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RED FORCES OCCUPY TWO THIRDS
Soviets Probe
Danube River
For Crossings
. Parliament Building In
Old City Seized; Foe
Puts Up Bitter Fight
London, April 10 IP Red army
forces cleared two-thirds of Vlen
na today and battled for cross
ings of the Danube river and
canal to complete liberation of the
Austrian capital.
Virtually all that portion of
Vienna west of the river and
canal, including the center of the
city, was liberated by Marshal
F e o d o r I. Tolbukhin's Third
Ukrainian army yesterday.
Swept up in the advance were
the parliament building, main po
lice station, radio station, central
postoffice, state opera house, gas
works, and the Central European
Dank ana several lactones.
Still in German hands was a
10-square mile-pocket east of the
Danube river and canal, mostly
factories and the big Prater park.
Germans Resist
The Germans were resisting
stubbornly, a soviet communique
announced, but Tolbukhin's troops
cleared block after block In rapid
succession. One soviet column
: was fighting in the Mint district,
the enemy's last foothold, west of
tneuanuoe canal. - -.
The German-controlled Vienna
radio went off the air shortly be
fore 10 p. m. BDST. yesterday. '
The Third army also broadened
Its spearhead striking west across
Austria with the capture of Bern
dorf; 21 miles southwest of
Vienna.
The Second Ukrainian army un
der Marshal Rodion Y. Malinov
sky pushed a two-pronged offen
sive east and northeast of Vienna.
Bridgehead Deepens
One column, deepening its
bridgehead across the Morava
river on a 20-mile front, captured
Schoenau, one mile east of Vien
na. The other force drove north
along a 41-mile front from the
Morava east beyond the Vah river
and captured 40 towns and vil
lages, among them Zmerndorf, 20
miles northeast of Vienna, and
Radimov, 50 miles northeast of
Vienna and 40 miles southeast of
the Czechoslovak industrial cen
ter of Brno.
The advance carried across the
Hlohovecke mountainsto the ap
proaches to Brencin, another Im
portant Czechoslovak industrial
city. Soblahov, two miles south
east of Trenoin and 66 miles south
of Moravska-Ostrava, was cap
tured. More Snow Falls
On High Divides
Snow depths continued to in
crease along the summit of the
Cascades today, as snow fell un
abated and the forecast called for
more throughout the day and to
night. '
Snow plows battled unceasingly
against drifts on both the Santiam
and Willamette highways, with
traffic encountering difficulty on
the latter artery. One way traffic
was being maintained for a con
siderable distance from a point
one mile west of the tunnel, ac
cording to a report from the state
highway department headquart
ers here. -
Snow had piled up to a depth of
110 inches on the Santiam sum
mitthe greatest in recent years
and on the Willamette pass a
total depth of 82 inches of snow
was reported. Three inches of new
snow fell on the Santiam route,
and six inches were reported on
the Wapinitla and Willamette.
Wapinitla reported a total depth
of 71 inches.
Roads Are Icy
Icy conditions were reported in
the higher places on all three
highways, with packed snow cov-i
ering the pavement for many
miles. Temperatures along the!
crest hovered around 23 degrees:
above zero.
More snow was forecast for the
high levels and light showers were
predicted for the lower regions,
with cloudiness prevailing
through tomorrow.
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American invasion forces sweep deeper inland on Okinawa island
against stiffening Jap resistance, press reports reveal. Today it was
announced from Tokyo that the Americans have made a new landing,
on tiny Tsukata island eight miles off the southeast coast. Japan
proper Is only 362 miles distant from these islands.
Japs Report New American
Landings on Okinawa Isles
U. S. Destroyers Enter Nakagusuku Bay, Say
Nippons; Invaders Meeting Stiff Resistance ;,
By Frank Tremaine
(United Ptm War Conespondent)
Guam, April. 10 (UE) Tokyo said todav that American
troops have landed on Tsukata
to nearly-conquered JNakagusuku bay; naval anchorage In
southeast Okinawar ! ' . -
Other troops spearing along the shore of the bay on
Okinawa advanced more than a mile and a half to Onaha, on
the edge of Yonabaru airfield and a mile and a half north
on the port of Yonabaru itself, a Tokyo Domei agency broad
cast said.
Americans destroyers and other warcraft already have
entered Nakagusuku bay, the ;
Broadcast said.
American sources were un
able to confirm the reported
east coast developments, but
said the greatest artillery duel of
the Pacific war was under way in
the southwest coast sector as the
24th army corps stormed deeper
into aelenses shielding the capi
tal city 9f Naha.
