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THE BENB 1BULLETW So ve Your Tires . The war is rolling toward a suc cessful conclusion on rubber. Do your bit. Suard your tires. Weather Forecast Ughl showers today, partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Colder tonight. j , - y ;a : t- ; it CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER Volume LIU THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 1, 1945 NO. 108 Hi O ft I I. I I I I i ft oemnnia Freed. AyslFoaim Radio Amnnioyimces Last Nazi-Held Area Cleared; River Grossed Aged City Strongest Bastion Athwart Back Door to Hitler's Reich ; By Robert Muse (lintted Preu Staff Correspondent) London, April 11 ip An Aus trian broadcast said today that the last three nazi-held districts of Vienna have been cleared, pre sumably completing the liberation of the Austrian capital. Radio sender Austria said the Leopaldstadt (second) and Brigit tenau (20th) districts, both be tween the Danube river canal and the river itself, and the Florids dorf (21st) district east of th river finally had been liberated. Occupation of the remainder of Vienna's 21 districts all those west of the river and canal-rwas completed yesterday by Marshal Feodor I. Tolbukhin's. Russian third Ukrainian army. Crossing: Seized . A soviet front dispatch said Tol bukhin had captured a crossing over the Danube canal into the Leopoldstadt and Brigittenau dis tricts. ' . , Radio sender Austria,' presum ably operated by Austrian patriots or the Red army, did not specify whether the last three districts were cleared by the third army or Marshal Rodion Y. Malinov sky's adjacent second Ukrainian army. There also was a possibili ty that Austrian patriots had thrown the last of the Germans out of their capital city. Molinovsky's forces at last re ports were driving along the east bank of the Danube less than eight miles northeast of Florids-. dorf. They had narrowed the Ger- j man escape gap from Vienna to less than 10 miles, already; spanned by artillery fire. I Reds Thrown Back I The German DNB. agency said the Russians had been thrown back to the famous Ringstrasse, a boulevard in the heart of Vienna and just west of the Danube canal. Bitter street battles developed be tween the parliament building and i the Vienna castle, DNB said. The liberation of Vienna would topple the strongest bastion ath wart the back door to Germany and the nazi last-ditch defense zone in the Austrian and Bavarian Alps. Tolbukhin's ' forces, without waiting for the mopup of Vienna, already have driven beyond St. Poelten, 32 miles west of the Aus trian capital, Stockholm said. St. Poelten lies 201 miles east of Munich, 141 miles from Berchtes gaden and some 260 miles from American Third, army spearheads. Soviets Get CJty Moscow did not place the third Ukrainian army beyond Neulen genbach, 13 miles east of St. Poel ten, however. Neulengenbach was captured by the Russians Sunday. Tolbukhin's forces liberated all but three of Vienna's 21 munici pal districts yesterday, capturing the Franz Joseph station, the gen eral hospital, cavalry barracks, the science academy and other buildings. Still in German hands were the Leopoldstadt (second) district and the Brigittenau (20th) district, both hpfwppn thp Danube river .canal and the river itself, and the ' Floridsdorf (21st) district, east of the river. Group to Present Progress Reports Reports from 28 separate com mittees of the Bend chamber of commerce are expected to be made tomorrow when the cham ber holds a town meeting at noon in the Pine Tavern. The open meeting is being held for the pur pose of presenting the reports, and determining the progress, each group is making in its 1945 j Drop-ram. The reports are limited to two minutes each, according to Sec-j retary Don H. Peoples, who urged . that all members attend, as well as non-members interested in the chamber's work. ' Togo Asserts Nips Fighting Survival War (By United Preu) Japanese Foreign Minister Shi genori Togo, in his first speech since he resumed cabinet office under Premier Kantaro Suzuki, said Wednesday that Japan's for eign policy "will now dovetail per fectly into military considera tions."' Togo, regarded in Japan as an expert on Soviet relations, assert ed that Japan was "fighting only a war of self defense," and aimed only at "universal peace and con cord of nations based on equal ity," Tokyo radio reported in a broadcast recorded by United Press, San Francisco. His statements