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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
Volume Llll
THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1945
NO. 153
Okinawa Nips
Try to
Escac
ie
American Patrol Ships
Halt Attempt; Battle
Is Believed Near End
By Williams F. Tyree.
United Pre War Corrapomlent)
Guam, Tuesday, June, 5 ip-
Japanese troops attempted un
successfully to escape a die-or-surrender
trap on southern Oki
nawa by putting out to sea in
small boats, it was disclosed to
day, while five American di
visions converged relentlessly on
remaining enemy positions.
Small groups of enemy sol
diers, some of them naked and
carrying only hand grenades,
were captured by American pa
trol craft off the southern tip
of the island.
The Japanese troops' obviously
were trying to escape the beating
being administered their disor
ganized forces by U. S. marines
and soldiers, who fanned out
along the south coast of the
island. The Yank's objective was
the envelopment and annihilation
of the last 15,000 to 20,000 Japa
nese on Okinawa. .
Toe Hold Split
The seventh division split the
Japanese toe-hold in two in a
drive to the southeast coast, on
the Pacific slope of the Chinen
peninsula, v
This push effectively sealed
off whatever enemy troops re
mained on the peninsula,, which
forms the southern arm of Naka
gusuku bay.
From its new positions south
of the peninsula, the seventh
wheeled both left and right in
quick movements designed to
eliminate further resistance.
Around the Naha peninsula,
massed marines were believed
preparing to open their own of
fensive in the air field area,
where the enemy showed signs
of holding his positions. There
the final battles may. be fought
Stories Belled
Tokyo radio's contention that
the battle of Okinawa still is a
nip-and-tuck affair was belied
conspicuously by the Japanese
escape attempts. These attempts
have become a laminar pan oi
the enemy behaviour pattern in
island campaigns where the
Japanese cause is acknowledged
lost.
The end of the Okinawa cam
paign appears only a matter of
days away. The advance to the
south coast ripped apart the ene
my's best remaining defenses and
exposed forces holding Naha air
field on the west coast to a flank
at tack
Only in the Naha airfield area
and on the south coast of ad
jacent Naha harbor did the ene
my show signs of holding his po
sitions. There the final battles
may be fought.
Northern Borneo
Capital Attacked
San Francisco, June 4 HP) The
Japanese radio reported today
Allied ground and sea units were
participating in an. assault on
Sand'akan, capital of British
north Borneo in the East Indies.
There was no confirmation of the
report from any Allied source.
The Tokyo broadcast, recorded
by United Press, quoted a "dis
patch from a Borneo base" as
saying "the enemy has resumed
their attack on the Sandakan area
on the eastern coast."
"Enemy warships are reported
operating in the nearby, waters.'
Two destroyers moved into Can
dakan bay and bombarded our
positions.
"They were immediately put
to route by our garrison forces.
Enemy planes also seem to be co
operating with the ground and sea
units in this assault."
The enemy broadcast made no
reference to a possible landing
except in mentioning "ground
units."
Promise Not Kept,
Returns to Jail
One Bend man today had made
the discovery that It doesn't pay j
to violate a confidence of Bend
police. He Is Vernon John Loren-I
zon, 40-year-old truck driver re--siding
at 1029 Lexington avenue, j
Saturday Lorenznn was arrest-1
ed on a charge of being Intoxicat
ed. After being held in Jail for
some hours, the police released
him with the understanding that
he would go home and obtain S15
bail. Officers said he failed to re
turn. (
Today he was back in the Jail,
this time in lieu of $30 bail, be-1
cause officers said that they again j
had found him intoxicated. J
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By Sea Route
Veto Power Issue By-Passed
At San Francisco Conference
Plan Outlined for Creation of Commission -To
Set Up Administration for World Pact
' San Francisco, June 4 (Ui?) The United States delega
tion to the united nations security conference, temporarily
by-passing the currently stalemated veto power issue, ap
proved a plan today for creation of an interim commission
to set up the administration of the proposed world security
organization.
