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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
Volume Llll
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL It, 1?45
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BEND
NATOOIN PAYS IRlSPiCTS T FBU
u
6 Miles
Foe Resistance
Is Shattered,
Reports State
Paratroopers Said to
Have Linked With U. S.
Forces West of City
Paris, April 13 Uf American
.troops were reported unofficially
only 15 to 16 miles from Berlin
today and field, dispatches said
German resistance appeared to
have collapsed even on the last
approaches to the wrecked capital.
Flying tank columns of the sec
ond armored division officially
were out in front of the U. S.
Ninth army drive on Berlin after
crossing the Elbe river near
Magdeburg and pushing ahead
more than five miles to positions
55 miles or less southwest of the
capital this morning.
Divisions Linked
Unconfirmed radio Paris re
ports said, however, that Ameri
can paratroops had dropped into
Brandenburg province only 15 to
16 miles west of Berlin and linked
up. n.1tt the3econd. armored dt
vislon at an undisclosed point.
At the same time. United Press
war correspondent Robert Vermil
lion reported that-, the German
defenders east of the Elbe were
fighting- no harder than those
overwhelmed by the Americans
west of the river where resis
tance for three days has been
almost negligible.
Vermillion disclosed that strong
infantry reinforcements already
were over the Elbe and moving
up to join the battle for Berlin,
with three more divisions at the
west bank on a 75-mile front loop
ing to within 45 miles of the city.
V. S. Armies Gain
To the south, two other Ameri
can armies the first and the
third smashed nearly two-thirds
of the way across Germany to
within heavy artillery range of
Leipzig, transportation bottleneck
through which nazi troops were
rushing south for Adolf Hitler's
Alpine redoubt.
First army tanks were 16 miles
or less southwest of Leipzig.
Third army forces were 17 miles
from Leipzig and 70 miles from
Dresden.
Marshal Sir Bernard L. Mont
gomery, commander of the Brit
ish 21st army group, told his
troops that the nazis were en
gaged in destroying all Germany
as they fell back for a fight to
the death in the Bavarian and
Austrian Alps.
EARLY PAPER SATURDAY
Because of the half holiday
designated for tomorrow after
noon in tribute to Franklin D.
Roosevelt, The Bulletin will go
to press Saturday at noon. Ail
news Intended for the Satnr
day issue should be sent in
early In the morning. Persons
who do not get their paper Sat
urday are being asked to call
56 before 5 p. m.
No KBN'D program Is being
carried In The Bulletin today,
inasmuch as all schedules are
being frequently altered due to
the president's death.
General Ike Orders 30-Day
Period of Mourning for FDR
Paris, April 13 tP-Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower ordered a 30-day
mourning period for American
troops throughout the European
theater today in memory of Presi
dent Roosevelt.
Eisenhower flashed back the
rtrrfnr in cnnremp headouarterS
from the front, where he was con-; emotion ana aeep saaness.
ferring with his generals on the! He ordered flags lowered to
final phases of the battle of Ger- j half-staff througout France.
many ; In the cabarets, at the Red
The battle was drawing to the ! Cross Rainbow corner and along
end long envisioned by President ; the boulevards swarming with
Roosevelt. And it was under the khaki the reaction was heartfelt,
direction of the man he picked toj At fashionable Ciro's. the band
be supreme commander on the ; was silenced and the leader read
western front a brle announcement of Mr.
Word of the death of the presi-; Roosevelt's death. All allied troops
dent spread rapidly through su-iieft immediately.
Troopers
Nation Called on to Pay
Last Tribute to President
Washington, April 13 1P Text j
of President Truman's proclama
tion on the death of Franklin D.
Roosevelt:
h To the people of the United
States:
It has pleased God in His Infi
nite wisdom to take from as the
immortal spirit of Franklin Del
ano Roosevelt, the 82nd president
of the United States.
The leader of his people In a
great war, he lived to see the as
surance of the victory but not to
share it. He lived to see the first
foundations of the free and peace
ful world its which his Ufa was
dedicated, but not to enter on that
world himself.
His fellow countrymen will
sorely miss his fortitude and faith
and courage in the time to come.
The peoples of the earth who
love the ways of freedom and
hope will mourn for him.
