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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-02
my Spirit Will Arise From My Grave :"
Hitler Prophesied Week Before Death

many over the Polish question, a
war which we both wanted to avoid
by all means and which tried and
almost succeeded to prevent at the
last moment, came lastly as a
great shock to the fuehrer.
''Now, shortly before the bitter
end and before his death, Hitler
has shown himself once more and
in spite of his very poor state OF
health in his old ingenious way. He
has with extraordinary clearness
j.. in an almost prophetic way
pointed out the decisive inpor.
lance which in this century of the
formation of the huge combined
political areas (Grossraumgestal-
tung) must be attached to English.
German relations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-02
By DANIEL DE LUCE

NUREMBERG, Germany, Jan. 1.
Up Beaten and bitter, Adolf
Hitler prophesied a week before
his death in flaming Berlin that
my spirit will arise from my
grave and one will see that I have
been right" a long-secret letter
by Joachim Won Ribbentrop dis
closed today.
Won Ribbentrop, then Nazi for
eign minister, wrote the letter to
Winston Churchill and Anthony
Eden just before he was captured
in Hamburg last summer. He said
Hitler made the prediction in. their
final conversation in Berlin, and
described his letter as Hitler S
last political will.'
Won Ribbentrop's handwritten
letter was put on the secret list
by Army intelligence when he was
captured, and this is the first dis
patch to quote from 1t textfully.
The letter declared that the jit-
terry Hitler entrusted to Won Rib
bentrop the delivery of an appeal
to British statesmen for real
friendship between their empire
and Germany as fundamental
necessity if both nations will live
in the long rum Churchill ana
Eden at the time were Prime Min
lister and foreign secretary OF Bril-
tain.
Hitler also was quoted as saying
he regretted" the war with the
United States. Further, the fuehrer
could not help expressing his Won
der at the power of the Soviet
Union and called Marshal Stains
creation of the Red Army a gran
dose deed" Ribbentrop added.
OF Hitler's own political dreams
Ribbentrop wrote that the fuehrer
showed "deep disappointment and
enlightenment" about their failure.
Won Ribentrop's version of Hit
ler's political will' made orally
to him bore practically no resern-
blance to the hysterically-worded
document released publicly by
British and American officers last
Saturday. That document named a
cabinet under Admiral Karl Doe
nitz to carry on the war, charged
Reichsmarshal Goering and Helm
rich Himmler with treason, and
blamed Germany's downfall on "in-
ternational Jewry."
The pale and aging Won Riben-
trop has told American interroga-
tors at the Nuremberg Jail that he
fled Berlin April "a, 1915, on high
er instructions. Three. days later
he informed Hitler that he wanted
to come back and fight beside
him, but was told to stay in the
area of Nauen.
However, the Red Army advance
drove him into the British zone.
Won Ribbentrop's ramling and
wheedling letter to Churchill and
Eden was frankly phrased to pique
their curiosity, if not their sym
pathy, and get him trip to see
them personally. It recalled the
kalleged statement by Hitler at
Western Front headquarters in the
summer of 1910 that he would grant
England peace that must never
in any way violate English pres
tige and esteem in the world"
The letter pegan by noting radio
experts that former collaborators
of the fuehrer are at present soil
ing their own house, are trying to
deprecate the fuehrer, falsify his
ideas about England, caluminate
other former collaborators Of his,
etc., and compel me to do what
really wanted to do later on: Place
myself at the disposal OF the Bri-
fish commander in chief.
! II shall do it now. If I did not
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-02

