June Typhoon Miffs 3rd JFIeetf; 21 Warships IDamcagjedj
By LEIF ERICKSON
GUAM, July 13 (AP) A typhoon lashed Adm. William
P. (Bull) Holioy'i third fleer with 13S-mll-an-hour wlndi lait
June S, tor the bow off th cruller Pittiburgh and damaged
at least 20 othor worihlpi, Adm. Choiter W. NlmlU an
nouncod today aftor virtually every damaged ihip wot back
In action.
At laait four of the damaged ihlpi the battloihipi Mau
achusotti and Indiana, tho carrier San Jacinto, and tho de
itroyer John Rodgori--partlelpatod In lait Tueiday's 1000
plane carrior strike at Tokyo.
The typhoon damagod more thipi than the Japanoie
navy has boon oblo to do in action In any linglo battla. But
Nimitx made no mention of anyone baing killod or loriouily
Injured. He laid no ihlpi wore lunk.
He lilted 20 damt jed ihlpi at repaired and back in ac
tion, Including three fait new battloihipi and two Euox clan
carrion.
The cruiier Pittiburgh, which mlraculouily itayed afloat,
Is being refitted for action, presumably tome additional ihlpi,
not identified, were damaged and have not returned to sea.
Many of fho ships were badly hurt by towering 100-foot
high seai. None wai more heavily hit than the fait, new
hoovy cruiior Pittiburgh, which was caught near the center
of tho itorm off the Ryukyu islands.
A thunderous sea ripped off 104, foot of her prow "and
tossed it aside as though it were a match box to wallow in
the storm off the ship's port lido," roported Anociatod Pren
Correspondent Robin Coons.
Copt. John E. Gingrich ordered the engines reversed and
swung the 665-foot ship precariously around In a circle to
escape a collision with her own bow. She came out in the
dead calm of the storm'i center.
Sealed bulkheads kept the Pittsburgh afloat and the
cruiser, normally capable of 33 knots, lumbered back to Guam
at nine knot for temporary repairs. The bow was taken in
tow by a tug and brought back to port.
Towering seal crushed 25 feet of the carrier Hornet's
flight deck and badly damaged tevoral destroyers, other cor
respondents reported.
Planet on one small escort carrier "were flipped around
like beanbags, tossed into the air end over end and piled in
a jumbled heap of wreckage," laid Anaciated Preis corres
pondent Grant MacDonald. The forward end of her flight
deck was ripped up and left dangling over the bow.
Ships which suffered damage and have returned to action
Include: ' ,
Essex clan cruisors Hornet and Bennington; the fast bat
tloships Masiachuierti, Indiana and Alabama; the lnd
pendence type carriers San Jacinto and Belleau Wood; d
stroyers John Rodgors End Blu; escort carrior Bougainville,
Three other cruiieri and levon destroyer! which suffered
minor damage also have been repaired and returned to action.
Tho Nimitz announcement did not specify where th
typhoon struck the third fleet for the second time in six
monthi but presumably it was in the western Pacific area
between Okinawa and the Philippines.
This area is known as the western Pacific "typhoon
cradle' where unpredictable violent stormi zigzag in a gen
orally northerly or northeasterly typhoon path.
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The
War Today
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
Associated Press War Analyst
ONE of tho critical and delicate
eases likely to be considered
lit the coming clinic o( Doctors
Truiniin, Stalin mid Churchill
physicians extraordinary to tho
world la Hint of Spuln, the
problem being what measure
lire necessary to purge this proud
nud Important country o( the
axis plague.
Tho way things eland now, It
looks very much lis though the
euro of .Spain's Ills lies In a
change of government. Support
for that Idea Is neon in the action
of a commission lit the San Fran
cisco security conference the
commission having voted that
tho Franco regime, because it
had axis mipport In coming to
power, should never bo admitted
to membership. That's a broad
hint, to sny the least. ,
Now of course it would be
easy for tho Dig Thrco to treat
Spain's malady roughly. A lot
of folk aro asking why the
United Nations should bo con
siderate in tho case of Spain
when we have Just fought the
blooiUest war of history to ex
terminate nazlsm and fascism.
Why not use tho bin stick?
