The Bermuda Recorder

              a ige four the bermuda recorder saturday april 29 1961 letter to the editor says hess might have brought end of war in 1940 m&^ww&bseemwmm bp*_rv % ' ay^^t ' _■_ wi3 * tt ._■! j^^^"__^^«fesl____ffl i l_^l ; kj_________rii____ri w&r'"**'m em i chung ■ bhjffl.se/_il i r wmmo eja-hwa umitid i n l imim j ■ bottled by bermuda mineral water co phone 1-61s1 tho editor reserves the right of accepting or rejecting any communication that may be forwarded to him for publication the pubhcui.on of any correspondence does not imply that the a jtor agrees w:th the contents the writer's name and addres mast accompany all correspondence glasgow apr •-'.") the duke of hamilton recently broke his twenty-year silence on one of the strangest events of world war ii — the flight of kadolf hcss to scotland the duke contended the war could have ended in 1940 higluflying messersehmitt was his task as wing coiii under at edinburg arco drome to shoot it down the duke said the german was at a great height and managed to avoid his attack ers and then suddenly flew low toward the glasgow area hcss bailed out and the duke later received a message that the german pilot wanted to see him pembroke 23rd april pt'il and the liberty of the indivi dual today we know from lhe bitter lesoou of two great wars thai good government and strong leadership are as important to democracy as all that the millions died tor hitler's deputy hcss par i eliuted from a crashing mes scrschmitt may 10 pi41 after .■ i 1 1 the editor the bermuda recorder he somerset cricket club dear sii a solu fllghl from germany ami immediately demanded to see the duke ii seews a pity that the committee for i'uiversal adall suifruge fell they bad to al ia k hi excellency's speech at the leopolds clan th ■ hi^li regard which many ber mudians have for his excel lency is based on his readi nes to take an active part in the life ol benaada and his zeal in attacking problems which many of his pre doses 01 . have tended to let lie if the committee feels he has tramped on their toes they should remember that he hasn't minced his words t > the high income bracket either besl of all lie is a leader a well as an adminis trator we need a leader at lid time more than one kind ol franchise or another the duke went to the army barracks in glasgow and hcss told hiin who he was saying f ete i'll i ommittee ou the other hand seems to feel thai w need not profit by the in tahes of other countries they have never come up with any answer to the problem of weak leadership ami poor govern ment two problems that hnve destroyed many democracies indeed they have avoided th issue 1 think they expect to be elected and believe nolhinr bail ran happen when they are in power i'm official documents pub s . d recently showed that as ■-. & ptember 1949 hcss thinking of a bid to end hitler i willing to meet bri tain to stop this war with honour ile war the duke said in a inter view that a letter sent to him at iless instigation that month was intercepted by british in telligcnee and was not deliver ed until nine months later i returned immediately t bdinbnrg took a hurricane and flew to london the duke related mr churchill was then prime minister and i met him with sir archibald sinclair who was then air minister tonight and 4th 5th 6th may — when the letter was writ ten we had just won the bat tle of britain the duke said when t told them mv new they thought i had gone mad grand raffle prizes le cm in la needs an improve ment on universal franchise a ihw system that will be up to date in the p'to's l!lh)*s 1999's and even tile jo i0"s it should be democratic just anil should embody all that the millions red for it mils be certain to produce good governments as bermuda can win n i received a photo siat copy of the letter later we were in full retreat in north africa it was no time to gel in touch with enemy a car — hi-fi — washing machine — auxiliary cycle the duke insisted be was sure the german was hes and he was sent back to glas gow with sir ivone kirb agents games for old and young — binjjo hoopla wheel of fortune round the world coconut the committee's letter is a rather remarkable one for anyone in the 1'mio's it re mind me of a 19th century liberal pamphlet they point out that our present form of government is about 190 years out of date their own posi tion i about 40 years out of date judging by the condi tion of tlii country compared to the rest of the world i tend to view that the committee shows its ; ge ratlier more thaa continued on page 7 omerset majorettes will perform \ tlie duke said that when hiss eroosed the coast in his shies and many others not afford anything worse than she has now for us ceo nomic ruin can be too qnieh and complete for us to ran risks of bad government to that end the bermuda demo cratic association the plus votes system this system would givi cveryoac the vote and everyone would have the opportunity to gain additional votes through own ing a house acquiring an academic or professional edu kadio programme band in attendance every night n r 0 refreshments on sale sunday april 30th 1961 admission ii v'jo weather ts.'