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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
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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-
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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
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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" :
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