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/ land before me. follow now my
sons-all for Germany"
| Ribbentrop was able to maintain
his air OF aloofness to the last He
walked steadily to the scaf1old after
passing by the American lieutenant
colonel who had supervised removal
of his manacles, and he did not
answer when first asked his name
at the gallows.
When the query was repeated he
almost shouted Joachim Won Rib
bentrop" and then mounted the
steps without any sign of hesita-
ton, hanked by his two guards.
When he was turned around on
the platform he seemed to clench
his teeth and raise his head with
the old arrogance. But his last re-
marks came as surprise. When
asked whether he had any final
message he said God protect Ger
many" and then added:
May I say something else?"
The interpreter nodded and the
former diplomatic wizard OF Nazi-
dom who negotiated the secret Ger
man nonaggression pact with Soviet
Russia on the eve Of Germany's in
vasion Of Poland then voiced his
wish TOR international understand
ing.
Kaltenbrunner Wore Sweater.
Ernst Kaltenbrunner once head of
the Nazi's security police, entered
the execution chamber at 1885 am,
wearing sweater beneath his blue,
double breasted coat. With his lean,
haggard face furrowed by old duel
ling scars, he had frightening look
as he glanced around the room.
| He wet his lips as he turned to
mount the gallows, but he walked
steadily. He answered his name in
calm, low voice. When he turned
on the gallows platform he first
faced an American Catholic Army
chaplain attired in a Franciscan
habit.
| Kaltenbrunner was asked for his
last words and answered quietly:
Il would like TO say a word.
| Il have loved my German people
and my fatherland with a warm
heart.
Il have done my duty by the laws
OF my people and I am sorry my
people were led this time by men
who were not soldiers and that
crimes were committed of which
had no knowledge"
AS the black hood was about to be
placed over his head Kaltenbrunner
still speaking in low calm voice,
used a German phrase which trans
lated means: Germany. good luck.
His trap was sprung at 1:39 am.
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rarded him as q foremost jrrist and
made him president Of the Academy
for German Law. In that post he
"regenerated' German law to con-
form with Nazi practice.
When he was captured by Amer
ican soldiers, Frank was listed rs
Poland's No. war criminal.
ARTHUR SEYSS-INQUART was
a leading Quisling in the Hitler
hierarchy. His early role in the
Nazi conquest was to pave the way
for the annexation of Austria by get
ting himself appointed minister OF
interior and security in that coun-
try. He was lawyer in Vienna and
one Of the first Nazis there. Hitler
made Seyss- -Inquart governor OF
Austria after the annexation.
Later he was named vice governor
of Poland and in May, 1910, he be-
came Reich commissar for the con-
quered Netherlands. In that ca
pacity he directed the policies Of
oppression and terror which pre-
vailed in Holland until the libera-
ton early in 1945.
FRITZ SAUCKEL was known a.
the Nazi labor boss. This meant he
was the Simon Legree Of foreign
slave labor which was poured into
Germany during the war He was,
in fact, charged with being the
prime mover of the policy Of i'm
porting forced labor from the con-
quered countries.
Before Hitler's day, Sauckel was
an unknown. At the beginning OF
World War I he was seaman on a
German schooner when 1t was cap
tured by the British and was made
a prisoner of war. He rose to. prom
inence as Nazi party leader in
his home province of Thuringia.
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Nuremberg
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opened envelope was found or
'Goering's corpse. 1t contained three
messages written in pencil, one Of
which was addressed to Col. Andrus
The poison Goering took was con-
tanned in vial concealed inside ir
10 copper tube made Of an old
cartridge.
Goering never heard his death
sentence read to him as did the
others shortly before they died. Col
Andrus was on his way to Goering's
cell when the last act of Goering'
life was taking place inside the jail
Col. Andrus continued about hi
grim task, however, completing thu
reading of the conviction and sen.
tence to each man at 1854 pm.
A little while later the march tt
the gaiows began.
The executions were carried out
with machine-like precision. While
one hung from one gallows-his
body concealed inside the structure
of the scaffold-another was brought
in.
Every one Of the 10 men ap.
preached death bravely once hi
entered the room and saw the grin
appurtenances of the hangmen
Some quailed and approached hys-
terra before they entered. Sauckel
refused to dress at first anc
screamed at the top of his voice
when soldiers handcufed him.
Asks Permission to Smoke.
With the bodies OF Ribbentror
and Keitel dangling in death, ar
American colonel directing the exc
cutions asked the American genera
representing the United States or
the Allied Control Councils Com.
mission If those present could smoke
An Affirmative answer brought
cigarettes into the hands Of almost
every one Of the 30-odd persons ir
the room, Mr.. Smith reported. OF.
f1cers and soldiers paced about ner.
yously or spoke to each other IL
hushed voices as correspondents
scribbled their hurried notes.
An American and q Russian doc.
tor, carrying stethoscopes, disap.
peared beneath the one curtainec
side of the first scaffold and emerged
very shortly afterward to speak tx
the American colonel. The colone.
turned. snapped to attention, and
informed the witnesses: N@is9 :
-
''The man Ribbentrop) is dead
The executioner, climbed up the
gallows and cut the rope with q
large, commando-type knife as other
soldiers lowered the body to a
stretcher and quickly carried it be-
hind q curtain at, the rear Of the
room.
Cigarettes out, please. gentle
men," said the colonel, who then
turned and called "Okay." The exc
cutions proceeded steadily. mex
orably.
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4 'THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D C.
WEDNESDAY, Is
Jackson Urges Trial
OF Many More Nazis
For War Crimes

