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The people's voice., 1944-02-04

four freedoms are of secondary con-
Isideration.
In case our United States or Eng
state, what class of our people would
| first seek refuge in foreign lands and
| first appear for peace of the best
advantage to the particular class they
represent?
Would it be out of order here to
ask ourselves: Is the class here in
America who is shedding their blood
and giving their lives among the ac-
tive class in presenting suggestions
as to what conditions must be after
the conflict ends? Is it the men on
the fighting lines who are playing
politics in discussing party and eco
nomic conditions for the future? Are
the plans being laid by our legislative
members, planned, designed and
placed on our law books whole heart
edly in the interests of our fighting
forces and the common people who
are back of them? Would spirit of
cooperation between political parties,
free from political aims, be out of
order? Can we expect an internation-
al peace when strife and turmoil is
apparent in our own national life? Do
common people elect men to legisla-
tive positions to represent party or
class or the people as a whole? Are
the four freedoms to be mass directed
or class directed by our law making
bodies? Are the people going to elect
a congress at next election to follow
only party lines, and play politics
with no special regard to the we'll
being of the people as a whole? Are
the people going to permit peace
settlement at the close of the present
war in the interest of other nations
only to drag us into conflict over
boundary lines or foreign opinions
not approved by some special class
here at home? Does it not appear
as though large part of the consid-
GRAFTON now being given to important
issues is more directed to defeat of
present administration than to win
ming an early end to the war and saw
ing the lives of our soldiers and stop |
ping further waste Of money?
Is it not time common people did |
some thinking outside of party lines?
E B. s.
The people's voice., 1944-02-04
The Peoples Voice
Helena, Montana

Tie Peoples VOICE
Helena, Montana
l picked up your paper in our local
post office, took it home and this
family of three thinks it fine and
want to subscribe to it.
So please send it to Mr.. Chas Bel
knap, Box 121, Burlington, Wash.
Wish more people would take an
interest in all liberal reading and see
about doing something about the prob
lens we have before us.
Very truly,
MRS. DORA BELKNAP,
Burlington, Wash
The people's voice., 1944-02-04
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14

witzleben. who later retired in the decisive moment ard betrayed his co-conSpirators.
 General Friedrich oIbricht. lead CT Of the Army units stationed in Germany. was definitely not in- volved. He was loyal. but still the Nazis had to get rld of him. oib- richt was opposed to total mobili- zation and had told the Fuehrer SO.
 That. then. vas the situation as ooebbels set about to stage his mi- racle.
 On July 90. Count von Stauffen- berg was ordered by the Propagan- da Ministry to fly from Berlin to Berchtesgaden with important do- cslments to be delivered to General Jodl, Hitler's military adviser. Then he was to fly back to Berlin. go di- rectly to General Olbricht's office in the Army Ministry in the Ben- dlerstrasse, and there await further orders from Gocbbels.
 Stauffenberg received large brief case shortly before 6 a. m, and immediately after took off for Berchtesgaden in a special courier plane. Landing in Berchtesgaden
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14

not Baltimore. but to New York, where for some months ] was as lost and mystified and as h0mesiek as MT. WordswoTth's cloud, For had no friends in that city, for some time.
 For entertainment, occasionally of an evening l would stroll into Ham- merstein's at Broadway and s2nd Street, or some other vaudeville house, But missed the easy lnlog- mality of the Irish Music Halls where, if you wearied of an act there was, in the rear Of the pit lOrehestFa to you bar and lounge, which was really a lounge, wltn great sofas and stuffed chairs, and three merry little haTmalds who kept everything well under control, Ham' meTstelns and the otheT New fogF vaudeville houses were tame remindv CTS of the lusty Halls ] had known, Even when Vesta Tillyl, and Marie Lloyd and other populaT GaYoFltes from the other side, whose names lFiekle jade is Mem0ryD ! have fogs gotten, were on the bill. t was never the same,
 Then Harry Lauder was booked into the old Palace, By then ] had struck up friendship with some Irish, English, 60teh and American lads, ! and the rest Of the allen contingent made bee line for the Palace, hooking, no doubt Rll we possessed to get 0FebestFa seats Way down in front, Ag0g and eager We awaited the curtains rise, Et came and patiently through the earlier acts, we waited for the star show
 
