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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
Volume Llll
THE SEND BULLETIN, BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1945
NO. 141
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British Leader
Says Tito Uses
Foes' tactics
Yugoslavia Situation .
Is Reported Grave as
Allies Await Outcome
Home, May 19 UP) Marshal
Sir Arnold Alexander announced
today that he had been unable to
reach a friendly agreement with
Marshal Tito on Yugoslav claims
' to slices of Italy and Austria, and
the allies now are waiting to see
whether he will back them up
with force. ':
In a blunt statement baring for,
the first time the full gravity of
the crisis brought on by Marshal
Tito's territorial aspirations, the
allied supreme commander in the
Mediterranean said: ,
"It is Marshal Tito's apparent
intention to establish his claims
by force of arms and military oc
cupation. Action of this kind
would be all too reminiscent of
Hitler, Mussolini, and Japan. It
is to prevent such actions that we
have been fighting this war."
Allien Given Facts
Alexander's statement was ad-
in the Mediterranean theater. It
nlprted them for the nerlod in
which the allies wait to see
"whether Marshal Tito is pre
pared to cooperate in accepting
peaceful settlement of his terri
torial claims, or whether he will
attempt to establish them by
force."
The disputed Italian territory is
that around Trieste and Gorizia
and east of the Isonzo river, the
part of Italy known as Venezla
Guilia. The Austrian area is
around Klagenfurt and Villach,
the border strip abutting the
northwestern corner of Yugo
slavia. (In London a foreign office
commentator said an unsatisfac
tory reply had been received from
Tito in response to an allied de
mand concerning the occupation
L-of Trieste. He added that "fur
i , thef exchanges will have to take
j place wnn ine xugusiav guvem-
ment.")
... Must Wait Time
Alexander made it plain that
the allies had no objection to Tito
claiming the territory. His claims,
the allied commander said, will be
examined and settled "with fair
ness and impartiality" at the
peace conference.
The bone of contention, he said,
is that "our policy, as has been
publicly proclaimed, is that terri
torial changes should be made
only after thorough study and
full consultation and deliberation
between the various governments
concerned."
Alexander said he now was
waiting to hear whether Tito was
prepared to cooperate in accept
ing a peaceful settlement of Yu
goslavia's territorial claims to
Trieste and the rest of Austria
"or whether he will attempt to
establish them by force."
Leaders Accused
"Action of this kind would be
all to reminiscent of Hitler, Mus
solini and Japan," he said. "It was
to prevent such actions that we
have been fighting the war."
Alexander said he had tried his
hardest to come to a friendly
agreement with Tito regarding oc
cupation of Austria pending the
peace conference, out nan wn.
As a result, he said, United
States and Britain had taken up
the matter directly with Tito.
Judge Says Rails
Are Illegally Held
Chicago, May 19 UP U. S. Dis
trict Judge Walter J. La Buy
ruled today that the office of de
fense transportation was illegally
in possession of the Toledo, Pe
oria and Western railroad. Judge
La Buy ordered that the road be
turned back to its owners.
The railroad has been operated
by the government since the late
President Roosevelt ordered its
seizure Dec. 29, 1941, when man
agement and labor could not set
tle a dispute.
Judge La Buy said that the di
rector of ODT had no legal right
to resume possession of the rail
road after the secretary of war
on Jan. 18, 1944, had ordered the
nation's rail system returned to
their private managements.
The nation's rails had been
seized by the government Dec.
27, 1943, when a nationwide strike
had been threatened. At that time
the management of the T.P.&W.
had been transferred from the
ODT to the war department.
POWERS ACCrSEIJ
Moscow, May 19 itPi The offi
cial soviet government newspaper
Izvestia published a dispatch from
its San Francisco correspondent
today attacking the small powers
on charges of trying 10 weaken
the security council.
Sfalin Refuses to Negotiate
With Poles Arrested By Reds
Move Shocks Allied Leaders and Widens Rift
Big Three Camp; British Express Worry
London. May 19 (TIP) Premier Stalin bluntly affirmed
Russia's refusahto negotiate with 16 arrested Polish leaders
today in a statement which London sources said widened
1 a-.. L j.v ... . i ii-- i n: il.
ntc in, ueiweeu uie Soviets
Polish issue.
