The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963, May 17, 1945, Page 1, Image 1

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    L'nlv of Or WT .
E BEND BULLE
Save Ypur Fats
Our boys get sulfa drugs and
ammunition when you save used
kitchen fats. ' . '
Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy western portion,
spattered showers and partly
eloudy eastern portion with scat
tered afternoon showers today,
tonight and Friday.
CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
TO
TO
Volume LIU
Patrols Probe
Into Rubbish
ities
Final Battle for U. S.
Control of Okinawa
Believed to Be Near
Guam, May 17 U1 American
doughboys and marines, massed
along the Naha-Yonabaru line on
Okinawa, sent patrols in both kej
towns today preparatory to what
may be the final lunge for con
trol of the big island.
The Japanese were resisting
furiously from well-established de
fense positions.
The army's 382nd regiment was
within 200 yards of Shurt in the
center of the line, which appeared
to be the chief obstacle to a swing
down the island on both the west
ern and eastern flanks. .
Tanks pushed out 800 yards to
ward Yonabaru and 6th' marine
division patrols probed- the body
and debris-strewn streets of the
capital citj of Naha. Ahead of the
marines on the west side of the
island lay Naha airstrip, a mile
southwest of the capital and big
gest single prize of the 48-day
campaign.
laps Tenacious
Only the tenacity of an esti
mated 30,000 or more fanatical
enemy troops who were being
killed at the rate of one a minute
stood in the way of American
forces anxious for a quick clean
up of the island.
A recapitulation of Monday's
Japanese counterattack against
the 1st marine division north of
Takamotoji showed 585 counted
enemy dead and an estimated 446
additional dead a ratio of 20 to
1 to U. S. loses. One flamethrow-
ing tank crew claimed they
burned to death 75 enemy sol
diers in less than a minute.
Lt. Col. Robert Post of Miami,
Fla., estimates these tanks have
already accounted for more than
1,000 Japanese, apart from those
they have flushed from hidden
positions for finishing off.
Of Jap G
;g Grenade Is Tossed . :
" Marine -Set. , Harold Foreman,
lormeny oi ine unneu riras uu-
reau at Atlanta, Ua., reported
that a patrol which entered Naha
stayed for almost five hours in
davlieht without seeing a living
person until a Japanese soldier
threw a hand grenade as they
departed. .
Foreman quoted combat pho
tographer Pfc. John T. Smith,
Jr., Charleston, S. C, as saying:
"The bombings of Nfh.a must
have caught a lot of people by
surprise for their grotesque,
charred bodies lay sprawled on
the ground or in doorways as
though they'd been killed in mad
flight. Street and sidewalks had
been torn wide open. The streets
were pocked with bomb craters
and we had to erawl around
mounds of debris and past stink
ing corpses of people and ani
mals. It must have been a beau
tiful, up-to-date city once, but
now it looks like a trash dump."
iqht Earthquake
Felt in Bay Area
San Francisco, May 17 tu A
light earthquake shook San Fran
cisco at 8:06 a. m. PWT today.
There were no reports of damage.
The Santa Clara University
seismograph registered the trem
or and reported the epicenter as;
u miles north or soutn oi sama
Clara.
Occupants of downtown build
ings felt the jar.
FIRE IS REPORTED .
A flue fire at the home of A.
Riddenbush, 1985 West First i
street, late yesterday did no dam-
age, according to city firemen to-1
day who answered the call.
fBntam to Grant Full Self
Rule to 'Burma After War
San Francisco, May 17 HP Bri
tain will grant full self-government
to Burma after the war, it
vas announced today in a state
ment distributed by the British
information service.
The announcement said that
when it becomes possible to hold
nln;n t. . n I
vilv nuns in pubi-wai DUIlIia,
new legislature will take over.
"The Burmese people will then
be in a position to decide on the
most suitable form of full self
government within the British
commonwealth of nations.
"It will be for the Burmese
DeoDle tn aarM amnna themselves
on thp form nf self-government
and the kinH nf institution thev i
desire " thp stafpmpnt reads. -
After the war, BIS said, steps
be taken to deal with the
very extensive destruction and 1942, a year after Dr. ua Maw; the concrete abutments had been
disorganization" in Burma, and was established as puppet pre-! poured and the top structure in
hen conditions are restored, . mier. Simultaneously the Japa- j stalled.
elections will be called.