 The curtain was lowered, and the curtain was raised, and there stood Harry Lauder, and we were the first to lead the cheers and applause Then Harry sang, don't remember what hls first song was, but this dc know, when 1t came to the chorus VI joined in, We were so enthusiastic especially as Harry waved 10 us eDs e0uragement, that we didn't know anything was aIniss until a eoVey q shocked ushers rushed down % where we were sitting and adm0ns lshed us that singing by the audi ence was not permitted, Talk of be-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14

conspiracy. It all started last June 2e with a meeting of high Nazi leaders. representatives of the Ger man armament industry and food distribution leaders in Berlin.
 At that time Germanys military situation looked dark. Cherbourg had fallen; the Russians were breaking through; the Nazis were steadily retreating in Italy. The meeting was called because of de- mands from the army for more wea- pons and ammunition. and from the Party for more food for the civilian population.
 All those present were aware that it was impossible to increase arma- ment production because of the shortage of mSppower. Something new and drastic had to be done. Total mobilization was needed, though that meant that the stand ard of life in Germany would have to be lowered to a point where 1t consisted only of fighting or work ing for the war effort every waking minute. with just enough food and sleep to keep soldiers, and workers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14

alive.
 pr. 0oebbels, master propagan. dist. knew that to justify the need for such great new sacrifices was an almost impossible task even for him. He needed to devise a shock treatment which would make the hcmb-xunned German people ac- cept the new sacrifices of total mo- bilization. He recalled two other shock treatments which had work cd well in the past: the Reichstag Fire and the Blood Purge. Both disasters had united or reunited the people behind Hitler.
 The new crisis, however. required something even stronger. The only thing that seemed to qualify was a miracle, and on July %. after the shock treatment had been applied. Goebbels told the German people: T can only say that, fl the salva- ton of the Fuehrer from extreme danger to his life, was no miracle, then there just are no miracles at all"
 But did Goebbels create out of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14
Hitler's Miraculous" Escape Called Goebbels' Greatest Hoax
Was Not Study When Bomb Exploded Says Curt Ress

shortly after 10 .. m.. he dellv. cred the briefcase Co General Jodl. We don't know what the General did with it. but it seems logical that he opened iL for otherwise what was the sense of sending the papers by special eourier9 It may therefore be assumed that the briefcase did not contain a bomb.
 The time Of the explosion was il:sO. me official account later said that Count Stauffenberg left after the explosion had taken place. The fact Is. however. that the Count took off a few minutes after ll; that the plane made a landing at the Munich airport: that the Count stayed over for lunch with a friend and distant relative. He resumed his flight to Berlin shortly after 2 D. nl.
 HITLER SAVED"
 It will be recalled that the off, cial version of the assault on the rlehrer said that the briefcast con- taining a bomb was placed near Fzitler's feet; that the explosion wrecked his entire study. a table with maps being blown out of the window. The chief of the Luft- waffle Staff. General Ouentler Kor- ten, presumably standing behind Hitler. was killed. General Jodl. pre-. sumably standing next to the Ftieh- Ter. was seriously wounded. Bul Hitler was saved by a miracle. Pro- vidence had watched over the Fueh. Ter.
 However. since it was not Provl- dence, but Joseph Goebbels. whc had been at work. some holes ap. pear in the story o: the bombing.
 First, not even a man so trusted a. Count won Stauffenberg could deposit a briefcase at Hitler's feel without everybody in the room no. ticing the strangeness Of such ar action.
 Second. nobody in the room which as photos prove. was thoroughly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14

nothing the conspiracy against Hit Ter. complete with bomb assaultl The answer to this is Noi There was a conspiracy In expectance os rather there were elements of a conspiracy.
 SHOCK TREATMENT
 Colonel Count Claus Schenk ven Stauffenberg Of Hfuers private staff was actually conspiring against the Faaehrer.
 This man came from an old Ger man Catholic noble family. lie losl an eye and an arm in the African campaign during which he was taken prisoner by the English. Fn captivity he became a completely disillusioned man who no longer wanted any part of Hitler. Later he was exchanged.
 what had happened during the time he was an Allied prisoneri Through his wife Stauffenberg was related Co English aristocracy. There may have been friendly talks bee tween him and his relatives in Eng land. In any case. when Stauffen- berg returned to Germany. he im- mediately started his anti-HitleF plans. The whole story will prob- ably be told after the war. for there is someone alive to tell it-Countess von Stauffenberg, who escaped to B neutral country.
 The men with whom Stauffen- berg discussed ways and means tc get rid of Hitler were Herr Karl Ooerdeler, and Field Marshal von witzleben. Goerdeler tnow safe in a neutral countryD had been price commissioner under the Republic as well as under Hitler.
 Field Marshal von Wetzeiben was one of the more conservative offic- CTS. Once before he had taken par, in a conspiracy against the Hitler regime. That was in 1885 when former leaders of Catholic workers unions planned to do away with the Nazis and made contact with von
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14

