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Nazis Gripped
In Baltic Trap
By Red Troops
Russian Army Surges
Toward Sea, Sealing
200,000 Foe in Area
London, March 3 UP Berlin
said today that the Red army was
lighting across the last tour miles
to the Baltic in a drive that al
ready has cut the last escape
routes for 200,000 German troops
in northeast pomerania and Dan
zig. Marshal Konstantin K. Rokos
sovsky's second White Russian
army in Pomerania cut the Dan
zig-Stettin railway and super-highway
at Zanow, four miles south
of the Baltic, and struck on to
ward the sea, nazl broadcasts said.
Soviet .vanguards also reached
the outskirts of Koeslin, key
junction astride the railway and
highway four miles west of Zan
ow, the nazis said. They estimat
ed that Rokossovsky has thrown
three tank and three guard corps
into the break-through area.
Pomerania Cut ..
The thrust cut German Pomer
'.' ania in two and virtually trapped
' an estimated 200,000 German
troops still holding out to the
east.
Official Soviet reports lagged
far behind those from German
sources. The Russion high com
mand last night announced the
capture of Dubbertech, 18 miles
south of Koeslin, in the Red
army's closest official approach
to the Baltic in Pomerania.
Thirty other towns and villages
were captured along a 23-mile
front in Pomerania, the Soviet
high command said. Forging a
siege arc around Gramenz, 13
miles northwest of Neustettin, the
Soviets seized Klingbech, Gissolk
and Juchow, seven miles south
east' nine miles west and eight
miles southwest respectively of
Gramenz. r '"
Reds Near Stettin
U( l llll uiUDULasio arau kuu vital.
the Soviets were fighting in the
streets oi r yniz, miles sown
east of Stettin.
The Soviet midnight communi
que said the Russians had cleared
the southern part of long-encircled
Gurdzianz on the Vistula in
Poland, killed 3,000 more Germans
in the Cast Prussian pocket south
west of Koenlgsberg and seized
several more streets inencircled
Breslau, capital of Silesia.
A German commentator said
the Russians were bringing up
reserves of munitions and weap
ons in preparation for a "big de
cisive battle" on the Oder 30-odd
miles east of Berlin "as soon as
possible."
He estimated that the Russians
had massed five infantry and two
tank armies along the Oder river
front.
Bombers Strike
At Nazi Cities
London, March 3 IIP) A 200
mile long skytrain of American
warplanes smashed today at Ger
man targets within 40 miles of the
red army front and on a great arc
swinging south and west of Ber
lin. About 1,100 heavy bombers and
700 fighters hit Germany for the
19th straight day. They feinted to
ward Berlin, then fanned out over
a broad reach of central and east
ern Germany in a broadside as
sault on transport and industrial
centers.
The Silesian rail hub of Ruh
land, 29 miles north of Dresden
and directly in the path ot Mar
shal Ivan S. Konev's red army,
was one of the targets.
Japs Suffer
Wafer Lack
On I wo Isle
With Marine Assault Troops,
Iwo Jima, March 3 HB-Weary
marines today batled against des
perate, slowly retreating Japanese
defenders as a warm sun beat
down on the dry hilly north end
of Iwo island, where the main
lorce of the Japs is known to be
suffering from lack of water.
The fighting across the island
where three marine divisions are
battling, was no less fierce today
as infantrymen crawled against
prepared blockhouses, pillbox de
fenses, and countless machine gun
f nests.
Many of the latter were unseen
until the Japanese opened fire.
The Japanese have seemingly
covered every Inch of the north
end of the island with some type
ot crossfire.
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A Japanese prisoner, one of the ten taken during heavy fighting on Iwo Jima, Is offered one of those hard-to-get
American ctgarets by his Marine captors. He has lost face in more ways than one but his face fiosnt .
appear In this photograph because of deletion by censors. Note two-toed footgear he wears . '
Bend Volunfeers Are Ready '
For Sfarf of Red Cross Drive
Headquarters to Open Mpnday in Chamber of
Commerce Office; Mayor Asks Aid in Campaign
As Mayor A. T. Niebergall today called on every Bend
resident to assist, committee workers prepared to launch an
intensive American Red Cross fourth war fund drive not only
in the city, but throughout Deschutes county. Striving to con
clude the campaign in 12 days, the workers were determined
to raise the $22,300 county quota.
