European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Friday september 28 1945 Alexander honoured at Farewell dinner by Allied comrades continued from Page i Gen w d Morgan chief of staff Apha top commanders from every Orayeh of Allied services were present Field marshal Alexander said one of the oldest members of our Allied team and one who has carried the Torch first lit by general Eisenhower i have seen most of the great units and formations come and go together with their great commanders and distinguished staffs now i am about to pass the Torch which has lit our path to Victory on to another whose Strong and capable hands will carry it until it finds a per manent resting place in history for i Yetteve that when the Story of this War is told no Campaign will prove More interesting and thrill ing than this one is the Story of nearly three years of great Battles from Sicily to the Alps and every one a Victory we were the pioneers of amphibious operations the first to employ air borne forces and the designers of that technique which gave close air support to our armies in the Field we were the first to land in eur Ope Rome was the first Axis Capi Tal City to fall to our armies and we were the first to take that to noels surrender of the German army which led to the collapse of the nazis and the end of the War in Europe Whai a glorious record of Endeavor and achievement praises cooperation looking Back on those great Days i am convinced in my own mind that our Success has been due to the one thing above All others genuine Friend ship Between the British and americans and that comradeship Anc loyalty Between us and our other allies the cooperation is not con fined to one service or one depart ment it is common to All the ser vices both military and civil and spreads throughout the whole the Ater from Afaq downwards armies in the past have Ever had the support and assistance As we have had from our combined navies who have never failed us in the hour of need no armies could ask for greater support and assistance than that Given us by farm say occupation Cis Charlotte n sept 27 ans a farm magazines advertisement for farm volunteers brought this reply dear sir we Volunteer to work on the farm where so much help is needed see if you can get us the hell out of it came from Stuttgart Ger Many and was signed by two army medical corpsmen reported through As foreign economic chief they Are made of the real stuff Washington sept 27 ans press reported yesterday that Leo t Crowley had submitted his resignation As foreign econ Omic administrator and had recommended liquidation of the War born Agency he was understood have told president Truman he would stay on the Job to supervise liquidation if Truman so desired Crowley will automatically step for me it will be a Happy Day when Down from seven other government we can reunite and pick up once j jobs including chairmanship of the More the old threads of the italian Export import Bank and presi Days let me then take this opportune portion Dency of the u s commercial Cor occasion to thank you All Tor what you have done for me and for the cause for which we have fought once described by president Roosevelt As the the late most Able administrator in the govern especially would i like to mention ment Crowley took Over foreign those distinguished officers of my Iwar purchases in 1943 he is the own staff and those great Allied j governments nothing a year commanders both past and present rejecting even the business who have led our armies navies mans customary Dollar a year and and air forces to Victory i am returning to the government his truly grateful and i appreciate ten thousand Dollar salary As i your splendid work As i value you Rector of the Federal Deposit Cor to quit Oil workers set for Cio strike if conference fails Friendship no commander has i duration Ever been better served than Lave general Mcnarney said we Are gathered Here tonight to say goodbye to our command Erin chief we Here who have served with him Are so familiar with his accomplishments that there is no need for me to recount them i however i do want to speak of an accomplishment conceived i tried in Battle and perfected by Leo t Crowley october shipments get big boost Here continued from Page 1 of the Allied forces in this theater men and the redeployment Here for the first time in history i of the 34th and 92nd divisions is the armed forces of several nations expected to end the Carrier sys with different organization pro tem in this theater Cedres and equipment were placed j meanwhile transportation under the direction of a single f t t d the War commander likewise the great 1c1 land sea and Airgun Chas allotted the transports toned under a single command Monticello sea scamp and d w sometimes of one nationality Mcandrew to the theater Tenta sometimes of another it was Nolt ively scheduled to arrive october easy task to Weld these diverse 17 29 and 30 respectively the Mon Belsen pm forced to see brother die Chicago sept nation wide strike of Oil workers was authorized today by the Cio Oil workers International Union after a conciliation conference be tween representatives of the Union and eight major Oil companies recessed in a deadlock the strike will be called if the conciliation conference which is scheduled to meet again tomorrow results in failure the announcement was made after the first session of the meet ing presided Over by Colorado supreme court Justice William Knous and called by the recently reorganized it or conciliation serv ice