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Volume LIU
Soviet Armies
Only 22 Miles
Out of Vienna
Stalin Forces Penetrate
Capital's Outer Defenses
In Drive Across Austria
1 London, March 31 tP-The, red
army closed In on Vienna, today,
and began cleaning up remnants
of the Sllesian industrial area still
held by the nazls.
Moving up from the south,
soviet forces under Marshal Feo
dor I. Tolbukhin were crashing
through the outer defense circle
of Vienna and at points were less
than 40 miles from the Austrian
capital. , .
One report placed some soviet
forces a little more than 20 miles
from the industrial center of
Wiener Neustadt, about 22 miles
south ol Vienna.
In Silesia, German reports said,
the red army burst Into Ratibor
and Katscher In southern Silesia,
18 and 21 miles respectively from
Morvaska Ostrava. They also en
tered Glogau, 80 miles southeast
of Frankfurt. Glogau has been en
circled for some weeks.
Race for Vienna .
rne lanK lorces were racing
toward Vienna under a security
blackout after turning the frontal
defense "line anchored on Lake
Neusledler with a push across the
Austrian border at Koeszeg, 50
miles south of the capital.
Another column of Marshal Fe
odor I. Tolbukhin's Third Ukrain
ian army group, also moving un
der a security blackout, was less
than 40 miles southeast of Vienna
in a frontal advance toward the
Lake Neusledler line.
Marshal Rodion Y. Malinov-
SKys second Ukrainian army
group, on Tolbukhin's northern
flank, simultaneously struck out
on a 100-mile front for Bratislava,
capital of Germany's puppet state
of Slovakia and key to the Brat
islava gap to Vienna.
Army Advances
South of the Danube, the Second-
army grcrnp-puncheij'ta with
in 30 miles southeast of Bratis
lava and 44 miles southeast of
Vienna with the capture of Tarno
Kretl. Nagy Bales. 38 miles south
east of Bratislava, also fell to the
Soviets.
utner becona army group
forces north of the Danube
forced the Hron and Nitra rivers,
tributaries of the Danube, on a
45-mile front and advanced to
within 51 miles northeast of Brat
islava.
The capture of Bratislava would
enable the Russians to advance
frontally up the Danube valley
between Lake Neusiedleij and the
Slovakian mountains toward Vi
enna, some 30 miles farther west.
3 Escape Death
In Auto Plunge
Prineville, March 31 (Special)
Three Prineville high school boys
last night narrowly escaped death
when an automobile in which they
were riding went out of control
atop the View Point park west of
here and plunged nearly 300 feet
down the steep slopes of the park.
In the Prineville general hospi
tal today were Gene Smith and
Larry Martin, severely injured.
Don Dussey, the third occupant of
the car, leaped when it started
over the precipitous bluff and
escaped without injury. He was
recovering from shock at his
home.
State highway department em
ployes said that there was evi
dence that the car had been racing
in a circle in the state park, when
it apparently went out of control,
crashed through a concrete and
rock safety wall and smashed
Hmim fVin r AM T-U nnt. ...nB M.
syorieo to De completely wrecKea.
' One of the boys told investigators
that the brakes locked on the car,
causing it to careen over the bluff.
Rolls Down Hill
View Point park rises 386 feet
above the city of Prineville, and
is an attraction to many tourists
who drive there to view the Oeho
co valley below. The car came to
a rest a short distance above an
old road near the base, or nearly
300 feet from the top.
Smith was the more severely In
jured, hospital attendants report
ing that he suffered a fractured
ankle and severed ligaments, and
back injuries. Martin was treated
for severe cuts and bruises.
Fall of Germany
To Release Gas
Los Angeles, March 31 UP
The fall of Germany will mean a
targe Increase, possibly 50 per
cent, in civilian gasoline rations
in the United States, said Ralph
K. Davies, deputy petroleum ad
ministrator for war.
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Easter Monkey Business
Most children find in their Easter basket a gaily colored assortment
of eggs, but little Annette Avers, of Portage, Wis., got a big sur
Drise when she found this Det monkey grinning at her.
