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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
Volume Llll
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON', FRIDAY. MAY 4, 1945
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Rangoon Falls
Without Fight
Nips Baffled
Speed, Synchronization
Of Drive Bewilders Foe;
Insinuations Are Intact
Calcutta, May 4 UPi Japanese
armies in Burma have been so de
cisively defeated that they were
unuoie 10 aetend Rangoon, the
capital, an allied communiaue said
today, revealing that the enemy
lost H7,uuu dead in the last 15
montns or lighting.
Rangoon, with a Dre-war nonu.
lation of more than 400,000, fell
quickly yesterday when allied
troops drove into the city after a
three-way assault by ground and
amphibious forces and paratroop
ers.
Southeast Asia command head
quarters said the successful com
bined operation baffled the Jatia
nese by its speed and synchroniza
tion ana enabled the port to be
seized before Its installations
could be destroyed.
Looming ahead for Admiral
Lord Louis Mountbatten's formid
able land, sea and air forces in
southeast Asia are Malay, Thai
land and Indo china.
The harbor of Rangoon was ex
pected to be ready for a tremend
ous amount of allied shipping
within a few days.
Capture or the city broke a two-
year Japanese hold on Burma and
marked the end of a long overland
dive from the Indian city of Im
phal by British 14th army troops,
Slop up rockets
While. Burma was not entirely
cleared, allied officials viewed the
remaining operations as mopping
up of .isolated Japanese pockets
northeast and northwest of Kan
goon. One Japanese force was cut off
along the western shore of Bur
ma with the capture of Prome,
on the east bank of the Irrawaddy
some 175 miles north of Rangoon.
Front reports said enemy troops
in this pocket were without sup
plies and disintegrating rapidly.
Mill Quiet as U. S.
Mediator Confers
Work remained at a standstill
today in The Shevlin-Hixon Com
pany plant and logging operations
while a U. S. conciliator, who ar
rived in Bend yesterday, discussed
the problem with both sides. At
the headquarters of the. Interna
tional Woodworkers of America
(CIO) it was stated that the con
ciliator met with the union men
last night. Today he spent several
hours in discussions with com
pany officials.
The plants has been closed
down since Wednesday night, as a
result of a disagreement involv
ing the dry sorting chain operation.
I German Leaders
Keep Side Arms
Rome, May 4 IB The German
surrender in north Italy was im
plemented today when five Ger
man officers reported to Gen.
Mark Clark for instructions.
The Germans wore sidearms,
which Clark allowed them to re
tain as a measure of protection
against aggressive patriots in
north Italy, among whom there
probably are many who have not
heard of the surrender.
A long conference was held at
15th army group headquarters.
Arrangements were being made
for the concentration of German
troops in areas which have not
boon disclosed.
Truman Selects
New Naval Aide
Washington, May 4 (IP) The
White House today announced the
appointment of Capt. James K.
Vardaman, Jr., as naval aide to
President Truman.
vardaman, 50, son of the for
mer governor and U. S. senator
from Mississippi bv the same
name, is a formnr st" t.nnla hnnk-
v i and businessman who was com-
VTv'ssioned in the naval reserve
' wiore tne war.
Born in Greenwood, Miss., Var-
"?n served two years as a field
artillery captain in the first World
ar and participated in the in-
in ,V?ns of North Africa and Sicily
"i this war.
Mooo v Attempting to Settle
Long Deadlocked Polish Issue
Soviet Official Hopes to Solve Problem :
Before Arrival of Argentine Delegation
San Francisco, May 4 (IIP)
v. m. moiotov was seeking today to settle the long-deadlocked
Polish government issue quickly so that Poland can be invited
to tne united Mat ions conference before the Argentine dele
gation arrives.
