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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
Volume Llll
TWO SECTIONS THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1945
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Over 400 Planes Join .
; In Attacks on Two Vital
Jap Industrial Areas
Guam, April 12 B Four hun
dred or more Superfortresses and
escorting fighters possibly the
largest land-based air armada
ever to hit Japan bombed war
. plants In the Tokyo area and In
Koriyama, 110 miles to the north,
today.
Returning crew . m e m D e r s.
whose Superforts bombed one of
the two industrial targets in the
Koriyama area from low level
said their bombs landed directly
on the target. Fires were caused
and huge clouds of smoke were
seen to rise. The mission was 17
hours long. .
The giant bombers flew 3,800
miles round trip between their
bases in the Marianas and Kori
yama, their deepest penetration
yet of the enemy homeland. Es-
. coning mustang iigmers iook ou
irom iwo siana, ism miies soum
of Toki'O.-'.rv . v f '-,
Three Fleets Used
, ""Three great fleets of planes
made up the Armada, which was
believed to have equaled if not
exceeded the record force of more
than 400 aircraft which hit Tokyo
and Nagoya last Saturday.
New Bend Plant
Starts Operating
Under construction for the Dast
several months, the Bend Con
crete Products company plant,
operated by R. P. Syverson and
L. N. Eisenbeck, turned out its
first order today, 12 inch pipe,
each sectioan three feet in length,
for use by the land conservation
service in some irrigation tests.
The firm also has an order for
The Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Com
pany Inc. on file, and by April 15,
the plant will start the manufac
ture of concrete blocks.
The plant, providing Bend with
Its newest industry, is on Seventh
and Greenwood. The plant is not
still forms the roof for a part of
the structure, but it will take final
shape in the near future. Also
awaiting completion are the kilns.
The new plant will be open for
inspection later, when it is com
pleted and all departments are. in
operation.
Cousins Meet
In Australia
Bridging the gap of Pacific
ocean between mother and son,
Pfc. Bill Corgan of the famed 41st
division, nephew of Mrs. J. F. Ar
nold, called his aunt recently from
Portland with the message that
while on overseas duty he had
spent a furlough in Australia with
her son, Robert C. Arnold, vice
consul at Canberra, near Sidney.
Corgan revealed that life at the
American legation was extremely
active and involved politically, as
allied representatives attempt to
Iron out the difficulties which are
pertinent to better national rela
tions. 1945 Red Cross
Dinner Tonight
The annual Red Cross dinner
meeting will be held this evening
at 7 o'clock in the Pine tavern
with Dr. O. L. Walter of Portlani
the guest speaker, Mrs. Robert W.
nf iha nh.iiM cmintv chanter. ;
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Tickets for the dinner may be
obtained by calling 467, the Red
Cross offices. Election of officers
for the coming year will be held,
and Red Cross policies and pro
cedures will be discussed.
Above Capital
U.S.
Strikes
Battleship Killer
(NEA Telephotot
Li Jg William Ernest Delaney, De
troit, Mich, who dropped four 609
pound bombs on the Japanese super
battleship Yamato and watdhed fu
tile enemy efforts to salvage the
45,000-ton vessel after he had para
chuted Into the ocean from his burn
. . tog torpedo plane.
Roads Ate Slick
Across Passes :
Highway conditions over the
Oregon and the Willamette valleyj
were reported bad today by mo
torists who earlier travelled the
Santiam' and Willamette routes,
as well as by officials of the state
highway department here. Bus
traffic was slowed, likewise, on
the Wapinitia highway, and mo
torists attempting to cross the
mountains in the vicinity of Gov
ernment Camp without chains
were encountering difficulties.
Highway officials here empha
sized that chains were not only
advisable, but necessary, if safe
passage of the summits was an
ticipated. Snow Depths Gain
Snow, depths were increased on
the summits of the mountains in
fitful storms In the night, depos
iting a total depth of 116 inches
on the Santiam pass, and 100
inches on the Willamette. Four
inches of new snow were record
ed on the Willamette highway,
and two inches on the Santiam.
Reports were lacking on the
Wapinitia route as to snow depths
and the latest fall.
