PAGE TWO Nazis’ ‘Process of Selectivity’ Outsmarted by Polish Scientist By BILLY ROSE Whenever I'm in the mood for gargantuan gab, I hie myself over to a Russian tea room near Carnegie hall where refugees of a dozen nations sit around and give out with tall talk about the old days be- hind them and the new days coming up. To give you a fitting for-instance, the other midnight I heard a maca- bre yarn from a gent who used to teach science in Warsaw, and while I don’t know whether it’s history or hokum, it strikes me as being worth my allotment of white space today. ... During the last year of the war, there was a small concentration camp in east Ger- many which had been set up for two purposes: (a) to build an underground ma- chine shop, and (b) to make avail- able the required number of human guinea pigs for certain experi- ments being con- ducted by distinguished Nazi scien- tists. Billy Rose * * @® By SS STANDARDS, the method of selecting these guinea pigs was scrupulously fair. Each morning before breakfast, the 50 men in . each of the wooden barracks would stand at attention until the com- mandant appeared with a list of their names. He would read off the top name on the list and the prisoner whose name was called would step forward. The commandant would then hand two small leather disks, one marked with a white circle and the other with a black, to the “trustee” of the barrack for ex- amination. Then the commandant would drop the disks into his hat, and the prisoner would draw one of them. \ . If be picked the one with the white circle be was safe until his name came up again 50 days later; if be drew the black one, he would be shipped out that Satur- day night. In December of 1944, my tea- room friend—the scientist from Warsaw—was cattle-carred to this concentration camp and assigned to a barrack occupied almost ex- clusively by captured Russian sol- diers. He was asked the usual ques- tions, and when the Russians found the newcomer was a Pole, they quickly let him know that the fra- ternity of races as preached by Moscow was confined to Kremlin publicity handouts. And when he further admitted he had never joined the Party—not for any big ideological reason, but simply because he was a scientist and; had no interest in politics— the Red army men decided he was an enemy of the state and began to plot against him. THE POLE, however, was more worried about the disks in the hat than the whisperings going on about him. Under the lottery sys- tem, it would be almost two months before his name was called, and since news had fil- tered into camp that the Russian forces were only a few weeks away, he kept telling himself that libera- tion might come before the date for the drawing. But as the days turned into weeks, and still no sound of far-away cannon, he re- signed himself to taking his 50-50 chances with the hat. The night before the fateful morning, the scientist was lying awake in his bunk when he felt a tug at his blanket. It was a young Czech who had been badly mis- treated by the ‘trustee,’ and who had often mumbled about getting even. According to the kid, the com- rades had figured out a plot to make certain the Pole would be shipped off to the Nazi experi- menters. The ‘trustee’ had cut a leather disk from his shoe and made a black circle on it, and when the commandant asked him to examine the’disk, his plan was to palm the one with the white cir- cle and substitute his own, so that either would mean death to the non-Party man. For a long moment, the scien- tist looked up at the slat ceiling of the bunk above him. “Thank you,” be finally said to bis friend. “I think I'll be able to manage.” Next morning when his name was called, he saw the ‘trustee’ palm the white-circled disk and substitute another. But he pre- tended not to notice, and when the commandant held out his hat he smiled and selected a disk. ‘White or black,” he said, “I'm going to have one gcod meal in this mis- erable camp.” And before the of- ficer could stop him, he popped the bit of leather into his mouth and swallowed. The SS man frowned. ‘Crazy Pole,” he said, ‘what good will that do? There is still a disk left in the hat. If it is black, you picked the white; if it is white, you. picked the black.” “That is quite correct, Sir,” caid the scientist. Telephone 409-R-7 FOR THE BEST IN BATHROOM FIXTURES, AUTOMATIC HEATING PLANTS, BOTTLED GAS and APPLIANCES See evtirmmcuion Yi etimernres Harold Ash PLUMBING—HEATING—BOTTLED GAS Shavertown, Pa. KINGSTON NATIONAL BANK = g = BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET Safety Valve Bu £8 GREETINGS FROM TUCSON March 16, 1950 Dear Mr. Risley, The folks gave me a subscription to the Dallas Post before they moved to Tucson. I had looked for- ward to receiving it each week in Princeton, and now that I'm wisit- ing here in Tucson it's nice to know that each week a Dallas Post is sent our way. We came out by plane January 9th and plan to return to Prince- ton some time in April. My two children, Joanne and John, have been enjoying this Arizona sun- shine every day, but we find it is time to return to their daddy whom we left studying hard, as he will graduate with honors in June. My brother Sandy, a student at the University of Arizona in Tuc- son, was recently installed as presi- dent of Acacia fraternity. He has a weekly column in the state Masonic paper, the “Arizona Free-Mason”. James Warkomski, son of Dr. J. S. Warkomski, Harvey's Lake, en- rolled in the freshman class in the university in February. Jim is also a member of Acacia. Eloise Hunt has received her ap- pointment at Veteran's Hospital in Tucson. Mother and Dad (Mr .and Mrs. Sandel Hunt) enjoyed the change in climate. They both look better than I have seen them look in years. Dad is building a new ranch- type house in the beautiful Catalina foothills. We also say thanks for our Dal- las Post. Keep them coming. Sincerely yours, Isabel Creager Mrs. Edwin Creager P.S. Regards to Mrs. Risley and Joe Elicker. DISAGREES WITH AL Editor: After reading Al's feeble attempt at political satire in last week's Post, I am convinced he should limit his journalistic abilities to local yarns. First of all he selected a poor basis for a tale of woe, a newspaper caption. Read a report in the New York Times and then read the same report in the New York Daily News, and you will see the difference. Al sounds like a combined authority on Egyptian culture and a super- psychoanalyst to tell what one is thinking by his grimace. I see no reason to drag the tower of Pisa into this. More was contributed to the welfare of man by Galileo in one moment from this tower than Al or I have contributed in our life span. Furthermore, I think entrance into a poverty stricken area upon an ass is more appropriate than an entrance in a limousine. Some of this ‘“galivanting” can be good. America has been thrust into the role of world leader and conqueror; a role she does not care for, one she is not used to, and one she is bungling miserably. We can- not pursue the course of isolation- ism to combat any ‘ism’; the last war decisivly proved that. I'm afraid we need more ‘‘galivanting” or harbingers of American cheer and good will, whether it be a con- gressman cr a student. We can arm Europe to the teeth to combat com- munism, but they are defenseless without psychological security. True, there have been many wild and wooly investigations, but all man made organizations are as fal- lible as the men comprising them. I still contend there are as many conscientious congressmen such as Douglas, Lehman and Pepper who could retire and lead a normal life but choose to serve in public office. 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Local display advertising rates b50c per column inch; specified position 60c per inch. Classified rates 8¢ per Minimum charge b50c. Unless paid for at advertising rates, we can give no assurance that an- nouncements of plays, parties, rummage sales or any affairs for raising money word. will appear in a specific issue. In no case will such items be taken on Thursdays. Preference will in all instances be given to editorial matter which has not previously appeared in publication. Editor and Publisher HOWARD W. RISLEY Associate Editor MYRA ZEISER RISLEY Contributing Editor MRS. T. M. B. HICKS Sports Editor WILLIAM HART ONLY YESTERDAY From The Post of ten and twenty years ago this week. Ten Years Ago March 22, 1940 New road to skirt business areas to avoid curves. Relocation of the Dallas-Luzerne Highway, plans for which are awaiting official appro- val in Harrisburg, will bypass pre- sent business sections of both Sha- vertown and Dallas. Construction will begin at the Trucksville Y, where the new road will veer away from the present location to follow the old streetcar right of way past Mt. Greenwood. Beyond this point the course of Toby's Creek will have to be changed for a short distance. The new road will cut across wooded territory to join the con- crete above Fernbrook Park. Since most of