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CENTRAL OREGON'S. DAILY NEWSPAPER
t Volume Llll
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1945
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Enemy Breaks
As Americans
Dash Eastward
", Retreat .of Foe Turned
: Into Rout; Rhine Goal
t Of U. S. Third Army
Paris, March ' ? UPiLt. Gen.
. George S. Patton's American third
, army struck within 10 miles of
the middle Rhine today in a pow
erful offensive that ripped almost
4fl miles in 48 hours through the
llnter of the German lines before
T Colbenz.
X jln a lightning thrust that ap
parently caught the Germans in
' (he process of pulling their Eifel
mountain line back to the Rhine,
tanks and motorized infantry
columns of Patton's fourth armor-
;-d division broke loose in the
nzi rear and turned an orderly
enemy withdrawal into a near
rdut.
, '4 Mayen Is Objective
Vanguards of the fourth divis
ion were closing on Mayen, 15
miles west-southwest of Coblenz
and only about 10' miles west of
the Rhine city of Andcrnach.
German resistance broke under
tue American armored drive, and
field dispatches said Patton's hard--"
riding tankmen swept up vast
vouantities of German arms and
n Ipplles and hundreds of prison1
V B in their path.
V The nazis still were figh tine
hard on either flank of the fourth
armored division, but Berlin
broadcasts indicated they were be
ginning to pull out of the entire
' tifel mountain region in an at
tempt to escape envelopments.
;f Troops Near Bonn
"Vanguards of the American
First army barely 25 miles to the
north already were at the out
skirts of the Rhine city of Bonn,
12 miles south of captured Col
ogne, in position to wheel south-
ward along the river for a junc
tion with Patton's troops.
The German DNB news agency,
which had been hinting at a gen
eral nazi withdrawal behind the
. Rhine, said all German troops be-
tween Cologne and Neuss, 18
' miles to the north, had been pull
i ed iback to the east bank of the
'yjfjr.
j DNB said the Germans took
Jrti4 weapons and heavy equip-
merit with them," which appeared
' at least questionable in view of
theidestruction of the Rhine bridg
es Vm the Neuss and Cologne
araas.
Cologne Captured
Patton's spectacular end run
through the rugged Eifel moun
tains covering Coblenz momen
tarily overshadowed the great Al
lied victory to the north, where
the" Rhineland capital of Cologne
, fell almost without a struggle and
three Allied armies were massing
for, a plunge across the Rhine
Into the industrial heart of Ger
many.
Late field dispatches said arm
ored outriders of the American
Third army were in the Monreal i
area, 17 miles west-southwest of
'Coblenz and less than 15 miles!
. Authuest of the Rhine city of
Andernach, nine miles northwest
Rpme Is Scene
As Mob Attacks Coeli Prison
' itome, March 7 (IP) A mob at-, during yesterday's anti-rodist
tack on Reginia Coeli prison, two
more bombings and other scat
terpd violence heightened the po
litical crisis threatening to over
throw the Bonoml government to
day. ' The executive committee of the
communist party issued a formal
warning that all communist minis
ters and undersecretaries will re
sign unless Premier Ivanoe Bon
oml immediately effects wide
Sweeping changes In Italy's Intern
al politics.
Bonomi presided at an extraor-
(Unary cabinet meeting starting at
8 a.m. The meeting was called to.
uss the crisis, which was
hed off bv the escape of Gen.
Mario Roatta, one of Italy s prin
cipal war criminals, from a mili
tary hospital Sunday night.
Ko deaths were reported in the
ne outbreaks of rioting, but a
efond victim of bombs thrown
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Tills Is a view of Cologne, Germany's fourth city, now almost razed by bombs and shells and entered by Amerfc
can troops who met almost no resistance in the early stages of the final assault. Most of Cologne la on tim
west bank of the Rhine. All bridges across the river are believed to have been destroyed.