Molotov, it was understood,
U f iL. A i;
ueiure me ArKenuneans arrive. DroDamv ivionaav or Tues
day. But he -was represented
accord could be reached before
Foreign Minister
British-educated Count Ludwig
Schwerin Von Krosigk, nephew of
the late Kaiser- Wilhelm, was
named German foreign minister
to succeed the ousted Joachim
Von Ribbentrop. .
Budget Planners
For City Named
Members of the 1045-46 city
budget planning committee, as
selected by City Commissioners
Melvin Munkers, A. T. Nlebergall
and Loyde S. Blakley, were an
nounced today. They are George
P. Grove, former Bend mayor;
R. H. Beck, accountant for the
Bend Furniture company, and
Sumner Dietrick, president of the
Bank of Bend. Gove has served
in this capacity six times previous
ly, and Beck once.
According to City manager C.
G. Reiter, an early meeting of the
budget planners and the city com
mission will be called to study the
financial needs of the city for
the next fiscal year.
Yesterday the county court an
nounced its budget committee.
with M. A. Lynch, Redmond; John
Hohnstein, Alfalfa, and A.id. Glas
sow of Bend as members.
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Jap Suicide Planes, in New Attack Against
Okinawa Ships,
Guam, May 4 (IP) Fresh ele-1
ments of the First marine divl -
SlOn SlOrmeu imiuukh auuug uay Uliy.
anese defenses on the west coast The breakthrough by the ma
of Okinawa today to within a . rines was the first major gain of
mile from Naha, capital of the the American forces since Lt.
island. .
A sizeable force of B-29 Super-
fortresses raided soutnern Kyu
raided soutnern Kyu-
shu and Shikoku, Japanese home;
islands, again today in an attempt ) The drive along the remainder
to neutralize bases for Japanese ( of the five-mile line stretched
suicide planes which sank two across Okinawa between Naha
more American light fleet units and Yonabaru on the east coast
in the Okinawa area last night j was virtually stalled, however, by
The attack on Kyushu was the sfrong artillery, mortar and small
second in 24 hours and the 12th arms fire from the Japanese
in 18 davs. j "Maginot type" pillboxes.
Four units of the First marine j Front reports said the Japanese
division, thrown into the south-! were fighting particularly fierce
em Okinawa battle only several on Sawtooth ridge, about a mile
davs ago, led a new 10th army and a half northeast of Naha.
offensive against an estimated , There the American troops en
30 000 Japanese entrenched in 1 countered some pillboxes, three
strong defenses before Naha. stories deep with individual elec-
A front dispatch said the ma- trie plants,
rines pushing down the rugged Admiral Chester W. Nlmltz
west 'coast sector, were nearing meantime disclosed that 1,131 of
the Asa river, last natural bar- fleers and men of the Pacific fleet
Soviet Foreign Commissar
'
rants to leave San Francisco
, i . i
as being optimistic that an
then on broadening the War
saw provisional government in
iline with the Big Three Yalta
agreement and inviting it to
:send a delegation here.
One official position has been
I left open in the conference's com
mission setup, that of rapporteur
or recording secretary on commis
sion four which is concerned with
plans for a world court. It was
undertsood originally that this
place was being held for Argen
tina. But there were reports now
that Molotov might attempt to get
It for Poland in event . of any
speedy settlement
- Hull Not Rebuked
In connection with Argentina,
the United States delegation's
press officer described as "with
out foundation" published reports
that former Secretary of State
Cordell Hull had rebuked the del
egation for voting to Invite Argen
tina to the conference
had rebuked the delegation for
voting to Invite Argentina to the
conference.
It was believed likely that prior
to the plenary session vote, on ex
tending an invitation to the for
merly pro-axis South American re
public, Hull, with some reluctance
had urged the delegates not to
vote for the motion. But the press
officer categorically denied that
he had rebuked fhe delegates aft
er the vote, as had been reported.
Technical experts meanwhile
met in secret-session to begin a
detailed study of the Dumbarton
Oaks plan, the basis on which a
world peace organization is to be
molded here.
