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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
Volume LIU
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY. OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1945
NO.! 142
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Tito Troopers
Quit Carinthia
To Ease Crisis
' Withdrawal Does Not
Mean Partisans Have
Given Up Their Claim
London, May 21 UVMarshai
Tito withdrew all 20,000 Yugoslav
troops from Austrian Carinthia to
day and expressed willingness to
come to an agreement with the
western allies on the occupation
of disputed Venizia Giulia prov
ince in northeast Italy.
At the same time, however, Tito
expressed his indignation and "sur
prise," over Marshal Sir Harold R.
L. G. Alexander's allegation that
Yugoslavia's attitude in the Veni
zia Giulia dispute was "all too
reminiscent of Hitler, Mussolini
. and Japan."
"I declare that Yugoslavia Is
ready to cooperate and come to
an agreement on a basis which
will not be insulting or humiliat
ing to Yugoslavia as an ally," Tito
said.
Reply on Way
Tito's reply to Alexander, su
preme allied commander in the
Mediterranean, was carried by the
soviet Tass agency from Belgrade
as the United States and Britain
engaged in new discussions look
ing toward a solution of the dead
lock. The next step may be an Anglo
American attempt to gain Mos
cow's support for the western al
lies' insistence that the Yugoslavs
quit northeast Italy.
James L. Roper, United Press
correspondent, reported from Tri
este that the situation in that city,
center of the Venizia Giulia dis
pute, remained "extremely tense."
An American battalion, which
had been sent to Trieste to pre
sent a united allied front with
drew and rejoined the remainder
of the 91st division ln.the Gorizia
sector to avoid supply problems
in the event of hostilities, Roper
said.
Remain in Trieste
British and New Zealand forces
"remained" "iff Trieste, along witlj
an even greater number of Yugo
slav troops. Some 1,300 of Tito's
troops paraded through Trieste
with 13 American-made light
tanks, three British-made arm
ored cars, a German-made light
tank, 11 German guns and two
light anti-tank guns in a show of
strength yesterday.
Only 1,200 civilians watched the
parade and they showed a notice
able lack of enthusiasm, Roper
said. He estimated there were 65,
000 Yugoslav troops in Venizia
Giulia.
Some 20,000 other Yugoslav
troops were withdrawing from
Austria Carinthia, though Yugo
slav sources cautioned that this
did not mean they they were giv
ing up their claim to the territory
at the peace table. The withdraw
al was to be completed tonight.
Freilinger Boys
Back in States
Mr., and Mrs. Charles Freiling
er, 1353 Ithaca, have learned that
their sons, Clifford and Ellsworth,
are in the states after having
served with the army in Europe.
Pvt. Ellsworth Freilinger has
arrived on the east coast, after
having been freed from a prison
camp in Germany, where he was
imprisoned for six montns
and '
two davs. His
telegram stated
that he would be home soon. His
wife and three children make
their home at 1130 W. 14th street.
Pvt. Clifford Freilinger is hos -
pitalized at Madigan General hos -
pital at Ft. Lewis. He was
wounded in action in Belgium Dec.
25 of last year.
England's Labor Party Decides
To Force Election in Britain
t Mo., 01 iiPiThe labor believed the election should be de-
party decided to break away
the coalition government and
force a British election, despite an
urgent plea by Prime Minister
Churchill to put off politics until
Japan Is defeated.
Meeting at Blackpool, the labor
party rejected Churchill's pro
posal to continue the coalition
government and offered to go to
the polls any time. The step
meant the death in a short time
Dossiblv next month of the
government Churchill formed five1
toj
years ago 10 guiae diu"
victory in Europe.
In a last-minute
Churchill suggested that an un-
precedented national referendum I
be held on whether the 10-year-1
old parliament should continue In
office.
Deputy Prime Minister Clement
R. Attlee and home secretary Her-;
bert Morrison, in a press confer-1
ence at Blackpool, said the party I
UNCIO Meets to Discuss International Court
Banners mark positions of delegates at public session of UNCIO which met to hear plans for new Interna
tional Court of Justice. In foreground are Jan Masaryk (Ielt). Czechoslovakia's foreign minister, and Vlad
' lmlr 8. Hurban, Czech ambassador to Washington. . ,f.
Men 40 or Over in U. S. Army
Now Eligible for Discharge
Ruling Applies to All Who Have Honorable
Record; Further Age Reduction Held Possible
Washington, May 21 (TIE) Army enlisted men aired 40
or older were made eligible today for discharge on their own
application.
