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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEB. 2, 1945
Allied Armies
Seize Colmar
n New Drive
Germans Abandon Entire
Sections of Barrier as
Troops Move Into Rear
Paris, Feh 2 (IP) Allied armies
oke into the big Alsation strong-
ld of Colmar and the outer
ust of the Siegfried line today
bincident with the disclosure
pat Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
lid his commanders had been
Inferring on current operations.
American and French forces
errunning the German pocket
l the Rhine in lower Alsace
ushed into Colmar, Its biggest
tv. alter gams loresnaoowing
le doom of this enemy bridge-
ad left behind In the early
inter push through most of the
stern strip oi rTance.
United Press correspondent
inton B. Conger reported from
6sace that tanks and infantry of
n. Jean De Lattre De Tassig-
's French First army, including
nited States units, cracked into
lulmar.
The Franco American push
ped out the northern section of
e' coimar pocKei aiong me
biine, and the Allies were fight
s' within mortar range of the
ig Ncubreisach bridge behind the
rmans holding out in the
ountains northwest of Colmar.
To the north- three American
mies were wedging into the
!m of the Siegfried defense belt
a broad front In the border
gion of Germany, Belgium, and
uxembourg. .
The First and Third armies,
Ightmg below the Ninth army
rctor, were closing on the Sieg-
led line's main works along a
mile front.
Supreme Headquarters an-
puneed that Eisenhower and his
aff had conferred with Lt. Gen.
hiar N. Bradley, lath army
roup commander, but permitted,
ttle speculation about the gather-
.Big Thing rooking-
The converence was held
rainst the significant . back-
round of a Russian drive to the
pproaches Of Berlin and Amerl-
n penetrations of the Siegfried.
brks.
Its importance was indicated by
le fact that it was announced
all, for the usual meetings
etween commanders go un
raided. The announcement
pecified that the principal mem
era of the supreme commander's
laif were present, another indi
ition that big things were cook
ig. i Field dispatches said the Ger-'
lans were abandoning entire
(ctions of their first-line Sieg
lied defenses and pulling back in
I the main fortifications three
four miles farther east without
struggle. The withdrawal, ap
rently dictated by the need of
(serves to meet the Red army
ish in the east, was reported
pi pronounced
lonschau, where
NO. 50
Thirty Million
Koreans Face
Starvation
By George Wang
(United Pn War Correspondent)
Chungking. Feb. 2 (IP Thirfv
million Koreans are. starving und
er a strict Japanese wartime ra
tioning system which already has
cost the lives of millions, three
K-orean students who dpsertprt
from the Japanese army declared
today.
Thousands of Koreans have
committed suicide after murder
ing Japanese oppressors, and
more thousands have revolted in
small-scale unsuccessful rice
riots, the trio of -deserters from
the Japanese 65th division in
north China said after a two
months' trek to Chungking.
The three whom I interviewed
arrived at Chungking in a group
oi w Koreans seeking the pro
tection of their provisional govern
ment in the Chinese capital.' An
estimated 10,000 Korean con
scripts have successfully deserted
from the Japanese army.
Second Wreck
In Gorge Kills
Bend Resident
The Dalles. Ore.. Feb. 2 (IB-
Fatalities resulting from two
wrecks on the Bend branch of
the S. P. and S. railroad rose to
three today with the death of O.
E. Cochran, an engineer on one
of the freight trains which col
lided head-on yesterday.
ere known to have built a
uble wall of defenses covering
le cologne plain.
The Dalles, Ore., Feb. 2 (IP) A
work train was derailed today en
route to the scene of a previous
freight train collision on the Bend
branch of the Spokane, Portland
and Seattle line, killing the con
ductor and delaying reopening of
.the line..
company oinciais said conduc
tor Charles Wilson, 64, 309 Turn-eJo-avervra,-
Bond, was--riding the
only car derailed when the work
train struck a dirt slide 25 miles
north of Maupin and about nine
miles from the spot where two
freight trains collided yesterday,
killing one trainman and injuring
five others.
