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ENTIRE NAZI HIGH COMMAND UNDER ARREST
1 tt I IX
Karl Doenitz,
German Chief,
Is in Custody
Brief Regime of Foe
Surrender Party Ends
. As High Officers Act ;
Paris, May 23 (if) Supreme
headquarters announced today
that all members of admiral Karl
Doenitz's acting German govern
ment and of the German high
, command in Flensburg had been
taken into custody as prisoners
. of war. . .
The Allies arrested 300 German
officers and an unspecified num
ber of other military and civilian
personnel, an Official announce?
ment, of the move against the
temporary setup at Flensburg re
vealed. Temporary Measure
The arrest of the German lead
ers in Flensburg collapsed the in
terim setup which succeeded the
government of Adolf Hitler.
SHAEF has made it plain in
repeated statements on the sub
ject that the Allies tolerated the
regime headed by Doenitz only
as a temporary measure of ex
pediency. They never recognized
the Doenitz clique as a "govern
ment," but worked with it as the
best substitute for an organized
authority capable of expediting
, the German surrender.
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Flensburg, Germany, May 23
(IB Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz,
all members of his acting German
government, and the entire Ger
man high command were arrested
at 10 a. m. today by Allied authori
ties. The Doenitz regime, which suc
ceeded Adolf Hitler's nazi govern
ment, was dissolved after its brief
lifetime devoted largely to man
ipulating Germany's formal sur
render. Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, chief
of the high command, was re
vealed to have been in custody as
a war prisoner since May 14.
Officers Arrested
Along with Doenitz and Keitel,
scores of German officers, were
made prisoners of war. Among
them was Col. Gen. Gustav Jodl,
'chief-of-staff, who signed the Ger
man surrender at Reims. Keitel
signed a like document at Berlin.
The dissolution of the Doenitz
regime came a day after the dis
closure that an Allied control
party had been organized to super
vise the task of breaking up the
last organized fragment of nazi
Germany.
Allied supreme headquarters
had made it plain throughout that
it was using the Doenitz setup as
a temporary tool to expedite the
surrender of the Germans.
Deschutes Men
Get U. S. Call '
The Deschutes county selective
service board today announced
the names of a number of men
ordered for induction, and those
transferred to other boards, as
follows:
Ordered to report for induction
were Gordon Cameron Ewen,
George Wilson Kiel, George
David Gould, Sidney Dayton Kel
ley, Festus Karl Kamisky, Law
rence Charles Musgrave, Willis
Patterson, John Warren Wood.
Thomas Calvin Bean, Ernest
Ewalt Bachman and James Law
rence Trusheim.
Transfers to Deschutes county
local board for delivery: Harold I
R. Longley, Athol Keith Hopping I
and Frank Gravon. I
Deschutes county registrants,!
transferred for delivery to other
boards: Leonard Walter Rice,
John Marlyn Kulstad, George E.
Wilson, Virgil E. Aker, Leonard
I. Henderson, Arthur B. Polk.
Donald Carol Newman, Joseph
E. Hardin and Stanley Clark
Bacon.
Forwarded for Induction were:
Glenn Merrill Sehriver. Richard,
Lyle Usher, Jess Henry Smith.;
Jr., Bruce Gordon Markell and:
Vester Guern Hodge. I
Transferred for induction were:
Joseph Wm. Roberts, Cecil J.
Reams and William H. Giltner.
Transfer to Deschutes county
local board: Wiiiard E. Hall.
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Attorney Quits
Attorney General Francis .Blddle
was one or three members of tne
United States cabinet who today
turned in their resignations to
President Harry Truman. .
Three, Cabinet
Members Turn
lanations
Washington, May 23 (IP) Pres
ident Truman tdday announced
three cabinet resignations and the
names of the new members he
will nominate.
The president told his news con
ference he was accepting the res
ignations of Attorney General
Francis Biddle, Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins and Secretary of
Agriculture Claude A. Wickard.
At the same time he announced
that war food administrator Mar
vin Jones is resigning and his
duties probably will be trans
ferred to the agriculture depart
ment. The new cabinet appointees are
Tom C. Clark of Dallas, Tex.,
present assistant attorney gen
eral, to become attorney general.
Federal Judge Lewis B. Schwel
lenbach of Spokane, Wash., to be
secretary of labor, and Rep. Clin
ton P. Anderson, D., N. M., to be
secretary of agriculture.
Gets New Berth
The president said he was ap
pointing Wickard as rural electri
fication administrator.
