Besse High School - Breeze Yearbook (Albion, ME)

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BESSE BREEZE OITBHSIVQ aga1nst our forces III Eu1ope who are fightmg w1th other Unlted N3tl0DS forces under General E1senhower I4 vervbody IS 111 a panlc for fear of RUSSIHU bomb1ngs whlch would vvlpe out all the major c1t1es1n the Un1ted States Let us get further deta1ls of the assass1nat1on of Presldent Truman He was k1lled bya man named Ilttle Red 1 lttle Red IS a communlst now but let us take a look back lI1tO h1s past Back 111 fortv hve I lttle Red was lust completmg grade school He was brought up 1n the slum d1str1ct of New York At seventeen he was left w1th no parents for they were kllled IH an automoblle Hbbldellt He hunted for work but work belng scarce he started Steilllllg for a llVlllg He was caught and served one year 1n a local prlson When he was released he was very bltter aga1nst the world It was then that he was contacted by a Qornmumst agent He became a loyal member of the party and agreed to assasslnate the Pres1dent The plans were drawn up and 1 1ttle Red was to carry them out It was on a brlght summer dav and Mr Truman was glVlI1g a campalgn speech A small man edged h1s way through the crowd w1th l1ttle attentlon be1ng pa1d h1m Hls r1ght hand was bandaged and 1ns1de was a concealed plstol In the mlddle of a sentence d9I10L111C1I1g Commun1sm and at the r1ng of a gun shot Presldent Truman dropped to the floor He d1ed at twelve mlnutes past three that same afternoon lnttle Red had completed h1s task Later when cornered by the pollce he comm1tted su1c1de June 14 1952 The much expected attack has been made on the forces 111 Eastern Europe but they were dr1ven back on a counter attack Meanwh1le Vlce Presldent Barkley has taken Office and has obtalned permlsslon from Congress to order the Army to drop the atomlc bomb on RUSSIH The major bombmg IS planned for tomorrow Everyone IS afrald Russ1a may yet be one step ahead of us and w1pe out our natlon June 16 1952 The attack on RUSSIH was made yesterday w1th Engl1sh and F ench planes also helplng Oar Jet fighters also shot down three Russ 1311 bombers that had just taken off from an a11 base near Moscow Others were ready to take off but the bombmg w1ped them out We w1ll now en counter a man to man battle NVlth the RUSSIQHS Most of thelr a1r force and navy were Wlped out IH the bombmg and It IS expected that they w1ll soon surrender July 2 1952 Russla surrendered todav after a hard fought battle The Unlted NHIZIOIIS forces leave been dr1v1ng the RUSSIHHS back for many days We have pa1d a great cost 111 l1ves out Russ1a pa1d more ElSeHhOW9f says we never would have won 1f most of the commun1st countrles around Russla hadn t helped us when they saw a chance to get out from under Mos cow s control Today there IS no such clty as Moscow for It was completely Wlped off the map oy the bomblng Stalm was among those who surrendered The ldea of hav1ng 1J1ttle Red k1ll Pres1dent 'I ruman was to lower Amer lcan morale They d1dn t know that thev d1d what many pol1t1c1ans wanted anyway Nelson Bezanson 51 . , 1.w Y 1 1 . . . ' . 4 .1 . 5. . ,, v. . . A . 4 . .Q iv. , . . t' 4 . I , . Q . I . . , Q 1 w . . c 1 - ' ' . . . . ' '. -. D J . c , . . Y . I - 1 , . s 7 ' , . J 1 , c . - M 1 L , . v' I - . . - C . 0' - - c . ., -7 f , . V . . . . , H: . . , . 1 . , Y Y 5 , . . . - ' 1 ' 1 ' I . . . . T. . . , - . . , U . ... 1

