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Show Plavful Kitten That Rolls a Spool 5 Deiween iu a awa uauus cveryorjj By Rath Wyeth Spears Trial of Nazis Historic Attempt to Outlaw War Defense Attorneys Co-Operate to Test the Validity of Effort to Prove Aggression Is Illegal Instrument of Policy. A KITTEN THAT ROLLS A REAL SPOOL WILL PLEASE A THRE6-TO SIX-YEAR-OLD tween its paws, yet it is very a. pie to make. It is just laerT-wood laerT-wood fastened together with brai An actual-size pattern for tfu, parts gives an accurate guide?! cutting the pieces either by )Z or with a power jig saw. .-Of Ml. in WASHINGTON By Walter Sheod wane WITH ACTUAL-SIZE CUTTING nni) k Hill i i 1 UViWB WNU I -- By BAUKIIAGE JVWi Andy it end Commentator. WNl) Service. 1616 Eye Street N. W.. Washington, O. C. NUERNBERG, GERMANY. -Glancing back across the hours and days spent in this broken city at the tremendous effort which has gone into the presentation of the American case at the war criminal trials, one can see with aching clar Ity the pitiful shortcomings of human hu-man achievement in the spiritual Held as compared to our material progress. The very court house is a reminder remind-er of this strange inconsistency of Civilization. The beautiful renascl-mento renascl-mento building stands in the midst of ruins which testify to the almost unbelievable power of the machines ma-chines of destruction. Among the statues of the world's great taw givers giv-ers carved upon its walls it that of Hugo Grotius, the father of International Interna-tional taw, who lived in Holland in the 17th century. K n who laid down the principle that aggressive aggres-sive war was illegal by asserting that there was a difference between Just war (of self defense) and an unjust wax. Until now. In the middle of the 20th century, no major effort has been made to enforce that principle. princi-ple. Indeed, the tendency veered sharply sway from that concept and only today I heard comment within with-in a abort distance of the court room Itself echoing sentiments expressed In American military clrclea to the effect that It was unwise to attempt to prosecute as criminals the German Ger-man military leaders like Doenita and Keitel and perhaps Raeder and Jodl The argument which la set forth and which la the heart of the military leaders' case in this trial was hinted at In the words of Jodl when he made his plea that "What I have done I had to do and I did It with a clear conscience before my people, my God and the world.'' It waa taken then that the military detenu would be that the high offi cers merely carried out ordera as the officers of any nation wouia. Jackson faced that Issue squarely at the very beginning and that is why be threw bli full weight into the argument that these men. all of them. narticlnated In a conspiracy to wage an aggressive war. And he proved It with charts snowing ine organization of the Nazi party, bow it interlocked with the state, and then how each aten followed the pre ceding one toward planned goal of aggression. If the Americans win their case, H will ha treat achievement and one long overdue, for It has taken nurh three centuries to produce a concerted effort to write into inter national law the concept that ag cresslve war is lust what Grotius said tt waa - illegal and that the men responsible for planning and carrying It out were criminals. There exists universal condemna tion of aD the separate acta of murder, mur-der, pillage, destruction, enslavement enslave-ment which war produces. Jackson believes that this fact makes condemnation con-demnation of the thing that produces pro-duces them sound and logical. It was very plain that when the German defense counsel heard Jackson's speech and later when they, like the press, were almost buried under the avalanche of evidence evi-dence in the documents produced, they did not have a definite plan at defense to meet the allegations, either general or specific. Trial Conducted With Dignity Shortly after Jackson's address 1 learned to my aurprise of a remark of one of the leading defense lawyers which he made to a close friend. Be said that be considered Justice Jackson's presentation a splendid contribution to International law if the court ahould accept it and that he believed that It represented a forward step of great importance of which he himself fully approved. 1 might say that so tar throughout the proceedings both sides have shown keen respect tor each other and a number of the German lawyers who are professors In universities or accepted authorities on International law are expected to contribute toward to-ward the ultimate purpose of the outlawry of war insofar as they can do so without injuring their clients' cases. It may be possible that attempts will be made to sabotage sabo-tage the trial by Introducing test!