tinfr o OH IIMUfr h" .'J TIE Buy War Bonds and ! change to Me MARCH OF DIMES - JANUARY 14-31 -a Weather Forecast Occasional light rains today, to night : and Wednesday except mostly snow east of Cascades. Warmer today and tonight. CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER Volume Llll THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JAN. 30. 1945 NO. 47 o owe Dim ft TO Reds Explode New P Beir . . ir ft ft - ft, ft j ft ft ft u To sserts Mackmen Face Nippons In Fierce Struggle Near Bay; Foe Is Using Tanks By William B. Dickinson (United Press War Correspondent) General MacArthur's Headquar ters, Luzon, Jan.. 30 (IP) Van guards of the American Sixth army swung down on the last Japanese defense line north of Big fight Due Near Bamban Manila today, driving into tne It; Vtwamp-lined Calumpit bottleneck ' t I.. 1A fim M.nll. V.a tr and 23 miles from the enslaved Philippines capital. Front dispatches indicated that only a thin Japanese covering force lay between the advancing doughboys and Manila, although the difficult terrain was expef ted1 to prevent a quick march into the' city. (Tokyo, asserting that the Americans still were being con tained on the central Luzon plain around Bamban, 18 miles above San Fernando, said the greatest battle of the Pacific war was ex pected to develop in that area and that a new American landing in the "Manila area" was anticipated. Luzon Bombed (Another Japanese broadcast re corded by FCC monitors said 36 American Superfortresses bomb ed northern Luzon in the first B-29 Mid of the war on the PhiliDDines. irhe broadcast did not make clear ; ivnen tne reported attacic occur red.) . Far to the north other Amer ican troops were running into their bitterest opposition since the Luzon invasion began 22 days ago. Fanning out northeast and east from their Lingayen gulf beachheads, the Americans were threatening the entire Baguio area where the bulk of the ene my's island garrison was believed concentrated, and the Japanese re acted savagely. Reinforced enemv tank and In fantry units counter attacked three times against the American spearheads over the week-end and were routed with serious losses after a touch-and-go battle. Japs Hit Back The Japanese tried their biggest counter-blow shortly after mid night Saturday night around San Manuel, 24 miles south of Baguio ;nd 18 miles inland from Lin ,pyen gulf. Elements of the Japanese Sec ond armored division spearhead ed the attack, striking into posi tions held by the U. S. 25th divi sion with a fury that overran the Americans' forward lines before it was halted. At down, the dough boys rallied and counter-attacked, finally wiping out the entire enemy force and clearing the whole San Manuel area. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's com munique said 789 enemy dead were counted in the area, with many more bodies still to be tal lied, while at least 49 Japanese tanks were known to have been Knocked out. Casualties Mount The losses raised the Japanese casualties since the start of the J-uzon campaign to more than 25, men and 103 tanks perhaps a third of their armor on the island fc ana certainly a large part of their arrison. American losses in the W me three-week period totaled 'f4. including 1,017 killed, 197 m&sing and 3,040 wounded. San Quintin, 11 miles southeast M San Manuel, also was taken by the Americans in a supporting thrust that carried almost 30 Mies inland to the foothills of the Waballo mountains. Meanwhile, the drive on Manila was continuing against the feebl J opposition, following the cap ture yesterday of San Fernando, " airline miles north of the cap "l and the starting point of Mac Arthur's retreat into Bataan three ears ago. Coos Bay Names City Ma nager ,Coos Bav. Ore.. Jan. 30 'IP C. McCrea, city manager Lwnon since Anril 1, 1944, be Coos Bay's first city man ner, it was decided last night by Mayor F. E. Fitzwalter and the y council. McCrea is to start work as soon ? he can arrange to be released "wn his present position. S- FORCES Dairy Sanitation Conditions Being Improved in District Bitter Attacks on OPA Made at Bend Meeting; Producers Confer With City Commissioners Bitter attacks, on the OPA, predictions that Central