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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 31, 1945
NO. 48
TOE BENS BtLTL
U. S. Troops Return
Following Bloodless
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Nippon Forces p-it U. S. Troopers
Pressing Near
Siegfried Line
in Triumph to Bataan
Landing on Luzon Isle
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Cut Into Four
Small Pockets
Japs Scatter Into Hills
When, Big Invasion Fleet
Seen Approaching Area
By William B. Dickinson
(United Press War Correspondent)
General MacArthurs Headquar
ters, Luzon, Jan. 31 IP Ameri
can troops returned in triumph to
Bataan today after a bloodless
landing on the west coast of Lu
zon that cut the Japanese island
defenses into four doomed pockets
and may already have overrun the
former u. S. naval base at Olong
apo. i '
In another of the bold amphibi
ous strokes that have rolled the
Japanese back across New Gui
nea, the Halmaheras and the
central Philippines, the newly con
stituted U. S. Eighth army estab
lished a solid eight-mile beach
head between San Felipe and San
Antonio, some 45 miles northwest
of Manila, without losing a man,
ship or plane.
No Shots Fired
The first assault troops hit the
beach at 8:30 a.m. Monday, with
out firing a shot, and in a few
hours more a division of veteran
jungle fighters were speeding in
land through lanes of cheering na
tives.
By nightfall they had penetrat
ed 11 miles inland, taking San
Marcellno and its airdrome the
23rd field captured on Luzon
and were pushing through Casta
lejos pass toward Olongapo, nine
miles away on the east shore of
Subic bay.
About 200 to 300 Japanese in
the area scattered down into the
hills of Bataan at first sight of the
big Invasion armada and dis
patches from the scene indicated
that in the past 24" hours the
Americans were fanning out
across the 18-mile wide base of
the peninsula toward a juncture
with other invasion forces moving
down highway three on Manila.
Objective Nearby
The first American objective be
yond Olongapo apparently was
Dlnaluhipan, on the northeastern
corner of Bataan 13 miles east of
the naval base and 19 miles south
west of the U. S. Sixth army
forces at San Fernando on the
Manila road.
The 38th division, veterans of
the Aitape-Wewak fighting in
New Guinea, and elements of the
24th Infantry transferred from
Leyte, composed the initial land
ing force under Lt. Gen. Robert
Eichclberger, commander of the
Eighth army.
So complete was the tactical and
strategic surprise that the Japa
nese were unable to put up the
slightest resistance on the beaches
or anywhere ashore in the first
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How Red Steamroller Eats Up German Miles
Called the hardest-hitting ad
miral in Vice-Adml. Marc
Mitscher's Third Fleet, Rear
Adml. Joseph James ("Jocko")
Clark, above, commands a car
rier task force that has con
sistently blasted Iwo Jima and
Chichi Jima, Jap islands north
of Saipan.
Storm Whitens
Interior Region
The heaviest snowstorm of the
season came to Central Oregon
last night, depositing as much, as
12 inches of snow on the crest of
the Cascades and blanketing Bend
under six inches. According to
reports reaching the headquarters
of the state highway department,
the storm appeared to be most
severe to the north, and it was
still snowing in The Dalles region
as sunshine brightened the scene
here in the morning.
More snowfall was forecast for
tonight and Thursday, particular
ly in the mountains.
Redmond received more snow
than Bend, nine inches being re
ported there this morning. The
highway department reported con
ditions as follows:
Roads Snowy
Santiam highway, 30 inches of
packed snow and 12 inches for the
present storm, with snow plows
working: Willamette, five inches
of new snow with plows working; described as a ragtag collection.
Lapine, 2 inches, with rain being : including cooks ana mecnanics.
reDorted to the south: Dackad! Elements of the U. S. ninth di
Hodge's 1st Army Shells!
German Barrier; Berlin
Says Major Drive Due
Paris, Jan.- 31 lPi American
forces more than seven divisions
strong shouldered their way into
the forefield of the Siegfried line
today, crossing the upper Roer
river east of Monschau and push
ing beyond the line from which
Marshal Karl Von Rundstedt
launched his winter offensive.
Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges'
First army was shelling the Sieg-
fried belt, which was less than
a mile ahead of his vanguard,
Doughboys of the First army
drove into Germany at two more
places, and tightened their grip on
a cluster of villages and defense
points east and northeast of Mons
chau.
The veteran First infantry di
vision was leading the assault.
