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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND. OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 14, 1945
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He Makes a Solitude, and Calls It Peace Byron
TfiNrENTRATING ON JAPAN
Tn tho Tost: wppIt we have been literally deluded with ques
tions, all phrasings of one question how long will it take
to beat the japs? remaps we snouia Humii. mm we wn i
inmi hut ft. wnnlri hp finite unfair to drop it at that point.
As a 'matter of fact, we've gone a long way toward beating
them right now. We have done nearly everyining mai is
necessary to- insure beating them, to insure a peace dictated
in Tokyo. '...
In the years which followed Pearl Harbor American forces
have made tremendous inroads on jap mcrcnanc snipping,
hnvp nasspd the outer and the middle defenses of the home is
lands, have deprived the robbers of the Pacific of much of
their island loot, either by reconquest or by isolation, have
paralyzed a once mighty navy and have destroyed so many
thousand plane that the Jap air force has been forced to
suicide tactics aa the only possible way of getting through to
American targets. And one thing more fighting on another
; front on the opposite side of the globe, our forces have won
so conclusively; that all but occupation troops of Americans
and British are now available to join in turning more neat on
Japan. More shipping is available for the same reason and
more navy and air units. And Russia is in position to apply
pressure from Siberia. This would be gratifying, although it
is in no sense necessary.
All these things, however, do not end the war; they merely
make it possible to end the war by eventually overwhelming
the enemy. This is the method which we must count on. It is
possible, of course, for all things are possible, that Japan may
collapse, but it is just as well not to base any hopes on this.
For generations the Japanese have been indoctrinated against
yielding. Only a continued and rather complete bludgeoning
will knock the idea out ot them and, ot course, tnat is just
what they will get. -
Now it may be assumed that the Japs know all this as well
as we do. They also know and have known for months that the
only possible way in which they might hope to wangle terms
which would save something for them out of the wreckage
(including a degree of face), was to set up a strong nuisance
value. The Germans, it will be remembered, had the same
thought. It was long before they understood, and it may be
long before the Japs understand, that unconditional sur
render means unconditional surrender.
There will be little chance of establishing this nuisance
value, or of enhancing it, after allied European front forces
are brought into action on the Pacific. The Japs know this,
too. And so it is not illogical to suppose that the bitterest
fighting of the entire war (if there can be anything more
bitter than the Iwo defense) will be now. The stepped-up op
position on Okinawa is not out of line with this theory.
The same type of resistance may or may not continue after
the full resources of America and its allies are brought to bear
upon the enemy. But a resistance which will be by no means
negligible will continue without question. ,The Japs must
learn the hard way hard for .us butrlriuch, much harder for
them. :-, Z?T . - ..
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first at night on May 18th, when
it would pass the sun's disk. Mun
sey's assured us that there was
not one chance in a million that
any one of us would live to see
this happen again. Even Methuse.
lah, the Independent reminded us,
had never witnessed what , we
would witness.
We girls could hardly wait until
May.
(To Be Continued)
Mrs., America
Meets the War
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drtiimniB, it. tn timet ttc'
Bend Veteran of Bulge Baffle
Describes Crossing of Rhine
Pfc. Melville D. Soxton, veteran
of Europe's prim Battle of the
Bulge fought in the snows of last
December, agrees that Germany's
Rhine is a mighty broad river,
and, he has Indicated, the stream
that Hitler once considered an im
passable barrier looms even more
expansive than it really is when
it is illuminated by the flash of
guns. He was on the banks of the
Rhine on n dark night prelimin
ary to the crossing near Dusscl
dorf, serving with a rifle com
pany. Preliminary (o the crossing re
ports the young Bend soldier, son
of Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Sexton, ma
chine guns raked the opposite
banks for a period of several
hours. Suddenly, the machine gun
fire ended, and the earth shook
with the roar of massed artillery.
It was under the exploding projec
tiles of the big guns, stationed for
behind the riflemen, that the
broad Rhine was Illuminated.
But, so far us Melville Is con
cerned, the Rhine crossing was
Just an Incident in the sweep of
the Yanks Into Germany. His
most vivid memories of the bat
tle for Germany centered around
the Belgian bulge, with the earth
covered by deep snow. The Bend
soldier was attached to a unit that
went into position on the very
"nose" of the bulge the location
of the Germans' deepest penetra
tion. Heavy casualties were suf
fered by the troops stationed at
the apex of the nazis' westward
sweep.
Melville comes home without a
purple heart, and for that he is
thankful. In the fierce fighting,
bullets ripped through the sole of
his shoe, tore his shirt, 'damaged
the radio outfit he carried, and
otherwise made life uncomfort
able. When Melville started his long
trip home, just prior to the end of
the war in Europe, his outfit was
near Dortmund, In the Ruhr
basin. He served In several differ
ent armies, but was originally at
tached to the Ninth.
