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CENTRAL OREGON 5 DAILY NEWSPAPER
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Volume Llll
Berlin Reports
New Crossing
Of Rhine River
' Nazis Say Yanks Span
Stream in Boats and
Link Up With 1st Unit
Paris, March 10 IP American
shock troops made a second Rhine
crossing-north of Remagen, Ber
lin said today, linking up with the
original U. S. First army bridge
head on a solid line extending
more than six miles along the
river bank.
German broadcasts said Amer
ican infantrymen crossed the
Rhine in assault boats near the
river town of Honnef, five miles
north of the captured Ludemlorf
bridge at Remagen. Honnef was
taken by the Americans in their
first rush but later was recap
tured by counterattacking Ger
man forces, the nazis said.
A Transocean war correspond
ent reported that the Americans
were thrown out of Honnef, they
opened a new attack and crossed
the Rhine in several waves of as
sault boats. They broke into the
I town for the second time, and
again street fighting flared up.
Blow Up Spans
To the northwest, the Germans
blew up two bridges over the
Rhine at Wesel, and front dis
patches said the battered rem
nants of three paratrooper divi
sions were pulling out of that last
sizable enemy bridgehead west of
the river between Nijmegen and
Coblenz.
Heavily censored field dis
patches said the original bridge
, head forces opposite Remagen
Vought eastward from Mie bridge
to high ground partially shielding
it from mounting nazl counter
blows. Supreme headquarters an
nounced that Lt. Gen. Courtney
K. Hodges' springboard beyond
the Rhine on the road to Berlin
was expanding steadily. Every in
dication here was that the Yanks
were over (hej-iver to stay . ..
nnagenead Under Fire
Y The Germans opened a strong
uium-i) uumoaramem or the
bridgehead. A dispatch from Lt.
Gen. Omar N. Bradley's army
group headquarters said the
Americans would have to take
the fire until their bulge had
reached at least eight or 10 miles
beyond the river.
The Germans failed in four at
tempts to destroy the Ludendorf
bridpe at Remagen, the capture
of which opened the way to the
heart of the Reich.
(The British Broadcasting com
pany said It intercepted a report
to the Zurich newspaper Die Tat
quoting a spokesman for the Ger
man high command as saying
that the Remagen bridge now had
been destroyed. There was no im
mediate corroboration in any
other quarter.)
By nazi account, the bridgehead
now extended six mllps fmm
tionnet to Linz, east bank towns.
. 1 Vavio Toll 4 ...... I -
Nazis Tell of Attm U
The German DNB news appnev
said that at midday a strong Ger
man force supported by heavy
tanks opened a counterattack
against the northern flank of the
bridgehead. After "extremely
fierce fighting" the Germans
claimed they threw the Ameri
cans out of Honnef.
V-Bomb Strikes
Crowded Square
By Edward V. Roberts
(United Press Staff CorreSlKient)
Southern England, March 10 U
The German V-bomb fell without
warning into the center of a
crowded shopping district. In one
terrific blast it turned the entire
area into a shambles of agony
no. aeatn.
I was about a half-mile awav
when the robot struck. Windows
all about me showered down into
the streets and for five minutes
the sky rained debris ranging
jium splinters to roofing slates
big enough to break a man's head.
It took less than 10 minutes to
reach the site, but in that time
Britain's army of rescue workers
had gone into action and the dead
and wounded were being pulled
out of the mountain of wreckage
where a busy produce market had
stood.
Area Demolished
The first victims, white-faced
from shock and smeared with
blood, were being moved away in
armv trucks when I arrived.
Outside the market the street
was 10 feet deep in debris, splint
ered timbers, twisted steel girders,
buildinc bricks and stone, all pul
venzpd by the explosion.
There were shattered glass and
pnes of vegetables, meat and mer
chandise from the little shops.
And there were the torn bodies
of men, women and children who
onI' 10 minutes before had been
crowding into the stores for their
mid day shopping.
Jap Resistance on I wo Jima
Cracks as U. S. Lines Tighten
Enemy Forces Split Into Two Pockets, Guam
Headquarters Reports; Death Battle Faced
By E. G. Valens ,
(United Press Wy Correspondent)
Guam, March 10 (IIP) Japanese resistance on Iwo be
gan to crack today as three marine divisions tightened their
stranglehold on two big enemy pockets along the north and
east coasts.