Bend Churches
For Special Services Sunday
Capacity Congregations Expected to Attend
Rites Commemorating Feast of Resurrection
jeena tomorrow win join
services commemorative of
services arranged by practically all local churches. Capacity
attendance is expected by most pastors, who say that light is
again breaking: through dark clouds of war and that for manv
this should be the most joyful Easter since the start of the
world conflict " ,
Observance of the Christian festival locally will range
a i uui Buiiuse services aiup niui uutie to master pageants,
Japs on Okinawa
By Lloyd Tripling -
(United Preiw War Correspondent)
Aboard Admiral Mitscher's Flag
ship, off Okinawa, March 28 (De
layed) UP This mighty task
force today blasted the island of
Okinawa with bombs and shells
while its half-million Japanese
residents fled 'from the target
areas.
Returning pilots described Okin
awa, southern guardian of Japan,
as a scene of "utter desolation."
A thick black cloud of smoke
covers the island. It rises from
the burning wreckage of bar
racks, warehouses, ammunition
dumps, ships and the town of
Komiyo.
Population Disappears
The population seemingly has
disappeared. American carrier pi
lots swarming over the 70-mlle-long
bastion said they saw no hu
man activity from the air. They
concluded the Japanese had taken
to the rugged northern hills, or
were hiding in the numerous
caves that dot the island.
The fast battleships and carrier
planes of Vice Admiral Marc C.
Mitscher's force concentrated
their blows against Okinawa. But
they also mauled Amami Shima to
the north, and Minami Daito, in
smashing attacks that neutralized
air. fields and shipping there.
YOUTH FATALLY HURT
McMinnville, Ore.. March 31 (IP)
Charles A. Brown, 17, of Spring
field, Mo., was on his way to Ho-
quiam, Wash.) when he was 'fa
tally injured in a motorcycle ac
cident it was learned here today.
Brown died yesterday of a skull
fracture suffered in the collision
between his motorcycle and an au
tomobile in McMinnville.
Japanese Defenses In Central Philippines
Rapidly Collapsing; Troops Invade Negros
By H. D. Qulee
(United Prea Suff Correapondent)
Manila, March 31 ilPi Japanese
defenses throughout the centra)
Philippines were collapsing rapid
ly today before American forces
which seized control or all out one
of the major islands in the archi
pelago. The mounting campaign sent u.
S. assault troops swarming over
two more islands Negros, the
fourth largest island in the Phil
ippines, and little Caballo in Ma
nila bay.
They were the 3ist and &na
islands in the Philippines invaded
by Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
American forces. Bohol, between
Cebu and Leyte, was the only
large island still held by the Japa
nese. Seasoned veterans of Maj. Gen.
Rapp Brush's 40th division landed
on the west coast oi jNegros
CENTRAL OREGON'S
THE BEND BULLETIN, JEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1945
Outline Plans
with the Christian world in
the Resurrection, with special
with special masses, commun
ion services, baptisms and spe
cial music also arranged.
. Churches of Bend have
joined in reminding all resi
dents ot the-city of the sig
nificance of the day, and of the
special rites that have been ar
ranged. Church attendance this
year is expected to equal that of
last year, When camp Abbot was
sun active.
Good Weather Forecast
Even the weatherman has Indi
cated that he is going to cooperate
fully this year, unless some unpre
dictable low pressure area sweeps
in from the north Pacific. The
forecast is for generally fair
weather over the week-end.
Sunrise services arranged for
Easter morning include one ar
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Foe's Rail Line
In Italy Severed
Rome, March 31 (IP) Allied
bombers and fighters have cut
all enemy rail lines in central and
northeastern Italy in front of the
Eighth army, it was disclosed to
day. The vital nazi rail supply routes
were severed by fighter-bombers
and fighters which broke through
inclement weather to strike
throughout the Po valley yester
day. Several rail bridges also were
blasted, together with ammuni
tion and supply dumps and other
targets In the immediate battle
area.
Mitchell mediums swept far In
back of the German lines to attack
rail bridges at the southern end
of the Brenner pass route and in
the Brescia area near Milan.
The ground campaign, however,
continued relatively ouiet with
activity limited to scattered pa
trol operations.
Thursday after a 10-mile amphib-
ous hop from Guimaras island
ind In nine hours had established
i 25-mile long beachhead.
The landing near Bago, just
icross from Guimaras, was made
without opposition although some
scattered resistance was met as
the troops moved inland under the
support of 13th air force planes
and naval units commanded by
Rear Admiral Arthur Struble.
After securing the landing
beach, the troops split into three
forces which fanned out along the
island's smooth coastal plain. The
northern contingent speared 14
miles to the outskirts of Bacolod,
capital of the island, and overran
the city's airfield with Its two air
strips 3600 and 4600 feet-long.
