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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND. OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 194$ PAGE THREE Foe Fails in Attempt to Halt March of Allies Over North Plains in Dash for Nazi Berlin , i- By Ralph Heinzen " (Unlttd Pres. War Correipondeiit) , German attempts to stem the allied advance in its im placable march across the north German plains on Berlin collapsed completely today. British and American infantry followed armored pene trating forces across the Weser barrier and raced eastward barely 150 miles from the German capital. Bremen, Han nover, Weimar, and Nuremberg were immediate objectives of today's allied operations. Enemy resistance was "spotty," fanatically strong in some places but crumbling steadily along most of the front. Russian artillery hammered at Vienna from three sides. Vienna is already three-quar- ters encircled with the 3rd Ukranian armv holrlincr the advantageous high position of the storied Vienna woods, as other red mobile columns . raced around the outer flanks in converging drives. Not Vet Stopped For the first time, Lt. Gen. ueorge S. Patton's Third army slowed down in the difficult ter rain at the edge of the Harz mountains, but it was far from stopped. Patton is still holding the allies' most advanced positions, 57 miles from the northwest corner of Czechoslovakia, 125 miles southwest of Berlin and 166 miles from the nearest Russian troops of the Fourth Ukranian army. Patton's advance has taken the form of a steady forward push on a 55-mile front on both sides of the Leipzig Toad' and the Chem nitz-Dresden autobahn. The American Ninth and First armies met . considerable resisU ance today in their operations to reduce the Ruhr. They have the double task of containing the en circled Germans and attacking to slice them into smaller groups. It was reported from aerial observa tion today that the nazi command ers within the 4,500 square mile pocket were massing all available tanks, self-propelled artillery, and other guns along the eastern pe rimeter for a desperate attempt to break through the wall held by the First army. The Ninth army, pushing into the Ruhr from the north, reached the edges of Dort mund but found that the enemy still had mobility and strength to meet the' American penetration of the pocket with strong fire. Good Progress Made The best allied progress in the past 24 nours was made in tne Bremen - Hannover - Zwolle t r i angle. Now across the Weser-Ems or Mittelland canal just north of Osnabruck and Minden, the Brit ish Second army was in the clear. There is no water barrier between the canal and Bremen, and the terrain is completely flat. In that region the Germans were destroy ing many airfields which it would be highly dangerous to allow to fall into allied hands they are within easy fighter range of Berlin. . The Canadian First army, op erating in a news blackout, was reported today to be fewer than 20 miles from the Zulder Zee. They threatened an imminent closing of the Dutch pocket around tne remnants of the Ger man 25th army still holding the V-bomb lowlands coast. A notice able lessening of enemy resistance in that sector would indicate that the Germans have succeeded in evacuating most of that army. Japs Attack In the Pacific, the Japanese de fenders began their biggest coun terattack of the campaign today and American invasion forces were brought to a virtual stand still on both the Naha south front and the Kin north front of the beachhead. Using concentrated artillery and mortar fire, the enemy took every advantage of the rough ter rain. Carrier planes are being used against the enemy concentrations, while, dispatches indicate the Americans have already landed enough heavy artillery to neu tralize the Japanese fire. Of the six Japanese airfields on the is land, the enemy still holds four, but the Yontan and Katena air fields, though still being worked over by bulldozers, already are be ing used in emergencies. FDR to Deliver ' Address April 15 Washington, April 6 (IP) Presi dent Roosevelt will deliver .a radio address to 350 democratic party: Jefferson day dinners throughout the country on April 15. All major networks will broad cast the address, according to chairman Robert E. Hannegan of the democratic national cpmmit tee. Roosevelt's address will con clude a 30 minute program from 6:30 to 7-p.m. PWT. NBC will carry the entire program, with other networks coming in to because carry the president's speech. TUNE YOUR TRUCK ENGINE SCIENTIFICALLY Our motor analyzer accu rately checks Compression in each cylinder Coil, condenser, dis tributor Spark plugs and wiring Ignition timing Valve adjustment Carburetion adjust ment Generator regulator adjustment Careful workmanship, com bined with precision equip ment, assures you of good engine performance. Bend Garage Co. Invasion Troops Find Suicide Craft INBA Ratllo-lelii.hoinl An Army amtrac on Aka Shlma pulls a Jap suicide boat from Its hiding place near the beach. Unarmed and crammed with explosives, the craft were designed to explode on Impact. Most of them were seized by last moving Army men before the Japs had time to ram them Into the mighty armada which carried the Tenia Army and Marines to Okinawa, Signal Corps radlo-telephoto. Fifth Army Men Gain Two Miles Rome, April 6 UP) American Fifth army troops advanced near ly two miles in a new drive in the mountains dominating the Ligurian coastal plain southeast of La Spezia, it was announced today. 