The conference's big five met for the fifth time in three
days. But the voting issue, including Russia's proposal that
a big power be allowed to veto discussions of disputes by the
Pacific Veteran
Captain Robert H. Foley, Des-
chutes county district attorney
when he was called into service
three and a half years ago, re
turned to his home in Bend last
night from three years' of serv
ice In the Pacific theater of war.
Capt. Bob Foley
Back From Isles
Captain Robert H. Foley, Des-
chutes county district attorney
when he entered the service three
and a half years ago, was back
from the. Pacific war zone today,
facing In his Bend home the very
pleasant task of getting acquaint
ed with his two sons, Terry, aged
Vk and Mickey aged 2M. Terry
was only half a year old when
Captain Foley went overseas three
years ago.- This is the captains
first meeting with Mickey.
, Mrs. Foley met her husband
in Portland last week-end, on his
return from the Philippines, and
yesterday Captain Foley renewed
acquaintances with Terry and
"met" Mickey, at the Foley sum
mer home, on the Metollus river.
In the South Pacific, Captain
Foley saw service in Australia,
New Guinea and the Philippines,
He went overseas with the army
quartermasters, later transferred
to the signal corps and is now in
the judge advocate general's de
partment. Captain Foley returned to the
states from Manlia, where he was
on duty for a month. When he
first reached Manila, Captain
Foley mentioned, the sound of
gunfire was still audible in the
nearby hills.
The army captain is in the
states on temporary duty.
MAGAZINE IS UPHELD
Washington, June 2 ilH The
U. S. court of appeals today up
held Esquire magazine's second
class mailing privileges and de
nounced the post office depart
ment's "attempt to compel ac
ceptance of its literary or moral
standards."
DISEASES LISTED
According to reports from 100
per cent of the doctors In the
county, there were only four
cases of communicable diseases
last week. Three were chicken
pox and one was mumps.
I
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U. S. Submarine Sneaks Into Nippon Harbor,
Surfaces Under Foe Guns, Torpedoes Vessels
Washington, June 4 U3 The
navy revealed today the daring ex
ploit of a U. S. submarine that
sneaked at night into a harbor
jammed with Japanese ships, sur
faced under the muzzles of enemy
guns and torpedoed vessels all
about it, then got away in a mi
raculous exhibition of broken-
field running.
It is the sort of thriller with
which boys' series books about
war are filled but which sound
too incredible really to have hap
pened. This episode was real enough,
however, and earned Cmdr. Eu
gene B. Fluckey of the submarine
Barb a medal of honor and his
entire crew the presidential cita
tion. The medal of honor award
was previously announced but
the citation was granted today.
Here is the story:
Fluckey had long suspected the
existence of a geographically con
"security council of the new
peace organization, was not
even slated for- discussion.
The United States, Great
Britain, China and France
had abandoned any idea of
resorting to an immediate show
down vote on the matter and
were awaiting Moscow's reply to
their adamant refusal to compro
mise it. .
.Topic Not Discussed
Nor was the issue discussed
during a two-hour morning ses
sion of the U. S. delegation. The
interim commission contemplated
under the resolution approved by
the delegation would not exer
cise any functions of the security
organization but would arrange
the calling of a meeting of its
members and prepare other plans
for putting the security organiza
tion into operation.
The delegation also discussed
two other matters during the
morning session. One involved a
chapter of the Dumbarton Oaks
plan concerning so-called trans
itional arrangements. The sec
tion provides that until inter
national agreements setting up
international military contin
gents come into force, the signa
tories of the Moscow declaration
plus France the big live coun
tries will consult and provide
joint action if it is needed during
the interim period. ,
Fear Is Factor
Some little nations- fear that
even though the security council
is in operation at that time, the
provision might superimpose the
big five as an extra-organization
group above the council.. The U.
S. delegation decided to' . refer
this question to the conference's
big five and to follow whatever
decision that group reaches.
