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 (Continued on Page 2) 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 ' a,, h... 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 (Continued on Page 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- (Continued on Page 6)