THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JAN. 27, 1945
PAGE THREE
u
ermans
Still Holding Out
In French Ports
By Joseph V. Grigs
(United Press War Correspondent)
Paris, Jan. 25 (Delayed) UP)
Defying all attempts to blast
them out, more than 100,000 well
equipped Germans still are hold
ing out in Atlantic coast ports
six months after the liberation
of rest of France.
The enemy in this "forgotten
front" is estimated to have at
least a year's supply of food and
huge stores of ammunition with
heavy artillery and tanks.. Also
they are reported to be regularly
supplied by night-flying planes
and submarines, even receiving
reinforcements and specialist of
ficers. Besieging the deeply entrenched
and powerfully fortified German
perimeters are rugged, ill-clad,
almost shoeless troops of the
French forces of the Interior un
der the command of Gen. Eduard
de Larminat.
Not Well Equipped
The French are equipped with
only a scratchy assortment of
German, French, British and
American rifles and tommy guns
and a few pieces of light artillery.
Around Saint Nazaire on the west
coast, 40 miles west of Nantes,
they are aided by a small num
ber of United States troops.
The perimeter of Dunkirque is
contained mainly by Canadians.
The continued existence of
these nazi pockets, in which it is
estimated about 100,000 French
civilians are still living under
nazi rule, has become a source of
bitterness to France generally
and is seriously hampering the
country's economic recovery.
Lack of ports has cut civilian
food imports to a trickle.
Lorient Still Held
According to. latest estimates
there are 25,000 Germans holding
Lorient. 35,000 at Saint Nazaire
and 40,000 at La Rochelle and in
pockets on both sides of Gironde
estuary, effectively blocking the
use of undamaged Bordeaux near
the southwestern coast. In addi
tion the Dunkirque pocket is be
lieved to hold from 15,000 to 25,000
nazis. ,
German troops north of, the
Loire are reported to be under
command of Gen. Frambacher,
former commander at Brest who
escaped there at the last moment
and established himself at Saint
Nazaire.
f Besides these ports there are.
still nazi garrisons on the islands
of Croix, Belle and Noirmoutier,
all near Saint Nazaire, and Re
and Olderon opposite La Rochelle,
as well as the peninsula of Qui
beron. 20 Miles Long
The Lorient pocket is 20 miles
long and varies in breadth from
six to 12 miles. At Saint Nazaire
the Germans hold an area inside
a 45-mile perimeter extending 25
miles north and 20 miles south
of the Loire. The La Rochelle
pocket, less clearly defined, is
held mostly by isolated outposts,
strongpoints and pillboxes extend
ing about 25 miles from the
Gironde estuary.
Heavy railroad guns on the Qui
beron peninsula regularly bom
bard the Brittany coast.
Boats Are Used
In addition to maintaining com
munications with the reich Itself
the various pockets communicate
with each other by motor, speed
boats and submarines. Stores and
supplies are supplemented by sud
den forays of small tank forces
into the neighboring countryside
where villages are pillaged and
burned and the cattle driven in
by the nazis. 'j
In the past week, the evacua
tion of thousands of French civil
ians from the Saint Nazaire
pocket has begun under a truce
arranged by United States army
authorities. The Germans them
selves welcome the evacuation as
it relieves their food problem, but
10,000 civilians still remain inside
the various pockets.
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Railroad ties Were splintered Into kindling when the San Francisco-bound
Grand Canyon Limited Jumped the track at Angiola, Calif. None of the
cars overturned and only four persons out the 600 passengers were In
jured, none seriously, despite the train's high speed.
Equal Pay Bill
Warmly Argued
Salem, Ore., Jan. 27 (IB A sen
ate bill providing for equal pay
for men and women working at
the same job was strongly op
posed by employers' representa
tives at a senate labor and indus
tries committee hearing Friday.
Declaring that "this law does
not belong on the statute books,"
Gunther Krause, attorney for the
Portland Waterfront Employers
association, said that the bill pro
posed to create a "penal statute"
to control matters which would
be much better handled by labor
employer negotiation, and that
the bill, is made into law, would
involve employers In endless law
suits. j
Eugene Allen, Portland, editor
or tne Labor tress, spoKe warmiy
in favor of the bill. He said that It
was a
w "'c """"6'" ,
law, which had been operating
smoothly, that the war labor
board requires such equal pay
and that after the war pay dis
crimination against women in in
dustry would simply mean that
male heads of families, many of
them, veterans, would be unable
to get jobs .
