The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963, June 02, 1945, Page 1, Image 1

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Boy That Bond
Keep lending at home end end
dying on battlefields. Buy an extra
$100 war bond today. .
Weafher Forecast
Mostly cloudy, tonight and Sun
day. Few light showers west por
tion tonight or Sunday. Not so
cool tonight.
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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
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THE
Volume Lilt
Halsey and Far-Famed Third
Fleet Again Ranging Waters
Close to Japanese Homeland
Change in Command Leads to Belief Pacific
War Soon to Enter New Phase; Navy Leader
bays Tanks Kule Ucean Prom Pole to role
By Richard W. Johnston
(United Prew War Correspondent)
Guam, June 2 (UJ?) Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey,
' who led the United States to its first great sea-air victories
against Japan, has returned to the Pacific war and has al
ready commanded fleet units in the Ryukyus campaign, it
was disclosed today.
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced that Halsey
and his famed third fleet once more was ranging these
waters at the threshold of the Japanese homeland. Admiral
Raymond A. Spruance, who has been in command of the
1 fifth fleet during the Okina
Marines' Camp
Nearing Finish
. . Klamath Falls, June 2 (Special)
( A summer recreation camp for
marines recovering from tropical
diseases contracted while serving
in the south Pacific, is nearing
completion at Crescent lake, and
should be ready for occupancy by
July 1, the Klamath Falls marine
barracks administration announc
ed today. The camp is designed
to accommodate 200 men, it was
said.
For two months marine car
penters, plumbers, electricians
and other craftsmen have been
engaged in erecting 23 log cabins,
a central moss hall, a post ex
change and recreation building.
In making the announcement.
the marine barracks administra
tion explained that it was desirous
of taking advantage of Oregon's
best recreation facilities during
the summer months. In order to
f I f bring the camp into use as quick
ie iy as possioie, it was neia nKeiy
inui tne umi contingent ui mar
ines would be housed in tents un
til the cabins are completed. .
On Lake Shore
The cabins are being erected on
Cowhorn creek, and extend down
to the shores of the lake. They
are of vertical log construction,
and are made of jack pine felled
on the scene.
The camp will be available not
only to single marines, but to
married fighters and their famil
ies, it was announced. Swimming,
boating, fishing, hunting and
games are on the schedule for the
marines' health-building fun.
To augment a fleet of canoes
already on the lake, a shipment
of 10 19-foot sailing boast have
been ordered, it was reported.
May Rainfall Sets
New Bend Record
cr,'o niitotin rny v,o Met
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inches was measured in the last
half of the month.
Bend's average May rainfall,
over a period of 43 years, is only
111 i.;i, t iqiq ,.. .'
veal, only .02 of an inch of rain
was measured here. However,
May is generally Bend's dampest
spring month.
Rains that gave Bend an all-
time May record were general
over Interior Oreeon. and
l all sta-
tions are reporting abnormally
high precipitation for the 31 days.
In Bend, much of the heavy rain
accompanied electric storms.
Range Areas Green
. The abundant rains have re
vived rangelands which were
brown and dry at the end of the
arid month of April, when rain
fall was far below the normal.
Lush vegetation covers much of
the high desert, and stock is re
ported in fine shape.
Observers in charge of the Bend
weather station report that .01 or
more precipitation fell on 14 dif
ferent days in May, with .77 of
an inch the heaviest reported in
a 24-hour period.
Troops in Europe
Due For Holiday
London. June 2 IW All Allied
forces in the European theater
will observe an informal holiday
next Wednesday, June 6. the first
i nrn Fen-
vasion, Gen. Dwlght D. Eisen
(hower announced in a special
message to his troops today.
Eisenhower ruled out any for
mal celebration of the event, but
ordered a general holiday for the ,
irn.,. i v,nc stent
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with the performing of essential,
duties."
month, 3.75 inches, set an all-time 1 promotion nas reiinquisnea corn
record for May, it was announced mand of the alter to Vice Adm.
today from the local weather sta- Harry W. Hill. Vice Adm. Hill
tion. Practically all of the 3.75 is now In command of amphibi-
wa operations now will have
temporary headquarters on
Guam.
A delayed dispatch from
United Press War Corres
pondent E. G. Valens aboard
Halsey's flagship off Okinawa
said Halsey formally took over
command of the fleet at mid
night May 27 and had already
been in action against the Japa
nese since his return.