Official headquarters for the drive in Bend will be estab
lished Monday in the chamber of commerce offices,' where
members of the Junior chamber of commerce auxiliary will
staff booths. Donations may be given there, or be mailed to
the chamber office, Bruno Rath, War Fund drive chairman,
8ftid. ' - - -' ' j i-:...
"It is when a soldier lies wounded on the field of battle that
, : he wonders what the folks are
Sen. John Moses
Of Dakota Dead
Rochester, Minn., March 3 (IP)
Sen. John Moses, newly-elected
democratic senator- from North
Dakota, died early today at the
Mayo brothers clinic where he
had been under treatment for a
stomach ailment. He was 59 years
old.
The former, three-time governor
of North Dakota had been a pa
tient at the clinic since Jan. 18.
He underwent an operation last
September and had returned to
Rochester for additional treat
ment. His condition became criti
cal yesterday and he ' died at
3 a.m. today.
Moses was elected to the U. S.
senate last November, defeating
the veteran isolationist Gerald P.
Nye. He was the first democratic
senator elected from North Da
kota by popular vote.
Native or Norway
Moses ran for the senate in a
three-way race with Nye, the in
cumbent republican, and Lynn U.
Stambaugh, former national com
mander of the American legion
running as an independent candi
date. In his campaign Moses
pledged support of the administra
tion's foreign policy.
Moses was a native of Norway.
He was born at Strand June 12,
1885, and came to this country in
1905. He received his early educa
tion in Norway and was graduated
from Junior college at Oslo. He
worked as a farmhand, clerk and
freight claim investigator when he
first came to the United States
but later entered the University of
North Dakota to study law.
He practiced law at Hazen, N. D.,
from 1915 until 1938 when he first
was elected governor. He was re
elected in 1940 and 1942.
Week-End Recess
Taken by Houses
Salem, Ore., March 3 IP) Both
houses of the Oregon legislature
adjourned this noon until Mon
day morning, with heavy calen
dars In prospect all next week in
the drive toward final adjourn
ment. Senate President Howard Bel
ton and Speaker Eugene Marsh
both said they hoped the session
could end by next week-end. Bel
ton, however, said he was afraid
it might require a few days the
following week to wind up.
nUXIWAY NAMED
Washington, March 3 lP)The
office of price administration said i
today that Ben C. Duniway, San
Francisco OPA regional attorney
has been made assistant to price
i nnnl n a I
administrator Chester Bowles.
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1945
American Smoke for Jap Prisoner
doing back on the home front,"
Mayor Niebergall said. "And
there can be no doubt in his
mind when he sees a field
worker for the Red Cross
bending over him, giving aid
that might spare him from death.
We all must aid this most neces
sary and worthy cause by giving
our dollars, and I call upon all
Bend folks to speed this drive to
success."
Money Coming In
Even though the drive does not
actually get under way until Mon
day, contributions already are be
ginning to come In, according to
Bruce Gilbert, county drive chair
man. One of the most noteworthy
WHAT RED CROSS DOES
Bend women, working with
the Deschutes county Ameri
can Red Cross chapter, made
541 knitted garments for soldiers
in 1944. They were socks, sweat
ers, helmets, scarfs and mittens.
More work lies ahead. Three
hundred pounds of yarn are be
ing shipped here along with a
plea for 396 more sweaters.
donations, and ' which brought
cheer to attaches of the local Red
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Isle Near Japan
Under Ship Fire
Washington, March 3 (IP) Ra
dio Tokyo reported today that sev
eral American warships shelled
an island in the Okniawa group
350 miles southwest of Japan
throughout Thursday night.
The shelling lasted from dusk
to dawn, but caused no damage,
a Tokyo broadcast recorded by
the FCC said.
