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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
Volume Llll
THE BEND BULLETIN', BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1945
NO. 102
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Of Blazing Vienna as Rumors
Of Civil War Reach Stockholm
Swedes Hear of Revolt Against Germans;
Two Red Army Forces Reported Pounding at
Ancient Capital; Baden Also Under Attack '
London, April 4 (UP) The red army smashed into the
outskirts of Vienna today and word reached Stockholm that
civil war had broken out in the Austrian capital.
Russian siege forces were storming the barricades 6f
Vienna. The German high command conceded that other
soviet flanking forces had pushed beyond Baden, 12 miles
south of the capital, sealing off the city from the south.
A German military spokesman said at least two strong
soviet armies had been thrown into the offensive against
' ; Vienna and the Slovakian cap
50,000 Miners
Reported Idle
(By United Press)
More than 50,000 miners
in
Pennsylvania ana Alabama re
mained idle today as coal produc
tion in other sections resumed on
an almost normal basis.
Fifty-three Pennsylvania mines
employing 14,000 men were com
pletely shufdown. Absenteeism in
other mines was estimated at
14,000 men. Production loss was
116,000 tons of coal.
In Pittsburgh, Carnegie-Illinois
Steel Corp. officials said 12 to 15
blast furnaces will be closed to
morrow because of the work stop
page, which also affected produc
tion in Kentucky, Alabama and
West Virginia. A battery of coke
ovens at the firm's by-products
works in Clairton, Pa. was shut
down this morning. Company of
ficials said production was down
to 16 per cent of normal.
Supply Is Low
Jones and Laughlin reported
that it had only a 14-day supply
of coal. Bethelehem Steel's Johns
town plant had a nine-day supply,
Crucible Steel had emmgh for 14
days'' upeiartion 'and 1 riUbourgii
Coke and Iron for six days.
There were only scattered oper
ations in Alabama fields, although
miners were returning slowly.
Most of the West Virginia min
ers were back at work. William
Blizzard, vice president of United
Mine Workers District 17 in
Charleston, said all but two mines
in the Kanawha area were being
worked.
Vinson Approved
By U. S. Senate
Washington, April 4 iriThe
senate by vote today unanimously
approved the nomination of Fred
M. Vinson to be director of war
mobilization and reconversion.
The nomination was approved
on motion of senate democratic
leader Alben W. Barkley, Ky.
Vinson was nominated Monday
at the same time that James F.
Byrnes' resignation was an
nounced. The senate finance committee
unanimously approved the Vinson
nomination an hour before the
senate acted on it.
Byrnes in resigning said V-E
day was near and he thought the
man who will have charge of re
conversion should take office now.
1st Arrest Made
Under Tieup Law
Piqued by the fact that a
number of Bend residents have
ignored the city ordinance requir
ing that dogs be tied up until
July 31, local officers today be
gan to arrest owners of animals
allowed to stray.
First resident to feel the ire of
' police was Albert Laco, 43, a mill
worker residing at 603 Delaware
avenue. He was arrested yes
terday by Officer Walter Greis
singer, and was required to post
a $5 bond. His dog also was
impounded.
Police are still wondering
whether dogs have suspected that
the ordinance exists, because
telephone calls continue to come
into headquarters from persons i
claiming that their dogs are miss
lng. Some have even
claimed
that others with ulterior motives
have released their pets.
Roundup of stray dogs was con-1
tlnued by officers, who reported ,
that the city pound population Is:
steadily growing i
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BODY IS FOLMl !
t Salem, Ore., April 4 mi Salem
police today reported that the
body of John McCormack, 74, had
been found last night near the
railroad tracks In south Salem.
His throat had been cut In what
police thought was a suicide.
ital of Bratislava, 30 miles to
the east,
Stockholm reports said
fighting was going on in the
heart of Vienna after a rebellion
against the German garrison
which now was being assaulted
from both front and rear. The
reports said the nazls were throw
ing up barricades in the streets.
