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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
Volume LIU
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1945
NO. 89
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THE
BEND
scape Floyfees
Whole Areas of Tokyo Destroyed
By Raids of Yank Planes,
Nips Release
Vivid Account
Of Yank Blow
All Former Firemen
Are Ordered Home to
Aid in Fire Control
London, March 20 IIP) An amaz
ingly frank Japanese broadcast
reported by the BBC said today
that "whole districts" of Tokyo
were destroyed totally by Ameri
can Superfortresses a few nights
ago.
The raid of which the Japanese
gave vivid account apparently was
the 2,300-ton incendiary attack by
more' than 300 Superfortresses on
March 10.
"During the night we thought
the whole of Tokyo had been re
duced to ashes," a broadcaster
said. "That night will remain in
the memory of all those who wit
nessed it."
The report compared the bomb
ing of Tokyo with the heaviest ob
literation raids on Germany, and
said that more persons were
bombed out than in the heaviest
raids on the reich.
Fliers Accused
(Other Tokyo broadcasts re
corded by United Press in San
. Francisco, accusing, the American
flyers of "indiscriminate" bomb
ing, said the March 10 raid on
the capital destroyed or damaged
schools, 19 shrines, several famous
department stores, and a large
number of hospitals.
(All former firemen have been
ordered demobilized from the Jap
anese army to aid in anti-air raid
work, the Japanese diet was told,
and all other persons with fire
fighting experience are being
"rounded up for duty.")
"The man who invented and
carried out the large scale attacks
on Hamburg is now directing at
tacks on Japan from the Marian
as," the radio said. The reference
apparently was to Maj. Gen.
Curtis LeMay, chief of the 21st
bomber command. "He repeated
here in Tokyo what he once
learned in Germany."
Districts Burned
"In a raid on Tokyo a few nights
ago, owing to various unfavorable
circumstances, fire caused by in
cendiaries swept away whole dis
tricts of the Japanese capital
which burned to the ground," the
broadcast said.
"As soon as the first incendiary
bombs fell, the starlit night was
lighted up," the report added.
"The clouds were suffused with
a red glow from the ground.
"The Superfortresses flew in
credibly low above the gradually
spreading fires. A B-29 exploded
almost over the very heart of the
city.
"Red fire clouds kept creeping
higher, and the tower of the parli
ment buildings stuck out black
against the background of a red
sky.
Citv Is Bright
"The city was as bright as at.
sunrise. Clouds of smoke, sooi
and even sparks driven by a storm
swept over the city. During the
night we thought the whole of
Tokyo had been reduced to ashes.
Yet in the morning when most
of the fires had been brought
under control and pale blue smoke
was rising over the streets and
smouldering ruins, one could re
alize the good efforts of the meas
ures adopted earlier to guard
against fire."
The report said wide fire lanes j
had been cut to contain the flames. I
Those bombed out were cared for
in evacuation trains and commun
al canteens, it said.
Desertion Charge
Faces Objector
Boston, March 20 IIP) P a u 1
Rosenthal of Lapine, Ore.,
charged with being AWOL from
an Oregon conscientious objec
tors' camp, told Federal Judge
, did not desert but merely walked
"i in protest against Daa con
ditions at the camp."
Rosenthal, in court on a fugi
tive warrant, was released in
?1,000 bail for removal April 3.
Last Nazi Stronghold oh East
Bank of Oder Seized By Reds
Fortress City, Altdamm, Captured By Soviet
Armies, to Set Stage for Assault on Berlin
London, March 20 (U.E) The red army captured the
fortress city of Altdamm, suburb of the great Baltic port of
atettin, liquidating the last German foothold on the east bank
of the lower Oder. .
The fall of Altdamm firmly secured the' right wing of
Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov's First White Russian army and
set the stage for an assault on Berlin.
In East Prussia the Third White Russian army, fighting
under Marshal Alexander M. Vassilevsky's newly vested cont
Refuge of Nippon
Fleet Is Sought
Washington, March 20 (IP) The
campaign to hunt down and de
stroy the Japanese fleet in its
hiding places has begun, an offi
cial navy spokesman said today.
