THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND. OREGON. SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1945
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In War Revealed; Shelters
Are Erected at White House
By Merriam Sunk
ttjnltaxl Prj 8t.tr Correspondent) . 1
Washington, May 19 (UP) Now it can be toldjust how
much President Roosevelt was protected during the war years
after Pearl Harbor when the threat of enemy air attack was
considered real and immediate. . . v
The safety of the chief executive, who was also commander-in-chief
of the armed forces, was so important that
the most extraordinary precautions were taken to see that he
was kept out of danger. At the same time he had to be in a
position to keep in instant- : '
"touch with events
Relaxation of the voluntary
censorship code now permits
disclosure that there were
huge, concrete -walled shelters
built beneath the White House,
anti-aircraft guns on the roof
above and heavy concrete slabs
over White House ventilators to
stop shell fragments.
Within a matter of hours after
the Japanese attacked Pearl Har
bor on Dec. 7, 1941, construction
beagn on a special network of air
raid shelters beneath the White
House. .
Wing Constructed
This led to the construction of a
new east wing on the executive
mansion. A heavily protected
tunel was also dug from the White
House into the lower recesess of
the nearby Treasury building.
The walls of the east wing at
their base were built of nine
foot thick concrete and steel. Two
floors below the ground level a
deluxe air raid shelter was con
structed, heavily shielded with
steel rods and reinforced con
crete. In this shelter the President
had a private compartment made
of steel one and one half inches
thick. This compartment was
furnished simply with chairs and
a couch, but the president never
had to use it and saw it only in
the course of a casual Inspection
trip.
Fences Erected
When the shelter was built
shortly after Pearl Harbor large
wooden fences were erected
around the construction work to
cut off public view. Hundreds of
reporters knew about it at the
time but were prevented from
publishing the fact under the vol
untary censorship code.
Provision was made for exten
stve communication facilities ; in.
ihe shelters. In the event of a
heavv air raid Roosevelt would
have been in a position to keep
in constant touch with the nerve
centers of government
Roosevelt's principal shelter
was directly under the White
House movie projection room and
offices occupied by the head of
' the White House police, the U. S.
secret service, presidential ad
viser Harry L. Hopkins, and Adm.
William D. Leahy, chief of staff
to' the president.
Gunners On Job
The gunners stationed on the
upper portions of all sections of
the executive mansion were re
lieved from duty late last sum
mer. Since Pearl Harbor they had
occupied posts which would have
made it possible to sw&p almost
every corner of the expansive
White House grounds with their
machine guns.
The president's home at Hyde
Park, N. Y., was protected with
equally elaborate care, .except
that his old house was never
equipped with an air raid shelter.
Army planes, nowever, were
kept on constant alert at nearby
air fields to protect him should
enemy planes ever break through
coastal defenses, small, but
speedy and well armed coast
guard craft patrolled the Hud
son river in front of his estate
when he was there.
The only remaining evidence of
the wartime precautions are lone
sentries, working on shifts, pa
trolling the president's grave in
the rosegarden near his home.
'Strengthen? Taps
Chinese Troopers
Liberate Foochow
Chungking, May 19 (IB Chi.
hese troops have liberated the
east coast port of Foochow, which
the Japanese fear may become an
American invasion gateway to
China, it was announced today.
The city, opposite Formosa and
Okinawa
"To strengthen the leadership
of the army," Gen. Kenji Doi
hara, above, has been appointed
to serve on the Supreme War
Council. Called the "Lawrence
of Manchuria," his intrigues led
to Jap invasion of China in 1932.
Strike May Cause
Shortai
ge of Food
Chicago, May 19 an Trucking
companies today awauea acuun
on their request for federal opera
tion of their trucks as a spread
ing strike of Independent drivers
threatened the Chicago area with
a weekend food shortage.
Possibility of empty food
shelves loomed as William C.
Crawford, general counsel for the
Chicago Cartage Exchange, asked
President Truman to seize and
operate the lines, strikebound
sinp Thursdav.
