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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON, FRIDAY, DEC. 21, 1945
THE BEND BULLETIN
and CENTRAL OKKCON PRESS
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Entered ae Heeond Cleee MaUer. January ". 1017, at that Peetoltice at Bend. Oregon,
Lmler Act of March &. IMS.
hOKKKT W. SAWYER r.dlt"r-Meiieer .iF.KKY N. POWl.ER AuociaU EJItnr
r RANK H. 1-OGliAN Aitvertielna Manarer
An Independent Neweiianer Standing for Ui Rquare leal. Clean Uueineea, Clean Polttka
ami the Beet Intereete of Brnd and Central Oregon
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4.S15 Japs wove klllotl on the Is
land, an unknown number blown
I up. Of the 3,038 Amerleans wiio
Washington
Column
By lVlor Ktlmm
INKA Wehliu.tiu t'orreeiiondent)
Washington, DC- Oiif ot lht
more Intriguing social phenomena
TAXPAYERS APPREHENSIVE
Lnnd owners are taking a keener interest in education. It
it time that they should. Some day, perhaps not too far in the
IMTlll'n nti f-rwr nt ft. .iliMirmn ntou liv-nn,., u H.t i , i ir tux. ... ...j... ... . ... . ... . . .- ....
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tor in the individual s ability to be a home owner, a farmer or! predicament the Sixth army im- eftected an unopposed landing at
the operator of an industrial plant. The costs are mounting ; mediately launched its advance Puerto Princesa, Palawan Island,
and plans are in the making to increase them still more sham- i 'OWi""' Manila across the bend of Th- force captured the town with
This is the Sith of 42 Install
ments of material selected from
lleneral Marshall's report on the
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winning t.i ..,,.. , a. V:,sl,l,,,.tn ofrl..,.l llf.. U tli.t
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killed, eight were missing, and testimonial dinner, homebody
531 wounded. I thinks somebody has done a good
Manila bav was ooen In eUv J""-1,1 1,u y got up u leeci.
iiiuivii. in irss until two momns
General MacArtluir accomplished
what the Japanese had needed six
to do after Pearl Harbor.
In late February, elements of
riui.irriNE comjvksts
lieneral MacArthur had de
veloped a strong portion of his
assault force on his left or east
ern flank to provide protection
for the beachhead against the
strong Japanese forces to the
north and east
ly in Oregon. So far these costs have not been visited on the
owners of property. The trend, in fact, has been toward re
lief of the property tax payer t the expense of the income
tax payer. This is possible jn a period of prosperity with its
high wages and high industrial returns. But with the waning
of prosperity such costs will, under the present system, revert
largely to real and personal property, just at a time when real
and personal property will be decreasingly able to shoulder
them.
The outlook was manifestly disturbing to one important
group, the eastern Oregon wheat league, when it held its con
vention in Pendleton this month. It gave recognition to the al-
the Agno which presumably
should have been a strongly held
Japanese defense line.
The troops met little resistance
until they approached Clark field.
The I corps, commanded by Maj.
Gen. Innis P. Swift, had heavy
fighting on the east flank where
the Japanese were strongly en
ds two nil-strips and eomuletelv
occupied Puerto Princesa penin
sula. The airfields gave control of
a wide area of the China sea
greatly facilitating the severance
of Japanese communication with
Malaysia and Burma.
l-'lehtlnir Continues In Hills '
On 10 March other 41st division
If the thing is organized co-
I operatlvely on the pay-your-own-
way -basis, it Is usually on the up
I and up. If it's free to selected, In
vited guests, watch who picks up
the check, who's there and what
j for.
In recent days there have been
two of these somehody-else-pays-asyougo
affairs, on the preten
tious side.
First the Association of Ameri
can Railroads threw a testimon
ial dinner In honor of Col. J. Mon
roe Johnson, director of the office
of defense transportation. Then
the Petroleum Industry War
Council asked Washington offl-
time being they were to be
there to keep the supply line for
the advance on Manila secure.
On 29 January troops of Gen-
tivnrluMt In hill ixviittons For the1. ................. c-a uoni ui join witn mi industry
inncnea in mu positions, roi toe iroo,K landed on the western i n ... .... u.u '
hlMil t j . ;r- UlllCUIIS III IUCIlllg UlC 1J1I1 UVI'l
lit 1U f MinHnnttn Gnvtml In -.,.,..- 1.. 1 . ... .... .
