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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) Spirit Of Adolf Hitler Still Lives On In Minds Of Germans IKdltor'a not! Hitler allveT Th Tldenc ! all afalnst II. But the Hitler tolrlt li alive in Germany, and leltlnr livelier every day. That'a what Lyla Wilson, manaier or ute united Press bureau In Washington rouno 01 a wine ihroueh Europe alter British election assignment In London. Here'f hl Hitler report.) By Lyle C. Wilion United Praia Correspondent Berlin, Mar. 1 5 flJ.R) Soviet guards have been withdrawn from the site of Adolf Hitler i air raid bunker, and the place where he committed suicide has become a storage area for scrap metal. The Soviet army has blasted the bunker to lunk and ruDDisn The heavy upper blockhouse lies pitched on its side. Around n is neatlv Diled scrap metal sal vaged from the nearby ruins of a madman s dreams. All the front of the great Reichschancellery building be side which Hitler dug his hole has been blasted away. The massively beautiful palace of old Paul Hindenburg Is no more man a head of dust and broken bricks and stones. Entry Forbidden Between them In an area of a couple of acres is the bunker site. "Verboten" orders plastered all about forbid anyone to enter the area. Asked why visitors are barred, a ragged German worK man said, "we do not know, but it is verboten. Perhaps the Russians fear there might be pilgrimages or mourners to Hitler a suicide spot, If so they do not believe armed guards are warranted to prevent it. Even if the mourners came, the pitched blockhouse scarcely identifies for the uninformed the olace where Hitler died. Or did he? The story persists in Germany that he still lives. A great many believed it at one time. Now the Germans seem to agree that he is dead. Certainly all the evidence is to that effect. Spirit Still Lives But dead or not In body. Hit ler's spirit is alive in Germany, and becoming livelier every day. It is the spirit of nationalism sparked by resentment against defeat, poverty and the self-in vited indignity of occupation by the armed forces of foreign pow ers. There are no professed "Nazis" in Germany now. That would be against the law. But in the east, Russia encourages a brand of nationalism not much differ ent from Hitler's. The greeting taught to chil dren in the eastern zone of Ger many under Russian occupation is "be ready." When the Rus sians established headquarters of their German government in Berlin, there were torchlight pa rades, bonfires, goose-stepping marchers in hobnailed boots all in the old nationalistic spirit. The Russians have dropped all pretense of punishing or re forming Nazi offenders. They ended denazification in 1948, giving small timers full citizen ship rights. In 1949 full civil rights were granted to all form er Nazi party members. Under a variety of names Nazism is beginning to boom in the western zone, where the Americans, British and French are trying to teach democracy. "New Nit" Organised The extremists or "new Nazis" are organized in about one-fifth of western Germany. Thev polled 700,000 votes In the last elec tion, but have only five of the 402 seats in the west German bundestag at Bonn. There is an in-between group of splinter parties, all Nazi or communist fronts. Franz Richtcr is the extremist leader seeking to organize form er Nazis into a powerful poli tical force within his German relch party. His program is to restore Germany to her position after September, 19H8, when the Munich pact gave Hitler the Sudetan area of Czechoslovakia and by implication okayed his seizure of Austria. Rlchter teaches that only the German army was defeated In 194.1, that the German nation never was licked Hnd never will be. His party needs a martyr and may get one soon. His name is Wolfgang Hcdlcr. a buncstag member, who was acquitted last The friendly r. G. MORRIS, AGINT rhans 1-214. MAIL TRIBUNE Tllf Hfl " rl ' j W"lW"'Wji'M;-l'- , (I II I J&aSl'iH f, tli'', ' II III , Vwj .f ' ' I I I I fcitr? L' ill, t- i I I J l V y , A jji ' I III Jyi4't lfC)'?f? ADOLF His Spirit Farmers Denied Pay For Flood Damage Portland. Ore.. Mar. 15 (U.Ri A federal district court ruling handed down yesterday denied 191 farmers almost $500,000 they sought from the United States for damages caused by the break-in of an Owyhee irriga tion canal in .Inly, 1946. Judge James A. Fee granted small damages to the Fine Sheep company and Ira U. Uri for their land and crops destroyed by floods resulting from the break in. Judge Fee based the later de cision on the fact that proof of negligence was not necessary be cause the flooding was a tres pass. He denied the larger claim on grounds that negligence of the bureau of reclamation was not proved. Washington, Mar. 15 (U.R) Joint house-senate conference committee agreed today on a compromise farm bill which will let the government pay freight costs to give its surplus potatoes to charity. month of charges of anti-Semi tism. Would Be Trouble Socialist and communist bun destag members said there would be trouble if Hedlcr lelurncd to take his seat. He did last week. The chairman ruled him out of the chamber because the verdict had been appealed to a higher court. He withdrew to an anteroom. A band of socialists found him there, beat him badly, and threw him out of the building. Now he seeks to Join Richtcr. He will be welcome. Bavaria is a hotbed of nation alism. It is the early source of Hitler's strength. Bavaria has several Nazi-like parties. They talk in such terms ,s regaining lost provinces and i.acting rep arations from the allies for war damages to Germany. American authorities are sud denly awake to the potential dangers. High Commissioner John J. McCloy cracked down on the astonished Germans last month after conferences in Wash ington on policy in Germany. vie shall not hesitate to use all of our power and influence to expose and counteract any subversive Influences which con done or encourage the revival of nnzism in German life, he said. Tlif ineif fad tlnil lie