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CENTRAL OREGON'S; DAILY NEWSPAPER
Volume LIU
U. S. Troopers
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Break Nippon
Bataan Lines
Yanks Surge Swiftly
Into Southern Portion
Of Fortress Peninsula
By William B. Dickinson
(United Press War Correspondents)
Manila, Feb. 16 IP American
troops broke through the main
Japanese defense line on Bataan
and advanced swiftly into the
southern half of the peninsula to
day to avenge the United States
a-my's defeat there in 1942 the
bitterest of the war. -,
The breakthrough on Bataan
I Jlcame as other Yanks shot and bay-
smoke-shrouded streets of Manila
in a no-quarter battle against
thousands of fanatical Japanese
holed up in the southern half of
the city.
Conquest Nears
Vanguards of the U. S. 11th
army corps all but sealed the con
quest of Bataan yesterday with
the capture of the Balanga-Pilar
area in a five-mile advance down
the east coast of the peninsula';
from Abucay.
Balanga and Pilar formed the
eastern anchor of the defense line
on which Lt. Gen. Jonathan M.
Wainwright's heroic troops made
their last stand on Bataan in the
dark days of 1942.
- The fall of the two towns put
Gen Douglas MacArthur's forces
. - ulc "'''j iciiiuiiuiik imeict.
4 7niar to the west coast town of
lxmu ii.-
W'fiOl. 1.4111 lllCll. 414KT .JUL, UIC ic-
maining Japanese on the penin
sula appeared to have little chance
of waging organized resistance
for any length of time.
Yanks Near "Rock"
South of Pilar the Americans
were pushing into rugged, moun
tainous terrain only 16 miles from
tt.e southern tip of the peninsula
and about 18 miles from Corregi
dor. Corregidor, guarding the en
trance to Manila bay, was rocking
continuously to the blast of Amer
ican bombs in a non stop bombard
ment that clearly pointed to an
Imminent amphibious attack on
the island.
A force of B-24 Liberators heap
ed another 112 tons of bombs on
the rock fortress Wednesday with
out drawing an answering shot
A 4niuuu a gun uain-i its.
Headquarters observers warned,
.however, that "the rock" is not
iikely to be an "easy mark" for
an American landing, since the
Japanese are well entrenched
there and probably have plenty of
biff guns emplaced deep in the
island caves, out of reach of our
bombs.
Planes Aid Drive
Swarms of American attack
planes were supporting the drive
down Bataan, barreling overhead
in front of the advancing ground
troops to bomb and strafe the flee
ing Japanese at will.
Inside Manila, however, the ad
vance was going ahead more slow
ly, with the heaviest fighting cen
tered around Fort MeKirtfey, on
the southeastern outskirts of the
city, and on the eastern and south
ern approaches to the old walled
city on the Manila waterfront.
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Washington, Feb. 16 IP The
whereabouts of the Japanese navy
is known and Adm. Raymond A.
Spruance's Tokyo-striking fleet
would welcome an opportunity to
meet it, a naval spokesman said
today.
The much-battered enemy navy
Is still equivalent to a "good-sized
task force," the spokesman said,
adding:
"There Is no doubt that Spru
ance would welcome the emer
Emce of everything the Japs
luld get together. We are now
'n cmplete control of the seas,
"hen the Jap fleet comes out
'here may be a short period of
doubt until we sink it."
Mitscher's task force alone
would be more than a match for
jne entire existing Japanese navy,
the spokesman said.
Ae said that the enemy fleet
defense of the homeland. Now
mat Japan proper is being at
tacked by our navy, it Is hoped
that the enemy fleet will come
ut and fight.
Nippons Fear
Iwo Landing;
Isles Shelled
(By United Press)
Tokyo radio said Friday that
the carrier attack on Tokyo and
the bombardment of Iwo Jima in
the ' Volcano islands, 750 miles
south of the enemy capital, "may
be a nrplllrip tn nn Amoflan l.nA
ing n Iwo."
ine broadcast, recorded by
United Prose at Ran EVa.14.lc,.,
said Iwo had been a "constant
threat" to B-29 Superfortresses
operating from the Marianas and
that Its rantllra unnlH aita th.
United States a base from which
iignter planes could escort the
big bombers over Tokyo.
