Germans Assert Soviets Now
Only 17 Miles From Berlin, in
Move to Split Hitler's Armies
By Louis F. Kkemle
. ; (United Press War Editor) .
American forces stormed I.eiiviir nnH Ttlnorniim-ir tnrinv
and the Germans reported the
jper in m a joint enort to split the nazi armies in two for
final destruction. ,
The American Fifth army in Italy closed to within eight
miles of Bologna and began shelling the outskirts of that key
German base. The British Eighth army pushed in from the
northeast as the renewed allied offensive against the southern
most defenses of the reich blazed across the peninsula.
The allied air forces, having dealt the death blow to the
luitwaiie oy destroying at
least vaz uermans planes and
damaging 373 yesterday, en
gaged in tactical support of
ine ground armies on all
fronts.
American Superfortresses i n
the Pacific blasted six airfields on
the Japanese home island of Ky-
ushtJ in an attempt to cripple
uuses usea ior auaeKs on the in
. vasion forces on Okinawa. It was
the sixth straight day of attacks
on Japan by American planes
ana me tmra assault in. Tl hours
by Superfortresses.
Uuder Triple Attack
The three-way attack on the
Germans from the east, west and
south found the Russians and
their allies close to a junction in
the area south of Berlin. '
The American Third, First, and
Ninth armies were driving hard
in an attempt to cut off large
bodies of nazis from fleeing south
ward for a death stand in the Ba
varian and Austrian Alps. Allied
fliers bombing the corridor be
tween the Elbe and Oder rivers
reported nazi columns streaming
steadily toward Bavaria.
. The Germans also were report
ed retreating across the Elbe
north of Berlin.-indicating a plan
to divide for a stand along the
northern coast as well as in the
south.
A Paris report, unconfirmed
and apparently premature, said
the Americans and Russians al
ready had come together in the
upper Elbe valley southeast of
Dresden.
Near Hamburg
In the north, the British Sec
ond army pounded toward Ham
burg on a 40-mile front. Allied
fliers reported the Elbe there
packed with shipping headed sea
ward. Warships were among the ves
sels sighted. Stockholm reported
dissatisfaction spreading in the
German navy, citing the arrival
of 12 German sailors aboard a
patrol vessel at a Swedish port,
where they surrendered for in
ternment. Seventeen men arrived
at another German port on a
minesweeper and asked to be in
terned. The port of Bremen also was
threatened. British armored forces
reached the east side of the city
and established a line three-quarters
of the way around it.
Nazi Defenses Crack
To the west, the German de
fenses in northern Holland were
cracking after a junction of Brit
ish and Canadian forces south of
the Zuyder Zee. Front reports
said only scattered mopping up
remained in the northern part of
Holland.
On the American sector, First
army troops storming Leipzig and
faninng out beyond the city were
rapidly closing the main German
escape routes to the south.
Third army . troops on thoir
right flank were menacing the
path of retreat through Dresden
and Czechoslovakia, advancing to
within 30 miles of Dresden and
to the Czechoslovak border.
The American Seventh army in
Bavaria besieged Nuernberg and
drove an infantry spearhead, into
the city itself.
New Stars Due
For 2 Generals
Washington, April 17 IP Lt.
Gens. George S. Patton and Court
ney H. Hodges, respective com
manders of the spearheading
Third and First armies in Ger
many, were nominated today to
be full generals in the first list ftf
nominations sent to the senate by
President Truman.
They were the first army com-1
manders to be promoted to four
star rank. The rank heretofore
has been reserved for army
groups commanders and highest;
staff officers. I
Mr. Truman also nominated;
nine major generals to be lieuten-j
ant generals: Joseph L. Sollins.j
Oscar W. Griswold, Lucius Clay, I
Geoffrev Keyes, Edmund B. Greg-,
gory, Walton H. Walker, Levin
H. Campbell. Wade H. Hailslip,
and Eugene Reybold. j
All of these ranks were tem-
porary wartime promotions. j
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Prineville, April 17 (Special)
Funeral services for Jasper New
ton Smith, 95, a pioneer of Crook
county, and said to be the oldest
man in the county at the time of
his death, were held at the Prine
ville funeral home Monday after
noon at 2:30. Rev. W. N. Byars of
the Community church, conducted
the services.
Mr. Smith was a rancher for
many years at Suplee, having
come from the Willamette valley
33 years ago. For the past sev
eral years he had resided in
Prineville.
He is survived by three daugh
ters, Mrs. Ethel Garner of Prine
ville, Mrs. Edith Hill of Spokane,
and Mrs. Henry L. Smith of
Burns; and by two sons, Henry
L. Smith of Harrisburg and Clark
Smith of Roseburg.
Santiam Highway
Work Is Indicated
Early completion of the North
Santiam highway in the Mill
City-Detroit area west of the Cas
cades appeared assured today
when the state highway commiS'
sion meeting in Portland, pledged
$300,000 toward improvement of
the artery, according to reports
received here. The commission
voted the funds after W. H. Lynch
district engineer for the United
btates public roads atlministra
tion, explained that 16 miles of the
highway should be improved in
order that the government might
proceed with plans to erect a dam
In the vicinity of Detroit.