Supreme Court Justice Robert H
jackson called today for the imme-
diate prosecution of many top flight
Germans whose war crimes, he said,
remain unpunished.
In report to President Truman
issued by the White House almost
coincidental with the execution of
10 Of Hitler's chief aides and the
suicide of Herman Goering-Justice
jackson urged new series Of trials
for "a very large number" of ex-
Nazis.
Justice Jackson cited industrialists,
financiers. leading cabinet ministers,
diplomats, police officials and mill
tarists who so far have escaped
retribution.
Their guilt, he said, does not diff
fer from those already convicted in
the Nuremberg trials except that
their parts were at lower levels and
have been less conspicuous.
Schacht Acquittal Decried.
oQotlSC CoShoOll, VIII SCl NCo dS
chief American prosecutor at Nuern-
berg; said the industrialists and
financiers certainly could be tried on
such specific charges as using slave
labor. He called it 'regrettable"
that the tribunal acquitted Financier
Hjalmar Schacht and Diplomat
Franz Won Papen.
Tho i,Irisf olIoI hnu,ouar that
he is opposed to any further four
power trials, which he characterized
as inevitably the slowest and most
costly method of procedure" Instead
he recommended swift trial of 'our
own cases" in the American -oc-
cupied zone, letting the Russians
French and British handle their
cases separately.
Praising the fairness of the Nuern-
berg trials, Justice Jackson declared
they established Standards of con-
duct from which future
statesmen will not lightly depart"
These standards by which the
Germans have been condemned will
become the condemnation of any
nation that is faithless to them," he
said
There can be no responsible de-
nial of these crimes in the future
and no tradition of martyrdom of
the Nazi leaders can arise among
informed people"
Justice Jackson's report was dated
October Z, two days after Senator
Taft, Republican, of Ohio asserted
in a speech that the Nuremberg YER
diets were a miscarriage of justice
which the American people would
long regret.
Senator Taft centered his criti-
ciSm on the contention that Amer
lean legal procedure does not per-
nit convictions under a law not in
effect at the time the crime was
committed.
Without referring directly to the
Senator's criticism, Justice Jackson
said one of the chief obstacles at
the trials was the lack of a beaten
path" of precedent. but declared:
mo one can hereafter deny or
fail to know that the principles on
which the Nazi leaders are ad-
judged to forfeit their lives con-
stitute law-and law with a sane
ton"
Justice Jackson reported that
Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor his
deputy on the prosecution staff, is
preparing a program of prosecu-
tions against representatives of all
the irnnortart Seernerts of the Third
Reich" including considerable
number of industriaists and finan-
ciers, leading cabinet ministers, top
SIS and police officials and mill
tsriStS
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Noyes
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the public by the conference hac
prevailed for months, Mr.. Byrne!
said.
The merit OF the conference, a!
the Secretary saw it, was that i
made it possible for the Council o.
Big Four Foreign Ministers to COM
plete their peace-writing task know.
ing the opinions of other Allied
states. He said he believed the For
eign Ministers will be able to reach
agreement with regar dto the trea-
ties, because he still has confidence
in the power of world opinion.
He said he believes recommends
tions which received the backing OF
two thirds of the conference cannot
be ignored by the Foreign Min
listers.
Hopes YugosIavs Will Change.
Referring to Yugoslavia's refusal tc
take part in the final session yester-
day and the announcement by Ed
ward Kardelj, chief OF her delega-
ton, that the Tito government
would not sign an Italian treaty
along the lines approved by the
conference, Mr.. Byrnes said he
hopes the Yugoslavs will change
their view.
He could understand he said, that
men who have very strong opinions
can be disappointed when these
opinions do not prevail. But time
Is a great healer, said Mr.. Byrnes.
The Secretary saw no Justification
for the criticism that the peace
treaty with Germany should have
been taken up before those with