Naha Bombarded
"We can go anywhere now
from the north to the south
poles," Halsey told correspon
dents. His flagship bombarded Naha
in southern Okinawa in the clos
ing phases of the campaign there,
Valens said.
Return of Halsey, one of the
most colorful officers in the.navy
and victor over the Japanese in
the battle of the Coral Sea, indi
cated that the Pacific war might
be about to enter a new phase.
With the battle of Okinawa
almost won, the third fleet, the
world's mightiest array of car
riers, hattleshlns. cruisers and
destroyers, was believed ready to
take the offensive ball and run
with it. '
Nimitz. also disclosing that
LVice, Adm. Harry W. Hill has re
placed Adm. Richmond K. Turner
as commander; of the fifth am
rihibious force and that Lt. Gen.
Simon Bolivar Buckner"9 10th ar-
my has been brought under hls'seventn war fun(j bonds by Des
direct jurisdiction, announced tte h , f ,k t rf ter.
following changes in the com-. '
mand organization oi tne u. s.
Pacific fleet and Pacific ocean
areas:
Changes Made
1. The 10th army with other
on-shore forces in the Ryukyus,
commanded by Buckner Jr., has
been placed under the direct
control of the commander-in-chief
of the Pacific ocean areas.
2. The third, fleet under Hal
sey's command now is operating
in the western Pacific.
3. The fast carrier forces of
the third fleet are under Mc
Cain's command.
4. Adm. R. A. Spruance, com
mander of the fifth fleet, has es
tablished temporary headquar
ters at Guam.
5. Adm. Richmond Kelly Tur
ner, heretofore simultaneously
commander of Pacific fleet am
phibious forces and the fifth am-
nhiotous iorce, lnciaeni o nis
. , , III
ous iorces operating , me rvyu-
kvus.
6. The name of the forward
area has been changed to "Marl-
anas area, vice Hum. joiin n.
Hoover retains this command
with the boundaries of area and
elements under this command un-
(changed.
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FiqhHnq Vessel
Aboard the Destroyer Dortch In
the Western Pacific Lyle O.
Bowman, fire controlman, first
class, USN, son of Oliver L. Bow
man 1036 Harmon blvd., Bend
Ore., is serving aboard thjs gal
lant destroyer which has been in
every major battle of the Pacific
since the Marshall Islands invas
ion, and which took part in the
first and second carrier strikes at
Tokyo. nation against an enemy wnose
Her guns have knocked down"nal, despairing weapon is kami
five Jap pilots and her crewmen.' kaze, or suicide,
have rescued 27 downed American' Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
airmen, ith other destroyers ln: shifted his command to meet
her squadron, she has accounted,? Em challenge. All but a
for 45 Jap fighters and bombers,! handful of the navy's fighting
a destroyer, a merchant ship and feSSLlii?
oiv nl-lrot hnals. In addition. tneV."'- "., i momcm
picked up 29 Jap airmen and sea
men. thTrparUdSJedta a
on Truk. Salpan, Tlnlan and the
landing on Guam. She was In
She Sir ed Io Ji during
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landings there.
90,000 WORKERS AFFECTED
Detroit, June 2 IP Factory em-
nlovment layoffs since Jan. 1
totaiea KU.UUU wornera in uie ie-
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of commerce sam toaay.
THE BEND BULLETMBEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1945
Army Show Coming to Bend
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Symbolic of the 7th war loan and
the hands of infantrymen by war nonas is mis picture oi seven
flamethrowers blottlncr out the flag of Japan in a fiery holocaust.
It was specially put on for "Here's
action-filled demonstration coming to tsena on June i, ior a nigm
show on the high school athletic field.
British Warships Move Info
Levant Harbor; Troops Ready
Russia Backs Up Allied Demands for Quick '
Settlement of French-Levant Difficulties
London, June 2 (U.E) British troops confined French
soldiers -and possibly civilians to barracks throughout trou
bled Levant today and British warships stenmed into Bey
routh harbor in a show of strength.
A Damascus dispatch said British troops, ready for
action at the slightest provocation, took over all French
held point's in Levant and surrounded French barracks to
insure the troops would remain inside.
