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Volume Uil
113 Students
Listed In BHS
Class of 1945
Lpb Jii aIi An Pua tT r
To Be Held on Mav 25:
Putnam Named Speaker
One hundred and thirteen Bend
high school students are sched
uled to receive diplomas when
commencement exercises are held
on May 25, Principal R. E. Jewell
announced today in releasing the
names of the seniors who are com
pleting their tour years' scholas
tic work. Rex Putnam, state su
perintendent of public instruction,
is to be the commencement
speaker.
Baccalaureate -exercises will be
held -on Sunday, May 20, with
Rev. G. R. V. Bolster in charge.
Assisting him will be Rev. Ken
neth Tobias and Rev. William
Schwab, fathers of two of the
graduates.
This year's class is slightly
larger than that of 1944, Jewell
reports. Last year 104 completed
the high school work.
seven In Service
Seven members of the class are
at present in the service, and this
number may be even greater ly
May 25. Graduates in the service
are Phil Brogan, Edwin Crawford
Bill Deatherage, Ronald Hall
Ervin B. Hogan, Margaret Nis
kanen and Tom Rhoads. Six mem.
bers of the class of 1945 completed
their work in January. They are
Miss Niskanen, Robert E. Clark,
Randall Craig, Lloyd Evans, Bil;
Glazier, Bea Marcoulier, Tom
Rhoads and Mary Twomey.
The class of 1945 holds 70 girls
and 43 boys. They follow:
June Alfrey, Wayne Allen,
Joyce Armstrong, Helen Bailey.
Joe Ballantyne, John Berrigan,
Ken Blakley, Audrey Bright, Phil
Brogan, Dorothy Brown, George
Chase, Gerald Christensen,-Robert
E. Clark, Robert Conklin, Vir
ginia Cook, Patricia Corliss, Ran-
,.!.. "-., ; ,-w ri .. riHAjnii it-.
urn i v.iaig, iuiuciic v-iaimaii, cu-
win Crawford, Betty Davis, Elaine
Day, Bill Deatherage, Ed DeGroot,
Clarence Durgan, Beverley Ellis,
Lloyd Evans, Marjorie Evans,
Virginia Evans, Don Ferguson,
Wilma Fickas, Helen Filey, Shir
ley Francis, Lola Mae Franks,
Jack Fread, Mildred Frederick
son, Cleone GarlicK, Norman
George, Lois Gibson, Mary Alice
Glatt, Bill Glazier, Fern Grindle.
List Continued
Ronald Hall, Virginia Hansen,
Maylo Hawes, Bob Hemingway,
Gerald Henderson, Bill Higgins,
Ervin B. Hogan, Helen Hudson,
Kathleen B. Ives, Betty Jeffrey,
Evan Johnson, Donna Kiel, Louise
King, Eva Kittleson, Margie
Knouft, Evelyn Koth, Jim Lam
mers, William Lane, Helen Lar
son, Bob Lintz, Connie Loree, Bet
ty Lynch, Harriet McCallum, Jean
McCleary, Bea Marcoulier, Shir
lev Meagher, Norman Mikelson,
Wilma Mills, Mary A. Morrison,
Margaret Niskanen, Edith Peas
ley, Joyce Perry, Helen Petrano
vieh, Bill Plath, Bob Potter, Hazel
Prater, Jean Raddatz, Tom
Rhoads, John Robertson, Colleen
Robinson, Anna Mae Ryman.
Monroe Salisbury, Bill Sapping,
ton, Ruth Saunders, Sally Schil
ling, Bob Schwab, June Scott,
Patsy Scott, Elizabeth Shannon,
Gail Sigmund, Harold Smith,
Margaret Snelson, Betty Steph
ens, Margaret Stevens, Iris Stew
art, Ruth Terlisner, Iris Thomas,
Bertha Thompson, Doris Tobias,
Katherine Tomac, Mary Tomac,
Alfred Tucker, Mary Twomey,
Don Van Landuyt, Beverley Wen
nerstrom, Frances Wheeler, Gor
don Wick, Melvin Wilson, Doug
las Wirtz, Carl Wyatt, Ella Mae
Young, Melva Zastera.
Office Building
Plans Revamped
Salem, Ore., May 10 (IP The
state board of control late Wed
nesday approved revised plans
for the new state office building
to be built here at a cost of
i. 300,000.
The buildinp. whirh was orinfn.
ally to cost $1,000,000, will be on
t h e governmental quadrangle
across from the state library. The
1945 legislature approved the ad
ditional half million dollars for its
construction.
