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SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1945-11-15
Riesen Bauprogramm
fuer j. S. Strassen
Bavorbeiten werden zehn bis fvenfzehn Johre in
Ansprvch nehmen.

Senen ge5irfen uno St1bten in Nm
grill genommen Ueroen.
Nber oieie 9fefproausgaben bill
Cen MIR Sen slnIang zines Ero-
aramns, oas, lpie, man erlpartet,
iid aui 5ebn bis iiini5ebn Sabre er-
ltreden, llnb Gerfehrs beOiirInillen,
sic man in Sen nGd)lten 5ranSig
Sabren erpartet, gereht meroen
miro.
9ieIes Grogranlm entbGlt etlua
oie folgenoeu Sauptpunfte:
I. Gin $4,000 bis 10000 Wtei-
len umiaiienSes Strabennet. oas
aQe Brobitdbte nliteinanoer Der,
tinoet uno piele paraQellaufenoe
iSabrnege entbGlt.
2. Cine grobe slnsobl iefunbdrer
@ege, sic Die geforberung bon
Tarmproouften 81 sen MGrften er-
mogliden.
3. Musmer5l,n9 bon TerfebrS,
iiaulncen in ser Ndbe BON Stdotell
- 9ies lit ausenblidIid) ser er0bte
Gerfebrsihmer5 oes 2anbes.
0ie unter 4. genannten 2ano'
iirafen tperben aae Stdote bon
mehr als 100000 Ginpobncr init.
chamber rerbinben.
auberbem miro oieies Neb 59
Ser SO Stdote NIT enter 8epolfe.
runa BON 10000 biz 100000 init
: einanoer perbinoen. 9ieIes Net
miro Die am oidteiten nit 6armel
In6 aleinltd6ten beietten Begenoel
Surhifneiben unb oie Mebr5abl
ser inbuitriellen Mittelpunfte oes
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1945-11-15
HurlnnNs Slrtcit
an oltcntbcntbett

Berlin. - @ie o.. 8i:nthcr Siu=
man, o<r inuocrtretenoe Sirettcr
Ser Serliner 9lbteilung oes Safer
@ilbeIm SnItituts befannt gibt, Iino
oie Ruiien enlIig bel Ser slrbelt ges
ueIen, oas &chrimnis Ser sltom-
tonlbe nit SilIe Ser slusril'tlln9,
Oie lie ol,s oeutihen Saboratcrlen
cntierntea uno llnteritiisung oeut-
'het @elebrtcr 81 ergritnoen.
Gr. S'iumnn iagte, ouB innerhalb
,on 5usi Sabren Sic 9fuiien ibre Ell
enc sltombombe - nit Oeut'her
5ilie - entlpideln piiroen. slber
hre oieie Silie piiroe es piele
Sabre oauern. Gr beItutlgte Elm pon
9ien fonmenoes @eriidt, oab Die
fuiIen Sic SiITe oel,ticher @l'lens
haItler iubten. Gr fannie lolhe,
>ie oas arerbieten Ser Hulien anges
lpntn1en bGtten uno audi er lei an
,egangen uoroen, uno f0nnte 81 ir'
Ieno elmer 3eit iiir lie Su arbelten
lniangen. Die angebotene 8e5abluna
it 2OOO Hubel. ungeidbr $500.
Sie Nuiien arbeiten eiiris an oe,
9ltombombe uno iuden ieoe, aud ge
ringite Sniormation," Iagte Or. Sill
nan. rSie baben ialt ale unl'er'
Ianien 2aboratoricn alsgerdumt
,be oie slmerifaner Die Gone iiber
abmen uno baben Iogar Den DO
oenItaub auiseiest unN ge'ammelt
nm slnoeutl,nsen 81 iinoen uno nab
men iogar oie SihtIbaltltngen a!t:
Sen 8Gnoen ser Saboratorien Uni
oie 5iirflinfen aus Sen Siiren.
slber, fiigte er binsu, Die oeutlhet
8elebrten, Sic am meiIten iiber oi'
tbeoretiiheu Mtomerperimente pilien
Iin0 unter ser aontroae ser ame
rifaner uno Grglanocr.
Or. SiQman, elm gio.Sbemifer
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1945-11-15