It was the first reported naval
bombardment of the Okinawa
group, which lies midway in the
Ryukyus chain stretching from
the southern tip of Japan to For
mosa. Okinawa island itself, an im
portant naval base, has been
raided on several occasions by
carrier and land-based planes,
however.
Today's broadcast also said
American warships has '"massed"
off Dalto island, 250 miles south
east of Okinawa.
BONFntE PUT OUT
Neighborhood boys who aban
doned a bonfire at the Intersec
tion of Fourteenth and Elgin
streets, last night learned a lesson
in fire prevention when city fire
mtn were called to extinguish the
blaze. The hnva w ortmii,.;
to always put out their fires, after
At Mi . . ..
the firemen told them of the pos
sibility of winds spreading the
in e iu nearDy nomes.
General Harmon
Lost in teific f
Pearl Harbor, March 3 UP Lt,
Gen. Millard F. Harmon, com
mander of air forces of the Pa
cific ocean areas, and nine other
army officers and enlisted men
have been missing In the Pacific
since their plane was1 reported
overdue recently from a routine
flight, it was announced today.
Lt. Gen. Robert C. Ridhardson,
Jr.. commander of the army forc
es in the Pacific area, made the
announcement.
Missing: Listed
vuiers utamt; .ixeueiui fiaiuiuiii
1 I .1 f-- 1 TTam
missingare: -, - v--. '.'VJ
Brie. Gert. James R. Andersen:
Washington, D. C, chief of staff
to General Harmon.
Col. William Ball, Washington,
D. C, executive officer,
Maj. Francis E. Savage, Tioga,
Tex., pilot.
Maj. Archibald D. Anderson,
Brookings, N. D., navigator.
1st Lt. Jack M. west, Chicago;
co-pilot.
MSgt. Douglas O. Anderson, La
Center, Wash., engineer.
TSgt. Steve Geist,. Brooklyn,
N. Y., radio operator'
Pfc. Arthur Ofner, Kansas City,
Mo., assistant engineer.
A technical sergeant named
Mclnery (full name not available).
Next of kin have been notified
by the war department.
Area Searched
Army and navy planes and ships
are conducting the most extensive
search operations ever known in
the Pacific in an attempt to find
the missing airmen.
All available air and surface
craft were dispatched in the area
in which the plane was believed to
have gone down.
The last report of the transport,
which was General Harmon's per
sonal plane, indicated an ample
fuel supply for the remainder of
the flight.
Weather conditions In the area
over which the plane was flying
were reported good. It was be
lieved the ocean was calm.
SPECIAL HEARING DUE
Salem, Ore., March 3 Ml The
controversial bill revamping the
state board of public health (SB
89) will be given a special hear
ing Monday afternoon by the sen
ate committee on medicine, phar
macy and dentistry.
HOSPITAL BILL PASSES
Salem, Ore., March 3 (in A
bill to build a state psychiatric
hospital in Multnomah county
(SB 3) today passed the Oregon
senate. There were 11 noes.
Rampaging
By Frank Tremaine
(United Pra Wr Correspondent)
Nlmitz' advance headquarters,
Guam, March 3 (IPiVice Admiral
Marc A. Mitscher's rampaging
carrier task force bombed and
strafed the Kyukus islands In a
275-mile arc within 200 miles ct
the southern tip of the Japanese
homeland Thursday, destroying
or damaging 55 ships and small
craft and 91 aircraft, Adm.
Chester W. Nlmitz announced to
day. It was the third strike by the
fast American carrier task force
in Japan's Mare Nostrum In less
than three weeks.
On Feb. 17 and 18 Mitscher
sent his great task force against
Tokyo In the first full-scale car
rier strike of the war against the
Japanese capital. On the 25th
Nazis
In Effort to Block Crossings
Of River by 9th Army F
Japs Resisting
Yanks' March
v Nips Try fo Protect .