Stalin called for solution
construction of the Polish provisional government at Warsaw
in strict accordance with the Crimean decisions.
He asserted that the arrests of the 16 Polish leaders
kJ nrlnl lAA'nn
mCUUI VV inner
For distinguished service in the
Philippines, Lt. (jg) Robert O.
Yancey, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Orville Yancey, Prlneville, has
been awarded the air medal, Vice
Admiral M. A. Mitscher has an
nounced. Two Lose LWes
In Big Reservoir
Rough waters of the Wickiup
reservoir today had claimed their
first victims by drowning, as ar-
.a n iTfiivi unto wprp hptner made to
noia iunerais iui iwu uiuncci ia-
. . . . . i f nt.iu.ii
ery of an apparently abandoned
automobile and an overturned
boat led to the discovery of the
tragedy late yesterday, and the
nuunuM) nf tUa victims' hnrHpc
Dead were George M. Erickson,
7z, 01 DUD norma avenue, anu
bin Peterson, 68, of 510 East
Quimby street.
The bodies, taken from the wa
ter by State Officers Walt Rem'
anA florin RflV. fl flH Shpr.
iff Claude L. McCauley, were
taken to tne iiswonger aim nm
low funeral parlors.
VVar.iQ Rlampd
Officers expressed the opinion
that winds had whipped up size
able waves which caused the
small lp-foot boat to capsize and
throw Peterson and Erickson into
the water. It was evident that
Peterson had made a vain attempt
to save his life by crawling onto
the overturned craft, as one leg
was found draped over the bow.
Beneath the boat, the officers
found Erickson's body, kept from
sinking by being tangled among
the oars, some rope and fishing
tackle. , ,
Relatives said that Erickson
and Peterson had gone to the
.nMpinlp in TTrinlcsnn's par last
TVim-cnnv to fish. Officials at the
conscientious objectors' camp, on
the west Dan oi ine jane, saw
them launch the boat and start
ntt TTarlv in .he afternoon they
were seen In the boat a short dis
tance off shore, as the aiternoon
winds sprang up.
car ioiiceu
Mn fnrthnr attention was Daid
to the elderly f ishermen until yes-
tnriw itrhnn T'nU R. PnllflrH. HS-
sistant superintendent of the
camp, ODservea inai uie ear wao
still where it had been parked,
that nn hoot was visihle in
the immediate vicinity. He called
state ponce nere, ana voiumeerea
to make a further search for the
(Continued on Page 2)
House Members Cautious About Ruling News
Reporter in Contempt of Congress of U. S.
Washington, May 19 P House
members were cautious today
about the idea of -ruling a news
paper reporter in contempt of con
gress for refusing to reveal the
sources of his information.
The reporter is Albert Deutsch
of the New York newspaper PM.
The house veterans committee
voted 13 to 5 yesterday to cite him
for contempt for refusing to name
certain veterans administration
officials who gave him informa
tion for articles criticizing the
agency. ,
Called as a witness during the
committee's Investigation of
charges that patients in veterans' i swered questions about his per
hospitals are receiving inadequate ! sonal background and the number
treatment. Deutsch, who made 1 of physicians he interviewed for
many of the charges, told the com- his articles,
mlttee that to reveal the name of j The meeting broke up when
onma nf hi informants who had ; Deutsch said he would not reveal
asked secrecy would be a violation
of "Journalistic ethics and per-
anu uie western nines un uie
;
of the Polish problem and re
a m o n e them men . recom-
mended by the United States
ar,A Rvitni'n fnr inrliieinn in
the coalition regime were in
no way connected with the
reconstruction" of the govern
ment.
Neither, he said, had the Rus
sians ever invited the arrested
men to discuss formation of the
new government. '
Statement Is Made -
'Soviet authorities do not and
will not negotiate with violators
of the law of the ' protection of
the rear of the red army," he
said. ,
The arrested Poles, including
Vice-Premier J. S. Hankowski ,of
the Polish exile Government . in
London, were held by the red
army on charges of diversionist
activity behind the Russian lines.
Stalin s statement was received
with anxiety bordering on aston
ishment in Whitehall and Polish
exile government headquarters.
Particular surprise was ex
pressed over Stalin's assertion
that the 16 arrested Poles had
nothing to do with reconstruction
of the Polish provisional govern
ment.