The marines widened their corridor between the two
pockets and closed in on the enemy from the south, east and
west in gains of up to several hundred yards in fierce
fighting.
"Resistance during this morning appeared to be diminish
ing although the enemy continued to hold prepared strong
Cologne Boss
(NEA Telephoto)
Lt. Col. John K. Patterson, River
side, Calif., named to head the
American military government ad
ministration of Cologne, Germany,
newly-captured Rhlneland metrop
olis of 800,000 taken by American
First Army.
.i
roops
Probe Nazi Lines
Rome, Italy, March 10 UP)
Fifth army troops have moved up
to Sabbioni and other points on
the Carviano ridge, a mile east
of Vergato, to control all high
ground east of the Reno river to
a point a mile north of Vergato,
headquarters said today.
To the southwest other units
occupied high ground overlooking
Affrica, west of the river, and sent
patrols into the outskirts of the
town.
American patrols thrust north
from mount Delia Torraccia but
were unable to contact the Ger
mans. Two of the raiding parties
discovered an enemy ammunition
cache. They destroyed one 37 mil
limeter and two 88 millimeter guns
and large quantities of artillery,
mortar, and small arms ammuni
tion. Patrol clashes were reported
on the Eighth army front north
east of Fusignano and north of
the Faenza-Bologna railway. En
emy artillery fire increased west
of Bagnacavallo.
Mac Arthur Gets
Medal for Valor
Manila, March 10 (LP) Gen.
Douglas MacArthur received the
Philippine commonwealth's high
est decoration the medal for
valor from President Sergio Os
mena today.
The citation was made for "ex
traordinary courage and valor in
the face of overwhelming odds
shown in Bataan and Corregidor
and exceptional performance of
service of the highest order to the
commonwealth."
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Tokyo Radio Reports Allies Attempting to
Make Landing in Japan, But News Doubted
(Br United Press)
A Tokyo broadcast said today
that the "enemy is now attempt
ing to make a landing on Japan
proper," but it appeared the an
nouncer was referring to admitted
American preparations for an ulti
mate invasion of Japan rather
than an actual landing at this
time.
The reference to the landing
came in a routine news broadcast
announcing Japan's army day. It
was recorded by United Press In
San Francisco.
"Due to their heavy casualties,"
the broadcast said, "the enemy,
trying to make a swift conclusion
of this war is now attempting to
make a landing on Japan proper.
"The Japanese army, on the
other hand. Is inflicting decisive
blows against the enemy and Is
awaiting an opportunity to make
JHE BEND BULLETIN, BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON. SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1945
points tenaciously and snipers
were active. Pacific fleet
headquarters announced in the
first communique on the fight
ing on Iwo in some 36 hours. .
The announcement Indicated
that the 20-day old campaign on
Japan's front doorstep was enter-
ing its final stages, with the end
of organized resistance in sight.
Battle To Death
However, the remnants of the
original garrison of 20,000 now
probably fewer than 4,000 were
battling to the death and more
bloody fighting appeared In pros,
pect before final victory.
The third division smashed
ahead the last few hundred yards
to the sea on the northeast coast
Friday, completely severing Japa
nese troops on the north shore
from those on the east. The third
had captured a cliff overlooking
the beach only 24 hours earlier.
Continuing the attack today, the
third division had widened its hold
on the northeast beaches by noon.
Japs Pinned Down
The Japanese in the north were
pinned between the third marines
in the center of the northeastern
beaches and the fifth division
pressing along the northwest
shoreline to within 1,000 yards of
Kltano, northern tip of the tiny
island.
The fourth division, on the east
coast, was meeting the toughest
resistance in a frontal drive from
the south against the main enemy
pocket, but was hacking out Hm
ited gains.
18 Nazi Generals
Killed By Allies
Since Invasion
By United Press)
Paris, March 10 IU3) Eighteen
German generals have been killed
and 43 captured by the allies since
D-day, allied - headquarters an
nounced today. ..
Fatalities were headed by Field
Marshal Erwln Rommel and Field
Marshal Von Kluge the latter a
suicide and included three gen-
erals, eight lieutenant generals,
four major generals, and one SS
gruppenfuehrer.
Captured were six generals, 12
lieutenant generals, 14 major gen
erals, three Obersten (divisional
commanders), three SS officers
and five admirals.
