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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND. DESCHUTES COUNfY, OREGON. SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1945
NO. Ml
Volume LIU
Even os G. . Joe ,
ulent-Capital- Honors F.D. U.i
mvtN a& a i joe
YANKS CLOSE IN ON BERLIN
5 Square Miles
Of Jap Capita!
Swept By Fire
Tokyo Reports Flames
Spread to Palace and
Destroy Nippon Shrine
By I.yle Shoemaker
(United Press War Correspondent) -
Guam, April 14 (in Hundreds
of Superfortresses set fire to a
five-squaremile arsenal area of
Tokyo today and the Japanese re
ported the flames spread to the
mikado's palace.
A Tokyo communique said the
fires broke' out in part of the
buildings within the imperial pal
ace, the Omiya palace and the
Asasaha detached palace but
"were soon extinguished."
The main building and sanctu
ary of the grand Meiji shrine, one
of Japan's greatest memorials,
was "burned to ashes," the com
munique said.
Omiya palace, adjoining the im
perial palace, is the residence of
the empress dowager.
Huge Fires Started
Explosions from the huge fires
that ripped through the vital war
production area of Tokyo were
heard more than 100 miles away.
Thousands of tons of high ex
plosives . and incendiaries were
dumped on the Japanese capital
in a section congested with three
large munitions plants and chem
ical works. .
Huge fires blazed furiously
through the target area, one of
Japan's most vital war production
centers, as the Marlanas-based
B-29's completed the 16th raid on
the enemy capital.
When- the B-29 in which I was
riding flew over Tkyo near the
end of today's raid, fires were
raging through the stricken area
and thunderous explosions nasn
ed across the city. -.
Damage Admitted
Tokvo radio admitted that se-
vere damage resulted from the
fires, which raeed several hours
after the bombers left. The com
munique said approximately 170
B-29's took part in the raid and
claimed that 41 of them were shot
down and 80 others damaged.
. Although the size of the Super
fortress force was not announced
officially, it was known to com
pare with those used in previous
raids when as many as 325 bomb
ers dumped over 2,000 tons of fire
bombs in a .single attack.
The section singled out for to
day's attack was about six miles
northwest of the imperial palace
and on the edge of the 17-mile
area devastated in the March 10
fire raid.
Ack-Ack Encountered
The raid started at 1:30 a. m.
When our plane, the next to the
last one in the force, reached the
target about 30 searchlights were
groping through the darkness and
ack-ack bursting around us.
As we sped through the bomb
run and the bombardier was get
ting ready to release our fire
bombs, tremendous explosions
threw our plane 5,000 feet up
ward. It shuddered there at 15,000 feet
and then started straight down
for burning Tokyo. We dropped
1,000 feet before the pilot, Capt.
Richard Paquette, Burlington, Vt.,
got the plane under control.
Smoke from the inferno below
was billowing high past our plane
and must have arisen at least five
miles into the air.
Bureau Outlines
Work for Oregon
Washington, April 14 !P) The
kumqn nf voiamntinn tndav es
timated the construction cost of
21 proposed irrigation, iiooa con
trol and power projects In Oregon
n ca7
Two of 'the projects, the Klam
ath ana UCSCnuies iiiHiiiaiiuii.s,
ore under construction. The Klam
oth irricatinr, nrolect will be com
pleted in less than two years it
a cost of $410,000, the interior de
partment estimated in a report to
tie nOUSe appiupwemuua wiim...
The irrigation project on the
Deschutes river, consisting of an
earth dam and canals, will be
completed in less than two years
af"r an expenditure of $2,300,000.
Other projects for irrigation
arrt flood control are planned at
Canbv, Merlin, Bully Creek reser
voir Crooked river, Baker, Illinois
aHcv, Paulina, Post, Waptnitm
and Salem.
o-uiiririr IS STALLED
T,ir. Drn Anril 14 HP
A cave-in on' the coast highway 14
miles south ol Keeaspon siineu
traffic Friday and a stream lead
ing from Tiel lake to the ocean
was forced to change its course.
More than 1.000 feet of the
highwav was damaged when a
and dune collapsed. Water from
the stream flooded the highway.
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Grief-Stricken
In Tribute fo Late President
Hamlet and Metropolis Pay Homage to War
Leader; Flags Placed at Halfstaff Over U. Sf
"''" (By United Press) . : .