Their Mountain Lines
As Maclcmen Lash Out
' ' By H. D. Qulge
t . (United Preu War Correapondent)
Manila, March 3 i IB Supported
by bombers and fighters, Amer
ican troops battled yard by yard
through the Japanese line east of
Manila today in some of the fierc
est fighting yet on Luzon.
The Japanese were resisting
savagely along the entire 11-mile
front from Antlpolo to Wawa In
a desDerate attempt to cover what
was described officially as "this
final mountain retreat."
Units of the First artillery faced
mortar and rocket fire as they
inched through the enemy's tough
Kobayashi line.
The Japanese were fighting
3rom strongly defended caves and
pillboxes, entrenched in the moun
tains on the Marakina watershed,
the last big barrier before Lu
zon's east coast some 30 miles
away.
Island Captured
American forces met little oppo
sition, however; in wresting an
other island in the Philippines
from the enemy,
. ,
- .lnlTn.o .7h imrirl Whhi At
the 24tl division invaded ana
quickly seized Lubang island, at
the western end or tne verae pas
sage, Thursday against only neg
ligible resistance.
Lubang, main island of the
group of the same name, was the
18th island in the Philippines in
vaded by u. s. amphibious forces.
Its capture firmly secured control
of the main shipping channel
through the Philippines between
the United States and Manila.
Other American forces con
tinued to fan out through newly
invaded Palawan against practi
cally no opposition from the Japa
nese who were fleeing into the
hills.
Village Taken
One force swept across the bay
at Puerto Prihcesa and seized the
abandoned village of Iwahig, for
mer Philippines penal colony. The
operation gave the Americans
practical control of Palawan and
It was presumed that air and
naval operations may be started
from there against the Japanese
rich possessions in the Dutch East
Indies to the south.
The aerial campaign from the
Philippines was intensified with
the American bombers ranging as
far north as the Ryukyu islands
above Formosa.
Five small freighters were sunk
and five others set afire at Oki
nawa, big Japanese base in the
Ryukyus which stretch from For
mosa to the southern tip of the
enemy's homeland.
MAKES &0TH MISSION
15th AAF in Italy, March 3
Capt. Thomas F. Rawlinson, 22,
of 3437 South East Grant Court,
Portland, Oregon, pilot of a 15th
AAF B-17 Flying Fortress, re
cently flew his 50th long-range
combat mission in the Mediter
ranean theater. Before entering
the army, he was graduated from
St. Mathew's high school and was
employed as an electrician by the
S.P.&S. railroad In Portland.
East o Manila
Carrier Task Force Hits at Japs'
they hit Tokyo again In a strike
under adverse weather conditions.
On the following day they at
tacked the outpost island of Ha
chija. Thursday's strike was made
against six islands.
The carrier strike came as the
veteran third marine division
battled foot-by-foot to within a
half mile of the northeast coast
of Iwo Jima in a bid to split the
declmatpil Japanese garrison.
Within the 275-mile arc of the
carrier planes' attack they hit Mi
nami, Tokunojima, Okinoyerabu
jima and the main Island of Oki
nawa Jima.
In addition to damage wrought
to military, naval and air instal
lations, Nlmitz listed the follow
lng damage:
Four aircraft shot from the air,
Blow Up Rhine
'Ike' Safe at Quarters
After Brush
Paris, March 3 (UP) Supreme Commander Gen. Dwijrht
D. Eisenhower was back at his headquarters safe and sound
today after two narrow escapes from enemy gunfire during a
tour of advance lines on the western front.
The five-star general made
yesterday by jeep over smashed
he was within, five miles .of the great city of Duesseldorf .
Eisenhower had hoped to see action closer to that Ninth
army target, but his schedule did not permit. The enemy.
however, provided several busy
of un-called for action during
the tour.
His first close call with Ger
man fire came shortly after he
crossed the turbulent Roer
river. Just a few minutes before
he reached a division command
post, a jet-propelled plane swept
over the general's four-jeep con-
voyana straiea tne post.