Redmond
Redmond, Jan. 27 (Special)
The annual meeting of the Cen-,
tral Oregon Production Credit j
assucNauun was num iKieri.ua,. AIter a Bible s(udy ,ed by Dr.
The banquet and business meet- Brown Mrs. Brown tod somo of
ing were held In the Knights oftnplr early experences as mis
Pythias hall The banquet was . slonarics Syrla
furnished and served by the guild Remainjng m Bend until next
of the Community church. Wednesday, the Browns will
Marine Set. Homer- .7. Jahns, !.u . ,h , th w,.
has recently been graduated from ; pn.s Missionary society next Tues
thc infantry schoo battalion at ; day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Camp Pendleton, in California, ! q Gilcher, 1452 Harmon. They
and is prepared for assignment as j aro RUests at thc home of Rev
an instructor. Spt Jahns is theand Mrs R E Nicholas during
sun ui mi. u..u iu. i, y
omuls ui una pitiutr. la u ivci-
mond hieh school graduate. He
has had 22 months service in the
Pacific, serving in New Zealand,
Guadalcanal and Bougainville.
Miss Korene Sawyer, daughter
of Mrs. Wayne Keeney, is spend
inc a short vacation between se
mesters from her work at St.
Mary's academy in Portland,
where she is a student,
with her
mother and friends here, bhe will . eastern iront collapsed,
return Sunday. I Western Front Third army ad-
Mr. and Mrs. George Moore of vances in 20 mile front in final
San Francisco, are visiting rela-!mopup of Ardennes salient; Ger
tives and friends in Redmond. ' mans fall back on stretch between
Mrs. Moore is a sister of Mrs. i
.James Short and Mrs. Ethel Gerk
ing. Moore is a brother of Mrs.
Marion Coyner.
Mrs. R. V. Blutcher of San Ber-
nardino. Calif., Is visiting her par-i
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Tom jorgen-
sen.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Buckley and
daughter. Mrs. Richard Teater,
went to Spokane this week to at
tend the funeral nf Mrs. Amanda
Madden, sister of Mrs. Buckley.
Mrs. Buckley visited her sister in
the fall, who has been an invalid
for many years.
Word has recently been receiv
ed by Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Fields
that their son, Cnl. Thomas A.
Fields, who is with the quarter
master corps in New Guinea, that
he has been transferred to a new
camp. Cpl. Fields wrote that he is
with an inventory group. He Is a
brother of Mrs. Clarence Killing
beck and Ned Fiel 's, manager of
Picely-Wigely's store here.
Mrs. C. W. Heim presented the
program at the meeting of chap
ter AQ of P. E. O. Thursday after
noon at the home of Mrs. M. A. '
Lynch, who was hostess to the
group. i
A high school faculty party will
room of Redmond high school this
evening. Hostesses are Miss Mable
Livesay, Mrs. Maude Lee and Mrs.
Jean Fitch. Following the dinner
Miss Doris Saich and Tom Lee
will entertain the group at a thea
ter party.
Mrs. C. B. Hoogner will enter
tain . the grade school principal
and teachers at a no-hostess din
ner at her home on Tuesday eve
ning, Jan. 30.
Dr. James Brown
Visitor in Bend
. Dr. James B. Brown, northwest
home missionary of the Orthodox
Presbyterian church, will be guest
preacher at services of the West
minster Orthodox Presbyterian
church' this Sunday, January 28, it
was announced today by the pas
tor. Rev. Robert Nicholas: After
speaking in the Sunday school,
Dr. Brown will preach on "The
Secret of the Christian's Success'
in tua mnmino- wnruhin
Dr- Brown will also speak at the
regular Alfalfa afternoon service
and at the Westminster Machen
league on its monthly guest
speaker night.
Recently appointed for service
in the northwest area by the pres
bytery of California after many
years of pastoral and church ex
tension work in Nebraska, Dr. and
Mrs. Brown arrived in Bend
Thursday afternoon following sev
eral weeks of speaking in church
es in California. The Browns were
trlloefD nf a nnmhinnr) moniinrr nf
,u ttihu0 rf o,,nt ih
Thursday evening at the home of
Mrs. wmam jarneSi 335 State St.
their stay in Bend.