Hamlet and metropolis alike paused today to pay tribute
to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. -
Governors and mayors from the Atlantic to Hawaii or
dered periods of mourning and the lowering of flags to half
staff on all government buildings.. ' . '
Snprial memorial services were planned in thousands of
churches and movie houses and
joined in wholesale shutdowns
velt s funeral service in Washington at 4 p.m., twi.
War plants throughout the nation, urged by the war pro-
duction board to continue op-'
eration as their tribute,
planned periods of -silence of
three to" five minutes' at the
start of the Washington serv
ice. Pause Ordered
In Chicago, New York and Hol
lywood all transportation facili
ties will pause for one minute "at
4 p.m. (EWT). The American
Telephone and Telegraph Co. will
observe 'a 30 second pause in all
communications at that time.
All leased wires of the-United
Press will stand idle for one min
ute at 4 p.m.
Financial houses in the major
cities declared a full holiday. Com
mercial and business houses in
New York and other large cities
also closed down far the' day.
Movie production ,in Hollywood
was suspended until Monday.
Dewey Mourns Leader
Taverns, nightclubs and movies
announced they would postpone
openings until after 6 p.m. (EWT)
in deference to the White House
ceremonies. Legitimate theaters
on Broadway cancelled Saturday
afternoon matinees.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New
York was joined by other govern
ors in proclaiming a 30-day mourn
ing period with flags at hail
staff. Vice Admiral Emory Land
said all American merchant ships
throughout the world had been
ordered to lower their flags for
30 days.
In the Pacific, American battle
ships will observe the flag-lowering
tribute where battle conditions
permit.
Britain, Mourning FDR, Hears
In Europe May Be Near; Eden
London, April 14 U Britain
was torn today between mourn
ing the death of President Roose
velt and a mounting tension fed
by persistent and thinly veiled
hints in the press that the formal
end of the war In Europe might
come at any time.
Prime Minister Churchill was
described as persuaded by the
possible imminence of great
events to cancel the preparation
of a plane and specially picked
crew to take him to the United
States for Mr. Roosevelt's funeral.
Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden was commissioned instead
to represent the British govern
ment. Early today an announce
ment said he had departed by
plane for the United States. He
left aboard a royal air force trans
port plane by daylight Friday, and
probably had arrived at some
prooao y naa arr.veu
transatlantic point before h.s de-;
parture was announced.
Mr. Roosevelt s death was re-
corded In the court circular last
niEht. For the first time it refer-
red to the death of the head of a
forelen state not related to theivelt. president of the United
n-i;'eH rnvni family Tt raid:
"The king has received with
profound regret tne news oi me
death of Mr. Franklin D. Roose-'
Nation Joins
other places of entertainment
out of respect to Mr. Roose
Hitler Last Hope,
Goebbels Reveals
(By United Press)
Propaganda minister Joseph
Goebbels tacitly resigned the fate
of Germany today in the hands
of the "savior" Adolf Hitler.
Inan Interview with the Japan
ese Domei news agency, Goeb
bels admitted that Germany was
at the point of exhaustion and
that the very existence of the Ger
man nation was threatened.
"I know that our nation is now
engaged to the point of exhaus
tion but I also know for certain
that our savior, Fuehrer Hitler,
will find a way out of this dilem
ma for all of us," Goebbels said.
Advice Given
The Japanese broadcast, heard
by United Press in San Francisco,
quoted Goebbjes as saying that
the German people should resist
the Allied offensives by their own
efforts and not rely upon their
army.
"The prospects of the German
resistance have been reduced by
the recent loss of territories and
the most pressing problem now
is how to save the threatened ex
istence of the Geryian people
themselves," he said. "All Ger
mans should prepare themselves
to stake their lives for this end
this resistance must be national
not only of the armed forces
but the resistance of the whok;
people.'.'
I Anthony Eden, representing the
Brltish mpirc arJived , h,
ington. D. C. by plane today, to
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States of America. His ma lent v
mourns the loss of a staunch ally
anu a xn?ai personal iriena.
Memorial services lor Mr.
VV ' ' fey
London Hints
Britain Ready
For Bh
Movement of Allies Is.)
Under Blackout; Units f
Cut Foe Escape Lines
Paris, April 14 IP American!
Ninth army infantrymen .Won 3
second bridgehead across; uie
Elbe river and drove on east to
loin their armored spearheads In
the attack on Berlin today. T&
the south, the U. S. Third army
cut the enemy's main escape roads
into Bavaria and raced wnin out
odd miles of a juncture with the"
Red army.