... - .
nner the government oi ,
curma act adopted in 193o Burma i
TWO SECTIONS THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY.
Soldiers
r
' MSA Ttlephotot '
Troops of 27tn Division return from Okinawa front lines to this cross-studded cemetery in a rear area to looCj
, . for graves of buddies who were killed In action. - !
Flight of Germans to Japan
In U-Boats Thought Possible
Washington Speculates That Hitler May Have
Attempted Escape to Orient By Deep Sea Lane
Washington, May 17 (UJR Surrender of a German sub
marine heading for Japan with three luftwaffe generals and
two Japanese aboard led to speculation today that Adolf
Hitler, Heinrich Himmler or other high nazis might be try
ing to escape under the sea to Japan!
Adm. Jonas H. Ingram, commander-in-chief of the At
lantic fleet, revealed the surrender to newsmen yesterday at
a press conference in which he reviewed the entire course
of the battle of the Atlantic.
Himmler's Wife,
Daughter Located
thorttlfs in Rome confirmed to
day that Heinrioh-HtmmWt'g wife'
and 15-year-old daughter had been
found in a mountain chalet in
northern Italy and said they
would be treated merely as refu
gees, not political prisoners. ;
A Rome dispatch said Frau
Margaret Himmler, 51, and her
daughter told questioners that
they assumed Himmler, nazi war
criminal No. 1 and gestapo chief,
had been killed in Berlin with
Adolf Hitler.
'Tlwy are all better off dead,"
Frau Himmler said.
Authorities In Rome treated the
two women as "displaced per
sons" and said they would be sent
to a refugee camp. They were
picked up at a chalet 15 miles
northeast of Bolzano and 10 miles
from the prison camp where for
mer Austrian Chancellor Kurt
von Schuschnigg was found.
Other sources reported Himm
ler still was hiding' out in the
vicinity of Flensburg, near
the
the
Danish border and seat of
Doneitz government.
LeRoy Schafer Is
Listed as Killed
Sisters, May 17 (Special) Le
Roy Schafer, son-in-law of Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Cole, has been
listed as killed in action, in the
PhiliDDines. on February 2. Orig
inally he was listed as missing. I
His wife and a small daughter
survive.
SEATTLE AIX WET
Seattle. Mav 17 HP) You're
rieht about the rainv weather.
The weather bureau reported
today that rainfall for Seattle has
been two and one-half times
greater than normal for May.
was granted a measure of self
government with a legislature
consisting of two chambers. The
lower chamber who wnoiiy elect-
ed and the upper half elected and j
half nominated. I
i Until the Dre-war machinery of
government can be restored, BIS
e-iiti "it la nmnncdH that ihn crnv.
i Raid, "it is DroDOsed that the eov-
j ernor, assisted by a Burmese ex- j
ecutive council, should be respon
r mnnril. should he resnon-1
sible for getting the country 'ntoj
working order again."
With the occupation of Ran-1
goon and general withdrawal orjin the ground, work was resumed Nip Much Surprised
defeat of Japanese troops, the ! today by the forest service on the ci, J- t "
Burma campaign virtually has approaches to the new PrlnRlec"'" AntlY MlSSing
been completed.
In line with
its
propaganda ,
j policy among conquered I Asiatic :
peoples, japan announcea ine in-
aepenaence oi ounim m nuitiui,
Inese announced a Burmese dec-;
. , ,
larauon ' ' i-"6"""j
ine uimeu omir. ,
Look for Graves oi
In addition to capture of
the Japan-bound U-boat In
gram revealed that:
1. Three weeks before Ger
many surrendered, one of the
most powerful U. S. carrier and
destroyer escort forces ever to
operate in mid-Atlantic broke up
a formidable U-boat wolf pack.
-PhU-boat (-force . had orders- to
"blanket , the east coast from
Maine to Florida."
Few Ships Lost
2. In more than 16,000 convoys
escorted by the Atlantic fleet a
total of 15 merchantment were
lost to enemy submarines.
3. The U. S. navy definitely ac
counted for 126 German U-boats
during the battle of the Atlantic
out of a total of about 500 sunk
by the allies.
4. Convoy operations will con
tinue In the Atlantic until every
nazi submarine is accounted for.
