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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
Volume
TWO SECTIONS 'THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1945
NO. 97
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Russians Sweep Into Austria
'At Point Only 40 Miles From
Vienna, Soviet Radio Asserts
'Hour of Liberation Dawning,' Announcer
States in Reporting to People Red Forces
Racing West; Oder Bend Pocket Vacated
London, March 29 (UP) The "free Austrian radio" said
today that the red army has swept into Austria at a point
40-odd miles southeast of Vienna and liberated several vil
lages. '
A. further breakthrough in the direction of Vienna is im
minent," the station, presumably soviet-controlled, said. It
appealed to Austrians to desert the German army and Volks
sturm (home guard).
"The hour of liberation is dawning," the broadcast pro
claimed. Radio Berlin, meantime, said the Germans had evacuated
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9 Full Generals
Approval
Washington, March 29 IP The
senate Wednesday confirmed the
nominations of nine army lieu
tenant generals to be temporary
rank of full generals.
The promotions raised to 11 the
number of four-star generals on
active duty the largest number
in the nation's history. Four
generals George C. Marshall,
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas
MacArthur and Henry H. Arnold
hold the five-star rank of gener
al of the army.
Five of the new four-star gen
erals hold the permanent rank of
j major general, in the, Regular
j army, mey are urenon B. Somer
vell, commander of the army
service forces; Joseph T. Mc
Narney, deputy supreme Allied
commander in the Mediterranean;
Omar N. Bradley, commander of
the 12th army group in Europe;
Walter Kr'ueger, commander of
the 6th army in the southwest
Pacific, and Carl Spaatz, com
mander of the U. S. Strategic air
forces in Europe.
The others, who hold permanent
rank as brigadier generals, are
George C. Kenny, commander of
the far east air forces; Mark W.
Clark, commander of the 15th
army group in Italy; Jacob L.
Devers, commander of the 6th
army group in Europe and Thom
as T. Handy, deputy chief of
staff.
ill. S. Casualties
Put at 872,862
Washington, March 29 ilP U. S.
combat casualties officially com
piled here reached 872,862 today,
an increase of 13,275 in a week.
The total included 780,043 army
and 92,819 navy, marine corps,
and coast guard casualties.
Secretary of War Henry L.
Stimson estimated at his news
conference today that more than
300,000 Japanese have been killed,
wounded or taken prisoner in the
campaign for recapture of the
Philippines.
inls estimate includes uncount
ed dead on land, losses at sea on I
transports, warships and .coastal j
trail, me seriously wounded, and
about 2,500 prisoners.
Losses Are Low
Stimson did not pive anv over
all figures of U. S. casualties in
me Philippines. He said, however,
that U. S. losses on the island of
Panay so far are nine killed and
38 wounded as against 659 Japa
nese killed and 16 captured.
In the landing on Cebu, the sec
retary said, only two Americans
were killed and 15 wounded, while
88 of the enemy have been killed
and 10 captured.
Dairy Producers'
Payments Ready
Eeginning April 1, Deschutes
county dairy producers may apply
or their dairy production pay
ments for the first quarter of
915. It was announced here to
day by County Agent Howard G.
Smith. He said that letters have
been mailed to the dairymen of
the county, and that he has re
ivrd some applications which
Tovcr production for only January
February.
Before payments may be made.
Smith stated, production figures
or all three months must be
umed in to the county AAA of
fices at Redmond.
their pocket in the big bend
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The evacuation was carried
out ,in "stubborn fighting,"
the broadcast said. "Weak" Rus
sian attempts to force the Oder
in pursuit were frustrated, Berlin
said.
Last Toehold
The Russians presumably ad
vanced southwest from Zehden to
the Oder itself, 28 miles from Ber
lin's city limits. The Zehden pock
et was the last enemy toehold on
the right flank of the Oder be
tween the eastern approaches of
Berlin and the Baltic. .
The free Austrian ' radio said
the villages captured by the Rus
sians southeast of Vienna were in
Burgenland, Austria's . eastern
most province.
