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Admiral Speaks
"A war bond has double power.
To buy another bond today is to
strike a new blow at the enemy
and drive another rivet In rising
structure of America tomorrow."
Ad. Alan Kirk.
Volume LIU
New U.S. Fleet
At Okinawa,
Nippons Say
1 Tokyo Hints Battling
Yank! Hava Maw Hot
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In Grim Isle Struggle
' By William F. Tyree
(United Prow War Correspondent)
Guam, Friday, May 25 UP)
The Japanese reported today a
fleet of American transports and
a "new", carrier task force have
arrived off Okinawa to reinforce
Tenth army troops locked in a
blazing battle for the fortress city
of Shuri. .
Powerful American drives
southward along the east and
west coastlines of the island turn
ed both flanks of the Japanese
line ana graveiy imperiled Nana,
the capital city now besieged by
marines.
The leathernecks have estab
lished a bridgehead inside Naha.
Tokyo said without allied, con
firmation that a total of "more
than 400" vessels have been
j 1 amassed off the west -central
i coasi oi uKinawa under protec-
utii ui a new tasri iorce Dum
around six aircraft carriers.
Fleet Augmented "
The fleet, Tokyo said, has been
augmented by 50 transports and
U.. S. forces "are frantically at
tempting to land equipment and
supplies." American warships are
"continuously bombarding" Japa
nese positions, the enemy report
said.
(Several days ago Tokyo report
ed an American naval force
steamed out of the Marianas to
ward an unknown destination.)
The 'enemy's Naha-to-Yonabaru
defense system which has held
off American forces 55 days show
ed signs of crumbling except at
Shuri, core of desperate Japanese
resistance.
Shuri was threatened with im
minent encirclement. Front re
Dorts indicated sixth division ma-
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Marines Show Courage
Dispatches said marines of the
first division and infantrymen of
the 77th and 96th divisions moved
forward with raw courage in a
frontal attack against the inter
lacing Japanese blockhouses, pill
boxes and caves outside Shuri.
The assault troops, supported
by artillery, were met with vio
lent blasts of machine gun and
rifle fire from entrenched Japa
nese, who sporadically emerged
from their defense positions to
counter-attack the Yanks.
Fighting swirled among ancient
tombs dotting the Shuri ridges.
Manufacture of
Autos Set July 1
Washington. May 24 ai War
Production Chief J. A. Krug to
day authorized the automobile in
dustry to start turning out pas
senger cars as soon after July 1
as individual manufacturers can
get their assembly lines going.
This will enable auto manufac
turers to order their production
materials immediately, with de
liveries of these materials to start
after July 1.
"The exact date on which in
dividual auto manufacturers will
begin production after July 1 will
depend on their particular situa
tionssuch as the extent of their
tooling up, availability of facili
ties and materials, et cetera," the
VVPB chairman said.
His announcement was accom
panied by a warning to the public
that the office of price adminis
tration intends to ration these
new cars until essential motorists'
needs can' be met.
20 Channel Lines Carry
fuel Oil to Continent
London, May 24 tlP A series of
20 pipelines under the English
channel carried more than 1,000,
000 (M) gallons of fuel oil a day
to the allied armies in Europe
after D-day.
.The pipeline terminals at Cher
bourg and Boulogne were con
nected with Britain's thousand
mile line and enabled a continu
ous flow of fuel into Europe from
tankers discharging it at British
ports.
Wallgren Says Truman
j Olvmnia U'oeh 1av Oi ltP
i Truman has agreed to spend a
j T'day or two" in the Pacific north-
west following his address before
thV 'flnT; of the
San Francisco conference.
Wallgren confirmed a statement
made earlier by presidential press
secretary Charles G. Ross that !
W d io ftTnorth-'ta
west for a "rest."
TWO SECTIONS
Himmler Commits Suicide
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It was announced from London today that Heinrich Himmler,
Hitler's hangman, had committed suicide in a British military orison
at L.uneourg. me nazi nangman is pictured nere making a broad
cast, in the days when he was the most dreaded man in Europe.
Heinrich Himmler Kills
Himself in Britisli Prison
London, May 24 (UJ!)
nazi war criminal, killed himself in a British military prison
at Luneburg last night, boasting that he was the dreaded
hangman hunted for more than two weeks by three allied
armies.
Captured last Monday by two British Tommies guarding a
bridge at Bremervoerde, the former gestapo chief at first
tried to conceal his identity. His familiar toothbrush mus
tache had been shaved off, a black patch covered one eye and
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His New Cabinet
London, May 24 mi Prime
Minister Churchill sat up most of
last night selecting his new cabi-
net, but political observers be
lieved he would not make any
sensational changes.
