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Volume Llll
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 1 1. 1945
NO. M34 '
TlFW
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Japan s Inland
Filled With fv
Armadas
'. u.
Purpose of Move. Is fo Paralyie All Nippons' ...
; 5n.pborne Commerce; Explosives Are Released
From Great Heights, Attached to Big 'Chutes
Guam, May 11 JUKI Japan's inland sea and major har
IS p0'luQted with Pl0Blvea and mines dropped by
an rmada of .Superfortresses during the last six weeks in
cff ZKTWf? b0lt,e UP the and mer
chant fleets, the 21st bomber command disclosed today.
;"M thffi?2a? atuj' Curtis LeMay'8 headquarters
'L '?f the m,n,"is t assist in destruction of
Japanese productive power, both military and civilian, by
paralysing the enemy's shipborne commerce. It has been
Delay Faced in ;
Quisling Trial
Oslo, May 11 OR The treason
trial of Vldkun Quisling, deposed
nazi puppet ruler or Norway, was
; postponed today because of a
death In the presiding judge's
family.
If convicted of treason, the pup
pet ' leader will face a possible
death sentence for his years-long
collaboration with the nazis in
Norway. '.'.
Meanwhile, there were .strong
, indications that Josef Terboven,
nazi governor or Norway, had es
caped allied justice by blowing
nimseii to bus.
Some mystery still shrouded
the death of Terboven, but the
likeliest explanation was that he
had dynamited himself to death
in his secret underground fortress
at Skaugum, near Oslo. The cel
lar hideout where he Was believed
to have died was beneath his offi
cial residence, a castle which the
Germans seized from the Nor
wegian crown prince.
Room Blown Up '
-"Every room in Terboven's elab
t orate underground fortress show-
ed signs of a violent "eKfrtosiortfl
ine room wnere tne mast actually
took place was a mess of cracked
concrete and blasted steel. Char
red rubble was three feet deep
on the floor. It was impossible to
tell at once whether Terboven's
body was buried beneath the de
bris, but the servant who conduct
ed a United Press reporter there
called it the room "where Ter
boven blew himself to pieces."
V-E Day Service
Set for Sunday
"The Way to a New World" will
be set forth In a service of wor
ship, praise and thanksgiving on
Sunday ' afternoon, at 2:30 p.m.,
at the First Methodist church.
This service is sponsored by the
Bend Ministerial association and
is the official observance of V-Day
. in compliance with the Procla
mation of President Harry S.
Truman.
Those taking part In the pro
gram are the following: Rev. W.
I. Palmer, First Christian church,
invocation, Rev. Robert Mcllven
na, First Methodist church, scrip
ture reading; Rev. William L.
Schwab, Christian and Missionary
Alliance church, litany of interces
sion; Rev. George R. V. Bolster,
Trinity Episcopal church, litany of
dedication, and Rev., Kenneth A.
Tobias, pastor of the First Baptist
church, sermon, with Rev. Mc
Ilvenna, the Benediction.
"The President of the United
States in his proclamation uqged
the people not only to praise God
for the victory won but also for
His guidance in the preparing of
a peace," ministers announce, ad
ding: "he has asked all to share
in intercession to this end."
Britain, United States Oppose
Further Invitations fo Parley
San Francisco, May 11 (IPi The ; Danes. He wrote a personal let-
tlnitPrt States and Britain will op-1 ter t0 Secretary of State Edward
United States ana Britain win op-,R stettlnUSi jr., suggesting that
pose further invitations to the,Denmark exteniied. an invita-
United Nations conference to pre-! tion to San Francisco. That per-
vent revival of the Russian de-! sonal suggestion apparently was
mands for admission of the War- shelved. .,.,.
saw Polish government, It was- Now, it was learned, the Nor-
learned today. i wegian delegation plans to pre-
' The issue of other invitations is sent to Stettinlus as co-chairman
expected to be raised formally of the conference an official re-
again and soon. The Norwegian quest for a Danish invitation, one
delegation may ask unless pre- that would have to be acted upon
vailed upon not to do so that its by the executive and steering
Scandinavian neighbor liberated committees.
