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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
Volume Llll
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEB. 9, 1945
NO. 56
Allies Lame riv on Western Frocufe
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, RED ASSAULT TROOPERS STORM FRANKFURT
City's Capture
May Collapse
Berlin Defense
Soviet Spearheads Probe
Across Oder River; Foe
Using Up More Reserves
. London, Feb. 9 IF Moscow and
Berlin reported today that Rus
sian assault forces were storming
Frankfurt from bridgeheads on
' the west bank of the Oder on both
sides of the keystone base 33 miles
w east of Berlin.
The fall of Frankfurt would
collapse the Oder river defense
line before Berlin and bare the
capital itself to frontal assault.
Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov's
spearheads across the Oder were
probing westward behind : an
earth-shaking bombardment of
Russian artillery massed on the
east bank of the river, Moscow
dispatches reported.
The German high 'command's
only reference to the sector be
fore Berlin said that the Germans
"succeeded in narrowing down or
eliminating by counterattack
several enemy bridgeheads."
Violent Battles Reported
A supplementary Berlin broad
cast reported violent battles both
north and south of Frankfurt, and
Moscow dispatches said the nazis
were throwing all . available
j,., strength into an effort to wipe out
.the.Spviet footholds which clamp-
ed a pincers on the strategic city.
i , On either side of the Oder-Berlin
front, Soviet armies were swing
ing westward to protect Zhukov's
flanks, threaten the Baltic port of
Stettin, and hew out expanding
pockets west of the Oder in Siles
ia. -A
nazi communiQue reported
heavy fighting in the area
of ,
Pyrltz, 23 miles southeast of Stet-1
!L"' an,?u0n? a eastward
through the Arnswalde and De
utsche Krone areas.
Reds Push West.
Berlin said the Russians opened
powerful attacks from the Steinau
bridgehead across the Oder north-'
west of Breslau, and were pushing
westward. The German command
said the Soviets reached the out
skirts of Liegnitz, big transport
center 40 miles west and slightly
Tirtyth ftf T3 Vo dill
Eighteen miles' north of Frank-1
furt Soviet armored forces fought
in the streets of burning Kues-
trin, which the nazis said had
been encircled "temporarily" by
the junction of Russian bridge
heads across the Oder.
A Moscow broadcast hinted
at an impending announcement
on the battle of the Oder before
Berlin by the Red army command.
It said Zhukov's front had been
"wrapped in official silence, which
usually precedes some big an
nouncement." Industrial Fund
Deadline Is Set
Bend chamber of commerce di
rectors meeting with Carl A.John
son, chamber president, today
noon were told that many contri
butions have been made to the
Bend industrial fund this week
and that over $6,000 of the fund
has been subscribed up to early
this morning.
The drive for voluntary contri
butions will close on Monday, Feb.
12, Johnson announced. He said
that from the city-wide interest
shown in the move to establish a
fund for postwar industrial de
velopment, he felt sure the bal
ance of nearly $4,000 would be
contributed by the closing date
and the fund would be built to its
full amount to match a city fund
of $10,000.
The directors heard and ap
proved written reports from the
legislative, aviation and milk
committees of the chamber.
Bond Quota Set
For Deschutes
The February war bond quota
for Deschutes county has been set
at $122,500, It was announced to
day. This county ranked 22nd in
the state In February when $77,
160, or 57.7 per cent, of a quota of
$133,700 was subscribed.
First Allied
Gaunt young men who had been strapping soldiers when the war started, officers with deep lines
carved in their emaciated faces, men hobbling with canes and men too ill to walk, enter the grounds
of an evacuation hospital after their daring rescue by American rangers and Filipino guerillas from
Uabanatuan prison camp, Luzon.
Boards Requested to Observe
.Seei;fy$:5.erWcmeacfmenf
Essential Farm Workers Are to Be Deferred
Until They Can Be Replaced, Says Hershey
Washington, Feb. 9 (U.E) National selective service head
quarters reiterated today that local draft boards must observe
the Tydings amendment to the selective service act, which
provides for deferment of essential agricultural workers until
they can be f enlaced.
Gov. John C. Vivian of Colorado last nif?ht ordered local
draft boards in his state to observe the Tydings amendment.
Commenting on that order, a national selective service official
said Vivian was acting along
Manila Ravaged
By Jap Vandals
ManlIa- Feb-9 ""-"It is a hard,
cold fact that the city of Manila
has not fallen," Arthur Feldman,
Blue network correspondent, re
ported in a broadcast from the
Philippines Friday.