Fires Spotted
(A BBC broadcast said the Rus
sians already can see fires burn
ing in the center of Vienna. Ger
man broadcasts said soviet bomb
ers and fighters were flying over
Vienna.) ,
The official Russian army or
gan Red Star said Marshal Feodor
I. Tolbukhin's Third Ukrainian ar
my group punched into the outer
city limits of Vienna from Velm
six miles to the south.
The Second Ukranian army
group under Marshal Rodion Y.
Malinovsky was approaching
Bruck, 20 miles southeast of Vien
na, after crashing through the
Bratislava gap, in a companion
advance, Red Star said
Malinovsky'8 forces also were
fighting in the outskirts or Bra
tislava itself, capital of the Ger
man puppet state of Slovakia and
30 miles east of Vienna.
Army Closes In
The Third army group closed In
on Vienna from the 'south and
southeast along a 25-mile front
affef'fOpgiWgWWheJ : iNeustadf,'
one of Germany's biggest aircraft
manufacturing centers 23 miles
below the Austrian capital.
Driving on to the north without
pause, Tolbukhin's forces yester
day seized Moellersdorf, eight
miles southeast of Vienna,, and
then Velm for an over-all advance
of 21 miles in two days. Velm
lies three miles inside the greater
Vienna district delineated by Ger
many after the 1938 Anschluss.
Glenn McCormick
To Attend Parley
Salem, Ore., April 4 (IP) The
Oregon Broadcaster's association
has named Glenn McCormick,
manager of Salem radio station
KSLM, to represent the group at
the united nations' conference in
San Francisco, it was announced
here Tuesday.
McCormick, president of the
Oregon association, will leave here
April 15 for Los Angeles, and
will be in the bay city from April
23 to 27.
TODAY IN GERMANY
(By United Press)
A German general said civil
ians, trying to keep the war from
their doors, were turning against
German soldiers. There were in
creasing reports of cities kept
from surrendering at the first
approach of American soldiers
only by threats of German com
manders. Gen. George S. Patton's Third
American army had broken loose
again and was driving through
the Thuringian forests at a mile
an hour clip toward a Juncture
with the Russians.
It was rumored that Marshal
Karl von Rundstedt was executed
in connection with a new plot on
Adolf Hitler's life.
Berlin was walloped by the
RAF for the 40th night out of the
last 42.
41st Division Veterans Make
In Philippines, Only 30 Miles
By H. D. Quigir
(United Press War Correspondent)
Manila, April 4 IP American I
da&duil lUILXa uuiiianncu wicr ouiu I
archipelago today with a 200-mile
amphibious hop that felled two : air attacks for the past two weeks
more islands and carried within land naval bombardment, were
30 miles of the great oil and rub-j made with little lops. There was
ber center of Borneo. no serious opposition,
Pushing out from the Zambo- Filipino guerillas already were
anga beachhead on southwestern i operating on Sangasanga and
Mindanao, units of Maj. Gen. Jens - Bongao when the American troops
A. Doe's 41st division swept: landed and both islands were
around the Sulu archipelago and ,
seized the southernmost islands
of Sangasanga and Bongao. to
gain control of the former Japa
nese naval base in the Tawi Tawi
group.
The two Islands, off the south
western tip of Tawi Tawi island,
Lt. Blann Injured
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First Lt. Cliff Blann, outstand
ing Oregon skier and graduate
from the Bend high school with
the class of 1937 has been
wounded in action in the Pacific
theater of war, the office of war
information announced today. In
1938, Blann was junior ski champ
ion of Oregon. :
Clifford Blann
Hurt in Action
Two Central Oregon soldiers,
one of them noted for his prow
ess as a skier, .have been wounded
in action, according to a report
today by the office of war in
formation. One of the victims of an 'enemy
bullet is 1st Lt.- Clifford L. Blann,
paratrooper and son of Mrs. Leila,
C. Gentry, 1221 Fresno street. Lt.
Blann, in 1938, was awarded the
Underdahl' trophy as the junior
ski. champion of the state. The
presentation was made by Berger
Underdahl, of Portland, at a Ki
wanis luncheon here on Oct. 10,
1938.