One appointment rumored in
Whitehall circles was thaUChurch
ill would name his son, Major
Randolph Churchill, to succeed
Major Arthur Henderson as fi
nancial secretary to the war of
fice. Major Churchill returned
from the middle east last week
Churchill was expected to name
a number of young members of
parliament, who have not held of
fice previously, to junior posts va
cated by members of the dissent
ing labor party. The aim would
be to give new blood to the cabi
net and cabinet experience to the
new blood.
To Mil Posts
At the same time, observers be
lieved the doughty premier would
fill the top posts left open by the
labor party's secession with tried
and experienced administrators.
Churchill's most difficult task
will be to replace such able ad
ministrators as First Lord of the
Admiralty A. V. Alexander and
Home Secretary Herbert Morri
son, who directed Britain's de
fense against the blitz.
FIRE RAZES BUILDING
Fire of undetermined origin
shortly after noon today destroy
ed a combination woodshed and
chicken house on the O. B. Horton
ranch four miles east of Bend,
firemen reported. The fire had
been brought under control by the
time the city fire fighters arrived.
Truman Seeks Authority to Make Changes
In Executive Branch of U. S. Government
Washington, May 24 lPi Presi
dent Truman, moving vigorously
to remake the administration he
inherited on April 12, asked con-
gress today for permanent author- j broad powers to make virtually
ity to make the executive branch any other Innovations in the in
"more business like and efficient." terests of efficiency.
He asked for legislation so flexi- The proposed business manager
ble that it would permit the chief would not be primarily a Dolicv-
executive to undertake "any form j
of . organizational adjustment,
large or small, for which necessity
may arise."
The president's request, coucned
in a special message to congress, j
followed by less than 12 hours;
announcement of new cabinet ;
changes which some observers:
be'-ved were the prelude to a
general shakeup.
Mr. Truman's message was
general in nature, but It recalled
reports heard here this week that
is U disposed toward the
f eng up a "general busi-'
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Heinrich Himmler, number one
his rimless spectacles had
Brought before high-rank
ing allied intelligence officers
a few hours later, however,
Himmler throw off the mask.
Identifies Self
"I am Heinrich Himmler," he
announced dramatically.
Himmler was placed in a tem
porary detention cell at British
headquarters in Luneburg to
await further questioning.
First accounts from Luneburg,
subsequently confirmed by Gen.
Dwight D. Elsenhower's Paris
headquarters, said the gestapo
chief concealed a phial of cya
nide of potassium in his mouth
throughout the questioning and
a routine search by his captors.
Late last night he was taken
before British army doctors for a
routine medical examination and
it was then that he swallowed the
poison, apparently fearful it
would be discovered and taken
from him.
Takes Poison
A medical officer forced him lo
open his mouth, however, and the
trapped hangman was said to
have bitten off the neck of the
vial. He died within 15 minutes.
When he was arrested, an Ex
change Telegraph dispatch from
Second army headquarters said,
Himmler was wearing peari-coi-ored
horn-rimmed glasses and had
shaved off his mustache in an at
tempt to escape detection.
His body is now lying on the
floor in the front parlor of a villa
in Luneburg," the dispatch said.
"His mustache Is again showing
thinly in the cruej, thin upper
lip."
HIGH TOTAL REACHED
Portland, Ore., May 24 nn
Oregon war bond sales yesterday
in the seventh war loan were the
second highest daily figure of the
drive, with a total of $2,054,932,
Including $979,331 "E's."
ness manager" for the govern
ment. The legislation he Is requesting
would make it possible for him to
do so. It also would give him
making officer; instead he would
guard against duplication of ef-
fort and expense, making recom-
mendations to the president.
Technically what the president
asked was legislation generally
similar to the reorganization act
of 1939 and a section of the first
war powers act of 1941 which em-
powers the president to make
necessary adjustments in the ex-
iecutive organization,
I The 1939 reorganization act pro-
jvides that the president shall not!
fy congress of the changes which I
he has ordered, with the altera-
Tokyo's Industrial
n Flames Foil
Official Says
Airport Help
Construction Certain
With Federal Aid, CAA
Supervisor Tells Meet
n-
When federal funds are avail
able, the government will build a
suitable airport in Bend, and it
may be the first or second one in
the state to be constructed.
This assertion was made at a
public hearing on post-war avia
tion held in the Pilot Butte' Inn
yesterday .afternoon; by Lane W.
Wilcox, airport supervisor for the
seventh district, civil aeronautics
administration. The hearing was
conducted by the Oregon State
board of aeronautics, which is on
a fact-finding tour of the state.
