TEE W f.t D BULLETIN Save Your Fats Our boys get sulfa drugs and ammunition when you save used kitchen fats. Weather Forecast Partly cloudy with a few showers northwest portion today. Other wise scattered cloudiness Thurs day and Friday.. little tempera ture change. . NO. 61 CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER Volume UN Canadians Hit Rhine Barrier, Roll Up Flanks Whole Canuck Front Is On Move as Nazi Troops Yield to New Pressure k- Paris, Feb. 15 IP Canadian troops broke through to the Rhine opposite Emmerich today and locked in a blazing battle for a crossing that would outflank the main Seigfried fortifications guarding Germany's industrial Ruhr valley. On the Canadians' right flank, veteran Scots and English divi sions lashed out east and south of the reich forest on the direct road to the Ruhr, rolling up the nazi defenses before Goch and Calcar, two key road centers whose capture might unlock the door to Germany s last big indus trial concentration. The whole Canadian first army front was on the move, sparked by a thundering Allied aerial bombardment that in the past 24 hours had spread death and ruin up and down the Rhineland in the path of the attacking ground Nazis Fight Back - The Germans were fighting savagely with their backs to the Rhine and pumping in fresh re serves hourly to bolster their line but field dispatches said the re appearance of Allied airpower over the battlefield had given a new lift to the British drive. Wearied and mud-stained after a week of bitter slogging, across the flooded Rhineland, Canadian troops on the northern flank of Lt. Gen. H. D. G. Crerar's attack front went forward to the Rhine with a rush early today. The Canadians caDtured Warbe-' yen, three miles north of Kleve, I and drove ahead almost two miles into the river hamlet of Huren deieh, directly across the Rhine from Emmerich. Crossing' Blocked , i r ........ . .. .. .i ,i forces were reported battling des- frf... ...... J .V U ... WW....., backed up by heavy artillery fire from the far side of the Rhine. Southeast of Kleve, spearheads of the famous Black Watch and Gordon Highlanders battled through' a wall of steel and con crete pillboxes on the road to Cal car, driving within three miles or less of that fortress town. Other Scots combat teams were hammering south and east of Bedburg on the Kleve-Goch road, 4 miles north of Goch and about the same distance west of Carcar. English home .troops, at the same time, broke out of their Niers river bridgeheads on the southern side of the Reichwald forest and fought their way down to within two miles north and west of Goch against heavy op position. I til Pkl Lions Mane nans For Annual Party Bend Lion club members today had completed final arrange ments for their annual "Sweet heart" party, to be held Monday night at 7 o'clock at the Glen Vista club. Representing the Lions International will be Izzie Hawn, of Eugene. He will give a short talk on "Lionism." Olie Bowman has been named toastmaster for the evening. The following new members will be inducted into the club: J. B. Bear, Harold Waterman, Irus M. Wells, Mel Munkres, Ray Dahl, James Arbow, Norman Gil bert, Ford Hunnell, Clarence E. Bush, Ernest M. Myers, Loyde Blakely, Francis E. Hutchins, aurice Hoover, Pierce Beach, Hal Huston. C. V. Shultz. A. E. Hi Stevens, Del Hale, Ed Volght, R. r. Jettrey, Walt Howard. entertainment has been ar ranged, and dancing will follow. Wives of members now in the service will be guests of the Lions at this annual party. Nippons Report Formosa Raid (Bjr United Presn) A strong force of Philippines based U. S. bombers and fighters strafed Japanese Installations at 'our points on the strong enemy base of Formosa Wednesday, Ra dio Tokyo said today. "Enemy formations of B-24s, P-47s and P-38s, each formation composed of more than 10 planes, Penetrated the Takao, Tainan, Taichu and Shinchiku areas from Philippines base Wednesday aft- 4:30 p. m.," the broadcast said. "After a partial strafing attack against these areas the enemy raiders fled southward," Tokyo asserted. TWO SECTIONS Jap Aircraft Center, Nagoya, Bombed By Large Task Force Three Major Islands in Marianas Now Linked To Serve as Center for U. S. B-29 Operations '- By William F. Tyree v (United Proi War Comapondrat) 21st Bomber Command