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Washington Journal., 1945-05-04

unb sinitieer @erurtbeils
tsg, fpis i9 mar, bab Du ME Define
@obI bereuen Ioatsit. Sade mir, Mars
qaret, baB Ou lie ni9t bereuft!"
vNiemdls! Niemalsl gdemalsl -
limb, OBJ Stephen, mas bate i6 gu bets
eeben9 Die fonn i9 je Nnbsres tbun.
ols Den lieben uno ebren, Der mid
liebte unb mir Sonne, Stab uno 9ort
ipdr, bd ib in 9ilfloiigteit uno 8linbs
belt f9ma9tets! Du DurIt meiss
ba i4 blinb mar, Ou 6iit meine
Some, oa i6 ie6e unb rein uno
fledenlos, pie meme Some Dor mir
bdItebt, piro Iis emit, i'd peiB es, 6ea
uno unperbunfelt, aus alien fsinblis
den @eip0lt berOot9sben - Der 3ims
mel pirb bic Dubrbeit ar ben Sag
brinsen - lab uHs Soft osr.
trduen!" ----
unb i6r olGubiges, mutbiges @er'
trouen Ioats ie nidt getduI6t boben.
@tna einen Monat nab benz Gage iGs
rer Riidtebr fano in Der Sdlaftam'
mer eines Der sbemulieen Stuabeoiens
ten BON @omberbi1 cine i4pG6ere@1<
ploTion itatt, bic bauli9 tpenig Sdas
ben anridtets, nur Der 8epo9ner Der
3ommer ielbIt Wurbe i9Der usrleBt.
@s mar berIelbe StaGpd6ter, ben
@ren oamals Bel ieinem eiliqen 8eIu9
getroffen; Der WtdnH mar tObtlt9 Ders
lebt uno auf feinem Sterbebette legte
er Dor ben 8eamten, bic i'm tpegen Der
@%ntfte6ung oes psrbddti9en llngliidss
fdQes 3u p%ernebmen tdmen. elm reuiges
@etGnbniB al. Die GrpIoiion mar
entifunben ourh Iein urncriiGtio's
nmqeben nit elmer fletneren cnee
Spnomit, bic er nod in 8etpobrung
bate. @r lel6lt mar Tenier unb etn
@ertaeug bes @ehetmbunbes; er bate
bic @rploionsbombe in 8lehingtOns
Staqe oele9t, bon benz er 81 biefem
8ebufe feline Mitbebienfteten 5eitDeilsg
entfernt bate, 70 baB @rep aus bieiem
@runbe 6amuIs bas Stangebdube per'
ldfen fanb, unb er mar BEL Der @rpIo<
Iion in beg MaiOrs 9uufe Der @ehilfe
Grimes eefpeien, befen Sbdteri9aft sr
in ibren Ginoslbeiten genau angeber
fonnte unb bs1sn 6inpedloden 6ane
nabs er, Die ma btes ri6tig Dermus
t6ef bate, nit benz Buni4e Grimes
erflGrte, bas Mdb9en, BEN er pirtli9
5ueetbon mar, Der bro6enoen 9efobr
gu ent3iebtn. Die Dor benz Sobe bes
Mdnnes Dor 3eusen dufgenommens
unb omtli9 begluubigte Musidge etc
tlGrte Nuss unb Stephen @rep ftdno
bonfdnbig geredtfertist ba.
9ls bas gliidIi4e Gbepuur btsfe
Na9ri9t empfing, bic linen Der rsutes.
~ptrfobnte Mujor fstbit iiberbraatt,
Ianfen ffe einonbsr unter GreubeRH
tbrGnen In bic Mrme.
Nnn1
Washington Journal., 1945-05-04
2lmtcrienncr ~iibcrnckntcn
Pfleec pen DcMtIhen

aniiern 0eutidlano) - Die Geut-
iden bradten mebrere &un0ert ibrer
eigenen 8erGpnnoeten in 2~oitfroftna.
gen, Nmbulan5en, D8oIfswagen~ uno
anoeren @efGbrten nod sen amerifa-
9inien, mo- Tie sen @aior
@artin Sirael iogIei6 6ereit fan6en
Itd Ser @%ntienten %or3unebmen. o@ir
mer0en lie genau 10 iorgf6ltig bebnn=
oeln, mie uniere eigenen Berpunoe-
ten" erfl1rte Ser amerifaniid|e Dill
5ier.
AuBer Sen oeutif,en Berlprnoeten
erreidten in Dem 8%ugen3ltg Is oeltt-
ife 5rauen, oarunter flint &fle9erin-
llelt, Ole amerifonii6en 2inien.
Washington Journal., 1945-05-04
ucttc SdMhmarec gilt
crit pcm l. 2lmeMit ab

