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The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20
Santa Claus
to Visit
Chardon

Santa Claus, sponsored by
the Chardon Jr. c. of c., will
arrive in Chardon about l pm.
this Saturday, December %
Santa's arrival will be announ-
ced around town by one of the
Chardon Fire Departments
trucks driving around and fin
ally pulling up to a store on
Main ST., putting up the ladder,
and Santa will come down the
ladder to greet the boys and
girls. Santa will be on Main
st. from l pm. until 5 pm.
and will have gifts for every
boy and girl. Don't miss this
chance to visit with Santa.
All homes with outside light
ing decorations will be judged
Wednesday night, Dec. 26.
Judging will be based on orig
inality and adaptability to sur
rounding landscape.
The prizes to be given away
are CD $25 Savings Bond, (2)
Floor Lamp, CD Floor Lamp,
(4) Table Lamp, 60 Table
Lamp. Every home with out
side lighting will be judged if
they have all lights turned on
the night of Judging.
Delivery of toys and baskets
of food will be made to be-
tween 20 and 25 Geauga coun-
ty families by the Jay Gees on
Sunday, December %. The Jay
Gees have done a big job of
repairing used toys this week
and are using some $3.50 real
lied by their recent scrap met
al drive to buy food for the
baskets. The scrap metal drive
was a real success and the
Jay Gees want to express their
appreciation to all those people
who contributed.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20
Charles Boneham
Rites "Wednesday

CLARIDON - Funeral serv-
ices for Charles William Bone
ham 83, who died at the home
of his son Wesley Sunday eve
ming at $50 p. m, were held
at the Burr Funeral Home
Wednesday, Dec. IL, at 10 a. m.
Mr.. Boneham was born in
North Royalton July 3, 1863,
the son of Henry and Sarah
Boneham. He had been farmer
all his life.
Survivors include his two
daughters, Mrs. Clarice Row of
Detroit, Mich. and Mrs. Doro-
thy Kocian of Cleveland; one
son Wesley; four grandchildren,
nine great grandchildren and
two sisters, Mrs. Richard Ne
Leod of Louisville and Mrs.
Wilson Conlon of San Gabriel,
Calf. His wife, daughter
and a son preceded him in
death.
Burial was in Lakeview GEM
etery, Cleveland. Pallbearers
were Clarence Row, Anton
Kocian, Wesley Boneham, Jr.,
Robert Barnard, Richard Latng
and Robert Beach.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20
Mrs. {. Corev
Appointed to
County Board

Mrs. Walter C. Corey of
Chardon was appointed Satur-
day by the county board of
education as a member to fill
out the unexpired term of Mrs.
Marion Pease, who resigned to
reside in Texas.
Mrs. Corey founded the Geau-
ga tuberculosis and Health
Society several years ago in
Geauga County, and served as
executive secretary until her
resignation. She also was sec
retary for the county board of
health for many years.
The unexpired term which
Mrs. Corey fills ends in two
years.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20
Flower Legends Express Christmas Beauty

There legends concerning Christmas the
most beautiful have to do with flowers.
The Christmas for instance dvney
herd maid wept at having gift lay before the
Manger. Suddenly angel appeared before
The Angel spoke, his voice
AS the seas low-ying shore,
whisper in ripened whe
Then after hearing why the maiden ground
where her tears had fallen
Immediately
maid gathered laid the manger.
Others sainon Holy Hay believed to have Graded
the infant Christ in the manger
And the snowdrop Mary
the emblem the lighted Christmas Eve
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20
Former Geausa Resident
Dies in Cleveland

Maurice c. Flahaven, 70.
died suddenly at his home 1887
Galewood Dr., Cleveland,
Thursday, Dec. 13, of a heart
attack. He had been in poor
health two years.
Mr.. Flahaven was born in
Thompson, Nov. 26, 1872, the
son of Michael and Maria
Carpenter Flahaven. He is sur
vived by his widow, Clara,
son Fred FIahaven of Paines-
vile, and daughter, Mrs. Alice
Davies of Detroit. Three sisters
and two brothers preceded
him in death.
Requiem Mass was celebrated
at st. Mary's church in Paines-
vile, Monday, at 10 a. m. Bur
ial was in the family lot in
Evergreen cemetery in Paines-
vile.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20
Newbury News Items