Great Cathedral
Remains Intact
U. S. First Army Headquarters,
March 6 (Delayed) (IP) All that
still ' stands, intact'; Sri' Cologne to
day is the 'great cathedral." The
rest of this once proud city is
simply bare, gaunt walls reaching
up to the sky. And the hazy,
drizzly weather does not help
to enhance the picture.
Cologne is a factual' example
of four years of planned, stra
tegic bombing, as one high RAF
officer put it.
In those four years, 42,000 tons
of bombs were dropped on Co
logne's industrial plants by Amer
ican and British planes, and the
Queen of the Rhine became the
first of 65 German cities to be
virtually "bombed off the map."
Cologne in Ruins
"Our plan was for a complete
elimination of German industry
when we began attacking Ger
man cities In 1941; the RAF of
ficer said. "We have succeeded.
Cologne today looks like Stalin
grad did." '
The strategic bombing was de
signed to disperse concentrated in
dustrial areas and drive German
bombers from the air by elimi
nating their producing centers.
The officer also cleared up the
reason for the repeated bombings.
. "The Germans made tremen
dous efforts to build up the in
dustries after we levelled them,"
he said. "We let them complete
the job, and then levelled them
again."
U.P. Roundhouse
At Condon Razed
Portland, Ore., March 7 (IP)
Officials of the Union Pacific rail.
road here reported today that the
u. P. roundhouse at Condon, Ore.,
was destroyed by fire Tuesday
and that a gasoline motorcar and
i locomotive had been damaged in
of New Unrest
demonstration in front of the
Quirinale palace, home of acting
King Umberto, died last night. At j
least seven other persons
were i
wounded in that incident.
Crowds of tattered, hungry-looking
men and women stormed the
thieves' quarters of the Reginia
Coeli prison from the outside dur
ing the night in an attempt to free
non-political prisoners and at the
same time reach political inmates
in another section.
roiice insioe me prison urea : signea auows a maximum of five
their rifles over the heads of theidava a vnnr rievnioH in tiuxhor'
crowd. Hastily-summoned firemen
directed water hoses against drm-1
onstrators who had broken out of
their cells and were assaulting the
exits.
A bomb was thrown at the
Carabinierl station on Borgo Vit
torio near Vatican city. The Cara
binieri rushed out and shot their
rifles into the air.
Americans Capture Historic
JUt
Iwo Japs, With Backs fo Sea,
Fight With Knives and Guns
; 5,000 Nippons Crowded Into Rocky Corner,
Battle Like Madmen to Delay Final Defeat .
i (United PrM War Cormpondent) '
Guam, March 7 (HE) Three marine divisions crawled
and fought foot by foot toward the north coast of Iwo today in
a general offensive to smash the last .organized resistance on
the tiny, bloody island.
The last 5,000 or so Japanese crowded into the rockv.
steaming northeast corner of
madmen to delay final defeat.
Their backs to the sea, they poured withering ' mortar,
machine-gun and rifle fire into the ranks of the advancing'
Bend Is Second
In Armory List
Salem, Ore., March 7 (IP) Levy
ing of a tax for postwar con
struction of armories in 22 Ore
gon cities was given final passage
and sent . to the governor today
by the Oregon legislature.
Only three seators voted against
the bill (HB362) which would
levy a tax of .45 mill each year
for 10 years, estimated to raise
about $450,000 annually. The re
venue would be used for armories
as funds became available.
Sen. Dean Walker raised the
only objection on grounds it was
premature to vote on armories
when the post war military future
of the nation was not known, as
well as certain budgetary dupli
cation. He was joined by Sens.
Howard Belton and H. C. Wheeler.
The general order of armories
to be constructed was Baker,
Bend, Portland, La Grande, Ore
gon City, Pendleton, Ontario,
Roseburg, The Dalies, Hillsboro,
Corvallis, Grants Pass, Forest
Grove, Hood River, St. Helens,
Lebanon, Lakevlew, Gresham,
Prineville, Hermiston, Newport
and seaside. Other cities could be
added if necessary.
