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Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-02-01
Chopin and the Hun

When the Russians liberated Warsaw after
more than five years of Nazi oppression and spoil
alton, they found that the Huns had destroyed the
Chopin monument, melted it down for the puny
bit of metal it would supply to their war machine.
Such a wanton act is further testimony of the
debasement of culture which produced Bach and
Beethoven and Wagner and Mozart and Mendels-
sohn and Brahms and Schubert,-others of almost
equal stature.
Frederic Chopin Pole, spent most of his ma
ture life in Paris. He died there, all too young.
But when his spirit departed its frail habitation
the composer left monument which cannot be
touched by the profaning hand of the Hun
Chopin's music is, on the whole, delicate, elu-
sve but its shadowy traceries are drawn with
beauty which loses none of it's felicity with the
years
Occasionally his scores achieved momentary,
startling, dynamic brilliance; but in NEST of his
measures there is family suggested but per-
vasve quiet melancholy, as of an invalid peering
out of the window upon another world which soon
he would enter
During his too few productive years the Polish
composer was the center of high controversy in
Paris and other music capitals.
Meyerbeer, whose musical idiom the pre-
else opposite of Chopin's and whose attainments
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We Asked For 1t

One of the most dangerous, most anti-social and
lasting byproducts of war is the passion generated
by the pressures of battle. This affects those on
the home front even more than the men in actual
combat, who are too busy for any considerations
beyond those of the moment.
The recent attack made on the persons and
property of a returned Japanese family at Au-
burn, California is a case in point.
There are varied reasons, some Of them excel
lent, why many persons of the West Coast would
like to former Japanese residents prevented
from returning to the homes and businesses they
occupied and conducted before they were wisely
and rightly interned Immediately after Pearl Har-
Dor. There are also sordid and selfish reasons.
Unquestionably, the long hours worked by Jap
anese on farms and truck gardens helped to hold
down wage and living standards of white agricul-
tural labor. So long as father and mother and
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THE SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN

were far inferior was one Of the gifted Poles bit
terest and most uncompromismg critics. Seated
in Paris cafe with group of bon wants when
another joined them to announce the death Of
Chopin, Meyerbeer said, soury:
Ellis life was one long act of dying!'
Such was fellow-composer estimate of life
and it's music which today have given Chopin per-
manent place among the unsteady great.
His monument will be rebuilt-there can be no
doubt of that.
Why should this not be made the pleasant and
fitting chore of American radio?
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-02-01
Another Dog Has His Day

When Grover Cleveland battled for civil service
reform he was beset and bedeviled by job-hungry
Democrats who fought bitterly against any change
in the spoils system Goaded by these attacks at
the hands of his partisan supporters, he shouted
at them and the nation in general
God save me from my friends! l can pro-
tect myself against my enemies
Another great Democrat now in the White
House might paraphrase this somewhat as follows,
to wit:
"God save me from dogs! l can protect my
self against the human species"
The charge trumped up during the recent cam
paign, concerning "Fala" and his mythical trip on
a destroyer, no sooner died out of the public mind
when Blaze musced his way into the prints.
Unlike "Fala," who is canine prince in his own
right, Blaze" is just an in-law dog; and, as in
laws occasionally do, he has seriously disturbed
the nations family tranquility.
Seldom has an incident, itself wholly apart from
the war, aroused such indignation in public mind
occupied singularly with thoughts and concerns
of war.
This is understandable. When dog rides on an
"a" priority, humping off servcemen, and, at its
destination is accorded the tender chaperonage of
an Army major, some portion of private and pub
lie attention may profitably be diverted from war
to the system which makes such an occurrence
possible.
The charitable view to take is that favor
currying underling sought thus to make himself
a fair-haired boy and bask in official favor
If this is the case, the stupidity guilty person
only succeeded in getting himself in the DOLLHOUSE.
If, on the other hand, the "a" priority was
given in response to request, there should be a
reckoning, no matter how high the reckoning au-
thority has to reach.
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children down to six-year-olds worked sixteen
hours day for few cents an hour ON A WHITE
MANS FARM, this was all to the good-from the
viewpoint of the white owner.
But when by virtue of frugality, the husbanded
earnings amounted to enough to enable the Jap to
buy farm of his own, the picture changed. Now
he was in competition not with exploited cheap
white labor, but with the boss himself.
And when, a little later, the Jap bought out the
corner grocery and sold vegetables grown by the
yellow brothers on nearby farms, the picture was
changed still more Likewise when he started
cheap restaurants and took over the white mans
fleabags and flop-joints.
The Jap was going places.
Jim Hill, that great empire builder half
century ago started the yellow flood which later
threatened to enguf the West Coast. Hill i'm
ported shploads of Japanese to work at back
breaking jobs on his railroad at dollar for
ten-hour day. He did this because no white la
borer would work for such substandard wages.
1t is said that, finding Jap morale and efficiency
lowered by his natural hunger for female COM
pany, one of Jims bright boys invented the device
of the picture BRIDE" After that the imported
oriental .gunea-pigs went to work with amazing
fertility and alarming social and economic results
CfeeQ naQ presented us Will Iue Jap IiicIIdCc.
We have ample reason to distrust the Japanese
character 1t is biologicay believable that resd-
ual remnants of this Enthusiastically quality linger
on in some unknown portion of American-born
generations of the Nippon stock.
But before we permit our composite visceral
mechanism to get into an uncomfortable uproar
of self-rghteousness, we should searchingly ask
ourselves if we do not share at least some small
part of the responsibility for the situation existing
today.
And we should ask ourselves if we are losing
faith in the power of the American democracy to
mould its citizen Japanese into useful, patriotic
social and economic units.
We have them with The first wave, we
must admit, came by invitation There is no legal
American way to deport them. There is no legal
constitutional American way to deny them life
liberty" and the pursuit of such happiness as they
are able to enjoy in a land which still is alien to
their natures There is no DECENT American
way to do anything but accept the existence of
major problem which, largely, we created for our
selves and to work it out in the American spirit
of justice and humanity
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flames Able Observes