Hiring Privileges
Cancelled by WLB
San Francisco, May 4 HP) The
United Engineering Co., so far as
lodge 68 of the International as
sociation, of Machinists (AFL)
was concerned, was an open shop
today.
The war labor board, in an ac
tion without precedent in world
war II, revoked lodge 68's closed
shop and preferential hiring privi
leges by special order last night.
me w LtO saiu ine mucnimsis
failed to comply with all stipula
tions of a back-to-work order is
sued before the government seiz
ed the plant April 16.
The union had called a walk
out of 127 machinists during a
jurisdictional dispute, This led to
a lay-off of approximately 800 of
the plant's 1,100 employes, caus
ing delay In ship repair work.
V-E DAY TIP
London, May 4 (IP) Latest tip
on V-E day:
It was learned that London's
beer retailers have been advised
their special V-E day stocks will
be distributed in time for this
week - end, instead of sometime
next week.
Sink Two More U. S. Vessels
rier before Naha and only a little i
more than a half-mile from the
jen- oimon nunvar outuner, jr.
brought the marine division and
a r ourtn army division into the
battle.
Aussies Invade
Fiei
In Hard Battle
Japs Fight Tenaciously
To Hold City; Maclcmen
Are Reported in Davao
' Manila, May 4 (ill Australian
troops battled through the out
skirts of smoking Tarakun city
on- Tarakan island of f Borneo to
day against strongly resisting
Japanese forces. :
At the same time American
troops on Mindanao, in the south
ern Philippines, Drougnt tneir
campaign to the climactic phase
by driving Into Davao, last major
occupied c(ty in the island.
Coastal guns and ammunition
dumps were seized Intact by the
24th division in entering the port
at the head of Davao gulf. The
Japanese, who have put up little
resistance during the Mindanao
campaign, were reported retreat
ing north of Davao, Indicating the
city may be quickly occupied. '
Meet Resistance
On Tarakan, rich oil center 400
miles southwest of Mindanao,
Australian forces ran Into tough
resistance as they pushed into the
outskirts of Tarakan city and
drove to the edge of the airfield,
three miles to the northwest.
United Press Correspondent H.
D. Quigg reported from Tarakan
that the Japanese were fighting
tenaciously to hold the city, even
firing from positions atop, der
ricks In the Paomeslan oil fields.
Tokyo radio reported that three
allied cruisers and about 10 de
stroyers were continuously shell
ing the Japanese lines from lara
kan bay.
Area Alined
The Australian drive was hamp
ered by an elaborate system of
land mines and booby traps,
which front reports described as
equalling or surpassing that used
by the Japanese in any other Pa
cific operation.
In addition, the Japanese at the
airport were entrenched in pill
boxes and tunnels which the Aus
tralians were attacking vith
flamethrowers and tanks firing
point blank.
. A heavy smoke pall spread over
the city from burning wells, sot
afire by allied shelling or Japa
nese demolitions. Some sectors
reported periodic explosions at
drillings, indicating the Japanese
were setting off explosives by re
mote control.
Marion Martin
To Visit Oregon
I
Several members of the Des
chutes county Republican Central
committee today were reported
planning to hear Miss Marion E.
Martin, assistant national chair
man of the republican party, when
she speaks at four different Ore
gon cities on May 7, 8, and 9.
Miss Martin, who is from Maine,
is reputedly a gifted speaker and
a student of politics.
On May 7, Miss Martin will talk
at Medford at noon; on May 8 in
Corvallis at noon, and at 7:30 p.
m. in Salem at the Chamber of
commerce rooms, and on May 9 at
Portland at the Multnomah hotel.
had been killed in action in the
Okinawa campaign, while 2,816
were wounded and 1,604 missing
Nimitz said the figures were
preliminary and incomnlete. cov-
ering the period through Wednes-1
dav -m.. ,;av , , h-nuoht thn
1 ?.IEUR.ht
total American casualties in the
Okinawa area throueh Anril 27
to 16,964.
ry Tarakan
two light fleet units and inflicted a hospital in this country, it was
some damage on shipping In four i s,a,(,d- George Is reported to be In
attacks last night on the Amer- j good ncalth
lean forces in the Okinawa area. !