Another column swept through
the Japanese defenses at the Bago
river bridge and raced 11 miles !
soutnwara irom uago ana seized
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Allied Ad
Jap Bslan
Foe Expecting
Invasion Soon;
1 8 Ships Sunk
Tokyo Reports Mighty
Task Force Strikes to '
Pave Way for Landings !
Guam, March 31 (Ui Pacifi
fleet carrier task forces and mors
than 100 Superforts raked the
Japanese from Okinawa to th
home Island of Kyushu, 330 miles'
to the northeast, today in smash'
ing blows which Tokyo said were
preparations for Imminent Inva
sion. . i' '
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz re
ported the fleet sank 18 Japanese
ships, probably sank 14 and dam
aged 15 in two days near Okinawa
and then closed for a devastating
close-range bombardment of the
island s defenses.
The attack still was In progress
and Tokyo anticipated U. S. inva
sion forces would go ashore at
any moment. -
The B-29 task force struck In
support of the Okinawa opera
tion, hitting Kyushu heavily in an
effort to neutralize it.
Japs Sight Annada
Tokyo said American mine
sweepers were now clearing the
approaches to Okinawa and that
a powerful transport armada Is
heading for the scene.
' Battleships and light units
the Pacific fleet meanwhile blast
ed at shore installations on Okin
awa as carrier planes hit the main
island of the Kyukyus again to
dav. Nimitz said.
Besides the 47 enemy ships sunk
or. damaged 29 aircraft were shot
out of the air, 16 were destroyed
on the ground and 42 damaged or
destroyed on the ground for a loss
in combat of 12 American planes
and six pilots.
Nimitz said the heavy shelling
of Okinawa yesterday was made
at close range.
Seawalls Breached -
"Seawalls were breached by
gunfire, and defensive gun posi
tions, airfield and bridges were
heavily it."
Fleet surface units on March 27
and 28 also bombarded tiny Mina
mi Diato island, 300 miles east of
Okinawa, and outside the Ryukyu
clialn, which guards the approach
es to Japan, Formosa and the
China coast.
Nimitz reported that a carrier
task force of the British Pacific
fleet struck at targets in the Saka
shima group of the southern Ryu
kyus, less than 300 miles east of
Formosa.
The B-29 raid was the second in
four days on Kyushu, southern
most of the Japanese home is
lands. At the same time, the 21st
bomber command announced, a
small force of Superforts attack
ed industrial aieas of Nagoya
about 1 a. m.
Action Continues
A Japanese imperial headquar
ters communique said that carrier
raids on Okinawa, 330 miles
southwest of Kyushu broke off
yesterday, but "the enemy's ship
bombardment on the Okinawa
group continues in Intensity."
Meanwhile, reconnaissance
photographs showed that 56 air
craft were destroyed or damaged
and a number of hangars blasted
in the strike on Kyushu March 28.
the town of Santa Anlceta.
The latter group made contact
with strong guerrilla forces under
Colonel Abcedes at Santa Anlceta.
Troops of the American division
on Cebu, east of Kogros, also join
ed with guerrilla forces, com
manded by a Colonel Cushlng,
to speed the campaign of clearing
the Island. The American troops,
however, were reported meeting
some resistance on high ground
north of Guadalupe, 20 miles
south of captured Cebu city.
In announcing the. new land
ings, MacArthur noted that the
enemy "seems bewildered and his
defense is rapidly collapsing."
"Pre-occupied to the north In
Luzon and fearful of his position
to the south in Mondanao, he has
neglected his center and left it
exposed to a series of divergent
thrusts which are proving vital;
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Olant strides were taken by Allied Armies on both west and east fronts. U. S. First and Third Armies linked
up after reaching Rauschenberg, were believed pushing- toward Leipzig. To the south, another Third Army's
pearhead passed Gemuenden and was headed for pos sible juncture with Russians who were reported across
Austria border and within 40 miles of Vienna. Soviet forces also were said to have taken Zehden, last Nazi
hold east of Oder and a Juncture may be ahead with B ritlsh and American Armies roaring east north of Ruhr.
dQerrrians -Delay Action
On Armistice Request
London, March 31 (U.E) Europcnn reports said Adolf
Hitler and the German high command agreed at a dramatic
all-night meeting ending early today that Germany should
seek an armistice, but apparently delayed action when the
nazis refused to give up the government immediately.
The high command informed Hitler that it was prepared
to negotiate for an armistice if the nazi government would
quit, a Stockholm Tidningen dispatch quoted by the Exchange
Telegraph agency said.