Allied Rockets
Blast Germans
London, March 10 (IP) Power
ful rockets are being used by
urmsn ana Canadian troops as
land artillery against the Ger
mans, it was revealed today.
The batteries were described as
similar to those perfected for anti
aircraft fire and for naval bomb
ardment. The barrage from 12 projectors
or guns, each with 32 barrels, was
said to be equal to the fire power
oi o.o-incn guns which shot a
shell weighing approximately 100
pounds.
GENERAL IS WOUNDED
Manila, March 10 (Ui Army
doctors reported today that Maj.
L.en. verne Donald Mudge, com
mander of the first cavalrv di
vision, was "out of danger." He
was wounded by a Japanese gren
ade t en. 2H.
a large-scale counter-offensive." iThey recalled that the first an
Military sources In Washington nouncement of the resignation of
were skeptical that any landing I Japanese Premier Hideki Toio
attempt had been made. They
pointed out there had been no pre
liminary sea and air bombard
ment such as always precedes an
amphibious invasion. .
There was a possibility that the
announcer was referring to the
American invasion of Iwo, which
is administered by the Tokyo pre
fecture and is considered part of
the Japanese home Islands.
Iwo is 750 miles south of Tokyo.
The broadcast was in English
and veteran Tokyo listeners said
the reference might have been an
imnerfect translation of the orig
inal Japanese.
Nevertheless, they said, there
was a remote possibility that the
assertion that a landing attempt
was under way might be true.
Troopers Land
On Mindanao,
serf
Grim Fighting Is Now
In Proqress, Reports
Foe; Yanks Are Silent
By II. D. Quigff ,
(United Press War Correspondent) ,
Manila, March 10 lPi Tokyo re
ported today that American Inva
sion forces were fighting in Zam
boanga, second largest port on
Mindanao, after landing on .the
southwest tip of the islund Thurs
day. , TT
An enemy broadcast said the u.
S. assault troops have been land
ing since early Thursday morning
from a big task force, including
battleships and cruisers. - i,
A heavy bombardment from
surface craft and approximately
140 planes covered the Invasion
operations at Zamboanga, Tokyo
said.
"Gritrf fighting is now raging
In that area," the broadcast added.
The enemy reports still were
not confirmed.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's com
muninue todav reDorted only that
heav medium and fighter bomb
ers raided Zamboanga lor tno sec
ond successive day Wednesday.
Area Heavily Bombed
A totnl of 107 tons of bombs
were showered on Japanese per
sonnel areas, fuel and supply
dumps at Zamboanga, causing ex- H
plosions and numerous nres, ira
communique said. ( :
Mitchell medium bombers at
the same time swept over the Sulu
archipelago stretching from Zam
boanga to Borneo to raid Sanga
Sanga airdrome on Tawitawl Is-,
land, 33 miles from Labian point'
on the northeastern tip of Borneo.
The Tokyo broadcast said the
fleet supporting the invasion of
Mindanao, second largest and
southernmost of the Philippines,
consisted of two battleships, three
cruisers and some 20 destroyers.
Tokyo yesterday had said the
armada-eomprtnefl-77 ships and-aV
that time listed three battleships
and four cruisers. ,
New Drive Opened
MacArthur's communique
meantime disclosed that Ameri
can First cavalry and Sixth in
fantry division troops had opened
a new offensive east of Manila,
on Luzon, burning and blasting'
gains up to four miles in the con-
tor of the Japanese Kooayasm
line.
Heavy artillery guns, which
showered the Japanese with 3,700
rounds of shells, and marine dive
bombers blasted a path for the
advancing ground forces.
550 Japs Die in
Thrust on Lines
With Marine Assault Forces on
Iwo Island, March 10 (Via Navy
Radio) IP) More than 550 des
perate Japanese were killed last
night when they made an unsuc
cessful attempt to infiltrate en
masse through Fourth marine di
vision lines.
The enemy offensive, which was
not a banzai or drunken attack,
cost the Americans no ground. It
started at approximately 10:30
p. m. and lasted until dawn. Heavy
firing from marine machine guns
chopped the Japs down.
Europe Soldiers
To Get Furloughs
Washington, March 10 tP)
When the European war ends
many U. S. soldiers will get fur
loughs at home before being sent
to the Pacific, according to Lt.
