ART RETURNED . . . The above. Apostle in Despair Over the Passing
of Mary, taken by the Germans from the Wit Stwos* altar of the
Cbnrch of Our Lady, Cracow, Poland, has been returned to the Polish
church by the United States forces in Europe.
HITLER’S SHAME
Historic Church Altar Stolen
By Germans, Returned to Poles
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Paulin* Frederick, WNU Foreign Correspondent, was
the only American correspondent to accompany the historic mission of re
turning the Wit Stwosi altar, the largest In Europe, to the Polish church
from which the Germans, on Hitler's orders, had stolen It. Here is her
oselsslT* story.)
By PAULINE FREDERICK
WNU Features.
CRACOW, POLAND.—It was after midnight when a spe
cial train pulled out of the loading yards at Nuernberg, Ger
many, and headed east. There were two passenger coaches
on it, onj of them formerly the private car of Joachim von
Ribbentrop. There were 22 freight cars, carefully sealed,
bearing warnings in English, German and Polish that anyone
trying to pilfer the train would be shot. Armed G.I.s stood
on guard.
This was a train to bring shamed
to any German with a conscience.
It was to bring tears of joy to the
eyes of many Poles. For aboard
was Poland’s greatest art treasure,
the Wit Stwosz altar, being returned
to its home, the Church of Our Lady,
In Cracow, from where the Germans
had looted it.
This trip was the end of a mission
begun in 1930. In August of that
year the international situation had
reached such a critical stage that
Prof. Charles Estreicher of the fine
arts department of the University of
Cracow decided that steps should be
taken to safeguard the altar from
possible looting. Consequently, he
supervised the packing of the sculp
tures in great wooden cases which
were placed on barges and then
floated down the Vistula to Sando
mierz.
By mid-September, however, the
Germans had found all the boxes.
Hitler ordered them conveyed to the
Reichsbank in Berlin.
Hitler Orders It Set Up.
Meantime, Burgomeister Leibel of
Nuernberg conceived the idea of es
tablishing a Veit Stoss center in
his city. Veit Stoss is the German
spelling of Wit Stwosz. Both Ger
mans and Poles claim the artist as
one of their nationals. The fueh
rer ordered that the altar should be
set up in St. Lawrence's Lutheran
church In Nuernberg.
That meant that the framework
which had been left in the Church of
Our Lady in Cracow had to be torn
•ut and brought to Germany.
The pieces were unpacked in
Nuernberg. Then it was found that
the Germans had miscalculated
again—the altar was too large for
St. Lawrence’s church.
It now became necessary to find a
safe place in which to store the un
packed treasure. There was an an
cient tunnel beneath Nuernberg cas
TOO LARGE . . . The Wit Stwosi
altar in Church of Our Lady. The
Germans found this too large to
place tn their own St. Lawrence
church.
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NATIVITY SCENE . . . From one
of the panel* of the Wit Stwoss
altar.
tie. Silesian miners were brought
in to lengthen the corridor which
begins in an obscure little house
near where Albrecht Durer lived
and slopes downward until the
passage cut through the solid rock
is some 100 feet under ground.
The Polish underground kept
track of the altar, reporting its
whereabouts to Professor Estreicher
who had gone to London. There
came the all-out raid on Nuernberg
and Poles waited anxiously to know
whether the altar had been de
stroyed as the castle above it had
been. The tunnel had been a safe
place and the Wit Stwosz work was
unharmed.
Last October, Lt. Frank Albright
of the monuments and fine arts divi
sion of military government, and a
former professor of archeology at
Johns Hopkins, began supervising,
with the help of Professor Estrei
cher, the long task of preparing the
altar^for shipment to Poland.
Carries Art Treasures.
On April 28, 1946, the train was
ready to leave for Cracow with the
altar, furniture and typewriters that
had been stolen from the University
of Cracow; 2,000 chalices and mon
strances from which the gold had
been looted; da Vinci’s "Lady With
Ermine," and Rembrandt’s "Land
scape," together with other treas
ures that had been taken from Po
land by Nazi Governor-General
Frank.
I had had nothing to do with
bringing back the altar to Poland.
But I wore an American uniform,
and that was enough to include me
in the little group on whom the Po
lish people lavished their gratitude.
I was handed bouquets of flowers.
The children clapped and cheered
as 1 walked by, They sang. One
handsome young blonde boy, about
14, reached his hand through the
crowd and taking mine, said in Eng
lish;
"You’re a reporter. Please tell
the American people how grateful
we are."
.1. .A.
