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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1945
Volume Llll
NO. 79
TWO SECTIONS
Today's News
Follow world history In the making
from day to day In tha columns of
The Bulletin. , Also read the local
news items, some small, some large.
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BEND MUllXK
Last Mile
CO
After torturous, blood-stained miles in the hot sun, captive Yanks neared the end of the long death march of
Bataan, the ones still able to walk carrying the few that fell through Illness and sheer exhaustion. This Japa
nese photo was obtained from Filipino guerrillas through the U. S. Army Signal Corps.
Marines
Third Division
Drives to Edge
Of Isle Plateau
Veterans Saw Struaale '
is oiooaiesT in msTory .
Of Pacific Engagements
By Frank Trcmalne
(United Preu War Correspondent)
Guam, March 8 IB -The third
marine division drove to the
northern edge of the central pla
teau and plunged down toward
the northern beaches, only a few
hundred yards away, in savage
fighting on Iwo today.
A breakthrough to the coast
would split the last few thousand
Japanese holding out in pillboxes
and gun emplacements studding
(he north and northeast coasts.
But those last few hundred
yards were as the crow flies. It
was considerably farther over the
rocky ground, laced with steep
crevasses and bristling with de
tenses. V New Gains Made
The fourth and fifth marine di
visions, fighting north along the
east and west coasts, also ham
mered out new gains in what liter
ally had become a battle to the
death with the decimated enemy
Kuii'sun. n is an men oy incn,
terrible struggle for life and a
few precious feet of terrain," Unit
ed Press war correspondent Lisle
Shoemaker reported from Iwo as
a general offensive went into Its
third day.
"If you ever meet a marine who
says he fought at the north end
of Iwo, shake his hand because
he has survived a hell of gunfire,
mortar blasting, night Infiltration
and hand-to-hand combat without
cease," Shoemaker wrote.
Fight Is Bloody
"It is the grimmest, bloodiest
and crudest battle of the Pacific I
ocean." I
Mai. Gen. Harrv Schmidt, com-
ander of the marine invasion
rps, said the campaign had been
ven toueher than wp fitmrpri.
J and we figured it tough from the
very start." He described the is-!
.'. lind as the most heavily defended
r spot in the history of warfare and
Said the remaining Japanese
pould have to be "crowded out
of their holes and killed one by
The veteran third division at the
:rpntop nf 1. i: i i
.northern rim of the 300-foot cen
fial plateau after an advance of
fsome 500 yards in hand-to-hand
-fombat yesterday.
'un and Dog Blamed
-for Accident at Lake
I A playful dog and a ready gun
flnday were the causes of Willard
f 'avidson, caretaker at Lake Pau-
; SJina. coming to Bend for medical
tficfltment.
I Davidson reported that he was
Jmg aim with a 22 caliber pistol
a "camp robber" bird, when his
fog playfully jumped up on him,
;TUSin? the Umantr, n jcnharan
;1I1P bullet lu fhmnoh hie
hand, inflicting a flesh wound.
on Bataan's 'March
Sain in Iwo Battle
More Street Lights for Bend
In Peacetime Era Suggested
Munkres Believes Illumination Problem Is
- More Serious Than Sewers, Swimming Holes
A street light at every intersection ! ' '
That was the demand of the City Commissioner Melvin
Munkres) when the commission
nighrfn the city hall. . - ' , a-
Munkres made his plea for a better lighted city when the
commissioners were informally discussing suggestions for
'different postwar projects.
"It seems to me that our lighting problem is more serious
than sewers or swimming holes," he said. The commissioner
then cited two locations mf
Bend where he said that only
one street lamp existed in a
radius of many blocks.
Munkres said that he had
discussed the matter with Wit
liam A. Lackaff, manager of
the Pacific Power & Light Com
pany here, and that he had
learned that the cost of adding
more lights was "t r I v i a 1 when
compared to the need for them."
The commission voted to invite
Lackaff before them with plans
for an extended lighting system.