He said it started with the re
cent powerful carrier-based air
attacks on enemy bases in Japan's
Inland sea.
"The inland sea," he told news
men, "is probably one of the
major hiding places of their fleet
and provides the best refuge. It
won't be that for very long.
Start of Campaign
"This is the beginning of a
campaign to hunt down their
ships wherever they are holed up,
and to get them."
', Thesspokesman said "we have
some good plctUfes"--bt possible
hiding places, taken by B-29 Su
perfortresses. Discussing the latest strike on
Japan by carrier planes, he said
that no reports had yet been re
cevied here of the damage inflict
ed on the enemy or of damage to
our forces, If any.
"But we think that we probably
got some pretty good results," he
said.
Five Fliers Die
In Fog Shroud
Vineyard Haven, Mass., March
20 (tP) Five navy fliers are miss
ing and, presumed dead and one
was saved following separate
crashes of two torpedo planes in
fog, the navy announced today.
Sole known survivor of the ac
cidents that occurred off Martha's
Vineyard island last night was Lt.
John W. Riley of 1701 Cascade
ave., Chehalis, Wash. He paddled
ashore on a hieraft after his plane
crashed. Two others aboard Ril
ey's plane were missing.
The first accident occurred
about 15 miles at sea when three
planes were returning to the
naval air facility at Martha's Vine
yard. On running into fog, two of
the planes climbed to clearer alti
tudes but the third plunged down
ward and apparently struck the
sea.
No trace was found of the
wreckage or the officer and two
enlisted men who were aboard.
WAGE STUDY ORDERED
Washington, March 20 (in
President Roosevelt disclosed to
day that he had ordered a study
of "pnarqnteed wage plans" and
the possibility of their future de-
. . . inflnrtrif I
velopmem in flmci kwi muw" j
Nazis, Facing Grave Crisis, Cancel Leaves,
Order Registration of All Civilian Refugees
London. March 20 IH Ger
manv todav cancelled virtually al
army leave and ordered the regis
tration of civilian refugees in ar
attempt to restore order in thr
chaos-ridden reich.
Both German and neutral re
ports Indicated that the converg
ing advances of American, British,
and Russian armies and the In
creasing weight of allied air raids
were spreading confusion through
Germanv.
. A Sofia dispatch said German
nrlsoners had reported that Adolf
Hitler, fearful of mass surrenders,
had ordered the execution of fami
lies of German soldiers who gave
up to the allies.
The official German DNB agen
cy admitted that war workers and
civil servants had abandoned their
jobs to seek refuge in central Ger-
ain and, captured the Baltic
coastal stronghold of Brauns
berg, 38 miles southwest of
Koenigsberg. :
Altdamm Falls
Zhukov's forces captured Alt
damm, directly across the lower
Oder from Stettin, after several
days of heavy fighting. The Ger
mans put up a stubborn fight for
their last pocket east of the lower
Oder which shielded Stettin it
self. Marshal Stalin announced the
fall of Altdamm in his second
order of the day broadcast from
Moscow.
Braunsberg, on the coastal rail
way near the Baltic, was one of
three large East Prussian cities
still in German hands. The others
are the capital city of Koenigs
berg and Hellingbeil, eight miles
northeast of Braunsberg.
Hawthorne, Calif., March 20 U
A hint of things to come in the
aviation future was given the pub
lic today when the army took the
wraps off the Northrop XP5b
a fighter plane with batlike wings
and no tail.
Twin, three-bladed, counter-rotating
pusher propellers are lo
cated where the tail is on more
conventional type airplanes.
The weird looking craft will be
used as a basis for designs of fu
ture military and peacetime ships,
the army said, revealing that suc
cessful flights have been made by
the XP56 since 1943.
The pilot occupies the foremost
position in the ship in a short,
fat compartment with the engine
directly behind him. Then come
the propellers which are designed
to eliminate torque. Air drawn in
from the front by powerful blow
ers cools the engines.