The ruling applies to all such men whose service record is
honorable.
This represents a lowering
years, which became effective
The reduction of the age
Scout Camporee
Is Held Success
Fourteen patrols and 74 Boy
Scouts attended the annual Fre
mont district camporee Saturday
and -Sunday at Shevlin park, it
was reported today. Numerous
games, were participated in by
the boys, and the event was vis
ited by a large number of parents
and friends ot tne scouts.
Saturday evening was high
lighted with stories by Wayne D.
Overholser, who told of the esca
pades of Paul Bunyan, Davy
Crockett and other outstanding
fiction heroes of the west.
The patrols who attended, and
were rated, are as follows:
Group A: Panther 23, Eagles
23, Indians 20, Covered Wagons
24. and Panthers 24. Group B:
Flying Eagle 23, Beavers 23, Black
Panthers 1S. Flaming Arrows 23,
Eagle 25, Rattlesnakes 24, Fox 26,
and Tiger 26.
The Indians of troop 20 were
rated the outstanding patrol.
TrooD 24 got credit for bringing
the most visitors, and was given
a scrapbook for the permanent
record of the troop.
Scout executives who assisted
with inspection and other details
of the encampment were Bob
Lamott, Virgil Moss, Leo Herb-
ring, Cecil Goodfellow, Floyd
Burden, LeRoy Bishop, Gil Moty,
Don Benson and A. Stromberg.
Father Edmund Hyland and
Rev. Robert Mcllvenna led the
inspirational services yesterday.
$20,000 Left in Taxi
By Excited Seattle Girl
Seattle, May 21 U1 Mary Alex
ander of Newark. N. J., was so
ciad to see her fiance, home on
leave after 28 months In the south
pacific, that she left her purse,
containing $20,000, In a taxicab.
An hour and a half later, after
jcab companies had checked 52
j.cars at the request of police, the
' purse was iound with its $19,500
I worth of war bonds and $500 in
jewelry and cash intact.
SJSS
time.
The convention, including 1,100
rinWates renresentine 3.000.000;
3,000,000 1
members, was only two votes
short of unanimity in balloting
against staying with Churchill's
conservative majority in a com
bined government until the war in
the east Is over.
cnurcmii maae ms proposmon:
n a iriuM '""H"y '":
oers. "A J ,
lor expression oi me nation s win
to vote, but urged tot for reasons
luuvc ! ijrwin "" )n the Methodist church. She will ;
maneuver; government stay In office. Jconduct a forum to discuss the i
Amee ana mornson poimea
out that the end of the Japanese
war was Indefinite. They sa d
that they felt the election should
PUL tneyj ine speaner nas naa eignt
believed that one was necessary years experience as represents-
in the relatively near future to tive in the senate of the state of
renew the life of the parliament I Washington and is a political ob -
elected in 193o. server of note, it is said.
of the discharge age from 42
last April 17.
brackets affected about 30,000
pinnated men in the 40- and 41-
year age groups.
When the military situation
permits, a further reduction
will be made in the age limit,
the war department disclosed.
These discharges are separate
from those made on the point sys
tem which applies to all ages.
Wacs Included
The new policy is also applica
ble to enlisted Wacs 40 and older
who have served for one year or
more. Eight thousand v enlisted
Wacs are eligible to, apply under
this policy. . v v - '
Commanders wilf be"permitted
to retain for 90 days any eligible
man who applies for discharge
under this policy for whom a re
placement is not immediately
available.
The war department said the
discharge age cannot be reduced
below 40 "at this time without
jeopardizing military operations
or slowing down the release of
combat veterans who have earned
the right to discharge under the
point system on the basis of long
and arduous service."
"Through the inclusion of a
heavily-weighted factor for par
enthood, the point system pro
vides indirect consideration for
age." It said, "statistical surveys
have Indicated that the average of
fathers is several years above the
average age for soldiers without
children."
Charles Dant, 67,
Suddenly Stricken
Portland, Ore., May 21 U
Charles Dant, 67, Portland lum
berman since 1903 and founder of
the Dant and Russell Lumber
company, died today in his car
after returning from a Deschutes
river fishing trip.
Born at Falrview, Mich., he at
tended Bay City schools and in
1902 became northwest represen
tative for Fred C. Ross and com
pany, at Portland headquarters.