In a last desperate attack before
Germany's capitulation five
freighters were torpedoed otf the
United States east coast. All but
two reached port.
The two Japanese aboard the
Japan-bound submarine were not
identified. They committed Hara
kari the Japanese version of
suicide before the vessel sur
rendered.
The identity of the three nazi
air generals were
either. The vessel is now on its
way to Portsmouth, N. H., for the
formal surrender. It is expected to
arrive in a few days.
Drive Progress
Pleases Leader
The seventh war loan drive has
been launched in Deschutes coun
ty with an enthusiastic response,
according to A. L. O. Schueler,
chairman, who reported that up to
last night, 15.595- of the $1,141,000
quota had been reached, and 23
of the $654,000 E-bond goal was
already subscribed.
"E" demonination bonds ac
counted for the bulk of the pur
chases, $151,320.75, with "G"
bonds totaling $21,100. "C" bonds,
2 '6 'r certificates and "F" bonds
trailed in the order listed, bring
ing the total to $177,494.75.
The bond booth in the Penney
building was staffed by the VFW
auxiliary today, with Mrs. Freda
Potter and Mrs. W. C. Quigley in
charge. Yesterday Mrs. Hazel
Strom and Mrs. Vina Hartwig of
the Eagles' auxiliary were on
hand.
VA - . r L RocumorJ rn
w , w w M , , v wn
r AnnrriArhae
Opan MpprOaCneS
With the thawing of the frost
to the new Prlngle.cn" MrmY MlSSinq
Falls bridge, with the prospects
that they soon would be widened :
and levelled to accommodate two-1
way irainc. 1,01a weainer naueo.
wum un nit? unuue snorxiy aner
ine bridge has been open to
, , , ,
na.-i mi auuui two
muiiuu.
Buddies
Injuries Result J
In Death of Boy
Larry Dean Fair, nine-year-old
Tumalo boy who was struck Tues
day evening by an automobile
while riding on his bicycle near
his home, died last night at bt.
Charles hospital from the inju
ries. The boy was fatally Injured
when he rode out of the family
driveway into the path of an auto
mobile driven by Wright Ellis, a
ditch rider, who was held blame
less by state officers.
Under the direction of the NIs
wonger and Winslow funeral
home, services will be held at 10
a. m. tomorrow in the community
church in Tumalo, with Rev. Ken
neth A. Tobias officiating. Burial
will be Saturday at 2 p. m. In the
new I. O. O. F. cemetery In Eu
gene. Larry, who was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas C. Fair of Tum
alo, was born in EugetteV He-attended
the fourth grade In the
Tumalo school. Besides his par
ents, he leaves a grandmother,
Mi's. Myrtle V. Crome of Vcneta,
Ore., and a grandfather, N. H.
Fair of King Citv, Cal.
Plans for School
The Cloverdale school board
will meet May 23 to decide
whether to authorize the building
of a new home for the Clover
dale school, which was destroyed
May 8 by a fire that spread from
the old grange hall, razing both
buildings.
The loss was estimated at about
$4,000, part of which was covered
Insurance. Origin of the fire
nnt knowni""" ""l ucla ".-". '"'t"S'
xion uisciusca mat it may nave
been one of several causes, possib
ly faulty electric wiring. High
wind carried sparks from the
burning hall, which had been used
as a gymnasium, to the adjoining
building, igniting the roof.
Besides the buildings, two pi
anos, two stoves, and equipment
in the gym were destroyed. All
desks, books, and other supplies
in the school itself were saved,
it was said.
Eighth grade pupils, who had
completed their state examina
tions the week before the. fire,
were excused for the short time
remaining until the summer re
cess. Classes for the first seven
grades are held in the R. J. Mc
Daniel house. Mrs. Jessie Smalley
is the teacher.
Tillamook Blast
Kills Portlander
Portland, Ore., May 17 iUiAn
explosion at the Matson Asphalt
plant in the Tillamook naval air
station area late Wednesday took
the life of Herbert Matson of
Portland.
Injured in the asphalt plant
blast were Austin Crowl of Tilla
mook, O. K. Ghilds of White Sal
mon, Wash., and L. S. Buston and
L. B. Erkenbeck, both of Portland.
The Parker-Schram companv of
Portland holds a federal contract
to operate the plant at the naval
air station.