Poles Grateful for Return of Altar
When our train reached Cracow
there was a great welcoming cere
mony. Then we were whisked to
the Francuski hotel.
When the altar was unpacked, the
center sculpture, the Passing of
Mary, was set up for the dedicatory
mass. • That was orf Sunday, May
5, with spring in full bloom. The
great church was packed to the
doors. Sun streamed in on the Mary
surrounded by white hydrangeas
and glowing candles. From high in
the back the music of the mass
flowed down across the worshippers
to the priests before the altar.
Then the mass was finished. Sud
denly from the organ, reverently
and with all the power of its great
pipes, came “The Star Spangled
Banner.” There was not a dry
American eye in the church.
As we came out into the sunlight
to go to our hotel, a great cry went
up from the people. “Long live the
Americans!”
In These United States
Annual Farm Safety Week
Is Set for July 21 to 27
By W. J. Dryden
WNU Farm Editor.
Accidents—one crop we can do without! And that is the
reason why July 21 to 27 has been set aside as “Farm Safety
Week” to carry the annual warning message to those who
work with tools, livestock and machinery. Accidental death
marches through the farm and ranch lands every day.
The great outdoors, it seems, is'
not so healthy when you look at
the figures. Farm work accidents
alone killed 4,500 persons last year.
These farm deaths were 28 per cent
of the nation’s occupational death
total, more than in any of the other
seven major industrial groups.
‘Eliminate a Hazard a Day.’
That is the information which
President Truman undoubtedly had
when he issued a proclamation this
year calling upon farm people of the
nation “to observe National Farm
Safety Week by resolving to elimi
nate at least one hazard a day until
their farms are as safe as they can
possibly make them.”
They must be made to see also
the fceril of nails, ladders, machines.
Because of truths like this the
United States department of agricul
ture, the National Grange, the Na
tional Fire Protection association,
the Farm Equipment institute, the
American Farm Bureau Federation,
the Farmers Union, the co-opera
tives and other leading agricultural
organizations are taking an active
part along with the National Safety
council in observing Farm Safe
ty Week from July 21 to July 27 as
a means of carrying safety educa
tion to the farmer.
Riddle of Ring
Around Neck of
Rear Is Solved
HEMLOCK, WASH. — Fre
quent!} a black bear with a
white ring around its neck had
appeared in this area. Some
thought it was a tame bear with
a gray collar of some kind. Oth
ers said it was a freak and actu
ally had a white ring of fur
around its neck.
Joe Szydlo solved the riddle
when he shot the bear. Tho
white ring was paint. It is be
lieved that the bear, in its raids
on garbage and other pails, had
got his head into a paint bucket,
probably tipping it over on his
head. The bear could wipe the
paint off Its face with its paws,
but must not have been able to
wash his neck.
TOLERANCE . . . Two youth look
at the Star of David alongside the
crucifix In a memorial to the dead
of all faiths in World War II,
which was erected on the grounds
of St. Brendan's Catholic church
In Brooklyn.
Eight Tractors Plant
Two Fields in One Day
TAYLOR, TEXAS. — Recently a
tornado ruined crops west of Gran
ger, destroying stands of corn and
other crops, including those of Louis
Hanzelka and Julius Cepcar.
Working almost as fast as the
tornado, six neighbors with tractors
volunteered to help Hanzelka and
Cepcar replant the two farms. They
showed up bright and early in the
morning, and by night the fields
had been plowed and planted.
The eight tractors were manned
by Hanzelka and Cepcar and Paul
Repa, Albert Repa, Adolph Naizer,
Willie Pekar, Louis Hajda and Hu
at Gourbec. After the fields were
put in shape the ground was planted
to cotton and feed.
That’s what a little neighborly co
operation will dot
Miner Wants Army
To Bomb Mountain
WHITE SANDS, N. M.—A gold
prospector who owns a mountain
near where the V-2 rocket tests are
being made has petitioned Lt. Col
H. R. Turner, commanding officer
of White Sands proving ground, to
aim a rocket over his way and blow
up the mountain. It would save him
a lot of digging, he says.
Colonel Turner has revealed that
they will not be able to oblige the
prospector.
