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preparations- have been made for
the inojnentous occasion, including
simultaneous announcements from
the capitals,of Britain, the U.S.S.R.,
and the United States. But the Ger
mans have also prepared for the
'onion which will cut their country in
two. Field Marshal Ernst Busch,
assisted by the commander of the
Elite Guard units, is to be in com
mand of the defenses in the north
zone and Field Marshal Albert Kes
selring, Heinrich Himmler and the
Nazi party boss Martin Bormann
a triumvirate to direct the de
fense of the southern zone including
the Bavarian redoubt. It seems then
that the Germans are not going to
accept surrender, only complete de
feat. General Eisenhower says that
“There will be no V-E day until Ger
many is completely occupied in
cluding all pockets of resistance, and
the German Army is completed de
stroyed.”
In spite of the occupation of over
half the city of Berlin by the Red
Army, the eyes of the world shifted
their focus to the modest structure
'in San Francisco where the dele
gates of 46 nations are gathered to
work out a solution to the periodic
catastrophe of war. It is not the “Big
Three” or the “Big Four” this time,
but practically all of the large and
small nations of the world—strange
people, dark people, strange tongues,
peculiar customs, foreign dress. It is
a United Nations Conference —a
world security conference. Their
problem is not one ,of settling the
western border of Germany or the
eastern border of Poland but one of
putting down on paper an agreement
to which all peace-loving peoples
tan accept in good faith—an agree
ment which when one or more na
tions injures or puts into jeopardy
the rights of other peoples, can
gather the strength to remedy the
situation. The fact that so many
nations of different sizes, histories,
resources, and politics are repre
sented makes it inevitable that many
compromises must be made by large
and small nations alike. And we
have the word of delegates that they
are prepared to make such conces
sions—there is little of the blind
optismism of World War I—a pro
gram of action must be outlined—
the group of nations involved must
have the power and the will to put
their decisions into practice. The
willingness of the American people
to cooperate in such an effort shows
that we too have grown. There is
little being said about America be
coming engaged in entangling alli
ances. World events are causing the
"common man” to take an interest
in the decisions of our state depart
ment and other governmental agen
cies this is an essential of any
democracy. President Truman and
Congress have the nation behind
them as President Wilson did not
whemjhe League of Nations was or
ganized to eliminate future wars.
The conference now going on in
San Francisco may be a short one,
but we of the armed forces join with
all freedom-loving people to share
our hope and prayers that the dele
gates will insist upon remaining at
the conference table until they have
worked out a method of reducing
race hatred and bigotry which will
make war unprofitable and unneces
sary.
Commissary Card
Holders Must
Obtain Number
If you want to keep on buying at
QM Commissary, you had better
take care of this little detail. Com
missary cards. must be turned in to
the commissary office in advance of
purchases so that every card will be
given a commissary number. Patrons
not having a commissary number
assigned to their card are reminded
to get it done immediately.
All customers must be identified
by the number of their card against
permit holders register, which will
be posted at each cash register.
If the operator on duty is unable
to identify any officer, soldier or ci
vilian, his card must be compared
with the number and name listed in
the register of permit holders.
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Germans Threaten Comeback
Aachen <CNS) ln an effort to
terrorize German civilians who
have complied with restrictions im
posed by Allied Military Government
officers, German planes have been
dropping leaflets over captured
Rhineland cities warning that the
Germay army wil be back by May 1
(1945) and that those found guilty
of co-operating will be treated as
1 traitors.
THE APACHE SENTINEL, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1945
s•—T, —r; President of The United. State-
I i |g|||j bf
Like many other Americans who
have won distinction in public life,
Harry S. Truman, 32d President of
the United States, and the new Con
stitutional Commander-in-Chief, is
a war veteran with an outstanding
record as a soldier.
Friends of the new President have
said that his character was rounded
and deepened by his experiences in
uniform. Prior to World War I, he
had worked at odd jobs, as drug
store clerk, newspaper wrapper, bank
clerk and had helped run the fam
ily’s 480-acre farm near Lamar, Mo.
