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Eastern Front
Nazis Expect Soviets
To Strike for Capital
Soon; Gains Admitted
' By Robert Musel
(United From Staff Correaponclmt)
London, March 23 UP) The Ger-
an high command said today
hat Russian tanks and infantry!
ounted an attack in the Kues-
rin area east o Berlin after a
trong artillery barrage and scor
ed "some minor successes."
A Moscow broadcast said that
arshal Gregory K. Zhukov's
howdown assault on Berlin "can
expectced very soon" now that
oth his flanks have been se-
ured.
The nazi command's report of
Red army attack in the Oder
alley some 38 miles east of Ber-
in did not make clear its scoDe
and weight. Its communique said:
iNazis matte iceport
"After a strong artillery bar
rage, the enemy went over to the
attack with infantry and tanks
against the flank of the Kuestrin
bridgehead, but was brought to
a standstill by the effective de
fense fire of our Oder defenses
after achieving some minor ini
tial successes.".
Zhukov's first White Russian ar
my captured Kuestrin on March
12, and later was reported by the
Berlin Rep
Russians to nave broken across second largest port-
the Oder in that sector. I American Flying Fortresses and Liberator's also were
uStX'r Germany softening up nazi defenses for an im
the nazi communing tn hv , Pending allied smash across the Rhine.
the nazi communique to have
smashed across the Sileslan bor
der into Czechoslovakia in thei
newly reported offensive which
had killed or captured 45,000 Ger-1
man troops.
Russians Attack
The Germans reported that the
j Russians were attacking on either
r side of Hotzenplotz, a mile inside
6 Czechoslovakia and 38 miles
! southwest of Oppeln. ...'
Konev's army was one of three '
! reported on the march toward Vi- j
enna along a 200-mile front in B
possible bid to break up nazi plans
for a diehard stand in southern i
Rermanv or Austria.
Another was driving north-
westward through the broken
German defenses between Lake
Balaton and the Danube north
west of Budapest.
Today's Berlin communique
said the Germans were "fighting
on shortened lines" and blocked
break-through efforts by strong
Russian tank and infantry for
mations. Bend Reminded
Of Paper Pickup
Bend residents today were re
minded by Junior Chamber of
commerce committeemen spon
soring the salvage paper cam
paign in Bend, that another city
wide pickup will be made next
have their bundles securely tied
and placed whenever possible on .
the street corners along the routes
to be followed by trucks.
Don Higgins and George
Thompson, co-chairmen of the
committee, said that the trucks
would begin the pickup promptly
at noon, and that all paper should
be left on the street before that
time.
Because the paper will be truck
ed directly to a waiting boxcar
for shipment, the chairmen stress
ed that the bundles must be bound
strongly, and that if cartons are
used, these also should be tied.
Kesserlinq Takes Over Nazi
Command in Western Europe
Pnrlc MnrnVi 9.1 (IP) The SUD-
posed Germap headquarters for
uC wrale, u. w uCnu,Cu
in an allied air raid a week ago,
it was disclosed today, and spec-
ulation grew that Marshal Karl
von Rundstedt may have been
killed or wounded.
A iUAHi T.'nnnnl vain rr sw
21'.".-"
piaicu nuuusicui aa aun chil
man commander in the west
about the time of the raid, Ger-!
I a 1 IU
Mian Ul isuncrs cauiUIUU un me
British 21st army group front re-! Supreme allied headquarters l00" "
ported. The prisoners did not commented that the shift was , erc ' ? lX,"Z '
know Rundstedt's fate or where-1 "not unlikely" in view of the re-1 ! In " m. fy,ll
abouts. I cent defeats suffered on the west- ' J? inches of new snow fell in the
Allied fighter bombers were re-,1 em front. i nJ8ht. bringing the total depth
vealed to have dropped their aux-l A dispatch from 21st army thpre to to inches. Packed con
ilia oCii fonu nn a rlumn1 omun hparimiArtprs said Rund- 'ditions prevailed on the highway
of buildings in Germany believed
headquarters for the whole west-i
em front. The tanks exploded
with a terrific burst of flame that
quickly destroyed the c e n t r a 1
building and a garage filled with
150 cars.