Paving Requested
Three more street improve
ments were ; authorized by the
commission, after reading peti
tions from property owners af
fected. The petitions asked for
paving, and called for the improv
ing of West First street between
Awbrey road and Portland ave
nue; Louisiana avenue from Wall
street west to Congress street,
and Columbia street from Galves
ton avenue to Nashville street.
Street superintendent Percy A.
Drost was instructed to prepare
plans for the improvement of the
streets, and to proceed with the
work when feasible.
Conference Called
After reading an invitation from
Chief of Police Harry Niles of
Portland, to attend a traffic con
ference March 16 in the Rose city,
the commission authorized Chief
of Police Ken C. Gulick to be
present. Chief Niles said that the
conference was called at the sug
gestion of President Roosevelt as
a means of reducing traffic fatali
ties. J
Argentina Given Final Chance
To Join in Family of Nations
Mexico City. March 8 U The
20 American nations at the inter-
American conference gave Argen
tina a chance today to return to
the family of American nations.
They devised a formula, fulfill
ment of which would require a
declaration of war by Argentina
on the axis. It specifically calls
for Argentina to change her pol
icy so as to become eligible for
membership in the United Na
tions. A plenary session of this confer
encefrom which Argentina was
excluded ratified the resolution
containing the formula this morn
ing. The conference ends later today
with a final plenary session.
Secretary of State Edward R.
Stettinius, Jr. signed for the Unit
ed States after Mexican Foreign
of Death'
held its regular meeting last
: - .1
Railroad Unions
Set Strike Date
Denver, March 8 IP The five
big railroad brotherhoods have in
structed their local unions
to call engine, train and "yard
service employes of the Denver,
Rio Grande & Western railroad
on strike at 6 p. m. today.
Officials of the railroad said
the move would virtually paralyze
the entire line, but said they had
not been informed of the impend
ing strike. The main track of
the railroad runs from Denver to
Salt Lake City.
A telegram from leaders of the
big brotherhoods said they had
"exhausted efforts to induce man
agement ... to apply awards re
ferred to in strike ballot Feb. 12."
It was explained by union of
ficials that the awards mentioned
in the telegram to their local on
the Rio Grande system referred to
decisions of the national railroad
adjustment board relating to pro
cedural and operational methods
of the railroad.
Jefferson Attains
Red Cross Quota
Madras, March 8 (Special)
Jefferson has reached its Red
Cross quota of $1,000, according
to Mrs. H. A. Dussault, county
chairman. It is hoped that per
haps $2,000 can be reached before
the drive closses.
Minister Ezequiel Padilla formally
imiuuuueu me resolution. -
Delegates here were unanimous
in their praise of the formula
and were optimistic that It would
show the way to Argentina for re
turning to good graces. They ad
mitted, however, that the next
move is Argentina's.
The formula does not commit
any of the signatories to re-establishment
of relations with Ar
gentina. That will be decided In
consultation of all the' other na
tions after Argentina has:
1. Adhered to the principles and
declarations of this conference,
including the "act of Chapultepec"
which pledges collective action
against any aggressor.
2. Change Its policy "until It
achieves Its Incorporation among
the United Nations."
Russians Lash
Mt
eir
Foe Asserts .
ions
27 Miles Away
Nazis Say Battle for T
Capital Launched as
Zhukov Strikes We$t
London, March 8 iipi The Ger
mans said today that the red
army broke across the Oder river
south of Kuestrln, carved out a
bridgehead 10. miles deep and
stormed westward within 27 miles
of Berlin.
Nazi broadcasts' said Marshal
Gregory K. Zhukov's First White
Russian army massed along the1
Oder smashed westward from the
area of Goeritz, six miles south
of Kuestin, and plunged due west
toward Berlin.
The vanguard of the bulging
soviet bridgehead edged against
Seelow, 12 miles southwest q
Kuestin, 10 miles west of the last
natural barrier before Berlin, and
27 miles from the capital itself,
enemy radio dispatches reported.
i Breach Admitted .
' The nazL acknowledgment , of a
yawwng breach liifthe Oder river
line was broadcast a day after
the Germans reported that Zhu
kov's mighty army was opening
the battle for Berlin.
