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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, April 27. 1953 Ikrilon, on Smouldering IKleap By JOSEPH W. GRIGG United Press Correspondent Berlin (U.R) Berlin, devas tated and divided, is rising- swiftly from its ruins 10 years after the end of World War II. A "'little iron curtain" slices it in two. Its free Western sec tors are isolated 110 miles deep in Soviet-occupied territory. Two city governments, two economic systems,, two worlds struggling for mastery in what was once the proud capital of the German reich. Ten years ago the capital of Hitler's Nazi empire was in its death throes under Russian at tack. The United States and Rus sian armies had met on the Elbe river on April 25. Adolph Hitler was four days from his death. It was at about 3:30 p.m. on the afternoon of April 30, 1945, that Hitler shot himself through the mouth in the air raid bunker of his chancellery." His mistress Eva Braun, whom he had mar ried the night before, took poi son. Bodies Burned . Aides who heard the suicide shot and hurried into Hitler's room found him and Eva Braun lying on a blood-stained sofa. The bodies were taken out side, wrapped in blankets, to a small garden in ' front of an emergency bunker exit. There gasoline was poured on them and they were burned. I timer S aeain never nas peen uiiuutin wiui retreinpea ixuu officially .certified. But only ajsers, Keitel picked up his cap, few weeks ago a dentist, testify ing in a law suit, said that he had identified Hitler's and Eva Braun's false teeth which the Russians found in the garden funeral pyre. This correspondent was one of ' eight who were flown here with German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel for the final surrender. Keitel, the German command er in chief, had surrendered to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's Western Allied armies at Rheims, France, on May 7. The final ceremony took place at the headquarters here of So viet Marshal Georgi Zhukov, now Russian defense minister. The Surrender At midnight on May 8, Zhu kov summoned Gen. Carl Spaatz of the United States Air Force, British Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder and French Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tassigny to the surrender room. Then Keitel and his aides were brought in. Tedder, in behalf of the Al lies, asked Keitel: "Have you read this docu ment of unconditional surren der? Are you prepared to sign it?" Keitel picked up a copy of the surrender terms from a table in front of him and said in a rasp ing voice in German: "Ja, I am ready." ; Zhukov motioned him to come forward. Immaculate in his gray his marshal's baton and gloves and walked to another table nine copies of the surrender doc ument were laid out. He screwed his monocle with studied deliberation into his right eye. slammed his baton I 1 -T I-i 1 fY tlVdrt e-if Alim and signed. 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All three meetings will start at 7:30 p.m. Purpose of the meetings is to acquaint operators with all laws pertaining to' fire prevestion and protection. Changes brought about during the present session of the state legislature will be stressed. Several representatives of the state forestry department in Sa lem will attend the meetings. Hornbrook Hornbrook, Calif. A potluck dinner was held April 22 at the Grange hall commemorating the 34th anniversary of Hornbrook Grange. A program was pre sented by Mrs. Lois Justice, Lec turer of Yreka, of readings and Mrs. Mollie Cple read the min utes of the year 1921 when the Grange was organized and the minutes of 1940 when Mrs. Cole was installed as secretary. There were 43 members present. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Watt had as their guest this week his brother Charles Watt of Port' land. Ore. On Saturday the Watts accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McHenry and Miss Dorothy Smith had dinner at Marvs Casa in Medford. Mr. and Mrs. Edward M Smith and son of Davis, Calif are visiting thtis week at -the home, of Mr. Smith's parents Mr. and Mrs. Edward C, Smith Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Walsh and daughter Sherrie drove to Corn ing, Calif., the last week end oh a combined business and pleas ure trip. Alfred McCann arrived last week from Germany where he has been stationed the past year McCann has completed his two year term of Army service and plans to locate nere. Norman Cummins who is m the Army, stationed at Fort Ord, Calif., is home on emergency furlough having attended the funeral of his grandfather, Ma rion Cummins. With fishing season starting this week end Camp Lowe re sort on the Klamath river will open April 29 for business hav ing been closed during the win ter months. died on the sallowi ai a war criminal. Berlin then was still in smok ing ruins. It was Stalingrad, and Coventry, Cologne, and Warsaw all heaped into one a hideous, nightmarish labyrinth, seeming ly beyond all hope of repair. Tortured Cily The Berlin of-1655 ' is a tor tured city still tortured by the "little iron curtain" that cuts across the front of the Branden burg Gate and the Potsdamer Platz and divides the city into Communist and Western sectors. But Berlin is pulsating with life again. In the Western part, the cafe tables are out again along the Kurfuerstemdam side walk in the spring sunshine. Big 10 and 15 story buildings are rising. The shops display the same expensive goods you may see on Fifth Avenue in New York. ' At night the neon signs make the "kudam," as Berliners call it, a sea of light that conceals the plaster facades of the shops and the empty bomb lots. The little cafes and nightclubs in the streets are jammed. Life is slower in the Commu nist sector. The ruins of Hitler's chancellery have been carted away to make the Soviet war memorial in the . Treptow dis trict. The shops are less well stocked than those in the free West, and the people are poorly dressed. There are big red Com munist propaganda slogans eve rywhere. ' At the city border. Western and Communist guards glare at each other. . . JOHSTRMISS Shows Cfean Par of Heels WALTZING SEEMS SO TAME ) THESE DAYS ( THE MAM BO'S GOT MORE PEP ) 7 PERHAPS THE ; YELLOW PAGES CAN HELP ME LEARN THE STEP KliPHONE DIRECTOR Used by 9 out of 10 people as a guide to, these who sett or serve Pacific Telephone FOR DANCING ACADEMIES I IT PAYS TO LOOK ) IN THE 'fcLASSIFIED'PART 1 OF, YOUR TELEPHONE BOOK J f'V II toT 7 Pa9t'f Grange Roxy Ann Grange The executive committee was in charge of the program which preceded the Roxy Ann Grange meeting. A mixed chorus from Lone Pine school, directed by Mrs. Hohensee, sang. Iris and R. J. Ritchey read poems. A safety first skit was nut on by Ken Shaw, Nelson Shober, Cecil Hall and a number of children. Gur- neth Slater gave a clever tele- nhone conversation. 1 Master Orie Moore gave third and fourth degrees to Marion and James Poole. H. E. C. chaiman Marguerite Shaw said there will be a public card party Friday, April 29, starling at 8 o'clock. . Ruby Garrett and Marion Kasser will be chairman. Next H.E.C. meeting will be at the Grange hall on May 4 at 8 o'clock with Caroline Wolfe and Lillie Meadows as hostesses. Mr. Ellis was asked to be chairman of the Mothers day program and Orie .Moore in charge of refreshments. Next Grange meeting will be May 6. starting at 8:15 p.m. Let's all be there on time. Men of the Grange are to serve. IN THE BAG Leominster, Mass. (U.R) Four teen-agers idly kicked at a paper bag lying1 on a sidewalk. There was $407 in it. The boys turned the cash over to police. JIFFY PUMP SERVICE Authorized Universal Pump Sales and Service. Com plete line of pumps for every purpose. Motor ex change and repair. - Well testing equipment & clean ing. Casing perforation gun. Wells drilled. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. , 1311 N. 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