Entering partnership with the
late Charles S. Russell in lumber
exporting, he assisted in the for
mation of the China-Pacific com
pany, which later merged into
two steamship companies.
At the time of his death he was
president of Dant and Russell, in
corporated, director of Fir-Tex In
sulating Board company, and a
majority stockholder in the steam
ship line.
His wife, three sons, and two
daughters, all of Portland, sur
vive. The Dant and Russell interests
formerly operated a lumber mill
at Redmond, and Mr. Dant was a
'requent visitor to Central
Bon
FOR Official to
iConduct Forum
Mary Karquharson( Pacific
Northwest secretary of the Fel-iof
lowshlp of Reconciliation, will be
R-nH -H ,in j
;dress a public meetln(, at 8 p.m.ercises was the Bend high school
recent developments at the peace
conference at San FranciscoJ
which she attended as an obsei-v-
er and repfesentative of the FOR. i
Bend Surpasses 4
Its Cancer Fund 1
Exceeding the $750 quota by
$35.84, the Bend Kiwanis club to
day sent Bend's contribution t6
the cancer control drive to state
campaign chairman David B.
'Simpson, who had expressed con
fidence that the $65,000 Oregon
goal would easily be reached, Dr.
Grant Skinner, Kiwanis president,
reported today.
Al Nielsen was chairman of the
committee who solicited funds for
the campaign, assisted by the fol
lowing members of the service
club: Kenneth Longballa, Wilson
George, B. A. Stover, Sam Scott,
Ueorge V. Ager, Don Conner,
Ira Wagner, Art Hill, H. N. Fowl
er, Dr. H. C. Staples, Tom Brooks,
Bruno Rath, Joe Slate, Lauren
Kimsey and Ray Yarnes.
It is pointed out that there were
1,698 deaths from cancer in Ore
gon last year, and that the greater
part of the money raised in the
state campaign will remain to
fight the disease on the home
front. According to those In
charge, this will be done through
an intensive educational ' cam
paign as to cancer and its early
symptoms; in special service to
cancer patients, such as the es
tablishments of detection clinics;
and in cancer research.
Local Budget Law
Validity Upheld
Salem, Ore., May 21 (IP) Mar
ion county Circuit Court Judge
George Duncan today upheld the
validity oi nouse dim iuj, tne
"local budget bill" of the recent
legislature, in the form in which
it was signed by the governor.
The complaint should be dis
missed, he said.
A suit was filed here last week
to enjoin the secretary of state
from including the bill in the ses
sion laws. The Oregon Business
and Tax Research Inc., of Port
land, claimed that a conference
committee report, adopted by both
house and senate, was not enrol
led in the bill, making it invalid
as not being in the form the legis
lature intended.
The suit will now go to the state
supreme court, according to F. II.
Young, manager of the tax group
which brought the complaint.
Japs Train Students
To Defend Homeland
Tokyo, May 21 ui-Japan re
iterated its denial of peace feelers
today and mobilized 20,000,000 stu
dents for the defense of the homeland.
CommencementWeekOpens;
Baccalaureate Services Held
Baccalaureate services for the
Bend high school senior class of
1945 were held Sunday night In
the local gymnasium, before an
audience that filled the main hall
to capacity. Rev. G. R. V. Bolster,
rector of Trinity Episcopal
Ore-lchurch, was the speaker, and he
i i-iiiiiiijt:u nit? jjo grauumus mat
they are entering a world in
whic h cooperation will play a ma
jor role.
Assisting Rev. Bolster were
local pastors, Rev. Kenneth A.
Tobias and Rev. William L.
Schwab,
who are fathers of twoiThe exercises lasted less than an
the graduating seniors.
Doris ,
Tobias and Robert Schwab
i.,i i ,u i ,
a cappella choir, directed by C.
Dale Robblns.
As the exercises opened, the
choir, singing "Holv Holv Holv".
slowly filed into the aud"itorlu'm, ,
followed by the seniors In caps
and gowns of blue and gold, the
j school colors. The entire group!
: was seated In front of the auditor- i
:ium. The invocation was by Rev. i
i Tobias.
Flaming
In Effort to Dislodge Japs from
Caverns on Bloody Okinawa Isle
Americans Kill
369,81 8 Japs
iDDines
Troopers Split Open
Luzon Enemy Pocket;
Plane Sinks 5 Ships
Manila, May 21 (IP) American
troops, killing almost-a thousand
Japanese daily In the Philippines,
split open an enemy pocket on
Luzon and seized another airfield
on Mindanno, 11 was announced
today.