Gen. Brehon Somervell, chief of
the army service forces.
Speaking by radio (CBS) on the
third anniversary of .the army
service forces, Somervell said
other soldiers in Europe will be
sent direct to the orient.
"Our job will be larger, not
smaller, after V-E day," he said.
last summer was sandwiched In
tne middle of a propaganda broad
cast. The broadcast followed a warn
ing by War Minister Field Mar
shal Gen Suglyama that an allied
invasion of Japan was inevitable.
"Judging from the recent prog
ress in the war situation," he told
the Japanese army, "that the
enemy is contemplating a plan to
invade this divine land is as ob
vious as that we see the sun."
Sugiyama called upon the army
to "defend this divine land and
our national policy." The state
ment was broadcast by Tokyo
radio, which called It the first of
its kind ever Issued by a Japanese
war minister. FCC monitors re
corded the broadcast.
NiDDonsAs
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First Navy Nurse on Iwo Jima
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(NEA naSo-Ttkphoto)
Ensign Jane Dendlegh of Oberlln, O., first Navy flight nurse to arrive fof
duty on Iwo Jima, bends over a Marino seriously wounded in battle for
the Iwo Jima airstrip, U. 8. Navy photo, transmitted from Guam by
Navy radlo-telephoto.
Red Cross Fourth War Fund
Drive Reaches
Quota
$22,300
Received to Date
$12,293.68
' The Deschutes county American Red Cross Fourth War
Fund campaign today has passed the half-way mark, with
headquarters reporting that
$22,300 had already been collected. .' . -
Average receipts for the
S4.500. and if this mice is keut
Workers saw hopes that the drive would be suceessf ullyended
Monday night in the 12 days set aside for the drive. En
thusiastic workers were cheered by the possibility that Des-
Ochutes county probably would
Bridge Oyer Rhine
Saved By Officer
Pittsburgh, March 10 (IJ'i The
army lieutenant credited with
saving the Remagen bridge for
the Ninth army division of the
Rhine river In Germany was ident
ified today as Lt. John Batten
field Mitchell of Brentwood, Pa.
A former pin boy and assistant
manager of a Pittsburgh bowling
alley, the 28-year-old combat en
gineer was credited in a United
Press dispatch with leading a
group of his men In a dash across
the bridge in a surprise move
that caught the Germans com
pletely off guard.
Unhook Wires
"Mitch," as he is known to his
friends here, reportedly unhooked
wires loading to mines that were
set to explode within a few min
utes. '
According to a dispatch from
United Press war correspondent
C. R. Cunningham, Mitchell and
his men made it possible for full.ber of commerce offices.
armored forces to start their
march into the "pay dirt" of
Germany.
The lieutenant's father, Walter
S. Mitchell Sr., described his son
as a rather shy fellow, "but one
who could get things done when
he set his mind to it."
Six Member Post
Largest in U. S.
Los Angeles, March 10 (UiThe
Stanton Post, Grand Army of the
Republic, today gained a new
member to become tho largest
GAR unit in the nation.
The station post now has six
civil war veterans on its rolls.
Latest to Join was Orrin Mal
lctte, 97, who served with company
H of the 46th Wisconsin infantry.
He had lived In small towns since
his discharge 80 years ago and
none of the towns had GAR posts.
He moved to Los Angeles this
week.
Mackenzie King
And FDR Confer
Washington, March 10 1M Ca
nadian Prime Minister W. L. Mac
kenzie King was reariv todav to
return to Montreal with first-hand
information from President
Roosevelt on the Crimea confer
ence and the forthcoming San
Francisco security parley.
King came to Washington by
train yesterday for what Presi
dent Roosevelt said was a routine
visit. The Canadian leader and
Roosevelt, long standing personal
friends, conferred at the White
House shortly after King's arrival.
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Halfway Mark
Balance
$10,106.32
$12,293.68 of the total quota of
past two days have exceeded
through todav and Monday.
be first to reach its goal in the
state.
Accordingly, the Junior
chamber of commerce and its
nuxilinry in Bend, -like other
campaigners In the rural sections
of the country, redoubled their
COMMUNICATION AIDED
The local chapter at the Amer
ican ltd Cross Is Instrumental
In relaying messages from rela
tives here to fighters all over
the world. Innumerable calls
were made on the families of
service men who want to know
about the welfare of those at
home, and the results of these
calls have been forwarded to
field directors at overseas sta
tions. Last year tho chapter
made 225 Investigations for fur
loughs and furlough extensions.
efforts in raising funds. They
particularly asked that persons
who have not yet donated, and
who plan to, send in their con
tributions by Monday evening.