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Acquisition by the United States of air bases within B-29 range ot Japan put the enemy homeland'
six major war production cities sadly out ot luck As map above shows, they are clustered fairly
close together, so that more than one of them can be smashed on a single mission.
Volcano Bomb Strikes
Bremen Railroad Span
London, March 23 (TIE) RAF Lancasters dropped 11-ton
volcano bombs and other explosives today on a railway bridge
at Bremen, main communications link between northwest
Germany and the western front.
Mustangs escorted the Lancasters to Bremen. Germany's
The Eighth air force announced that its planes were over
; : Germany again, but listed no
.
tapokane, Wash.. March 23 tlPi
r uou proaucuon in xwo mav oe
more important than In any year
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ne 'a,rm credit administration,
in oponam- on an omciai visit,
L '"aimers and ranchers will rise
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j,",f," i.i ... 2!..V
ui4iiv.uiui.-s, uugaii ULuaj cu.
'There will be a market at sus
tained prices for every ounce of
food farmers can produce," he
pointed out, "and after the war
there will be plenty of mouths to
feed, both here and abroad."
Duggan said farmers have one
eye on postwar problems, even
though wartime food production
is uppermost in their minds.
"The annual farm mortgage in
terest bill has been reduced $3,
000,000 in the 12th farm credit
district since 1940," said Duggan.
"Reduction of the farm mort
gage debt in the past four years
has amounted to 22 per cent in
Washington, 10 per cent in Ore-
gon, and 21 per cent in Idaho,
Montana, the fourth state, led the
nation by reducing its outstanding :
farm mortgage indebtedness by
40 per cent from 1940 to 1944." I
nr. iLi.i. f
j d f normal aIue, Duggan,
. . whnt Uv rnlints ls fa6rm
, ri d . . h. I
explained ! Di" 418- authorizing the statewide
"Land in the 12th district is i election to be held June 22, 1945,
from 40 to 60 per cent higher in for the votoV's approval of a two
price than It was in 1942. This rise cen' cigaret tax and a five-miU
is greater than in any other sec-. Property tax levy (two years
tion of the country." . ' i on,y for schools. The two bills
Biu iui.l, ulaiuu
Washington, March 23 ilPi The
Tokyo fire raid on March 9 knock-
ed out 20 per cent of the enemy
capital's industry for
three
months, officials say.
I
It was believed certain that
many ocgmf buildings
the top commariders escaped,!
otner ey headquarters personnel
probably were slain and vital
maps and other data destroyed,
Rundstedt was known to have
been in supreme command as
intn no Ma r--V-l 1 t ariri ftrtCCInll
. . fr niroi ,ers nere- As a heavy s"ow had
- later. German prisoners said Res- fa ,n h , h
llS'JRXX?' opting in ordSr to
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Italian front
UI
! mat-c mm. i
stedt may have been removed for, east of the summit, and the tem-
suspected half heartedness In the perature stood around 21 degrees;
military defense of the west. He .above zero. I
j was known to favor a policy of j Four inches of new snow fell on
j withdrawing to maintain his. the Santiam summit, where, like
armies intact as opposed to Adolf on the Willamette, it was report-
Hitler's policy of "stand and die."ied snowing lightly this morning. I
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1945
targets.
Radio calls from Berlin's
warning systems, however,
told of low flying aircraft
again shooting through the
smoke-filled Ruhr, where for two
days they have been ripping Ger
man forces waiting for the allied
offensive.' ( - - -
Planes Range North
Other planes were as far north
as Bremen, Germany's second
port, Berlin said.
Tjitp rpnnrtQ ehnuprl that alltorl
planes from Britain and the con-
tinent, including Italy, flew up
wards of 10,000 sorties yesterday
for a two-day total of at least
20,000 sorties, most of them
against targets behind the west
ern front.
RAF mosquitoes hit Berlin with
block-busters last night for the
31st straight night.
Governor Signs
Salem, Ore., March 23 IIP)
Three important bills, concerning
schools, the June election and un-
employment compensation, were
signed by Gov. Earl Snell today,
House bill 416, which changes
from $3,000,000 to $8,000,000 the
nmnnnt cif inrnma tnv citrniiicna
will go to schools of the state,
was one of the bills signed.