Gen. Douglas C. MacArthur an
nounced 13,866 Japanese were
killed in the Philippines in the
past two weeks. Only 602 prison
ers were taken. These figures
brought the total of Japanese
killed or captured -in the Philip
pines campaign since the Leyte
landing seven months ago yester
day to 369,818.
The 43rd division drove a wedge
through a force ot several thou
sand Japanese on Luzon by open
ing the highway from Novallches,
five miles north of Manila, to Ipo
dam. The dam itself was taken
two days ago.
Reach Pocket
Doughboys broke through the
heart of the enemy pocket after a
blistering, 1,000-ton fire raid on
Japanese positions by over 250
Lightning, Thunderbolt, and Mus
tang fighter-bombers as jellied
gasoline bombs poured fire on
them, the Japanese tried desper
ately to bring down the attacking
nlnnes with mortar shells.
-.-.On the east coast of'Lutfonrina
leapfrogging shore-to-shore oper
ation, Filipino guerillas landed at
Dinanchican point, 48 miles cast
of Manila and six miles below the
port town of Infanta.
On Mindanao island, the 24th
division seized Sasa airdrome
north of Davao and advanced two
miles beyond It to enter the vil
lage of Panacan.
3 1st Division Gains
The 31st division, driving up the
center of the island. Dushed three
miles more along the Sayre high-!
way to within 11 miles of Malay-!
balav. caDltal of Budkinon prov-
ince. Malaybalay is the agricul -
tural center
danao.
of the middle Min-
Allied Warships Visit
Big Ports in Germany
Paris, May 21 mi Supreme
headquarters announced today
that allied warships are visiting
certain German ports "in order
to bring home their defeat to the
inhabitants." British ships have
arrived at Kiel and Wilhelmsha
ven, the announcement said. It
said American warships also were
Involved, but did not specify their
location.
MAN BURIED ALIVE
Pasco, Wash., May 21, (Hi
George Thompson, 48, Seattle,
was killed here Saturday when
ho was buried alive in a sewer
trench cave-In. Milton Johnson, 57,
who was working with Thompson
in the 18-foot trench, was rescued
by workmen. He suffered minor
injuries.
R. E. Jewell, Bend high school
principal, spoke briefly, and Rev.
Schwab followed with the scrip
ture lesson. Rev. Schwab also de
livered the benediction, following
the baccalaureate address by Rev.
Bolster.
The choir was presented In
three numbers, "Grant Us to Do
Wilh Zeal", "Meditation", and
"Verdant Meadows", then sang
"Now the Day Is Over" as the re
cessional. At the conclusion of the exer
cises, graduates and choir mem
bers filed out of the gymnasium.
hour.
Joining his class In a surprise
visit was Ronnie Hall, one of the
graduates who Is now in the navy
service. On his way to San Fran
cisco, he arrived here in time for
the baccalaureate, and, in navy
garb, marched with the gowned
girls and bovs of the class. Ronnie
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Hall
The services marked the start
of commencement week, with
graduation exercises to be held on
May 25.
In Phil
Oil Is Used by
Major School Awards
Revealed at Assembly
Major awards of the school year that is now drawing to a
close were made at the final Bend high Bchool assembly this
morning, with many of the cups, trophies and certificates
going to boys and girls who are members of the class of 1945.
Newly elected officers of the associated students, who are to
rule in the coming year, were installed, with Lee Reinhart
taking over the duties of president.
Letter and pin awards were made this nast week. Awards
presented at today's assem-
my were on recommendation
of faculty members. Bill Plath.
president of the associated
students, presided at today's
assembly. A, number Of the
presentations were, made by
the donors.
A surprise presentation this
year was the award to the school
of the Jayeee plaque, honoring
members of Lava Bear . football
teams. This award was presented
for the Jaycees bv Wilfred Jossy.
Made of Juniper, the plaque is In
three sections. Names of squad
members and their season records
appear on the plaque, which will
be presented annually, "to serve
as an inspiration for future teams
and to honor teams of the past."