Joseph F. Donahue of Union City former member
 f o,,r renortoria staff is now Marine sergeant ana foreign combat correspondent in the Pacific where he's stationed the weather is grand and the scenery beautiful and by scenery he doesn't mean the kind that walks During the past six days he's had an oppor- tunity to visit Honolulu and Waikiki The latter was really interesting in that included WSlt to the estate of Doris Duke Cromwell o, Doris wasn't home) He says he saw real good pictures of his former reportorial sidekck Ray Fitzpatrick, also Marine ferred from his former surroundings to a much less comfortable situation He adds Ray should be coming through with great stories soon and would give a dollar to run into his former Democrat buddy but doesn't think things will work out that way
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14

damaged, could have escaped with. out injury. Least of all the FAieh. Ter, who was right next to the ex. ploding bomb.
 There are strong indications that Hitler was not In his study at the time of the bombing. but was on his way from the Eagles Nest Go his home in Berchtesgaden. Tn any case, the meeting during which the bomb Is said Co have exploded was called not for ii o'clock, but for noon. an hour before which Hitler, who goes to bed in the early morning hours, never attends Co official business.
 ExPENDABLEs
 ooebbels needed actual victims at the scene of the bombing. Other. wise the fact that Hitler was saved could not be called a miracle. Nazls being what they are. 1t may be ass sumed that the Propaganda Min. lster marked as 'expendables" suci men as Heinrich Berger, one of Hit. ler's confidential secretaries. and tho Generals Korten and Heinz Brandt.
 AS soon as the bomb went off, SS officials rushed in and exam. ined what was left Of it. They pro. claimed that the bomb was of Eng lish origin. But would German of- ficers consplring to assassinate the Ftiehrer have to import a bomb from England7
 0oebbels miracle proved an eifec- tive shock treatment. For days Ger many spoke Of nothing else but tho miracle of Hitler's escape. The gen. erals were called "blue-blooded swine" by Minister Robert ley, and generally blamed for the reverses on the military front.
 All of this proved so exciting and sensational to the German-ln-the. street that it never occurred to him there was no connection whatsoever between the so.called plot of the generals and the Total Mobilization which Goebbels decreed immediately following the dramatic events Of July 20.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14

e-sgt Erwin C. Moe, 27, Of I46 North Main Street, gunner on B24 Lberator bomber operating from Italy, has been awarded the fourth Oak Leaf Cluster to the
 Ar Medal, according to an announcement by the 18th Air Force, In the words of the citation, the award was made "foF meritorous achievement in aerial flight while participating in sustained operaonal activities against the enemy, Sgt Moe was nducted into the Army November IS, l042 He is now stationed at 18th Air Force heavy bomber base in Italy, in a group, eom- Manded by It. Col Joseph c, Russell of San Antonio, Texas,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14

Claude N. Phillips, assistant foreman on die work in the East Machine Room recently completed 25 years service with ScOvills Claude, who born in BOyne City, Michigan, September 5, 1883, joined ScOvilrs m the Tool Room as Assistant Foreman to Armand Woln August 1919. He later went to the East Machine as Assistant Foreman in the East Machine Room on Die Work He is married and has daughter also married He has been member of the Townsend Lodge, Mo- S9, Odd Fellows for the past thirty years. He came East In 1900 and has stayed in Waterbury since. He lives tn FaEIawn and is a cOmmunicant of Christ Chapel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14

Lucien LarEivee, strOngman of the local cOnstab. uIary and his better half are vacatiOning at Long
 meadow. Last Friday evening, sweltering as 1t was, Lucen invited his brother, LeO six years his younger and one of the city's most popular glove thF0wers not many years back out to enjoy few hours fish ing. Leo accepted and after two hours of ishess endeav0r the boys were about to call it quits Sud, denly Leo believed he hooked his first catch and became excited fell from the boat, clothes and all The result no fish, half-mie swim to the shore and dandy cold Saturday ayem.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14
WAVELETS s
By ED LEAMY