War Briefs
(By United Tress)
Eastern Front Red army
pounds new holes in Oder river
line; Moscow radio reports whole
Holland and Saar.
Pacific B-2D's set fires In
Tokyo business districts and bomb
targets in French Indo-China for
first time: Americans on Luzon
meet stiff resistance 40 miles
norm oi Manila.
Italy Active patrolling con
tinues on Fifth and Eighth army
fronts.
The familiar black bears in na
tional parks occasionally give
birth to quadruplets.
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Youth Being Held
On Murder Count
Vnrt Wnrth. TV . .Inn. 27 (111
Seventeen-year-old Burr Walker,.
Jr., son of a New-York telephone
.nrrmaiiv ncinel was Held With-
out bail today on charges that he
killed his wile, an expectant
mother, "by tleing her arms and
Ipbs with a cord and by squeezing
her with his hands." ' .
Mrs. Walker, 18, was ueaa
when admitted to a hospital
Thmc,lav A mi-oner's iurv de
cided death resulted from "hem-
morrhage and shock."
Walker steadfastly maintained
hie Innnnnnpo and said he and his
wife. Jean, whom he married in
New York In " November, were
playing "a sort of game."
uame cxpiaineii
Tri osrnp he told Doliee. called
for one to tie the hands and feet
of the other to the four posts of
their bed "while the other teased."
"it was while his wife was tied
in this position, police quoted him,
"that all of a sudden she became
black in the face."
Walker said he immediately cut
the cords, made of fishing line,
and rushed to the home of a neigh
knr Mrs William Gordon, and
asked her to call an ambulance.
President's Ball
(Continued from Page One)
League Also Helps
Members of the Women's Ju
nior Civic league continued to sell
tickets in the banks and down
town stores, and tickets will be
available at the Elks hall preced
ing the dance, it was said.
Reports from Redmond indicat
ed that a large number of the per
sonnel of the army air field would
attend the function. -Meantime
the fund was ma
terially swelled when Camp Fire
girls turned in their collections xo
their supervisor, Mrs. Joe Elder.
Up to noon today the girls had
collected a total of $314.37 from
the schools, the mills and the ord
nance shop.
PuDils of the Kenwood school
led in donations with a total of
S7G.60. With $34.59 being collected
at the high school, $28.10 at the
Reid schoofand $38.40 at the Allen
school. The ordnance shop gave
$75.50, The Shevlin-Hixon Com
Danv $51.83. and employes of
Brooks Scanlon Lumber Company
Inc. $9.35.
Guardians Named
Guardians who supervised the
Camp Fire girls In their school
collections were Lilly Shipler, Al
len school; Harriett Harris, high
school; Charlotte Mullins, Reid,
and Mrs. Gale Blakley, Kenwood.
Mrs. Pat Henry, guardian, and
Thelma Blalock and Ruth Phifer,
Camp Fire girls, "made the
rounds" today collecting the dona
tions from the mills, schools and
ordnance shop.
Children of the Reid school
staged a playlet for the polio fund,
with the following being the cast:
Mother Goose, Joanne Van
Sickle; Uncle Sam, Volney Slg
mund; Miss Muffet, Yvonne Wag
ner: Old Woman in Shoe, Virginia
Cady; Jack be-Nimble, James St.
John; Oid King Cole, Rodney Ad
ams; Eo Peep, Karlqe Johnson;
Queens of Hearts, Betsy Green;
Mary and Lamb, Phyllis Gentry;
soldier, Tommy Rose; sailor, Ron
nie Van de Zande; Boy Blue, Bob
by Brown; Tom the Piper's Son,
Tommy Bonsell; Simple Simon,
Bill Billings; Mistress Mary, Bet
ty Feuerstein; Mother Hubbard,
Valerie Nelson; Jack Horner, Bill
Piggott; Jack and Jill, Wesley
Wollery and Shirley Anderson;
two blue bird girls, Donna Wynn
and Mary Miller, and infantile
paralysis girl, Rosemary Sholes.
TRAINING COUNTS
Fort Worth, Tex. U'i It wasn't
because he was breaking the law
that police chased a sceingeye
dog for an hour and a half here.
The dog, who escaped from a bag
gage car at the railroad station,
stopped for every red light while
officers ran through the length
of Fort Worth to capture him.