the territory bisected by the new highway is undeveloped, damages are not expected to be prohibitive. The highway will swing to the northeast to bypass Dallas, but a spur road will lead to the business distrigt. Five roads will intersect at the main corner of Dallas. Twenty more buildings to be erected in Goss Manor. Winter's end sees resumption of '39 boomlet. New homes rise as area finds in- creasing favor. Plans for new Luzerne-Dallas Highway stimulate building. New areas now inaccesible to traffic or building are expected to be opened up with the csmpletion of the new highway," : C. A. Fran#z retires from business on Main Street, Dallas. His store, in operatitn since Dallas was a hamlet, will pass to Harold Titman. Twerty Years ago Mach 28, 1930 Fire destroy:d three cottages on the Idetown-Hirvey’s Lake road, with an estimaed loss of $2,500. Russell Miers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Corey Miers Kunkle, will be- come a partner h the Devens Mil- ling Company afective April 1. A new one-stor} four-room school building will be constructed in Beaumont near th: site of the pre- sent Monroe Towaship school. The old buildirz which housed the store of Mane Fleming for several years on Jain St. Dallas, was demolished ths week. Snow flurries tiis week created a driving hazard sd caused motor- ists to drive with caution. Rev. Harry F. lenry, Shavertown Methodist Chura, has received another of a seres of threatening letters from booteggers. Dr. Henry has been leadilz raids on boot- legging establishments. Bomber Fed. Deposit Insurance Corp. ¥ \ Read the flassified Column 3 / The Book Worm and in the interest of Back Moun- BOOK LIST = a2 Thursday's trip to Scranton to buy children’s books for the library netted Miss Miriam Lathrop, librar- ian, and Mrs. H. . Smith, a member of the Book Selection Committee and story-teller extraordinary, a bag of books that will go a long way toward replacing out-worn vol- umes and replenishing the shelves with bright new stock. Space does not permit a review of each of the books, but here are the high-lights: Four small books by George Ma- son are Animal Homes, Animal Tracks, Animal Weapons, Animal Sounds. These are specially recom- mended to Dallas Borough second grade, the class now engaged in a fascinating study of local wild-life. The descriptions of animal homes range from a hollow tree to a beaver dam, tracks from that of a cottontail rabbit to a Rocky Moun- tain goat, weapons from the lethal spray of a skunk to the shock given off by an electric eel, sounds from a bird-song to the terrifying bellow of a bull alligator. First Book of Dogs, and First Book of Cats, both written by Gladys Taber and illustrated by Bob Kuhn, give breeds and characteris- tics, tips on care and feeding, all presented for young readers in lan- guage which they can understand. The Child Next Door, written and illustrated by Helen Binyon, is de- signed for the very smalls, The Little French Farm, written by Lida and translated into English by Louise Raymond, is illustrated in bold primary colors and stars birds and beasts rarely seen on an American Farm. There are pea- cocks and guinea hens, donkeys and goats, in company with the conventional horses and pigs and lambs and pigeons. For older girls there are Watch E. Bell, the scene laid in Alaska, by Mabel Cleland Widdemer, laid in Tarrytown in 1835, a mystery. Goldfish, by Herbert E. Zim, fea- tures all sorts, including the variety that resemble a nineteen-twenty- two Pierce Arrow. Joel Chandler Harris has been written up in a biography by Al- vin F. Harlow, the beloved author of Uncle Remus presented with such ease and understanding that any child in the upper grades of secondary schools would be inter- ested. For the benefit of children, but written for their mothers, is a book on parties, by Frances W. Keene. This book contains a wide variety of interesting material on party-giving, including instructions for making favors, table decora- tions, prizes, menus for parties for every holiday in the year, direc- tions for playing games, blue-prints for a dance from invitations to re- freshments. It is called The Keene Party Book. KUTZ BAKERY TRUCK BATTLES HEAVY SEAS; SHIPS HUGE WAVE Bernie Williams is still sep- arating cinnamon buns from slush. On Tuesday morning Bernie parked his Kutz Bakery truck in front of Charles Gosart’s Grocery, Shavertown. Balanc- ing a tray of pastries on an experienced hand, Bernie left the truck door open and en- tered the grocery