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NAZI DRIVE ENDANGERS ALSATIAN
Seventh Army
Yields as Foe:
lank Units Hit
Enemy Moves to Ca'nat
Close to Strasbourg tn
Dangerous New Thrust
Paris, Jan. 20 U ' German
armored forces today deepened
their wedge eight miles north of
Strasbourg in a thrust toward one
of the two highways which link
the Alsatian capital with Its Sa
verne gap lifeline through the
Vosges. .
Front dispatches reported a
erowlne might tojhe German as
sault, which is designed to retake
Strasbourg, and Lt. Gen. Alexan
der M. Patch's Seventh army was
' fighting stubbornly to hold back
the nazi threat.
Clinton D. Conger, United Press
war correspondent on the Stras
bourg front, reported the nazis
have been heavily reinforced on
their bridgehead south of the
Hagenua forest and that the main
weight of the German assault cen
ters on what formerly was a mere
nuisance foothold.
Weather Is Factor
The fate of Strasbourg, it was
reported, may hinge on whether a
break in the weather enables
American tactical air forces to
strike at the bridges which the
nazis have thrown across the
, Rhine.
Driving snowstorms blanketed
t )he. entire western iropt .tWa,
morning, snacituiig me tuui air
forces and slowing down the
Anglo-American counter drives
again the enemy's Ardennes and
Roer river salients.
Under cover of the miserable
weather, the nazis were reported
massing strong armored forces in
their bridgehedad north of Stros
bourg, which now had been linked
up to their main front facing the
Maglnot line along the northern
edge of the Hagenau forest.
Hold Initiative
American First and Third army
troops retained the initiative all
around the shrinking Ardennes
pocket, where there were increas
ing Indications that the Germans
were pulling their remaining pan
zer divisions back into the Sieg
fried line.
Similarly, the British Second
army drive northwest of Aachen
was pushing steadily forward
within a half-dozen miles of the
ISoer at some points in spite of the
"aow and sub-freezing tempera
"tures. But at the southern end of the
battle line the Germans were hit
ting back hard and with mount
ing weight in what appeared to be
the second blow of a one-two win
ter campaign launched with the
battle of the Ardennes.
Nazis Battered
At least three German divisions
were reported battering into the
aevenm army lines around Hatten
and Just west of the Rhine above
Strasbourg, with seven to nine
more divisions wheeling into at
tack positions on a 50-mile front
running north from the Alsatian
capital to Hatten and thence west
to Bitche.
Massed German tanks and in
fantrymen charged head-on into
the Maginot line bunkers at Hat
ten, striking from the east, north
east and southeast In an attempt
tO drive A Wfvtrro Intn Via A mar.
ins' Interlocking lanes of fire.
Cowboy and Bull Tangle;
Rider Is Sure He Is 4-F
Pueblo, Colo., Jan. 20 IIP) At
w), George Fox, a cowboy, decided
oday that he "ain't the man he'
used to be."
Fox was riding the range when
met an angry bull which:
Knocked him off his horse, broke
ankle, broke three ribs, chased
in. linder a wagon, chased him
Wo the wagon, then held him at
oay for three hours until friends
rescued him.
CORRECTION MADE
'n publishing a dispatch from
Madras yesterday, The Bulletin
i n error when It stated that
ink Todd, 66, of Warm Springs,
naa been found guilty of selling
tin ,r t0 an Indian and was fined
L Ji"- developed today that Todd
ra been found guilty of intoxica-
y una was fined the S10, and
er spending two days in the
frlr3 Jal1 was tan by federal
authorities to Portland to face the
court 8 charge in federal
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CENTRA!- OREGON'S, DAILY NEWSPAPER
Doughboys Advance Through Luzon
. , ' , (m TeUvhato)
Pushing forward single file through rice fields, these American Infantrymen advance from beachheads neai
Blnmaley, Luzon, as they pursue Nips In face of light opposition. Photo by willard Hatch, NEA-Acme photog
rapher for War Picture Pool. . . , j ; .. ;'
Children Killed,
Washington, Jan. 20. Pi Nazi
commandants of a prison camp in
lwow were accused by tne soviet
Union of shooting Russian child
ren like clay pigeons, , freezing
men to death in barrels of water,
and slashing boys in half with
hatchets.
The accusations were made In
the latest official Soviet report on
war crimes committed by the
nazis in the Lwow area crimes
that the Soviet union charged
resulted in the extermination of
700,000 Soviet citizens, plus na
tionals of other United nations.