Scopd ultra-lnooerne transton.
t;nentale GrprebItraben lino nidt
III oem Erogrusnm entbalten. Nile
Strabenbaubearte iino Scr anIiht,
nab Elm 9eoarf baiiir niht bepor-
ilebt.
2anoItraben Statiitifen seigen,
COP oie ourhictnittlihe Gortrlesss
nltofabrt nid,t mber ais 80 Meilen
in jeoer Nihtl,ng .betrug. $50 aber
Gerfebrs- uno @,polferungsanOrang
cs notis MAIDEN miro cine An5abI
rrtliher grpreBwere gebaut lper-
Sen. Gin iolher Wes miro gum
Vcilpiel 5piicben Tetroit unS Gbl.
cago, uno Elm anSsrer bon @a-
ibirgton not Bolton sebaut merOen.
,sn man6en JGaen meroen llnges
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1945-11-15
Stebenblroiih>2 >2lmerifaniid,es Dolfsblatt
SO JAHRE ROENTGEMSTRAHLEN

, Sin hn bcs Sabrhuuatri DOR ser
!r't:n NnI!uoung S.r Nton'hun'5g
! geSe" ScplN lirb Elm o;ute)er Fbr-
liter NCn eIestri'hen St!om III enc
| GrooSeS H5bre iIieBcu, 10 oab N.il
lioN.n DON Gl:ftron:n srge 81
, Mtcnitrlaftur Ser Iteta!lanoce Ser
Holre pralltcu. 3 G Geftrontn, m:l
he enc Bcitpi" Nisteit Don 10000
!vteilc1 |rr S.flur: b. iuben, r;iicn
oie Ntomc IN Dem Mctou les un>
! arrlnllcrtcn lie nc!l II. , nadtcn
gleit) ,eit:g NaOiationrn irei. nelde
! Gin Stiif icbrOr;sr Ynpps, oos g.
i N6hrc teoecfte, olrt;Nrangen un>
, al enen Stiit l.htenpii"o:i o:ihcn
Eapier reg itriert muroen. Ter Hhp
, fer, @ilhelm &nnroo HDntgen. nur
| iib i'm llnflonn i;b,r Sc Natur oer
Strablcn. Scsn:g gen bena nte er 'ie
Z Strahlen, .pobei o1s I oas matbe.
matiId)e Spmbol ser ltnbetanntcn
ausNriifeu iollte.
SatiGhlid, otNr mar af6ntsc%s
GntocfIng err erite grIoig oes
Menid)cn Sic foloiiaten &rdlte Ncs
! sltpms 5u 5ii9elr uno niislihcn
3nefel oienitbur 81 MAIDEN. 3ur
.seier cHs so. Sntrtstages Ser gn.
oefllng Nontsrns hat Oas American
| College o. Haoio,ogp beItimnt Oab
in Ser 3e;t pom ). BIS 10. Nooember
lr1hrano Ger @eIunobeitsDod)e be'on.
oeren 9tud)orllt ouf o:e ( Strablen
| 9cIegt UcrNeN iol, I'M Sic Seiicnt
Iihfcit nit Der Gcrpenoung opn 4
Stroblcn as meoi3ini'd,cln S"itru.
unent uertrdut 81, MAIDEN. Se'oNoHrs
beruorscboben miro o:e Seoeutl" q
Ser Haolulogic in Ser Meoi5in unO
Ser meoi5:nihe Tortitritt in Sen
lcttcu ) Sabr5ebnten mitbIie pnH
HOntgcnItrablcn.
Gum eritcu aEal beobad)tete 9iGnt
scn Sc g:trimnisuoae Naoiation
anl s. Noo. 1895, ais er EN- Grpcri-
mcnt i'm Saboratorirm ser llnipcr.
iitGt @iir5 in HapHrn ausiiibrte
Gr iCtte Die Grp, r.nente iort, I'M
iid, ielbit bon Ser )tid)tigfe:t irinsr
! crIt?n 8cobuhtunstn SIT iibcrScugel
am %. Sanuar 1896 teilte er leine
@cfluoe ser 8c,t nit uno iibsrnu
trgannen slerStc Grperiuente nit
oen nelhn Strablen, melde es ibuen
crnoglid)ten, in Oas Snnere oes &or=
pers Ser Gatienten 5u ihauen Sa-
nlalise 3eituuscn trahten ieniatio-
nelle gerid)t,. Gine nleinte. oie
Strublcn fDnnten LeniiBt merocn,
Inn o;e Seele oes 0nnIhen su pho
tog.hpbieren. Cine unoere erfllrte,
oie Strahlen fonnten in meoi5ini.
ihen Sf)uleu beniitt sperocn, Inn
anatoniihe Siugramne oireft ins
Webirn ser StuSenten iu rei!efte.
rem. woollrh ein nacb.,aItigerer Gin-
orllf ais ourb gepjbnl:te 2cbr-
netboocn bintcr.aiien merSe. Gue
SOnooner 3eituns tot oie 0oslit.
, felt aan5 einiaf ab, lag Sic Strab,
len jemuls einem niitl;hen ;3mct
oienen miiroen, uno madt, Ben Gpr.
hlag, ouB Hontgen uuo ieine Gnt-
oedung in sen S5ean geUorfen wer.
cen iollt,n.
IrotSem iupbr aber oe Meoi5in
tort nit Sen Grperinrnten nit H0nt.
! senitrablen. 6aIt iiber 9taht puroen
iie Elm unidaebares Snitrllment bel
Ser Iiasnoie Don &nofrnpcrletun.
gen uno &ranfbeiten Der Srgane,
Sic pioerltanOsfabig genug iiir sic
Haoiationen suaren, Inn Elm flares
gilo aui Ser pbotosrapbiIhen Hlat=
te 81 gehen. llno fiir Die Organev
Sic nid)t unourbldiiig genug
rparen, entipideIte man 5liiiiigfeiten,
l
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1945-11-15

