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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1946)
r fuehrer Personally Decreed Death Of All Commandoes And Paratroops Captured After October 18, 1942 r HOLAND HORQAAHD NUERNBERG, Oormnny, Jan. I (') A socret order In which Adolf Hitler personally docrucd the "slauulitor to tliu lint mini" of all aillod commando and paratroops enpturod after Oct, 18, 1042, was read to the Inter national military tribunal to day at the trial of 21 nazl lead era wua ro-oponod. The fuehrer's order of which only 12 copies were made wot Inspired by hla fury over the Dieppe raid and alinllar opera tion, American prosecutors told me court, . "From now on." the order a crted, "all eneiulua on so-called commando mlivilons In Europe or Africa cliullonifud by Gormuri troops, even If they nre to all appearances soldlors In uniform or demolition troopa, whether arnica or unarmed, in buttle or in flliiht, are to be siauuiitcrod to the lant man. "It doet not make any differ tnco whothor they are lundod from slilixi und ulrplunea for their actloni or whether they are dropped by parachute. Even If these. Individuals, when found, hould apparently by prepurou to give thomsclves up, no par don li to be Krantea them on principle. Brutal Murder The order demanded that liv dividual commando aoldlera or paratrooper! be handed over Immediately to llolnrlch Illmm ler'a aecurity Kunrd. Apparently foreseeing objection! among German loldien to the brutal murder of all audi prisoner, Hitler added: "1 will hold responsible un der military law, for fulling to curry out this order, all com mander! and officer! who either have neglected the duty of In atructlng troops about this order or acting against the order whore It was to be executed." In an effort to Justify his ac tion HJtler charged thut cap- lurea orders snowed unit com mando units were directed both to shackle prisoners and also to "kill ' defenseless prlsonors on the spot" when the prisoners would prove a hindrance. The prosecution also read to the tribunal a vivid eye-witness account of how nazl .SS troops and security police massacred 0000 Jews In one night In the .Ukrainian town of Kowne. . Ghetto Blauahter The itory of the slaughter of helpless men, women and chil dren In tlia Rowno Ghetto af ter an BS commander had given assurance! that no program was piannea was given in an affi davit by a Gorman contractor, Hermann Frledrich Graobe. The 30 defendants, In, tho pris oners' box. all looking refreshed after the 12-day court recess, lis tened with Intense Interest as the prosecution unfolded the ac count of the bloody night of liny is, Ernest . Kaltenbrunnor, chlof of the security pollco, who was reported to be recovering slow ly from a second cranial Tiemor rhsgo he suffered two wcoks ago, was the lone member of tho 2? original defendants not pres ent, with the exception of the missing Martin Bormann, . (A Reuters dispatch Monday 'quoted Cxechoslovaklan reports as saying Bormann had been ar rested by the British In Ger many, but there was no official confirmation of this. An Ex change telegraph report from Copenhagen said the roport ap parently was a case of mistaken Identity, arising from the arrest at Nucmlnster of a former who somewhat resembled Bormann.) Tho prosecution completed Its Held It f , i S I . ftm. t 1 IK. 1r 0 BSgt. Frank Hlrt (above). 30, U. S. army air forces. Is being held at Hamilton Field, Calif., on charges of conspiracy to commit espionage on behalf of Germany, an army press state ment, released by Hamilton Field, said. Hlrt gave his home as North Babylon, Long Island, New York, when he enlisted and later as Petaluma, Calif. (AP wlrephoto). r Father Time Makes Exit Father Time, In the person of Bill Lonegan of the merchant marine, hobbled hla way out of 1045 as tho New Year baby, lit tle David Webber, inudo his de but at the USO on New Year's eve. Open house was the order of the day at the service club on Monday and Tuesday with a Kir key dinner served family style from the kitchen from 4:30 un til 8, when a buffet supper was prepared. t The club was decorated in cab aret stylo,, stressing the bright colors, gaiety and noisamakcrs of New Year celebrations, On New Year's Hoy the club sponsored a dance from 8 to 11 with music by tho Chicagoans. cam against the gestapo secur ity pollco and the S. D.. a branch of the S.S. which function as another set of security police, during the morning session. Col. Robort G. Storey, assist ant U. S. prosecutor, summed up tho case against the secret nazl police organizations by not ing that Hermann Goerlng cre ated" the gcstnpo In 1933 with the avowed purpose of eliminat ing any real or suspecjed en emies of nazl conspirators.