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Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, March 29, 1945 Manila Wracked, Gutted by Spiteful Demolitions Charming Garden for Bed Linens You can have ' »tory book'* bed linens Pattern TIOS hae transfer of one St« by 20'», two SI« by IS-lnvh mollis; edging Instruction. Due to an unusually large demand and current w ar conditions, slightly more tim e Is requited In lllllng orders for a few of the moat popular pattern numbers, PLOT ON H ITLE R Those whose business it is to Send your order to: »tudy the intricate problem of Ger man politics have now come to the Sewing Circle N eedlerrafl Us pi. conclusion that if it hadn't been for Itos H IT San F ra u rla ro I, Calif. the July 20 putsch against HiUer. Enclose 10 cania for Pattern we might have been saved six No_____________ months or so of fighting. Nam e , ..................... - ....... The attempt on Hitler’s life gave him the excuse, to clean out every Address. m ilitary man not in sympathy with the war, and his military leaders since then have lacked the courage to suggest an armistice — even though they knew the war was hope less. Here is the inside story of what happened. The Hitler plot had been clev erly arranged by the British. They had been working for months with a small secret seg ment oi anti-IIitler officers in side the German army. Actual ly. their pipelines into Germany had been laid even before the Once-proud Manila joins the cities of the dead, wracked and gutted by battle and the spiteful demoli war started. Weeks and weeks tions of the Japs. The stately buildings which formerly boosed government and Industry are now largely hol A N OLD-FASHIONED garden. of the most minute planning low shells. The marts oi trade echo only to the crash of falling timbers. Reins of the civil government return quaint und charm ing, bloom s had gone into the plot. in natural colors on sh eet and pil to the Philippine commonwealth, and the battered capital binds its wounds and looks forward to a rebirth. However, as in anything as low ca se s. Worked m ainly in lazy- dangerous as an attempt to as daisy stitch. sassinate the world's chief mad man, something went wrong at the last minute. A high-up Ger man officer on the general staff had agreed to place a brief case containing a time-bomb EL AXES OE alongside Hitler's chair during HWEAE AMD EAA/V a meeting of the general staff. A General Quiz He did so. But either HiUer COAtE/AED w /rw moved away or else did not sit T h e Q ueationa EC/EAA-EA<EEr where expected. At any rate 1. What two brothers signed the when the bomb went off, it EEADEA AA/E/XE D eclaration of Independence? killed several officers, but Hitler was only wounded in the hand 2. How old w as Joan of Arc by a bomb fragment. when sh e led the F rench arm y to the relief of O rleans? delicious N E W breakfast idea That incident, however, touched 3. Who started the construc off the bloodiest blood purge in his • Good? It’s delicious! It’s a ma tion of the P anam a can al in 1879? tory. Neutral sources estimate that gic combination of nut-brown, 4. Who, according to legend, 100,000 German officers and other criap-toasted Post's 40% Bran helped the S w iss gain their in high-up officials suspected of anti- Flakes plus lots of sccdles? rai dependence by killing G essler, Hitler bias were killed. Any Ger sins . . . right In the same pack the tyrant? man leader who had grown cool re age. Better ask your grocer for 5. How m any sin s are nam ed as garding the war or was slightly the big blue-and-whlte package ‘deadly sin s” ? critical of Hitler was included. today. Your whole family will 6. What does the abbreviation In the last war, it was the Ger go for Post’s Raisin Bran. ‘ign” m ean? man general staff who demanded of the Kaiser that he sue for peace T h e A n a w e ra as early as September 29. 1918. 1. R ichard and F ran cis L ee of The German civilian government re Virginia. sisted. In this war it was expected 2. Seventeen years. that the professional military caste 3. The F rench started the con would seedhe futility of further fight struction of the can al in 1879. ing and also sue for peace after the 4. W illiam T ell. Normandy invasion last June. 5. Seven — pride, covetou sn ess, But as a result of the July purge lust, anger, gluttony, en vy and the military leaders who survived sloth. dared not brave Hitler’s wrath. 