AIRPORT CHATTER
A new amphibian and seaplane
base on the lake front in Wolfeboro,
N. H., has been completed for serv
ice of planes which visit the New
Hampshire lake region all year
around. . . . James E. Wolfe, former
army pilot, is now manager of the
Hartsville, N. C., airport. ... To
vary life a bit, pilots of personal
planes at the Fair Haven, Vt.,
airport have been practicing for
mation flying. . . . Grant Eldredge,
former army pilot, has leased the
Salmon, Idaho, airport. He used to
fly the hump in India with the ATC,
so the Idaho mountains won’t both
er him. . . . The Sportsmen’s Pilot’s
association of Colorado will fly their
planes to Estes Park for a conven
tion August 22 to 24. . . . Traffic at
the Chicago airport increased 49 per
cent in May.
m m m
VETS AND AVIATION
Thousands of wartime dreams are
certain to crash, many aviation writ
ers predict. And yet we find vet
erans getting most of the new jobs
In aviation, not only as pilots but
also as maintenance men, clerks,
and in traffic control. Many vets
are creating jobs for themselves
in aviation. But government esti
mates indicate that even 10 years
from now the number of persops
employed in the industry will not
equal the number of men and wom
en who, while in the services, were
hopeful of making aviation a peace
time career.
• • •
HELICOPTER FALLS
Many people have asked: “If a
helicopter’s engine konks out, can
the craft be landed?" The question
was answered recently at Dayton,
Ohio, when an AAF helicopter
dropped from 9,000 feet without
damage to the craft or injury to the
pilot. With its engine dead, auto
rotation, or free-wheeling of the
rotor blades, allowed the pilot, Capt.
Irvin C. Steiner of Wright Field, to
land his helicopter safely in a cow
pasture.
• • •
GOVERNOR WON’T FLY!
Col. Roscoe Turner, the air speed
king, has a project in mind for this
summer—to make Gov. John C.
Vivian of Colorado get his feet off
the ground!
“Once I can get his feet off the
ground and demonstrate what a
wonderful thing it is to travel by
air, I think I can change his whole
attitude,'’ Turner promised. “He’ll
become so air-minded it will be a
great thing for the state.”
• • •
A survey of army and navy air
forces showed around 1,000,000 were
interested in postwar occupations
related to flying. Present direct
employment in aviation is around
300,000, of whom 185,000 work for
aircraft manufacturers, 55,000 for
the scheduled airlines, 10,000 for the
federal government, 20,000 for air
ports, and the rest in a variety of
jobs.
• • •
Quote of the Week
“Farmers of the Great Plains are
flying by the thousands. They would
be flying by the tens of thousands
if planes were available at the right
price and for their special needs."
—Wall Street Journal.
ON THE BIAS ... The PT-19,
with the new cross wind landing
gear, lands on the bias at the
Hagerstown, Md„ municipal air
port. The development is under
the guidance of John Gicsse of
the CAA. The PT-19 was built
by Fairchild.
★ ★ ★ ★
Urges Utah Airport
The Parowan (Utah) Times re
ceived a telegram from Lt. Simon
Benson who is in Berlin, Germany,
urging his home town to build an
airport. Benson expects to return
to Parowan soon.
• • •
Lyle Nelson, witness in a trial
at Jordon, Mont., involving al
leged illegal branding, testified
be spotted misbranded animals
from his plane while flying 10 to
15 feet over the cattle at a speed
of only 35 to 45 miles an hour.
First Choice for a Picnic—Fried Chicken
(See Recipes Below)
Eat Outdoors!
The time has come to take the
picnic baskets out to the shady glen
or under the old
oak tree In the
back yard and
let the outdoors
spread its inimi
table seasoning
to savory-cooked
foods. Why not
plan to eat out
doors at least once a week this
summer?
Eating out doors will get Mother
out of the sweltering kitchen for at
least two hours; it will give Dad
time to contemplate the beauties of
nature; and it will give youngsters
a chance to catch up on out-of
doors secrets.
Outdoor eating is spoiled if there’s
too much fuss connected with it. so
plan everything as simply as pos
sible. The family will enjoy nib
ling on a chicken leg with their
fingers much more than trying to
carve a piece of pot roast for every
bite they take. If they don’t want
to wrestle ,witji salads, take along
whole fruits like oranges and to
matoes, pears or grapes, or such
things as carrot sticks and celery
hearts and let them get their vita
mins that way.
If it’s pie or cake for dessert
they like, bake and leave in its pan,
as it’s easy enough to place that in
a box and slice as it's needed on the
picnic.
Here’s an unusual way of prepar
ing potato salad that’s both flavorful
and easy to make. If you are hav
ing a light supper, you won't need
extra meat:
Hot Potato-Sausage Salad.
(Serves 6)
1 pound sausage links
6 medium-sized potatoes
% cup minced onion
Y* cup vinegar
3 tablespoons water
2 teaspoons sugar
% teaspoon salt
Pare potatoes and cook. Drain
and cut in %-inch squares. Place
sausage links in skillet and add a
small amount of water. Cover and
steam for 5 minutes. Drain off%re
maining water and cook sausage
over low heat, turning to brown
evenly. Remove links from pan.