It was estimated the line would
be reopened about 10 p. m.
30 Cars Derailed
The flatcar on which Wilson
was riding contained steel to re
pair the damage from the first
wreck, in which 30 boxcars were
derailed. It was believed the earth
slide was caused by rising temp
eratures which thawed the frozen
banks in a railway cut. The slide
was slightly west of Sinamox.
. The wreck yesterday was near
Oakbrook, near milepost 39 on the
Bend branch.
Killed was A. J. Dodd, brake
man. Seriously injured were O. E.
Cochran, and John Harper, engi
neers on the two S. P. and S.
fi-nioht trainQ that mpt in A hltnrt.
northeast ot,ne snowstorm slitrhtlv before
the Germans , noon. Also hosDitalized in The
27,100 Allies
Die at Nippon
Camp on Isle
Released Prisoners Tell
Stories of Horror; III
Men Refused Medicine
Ceneral MaoArthtir's Headnuar
ters. Luzon, Feb. 2 Ui Capt.
Ralph Hibbs of East Oskaloosa,
Iowa, said today at least 20 Amer
ican and Filipino prisoners had
been executed and hundreds, per
haps thousands, of others had died
oi neglect in prison camps on
Luzon.
Hibbs, among the 510 allied pris
oners rescued from the Cabana-
tuan prison camp by rangers in a
daring . commando raid, said 27,
000 Filipinos and 100 Americans
died of various causes in the
O'Donnell prison camp alone and
more than 100 Americans died at
Cahanatuan.
Prisoners often were beaten
with sticks which they called "vi
tamin sticks, Hibbs said. When
men fell ill, the Japanese often
refused to release medical sup
plies for them, he said.
Over 1(H) Die
Once 100 men died of diphtherial
before they were given anti-toxin.
Another 100 died of dysentery,
he said.
Hibbs said that in a camp , at
Bilibid, the ancient Manila prison,
the Japanese gave prisoners rot
ten vegetables covered with ma
nure. American officers had to
use clubs to keep the starving pris
oners irom eating them, he said.
The Japanese laughed at the
sight." he added. ;
Hibbs served with the 31st in
fantry at Bataan and was adju
tant at the O'Donnell camp hos
pital under Col. James W. puck
worth of 101 Cervantes . Blvd.,
San Francisco, Calif., doctor-hero
of the Bleee of Bataan and an
other of the prisoners rescued
from Cahanatuan.
- Report Confirmed .
Duckworth, senior officer
among the rescued prisoners, con-
Reds Lash at Oder
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ft - 6 ft ft ft ft ', it ; : ft
n n n k a
lit units wd
River Lone
ft
an
Nasugbu Bay
Landing Made
By Americans'
U. S. Troops Converge on
Capital From Two Sides;
City's Fall Seems Near
ove on
M
By William B. Dickinson. '
(United Ptmt War Correepondenu) x .
General MacArthur's Hearquar-
ters, Luzon, Feb. 2 (U American
tanks and Infantrymen converged
on Manila from two sides today.
The capital and the entire Japa
nese defense system in southern
Luzon were outflanked with a
surprise landing 13 miles below
the mouth of Manila bay.-
Amphibious forces of th U. S.
Eighth army, knifing into the
enemy's thinly-held west coast de
fenses for the third time in 48
hours, swarmed ashore early
Wednesday at Nasugbu bay, 41
miles southwest of Manila.
The landing was completed
without loss and at last reports
the Americans were advancing in
land through weak opposition at a
pace that may already have car
ried them to the shores of Manila
bay, within artillery range of
Corregidor.
Back Door Opened
The new thrust broke onen the
Back door to Manila, already
menaced by u. s. sixth army vet-
flr?nod.;kS5aiejikjK from tt
dying daily at Camn O'Donnell nnrth. The Sixth- army's 37th
louse Expected
o Support Bill
Washington, Feb. 2 (IB Early
use approval of the George bill,
signed to divorce lending agenc
s from the commerce depart-
Dalles, but with lesser irijuries,
were W. G. Frazier, fireman, Tom
Delaney, conductor and H. W.
