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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
Volume LIU
THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY. OREGON, TUESDAY. MARCH 13. 1945
NO. 83
BEHD)
Military Road
East of Rhine
boaiot ranks
Americans Span River
" With Pontoons, Move
Troops Over Barrier '
Paris, March 13 U American
forces in the Remagen bridgehead
drove eastward nearly two miles
today, covering half the distance
to the Ruhr-Rhineland superhigh
way, and were revealed to have
thrown a pontoon bridge across
the Rhine.
Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges'
First army headquarters reported
that German artillery which had
been plastering the bridgehead
appeared to have been withdrawn
across the military highway
against which the doughboys were
closing.
Four scattered counterattacks
against the perimeter ot the
American foothold in inner Ger
many broke against the stonewall
stand of the constantly reinforced
First army units.
Troops Gross River
Troops, armor, and supplies
now were pouring across the
Rhine over two bridges the big
t Ludendorff span and a supple-
mentary pontoon bridge which
Hodges' engineers were revealed
to have thrown across the river.
One American column striking
out at the northeast corner of
the bridgehead the nazis said
the Ninth armored division was
attacking there gained nearly a
mile northeast of Honnef. .
Front dispatches did not dis
close the specific location of the
advance within about two miles
of the superhighway or autobahn.
But they said the U. S. vanguard
was that close to the traffic ar
tery, and 24 hours earlier had re
ported the distance as four miles.
Gains of about 400 yards were
reported at the southern end of
the bridgehead. The towns of Hon
nef and Hoenningen, on the east
bank of the Rhine 10 miles apart,
marked the general north-south
limits of the pocket. Street fight
ing was going, on in both towns.
L W Artillery " fire on the Rhine
1 . i. i t i.
ifnugtrs mm liic Aiiii-ncaii pucKet
itself fell off sharply with the re
ported withdrawal of the nazi
field pieces across the highway.
Between 9 a. m. and 4 p. m. today
not a shell fell in the area of the
bridges. Twenty-five planes tried
to dive-bomb the bridges. A num
ber were knocked down.
Mayfield Buys
Keystone Ranch
Purchase by Howard Mayfield,
midstate stockman, of one of Cen
tral Oregon's best known and
largest holdings, the Keystone
ranch on Ochoco creek some 12
miles east of Prineville on the
Oclioco highway, was announced
here today. The' purchase was
Vrom Jacob Gallus, Portland busi
ness man who has operated the
big ranch for the past two years.
Consideration and the total
acreage involved in the big trans
action were not announced. All
ranch machinery was included in
the deal. Mayfield will operate
the big plant as a cattle ranch.
Land invoiced in the sale is in
one large body, sloping up from
Ochoco creek Into Blue mountain
timber.
C. Sam Smith Ranch
The big ranch in pioneer days
was the property of C. Sam Smith,
one of the largest operators in
early-day Crook county. In more
recent years it was operated by
George Russell.
In buying the big Crook county
cattle ranch, Mayfield is re-entering
the stock business following
a short "vacation". Two and a
half years ago he sold his Des-
inuies ana Kiamatn countv noia-
gs, at Lapine and Lower bridge,
to J. . f Popup. As a hov. Mav-
field was raised in the Prineville
country.
Mayfield's two sons, Bill and
Wayne, are in the service. May
field will take possession of the
Keystone ranch on April 1
Riverside Lights
Broken by Boys
Boys who allegedly were break
ing street lights on Riverside
drive, and bulbs in Drake park
late last night, eluded police after
they had been called by a resi
dent who said that the boys fled
In the direction of the foot bridge.
A more frequent patrol around
'he park has been ordered by
Chief of Police Ken C. Gulick, as
result of the frequent breaking
of the lights, it was reported.
WATER CHANGE SOUGHT
An application for a change In
location of the use of water was
'ilod yesterday with the Deschutes
county clerk's office by the Squaw
Week irrigation district
Drive for Red Cross Funds
Temporarily Lags in Bend
Chai rman of Campaign Asks Business Firms
To Submit Reports; Donor List Is Published
Quota
. Received to Date
$14,413.00
$22,300
Deschutes county's American Red Cross Fourth War Fund
campaign today had assumed a snail's pace, officials reported,
with receipts for yesterday totaling only $985. This money
was taken in at the Bend headquarters in the Chamber of com
merce offices.