The report 1 was printed in the
Soviet embassy's information bul
letin. One part of the report told
about S. S. Obersturmfuehrer
Gustav Wilhouse who, "partly for
sDort arid partly to amuse his
wife and daughter, used to fire
regularly from a tommy gun on
the balcony of the camp office at
prisoners occupied in the work
shop."
"Then he woum pass nis tommy
gun to his wife, who also shot at
them," the report said.
Japanese Say 121
Allied Ships'Hit
Tokyo, Jan. 20 (IPi Tokyo ra
dio, reviewing its claims of dam
age to American shipping off
Luzon, reported today that 121
ships had been sunk or damaged
during the 10-day period begin
ning Jan. 3.
The enemy claim, heard by
United Press in San Francisco,
asserted that eight aircraft car
riers, a battleship, 12 other war
ships and tl transports had been
sunk and another carrier, eight
warships and 14 transports dam
aged. s
State Board Plans
Study of Exchange
Salem. Ore., Jan. 20 HP The
state board of forestry and Nels
Rogers,' state forester, will con
duct an investigation during the
next week or two into the pro
posed exchange of timber lands
between the Fremont national
forest and The Shcvlin Hlxon
Company, Rogers said today.
Klamath and Lake counties are
protesting the exchange.
At a meeting of the board here
yesterday, it was decided to make
the investigation before any rec
ommendation is made. Rogers
said that a report will be ready
in "10 days or two weeks.
CHUTE SAVES MAX
Santa Rosa. Calif., Jan. 20 lift
2nd Lt. Richard D. Kramer, of
Richland, Wash., parachuted to
safety yesterday before the twin
engined fighter plane he was pilot
ing crashed one mile west of El
Verano, Calif., army officials an
nounced today. '
Kramer suffered only minor injuries.
THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JAN. 20, 1945
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Japs SinkU. S.
Gun Survivors,
Enemy- .Sub Revealed to Have Operated Off
; ' Pacific Coast; 10 Members of Crew Killed r
San Francisco, Jan. 20 (U.E) A Japanese submarine,
roaming the Pacific between Honolulu and San Francisco.
torpedoed and sank the Liberty
vember and machine-gunned
least 10 oi tne YO-man crew and wounding six others.
The incident, believed to be the first submarine action near
the American mainland since Oct. 25, 1942, was reported yes
terday in navy-sponsored interviews with survivors. '
The 60 survivors were spotted by search planes and
Block of Dimes
Aids Polio Fund
The Boy Scouts' unique scheme
of conducting a "block of dimes"
for the purpose of raising funds
for the Foundation of Infantile
Paralysis, today was crowned
with success, when by midafter
noon It appeared that the young
sters would complete the silvery
line on Wall street between Ore
gon and Minnesota avenues. The
fund-raising plan was conceived
by the scouts in last year's polio
drive, when more than $200 was
raised.
It was evident that this amount
would be exceeded today, when
shortly after noon the scouts re
ported they had collected nearly
$150, and they planned to "hold
the line" until 6 p.m More than 30
scouts, members of Troop No. 23,
staged the event, asking each
passerby to lay a coin on the chalk
line.
Meantime the "march of dimes"
program got under way in Red
mond with boys and girls holding
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Roosevelt Inaugurated President 4th Time
By Lyle C. Wilson
' (United Preo 8Uff Correspondent)
' Washington, Jan. 20 W Frank
lin Delano Roosevelt, inaugurated
today as president of the United
States for the fourth time, warned
that we shall have no lasting
peace If we approach its commit
ments with suspicion, mistrust,
and fear.
He took the oath of his office
on the south portico of the White
House instead of the east capltol
steps where inaugurations tradi
tionally are held. Some 7,000 spe
cially invited guests stood on the
snow-sodden lawn below him.
Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone
administered the oath a few min
utes after noon. Just before
Roosevelt was sworn in, his 1944
running mate, Harry S. Truman
of Missouri took the oath of of
fice as vice president. If was ad
ministered by Henry A. Wallace,
who was chosen by Roosevelt as
his campaign partner In 1940 but
was discarded last year In favor
Rice Paddies
Ship, Machine
Navy Reports
ship John A. Johnson last No
and rammed survivors, killing at
rescued the following day by
the navy motor yacht Argus.
The torpedo str ck without
warning and the men aban
doned ship when she began to
break up. A half hour later the
submarine surfaced on the moon
lit waters and criss-crossed the
oil-smeared sea in search of sur
vivors who hid behind floating
sacks of flour. and prayed.
