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TWO SECTIONS
THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1945
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U. S. Ground Forces Score New
Gains on Bloody Okinawa Isle;
Tokyo Is One-Tenth Destroyed
Foreign Diplomats Quit Japanese Capital as
r-orts Continue Raids; Suicide Plane Bases
Under Heavy Air Attack; Kyushu Also Blasted
(By United Pr
Superfortresses raided Kyushu for the third straight day
today, Tokyo said, and American ground forces scored new
gains in Okinawa and Ie in the Ryukyus and on newly-invaded
Mindanao in the Philippines.
Enemy broadcasts said more than 100 B-29's bombed
Kyushu, southernmost of Japan's home islands, while three
other B-29's and 60 escorting Mustang fighters attacked air
fields in the Tokyo area.
With Tokyo one-tenth destroyed, foreign diplomats have
evacuated the capital, the broadcasts admitted.
The Kyushu raids presumably were aimed at the six air-
fields from which Japanese
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Foreign Minister Gulllermo Tortlello
of Guatemala, S3-year-old head of
that nation's delegation to the San
Francisco Conference, is the first
delegate to arrive in San Francisco.
Payroll Savings
Response Good
In the first week of the payroll
savings plan of the Seventh War
bond drive, Deschutes county
"was up among the leaders,"
A. L. O. Schueler, war finance
chairman, reported today.
In the period between April 9
and 15, Schueler said, $20,899 in
E bonds had been purchased, rep
resenting 3.2 per cent of the quota,
while the state stood at 4.2 per
cent of its quota. Individual pur
chases, including E bonds, totalled
$34,189, or 4.4 per cent of the
nnntn u-hllo in similar nurchaSeS
the statp stood at 3.2 per cent. I
Corporation purchases added an-
otner $500, making we sianumg
three per cent of the quota, as
against the state's 2.4 per cent.
The intensive campaign for Sev
enth war loan bond sales is slated
to begin on May 14, and continue
to July 7, according to Chairman
Schueler, with Deschutes county
residents being asked to buy a
total of $1,141,000 in bonds of all
types.
Japanese Short
Plane Material
Tokvo, April 19 Uf Tokyo j
ra.ii.. i.uij innnn 1
" fee 'ng the shortage of mi '
teriate for warplanes. A broad-;
pact QaiH fv,o, D.ron u.nnHn nlnnes :
wr.,.M k kn if to
keep the Kamikaze suicide corps
inaction i
Koroso Hatta director of the
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Mitsubishi heavv indu-itries and lief thct the crumbling nazi re- tnurcniii saia ine warning was ' An overheated oil stove at 117 ,
executive for the "deadiv one-wav : gime may not be functioning as addressed not only to the men at Vermont avenue, shortly after
air armament" of the "Japanese an entity by the time the Joint the top but to theactual persons noon today caused Bend city fire
air force was quoted as saying statement is dispatched. , perpetrating the crimes and that men to rush to the scene In an-
mat thft flPTTlh V linPS Were
working "full blast" to keep the 1
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suicide pilots have been taking
off to attack the American
fleet off Okinawa, 330 miles
south. Tokyo said the raid
lasted two hours.
Another broadcast said the
American raiders bombed and
strafed Tokyo airfields for
half an hour.
Isle Nearly Cleared
Marines cleared three-fourths of
Okinawa with a drive to the
northern tip of the Island. Other
marines-still, were embattled on
J MotobU peninsula '" jutting from
the northwest coast and armv
troops at the south end . were
suuira oy stuDDorn aeiense lines
befor Naha, the capital.
A Pacific fleet communique said
that the fisst 18 days of the Okin
awa campaign, with associated op
erations in the Ryukyu chain and
air raids on Japan, had cost the
American 7,895 killed,, wounded or
captured.
American assault forces on tiny
Ie, three miles west of Motobu,
continued gains, but were meet
ing with stiff resistance from
dug-in Japanese positions.
American invasion troops drove
inland today from a 35-mile beach
head on Mindanao, southernmost
of the Philippines. The landing
was effected on Moro gulf Tues
day with virtually no opposition.
Japs-Withdraw ,
The main Japanese forces, esti
mated at 50,000 were believed to
have withdrawn to Davao, 95
miles east.
On Luzon, American forces
tightened the siege are on Baguio,
former Japanese headquarters in
the Philippines.
Philippines - based bombers
dumped 360 tons of explosives on
Formosa, destroying "numerous"
grounded Japanese planes.