Plane Routed
The enemy plane was quickly
routed by squadrons of Thunder
bolts which later raked a group
of enemy tanks along the nearby
Erft canal. : v
Elsenhower's second narrow es
cape was at the end of his inspec
tion trip. Enemy shells landed on
an airfield only a few second after
the general and his British mili
tary assistant, Col. James F.
Gault, took pff for their head
quarters. The general seemed pleased
with the results of the week-old
offensive as he visited the 29th
and 83rd infantry and second ar
mored divisions, and the 19th
corns.
; 'While looking t-the-wid8cenes
of destruction from, atop the Jou-year-old
fortified citadel of Juel-
ich. Eisenhower turned to Lt. Gen.
William H. Simpson, commander
of the Ninth army, and said:
"Juellch will be something for
the Germans to think about in the
future."
Flying Bombs
Strike England ;
London. March 3 (IF) The Ger
mans renewed the flying bomb
attack on southern England to
day In what appeared to be the
first move of a stepped-up cam
paign to make London pay the
final bitter price lor allied vic
tory. Flying bombs crashed into
southern England in the first day
light activity since last autumn
threatening one last wild fling of
vengeance with a revolutionary
weapon far beyond the V-l and
the V-2 in destructive power. It
may come true.
Allied leaders arc not taking
the threats as mere bragging.
They feel it is likely the Germans
are experimenting with a new de
vice which might be ready before
this war is over.
The nazis threatened to unleash
the V-l and London got flying
bombs. They threatened to follow
with the V-2 and stratosphere
rockets hit southern England,
killing hundreds. There is reason
to believe they once again have a
basis for their threats.
GAME BILL DEFEATED
Salem, Ore., March 3 (Ui By
a 15 to 13 vote, the Oregon sen
ate today defeated SB 254 to per
mit the state game commission
to set up experimental game man
agement areas for upland birds.
37 aircraft definitely destroyed
on the ground and about 50 others
destroyed or damaged. However,
some of the latter may have been
lnoperational previously.
Shipping sunk included one des
troyer, one motor torpedo boat,
six small cargo vessels, two med
ium cargo craft, an ocean going
tug and two luggers.
Probably sunk were one med
ium cargo vessel, six small coastal
cargo craft and six luggers. List
ed as damaged were four destroy
er escorts or patrol craft, one
medium transport four medium
cargo vessels, nine small coastal
cargo craft, one small freighter
and 10 luggers.
Battleships, cruisers and des
troyers accompanying Mitscher's
carriers bombarded the island of
with Death
the seven-hour inspection trip
German roads. At one point
On th
mef
Serving with American forces
In Germany, and now possibly
with units that have reached or
are hearing the Rhine river, la
9g --W. B. 'Roatsl of Benifc Sgt.
Roats, whose wife, Helen, resides
in Bend, entered Germany the
long way, via Italy and southern
t ranee.
County Lagging
In Paper Drives
Deschutes county is falling
behind in the production of sal
vage waste paper, according to
a report issued today by the Ore
gon State Salvage, committee in
Portland. Where this county
formerly held fourth and fifth
place, it is now down to eighth
Ijmi-e, me rt-pui i gnuws.
In February this county pro
duced only 18 tons of paper, as
against 37 in January, the report
shows. Percnplta production was
39.3 pounds per person and 391
tons of paper have been donated
since the salvage campaign began
in November, 1943.
Waste paper salvage also drop
ped last month In Crook and Jef-
ferson counties, Jefferson produc-
Ing only one ton as against 16 in
January, and Crook gathered 15
tons last month
as against 49
tons in January. .
Draft of Nurses
Appears Certain
Washington, March 3 (111 The,
nouse today appeared to be cer
tain of passing some form of bill
to draft women nurses for the
armed forces.
Both democratic and republican
leaders agreed that the needs of
the sick and wounded servicemen
made nurse conscription legisla
tion a must. .
"We must care for our fighting
men," regublican leader Joseph
W. Martin, Jr., Mass., said late
yesterday after a republican con
ference on the administration-requested
nurse draft bill which
comes before the hquse Monday.
