Task Force Aid
. . ' "The fait carrier force fighting
men can beat the Japs at long at
the people at home back them up.
Put the 7th war loan across."
Adm. J. S. McCain
Volume LIU '
Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy with scattered .
showers today, tonight and Sat
urday. Little temperature change.
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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY. MAY 25. 1945
NO. 146
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Final Conquest
Of Mindanao
Believed Near
Island Split in Two
As U. S. Forces Join;
Nippons Take to Hills
Manila, May 25 IIP) The Mln
danao fighting reached the mop-ping-up
stage today alter two
American forces linked in the
heart of the island to split It
lengthwise.
The 31st infantry division drlv-
ing north and the 40th and
Americal divisions going south
joined Wednesday north of Mala-
balay In central Mindanao,
communique from Gen. of the
Army Douglas MacArthur's
headquarters said today. -
"The Mindanao campaign has
reached the mopping-up stage,"
the communique said.
The last remnants of a Japa
nese force which originally to
talled around 50,000 had taken to
the hills as Amencan troops and
Filipino guerillas extended their
hold on the island.
Two Columns Meet
Most of the remaining enemy
troops were centered north of
Davao, where another linkup
iook place, mis one was be
tween the 24th division, which
drove ahead eight miles along
the coastal highway, and Filipino
force. They met near the head
of tne Davao gulf.
American planes pounded
other enemy pockets in the hills
of central Mindanao and in the
northeastern part of the island
around Remedios.
OroanboH .TananMA rocielanM
v also cracked in the Ipo dam area
1 nnrthnaat ' rf Mantla T nnn
island. The 43rd division, mopping-up
operations, killed 174
Japanese. East of Manila, the
38th division drove toward the
Marlkina river. They sealed 25
caves where 'Japanese holdouts
hid, and reported another 262 ene
my dead.
, Jap Ashes Found
I Australian forces on New Gill
ie yAM loand 'over 7,000 boxes" eon-
3 nllH k. ncUne . , ...1
Japanese soldiers at the Wirul
mission, three miles south of We-
wak. Australian troops drawing
a ring around Wewak were two
miles apart.
Formosa, now flanked by
American troops on Okniawa and
Chinese forces on the China
coast in the Foochow area,
again was pounded by heavy and
medium bombers. They dropped
235 tons- of bombs including rail
yards, airfields, and barracks at
Thoshien and Okayama.
Men Leaving Jobs
Called Slackers
Portland, Ore., May 25 mi The
30,000 persons who are leaving
shipyard Jobs throughout the na
tion every month are, in the opin
ion of Vice-Adm. Howard L. Vick
ery, vice chairman of the U. S.
maritime commission, "the damn
edest bunch of slackers."
"The birds who are leaving are
holding up the ships and making
it necessary for the rest of us
to work harder and longer to fin
ish the jobs," said Vickery, here
today In the course of a tour of
Pacific northwest shipyards.
"These people who are leaving
the yards now and going home
are the damnedest bunch of slack
ers," he declared. "I feel strongly
about this. We are in dire need
of the ships being built here. If
we don't need them we would
stop building them and save our
money. Vickery announced that
steps are being taken to recruit
outside of Oregon and Washing
ton thousands of workers to take
up the slack at the Kaiser com
pany's Vancouver yard.
t The new worker search is
aimed at a 5000 to 6000 man in
crease. Picture Window
At Berchtesgaden
Pleases Bradley
12th Army Group Hqrs., Ger
many, May 25 (IP) Gen. Omar N.
Bradley looked through Hitler's
front window at Berchtesgaden at
the breath-taking view of the Ba
varian Alps, shook his head, and
said:
"If I had a living room like
this to sit in, I wouldn't go around
looking for trouble."
Bradley visited Berchtesgaden
in the course of a two-day tour
of southern Germany during
which he saw some of the country
.jtus armies had won.
i NAVAL OFFICIAL DIES
Leonia, N. J., May 25 IP Lt.