Headquarters, Guam, Friday, Feb. 16 (TIE) A large task force of Superforts roared in on the Japanes aircraft center of Nagoya in midafternoon today, as it was officially disclosed that the three major islands in the Marianas have been linked together in an impressive center of B-29 operations. The big Superforts unloaded lethal loads on industrial targets, and radio Tokyo admitted the sprawling factory area of Angoya was set afire. The main strength of the George Bill Gets Initial Test Vote Washington, Feb. 15 IIP) The George bill survived its initial house test today. Democrats, by a 202 to 192 vote, blocked a re publican move to send the meas ure back to the rules committee. The vote was accepted of a rules committee decision sending the bill to the floor without special safeguards to assure con sideration of board republican sponsored amendments. The vote came after Rep. E. E. Cox, D., Ga., a rules committee member, said approval of the bill by the senate and subsequently by the house banking committee was a "vote of lack of confidence" in Henry A. Wallace. Provisions Explained The bill would divorce the fed eral loan agency from the com merce department. Its passage is expected to clear the way for confirmation of Wallace as sec retary of commerce. Republicans argued that the banking committee had not given thorough consideration to the bill. I They insisted that the house should be given an opportunity- denied by the rules committee de- cision to vote on all proposed amendments. Bend Sailor Safe,-. Relatives Learn Wilbur Arnold McLeod, radio man 1c aboard the ill-fated Om maney Bay, is safe, according to information received last night by Mr. and Mrs. Clyde M. Evans from the young man's mother, Mrs. Robert McLeod of Montgom ery, La. There were fewer than 100 casualties, the captain of the sunken escort carrier reported yesterday. The vessel went down in Phil ippine waters after it had been set afire by bomb hits from a Japa nese plane. 1946 Metal Plates Voted for Oregon Salem, Ore., Feb. 15 (IP) The Irwin-Hudson company of Port land today held a state contract for manufacture of 410,000 metal license plates which will be is sued to Oregon motorists for 1946. Plates were retained in use after 1942 by the use of wind shield sticker but the suspension was lifted by the state board of control with granting of the $85, 729 contract. Streets Too Slippery; Bottle Talk Called Off Fall River, Mass., Feb. 15 IPI The Fall River Historical society postponed its scheduled meeting because the speaker, Edward F. Mason, decided streets were too slippery to bring his collection of old bottles to illustrate nis lecture. Bend Flier Describes Destruction of Dozen Japanese War Army Air Forces, Pacific Head-1 Quarters. Feb. 15 How bombs dropped from the 7th AAF Lib erator, "The Sunsetter," set afire a string of 12 Jap planes lined up along an Iwo Jima lsiana airstrip, was told by Second Lieutenant J. Max Griffiths, Bend, Oregon, pilot of the bomber. The Jap aircraft were destroyed during one of the 15 combat mis sions which Lt. Griffiths had flown over Iwo Jima. "The Japs had lined up the planes all in a row," said Lt. Grif fiths. "Along with other Libera tors in the squadron we made a run right down the line. We raked the string from one end to the other with 100-pound bombs and fragmentation bombs, leav ing the planes aflame." "The Sunsetter" was attacked by Jap fighters 18 times but emerged without suffering seri ous damage. "On one of the missions to Iwo ! Jima we had three Jap fighter ' pilots put on quite a show for , ,, u T . I" ! ( H e "Thou U'oro out of range some distance ahead of us doing barrel rolls, loops and other acrobatics. Two of the US. frdlUtll. Jl ".