The other evening I happened 10 tune in haphaza. .diy on my radio in time to catch unexpectedly a med ley of Harry Lauder songs and tunes. They were most of them old favor ties "A Wee Dock and Doris T Love a Lassie," Poo the Noo'. and others. And the floodgates of Mem- ory opened, and the waters of No- syalgia swept over me like a tide.
 The younger generation knows nothing. or little of Harry Lauder the diminuitive Scotsman in kits, and gnarled, twisted. walking-stick, and his "Sporran, who was a top- liner in vaudeville for many a long gone day-before radio and before World War I, in which his only son was killed.
 As a lad, before I came 70 America frequented Music Halls in Dublin and in London, and when Harry Lauder was billed the SRO sign was hung out long before the house opened it's doors.
 Tn Dublin, and the chaps from St, Cecelia's Medical College, and the boys from Trinity. and the Cath ollie University, and the Royal Uni- Yersity would get together to give Harry a TOusing cheer, and to raise the Fafters to the roof of the old Empire as We beloved out the ehor- neac af HarrU I aldaric c0n0C
 
 He loved that, It was the highest tribute that could be paid to him, Even the staid London Hall-goegs forgot their usual aplomb to join ln with Harry when he sang; And ] kissed her on the ship, and the crew began to roar "Heello, HeeliO, for I'm off to Baltimore
 And then it was ] who was of to-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14

Curt Rle@ aa. ehee sf The NalEs Go un. aergrOund", Is a German with acccxs e secret lnform alto n from within NaEl Germany. Here, en che basis Of aulhen. tlc facts he pre- senls the story behind Che mlt. fer bombing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14
New York Stations

WJZ-J0n Cart Trio WARc--Dean Hudson, orch. n -WEAF--For the Record: Vaughn Monroe WOli-Guy Lombardo's orch.
 WJZ--Saludos Amigos: cordoya; Songs WABc Johnny Longs Orch,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14

Mir. and Mrs. Ken Alyta are celebrating their first wedding anniversary today The latter IS the iOrmer this city recently entertained Mrs. Kingsley Wnit cornh of Madison at their summer home in COlebroOk
 John A. CIuney sports ed, was back at his desk today after his annual two weeks Of nOtn'"g tO-dO
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14

Seaman Charles Durfee. IT,, stationed at Yale University in New Haven recently enjoyed a weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs. Charles Durfee of this city at their Middle Beach Road cottage in Madison He had his guest Private Keith Ulenhaut of Boston, also stationed at Yale.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14

Chesia K0sinski Of South Main Street and Marie Watson of Wheeler Street left last Friday for weeks vacation in Virginia where they will visit the formers s0IdeFbF0ther On their way down they hope to stop at Washington, D. G. and take n the sights at the nations capital for the first time
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14
THE SHADE

Sitting ln the shade Is such 6 Testful thulg, The place which nature made Geod enough for any king It rests the tired body And so0ths the troubled mlnd To view the works Of nature Tbe emerald green and pine, Let us wander down the valley And view the shady hooks, And have a mental sally And watch the running brooks, Communion wlth the god Of nature In such Festful shade, No other pastiHle can be gEeateF That nature ever made, All honor to the god of nature For such a wonderful shade, Let us taFFy there often, Before those shadows fade
 DANIEL oIILE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14
Good Evening.
LOVELY suNsMERI

*s
 LOVELY sUAaAERl
 Csomewhere After Robert V. serytee) The summer no hotter was ever.
 The sunlight is hot on the hiL The lakes and the rivers are stewing, old Sol Is out for kill. The campers are sick of the country, Its woods and its fields toasted brown And long for an air.cooled movie And all of the comforts of town. The summer no hotter ever, The birds sing on flat note: Where is that freshness and wseetness. It's even an effort to floatl EM
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14

New York, because Dinah needed them on her U60-camp shows tour, The friend got them to her just ln time, The reporter Just dldp't have the heart 10 tell Dilah that you eeD still get bobby pins ip New York,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14
WATR PROGRAMS l32e KiloeycIes

