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-
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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for Commissioner Comm.
Jack Williams, Chairman
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now is the time to profit by that experience. "Shy" il
capable and always ready and willing to do more.
And as Courthouse superintendent, a non-paying
extra activity, Shy Morthland has saved the tax
payers over $3,000 annually.
Reelect A Commissioner Who SERVES ALL THE PEOPLE-COUNTY
WIDE REGARDLESS OF THEIR PARTY
AFFILIATIONS.
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