Gov. Snell also signed house
iu uk vuieu ujmii are expeciuu 10
raise $14,000,000 for schools and
lnsiiiuuonai Duuuings in me next
biennium, if passed by the voters,
Senate bill 136, which changes
the amount and penalty rate of
employer contributions to the un-
, employment compensation com
mission, was also signed.
South Santiam
Highway Opened
The south Santiam highway,
which had been clogged by snow
slides for several days, again was
re-opened to traffic this morning
it was announced at the state
highway department headquar-
.... 1
lpr? here. As a heavy snow had
keep both the south and north
c, 1., t
Industrial Fund
Elections Held
Ten Bend business men today,
stood nominated for positions onj
the governing board of the Bend1
Industrial fund, as a result, of an
election canvass made last night.
Sixty-eight donors to the $13,000
fund voted in the 'primary.
Election ballots, on. which the
153 donors are to vote for five
members of the board, will go
Into the mail on Saturday, with
voting to be closed on March 28,
it was stated by Carl A. Johnson,
temporary chairman. The nomi
nees in the order of their selec
tion and the votes they received
are:
William A. Lackaff, 19; A. J.
Glassow, 18; B. A. Stover, 18;
William Niskanen, 17; John Wet-,
le, .17; H. A. Miller, 15; Carl E."
Erickson, 12; Glen Gregg, 12; K.
E. Sawyer, 11, and H. H. De Ar
mond, 10.
Runners up were: Marion Cady,
9; Ken Longballa, 7; C. J. Ltndiv
7; N. R. Gilbert, .7, and Al Erik
sen, 6.
Chairman Johnson, Frank H.
Loggan and Sumner Deltrlck,
comprising the fund-raising com
mittee, had asked that they be
not named to the board.
$13,000 Rataed
While the committee sought to
raise only $10,000 to match a sim
ilar industrial fund of the city's,
approximately $13,000 was col
lected from Bend firms and in
dividuals. The jlonors, in the pri
mary election, voted that the
money in excess of the $10,000 be
set aside in a separate fund as
a nucleus for another payroll pro
moting fund.
The primary election votes were
canvassed by C. J. Lindh, Floyd
Burden and M. Ray Cooper.
'Armistice' News
Thrills Iwo Jima
Seattle, Wash., March 23 U
The marine radio operator who
unwittingly set off an "armistice
day" celebration on Iwo Jima
with an announcement of Ger
many's "surrender," lost his ser
geant's stripes and rating as a
result of the incident, his wife
revealed today.
Wednesday s news reports car
ried a storv from a mnrinp pnm-
bat correspondent who related
i how a walkie-talkie operator, bor-
!ed in his lonely fox-hole, began
, playing "radio announcer" with
a pal a few holes away.
Through a mix-up In frequen
cies, his phony "flash" that "Ger
many has surrendered uncondi
tionally" was received by an ope
rator copying official messages
from San Francisco. Within 10
minutes the news was relayed to
the command post, and every man
on the island and on the ships
offshore began letting off steam
in celebration of the event.
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Paris, March 23 UP Berlin
reported tonight that the U. S.
third army had forced a Rhine
crossing south of Mainz anil
that other allied forces were
preparing- to storm a 250-mile
reach of the river between
France and Holland.
London, March 23 mi The
German radio miltl tonight that
Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov's
assault forces had smashed six
miles westward from the Oder
river citadel of KueMrln to the
village of Golzow, 32 mllcfl east
of Berlin.
New Rhine Crossings
3 Big Armies Ready to Strike
North Luzon
City of Baguio
Goal of Yanks
Guerillas Join Forces
With U. S. Troopers in
Advancing on Japanese
By H. D. Quigg
(United I'm War Compundnt)
Munila, March 23 UP Ameri
can troops and Filipino guerrillas
closed in from two sides today
on the northern Luzon city of
Baguio, Japanese headquarters
for the Philippines.
Elements of the 33rd division,
which linked with strong gueril
las forces on the Lingayen gulf,
reached within 10 miles north of
Baguio while another American
column moving up from the south
was less than six miles from the
former Philippines summer cap
ital.