Directional stability is provided
by vertical fins, above and below
the rotund fuselage. Elevators
and lateral controls are on the
trailing edge of the long, sweep
ing wing.
Disabled Veterans
Told of Exemption
Last calls for veterans to file
claims for tax exemptions are
being issued from the office of
the county assessor as the April 1
deadline approaches.
Army veterans of any war with
a 40 per cent disability, or their
widows who have remained un
married are requested to register
every year oelore April l lor a
$1,000 personal or real property
ovamntlnn
--if w,
nany from the advancing allied
irmies.
German soldiers have "lost
'ouch" with their units or com
nandlng officers through "enemy
ict'on." DNB added in a remark
ibly frank broadcast explaining a
Jrastic new set of regulations to
control both soldiers and civilians.
In order to reintegrate all Ger
mans into the defensive battle of
the reich, DNB said, the govern
ment had decreed:
1. Military leave will be granted
onlv in cases of illness or special
gallantry.
2. Men from enemy occupied
territories no longer will be re
served. (It was not clear whether this
meant that German refugees from
i occunled countries would be call
jed into the army, or that foreign
j slave workers in Germany will be
1 forced into military service.)
Say Japs
Yank Invasion
Units Hearing
Island Capital
Only Light Resistance ,
Met in Panay Landings;
lloilo May Fall Soon .
Manila, March 20 IFU-Amerl-can
invasion forces expanded
their beachehad on Panay, sixth
largest of the Philippine islands,
to more than 28 square miles to
day and were rapidly closing in on
the capital city of Hollo. .
Combat teams of Maj. Gen.
Rapp Brush's 40th division, vet
erans of the California national
guard, reached within seven miles
of lloilo only a few hours aft
the invasion Sunday and may al
ready be at the city. ' ' '
lloilo, on Panays southern coast
fronting on Hollo strait, has one
of the best anchorages In the cen
tral Philippines. The main Japa
nese strength on the island is be
lieved centered around the capital,
which had a pre-war population of
90,000.
26 Islands Occupied
The landing on Panay, a 4,611-
square mile island in the Vtsaya
group, and the seizure of tiny Mk
lanau Island off southern Min
danao, also on Sunday, brougnA
. tcr 26 the number; of .islands if
vaded by Gen. Douglas MacAr-'
thur's American forces In the
Philippines. .
Brush's seasoned troops, sup
ported by an air and naval bom
bardment, went ashore on Panay
at Tigbauan, 14 miles west of
Hollo, without opposition and
quickly split into two forces, one
driving cast and the other north.
One column pushed four miles
inland along a single-track gravel
road through Panay's rice pad
dies and seized the town of Cor
dova. The second force raced east
ward along the southern coast,
captured six villages and plunged
into Oton, only seven miles from
lloilo.
Runway Is Big
At Oton, the troops were less
than five miles southwest of
Mandurriaw, with its 4,00 -foot
sodded airstrip. The runway is
almost large enough to accommo
date big B-29 Superfortresses.
Destroyers from Rear Admiral
Arthur D. Struble's amphibious
command and 13th alrforce bomb
ers and fighters laid down an ex
plosive screen as the troops hit
Panay's loose sand and gravel
beaches.
MacArthur's communique said
the landing was effected with
"complete tactical as well as stra
tegic surprise" and the troops
went ashore "with practically no
loss."
The Japanese were completely
thrown off balance by the inva
sion and their defense forces still
were disorganized as the Ameri
cans expanded their two-pronged
offensive.
F.D.R. BACKS BYRNES
Washingon, March 20 (Ui Pres
ident Roosevelt today backed up
Mobilization Director James K.
Byrnes' appeal for the nation to
abide by the midnight curfew on
entertainment.
3. All persons who left their
places of residence since January
1945 must register at once with
police of the new places of resi
dence. 4. All men of 16 to 60 not vet
called up must register at once at
anv army district office.
5. Anyone with knowledge of '
persons suspected of evading mill-;
tary or labor service must notify .
the police.