- BARBS ...by f mkhage In some parts of Germany, Irance and luly it la still believed mat if you bury a drop of your blood under a rose tree, you will always bave rosy cheeks. Blushes don't count Headline to a Washington news psper: "Unemployment Prospect Brighter. That hardly seems an occasion tor cheer. t n ' jyf J mony which might tend to stir up ill will among the Allies. As we faced the German attor neys in the press room in the court house at one of the conferences which they requested, I could not help feeling that they were ap proaching their job In a businesslike manner and that they were not per mitting the fact that it was victor versus vanquished to influence their attitude. I might add that some of the reporters' questions were asked with ill-concealed emotional motives rather than a desire to obtain in formation. This always annoys trained newsmen. They have no objection ob-jection when a reporter presses hard tor an answer or makes charges in response to which he might expect n explanation, but baiting always brings a protest from the majority. Finds Stretcher Out of Place It may prove to have been a mis take to include Stretcher among the prisoners. As one lawyer here put It, "He's in too fast company." What he meant was that Stretcher simply was not Important enough In the Nazi set-up to make him responsible. responsi-ble. He was perhaps chosen as a symbol of th particularly petty side of Nazi Jew-batting. The other prisoners from the first have had little to do with him. His newspaper, newspa-per, which was devoted entirely to anti-Semitism, was an obscene sheet and It went out of existence when It was found that Stretcher had diverted party funds. I saw his sheet when I waa in Germany before and It waa one of those miserable attempts at-tempts at satire which la simply dirty and not at aO funny. This trial la concerned with more Important matters than Stretcher's sordid affairs and It Is regrettable that he was Included with the others, who, evil though they may be, for the most part are criminals worthy f consideration by a respectable court of law. As one of the members of the American delegation said to me. the real Importance of the trial Is that tt satisfies the allied peoples. They must be assured that it is conducted fairly and they must see Its significance. In Justice Jackson's words: "What makes this Inquest significant signifi-cant Is that these prisoners represent rep-resent sinister Influences that will lurk in the world long after their bodies have turned to dust They are living symbols of . . . intrigue and war-making which have embroiled em-broiled Europe generation after generation. . . . Civilization can afford af-ford no compromise with the social forces which would gain renewed strength if we deal ambiguously or indecisively with men in whom these forces now survive." When Justice Jackson spoke those words 1 was looking at the prisoners. prison-ers. All were listening quietly. Suddenly Sud-denly Keitel began writing feverishly. feverish-ly. I am sure that be felt that such "intrigue and war-making" aa ne had engaged in waa perfectly legal and proper. To eliminate that viewpoint Is even more Important than eliminating eliminat-ing Keitel. German teen-agers, one of the greatest problems In the restoration restora-tion of law and order, are in some places getting one phase of democratization demo-cratization instruction in the American national game. Reports from Frankfurt indicate that in many places American troops are lending their equipment and are teaching the Germans baseball This has been done spontaneously without any suggestions from the military government, which, however, how-ever, looks upon It with approval. Of course, the G I s well known affection for children, for which the soldiers of World War I were equally equal-ly famous, tends to put the emphasis on this phase of fraternization witn the more youthful segment of the German population Naturally, any perpetuation of the Hitler youth movement has been stopped and this leaves the boys, especially those of high school age (since the secondary schools are still closed) with plenty of time on their hands. Getting them to spend their time on a baseball diamond instead of on the street corners is bound to be a healthy move. The commercial globesters of the near tomorrow will follow trails to remote comers of the world that the war made possible. The giant planes that will be able to carry you and your friends from the United States due east or west, or north or south, and back to the United States again. wiD have weather information from hitherto incommunicable areas, frequently where weather originates. And the planes will land on air-strips In many places where .a few years back no white man bad beeo seen. At la$t I shall give myself To the desert again. That I, in its golden dust. May be blown from a barren peak. Broadcast over the sun-lands. If you should desire some news of me, Go ask the tittle homed toad Whose home it the dust, Or seek it among the fragrant sage. Or question the mountain juniper. And, by their silence. They will truly inform you. Maynard Dixon. By EDWARD EMERINE WNU Features THE perfume of grease-wood grease-wood after a desert shower, show-er, the faint and fleeting loveliness of saguaro blossoms, blos-soms, the yuccas with their waxen white bloom, the octil-los octil-los tipped with brilliant red, a cereus blooming at midnight, mid-night, magic mesas, mysterious mysteri-ous paths, balmy nights that is Arizona, the land of romance, ro-mance, sunshine, progress! The tourist, the sportsman and the vacationist have all enjoyed the stat In brief moments, but to a half-minion people, Arizona Is home. They live In every section of the state from the northern plateau .