Lt. Blann, a graduate of the
Bend hjgh school, won skiing hon
ors throughout the northwest in
h)s .later days in school and after
graduating became a member of
the Bend Ski patrol. He enlisted in
the army on Aug. 15, 1941, soon
became a staff sergeant, and in
early February, 1943 was gradu
ated as a second lieutenant at
the officers candidate school in
Fort Benning, Ga.
Blann Honored
While attending high school,
Blann was class vice president in
his senior year, member of the
Bend high school ski club, mem
ber of the Bears Paw, class treas
urer and winner in 1937 of the
Cashman ski trophy. While at
tending high school, Blann also
served as a member of the local
weather bureau staff.
In presenting the trophy to
Blan, Underdahl pointed out that
it is given for "sportsmanship,
improvement, achievement and
leadership" in skiing.
Lt. Blann, according to'the OWI,
was wounded while fighting in
the Pacific region. Extent of the
young lieutenant's Injuries are
not known.
The other -midstate soldier to
become wounded is Pfc. Clarence
Shepherd, son of Mrs. Anna Shep
herd of Prinevillo. He was wound
ed while battling the Germans In
Europe, the OWI reported.
Reckless Gunmen
Face Hunting Ban
Salem, Ore., April 4 UP) A per
son who has killed or injured an
other with firearms used careless
ly or recklessly may not legally
bear firearms thereafter in Ore
gon, Attorney General George
Neuner held in a written opinion
rooay.
The opinion was given at the
request of A. J. Moore, district at
torney for Deschutes county.
Neuner also held that the coun
ty surveyor of Jefferson county j
iiuuu nui ae a registered surveyor.
mis ujuuuii was maue ai ine re
quest of Boyd R. Overhulse. dis
trict attorney of Jefferson county.
were the 33rd and 34th In the
Philippines invaded by Gen. Doug-1
las MacArthur's American forces, i
itichi iiiui 9 lUIIlinuiuuue SaiO
the landings, following saturation
quickly secured, together with
Sangasanga's 3.000-foot airstrip.
' The amphibious hop represent
ed a 180-mile advance from Ba
silan island, between Zamboanga
and the northern tip of the Sulu
archipelago In the southeastern
Philippines. It also virtually cut
AIM? n"3r n
Columns Near
Island Capital;
Battle Looms
Entire Foe Garrison
Believed Concentrated
Along Southern Bulge
Guam, April 4 (IP) Tenth army
columns pushed down the east
and west coasts of Okinawa today
within striking distance of two
more Japanese airfields and only
six miles or less from Naha, Capi
tal of the island. ' r
(A German DNB dispatch from
Tokyo said American troops made
a new landing on Okinawa Tues
day south of the original beach
head.) Resistance still was negligible
as the greatest invasion of the
Pacific war went into its fourth
day only 362 miles southwest of
Japan, but the enemy garrison
of 60,000 may make its first stand
in the next few hours alftig a
line across the narrow Isthmus
just north of the airfields.
Coast Reached
(A Japanese communique re
corded by the FCC admitted that-'
American forces had reached the
east coast of Okinawa and claim
ed that six more transports, a
battleship and four cruisers had
been sunk in the invasion armada.
An additional destroyer and an
unidentified ship were listed as
damaged.) .
. The seventh infantry division
seizfed nearly- seven miles of the
east coast in a drive along the
Nakagusuku bay naval anchorage
yesterday to Kuba, four miles
north of the uncompleted Yona
baru airfield.
Another army division smash
ing down the west coast against
moderate opposition reached Chi
yunna, four miles north of Machl
nata airfield and six miles north
of Naha, a city of 65,000.
Two other airfields farther
north were capiured by the Ameri
cans on the first day of the in
vasion and already were in opera
tion. Speed Ordered
Tho flPmu Inrnac tmm nnnn
orders to advance at all possible
. . r
speed in an attempt to break
through the narrow isthmus sep
arating the south-central bulge of
the island from the southern
bulge in which Naha is situated.
"Keep on driving ahead," Maj.
Gen. John R. Hodge, commanding
general of the 24th army corps,
told his field commanders. "We
can't kill Japs standing still."
