquarters in Bend
today indicated that the snow
fall during the early morning
hours centered largely over the
Bend area and the Cascades to the
north, , with clearer and colder
weather being reported to the
south and east. '
Snow plows were coping with
light snowfall on the Santiam and
Wapinitia highways, while main
tenance men on the Willamette
route reported it clear and cold
in that region. Temperatures
there were 15 degrees above zero.
It was also clear and cold south
to Klamath Falls, where 16 de
grees were reported. However,
south and east of thece snow was
reported falling on the Lakeview
Kiamath Falls and the Green
Springs highways.
The temperature was 28 de
grees at Santiam junction and 26
degrees on tne wapinitia, wnere
21 inches of snow was reported.
The forecast was for continued
snow flurries tonight and tomor
row. Legion Chief Asks
Name Restoration
Hood River, Ore., Jan. 19 (Ui
The Hood River American Legion
post today was urged by Edward
N. Scheiberling, national com
mander of the American Legion,
to put back on its honor roll
names of Japanese Americans
which were erased from the roll
last November 28.
The national commander an
nounced in Chicago that he was
recommending restoration of all
of the 16 names erased except
one, that of a soldier who re
ceived a dishonorable discharge
from the army. Scheiberling also
urged the addition of the names
of other Hood River Japanese
Americans now in the armed
forces, and declared: '
"There Is no room in the Amer
ican Legion for racial hatreds or
animosities." .
Surrender Order
Given Nazi Defy
London, Jan. 19 itP The Ger
mans threw boys of 16 and men
of 50 or older into the soviet
breach on their eastern frontier
today and answered Prime Minis
ter Churchill's call for the reich's
immediate surrender with a defi
ant "never."
Pol
Nazis Attack
Upens Up Lane
un west rront
Foe Lashes Out Whenf
Allied Armies Press f
Along Siegfried Line "
Paris, Jan. 19 (IP Three allied
armies were driving the Germans
back into the Siegfried line along
a 100-miles stretch of the north
western front today, but Jn Al
sace a German attack, opened a
corridor from the bridgehead
north of Strasbourg to the nazls'
main front.
Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges'
first army made a general ad
vance ranging up to nearly two
miles, forcing the Germans in the
north side of the flattened Ar
dennes salient to backtrack with
indications they were abandoning
the St. Vith-Houffallze ridge de
fenses, for the safety of the Sieg
fried fortifications. ,
Batter at Hinge
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's
third army battered the Sure
river hinge of the German lines
in Luxembourg in a new drive on
either side of Diekirch, the right
wing of which already was jab
bing at the forefleld of the nazi
westwall.
'; Lt (Gen.-Sir Miles CDempsey's
British second army, supported
by wmte camouflaged tanks,
swept northwestward from Hon-
gen to capture the four German
villages of Stein, Llnd, Havert,
and Schalbruch in 24-hour ad.
vances averaging two miles on
the Dutch appendix front.
I Nazis Make Threat .
- At the other end of the west
em front, however, the sudden
German threat to Strasbourg and
linking of the bridgehead north
of the Alsatian capital with their
front-line positions ot the north
counterbalanced the allied gains
in Luxembourg, Belgium and Hol
land.
Slicing into the flank of Lt.
Gen. Alexander M. Patch's sev
enth army, the Germans overran
the upper Rhine villages of Da
lunden, Stattmatten and Denglo
sheim. A front dispatch said the at
tacks so far had been contained
generally along the line of the
Zorn river, but the Germans were
building up the pressure steadily.
TRAFFIC DEATH REPORTED
Portland, Ore., Jan. 19 U'
Portland's sixth traffic death in
less- than three weeks occurred
yesterday when William Mans
field, 41, died in a hospital after
suffering injuries when struck by
an automobile Wednesday while
crossing a street. Driver of the
car was Julius J. Peterson, 32, of
Portland.
Bend Veterans Face Problems
Created By Return of Nippons
Problems created by the return
of Japanese to their west coast
homes affect the entire commu
nity and thus should be dealt
with by the community rather
than by any one organization,
members of Percy A. Stevens
post No. 4, American Legion,
agreed at a regular meeting last
night in the courthouse.
The matter arose when a letter
was read from the district com
mander of the American Legion
asking the opinion of the local
body on the stand taken by the
Hood River post in regard to
Japanese.