Truman said all the cabinet
changes become effective June 30
except in the case of 'Wickard,
which will be effective any time
he is confirmed by the senate as
REA administrator.
The president said that Jones
will return June 30 to the U. S.
court of claims from which he
stepped to head the war food ad
ministrator. He said when Jones
leaves WFA probably will be put
Into the agriculture department.
The president gave no indica
tion when other cabinet changes
may come or that there definite
ly will be any further changes.
YANKS IV OSLO
Oslo, May 23 (IP) Oslo will be
temporarily occupied by Amer
ican troops, it was revealed today
by Brigardier P. H. Hansen, head
of SHAEF civil affairs unit. 1
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Truman to Address Peace Parley, Stettinius
Reports Following Washington Conference
San Francisco. May 23 IP
President Truman's decision tr
come here to address the closing
plenary session of the United Na
tions security conference was re
garded today as hlghtlightlng the
growing importance of postwar
problems in Europe some con
nected directly with the confer
ence, some not so connected.
The chief executive's decision
was revealed In Washington by
Secretary of State Edward R. Stet
tinius. Jr., after a morning talk
with Truman. Stettinius flew to
the capiiol last night to consult
with the president and with state
department aides. He Is expected
back here tomorrow or Friday.
Stettinius told reporters on
leaving the White House that he
had reported to the president on
CENTRAL OREGON'S
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1945
550 "Forts"
Drop Incendiary
Guam, Thursday, May
Superfortresses unleashed
Tokyo today, dropping more than 700,000 incendiary
bombs on the capital in the early morning darkness.
It was the greatest fleet of B-29s ever sent. aloft in
a single mission and it brought the air war against th
Japanese homeland to a new peak of intensity. 4
At least 4,500 tons of incendiaries were dumped on
Tokyo, starting about' 3 a. m. u
Maj. Gen. Curtis LeMay's air armada attacked
Tokyo and its already-blasted industrial environs in
steady parade lasting 105
The raid was centered
trial heart, of the citv. ,
This was the moment for
a global organization has
2600 War Criminals Indicted
By United Nations Officials
100 Japs Included In Large Group; Czechs
Submit Huge List, Naming One Regiment ,
London, May 23 (U.E) The United Nations War Crimea
commission has indicted 2,600 Nazi and Japanese war crim
inals led by Adolf Hitler and members of the German gov-
ornmpnf rolinhln annrcps renorted todav. - ' '
The names of the indicted criminals have been turned over
to military authorities, who are charged with arresting and
holding them for trial. -. ;
The indictments were returned after the commission had
sifted through literally tons of
suspects probably included close lo iou.uuo names. - '
The names were included in eight lists issued by the com
mission over a period of six
months. The first list of in-
dictments returned November
22, 1944, was topped by Hit-
ler and the members of the
Nazi German government.
Few Japs Indicted
Most of the indictments return
ed to date have been against
Nazis. Probably less than 100
Japanese have been indicted.
However, there is a sub-commis
sion working in Chungking to
collect evidence against Japanese
war criminals.
The task here still was far from
com Dieted.
The Polish government alone
has submitted charges against
15.000 persons. The Poles have
the names of gauleiters of every
district in occupied Poland and
those of officials and personnel
of concentration camps where an
estimated 5,000,000 persons were
exterminated by the Nazis.
List Increased
The Czech government has list
ed 6,000 Nazi war criminals and
is expected to double that num
ber before its list is complete. In
their determination to avenge
Lidice, the Czechs have secured
an indictment of the entire SS
regiment which carried out the
massacre. Now they are trying
to learn the names and where
abouts of every member of the
regiment.
Radio Paris announced that the
French government has sent the
commission a list of 2,000 Ger
man war criminals it wants
brought to trial.
BULLETIN
Guam, Thursday, May 24 HP)
American 7th division troops
were rolling up the east wing of
Japanese defense on Okinawa
today. They stormed and rap
tured strategic Ozato Maru liill.
jrogress of the conference toward
ts goal or drafting the charter for
i world organization, as well as
ither matters. He said he could
not give any exact date when Tru
man would address the confer
nce, "But I am confident that It
will be early in June."
Meanwhile, Big Four experts at
the conference struggled to an
swer a series of technical ques
tions posed by the "little" United
Nations In their campaign to mod
ify the almost absolute veto of
the big powers in the proposed
world organization.
