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BfOJUMSD AND IATTEUD, the body of the once-powerful Benito Musso
lini, former "Duce" of an empire, lies with that of his alleged mistress
Claretta Pettacci in the dust of Milan's Piazza Loretto dumped there
hf IUUan patriots who executed them with seventeen of Mussolini's
henchmen following trial and sentence by a "people's c"ourt." Armed
patriots were unable to control the populace that spat upon and kicked
the bodies of the ex-dlctator, his "girl friend," and his pals. Radiophoto
by courtesy of the New York Times. (International)
Editors Inspect
Horror Camp
At Buchenwald
BUCHENWALD CONCENTRA
TION CAMP, GEHMANY. Eigh
teen American newspaper and
magazine editors, flown from the
United States on the invitation of
General Dwight I). Eisenhower,
visited this Nazi murder factory re
cently. During a tour lasting less than
an hour and a half, the editors
saw living skeletons wandering in
a daze and charred bodies still ly
ing in the crematorium furnaces,
and visited the children's ward
where scores of frail youngsters
told them of life under the Ger
mans. Camp Cleaned Up
However, the camp had been
cleaned up a great deal since the
Americans overran the area, and
the editors did not see the' corpses
which up to two days ago were
stacked beside the crematorium.
(The American public will see
on the screens of their movie the
atres the horrors of German con
centration camps, according to The
Associated Press, which reported
from Washington that Army Sig
nal Corps pictures of the victims
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SIC AM AN 1c l'HANK WALKER,
son of Mr. and Mrs I, eon Walker,
of Waynesville, is spending a six
day leave with his parents. Sea
man Walker entered I he service in
November. 1!)44 and took his hoot
training al ltninhridue. Md . and
from there ti ansliM i-ed to New
port, li I . and assigned to sea
luty. Uel'ore entering the service
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of German alimities -livinu and
dead -at tie Xordhuscn. ())n
drut and Ai n.'iladt eamps were re
I eased lu newsivel oi g,uii..ili(ji)s
and will ,-eaeii the "theatrcsi.
Some of the editors said I hey
were unable vl io form an opin
ion regarding I he extent i f lr.
man hrutalitv in I be eamp 1 '""'
the trip was too brief
M. i:. Waller, of -Tin
Chronicle" w h-i u;!: h. 1 :
dui'inj; the lirsi World '
"I was impressed ehii ' 1
dirty this camp i- '!'!!,.
like the Germans, and i i..j.
ilerinr- it the Germans i'eU i n.i aled
so nnicli sinee Hi..1 last u.ii when
our eamp was kepi ele.in
However, I am lo!d Ilie Ger
mans spent niosl oi their time at
the crematorium, which I noticed
was spotless while the prisoners
themselves weie ailnwed lo live in
j liltb AI.mi. we did not have Hie
crouded eonrlitions I bese people
had. We bad enouv.h beds lor
I everybody, whereas man of these
i had sixteen to a bed."
Pvt. Noel Hill Is
Serving In Tunisia
Pvt. Noel Hill, sii oi Mr. and
Mrs. William A. Hill- Waynesville,
H I' D No. 1. is the dispatcher of
motor vehicles for the area en
gineers, who have just about com
pleted construction of the elabor
ate terminal and runways at the
Tunis station of. North African Di
vision. Air Transport Command.
At 10 1 Aouina airhase, Tunisia,
the area engineers have transform
ed Ihe battle rubble of the German
occupation littering the field upon
Ihe arrival of ATC little more than
a year ago, into an airport second
to none in North Africa and equal
to many stateside.
Pvt. Hill attended the local high
school and at the time he entered
the service was employed by the
Barber Orchards. During his 20
months overseas service he has
been able to visit several North
Africa places featured in the news
earlier in the war, among them
were Dakar, in West Africa, Al
giers, Oran, Tripoli and Casa
blanca. Pvt. Hill entered Ihe army on
January 1. 1U42, and his service
in the states included assignments
at Port Hragg. Fort Warren, Wyo..
March Field. Calif.. Walla Walla.
Wash.. Sioux City, la., and Rome.
N. Y.
46 Nations Taking
Part In San
j Francisco Talks
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S.W FRANCISCO. The I'orly
si ; nations having delegates al the
' ii, led Nations Conference on In
I'.uional Organization, include;
. i tralia, Belgium, Bolivia, lira
Canada. Chile, China. Colom
Cosla Itiea. Cuba, Czechoslo
I. Dominican llepublic, ICcua
i l.gypl. F.l Salvador, Ethiopia.
! i. ,nce, Greece. Guatemala, Haiti,
Honduras. India. Iran. Irag. Leba
i lion Liberia. Luxembourg, Mexi-
I CO.
j Netherlands, New Zealand. Nic-
firagua. Norway. Panama, Para
I guay. Peru. Philippines Commoii
i wealth. Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tur-
key. Union of South Africa. Union
of Sox iet Socialist Republics, Unit
ed Kingdom. United States. Uru
i giiay, Venezuela and Yugoslavia.
Buy War Bonds and Stumps.
Chinese Report
War Casualties
Now 3,100,000
CHUNGKING. General Chen
Cheng. Chinese War Minister, es
timates that Chinese casualties
' from the outbreak of the war
with Japan in July, 1937, until
i March, l!)4,r. were 3,100,000.
Discussing the current Japanese
offensive in western Hunan, aimed
I at Chihkang. American 14th Air
i Force base 250 miles southeast of
j Chungking, the War Minister said
! the enemy would be halted. He
repeated a previous Chinese esti
mate that the Japanese had com
mitted 100.000 men front-line
troops and reserves--to the three
pronged westward offensive.
American planes again support
the Chinese ground troops in
their attempt lo heal back the
Papanesc Hunan drive.
P II. Chang. Chinese govern
ment spokesman, discussing the
possibility of an American landing
on a portion of these Chinese coast
controlled by the Communists, said
the government was sparing no
effort to achieve a unified com
mand and Tvould do everything
possible to avoid conflict with the
Cumin unists
NOTIC'K SIEVING SUMMONS
BY PUBLICATION
IN TIIIC SUPERIOR COURT
NORTH CAROLINA
HAYWOOD COUNTY
CLARICNCK PUTNAM
VS
HLL1CN JENKINS PUTNAM
The defendant. Helen Jenkins
Putnam, will lake notice (hat an
action entitled above has been
commenced in the Superior Court
of Haywood County, North Caro
lina, to obtain an absolute divorce
upon staltilory grounds; and the
said defendant will further take
notice that she is required to
appear at the oflice of the Clerk
of (lie Superior Court of said
County in the court house in
Waynesville, North Carolina, within
twenty days after the 12th day of
May, l!)4,r). and answer or demur to
the complaint filed in said action,
or the plaintiff will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in
said Complaint.
This the llth ty of April, 1945.
GERTRUDE P. CLARK,
Asst. Clerk Superior Court.
No. 1 428 Apr. 19-26-May 3-10
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