Takes Breath Away
"That almost takes your breath
away," commented one British ex
pert. A polish exile government of
ficial called Stalin's reference to
the arrested men "pure nonsense."
The exile government itself,
which has refused to recognize
the Crimean decisions, was not
expected to comment formally.-
Stalin's statement generally
was regarded as putting into pub
lic form the stonewall Attitude
that soviet diplomatic representa
tives have" been expressing ..for
several weeks.
Van Allen Buys
USO Building
W. L. Van Allen last night an
nounced his purchase of the build
ing at 916 Wall street, formerly
occupied by the USO, from the
Lumbermen's Insurance Com
pany. The consideration was hot
made known, but is understood to
be in the neighborhood of $30,000.
Alterations of the ground floor
space is to start shortly, Van
Allen said, and in the fall the
Houk-Van Allen Co. store, now at
Wall and Minnesota, will be mov
ed to the new location. Associated
with Van Allen in ownership of
the store are P. M. and W. L.
Houk.
Prominent among alteration
plans will be arrangement of a
service entrance in the rear of
the building, especially designed
to provide facilities for changing
of tires and installation of acces
sories, Van Allen said. The com
pany, he noted, is listed as Fire
stone's second oldest dealer in
Oregon east of the Cascades.
No plans for the second floor
have been made. Seven organiza
tions already use the hall at the
rear of the building for meetings.
Engineer Makes Study
Of McKenzie Pass Snow
Salem, Ore., May 19 (IP) A
stats highway engineer is making
a study of snow conditions on the
McKenzie pass between Bend and
Eugene, the highway department
reported today. His report will
decide whether the pass will be
cleared of snow for traffic soon.
sonal integrity.'
Some of the committee mem
bers backed up when they discov
ered their action would require
approval by the entire house.
They said they had voted for the
contempt citation without know
ing this.
Committee Chairman John E.
Rankin, D., Miss., told reporters
the report and resolution calling
for Duetsch's citation probably
would be brought up for house
vote Tuesday.
Action against Deutsch came at
the close of a turbulent session
yestcrdav when the reporter an
i the names of five of the 20 vet -
erans administration officials who'
Nip Defenders
Of Okinawa
Halt Marines
Bloody Engagement for
Isle Reaches 49th Day
With Intensity Gaining j
Guam, May 19 iir? Japanese
troops on southern Okinawa bat
tled four American divisions al
most to a standstill today as the
bloodiest campaign of the Pacific
war went into its 49th day on a
note of rising fury.
Marines and army troops were,
inside Nana, Shuri and Yonabaru,
the three anchors of the Japanese
line, but key hills dominating the
cities were changing hands as
many as four times in 24 hours
in the swavinz battle. , .
There were some signs that the
Japanese were cracking under the
terrific American pressure- and
oeaselpss land, sea and air bom
bardment. However, commanders
rautiouslv reserved final judg
ment. The battle was tar irom
over.
Penetrate Capital -, "
A front dispatch said marines
of the Sixth division had penetrat
ed" as much as 500 yards , into
Naha, ruined capital or jkiiiw
and western anchor of the enemy
line.
The First marine division final
ly won control of the northern
slopes of Sugar Loaf hill north
east of Naha in bitter hand-to-hand
fighting, but its crest was a
no man's land.
Japanese still controlled the
southern slopes of the hill, hold
ing up virtually the entire west
ern flank of the Okinawa front.
Marines have tried nine times un
successfully to dislodge them in
the past week. The crest changed
hands four times yesterday alone.
Would Aid Yanks
Complete conquest of the hill
well might open up a corridor
that would enable the Americans
to epvelop both Naha and Shur!.-
A " Pacific fleet communique
said Sugar Loaf hill had been cap
tured, but front dispatches indi
cate this was premature.
The seventh regiment of the
First marine division advanced
250 yards and sent patrols into
Wana village on the southern
slopes of Sugar Loaf, but they
later withdrew. A command post
on a small hill between Wana and
Dakeshi was captured. '
The 77th infantry division,
northeast of Shurl captured a
small hill twice yesterday, but
each time was forced to retire un
der heavy Japanese artillery and
mortar fire.