James Abbe one of our favorite radio commen-
tators, has quaint, "homey" style and usually
sound philosophy which entitle him to wide
air audience.
Because this Virginia-born world traveler-pho-
tographer keeps pretty we'll on the beam or in
close proximity thereto many of his listeners
must have been struck the other morning by as
sour fragment of undigested reasoning as is
often regurgitated by mentally seasick radio
pundt into the ether ocean.
The commentator was arguing against proposed
legislation originating in the national house OF
representatives which would provide for ratifica-
ton of treaties by simple majOrities Of house and
senate, instead of by two-thrds majority in the
senate alone as the process stands now.
Because Abbe's argument is that of most of
those who oppose the house idea, it is more than
the mere ramblings of a radio expert" who has
to chew along for fifteen minutes, whether not
he has real bone to gnaw upon.
Briefly, his contention was this: Since treaty.
ratification relates to the most vital interests of
the nation, it is too important power to place
in the hands of mere partisan MAJORITY in
either house, or both.
Well, let's see about that
Treaty RATIFICATION according to this au-
thority, cannot safely be left to simple partisan
MAJORITY; but treaty VETO may safely be left
to partisan ONE-THIRD MINORITY of the SEN
ate. That's what the Able argument adds up to.
1t is quite as important to ratify wise treaties
as to refuse to ratify unwise treaties.
We have historic-and tragic-example of the
workings of the two-thirds rule in the senate
quarter-century ago "a small group of willful
men" = ONE-THIRD of the senate prevented
ratification of treaty which would have placed
the United States in the League of Nations.
This group precisely answered to Abbes for
mula 1t was strictly partisan group" in that
case Republican partisan group. 1t had argu-
ments which appealed to great numbers of Amer
lean citizens but after ALL its opposition to Presi
dent Wilson's proposal really was based on parti-
san considerations. Woodrow Wilson was DEM
ocrat.
Now are fighting another and bloodier war
to achieve commanding political position in
world affairs analogous to the Wilson idea-a
position which we occupied militarily at the time
Henry Cabot Lodge, Hiram johnson, William E.
Borah and other Republican senators scuttled the
treaty.
More and more, students of world affairs
convinced that had the United States Senate
copied this treaty, permitting America to exert
its then-existng tremendous force in the League
of Nations, that body would have been strong
enough to prevent the catastrophe war in which
we are pouring out our blood and treasure
This is the sorry achievement of partisan
MINORITY of one-thrd of the United States
Senate
Could simple MAJORITY-even partisan
majority-of house and senate bring more tragic
consequences upon the world?
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Europe