"The Japs are fighting hard for
Manila. The Jap defenders, while
in the death throes of their de
fense, are nevertheless conduct
ing a reigri of terror, death and
destruction which still continues.
"It should be pointed out that
the enemy's program of pillage
and destruction is so wanton that
it has passed way beyond the
stage of destroying military ob
jectives. "I believe it will be some days
before any -victory parade swings
down the Avenida Risal."
Pomona to Observe Birthday
Celebration of the 20th anni
versary of the founding of the
Deschutes county Pomona eranpe
will start at 10 a.m. tomorrow in
the Fastern Star grance hall with
60 charter members present and
a class of 70 candidates awaiting
Initiation. Eugene Fitzgerald, mas
ter of Eastern Star grange, will
open the meeting.
Approximately 150 persons are I
exnected to attend the anlversarv j
celebration. Miss Bertha J. Beck
ecretarv of the state granee.
Portland, will be the principal
sneaker. Verne I-. Llvesay. ro
cional agricultural advisor of the
Orepon war nrice administration.
Portland, will speak. Mrs. Live
;av will 'accomnanv him to Bend.
E. H. Youni?. of the Fastern Star I
rranre. will give a short history!
nf the founrtlnp of Pomona. Mrs.' g'ne Ackley, chaplain: K. II.
P. F. Reldel of Carroll Acres IslYounp, treasurer; E. E. Varco,
the program chairman. j secretary; C. E. Dickey, gate keep-
A luncheon will he served at;er; Mrs. D. O. Stanton, Ceres;
noon and a dinner at 6 p.m. toiMrs. C. I. Dunlap, Flora; Mrs. F.
those present. Mrs. Clarence! S. Shenard, Pomona; Mrs. A.
Smith is chairman of the food ;
committee.
Initiation of candidates will be
held after dinner and will be fol-
Prisoners Liberated
' -
the same lines in his state as
'Mai. Gen. Lewis B. Hershev,
national selective service di
rector, has acted on a nation
wide scale.
The official pointed out
that Hershev in a recent mem
orandum to state directors called
for the "screening" of men now
agriculturally deferred to deter
mine whether (heir deferments
were necessary under the Tydings
amendment.
Up To Board
In an editorial in the current
issue of the Selective Service Bul
letin. Hershev pointed out that
the Tydings amendment does not
provide an exemption from mili
tary service for farm workers. .
"It vests in the local boards the
duty of determining, in the case
of each registrant, whether or not
such registrant meets the reaulre
ments of law after a full consid
eration of all the pertinent facts,"
he wrote.
"These facts include the extent
the registrant is engaged In agri
culture, how essential in the war
effort are the products of his ef
forts, how necessary Is he to his
production, and whether there is
a replacement available."
lowed by a program and dance
for members only.
Organized Tn 1925
Pomona grange was . formed
here on Jan. 5, 1925, when a mass
meeting of members of all the
granges in Central Orepon was
held at Eastern Star hall for the
purpose of organizing the new
grange. Mrs. Bertha Snipes, state
deputv. The Dalles, attended and
assisted in effecting the organiza
tion. The following charter members
were elected to office at that meet
ing and installed later In the day.
Thev were Fred C. Sheoard, mas
ter: Olaf Anderson, overseer; Mrs.
C. M. Rasmusscn, lecturer; O. M.
RasmuESen. steward. A
L. Good-
rich, assistant stewprd
Mrs. Eu-
Goodrlen, lartv assistant steward
Master of Deschutes county Po
mona for 1945 is Mrs. B. C. Allen
of Terrebonne.
in Philippines
Blizzard Strikes
New England Alia
Boston, Feb. 9 (IB One of its
worst blizzards in recent times
dropped 12 to 14 inches of snow
on New England today, paralyzed
virtually all transportation, and
cost at least eight lives. '
Thousands of persons were ma
rooned. Work stopped at many
shipyards and war plants. Enor
mous snowdrifts, piled up by a
raging northeast wind, prevented
night shift workers from reach
ing their homes and day shift
workers' from reaching their jobs.
The Boston and Maine railroad
appealed to the army for troops
to clear its tracks.
Power and light wires were
down over a wide area. The Prov
idence, R. I., .weather station had
been able to communicate only
occasionally during the night with
Boston headquarters, it was re
ported that traffic in Providence
was severely hampered.
Roads Snow Clogged
Portsmouth, N. H., had . no
transportation. Workers were un
able to reach the navy yard. Even
the main highways were snow
clogged. There was neither bus nor taxi
service In Portland, Me., and few
hardy workers dared .the 10-foot
drifts in the streets to reach the
vast New England Shipbuilding
Corp, plant in South Portland.
