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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
Volume LIU
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JAN. 27. 1945
NO. 45
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Japanese Slow
Drive of Yanks
TowardManila
U. S. Forces Now Only
40 Miles From Capital;
Nips Say Ships Bagged
By William B. Dickinson
(United Praia War Correepondent)
Gen, , MacArthur's Headauar
ters, Luzon, Jan. 27 IIP) Stiffen
ing Japanese resistance slowed1
the American drive on Manila
barelv 40 airline miles north ol
the Philippines capital today as
field dispatches said the enemy
had started shelling the recap
tured air base at Clark field.
( A Tok vo broadcast recorded by
FCC said Japanese- submarines
had torpedoed and heavily, dam
aeed two American transports
) and a seaplane tender in the Min
danao sea soum 01 ieyie in me
southern Philippines.)
Japanese artillery and mortar
fire turned the Clark field air
strips temporarily into a no man's
land and American vanguards
were pulling back slightly while
guns and planes worked over the
enemy emplacements in the hills
to the west.
Tanks Give Aid
American medium tanks in con
siderable numbers also were re
inforcing the southern spearhead
pointed toward Manila. Recon
naissance patrols had penetrated
as far south as Angeles, some 40
air miles northwest of Manila
and four miles south of the main
Clark field air center. , '
The Japanese were not exnected
to make more than a delaving
stand in the Clark field area. Thev
were believed attempting to pain
t, i time to establish defenses farther
, 1 to tne southeast, presumably at
kllhe San Fernando river or at Cal-
umpit. the latter only 25 miles
from Manila.
Jap Guns Seized
Troops of the 40th division
combing the hills west and north
west of Clark field already have
cantured a number of Japanese
puns and machine-gun nests bv
passed in the ranld advance south
of the Bamban river.
Far to the north, the first corps
outflanked Rosario, Japanese
anchor stronghold in the north
east corner of the invasion front,
with the occupation of high
ground northeast of the town and
the capture of Cauringan, three
miles southeast.
Other First corns troops push
ing through San Manuel, 16 miles
southeast of Rosario, destroyed an
enemy tank in sharp fighting
farther east and north.
Dalles Phvsician
Leavinq Board
Salem, Ore., Jan. 27 (IB Gov.
Farl Knell todav annninted Dr. C.
E. Hardwich, Hood R'ver, to the
state board of health, to succeed
Dr. Thompson Coberth, The
Dalles.
Dr. Coberth's term expired on
Jan. 15, Gov. Snell said, and added
that he was anxious to have him
continue as a member of the
board. 1
"However," the governor said,
"on account of pressure of busi
ness and personal - health, he
wished to be relieved of member
shiD." Dr. Hardwick is a graduate of
the University of Oregon medical
school, and has practiced in Hood
juver ior 15 years.
i"Ov. Snell also announced the
reappointment of Dr. Thomas E.
riOnerlnn Pnrtlan onri nr.
Charles E. Hunt, Eugene.
Pendergast, Ex-Boss of Kansas
City Political Machine, Dead
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 27 iU succeeded to the first ward lead
Thomas J. Pendergast. the for-i'P .h.'f iSHES
mer boss of the Kansas City po
"lical machine who backed Vice
President Harry S. Truman In his
successful candidacy for the U. S.
senate in 1936, died last night at
the age of 72.
Death came to the former boss
f' the Kansas City wards just !
Probationary period from a fed-!
fral prison sentence for income j
,a evasion would have ended.
A heart ailment, aggravated by
a rnm).fM..: . T m.. t I
-"wuiaiiuil OI lesser ins, iwu ;
,-oreed him to enter Mendrah hos-
rit.,i t . . . .
II iour aavs ago. He nad neon ; ceivea .ij,j i , j j j
! failing health for a month and company, which had defrauded
us weieht had dropped from 250 i policy holders of 80 per cent of
Pcndergast's motto was "We ; $9,500,000 in impounded premi
, Pendergat's motto was "We urns, and had not reported the
,cd 'em and we vote 'em." He! amount in his Income tax return.