former Axis satellite countries.
The United States hoped, at the
time of the Potsdam agreement
that deputies could shortly begin
doing spade work on the German
treaty, which presumably would
take longer than the satellite
treaties as it involved bigger prob
lem, he said.
Sees Start on Reich Pact.
When the Big Four found them
cC1NCo Oll Vic SdbCllltC
treaties, it was entirely impossible
to agree on starting in to consider
the big problem of Germany, he
added.
The Secretary said he was con.
vinced that opening deliberations of
the Peace Conference to the press
had been the right thing to do. 1t is
essential, he said. for the people to
know directly the points of view OF
the various States involved rather
than to have that knowledge de-
pendent on the reports of foreign
ministers.
Mr.. Byrnes declared the day is
passed when the people will be
satisfied with peace concocted by
a few men behind closed doors. His
only regret, he added. is that abso-
lutte freedom of the press is not uni.
versal.
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Goeriinq
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the prisoners dock and, smirkine
and rubbing his hands. said:
Doctor, you were wonderful. an
so glad that you quoted the old Ger.
man proverb to these people-The
Nuernbergers hang no one before
they really have them"
Goering, said the lawyer, did not
doubt that he would be condemned
to death. DR.. Bergold's conclusion:
"Only a person who had secret
or a surprise in store could have
made this remark in such . situa-
ton"
Searched Over 100 Times.
Armchair detectives seeking .
solution to this international "whc
done it" before they came to the end
had these facts to go on:
Goerings captors took a capsule
of potassium cyanide away from him
when they first searched him. Since
then. his person, his clothing and
his cell had been searched at least
hundred times.
In the prison, lights in his cell
were kept on and a guard stood out
side "a hours day. Sleeping, Goer-
ing was required to face away from
the wall and keep his hands out
side the covers.
On visits from his wife and
daughter, he talked to them across
a table and through a screen while
guards watched on either side.
In the courtroom, a guard stood
within feet of him and he never
was permitted to hand anything to
his counsel except through the
guard.
Going to and from the courtroom,
two soldiers escorted him.
Slept "Nonchalantly."
Goering seemed to be sleeping
inonchalantly" As minutes before his
suicide. His fat hands rested out
side the counterpane of his bed, but
l''his right hand was clenched," ap-
tparently holding the poison that
robbed the galIows of their No. !
victim.
Goering's suicide cheated his con-
demned fellows of the right to walk
with hands free over the 70-odo
yards from their cells to the execu-
ton chamber. ALI were manacled
in their cells Immediately after
Goering's death. The manacles were
removed on the gallows-otlly to be
replaced by leather cords.
How Goering guessed today was
his day of doom was mystery. He
swallowed the poison just as the
prison commander walked across the
prison yard to read the death SEN
tences to the condemned.
He took poison on an empty
stomach. He missed the last meal
served from midnight to l am. The
menu was: Canned pork. tomato
and potato salad, canned cake and
coffee.
Five Have Taken Lives
With the suicide OF Goering, five
key men of the Nazi regime have
taken their own lives to escape
punishment for their crimes
Hitler, who led Germany into
World War II, is believed to have
killed himself with a pistol as Berlin
fell in May, 1945
Joseph Goebbels, his propaganda
chief. took potassium cyanide in the
same debacle.
Heinrich Himmler, Gestapo head,
crushed a cyanide vial in his teeth
after the British captured him that
same month.
Robert Ley, Na1 labor boss,
hanged himself in a toilet in the
Nuremberg Jail in October, 1945.
Goering Suicide Captures
Imagination of Germans
BERLIN, Oct. Is (P,.-Flamboy-
ant Hermann Goering, even In self
inflicted death, captured the imagi-
nation of many Germans, some of
whom denounced him today as "a
scoundrel, who certainly should
have hanged"
Berliners first heard Of Goering's s
suicide and the hanging of 10 other
condemned Nazi war criminals at
Evening star., 1946-10-16