The whole Berlin front In the
Oder valley was reported ablaze
from the Oder elbow 29 miles
northeast of Berlin to the sector
around Frankfurt, a distance of
some 40 miles.
Other Russian forces were
storming the rear defenses of
Stettin and hurrying the battle
of eastern Pomerania to a vic
torious conclusion. The Germans
said Marshal Ivan S. Konev was
massing forces in Silesia in ap
parent preparation for a renewal
of his drive into the south flank
of the Berlin defenses.
Zhukov on Move
Belatedly, the nazis reported
that Zhukov had seized a big
bridgehead across the Oder which
stretched from the area just south
of Kuestrin to that north of
Frankfurt and a number of miles
westward toward Berlin.
The nazis claimed that counter
attacks had constricted the bridge
head. Yesterday the Germans
beat back into Rathstock, six and
a half miles southwest of Kues
trin and three west of Theoder
one broadcast said.
To the north and east the Ger
mans said the Russians reached
the area of Altdamm, east bank
suburb of Stettin, reached the
Stettin lagoon, captured the rail
town of Schlawe on the Baltic
coast east of Koeslin, and reached
the "outer defense ring" of Dan
zig. -
Liberated Group
Reaches Bay City
aii rrancisco, March 8 (IP) A
!uanIP,ort carry'nB a majority of
. ...j miu enustea
men liberated from the Japanese
nrlsnn namn at f i.- .
" a. utn li i uii n on
Luzon steamed through the Gold
en Gate today and tied up at an
embarcadero pier.
ine nuge i-erry building siren
signalled the arrival of the res
cued men who spent almost three
vonra at Pnk.nl.. ,, V. .
?iu ., "j""1" unm tneir
liberation by U. S. rangers dis-
ur oun. uougias Mac
Arthur. ,
Thr, man lnftl..J .
Vu i 7 ' ""-""B survivors
of the losing Bataan and Corregi-
T.ti "V"i",B"3 ana ine infamous
March of Death," were met by
,a.JuGon- C' H- Kells' commander
of the San Francisco port of em
barkation, and other service and
Hl'M. GIVES VP BODIES
Yancouvpr. R r m..-u o
Firemen rpmnunH :
bodies from the wreckage of the'
.,-.u ireignier Greenhili
Park today, bringing the casualty
list to five known ...i , 1
missing. The ship exploded in
omuuvt'i naroor Tuesday.
Soviet Leg
ha tiering
4-
(Hitler Said to Have Admitted
Germany Has Lost War No. 2
Fuehrer Reported to Have Accused Japanese
Of Not Keeping Promise-to Strike at Russia
Stockholm,'' March 8 (U.E) Unconfirmed German under
ground reports claimed today that Adolf Hitler confessed to
high nazi officials that Germany had lost the war.
The admission was said to have been made Feb. 24 at a
meeting of 30 responsible nazi leaders, mostly gnuleiters and
reichleiters.
; Hitler told them, the reports said, that he lost the war
because he "fell victim to the biggest treason in history" and
as a result proclaimed a wanton destruction of Germany.
The fuehrer's statement to
an the blame for losing the
war on "reactionaries" and
treacherous allies, including I
Japan which he said had
pledged to attack Russia si
multaneously with Germany.
War Dead Listed
According to the reports, Hitler
disclosed that German war casu
alties amounted to 12,500,000 dead,
wounded, and missing.
Because of the hopeless situa
tion, the underground sources
said Hitler appointed Gestapo
Chief Helnrich Himmler "special
commissioner of destruction" with
orders -to 'devastate all J German
cities and- Industries even -with
the aid of the Luftwaffe if neces
sary. .
The plans were reported to in
clude the killing of all political
prisoners and hostages, although
it said Hitler was "still deliberat
ing" ways and means of dealing
with war prisoners.
. Called Pirates
The reports asserted that Hitler,
in commenting on the Yalta meet
ing, described the Big Three as
"three world pirates" who
"thought they could share the
bear's skin."
"But when they march through
Germany," Hitler was quoted as
saying, "they will not find (he
bear's skin hut stone heaps, rats,
epidemics, hunger and death.