Chatter tike Monkeys
The Japs gleefully ran up and
down the deck of the submarine,
chattering like monkeys, and
shouting "banzai" while they
sprayed the waters with machine
gun bullets and rammed loaded
lifeboats, Lt. (j.g.) Wynn Del
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Rancher Brings Steak
But OPA Spots Hoofs
Worland, Wyo., Jan. 20
(Ift-
Irked because his favorite restau
rant was out of steaks, Bob Or
chard, a rancher and stockman,
left the eating place to return a
short time later with his own beef
on the hoof which he offered to
the case "as is."
The management declined the
offer because the animal had not
gone through regular rationing
channels. .
of the Missourian.
Roosevelt, Truman, their fami
lies, and their closest political as
sociates and friends were In the
shelter of the south portico.
, The other card-holding, care
fully sifted guests stood down be
low, churning a two -inch snow
into the White House turf. This
was not the worst inauguration
weather of record the Taft af
fair in 1909 and Roosevelt's 1937
ceremony were in a class by them
selves. But this was no day for an
outdoor party unless the date was
fixed by the constitution.
For the president this day was
one of prayer. For him It began
with family prayers at 10 a.m.
in the east room of the White
House. On each of his successive
inaugurations he has thus sought
divine guidance.
To the inaugural guests after
the oath-taking he said:
"We pray now to Him for the
vision to seek our way clearly
to see the way that leads to a
Jan; fynpftinn
NewLandingin
Manila Region
U. S. Armored Columns
Advance 50 Miles on
Route to Island Capital
By William B. Dickinson
(United j'reu War Corrcaponiient)
General MacArthur's Headquar
ters, Luzon, Jan. 20 (IB American
armored columns have driven 50
miles- inland along the road to
Manila and are only 25 miles from
the great Clark field constellation
ft airdromes, front reports said
loaay.
" Sixth army forces In "fair
strength" were within a few miles
ef the road hub and provincial
capital of Tarlac, 65 air miles
liorth of Manila, dispatches said.
Patrols were even farther south.
1 (A Japanese Dome) dispatch re
ported by the FCC said American
reconnaissance operations in
Southern Luzon indicated that a
new landing may be planned
south of Manila.)
I, Bridge Constructed
4 Construction of a heavy bridge
cross the Agno river some 22
(tilles inland eased the transport
broblem and enabled the Amer
icans to resume their southward
inarch after halting several days
to bring up supplies and reinforce
ments.'- . -
On the western flank, American
tfetrols "reached the crest oi the
Zambales ' mountains arid reaon-
noltered Dasol bay on the west
coast of Luzon against negligible
resistance. These forces were ex
pected to strike down the coast
toward Bataan, where Americans
and Filipinos made a bloody last
stand in early 1942.
Though the forces advancing
across the central Luzon plains
were approximately 50 miles in
land by road, the straight-line air
distance from the Lingayen gulf
beachhead area was close to 40
miles.
Use Two Highways
The Americans were striking
down two highways, routes 3 and
13, which merge at Tarlac, ap
proximately half way from the
Lingayan gulf beachhead to Ma
nila bay. .
The column on route 13 overran
Santa Ignacia, 13 miles northwest
of Turlac, in the eastern foothills
of the Zambales mountains yes
terday after a six-mile advance
from Camiling. Ten miles to the
east, other units" were well south
of Panlqui, 13 miles north of Tar
lac, on route 3.
Thbugh both columns were In
"sizeable" strength and on the
march again after pausing to con
solidate their positions, they ap
peared to be feeling their way
cautiously for the moment against
the possibility of an enemy trap
preparatory to launching a full
scale attack that is expected to
carry to Clark field, 21 miles south
of Tarlac.
NEW ATTACK LAUNCHED
Paris, Jan. 20 U' The French
'First army today launched a sur
prise attack in a blinding blizzard
along a 25-mlle frdnt on the south
face of the Colmar pocket In an
apparent effort to relieve nazi
pressure on threatened Stras
bourg, 60 miles to the north.
President Roosevelt
better life for ourselves and for
all our fellow men to the achieve
Sportsmen Ask for Opening
Of Deschutes River April 14
State Game Supervisor Present for Meeting; "
Association Is Reorganized, Officers Picked
, Protesting the tentative May. 12 opening of fishing season
on the upper Deschutes, Bend sportsmen last night paused a
resolution urging the state game commission, to reconsider
the opening date and urging that the entire Deschutes river
and its tributaries, with the exceptions of waters already
closed, be opened to fishing on April 14.
Upward of 60 local fishermen attended the meeting to dis
cuss local fishing conditions and vote recommendations to the
commission. . ' : "
The body's resolution also recommends that the Deschutes
also be kept closed from Sheep
bridge to Deschutes bridge, as
it has Been, to protect the
brood fish in Crane Prairie-Cow-Camp
waters, where the
commission plans to take eggs
lor , propagation when man
power is again available.