Continued from Page One)
Germans mapping. crossed the mar.
row Roode River at two points, and
drove into the Dutch town OF Die.
teren, % miles above Aachen and
two miles from the German from
tier. The drive seemed aimed to-
ward the Roer River on the left
flank Of the L. 5. Ninth Army. hold
ing the west bank from Linnich 10
Schmidt
L. S. First and Third Armies,
Joined again in captured Houffalize
Ardennes bulge road hub, drove
against st. With, last major com.
munications center left TO the Ger.
mans in their nov virtually flat.
tened salient. On the northeast
flank, the First Army captured on
denyal, seven miles north OF St
With.
St, With Is IS miles northeast Of
Houffalize and four miles from
the German border.
House to House
In the Maglnot line battle 10 the
south, L. S. Seventh Army troops
fought house-to.house in Hatten,
north of Hagenau Forest, and made
gains of a mile or more in the yicin-
ity of Herrlisheim, where the Ger
mans have pushed bridgehead
across the Rhine north OF Stras-
bourg. Dive-bombing planes sup
ported the attack here. Nine miles
north of Strasbourg, Americans
and Nazis fought for Gambsheim.
On the move inside Germany,
south of the crumbling Belgian
bulge, L. S. Third Army troops cap
tured Borg in two-mile thrust
east OF the Moselle River.
In Italy. L. S. patrols attempting
to reach San Ansona, west OF the
Florence-Bologna road, were turned
back in bitter fighting yesterday.
Sharp patrol skirmishes flared all
across the Italian front.
More than 1900 Raj bombers,
resuming the offensive on German
fuel supplies, dumped 5000 tons OF
explosive on synthetic oil plants
near Leipzig and in BruX, Czecho.
sloyakia last night. and also hit the
rail and industrial center OF Magde.
burg.
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. :3n-Charlle Barnet Band;
10 :30-Scramhy Amhy Quiz.
MBS-S 10 Sunny Skylar Sere-
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$ 30 Poor Richard club Award
To Rob Hope:
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Thursday
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6:l5-Scrcuadr 10 America.
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BLU-l2 :3O-Farm and Home pro
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MBS-lO 30 a. M shady Valley
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PR JDUEE
{ VOLTS Grocery
Pfc. Robert Ross
Killed in Action

Ann Arbor, Mich, Jan. Il Mrs.
Leon Ross. S52 Rose Drive. has
been notified by the var Depart.
msn' that her son. pfc Robert
Frank Ross. was killed N action
Ia Belgium Dec. SO lie had been in
combat since fail and Is beNe9ed
to have been IN Patton's army.
He was home in August, shortly
before embarkation and after his
father had been killed in an auto
mobile accident on Dexter Road.
The youth attended Ann Arbor
High school. where he was a mem.
Der OF the orchestra. He was n f'ne
pianist.
He received basic training At
Camp Hood. Texas, and attended
Baylor University, Waco. Texas.
lie took infantry training at Camp
Maxey, Texas.
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REGISTRATION NOTICE

TO THE QUALIFIED ELEC,
TORS OF the Precincts Of Ypsilanti
Township, State Of Michigan.
Notice is hereby given that In
conformity with the Michigan
Election Law" |, the undersigned
Township Clerk, will upon any dav.
except Sunday and a legal holiday.
receive for registration tho name
Of any legal voter in said Town
ship not already registered who
may Apply To Me Personally TO.
such registration.
Provided, however, that | cannot
receive any names for registration
during the time intervening be
tween the twentieth day before said
Primary Election. February 10Th,
1915, and the day of election.
| will be al my office, 2l03 West
Michigan Ave, January cath, 9th
and Goth, from O. clock a. m. until
s o'clock p. m. on each said day.
for the purpose OF reviewing the
registration and registering such
Of the qualified electors in said
Township as shall properly apply
therefor.
The name OF no person but an
ACTUAL RESIDENT OF the pre-
cinct at the time OF registration,
and entitled under the constitution,
II remaining such resident, 10 vote
at the next election. shall be ell
tered in the registration book
Signed, Lillian NJ. Sheppard,
Ypsilanti Township Clerk,
Adv. 1858
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Paciifiic

