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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
Volume LIN
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON. TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1945
. " 1 11 1 '- , ..I. .i I,, , ,
NO. 154
Kobe Attacked
By Sky Forts
Smolce Plumes 25,000
Feet Into Heavens as
. U. S. Armada Strikes
By William F. Tyree
(United Preaa War Correspondent)
Guam, June 5 IB Smoke
plumed to heights of 10,000 to
25,000 feet and huge fires crack
led in Kobe, Japan's sixth larg
est city, following today's 450. to
500-plane incendiary raid, return
ing crewmen reported.
Fires burned briskly through
streets and buildings along a 10
mile siretch in the big port as
the sky raiders swept over in
formation through a screen of
Japanese fighters and accurate
anti-aircraft blasts. '
Capt. Joe Carroll, Jacksonville,
and Orlando, Fla., commented:
"By God that was a big fire.
The smoke was at our level as
we left the target at about 20,000
feet. It was still swirling up as
we went over the coast it looked
like Yokohama all over again."
Carroll,, on his twentieth mis
sion, saw between 30 and 50
fighters, some of them attacking
at close range, but believed they
were "strictly class B team."
Weather Is Clear
His co-pilot in "The City of
Orlando," 1st Lt. John Merritt,
Pacific Grove, Cal., said the light
ers followed the plane 15 min
utes, but they rode through the'
In Heavy Raid
iiaK in aDour live mmuies. tie 8:30 oclock of "Heres Your in
added that the weather broke fantry," in which 80 world war
clear over Osaka bay allowing No. 2 veterans are to take part.
Bombardier 2nd Lt. Roy M. Al-, Preliminary arrangements in
bert, Gainsville, Tex., to put the I eluded preparations for the hous
fire bombs right on the aiming j Jng of the 80 infantrymen who are
point. . j to present a night show that Is
Lt. R. S. Combs, Miles City, to feature not only guns and linen,
Mont., arrived when "the show , but combat with flames.
was about half over. . . We left I night members of the Rim
Kobe one hell of a hot place. The Rock Riders cleaned up the bar
sky was full of planes ours and racks at the cavairy barns, where
theirs but we went through and 50 of tne fighting men will be
started good fires. ' , .quartered. Likewise, Boy Scouts
Combs' bombardier,-Lt. Wil-Tand members of the American
liam K. Wamsley, Middleton, ; Legion made room for 30 more
Conn., said the incendiaries ; in tne nlgn SChool gymnasium,
ripped Into.the built-up area from a greeting to the visiting
the waterfront straight through veterans, Mayor A. T. Niebergall
the middle of the city. ' today asked that all downtown
Second Lt. John McLaughlin, business houses display their
Valley Stream, N. Y., saw a two- flags both tomorrow and on
engined Japanese iignter go
down In flames after the pilot
bailed out.
.laps Drop Bombs
Sgt. Luther W. Church, Bell
ton, S. C. in "City of Clarks
btlrg, W. Va.," named for SSgt.
Charles Kellev's hometown,, saw
bombs hitting streets and build
ings and "about everywhere
else." Kelley saw a few phos
phorus bombs being dropped
from Japanese fighters, but they
apparently did not hit the Super
forts. Sgt. Louis MacDonald, Joplin,
Mo., saw scores of fighters but
was not bothered during the
bombing run. He reported:
"Smoke billowed up about 20,
000 feet and then went on above
us. I saw fires right in the
middle of the city and a little to
the right toward Osaka. It
looked like about three miles
blazing when we left and there
were still other planes coming."
The raid was the 15th fire at
tack on Japan. In the last 14,
the 21st bomber command an
nounced, nearly 90 square miles
of industrial Japan have been
destroyed.
YANKS MAKE GAINS
Manila, June 5 tlPi Paced by
powerful air attacks, the 37th
division 'pushed deeper into the
Cavayan valley today against Jap
anese troops unable to form a
line of resistance.
