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PAGE SIX THE DAILY ADVANCE, ELTZABETII CITY, N. C.. VICTORY EDITION Rhine Occupation In Other War Proved Headache By The Associated Press Washington — The smashed the Nazi Allies have war but they still have a big machine ; job on their hands -military control of Germany until the German people set up a government which will not be a threat to world peace. What that job will be like is shown,by chat happened in 1918. Allied occupation of the Rhine land after World War 1 was a prolonged headache for all the na tions concerned. The Army of Occupation Six days after the Armistice, a million Allied soldiers under Gen- eralissinio Foch staru into Western Germany. French, British, Be moving and American troops took over Rhine bridgeheads. The American Third Army, 240,000 strong, moved into the Coblenz sector. The force was later reduced to about 17,000. General Pershing- issued this order to the American Occupation: “You come not as sors but simply as Army of oppres- instru- ments of a strong, free gov ernment whose purposes to ward the people of Germany are beneficent. During your occupation the civilian popu lation is under special safe guard of the honor of the American Army . . . Actions of pillage will be punished with the severest penalties.” The Rhenish people were noti fied that property and personal rights would be respected. Burgo- *’— local, officials, masters, other stayed in office; were operated by supervision. Riots and public utilities Germans under Strikes What Big Men-and Little-Said During Europe's War-Remember? By The Associated Press The great, the near-great, and the common man said these mem orable phrases during Europe's war. Remember ? “I shall not take off this uni form until we have achieved vic tory.”-—Adolf Hitler, Sept. 2, 1939. “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” Winston Churchill, May 13, 1940. “This battle decides the fate of the German nation for the next 1,000 years.”—Hitler, May 20, 1940. “Never in the field of human, conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” Churchill, to the RAF, Aug. 20, 1940. “Thank God, I’m not a --British army officer London’s ruins, October, civilian.” viewing 1940. "You can say one thin;* for the bombs. They certainly take one's mind off the war," London housewife during air blitz, Oct. 1940, “We must become the great ar senal 'of democracy.”- President Roosevelt, Dec. 29, 1940. “We look forward to a world founded upon four essential hu man freedoms . . . freedom of speech . . . freedom of every per son to worship God in his own way . . . freedom from want . . . freedom from Jan. 6, 1941. “Italy will side by side fear.” — Roosevelt, march to the end with Germany.”— Benito Mussolini, Feb. 23, 1941. "The enemy (Russia) has been hit so hard that he never again will rise Up."—Hitler, Oct. 3, 1941. “Another few months, another half year, one year maybe, and Hitlerite Germany will burst un- der the weight of her own crimes.”—Joseph Stalin, Nov. 8, 1941. “Sighted sub, sank same.”—En sign Donald F. Mason, U.S.N., Feb. 2, 1942. > “One is confronted by military idiots.” Hitler, Sept. 30, 1942. "I have not become the king’s first minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.” — Churchill, Nov. 11, 1942. ' There is good hunting to be had farther to the west in Libya.” General Bernard Montgomery to the 8th British Army, Nov. 15, 1942. "When this war ia over, I do not ever want to hear of any for eign country.”—An American sol dier, March, 1943. “If the German people despair ... I will not be sorry for them if God lets them down.”—Hitler, Nov. 8, 1943. Restoration of order was com plicated by food riots, political upheaval, industrial chaos, strikes and the unemployment of hun dreds of thousands of demobilized German soldiers. German food, augmented by supplies from the Allies, was distributed by local authorities under Allied control. Strike activities were restricted and German soldiers were put to work repairing roads. Reich communities had not di rectly felt the destructive force of warfare. The war-weary people were for the most part concilia tory toward the invaders. However, many Rhinelanders turned sullen when they got. word of the peace terms. The late Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen, commander of the Ameri can Army of Occupation, said: “A future occupation will find us bet ter prepared.” His report on our military government of the Rhine land was the foundation of the present Allied Military Govern ment of Occupied Territories. There’ was constant agitation in Congress for the withdrawal of our forces jn Germany, even LEADERS (Continued from page 2) again shaped events. Hitler, the egotist and mystic, during the day of German vic-, tories, sowed the dragon’s teeth of suspicion and contempt among the professional Prussian mili tarists. He spurned them, recalled them, dismissed them and cajoled them until even the homefront suspected the omnipotence of the Reich’s man-god. Mussolini, when war over whelmed Italy, found the years of strutting and imperiousness could not make up for the fact that his regime was termite-eaten. The two who had trusted no one except a tiny inner circle found even the circle'did not trust them. These five (for it is still too early to judge (he ultimate per sonal element in the Pacific) were products of the time: they than lowed came to power, in which but more that the deeds which fol- were products of the men. FEATHER FACTS Only birds that swim lose their ability to fly during the molting period. Land birds lose only a few wing feathers at a time, since flight is so necessary to their safety. on the whole hit ii off quite well. Finally, the Senate adopted a 'res olution that the occupation army be brought home and President Harding ordered the withdrawal, though the Yanks and the Boche | January 25, 1923. IMPACT 'Continued from page 1) jailed. In the 24 hours following Pearl Harbor, 1,771 dangerous en emy aliens alone, were picked up by the FEI. Subsequently, more than 16,000 enemy aliens were put under rigid control. Enemy Patents Seized Axis influences in American businesses were rooted out: 41,- 077 patents owned or applied for by enemy aliens and nations cov ering inventions in every field of applied science were seized and every company in which Nazi in fluence was known to exist was Americanized. inspired spy and sabotage hys teria spread through the United States. A great plane factory lost al most a day’s production when some one hurled a rubber ball through the window and yelled, “Bomb!” Another war plant had jitters for a week after workmen found a “spy code” reading “P2N1DSCO.” This turned out to be “purl 2, knit 1, drop stitch, cast off,” to those who knew how to knit. All in all, the direct touch of Europe’s war fell lightly in Am erica, considering the force gen erated here against the enemy. The real impact was through the Gives lost and the materials ex- I pended abroad. THi coose-sreppep HANGS HIGH.. vVe are glad to add you to the world Hall of Shame, Adolph! May you hang as comfortably as the thousands of people your "supermen" tortured in their bloody march across Europe! McDowell Motor co. N. Water St. Phone 1171 "You’ve done a grand job . . . ^Believe me/you gave us what we needed . /x and plenty ... "And we know how you saved and sacrificed ... worked overtime . . . "You’d understand what I mean, if you’d seen Joe come back.after they gave him a shot of blood plasma ._. . "Maybe it was your blood ... "Thanks too tor the letters . . . they helped us remember.what we were fighting for . . . "But . . . can't stop to tell you more now . . . We've got to clean up the Japs . . . and quick, with your help . . ." Keep up the Goods Work, Folks/Don’t * Let Him Down,. SANDERS CO PEARL, POINDEXTER and WATER STS. PHONES: SUPPLIES 12 — FOUNDRY 192
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