Any solicitor will receive the mon
ey, or it may be sent to the cam.
i palgn headquarters in tho Cham-
Mills Make Donations
Largest donors of the campaign
today were revealed to have been
The Shevlln-Hlxon Company, and
Brooks Scanlon-Lumber Company
Inc. Each gave $750, lt was report
ed by Bruce Gilbert, county cam
paign chairman. Previously the
Bend Elks held high place, with a
donation of $500.
Adults who have a better ap
preciation of tho accomplish
ments of the Red Cross, found to
day that children are nevertheless
enthusiastic In aiding this par
ticular campaign. Headquarters
workers were surprised, and not
a little pleased, when a number
of Boy Scouts came In. Their
spokesman said:
Ask More Work
"We have finished distributing
those pamphlets. What else can
we do to help this thing along?"
Vern Larson, publicity chair
man, discovered that some sec
tions of the city had been over
looked, and he quickly put the
willing scouts to work aRain.
Latest contributions follow:
$50.00
Halbrook Motors, Dr. H. E.
Mackey.
$30.00
Cashmans.
$25.00
J. B. Bear, R. Kotchum, Dr. and
Mrs
P. Woerner, William T. Me
Lean, Mrs. Harry A. Miller, C. E
Woodflll.
$20.00
Niswonger and WInslow.
$15.00
Arthur Johnson.
$10.00
Central Oregon Garage, Elmer
Iehnherr, H. B. Moore, Dorothy
Whetzel, W. D. Ovcrholser, Mrs.
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Fires Visible for 200 Miles
Kindled in Tokyo By Raiders
In Heavy Blow
300 Giant Bombers Roar Over Empire City,
Three Abreast, in Long Parade of Death and'
Destruction; War Effort Believed Dislocated
By Frank Tremaine
(United Press Wnr Conespondent) '
Guam. March 10 (TIE) Fifteen square miles of war fac
tories, business houses and other buildings in the heart of
Tokyo lay in flaming ruins today following the heaviest
superfortress raid ever made
Fires visible for 200 miles were kindled by 1,000 to z.ixiu
tons of incendiary bombs in the two-hour raid shortly after
midnight this morning. More than 800 giant B-29's, the
greatest force ever assembled, thundered over the capital
three abreast in a 300-mile-long
tion.
The devastated target area,
and Brooklyn combined, ex-
tended to the eastern edge of
ttle imperial palace and housed
1,000,000 persons. A Tokyo
broadcast said the imperial
stables were set afire. .
Kail Yards Hit
A medium force probably 50
strong of Superfortresses from
the 20th bomber command In In
dia, meantime, struck in daylight
today at railway yards in the vital
communications center of Kuala
Lampur on the Malayan penin
sula. Eye witness reports from re
turning crewmen indicated that
the raid on Tokyo seriously dis
jointed the capital's war effort.
The attack was thVee to four
times heavier than the famous
German fire raid that burned out
the center of London in December
1940 and approached in weight the
l.uuu-piane American daylight
raids on uermany.
The target area originally
charted covered an area 50 blocks
long and 10 blocks wide 10
square miles packed with vital
war factories, military objectives,
business district. 1 Conflagrations
already engulfedl' another five
square miles beforfc the raid waa-
over. r. ...
1 , Sea of Flames
Crewmen said the mile and a
half stretch from the moated Im
perial palace to the Sumida river
and another huge area on the op
posite bank of the river literally
were a "sea of flame."
It was possible that the fire
damage extended to such vital rail
way centers on the edge of the
target area as Joban Ueno and
central Tokyo stations from which
radiate the main lines serving
Honshu island,
The Marunouchl telephone ex
change with thousands of lines
and automatic equipment may
have been damaged. Also border
ing the target area were the im
portant Marunouchl and Glnza
business and commercial areas.
City Burning
Thousands, perhaps tens of
thousands of war workers' homes
lay within the area marked for
destruction. Apart from those
killed, the evacuation of tho sur
vivors was expected to have a
serious effect on employment in
the war factories.