Cmdr. John J. McCloy, holder of
two coneressional medals of hon
or, died of a heart attack in his
home today.
Control Over German News
To Be Exercised By Allies
Special Press Service to Be Set Up and Will
' Select Material to Be Released Within Reich ' .
Paris, May 25 (U.E) Supreme headquarters announced
today that the allies will exercise close control over news
published in Germany until the purge of nazi and militaris
tic influences is complete.
A SHAEF spokesman revealed that an "allied press
service" will be established in the United Kingdom to pro
duce all the world news selected for the German press. It
will be headed by James 1 Hart, New York newspaperman,
and include personnel from the OWI and political intelli-
o-encA rtennrtmenr. of the Brit
Local Bond Sales
Keep State Pace
Deschutes county Is keeping
pace wtih the state in the race to
buy bonds in the seventh war
loan and, hasten the day the Japs
are defeated, according to A. L.
O. Schueler, war finance chair
man, today.. The chairman based
his report on figures compiled
for the state on May 19, showing
that Oregon had reached 20.6 per
cent of its quota of $110,000,000.
In E bond sales', the state had
sold 27.7 per cent of its $55,000,-
000 quota..
Reports for Deschutes county as
of last night, show that buyers of
this community have taken $260,
418 of the county's $1,141,000 in
bonds, of which amount was $186,-
552 in E bonds, or 28.5 per cent
of the $654,000 quota. -
While there is a difference of
four days in the compilation of
the figures, Schueler said that the
ttend of purchnse of bonds led
him to believe that the state and
Deschutes county are running
neck and neck."
Sales Reported
Other bond sales reported by
bcnueler follow:
F, $7,566.50: G, $24,300: C. $18,
000 : 2 per cent, $19,000: 254
per cent, $1,000, and per cent
$4,000.
A novel way has been provided
by the government for buying
war bonds for the men and women
in thi.service, Schueler reported
today. He said that he expects
to receive shortly a quantity of
"V gift certificates," and which
will be distributed at bond head
quarters in the J. C. Penney
stores. The certificates, drawn
in the form of an actual bond and
providing space for a record of
the real bond, are made in the
shape of the regular V-mail. A
legend across the design reads
"Another bond between us from
the folks back home."
ine f. i. u. sisterhood sun-
pnea a stair ior tne bond booth
in Penney's store today. Women
who assisted include Mrs. H. H.
DeArmond, Mrs. Clyde Spencer,
Mrs. W. R. Nance and Mrs. W.
E. Chandler.
Hitler's Gold Reserve
Apparently Left Intact
Seattle, May 25 (IP) Sgt.
George Murphy, Seattle, led the
squad which blasted open Hit
ler's fabulous gold reserve in the
Merkers, Germany, salt mine.
He arrived home on furlough
yesterday with 15 cents in his
pocket.
FIRST SWANS SEEN
First cygnets to be hatched
out in the swan nests along the
Deschutes river this season, were
reported today by William H.
Naylor, member of the Deschutes
national-forest staff. He said that
he saw the little swans this morn
ing waddling around their nest
below the Newport avenue bridge.
but their mother would not let
them approach the water.
Brave U. S.
As Jap Suicide Planes
Aboard Adm. Turner's Fiae
ship, Okinawa, April 19 (De
layed) (IPi Brave sailors died
strapped to their gun seats in the
agony of the United States De
stroyer Laffey, another great
ship that refused to be sunk.
The gunners fired until they
were swallowed up In the sear
ing flames of exploding Japa
nese suicide planes and bombs.
In two hours the 2,200 ton de
stroyer was hit by six suicide
planes and two bombs. Other
bombs came close enough to in
crease the damage.
The ship's rudder was jammed
to the left by a bomb and the
vessel sped dizzily in a circle
during the raging battle. The
engineers judged the speed need
ed by the sound and Intensity
of the gunfire.
The skipper, Cmdr. Frederick
J. Becton of Hotspring, Ark., ut
tered these words.
I'll never abandon ship as lone
as a gun will fire."