The type of vessels sunk was not
revealed.
A dispatch from United Press
correspondent Edward L. Thomas
aboard Adm. Richmond K. Turn-
er's flagship said one of the small
fihfnn Bunk wan I A u
TnnVnici asauacKedby s ix
Japanese pianes.
Two of the attackers were shot
down, but three others closed in
ana planted their charges. The
ship's skipper and executive offi
cer were rescued from the water.
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The documents of unconditional
by the German representative of Supreme Commander Karl Wolff, plenipotentiary of the wehrmacht In
Italy. The signing took place in the office of Lt. Gen. W. C. Morgan, chief of staff, AFHQ. (British Offi
cial Photo via Signal Corps Radio Telephoto from Acme.)
More Aid Needed
To Sort Clothing
Members of the Bend Lions
club, who sponsored the recent
campaign here to gather clothing
for overseas war relief, are really
tkonfronted .with -an ,mergencyy
tney reported toaay.
Unless they get immediate help
irom residents, women s organi
zations and service clubs they will
be unable to ship the approxi
mately 12 tons of garments to the
distribution centers, they stated.
Not only help is needed in sort
Ing and packaging the clothing at
the salvage depot In the basement
of Lydick's, Oregon avenue and
Wall street, the Lions must have
more boxes and cartons. Any per
sons having unused cartons, and
stores particularly are asked to
take them to the depot as quickly
as possible.
Sorting Under Way
Sorting and packing of the
clothing goes on each night from
7:30 to 10 p. m., according to Ray
Dahl, publicity director for the
successful campaign. Volunteers
were asked to either report at the
depot for duty, or notify any Lion
when they might help.
Past presidents of the Lions
club will be in charge at the depot
on Tuesday, May 8; and on Wed
nesday the board of directors will
supervise the work.
Working at the depot last Wed
nesday night were Ida Rines,
Lowell and Bob Jensen, Joe Jus
tin, Earl Ware, Gaily Marshall
and C. E. Bush. On Thursday Mr.
and Mrs. Glenn Gregg, Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Dahl, Bob Edwards,
scoutmaster, Gaily Marshall, Clar
ence Bush, Bert Stevens and
Loyde S. Blakley staffed the
depot.
Darrell Gibson
Hit by Shrapnel
Word has been received con
cerning three of Bend's Company
I boys, Dale and Darrell Gibson,
twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. E. J.
Gibson, 810 Newport, and Pfc.
Georee Casio, son of Mrs. Jack
Christoson, 1326 Galveston.
Darrell Gibson, Sgt. T4, has
been wounded In the Philippines,
where he is hospitalized. Accord
ing to word received from his par
ents, he has had 17 pieces' of
shrapnel removed from various
parts of his body since he has
been In action, having been wound-j
et. It Is presumed
in several en-
gagements
Lt. Dale Gibson and Pvt. Castle
arrived In San Francisco yrster !
day, having been hospitalized In j
Australia. Dale will be assigned to -
Moscow Asserts
War End Is Near
London, May 4 U" A Moscow j
. muiu (juimill'iiiaiui nam uiiik'" (
: that all that remains to be done
lis to stamp out the remnants of;
j the "Hitlerite clique" and their ;
j end Is at hand. I
radio commentator said tonight ;
He added, these qualifications to j
an assertion that "the war is over. :
Victory has been achieved." I
Germans Surrender in
surrender of German forces in
BULLETINS
Paris, May 4 HPl-The Rem
nant of three German field
armies the ninth, 12th and
10th panzer armies have sur
rendered to American troops,
It waa announced today.