Denmark be made the 50th par- Now that the British and Amer-
ticipating nation here. leans appear to have successfully
Argentina became the 49th removed the Polish issue from
after a bare-knuckle row with this conference, they will move
Russia in a public plenary ses-: heaven and earth to keep it from
sjon- j marring the final days of the ses-
Norwegian foreign minister sion here.
Trvgve Lie already has taken i
preliminary steps in behalf of the I
Seas, Harbors
lines DroDbed Bv
of U. S. Superforts
all Japanese transportation is
waieroorne.
Superforts based on Tinian
have carried out nearly a doz
en night mining missions since
the plan was inaugurated Mar. 27
in time to support the invasion
of Okinawa.
Task Started Early
' (Gen. Henry H. Arnold, com
mander of the army air forces,
announced in Washington that
the 20th bomber command, based
in India, also has participated In
mining operations for a total of
19 by the two commands, which
form the 20th air force. Arnold
said the operations began 11
months ago and that the India
based Superforts scattered mines
at the entrance to Singapore har
bor In" January.)
' The inland sea and its approach
es, especially the narrow Shimon
eseki straits between Kyushu and
the western tip of Honshu and all
the major ports of Japan, have
been mining targets,
LeMay's announcement said the
operations will continue "indefi
nitely" because "mining must be
maintained in order to be success
ful." It was pointed out that
mined areas remain effective only
as long as it takes the Japanese
to clear tne .channels.. '
Filled With Mines
"The inland sea is polluted
witn mines ana roKyo and Na
goya harbors are filled with mis
siles," the announcement said.
"The bomber command must be
constantly alert to .keep them so.
Constant aerial reconnaissance
keeps the staff informed as to the
status of the blockade and tells
when it is time to. go back with
another load."
The mines are parachuted into
the home waters while the big
planes are making runs under
10,000 feet. Each bomber can car
ry approximately 10 tons of mines
which are planted by synchroniza
tion with precision instruments..
Navigators on the Superforts
act as bombardiers. Parachutes
six to nine feet in diameter are
used to ease the mines into the
water, to prevent injury to their
delicate firing mechanisms.
Four Year Old Boy
Dies Under Truck
Spokane, Wash., May 11 tin
Four-year-old Richard Allen Irwin
was klllea instantly nere toaay
when he rode his tricycle under
neath the wheels of a heavy
asphalt truck.
Police said the boy coasted
down a street incline directly in
the path of the truck and was run
over by tne rear wneeis.
The boy's parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Charles R. Irwin of Spokane.
TAX DEADLINE NEARS
May 15 is the deadline for pay
ine the third quarter of property
taxes, members of the tax collec
tion department of the' sheriff's
office pointed out today. The
staff anticipates a rush tomorrow
and Monday and Tuesday of next
week, as a penalty payment will
be added to delinquent taxes.
'I ney Deneve mat an inviiaiion
to Denmark may do just that.
Lights Go
Ann
Floodlights play on the Capitol dome, Washington, as the lights wera
turned on for the first time since Pearl Harbor.
Jap Drive to Capture Airbase
Crushed By Chinese Soldiers .
20,000 Nippons Reported Killed in Opening
Days of Offensive; Chennault's Fliers Help
Chungking, May 11 (HE)
crushed a Japanese attempt to
at (Jhihkiang have reached a
mam enemy base on the Hunan front, a communique an
nounced today. '
U. S. 14th air force bombers blasted Paoching with 100
tons of bombs Wednesday, leaving the city "burned out," an
air force headquarters announcement said. Demolition and
fire bombs were concentrated on .the Jap-occupied portion of
the city. '
While heavy casualties were being inflicted' on the retreat-
" ing Japanese, a Chinese state
Body of Dentist
Located in Park
Salem, Ore., May 11 (IP) The
body of Dr. Franklin F. Pound,
56, a Salem dentist who had been
missing from his home since
Wednesday morning, was found
late Thursday by state police in
a Salem park.
His car, for which the police
had been searching, was nearby
and led to the discovery of the
body.