Provisions of the U. S. employ
ment service in regard to veter
ans were discussed by Chase E.
St. Clair, veterans employment
officer of the Bend area office.
St. Clair stated that many 19-to-22-year-old
veterans are coming
nome wnn nonorabie discharges.
Men in this age range, he said,
frequently have not graduated
from high school and have never
been gainfully employed as they j
enlisted at the age of 17 or 18.
Such veterans, he said, would
probably profit by taking advan
tage of the educational provisions
of the G.I. bill of rights to learn
a trade or train for a professional
career.
May Chance Jobs
veterans, he said, are not af
fected by the Job-freeze and may I
n
Fromit
IC
dls
Kobe, Japs' Biggest Port,
Target of U. S.
I
-Washington, Jan. 19 (in A
strong fleet of B-29 Superfor
tresses bombed industrial targets
at Osaka, Japan's greatest manu
facturing center, Kobe, her larg
est port,, and elsewhere on the
main enemy home island of Hon
shu in daylight today.
The giant four-englned bomb
ers struck at Honshu for the
fourth time this month while Ad
miral William F. Halsey's hard
hitting Third fleet remained for
a third day under radio silence
that screened preparations for
new carrier-based raids on Japa
nese bases south of the homeland.
;A brief war department an
nouncement disclosed that Brig.
Gen. Haywood S. Hansen's 21st
bomber command had hit Honshu
from bases in the Marianas and
promised additional details follow-
Angling Protest
k
SDortsmen of Deschutes coun
ty will gather tonight in a public
meeting to collectively voice a
firotest to the proposed late open
ng of the up-river fishing season.
The meeting is called for 7:30
p. m, in the circuit courtroom at
the courthouse.
Frank B. Wire, state game bu
tvisry- wlll-be'-present -to hear
objections, to tne game commis
sion's ruling which tentatively
sets May 12 as opening day for
the fishing season m tne ucs
chutes south of Bend.
Local sportsmen are irked by
the late opening, contending that
in comparison with the proposed
April 14 opening in coast and
eastern Oregon counties and the
April 28 opening of the lower
Deschutes, the proposed late up-
river season is unjust.
Bend fishermen are planning
to attend the meeting almost en
masse, and it is expected that res
olutions of recommendation to
the game commission will be
passed and forwarded to that
body for consideration tn its final
meeting on January 27.
There is talk also of revitaliz
ing the Deschutes County Sports-
mens association. Inactive for
several months because of the ill
ness of Ross Farnum, its presi
dent, after the business at hand
has been taken care of.
All persons interested in Cen
tral Oregon fishing are urged to
attend.
ACTIVITY NOTED
Rome, Jan. 19 nil Considerable
activity has been observed be
hind German lines opposite the
American salient, 10 miles south
of Bologna, but its significance
has not been ascertained, head
quarters said today as the lull on
the Italian fronts continued.
change jobs In defense industries.
According to law they may have
their old Job back providing they
apply for it within 90 days or dis
charge. According to former pro.
visions of the law, application for
their former job had to be made
within 60 days of discharge but,
as It was found that many vet
erans did not care to go to work
immediately upon discharge, the
application period was length
ened. Following discharge and prior
to going to work veterans are
eligible to receive unemployment
compensation of $20 per week.
Renewal of memberships were
sent to four former members.
They were: Maj. Frank R. Prince,
Maj. Walter E. Peak and Capt.
Robert McClanathan, all of whom
served In World War I and are
now serving in World War II.
Charles Triplett, who Joined the
local post after receiving an hon
orable discharge from the army
Idurinir current hostilities and
then enlisted In the seabees, also
had his membership renewed.
A Joint meeting will be held
with the auxiliary on Feb. 1, D.
Ray Miller, commander, an
nounced. The following Loglon
naires were appointed to the re
freshment committee: P. N. Arm
strong, Ivan Murphy, Robert E.
Burleigh, chairman, and B. A.
Shellhart.
Dim
Take
ing the return of raiders.'-
Tokyo radio said 80 B-29's par
ticipated in the attack, aiming
mainly at the Osaka-Kobe area
and Hamamatsu, 130 miles to the
east. "Some damage" was caused;
a Japanese communique said.
Osaka, 250 miles west of Tokyo,
is Japan's second largest city and
greatest war production center.