on the future course of Japan's diplomacy close ly paralleled previous Japanese announcements that every effort would be made to placate Russia, following Moscow's denunciation of the Soviet-Japanese neutrality pact. Overseas Troops To Get Furloughs Washington, April 11 (VP) Con gress took its first steps toward demobilization legislation today as the army revealed plans to send virtually all physically-fit troops in this country overseas as soon as they can be replaced. Chairman Andrew J. May, D., Ky., of the house military affairs committee said he believed the fall of Germany was "close enough" for the war department to lei congress in on its plans for demobilization and reorganization of the army after V-E day. He asked Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson to send the proper army officers to a closed meeting of the committee next Tuesday to discuss legislation "to coordinate the general problems with which we will all be con cerned." News that the army is plan ning to get all able-bodied troops in this country overseas, presum ably to take the place of battle weary combat troops for occupa tion duty in Europe and fighting in the Pacific, came yesterday in a letter from Stimson to Rep. George M. Mahon, D., Tex. Mahon suggested that the army "scrape the bottom of the barrel" in this country before switching combat troops from Europe to the Pacific after V-E day. Photos Show Nazi Battleship Sunk London, April 11 LP The air ministry announced today that aerial reconnaissance showed the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer was sunk by RAF bomb ers in an attack on Kiel the night of April 9. The Admiral Schcer was one of Germany's two pocket battle ships of the 10,000-ton class. The other was the Luetzow, formerly the Deutschland. Win 'Five Star' Ratings ' -v i r iiimi'm- i 1 " Three more Bend Bulletin carriers have won "Five Star" ratings, and accordingly have been presented with S25 war bonds as a reward for their efficiency and salesmanship. They are: right to left, Clyde Rhoades, 1605 Galveston avenue; Billy Niskanen, 525 Broadway, and Bobby Moody, 427 Riverfront. Each Is 12 years of age, and has been carrying The Bulletin for more than six months. Requirements to win the "Five Star" rating are that the carriers must have worked at least six months, have less than four complaints, get two new subscriptions each month, and have all bills paid by the 15th. Yanks Capture Isle Sub Base On Okinawa . Resistance of Nippons Stalls Advance of U. S. Forces Toward Naha -r. By Frank Tremaine (United Pres War Correspondent) Guam, April 11 (IB Bitter Japa nese resistance stalled the 24th army corps' push toward Naha in southern Okinawa today, but marines in the nbrth seized a sub marine base in a mile-and-a-half advance. . Other army troops unlocked the entrance to Nakagusuku bay, one of the finest naval anchorages south of Japan, with an amphibi ous landing Tuesday on tiny Tsugen (Tsukata) island, about 10 miles off the southeast coast of Okinawa. The invasion troops stormed quickly inland from the south coast and captured the town of Tsugen against only slight opposi tion. Moderate resistance in the form of small arms and mortar fire developed later, but officers expected the entire mile-long is land soon would be in American hands. ... .. . Ships Use Bay Japanese broadcasts said Amer ican warships already were oper ating in Nakagusuku bay. Nearly two-thirds of the Okinawa shore of the bay has been captured. Marines captured Japanese sub' marine pens and other naval in stallations at Unten bay on the north coast of Motobu peninsula, which juts out of the west coast of northern Okinawa, yesterday after beating off two small enemy counterattacks the previous night. Torpedoes and mines were seized at Unten bay, but the en emy had evacuated all submarines and other craft. The base - was known to have been a lair for mid get submarines, though larger types also may have used it. Japs Decimated The marines decimated counter attacking Japanese Monday night, then advanced their lines to Unten bay in the northwest and the Man na river in the southeast. Tsuwa village was captured. While resistance continued al most non-existent in the north, troops of the 24th army corps in the south were fighting a battle almost as bloody as Iwo in an effort to crack through the last four miles to Naha, capital of Okinawa. Marine artillery was moved south to supplement army guns in the heaviest artillery