-.. THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES Superfort formations dropped 'bombs and incendiaries in the heart of the war production area and "caused fires to break out and some damage," Tokyo said. The big bombers took off from both Saipan and Tinian. Early reports said bombing runs over Nagoya were made through an overcast of high clouds. Big Force Used The phraseology : "large task force" was used officially for the first time since B-29 operations began, indicating the raiders went out in one of the largest forma tions yet sent against Japan. To kyo radio, however, said the Na goya attackers numbered 60. The new B-29 airstrip on Tinian will be the first of a series of run ways capable of flashing Super forts into the air on a scale not yet approached in operations against the Japanese homeland. Thus the significance and eventual scope of long-range, strategic bom-! Daroment of japan from the Mari anas finally has been revealed.' With Saipan in full operation and Tinian added as a base and Guam established as permanent headquarters of the 21st bomber command, all three islands lying on the road to Tokyo have been integrated as a hugh area for stepping up the aerial offensive. 7 Planes Crash; Eight Men Killed San Diego, Feb. 15 IP Seven marine corps Fiehter and Toroedo planes crashed at various points The storming of the Intramur in southern California early to- os, however, was expected- to be day when they flew into a rain a quick and bloody affair. Many storm and fog, they navy an- of the enemy in the waterfront nounced. I trap were known to be imperial Of the four planes that crashed marines, the toughest and most into the ocean, nine fliers have been rescued. Three missing men were rescued late this morning by a naval patrol boat. tight men were known to have been killed, three at sea. Two fighter pilots died in attempting a landing on one of the channel is lands, and three others were killed when their plane crashed near Bakersfield, Calif. One plane is still missing, but the naval control center reported its occupants may have been sighted on a raft. Eleven other planes in the ma neuvers were directed to safety by radio. All available rescue equipment was sent to the area, the navy said. . Names of the dead were with hold pending notification of next of kin. Donald Nelson Weds Secretary Washington, Feb. 15 IIP) Don ald M. Nelson, former war pro duction chief and now a White House advisor, was married last night to pretty, 26-year-old Marguerite Coulbourne, his form er secretary. Nelson is 55. Planes on I wo Jima Airstrip : f ! Lieut. Griffiths planes peeled off and made a pass at us. We could see the guns blinking. Each ducked under our Horht ii'lnn anH allhnntih Ihit nose gunner and the top turret .Ifel,. .tll.JUUE,. ..... gunner fired at th.e Japs, they flew away. Nips Say Ism Of Corregidor Planes Blast at Rock -. ' As U. S. Manila Forces " Battle Trapped Enemy v By William B. Dickinson (United Preu War CorrcapendenU). Manila, Feb. 15 (U American1 troops threw on armored cordon across the burning Manila water front today and swung In from the south and east to storm the last big center of Japanese resis tance in the old walled city.. . Twenty-five miles to the west. American warplanes were ham mering away at the fortress is land of Corregidor in the mouth of Manila bay to clear the way for a sea-borne landing on "The Rock." Recapture of Corregidor would enable the big guns of the Ameri can battle fleet to work over the remaining Japanese defenses In side Manila at close range and probably would .wipe out all re sistance in short order. . .'4 "Rock" Under Fire ' M (Tokyo broadcasts said Ameri can warships shelled Corregidor heavily on Tuesday and that mine sweepers had begun clearing the cnannei between the island and Bataan peninsula, suggesting that a naval assault on Manila bay was imminent.) Inside Manila, the bulk of the Japanese defenders were being herded slowly back behind the massive walls of the Spanish city the Intramuros under savage attack by tanks and infantrymen or the u. s. first cavalry and 37ti infantry divisions. Most of the Japanese artillery in the area already had been silanced, and the main opposition came from machine' gun nests. snipers and hundreds of mines sowed through the streets. Advance Is Slow The Yanks were making no at- tempt at a spectacular sweep into tne walled city but were ad vancing deliberately from block to block, clearing out every pos sible enemy hideout as they went forward. fanatical of all Japanese troops, and It was likely that their last stand would be a no-quarter fight to the death. A smaller pocket of enemy re sistance, centered around Fort McKinley on the southeastern outskirts of Manila, also was be' ing reduced slowly by American artillery and dive-bombers. Powder Explodes In Alaskan Fire Ketchikan, Alaska, Feb. 15 IP Damage