store to make a delivery. A snow plow with a bone in its teeth, raising a spectac- ular bow-wave of slush, swooshed along Main street at a greater rate of speed than recommended for snow-plows. The tidal wave inundated the truck, passing completely through it and hitting the win- dow of the grocery store with a resounding splash. Bernie used a shovel to clear the floor of his truck, Gosart hired a win- dow washer. All local snow plow drivers disclaim credit. = Holstein-Friesian Cow Changes Hands H. P. Riley, Dallas recently sold a registered Holstein-Friesian cow to Carl Bednarski, Wyoming. Change of ownership for this an- imal, Fanny Ormsby Sylvia Pansy, has been officially recorded by The Holstein - Friesian America. The Association issued 34,223 registry and transfer certificates to Pennsylvania breeders during 1949. for a Tall White Sail, by Margaret the time 1887, and Wishing Star, Association of Mountain Community Center. The Community Building. ialize, is a refreshing example of operation in itself. centive to bring it into existence. dils and seed flats. meeting at Dallas Township High as an accomplishment. as an accomplishment that which dusky cheeks of Kingfish. tended the a = mee for oldrmemordes. . : — Se X The covered bridges of an earlier day are yielding. to the Pennsyl- vania Highway Department's on- ward march of progress. Nine of the romantic old struc- tures were replaced by more prac- tical concrete or steel structures during the last year to: the de- light of motorists and the regret of admirers of early Americania. But 205 of the old timber struc- tures remain on the State Highway System. They of course carry weight limitations principally under the five-ton class but there are several capable of bearing heavier loads. The bridge across the East Branch of the Brandywine Creek on Route 502 in Chester County ‘is capable of a 13-ton load as is the Route 21023 bridge across the Yellow Breeches in Cumberland County. Indiana County has a cov- Loveliest of trees, the cherry now ered bridge that will carry 15 tons. ~\ Barnyard Notes LOVELIEST OF TREES A. E. Houseman Twenty will not come again, And take from seventy springs a score, It only leaves me fifty more. And since to look at things in bloom Fifty springs are little room, About the woodlands I will go To see the cherry hung with snow. NICE IF IT’S TRUE Considerable paper work appears to have been done on the Back following editorial from Wednes- day night's Times-Leader is revealing. Presto! We are now ready to sit back and enjoy an evening of relaxation in our new $250,000. BACK MOUNTAIN GOING PLACES The Back Mountain Community Center, now about to mater- teamwork. It goes to show what can be accomplished when men and women are willing to do things for themselves and not wait for a government handout. The center would have been a real achievement for a single municipality. But here it is necessary to weld ten townships and a borough into one unit, a monumental accomplishment in civic co- It took time and effort, but not even a war could stop the movement. In fact, capital was made of the conflict by designating the center as a permanent memorial to the veterans, an added in- While towns in that area go back to colonial days, the Back Mountain as an entity is comparatively new. And it is setting a stiff pace for the older sections of Luzerne County, so many of which do not have community centers. Wyoming Valley towns on the out- skirts of Wilkes-Barre talk a great deal about them, but plans do not get beyond the discussion stage. The proposed community center will be a further unifying in- fluence in the Back Mountain which seems to be going places. BETTER THAN AMOS & ANDY Every once in a while we wander away from the Barnyard, and when we do, we wonder if it isn't better to stick to the daffo- It was that way Wednesday night when we attended the School to pick a site for the new Back Mountain Community Center—which the morning’s Record had revealed as a reality and the evening's Times-Leader had heralded Apparently writers on both papers were far from the fight- ing line and not on the fund raising committee when they presented would have brought color to the It has been a long time since we have heard the Amos & Andy program. They tell us much has been changed; but anyone who at- would kaye enjoyed fujust - » x4 Jags SE on Only 205 Covered vin Remain On State Highways It is across the Little Mahoning on Route 32095. 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