Chicago Federal Judge Rules FDR
Without Authority to Take Over
Ward Properties As Wartime Act
Chicago, Jan. 27 U Federal
District Judge Phillip L. Sullivan
declared today that President
Roosevelt was without authority
to take possession of the plants
and facilities o f Montgomery
Ward and Company.
In a ruling with a far-reaching
effect on the chief executive's
wartime powers and the Smlth
Connally labor disputes act, Judge
Sullivan denied the government's
petition for injunctions restrain
ing the company from interfer
ing, with army operation of the
16 Ward plants in seven cities.
The plants were seized Dec. 28
because the company refused to
comply with a war labor board
order. '
The judge also denied the gov
ernment a declaratory judgment
by which It had sought to affirm
its legal right to take over the
Ward properties.
The judge said he arrived at his
conclusion with "considerable re
luctance" since loyalty to "our
country and our fighting forces
should influence disputants in
such labor controversies" but he
added: '
"If the disputants are not will
ing to obey the recommendations
of the war labor board, which are
admittedly only advisory, then
congress alone is the only branch
Cheduba Isle
Landing Made
Kdang, Ceylon. Jan. 27 HP)
Alllnri fnyvtoc In tho fifth nmnhibl-
ous hop on the Burma coast in
tn, i,culra hava InnHmt Ml Phprill-
ba Island. 110 miles southeast of
Akvab. The landing brought tw
lines within less than ?00 mile"
of the southern tip of Burma, a
southeast Asia communinue an
nouncing the move said tonay.
Phorfnha Hoc nff ihf southwest.
era end of Ramree island, which
was invaded early this week by
British commanaos. ine soumern
PhpHnha is due west of the
coastal town of Taunpup, south
ern terminus of the Myohaung
Taungup highway, the last re
m.inlnA cgm no fnr thousands of
Japanese concentrated in the Kala-
dan valley.
Indian Troops Active
Tha fwmmiinlnui) also reported
the capture of Myohaung, 37 miles
northeast ot AKyan, oy iroops oi
the 15th Indian corps.
T Yi o amnhihinlia nnerationS.
which began with the landing and
occupation of Akvab two weeKs
am. trave the allies tight control
of the Arakan coast.
The two other landings wore
made on the Myebon peninsula,
midway between Akyab and Ram
rthpast of the penin
sula in the Kangaw area, where
ground forces were last report
loss than a mile from the Myo-
haung-Taungup highway.
TIRE REPORTED STOLEN
rrwt a timw automobile tire
from the Standard Oil station at
Wall street and FranKlin avenue,
today was reported to city police
by J. H. Huckleberry, manager.
Officers who Investigated said
that there was no evidence of
burglary, as all doors were locked
when Huckleberry went to the
station this morning.
j: i nw,A Avtantlod his Control
uitru cnu trt... - - .
over the entire city and some
times over the state.
Short, heavy-bodied and
paunchy, Pendergast was the pic
1 nolitical boss
and made governors and senators
at will. His outstanding political
at will. His outstanding political
protege is Vice-President Truman
Ppndereast backed from
1922 when he ran for judee of
Jackson county, Mo., until his
candidacy for the senate in 1936.
Pcndergast's dow nfall came in
IOOQ i.-hnn Yin WAS indlCtCd IOr
iw .- --
income tax evasion. He had re-
, fMn. an Incnranpp
By Allied Unit
- COLLAPSE FEARED
' Washington, Jan. 27 IIP)
Chairman William II. Davis of
the war labor board said today
that the WLB will collapse un
less the Chicago court decision
denying the president's right to
seize Montgomery Ward & Co,
is reversed or unless congress
makes WLB orders effective
on everybody.
"If the decision Is not re
versed or congress does not
take appropriate action to make
the war labor board's orders of
settlement effective on every
body, the whole plan of peace
ful settlement of wartime labor
disputes will collapse," he said.
of the government which can com
pel them to do so. It is the duty
of congress to enact the laws, and
the dutv of the courts to Interpret
them."
The decision was read to a
courtroom packed with nearly 500
spectators including leaders of
business, industry, and labor who
regarded the ruling as one of the
most important to be handed down
during this war.
Judge Sullivan agreed with the
contention of Ward attorneys
who had argued that the president
had no power under the war la
bor disputes act to seize the prop
Wins Silver Star
HoKitn'a 1'hoto titudto.