I'M afraid the answer Isn't qulto
so easy as that. After all,
iHjvereliinlty la the mightiest
item amonii tho many nations,
jl rent and small, which came so
close to slavery at tho hands of
tho axis. Tho Big Three un
doubtedly would prefer that
Spain cure herself. That attl
ttido has been pursued even in
tho case of Italy.
Hero it should be emphasized
that there's a difference between
"Spain" and the Franco FalanKc
party which Is In power. The
generalissimo consorted with
Hitler and Mussolini throughout
tho war something which none
of tho United Nations can for
give. Apart from that Moscow
won't soon forget that the Franco
regime has been violently anil
communistic from the start and
was pitted against the commun
ists In the civil war that brought
him to power.
Britain, while roundly con
demning Madrid's dealings with
Hitler and Mussolini, has more
than once shown a desire to
give Spain a chance to rehabili
tate herself. Prime Minister
Churchill gavo an indication of
thnt last year when he told com
mons that he looked forward to
Increasingly good relations with
Spain and to "an extremely
fertile trade between Spain and
this county (Britain)" during the
war and offer tho peace.
"yHAT brought Mr. Churchill
some sharp criticism from
his own people, and his "kindly
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v Reinventory Of Klamath's
Forests Starts In North
Field work In connection with
a reinventory of tho forest , re
sources of Klamath county was
recently started in the northern
part of the county, according to
J. A. Hall, director of tho Pa
clflo Northwest Forest and
Rango experiment station, Port
land, ' ,
In this project tho original In
ventory of the county's forests,
mado In 1034 by tho station as
part of a nationwide survey of
tho forests by tno united stales
forest service, will bo brought
up to date, Tho 1034 Inventory
showed n total of 22 billion
board foot of timber of mer
chantable size and quality In
Klamath county, of which 17
billion feet was pondcrosa pine,
the chlcr commercial species
Cuttlnir depletion since tho In
ventory has been heavy; during
the docodo 1030-44 tho annual
cut of sawlogs In tho county has
averaged closo to 600 million
board foot, 00 per cent ponder
osa pine. However, loss of tim
ber through activities of tho
western pine bcctlo has been
much less during tho last de
cade than during tho previous
decade.
Lands to Be Mapped
In tho reinventory, particular
attention wilt bo paid to tho cut
over areas In tho county. All
of these lands will bo located
and mapped and will bo exam
ined to determine their current
Teh
Saddle horses stretch their legs at the Marine Barracks corrals after a seven-day ride from
Fort Robinson, Neb. This new group makes a total of 60 cavalry-trained horses at the Barracks.
Official USMC Photo. (See siory on page two.)
TRIBUTE TO CITY
Warm tribute to the commun
ity for help in (ho fulfillment of
tho mission of the Klamath Ma
rino Barracks was voiced Friday
noon by Col. George O. Von
Ordcn, commanding officer, In a
talk to the Rotary club. Col.
Van Ordcn Is leaving soon for
overseas duly ond his Rotary
speech constituted a "summing
up" of the Borrock's program
to date.
Individuals and organizations
of Klamath Fulls and tho sur
rounding area have made It eas
ier to "do h job" at tho Marine
Barracks, Col. Van Ordcn said.
Ho also warmly praised , Capt.
Lowell T. Coggeshall, ranking
navy medical officer at tho Bar
racks, for his cooperation, and
Dr. Coggeshall, In response, told
of the effectiveness of Col. Van
Onion's training program.
"Regular University"
"If conditions had permitted
a full complement of men at the
Barracks throughout, we would
have had a regular university
up there," ho said.
Col. Van Ordcn explained the
new program opening up at the
Barracks which will bring thou
sands of men here from naval
convalescent hospitals.
lie gave statistics which
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condition. On selectively cut
stands the average volume per
acre of the reserve trees, the
number of trees of pole size, and
the degree of stocking of the
seedling and sapling trees will
be determined.
Following field work, data ob
tained ' on stands on cut-over
lands together with data on the
uncut areas will bo compiled
and analyzed to furnish vital in
formation needed in tho sys
tematic management of tho coun
ty's forest resources. Another
product of the reinventory will
bo a revised forest typo map on
a scale of 1 Inch to tho mllo to
replace tho one resulting from
tho 1B34 inventory.
