The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 5, 1950, Page 7

THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, Luftwaffe Pilot Tells The Citizen Writer War Is Certain; Expects To Fight Russians Says Hitler Made His Big Mistake By Not Invading England In 1940; Flew ME-109 By EDWARD H. SIMS (Washington Correspondent Writing From Europe) BERLIN.—Hans Wangel is an ex-Luftwaffe fighter pilot. cream-colored hair knows how to shine in the sunlight and he would make ‘em swoon in States. Tall, with handsome fea- tures, he is what Hitler called his super race. A hotel clerk, Hans today struggles for a wrecked Germany—for which he fought “to the last day”. Hitler ordered Hans and other Luftwaffe pilots to stop U.S, bombers pounding Fortress Eu- rope. But Hans couldn't stop them, even though Germany is his great love, despair — he quit the air force, and joined the paratroopers. Hans tells of the decline of the Ger- man Air Force with sad eyes. As he sees it, it was a case of being overwhelmed by numbers and — in the last two years — the work ef the underground. One thing Hans is sure of — there will be another war. He doesn't seem to mind the thought, because he cannot tolerate Rus- sian occupation of eastern Ger- many. It is the Russians he ex-} s to fight. I asked Hans where he ran into the toughest air fighting of the war. It in Romania, he said. There was only one fighter field in that country, and when the Americans began with hundreds of bombers from Italy, Hans de- cided the war w lost. Of the 40 or 50 fighters at this field,| only 20 to 30 were able to tak to the air at a time, since they were continually being damaged | and shot up. | Hans flew an ME-109, one of two basic German fighters used} for defense by the Luftwaffe, | ater in the war German jet nes superior to anything the Americans could put in the sky, made their appearance. But they were too few, and too late, And the American bombers’ wrecked the airplane factory building the jets. Hans was in the paratroopers at the time, but he says he saw the jets onee knock down an en- box © ing Fortresses over oftarid: Stee ane the paratroop- ers renewed hope, they believed this would turn the tide. When I told this big, blond German fighter pilot I had flown] an American fighter plane, he didn’t st any reaction other} than mutual interest in enemy | strategy. As we began to go into operations during the war, and exchange viewpoints on tactics and battles, he became com- pletely engrossed, and asked me to visit his apartment p he says, since new plane His} the; and finally — in; 1950 EASY AS PIE a (®) Wirephoto PETER BOHDANEUK, 4, has no trouble at all in getting his face smeared as he digs into a slab of cherry pie at LaGuardia Field in New York. Peter's first request was for a piece of cherry pie after arriving from Germany on an American Overseas Airlines plane. He is enroute to his parents’ home in Detroit, Mich. Laten I found that her parents, in Osnabruck, were relatively prosperous, and had’ begged the newly-weds to come live there, but Hans still has his pride, and thus he is hoeing his own row. His parents live in Hamburg. Hans gave a vivid account of life in the Luftwaffe. The Ger- man pilots were kept in the dark about America’s vast resources. They were repeatedly told that secret wexpons would soon offset Allied air power, and Hans said the Germans were eager to be- lieve such stories. Where he was particularly, uninformed was on American production, and termination to check Hitler. As I unfolded the story of our war on two fronts, each thous- ands of miles from the United States, and how we were beating the Japanese even before we in- vaded Europe — with most of our strength, he listened in aston- ishment. IT told him the U.S. was building 100,000 military planes a year by the end of the war, and that we supplied Rus- sia, controlled the oceans with a fleet twice the size of any other, He had only one room, and he} invaded Europe and pushed Jap- and his bride of nine were making the most of it. She was all and thin, but not un- attractive and he imp! sion she had seen far better d. months] an through the 2. I told him had two or we million men in Europe, and another five mil- said | were training lion as the war ended. He the reasons*ferythe-Uited States’ aes} Pacific — all at} as Held Office InN.J Since 1914; 88 Years Old Now WEST LONG BRANCH, N .J.