Boston had an official snowfall
of 14 inches two inches more
than In the St. Valentine's day
blizzard of 1940 that crippled the
area for nearly a week. The total
snow on the ground In Boston
proper was 19 inches.
Kenneth R.Craig
Killed in Belgium
Kenneth R. Craig, half-brother
of Wilma and Kay Summers, 325
Congress avenue, and a former
Bend resident, was killed In action
In Belgium on Christmas day, ac
cording to word received here to
day. Harold W. Summers, father
of the girls, reported that he had
received a letter from Craig's
brother, James, In Maywood,
Calif., telling of the tragedy.
Craig, a member of the 82nd
paratroop division, enlisted in
Portland In December, 1941. He
had numerous Bend friends.
Mayor Is Hanged,
Berlin Reports
London, Feb. 9 mi The Berlin
radio reported today that the
mayor of Koenlgsbcrg, 45 miles
northeast of . Berlin In the Oder
bend, was hanged for leaving his
post without authorization. ,
A home service broadcast Idcn-;
tlf led the mayor as Kurst Loesser.
The red army : offensive In the '
Oder bend now has carried to the
area of Koenlgsberg. I
Manila Battle
Enters Bloody
Mop-Up Stag
37th Doughboys Cross -v
River and Quickly Set
, ' Up Wide Bridgehead
' By Francis McCarthy
(United PreM Wr Correapondknt)
.' Manila, Feb. 9 (tPi-The battle of
Manila entered Its last and blood
iest phase today as American In
fantrymen swarmed across the
Pasig river to. root out and destroy
t,ho Japanese trapped in the south
ern half of the city.
! :Doughboys of the 37th (Buck
eye)' division crossed the Pasig in
amphibious tanks and on pontoon
bridges late Wednesday and quick
ly established a wide bridgehead
on the. south bank opposite the
maiaeanang palace.
The Japanese put up only weak
resistance along the :rlver bank,
but they stiffened later Wednes
day night and fought back savage
ly with mortars, artillery and
rifle fire.
- Position Weakened
? Their position was rapidly dis
integrating, however, and it was
believed that all organized opposl
tlon would be crushed within a
very few days at most. The ad
vancing 37th was deep Into the
southern half of the capital early
today and herding' the. (Japanese
su'rvivorsi hack slowly. irrtothe
waiting guns of the U. S. 11th
airborne division moving up from
the 'south.
The main body of the 11th air
borne was reported slightly north
of Nichols field Wednesday night,
but forward elements apparently
were well north of the enemy-
held air base and cutting into the
rear of the Manila garrison.
Hamcs Spread
Desperate street battle was go
ing ahead under a great pall of
smoke and flame that blanketed
the entire southern half of Manila.
The Japanese still were burning
and wrecking wantonly Inside
their narrowing pocket and It was
feared that the port and a vast
area of the central city would be
burned to the ground .before the
last enemy has been killed.
' (Tokyo broadcasts said the Jap
anese have evacuated all but a
skeleton force from Manila and
indicated that the Philippine presi
dential palace was among the
buildings destroyed by their de
molition squads.)
The main business section of
the city was reduced to blackened
ruins, although most of the fires
in the northern half had been
brought under control and life in
that American-held area was re
turning to normal.
Troops Pour In
Troops, supplies and ammuni
tion were pouring into the city at
a terrific rate following the repair
of the wrecked bridges north of
Manila, and there was little like
lihood the remaining Japanese
could hold out for long.
Meanwhile, other American
troops practically completed the
job of cutting Luzon in two along
a line running southeastward
from the Llngayen gulf beach
heads 110 miles north of Manila.
Yanks Launch
By Boyd D. Lewi and
i. Edward Murray
(United Vren War CorrMliondMiU)
Paris, Feb. 9 (IP The big push
has begun.
From Holland to the Alps, Gen.
Dwight D. Elsenhower Is hurling
American, British and French
troops into the climactic battle
of Germany.
Tbe aim Is to destroy Ger
many's fighting forces before
summer In conjunction with the
red army's offensives In the east.
I The chances of success are far
better than they were In the al
lied offensive which ended Dec.
16 wltft German Marshal Karl von
I Rundstedt's counter-attack In the
Ardennes.
I This time, the western allies are
attacking while the Germans are
engaged In a losing battle to save
Berlin In the east. The Siegfried
line already has been breached In
three areas. And the nazis are
desperately short of two vital war
necessities men and oil.