"There will be a lot of cold,
shelterless people in Tokyo to
night," said Maj. Robert Irwin of
Esthervllle, Iowa, a unit com
mander." Crucifixion Held
Publicity Stunt
Chicago, March 10 U Police
were convinced today that the cru
cifixion of Fred Walscher, 44, an
Austrian-born tavern porter, was
a publicity stunt designed to focus
attention on his world economic
plan.
Assistant State's Attorney Wil-
bert F. Crowley said that some of
the admissions that Walscher had
made under questioning could be
regarded as a confession that the
stunt was a hoax.
Soviets Impose
On Blazing Oder River Front
London, March 10 Uli Soviet
troops and tanks were reported
battling today through the streets
of Altdamm, directly across the
Oder river from Germany's great
Baltic port of Stettin.
Nazi accounts indicated the
northern army of Marshal Greg
ory K. Zhukov's First White Rus
sian army already has seized sev
eral streets in the east-bank sub
urb, as well as valuable ground
from which Soviet guns can pour
shells directly into Stettin.
Far to the east, Moscow dis
patches said, Marshal Konstantin
K. Rokossovsky's Second White
Russian army pushed to within
7V4 miles of the former free port
of Danzig. One Second army col
umn east of Danzig was heading
toward the former Polish naval
base of Gdynia, 13 miles north of
Danzig.
(A Moscow broadcast said the
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at Nip Capital
on Japan.
parade of death and destruc
1 . , . ; .-.
equal to southern Manhattan
;
General Views
Burning Tokyo
For Two Hours
21st Bomber Command Head
quarters, Guam, March 10 UP
Brig. Gen. Thomas Power, com
mander of the newest B-29 unit
to swing into action against Japan
watched for two hours today
while the most heavily populated
and inflammable section of Tokyo
burned.
He returned to describe it as
"the greatest show on earth."
Power, of Fort Worth, Tex.,
commander of a wing making the
first officially announced opera
tion from Guam, spent two hours
over the Japanese city charting
the progress of the fire.
The attack, Power said, was "50
times as successful" as the de
structive Feb. 25 raid.
"Unless they've got the best
fire department in the world
they're going to have a' lot of
trouble in Tokyo," he said.
'"The fire was burning so llerce
ly when we left I don't see how
they could bring in equipment to
control it." .
Industrial Fund y
Election Shaped
Carl A. Johnson, temporary
chairman of the Bend post-war
industrial organization, appoint
ed a committee yesterday to con
duct elections for permanent offi
cers and another to draw up a
constitution and by-laws.
The election committee, consist
ing of C. J. Lindh, chairman, Ray
Cooper,' Price Barclay, Clyde M.
McKay and Floyd Burden, will
conduct a primary election with
every contributor eligible to vote.
Ten contributors receiving the
greatest number of votes will be
declared nominees. These names
will then be balloted upon with
five to be elected as the govern
ing body of the post-war industrial
organization.
The constitution and by-laws
committee is composed of Ken
Longballa, chairman; H. H. De
Armond, Vance Coyner, N. R.
Gilbert and George F. Euston.
This committee has been Instruct
ed to submit rules and regula
tions to a meeting of contributors,
at an early date, for adoption.
BOY BITTEN BY DOG
Lawrence Carroll, 13-year-old
son of Mrs. Harry Carroll, Rt. 1,
Block 113, received a severe
wound on his left leg when bit
ten by a dog today, according to
Bend officers. Mrs. Carroll
brought the boy to police head-
quarters, and he said that he was
"attacked by the dog while walking
i in the 1100 block on South Third
I street.
News Blackout
Soviets had broken Into the
"southern outer suburbs" of Dan
zig.) The soviet high command con
tinued its security blackout on de
velopments along the embattled
Berlin front pending a decisive de-
! velopment.
A Berlin broadcast said nazl
Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph
Goebbels had visited the Silesian
front southeast of Berlin and
sought to whip up the morale of
German forces with an assertion
that Adolf Hitler still could lead
the reich to victory "if he has the
support of every German."
A German Transocean broad
cast said the resistance being of
fered by the nazl garrisons of
Breslau, encircled Silesian capital,
and Frankfurt and Kuestrin, on
the Oder line before Berlin, were
setting a pattern for the forthcom
ing battles of Stettin, Danzig and,
"above all, Berlin."