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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
Volume Llll
TWO SECTIONS
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1945
NO. 127
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Are Captured by
Hamburg Falls
As Resistance
In Area Fades
Bombs, Aerial Gunfire
Blast Fleeing Germans;
Port Called Open City
Paris, May 3 iiBThe British
second army captured Hamburg
and i a half-million thoroughly
beaten nazi troops today. The
remnants of Germany's. northern
armies fled for Denmark and Nor
way by . land and sea under a
terrible train of bombs and aerial
gunfire. ' .
Organized German resistance in
the north and, in fact, all across
the European continent, was melt
ing away at an incredible speed
in the wake of the unconditional
surrender of northern Italy and
western Austria with their gar
risons of almost 1,000,000 men.
American Seventh army troops
In the south swept up another
50,000 prisoners along the western
y flank of the Bavarian redoubt and
T plunged across, the. Inn river in
force to join with Gen. George
o"S. Fattorfs U. S. Third. army in
' the final assault on the nazi
stronghold at Berchtesgaden.
Near Nazi Lair
Unconfirmed Moscow reports
said Patton's men were only 10
miles north of Berchtesgaden
about 30 miles closer than the
Seventh army after capturing
Hitler's native city of Braunau
on the Inn. , .
Patton's men also were closing
fast on the Austrian city of Linz,
farther to the east, where they
were expected to Join forces with
the Red army.
The British second army in the
north already had linked up with
the Russians on the Baltic and at
several other points northwest of
Berlin, severing Denmark and
Norway from' the reich and trap
ping countless thousands of en
emy troops.
i-verywhere German morale ap-
'peared to have broken on the nazi
announcement of Hitler s death.
Fight About Ended
Fighting in the northern reich
apparently was all but ended. The
British' worked feverishly to dis
arm the hordes of German soldi
ers streaming through their lines.
Hamburg, the second city and
greatest port of the reich, was
occupied by the British without
firing a shot after its nazi de
fenders had declared it an "open
city."
Even as they marched Into the
wrecked port, radio Hamburg was
broadcasting a proclamation from
Fuehrer Grand Admiral Karl
Doenitz' new government declar
ing Prague a hospital city. That
indicated strongly that the Ger
man armies in Czechoslovakia
might also be preparing to capitul
ate. Fieht Honeless
Persistent but still unconfirmed
reports said the three other great
pockets of enemy resistance
Denmark, Holland and Norway
also were preparing to quit the
hopeless fight. Negotiations for
their surrender were said to be
in progress.
Tens of thousands of Germans
were still struggling to escape
from north Germany into Den
mark and Norway, however, in a
frenzied race to delay their in
evitable capture.
Ex-British King
Visits Florida
Miami, Fla., May 3 HPi The
Duke and Duchess of Windsor ar
rived here today on a Journey
which may take them back to
Europe and possibly to the Britain
hp nnAa
The former king and his Ameri-,
in wife came here by boat trnm ;
Nassau, capital of the Bahmas, i
where he had been governor for
"early five years. Length of their
s,a' in America was not known, i
They left immediately for Palm I
jeach, where they will visit
friends before returning here next j
week. I
Russians Search Rubble
For Remains of Hitler
London. May 3 (UJ?) Victorious red armv trooDs searched
the rubble of captured Berlin
timer ana his crippled henchmant Paul Joseph Goebbels.
On the success of their hunt hinged the solution to the
greatest mystery of the war whether Hitler and Goebbels
actually were dead, and if so, whether they committed suicide,
were killed by soviet shells or died of natural causes.
The Soviets also may find among the dead and 70,000
prisoners in Berlin such personages as Reichsmarshal Her-
; mnnn . Gnprincr. .Tnaehim vnn
Bend to Vote
On Memorial
Building Plan
Voters of Bend will have an
opportunity to cast their ballots
on a proposition whether the city
should erect a Veterans' memorial
building, it was decided last night
at a meeting of the city commis
sion. The commission voted to
place the matter on the ballot
after Ray Cooper and J. S. Davis,
representing the Deschutes county
Veterans' council appeared before
them. ' " ; -
Davis, as spokesman, said that
they had appeared yesterday be
fore the county court and won
assurance that that body would
set aside $25,000 for the project,
$10,000 to go to Redmond and
$15,000 to Bend.
Tentative plans would call for
the expenditure of approximately
$50,000 for such a memorial build
ing, according to Davis, who
promised the commission that de
finite figures would be submitted
soon as a guidance for the ballot
proposition.
