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The Wabaunsee County Signal-Enterprise, Thursday, July 11, 2002
The view from
Rural Route #8
by Jim Suber
to overstate
the
about two
~ber industry-
on current
for an anti-
are wagging
off for re-
being
iudge from
work of
and restaurants
animal welfare
and
millions of
evaporate in
terrible ton-
weighing
with lots of
" insert your
"', the burden
l~e seen in
of reporting
agriculture.
some fig-
offd Domer's
ux the Kansas
Livestock
POetry indus-
10.6 billion
the Cldcken
expected
biUion
almost a
in just 28
beef demand
than 40 per-
began a
Now,
weight of
30 pounds
av-
readers.
~wrecks"
and finally
one be-
WOunds hurt
he said. I
too, because
industry and
Sectors have
much peril
the price
new report
of sales of
axe by some
Cash. That
mOVe through
alliances or
Did I
pros-
and uni-
For years
specter of
for hoof
now it ap-
oi
Animal
De-
Secu-
latter, I
maga-
~Iomeland'
First, it
as if we're
it's bor-
the missile
and third, it
of the
and its
ar II.
the cattle
of rea-
of levels. A
would
domestic
to
to wag the
geg'10flts~ts.
In addition to the 1.4 mil-
lion German prisoners of war
who starved to death in camps
managed by Allies inside Ger-
many at the end of World War
II, nine million more civilians
may have been systematically
starved to death, as well.
That's from works by
James Bacque, a Canadian
investigator who has uncov-
ered documents indicating
that Allied food and industrial
policies imposed in Germany
from 1945 until mid-1948 di-
rectly led to millions dying
because the daffy calorie count
was often around 1,000,
sometimes only 400 calories
and most always under 1,500.
For years the Russians and
the Western Allies blamed the
other for the bulk of the POW
deaths. The former soldiers,
still confined in forced labor
and prison camps, were given
too few rations to sustain life.
Bacque found out by digging
through the KGB fries that
450,600 Germans had died in
Soviet camps, meaning that
almost one million German
soldiers died in non-Soviet
Allied camps.
Bacque blames Gen.
Dwight Eisenhower and Henry
C. Morganthau Jr. for imple-
menting a plan to "pastoralize~
Germany by placing it into the
Potsdam Agreement.
The policy also removed 16
million Germans from one-
quarter of the nation's land
and gave it to Poland and Rus-
sia. The Allies prohibited emi-
gration and banned interna-
tional aid for a year and then
restricted it sharply the sec-
ond year.
The agreement meant al-
most no production of off,
tractors, steel and fertilizer.
Those were things related to
war machines.
Bacque says fertilizer pro-
duction was slashed 82 per-
cent. Food production
dropped 65 percent. Further-
more, the Allies forced the un-
dervaluation of German export
goods, which meant less in-
come for Germans to use to
buy food. Industrial produc-
tion fell 75 percent in the
months after the war.
Incredibly, most historians,
Bacque said, deny that the
Morganthau plan was ever
implemented. But Morgan-
thau himself, Bacque claims,
said it had been. Secretary of
War Henry Stimson was ve-
hemently opposed to the plan,
and warned President Roose-
velt - he was still alive when
the plan was fwst discussed in
1944 - that 20 million Ger-
marls would die ff that plan
was put into effect.
Finally, several terrible
years later, President Truman
asked former president Her-
bert Hoover to find some food
for Germany, as he already
had for other war-ravaged
populations. Hoover meals
began arriving from the United
States and Canada in 1947.
" r tWWW*WWWWWWWWWWWWW
matter what anyone
says, it's impossible to drink
a fish. Fish don't drinf When
they in water,, it passes
through their gills so tbzy can
extract a !Igen.
lOO years Ago
From The Alma Enterprise
July 11, 1902
~kridge - Eskridge is
thinking of advertising for an-
other dentist or two. Only five
here now and we are afraid
they wiU be overworked.
Templin - A free rain on
Wednesday, the most of the
alfalfa is harvested; the potato
crop is like we had in 1889.
Hurrah for the big corn crop.
Halifax - Misses Augusts
Sommers and Gertrude
Grundt came out from Topeka
last Wednesday to visit rela-
tives.