6. Unknown (ign otu s). POSTWAR CONSCRIPTION .. T? e .nCW PuUm* " sleeper, to be used in postwar period, is shown in upper left. Lower left. Although no final decision has * e duPlex-roomette railroad car is one of several new designs being presented to railroad officials by been made by FDR personally. the Pullman company. Lpper right, the traditional rectangular table arrangements give way to a modernised Undersecretary of War Bob Patter scheme in the new diner. Lower right, a redcap captain examines revolutionary method of handling luggage on son and several other White House the new coach model. «•« CALLING ALL advisers are urging him to press for immediate congressional action on a postwar compulsory military training law covering all men 18 to 26. Patterson and some of the army brass hats want Roosevelt to jam the conscription bill through con gress before the war is over. They are using the line with FDR that LUZON passage of a peacetime conscription bill by congress now will be further evidence to the United Nations that this country will maintain a sizable m ilitary force to help keep the // PHILIPPINE peace. /IS L A N D S Congressional leaders so far are against immediate consideration, says the feel they’ll have their hands full in High Command! the next few months getting more urgent postwar measures through 43,000 experienced tea capitol hill, such as jobs, without men now working in shore starting up a terrific controversy ASMSAl LAN». “ Ships can’t sail w ithout jobs are vitally needed over conscription. experienced men — and we just don't have back on ships — if our enough men for our expanding M erchant Note: The White House is be M arine. I f you have ever been a M a te , fighting men are to get ing deluged with mail against INDANAO Engineer, Radio Officer or “ A B ,” you r supplies to finish the job I country postwar conscription. Most of needs you now I” the public seems to be against arg" Postwar Sleeping Cars to Show Radical Changes I A M MS J j posts f a m BRAN ANOTHER American Farmer in Germany G.I.s Nearer Japan EXPERIENCED SEAMEN BACK TO SEA! "The Need is Urgent, • • • CAPITAL CHAFF C The German people have been ordered to kill all chickens in order to save feed. C A secret report has been cir culated among top WPB officials showing that, as of February 1, the manpower situation was excellent. Manpower Commissioner McNutt has told the senate military affairs committee privately the same thing. . . . Senator Chandler of Kentucky quoting Vice Chairman William Batt of the WPB “That we have already out-produced our enemies and our Allies ” <1 Representative Charles La Fol lette. liberal Indiana Republican and a close friend of Wendell L. Willkie, never had met his son, Philip Willkie, until his recent trip to London where Lieutenant Will kie was stationed. A few days later La Follette bumped into Philip acci dentally in New York, and a few days after that Willkie arrived in Washington and was a guest at La Follette's home. C The Norwegian embassy has pro tested to Louis B. Mayer against Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer's plan to screen "Victoria,*’ by novelist Knut Hansun, wbo turned quisling. The Norwegians don’t want any book by any quisling featured in Hollywood. Three weeks have now passed and the Norwegian embassy is wonder ing why Louis B. Mayer has not replied. < The California Veterans of For eign Wars have requested Roosevelt to drop deportation proceedings against west coast labor leader Harry Bridges. PACIFIC OCEAN Even in conquered German territory. Pvt. Harold W. Barnes of Cen terburg, Ohio, finds time to put into practice the knowledge acquired on a farm at Centerburg. He was right at home when he found the new litter of pigs at a farmhouse near Sindorf, Germany, and helped to pull them through their first days under American occupational rule. American navy, marines and In fantry, supported by tank corps, continue to advance Island by island toward Tokyo. Map shows how new landing gives the American forces control of the entire Philippines Nazi Type Air Raid Shelter New Big Ten Chief "Up-Grading is Fast," say Men Now a t Seal What are your chances for ad van cem en t in a shore job when the war ends? R ead w hat th is seaman says and you’ll get a hint o f what the Merchant Marine oflersi // The Future II is Bright, L O. waaam, a Captain at 27, says: “I came up from T h ird M a te to Ship M aster in three years because o f the big oppor- tu m ty now in the M erchant M arine. I know I d never have made th a t rate of progress in a shore jo b .” ■W say Industry Leadersl Government heads, large shipping companies and union leaders agree that . _____ .. 7----- . t h e I M tW ^ h P r * * M :t* / Or Ch8nt M a rin e f"« *ib lte : “ W ith " n e a rly the Merchant M anne exceed anything ever before known. ^ c r y country in the world to be rebuilt, tn c re js every reason to believe the M e r- « » S ' t f c » to • * • M e rc h a n t M a rin e , re p o rt to y o u r naareat n u S-h,pP 'n‘ A d m in is tra tio n Office, y o u r m a ritim e unio n V . S. E m p io y m a n t Sarrica o , - i r e collect to M e rc h a n t M a rin e , W ashington, D . C. German air raid shelters have been working overtime thanks to the American air forces. Photo shows Pfc. Archie Bakay, Akron, Ohio, left- and Pfc. Charles Smart, Franklin, N. C„ with gnns alert as they inspect one of the typical shelters in Duren, Germany. They are infantry men of the 104th division of the U. 8. 1st army. Photo shows Kenneth “Tug WII- son, former athletic director at Northwestern university, who _ _ has Just been appointed commissioner of the Big Ten conference. He has re signed from Northwestern. RECRUITMENT & MANNING ORGANIZATION ★ WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION ★