idlpiira, Sic inuit crit 5u lpit Iiir
Ncbanoll,ng crnlittc.t reroen tpnn.
ten murocu Don Ncn Hontgenltrab=
ltn cntbiillt. Observation-Disclosures
Dor Ser @eburt babcn oas Set2l
Sal,isnSer pou ytiitteru uno Babies
gcrettet, neil ser slrit hei5elten iiber
anorme &olnplifutipneu sluIlrbluB
srhGIt. Gem Tcntiiteu entbiillcn Olc
Strublcn p2rburgene So6er. slb-
i5ciie uuo onoere St0rungen, bepor
lie Sclcgcnteit babcn, oucit iort5u.
it]reiten, oab Ser 3abn MIR nod
8e5ogcu werocll fam.
,sn Ser therapeutic lino o;e Strab-
len BEL Ser @ebunolllng upn etlpn
SO Sautitorungen, mic allb bel af.l.
ten Snf:ftioneu, Gntjiinorrgen
9rono uno 8sld,miiren niiblid).
@clhe neuen slmpenounssnog
Iid)fcit,n iiir oir fStrablen nod
gcirnoen speroeu, lit ein 8sbc;mnis
Ser 3ufuuit. Gie Gaoiolrscn aber
ii%o iib,r5eugt, oab lie nod Iange
niht ericbopit iino. slui ieNen Sal
atrr lino Sc Strublen ihpn fiir ei'
nen grpBeu Seil oes ,ortIhritts oe,
Meoi5in in Sen letten Sabr5ebnter
perontpcrtlicb gelpeien. Der @iiien
idait ser Haoiologie muB 5ribu,
iiir oie sSortidritte in ser gebano
liwg Don &raufbeiten ser 2llNge, Oes
arcbs, bon anohenleioen, Ser5franf
beiten, Seroaulugsfranfbeiten uni
p:clen Snieftionen se5pllt pcroen.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1945-11-15
BRONCHIAL
COUGH

Or Bronchial lrritations Due To colds
Buckley's Famous ''CAllADI0l"
Mixture Acts Like . Flash
Spend few cents today at any good
drug store for q bottle of Bucklsy's
CANADIOL Mixture triple acting).
Take couple of sips at bedtime. Feel
its instant powerful effective action
spread thru throat, head and bronchial
tubes. 1t starts at once to loosen up
thick, choking phlegm, soothe raw
membranes and make breathing easier.
Sufferers from those persistent, nasty
irritating coughs or bronchial irrita-
tions due to colds find Buckleys brina>
quick and effective relief. Don't watt
get Buckley's Canadiol today. You get
relief instantly. .
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1945-11-15