Gns ACKNOWLEDGMENT gob
belite befanrit, 6oB oie n1hIte
'S6ub : Hationsmarfe ol1 1. @ltglilt
III &raft geiest neroen miiroe
neun Mnnate nod Ser lesten, Ole am
1. Nobember oorigen Sabres @iiltig-
felt erlangte. Ser felt Nopem6er
befolgte @rltnolas, benz 8er6rauder-
pltbIifum iabrGid 5fpei S6ubpnnre
5il8tgeIteben, fdlt oanit. llrIpriing-
lid) mar benbiidtigt, Die rieiie Mnrfe
idlon allt 1. Waai in &raft 81 iesen,
aab abcr Dor eittigeit @o1en
at miiien, Dob Oie Sdubbeitanoe
nid)t nltsreidenb ieien oafiir. Seltte
begriinbete iie Die 8erl1ngerling Ser
&utionsperio0e nit odllBerlt idfpe-
rem milit1riiden 9nforoerlingeu
uno itarfer Snanlprufmabme Der
misunderstanding.
Washington Journal., 1945-05-04
26.

Ser beutI9e Mugendr3t bate Iein
@ert ppllbro6t, nit benz @eI9id, bas
feinem groBen &uf entfpra9, unb nit
benz @rfolg, ben er perbeiBen. Wenige
Woden na9 Der Operation tpurben Die
8anbaeen BON Margarets @ugen emf
fernt, unb Tie tonnte ieben anfangs
nod unbe1ttmmt, unii4er, fait ,r@
16redt, bod in ipenigen Sagen NOR
nab porIi9tiser, i9onenbet @epO5z
nune hires Muges an oas t6m nieoerz
gegebene 2i9t unb Die erneute SbGtigz
felt audi oieIer rebelItanb eeboben,
unb bic Sur mar beenbet, bic patien>
tin gebeilt!
Sic beburfte ni9t LANCER Der Sii3z
ring, tie tpnnte, ieBt ni9t mebr in al
ibren 9anbluneen ubbdngig BON Nm
beren, urtbeilen unb banbeln na9 III
rem eigenen @rmeien, unb Der erite
69ritt bieler ibrer lnab6dn9igteit
muBte fein, baB iie unter bas Dad ibz
res @utten, na9 Der Mbtei 5uriidz
febrte. Sbr 9lab mar an Der Settle III
res @atten, iagte ie li4, pobin i6r
!9er3 ME lire BfliAt iie rief, i1m be
0ereanaenbeit gu per5eibtn, ibn-fiir bic
3utunft gu ftiiben unO gu itdrten, i1n
beiauIteben, bdB CT ni9t, ipie feblerbait
poer ldulbig CT aud Iein mo9te, oss
ni9tig1ten, liebeppliten 8eiItanoss,
Der inn eehDrte, beraubt, auf's Neue
in 66ulb perlGnte, Dor Der lie i'm Gil
f9iiben Die Mla9t unb ben beilioen Ysz
ruff beiaB. Gs fpur bas fein Spfer fir
1ie, benin lie liebte i'm = liebte i'm ia
nod INNER nit elmer Stefe uno Snnigz
felt, ooB elm 2eben pbne i'm fir lie
tein 2eben mar, unb lie fiiblte. baB lie
als bas @eib bes I9uloieen, eeliebten
Stepben @reD elidli9er Iein fperb,,
benn als 80nigin zines groBen Hei9s
pbne ibn.
Stephen @rep bate. niebergebeugt,
perein5dmt, bon aIer @elt 5uriidge5oz
gen, nod benz Weggeben ieiner Satin
als Elm @iniiebler auf Der perldRenen
Mbtei feinen GiB Maommen unb lebte
bort ieinem f9mersliA ftilen SIRIUS
men, feinem Gram ano Summer. gIs
er zines Sages traurig uno alein am
offenen 6enftef 5eines 6duIes itano,
bitter in ben berbitlihen @arten bin
ausblidte, audte er plGsli9 bsftie suz
fammen uno eriff nit Der 9anb mad
feiner Stirn, als fiir9te er, bon elmer
t6anuainution getduiAt gu iein, als
traue er ieinen Sinnen ni4t q
fab cine i9lante, grd5iOie Srauenge>
italt nit bonn frii4en Seepinbe 5ers
Washington Journal., 1945-05-04
ueberflhifia.