Higganbottom, b r a k e m a n. All
trainmen were from Wishram,
Wash.
Siding Missed
The accident occurred when the
southbound freight train missed
the siding at Oakbrook and
ploughed into the northbound
train. One locomotive was piled on
its side off the roadbed and the
other was derailed and Dauiy dam
aged. More than 30 boxcars, many
of them filled with freight, were
cnt, appeared assured today crumpled and piled up along the
Ith Conspnnpnt imnmvomont in tracks.
ospects for senate confirmation I The injured were taken to Shcr-
Henry A. Wallace as secretary (Continued on Page 5)
commerce.
Although opponents of the
mination declared they would
"itinue their fight to block con
Jmation when It Is taken up
arch 1, It seemed doubtful that
again could muster the vote
' which they almost forced a
icision on the nomination yes
rday. May Follow Lead
widespread sentiment among
ith republicans and democrats
dicated that the house would
How the lead of the senate in
ussing the George bill to remove
e Construction Finance corpora
n and allied agencies from the
mmerce denartmnnf.
The senate passed the bill yes-
for a brief period after the sur
render of Bataan in 1942.
"The Japs were panicky over
the death rate," he said. "They
sent me there and allowed me to
take six truckloads of our equip
ment and supplies.
"Within a month, the death rate
was cut to 100 a day, and durinc
the second month to 15 or 20
When Filipinos were able to leave
they were freed and gradually
the camp was closed out.
Prisoners Burled
Duckworth said he was able to
save 80 of 160 American prisoners
whom he found .criticallv 111 on
his arrival at the O'Donnell camp.
He said his personal dealings
with the Japanese had been "satis
factory, but reported that "many
hundreds" of war prisoners were
buried at Cabanatuan
Maj. Emil Reed of Brownsville,
Tex., formerly regimental com
mander of the 26th (Filipino)
cavalry, said some American sol
diers at Cabanatuan had been
beaten until they died
East States Face
Gas"Blaclcout"
Washington, Feb. 2 (IP The
war production board today pro
hibited theaters, movies, bowling
alleys, night clubs and other
amusement places in the seven-
state weather stricken Appala
chian area from using natural or
mixed heating gas for any pur
poses during the next three days.
The agency removed Illinois,
Indiana, and Michigan from an
earlier list of states covered by
the 72-hour ban.
'Six More Weeks of Winter?'
Groundhogs Present Answer
5HTTttEPlRT,GUYStf
C. II. WHITE DEAD
Portland, Ore., Feb. 2 U" Fu
fral services will be held tomor-
for Clarence H. White, found
and partner of the Ellison
bite artists bureau of Portland,
d a former publisher. He was
into a huddle. Out of the huddle
came the solemn announcement:
"Six more weeks of winter, boys.
Let's finish our nap."
Then, unconfirmed reports said,
the marmots disappeared and so
did the sun. And in the higher
nip sun. noenrdine to the best country snow flurries brat over
dope from the lavalands and can-! the Cascade divide,
yon rimrocks, throw some fine! Old timers in Bend, asked for
shadows against the snowy back-! comment on the groundhogs and
zround. In fact, there appeared ' their shadows, said: "Hooey,"
to be one shadow for each ground-1 then added: "Who expected win
fpntral Orpuon proundhoEs. re-
rdaybyavoteof 74 to 12 f ollow-: nowned as weather prognostica
g the pattern adopted by Wal-I tors of no mean ability, burrowed
ce supporters once they became ! from lava bed snow today, blinked
winced that the former vice at a February sun that seemed
sident could not be confirmed to be skidding through clouds
me loan agencies remained in ; and sat wearily on their naunencs
e department.