Other planes sank or damaged
18 more Japanese cargo vessels in
maintaining the aerial blockade
against shipping through the
China sea and the southwest Pa
cific. BERLIN DISTANCES
(By United PrcM)
The nearest distances to Berlin
from advanced allied lines to
day: Eastern Front 14 miles (from
east of Oder river, by German
report).
Western Front 45 miles (from
Elbe river).
Italian Front 516 miles (from
near Comacchio)
Crumbling of Nazi Regime
Forecast By British Leader
By Phil Ault j
(United Prw sttf corrtondent
London, April 19 (U'l Prime;
Minister Churchill indicated be- implied that no agreement on a
I lief today that the authority of 1 date has yet been reached. ,
the German government may dis- j He revealed that a special par
integrate within a few days. j liamentary delegation is leaving
Churchill told the house of . Britain tomorrow to obtain eye
' commons that a three- power i witness evidence of nazl atroci-
warning to Germany on war!
otrnrltlps. s cned by himself,,
Marshal Stalin and President Tru-
man will be issued within a few
davs.
The warning will be addressed,
he said, to the "German govern-
mem ui imi-v.-i ....
ists" at that time indicating be-,
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cried speculation on the date of
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Warships and Bombers Cover
Double Landing on Mindanao
Invasion Troops Drive Inland From Long .
Beachhead; Three Nippon Divisions Faced
Manila, April 19 (U.E) U. S. invasion troops drove inland
today from a 35-mile beachhead on the eastern shore of
Mindanao's Moro gulf toward Davoa, 95 miles to the east.
Two good airstrips were already in the hands of the troops
who went ashore at Malabang, in the heart of southern Min
danao; and. at Parang, 20 miles to the south.
Warship and bombers covered the double-landing with an.
intense bombardment and the invasion, the second of Min
danao, was virtually unopposed. -
Only a few rifle shots met the troops, elements of the
Dogs, Ducks
Get Attention
Of Bend Group
Arguments over dogs and wa
terfowl that soil the grassy ter
rain of Drake park last night
caused members of the city com
mission no little dismay as they
sought to cope with the more seri
ous business of the 1945-1946
budget. A plea for a slight revi
sion of card playing rules was
also discussed at length.
Hours were consumed in the
debate on whether dogs should be
tied up or allowed to run at larse.
antvhetlief the waterfowl have
encroached on the park public do
main, in spite of the effort of
Mayor A. T. Niebergall to con
centrate the meeting on selection
of a budget committee. However,
as the midnight hour approached,
Robert Beck, George Gove and
Sumner Deitrick were named as
co-workers with the commission
ers in drafting the new budget
for Bend.
Takes Precedence
The dog subject took prece
dence over all other business
when Mr. and Mrs. James Gilfil
lan, 501 State street, appeared
with a complaint that present en
forcement of the tie-up ordinance
"was worse than no law at all."
Mayor Niebergall was quick to
pick up this challenge, stating:
"That's just a good example
of the public cooperation with
the city commission!" He added
that for five years that he has
been a member of that body,
at least 15 hours have been de
voted each year to a discussion
of the dog problem, "and even
today nobody has come forward
with any tangible idea we can
work on." (
The Gllfillans' statement that
cats were a greater menace than
dogs insofar as safety to water
fowl is concerned was agreed to
by City Manager C. G. Reiter.
Suggestion Made
But in answer to Mayor Niober-
galls statement that "no ideas '
have been advanced, Mrs. M. J.
Howbrook, 442 Wye lane. Inter
posed with a suggestion that year
round enforcement of the dog
ordinance be made. She submit
ted a 600-woid letter from her
husband, an employe of the Pa
cific Telephone and Telegraph
company. In this he decried the
poisoning of dogs, urged a branch
of the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals here, asked
for the "protection of man's best
friend," and concluded with "let's
have a battle to the finish be
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"three or four" principal powers,
having a mind to both military
and political considerations. He
ties.
Churchill revealed that a new
warning to the Germans against i u ;l ;'v S
atroc ties has been Pr!tlJ
.Britain, tne unuea states ana , iato i ,., . .u
Russia. It is to be Issued within
a "very few days," to the Gerrnar
Very few days," to the German I
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punisnmem jur ineir crimes.
"24th division, as they swarmed
ashore Tuesday at the two
ports, 130 miles across the
Moro gulf from the American
held Zamboanga.