Lynch told the commissioners
that the forest service has set
aside .$900,000, and the army $2,
400,000 for the completion of the
nignway unking Salem and Bend.
Bill Deatherage'
Enlists in Navy
William Vernon Deatherage,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William J.
Deatherage, 425 Columbia, Bend,
was enlisted as an apprentice sea
man in the regular navy at the
Portland navy recruiting station
last Monday, according to word
received today by Chief Specialist
Paul Connet, recruiter in charge
of the Bend sub station.
Deatherage, the first regular
navy enlistee rrom Central Ore
gon in several months, will leave
for active duty and training on
Wednesday of this week. A sen
ior at Bend high school, Deather
age has been active in student
affairs, and is scheduled to re
ceive his diploma in May even
though he will not be-able to at
tend graduation exercises.
STARVING PEOPLE RESCUED
With 30th U. S. Division on the
Elbe, Germany, April 17 ui More
than 2,400 starving men, women
and children mostly Jews were
rescued from a prison train by
the 30th division near Farsleben,
10 miles north of Magdeburg, this
week.
FIRE CALL ANSWERED
Bend city firemen late yester
day were called to the Buster
Brown Shoe store, 929 Wall street,
where fire backed up into a hog
fuel hopper. Aside from smoking
up the establishment, there was
no damage, firemen reported.
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and R. Q. Lee (left to right), crewmen of the Mascot II, loll on deck during Idleness protest against OPA 11
cent drop In ceiling prices In retail fish markets.
Memorial Building
Meeting Called
A special meeting of -the Des
chutes county veterans' council
was called for 8 p. m. today in
the Chamber of commerce offices
by D. Ray Miller, commander. At
that' time a committee composed
of M. Ray Cooper, Jack Davis
and George F. Euston was sched
uled to report on plans for the
construction of a veterans' me
morial building in Bend. .
The veterans' council is spon
soring the erection of such a me
morial building here, and at the
last meeting of the city , commis
sion the committee appeared be
fore that body asking that the
proposition be placed on the bal
lot when city electors are called
to vote upon the annual budges
The commissioners asked that the
group submit plans and costs at
their next meeting, slated for to
morrow night.
Sisters jailor
Shot By Nippon
Seven days of caring for wound
ed marines on Iwo Jima endrld
for Lyle Davis, 19, pharmacist's
mate 2c, USNR, of Box 133, Sis
ters, Oregon, when a Jap sniper's
bullet tore through his hand the
eleventh naval district disclosed
today.
Corpsman Davis, now conva
lescing at the U. S. naval hospital.
San Diego, Calif., landed on Iwo
Jima on D-day. Advancing with
the marines, he was shot while
tending a wounded man near one
of the airports in the interior.
"The first few hours of the bat
tle started out mildly, but we
weren't left in doubt long as to
how tough it would be," said the
Oregon pharmacist's mate.
A graduate of Sisters high
school, Davis worked at Camp
Abbot, Bend, Ore., before enlist
ing in the navy in October, 1943.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram
Davis, live at Sisters.
PARKING FINE ASSESSED
Ken Moody, Bend, today was
assessed a $5 fine for alleged im
proper parking in an alley be
tween Franklin and Minnesota
avenues. Moody recently was
cited into municipal court on a
warrant and pleaded not guilty.
Judge H. C. Ellis took the matter
under advisement, and rendered
his decision last night. Moody had
posted S10 bail, half of which the
judge instructed be returned to
him. The court, in making the de
cision, said that Moody's offense
was a result of lack of under
standing of city ordinances rather
than a wilful violation.
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Fishinq Boats Idle in OPA Price Protest
Victory Gardens
Topic of Lions
"Growing a Victory Garden"
was the topic of Howard W.
Smith, Deschutes county agent,'
guest speaker at today's meeting
of the Bend Lions' club In the
Pine Tavern. Victory gardens
planted last year furnished as
much as 50 per cent of all canned
goods and fruits used, Smith re
ported. He stressed that the need
for garuen produce is Just as
great this year as it was in 1944.
Smith told the clubmen how to
prepare their soil, touched on the
use of fertilizers and gave advice
as to the planting of produce, with
reference also made to the proper
care of the victory garden.
Tribute Is Paid
Don H. Peoples was In charge
of the program, and Rev. W. I.
Palmer conducted a memorial
service, in tribute to Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
A report on the clothing drive
was made by Clarence Bush. Ap
proximately 20 Lions who failed
to bring old clothes to the lunch
eon session were ordered to sine
the official song, "Have You Got
Uld Clothes," as entertainment
for those who responded to the
request for used clothing. Bush
reported that all clothes gather
ed in the drive would be sent to
the state penitentiary at Salem,
for sorting and crating prepara
tory to shipment to Europe.
OPA Sugar Forms
Available May 1
Application forms for extra
sugar lor canning purposes are
not yet available at the Bend war
price and ration board, it was re
ported today by Mrs. Edna Skjer
saa, chief clerk. Mrs. Skjersaa
said that a report published sev
eral days ago that the forms were
ready was in error, and that she
did not expect them to be avail
able until May 1.