The dispute on this basic issue,
however, has not slowed the step
ped up tempo of the United Na
tions conference. An estimated 75
per cent of committee work on
the world charter Is completed
Hit Tokyo;
24 (UP) More than 500
a great fire attack-. on
minutes. . T
on Shinagawa the indu;
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which the 20th air force
long waited.
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ror Registrar ion
Salem, Ore., May 23 HP The
registration deadline for voters
who plan to vote in the June 22
special election closed last night,
elections division officials report
ed. The election, authorized by the
1945 legislature, is for a people's
vote on a two-cent-per-packagc
tax on cigarettes, for school sup-
for buildings for the state board
of higher education and other in
stitutions. About 300 servicemen have ap
plied for absentee ballots for the
election, the division said.
It was reported from the office
of Mrs. Dan P. Dacey, Deschutes
county clerk, today that only 21
registrations had been received
for Deschutes county. Nine of
these were received yesterday.
Only those who have changed
precinct residence since last elec
tion, or are new arrivals In the
county, were required to register.
Cigaret Line in Salem
Broken Up By Officers
Salem, Ore., May Z3 un ponce
Tuesday broke up a cigaret line
which had formed In a downtown
Salem street
The reason the line was block
ing traffic.
The excuse an old, almost for-
gottpn city ordinance against
blocking the sidewalk.
The result no more cigarets
from that store until the manager
finds another means of distribu
tion.
and hopes for an early June ad
journment are high.
Remaining problems Include
such fundamental issues as as
sembly powers, trusteeships and
voting formula.
The debate on voting procedure
shanul Ihn ....... II.. L.. . . . i . i. . i .
trusteeship issue. Other chart"r!l:?ul,h'8,A.r;rit'a?,,fJniVt'rsl,y' F'
problems have become verv inrh. F.lalrnec? ,hpir wil Ingness to Join
nical, with most of the wrangling ! lne Lehanpse national army,
over words. L '
Here are some of the Issues I p.11.,g o..J- ii4!
that do not bear directly on the 0unty U0qet Meeting
drafting of a charter but are nev-1 TO Be Held Ofl Friday
ertheless threatening to take! The Deschutes county budget
some minds off the basic Job here: ! meeting will be held on Friday
1. An Intra-Unlted Nations fam-! night, at 8 o'clock, In the circuit
lly squabble Involving delegates J court room In Bend, It was an
to this conference. jnouneed today by officers.
i 1 it the Polish ,KSUe Through an error, it was earlier
again by Ukrainian Foreign Min- announced that this meeting
ister Dmitri Z. Manuilski. would be on May 20.
BULLETIN
DAILY NEWSPAPER
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Yonabaru Falls
To Americans
In Island Gains
Entire Nippon Defense
System on Okinawa Is
Menaced By Troopers
By William F. Tyree
. (United Preu War Correspondent)
Guam, Thursday, May 24 tin
Tenth army troops advanced
southeast of Naha and fanned
out beyond captured Yonabaru
today in a developing offensive
that threatened to isolate besieged
Shuri and smash Japan's tough
Okinawa defense system.
American marines and soldiers
drove forward at both ends of the
enemy's last-ditch line. Front re
ports indicated possibility that
Yanks may soon be able to sweep
down the coastal flanks of Okin
awa, leaving Shuri fortress be
hind for special siege treatment.
. The rested Seventh division
ripped through shattered defenses
hear Yonabaru. Reports lagging
at least 24 hours behind actual
developments placed elements of
the Seventh nearly a mile south
of Yonabaru, east coast strong
hold and Okinawa's fifth largest
city.
Hill Is Seized
Seventh division infantrymen
.Jjstormed and seized Ozato. Maru,
a hill 1,000 yards southeast of
Yonabaru. It was described as
one of the last pieces of terrain
from which withdrawing Japa
nese could make a final stand in
southern Okinawa.
American troops were astride
the Naha-Tonabaru road near
Yonabaru.
At the opposite, western end of
the five-mile battlefront, marines
of Major Gen. Pedro de Valle's
first division drove south and
east of Naha, rubbled capital of
UKinawa.
Slogging through ankle-deep
mud, the leathernecks advanced
to a point overlooking the Naha-
Shuri road, which cuts diagonally
across the island from a point
near the end of Naha harbor.
Fortress Is Tough
The gains beyond Naha and the
Yonabaru break-through opposed
the way to possible complete Iso
lation of Shuri by all odds the
toughest island fortress which has
yet come under American guns
in the Pacific war.
'The Japanese still were resist
ing bitterly.