Co. Holder of D.S.C. Visits
Bend, Meets Fellow Officer
Joining Co. I veterans in Bend! evacuating them, he returned to
today for an impromptu reunion ' prevent a possible breakthrough,
was First Lt. Leonard C. DeWitt, j -tnemy troops were massed in
holder of the distinguished serv-: a gully only five yards from his
ice cross, second highest award position. Ho directed automatic
offered by America to its fighting j rifle fire at the enemy position
men. Back from 38 months serv-1 until his ammunition was ex
ice in the Pacific including action 'hausted; then, seizing a sub
in the Salamaua. Wewak. Leyte machine gun, he stood fully ex-
and Luzon ramnaiens. Lt. De-
Witt had nothing to say about1
the way in which he won the j
DSC?, hut thp war department,
proud of his record, had already! was exhausted, he threw his re-i Working as a locomotive me
told the story. jmaining grenades. Slipping over chanic, Pfc. Lowe is assigned to
"When an infantry company the edge of the gully, and collld- a huge round house In Arak,
(Co. I) encountered a' large ene-!ing with an enemy soldier, he i where 20 giant locomotives are
mv frtrna in a u.-pl i-nrcranized oer-i threw his helmet, Injuring the! serviced for use between Doroud
imeter and took a Stand on tne
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, . , '-. --
gainea until reeniorcem-ni or;
rived, Sgt. DeWitt voluntarily
carried ammunition and grenades: through and Prevented heavier of Company B, 791st railway
. .u- i i j i i.r.it thoVasnnlt ps. and noss ble loss nf'eratirit' hattallnn
iw me- im-m,-k-u iuilc ;
fnet Hint tho pnpmv. following
an artlllerv barrage. hadt
laiinphpH marhinp iron attack."
read the citation released last
year. The citation continued: j
"He found two wounded men:
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aJ,., ini in
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Ironclad Military Rule of Germany Set Up
r SN 0f
Top military commanders of four
General Dwight D. Eisenhower of
right, met today in the outskirts of
Overseas Men
To Have Part
In Bend Show
A miniature battlefield, within
the confines of the Bend high
school athletic field, was being
prepared today for the presenta-
tion here on Thursday evening at
Thursday.
Arrive Tomorrow
Tomorrow, as the veterans of
overseas fighting arrive in Bend,
scouts will give the athletic field
a thorough going over. Members
of the Junior chamber of com
merce have cut brush for use in
camouflaging, and city and coun
ty employes have supplied sand
and dirt for use in building pill
boxes. ,
Redmond will have the first op
portunity of viewing actual im
plements of warfare, when they
will be shown there tomorrow be
tween 3 and 5 p. m. The display
includes machine gun, rifles,
sniper rifle, tommy gun, mortars,
the rocket launcher, flame throw
er and other weapons, clothing
and equipment, rations and first
aid kits. Expert Infantrymen will
be on hand to describe each ar
ticle and explain its use in bat
tling the enemy.
On Thursday, between 10 a. m.
riad 4 p. m., the display will be
in Bend at the foot of Oregon
avenue.
Show Time Set
Thursday at 8:30 p. m., the
show will begin at the athletic
field. In a living tableau, the
fighting men will form into an
infantry rifle squad and be sup
plied with basic weapons for war.
Meantime, all preparations for
the ensuine encounter with the 1
tne ensuing encounter witn ine
foe" will be described over a pub-
(Continued on page 6)
posed on the brink of the gully. I
firing with deadly accuracy and!
inflicting neavy casualties on the
enemy. When his ammunition I
soiaier aim ueiiiuiaiLang enemyionu ieneiaii, capital ana nonn-l
ti-nnna in hp viHnilv prn tprmintia nf fho K.nil!
..13,7 Kie Qrtt ruw,J
....... ,
forestalled
an ninny orpan-
,
position.
Seventeen Japs, his fellow sol
diers estimated, were killed by-
the Bend Iignter in tne bloody I
nigm engagement
But, so Ur as Lt. DeWitt Is .
nnarnoH that niaht lc h clnrv
Continued on Page 6)
nations, including Marshal G. K. Zhukov of Russia, left above;
the United States, center, and Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery,
ruined Berlin and signed declaration documenting Germany's
unconditional surrender.