No signs of violence were on
the body, police said, and an au
topsy was held in an attempt to
determine the cause of death. No
crime was suspected, police said,
Mrs. Pound had notified the po
nce oi nis aosence after he failed
to return home Wednesday.
With 41st Division
Pound had recently been placed
on the inactive army list with the
rank of lieutenant colonel. He had
served with the famous 41st divi
sion in this war, and had resumed
a limited practice here recently.
He had been active in legion ac
tivities, parent-teacher work and
lodge groups.
Besides Mrs. Pound, the dentist
leaves a daughter, Jean Helen
Stacy of Astoria; a son, Robert
Allen Pound, now with the army
in the Philippines; and four sis
ters.
Funeral arrangements are
pending. -
Help, Boxes Need
To Pack Clothing
Boxes and help.
These are the requirements of
the Bend Lions and Elks if they
are to sort and pack salvage cloth-
ing in time for the scheduled I
shipping tomorrow, according to -charge. However, these men
Clarence Bush Lions club chair- should be retained in the Euro
man of the recent old clothing pean theater for the army of occu
drive. If more assistance is given. I pation. as they should not be re-
especially by men, and boxes are I
available, the work of preparing
the garments for shipping can be
completed tonight, according to
Bush.
Bush made an especial plea to
business firms for cartons In
which to pack the clothing, and
urged their employes to take all
available boxes to the depot In
the basement of Lydick's at Ore
gon avenue and Wall street.
Assisting In sorting and pack-'
Assistants named
me sr inn nrnni ia ntrrht urom
. .
Hattle Tunnell. Bettv 0,rtr I
Flora Kirkpatrick, Winona Egg '
Juanita Piggott, Mrs. Clara Ear i
and Ada Summers, all women of I
iiiiiivciiiaii iui cms.
atZI7wPuwrh,iwhlch wlU arlse from production
lush KtXSn rJZtJ f ,r8.t,'Cuthraek' ru'on of the work
- i week and io ot overtime and in-J
urgency of persons donating more.
On Again
6
(NBA Teltphotot
Victorious Chinese troops who
capture the American air base
point 30 miles west of Paoching,
ment that 30,000 enemy
troops had been killed during
the past ten days on the Hu
nan and Honan fronts was ad
mitted by a ChinesB-jniliiary
spokesman to be "miscalcu
lated." . '
The statement based on com
muniques, had said 20,000 Japa
nese were killed on the Hunan
front, which with the usual ratio
of wounded would have accounted
for more Japanese than are
known to be involved in the fight
ing. Jans Hard Hit
Eight hundred casualties were
inflicted on the retreating Japa
nese In western Hunan province
yesterday, the communique said.
Chinese troops recaptured Shan
meng, Hengpanschiao and Lung
tanpu, the latter 30 miles west of
Paoching.
Other Chinese forces advanced
21 miles to remove the threat of
Japanese forces to Chlhkiang
irom the south, capturing Wu
yang and Sinning.
Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault
head of the 14th air force, said
the Japanese attempt to take
Chihkiang had been stopped and
turned Into a Chinese offensive,
for the first time in a year of en
emy drives against U. S. oases,
African Veterans
Given Guarantee
Paris, May 11 tP Supreme
headquarters tonight issued a let
ter from Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower to all senior commanders
containing a guarantee that vet
erans who fought in both North
Africa and Europe would not be
sent to the Pacific.
"We must be sure that no com
bat soldier is sent to the Pacific
who has fought both In North Af
rica and Europe." Eisenhower
said
"It mav be that some snlriipra in
this category will not have suffi-
cient noints to be elleihle for dia.
quired to fight another cam-
paign.
High Wage Level
Peacetime Goal
Washington, May 11 (IF) The
war labor board today assured
the nation's workers that it will
try to preserve the general level
of their wartime hourly wace
rate when they fri back to peace-
i mp inn.
. . . 1 "?l guarantee that their
I"". -home Pay wUI
wTr work "
un r v, ,, ,,,
fl etiirivincF tVA .nnA - li I
cemivc pay.