Would Protect Lakes
It was also urged that opening
of Davis lake and North and
South Twin lakes be not earlier
than May 30, to protect spawn
ing rainbow, and that a special
patrolman be stationed in that
area during the fishing season to
control poaching and predators,
New life was given to the Des
chutes County Sportsmen's asso
ciation with the election of new
officers, charged with the resnon-
sibility of promoting regular
meetings. Elected were M. L. My
rick, president; Elmer Prater,
vice president: Don H. Peonies.
secretary, and John Wetle, George
ChUds. James Gtlf Ulln, Farley El
liott, Marshal Hunt, Lloyd Douth
lt and Bert White, directors.-
' Present for the meeting was
Frank B. Wire, state game su
pervisor, who listened to discus
sions and spoke briefly. Also pres
ent was William Niskanen, rep
resentative in the state legisla
ture from Deschutes county.
Navy's Demand
For Lumber Big .
Portland, Ore., Jan. 20 nil The
Portland lumber branch of the
navy bureau of yards and docks
purchased 625,715,056 board feet
of northwest lumber last year
and will require at least that
much during 1945, Lt. Eric O.
Strom, In charge of the Portland
branch office, revealed today.
In the next three months the
office must obtain 100 million
feet of lumber so that navy con
struction battalions can keep up
with the rapidly advancing forces
In the Pacific. Almost 100 per
cent of the navy's northwest pur
chases in the next few months
will go to the Pacific.
Six Red Stamps
May Be Validated
Washlnton, Jan. 20 (Ui The of-
tnn nf nrino nHmlnlufrn Hon uultl
probably validate six red stamps,
worth 60 points for the five
week period from Jan. 28 through
March 3, lt was learned tody.
Only five red stamps, or 50
points, were validated for the cur-
rent ration period, which Is only
tour weens long.
The probable higher number of
points for the next period will not
mean any Increase in the point-
purchasing power of the house-
wife, It was poi. :ed out. .
ment of His will to peace or
earth."
The cost of the war Is a fear
ful cost, he told them, and frorr
It we are learning our lesson. Anc"
he promised better days to come
"We Americans today, together
with our allies," the president sak'
"are passing through a period of
supreme test. It is a test of our
courage of our resolve of our
wisdom of our essential decency.
"If we meet that test success
fully and honorably we shall per
form a service of historic impor
tance which men and women and
children will honor throughout
all time."
Challenring the Isolationist phi
losophy, Roosevelt said we had
learned that we must "live as men,
not as ostriches, nor dogs in the
manger."
In the peace, he said, we shall
strive for perfection, knowing
that It Is unobtainable at once
but knowing, too, that we "cannot
live alone at peace, that our own
ft
CAPITAL
U. S. Bombs Hit
Jap Plane Plant
Headquarters, 21st Bomber
Command, Guam, Jan. 20 Ui
(Via Navy Radio) Hundreds of
bombs raining down from yester
day's Superfortress raid hit the
important Kawasaki aircraft plant
"right on the nose, presumably;
causing heavy damage, . strike
damage photographs revealed to
day. 'Meanwhile, Indications grew
that the raid on the huge plant
near Kobe on Japan's main Island
of Honshu was the most success
ful attack ever undertaken by
Marlanas-based Superforts on
Japanese aircraft plant. .
Photo Intelligence officers
studying pictures taken by the
last element of B-29's counted at
least 315 bomb hits in a 400-foot
radius of the factory and- listed
the following definite hits:.".- '
lilts Listed
1. A concentration of bursts in
the engine plant assembly plant
warehouse and dispersal area
(the large alrlleld adjacent to the
plant.)
2. Fires burning on the north
south and west portions of the
engine plant building.
3. Two thirds of the south and
west portions of the engine plant
completely gutted from lire and
blast damage.
4. The forge foundry building
area covered by smoke.
5. The warehouse area across
railroad tracks from the foundry
received six hits.
Man Questioned
In Klamath Death
Klamath Falls. Ore.. Jan. 20 (IP
Archie O. 'Davlg, 42-year-old rail
road brakeman, was questioned
today for his possession of a gun
that state police tests show was
used in the killing of his friend,
John R. Ewlng.
Ewing's bullet riddled body was
found on highway U. S. 97, south
of Klamath Falls, Jan. 12 and he
died that afternoon. Davlgbrought
the gun to Sheriff Lloyd Low sev
eral days later, explaining he
found it In his car which he had
J0""' to Ewlng before his death.