was estimated at 518,000 today from a fire which swept through the old fair building at the city park, causing a store of ammunition on the third floor to explode. Fire Marshal Joe Diamond said the ammunition was stored by territorial guards. OPTIMIST FOUND Kokomo, Ind., Feb. 15 UP) Farmer D. D. Ouslev. an ontimist if ever there was one, today of- ierea inrougn an advertisement in a Kokomo newspaper to tradn a two-year-old cot" A good one too" for 15 cartons of cigarets. Is Under Siege ..U8 ura mission 10 iwo me death of 5-year-old Ronald Jima a Jap fighter pilot made a ' Iverson, who accidentally hanged nose attack but we surprised him hlmse'f in the crotch of a tree by turning into his path and mak-1 wh'lePla,v!nS npar h'8 ho,mv ld i v,. . . . ,. Preliminary reports indicated Ing him pull up Into a stall. As he! the boy was ,eft ldanf,,od by the fell away on our right, fire from neck from the tree last night when nose turret, top turret and right tthe,tricycle on which he was stand waist guns raked his plane from 1 l?g sodded out from under him. nne onH , .i nr Ronald apparently was attempt one end to the other. We could i , .,', H , u' see the tracers bouncing off the armor plate on its bollv. Th niini I evidently decided he'd had enough I ' because he hung high out of' rangetiand never bothered usOnvIcted SpIeS Lt. Griffiths has flown 24 mis D - ror Crtl.X sions in the central Pacific and'r,acea "OrT western Pacific. In addition to ! New York, Feb. 15 Ji Sen Iwo Jima, he also has flown on: fenced to hang as nazi s"pies, strikes against Yap, Wake, Truk, American born William C o 1 e- CniCm Jima and llnhn .1 mn ic. ' lands. He was Interviewed while irouriK irom comoat at a rest : governor's island, today, pending , stamped on milk bottle tops of amp I Hawa"- i army and presidential review of ; pasteurized milk and cream was t Ae is son Mr' and Mrs- i ,hf'lr conviction. provided today in a bill intro- J. O. Griffiths, 429 East Franklin! If the sentence of the seven- duced by Sen. Thomas Mahoney, avenue, Bend. His wife, Kathryn, ; member military commission Is Portland. and his infant daughter, Lynn, re-' upheld, the date for their execu- A fine of $250 or three months side at 123 West Willow street, tion will be set by Maj. Gen. In Jail or both Is provided for vio Stockton, Calif. He was graduated Thomas E. Terry of the 2nd serv- latlon. The bill carries an emer Irom Bend high school In 1936. I Ice command. gency clause. COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEB. 15, 1945 ANiplsWhipped , I If, s 'I jNIL V ' V V ;".;: (NBA Telephoto) This semi-nude Jap prisoner, hi hands held behind his head In ges ture of surrender, is led away for questioning after his capture by Araerl . can troops engaging the Japs in Manila street fighting. Photo by Stan ley Troutman, NEA-Acme photographer for War Picture Pool. Churchill, Pausing in Athens, Makes Stirring Plea for Unity Prime Minister' Pledges Britain's Support In Rehabilitation of Strife-Torn Country - By James E. Roper . . ' ;-AtWI. 15 tt-Prime Mister Winston iJtium;u in .rti-nens on nis way nome rrom tne "tiig Three" conference yesterday to deliver a stirrinur call for Greek unity and to pledge Britain's support in rehabilitatinir this strife. torn country. micic uui,r icw weens ano jjruiHii armea iorces nau mtci vciicu in tne vivuuy vrreeK Civil war. Churchill told 30.000 cheerinir Athenians that G reece- has n hriKht future and that he honed she would "take her proper place in the circle of victorious nations." "There has been much mis understandinir and itrnorance in many parts of the world. and there has been misunderstand- ing of issues, but now these mat ters are clearing up and all over the world there Is coming a true understanding of the part Greece has played and will play In the future development of Europe," he said. Proud Of Part "I am proud of the part the British army has played in pro tecting this immortal city from violence and anarchy. "We will march with you to the ends of the dark valleys until we reach the broad highlands of justice and peace. From the bot tom of my heart I hope Greece will take her proper place in the circle of the victorious nations and among the nations which have suffered from the war. "Let right prevail, let party natreds die, let there be unity," he concluded. "Greece forever." Small Boy Dies In Tree Crotch Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 15 (ti" Deputy Coroner George Hoffner the accident occurred, according ! in ,.ffo.. nnimh artA l.