bombard ment of the Pacific war. Naval guns ranging up to the 16-inch rifles of battleships offshore also were pounding away at the enemy defenses. Japs Have Advantage The Japanese were answering almost shot for shot and had the advantage of emplacements on two ridges from which they can observe every American move. M '.ML United Nations Jurists Meet in United Nations Jurists meet in Washington to begin work on a new world court in line with the Dumbarton Oaks proposal calling for "an international court of Justice." Here Secretary of Btate Edward Stettinlu (center) welcomes Dr. Wang Chung-Hui of China (left) and Sir Michael Myers of New Zealand, Who an swered the address of welcome. Troops of 41st Division Capture Suju Isle Group Manila, April 11 (UH) American troops today crushed all-..organized Japanese resistance Jn., southern L$ii?on,Bnd seized complete control of the Sulu archipelago in the southern Philippines. - " - Elements of the 11th airborne division shattered the final Japanese defenses in southern Luzon with a 22-mile drive that carried from Lucena to the east coast at Atimonan, 72 miles southeast of Manila. "All organized enemy, resistance in southern Luzon has collapsed and its liberation is at hand," Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur announced. Virtual completion of the conquest of southern Luzon came Truck Fire Loss Reported Large Loss to merchandise and other cargo, including 200 cases of li quor, will run into thousands of dollars as a result of a fire which early yesterday destroyed a Bend Portland Trucking service trailer on the Wapinitia highway, on the Maupin grade, northwest of that town, it was reported here today by officials of the line. Fire des troyed the trailer and its 12 ton cargo, after a flat tire had caught fire from friction and set the vehicle ablaze. Besides the liquor, the trailer contained tons of staples and other merchandise, Portland news papers destined for Central Ore gon, and motion picture films bound for Madras, Redmond and Bend theaters. The truck was being driven bv William Blanchard of Portland. He said that after he noticed smoke issuing from the trailer, he brought the heavy vehicle to a halt and tried to extinguish the flames. Failing in this, he detached the tractor and drove it to safety, then salvaged several tires off the trailer before the flames prevent ed further salvage work. Food Merchants HoldConfe rence Members of the Bend chapter of the Food Merchants associa tion today were on record as fa voring OPA policing by local boards, rather than by outside? representatives of the office of price administration, as a result of a meeting of the group last night In the chamber of com merca offices. The group author- izea james Mayne, president, t write tne Oregon Food Merchants association soliciting that body's support of the plan. At the meeting, speakers ex pressed the belief that local boards could better enforce OPA regulations because of their more Intimate knowledge of local con ditions. It was asserted that OP officials have caused merchants in other localities considerable in convenience and trouble by sum mary investigations and decisions. J . as veteran troops of Maj. Gen. Jens A. Does 41st division seized control of the entire Sulu archipelago with the oc cupation of the principal por tion of Job island. Airfield Seized Jolo capital city of the same name and the 4,000-foot Zettel airfield were captured by the 41st troops which made a double land ing Monday on the Island midway in the 200-mile long archipelago stretching from Mindanao In the southwestern Philippines to Bor neo. Other units of the 41st divi sion also Invaded Busuanga is land, north of American controlled Palawan across the Sulu sea from Mindanao, and ended Japa nese control of approximately 3,000 lepers In the Culion colony, largest leper colony, In the world. The landing at Coron bay on Busuanga was made without op position and a supply ship imme diately began unloading medical supplies and food the first the colony had received in three years. Screen Actress Victim of Fire ITr.ll A..;i 11 HXn Tltnnfl film actress' Gloria Dickson, 27, ! was burnpd to death ast nlcht In;11 " a fire that destroyed her palatial hillside home. Her body, clad only in a pink slip and charred almost beyond recognition, was found in an up stairs bathroom where she ap parently had been trapped by the flames. Nearby was the body of her pet dog. Death, resulted from severe