0aibington. - Sn oieiem Serbit
rod miro oas gr0Bte gauprogramln
iiir Sanoitraben, oas Die gereinls.
ten Staaten ie unternommen baten,
in angriii genommen peroen.
Ser Sauptantrieb fnm alS ser
@ongreB idbrlih iiinibunoert MiI-
lionen Collar iiir sic ndfiten Srei
Sabre CUR Geriiiguns lteat. 9ieie
Summe, Sic i'm ga6frie9s-2anO-
itraBen-8eieb pom 1914 porgeiaben
lit, miro BON sleid)en 9eitrdgen bon
Sen ein5elnen Staaten nod peiter
erb0bt.
sluBer Sen BunOeslanoltraBen,
neroen Strabenanlaeen in peribie-
iagte, er permute, Dab Die 2eutihen
nur Elm paar Wohen ooer Nonate
bon ser Brobuftion ser s4tombombe
entiernt naren, als ser 2rieg enOete,
uno oaB Die 0eutihen Sen ameri,
fanern in ser Gnhpidluns atomiider
gnersie iiir inbuitriele 3mefe iiber.
legen maren.
Inter oenen, oie jebt in Mosfau
ODER in bon Huiien beiettem @ebie1
iiir sic Muiien arbeiten, befinoet iid
Yrof. Neter 9beiiien, iriibercr 81
rector Ser demiid4pbpiifaliihen M6
teilung oes aaiier Wilbelm Sniti
tuts, Or. gbiitian 2uomig 9epe
logue, friiberer iteQpertretenoer 81
reftor oes aaiier Wilbelm Snitituts
l,r1 Yroi. S. 3. &erb, Elm Ybpiifer
Sn einigen 1dqen b1tten sic Mui.
len Druid ausgeii6t, UNI fire 2euN
gu erlangen
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1945-11-15

neioeL Sen Sungen, oem ScrS uno
auocrcn Srganen ermittelt perOen.
"a SungentubertuIoIc harafterliti-
ihe Marfierungen asi HontscnIilms
alinriit, fam Ser Nao:ologe lbr
Gorbanoeniein genau feIttellen, lelbIt
lucnn anoere Sp,nptome feblcn. @e-
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1945-11-15
MUSTER sot;.,ssst sos Ws.t.'Pro: Pro.

FORNrS HElL-OEL LINIMENT - anti.
septisch-bringt schnelle Linderung Won
rheumatischen und neuralgischen Schmer.
zen. muskulosen RIckenschmerzen, stei.
fen oder schmerzenden Muskeln. Verstau.
chungen und Verrenkungen.
FORNT'S MACOLO - alkalisch - lindert
gewisse voriibergehende Magenst0runsen
vie Sodbrennen und Verdauuns sst6run.
gen. hervorgerufen durch Elm Uebermass
an Saure.
Evening star., 1945-04-29

that there is God governing the world.
It IS truth thought needed to be
told"
\ X i
Another Government girl" Mrs. jose
phine B. Wells, employed in the Gen.
eral Accounting Once, and formerly for
years at the Capitol, has had published
in Hollywood song for which she wrote
the words and music-"My G. I. joe"
Former associates at the Capitol have
mailed copies to more than 100 service
units in war areas. Copies are also be-
ing sent to USO canteens all over the
country.
Evening star., 1945-04-29
Fact VS.. Theory
BIZ 1t. Con,dr. Peter CranshaU
Prom the Montreal lie Jour

Prom the Montreal Le Jour-
Many labor claims are imbued with
. spirit Of justice and take account Of
realities. Such are the readjustment of
wages which are being fixed, labor con.
ditions which must be improved, agree
ments and conventions which must be
realized and respected. From this view
point, the principle Of unions is one Of
the best safeguards of the social equilib-
rum. But 1t would be to surrender to q
cowardly demagogy to approve unre-
servedly every movement and every de-
mand coming from labor source. Poor
service would be rendered to organized
labor II there were never an attempt to
point out its mistakes Some time ago,
for example, the united workers of the
CIO in the United States presented to
the National War Labor Board a request
to the ehect that each worker in the
steel industry should be guaranteed for
. definite period the maintenance of
present wage scales and the 40-week.
How would it be possible for q govern
ment service to give a guarantee Of
this kind? Had 1t done SO, it would have
been purely illusory. It would have to
ignore completely one Of the first laws
OF economies to believe in such a dream.
A government which decreed that the
employers Of the steel industry should
keep all their men on the same wages
and FIX them 40-hour week would
have to see to it at the same time that
consumers should buy at present prices
all the steel being produced. Production
that does not meet the tastes and the
wants OF the public Is waste production.
1t has no market value. This is no
theory: It Is q fact.
Evening star., 1945-04-29
FEPC Bill Stymied