6. Persons who fail to register I
will be treated as deserters. !
Another DNB dispatrh said
Adolf Hitler had received relrh
youth leader Arthur Axmann and :
a delegation of 20 Hitler youth
members who had distinguished
themselves in fighting.
"I am firmly convinced that In
this strupEle we will emerge vic
torious, particularly thanks to the-
German youth and you, my boys,"
Hitler said.
. -7"
An American ml Itary cemetery occupies the center of any army outpost at Tulngl, Florida Islands.
These men have paid the supreme sacrifice, and, points out A. L. O. Schueler, Deschutes county war
bond chairman, lt Is up to Americans to carry on through the hoavy purchase of war bonds.
North Santiam
Open to Travel
The north Santiam highway
was opened to traffic again at 9
a. m. today, but heavy snowfall all
along the Cascades summit gave
promise that the south Santiam
highway would remain closed, ac
codrlng to officials of the state
highway department in Bend.
Snow plows were operating full
blast on both the north Santiam
ftnd Willamette hlfrhwnvR.hnttllnfr
sldshj drifts, and in many places
tne trailic lanes were narrow, it
was reported.
Both on the Santiam and Wil
lamette routes it was snowing
hard this morning, with indica
tions that it would continue
throughout the day. Lighter snow
fall was reported between the Wil
lamette junction and Sun moun
tain on The Dalles-California high
way. Total depth of snow stood at 91
inches on the Santiam summit to
day, with three Inches of new
snow being reported. The total
depth was 65 inches on the Wil
lamette pass, with two inches of
new snow being reported there.
Conditions Normal
Since no reports were received
from the Waplnltla highway
maintenance stations, it was as
sumed by highway department of
ficials here that road conditions
were normal on that route.
Owing to uncertain conditions,
the Hammnn stages cancelled
their runs from Bend over the
Santiam routes today, but Intend
ed to resume service tomorrow.
It was expected here that the bus
from Salem would arnive here on
schedule this evening.
Temperatures on the summits
were given this morning as 34 de
grees on the Santiam and 29 de
grees on the Willamette passes.
The official forecast called for
continued snow showers over the
mountains today and tomorrow.
School Benefited
By SeaquistWill
Portland, Ore., March 20 mi
Willamette university at Salem
today was expected to receive
about $200,000 from the estate of
the late Alfred L. Seaqulst, re
tired Portland merchant, accord
ing to an Inventory and appraise
ment on file in circuit court here.
The record set the value of the
estate at $214,955.43, the bulk of
which goes to the university after
a few local bequests. The bequest
to Willamette is to become an en
dowment fund, the interest from
which Is to be used for any pur
pose the trustees decide.
Portland Plans
New High School
Portland, Ore., March 20 IP
The Portland school board Mon
day decided to purchase the $46,
000 Kamm tract In southwest
Portland as the site for a pro
posed second west side high
school.
WOMAN IS IN.H'KEI)
Mrs. W. C. McCarley, former'
Bend resident who now lives in
California, suffered a dislocated '
hip and other injuries last night
when the car in which she was
riding left the Cow canyon grade
and turned over. She was brought 1
to the St. Charles hospital.
Kn
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Mandalay Falls !
To Allied Army;
Fort Captured
London, March 20 U Manda
lay has been captured by troops of
the 14th British army, lt was an
nounced officially today by south
east Asia command headquarters
after the fall of Fort Dufferln.
British imperial trooos knock
ed out the main Japanese center
of resistance inside Mandalay
with the capture of Fort Dufferln
by Indian troops of the British
ism division.
Other British forces were ranlH.
!y cutting off the main Japanese
escape routes on an sides of Man
dalay. A large enemy force faced
envelopment in the jungles north
of Melktiia, 80 miles southwest of
Mandulay. A communique said
converging British columns were
Inflicting heavy casualties on the
Japanese In that area.
Mogok, site of the world's Iare-
est ruby mines 65 miles northeast
of Mandalay, was captured yester
day by 36th division British
troops.