More than 50 officials and air
minded persons from all over the
midstate attended.
After explaining that the CAA
merely carries out orders of the
civil aeronautics board, Wilcox
added that a major airport might
be built in Bend if the CAB des
ignated this city as a port of call
for airliners.
Bend Stands High
Wilcox said that the govern
ment's airport building program
is undergoing its sixth revision,
and that "Bend stands high on the
list."
"We will huild an airport here
without doubt if 'you get -fed
eral aid," Wilcox- said. "We feel
that Bend has a very definite need
for a f.rst cla. airport, and we
reel that this should be n carrier
stop. This depends, however, on
the granting of a franchise to an
airline by the CAB. If this does
not happen we will assist you
when the funds are available."
The speaker then reported that
hearings have been completed by
the senate on bills which would
provide money for airport con
struction and that the house Is
now holding hearings.
"I am almost certain that these
measures will be passed by con
gress, and I'll bet you $10 to SI
that you will get your airport,"
Wilcox said.
Visitors Welcome
The hearing opened after May
or A. T Niebergall formally wcl
corned the persons present, and
he thanked the state aeronautics
board for holding the session here.
Leo IJevaney, state director of
aeronautics, then presided.
JIT J pS, I'Kl.,Vs,prra;
Salem; E. S. Maronov. treasurer.!
Portland; J. R. Roberts, Redmond,
and Dr. W. M. Pea re of La
Era"'..,mTieIs "Llh0. s,a,t'
aeronautics board. Another mem
ber, A. W. Whlttaker of Port
land, was unable to attend. Be?-
sides Supervisor Wilcox, Emil
Williams, chief of Inspection serv-
ou d niMvey, airpori en-1
Bend Assured
weToresenV6 ' ' f Scat"' ! sillm 'lav ' 5 P- m.. with Rex
wtimi irliVt ,, . i,i .i,.lpu,na'n, state superintendent of
thWnrnnnsei nlrnrt Publie Instruction, as the speaker.
L4m nffnr Urn in T-,1 i ""'"""n of the class of 1945
fr, , t .h l?i ' na', 3'00! will be by Howard W. George, city
predicted, at least 95 per cent
would be in the form of landing
strips built closer to commercial
centers and recreation areas. He
advised Bend to prepare for ex
pansion of its present municipal
airport, anil also to build, f pos
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tion subject to disapproval by aT ou,"rswm,
majority of each of the two houses U.'
within 60 days
forihor WmZJViT . 1 Crawford, William V. Dratherage,
TJLJZl ! i" a' lcmPrary m-;Kna(l Kona(J K E n .
T 1. a h. "r5!'n''"n:gan. Jr., Margaret A. Niskanen,
2L .M.BrTTT. nt CnanRp8 un , Thomas R. Khoads and Carl W.
der this legislation, however, auto-! Wyatt
matically revert to the former i !
status six months after the term- - . r . . ,,
(nation of hostilities. County Extension Units
The president said such auto !To Meet Here on Friday
!md wol7relt?nrT''k!:,'!,'i Prom planning day for offi
shmZldor;o'melna ehnPc e's" H , ' V"' !!(!?
ehnulrl i.k. . Un L j
I should not.be re-established."
from hVh aid that, aside . nlng at j0:30 a m. rri,iay tne"of.
T ,i0n.-0f the war flee of the home demonstration
nfi" h7, ? Kveromen.!aBpm announced today.
nl.Zi ,adJus,ments .we needed' Miss Lucy Case of the Oregon
currently and continuously and state college faculty will conduct
that congress could not "deal ef .the meeting, at which projects for
lectively with numerous organlza-1 next year's unit meetings will be
lion pibi o
item basis." '
BUI
Roofers, painters and decorators swarm over the summer White House In
Truman home at 219 N. Delaware St.where the Preiildent plana to
U. S. Troopers Near Junction
That Would Split Mindanao
Nippons Make No Serious Attempt to Halt
Closing Pincers; Position Seems Hopeless '.
i '.-Mnnila. May 24 J.E)
north central Mindunno swept turnout unopposed today into
the last eight miles Hcparating them from a junction that
would split the island lengthwise.
Troops of the 31st 'division, striking north, brushed aside
resistance at Kalasungay, a mile and a half north of recently
captured Malaybalay, in a 10-mile advance to capture Dal
wangan. Spearheads of the 40th and American divisions pushed
Bend School Year
To End on Friday
Bend's 1944-45 school year Is
rapidly drawing to a close, with
only two major events remaining
on the calendar, officials announc
ed today. Students of the entire
city system were granted a day of
leisure today, while- teachers com
pleted the collection of papers
and the listing of grades, and to-
I morrow grade and high school
youngsters will return to their
class rooms at 11 a. m. to receive
a'
"'After Fdd w'
report cards!
rds.
distribution of
report cards, the only event re
maining will be the high school
commencement exercises, wnen
113 seniors will receive their
diplomas.