Show Forest Cover
Thcso forest typo maps show
in place tnc loresi cover on an
lands in tho county merchant
able saw timber. . immature
stands, selectively cut stands,
non-restocked cut-over and
burned aroos, lodgepolo plno
stands, juniper woodland types,
and 8ubalplno timber stands
along the summit of tho Cas
cade range.
Field work In tho county is
being conducted by George
Meagher and Goorgo Morrill,
James W. Glrard, of tho Wash
ington, D, C, office of tho for
est service, and F, L, Moravots,
of the Portland office, spent sev
eral days in tho county recently
working out field techniques for
tho reinventory.
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rtEGON,
Corrals At Marine Barracks
Fate Of German General
: Staff To Be Decided Soon
By GEORGE TUCKER
FRANKFURT, July 13 WP)
Gen. Elsenhower and Field
Marshal Montgomery are ex
pectcd to decide soon on what to
do with the German general
staff.
At midnight tonight supreme
headquarters of the allied cx
Dcdltionary force will be dis
solved, but tho problem of
handling the hundreds of high
Tanking staff and field officers
of the German army who are
prisoners of the western allies
awaits final disposition.
British and American officers
hold informal discussions on the
matter during Eisenhower s ab
sence. These conversations touched
on the possibility of breaking up
tho German general staff and
TRIALS PROGRESS
By RELMAN MORIN
PARIS, July 13 (P) More
than 20,000 people nave stood
trial In tho nluo months' purge
of French collaborationists, but
30,000 more remain to face judg
ment, ministry of justice figures
reveal.
Tho courts have passed 994
death verdicts, 800 sentences of
hard labor for life, 4638 other
hard labor sentences, 1063 of im
prisonment for. five years or
more and 0876 for shorter jail
terms. Thero wore 3315 acquit
ted. Slow handling of the long
lists of Frenchmen charged with
aiding tho Germans drew sharp
fire lrom speakers at the con
vention of resistance groups
this week. They charged that
"the purge- is being conducted
In a strange manner."
If the courts move slowly, au
thorities said, it is because only
a thin line frequently divided
"collaboration" lrom simply liv
ing and working under German
occupation, a lino not always
easy to find.
Tho cases that drew death
verdicts or life sentences seldom
presented difficulties for judges
and juries, like tho supreme pen
ally for treason imposed Wed
nesday on Paul Fordonnot, the
"French Lord Haw Haw," or last
April on Gen, Henri Dcntz, who
fought the British occupation of
Syria,
Road North From
Park Now Open
The road from Crater lake
park north through Diamond
lake was open to travel today.
T. c, Parker, assistant super
intendent of tho park, warned
that slow travel will bo neces
sary on the road for a while, be
cause it is narrow and rough in
spots,
FRIDAY, JULY 13. 1945
condemning its members to exile
in British crown colonies
throughout the world, but the
talks were regarded-as no more
than ground clearing expeditions
assembling data to be presented
to Elsenhower and Montgomery
Of the captured German mil
itary hierarchy one SHAEF of-
nccr said: .
. "Some of them ought to be
shot as criminals and undoubted
ly will be. Others must be re
garded purely as military figures
wno carried out military orders,
All thcso officers are still in
uniform and are classified strict
ly as military Drisoners.
. "The greatest emphasis, how
ever. Is placed on the members
of the general staff. The gen
eral start in Germany is a special
clique, almost hereditary.
"Its members are identified
by the rod stripes on their trous
ers and they are all-powerful.
They make the decisions, They
aro the ones who plan and ex
ecute wars.
"I don't know just how Eisen
hower will do it, but I can prom
ise you this the German gen
eral staff will be broken up and
destroyed so that it can never
function again.": , . .. ;
U. S. Commission
Moves To Berlfit
BERLIN. July 13 (P) The
United States section of the
allied control commission - for
Germany has moved its forward
headquarters to Berlin from
Frankfurt on tho Main, it was
announced officially tonight.-.
The British section will move
here shortly;
Gen. Eisenhower's deputy on
tho control commission, Lt. Gen.
Lucius Clay, will have his per
manent office In Berlin, Frank
furt will continue to be head
quarters for United States army
forces in the European theater.
American and British occupa
tion zones will start receiving
food from western Germany
next week.