Simultaneously, 37 members of
the Wholesale Grocers association
of Chicago bolstered the plea for
presidential action. They declared
that the walkout soon would
'wreck the city's food distribution
system.
SO Trucks Ordered
Meantime, Sixth Service Com
mand officers ordered 50 army
trucks to haul critical- war ma
teriel. A shutdown of thousands
of small war plants would follow
a complete tieup crippling freight
movement, officials said.
The national war labor board In
Washington said last night it
would not reconsider a wage
award protested by the striking
drivers until the work stoppage
ended. The regional WLB recom
mended cancellation of draft de
ferments and retroactive pay
boosts as sanctions against the
strikers.
Union leaders were ordered to
attend a meeting in Washington
tomorrow.
Theft of Jewels
Charge Is Made'
Portland, Ore., May 19 un
charged with theft of $4,000 to
$150,000 worth of jewelry at Pas
co, Wash., and transporting it to
Chicago, where it was recovered,
Emmett Arnold Gordon, 30, today
was held here by FBI agents to
await grand jury action at Seattle.
An alleged accomplice, Joseph
Wilfred Biloche, 22, was arrested
NewU. S. Citizens
Will Be Honored
Designed to honor new citizens
and new voters, tomorrow has
been set aside as "I am an Amer
ican day," and observance of the
occasion is requested by Mayor
A. T. Niebergall. The mayor said
that the president recently Issued
a proclamation setting the day
aside for the reaffirmation by na
tive born, as well as naturalized
citizens, of their allegiance to the
principles of American citizen
ship. "In Bend we have a Viumber
of naturalized citizens who no
doubt tomorrow will honor the
day by expressions of apprecia
tion for being American citizens,"
Mayor Niebergall said. "It is my
wish that our other citizens will
make it clear to them that we all
enjoy their comradeship under
the Stars-and Stripes."
Tower, Starts Sunday
t,vJMMMnaMMBUtaA issI
ftcanor Powell and Dennis O'Keefe in a romantic scene from "Sensations
of 194)," with W. C. fields, Sophie Tucker and America's two top bands.
NAVY GETS CAMP
Washington, May 19 iui The
navy said yesterday that the war
w uarunem naa iransierrea uamo tnp wnrmn rram n ninam oaa.
here May 4 and sent to Pasco to White, Ore., to the navy for use cluster hold together in building
face robbery charges. 'as a hospital facility. a tent In a crotch in the tree.
Common tent caterpillars, par
ticularly active on orchard trees
in spring and early summer,
hatch from egg-masses on twigs;
The home canning season In the
northern states begins In April,
when the first tender shoots of
asparagus are ready; the rule in
canning asparagus is not over two
hours from the garden to the
can.
Season's Heaviest
Rain Is Recorded
Bend received its heaviest pre
cipitation of the season last night
when a storm broke over the up
per Deschutes basin, yielding .61
of an inch of rain, as measured
at the local weather station. The
rain started falling in the late
evening and shortly after dark
was coming down at a rate listed
by the airways observers here as
"moderate . me storm eased on
shortly after 11 p.m.
.Some' snow fell in higher areas,
and in Bend early this morning
the temperature dropped to 30
degrees.
LEGAL NOTICES I
NOTICE OF HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
(Vint honrlricr iinnn thf final an.
fell at 5 a. m. yesterday -mint nf wat.t.ac-f. s. alm.
after a bitter week-long battle dur- QijIST, Executor of the estate of
ing which positions changed hands Cora M. Almqulst, deceased, filed
repeateaiy. herein will be held in the Court-
The American conquest of all house in the County Courtroom
but the southern tip of Okinawa, in Bend, Oregon at the hour of
along with the neighboring Ker- two o'clock in the afternoon on
ama Islands, already has given Monday; the 18th day of June,
'the Allies a passage through Jap- , 1945, and all persons interested in
an's Ryukyu island chain to the said estate are notified to appear
East China sea and Foochow. I at said time and place and show
Would Expose Ships I cause, if any they have, why said
Any attempt to force the East final account should not be ap
'China sea at this time, however, proved, the estate settled and
would expose Allied shins to at- closed and the Executor dis-
tacks by Japanese based on For- charged.
mosa and occupied China
The Chinese opened their as
sault on Foochow May 10 and 24
hours later smashed into the city
itself. Sanguinary street fighting
followed.
