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the tribune stouffville ont thursday may 11 1950 migration miracle continued from page 7 st russia for a hundred years be fore they gained their independence they chafed uneasily at the chains which bound them to tzarist rus sia then came the bolshevik re volution in october 1917 and the proclamation that the will of the people must decide the future of states even to the point of separa tion from russia that offered the baits the opportunity of realizing their longcherished dream of free dom it was not before that pro claimed freedom had been defended by force of arms and their deter mination had been sorely tested that independence did indeed be come a fact all three states ac hieved in 20odd years a high stand ard of living and culture compar able with only the most progres sive of european countries and proved themselves fit for freedom this happy era was brought to an abrupt close by the signing of the infamous ribbentropmolotov paet in 1939 when hitler to ol- tain a free hand against poland declared the baltic states to belong to russias sphere of influence in 1910 the red army marched in and framed elections backed by red bayonets brought the unanimous demand from the baltic states to be included in the ussras soviet socialist republics their incor poration into soviet russia has never to this day been recogniz ed by the united states of america or by great britain the baltic peoples remained where they were almost to a man during the first soviet occupation of 191011 and also during the later german occupation they had no where else to go for one thing and had no idea of the real nature of the impending changes they were therefore very favorably placed to observe the process of the soviet- isation of their homelands and are in a position now having fled their countries in 1911 to give a detailed account of what went on in every sphere of life under the soviet do mination they all testify that only by such excesses as terror concentration camps typhus scurvy starvation and forced col lectivization only by renewing such medieval processes as inquisi tion carried out by the dreaded mvd only by the absolute sup pression of all liberty turning the population into unthinking cogs in the agricultural or industrial ma chine was the ussr able to realize its experiments in the bal tic states when hitler attacked russia in june 1911 the soviets retreated too rapidly to cover up all traces of their guilt unable to evacuate the inmates of all prisons and con centration camps they executed them in nearby forests and interred them in mass graves they did not kill the prisoners outright but first tortured them they cut strips out of their backs tore out their tongues gouged out their eyes cut off their ears and noses photo graphs of mutilated bodies with the findings of the doctors who ex amined them give proof of an in sane beastiality which is impossi ble to describe it surpasses any thing that the dark ages produced and this was done to baltic patriots in their own country by a foreign invader small wonder therefore that the germans were treated as liberators at first some baits who perhaps found a wife in the mass grave could not settle down to a normal life but joined the germans with one thought in mind revenge as long as they could draw breath understandable as this is however these persons in germany are not now dps as under the eligibility clause a person who voluntarily assisted the enemy against the un ited nations is not granted op status the german occupation lasted until 19 h and it was soon learned that one form of totalitarianism does not differ very much from another and that the liberators were not german peoples but the nazis indoctrinated with race theories which automatically classified their baltic victims as members of inferior races and whose policy was the colonization of the baltic states as vassal states of germany resistance movements rapidly grew up especially against the recruitment for compulsory labor at first the germans called for volunteers the call being gar nished with inducements of every kind but there were few simple enough to put themselves forward then a labor mobilization was pro claimed when that also was of no avail the baltic police were or dered to hunt down the youth of the land but these orders leaked out so that the people in the areas in which the manhunts were to take place were not available at the scheduled time the gestapo then organized its own pressgangs which surrounded cinemas thea tres schools and even churches men women and children were dragged off to germany as slave laborers with no opportunity of taking leave of their families and these were the slave laborers re leased in 1915 to become dps even in germany resistance went on and they escaped from their places the usa and britain had never recognized the annexation of the baltic countries by the soviet union and they were familiar with the contents of the atlantic charter which promised justice to small nations they believed that the baltic states would escape a second soviet occupation if they managed to hold back the russians until the armistice between the allies and germany was signed they could not possibly know that their countries had already been sacrificed to russia at the allied conferences and consequently they fought with great bravery and re solution abandoned by the allies all was in vain and those who could fled to germany and sweden in ger many thev too are denied dp status only those who were forci bly conscripted into the german forces being granted this privilege all other baltic people who could fled before the soviet terror their only hope now being in a push to the west where they hoped to con tact the western allies thus with the slave laborers they were liberated and classified as dps and will in no circum stances return behind the iron curtain the story of the ukrainians is similar having suffered bolshe vist doctrines for 20 years the ger man occupation gave them the opportunity for escape that and their forcible deportation by the germans they too will not re turn the yugoslavs are mostly royal ists and no lovers of the particular brand of communism favored by tito repatriation for them is also out the remainder of the dp popula tion is made up of poles who came largely from that part of poland which was occupied by the soviets from 1939 to 1911 and slave labor ers from all parts of poland by hungarians czechs roumanians bulgarians and many stateless peo ple from eastern europe none will return as long as the russians continue to wall in their countries gainst the progressive west stouffville attends tricounty annual the fifth annual meeting of the tricounty baseball association was held at lindsay friday night mr roy scott of seagrave was elected president of the association for the coming year frank power the first president of the league was named honorary president others on the executive are frank speer pastpresident lloyd bur rows lindsay pete hicks valentia irving boyd port perry all vice- presidents and group convenors secretary bill fitsell lindsay and treasurer hudson pillsworth lindsay was well attended of last years 17 teams entered represented they were cambray cameron fenelon falls bobcaygeon lindsav little the meeting with 13 teams cauelkss driving charged to two weekend traffic accidents north of barrie on no 27 highway re sulted in two drivers being charg ed charged with careless and dangerous driving is walter k arnest 22 aurora provincial con stable a kellog said his new car travelling north about 5 miles from barrie saturday morning struck i railway wigwag device tore it and concrete base from the ground and used cm landed almost wrecked more than f 10 fe beyond wm steadman a passenger was attended by dr n it cannot be said that the baltic peoples with very few exceptions collaborated with the germans or worked of their own free will in german war industries mobilization too was a similar failure it was not until the red army was again on the borders of the baltic states that volunteers came forward and then only to take up arms against their direct enemy communism they did not doubt for a moment that their course was just they knew that m laurie and rushed to toronto general hospital his condition was fair arnest was treated at hospital in barrie for facial in juries henry quellette of locust hill was charged with careless driving after his car went into the ditch and was extensively damaged about nine miles from barrie early sun- dav morning big reduction on ladies coats suits and shortie coats these garments are greatly reduced to be cleared this month we have a good selection in colors and styles buy now get good choice also a number of childrens coats to clear remember mothers day may 14 we have a wide selection in choice gifts for mother dresses summer dresses are in with a wide selection in styles and shades harry golden the family clothing store 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any player that played in the lake- shore league last year from play ing in both leagues this year a number of the teams favoured a longer schedule final decision on this matter was left until a meet ing of the league executive on may 2gth the league opened its season on may 20th last year and the teams played 101 games a total of 270 players were registered with the secretary only one protest was re ceived during the year and it was not considered due to insufficient grounds on the part of the pro testing team small token honorariums were voted to the secretary and treas urer as an appreciation for their time and effort on behalf of the league spring fever is okay in the right place at the right time but its definitely not okay when walking across a street or driving a car or riding a bike sheer self preserva tion demands that you stay alert watchful and careful in todays traffic minimum mortality healthy growth when feed prices are high be sure your chicks get an early start with 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