Its factories turn out iron, steel,
ships, tanks, planes, guns and ex
plosives. Kobe, a few miles to the
west, handles more shipping than
any other single Japanese port
and also is a shipbuilding aid rail
way equipment manufacturing
center.
Hamamatsu is a less Important
manufacturing city on the Tokyo-Nagoya-Osaka
railway. -
Tokyo previously has reported
Fourth Inauguration of FDR
To Be Simple and Also Brief
Thousands Seek Admission, But Requests Are
Met With Definite "No"; 7,000 Are Invited
Washington, Jan. 19 (U.R) - The White House today was
like the office of a ticket broker intimately involved with a
Broadway hit.
Almost everybody who
was being bombarded with last minute requests, for tickets
to. President Roosevelt's fourth inauguration. .torqorrow. ,
Judging- by the invariable response to these requests, the
president is surrounded by no-men and no-men.
They turned down literally thousands of ticket bids be
cause this year s inauguration,
unlike the gaudy affairs of the
past, is going to be as simple as
possible.
Roosevelt feels that this is
no time for a costly spectacle
that would draw swarms of spec
tators to the capital and strain
further already overburdened war
transportation facilities. So only
about 7,000 persons received invi
tations to stand in the back yard
of the White House and watch
the ceremony..
The plans call for a simple
swearing In ceremony on the
south portico of the White House,
starting at noon Saturday and
lasting no more than 15 or 20
minutes. The president will try to
keep his Inaugural address to 500
words.
The ceremony and accompany
ing White House functions, Roose
velt has estimated, will cost no
more than $2,000.
The first event of the inaugura
tion week-end will be a banquet
tonight at the Mayflower hotel
given by members of the presi
dential electoral college.
2 Bend Brothers
On Casualty List
Pfc. Ellsworth C. Frelllnger, 22,
has been missing In action In
Germany since November 14, and
his brother Pfc. Clifford D. Frell
lnger, 19, was seriously wounded
In fighting In Belgium on Decem
ber 27, his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Frelllnger, former Bend
residents who now live In Renton,
Wash., have been notified. Both
boys entered the service from
Bend. Ellsworth was with The
Shevelln-Hixon Company and
Clifford with the Bend Iron
Works.
Ellsworth's wife and three
small children, Diana Jean, 2;
Dennis Dean, 3; and Lawrence
Lester, two months, arc making
their home In Bend. The two
soldiers are brothers of Bonnie
Williams of Bend.
Portland Drivers
Must Show Tags
Portland, Ore., Jan. 19 U A
drive by state police on motorists
who have been delinquent In af
fixing thnlrl94.r) registration stick
ers to their windshields his re
sulted in a considerable lessening
of numbers found on the streets,
the Portland police bureau report
ed todav.
Assisted by all other traffic of
ficers, the state police are now
under orders to arrest every mo
torist not showing the sticker
which Is Issued in lieu of a license
plate.
Col
Id Cfel
Sky
Forts
several nuisance raids on, and re
connaissance flights over, . the
Osaka-Kobe area, but It never hud
been hit in Btrength by the Super
fortresses. The . Japanese Domel agency
satd several echelons of B-29's also
made "scattered raids" today on
the Chubu and Klnkl districts, a
wide belt of territory running
from coast to coast across central
Honshu, FCC monitors said.
The Japanese warned the resi
dents of Formosa to expect inten
sified large-scale air raids In the
future, a Formosa domestic broad
cast reported by the FCC said.
"The ferocity of the war now
raging is unprecedented in the
war annals ot the world, and the
Japanese empire is really facing
a crisis," the official statement
said.
works in the executive mansion
FDR, Stettinius
To Attend Parley
Washington, Jan. 19 (IPiSecro
tary of State Edward R. Stet
tinius, Jr., announced today that
he will accompany President
Roosevelt to the forthcoming
meeting of the big three.
Stettinius made his statement
at a press conference after Presi
dent Roosevelt had given him an
OK to discuss the matter.
The British previously had an
nounced that Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden would accompany
Prime Minister Winston tjnurcn
111 to the meeting.
"The nresldent invited me sev
eral weeks ago to accompany him
on his forthcoming trip," Stet
tinius said.
"Did you accept the invita
tion?" he was asked.
There was no answer but a roar
of laughter by the correspondents
and the secretary.
Stettinius then specifically said
that he would go with the presi
dent and that he also would be
present at the forthcoming meet
ing of American foreign min
isters in Mexico City, now sched
uled to begin on Feb: 15.