Tha hmailisot e.M V.a A
lean task force shelling Iwo In
cluded battleships and aircraft
pnrriprc Tho mmmnnimia f.nm
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz'
neaoquarters ma not mention car
rier planes as participating in the
two uumoaramem. , . ..
Tokyo Relates
City's Reaction
To Great Raid
- (Br United Press)
The citizens of Tokyo are "de
termined to fight to the death
when their mainland becomes a
battlefield," a Japanese broadcast
said today, while Tokyo commen
tators caimed the capital resi
dents -retrained "unperturbed and
completely calm" during the
American- carrier raid.
"Workers, students, officials
and the members of neighborhood
associations are strengthening
their own fighting line and they
are determined to fight to the
death when their mainland be
comes a battlefield," a broadcast
of a Domei dispatch said.
Meanwhile Tokyo radio (call
letters J-O-A-K), gave a glowing
account of the fearlessness of
Tokyo's citizenry.
"As soon as the air raid alarm
was sounded, all citizens of Tokyo
calmly dressed themselves in
'fighting togs' while war workers
hurriedly partook of their leasure
breakfast and rushed out to their
factories and downtown offices,"
said the broadcast, recorded by
United Press at San Frar.cisco.
Get Fine View
Tokoites were afforded a "very
fine view" of dogfights in the
skies, the broadcast stated, add
ing: "At the sight of our gallant air
men who patrolled the skies- in
the cold, freezing air, all citizens
felt relieved and grateful to
them."
The broadcast asserted the
Americans "purposely chose the
rush hour for the raid so as to
interrupt our production activi
ties. However, they failed in this
since most of our workers had
already arrived at their posts
when the first air raid siren
sounded."
During the raid, the broadcast
said, production of planes and
ships "continued as usual."
m
"The sooner they come out, the
better for us," the spokesman
said.
The fact that three U. S. naval
forces are operating at once
should indicate "what we think
of the Jap fleet," he said.
He declined to discuss the sig
nificance of the attack on Iwo
island an attack which some ob
servers speculated might be a
prelude to an invasion.
He said Spruance will not give
any further information on the
attacks by the forces under his
command until he is good and
readv and his task force is safe.
;If his forces come under attack,
I however, he might break radio
, silence.
Mitscher's carrier airmen, the
snokesman observed, apparently
are doing a good Job considering
what the Japanese radio is say
ing. One broadcast said it was
' evident to the Japanese that the
United States is trying to destroy
their air foi-ce. The spokesman
; commented that the Japanese
'might be right in their surmise.
Russians Near
Suburban Area
ital
Showdown Battle for
Berlin Taking Shape
As Red Armies Gain
London, Feb. 16 IPI The Rus
sian army newspaper Red Star re
ported today that Russian spear
heads "striking at the very heart
of Germany" were nearing Ber
lin's suburban villas and the river
Spree.
Two red armies were grinding
away the defenses east and south
east of Berlin in a concerted as
sault that appeared to be the first
pnase of the showdown battle for
the capital.
The nazls reported that thev
had blocked a thrust against Cott
bus, turntable of the defense net
work southeast of Berlin only 48
miles from the capital. Marshal
Ivan S. Konov's army was closing
on Cottbus In a lightning drive
that had turned the Oder river
line before the capital. .
Flank Shielded
His flank shielded by Konev's
push into Brandenburg province
southeast of Berlin, Marshal Greg
ory K. Zhukov now was ready for
the payoff drive against the city
from his Oder valley positions 30
odd miles to the east.
The signal for the two-way at
tack on Berlin's near defenses was
suggested by a Red Star dispatch
which said:
"Only a little distance is left to
the banks of the Spree and Ber
lin's suburban villas. The air is
saturated with the odor of hot
gunpowder. -Thfr German land Is
burning and smoking. The smoke
from fires and explosives darkens
the horizon. The terrain and
weather favor the enemy, who
never fought so stubbornly or so
desperately as now that our
spearheads are striking at the
very heart of Germany."
Nazis Blocked
Moscow dispatches said that
smashing blows by American and
British planes at Dresden, Cottbus
and other key points behind the
German lines had impeded frantic
efforts by the nazis to rush up re
inforcements to face Konev's
troops.