- , When In Modford Stay at HOTEL HOLLAND Thoroughly Modern Joe and Anne Earley Proprietors Kaiser Heads Plan To Use Flying Office PORTLAND, Ore., Jon. 2 UP) A $100,000 "flying office" that Henry J. Kaiser executives will use to expedite engineering and construction work of the fur flung Kaiser Industrial empire wus revealed to the public here today. Poised at the Portland air port, from which It will operate as a home-port for executive of Kaiser's Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., and Consolidated Build ers, the twin engine converted Lockheed-Hudson bomber Is an air-ago dream for tho busy ex ecutive. Named the "Halcyone" by Eduar Kaiser, son of the west coast Industrialist and head of the family industries here, the plane Is reported the first cl vllian Diane to use an expert mental radar "obstruction In dicator" for flying safety. The unit la a General Electric de velopment for spotting moun tains, trees or airplanes forward of the airplane. Kaiser's chief pilot, Capt. Ralph Adams, was given a free hond In designing' the ship, company officials said today. He turned out a master pattern of comfort and convenience that anticipates every wish of the businessman. The eye-resting ftrecn upholstered main cabin ins scats for six and a couch for accommodating one sleeper or three more seated passengers. Work tables, radio and Jugs for hot lunch and coffee are handy. An altimeter, clock, compass and airspeed dial in the cabin kccDS tho executives posted. Four radios are available for navigating or air-to-ground, bus iness calls. A fifth, . battery equipped radio will direct the plane on a beam-landing ahould electric disturbances cut out the other seta. Five years at ferrying bomb ers and transports to England guve Capt. Adams hla Ideas for navigation and flight equipment needs. Airline pilots who have sat at the controls admit they are envloua of what was done at the Lockheed Burbank, Calif., plant converting the bomber to peace time work. Everything the war developed to aid the pilot la Included on the dial clustered control panels, includ ing an automatic pilot for long, flights. The plane , has a 1200 mile cruising range. A similar type craft made the Portland.Wasn- FILMS Developed and Printed In by liJO A. M Out by 5:00 P. M. BUD'S 1031 Main Open 8:00 A. M. 1:30 P. M. ... THE OLD JUDGE SAYS... MTlTi4I, W of. STEVE: "How was the hospital dinner, Judge? Sorry I coulda't get there." OLD JUDGE:"Very interesting, Steve. One of the doctors on the staff re.ad a paper on the research work that is going on at one of the big universities where they are studying Chronic alcoholism." SrV;"I'dlikotohave heard that, Judge." , OIDMDGE,'"Hopolntcdout thatapprox . 1 Imately 95 of the people who drink do so . sensibly. Only 5 abuse the privilege oc-' caslonally and Included In that 5 is the very small number known as alcoholics. Then he quoted a doctor from a famous university who said 'Alcoholics are sick per sons and, if treated as such, may be cured.' Alcoholism, he said, is not caused by alcohol but by deep-rooted emotional derailments which can be prevented by education and. often. cured through modern psychology!" STE VE: "That's the most sensible approach to the problem I've heard." 1 TMl titallMmnl tpotamt ty CmlntmttJ Akeholtt Batrmf Intuihiu. Jut. GRADUATES i U. S. NAVAL Allt STATION, Jacksonville. Fla. Howard W. Manning, Route 1, box 509, Klamath Falls, who is training to be a U. S. navul aircrewmun, graduated this week as an honor student from aerial gunners school here. It was announced. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Man ning, the 10-year-old bluejacket previously completed a course at aviation machinist school in Norman, Okln, He was ad vanced to the petty officer rat--Ing of aviation machinists' mate third class at graduation from gunnery school. Manning Is now scheduled for advanced training. He enlisted in the navy March 1, 1045. . OCCUPATION DUTIES WITH THE 24TH CORPS IN KOREA T5 Clarence M. Klrk patrick Jr., 23, Molln, Ore., a veteran -of the bitter battles for Lcyte and Okinawa, la now on occupation duty in Seoul, an cient capital city of Korea. In recognition of his fine per formance of duty as a clerk with the 11th POA, he was recently promoted from the grade of pri vate first class. Before entering the army In August of 1044, Klrkpatrick was a farmer. He is a graduate of Malln high school. T5 Klrkpatrlck's wife, Merle, his daughter, Pamela, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Kirk patrlck, are residents of Malin. Ington, D. C, trip In 11 hours. Kaiser executives are convinced the Halcyone, will help them set the pace in reaching San Francisco, Washington, Detroit or other points vital to the Kaiser Industries. Two Express Cars Reported Derailed SPOKANE, Jan. 2 W) Two curs of express in a Spokane, Portland and Seattle passenger train were derailed this morning at Hooper. 