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Tribune Medford Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1956 Pages 1 to 10 'Bonntagon' To House Defense Ministry For Germany's Newly Organized Army Editor'! Note: This Is the lan in erii of three dispatches on the re- oirin oi Germany. BY JOSEPH W. GRIGG United Ptoii Correspondent Bonn, Germany (U.R) A yel low bulldozer tore into a hill side on the outskirts of West Germany's boomtown capital of Bonn the other day, chewing deep brown furrows out of the earth. On that site within the next couple of years will rise a new $10,000,000 Defense Ministry building to house 5,000 officials. Germans, recalling Washington's famed Pentagon, already have dubbed it the "Bonntagon." When completed, it will be the heart and nerve center of the 12-division, 500,000-man mil itary force this resurgent nation has undertaken to raise at the urging of nations which crushed Hitler's Wehrmacht 11 years ago. Theoretically, West Germany Dr. Robert E. Lee OPTOMETRIST NEW D'Anjou Building 328 South Central DIAL 3-5923 Free Parking Area began to rearm on May 5, 1955, the day the occupation ended and the nation became sovereign again. Actually the early stages of rearmament have been slow and painful so slow that the gov ernment has been charged with dragging its heels. A long par liamentary fight had to be waged before the basic arms legisla tion could go through. Every kind of technical dif ficulty dogged the military plan ners, even though they had pre pared for five years for this day, Even now only about 10,000 men are under arms. The sight of the blue-gray, American-cut uniform of the new West Ger man soldier still is so rare in most cities that people turn around and gape at one on the streets. Plans on Tim But Theodor Blank, blunt- spoken former labor union boss who heads Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Defense Ministry, in sists that the arms timetable will be met. By the end of this year, Blank says, West Germany will have 96,000 men under arms 64,000 in the army, 12,000 in the air force and 8,000 in the navy. The remainder will be administrative personnel. Adenauer and Blank assert that the 12 army divisions will be raised, trained, armed and ready for action by the begin ning of 1959.. ENTRY BLANKS AT YOUR GRdCERS Fears voiced in Western capi tals that West German youth would actively resist rearma ment, are proving groundless. That does not mean that young West Germans will troop with cheers to the colors. The average young German's attitude toward military service does not differ greatly from that of the Amer ican youngsters. He has to do his period in the service. He knows it and that's that. Blank and his defense plan ners are trying to make service in the new Bundeswehr as pain less and different as possible from the barrack-bashing, salut ing and spit and polish of the old Wehrmacht. The uniforms, to the noisy disgust of old generation Ger mans, bear no resemblance to the Wehrmacht field gray. Parade ground drilling is cut to the barest minimum. Barracks will be commodious and comfortable. Recruits must get proper rest periods after heavy training. They can wear civilian clothes off duty though - Blank doubts they will do so. The United States is training the first officers and non-coms. But once there are enough train ed German instructors, they will take over. The United States also has un dertaken to furnish the first $1 billion worth of heavy equip ment. . And by the time the new "Bonntagon" is completed, a new military power will have risen on the continent of Europe. With 12 divisions . to back her in dustriay driving power, West Germany will be indisputably Western Europs's strongest na tion. . . . Federal Court Term Open Here June 5 Ten cases have been tentative ly scheduled for pre-trial confer ences by United States District Court Judge Gus J. Solomon for a federal court term in Medford starting June 5. Pre-trial conferences will be held starting at 10 a.m., June 4. Trials will start at 10 a.m. June 5 IB the federal court rooms in the post office building here. Four attorneys will be admit ted to practice law in federal courts Monday, June 4. They are William R. Deatherage, Walter D. Nunley Jr., Leo V. Nuttman and Julian Herndon Jr. Casts Scheduled Cases scheduled for pre-trial conferences include ' Nancy J. Copeland vs. Montgomery Ward and company, Inc., personal in juries; Fred Burgoyne vs. George P. ' Davis, services; Jua- nita Bird vs. Howard De Sully Hodson, personal injury (auto); the Associated Press vs. Rogue Valley Broadcasters, Inc., con tract; Frances Ringstaff vs. Pa cific Greyhound lines, personal injury.-- - . . St. Paul Fire and Marine In surance company vs. Camornia Pacific Utilities company, agree ment fire damages; Alvera E. ri)AHV.MVi.rm v mm 1. 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I If I In All Departments of GRAND VIEW MARKET Sgmmer Store Hours: Week Days 8:30-8:00 Sundays 10:00-7:00 GRAND VIEW MARKET WILL BE CLOSED MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 30 McDonald vs. Sears, Roebuck and company, damages person al injuries; Claude Easton Bird vs. Howard De Sully Hodson, damages personal injuries; Howard De Sully Hodson vs. Claude Easton Bird et al, damag-es-personal injuries; and U.S.A. vs. Best-Lumber company, Inc., contract damans. Also scheduled are three jury trials concerning internal reve nue. They are U.S. vs. James V. Adamek and Nell J. Hollenbeck; U.S. vs. Wilbur Merchen and Nell J. Hollenbeck; and U.S. vs. Noble Standley and Nell J. Hol lenbeck. The trials are scheduled to start at 10 a.m. June 11. Medford residents on the jury panel, which will report in the federal court room at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 5, include George Barnum, 1646 Spring st., Emma H. Frymire, 901 North Central ave.; Fred Robinson, 1409 Euclid ave.; H. C. 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