It gained more than two miles
through the woods east of Kinr-
kelt, eight miles south of Mons
chau, for one of the new border
crossings. The 82nd airborne di
vision made the other east of
Lazentath, 10 miles northeast of
St. Vith. - - - .
With the First and Third arm
ies pushing through the outposts
of the German westwall, a Berlin
military commentator said it was
increasingly clear that the Allies
were readying a major offensive,
the main weight of which was ex
pected to be focused against the
Cologne plain east of Aachen.
The nazis said American forces
were deploying in force along the
Roer river line east of Aachen,
estima'ting that the concentration
included six tank and four infan
try reserve divisions.
Forces Pulled Back
A First army front dispatch
said Von Rundstedt apparently
had pulled back into or beyond
the Siegfried line virtually all of
his firs class fighting forces.
Those the Americans were en
countering in the forefield were
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Russian Mobile Forces Sweep
Toward Foe Capital on Long
Front; Three Anchors Seized
Red Vanguard Reaches Rail Junction Not Far
From German Citadel; Disaster-Laden Radio
News From Hitler Quarters Tells of Reverses
London, Jan. 31 (TIE) Russian mobile forces sweeping
toward Berlin on a broad front, today captured Landsberor,
: 69 miles northeast of the capital, and toppled the three anchor
bases of the nazi defense line 80 to 90 miles due east of the
threatened German capital.
Marshal Joseph Stalin announced the new soviet victories
I on an arching battlefront moving in against Berlin, and nazi
broadcasts said the Russian vanguard had reached the rail
junction of Soldin, 58 miles northeast of the city.
Along with Landsberg, key junction on the Berlin-Danzig
railway. Marshal Greeorv K
inukov s army overran Meser-
Russian incblle forces, sweeping toward Berlin, were ahead of map makers today as Landsberg, 69
miles northeast of the captial fell and other German centers, Including Schwelbus, were overrun. One
Russian unit was reported probing southeast of Stettin, on the river Oder.
Australia Ready
To Aid Mackmen
Canberra, Jan. 31 Ut Deputy
Prime Minister Francis M. Fordo
said today that Australia is put
ting into the field under Gen.
Douglas MacArthur the largest
forces ever sent from this contin
ent. The only operations in which
Australian ground forces are en
gaged that may be disclosed at
this time, he said in a broadcast
to the United States, were those
in the Aitape area of northern
New Guinea, in the Solomon is
lands, in New Britain, and in some
smaller islands in the area.
"Substantial forces are assigned
to these areas substantial be-
ennw nn Trip naiins.r'iiiifnrnia ivision were converging from the cause they have to deal with Jap
highway at Sun mountain: WaDin-!nor,nwest on the road junction of janese forces estimated to number
ltia highway, packed snow.
Wahlerscheid, five miles south- 90,000 who are fit, well armed and
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Head for Parlev
TMl London, Jan. 31 (IP) P r i m e
iff Minister Churchill and Foreign
I tretary Anthony Eden have left
I Britain, it was learned today as
I Hie date for the "Big Three" con
1 Ifrence approached.
Q in commons, Deputy Prime
"mister Clement Attlee and For
eign Undersecretary Richard Law
nswered questions addressed to
"-lurchill and Eden respectively.
A German DNB dispatch yes
"May said a "high British per
sonality had passed through
raris by plane en route to the
ftw East by way of Rome,
ii, ?m cons'ders it not impossible
"at this personality is Eden, who
said to be on his way to the
pace where the 'Big Three' meet
tog win be held."
While Bend's thermometers east
registered 20 degrees above zero,
it was 10 degrees higher in thei
mountains- this figure being re-j
corded at Santiam junction.
Employes of the state highway
equipped,- and in no mood to
surrender," Forde said.
"Where the rest of our troops
are being used or will be used is
the discretion of General Mac-
of Monschau, which the
Americans won in a bitter fight
last December- just before the
opening of the German drive. ,
Armor attached to the 78th di
vision crossed the Roer from the! Arthur and his communiques will
department cleared the state north near its source ana entered, announce me success oi inese ior-
rnario thrnnph Rpnrl nnrl hi v i the hamlet or wiaaau, two ana a mauons,
strppto pmnlnvps nlannprl tn pipanhalf miles east of Monschau. The
the city's streets tonight, and! river flows in an easterly direc-
remove
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the snow ridges tomor-
tion there.
DR. CLENDENING DEAD
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 31 iu
MAY RATION CHICKS Dr. Logan Clendening, nationally-
Portland, Ore., Jan. 31 U Ra-1 known physician and writer of a
tioning of commercial hatchery i syndicated newspaper column on
chicks may be necessary, if the health problems, was found dead
present demand for baby chicks tin his home here today,
continues, Portland hatchery men I Police said his throat had been
indicated today. slashed.