Forest Purchase'
Bill Is Approved
Salem, Ore., March 7 (IP) The
bill allowing the board of forest
ry to establish a revolving fund
for "the acquistion of forest land,
and to manage certain classes of
i , i i . . . .
suu" mim, nas Deen signed into
law oy (jov. tan snell.
The governor also signed 16
other bills, among which is one
(HB266) which permits school dis
tricts to take out liability insur
ance and medical and hospital
benefits for students engaged in
ainietics.
Another school bill (HB206)
institutes to count as actual school i
attendance days. -
' PFC. OILING WOUNDED
Terrebonne, March 7 Pfc.
Charles F. Duling, son of Charles
L. Duling. Rt. 1. Terrebonne, has
been wounded in action, according !
to the office of war information
todav- I
Cologne
volcanic Iwo were battling like
"marines. Knives and bayonets
nasneci in close quarter com-
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bat when positions vfere over
run. .'
Gains were measured in feet
and yard. The end may come
suddenly under unremitting ma
rine pressure, or the last thirst
crazed Japanese may expend their
remaining strength in a . bloody
"banzai" suicide charge. -14,456
Japs Killed
A total of 14,456 Japanese dead
had been counted by 6 p.m. yes
terday for the 16-day campaign.
Hundreds, perhaps thousands,
more enemy dead remained be
hind the Japanese lines. Though
the garrison originally was esti
mated at 20,000 officers now be
lieved the number actually was
closer to 25,000.
The third, fourth and fifth ma
rine divisions, already firmly
holding four-fifths of Iw'o, launch
ed their general offensive against
the remaining enemy positions
yesterday morning after the most
intense American artillery bom
bardment of the entire campaign.
Six Men Killed
In Ship Blast
Vancouver, B. C, March 7 (IP)
The scorched hull of an amunl
tion freighter was searched today
in an effort to recover the bodies
of six crewmen killed when the
ship exploded and burned yester
day. Twenty-four of the 30 men
aboard the- 10,000-ton Greenhill
Park were rescued from the
waters of Vancouver harbor after
four explosions set the ship afire.
The full death and Injury toll
and extent of damages will not
be known for days. Officials es
timated the vessel was a three
quarter loss with the cargo en
tirely destroyed. ,
Total damages, including hun-
ireds of shattered elate Plass
wmoows, were placed at well
above Sl.300.0on. t-iro fit,i,,
were battling fires still raging In
the holds of the Greenhill Park
I in cngusn oay.
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ieiet-iives wno ooarued the ves
sel said the explosion probably
wag caused by an accumulation of
gas between the decks. Ammunl-
tion and rockets also were touch-
ed off. The detectives reported
they could see no signs of bodies.
i japs Expecting
Homeland to
ield
Leaders Call Meeting
Jrr ru; i. ki d..i..
twi vquiiioi iiew rally
Demanded By Nipponese
(By United Prcu)
'okyo radio reported that a spe
cial meeting of the Japanese cabi
net was to be held today and the
enem$ broadcasts indicated the
Japanese were becoming more re
signed to the fact their homeland
will become a "battle ground."
The meeting, which will be held
at the official residence of Pre
mier Kuniaki Koiso, .came at a
time when dissident members of
the Japanese DIET clamored for.
establishment ot an "arinored" na-.
tloiml political party.,
Transocean radio reported from
Tokyo that both houses of parlia
ment will meet March 10 for one
day when the Japanese premier
will speak on Japan s present situ
ation. i Warned Of Spies
A Domei news agency dispatch,
recorded by the FCC, said the de
mands for the "armored" party,
apparently similar to the German
Volkssturm, were made by scores
of 1-individuals who recently re
signed from the Imperial Rule
Assistance Political society, the
nnrlinmantarv wine hf JnmnVi tn.