But though his voice Is silent.
his courage Is not spent, his faith
Is. not extinguished. The courage
of great men outlives them to be
come the courage of their people
and the peoples of the world. It
lives beyond them and upholds
Anglers Prepare
For Trout Season
While old-timer anglers were
not too hopeful that their creels
will be filled with trout owing to
the extended cold season, scores
of Bend sportsmen however today
were prepared to be af their favor-
ite fishing spots an hour before
dawn tomorrow when the annual
angling season opens. Favorable
weather for the opening day was
expected, but deep snows were
expected to prevent the Izaak
Waltons from reaching some of
the higher fishing grounds.
The gasoline restrictions were
expected to dwarf the number of
anglers to be found along the
Deschutes and Metolius rivers,
and at Blue and Suttle Lakes in
Jefferson county, which are
opened to fishing tomorrow.
Many of the sportsmen have
fcrmed pools, however, and plan
ned to "wet their flies" on the
first day.
South Twin Closed
Angling will be permitted on
the Deschutes from its confluence
with the Columbia river to Sheep
bridge, except for one-quarter of
a mile below the Wickiup dam.
Some anglers, believing that
the cold weather will prevent
record catches, are waiting until
May 30 when South Twin lake,
closed for three years, will be
opened to fishing. The lake has
been stocked with fall spawning
Rainbow, and they are believed
to be plentiful now.
! GASOLINE IS STOLEN
! Thett of the gasoline from the
' tanks of his two trucks - while
they were parked in his yard, yes
terday was reported to Bend po
lice by J. H. Borden, 1360 Cumber-
' land avenue. Borden said that
he was awakened by the running
motor of a car, and saidi that he
believes a "flivver" drove away
from the scene.
preme headquarters and Paris,
leaving sadness and grief in its
wake.
- Gen. Charles De Gaulle, provi
sional president of France, cabled
President Truman that the
French government learned of j
Mr. Roosevelt s death with "great
R
of
yt
their purposes and brings their
hopes to task,
Now, therefore, I, Harry S. Tru
man, president of the United
States of America, do appoint Sat
urday next, April 14th, the day
of the funeral service for the dead
president, as a day of mourning
and prayer throughout the United
States. I earnestly recommend the
people to assemble on that day
in their respective places of di
vine worship, there to bow down
in submission to the will of al
mighty God, and to pay out of
full hearts their, homage of love
and reverence to the memory of
the great and good man whose
death they mourn.'
In witness whereof I have here
unto set -my hand and caused
the seal of the United States to
be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington,
tne latn uay or April, in the year
of our Lord, one thousand nine
hundred and forty-five, and of the
Independence of the United States,
the one hundred and sixty-ninth.
Harry S. Truman ,
By the President:
Edward R. Siettlnius, Jr.
Secretary of State.
Flags Placed
At Half staff
Over Nation
Washington, April 13 flit-
President Truman today proclaim
ed Saturday as a day of morning
and prayer throughout the United
States in respect to the late
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The presidential .proclamation
was issued by secretary of state
Edward R. Stettinius. At the
same time, by order of the presi
dent, Stettinius ordered that:
1 Flags to remain at half staff
on all public buildings of the
United States for one month
until the close of Monday, May
2 All executive departments
and agencies of the government
be closed tomorrow afternoon
the day of the funeral.
Bend to Honor
Late President
Bend will pay tribute to Frank
lin Delano Roosevelt tomorrow
with a special church service
scheduled and with down
town business to be at a virtual
standstill in the afternoon. This
morning. Bend high school stu
dents paid their respects, when a
special assembly was held. Rev.
.Kenneth Tobias was the speaker,
and there was a program of pa
t r I o 1 1 c music. Superintendent
nowara w. ueorge announced
that programs had also been ar
ranged for the grade schools.
The Bend retail merchants com
mittee met shortly before noon to
day, ami its members later an
nounced they had voted to ask all
their members to close here to
morrow afternoon, pursuant to a
request of President Harry S.
Truman. Final rites for Mr. Roose
velt will be held In Washington,
IX C, starting at 1 p.m. PWT.
Church services scheduled here
tomorrow will be memorial in na
ture, and will start at 1 p.m., at
the First Presbyterian church,
with several pastors taking part.
If the services are broadcast from
the nation's capital, they will be
released in the church via radio.
The memorial services will last
about 45 minutes.
The courthouse here will close
at noon. Normally on Saturday,
offices there close at 1 p. m.