Tardiness of business houses in turning in their reports
and lists of donors was blamed for the apparent bogging down
of the drive, and Bruce Gilbert, county chairman, again asked
that reports be made without delay. Harold Gentry, chairman
I wo Casualty
Lt-Col. A. A. Vandegrift, Jr.,
above, son of the Marine Corps
commandant, was wounded in
both legs by Jap mortar fire on
Iwo Jima, where he commanded
a battalion of the 24th Marine
Regiment. He was also wounded
in the battle for Saipan in the
Marianai Islands.
Local Teachers
Are Re-elected
Steps toward obtaining the
services of an architect for post
war school planning were taken
last night by the Bend school
board when it authorized the
clerk of the districts to open ne
gotiations with F. Marlon Stokes,
of the firm of Stokes '& Allyn,
Portland. Stokes had conferred
with the board last month.
On motion of Mrs. P. N. Arm
strong, chairman of the teachers
committee, the board . re-elected
1 4
11?., e" ,rt- CJ.uSJlH uat IriNelson, Mrs. Doris Risen.
budget committee on February 26
when it approved a flat $90 a year
increase. Salary of the superin
tendent Howard W. George, which
was not acted upon by the budget
committee, was also raised under
terms of his three-year contract
which provides tnat his rate of
pay shall be changed as teacher
rates are changed.
Finances Studied
Rev. Kenneth Tobias, pastor of
the First Baptist church, accom
panied by Owen Hocker, paid a
brief visit to report that organi
zation is being started looking
toward financing the Bible teach
ing program in the public schools
which was approved by the board
in February. Churches and sym
pathetic organizations and indi
viduals are to finance the under
taking. The superintendent reported
that Bend teachers had given
more than $400 to the Red Cross
it its current drive.
Members attending the meeting
were A. O. Schilling, chairman,
Dr. G. W. Winslow, Mrs. Arm
strong, Al Eriksen and Glenn H.
Gregg.
Foreign Policy Objectives of U. S. State
Department Backed By Appropriations Unit
Washington, March 13 (IPi The
house appropriations committee
recommended today that con
gress loosen its purse strings and
give the state department more
money to achieve its foreign pol
icy objectives.
The recommendation was made
In a bill to provide $259,109,700
for the state, Justice and com
merce departments and the fed
eral judiciary during the 1946
fiscal year.
The figure represented an in
crease of $23,225,608 over appro
priations for the current fiscal
year, and the state department
alone received an Increase of ap
proximately that amount. The
committee cut $13,620,100 from
the total approved by the budget
bureau.
The committee endorsed the de
partment's foreign policy objec
tives and said it was disinclined
to restrict or delay their attain-:
ment because of insufficient ap-
propriations." I
Ralanra
$7,887.00
of Bend s Junior chamber of
commerce fund-raising drive
said that only 40 per cent of
the local firms had responded
to the call for "mercy dollars."
' Fund Aided
While those in a better position
to contribute apparently were
withholding their support to the
Red Cross, workers at the head
quarters today cited an outstand
ing case of genuine generosity.
Yesterday, they said, a little, old
woman visited the headquarters.
Her clothing denoted near pov
erty. Apologetically she handed
the staff members $2.00 and asked
that her name be not divulged.
"I don't want the public to know
that I gave so little when the Red
Cross needs so much," she said.
Mrs. Don Higgins, chairman of
the Jaycee auxiliary group aiding
in the campaign, reported that
the following women assisted at
headquarters on Saturday, Mon
day and today:
List Released
Mrs. W. R. Nance, Mrs. William
Barton, Mrs. Ray Dahl, Mi's.
George Thompson, Mrs. Harvey
Fields, Mrs. Howard Givan, Mrs.
Harold Gentry, Mrs. Ward Coble,
Mrs. Del Hale, Mrs. W. H. Myers,
Mrs. Crosby Shevlin, Mrs. Wilfred
Jossy and Mrs. Charles Board
man. Latest contributions are:
$75.00
Medo-Land Creamery.
$50.00
H. G. Ralney, Frank Inabnit,
Mrs. Mabel S. Prince.
$25.00
Allen Young, Maren Gribskov,
Gilbert Real. Estate!, City Clean
ers. Bend Supply company.
$20.00
Lucille Wood. . .
v $15.00 v
Lois Rice, Mrs. Anna J. Livings
ton. I $10.00
Capitol Cleaners, Elizabeth
Kibby, Faye Crawford, Martha
Blair, Bert Meeks, Ross Farnham,
A. B. Estebenet, Ben Murphy,
Clarence Elder, Teamster's Union
Local No. 321, W. A. Lackaff, Eu
gene V. Clark, Congress Food
Market, John De Boer, Charles
Porter, R. -Ewart Jewell, T. D.
