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l 1 . LIBERATED POLES TO SOLVE Exchange of Populations to Erase Minorities; Bring Racial Homogeneity By Henry Shapiro United Press War Correspondent Lublin, Poland, Jan. 11 (U.R) The man on the street in lib erated Poland, whatever his po litical or economic views, is de termined today to build his fu ture in a state purged of the vexing minority problem which plagued this nation after Ver sailles. East of the famous Curzon line, for example, the problem of the Slav and Lithuanian mi norities already is in process of solution by the simple method of an exchange of populations. During the past two weeks I have had an opportunity to talk with Poles of all political be liefs, from private citizens to re sponsible government authori ties. Homogeneity Aim From them I have gained the impression that the future Po land now in the making will be self-consciously nationalistic, ra cially homogeneous, and pre dominantly Catholic- Confined within strictly ethni cal boundaries, it will be free of German as "well as Russian, Ukrainain, White Russian, Lith uanian, and other minorities. The shifting of minority popu lations across the Curzon line began last autumn when the first of Several million persons exchanged "homes" in accord ance with an agreement between the national committee of libera tion and the Ukrainian, White Russia, Lithuanian, and Soviet republics. Approximately 10,000 Polish families already have moved onto the former estates of liber ated Poland from the western Ukraine. During the trip to Lub lin I saw one whole trainload of Polish peasants from the Lwow area enroute westward across the Bug river. Old Hatred Fanned It is admitted frankly here that no love is lost between the Polish, Ukrainian, and White Russian people in the border .area. Then came the German oc cupation, and generations of mutual hostility were fanned into open warfare. But the critical problem ap pears on the way to a solution now, and before the end of the . , , cm 2 pkgs. 39c -D SANITARY NAPKINS IS! Pacific Coast Paper Mills STATE OFFICERS ASKED TO SPEED GOOD OLD TJ. S. DOUGH Jesus Pangelenan, center, 58-year-old Guamanian farmer and his fam ily wave American currency which was their savings, cached when Jans occupied their homeland. war Lwow and Wilno will be as free of Poles as will Bialystok of White Russians. - Neither the minorities nor Polish authorities are worried about the Germans in East Prus sia and those areas extending between the Oder and Neisse rivers, which both the Soviets and Poles are determined to in corporate into postwar Poland. Local estimates place these populations at about 7,500,000 but Production Minister Hillary Mine told me only about 3,000, 000 or 4,000,000 were "pure Ger mans." If the Germans refuse to re treat voluntarily with the wehrmacht, the Poles are de termined to expel them by force. The rest of the population here consists of Slav tribes and Germanized 'Poles. Al the latter will be given an opportunity to become Polish nationals. The Poles face a more critical and difficult problem in the case of the Jewish minority. Accord ing to Dr. Emil Sommerstein head of the provisional govern ment's reparations board and leader of the Jewish community, roughly 3,200,000 Jews of a pre war population of 3,500,000 have been exterminated, SUICIDE FLOTILLA enemy had plenty of time to pre pare the boats. They had six-cylinder engines and were capable of doing 22 knots, they were made almost entirely of plywood. We found five of them along the beach and the rest hidden in the coconut grove. Those on the beach had been damaged, probably in their one attack, and the others did not appear to have been used at all. An estimated 22,500 man hours are required to build an average American bomber. .At least 50.CVO men on the ground and from 7,000 to 12,000 in the planes are required to send 1,000 four-engined bombers on a heavy invasion raid. Salem, Ore.. Jan. 17 (U.R) The powerful ways and means committee of the 1B45 legisla ture today issued a plea to get appropriations bills "in early" so that the committee could con sider them immediately and not drag out the session. - Sen. Dean Walker, Independ ence, chairman of the commit tee, told the senate that although the budget presented to the leg islature is a "balanced" one, there will be requests amounting to more than $3,000,000 from de partments who had their orig inal requests trimmed by the budget division. The controversial senate joint resolution No. 4, which would create a legislative investigating committee to probe the pur chase of two distilleries by the Oregon and Washington liquor commissions, was sent to com mittee by the house. Wallace Opposes The measure passed the sen- ate on Friday at a stormy ses sion where it was opposed pri marily by Sen. Lew Wallace, who said it was not needed, and that Gov. Earl Snell's request for such an investigation was prompted by a severe "case of the Jitters." Several of the more contro versial measures so far dropped into the slowly turning legisla tive mill were due for action