BULLETIN
Guam, April 14 tP A huge
force of hundreds of Superfor
tresses dropped thousands of
ions of fire bombs Into s flve-sonare-mlle
arsenal area of
Tokyo early today.
eporte
eriDim
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Over Helm of
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United States
New President Pledges
His Determination to
Carry Out FDR Plans
Washington. April 12' U
President Harry S. Truman took
the nation's helm today, sumrrion.
Ing to the White House the chiefs
of war and foreign policy: to
pledge his determination to ear?
forward President Roosevelt's'ob
iectlves of speedy victory ani
firm peace. : . .
His first official act was to Is
sue through Secretary of Stat
Edward R. Stettinius,-Jr a prooj
lamation of a month s mourning
for Mr. Roosevelt. , w
But already we had plunged
deep Into the monumental task
of carrying on the national war
eitort, without pause or. hesita
tion, both in the west and in the
east. -. 3
Within three hours of his first
working day as president, Tru
! man had shattered his first prece
dent.
Holds Conference
After conferring at the White
House with military and diplo
matic chiefs, he drove to Capitol
hill for a luncheon conference In
the office of Lester Biffle, secre
tary of the senate, with the lead
ers of congress.
Td the White House came Stet
tinius for confirmation of Tru
man's pledge that the Sah Fran
cisco conference shall be held as
planned and fot affirmation of
Truman's hope that ttt San Fran
cisco will be erected the founda
tion stones of a permanent peace
after the plans long advanced by
Mr. Roosevelt.
And to the White House came
the top leaders of the war effort
to hear Truman implement the
pledge he gave the nation as he
was sworn in last night to suc
ceed Mr. Roosevelt. The pledge
was that the war would be prose
cuted "on both fronts, east and
west, with all the vigor we possess
to 8 successful conclusion."
' Pledges Given .
In the nation's sorrowing capi
tal leaders of all shades of opinion
shouldered up with pledges to
stand with Truman and the na
tion In the sudden hour of trag
edy. From the senate republicans
came a pledge of cooperation "for
the winning of the war and a
successful peace at home and
abroad." To which the republican
senators added an "expression of
our faith and trust" In the man
who until Jan. 20, 1945 had been
their democratic colleague from
Missouri.
As Truman entered the White
House with a brisk step at 9 a.m.
this rooming and sat down at the
president's desk still littered
with the jumble of kniek-knaeks
and curios which was Mr, Roose
velt's Joy the funeral cortege
was forming up In the green
Georgia hills at Warm Springs,
At 11 :13 a.m. EWT the President's I
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Day of Sorrow
Proclaimed By
Salem, Ore., April 13 U A
"state of sorrow" was officially
proclaimed In Oregon today, fol
lowing the death of President
Roosevelt yesterday, bv Gov. Earl
Snell.
Flags over all public buildings
will he flown at haif mast, and at!
public olf tees will be closed during
the hour of the president's f uner.
al. The governor urged all citi
zens to similarly accord this re
spect. Expressing the feelinps of the
people of Oregon, I solemnly pro
claim a state of sorrow In mem-
ory of our president who yester-) United States, and the command- j ering will be addressed by Mrs. t era front, and it appeared that the I mans last serviceable communi
day gained Immortality in theier-in-chief of ail our energies that! W, P. Remington, Mrs, C. V, Bow-: mns hour for the red army's i cations out of Vienna and narrow
honor and affection of a nation
and tn the history of man's yearn
ings for a better world." tho raw.
lamation gatd.
Harry S. Truman, President of the
1 . ' V ; : ..... i
v t ar M
Harry S. Truman became the
of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and
carry forward President Roosevelt's objectives of speedy victory and
District Church
To Be Held Here on Weekend
Delegates Expected to Arrive Late In Day;
Ordination Ceremony Scheduled for Sunday
The 35lh annual convocation of the Epweoiwt! church mis
sionary district of eastern Oregon will to heid at Trinity
church, Bend this week-end, with delegates expected to ar
rive later today for preliminary receptions and committee
meetings tins evening, Rev. George R, V. Bolster, local rector,
has announced. Over 70 registrations have already been made.
and large delegations are expected from such points as Klam
ath Fftiis, Pendleton, The Dailes, LaGrande, Ontario and Mood
Kiver, as weii as from smaller centers.
Simultaneously with the convocation, the Church Women's
Diphtheria Cases
In Oregon Drop
Portland, Ore, April 13 tut
Only seven new cllphfhfria eases
were reported last week, a drop
of 53 pv cent from the previous
weeK, tue state board of Health
announced today.