"Frenchmen throughout the country will 'be confined
-
Bond Saies Lag,
Says Chairman
Although the purchase of
" """" '
.amount which must be bought
each day if the quota of $1,141,
000 is to be gained, it was re
ported today by A. L. O. Schueler,
county war finance chairman.
Yesterday buyers took $15,
431.25 in E bonds, but it will take
$17,000 daily to put the county
over the top, Schueler stated.
Total subscriptions since the
drive began on May 14 have
reached $518,986.25, which repre
sents 45.5 per cent of the quota,
it was reported.
At last reports, the bond buying
gauge stood: E bonds, $240,045.75;
F, $7,640; G, $24,800; C. $24,500;
2 V4 per cent, $27,000; 2 K per cent,
ini nnn r,rt 7 ,nt cm nnn '
$101,000, and per cent $94,000.
A balance of $413,954.25 remains
in E bonds to meet the quota,
Schueler reported.
To date, $11,525 In bonds has
been purchased at the bond office
in the J. C. Penney building, with
the American Legion leading In
sales. The veterans' total is $4,
750. The Junior Civic league is
second, with $2,575. Yesterday
the Rebekah lodge was in charge,
with Mrs. A. B. Burleigh and Mrs.
Stella Nelson on duty.
Today, the Civic league and
Junior Civic league are in charge! President Kuwatly that he would
of the booth, with Mrs. Norman I never "sign any treaty under
Gilbert and Mrs. J. F. Arnold on I duress or give up one millimeter
duty. 'of our rights."
Admiral Nimitz Shifts Command To
Challenge of Jap Suicide Attacks
By Louis F. Keemle
(Unitnl Frau Wr Amlynt)
The United States navy has
marshalled its air and surface
forces In the waters around
Japan for the battle of extermi-
Truman disclosed.
The Japanese have made clear,
by word and action, the nature
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t0 km and dcgtroy wlthout r(i
gara to losses. Admiral N;
gf? 'H 'Z, Aomirai r.,m.tz;
declared that the m e t h o d s :
ill" ... e V . prouuets oi an
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in 11 Re hv the .Tannnaoa fnt on...
eral months The TnWvo nH n,Dir.l
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jum announced mat am
branches of the navy are belngi
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the fighting weapons put into
Your Infantry," the ground forces
barracks until some decision
has ' been taken in London,"
the dispatch said. It did not
make clear whether the
"Frenchmen", included civil
ians as well as troops. V
Other developments In the Le
vant situation Included:
1. Vice Admiral William G.
Tennant, British commander in
the Levant and eastern Mediter
ranean, steamed , into Beyrouth
harbor with a number of British
warships.
' Russia Heard From
2. Russia backed up British and
American demands for Immedi
ate and peaceful settlement of
the French Levant dispute.
3. Premier Abdel Hamid Ka
ramoh of Lebanon and President
Becharasi Khoury of Syria said
no arrangement was possible
with France and called for the
Immediate withdrawal of all
Frenchmen.
4. A Beyrouth dispatch said
Kuwatly had asked G. Sir Bnr-
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allied commander in the middle
east, to list Gen. Oliva Roget
French general who ordered the
shelling of Damascus, as a war
criminal to be tried by an inter
national court.
5. British troops halted a new
outbreak of violence, including I
looting and arson, In Damascus!
on their anivai yesterday and
no new incidents wore reported i
there or elsewhere'in Levant last
light.
6 More than 10,000 Lebanese
marched through Beyrouth today
and received- assurances from
trained in suicide. American
navy men take that to mean that
the surviving units of the Japa
nese fleet will come out at the
end and that there may bo a
revival of he furious night bat
tics fought in the early days of
the war around the Solomon
islands.
Much that is known about the
enemy suicide methods cannot
yet be told. Enough has been
revealed, however, to disclose
their fantastic nature, the fact
that they can do great damage,
and their limitations. For final
results, however, Admiral Nim
itz said it has had "negligible ef
fect on the continuing success of
our operations. '
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' ' program started
vvi.ii ,ni.- uupniu-w air iorce in tne.
Philippines invasion period underj
the general name of kamikaze, or !
oivine wind. It has been extend-
mostly rnm
fiiumutfl, iiw
P13" torpedoes and suicide speed!
an spectacular nut in-1
".-uoi.
ihe kamikaze oroner annual
to the use of airplanes whose!
