European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 4, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Friday october 5 1945 the stars and stripes Mediterranean newspaper of the 0 8 armed pub Abed for m the to beaten under the to spinet of the information and educations i Rogsa office is via Del in d meting Giro Bui idiot Otto Ebonee Poult Tetona officer 478s36 executive officer 474110 id tonal weekly and Boru circulation night phone editorial office 7 Angiono Saueria toot of via Drui atom office 18 via san Carlo Teie Pont 10600 acknowledgement of the editorial cupped by the United information service and the army news service the and printed at the Plant of d 152 via Del Rome entered As second class matter at the at new York n under act of Llarch 3 1879 i Lale reports on big five get brighter mail Call insurance questions dear editor last week one of your editions carried a news item to the general effect that Large numbers of sol Diers were dropping their insurance upon discharge this should Surprise no one the average sol Dier and most of the officers with whom i have come in Contact do not understand Why they should continue their insurance and a 600110 is worthless in helping to explain what is needed is a sane and simple explanation by some one no is not an insurance expert with at least one Dollar Sand cents example consider this Case a Soldier took out dollars on a five year level National service life insurance on March 1 1941 at the age of 33 and has paid monthly premiums of dollars by class n allotment As of sept 30 1945 the Soldier desires to convert to a 30 pay life the Dollar policy effective March 1 1941 he applies on form 358 and is accepted question 1 under the provisions of Par 15b a 600110 is his new policy paid up already for 1 13 years 2 10 years 3 five years 4 one year or 5 Zero years question 2 under the provisions of Par 17 a 600110 on sept 30 1945 the Soldier can Cash his new policy for an amount approximating 1 400 dollars 2j 77 dollars 3 dollars 4 Zero dollars question 3 under the provisions of Par 17 a 600110 on sept 30 1945 the Soldier can Cash his new policy for an amount approximating 1 421 dollars 2 77 Dol Lars 3 10 dollars 4 5 dollars question 4 on nov 13 19g6 the Soldier having been discharged in due course was totally disabled and waived payment of premiums on March citizen Soldier de sired to make a policy loan under the provisions of Par 21d a 600 110 can he make the loan the same questions arise in connection with conversion to Ordin Ary life insurance and to 20pay 110 gives no answer that will sat b i do not have a relative or a Friend to whom i want to leave dollars or More so cant i get an endowment policy to what do i get if i become sick and am out of a Job d at the interest rate named in the a i put in a whole lot More than i get Back who gets that huge difference and Why e does this government insurance Cost More than comparable civilian insurance As a former infantry Rifle com Pany commander and insurance Salesman by order of higher com Manders two questions always stumped me i wonder if there is anyone in the theater with an appropriate answer to one or both questions the questions 1 Why should i leave a pile of dough Lor some relative to spend on a 4f Ane 12 what do i get for my dough Protection is not the right answer because then it gets Down to who is protecting whom from what and then see i would like to see an answer to my questions printed in the stars and stripes after the wars a rest we would of Happy to print an authoritative answer to these questions from the Heaters insurance officer editor Way Down in Missouri dear editor when we get Back Home Well prefer our Home town paper with its a and up coverage to any propaganda Sheet or pressure group Organ on Earth the papers we read in Missouri Are representative they Haven sold their souls to Wall Street or Washington May it Al ways be so May there always be someone in America to warn against concentrations of Power and privilege life in answering the above questions it would be Well to have the explanation cover the following a if i convert to one of those others How much do i get Back or have to pay in addition a 600 and to congratulated it has come a Long Way since the Days when its head lines would prematurely announce the fall of enemy territory its Sun Day features have been True answers to a lot of the things on our minds Well done stars and stripes t5 w k Snyder the press notices of the first act of the big five meeting which dragged on for More than three weeks and ended in a deadlock Are still rolling in they Are not rave notices the meeting despite its Advance Ballyhoo was not a hit the correspondents who had no offi Cial news to go on wrote Long stories about what a Flo Peroo the conference was that seemed to be the solid opinion the first Day after the curtain fell but now two Days later the newspapers and radio