Sexton, Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
George, Betty Arnest, Mrs. Henry
$8.00
George Freeman.
(Continued on Page 4)
Bolivia President
Assassin Target
La Paz, March 13 uAn un
disclosed number of persons were
held today on charges of attempt
ing to assassinate Bolivian presi
dent Col. Gualberto Villarroel and
his family Sunday night.
A communique by the interior
ministry said a group of persons
fired several shots at Villarroel's
automobile between La Paz
heights and the city.
One bullet hit the left door of
the car, the communique said, but
it was not revealed whether the
president or members of his fam
ily were injured.
The assailants were quickly
rounded up and will be tried, the
ministry said.
An appropriation of $71,878,400
was recommended for the state
department for the fiscal year,
exclusive of overtime pay for em
ployes, compared with a corre
sponding figure of $47,070,588 for
the current year.
In its justice department rec
ommendations, the committee de
parted from usual practice and
increased the amount approved
by the budget bureau. The bureau I
had approved an estimate of $92,-1 The state department, anticipate
322300, compared with $103,546,-! ing early independence for the
282 this year, but the committee ' Philippines, is ready to send the
raised the total to $93,468,900. I first American ambassador to the
The bureau's estimate would islands,
have forced the FBI to close flvej The department obtained corn
field offices and drop 400 agents mlttee approval of Its request for
and 200 clerks. However, the com-. $17,500 to send an envoy to the
mlttee said it was unwilling to new Philippines republic that will
Jeopardize the nation's Internal emerge after the last Japanese
security program. It said it had ; have been driven out. Congress
confidence in FBI Director J. 1 rm-n.iv n,,ihrw
Edear Hoover and believed he
would not spend all of the money
unless he needed it I
U. S. Troopers,
On Mindanao
Strike Inland
Japs Pepper Pursuers
With Mortar Fire and
Machine Gun Bullets
Manila, March 13 (IB-Veteran
U. S. troops fanned out rapidly
in southwest Mindanao today
against only disorganized Japa
nese resistance after capturing
the administrative city of Zambo
anga. . , . - . ,
The swift drive firmly establish
ed a bridgehead three miles long
and nearly two miles wide along
Basilan strait and brought the fall
of Zamboanga city, four villages
and two valuable airdromes.
The effect of the initial surprise
of the invasion, no win its fourth
day, continued. Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur emphasized in his com
munique that the Japanese had
not yet been able to effectively or
ganize their forces.
Zamboanga Reached
In the first 30 hours after the
landing, seasoned jungle fighters
of Maj. Gen. Jens A. Doe's 41st di
vision barreled through three
miles of elaborate steel and con
crete pillboxes to reach Zambo
anga. Japanese forces, which fled to
the surrounding hills, peppered
the advancing troops with ma
chine gun and mortar fire, but
the communique said the enemy
Inflicted "only minor loss to our
troops."
While one column of Doe's
forces tumbled Zamboanga with
its administration buildings, an
other unit drove inland and seized
San Rogue airdrome, one and a
half miles northwest of the city.
. San Rogue airfield was the sec
onflk major airdrome taken on
'Mindanao and provided the Amer
icans with a number' of airstrips.
Reconnaissance planes already
were operating from Wolfe air
field, three-quarter of a mile in
land from the initial landing spot
atamfati - 4 -.-m.--h,
' Boats Give Aid ' - '
P-T boats maintained a steady
patrol of Basilan strait, support
ing the ground troops ashore with
automatic fire. They also teamed
up with 13th air force Mitchell
medium bombers to rake enemy
installations on Basilan island,
across the narrow strait from
Mindanao. A number of small
Japanese craft were sunk off the
southern end of Basilan.
Fighters and bombers also sup
ported MacArthur's troops steadi
ly compressing the Japanese pock
ets on Luzon.
Morgan Survivor
Of Fierce Typhoon
Jay Morgan, 19, seaman 1c,
former Bend high school student
and son of Mr. and Mrs. J. V.
Morgan, Bend, was a member of
the fleet unit from which three
destroyers were lost last fall in a
Pacific typhoon, it has been
learned here. Thirty-five planes
were swept from the deck of Jay's
ship by the terrific wind.
The Bend sailor Is at present
stationed at a Califorina port. His
wife is the former Betty Murphy,
also of Bend. Jay, while on, duty
in the Pacilfc, was In three major
engagements.