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Q EDITORIALS Q SHOULD WE SEND TROOPS TO EUROPE It has been sald that the only way to prevent war IS to prepare for 1t If we do not prepare for a war with Europe by sendlng troops there we are only 1nv1t1ng a surprlse attack from Russia or one of her satellites Sendrng American troops to Europe would benefit us not only by dis courag1ng an attack but also by wlnnlng the fr1end1y nations respect and trust toward the United States for taking such a step If we did not send troops to Europe we would be left without a single ally 1n Europe The European nations would think us cheap and afraid if we turned away at the first sign of danger If troops were not sent then communist agents and Sp19S might lnfiltrate lnto the government of the free European people Russia would greatly increase her 1ndustr1al power 1f she should be allowed to make war and gain the Ruhr and the Saar Valleys and the great steel centers of Belgium Luxemburg and France These places would be the first places that Russia would try to get The communlsts are a blt careful about provoking war with the United States Th1s was shown ln Korea When American troops were occupyrng Korea everythlng seemed peaceful and quiet but no sooner had American troops been wrthdrawn than North Korea attacked the Republic of South Korea The mdustrles homes factorles farms and governments that we helped to bulld 1n Europe by prov1d1ng b1ll1ons of dollars through the Marshal plan We are faced with a s1tuat1on today similar to the s1tuat1on that we faced in 1941 just a decade ago Ten years ago we were faced by Japan in Asia trying to take over a free natlon which was China Ten years ago we were also faced wxth Germany trying to take over the free European nations To day we are confronted w1th North Korea and Red Ch1na trying to take over the Republlc of South Korea and 1n Europe we are confronted with the poss1b1l1ty of Russia taking over the other free European natlons One of Amerlca s greatest men Abraham Llncoln said A house d1VldBd against itself cannot stand According to this advice the United States should unite Wlth the free European nations to fight communlsm for if they stand alone then one by one the nations will fall George Gould 52 A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE Let us take a look into the future at things which could happen to this world ThlS IS the record whlch may go down in the hlstorv which future generatlons may study April 23 1952 The newspapers are spread th1s mornlng wlth shocking news President Truman has been killed and Russia IS planning a major would be lost if we did not keep our friendship with the European Nations.

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8 BESSE BREEZE SHOULD WE SEND MORE TROOPS TO EUROPE 'P In such crucial times as these lt IS necessary for us as cltlzens to ponder every angle of the s1tuat1on before taking a decisive step such as sendmg troops to Europe George Wash1ngton father of our country and first President warned us many years ago agamst forelgn entanglements Nevertheless 1n World War 1 we lost thousands of lives m1ll1ons of dollars and accompllshed nothing Since that tlme we have become deeply involved 1n foreign entanglements whlch have cost us thousands of llves and blll.lOIlS of dollars and the end IS not yet in sight It should be crystal clear to the most casual observer that such a course as we have been following slnce World War 1 leads only to confuslon IH our homeland and does not 1n any great measure benefit the people abroad Because the ramifications of sending troops abroad are so vast and our probable force which we could send 1nto the various troubled areas of the world IS so small It would be much better to keep our troops at home to de fend against 1nvas1on The present so called pOllCe actlon 1n Korea should open our eyes to the fact that even in thls small area our force that we have been able to send there IS wholly madequate to cope with the s1tuat1on If our force IH Korea has cost us thousands of llV6S and m1ll1ons of dollars wlthout any materlal or splrltual advantage from these losses It can readlly be seen how hopeless and helpless would be the S1tLlatlOl1 were we to send other troops to other troubled areas of the earth The country IS hard pressed to find the necessary able bodied men to re enforce the small garrlsons that we have m the far corners of the earth Why then should we thlnk of sending more troops to other parts of the earth? Mllltary authorltles agree that lf we are to send troops abroad we must lmmedlately draft elghteen year old boys Th1s should be plaln to almost anyone that we have reached our last line of defense as far as troops are con cerned and therefore should keep them at home for our own defense The poor economlc s1tuat1on that 6X1StS IH our country today IS due to the fact that we have already parted with too many good young men to other countrles who would have been much better kept at home for the defense of our country and ltS development On every hand we see signs of man power shortage 1n our lndustrles whlch would become more acute 1f we were to send more soldiers abroad We note that the other countrles namely Brltaln and France have not raised any large armles as yet to help defend themselves Nelther did they send any force except a small token force to help in the foreign Sltll!-ltl0I1 or pollce action in Korea Therefore Amerlca can only remain strong by keeping our soldlers at home and our wealth 111 our own country Althea Hendsbee 52 7 7 7 - 1 . . . N . . , . 1 , - v , . r 1 1