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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEB. 22, 1945
NO. 67
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Battle
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"George Washington became first In war,
not so much by reason of victories over the
enemy, though he had won such, or of suc
cess in strategy, though that had been his,
as to the triumphs of a constancy which no
reverse, no hardship, no 'incompetency, no
treachery could shake or overcome."
CHIEF JUSTICE MELVILLE W FULLER.
Konev's Men
Fight to Cross
Final Barrier
Berlin Reports Zhukov
Has Crossed Oder River;
New Gains Are Made .
' London, Feb. 22 (in Marshal
r ivan a. jvonev s first UKraiman
' army battled to cross the Neisse
river, last "water barrier before
Berlin's Spree river, along a 60
mile front southeast of .the capital
today.
. At the northern end of the at
tack front, Konev's army pushed
along the west bank of the Oder
river to its confluence with the
Neisse only 49 miles southeast of
Berlin. Kuschern, nestled at the
junction of the two rivers, was
captured. -
The advance carried to within
five miles of the first of the
bridgeheads which the Germans
said Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov's
First White Russian army has
driven across the Oder east of
Berlin.
Would Outflank Gulien
' A thrust across the Neisse at
Kuschern would outflank the key
river fortress of Guben, seven
I umus 10 me soum. uuoen lies
asuiue me iNeisse ana guaras me
23-mile gap between that river and
the Spree south of Berlin.
Other units battled through
woods less than eight miles east
of Guben and captured Pfoerten,
10 miles south. Pfoerten also is 17
miles east of Cottbus, the other
main stronghold protecting the
southern approaches to Berlin.
Some 35 miles south of Guben,
the First army reached the Neisse
along a four-mile stretch between
Priebus, 54 miles northeast of
Dresden and 18 miles from the
Saxony border, and Leippa, 18
miles north of Goerlitz.
N'eiKSA Reachpd
Front dispatches said Konev's
vanguards also had reached the
Neisse along a broad stretch of
the east bank only a few miles
north of Goerlitz, one of the main
defense outposts of the Saxon
capital of Dresden.
man ou towns ana villages
were captured in the advance to
the Neisse, which appeared to be
-ciung me stage lor a irontai at
tack as well as an outflanking
thrust against Berlin.
Once Konev links up with Zhu
kov's bridgeheads east of Berlin,
the Soviets probably will unleash
a powerful frontal assault across
the Oder toward the capital. The
German radio said last night such
an offensive appeared "Immi
nent." S. Air Losses
Greatly Reduced
Washington, Feb. 22 U Ameri
an air losses over Europe have
OPAn fn.t . . .
bs ouToTerV 1.000. anSi than one-ten.h of a square
UvWnowKi Americans were entrench-
n;fou0rourSofn0f le "S.'nS IS ln Ln'nwhich on
,ming through the war alive, the ound andlfhnks which once
Vai "ntreported today. !re the bed X-."SS
Pricnm, it r. Ll ,
losses in Eurnnn'mmint to 1.2 nerwaed city.
J"t of those going out on bomb
"8 missions. The loss was four
r cent when German resistance
" at its height in 1943.-
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Bill to Reapportion Districts
To Be Introduced By Cornell
Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook Would Be
Placed in Same Unit; Opposition Expected
By Eric W. Allen, Jr.
(tinned Pnu 8U(t Cortwxilldnitl
Salem, Ore., Feb. 22 (UJR) Sen. Marshall Cornett of
Klamath Falls today revealed he will introduce Monday a bill
to reapportion eastern Oregon senatorial districts.
A similar move by Cornett failed in 1941 by a narrow
margin. . , - ; . : . .
ODDOnents mav launch n counter mnva tni ntW nua'
including Multnomah county's
unnM n.m;f.(. .
would precipitate a major controversy in the closing days of
Cornett's aim is to split
comprising one-fourth of the
state and 75,000 population in
Klamath, Lake. Deschutes.
