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TROOPS BATTLE CONFLAGRATION
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japsnoidUUT
As Fire Rages
In Isle Capital
Whole Areas of City
Enveloped By Sea of
Flames; Nippons Perish
By Francis McCarthy
(United Prest War Correspondent)
Manila, Feb. 7 tP American
troops fought fire and the Japa
nese enemy through the streets of
burning Manila today In the final
tragic act of the capital's libera-
ion.
(Radio Tokyo said American
warships joined In the battle Mon
day and Tuesday with a violent
two-day bombardment of the Is
land fortress of Corregidor, at the
mouth of Manila bay.)
(The report followed specula
tion that a landing on Corregidor
might be undertaken to unlock
Manila bay to American shipping.
Tokyo suggested also that the
warships might be planning to
force the Strait of Corregidor to
reach Manila Itself where, the en
emy said, American troops have
fallen into a "most clever and
well-prepared trap.")
Landing Made
(The new Delhi radio quoted
Tokyo as saying that American
troops have landed on Bohol is
land, midway between Leyte and
Cebu in the south-central Philip-
; i Severa thousand Japanese,
scattered in isolated pockets
1 throughout Manila, were dvine in
a welter of flame and gunfire. The
enemy apparently was determined
to gut the city before surrender
ing it to Gen. Douglas MacAr
thur"s liberating army.
The cornered enemy blasted and
burned everything about them In
a frenzy of senseless destruction
that began at sundown Monday,
after they had blown up most of
the water pumping stations to
hamper effective fire fighting.
Fire Sweeps City
Whole areas of the city were en
gulfed in a roaring sea of fire as
the flames spread from the down
town business section into the
northern districts, roasting Fili
pino civilians and Japanese sui
cide squads alike.
The conflagration mushroomed
from block to block throughout
VMonday night and on into day
?ht Tuesday, fed by exploding
asoline and munitions dumps
Stnat went un with oanh.chaHixj
fblasts.
Observers atop the tower of
Santo Tomas university, many of
them Americans liberated from
the Japanese onlv n few hours
earlier, were able to watch the
course of the street battle all Mon
day night by the light 6f burn
ing buildings on all sides. Santo
lomas itself was still untouched
and its water pumps were work
ing. Blazing embers were show
ering down all over the district.
Nippons Killed
Grim-faced American infantry
men and Filipino guerillas stalked
survivors of the foe garrison.
Huge Man-MddeLake Takes
Shape on Upper Deschutes
m "'egon s newest lake, man-made
NWlcklup high in the Deschutes
Oregon's newest lake, man-made
basin. iS ranirltv talrinir ohonn nnH
I already hnlrlc dciin -.. t t
water, Aubrey E. Perry, Des
chutes watermaster, announced
here today following a trip over
mountain snow courses. Already
he rapidly expanding lake has
Backed up to Browns creek, and
j"umps that covered the bottom
lands in the reservoir basin are
covered.
,. Tne reservoir region, visitors to
he upper Deschutes report, con
trasts strikingly with the timber
covered basin of former years,
'nen the river lazily meandered
through a forest of jackpines and
Past a great stand of yellow pines
on the benchlands.
Perry reports it is the plan of
-!rvor,h Unit district to store
I'l.OOO acre feet of water In the
IPL'ii.H I t ... i i.
I "". iMsin mis season, ana ne
I ""mates that at the present rate
3 i inflow this goal will probably
'Reached.
r. wa'crmaster s trip Into the
"Pper Deschutes country was
made on Feb. 2, just prior to the
. - tw. 4, IU3L IU 1 1 1 1,
npav- storm, and at that time the
now cover was alarmingly light!
on
Thurs
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Japs Shell Santa Tomas
Prison Camp at Manila
By Ralph Teatsorth
(United Preu Tat Correspondent)
Manila, Feb. 7 HIE) Japanese today shelled Santo Tomas
and Bilibid internment camps where thousands of allied ci
vilian internees and prisoners of war are being sheltered.
