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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
Volume Llll
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTEjCOUNTY, OREGON. MONDAY, FEB. 19, 1945
. NO. 64
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On Corregidor
Yanks Face Difficult
Task of Digging Our
Japs From Isle Caves
By William B. Dickinson
(United Press War Correspondent)
Manila, Feb. 19 tu?) American
paratroopers and infantrymen
joined today in the arduous Job
of cleaning out hundreds of die
hard Japanese from the tunnels
and crevices of Corregidor fort
ress. - '
Both sides of the rocky fort
ress, guarding the entrance to
Manila Bay, were secured by the
two American contingents which
Invaded Corregidor from the air
and sea. Their sole task was to
dig out the Japanese probably
man by man from the recesses
where the enemy was expected
to make a last-ditch stand.
( A Japanese communique,
broadcast by Tokyo, officially
acknowledged the landings on
Bataan and Corregidor and said
that both American forces were
being reinforced. The communi
que said that heavy fighting was
in progress at both places.)
Tribute Paid
Gen. Douglas MacArthur hail
ed the invasion of Corregidor
with a tribute to those men of his
command who staged the historic
defense of Bataan three years
ago.
The long struggle on Bataan in
to ga'ther strength to resist the
Japanese in the Pacific and "pre
vented the fall of Australia,"
MacArthur said.
No garrison in history has sur
passed that on Bataan in more
thoroughly accomplishing its mis
sion, the general asserted, adding:
"Let no man hence forth speak
of it as other than as of a mag
nificent victory."
While units of the 503rd para
chute regiment and the 34th in
fantry regiment joined in' secur
ing the upper and lower parts of
Corregidor, observers said the
battle for the fortress was just
beginning.
Troops Harassed
The Japanese were lodged
strongly in American-dug tunnels
and were harassing the American
troops continuously with cannon
and machine-gun fire.
A front dispatch disclosed that
the Japanese, who weathered the
terrific pre-invaslon bombard
ment, were climbing out of their
secret tunnels to renew the con
test on open terrain.
More than 250 Japanese were
killed by the paratroopers and
infantrymen in the first two days
of fighting, which brought the
capture of Malinta hill together
with the barracks hospital and
other buildings atop Corregidor.
The east entrance to the famed
Malinta tunnel svas blocked by a
landslide caused by the naval
bombardment. But there still
were three other entrances open
to Americans for an assault on
the Japanese in the inner reces
ses. '
House Approves
Firemen's Bill
Salem, Ore., Feb. 10 IP The
Oregon house of representatives
today passed, 48 to 21, and sent
to the senate house bill 207,
which would set up a pension sys
tem for paid and volunteer fire
men of the state.
The bill, which has been
brought before the legislature five
times during the last 20 years and
been defeated each time, drew
little opposition discussion.
Benefits under the bill would
he paid for from insurance pre
mium fees, and beneficiaries' con
tributions and would be set up by
local boards for paid firemen. The
bill also establishes a voluntary
pension fund.
Rep. Robert Duniway, Portland,
said that it was not a "well
drawn" bill and that "no member
of this house has stood up and
stated that It is well drawn and
workable . . . there has been no
i attempt to remedy defects in the
bill."
Rep. Alex G. Barrv, Portland,
explained the bill, and said that
it was needed to establish the se
curity of the men who daily risk
their lives to protect lives and
property.
Qeneral Ivan D. Cherniakhovsky, 37,
Killed in Action on Eastern Front
London, Monday, Feb. 19 HPi
Gen. Ivan D. Chernaikhovsky, 37,
youngest general in the Soviet
army and who led the 3rd White
Russian army through East Prus
sia in the first Invasion of German
soil by any red army, has been
killed in action, it was announced
today.
Radio Moscow, In a brief state
ment, announced that the youth
ful tank expert died after being
wounded on the battlefield.
"The state has lost one of the
most gifted young strategists who
provided his valor in the course of
the fatherland's present war," the
announcement said.
Cherniakhovsky was the third
Russian commander of an army
to die in this war. Gen. Josef R.