Ore gon milk men may abandon the business, and a revelation that sanitary conditions in the community's dairies are being improved, featured a meeting in the city hall last night when producers were summoned in for a conference by the city commission. The meeting was a sequel to the recent sanitary inspection made by the U. S. Public Health service and the Oregon state health department. It developed that shortly after the inspec tion, County Sanitarian Glenn W. Thompson had visited the Mackenzie King Calls Election Ottawa, Jan. 30 IP Canadian Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King accepted the challenge of minority party opposition today and called the first general elec tion since 1941 as a popular test of his wartime leadership. . . King's decision came last night after he had determined that his minister of national defense, A. U. L. McNaughton, faced a battle to win a seat in commons which would assure his presence in parliament in the event an other session is called before a general election. McNaughton was brought into King's cabinet last November af ter King adopted the controversial overseas draft policv. The defense minister was-seeking the com mons seat in a special election to oe neid eb. 5 in tne rrey North district of Ontario. The progressive conservative and Canadian commonwealth fed eration parties offered opposition to McNaughton, and King charged they sought to "obstruct" his en try into commons. He called for the general election before April 14. County Manager Bill Introduced Salem, Ore., Jan. 30 (IP) A bill which would set up the mechanics of a county manager system of government in detail, and outlines the form of elections in counties which vote on It, was introduced to the house today by Rep. Giles French of Moro. The bill implements the law passed by the people at the No vember election permitting that type of county government. Sen. Coe A. McKenna today ih roduced a bill to the senate which would provide for the improve ment, development and regulation of aeronautics in the state, and making the law uniform. An office of director of aero nautics would be created by the bill. The measure, introduced at the request of the interstate coopera tion committee, is opposed to a bill introduced yesterday by Sen. J. N. Jones, Juntura, which would abolish the present board of aero nautics, and most of the provi sions of the present aeronautics code. President Observes Birthday, But Whereabouts Kept Secret Washlneton. Jan. 30 IP Prcsl-1 dent RooseVelt was 63 years old i today and his own observance of ' the anniversary was far over-1 SnaUUWt-U UV Ills unrvniif; aw,, with Prlmo Minister Winston : Churchill and Premier Josef i Stalin. to meet soon with Churchill and In sharp contrast to other years Stalin were underlined by the ab of more carefree birthdays, Roose-! spnee from Washington of three velt's day was monopolized by ' of his top advisers, Harry L. Hop war tasks of the highest impor-' kins. War Mobilization Director tance. Consequently he was to ; James t . Byrnes and bocretary take no direct public part in the i of State E. R. Stettinius, Jr. nationwide observance of his I Hopkins is in Europe as an ad birthday, vance man for the "Big Three" Tonieht he will send a radio , conference. Byrnes can be de- message to the American people ; through his wife, who will read and Stettinius Is said at the state ! Mont to the rank c .f brie It on the air. This will be the department to be "out of town." ef ecnVral of brig- nrpslrtent's customary thanks to the nation for the millions con- tributed annually on the occasion of his birthday to fight infantile . paralysis. i His whereabouts were not dis- closed and It was not possiDie to report further, how the president was spending his birthday. TCMILS r""!: ' ''. 