The second issue under discus
sion concerned a paragraph
which would prevent the organi
zation from intervening in the
domestic affairs of a member
state, with a provision that the
principle should not prejudice the
application of enforcement action
by the security council.
'Carinthia Ours'
Marshal Asserts
London, June 4 tut In a bellig
erent statement to his country
men, Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia
said today, "Carlnthia is ours and
we will fight for her."
Radio Belgrade, heard by the
BBC, said Tito promised to fight
for the Austrian province, in a
speech to a welcoming committee
on his arrival at Celje in Slo
venia. "Yugloslavia Is free" Tito said.
'We have liberated Trieste, Istria,
and Carlnthia. We have liberated
Carlnthia, but international cir
cumstances were such that we
have been obliged to withdraw
temporarily. Carlnthia is ours and
we jvill fight for her."
LIUCHOW ATTACKED
Chungking, June 4 U1 Four
teenth air force fighters and
bombers attacked Liuchow in cen
tral Kwangsi province yesterday,
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemever
announced today. Enemy ware
house areas and anti-aircraft do-
sitions were bombed. No air oppo
sition was encountered and one
aircraft failed to return from all
missions.
cealed haven, otherwise unlden-
tinea Dy tne navy, which hid a
large number of Japanese fight
ers, tankers and munitions ships.
It was on a dark night, with
Door visibility, that Fluckey found
his target. A large number of aux
iliary Japanese ships were in an
anchorage behind a protecting
screen of escort vessels which
were concentrated on every logi
cal approach. The water was so
shallow that an attacking subma
rine would have to remain sur
faced during Its approach and for
at least an hour afterwards.
Mill anchored thorp In the har-
oor was one of the best targets i
,.. j i- n c ,n
riutnty iKi-iura io attacK aespiie
in,- neavy oans.
His danger-laden pscane Invnlv.
ed flight through uncharted wa-
rers iuiea with mines and rocks
o".,eKPa?I"?d ".hu ,L,i,hinB '
c iinurai nip h-
nese escorts would hesitate to
Japs
bates
SupremeCourt
32 Big Cases .
Only 10 Decisions Are
Rendered as Important
Ones Are Being Awaited
Washington, June 4 lP-The
supreme court today cleared. 10-
secondary cases from Its docket
but still withheld decision on a
number of important ones thatj
have been pending for along time..
These include the government's
anti-trust action against the As
sociated Press and the deportation
case of Harry Bridges, west coast
labor leader.- i , r : 1
There are 32 cases In .which
arguments have been heard re
maining to be decided. Indications
were that the court might be
forced to add another week to the
present two-week extension of its
current term.
Decisions Due '
That would mean a final de
cision day on June 18 in addition
to the decision day already sched
uled for next Monday.
The court today upheld the right
of price administrator Chester
Bowles to insist that a firm's OPA
ceiling price be based on actual'
deliveries during the March, 1942,.
base period rather than sales for
which contracts merely were j
signed during that month.
The court also ruled that an
employer who pays his workers
on a piece work basis must com
pute their overtime on that basis,
rather than on a lower basic
hourly rate.
In other rulings, the court:'
Murder Case Upheld
Upheld the right of stockhold
ers to challenge orders by the se
curities and exchange commission
affecting their corporations.
Sent back to lower courts three
cases involving bargaining rights
of army-trained guards employed
to protect war plants. The lower
courts were directed to reconsider
the cases in view of the fact that
the guards were demilitarized
after the suits were begun.
Refused to set aside the murder
conviction of a Dallas, Tex., negro
who claimed discrimination in the
fact that only one negro was on
the grand jury that Indicted him.
50 Nazi Hostages
Reported Killed "
London. June 4 U1 The Rus.
slans were reported today to have
made good their threats and put
10 aeain ou nazi nostages alter a
minor uprising in Berlin.
The Finnish radio reported that
the red army executed 50 nazis
after fighting flared In several
districts of Berlin three davs ago.
The report said the Russians also
caught and shot several Germans
responsible for the- outbreak.