— (P)—What would West Long Branch seem like without James Mount in office? |, Lots of the residents probably jhave no idea, for white-hiared Mount, who is nearing 89, has been holding public office since 1914, That’s when he started serv- ing on the Borough Council. Mount has been Mayor since 1931. He was sworn into public office for the 37th straight time this week. Another word about Mount— he used to serve vegetables to President Ulysses S. Grant when the General lived on the Jersey shore. Your Horoscope THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1950—Today endows with a powerful recuperative nature and skill in medicine. You will have idealistic tendencies with some desire to dig into sordid condi- tions ,turn them up. A little too pugnacious the thought should be constant to avoid making enemies who may blast the hopes. TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS (Know America) Paul Mallon, columnist, born in Mattoon, Ill., 49 years ago. Gen. Courtney Hodge tired, born in Perry, Ga., ago. Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin, pres- ident emeritus of the Union Theo- logical Seminary, New York, born in New York, 73 years ago. Dr. Philip C. Jessup of Colum- bia University, U. S. Ambassado1 at-Large, born in New York, 53 years ago. Herbert Bayard Swope of New York, journalist, worker born in St. Lou) Mrs. Mary S. 63 years civic kore in Brooklyn, y Graham K. McCorckle, pres dent of Ilinois Bell Telephone born. gn Eminence, Ky., 63 years agar the Germans never got such facts and figures. Hans was of the opinion, when we began our three-hour dis: cour: that Hitler made his big mistake in not invading England in 1940. With his wife nodding approval, he said that had Eng- land been conquered, Germany would have won the war. I told him he was wrong, and he in- quired in what respect. I told him the United States would have eventually disposed of Hitler — a threat to the democratic way of life. He found it hard to b lieve that America would ha fought Germany without England as an ally Ew" lasto Flowee Pats ee filled with Séablere. 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England Proposes New Atomic Weapon Partnership For 3 Nations |MALAYA NOW HAS COCOA PROJECT KUALA LUMPUR.—(?).—Ma- laya is getting into the cocoa pro- | ducing industry. As a first step the Malayan Federation has or- | dered 6,000 cocoa seeds from the Gold Coast. NEW YORK, Jan. 5.—(#).—A Americans in the United State: New York newspaper, the Times | on the production of atomic wea- says that Great Britain has pro-} pons. Canada already has made PAGE SEVEN Tom Watson May Face Court Test _ On His Right To Run For Congress” JACKSONVILLE, Jan. 5.—(P).;ed as a Democrat didn't change ~Former Attorney General J.| the situation, “He renounced the Tom Watson may face a court; Democratic party once,” Fuller test of his right to run for Con-|said. “And he can’t change his gress in the Democratic pri-| spots now.” mary. Fuller said he was looking A State Democratic Committee. | into procedure for such a man from Pinellas County, Wal-}suit and would ask mem- ter Fuller, told the St. Peters-| hers of the executive committee burg Times he . planned. to file | Monday for advice as to the best suit to keep Watson out of the| time to file it The committee primary, because Watson regis-' will meet in Jacksonville. Mon- tered as an Independent in 1948. { day to set up a schedule of quali- Informed of Fuller’s statement, | fying fees. Watson commented that he had! Watson said there is no ques- re-registered as a Democrat about} tion in his mind but that Fullec a month ago, afd was con-\is off on a tangent—and that—in fident of his good. standing, He | his words—“my qualifientions explained that he had registered! are 100 per cent according t as an Independent only to vote|Hoyle in every respect except for States Rights Candidate J. {that I do not, have not, and will Strom Thurmond for president, | not follow in the wake of the and had voted otherwise’ for all|Truman Democratic philosophy.” regular Democratic party candi- dates. Los Angeles has been getting Fuller said that in his soceseting bolawd from ye Sierra Mountains since 1907. = fact that Watson re-register. posed a new atomic weapon part- | Such an « Deer ot for eae bs nership among the United States, | Change of atomic knowledge. — Canada and Britain. 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