... ................ " the stutred shirt to honor vu-
land in the Philippine group Ini- Unm R Bov,t jr., for , K,vat Job
tial resistance was light and the , hp di(, ns chairman of the Petrol
city of amboanga fell the follow-; eum in(1u.strv Vnr Council,
lug day but heavy fighting fol-1 rhpr(l probablv will bo other
lowed In the foothills and con-, fulu.,ums n ensuing weeks; with
tinued for weeks. ; ,hp war j(ls, ov,,r lhls ls H,
Landings were made during season on testimonials.
I March on Panay. Cebu, and Ne-! The gentlemen who get these
!.l Vt-.U'c 'I (vit-nc uniliii- ctri.
reaay large uiversion 01 state income tax tunds to public tegic dii-ection of the Eighth
school support and to the plan of educators to force the next army landed on the west coast
legislature to add 54,500,000 to the amount supplied bv the of Luzon near Subic bay. meet
state for this purpose. And it went on record as favoring a ln lighJ PPs'on; They drove
general reiail sales tax, wan ironclad provisions that its Pro-1 Deninsu.a wnere General Mac-'f!'08- Reconnaissance parties testimonials usually deserve 'em.
ceens go to tne reduction ot property taxes, as the only just j Arthur had made his stand three 1 wom as',or? OI J01. lawitawi. ; and what's said here is not to be
method of distributing the burden of public expense.
Lacking agreement by those desiring increased benefits
from public funds, the wheat league may be depended on to
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wheat league be a one in this. Its pronouncement, we believe,! arrinhibious landine at Nasuebu
years before denying the Japa- "iner ismnus in me suiu ; utile tneir real ncnievements anu
n.w., tho i.oAf Manilla harhnr fnr archipelago, extending our hold- j services to Ihelr country. The
ings to wunin -tu mues in tsoineo.
The 11th airborne division on1" case the landings were
ciiccicu mtfti SKUiuuy wun a
minimum of resistance but stub-
idea is simply to show one of the
lighter sides of what goes on here.
Colonel Johnson got a scroll at
his dinner, for having "discharged
Bend's Yesterdays
(From Th Bullotln Filsi)
TWENTY riVK YKAItH AGO
(Dec. 21, ItKiO)
A crew of 'i0 inun begin a gen
eral overhauling of the Oregon
Trunk t o e k y u r d s, ivpuli lng
chutes and lenoes.
The county tax levy for the en
suing year Is $Ulll,73-l, with n mill
age rale for Bend of U.'I.H, County
HMsessiir W. T. Mulliirky reports.
The Women's Civic league re
port! that It hn collected $'J(H) to
assist Santa Claim In filling slock
Ings for the city's Christmas tree.
A new boys' club, called the
"Paul Reveres," Is formed In Hcnd
with Ted Maher ns head and t J.
Uenz an advisor.
State AAA Chiefs
To Hold Meeting
is but the beginning indication of a general protest bv tax in Batangas province south of;born an" prolonged fighting us- his task with rare ability, great
payers, whether on property or on income, against rising1 Manila. Three days later the divi-1 un' followed In the hills. I Industry and unfailing devotion
public costs which they are called upon to meet. j sion's parachute regiment jumped S ,Z?iw,Cl 1 i ' "' ? t ,'!m' "r i! "
Whether a sales tax will carrv in Oreiron is something ekp Takaytay ridge dominating the glnt. of Luzon ,hf. s,lxth arn?-v i H" ,;r- In "PPreetat '" of his
V7.V " ui tarry in uregon is sometning else r ' Th, nin, .rr,nn nf division met a fanatical enemv in ; "selfless and successful service
again. Time and again the idea has been turned down bv the i h.. 'A " I the mountain ranees between : he cot an inscribed silver waiter
voters. Should it be presented to the legislature it mav be con
fidently expected that there will be a strong lobby against it
and that, if passed and referred to the people it will be the
target of an active opposition campaign. So far ahead of the
earliest date that it coild possibly be an issue at the polls we
would hesitate to express an opinion as to the outcome.
We believe, however, that the decision on such a plan will
also be a decision on the question of additional funds for
schools or, for the matter of that, for any other public acti
vity that seeks state support. The issue, we believe, will be
ranges
through Novaliches and reached i 'SU " a ,r-iu1 !
Grace park in the northeastern ' Manila, infantry fought for long ,
portion of the city of Manila. On weeks across .success ve, bitterly
6 Februarv the airborne troops j contested mountain ridges. Oth r
reached Nichols field. As the elements cleared the area south
troops of the Sixth army closed!0' Lacuna i de Bay and '"Ivancod
on Manila from the north, north- f alonS the h ghway toward the Bi-i
est. and south, the situation of"!"' -" "H"". '"'
Japanese forces in the city was
rendered hopeless but they fought
bitterly from house to house. Or-
clear cut as it has never been before." And this is the wav it! i.anizcd resistance ceased on 23
. . . . , L-nKpiinrti ti hon i no amnr pan in.
should be. Let the alternative be unmistakable, the question
reduced to its price factors. The taxpayers, we feel certain,
will see to it that it is presented in just this way.