For moving under heavy fire to
the edge of a tough Japanese
pillbox and disposing of 11 of the
enemy, Sgt. Tom Dewhurst, Bend,
has been awarded the silver star,
the war department announced.
Sgt. Dewhurst, son of Mrs. Wilson
Dewhurst, was a member of
Bend's Co. 1, in south Pacific
action. He was injured on Biak.
Sale of Timber
Lands Discussed
Salem, Ore., Jan. 27 HP) A ten
tative plan whereby certain forest
lands, now owned by The Shevlin
Hixon Company, of Beind, would
be sold to the county courts of
Lake and Klamath counties in
stead of going to the federal
government in exchange for other
forested property, was explained
today by state forester Nels
Rogers.
Rogers said that at a meeting
in Klamath Falls this week, the
county courts of the two counties
and representatives of the forest
ry department discussed a propos
al whereby the courts would buy
the property, and the forestry de
partment would manage it. The
counties would get 90 per cent of
any revenues accuring and the
forestry department would get 10
per cert
Maps Prepared
The department is preparing
maps and plans supplementing
the proposal, and will present
them to the courts at another
meeting In a few weeks, Rogers
rpported.
The courts had objected to the
federal exchange agreement,
principally on the grounds that It
would take the land off the tax !
rolls, and would deprive the
county of revenue derived from
sales of such timber lands, he'
said. I
JAP LAND ENTERED
Chungking, Jan. 27 Ui The
communist newspaper New China
Daily said today that guerilla
fighters from north China have
entered Japanese held Manchuria.
The paper said Japanese troops
had burned a few villages on sus
picion of harboring guerillas.
V yj
erties because they were not en
gaged directly In war production.
He said he was convinced of the
constitutionality of the labor dis
putes act, but he held that it did
not authorize seizure of plants
whose sole business is that of re
tail sale and distribution.
The judge also denied that the
president has the power as com
mander in chief of the armed forc
es to take possession of the Ward
properties.
"If Montgomery Ward's plants
and facilities were located within
the actual theater of military ope
rations, and its goods were neces
sary and essential for the use of
the naval or military forces, then
the commander in chief might
lawfully take possession of them,"
Judge Sullivan ruled.
"But the armed forces, so far
as we know, being adequately
supplied and equipped, and Mont-
gomery Ward's plants and facili
ties, being far removed from the
scene of actual military activities,
those plants and facilities may not
be seized by the president sim
ply because at some future time,
on account of the existence of a
labor dispute between it and its
employes, Montgomery Ward may
not be able to deliver supplies
deemed necessary or useful to
tne war effort."
Nip Colonel,
Foe of Co. I,
on
(The. fotlowinr torjr hould prove of
nor than caaual Inlernt to residents of
Bend and Central Oregon, for It was in
bloody ttiak fight In that Bend'a Co. 1
received Ita heavleat caaualtiea In South
Pacific warfare.) .
Headquarters, 41st Division,
Southwest Pacific, Jan. 27 l
A starved Japanese sergeant
walked into the mess hall of the
162nd (Oregon) Infantry of the
41st division on Biak island re
cently and surrendered the rem
nants of the battle flag of the
once haughty 222nd regiment,
36th division, Imperial Japanese
army.
It was the first time in the an
nals of the Pacific war that the
cherished, tradition bound colors
of a Japanese Infantry regiment
have been relinquished voluntar
ily to U. S. troops.
By tradition that Is centuries
old, Japanese soldiers die to the
last man rather than see the
chrysanthemum-crested colors
Rental Kl despoiled by enemy
hands. And when the men die,
the colors are supposed to die
with them, down to the last shred,
because they are the gift of the
emperor himself.
Land On Biak
The 222nd landed at Biak Christ
mas day, 1943. It was a proud,
cocky unit gorged on three years
of conquest in North China. Its
equally Cocky commander, Col.
Naoyuki Kuzume, had boasled
that his men would one day pa
rade the streets of Australian
cities. 1
In those days, the 222nd had 200 j
officers and 3,800 men. i
On Biak, the 222nd met the vet- j
erans of two years and 1,200 miles
of New Guinea coastline Maj.l
Gen. Jens A. Doe's 41st division,
including the 162nd regiment, hero'
of bloody Salamaua. i
The 162nd broke the back of
the 222nd in the battle of the West I
caves and Mokmer.
