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THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND, OREGON. THURSDAY. ARCH 29.1945
Vandegrift Wins
General's Rating
Washington, March 29 !!'
President Roosevelt today nomi
nated l,t Gen. Alexander A. Van
degrift for promotion to the rank
- of general and Vice Admiral Rus
sell R. Waesche for promotion to
the rank of admiral.
Vandegrift is commandant ol
the marine corps; Waescne, com
mundunt of the coast guari
Roosevelt proposed the promo
tions under a new law he signed
last week providing the four-star
ranks for the commanding out
cers of the two organizations dur
ing the war.
At the same time, Roosevelt
nominated three vice admirals for
promotion to the rank of admiral:
Richard S. Edwards, deputy com
mander-in-chief of the U. S. fleet;
Henry K. Hewitt, commander of
the eighth fleet in the Mediter
ranean, and Thomas C. Kinkuid,
commander of the seventh fleet
and top naval officer under den
Douglas MacArthur.
Admirals Named
The president also nominated
five rear admirals to Be vice au
mirals. four commodores to be
rear admirals and 20 captains to
he commodores.
The following rear admirals
were named to be vice admirals
Walter S. Anderson, Carlinvolle,
111., commander, Gulf sea frontier;
William S. Karber, 60, Cazenovia,
N. Y, sub-chief of naval opera
tions: Arthur S. Carpenter, CO,
New Brunswick, N. J., command
ant, ninth naval district; James L.
Kauffman. 57. Miamisburg, O.
commander. Philippine sea fron
tier; and Edward L. Cochrane, 53,
chief of bureau of ships.
Tumalo
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Resting, his grenade rifle on an observation platform overlooking
the swift-flowing Rhine at Coblenz, Germany, following U. S.
capture of the city, is Pfc. Arno T. Gangewere, of Allentown, Pa,
who has sller.t company in the old statue facing the river.
Would Hold Food
Tumalo. March 28 (Special)
E. M. Wright has leased his ranch
to D. L. Wonser of the Bend
Dairy. The Wrights will continue
to live on the ranch as tney re
served the dwelling and a little
- land for their own use.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Barnum of
Moro were overnight guests at
the home of u. M. Barnum one
night last week.
A. L. Stearns who has been
driving a truck for the Tumalo
gravel pit, left Tuesday for the
army. Mrs. Stearns, who is the
fifth and sixth grade teacher, has
been taking a few days leave and
Mrs. William Malone has been
substituting for her.
Mr. and Mrs. CM. Barnum
.gave a farewell party Saturday
evening at their home for Lee
Putnam who left Tuesday with
the Inductees.
Mr. Humbert is now employed
at a Bend mill.
Lowell Franks, who Is a para
trooper, wrote his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George Franks, that en
route to his destination he met
Robert Couch, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Maylon Couch, on board
ship. Couch is In the Infantry.
Don Franks is now in Leyte.
J. L. Jones is plann.'ng a two
weeks trip to the coast for his
health.
Nell Davis is leaving the first of
April to enter the combat divi
sion of the naval air corps. Neil is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Del Davis.
Davis' oldest son, Dean, left Tues
day to enter service.
Mrs. C. L. Allen, Mis. Jesse
Scott and Mrs. C. I. Dunlap at
tended a school meeting in Red
mond last Tuesduy evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Heartt and
daughters, Joan and Nancy, of
near Portland, are arriving Fri
day at trie H. A. Scoggin home
for an Easter visit. Mrs. Heartt
Is a sister of Mrs. Scoggin. The
Heartts recently received word
of the death of their only son,
John, in combat In Europe.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wilcox
and children and Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Deal and two daughters are
. leaving Thursday for Portland
where they will visit over Easter.
The trip is being made to visit
Mrs. Wilcox's brother, Sgt. Gail
Gronewald, who is a patient at
Barnes hospital at Vancouver.
Gronewald, who left for the serv
ices from Bend, was injured in
r ranee October 31 and has been
a patient in a hospital in England
until his transfer here the past
week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Crawford
and two children went to Ashland
over the weekend for another load
of their belongings. They recent
ly moved here from that city.
The Tumalo school board has
rehired all the Tumalo teachers
and has given them a 10 per cent
riise for next year. Those given
contracts arc Mrs. Velma Buck
ingham, principal and seventh
and eighth grade teacher; Mrs. A.
L. Stearns, fifth and sixth glade
teacher; Mrs. C. I. Dunlap, third
and fourth grades, and Mrs. Ben
Gedney, primary.
A group of young people en
joyed a hay rack ride in the com
munity Saturday evening.
Douglas Shepard celebrated his
birthday Monday evening by a
surprise dinner party given by
his mother. Guests were Mr. and
Mrs. C. I. Dunlap, T. W. Vande
vert, Wright Kills, Barbara Vnn-
devert, Andy Sandwlck, Laurence
Allen and members of the Shep
ard family. The evening was de
voted to games. i
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War Briefs
To ease the food crisis. War
Food Administrator Marvin
Jones, above, would suspend
ihipments of meats and other
foods to Great Britain and lib
erated territories for a three
month period beginning April 1,
He also suggests further restric
tion of export for military needs
to help the homefront larder.