In presenting ueT peJlClOn 10 QlS-
charge the Rules Committee from
further consideration of the fair
employment practices bill, Repre-
sentative Norton is influenced by a
perfectly legitimate desire to bring
that controversial measure to a vote
in the House.
This is by no means the first time
that congressional committee has
Sought-often with SucceSS-to kill
a diStasteful bill by the simple
process of bury.2g it. And the So
called liberals are just as ready to
offend in this respect as the "re-
dictionaries" On several occasions,
for example, the House has passed
bills which were not to the liking
of professional labor leaders and
their friends in Congress. When
these bills reached the Senate, they
were sent to the Committee on Ed
ucation and Labor, and there they
died a quiet death in convenient
pigeonhole. This was the work OF
the liberals" who were afraid to
let the bills come to a vote in the
Senate. If they were aware of any,
thing sinister and undemocratic in
that technique, they were able to
refrain from voicing a protest.
But now the shoe is on the other
foot. The liberals" are among the
champions of the FEPC bill, and
they are articulately resentful of
the tactics which have been en-
ployed in the Rules Committee to
prevent the measure from reaching
the floor In this they are incon-
sistent, of course. But, as it hap
pens in this instance, they are also
right.
The function of Congress is to
face these controversial issues and
vote on them. The members ought
not to shirk their responsibility by
permitting a strategically placed
committee to Sidetrack a bill IN
which there is an extensive and
legitimate public interest. The
FEPC bill, if passed, would empower
a governmental agency to forbid dis
elimination in employment. Many
sincere opponents of economic dis
elimination have grave doubts as to
the wisdom of this approach to the
problem, and no such bill should be
passed without the fullest consider
alton of all its implications and
potentialities. But the FEPC bill
cannot receive this consideration by
the members of Congress if it is to
lie in a committee pigeonhole 1t
ought to be brought to the floor,
where it can be opened to amend
nlent, debated and voted on.
Evening star., 1945-04-29
The Final Scene

There is more than a little reason
to believe the authenticity of the
report that Heinrich Himmler has
made an offer of unconditional sur
render to Britain and the United
States. Comment by Allied off,
cials-particularly Prime Minister
Churchills formal statement re-
emphasizing that the Nazis must
of course capitulate to all the Allies,
including Russia-makes clear that
rumors in this instance have at
least some substance in fact.
These are the final crackup days
for Germany. Now, along with the
Himnler story, we have stories of
Luftwaffe desertions, of mutiny in
the German Navy and of Wehr-
macht troops revolving in Salzburg
and Munich. Indeed, the Munich
uprising is admitted by the Nazis
themselves, and we can be reason
ably sure that the other incidents
are not entirely f1ctional. Such de-
velopments are to be expected. They
are the inevitable concomitants of
collapse, precipitated by the fact
that the Reich is cut completely in
two and all resistance scattered into
pockets facing annihilation.
But, although the reported Hmm
Ter offer is not altogether surprising
in these circumstances, it serves as
an interesting commentary on how
desperately the Nazis cling to the
forlorn hope of breaking the COM
mon Allied front even at this mo-
ment when they are beaten to their
knees. And more interesting still is
the fact that the Gestapo chief, and
not the Fuehrer, is supposed to have
made the surrender bid. Hitler has
repeatedly vowed that he would
never capitulate. Perhaps now,
when Germany must either do that
or commit suicide, Himmler is TAX
ing matters into his own hands.
From this point on any kind of
German story, no matter how wild
or startling, will seem plausible. An
entire nation is fast falling apart
there, disintegrating before our eyes
as has no other nation in history,
and in these closing days of its
existence it will almost certainly
experience swift succession of SEN
sational developments. What we
are seeing now is the final scene of
one of the grimmest dramas in CEN
turies, and whether it surrenders
uncopditionally or not, through
Himmler or Hitler or any one else,
or whether 1t chooses to fight on to
the end, Germany as a great power
will be dead when the curtain is at
last rung down.
Evening star., 1945-04-29

that cannot be taken care OF too
soon. The restoration Of law and
order in Germany is one of the most
important tasks now facing the Al
lies. and all the specially qualified
manpower needed for it must be
made available quickly.
The soundness of the next peace
will be affected in no small measure
by the way we handle the German
occupation problem. TO mismanage
it would be to play into Hitler's
hands long after he himself has
passed from the picture. In short.
we cannot afford to ignore the
danger Of a postwar Nazi under
ground feeding upon prolonged dis
order.
Evening star., 1945-04-29
As Dittmur Sees 1t