And so the Laffey came
through the third mass Japanese
suicide attack on ships off Oki-
nawa, nursing serious wounds I
ish foreign office.
Information control teams
will work with individual
newspapers, exercising strict
censorship of local news, ac
cording to the spokesman, Brig.
Gen. R. A. McClure, chief of the
psychological warfare division of
SHAEF. , . . ,
Security Comes First
"Our policy was expressed by
General Eisenhower, who stated
that a free press and the free
flow of information and Ideas
should prevail in Germany in a
manner, consistent wifh military
security," McClure said.
He emphasized, however, that
there could be no restoration of
a free press in Germany until the
elimination of nazism and mili
tarism as dominent Influences
was complete.
"We are not going to lose the
peace by giving license to racil
ists, pan-Germans, nazis and mili
tarists so they can misuse demo
cratic rights in order to attack
democracy as Hitler did," Mc
Clure said.
He is chief of information con
trol services for the United States
group control council and chief of
the information control division
of the United States theater staff.
Speaker Stresses
Value of Forests
"The Importarfce -of protecting
the Deschutes forest from fire
and safeguarding the natural re
sources of the area, was stressed
by George Griffith, of the di
vision of education and informa
tion of the U. S. forest service
at a meeting last night of the
fishing school, held at the high
school. The fishing school, is
being conducted for juvenile
sportsmen, and is sponsored by
the Deschutes county Sports
men's association. Wilfred Jossy
presided.
Griffith likened the forest
realm to the future bankroll for
the youngsters, and said that
"Whenever you see a fire in the
timber you might just as well say
to yourself that the flames have
dipped Into your bank account."
He predicted that when his young
listeners grow to adult age their
sole source of Income will be
from the forest, the lakes and
tourists, and warned that these
resources must be protected.
Seventy six juvenile sportsmen
attended the school last night,
and were preparing to attend ses
sions next Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday when basic angling
will be taught. The classes begin
at 7 o'clock, and will be held
Wednesday regardless of the fact
that it will be Memorial Day, ac
cording to Jossy.
U.S.'S. LITTLE LOST
Washington, May 25 HP) The
navy today announced the loss
off Okinawa of five vessels, in
cluding the destrover U. s s
Little.
Sailors Die
but still proudly afloat.
The saga of the Laffey's two
hours of agony will stand out
among the sea epics of the war
along with other great episodes
such as that of the Franklin.
It was unquestionably the
most savage and spectacular ac
tion in which an American de
stroyer has participated in the
entire war.
In no other part of the world
would the enemy hurl six scream
ing war planes in flaming suicide
dives onto a ship. This 2,200 ton
"can" absorbed all the Japanese
could give that day with tremen
dous heroism and unparalleled
fighting performance.
The gallant destroyer stayed at
her post until the last enemy
planes had been destroyed by
gunfire or American planes.
When the last fire was out lt
was found that there wprp 31 of
killed or missing in action. An
other 60 were wounded.
Her gunners had shot rinwn
eight Japanese planes and prob-
ably a ninth Added to the six
suicide crashps that miH.,
suicide crashes that made
o
a I
Rsifldloirs Ag
(grenade Blasts
Tokyo Reports
Suicide Plane
Blow at Ships
U. S. Troopers Shatter :
Organized Resistance - !
' In Southern Okinawa ; ;
Guam, Saturday, May 26 U
Grenade-throwing marines sys
tematically sealed off Japanese
cave9 In fierce hand-to-hand f IgWJ
ing outside Shuri today while
army troops shattered organized
resistance on the southeastern
Okinawa front beyond Yonabaru.
Japan announced without Al
lied confirmation that special suB
cide troops of the Giretsu corps
had "landed" presumably, by
parachute on two American-held
air fields Thursday night and blew
up U. S. installations, aircraft and
munitions depots. : j
An Imperial headquarters com
munique said a coordinated Kam
ikaze suicide plane attack was
carried out against a great fleet
of American naval and merchant
vessels lying off Okinawa.
