Newspapers / The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, … / June 21, 1945, edition 1 / Page 7
Part of The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
Plan Just antl Speedy Trials for Nazi Bigwigs Allied Commission to Handle Cases of High Leaders; Local Officials to Prosecute Minor Offenders. , By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator. WNU Service, Union Trust Buildinf, Washington, D. C. t The legal profession is about to 1 meet the greatest challenge it has v ever faced. 4 The Moscow declaration, pub- 1 lished November 1, 1943, and signed ? by President Roosevelt, Prime Min- ? ister Churchill and Premier Stalin, declares that "those German officers 1 and men and members of the Nazi I party" who are responsible for or < who have taken a consenting part in J "atrocities, evidence of which has i been received from authoritative i quarters in many countries," will be 1 "tried, judged and punished" accord- i ing to the laws of those countries. 1 This same declaration also de- ' clares in its final paragraph that "major criminals whose offenses ' have no particular geographical lo- < calization" will be tried and dealt with by "joint decision of the Gov- j ernments of the Allies." That Is where the United States | and the challenge of its legal profes- j sion comes in. , The body which will try these "big ' shots" is an international military i tribunal, to be designated by an of- i ficial title, probably by the time I these lines are printed, and it is be- I fore this court that a member of the i Supreme court of the United States, 1 Associate Justice Robert H. Jack- i son, chosen as American chief of 1 counsel, will appear as prosecutor. | He will act jointly, it is presumed, j with the counsels of the United King- i dom and the Union of Soviet Social ist Republics. ; Legal Body Without Precedent , Never in history has such a legal ' body been convened. Never has such a task as the one it has before it been of such potential significance to the social and political well-being of the peoples of the earth?never, at least, since the day of a certain Ro man procurator of Judea in Pales tine. Pontius Pilate was unable to face his responsibility, and finding "that he could prevail nothing, but rather that a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands. . . The United States does not intend to wash its hands of the responsibil ity before it. There seems to be a welter of con fusion as to just what the function of this "military tribunal" is; as to just what, if any, policy has been established by the "Office of the Chief Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality," which is the title on the letterhead before me. The permanent address of this office is, at this writing, a little uncertain, but it can be reached care of the Penta gon in Washington. Soon it will es tablish foreign headquarters. Despite the confusion, this institu tion has a definite policy and 1 shall interpret it informally hereunder: (1) We shall avoid "the law's de lay" which so annoyed Hamlet. Mv rpflsnn fnr this assumDtion is the fact that Justice Jackson did not retire from the Supreme court. The fall term of the court begins in October. Already he has made one trip to Europe for the purpose of rounding up key witnesses and doc uments and is now beginning final preparation for the prosecution. His staff has been assembled for several weeks and he has coordinated the other government agencies interest ed in war crimes (war department, navy department, Office of Strate gic Services, and others). Authority for this action is vested in Execu tive Order 9547 of May 2, 1945, which named Justice Jackson as Amer r ican prosecutor. 1 Jackson himself said when he was appointed: "There will be no delay on the part of the United States, and we think undue delay is itself a fail ure." (2) There is no confusion as to United States policy with respect to the type of offender to be tried. Many individual cases have already been : prepared, though not yet announced. I As I mentioned earlier, what the United States is concerned with is the big shots, that is Jackson's job to try the men whose offenses are broader than those committed in and against members of any single community. To put it broadly, those charged with crimes against human ity as a whole. This rules out the persons brought >ack to the scene of their crimes, he trials of spies and saboteurs vhich are coming up daily, offenses igalnst American nationals or igainst Germans, or individual acts >f persecution against Jews or oth ers. In other words, Jackson is after jig game and he will not be content jo fiddle with minor offenses even it :ommitted by major criminals. His lob will be to nail those leaders who ire responsible for engineering the whole generai criminality of the tfazi-Fascist program. The smaller try will be taken care of by other legal authorities at the scene of the individual crimes or elsewhere. lackson Versed As Prosecutor Justice Jackson's reputation and iiis record are a pretty good guaran tee that he will not be stumped by any hurdles that international lawyers, might try to put in his way. Jfcit that does not mean he will "railroad" the accused. He will not let the trials sink below a dig nified judicial level. They must be, he says, "trials in fact, not merely trials in name, to ratify a predeter mined result." On the other hand, he does not believe that "every step must bp taken in accordance with technical common law rules of proof." His record shows that he is a "direct actionist"?he can be expected to pull no punches. I said this was the greatest chal lenge the legal profession had ever faced. I said that because upon the manner in which these trials are t conducted will depend just how . clearly Naziism will be revealed to ! the people of the world in its true j light. These criminals must convict ! themselves and their philosophies out of their own mouths. They must not be allowed to stand before the world with their testimony and that tu>:. uj. men ULLuscis as a udtA^iuuiiu, as martyrs to what Jackson himself calls "farcical judicial trials" which rationalize previously settled opin ions. This would destroy the con fidence of the people in the whole case for democracy, he believes. Nor must the case against them be pre sented in such a manner as might give even the skeptical a false sug gestion that the enemies of democ racy have a vestige of right on their side. The small but efficient staff which Justice Jackson has selected is worth looking over. There is Maj. Gen. William Dono van, colorful World War I hero and successful lawyer, now head of the OSS; Sydney Alderman, a distin guished trial lawyer and genera] so licitor of the Southern Railway; Francis Shea, assistant attorney general and well versed in compli cated litigations; Naval Lts. James Donovan and Gordon Dean. Dono van is general counsel of the OSS. Dean, a former assistant attorney general under Jackson when he was head of the department of justice, is a brilliant and successful lawyer who is being transferred from active dutv bv the naw for the iob. There are no hand-washing Pon tius Pilates among them. ? ? ? The rise in income payments to individuals in the United States from an annual figure of $66,168,000,000 in the prewar year of 1938 to a record high total of $156,794,000,000 in 1944 was extended during the first quar ter of 1945, according to the Alex ander Hamilton Institute. Income payments during the first three months amounted to $39,825,000,000 this year as against $37,728,000,000 last year, an increase of 5.6 per cent. Income from every source showed expansion. Salaries and wages rose from $27,357,000,000 to $28,628,000,000, an increase of 4.6 per cent, while dividends and interest rose from $2,454,000,000 to $2,770,000,000, an in crease of 12.9 per cent. Although spending by consumers was at a record high rate during the first quarter, it is evident from preliminary information that con sumers' income exceeded spending by an amount sufficient not only to meet taxes but to add to consumers' wartime savings, thus increasing the threat of inflation when peace re turns. BARBS . . . by Baukhage The government has sold the camp in New Jersey seized from the Ger man-American Bund. It will be made into a boys' camp?not a con centration camp. ? ? ? Some German business men re cently asked the American military governor of one of their cities how to make out an application for a loan to rebuild the town. Field Marshal Mannerheim, com mander of the Finns in their wars with Russia, congratulated Stalin on his victory over Germany in 73 words. Stalin replied in 19. ? ? ? The British Broadcasting company says it has proved during the war that telling the truth can be more effective than calculated lying. May be Goebbels was wrong after all. Witchery of Black Lace Lends New Glamor to Summer Fashions By CHERIE NICHOLAS VJUMMER fashions are playing up the witchery of black lace in most unique and fascinating ways. It is with consummate art that de signers arc creating eye-thrilling ef fects with lace that is injecting new beauty into the current style pic ture, such as the lovely-lady New York costumes in the accompanying illustration convey. The stunning model to the right represents a most outstanding new theme, that of trimming summer print frocks with frilly black lace edging. In this instance black lace edges the all-in-one sleeves and gives the skirt a prettily feminine apron effect. The print itself is beige for the background, with a black plume motif. The supremacy of black lace in the summer mode is also given emphasis in the hand some black hat, the lace-laden brim of which carries out the theme of the costume. Matching lace gloves add exquisite finesse to the ensem ble. The vogue for lace manifests it self in endless entrancing ways. One place where black lace is at its pret tiest is in the new short-length black gowns that are superbly styled for cocktail or dinner-party wear. The ultra styled dress shown to the left is just such. Here the designer cre ates the bodice with a checker-board effect of black lace with crepe, the graceful peplum being entirely of the same exquisite film. The skirt is very narrow, which together with the tapered-in waist and the flaring peplum achieves a striking silhou ette. The charming lily-of-the-valley confection that adorns milady's smartly coiffed hair is the chapeau ideal to wear with this lovely lace with-crepe costume. If you make your own pretty clothes here's a suggestion for a cos tume that you'll take joy in wearing to dress-up occasions the whole sum mer through. Choose for material one of the very lovely black-on-pink ground prints. Make it up just as simply as you please, finishing off the low neckline and brief sleeves with frilly black lace edgings. Use lace also on the skirt as