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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday. March 21, 1950 Red Threat Brake For German Resentment of U.S. Occupation By LyU C. Wilton United Prn Correspondent Frankfurt, Germany, Mar. 21 (U.R) It has t a k e n western Germany nearly five years to recover from the shell shock of military disaster and to begin to challenge occupying forces with words and occasional violence. It was in May, 1945, that Hit ler's third reich collapsed under attack of the allies in the west and the Russians in the east. The German of five years ago was punch drunk with disaster and distress. In the weeks after the war ended, cocky GI's commandeered cameras, motorcycles and other loot which suited their fancies. The phrase was that they were "liberating" these articles. No GI or American civilian would dare do such a thing to day. Didn't Last Long The practice, in fact, did not last long beyond the end of the war. But now the situation is more than corrected. It is be ginning to be reversed. There is scattered evidence here that many Germans are sufficiently fed up with occupa tion to attempt occasionally to do something about it. Liquor often is a contributing cause, The most powerful brake gainst German resentment of the American occupation no doubt is the Russian threat to the cast. At the worst the Amer icans. British and French of western Germany are preferable to the police state which the bo- viet union hopes to extend over the entire country. There is little or no open re sentment in the occupied sectors of Berlin where free Germans under French, British and Amer ican administration live neigh bor-like and desperately afraid next door to the awesome Rus sians. Incidents Turn Up But incidents of violence, threats of violence and spoken challenges to the occupation do turn up in the west, suggesting a trend and perhaps a pattern It is notable that these symp toms of German hatred or dislike of the occupying foreigner are limited to the occupied zones of western Germany. The military police office said today that there had been no increase in the number of in cidents in recent months. But an officer added: "The Germans are becoming a little more aggressive. A colonel of intelligence told me in a nearby military estab lishment that he and other Amer icans disliked driving over Ger man roads for fear of deliberate smashups. These can be achieved by German truck drivers with out much danger to themselves. German truckers haul three loaded trailers. Even momentar ily careless driving can cause Richer-flavored FOLGER'S I COMII J Because of Folger't richer blend, we suggest you try using Vi less per cup. these links of fast moving freight to weave, causing the rear trail er to sway several feet from side to side while moving for ward at high speed. The colonel said the chance was always pres ent that a German trucker would deliberately sideswipe a foreign car. There are many such, eas ily identifiable because of their size. Not Much Evidence I do not find much supporting evidence tor the colonel s fears Yet some months ago an Ameri can GI attempted to pass a truck train near Wiesbaden. The truck er swung his front end sharply icii ano ngnt twice. The last of his three trailers whiplashed against the American jeep. The GI was killed, Witnesses said it was deliberate. The colonel said other attempts had been made. The Germans have a record of prewar street violence. The nazi gangs were street fighters first and politicians afterward. Im plements of street violence are freely on sale in some German cities. Stuttgart sports shop windows display rubber billies, spiked prass Knuckles and a vicious in strument made of steel wire. This little dandy is collapsible. It has a butt fitting the hand. One end of the weighted butt holds two steel wire coils meas uring in diameter from half an inch at the butt to about three- eights of an inch at the tip. it is an easily concealed, pli able', wire billy designed not only to slash jagged wounds in the face or neck but to crush a skull. I bought a wire billy and spiked knucks for the German equivalent of 40 cents each. Automobiles speeding today on the through roads which Hitler built have been fired on occa sionally. Walter C. Rundle, United Press manager in Ger many, was strolling with his wife near their home at night a few weeks ago. A group of Ger mans on a balcony three stories above threw a bottle which missed the Rundles but spattered them with glass slivers. German police virtually sabotaged in vestigation of the incident. American military police arc not permitted to enter a German house. Violence against foreigners usually does not seem to be planned in advance. There was an incident recently at Marburg in which a known prostitute picked up a 19-year-old GI, es corted him to a nearby dark areaway and soon began scream ing rape! The crowd which collected at tempted to beat up the GI. A German was killed in the en suing brawl. Marburg citizens thereupon staged two big anti- American demonstrations. Many German restaurant own ers In and about Frankfurt and Stuttgart have asked permission to bar American soldiers and civilians from their premises. American authorities rejected their requests. Restaurant owners did not at tempt to conceal their strategy. They explained that many Ger mans were prosperous again and wanted to spend their money where they would not have to elbow for space with the occu pying foreigners. 