Rome is Scene
Of More Rioting
Rome, March 8 (U'i A mob
stormed a military clinic last
night in an attempt to reach Gen.
Francesco Jaeomini, fascist war
criminal, but was dispersed after
a gun battle.
Police were investigating today
to determine whether the crowd
was trying to lynch Jaeomini or
help him to escape. It was from
the same clinic that Gen. Mario
Roattu, another Major Italian
war criminal, escaped Sunday
night.
Police Intervene
The riot began as a demonstra
tion in front of the clinic, hut
Carabinieri intervened when the
crowd surged toward the building.
Shots were exchanged.
Jaeomini was about to be trans
ferred from the clinic to Regina
Coell Jail. He was a former gov
ernor of Albania and one of the
plotters of the Italian attack on
Greece. Albania has asked that
he be turned over to her for trial
as a war criminal.
The new outbreak of violence
came as the Bonomi government
appeared to be weathering the
political crisis touched off by
Roatta's escape and fatal riots
outside Crown Prince Vmberto's
palace.
Industrial Fund
Meeting Tonight
Contributors to Bend's post-war
industrial Jund today were urged
by Carl A. Johnson, chairman of
tho fund-raising committee, to at
tend without fail the organization
meeting scheduled for7:.'10 o'clock
tonight in the main dining room
of the Pilot Butte inn.
Since it is expected that the
type of organization will be
agreed upon, and a program of
procedure be adopted, Johnson
said it is imperative that all of
the 140 honors to the fund attend.
Toward
the group, it was added, put
Hurt on Luzon
Photo Arm Studio
Pvt. Francis L. R. Smith, 19,
former Bend high school student
and son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse H.
Smith, 421 East Seward, has been
hurt in action on northern Lu
zon, the war department has an
nounced. BULLETINS
London, March 8 mi Tho
German radio said tonight that
allied bomlicrs were over the
northern outskirts of Berlin,
more were headed for Berlin,
and stilt more were coming In
over western Germany.
Washington, March 8 IIP)
The senate today wrote into i(H
pending nmiiower bill fine and
Juil iienalties for employers who
violalu employment ceilings.
Washington, March 8 UP)
Adm. Chester W. Niniltz said to
Hay that the joint chiefs of staff
are considering a new command
and set-up in the Pacific.
Ottawa, Out., March 8 IP
I'rtmo Minister Mackenzie King
left here at 4 p. m. today for
Washington to visit President
Roosevelt over the weekend, his
office revealed.
AGUINALDO CAPTURED
Manila, March 8 Ul'i Emillo
Aguinaldo, aged Filipino revolu
tionary who led his countrymen
in two wars, was revealed to be in
American custody.
U. S. Warplanes Sharply Increase Offensive
Against Formosa; Yanks Gain in Philippines
Manila, March 8 (ID U. S,
troops virtually cleared Batangas
peninsula in southwestern Luzon
today as American warplanes
sharply Increased the offensive
against Formosa and Japanese
shipping in the China sea.
Seventeen enemy vessels, in
cluding two warships, were sunk
or damaged In the mounting
aerial campaign from the Philip
pines. A communique said tho of
fensive was aimed at the "sterili
zation" of Formosa and the "inter
diction" of Japan's shipping lanes
through the China sea.
The heavy aerial blows to the
west came as elements of the 11th
airborne division and the 158th In
fantry regiment pushed through
Batangas peninsula to the south
west coast of Luzon.
der:
First Army Men
Bank of Historic Stream, Race
Toward Rich Heart of Germany
Americans Reported Pouring Steady Flow
Of Troops, Armor Across Barrier; Nazis
Frantically Broadcast Tales of Defeats
njr United PreM) .')'
Gordon Fraser, Blue network correspondent
with the American First army, reported tonight
that the first German prisoners taken east of the
Rhine said Germany could last only 10 more days.
Paris, March 8 (U.E) Units of the United States First
army have stormed across the Rhine and are advancing into
the heart of Germany afeainst light resistance."
