THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND. OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 17. 1945
) Curios Made From Prisoners'
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uiscoverea in Germany
By Ann Strlnsrer
(United Pma Wr Corrpondnt)
Buchenwald, Germany, April 21
(Delayed) ilPi The lampshade
was made from the skin Irom a
man's chest.
Alongside were book bindings,
bookmarkers, and other orna
mental pieces all made Irom hu
man skin, too.
I saw them today. I could see
the pores and the tiny unquestion
ably human skin lines. . .
I touched the lampshade. It felt
smooth, and clung to my touch.
The skin was about one-sixteenth
of an inch thick.
The lampshade and other ar
. tides had been made from the
, skin of prisoners in this potorious
J nazl hellhole on the orders of the
7) wife of the camp commandant.
"She was a great admirer of
tatoo work," said a Dutch engi
neer technician who had served
12. months here. "She would have
prisoners with1 tatoo work on
' them lineup shirtless. Then she
would pick a design or mark she
particularly liked. That prisoner
would be executed and his skin
made into an ornament."
me lampsnaae was aDOUt two
. leet in diameter at the bottom,
about 18 inches high, and made of
five panels each about nine inches
wide. It was a delicate cream
color. Some of the panels were
tattooed with nude figures; the
others were plain.
Another "item" which apparent
ly was used merely as a wall or
nament was an entire male chest,
completely plain and undesigned.
I could see clearly the nipples and
. navel marks, which made tiny
marks in the smooth surface,
somewhat like knotholes in a
wood panel.
- - una is no. at ail unusual,
said the Dutchman. "It's just an
other instance of he lack of value
the nazis put on human life. They
used humans as guinea pigs in
experiments of typhus treat
ments, on restoring sight and
hearing, and in treating burns.
"They'd destroy the hearing of
a prisoner, or put out his eye, and
leave him like that for weeks.
Then they'd try to restore his
. sight or hearing. Sometimes they
failed, sometimes they succeeded,
but the experiment always ended
with the victim's execution." .
"Sometimes," the Dutchman
continued, "they would put acid
powder qn a man's arm, letting it
burn him to the bone, then experi
ment in treatments for it.
"They also experimented in
sterilization. In one camp section
they kept a group .of girls for
these tests. They always
well-fed and well-treated and had
every comfort and luxury they
could want. But about one hun
dred of these girls died every
month from the experiments.
"The nazis permitted prisoners
to have children because they
were making experiments in
twins. Many of the children were
killed because they are 'nuisanc
es.'. Butthey always cared well
for twins, for their emperiments.".
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on a German city in a single al
lied raid. Including demolition
bombs, however, the European
feombloads occasionally were
heavier.
A nine-square-mile area of Na
goya ignited nearly 72 hours
earlier still was smoking when
the first of the Superfortresses
swept over the city today at 3 a.m.
Japanese time.
For the next hour and a half,
the big bombers unloaded their
deadly cargoes at the rate of near
ly 40 tons a minute on the largest-target
area yet chosen for
an obliteration attack.
Big Area Covered
Up and down and across an
area extending for more than
four miles along the estuary from
the Nagoya waterfront, the Su
perfortresses strew. death and de
struction. - The huge Mitsubishi aircraft
plant, largest of its kind in the
world, and five other major Jap
anese war factories lay within
the target area, along with less
important war works, transporta
tion facilities, warehouses, stor
age areas, anpl workers' home in
dustries.
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At the Tower Tonight
L - mi im i '' ' V 1
- Suspense grips you as Sherlock Holmes unravels the mystery of tht
murder club, in "House of Fear," starring Basil Rathbonel .
SUMMER CAMP
Plans are being made for the
1945 summer camp for all Blue
Bird and Camp Fire girls in Des
chutes county. Only active mem
bers of each registered group
will be eligible for the camp. No
girl joining any Camp Fire or
ganization in the county after
June 1 will be allowed to attend
this year's camp. .
A definite time and place for
Camp Pinewan will be announced
at a later date. The cost of a week
at camp will be ten dollars. Watrh
your Camp Fire news and check
with your guardians for further
details regarding camp.
Adult leaders for Camp Pine
wan to this date are: Mrs. Joe
F.lrlpr. eamn director: Mrs. Chal
Japanese communique saidiNooe, waterfront director; Mrs.
fires destroyed part of the roof
of the main hall of the Atsuta
shrine and a portion of the shrine,
annex. Most of the fires were con
trolled by dawn, the broadcast
said. It claimed nine Superfort
resses were shot down and 32
damaged out of a force It esti
mated at 100. '
John Mogan, registered nurse;
Mrs. Phil Buckingham, Mrs. Gale
Blakley, Mrs. Pat Henry, Mrs.
Milo Chamberlinvand Mrs. John
Bernlng, counselors.
' COUNCIL
The Bend Camp Fire Council
at their meeting Tuesday evening
elected the following officers:
Mrs. Phil Buckingham, president;
Mrs. Kenneth Uulick, vice presi
A new commercial electric ve
hicle which, without wires, picks dent; Miss Lucy Davison, sccre
up electricity for its motors from tary and treasurer. The local
under the ground is reported council will meet at the call of
from Russia; the power is from the president. The remainder of
high-frequency current in an elec- the meeting was spent discussing
tor-magnetic field formed around plans for the summer camp.
conductors placed at intervals tin- There were 11 members present
were derground. 'at the meeting.