At the northern end of the front,
Maj. Gen. Roy S. Geiger's third
marine amphibious- corps also
slashed across the island to the
east coast in advances of up to
three and a half miles.
Death Fight Looms
The marines reached the east
coast near the Katchin peninsula,
northern arm of Nakagusuku bay,
and sealed off that narrow jut of
land. The thrust completed a
second steel band across the south
ern third of the island.
The entire Japanese garrison
was believed 'concentrated in the
southern bulge of Okinawa sur
rounding Naha for a fight to the
death, while a maioritv of tho
island's 435,000 civilians probably
moved to the more rugged north
ern two-thirds of the island.
FRENCH ENTER KARLSRUHE
fans, April 4 UP) The French
general staff announced tnriav
mm ri-eucn lorces nave entered
Karlsruhe.
New Landing
From Borneo
off the Japanese main archinelaeo :
position at Jolo. 100 miles north I
east of Saneasanpa
The landinc on the two lalamu
the Americans poised the second
direct threat at Rnmoo
the richest of the snuthut p.
cific Islands in vital oil anrl nih.
ber resources.
At the southern tip of the Sulus,!
MacArthur's forces were only 490
miles north of the bie oil confer
of Balik Papan, already the tar-;
get for numerous American air
attacks.
Borneo also was threatened hv
other U. S. troops which seized '
control of Palawan Island in I
southwestern Philippines 1 8 Oj
miles above the northwestern tip
of the island. I
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In the greatest operation of the
tne newiy-iormea mtn army go
ing only slight resistance, infantrymen quickly established beach
several villages, u. a. navy raaio
Red Cross Names
Advisory Group '
Conferring with the home serv
ice department of the Deschutes
county chapter American Red
Cross as to policies and proce
dures, a newly-formed- advisory
committee will '-coordinate the
work of the department with ex
isting needs throughout the coun
ty, Mrs. Robert W. Hemingway,
executive secretary, reported to
day. Mrs. A. L. O. Schueler, home
service department chairman, will
also serve as chairman of the ad
visory committee, Mrs. Heming
way revealed. She will head the
following committee members:
Dr. Fred A. Lieuallen, H. A. Mil
ler, Miss Adelia Gates, Mrs. Ev
erett Hughes, Louis Helfrey, Rev.
G. R. V. Bolster, Mrs. C. W. Heim
of Redmond and Mrs. Heming
way. Group meetings will be held
; regularly and members will also
ho enhiniit tr mi 1 1 chniilrl in rim At.
be subject to call should an emer
gency conference prove neces
sary, the secretary stated.
State to Stress
Cancer Control
Salem, Ore., April 4 (lJ'i The
last two weeks of April will be
dedicated to the control of cancer
In Oregon, Gov. Earl Snell said
today.
Citing the fact that cancer is
the second greatest cause of death
in the country, the governor said
that 1698 lives were lost to the
disease in Oi-egon alone last year.
"It is evident that public health
can be greatly benefited by a more
general understanding of the edu
cational, special soi-vice and re
search campaigns in this field,"
Gov. Snell said.
He . asked for full public co
operation toward an increased
awareness of cancer control pos
slbilties. Shoe Shortage
Called Critical
"Barefoot boy with cheeks of
tan", micht have been an lnter-
! csting and amusing piece of po-
ptrv. hut Hnro d Car e. chair-
man of the Bend war price andiscious objector camp at Laplne,
'ration board, today took a more i according to word received here
gloomy view of tho situation today from Portland. Brown,
when he pointed out that there ! former city planner of New
is an actual shortage of footwear, j Haven, Conn., and a Yale gradu
I "The situation is critical",! ate, was at liberty on $1500 bond
ICarliln stat.il." "and our oeoule when he was hailed before Fed-
should take extra good care oferal Judge Claude McCulloch In
tht'ir shoes' having them repaired i
before they are worn too badly." ;
Extra coupons for shoes will be
Issued only in definite emergen
cies, Carlile said.
STORM WARNINGS UP
Small craft warnings were host-
ed at 4 a. m. today from Newport
o Tatoosh Island through the
strait of Juan de Fuca and Inland
waters to conttnue for 24 hours.