Four of the new eases were in
Clackamas county, two in Colum
bia and one In Douglas. There
have been 30 cases In the ffrat 14
weeks of 1945.
261 PMXES DKSTROYEP
London, April 13 The
eighth air force announced that
preliminary reports showed at
least 261 German planes were
destroyed the ground by
fighter pilots shooting up fields
of the area of Neumenster today.
for All Oregon
Governor Snell
"In these solemn hours In the
destiny of our nation, let us bor-
row freely from the wisdom of!a -m. ana continue unnif- ionaon, April j. mi vwnnaroawe tor vtenna was in ffs last
our forefathers, who found cour. Mn when the assembly will wei- has been captured by MJfhJ hours." Marshal Feeder t Tfelbufc-
mh damns, i come the ministers of various city jFeodor L Totbukhins Third , . , , .
age and belief in their faith in ch(jrehes as their guests to tench- Ukrainian army and 130 ,0fff prinu's n,ramtalnmn army m!tP
Almighty God. Let the churches. , at ttw pine Tavern. Afternoon- oners have been taken. Marshal P P SO more square Macks be
of this state be open that today genskuK will commence at noon 'Statin announced In an order of ;tweea the Danube and canal to
we may seek renewal ot tnat.anrt adjourn at 4:09 n.m. when;
faith." the governor said.
"As taps sound for a great
soldier of all free nations that
love liberty, let us at the same
lime ask tne guidance oi mvinejneid at the I'ine Tavern at b:.on
providence for the man who now j Saturday evening, when follow-;
hprtimM the nresifienf of these! in. a missirai nrfifrarn. fhe eath-;
the victory and peace for whfen j
Franklin 0. Roosevelt gave his f
life shall become a reality, the i
statement concluded.
Harry S, Truman
32nd president of the United States
today he took the nation's helm
Convocation
service league of Eastern Ore
gon will hold sessions which, it
is expected, will be attended
by large groups of women
from ait points within the dis
trict. The Right Reverend Wil
liam P. Remington, IXD., bishop
of eastern Oregon, who with Mrs.
Remington is expected In the city
tonight, will preside over the con
vocation, while Mrs. Mabel Hifffh-i
es, diocesan president, will act as
chairman of the women's gather-!
teg. Mrs. C. V, Bowman, president
of the women's auxiliary of Ore
gon will come from Portland to
address the assembly.
Committee To Sleet
Highlights of the gathering this
evening will he a meeting of the
executive committee of the dis
trict at the parish house at 1:30
p.m. and a reception gt the Episco
pal rectory, 515 Congress street.
f mm 7 n.m. when al! members
of the parish and other interested 1
friends are invited to meet and
greet the visitors. j
The week-end proceedings will
open with a celebration of HolyS
Communion at 7:30a.m. on Sfetur-
day morning with the Ven. Arch-1
deacon Neville Blunt officiating .
Business sessions wiii commence;
delegates will join a motorcade j
to the summit of Pilot butte. j
Banquet Arranged (
The convocation banauet wilt be
man and Rev. Kenneth Tohlag of
the First Baptist church of Bend,
speaking on "The Challenge of;
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United States
late yesterday, following the death
and pledged his determination to
firm peace.
Terms of Bond
1 She sat stiffly
ccepfance uivetejy
, j
Terms of acceptance of Ihe fourf
marketable Beeurifh's to ta soM
durine the Seventh war loan drive!
have hpen announced by Secretary I
, ,. ,t f
of the Treasury, Henry Moreen-I
thau, Jp, and relayed to residents!
of Deschutes county by A. L. O,
Schueler, county chairman,
AH 214 per cent bonds dated
June 1, IMS, will mature June 15,
1072, and may be redeemed at the
option of the tfnitml Slates on or
atfer June is, imij. coupons wtn
be issued and rejsfered at buyer
option In denominations of
on one million dollars.
tles Glvest
Bonds at 254 per cent will ma
ture June 15, 1902 and wilt be re
deemable at the option ot the
tfnited States on or after Sune 15,
J959. Maturing December 15, lltoO,
i( per cent bonds will be regis
tered at the onSion of buyers at!