adjourning with neither fac Tion willing to accede to the others demands the dispute originally affected workers in seven states but now virtually an entire country Petroleum Industry will be tied up by the stoppage Reuters quotes an unidentified spokesman of one of the Oil companies As saying nothing has been accomplished the unions Only for Mula is a 30 percent wage increase All companies Are More or less committed to a 15 percent increase but they Are not going to get one Luneburg sept a polish Penny above Soldier wearing an american Gli labor spokesmen claim however i form told the military Smirti that Union demands were based on uniform told Trie military court principle that the bargaining parts into a single Well oiled efficient machine but under the Wise guidance of the commanders con Micelle is the same class ship a the Wakefield and can carry about 7nd troops the sea scamp can in my estimation was perhaps the i take passengers and the my greatest single Factor in bringing j Andrew about the War in Europe to a successful the 34th division is now in the i process of being relieved of its occupation duties by the 88th division to Field Weand wil1 soon leave for Naples All owe a debt of gratitude for the j where it is expected to sail about part he played in this great sex Periche Middle of the month on hand ment first As commander of Thein replacement depots Are about i Ort aaa ti7tll in Roar conclusion debt of gratitude Allied armies and later As supreme our combined air forces who in Allied commander the victories deed have played the role of j ii guardian i have no doubt that the germans have another name for them Tria Junta in Una has been our motto i it of tunic must always Trio Junta in be our motto As a commander chief who has had Many and difficult Politi Cal problems to handle i owe an immense debt of gratitude to our ambassador or Kirk and his Able assistant or of Fie together with or Philip Broad who As a Tri Partite formation have never failed to give me the Benefit of their Wisdom and experience the Al lied commission under the capable direction of Admiral Stone has been a very Corner Stone in our whole Allied setup and i owe him an immense debt of gratitude too Lor his extremely efficient handling of affairs and for the close and Friendly relations we have always enjoyed same philosophy this close and successful cooperation has been run by an integrated machinery which has often been described to me As wonderful personally i do not think it so wonder Ful that the machinery of integration has worked so Well i should Nave expected it to work Well be cause we speak the same language and we have the same philosophy of life what is wonderful or Ratner fortunate is that two great nations who also happen to be two of the greatest Powers in the world Are so like each other in those essential things in life which matter it is hardly necessary Tor me to suggest what tremendous possibilities this holds out for the future both for ourselves and for the whole world you were kid enough to refer in kind and flattering terms to my new Job i very much appreciate what you say and i can assure you that i am eagerly look ing Forward to going to Canada and making my Home there among a people for whom i have the highest regard but for me there is an added attraction in that i shall be a near neighbor of America for this will give me an Opportunity of renewing the Many friendships i have made out Here with our great allies friendships made on the Battlefield As we have made them Are True and lasting because we have gained and the cordial relations existing Between the individuals of ratio halioties who have fought and died in this theater Bear witness to this fact men who will be cleared out during the first three weeks of october redeployment experts said and Only enough High score troop will be called to fill the repple dapple pools As these men leave or As shipping becomes available Here that Josef Kramer the nazi we boost should keeper of the concentration Campcall industries while the Oil com at Belsen beat to death his brother panties insist that negotiations be while he was forced to watch the witness 26yearold Abrat Ham Glinowiecki told of the death beating in the silent courtroom on a separate refinery basis elevator crisis new York sept 27 new the 44 defendants stared blankly York cites paralysing elevator at the floor As the witness testis operator and building service strike fied continued today with reports from at the same time col h a j other parts of the nation in Ducat i it a a 1 j 1r Smith professor of International Law at London University left the Belsen trial to return to England were not to taken where he will prepare arguments ugh try hat for the defendants he is expected to return to Luneburg in two weeks and makeup his defense which will be based on arguments to limit War criminal trials to members of the armed forces for myself i am proud of the officials stated that about Patch i Wear on my shoulder High score casuals would be called am proud to have served As Deputy the Middle of october to be Rede to Field marshal Alexander and played during the last two weeks i know that i speak for Ever of the month other than a few Hospital patients Garrison prisoners awol and men who volunteered to re main officials asserted there Are no troops originally with 85 Points Allied Soldier when i say we Are proud of our commander chief we Are proud of your new assign ment and our Only regret is that you must leave us from All of us goodbye and i