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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22

boundaries and barriers is still one
city. and no Berliner feels the
other sector quite alien to him.
Probably the calmest people to-
day in the Berlin crisis are the
Berliners, who can stand anything
except being ignored. They have
passed through many grievous and
frightening times, yet never lost
their peculiar wit and steadfaSt-
ness. Not even in those desperate
days after Hitler's death when
the Russians took over the city.
So why now?
The Russians made their first
and greatest mistake In Berlin in
June. 1945, when they inflicted
their initial reign Of terror; they
damaged themselves even more by
prolonging 1t in milder form after
the Western Powers had joined
them in the city. Berliners have
not forgotten those days, and
never will.
What was Berlin like then? One
afternoon in the winter Of .1945, as
I was walking along Kurfursten-
damn, q woman faded away. She
slumped down quietly and without
fuss against q snow-covered wall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22

Turning from economic sta
tistics to people. one cannot dis
regard the constant flow of Zine
crosSers" or refugees from East
Germany to West. Very many
pass through Berlin. sometimes at
the rate of 100000 a year: 2 mil
lion have detected from the East
since l945. probably over half Of
them through Berlin.
Look from people to surround
ings again. One wonders whether
Khrushchev. when he ranted re-
Gently in East Berlin about war
and peace, did not feel behind
him the presence Of Hitler's rub
BILE. Most of the ruins have been
tidied up, but there remain huge
stacks Of awkward stones and
bricks-and great open spaces
where once teemed city life. The
memorial Of Hitler's folly has be-
come mute testimony to the bank
ruptcy Of Communist East Berlin.
There are, of course, Inter den
Linden and the Stain Alice. as
the Russians renamed Frankfurt
ter Alice. The old imperial glory
has long since gone, and In the
side streets away from the various
Communist headquarters one feels
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
BY SYLVAN M. herman
Contributing Writer

NEUENMARKT, Landkreis
Kulmbach. Berliners have no
monopoly on the problems of lv-
ing in close range Of o Red
dominated government.
The lower Bavarian burghers Of
Neuenmarkt are a part of West
Germany but they are in sight Of
the borders Of East Germany and
Czechoslovakia. The Iron Curtain
frontier is the hazy backdrop and
the atmosphere is one Of anxiety.
They are afraid Of many things.
The first, and simplest. is fear
that they would be among the first
victims Of any onslaught.
Twenty years ago. men not now
old can remember. the shoe was
on the other foot. The Czechs
were afraid of Hitler's hordes.
Impressions of the Kulmbach-
ers' UNDERSTANDABLE filters were
made on this reporter during a
three-week visit in the border
county. Within an hour after the
train pulled into Neuenmarkt-
the last stop before the Red from
tier-the proximity Of the Iron
Curtain struck the visitor as no
where else in West Germany.
They Fear q Crisis
Outward appearances Of care
free living and solid prosperity are
deceiving. Local citizens feel that
their days of peaceful co-exist-
ence" with their Eastern neighbors
are numbered. They don't say
much about 1t, but they try to
Keep a respectful distance between
themselves and the actual border
at all times.
A Neuenmarkt schoolteacher,
who volunteered his guide services
to spots Of local interest-the Bay
reuth Music Festival, the annual
Gregorifest at the county seat,
and the scenic resorts Of the sur
rounding Fichtelgebirge - could
not be persuaded to drive over to
the border checkpoint at Hot.
He said something about people
disappearing" if they took the
wrong turn and found themselves
in the East zone.
Any doubt on whether the
teacher was merely speaking for
the benefit of his foreign guests
was soon dispelled on the streets
Of Hof.
AS elsewhere in Germany. stone
pillars upon which are posted
advertisements and notices OF all
sorts are on many Hof street
corners. These bulletin pillars are
unique because of photographs
they carry. They are of children
who are reported to have been
kidnapped by Communist agents
from the West zone to be held as
hostages in East Germany.
Anxious parents and West Ger
man authorities hope that such
displays will bring information
from people returning from the
East.
Trade and travel serve as the
main windows into East Zone af-
fairs. Visits between relatives in
their respective zones are permit
ted but not encouraged. The East
Zone officials allow one such visit
to and from East Germany per
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
Chino and Koreu

