THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND. OREGON. TUESDAY. MAY 15, 1945
PAGE THREE
Eugene
' Big Knife Found
By John W. Dunlap
(United Preu Staff Correapoiulent) i
Eugene, Ore., May 15 HP) Van
dalism in a Jewish synagogue
including swastikas on the mili
tary honor roll and desecration
of the American flag was re
ported today by Chief of Policd
L. L. Pittenger of Eugene.
The Beth Israel temple on the
University of Oregon campus was
entered during last weekend but
' Hhe mutilation was not discovered
-until late last night, Pittenger
saia.
Large figures of the swastika
were cut in the wall paper and
marked with crayon in four
rooms, the chief reported.
A swastika was scratched with
a sharp object on the honor roll
containing the names of 14 church
V'men and women in military serv
ice. Flag Overturned
An American flag standard was
overturned in one room and the
eagle on the staff broken.
The velvet altar covering was
torn in half.
"This entrance apparently was
made by a person or persons for
the purpose of desecration of this
church and follows a pattern of
religious persecution of the worst
kind," Pittenger said. .
Police recovered a carving knife,
about 10 inches long, in the church
:.'and said it would be checked for
'fingerprints and identification.
They believed it was the sharp
instrument used in defacing the
walls.
, The Eugene city council, noti
fied by the police chief of the
vandalism, immediately passed a
resolution strongly condemning
the church mutilation.
' Reward Offered
City manager Dean Seeger was
instructed by the council to offer
a $100 reward for the arrest and
. conviction of the vandals, and to
enlist the assistance of the state
police.
Those in military service listed
on the defaced honor roll came
from the 24 families in the church,
representing about 100 people
The last church service was held
Friday evening.
A bolt on a side
door had been forced to gain en-
ranee through the two-story build-'of this liquidation process actu
ing, a former residence converted ally die "
- to church purposes. It is located I Barkley said that at Buchen-
oniy two diocks ironrtne Eugene
business district.
The church is the only Jewish
temple in Lane county and does
not have a resident Rabbi. Church
services are not held - regularly
and no one entered the building
until last night. Jack Nudelman
discovered the defacing and noti
fied the police department.
Chief Pittenger said the height
of the marks on the wall indicated
they were made by a person of
mature stature.
During one season, an active
bee colony, gathering about
65 pounds of pollen, wfjl have
visited and provided free polina
tion for roughly a half-billion
flowers.
Good Evening:
I would like to introduce Mr. George
Tyler, our new parts manager, who
takes Les Bridges' place. Les is now log
ging on his own.
George is an ex-service man having
recently gotten his discharge from the
, navy. He is a local boy and we are cer
tainly glad to welcome him into our
organization. Those parts bins are still a
little strange to him after the navy, so
be a little patient.
If we get many more navy vets we
are either going to have to have a sail
rigging or put in a propeller assembly to
make the place seem familiar to them.
Incidently, Jess (or Danny) Thomp
. son says he wants to see if it will pay
to keep open evenings, so he will be
open (service station only) Monday,
Wednesday and Friday until 10 p. m.
Maybe he is checking up on the "owls."
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Halbrook Motors
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Atrocities
(Continued from Page One)
R., O., James W. Mott. R.. Ore..
and Dewey Shorty R.. Mo.
Report Read
Barkley. who read his report
to the senate, charged that the
camps constituted ' a "calculated
and diabolical program of planned
torture and extermination on the
part of those who were in con
trol of the German government."
He said the committee saw
with its own eyes:
1. "The barracks, the work
places, the physical facilities for
torture, degradation and execu
tion." 2. "The victims, both dead and
alive, of the atrocities practiced
at these camps."
3. "The progress of liquidation
by starvation which was still go
ing on." ,
4. "We saw the indescribable
filth fltlrf smollori tha ngiiDaallniT
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waW, "the first camp visited, the
committee saw tne "little camp,"
in which prisoners slept on triple-
decked shelves. Each shelf was
about 12 feet square with 16 pris
oners to a shelf. The clearance
height between the shelves was
a little over two feet.
Camp Described
In the "little . camp," he said,
prisoners were given six weeks
before being graduated to the
"regular barracks."