Alta Vista - The celebra-
tion on the 4th at this place
was a pronounced success in
every way and shows what the
town could accomplish if eve-
rybody pulled together, After
paying all expenses, the com-
mittee had about $50 on hand
which will probably be used in
further improving the park.
Paxico & Vicinity - Char-
les Hund has a new buggy,
but he does not use it on the
mail route. It comes in very
handy on the female route.
Local News - The engine
on an eastbound Rock Island
freight blew up at Alia Vista
Monday afternoon, seriously
injuring the engineer, fireman
and brakeman and delaying
passenger trains Nos. 1 and
36 several hours.
75 years Ago
From The Alma Enterprise
July 8, 1927
8nokomo -The dance at
Snokomo June 25 was well
attended. Refreshments of ice
cream, cake and lemonade
were served.
Hendrlo~ Creek - Friends
and relatives of Mrs. J. M.
Southard surprised her Satur-
day night in honor of her
birthday, which was July 4.
They had a good time and a
nice lunch.
Pav/llon - The date for the
community picnic has been
set for July 28. Everyone is
cordially invited to attend. It
wiU be held in the BoRon Bros.
Grove.
Vera - Mrs. Fred Gray has
eleven little pheasants, a
month old. They are growing
free and have had their wings
clipped to keep them in
bounds.
Local News - A large num-
ber of relatives and friends
gathered at the Am Bodell
home Monday to celebrate the
Fourth. They had a jolly good
time and much to eat and 10
gallons of ice cream.
McFarland - Esther Gehrt,
who has been staying with her
grandmother and attending
the Lutheran school, returned
to her home at Wamego this
week.
From The Eskr/dge
Independent
July 7, 1927
Distr/ct No. 7 - A new
Chevrolet car was wrecked last
week when a traveler hit the
rafting on a bridge near the
Henry Green placer. No one
was severely hurt. The railing
was damaged.
Waushara News - A
shower was given for Mr. and
Mrs. James Ellis last Friday
evening at the Perle Johnson
home. -They received many
beautiful presents.
possibly About You - Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd Sorrick were
up from Osage City for the 4th.
They, with Mr. and Mrs. A.M.
Sorrick and Arthur, enjoyed
dinner with Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Schre/ber and family,
afterwards going to
Burlingame for the celebra-
tion.
Mission Creek - Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Smith and Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Anderson en-
joyed ice cream at Arthur
Smith's Sunday evening.
Rockton News - The dance
given Monday evening was well
attended. The music was fur-
nished by Lee Yoning.
District No. 17 - Several
from this community attended
celebrations either in Alma or
Burlingame.
50 years Ago
From The Alma
Signal-Enterprise
July I0, 1952
Sharon Grunewald is 9 -
Mrs. Bob Grunewald enter-
tained with a dinner Sunday,
July 6th honoring their
daughter Sharon's birthday,
also Oliver Diehl's birthday.
Dinner guests were DeAnn
Blankenship, Marflyn Fritze,
Karen Iott, Karen Diehl,
Glenda Diehl, Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver Diehl, Joey Diehl and
Alan.
Local Happenings - So
many people in Alma are re-
modeling their homes. Fred
Steinmeyers have put on a
new red shingle roof and white
asbestos siding; Mesekes have
painted their home white and
put on a green roof; the Bill
Grunewalds have painted their
house White, and Edgar
Schutters have put on a new
front porch sod are painting
the house a buff color. I saw
all these on our street east of
the Ranger Hotel as I walked
to work this morning.
Upper Snokomo - Mr. and
Mrs. John ~Clark oh joyed 'a
picnic supper at Frank Kauls
in Paxico, July 4th.
Hmrveyville - The 4th Was a
very quite day here. Some
went to Lyndon, some worked
in the fields, but most every-
one just stayed at home and
enjoyed the fine weather after
the inch of rain Wednesday
night, which ended the awful
heat and drought of the past
month.
Local Happenings - Air-
men 3-c Kenneth Anderson,
Donald Anderson and Donald
Wohler of Chanute A.F.B., Illi-
nois, Vernon Thowe of Shep-
pard A.F.B., Texas, Tom Free-
man of Lowry A.F.B., Colo-
rado, and Joey Schutter of
Francis E. Warren A.F.B.,
Wyoming, were home for the
fourth of July and weekend.