-ll. nimnnl r.n-man national, were held at Fort Jay, I T r 1 1 U.S. Casualties Reach 782,180 Washington, Feb. 15 (IP) U. S, combat casualties announced here reached 782,180 today. This was a jump of 17,348 from last week s compilation. Secretary of War Henry L. Stlmson said army casualties com piled through Feb. 7 totaled 693, 342. These casualties, reflecting loss es through January, Included 135, 510 killed, 408,553 wounded, 58, 556 prisoners of war, and 90,723 missing. Of the wounded, 202,813 nave returned to duty. To the army total was added 88,838 navy, marine corps and coast guard casualties announced up to today. They Included 33,536 dead, 40,607 wounded, 10,221 miss ing, and 4,474 prisoners of war. Stlmson said army -round forc es alone have suffered 394,874 cas ualties on the western front from the June 6 D-day to Feb. 1. Of these 63,410 were killed, 273,997 wounded and 57,467 'missing. He said ground force casualties on the western front In January were 61,962, including 8,848 killed, 41,325 wounded and 11,789 miss ing. New RAF Fighter Placed in Action London, Feb. 15 mi An Im proved version of the RAF's famed Spitfire fighter, capable of about 450 miles per hour and with a tactical range of about 300 miles, is now in action over Eur ope, It was disclosed today. I he new fighter, the Spitfire XIV- has already come through its first battle test over the west ern front. Two Spitfire pilots in a single action destroyed three Ger man planes In less than five min utes. Bill Seeks Date On Milk Bottles C!M r- irl. IK ,tln n qulrement that the date be Soviets Crack German Lines On Neisse River, Open Holes In Berlin, Dresden Defenses Anglo-American Aerial Onslaughts Shatter Targets in Advance of .Russian Armies on Southeastern Front; Strong Points Blasted London, Feb. 15 (IIE) Berlin said today that Russian forces supported by American and British bomber fleets had broken across the Neisse river on both sides of Forst, stra tegic rail hub 62 miles southeast of Berlin and the same dis tance northeast of Dresden. ' Both nazi and soviet reports indicated that Marshal Ivan S. Konev's army was layinsr open the flanks of the German de- : fenses before Berlin and Dresden, the Saxony capital which A German military spokesman reported that the Russians had advanced to points north west and southwest of Forst, on the west bank of the Leiase. The admission indicated a major break - throuirh the Neisse line and the planting of soviet spearheads about 60 miles from both Berlin and Dresden in, that sector. Neisse Kiver Reached Moscow advices said that south of Forst the Russians were storm ing the Neisse river line before saxony, and that one column pushed within 45 miles of Dresden in an apparent break, across the Neisse. . The nazi spokesman, ouoted in a broadcast from Berlin, said Konev's army and that of Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov had made a junction southeast of Berlin. Zhukov's First White Russian army has been checked along the Oder before Berlin for several davs while Konev was developing his sweep through lower Silesia. Observers took the Berlin report to mean that they now wre Join ing forces for a possible assault on the capital from the east and soutn. Defenses Pulverized Konev's First Ukranian army appeared to have pulverized the defenses of all Silesia, and was Berlin and about 75 miles from Prague. . Vor ,he second straight day I American heavy bombers were re- i direct support of the red armv. By night another great fleet of British bombei-s hit Chemnitz southwest of Dresden, Berlin, tar gets south of Leipzig, and other puims in Germany. A United Press dispatch from Moscow said mobile formations of Konev's army, sweeping westward from the B o b e r, reached the Neisse river on a broad front and was threatening Goeiiltz. 