Temperatures along the moun
tain crest ranged between 21 and
26 degrees, with winds drifting
the snow and icing the roadways
in shady spots.
The weatherman, however, held
out hopes for improved condi
tions for the next 24 hours, re
porting that clearer skies and
warmer weather would prevail
east of the Cascades.
70,000 Yank Prisoners Held in Germany
Are Reported Living Under Bad Conditions
Washington, April 12 U Sec
retary of War Henry L. Stimsor
and Secretary of State Edward R
Stettinius said today that 70,00f
American prisoners of war heir'
in Germany are living under "de
plorable" conditions.
They said, however, that thr
American Red Cross, through thr
International Red , Cross, "har
been and is doing everything with
in their power" to get rellcf.to the
American prisoners.
The American people, the two
secretaries promised, "will not
forget" the criminal nazi treat-
ment of the prisoners.
"The perpetrators of
these
heinous crimes will be brought to
justice," they said.
Stimson read the statement to
his press conference shortly after
the International Red Cross dis
closed a cable from Geneva that
Air Fleet Blasts Actionf teres L
at War
Weimar, Cradle of German
Republic, Seized By Allies
Men of Patton Take Over Historic City and
Find Heavy Damage; Young Wife Gives Big Aid
: : By Reynolds Packard
(United ProM War Correspondent)
Weimar. Germany. April 12 (UJ? Weimar, cradle of the
German republic which Adolf Hitler smashed in his rise to
power, surrendered today to the men of Lt. Gen. George S.
Patton's Third army who entered the city and completed its
occupation at 10:30 a.m. , -
The 80th infantry division occupied Weimar which had
surrendered to the Americans despite desperate orders issued
only today by Gestapo Chief Heinrich Himmler that no town
or city of Germany was to surrender on pain of death to
German officials. V
An infantry column led by Col. N. A. Costello, Arlington,
Va., paraded into the old city.
But most of the populace did
not see the entry because they
deliberately turned their backs
on our troops and glared sul
lenly at the ground. -
v Young Wife Aids
The city was surrendered to
our forces largely through the ef
forts of Erlka Fischer, pretty blue
eyed auburn-haired wife of a Ger
man physician. She is half-American.
Mrs. Fischer's mother is Mrs.
Henrietta Hansen, a New Yorker
who was said to have been the
wife of a German general promi
nent tn the last war.
Mrs. Fischer often visited Wash
ington avd New York but declined
to name her American mends in
fear that her German connections
might be prejudicial to them.
Weimar has suffered heavilyX'
under allied air bombardment,
Albany Selected
TOT MineS VVOrk
Albany, Ore., April 12 (IPi Dr.
Bruce A. Regers, director of the
Northwest Electro Development
laboratory, ' today announced all
mining and metallurgical activi
ties of the United States bureau
of mines in Oregon, Washington,
Idaho and Montana will center at
the Albany institution.
Dr. Regers said the plans were
arranged at a conference of bur
eau of mines engineers at Salt
Lake City last week. The three
existing bureaus will be divided
into nine divisions, with the four
northwest states headquartered
at Albany.
Each division will have a min
ing engineer in charge of mining
work and a metallurgical engine
er in charge of that work, each
reporting directly to Washington
D. C. S. N. Lorain will come from
Moscow, Idaho, to handle the
mining work and Dr. Regers will
remain in charge of the metal
lurgical work.
Jap Air Power '
Driven From Sky
Chungking, April 12 IP Japa
nese air power virtually has been
driven from the skies over Free
China, 14th air force announce
ments indicated today.
MaJ. Gen. Claire Chennault's
fliers carried out 60 missions over
a wide area without encounterine
any enemy aerial opposition.
'ruck convoys carrying Red Cross
ood supplies started a dally serv
rce today from Switzerland to
orison camps in Germany. It in
formed the American Red Cross
hat 296 trucks are available for
this work.
Earlier, a state department of
ficial said that the sufferings of
1,100,000 allied war prisoners In
Germany will increase as long as
German resistance continues.
Conditions have been growing
worse, he said, ever since the Rus
sian offensive began last winter.