Best guesses place German
strength at 80 divisions. But even
Berlin Called City o f Death
As Soviet Armies Approach '
Refugees Reaching Sweden Relate Tales of
Horror; Bomb Death Toll Is Reported Great :
; London, Feb. 9 (UP) Refugees described Berlin today as
a city of death and ruins whose survivors expected the red
army to reach the capital "within a week or two." '
"It's like the end of the world," one of a group of more
than 20 Swedish refugees said on his arrival at Malmo, Swe
den, after fleeing Germany through Berlin.
. . Others snid the bodies, of thousands of Berliners who were
killed in air raids or died from hunger, exposure or disease
had been buried in the streets. They believed a state of siege
would be proclaimed soon.. ,
"The death toll is so terrific," one refugee said, "that
squads regularly are going the " '
rounds of stricken Quarters.
collecting bodies door to door
or from sidewalks where they
naa oeen thrown.
"Bodies are taken to the
nearest open space and dumped
without identification in mass
graves, or even burned in funeral
pyres."
Thousands Killed I
T"u . , 1- . i - . . i y
A IllfUOallUS vlllvl I trul ls I1UVIT
placed the number as high as
15,000 or 20,000 were killed in
the American air raid on Berlin
Saturday, the refugees said.
A Swedish engineer suggested
that a new-type bomb may have
been used. He said people scores
of yards from where the bombs
fell were killed "by air pressure."
"Not only did the new bombs
seem to carry a greater weight of
explosive than before, but they
seemed to have a fantastically
wiae oiasting encct," na saia.
i City In Panic '
Descriptions of death by air
pressure spread through the cltj
JlkV wildfire; so the' people die
not know whether to take shelter
or not. Never has there been such
panic In Berlin as since last Satur
day." Much of Berlin has been
knocked flat by bombs, the travel
ers said. Nothing remains in the
center or the capital, they re
ported.
Refugees said the fond situa
tion was desperate. A Berlin
broadcast said the food minister
of the reich had decreed that all
German farmers henceforth must
deliver all wheat, barley, and rye
to central collection centers to
help meet the shortages.
Chandler "Picks"
1948 Opponent
Washington, Feb. 9 (tPi Sen.
Albert B. (Happy) Chandler, D.,
Ky., has picked the 1948 presiden
tial nominees himself and tiov.
Thomas E. Dewey of New York.
While Dewey was lunching with
republican congressional leaders
in the capltol yesterday, Chandler
asked Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry, R.,
Neb., to introduce him to the New
York governor.
Asked by reporters why he In
vaded the GOP huddle, Chandler
responded:
"I'd never met Dewey before. I
wanted to shake hands with the
man I'm going to run against in
1948."
MEN INDUCTED
Madras, Feb. 9 (Special) The
following men were Inducted from
the local selective service board In
the month of January: William M.
Craig, Terrebonne; Palmer A.
Trommler, Eugene; Sadaki Akl
yama, Hunt, Ida., all enlisted in
the army. Donald L. Smith, Cul
ver, went Into the navy.
Climactic Battle
these are undcrstrength and prob
ably total fewer than a half mil
lion men.
Germany's strategic troop re
serves once held east of the Rhine
have vanished in the battles of the
Ardennes and the eastern front.
The morale of the remaining
soldiers varies with rank. Com
mon soldiers are beginning to
show signs of discouragement,
but they still fight stubbornly
when well led. Some of the fa
naticism and blind obedience have
gone, however.
Junior officers, mostly drawn
from the Hitler youth, remain ar
rogant and boastful of new weap
ons and military miracles which
will turn the tide at the eleventh
hour.
Older officers see the handwrit
ing on the wall. They know Ger
many has lost the war, and this
time they sec no easy way out by
whlch they can gain a breathing I
spell in which to rearm for a new
try at world conquest.
Signs of Germany's lack of oil
and gasoline are many. Prisoners
Co. I Veteran
PMo Art studio
uSgti -John T.. Mobuttn, -.Co. 1
veteran with 34 months of service
In the South Pacific, has returned
to the states for his first furlough
since the start of the war. He
holds a presidential unit citation,
a combat Infantryman's badge, a
purple heart, two major engage'
ment stars and a good conduct
medal. He was 16 when he left
Bend, and was 21 last Friday.
5,800 Men Strike
And Plants Close
Detroit, Feb. 9 mi The Brlggs
Manufacturing company announc
ed today that a strike of 5,800
workers has closed two plants
making parts for B-29 bombers
and will force shutdowns at three
others today.
One of the plants due to close
employs 4,429 workers at Evans
vlllc, Ind. The others are In De
troit. Company spokesmen said that
the closures were forced by short
age of parts made at the Mack
avenue plant here, whore the
strike began Tuesday over pay
rates for 15 men. He said the dis
putes would affect 6,710 workers
today, not including the 5,800
strikers.