YANKS COMING HOME
Stockholm, June 4 (lPMost of
the American soldiers on Iceland
will leave for home within the
next lour or five months, the
Swedish newspaper Dagens re
ported today.
iJagens quoted Br cr. Hen. Mar.
tinus Stenseth as saying that after
mai nme Iceland no longer will
be needed as a military base.
make a run through the rocks
and would find the fishing Junks
a handicap.
Presently, the Barb moved in
side the screen of Japanese es
corts. She let go with all the tor
pedoes she could In the time avail
able, gave full right rudder and
moved toward the rocks at flank
sflTfld.
From the bridge of the sur
faced ship, Fluckey could spe Jap
anese ships erupting in the night
like a nest of volcanoes. Columns
of fire leaped from several ves
sels, me urst target settled In
the water. Some of the vessels hit
were obscured by others burnini?
in ,nc iinr u vision.
yjmy ine Jananpu nnu lnnui
v. .... i
ntTtni?inyJ,hlp8 went down that
mpnt. tiuckey had no time to stop
and count.
Japanese escorts came In hot
P"rs"U tosslnK 8 "ail of shells in
iw airecuon oi the f peine Barb
Many hit close by but all missed
Deluged With
Tell of
: With
Jap Balloon Fatalities in Oregon Revealed
Killed by bomb in fallen Japanese balloon near Lakeview, Ore., were Mrs. Archie Mitchell (left) Sher
man Shoemaker (center), and four other children. Only survivor was Rev. Archie Mitchell (right)
who said he escaped because he was a short distance behind the others. '
Bond Purchases
Low on Saturday
Purchases of bonds in the sev
enth war fund drive in Deschutes
county dropped to a "shameful
low" last Saturday, It was report
ed here today by A. L. O. Schue
ler, county war finance chairman.
Schueler said that only $2,118.75
in "E" bonds was bought that day,
and added: - ..;
"Certainly that is a record we
can't be proud of, and if we are
to make the $1,1441,000 quota In
the remaining 23 da'ys of this
campaign, we must step on It!"
Schueler said that lt would be
necessary to sell an average of
$17,000 in "E" bonds dally if the
quota in that series of $654,000 Is
to be attained. He sald that only
37 per cent, or $242,164.50, had
been sold thus far.
The overall bond sales totalled
$521,105, or 45.6 per cent of
quota, Schueler said.
Figures Released
The chairman said that the
best day for "E" bond sales was
$15,431.25. "which is about $2,500
short of what our daily "E" bond
sales should be to win."
Schueler reminded that a bond
headquarters had been estab
lished in the J. C. Penney store
for the convenience of downtown
shoppers, and he urged buyers to
sign up with the women on duty
tnere. The booth was stalled to
day by Mrs. A. B. Estebenet, Mrs.
Carmen Hyde and Mrs. Brrnlece
Shields, all women of the Moose.
First Water Due
For Madras Ditch
Water will be turned into the
main canal of the North Unit Ir
rigation project for the first time
at 9 a. m. tomorrow, it was an
nounced today at the offices of the
Bureau of Reclamation here. Re-
lease of water Into the big ditch ,
Is necessitated, it was explained,
In order to sluice mud away from
the Intake in order to permit the
big fish screens to be lowered
into place.
Awbrey Perry. Deschutes coun
ty watermasler, said that he esti
mated that 80 second feet of water
would be turned Into the canal,
and that the sluicing operation
might continue unlil noon,
iKHi i.un iiiiwi; uiiiii in.ii.
Bureau officials said that with-
In a Rhnrl lime water would aeain
be released into the ditch wheniment here. The industrial fundi
conscientious objectors encamped
on the ditch about eight mill's
northeast of Bend, would begin
priming and puddling for the pur
pose of stopping water leaks.
States To Face.
Shortage of Coal
Washington, June 4 mi Solid
fuels administrator Harold L.
ivKcm issued luuuy run wh-mi i
warning that there will be a coal
oi lut. I it: A i win mm .