100 miles west of here, but first reports from the scene said no one was Injured. The two cars ended up cross wise of the tracks. Other traffic on the road was ' being re-routed over the North-! em Pacific tracks out of Pasco, j Classified Ads Bring Results, i Wednesday. Jan. 2. IMS HERALD AND HXW1 KIWI mm Paul O. Landry this question! - "I gave my daughter a new fur coat for Christmas. Can she get an 'all risk' Insurance policy that will protect her against loss in case the coat is damaged, destroyed by fire, lost or stolen?" , ' For Information on any Insurance problem, consult THE LANDRY CO. 419 Main St. Ph. 3612 Serving Klamath 20 Years . The Courthouse Is Now One Block Down The Street From Our Office. Ml M ll Li PLENTY OF WHITES All Wool 50 Wool Full Fashioned Rayon Elastic Tops 35c to 1'0 Pair mm SU Mala ERE IS THE I Is American Business To Be Based On Free Com pet Mo n Or Is li To Become Socialized, With All Activities Controlled And Regimented? General Motors has faced what it believes is a highly critical issue. It has made its decision. It is important that the public understand the issue. , The issue at stake transcends the interests of Gen eral Motors. There , is, involved something far more consequential a most vital principle. Is American business in the future, as in the past, to be conducted as a competi tive system? Or is the determination of the essential .economic factors, such as costs, prices, profits, etc, upon which business success and progress depend, to be made politically by some governmental agency instead of by the management ap pointed by the owners of the business for that purpose? America is at the crossroads ! It must reserve the freedom of each unit of American business to . determine its own destinies. Or it must transfer to some governmental bureaucracy or agency or to a union, the responsibility of management that has been the very keystone of American business. Shall this responsibility be surrendered? That is the decision the American people face. America must choosel General Motors has made its choice. It refuses to subscribe to what it believes will ultimately become, through the pro cess of evolution, the death of the Amer ican system of competitive enterprise. It will not participate voluntarily in what stands out crystal-clear at the end of the road a regimented economy. If this is what the American people want, they must make that choice through their ac credited representatives in congress. Gen eral Motors declines for itself to take such a great responsibility. It may be said that this is an exaggeration. It is not! All. business questions are interrelated. Costs, prices, wages, ; profits, schedules, invest ments must be the responsibility of management Political determination of s u c h relationships means regimentation. The idea of ability to pay, whatever its validity may be, is not applicable to an individual business within an industiy as a basis for raising its wages beyond the going rate. Consider the implications of such a principle. Who. would risk money to develop or expand a business under such circumstances? Where would be the incentive to do a more efficient job? Would it be intelligent to destroy the Incentive for ef ficiency? Would it not be more intelligent to subscribe to the principle that no bne should be forced to pay more than the. going rate. Should iGeneral Motors, assuming it issmore efficient, be ,., " required to pay more for materials, for transporta-' tion, for services or for wages than its competi tion? And how much more determined by a ... political governmental agency? . ' Do you subscribe to the belief that yon should pay for what you buy or the serv ices you use on the basis of your financial , resources? It is clear that this is the prin- ' -' ciple involved. ' v .,. t;r ( ,.. The president of the United States has ap pointed a fact-finding board to inquire into the circumstances involved in the demands of the UAW-CIO upon General Motors arid to make recommendations related thereto. General Motors stood ready to supply the board with all necessary data regarding wage rates, employes', earnings, hours of employment and all other relevant in formation regarding wages and employment. , However, the board has ruled that General Motors ability to pay will be considered as a factor in de termining an increase in wages. This would re quire an appraisal of costs, prices, prospective volume of business, investment factors, expenses and the entire f orward operating program of the business. Thus the board would assume the most vital functions of management. General Motors Is not contending that it has or has not the ability to pay. It al ways has paid liberal wages. It has at tempted through : protracted collective bargaining sessions to determine what is fair and equitable today. It has made a fair and liberal offer to the union. Notwithstanding the importance of re-establishing employment and resuming production at the earliest possible moment, the above reasons have made it impossible for General. Motors to participate in the proceedings of the board under the procedures as now established, , and it has therefore withdrawn from the hearings. It takes the position with great regret. But it does so in the sincere belief that this action is in the long term interest of employes, consumers, investors, and of the public as well and of higher standards for all. CE. Wilson , President Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. ' Chairman GENERAL MOTORS "More and Better Things for More People" : SSUE