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IASY I print CE3 h j Yiprnt - y4 j 1Apmt - j COA Is America's brge&Scllins Margarine Hollywood, Mar. 21 (U.R)- Sultry sirens and fancy gigolos are losing their grip as movie menaces. Hol lywood's dis covered a new villian a baby in the love seat. Guaranteed say the folks who're tired of husband vs wive - vs. - sec retary plots, to raise all kinds of devilment with the hero and heroine. The woman behind this start ling twist on the age-old tri angle is Jean Rouverol. There aren't many writers around who would dare be so irreverent about a blessed event, but Miss Rouverol's long since lost that starry-eyed attitude. She has four of 'em tearing around the house. "They're wonderful," she said. "They also create a problem no body's touched on the screen. There's plenty of conflict in the idea of a new baby. It starts fights ... it leaves the husband feeling neglected ... it even leads to divorce. "All this is a natural for a movie. And I get every mother and father in the audience will agree with me." Miss Rouverol is one of those rare things around Hollywood: an actress who turned writer. Nothing Left "Had to," she said. "After four kids wasn't anything left of my figger." She comes by her writing nat urally, though. Her mother, Playwright Aurania Rouverol. dreamed up the "Andy Hardy" scries. "I'm still a radio actress," Miss Rouverol added. 'I play Betty on "One Man's Family.' And I blame that show for my last couple of kids. I hadn't planned 'cm but Betty kept getting in the family way in the script and darned if I didn't follow through." Miss Rouverol's movie might start a whole new cycle of vil- boxes of Frankfurt Germans last week was a new Gcrmon wehr wolf or "fighting wolf" procla mation. The wehrwolf organi zation bloomed briclly as the war ended as an underground German resistance movement. The handbill circulated here said: "German people, we call you. Be on the alert. The wehrwolf lives again, becoming stronger every day. Our battle moves on. We battle for Germany. Amer icans, Englishmen, Frenchmen, Russians, we warn you," Youngsters In Act The young fry are getting Into the act. In almost any German community the American young sters keep much to themselves. German youngsters, sometimes operating in packs, occasionally pounce upon them, tear their clothing, push them around a bit and if they can gel away with it. take their playthings. None of this suggests that western Germany would wel come American withdrawal right now. There is too much fear of the Russians for that. But re sentment against the occupation is growing, and anti-foreign vio lence is likely to increase with it. Even though onlv a minority of Germans are responsible for It, the violence is no less dan grrnus or deadly. lains. It'll also give a lot of cast ing directors ulcers. Have To Hire Six ; For grown-up menaces one act or or actress'll do. When you start working with the diaper set you have to hire at least six. "The plot goes through the baby's first year," she explained. "So we'll need a new born baby, a four-mouths older, one at the sitting-up stage, the crawling stage, a walker and a talker." Word of this has sifted around town. All her friends and people she never even heard of are already pestering her for screen tests for their offspring. Rogue River Rogue River, Mar. 21 The potluck family supper was served to a record crowd of 65 persons last Wednesday evening in Fellowship hall. One of the many desserts served was a large decorated cake bearing Easter greetings which was brought by Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Kilbourne and family of Central Point, who were special guests of the eve ning. Two piano solos were played by Mrs. Barns and the high school trio sang. Following the devotional, led by Barbara Feuerhelm, Kara Lee Irwin and Laralee Morris, Mrs. William Speers sang. By special request Annie Laurie Kilbourne and Mrs. Lewis Kilbourne favored with two piano duets. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Strahan re turned Friday from a week's visit at San Francisco and Mo desto, Cal. Postmasters of Jackson and Josephine counties held their quarterly meeting and banquet rnday evening at the Live Oak Grange hall in Rogue River. Speakers of the evening were Col. C. L. Williams, retired post al inspector, and Postmaster Massey of Grants Pass. Special greetings were extended to Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Hargitt, it being the date of their 29th wedding anniversary and also their son, Harold Hargitt's 25th birthday. The tables were decorated in the St. Patrick's day motif combined with spring flowers. Special sou venirs for the occasion were pieces of hand-made wooden monev cut from limbs of the old maple trees which were planted on Main street in Woodville days. Each piece bore the three names -of the town, Tailholt, Woodville and Rogue River, with the dates 1850 and 1950. They were made by Grange members as a special tribute to Harold Laws, postmaster of Rogue Riv er, whose parents were pioneers of the community. George Murray of the whistle factory at Eureka. Cal., was a guest at the A. G. Sheppard home on West Evans creek last week. Murray has been manufacturing redwood novelties for the past four years and designing and setting aside models of wooden toys to add to his line. Previ ously the output of the little fac tory has been sold through other dealers, but when Murray, with the help of his wife, Flora, and a neighbor, was unable to keep up with the demand, he decided to contact retail stores up and down the west coast and sell direct to them, and also contact custo mers and learn their reactions to his new line of toys. He reports he was verv en couraged by the large orders he received for toys and for spe cial Oregon souvenirs such as the "Came Man's Love Call" club. Murray was accompanied on the trip by Dorothy Sheppard, popular Girl scout leader of Eu reka, who helped demonstrate the toys. Barbara Black, dauehter of Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Black of Pine street, returned home Sat urday from Oregon State col lege. Other students home from the spring vacation are Raymond Frantz of Foots Creek and Bill Blair of Wimer. Mrs. Earl Hazen of hiehwav 99, left last week on a combined business and pleasure triD to Los Angeles. I he Al Pearson ranch home on West Evans creek was the scene of a surprise party Friday eve ning wnen triends and neighbors quietly gathered to celebrate Mrs. Pearson's birthday. Mrs. Al Ebeling as hostess and instigator of the party, baked four large cakes which were served with ice cream. Canasta was played throughout the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Don Black of West Evans creek are moving to Long Beach where he will con tinue in his former business. New emblems were presented the Rogue River Pistol club last Thursday evening. They were made by Le Rae Dennis, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dennis. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Camo- bell, cattle ranchers of Bly, Ore., were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hess at Trailerland, over the week-end. Rogue River businessmen met Thursday evening at the Rogue Riviera on highway 99. Bob Gail was elected vice-president of the organization by unanimous vote. Mayor and Mrs. Fred Denglar were special guests and Mayor Denglar suggested a paint-up and clean-up campaign in Rogue Riv er before the tourist season. The public relations board reported they will contact Mel Price, pub lisher of the Rogue River Record, regarding advisability of start ing a local newspaper. Inquiry on the matter was made by a former west coast newspaper man. "We merchants of Rogue River do not believe In high gretaU'e salesmanship," stated ave Gelvin. "We want to give everyone inquiring about our community the exact facts." Wooden toys and novelties were displayed by George Mur ray of Eureka, who uses tree limbs and scrap plywood to con struct attractive articles. William Morton, consulting engineer, now at Cave Junction, offered a suggestion regarding an industry that would have a good payroll. Robert Worrell, who is experienced in city plan ning, offered his services to the city. On suggestion of Bob Gail It was decided to request a blinker light be installed at Rogue Riv er junction to lessen the traf fic hazard at that end of the bridge. Special notice was called to the trailer which R. W. Ran dleman has patented and to the models displayed at the Carl Meyers store. Date of the next meeting will be announced later. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Friedenthal have returned from Eugene where they attended the ball game and visited Ed's sister. They report they saw many Grants Pass people at the game. The Rev. D. F. Barnett is re covering from an attack of acute indigestion. 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