Crisis in Levant Not Caused
By British,'' Asserts Churchill
Prime Minister Denies De Gaulle Charges;
French Warned Troops Would Cause Trouble
- London, June 5 (U.P) Prime Minister Churchill denied
in Commons today a charge by
the British caused the crisis last week in the Levant.
"Our whole influence has been used in precisely the
other direction," Churchill said in rejecting De Gaulle's ac
cusation, made at a press conference Saturday, that the
British stirred up the trouble in Syria and Lebanon.
Churchill said the British minister of Beyrouth had made
strenuous dnd successful efforts to create a.calm atmosphere
Speaker Touches
On School Needs
Benefits to be gained through
the adoption by Oregon voters of
the $10,000,000 state building
measure, were told members , of
the Bend Lions club at their noon
day meeting today ln the Pine
Tavern. The sneaker was E. B.
Lemon, dean of administration
and assistant to the president of
Oregon state college.
. Lemon stressed that passage
of the measure would not add to
the taxes of the voters, explaining
that the funds .would be supplied
by the present income tax.
The speaker listed three major
accomplishments if the bill Is ap
proved by the electorate, as:
1 It provides essential, educa
tion facilities for veterans and for
oncoming Oregon youth.
2 It makes possible adequate
facilities for the care of Oregon's
wards.
3 It helps provide employment
for veterans and war workers
during the postwar adjustment
period.
In the election runoff, Claude
Cook was installed as vice presi
dent; Ray Dahl as tail twister,
and Hal Waterman as director.
Lt.Omer Taylor
Back in States
Lt. Omer Taylor, who was able
to get in 12 missions over Ger
many before the surrender of Hit
ler's forces, Is back in Bend to
day, for a visit with his mother,
Mrs. C. C. Taylor, before report
ing to Fort Lewis on July 3 for
reassignment. Lt. Taylor was the
pilot of a B-24 bomber.
The young Bend Dllot broueht
nls bombpr ba across the Allan;
, fiinht that innk Mm in
, horfltlnr , j ' rn(V " h
Laborador and Iceland and, he
reports the Iceland weather, un
like that ln Bend, was really
warm.
The bomber pilot landed his
plane at Bradley Field, Conn., and
came west by train.
Bend Man Aids
Supplying Reds
How a Bend man played a lead
ing role in keeping more than
5,000.000 tons of war materipl
moving from the Persian gulf to!the 50,000-acre north unit of the
Soviet Russia, Is told in a press i Deschutes project near Bend, Ore.
release from the Persian r:nlf!
command at Arak, Iran, and re-!
ceived here today. The soldier Is ;
Pfc. Walter D. Lowe of Rouip 2
i n ST. - "5naVP wn discha
........... 'n) uciit:u
iy me army, rip is a memtwr ;
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FARMER SERVICES SET
Portland, Ore., June 5 W Fun- '
eral services for Harold D. Far-;
mer, senior highway engineer who!
drowned in the Oak Grove fork of
th m..l. w .
held wVrtL'Z inJLZ
Gen. Charles De Gaulle that
for the negotiations of out
standing questions between
France and the Levantine
states. . 1 '
He said he ' personally
urged upon the president of
Syria the need for a specific set
tlement when they met in Cairo
last February.
The British. Churchill . said.
had put a great deal of pressure
upon the Levant states to open
negotiations with the French be
fore the crisis arose.""
No Lands Sought
Emphasizing that Britain had
absolutely no ambitions of any
kind in the Levant, he said:
"We sought no territory there,
and no kind of advantage that
was not given to 'any of the
other nations of the world."
Churchill said he had told Do
Gaulle of the bad impression that
sending of French reinforcements
into the Levant would create, but
the French were sent anyway.
On May 25, he said, the British
minister to Syria was Instructed
to tell the Syrian government
that it was essential to maintain
control of the situation because
of possible consequences through
out the middle east.
Forest Officials
On Visit to Bend
Here for tho purpose of inspect
ing the forest service's new pine
nursery site on the Butler road,
and other features of the Des
chutes forest, a party of officials
arrived in Bend toduy. They were
met by Ralph W. Crawford, su
pervisor of the Deschutes nation
al forest, who conducted them on
the tour.