Mighty Carrier
Ready to Float
Newport News, Va., March 20
tut The world's greatest warship
was christened here today, but it
won't be floated until a balky tide
gets around to playing the full
role assigned to It In the cere
mony. The ship Is the 45,000-ton super
carrier Midway, from whose
decks one day will fly a brand
new kind of warplane designed to
give the enemy a brand new kind
of trouble.
Built in a drydock instead of on
the conventional ways, the Mid
way was to have been floated at
precisely 9:43 a.m. EWT by the
simple expedient of admitting sea
water into the dock. The way It
turned out, however, the tide was
four Inches short.
Navy officials said they ex
pected the tide to make up the
missing four Inches later today or
early tomorrow. Meanwhile, the
christening went on as scheduled.
Camp White Due
For Further Use
Medford, Ore., March 20 tl'
Facilities of Camp White, Med
ford, Ore., are being held in read
iness for redeployment of troops
-when the war emphasis shifts to
the Pacific, Sen. Guy Cordon of
Oregon today telegraphed from
j Washington.
LUraun BU1U II wan llllli(inoiin: T.ln.,n
to make a definite prediction as;"'"1'
to the time element nut sam ne . - ' . r biggest naval 'ly today confirmed Japanese re
M"LaV;&S,;! the ILt rt of Kobe ; pwt that the carrier planes shift-
va.iu.i u mi- ...i ... ..... ... yesterday led the main weight or tneir as
distant future Radio Tokvo, usunlly first toisault from Kyushu to southwest
report new raids on the Japanese j Honshu yesterday.
TODAY IN GERMANY homeland, said no attacks were It was possible that planes
(By Unit) i'ro) I made todav. The carrier planes i caught a sizeable portion of the
AH army leaves were cancelled j had bombed Kyushu, southern-1 elusive Japanese fleet at Kure.
and all men between 16 and 40; most of the Japanese home s-Uu miles '''' ' Toko.
not In the army were ordered to! lands, on the opening day of the: Other tempt! g tnrp ets at he
report to their military district current offensive Sunday. ; Imperial naval yard Include he
I headriuarters
I Residents of the Frankfurt-
: M-.nnlieim . I udwiL'shafen area
! woKcdluXglMr homes
iL'Lm m i.-i.nhnw.
Dwleht D. Elsenhow -
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er's warn ne inai me area wuuiu
be bombarded mercilessly.
Berlin was bombed for the HHin
consecutive night.
irn
Tulagi
Paper Pickup Set
For Next Sunday
Another city-wide pickup of sal
vage paper has been set for next
Sunday, It was announced today
by Don Higgins and George
Thompson, co-chairmen of the
junior chamber of commerce pa
per salvage committee. The
trucks will follow the. same routes
as in' former pickups, and will
start covering the city at noon, it
was reported. ;
Boy .Scouts of troop No. ,'24,
headed by Scoutmaster Led Her
bring, will assist the Jnycees in
gathering the bundles and loading
the trucks, Higgins said. Scouts
from other troops were also ex
pected to Join In the pajier salvage
work since a nationwide cam
paign Is being held by scouts In
efforts to win Elsenhower medals.
Each scout who gathers 1.000
pounds of salvage paper In March
and April will be given one of the
Elsenhower medals, us well as
special troop citations. Troops
which achieve the goal will be
awarded shell cases direct from
the battle fronts.
Largo Car Ordered
Believing that they can outdo
former pickups, the Jaycees have
ordered an extra large box car
for the shipment of the paper to
processing mills. Since the paper
will be trucked directly to the car,
residents were again urged to use
special care in securely bundling
the paper. Thompson and Higgins
recalled the "splendid coopera
tion" given by residents In the last
pickup, when proper tying of the
bundles greatly facilitated the
shipment of the paper.
The routes to be followed by the
trucks will be announced before
Sunday, and paper donors are
urged to have thflr bundles at the
designuted corners before noon
Sunday.