Stimson and Stettinius said that
with the advances into Germany
from both the east and the west,
"the constant compressing of
these prisoners into camps in an
ever-narrowing area has resulted
in extreme hardship."
The allied offensives on both
fronts have resulted in the libera
Plants
Ambitious Plans
Of Chamber Given
One of the most ambitious pro
grams ever contemplated by the
Bend chamber of commerce was
outlined in detail today by com
mittee chairmen In a town meet
ing of the organization at noon
in the Pine Tavern. Both present
and- peace era development 1 of
wide range were "covered In re
ports listened to by more thfn 80.
members and guests. .
Most of the plans under con
sideration by the chamber com
mittees covered post-war develop
ment, mainly for the creation of
jobs for returning veterans and
the bringing of additional pay
rolls to Bend. Recreation facili
ties, including a swimming tank,
gymnasium, improvement of
O'Donnell field and betterment of
city parks also came in for plan
ning, with reports indicating that
great strides already have been
taken to- bring about the accom
plishment. Funds Provided
Substantial funds already havej
been provided for the different
projects, with more being budget
ed, the reports showed.
Most of the committees gave
reports, indicating that they are
well on the road to achieving
their goals all designed to pro
mote the city's industrial and cul
tural progress.
The industrial ' commitee re
ported that It has been concen
trating on a study of "Flbrecrete,"
the manufacture of which would
mean much employment and an
Increased payroll for the city.
This committee also revealed that
one of the city's present indus
tries, the King's Craft Toys, is
now expanding and will soon em
ploy more than 14 persons full
time In a new location on the
Brosterhous property.
Shevlin Presides
The reports were read by dif
ferent committee chairmen, Don
H. Peoples, secretary, and Crosby
H. Shevlin, who presided in the
absence of Carl A. Johnson, pres-
laeni. Among tnose reporting
were William Nlskanen, on roads
and highways; Hal Edwards, pub
licity; Phil Brogan, geology; Sam
Scott, retail merchants: Jack Ker-
ron, fire prevention; Bruno Rath,
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tion of 27 of the prisoner of war
camps out of the 78 in which
American soldiers are known to
be held. These operations have
resulted in the liberation of ap
proximately 15,000 Americans.
The German government, how
ever, has evacuated 36,000 Ameri
cans into the interior of Germany,
where 34,000 others are already
being held, they said.
"Food and sanitary provisions
have suffered and disrupted trans
port facilities have resulted in a
shortage of Red Cross supplies in
many places," they said.
In an effort to relieve this situa
tion, they said, large supply de
pots of Red Cross stocks were es
tablished in areas where there
were large concentrations of al
lied prisoners. They added that
"ample stocks" were available in
Sweden and Switzerland to keep
these depots provided. I
On Oder Front,
In River Area
. Zhukov Believed to Be
On March for Capital,
As Allies Approach Goal
London, April 12 IP Moscow
reported today that violent fight
ing had blazed up in the Red
army's Oder river bridgehead on
the approaches to Berlin as Ameri
can mobile forces raced toward
the nazi capital from the west.
"Soviet troops are waging fierce
battles beyond the Oder- on the
approaches' to Berlin," a Moscow
broadcast said.
The report indicated that Mar
shal Gregory K. Zhukov had light
ed the fuse of his long-brewing
push against Berlin, synchroniz
ing it with the Ninth U. S. army
drive to squeeze the heart of nazi
dom In a nut-cracker.
Troops Massed
Zhukov's reported onslaught hit
the German defenses in the Oder
valley about 30 miles due east of
Berlin. There he had massed in
his bridgehead across the Oder a
great array of Soviet troops and
arms. Only yesterday formidable
forces of . Cossack cavalry were
reported on the move, evidently
into positions to spearhead
lightning sweep westward. .
The Soviet high command never
officially reported the Oder cros
sing in front of Berlin. But Ber
lin and Moscow reports have
made it evident -that Zhukov has
won a springboard 'beyond the
river for the climactic assault
now apparently beginning.
The Germans reported last
night that their army had lost
Kiessin, on the Berlin side of the
Oder, 33 miles east of the capital.