Bombardment of the camps continued sporadically
throughout the day.
The internees and prisoners h'ad remained in the two
camps pending completion of the mop-up of Japanese resist
ance inside the city of Manila.
In midafternoon, the Japanese scored at least four direct
: -hits on the main university
Spies Held Aided
By Nazi Officers
New York, Feb. 7 (IP) The Ger
man consulate at Boston, with the
help of German ship crews,
brazenly recruited Americans to
serve as nazl spies in 1940, a
secret military commission was
informed today at the trial of two
alleged spies.
One of the men on trial, Wil
liam C. Colepaugh of Connecticut,
said the Germans entertained him
at beer parties, invited him
aboard their shlDs and "discussed
with me the possibility of my
going to Germany."
Colepaugh made his statement
to the federal bureau of investi
gation soon after his arrest and
it was offered in evidence today
against him and Erich Gimpel, the
other prisoner.' Gimpel is a native
of Germany. The two allegedly
Invaded the United states from
a nazi submarine last Dec. 29,
bent on espionage and sabotage.
The report on Colepaugh's state
ment, relayed by army public re
lations officers from the star
ctiamber trial, indicated that the
trip to Germany was offered
Colepaugh so he could study at
the nazl marine engineering
schools.
Ceiling Placed
On Farm Wood
Washington, Feb. 7 (IP) The of
fice of price administration today
set ceiling prices on all types of
fire wood sold by farmers.
Effective next Monday, ceiling
prices for farm wood will be fixed
at the highest prices charged by
the farmer for the same types of
wood in March, 1942.
Heretofore farm, sales have
been exempt from price control
where the value did not exceed
$75 in any one month. OPA said
this exemption has led to "exorbi
tant" prices in some areas. .
BULLETIN
London, Feb. 7 P Thirteen
persons were killed when a
plane carying some members of
Prime Minister Churchill's staff
crashed on the way to the "big
three" meeting, it was announc
ed tonight.
On that date there was 8.7 Inches
of snow at Cascade summit. Cres
cent lake storage on Feb. 2 was
31,035 feet.
Crane prairie storage is com
paratively low this year, only 23,
490 acre feet, and Perry does not
expect the basin to "peak" more
than 50,000 acre feet. Its capacity
is 50,000 acre feet, but there is a
greater water loss through seep
age at that level.
Perry also took snow measure
ment at Three Creeks lake on
February 1, and found only 1.6
Inches there, compared with 4.1
inches in the previous year. Perry
warns farmers using Three
Creeks lake storage that there Is
an inch of solid ice under the
light' snow, and predicts that a
sudden thaw will send the accu
mulated . moisture prematurely
into the lowlands.
At Hogg pass, 9 0 Inches of
snow was measured on Feb. 1,
compared with 12.4 at the same
date last year and 48.0 the pre
vious year. However, since Perry
made his Feb. 1 measure, heavy
snow has blanketed tne jsanuam
T . I .j . . . . . ,
divide, with four feet reported at
the summit yesterday.
CENTRAL OREGON'S
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 7, 1945
building at Santo Tomas. A
shell dropped directly in front
of the entrance of the main
building at Bilibid. ,
Santo Tomas was under
fire, probably from mortars,
intermittently throughout the
day.
Mac Arthur Escapes Fire
Gen. Douglas MacArthur visited
internees at both camps today but
luckily escaped enemy fire.
The internees of Bilibid origin'
ally had! been evacuated '.two
nights ago when fire swept that
portion of the city.
Big fires still were burning in
Manila near the waterfront and
south of the Paslg river.
Macarlo Arebejo, Manila real
tor, said many square blocks in
the city north of the Pasig had
been destroyed.
Arebejo estimated that street
battles, fires, and demolitions had
caused $2,000,000,000 (B) damage.