School
NeWbury basketball team
won from West Geauga Friday
evening by a large score.
Schools will close Dec. 21,
for a two week vacation.
Personal
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph BidIake
attended a family gathering in
Wellington Sunday given in
honor of his brother, who leaves
this week for the service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Audre Blair,
Lloyd Ober and Mr.. and Mrs.
w. R. Blair attended the Coba
at Claridon Friday
evening.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20
Bert Barnull,
Elected Head
of Fken,en

These officers for 1852 were
elected by the Geauga County
Firemen's Association at meet
ing held Thursday night at the
fire station in Chardon:
President, Bert Barnum of
Chardon; vice president, Mel
son McGurer of Middlefiela;
Secretary-treasurer, Carl Hum
mel, Chardon.
The retiring officers are
Howard Boss, president; Mar
vim Russell, vice president; and
Probate Judge Harold Rich
mond, secretary treasurer.
Speaker was Tom Henderson,
Standard Oil Co. safety en-
gineer, who discussed gase-
line transportation and how gas
fires are successfully fought.
He showed movies to illustrate
his talk.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20
CMrldon
Church Plans
Pageant

CLARIDON - Sunday, Dec.
%, at 8 pm, the Claridon Con-
gregational Pageant 'The Ador-
alton of the Kings and Shep-
herds" will be presented at
the church with choral accom-
paniment by the choir. This
will include a White Gift Ser
vice in which children of Sun
day school will participate.
Each child is requested to bring
a new or used toy wrapped in
white paper. These toys will
be distributed to children of
needy Geauga County families.
The Committee directing the
pageant is Mrs. Horace Will
mot, Jeanette Grosvenor, Mrs.
Francis Vaccariello and Mrs.
Ralph Grosvenor; costumes,
Francis Vaccariello; lighting,
Ralph Grosvenor; decorations,
Alger Dimmick.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20
Esther Bodi
Rites "Wednesday

MONTVILLE - Funeral ser
vice for Mrs. Esther Balogh
Bodi were held Wednesday at
the home with the Rev. A.
Leffler of the Lutheran church
of Cleveland officiating. Burial
was in Montville cemetery. Pail
Bearers were Alex 10th, Joe
Vargo, John Blaz and Frank
Arnocki of Cleveland and
Charles Gyetko and Ted Stone
of Montville.
She is survived by her hus-
band Julius Bodi, two sons,
Joe and Julius, one daughter
Mrs. Sarah Yambor and 8
grandchildren and one niece
Mrs. Charles Gyetko. The flow
ers were many and beautiful.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20
Judge Orders Change
in Jail Rules

The Jail rules requiring
drunken and dangerous pris-
oners to be taken through the
sheriff's living quarters were
rescinded today by Judge Will
lam K. Thomas. The Judge am
ended the rules to permit
prisoners of this type to be
held in the regular Jail quarters.
The recently issued rules re-
quiring prisoners on arrest to
be confined to the upstairs
quarters adjoining the sheriff's
living quarters caused the re-
cent resignation of former
Sheriff Stewart Harland. In
his order Judge Thomas pointed
out that the change was being
made only until physical
changes could be made in the
Jail building.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20
Horticulture
Banquet Is
Thursday

DR.. Freeman Hewlett, head
of the department of Horticul-
ture at Ohio State University
and the Agricultural Expert
ment Station will be the guest
speaker at the annual Horti-
culture banquet at Claridon.
The banquet will be held at
7 pm, on December 27.
The subject of DR.. Howlett's
talk will be Farming in Yugo-
slavia." DR.. Hewlett was in
Yugoslavia last summer, and
will show colored slides of
his trip.
Leland D. Schuler, County
Agricultural agent believes that
you will enjoy this meeting,
and the opportunity to visit
with other fruit growers in
Geauga and Lake Counties.
Cost of dinner will be $3.50.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20
Mistietoe Has Come Long Way
Since Days of Druid Worship