do so, false impressions owing to
unclear or biased statements or
misunderstanding might arise"
Won Ribbentrop was arrested be-
fore carrying out his alleged inten-
ton to surrender voluntarily.
The letter said Won Ribbentrop
had gone into the British territory
ito inform you about my last polit-
ical conversation with Adolf Hit
Ter. This conversation during
which, as so often lately, the fueh-
rer's deep disappointment and en-
bitterment about the failure OF
a political conception was evident,
eliminated in a kind of last ap-
peal and message to the leaders OF
the British empire. This appeal
represents at the same time the
last political will of man who
as great idealist has loved his
people above all. ;.
IT do not know if you will wish
to hear the political testament OF
a deceased man but I could i'm
agine its contents might be adapted
to heal the wounds which in the
course of this bitter war have been
inflicted . I have been a close
collaboration of the fuehrer in for
eign politics for many years. I
have been a faithful follower of his
up to the last minute ;"
German foreign policy was in
every phase directed by the fueh-
rer himself" the letter continued.
cts execution was my task. After
my appointment to the head Of the
German foreign office / considered
it my business to help the fuehrer
in attaining the justified German
claims in Europe-as laid down by
Hitler and this by diplom sjic
means about the question of
world conception fredericksburg
l have had serious Emergencies of
views and disputes with Hitler
which I presume also was the cause
that the fuehrer never asked me
to party meetings which he held
regularly
t'But if the fuehrer had once de-
cided on matter his policy was
always carried out according to
the fuehrer principle.
"When German and Russian re.
lations were severed and war with
Russia broke out, a development
which I as originator of the Ger
man-Russian pact more than re-
GREETED, everything was subordi.
mated to the anti Communistic role
the fuehrer has looked upon
this war as a war between the
Weltaffassung, national and Com.
munistic in our last CONVEX
sation the fuehrer in talking Of the
war suddenly turned to me and
said: You will see my spirit will
arise FROM my grave and one will
see that I have been right
The letter continued:
"About one point there always
has been entire agreement between
the fuehrer and myself and that
was that strong and united Ger.
many as preliminary condition
for a stable, fiourishing Europe
could only exist in the long run by
close collaboration with Great Bri.
tain =.
HE has spoken often in vehe.
ment terms about British politics,
which he did not understand, but
everyone who knew the fuehrer
was well aware that it was one Of
the most outstanding features Of
his character that - inpulsive
though he was-he never changed
his fundamental convictions
every step during these years
was always taken with an eye or
this final issue, that is to say, tc
bring Britain to terms that
England declaSed war on Ger.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-02
Religion
DayByDay
A CHANGE IN wATCH-CHARMs
BY WILLIAM r. ELLIS

A CHANGE IN WATCH-CHARMS
For long years I have worn as
a watch-fob a Babylonian cylin-
drical seal, 1900 years old. 1t was
the signature of Bura-Am, son of
Da-a-a, and it carried the symbols
Of his religion. But it was only
an interesting archaeological curio.
So I have substituted a fob more
interesting and significant, a bet
ter advertisement of my real self.
This is a little cross, encased in
gold, made of the wood of the
old olive tree that grew in the
Garden Of Gethsemane, which the
Catholics believe to be the veritable
tree beneath which Jesus agonized.
For what / want to be known as
a Cross man, wearer and bearer
of the Cross. Every stranger who
chances at the trinket will know
that I believe in Christ and His
cross. Perhaps some will surmise
that I wear the cross in my heart,
as well as on my breast.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-02
SOLID sENDERs

The Bach family produced so
many famous musicians over a
period of two centuries that, in
parts Of Germany, all musicians
came to be designated as "Bachs."
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-02

In open allegiance to the
Crucified, we would testify to all
men that our only hope and glory
is in the Cross of Christ. Amen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-02
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but when she puts on a wedding gown, she
means business, sailor!-From the United
States Coast Guard Magazine.
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Evening star., 1946-02-27
Allied Prosecution
Rests in Trial Of u
Nazis at Nuremberg
Defense Expected to Stort
Monday; Ribbentrop Plea
For Churchill Refused
By the Associoied Press