After he finished high school, he
endeavored to get an appointment
to the United States Military Acad
emy at West Point but failed because
of poor eyesight.
Nevertheless, he enlisted in the
Missouri National Guard, and when
World War I broke out, he was in
ducted as a lieutenant. He went to
France with his regiment and par
ticipated in the St. Mihiel and Ar
gonne offensives. He was quickly
promoted to a captain of Field Ar
tillery and by the time- the* war
ended was mustered out as a major.
As a result of these experiences, he
has unusual insight into the prob
lems and psychology of the combat
soldier, and throughout his lifetime
he has maintained his interest in
veterans and their problems.
President Harry S. Truman (the
“S” is just an initial and doesn’t
stand for anything) was born on
May 8. 1884, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Anderson Truman, farm folk.
That makes him 61 years old next
month. Despite his slight build, spec
tacles and thinning grey hair, he
looks youpger, and has the physical
stamina to stai .d up to what has
been described as the most punish
ing job in the world.
Following World War I, the new
Quick Trial!
London <CNS)—Lord Vansittart.
a tough-minded Briton who has de
voted much time and study to the
| problem of how to deal with de
feated Germany, said only two fac
tors need be considered in deciding
the fate of war criminals—"the loca
tion of the gallows and the length
of the drop.”
HARRY S. TRUMAN
By Camp Newspaper Service
| President invested all his savings in
i a small business —a Kansas City
i haberdashery—and like many other
| veterans of that period, he lost his
shirt during the hard times of the
| early ’2os. Next he turned to politics.
His first elective office was that of
county judge. Although he then was
38, (1922) he decided he ought to
j have a knowledge of the law for the
job and took a two-year course at
i Kansas City Law School. In 1924 he
|was defeated for re-election, but in
1926 he was returned to office as
j presiding judge of the court. He was
j known in Missouri as a liberal and
Latest Figures
On Army Negro
Strength
WASHINGTON, D. C. Os the
total Negro strength of 690.282 as
i reported through February 28, 1945,
some 497,566 are serving overseas in
all theaters, the War Department
announced.
Since September 30, 1944, the total
Negro strength dropped 11,396, al
though commissioned personnel in
creased 744, including an increase of
96 Army nurses. During the same
period, Infantry personnel rose
slightly while total personnel of
Coast and Field Artillery, Cavalry
and Air Corps units show negligible
losses. .
A partial breakdown of Negrc
strength as of February 28, 1945,
follows:
Infantry 52,884
Coast and Field Artillery.. . 27,163
Cavalry 770
Engineers 140,154
Air Corps 63,079
’ All Others 406,232
Total 690.282
Commissioned Officers .... 6,548
Including:
Dental Corps Officers.. 120
Nurses 343
Other Medical Corps
Officers 569
Chaplains 260
Serving Overseas 497,566
Including:
Women’s Army Corps.. 709
| an outspoken advocate of tolex-ance,
I but he also was a believer in party
organization and a man of intense
loyalty.
He was first elected to the United
States Senate in 1934. He was re
elected in 1940 for a second term.
In the Senate he won himself a
reputation as a hard worker and a
legislator who “voted them as he saw
them,” but he did not attract na
tional attention as a statesman until
late in 1940 when, as head of the
Senate committee which bore his
name he conducted a series of invest
tigations of America’s war effort
which was just going into high gear.
The new Chief Executive and his fel
low committe members toured the
nation, visiting defense plants, ship
j yards and Army camps and ques
tioning workei's and executives. The
! result was a series of 50 reports rec
| ommending changes, reforms and
improvements. Gen. Brehon B. Som
ervell has declared that the Tru
man Committee’s recommendations
saved the nation more than $200,-
000,000.
When World War II broke out he
held a commission as an active
colonel in the Reserve Corps and
made a bid for active service, but
Gen. Marshall told him he was too
old and President Roosevelt asked
him to remain in the Senate.
At the 1944 Democratic convention
in Chicago, he was nominated a can
didate for the Vice-Pi'esidency to
run with President Roosevelt. He
was elected in the Democratic swfeep
and served 82 days in that office.