Resistance on Okinawa Breaking
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Jap Suicide Bases Under
Pictures Show
Heart of Osaka
Is Burned Out
Many Fires Started By
-Airmen in Blows Aimed
At Big War Industries
Guam, June 2 W Tokyo said
200 American carrier planes bomb
ed and strafed Japanese suicide
plane bases on southern Kyushu
for two hours today.
The formation of Grumman
and Vought-Sikorsky bombers hit
targets in Kagoshima, Miyazaki
and Kuajianoto prefectures on
Kyushu, . southernmost of the
Japanese home islands, from 8 to
10 a.m., a Tokyo broadcast said.
Some planes also strafed trains,
the. broadcast said. It said
damage to Japanese Installations
was slight.
- Reconnaissance photographs
and reports from participating air
men indicated that Superfortres
ses burned out the heart of Osaka,
Japan's biggest war production
center, in yesterday's 3,200-ton
fire raid.
Smoke Covers Area
Dense smoke that swirled as
high as six miles still covered a
major portion of the target area.
But photographs taken while fire
bombs still were falling showed
waterfront and dock areas wrap
ped in flames.
St. Leon Goldfarb, a veteran of
26 missions, said he had never
seen so many fires In a single
raid.
'..''The heart of ' Osaka seemed
to be burning out," he said. "Our
bombardier had a difficult time
in finding a place to drop his
bombs because the city was so
covered with smoke and fires."
Capt. George Bertagoll of
Phoenix, Ariz., said he didn't
think the Japanese could stand
many more raids on the scale of
the Osaka one.
"I think we did a helluva good
Job," he said.
Results Are Good
A Washington communique re
ported "excellent results." Ten of
the 450 participating Superfort
resses were lost, the communique
said, most of them to anti-aircraft
fire.
1st Lt. James M. Pearson of
Manchester, Tenn., said Japanese
fighters tried a new weapon
against the B-29s eight or nine
feet of chain attached to two
cylinders about the size of paint
buckets, presumably filled with
explosives.
The Japanese pilot dropped the
missile from a height of 700 feet
above the B-29, but missed It by
several hundred feet, Pearson
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State Apportions Money
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to Misr vounry rairs
it has been announced from
Salem that the state department
has apportioned $52,430 to coun
ties for use for fairs this year.
Amounts apportioned Include:
Deschutes county, $732.
Crook county, $344.
Jefferson county, $281.
pilots are trained to try to crash
their explosive-laden craft into
or on the decks of enemy ships.
There lately has been a variation
called "ilnrai" (meanlncr "dlvlni'
jiilto- on- i,u,,,..
uuinus, to oe sent aailll
enemy shipping
gets. I hey are
ture plane ca
packed with high
launched from hit
a sort oi minia- ancestors The citation reads that from ' f, "L ' now IIoiTbs was releast'd
rrying one man, All this Is supposed to be vol- , .... , broken nose, lioggs was reieaMU
:, ,, . , . 1 .. . , , , . , u icimirms at UKinawa turn in.ii
From all available accounts, j the brand new planes in wnicnj"(iurne this period his boat un
the Japanese are using several i their early training has been L, . sVPro Pn,.mv suicide
types of planes for kamikaze,
Mostly they are old. combat-
damaged and sometimes obsolete
craft. If they can fly fast and
stay aloft long enough to reach
the tarant fhiu nffin finme
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: however, are twin-engined craft
and modern types. The bokas;ln the hope of oelng picKea up
and "jlnral" human bomb. areiAs Admiral Nimitz reported,
specially built, !"Many have very willingly be-
The men flvlne these plants
La or is id z vphth oi ape. i nt?v
are trained to die for the cm-
oeror and are in the "hern" class
j Tom the moment of sradu
from the moment of graduation,
u,hn .h r .n it i ,.r.
monial uniform" with music!
$3,000 In Bad Checks
Issued Here By Woman
Bend police and state officers throughout Oregon today
were seeking a nattily dressed brunette, who in .five days
in this city issued approximately $3,000 in spurious checks,
obtained an expensive automobile, a fur coat and other ar
ticles of wearing apparel. And in additional to that, left
several merchants and realtors who had otherwise been in
high spirits, in a state of keen disappointment.
As state police here obtained a warrant for the arrest
of Carol June Adams, alias Ruth June Warren, described
variously as between 40 and
50 years of age, word came
from Portland that she left
a wave of bad paper and dis
illusionment there after de
parting from Bend.