A good current example has
been the status of Communist
China.
Great Britain formally recog-
nized Red China and has ex-
changed Charge d'Affaires, but
has insisted that recognition does
not mean approval. The United
States, on the other hand. refuses
to recognize Red China, partly
because President Eisenhower and
Secretary of State Dulles have
said recognition implies approval
Of the government.
The recognition referred to in
this context is the "de jure" rec
ognition which brings with it the
exchange Of ENJOYS.
On another less exalted plane,
however. is "de facto" recognition,
and this Communist China has, by
its sheer peskiness, extracted even
from its principal enemy in the
world, the United States.
Red Chinese representatives ne
gotiated with the United States on
the Korean armistice in 1858. Red
Chinese and American ambassa-
doris have been meeting periodi-
cally for years now, first in
Geneva and later in Warsaw, to
discuss American prisoners in
China, the Quemoy-Matsu crises.
the Peiping's eagerness for foreign
minister-level talks.
Unrecognized North Korea has
also been accorded a measure Of
"de facto" recognition. The Com
munist regime has sent its repre-
sentatives to the periodic meetings
Of the Korean Armistice Commits
sion in Panmunjom, thereby win
ming a measure of free-world rec
ignition that South Korea regrets
to this day.
Similarly, Japan does not recog-
nize North Korea but is flirting
with de facto" recognition stu
alton by seeking to send some
Koreans in Japan there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22

something sinister and akin to
despair.
There is. too. the Friedrich
strasse, East Berlin's shop window:
a bright candle in the gloom. per-
haps. but hardly to be reckoned
with Kurfurstendamm in West
Berlin, with its Fifth avenue SPAR
kle.
A Mon Who Tolks Like Hitler
Yet Khrushchev talks more and
more like Hitler. Does he not re-
call that the Russians themselves
RACED the pompous Reich Chan
cellory in l947? Today the Will
helmstrasse site is still deliberately
marked by a small desert. though
hard by, on Leipziger and Voss
Strassen, Goering's diminished Air
Ministry now is the seat Of the
German Democratic Republic"
Berlin is a strange city. AL
though composed of four sectors,
Russian, American. British and
French. 1t is really divided into
two parts: East. depressing and
tawdry even today. and West,
prosperous. monied and lively. But
in a strange way Berlin with all its
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
A Mon Who ToIks Like Hitler

Even the United States. which
also staunchly refuses to recognize
East Germany, imported SIS mil
lion worth Of East German potash,
typewriters. cameras and optical
instruments in 1856: $40 million
worth in 1857. At the same time
American exports to East Germany
totaled SAL 900 in 1856 and $685.
600 in 1857.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
EARL III. VOSS
Star Stan Writer

One Of the principal points at
issue in the Berlin crisis is the
Vests long-standing refusal to
recognize" East Germany's So
viet-fostered government.
AS the crisis wears on, evidence
mounts that the theory Of recog-
milton in practical diplomacy has
a great deal of elastic in it.
This already has been apparent
since World War II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
LIFE IN THE EYE OF THE STORM
BY RICHARD BRETT-SMITH
Contributing Writer


Every genuine German feels In
his bones that Berlin is the real
capital Of a Germany that shall
surely be reunited.
Berlin has not been out Of the
{ limelight often since World War
!. II. Now. once again. eyes Of the
world are upon her. as the days
. slip by and Premier Khru-
!. shchev's threatening date Of May
. "a advances. That Is when he
says he may hand over control
Of the city's approaches to the
: East German government. pro-
claiming Berlin free city" from
which all Soviet troops have been
officially withdrawn.
Why is Britain such a ranking
sore for the Russians?
Chiefly because of the great
contrast between the rich
Western and the poor Eastern
Sectors. There are about 2,200.-
600 West Berliners, and at most
half that number of East Ber-
liners. Forty thousand Of the lat
ter 60 to work daily in the West
ern part Of the city, where they
draw 20 per cent Of their wages
in West Marks. worth three or
four times as much as East Marks.
The federal German government
finds it worthwhile to provide this
subsidy, just as it supports the
considerable number Of West
Berliners who have jobs in East
Berlin. where they draw part of
their pay in East Marks.
The Communists have made a
determined effort to improve the
appearance Of East Berlin in re-
cent years. But the contrast re-
mains. In terms Of economy it
is most noticeable in building and
expansion Of plant. Most of the
new building in the East is con-
nected with government Offices
and establishments, or apart
ment houses for good Com
munists. As a case for foreigners,
East Berlin does not show much
Business Booms Anywcy
There has been talk lately of
investment and bank accounts
sliding or being pulled out Of West
Berlin because Of the fear of war.
But business apparently still
booms there. Company after COM
pany is expanding its activities,
and building goes on. Daimler
Benz. for example. is reinforcing
its engine plant; Osram. the elec-
trical company, will spend nearly
50 million on enlargement Of its
West Berlin works; Siemens, an
equally famous firm, has plans
involving SIS million. American
aid totals 500 million in direct
help alone since the war, and six
or seven times that amount in
counterpart funds. Bonn will
make available in April some 500
million to finance business ex-
panSion in West Berlin, besides a
special fund Of $62.5 million for
an investment program. Industrial
production there is already eight
times as great as in East Berlin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22