Crook and Jefferson counties,
as well as to eliminate the 19th
district now represented by
nex aiiis or fenaieton.
Areas Compared
' Cornett contrasted his unwieldy
22,000 square mile 17th district
with the 19th, 20th and 21st dis
tricts, comprising Morrow, Uma.
tula, Union and Wallowa coun
ties, with three senators for
combined population of only 55r
000 and an area of 10,400 square
mnes.
The redistributing move would
oe as rouows:
District 17 Klamath county,
40,000 and Lake county, 6,293. .
District 18 Sherman, Gilliam,
Wheeler and Morrow, total, 12,476.
District 19 Deschutes, 18,631;
Jefferson, 2042: Crook, 5600.
District 20 Umatilla county,
District 21 Wallowa and Union,
25,022.
DEATH LEAP TRIED
Aachen.. Germany, Feb. 22 Cut
Johann Dell, an accused nazi war
criminal and former party leader
of Eschweiler, was critically in
jured today in a dramatic suicide
leap from the fourth floor of the
Aachen military prison.
CHERBOURG VISITED
London, Feb. 22 IP General
Dwight D. Eisenhower, allied su
preme commander in western Eu
rope, made a seven-hour inspec-
tion of military port facilities in
Cherbourg yesterday, a pooled Know at the time that Adolf Hit
dispatch from Normandy diselos-Uer had a fortified hideaway near
ed today. the Bavarian village.
Japs, Cornered in Manila, Are
In Desperate Attempt to Stave
By William B. Dickinson
(United Pma War Corresoondentl
Manila, Feb. 22 (IP) The last
stage of the battle of Manila de
generated into medieval warfare
today with the Japanese taking!
ud soears in a desperate attempt
to stave off certain annihilation. More than 1,700 Japanese al
American troops encountered , ready were buried on Corregidor,
moat around
c.en. Douelas MacArtnur an
nounced meanwhile that Bataan
peninsula was completely cleared
and that the Japanese forces on
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3
war-swollen population, which
! iif. i. j ,
up his own 17th district, now
Army Aviators in
Vapor Air 'Show'
Vapor trails were traced across
Central Oregon skies at noon to
day as planes from the Redmond
army air field, maneuvering thou
sands of feet above Bend, left
silky patterns that drifted just
below lofty cirrus clouds. Thou
sands of Bend residents gazed
skyward, many of them to view
for the first time the strange
vapor trails that are now a com
mon sight in skies over Europe,
where fliers fight battles high
above low and middle clouds.
Shortly after the noon hour, a
flight of six planes raced through
the skies and left a huge figure
"8" in the heavens. This eventu
ally drifted east with the high
clouds and apparently merged
with the cirrus, taking on the
same wavy pattern that charac
terized the thin clouds.
So high were the planes they
could harly be seen from the
earth, but the silky trails, gradu
ally widening as they were caught
Dy winds aioit, were easily seen.
So far as known, the vapor
trails were the first ever seen
over Bend. As the sky fighters
moved north, vapor trails could
be seen high over Redmond.
NEWS TO FLIER
Rome. Feb. 22 (IP) Mai. John
L. Beck of Post Falls, Ida., who
led the attack of Berchteseaden
Tuesday, said today he didn't even
Corregldor were practically des
troyed. "So far as can be found no
living Japanese soldier is now on
the peninsula," MacArthur said.
in disclosing the vindication of
me lamous American stana on
Bataan three years ago.
he said, and the count was only
partially complete. Only Isolated
enemy stragglers holed up in
caves remained to be mopped up
on the island fortress guarding
Manila bay.
Reports from the front lines In
Manila said the Japanese an-
Darentlv were running short of
. - .
arms and were using spears in a
bitter defense of their tiny
pocket.
One group of 21 Japanese from
the first cavalry section was arm
ed with only spears and grenades,
wnile an enemy platoon fighting
Powerful Drive
Carries Yanks
Near Moselle
, German Line's Crushed .