Davlg was arrested after he had
visited a funeral pai:r to view
Ewing's body.
NAMSLAU NEW TARGET
London, Jan. 20 P The Ger-
man high command reported to-
night that the red army had
driven a spearhead Into Namslau,
six miles inside Germany, 29 miles
east of Breslau, and exactly 200
miles southeast of Berlin.
well being is dependent on the
well hclng of other peoples far
away."
"We can gain no lusllng peace,"
he continued, "only if we pro
ceed with the understanding and
confidence and courage which
flow from conviction."
Diplomats, political figures of
local and national Importance, the
cabinet, the Judiciary, the top fig
ures of the armed service, and a
few campaign contributors were
In the crowd of inauguration
guests. They listened in chill and
solemn silence as Roosevelt ut
tered his fourth Inaugural ad
dress of 540 words. He told them It
was appropriate that this occa
sion be both simple and brief.
To the south, outside the White
House fence and some hundred
yards away, was the public. Loud
speakers carried the words ut
tered up there on the south por
tico but the public couldn't see
much nor distinguish who was
who.
Weather Forecast
Snow 'flurries east portion to
day; otherwise clear today, to
night and Sunday. Colder tonight
east of Cascades.
NO. 39 .
rassoa
Russians Dash
To Foe Border
On Long Front
Reds Cut Distance to
Berlin to 200 Miles;
Five Stalin Armies Hit
London, Jan. 20 (EE) Mar
shal Stalin tonight announced .
that the red army had crum
pled the north wing of the
German defenses in East
Prussia, capturing the great
transport center of Tilsit and
three other strategic towns.
London, Jan. 20 iin Red armies
massed along a 60-mile stretch of
the German border within an
even 200 miles of Berlin today
and plunged into East Prussia
from the south in a bold bid to
trap the German defenders of the
Junker province - .
The German high command re
ported that - Marshal Konstantin
K. .Rokossovsky's army had in
vaded southwestern East Prussia
on a 37-mlle front between Chor
zele and GUbenburg, the latter
only 71 miles from the Baltic.
Other Russian forces reached
the area of Kepno, seven miles
from the Silesian ' frontier, 43
miles east of Breslau, and 60
miles northwest; of Czestochowa,
the opposite end of a border sec-
.tor intp which, the sqvlets were
flooding for an invasion drive,,
which may have begun.
Five Armies Strike
Moscow dispatches said fivei
soviet armies, striking progres
sively stronger blows, had set
their sights on Danzig, Poznan
and Breslau as the next major .
objectives In their "winter vic
tory" offensive, now In Its eighth
day.
Ernst von Hammer, military
commentator for the official Ger
man DNB agency, acknowledged
that Russian tanks had penetrat
ed East Prussia from the south
as far as Gllgenburg, Just Inside
the border at a point 90 miles
south of Konigsberg and 85 miles
southeast of Danzig.
He also conceded that soviet
forces pushing eastward along the
Konigsberg-Kaunas railway had ,
battled into the eastern outskirts '
of Gumbinnen, 20 miles inside the
eastern borders of East Prussia
and 74 miles east of Konigsberg,
capital of Germany's easternmost
province.
Two-thirds of Poland already '
has been liberated, Moscow dis
patches jubilantly reported.
Nazis Face Death
The entire 600-mile front wind
ing up from the Carpathians was
fast becoming a great death
chamber for the pick of Ger
many's eastern armies as soviet
flying columns slashed across
their lines of retreat and low- .
flying planes raked them with
bombs and gunfire from dawn to
dark.
At least 10,000 nazis were killed
and 3,100 captured in the past 24
hours alone and the enemy's
losses In men and material were
mounting at a staggering rate.
Alarmed German leaders strug
gled to rally their people against
the oncoming red army tide which
already had overrun the north
eastern corner of East Prussia
and more than half of Poland was
threatening momentarily to spill
over into Silesia.
The four kingpins of the elabo
rate German defensive system In
Poland Tarnow, Krakow, Lodz
and Mlava all fell Into soviet
hands yesterday.
Nip Officials to
Hide Underground
Washington, Jan. 20 IIP) Japan
today announced the allocating of
$400,000,000 io move government
offices underground on a per
manent basis" and otherwise ex
pand air raid defenses.
The announcement, broadcast
by the official Domel news agen
cy, underlined the gravity with
which Japan views the expanding
American air offensive against
her home islands.
ARMISTICE REPORTED
London, Jan. 20 IP Radio Mos
cow said tonight that an armistice
agreement between the provision
al Hungarian government, and
the allied powers has been signed
in Moscow. .