ueberflhffi9. G6rffer:
@arum i9ieBen sic gar nidt2 Sonn-
tagsjdeer: 9u 1T ia bod gar fem 9aie.
6oriter: @osn muB oenn seraoe ein
Saie babel Iein. penn Sic in Die 2uft
i9ieBen?
Gin S9limmer. uWarum
peinen sic benn?" .Wetl mir meine
Jruu burdgebrannt iit!" Sic. bOz
rem sic NAL - pe~rlinbigen Sic fi4
ni9t!"
99lau. Ser flsine Sans;
,Yapa, iparun linb bic Slide eieent=
lid Itumm?" Drummer Sunae. fannlt
gu oenn ipreden, luerln Su unter
Wailer biIt?"
Nus9enuBt. g.: .@ie
fommt es. oaB Sic 10 raid lt~enoerapbi=
ren?" g.: sd babe mid on ben =
@aroinenpreOigten meiner 6rau geiibt!"
&efignatipn. Stuoent:
,Sie Yriifuneen oes 2ebens iino Die
ein5i9en, Die i'd beltebe."
Washington Journal., 1945-05-04

er perIs6sn mar, fteGIts feline untsrTHs
dung al, bic nur ipenige Wtomente
pG6rte.
IS lift, pie i9 ba9te," Iagts er rus
big unb beittmmt, na9osm ie beenOet
mar, ytpie i'd psrmutbete, dls i'd bGrte,
baB feline GuBere @srleBung oes @ss
Ii9ts ItottgefunOen. Sbr 6aa, Mdoan,
lit ni9t boffnungslos!"
y0Gre IS mOgli9, sic tonnten mir
Soffnung geben2" i4rie Margaret err
regt auf. vQtber Sbre englif4en &ollez
gen, mein Serr = Die gr0Bten Nutor;s
tdten - ite ftimmten therein, OaB cine
SeiIung unmOgli9 iei ....."
.9or einem balben Sabre, Mabam !!
Sal" idgte Der ar3t nit grOBem Nd4s
brid. v8or einem balben Sabre mar
Iie unm0gIi9! Neil es odmdls unmDgs
lid ipar, aiif operdtipem Wege ods nors
%3unebmen, mas bier n0t6ig fpGre, I'm
bic l1rfaGe Der 8linbbeit, bd bas 4uge
teinestpegs 5erit0rt lit, gu beieitigen.
SEPT absr, MuOam, felt fpenigen Wtos
naten, 1T elm operatives 8erfabren,
Oies gu er3ielen, gefunbsn pOrOen-Don
einem u%nierer berporragenoiten Wldnz
ner Der @iKeni9uft, beHen S4iilsr
i'd gu lein bic Gbrs babe. Sragen sic
beute OieIelbeu SPECIALIZATION, bic sic
oamals gefragt, unb iie perOen Sbnen
ni4t mebr iogen, Sbr 5aa let bOFfs
nungslos."
Marearet be6te Dor @rresung unb
fi9 fait biz our t0rpsrli9en @@mer3>
empfinbung fteigernoem S4panten
3pif9en 8ansen unb JreuOe. Sic
preBte ibre 0dnbe in chamber, buB Die
8inse in bas CARTE Sleif9 f4nitten.
,6eiten sic mid, mein 0err", ricf
lie leibenI9aftIi9 aus, ngeben sic mir
bas Mu9enli9t nieber, unO i'd tperoe
Sic fegnen Bis gu meinerS ooesitunOe!
Nber, Of, i9 CLAUDE, i'd fperbe Sic bali
fen, fpenn sic mid setdui4t. penn
sic mir bieie ~Itrablenbe 9pffnung nur
erpedt, I'm mid Johann in um 10 tie
fsrss 9untel au itiir3en!"
,@ertrauen sic Ii9 mir an, meine
tbeure, iunge 2abp, unb laHen sic uns
bas 8eite boffen - Der Grfol9 itebt in
@ottes Sdnb!" entgegnete Der Nrat
ernit. nOo9 t4 CLAUDE, Sbnen DerfpreS
9en gu fOnnen, baB meme &unit ni9t
pergebli9 an bds Wert gehen ptro unb
eSbr armes glige Dor benz Moment Iei>
ner @rl0fung ifebt. @rfabren sic benin,
tpenn bits bie0ei9t our @rbObung So
res 8ertrauens gu mir unb our Su9e
bei5utrdgen berma9, buB ni9t elm
3ufau, ni9t elm miibiges 90renidgen,
ME id Oorgei9iiBt, mid bergefii6rt,
Ionbern oab i9 BON S6ren S%reunoen,
bic BON benz neren @erfabren unb mel
ner Sbdtigteit barin geb0rt, gu S6nen
berufen tparb. 2orb Slemmtng6am
mar es, Der mid BON benz San inter-
ri6tete unb bsipog, bieIe I4einbar 3u=
fd1ige 8egeonung bier berbei3ufiibren
- cine f9einbur 3ufd[ige 8eoegnung,
Inn sic ni9t bur9 bic @i9tigteit,
tpelde ibr beigelegt purbe, gu erregen
unb 6offnungen in S6nen 81 erpeden,
Die pielei6t, na9bem iA Sbr @u9e &C.
feben, in Ni9ts 3erfielen. limb nun,
Mabam, ieien sic 9eOulbig, ieien sic
TAPER, feien sic fart, unb i9 gluute,
i'd iperbe sic nt9t enttduf9en: Die
3utunft pirb Sbnen ferner cine li@te,
cine i90ne, cine ipl8e fein, in Der Die
@onne Sbrem @uge tpieber leu3tet!"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-28