Soviet newspapers published
auiea communiques on the bomb-
ing in support of the red armv
4444 luuaj- nitr uiuciill 1 ass news
agency carried a dispatch from
London summarizing them.
Moscow advices said that be
hind Konev's forward positions
dozens of isolated or partly isolat
ed German groups battled desper
ately, against tightening soviet
rings or to escape the closing
jaws of red army pincers.
The German hieh command
claimed that resistance in lower
bilesla had stiffened. In the same
communique, however, it said
Konev "was able to enlarge his
breach area yesterday." :
The Berlin communique said
that in southern Pomeranla the
Germans had re-established con
tact with the "temporarily" en
circled bases of Arnswalde and
Bahn, the latter 22 miles south of
Stettin.
President Lauds
Forest Service
Members of the Deschutes na
tional forest staff today were In
receipt of a copy of a letter ad
dressed to Chief Lyle F. Watts of
the. U. S. forest service, from
President Roosevelt, in observ
ance of the 40th anniversary of
the service. In part, the president
wrote:
"The forest service has made
forestry known to America, it has
turned many enemies of forestry
into staunch friends, it has won
the confidence and cooperation of
the peonle, and it has led the way
to making American forestry an
outstanding achievement."
Unwary Thief Is
Sought; Stole
Policeman's Dog
This thief might be a bit more
nervous about his crime if he
know who his victim was!
For the prrson who last nlcht
stole a registered pure blood bull
dog from In front of 1435 Albany
street, took a pet belonging to
Chief of Police Ken C. Gulick. The
chief told his fellow officers that
the dog was stolen at dusk, and
that members of his family were
unable to obtain an accurate de
scription of the thief.
Of Nazi Cap
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND. DESCHUTES
TOKYO Natural communications center of the nation, it is
hub of Japanese railways, the heart of business and
?lovammental administration. Unimportant industrially
ore 193 1, it now holds many new var industries, including
greatly expanded machine tool olanrs.
KAWASAKI Heart of the new
industrial city that mushroomed
along bay coast between Tokyo
and Yokohama after conquest of
Manchuria. Most of its many
factories art "modern," including
two of Japan's best oil refineries.
Has its own harbor.'
YOKOHAMA Tokyo's port for
deep-sea shipping. Has two large
shipyards, tank and tractor
factories; five oil refineries, ;
including two with nation's
largest output; chemical and
machine tool plants.
YOKOSUKA A former fishing
village, it is now great naval base,
with city almost exclusively
supported by Navy.
1 ,800 Allied Prisoners Lost
In Sinking of Nippon Vessel
Only Five Survivors Accounted for Since Jap
Ship Was Sent to Bottom, By Sub October 24
(Copyright, 11145, By United Press)
It is now posiiible to disclose that nearly 1,800 allied pris
oners mostly Americans
trap Japanese, prison ship
Oct. 24.
Only five survivors have
since the trasredv occurred in
It was the second Japanese
a doom unwittingly inflicted by a friendly submarine. In the
two tragedies, a total of nearly 2,000 Americans), many of
Alien Japanese
Ouster Approved
Immediate deportation of all
alien Japanese following the war
has been approved by members of
Pondosa Pine post No. 1643, Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, it was re
ported today. Decision to vote in
favor of ousting the Japanese was
t a iinreiiii ui Ulf Ul-
ganization Wednesday night In
the courthouse.
Eleven new members were bal
loted on at this meeting. All are
still serving In the armed forces,
it was announced. One of them Is
1st Lt. Chester C. Meyers of Bend,
and a former member of Company
I, now serving with Company B,
lG5th Infantry. He has been over
seas for nearly three years and is
at present spending a 30-day leave
Visltfnir hfe uriffV Rornlra at 11
rEast Hawthorne avenue. He was
present at the meeting, was Ini
tiated, and gave a short t.tlk.
The veterans donated $10 to the
Beta Sigma Phi sorority to assist
in their blood donor program.
Party Is Held
Following the business meeting,
the veterans joined the auxiliary
at the Moose hall in a Valentine's
party, where music was furnished
by Roy Allingham's orchestra.
According to Commander
Rhoads, Pondosa Pine post No.