The board- conferred with the
firm of Whitehouse, Newberry
and Roehr, Portland architects in
charge of planning the building.
" is noped that construction can
begin as soon as materials and
manpower are available, the
ooard said.
Rocks, Gunfire Cause
Trouble in Klamath
Klamath Falls, Ore., May 10
l"1 Rooks are all right in some
places but not roiling down hills.
Residents of Pacific terrace at
the foot of a steep incline com
plained that neighborhood chil
dren delighted in seeing how close
they could roll rocks to the hous
es. Tiring of that, the youngsters
fired rifles.
Goebbel'sBody
Found in Ruins
Of Nazi Capital
By Joseph W. Grigs, Jr.
(United Preu War Corrawndent)
- Berlin, May 10 ttPi At leas't
four bodies, anv of which
that of Hitler have been found by
the Russians .in Berlin. But none
has been identified as being defi
nitely mat 01 tne nazi fuehrer.
The bodies of propaganda min
ister Paul Joseph Goebbels and
his family; of Martin Bormann,
successor to Rudolf Hess as Hit
ler's deputy; and a number of
other top nazis have been found
and identified with fair certainty.
For a week the Russians have
searched through the ruins of the
underground fortress where Hit
ler and his gang of last-ditch nazi
fanatics held out until the destruc
tion of Berlin was complete. Four
bodies, blackened and charred,
that seem to answer to Hitler's
general appearance have been
dragged out of the ruins. They
have been measured and photo
graphed for examination by ex
perts. " . -
But the Russians are beginning
to believe that no body that can
be identified without any shadow
of doubt as that of Adolf Hitler
ever will be found.
Big 4 Powers
Set Rule for
Use of Veto
-Steering Committee
Refuses to Invite
New Labor Congress
San Francisco, May 10 (IP) The
Big Four powers have agreed to
refrain from exercising on any
questions, short of enforcement
measures the veto power which
they would have in the security
council of the proposed world
peace organization, British For
eign Minister Anthony Eden said
today. : .
- Eden made this1 disclosure at a
press conference called amid a
new drive to speed up this United
Nations conference's main job -drafting
the charter for a world
peace organization.' Leaders hope
to complete the conference before
the end of the month.
Proposal Rejected
The conference's steering com
mittee meanwhile voted 33 to 7
against a sovjet-sponsored pro
posal that the new world labor
congress be invited to join the
conference as an observer.
Eden told a gathering of more
than 400 correspondents that he
could not now see any solution to
the conference controversy over
regional arrangements in connec
tion with the proposed world or
ganization. But he added that he
thought the matter could be set
tled eventually.
On the Polish issue, the foreign
minister asserted anew that the
problem had been complicated by
Russian arrest of 16 former Po
lish underground leaders. He said
the development had made it im
possible to continue talks on the
matter here, and "we now leave
it to our governments to deter
mine what the next step should
be."
Eden to Stay
Of his own plans, he said he
planned to "stay a- day or two
more to do what I can." Other
British sources indicated he
might leave here Monday. British
Prime Minister Winston Church
ill said in the house of commons
earlier today that he expected
Eden back next week.
Secretary of State Edward R.
Stettinius, Jr., meeting reporters
after a two-hour meeting of the
conference's steering committee,
also indicated that the problem
of regional arrangements is the
toughest question now pending.
Stettinius said he was engaged
in discussing the matter with
other delegation leaders but that
he had no news on it as yet.
Deschutes Swans
Hit Power Wire
Seven Mirror pond swans on a
cruise over the Deschutes nar
rowly escaped death at 12:42 p. m.
today when their leaders crashed
into high tension power lines near
the Newport avenue bridge, spec
tators reDorted.
As the wire swung together
from the impact, there was a flash
of fire and "blue smoke," specta
tors said, but the swans had
passed and escaped uninjured.
Lights went off momentarily in
some parts of town.
Two Nazi Chiefs
Taken by Yanks
London. May 10 'IP The Lux
embourg radio said today that the
American have captured Konrad
Henlein, nazi leader of the Sude
tenland, and Dr. Karl H. Frank,
reich minister without portfolio
and secretary for the "protector
ate" of Bohemia-Moravia.
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1945
Channel Isles
Freed of f oe;
Subs Give Up
Final Shots of War
Are Heard in Europe
As Nazis Surrender
London, May 10 (IP) A British
task force landed in the Channel
islands, only British territory oc
cupied by the Germans in world
war II, and accepted the surrend
er of the nazi garrison of per
haDS 30.000 today.