pocket de tail or to finish off a side drape as fancy may dictate. Your hat should pick up the pink of the print either by placing a rose on your black wide brim or by wearing a devastat ing little pink flower chapeau with a pink rose at your waistline for glam or plus. It's good style too to accessorize the summer costume with all sorts of pretty lace fantasies. A favorite ensemble includes hat, gloves and bag of black lace. Then there are the dressy black lace dickeys, some of which have lacy black jabots. These are modish with the new black linen town suits or those of dressier black faille, and they are also tres chic worn with the suit of gay print. A bolero of black lace will prove a treasured possession, for it can be used so effectively In transforming a simple frock into a gown for dress-up wear. Your bare-back beach dress of black linen or black eyeleted material changes into a charming informal dance frock topped with one of these black lace separates. For more formal wear, a peplum blouse of black lace with ei ther a short black skirt or one of floor length solves the "what to wear" problem to perfection. As to black lace lingerie, the de mand is beyond the supply. Black lace lavished on black slips and gowns and negligees is the last word in chic. The costume slip in lacy black becomes a necessary luxury to wear with the popular black sheer frocks this summer. Released by Writera Newspaper Union. Stunning New Print This bold screen print is ? new arrival that stands in a class all its own and its simple styling also bespeaks "last minute" trends. The crash-type weave sets off the lat tice pattern in yellow, orange and black. A cross-over bodice brings the message of a new style technique that is finding wide appeal this sum mer. The graceful skirt displays a restricted fullness. The manner in which the broad shoulders empha size the tiny waistline is also pro phetic of the new silhouettes. Bold Color Contrast Startles and Delights Color contrast triumphs anew in the fashion world. The idea of one striking color used with another promises to carry over into fall for not only does color contrast please the eye but it is going to help out a lot in fabric conservation. For if you haven't enough of this material nor of that for the dress you want to make, add the one to the other throwing color and color together with wild abandon and you wUl be perfectly fashion-correct in the doing. Designers are doing such unexpected things with color they are almost unbelievable until you see the finished garment and then you are lost in admiration. You become an ardent "fan" for bi-color or tri-color schemes. Color contrast is being carried on In the sports wear realm at a lively rate. For in stance, in a jacket, half the front is vivid yellow, the other half, black. This is worn with plain black long shorts. Long slacks have con trast panels set in to achieve a bold striped effect. Dressy Aprons Come in Prints, Eyelet Batiste Fancy runs to dressy pretty aprons. White sheers are "dolled up" with bands of gay prints, or they have fancy pockets of eyelet ba tiste. Prints and stripes are among best sellers. Batiste smart frocks made of linen in lovely pastel col ors, available now in leading stores. You can get stunning styles with wrap-over skirts accented with smart buttons. Also shown are shirts teamed with skirts in matching col ors. These make good-looking cos tumes lor summer. DIG Bill Tilden opened up an inter eating angle on the matter of concentration recently in a long dis cussion we had upon this important topic. It was Tilden's idea that ten nis called for more concentration than golf or any other sport, for this reason: "In golf you play the game stroke by stroke. You know where your tee snot snouid go ? and then there't the green. But in tennis you have to map out your tactics or strategy several strokes ahead. You work to get your opponent Into a cer tain spot where he can't make a re turn. This may call (or many strokes, here and there. In Bill Tllden tennis you have extended concentra tion. In golf and baseball it is more limited. It is usually only the next play." i Greasy Neale, coach of the Phila delphia Eagles, disagreed with this, j as far as football goes. "In football," Greasy said, "we frequently run two or three plays to set up the third or fourth play. This, of courrse, is up to the quarter back, or whoever is running the team." "I know," Tilden said, "but ia ; football you have 11 men to figure with. In tennis you are all alone. Just as you are in a boxing match where It ls*man against man?not team against team, I still say that tennis, for the individual, calls for more concentration than any other single sport." At this point I recalled a story that Ty Cobb had told me. As a rule baseball is played hit by hit or run by run. The main part of baseball's concentration is on the next play? the pitcher, the man at bat or the ? defense. But Ty Cobb once told me of three games he had won against the Yankees in the old days?three plays he had planned over two months ahead. "All I worked on," Ty said, "was the right opening. You have to wait for that. I just happened to spot cer tain weak spots in their defense? and when the right time came it was a push over. But I still had to re member what these weak spots were over a period of two months." This is what I call the peak of ex tended concentration. But there were never many Ty Cobbs