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ii firtiii itV. ROMMEL LEGEND JUST NAZI PROPAGANDA Desert Fox Cot Credit for Gen. eralship, But Secret Agent Really Won HU Battles By CURT RE1SS (Copyright; 1945, NEA Serv. Inc) BERLIN Rommell never was the jfreat general pictured by Nazi propaganda. His famous Victories in France and North Africa weren't achieved by super ior strategy, but simply by super ior intelligence then at the dis posal of the German Military In telligence Service. . This has been revealed by a number of men who, in the last stages of the war, were able to furnish the Allies with revealing information. Rommel's first big achievement of this war was the breakthrough of armored units near Sedan, which decided the whole French campaign. This breakthrough was always considered by experts as a most risky enterprise, since the relatively small French or Brit ish air forces could have smashed the Rommel forces. Even more daring was the switch of the Rom mel forces to the north, leaving his left flank completely unpro tected. "There wasn't any risk, let alone generalship, involved in the whole business," my source, who had worked in a Nazi ministry, told me. "Certain of our agents belonging to the so-called Ribben trop Bureau which had been working in France since 1937, THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson "ALMOST A' ' ""C minm ih w&bB ' ... HAVE BEEN DRILLED IN THE UNITED STATES..." WITH OVER 200, OOP OF.THEM GGrVOET COPR. 195 BY NEA SERVICE. INC v T. M. REC. U. S. PAT. wrr, A THOMAS WALLING CO. ABSTRACTS of TITLE "Title Insurance" Desert Fox Romirel ... Not so sly furnished us with complete infor mation about Allied defense plans in that sector." The story of Rommel's African victories was almost repetition. In the first place, the General Staff, knowing Rommel's limited talents, never wished to entrust him with the African campaign, but proposed General von Funk instead. Hitler received von Funk im mediately after the end of the French campaign and - developed his African plans. Funk remon strated endeavoring to prove that even if everything went well Ger many couldn't spare enough 'troops for lasting success in the African campaign. Hitler, in a fury, tore down the curtains, bit into them and Funk left. He told his wife: "This man j will bring disaster to Germany.' WHICH ONE OF THESE ISLANDS IS NOT TOUCHED BY THE EQUATOR ? SUM ATA A, GOASfO, -JAVA . A NORTH DAKOTA KILLER WOLF WAS ESTIMATED TO HAVE DESTROYED &SO.OOO WORTH OF LIVESTOCK 8ER2RE ITS CAPTURE - IN 1925. ANSWER: Java," which lies south of it. . Sumatra and Borneo are bisected by the equator. . ' NEXT: Drinkln? secrets. ' m7fmr- m r mwjm lilll For Dependable To meet the requirements of the New State Law CALL OR SEE J. HOWARD DAVIS Plattsmouth Phone 16 Funk was dismissed in disgrace, but was later recalled. Rommel got the job and this is how his amazing victories were achieved: BREAK CODE At that particular time the de ciphering department of the Ger man Air Ministry was able to break one particular Allied code almost overnight. According to my information, almost all codes were broken by all counter-intelligence departments sooner or later. But if this breaking pro cess took several months, chances were that the other side had switched to a new code. In the spring of 1942, however, speedy breaking enabled Ger mans to pick up messages daily of one Allied representative in Cairo. Thus they learned all British troop movements and also gained precise information about desperate shortage of materiel, particularly of tanks. These code messages were decoded and sent to Hitler's head quarters and also to Rommel's headquarters. "Rommel couldn't have been better informed if the Allies had given him a daily briefing," my informant said. Rommel's famous victory in June of 1942, knocking out 300 British tanks, was only possible because of this information. Later, secret informers found a way to warn the Allies. From then on the Allies were kept well informed about many, plans and actions of the Wehrmacht. One of the most important pieces of information came when Turkey broke off diplomatic re lations with Germany in the fall of 1944. Then von Papen had in stalled a secret transmitter in Turkey leaving behind a number of agents to send information re garding Allied troop movements. No Indication of Martin Closing Martin-Nebraska Company em ployes who have helped dessimin ate rumors the past few days that the plant at Fort Crook is to close permanently and soon were assured Wednesday by J. T. Hart- son, president, that ' there is no truth to the stories. Hartson said that there will be no "appreciable chan-je" in oper ations this year unless, of course the Japanese war comes to a sud den termination which is some thing no one knows just now. 'I know of nothing that indic ates we will not go on as we are now and for a considerable per iod," Hartson said. "People who circulate rumors that the plant is to suddenly close overlook the importance of the B-29 (which Martin makes exclusively now) in the Pacific fighting." Hartson believes some of the rumors resulted from the fact that employes have handled plan? which at various times the com pany management has drawn up for use in event of any drastic change in operation. "It's good sense to have such plans" "he commented. "In all probability no one of these plans will fit our needs when, the time comes." 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