RAF warplanes shepherded the
first surrendering submarine into
Tweymouth harbor and another
which had been patrolling on tne
northern Scottish coast entered
the British naval station at Loch
Eriboil.
Hour after hour new "surrend
er calls" were being received at
the admiralty - from the beaten
U-boat packs, which finished off
their marauding careers Tuesday
by torpedoing a British and a Nor
wegian ship off the northeast
coast of England, killing at least
two persons.
Kiel Surrenders
(A TJBC broadcast said the Brit
ish naval ensign now was flying
over Germany naval headquarters
at Kiel, Germany's biggest naval
base.)
In Europe, the last shots of the
land war were being exchanged
in Czechoslovakia, Austria and
Yugoslavia. Fearful nazi units
were in full flight toward Ameri
can lines in an attempt to escape
capture by pursuing Red armies
and Yugoslav patriots.
Isles Liberated
The German garrisons of the
Channel Islands flashed word of
their surrender to the Allies at
7:14 a. m. DBST yesterday and
the task force was dispatched to
the islands today.
The Islands were liberated with
out opposition. Admiralty sources
said the Germans signed the sur
render- terms- .aDoara...a. Brmsninonnern escape.rouies of in jap
warship. anese pocket.
Veteran of Asia
Warfare Visitor
Pfc. Bruce Stuart, a veteran of
numerous trips over the "hump"
from India to China while serv
ing with the aerial engineers, is
visiting in Bend, his former home,
today, and, he reveals, he is
mighty happy to get back to a
land where the highest "hills" are
of about the size of the Three
Sisters.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. D. B.
Stuart, former Bend residents,
Bruce has been overseas for 27
months, in Africa as well as in
the Indo-China theater. On all his
experiences abroad, he considers
his most impressive those first
trips over the high "hump" of
Asia, across lofty, strange moun
tains. It was this sky service that
made possible the battles that
jolted the Japs out of Burma and
halted their march toward India,
it is pointed out.
On a 45-day furlough, Bruce plans
to return to Asia. He has already
visited his parents, in Portland,
and on Sunday he will spend
Mother's day with his mother, in
Salem. '
The Bend airman has been in
the service three years.
SoldiersWith Long Combat Overseas Service
To Top Eligibles for Discharges from Army
By Rue! S. Moore
(United Preu Staff Correspondent)
Washington, May 10 (in Sol
diers with long combat service
overseas and dependent children
will top the list of those eligible
for discharge under the army's
partial demobilization plan.
Details of the point system that
will govern discharge of more
than 1,300,000 soldiers during the
next 12 months were announced
at noon today to troops and to the
public. The point values follow:
One credit for each month of
army service since Sept. 16, 1940.
One credit for each month served
overseas since the same date.
Five credits for each bronze
service star and for each decora-
I tion. The service stars are award
ed for participation in each battle
or campaign. This also means
five credits for each wound suf
fered, since a purple heart deco
ration is awarded for each wound.
Twelve credits .for each child
under 18 years, up to three chil
dren. Enlisted men of the army
ground, air and service forces
will be immediately eligible for
discharge if their total credit
score is 85 or more. AVacs with
total credit scores of 44 points
will immediately be eligible for
discharge.
These total credit Scores arc
designated as interim scores, his work Is deemed vital to the : ficers for discharge, however, ' and a subsidiary spur which con
Immediately after the scores of war against Japan. ,'will be determined primarily by nect with the Century drive,
all soldiers are compiled, the num- j The combat and decoration ! military necessity with the point i Roadmaster George H. McAllister
ber of soldiers with each point total in every theater will be re-rating secondary. 'reported today.
Sky
Omi Jap, Fuel
Davao Pincers
Seal Off Japs
In Gulf Region
"Two Columns Lash Out
, To Encircle Nippons;
Samal Area Is Cleared
Manila,. May 10 Two divi
sions of American troops clamped
a huge pincers today on Japanese
forces north of Davao on Mindariv
ao and sealed off the northern
end of Davao gulf with theoc:
cupation of Samal island. , ;
The encircling drive against
the Japanese in southeastern Min
danao was being carried by two
columns of the veteran 24th divi
sion from the south near Davao
and-the 31st division from the
Kibawe area 53 miles to the
northwest.
One unit of the 24th pushed a
strong spearhead into the, Japa
nese pocket by crossing the Talo
mo river north of Intal, two miles
inland from Davao.