Veterans-Group
To Draft Measure
Salem, Ore., Feb. 7 (IP) Con
flict between various veterans or
ganizations over the type of state
veterans administration to be
enacted by the legislature ap
parently vanished into thin air
today, as the groups decided to
"get together" on the drafting of
a piece of legislation which would
be acceptable to all of them.
Chairman Harvey Wells, of the
house military affairs committee,
told veterans representatives at a
public hearing today that the bill
now under consideration (HB271)
was only to "get the ball rolling."
"If you don't tell us what you
want, how can we get it done for
you?" he asked them, and referred
to the criticism both for and
against the measure he had re
ceived. He emphasized that the
committee would endorse any
"practical and workable program"
which was presented, but that up
to now, the bill now in committee
was the only one presented.
Bill Explained
The bill, which calls for the ap
pointment of a $5,000a-year di
rector of veterans affairs, was ob
jected to by Pete Frederickson,
state commander of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, largely because
of the centralized authority, and
because he said it would create a
duplication of effort.
The meeting ended on an ami
cable note when officers of the
three veterans organizations
agreed to cooperate In drafting a
new piece of legislation.
Aid Preferred
Rex Kimmell, assistant attorney
general who drew the original bill
by request,-preferred his aid.
' Rep. Wells told the men that "as
soon as you get what you want,
come and see us. We'll defer ac
tion until we hear from you."
Frederickson, Penn C r u m m,
The Dalles, state leader of the
American legion; Milton Wood
cock, Corvallis, Disabled Veterans
and Floyd K. Dover, Grants Pass,
D. A. V. and the Purple Heart,
spoke at the meeting.
Parish to Join
In Polio Benefit
The Father Luke Sheehan coun
cil of the Knights of Columbus
has arranged for Saturday night,
February 10, a polio benefit party,
for members of the parish, It was
announced today by Lowell Jen
sen, in general charge. The party
will he held in the Catholic parish
hall. All proceeds will go into the
polio lund.
There win be dancing and other
entertainment, and a buffet lunch
will be served. An advance sale of
tickets ts being conducted.
Yanks Explode
New Drive on
Western Front
Berlin Warns Great . r.
Offensive Soon to . - v
Be Launched By Allies ":'
Paris, Feb. 7 iu?) The American
Third army exploded a new of
fensive across the Luxembourg
border into Germany today and
battled into the Siegfried line
along a 22-mile front north of
Echternach.
Veteran shock troops of four
American divisions opened the at
tack between one and three a. m.
this morning, crossing the Our
and Sure river in rubber assault
boats at seven points under heavy
rifle and machine gun fire from
the opposite shore.
Nazi troops holding the river
lines that form Germany's fron
tier with Luxembourg were over
whelmed In the first onrush, and
field dispatches indicated that
American tanks were moving
across behind the Infantry spear
heads to support the offensive.
Une Buckles
The new drive brought Ger
many's buckling Siegfried line
under direct assault by the Amer
ican Third and First armies all
along a 70-mile front extending
northward from the Echternach
area to the headwaters of the
Roer river.
It came as German military
spokesmen were trumpeting anx
ious warnings of an Imminent
full-scale offensive by the Amer
ican Ninth and British Second
armies massed along the Roer
river east and northeast of
Aachen.
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's
Third army forces already had
breached the Siegfried wall at one
point above the new attack front,
and the First army farther to the
north was plowing slowly through
stiff opposition into the chain of
dams controlling the level of the
Roer river along its entire length.
Two of the five Roer dams al
ready were In American hands or
under direct artillery fire, and
capture of the remaining three
would clear the way for the U. S.
Ninth and British Second army
drives into the Cologne plain.
Doughboys of the Fifth infan
try division kicked off the new
Third army assault on a five-mile
stretch of the Sure river between
Echternach and Bollendorf, where
they won three firm bridgeheads
on the east bank of the river and
pushed . ahead into the outer
works of the Siegfried line.