The new President was married in
1919 to his girlhood sweetheart, Miss
Bess Wallace, who now becomes
First Lady of the Land. They have
cne daughter, Margaret.
Nazi Youth Ages
U. S. 3rd Army (CNS)—'The 52-
’ year-old German soldier captured in
; the Frankfui't suburbs may have
been trying to crack a sardonic joke,
but this is what he told an American
colonel who asked what a man of
his age was doing in the army:
“I’m a member of the Hitler
Youth.”
NAVY CITES
NEGRO Gls
Two Army Transportation Corps
port companies, the 311th and 539th,
j have been awarded the coveted Unit
I Citation by the Navy for their heroic
services with the Fourth Marine
■ Division, Reinforced, during the in
| vasion of the Marianas, the War
* Department announced today.
This was the second time the Navy
Unit Citation was presented to Army*
units and the first time that an
Army Service Foi’ces unit in any
theater had received the award. First
to wifc the red-gold-and-blue ribbon
was the Americal Division, now on
Cebu in the Philippines, for its work
on Guadalcanal.
The official citation lauded the
311th and 539 th for “outstanding
performance in combat during the
seizure of the Japanese-held islands
of Saipan and Tinian in the Mari
anas, from June 15 to August 1,
1944.”
During the invasion, the two port
companies were attached to the
Fourth Division. Despite fanatical
Jap counter-offensives and casualties
within their ranks, the portmen un
loaded ammunition and other sup
plies in the face of enemy fire, hour
after hour, without relief.
Training of the port companies,
I which are composed of Negro per
sonnel, took place in Hawaii, under
: the command of Lieutenant General
j Robert C. Richai'dson, Jr., Com
! manding General of the Pacific
Ocean Areas.
The 311th was activated at Indian
town Gap Military Reservation,
Pennsylvania, and received its ad
vanced training at the Seattle Port
of Embarkation. The 539th, activated
at the Charleston Port of -Embarka
tion, was trained at the New Orleans
Port of Embarkation and the Hamp
ton Roads Port of Embarkation—all
Transportation Corps installations.
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Car Owners Must
Get License Tags
Ownei-s of motor vehicles on the
Post are required to purchase and
display a Fort Huachuca license tag
for 1945, and have until May Ist to
comply. Failure to do so may result
in thq withdrawal of the privilege
of operating a vehicle on the mili
tary reservation.
The license tags are for sale at the
main PX, and cost 35c. In order to
purchase the tags, car owners must
first do the following:
An application blank must be. ob
tained from the Provost Marshal’s
office, filled out, and then taken to
the Motor Pool (behind the Provost
[Marshal’s office) together with the
i vehicle. There the car will be ini
jspected to see that it complies with
safety regulations.
j If the vehicle passes inspection the
car owner will return to the Provost
Marshal's office, where permission
will be given to purchase the tags.
Tuesday is the deadline, so don’t
delay.
• LAFF '0
THE WEEK c NS
Sweden—The latest story making
the l'ounds in Germany, according
to Swedish newspaper sources, has
iit that Adolf Hitler really is an
; Allied agent. When the Allies finally
defeat Germany and reach Hitler’s
hide-away near Berchtesgaden, the
I story goes, der Fuehrer will meet
them at the gate, take 6ff his mus
tache and say in English: “Glad to
| see you, gentlemen. I am agent 777.
My mission is concluded. Germany
is ruined.”
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| Stassen Wants FDR
‘Emeritus' World Head
•——
Washington (CNS) —Cmdr. Har
old Stassen, delegate to the United
Nations Conference at San Fran
cisco, has suggested that Pi-esident
Roosevslt be named “President
Emeritus of the United Nations of
the World.”
‘He was looking forward toward
San Francisco in his last days,”
Cmdr. Stassen said. “Now he will
not be there to open that historic
conference. But the impetus that he
(gave it will be felt. The ranks will
close. The agreements will be reached.
! The framework will be erected. We
| may yet say—he is not really gone,
|And we may well name Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, In absentia, Presi
; dent Emeritus of the United Nations
)of the World.”
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