New Push Reported
. In the Danube valley west of
virtually-conquered Vienna, anoth
er Red army push was aimed at
Berchtesgaden and the Bavarian
Alps, touted as a sanctuary for
the nazi hierarchy.
boviet armor was reported far
up the Danube from Vienna and
a nazi commentator, Lt. Col. Al
fred Von Olberg, bluntly admitted
that the Germans were retreating
in Austria.
Von Olberg said that stiff re
sistance between the Danube and
Drava in Austria "merely screens
disengaging movements of the
uerman lormations which are
falling back toward the north
west."
Harbor of Bari
Scene of Blast
Rome, April 12 Ul'i Almost
1,900 Italian civilians and undo
termined number of allied serv
ice personnel were killed or in
jured today when a munitions
ship exploded in Bar! harbor.
First accounts from the scene
indicated the disaster was even
greater than that which occurred
on Dec. 2, 1943, when German
bombers blew up five munitions-
laden American ships, at liarl
wrecking the harbor and caus
ing about 1,000 casualties.
2B7 Killed
At least 2U7 Italians were be
lieved to have been killed In the
blast today and another 1,600
were injured.
There was "no immediate ex
planation for the explosion which
set fire to a number of other al
lied supply ships in the harbor.
Bari. on the Italian Adriatic
coast 135 miles east of Naples,
was one of the main supply ports
for the allied armies in Italy.
Plant Operations
Briefly Halted
A reported question of seniority
was quickly settled this afternoon,
after all operations at the big
Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company
Inc. plant had been halted while
workmen conferred in the Inter
national Woodworkers of Ameri
ca (CIO) hall on Bond street. The
meeting was called at 1 o'clock,
and at 2:30 p.m. it was reported
at the hall that "everything Is
settled."
At the union hall It was stated
that the workmen "presumably
would return to work on the night
shift."
F.D.R. Suddenly Stricken
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President Franklin D, Koosevelt died this afternoon nt Warm
Springs, Georgia, his secretary,
afternoon.
Flash President Dead
Warm Spiings. Ga.. April 12 (U.P.) Franklin D
Roosevelt, president for 12 of the most momentous
years in this country's history, died suddenly at 3:55
p.m. (CWT) in a small
House."
" Death was caused by cerebral hemorrhage at the
resort where the president had been resting fori, some
ten days.
Vice President Harry S. Truman, who succeeds to
the nation's highest office, was called to 'the White
House immediately.1
An immediate cabinet meeting was summoned.
The four Roosevelt sons, all of whom are in the
service, were notified of the
sages from Mrs. Roosevelt. She told them that the
President had done his job
knew he would want them
Mrs. Roosevelt, Early
President s physician, arranged to leave for Warm
Springs by plane almost immediately.
"We expect to leave Warm Springs tomorrow
morning by train for Washington," Early said. "Fun
eral services will be held Saturday afternoon in the
East room of the White House.
"Interment will be at Hyde Park Sunday after
noon. No detailed arrangements or exact times have
been decided on as yet."
Nazis Expected to Make Death
Fight at Leipzig; Gas Probable
Sweden Hears Rumors of Climactic Battle
That May Be Armageddon of World War 2
London, April 12 (U.E) Stockholm reports said today
that Adolf Hitler and his henchmen personally would lead the
nazis in their Armageddon at Leipzig, throwing all their
secret weapons and possibly poison gas into a climactic battle
to the death.
The Stockholm Titlningen quoted military sources in Ber
lin as saying that the final decisive battle of Germany would
be fought on the historic Napoleonic battlefield at Leipzig.
Hitler, high party members and nazi gauleiters or district
leaders intend to die with Ger- :
many on the last battlefield,
the unconfirmed Stockholm
report said.
Face to face with utter defeat
and extinction, the nazi chieftains
were repot ted preparing to throw
every last ounce of their fast
dwindling resources into their
valedictory.
Doom Seems Near
Berlin itself Indicated that the
nazis believed their doom to be
at hand.
Nazi broadcasts ordered all the
German people to become spies
lor the army, indicating that their
field lines and intelligence were in
chaos and they did not know
where the speeding allied armies
might strike next.