Ryukus Isles
Oklna Dalto Jima Thursday night
starting large fires.
Carrier planes wreaked havoc
among ground Installations, des
troying or damaging airfield in
stallations, barracks, administra
tion buildings, mills, lumber
yards, warehouses and radio and
radar installations on six islands.
The total American losses were
only five pilots, three air crew
men und 13 aircraft. Despite the
task force's close proximity to
the Japanese homeland, our
planes enceuntered no air opposi-
tlon.
The four aircraft downed did
not include any fighters. They
apparently were only hapless ob
servation planes or bombers
which happened to come In the
line of flight of attacking carrier
planes.
NO. 75
Spans
orces
4 Big Bridges
Scorched Earth Policy s
. Adopted By Foe in Try
To Halt Simpson's Units
Paris, March 3 (IB The Ger
man army blew up three great ,
bridges across the Rhine at Dues
seldorf today In a- desperate
scorched-earth bid to block a river
crossing by American Ninth army
forces massing on the west bank.
Still another Rhine bridge at
Uerdlngen, near Krefeld, also was
reported blown up, a dispatch.
from the Ninth army front said.
American patrols were on the
Rhine In rubber boats, bent on
preventing the demolitions of the
410 - yard spans at Duesseldorf
when massive explosions toppieu
them into the river, front dis-.
patches revealed.
Simpson on move -The
Duesseldorf bridges were
blown up between midnight and
4:30 a.m. today while Lt. Gen.
William H. Simpson's Ninth army
was surging up to the Rhine on a
broad stretch in the wake of the
routed and fleeing German 15th
army. '
The Germans spotted the pa
trols edging cautiously across the
Rhine and thrtfW the switches
wilicil wmnt lilt? UlICTJ UIWNITC
spans " one rail bridge and two
highway bridges: . The patrols
turned back and reached the west
safely .
Two of the bridges spanned the
Rhine directly from Neuss, west
of Duesseldorf. The third was to
the north, stretching from Dues
seldorf to Niederkassel.
Ninth Reaches Rhine
United Press correspondent
Clinton B. Conger, In a dispatch
from the Ninth army front, said
Simpson's 83rd division now had
closed solidly against the Rhine
along most of its frontage oppo
site Duesseldorf.
The patrol activity on the Rhine
ahead of the Ninth army may have
given rise to unofficial reports
here and In London that scouts
had crossed the river, where the
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Ohio Company
First on Rhine
On the Rhlneland Front, Ger
many, March 3 (IB The honor of
being the first Ninth army unit
to reach the Rhine went today to
an 83rd Ohio division company
led by a captain from Brooklyn.
The historic feat was accomp
lished by a group of riflemen from
company "C" of the 331st regi
ment only 15 hours after they
jumped off for the attack. Among
them were Sgt. Ralph J. Saucedo,
1832 South Flower St., Los An
geles, Calif., and Pvt. Uvon Roun
dy, Escalante, Utah.
At 5 a. m. sharp the company,
commanded by Capt. Francis Oli
ver, Brooklvn. hit the Rhine,
brushing through German tank
turrets which had been removed
and dug into the ground.
Pretty Excited
"Those buvs were pretty excited
about reaching the big Rhine,"
said 1st Lt. Robert E. Mussulman,
East St. Louis, 111.
Mussulman has been fighting
with the Ohioans since the Nor
mandy landing.
'They had been all hep to get
ting there for a long time so they
are, pretty happy now but
scared, too," he added. "But that's
a good thing for it wouldn't do to
be too cocky about it. It wouldn't
last long that way."
Quota for Polio
Exceeded by $500
Deschutes county's Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis fund quota
of $3,800 has been exceeded by
more than $500, it was announced
today by Mrs. J. F. Arnold, chair
man of the fund campaign. She re
ported that already more than
$4,300 has been received and con
tributions continue to arrive.
Latest donations were from Ar
thur H. Tifft of Redmond, $5.25,
and Anthony Roach, Sisters, $3.
Over Barrier
Are Destroyed