Legislature Acts
The state legislaure, at its re
cent session, adopted a measure
authorizing counties and munici
palities to vote on such a proposal
as a memorial to veterans.
After Mayor A. T. Niebergall
had asked for the submission of
more definite plans, Davis ex
plained that he thought that the
Inclusion of a $5,000 item in the
city budget annually, would pay
for the building. .'
The practice of a religious or
ganization in sending members to
stand on downtown corners ana
sell literature came in for dis
cussion at the commission meet
ing, after the mayor and com
missioner Melvin Munkers report
ed that several business men had
complained. These business men,
it was said, asserted that the re
presentatives of the religious or
ganization stood in their door
ways, blocking would-be patrons
from the establishments. The com
mission decided to ask the relig
ious group to refrain from such
practice, before taking more de
finite action.
Signs Authorized
Because of the growing fire
hazard, City Manager C. G. Reiter
was instructed to place appropri
ate signs in Shevlin park after
Commissioner Loyde S. Blakley
pointed out the possibility of fire
(Continued on Page 5'
Himmler Believed Assassinated for Way He
Handled Peace
19th Armv Group Hdq., May
(IB Lt. Gen. Kurt Dittmar, for
mer German high command com
mentator, said today that he be
lieved gestapo chief Heinrich
Himmler may have been assas
sinated "for the stupid way he
handled peace negotiations." -
Hlmmler's whereabouts since
he conferred with Count Felix
Bernadotte on surrender terms at
Luebeck on April 24 have been a
vcirv Dittmar said he believed
the Restapo axe-man had joined
Hitler, propaganda minister Jo
seph Goebbels, and reichmarshal
Hermann Goering in death.
Dittmar, who spoke voluntarily
and freely to American officers
here, said he accepted the Ger
man report of Hitler's death as a
fact- . .
It is not important wnemrr
committed suicide or was killed," j
Dittmar said.
British in North
today for the bodies of Adolf
Ribbentrop, ousted only yes-
terday a s German foreign
minister, Martin Bormann,
chief of the nazi party, and
other leading nazis.
Hans Fritsche, Goebbels' deputy
propaganda chief, told red army
troops, who captured him that
Hitler, Goebbels and General
Kreb, newly-appointed chief of the
German army general staff, had
killed themselves in the final
hours of the battle of Berlin
Think Hitler Dead
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and
a British foreign office spokes
man said all evidence at hand in
dicated that Hitler had died of a
brain hemorrhage.
The German radio version of
Hitler's death was that he "fell" a
hero while directing the defense
of Berlin.
Moscow remained unconvinced
that Hitler actually was dead and
suggested that he fhay have gone
underground witn otner Key nazi
party leaders-to plot an eventual
return to power. r
A high officer of the German
foreign office captured on . the
American First army front said he
believed Hitler had died of a brain
hemorrhage and his body had
been taken to Berlin for propa
ganda purposes.
Operations at
Shevlin Halted
Operations of The Shevlin-Hix-on
Company here today were at a
standstill as a result of a disagree
ment between the management
and workmen over the operation
of the dry sorting chain, it was
reported. At the company's offices
it was stated that the war produc
tion board and the U. S. Concilia
tion service had been notified. A
meeting of members of the Inter
national Woodworkers of 'Amer
ica (CIO), has been called for to
night. At the mill, the management re
ported that the men walked off
the chain Job because of the com
pany's refusal to comply with
their demand that two men, in
stead of one, be maintained at all
times at the end of the sorting
chain where rejected shop lumber
is pulled andd sorted. A spokes
man for the union said that the
men quit work because of the dis
charge of one man who could not
do a job that has been a two-man
job heretofore. The union charged
that the company then locked out
the sawmill and woods in support
of a foreman.
Scott Speaks
"The men -are anxious to re
sume production , on the same
basis as before, with all depart- j
(Continued on Page 3) I
Negotiations;
The German general, who sur-
-endered at Magdeburg last week,
smoked a cigar as he talked. With
him was his pale, frightened, 16-year-old
son.
Dittmar said he believed the
rise of Doenitz would speed peace
negotiations and "the people and
German officers will follow any
lead he takes in negotiating
peace."