Commencement exercises will
hp hpl(1 ln ,,, hih hn(ll vmnn,
"ft. " 'Val ' K
scno0' pHncipal.
To ''resent Diplomas
I A. O. Schilling, chairman of the
Iocal school board, will present
, 11,1 "iii.is. hsximihk hi me
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lercises will bo Rev. Hubert Mc-
Ilvenna, who will give the Invo
cation and the benediction.
Music will Include numbers by
the Bend high school band, direct-
.i.l V.., - ii..u n..u,.i..
Eleven members of the class of
1945 are already In the service,
and others will be called to the
IT SChOOl IS OUt.
Seniors now In service are Wayne
E. Allen, Philip Hrogan. Edwin j.
' wl" n( " me circuit mun
,rfnm n, ,n , hin.
tee members will be elected
OWIOTG
Summer White House in Missouri
Converging American troops in
T'-touth several miles beyond
Maluko toward the junction
with the 31st.
The Japanese made no seri
ous effort to halt the closing
pincers. Apparently realizing the
hopelessness of their position, the,
defenders were reported retiring
to the hills for a last stand.
"If the central Mindanao gap Is
closed, the Japs will have lost
everything worth holding In that
area," a spokesman at Gen. Doug-
las MacAitnur s headquarters
said.
Near Airfield
In the Davao sector, 24 division
troops pushed a mile north of
Bunawan to secure Tambungon
and were reported closing In on
Licanan airfield, last Japanese-
held airdrome on Mindanao.
On Luzon, the 38th division be
gan burning out the Japanese in
the Marakina watershed hills east
of Manila, using flame-throwing
tanks and a catapult device which
hurled barrels of Jellied gasoline
over hills and ridges Into draws
and ravines where the Japanese
were entrenched.
To the north of the 38th, the
43rd division compressed trapped
Japanese near Ipo dam Into a
three squarc mile pocket.
Bill Eby, Bafaan
Soldier, Is Dead
Bill Eby, T5, one of the four
former Bend high school boys who
I Wl're captured by the Japanese
j following the fall of Bataan and
: Corrcgldor, died on June 28, 19-12,
In . b ,,t wr ri.mli hl!.. ... . " . . .....
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j parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Eby, j
lOrnHTiy Ol UI'IIU ailU IIUW 111 nil l -
land,
have been notified by the
war department.
. Hill was a victim of dysentery
and malaria, the war department
has ascertained.
This was the first word Mr. and
Mrs. Eby received about their son
since they were advised he was
missing In action shortly after the
fall of Bataan, more than three
years ago.
With Bill In the Philippines at
the fall of Bataan were Jack
Chambers, Merlyn Eby and Wll-!for
lard Ferneau
Mr. and Mrs. Eby's last letter
from Bill was written on Feb. 16,
1942, and stated In part: "Just a
line to let you know I am all
right. Tell everyone hello, and
don't worry about me. Wlllard,
Jack and Merlyn are O.K. too."
Wafcerfroinifc
Fort
(NEA Teltphoto)
Independence, Mo. It's the Harry S.
spend some ot the summer months.
More Gas Due
U. S. Motorists
Washington, May 24 iipi That
extra gasoline motorists ' ware
promised after V-E day will come
to (hem in June. Buf It' won't He
enough-to do much extra joyrld
ing.
"A" gasoline rations will be in
creased only about a gallon a
week. "B" rations will -be In
creased, but only if card holders
can demonstrate increased need
to their local ralion boards.
Announcement of the increase
was made jointly by petroleum
administrator Harold L, Ickes and
the office of price administration.
Ickes said he took "great satlsfac-'
Hon" in giving civilians more gas
oline for the first time since ra
tioning began In July, 1941.
Throughout the United States,
"A" rations will be Increased 50
per cent on June 22 when A16
coupons become valid. This means
the value of each of the new cou
pons will go up from four to six
gallons. Six coupons are validated
at a time, all good for three
months.
Earlier Dutu Set
"B" rations will be increased a
little earlier op June 11 by vary
ing degrees throughout the coun
try, bringing them everywhere
up to a new countrywide ceiling
allotment of 650 miles a month.
Rations In the east will go up 100
per cent from 325 to 650 miles a
month; and in (he far west they'll
go up from 400 to 650 miles a
month.