Strong southerly winds expected.
THIEVES GET "DOUGH"
Pittsburgh. April 4 'Ui Thieves
who broke into the office of Louis
Kushner, a beer distributor, were
literally "in the dough" today.
They escaped with $1,500 which
had been concealed In a flour bin. I
Yanks Land on Okinawa
Pacific war and the boldest American exploit of all time, Yanks of
asnore on Okinawa, southern gateway
teiepnoio irom Guam.
Tokyo Reports British Fleet
Massing for Blow at Malay
Japs Say Number of Ships 'Unbelievable';
Foe Expects Action Soon in Peninsula Area
fBv United Pi-nut
' Radio Tokyo said today that
seven aircraft camera was massing in the Indian ocean for a
simultaneous invasion of the
Sumatra, Burma and South
ture."
"It has been reported that
European water are already
the Red sea, Tokyo said m
Press in San Francisco.
"The number of British
recently cleared Port Said
unbelievable.
The broadcast said allied
units had been observed "mak
ing all preparation at many
places for a simultaneous inva
sion" of Andaman and Nicobar
islands in the Indian ocean; Sa
bang island off the northern tip of
Sumatra; and Puket and Lang
kawi just off the west coast of
the Malay peninsula some 400
miles north of Singapore. In ad
dition, the broadcast said, the
Bntish were planning "forced
landing operations" against south
ern Burma and Thailand.
Japs make Report
Mainstay of the British fleet In
the Indian ocean, the broadcast
said, Is centered around the 23,000
ton carriers Illustrious, Victori
ous, Formidable, Implacable and
Indefatigable, and two older car
riers, the Furious and the Eagle.
"There are also signs," the
broadcast said, that (Admiral
Lord Louis) Mountbatten's Brit
ish force will intensify Its activi
ties in concert with Chungking's
Yunnan expeditionary forces
which are attempting to make a
southward drive.
"These enemy activities clearly
Indicate a joint British and Ameri
can scheme to attack Japan from
two directions east and west."
Conchie's Trial
Is Postponed
- Lack of an attorney halted the
arraignment In federal court of
Raymond Lester urown, Jr., in.
an alleged deserter irom ine con-
Portland. The judge decided to
permit Brown to obtain employ-
ment so that he could raise funds
to hire a lawyer.
365,437 Prisoners
Of War in U. S.
Washington, April 4 tP There
were 305,437 prisoners of war in
the United States on April 1, an
Increase of 6,189 during the last
two months.
An army breakdown snowed
311,030 Germans, 3,258 Japanese
and 50,549 Italians. About -35.000
Italians were members of Italian
service units, lirectly engaged In
war work.
rom
tonawa
to the Japanese homeland. Meet
heads and drove inland to capture
a large British fleet including
lslandsr off the" Malay pttfinwula;
Thailand "in the immediate fu
scores of British war craft in
heading for the Indian ocean via
a broadcast' recorded by United
heavy and light units that have
is
Japs Say Fires
Rage Unchecked
Guam, April 4 IP Japanese
broadcasts said that fires burned
out of control for several hours
following raids by 300 or more
Superfortresses early today on
three war production centers with
in 85 miles of Tokyo.
Bombing with precision Instru
ments through low clouds, the
B-29s attacked Shizuoka, 85 miles
south of Tokyo, Tachlkawa, 20
miles west, and Koizumi, 20 miles
north. Returning pilots said they
saw "a few fires," but were un
able to observe detailed results.
Radio Tokyo said the bombers
set fires in munitions factory
areas over a three-hour period
from 1 to 4 a. m., but asserted
the flames had been brought
under control at all points by
dawn.
Some bombs also were dropped
in the Tokyo-Yokohama district,
causing fires which were extin
guished quickly, Tokyo said.
Other Japanese broadcasts said
B-20s have begun dropping mag
netic mines In shipping lanes off
northern Kyushu island, southern
most of tho enemy home islands,
in an attempt to disrupt Japanese
sea lanes.
Land, Navy Artillery Big Aid
To Yank Invaders of Okinawa
By Edward L. Thorium
(Unitd 1'ress War Corrinpondcnt) .