Apamasenko was killed in July,
1943. and Gen. Nikolai S. Vatutin,
liberator of Kiev, was killed in4
April, 1944.
His funeral will be held in Vilna
and expenses will be borne by the
state, the announcement said.
"The memory of army General
I. D. Cherniakhovsky will be im
mortalized by the erection of a
County Donates
6 Tons Clothing
Cooperative residents of Des-
chutes eountv. in a two-weeks sal- t.'
vage campaign which ended last
2aiuroay, iurmsiieu sngmiy muic
than six tons of usable clothing
for the relief of civilian Russians,
It was reported today. Two large
trucks' were needed to remove the
clothing from the Wall street de
pot, and when they arrived in the
Portland salvage headquarters
they were weighed, showing they
contained 12,325 pounds of cloth
ing. The drive in Bend was spon
sored by the Bend Junior cham
ber of commerce, the committee
being headed by Co-chairmen Vir
gil Lyons and Frank Prince, Jr.
Members of the Jaycees who as-,
sisted Saturday in loading the
trucks were Carroll Meeks,
Charles Morrison, Don Higglns,
Bruce Gilbert, George Thompson,
Don Connor and Prince and Ly-
A large portion of the clothing
came from Sisters and Redmond.
Dog May Yet Get
Death Reprieve
Los Angeles, Feb. 19 u" wool,
the Staffordshire bull terrier
which killed 21-month-old Mar
guerite Derdenger, may yet win
a reprieve from a gas chamber
death sentence.
Sgt. and Mrs. Charles Derden
ger, who ordered the sentence aft
er the dog killed their daughter in
an aDDarent fit of jealousy, said
they had been too upset .by the
tragedy to consider a flood of
telephone calls begging for the
dog's pardon. They said they
would reconsider their demand for
the dog's execution and might
have something to say about the
sentence today.
Meanwhile, cafe owner Grady C.
Terry announced he would go to
court for an injunction to halt
Woof's execution.
Talkative Wife Spends
Night in Yonkers Jail
Yonker, N. Y Feb. 19 UP
When Pat Cairnes wanted to
sleep, he wanted to sleep. Mar
garet, his wife, wanted to talk.
Cairnes hopped out of bed, called
police, and Hied a compiaim
of
disorderly conduct against
Mrs.
Cairnes,
jail.
She spent the night in
Iwo Jima Ablaze
By William F. Tyree
(United Press Wsr Correnpondent)
(Representinic the Combined U. S. Press)
Aboard a Navy Liberator Bomb
er over Iwo Jima, Feb. 19 IP
(Via Navy Radio) Tiny, tough
Iwo Jima was ablaze from end to
end today as our bomber dropped
Hnwn into its battle smoke to
watch wave after wave of marines' crater at the south end of the Is-i their beachhead. In the cnlm wa-i and myself, representing the corn
plough ashore from an 800-shlp In- j land and around the northern . ters off the Island, hundreds of blnnd American prrss, took off
vasion armada for a showdown , wooded section, the Japanese gave; ships maneuvered endlessly while from the Marianas early this
fight in the enemy's front yard, j us bursts of anti-aircraft. j old pre - war battleships New i morning, but Edwards' plane was
From 1.000 feet over the beach- As we approached the island, i York, Texas. Nevada, Arkansas, j "Luckv Louie." It got there first
head lt was obvious that the ma-1 hundreds of small craft moved to-' Idaho and Tennessee belch-d ' and mine, "The Lemon," lived up
rines had a terrific battle on their: ward the beach, unleashing a ' shells from their squat gun plat- to its name and sprang a disas
nanils, j fierce barrage of thousands of forms. - trous gas leak three hours out.
- Even as the mighty battleships, i rockets. I There wasn't a single Japanese j After a disheartening return to
cruisers and destroyers circled i Waves of marines followed j plane In the sky. ! base, pilot Lt. Cmdr. L. R. Gehl-
endlessly, sending crushing sal-i within 45 minutes. . . Iwo Island appropriately was I back, Beacon, EI., grabbed us an
J3 (ft
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, Cherniakhovsky
monument in his honor in the city
of Vilna," it said.