First across the Austrian bor
der was Marshal Keodor I. Tol
bukhin's Third Ukrainian, army
group, the station said. ; -Border
Crossed
A station identifying itself as
the free Austrian radio said short
ly before noon that soviet troops
"are crossing1 our frontier."
Marshal Feodor I. Tolbukhln's
Third Ukrainian army group, ad
vancing rapidlv across northwest
Hungary against spasmodic re
sistance, was only nine miles from
Vienna late yesterday. .
"It was believed that armored
units may have reached the bor
der by this morning," a United
Press dispatch from Moscow said.
Moscow said the Third and
Fourth Ukrainian army groups
were rolling along two highways
skirting Lake Ncusiedler south
east of Vienna.
POW Camps Put
Near Nip Plants
(By United Preu)
Prime Minister John Curtin'of
Australia charged today that the
Japanese were attempting to pre
vent allied air attacks on military
objectives by placing prisoner of
war camps near the targets, the
Melbourne radio said.
Curtain said the British and
American governments protested
to Japan through the protecting
power several times against the
location of prisons camps in the
military and factory areas of To
kyo, Yokohama, Osaka, and other
cities but without effect.
BAKUCH IN LONDON
London, March 29 UHi Bernard
M. Baruch arrived in London to
dayfor a brief visit on undisclosed
usine.
fer with Prime
Minister Churc-
hill soon.
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An endless stream of German prisoners who surrendered to Third Army troops east of the Rhine are marchod back to the river bank for transport
cross the river to Nlereteln. Among the Nazi captives was the 300.000tb prisoner taken by Third Army In its western campaign. Informed
of his high number, the German remarked glumly, "It's incredible." Signal Corps radio-tclephoto.
New'S no-Plane' Used in Trip
Into Dutchman Flat Country
Vehicle With Propellers Glides Over High
Region, Where Depth of Pack Is Eight Feet
A "Sno-plane" purchased by soil conservation service,
division of irrigation, for winter tests in western mountains
of America received its first stiff trial today when it was
taken into the Dutchman flat country and covered 10 miles
in 22 minutes. Aboard the plane on the test trip were' A; R.
Work, supervisor of the Oregon cooperative snow surveys;
C. E. Houston, hydraulic engineer temporarily stationed in
the Oregon district and A. E. Perry, Deschutes watermaster.
A three-bladed propeller, powered by a small airplane
motor, pulled the strange
plane over the snowfields at a
speed that was governed only
by safety, then carried the ve
hicle and its three passengers
out over the Dutchman flat
snow, eight feet deep in most
places. The "Sno-plane" is
equipped with a 65-horse power
motor. Its cab resembles that of a
Taylor Cub training plane. The
"plane" is mounted on three huge
skies. Retractable wheels are
available for travel over snbwless
terrain.
More Trips Planned
Work and Houston planned to
make two other trips into the Cas
cades today, to Cascade summit
and possibly Diamond lake.
Already extensively used In Wy
oming, the "Sno-plane" has been
primarily developed for use in
snow survey work. Its movement
is confined to snow-blanketed
highways or open mountain roads,
where the swiftly rotating propel
lers do not come in contact with
brush or trees. '
' The "Sno-plane" is moved about
the state in a half-ton truck.
Miners of Coal
Vote for Strike
" Washington,! March , 29 IP
By the overwhelming ratio of 8
to 7, the nation's 400,000 soft coal
miners advised the government
today that they are ready to strike
if their new contract demands are
not granted in the next two days.
The strike notice, expressed in a
countrywide poll conducted by the
national labor relations board,
sharpened prospects for early gov
ernment intervention in the dis
pute to prevent a work stoppage
when the present contract expires
at midnight Saturday.
Returns Listed
The NRLB announced that com
plete returns from the poll show
ed that 208,718 miners favored a
wartime strike, and 25,156 opposed
it, as a means of enforcing their
wage demands.
A total of 311,281 miners were
eligible 'for the balloting. Of that
number, 236,418 voted, with 1,518
ballots declared void and 1,026
challenged.
The final results were sent to
President Roosevelt as required
by the Smith-Connally anti-strike
act under the provisions of which
the poll was held.