Committee Asks
Wallace Rejection
Washington. Jan. 31 UlThe
senate commerce committee today I don't know how many babies all
asked the senate to reject the of them dead."
17 Babies Die in Fire;
Stove Blast Is Blamed
By Louisa Ford
(United PreM Staff Correspondent)
Auburn, Me., Jan. 31 (U.E) Seventeen babies died in
smoke and flames before dawn today when a fire swept a
boarding house for war workers' children, and at noon a
tragic line of mothers, fathers, and grandparents began filing
through a silent funeral parlor to claim the bodies.
One adult attendant died with the babies, whose ages
ranged from three months to five years. Mrs, Eva La Coste,
operator of the house, and five other children, including three
of her own were saved. The oldest child among the victims
was five years old.
Mrs. La Coste said there was a terrific explosion and
that the one-and-a-half story
irame house instantly was a
mass of flames. She believed
the fire was started by the
kitchen stove. Screams of the
children awakened the neigh
borhood and moans and sob
bing cries were heard through
the flames, which crackled
from every window and door
Streets Icy
Firemen who raced to the scene
over icy streets were almost help
less for two hours. Fire Chief
Ralph B. Hnrndon said he and
some of his men darted Inside the
flaming building several times.
We carried out babies God, I
nomination of Henry A. Wallace
to be secretary of commerce and
also to pass legislation to deprive
the commerce department of its
present vast lending powers.
Guerillas Clear Japs From Shore on Luzon
Preceding Landings By American Troopers
By William C. Wilson and
Francis Mccartny
(United Press War CorrrKjntienU)
With U. S. Eighth Army North
of Subic Bay, Jan. 29 (Delayed!
Three ragged guerillas paddled
out to meet the American inva
sion fleet west of Luzon this
morning with word that the Fili
ninos already had won the beach-
Ihead and that the Japanese were
dead or fleeing for Bataan.
The dramatic message came
just as Rear Adm. A. D. Struble,
commander of the amphibious
fleet, was about to open a tremen
dous naval and air bombardment
to clear the way for his assault
ial whites to welcome the dough
boys and report that the Amer
ican flag had been flying over this
section of the coast for a week.
Only about 300 Japanese had
role stand of the half-starved,
fever-ridden American and Fili
pino army three years ago.
Shortly after daybreak, the lead
destroyers picked UD.a euerilla.
been stationed along the beaches i Juan Tadena. who had raddled
here and the last 20 who stayed out in a canoe to report the Japa-1 death agony. Rosa Cote, 50, an
ueMumi wrie r.im.-u uy gui-nnaa nt-su iiigm. lauena was Drougni tt-oniinueu on rage
Harndcn wept as he described
the scene.
"We got two babies out of the
front, room and eight out of the
next room. Then we lost count.
We kept lugging them out, one
after another."
The fire burned Itself out after
two hours leaving only charred
walls around a confusion of black
ened cribs, partly-burned teddy
bears and dolls in scorched bassi
nets. Din In Sleep
Some babies apparently died of
suffocation In their sleep. Others
neiu up tiny fists clenched in
four days before we landed.
before Col. John W. Patton,
Thp sprnnrl Invasion of Luzon : Pittshnrah Pa Intnlllnonv. ntti. I
was a "dry run from start to fin- :cer for Maj. Gen. Charles P. Hall. Nflvw ic hynorfori
Ish. Boston, Mass., commander of the 1 La V7 15 UAHC4 ' eu
Only twice during the voyage 11th corps
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were the crews called to general j Tadena reported that all the
quarters, and In both cases it de-; beaches were clear and that the
veloped that planes later identi-iSan Marcelino airfield was being
fled as American had caused the ; held by guerilla forces. Patton
alarm. i questioned him at length to make
Part of the surprise resulted , sure that his story was authentic,
from the fact that our convoy was and then conferred with Hail and
sandwiched between two others struble.
.Rome, Jan. 31 (IP) Secretary of
'a'e Edward R. Stettinlus and; troops.
"ary Hopkins have left this the- As a result not a shot was
2ter hv ..(.i . tlfnA ner a hnmh drfinnpd thrOUETn-
stinatinn nfpr. i out the landing, and the grinning ' heading north toward Lingayen Thirty minutes later, two more
fflces Wth imnoHant npKons it doughboys splashed ashore, gulf.
annnln.! P0"0"5' " Vhrnuch lanes of cheering Fill- The 4.000-foot peak of Mount
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sr- jesteraay and today ot ia.