The strikers, who are members
of local 212, United Automobile
Workers, (CIO) union, have voted
to return to their Jobs Monday If
the war labor board will guaran
tee to have two arbitrators at
the plant.
The WLB said it could not com
ment on the request.
for Germany
confirm that military convoys are
running out of gasoline and stall
ing on roads for days at a time
waiting for fuel trucks.
Allied pilots repeatedly strafe
vehicle and armor concentrations
that fail to burn, indicating their
tanks are dry.
Morale on the German home
front also is ebbing fast. Disci
pline prevents any outbreaks, but
captured letters to prisoners
clearly show the state of discour
agement. The Immediate stake In the bat
tle Is the great Ruhr and Rhine
land industrial belts Germany's
only Important source of coal,
metals and manufactured goodH
now Mint the Russians have over
run Silesia.
Rut even vlrtnrv in the navoff
battlers In east and west may not !
end the fighting In Europe. Well, j
Informed sources believe possibly
200,000 nazi dlehnrds who cannot
expect mercy will go on waging
guerilla warfare in the Bavarian
Alps,
m
Five-Mile Gain
Made By Units
On North Flank
Ruhr and Rhineland .:
Goal of Canadians in
. Strike Against Enemy
Paris, Feb. 9 (IP) Armored and
Infantry divisions of the Canad
ian first army broke into the
northern flank of the Siegfried
line today in a full-scale offensive
that carried forward almost five
miles on a six-mile front aimed
squarely at the German Ruhr and
Rhineland.
Advancing steadily behind a
screen of flame-throwing tanks, .
veteran British and Canadian in
fantrymen spilled over the Ger
man border southeast of Nljme
gen and drove several spearheads
deep into the Relchswald forest.
Progress Made
Vanguards of the attacking
force were reported half-way
through the forest early today,
Imperiling the twin strongholds
of Cleve and Goch that form the
northern anchor of Germany's
west wall. ' '. ;
First army paratroops, fighting
as infantrymen, were reported to
have pushed almost five miles
Into the forest from the west to
within about four miles south
west of Cleve and five and one
half miles northwest of Goch.
German resistance, soltened '
and In some places paralyzed by
a thundering allied aertaL and ar-.
tlllery bombardment, showed few. ,
signs of stiffening this morning,
24 hours after the start of the
offensive that promised to set the
whole western front aoiaze.
Aerial reconnaissance Indicated,
however, that the Germans were
recovering from their initial sur
prise and were beginning to rush
reserves Into the threatened area.
Seven Towns Fall
At least seven towns, two ot
them German, were captured in
the first 12 hours of the advance
and one allied column on the
northern flank of the assault line
was reported less than three miles
from the Rhine-crossing town of
Mllllngen.
The outer belt or tne sicgineq
fortifications already had been
cracked and field dispatches indi-
bated that the flooded, soggy ter
rain was proving almost as great
a barrier as the Germans to the
allies' forward progress.
More than 1,200 prisoners were
captured in the first onrush, and
the bag was reported mounting
rapidly.
Headquarters spokesmen made
It clear that the big push was on
to break open Germany's western
front In coordination with the red
army march on Berlin from the
east.
Mrs.L.D.Wiest,
Pioneer, Is Dead
Mrs. L. D. Wlest, 85, who, with .
her husband, arrived in Bend In
1900 and settled on a homestead
that is now a city addition, Wles
toria, died In her sleep last night
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Montelle G. Coe, In Redmond. Mrs.
Wlest had been In ill health for
the past several weeks, but it was
not believed that her condition
was serious.
Mrs. Wlest was preceded In
death several years ago by her
husband, Bend's first irrigation
engineer. It was Mr. Wlest who
first surveyed Bend. He arrived
here on August 15, 1900, when
only a few scattered ranch homes
marked the site of Bend, and was
joined here by his family in Sep
tember of the same year. He erect
ed his original home near the spot
where the Wlest residence of later
years was built, on East Third
street.
Was Pioneer Town
When the Wiest family first set-1
tied here, the only semblance of a
"town" was a log cabin, near the
Deschutes river in Drake park of
the present. That log cabin later
served as the first home of The
Bend Bulletin.
Aside from her daughter In
Redmond, Mrs. Wlest Is survived
by one other daughter, Mrs. Her-
bert Howell, of Astoria. Grand'
children surviving are David Coe,
Mrs. Arthur Tenter, Phyllis Coe
and Joan, Jean and Jeanette How
ell. Funeral services have not yet.
been arranged.