LEGISLATURE ADJOURNED
Salem, Ore., Jan. 19 mi The
Oregon legislature adjourned un
til Monday morning, early today.
The house will reconvene at 11
a. m., the senate at 10 a. m.
'Blaze', Dog With 'A' Rating,
Reported Met By U. S. Major
Washington, Jan. 19 (in The
cross-country priority flight of
Blaze, Col. Elliott Roosevelt's big
bull mastiff, brought new expres
sions of displeasure on Capitol
hill today despite the war de
partment's promise to prevent
repetition of such "mistakes."
One prominent senator, who de
clined use of his name, pointed
angrily to reports that an army
major had met Blaze when he
landed In California after his trip
from Washington and escorted the
115 pound dog to the home of
Col. Roosevplt's wife, movie ac
tress Faye Emerson.
"If the army has so much help
that It can send majors around
chaperoning dogs," he said, "I fall
to see how it justifies the adminis
tration's arguments that the man
power situation is so critical that
a national service act is needed."
The disclosure that the dog was
met by an army officer was made
Krakow Seized
By Stalin Men;
il
Russian Units Drive to
Lodz in New Gains Along
Flaming Eastern Barrier
London, Jan. 19 'IB Krakow,
ancient capital of Poland and ad
ministrative seat of the German
occupation forces, fell today to
a red army offensive which Mos
cow said had collapsed the entire
nazl front across Poland. . . 1
The First Ukrainian army.
stormed Krakow today while oth
er Russian 'forces were driving
into Louz, Poland s second largest
city, and biggest industrial cen
ter, and were reported unofficial
ly to be probing into Germany be
yond the Silesian border.
A fourth red army was revealed
to have Joined the great Russian
offensive. The Fourth Ukrainian
army went into action Monday in
the Carpathian border area of
south Poland, broke through on a
broad front, and advanced up to
50 miles.-
Konev Takes Krakow
Marshal Stalin, in his second
order of the day today after first
reporting the new offensive, an
nounced that Krakow feu to Mar
shal Ivan S. Konev's forces which
stormed the city frontally while,
sending other units around" lt in
a flanking maneuver. :
Stalin called Krakow "the an
cient capital and the most impor
tant cultural and political center
of our ally, Poland, a powerful
center of defense of the Germans
covering the Dabrova coal mining
district."
Krakow fell two days after the
capture of Warsaw. The Lublin"
radio prematurely reported tne
fall of Krakow on the same day
Warsaw was taken.
Front Collapses
The Moscow radio said the en
tire German front In Poland had
collapsed,, and warned the nazls
that they must surrender now If
they are to sidestep utter and im
minent catastrophe.
Soviet dispatches indicated that
the sweep through Poland had
carried across the border into
German Silesia, and the nazl high
command admitted that the battle
of Germany had begun with a vio
lent struggle for the homeland's
"eastern provinces."
Marshal Stalin, in one of his
earliest special orders of the day
ever broadcast from Moscow, an
nounced the opening of the new
offensive In the Polish - Slovak
border area In concert with the
advance by the left wing of Mar
shal Ivan S. Konev's First Ukrain
ian army.
Gen. Ivan Y. Petrov's Fourth
Ukrainian army jumped off from
a springboard west of Sanok last
Monday, broke through a strong
ly fortified German defense sys
tem, and in four days of bloody
battles advanced up to 50 miles on
a 37-mile front.
4 Drives Launched
Moscow now has confirmed the
synchronized offensives by four
red armies in Poland. By Ger
man account, at least one and pos
sibly two more were in action in
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by Miss emerson during her trip
here from California to attend
the fourth-term inaugural cere
mony tomorrow. She arrived
shortly before 9 a. m. today but
had "no comment at this time"
for reporters and photographers
who met her at the station. Miss
Emerson was accompanied by her
4 year old son by a previous
marriage, William Wallace Craw
ford III.
A "complete report" on Blaze's
aerial travels was demanded by
Rep. George P. Miller, D., Calif.
His congressional district Included
the home of one of the three
servicemen forced off Blaze's
plane while the dog was permit
ted to complete the flight to Holly
wood. Miller said the serviceman, sea
man 1c Leon Leroy of Antioch,
Calif., had seen foreign service
and should have been entitled to
special consideration in remaining
4th Army Hits
aboard.