As Yanks Sweep Into , I
River Junction Region '
Paris, Feb. 22 U Lt Gen.
George S. Patton's American
Third army broke Into the indun
trial heart of Germany's Saar ba
sin today in a powerful offensive
sweep that crushed practically all i other prison ship carrying 1,800
nazl resistance In the vital Saar- Americans was sunk, with only
Moselle triangle. ' . five known survivors.
towrv
SnltiVJaVraglc incidents of war.
patton's tank and infantry coi-(
organized enemy pockets in the
triangle formed by the confluence
of the Saar and Moselle river.
The Americans cleared all of
Saarburg lying on the west bank
of the Saar river without impor
tan opposition and hurled the last
nazl rear guards back across the
river on an eight-mile front below
that town. ( . s
Spearheads Gain
On their left flank, armored
spearheads pushed up to within
about a mile southwest of Konz,
where the Saar and Moselle join,
and about five miles below the an-
dent city of Trier, one of the ply
! ?IJ2L, mmunl;a'
tlons system In that area.
At the northern end of the allied
offensive line, the Canadian First
army surged forward through the
17-mile corridor between the Maas
and Rhine rivers in the wake of
a murderous RAF bombardment
that ripped the enemy's communi
cations and front line strongpolnts
to shreds.
Scottish Infantrymen were out
In front of the Canadian army
drive and slowly forcing elements
of ten German divisions back from
the Goch-Calcar defense line. The
Scots wiped out the last organized
resistance in Goch and fought
their way to within little more
than a mile northwest and south
west of Calcar.
Patton On Move
But the most spectacular ad
vances were made on the southern
end of the American Third army
front, where Patton's troops ap
peared to have routed strong Ger
man forces covering the Moselle
Saar triangle and the Saar basin
itself.
Hammering out advances of as
much as eight miles, the Ameri
cans fanned out along the west
bank of the Saar from Saarburg
south to the Orscholz sector, and
crossed the river in assault boats
at an undisclosed point between
the two towns.
North of Saarburg, the bulk of
which was firmly in American
hands this morning, Yank ar
mored and infantry forces over
ran all but a small corner of the
Moselle-Saar triangle. Late last
night their northernmost spear
heads captured Tawern, three
miles southwest of the river con
fluence, and pushed on almost two
miles against feeble resistance.
BICYCLE IS STOLEN
Theft of her son's bicycle, from
the family home, today was re
ported to Bend police by Mrs.
Walter L Doran, 325 East Kear
ney street.
Using Spears
Off Defeat
near the army-navy club had only
four rifles. The rest fought with
spears attached to poles.
The Americans were withhold
ing heavy shellfire from the area
ito avert as many civilian casual
ties as possible and the battle con
tinued with savage hand-to-hand
fighting.
Indicative of the situation was
a report by Maj. Gen. O. W.
Griswold, commander of the 14th
jam. (.-Mips wniun was auacKing
uie- iiuiu-uui Japanese.
"We will just go in fighting and
kill every last Jap," he said.
MacArthur's communique re-
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Formosa, dropping 50 tons of ex
plosives on installations near
Heito and the barracks at Takao.
Two more enemy freighters were
sunk off the east coast of For
mosa and another near Hong
Kong.
800 Yanks Lose Lives in Sinking
0 Jam-Packed Nip Prison Vessel
Washington, Feb. 22 IP A The story of the Dec. 15 slnk-t The next morning-Dec. 15
navy omcer today disclosed a
third sinking of a jam-packed Jap
anese prison ship, with a loss of
more than 800- Americans.
The vessel was sunk Dec. 15
by American planes which could
not distinguish it from a cargo
ship. In this case, however, the
cargo was 1,600 Americans held
In the ship's holds at rifle point.
Fewer than half survived.