but defensive fire power coupled with radar
fire.control apparatus has demonstrated time
and again that American battleships are cap
able of self-defense even without an aircraft
umbrella"
We may be sure the contest between bat
tlewagons and planes will furnish plenty OF
discussion after the war as it did before. In
the meantime, we may be grateful that Amer.
lean dreadnaughts have proved their SUPERIOR
ty over the foes best in the Pacific.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-28
Spain In Postwar World

With the fighting in Europe ended the
question of the position Of Europe's neutral
nations in the brave new world ahead is
pressing. for an answer. Switzerland and
Sweden are in an advantageous position be-
cause they have not been recently at war
and are capable of cooperating effectively
with the United Nations in establishing a
stable peace if so inclined.
SPANS situation is, different. Spain has
hardly begun to re> ver from its devastating
civil war and, because its government has
seen fit to cooperate secretly with the Nazis
and is headed by dictator who owes his
success to Nazi aid during that war, its
postwar position is not very secure. Spain will
probably be left to work out its own saliva
ton Whatever aid is given in the near future
will be on a strictly humanitarian basis. And
even to receive this Spain, that is to say the
Franco government, will have to mend some
of its ways quickly
It will have to stop mistreating prison
ers for example, in labor camps, which have
been modelled on the Nazi pattern. A group
of foreign correspondents, representing Unit
ed States, British and French newspapers,
recently made tour of one of these camps,
interviewed prisoners, and were threatened
with overnight detention when they refused
to sign statement the commandant, Major
Ramon Gonzalez, started to dictate in their
presence.
What they saw, and the testimony they
heard, was enough to turn the blood OF any
civilized person. The only crime apparently
not committed by the guards was actual
murder Of inmates who were beaten repeat
eddy. One of the doctors on the camp staff,
described as a pro-Nazi sadist, was reported
to have a dysentery patient beaten in bed
Foreign prisoners told the correspondents
they had been confined without charge or
trial or the term of their imprisonment speci-
fled. They are compelled to work, and it is
hard labor, with little food, and practically
no sanitary facilities. The correspondents
were taken to see the shower baths, but the
guide admitted they had never been used.
This goes on in the country Dictator
Franco, now that Germany is beaten wants
to have a place among favored nations. Sure
iy Spain deserves such place, but can at
tain it only under different government. The
republican element in the population is de-
termined to overthrow Franco. May they be
successful.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-28
BY KENNETH DIXON

IN OCCUPIED ERIN ANY,
May 27.-(P-Peace, like war, is
full of little lronic twists.
Out of the front gates Of the
87th Divisions prisoner of war
camp at Plauen walked Cpl. Fritz
Riedel, veteran of the Wehr-
macht engineers with six years
service and the campaigns in, Rus
STA, Poland and France behind
him. Fritz was the first German
prisoner "discharged'' by the
Yanks because Plauen was his
home town.
Waiting outside were his wife
and four children-and the victori-
Gus American Doughboys who
turned him loose wore w1y grins OF
envy as they watched the reunion
But Fritz joy was compare
lively short-lived. The home to
which he returned was bombed out
and there is practically no food.
Between now and winter he must
find some way to setter and feed
his family.
Most of the prisoners who were
released with Fritz live nearby.
One group Of German Wacs. whose
sex created a considerable pro-
blem in the camp, also were sent
home.
The prisoners going through the
87th's "separation center" ranged
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-28
Return Of The Native