Add onion to drippings and brown.
Add vinegar, water, sugar and salt.
Stir and cook about 10 minutes.
Pour over potatoes. Top with sau
sage links.
Lynn Says;
Sandwiches for Summer: Nut
bread tastes mighty good when
spread with orange marmalade,
currant jelly and a grated rind
of lemon mixed with cream
cheese.
Or mix chopped, cooked fruits
with cream cheese and spread
on date bread.
Date paste or mixed dried
fruits ground into a paste and
mixed with cottage cheese offer
a taste treat on raisin brown
bread.
Cut peeled cucumber very fine,
mix with mayonnaise and give
it a dash of onion juice and
spread on thin slices of white
bread.
You’ll also like these combi
nations: cottage cheese with
grated carrots, apple butter
with raisins and chopped nuts;
cream cheese with finely ground,
hard-cooked egg and minced
green pepper.
Cottage cheese mixed with ripe
olives or green stuffed olives
gives an attractive color to pin
wheel sandwiches.
Sweet salad desserts are excel
lent for strictly feminine lunch
eons. Diced canned cling peaches
plus assorted fruits, frozen in
gelatin-thickened whipped cream,
are tops.
For enjoyable eating, include
shiny black olives in your picnic
lunches. To keep them shiny and
to prevent shriveling, roll them
in a few drops of olive oil or salad
oil and wrap them in wax paper.
Lynn Chambers’ Menus
Outdoor Menu
Fried Chicken Potato Salad
Carrot Sticks
Whole Ripe Tomatoes
Bran Bread and Butter
•Hot Milk Cake Beverage
•Recipe given
Fried Chicken.
Cut chicken into serving pieces.
Chicken may be dipped in seasoned
nour, corn meai
and flour, or
cracker crumbs
or flour. If a
heavier coating
is desired, dip in
egg, beaten
slightly, then in
flour coating. Use
heavy skillet and have 3 to 4 inches
of fat in it. Fry chicken on both
sides until golden brown. When
browned, turn fire down very low
and allow chicken to cook until ten
der—from 30 to 60 minutes depend
ing upon size of the pieces and age
of chicken. Or, if desired, finish
cooking in a moderate (350*) oven.
If you prefer your chicken in a
loaf, bake it and when ready to
serve your picnic lunch, slice it
from the loaf for sandwiches, or
serve with tossed salad:
Chicken Loaf.
(Serves 8 to 10)
4 to 5 pound chicken, cut in pieces
1 small carrot
1 small onion
2 stalks celery
1 clove
3 peppercorns
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups bread crumbs
1 cup cooked rice
154 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons chopped plmiento
3 cups chicken broth, milk or both
mixed
5 eggs, beaten
Place chicken in large kettle and
add carrot, onion, cloves, pepper
corns and salt.
Cover with cold
water and sim
mer until tender,
about 2 hours.
Strain chicken
stock and let
chicken cool.
Combine diced
cinvKeii wim remaining ingredients.
Add more seasoning if desired.
Place in a deep loaf pan and bake
in a moderate (350-degree) oven
for one hour or until Arm.
A good salad to take in a well
chilled bowl to the picnic grounds
is this one that is light but chewy
and rich in vitamins:
Tonic Salad.
(Serves 6.)
2 cups cabbage, slice£ fine
1 cup grated carrot
1 cup chopped tart apple
W cup chopped green pepper
1 small onion, minced
Moisten all ingredients with a lit
tle salad dressing. Salt, if desired,
and serve cold.
A delicate yellow cake that is
made in a square pan is another
easily transported item. Ice this
with a little orange powdered sugar
icing or a chocolate frosting:
•Hot Milk Cake.
2 egg whites, beaten stiff
2 egg yolks, beaten light
1 cup sugar
1 cup Hour
1 teaspoon baking powder
M cup hot milk
1 tablespoon butter, melted
Add yolks to egg whites, then
blend sugar in slowly. Fold in flour
which has been sifted with baking
powder, then lastly add the butter.
Bake in a square pan in a moderate
oven for 25 to 30 minutes. When
cool, ice with:
Chocolate Frosting.
2 squares chocolate
1 tablespoon butter
% cup rich milk
Powdered sugar
Melt chocolate with milk and but
ter. Add enough powdered sugar
until frosting is of a spreading con
sistency. Flavor with vanilla. This
will keep soft and smooth.
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