Vjn. Joseph McNarney, deputy
commander in the Meditcr
""n theater.
mppt them.
At every village along
American landing front the
guerillas, both of whom had for
merly served In the U. S. navv.
reached Stmble's flagshiD and
iTo Hold Marianas
j Pearl Harbor, Jan. 31 HP) The
! U. S. navy appeared determined
today to retain the conquered
Marinnas aflrr the war for con
; version into the "Pearl Harbor of
' the western Pacific" within 1,100
i to 1,500 miles south of Tokyo.
Artemus L. Gates, assistant sec
! retary of the navy for air, told a
! press conference here that the
Marianas "should be kept for what
I Bataan came into sight at dawn confirmed Tadena's story, adding they are and what they stand for
the i this morning, bringing a lump , that about 300 Japanesce had been : and what they stand for Is an
na- : into the throat of every man ; seen moving down the coast Into j other Pearl Harbor 3.500 miles
tives turned out in their ceremon- i aboard who remembered the he- i Bataan.
west of here.'
Arctic Chill Hits
Northern States
(Br United Press)
A pessimistic weatherman to
day forecast little Immediate re
lief from sub-zero temperatures
for the nation's northern plain
and mldwestern areas but prom
ised at least 24 hours' grace for
states along the Atlantic seaboard.
A cold wave which rolled down
from Canada yesterday brought
sub-zero weather to Illinois, Min
nesota, Wisconsin, Michigan,
Iowa and the Dakotas, the federal
weather bureau at Chicago re
ported. Although a slight warm
ing tendency may be experienced
today, the weatherman warned
that tonight's readings will again
dip below zero.
East Still ClilUed
In the east, the mercury will
hover around the 20s during the
day but can be expected to fall
within the next 24 hours. How
ever, the cold wave will have de
creased in intensity by the time
lt reaches the eastern states, the
weatherman added.
Near-gale winds and snow flur
ries accompanied the cold in the
Great Lakes region. The national
low of 17 degrees below zero was
recorded at Rochester, Minn., and
La Crosse, Wis. Duluth registered
temperatures of 11 and Chi
cago 3.
Effects of the cold wave were
felt as far south as the Texas
Panhandle, the weatherman said,
where the temperature dropped
almost to freezing. Florida and
the southernmost seaboard states
probably will escape effects of
the icy blasts, he said.
itz, Schweibus, and Zullichau,
vital transport centers and de
fense posts some dozen miles
inside German Brandenburg.
Zhukov Lauded
Stalin, in his first special order
of the day since Monday, hailed
Zhukov's First White Russian ar
my tor the four-play victory on
the outer approaches of Berlin.
He called the captured towns
"large communication centers and
powerful strongholds of the Ger
man defenses covering the ap
proaches to Frankfurt."
At Landsberg the Russians
were 28 miles from the Oder at
Kustrin, where the Warthe flows
into lt and the Berlin trunk rail
way crosses It.
Disaster-laden nazi broadcasts
said Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov's
First White Russian,' army was
driving Inexorably toward Berlin
from the northeast, east, -and
southeast on a broad front.' -'
Obra River Reached
Moscow dispatches said that af
ter crashing through the Obra
river defenses just inside Ger
many, Zhukov's forces were rush
ing westward along the main
roads converging on the capital.
The Soviets reports, which usu
ally are well behind the events,
said the red army vanguard was
roughly 75 miles from Berlin.
Bitter fighting in the areas of
Soldin, Landsberg, and Zielenzig
was reported by nazi broadcasters, I
whose stark admission of land-1
slide advances by the Soviets (accomplished because they were
jui-kuu even tne customary propa
ganda assurances that the enemy
would be stopped In d-ie time.
At Soldin the Russians were 58
miles northeast of Berlin, 38
southeast or Stettin, and 20 north
west of Landsberg. Landsberg Is
on the north bank of the Warthe
river and a major junction on the
Danzig - Berlin railroad 68 miles
northeast of the capital. Zielen
zig, 20 miles south of Landsberg,
Is 65 miles due cast of Berlin, 25
northeast of Frankfurt and 30
miles inside Germany.