Melville is home on -t!) dnvs
temporary duty, at his home ad-1
dress in Bend. His time home is;
not even to count in his regular ;
furlough time. Unless orders are
changed, he is to rejoin his outfit
in Europe. 1
A piaduate rrom the Rend high
school with the class of WI2, Mel
ville entered the service on July
21, 1943. Before transferring to
the infantry, he was with the
army air corps.
Bend's Yesterdays
(From The Bulletin Files)
I'UTKEN YEARS AGO
(May 11, 111.I0)
Lynn P. Saliin, assistant mana
ger of the Portland chamber of
commerce, comes to Bond to ad
dress a dinner meeting ot the
Tourist Greeters.
Development of Irrigation in
the Deschutes hasin Is given No. 1
rating at a forum meeting or the
Rend Chamber of commerce In
the Pilot Butte Inn, when the gov
ernment Is asked to develop wa
ter storage facilities on the river.
Light rainfall for a week brings
cheer to Central Oregon farm
ers, and In Bend a total of .'.17 of
an inch of precipitation Is noted
for May.
Mrs. I Inns Slagsvnld will enter
tain the Aid society or the Luth
eran church tomorrow In the par
lors, it Is announced today.
Early In April we still owed the
bank $150. Our business had been
picking up with spring, but the
money bad gone out as last as it
had come in. The roof had to be
repaired. The tank had to have a
new lining. We had all stopped
talking about going home.
My father worked very hard
and even sent out monthly bills.
My mother's smile grew more and
more determined. Though they
were very polite and very kind to
each other, we sensed for the first
time in our lives a barrier be
tween them.
That barrier concerned Mr. Cut
ter. .Right after my mother had
found the oil stove empty, her at
titude toward him had changed
visibly. She became quite sharp.
"The spittoons, Mr. Cutter.
You've forgotten to clean them."
"These chairs look very dusty."
"The telephone! Didn't you
hear it?"
When there was pumping to be
done, she herself went to get him.
What was more, she stayed right
In the kitchen while, with each
hand wrapped in a handkerchief,
he swayed listlessly backward and
forward, hardly moving the han
dle. One day she noticed that the
inkwell had disappeared from the
desk In the office. At first she
thought that one of us girls had
taken it and neglected to put it
back.
We hadn't. We couldn't im
agine. We would look.
We searched everywhere.
"A thing like that hasn't just
dropped from sight," she said
when we made our report.
"The paperweight did, Mama,"
I reminded her.
She began to look, too. We fol
lowed her from place to place.
"Tlsn't there." . . . " 'Tisn't
there." At the end of 20 minutes
she was ready to give up.
"Never mind," she said shortly.
"There's a bottle of Ink up in the
parlor. Get that."
Arter that she gave up prodding
Mr. Cutler una herself took over
the work or the office, sweeping,
dusting, winding the clock. No
matter where she was when she
heard It, she came running to an
swer the" telephone. Once my
father found her emptyjng spit
toons. He looked miserable, but
he didn't say anything. He was
just as kind to Mr. Cutter. Just as
considerate.
Mr. Cutter's naps lengthened.
His yawns became more frequent.
Hl-Ho-Hum! Hi-Ho-Humm! Some
times, coming out of a clear sky,
they sounded fierce and fright
ening. Now that no one reminded
him, he never did a bit of pump
ing. We could feel the barrier be
tween nay father and my mother
rising higher and higher. -
Things were building up In the
kitchen, too. Mrs. Guptlll com
plained constantly about Ada.
"Some days that girl don't even
act likely," she declared. "She's
about as much good as a last
year's crow's nest." She fussed,
too, about the stove. Benjamin
hadn't been able to change it, for
he was away all day, hauling
gravel for the road crow. Once
in a while -she would claim that
she could catch the odor of kero
sene. My mother never acknowledged
this odor. All houses smelled of
kerosene, she said, and would
small of it, too, just as long as
there were lamps. But every now
and then we would catch her snif
fing. Two or three times we came
upon her in unexpected places.
"What are you doing, Mama?"
"Oh, just looking for some
thing." We might have been more curi
ous had not a really exciting event
lain in the offing.
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Since the beginning of the year
the newspapers had been printing
stories about a comet which
would appear in May.
As the time approached, the pa
pers began to remind us that
comets had often portended mo
mentous things. A comet had ap
peared after the death of Caesar.
One had sailed, languid and
heavy, through the skies before
the London Plague; another, swift
and furious, before the Great Fire.
This comet was Halley's, king of
them all. It had whirled through
the heavens before the birth of
Christ. It had hung suspended
over Rome, before the death of
Agrippa. It had flamed over the
Battle of Chalons, where Attila,
the Hun, bowed down before the
Roman Actius. It had lighted the
battlefield of Hastings. Now, on
its twenty-eighth appearance, it
would make a transit across the
very face of the sun.