During this time, he said, they
were "expected" to lose about 40
per cent in weight. Rations were
less than at the regular barracks
and the death rate was very high,
recently running about 50 per day.
"The regular barracks," he de
clared, had dormitory rooms ap
Phono 680
proximately 42 by 23 feet and
about 10 feet high in which, since
the war, 250 persons were made
to sleep with less than one blank
et per person and no heat.
"The "hospital" at Buchenwald,
Barkley said, was a place "where
moribund (dying) persons were
sent to die." No medicines were
available, hence there was no
treatment! Typhus and tubercu
losis were rampant and death
rates, ran from 5 to 20 persons
a aay.
The "medical experiment build
ing" at Buchenwald was used by
scientists from Berlin who came
down to inoculate "guinea pigs"
with deadly diseases. Prisoners
were induced to "volunteer" for
this by being promised better liv
ing quarters and more food..
Capacity Given
The crematory at Buchenwald,
Barkley said, had a maximum ca
pacity of about 400 bodies per 10-
nour day. It was enclosed by
high board fence and manned by
ss guards.
Roll call at Buchenwald was
held every evening and a truck
collected the bodies of all who had
died during the way as well as
live prisoners who were to be ex
ecuated for political reasons.
The dead were taken directly to
the crematorium. The living were
lorcea down a Id-foot shaft, stran
gled and hung on hooks by SS
men and then fed to the ovens.
There were two batteries of
three brick ovens each. Total ca
pacity was 18 bodies. It took 15 to
20 minutes to dispose of an oven
ful. Lack of fuel in March prior to
the arrival of the Americans in
terrupted the cremations, Bark
ley said. He said the committee
saw a truckload of 60 bodies, with
about 25 additional bodies near it,
standing near the crematorium.
' The first air express shipment
in the United Slates was a pack
age containing five bolts of silk,
valued at $1,000, which was car
ried on the knees of the pilot and
the single passenger in an open
cockpit plane while traveling from
Dayton to Columbus, O., in 1900,
according to the air division of the
Railway Express Agency.
Nearly half the domestic ducks
raised In the United States are
hatched and grown in New York
state.
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Vidkun Quisling
Gets Menial Task
By Charlos -Arnot
- (Unltrd Prais Staff Cormpondt-nt) .
Oslo, Norway, May 15 ui Vid
kun Quisling, the world's most
famous traitor, is cleaning the
toilets of Oslo's biggest -prison,
the United Press learned exclu
sively today.
My informant, one of the only
six men who have seen the arch
traitor since he surrendered six
days ago, said Quisling has been
given the most menial tasks at
the prison at Mollergaten 19. '
Nevertheless (Quisling. 58 and
fat, insists he is still the legal
head of the Norwegian govern
ment. He complains constantly
about his prison treatment.
Two tough guards with tommy
guns stand over the puppet pre
mier while he goes to work with
a brush and bucket of water. ,
Case Kept Secret,
Quisling's case is being treated
with the greatest secrecy because
many of his estimated 40,000 fol
lowers still are at large. Norwe
gians rarely mention his name,
but their hatred for him and the
12 cabinet members imprisoned
with him is not hard to detect.
Since the liberation of Norway,
1,600 Quislings have been arrested
in Oslo.. The 400 cells of the big
limestone prison at Mollergaten
19 are filled with them.
Norwegian authorities origin
ally planned to take Quisling be
fore a state investigation court
for a preliminary hearing yester
day but there was a last-minute
postponement. The hearing re
portedly will be held sometime
within the next two weeks, and
later the high court will try
Quisling formally asa traitor.
Heber J. Grant,
LDS Head, Dead
Salt Lake City, May 15 U1
Heber Jedediah Grant, first na
tive of Utah to become president
of the Latter Day Saints (Mor
mon) church, died last night. He
was 88 years old.
Although he had long been In
poor health, few of Grant's fol
lowers were aware of the serious
ness of his illness until a few
hours before his death when it
was announced he had suffered, a
relapse.
Grant's wife,' eight daughters
and their husbands and two
church concillors, J. Reuben
Clark, former U. S. ambassador
to Mexico, and David O. McKay,
were at his bedside.
Served Lang Period
Grant assumed the presidency
Nov. 23, 1918, and in the follow
ing 26 years guided the church
through the most crucial period
of its development In this nation
and abroad.