London, May 4 (IP) A Kusalan
conununlque tonight reported
the capture of 23,700 prisoner
Muthwext or Berlin yesterday
In reducing the enemy-held ter
ritory between the Ked army
and the Americans tUonff the
Kibe.
Paris, May 4 (l Gen.
Dwtght 1). Elsenhower said III
a statement tonight that the
Gerniaim were "thoroughly
whipped" and "their only re
course is to surrender."
(tty United Prcu)
Fragments of a German high
command communique, broad
cast from Denmark and record
ed by the 1'X'C, suld today that
the bulk of German forces In
the MiN-klerilmnr area had
"fought their way hack" to the
west bank of the Elbe to sur
render to American and British
forces.
Willi U. S. Seventh Army in
Austria, May 4 (111 American
Seventh army (mops today eup
tured Berchtesgaden; core of the
Bavarian redoubt where the
nazis hod Imasted they would
make their last stand In Europe.
OPA Rule Defined
For Meat Handlers
Federal regulations governing
the slaughtering of livestock and
the handling of meat, were ex
plained last night to a large group
of slaughterers, farmers and re
tail meat men by McDannell
Brown, state director for the OPA
and Verne F. Livesay, regional
agriculture adviser. The meeting
was held in the city hall, and was
also attended by several members
of the local war price and ration
board.
Brown explained that the new
regulations were designed to com
bat, the black market, and to in
sure a greater meat supply for
the armor forces, and a more even
distribution for civilians. He said
that the new regulations divide
meat slaughterers into tliree
classes as follows:
Explains Classes
Class 1 Federally inspected
plants which are not affected by
the order.
Liass i commercial slaugh
terers whose plants are not feder-
ally Inspected.
Class 3 Farm slaughterers.
Livesay explained that class 2 I
slaughterers must register and I
receive quotas and a class 2
slaughterers' license form MC-S)
at district offices before May 14.
1945.
.iwwn nuriwcu men. uu irtrni
slaughterers must register before'
July 1, 1915. However, he said, If i
they wish to sell or transfer j
slaughtered meat on or after May
Brown stressed that all farm
14, they must register and receive i around Philadelphia and Wilmlng -
a permit from their local OPAiton. Windows rattled here.
board. Ohe explanation offered was
Italy
Italv and western Au.trl an slnnirt
Chinese Troopers
Attack Japanese
Chungking, May 4 (IPi-Chlnese
troops have advanced eight miles
north of recently captured Wuy-
angcheng to join other units Jn a
counterattack agafnst a Japanese
drive-west across Hunan province
toward the American air base at
Chlhkiang, a communique said
today.
Fierce fighting was reported In
the vicinity of Wawutang where
the Japanese thrust had reached
within 70 miles of the air base,!
250 miles southeast of Chungking.
North of Chengpu other Chi
nese forces reached areas south
west of Wukang and were report
ed making considerable progress
In brisk fighting.
In southern Ilonan province
severe fighting continued in the
vicinity of Hslh.siakow where
more than 300 Japanese were
killed west of the city.
A Chinese military spokesman
said today that considerable re
inforcements had been flown to
the Chinese on the Chikiang front
and that It appeared "quite possi
ble the threat to Chlhkiang had
ended."
Germany Ruined, '
Says Jap Writer
Tokyo, May 4 (ill A- Japanese
correspondent who said he took
the last train from Berlin three
weeks ago found a desolate and
ruined country all the way from
the doomed capital to Austria,
Including portions of the vaunted
Bavarian redoubt, Radio Tokyo
said today.
The correspondent, Susumu
Eijiri, and three other Japanese
newsmen found communications
broken down, transportation dis
organized and Allied planes roam
ing the skies at will, Tokyo said
in broadcasts recorded by United
Press at San Francisco.
Mysterious Explosion, Flash,
Alarm People of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, May 4 Hi1) Hun-1 that the flash was caused by a
drcds of residents in this area meteor falling Into the ocean off
were awakened early today by aithe Atlantic coast and exploding
mysterious explosion accompanied I
by a flash that lighted the sky
1 for 200 miles to the southwest.