or higher in the to not now in Good Carrier units or depots awaiting speaking for British and Amer shipment to the states continued from Page 1 ican diplomatic services Ambas Sador Kirk expressed deepest regret j that the end of associations with the Field marshal was near How Ever he said the loss of Italy and the Mediterranean is the gain of Canada everybody knows he stated that marshal Alexander has i president of Bavaria Freiderich done a magnificent Job and the Schaeffer was still in office Des people of Canada Are sure to the fact that he had been fre Hun a More than warm Quentlyn criticized As the head of a reactionary clique which appointed nazis to office and suppressed refuses senator ship Columbus Ohio sept 27 Frank Lausche Dis closed today he had offered a u s Senate appointment to James n Cox three time chief executive of state and a presidential nominee in 1920 but Cox declined to accept the Post will be vacated sept 30 when sen Harold Bur ton Republican resigns to become u s supreme court Justice Liberal minded German groups when Patton is called before Eisenhower next week he is expected to defend his use of so called Small Fry nazis in political positions ins said Patton declared that the army must put up with the nazis in order to pre vent cold and hunger this Winter among the thus pre venting he said an anarchistic Bill on recruiting passed by Senate continued from Page 1 men now in the army who Volunteer for enlistment 4 optional retirement on part pay after 20 years of service 5 a travel allowance of five cents a mile for a so Day furlough Home for those now in service who reenlist 6 an optional Money allowance in lieu of quarters for dependents Over objections from the War department the Senate voted 63 to 16 to permit soldiers with six months service to enlist for As Short a time As one year a similar provision was approved by the 3ouse the Senate also voted to permit original enlistments for Only 18 a months adopting an amendment y sen Chapman Revercomb v a j this was not in the House j approved measure the Bill also gives their former Ank to men re enlisting within 20 Days of discharge 80 heroes of Bataan Wake cheered in Frisco san Francisco sept 27 ans eighty liberated heroes representing All the american prisoners of War who suffered three years of Jap indignities received a silent Eulogy from people in in Francisco yesterday As they paraded slowly Down Market Street the men who were personally selected by general Macarthur and Admiral Nimitz As typical of the thousands captured in the tall of Corregidor Guam and Wake were flown Here from Honolulu As the liberated prisoners were driven through san Francisco in jeeps the spectators lined four deep along the route stood quietly there was a marked absence of the cheers and noise usually accompany Fig a Parade maj Gen Terry All com Mander of the famed 104th in Fantry division led a specially picked battalion of his men who served As a guard of Honor David Sullivan president of the local 32 building service employees International Union Al announced the cancellation of a meeting last night in which it was intended to extend the elevator operator stoppage to a citywide Manhattan and the Bronx Are affected to include apartment buildings the cancellation was due to unavoidable Sullivan said it was believed however that the action was taken in View of the regional War labor Board order that both the Union and the realty owners were to show cause Why the strikes could not end immediately meanwhile Julius Hochman Gen eral Jna Nager of the International ladies garment workers Union said the strike had Cost the Trade dollars in fall and Winter orders and its employees nearly dollars in wages the executive Board of the greater new York Cio Council voted to Call upon its members not to ride in elevators manned by strik Breakers or to handle material transported on outlaw elevators police Headquarters said after a Survey that workers in buildings in Manhattan stayed away from their jobs today ship news senator Morse also or an ances Lor dependents until 18 months after the War is officially ended Sunder the present Law they Are to expire six months after the wars end an amendment by sen Carl Hay Den to authorize the use of philippine scouts in the occupation of Japan was added to the measure on a voice vote Naples sept 8th port or Morse also got approval of embarkation today announced amendment making allow1 he Lon owing sep schedule expatriates nay delay free election in Poland departures is Carillo Reefer carrying 15 of Licurs and 18 enlisted men sailing delayed sailing at 1200 hours Friday bound for new York is Alexander Graham Boll fitted Liberty ship tons carrying 61 officers and 678 enlisted men sailing at 1600 hours Friday bound for Hamp ton roads Vass Isaac Sharpless fitted Liberty ship tons carrying 74 officers and 6b4 enlisted men sailing at 1700 hours Friday bound for Hampton holds a Warsaw sept 27 free elections in Poland agreed upon by the ably will be delayed the Warsaw newspaper Wycie Warszawa which presumably re so fleets government opinion declared j and today i roads nearly poles Are abroad 53 leghorn sept following ship schedule was announced today departures Cornell Liberty ship sailing 4 w i today with 50 of ficus and 691 enlisted big three at Potsdam prob men bound for Hampton roads a arrivals James Monroe Liberty officers and one can not speak about elect enlisted in to Box Aid ions before their return to this scheduled to return with and 665 enlisted men to Hampton roads a