56 miles east of Dresden. Resistance Met "Konev is encountering growing resistance in Silesia." the . dis patch said. "But he is forging ahead In a three-way drive along tne west bank of the Oder to ward Frankfurt and Berlin, west ward toward Dresden and Leipzig within sight of the border of Sax ony, and to the south behind Breslau. ' Another dispatch said the battle for Goerlltz was raeine. and the town had been flanked, apparently meaning a crossing or the Neisse in that sector. Two Term Limit Asked by Senate saicm, ore., Feb. 15 (tPi The Oregon senate, closely following party lines of its 5 to 1 republican membership, today passed to the house a Joint memorial asking congress to limit the presidency to two terms. With the house also 5 to 1 re- republican, quick passage was predicted. Eugene Girl of Many Spouses Has Bone to Pick With Agents Portland, Ore., Feb. 15 UT In the heart and mind of taffy-haired Vllma Suberly who the FBI says married eight or nine men mar riage is all right, "if you get the right one." The 25-year-old former nurse was In Jail here today awaiting a hearing for removal to California, was brought here from Eugene, where she was arrested. The FBI charges she married eight men and possibly nine, without divorce from any of them. She Is charged speciflcaly with accepting $4,660 In government nlln'ment checks from bIx navy husbands. But the girl of many husbands now finds she gets along best with women. With a tone of "you men are all alike," she has this to say of man and matrimony: "Oh, marriage is all right, I guess, if you ever get the right one. "I didn't," she added, with tacit - ?" Hearing Is Held On Veterans' Salem, Ore., Feb. 15 IP House bill 271, the measure designed to establish a department of veter ans affairs, will go back to the house soon, Jhe house military affairs committee decided after a hearing on the bill Wednesday. ' it will be-printed to incorporate some suggested amendments and then will be re-referred to the committee for further study. Two sets of proposed amend ments to the bill were told at the meeting. One embodied the sug gestions set forth by a group ot veterans organizations to elimin ate some objections they had to the original measure. The second set includes a number of sugges tions which have been made to the committee by a number of sources. . Suggestions Made . The veterans organization's sug gestions included provisions for an advisory board of five mem bers, to be, selected by the govern or from nominations 1y- the five nationally chartered - veterans groups. The committee would aid the director who in turn would be directly responsible to the govern or. The director also would De required to post a fidelity bond, equal to twice the amount , of money over which lie exercises discretion. The powers of the director would be somewhat less under these provisions than under the original bill. The second set of suggested amendments broaden the scope of the whole proposed setup by cre ating a seven-man committee, with five veteran representatives and two public members to be selected by the governor. Admiral Receives Berth in Senate Washington, Feb. 15 IH Thomas C. Hart of Connecticut today took his scat as a United States senator the first admiral in American history to hold that position. The former Asiatic fleet com mander was appointed by Gov. Raymond C. Baldwin to succeed the late Sen. Francis Maloney, D., Conn. He took the oath of office in brief ceremonies shortly after the senate met at noon. Truck Goes Over Cliff And Driver Loses Life Medford, Feb. 15 HP August Beberniss, Medford truck driver was killed yesterday afternoon . when the empty logging truck he was driving left the road and plunged over a cliff at Cascade gorge, 42 miles northwest of here on the Crater lake highway. reference to. her reputed poly andry. "I suppose men are all right, but I get along with women better." She was asked how many times she had been in love. "Only once," she replied de murely. She dismissed the FBI charges with one devastating word: "Baloney!" "They may stick me, but the only thing they can stick me on is that I didn't pay any Income tax last year," she said, reminatlng over what the Income tax would be on $4,660 In government allot ments. And here, In her mind, Is what's behind the whole affair: "An FBI agent had it in for me. And that's the truth. When I see him again I'm going to tell him what he is, from the top of his head to the tip of his toes. He went into my postoffice box. Can I help It if other people get mail in my postoffice box?"