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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
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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.
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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.
We cant’ blame congress for the
Rankins; it is you and I who put
them there.
Respectfully yours,
Irving Koslofsky
307 N. West End Ave.
Lancaster, Penna.
March 20, 1950
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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.
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Read the flassified Column
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The Book Worm
and in the interest of Back Moun-
BOOK LIST
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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.
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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. . : —
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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
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Only 205 Covered vin
Remain On State Highways
It is across the Little Mahoning
on Route 32095. There is another
15-ton bridge on Route 50010 where
it crosses Sherman's Creek in Perry
County. There are two 10-ton cov-
ered bridges. One is on Route 01005
across the South Branch of the
Conewago in Adams County and
the other on Route 21032 across the
Conodoguinet Creek in Cumberland
County.
Greene County leads in the num-
ber of old timber bridges with 22
followed by Bedford, Columbia and
Washington Counties each with 21.
Clinton, Franklin, Northampton and
Northumberland Counties are down
to their last one.
In several counties of the State,
historical societies and similar
public spirited groups have taken
steps to preserve for posterity these
examples of an early century's en-
gineering ingenuity
craftsmanship.
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