2 3:0O--Kiernan's Corner 3:i5-Iiollywood Star Time 3:30-Appointment With Life S:00-Ethel and Albert S:l5-Don Norman Show l:30-Time Views The News s:s5-Sustaining Music b;00-Tefry and the Pirates 5;lb-Melody Revue 5:s0-Jaek Armsirong b;s5-Sea Hound 6;00-fankee News 6.l5-Nusic For Dining 6;s0-News; Program oE Song 7.0e-lioTace gfeidi 7:30--Phons Your Answer Something For The Girls s:00-Wateb The World Go By S,i5-I.um Tn Abner s:s0-lillnd Date 9;00-counterspy s,30-Sp0tliEhf aisnds: lnteFlude 10 l0;0e-RaymOnd Gram Swing I0:Ib-TOp 0f The Evening With loisO-Gewsi Those Good Old Days ll l,00-Yankse News Il;l5-liay Henle Commentator
 ts9-saludos Amigos lf;bb-News
 TOMORROW T;l6-EaeTed Heart Program s;IS-sSapasrs' sgIsS-ssSSesss esEsI Guide, News 9;O0-IsTeakfast Club t0,O0-My True Story l0ie5-Aunt Jeminla Program lO;30-kay AFmep l0;s5-rhe Listening Post II l'00-Itreakf kfast at saFdls fl ,30-lll Nariyn !lits-Whats SOuv Iass' l2,O0-filamouF NanOH l2i30-NeWH l2;l5--Nel0dy Time l;00-Newsi Melody Time lll5-Jaek ReFeh ADd the Three
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 l,80-I,uneheon With L0pes Iiss-AmeFlean Woman's Jury
Laurel outlook., 1944-12-20
The News
ofLAUREL
q 7

Mr.. and Mrs. Rass Stoltz of Bill
lings were guests during the week
at the homes of their daughters
Mrs. Loren Bice and Mrs. Herman
Miller, and their sons, Joe Stolt2
and Anton Stoltz.
Private First Class Frank Baker
arrived Monday from Omaha to
spend several days with his father.
R. L. Baker, and will leave for
Washington state to spend the re-
n.ainder of his furlough with rela-
tives.
Mrs. a. w. Hambidge has re-
ceived word that her brother, Pri-
vate First Class Dale Whitaker of
Fort Crockett, Tex, has been pro-
NOTED to corporal.
Miss Patricia Early, Miss Jacque
Wallace and Miss Irene Sherrow,
freshmen at Montana State college
at Bozeman are expected home Fri
day to spend a Today vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Young, who
were guests several days of their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Burke, returned to their
home in Hedgesville Monday.
Laurel outlook., 1944-12-20
Pen


Floyd Hutchins left Friday TO,
Omak, Wash, to spend some time
at the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Otis Hutchins.
Miss Norma Burke and Miss La.
Merne Mcintyre will return home
Thursday from Missoula where they
are freshmen at Montana Univer-
sity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Hoffman
and children, Carol and Donald and
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hoffman, all
of Worden, were guests Sunday of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. j. Krug.
Following a brief business meet
ing at the L. l.. club Monday eve
ming Evergreen Rebekahs held their
annual Christmas party. Enter
tainment consisted of group sing
ing and other musical selections.
Gifts were exchanged during the
evening. Refreshments were served
at tables decorated with lighted
candles. Mrs. Minnie M. Fenton,
Mrs. Helen Jacobs and Mrs. Har-
riet Bliss were hostesses. Announce
ment was made that the recently
elected staff of offers will be in
stalled at the Jan. 16 meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Dinsmoor
will be guests at a family Christmas
dinner Sunday at the home of MI.
and Mrs. Lemuel Neeff of Billings.
Mrs. Max Simons will assist in
entertaining and other guests will
include Mrs. Calvin Samson of
Helena.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Sekora were
hosts at a Christmas dinner SUM-
day honoring Mrs. Sekora's broth
er, Lawrence Lantz of Bridger who
left this week to enter the armed
forces. Other guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Adam Lantz of Bridger and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Geiger and chill
dren of Billings.
Laurel outlook., 1944-12-20
St. Nick SHE'D From
attention for His Gifts

The stocking custom is said to
have started with st. Nicholas, orig
inal of Santa Claus, a Greek bishop,
Nicholas of Myra, who lived in the
fourth century. He was both gen.
erous and shy, and hated to be
thanked for the presents he was
continually making to those in need.
Once he climbed to a roof top and
dropped a purse of gold down the
chimney so that he would not be
seen. The money, instead of falling
in the fire, lodged in a child's stock
ing that had been hung up to dry on
the mantelpiece.
His act became known, and there
after whenever unexpected gifts
came from unknown sources they
were attributed to st. Nicholas.