'.laps Go Inland
The main Japanese forces were
believed to have withdrawn in
land along the highway which
cuts eastward through southern
Mindanao to Davao.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur esti
mated that the Japanese had
roughly three divisions of men
with a probable total of 50,000 on
Mindanao, southernmost of the
Philippine islands.
He also disclosed that Filipino
guerilla forces had been active
along the Moro gulf coast before
the landings and since had joined
the American troops in expand
ing the beachhead.
The two airstrips, built by the
Americans before the fall of the
Philippines, were seized at Mala
bang where the troops were only
41 miles south f. .Iligan bay,, A
drive across the strip of land
would chop off the big Zambo
anga peninsula from the main
eastern portion of Mindanao.
2 Tons Clothing
Collected Here
Nearly two tons of usable cloth
ing has been donated by Bend resi
dents for the relief of war suf
ferers in foreign countries, it was
reported here today by Clarence
Bush, chairman of the salvage
campaign. The drive for relief
clothing is being conducted lo
cally by members of the Lions
club and the Elks lodge.
While scores of residents con
tinue to take their clothing dona
tions to the salvage depot in the
basement of Leedy's at Oregon
avenue and Wall street, it was re
vealed today that Camp Fire girls
in the Blue Bird group, in one
week, collected nearly 300 pounds
of garments. Girls who partici
pated in this volunteer effort
were:
Chrissie Blakley, Kay Bowman,
Barbara Cook, Beverly Ikstcd,
Maureen Misner, Margilee Thom
as, Sara Officer, Doris Hawes, An
na Mosen, Ellon Pontius and Mar-
jorie Gibson.
Because the clothing drive is
scheduled to halt here by the
end of the month, Chairman Bush
today urged that all prospective
contributors promptly bring their
donations to the depot In order
that the garments may be pre
pared for shipping. He suggested,
also, that persons giving shoes
and other footwear tie them to
gether, as they otherwise lose
their identity at the depot, and
cannot be matched.
Of the Lions club, Chairman
Bush, Ford Bunnell, Hal Water
man, Hal Houston, Vern Schultz,
Bert Stevens, James Bear and Ed
ward Voigt, aided by Robert Ed
wards, of scout troop No. 21, have
wen busily engaged in sorting and
I packing the clothing. Elks who
last night assisted the Lions in
I this work were R. A. Ferguson,
H. L. Toney, Earl Ware, Floyd
! Stokey, Elmer Cody, Mickey Bees,
t loyd scott and E. C. Nicholson.
30 POINTS LOST
Spokane, Wash., April 19 Ui
A fire department company of
three engines, two trucks, one
prowl car, 27 firemen and a first
aid crew clanged to the home of
too late to save a veal roast worth
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the dwelling would catch afire.
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firemen said.
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By U. S. Units
In New Gains
Nuernberg Practically
Cleared of Resistance; ,
German Shrine Falls
Paris, April 19 ilPl The central
anchors of the German front
Leipzig and Halle fell today to
American attack and Nuernberg,
gateway to the nazl "national re
doubt" in Bavaria, was cleared of
German resistance except for a
few areas.
Loss of Leipzig and Halle vir
tually collapsed the waist of the
dwindling nazi north and south
corridor and was expected to
leave the way open for a juncture
with the Red army in the Dresden
area. Russian forcs were about
30 miles from Dresden. The First
army at Leipzig is about 60 miles
west of Dresden while the Third
army in the Chemnitz area is
only 38 miles southwest of Dres
den. To the south the U. S. Seventh
army, battling to break Into the
Germ, "national redoubt," cleared
what was officially described as
"the greater part" of Nuernberg.
' Prisoners Taken
fe The nazl shrine city was sur
rounded ana tne seventn coueciea
a levge bag of prisoners, includ
ing three generals The generals
were Gottard Von Wltzendeni,
commander of an anti-aircraft di
vision and chief of anti-aircraft
units in Bavaria and Paul Mahl
mann and Otto Matterstock, both
found wounded in a hospital.
The U. S. Third army probed
forward deeper into Czechoslo
vakia but made only limited
gains.
The great Ruhr pocket was de
clared officially mopped up today
with a prisoners' bag of 316,930
with some yet to be counted.
The Ninth army encountered a
sharp German counter-attack on
their northern flank where the
nazis in a surprise blow drove 5
miles south through the 'Ameri
can lines. The attack struck south
ward from the Wittingen area,
about 45 miles west of the Elbe.
The Germans apparently were
trying to break through to the
Harz mountains. The nazis werej
stopped after bitter fighting.
