THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND. OREGOR, VEDNE5PAY. AEftIL 1 1 .19,45
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Full Speed Ahead Order Given
To Allied Armies Now Racing
For Berlin On Broadened Front
By Ralph Heinzen
.. (United- Prot War Corraixmdcntt
The final great concerted offensive in the west with seven
allied armies pushing aside the last disconnected German re
sistance carried British and American forces to within less
tnan iuo miles ot Berlin today at the nearest point.
, Vienna fell to the red armies today, a free Austrian broad
cast said as the last three nazi-held districts of the Austrian
capital, across the Danube from the heart of the city, were
cleared. The victory opens the back door to both Germany
through the Danube valley, and Hitler's "Berchtesgaden re-
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Sufficient gasoline, ammunition and supplies to carry the
Hiiiuu armies over me last lUUy
miles to Berlin and the 150
or so miles to make a junction
with the red armies has now
been accumulated. It was the
necessity to allow supplies to
eaten up with the armor which
forced the American columns into
comparative inaction the past few
days. But the "full speed ahead"
order has been given and gains
have averaged 25 miles a day
Resistance Collapses
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said
that German resistance in the
west had collapsed and warned
populations of Bremen and Ham
burg that destruction of those
ports will only increase their hard
ships. His proclamation coincided
with a stiffening or die-hard re
sistance inside of Bremen where
strong forces of mixed German
troops, sparked by the SS detach
ments and .backed by German na
val units and forces in the port,
battled to hold Bremen as other
Germans still hold Dunkirk, St.
Nazaire, Lorient and other im
portant ports along the French
coast. Bremen still was burning
from British artillery shelling and
the main British effort appeared
to have1 swung past Bremen to
wards Hamburg and Luebeck.
On the central front, four Amer
ican armies, the Ninth, First,
Third and Seventh, were engaged
in a concerted shoulder-to-shoulder
drive through a 180-mile wide
hole they pounded into the last
German positions from Hannover
to Crallsheim. Brunswick now was
behind the American 9th army
front which was near the Elbe riv
er loop at Magdebourg. The First
army, moving on from captured
Nordhausen had Hallo as its next
objective.
Canucks Active
At the northern end of the
front, the Canadian First army,
after trapping an estimated 150,
000 enemy forces in the lowlands
by their capture of Zolle and
Meppel, moved on the last Ger
man corridor at Groningen.- De
prived of all direct railway out
lets, the enemy Tiad only a cause
way across the Zuider Zee. Even
that escape route would be cut if
Groningen fell.
Both wings of the enemy front
in Italy curled back as the Ameri
can Fifth army on the Ligurian
coast swept on towards the naval
base of La Spezia after the fall of
Massa. These American troops op
erated in difficult terrain. The
whole country is mountainous
with only a narrow flat coastal
shelf. On the Adriatic coast, the
Eighth British army gained two
and a half miles through three Po
vauey towns. 1 .
Luzon Jans Licked
In the Pacific, the last organized
Japanese resistance in southern
Luzon was crushed and Gen.
Douglas MacArthur announced its
im.mlnent liberation. His forces.
also seized the whole Sulu archi
pelago which provides, an easy
stepping stone towards Borneo
.nd its oil and mineral wealth. On
Okinawa, the enemy held his cave
and pillbox positions fanatically
on the Naha front and American
forces have brought up naval
guns, marine artillery and mor
tars to support the 24 army corps
in its costly drive the last four
miles towards Naha.
Marines who took the valuable
west-coast anchorage of Unten
harbor pressed the enemy back
to the tips of Okinawa island in
the north and Motoou peninsula
in the west, in twin drives which
continued to meet only light re-
sistance. All the Japanese effort
on Okinawa appears centered, in
the 50 square miles of the south
ern tip.
Japs Face Problem
Continued American progress
on Okinawa today, coupled with
last week's denunciation of the
Russia-Japanese neutrality pact
and the severe enemy losses In'
the pitched aero-naval battle of
the Ryukyus, posed a serious
question for the new 'Japanese
government. The cabinet must de
cide within a few days whether
it will defend the homeland
against American invasion by
withdrawing seasoned troops
from Manchuria or will strength
en the continental forces holding
Manchuria and Korea by with
drawing divisions from the slim
home defense force.