He described the new fuehrer
as a realist, open, frank, decent.
and politically moderate. He
seemed surprised that Doenitz i
had proclaimed his intention to
ngnt on, ana couian i understand i the country because "it was the
how Doenitz was going to sue for least undermined by nazlism "
peace that way. But he said em-1 "Because there is a great affln
phatically that Germans would j Ity between communism and na-
not support any fight to the death
while they would go all the way
Allies Shatter
Foe Defense
On Borneo Isle
Aussies Meeting Only
Light Resistance; New
Difficulties Face Japs
Manila, May 3 (IB Australian
Invasion forces fanned out rapidly
on Tarakan off the east coast of
Borneo today, threatening to over
run the island's airfield and the
burning town of Tarakan.
Japanese defenses on oil-rich
Tarakan were shattered by a con'
tlnuous four-day naval bombard
ment, and the Australians met on
ly light resistance as they ad
vanced up to two miles a few
hours after landing on the Island
Tuesday.
United Press Correspondent H.
D. Quigg, who went ashore with
the veteran troops of the Middle
East and New Guinea campaigns,
said the landing at Llngkas port
was virtually unopposed.
A single Japanese dual-purpose
field piece banged' away sporadi
cally from a ridge ovenooKtng
Tarakan town, Quigg said, but the
shells dropped harmlessly into the
water a lew nunored yaras on
the beach. N
Forces Split
After securing the beachhead,
the Australians split into two
forces. One unit speared due east
to the approaches of the island's
airfield, with a 6,800-foot runway.
The other struck more than two
miles northward to the edge of
Tarakan town, where bomb-blast
ed oil storage tanks were burning
furiously.
Front reports said the Japanese
were putting up only sporadic
small arms fire against the troops
driving on Tarakan, while the
force approaching the airfield was
said to be meeting almost no op
position. One force of Australian artil
lerymen and dismounted cavalry
men landed unopposed on Sadau
island, three and a half miles from
Tarakan, and immediately began
bombarding Tarakan town with
25-pounders.
laps Challenged
Gen. Douglas MacArthur said
the invasion of Tarakan, which
produces some of the finest oil In
the world, was a direct challenge
to Japanese possession of their
rich Borneo oil and rubber con
quests. "This operation virtually severs
the enemy's holdings in the
south," MacArthur added. "His
forces in the eastern portion of
the Netherlands East Indies, in
cluding the Celebes, Moluccas,
Lesser Sundas and other island
outposts are effectively isolated.
"The establishment of this base
will complete our chain of air
fields extending from Luzon in the
nortn to Drawin in the south and
enable our bombers to strike at
will the enemy forces anywhere in
the southwest Pacific theater and
constantly Interdict his lines of
supply and communications."
Dittmar Speaks
Dittmar said that 90 per cent
of German officers consider Him
mler "the grave-digger of the
German army." He described
Hlmmler's handling of the peace
negotiations as like "a cavalry
charge."
"In the first place, he acted on
his own, I believe," Dittmar said.
"When Hitler was dead or no
longer In command of the situa
tion, Himmler tried to keep pow
er." On the post-war fate of Ger
many, Dittmar said he believed
the German officer corps was best
fitted for the task of rebuilding
tlonal socialism I believe commu
nism nas a good chance in Ger
many," he said.
Jfe, -ill - A k i??
V t j a Eta , -'-1
r "x I
Chief Jimmy Squire Hill holds
1795 between the British and the
On behalf ot his tribes, he plans
ference to restore privileges which
janao.. . . , j
Nazis, Fleeing
Inquire: 'Where Can We Go?'
Tens of Thousands of
Trying to Find Refuge
By Richard D. Mcmillan
(United Pran War Corietpondent)
On the British Front Line
May 3 (U.E) Hordes of Germuns are giving up to the British
today, crying in terror: "Where
coming.
Tens of thousands of fully
trying to hnd retuge in the British lines. It is a rout of tre
mendous proportions, the final disintegration of the wehr
macht.' They are coming in aboard all kinds of vehicles, with cars
Deferment Bill
Receives Veto
Washington, May 3 mi Presi
dent Truman today vetoed legis
lation to defer large numbers of
agricultural workers. He said it
would be an Injustice to those
already Inducted or about to be
Inducted.
The Joint resolution, Introduced
by Rep. John A. Flannagan, D.,
Va., chairman of the house agri
culture committee, was designed
to halt induction of farm workers
who are deemed necessary to ag
riculture. President Truman said this
would bo a marked departure
from the sound principles thus
far adhered to under the original
selective service provision bar
ring deferments for occupational
groups.