hog. - ,
Chief Chuck Groundhog, grand
father of the lava bed tribe, re
portedly called his descendants
tor to end before March 15 any
way? '
And in the lower country, the
sun came out again. ,
(Buckeye) division was reported
20 miles or less north of the cap
ital, on and probably beyond the
Angat river line below Calumplt.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's com
munique said the 37th's patrols
were operating freelv throughout
the area, indicating that the Japa
nese were making no attempt at
a determined-stand above the cap
ital. Caught between the two Amer
ican columns, the Japanese in
Manila faced the prospect of re
treating southeastward around
the shores of Laguna De bay with
in the next few days or being
trapped and annihilated inside the
city. Their only other alternative
was a flight to Corregidor for a
death stand on .'the rock."
laps Make Report
(A broadcast from the Japa
nese-controlled Singapore radio
said enemy units entrenched along
the Manila highway were strong
ly supported by tanks and artil
lery units. American spearheads,
the broadcast claimed, were "com
pletely cut off from communica
tions and are receiving insuffi
cient supplies by air.")
As the battle for Manila moved
into its final stage, there was
fierce fighting in the foothills of
the Zambales mountains 50-odd
miles to the northwest, where sev
eral thousand Japanese were be
ing Domoeo ana shelled out of
their hilltop positions lust west of
Clark field and Fort Stotsenburg.
At last accounts. American
planes and artillery were cutting
the enemy force to pieces with an
almost-continuous bombardment,
clearing the way for an infantry
assault to dislodge the Japanese
survivors.
Artillery Blasts Nips Near Clark Held
r
f - N , . ' , . " " -s ' '
Blasting Nipa isolated in suicide caves of their own making in the low foothllli of the Oabualllan range some
five miles from Clark Field, Lujn, these Yank artillerymen lean on their gun braces to prevent their 75-mm.
Oeld gun from recoiling out of position. Photo by WUlard Hatch. NEA-Acme photographer for War Picture Pool.
Timber Faller
Shot at Shevlin
10 More Nippon
Ships Are Bagged
Washington, Feb. 2 (IP) Ameri
can submarines have sent 10 more
enemy merchant vessels to the
hsttom in far eastern waters, .the
navy revealed today. J :
The bag announced today in
eluded two medium cargo trans
ports, three tankers, three cargo
vessels, and two transports all
vital to Japan's efforts to main
tain tenuous sea lanes to its stolen
empire in the south.
' This latest haul brings to 989
the number of enemy vessels sunk
by U. S. subs in this war. Of the
989 sunk, 104 were combatant
ships and 885 non-combatant.
65 ships Destroyed
Since Jan. 1, the navy has an
nounced the sinking of 65 enemy
vessels by American submarines.
Five of these were warships.
The last two navy announce
ments of submarine sinkings
have specified that the vessels
were sunk exclusively in far east
ern waters, indicating that the
American undersea craft must
roam closer to enemy home wa
ters for their prey. Many sinkings
previously were listed as occur
ring in the western pacific.
Claude Powell, 27, a tlmtior
faller, Is In the Lumberman's hos
pital here suffering from a shot
gun wound In the rieht ernln and ! house
the right arm, and State Of fleer i dP,Pmed the rpal npcd
House Approves
Work-Fight Bill
Washington, Feb. 2 (IP Chair
man Elbert D. Thomas, D., Utah,
of the senate military affairs com
mittee today predicted that the
house-approved "work or else'
bill probably would be ready to
send to the senate tomorrow.
After a close committee session
during which several amendments
were adopted, Thomas told re
porters there would be no further
hearings requested Dy botn latior
and Industry because both the
senate and house military affairs
committees have considered na
tional service legislation for two
years.
"All that has been declared at
the hearings has not changed
what the president has asked,
what war mobilization director
Iiyrnes has asked, what tho chief
of staff and the chief of the fleet
have asked, and now what the
of representatives has
Thomas
Berlin Braces
In Death Stand
As Reds Near
(B, Unltod Pr) k .
Berlin braced for a death stand
agalnU. -oruruahinft red army
today as nazt spokesmen specu
lated uneasily that the allied "big
three would go over their heads
to the German people with a new
surrender demand similar to Pres
ident Wilson's historic 14 points.