1643, world war II veterans should
wear their discharge buttons, or
the lapel emblem of the veterans'
organization to which they belong.
"The status of a war veteran is
an honorable one," says Com
mander Rhoads, "and a veteran
should be proud indeed to have the
public recognize that he has
served in the armed forces in time
of war. That .this is doubly true
lor tnose who have snrvetl over-
.I ...... ...
aetiu uii me actum jigming ironis, I
...i.i . i rm ... ;
bw wmiuui saying, me suresi :
rpenunit inn fa in wpar a Hionhni-na '
button or the lapel emblem of a
veterans' organization. This
plies particularly to our younger
veterans."
2 Fliers Escape
From Warplane
Walla Walla. Wash.. Feb. 16 '(!
Two crew members from the
hpavy bomber mlssinu near Trov.
Ore., parachuted to safety nnd
have been returnod to the Walla
Walla army air field. AAF offi-
cials anonunced today. (across the approaches to Goch and tanks and assault boats to press,ter.
The men were Cpl. Walter R.iCalcar, twin nazi strongholds home their attack, the Canadians! Equally determined enemy op
Burnslde, New South Wales, Aus-; barely 25 miles northwest of the: wiped out all German resistance' position forced the British to dig
tralia, and Lt. Richard Fled, Walla i Ruhr. jon a two-mile stretch of the, in on the Kleve-Uedem road
Walla. I German resistance also was Rhine's south bank opposite the farther west after a small ad-
Search continued for o t h eristiffenlng on the American Third jEmmerlch ferry crossing, five vance south of captured Bedburg,
members of the crew and bomber, army front 125 miles to the south, miles northeast of Kleve. I three miles below Kleve.
COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, FEB. U, 1945
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apparently perished when a rat-
was sunk by a submarine last
been accounted for in the months
theVhina sea. '
shipload of prisoners to suffer
them already near death after
months in Philippine prison
camps, apparently were
drowned or killed.
: The first sinking, previous
ly reported, occurred Sept. 7
off the northwestern coast of Min
danao. Of 750 American prisoners
being transferred from the Philip
pines, 83 survived. They got
ashore and were hidden by Fill
pino guerillas until U. S. forces
could rescue them.
. Story Is Told
The story of the second sinking
was told to the United Press by
Sgt. Avery E. Wilber, 32, of Na
varino, Wis. There were 1,800
prisoners jammed in the prison
ship's stinking holds. Fivein
cluding Wilber managed to
reach China.
Stories of the two sinkings are
similar in one grim respect. In
both instances the Japanese at sea
matched the beastiality of Japa
nese ashore. In the sinking off
Mindanao, Japanese aboard other
vessels machine-gunned unlucky
Americans who floated their way.
Japan Divorces
Forces in China
(By United Press)
While swarms of American car
rier planes pressed home a mas
sive attack against Tokyo, Japan
today served -not ice to her armies
in China and in the by passed com
bat areas of the Pacific that they
must prepare to operate without
help from the homelund, Mel
bourne radio reported.
Canadian Troops Clear 2-Mile Springboard ftou AppFOYCS
On Soufh Bank of Rhine; Biq Guns Moved Uprn U,.,
HarlD TTr.h 1fl (TPl
1 Canadian
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4 -i . ,
wuups cieareu a iwo-mne spring-1
the south nk of
I nmne anove K,pve ,oaay anaw'"' loruiicauons along ine
an-'moved up guns and armor for a-Pruem river north of Echternach.
flanking sweep across the river
into the arsenal cities of the Ger-,
man Ruhr.
' Elsewhere on the flooded Rhine-1
1 land front, however, the Canadian
first army offensive ground al
most to a standstill In the face
of savage German opposition.
I Scottish and English infantry
men attacking south and south-
'"asl of Kleve were forced to dig
In at most points under a terrific i
rain of mortars and shellflre laid
Oregon Armory
Bill Introduced
Salem, Ore., Feb. 16 (IP) Levy
ing of a state tax for the con
struotlon of armories In Oregon
cities was provided in a bill (HB
3(2) passed by the Oregon house
of representatives and Bent to the
senate today. ,
The measure would provide for
a vote of the people in levying a
tnx not to exceed .45 mill per $1 of
taxation, with the general staff to
pii'sci'ibe location and details of
building the armories.