OPA Group Joins
In Bend Meeting
Operation of the Western Pine
association experiment station,
and other research work being
done by the association in the
field of timber byproducts, was
explained in detail to members
of the Bend war price and ration
board last night by Carl Rasmus
sen, manager of the plant. The
meeting, attended by more than
30 persons, was held in the ration
headquarters in the library build
ing. The evening was featured by
the appearance of Dale Lindsay,
assistant price executive of the
Portland area, and Jack Hub
bard, also from the main head
quarters. Both made short talks,
lauding the local OPA employes
and the volunteer workers. Lind
say announced that he is being
transferred to the San Francisco
office, and that Hubbard will suc
ceed him.
Refreshments, Including sand
wiches, coffee, cookies and pop
were served those present.
Group Listed
Local ration board members
and volunteer workers attending
the gathering were:
Lindsay, Hubbard, Jackson T.
Moore, board supervisor; Chair
man and Mrs. H. P. Carlile, Mrs.
A. T. Herrllng, price chairman;
Rasmussen, Mr. and Mrs. Glfford
Brlggs, Mr. and Mrs. Albert West
fall, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. KImsey,
Mr. and Mrs. Georger Thompson,
Mr. and Mrs. George Slmerville,
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hamilton,
Bruno Rath, George Childs, Mr.
and Mrs. William Navlor. Waltpribv Brier. Optv William C rhastv
Nelson, Mrs. Vern Everett, Mrs.
Fred Stookey, Mrs. M. S. Phelps
and Mrs. Nels Skjersaa.
DAILY NEWSPAPER
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Jubilant, cheering Filipinos enthusiastically hall these American tanks speeding toward Manila to liberate the
Philippines capital exactly three years, one month and one day after its capture by Japanese forces on Jan. 3,
ig 3' Meet in Black Sea
Area to Plan Nai Defeat
Washington, Feb. 7 (U.P.) The White House announced todav that Presi
dent RooseveltPremier Josef Stalin, and Prime Minister Winston Churchpl are
conferring "in the Black sea area" on plans for the final defeat of nazidom, ioint
! occupation. of. Germany,
"ihere is complete agreement, the announcement
; Al j; 1 1 nil i t y-i
erauons in tne iinai pnase
The conference started
then went into plans not only tor joint control of deteated Uermany but also into
"the political and economic problems of liberated Europe."
Anglers' Path
Bill Approved
Salem, Ore., Feb. 7 UPi The
house today passed and sent to
the senate a bill which would give
the state game commission emi
nent domain rights for paths
along fishing streams of the state.
The only dissenting vote was Rep.
Giles French's.
The bill was designed primarily
to prevent property owners along
streams Jrom restraining fisher
men from crossing their land for
fishing purposes.
Rep. William Nlskanen, Bend,
Introduced the bill, and said that
Oregon was one of only a few
states which traditionally recog
nized the right of fishermen to
angle where they wish. He cited
instances of the denial of that
right.
FLIGHT BAN MODIFIED
San Francisco, Feb. 7 ui MaJ.
Gen. H. C. Pratt, commanding
general of the western defense
command, today issued a procla
mation permitting resumption of
limited civilian flying within the
western air defense zone begin
ning Feb. 10.
MacArthur Visits Santo Tomas
Bursts of Fire and Is Kissed By
Santo Tomas Internment Camp,
Manila, Feb. 7 HP) Gen. Douglas
MacArthur paid a visit to this
camp today amid bursting mortar
fire, as 3,600 newly liberated pris
oners wildly cheered his every
gesture.
MacArthur was accompanied by
an honor guard of about 100
troops of the famed First cavalry
division, many of whom had
stormed Santo Tomas only three
days before to free the Internees.
The cavalrymen smartly pre
sented arms as MacArthur drove
up In a staff car. The general wore
khaki with five silver stars in a
circle on his collar and his fa
mous gold-braided cap of a Philip
pine field marshal.