(4,000 to 7,000 feet above ses level) to the southern part next to the border bor-der of Mexico (500 to 2,500 feet altitude). alti-tude). On the broad plains and the mountain sides they graze their livestock, and through the valleys they lead the Irrigation waters. They grow long staple cotton, wheat, com, barley, oats, potatoes end immense im-mense quantities of sub-tropical fruits. Their dates thrive, and their citrus Industry is steadily growing. From their mines they get copper, gold, silver, lead, asbestos, zinc and other metals. Arizona la "A Land Made for Living," Liv-ing," the citizens say. Phoenix, the capital city, Is an example. In 1868 a tiny settlement sprang up aa a stagecoach atop. Two years later the townslte was formally laid out, and in 1881 the new community was Incorporated. In 1893, Phoenix the territorial seat of government boasted a population of 3,000. Today Phoenix Is the Southwest' s largest Inland city, and has a metropolitan metropoli-tan population of 153,000. Its grace- ."I 0 4 BOULDEB DAM . . . Lake Mead on the Colorado river makes ashing, boating and swimming easily accessible to people ef Arizona. nil skyline. Its homes and Its Industries, Indus-tries, Is a tar cry from the pueblos of the primitive peoples, who, in centuries long past, first Inhabited the warm and pleasant Valley of the Sun. Phoenix, built on the site which two prehistoric cities had once occupied, oc-cupied, Is now the home for thousands thou-sands of families families of modest meana and families with millions. Plenty of Room. Douglas, across the street from Old Mexico, urges: "For a visit, or for a lifetime come to Douglas!" Doug-las!" And Florence, south of the Gila on the Old Spanish trail, calls for "those who dream of a modest home where there Is room, and health, and time to think." St Johns, In Apache county, offers a pioneer reunion and rodeo each year for those who have long called .Win 11 ll Ill ii Jim la. I1..MU. ii.ii.i.iii n., mn.np.i i. , , ,m ;:.-' s : ; -,v v S0SWST1&I' j . LLTAH ! gfwrM-- r canyon I w v. 2 (S1-- F--J Tc o " ! that region home. And Oralbl, in the Indian country, is said to be the oldest continuously inhabited village vil-lage In the United Statesl , First, there were cliff dwellers, the home-owners of the distant past Then the Indians, many tribes and many kinds. Ruins of ancient cities tell of homes. In 1540 Coro-nado Coro-nado came searching for the Seven Cities of Cibola. Then came the Spaniards with their priests, their herds, and their desire to build missions mis-sions and homes. And later other white men, lured by gold and adventure, ad-venture, came too. Kit Carson came, and bandits too. The covered wagon and the stagecoach rattled over 'dusty trails. God Enriches.' "Ditat Deus" is the motto of Arizona. Ari-zona. It means "God enriches." R - & Yes, God enriches, but man had to do his part Dams were built, ditches were dug, and the desert bloomed. Modern science In the mines found more wealth than mere gold nuggets. Livestock grew fat Cities with permanent homes sprang up. The warm, life-giving sun shone down on 113,909 square miles of Arizona. God enriches! Arizona has 12 national monuments monu-ments and 10 national forests. Scenic attractions include awesome Grand Canyon, historic Apache tratl, fantastic Petrified forest colorful col-orful Painted desert. Natural bridge. Wonderland of Rocks, exotic border towns of Old Mexico, fascinating Meteor crater. Colossal cave. Oak Creek canyon, and scores of prehistoric prehis-toric ruins and cliff dwellings such as Casa Grande. Tonto, Betatakin. Keet Seel and Montezuma's castle. 4 Other landmarks include Inscription house, Dinosaur tracks. Superstition mountain, and man-made wonders such as Roosevelt and Boulder dams, San Xavier and Tumacacori missions, Indian reservations, old stagecoach stations and bullet-scarred bullet-scarred ghost towns. Fishing, hunting, swimming, hiking, hik-ing, motoring from canyon-walled canyon-walled lakes to cactus-studded mountains. Arizona offers the good life, for a .ek, or a year, or fqr a lifetime. .ias a little Switzerland in its northern mountains. It has semi-tropical living under palm trees In the southern part. That Is Arizona, the Arizona men call home! mm. 8 SIDNEY P. OSBOEN Governor of Arizona Bora in Phoenix, Sidney Preston Osborn has always been close to bis native state. In 1899 he was a page boy la the territorial legislature. legisla-ture. He waa elected governor In 1940. He has had a long career as a newspaper man and ence operated a cotton farm at Rigley. Aris. ANGEL TRAIL ... In the Inner canyon ef Grand Canyon, the Colorado Col-orado river Is a mile straight down, but nine miles by traU. . t4PW!M"W''W'l''W.ai.lJWBl.Wllllllu.l i v ' --' - -w' : L ' r,t"""" -'ill Mil -ft , The Navajos are the largest tribe ef hdl-blooded Indians ! the Doited States, anmbering aot less than 2.00S, divided Into S tribes er clans. The Navajo Indian reservation contains about S.OOO.OOf acres at land. Their