Director Eyes Blueprint'
For Lifting Price Rules
WASHINGTON, July 13 (P)
An OPA blueprint for tho first
step toward lifting price con
trols is being studied todav by
Stabilization Director William
H. Davis.
In preparation several months,
the plan sets up standards
which would permit immediate
elimination . of ceilings on a
number of commldities. Others
would be freed as certain con
ditions were met.
Officials - familiar with the
proposal, which requires Davis'
approval before it can be put
into effect, said it provides for
removal or suspension of price
controls on these grounds:
(July 13)
Max. (July 12) ... 88 Min 60
Precipitation last 24 hours 00
Stream year to date 15.28
Normal 11.98 Last year 9.88
Forecast) Wind and showers.
Unopposed Strikes
By Planes Hit Nips
GUAM, July 13 (P) Virtual
ly unopposed air blows by
around 700 B-29s,. heavy and
medium bom&ers, fighters and
long range search planes across
a 770-mile arc of Japan, extend
ing north and south of Tokyo,
were announced today. Prompt
ly a U. S. air general on Oki
nawa declared "the Japs, in my
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MANILA, July 13 (P) Aussie
7th division troops, paced by
flame throwers and tanks, have
knifed deep into Japanese de
fenses of smashed Stone ridge
north of captured Balikpapan on
southeast Borneo in heavy fight
ing. At the same time, headquar
ters reported today, Dutch, units
joined the Australians in a left
flank march up Kariango penin
sula to execute a brilliant en
circling maneuver against the
entrenched Japanese who are
pocketed some six miles north
of Balikpapan town.
The Borneo campaign is being
fought in steaming, rain-drenched
forests and deceptive bogs
overgrown with mangrove undei
a blazing tropical sun. ;..-.
- 'In the main-assault, -norttJeast
of Balikpapan in the Sepinggang
Ketjil river sector, the Austral
ians are advancing over a scrub
by, rolling terrain permitting
use of their famed medium "Ma
tilda" tanks.
In British northwest Borneo,
the Aussie ninth division made a
surprise landing near Andus, 26
miles northeast of Beaufort,
while another column made a
10-mile advance along Beaufort
to the Jesselton narrow-gauge
railway without opposition to oc
cupy Kimanis village, five miles
south of Andus. This brought
the leading elements within 30
miles of Jesselton, which has
been under daily, harassing at
tack from Australian airforce
Spitfires based on Labuan and
the 7th fleet PT boats.
Search Continues
For Mis'sing Body
An Intensive search for the
body of Richard "Bob" Hollings
worth, 25, who apparently
drowned at Lake o' the Woods
Tuesday night, continued today
with all available dragging
equipment in operation at the
scene, according to a report
from the sheriff's office here.
Holllngsworth was believed
to have drowned when a boat in
which he was riding with four
companions capsized during a
storm on the lake. Three girls
from Medford and a man were
rescued through the prompt
action of Ed Miller, logger
working near the lake who
heard the shouts for help and
rescued the four people.
Some members of the Eagles
lodge volunteered to assist in
the search for Holllngsworth
and left this morning for the
lake. He was a member of the
Fraternal Order of Eagles.
Sheriff Lloyd' Low sent an
other drag to the scene yester
day afternoon with a detach
ment of eight sailors from the
naval air station here. There
are now five drags in all operat
ing In an effort to recover the
body. -.
1. Where a commodity is in
sufficient supply to eliminate
danger of inflationary prices,
In general this would cover
items soiling substantially under
the ceiling. .
2. If an article is ot small
importance to the civilian econ
omy, or the maintenance of
ceilings is an administrative job
out of proportion to the effect
n higher price would have on
the cost of living.
: While tho plan sets forth no
specific items 'Which might
auallfy, an OPA official pre
ioted that a "very large num
ber" probably would fit the pattern.
Number 10565
opinion, don't intend to engage
us in the air."
As enemy homeland factories
and railroads were wrecked and
even the smallest shipping sunk
offshore, Brig. Gen. David F.
Hutchison- of the far east air
forces told Associated Press Cor
respondent Richard Cushing at
Okinawa that Japan obviously
was hoarding planes to use in
suicide tactics when Yank in
fantrymen storm Nippon's inva
sion beaches.