Entering the lobby of an an
cient Santo Tomas university
building where American prison
ers were housed, MacArthur was
warmly embraced by several of
the women Internees.
MacArthur, who was escorted
Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, of the
'First cavalry, fondly embraced
Mrs. Carl Seals, wife of Gen. Seals,
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Filipinos Hail Manila-Bound
tugnai uorps pnoro.
and i'firtrufoun,da.tiohg:f praJastine peace.'L. ...
or me war agamsi nazi uermany. .
with military discussions, the White House said, and
Peace Is Goal
High on the agenda, the an
nouncement said, were discus
sions looking toward "the earliest
possible establishment of a perma
nent International organization to
maintain peace."
The White House did not say
when the three war leaders, ac
companied by their foreign secre
taries and staff chiefs, started
their meeting. Nor did It Indicate
the place except to say that lt
was in the Black sea area.
The announcement said, how
ever, that "meetings are proceed
ing continuously." It added that
a communique will be Issued at
the conclusion of the conference.
In the first official word on the
"Big Three" meeting, the White
House announcement made si
multaneously In London and Mos
cow said the conference began
with military discussions and has
extended through problems of
peace, including "Joint plans for
the occupation and control of Ger
many." Also under discussion were "the
political and economic problems of
liberated Europe and proposals for
tne earliest possible establishment
of a permanent International or
ganization to maintain peace," the
White House said.
"Meetings are proceeding con
tinuously," t h e announcement
said.
, wncf was sum uuwn in a plane ai-
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is now a prisoner of war.
"Oh, general, I'm so glad to see
you and all your troops. You and
they were magnificent," Mrs.
Seals said.
"I'm glad to be here, Mrs.
Seals," MacArthur replied. "I'm a
little late, but we finally came."
Mrs. If. L. Harries, widow of a
colonel who died on Corregidor,
also embraced MacArthur.
Both women were so overcome
with joy they almost broke down.
Words poured from their Hps In
broken sentences as tears welled
In hundreds of eyes.
Mrs. Walter Stevenson of Lon
don, who was an old friend of
MacArthur and of his father, could
hardly talk. She could hardly re
member her own name.
Mrs. Eda KnowltlnR, Columbia,
Pa., whose husband, Edward, also
Is an Internee, grabbed MacArthur
and planted a kiss on his cheek.
"General, we can't tell you how
glad we are to see you," Mrs.
Knowltlng exclaimed.
"Mrs. Knowltlng, I can't tell you,
mi
' &
IN MANILA
Yanks
,
said, for joint military Dp-
ti
India Air Forts
Strike Thailand
Washington, Feb. 7 mi Super
fortresses from India today at
tacked Thailand and French Indo
china while single B-29's from
the Marianas by Japanese report
attacked the Kobe area.
The Tokyo home radio said the
attacks on Kobe occurred both
last night and early today but
that no damage was done. Re
connaissance flights over the
Kanto Shlnetsu district which in
cludes Tokyo and Yokohama were
also reported.
Specific targets were not an
nounced Immediately, but they
may have been the transportation
center of Bangkok, cupital of Thai
land, and either Hanoi, the capital.
or the Saigon naval base In Indo
china.
The attacks came as the Japa
nese feverishly reinforced and
fortified the China const against
expected American landings.
NAZIS HAVE VERSION
London, Feb. 7 lli Dr. Otto
Dietrich, nazl press chief, said In
Berlin that the "big 3" meeting is
"probably aboard a warship."
Camp Amid
Women
how glad I am to be here. I only
wish I could have made it soon
er," the general said.
Children two years old and men
and women who had aged more
than three years since the be
ginning of their long Internment,
crowded around MacArthur. Theyi
came so close in an erfort to touch
him that MacArthur had trouble
passing along the corridor.
On the second floor MacArthur
shook hands with a group of Ba
taan nurses, practically siiecch
less wUh Joy at seeing their com
mander again.