The general priority of needed
armorii's to be built was given as
Baker. Bend, Portland, La Grande,
Oregon City, Pendleton, Ontario,
Newburg, The Dalles, Hillsboro,
Corovallis, Grants Pass, Forest
Grove, Hood River, St. Helens,
Lebanon, Lakevlew, Gresham,
Prineville, Hermlston and, other
cities as may be dictated.
Rep. Harvey Wells and Sen. Lee
Patterson authored the measure
and only two dissents were regis
tered. War veterans would be
plven preference in the construc
tion, i
Industrial Fund
Now Nears Goal
Bend chamber of commerce di
rectors meeting today noon at the
Pine Tavern heard a report from
Carl A. Johnson, chamber presi
dent, stating he Is confident that
the Bend industrial fund will be
"over the top" when solicitation
is completed In the next few days.
He added that a formal report
would be made to the city-wide
organization In the near future,
when lists of donors and funds
they contributed would be turned
over to the Bend Industrial coun
cil.
Reports were accepted from
aviation, post-war planning, legis
lative and Irrigation committees.
The resignation of D. M. Lay as
chairman of the agricultural com
mittee was accepted.
BKKSI.AtJ ENCIKCLF.n
London, Feb. 16 MM The red
army announced tonight that it
had encircled Breslau, capital of
Silesia, and captured more than
200 German towns In that area.
'where . Lt. Gen. George S. Pat-f
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ion s ii-uups nummi-nru uui a yaru-i
y y h e t
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Bud weather and continuing
flash floods bolstered the nazi de-
Ifenses In the vital Rhine gateway
to the Ruhr, and field dispatches
! said the enemy was pouring In
reserves to stiffen the elements i
of seven divisions already In ac
tion against Gen. N. H. D. G.
Crerar's Canadian first army.
Canadian troops on the north
ern flunk of Crerar's tine won the
only Important success of the past
24 hours. Using amphibious
Yank Carrier
In World History, Hiirls ;1200
Planes Against Nip Homeland
Huge Naval Armada Stationed Only 300 Miles
Off Enemy Coast, Defies Foe Navy; Portion
Of Hirohito's Flotilla May Have Been Caught
By Frank Tremaine
(United rress Wr Cornspondmt)
Admiral Nimitz's Headauarters. Guam. Feb. 16 UJ?)
More than 1,200 American planes from a huge naval armada
only 800 miles off the Japanese coast smashed at the Tokyo
area for at least nine hours today in the heaviest raid ever
made on the enemy capital. ; . . :
Shuttling back and forth from the world's greatest con
centration of aircraft carriers, the bombers, dive-bombers,
torpedo planes and fighters dropped perhaps 1,000 or more
tons or explosives on enemy
tions in and around Tokyo.
Some 750 miles south of
battleships and other surface
craft joined land-based planes
from the Marianas in bom
barding the Japanese step-
pin k-b tone island of Iwo.
The waves of planes attack
ing Tokyo may have caught a
major portion of the surviving
Japanese fleet In Tokyo bay,
either at the big port of Yokohama
or in the Yokosuka naval base,
10 and 20 miles respectively south
oi tne capital. .
Tokyo Bombed
. Japanese Imperial headquarters
reported that the planes bombed
the Tokyo area from 7 a.m. to
4 p.m. (3 p.m. Thursday to mid
night PWT) in waves, concentrat
ing mainly on airneiuB.
SuDulementarv ener
Supplementary ttnemy
casts said the raids extended from
Tokyo along the Boso peninsula,
on which Yokohama and Yoko
suka are situated, into adjacent
Shlzuoka prefecture. At least four
main formations participated,
wan two oi mem comprising ouu yesterday. Some bombs hit an
planes each, Tokyo s.iid. army hospital, causing casualties
Tokyo said "military installa- among the patients, Domei said.)