Vanguards of Lt. Gen. Courtney Hodges' First army made
the historic crpssing at 4 :30 o'clock yesterday afternoon south
of Cologne, a front dispatch revealed. " ' ; .
. A partial security blackout cloaked the progress of the
first American columns east of the Rhine, but the announce
ment from Hodges' headquarters that only "light" resistance
had been encountered in the early stages made it clear thq
nilvnncn was irninir wall.- .'" '
' First army tifoops who broke the back ,of the German
Rhineland army on the .plains before ologne in 12 days of.
sustained offensive arid captured Cologne itself almost with
out a struggle won the first Rhine bridgehead. '
Crossing Is Historic
Strong supporting infantry units were rushed into the
bridgehead after -the first shock troops had broken across
and it was indicated that Hodges was pouring a steady tide
of men and armor into the attack.
It was the first time an invading army had crossed Ger-j
many's historic western rampart since Napoleon's army
pushed across the Rhine more than 100 years ago. ,
The assault put Hodges' fast-rolling infantry columns into
the southern flank of the teeming Ruhr basin less than 290
miles southwest of Berlin. " ,
The blow fell squarely upon the center of three German
armies struggling to pull back behind the Rhine under a ter-.
rible storm of fire from American, British, and Canadian divi
sions massed alonir a 110-mile stretch of the Rhine from Co-j
blenz northward to the Dutch border. ;
Germans Tell Of OoshIhk ' .
Frantic German broadcasts hinted that a general assault
on the Rhine was under way or about to begin at several
points north and south of the First army bridgehead.
Berlin spokesmen said the Canadian First army was mass-:
ing powerful tank and infantry formations along the lower
Rhine near the Dutch border for a strike into the rolling plains
of northwestern Germany. They warned their people, too, that
the U. S. Ninth and Third armies flanking Hodges' men were'
.deploying on the west bank of the river for a similar crossing.!
Hodges' swift drive across the Rhine, coming barely 48
hours after the fall of Cologne, made it clear that -the allied
armies of the west were ready to carry the war into the heart
of Hitler's reich without the expected pause for consolidation
on the west side of the river.
Bonn Under Attack
Another potential crossing was in the making a doz,en
miles south of Cologne, where other First army troops cap
tured half the university city of Bonn.
The Yanks also were ramming southward along the Rhine
from Bonn toward a junction with Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's
rampaging Third army tanks in the Coblenz sector.
Elements of the First army cleared more than three
quarters of Badgodesbtirg, two miles south of Bonn, and Ber
lin spokesmen said they plunged ahead almost 13 miles north
to the confluence of the Ahr and Rhine rivers opposite Linz.
The advance carried past the Rhine crossing city of Re
magen, two miles north of Linz, and the Germans said Hodges'
troops were 10 miles from a Third army spearhead at Ander
nach, nine miles north of Coblenz.
Advancing with apparently lit
tle opposition, the troops captured
Balayan. on the northwestern
shore of Balayan bay, and Calata
gan nine and a half miles to the
southwest in the China sea coast.
The drive carried the American
forces within four miles of Cape
Santiago, at the tip of the penin
sula across Verde passage from
the north shore of Mindoro.
While the main forces of Lt.
Gen. Walter Krueger's Sixth army
were regrouping for an all-out
assault against the Japanese on
Luzon, heavy artillery continued
to pound the Principal enemy lines
east of Manila.
The guns were concentrated
along the entire 10-mile Kobaya
shl line from Wawa to Antipolo,
11 miles northeast of Manila, and
Berlin
Lines
Reach Eastern
the communique said the Amer
ican fire "has noticeably reduced
enemy artillery and rocket fire."
Demolition teams of the First
cavalry and Sixth Infantry divi
sions also were working exten
sively through the area and sealed
19 Jaoancse caves with dynamite
charges.
Other American troops of the
38th and 43rd divisions meantime
were completing the combing of
the Zambales mountain range
north of Bataan peninsula for
Japanese stragglers.
The heaviest toll of enemy ship
ping was taken in assaults on For
mosa, 225 miles off the northeast
ern tip of Luzon, and the sur
rounding areas by Mitchell me
dium bombers and army fighters.