H ftiTharian party;-- . '
The restlessness over a possible
allied invasion of Japan's home
land and the China coast also ex
tended to Canton, Where a Japa
nese controlled broadcast warned
of allied spies in the city and cau
tioned the people to remain calm.
Bend to Honor
OPA Volunteers
A tribute to the war-time work
of volunteers who are assisting
the Bend war price and ration
board carry out its program in
this community will be paid to
night at an Office of Civilian De
fense dinner honoring the work
ers. The dinner will be at 7 o'clock,
in the Pine Tavern, with 60 or
more persons expected to be pres
ent. John Barnett, district compli
ance executive for the OPA, and
Gus- Hasenbrack, rationing rep
resentative are scheduled to be
present from Portland. Carl A.
Johnson, president of the Bend
chamber of commerce, will ex
press the thanks of the commu
nity for the work of the volun
teers. Local organizations will also
have representatives present to
join in the tribute to the men and
women who have made It possible
to operate the Bend oi'A olllce.
City, civic and service club of
ficers are also to join in the tribute
to the volunteers.
BROPIIY CONFIRMED
Washington, March 7 ill') The
senate has confirmed the nomina
tion of William A. Brophy of
New Mexico to be commissioner
of Indian affairs.
BeBattlef
Japs Say Full Scale Battle Looms 12 Miles
North of Manila; Yanks Close in on Baguio
Manila, March 7 (Ul American
troops closed in on the former
summer capital of Baguio today
as the sixth army prepared for
a final assault against the Japan
ese on Luzon.
(A Japanese Domei agency dis
patch recorded by FCC, said a
full-scale battle was imminent in
the Montalban area, 12 miles
northeast of Manila, with Ameri
can artillery already shelling the
enemy positions.")
A front report said that troops
of the first corps already were His communique reported that
nearlng the city limits of Baguio ground action was limited to pa
which once was the headquarters trol activity, although bombers
for Lt. Gen. Tomoquki Yamashi-iand fighters continued steady at
ta's Japanese forces in the Philip-; tacks on the Japanese pockets
pines. scattered throughout the land.
It was not disclosed from which Mustang fighters in a sweep
direction the Americans were ap- over the Cagayan valley wrecked
proching Baguio, one of the prin- j five Japanese planes at Echague
cipal cities in northern Luzon, j airfield and set afire two enemy
The last reported U. S. positions barges west of the Aparri air
in that area were Santa Rosa, 17ibase on the north coast.
Red Cross War Fjund Drive
Off to Fine Start in County
More Than Fifth of Quota Already Reported;
Camp Fire Girls, Scouts and Women Assisting
Quota
$!2,3H
Received to Date
8M.S88
Bend's campaign to raise
Cross Fourth War fund, got
J with solicitors jubilantly reporting today that more than a
nun oi me $zz,aw quoia naa oeen conectea on me nrsi aay.
Bruce Gilbert, chairman of the Deschutes county drive,
pointed out that no returns had
mond, Sisters and other out -
mills, and that he was hopeful
brought to a successful close in
drive.
Many Bend business houses had not yet reported to head
quarters yet. They were asked- : "
to make their reports not later
than today, and Gilbert ex
pressed the belief that after
their returns are in the re
ceipts will have been greatly
increased. ." .
' , ' Many Assist
While scores of women can
vassed Bend homes, Camp Fire
girls and Boy Scouts joined in
the drive today to raise "mercy
dollars" for the relief of fighters
here and abroad, and their needy
families. Mrs. Joe Elder, execu-
RED CROSS WORKERS
BLESSED
A sweater, made by work
ers of the Deschutos county
Red Cross chapter, was re
ceived by a marine In Ocean-
side, "Calif: lie writes:- Just,.
. a woru . or truuiKa, ana it
comes from' tho other boys
as fortunate as I am, for the
fine sweaters we are wearing,
results of your noble efforts.