Two men who unearthed Roman
silver treasures in Suffolk, England,
in June, have each been offered
$4,000 by the British treasury.
Evening star., 1946-10-16
Goering Suicide Captures
Imoqinotion of Germans

BERLIN, Oct. Is (P).-Flamboy-
ant Hermann Goering, even In self
inflicted death, captured the imagi-
nation of many Germans, some of
whom denounced him today as "a
scoundrel, who certainly should
have hanged"
Berliners first heard Of Goering's s
suicide and the hanging Of 10 other
condemned Nazi war criminals at
Evening star., 1946-12-29

other attendants were Mrs. William
John Armstrong and Miss Virginia
Claire Rightor They wore yellow
gowns and carried bouquets OF white
napdragons and carnations.
The bridegroom's father served
as best man and the ushers weEe
Mr.. Joseph Andrew Gordon Robin
son, brother of the bride; Mr.. Har-
old Bell Alexander, Mr.. William
John Armstrong, Mr.. Paul Richard
Totten and Mr.. Hassan KhaJeh-
Nouri.
Following the ceremony, a recep-
ton was held at the Kennedy
Warren. After their wedding trip,
Mr.. and Mrs. Saunders will reside
in Washington.
The bride is graduate OF the
College of Wooster and her hus-
band was graduated from Virginia
Polytechnic Institute. He served
four years as an officer in the Corps
of Engineers, AUS, and now is a
metallurgist in the National Bu-
reau of Standards
Evening star., 1946-12-29
ENGAGEMENT Announcements
OF Interest in the Cabital

ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Lastricc
of Sioux Falls, S. Oak. The wedding
will take place February 8 at the
Army Medical Center Memorial
Chapel here.
Miss Lastrico is a graduate OF
st. Joseph's Cathedral School and
Nettleton College of Sioux Falls and
is associated with the Federal Com
munications Commission
Comdr. Rash, who is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard G. Raish
of Binghamton, is a graduate OF
the Georgetown University School
of Foreign Service. He served for
two years in the Mediterranean and
on the staff of the commander in
chief, Pacific Fleet, and is now on
duty at the Navy Department..
BeaH-GriHth
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur W. Beall OF
Jamestown, Md, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss
Jane Beall, to Capt. Robert E. Grif-
fifth, son of Mrs. j. Cleveland Grif-
fifth of Darnestown, and the late
Mr.. Griffith. The wedding will take
place in the early spring.
Miss Beall is a graduate OF Green
Evening star., 1946-12-29
.Saunders-R s-R0bins0n
Ceremony Is Held

Miss Ruth Robinson, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Gordon Robin
son, and Mr.. William Putnam
Saunders, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Saunders, all OF Chevy Chase,
were married in a candlelight cere-
mony at the Chevy Chase Presby-
terian Church last evening by the
Rev. j. Hillman Hollister.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father and she wore white
satin gown with seed pearl en-
broidery. Her French veil OF il
lusion was held by a coronet OF seed
pearls and she carried Bible
covered with white orchids. The
brides sister, Mrs. Paul Richard
Totten, was matron of honor. The
Evening star., 1946-12-29

Mr. and Mrs Harvey B. Otterman
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Catherine Otterman
to Cadet Roland Eustace PeiXotto
son of Col. and Mrs. Eustace
Peixotto.
The bride-elect, who is a graduate
Of Woodrow Wilson High School and
Colby Junior College, is now Junior
at Wilson College, Chambersburg,
Pa. Her father is assistant chief of
the telecommunications division, De-
partment of State.
Cadet Peixotto, whose father is
assistant adjutant general for man
agement, is third classman at the
United States Military Academy.
He was graduated from Woodrow
Wilson High School and attended
Sullivan's Preparatory School.
The wedding will take place fol-
lowing Cadet Petxotto's graduation
from West Point.
Lasfric0-RaiSh
The engagement of Miss Angela
Mary Lastrico to 1t. Comdr. Leonard
Robert Rash, u S. N. R., of Bing-
hamton, ~ Y. and Washington is
announced by the bride-elects par
Evening star., 1946-12-29