CONTINUED from Page One)
Halscys third fleet. Partial re-.
ports listed nj least 10000 tons OF
shipping SINK or damaged In llgh.
~ opposed raids on Hong Kong,
Canton. Swallow. Annoy and For
mOSH's TakHO naval base.
Additionally 10 planes, seven 10
comotlves, ammunition dumps aud
docks were destroyed. other in
stallations We're left IN flames. ia
panesc planes made no attempt TO
defend either Hong Kong or Can
ton.
Adm. Chester W. Nimltz definite.
~ listed only nine ships as sunk,
p vessels damaged, and something
over $1,000 tons ~ shipping sunk
or damaged. lie clearly indicated
the final report would increase the
toll.
Hlt Shipping
IN seven days Of sweeps over l.
200 miles Of the South China Sea
once known As Japanese Lake
fast carrier forces have bit 30O.-
900 tons Of shipping. eliminated go
planes and done untold damage to
shore. installations from Annoy to
Saigon I'm French lndo-Ch inn.
Across the China Sea, japanese
used light tanks In their first coun-
teroffPnslye against American
ground troops who are carving out
great offensive base on Luzon Is
land
The NIpponcse thrust was rcpul-
sed. 1t was made, without Banzal
cries or suicidal charges, on the
American northern flank reaching
toward the summer capital Of Bu-
guio.
Nearing Manila
On the southern front, tank-led
American columns were reported
only 50 road miles from Manila al
ter . 81 mile advance from their
hcnchhcad This word from a
headquarters spokesman placed
them aunut l3 road miles beyond
No1radH. newest point listed in
Gen Douglas MacArthur's com
mn 'W' a. taken.
As.uciHted Press war cprrespon-
dot ~ the front reported that pa
rn' ..H"i.mcs ranged as much M
- mica IN advance ~ the I. S.
lincs and that fleeing japanese
were drmping food IN the river to
keep It from fallin. into Nnnk
hands
Tokyo. alarmed by continued
SUPERIOR raids and filled with talk
Of mn impending. cabinet downfall,
heard it, own radio report that
evacuation from the capital will
steadily increase despite the lack
Of housing facilities clscw here.
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RedCross

Continued from Page One)
part the home-front can render, II
every PERSON in Wsshtenaw Coun.
ty contributes his share.
ION the expanding war-fronts the
business OF American Red Cross
will increase greatly. Generals
Eisenhower, Bradley. Patton and
Clark all reported TO the national
head of American Red Cross that
it was their intention that Red
Cross stay with the troops until
they return home, then continue
further and serve them through
their adjustment back to civilian
life. That takes money. Very soon
your own division chairman will be
announced and an opportunity Civ.
en- each to contribute his share OF
the county quota"
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Deaths
WILLIAM ELWELL

William Elwell. %, passed away
at his home, 228 River Blvd, Tues.
day at 10 80 a. m from heart
attack. He was born In Sumpter
township, June :, 1872 and mar
ricd Lena Refining January a,
1904 in Belleyille He Is survived
10y his wife. three sons, Nelson,
Npsilanti, Howard, I $. Armed
Services. and Step-son, Oren,
Wayne, two daughters. Mrs. Hazel
J.. StReb, Ann Arbor, and Mrs. La
viha NJ Skeen, Detroit, a brother,
Hiram Monroe. and one sister,
Mrs. Rose Parr. Belleville.
Funeral services will be NJ Geer
Funeral Home Friday Mt m.
with Rev. George DaSchner off
clating. Burial win be in the Mar
tinyille cemetery, Belleyille.
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Daily Market Report

Detroit. Mich. Jan. IL
CATTLE. Good to choice around
I,0O0.lb. Southwestern fed steers
brought Si575 and comparable
i.i2blb. natives made $3.50, a few
good short-feds at Sl450-l5O0 and
bulk common and medium $1,000.
400. Scattered lots Of heiiers
cashsd at tlO.00-l400; numerous
good fed offerings tl3.Oo-1tO0.
Common and medium beef cows.
tS.5O-li0o. r few best offerings
$1,000: Gamers and cutters $3.50
$50; numerous strongweight cut
ters to $500. Most common to good
sausage bulls made $lo0012.50, oc-
casinnal outstanding dairy bred
kinds TO tl3.oO good beef bulls
bruoght $l3,O0lS.50.
CALVES: Good and choice veal.
ers topped and bulked at the popu-
lar Sl7.5O figure while common and
medium made Sl3.0O.l65O.. Culls
sold from $l1O0 downward to 500.
Heavy calves were scarce. some
common and medium kinds at $500
100.
HOGS. Good and choice is0-360.
H. barroWs and gifts made {i490;
while the few S6O.400.lb kinds
brought tli.75 and i60.lSO-lb. offer
ings Sli.75ii9O. Light lights, liO.
100 lbs sold at Si4.O0.li.50 Good
and choice sows bulked at 1880
400. Stays made sll.5O.li.7S.
SHEEP: Feature OF the days
market was 20 head lot OF out.
standngly bred aud finished lambs
that commanded 1880. Practical
top was 1890 with bulk good and
choice native lambs going at sl4.50.
1900.
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Pick of the dir Today