I am sure all you men who
have these sweaters are truly
grateful. God bless you and
guide you In your great work.
tlvo secretary of the Camp Fire
girls, reported that two groups
began today to distribute Red
Cross pamphlets to all homes
north of Newport and Greenwood
avenues. Mrs. Rella Henry headed
the girls of the Dakonya group;
and Mrs. Gall Baker, assisted by
Mrs. W. A. Robertson, led the
Wahanka girls.
In the meantime scouts of
Troop 23, led by Scoutmaster Ce
cil Goodfellow, and Troop 25,
headed by Scoutmaster Joe Slate,
covered the remainder of the city,
spreading the message of the Red
Cross' dire need for funds at this
time.
Placards were placed In down
town windows by Vernon Larson,
chairman of publicity, aided by
Frank Prince, Jr., and Maurice
Hoover. Euch devoted a half day
to this task.
Mrs. A. E. Stevens, chairman of
residential solicitation in Bend,
listed her co-workers as follows:
Mrs. Sam Scott, Mrs. E. W. Wil
liamson, Mrs. Virgil Moss, Mis.
Paul A. Smith, Mrs. H. V. McCol
lum, Mrs. L. A. Hillls, Mrs. W. S.
Maxey, Mrs. Norman Gilbert, Mrs
William Gibson, Mrs. Irving Wal
ter, Mrs. Ray E. Brown, Mrs.
Wallace Johnson, Mrs. Dean Ray
mond, Mrs. H. J. Fissel, Mrs. Mllo
Seems, Mrs. R. M. Gipe, Mrs. W.
(J. Headrick, Mrs. J. A. Walker,
Mrs. T. E. J. Duffy, Mrs. Prank
Goehrlng, Mrs. Frank Riley, Mrs.
Frank Scott, Mrs. C. J. Monahan,
Mrs. N. H. Klttleson, Mrs. John
Howe, Mrs. M. E. Carrier, Mrs.
(Continued on Page 5'
miles to the southeast, and camp
one, 14 miles to the southwest.
The surprise thrust toward Bag
uio was revealed as Gen. Doug
las MacArthur announced that Lt.
Gen. Walter Krunger's sixth army
was preparing for a final drive
to clear Luzon of the Japanese
Invaders.
Throughout all sections," Mac-
Arthur said, "our troops are re-
grouping for the final phases of
'the Luzon campaign.'
Balanco
$17,912
money for the American Red
away with a bang on Monday,
been received yet from Red
of - town points, nor from the
that the campaign would be
'the 12 days allotted for the
J
1'hoto Art titudio
Pvt. Edward J. (Bill) Powell,
son of Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Powell,
Bend, and a graduate from Bend
high school with the class of 1944,
has been killed' in action while
serving with a paratroop unit on
Luzon, the war department re
cently announced.
Industrial Fund
Meeting Is Set
An organization meeting of con
tributors to Bond's post-war in
dustrial development fund will be
held at 7:30 tomorrow night in the
main dining room of the Pilot
Butte Inn, It was announced to
day. The meeting had originally
been set for the circuit court room
In the courthouse, but the loca
tion was changed because of paint
ers working there.
One hundred and forty men and
firms contributed to the fund, and
all individuals or representatives
were urged to attend.
A full report of the committee
which. was in charge of raising the
fund Is to be made to the assem
blage. The committee was com
posed of Carl A. Johnson, chair
man, Sumner Deltrick and Frank
H. Loggan. The committee had
sought to raise $10,000 to match a
similar amount the City of Bend
had set aside for the purpose of
attracting now industries here.
At tomorrow's meeting the con
tributors were expected to decide
the type of organization which
shall be set up to administer the
fund, and to map the method of
procedure.
Marine dive-bombers supported
the sixth infantry and first caval
ry divisions units which occupied
several favorable positions along
the strongly-defended Wawa-An-tlpolo
lino east of Manila.