Sub Commander
Takes Own Life
Boston, May 19 IPI Captain
Lieutenant Fritz Steinhof, com
mander of one of four German
submarines which surrendered to
the U. S. navy, commited suicide
in his cell a Charles street jail
here today.
Army authorities announced
that Steinhof broke his spectacles
and used a jagged piece of lens
to slash one of his wrists.
He was taken to nearby Mas
sachusetts General hospital where
he died shortly after his arrival.
Steinhof was skipper of the
U-873, one of four U-boats held at
Portsmouth. He was being de
tained with other captured nazi
submarine personnel at the jail
pending transfer to a prisoner of
war camp.
MOTHER KILLS DAUGHTER
Burlington, Vt., May 19 IK
Mrs. Helen C. Minchey, 39, wife
of the state director of the federal
housing authority, strangled her
baby daughter, attempted to
strangle her infant son and then
tried to drown herself in a bath
tub today, police announced.
gave him some of his information.
Rankin said the committee
could not get the facts necessary
to its investigation unless Deutsch
was willing to back up his re
marks by disclosing his sources.
In his statement Deutsch said
he "found much that was good
and much that was bad" in a five
month investigation of the agen
cy's medical program.
Part of the good, he said, was in
"dollar honesty." The bad, he de
clared, "is bad enough to have
earned for veterans' hospitals the
appellation of 'the backwaters of
American medicine'" within medi
cal circles.
"Perhaps the darkest aspect of
the medical program lies In the
treatment, or lack of It. for neu-
j ropsychlatric cases, especially
! those requiring out-Datient or clin-
ical care," he asserted.
U. S. Fliers Drop 2,100 Tons
QfBombsm
Noon Rush; Namamatsu Hit
, (NKA Ttlephoto)
On a ridge two miles north of Naha City, Okinawa, Marines battle Wrong enemy force before the position
was captured.' Here amid shellbursU and rifle fire, the Leatherneck prepare fox the drive on the town.
Marine Corps photo.
County Finances
Receive Study
Deschutes county's budget com
mittee worked until nearly mid-
nieht in the circuit court rooms
at the courthouse here' last night
but still has another session ahead
before It can offer a completed
estimate of expenses. The next
meeting will be held Friday night,
May 26. In the meantime there
was Indication that the total levy
required would exceed that which
provides for the current budget.
The county's position was
strengthened by new state legis
lation which provides for state
payment of the $10 per capita
county school levy out of income
tax surplus (the requirement this
year is $44,090), but general fund
cash on hand will be $83,000 less
than a year ago.
Building Is Sought
With the post-war road fund In
creasing from $15,000 to $20,000
a year without taxation and now
standing at more than $140,000
after the special tax of $82,550,
post-war planners turned to ac
tivities other than roads. A vet
erans council delegation composed
of J. S. Davis, George F. Euston
and W. L. Van Allen asked Inclu
sion of a $12,500 item for two
years as the county's participa
tion in memorial building con
struction. Davis, the sookesman,
explained that $15,000 would be
allotted to Bend and $10,000 to
Redmond. He said local plans
were for a $50,000 building, with
the city making up the remain
ing $35,000. . '
The amount was added tenta
tively, as was $35,000 proposed
by County Judge C. L. Allen as
the opening appropriation for a
county hospital. The total cost
he thought might run to $50,000.
Estimates Given
General fund estimates, which
included $4,825 for a veterans ser
vice officer, were definitely ap
proved in the amount of $122,-
234.84.' The general road fund
budget was approved for $-19,900,
the county school fund budget
for $44,090, that for the county
school library for $440.90 and that
for the county library for $7,214.
A. J. Glassow, chairman of the
committee, presided. Other mem
bers attending were M. A. Lynch,
John Hohnstein, Judge C. L. Allen
and Commissioners E. E. Varco
and A. E. Stevens.
Officers Studying
False Fire Call
Investigation of a general alarm
which calied city firemen to the
Bend high school yesterday after
noon, today resulted In the dis
covery that the call was false, and
that the telephone in the Standard
Oil station at the corner of Wall
street and Franklin avenue had
been used to summon the fire
fighters.
Arriving at the school, the fire
men found that the alarm was
false, and the investigation fol
lowed. Firemen turned their in
formation over to police for furth
er investigation which they hoped
would lead to the arrest of the one
who placed the call.