The staff officers were said to have contended that con
Nazi Subs Sink
3 Allied Vessels
London, March 31 (IP) Three
allied ships were sunk and one
was damaged by German planes
and submarines that attacked a
large convoy carrying war ma
terials to Russia, it was disclosed
today.
At least one German submarine
and 12 planes were destroyed In
a series of encounters that start
ed when German aircraft began
to shadow the convoy a few days
after it set out.
The ships sunk were a corvette,
a merchant ship and an undis
closed type of vessel. The dam
aged ship was an escort.
A large proportion of the ships
in the convoy were American ves
sels, manned by several thousand
U S.. merchant seamen. At least
6,000 officers and men of the
British home fleet took part in
guiding the convoy to Russia and
back.
Carried Vital Cargo
The convoy carried locomotives,
freight cars, and other first pri
ority materials needed by the Sov
iet armies for their drive across
Germany.
Ninety-four per cent of the
ships in the convoy reached their
destinations, hut the corvette
Bluebell was torpedoed and sunk
two other allied ships were dam-1 now in Dayton, Wash., Is conval
aeed and two naval fighters were 'escing In a hospital In England,
lost. One of the pilots was saved, friends here have learned. Keith
Twelve enemy planes were shot j attended Bond high school and
down and seven were damaged so I was graduated from the Dayton
severely that It was doubtful they ! high school,
reached their bases. The U-boat The young soldier is a grandson
was sunk by shellflre and depth 'of Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Knicker
charges and only one survivor hocker, early-day residents of the
was found. I Sisters community who now live
The admiralty said the uerman
air and submarine attacks were
the most persistent and sustained
in some time.
GAM.ONAGE DECREASES
Salem, Ore., March 31 "111 A I Merle R. Chessman, Astoria pub
total of 15,971,765 gallons of gas-; Usher, has been reappointed to
oline was used In Oregon during another three-year term as a
the month of February, the mo- member of the state highway
tor vehicles division here said to-1 commission. Gov. Earl Snell an
day. This was a decrease of 385,-' nounced today.
471 gallons from the same month Chessman's new term begins
last year. I
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tinuation of the war was im-
possible in view of the allied
break-through in the west and
the soviet threat in the east.
Hitler countered with a pro
posal to abandon his position
as sole leader In favor of a
"fuehrer's council" headed by
Marshal Albert Kesselrlng and
Col. Gen. Ferdinand Von Schoern
er, commanders on the western
and eastern fronts, Tidningen
said.
Council Designated
Members of the council under
Kesselrlng and Von Schoerner
would be Hitler himself, Reich
marshal Hermann Goering, Ges
tapo Chief Heinrich Himmler and
Grand Admiral Karl Doenllz.
Hitler was said to have told the
generals they could open negotia
tions with the allies while he and
Hlmmler answered for internal
order.
Tidningen said the generals of
the high command reiected
the
proposal. The final result of the
conference, which lasted from
midday yesterday to early this
morning, was not known, Tidnin
gen said.
R. Keith Clark
Hurt in Action
Wounded In action while serv
ing with the 3rd army in Europe
on Feb. 27, Pvt. R. Keith Clark,
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Clark,
former residents of Bend who are
;in Redmond.
Keith, serving wilh the infan
try, suffered a shattered arm.
CHESSMAN REAPPOINTED
Salem, Ore., March 31 HP)
tomorrow.
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Beaver -Take Over
State Fish Traps
Employment of Vallard Stokoe
by the state game commission to
take eggs this spring at Cow camp
and operate the Fall river hatch
ery was reported to Bend sports.
men by Frank B. Wire, state game
supervisor, and yesterday Stokoe,
accompanied by Bob Wetle, Wil
fred Jossy, Bill Harris and A. E.
Perry, made a tedious trip to Cow
camp to Inspect the fish traps
there.
The trip was made by auto to
Crane Prairie dam, and from
there the party walked over the
reservoir ice to Cow camp. On
the return hip the Ice had soft
ened enough to make walking
hazardous, necessitating a longer
walk around the wjndfall-strewn
shoreline.
The fish traps, stacked neatly
on the river bank, have been
commandeered by a colony of
beavers and used as the frame
work for a hURe beaver house, the
party reported.