burns and suffocation, police said. Alone In House Miss Dickson was alone in the house at the time. Her husband, William Fitzgerald, a marine vet eran and former boxer, tried to enter the blazing mansion to res cue her, crying "I've got to get to my baby," neighbors said. Ho collapsed' when told of her! death. Firemen said the blaze appar ently started In an overstuffed chair in the rumpus room and spread qdlckly through the lux urious home. Five Hollywood and Beverley hills XI re companies fought the flames. Washington p r j ) i? JL tNHA l tleDtlotOt 114 Inches of Snow Blankets Divide Prospects that the eight-year jecQrd for snow depths on the Cascade summits might be sur passed if the present forecast for more storms hold true, were Im proved today as last night's fall ranged from 12 to 14 inches all along the crest. Showers in the lowlands, increased cloudiness and snow flurries over the mountains was the weather man's prediction for the next 24 hours. Greatest depth of snow recorded the past eight years was slightly over 149 inches In 1943, and this morning on the Suntium pass highway maintenance crews re ported a total depth of 114 Inches. This surpasses the deptji noted in 1939, when 111 inches were re ported. Next highest since the Santiam route was opened was 120 inches in 1938. Local headquarters of the high way department today reported road conditions as follows: Koad Report Made Santiam: drifting snows with light fall, plows - operating, 12 inches of new snow and a total depth of 114 inches. Willamette: Intermittent hard snow fall with packed snow east of the summit, plows operating, new snow 14 Inches and a total depth of 96 Inches. Wapinitia: -light snowfall, with packed snow conditions on the highway, 14 inches of new snow, and a total depth of 84 inches. Motor traffic across the divide has been materially slowed the past 24 hours, it requiring in some instances more than two hours over the usual travelling time between Portland and Bend. Chains Advised One way traffic prevailed on both the Santiam and Willamette highways. Motorists were warn- ed to carry chains. The one-way ".7-,ri' , traffic on the Willamette hlgh-i""1" l'h ""Tif way was west of the tunnel. One-! ersls f Mr' and way traffic existed on the Sntl.l wrg' J- w- ''""XT'- am route for a distance of six miles crist of Tombstone summit ; and there was a narrow two-way lane fo,r " "'stance of four miles Snows that struck the Cascades with blizzard-like fury In the night, carried over into the Des chutes valley, depositing one inch I of snow In Bend. Morning sun shine, however, quickly dissipated this, but winds caused icy con ditions in shaded spots. Private Stevens Hurt in Action Pvt. J. O. Stevens, fighting with the U. S. infantry in Europe, was wounded In action and is receiv ing medical attention at a Bel glum hospital, correspondence re- celved by his wife, Mrs. Margaret Stevens of Rt. 1, box 13, revealed Overseas six months, the army man suffered facial and eye burns while In the front lines. A native of Arkansas, he was stationed at Camp Abbot for ad vanced training prior to shipping overseas. U. S. Division Only 63 Miles From Berlin in Bold Advance Into East; Gain Hell-on-Wheels Armored Unit Sweeps as Far As Magdeburg, to Bivouac on Final Barrier Before Capital; Super-Highway Is Big Help raris. Anril 11 (U.E) The Ninth army's hell-on-wheels second armored division in one of the most spectacular drives : of the war tonight raced to the banks of the Elbe river at ; Magdeburg, 63 miles west of Berlin. ; The Elbe is the last water vance upon the reich capital. , The second armored s advance was one of the most dashing in a campaign that rapidly was developing into a speed race along the super-highways that Adolf Hitler once built for the ' use of the wehrmacht. Far behind the American elements captured Essen. The American First army thrust forward within 140 miles of a juncture with the red army and the Third army started a three-division armored race that put them up to 20 miles closer toward Berlin. . But the hell-on-wheels outfit was away out in front. At Magdeburg it was only 117 miles west of the ted army's lines on the Oder river elbow just northeast of Berlin. It's commander, an American brigadier - general, had sworn when he took off this morning from a jump-off point southwest of Brunswick that he would be at the Elbe tonight. And he made good his promise. The second armored covered 55 miles along the smooth hard-surfaced