THE DOWNTOWN CHRISTMAS TREE
The Junior Chamber of Commerce is to be commended on
its revival of the old community Christmas-tree custom here.
Beginning with the early days of Bend there was, more likely
than not, a large outdoor tree, lavishly decorated and lighted,
which became the center of the season's activities. The Jav
cees would not be the Jaycees, however, if they failed to bob
up with some worthwhile new ideas and so the'big tree which
has made its appearance at the Wall and Oregon intersection
will probably prove to be at least slightly different as its prep
aration and use progress.
This is merely our conjecture and we leave its confirma
tion to Santa Claus and the Jaycees. But in the meantime we
wish to point out that this is Bend's first outdoor downtown
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ennstmas tree since before the war. U e like to think of it as ; bombs on the two and three
a symbol of the fact that the war is actually over and that j fourths square-mile island that
mere is peace once more. e tnink that the Jaycees may have controls manna uiy.
had some such idea as that when thev nnrWrnnl, tho ir.K On the morning of 16 February
ccntly of presenting the tree to Bend. Older people will be more
prone to look on it in this fashion, while much younger and
smaller people will consider it as an adjunct of Santa and,
somehow or other, a sign of his beneficence.
Either way it will bring pleasure and happiness. Thanks
to the organization which made it possible.
February when the American in
fantry penetrated the old walled
city.
Preceded by heavy air and
paval bombardment, elements of
the 38th division landed on 15
forced combat team landed at Le
gaspi In southeast Luzon. With
the help of guerrillas, this force
cleared the southeastern tip of
the island then moved northward
toward our other troops advanc-1
ing from Luzon. j
In mid-April, with the cam-'
paign in the Visayas drawing to
and a portrait of himself.
All these affairs are much alike
so It's as good to describe one as
another. There were over .TOO
guests at .Col. Johnson's little five
course collation.
The speaker of the evening. In
addition to Col. Johnson, was Con
gressman A. L. Bulwlnkle of
South Carolina. It is (list Inciden
tal, of course, that Maj. Bulwlnkle
now has a bill pending which
would legalize rate-fixing and
other agreements between com
peting carriers in all forms of
transportation under the Inter
state Commerce act. All this bill
would do is exempt the railroads
.. ! -'.... 1 P!.LnlknIA.
ti wilder, ul I IL-1 ai cii.in.-iin.-i u-l a.-n. vv
ri ,, , .,,pi.i ,hn tint the X corps of his Eighth arimi from the Sherman anti-trust law
of Bataan. Resistance was light ! ashore on central Mindanao north! As to what Interest the oil men
and our soldiers rapidly advanced f Cotabato. By this me our' had in building up a 1 t c good
alone the perimeter road west f troops were well established in will with government officials like
Manila bas' While the battle fbr I ,he Zamboanga area and guerrilla ' Secretary of the Interior Harold
I... ;.'iu a .toAMi...i forces were in possession of large . Ickes. who was one of Boyd's
moved to open Manila bayand;reas in northern Mindanao chief eulogizers, there are only it I
infantry of the 24th division, x' thinking people. j
corps, took Davao City on 4 May j The tidelantls nil case Is up. the '
after house-to-house fighting. A , Big Inch and Little Inch pipelines
column of the 3lst division drove
north up the valley of the Pulangi
river to Kibawe. Meanwhile, on
Luzon, the important city of Ba
guio had fallen to the 33d and
37th divisions.
Forrestal Plans
Fight On Move
To Unite Services
Washington, Dec. 21 UH-Secre-tary
of the navy James Forrestal
will delay his planned resfgnatlon
so he can fight to the finish
against the administration plan
to merge the armed forces, it was
learned today.
He had planned to quit his cab
inet post on or soon lifter Jan. 1
to return to private business In
New York. Navy officials said he
now plans to continue lor
couple of months."
In opposing the merger pro
posal now before congress, now
ever. Forrestal will speak as a
private Individual and not as an
administration official.
SueakN fur Selves. Corvallls, Ore., Dee. 21 mi
President Truman told his news I The annual conference of the
conference yesterday that Ills Oregon AAA county committee
merger recommendation did not
prevent anyone in the govern
ment from objecting to It. Hut, he
pointed out, government person
nel who oppose ll should make It
clear they are speaking for them
selves and not the administration.