The 33rd troops met only light
opposition as they advanced east
ward to the Naguilian river, where
they were poised on the outskirts
of Naguilian town together with
its airfield.
Fields Raided
(A Tokyo broadcast, recorded
by the FCC, said Japanese, planes
raided American airfields at Lin
gayen and San Fabian In western
Luzon at dawn yesterday and
started li fires.)
In the campaign east of Manila,
sixth division-troops battled thru
strong Japanese artillery fire to
near the crest of 460-foot high
Mount Baytangan, 15 miles north
east of the capital. ... ; -,
At the same time, 43rd division
units pushed through Bosoboso
valley, 10 miles to the south, and
neared the twin mountains of
Quitago and Tanauan, six miles
east of Antipolo.
Drive Continued
The 158th regimental combat
lectin cuiiiiuutru 119 uiivu aiuuiiui
Lake Taul in southern Luzon!
against light resistance, entered !
the outskirts of Cuenca and cut
.i i.ii .(,j
Lm?i" T"leadntg Th
. : , ;
brought the' 158th only a few
miles from a junction with the
11th airborne division moving,
from the north.
Fortieth division forces mean
time sealed the southern ap
proaches to the important Iloilc
anchorage at Panay, in the cen
tral Philippines, with a two-mile
amphibious hop across Iloilo
strait to seize control of Gulmaras
island.
Ceiling Is Placed
On All Hay Types
Washington, March 23 mi The
Office of Price Administration
has set nationwide dollar-and cent
ceiling prices on all types of hay
at all levels of distribution.
Previously, only alfalfa hay
was under price control.
Prices, OPA said, will reflect
parity to producers and become
effective May 1. On Jan. 15, par
ity on all types of hay was $20.40
per ton.
JAPS NOT ENTHUSIASTIC
Agana, Guam, March 23 111
The Japanese people lack any kind
of enthusiasm for the war against
the allies, Bishop Michael Angel
Olano, of Guam, one of the few
Internees permitted to go freely
about Tokyo since Pearl Harbor,
said today.
Sky Forts Scout Fire-Ravaged
Japs Say Attack on U. S. Fleet
Guam, March 23 till Tokyo activities of the Fifth fleet with
said five Superfortresses scouted ' Its huge force of carriers since
Japan's wreckage-littered inland' the announcement Wednesday
sea today, charting the destruc-; that its planes had crippled 17
tion inflicted by the Fifth fleet j Japanese warships and 600 planes
and mapping new targets. j in the inland sea raids.
Japanese imperial headquarters Tokyo said the five Superfor
simultaneously admitted the loss tresses flew over the Inland sea
of 150 Japanese planes In attacks' during a 12-hour period ending at
on the Fifth fleet during the in-1 noon, Tokyo time,
land sea raids Sunday and Mon- "No bombs were dropped by
day and as It moved southwest
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Radio Tokyo said Japanese; seeking evidence whether any of
planes broke off their attacks on the warships which headquarters
the fleet Wednesday evening, an ; said were crippled In the carrier
indication that they have lost ; borne raids since had sunk. The
track of It. An earlier Tokyo ! damaged warships included two
broadcast had reported the force
east of the Okinawa islands, 300
miles southwest of Japan, Wed
nesday night.
There has been no word from
Pacific fleet headquarters on the
Foe West of Rhine Destroyed,
Reports Gen. Omar Bradley
Allies Can Cross River at Leisure, Asserts
Chief, Who Warns War Far From Being Over
Twelfth Army Group Headquarters, March 23 (TIP) Gen.
Omar Bradley, 12th army group commander, said today
"there's nothing to prevent us from crossing the Rhine most
anywhere anytime."
Bradley said at a press conference that Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower's instructions to "destroy the German forces west
of the Rhine" have been completed.
"Now," he said, "the necessity of keeping our bridgehead
small has been removed."
Bradley said that allied forces could be across the Ruhr
now with the type of opposi-
tion they have been meeting in
tne last few weeks.