Targets on Japanese Home Islands
Hit by Superforts as U S. Fliers
Blast Aircraft Plants, Fuel Bases
3 Red Armies
Nazi Troopers
1 At Sea, Submarines
Surface, Surrender
sTo British Vessels
; London, May 11 UPi Five more
German U-boats from marauding
iwolf packs in the Atlantic sur
rendered at sea to British war
ships and headed for northern Ire
land ports today.
A Londonderry dispatch said
German submarines had surfaced
to surrender all the way from the
Azores area to a point off the
Canadian coast.
On land, the last diehard nazi
troops still fighting In Europe
reeled back through western
Czechoslovakia under assault by
tnree vengeiui rea armies.
The latest submarines to sur
render brought to at least 11 the
number to capitulate in the last
24 hours. Four were en route to
the American naval base In Lon
donderry and the fifth headed for
Belfast. AH flew the prescribed
black flag or surrender.
More Boats Due
' Part of Germany's fleet of E
boats motor torpedo boats was
expected to sail into Felixstowe
today and surrender to the British
navy. ,
The Russian hemmed Germans
still resisting in Czechoslovakia
into a 3,000-square-mlle pockM in
cttacka northeast, east and south.'
east of ;Prague. American Third
army forces held the western end
of the sack.
Fighting raged on more than GO
hours after the German high com'
mand ordered all German troops
to lay down their arms In line
with Germany's unconditional
surrender.
i Marshal Ferdinand Schoerner.
former commander of all German
forces on the eastern and finally
southeastern front, was command
ing two of the holdout groups and
a General Wehner, a third.
63,500 Surrender
The fury of the Russian attacks
threw some sectors of the last
German front In Europe Into dis
order and more than 63,500 enemy
troops surrendered yesterday.
The First, Second and Fourth
Ukrainian armies captured at
least 40 Czechoslovak towns and
villages in their speedy, converg
ing advances. Among them were
Relchenberg, capital of Sudeten
land, and the beer city of Budweis,
70 miles south of Prague.
The Third Ukrainian army link
ed up with British troops from
northern Italy at a point west of
Graz in Austria. More than 23,000
Germans surrendered in disorder
to the Third army.
New England Area
Gets Heavy Snow
Boston, May 11 (IP) The worst
May snowstorm in 25 years raged
In northern New England today
after taking two lives, causing
more than $1,000,000 crop and
property damage, and leaving
highways clogged with up to 15
inches of snow at some points.
Brunt of the storm was felt by
western Massachusetts, Vermont,
New Hampshire and Maine. Many
towns were In darkness during
the night as power lines fell.
Plows which had been put away
for the season were hauled out
to open snow-clogged highways.
Deepest snowfall was reported
On the route between Woodford
and Brattleboro, Vt., where plows
were hattlinp through 15 Inches
! of snow.
The weather bureau was unable
to contact several of its New Eng
land stations because communica
tion lines were down. Officials
said the lowest temperature thus
far reported was 29 degrees at
Augusta, Me., where six Inches of
Bnow foil.
Two highway deaths were at
tributed to the storm.
HITLER'S OFFICE STUDIED
Moscow, May 11 iui Two cor
respondents of the official Soviet
newspaper Izvestia reported from
Q..nH . ,i, a Ar.w LlltlnWu
I private offices In the Chancellory
Ion Wllheimstrasse showed signs
that their occupants made a hasty
departure.
Pound Diehard
mppom wm Be Hit pjjfo Skvf lee!
Nippons Will Be Hit By
2,000 Huge Air Forts
London, May 11 (U.E) Plans for hurling 2,000 Super
fortresses at Japan in an aerial campaign exceeding that
against Germany were envisaged today at a press confer
ence of Lt. Gen. James II. Doolittle and his deputy commander
of the Eighth air force.
Doolittle and Maj. Gen. Orvil Anderson revealed that part
of the famous Eighth air force would stay in Europe as an
occupation force. Part will be sent to the Pacific, where the
Flying Fortress will rate as a medium bomber alongside the
Superforts.