In the group were L. P. Pagtor
and Charles A. Rindt, of the divi
sion of timber management for
the forest service, from regional
headquarters at Portland; Arthur
W. Greeley, of the timber man
agement division of the Washing-
ton headquarters: William Morris
,
experiment station, Portland, and
Ernest L. Kolbe, representing the
Western Pine association, from
Klamath Falls.
Laterals Contract
Award Announced
Boise, Ida.. June 5 HP) R. J.
Newell, acting director for the
U. b. bureau of reclamat on. toriav
announced the award of a S36,.
698 contract to the United Con
struction company of Seattle for
construction of 11 miles of later
als and a series of sub-laterals on
Tho mmr,
awarded a $101 X
similar construction
the unit.
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Leavina
Two mnw ronii
J t-entrai
armed forces err
nort torinv Ir
Service' ' fcM-V&?. feWSWW'SSSe8
according to a rn. I 1 ' .."'- t ) . i''UJf ,r?V '.' V? T - .xmrimental necks, return to
op-,Wash men werP venhnir
lT men were given their
nonnrary discharges under va
nnnnrarv n uhami . i .
rious provisions of the new rtn.
. mobilization program which Rem
87
uregonlans back to their
homes
sBt. Edmund
R47 Bend- and n
anu I
Berger, box
t. George F
ooley of Powell Butte, were the
nwu wiesi l0 aon their uniforms. I
i
Qermctny Stripped of Her Nazi
Conq
Ironclad Military (government
End of Battle
On Okinawa
Now in Sight
Principal Foe Forces
Destroyed, Says Chief
In Complimenting Men
By William F. Tyree
(United PreM War Corrtniiiomlvnt)
Guam, June 5 IIP) -Fleet Ad
miral Chester W. Nimits announc
ed today the principal enemy for
ces on Okinawa have been des
troyed, while the remnants were
given the familiar choice of an
nihilation, surrender or suicide. ;
From reports disclosed that the
U. S. marines who landed on Or
oku peninsula south of Naha har
bor were advancing swiftly
'against scattered resistance while
,'army troops cut other enemy for
ces into pockets in the souther
nmost hills of the island.
The fall of Naha and Its excel-
Blent air field appeared imminent,
Sand any Japanese last-ditch stand
south of the city was being fore
stalled by quick explosion of the
Oruku peninsula-landings.
Buckner Complimented
Admiral Nimltz, In a statement
of congratulation to Lt. Gen.
rSimon Bolivar- Buckner", .Sflldi- V;
"The manner in which the tenth
army Is exploiting results of the
destruction of the principal enemy
forces and the main enemy de
fensive position on Okinawa is
gratifying. To you and your corps
and division- commanders, 'well
done.'"
United Pres3 war correspondent
Edward ,Thomas reported from
Okinawa that the Oruku penin
sula was being gained ut ridi
culously low cost. He saw only
five dead Japanese on the beach.
After silencing a few enemy guns
and machine gun nests, fourth
regiment marines moved quickly
down a ridge on the southern
bank of Naha harbor.
Warships Give Support
Japanese reports said American
warships were standing off south-
ern Okinawa, directing gunfire at
Japanese defense positions on the
tip of the island. The enemy
acknowledged his Nnha-Yonabaru
line was broken.
There are still some battles to
be fought or, Okinawa and the
island has not yet been declared
secured, but in the 60th day of
the campaign the end is clearly in
sight for Yanks who have blazed , for action on j.y,,,. Prlor t)
the trail to Japan s doorstep. entering the service, the young
Some of the bitterest action of so,ner was employed by the Bend
the entire Pacific war has raged mws.
from Naha, Shurl, and Yonabarul Surviving the Tumalo youth
southward keeping part of the U. aro his parents; two brothers,
S. fleet on hand in a defensive j Cpl. Charles Roberts, Ft. Mead,
role. Now it is possible thatlMd., and Arthur Roberts, MO
PVnrvflllrin nun Kit 1 1 rnnl lnnin r M r l : 1 1 .n.,iU Tl l 1
! hl,, , ..T " " .