Mover Award rresemed
Two of the major awards went
to a senior who recently entered
the army air corps, Phil Brogan.
student body president this past
year, tie was announced as tne
winner of the Kiwanis citizenship
award, given annually to the out
standing senior boy, and he also
won the a. A. Stover award. This
Is annually given to the senior
member of the Letterman's club
who is considered "most outstand
ing in scholarship, character, lead
ership and service, and whose
grade average la above 80." Phil's
mother, Mrs. Phil F. Brogan, ac
cepted the two awards for the
young airmen, who Is at Shop-
pard field, Texas.
Also winner of two major
awards was Iris Thomas, who won
the Girls' league cup and the
D.A.R. Good Citizen award. The
laaguo cup Is given each year to
the girl who stands hlgnest in
character, scholarship, leadership
and service. The D.A.R. award
goes to the senior girl
"who is
highest in service, leadership, pa-
triot Ism, scholarship and depend
ability.
. The Wenz Memorlul cup was
awarded to Elaine Day Anderson,
This goes to the senior most out
standing in character interpreta.
tion. This year, the Nlebergull
award was won bv Beverley Wen-
nerstrom. This trophy goes to the
senior Torch Honor student wnn
the highest number of activity
(Continued on Page 5'
'E' Bond Sales
In Bend Mount
Individual purchases of E bonds
in the Seventh war bond cam
paign soared today, as competi
tion among employes of down
town stores added zest to the
drive.
A. L. O. Schueler, Deschutes
county war finance chairman,
reported that already 24.7 per
cent of the E. bond quota had
been sold, with a total of S1G1.-
933.25 having been subscribed by
residents anxious to hasten tne
end of the war with the Japs.
Of the total quota of $1,400,000,
bond sales of all types have reach
ed $196,799,75, chairman Schueler
rcoorted today. The purchases
were divided as follows: E bonds,
$161,933.25; F, $7,566.50; G, $21,
300; C, $4,000 and 2'A per cent
Kn,ia E9 nnn
Mrs Ethel Glersch employe In
the men's department at the J.
C Penney store headed the list
of downtown sellers Saturday
when It was revealed that she
i,,i .i,i p.ruvi in h,,n,i uinn,. lnut
Monday
As workers in the bond head - !
.
miuHnru nr fho Pfnnfv fltrn-0 enn.
tlnued their sales, members of the
Beta Sigma Phi sorority, led by
Ruth Yielding, strove to sell bonds
In the theaters. The sorority
girls have set a goal of $350 in
bond sales each.
today the bond headquarters
was staffed by women of the;, 0f congress and the country's shall, army chief-of staff.
Moose, with Mrs. M. L. Ross In highest military and civil leaders.) Marshall solemnly read the clta
charge In the morning. Saturday Truman, seeing in the ceremony i lion, lt briefly summarized the
Mrs. Delbert Hale and Mrs. Nor- a symbol of the nation's power bloody action In which Lindsey,
man Gilbert of the Junior Clvlcland courage, noted that "It finds' though wounded, killed 20 Ger-
league, ana Mrs. J. r. Amoia,
head of the Women s Civic league, the Pacific" where "we are pre
sold bonds at the booth. Up to 2 1 paring to strike them later ln
p. m. Saturday $2,700 In bonds .overwhelming force."
had been sold at the headquarters. Llndsey's great deeds, perform-
f . t
invasion V erefuI
Lt. (Jg) Robert L. Hudson, mem
ber of an amphibious assault shiD
unit, is a veteran of six major
campaigns and also wears the
Philippine liberation campaign
ribbon with two stars. Lt. Hud
son's most recent invasion waB at
Okinawa. He was formerly with
the turest service here. His wife
and daughter live in Salem;
Syria and Lebanon
Scene of Clashes'
Beyrouth, May 21 till Disclo
sures that French Senegalese
troops urea on Lebanese demon
strators and killed several of
them yesterday brought a new
middle-eastern political crisis to a
neaa today,
(A Cairo dispatch said clashes
in ayria anil ix-oanon nau pin
the whole middle -east on edge
over French policy In the Levant
states. A Lebanese legation offi
cial said 17 persons were wound
ed when Senegalese troops dis
persed crowds in Damascus.)
The shooting climaxed a scries
of Incidents provoked by the ar
rival of fresh French troops In
Syria and Lebanon and brought
these rapid developments,
BULLETIN
Guam, May Zl (IPi Murines
and army infantrymen on Okln-.
awa battled to complete the en
circlement of Shurl today In a
drive that threatened to trap
the main strength of the Japa
nese, garrison in a one-Hquure-mile
area.