In early stages of the Yona
baru battle, American Sherman
tanks knocked out six of nine
Japanese tanks on the outskirts
of the city in the first armored
battle of the Okinuwa campaign.
Infantrymen killed 1,000 enemy
troops in fierce hand-to-hand
fighting.
Yonabaru lies at the southwest
corner of Nakagusuku bay, an ex
cellent naval anchorage. The bay
soon will be open to American
shipping.
Four army and marine divi
sions tightened a pincers on Shuri,
midway between Naha and Yona
baru. Operations there were
slowed, however, by rains and
mud.
Strikes and Riots
Spread in Syria
Beyrouth, May 23 mi French
troops in Syria were confined to
their barracks today as strikes
and riots protesting their pres
ence spread through the country,
Damascus dispatches reported.
Strikes paralyzed business In
Damascus, the Syrian capital, and;
other towns. j
Lebanon was ouieter. However.
In Beyrouth, students held anj
orderly demonstration during!
which they visited parliament and i
the premiers office. The stu
dents, Including some from Bey
Chyirchi
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It was announced from London today that Prime Minister Churchill
has resigned, and has been commissioned by the king to form an
interim government, until a general election is held.
Nazi Officials
Reach Britain,
LbndonHears
London, May 23 (ID Reich
marsh Hermann Goerlng and
Marshal Gerd Von Rundstedt, for
mer German commander in the
west, have been brought to Brit
ain, It was learned today.
Reliable sources said Goerlng
was being held at a hotel at
Windermere In northern England.
He was understood to have arriv
ed some time ago and to have
passed through London unrecog
nized. Rundstedt was recognized at a
London station unci booed by rail
way workers.
The two men were brought
here separately.
Japs May Quit
Southern China
Chungking. May 23 (til Uncon-
firmed reports reaching Chung-
King looay indicated the Japan
ese were preparing to abandon
most of the southern and south
eastern China In favor of an
Okinawa-type defense in North
China, Manchuria and Korea.
Information reaching Chung-
King irom wnat were described
as most reliable sources raised
the possibility Japan was reshap
ing her strategy to prolong the
war In an attempt to obtain a
negotiated peace.
There were some indications
the withdrawal process already
has begun. These Included:
Area Evacuated
1. Japanese military authorities
ordered Japanese civilians to
evacuate the coastal area south
of Hangchow, important port
city on Hangchow bay southwest
of Shanghai.
2 The Japanese withdrew their
garrison from Foochow, enabling
Chinese troops to re-enter the city
and occupy areas near thp Mln
river and along the coast of Fuk
ien province.
3. Japanese have begun a with
drawal eastward from Hochl in
Kwangsi province. The Chinese
took advantage of this withdrawal
to re-enter Hochl and push on In
the direction of Ishan.
There was speculation that dur
ing the next several months the
Japanese may whtldraw gradual
ly from Kwangsi, Kwangtung,
Klangsl, and Hunan provinces,
as well as from the south and
southeastern coastal areas and
the southern end of the trans
China communications corridor.
STRKKHEIl SKI.Kt)
With U. S. 101st Airborne Divis
ion, May 23 HP American
troops today captured Julius
Strelcher, one of the most bitter
anti-Semites In the Nazi regime
of Adolf Hitler. Strelcher was
captured by troops of the 101st
airborne division on a farm near
Waldring.
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County Lagging
ing
'Less than 20 per cent of Des
chutes county's seventh war loan
quota of $1,141,000 has been rais
ed, It was reported today by A.
L. O. Schueler, war finance chair
man, who added that Increased
bond buying must take place If
the goal Is to be reached in the 33
days remaining of the campaign
Buyers have purchased a total
of $221,331 in bonds since sales
began 38 days ago, which Is only
19.4 per cent of the quota, Schue
ler stated. He added, however,
that sales or E bonds was morq
encouraging. To date $175,864.30
In this type 6f bonds has been
sold, making 26.9 per cent of the
total quota of $654,000.
Up to the close of business last
night, sale of other types of bonds
stood as follows:
F, $7,566.50; G, $21,300; C,
$9,600 ; 2'i per cent, $2,000; 2'4
per cent, $1,000, and per cent.
$4,000.
KKAC'lf QUOTA
The employes of Brundis Thrlft
WIho Drug today went over the
top In their bond purchases, reach
ing their $500-quota this morning,
Lome Carter, chalrmun of retail
solicitation, reported.
Civic groups have continued to
staff the war loan booth In Pen
ney's store. The Eastern Star
was In charge today, with Mrs.