In two previously disclosed
cases allied submarines unknow
ingly sank two Japanese prison
ships The first such incident oc
curred Sept. 7, when only 83 out
of 750 American prisoners aboard
tne snip survived, on Oct. 24 an
8,500 Men Idle;
CIO Head Defied
Pittsburgh, Feb. 22 (IP The
plants of the Jones & Laughlln
Steel Corp. here were shut down
today, , with 8,500 workers idle In
defiance of a back-to-work order
Issued yesterday by CIO President
Philip Murray.
The strike began Tuesday when
the company hired an 'outside
i.'lfmi employing A. F. of L. work'
V- fl- --r -7 . ... .
rs, io cujisiruci n sneii unv ln.uu;
Pittsburgh'-works. Maintenance
workers, protesting the A. F. of L.
craftsmen, left their jobs. About
3,000 men were immediately made
idle. The strike grew progressive
ly worse with late shift workers
leaving their jobs until J. & L.
plants on both side of the Monon.
gahela river were completely
down.
Production loss resulting from
the strike will be 6,000 tons of
steel daily, the company csti
mated.
In a telegram from Washington,
addressed to local officers of the
CIO United Steelworkers, Murray
said the unauthorized walkout was
"a flagrant violation of the con
tract and your international or
ganization's no - strike commit
ments." Ozarlcan, 46, Weds
13-Year-Old Girl
Sheldon, Mo., Feb. 22 in
Farmer Ralph Houdeshell, 48, and
his 13-year-old child bride were
back at his Ozark mountain home
today, making plans to set up
housekeeping at nearby Sheldon.
By her marriage, the former
Mary Lou Brown became the step
mother of 10 children, five of
them schoolmates and several old
er than herself.
Mary Lou's mother, Mrs. Oscar
J. Brown, gave her consent to the
marriage and was a witness at the
wedding, according to records at
Glrard, Kans., where the cere
mony was performed Saturday
night.
Nippons Informed
Situation Grave
Tokyo, Feb. 22 (IP) Tokyo news.
papers warned today that the
war situation was "grave" and
confirmed that the Japanese peo
ple were jittery over the Ameri
can advance toward their home
land. "To waver now means defeat,"
one newspaper said.
"The war situation Is really
grave," the Influential Asahl said
in a dispatch quoted by radio
Tokyo. "Britain and the United
States at present are discussing
an arrogant plan for the disposal
of Japan."
3 Murderers
Fail in Escape
San Quentin, Cal., Feb. 22 'IP
Throe? murderers, condemned to
din In Snn Quentin prison's gas
cnamner made a desperate nut un
day from the "death row" cell
block.
One of thein, Alfred Cavezos,
39, who was to have been executed
tomorrow for a San Francisco
slaying, wos shot in the side be
fore all three were overpowered
by guards.
ing was related by Lt. George K.
Petrltz, of Rockford, 111., In a
press conference at the navy de
partment. He said he and an army
private were the only two out of
the 1,600 prisoners aboard who
got away from the Japs.
- The 27-year-old lieutenant told
how he and the other prisoners
were stuffed Into the ship's small
holds on Dec. 13, 1944. That night
the vessel steamed quietly out of
Manila harbor.
The next day, American planes
subjected the vessel to intermit
tent bombing attacks which
caused some casualties among the
prisoners.
That night Japanese civilians
were taken off the damaged craft
But a guard of Japanese soldiers
stayed aboard and kept the pris
oners In the holds at rifle point.
Marines Will Take Iwo J i ma,
Commanding General Asserts
Wreckage on Beaches Handicaps Operations, ,
But Men Are Receiving Ammunition and Food
By Mac R. Johnson
(UnlUd Prau Ww Conwxmdint)
Aboard Adm. Turner's Flagship off Iwo Jima, Feb. 22
(Via Navy Radio) (UJ? Lt. Gen. Holland M. Smith, com
manding general of tho Fleet marine force of the Pacific,
declared gravely today that the Americans will capture Iwo
Jima island no matter what the cost.