Rear Adm. D. C. Ramsey, new
chief of staff of the 5th fleet,
estimated Japan might have
9000 planes available and prob
ably could throw about 4000 in
to the battle over Japan, s
Weak Opposition
Only weak fighter opposition
was encountered over Tokyo
bay and a city to the north as
Superforts dumped 3000 tons of
fire and. demolition bombs on
five homeland centers before
dawn today, returning pilots re
ported. No enemy fighters could be
found aloft yesterday as more
than 120 Liberator and Mitchell
bombers and escorting fighters
from Okinawa ripped into fac
tories and railroads, the port of
Aburatsu and the naval air sta
tion, of Naoya on Kyushu.
Two Lost -.
(At Washington, the 20th air
force announced that two of the
SuDerfortresses were lost and
one was missing in the strike).
The enemy " air jforcjt rsun-
quished homeland skies so com'
pletely that lieet searcn planes
flew nearly 200 miles north of
Tokyo to hit small shipping oft
Sendai, then returned to Iwo
a roundtrip flight . of nearly
2000 miles.
It is approximately 770 miles
from Sendai to the southern
most target hit on Kyushu.
Superfort bombardiers, build
ing up the number of Japanese
cities they have-hit' to 38, had
to bomb by instrument through
cloud banks. , -
Congress Breaks
6-Weefc Parfey
WASHINGTON, July 13
Congress dispatched a $769,364,
850 war agencies appropriation
bill to the White House today
after six weeks of controversy
revolving about funds for OWI
and FEPC.
Legislative action was com
pleted when the senate approved
a compromise fixing the amount
for the office of war information
at $35,000,000.
The house had approved it
earlier after a futile effort, spear
headed by republicans, to scale
it down.
The senate accepted a house
stipulation that no funds of the
war labor board should be ex
pended in connection with dis
putes involving agricultural
workers.
Mine Sweeper
Loss Tod
' WASHINGTON, July 13 (IP)
The motor mine sweeper YMS-39
has been lost in the Borneo
area as a . result of enemy ac
tion, the navy announced today.
Casualties .among ner war
time complement of 35 officers
and men totaled five, including
three killed, one wounded and
ono missing. All casualties were
enlisted men.
The vessel was under com
mand of Lt. (jg) Alfred C.
Vauehn. of Kenbridge, Va.
" The loss raised to 322 the
total of naval vessels lost from
all causes since the start of the
war.
The vessel was built at the
plant of Robert Jacob, Inc., City
Island, New York, and commis
sioned March 11, 1942.
Investigation
Set On Coast
WASHINGTON, July 13 (P)
The house committee on un
American activities decided to
day to send an investigator to
the Pacific coast Immediately to
check on reports of subversive
activities there.
v Meeting for the first time with
their new chairman, Rep. Wood
(D-Ga.), the committee agreed,
however, to send only a repre
sentative to tho area, and not
to go -Itself.
Flee? Pounds
Isles, Planes
iHif umam
CALCUTTA, July 13 (P) British fleet units have bombarded
the strategic Nicobar islands while carrier planes attacked air
fields in Northwest Sumatra, Southeast Asia command haadquar-,
ters announced tonight in a special communique. ,,
The fleet bombarded Nicobar island twice, once by night.
Two merchant ships were attacked by planes at Nancowry Island
One of the ships was burning furiously when the Japanese;
beached it. The other also was set afire,
A correspondent aboard the carrier Emperor reported!
"For seven days we have been steaming up and down within
sight of Japanese-occupied territory in one of the cheekiest opera-,,
tions yet carried out by the British East Indies fleet the wide
spread sweep in the area of the Nicobars and Andaman islands in,
the bay of Bengal. ' v n
"By doing so. we gave the Japanese in effect a challenge to-
: come out and meet us. The Jap
New Commander
Gen. George Kenney
, : J
By SPENCER DAVIS
MANILA, July 13 W) Gen.
George C. Kenney was handed
the army air forces' top tactical
command against Japan today
and promptly promised that his
Far East air forces with ad
vanced headquarters- now on
Okinawa would bomb the enemy
homeland 24 hours a day at all
altitudes from 10 to 10,000 feet.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who
has had Kenney as his right
hand man for air since the early
days on the defensive in Aus
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No New Fire
Reports Now
Although scattered lightning
storms again hit the surrounding
area Thursday night, no new
fire developments were reported
by Klamath Forest Protective
association or the Modoc na
tional forest office.