and lay still. Nobody took much
notice, and it was easy to see that
she was dead.
I wonder how far of those
grim times seem to Berliners now.
Then there was often nothing for
it but to retire to bed, especially
If one was aged. with ones blan-
kets reinforced by old newspapers;
nor was there anything flippant
in an argument over the respective
merits as protection against the
cold Of the Volkischer Beobachter
and der Angriff. Postwar journals
such as the Tagliche Rundschau
were Of a quite inferior material.
There was no food Of course. Even
diced dehydrated potatoes. a hor-
rifying enough dish before the
air lift turned them into a diet,
were as sought after as ambrosia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
Welcomed Americans

When the first American and
British troops drove into Zehlen-
dorf and Spandau nearly IA years
ago. 1t was odd to see the express
sions Of delight and welcome on
relieved German faces; Just as
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-06
Beaverdam Council Pledges No Tax
Increase If Water Plant Is Built

mortgage revenue bonds to fl
nance the project. This would
mean that no assessment on the
general property tax would be
necessary, the councilmen ex-
planned.
Income from the village water
system would be used to pay the
mortgage revenue bonds. Only
the city water users would be
paying for these bonds.
If general revenue bonds were
issued to pay for the system it
would be necessary to increase
taxes by assassin geach property.
The costs of the system and
the means of financing it will be
discussed in the public meeting
of August II. The meeting will
be held in the Beaverdam town
hall.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-06
Waste Collection
Rates May Climb
In Beaverdam

Garbage collection rates must
be raised or the service must
be discontinued, Beaverdam vii
lage council warned Monday
evening.
The service has slowly been
going into the red and the coun-
Gil is contemplating a boost
which would take effect on JAN
uary 1, 1860. The amount of the
increase has not been set.
Garbage service fees are now
due from all Beaverdam busi-
nesses. The fees are to be paid
at the light company offices in
Beaverdam.
Beaverdam's garbage collec-
ton service is operated in much
the same fashion as Bluffton's.
Payments are made directly to
the village and the municipal
government provides the labor
for the garbage hauling.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-06

The Triplett Electrical Instru-
ment company was the apparent
high bidder for the municipal
light plant building but a deci-
sion on its disposal has been de-
layed until a joint meeting of the
Board of Public Affairs and coun-
Gil at 8 p. m. next Tuesday.
Bids from the Ex-Cell-O cor
poration and the Triplett COM
pany were opened Tuesday by
the BPA.
Ex-Cell-O bid for lease of the
building. Triplett made a bid for
outright purchase of the plant
and another bid for a lease with
a purchase option.
Triplett's bid for purchase of
the almost completely vacated
building is $50, 500. They offered
10 lease the building for five
years at So, 400 per year, with an
option to purchase it at $22, 500
at the end of the five years. Half
of their rental during these five
years could be applied to pur-
chase price.
However, village solicitor NAL
colin Basinger said the Triplett
bid to lease with a purchase op-
ton could not be accepted be-
cause bid of this type had not
been included when the village
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-06

Several thousand shoppers
from Bluffton and a 10-mile ra-
dius of town are expected to
flock into the business section
Friday and Saturday for the big
semi-annual Dollar Day Sales.
1t is clearance time for sum-
mer merchandise in all the re-
tail stores and the policy of mo
Loafers Allowed" is applied with
heavy mark-down crayons to
assure quick sales.
Bargain hunters will find the
welcome mat laid at the door
way of every store, and extra
sales clerks will be on duty to
handle the usually heavy crowds.
Dollar Days shoppers have
learned long ago." said Chair
man Harold Balmer, that the
mark-downs are genuine in Bluff
ton stores. All sale merchandise
is from regular stocks of famous
label items, and no shoddy
goods bought especially for sale
purposes"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-06

