European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars 1945 heres that Man again gee Whiz when i wrote to you about me not getting cough drops in double wrapper cellophane bags and you called me shades of gangrene or i sure never thought id get so Many Nice and i reckon i owe lots thanks to 3 chaplain and the sergeant and the Corporal who sent me some worked so Good i took up Cigar ettes aint used to them make the smoke come out anywhere but my ears and to the fellow who said 01 All the Petty things you take the paper ill take but i got a helluva lot of stuff to the fellow who said i got an in of minus dont know what this in thing but since Ive had pimples i May just As Well have an Long As it and the Bathtub dont Wear me Down too truth my pimples Are just about gone since i quit using but now i got red spots on i got red about this demoralization plan Fellows in my outfit say Guys like me should go Home most of them say Guys like me never have come and my co says in the reason for birth control so that ought to get me a few and i aint got no Bitch about not being issued Ever since i was Lour years old i aint been Able to touch the pact asking me to take a drink would be like asking Roosevelt to be Vic president for while and i want to get it straight about my they aint m like you the right ones Are stands for Wilbur Middle some folks think my Middle name is sort of and another one of the soldiers who answered me said i ought to be in the front Well i dont know just How far up front i but every time they go out on a patrol they dont take me with they bring me he should a quack to the suffering Soldier Long accustomed to the dehydrated variety with which he must of necessity be a fresh eff is a worthy of the utmost Effort on the part of mess they torture and de stroy them until in anguish the surrender the Yolk and be o m e indistinguishable from their dehydrated there ought to be an re our foreign policy i find that the three soldiers letter holier than who accuse tiie state department of an isolationist policy with Regar to the recent dissension and civil War in themselves shortsighted and Misin i think that they share the same Hopes for the future of the world As people who outline their opinions in a More progressive they Are right in stating that As a were isolationist that we should not in order to avoid the present world and that we must never be if we Are to have peace they Are confused when the speak of Britain interests Anc and to guess their the worlds interests from the or development of the greek situation the stars and 31 with the appointment of the it is evident that Britain is less concerned with her position in the Mediterranean than with the establishment of popular and demo cratic government in an inde pendent interests coincide that is also our to see that Liberal politics prevail there British and interests coincide and from that starting Point a other interests can be Al the stars and stripes printed at the new Yorac Herald Tribune 21 Rue de Berrt or the of armed forces under auspices of the information and Educa Tion special and information Elt sees 4149 contents passed do the 0s army and Navy censors entered As second class at the Post new under the act of mar 187 though they May not coincide at Are shortsighted in believing that world peace will be As or even by pit ing great Britain and the against the rest of the world in heir of that might be a an it no no and what of the South Amer the Blacks and Whites of Africa will they stand and watch he and the British bake and eat the cake they Are misinformed when they assume that the civil War in Greece is an attempt at a coup de Tat by greek the communists Are Only one of the left Wing political parties of the Eam with he common goal of keeping a fascist regime from their they do not want be it in the form of a dictatorship or a to they Are rid of the nazis they do hot want their prewar Neo fascist government Back in just like spam the greek situation closely parallels the one in while the fascist press cried republicans fought Side by Side with communists to keep popular and democratic the misinformed of yester Day know the truth of that must we View this struggle in Greece with the red Bogie again marring Pur vision to be really conscious of our world responsibilities we must first understand that our fight is against fascism in its every form and aspect and that lands off does necessarily mean eyes in How not to make error officers should Tell their men not to make a instead of How not to have made a enough agrees with teacher in answer to on whal in hell is j agree with your co 100 if you cant remember a simple Chal you should have to write in Many More times than just Here it would have Cost you worse were not just that believes in keeping Jerry in his no no dear Fuerman you suggestion Ive put use o Antifreeze on windshields off i in no time id have trouble with radiators clogged with particles of lowering of Antifreeze Protection by adding and damaged radiators from use Greasy just the Hood a Little at Windshield say an it can be done on com mands and 2 n an editorial army signal corps photo background of the news and Tito when 21yearold King