.cute
s already are under attack
from the Superfortresses of the
21st bomber command.
Veterans to
I
lr
V
r-lfitVr . l I "Alone came a blackbird and
elsewhere on ' '- S i w'f' , i .W I'S&lvi.'Ir& Q&ti? " 1 Inn thn (alit nf thi. klnir'n maM.
I f T 'i f 'Jl LJyl. VmfimWrffV A 1 1 1 by Bk re.ldenti who report
Oregon men t' A9"- JL.' tA 2W W-4 1 The birds light on their victims
rges from the b . V . ' ' s?f if 1 wSTi TiC-iW t-i f 'b i4 chatcrine noisily, and after a few
t :. vfc.'v '-''Jl. Jf 1 I t ? I I bases In the high junipers and on
Combat veterans, all members of the 25 touring "Here's Your Infantry" units form a giant figure 7 to j Clarence Sebo, 45-year-old Safe
symbolize their part in the 7th war loan. "Here's Your Infantry" Is the graphic story of war bonds In i way store manager shot April 28
action and features a battle in which infantry weapons destroy a Jap
be presented In a show
uests as
First Water Flows in Canal
As Huge Steel Gate Is Raised
Crews Race Ahead of Flow, to Locate Any
Leaks That May Develop in Madras Ditch . ..
Nearly seven years after actual construction was started
on the North Unit irrigation project, designed to irrigate
50,000 acres in Jefferson county, water was turned into the
big waterway for the first time today. Release of a flow of
water into the canal was necessary, according to bureau of
reclamation officials, to clear mud from beneath tho big
fish screens being installed above the headgate at the north
Bend city limits.
A sizeable crowd gathered on both sides of the massive
gate to witness the event, as
electricians inspected electric
wiring and adjusted power
switches.
As men, women and child
ren watched, Clyde H. Spen
cer, construction engineer for the
bureau of reclamation In charge
of the 'work, pushed a little red
button and the five ton steel
gate slowly raised. At 9:17 a. m.
there was a slight trickle of
water below the gate, then a
great rush. Tumble weed, debris
and dirt swept before the water
at a 2.mlle-an hour pace as It
coursed through the deep, con
crete channel.
Flow Is Studied
A crew from the Lapine C. O.
camp with shovels and picks,
raced ahead of the tide of water
and watched for possible leaks in
the big waterway. At the samo
time engineers checked at a
gauging station a half mile below
the intake, noting the flow of
second feet of water.
Officials planned to allow the
water to- run - in- .tho : ' cans! --tor
about three hours to clear the
canal of mud above the gate, In
order that the fish screens might
be lowered Into place. Water will
not again be turned Into the ditch
until the crews are prepared to
carry on the work of priming
and puddling.
Chester Roberts
Killed in Action
Chester J. Roberts, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles E. Roberts of
the Tumalo project, was killed In
"action while serving with an In-
fantry unit on Okinawa on April
' 27, according to word from the
i war department. Born In Tacoma,
Wash., Chester entered the serv-
! Ice from Deschutes county, on
August 5, 1943, and went over
seas on May 6, 1944.
Mr. and Mrs. Roberts' last let-
er from their son was received
on April 19, when he announced
he had won the rating of a ser
geant. Earlier, he won the bronze
""Z "L '"e S.1 , "u'
!erts. at home: Mrs. Pearl Web-
j ster, Jr., of Bend, and Donna Mae
' Roberts, at home.
Present Infantry Show in Bend
in Bond on June 7, on the Bend
Big 4"
Soviets Angered
By U. S. Headlines
Moscow, Juno 5 mi The Rus
sian army newspaper, Red Star,
charged today that a hostile for
eign press, including prominent
American papers, was trying to
prepare puonc opinion lor war
between the western powers and
the Soviet .union.
The Red Star specified head
lines lt said had appeared in
American newspapers, such as
"Red Wave Threatens to Drown
Christian Civilization" in the N.
Y. Journal-American, and "Soviet
Union Is Only Aggressor In
World" In the Chicago Tribune.
The article also cited the N. Y.