At last count, the 222nd had
only eight officers and less than
90 men alive all beaten, furtive
stragglers In Blak's dense Jungles.
Col. Muzume saved face by com
mitting hara kirl.
Four Men Killed j
In Plane Crash . I
Grand Island, Neb., Jan. 27 1P !
Four men were killed, 11 injured,
and two were missing in a crash i
of a four englned bomber from the
Grand Island army air base last :
night. Col. William A. Miller an
nounced today. i
The crash occurred one mile
north of the Marshal army air!
base, Fort Riley, Kans. The plane
was on a combat training flight.
The Injured included Cpl.l
George W. BIse, Wilbur, Wash. I
Bend's Future
Editor's Topic;
Award Made
Bruce Gilbert Named
j Junior Winner; Tugman
Touches on Peace Era
i Members of the Junior chamber
of commerce and its auxiliary
last night heard William M. Tug
man, authority on community de
velopment, tell how Bend could
progress, as an award was given
to the outstanding junior resi
dent for the most, civic accom
plishment during 1944.
j The occasion was in celebration
Of the 15th anniversary of the
pnited States junior chamber of
commerce and the flint anni
versary of Bend's chapter, and
was featured by banquet and
ntertainment in the Pine Tav
irn. j Voted by a group of senior busi
ness men as-the No. 1 junior resi
dent of Bend, Bruce G. Gilbert,
local representative of the S. P. &
S. railway was presented with a
key emblem. Other keys were pre
sented to Mi's. Don Higglns for
her outstanding work In the aux
iliary; Marlon Cady, first presi
dent and organizer of the Bend
Chapter, and to George Thompson
and Don Higglns, co-chairmen of
the paper salvage drive, for their
work in this field.
Stover Makes Award
' The awards were made by B. A.
Stover, who as he made the pres
entation, lauded tne "leadership,
Ingenuity and energy" of Gilbert
in handing him the key. Gilbert
replied that in his opinion "the
outstanding juniors were the men
and women members of the cham
ber who are In the service ot their
country." '-
The history and purpose of the
Junior chamber were outlined by
Carroll Meeks, chairman of the
event; and Don H. Peoples, sec
retary of the senior chamber who
acted as master of ceremonies,
introduced the following guests:
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Munkres,
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Reiler, Mr. and
Mrs. Carl A. Johnson, Rev. and
Mrs. R. H. Prentice, Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Gregg, Mr. and Mrs. B. A.
Stover, Sumner Deltrick and Rob
ert W. Sawyer.
Jaycees Lauded
Preceding his introduction of
guests, Toastmaster Peoples said
that "the work that the Jaycees
in Bend have been doing Is a mar
vel to me." Stover likewise praised
tne work ot the organization,
contending that "we should have
had this group here 15 years ago."
Alter colorfully telling of his
drive "over the hills to Bend," and
his thrill when he saw the first
Pondcrosa pine and clump of sage
brush, Tugman paid glowing tri
bute to Bend and its consistent
progress.
"Bend is a city of distinction,"
Tugman said, "and when it could
have remained a small sawmill
town yeans ago, it has developed
into one of the greatest lumber
producing centers in the country.
(Continued on Page 3)
24 More Nippon
Vessels Bagged
Washington, Jan. 27 mi Ameri
can submarines have sunk 21
more Japanese ships, including a
light cruiser, in the increasing at
tack against Japan's constricting
supply lines, the navy announced
today.
These sinkings, on the basis of
unofficial estimates, pushed the
toll of Jap shipping lost from all
causes since the start of the war
to more than 5,500,000 tons.
The losses raised the total of
enemy ships destroyed by Ameri
can submarines to 979. It was the
15th cruiser sunk by our undersea !
craft.
The latest bag also Included 13;
cargo ships, four cargo-transports,
two tankers, and an auxiliary
vessel.
Second Large Haul
So far, submarines have ac
counted for 104 combat ships, in
addition to 600 cargo vessels, 140
transports, 96 tankers, and 39 mis
cellaneous vessels. !