Stokoe and a few volunteer
sportsmen will go to Cow camp
Tuesday to set up camp and ready
the traps for egg taking opera
tlons. Smith Improved
After Operation
Suddenly stricken one week ago
i when ho was convalescing from
an operation, Seaton Smith, Ucnd
high school Instructor, this morn
ing underwent an operation at the
Hahnemann hospital in Portland
and his right leg was amputated
below the knee, according to In
formation provided by the United
Press.
Attending surgeons reported
that his condition was good and
that the Bend man Is feeling bet
ter than was expected. However,
his condition Is expected to re
main critical for another week.
However, the hospital attend
ants added, the outlook for his
recovery Is excellent. Mrs. Smith
Is In Portland wilh her husband.
Wild Shooting Is
Studied by Police
Promiscuous shooting . of a
rille, which sent two shots into
one homo and another through
a window narrowly missing a
small boy, was being Investigated
by city police today after two
women had reported the inci
dents. Mrs. Leon M. Gilder, 1305 Elgin
street, said that one bullet had I
gone through a front window of j
her home, and that it nearly i
struck her son. I
Mrs. Harry Robertson, 1244 Gal-1
veston avenue, said that two bul
lets had struck her home, and
that she suspected two small boys
residing in the neighborhood. I
Weafher Forecast
Light showers today, clearing to. t,
night; Sunday, generally clear. .
Cooler today. . i
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Armored Host
Sweeps Across
WestGermany
Nazi Resistance Falls t
Apart as Legions Rush'
, Eastward Into Reich
Paris, March 31 P Allied ar
mies overran the entire western
quarter of Germany today in an
almost unopposed armored sweep
that engulfed the Ruhr basin anil
threatened momentarily to spill
across the Weser river line within
165 miles of Berlin.
Almost 3,000 American and Brit
ish tanks, probably the greatest
armored host In the history ot
warfare, were running riot acrosa
thousands of square miles of Ger
man soil along the northern and
central roads to Berlin. ; .
Field dispatches said all or
ganized resistance on the northern .
half of the front at least, had fal
len apart, opening the way f or a
knockout drive on the enemy capi
tal. Called Final Hour
"This Is the wehrmacht's final
hour," London newspapers de
clared flatly as the allied high
command announced' that the
French First army had swept
across the Rhine to Join seven
other allied armies storming
through Germany's inner fortress.
The American First army and
Field Marshal ' Sir Bernard L.
Montgomery's Anglo-American
armies virtually sealed off the ar
senal citlei of the Ruhr with com
verging drives from the south and
north that may already have
linked up on the 50-mlle stretch
between Paderborn and Muenster.
United Press war correspondent
Ronald Clark reported that the,
remnants of five crack German
divisions, perhaps 30,000 to 40,000
men, were In headlong flight to
escape the closing Jaws of the al
lied trap. ,
Nazis Quit Bases '
The speed of the allied advance
was pointed up by the dramatic
announcement that the Luftwaffe
had evacuated its great fighter
bases north and south of Muen
ster, abandoning the fleeing Ger
man armies, to a blind and bomb- '
spattered retreat.
' Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's '
American Third army was swing- j
ing In for perhaps the decisive)'
thrust at the center of the broken
enemy front. It
Patton's charging tanks werfe
less than 10 miles from the Ge(r
man anchor town of Kassel on the
Weser river 165 miles southwest
of Berlin.
Far to the south, the U. S. Sev-,
cnth army sent its 12th armored
"Red Arrow" division racing
around the northern corner of the
Black forest in a mlle-an-hour
strike for the Bavarian mountain
fastnesses where the nazis re
portedly were planning to dig in
for a last stand.
I rench Cross Rhine
The French First army crossed
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Dogs, Sensing
Tieup in City,
Go in Hiding
As the hour approached for
Bend dogs to go under the leash
or be confined in pens for four
months, it developed today at
licensing headquarters that a
number of them appear to be
AWOL. Several persons, appear
ing at the city hall or police sta
tion, inquiring about licenses now
due, reported their dogs have dis
appeared. "How in heck can you tie up
your dog when you can't find
him?" one puzzled owner asked.
One well known Bend sports
man applied for a "veteran's"
license for his dog, claiming that
the animal had 10 years service
as a retriever of waterfowl along
the Deschutes river.
"He was turned down," said
George Simerville, city recorder.
At midnight tonight the prices
of licenses increase 50 cents, but
dog owners may obtain their
licenses at police headquarters up
to that hour, it was stated. It was
estimated that about 100 dogs in .
the city have not yet been li
censed. A city ordinance requires that
the dogs be either tied up or -:
placed In pens beginning tomor
row and extending up to July 31,