Harry Hamilton, Mrs. Clyde Spen
cer, Mrs. Earl Roderick and Mrs.
Frank Bockman participating.
Tuesday Mrs. C. P. Becker, Mrs.
Stella Pearl Rungo and Mrs. J.
F. Arnold represented the Bend
Civic league at the booth. Mon
day the Moose lodge took charge,
with Mrs. James Ross, Mrs. Wil
liam Bennett and Miss Bernicce
Shields present.
Bundled Paper
Children to lane Grey Show
With Inclement weather Inter.
ferlng with another proposed
clty-wlde pickup, members of the
Bend Junior chamber of com
merce today had hit upon a novel
plan to salvage old paper In the
city.
They announced that bundled
paper will be good for admission
to a special show at the Tower
theater on May 29 for all children
between the ages of six and 14
years.
Don Hlgglns, president of the
Jaycees, said that the theater will
be opened ut 1:30 p. m. that date,
with the first feature play sched
uled to begin at 2 p. m. He esti
mated that if the theater is filled
to capacity by the children, that
approximately 20.000 pounds of
paper will be collected by this
means.
To Get Bond
A truck will be parked In front
of the theater where the children
Weather, Forecast
Mostly cloudy with scattered' .
light showers today, tonight and r
Thursday. Not much tempera
ture change. '
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Coalition Rule
To Abrupt End
King Orders War Chief
y To Form Government
Until Election Is Held
London. May 23 tin Prime
Minister Churchill resigned today
and was commissioned by King
George to form an interim gov
ernment to hold office until a gen
eral election expected to be held
July s.
Churchill's action orougnt an
end to the coalition government
which has governed Britain since
Churchill was summoned to office
In the critical days of May, 1940.
The king probably win an
nounce tonight the dissolution of
Britain's 10-year-old parliament
and set a general election for
JulyS.
A brlet announcement irom
Churchill's official residence at 10
Downing street said he submitted
his resignation as prime minister,
first lord or tne treasury ana min
ister of defense to the king at
noon today.
Confers With King
Churchill remained at Bucking
ham palace with the king for 50
minutes.
The resignation was regarded
largely as a formality to clear the
way for the appointment of a
"caretaker" government to serve
in the interim period under
Churehlll; .- r - : - ' ' - -.
The new cabinet 'will ' exclude
members - of the labor party :
which forced a showdown by re-'
Jecting Churchill's plea that it re
main In the coalition until Japan
has been defeated.
Among the more prominent
ministers who will be dropped
will be Deputy Prime Minister
Clement R. Attlee, Labor Minister
Ernest Bevln, Home Secretary
Herbert Morrison and First Lord
of the Admiralty A. V. Alexander.
Mew Cabinet Due
Non-party men such as Chan
cellor of the Exchequer Sir John
Anderson, War Secretary Sir
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Bureau Receives
Seven Canal Bids
Seven bids for contracts to con
struct approximately 25 miles of
laterals covering 5,000 acres of
ground in the North Unit irriga
tion project, were opened today at
the Bend offices of the U. S. bu
reau of reclamation. The laterals
are to extend from the main canal
north of Juniper butte and east ot
Culver.
Low bidder was Bllckle and Ca
ter, Portland, with a figure of
$158,428.25. Other bidders were:
W. C. Thompson, San Fran
cisco, $175,950; United Construc
tion company, Seattle, $192,298.75;
J. N. and M. J. Conley, Portland,
$206,580; C. J. Montag and sons,
Portland, $209,675; E. B. Bishop,
Orland, Cal., $217,902.50; and
Leonard and Slate, Portland,
$244,235.
The Bishop Construction com
pany of Orland now is engaged In
making approximately 10 miles
of the main water canal In Jeffer
son county.
to Admit Bend
may deposit their bundles. Scales
will be provided for weighing the
larger bundles. The boy or girl
bringing the heaviest bundle of
old paper or magazines will be
presented a $25 war bond, Higgins
said.
The bond presentation will be
made from the stage of the
theater In the Intermission, Hig
gins said.
Features of the show will be
"Heritage of the Desert," based
on one of Zane Grey's stirring
novels of the west; "Leave It to
Blondle," starring Penny Single
ton, Arthur Lake and "Daisy" the
day. and a Donald Duck cartoon.
Higgins stressed that the chil
dren must securely tie their bun
dles as the paper will be shipped
direct from the theater, and that
every effort must be made to not
clutter up the street with scatter
ed paper.
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