It was the second large haul j
announced this month. On Jan.
18, the sinking of 24 Japanese I
ships by our submarines was dis-!
closed. The new sinkings further
emphasized that the closer prox-j
imlty of U. S. bases to the Japan-1
nrse empire has enabled ourl
underseas craft to operate with:
greater efficiency against thel
enemy supply lines. I
Cutting Up
Vgpowa fS WfiSL HDL
illf PRUSSIA V S ' Jaii..w,
GERMANY -
A jimqv. MORAVIA NV"-.
i AUSTRIA &?F7'v ,
(NEA TcUphota)
Berlin admits East Prussia has been cut off from the remainder of Ger
many by a Soviet thrust In the Baltlo near Elblng. Other Russ troops
were reported battling In Konlgsberg. Moscow says lta forces were within
124 miles from Berlin, presumably near Poznan or beyond Bteinau, where
a spearhead had crossed the Oder River. Other Oder crossings were made
to the southeast and a new drive gains on Hungary-Slovakia border area.
Observers believe the Russians might form a new defense line from
Vienna to Kolberg, running about 90 miles from Berlin.
Sky Fortresses
That Rage in Do
Business Districts in Flames Following Raid
By Skymen; Enemy-Occupied Indo China Hit
Washington, Jan. 27 IIE B-29 Superfortresses kindled
fires that raged uncontrolled for at lenst four hours in Tokyo
business districts today and, 2,800 miles to the southwest,
bombed the Saigon-Cholon area of French Indo-China for the
first time.
Almost simultaneously with war department announce.
ments that the B-29's hud hit
nonsnu ana enemy-occupied Jndo-Chinn, Tokyo conceded
that the targets were the capital itself and the Snigon-Cholon
area.
A Japanese imperial headquarters communique said 70
President's Ball
Tickets Go Fast
With members of the Bend
Youth club Joining in .the ticket
sales today, committee chairmen
predicted a record crowd would
attend the annual president's ball
for the Foundation of Infantile
Paralysis tonight in the Elks club.
According to sponsors of the semi
formal event, arrangements have
been completed for the ball which
Is sponsored to raise funds for
combating the disease.
Music will be furnished by an
eight-piece orchestra, and dancing
begins at 9 o'clock, according to
Mrs. J. F. Arnold, Deschutes
county chairman of the polio
money-raising campaign. Ticket
sales have been encouraging, Mrs.
Arnold said, and she predicted
that tonight's event would ma
terially reduce the county's $4,000
quota.
(Continued on Page 3)
American Third Army Lashes Out at Germans
As Entire Western Front Yields to Pressure
Paris, Jan. 27 UP The Amer
ican Third army struck forward
more than three miles on a 20
mile front today, spearing to the
German border in the final mop
up of the Ardennes salient as
Marshal Karl von Rundstedt's
forces fell back along a broad
stretch between Holland and the
Saar.
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's
forces reached the Our river, the
boundary between Luxembourg
and Germany, four miles north
east of by passed Clervaux In a
general closeln through the bor
der area between points seven
miles south of St. Vith and five
miles north of Dlekirch.
Supreme headquarters reports
and front dispatches said the
Germans were engaged in a large
scale withdrawal before the com
bined blows of the American
Third, First, and Ninth armies
and the British Second army,
the Reich
Kindle Fires'
wntown Tokyo
the main Japanese island of
superfortresses dropped de
molition and incendiary bombs
on Tokyo between 2 and 3 p.m.
(Tokyo time), causing fires
that were not brought under
control until dusk some four
hours later.
Damage was caused at several
places, the communique said, but
"no damage was sustained by im
portant Industrial plants." An
other Tokyo broadcast said most
of the bombs fell In business dis
tricts. The war department announce
ment said the Marianas based
B-29's hit "Industrial targets" on
Honshu. It was the seventh raid
of the war on Tokyo and the first
since Jan. 9.
In the India-based atlack on
French Indo-China, the Japanese
controlled radio at Saigon said,
"some material damage was
caused" In the twin cities of Sai
gon and Cholon In the southern
part of the colony.