Hit Escape Routes
The bridgehead across the Tal
omo opened the way for a thrust
across the eight-mile wide Japa
nese belt between the Talomo and
the Davad river to the north.
At the same time, units of the
31st division which had been push
ing north through the center of
Mindanao suddenly cut to the east
and pushed through the moun
tains in an attempt to cut on tne
Despite tne ruggea terrain, tne
31st division advanced seven
miles eastward from Kibawe in
one day to reach a point approxi
mately 46 miles northwest of the
24th division on the Talomo river.
Island Cleared
The 24th division, which cap
tured Davao last week, secured
the southern approaches to the
port and blocked the whole north
ern end of Davao gulf with an un
opposed landing on Samal is
land, three miles off shore. '
Gen. Douglas MacArthur said
the troops, who landed on Samal
in a shore-to-shore operation from
Davao Tuesday, were rapidly
clearing the 21-mile long island.
Cascade Summit
Veteran Released
Fort Lewis,' Wash., May 10 iui
Pfc. Luther Adams, Cascade Sum
mit, Ore., was the first northwest
soldier processed under the ar
my's new regulation permitting,
discharge for men over 42, mili
tary officials said today.
Private Adams filed discharge
application at Fort Toten, N. Y.,
where ,ie was stationed at an ar-
my air forces installation. Ten
days later, he left the separation
center at Fort Lewis.
ported to the war department.
Based on these reports in about
six weeks, revised figures will be
announced as to the total credits
needed for discharge.
Scores will be compiled on the
basis of points earned as of Sat
urday, May 12. Decorations and
battle credits awarded after that
date, but earned prior thereto,
may be counted. Children born on
or before May 12, whose birth
were not known to their fathers
at the time the scores first were
compiled, may be counted In re
vised scores.
Service in the army will be
computed from the date the sol
dier reported to his reception cen
ter and took his oath. Odd por
tions of the month of 15 days or
more will count as a whole
month.
The point system for discharges
covers men In all parts of the
world not merely those who
served In Europe.
Immediate eligibility for dis
charge does not mean Immediate
discharge. It will take nearly a
year to bring the 1,300.000 eligible
men home, although they will be
coming by hundreds of thousands
in ensuing months.
And any given man even
thntlPh hp htt mnro than lha nan.
! essarv number of ereHlta for Hio.
'charef - ein h lipnl In nraln. If
Forts
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War room scene of SHAEF in
Doenitz" regime (back to camera), center, signs unconditional surrender. On Jodl's left Is Gen. Adm.
Hans Georg Friedeberg, chief of German navy, and on his right is Maj. Wllhelm Oxlnlus of German
general staff. Allied officers across table are (left to right) Lt. Sir
of France; Adm. H. M. Burroughs, CG of allied naval expeditionary
standing; Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, chief of staff to General
seated in back;- Maj. Ivan Susloparoff of Soviet army; Gen. C. A.
photo.
President of Stqte College
Discusses Peace Proposals
Civilization, Not Sovereignty, Now Issue,
- " Says Dr. StrahdMnternational Law Cited
"Sovereignty is not the issue, civilization in the issue," de
clared Dr. A. L. Strand, Oregon state college president, who
addressed members of the Business and Professional Women's
club on "Peace proposals" at a dinner meeting last night at
the Pine Tavern. "
Speaking as a citizen rather than as an economist, Dr.
Strand traced the developments which have shaped world
destiny since 1917 and commented that "Civilization is all
mixed up with bathrooms and white kitchens," pointing out
Lumber Piles Up
On Main Street'
The Intersection of Franklin av
enue and Wall street took on the
appearance of a small lumber
yard this morning when a Miller
Lumber company truck prema
turely disgorged its cargo of stud
ding and rafter material almost
in the center of the street corner.
The truck had been proceeding
north on Wall street, and had
started to turn west on Franklin
avenue when the freak accident
occurred. No one was Injured.
Company officials said that the
lumber was piled on rollers on
the truck, and that the load "just
slipped off" because the retaining
pin had not been put in place.
credits, worth five points each,
will be awarded for the following
honors and decorations by army
personnel for services performed
since Sept. 16, 1940:
' Army SC, legion of merit, sil
ver star, DFC, soldier's medal,
bronze star medal, air medal, pur
ple heart and bronze service star.
Navy Navy cross, DSM, legion
of merit, silver sfar medal, DFC,
navy and marine corps medal,
bronze star medal, air medal and
purple heart medal.
Foreign Awards and decora
tions of foreign countries accept
ed and worn under war depart
ment regulations.