Messagl? Presented
"The sole test under the law is
whether the Individual can better
serve his country in the armed
forces or in an essential activity
in support of the war effort," the
president said in his veto mes
sage. "This provision Is the founda
tion stone of our selective service
system under which over 10,000,
OOOmcn have been selected for the
000 men have been selected for the
tary force In the history of this
nation."
"The bill," he said, "would single
out one special class of our citi
zens, the agricultural group, and
put it on a plane above both in
dustrial occupation and military
services."
NEEDS Ct'SPIDOR
St. Louis, May 3 (IB The per
sonnel director f the United Drug
Co. plant reported today that a
woman applicant for a Job would
work only on the condition she
was supplied a cuspidor. The wo
man, 63, explained she was a to-baccc-chcwer.
the original peace treaty siened In
Iroquois nations. In San Francisco
to petition the United Nations con
the Indians claim to have lost in
' 1 1 ' , ; . .- v
as Soviets Near,
Fully Armed Men Are
Within British Lines
in Northwestern Germany.
can we go? The Russians are
...
- armed Germnns actually are
"and carts jammed three
abreast on the highways. Men
throw their guns and ammuni
tion into the ditches at every
opportunity.
Some cars are packed with high
officers, privates and women
nursbs. All are Jammed in Indis
criminately in their rush to escape
the red army. Generals are limp
ing along on foot. Civilians flee
ing with them speed the flight by
spreading rumors that the Rus
sians are "just on our heels."
Take To WikhIk
From time to time Germans
leap from stalled cars and take to
the woods. Some are found chang
ing Into civilian clothes In the
hope of escaping capture.
And everywhere the British
tankers and Infantrymen hear the
Germans asking the same ques
tion: "Where do we go?"
All of these Germans say the
war is over, now that Berlin has
fallen.
One German Red Cross column
is stretched out along the road
for nearly 20 miles. A nurse told
me they had been trekking for
days with many more thousands
behind them. Many of the refu
gees, except for the organlMl
remnants 'of the German army,
are in complete panic.
Crews Fight Fire
In Ship's Hold
San Francisco, May 3 IP
Guarding against an explosion,
waterfront crews today began the
ticklish Job of fighting fire In the
No. 5 hold of the steamship
Maunalel to save 10,000 tons of
war cargo.
The vessel was returned here
under navy escort last nlRht after
the fire broke out 120 miles off
thp Golden fiatp Derk earao
prSflrfW
the Golden Gate. Deck
a destroyer from opening the hold,
containing Alfalfa, malt and rags.
WILL HONOR PVLB
Los Angeles, May 3 HP) Mayor
Fletcher Bowron has declared
May 15 memorial day for the late
Ernie Pyle, war correspondent
killed by the Japanese on Ie Jima.
Negotiation for Surrender
Believed in Progress; Nazi
Armies Rapidly
Churchill Reported in Germany, and Rumor
Says Eisenhower Is in Conference With Red
Chiefs; England Prepares for Celebration
London, May 3 (IIE) Negotiations for the capitulation of -
Germany were believed in some quarters to be under way
today.
There was widespread speculation in London that Prime
Minister Churchill may have gone to Germany on a mission to
negotiate for the end of the war in Europe. The speculation
embraced the possibility that Gen. Dwight D, Eisenhower
might be engaged in a similar task together with British and
Russian military and political leaders. . r. . ,
The unconditional surrender of all German forces in Hol
land, Denmark, Norway and
Czechoslovakia was reported.
under negotiation, and possi
bly in some cases already con
cluded.
Churchill was absent from the
house of commons today. Sir John
Anderson, speaking for him, told
tne nouse that should the war
end on Saturday or Sunday there
would be a general holiday Mon
day. Churchill's absence together
with continental reports of sur
render negotiations created a feel
ing in diplomatic and political
quarters here that the hour. of
victory probably was near.'
. Winnie Disappears . '
Churchill's latest public appear
ance here was Wednesday eve
ning. Then he announced in com
mons the fall ot north Italy. He
sent word that he coujn, not .at
tend today's session, a highly 'un
usual procedure.
The last four major pockets of
nazi resistance outside the. reich
were reported near collapse. Some
sources believed the capitulation
of some or all of them might be
announced by nightfall.
The house of cards that Adolf
Hitler built around Germany by
seizing his neighboring countries
was tumbling down. Already the
southern ramparts had crumbled
with the surrender of north Italy
and western Austria.
Following hard on the nazi an
nouncement of Adolf Hitler's
death and the fall of Hamburg,
the new fuehrer, Admiral Karl
Doenitz, apparently was wander
ing northward In search of a new
refuge. The Press association said
It was "fairly certain" that he was
In Denmark, or perhaps had even
gone on to Norway.