8500 on one million dollars. Sev-!
enlh-etohth wr cent certificates of;
fnriehteetatss wilt mature June I,j Chief Petty Officer Graham
!3 and will be issued in denomi- f Jackson, a Georgia negro whs was
nations of one miiiion doiiars en (a favorite of the President's,
one million doiiars. "I stepped from the circle of moum-
Gffieialty supporting the Kev-ters. He had his accordion which
enth War Loan drive, organized he had often played for Mr,
labor gave its pledge to pat the (Roosevelt.
campaign over the ton. The pledge! As the cortege approached, he
came from Wittiam (Uven, prest-j lifted the accordion and played the
dent of the American Federation j haunting strains of Dvorak's "Go
of Labor, and Philip Murray, pres. ! ing Home from the New WorW
Ident of ihe Congress of Industrial i symphony. Then he played Stear
Organizations, reports
trom t
(
Washington Indicate.
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WfiGD Of Deri in CXDeCteO
the dav. i
Russian troops smashed 11 Ger-fitai
man tank divisions nnd destroyed
1,245 tanks and seif-propelied
guns, the order said.
ngrtnng mounted In Intensity t
on the eastern approaches to Ber-j
tin on fhe other mf of the sac,
march on the capital was close at (
hand,
A dispatch to the Soviet govern-1
mem newspaper Izvestia said the '
U.S. Mourns
Chiefs Death;
Salutes Given
Muffled Drums Beat
As Warm Sennas Pays
Honor to President
By Rentes Smith
United Paw Sttt eerrmpeettstt
J Warm Springs, Ga, April 13
sib The tody of FranWin D,
Roosevelt today was borne tram
the "little White House" el Geor
gia to the roll of nmfOett drams,
starting the long, last Journey to
Washington.
The hot southern sun shone- tn
a Mue sky as the funeral cortege
left the green hBte the Presktest
lowtf so well. The procession
slowly moved down thi wiwBag
mile-long road to Warm Springs
station.
In the distance a church bc-ll
pealed from some country steepte.
The cortege left the "Ltttfe
While House" at 10:30 sum. Atowg
the road stated hurjdreds of resi
dents of the President's "other
home." They bared their head
and ctsod In sttance as the cor
tege passed
Brums Sfsfflsa
First came the U. S. army band
from Ft. Berating, Ga. The roll of
its !TiU?lkd -drams carried softty
over the countryside in the sl(St
warm air.
Behind the band marched 1JO0
Infantrymen, fed by three com
panies of earbtne-csrryteg troops,
followed by riflemen. Their rotors
flew black streamers Jo signify
the mourning ot the Batten, t
' Then earns the hearse bearing'
the pwstttant'i body In a cooper
H8dCsgi4tjipe4 mahogany
ket. - - -
As the h oops reached the Bitte
station across the tracks from Ihe
Warm Springs hatel and the Httfe
row ot Warm Springs stores sad
business building, they deployed
into company front and presented
their arms af the salute.
Mr. Woesevelt Present
Behind the hearse and at each
flank was the honor guard of high
navst officers!, efaet, Next came
Mrs, Frankiln D. Roosevei!,
drrssed In black, with a tar cape.
f uprtght, tttrtwarrtfy
as she ftaef been
With Mrs, Roosevelt roste Fata.
f fe mt qutotEy a Krs. Roosevelt's
feet, apparently sensing that
sornrthimr was wrong what, he
not tttlte k"ow-
Along the route, troops over-
vprafts ;tood STaW
Hon. Many of them cried openly
as they stood rlgtefiy presenting
fhetr arms.
The cortege wound through the
pleasant grounds of the Warm
Springs foundation. Some twa
hours before the faint beat of the
muffled drams signalled Ute ap
proach of the cortege, the patients
like Mr. Roosevelt victims of In
fantile paralysis toad hobbled
out fa front of the main dormi
tory. Some were wheeled isy their
nurses.
Cortege Wstrhed
In a sems circle they watched:
the cortege pass. Here there were
tears, and frank and open sorrow,
A thirteen-year-old, Jay Frlbourg,
said: "I love hfm so much," He
clenched hfs teeth to keep back
the sobs.
er My tied Ta Thee.
(Continued on Page 31
the northeast oorriom of rt can.
yesterday,
Berlin broadcasts said the Sov.
S lets Danube river flotilla landed
i trooos behind the nazi ttoes to
Vienna.
The Second TAraimar. army,
r-.i frw nmtKa r.
ed their escape gap to eight miles
yesterday with th capture ot
Eibesbrunrt, six miles north of th
city.