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BIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE WtdneieUy. October 24. 1958 Poland in New Phase of Tragic History Dating Back 1000 Years Nation Torn by Wars, Divided by Other Countries By UNITED PRESS Poland is entering a new cliase in a trasic history that dates bark 1,000 years. This country of beautiful uomen and proud, freedom-loving men has grown and shrunk in size, has been torn by wars and ripped physically apart again and again. It has been ruled by kings and grand dukes, by czars and emperors. It has been a free re public. Now, under Communist rule ince the end of World War II, il is a republic in name. It has been, the last few years, a Russian Communist satellite in fact. But now, the grip of the Rus ian Reds appears to have been broken. Poland remains a Com munist country. But its people have the hope that they may again be really free. HiRiambirtd Their Past Through the centuries. Poles never have forgotten their glor ious periods and they never have ceased, in their country's or deals, to look forward to the dawn of a new day. Each year, in cities through out the United States, American Poles parade in memory of the death of the Polish hero Count Casimir Pulaski, who was mort ally wounded while fighting with Washington's army at Sa vannah, Ga., on Oct. 11, 1779. Poland's history dates ap proximately from the year of its conversion to Christianity by Greek Orthodox missionary monks at the end of the 10th Century. It had become a state by the union of a number of Slavonic tribes which settled along the Vistula, Warta and Oder riven. Its misfortune is its geograph ical position between Germany, Russia and the old Austrian Em pire. Germany-! "drive to the East" started in the early days of Folish history. King Boleslaus I made it a vast kingdom during his reign from 992 to 1025. But territory which he had regained or won, was lost In succeeding years. King Wladislau I saved Po land by defeating the Teutonic knights. In one of the world's great battles, in 1332. His son, Casimir the Great, made Poland into a real nation and took it Into the European system. Through the centuries, Poland va menaced by Turks, by Ger mans, by Russians. In 1772. Poland was partition ed by Russia, Germany and Aus tria. It was partitioned again In 1793, 1795 and 1815. Poland became a free republic at the end of World War I, after having been occupied by Ger many and Austria. But Hitler Germany attacked It on Sept. 1, 1939, to start the second World War. Hitler an nexed western Poland. Josef Stalin moved in to take the east ern part. Poles fought the Germans underground, fiercely, through out the war. Russia betrayed them by refusing to go to their aid. It is estimated that Poland lost between 6 million and 7 i(hr -foe C- MJtK MEETING IN WASHINGTON, NATO military committee confers on problems of defending Western Europe. Gen. Jean E. Valluy (left), France, is emphasizing point in dis cussion with Lt. Gen. Hans Speidel, who heads German delegation to conference. (International Soundphota) Suez Concession Agreement Near London flJ.Ri Britain and France were reported agreed today on what concessions they would accept from Egypt as the basis for negotiations on the Suez Canal. French Foreign Minister Chris tian Pineu flew here unexpected ly Tuesday night to confer with British Secretary Selwyn Lloyd and Prime Minister Anthony Eden, He returned to Paris this morning. Informed sources said the meeting was the result of a com munication from U. N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarsk jold, presumably 'offering his good offices to bring the three nations together for talks on the international controversy. Britain and France have indi cated there must be some con cessions by Egypt before they would agree to sit down with Transportation Club Gets New Members Ten new members were ac cepted in the Rogue Valley Transportation club at a recent meeting in the Jackson hotel. Plans for inclusion of other technical types of transporta tion units were made. New members are Len Kuck Jemen, district freight agent of Chicago Great Western; Jerry Fullum, clerk in the local South ern Pacific office; Wally Soren son, chief clerk of Missouri Kansas and Texas; Keith Estes. Pierce Freight lines; Dave Franklin, local Mayflower agent; Nels Hansen, chief clerk of Rock Island; Willard Hunter and Al Perkins, Consolidated Freight ways; Clyde Knight. Pierce Freight lines: and Monte Stram, Davis Transfer. The club has organized a bowling team which bowls Fri day night. Members of the team are Keith Massey, Bob Hjelm. Dan Kidd, Ted Hughes, John Stromberg. Tom Harnsberger, and Russ Gates. million of its 35 million people in war casualties and by Ger man terror. Warsaw, the capital, was systematically destroyed. "Russia 'freed' the country from the Germans, only to en slave it by engineering into of fice a Communist government. At least, now Poland has a Folish Communist government. (HI JLV Ik Egyptian President Gamal Ab del Nasser's government. Hammarskjold was under stood to have asked what con cessions London and Paris would accept as the basis for getting talks underway. FIRST IT WASHES - - -THEN IT DRIES! Combines All the Features of The Westinghouse Twins In One Handsome Unit! Why Buy TWO When ONE Will Do? Save Time Save Space Save Labor Save Money NEW LOW PRICE- Dewey Says Stevenson Walked Into Red Trap Pasadena. Calif. (U.R) Form er New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey headed east today alter lashing out at Adlai Ste venson as "a spokesman for the proposals of Moscow." The Republican leader deliv ered one of his strongest speeches against Stevenson Tues day night before a capacity audi ence of 3,350 persons at Pasa dena Civic Auditorium. "He (Stevenson) can hot de fend being a spokesman for the proposal of Moscow, Dewey caid. "The tragedy is that Mr. Ste venson appears to have walked right into the Communist mouse trap." Dewey's charges were made in regard to the Democratic presidential candidate's proposal to halt H-bomb testing. The Republican campaigner said the proposal that the United States halt testing the H-bomb "was made first by the Russians on May 15. 1955 and made again last March 27 and again April 14." "Seven days later Adlai Ste venson adopted the entire Rus W LIST MO WASH TJ DRY Come In and See Saoo Isian proposal and then went further." Dewey said. "He (Ste venson) proposed that we be the first to stop testing the H-bomb j and then ask other nations to follow our lead'." Dewey charged that Steven- i son in a "miserable speech with ! a lot of dirty words" followed along with the Russian proposal i and made it a leading campaign j issue. Boosting of Chicken I Flocks Said Economy j Ithaca, N.Y. (U.R) New' York state poultrymen have been told that boosting the size of their flocks offers certain econ omies, but size without efficency in production of labor is of "little significance." Cornell University experts said that "for the individual ; operator, the most important det-) erminant of flock size is ef-! ficiency in egg production and ! use of labor." j A management study last year showed "mortality, pounds of feed per layer and egg produc tion varied only a little with size of flocks." the experts said. the MEW 1957 a Demonstration I;.;;- V,vJ"f7 L. G. "Shy" MORTHLAND Adv. Pd. for by Morthland for Commissioner Comm. 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