A three-cornered race for two
openings on the Bluffton board
of education has developed as a
result of action taken last Fri
day evening at caucus of Bluff
ton and Richland township Re
publicans.
To the names of Woodrow
Little and Robert Simcox tossed
into the ring by an earlier Dem
ocratic caucus, has been added
the name of a third candidate,
DR.. Howard M. Shelly.
Although school board candi-
dates run for election on nom
partisan ballots, it has long been
the practice in Bluffton for the
Republicans and Democats to
place men or women in nomina-
ton at their respective caucuses.
This election Mr.. Simcox will
apparently run with the blessings
of both parties.
Mr.. Simcox, who is presently
serving on the board, having
been appointed to fill the vacan-
cy created by the death of Har-
vey Burkholder, was named as
choice of the Republican caucus
held several months ago, but the
petition was not filed. In the
meantime the Democrats eau
cused and also named Simcox,
filing the petition with the Allen
county board of elections.
When the Republicans held
their second caucus to prepare
petitions for filing, it was learned
that a technicality might make
the Democratic petition invalid,
and Mr.. Simcox'S name was
then filed again by the Repub-
licans along with the name of DR..
Shelly.
Mr.. Little, whose candidacy
was filed by the Democratic
group, is a rural route carrier
with the Bluffton Post Office. He
has been active in affairs of the
community, serving as secretary
of the United Fund organization,
and as superintendent of the
Bluffton Presbyterian church.
Mr.. Simcox, incumbent men,
Der of the board, is sales man.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-06
Historical Car Fete
Scores Main St. Hit

For approximately five hours
Saturday afternoon, Bluffton
turned back the clock to the
roaring twenties" and Main
street echoed once more to auto
horns that played tunes, the put
put of the Model-T, and the throb
of a 16-cylinder cadillac.
Even the rag-time music of the
twenties sounded over the Town
hall p. a. system, and sailor
straws with gay hat bands were
much in evidence for the town. S
Historical Car show.
When the deadline for the 4
p. m. parade arrived and there
were 80 cars registered, some
one conceived the idea of regis
tering the towns 1927 Sudebakel
fire truck to make it an ever
hundred.
They came from far and neal
Saturday afternoon with James
B. Steiner, Lima, director of the
Buckeye Region of the Classic
Car Club of America, first to reg
lister.
The two oldest autos in the ex-
hibit were a 1903 Roll-Front Olds-
mobile driven by George Lie
berth, route 1, Seville, and a 1903
Orient driven by Raymond Mar
quart, route 1, Dunkirk.
The car exhibitors averaged
parties of about three to a car.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-06

The most recent appointment
to the Bluffton college faculty is
Mariellen Schellenberger as in
strllctor in women's physical
education.
Miss Schellenberger is from
Buhler, Kansas. She was grad
uated from Bethel college in 1858
and will receive the master OF
science degree from Indiana uni
versity in September.
Miss Schellenberger taught the
third grade at Mckinley, Kansas,
in 1856 and 1856, and the same
grade at Roosevelt Elementary
in Newton, Kansas, during the
1956-57 school year. She also
served as physical education
teacher for Bethel college during
the winter quarter of 1857.
In addition to her teaching ex-
perience, Miss Schellenberger
has had experiences as coun-
selor or in other positions in
various camps in Colorado and
Indiana, and spent two summers
as a volunteer member of the
Rocky Mountain Rescue Group
at Boulder, Colorado. She is a
member of the American Rec
reation Society.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-06
Three-Way Race Underway
For Two School Board Posts

ager for the Diamond Fertilizer
Co., Ottawa. He is a former
president of the Bluffton college
alumni association, and is active
in the First Mennonite church.
DR.. Shelly, a Bluffton physi-
clan, is running for public office
for his first time, and if elected
would be the second physician on
the board. DR.. B. w. Travis is
presently serving.
Maurice Bell, president of the
board of education, has refused
to run for reelection for a third
term. He will complete eight
years as a member of the board
at the end of this year.
Other members of the board,
whose terms continue until 1861
are DR.. Travis, Paul w. Stauffer
and Kenneth Luginbuhl.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-06
Enrolment
Hike FOreseen
At College