Ickcs urged consumers to buy
Unri i ;a'
x.n,t:.i ui ecu LUiouiiicia
.available this summer, to install
insulation, storm sash, weather
stripping, heat controls and to i
clean and repair heating equip-
ment. These moves, he said, will
enable consumers to get along on
lower coal supplies next winter.
Piloted
Retreating Nippons on Luzon
Take to H orses, Abandon Gear
Foe Casualties in Philippines Reach Total
Of 385,480; Deep Wedges Driven Into Line
- By Don Caswell
(United Prem Wp CorretDondant)
Manila, June 4 (U.E) The
Cagayan valley 4n northern
sistance amid indications .that retreating Japanese had taken
to horseback. . -. . . .... , ' . .-. .... s :. . -.-i..'-:--
In an advance to1 four miles north of Santa Fe on Satur
day, units from the 87th captured large quantities of aban
doned enemy equipment, including cavalry gear. This was
tho first indication the Japanese were using cavalry in the
Pacific fighting, although they have used horses and mules
lor nack work in the nast.
The 37th ran into some
anti-tank fire as it advanced
along the 120-mile long val
ley, but there was no stout
resistance from the Japanese.
Seventy-five enemy bodies were
counted. ,
Today's communique reported
that Japanese casualties In the
Philippines have reached 385,480.
During the past week, 6,550 dead
were counted and 503 prisoners
taken. American and Filipino
casualties were 225 killed and
657 wounded.
Wedges Are Driven
On Mindanao island, deep
J wedges were driven into enemy
defenses in the hills west of Da-
vao city. Tho air force hammered
the Japanese positions, and also
harried .their escape routes on
tho southern coast, where four
barges and a motor launch were
sunk.
On Tarakan, off Borneo, Dutch
and Australian forces were re
ducing file last Japanese po
sitions on the island, in the cen
tral hills.
Borneo Itself got one of its
heaviest blows yet when medium,
heavy, and fighter planes teamed
to drop 190 tons of explosives
on airstrips, bivouac areas, and
defense positions.
Industry Fund
Of $13,455
Goes to B.I.A.
A total of $13,455 was turned
over today to the recently formed
Bend Industrial association, by
members of a committee which
.':v. - ,m wtri-ivn K(' Ltiiii,ui m.'U 111
the community for funds to pro-
mote nost war industrial devplnn-
committee was composed of Carl
A. Johnson, Frank 11. Loggan and
Sumner Deltrlck.
The sum was made up of three
checks, one for $7,437.50, another
for $5,560, both of which were
signed by Loggan and Deltrlck
for the Industrial fund commit
tee, and the third from donors.
Subscriptions totalling $282.50
brought up the total.
The chocks and money were
turned over to William Niskanen,
. ,u r,m, inrf.,.,
Z,ii 108
irrar rnvTpni i trr
Fire which broke out Saturday
afternoon on the green chain at
the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Com
ipany Inc. plant had been brought
under control by the time of
their arrival, Bend city firemen
reported today.
A
ans to
87th division drove along the
Luzon toduv acrainst lio-ht. re
Co. I Veteran
Tells of Battle
Isolated In a pocket in BlaklPlo,s of 'he sieclal (suicide) at-
under heavy fire, Bend's Co. I had
a narrow escape from capture or
annihilation during the grim bat
tle for the Jap-held New Guinea
Island, it was learned here today
on the return to this cily of Lt.
Dale Gibson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. J. Gibson. Lt. Gibson's infor
mation comes first hand, for he
was with Co. I at the time.
Under heavy fire, the Bend
company managed to break out of
the pocket and reach the shelter
If Its own protecting guns, but
not without heavy casuultles. It
was In that action lhat a number
of the Bend boys were wounded.
The Blak action, Lt. Gibson re
ports, was the toughest faced by
the Bend unit In its long service
with the far-famed 41st In thejnowsmen aboard his flagship off
South Pacific Jungles.