"Tomorrow your home village
may be in the front line without
your knowing how this came
about," the nazis said in ar Im
plicit threat backing up the ir'or
to forward all information on al-
allied movement.
"People! To grips with the en
emy!" a broadcaster exclaimed
after reciting instructions on what
information was wanted about the,
strength and activity of the allied
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Stephen T. Early announced this
room in the "Little White
President's death by mes
to the end and that she
to do so too.
and Adm. Mclntyre, the
Spain in Break
Atrocity Charge Is Hurled
Madrid, April 12 mi Spain has
made its first break with an axis
power. It severed diplomatic re
lations with Japan last night be
cause Japanese troops murdered
Spanish citizens at Manila.
The action was announced in an
official statement released after
a cabinet meeting at El Pardo
palace with Generalissimo Fran
cisco Franco presiding.
In breaking relations with Jap
an, the government disclosed it
already had made representations
for Indemnity for the loss of
lives and damages suffered by
Spanish subjects at the hands of
the Japanese in the Philippines
capital.
The fovernment charged direct
ly that Japanese troops assassinat
and other persons Feb. 12, want
ing all Spanish consular officials
only burned the consulate and
deliberately destroyed property
of Spanish citizens.
Elbe Crossed
By Americans
In Surge East
Three Armies Reported,
Racing for Nazi City; '
Soviet Junction Looms
Paris, April 12 UE) U. S.
Ninth army mobile forces
broke across the Elbe, river at
Magdeburg .today and raced
for Berlin, which lay only 49
miles or less ahead of Che ram
paging "hell-on-wheela" sec
ond armored division by un
official account.
Three other allied armies
were surging eastward on
either side of Lt. Gen. William
H. Simpson's lightning col
umns, chopping deeper by the
hour into the waistline of un
occupied Germany, already
less than 100 miles wide be
tween the Russian and Ameri
can forces. ' -
Big Gains Made
The U. S. First and Third
armies advanced up to 26
miles along a linked front
aimed at Leipzig and Halle.
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's
Third army broke across the
Saale river at several points
and to the north the Ninth ar
mored division of Lt. Gen.
Courtney H, Hodges' First
army reached the Saale at
Naumberg, 23 miles southwest
of Leipzig.; -!-l:v''"vXw'
"Berlin reported .that Pat
ton's left wing had swunf rip
to Lichtenberg, 19 miles from
the Czech frontier, 70 miles
northeast of Nuernberg and
40 miles southeast of Jena. -On
the north end of the Ber
lin - bound f r o n t, Scottish
troops of the British Second
army took the lead. They cap
tured Celle on. the Aller river
and speared within 130 miles
of Berlin.
Ninth Sets Pace
First army front reports
said the ninth armored divi-;
sion set the pace for Hodges'
men. It dashed forward 26!
miles from its bivouac of last
night to the Naumberg area,1'
121 miles from the red army,
lines across the German cor
ridor. Front dispatches said the
First army rolled up impres
sive gains along its entire
front and was finding virtu
ally no resistance.
The third and ninth ar
mored divisions were spear
heading the First army push.
The Third picked up 22
miles since last night, pushing
beyond Sangerhausen, 10
miles west of Eisleben and 25
miles from Halle.
Saale River Crossed
Third army reports said
that despite a blackout on lo
cations, it could be revealed
that elements of - b o t h the
fourth and sixth armored di-'.
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With Japan;
(A Caracas dispatch said
the
Venezuelan foreign office an
nounced that its consul, Alberto
Delfipo, his wife and son were
murdered by the Japanese at Man
ila Feb. 10, and their residence
burned.
(Venezuela already is In a state
of belligerency with Japan and ,
a formal declaration of war may '
result from the assassination of
the Manila consul).
(Chile officially declared war
on Japan last night).
Spain's decision to break rela
tions with Japan followed a meet- '
ing earlier in the day of the na- .
tionalist Spanish falange, the go
vernment political party led by
Franco.
The group voted to support the '
government in measures necesr
sary to defend Spanish Interests
in the Philippines and formally
advise the cabinet of Its action.