SISTERS BOY ENLISTS
Sisters, March 13 Jack L. Tru
sholm, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Trusheim of Sisters, has en
listed in the U. S. Coast Guard
at Portland, and now is at home
on inactive duty, awaiting call to
report for basic training at Ala
meda, Cal. He Is a two-year
basketball letterman at Sisters
high school.
For the commerce department,
the committee recommended $79,
422,000 compared with $72,567,524
in the current year. For the fed
eral courts. It suggested $14,390,
400 compared with this year's ap
propriation of $12,699,698.
The committee released tran
scripts of hearings where offi
cials of the various departments
testified on the monev reauests.
Here are some of the high points
of the testimony:
,m ,Han, h i.i AL.. ". '..
ahead of the July 6 1946 deadline
originally established by law?
. , ... ; (flgj Radio-Teltphoto)
Infantrymen of the Ninth V. B. Army rest their rifles on railing of a riverside safe at Uerdlngen, Germany, at
.they draw a bead on the enemy across the Rhine River. Blgnal Corps radlo-telephoto.
Worker Killed
In Gorge Plunge
Funeral arrangements were be
ing made today for John Byrd,
46, of 217 Llnster place, Bend,
who was fatally injured shortly
after noon yesterday when he ac
cldently slipped from a high ledge
in. the Crooked river gorge east
of Terrebonne and was crushed
on rocks 75 feet below. The vic
tim died as he was being removed
from the gorge on a stretcher.
Because it was clearly an ac
cident, Coroner C. P. Nlswonger,
Sheriff Claude L. McCauley and
District Attorney A. J. Moore said
that there would be no inquest.
The three officials visited the
:n- JIS ll Z t,Ll ih Z T
scene immediately after the ac -
cident and took a statement irom
S. S. Leonard, Bureau of RecW'
mation inspector, who witnessed
the fall.
''The scene of the accident was
at the site of the huge flume be
ing constructed by the Bureau of
Reclamation and David Richard
son, contractor, to carry water
across the gorge for the North
Unit irrigation district.
Ropes Not Used
According to officers, Byrd, an
employe of Richardson, was en
gaged in removing loose rock
from an abutment site, and ap
parently was not using a safety
rope, two of which hung nearby.
Leonard said that he was across
the gorge from the victim when
he chanced to look over Just as
Byrd slipped.
Byrd had been residing in Bend
with his family for approximately
a year, having come nere irom
Jerome, Idaho.
Survivors include his wife,
Alice, and the following children:
Betty Joyce, Patsy Ruth, Richard
Frank, John Theodore and Verle
LeRoy. Six brothers and three sis
ters also survive.
The body will be shipped "to
Idaho Falls, Id., where funeral
services will be held.
Veteran of Sub
Given Discharge
Robert J. Wetle, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Wetle, Bend, and a vet
eran of three years' duty In the
submarine service, has received
a medical discharge from the
United States navy and has re
turned to Bend. Bob plans to as
sist his father In the operation
of the Wetle store here.
Most of the Bend sailor's sub
marine service was in the south
west Pacific, and included a raid
close to Tokyo in which a Japa
nese aircraft carrier was sent to
the bottom.
Bob, who received his medical
discharge at the naval hospital In
Newport, R. I., held the rating
of an electrician, second class.
Herd Inspection
Bill Is Approved
Salem. Ore.. March 13
One of a series of milk control
bills, the one which provides for
the periodic Inspection of dairy
herds for Bangs disease, today
had the approval of the senate
agricultural committee.
".r ; "
aniuiiMiiun yji ail Hum ca.i.-uv
that from certified disease-free
herds was still pending In the com
mittee. Former Bend Man
Dies in Portland
Word was received this morn
ing of the sudden death in Port-1
land of Tom Coxen, former real-
dent of Bend for many years, who
had been employed In the Oregon .
shipyards In that city. j
The body will be shipped to
Bend for burial but arrangements
have not been completed as yet.
Americans Stand Watch on
Cordon Gives
Abbot Data to
Navy Officers
Senator Guy Cordon of Oregon
has been advised that the navv
department is seeking a site for
a malaria and filariasis recupera
tion center for use by the seabees.
and the senator personally is call
ing attention to the availability
01 tne facilities of camp Abbot, a
dispatch from the Washington
bureau of the Oregon Journal
states.