Little is known of Cherniakhov-
sky's early career. In 1941, he was
a major and in less than five years
-
Barbara Mize, 14, of Carroll Acres,
and Joe Dysart, 15, 210 Hood
place, display the $25 war bonds
awarded them as outstanding car
riers of The Bulletin. Bond awards
are made every six months and
are based on a point system. Joe
who carries papers in the busi
ness section of Bend, has won a
bond twice. It is a first award for
Barbara, who carries The Bulletin
in the north end of Bend.
Santiafn Divide
Accident Scene
A snow-slickened highway was
blamed for an accident on the San
tlam route yesterday evening in
which a group of Bend USO jun
ior hostesses and a number of
servicemen narowly escaped in
jury when truck gadded into an
embankment, hurling Its oecu-
pants out of the rear end. Some
12 girls and boys were thrown
into a snow bank, but none suf
fered serious injury.
The accident occurred when the
army truck, moving at a normal
speed over the snowy road, start
ed skidding and went into the
bank. It did not turn over. All
those seated in the rear of the
truck were hurled out over the
end.
A second truck also skidded,
but no accident resulted. The acci
dent occurred at the top of the
Cascades, north of Blue lake.
CHURCHILL RETURNS
London, Feb. 19 miPrime
Minister Churchill returned to
'England today from the Crimea
conierence.
I voes Into the volcanic slopes of
the island, I could see marines
oasning ior cover on me rocKy
southeastern beach. Some were
far inland toward the airstrip.
However, the Japanese certain
ly were fighting back from their
underground defenses. Twice as
we swung over Mount Slrbachl's
Bond Winners I
i T Jt ' "v V ,
LJ
had risen to his present rank. Af
ter a succession of smashing vic
tories which skyrocketed him o
prominence as an organizer and
tank expert. 1 '
Noted for his ability to make de
cisions with split-second speed,
Cherniakhovsky, who became a
hero by his crossing of the Dnie
per in October, 1943 and again
when his singing soldiers march
ed into Kiev, was the man chosen
to head the Soviet drive for Ber
lin. It was Cherniakhovsky's vic
tory at Vitebsk, powerful Ger
man stronghold, which won his
generalship at the age of 37,
and again prompted Stalin to or
der 20 salvoes from 224 cannon
in Moscow.
Another of his greatest vic
tories was the capture of Vilna,
ranital of Lithuania.
On Aug. 22, 1944, after 3,000
Russian shells had bombarded
German defenses in 20 minutes,
Cherniakhovsky's troops smashed
forward through hurriedly pre
pared enemy trenches and stab
bed across fcast i-russia.
Near Zero Chill
Noted in Bend
While Bend shivered in a tern-
i perature of five degrees above
zero in the mgnt, me weainermuu
reversed his usual procedure and
brought warmer weather to the
higher regions, according to re
nnrta tn the offices of the state
highway department here.' lit re
a 1 i t y, tne unpreaiciea ireeze,
brought Bend its coldest night of
the winter, tne tnermomeier reg
istering one degree lower than
on Dec. 14 and 15 when the low
was 4.7 degrees. The forecast had
been for continued snow flurries
over the week-end. Clear and cold
weather was in store for tonight,
with increasing cloudiness fore
seen for tomorrow. Little tempera
ture change was expected.
The thermometer registered
eight degrees on the Santiam pass,
where road conditions were re
ported normal with packed snow,
and the weather was clear. It was
15 degrees on the Wapinitla,
where 24 Inches of packed snow
covered the terrain and clear
weather was noted. Clear weather
and normal road conditions were
also reported from Klamath Falls
north, and on the Willamette high
way. 5 Midstate Boys
Enlist in Navy
Central Oregon has contributed
five more navy men to the U. S.
fighting forces, according to a re
lease by Chief Specialist Paul Con
net, recruiter in charge of the
Central Oregon navy recruiting
sub-station. Prinevllle led the dis
trict with three, Bend and Red
mond contributed one each.