FORGET-ME-NOT BLUE BIRDS
A new group of Blue Birds was
organized last week at the home
of their guardian, Mrs. William
Lindgren. These' little girlBare
second graders at Kenwood. At
their meeting Tuesday they chose
the name of Forget-Me-Nots. 'for
their group. The officers of this
group are: ' Patricia Crawford,
president; Shirley Jean Edmison,
vice president; Helen Lliidgren,
secretary; Mardee Dowsett, treas
urer. Other members of the group
are: Alice Richards, Ruth Jean
Eisenbach, Marlene Sherard and
Kay Ballantyne.. The girls are
studying the common flowers and
learning folk dances and. songs.
PINE BLUEBIRDS
Members of the Pine Blue Birds
went on a nature hike last week.
The girls took sandwiches and a
drink arid hiked up on Awbiey
butte. They were accompanied by
Barbara Blakley. Although . the
girls were caught in a shower,
they all reported a wonderful
time.
A DAKON'YA.
New officers have been chosen
by members of the Dakonya
group. They are: Adelva Bartlett,
president; Juanita Turner, vice
president; Joan Fuls, secretary;
Dolores Wilde, treasurer; Thelma
Blalock, scribe; Virginia Rhodes,
sergeant ot ai ms. The girls voted
to meet at the homes of the vari
ous members from now on, each
girl taking her turn entertafning
the group.
GROUP MEETINGS
Monday
Katawasteya Miss Harriet
Harris, high school, 3:50 p. m.
, Dakonya Mrs. Rella Henry,
319 Sisemore, 3:50 p. m.
Tanda Mrs. W. G. Coleman,
1471 West Third, 3:45 p. m.
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Tuesday
Unaliyee Miss Jean Webster,
Reld school, 4 p. m.
Wednesday
Wahanka Mrs. Gail Baker,
Kenwood school, 3:45 p. m. '
Wetomachick Mrs. Don Prl
meau, Carroll Acres, 4 p.m. 1
Pine Bluebirds Mrs. Gale Blak
ley, 1317 Harmon, 3:45 p. m.
Oregon Trail Bluebirds Mrs.
Carl Erickson, 211 Drake road,
3:45 p. m. -
Juniper Jays Mrs. Claude
Cook, 214 Vine lane, 3:45 p. m.
Camp Fire Mrs. Fred Spivey,
508 Hill, 3:45 p. m.
Thursday .
Cheskchamay Mrs. Clifford
Brown, 1237 Cumberland, 3:45 p.
m.
Bluebell Bluebirds Rdsella
Knight, Reld school, 3:45 p. m.
Otawateca Mrs. E. W. Wil
liamson, 27 Glen road, 3:45 p. m.
Friday
' Iyopta Mrs. Rees Brooks, 814
Harmon, 3:45 p. m.
Happy Times Bluebirds Miss
Charlotte Mullins, Reld school,
3:30 p. m. .
PAGE THREE
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Old Warrior, Now 65, '
Heeds Call Once Again .
Santa Rosa Army Air Base.
Santa Rosa, Cal. mi He's 65
years old, saw action in the Span
ish - American war, and retired
from the United States army a
major after world war I, but he's
back at it again, this time a chief
clerk at the field's commissary.
He's MSgt. Luther B. Stewart,
who saw action with the Second
cavalry in the Cuban campaign,
and fought with the 14th cavalry
in the Philippines.
Stewart worked up through the
ranks in world war I, performing
every duty from KP to post com
mander. When his son, Jack, en
listed in the air corps just before
Pearl Harbor, he felt the call to
duty again and was accepted for
service November, 1942. This
makes his fifth fracas.
G.L'S IN WAR PLANT
. New York ui Fifteen United
States soldiers granted leave to
help Increase armament produc
tion recently went to work in the
Morey Machln6ry Co., Astoria,
Queens. In addition to their army
pay, they receive from 90 cents
to $1.15 an hour. As they were
machinists before they entered
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the army and buw service in Eu
rope and Africa, they Joined the
union, although they were in
formed that "they did not neces
sarily have to, although the
Morey plant Is a closed shop.
They were believed to be the first
of 4,000 servicemen to be placed
in war production plants in the
New York area.
$22,500 PAPER BAG
Portland, Ind. illi For 10 years
Henry W. Shlndollar, a former
schoolteacher and oil operator,
carried a brown paper sack along
with him, always giving the im
pression he had his lunch In it.
When he became "fatally 111 re
cently, he turned the bag over to
a local banker, Lewis Hoover, who
found $22,500 In currency In It.
The bills were all $500 and $1,000
ones, each carefully wrapped.
The will Inside the sack said all
the money was to go to charity.
up." But what He meant was
that customers had arrived Just
then. ' 1
All, LOVE ,
Indianapolis, Ind. tin Martin
Minton, parking attendant, blush
ed when police cars wailed to a
stop at his downtown lot.
Certain chemicals introduced
Into the rising sap in n tree make
easier the peeling of the bark
from the log when the tree is
felled, and the process may 1m?
widely used in the future: sodium
and ammonium salts arc used.
Forty-five students are enrolled
Their! 1'n a course in placer mining in
appearance was a matter of mo- the University of Alaska, and over
ments after tied broken a tele- 300 are enrolled In a single high
phone conversation with his girl ! school extension cluss in the same
friend by saying, "I'm being held I subject. , .
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