Threat Mount
Russian and German reports
agreed that the threat to Berlin ens kept for egg production,
was mounting steadily. Zhukov's) The rest of the goals remain
tones aireany were wiinin easy anout the same as last year s pro-
Food Goals Set
For Farmers
Of Deschutes
Deschutes county farmers are
being called upon generally to in
crease their production output
during 1945, as a result of a re
cent meeting in Redmond of coun
ty and community AAA commit
tees, extension service, granges,
USDA war board, soil conserva
tion service, the REA and county
planning committee.
In order to Impress producers
with the necessity of Increasing
their output as an ald to the
prosecution- of the war,' Speakers
will during February appear be
fore the different granges. The
dates have not yet been set, but
the schedule calls for George
Murphy to visit the Eastern Star
and Pine Forest granges; Bob
Thompson, Plalnvlew; James Un
derwood, Redmond; Alvln Phil
lips, Terrebonne, and Leo Allen,
Tumalo.
Eby Hopeful
Although the goals in general
call for the farmers to again "do
more with less," H. P. Eby, chair
man of the county AAA commit
tee, said he believes this can be
established by state officials "af
ter careful consideration of the
state's capacity to produce under
expected conditions."
Goals calling for marked chang-i
es from last year's output in
clude: Increase over 1944 of 5 per cent
in barley; 4 per cent In tame hay;
10 per cent In Austrian field peas;
25 per cent In clover seed: 50 per
cent in Alslke seed; 50 per cent in
Ladlno seed, and a 1 per cent In
crease in milk production.
ine conferees exoected that a
decrease would occur in hairy
vetch seed production, and chick-
FIVE GENERALS LOST
Tokyo, Jan. 31 up The Japa
nese Dome! agency today report
ed the deaths of five more Japa
nese army generals, bring to 28
the number who have died since
May 23, 1944. The Domel dispatch
was recorded by FCC monitors.
reach of the Oder, which winds
about 35 miles cast of the capital,
and It was there that the nazis
must check the Invaders If the
siege or capitulation of Berlin was
to be averted.
The Gorman Transocean agency
acknowledged that a frontal as
sault had crumpled the Meseritz
ductlon, according to H. G. Smith,
county agent.
Decline Feared
A decline In the production of
spring pigs was feared unless
more brood sows are kept for far
rowing in the spring. The present
support price has been extended
to March 31, 1946, to cover the
bchwelebus-Zulllchau defense line' neiiod when this venr's snrinir
only 45 miles east of Frankfurt-on- pig crop will go to market, ac
Oder, 80 miles east of Berlin and cording to Agent Smith,
nearly 20 miles inside the capital's Attending the production goals
home province of Brandenburg. 1 (Continued on Page 6)
Collections in Theaters Yield
Over $57 1 for Paralysis Fund
Members of the Beta Sigma Phi
sorority were revealed today to
have collected more money to date
than any other group for the
"march of dimes" fund In the
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
campaign.
Working four nights In the
Tower and Capitol theaters, the
sorority girls collected a total of
$571.93, according to Mrs. J. F.
Arnold, Deschutes county polio
campaign chairman. This sum, she
said, was the largest yet received
from any one source.
Taking advantage of the Inter
missions, the girls quickly can
vassed the patrons, gathering in
plates lined with the relief money.
The Camp Fire Girls, under the
leadership of Mrs. Joe Elder, ran
the Beta Sigma Phi girls a close
race, being the next highest in
total collections, according to Mrs.
Arnold. To date the Camp Fire
girls have turned, in a total of
$337.35 from the schools, the mills
and the ordnance shop. Mrs. Eider
revealed that the Camp Fire girls
were determined to "beat" the
Boy Scouts of Troop No. 23, who
raised $311.65 In their "block of
dimes." The girls were elated,
Mrs. Elder said, when they re
a 1 1 z e d they had exceeded the
scouts' amount by $25.70.
Mrs. Arnold reported today that
money was still coming in from
the sale of tickets to the Presi
dent's ball, held last Saturday
night. A total of $202.50 has been
realized to date from this source.
Don McCauley, president of the
Bend Youth club turned In $47,
the Brnnilis Thrift-Wise drug
store. $12, anonymous $7.50, and
Henry Zirpler, S5.
The Beta Sigma Phi girls who
made the theater collections were
Evelyn Zumwalt, Ann Staples,
Lue Sanders, Lou Horn, Jean Wat
son, Catherine Her, Margaret
Doughertv, Laverne Ballard, Eliz
abeth Beaver, Carola May, Lucille
Wood, Eunice Llndley, Vlcento
Grlno, Marion Bloomauist, Mrs.
Wayne Faddis and Leola Olson.