Japs Claim Results
"The air-borne units," said the
Japanese communique, "are ach
ieving great war results by throw
ing the enemy into confusion." '.
Tokyo predicted American
troops soon would attempt a land
ing on Amami island, 115 miles
northwest of Okinawa and 185
miles south of Japan proper. Yes
terday the enemy said 400.Amert.
can transports and craft of vari
ous sizes and classes were lying
off the island.
Tenth arm ground forces have
clamped a half-circle around
Shuri, stubbornly-resisting fort
ress city invested by the first
marines and 77th and 96th infant
ry. Murines Held Up
A stoutly-held ravine at the
edge of the city held up the
leathernecks' advance. Here the
marines, under cover of darkness,
prowled badly through enemy de
fenses, hurling grenades and
"Molotov Cocktails" Into the en
trances. Marine Pfc. Carl L. Sellers and
a three-man patrol, in a darine
night foray, invaded the ravine
with dynamite satchel
charms
and grenades.
They sealed foilr)
caves containing
approximately
100 Japanese.-
I just ran from rock to rock
and kept tossing grenades," said
Sellers. "There was nothing tough
about it." Sellers is an Indian lad
from Pawhuska, Okla.
bhuri and Naha were threatnnprl
from the rear by the disorganiza
tion of Japanese defenses south
and southwest of Yonabaru.
GENERAL CAPTURED
(Br United Preu)
ABSIE, American broadcasting
station in Europe, said today that
allied troops in Germany have
captured Gen. Karl Albert Oberg,
former SS commander in Paris
ana Known as "the
Paris."
Strapped to
Attack American Vessel
score for the Laffey of 14 cer
tains and one probable.
The story of the destroyer's
greatest trial by fire' and bomb
was told by one of the ship's
communications officers, Lt.
Frank Manson, of Tahlequah,
Okla.
The first enemy plane, he said,
brought under fire at 7:45 a. m.
It dropped its bombs, and ent
away,
nrnhhi .in ice ? P'anPR j
auTa J o An ii ,,"K"' HS lar; ju seconds. The two planes sealed
inthl .t nL'les were reported off openings to the repair parlies
Iwn-D-tti it. , them con-1 fighting the fires below decks.
EYmi. v yleLaffey' ,, , Many died then from suffocation
iJL, Y iBTfuem?. dlve bomb- and burns.
Zul h . a,.t sh'P- A" i-ur) A U. S. Corsair fighter bore
ioaS . inr?rn ?l ranKes of; down on an enemy plane which
f ffJ2 In y - Tnen ,ne !nlt tne yardarm and crashed into
lriiy.iL " P1"1' Funnprs baggodithe sea. The Corsair hit the
r.h ZLKv, .Z . ie " could other side of the yardarm and mldnlr.
a .iv.il i eck-. ! sustained a damaged wing but TSgt. George M. Hester, of
XV Ji pPanese p lane was ex- j went on and shot down another: Pittsburgh, central fire control
pitraea Dy intense fire from theienemy Diane before its Dilot was-man. hesitated to touch Maki for
uesiroyers iirst casualty. A man
was Kinea Dy f v nc motoi
The temDo of thn Ki,t
ea. umer nlanpx hi.,i,j
. - - ---- (Ilijuill-
horned and were destroyed One
u. u .;- u .royea. une
, . ' - - win-;
bomb jammed the ship's rudder I
Discharged
r -
JJaJ. Gen. Arnold, commander of Army's Seventh Infantry Division, (hakes hands with men of first contln
: 'gent from Okinawa to leave for home after discharge from Army under new point system. Mot of these
men, whose points average about 130, have been through four major campaigns with their division. U. S.
Armv nhoto.
Liquor Industry
Drought at End
Washington, May 25 (Ui "The
drought's over," the liquor Indust
ry declared today.
The occasion for their pro
nouncement was, of course, the
war production board's announce
ment that they could make spiritu
ous liquors during July.
Not only thnt. The Wl'B said
the supply of war alcohol indicat
ed the industry would get other
go-aheads from time to time.'