Fritz Kuhn former fuehrer of the Ger
man-American Bund is being sent back to
his native land to view the ultimate fruits of
the glories of Hitlerism. He will see the marks
of ruin left by the might Of united country
whose unity he did his best to destroy.
1t seems a pity that Fritz couldn't have
been on hand to witness the fireworks that
marked the Third Reich's closing days. He
always was a great one for spectacles. But
at least he's on his way. We hope that he has
4 long and thoroughly unpleasant visit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-28
BY LEE G. MILLER

MANILA.-(By Wireless) - We
returned from our sea trip in
style.
Our cruiser dropped anchor
many miles from Manila, but Capt.
Jack Duncan of our ship and Capt.
H. G. Hopwood of another got to-
gether and scraped up three two
scatter seaplanes. Sam Kinch of
Fort Worth and l rode in the rear
seats of the two planes, and the
third carried our bags.
The planes were mounted on
their high catapult gear, and it
was quite a job getting up there
and into the seat, especially while
burdened with life jacket and para
chute. And of course I had to
crowl into the wrong seat on the
first try.
But as soon as the crane had
lowered us to the water it was a
fine ride. My pilot was Lieut..
Charles Stewart, of Oakland, Calf,
who was probably not born when
l took my first airplane flight
in Curtiss Jenny at Brownstone,
Ind, in 1918.
We got enough altitude so that
in case of trouble while over land
we could glide to a water landing,
and then the three planes flew
formation-a little too tightly some
times for my nerves.
We circled over the walled city
here, and picked out from the air
the spot where in February I'd
seen my first Jap killed. We put
down without jolt near ship
which is generating electricity for
Army use here, and she sent a
small boat. Then all I had to do
was to descend gingerly from the
cockpit, typewriter in hand, walk
out to the wing tip and jump for
dear life to the boat.
The ships people phoned for a
jeep, and invited us to come to
their movie some night. The Navy
is good host wherever you find
it.
Some odds and ends
Censoring mems mail is a task
officers dislike. They wish it
weren't required. Men write too
impersonally, they say, because
of the feeling that 1.-THE censor
is looking over their shoulders. ="
Manila is getting positively ef-
fete. On returning I found my
army cot gone, and in its place ar
iron bed with mattress. (But no
pillow or sheet.
The few natives I saw on Tara
kan would bow low as we passed
something they had learned the
hard way from the Japs, no doubt
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-28
Silly Censorship

One of Ernie Pyle's columns from Italy
told of the death of Capt Henry Waskow. It
was one Of the best things Pyle ever wrote,
and one of the most moving and memorable
stories in the tremendous day-to-day litera-
ture of this war. No one who read it could
very we'll forget it.
For those who didn't it was the story Of
well loved young officer, killed during days
fighting in the mountains, whose body was
back, and laid on the ground in the moon
light with the other dead Of that days battle.
Ernie told how the men who had loved
Waskow came by, one by one, to look at him
for the last time. He told what they said
brief, awkward grieffilled phrases wrung
from them by sorrow and by bitter hatred
Of the war and the enemy that had robbed
them of another friend.
1t was inevitable that this story which
Pyle told so beautifully, would be incorpo-
rated into the forthcoming film based on his
writings. And it was equally inevitable that
the dialog should be taken intact from the
original story, which happened to be one of
those rare pieces of prose that can't be edited
without being spoiled
All right and proper, so far. But then the
blue nose Of the Hays office intrudes itself
and tells Lester Cowan, the films producer,
that it cannot approve the picture because it
regards some Of the dialog in the Captain
Waskow scene as expressions Of profanity.
As we recall the story, three G1s used the
word order OF protane phrase to invoke
Gods punishment upon the causes of the
grief which they felt so profoundly and ex-
pressed so simply. They were soldiers, not
eulogists. And considering the circumstances
and intent of their words, it seems a little
blasphennous Of the Hays office to brand those
words as blasphemy.
1t seems to us about time that interpre'
tiers OF the Hays code be allowed to adopt a
more adult attitude, or that the code itself be
changed to permit some differentiation be-
tween tastelessness or vulgarity and strong
words uttered in moment of deep emotion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-28
Lee Miller Covers The Pacific