1 The surprise attack south of Massa in northwestern Italy ap parently was the onslaught which the German radio described as a major offensive along the Liguri an coast. The Americans attacked from positions in Strettoia and Azzana. They headed northwestward to ward the La Spezia naval base, 30 odd miles distant. The push from Azanna outflanked Mount Fol gorito on the east and northeast. Advances Mule The Strettoria attack made lim ited advances in its early phase. The Germans counter-attacked briskly in the vicinity of Porta, forcing a withdrawal by some of the U. S. forward elements. "Heavy fighting continues,", the daily war communique said of the Fifth army push, i On the other side of Italy, Eighth army forces occupied four small islands in Lake Commachio and strenthened their positions on the sandspit soutn of Porto Gari South of Postoffice Phone 193 Northwest Use Of Liquor High Portland, Ore., April 6 ib If you were an average citizen of Washington, your consumption of liquor last year was 1.39 gallons. Tne average Oregonlan was close behind with 1.36 gallons. . igures for tne 17 states having state monopoly systems showed Washington and Oregon at the top of the per capita sales of liquor. Washington in 1943 consumed 2,816,979 gallons with a popula tion of 1,735,191, or a per capita total of 1.62 gallons'. The esti mated total in 1944 was 1.36. The same figures for Oregon showed a 1943 consumption of 1,645,275 gallons and 1,089,684 population, for 1.51 gallons, and a 1944 total of 1.36. Comparisons with other states show these western totals: Wyom ing, 1.48; Montana and Utah, both 1.22; Idaho, .77. ' Post-war household furniture made of aluminum and magne sium . will be so light that the housewife will be able to move it around without the help of hubby. Lord Halifax Hunts Coyotes, Gets Mention in Congress . By Frederick C. Othman (United Presa Staff Correnpomlent) Washington, April 6 IP Be lated Easter greetings, house of representatives, and may the rest of your holiday be a happy one. What I really mean, fellers, is that you better come back because there's big stuff afoot, Involving coyotes, ambassadors, and cheap attempts at international mischief makincr. That last is not me talk ing, friends. It's Rep. A. S. Mike Monroney ot Oklahoma, who spoke up while most of the rest of you were sitting home on your handkerchiefs. The deal as I understand it, was for the house to quit work until April 10, while the senate sawed wood. The boys would hold a per functory meeting every three days, for the record, and nobody writing a history of thei times could charge congress with, tak ing a spring vacation. So all right. I dropped in to see how the latest perfunctory meet ing was getting along. At 12 noon lt looked perfunctory, an rignt. with 16 congressmen in their seats and the Rev. James bhera Mont gomery bringing in a guest speak er to say the prayer, which lasted two minutes flat A few more congressmen came in then. A dozen or so asked and received unanimous consent to in sert matters of importance Into the congressional record. Rep. Clifford Hope of Kansas spoke for one minute about the meat short age and Rep. Clyde Doyle of Cali fornia announced that a certain state had a bigger population boost than any other. Rep. Monroney jumped up then to ask and receive 60 seconds for oratory. He used lt to denounce Rep. George B. Schwabe of Ok lahoma for making cracks about Lord Halifax attending a coyote hunt. "The ambassador from England couldn't help this," Monroney said. "He was a guest of Oklahoma. I think this is a cheap attempt at international mischief making." Rep. Brooks Hays of Arkansas said he also wanted to apologize to Lord Halifax. After all. Hays said, he traveled through Arkan sas, too. Rep. Jed (about to - become a judge) Johnson of Oklahoma said he, too, was sorry, about the Hali fax episode. "We hope that Lord and Lady Halifax can forgive if they cannot forget," he said. The acting republican leader, Earl C. Michener, demanded a minute and used lt to chide Mon roney for saying what he said 'HumanNature and the Peace' Program Drawn By Scientists about Schwabe. Michener said there was a gen tleman's agreement to take ud nothing controversial while the other boys were on vacation. Now look. This made Monroney flush. He jumped up again and asked for another minute. The acting speak er, Rep. Jere Cooper of Tennes see, said nothing doing. The rules didn't allow it. Monroney whis pered to Rep. John H. Folger of North Carolina, who askqd for a minute. 