NUREMBERG, Feb. 27.-The
Allied prosecution rested its case
against % top-ranking Nazi war
leaders late today after more
than three months of hearings
before the International Mill
tary Tribunal.
Arguments on legal aspects of the
attempt to prosecute six Nazi or
ganizations as criminal groups are
scheduled for tomorrow. The de-
fense is likely to start Monday.
Just before closing of the prose-
cution case, American Deputy Pros
ecutor Thomas Dodd obtained the
courts permission to withdraw from
the trial record a document intro
duced as evidence more than a
month ago.
Mr.. Dodd said a further exami-
nation of this document. a letter
originally attributed to defendant
Alfred Rosenberg which spoke in
glowing terms of the "anti-Chris-
tian" work of the Hitler youth or
ganization, had indicated grave
questions as to its authenticity"
The tribunal denied Joachim Won
Ribbentrop's plea that Winston
Churchill, Edouard Daladier and
other prewar Allied leaders be sum-
moned as defense witnesses.
The Tribunal rejected % names of
a list of 30 submitted by the former
German Foreign Minister and also
trimmed sharply the lists submitted
by Hermann Goering and Field Mar
shal Wilhelm Keitel.
The tribunals action led prosecu-
ton sources to predict the entire de-
fense case could be completed within
seven weeks.
The witness ban applied also to
Georges Bonnet, former French
foreign Minister; the Marquis de
Polignac, Count Jean de CASTELAR,,
Otto Abetz, former German Am
bassador to Paris, and Ernst Ten
nant and T. j. Jones, London busi-
nessmen.
Evening star., 1946-02-27
BY the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 27.-
Mounted policemen charged into
the ranks of 300 marching CIO
pickets at a General Electric Co.
plant today and scattered them
with swinging clubs.
The pickets, acting in defiance of
a county court injunction against
mass picketing, were split into two
sections and herded away from the
gates, with foot policemen following
closely behind.
Some marchers were dragged from
porches of homes where they sought
refuge. -Four of those yanked away
clung to an American flag.
The melee began shortly after s
am, several hours after 1000 police
men were massed around the strike
bound plant to enforce the injunc-
ton.
BY $50 am. only tive pickets
Evening star., 1946-02-27
pictures on Page A-5.)

A special committee of city
officials was inspecting the rub
BILE of the Gerrity home at 61O9
Nevada avenue NV. today in an
attempt to determine the cause
of the mysterious explosion
which shattered the residence
at about l pm. yesterday, kill
ing former Sergt. Edward Hunt
Gerrity, 81.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
was to perform an autopsy on the
youths body this afternoon.
No one knew, until flremen found
the youths burned body under a
heap Of wreckage in the basement
at ASS pm. whether Edward, only
son of Harry j. Gerrity, Washington
attorney, was in the house when the
explosion rocked a six-block area in
the Chevy Chase section. No one
else was at home when the house
collapsed.
Mr.. Gerrity, tense with worry
Evening star., 1946-02-27
By the Associated Press

FRANKFURT, Feb. 27.-A phan-
tom German armament maker de-
scribed by an American investiga-
tor as the greatest single power
behind the Nazi war machine"-a
behind-the-scenes force far bigger
than Krupp-has been caught and
unmasked by American occupation
authorities.
The magnate, whose fabulous
$400 900 900 secret industrial empire
previously was whispered among a
few, was identified by authorities
as Friedrich Flick, 62, a steel and
coal producer whose name was vir-
tually unknown abroad or among
millions of Germans.
Full details of the dealings which
made Flick one of the wealthiest
men in Nazi Germany still are under
investigation by a Treasury and War
Department Decentralization team
Evening star., 1946-02-27
Officials View Ruins of Home
In Quest of Clues to Blast
Autopsy Will Be Held Today in Death
Of Overseas Air Force Veteran

stood alone while firemen searched
the ruins. The former Army Air
Force radio gunner's pajama clad
body was uncovered near the front
OF the basement.
Representatives of the Washing
ton Gas Light Co., the Police Homi-
eide Squad, Fire Department and
the Building Inspectors Office went
to the scene of the blast early to-
day.
Fire Marshal Raymond Roberts
said the gas water heater and gas
furnace were intact and had not
exploded as was believed earlier.
Gas service to adjacent homes was
cut off as gas men checked the
possibility of leak in the gas mains.
Mrs. Blanche Gerrity, wife of the
lawyer, was located at hotel lunch
con. The Gerrity's daughter, Mary
Ellen, Is, was in her classroom at
Georgetown Visitation Convent.
The family's 65-year -old colored
houseman, William B. Stratton, left
the house less than an hour before
Evening star., 1946-02-27
Yunks Seize Nuzi Who Headed
$500, 100000 Arms Empire

headed by Josif March,, jr., New
York.
1--WE consider Flick greater GRIM
inal than Krupp for he grew with
the Nazi regime and seized more
personal economic power than
Krupp ever held" Mr.. March, said.
He added that his team would rec
ommend the Indictment of Flick
as a war criminal at the second
war crimes trial.
He said Flick, in IL years Of
Naziism, built up controls vaster
than those it took the Krupps gen.
erations to seize in three wars start
ing with the 1870 French-German
conflict.
Flick himself is being held in the
bleak Preungsheim Prison near
Frankfurt for questioning. His 28-
|year-old son, Ernst, is under house
arrest. Key directors of Flick,s
combine also are in jail.
Evening star., 1946-02-27
Truman Asks Hoover,
IL Others 10 Farley
On Food Conservation
Voluntary Program Will
Be Discussed Friday
At White House