With Russian tank columns
barely an hour's ride away, the
German capital was reported
griped by terror and a rising note
oi hysteria was evident even in
official propaganda broadcasts
over the Berlin radio.
Allied Offensive
Looms in West
Washington, Feb. 2 (Ui Acting
secretary of War Robert P. Pat
terson suggested today that the
Germans soon will feel the pres
sure of a powerful allied offen
sive from the west, and said that
their ability to hold on the Oder
river in the east was doubtful.
It Is obvious that the Germans
have yet to feci the full weight
of another all-out allied offensive
In the west," Patterson told his
news conference. "Though they
occupied us with their own offen
sive In December and our liquida
tion of lt at great cost to the
nazls in January, they must know
they cannot count upon a respite
In tho west."
"With short supply lines and
an Interior network of roads and
railways the Germans may be able
to stand on the Oder, although
even that ability Is In doubt," Pat
terson said.
'At the other side of the rclch
they naturally will fight desper
ately to prevent a - wide - open
breach of the west wall. Terrain
and fortifications in that area, In
addition to the weather, pose dl
flcultles for us. Even the fall of
Berlin might not end the war. No
doubt the Hitler gangsters would
like to fight to the last German."
Army to Release
Maneuver Lands
(Approximately 4,000 property
owners in the Oregon rmy ma
neuver area will shortly have
their lands restored to then), it
became known heia today with
tne arrival in tsend or Lt. John R.
Llndsey, of the office of division
engineer, Pacific division, San
Francisco. Lt. Llndsey establish
ed neadquarters in room 7, Pen
ney building, and said that he
expected to be here about a month
writing finis to the maneuvers in
this area.
The maneuver area embraced
lands in Jefferson. Deschutes.
Crook, Klamath, Grant, Lake and
Harney counties, and was used by
approximately 75,000 troops dur
ing the war games In the summer
and fall of 1943.
Available Here
Lt. Llndsey, who was stationed
at Camn Abbot where he handled
tne obtaining of maneuver rights oi strengtn were prospective.
a o ill a
Zhukov's Men
Near Frankfort
East of Berlin
. Germans Say Russian
Tank Unit Chased Back
After Crossing Stream
London, Feb. 2 (tPi The Ger
mans reported today that power
ful Russian forces massing along
the Oder east of Berlin were try
ing to smash across that last big
barrier before the capital, In the
streets of which the terrified ci
vilians were throwing up barri
cades. The German high command said
strong red army units had reached
the Oder on either side of Frank
furt, 38 miles due east of Berlin.
and northwest of Kustrln. where
the Oder elbow points down within
3U mues of the city. j .
Error Made
A nazi military commentator re
ported that the first effort by
Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov's
First White Russian army to force
tne Oder was made at Kustrln,
42 miles east-northeast of Berlin.
"The courageous citizens of
Kustrln chased back a soviet tank
detachment which was trying to
cross tne uoer, destroying six oi
the tanks and damaging others,"
the commentator, Wilfred Von Of
fen, said in a German home serv
ice pep talk,
Moscow dispatches said Zhu
kov's armor and mobile infantry
were flooding across al broad
Brea'cJI of the German border east
of Berlin and now were closing
in on Frankfurt and Kustrln to
exploit gains of armored spear
heads blazing the soviet trail to
Germany's "Rhine of the east."
Oder Reached
Both flanks of the red army
which bad raced from the Vistula
to the Oder'in three weeks were
fanning out in strength as the
fdrees at the center of Zhukov's
offensive front massed on the
Oder.
The German Transocean news
agency reported that "new and
tremendous battles" were immi
nent in the Oder-Warthe bend
northeast of Berlin and in Silesia,
where both sides were throwing
in fresh forces and decisive tests
and claims arising out of the ma
neuvers, planned to mall release
rorms to an the property owners
involved in these counties. He said
that any queries concerning the
release of the properties should be
directed to him at the Penney
building, and that he would be
available there for Interviews.
to-
Glenn Ray this afternoon was en
said.