Far north of Manila, first corps
troops were moving slowly along
the Villa Verde trail and Balete
pass road in an attempt to cut
the Japanese lines leading to the
'Cagayan valley.
t he rocky rortincations of Fort
Drum, In Manila harbor, were
racked by fighters and bombers,
while units of the 11th airborne
division swept along the east
coast of the bay to southwest of
Ternate and seized 20 Japanese
gunboats carrying small depth
charges.
A coastal craft carrying about
20 Japanese was sunk by P-T
boats off the Zambales coast Sat
urday night.
Dies on Luzon
(r 0
ii r m iniwi if i win hi t - m
Oder Defenses
East of Capital
Under Attack
Long Awaited Pushlls ,
Under Way, GermaV
News Sources Repojt
London, March 7 iun The Ger
mans said today that the red
army had started a powerful of
fensive aimed at Berlin and was
storming the Oder river .defense .
line 30-odd miles east of the cap
ital on both sides of Kuestrin and
north of Frankfurt. .
Both German and Russian re
ports Indicated that Marshal Greg
ory K. Zhukov's First White Rus
sian army was shoving off on the
big push to Berlin.
The German high command
said Soviet tanks, troops, and ar
tillery were hammering the de
fenses around Kuestrin, key clta-
nM W .... r-t Konlf nf thO Oder
38 miles east of Berlin, and north
of Frankfurt, west oan strung
t I nnlnt M miles from the caDital.
Springboards Sought
A nazi communique said the
preliminary aim of the Russians
was to "gain basic positions for
major operations" apparently
solid footholds across the Oder to
use as springboards against Ber
lin. The high command said the
Soviet attacks failed against de-
terminetf defense and winter-
blows. But sighs from both-Berlin
and Moscow hinted that Zhu--kov
might already have a more or;
less solid bridgehead across the'
river. He won several aftereach--ing
the Oder a month ago, but
their status was blacked out liter.
Moscow eave tacit confirrrfition
to the nazi reports that the big.
push against Berlin was ora' The
government newspaper IzVestia
said that "on all roads leading to
Berlin there is visible evidence of
the furious battles our troops now '
are waging."
River Crossed
Other Soviet dispatches said
that in an unidentified sector the
Russians forced a riverperhaps ;
the Oder east of Berlin penetrat
ed the depth of nazi defenses, and
seized a major transport network.
Nazi broadcasts said strong red
army forces, attacking in relays,
were hammering the fortifica
tions on both sides of Kuestrin,
Oder stronghold 38 miles east of
Berlin.
Berlin said the massed Soviet
forces were "trying to break
through the German defense sys
tem in an attempt to gain broad '
positions on the west bank of the
Oder for tho intended push on
Berlin."
In the first hours of the re
sumed Soviet offensive before
Berlin, the Transocean news agen
cy said, red army assault forces
charged the defenses northeast of
Kuestrin seven times. The agency
said tho fortress held out and re
polled these first all-out attacks.
Nazis Make Claims
Tho nazis added the customary
propaganda claim that the Rus
sians finally were driven back to
their starting line northeast of
Kuestrin by counterblows. .
But their broadcasts showed no
tendency to minimize the threat
of the reported offensive. They
bluntly described It as the push
on Berlin.
Military quarters had been pre
dicting the renewal of. Zhukov's
offensive toward Berlin ever since
the Pomeranian campaign largely
secured his right flank.
Commencement
Speaker Nameq
Rex Putnam, state superinten
dent of public Instruction, is to
be the speaker at the 37th annual
Bend high school commencement
exercises, to be held this yepr on
May 25, Superintendent Howard :
W. George of the local school sys
tem has announced.
Putnam is a former resident of
Central Oregon and for many
years was head of the Redmond
schools.
WODEHOUSE RELEASED
Paris, March 7 (IB French po
lice have released P. G. Wode
house, English novelist, from de
tention in a Paris hospital, lt was
learned today. He had been held
at the hospital since December
following investigation of his
broadcasts from Berlin.