The army announced earlier
that any holder of the medal of
honor was eligible for immediate
release.
The mention of navy decora-
tlons does not mean that navy
personnel are included in the
plan. They are not. It refers only
to navy ana marine t-ui pa utn wi x -
nuns mm may iiuvt; utrvn obi vi
ed to armv men
Five points are given for the
first and each additional award
of the honors mentioned above
I as represented by oak leaf cius-
Iters.
I Commissioned o f f i ce rs will
. Un.m . .4 4 I anmrtno rallnn
I enM-oa n.liu (ho aama nnint tnlties
.. ..ll. trilnlHilltu nt nf.
guile
to rage Centers
Unconditional Surrender Pact
Reims, France, as Col. Gen. Gustav
.
that a country's beliefs are
more important than its way
of life.
"In 1919," he said, "thirty
six state legislatures were in
session. Thirty-four passed resolu
tions favoring some sort of in
ternational organization to en
force peace. Thirty-three govern
ors issued proclamations to the
same effect. The national cham
ber of commerce voted that the
United States take the initiative
In setting up such an organiza
tion, voting 21 in favor of eco
nomic sanctions. Women's or
ganizations, educators, churches,
and 90 per cent of the county's
newspapers were in luvor ot tne
proposal. Yet, by a margin of two
votes, the senate turned down the
Versailles treaty and the cove
nant of the League of Nations."
Placing part of the responsibil
ity for world war It on this at
tiude, Dr. Strand remarked, "I
think It might have helped if the
strongest democracy In the world
had joined in an organization
with other nations."
Tracing Japan's occupation of
Manchuko In 1931, Dr. Strand de
plored the Indifference with which
(Continued on Page 5)
Oldsters Confer
On Jap Situation
(Hy Unib-d Pro)
The elder statesmen of Japan
conferred with Premier Admiral
Baron Kantaro Suzuki and For-
.in Minkinr Shi,nnnri Tn pniOay irom JVQenn Mate college.
Thxi-ulfiv nftnrnnon TnlfVn Tallin
reported in a broadcast recornea
by United Press, San Francisco,
Premier Suzuki presented a for
mal report "on the European situ-
ntinn" Aftnrwarfl. a "Ipncthv and
frank exchange of views took
place," the Japanese radio said.
The conference at the premier's
resilience occurred onlv a few
: h;... ra after the mluhtlost armada
of gg'g ever assembled struck
. a heavy blow at Japanese indus-
1 (ry
ROADS IMPROVED
With higher country made ac-1
cessible by the recent warm
j weather, work is commencing on
(county and forest service roads
which have been made almost lm-
ngsuhla Kv winter BlnrmB
1 The rnnntv rnarl erew 1r elnrler.
Incr nrl nrfaelnr Vnnrlevert ronr)
Huge Fires
Signed
Jodl. German chief of staff under
F. E. Morgan; Gen. Francois Sevcz
forces, and an unidentified aide
Elsenhower; unidentified officer
Spaatz. CG USSTAF. NEA-Tele.
Marauding Boys
Cause Police Ire
Marauding boys who In the past
two days attacked other youngs
iuio aim L-auaeu i-uiuuuerauieiRuicirje Dianes sanK an aiuea Dat-,
property damage, today caused
Mayor A. T. Niebergall to state
that "something must be done,"
and announced that he would have
an emergency meeting with City
Commissioners Loyde S. Blakley
and Melvin Munkers. He indi
cated that further demand would
be made on the county to employe
a full-time juvenile officer, as
was discussed at the last meeting
of the city commission.
City officers ordered two boys
to their homes after they had
found them loitering on Bond
street after midnight last night.
They also rounded up four others
and reprimanded them after Mrs.
Anne Forbes reported that boys
had torn down her realty sign in
front of her property at 3b Ore
gon avenue. Mm. Forbes also re
ported that in wrecking the sign,
the young vandals also tore away
several limbs from an apple tree.
may assihi rarcnts
The Bulletin today was in re
ceipt of a complaint from one
woman that two boys had thrown
wild duck eggs at her, striking
he- dress, as she walked through
Drake park. Residents on the
west side also reported that ad
ditional lights had been broken in
the park.
Police were studying city and
state statutes to determine what
action can be taken against per
ents who allow their children to
roam the streets late at night,
and hinted that arrests of adults
would follow If laws making them
liable are found.