The three Prineville youths who
were sworn In at Portland on Sat-i
urday are: A. J. Samons, Bud
Rugg and George Apperson. From
Bend is Joseph N. Johnson and
from Redmond Raymond H.
Jones, Jr.
AH five enlistees were processed
at the Bend sub-station and for
warded to Portland for enlistment.
All applied for general service.
TOUGH FIGHT AHEAD
Washington, Feb. 19 (W Ad
miral William F. Halsey, Jr.,
comander of the third fleet, pre
dicted today that fighting on Iwo
Jima would lie "very tough."
He doubted, however, that the j lack of manpower, previous check
Japanese fleet would come out tojing was largely confined to crlti
Interfere. cal truck tires, It was explained.
As Yanks Hit from Sea, Air, Land
Smoke and dust covered the en
tir Island. Iwo itself looked like
a fnt pork chop sizzling on the
skillet as carrier planes swept in
under us, strafing and bombing
every Installation they could find.
One fighter crashed In flames
just inland from where the ma
rlnes struggled to consolidate
Siegfried Line
Forts Turned
To Death Traps
More Than Half of
German Troops in
One Section Killed
Paris, Feb. 19 tun-Scottish rifle
men and flame-throwing tanks
broke into the Siegfried line fort
ress of Goch from two sides today
and fought through to the center
of the town against fierce German
opposition.
Far to the south, the American
Third, army advanced a half-mile
or more into the German west
wall defenses along a 30-mlle
front between Pruem and Echter-
jnach.
At the southern end oi tneir
assault line, Lt. Gen. George S,
Patton's Third army troops were
completely through a seven-mile
stretch of the Siegfried fortifica
tions to a depth of two miles and
threatened a further DreaK-
through across the Pruem river.
Called Death Trap
Field dispatches said tHe entire
chain of west wall fortresses on
the Third army front was rapidly
turning into a death trap for their
nazi defenders under the grinding
American attack. More than half
the German troops in that stretch
of the Siegfried line were reported
to have been killed, wounded or
captured since Patton's men
launched their drive across the
Sure'ahcf Our rivers three weetts
ago.--
On the Canadian First army
front, meanwhile, Scottish infan
trymen were out In front of Gen.
H. D. G. Crerar's Ruhr-bound of
fensive with the thrust into Goch,
keystone of the nazi defenses In
the 17-mile-wide corridor between
the Maas and Rhine rivers.
The Scots opened their attack
late last night after a ranking ar
tillery bombardment that churn
ed the streets into rubble and ex
posed scores of steel and concrete
pillboxes hidden In the cellars of
the town.
Columns Converge
One assault wave charged into
the northern factory area of Goch
after outflanking the town from
the west, while a second stormed
in from the southwest. Both col
umns were converging early to
day on the Niers river, which
flows through the center of the
town.
A third Scottish force moved
down from high ground only 1,000
yards northeast of Goch, threat
ening the nazi garrison with en
circlement. Late reports said the Germans
were fighting back savagely from
house to house, forcing the Scots
to seek them out of their pillboxes
with flame throwers or root them
out at bayonet point.
OPA Starts Check
On Sales of Tires
OPA officials today issued a
warning to all tire dealers that
they must strictly adhere to direc
tives and issue onlv the sle tires
that certificates call for. Dealers
are not permited to digress from
the sizes stated In the certificates
and. If In the opinion of the dealer
a different size tire Is required,
certificates must be reprocessed.
The present check on the sale of
passenger car tires Is largely due
to the critical shortage of rubber,
which makes necessary a check on
even Inferior grades. Because of a
! named "hot rock" for the occasion
of this attack. Our alrcrart per
sonnel chattered furiously over
the command frequency as they
took stations for continuing the
ght.