1 dairies and showed the propri etors the results of the survey, affecting their plants. The dairymen were called in to ex plain what steps they had taken to comply with the in spectors suggestions. Large Group Present Attending the meetine were Mayor A. T. Niebergall, Commis sioner Melvin Munkres, City Manager C. G. Reiter, City Re corder George Simerville, Dr. Wayne S. Ramsey, county pub lic health officer, H. C. Kerron and Everett Hughes, members of a special chamber of commerce committee; J. W. Peterson of the Pleasant Ridge Dairy; D. M. Lay, Medo-Land creamery: Dean L. Wonser of the Bend dairy; John Bradetich, Bradetich brothel's; County Agent H. G. Smith, A. E. Stevens, county commissioner, H. P. Eby. production manager for the Kilgore dairy at Redmond; Mrs. Crosby H. Shevlin, Mrs. G. A. Horstkotte and Mrs. Elmer V. Ward; representing the League of Women Voters, and Mrs. C. P. Beekerof the Jomeh's jCJvic lpflptlp - r -' - - " - Without exception, the dairy men complained that a manpower shortage hindered their produc tion and was responsible for the asserted unsanitary conditions found by the state and federal in spectors. They blasted the OPA for Imposing ceiling prices within which they must operate, claiming that the narrow margin of profit allowed them precludes the opportunity of buying more modern and expensive pasteuriz ing equipment. Here the priority ban was rapped, one producer stating he had been waiting for (Continued on Page 2) Nippon Returns To Open Hotel Portland, Ore., Jan. 30 (IP) Takeo Akamatsu, Portland-born Japanese, today awaited his city license to operate the Barr hotel, first of the evacuated Japanese Americans to apply for such a privilege since the army lifted the ban on these citizens. With the 32-year-old Akamatsu was his Tacoma-born wife, Doro thy, whom he married Just before being evacuated to the Hunt, Ida ho, relocation center in 1942. After meeting at a Japanese-American function here, they sped up the marriage lest they become sepa rated at different relocation cen ters. Their daughter, Linda, was born at Hunt almost two years ago. - VETERAN COACH QUITS Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 30 (IP) Wil liam A. (Bill) Alexander, head football coach at Georgia Tech for a quarter of a century, resigned today. Completely aside from Roose- velt's birthday activities, however, signs pointing to the imminent "Big Three" meeting were in- casing annual uj .,,; nuwi.i Roosevelt's reneated statements I of recent weeks that he planned scribed as "out of the country" Stettinius. however, recently an nounced that he had accepted the president's invitation to go with him to the conference, European missions also have been announced for White House tress secretary aiepnen i. Lany and Judge bamuel I. Koscnman. I special counsel to the president, Patton's'Men Gain Forefield Of Nazi Barrier Yanks Fight in Snow - In Strike Over Line To German Territory Paris, Jan. 30 (IP) Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's Third army cracked into Germany and the forefield of the Siegfried line to day in a thrust from the Belgian Luxembourg border area, captur ing the German town of Welchen hausen, eight miles southeast of St. Vlth. The Third army vanguard in Germany was setting the pace for American troops mushing through knee-deep snow up to or across the border on a 35-mile front In I what appeared to be a preliminary iu a uiujui uuieu uuensive ill nit? west. The German high command in a survey of the western front, said the allies were engaged in opera tions "aiming at the establishment of favorable initial positions for major operations, which already are foreshadowed on the northern wing of the front." Bridgehead Established The northern wing of Patton's Third army already had carved out a bridgehead across the Our river In Germany two miles wide and three-quarters of a mile deep, a front dispatch reported. The douehbovs caDtured Wei- chenhauson in their first specific victory or the new drive Into the relch. The Belgian border town of Stupbach, a little more than a mile to the north, also fell. "The Third army's attack Into Germany continued this morn ing," a midday dispatch reported. The German high command said American forces "broke into our positions after fierce fight ing," northeast of St. Vith. It said the Germans "are locked In heavy fighting against American divi sions which are attacking on a wide front" on either side of St. Vith. Canadians Attack To the northwest, a Berlin com munique said, Canadian attacks against a German bridgehead in the Gertruidenberg area of the lower Maas were broken up