Marines Battle for Naha
Bencf Resident
Is 29th Owner
Of Aged Auto
Salem, Ore.. May 19 tlB A ven
erable automobile, a 1929 model I
roadster,-Is a "29th hand" car, it
was discovered by the motor ve-
of its 29th owner, Henry L. Reed,
hide department here today.
The car is now In the possession
of Bend, who registered the car
in January.
It was first registered, 29 own
ers ago, by S. F. Graves, of Prlne
ville, In 1929. The car holds the
record for changes in ownership
in Oregon, the department said,
the runner-up having been owned
by only 26 different people.
New cars are given a license
title letter of "A", the department
said, second hand cars a letter
"B", and so on. The old car is
now designated "EE", on its sec
ond trip through the alphabet. (It
skipped "I" and "O" the first time
looked too much like numbers).
School Services
Set for Sunday
Marking the opening of com
mencement week, baccalaureate
services for the Bend high school
class of 1945 will be held Sunday
night at 8 o'clock, in the gymna
sium auditorium, it was announc
ed today by Principal R. E. Jew
ell. Rev. George R. V. Bolster,
rector of Trinity Episcopal church,
Bend, will deliver the address. He
will be assisted In the services by
two pastors whose children are
members of the senior class.
These pastors are Rev. Kenneth
A. Tobias and Rev. William L.
Schwab.
This year, the graduates, In
caps and gowns of blue and gold,
will file Into the auditorium as
the a cappella choir, directed by
C. Dale Rabbins, sings the proces
sional, "Holy Holy Holy." The stu-
dents will be seated In
front or
'n!!" 'V,
The program follows:
program Given
Processional "Holy Holy Holy,"
Dykes. A cappella choir, C. Dale
Robbins, director.
Invocation, Rev. Kenneth A. To
bias, pastor, First Baptist church.
"Grant Us To Do With Zeal,"
J. S. Bach. A cappella choir.
Scripture lesson, Rev. William
L. Schwab, pastor Christian and
Missionary Alliance church.
Prayer, Rev. Kenneth A. Tobias.
"Meditation," Hebcr. A cappella
choir.
Baccalaureate address, Rev. G.
R. V. Bolster, rector Trinity Epis
copal church.
"Verdant Meadows" (from Ale
ina) Handel. A cappella choir.
Benediction, Rev. William L.
Schwab.
RecesRlonal "Now The Day is
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uver, uarnoy. cap,-..
canyon to occupy Dalirig, one j ing up the campaign. MacArthur's
MEAT SHORTAGE ACL'TE mile to the east. communique said:
Philadelphia, May 19 HP" A Only 32 airline miles or 40 i "All major Installations and on
local meat Industry spokesman de- miles along the Sayre highway Jectlves are now secured and the
scribed the meat shortage In
Philadelphia today as the worst
since the Civil war,
City
Murder Charge
Facing Slayer
. Vale, Ore., May 19 (IPi Kenneth
Bailey, Klamath Falls, Ore., is
scheduled td appear .before :Cir-
cult Judge M. A. Biggs here today
to plead to a charge of first de
cree murder In the gun battle
death of two men near Welser,
Ma., April 29.
Oregon state police Sgt. Ted.
Chamliers of Ontario, Ore., and
Bailey's desperado partner, Wil
liam R. Duffy, 22, were killed In
the gun battle. Bailey is charged
with Chamber's death.
A grand Jury charged Bailey
both with first degree murder und
assault with intent to kill.
Buliey and two other peace of
ficersRichard O'Brien, Ontario,
of the Oregon state police, and
Welser Police Chief Clarence
Saunders were wounded In the
fray.
Duffy and Bailey were cornered
In a schoolhouse one mile from
Welser on the Oregon side of the
Snake river. They were being
sought for burglaries in Nampa,
Meridian and Boise, Ida.
Last of "Big 4"
Is 85 Years Old
Rome, May 19 mi Vlttorlo Or
lando, former Italian prime min
ister and the last of the allied
"big four" who drafted the treaty
of Versailles after World War 1,
celebrated his 85th birthday to
day. Orlando, still active and In good
health, put In an appearance at
a private birthday purty to offer
living refutation of rumors that
he had died for the second time
In little more than a year.