Since the early days OF the war,
Lieutenant General Kurt Dittmar's
broadcasts have attracted world
wide attention. A professional SOL
dier and member of the German
general staff, Dittmar was billed as
the accredited spokesman for the
Wehrmacht and was recognized as
such abroad as we'll as at home. OF
course, his broadcasts were propa-
ganda, but propaganda on a rela-
lively high level. He never de-
scended to the hysterical rantings
of DR.. Goebbels and his trained
seals. That would have been con-
trary to the army's professional
dignity. So General Dittmars radio
analyses of the military situation
were characterized by a tone of
scientific objectivity based on COM
petence and factual knowledge.
Such is the parsonage who has
voluntarily given himself up to
American forces and has talked with
apparent candor. Our proverbially
skeptical information officers, while
admitting the possibility that all
this may be an enemy plant" are
inclined to hold that his frankness
is genuine and that he is telling
what he really thinks. His view
point certainly tallies closely with
those of other German Regular
Army officers who have surrendered
in recent weeks, some of whom have
gone on the air to broadcast appeals
to their comrades to end hopeless
and suicidal struggle.
Dittmar's central thesis is that
Germany lost all chance of even
stalemate when it failed to stop the
Normandy invasion last summer
and that militarily impossible out
look dictated an armistice at the
earliest possible moment thereafter,
much as the German high COM
mand did in the last war in Novem-
ber, 1918, even though the German
armies were then not yet shattered
and resistance might have been pro-
longed for a considerable time.
That, of course, is the Prussian ira
dition Of cold realism, which grimly
faces up to the most unpleasant
facts and acts accordingly.
It was in this spirit that the plot
against Hitler's life was Matched in
Wehrnacht circles when the Nazi
Fuehrer showed himself bent on
fighting on to complete catastrophe.
The failure of that plot last August
ended rational strategy in favor
of Operation Goetterdaemmerung,"
which has turned the Reich into a
nightmare Of blood and ashes.
Dittmar thinks that Hitler will
stay in Berlin and die there in
supreme display of fsnatical fury,
after which resistance, confined
mainly to Nazi extremists, will rap
idly peter out, He does not think
Evening star., 1945-04-29

II line were drawn around the
globe directly east from London, it
would pass through Calgary in
Alberta. But before leaving Europe
any such extended mark would come
to Torgau, the little city on the left
bank of the Elbe in Prussian Saxony,
where the armies of the United
States met those of Soviet Russia.
History has been in the neighbor-
hood on other, earlier occasions.
Especially during the period of the
Reformation, a certain growth of
religious liberalism characterized
the community. In 1925 the elector
John and Philip, the landgrave of
Hesse, formed a Protestant league
to which a number Of other princes
adhered. Four years later Martin
Luther and his followers drew up in
Torgau series of aff1rmations which
eventually became the basis OF the
Augsburg Confession. The tomb of
Catharine Won Bora, wife of the
famous "protester," is in the Gothic
Church of Saint Mary, and the
chapel of the Schloss Hartenfels
allegedly was consecrated by Luther
himself.
Not merely for this last mentioned
attraction, however, is the palace
celebrated. John Frederick, re-
membered as the Magnanimous, was
it's sponsor. Choosing an island in
the river for the site, he brought
craftsmen together from all parts of
Germany for the creation of one of
the largest and grandest Renaissance
mansions in existence. The work
continued from 1481 to 1914. A
succession of electors occupied the
property. Up to 1889 it still was
habitable-as a barracks.
Twice previous to the past week
did Torgau play part in the annals
of military conflict. Near the city
in 1760 Frederick the Great won the
last Of his victories, 80 truly Pyrrhic
that it paralyzed his offensive power
and left him in gravely weakened
condition to meet his gathering
foes" From 1910 to 1918 the French
held the town against the allies
under Tauenzein. The strategic
Importance Of the place now, as
then, lies in the fact that it is there
that the road from Halle to Leipzig
crosses the stream.