On the Klamath Indian reser
vation, however, one fire was
started Thursday night and an
other early Friday afternoon by
lightning strikes, but both were
under control immediately.
The rest of Oregon has been
sweltering during the past week
with the exception ot coastal
areas and regions near the moun
tains where afternoon thunder
storms have been a daily occur-
ance and have been responsible
for keeping the temperatures
lower.
On Thursday in Klamath Falls,
the-mercury stopped at a maxi
mum of 88 degrees and weather
forecasts are for slightly cooler
weather in most parts of Oregon
with continuing thunder storms
in the mountains.
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Gl's, Tommies Follow Red
Policy Toward Berliners
, ' By DANIEL DE LUCE
BERLIN, July 13 (P) To
the great relief of G.I. Joe and
Tommy Atkins, when you're in
Berlin you do as the Russians
do.
In other words, American and
British troops in the German
capital most of whom are fed
up with the non-fraternization
policy in force in western Ger
many are copying the interna
tionally friendly ways of the
red army in peacetime.
The generals may say that
nothing has been changed in the
rule book since they moved
mare than 30,000 American and
British soldiers into Berlin. But
things nevertheless seem to be
different.
Ivanovlch the red army
anese, however, shied ou com
pletely. Obviously the Japanese
are . worried about future de
velopments in Southeast Asia.
It is possible they are conserv
ing their fast dwindling strength.'
to meet the next big landing
assault.
The lack of indication as tft
just where the blow will fall is
giving their island garrisons a
severe case of jitter's' ,
Use Hell Cats -
The British used Hellcat
planes against ; Japanese ship
ping, airfields and radar sta
tions. They destroyed building
and military installations. -
The only opposition encoun-'
tered was light to medium, flak,,
at the airfields and two chal
lenging Japanese planes, one of
which was downed.
Sweep Approaches ,
British minesweepers swept
the - approaches to Malacca
strait, which lies between Su,
matra and the great naval base
of Singapore, from July 5 to
10 without sighting a Japanese,
vessel.
While fleet units attacked the '
Nlcoba&jf planes also laid their
explosive on the islands. The
Nicobars lie 280 miles north
west of Sumatra, rich Dutch oil
producing island, and about 900
miles off Singapore. They are
400 miles west of the KRA
peninsula of Malaya, linking
Singapore to the mainland of
Asia. . : ..' ; '.".-:;
Men Over 26
May Change Jobs
WASHINGTON,1 July 13 (P)-
Men 26 or over who do not meet
the army's regular physical
standards are free today t6
change jobs without draft board
permission. ,
At the request of the army, t
selective service ' last night re
laxed its regulations to exclude
these men from the possibility
of induction as job-jumpers. -;..'
Heretofore these registrants
who switched employment with
out approval of their board
could be drafted . for limited
army service. , ;
The job-jumper penalties, In-.,
voked six months ago to nip a
trend away from war work, re
main in effect for all physically
fit men, as well as for registrants
under 26 who fall shy of regular
requirements.. ;
Swimming P ool
Open To Public -
Klamath Falls adults and
those of the high school age
group will be given an oppor
tunity to use the swimming pool
situated at one end of Modoc
field on Saturday and Sunday,
according to . Ei E. Hambriclt,
city recreational director, "
The pool, which has been
closed to the public, will be
open from 2 to 5 and from ,7
to 9 Saturday afternoons and
evenings, and from 2 to 5 Sun
day afternoon. A fee of 80 cent
will be charged.
This project is part of the
city recreational program. - ;',
equivalent of G.I. Joe -- op
erates on the understanding that
he's not supposed to take dyed
in the wool nazis to his bosom.
He believes that nazis properly
belong behind bars, and that
Germans who are not nazis are
entitled to be treated;, without
race hatred. Premier Stalin'
words to that effect appear on
many signboards.
Therefore, when Ivan saun
ters out in the early evening ha
feels perfectly free to drop Into
a convenient cafe, strike up n
acquaintance with any Gorman
girl and Invite her to dance and
drink with him, , ;
In tho past week American
and British troops also have
been crowding night poU fav
ored by the Russiani. "