Is Fifth City
Leipzig, the fifth city of Hitler's
reich and the pivot on which his
entire western battle line depend
ed, was conquered by two First
army divisions early today In one
of the bloodiest, close in fights
of the war.
All but a handful of nazl snip
ers were killed or captured by
tank units early today and the
doomed survivors were being
hunted down and destroyed at top
speed.
With stray shots still flying in
a half-dozen sections of the city,
thousands of liberated Allied pris
oners and some civilians lined the
streets to hail the Americans. On
the part of the civilians it was an
open acceptance of Germany's de
feat.. Hones Fading
German hopes for a prolonged
stand in the west were fading
fast and the fall of Leipzig was
expected to speed the final dis
integration of the Wehrmacht.
The nazi collapse in that great
central stronghold came as Gen.
Omar N. Bradley announced that
the three pace-making armies of
his American 12th .army group
had reached their established ob
jectives and were pausing before
the next phase of their assault on
the dying reich.
More than ' 2,000,000 Germans
were revealed to have been cap
tured by the western Allies since
their landing in Normandy last
June, almost half of them taken
since the Rhine crossing six
weeks ago.
Mildest Weather
Of Year Recorded
Bend this afternoon enjoyed jts
highest temperature of the year,
73 degrees at 2 p.m., as a few high
clouds drifted over Central Ore'
gon skies.
The balmy weather followed!
one of the chilliest early springs
In many years.
Last night's minimum, 32 de
grees, was 41 degrees below this
afternoon's maximum.
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The assault on Berlin from west and east reaches a crescendo of
fury with Russians reported within 14 miles of the capital while
Americans storm the Elbe valley less than 45 miles from goal. To
the south, Yank troops today captured Leipzig, neat- juncture with
soviet troops in attempt to halt nazis' flight from central Germany
M inner s bavarian reaouot,.
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Leipzig, Freed
Welcomes Conquering Yanks
More Than Million Germans Crowd Into City
To Watch Triumphal Entry of Ike's Forces
By John McDermott
,. (United Preu War Correspondent)
With American Troops in
ended lor Leipzig today and
civilians jammed into this historic city seemed glad of it.
Tens of thousands of civilians turned out as if for a
parade to watch the American First army's triumphal entry.
Many waved and shouted greetings to the doughboys who had
taken on and beaten the toughest of Hitler's supermen.
Mingled with the street crowds were hundreds of liberated
American, British, Polish and
cneerea ana wept wan joy at
Deing liberated.
It was like Paris, but the
difference is they haven't any
flowers gr fruit here to throw
at us," said Pfc. Fred Olbcrg,
Jr., Chicago, III.
For the tired foot soldiers who
fought through the Leipzig flak
barrage and then rooted out the
nazi garrison street by street
there was little thrill In the fall
of this once-great oil center.
Germans Fight Hard
The Germans fought like wild
men to hold Leipzig and a few
die-hards still were shooting from
barricaded positions around the
railway station until mid-morning
today.
But even before the battle end
ed, German civilians had closed
up their shops and offices and
swarmed out into the streets to
see the American conquerors.
They didn't show any animosity.
Most of them were openly glad
the war was over for them.
In one little barroom where
some G. I.'s were congregating to
sample the stock an old, red-faced
Spectacular Gains Achieved
By 5th Army in
Bv .1. Edward Murray
(United Prow War Corrnpondant)
Rome, April 19 (Hi The Eighth
army has broken through the
Argcnta gap, smashing the last
main German defenap line below
Ferrara and the river Po, 18 miles
to the north, It was announced
today.
Fifth armv forces were oiii-
daily reported making "speclac-
I uiar auvances aitt-r capiunnjp
ivioum Aaone, iu mues soutn 01
Bologna. The 655-meter high peak
was considered the main bastion
of German defenses soutn of Bo-
logna, and speedier progress was
expected with Its capture.
The Eighth army broke into
the plain leading to the river Po
after capturing Boccaleone, key
point In the Germans' so-called
"Genghis Khan" line of defenses.
Boccaleone is 15 miles south of
Ferrara, and 18 south of the Po.
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By Troopers,
Leipziir. April 19 (U.E) The war
the million or more German
Russian prisoners who veiled.
German entered and demanded a
short beer.
He insisted on having his beer
because, he explained, "I always
got beer here every morning.
Pfc. Aubrey Shelton, Los Ange
les, Calif., took charge of the situ
ation. "We told him the 'new order'
had made some changes," Shelton
said. "No beer. He 'skapooted' in
a hurry."