According to state police, Mrs.
Adams, alias Warren arrived In
Bend on May 17. She left May
22.
Seeking to establish "undisput
ed credit" in a hurry, the wo
man first went to a local realty
office and dickered for two homes
"one for myself and the other
for my son." The "Lady Raffles"
represented herself as being from
New York, and displayed a check
book on the Corn Exchange Bank
and Trust Company of that city.
But the bank soon sent back
word that the sizeable checks
were worthless because she had
no account there.
Gets Introductions
Implying introduction from the
enthusiastic realtors, Mrs.
Adams, alias Warren went
to a leading furniture store for
"fixtures and furniture for my
new home." She gave a $580
check there on an $800 purchase,
and asked the dealer to hold the
check pending the transfer of
"my -New York- account" to a
Bend bank.
Although she had already ne
gotiated for two homes from the
realty agent, .the woman , then
went to a Georgia avenue, ad
dress and "bought" that home.
leaving two checks, one for $1,000
and another for $200. Again she
asked that the checks be held
until her "funds" came from the
east.
But the real victim of the wo
man's activities was a local ga
rage, which holds a bad check
for $9G6, and is minus a 1939
convertible Chrysler coupe. In
cidentally, state officers in noti
fying other police of the pos
session of a warrant for obtain
ing property under false pre
tenses, mentioned that the car
(Continued on Page 8)
Adair To House
Pacific Troops
Camp Adair, Ore., June 2 HP)
Camp Adair officials are antici
pating housing a number of
troops, awaiting redeployment to
the Pacific theater of war, ac
cording to Capt. Douglas McKay,
camp public relations otticer.
The complete program, and the
number of men expected, have
not been made public, although
extensive construction and re
pairs have been made at the
camp.
An increase in the staff of the
camp, both military and civilian,
is planned to aceommouaie aacn
tlonal troops, McKay said. Three
hundred men will be needed
shortly, and about 300 more will
be sought lor the naval air sta
tion and hospital here.
Meet Qrim
in Pacific
cheers and speeches.
Return from a mission is Im
possible. In some cases they
or shackled to It. The planes nrel" A '.... .,.'. ' .. ,..!
y-
i lUlltri ill ijuiJU.-h: uuui: in uic un
given and the flying coffins In
which they make their last flight
'apparently causes many of them
j to falter over the target. They
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OOWn,
have been known to flatten
I tilnncglrle nn American warshln
" . . .
; Instead of making the deatn dive,
come survivors of suicide mis-
'slonB and are now prisoners of
war,
Despite the number of Ameri-
can shlDS damaged. Including tne
i larger ones. Admiral Nimitz re-
i nertert that hn hattleshln. fast
carrier or cruiser has been sunk.
or ground tar- is eternal disgrace to .no pilot s ,h(. navy- fll..)al.lmi.m. T Z.uT'L "
explosives and untary, and In most cases pro!.- f , ;u , ',,, , yesterday irom tne nospu.u.
eer ti reraft. ublv s. But the com na r son ofi. '.. ,'., ., i
Chief on Visit
Chief Al C. Frlesen, in charge
of the navy recruiting station at
Klamath Fulls, and from Febru
ary, 1943 to February 1944, in
charge of the recruiting station
In Bend, arrived here today to
attend the quarterly meeting
today and Sunday of the state
officers of the Eagles lodge. Frle.
sen Is state vice president of 4the
ULuauiuiiiuiii
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Pope Makes Plea
Rome, June 2 (111 Pope Plus
XII, in an implied slap at com
munist Influence In Europe, said
today that small nations have a
right to reject a government Im
posed upon them ugalnst their
will.
They have" suffered long In the
past and are entitled to refuse the
"imposition on their national life
of a new political and cultural
system" opposed by a majority of
their people, he said In a world
wide broadcast.
"What would all the sacrifices
lie worth if oppression and vio
lence should govern the world
again?" lie asked.
Punishment Asked
The Pope called for the punish
ment of nazl war criminals and
said the "sudden,, tragic end" of
Adolf Hitler had ended the perse
cution of the Catholic church by
nazistn.
"If the German rulers had In
mind the destruction of the Cath
olic church," he said, "Providence
decided otherwise.