felt it necessary to say that was ac cepted here as a matter of poli tical significance, and as proof that German nationalism again threatens to be on the march. Overnight to PORTLAND or SAN FRANCISCO On your next trip to Port land or San Francisco try our convenient overnight trains. Leave any evening; arrive at your destination next morn ing. It'i as simple as that. Ride In roomy standard Pullmans or in comfortable coaches. It's the easiest and safest way to travel. Saves time and money, too. Over night service returning, also. For fares and schedules call: Southern Pacific Wadnrtday. March 15, 1950! HITLER Still Reigns John Day Judge Holds Central Oregon Road In Contempt Of Court Prineville. Ore., Mar. 15. (U.R) Circuit Judge Ed Howell of John Day. Ore., has won himself a place in the hearts of central Oregon residents. Howoll was delayed in ar riving here yesterday to open court when Circuit Judge Ralph Hamilton of Bend be came ill. He said a "deplor able" stretch of road on state highway 28 near Mitchell had caused him to bog down tem porarily and that he was promptly holding that particu lar route in contempt of court. He snid, however, the action would be dropped if the stale highway department gets busy with some temporary paving and announced that he would support residents in their ap peals to have the route put back In shape. i ' - -,Vf jjjl .. (V ft i ' (fr-ftM 10. FiMl Nat, y we had to ransack tf Tlk ff our own home hi ai&rt:.. .tSt!!.l tiiiiiiiiW-lvhA4liiY1illi ... .AaiE .... i . ..(- nrnn-li fViv at ihf Firar N'.nnn.t . ,!, I I Prolett Yesr Valuables for llftU Mere Them Ponny a Day. Rent Oron TO to 5 2,329 Landings Made At Airport During February Medford aimort operations to talled 2,320 landings during Feb ruary, according to the activity report submitted by Airport Manager John Applegate to the city council. There were 960 transient and 1,360 local landings. The traffic include 85 air force aircraft, 10 navy, 1,677 civil and 548 air carrier. Passengers boarding airline planes here in February num bered 1.151. Of these United Air lines carried 648. Southwest Air ways 248, and West Coast Air lines 254. United unloaded 617 passengers and West Coast 267. Southwest's incoming passenger total was not reported. Mail Heavy United shipped out 1,845 pounds of mail, Southwest 782 and West Coast 530 for 3,157 pounds altogether. Mail unloaded here amounted to 3,788 pounds. United 2,193, Southwest 894 and West Coast 701. Express dispatched by United from Medford was 220 pounds. Southwest sent out 795 pounds and West Coast 723 and the total from Medford 1,738. United re ceived 1,545 pounds of express, Southwest 938 and West Coast 724 for 3,207 pounds altogether. Freight Carried United put 18,053 pounds of freight aboard at Medford and Southwest 5.987 for a 24,040 to tal. Southwest received 31,454 pounds of freight here and United 2.599, an incoming mark of 34,053. West Coast did not carry freight. February airport revenues were $1,109.50 of which the three airlines paid $400.31. Of the revenue $542.50 was for land building and office rentals; $130. 50 for hangar rent, $292.81 for landing fees, $54.94 for gasoline and oil concessions, $8.71 for miscellaneous oil concessions, $70 for tie-downs and $10.04 for heat and lights. PENSION CONFERENCE SET Portland. Mar. 15 An old age pension conference will convene here at 2 p.m. Sunday in Norse hall. 11th and Couch streets. Those attending will discuss the possibility of placing an old age pension measure on the Novem ber election ballot. All interested individuals are Invited to at tend. Trucks hit 16 times harder than automobiles, according to the interstate commerce commis sion and the national safety council. a Saf Deposit Bx at Mm , jK The house wi i mess before we got through. A chance for CftCCK t&U iC4t s , WJMr' x well deal with that jalopy of oun end no certificate of it w , I n x v JK nMki, l par r f I I v n t -jr ' I I title! I'd have sworn it wis in the desk ... I insisted Peg krn " "'"?. I I v V- vA ' - Jr t U fmy, Now Intern. Toa , 1. . , ' hve something with it. The two of us turned EZZ"""" n s y xNttiif J DiwhCrHII,M "bet c:rV - f TJif the place insjde out. Peg firully found the title ... I could S Q Itom.h.. Sb . Jf ... atf. V , C.nlllioMs.f HMnlnManf v v JF X ' i . j , , . . , , . till.lal.i,.ti.l IhmmImMI , , v tS'' ' have kissed her ct the spot, only she wasnt speaking to Dim, twi ' s .s. i. ,r ....... I s" - " . me by then. One deal like that ws enough for both of us. I aZTtiLZ,m II ,N C n tj(vt; . Now everT valuable paper we own is safe and private in ' I I a --wjsoi i ".".aupraai (nclvding Satvrtfay Salem's Noon Siren Brings Response From Third Alarm Rigs Salem, Ore.. Mar. 15 (U.R) Seconds before noon Monday the fire alarm sounded and equipment began rushing to the 300 block on North 24th street. While the engines were on their way the siren that means either 12 o'clock noon or third alarm sounded. Taking no chances, third alarm aparatus began converging on the scene in jig time. Equipment from East Salem, from downtown Salem. They found the remains of a wooden toy that a child had placed in the oven. His mother turned on the heat. When smoke poured out. she called for help. 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The Eastern Oregon College Attention Ford Motor Overhaul Good Till March 31, FORD (.Cylinder and 8-Gylinders Here's What One Fuel Pump Exchange One Set Piston Rings One Set Rod Inserts One Set Distributor Points One Set Carburetor Gaskets One Set Distributor Gaskets One Set Upper Engine Gaskets One Set Pan Gaskets 5 Qt. Engine Oil ' Crater branch tfT'S Main at Fir. Streets Phone 2-6297 For FFA Convention of Education will be host to the group. The boys will be housed in dormitories at the college, regular students will be away for their spring vacation. The delegates will meet in the main auditorium. Joe King, 19, of Petaluma, Cal., national second vice-president of the FFA, will be one of the featured speakers. 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