Hons" ' possibly Including the, The B-29s harassed the enemy
Yokosuka naval base itself and n tne air and on the ground, sys
transport facilities were attacked tematlcally covering vast areas
on the Boso peninsula. i the Pacific between Ronshu
Airfields Rlanted an(j Salpan. They spotted and re-
The enemy Domei agency said ported enemy convoys and move
the airfields attacked were those ments during the approach of our
from which Japanese fighters carriers,
have been taking off to Intercept , Big Damage Done
B-29 Superfortresses. Several doz-1 The Superforts Inflicted heavy
en airfields altogether surround damage as they looked over the
lOKyo. , I layout. Pilots returning from tne
It was believed that the carrier attack on Nagoya reported that
planes also bombed enemy aircraft hombs lar.dcd "right on" the Mlt
factories and other Installations, i subishl plane factory.
"We can see what the enemy is i Aerial photos of the Nakajlma
aiming at namely the destruc- aircraft factory at Atota, 40 miles
Hon of our air force," one Jnpa- north of Tokyo, showed that 755,
nese broadcast said. 900 square feet of the roof area
The first bombers appeared over had been gutted by fire or blasted
the Tokyo area about 7 a.m. In two by high explosives,
waves of 300 planes each, the en-1 This represents 33.5 per cent of
omy account said. One attacked the total roof area of the plant,
until 9 a.m., the second until 9:30 Thirteen large buildings are now
a.m. A third wave struck from inoperative. Headquarters spokes
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., and a men said the factory may be as
fourth followed, finally breaking sumed to be completely out of
off the attack at 4 p.rm, it was commission for the present. It
said. may possibly be so badly dam-
Radios Silenced I aged it will be unprofitable for
(United Press monitors in San the Japs to repair it.
Francisco said radio Tokyo's over-l Flak Terrlrlo
seas transmitters went off the air
for a half hour shortly after 3 p.m.
Tokyo time. It Is most unusual for
Tokyo transmissions to fall for
more than a few minutes at a
time, leading to the belief that the
raid may have caused a power
failure In the enemy capl'al.)
ITie Japanese communique on
the raid made no claim that any
planes had been shot down, but
tuontinuea on rage 0)
Bad weather stripped the Allies '
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nf thnlr flprwil Rtinnnrt nn that
t , v :
the strength6 of "the enemyorces
on the far bank suggested a cros-;
sing might be held up until
American and British bombers
could he brought hack into action.
Headquarters spokesmen denied 1
that any crossing of the Rhine
had yet been made or even at-
tempted.
Four miles to the south, units
of the Black Watch and Gordon
tii ii 1 . T,uu"
Highlanders were stopped cold
within three miles of Calcar when
the Germans rushed In heavy re
serves of tanks, troops and big
'guns to cover that key road cen-
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Unit, Greatest
air oases ana oiner Key mawim-
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Tokyo, another big task force of
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Air ronsAre
Eyes ot Fleet
In Tokyo Raid
21st Bomber Command Head
quarters, Guam, Feb. 18 (Via
navy radio) tux B-29 Superfor
tresses acted as eyes of the fleet
before and during the navy's car-rler-feased
assault on Tokyo, lt
d4wtt9c1j,(( today by eraw ra c,
turning from. Thursday's raid on
Nagoya. - , r
(A Tokyo Dome! dispatch re
corded by the FCC said a small
number of B-29s bombed Yoko
hama, the main port for Tokyo,
First Lt. H. M. Jacks, of Green-
I vlllo, S. C, said the flak over
Nagoya "was more terrific than
ever."
"My crew already considered
Nagoya as the toughest spot
we've hit In Japan and the flak
today proved it," he said. .
Several planes suffered minor
damage from ack-ack and fighter
plane fire but all returned safely
1 to base.
uDflhin(,inn tth ir hpi Tv,a
house passed the George bill to-
d,av ant sen' to he Wh"8
House' ,huf clearing the way for
? "ate e Mar?h A,0". tne nom-
"lauon 01 "l'nrv vvaimce to De
The vote on passage was 399
to 2.
Passage came after the bill to
strip the commerce department of
Its present vast lending powers
narrowly escaped recommittal to
th b'klna mi,,,,,, Ronuhll.
cans, with some southern demo-
cratlc support, had demanded that
the bill he sent back for further
study. The vote against recom
mittal was 204 to 196.
Had the motion carried, there
would have been no possibility of
completing congressional action
on the bill before the March 1
senate vote.
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