The White House announced
today that President Truman
had invited former President
Hoover and group of a dozen
other citizens to meet at the
White House Friday to shape a
voluntary program for reducing
food consumption so Americans
can send more supplies to Europe
and Asia.
In kilograms sent out last night
to those invited to the meeting, the
President said:
Il am sure you are familiar with
the acute need for foodstuffs in the
war-torn countries of Europe and
Asia. Our national self-respect and
our duties as human beings demand
that we do all possible to stop the
spread of famine.
Il have directed the agencies of
the Government to do everything
possible to this end. But Govern
ment alone is not enough. We can
not meet this situation without an
aggressive voluntary program on
the part of private citizens to re-
duce food consumption in this
country.
Il am asking you and very few
other public-Spirited citizens to meet
in the east wing of the White House
at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon, March
l, to work out means for supporting
such a program. Former President
Hoover has accepted my invitation
and will be there. I count on your
support"
The message went to Sheldon
Clark, vice president of Sinclair Oil
Corp; Justin Miller, president of the
National Association of Broadcast
ers; Clarence Francis, chairman of
the board of General Foods Corp.
DR.. George H. Gallup, New York !;
Henry R. Luce, publisher of Time
and Life Magazine; James W.
Young of the J. Walter Thompson
Advertising Agency; DR.. William l.
Myers, Cornell University; Chester
G. Davis, former War Food Admin
istartor; Eugene Meyer, publisher of
the Washington Post; Mrs. Anna
Lord Strauss, president, League of
Women Voters; Mrs Emily G. Dick
inson, president, General Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs, and Eric
Johnston, president of the Chamber
|of Commerce of the United States.
Evening star., 1946-02-27
Daughter Of White Rajah
To Wed American Colonel
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Feb. 27.-The engage
ment of Leonora Margaret, Countess
of Inchcape, eldest daughter of Sir
Charles Vyner Brooke, former white
Rajah of Sarawak, and Col. Fran
els P. Tompkins of the United States
Army, was announced here today.
The countess, who was known to
her fathers subjects in Northern
Borneo as Princess Gold" because
of her blond hair and fair skin, will
forfeit a widowhood annuity of
f3, 900 ($12,0O0) left her in 1889 by
her late husband, the second Earl
of Inchcape, when she remarries.
Her father announced three weeks
ago that he was abdicating and that
Sarawak was being ceded to Great
Britain as crown colony.
Col. Tompkins, whose home is in
Northfield, VT, has been in Europe
since 1912 and is now stationed at
Oberammergau. He said the mar
riage would take place at Maryle-
bone Town Hall on March %.
Evening star., 1946-02-27
Mounted Police Scatter Pickets
Before GE PIuntin PhiIodeIphiu

remained. About 1000 pickets as
sembled at a nearby police station
where six strikers were held for
questioning.
Spokesman for the Electrical
Workers Union demanded that the
six be granted an immediate hear
ing, but Sergt. John j. Kennedy, in
charge of the police station, said
there would be no hearing until he
had completed an investigation.
Union leaders then told the pickets
to march on City Hall in protest to
Sergt. Kennedy's action. The S.
block march got under way imme-
diately.
j. J. Dougherty. director of the
Veterans Committee of the CLOS
Transport Workers Union, Local
234, told the strikers you can count
on our support. This Is not a fight
of GE alone. This is a fight of all
(See PICKETTNG, Pagl A-14)
Evening star., 1946-02-27
Peron's Opponent Leading
In ; Provinces Returns
BY the Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 27.-Jose
Tamborini, the Democratic Union
candidate for President of Argentina
in last Sundays election, was lead
ing in the earliest returns today
from three provinces.
The first results from the Province
OF Santiago del Estero gave Tam
borini 331 votes and Juan Peron,
former Vice President, 279.
Evening star., 1946-02-27
Withdrawal Rumors
Fly as Pau|ey Hearing
Recesses Suddenly
Nominee, However, Still
Indicates He PIuns
To Continue Fight
By J. A. O'LeoV