Dally News for exhorting Ameri
cans to be prepared against Rus
sian Invasions of Alaska and the
Aleutian Islands. , . '
"Deep- coneetm.-has-ii been felt
here about the anti-Russian press
campaign spreading in many
countries, especially the United
States. There have been many
articles and press reviews lately
about the situation. Today's In
Red Star was the bluntest yet.
It was foatured prominently on
tne loreign news page.
Bond Purchases
In County Low
A gloomy picture of the trend
the seventh war bond drive Is
taking in Deschutes county, was
painted here today by A. L. O.
Schueler, war finance chairman,
who added that In no other war
bond campaign had he felt so
disappointed over the prospects
of reaching the $1,142,000 quota.
Over the entire county, only
$8,002.50 in E bonds were sold
yesterday, Schueler reported, and
explained that this was less than
hulf of the amount necessary to
sell in order to win. He had esti
mated that at least $17,000 must
! be sold daily, and pointed out
! that $-100,000 remains to be sold
In the remaining 21 days of the
drive.
LOST CAB I OUNI
A few minutes after Morris Da
vis, Box 1028, Bend, reported his
automobile stolen late yesterday
from Minnesota avenue, Officer
Chester Nordstrom of tho Bond
police department, recovered the
car on Greenwood avenue be
tween Wall and Bond streets, lt
'vas reported today. The car had
been abandoned by the thief, of
ficers said.
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pillbox. One of the units will
high school athletic field.
Sets Up
Control Group
To Rule Nation
Allies Conquer
Defeated Reich Learns
Of Price That Must Be
Paid for Backing Hitler
Washington, June 5 (Ui-The
Big Four powers today formally
stripped Germany of the whole
of her nazl conquests and set up
an Ironclad military rule of the
defeated nation. The Reich was
reduced to Its 1937 boundaries.
Top military commanders of
tho United States, Russia, Great
Britain and France met ln the
outskirts of ruined Berlin and
signed a declaration documenting
Germany's unconditional surrend
er and laying down the obligations
and restrictions that will be her
price for embracing Adolf Hitler.
The Allies also announced crea
tion of the long-awaited four
power control council for Ger
many. , Immediately after the
signing ceremony Gen. Dwight
D. Elsenhower, Russian Marshal
G. K. Zhukov, British field Mar
shal Sir Bernard Montgomery and
French, Maj. Gen. Jean De Lattre
de Tassigny held the council's first
meeting. . . ,
. Steps Discussed .-
The four powers promised fa
the formal declaration to take all
steps In Germany "iei;uisite for
future peace and security." v
It was emphasized that the
military rule now established over
Germany would operate for 'a
long time. At some future date,
Germany may be deemed ready to
undertake the obligation of go
verning herself again under super
vision.
The declaration specified that
the new control council will rule
all of Germany within the borders
she had on Dec. 31 1937. This
wrested from the reich every ter
ritorial conquest the nazis achiev
ed, beginning with the anschluss
of Austria in 1938.
A separate control commission
will be set up for Austria. Other
territories seized by Germany re
vert to their own governments.
Division Conies Later
Plans for awarding other coun
tries slices of pre-war German
territory tsuch as the plan to give
Poland part of eastern Germany
await future settlement.
Four documents were issued to
day by the U. S., Britain, Russia
and France in their capitals. They
were:
1. The declaration signed today
in Berlin assuming Joint supreme
authority over the reich and list
ing, in 15 articles, the require
ments arising from unconditional
surrender with which Germany
and Us people must comply.
2. A statement announcing cre
ation of the four-power military
control council which will be the
government of Germany.
3. A statement providing for
the Individual zones of occupation
by the four powers Russia in
the east, Britain in the northwest,
the United States in the southwest
and France ln the west. Boundar
ies of the zones still were not
defined. This statement did, how
ever, confirm that there will be
four-power administration of
greater Berlin, which the Rus-
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Park Blackbirds
In Power Dives
Attack Bend Folk
1 altitude runs, gain momentum for
renewed attack.
Moral: wear a helmet.
STORE OPERATOR KILLED
Vancouver. Wash.. June 5 UP
I by two men as he was closing his
I store, died today.