Doolittle said he expected a progressive increase of the
American air forces in the Pa- : : : :
cific. He added that "I do not
know the plans," and turned
to Anderson who said a force
of more than 2,000 Superforts
was envisaged.
Doolittle revealed that the
Eighth air force, at the maximum
strength lt reached, had 2,400
heavy bombers and 1,200 fighters
based on 60 airfields. An army of
about 200,000 men and women
served In the Eighth.
48,000 Men lAt
Other statistics he revealed
were:
In 995 days of raids, the Eighth
lost 43,742 bomber crewmen or
fighter pilots, killed or missing.
For the last 12 months one ton
of bombs was dropped every min
ute. The Eighth destroyed 15,439 en
emy planes. Most of those were
knocked down by bombers. In
the 995 days of attack, 701,300
tons of bombs of all types were
dropped by an average of 1,200
planes daily.
-Doolittle said he believed the
pattern of the Pacific war would
follow that In Europe, first the
weakening of the enemy by air
power, then tne occupation oy
land forces.
To Carry 10 Tons
, However, he added, "my feeling
Is that we will continue-to in
crease the size of tne air force
there up to the point where we
will be able to complete the Job
properly."
Anderson said that. bases on1
Okinawa would enable Super
forts to increase their bomb loads
by 1 tons so they could carry
ten tons. He pointed out that 75
per cent of Japan's war potential
would be within range ot fort
resses, Thunderbolts, and Mus
tang fighters flying from Okin
awa. Job Freeze Rule
To Be Modified
Washington, May 11 (in Mil
lions of workers who have long
been "frozen" In their Jobs will
soon be free to seek employment
whoer they choose under a sweep
ing relaxation of manpower con
trols announced today by the war
manpower commission.
All manpower regulations
such as Job freezes, the compul
sory 48-hour work week and man
power ceilings will be lifted by
July 1 In 116 communities where
the labor supply Is equal to or in
excess of demand. These areas
are known as groups III and IV
under WMC's labor market clas
sification system.
In these and other areas where
controls may also be lifted work
ers will not need after July 1 cer
tificates of availability from em
ployers or the WMC before
changing Jobs.
1
Ex-Nazi Commander in Norway Asserts Allies
Have Freed Reich From 'System of Gangsters'
By Jack Fleischer
(United PreM War Corrmpontfcnl)
Seventh Army Headquarters,
May 11 IUI Gen. Nikolaus Von
Falkenhorst, former German com
mander in Norway, surrendered
today with an assertion that the
Allies have liberated Germany
from "a system of gangsters."
"It's a national disgrace that we
were unable to liberate ourselves"
he told Maj. Gen. Harr J. Collins,
commander of the 42nd (Rain
bow) division.
Falkenhorst was picked up at
Traunstein, where he had fled
when the Russians approached his
home near Breslau. One of Ger
many's ablest strategists In com
bined land, sea and air operations,
he commanded all forces In Nor-i
way from the Invasion April 9,
1940 until the middle of last De
cember. He said he was relieved of his
command when Col. Gen. Lothar
Warns Nippons
Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle of
the Eighth air force today an
nntinppri thnf fleets of 2.(110 SunAr.
fortresses -will be hurled against
Japan, In an aerial 'campaign ex
ceeding that against Germany.
Co. I Soldiers
On Eligible List
Original members of Bend's
Co. I, a unit attached to the 41st
division In South Pacific warfare,
will be eligible for immediate dis
charge under war department reg
ulations announced in Washing
ton, It was learned here today.
Members of the Bend company,
composed of 121 men when it lort
for Fort Lewis on September 23,
1940, have at least 91 points or
six more than the required num-
ber. The 41st was the first com
bat division to go overseas, after
it was activated In September,
1940.
First elements of the division
left the United States for the
South Pacific on March 2. 1942,
landing in Australia In April of
that year.
In Seven Buttles .
The group participated In seven
major assaults In the South Pa
cific battle area and Is credited
with stopping the southward
sweep of the Japs toward Aus
tralia. Original members of the unit
have so many points that they
do not need decorations or de
pendent children to qualify for
discharges.