Mountain Junior College, Poultney
VT. and at present is employed al
the Army Medical Center. Capt
Griffith recently returned from the
European theater after two years OF
overseas duty and is now on duty In
the Office of the Quartermaster
General.
The formal announcement OF the
engagement was made last evening
at a buffet supper given by the
parents of the bride-elect at their
home.
PooIe-BisSef
Mrs. John Poole has announced
the engagement of her daughter,
Miss Marjorie Ann Poole, to Mr..
George Bisset. jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bisset of this city No date
has been set for the wedding.
Miss Poole, whose father, the late
Mr.. Poole, was prominent in bank
ing circles here, is graduate of
Bethesda Chevy Chase High School
and attended st. Mary's Junior
College in Southern Maryland. Mr..
Bisset served in the United States
Navy after his graduation from
Woodrow Wilson High School and
is now attending Benjamin Frank
lin University.
The engagement was made known
at supper party given by Mr.. and
Mrs. Bisset at their home on Christ
mas eve.
WmIf-Novak
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Wulf an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Annette Dorothie
Wulf. to Mr.. Jordan G. Novak. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell l.. Novak
of this city. No date has been set
for the wedding.
Hemrich-O'NeiH
The marriage of Miss Kathleen
Margaret Heinrich to Mr. Thomas
Burke O'Neill, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
william C. O'Neill of Alexandria,
will take place in June. Their en-
gagement is announced by the
elects parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bernard B. Heinrich of Usage, Iowa.
SchmifS-K0rfS
The engagement of their daugh-
ter. Miss Louise Schmitz, to Mr..
Philip M. Kortz of CoraopoliS, Pa.
has been announced by Mr.. and
Mrs. George L. Schmitz OF Min
The bride-elect is a graduate OF
she University of Minnesota College
of Pharmacy and is now on the
staff Of the American Pharmaceu-
tical Association in Washington.
Mr.. Kortz, who was graduated from
Duquesne University and the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh, served in the
Navy for more than four years and
was a lieutenant commander sta
toned here at the time of his re-
lease. He is now teaching in the
Coraopolis Senior High School.
Freeman-GulHford
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie L. Freeman
Of this city, announce the engage
nent of their daughter, Miss Helen
Virginia Freeman, to Mr.. Jay Allan
Iulliford of Youngstown, Ohio, son
If Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin j. Gulli-
lord Of Youngstown. The wedding
Is planned for February.
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Engagement

Mr.. and Mrs. James M. Burns
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Jean Burns. TO 1t
Comdr. william c. Mulry, U. S. NJ
Medical Corps, son of Mr. and Mrs
Thomas j. Mulry of Emmetsburg
Iowa. The wedding will take place
early in February
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with another son-in-law and daugh-
| ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Tench Tilghmarl,
lin Blacksburg. The Dinsmores soon
will leave for Fort Hood, Tex.
The Superintendent OF the Naval
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annapolis

Mrs. Valentine Pottle and her
sister, Miss Georgette Basset, who
formerly lived in Annapolis, spent
Christmas in Amherst, Mass, and
were joined by Capt. Pottle, who is
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MISS JONES'.
The engagement OF Miss
Alice GDeldoly', Jones to Mr..
John May of Toronto, Canada,
has been announced by her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. OSbert
E. Jones. Brooks Photo.
in command Of the U. S. S. Shenan-
doah. Later the family will go tc
Boston.
Capt. and Mrs. Mark c. Bowman
of Atlanta spent Christmas with
their son-in-law and daughter
Col and Mrs. John Dinsmore, and
will spend the rest of the holidays
Evening star., 1946-12-29

The engagement OF their
daughter, Miss Martha A.
Ludt, to Mr.. Gerald A. Wehrle,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
T. Wehrle OF CheDy Chase,
1uas announced yesterday by
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul M. Ludt,
also of CheUy Chase, at a
luncheon at the KenDood
Country Club. The 11edding
10iH take place merit jail.
Harris & E1Ding Photo.
Evening star., 1946-12-29

Academy and Mrs Aubry w. Fitch
have as their guest Mrs. Fitch's
sister, Mrs. Conger Costareli, who
has come from Italy for the holiday
season.