PATRIOTIC CORN
Elizabethtown, III. (IB Austin
Hurford of Elizabethtown grew
some patriotic corn this year. He
picked three ears, each of which
had red, white and blue kernels.
VALENTINE
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Fresh Orchid Corsages
Red Roses Violets
Carnations Gardenias
Potted Daffodils Tulips
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We telegraph flowers
anywhere.
'Lay Off, Wolves'
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Latest fad In lapel pins Is worn
by Mrs. Fay Doss, above, of
Washington, D. C, whose sailor
husband recently left for South
Pacific service. Pin, Intended to
warn away would-be wolves,
shows figure ot sailor pointing
to a heart inscribed "Taken."
Jaycee Banquet
(Continued from Page One)
It has developed its parks, its
homes, trees and bird life, and
has one of the best Inns to be
found anywhere.
"In the post-war period to
come," the speaker continued,
every age and every group must
participate in the development of
tne community. ,
Preserve And Improve
"In the peace era there will be
a demand that cities be made
more liveable. Your first problem
is to preserve and improve, if
possible, the character of your
city. Bend will be what you make
of it. and this depends upon the
intelligence and attitude of the
people who live here." This Is
properly a function of your Junior
chamber members, he added.
Tugman added that the city's
most important dutv is to pre
serve its natural beauties and
what you already have here."
The speaker foresaw "hopeful
signs In the field of science," and
pointed out how through scien
tific methods the wood industry-
could be preserved in this area.
tor Instance, he saio, In Germany
scientists have extracted proteins
from wood "for both man and
beast."
Tugman, who Is managing edi
tor of the Eugene Register-Guard,
then told of the "Century fund" In
that city, which, he predicted,
eventually would reach $100,000.
This money, donated by the public
and even school children, will be
used In the post-war epoch for
development and beaullfication of
Eugene. He prophesied that Eu
gene residents would maintain
their city on a higher plane "be
cause they own a pari of it."
Preceding the speaking enter
tainment was provided by Harvey
Field, who accompanied by Mrs.
Field, sang two solos: and by
Cynthia Shevlln, Helen Bailey and
Helen Hudson in songs with Bev
erley Wenncrstrom at the piano.
MICE ni.AMKI)
Topeka, Kan. dfi No, mice
didn't drink the gasoline, but they
did chew up 1,200 gallons of gaso
line stamps, B. J. Hopkins told an
OPA commissioner here recently,
in explaining his inability to ac
count for a shortage. But Hop
kins, not the guilty mice, got the
suspension order from Commis
sioner J. Donald Gunn, ordering
him to suspend gasoline sales for
60 days, and staying all but 14
days.
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Bend Gleemen
Concert Monday
The Bend Gleemen, organized
on May 30, 1944 by C. Dale Rob
bins and originally composed of
eight men, will show how far they
nave come musically at 8:15 p. m.
Monday in the Tower theater
here when they present the sec
ond of a series of concerts. Judg
ing by the success with which
they were received in Redmond
on Thursday night, as well as by
the enthusiasm they proveked in
a short concert given before Bend
nign scnooi students this week, a
large and appreciative audience
is assured.
In addition to songs especially
adapted to choral singing, five
solos will be presented by Charles
Corkett, tenor, Floyd Burden and
C. Dale Robbins, baritones.
Songs Listed
Songs to be presented are: "The
Builder," "Beautiful Saviour," an
old Crusader's hymn; "Bondage,"
"The Long Day Closes," "Elccy,"
"Viking Song," "Come to the
Fair," "On the Road to Manda
lay," "Boots," "Marching Along
Together," "or Man Rive r,"
"Dark Eyes,' a Russian folk song;
"Beautiful D r e a m e r," "Vive
1' Amour," "A Gastronomic Trag
edy," "Down Mobile," "Swing
Low, Sweet Chariot," "Steal
Away" and "Ride the Chariot."
Members of the Gleemen are:
Charles Corkett, Ralph Bailey,
wayne Hamilton, Kay Yarns,
Stanley Scott, Carl Lindh, Al
Eriksen, Floyd Burden, AI Nel
son, John Cuffln, Paul Smith,
Bill Barton, Craig Coyner, Vern
Larson, Ted Sexton, Bert Moore.