The availability of the site is
also being called to the attention
of Admiral Ross Mclntlre, sur
geon general of the navy. . .
Cordon Is pointing out that this
camp is at the right elevation, al-
ready is set up and complete with
lwa ' and svm. hn.
railroad and highway transoorta
tlon and 1 ready for, almost im
mediate occupation.
Marines have a similar .camp at
tviamain' rails, o-.: y."
Huge Sum Asked
To Operate Navy
Washington, March 13 (IP)
President Roosevelt asked con
gress today for a 1946 fiscal year
budget of $23,719,153,050 for the
navy.
This is a reduction of more
than $4,000,000,000 (B) from the
figure for this year.
The president also submitted a
request for additional contract
authorizations of $3,088,012,624 for
the navy. About half of this, or
$1,513,012,624, would be new au
thorizations:. -The balance would
be continued from the current fis
cal year.
The request envisioned a navy
during fiscal 1946 composed of
approximately 3,389,000 men. Ma
rine corps strength was set at
478,000 and the coast guard
strength at 173,165.
Realtors Get Data
On Land Bank Aid
Financial assistance the Federal
Land bank extends to farmers of
Deschutes county was explained
last night to members of the Des
chutes county Realty board when
they held their regular monthly
meeting in the Redmond hotel.
Seven members of the board
from Bend attended the meeting,
whlch was presided over by Wal-i
ter L. Daron, Bend, president of
the board. After opening the meet
ing, he turned the gavel over to
J. Shively, representing the Red
mond group.
Principal speaker was Martin G.
Skarr, manager of the Redmond
office of the Federal Land bank
of Spokane. He listed the various
federal farm agencies whoso serv
ices are available in this county,
and the fields covered by each. He
said that the federal bank com
missioner makes loans for crop
production, agriculture credit cor
poration loans and farm security
loans.
Dinner was arranged by the
, Redmond members,
j
rive Miners Mile
d
,
Under Tons of Rocks
Waynesburg, Pa., March 13
(IP) Five miners were killed yes
terday in a fall of thousands of!
tons of boulders and earth three
miles Inside the Crucible mine
of the Crucible Steel Co., Greene
I county.1
SALARY INCREASED
Salem, Ore., March 13 (l The
house today passed senate bill 225,
which raises the salary of the
state engineer from $4500 to
$4800.
i The office Is held by Charles
I E. Strlcklin at present.
Rhine
Pine Pilot Plant
Luncheon Topic
By-products extracted from
lumber treated in the pine pilot
plant operated in Bend under the
direction of the Western Pine as
sociation will offset the Increased
cost of the plant over the dry-kiln
method, Carl Rasmussen, plant
manager, predicted when speak
ing today at the weekly luncheon
meeting of the Bend Lions club in
the Pine Tavern.
As by-products of the process
seeking the further improvement
ot lumber, 2 per cent turpentine.
25 per cent resin, 50 per cent fatty
acids and id per cent oi incident
als are belne extracted. The Dlant
in operation on grounds of "fhe
Shevlln-Hlxon Company for the
past four months, will determine
whether the new method of lum
ber treatment is economically
feasible.
. Process Explained J
'' Procesesyiisea m the lochf plant
were explained bv Rasmussen,
who stressed that the objective of
the experiments is to improve the
quality of the board. He said there
is a definite possibility that by
products can be extracated from
hog fuel and from stumps. A
study will be conducted this year.
Tests have revealed that the
yield of resin extracts from 27-year-old
stumps is practically as
great as from stumps on recently
cut-over lands.
Rasmussen touched on the new
process in which soft woods Im
pregnated with resin are placed
under pressure and heated, then
compressed to about one-third of
the original thickness. The finish
ed wood has the durability and
hardness of a hardwood.
R. E. Jewel, Bend high school
principal, was in charge of the
program.
2 Towns Aid in
Clothing Drive
Residents of Sisters and Red
mond recently contributed 1,200
pounds of clothing for the relief
of Russian civilians, according to
a report today from Wade H.
Short, Redmond, to George Simor
ville, coordinator for the Des
chutes county civilian defense
council.
The clothing was added to
Bend's shipment and was sent to
Portland for transfer overseas.
THEFT C OUNT PACED
Thomas Dunn, 17, Bond, was nr-
rested last night by Deputy I. M.
Wells following complaints re-
celved in the county sheriff's of -
flee that the youth had burglar -
Ized the rooms above the Pine
Cone tavern on Bond street.
Nazi Soldier, Tired of War,
Reported to Have Saved Span
Remagen Bridgehead, Germany.