shortly, among them the so-call ed "big truck" bill, which would revise the limitations placed upon the size of trucks. Mar shall Cornett, senator from Klamath Falls, said it would be brought to the floor of the sen ate for action this week. Pension Change Asked Four measures relating to new regulations necessary after the recent invalidation of the com munity property law are in com- Wednesday. Jan. 17, 1148 MED70RD MAIL TRIBUNE- THREX mittee as are two relating to the celling on old age pensions in the state. One of the latter, authorized by Senator Thomas Mahoney, would raise the limit from $40 to $50 while another by Sen. Coe McKenna would entirely eliminate the celling. McKenna asked tha senate that his bill be acted upon and not die in committee. The bill has no "politics" involved in it presentation, he said. Complete Factory - Approved SAFETY SERVICE Chryiler Fac tory Engineer ed end Inspect ed Parts -for Chrysler Dodge Plymouth Dodge.. Trucks L. C. TAYLOR CO. lOnBEAZUTRUCKS 112 So. Riverside - Phone 2965 Old-Tim Revival Fire Burning at THE APOSTOLIC FAITII North Central Avenue at Third Street Inspiring Testimonies of Faith and Facts Recount Miracles in Modern Days Come and Join In Great Congregational Singing, accompa nied by new Wurlitser organ and orchestra, directed by Rev. R. Robert Crawford REV. R. R. CRAWFORD WILL PREACH TONIGHT Serivcesi Every Evening (except Saturday) at t ' Sunday, 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. The Church Without a Collection Plate By Ralph C. Teatsorth United Press War Correspondent Aboard Adm. Kinkaid's Flag ship off Philippines, Jan. 17 (U.R) A fantastic Japanese plan to destroy the American invasion ships in Llngayen gulf by hurl ing at them a fleet of "suicide boats" can be revealed today. The plan flopped because the Japanese failed to exploit their weapon to the maximum advant age and because the American troops advanced so fast that the "suicide base" became unten able. Feeble Effort The Japanese made a feeble effort to sink our ships on the night of the landing on the Lin gayen gulf coast, but caused only slight damage and did not repeat the attack. I accompanied a U. S. 7th fleet party that discovered the hide out of the Japanese suicide boats yesterday. An LCI skippered by Lt. (jg W. Craw of New York City, took us into Sual bay on the west side of the gulf, where the boats had been abandoned The hideout was just north of the town of Sual in a coconut grove that made it difficult to spot from the air. The Japanese apparently fled two or three days ago as the Americans ap proached the base. We found 22 boats measuring 18 feet and seven inches in length. They had been equipped to carry two depth charges and two spares on the rear. They could be dropped in the normal manner or set off as the boat crashed into the side of a ship. Crude Device They had places for two men. but also were rigged so that one could carry out a mission. The device for releasing the depth charges was crudely made of two long steel rods joined to gether near the bow. The boats were operated by a special squadron of the Japanese army. Since the allied warships bombarded the Llngayen area and navy demolition tanks combed the gulf for three days before the actual landing, the NOBODY CAN PAY FOR YOUR CAR THAN Automobile Market 6th & Bartlett. Phone 3919 STOMPflRP flGfllM BOOSTS GASOLINE PRODUCTION FOR OUR FLYING F.GLKITERS : " . . jf ; . y. 2pjb ' !. 3a .... :.r;:-. ; fc - HOW STANDARD HAS INCREASED ITS 100-OCTANE GASOLINE PRODUCTION IN 4 YEARS One of the first to manufacture 100-octane gasoline on a commercial scale. Standard of California was poised for rapid expan sion on Dec. 7, 1941. Each year, since then, production zoomed. Now, with the great new 100-octane plant in operation, Stand ard is, far and away, the Coast's leading producer of aircraft fuel. And our new plant will not be idle after V- LJtCS aay. Almost overmgm mey can be converted to make the vattly improved automobile gasoline Standard has blue-printed for the post-war West. Giant New Refinery is latest step in program that increases 100-Octane Gasoline Output 800 since Pearl Harbor h lL di dl dl cdi dk Already the largest producer of aviation gas oline in the West, Standard of California began this week to pour into the fight thousands of additional barrels daily from a new high octane plant at Richmond, California. Shown in the picture are the towers of this giant new unit, which climaxes Standard's 10 year leadership in aviation gasoline production. Since 1935, when Standard of California i started building its first high-octane plant, it has led in this field. Now our refineries turn out enough aviation gasoline daily to send more than 200 huge Superfortresses on the round trip from Saipan to Tokio. It's a lot, but Standard Oilers are not sat isfied . . . they never will be until they make the high-octane gasoline and the oils that will bring the last victorious fighting plane home. Bafllntnaa, wasNnstoa Manufacturer! of 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 M-D Toilet Tissue STANDARD OF CALIFORNIA N-4