The mistletoe has come a long
way from the days when it was
worshiped by the British druids to
it's present status as a criminal
killer of forests However, its use
as symbol of love, peacemaking
and goodwill survives to this
Christmas intact from the pre-.
Christian days of the ancient Scan
dinavian light god, Balder, whose
palace stood in the Milky Way.
The beloved Balder, so the myth
goes. was slain by mistletoe ar
row but was restored to life at the
intercession of the other gods. Gus
tody of the mistletoe plant was
then entrusted to the goddess of
love who ordained that henceforth
anyone passing beneath its bough
should receive a kiss in token of
love, not vengeance. AS long as
the mistletoe was held high ii
could never be used as a power
for evil.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20
John Cell Buys
Reqistered HoIstein

John Cell, of Hambden, has
recently acquired a registered
Holstein-Friesian bull from the
herd of George V. Phillips,
Chardon.
Change of ownership for this
animal, Montville Belle Lad,
has been officially recorded by
The Holstein-Friesian Associa-
ton of America.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20
Geanga County Seal Sale
Reaches Half Way Mark

real tragedy of tuberculosis
could be prevented through in
tensive finding, hospital
ization and rehabilitation pro-
grams for which Christmas
Seals supplies many of these
services" Last year Ohio lost
1900 lives from tuberculosis.
1900 new cases were reported
active or questionably active.
Mrs. James Williams of Clari-
don reported on the State
of Directors meeting which she
attended at Columbus, Ohio on
December 7th. A report of the
Ohio Public Health Association
meeting attended by Mrs. Myr-
tie Rogers and Mrs. Robert-Fen-
wick, was given by Mrs. Fen
wick.
A report on activities Of the
Associations Case Finding,
Health Education, Rehabilita-
ton Programs and Speakers S
Bureau was given by Mrs. Rod
gers. The November bills were
presented to the members for
approval of payment by Mr..
ShanoWer.
Plans were completed to send
Christmas gift box to each
of the Geauga County tuberc-
ulosis patients hospitalized in
sanatoriums. This is a project
of the Rehabilitation Program,
states Mrs. Rodgers, and is
made possible through the CO.
operation of the teachers and
pupils of Geauga County
Schools.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20
Snow Storm Closes Schools; Blocks Roads
HighWayDfpartment
Works Round-the-CZock'

AT press time today Geauga
was digging itself out of a
couple of feet of snow and
wondering when the predicted
new temperature drop and more
snow were going to arrive.
School students of Geauga
county enjoyed an extra holi-
day Wednesday due to the
severe snowstorm which started
last Friday. The only excep-
ton being Troy which kept
open regularly.
E. Claridon school closed
Monday due to the heating
system being out of order.
Thompson, Montville and New
bury were closed all day Tues
day while the remainder of the
county schools started to close
early in the day in order to
get the children who ride the
school busses home before the
roads became impossible. At
press time, all schools plan to
be open Thursday according
to County School Superinten-
dent, F. R. Schofield. No bus
accidents occurred, although a
few busses did get stuck. Every
effort will be made to open
school again before the reg
ularly scheduled holiday vaca-
tion so that the planned Christ
mas programs and parties can
be held.
Stanlae Merritt of the Coun-
ty Highway Department said
that they expected to have all
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20

The regular monthly meeting
of the Executive Board of the
Geauga County tuberculosis
and Health Association was held
at their office on December
18th with Mr.. B. j. Shanower
of Burton presiding.
Mrs. Lewis Bostwick reported
on the returns of the Christmas
Seal Sale, stating the Assoc
iation had reached one half of
the goal of $4,000, as of Dec
ember 18th. Mrs. Bostwick
quoted DR.. John D. Porterfield,
Ohio's Director of eff
you haven't bought your Christ
Seals - DO 1T TODAY, the
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20
List Leaders
for Drive
Against Polio