According to Mrs. Skjersaa, al
lotment of additional sugar will
not be made until later this year,
because of a discovery by the
OPA that last year persons ex
pohded their extra sugar rations
on early canning and had no moi c
available when the fruit season
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May 15.
Sweden Hears of
Mutiny Reports
London, April 17 UP) Stock
holm dispatches today carried the
first authentic reports on mutiny
in tne uerman navy, where re
volt in world war I led to the
reich's capitulation.
The mutiny apparently was on a
comparatively. small scale for the
moment, but observers believed lt
may spread as allied armies move
to cut off the Baltic coast from
the rest of the country.
The Stockholm newspaper Da
gens Nyheter said 12 German sail
ors arrived at the Swedish port of
Stroemstad on the Kattegat
aboard a naval patrol vessel and
surrendered for internment.
The sailors told Swedish author
ities they had overwhelmed their
two officers, locked them up and
ilea lrom a Norwegian harbor,
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The Swedish Telegraph agency
said another tierman naval ves
sel, a minesweeper, had arrived at
a Swedish south coast harbor and
its crew of 17 also asked to bi
interned.
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1945
Congress Is Told
Of Jap Atrocities
In Doomed City
By Dorothy Williams
(Uliital l'rt'M Stuff CurrviomUnt)
Washington, April 17 dl'-Con-gress
today heard "the passion of
Manila" heard how that city and
its people died so freedom might
live.
The story, studded with ac
counts of incredible atrocities,
poured from the lips of one of
Manila's sons, Brig. Gen. Charlos
P. Romulo, resident commission
er of the Philippines to the United
States.
Romulo, speaking in the house,
pleaded for American help in re
habilitating his people and called
upon congress not to forget the
sacrifices of the Filipinos,
laps Accuseti
He branded the Japanese treat
ment of Manila "the culminating
crime in a long series of charg'-s
that war crimes commission of
the United Nations must charge
in Its indictment against the Japa
nese nation."
At the conclusion of his address,
he declared:
"Manila Is dead, and Tokyo
must die not in reprisal but as
a defense measure necessary to
insure future Pacific peace.
Frequently Romulo quoted
from affidavits signed by Ameri
can medical officers, priests, and
civilians who escaped the Japa
nese. He told of a massacre at La
Salle college where Japanese sol
diers bayoneted toddling children
and their elders, finally throwing
the dead upon the living.
He cited the testimony of Father
Cosgrave, Superior of the Re-
demptorist Fathers.
Stories Related
"Wo heard the soldiers drinking
outside," the priest's testimony
declared. "Frequently during the
afternoon they came In to watch
us and laughed and mocked at the
suffering of their victims . . .
sometimes tne Japanese soiuiers
came in and tried to violate the
young girls who were actually
dying ..."
And there was the report of the
Fort Santiago massacre where a
roomful of dying human beings j
were buried alive and those who
sought escape met machine gun
fire and the laughter of Japanese
soldiers.
And in the case of the so-called
Red Cross massacre, when Rom
ulo snld a Jananese murder snuad
entered the Philippines Red Cross!
hospital and "shot and bayoneted
staff doctors, nurses and patients
alike."
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Gov. Earl Snell
Grandpa Twice
Salem, Ore., April 17 U').
Twins, a hoy and a girl, made Gov
Earl Snell twice a grandfather
today, for the first time.
The children, son and daughter
of William Earl Snell, a medical
student at the University of Ore
gon, were born last night in a
Portland hospital. .
The children's mother, Ihe for
mer Marylee Frye, is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan J. Fry,
Jr., of Salem.
Parents Get Word
Of Son in Italy
Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Llnso, who
yesterday assumed operation of
the former Malone service station
on the north highway, just past
the Tumalo junction, read with
more than usual interest a news
story from Italy that appeared in
last night's edition of The Bulle
tin. The story carried the Informa
tion that their son, Lt. Paul H.
Linse, had completed his 50th mis
sion as a B-24 Liberator bombar
dier, operating out of Italy. Lt.
Llnse last visited home in May,
1944, just short of a year ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Linse are former
residents of Lakeview. They have
two other sons, Lyle, who is oper
ating the garage at the Llnse serv
ice station, and LeRoy, who is go
ing to school.
Oregon School
Funds Allocated
Salem, Ore., April 17 Utt The
secretary of state's office today
announced the final apportion-i
ment of the 1944-45 state school!
support fund this week. The
amount disbursed was $2,500.000. 1
Last distribution of the $5,000,-j
000 total was made in October,!
1944. ' !
The apportionment represents!
the schools share of the state reve-1
nue from income taxes. Largest
individual apportionment went to
Multnomah county, with $817,120.
Lane countv was second with
$171,913, followed by Clackumas
county, $151,002; Marion, $144,
984, and Washington, $103,197.
These were the only counties re
ceiving $100,000 or more.
Other shares Included: Clatsop,
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