by ar tillery fire. The Germans reported heavy fighting in that sector, and said several allied attacks were repulsed along the Roer river. ' Simultaneously, French First army forces In Alsace knocked out both sides of the Colmar pocket with a concerted drive from the north and south that Swiss border reports said had recaptured Col mar, the last major French city in German hands. Midwest Chilled By Zero Weather Chicago, Jan. 30 (IP) Tempera tures dropped below zero over much of the midwest and inter mountain region today and the weather bureau here predicted more of the same for tonight. But it added that relief will come to morrow, when temperatures are expected to rise slowly. Sub-zero weather prevailed over most of Wisconsin, Minnesota, northern Iowa, the Dakotas, Mon tana and Wyoming. The coldest spot in the nation ; was iaramie, wyo., wnere tne iaramie, wyo., wnere tne .tuvi.v.u io ueiuw. n was minus 17 at Glasgow, Mont Duluth, Minn., and Williston. N. D., reported minus 10; Land - ,. . .;. mi..o. tj it i :. a . St ws- minus 8, Rockford, il!., minus 3 and Mason Citv. Ia., minus 1. It was two above here, one above at Springfield. 111., and six above at South Bend, the cold- ,0 refuso pul)llc accommodations est spot In Indiana. to a person because of race. Meanwhile the senate was con ROOSEVELT NOW GENERAL s'dering a renewed appeal from Washington, Jan. 30 UP) The .Gov- Earl Sne" for reconsideration . hi. i ... Inf its o1r.n lsllllntr hio nrnnncal Bi-iiaie military aiiaira committee unanimously approved today the nomination of 34-year-old Col. Elliott Roosevelt, second son of HITLER TO SPEAK London, Jan. 30 IP The Berlin radio sa d tonight that Adolf Hit- lcr would speak from his head-l quarters at Z:15 p. m. PWT on the I occasion of the anniversary of his rise to power. FROM MANILA BAY Germany's War-Heart Between the North Sea $ZLmJ ' S -i k shipyards, rSCRKi C jf. U-B0AT8. PLANES' J5lVlVlMr ' & ' ' til fflJ$l V, B0MBSIQHT9, M'SA ""''iiS-f ::?'T3V;i IL REFINERIES 5 Jl$&J MfW SRS li rULANU . V Jjf 11 I RAlt CENTEfc Mo9l.b'lli8Vfc, MF L Jt yW MA WuppOTtoT J OH- DEPOTS. FUEL8 hbtMT" I U-BOAT ENGINEslPtt DulMldcjfr Ulpilfl frf" MkjfW MIL CENTER, VTlli MUNITIONS. TrJO-tfS .-TV Brillou- T? Ttf' , , -.CHEMICALS EJMfljy ? , . PLANE PARTS, SJV'SS,, FOUNDRIES, VS njP4r "VLCENTEB ABSENALH.ERyJS-X ' tVrlV.V . irSV PLANE PART8. Ws S &',,TjS,LSIA T . J?, ' CSSl35SRFi& AERO-ENGINE WOflKS VIINNA-Sj 1 !4S5-BfSW. -" AUSTRIA Sr a Germany's defensive dikes against the tides of defeat which roll from east and west are expected t to be along the lines of the Rhine River on the west, the Oder on the east. Between them lies the ' heart of German war production. In the Rhlneland are the great mines, steel works and factories of the Saar and Ruhr valleys. In Silesia, now under the shadow of the Hammer and Sickle, lies the only big Industrial region left to Hitler not attacked or threatened by the Western Allies, To Silesia were transferred many war Industries bombed out of the Ruhr and Saar,,. Black Sox' Basketball Scandal To Be Studied Man Accused of Bribing College Players Is Held on Money Count; Judge Flays 'Gangs' New York, Jan. 30 (IIP) the Black Sox basketball scandal was ordered today as one of the two men accused of basketball players to throw a game against Akron was ar raigned on a bribery charge. i County Judge Samuel S. Liebowitz directed the January Kings (Brooklyn) county grand jury to start a complete and thorough investigation, not case but of the basketball situation in general within the limits of its authority. Liebowitz, who was a noted : Public Hearings Held in Salem Salem, Ore., Jan. 30 (Ui Three public hearings on disputed bills before the legislature held the spotlight today, with little con troversial material due to come on the floor of either house or senate. A second hearing on the highly controversial "freeway" or limited highway access bill will be held late today. One hearing on It was held last week, but some inter ested persons who did not attend it wanted another hearing. Most evidence presented at the first hearing was against the bill, oppo nents contending It would be dis advantageous to small roadside property owners. The "pro" case was presented by members of the state highway commission. Hearing Planned Also late today a hearing will be held on the bill by Sen. Merle r Chessman and Rep. Ralph m.. .hot i,i n ih. ,i.,hi or a nUk r ut tv i strict. to one- irate outside of its own territory except with the consent of a ma Jorlty of the voters of the area in question. A hearing will be held tonight ...u V l.r u .. " .. fi;.,i . . w Jur '"ring iax expens 10 siuuy met nwit a inmiH iHi niiuLiuii'. i Not "Hodgepodge" Albany, N. Y., Jan. 30 HI1) Gov. In a letter yesterday, the gov-i Thomas E. Dewey proclaimed a ernor said he did not believe that i Mate-wide- emergency today to the tax picture was a "hodge-'deal with a food fuel crisis result oodirp" hut hi ff.li "cnnslriWalilc 'ine from a nroloneed cold wave. irnnnnm" ,nr thn innms.in needs hv the counties, cities and school districts for state funds. ; He said he felt that such an in- vestleatlon would renav its cost In savings to the state and In con-1 I tributions to its development. tf ttm dBirnlnnrMint By Grand Jury A grand jury investigation of bribing five Brooklyn College only of the Brooklyn College criminal attorney before being appointed to the bench, told the jurors that he deemed it of utmost importance that you begin an investigation at once." Game Popular "Basketball In recent years has taken the public by storm," he said. "Sport loving Americans go to basketabil games to see the game played by our fine,, clean youths. But successful endeavors and enterprises always draw barnacles. It is now reported that these barnacles have attached themselves to our game of basket ball. "To corrupt a college boy Is to destroy him In his formative years. If these vermin dealt only with punks like themselves, the gravity of the crime would not be so bad. But when these vermin stretch their wretched and filthy paws into our college halls they pollute the flower of our coun try's youth, and they have got to be destroyed. "It is easy to Imagine what would happen when a thousand dollar bill is waved before some of these youths." The five players admitted re ceiving $1,000 from Harvey Stem mi'i', who was ordered held In $2,500 bail for further hparlng Feb. 5, and Henry Rosen, to throw the game and were to receive an additional $2,000 following the contest, which had been scheduled for Boston tomorrow night. The game was cancelled, however, when the bribe became public. Fuel Emergency "aCeS ey OTK All state ilenartmonts were nut on the alert and the state guard was ordered to stand by for the first time since it was organized (after Pearl Harbor, to helD clear I snow - blocked roads and move fuel I land grain. anrl nfntn I Rhine and the Oder iiipinos Gen. MacArthur With American Forces in San Fernando, Jan. 29 (Delayed) (Ui Gen. Douglas MacArthur came hack today to the crossroads In San Fernando where he and Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Walnwrlght gathered the remnants of their Filloino-American army three years ago for the last march into Bataan. Cheering Filipinos lined the highway and G.I.'s snapped to at t e n 1 1 o n as MacArthur's five- starred Jeep breezed past and on into the front linos witnin db roau miles of Manila. The general spoke to members of the 37th division who cap tured San Fernando yesterday and stooped for a few moments at an Intersection where the road signs pointed the way to Bataan, 14 miles to the southwest. Graves Examined MacArthur, accompanied by his aide, Col. Lloyd Lehliras, Inspect-1 ed the captured Clark field instal lations and from a forward artil lery observation post watched the bombardment of Japanese posi tions In the hills behind Fort Stot senburg. He went on to Camp O'Donnoll, where the tragic death march ended and examined the graves of the men who died on that Journey. San Fernando Itself was rela tively undamaged, apart from the scars left by American planes In the last few months nnd by Japa nese hnmhers that hit thn town in 1041. 