The Japanese rushed reinforce
ments, presumably from Formosa,
into the battle eariy this week
and at one time cleared the entire i
city of Chinese. The Chinese
bounded back wih another fierce
attack and finally liberated the
port early yesterday.
DATED: at Bend, Oregon, this
19th day of May 1945.
WALLACE S. ALMQUIST, Ex
ecutor of the Estate of Cora M.
Almquist, Deceased.
De ARMOND & GOODRICH,
Attorneys at Law, Bend, Oregon.
. 141-147-152-4C
SYNOPSIS OF ANNUAL STATEMENT
OF THE
EAST AND WEST INSURANCE
COMPANY
or New Hann. to the but of Connecticut, so
In Uurtr-rirat day of December. 104. made ta
tha Inturanca Ccmmlaslsner of tne Stala of One
ton, sureaant to law:
Inoozn
Net premluma received S 1.36T.3M.9J
Total , Interest, disloenda and ml
eetate Income- ltT.M3.SS
Income from olaor aource lG.rtf.it
Total Income S 1.M1.0M.9I
Masonic Leaders
Visit Bend Lodge
Masons of Bend holding their
Ttipptfnc last ntphr in thptr lnpnl
hall received a surprise visit 'from "fuPtn.aPetition'iIc b.y,him "
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
THE UNITED STATES
For the District of Oreiron B28852
NOTICE OF FIRST MEETING
OF CREDITORS
To the creditors of JOHN ERN
EST GRAVON, JR., 717 Portland
Ave. of Bend in the County of
Deschutes, and District aforesaid,
a bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that said
JOHN ERNEST GRAVON, JR.
has been duly adjudged a bank-
Siabnraamanta
Not amount paid to pollcjnolder tor
I loeae a
I Lou adjustment crpen
(Afante eonunlaeloae or brokeraia. ...
iSalarlea and teee orrkara, director.
I bom oflle emplores
iTaxea. license and tee
Dlttdend paid to stoefcnolder (Cub,
Sen.OOO.QOOl
All other expenditures
lit ITS II
39.S3S.il
tt0.3a0.lf
SS.ltf.S4
17.S70.0S
O.OM.OC
irt.sts.il
Total dUburaeoient S 1.3S0.B07.I9
Admitted. Aaaata
Loam on roonsacea and collateral,
elc S 18.SSS.H
Value of bonda owned (amortlaed) . . S.StS.tat.S9
Valu or etocki owned IconrenUoo) 1.493.53100
Caah In banka and on band 36S.936.S0
Premluma In court of collection
written Bine September 30. 1911 ltS.S46.SS
Interact and rente da and accrued 33.S3S.rt
Other aaaeta (net) 3,333.33
Total admitted aaaeta S MSI. 311.10
lilAblUtlos, Sorplu and Othar runds
Total unpaid cUInu S 267,197.71
atuaated loco Idjuitmont apene
for unpaid i0m 16,608.01
Total unearned premluma on all n
eiplred rtaki 1.339,706 91
Balarlee. rente, capeneee. bill, ac
count, fee. tc. du or accrued t.SOO.00-
Eetlmeted amount du or accrued for
uiee SI. 100. 00
Coramlnlc.nl. broke rare, or other
obartea du and accrued S.300.3O
their grand master, Harry E.
Proudfoot, of Wasco, and deputy
grand master, Fred L. Hartman,
of Portland. The two officials
stopped In Bent on their way to
Burns, to attend the annual meet
ing of that lodge at the Malheur
caves.
At last night's meeting, E. H.
Kenney, R. A. Baker and L. M.