"Terming the battle now taking place "the most difficult
problem with which the marine corps has been confronted in
168 yeara,": Smith said:."" ' '.' ..'"- ' ' " v -
"We except to take this island arid while it will be at a
6,
Nazi Transports
Paris, Feb. 22 lU1 Allied air
commanders hurled more than
6,000 planes at the German trans
port system today In an attempt
to "knock It out for the final battle
of Germany" a field dispatch said.
The best flying weather since
last summer permitted the allied
air fleets to carry out a long-
planned, concerted bombardment
of all western Germany and occu
pied Holland.
A cascade of bombs, rockets and
bullets from the allied air forma
tions was calculated to jolt nazi
transport to a stop and Immobi
lize lt "for a valuable length of
time."
Some sections of the western
front already were ablaze. Others
stirred restlessly. Nazi and neu
tral reports suggested the possi
bility of a mighty offensive.
Pain Relieving '
Pills Kill Boy
Oregon City, Ore., Feb. 22 mi
Pain remedies were blamed today
for the death of Calvin Jesse
Deetz, 9, and the serious condition
of his sister, Marie Rebecca, 14,
and mother, Mrs. Erma Deetz.
County Coroner Ray Rllance
said that an overdose of "pain
relieving pills" had been adminis
tered to the children by the moth
er, who also took some of them.
She had been seriously ill for
some time.
Mrs. Deetz and her children
were taken to a hospital when
they became violently HI shortly
after taking the pills. The mother
and daughter will recover, lt is
believed.
Tribute Paid to
First President
Bend quietly paid homage to
day to the memory of George
Washington, the country's first
president, as flags waved In Feb
ruary breezes and most official
businesses paused In observance
of the birthday of the annivers
ary. The postofflce, courthouse, city
hall, state offices and the banks
were closed, official business be
ing transacted only In the federal
employment. Income tax, forestry
and selective service offices.
. While several business estab
lishments were closed, most down
town merchants "kept shop" as
usual.
the ship was bombed aeain. Few
er than 800 survivors got Into the
water and swam for shore, Petrltz
said.
He said most of those who lost
their lives were prisoners unable
to get out of the hold before the
ship went down;
Conditions aboard the vessel
were frightful, the officer told
newsmen.
Half of the prisoners were put
tntn thn a ft nv- hnM nf Un ,aet,Al
Ujhlr.li una laae thon aloA nf . '
regulation tennis court and only ,
as high as a man's head. 'I
Soma nf thn inwimii.. aa
from suffocation In the short time
they were aboard the vessel. Pet
rltz said. He estimated that about
90 per cent of the men probably
would have died ultimately even
it the Americans had not at
tacked the ship.
. . . ,
severe cost, it is our assigned
nusHion.
The island is so small, he
said, that it is practically im-
possible to maneuver ground
TV...nf.. ' t i 'V
forces. Inerefore frontal at -
tacks on strongly fortified
Japanese positions are neces
sary. Never have I seen Smith so seri
ous. His lips were set In a firm
line and when he talked to corre
spondents, his voice was low-
pitched. Each word was spoken
slowly as he thought of his ma-
rlnes fighting viciously against a
stubborn enemy.
Proposition Tough
"We are up against a very tough
proposition." he said. "We anti-
cipated a severe battle and we are
making slow progress. The beach.
es caused us some very serious
difficulties due to its character.
'There is a large amount of
wreckage on the beach due to the
destruction of our boats in land
ing operations. In spite of these
difficulties, however, there have
been sufficient water rations and
ammunition to carry on the bat
tle."
The casualties have not been
any greater than I anticipated. It
Is my opinion that naval gunfire
and air support since D-day has
been all that we could expect."
INVASION EXPECTF.D
(Br Untld Pro I
Tokyo radio said today that
Japan Is expecting an American
Invasion of the continent of China
as a prelude to an invasion of the
homeland itself.
Work or Fight Bill Provides
Penalties for Labor Hoarding
Washington, Feb. 22 nr The
senate military affairs committee
today approved a "workor-flght"
bill including fines and prison
terms for employers who hoard
labor.
Committee chairman Elbert D.