But they were intelligent looking.
On Tarakan I bumped into Lieut..
G.g) N. R. Rathbone, Of Waterloo,
Ia, and Aviation Ordnance Spe-
cialist (first class c. L. Rueb-
linger, of Baltimore, members of
a naval "MEIU"-mobile explo.
sives investigation unit.
They have the interesting, to say
the least, job of poking around
Jap bombs and mines to see what
makes them tick. I didn't bother
to follow them around and watch
them work from close, range.
"Ropeyarm Sunday on the
cruiser 1 was on is actually Wed.
nesday afternoon, when the men
are relieved of ordinary duties
where possible so they can mend
clothes and do other personal
chores.
A plank owner" is a man who
has been aboard ship since her
commissioning.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-28
The Literary Guidepost

not mention the police at all. One
fears the dancing partners he
picks will be sent off to Siberia;
but one picks his partners as he
pleases, and they aren't bumped
off. One thanks the Russians
killed the Poles, one blames Ger
mans. One says every Russian
knows how much aid America has
sent; one says only a few Russians
ever heard of Lend-Lease, saw a
jeep or a tin of SPAN.
Evidently you bring out of Rus.
STA what you take there.
Lauterbach is closer to Stevens
than to White Moscow CORE
spondent of Time and Life, Lau-
terbach can't be accused of being
Communist. He doesn't look un-
der his bed every night for a Red.
In all Russia he doesn't find one
ogre. He apparently regards Com
munism as nonpoisonous.
From the quality of his writing,
from the dispassionate tone of his
voice, so to speak, I prefer per-
sonally to place most credence in
lin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-28

A new boy in. newspaper Of
flee is usually sent solemnly after
1.-The press key or to examine
type lice. The Navy sends a
greenhorn below to get "can of
vacuum
A smiling Negro lad who took
good care of my cabin was Stew
ards Mate (first class) Joseph
Walker, of Columbus Joe has two
brothers in Europe - Sergeant
Freddie and Pfc. Theodore.
Story from the ships weekly
paper:
During fire drill Comdr. }. Heath
asked a shipfitter how much pres
sure there was on his hose and
was told 1000 pounds.
"Where'd you get a thousand
pounds on that line?'' demanded
Heath.
'The same place you got the
plane which dropped the bomb
that started this fire." retorted
a shipfitter, ducking.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-28
WITH THE AEF:
Dem1obilizi1g Krauts

in age from 10 to so, the youngest
being members of the Hitler ju-
gend who had been used as mes.
sengers.
The Doughnoys in charge of pro.
cessing and discharging German
military personnel have set up
office in a big indoor training
building of a, former German bar.
racks. The result resembles an
Army induction center back home.
Much of the separation cen.
ter's" clerical work is handled by
officers and enlisted men of the
Wehrmacht who will be among the
last to be released.
1--WE have set up machinery to
handle the release Of 1000 men or
women a day." said 1t. Col. John
F. Murray, Elmhurst, N. Y, who
is in charge of the 87th's five pris-
oner OF war camps, and now boss
es the business of discharging the
erstWhile enemy soldiers.
Generally speaking, the Weir.
macht clerks type out discharge
forms-which the Germans must
carry at all times-under supervi-
sion of their own officers. The Am
erican officers and enlisted men
check the final forms and sigma.
lures to make sure the papers are
filled out correctly.
Needless to say, these people
are very cooperative" grinned
Pfc. Max Eisenberg, I'll Iglehart
avenue, st. Paul, Mimi, who helps
supervise the final signing.
AS soon as they are filled out
these papers are turned over to
Pic. Samuel Zahl, 922 Dunont ave-
nue.. Brooklyn, N. Y, who calls in
his board Of supervisors" pick.
ed group of German officers.
Il guess it goes without saying
that these guys cooperate, too"
said Zahl. Gas far as that is con-
eerned, can't say that 1 blame
them. I'd work pretty hard under
the circumstances, too"
However, it is more than mere
to get home as soon as
possible that prompts accurate
work on the part of the supervising
German officers. They know they
will be held responsible for any
AS soon as the last check is made
on his papers, the discharge is
gwen his final pay, turns in all
his clothing except one uniform
which usually is in pretty bad
shape.
Discharge pay for German Off
GERS is 30 marks $50 and for en-
listed men 10 marks. which pres.
umably some day will be repaid by