Few of the original members
of the Bend unit are still attached
to Co. I, but they will be eligible
for discharge regardless of whore
they are now serving.
Rendulic went to Norway from
Finland following the latter's capi
tulation. "Germany Is through now as a
world power and you need never
fear she will rise again and wage
another war," he said. "It would
take 100 years to repair this coun
try to the point where It was in
1940."
Germany never at any time
could have beaten the United
States, he said.
"The army knew it," he said,
i,,' - .
iuur cuumry can prouuee morej
In one day than Germany cam
in one month. Everyone should!
have known that when war was i
declared on America, Hitler had:
complete control of the army, for
ine army leaders never would
have done that."
He said the German General
staff knew from the beginning
that Germany could not win the
war.
Pounds Cities
On Main Isles ;
Tokyo Reports Carrier
Damaged By Impact of ;
Nippon Suicide Plane
Guam, May 11 IP A fleet of
more than 150 Superfortresses
hit the Japanese home Islands .
again today, dropping high ex--plosives
on a large naval aircraft
plant, airfields and two southern
Kyushu cities.
The task force of over 100 ot
the big bombers . attacked the
Kawanishl naval plane plant at
Fukae, on the inland sea coast
of Honshu between Osaka and
Kobe, In excellent weather. Fifty
Superforts hit the Mlyzakl air
field and targets at MiyaKonoio
and Nlttagahara on Kyushu.
On southern Okinawa, marines
ot the sixth division crossed the
Ann tiltinw not, ft vir I n at . a 1 1 1 t-a 1
barrier before Naha, and drove
on within 1,000 yards of the ruined ,
capital city.
Fires Still Burn
Fires still were burning nearby
in Japan's main fuel storage area
onrl Avnttiptlp nil nlnnta nlnntr the
inland sea from yesterday's rec
ord 400-plane superfortress raid.'
(A Japanese Domei dispatch re
ported by the FCC said a suicide
plane had heavily damaged a large
Allied aircraft carrier off Okln-"
(A.Japanese communique' said
Inawa had killed or wounded
about 1,260 American troops, des
troyed or set afire 134 tanks and
destroyed 39 guns between Aprll
29 and May 7. The communiques
also claimed that Japanese planes
and submarines had sunk eight
Allied warships and heavily dam
eged nine others off Okinawa
since May 6.)
Meet Under Attack
Japanese planes renewed their
attacks on the fleet off Okinawa
Wednesday night, a communique
revealed. Two auxiliary ships
were damaged, one of them by a
suicide plane that shattered into
hundreds of pieces on the vessel's
deck.
A second attack followed next
j morning, but caused no damage,
i Yontan airfield also was bombed
, Wednesday. Hits were scored on
one runway, but It was in opera-
tion again within two hours.
Marines and tanks crossed the
Asa river estuary above Naha .on
the west coast at low tide over a
pontoon bridge. Construction of
the bridge was delayed slightly
by two Japanese soldiers who
approached the span and blew
themselves up.
Some Gains Made
Limited gains also were made
elsewhere along the 10th, army
line stretching within 1,500 yards
of the inland town of Shiirl and
the cast coast port of Yonabaru.
Carrier and marine land-based
planes had a field day. They seal
ed caves with 500-pound bombs
and bombed and strafed groups
of up to 150 enemy troops moving
norm towara tne American lines.
Gunfire from ships offshore
also broke up a number of enemy
troop concentrations and des
troyed Pillboxes, tun emnliiep.
Intents and motor transports.
"Nazi party members were nut
In command positions In the army
and they knew nothing about war
fare," he said. "They fought the
most insane war In all history
and there never was a chance that
military operations would be suc
cessful under such mad leader
ship." Falkenhorst said he never had
anything to do with the civil and
political administration - of Nor
way. That was under reichscom
missar Josef Terboven, who was
Hitler s watchdog," he said:"
He was sent there to run Nor-
way and to watch me aa Hitler
knew I was not a party member
but a professional soldier," he
said.
"You've liberated us from a
system of gangsters that held us
completely In check all these
years," he said. "Now we can
think again and speak our minds
again." ,