hanging around. Mind on the Game Few people connected with sport, and this includes both coaches and players, quite get the point on con centration. Concentration happens to be the ability of thinking of the right thing at the right time. "Do you know," Tommy Armour once told me, "that not one man in a hundred can concentrate for more than a minute at a time?" I checked later, and found this was true. I mean full concentration. The so-called human brain isn't equipped any other way. It only oper ates in spots or spells. For ex ample, Jack Dempsey could concen trate against a big, alow-moving heavyweight. But Jack was never so hot against a fast boxer such as Tunney, Gibbons or Greb. Concentration is the most impor tant single word in sport?but few even know what the word really means. Knute Roekne used to tell me? "I want my teams physically re laxed?but mentally keen." The an gle here Is that teams mentally keen are physically relaxed. For the brain or the mind or whatever it Is usually dominates the muscular system. It is from the brain that the message comes. Cegainly the subconscious m lsi<9 Hlann Mm moot Rest M In (lis I acting, conscious kind that plays a mnch larger part. Hurry-up Yost once told me that he would rather coach an Army team at West Point than any other squad. "Why?" I asked him. "Because." Yost said, "each member of that Army squad waa listening to every woTd I said. This squad was trained in discipline. At Michigan and other places I found no such response." Ask the average golf instructor. He will tell you that 80 per cent of his pupils never concentrate on any lesson. They can't even remember what they were told to do. Who have been the great concentrators in sport? Big Bill Tilden was one. So was Bobby Jones. So was Walter Hagen. So was Rogers Hornsby. So was Ty Cobb, possibly the greatest of them all. So was Harry Greb. And so is Byron Nelson. ? ? ? Victory by Putting During the recent Nelson-Snead golf match tor wounded servicemen, we ran across numerous instructors and asked for any tips they might have to offer the unwary swinger trying to break a 90 or an 89. And here were the main suggestions: 1. On the long approach pott, first decide on the speed of the green fart, slow or noraaal. t. Got what yon think is the Una. t. Now concentrate entirely ? SEWING CIRCLE NEEDLECRAFT Practical Pinafore for Little Girl I Pinafore for Tot. CHE'D rather wear cute embroid ^ ered pinafores than her frilliest party dress! Her friends will envy ner the baby ducks or bears. ipi To starch men's collars very stiff, add a tablespoonful of epsorr salts to an ordinary-sized pan o! starch. ?o? To crush pills for a sick person place the pills between two table spoons fitted together and presi hard. There will be no mess 01 loss. ?o? When cleaning walls, broom cov er won't slip off if it is made t< fit. Cut two pieces of cotton, eacl 16 inches long and 11 inches wide and seam at bottom and one of th sides. Hem top and other side am attach small bias ties at comers Slip over your broom and tie. Rc move cover for laundering. ??? For cooking fresh asparagw use an old percolator. Stand th asparagus in the percolator, ad boiling water, cover and cook. ?a? Insert small wads of cotton ini the fingertips of your rubbe gloves. This will prevent the fir gernails from cutting through. ?o? If a rubber ring around the to of a jar of preserves is inferic and causes a leak, pour melte paraffin wax around the top. ??? Since fiber door mats are har to replace, keep the old ones i good repair by cutting off fraye edges, rebinding, or overcastin worn places. ?o? Square containers in the refrif erator save space, but round cor tainers permit better circulation < air than do square dishes set clos together. ?o? To protect the heels of rubber or overshoes, cut pieces of felt jut the size to fit into the heel, the cement it in place. This will ri ceive the impact and protect th rubber. Two pinafore raotifa la one paOna. tern 144 ho transfer of 13 . atttches.'* to ? kp ?% inefcea; dlracftow; Due to an unueuaJbr large He man# mM time la required In filling order* to ? few of the moat popular patters nwwtoa* Sead your order la: Sewing Circle WeetocraH to St Klfhth Are. New M Enclose IS ceo La far Pattern ' *?"" j Addreaa ? ?? ? IkSi/isS RDtssatrs/i / 5D /m^ |Tl5pr5iACTl^,J |L ai| j MH UiwIH fWwPW probably ba of tW raft af ? nilUai laat a yaaf? TMi il^ ?r# kat baaa auaaipiibarf hr Ihraa yaart, slnea tb? IbH a* sh~~ t Sine* PooH Harbor, paoaangor can Hova corrtad 75 par coal of ia country's local awantiol transports* Host lood and baaa boon tba moana of carrying fear oaf a# ff*o aor worbaro to and from lhair jobs, I j !: i [^Goodrich! rniTilT^ff liLxlMliinTnTRH p MMVNPWIIMSIIMMR^ m ppm? d W01 n ?k^jpVwf g >f e Wtl?TNVM.?PII.? Mf. ' JM9 ftll 0. at (CWT); Ml a. a awn MMAV ii ?S 1:11 a. at (CWT); btS a. m. (fWT) ,A ;t Taa^Pavar^Ci>_Sraaiam _ n ^?ggooggggg* A e le III !l II Kill 3 |l 111 LmvV I t | !JLPDLAy||n^B|^l|^jn*li^ ^^^as=!3g=g^s^i?*?*t?imH*2?'^ "Wi giro this Not to no ono?tho product hat to earn #/*> toyt Good Housekeeping Magazine regarding this foment teal look for M en every Gabber Girl podtoge. Save Sl(( Used ^Kitchen Sals "At IJour Country bleeds Sit em I IdMMScouRACHE^I \*8wy^f JoiwH'Tlfd MaedefSpfiitt'>*refnf>nd"?| miM/AlkCTIlklluRkW
The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
June 21, 1945, edition 1
7
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75