1 Wallace Seeks Public Backing In Bid for Secretary Position New York, Jan. 30 HI") Backed by a letter of endorsement from President Roosevelt, Henry A. Wallace campaigned for popular support today in his fight for both the secretaryship of com merce and control of the federal loan agencies. He told 1,450 labor leaders, lil eral writers and pro-new deal In dustrialists, fathered in his honor last night, that "while the senate I would relieve me of a great bur-1 den by giving me commerce with out RFC (reconstruction finance corporation), I feel that from the standpoint of the GO million work ers, the profits of business, the Income of farmers, the welfare of the country as a whole, and the protection of the United States treasury, I could do a better Job If the two were combined than it , "Undoubtedly many eood men could be found to head the loan aeencv." he snlri "hut I wish m maWo u .in., were serious daneer of a too-1 le- I and-too-late-man being appointed, I nn.l 1 t . l t l i 1 Soviets Strike On Wide Front East of Capital Nazis Say Russians Go Into Action on Line 42 Miles Long Near River London, Jan. 30 (IP Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov exploded a redoubled offensive on a broad front 90 to 100 miles from Berlin today in a daring bid to over whelm the defenses of the threat ened German capital with one great onslaught. Moscow dispatches said Zhu- kov's massed tanks and troops had crashed through the Obra river line, last natural barrier before the Orcr, and were sweep ing westward toward Frankfurt and Stettin. Nazi broadcasts reported that powerful Russian forces had struck out on a 42-mlle front be tween Driesen and Neu Bentschen In the border area of Germany east of Berlin In a plunge pointed at Kustrain, on the Oder 41 miles northeast of the capital, Blue Chips Used Soviet and nazi reports made lt evident that Zhukov was throwing his blue chips into the game of war for the highest stake Berlin. Obviously he had the situation well enough In hand after his sweep across the Polish plains from the Vistula to -gamble, for the enemy's capital before" the groggy nazis had a chance to rally for Its defense. German descriptions indicated the massive weight Zhukov was throwing into his plunge. The nazi designation of the im mediate Soviet objective as Kus trln, at the confluence of the Oder and Warthe 17 miles northeast of Frankfurt, suggested that Zhu- kov's assault forces might have broken through the outlying perimeter of Berlin's defenses for a quick grab at the river city which is the last of any size be fore Berlin on the trunk railway from Danzig. New I'liHh Developed Driesen and Neu Bentschen, the outer limits of Zhukov's intensi fied push as reported by Berlin, are 42 miles apart and a few miles inside Germany from the north western and southwestern arcs of Poland's westernmost bulge. The German reports indicated that Zhukov's first White Russian army had crossed the border in great strength, and Moscow dis patches said that after breaking through the line of the Obra his armor and mobile Infantry were rolling on toward Frankfurt. "In the Obra sector and north of the Netze river at Driesen the enemy attacked with strong for ces In the westerly direction," the German high command said, "heavy fighting Is in progress." The thrust across the Obra, which winds 75 to 100 miles east of Berlin, carried the Soviets Into the capital's home province of Brandenburg while other Russian colums were rolling unchecked across Pomcranla within 90 miles northeast of the city. (Continued on Page 6) I would prefer not to be secre tary of commerce." Although his nomination by President Roosevelt to the com merce post, which presently con trols the loan agencies, Is under fire in the senate, Wallace was encouraged by a praiseful letter from the president, read to the meeting by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Existence of the letter was re- vealed for the first time at the testimonial dinner sponsored by the Union for Democratic Action, presided over by Bruce Bliven, editor of the New Republic. It was written Jan. 17, five days be fore Mr. Roosevelt nominated Wallace to tho commerce post. It said, In part: "Whenever and wherever men gather to give testimony to the contribution of Henry Wallace to our times and our future, I want to be called as witness. .; ," .u. lui r.' witn otner Americans, I am Wa lace has L , . aiT.ii retary of agriculture." . m