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18 A . ,-:-:; "tt V'' ' PIONEERS ON TRAIL A group of modern day pioneers are shown as they left Mission, Kan., on an 80U-mile Jour- ney along the Old Santa Fe Trail. They expect to complete Former Inmate of Nazi Death Camp Sees Self in Film New York-flJFD-Marc Berko- wltz sat in a Manhattan movie house and watched in hor rified fascination as he came face-to-face with his past. Berkowitz, 2, was looking at the documentary ,"Mein Kamof." about; the rise and fall of Hitler. . His eyes -fastened on the; hollow face,-of a pitifully starved, bpy, shown being lib erated from, the infamous Auschwitz death camp in Pol and after "the Russians had seized the - area from the Nazis.' i it Suddenly Berkowitz scream ed: "It's me! It's me! My God, it's me!" He didn't care that scores of people in the dark theater were staring' at him. Through the cooperation of Columbia Pictures, Berko-, witz was able to gt a clip from the film and examine the picture closely to confirm that the 12-year-old boy at Auschwitz was Indeed him. Relives Honor ' v v... Today he decided to relive the horror of his past '.'so that this dreaful' thing the tor ture and killing of mlHJonSrM will not be1 repeated.' 1 And so Berkowitz, now salesman, ' happily married and the father of two', told In a auiot and almost . emotion less voice the story of his fight to stay alive in the death camps of Eastern Europe. In 1941, when he was only 9, Marc, his parents, three sisters and' a brother' were herded into their first deten tion camp in his native Czech oslovakia. Others in the camp were forced into trucks at night and dumped Into a river to drown, but the Berkowitz family somehow got transport . ed across the river -into Po land, where they managed to stay together a few months. The Jewish ghetto in which they lived was in Chotkow, Poland, where on every "dark Monday," many Jews were marched into the town square and shot. Marc's brother Ban- dl nd his father Bernard were shot the same day. ' Wears Christian Cross "From that point on, I took off tny star ofDavld and wore the Christian cross. Berkowitz recalled. "My mother told me that we must keep alive, and so unknown . to her, I stole food daily, When she found out, we set out on foot for our home town of Slatlnsky DolU in Czecho slovakia." ! The Berkowltz's lived oft the land, stealing food, pluck ing scraps from pig troughs, eating raw birds. The trial of privation led only to the Czech prison,, however. Then came the concentra tion camps of Poland, first Blrgenau, where Berkowitz and his twin sister were used as human guinea pigs by Dr, Josef Mengeis, the notorious "experimenter. "We were six days on that filthy train to Blrgenau," Berkowitz said. "Many died. When we arrived, there was a table set up in the railyards and behind It were Mcngele nd Adolf Elchmann. Bent to Laboratories "They ordered most of the passengers to get into trucks heading for the crematoriums, others Into trucks heading for the laboratories. My sister and I were sent to the labs, where we lived for several weeks with SO or 40 other sets of twins being used for experi ments. "Then, one day, in the long line of Jews being herded to ward the ovens, I saw my mother. She looked Into my eyes and we said nothing. There was nothing that could ; be said. She hnd stopped liv ing years before." In November, 1944, the Al lies and the Russians were crushing the Nazis and the THURSDAY, MAY 11. 1S61 ' ra .- y ! B y a " " f9 C 'it m rm w t 'iA M w j . A mm , '-'-it m Germans blew up the camp at Blrgenau and .forced all those they were . unable to burn into a death march to Auschwitz. Again, Marc Berkowitz survived and in the following January . the Rus sians released him and took the films that this week came back to haunt him. "The Russians gave us guns and hand grenades and told us to help them kill our cap tors," Berkowitz said. "They didn't understand. There had been enough killing. I had seen so much of lt. I threw down the gun they gave me. 'That is why . It Is import ant to bare these old scars. talk about the terror and hardship of my boyhood. So the killing will stop, every where. I don't even want Elchmann killed or even Mengele if they ever catch him." i , . GOLD DRAIN IMPROVES Washington-flJPl) - The 'gov ernment reported Wednesday substantial improvement . In .the gold-and-dollar drain but said the nation,, continues to be "vulnerable' In this area. The . Commerce Department estimated a net loss of gold and . dollars trf foreigners in the first three months of 1961 of about $300 million. It was bill, luteal unibci.j uu.ibii in the U.S. balance of pay ments since 1957. . I " J&- To Mother ' fiA Wi.'vmk Jm Love " "1 " lL Something new has huppened to Haneal the trip . by May 20, providing the trail enthusiast! have good weather on their trip to Santa Fe, N.M. (UP! Telephotb) . ( MAKES FRIEND C. B. Roy, i & . v it , M Park in Chicago, has become good friends with many squir rels, but none have the confidence of Myrtle, who often jumps up on his shoulder to take a peanut from Roy's mouth. Roy has been training Myrtle eventually sat still long enough her picture. ' - New York Hotel Keept New York- (UPI) -Guests In the lobby of one New York hotel at last have found out from the manager . why the electric clock in the lobby is three minutes fast. -- An executive of the hqtel 'Si ' ' T a frequent visitor at Lincoln for many months until she for, a photographer to take .. (UPI Telephoto) Guests on Schedule . ' explained that the clock is "purposely fast to allow guests extra time to keep their ap pointments. "In the long run the guests will always thank us for helping them to be on time." he said. ' MEDFORD MAIL Capitol Memo Pearson Considered As Most Powerful In Legislature BytOUGLAS GRIPP Salem (UPD If you follow the Legislature at all, then you have heard of Waiter J. 1 Pearson, state v. man alnii a n si tUBMl P o r t land Democrat. He is con sidered the most power ful single legislator, and in some quar ters, the most eared. Douflai Grlpp He is