The Japanese shelled and sent
mortar fire all night Into the
university grounds. No one was
killed, but a few internees were
wounded.
A few minutes before MacAr
thur arrived, three motar shells
burst against a university build
ing less than 50 yards away.
As the general's party drove
away, still more mortar fire fell
on the university grounds.
MacArthur cooly took absolute
ly no notice of the bursting shells.
Weather Forecast
. Rain today, ; tonight - and 1
Thursday. Little temperature
change. Strong winds on coast, .
NO. 54'
Dim
Russians Cross
Final Barrier
In Dash West
Complete Destruction
Of Nazi Germany Near,
Assert Moscow Officials
London, Feb. 7 IP Russian
troops were reported unofficially
from Moscow today to have brok
en across the Oder river before
Berlin, and the Red army's official '
organ said the "complete destruc
tion of nazi Germany is very
near." . ' . ..-
The German high command re
ported that Marshal Gregory K.
Zhukov's first White ; Russian .
army had expanded its bridge- .
head across the Oder In the
Kuestrln area 30-odd miles east
of Berlin one of a number the
nazls said the Soviets had thrown
across the last natural barrier
before the capital.
Moscow dispatches and various
broadcasts from the Russian ,
capital contained guarded but un
sir
mistakable reports that Zhukov
had stormed beyond the Oder and
achieved at least temporary suc
cesses in nailing down bridge
heads. , :- -t. . ; :- :
.j Two Armies Beady
- One broadcast from Moscow by
an American- correspondent said , - '
two Red armies stood "poised to
leap upon Berlin. The last natur
al barrier before Berlin and cen-
tral Germany, the Oder, has been
stormed and captured. The situa
tlon this morning is altogether too
wildly promising for speculation."
Another said the position of the
Germans had "really became
serious to the point of despera
tion" and "it now looks as though
the drive for the German capital
is really on."
The German high command's
only reference to the situation be
fore Berlin in Its dally war com
munique said that "on the Oder
front the enemy was awe to
widen slightly his bridgeheads
north of Ratibor, at Brieg, and at
Kuestrln."
Pressure Increases
Red Star, the Soviet army
organ, published dispatches des
cribing the battle of the Oder and
said editorially:
"Surpassing all precedents and
possibilities in modern campaigns,
the Red army's pressure not only
Is not weakening, but is gaining
strength daily. Its objective, the
complete destruction of nazi Ger
many, is very near."
Soviet dispatches said Zhukov's
vanguard had' hurdled the Oder
In the Frankfurt area and was on
a broad highway "leading like an
arrow to the heart of Berlin."
The Moscow radio described a
Red army surge across the Oder
on a broad front in Silesia and
added:
"Similar scenes will come to
light as soon as the story of
Zhukov's crossing of the Oder can
be told. This is all I can say now
about Zhukov's spectacular bat
tle raging this very minute. Fight
ing is now going on In the forti
fied forefield of Berlin."
Bridgeheads Seized
The German radio said yester
day that Zhukov's first White
Russian army had seized four
bridgeheads across the Oder 33 to
44 miles east of Berlin in the
general area of Frankfurt and
Kuestrln.
Today the German Transocean
news agency in a broadcast dis
patch suld that along a JZ-mlle
stretch of the Oder east of Berlin,
Zhukov uppeared to have com
pleted his preparations between
Kuestrln and Fuesternburg "for
a thrust against Berlin."
So far, Transocean said, the
main forces on the Oder were
held before Frankfurt and Kues
trln, and attempts to cross the
river with "major formations"
were blocked.
More Men Massed
In a similar vein a United Press
dispatch from Moscow said Zhu
kov was "massing more armor
for a break across the Oder"
while battling in the outskirts of
Kuestrln and Frankfurt. It added
that unconfirmed reports already
had reached Moscow that ad
vanced elements were across the
river and battling to secure firm
crossings for the main weight of
the army behind them.