Charles Hall, county chair
man of the March of Dimes
campaign today announced the
following township chairman
and other organization officials.
Phil King is assistant chairman
of the drive, John Shiffler
publicity chairman and Robert
Prince is advisory chairman.
Township chairmen are as fol-
lows: Thompson, Mrs. George
Underwood; HuntSburg, Mrs.
John E. Anderson, Middlefield,
Garland Shelter an dCarl Hof-
stetter; Hambden,, Mrs. Paul
johnson; Claridon, Warren Bah
cock; Burton, Lucille Harms;
Troy, Maxine Lillich; Chardon,
Vain Parsons, Dick Ritondaro;
Munson, Mrs. Martin Miller;
Newbury, Mrs. Audre Blair;
Auburn, Mrs. Ignatius Cavan-
a9n, chester, Or. A. John
Rose; Russell, Mrs. S. J. Pas
torelli; South Russell, Mrs. Ira
Scott; Bainbridge, Mrs. Reba
Oldham; Bass Lake, Rocco
Dragonette.
A meeting of the township
chairmen will be held in the
Claridon town hall Thursday,
Dec. 27, at 8 p. m. when plans
for the forthcoming campaign
will be formulated.
A Mothers March on Polio
will be held the evening of
January 80. Anyone wishing to
give one hour of time to this
cause is asked to call their
township chairman or Chardon
5-5861.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20
List Honor
Students at
Chardon School

The Honor Roll for Chardon
High School for the second
six weeks is as follows:
Special recognition is given
to Betty Stark, Merton Beck
with, Lou-Merta Beckwith, Lin
da Kazuk, Rosemary Beck
with, Sandra Jackson, Jean Nc
Kenna and Rolf Kulp for get
ting all AS.
Honor roll is as follows:
Grade IL - Jacqueline Bay,
Joseph Began, Barbara Blythe,
Carolyn Boerwinkle, Kenneth
Carver, William Clark, Virginia
Davis, Sally Fenwick, Shirley
Sampson, Mary Shultz, Victoria
Turner, and Marilyn Marshall.
Grade IL - Lillian Divoky,
jeanette Fenton, Gail Gallop,
Carol Houriet, Clarisse Krum,
Terry Perkins, and Ronald
Walsh.
Grade 10 - Albert Arslan-
ian, Johanna Blanyer, Harold
Cullop, Paul Hanke, Helen Hills,
Kaye johnson, Barbara Knapp,
Carol Macy, Neal Osborn, Eliz-
abeth Rayman, Thomas Reef,
Donna Sampson, Dorothy Schro-
eppel, Kenneth Seufer, Bill
Skinner, Sally Slagle, Helga
Tischendorf, and David Wick.
Grade 8 - Rosemary Fila,
Joy Griffiths, Earla Hills, Carol
Johnson, Jean Mutt, Helen
Mansfield, Roberta Stroyd, and
Nancy Wise.
Grade 8 - Judy Boldon,
Dale Bushman, Nina Carver,
Alan Fitz, Nancy Friel, Edith
Gaylord, David Patterson, Eliz-
abeth Rutz, Gary Singerman,
and Patricia Smith.
Grade 7 - Kathleen Boldon,
Helen Gore, Thomas Hummell,
Sally johnson, Beverly Opper,
Carol Pitschmann, Karen Pope,
Joseph Svete, Donald Trask,
Dennis Walsh, and Joyce Whit
ingham.
Grade 6 - Susan Kiebler,
Carol Head, Caroline Sampson,
Susan Alvord, and Andrea Car
son.
Grade - Mrs. Steingass:
William Tam, Karen Liston,
Marilyn Pildner, and Craig
Smith.
Grade s - Mrs. LeProvost:
Gail Macy, Jack Mcdonald,
Judy NcDonald, Judy Patter-
son, Elaine Hildinger, Beverly
Bidgood, Peggy Hopkins, and
Joan Manning.
Grade S - Mrs. Trask: San
dra Farinacci, Dale Johnson.
Margaret Mccarthy, Linda Rob-
erts, and Nancy Tratnik.
Grade 5 Mr.. Hawkins:
Sandra Jackson, Rolf Kuip,
Mary Ann Price, Gail Rieter,
Ellen Johnson, Dennis Tracy,
Nancy Gray, Ann Mcdonald,
Jean McKenna, Donna Trask,
and Karen Shreiner.
Grade 4 Mrs. Holmes:
Mary Ann Bradley, Mary
Fisher, Beth Hofstetter, Dorothy
Holmes, Kathleen Temple, Dick
Burgess, Emery Dilda, and Dav-
id Price.
Grade - Miss K. SchWindl:
Sandra Nichols, Margaret Brain
ard, Ardin Nelson, Sue Ellen
Rossback and Kay Wollpert.
Grade 4 - Miss E. SchWindl:
Ludwig Dulk, Glenn Grant,
Joyce Strong and Dixie Lee
Rarick.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20
MiddlefieId Merchant
Robbed in Cleveland