Prineville Car
Thief Sentenced
Medford, Ore., March 20 UH
Jack J. Collicut, arrested 10 days
ago at Prineville for theft of a
p;ir in Miwlfriril (nrl:iv w:t mn.
nnr.f.,l l. Imn vnnm ( nlo.n oe'mUntV hOSDital
a parole violator.
Collicut was on parole on a
larceny charge when arrested fori
car theft.
Powerful U. S.
Breaks Action
Guam March 20 HI'' A power-j region declared mat me primary
fu. American carrier fee, .pp., .JJjn-je F&
ently broke off Its assault against nowPr basod on Kyushu and ncar-
temporarily today after
port
Most unolliciai sources expe. i-
ed the fleet, presumably Vice Ad -
miral Marc A. Mitscher's famed
task force T,S. would resume its at-
tanks within the next 24 to 48
1 tacks within the
. n.n.in, . v. ..
A Tokyo report which said the!
task force was steaming soutn-
ward toward the Ryukyu Islands
n
Foe Resistance
In Rhine Area
Over 40,000 Germans -Killed
or Captured as A'
Yanks Race to East
Paris, March 20 0?) German
resistance collapsed along the
north side of the Saar I'alatlnate
! pocket today and V. S. Third
! army forces captured the Rhine
land city of Worms, reached
Mainz to the north, and broke
Into the central transport hub of
Kalserlautern.
The rout of two German field
I armies caught in a pincers forged
, by the Third and Seventh armies
I became a debacle. Lt. Gen. George
S. Patton's mobile columns were
speeding down through the pocket
j toward an Imminent junction with -
me aeventn army.
Paris, March 20 U) American
ground and air forces blocked the
main German escape roads from
the Saar-Palatlnate Docket todav
and closed In for the kill on the
thousands of nazls fleeing' for the
Rhine.
Between 40,000 and 50.000 of the
80,000 Germans originally spotted
in me triangle formed by the
Saar, Moselle and Rhine rivers
were believed to have been killed
or captured during the week-long
American offensive.
The enemy's main escape road
through Kaiserslauter, at the cen
ter of the collapsing pocket, was
within almost point-blank artil
lery range of U. S. Third army .
tank columns, and its fall was ex
pected soon.
Routes Sealed Off "
Headquarters of the American
First tactieal air fnros announced
that Yank flyers had scaled off
the secondary escape roads
branching out to the east arid
southeast from Kalserslautcm to
Ludwigshafen and Karlsruhe.
Resistance on both flanks of
the German pocket appeared to
have collapsed. Even the Sieg
fried line defenses on the southern
rim of the Soar where the nazis
had been fighting a delaying ac
tion were crumbling.
Upwards of 30,000 captives al
ready were Inside the Third
army's cages. The seventh army,
where the prisoner count lagged
by several days, reported more
than 4,000 taken. Between 15,000
and 20,000 of the Third army's
prisoners were bagged yesterday,
indicating the extent of the enemy
collapse on that sector.
Thousands Killed
Thousands more their number
still uncounted were killed by the
converging armies and American
aerial uttacks.
Lt. Gen. GeorRe S. Patton's
(Continued on Page 7) "
2 Navy Officers
Killed in Crash
West Chester, Pa., March 20
(111 Corndr. Paul McCloud Flaggs
50, and Comdr. Dow Hiram Nichol-t
son, 63, were killed late yesterday,
when their automobile was struck
by a Pennsylvania railroad elec
tric express train on me wesi
Chester line.
The men, both stationed at
the Philadelphia navy yard, were
pronounced dead at the Delaware
i Railroad spokesmen said warn-
mg blinker llgms ana neiis wee
In operation at the crossing wnen
the accident occurred.
Carrier Fleet
Against Japs
;ny shlkoku.
Pacific Meet neauquaners ear-
n.u a. ...... --
1 plants and a JO-ton electric steel
: furnace.
( A Japanese cnmmunioue sup-
ported the theory that some war.
. mnv hiivp hern hit fit KIIIT?.
It said ships and ground facilities
were namagea negutjioiy
I terday's raids.)
Nears Collapse