George Erickson In Bend. Sixteen
women were present and the after
noon was spent on Red Cross
sewing. Next meeting will be
with Mrs. Del Matson.
The board of directors of the
Farmers Telephone . association
met Monday night at the Floyd
Parker home.
Buy National War Bonds Now!
(fly United Pr)
Western Front- First and
Third army columns roll toward
Kassel within 200 miles of Berlin.
Kustern I'ront Red army re
ported sweeping into Austria 40
miles southwest of Vienna,
Pacific Pacific fleet units
bag 29 more Japanese ships and
38 planes in Ryukyus; Japan
claims sinking of 20 to 30 Ameri
can warships in Okinawa area;
Tokyo reports American rocket
planes join carrier aircraft in at
tacks on Japanese homeland.
Italian Front Allied warships
bombed German positions on
E'ranco-Italian border; lull con
tinues on fighting fronts.
Pvt. Harold Bice
Back in Action
The 317th Station Hospital,
England, March 29 Having re
covered at this U. S. army hos
pital from shrapnel wounds re
ceived near Bastoghe, Belgium, on
Jan. a, I94t, Ptc. Harold C. Bice,
25, of Route 1, Bend, Ore., has
been released for return to duty;
White at this hospital he received
expert medical care, followed by
a period of convalescence.
Member of a parachute infan
try unit, he entered the army on
February 9, 1942. His parents. Mr.
and Mrs. L. H. Bice, reside at the
above address.
Gasoline sold for civilian cars
in the United States had a lower
octane value in 1944 than in 1943;
analysis showed the premium
grade had an average octane
value of 75, and regular gas 71.1;
In 1943 they were 79.1 and 72 respectively.
Bend High School
Courts Improved
With the arrival of spring
weather, and anticipating a heavy
use when school is resumed next
leal education classes promptly to
make use oi ine courts, as well as
other children playing tennis at
different intervals?
WATCH REPORTED STOLEN
Theft of a S50 watch from her
week, workmen today were en-ipurse as it hung in the hallway
gaged in repairing the Bend high , of a Bond street hotel, today was
school tennis courts. A new can-1 reported to Bend police by Myrtle
vas cover was being Installed atop; Musser, who was engeged In
the steel net skirting Bond street, j cleaning there at the time. She
and the usual cord nets were also
being erected.
Howard w. tieorgo, supers-
told officers that she suspected a
man who had asked her the time.
watched her remove the watch
tendent of the schools, said that I from her pruse, then checked out i
he expected members of the phys-'of the hotel while she was busy. I
Hyson Winner
Of Purple Heart
Sisters, March 29 (Special)
Carl . Hyson, brother of Mrs.
Harvey Cole, has received the
purple heart for wounds received
in France Oct. 2, 1944. ' '
Following hospitalization in
England, Hyson arrived at the
Barnes general hospital in Van
couver, Wash., where shrapnel
was removed from his. leg. Upon
release from the hospital, Hyson
will go to his parents' home at
Huchins, Kansas.
Weapons in Rivers Easy
For New Type Magnet
Chicago ilPi A new-type mag
net for lifting revolvers and other
weapons from rivers and lakes
has been developed by Charles
M. Wilson, director of the Chi
cago police crime detection labo
ratory. The magnet will lift 175 pounds.
Heretofore, police have used cum
bersome electro-magnets with a
lift of only 40 pounds.
Principal element in the device
is an alloy known as ainico which
is easily magnetized. Once
charged, the magnet will retain
Its power, for six months and
be remagnetized. saiw if
One of the magnets 2s i..
long, has lifted a 90-pound eK
saw with motor and stand
lift nearly, twice that
son said, and will easily u.Wlt
revolvers, rifles, shoieiYr,. "
knives from a river bed
PURPLE HEART RFXErVfn
Sisters, March 29
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Anderson
reside on the Livesay ranch s2
of Sisters recently received 7
purple heart which was b.2&
to their son. Ted. awar"W
If your eyes have been bothering you, don't neglect
these first warnings. Headaches and eyestrain
fatigue can spoil your looks and your good times.
Clonic in for a thorough examination this week.
Then we can explain the special advantages of
Wide-Vision Orthogon Lenses.
Good iision is vital to Victory
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IEND. OREGON
Grange Hall
Grange Hall, March 29 (Special)
Rev. Wm. Schwab, Pastor of
the Missionary Alliance church
of Bend will conduct Easter servi
ces, Sunday at the Community
church at 3:30.
Grange Halt Ladies Aid met
Thursday afternoon with Mrs.
BAUCIS
From 9 to 11:55 Every Friday Night
Night Owls Orchestra
CARROLL ACRES HALL
Wonderful Maple Floor
City Bus Service Until Midnight
If you've put off Easter shopping until now,
You can still get dress-up clothes for That Great Day! .
Hurry straight down here to Penney's we know how
To make everyone at your house bright and gayl
For a More Colorful You
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