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FRIDAY. AUGUST IB, 1944.
POST-WAR GERMANY
Many news analysts and
commentators are ventur
ing opinions as to the fu-;
ture of Germany, inasmuch
as boundaries, and occupa
tion are concerned.
The United States and.
Great Britain are keeping;
mum, as to definite future
plans, but Russia is coming
right straight from the
shoulder with statements
to the effect that there are
some parts of Germany
which will be taken over ,
and given to the Poles in<
payment for territory
which the Russians wish to
use for themselves.
Also, the word is going
around that Stalin is plan
ning to force German labor
to repair the damage caus
ed to Russia by the Nazi
invasion.
This, on the surface,!
seems a good thing al
though the United States
and Britain are not giving
any suggestions as yet
how the job will be done,
or whether Stalin will
agree in the final analysis
with any soft-hearted of
ferings by other United
Nations.
Stalin is for all-out
“rough justice”, in getting
the job done right.
Germany will, it seems,1
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be forced into the role of
a second class power among
nations, under constant su
pervision by the United
Nations, j
The people of Germany,
if the above ideas are car
ried out, will be crowded:
into a smaller Germany.
Some of the ideas given
to date, will give to Aus-1
tria, France, the Nether
lands and Poland territory!
now in German hands.
Some “analyzers” have
even ventured the opinion
that Germany should be
divided into smaller states, j
Much can be said for,
and against the foregoing;
ideas but this is certain,!
there can be no universal,
peace until the German j
and Japanese peoples are
again recognized as self
governed nations.
As long as there are peo
ples on the earth under
subjugation, dissatisfied, or
even uninformed of the
rest of the world there will
remain the seeds of war.
THE PROPAGANDA
STICKS
Visitors to prison camps
in the United States where
German prisoners of war
are held declare that the
great majority of enemy
soldiers still are convinced
that Germany will win. Al
though they have access to
newspapers, magazines and
radio and are otherwise
kept informed on the prog
ress of the war, they were
so “sold” on Hitler’s ability
that they cannot be con
vinced the combat is going
against him. Here is food
for thought for anyone who
believes the German peo
ple can be easily won from
the Nazi ideals after the
war is over.
Strange as it may seem,
the very fact that they
have been nourished for
years on propaganda and
apparently are familiar
with propaganda devices,
strengthens the Germans’
convictions that the war
news they are receiving
contains little of truth. |
They would believe the!
tales they heard before!
their capture relative to
the bombings of New
York than accept for cer
tain our own news stories
which mention nothing of
such attacks. They see in
the information they re
ceive from American sour
ces the same elements of
untruth which they appar
ently know existed in the
stuff they were fed from'
Joe Goebbels’ office.—
(Cincinnati Enquirer).
PERSONAL BOND DRIVE
WORTHINGTON, N. Y. —(AP)
—John Kakerbeck started a one
man campaign among friends to
sell $100,000 in war bonds. As
soon as his goal is reached, the
money is to be invested in a new,
Mustang plane and the^'training j
of its pilot, to take the place of j
Mr. Kakefbeck’s son, Robert, re
ported killed over Europe.
PIN-UPS AID RECOVERY
DARWIN —(AP)— Photographs
of pin-up girl are used in North
ern Australian military hospitals
to help patients recover the use
of arms and legs. They are fast
ened on splints in such a way that
the men must use the weakened
muscles to look at them. The
scheme works.
Motor trucks for the Army are
bui ltto climb 65 per cent grades,
slopes so steep that men cannot
climb them on foot.
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PARIS RADIO
GOES OFF AIR
LONDON, Aug. 18.—(AP)—Pa
ris radio went silent today ac
cording to Monitor receiving sta-,
tions, during the 24 hours, in
which time the only voice heard
was shouting in German:
“They are coming—the Yanks,
of course.”
Vichy radio has not been heard
for several of its nroadcast per
iods and once broadcast dance |
music instead of the scheduled j
new s.
ROOSEVELT IS
MUM ON WILLKIE
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug
18.—(AP)—The President today
told reporters that there was!
nothing to publish in the reports
that he had invited Wendell Will
kie to the White House for a con
ference on post-war questions.
When asked: “Will you talk
with Willkie on post-war prob
lems?” President Roosevelt re
sponded: “It is rather a personal
matter.”
The President announced that
he had nominated Major General
Patch, commanding the southern
France invasion forces, to be a
lieutenant general.
MUCH IN THIS NAME
MELBOURNE, Australia —(AP)
—The speaker at the luncheon
was introduced as Mrs. Roeslan,
but that was not the half of it
He was Raden Mas .Roeslannoeda
noeroesamsi of the < Netherlands
Indies Civil Service.
WAR OF TODAY
NON-STOP DEAL
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS AT PEARL HAR
BOR, Aug. 18.—<AP)—The war of
today, with its triphammer blows
from mighty American forces
based in the Mariannas Islands,
as an outlook to Japan, is a non
stop affair, said Admiral Chester
W. Nimitz today.
The thrust in various directions
will be impelled by “the power
house tactics, of the powerful
Fifth fleet, under Admiral Ray
mond Spraunce, and the Third
fleet under Admiral William Hal
sey, who are ready to wage the
kind of war he has in mind. While
the one strikes, the other will plan
a new operation.
“We believe,” he said, “in pow-'
erhouse tactics, and want4 what
we undertake to go through, and
have not reached the stage where;
we can hold anything back.”
As if to illustrate Nimitz’
words, alilied warplanes are keep-i
ing on the Jap’s “tail”, through
out the vast Pacific theatre in
cluding Halmahera.
Nimitz also announced the raids'
on the seaplane base at Chichi!
Island in the Bonins, while the
11th Army Liberators made pre
dawn attacks on Paramushiro in
the Kuriles, extending the raids
on the northern Japanese islands
through the fourth consecutive
day.
POST-WAR HIGHWAYS
TOPEKA, Kas. —(AP)—'The 4
state highway commission is mak
ing a house to house canvass
about automobile, bus and tram
travel for use as a guide in plan
ning post-war arterial highways
within cities.
REFUGEES REPLACE TROOPS
LONDON — (AP)— Women and
child refugees from the Normandy
battlefields are being housed in a
well-known residential London
square which previously housed
American invasion troops. ^
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