.io — wings of healing 9.99 morning hymns t.;50 weather is cleaning time children half price the government j0 christian brotherhood hour gate prize nightly they speak of millions who laid down their lives in d • fence of democracy they for get thai these millions foaghl againsl millions of germans italians and japanese who a_m had universal t'raiichis ■■. at the same time we read that hundreds of cubans each of whom has a vote have been arrested they live in fear of execution without anything resembling fair trial the vote did not save these people the millions who died for demo cracy did not die only foe universal suffrage the cabi net system and the incoui tax but more for justice free dom of speech and though 10.00 — what's happening in have all your summer garments dry cleaned and pressed before putting them away foi summer by the super deluxe ners ultra modern cleaning system proceeds in aid of s.c.c goodwill and cricket cation or through giving ser vice to the country such a system would be a marriage i the best of our present sys tem with the best of universal hcrniuda tour to england scotland and wales 10.15 music 10.45 news 11.00 wesley church 12.00 pipes of melody 10.15 — evangel tabernacle 1.2.45 — news 2j0 revival time 1.00 lutheran hour 1.:i0 herald of truth 2.00 — voice of prophecy 00 — hour of decision so — music by mantavani 4.00 oral roberts programme i.'.o goodwill programme 1.45 — gospel light 5.00 masse hli — youth for christ .*)..'{() — ave maria hour 6.00 church of god of bj0 what saith the scriptures 8.45 — bda sports folio 7.00 news 7.15 — christian science 7.80 st monica's 0 00 from far & near s..i0 the shell programme 9.09 the firestone hour to the kitson hour 10.:{0 news 10.40 music next suffrage as for the income tax this is a good time to mention that this form of taxation was pro posed in 1940 in a house which well represented the upper income bracket and was defeated bv a vcrv smali margin clearly tin upper in come bracket is not unani mous against this tax and i offices located throughout bermuda always notice lop imalitv in widest selec to our valued customers kindly pick up all your garments left at our offices up to 31st sept 1960 tion tw latest styling at continued on page 8 or they will be sold to defray expenses trices ou an easily afford do not force us to sell your valuable garments a stiffer monroe doctrine is urged by republicans on easy payments at super deluxe cleaners ideal furniture washington april 25 — high republicans proposed re cently that congress pass a resolution reaffirming and re defining the monroe doctrine with teeth in it as the besi way to create a legal basis for possible action iu cuba cemetery road pembroke sen bridges said the new president had asked aud could reasonably expect a moratorium on republican criticism of t h e abortive ef fort to overthrow premier fidel castro mercantile building union street dial 1 6196 h w simons mgr 10.4 — hour of st francis 11.99 music mil midnight partisans diverted beck's ihkey brand sen styles bridges x ii , chairman of the senate re publican policy committee called on presided kennedy to submit the resolution he predicted congress would quickly ait he cited the for mosa resolution of 1955 as the pattern for a strong new statement to l'nited states policy in this hemisphere it is known for example that several angry republi can legislators armed w i t ii speeches castigating mr kei nedy were diverted from th floor of the house and senu'e by the republican leadership who feared the crisis of cuba would not permit partisan battle salon la nel fifiifsilril & beauty school knowing how intei.-aed our patrons are in the latest beauty trends we are happy to announce that we are now open to world's largest selling german press code asked sen bridges allusion to tbs formosa 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