From The Eskridge
Independent
July I0, 1952
A Farm Home Burned -
The frame dwelling of Mr. and
Mrs. Herman Martin and fam-
ily in the Waushara neighbor-
hood burned to the ground
last Sunday afternoon. The
family was all away from home
at the time and by the time the
fire was discovered by neigh-
bors, it was too late to save
anything.
Round ,%bout - Mr. and
Mrs. Stanley Coker and two
daughters have rooms at the
E.E. Simmons home. Mr.
Coker is a member of the
bridge gang located here.
Southwest - Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Schwarting entertained
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Bennett
and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Turnbull and sons, Bonnie
Thistlewaite and Katie Bennett
Monday evening.
Community News - Junior
Ross, a l.t Cook in the Army,
writes home that he is now a
corporal. Junior is at Ka-
tyong, Korea.
Pleasant Plain - Mr. and
Mrs. Max Martin were happy
to welcome a baby girl unto
their home on the 4th of July.
We extend our best wishes to
this family, Mother and baby
are in a Topeka Hospital. The
little lady has been named
Sharon Lyn.
25 yeary Ago
From The Alma
Signal-Enterprise
July 7, 1977
l~xico - Congratulations
and many more happy anni-
versaries to Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Sutter who celebrated their
55th wedding anniversary.
Many of us shared this joyous
occasion with them Sunday
afternoon, the lovely reception
honoring them, with their
family.
McFarland - Guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Schmidt and
family for the 4th were Mr. and
Mrs. Ted Baehni and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eisenhut
and family of Topeka and Mr.
and Mrs. John Savage and
family of Alma
Local Happenings - July
4th evening guests at the Rick
Schauffs for homemade ice
cream and cake were Mr. and
Mrs. Billy Otts and Timothy of
Sulligent, Alabama, Mrs. Mar-
guerite Stuewe, and Joan and
Clarence Otts and Mars.
Chalk Dust - Gwen
Schrader, Russ Topham, Tracy
and Emily of Wichita were
weekend guests of Mrs. Robert
Schrader and family. They
were all Sunday dinner guests
of Nancy Schrader, Topeka
Maple Hill - The rains of
the past month have left blue
stem pastures luxuriantly
green and beautiful with wild
flowers. The cattle contently
graze the pastures and the
combination of both present a
majestic panorama for the
viewer.
]P'rom The Eskr/dge
Independent
July 7, 1977
New Arri~tl - Cpl. Michael
Idim) and Deb Newman, Adak,
Alaska, announce the birth of
their daughter, Jennifer Jo, on
Tuesday, June 28, 1977. She
weighed six pounds, fifteen
ounces. Maternal grand-
mother is Mrs. Maxine Baxter,
Wilmington, Delaware. Pater-
nal grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Rick Newman, Har-
veyville. Her great-
grandmother is Mrs. Marie
Cripps, Harveyville.
IFMkridge News - Kelly Li-
etz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Dale Lietz, is a member of
• Washburn University's Blue
Choir, under the direction of
Dr. Floyd Hedberg.
Dover News - Mr. and Mrs.
Maurice Gleason and family
and Mr. and Mrs. Gaff Blythe
and family spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. James Phillip
and family.
Annual 8nokomo Picnic
Draws large Crowd - About
S'LXty sturdy pioneers braved
the rainy conditions tO attend
the annual Snokomo picnic on
Sunday, June 19th. The picnic
has been held for nearly 100
years with few exceptions.
The affair is now sponsored by
the Snokomo Silent Workers
Club, but has been sponsored
by the Modern Woodmen of
America, the Royal Neighbors
and other groups.
Lake New8 - Paul and
Grade Mueller, Cottage #317,
had a great family weekend
with their sons, David, from
Nortonville, Ronald and his
wife, Janice, Scott and Kristen
from Wichita, Gary. and Judy
Morris, Kevin, Darin, Tracy
and Bryan of Wichita. Boat-
ing, skiing, pontoon riding,
.swimming, fireworks and eat-
mg all made for a great 4th of
July.