"I would like, however." he
said, "to put in a word of cau
tion on that. I don't think we
should write too glaring head
lines that the war is over or any
thing like that. It may be almost
over or It may last a long time to
come.
Forces Destroyed
"The fact is we hitve destroyed
a lot of enemy forces. How much
resistance the enemy can put up
yet remains to be seen."
Bradley said that the 15th U. S.
army "probably will be in an
active role before too long."
He said that for a while the
Remagen bridgehead was deliber
ately held to a small area awaiting
completion of clearing the regions
up to the Rhine. This was done,
he said, to avoid committing too
many forces in too scattered a
manner.
However, he said, with the rapid
advance of the Third and Seventh
armies up to the Rhine more
forces can be sent Into the bridge
head for concentrated expansion.
Schools of Bend
Start Vacation
,w, . , ,
e first spring vacat on since
and the longest In many
"s. 3ZnJA
school students this afternoon and
will last until Monday, April 2.
lamng advantage of the ' full
week vacatlonb many of tne
(eachers will visit their homes in
varlnna nnrts off ho nnrlhu.-Bof
r - w-.-
1 irior 10 tne war, uregon state
Teachers association conferences
were held, but these have been
cancelled for the duration. A full
week s vacation was arranged this
year primarily to make t pos -
homes
Bend high school students held
Easter period today, with the Jun
ior high school in charge of the
program.
Schools in the county will not
participate with Bend in the
Easter week vacation, reported
county school superintendent J.
Alton Thompson.
Oregon Maneuver
Releases Sought
Approximately 100 releases on
maneuver property are still In the
hands of the public, according to
word received from the office of
the Oregon maneuver area project
located In the J. C. Penney build
ing. It Is urgently requested that al
releases be submitted immediate
ly as the office must remain open
until the record of each outgoing
release is cleared, Lt. John R.
Lindsay, in charge of the local
office, said.
any plane," 'lokyo said.
The B-20's "presumably were)
; battleships and seven carriers.
New targets for forthcoming
raids by both B-29's and carrier
planes also were believed sought.
The Japanese communique re
porting attacks on the Fifth fleet
Senate Rejects
Aubrey Williams
Washington, March 23 tin The
senate today rejected the nomina
tion of Aubrey Williams, a left-of-center
New Dealer, to be rural
electrification administrator.
The vote against Williams was
52 to 36.
The rejection was no surprise.
It had been foreshadowed two
weeks ago when the senate agri
culture committee voted 12 to 8
against the nomination.
Williams' supporters in the sen
ate futilely devoted most of the
week to speeches urging his con
firmation. They denounced charg
es that Williams leans toward a
communist philosophy. They cit
ed his record as deputy director
of the works projects administra
tion and director of the national
youth administration as evidence
of his ability.
Opponents of Williams, confi
dent of their strength, talked but
little.--'.. v..i-. l-
In the closing hours of debate
Sen. Olin D. Johnston, D., S. C,
made support of Williams the
subject of his maiden speech.
"Williams is being tried in the
senate on. communistic and re
ligious charges, but his opponents
do not have the evidence to prove
their case," Johnston protested,
Stabbing Victim
Reported Better
Lee B. Ellington, who was ar
rested Tuesday night on a charge
of assault with a dangerous wea
pon following the asserted stab
bing of Henry Lutzholft, has or-
oanl'inti ryn Anfnnea fnr tVia naan
clauUo L. McCauley, Deschutes
' , sheHff reported today.
Though suffering from minor
' Sm "f.f, JfiSK SrM
altercation occurred In the home
of Ellington's former wife, Mrs.
Pauline Donnelly, where the vic
tim was employed as a painter,
official records reveal.
Lt.H.W.Beasley
Services Sunday
Anne Forbes, local realtor, is
leaving this afternoon for Salem,
where she will meet a Portland
bound bus to attend memorial
services for her nephew, Lt; Har
ry W. Beasley, bombardier, who
was shot down July 21, 1944, over
the North sea when returning
from a mission In Germany. The
lieutenant was the son of Mrs. T.
W. Beasley, the former Getrude
Markel of Bend.
Services are scheduled for Sun
day at 2 p.m. In the Christian
church at Multnomah. Mrs.