Deputy petroleum administra
tor Ralph K. Davles stated that
at least 20 days would be needed
to gear manufacturing, transpor
tation and distribution facilities
lo move the Increased supplies to
service stations.
STALIN'S SON SAKE
Zurich, May 24 IU" Marshal
Josef Stalin's son, Jacob, who was
captured early In the war, was
disclosed today to be living In u
Swiss internment camp with oth
er Russian officers following his
escape from a German prison
camp.
Truman to Fly West to Speak
Before San Francisco Parley
Washington, May 24 iin White
, P"HS S 7. y Tu' n .
Rass announced today that Presl-
Ui:ili nuilioil win w lilt- nini
.coast for his appearance for the
Nations conference at San Fran
Cisco.
Ross said Truman will arrive In
San Francisco only a few hours
before the speech which he will
deliver ln the San Francisco opera
house witnessing the signing of
the world security charter.
Ross said that en route back to
Washington the president might
make a side trip, but the plans
this had not been completed,
This side trip, he said, probably
would be to the Pacific North
west. Ross said he foresaw the
possibility of some announcement
on this soon from Olympia, Wash.
Ross said Truman's address
would take about 15 minutes and
would be broadcast over world
Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy with scattered
showers today, tonight and Fri
day. I.ittte temperature change.
NO. 145
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Carrier Planes
Renew Blows
On Jap Bases
In Guam, Fliers Survey
Damage Resulting From
Great Raid on Capital
By Lloyd Tripling ,
(United Prou War Cormponiltlitl
Guam, May 24 Ml Some 180
American carrier planes attacked
suicide-plane bases ln southern
Japan today, an enemy broadcast
said, while miles of Tokyo's in
dustrial waterfront still blazed
from a record pre-dawn Superfor
tress raid.
Radio Tokyo said the carrier
planes began their attacks on
bases on Kyushu, southernmost
of the Japanese home islands, at
3 p. m. Japanese time. They
caused "relatively light" damage,
Tokyo said.
Carrier planes and Superfor
tresses have struck repeatedly ln
the past month at the Kyusnu
airfleld,s from which suicide
planes take off to attack Amer
ican shipping off Okinawa.
Fires Kindled
More than 550 Superfortresses
kindled fires in southern Tokyo
visible 200 miles away early to
day. Approximately 4,500 tons of
fire bombs were dropped In the
greatest incendiary attack ever
made." : .., '
- A. 200-mlle-16n8i sky train of
B-29's, the biggest force of Super
fortresses ever sent aloft, dropped
700,000 fire bombs on the jam
packed Shlnagawa factory area
at the rate of 42 tons a minute
for 105 minutes ln the pre-dawn
darkness.
Flames quickly engulfed the
structures and merged Into huge
conflagrations. Either consumed
by or ln the path of the billow
ing fires were railway yards, air
craft plants and other key war
factories.
"It looks like a good Job," said
Brig. Gen. Thomas S. Powers,
commander of Guam-based Super
fortresses. Big Area Burned
The raid was expected to add .
materially to the almost 33 of
Tokyo's 360 square miles burned
out by Superfortresses since they
began their offensive against the
capital six months ago today.
A Japanese communique said
some fires still were burning at
7 a. m. Japanese time, more than
five and one-half hours after tho
Ktnrt of tho rnlil.
I It gald an aroor In the Imperial
paUPe garden was attacked and
an "establishment" within the
i groUnds of the Akasaka detached
palace, used to house visiting
royalty. had been destroyed.
Other Tokyo broadcasts said
the Slngaku temple of the Ronins,
"symbol of Japanese chivalry,"
was destroyed. Some bombs fell
ln Yokohama and Kawasaki as
well as In Tokyo, the broadcasts
saiu.
laps Make Claim
The Japanese claimed 27 Super
fortresses had been shot down
and 30 others damaged.
The Jupanese were believed to
have sent Jet-propelled night
fighters against the raiders, but
authorities said losses had been
unexpectedly light. Returning
fliers said "balls of fire," pre
sumably Jet fighters, chased them
as much as 20 miles out to sea.
wide radio facilities. Tentative
plans call for the president to
attend a reception for the dele
gates Immediately after the plen
ary session and then leave San
Francisco within a few hours.
Ross said that even if the trip
to the northwest is arranged defin
itely, the entire trip will keep tho
president away from Washington
much less than a week.
On his flight to the west coast,
Truman will be accompanied by
Ross and Matthew J. Connelly,
secretary to the president. No
member of the Truman family
will make the trip.
The president is considering the
brief visit to the northwest for
purposes of a rest "and nothing
else," Ross said.
He gave no Indication when the
side trip might be announced in
Washington state except to say
that reporters should look for it
at Olympia. .
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