DIsDatches from the blacked-
out Ninth army front said dough;
bovs of the 83rd infantry division
hurst across the Elbe at Barby,
15 miles soumeasi oi iviagut-uuiis
and 57 miles southwest of Berlin
The Yanks were reported clos
ing up fast in the wake of the
second armored division, whose
tank columns crossed the river
at an undisclosed point between
Barby and Magdeburg 48 hours
ago.
Reports Not Confirmed
Headquarters refused to con
firm reports that the American
spearheads were barely 15 miles
west of the wrecked enemy capit
al, but sensational London re
ports said Britain had been elert-
ed for imminent news ox tremen
dous importance possibly an
entry Into Berlin, a link-up with
the" Red army. German capituLa
tion, or all three. . .- ... .'
ABSIE. the American broad
casting station in Europe,' said
the Ninth army marcn into Ber
lin was expected imminently.
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's vet
eran Third army tank crews
plunged toward the Russian lines
at a mile-an-hour clip against the
weakest German opposition, out-
nanKing Leipzig ano anving wun-
in 38 miles of Dresden, two of
the biggest east-front military
bases left to the battered, wehr-
macht. ..''.'
Far to the north, one and per
haps more American Ninth army
divisions raced down the home
stretch before Berlin under a rigid
military security blackout. There
was no confirmation of reports
that they had reached positions
15 to 16 miles from Berlin, and
latest official information lagg
ing 24 hours or more behind the
battle placed the Americans
about 45 miles from the capital.
London dispatches said all Brit
ain was tense with expectancy,
awaiting an imminent announce
ment that the Americans had en
tered Berlin and linked up with
the Russians.
"The barricades are up In Ber
lin; the reich is entering Its final
hours," London newspaper head
lines proclaimed.
LODGE ROOMS CLOSE
In tribute to the memory of
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the
Elk lodge rooms will be closed
until 4 p. m. today, officials of
the lodge announced.
End of War
Named Envoy
Roosevelt will be held next Tues
day at 11:30 a. m. at St. Paul's
cathedral.
U. S. Ambassador John G. Win
ant said expressions of condol
ence poured into the embassy all
day yesterday. More than 1,000
telephone calls were received, and
there was a flood of telegrams
from Individuals, communities
and organizations.
Wilson Broadbent, the Daily
Mail's diplomatic correspondent,
said the news of Mr. Roosevelt's
death apparently was one of the
greatest shocks Churchill ever
suffered. He returned to find
Churchill's eyes wet, a half
smoked cigar cast aside, and dis
patches scattered open before
him.
Churchill ordered arrangements
made for a flight to America,
Broadbent said. A plane was or
dered. When Churchill awoke in
tne morning, he still intended to
"l1 to the United States. But
within a few hours urgent dis-
; patches from the front reached
him. Broadbent said. He cancelled
i the nlnna fnr the trHn kncn hn
j decided that important decisions
migni ne required of him at any
I moment, .
News ,
Truman
mi i pi
if (s7K
Harrv S. Truman (left) Is swoi
Stone as members of the cabinet and congress look on. Mrs. Truman
is at White House. (NEA-Telephoto.)
Angling Season
Opens in Oregon4
Reports were lacking 'from old
sters who were fishing elsewhere
on the Deschutes, and the Meto
lius rivers, but youngsters who
gathered in Drake park and cast
their bait into Mirror pond were
not faring too badly as the angling
season opened in Central Ore
gon today. ,
Excited boys as well as girls,
who were on the banks of the
stream as the first warming rays
of sunshine filtered through, the
bines, reported "good catches."
Some boys proudly displayed
Browns up to 15 Inches In length.
While dozens of the youngsters
were readying their tackle at
dawn today, a greater migration
to the park and below to the dam
was expected this afternoon when
all other activities were to be
halted in respect to the late Presi
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Cast In Itiver
There was a general belief that
previous and prolonged cold
weather might hinder fishing
when the season opened before
dawn today, but scores of anglers,
nevertheless, were absent from
their local haunts, and out fishing.
First-day anglers were reported
casting all along the Deschutes
below Sheep, bridge, and down
stream as far as Warm Springs.
Fishing is banned for a quarter
of a mile below Wickiup dam.
A number of automobiles were
seen early today, moving out jf
the city with full loads of anglers
and boats strapped atop the ve
hicles. Besides the Metollus and Des
chutes rivers, two lakes were also
opened to fishing today, Blue and
Suttle lakes in Jefferson county.
Kerosene Flames
Result in Death
Kelso. Wash., April 14 UIi T.