Police in Pennsylvania, New
I Jersey, Delaware and Maryland
jwere swamped by telephone calls
but were unable to locate the
irigln of the flash or the explos-1
NO damage was reported in
the area.
EiBht men in the Pennsylvania
railroad tower at Washington, D. '
C, saw the flash across the sky
to mo north.
Bus passengers saw the flash
at Kldgefield park, N. J., 95 miles !
. j nwjr .
said the flash came from the
southwest.
The sound of an explosion
seemed to be centered in the area
nnr hnnet ftf Ph a.lnlnh n TU,
Foe Resistance
In Europe Now
In Two Pockets
Over 250,000 Men to
Lay Down Arm Tonight,
Gen. Montgomery Says
London. May 4 (IB The Gor
man armies of northwestern Ger
many, Denmark and Holland have
surrendered unconditionally to
sir Bernard L. Montgomery, leav
ing nazi resistance isolated in tne
two doomed pockets of Norway ,
and Czechoslovakia.
The surrender is effective at
8 a.m. British time tomorrow
(11 p.m. PWT tonight). .
The nazi capitulation was an
nounced at the close of a dramatic
conference between Field Marshal
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery and
a representative of Grand Admiral
Karl Doenitz, the new German
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ler only 72 hours ago. .;
Montgomery informed Gen.
Dwlght D. Elsenhower's head
quarters in Paris that the sur
render would also apply to tne
pocket German divisions In Heli
goland and on the Frisian islands
off the Dutch coast.
Over 250,000 Involved .
More than 250,000 German
... .Ua 1 ., t n,
fcctlve German fighting force on
mi: ,ui unreal, luiiuiiciu uuiaiui;
Norway and Checkoslovakla,
were" Involved In the mass sur-:
render. In addition to well over
500,000 nazis who laid down their
arms on the British front, in the
last two days. '"
There were still many minor
pockets of resistance on the con-,
tinent, Including areas around a
few French ports.
A brief announcement of the
northern capitulation, issued at
Elsenhower's headquarters, em
phasized that this was a "battle-
field surrender" to Montgomery's
21st army group and not to the
Allied governments.
"Field Marshal Montgomery
has reported to the supreme Al
lied commander that all enemy
forces In Holland, northwest Ger
many and Denmark, including
Heligoland and the . Frisian is
lands, have surrendered to the
21st army group effective at
eight o'clock tomorrow morning,
double British summer time," (he
announcement said.
Battlefield .Surrender
"This is a battlefield surrender
involving the forces now facing
the 21st army group on the north
ern and the western flanks."
Serious resistance to the British
forces had begun melting away
(Continued on Page 5)
Japs So Sorry
Hitler Missing
Tokyo, May 4 (Ul The collapse
of her axis' partners will not af
fect Japan's determination to
fight on to victory and world rule.
Prime Minister Admiral Baron
Kantara Suzuki has informed the
Japanese people.
In a speech to the Japanese na
tion, broadcast by the Tokyo
radio and heard by the United
Press in San Francisco, Suzuki
expressed sympathy for Ger
many's loss of Hitler.
when It hit the water.
Clerk Reeder, radio dispatcher
at the Waterloo, Md., state police
barracks, said he saw the flash.
Waterloo is between Baltimore
and Washington, D. C.
I was looking out the window
talking to two army MP's when
the whole sky lit up, just like day-
light," he said. "I didn't hear
any explosion."
Reeder also said that police In
Baltimore county reported seeing
the flash.
The "explosion" was heard In
Philadelphia about 3:35 a.m. The
ni my, iinvj, iLm-iai uuicau ul ill-
vestlgation and police agencies
started to check to learn the
source. From all points, north,
cast, south and west of Philadol-
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1 phla, people reported seeing the
"flash" in the sky. Some said,
'however, that they heard no noise.