highway to hit the river bank. It was the greatest single day's advance of the war, obviously against defenses that we're shattered. . V1 - - ' The great drive coincided with First army forecasts of a ' ' juncture with the red army within the next 24 to 72 hours. -The second armored, however, was a good 20 miles closer to the Russians than the most advanced points reported for the Raiser of Flag in One of the five men struggling to raise Old Glory from the rocky pinnacle of Mt. Surlbachl on Iwo Jima in the epic photograph caught by an army photographer has been identified as Cpl. Rene Foubert by his father, J. W. Fou bert of Klamath .Fails, and an uncle, Ray DeGagne of 315 Yew lane, Bend. A message from the war de partment received March 27 by the marines parents Indicated that but five days after the heroic struggle to raise the Sturs and Stripes against a shattering blast of Jap artillery and sniper fire, Cpl. Foubert was killed in action. Was Paratrooper A paratiooper with the Fifth marine division, Cpl. Foubert served overseas for a period of 14 months before reluming to the states on rurlough. Ho left last September for his second assign ment In the south Pacific. Cpl. Foubert reeelved his basic train ing at Los Angeles and before joining the armed forces was em ployed by the Great Northern Railroad company at Klamath Falls. His wife, the former Rosemarle The Hague Is Again Proposed As Site of New World Court By it. II. Shackford (Unltal Preu Staff Correspondent) Washington, April 11 miIn formal agreement to set up the new world court at Its old site the Hague in the Netherlands today renewed speculation about the eventual home of the new world security organization. The committee of United Na tions jurists, meeting here to re vise the old world court statute for presentation to the San Fran cisco conference, has agreed that the new court should return to the Hague. The final decision will rest with the full conference. The Hague has been associated for a half century ever since the first Hague peace conference in 1899 with man's attempt to set up a workable International tri bunal for peaceful settlement of disputes. But the decision on the "cap ital" of the world organization will not be so easy. The most Is Spectacular line barring the American ad- ; spearhead, other Ninth army irst army. Paris, April 11 IP The great German arsenal city of Essen fell ! today in the wake of three Amer ican armies racing over the last 100 miles to Berlin at a clip that was expected to bring a Juncture . with the red army in the next 24 to 72 hours. In a day of spreading nazl mili tary disaster that brought the final collapse of the wehrmacht measurably closer, the American First, Third and Ninth armies, more than 1,000,000 strong, broke lose on what appeared to be the final drive for Berlin. Vanguards of the Ninth army In the north were 63 miles or less from the capital early today and all three armies were pounding . ahead against disorganized resist ance. Essen Captured Essen, Germany's greatest man ufacturing city and the core of the Ruhr valley industries, was. captured by the Ninth army's 17th airborne division in an ad vance Into the northern wall of the Ruhr trap. Home of the sprawling Krupp works and the sixth largest city In Germany, it was the richest in dustrial prize to fall Into allied hands. The German garrison, al ready more than 100 miles be hind the Berlin-bound American armies offered only weak resist ance. Essen fell barely 24 hours after the Ninth army's 84th division had captured the big railway and factory city of Hannover. Cologne and Frankfort-on-Maine are also (Continued on Page 8) prominently mentioned cities to ' date Include Geneva, site of the League of Nations, Washington, Vienna, Prague, Trieste and Que bec. Against that is President Roosevelt's expressed desire to have the "world capital" move each year. That will be one of the relative ly unimportant but difficult ques tions the United Nations will have to answer at San Francisco. The latest suggestion came from London where the delegates of the British commonwealth of nations are meeting for pre-con-ference talks. Many of them were represented as naming Washing ton as their first choice and a Canadian city, probably Quebec, as their second. Some British officials were said to feel that the American people probably would play a more ac tive role In the new organization if it were in the United States. They haven't forgotten 1920.