This, an industry spokesman
said, means that frOm now on the
industry will try to meet consum
er demand.
Given the nod by the WLB,
distilled spirits which will turn
up as gin, rum, whiskey and cor-
dials will start pouring from
I spigots July 1
Will Release Stocks
The July go-ahead probably will
have an immediate effect on re
tail liquor stores. With official
assurance that more whiskey will
lie made, wholesalers are releas
ing their aged stocks for consum
er sale without waiting for the
new supplies to- come from the
distilleries.
Estimates of the quantity of
liquor that will result from the
July holiday as high as 200,000,
000 quarts considered a year's
normal supply In peacetime.
The war food administration is
expected to decide soon whether It
can release corn for the rllstilli'rs
butcher ofito make Burbon whiskev durine
the July holiday.
Their Guns
while it was hard left and after
that the vessel kept travelling at
a high speed in a circle.
One enemy suicide plane de
molished a gun mount, killing
many men.
Fires raged in thrpe compart
ments below and repair parties
worked feverishly to control the
flames as the battle continued
i above.
j Then two enemy pianos dived
into the Lafoy within a space of
forced to ball out. fear of knocking him from the
Not a single gun was aban- plane. The co-pilot was notified
doned, Manson said, despite the I to close the bomb bay doors and
fury of the fighting and the after several minutes the mech
winged death all around as ene- anlsm worked. The doors closed,
my planes exploded, spraying 'saving Maki from a plunge earth-
n,y uianrs expiocprj, spraying
flaming gasoline on the ship.
a on)
Seal Japanese
Okinawa Vets Leave for Home
fzx
H af Ivn i Si-Hl a 1
Big Four Expected to Stand
Pat on Veto Power Provision
Stettinius Returns From Washington, D. C,
And Tells of His Conference With Truman
San Francisco, May 25 (U.E)
K. btettinius, Jr., returned today to the United Nations con
ference and immediately met with other members of the
American delegation to give them a "fill in" on his talks
with President Truman.
The secretary was in Washington for two days, during
which he canvassed the many postwar European problems
in talks with Truman and with state department officials
who have been handling those problems in Stettinius' ab
sence. He also revealed whiles
in Washington that the presi
dent will come here to address
the closing session of the con
ference.
May Stand Pat
Stettinius was believed lo have
brought word from Truman that
the United States, along with
Britain, Russia and China, will
stand pat against any "softening"
of their veto power In the pro
posed world organization.
These four countries, in talks
here prior to Stettinius' return,
had made It clear that they were
ready to reject demands of the
"litte" United Nations for liber
alization of the Yalta voting
formula for the proposed security
council.
For two days and two nights
the big powers have been study
ing 22 questions submitted by the
little nations seeking modifica
tion of the voting formula
through Informal interpretation.
FLEXIBILITY DK.SIRF.il
San Francisco, May 25 lUi
Military advisers to the Ameri
can delegation want to keep
flexible the clauses in the world
organization charter dealing with
the use of armed force, it was
learned today.
They don't want the U. S. to
be straight-jacketed when it en
ters into special military agree
ments after the world organiza
tion is set up.
Flier Dangles
In Sky High
Above Tokyo
I Tlnlan, May 25 UPiLt. Wayne
Maki, Berkeley, Calif., Supcrfort
commander, had a close call over
Tokyo yesterday after his plane
was hit by flak in the bomb bay
and center wing gas tank.
Maki climbed back to Inspect
the damage and while there the
bomb bay doors suddenly flew
open, leaving him hanging in
saving
ward.
HI it 1 Iky
ft ; it ft ft V ft . ft
Ttr - rr?f
(NEA Trltphnto)
Secretary of State Edward
B.H.S. Seniors
To Get Diplomas
The 37th annual commencement
exercises of the Bend high school
will be held in the school gym
nasium tonight at 8 p. m., with
Rex Putnam, state superintend
ent of public instruction, deliver
ing the graduation address. Bill
Lane Is valedictorian of the class
of 1945, and Beverley Wenner
strom is salutatorian.