1 -Piece Buildings
Mystify Veteran
Seattle, Marvh 29 iui Home
after seven months fighting on
the western front, Lt. Thomas
McCloskey was fascinated by the
solid, complete buildings in Seat
tle. "I can't get used to seeing build
ings all in one piece," he said. "It
sure hits you after seeing the rub-
ble in France, Belgium and Ger-lfire
"any. i
of 300,000 Nazi Prisoners Taken by Third
New OPA Order
To Be Explained
Bend retailers affected by the
new regulation MPR 580 provid
ing for the release of more me
dium and lower-priced apparel
and house furnishing are request
ed to attend a discussion of the
new order effective April 20
which will be held tonight at 8
o'clock in the city council room
of the city hall, local OPA offi
cials announce.- -
OPA price specialist Miss
Bertha Singer from the district
office in Portland will acquaint
retailers with provisions of the
new regulation which freezes in
dividual mark-ups of each store
to March 19, base date for each
class of goods sold. The order as
written . requires manufacturers
to restore the average level of
their price lines to the averages
of 1942-43, and provides con
sumers with surer protection
against price increases, it is re
ported. "Every apparel, dry goods and
house furnishings retailer is re
quired to prepare :three copies of
a Drlcina nhart. based on the costs
and selling prices of goods he of
fered lor sale on March 19, of
ficials explained. "On or before
April 20 he must file two copies
of the chart with the district OPA
office, retaining one copy in his
store."
Bring Your Own,
Tourists Advised
London, March 29 (IB Note to
tourists:
DNB announced today that new
regulations for German hotels re
quire that guests bring their own
bed linens, towels, toilet paper,
matches, and candles (for when
the lights go out).
"No complete baths will be al
lowed," the order said.
Planter of Flag
Killed on Iwo
Tallahassee, Fla., March 29 iui .
Platoon Sgt. Ernest I. Thomas, Jr.,
21, of Tallahassee, the first man
to plant the Stars and Stripes on
Iwo Jima's rocky Mt. Suribachi,
was killed five davs later, his
mother has been informed by the
marine corps.
Thomas was killed on March 3,
his 21st birthday.
TWO PRISONERS ESCAPE
Medford, Ore., March 29 lU'i
Two German prisoners of war are
missing from Camp White today.
They are Herman Goebel,. 25,
and Hirman Dirr, 21.
FLUE FIRE CHECKED
Firemen late yesterday were
called to 326 Congress avenue.
where they extinguished a flue
with salt. They reported no
aamage.
alls
To Americans;
Foe Retreats
Japs Hastily Evacuate
Buried Tank Defenses
And Concealed Pillboxes
Manila, March 29 ll' American
troops captured Cebu's burned
and blasted capital city and
speared northward today in a
drive that may have overrun the
Lahug airdrome.
, Cebu city, second largest city In
the Philippines, fell to units of
the Americal division which ad
vanced five miles in one day and
outflanked elaborate Japanese
pillbox fortifications on the capi
tal's western approaches,
t The city, once one of the most
beautiful in the archipelago, was
damaged nearly as badly as Ma
nila., Demolition fires started by
the Japanese when the Americans
landed Monday, practically wiped
out the business district and many
residential sections.
Port Area Undamaged
The . port area was reportedly
found undamaged, however, and
the excellent harbor, second only
to Manila, will be able to accom
modate shipping and naval vessels
almost Immediately.
The flanking maneuver by the
Americans again caught the Japa
nese off guard and the enemy
hastily evacuated well-placed pill
boxes and buried tank defenses as
the troops entered the city .from
the north and northwest.
Gen. Douglas MaeArthur's com
munique said the conquest of the
capital city was achieved with rel
atively light casualties.
, Alter occupying the city, the
Americal units Immediately start
ed toward the Lahug airdrome,
one mile to the north, under a
cover of fighter-bombers from the
13th air force.
Airdrome Seized
With the Japanese defenses dis
organized and the planes blast
ing a path ahead, the U. S. forces
may already have seized the air
drome with its two flying strips.