Many Guns Used
Gen. O. P. Smith, deputy chief
of staff for the 10th army, said
more battalions of artillery were
supporting me ground lorces tnan
ever before in the Pacific. The
concentration of guns per yard
nearly equals the maximum
known in warfare, he said.
The enemy's shellbursts became
so violent at one point that a
battalion commander was unable
to leave his foxhole to answer
an important message on a field
telephone five feet away. A signal
man had to shout the message.
"It looks like we finally are
bucking the Japs' main defense
line across the island," one of
ficer said.
Japs Report Landing
Domei said American troops
landed on Tsukata island some
eight miles off the southeast
coast of Okinawa Sunday after
noon. The dispatch made no claim
that the forces had been repulsed
and it was possible the Americans
quickly overran the tiny island.
Seventy lanaing craii were usea
in the invasion. Domei said.
Domei also said 5,000 other
American troops and 133 tanks
landed at Nago on the west coast
of Okinawa last Saturday. .
Bend High School Gymnasium
To Be No. 1 Postwar Project
Rend school districts last night I given to suggested use of the
entered into a contract with the I
firm of Stokes & Allyn, portiana
architects, and from now until i hlgn scnool district's property he
war's end will be getting plans tween Wall and Bond streets and
in shape for the post-war con- the board members observed in
struction program for which a terestedly while the architect
five year continuing levy has been superimposed scale cutouts of
made. School directors were in I proposed gymnasiums on a map
session until a late hour in the ! of the high school property,
board room at the high school I Earlier In the evening the board
building, but after execution of i took action authorizing the teach
the contract with F. Marion 'ers committee to hire instructors.
Stokes, member of the Portland if emergency should arise between
ifirm, the meeting was adjourned, ( the times of regular board meet
in followed bv informal dis-lings.
russlon of plans and the examina-1
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iinn nf nrints of school buildings ;
tion or prims oi scnuoi umiu.u6J,.i . n j"""-" nmji ;
in other' parts of the state. I
Number one project will be the
high school gymnasium, the board
made clear. Decision as to its1
site will be important, Stokes,
noted. Consideration is being I
CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1945
Doorstep
JHIYAMAI
island controlling the entrance
Waves Bring in
Cartons of Beef
Seaside, Ore., April 10 (IB The
appearance of several cartons of
fresh beef which floated ashore
on the Oregon beaches near here
over the weekend and on Mon
day gave rise to speculation to
day that the meat was from an
unreported ship sinking off the
coast. ,
One of the 85-pound cartons
contained tenderloin steaks, cut
for serving, and still In good con
dition. Some of the boxes were
marked with the "Armour" and
"Cudahy" trademarks.
Many residents of the coastal
communities who found the meat
when it first came ashore imme
diately placed it in cold storage.
However, boxes of meat which
came ashore later were found to
be spoiled.
Neither the Armour company
at Portland nor navy officials at
Astoria and Seattle could iden
tify the cartons of meat from the
descriptions offered. In Portland,
E. L. Bonner, Armour manager,
said his company didn't pack
meat cartons of the size and de
scription indicated.
No vessel has been reported
lost or in trouble along the Ore
gon coast during the past week,
officials said.
space now occupied by tennis
courts at me nortn end of the
Mrs. Dorothy Spencer, who has
i .ui 4. Mu i ,1..
mathematics under a substitute's
rating, was given a contract,
Directors attending the meeting
were A. O. Schilling, chairman,
Mrs. P. N. Armstrong and Al
Eriksen.
Jap Destroyer,
Big Transport
Go to Bottom5
Yank Airmen Locate
12 Foe Ships Just " J i'.
Out of Swatov Port ;
By H. D. Quigg t iS i
: (United PreM War Corrwpondent) . J
Manila, April 10 (IB American
troops steadily compressed three
hi? Jananese Dockets on Luzon
today while airmen caught lfe
more enemy ships, including two
destroyers, In the China sea
blockade. i
The heaviest toll in the aerial
strikes was taken when Philip
pines-based Liberators of the
seventh fleet intercepted a 15-ship
convoy leaving the Chinese port
of Swatow, west of Formosa.
One destroyer and an 8,000-ton.
transport were -sunk, while'an-
other destroyer and a fourth ship,
presumably a cargo vessel, were
seriously damaged, it was not
disclosed whether the transport
was carrying any Japanese
troops.