Mr. Truman was asked If he
thought his merger-which em
bodies principal points of the
army's unification plan would
sieed up Forrcstal's plan to re
sign. lie noted that Forrestal had
been trying to resign ever since
he assumed the presidency. He ex
presstnl the hoie, however, thai
the secretary would not press for
an early release.
Key I'luces Vacant
Nevertheless, the president -Is
faced wlih replacing some of the
key civilian men who serve In
other Important navy posts early
next year.
Assistant secretary II. Struve
Hensel, who has been a bitter op
ponent of merger plans, will have
finished five years service on Jan.
2 and plans to resign. He would,
however, continue In his present
assignment If necessary until
March of next year.
I'ndersecretary A r t e m u s L.
Gates already has resigned and
the president concurred. His suc
cessor has not been named.
Meantime, navy officials ex
pressed concern over the presi
dent's plan tu strip the navy of
Its land-based aircraft. His mes
sage said the navy "should, of
course, retain Its own carrier, ship
and water based aviation. . . ."
All other air units would go under
a separate air force, under neither
the army nor navy.
men will he on the Oregon Sliitit
college campus on January 7 to 'J,
It was announced today.
The 108 farmer coiilinltleeiiien
attending the conference tills
year will discuss mainly the prob
lem of how to get Hie most out
of the agricultural conservation
program In Improving Oregon's
soli und water resources.
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ELMER LEHNHERR
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Oil tfkPMi..ss ll...t.- A,.1
vat .-' w ----
1 ly love In evidence this Jolly
I Christmas season.
ltita$
teehttp
cu
1r Now we can say U as w used
to say It "A Morry Christmas to
You and a Happy Now Yoar."
Bank of Bend
A HOME OWNED INSTITUTION
begin preparation of the Philip
pines as a major base for the
next United States advances in
the far Pacific.
Corrcgidor Retaken
Corregidor had gone under al
iiee bombardment on 23 January,
and in less than a month Kenney's
ai'men dropped 3,128 tons of
(Next: The net closes.)
: are to be disposed of, there are a
lot of surplus government-owned
; tankers and refineries and syn
; thetic rubber plants to be dis
posed of and
j It certainly is nice to see so
imuch good fellowship and brother-
Texas Woman Scores pistol and hit the fox in the right
Fox Eye At 75 Feet j cy?.OH Mrs clark mW ....
Goosecreek. Tex. MI'i Hen practiced some. I user! t n knock ) u-arrl toward the lighthouse and
house burglars had better steer the clothes pins off my mother's' golf course on the little island,
cleat of Mrs. E. M. Clark's chicken clothesline when we lived at an aphinst scattered small arms fire
two long trains ot army c-ii
transports approached the j
"Hock," close to the 500-foot sheer j
cliffs. A sudden 18-mile-anhour
wind swept the air clear of the j
smoke and dust of the naval and
air bombardment that had ceased
a few minutes earlier. Then the
tnop carriers began to sow th-?
sky. 'Chutes spilled out white and
troops of the veteran 503d para
chute regiments drifted down-
coops.
While her husband was working
tho night trick at the Baytown
refinery, Mrs. Clark heard her
chickens squawking the other
night.
She turned on a 250-watt porch
night and saw a gray fox looking
at her, 75 feet away
oil company production camp."
GET "DKOP" ON DUCKS
Lenox, la. Ui Two Lenox
hunters literally "got the drop" on
some mallard ducks recently. The
hunters sighted the ducks while
flying in their plane. They landed,
drew a bead on the birds, and
She shot once with a 22-caliber. bagged them.
THANKS
To all- of you our friends and
customers for your consideration and
tolerance this past year and the pre
vious years. You've been patient with
our problems and in the coming year
we hope to be able to serve you once
again as we have before. A Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year to
you all.
from the Japs on the ground.
Simultaneously, troops of the
1 3-lt'i infantry regiment hit the
j shore in assault boats at San Jose
! South Dock. They ran into a
i l:tevy mine field covering the cn
. tire length of the beach, but lit
tle fire from Japs on the island.
l ighting in the tunnels bunt ny
Americans in an attempt to make
Corregidor impregnable prior to
world war ll, the Japs conunueo
their suicidal resistance for near
ly two weeks. Toward the end
there was a series of terrific ex
plosions on the islands as the Japs
destroyed the tunnel system and
themselves with it. Americans
scaled up remaining caves and an
estimated 300 Japs. A total of
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