.'FORTS' DROP MINKS
Guam, May 21 ll Tokyo re
ported that 20 B-29 Superfor
tresses mined Kanmon strait be
tween northern Kyushu and
southern Honshu for two hours
early today.
If
Truman Presents High Award
To American Infantryman
wusningion, may iv " i-resi-
",m iruman tooay personuny (
leserm;u ine meuai oi nonor loj.siemmeu siraigm irum ins own,
'VSR'- Jako w- Lindsey In a cere-j personal courage, the president
""" "l """. ''"'- i
'o growing list of heroes who
lhavp served their country "lie-;
"nvo prved their country
vnnl fMo mm tI illltv "
- ' A.J J,
. ' . . " 1
The 24-year-old soldier from
Lucedale, Miss., was the 223rd closest relatives his father and
serviceman and 100th infantry-1 mother, Mr. and Mrs. Jake L.
man in this war to be awarded) Lindsey, and his sister, Mrs. Pau
the nation's highest m 1 1 i t a r y I line Smith, all of Lucedale.
honor. Lindsey was accompanied to the
He was the first, however, to I chamber, where the cabinet and a
receive lt directly from the prcsi-. host of foreign diplomats were
dent ln tne presence Df both hous-
us striking devastating blows mi
Marines
Grenades Used
To Ignite Fuel
In Coral Caves
U. S. Casualties Reach
Over 30,000; Nippons
Grimly Hold to Cities
By William F. Tyreo
(United Prew War Correspondent)
Guam, May 21 Ui The Tenth
army on Okinawa sent strong pa
trols into Yonabnru on the east
coast today while marines used
flaming oil to drive Japanese de
fenders from formidable fortifi
cations guarding the virtually en-
circieo strongnold town or Shurl,
front dispatches reported.
The- Domel (Japanese) news
agency said an American fleet
again was "on the prowl" off
southern Japan. It appeared to be
approaching Kyushu for new at-
Macks on the Japanese homeland.
uiose-range lighting of unsur
passed Intensity in the Pacific
war raged among the ridges and ,
caves outside Shuri and Yona-
baru.
Japs Move Out
Army patrols. disDatched bv
Maj. Gen. John R. Hodge of the
24th corps, penetrated Yonabaru
and round but few Japanese. The
enemy apparently has been mov
ing out of the town during day
light hours when American ar
tillery spotters are overhead.
The first marine division one
of the three enveloping Shuri
blazed a fiery path toward the an
cleht''trdngTipld' which the Japa
nese were defending with do-or-dle
desperation.
Front dispatches said leather
necks poured fuel Into coral caves
and hill-side fortifications, Ignit
ing It with exploding grenades.
Sheets of flame shot skyward,
casting a pinkish glow on Shurl,
directly ahead, and killing or rout
ing the defenders. Anti-tank gun
ners used their big weapons like
rifles, firing them point-blank at"
sills In coral pillbo.-es.
patrols visit i lly
Savage ground fighting pro
gressed under cover of the heavi
est land, sea and air bombard
mcnl of the Pacific war. It appear-'
ed the heaviest ground assault
was being directed at Shuri. Ex
cept for patrols, the 961 h division
has not yet entered Yonabaru In
strength. Final attacks against
Nahn, rubble-heaped west coast
port and capital of Okinawa, ap
parently were being held up
pending completion of the Shurl
campaign.
The Hist marine division on tne
northwest plunged ahead 800
yards to within 200 yards of
Shurl. The 77lh army division bat
tled within 900 yards northeast ot
the town and the 96th army dlvl-- 1
sion on the east rushed 1,600
yurds to the outskirts of Shurl.
Ilereiwo ih stur
Field reports said all three dlvl-
sions had broken through Shuri's
defense perimeter loosely de
nned as tne snurt citaaei nui
had not penetrated the town It
self. Mai. Gen. John R. Hodge, com
mander of the 24th army corps,
said the Japanese appeared de
termined to defend Shun at all
costs.
"They've chosen their holes and,
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ea against superior enemy iorces
in uermany last iNovemoer,
. . .
'1 In? ceremony look place in a
hushed house c.'i.imber. Seated on
i the front row to the left of the
sneaker's rostrum were the hero's
gathered, by Gen. George C. Mar-
mans, wounded many more, se-
cured the capture of three, knock
ed out two machine guns and cap
tured two more, and forced the
withdrawal of two enemy tanks.