Lancaster were named delegates
to the grand lodge, to be held in
Portland In mid-June. Because of
the transportation restrictions,
they will not attend the state ses
sion, but will vote by mail.
the 18th day of April, 1945, and
that the first meeting of his cred
itors will be held at County Court
House, Bond, Oregon, on the 31st
day of May, 1945, at 9:30 o'clock,
in the forenoon, at which place'
and time the said creditors may
attend, prove their claims, appoint
a trustee, appoint a committee of
creditors, examine the bankrupt,
and transact such other business
as may properly come before said
meeting.
DATED at Portland, Oregon,
this 18th day of May, 1945.
ESTES SNEDECOR, Referee In
Bankruptcy. . c
Total llabtUUel. eicept caplul. ...t 1.331.313.68
Capital paid up S 1.000.000.04
Surplua oter all lia
bilities 1.713.000.19
Surplua a retard pollcrboldera....f I.713.0OO.49
Tout 3 4.391.314.10'
Bnalnoaa In OrafoB For The Taart
Net premium rccctted S 11.09 99
Net lease paid 9.007.90
AST AND WBST IKSTTBAaTCa
coKPAirv
Peter J. Berrr. President
w. A. Thomson. Secreurr
atatutorr reddest Bttnrney tor seme, R. B
Swan. Title and Trust Bide.. Portland. Orcfnei-
DIAMONDS
7th War Loan
Buy Double
an EXTRA
War Bond
A.T.
NIEBERGALL
Jeweler
Nat to Casrut Ttata
Pkena 113-B
WATCHES
Set Your Own 7th War Loan
Employee Quota
From This Table
Col. I Col. 2 Col. 3 Col. 4
Average Average . Average Maturity
Wage Subscriptior Weekly Value of '
Per Needed Allotment Bonds Bought
. Month (Cash Value' 7th War Loan
$250 & up $187.50 $15.63 $250
225-250 150.00 12.50 200
210-225 131.25 10.94 175
200-210 112.50 9.38 150
180-200 93.75 7.82 125
140-180 75.00 6.25 100
100-140 37.50 3.13 50
Under $100 18.75 1.57 25
'This would include present allotment plus extra special 7th
War Ixmui tUlotiTrentBi and extra i?aih .purchases for 12-week
period In April, Hay, and June.
FORMULA
M Awr1hi urmrmt wrt rale of rorapanr no" Bomber of emptor.
(ft) Mulliplr nooibfT of etupro.Msj by figure in Column 2.
Thi will five the eompanr'a total yrotui Bevtnth War Loan qaota In dollar
(to arrive ml quota 1a Urma of maturity talu in Hondo gu fir or in
rolamn 4.)
(C) To ascertain KRT aaoant ta bo raised, deduct txportod allotnenU from
April, May. m4 Jane fra total (ma ajaota.
Space Courtesy Brooltt-Scanlon Lumber Company Inc.
and The Shevlin-Hixon Company
aside, for
7th War
As of
DESCHUTES COUNTY RESIDENTS
Here's a report from your
County War Finance Committee
TIME ELAPSED:
50 of the time set
buying bonds in the
Loan has passed
BONDS PURCHASED:
Thursday Night, May
17, only 23.8 of Deschutes
County's quota of "E" Bonds
had been purchased.
76.2 TO BE SOLD:
In one-half the remaining
time, 162 of the "E" Bond
quota assigned must be pur
chased if Deschutes County
is to do its parte The obliga
tion is yours figure your
quota then buy!
THIS MESSAGE IS FURNISHED IN COOPERATION WITH THE DESCHUTES COUNTY WAR FINANCE COMMITTEE:
Bank of Bend
Bend Garage Company
Broolts-Scanlon Lumber Company Inc.
Cashman'j, Bend's Clothier
Central Oregon Distributors
Gregg's Banner Bakery
Lumbermen Insurance Agency
The Miller Lumber Company
Niswonger ft Winilow
J. C. Penney Co., Inc.
Deschutes Federal Savings & Loan Assn.
Ericltson's Food Market
Coca-Cola Botting Co. of Bend
The First National Bank of Portland,
Bend Branch
Staples Optical
Pacific Trailways
The Shevlin-Hixon Company
Superior Cafe, 1047 Bond St.
Wotle's