The superstitious began to spec
ulate as to what we might have
In store. The country was at
peace. We had no princess to de
throne, no tyrants to vanquish.
Perhaps a great pestilence, some
one suggested. ("What ' kind
might it be?" they asked my fa
ther. "Weak-mindedness," he told
them tersely.) Peiiaps it was in
tended only as a warning, some
said. A warning against men who
were trying to fly in machines.
Or against women who were de-,
manding the right to vote. Some
thought it might bo a warning
against hobble skirts and bloom
ers. - The magazines, too, had a lot
of comet talk. The scientific ones
told us that Halley's cycle was
approximately 75 years. It would
be visible to the naked eye around
May 10th in the east, two hours
before sunrise. We could see ll
Here's some news about sugar
but ItVnot very sweet news.
Sugar stamp 36, which became
good May 1, will have to last until
the first of September. That is.
you ii nave to stretch the 5 pounds
for each member of your family
over 4 months instead of 3. Sugar
available for home canning has
also been reduced. Locai OPA
boards will issue a maximum of
15 pounds per person as com
pared to the 20 pounds originally
announced for home canning of
fruits and vegetables. World sug
ar production has been less than
estimates early this year antici
pated, while military and export
demands have rapidly increased
as a result of the liberation of Europe.
During May. all meats are ra
tioned, except mutton. - Point '
values were, restored April 29 to I
utility lamb and veal and- to less :
popular cuts which have been i
point free, so that increases on j
point values on the more desirable !
outs could be kept to a minimum, 1
and to be sure that every one gets '
his share of what meat is avail-!
able. Although the meat supply I
situation may look rather dark to j
Mrs. America at the moment,
there is a definite promise of bet-1
ter days In the near future, when j
the new meat control program ;
gets under way. Point value
changes from last month include i
increases of from one to two
points a pound for most cuts of
ail grades of lamb and veal, in
creases of a point a pound on
most beef steaks, and decreases of
from one to two points on beef
roasts and other beef cuts.
.
Count your red points carefullv.
Mrs. America! In addition to point
value increases on some meats,
you'll have to give up more of
your precious red points for mar-i
garine this month twelve points
instead of eight per nound. Jams '
and jellies which incidentally, i
are not rationed will help make
your butter and margarine go ,
farther. Cheddar and colbv-tvrje,
cheeses were boosted, too. They i
now require red points per
pound, an increase of two points ,
ovcl- last month's value. i
' !
There are only a few changes
in the point values of processed '
foods. Point values are lower on '
canned snap beans, tomato catsup,
chili sauce and apricots. Tomato
juice and vegetable juice combi
nations containing at least 70 per 1
cent tomato juice, in the 24-ounce '
size only, will require fewer blue
points. The only other change is
a higher point value on grape
juice, Increased 10 points to 30 for
the pint size and 20 points to 50
for the quart size.
A new shoe ration stamp will
become good on August 1 for
one pair of shoes per ration book
holder. Airplane stamps 1, 2 and 3,
in war ration book three, will con
tinue to be good indefinitely. We
don't know yet which stamp it
will be but that will be announc
ed before August 1. Meantime,
you can plan ahead for your fam
ily's shoe needs with this in mind.
Very heavy military demand, to
gether with an estimated decrease
in production this year and a very
marked decrease in retail inven
tories of shoes, were the reasons
for the postponement of the vali
dation of the new stamp until this
summer. Airplane stamp 3 be
came good qn last November 1, so
elapsed when the new stamp be
comes good'.
VI
Here's some price news that
might Interest Mr. America. On
May 1, the retail celling prices orj
synthetic rubber tires for passen
ger cars and motorcycles were
lowered. Reductions in ceiling
prices" range from 45 cents to
$2.20. The new retail ceiling price
on the most widely used size of
passenger car tire the 6.00x15
(4-ply) is $15.20, 85 cents less
than the ceiling price which has
been in effect for a year. It's in.
teresting to note, too, that this
new price is only 45 cents more
than the 1941 retail list price for
this same size first line tire made
of natural rubber. N
a period of 9 months will have, lawn.
CASH ON SPOT
Boston LP About to telephone
for an emergency supply of coal,
Mrs. Homer Ferron looked out a
front window and discover a coal
truck had overturned on her
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(May 14, I'.l'.mi
Optimistic Hon 11. Peoples dick
ers with the Bend Water, 'I.li'ht
Power company to park a 30 inch
trout in Ife to ship to eastern
friends, and when asked by I.. T.
Dawson where the fish Is, Peoples
replies: "I'll have him for you
Monday."
Many parents ami friends at
tend an exhibit in Hie gymnasium
of the Y.M.C.A. where the school
children display then- work fur lit
the year in the physical education iV
class.
Waller Combs goes to Portland
on a business trip.
William Black and Elizabeth
Kentner obtain a marriage II-
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