MlDDLEFIELD - The auto
mobile belonging to Thomas C.
Halstead, proprietor of the
Middlefield Furniture Co., was
broken into and robbed last
Thursday, December 13, in
Cleveland.
The thief, or thieves, pried
open the door of the car and
took new television set that
Mr.. Halstead was bringing to
his store. The robbery occurred
at 300 p. m. at West Sixth
and St. Clair SITS. AS yet, Cleve-
land police have not located the
$24C T. V. set or the persons
who stole it.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20
Potted YuIe Trees
Require License

The Agricultural Extension
Service has had several calls
in regard to selling of potted
Christmas trees.
A state license is required
to sell potted Christmas trees.
These trees must be checked
by the state inspectors. People
buying inspected trees, for re-
sale, must still buy a license
from the State Department of
Agriculture. The cost of the
license is $40.
Applications for securing
license may be obtained by
calling the Agricultural Exten-
sion Service at Burton, 4241.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20

the county roads open Wednes-
day evening. The average snow
depth for the county was 9"
and they encountered drifts up
to 3 #. The repair department
of the garage is busy with
broken equipment but hope to
have all repairs made within
two or three days. The trucks
were out on nearly a round
the-clock schedule, until the
men neared exhaustion Tuesday
evening and were called in for
a rest.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20
Extension Office
Closes Monday

The Office of the Geauga
County Agricultural Extension
Service will be closed on Dec
ember "a, and rs for Christ
mas vacation.
Artificial Breeding calls will
be accepted at Burton 5841
until10 a. m. on December "a.
There will be no artificial
breeding service on Christmas
Day.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20
Barbara Benes
Rites tuesday

MONTVILLE - Mrs. Barbara
Bencs, widow of the late Steve
Bencs, died at her home in
Montville, following years
illness. Mrs. Bencs was 73
years old. Born in Hungary,
she came to Ohio in 1910. Mr..
Bencs preceded her in death
8 years ago. They had lived in
Montville 80 years.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Barbara Loosely of Mont
vile and Mrs. Margaret He'll
of Cleveland. Three grandchil-
dren and 6 great grandchildren.
Funeral services were con-
Quoted at the home Tuesday at
2 p. m. with the Rev. B. Basco
of the Lutheran church of
Fairport officiating. Burial in
Montville cemetery.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20
News by Emma Blair
Phone Newbury 372

Church
There will be Christmas
entertainment at the church
Sunday evening, Dec. %, at
800. Mothers bring cookies.
Everybody invited.
Aid
1t was such a bad day only
IL ladies and 5 children braved
the snow storm, Thursday to
enjoy the Turkey dinner at the
church. An entertainment is
being planned for the January
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20

Buy chrisfEnos Seals
Fight tuberculosis
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-20
CHARDON LIBRARY HOURS