On Army Front Okinawa, April
4 ill'' By Jeep, tank and afoot I
followed army troops pushing
southward today on one of the
strangest fronts In the history of
warfare.
The enemy has been blasted off
virtually every Inch of ground
where he could have been firmly
entrenched.
These doughboys are moving
forward behind flame -throwing
tanks and are being supported by
a terrific land and naval artillery
bombardment which Maj. Prosser
E. Clark, Portland, Ore., (10151
43rd St.), battalion commander,
described as the "greatest" he's
witnessed in any Pacific cam
paign. "When we want something cov
ered," he said, "we don't have to
ask more than once. It's just like
0
pen Dim
Nips
Nazis Expected
To Make Stand
On Elbe River
Patton Explodes Drive
For Leipzig and Junction
With Armies of Stalin
Paris, . April 4 HP'. American'
Third army troops burst through
the German center little more
than 130 miles from Berlin today
and air pilots reported that nazi9
may be abandoning northwest
Germany and falling back toward
a death stand on the Elbe river,
43 miles from Berlin.
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's
Third army exploded a new drive
for Leipzig and tne west-DOuna
Russian army, less than 180 miles
beyond their speeding tanks. Late
reports said the Yanks were clos
ing on the Saxon stronghold of
Erfurt, 130 miles southwest o
Berlin, at a mlle-an-hour clip that
already may have carried them.
Into the city.
Farther north, Berlin spokes
men said American First and
Ninth army troops were storming
the Weser river line, last big wa
ter barrier before the Elbe, at
points. 161 miles southwest and
177 miles west of Berlin.
May Trap 60,000
British and Canadian forces
also were racing for the Dutch
and German North sea coasta
along a 90-mile front, threatening
to en vclop -all Holland atv trp,,
perhaps SO.OOOt-nazIs urthtf coast
al areas.
RAF fliers swarming over the.
northern battleground reported a
tremendous concentration of Ger
man flak over the Bremen area,
and signs that the evacuation of -western
Holland was turning into
a mass evacuation of all north
western Germany.
Returning fliers said the nazls
appeared to be fleeing back be
hind the Elbe river in the hope of
forming a last-ditch line from
Bremen southeastward to Magde
burg Berlin's main outer fort
ress In the west.
The Elbe loops back within 43
miles of Berlin Just north of Mag
deburg. There was no Immediate com
ment from headquarters on the
reported German evacuation.
in nun iveurs weser
Enemy spokesmen said the U.
S. Ninth army was nearlng the
Weser river in the Minden area,
33 miles west of Hannover and
177 miles from Berlin.
Farther south, they added, the
First army raced 27 miles east of
Padcrborn to reach the Weser
near Bevorungen, 161 miles south
west of the capital.
Tatton's rampaging tanks were
far out In front of the Berlin
drive, however. They cleared the
last nazi snipers from Kassel, on
a tributary of the Weser 40 miles
southeast of Paderborn, and 68
miles farther to the southeast
they broke out on the Frankfurt-Leipzig-Dresden
superhighway
within six miles of Erfurt.
Snipers Cleared
The Americans cleared all but
a handful of nazi snipers from the
big aircraft center of Gotha, 13
miles west of Erfurt, In a day-long
gain of about 23 miles. Eisenach,
a German hedgehog position 16
miles west of Gotha, was by
passed in the advance.
pressing a button. We are saving
a lot of lives with that artillery."
Clai'k's battalion scored the
largest one-day total of this oper
ation when It killed 214 Jap sol
diers April 2.
"The artillery got most of
them," he said.
Convoyed by Maj. George E.
Bucklin. also of Portland, Ore.,
I worked my way to within 50
yards of the front today. I climbed
up a hill near Nodake village,
scrambling over rocks and
through thick, foul-smelling un
derbrush, ferns and pine needles
slippery with dew. The hill had
been taken a few minutes before
by a company under the command
of Lt. Col. Cyril Sterner of Santa
Cruz, Calif.
Only last night It had been in
fested with Jap emplacements,
but they were crushed by our ar
tillery and we walked up without
firing a shot.
I?5.