Eight Ships Bagged
Fifth army air force bombers
accounted for eight other ships,
all merchant craft, in far-ranging
raids from the Dutch East Indies
to ' Hong Kong and Formosa,
where Liberators dumped another
171 tons of bombs on the island's
airdromes. - -v.-
Bombers and fighters also pro
vided strong support . for the
American troops steadily hacking
away at the dwindling Japanese
forces in north, central and south'
ern Luzon.
Attack planes and fighters of
the fifth air force blasted enemy
supply dumps at Baguio and Jap
anese troops concentrations near
Balete pass, two of the immediate
ground force targets in northern
Luzon.
Divisions Close In
Two U. S. divisions were slowly
closing in on Baguio, Japanese
headquarters in the Philippines.
One force was reported less than
three miles from the southeast.
while the other approached with
in six miles of the northwestern
corner of the city.
In central Luzon, the sixth dl-
vision was moving slowly toward
the east coast, although front
reports said the Japanese were
tierceiy resisting from dugin de
fenses southeast of mount Mat-
aba.
Town Meeting
To Be April 12 "
Committee reports on their
plans for the year will feature a
town meeting of the Bend cham
ber of commerce in the Pine Tav
ern at noon on April 12, it was an
nounced todev in the Chamher's
Kevlew. The meeting has been de
signed' to keep members advised
of the chamber's activities, and if
tne aiienaance warrants, similar
meetings will be held each Quar
ter, it was reported.
Ordinarily, the town meetines
are featured by an outside speak
er ana entertainment.
"It is going to be interesting to
see if the membership will attend
a meeting that is designed strictly
for the purpose of keeping them
Informed and not to furnish en
tertainment," The Review says.
Polio Meeting
Set for Friday '
The Deschutes county chapter
of the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis will meet at
11 a. m. Friday in the office of
Ross Farnham, It was announced
today.
All members are urgently re
quested to be present, officials re
ported, as important business will
be transacted.
FRISKED FOR CIGARETS
Spokane, Wash., April 10 (
Thrno vntino mnn 1 i
T. "-tUii-M OTIS.
Dorothy Taylor as she was walk
Ing home from a movie late last
night.
They frisked her purse and
pockets and returned her money,
compact, ration books, valuables
kept her cigarets.
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The Los Angeles Lions club
United national clothing drive, as this picture illustrates. Note the clubman draped in a tablecloth. He
was caught in the barrel shortage. In Bend today at noon, Lions denuded three of their members, cov
ered them with blankets as a protection against a chilling April wind, and marched them to the local
Byers Brothers,
Pilots, Visit Bend
Bend's noted brother fighter
pilots, who probably have the dis
tinction of being this country's
only brothers with "twin careers,"
flying the same P-38 bomber on
alternate missions, are here oh a
brief visit. They are Lt. James F.
Byers, of 70 missions over France
and .Qermany, and Lt, .William E.
Byers, who flew 68 missions over
the same enemy territories.
Both filers plan to leave Bend
tomorrow. Bill to visit his wife In
Portland before reporting to
Great Falls, Mont., to ferry bomb
ers to Russia; and Jim for Myrtle
Point to visit his mother, Mrs.
Nora Byers. Jim plans to return
here soon and complete his 21 day
leave, doing a bit of fishing.
Football Stur
The Byers brothers are both
former members of the Bend fire
department, and Jim was an all-
state football star when he play
ed with the Lava Bears as full
back in 1940 to win the state
championship. He was graduated
with the class of 1941. He also was
astar in the freshman football
sauad at the University of Wash-
I ington.
Both boys enlisted on may 16,
1942 after being employed at the
Brooks-Scanlon LumberCompany
Inc. plant here. Together they
trained through lour flying
schools, and after a separation for
five months rejoined in the same
squadron in England 13 months
ago.
In England the Byers brothers
were assigned to the same plane,
a P-38 dive bomber known as "De
tour." But the plane did not de
tour in any sense of the word,
according to the brothers' record
of downing eight Mcsserschmldts
and Foch Wolfes between them.
Nazis Active
Contrary to the belief In this
country that the German air
power is crippled, the brothers
reported that they flew recently
for 37 days in a row and were
"Jumped" by enemy fighters. Both
doubted whether the Germans
would withdraw from the war for
"a long time yet."
The brothers reported meeting
other Bend folks while overseas.
In Paris while on a leave, Bill
said that he met Lt. Francis
Breest. pilot of a B-26 bomber. In
England, they met Margaret Sim
mons, a Wac serving as a tele
phone operator. And Bill said that
he enjoyed a telephone conversa
tion while In England with Lt.