He said the legislation "Is to de-
Co. I Veteran
Back in States
Pfc. Delbert D. Stowe, 24,
v.amKA. t) 1 ' I
lume iU uieoiievnn logging camp ; VP0p the morale of our country! has returm!d to the United States
iu ias imo cusiooy jonn ayter,!and support the boys wno are from the south Pacific, and la
said to be waiting there to sur- fighting for our country and who j now In the Lettcrman's hospital
render. The victim and Hayter
were said to have been partners
as timber fullers.
Powell was reoorted to be mar-
ried and the father of four daugh-
feel that thev haven't got all the
support they might have had."
LT. TERRELL WOUNDED
Washington, Feb. 2 HD Lt. Wil
liam .T Tnrrr.Il Ron flf Rohert J.
ters. State, police hero said that Terrell of Gilchrist, has been
they had no Information to in- wounded In action In the Euro-
dlcate a motive for the shootinc. Innan area, the war denartmcnt
wihi-ii uceurrea ar me logging : has announced.
camp about 9:30 this morning.
At the Lumberman's hospital It
was stated that Powoll's condi
tion is critical. Attends nts Kairl
that he had been wounded bv No. 4 !
shot, and that some of them also'stroyed in the face of pressing
AIRBASE DESTROYED
Chungking, Feb. 2 HH The U. S.
army announced today that its
airbase at Suichwan has been de-
struck his right arm.
Japanese forces.
in San Francisco, according to
word received from him today by
his mother, Mrs. Earl Norman,
210 East Franklin avenue. Del
bert's father is Floyd Stowe, also
of Bend.
When Mrs. Norman Inst heard
from her son, Delbert was on Blak
Island. He was a member of the
national guard here when it was
mustered in as Company I, and
has been with the unit In the
south Pacific ever since. In wir
ing to his mother he said that he
"felt fine," but gave no hint as
to the reason for his hospitalization.
Bulgarian Prince
Reported Killed
(Mr United Prou)
The Ankara radio reported
day that Prince Cyril of Bulgaria,
former Premier Bogdan Filov, and
Lt. Gen. Nikola Nlkov, former
regent, were executed In Sofia
last night after being condemned
ror treason by a peoples court.
The Sofia radio reported earlier
that the court passed death sen
tences on three former regents,
22 cabinet members, nine king's
counselors, and 66 former mem
bers, of parliament.
The regents were Cyril, brother
of the late King Boris and uncle
of the boy King Simeon II; Filov
and Mikov. i
Prison terms were given 49
other deputies and the court
ordered confiscation of the prop
erty of the defendants, the broad
cast said.
A crowd of 150,000 gathered In
front of the palace of justice to
hear the sentences passed on the
officials, convicted of dragging
Bulgaria Into the war as an ally
of Germany and of "evil deeds"
connected with the war, Sofia
radio said.
Stockholm relayed a disnatch
from Berlin saying:
"Berlin now Is a front line city
In the fullest meaning of the
term. Berliners have been made
to realize that they must expect
fighting In the streets.
Barricades Built
"Barricades are being built fev
erishly in a number of streets, In
cluding the center of the city in
the presence of the bewildered
onlookers. The explosions from
blowln" up bomb-wrecked houses
are adding to the fateful atmos
phere, and might soon merge with
the thunder of guns in the east.
"Berliners are deeply impressed
by the sight of marching Volks-
sturm (home guard) units with
their rifles and Tommy guns. A
general tension Is noticeable. Peo
ple tear newspapers from the
hands of the vendors.
U.S.S. Growler
Reported Lost
Washington, Feb. 2 (IP) The
navy late yesterday announced
loss on patrol of the submarine
Growler the submarine whose
former skipper, Cmdr. Howard W.
Gllmore, was washed to his death
after he Issued the order "tnkei
her down!"
' Frederic Chopin
A (Treat musician
A famous lover
A PoUih patriot
1 1 the here of ear
next serial Jlory
"A Song to Remember",
Willard Wiener
Starts in The Bulletin Monday