A Japanese midget submarine
attempted to flee Cebu's harbor
Monday night, but was caught by
a P-T boat and damaged so badly
it was believed to have sunk.
The communique disclosed (hat
an enemy plane attempted to
bomb the landing beaches at Tali
say, five miles south of Cebu
city, Monday night but failed to
cause any damage.
Patton Even Has
Gen. 'Ike Guessing
London, March 29 (Hi True or
not, this Is the way they are tell
ing it around London today:
An allied official asked Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower where
Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.,
commander of the U. S. Third
army, was at the moment.
"Hell, I don't know," Eisenhow
er replied. "I haven't heard from
him for three hours."
UNDER OBSERVATION
It was reported from the
Hahnemann hospital in Portland
this afternoon that Seaton Smith,
whose condition has been an
nounced as serious, is still 'Under
observation. Smith, member of
the Bend high school teaching
staff, was suddenly stricken this
past week-end, while convalescing
irom an operation
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can invasion fleet was converging "from all directions" on
Okinawa island, the enemy's navy-and-nir base in the Ryukyu
chain. ' -
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craft in continuing raids on the Japanese homeland.
The enemy claimed that American landing forces on
Tokoshika island, west of Okinawa, have been "completely
wiped out" by the Japanese garrison using heavy artillery
and mortars. Official Ameri-
can sources have never con
firmed repealed Japanese re
ports of U. S- landings on
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ports," said Tokyo, "continue to
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Yanks licit) Stranded
Tokyo said the American assault
units In the Keramas "are strand-
jed, with the American Invasion
i fleet cut to pieces by the Japanese
air arm."
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reported from the Fukien province
coast that "chaos" prevailed in
Formosa where Japanese author
ities reportedly were expecting
an allied offensive. Civilians were
reported evacuated from all sea
coast areas.)
A Japanese imperial headquar
ters communique indicated that a
naval engagement may be under
way around Okinawa, principle
enemy base in the Kyukyu chain.
The enemy announcement said its
air and "surface" forces had sunk
or damaged 30 American ships
from Monday through Wednesday
in the Okinawa area.
"Feverish Fighting" Noted
Tokyo radio said "feverish"
fighting was continuing in the
Kerama Islands, west of Okinawa,
with 20 to 30 American transports
attempting to land reinforce
ments. It said other transports
were south of Okinawa for "pos
sible landing attempts" on Okin
awa and Okino Dalto, 20 miles
to the southeast.
One broadcast said that Okino
Daito also was brought under the
American bombardment.
Redmond to Get
Federal Houses
Washinglon, March 29 W -Approval
was given for construc
tion of 125 dwelling units In Red
mond and Corvallis, Ore., by the
Nil A under the H-2 program fori
privately financed housing.
In Coi-vallis, 100 family units
were approved, 50 to he sold at no
more than $7,000 and 50 to rent
at no more than $55 per month. Of
25 units to be built In Redmond,
15 are to be sold at $7,000 or less
and 10 will rent for not more
than $60, the MIA announced.
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Put on Motorists
Seattle, March 29 mi The
careless motorist, not the Jay
walking pedestrian, is responsible
for the majority of pedestrian ac
cidents, "i
A police survey of traffic rec
ords revealed today that 128 per
sons were Injured during January
and February because motorists
Ignored rights of pedestrians. For
the same period, 95 victims were
Jaywalkers.
Fourteen fatalities were record
ed for the two months with the
blame divided evenly between
motorists and pedestrians.
FOUR MEN MISSING
Petersburg, Alaska, March 29
HI'1 Four men were declared
missing at sea today when their
cod fishing boat, Spencer II, was
tound Uiiftlng bottom up near
Coronation Island.
The Spender U was skippered
by Cant. Ed Thorson of Peters
burg and normally had a crew of
tnree.
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War in Europe Not Yet Over,
Military Experts Convinced
By Boyd D. Lewis
(UriiUfl l'retu War Corrrspumlent)
Paris, March 29 UI'i When will 1
Ihe w;ir In Klirnnr nnfl' 1
The nearest thing to an expert
nplnion available at supreme al
lied headquarters is that the fi
nal collapse of German resislance
Is still a considerable distance
away.