Ingles Thompson, also a B-26
pilot.
To Be Wasslgneci
Bill was retired from combat
flyine and came to the United
States two months ago. Following
expiration of his leave, Jim is to
report to the army air base at
Santa Ana, Calif., for reassign
ment.
Both brothers won their wings
at Williams field, Chandler, Ariz.,
in October, 1943.
Two Small Boys Break
Fifteen Window Panes
Two small boys were named
today by city police as the van
dals who late yesterday broke 15
window panes out of the garage
at the home of A. Self, 714 West
Twelfth street. Officers learned
the identity of the boys, and sug
gested that the victim obtain a
complaint against them in Juve
nile court.
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Lions: This Can Also Happen
it
really rolled out the barrels in Its
Papers, Movies
Burned in Bend
Trucking Mishap
Central Oregon was without
Portland newspapers today as a
result of a large semitruck and
trailer of the Bend-Portland Truck
service being involved In a wreck,
according to reports reaching
here. Local headquarters of . the
line had only meager Information
which did not give the location
of 'the wreck. It was understood
that after the truck suffered Its
mishap, it caught on fire, but
what the extent of the damage
was could not be readily learned.
The driver escaped injury.
Officials of the line were said
to have left Portland, for the
scene of the wreck. , .
Films for tonight's showing in
local theaters were included in
the loss. Portland film offices
rushed duplicate films to Bend In
order that the showhouscs could
function.
Railway Shed Is
Burglarized Here
Fearing that small children
might have broken into the stor
age shed two blocks north of the
railway stution, taking a number
of articles, including track tor
pedoes, S. P. & S. railroad officials
here today reported the burglary
to Bend police. They salu that
the torpedoes are dangerous, and
that children handling them might
become Injured.
Besides the torpedoes, signal
flares, a pair of goggles, some
tools and other articles were
taken on raids the past two
nights, it was reported.
Melvin Sauers
Back in States
Chauffeur for a segment of the
third wave of marines storming
ashore on Iwo Jima, Melvin
Sauers, seaman 3c, with the U. S.
navy, has docked at a Pacific port
and called his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. L. Sauers of 425 River
side. The navyman who piloted an
amphibious attack boat in the
Iwo Jima invasion, entered the
service last June and since that
time has served on two overseas
trips. He is a 1944 graduate of
the Bend high school.
Adriatic Wing of Nazi Defenses in Italy
Crumpled as British Race Into Po Plain
By Walter Collins
(UniU-ri PreM War Correapondrnt)
Rome, April 10 HH A new Brit
ish Eighth army offensive
crumpled the Adriatic wing of the
German defenses in Italy, carried
over the Senio river on a broad
front, and today spilled out over
the eastern Po plain between Bo
logna and Ravenna.
Gen. Mark W. Clark, com
mander of allied forces In Italy,
announced that the Eighth army
attacked yesterday evening after
a pulverizing air assault in the
Senlo sector by almost all of the
air forces In this theater.
' The first onrush of Lt. Gen.
Sir Richard McCreery's forces
broke the Senlo river line. His
assault forces swept across the
stream on a broad front around
JNClAU
OF VIENNA
in Bend
all - out drive fnr
'Hoarding Lions
Stripped of Garb
Three members of the Bend 14
ons club, co-sponsor with the Elks
In the city's United Nations cloth'
Ing collection, today were forcibly
made to contribute to the stack of
war-relief clothing after the' regu
lar gathering of .the members at
a noon-day .luncheon in the Pine
tavern. Other members of the club
had complained that the trio had
not yet taken active part in the
campaign, so
Loren Carter, Doug Ward and
Del Hale were forcibly stripped
of their garments, wore swathed
in blankets, and made to walk
from the Pine tavern to the cloth
ing depot beneath Leedy's at Wall
street and Oregon avenue. Ap
propriate signs, telling of the
trio's misguided efforts in the
drive, and designed to serve as a
warning to other persons, hung
from the blankets. Eager photog
raphers snapped bulb after bulb
to preserve the record.
Officers Assist
All this was strictly "legal," too,
it was pointed out. Because a
committee of Bend policemen held
court on charges that the three
Lions were "hoarding," and found
them guilty, Imposing the embar
rassing penalty.
Before the "trial and punish
ment, Clarence Bush, chairman
of the clothing campaign, told of
its purposes, and how destitute
people of European countries are
since tne nazls have stripped
thorn. He urged residents and fellow-Lions
to turn In every gar
ment not needed by themselves,
and either to turn them over to
the depot or to an Elk or Lion.