RAKTKN CAI'TUUKD
London, Jan. 27 U'i Marshal
Stalin announced today that the
red army had captured Marten, in
East I'nssla.
which were wheeling Into posi
tions from which they could re
sume the allied offensive Inter
rupted on Dec. 16 by the German
countcrdrlve.
The overall picture of the west
ern front was brighter than lt
had been since the pre-Christmas
onslaught by the Germans. The
Initiative was reported in allied
handn everywhere, including
northern Alsace where a threat
ening nazi offensive against the
U. S. Seventh army had been
broken north of Strasbourg.
j Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson's
i U. S. Ninth army and Lt. Gen.
Sir Miles C. Dempsey's British
j Second army were massing on a
broad front along the Iter river
on spri!boards for thrusts
toward the Ithineland and the
, Ruhr.
j Allied planes were taking ad
I vantage of every break in the
i weather to hammer large-scale
Moscow Says
Russians Shred
Eastern Front
Nazis Admit Losses
Along Entire Border
As Stalin's Men Sain
London, Jan. 27 UP) The Ger
man high command acknowledged
today that the Rod army had
broken into Brandenburg prov
ince, of which Berlin is the capital,
and that in another sector the
Russians had hit the Obra river
line which angles back within 78
miles of the capital.
A Berlin communique reporting
Russian gains from end to end of
the shifting eastern front Indicat
ed that Marshal Gregory K. Zhu-
kov s army virtually had cleaned
out the Poznan province bulge of
western Poland, except for the
enveloped city of Poznan, and now
was storming the German bor
der defenses on a broad arc.
Zhukov"s right wing admittedly
had burst into Brandenburg and
was attacking Schneldemuehl, 90
miles southeast of Stettin. To the
south, the nazl command said,
his vanguard on the shortest road
to Berlin had reached the Obra
somewhere In the border area..
Oder Crossed
Berlin also admitted officially
that the Red army had established
several bridgeheads across the
Oder river in Silesia. Ernst Von
Hammer, in a supplementary re
port, disclosed that the Germans
had lost Krappitz, just west of
the Oder, and 14 miles south of
Oppeln, by claming that they had
recaptured it.
A Moscow dispatch said Zhu
kov's. drive west of Poznan had
been slowed by strong opposition,
and it appeared that the German
command had decided to under
take its main stand in that sector
nearest to Berlin.
Berlin said the first White Rus
sian army had reached the German-Polish
border both northwest
and southwest of enveloped and
beleaguered Poznan, 45 miles east
of the upper Obra, a tributary
which flows into the Warthe at
Schwerin, 78 miles east of Berlin.
"Zhukov's tank vanguards have
(Continued on Page 8)
Verdict Pleases
Ward's Official
Chandler, Ariz., Jan. 27 (Ul
Sewell Avery, doughty chairman
of Montgomery Ward's board of
directors, asserted that "the Con
stitution has been sustained and
today Is a great day for labor"
when Informed of the U. S. dis
trict court decision declaring
President Roosevelt without
power to seize the company's
property.
Avery, here to recover from a
"bout of flu," said the ruling of
Judge Philip L, Sullivan at Chi
cago, "fully expressed the views
of Montgomery Ward," and add
ed: "Wo have been accused of being
anti-union. That is not so. We
have steadfastly maintained that
the individual has a constitution
al right to join a union or resign
from a union as ho sees fit.
"At no time have we been
against unionism, but we believe
the function of the union is to
gain for the workingman better
wages, hours, and other working
conditions not to suppress his
personal liberty."
! German movements by train and
' truck from large sections of the
western front. Supreme head-
quarters described train traffic
1 northeastward from the front as
i "heavy" and said 31 locomotives
and 150 rail cars were destroyed
or damaged yesterday alone.
The Third army's first thrust
; to the Our northeast of Clervaux
; was made by patrols of Brig. Gen.
James A. Van Fleet's 90th divi
sion, which were peppered with
small arms fire from the fore
field of the Siegfried line across
the river. .
Other Third army troops cap
tured Butzdorf, 14 miles south
east of Luxembourg, and entered
Seller, eight miles east of Wiltz.
In a mile gain northward they
i reached a key road Junction on
the "skyline drive" in the Gser
ishof area seven miles northeast
of Wiltz.