March 12 (Delayed) Ul'i The
Ludendorf bridge across the Rhlnr
fell Intact to the First army be
cause a German soldier, "tired of
fighting," deliberately cut demoli
tion wires, a German prisoner said
tonight.
The prisoner, a curly -haired
German engineer sergeant in a
demolition company, told his cap
tors that he had been Informed
the German captain In charge of
blowing up the bridge had com
mlttod sulcldn nrter Its capture.
The sergeant's story was among
the first from German sources of
sabotage by a member of the Ger
man army. He was among 33 en
gineers assigned to the bridge
! who were captured today while
fighting as Infantrymen in Luehs -
dorf, on? mile south of Llnz.
"The bridge was supposed to
have been blown up In mid-afternoon,"
the sergeant said. "When
Osaka Target
Of Fire Attack
By Yank Fliers
Tokyo, Nagoya Raids
Repeated By Airmen;
. Big Force Sent Over
Guam, Wednesday, March 14
dPiThe third great B-29 Incen
diary raid in four days against
Japan's largest Industrial cities to
day blasted a 10-square mile area
In Osaka as 300 Superfortresses
unloaded 2,300 tons of fire bombs
in the heart of the city.
It was the first raid on Osaka,
Japah's second largest city. The
assault raised the weight of de-.
st ruction heaped on Japan in the
past 96 hours to almost 7.000 tons.
The giant bombers flying from
bases on Guam, Tinlan, and Sal
pan, struck Osaka shortly after
midnight In an attack similar to
those that burned out 16t4 square
miles of Tokyo four days ago and
destroyed two square miles in Na
goya only 48 hours previously.
Today's target area was highly
Inflammable and contained heavi
ly congested residential districts
mingled with countless small fac
tories and household workshops.
Important industries, such as
power, steel, copper ana aircraii
parts plants are in the region
bombed. ,
Is Blur City
Osaka, with 3,252,000 popula
tion, is the most densely populated
city in Japan and one of the most
important as an Industrial center.
The ten-square mile target area
Itself contains approximately 600,
000 people, a large percentage of
which are employed in war and
related industries.
Apparently, the primary pur
pose of Incendiary attacks such as
these, Is to capitalize on the fact
that many of Japan s Industrial
' and
transportation faculties lie
within or Immediately adjacent to
sections of the principal cities
known to be highly inflammable.
In addition large portions of the
populations of these cities near
ly all of whom are engaged in thg
"war efforMBve'-'ln these' vulner
able areas.
Although complete details were
not available, there was little
doubt that Osaka was set afire by
the new incendiaries used by Maj.
Gen. Curtis E. Lemay's 21st
Bomber command planes in their
campaign to destroy Japanese
war production centers.
SmoAe Column
Ascends Above
Island Clouds
Headquarters, 11th AAF, Alas
ka, March 11 (Delayed) UPi Maj.
Gen. Davenport Johnson's Aleutian-based
Liberator pilots think
they must have hit a jackpot
when they went In over a heavy
fog blanket to bomb the Kurlles
today.
Using Instruments, they unload
ed bombs on the Kataoka naval
base on Shumushu island and
Suribachl airdrome on Paramush
iro island.
In response to their bombs, two
vast columns of smoke rose to a
height of three miles above the
overcast a sight never before
observed In three years of aerial
warfare In this theater.
AND NO SMOKES
New York, March 13 lU'iA clg
aret counter in the lobby of the
Central Court building, Brooklyn,
displayed this sign today:
"No ifs . No andft . No butts."
READY POR CROSSING
London, March 13 lU't War Sec-'-
1 retary Sir James Grigg said today
1 that allied forces "are preparing
for the task of crossing the Rhine
' in force."
only two explosives went off, a
"ompuny was sent to Investigate.
"They returned in a few min
ites saying the wires had been
-lit and they were unable to find
he explosives."
The engineers who originally
wired the explosives returned to
the bridge at 5 p.m. with addition
al dynamite charges, but found
the span already in American
hands, the prisoner said.
Fleeing into bushes, the engi
neers hid out until nightfall, then
returned to their outfit. The en
gineer captain In charge of the
destruction of the bridge shot
himself in the head when In
formed that the span had been
captured intact, the prisoner said.
As for the soldier who cut the
demolition charge wires, the pris-
' oner said
Like the rest of us, he was
tired of fighting. Only the SS
(Elite storm troopers) want to
continue the war."