How far away will depend upon
our ability to keep supplies flow
ing across the Rhine -on which
not a single permanent bridge re -
mains and streaming through a
hostile countryside to our speed
ing armored spearheads..
Despite their losses, the Ger
mans still have possibly 1,250,000
troops In the west, of which 250,
000 are in combat units.
They are a whipped army, as
Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower said.
Their morale Is a far cry from
what it was' a year ago or even
last December.
But they are still killing Ameri
cans, British and Canadians and
they will continue to kill them
Allied Armies
Race to Sever
Western Reich
Criss Crossing Columns
Chop Up Country; News
From Region Is Meager
Paris, March 29 P Allied
armies started ripping west and
eentral Germany apart today, rac
ing to sever the Ruhr from the
central reich, driving two-thirds
of the way to the Czech frontier
and pointing spearheads at Kas
sel and Hannover, 166 and 142
miles respectively from Berlin.
The whole of west central Ger
many was being chopped up by
criss-crossing armored columns
rampaging at such speed that
headquarters was unable to keep
up with their positions.
.The British Second and Amer
lean Ninth armies were racing
eastward under cover of a secur
ity blackout in a drive pointed
toward Hannover. One report
placed them already past Muen-
ster, some 227 miles west oi Ber
lin. Yanks Near Glessen
The American First army drove
40 miles north from Glessen to
Hallenberg 21 miles northwest of
Marburg in a surprise race to cut i
off the eastern connection of the
Ruhr and to form a Juncture with '
the 21st army group forces to the
north.
The Fourth armored division of :
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's Third
army plunged ahead 31 miles on
the road to Kassel and Berlin. It
reached Lauterbach, 208 miles
southwest of Berlin, and 13 miles
northwest of Fulda. At this point
it. was nearlng the borders lot
rThuringia provlnee. V
The Third army ciearea two
thlrds of Frankfurt. The Third
army now holds 8,790 square
miles of German territory.
Patrol or total security black
outs cloaked allied operations.
But Field Marshal Sir Bernard
Montgomery's British Second and
American Ninth armies were on
the loose In a fast easternward
sweep which radio Luxembourg
said had carried them beyond
Muenster.
Race For Hannover
That would place the vanguard
less than 227 miles from Berlin
in a race toward Hannover, 142
miles from the relch capital.
The U. S. First army was de
veloping a pincers threat to the
wilting nazis.
One arm of the First army was
pointed for Kassel, 166 miles
southwest of Berlin.
A second was heading due
north, having left Glessen before
dawn this morning. By mid-afternoon
they had progressed about
40 miles to reach Hallenburg, 21
miles northwest of Marburg.
Hallenburg is about 45 miles
east of the southern borders of
the Ruhr. If the First army con
tinues north to a Juncture with
the racing 9th and 2nd British
armies the Ruhr will be sealed off
from contact with the central
relch.
COOK GETS AWARD
With the Third Infantry divis
ion, Seventh army, France Cap
tain Albert H. Cook of Madras,
Ore., has been awarded the bronze
star for meritorious service in de
rect support of combat operations
while fighting with the Third In
fantry Division In France. His
wife, Mrs. Eva Maxlne Cook, re
sides at Madras.
1 for many weeks to come.
Adolf Hitler Is still very much
i In the saddle, with dreaded Gesta-
i V-"1UI neinncn ninmitr Desioe
him, according to best opinion
here. It Is maintained that the
Germans never would use gas.
Hitler, who suffered from gas in
the last war, would not permit its
use, it was said.
The Germans' worst problem Is
transportation. Largely because of
! allied air raids, German railways
are broken and unusable. Gaso
line shortage hampers use of mo
tor vehicles.
What is the pattern for crush
ing Germany?
The best image in the clouded
crystal ball at this moment seems
to be the systematic destruction
of the remaining German resist
ance the gradual hammering of
the diehard thugs and nazi cut
throats into the southern Alpine
redoubt and then turning loose
upon them the concentrated pow
er of allied air forces.