C. Woodard, 61, died of burns af
ter his clothing caught fire Fri
day night when he tried to start
a lire In a heating stove with kero
sene. Mrs. Woodard and a boarder,
Cliff Rose, wrapped Woodard in
a quilt and placed him In a bath
tub, they told officers In Kelso.
They turned on the water, but
were forced by flames to leave
the house. i '
Woodard's body was still in the
tub when firemen entered the
house after controlling the fire.
Rose was burned slightly.
Woodard came to Kelso from
Missouri last January.
VltlV. CALLS ANSWEKKfl
Bend city firemen late yester-1 Planes, men and materials. The
dav and today answered three ; Germans have nothing. It is un
fire calls, and reported that only, fair for the allies to take such
slleht damage resulted irom me
blazes. Most or tne aamage
done at the fine Jone on mi ;
street, where a fire behind a wall
for a time threatened the estab
lishment. A flue fire was extin
guished at 608 Congress avenue,
- land firemen halted a bonfire
which had started to spread at
1309 East Third street.
Takes Oath as President
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- n In as nresident of the United States by Chief Justice Harlan Flske
Ordination Rites to Feature
Church Conference in Bend
i Many Parts of Vast Eastern Oregon . District
'-fpf3?entedrOpemng Meetings Are Held"
Headed by Bishop William P. Remington of Pendleton,
Episcopal church workers from many parts of the vast East
ern Oregon missionary district were in Bend today for the
35th annual convocation, to be featured on Sunday by the
ordination of Edward Herrick Cook to the priesthood. Rev.
Cook at present is missionary in charge of the Prineville,
Madras and Cross Keys missions.
Many of the delegates, from
Dalles and as far east as Baker, arrived in Bend yesterday
Blizzard Strikes
Mountain States
Cheyenne, Wyo., April 14 (IB
A "typical" April blizzard swept
across parts of Wyoming, Colo
rado and Nebraska today, block
ing roads in Wyoming with snow
as much as 22 inches deep In some
places and endangering livestock.
Wyoming nad tne ncaviest
snowfall. Twenty-Inches was re
ported at Lander, 19 at Douglas
and 14 at Casper where 35 persons
were reported stranded at a nlgnt
club 12 miles from the city.
The snowfall decreased as the
storm spread south and eastward,
with four inches reported at Den
ver and one inch at Sydney, Nebr.
The storm, accompanied by high
winds, covered an area 300 miles
long along the continental divide
and extended eastward about 150
miles.
The weather bureau said the
storm would last throughout most
of the day.
Casner. Wyo.. April 14 (111
Twenty-year-old Dorothy Taylor,
weather observer at the Wardwell
airfield 10 miles north of hero,
and two other airport officials,
after being stranded on duty since
Thursday afternoon by one of the
worst early spring blizzards to
have swept this section in many
years, today had high hopes of
being rescued.
Efforts to rescue the trio were
unsuccessful yesterday because of
heavy drifts which blocked roads
leading to the airport.
War Is Very Unfair,
Asserts Nazi General
With First Army, Germany,
April 14 tut A German major
general, captured in the Ruhr
pocket, said indignantly today:
"The war has become very un
fair the allies have everything
auvamage,
PVT. PAUL WOUNDED
Mr and Mrs. N. R. Paul, 1315
Ithaca street, today received word
from the war department that
their son, Pvt. Stanley Paul, has
been wounded in action In the
Philippines area, they announced.
T I
stands In center of group. Scene
'
as points as far north as The
evening, and others are e.
pected today. Meeting simul
taneously with the convoca
tion is the Church Women's
Service lengue of Eastern Ore
gon, with Mrs. Mabel Hughes, dl
oceasan president, in charge. Mrs.
C. V. Bowman, president of the
Women's Auxiliary of Oregon, Is
here from Portland to address the
assembly.
Sessions Open
Preliminary sessions of the con
vocation were held yesterday eve
ning, with a meeting of the ex
ecutive committee of the district
in Trinity Episcopal church par
ish house and a reception at the
Episcopal rectory, at 515 Con
gress street. Rev. Gf.HR1 V. Bol
ster, rector of Trinity Episcopal
church Bend, Is host to the visit
ing church workers.
V'eek-end proceedings opened
this morning with a celebration of
holy communion, at 7:30, with
Ven. Archdeacon Neville Blunt
officiating. Business sessions
opened at 9:30 a.m., and continued
until noon, when the assembly
welcomed the ministers of various
city churches as their guests at a
luncheon at the Pine Tavern.