Thomas, D., Utah, said the revised i
bill was approved after It had
been agreed In committee that
nenalties Inserted yesterday
should apply mostly to employers
instead of Individual workers.
The vote was 13 to 4 for ap-
nroval. But Thomas said prac
tically every committee member
reserved the right to oppose all or
any part of the bill when Hi
reaches
the senate floor next
week.
The senate committee's
ure was written as a
for the house-passed
substitute;
May bill,
which provided Jail terms and
fines for registrants 18 to 45 who .which deferment has been grant
violated Its provisions. Under ed, without approval of the local
the house bill registrants would I draft board.
I Wrecked Hulls
DUnu Dpru.
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DriveLaunched
Americans Start Push
To Second Airfield on
Volcanic Pacific Isle .
Admiral Nimitz Headquarters,
Guam, Feb. 22 U Reinforced
United States marines held fast
fRainst- several heavy counterat-
tacks on bloody Iwo Island in a
battle which already had cost 4,553
American casualties, a communi
que announced today.
"There was little change in po
sitions of the front line," Admiral
Chester W. Nimitz reported, re
vealing that counterblows had
checked the marine push north
ward on the Island.
A communique announced that
the marines had launched a new
push toward the Iwo air field after
a stonewall stand against sevevol
neavy counterattacks during th
night. ,f ,
At midday the Leathernecks
were slugging slowly forward.
They knocked .out several Japa
nese gun positions and "generally
weakened the airdrome's defens
es," Guam headquarters an
nounced. Wreckaged Noted
The ferocity of the battle was re
vealed for the first time by a ma
rine corps combat correspondent
who said the Invasion beach was
"a scene of indescribable wreck
age all of it ours."
A" two-mile belt of the" Iwo
beach northward from St. Suri-
imcm was a inicK layer oi aeons
. and the wrecked hulls of scores of
boats signified the price the ma-
rlnes paid to get ashore,
"Death is not a pretty sight, but
h;V.iken Pssessln f our
beach," the correspondent wrote
ifm V, u.ji.t,iu..ik.
beach were buried under the sand
as the tide came in. . . . The mira
cle was that we were able to sup
ply our troops at all during the
i two days of increasing shelling on
this beach. ..."
40,000 In Action
With arrival of elements of a
third division on Iwo, the biggest
... anm. 4nnno wns
slueEine it out toe to toe with tho
fanatical Japanese defenders.
1 Nimitz" communique revealed
'hat by 5:45 p.m. yesterday (Guam
time) the marine casualties ashore
on Iwo had mounted to an esti
mated 385 killed and 4,168 wound
ed. '
As of 8 a.m. yesterday, 3,650
marines were killed, wounded or
missing.
(The figures indicated more
than 900 casualties in one day.)
Today the marines at the center
of the Iwo line attacked northward
toward the airport in the center
of the Island. They breasted heavy'
fire from small arms, mortars,
and automatic weapons.
"At noon the troops were ad
vancing slowly through hard rain
and knocked out numerous enemy
gun positions and generally weak
ened the airdrome's defenses,"
the communique reported.
On the southern end of the is
land, marine forces at noon began
an assault on the face of Mt. Suri-
bachl, from the heights of which
the Japanese were shelling the
American-held strip across Iwo.
be inducted or punished If they
refused to take or keep war Jobs.
Thomas said the . house bill
probably will be offered on the
senate floor as a substitute to the
committee measure.
The committee vote came after
lengthy discussion of amendments
by Sens.
Warren R. Austin, R.,
Vt., and Millard E. Tydlngs, D.,
Md., which were tentatively add
ed vosterday.
The Austin amendment would
make penalty previsions of the
second war powers act $10,000
fine or one year in Jail apply to
any person who violates regula
tions unucr me proposed new
manpower law
The Tydlngs amendment would
make selective service act penal
ties $10,000 fine or five years'
imprisonment apply to any per-
son not acceptable for combat
service who quits a farm lob. for