The British Broadcasting Cor
poration, apparently relaying a
garbled account of his birthday
obseiycnce, broadcast a report
earlier today that Orlando had
died.
Oil Rich Tarakan Island Falls
To Aussies; Yanks Seize Dam
Manila, May 19 (II1) American
troops today seized two Impor
tant objectives in the Philippines
Ipo dam on Luzon and Valencia
airfield on Mindanao and Aus
tralian forces completed the con
quest of oil-rich Tarakan island.
American planes already were
operating from the two airstrips zon restored to Manila the source
at Valencia, flying In supplies and j of one-third of Its water supply,
making close air support mis- The dam was taken Intact by the
slons, while 31st division troops ! 43rd division and supporting Fill
had pushed on northward to with-l plno guerrilla units after a pow
In 14 miles of Malaybalay. U-rful fire-bomb attack on Japa-
Malaybalay, capital of Bud- nese positions by 288 bombers and
klnon province, is an important ; fighters. Several thousand Japa
agricultural center. Troops of the , nose were trapped In the Ipo sec
40th and Amerlcal divisions push-1 tor.
Ini? from the north had hv-uasscd On Tarakan, off Borneo, Alls-
i th stuhhnrn enemv nests of re-
. river
j now separate the two forces split -
! ting Mindanao.
' Another major Japanese air
Coastal Town
Planes' Target
In Heavy Raid
Six Square Miles Burned
Out in Nagoya, Pictures
Show; Castle Is Struck
' By Lloyd TuplitiR
. (United Pwm War CorrwpondwiO .. .
Guam, May 19 (IW More than
300 Superfortresses rocked the
Japanese war production center ,
of Namamatsu, 60 miles south ,
oi devastated . Nagoyul with at ,
least 2,100 tons of bombs at the
noon rush hour today.
. The elant B-29's rained demoli
tion bombs on the coastal city for
a half hour through overcast that
prevented observation, of results.
Iwo-based fighters escorted the
bombers, which attacked from
medium altitude.
The raid was the third within
six days by 300 or more B-29's
against prime industrial targets
in Jnoan. The two previous raids
on Monday and Thursday were
against Nagoya, now one quarter
destroyed. '
uomiis mi v;ny
The first of the B-29's attacked
Hamamatsu at 12:30 p. m. Japa
nese time and for tne nexi nan
hour bombs crashed on the city
at the rate of 70 tons a minute;
It was the biggest raid yet on the
C Targets IncluaetJ plant ttirntri(
out airplane propellers, important
railway shops and four airfields.
Hamamatsu's pre-war population
totalled 166,000. '
A Tokyo broadcast said 30
other B-29's sowed mines in
Wakasa bay, on the north coast
of Honshu, and 10 more dropped
mines in the Beppu channel on the
inland sea.
City Blackened -Reconnaissance
photographs re
vealed tliut 5.7 square miles of
Nagoya had been burned out in
the two raids tills week. This
brought the area destroyed since
the start of B-29 raids on Nagoya
to 11.3 square miles, 22 per cent
of the whole city.
The famed Naeoya castle ana
33 specific industrial and military
targets, including the Mitsubishi
aircraft factories, were destroyed
or damaged in the last two days.
Of the total area, 3.1 square miles
were burned out Monday and 2.8
square miles Thursday.
Mileage Gains
This brought the total area de
stroyed or damaged by Superfor
tress fire raids on six Japanese
cities to 59.58 square miles.
Big Battleship
Torpedoed, Fixed
London, May 19 (ll'i Italian
midget submarines penetrated
Alexandria harbor In January,
1942 and torpedoed the 30,600-ton
battleship Queen Elizabeth, the
Queen Elizabeth from sinking
admiralty revealed last night.
Shallow water prevented the
.nunt..t..l O'.l.rm.A ntHttlO mnttarl
her off the mud bed and after
temporary repairs she was sent
to the United States where she
was repaired permanently and
lTcommissloned.
base was doomed on Mindanao
when 24th division troops drove
to the edge of the Sasa field In
the Davao city sector. The Amer
icans now hold four of the six
airfields around Davao.
The capture of Ipo dam on Hi-
tralian
unns reacneu int?
coast of the island, virtually wind-
1 enemy s remaining
been forced into
' hills."
forces have
the central