Chardon Public Library will
open as usual at noon Dec. "a
and Dec. 81 and close at 6 p. m.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-20
Doris FIeeson:
Honesty and Vision Needed
Kefouver Crime Probe Could Prove to Be Portys
Most Valuable Political Property

this is true. also. of Senator
Fulbright's RFC committee.
The initial indecision of the
Democrats regarding Senator
Mccarthy, their feeble de-
lenses as the threat mounted
and their final too hurried solu-
tons which didn't solve the
problem, are all recent history.
Senator Tydings laid his head
upon the block for them, a
sacrifice they accepted compla-
Gently on the theory that he
couldn't be beaten in Maryland.
He was beaten and he failed to
stem the tide for most OF the
others.
President Truman's trouble
appears to be plain stubborn
ness: nobody seriously doubts
his own honesty. At the Ma
tional Committee it's money
pressure. Inc easiest place In
the world to raise money for
politics is from the underworld
and especially that shadowy
borderland Of gambling and
horse playing.
With the labor unions balk-
ing over putting funds into
Jefferson-Jackson dinners so
long as MobiliZer Charles E.
Wilson snubs them-the rail-
road brotherhoods have fatty
refused-the committee may
find itself pressed. But con-
structive honesty was never
more important to them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-20
icol Properly

manned aloof. The National
Committee has Joined in the
griping-all but the women's d.
vision and Mrs. India Edwards.
The demands to continue the
investigation come from Repub-
licans, which is natural. They
can be counted on for a lot of
conversation about it-but even
more if the inquiry is allowed to
lapse.
Mr.. Jon Jonkel's Illuminating
testimony before the Monroney
subcommittee investigating the
Maryland election points the
way. Mr.. Jonkel. the campaign
manager imported by the Chi
cago Tribune for Willard Tyd-
ings' conqueror, Senator Butler,
explained blandly how the DEM
ocrats were stuck in 1850 with
what he called the Communist
doubt.
OF course, he said, everybody
knew Senator Tydings was not a
Communist. But Mr.. Tydings'
conduct of hearings on Senator
McCarthy's charges of Commu-
nism in the State Department
implanted doubt. So the Butler
camp exploited the doubt.
If the Kefauver investigation
is improperly or too hastily
closed out. the Republicans will
have a new doubt for 1852 and
one with a great deal more sub
stance In 1t than their 1850
chimera. To a lesser extent,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-20

states were assigned at the be-
ginning of March.
The most complete report I
have seen in print of the East
German army is in the current
British publication 1.-The Twen-
tieth Century" by the Ameri-
can Melvin j. Lasky.
Mr.. Lasky reports that the
East German police system al
most exactly parallels the Nazi
military setup. Forces with
straight army training (volks-
polizeD are now estimated at
100,000-the same number pei
mitted all Germany after World
War I. and built up by the late
Gen. Won Seeckt as the officers
corps for an army of millions.
This is not an independent
national corps, but, like The
armies of the other satellite
states, a unit of one vast Red
army. 1t is headed by Wilhelm
Zaisser, the General Gomez" of
the Spanish civil war. In key
positions are former German
general staff officers from World
War II. among them Maj. Gen.
Arno Won LenSki, Maj. Gen. Otto
Korfes and Gems. Schubert,
Freytag. Breidthaupt and Vim
cenz Mueller, plus many old
SIS and Gestapo officers, some of
whom Mr.. Lasky is able to name.
Police and military forces are
integrated, as they recently have
been in Poland-secret political
police, border, criminal, admin
istrative. protective, transport
and railway police all having
military as we'll as political func-
tionS.
The StaatsSicherheitS (Secur-
ity) police (SSD) is the direct
successor to Hitler's Gestapo,
controls the same concentra-
ton camps and has re-hired
hundreds of Himmler's en-
ployeS. Counter intelligence for
Western Germany is under
Adalbert Baumler, former SIS
Super-fuehrer.
According to Mr.. LaSky
further German officers are in
training in Won Paulus schools"
in Tula, Kaluga and Mini
Novgorod. in the Soviet Union.
An open appeal has recently