Because of space limitations,
admission to seats in the main
hall will be only on reserved
tickets. However, bleacher scats,
on the sides, and the gallery seats
will be available to those not hold
ing reservations, which have been
distributed by members of the
graduating class.
Holders of reserved seat tickets
are being asked to enter the hall
by the side door. Others will use
the front door.
A total of 113 students will re
ceive diplomas at tonight's exer
cises. Eleven of the graduates are
in the armed forces.
Heavy May Rains
Drench Midstate
Bend's precipitation for May
reached 1.63 inches at noon today
and from other parts of Central
Oregon came rainfall readings
which Indicate that this is not the
only damp spot of the interior
country.
The ranger station at Cabin
lake, In the Fort Rock area, re
ported 3.08 inches of rain record
ed already this month. Near the
edge of the desert, Fort Rock is
; normally a dry spot.
I Heavy rain has also drenched
! the Brothers country this past
month, and range feed is reported
looking the best In many seasons.
Continued rains have also damp
ened the Madras area, practically
assuring one of the best crops of
wheat in many years.
Bend's precipitation last night
was .63 of an inch. The city's
mean precipitation for May, based
on a 40 year average Is 1.13 inches.
Caves
500 Big Forts
Strike Capital
Of Nip Empire
Midnight Fire Raid By .
May's Men Aimed at
Vital Industrial Area
By Richard W. Johnston -
(Unltal Press War Correspondent)
Guam, Saturday, May 26 tin-
Five h u n d,r e d Superfortresses
dropped 4,000 tons of Incendiary
bombs : on Tokyo shortly otter
midnight today In the second
great fire raid against the Japa
nese capital this week.
The B-29's braved defenses
which the Tokyo radio claimed
were the most violent ever put up
against America's growing air
arm in the Pacific.
The great load of fire bombs
again were plummeted into the
strategic Industrial target of
south-central Tokyo bordering on
the north by the imperial palace
and no the south by the Shina
gawa small-plants district. .
It was the Shinagawa district
that took the full impact of Thurs
day's record-shattering attack In
which more than 550 B-299's Top
ped in excess of 700,000 Incendi
aries totaling approximately 4,500
tons. -
Mustangs Also Attack
The mission this jnorning. Ori
ginating from lviaj. uen. ' tMrttti-
Leiviay s zisc oomoer command
fields on S a 1 p a n, Tlnlan and
Guam, was preceded by small
scale attacks by 60 Mustang fight
ers and reconnaissance Super
forts, enemy reports indicated.
The sky giants rose from their
string of Marianas bases during
the early evening and joined in a
huge parade heading to Japan.
They struck about midnight from
medium altitude.
Tokyo claimed Japanese de
fenses accounted for 27 Super
fortresses destroyed' and 30 dam
aged In the Thursday morning
raid.
Aerial photographs taken Fri
day while smoke still billowed
over Tokyo showed "visible dam
ago" In an area about 3.2 square
miles the equivalent of 26,000,-
000 M) square feet or 2,050 acres.
Visibility Not Good
The 21st bomber command em
phasized, however, this was only
partial damage since assessment
of the strike results were restrict
ed by haze and smoke.
"Considerable additional dam
age is probable," a headquarters
statement said.
Tokyo city damage now totals
35.9 square miles, or 995,826,000
square feet.
Smoke obscured the target area,
Tokyo's Shinagawa Industrial wa
terfront, for at least 12 hours aft
er the raid, but Tokyo broadcasts
conceded that the attack had dis
rupted railway schedules through
out Honshu and destroyed numer
ous buildings.
Through the Shinagawa rail
way yards normally pass one
third of all Japanese railway traf
fic. Mormon Head
. it
(NUA
TtiUphato)
Ceortte Albert Smith,
iB-year-oia
president of the Latter Day Saints
(Mormon) cnurcn council or iz
postles, has been named eighth
president of the church, succeeding
the lata Heber J. Grant.
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