Two navy photographic planes
with Weblpy Edwards of CBS, rep-
i resenting the combined networks,
U. S. Marines Land on Iwo Jima
IWO
JIMA
Yfm -fVI7 Storm Athor
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American troops streamed ashore from both east and west sides
of Iwo Jima Island, only 750 miles from Tokyo, early today, Admiral
Chester W. Nlmltz reported. In the first two hours of bitter fighting
a long beachhead, reaching to the
had been established.
Huge Sky Fort Armada
Blasts Smoking Tokyo
.in u- tt.
The largest force of Superfortresses ever assigned to tnelsaldi "Can. only be. described, as
japan run DomDea TOKyo ana- its industrial neignoornooa
today in a follow-up raid to Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher's
two-day.carrier strikes. .,y.MM t,,.
A second force of B-29's thundered out from oases in India
today and bombed military and communications targets on
the Malay peninsula. ; - i
The Japanese capital, third city in the world, still was
i 1 awftbiniy -ft-Am iha wnnV-nnrl
12 Men Called
To Fort Lewis
Called for service In the armed
forces, 12 men today left the
Deschutes county selective serv
ice headquarters in the Postofflce
building for Fort Lewis, Wash.
The men had previously passed
physical examinations and were
Inducted. Two others, James J.
McArdle and Gordon Wesley
George, were Included In today's
list, but they had requested Im
mediate Induction and were as
signed Jan. 23, McArdle to the
army and George to the navy.
Leaving for Fort Lewis today
were Charles William Sullivan,
Robert Leo Tye, Verrel W. Gray,
Jess Hansen, Ernest Lewis Ahitz,
Lawrence J. Hart, Robert Flndley,
Wayne F. Wills, Luddle Valpo
McMahon, John G. Stenkamp,
Marvin Leon Enlow and William
E. Dunne. Dunne had signed a
request for voluntary Induction
Immediately.
Canoe Overturns,
2 Persons Perish
Squamlsh, B. C, Feb. 19 (U-l
Two persons were drowned and
three were missing after a 27-foot
Indian dugout canoe overturned
yesterday in rough waters be
tween Squamlsh and Woodfibre
in Howe sound north of Van
couver. Six persons, believed to bo all
women, were rescued. No names
were available. Three men and
eight women were In the boat en
route to a dance In Woodfibre.
other bomber and we reached the
target about 10 a.m., just as the
fight began to get rough.
Co-pllot Ens. John Q. Schell, Jr.,
Ashcvllle, N. C, gave me head
phones and we heard the marines
calling for fire support from the
fleet. Bursts of orange flames
sprang from the muzzles of the
battleships and cruisers' big guns
and huge columns of smoke and
fire rose skyward from the island
seconds later.
It was a systematic murder and
destruction. Surlbachl's crater
steamed from successive hits
along Its ridges overlooking the
beach. I could see many formid
able pillboxes along the beaches
Ml ItMfs .
edge ot surmacm xama airiteia,
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deluge of navy bombs when a
"large" task force of Super-
forts based m the Marianas
dropped their explosives on
industrial targets of Tokyo.
The B-29 raid came one day
after the carrier force broke off
an attack which destroyed or dam
aged at least 30 Japanese ships
and 659 aircraft.
Huge Fleet Used
It was believed that the num
ber of B-2D's participating in to
day's strike from Saipan and
Tlnian was larger by 20 or more
aircraft than any force which has
hit Honshu In seven previous Marianas-based
strikes.
The largest previous force was
that which bombed Nagoya Thurs
day the day before Mitscher's
carriers opened their attack.
Returning B-29 crewmen Indi
cated that at least the first ele
ments over the targets today
bombed through overcast skies
with precision Instruments.
The India-based Superforts may
have hit the big naval base at
Singapore to prevent Japanese
warships from going to the aid of
their homeland and American-In
vaded Iwo In the Volcano Islands.
Taxi 'Hijacking'
Is Investigated
Complaints made to the city
commission recently by licensed
taxicab drivers that their "fares"
were being "hijacked," resulted In
the questioning over the week-end
of a suspect, police reported to
day. The man, who was questioned
by police Chief Ken c. uulltk.
was reported to have admitted
furnishing rides to "friends."