Peter of Yugoslavia dismissed his Ivan in London last it served again to bring the problems of that country to the attention of those interested in the shaping of postwar and once More Josep Broz was in the time was when headlines regularly proclaimed the exploits of Josep he was described As a guerrilla Leader colourfully Nick named who lived in a Mountain Lair and who under the nose of a nazi occupation army organized a Gigantic resistance move ment which slowly but surely was reclaiming the country for the people who lived in picture appeared changed but with the liberation of Bel capital of on the drama of Tito and his Jugoslav committee of liberation seemed those who cared remembered that while Tito held Power in Yugoslavia there was an Allied recognized Jugoslav government in whether an admitted com and King Iwho had once supported the no discredited avowed enemy of the Tito could get together was an interesting about two months ago that ques front with Mauldin Tion seemed to have been announcement was made of an agreement Between Premier and minister of foreign affairs of the Royal Jugoslav gov and marshal Josep president of the National commit tee of which would hold until a constituent Assembly could be formed to decide the form of postwar government Yugoslavia de three groups represented under the terms of the agree an anti fascist Council of liberation would be the legislative the three nationalities of the croats and would be represented in a Threeman both Tito and Subasic would be members of the it was understood terms of the agreement were Nevei officially it was considered a major Diplo Matic Triumph for the Jugoslav since with Strong support from the soviet held the actual reigns of govern ment in in both the and great Britain indicated their it appeared for a while that the major problem of Jugos Lavias government had been his Confidence shaken suddenly last King Peter dismissed he said he had lost Confidence in his pre he said he didst like the agreement on coalition government because he feared that it would Transfer Power to a single political group during the period before elections could be he apparently feared communist although that party had received Only four of 17 seats on a proposed ruling King Peters action was greeted immediately with disapproval on Many it was pointed out he had ousted Subasic without consulting prime minister Chur the Herald Tribune reporter in London said the King had yielded to what Are generally assumed to be reactionary Point ing out that Milan serbian democratic party Leader who was strongly War being suggested for the Premier Subasic ouster questioned by the end of the it appeared that King Peter didst command enough political strength to follow through his was reported in had been assured that he could go ahead with plans to move his government to Belgrade with Complete Cor f Tidence in its being recognized great there was even some question raised As to the Lega Lity of the Subasic since great Britain was said to Lute recognized the government of Jugo Slavia and not the King As i cult of the three figures marshal Tito was the last to speak declaring he had made every Effort to reach a political agreement with he charged the King Witto not wanting an agreement trat being interested Only in his the cute honest polities i understand he but when the King takes upon himself the after All that has happened in Yugoslavia the past four to whether we have a democracy that the people must determines kind of Freedom they must that is not honest politics machinations aimed at Cream Lek confusion and civil i the Herald Tribune in new soft described King Peters action resembling King Canute in Effing the Waves to go the Sian communist party Organ there no question of a Jugoslav ment crisis so Long As Subasic aft Tito Are in agreement on Pamental internal to present Jugoslav trouble is King Peters personal crisis the London daily Man said that the question would certainly come up in the Forter coming big three Ana at least one commentator said the situation might even turn iop a second checking use of Normandy base prohibiting the unauthorized wearing of u military clothing by civilians Here Are being rigidly enforced by French civil and military police in cooperation with american army and Navy teams making Tours of inspection Are one French and one civilian employees in military agencies May Wear military cloth Jing provided they have a signed certificate of authorization from ithe employing unit stating what clothing was needy French civilians May Wear army shoes if they Are classified As Salvage and were authorized by proper French military personnel May american army i provided a special i rail Crew saves gasoline with Supply a Quick thinking fireman i trait Crew saved nearly a million Gallons of gasoline from fire by moving of four trains of tank cars to Safe Ftp at a Large dump in France recent left the with nearly 2001oaow tank were standing siding when the fire broke our the five soldiers from 733rd railway tag coupled a locomotive one train and moved it to they returned three times to three other trains from the dub Jtj the Crew consisted of sgt William Ira Alvin and pfc Raymond Shi