Okinawa, May 17 U.-A Jan-
anese officer appeared suddenly I
over the top ?f a hill on the south-j
wKnern uKinawa front. With !
(irawn sabre and an ear-splitting
1i a Jre chared down to-:
ward American troops. Halfway I
down he skidded to a stop, looked i
around and then niHr-lrlv chMii, !
., . . .. "
nis swaro and disappeared. There'
wasn't a Jap following him.
Tokyo
argeis of
Cut in Bend's
New Budget
il
Preliminary Study of
City Finances Is Made
At Evening Conference
Preliminary discussion last
night of the proposed 1945-46
hBend municipal budget by mem
oers oi tne city commission and
budget committee, indicated the
possibility that it will be reduced
by several thousands of dollars
from the 1944-45 one. The only
Items discussed last night were
funds to be earmarked for post'
war development, with plans be
ing made for a debate on the
general budget at an early meet
lng.
Tentative proposals for peace
time work included Shevim park,
$2,uuu; a fire alarm system, $2,000
recreation, or improvement of
O'Donnell field, $2,000; swimming
pool, $20,000; veterans' Memorial
building, $5,000; and a police
garage, si.ooo, or a total of S3Z
000. This is less than the present
budget's post-war total of $34,000
by $2,000, it was pointed out. -Sewer
Survey Planned
- Tim hilHonf pnmmlttno tnntn.
tively agreed to re-budget $3,000
for a sewer survey, and the $10,
000 set aside in the present bud
get as an Industrial fund. Llke
wise, the budget planners indi
cated they would approve, 42,000
as the nucleus of a fire equip
ment fund, and the $7,214 asked
by -the library. L 1
jn-tsunneetion' with the Veter
ans' Memorial fund, the planners
proposed a $i,ouo annual levy
over a period of 10 years. But
they were undecided whether this
should be a budget item or wheth
er the total of $50,000 should be
raised by a bond issue. '
- People Commended
Most of the evening was de
voted to the budget discussion In
the city hall, but before the com
mission adjourned they listened
to a talk by Fire Chief LeRoy
Fox in which he praised the co
operation of Bend residents in
the cleanup of the city. They also
learned that a warning had been
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State Board Says
Buildings Needed
Portland, Ore., May 17 (Ui Re
turn of some two million veter
ans with many expected soon in
Oregon, increases the urgency for
passage of the state building bill,
state board of higher education
members said today.
Voters will act on the bill June
22 at the special election. At that
time, they may make provisions
for a four-milllon-dollar fund to
improve Oregon's higher educa
tional institutions, plus a six-million-dollar
fund to expand insti
tutions under the state board of
control.
The building committee pointed
out that present indications are
for return of veterans to colleges
IS rOSSlDIITV
. , . . . . :
more rapidly than ever foreseen, i was in keeping with ODT regula
wlth the added classrooms and Hons, Tompkins said. He Indicated
laboratories to be provided if the j a gathering may be held in the
fund-bill passes June 22, "urgent- fall if there is a change In travel
ly needed." I restrictions.
Stassen Presents Proposal on Trusteeships;
Conference Now Awaiting Action By Russia
By R. H. Sbackford
(UniM i'r strf corraKondent) the inability of the soviet dele
San Francisco, May 17 nil gation to state Its position. The
United Nations conference action
on two remaining major issues
trusteeships and regional arrange-
ments was blocked today as tne
soviet delegation waited for in-1
structions from Moscow. j
Delegates were weary alter
more than three weeks of de-!Oaks plan. Those consultations
liberations and many were openly ! now are going on but in this case
annoyed at the new delays. Hopes' it means waiting for a reply from
of adjourning this conference by i Moscow since all the other big
.tlinn 1 annln U'am fa, linn I nnWarfl am In n r, inni n
n
. " " X'. ' T.
.oi,.". !. . .... ui
wnlch mcre8 mos, of the United ;
states and British ideas on the I here then, the United States will
subject. But formal action will1 resent the regional compromise
have to await word from Moscow j formula as lis own suggestion
on how the soviet delegation (rather than as that of the "Big
should vote on several controvert Four."
i
iauir.