Miss Beverly Wennerstrom is
accompanlest for the group and
C. Dale Robbins Is the conductor.
Tirkels fnr Mnnrlnv nlcrht'a nar.
formance may be. secured from!
uriksens Stationery store. Des
chutes Federal Savings and Loan
association, Woolworth's and the
First National bank.
Bend Ministers
To Meet Monday
The Bend Ministerial associa
tion will meet next Monday, Jan
uary 29, at 10 a. m. in the study
of the First Baptist church, It was
announced today by the execu
tive committee. The date- of the
meeting has been advanced one
week inasmuch as some of the
members will be attending a state
pastors' conference in Portland
the following week. Rev. G. R. V.
Bolster will be In charge of devo
tions, following which Mrs. Cas
par Wood, head instructor in
Bible in the Eugene public schools,
will explain her work. Rev. R. H.
Prentice will discuss the subject
of pastoral calling.
Continuing its emphasis on at
tendance at Sunday school and
church which the ministerial asso
ciation has been stressing during
the month of January, the public
ity committee made known today
the aim for the 'fourth and last
Sunday of the month. "Every
body present" Is the goal for Sun
day, January 28. "Your pastor
and superintendent and teachers
will be much encouraged to see
all of you in Sunday school and
church this week and every
weeK, tne committee stated.
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The season's murder impact, starring Charles Laughton and Ella Raines,
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'Where Are Japanese Planes?'
Queries Nippon Before Deaih
By Francis McCarthy
(United Prsss War Correspondent)
With 25th Div. Attacking San
Manuel, Luzon, Jan. 26 (lit From
the time the Americans landed
on Luzon, Superior Pvt. "X" of
the Japanese army knew only
fear fear of the guerillas, Ameri
can planes, tanks, and artillery,
and of death.
.Here are excerpts from the di
ary said to have been taken from
a dead Japanse soldier, covering
the last two weeks of his life:
"Jan. 9 Marching most of the
time and couldn't write.
"Jan. 10 Each day we are at
tacked by enemy planes and to
avoid them we are marching at
night . . . bridges have been
blasted by guerillas. We can't
march as we want to.
"Jan. 11-12 As usual marched
at night.
"Jan. 13 About 20 enemy
bombers appeared In the Bky and
we were showered fiercely with
bombs and machine gun fire . . .
in the afternoon I was assigned to
a suicide section leader . . . when
I think about having to attack and
destroy tanks my pulse races and
my heart throbs.
"Jan. 14 Took our positions
this morning. Stc.rtlng .today we
are having only two meals a day
to be sure of winning. We can
hear the drone of planes. The rai.:
lasted about 30 minutes ... In
the China incident there were no
enemy planes.
"Jan. 15 As expected, enemy
planes are in evidence. For this
reason I was in my hole all day.
Unwillingly I accepted the fact
none of our planes was In evi
dence. What were they doing?
"Jan. 17 Enemy planes came
over witn a vengeance . . . artll
lery shells began falling In the
village we are In. I am praying for
the best.
"Jan. 18 The enemy Is closing
in.
"Jan. 19 The battle Is extreme
ly severe. The roar of guns echoes
to heaven. It's enough to give a
fellow a nervous breakdown.
"Jan. 20 Clear day. As always
a golden opportunity for the en
emy's planes and artillery. As
always I spent the day in my
foxhole. My hair and beard are
growing long. (There was a bul
let hole through this page of the
diary).
"Jan. 21 As always the enemy I
the Tower
artillery continued. One of our
planes appeared. Only enemy
planes are to be seen in the sky..
"Jan. 22 Gradually the enemy
circle around us Is tightening. It
looks as If they will attack the
mountains and take us from the
rear."
That was the last entry'in the
diary. The pessimistic prediction
was well founded. The Americans .
did take them from the rear.
HIS 'PLANE' FLIES FAR
Indianapolis, Ind. ilPi Probably
the smallest airplane to go half
way around the world was a pa
per plane made by seven-year-old
Danny Merrell, who insisted on
mailing it to his father in India.
Maj. Basil Merrell sent it back
with the words, "This airplane has
been halfway 'round the world
and back again."
9 DAUGHTERS IN ROW
Hampden, Mass. (Ui Mrs. Al
bert Labelle gave birth to her
ninth daughter the other day.
She has no sons.
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