Forbes will return Tuesday to
Bend.
Nip Capital;
Broken Off
i said 150 Japanese planes "failed
to return." Pacific fleet head
quarters had announced that 200
Japanese planes were shot down
alone, another 275 destroyed on
the ground and at least 100 dam
aged. Damage to Japanese ships and
ground Installations was "slight,"
Tokyo said.
Whereas Tokyo claimed that 180
American planes were shot down.
headquarters listed American
air losses as "extremely light."
Tokyo listed 11 American war
ships as sunk during four dnys
of counterattacks five standard
aircraft carriers, two battleships,
three cruisers and one unidenti
fied warship. American sources
said only one American ship was
damaged sufficiently during Sun
day and Monday to drop out of
action, but none was sunk.
NO. 92
Loom
Foe Asserts
Allied Troops
Already Over
Sensational Broadcast
From Paris Still Lacks
G.H.p. Confirmation
Paris, March 23 R British
skirmishers crossed the Rhine
near Arnhem area today and an
unconfirmed Paris radio report
said Field Marshal Sir Bernard
L. Montgomery's three allied ar
mies had stormed across the river
on a 65-mile front extending south
to Dusseldorf in the Ruhr.
The German high command
said American troops attempted
to storm the Rhine barrier still
farther south in the Ludwlgshaf-
en area, following their smashing
victory in the Saar-Palatlnate,
The crossing attempt, made by
spearheads of the third or seventh
army, was repulsed, Berlin said. .
But there was every sign that
the "one last heave" to end the
European war was coming at the
northern end of the long western
front, possibly in a matter ol
hours if it had not already begun..
rianes on Wing
Thousands of allied warplanes
shuttled over the smoke-shrouded
river in endless waves throughout
the day, laying a deadly pattern
of bombs and gunfire across the
maze of German defenses east of
the Rhine.
The full striking power of the'
allied strategic and tactical air
forces was thrown into the battle
on a scale not even exceeded in
the invasion of France.;Lpndon; -observers
speculated freely' that
the great aerial barrage was the;
opening blow in the final battle,
of the west.
Berlin said that through the.
clouds of smoke veiling Montgom
ery's armies on the Rhine "the
guns already are sounding the.
overture to the crossing." ,
Nazi Report Heard
Radio Paris said its monitors
intercepted a German broadcast
announcing that shock troops of
the American ninth, British sec
ond and Canadian first armies
under Field Marshal Sir Bernard
L. Montgomery launched their
great Rhine attack last night.
Striking under cover. of a mas
sive smoke screen, the allies
broke through the German de
fenses along the east bank of the
Rhine and plunged forward into
Germany's Inner fortress, accord
ing to this version.
There was no confirmation ot
the report at allied headquarters,
and no other continental listening
posts recorded the German ac
count relayed by the Paris trans
mitter. The sensational report came as
the American first army lashed
out on the northern and southern
flanks of Its Remagen bridgehead
east of the Rhine. The Yanks
founght their way across the
Weld river to the south and cap
tured Neuweld and 20 other Ger
man towns.
Molalla Disease
Source Is Traced
Molalla, Ore., March 23 IIP)
Health authorities today revealed
that an outbreak of diphtheria in
this little Clackamas county com
munity had been traced fairly
definitely to a raw-milk dairy sup
plying the town.
Dr. Harold M. Erickson, state
health officer, and Dr. Dan P.
Trullinger, Clackamas county
health officer, said a dairyman
suspected of being a diphtheria
carrier had been found at the
ranch, one "undiagnosed" case of
a boy having had sore throat and
characteristic membrane of diph
theria, and a woman now ill with
clinical diphtheria in the dairy
man's household.
Milk from the dairy was taken
off the market earlier this week.
Diphtheria cases have mounted
to 43 and Dr. Erickson said "The
explosive type of outbreak in Mo
lolla could only be due to an in
fected milk supply."
Pfc. Robert F. Prine
Is Killed in Action
Prineville, March 23. Pfc. Rob
ert F. Prine, brother of William
Prine, general delivery, Prine
ville, has been killed in action In
the European theater of war, rel
atives here have been advised by
the war department.