Group Introduced
Ray Dahl, chairman of the pub
licity committee, introduced Bush,
Loydo S. Blakley and Maurice
Hoover as other members of the
Lions clothing committee.
Marlon Cady, vice-president of
the club, presided and Intro
duced Wayne Overholser, coach
of the Bend high school symposi
um team, who presented three
members of the team. Kosella
Knight made an after-dinner
speech on "Love"; Verdun Russell
gave an oration on Wendell Wili
kle, and Kenneth Fretwell talked
on "American Heritage."
Lugo, 27 miles east of Bologna
and 18 miles west of Ravenna.
The eruption in the eastern sec
tor of Italy set both ends of the
long dormant front In motion. The
U. S. Fifth army was plugging
northwestward along the Llgu
rlan coast in a close-In against
Massa, big outpost of the La Spe
zia naval base.
Clark's armies now were press
ing in against one of the last in
dustrial areas left to the nazls
after the overrunning of the Ruhr
and Silesia. This Is the once rich
production zone of northern Italy,
centered around Milan.
The Eighth army offensive
closely followed an amphibious
operation which secured the sand
spit between Lake Comachlo and
Weather forecast
Few light showers . at lower
levels and snow flurries over the
mountains today. Cloudy tonight. .
Wednesday, cloudy. Rain west of
Cascades. .
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Hannover Falls
To Americans
In Quick Move
Yanks Reach Center of ,
Flaming Stronghold as.V
Forces Strike to East
PflriK. Anril 10 (IB American
troops captured Hannover today
In an armored sweep mat cavea
in Germany's northern and cen
tral defenses and rolled foreward
at a mlle-an-hour clip 115 ana
120 miles from the nazl capital.
Two doughboy regiments of tne
U. S. Ninth army's 84th division
stormed into Hannover from the
northwest and southwest early
this morning. By mid-day they
had reached the center of the
flaming stronghold that once was
the 12th city of Germany.
A few isolated pockets of GeP- V
man resistance still held out late
thta attamnnnn hilt American
vlflpmpn were combine them out
one by one.
Crowds of curious German ci
vilians thronged into the streets1,
ignoring the bullets, to watch the
death struggle of the 'nazl garri
son. ,
Ninth On Move
Other Ninth army forces stab
bedd 23 miles beyond the city to
ward Brunswick, 104 miles west of
Berlin, and at last reports were
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Vlliy AU uurca null, iiink . ,
Far to the south, American ;
First army tanks broke into the
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lin after a 26-mile advance that
met only scattered and disorgani
zed resistance.
Both attacks were rolling swift
ly foreward behind a blazing Al
lied aerial bombardment that
reached back almost to the gates
of Berlin.
In an explosive bust of power
that threatened momentarily to
cave In the Germans' entire north
ern flank, the Americans broke
loose on the main Hannover.
Brunswick-Berlin superhighway
less than 16 miles from Bruns.
wick and 55 miles from the Elbe
river line that forms the enemy's
last big defensive barrier in the
west.
Hannover Seized
Doughboys of the 84th infantry
division swarmefi through the
streets of Hannover, Germany's
12th city, after a sudden break
through from the north.
Simultaneously, the Ninth
army's fifth armored division
stabbed 23 miles northeastward
to cut the superhighway at a
point mid-way between Hannover
and Brunswick.
British armored forces to the
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London, April 10 (IF) Gen.
Dwight 1). Eisenhower told the
people of North Germany's
maritime cities today that re
sistance In the west has col
lupsed and the power of the
men behind the nazl fanatics is
crumbling.
London, April 10 (IP) Six
American airmen took a low
level joyride over Berlin today
in perfect weather and report
ed that they drew not a single ,
burst of fire from what ap- .
peared to be a "dead city."
the Adriatic. It was aimed across
the Senlo river west of Lake Co-"
macchlo along the traffic arteries;
to Bologna and Ferrara.
The preparatory air activity
was described by witnesses as the
most intensive ever carried out
on the Italian front. Heavy and
medium bombers and fighter
bombers blasted and gunned the
German positions in the front line
along the Senio, as well as their
supply areas behind the line.
Today's communique did not
cover the new Eighth army of
fensive. It reported Fifth army
progress against strong opposi
tion in the west coast sector. Al
taguana was captured, and U. S.
troops approached Massa while
patrols reached the Frigido river.