Country Cut Oft
Reliable informants said the
capitulation of German forces In
Denmark was arranged tentative
ly some time ago. The country
was cut ofr by the British push
to the Baltic. Collapsed nazi cen
sorship indicated that the Danes
controlled their own country
again.
Reports from the United States
said the Germans Isolated in
northwestern Holland were ready
to give up. The allies already
were moving foodstuffs Into Hol
land. The Paris radio said that the
foreign minister of Major Vidkuri
Quisling's puppet government of
Norway had arrived in Copen
hagen to discuss the surrender of
perhaps 250,000 German troops In
Norway.
A broadcast by the Hamburg
radio in the last hours it was con
trolled by the nazis indicated that
surrender arrangements for the
Czechoslovak redoubt around
Prague were In progress.
A broadcast decree by Ham
(Continued on Page 3)
War Against Germany. Nears
End, Believes U. S. War Chief
Washington, May 3 Uii Secre
tary of War Henry L. Stlmson
said today that he believes Adolf
Hitler Is dead and that "the war
against Germany has not long to
run."
President Truman had express
ed similar beliefs yesterday.
Stimson also told his press con
ference that the 15th U. S. army
has been designated as an occu
pation force In Europe,
He said the 15th was the only I
U. S. army so designated to date stop the onward march of demo
and added that future events will cratic institutions among the
.u.u, c. ,
whether there wiU be
others.
Stimson said he had no special
Information concerning the cir
cumstances of Hitler's death but
he thought the news of Hitler's
death and the execution of Benito
Mussolini had a "timely appropri
ateness" since it came almost
simultaneously with the capitula
tion in Italy and the fall of Berlin.
Fall Apart ,
-
Two Marshals,
Seized By Allies
With U. S. Seventh army in
Germany, May 3 (iriIn the great
est big-shot bag of the western
war, two field marshals, 15 gen
erals, a prince and a princess
poured into Seventh army prison
er cages today.
The Seventh army already had
taken the iormer commander of
the Germiii armies in' the -"west,
Field MaSihal, Karl Von -RuncP
stedt, who told his captors, "it Is
senseless for the German people
to resist any further."
The latest captives included
Field Marshal Hugo Von Sperrle
and Field Marshal Baron Maxi
milian Von Weichs. Von Sperrle,
as chief of the Luftwaffe In tho
west, was responsible for the
aerial massacre of Rotterdam in
1940 and personally directed the
blitz against London. Von Weichs
was former German commander-in-chief
In the Balkans.
Prince Captured
The Seventh also took Prince
Albert and Princess Marie, rank
ing royalty of the house of Ba
varia. Von Rundstedt, a trembling,
sick old man, was interviewed
by Maj. Gen. John E. Dahlquist,
commander of the 36th division
which captured him.
"This is a sad fate of the man
who spent 43 years molding the
best army in the world," said Von
Rundstedt, who fought the Al
lies from the beaches to the Rhine '
and handed them their worst set
back In the battle of the bulge.
He seemed surprised that the
Allies remarked about Admiral
Doenitz taking power in Germany.
. General Is III
"Doenitz has been running Ger
many for some time," he said.
Von Rundstedt said It was ill
health, rather than any quarrel
with Hitler, that made him give
up his command on March 1st.
Von Rundstedt drank two cups
of coffee laced with cognac during
the interview. He reached for a
third, hut a medical aide stopped
him. Throughout the Interview,
tie chain smoked borrowed Camel
cigarets, his favorite brand.
131,000 CAPTURED
London, May 3 iw Russian
troops took more than 134,000
German prisoners In capturing
Berlin, the Soviets said tonight.
"Since information Indicates
that the nazi leader has, In fact,
died, both men have escaped trial
as war criminals," Stimson said at
his press conference. "But they
both stand convicted In the minds
of all peoples and in the annals of
history as men with the blood of
innocent millions on their hands.
"Mussolini's establishment of
fascism was the first deliberate
attemut durine this centurv to
wain uiauiuiiuus cunung uic
'eaHdlns natton!EMw!l,c'!
had begun In 1792 with the first
French republic.
"But Hitler's nazism was a far
more sinister and effective at
tempt to establish a dominant em
pire of despotism throughout Eu
rope based upon the negation of
freedom and religion and sealed
in the blood and toll of enslaved
neighbor nations."
ManyGenerals