A pacifist, he died In the midst
of the strife he hated and at a
period when his church was com
batting nationwide prejudice in
connection with the practice of
polygamy.
Five Day Forecast
Five-day forecast ending Satur
day night:
Oregon and Washington west
of Cascades: Clearing Wednes
day, light rain Thursday and Fri
day, clearing Saturday. Rising
temperatures except on coast
Wednesday and Thursday. Cooler
Friday. '
Idaho, Oregon and Washington
east of Cascades; little or no rain.
a few showers latter part of week.
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. Marine 2nd Lt. George E. Cham
bers, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
George E. Chambers, Bend, re
cently received his commission
after completing officers training
at Quantico, Va. A former OSC
student, and member of Theta XI
and Thanes there, he entered' the
Marine corps In June', 19-13. He is
awaiting assignment.
.Warmer Wednesday and Thurs
day. Redmond Grange
Plans for Choir
S.W. Redmond, May 15 (Spec
ial) Redmond grange discussed
organizing a choir at the May 11
meeting. Three officers were
elected to fill vacancies Henry
Truax as assistant steward, Mar-.j
garet Truax, lady assistant, and
Bruce Johnson, gatekeeper. A
social evening is planned for Sat.,
May 26, when a dance and basket
social will be held for grange
members and friends. A relief
committee, Including Mrs. James
Lamb and B. L. Fleck, was an
nounced to 'assist Mrs. Frank
Armstrong, chaplain.
A program consisting of read
ings by Mrs. B. L. Fleck and Mrs.
Vern Lentz, and dancing of the
Virginia reel by those in atten
dance was supervised by the past
masters of the grange.
August Anderson was elected
first master after the organiza
tion of Redmond subordinate in
1933, followed in order by A. B.
Davenport, Howard Mayfield,
James Underwood, Owen Brown,
Mrs. J. J. Brown, Mildred Wallen
burg, Vern Lantz,. Floyd Holt, B.
L. Fleck,- and Frank Armstrong.
Refreshments were served by
the committee in charge.
The CONSTELLATION flies first on J
In Rhine Action
With the 89th Inantry Division
in Germany, May 15--It took the
third platoon of Co. E, 354th in
fantry regiment, an hour and 20
minutes of living
the Rhine river
hell to make
crossing, but
the platoon succeeded and wrote
another chapter In the 89th In
fantry division's heroic crossing
of the most famous river In Ger
many. With the river lighted by hous
es burning on the shore In St.
Goar, Lieutenant Elmer Johnson
of Bend, Ore., and his men pad
dled out Into a hall of fire from
20 mm machine guns. Half way
across the Germans zeroed In on
their boat with casualties result
ing. Paddles were shattered by the
bullets. The riddled craft started
going In circles and sinking. All
of the men excent Lt. Johnson and
three others jumped into the wa
ter and tried to pull the boat as
they swarft. Lt. Johnson took out
his shovel but it was never de
signed for use as a paddle. Fi
nally they ran into an cveiturned
boat near the shore and waded
Into enemy territory as the Ger
mans continued shooting at their
ooat.
They had been In the water one
hour and 20 minutes. They
crawled along the rivers edge in
water tor protoectlon. A hundred
yards upstream they met a boat
from another company, joined
forces, stormed a hill and took
a 20 mm gun position, capturing
six prisoners.
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Representative of the Bend and
Klamath FalU phnmhora of com.
Kiamain fans cnamoeis oi com-
merce today were in Portland
meeting with the state highway
commission in furtherance of a Klamath Falls group were Mac
campaign to have the proposed Epley, past president of the Klam
interstate highway system pass ath County chamber ot com- -
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'proposal is being hotly contested
Dy a delegation lavorlng the Pu-:
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river country, and arguments on
both sides are to be presented to
day before the commission.
William Nlskanen, former presl-
dent ot the Bend chamber ot corn-
merte, uci-uiupuiiif.-u iiie hihihbui
Fa8 H tQ Porllandi ond wIll
mai,B Wnr.i.ntntlnn for iho Rpml
chamber, it was stated. In the
merce: Tom Waters, chairman of
the chamber highway committee;
A. D. Collier, a member of that
committee, and Charles Stark,
' chamber secretary.
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