like most legislators in that he wants certain things. . He differs from most in that he usually gets what he wants, . Always outspoken, Pearson was more so the past three months because he didn't get Sen. Morse Urges Fish Study Funds Washington-UPD-Sen. Wayne Morse-' (D-Ore.) Wednesday urged appropriation of $1.6 million for a "crash" research program to solve fish passage problems at dams on -the Mid dle Snake river.,. Morse made the proposal to a Senate appropriations sub committee along lines recom mended earlier by Interior Secretary Stewart Udall. "The reason we require a crash program today is to properly protect tomorrow's salmon runs and water re sources about which we did too little yesterday," Morse said. Morse .criticized the Idaho Power Co. for "complete fail ure" to solve fish passage problems at its Bxownlee and Oxbow projects. "Rather than pledging full efforts to correct the situa tion which it created, the Ida ho Power Company has sug gested that the cost xl facili ties that would safely pass fish will be so large it might be better to forget them," he said. .Morse ' suggested that a "louver system" of fish pas sage in operation at Tracey, Calif., offered hope that fish passage problems could be solved. ;. , - .V' J.. DISMISS PREMIER t- .' London-fllPD-The premier of the Soviet Union's Kirghiz Re public has been dismissed the Tass news agency . reported Wednesday. The Soviet agen cy gave no reason for the firing of Kazy Dikambayev, but it was believed caused by agricultural failures in the Asian republic TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON what he wanted most: The controversial three-way work men's compensation bill. It cleared the Senate but the House labor and industries committee buried it. The short, beefy insurance company president is at home in a controversy. ' Pearson, 57-year-old former state treasurer, is considered leader of Democratic con servatives in the state and has feuded bitterly with Oregon Democratic chairman Robert W. Straub and other liberals. The most recent blowup was the struggle for presi dency of the 1961 Senate be tween Harry Boivin, Pear son's close friend, and Alfred Corbett, backed by Straub. Pearson and Boivin, with Republican help, won. The only effective bloc In the 1961 legislature was the one composed of conservative Democrats and Republicans in the Senate. Pearson, known as Bud to his friends, was Senate presi dent in 1960. He made head lines while acting governor in 1960, taking command of the emergency over the Roseburg explosion and making a per sonal inspection of the disas ter scene. He caused an uproar later also as acting governor - by commuting the life sentence of a prison inmate - the son of a former legislator - over objections of the parole board. - . While billed as a political ogre, he is generous personal ly and a devoted family man. There is speculation he may enter the primary in 1962 for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. His 'reaction to this talk, with ! a smile is: "I'm not a candidate now. But I might become one." ' He recently accepted a Ken nedy administration post, a part-time job as a member of the board of directors of the Federal Panama Canal com pany. He is expected to con tinue as a member of the powerful state emergency board - the legislative body which decides on emergency allocations of mpriey between legislatures.' . , . His enemies - and a strong man makes many - keep ask ing themselves how influen tial he remains, . They should n't have to ask. ' '--M.- COOPER DECLINES Hollywood-fllPD-Actor Gary Cooper, stricken .'with ad vanced cancer, continued to decline today but not radical ly, his physician reported. Better fit! Smoother fit! That's whet Hanes" constanh research to improve their stockings has produced in this new nylon construction. Extra dividend: they've even marked the different lengths with a color stripe at the top. These great seamless nylons are still in the same) complete foot size range, S' to 1 1 ... the same delicate . shades ... at the same price, 1 .65 for demitoe seamless. Eichmann Said In Jerusalem-UP&-After being on trial for his life for almost five weeks, Adolf Elchmann eats heartily, sleeps soundly for eight hours a night and has a normal blood pressure, it was learned today. Details of Eichmann's daily routine 'were given to United Press International by David Ofer, assistant commandant of police, who is in charge of the prisoner. , Great Reader' Eichmann is a great reader, he said, and currently is in terested In a German transla tion of George Bernard Shaw's "Politics for Everyman."' He also has read Andre Maurois' biography of Marshal Lyau tey, French conqueror of Mo rocco. The prosecution evidence in the trial swung today to the fate of Jews in Norway and Italy. As usual, Elchmann showed no Interest In the wit nesses or what they had to say, but followed documen tary evidence closely. Defense counsel Robert Servatlus sup plies him daily with pertinent documents and Eichmann carefully tabulates and anno tates them with red and blue pencils. The prosecution offered testimony today -that only 12 out of 750 Norwegian Jews who were shipped by the Nazis to concentration camps survived. Earlier, the prosecution had introduced an affidavit prov ing that Eichmann went to Copenhagen at the time the Germans decided to round up the Danish Jews. This was designed to strike at his story that his only function In the-Nazi terror was to ar range the trains and direct the traffic as the Jews were moved across Europe to their deaths. The Danish Jews received a warning of the impending roundup and most of them escaped by boat to Sweden. CARPET - 30 YDS. Wall Good Health As Case Proceeds utts mmm i f J I 1. by PRINCESS A. FRENCH PURSE .....$5.00 C. KEY GARD $2.93 '- CIGARETTE CASE ..... $3.95 . , Snap doling - 'O. CIGARETTE UGHTER . SJ.95 I. EYE GLASS CASS . .. $2.95 Richly ituddtd Luitrout Lathtr-EoiUrn Court Colors " Not Shown, REGISTRAR SIUFOID ...'...$5.00' "!. CLUTCH .... 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