The conference
regional arrangements was
MAY 17. 1945
n
ano
Nippons' Totalitarian Party
Disbanded, Says Tokyo Radio
Members Asked to Join With Peoples' Corps,
t Premier Reveals; Group Instigated U. S. Blow 5
(By Unlud Prm)
The Imperml Rule Assistance association, Japan's totali
tarian party, will be disbanded and its member organizations
absorbed into the new "peoples volunteer corns." Tokvo re
ported Thursday in a broadcast recorded by United Press,
San Francisco. - '
Imminent dissolution of the fascist-like association, or
"Yokosankai," was announced by Premier Admiral Baron
Kantaro Suzuki. It was expected to be completed by June 10.
Subsidiary organizations which will be merged into the
Peoples Volunteer corns are the Yokusan Men's corps. Dai
wippon women s association,
Dai Nippon Young Men and
Boys , association, National
Service association, and the
National Agricultural associa
tion, a Domei news agency
dispatch said.
Formed In Emergency
The Peoples Volunteer corps
was formed as an emergency war
time organization extend in g
throughout Japanese civil life. It
was designed to assist the nation
in preparing for the climactic bat
tles ahead.
The premier, who also Is presi
dent of the Yokusankal, exhort
ed members, of the party "to par
ticipate actively in organization
of the Peoples Volunteer corps
with all their rich experience and
enthusiasm."
'The Imperial Rule Assistance
association, whose members in
cluded some of Japan's most In
fluential friends of nazism and
fascism, was . formed In 1940 to
assist the government to execute
the nation g imperial alms.
,i InstiKSted Attack
'. It has been under domination of
-Japanese military .extremists gen
erally . credited with instigating
the attack on Pearl Harbor.
In 1941, Japan's biggest Indus
trialists prganlzed a rival group
known as the Imperial Rule As
sistance Political association. The
latter organization was dissolvod
last March, but reappeared short
ly afterward under the name of
"Greater Japan Political associa
tion." Telephone Circuit
Being Rerouted
Renewed communication . be
tween the Deschutes national for
est headquarters In Bend and the
Crescent district was assured to
day as workmen for the U. S.
bureau of reclamation began the
erection of approximately three
miles of telephone line around
the Wickiup reservoir. It was ox
pected that the work would be
completed before the dangerous
fire season starts.
Communication with the area
had been broken for months, as
the original forest service tele
phone line lay under water in
the reservoir.
Grange Calls Off
1945 Convention
Portland, Ore., May 17 Ui The
1945 annual state grange conven
tion has been cancelled, grange
master Morton Tompkins of Day
ton announced today.
It was scheduled in Baker from
June 18 to 22. The cancellation
Ipletely bogged down because of
'committee hasn't even formally
iDeen presented wltn the U. S.
compromise proposal which was
announced Tuesday night,
The Big Four agreed to con
suit before submitting any major
amendments to the Dumbarton
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m J oZ", Z'JZ."
Li .h ci. n. ...n .
night. If Moscow's reply is not
Many chief delegates had fear
mmmltlnt on ed that the earlv denarturp of
com-'Soviet Foreign Minister V. M.
land
oniaim
HSpGE"
To Speak Here
Art Kirkham, vice-president of
radio station kOlN In Portland,
an ardent supporter- ef.tou.tflsjl
travel Mr 'Oregon,! who"' speJks
tomorrow at an open meeting' oN
the Bentr chamber of commerce
Official of KOIN
To Speak in Bend
With the topic, "Tourists Un
limited", Art Kirkham, vice-presf
dent of radio station KOIN In
Portland, and a staunch supporter
of greater tourist trade for Ore
gon, will be principal .speaker to
morrow noon when ttie Bend
chamber of commerce holds a
town meeting In the Pine Tavern.
According to members of the
forum committee of the chamber,
Kirkham Is expected to advance
several ideas how Central Ore
gon might attract more tourist
travel.
Kirkham has served the Port
land chamber on both the rec
reation, resources and tourists
and the convention committees
for the past six years, is past
chairman of the Portland Cham
ber member's forum, and past
president of the Portland Kiwanis
club. He is a member of board
of Oregon Roadside council, the
Oregon Museum foundation, Ore
gon council, and the American
Pioneer Trails association.
The visiting speaker, who con
tends that Oregon is getting only
about 25 per cent of the tourist
business il should, has for years
been active In tourist promotion
work, and in the preservation of
the state's natural recreation
facilities. Among his recent ac
tivities was the establishing of
the "Myrtle Lane" on the Oregon
Coast highway.