Hearings on the nomination of
Edwin w. Pauley to be Under
secretary of the Navy were ad-
journed suddenly this morning
until 2::30 pm. amid rumors of
possible withdrawal, but with
Mr.. Pauley still indicating he has
no intention of withdrawing.
Asked about reports that Demo-
Gratis were urging him to withdraw
with the understanding that the
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
would express its belief in his in
tegrity, Mr.. Pauley said:
mo one has approached me, ex-
cept Senator Saltonstall. told
him I would give the matter con-
sideration. I have concluded other
wise"
Proposed by SaltonstaIl.
Senator Saltonstall, Republican, OF
Massachusetts had asked him in
open hearing yesterday if, as "a pa
triotic American" he would ask
withdrawal of his name in view of
the difficult situation facing the
Navy and the difficult situation he
WOULD face if confirmed.
One high-ranking source said this
morning he did not believe the
Democratic. proposal for withdrawal
had been presented to Mr.. Pauley
yet, but indicated there is lot of
talk along that line in the air."
The adjournment until afternoon
was taken at the request of Senator
Tobey, Republican, of New Hamp-
shire, chief opponent of the Pauley
nomination, who told Chairman
Walsh:
Il am sure the net result will be
a saving of time"
More Witnesses Ready.
Several more witnesses were ready
to take the stand, including w. A.
Patterson, president of United Air
Lines, when Senator Tobey told
Chairman Walsh that certain mat
ters have come out in connection
with my presentation of the case
that prompt me to ask that the COM
mittee take a recess until this after
noon"
Senator Tydings, Democrat, of
Maryland, asked Senator Tobey if he
had any witnesses present.
Eyes, they are here in goodly
number" Senator Tobey replied.
Mr.. Patterson was waiting to give
his version of request made to him
in 1914 to contribute to the Demo-
cratic campaign fund George Kill
lion, who succeeded Mr.. Pauley as
treasurer of the Democratic Nation
al Committee, has testified that he
and Mr.. Pauley talked to Mr.. Pat
'erson on the telephone about a con-
,rlbution, but denied that either of
hem used any pressure to get the
alr line executive to contribute,
Confidence Vote Likely.
1t is understood that if Mr.. Pauley
asks withdrawal of his name there is
a good chance the committee will
adopt a resolution, or report, ex-
pressing its belief in his integrity
but setting forth the general view
that it would be unwise for an oil
man to enter the Navy Department
where Gil is an important problem
Responsible Democratic sources
are said to have discussed with Mr.
Pauley this way out of a situation
which has been troubling Senate
democrats since the fight on Mr.
(See PAULEY. Page A-5l
Evening star., 1946-02-27
Cold and Rain Tonight
To Replace Warm Weather

The weather forecaster promised
another warm. sunny day today with
the mercury climbing almost as
high as it did yesterday.
The forecast ended on gloomy
note, however. Tonight and tomor-
row will be cloudy and colder with
occasional rain and low around 40
degrees.
Yesterdays high was recorded at
$50 pm. when the temperature rose
to 72 degrees-two degrees short of
the record for February 26. The
high today is expected to be near
10 degrees.
Evening star., 1946-02-27
Randolph Paul Appointed
Presidential Assistant
By the Associo,ed Press

President Truman today appoint
ed Randolph Paul, tax expert, as a
special $l0,000-a-year presidential
assistant, effective tomorrow.
The White House said Mr.. Paul
will conduct negotiations for the
State Department with various
European nations who were neutral
during the war, on the subject of
external German assets.
Mr.. Paul, former Treasury Of
f1cial, was familiar figure on Cap
itol Hill for years during considera-
Son of wartime tax bills. Re-
: ntly he has been a tax consultant
N private life.
Evening star., 1946-02-27
Another Overseas Star
Available Today

The latest Overseas Edition
of The Star is available to-
day at both The Star office
and the Victory Bond booth
in Lansburgh'S Department
Store.
Copies are free, with en-
velopes for mailing, but the
edition is strictly limited.
Please do not waste a single
copy. \
Evening star., 1946-02-27
Mrs. Roosevelt Pays
Visit to White House

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, who was
a delegate to the United Nations,
conferred with President Truman
this morning.
The widow of President Roose-
velt then went to the State De-
partment.