rough desert country la characterized by mesa, butte, volcanic neck, canyon and wash, with variety and beauty ef erosion and wind-blowa sand. The tribe numbered about I.Nt In 1869, bat is the nly Indian tribe which has increased Rs numbers from year to year. The Navajos are pastoral semi-omada, semi-omada, their meveraents largely seasonal They live chiefly by raising sheep, but aagmeat their earnings by blanket weaving, silver work and gathering pinoo auta. They express a rare sense ef beauty in their arts, especially hammered silver (left) WNU WsMngtou Bureau. ISit Eft St.. N. W Sale of Government Bonds to Continue IN ALL probability no other war- time agency reached closer to the people of the nation in the home towns and. onto the farms than the war finance division of the treasury treas-ury department It was responsible for the sale of more than 184 billions bil-lions of dollars In government bonds. This agency is now in process of liquidation, reducing its Washington personnel .from about 400 to a skeleton force of about 40. Its vast state organizations are being trimmed to small groups which are to continue the sale of government bonds to the Investing public. This decision of the treasury department de-partment to continue sale of government govern-ment bonds aa an Investment comes about aa the result of two factors. The first is to reap the benefit ef 398 million dollars worth of advertising adver-tising which has made the American Ameri-can publio war bond conscious. Secondly, Sec-ondly, a recent treasury survey shows that 82 per cent of the people peo-ple who have consistently bought war bonds through the four war years, want to continue doing so, if the bonds are available. A third factor is the Inflation angle. These billions of dollars Invested In-vested by the people in war bonds have had a steadying influence on the economic condition of the nation, and have helped probably more than any other one Influence to prevent run-away spending. Bureau Being Streamlined Already termination of employment employ-ment "notices have been sent to hundreds of these wartime employees, em-ployees, and from glamorous Ted R. Gamble, the young director of WFD, on down the line, there Is s general exodus. Gamble is succeeded by Verne Clark, state director , of the Iowa war finance committee, and Indiana sends Lou Carow, its director of public relations, to take over the job of director of press, advertising and radio for the new peacetime bond selling agency. ! Purchase of government bonds through the payroll savings plan will be continued by the treasury, and it , is expected that special benefits will I be awarded to those companies which, during the war, set up special bookkeeping arrangements to keep track of the sale of millions f dollars tn bonds through weekly deductions de-ductions from pay checks. Holdings of these government bonds by the American people, more than 70 million people, provides pro-vides a back-log of security never before enjoyed by such a large segment seg-ment of the population. Of the 184 billion dollars' worth sold, approximately approxi-mately 53 billions were in the small E, F and G bonds held largely by Individual investors. And sale of these government bonds accounted, roughly, for about one-third of the cost of the war, the other two-thirds two-thirds having been raised by taxation. tax-ation. New Drive in Spring ; The treasury department is ex- pected to get its new campaign tor the continued sale of these government govern-ment securities underway early in the spring, just as soon as the new organization is set up. Then those folks to whom regular purchase of government bonds has become a . habit a thrift habit may resume : their purchases with the same ob jectives In mind that caused them to invest during the war. Mr. Clark, the new director of the bond division of the treasury, made a splendid record In Iowa during the war, particularly among the farm and rural sections of this rural state, and his record no doubt accounted for his selection to head the peacetime agency. His selection also gives rise to the implication that the treasury also plans to lay particular stress In Its selling pro gram on the value of government bond purchases to farmers and residents resi-dents of the rural areas, since Mr. Clark's experience was concerned principally with farm areas. Weeklies to Aid Campaign It would also give rise to the be lief that the treasury plans to go to the weekly newspapers and small town dailies in the rural areas to carry the message of the new bond program to the people. Both secretaries secre-taries of the treasury, Morgenthau and Vinson, have paid high trib ute to the weekly press aa being "the atrong right arm ' of the treas ury tor the tremendous job they did during the war in carrying war bond appeals to the people. The treasury feels the war bond thrift habit inculcated in the people so strongly during the war is too good a trait to eliminate, hence, al though the old war finance division is In process of liquidation, the new division is at the same time in proc ess or geiung unaerway ror a new government bond campaign. 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