Because none of the alleged
"stolen passengers" would sign a
complaint, police were powerless
to take legal action in the matter,
Chief Gulick explained.
as well as a few rusty ship hulls,
already out of action.
None of our surface forces had
been disturbed by enemy counter
acUon by mldafternoon, although
the water literally was alive with
Yanks either going ashore or car
rying supplies to beach.
The Invasion armada had spread
out for scores of miles around the
island. There was no mistaking
the fact that the Americans ar
rived to stay on Tokyo's doorstop,
but the fight looked like It would
require a week or more before the
finish and, as if an awful lot of
blood would be spilled before lt
was over.
Yanks Facing
Bloody Fight
On Small Isle
Enemy Crawls Out of
Caves to Deal Death;
Nippons Well Armed
Admiral Nlmitz's Headquarters,
Guam, Feb. 19 IIH United States
marines 30,000 strong stormed
ashore today on Iwo Island at Ja
pan's front door and in one of the
bloodiest Invasion battles of the
Pacific war seized the south end
of Iwo's No. 1 air field after es
tablishing a firm beachhead.
United Press correspondent Wil
liam F. Tyree flew over Iwo in a
naval Liberator and reported that
the marines held the corner of the
triangular air field 750 miles south
of Tokyo after a beachhead battle
perhaps as tough as any yet .
fought against the Japanese.
Marines Storm Ashore
Earlier advices said the two di
visions of marines had stormed
ashore on Iwo through a murder
ous crossfire and won a beach
head reaching to the edge of the
air field.
The 800-shlp Invasion fleet was
riding at anchor or steaming in
battle procession around Iwo
without interference, Tyree re
ported. He estimated mat tne Japanese
had 15.000 or more troops dug in
terribly bloody." -i.
The two divisions Of marines
the fourth and fifth swarmed
ashore ort the Volcanic wastes of
Iwo, 750 miles south of Tokyo, be
hind a blazing screen of thou
sands of rockets, and were batter
ing inland yard by yard. Ameri
can casualties were "consldera-
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been knocked out.
Come To Stay
"There was no mistaking the
fact that the Americans had ar
rived to stay on Tokyo's doorstep,
but the fight looked like it would
require a week or more before the
finish, and as If an awful lot of
blood would be spilled before it
was over," United Press corre
spondent William F. Tyree report
ed after flying over Iwo.
Another dispatch said hidden
Japanese batteries laid down a
blazing crossfire on the Invasion
beach. But the marines waded
through It and were ferreting the
enemy out of rocky caves In a
tlrive onto the crest of the volcanic
plateau 600 yards or so Inshore
from the eastern beaches.
Supported by one of the heavi
est air-sea bombardments of the
war, the fourth and fifth divisions
chopped through a maze of Dili
boxes, concrete blockhouses,
trenches and artillery positions.
Opposition Tough
"The opposition was tough," a
dispatch said, "but the marines
held the Initiative."
(Continued on Page 7)
Fire Death Toll
May Reach 17
Taeoma, Wash., Feb. 19 IP
Seventeen bodies had been re
moved from the still smoking
ruins of the Maefalr apartment
house today, but fire department
officials expected the official
death toll of Tacoma's worst fire
to reach approximately 25.
Damage was estimated at $500,
000. Identification of the bodies was
handicapped by the fact that most
of them were burned beyond rec
ognition and no official count of
the casualties was possible at this
l time because a number of unreg
istered persons were known to De
visiting friends or relatives when
the fire broke out early Satur
day. Names Listed
All but four of the regular ten
ants were among those known to
be safe or dead. Five men, seven
women and five children were in
cluded in the 17 dead.
The bodies positively Identified
were: Helen Schoenberg, 33: Hele
na Yantl, 42: Pvt. John Cooper;
Dale Little, 10, and a Mrs. Holland,
whose first name was not avail
able. Only sagging walls remained
for the 40-unlt apartment build
ing as a corps of 35 regular and
auxiliary firemen continued to
search through the blackened pile
of debris with a bulldozer and a
motorized winch. V