Women Platoons
To Aid Farmers
Corvallls, Ore., May 10 lii
Thirty-woman platoons will be
organized Into farm-work units
to solve labor shortage in Ore-
sons man-scarce farm centers.
farm labor officials announced lo-1
The platoons Will be similar tO
i"iuunn ui int.- par, i iwunnai tne roau.s are in iainy gooa
J' win tn navL- iiurvi-siuu
throughout the state, but loaders
Of the Women's groups Will re-
crult their members, and the
men will leave for work later, to
Kive housewives opportunity to
I 'lnlsh their own early morning
; work.
Nippon Garrison
Underestimated
Tenth Army HQ, Okinawa,
May 10 iip Lt. Gen. Simon Boll-
! var Buckner commander of the
Tenth army, said today that as
' the Okinawa campaign wears on
lt becomes obvious that we un
derestimated the size of the Japa
nese garrison.".
It is now believed that nearly
85,000 Japanese troops were sta
tioned on Okinawa when Ameri
can soldiers and marines landed,
Gen. Buckner said.
NO. 133
400 Bombers
Hit
In Mighty Raid
Smoke Billows Skyward '
1 8,000 Feet After Ships
Release Great Tonnage
Guam. May 10 tlB-i-The might
iest force of Superfortresses ever
sent aloft today battled through
heavy flak from tne last rem
nants of the Japanese fleet to
Ignite devastating fires In the
enemy's largest fuel storage and
synthetic oil production centers.
Returning crewmen of the more
than 400 B-29's which attacked the
home Islands of Honshu and Shi-
koku said that clouds of black
smoke billowed skyward to 18,000
feet from oil fires at key factories.
They described as "ineffective"
the curtain of antiaircraft fire
from guns of warships huddled in
Japan's inland sea.
iteiinery is Target
Snecific targets included the
Otake oil refinery, the Tokyyama
naval fuel station and the Toky
yama synthetic fuel factory on
Honshu. Part ot the huge aerial'
task force also struck the Oshlma
oil storage area, Japan's largest
known fuel storage area west of
Kryshu.
(A Japanese Domel dispatch re
corded by the FCC said 80 B-29s
bombed Skiktku at 5 a. m., 40
raided southern Kyushu for an,
hour at 6 a. m. and 160 struck'
1 (Another . Dome! dispatch f re-
- 1 rim4bri hv tho vrn
tleship and set two aircraft car-.
riers afire off UKinawa yesier-'
day.) . ;
More Blows Duo
The raids came only a few
hours after Lt. Gen. Barney Giles,
commander of army air forces in
the Pacific, said American bomb-'
era soon would be raiding Japan
around the clock on a scale great
er even than the air assault that
crippled Germany.
Nearly 400 miles to the south
west. 10th army forces in south
ern Okinawa drove to within 1,500
yards of the west coast city of
Naha, capital of the island, the
Inland town of Shurl and the east
coast port of Yonabaru.
Marines on the west coast al
ready could see the ruins of Naha,
levelled by air and sea bombard
ment and apparently deserted.
Casualties Mount
A communique announced that
American casualties for the first
37 days of the Okinawa campaign
were 16,425, including 2,684 dead
one American for every 16 Japa
nese killed.
Today's record Superfortress
raid served notice to Japan that
she could expect a steadily in
creasing weight of bombs now
that Germany has been defeated.
Mountain Lakes
Open Saturday
Anglers look forward to the
opening of all lakes in the Des
chutes county, except five, on Sat
urday, and lt appears that Paul
ina and East lakes would get the
greater "play", as it was reported
that the roads into tnese usning
paradises would be open to travel.
Resort operators have cleared the
roads of snow, and the barricade
will be lowered at noon tomorrow,
it was reported at the offices of
the Deschutes national forest.
Ranger Henry Tonseth reported
condition, but mud is likely to De
) encountered in some places.
Snnrtmn nlannlnir tn anplp In
Homeland
wo-lpith(,r Eik or Three Creeks lakes
will have to walk over eight miles
of snow at either place, it was
reported. Automobiles can pene
trate only short distances above
Deschutes bridge, and going was
reported "tough" beyond the Tay
lor burn, Waldo or Little Cuttus
lakes.
Lakes which will not be opened
to fishing on Saturday are North
and South Twin, Diamond and
Davis lakes, which will be opened
to angling on May 30. Todd lake
will not be opened until July 1.
STORM WARNINGS UP
Portland, Ore., May 10 tun
Small craft warnings were hoisted
at 8 a.m. today from Port Town
send, Wash., to Coos Bay, Ore.,
for strong winds the next 24
hours. . .