A "slight increase" in the size
of the Bluffton college student
body, which last fall numbered a
record 354, is indicated for this
fall, according to John H. Pur-
YES, admissions counselor.
Mr.. Purves said this week that
118 freshmen have been admitted
and 19 other applications are
pending. Drop-outS and rejected
frosh applications number Is
bringing the total frosh applica-
tons to 162. There will be %
transfers and returnees which
brings the total to 184.
Compared to similar figures
of a year ago, this indicates
that there will be a Slight in
crease in the size of the student
body. At this time a year ago
1873 freshmen applications had
been received.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-06

Beaverdam council has reaf-
firmed its pledge not to increase
the village tax rates if a munich
pal water system is installed,
they announced after their meet
ing Monday evening.
Final word on the proposed sys-
tenn is scheduled to come at a
public meeting on Monday. Au-
gust II, when engineer Francis
Connors will present a cost sur
vey.
He was scheduled to report
Monday evening but was delayed
when two consulting firms failed
to turn in cost estimates.
If the engineers report shows
that installation of municipal wa
ter can be financed at Beaver
dam the council plans to issue
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-06
Builder To Open
New Eight-LOt
Addition Here

Plans for the opening of a new
eight-lot residential addition to
Bluffton at the south end OF
Geiger street has been announced
by A. o. Badertscher, Bluffton
builder and a resident of Geiger
street, himself.
Mr.. Badertscher said that ne
is expecting the addition to be
annexed to the Village OF Bluff
ton shortly with approval of the
Allen county commissioners.
Water, gas and sewer lines will
be extended from their present
point of termination on Geiger
street.
The builder and his associates
will probably erect houses for the
market on some of the new lots,
and other lots will be sold to in.
diVidualS.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-06
Orange Township
Candidates Named

Russell Ebay and Virgil
Criblez viii be opponents in the
election of a new Orange Town
ship trustee in November.
Ebay was nominated at a re,
cent Republican caucus to re.
place Kenneth Dearth, who is not
a candidate for reelection. The
Democrats nominated Mr.. Crib
lez at their caucus.
Democrats also will run Ralph
Henry for reelection as clerk.
The Republicans had not filed
the name of a candidate for this
office by press time Wednesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-08-06
Modern Pilgrimage

Nearly 1,500 Mennonite guests
will converge on this community
next Wednesday and unpack their
suitcases for a nine-day stay.
These Mennonites, who will
make their pilgrimage from
many parts of the United States
and Canada, are members of the
century-old General Conference
Mennonite church. They will light
the hundredth candle on the con-
ference birthday cake with spe-
cial musical programs, lectures
and a dramatic spectacle.
The delegates will also take
time to hear reports from their
various boards and officers, and
will elect 25 of their members to
important leadership roles for the
next three years.
Sunday, August 16, will be Cen
tennial Sunday. One hundred ac-
tors will portray the history of
the church in a pageant called,
eve Are Pilgrims" written by
Maynard Shelly, Newton, Ka.,
and with music arranged by J.
Harold Meyer, North Newton.
Katherine Kaufman of Free
man, South Dakota, directs the
cast, and lectures on the Men
nonite history will be given by
DR.. Cornelius Krahn, Bethel col
lege professor of church history,
and DR.. S. F. Pannabecker, dean
of Mennonite Biblical Seminary.
Elkhart, Indiana.
The conference will open next
Wednesday with registration at
8 a. m. In the afternoon at $3.50
DR.. Franklin II. Littel will de-
liver the keynote address, "The
Work of the Holy Spirit" DR..
Littell is professor of church his
tory at Gambler School of Theol-
ogy, Emory university, Atlanta,
Georgia.
Thursday will be devoted main
ly to meeting of the executive
committee with reports from
various conference officers and
boards.
A highlight of the Friday pro-
gram will be the presentation at
a 7:30 p. m. meeting of the "Liv-
ing Faith Graded Series" of Sum
day school lessons by Paul r.
Shelly, and the Higher Educa-
ton in the Life of the Church. "
by Robert Montgomery.
Saturdays program will in
clude a meeting of the Young
Peoples Union at 7:30 p. m.
The 7:3O p. m. meeting on
Monday, August IL will be on
the subject of Voluntary Service.
Erwin Goering will speak on the
picture in Europe, j. W. Fretz
on South America, and Joe
former Bluffton col