With his brother, TSgt. Dar
rell Gibson, now In Mindanao ac
tion, I.t. Gibson went overseas
with (he 41st.. The lieutenant re
turned to tho states, for hospit
alization, after 38 months of serv
ice overseas.
Lt. Gibson was three times
wounded In action that included
(wo Initial landings, at HolLindia
and Biak, and won his commission
on the field of bailie, in lieu of a
second silver star. His ribbons and
medals include the presidential ci
tation, proudly worn by all fight
ers of the 41st the fighting out
fit the Japs referred to as the
"Butcher division". Lt. Gibson
won his commission in I he bloody
Blak action.
Transferred to the Baxter Gen
eral hospital in Washington from
the South Pacific, Lt
Gibson is
i now In Bend on a 30 day sick
1 leave. So far as merit points
concerned, Lt. Gibson figures he
has 129, but these do not count
for officers.
Lt. Gibson and his brother Dar
rell, are twins.
Oregon Autoists
To Get One Plate
Salem, Ore., June 4 (tl Oregon i
motorists will drive with onlv one
license plate next year, and that
on the rear of the automobile.
Manufacture of Oregon license
plates has been resumed for
drivers for the first time since
1942, when it was stopped by lack
of metal.
The new plates will be of me-
dlum-grey color, with black fig-
urcs.
allooms
Tokyo Asserts
Airmen Await
Test Results
Admiral Halsey Holds
Imperial Palace Should
Be Target for Bombers
By William F. Tyree ,
(Unite! l'rma War Correspondent)
Guam, June 4 IP Radio Tokyo
said today that Japan Intends to
attack the United States with .
piloted, bomb-carrying balloons
and had converted her entire naval
air force Into a suicide corps.
Tokyo said Lt. Col; Shozo Na
kajima, chief spokesman of Jap
anese army forces in the southern
regions, predicted that piloted
stratosphere balloons would at'
tnck the American mainland in tho .
near future."
The present attacks on the
United States with pilotless bal
loons were only on an experi
mental scale, he said. The first
of these was released from Japan
March 10 and "hundreds" have
been released dally since then, he
said.
' Results Awaited
"When actual results of the ex
periment have been obtained."
Tokyo said, "large-scale attacks,
with death-defying Japanese air
men manning the ballons will be
launched."
Nakajlma complained that .the
United States had not divulged,
the extent of damage caused by
the pilotless balloons, but sur
mised they were "creating havoc."
He said they had a ceiling of
more than 45,000 feet and took
just over 100 hours to reach tho
United States.
Tokyo said the Japanese naval
air force had been converted into
a suicide corps to shield the home
Islands from the rampaging
American fleet.
Crashes Ordered
Every navy plane will be ord
ered to crash itself against an
Allied warship, a correspondent
of tho Tokyo newspaper Mainlchl
revealed in a radio Interview with
tack corps.
"If this tactic Is successful," he
said, "victory is assured for Japan.
If otherwise, the navy will have
many heroes for our shrines." .
The broadcast bore out last
week's Tokyo broadcast reporting
lhat the recent shakeup in the
Japanese naval high command
forshadowed the training of all
branches of the navy in suicide
attacks.
Admiral William F. (Bull) Hal
sey, commander of the American
third fleet, welcomed the enemy
announcement and challenged the
Japanese to send the remnants of
their fleet In a do-or-die "banzai"
attack against him.
"I wish they would," he told
Okinawa. "They might get their
thumbs halfway to their nose
but that's all."
Called Nuisance
Halsey dismissed the Japanese
(Continued on Page 5)
To Show Here
A GO mm. Infantry mortar is put
;nno ucuun by a dumonstratiun
; crew as one of the infantry
' weapons exhibited in the 7th war
loan "Here's Your Infantry" tour
; of 600 cities by 25 teams of
(doughboys. This show will be
In Bend on June 7, for a twilight
j performance on the Bend high
school athletic field.