Poaching Rumor
Heard in Bend
Midnight poaching In Drake
park for ducks and geese was re
ported today to The Bulletin by
residents on both sides of the
Deschutes near the footbridge,
who said that four distinct shot
gun blasts were heard shortly be
fore midnight. One report was to
the effect that there were three
shots In rapid succession, followed
later by a fourth.
Bend police said that they had
no report of the affair.
Italy Battle
According to today's communi
que from allied force headquar
ters, the Eighth army's surge
northward continued after the
capture of Boccaleone.
At the same time Eighth army
units continued to threaten Bo
logna by swinging eastward
across flooded fields and forcing
a bridgehead across the Gainna
cnnHl. The Eighth was 13 miles
east 01 tne Key ruau anu nuns-
porr center.
Polish units only ten miles east
of Bologna were pouring shells
into the city.
Details of the Fifth army's new
"spectacular" advance south of
Bologna were not Immediately
known. But front dispatches said
the entire position there now was
loosening. American forces had
captured some Italian troops,
whom the Germans n Italy have
been using fr rear-line Jobs.
Russians Get
City Outposts,
Foe Reports
Battle for Prize Nears "
Climax, Germans Say;
Two Citadels Captured
London, April 19 ttP The red
army captured Berlin's eastern
outposts of Seelow and Wrlezen
today and plunged on within 14
miles of the capital.
"The super battle for Berlin
Is heading for Its climax," a
nazl Transocean broadcast said.
"Rather deep penetrations have
been made In the last 24 hours."
Sixty miles to the soutn, otner
Russian forces seized the Nelsse
river anchor stronghold of Forst
and stormed across the Spree
river almost 15 miles farther west
In a bid to outflank Berlin and
link up with the American First
army 70 miles away, the Germans
said.
New Drive Launcneu
Another new Russian offensive
was under way west of the Aus
trian junction town of St. PoeU
ten, on the south bank of the Dan- l
ube 128 miles east of Adolf Hit
ler's mountain fortress at Berch
tesgaden, enemy broadcasts said.
The fall of bitterly-contested
Wrlezen, 23 miles northeast of
Berlin, and Seelow, gb,mlle9 east
of the capital on the KnustruirBer
lin highway, were reported by the
German Transocean agency. ,
Thrusting another 10 miles
west of Seelow, Transocean saia,
the Russians drove within two
and a half miles northeast of
Muencherberg, 16 miles from Ber
lin, and to a point Just east or
Buckow, 15 miles from the cap
ital. Big Gains Made
Nazi broadcasts admitted red
army tanks crashed seven miles
through Berlin's frontal defenses '
to the Wulkow-Sieversdori area
14 miles east of the capital's city
limit hpfore being halted tempor
arily in bitter, close-range fight-
To the soutn, otner nussiun
forces plunged beyond the shat
tered Nelsse river line almost to
the Spree, 15 miles to the west, in
A
drive to outllanK tne capital
h iinir nr ulth Ampriran Third
army spearheads 60-odd miles
farther west.
One Soviet column broke Into
Foist, Nelsse river anchor fort
ress 60 miles southeast of Berlin,
the nuzis said. Others were at
tempting to reach Finsterwalde,
40 miles west of Forst, and 50
miles almost due south of Berlin.
Nazis Give News
One vague German broadcast
hinted that two tanks armies
from Marshal Ivan S. Konev's
First Ukrainian army group al
ready had driven to Finsterwalde,
but added almost in the same
breath that the town had not been
reached.
Capture of Finsterwalde would
leave the Germans only two rail
way escape routes from Berlin to
the south and bring the Russians
within 47 miles of the American
First army at Wurzen.
Goebbels Thinks
Wars End Near
London. April 19 (U1) Nazi Pro-'
paganda Minister Paul Joseph
Goebbels said today that the allies
have launched what may be their
final offensive of the war in an
attempt to deal a "death blow" to
Germany.
His speech, filled with forebod
ing, was scheduled for delivery to
the German people tonight on the
eve of Adolf Hitler's 56th birth
day. The text was broadcast In
advance by the oficlal nazi DNB
agency.
It was not known whether Hit
ler would also sjieak in observ
ance of what well may be his last
birthday.
"The last decisive round of the
war approaches its end," Goebbels
said. "Events never before have
been balanced on the razor's edge
as now ...
"It seems once again all the
powers of hate and destruction
gather, perhaps for the last time,
to surge against our fronts from
the west, east, southwest and
south In order to pierce them and
deal a death blow to the reich." '