"We trust the German people
will he able to rise again to a
new dignity of life after renounc
ing the satanical shadow of na
tional socialism and after those
guilty will have paid for the
crimes committed."
He deplored the killing of
priests and mass executions of
civilians without trial. Reports re
ceived from Slovcna and Croatia
were "very sad," he said.
Bend Sailor Has
Partin-Landings
Nelton Hukanson, seaman first
class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Axel
action In the Okinawa landings,
plane attacks, marking the birth
day of the Mikado."
Nelton recently reached a Pa-
clfic port, but did not get a
i,, A ,,,, ,., ,hn U.,n,l
high school with the class of
1944, he enlisted last June.
PILOT KILLS SELF
Oakland, Cal., June 2 illiA
few hours after he told his wife
he "felt like killing someone,"
Ian Walker, 24, Royal Canadian
air force pilot home on leave,
shot and killed himself In the
closet of his apartment, police
reported today.
NO. 152
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Attack
7th Division
Within Sight
Of Isle Beach
Officials Hint Battle
Nearing Mop-Up Stage;
Patrol Crosses Stream
Guam, June 2 ilPi The seventh
division fought through diminish,
ing Japanese resistance to with
in sight of the southern beaches
of Okinawa today In a drive to
split the decimated enemy garri
son of 20,000.
Two other American divisions
also hammered deep wedges Into
tne enemy s last dclens.es on
Okinawa. Vanguards were with
in six miles of the. southern tip
of the island.
Tile collapse of all organized
Japanese resistance appeared .it
nana, uispatcnes predicted the
campaign, now In Its 63rd day,
might reach the moDnlne-uo
stage within two weeks.
Heights Captured
Veteran Pacific lnfantrvmen of
the seventh division captuned
heights overlooking the sotlth
coast in advances of 400 to 1,000
yards across the southern Ozato
Mura hills.
The Japanese put up their stub
bornest resistance of the whole
front In the hills just Inland from
the east coast, but fell back un
der the seventh's overwelming
pressure. .
.Some 5,000 yards to the south,
the Americans could see the Pa
cific ocean lapping the beaches.
Vanguards were 4,500 yards south
of the east coast' port of Yona
baru. - - - -
At the opposite end of the
front, marines of the sixth di
vision seized control of 1,000
yards of the north bank of the
Kokuba river southeast of Na
ha. Patrols Cross River
Patrols crossed the river and
rolled on to the south while main
elements of the division battled
stiff enemy resistance around
Kokuba village, one. mile south
east of Naha. .
The first marine division, hold
ing down- the sixth's flank, cap
tured the Schichina hill masses
overlooking the Naha-Yonabaru
highway after a 2,000-yard ad
vance. Other elements of the first
marine division joined the 77th
and 9Uth army divisions in mop
ping up the Jast enemy remnants
In and around Shuri, former cen
tral anchor of the Japanese line.
Shuri Captured
The capture of Shuri has been
completed, a Pacific fleet com
munique reported.
The Japanese attempted sev
eral small-scale raids on Ameri
can forces on and off the coast
of Okinawa Thursday. Three ene
my planes were shot down.
(A Japanese Domel dispatch
claimed that 5t6 allied ships had
been sunk or damaged, mostly by
Japanese suicide units, in the
Okinawa area since March 23.)
DisorderlyCount
Brings $500 Fine
Thomas Spear Beasley, tried
yesterday In justice court on
charges of disorderly conduct and
Intoxication, is held at the county
Jail in lieu of payment of $500
fine and $4.50 costs, Sheriff
Claude L. McCauley revealed to
day. Beasley plead guilty to the
charges.
The arrest was on the complaint
of Pete Boggs. about 35, who was
taken to the St. Charles hospital
for treatment. Aoout iu p.m. oun-
dav. Mav 27. Beasley allegedly
struck linggs, near the corner of
5 Pound Cut Due
In Canning Sugar
San Francisco. June 2 ilPi The
OPA regional office for six west
ern states today issued an order
limiting Issuance of home canning
sugar to 10 pounds per person, i
effective immediately.
The order, making a five pound
cut per person, was designed to
prevent the possibility of com
plete suspension of home canning
rations, Regional Administrator
Charles R. Baird said. The order
applies in California, Arizona, Ne
vada, Oregon, Washington and
northern Idaho.