Afternoon sessions will be ad
journed this evening at 4 o'clock,
when delegates are to join in a
motorcade to the top of nearby
Pilot Butte, at the eastern city
(Continued on Page 5'
Bend Public Speech Students
Take First Places in Contests
Oregon State College. Corvallls,,
April 14 (111 As finalists in the
Oregon high school speech league
tournament, students from Rose
burg and Grants Pass will thrash
out tonight the question of reduc
ing the voting age to 1S years. .
Finals In a second contest divi
sion, after-dinner speaking, will al
so take place today.
The record number of 147 con
testants from 26 state schools
took part In the eight playoffs
Friday, according to ram a.
Knoll, associate professor of
speech.
Some of the finalists follow:
Extempore speaking Fjwln
Paxson, Bcavcrton; Kenneth Fret
well, Bend; Barbara Breitmayer,
Grants Pass; Bill Wilson, Klam
ath Falls; Bill Moffatt, Medford;
David Simpson, Salem.
After-dinner speaking Rosella
Knight, Bend; Kelly Farris, Klam
ath Falls; Denny Marvin and Az-
FuneralTrain
Bears Casket
Out of South
Great Crowds Stand .
In Sultry Sun to Pay
Tribute to Dead Chief
Washington, April 14 (IP The
body of President Roosevelt was
borne through the hushed streets
of the nation's capital today to re
ceive the people's tribute.
The sneclal train drew into ,
Washington Union station just
before 10 a.m., EWT, and came to
a slow halt where President Tru
man and the leaders of the govern
ment who had worked with Mr.
Roosevelt In peace and war were
waiting.
In the plaza outside and along
the broad, troop-lined avenues
leading to the White House, silent
crowds stood in the sultry April
sunshine.
It was a war-time ceremony in
keeping with an America whose
forces were fighting toward vic-
tory In Europe and in the Pacific.
Battalions oi soldiers, sailors
and marines marched slowly
ahead of the shrouded caisson
that bore Mr. Roosevelt's body.'
Troops Take Part . ,
G.I. troops in olive drab with
fixed bayonets and their dusty
working leggings and G.I. shoes
stood every three paces along the
cortege route.
- Only one of the President's
f-our,son. Bag..Gn. Elliott
Roosevelt had reached Washing
ton for the ceremony. The others
were with the navy and the ma
rines at their war posts In the far
Pacific. . , i '"
Elliott, the four Roosevelt
daugters-in-law, and Mrs. John
Boettlger were first. to board the
funeral train where Mrs. Roose
velt waited. They were followed
by Mr. Truman, Secretary of Com
merce Henry A. wanace and ror
mer War Mobilization Director
James F. Byrnes.
A moment later enlisted sol
diers and sailors gently lifted the
flag-draped casket from the train
and passed it to the body-bearers
non-commissioned men repre
senting each of the four service
arms.
Grief Stricken
The sturdy marines and sol
diers bit their lips in obvious
grief.
As the casket was placed on the
black-draped military caisson, the
U. S. marine band played "The
Star Sangled Banner," followed
by "The Old Rugged Cross" and
"Rock of Ages."
Battalions of the armed serv
ices led the procession through
the crowd-packed streets with the
marine band leading and march
ing at funeral pace.
The crowds were so quiet that
the clumping tread of the march
Ing men down Constitution ave
nue sounded like distant surf.
Mrs. Roosevelt, outwardly com
posed as she has been since the
tragedy struck, was clad entirely
in black. She wore a heavy dot
ted black veil and rode with her
son, Elliott, and her daughter,
Anna, Immediately behind the
horse-drawn caisson.
In the next car were the presi
dent's daughters-in-law and in the
third, Mr. Truman, Wallace and
War Mobillaztion Director Fred
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ta Sinclair, Lebanon; Robert Rob.
in, &aiem; oem oeai, apringueiu.
Panel discussion Harold Gard
ner, Bend; Bob wicks, uouage
Grove: Thomas Hedgpeth,
Grants Pass; Connie Newton,
Hillsboro; Norman Weekly, Lem
anon; Shirley Parker, Roseburg;
Cornelius Bateson, Salem.
Debate Roseburg and Grants
Pass.
Humorous reading (manu
script) Marlys Prentice and Ro
sella Knight, Bend; Mary Louise
Allen and Nairn Ballard, corvai-
lis; Laurel Hodson and Eva
Kielde, Junction
City; Donald
Cook, Pendleton.
Wayne D. Overholser, member
of the Bend high school faculty
and writer or western fiction Is
coach of the local team that is
taking part In the state contests
at Corvallis. He was accompanied
to the college city by Mrs. Overholser.