Molotov would lead to the cur
rent difficulties. It has happened
at otherjnternatlonal conferences,
notably the Bretton Woods mone
tary conference, where the end of
the conference had to be post
poned because of the Russian de
lay. The trusteeship Issue Is not too
badly bogged down. It started
from scratch at this conference.
Yesterday Cmdr. Harold E. Stas
sen presented a so-called "work
ing paper." Il Incorporates the
Ideas of several nations, using the
U. S. plan as a base, without pre
judicing the right of any nation
to offer amendments.
The British Empire delegation
met late last night to discuss the
working paper.
The text of Stassen's "working
paper" on trusteeships, made pub
lic last night, revealed that none
of the provisions asked for by
Russia had been incorporated.
NO. 139
Seas
forts
Mines Planted
Near Big Jap
Navy Station
Raid on Capital Comes
After Huge Planes Drop
Fire Bombs on Nagoya
Washington, May 17 OB Ja
pan's biggest aircraft factory,
the Mitsubishi Aircraft works,
and the entire southern third
of the city of Nagoya were left
In flames by yesterday's 500
plane Superfortress attack, the
20th air force reported today.
Not a single plane was lost to
enemy action out of the very
large task force of attackers,
although the big bombers went .
In at low levels.
Guam, May 17 mi The enemv
reported today that mine-laying
superfortresses and Iwo-based
Mustang fighters attacked Tokvo
and its Inland sea lanes several
hours after 500 B-29's touched off
huge fires, visible 150 miles, in
industrial Nagoya,
Tokyo said Superfortresses
dropped mines in waters near
Cape Kamon at the outlet to To
kyo bay. Cape Kamon Juts Into
Uraga strait south of Tokosuka,'
site of Japan's largest naval base.
The Japanese reported the Mus
tnngs, accompanied by two B-29's,
flew over Tokyo area for half an
hour today and strafed the Fuji
sawa district, just outside the,
capital's metropolitan area. .
Big Tonnage Dropped
Tb,e huge' American filr armada-;
'which attacked Naciiya crashed
575,000 fire bombs weighing 3,5H
tons into., the southern factory '
area In 90 minutes before dawn.
"Fire was all over the place,"
said Sgt. William Forun of Chi
cago, whose B-29 was over Na
goya at the half-way mark In the
attack. "It seemed one big mass
of fire."
Other fliers suggested the as
sault may have been the death
blow to Nagoya's sprawling fac
tories. The raid was the fourth large-
scale blow in a campaign to wipe
Nagoya, the enemy's largest air
craft manufacturing center, off
the map of Japan. One half or
more of Nagoya well may be in
ruins now.
Loads Increased
In each of the last two raids,
the Giant B-29's have dropped a
greater weight of fire bombs on
Nagoya thnn ever was unloaded
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Juvenile Officer
To Be Employed
Decision to employ a full-time
juvenile officer for work In Bend
and Deschutes county was reach
ed today at a meeting of Inter
ested officials who at noon met in
the Pine Tavern to discuss a grow
ing Juvenile delinquency prob
lem. After a number of persons
spoke. In which they placed the
burden for delinquency upon the
home, it was agreed that such an
officer would be employed at the
Joint expense of the city and
county.
The meeting had been called by
County Judge C. L. Allen and
Mayor A. T. Nlobergall, who had
been aroused by a developing
campaign of vandalism and row
dyism in the city. Both announced
following today's meeting thut im
mediate efforts would be put
forth to employ a suitable and
trained man for the position.
Parents Targets
And at the same time, at the
suggestion of City Recorder
George Simerville, il was decided ;
to amend present city ordinances
to put teeth In them so that par
ents may be prosecuted for allow
ing their children to frequent
questionable resorts and be out
of school of be away from home
at late hours.
. The group showed surprise
when Chief of Police Ken C. Kul
Ick produced a list of 33 boys
ranging in ages from 10 to 17
years, which his men had investi
gated for various infractions thus
far in May. It was shown that the
majority of offenders were boys
16 and 17 years of age.
All speakers agreed that par
ents should be cited into Juvenile
court at the same time as their
offspring, and to be equally pun
ished. Commissioner Melvin
Munkers argued for wide publl-
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