National BrosdesSting Company
RED NETWORK -WLW 100. WWJ
$50. WIN q go.
BLU NETWORK - WXYZ 1870.
WHAM 1850.
Columbia BrosdeaSting Company
WJR 760. WBBM $50, WCKY 1880.
WFBM 1860. VICAR 1880. WBNS
1850. WOOD 1910
Mutual 5roadc astinq Company
RED NETW XIX CKLW 500.
WJBK 1890. WGN 40.
Tonight
MICS :00-Mr.' and Mrs. North /.
$50 Kenny Noungman, Carol
Bricc:
o:@)-Eddie Cantor;
9 ;3O-District Attorney;
10 :0o-Kay Kyscr Hour.
CBS--S 90 jack Carson SHOW;
S:%0-Dr. Christian Drama;
g:O0-Frank Sinatra
o :30-Which is Which Quiz:
O-Nlilt Berle Comedy.
Blu :3O-Lone Ranger;
s:30-Counter Spy, new time;
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Park May be Used
For School Site

Ann Arbor, Mich, Jan. lotto
w. Haisley, superintendent Of
schools. has informed the board
Of education Of the feasibility OF us.
ing Allmendinger Park IA q site for
an elementary school In the south
west portion OF the city. Part OF
the park had been decided TO tho
public schools with the idea that
It might be a school building Site"
he explained
Chief obstacle to thu plan IL ths
possibility that the part Of tho
park decided to the school Ia not ns
suitable as some other portion. Tho
school board Ii to determine IL
the city council will approve ex-
change Of parts Of the park.
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CHECK Urged

Lansing The state civil service
today urged local vet
cran counsellOrs To check discharg
eel seryicemeu for qualifications
which might make them eligible
for vacancies on the states pay.
roll. The department listed criti-
cal vacancies in 10 professional and
technical classes and 10 skilled
classes, paying from $40 TO 1910
per month.
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IDENTITIES DISCLOSED

Romulus Names OF two filters
killed in the crash of a Flying
Fortress Monday night near Chatta-
nooga. Tenn. were disclosed today
by authorities at Romulus Army
Air Base, where the men we're sta
toned. The Yictoms were Flight
Officer Roy Edward La Van Of
Brookville, Pa. and Sgt John l.
Waring OF Brunswick, o. A third
member of. the crew was killed
but he has not been Identified
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Taking Tests

Lie detector tests are being Civ
en- in Lansing today to Mr.. and
Mrs. Boyd Greene and Charles Mir
acle as sheriff's officers seek co.
horent account OF the fight in
which Eugene Wilson was killed
in his cabin al WARDS Corners.
Saturday night Officers anticipate
that a warrant will be issued eth
er tonight or Thursday morning
r. A. Weatheriugton, Of Willow
Court, brother-in-law Of Miracle,
was released after having been held
as a witness.
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Attend Funeral

Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Youngs and
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Robbins.
Whitaker Rd.. were in Detroit re-
Gently to attend the funeral Of Mrs
loungs aunt. Mrs, Belle King Mrs.
King was 81 years old. and still
very active. MIR. and Mrs. loungs
spent the evening with Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Bunton. Highland Park.
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LEADS STATE

Lansing Allcgnn County, with
10 permits issued for oil and nat
ural gas explorations In 1914, led
the state In the number ~ per.
mits granted, the state conserya-
tion department reports, adding
that ri permits were issued IN 43
counties. other leading counties:
Arenac, 80; Mccosta, 81; Van Bu-
rem, 58; Isabella, ~; Newaygo,
40; Osccoln, Al; Bay. 80; Mont
calm, - aud ottawa. 30.
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WASHINGTON-INS-A funda-
mental change Of policy regarding
aid to China was disclosed by
American officials today. Instead of
sending military equipment to L. ).
forces in China. the new policy
aims to equip tie Chinese them
selves, as has long been urged by
Generalissimo Chang Kaishek.
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Y pSiLanti Briefs
Cleared. Freed

Edward NJ. Patterson, Detroit. has
been released by city police, who
are certain that he had no part IN
the attempt TO break into the
Pride Cleaners Sunday night. He
was arrested early Monday morn.
ing, when he was observed going
from store 10 store on y. wash
ington St, looking into the win.
dows. He was cleared of all sus.
piciOn when he was able to prove
that he was a victim OF circum-
stance. He was trying to locate the
address of a girl he had met ear
lier in the evening. She had given
him a false number.