1 . He got his minute. Then he yielded it to Monroney, who looked triumphant. He said he would have told Schwabe he was going to denounce him except that Schwabo was in Oklahoma taking a rest. He said further more that he defied Michener to find one word In his speech that needed to be expunged. - The house' adjourned then, 29 minutes after the prayer with nu merous law-makers looking un happy. I have to cut into your well-earned vacation, fellers, but I think you better hurry back here and take up the coyote situa- ' '- 1 Arrest Made, Dogs Impounded As Bend police today continued their roundup of stray dogs and reported that they now have seven of them in the city pound, Chief of Police Ken C. Gullek an nounced that the pets would be auctioned off next Tuesday at 10 a.m. At the same time officers re ported that another arrest had been made for allowing a dog to run at large. Frank Wonser, Bend, posted $5 bail on the charge, after his dog had been picked up on Delaware avenue. One dog, brought to the police station by a small girl this morn ing, "broke jail" shortly after he had been placed in the pound, of ficers reported. j Washington, April 6 (IB A rep resentative majority of the na tion's psychologists have agreed upon a 10-point program of "so cial engineering" as a necessary part of any design for enduring peace, it was announced today. The program, entitled "human nature and the peace," was draft ed by a committee of 13 American psychologists and submitted to members and associates of the American Psychological associa tion. Of the 3.500 replies, there were only 13 dissenters. The program warns that ne glect of the 10 principles "may breed new wars." It favors immediate creation of a new league of nations. Here are the 10 points: 1. War can be avoided: War is not born in men; It is built into men. Social engineering can re duce and redirect the frustrations and conflicting inteVests causing aggressive ware. 2. In planning for permanent peace, the coming generation should be the primary focus of attention. o. ttaciai, national, and group naireas can, to a considerable de gree, be controlled. Prejudices can be reformed through education ana experience. 4. Condescension toward "infer ior" groups destroys our chances lor a lasting peace. Equal partici pation of all branches of the hu man family is needed for collec tive security. 5. Liberated and enemy peoples must participate in planning their own destiny. 6. The confusion of defeated people will call for clarity and consistency in the application of rewards and punishments. 7. tr properly administered, re lief and rehabilitation can lead to self-reliance and cooperation; if improperly, to resentment and hatred. 8. The root-desires of the com mon people of all lands are the safest guide to framing a peace. a. The trend of numan relation ships is toward ever wider units of collective security. Progress from families Into clans, into states, into nations is now ripe tor regional and world organiza tion. 10. Commitments now may pre vent postwar apathy and reac tion. Regression to postwar pro vincialism must be prevented. Shaniko Red Held On Morals Count Burns, Ore., April 6 (IP) A long time rodeo performer. Thomas James Dunn, Sr., known as Sha niko Red, was held in Burns .to day for California authorities. The 43-year-old cowboy was ar rested by federal bureau of in vestigation agents and Harney county officers at Wagontlre. A federal warrant charges him with unlawful flight from Stockton, Cat.,- Oct. 6, 1944, to Burns to avoid prosecution. A California warrant charges him with at tempted rape. He has been working on a ranch near Little Juniper mountain, Bond of $5,000 was recommended. War Briefs , (By United Trent) Western Front American and British troops cross Wesor river and converge on Hannover, 136 miles from Berlin. . Eastern Front Moscow re ports Vienna three-quarters en circled and soviet forces fighting in east outskirts. Pacific Invasion of Okinawa Island moves into bloody stage; planes from Philippines blast Hong Kong. Air War More than 1,250 American planes attack Leipzig and other targets in central Ger many In support of third army. Italian Front Eighth army troops capture four islands in Lake Comacchlo; Fifth army troops capture important posi tions in Llguarian coastal area.' Opening WHITE TOWER Sat., April 7 CHICKEN DINNERS A SPECIALTY! 1036 So. Third St. THEFT COUNT FACED San Francisco, April 6 (Ul Herbert Larson, civil service in spector and a former county ad ministrator of the Washington state department of public wel fare, was held today on a charge of stealing and selling seven type writers from the old Mint build ing here. 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