The new cabinet of Admiral
Baron Kantaro Suzuki must gam
ble. The American menace is im
mediate; Russia's denunciation
brings the pact to an end only
next year. But military necessity
demands that Japan build up both
her home island and her north
China defenses immediately. Su
zuki could use the hundreds of
thousands of Japanese troops by-
passed and isolated on Pacific is
land. He cannot abandon terrain
in the far-fung Malay and Indo
China and south China conquests
wunout nsKing seeing all Japa.
nese gains wiped out. Yet the in-
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His foot blown oft by a Jap land
mine, an American infantryman lie:
on his stretcher on Philippine Is
land of Cebu. The wounded soldlet
was in first wave to land. Signal
Corps photo.
direct menace of Russia's, action
is real.
Throughout the war with Ger
many, the Russian command has
kept 1,000,000 men in the Red
Banner far eastern army even
after withdrawing many divisions
which turned the tide of battle and
perhaps of this whole war at Stal
ingrad in January, 1943. This
Red Banner army has two able
commanders, Generals Stern and
Guryev. Stern is old but Guryev
is one of the most able of the
young generals. It was Guryev
who whipped the Japanese in the
Khalka valley border battles of
outer Mongolia.
Cloverdale
Cloverdale, April 11 (Special)
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. McDanielV
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hammack
and Lee Goodrich were blood don
ers on Tuesday, going to Portland
on the bus sponsored by Anthony
Roach of Sisters. Lee Goodrich
stayed over and visited relatives
in Portland and returned home
Weddnesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Ridge
way of Deschutes spent Saturday
evening at the hame of Mr. and
Mrs. George Coombs.
Mrs. Lee Goodrich was hostess
to the Redmond Arema club on
Tuesday evening at her home.
Nine members Were present at
the meeting. . ' '
The first meeting In their new
office building was held last Mon
day night by the board of directors
of the Squaw Creek Irrigation dis
trict. Those present for the meet
ing other than the board ' were
Leslie Wills, Joe Howard, George
Coombs, Earl Robinson, E. W.
Poffenbarger and George Brews
ter. .
George Billlngsley returned
Wednesday from Portland and
Salem where he had spent several
days transacting business.
Mrs. Ray Ijd Bland and her
daughter, Suzanne, arrived home
Tuesday from, Seattle where they
had spent the weekend visiting
Ray LeBlanc. '
Plainview Grange honored Mr.
and Mrs. R. L. Young Saturday
night at a silver wedding anni
versary party. About 75 people
were in attendance and the sup
per was in charge of Mi's. Robert
Thompson. A large mirror was
presented by members of the
grange to Mr. and Mrs. Young
and an appropriate program fol
lowed by dancing completed the
evening entertainment.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Boyd Simmons
have received word from their
daughter, Mrs. James Alcorn, for
merly Corporal Margaret Sim'
mons that she is soon leaving
France for the United States and
will arrive in Central Oregon be
fore long. Both Mrs. Alcorn and
her husband Major Alcorn have
been serving in the 9th bombard
ment division somewhere in
France, They both served In the
same unit in England for 14
months before going to France.
It is two and a half years since
Mrs.' Alcorn has been home.
Mrs. S. L. Hall and Mrs. R. L.
Young were hostesses Wednesday
to the Home Economics club.
The meeting was held at the com.
munity hall and Easter decora'
tions were carried out. It was
decided by the club to have their
annual community dinner on
April 22nd.
2 City Officials
Back From Salem
Mayor A. T. Niebergall and
George Simerville, city recorder,
returned yesterday evening from
Salem where they attended a ci
vilian defense coordinators meet
ing, held Monday in the capitol
building.
Information discussed at the
meeting will be relayed to the
heads of various defense services,
Simerville said. While in Port
land en route to Bend, the mayor
and city recorder visited Seaton
Smith, high school instructor, at'
the Hahnemann hospital. 1
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