All Over the world seem to be less harsh in their dismissal of the big five generally they agree that although the big five had a slow first act the play int necessarily a Turkey there is still the second act coming up in december and some of the framework has been Laid for the smash hit Climax peace in Europe the new York times thinks the future answer to the Success of the Council lies in Secretary of state James f Byrnes statement that there was a considerable area of agreement among the foreign ministers despite the deadlock work to continue says the times therefore proposes to go ahead with the councils work despite the limitations imposed on it provided the Council work is submitted for review by a general peace conference con sisting not Only of the big five but All european members of the United nations and All non europ Ean members who actually fought against the Axis the russians were unable to agree to that but Inas much As the Council has failed to find the solutions a larger peace conference would appear to be the Best alternative for the final arbiter of differences and the ultimate judge of peace must be the opinion of the said the new York Herald Tri Bune experience is showing that the winning of the peace will be a task of comparable magnitude although of a different kind we must devise adequate instrumental ties to meet this task the failure of the London meeting is no reason for despair but it is reason for Earnest thought and urgent optimistic Side Washington Star seeming triviality of the Issue which wrecked the London conference the logic of the situation warrants a More optimistic View of the future it is reasonable to suppose that stable peace would be As beneficial to the russians As it is to the rest of us and it is toward this ultimate goal that All of us must David Lawrence Washington col or and mrs Winston Churchill on the Beach in Southern France Winnie paints quiet Monte Carlo vistas Willie and Joe f by Mauldin Mnist was perhaps As acid Ulous As any commentator with his re Marks the european nations Are out to get what they can for themselves and the contest in selfishness will inevitably up where the London conference is today there is no harm in wait ing patiently for a change in the moral climate of european a Tass dispatch in soviet news papers admitted there were serious but it also made the Point echoing Byrnes state Merit that agreements were achieved on a number of possibly the most jittery of the comments came from Bolivia declared the newspaper la Razon news received from London not Good and there is reason for j alarm the conference has left some cases which need immediate solution and should not be left for another occasion another War would be fatal for the world it would mean its David Anderson by Kingsbury Smith International news service correspondent Monte Carlo oct Churchill is today engrossed in portraying on Canvas the Serene Tranquility of life reflected in the Beautiful vistas of Monte Carlo Britain famous wartime Leader is enjoying a spell of com plete relaxation from the Strain of recent turbulent years he spends the afternoons paint Brush in hand basking in the warmth of the Sun of evenings he sits Long Over the dinner table holding Young British military aides spellbound with intimate tales of historic events in which he played a leading role last evening he strolled Over to the Casino at first he just watched but finally could no longer resist the temptation to try his Luck at Baccarat with the familiar Long Cigar stuck in his Mouth a mis air experts for Ike Washington oct 4 ans civil aeronautic administration experts will be assigned to general Dwight d Eisenhower Headquarters to assist in restoring i civil flying in Germany and aus Tria it was announced recently a year ago today in stars and stripes v been purty awful have to mix with them there i Gerant in dedicated the 5th army moved within 15 Miles of Bologna the 1st army moved slowly ahead against stiff German resistance in the Aachen area the intercity i world series started today Between 1 the 8t Louis cardinals and St Browns Chievous twinkle in his eyes he played for pleasure with moderate stakes and smiled almost shyly when drawing in a few chips the Boyish beam which brightened his face afforded a Sharp contrast to the tense look of the regular habit us who Are forever hoping to break the Bank at Monte Carlo earlier in the evening this correspondent had the privilege of a Pri vate conversation with him i found him in a kindly Mellow mood and willing to discuss his future plans he mentioned the pleasant Mem ories of his association with Roose velt and the disturbing trend taken by postwar political affairs in Europe some of the views he expressed would make headline news but it was All strictly off the i came away with the impression that the world May not get to know the full fascinating Story this great figure of modern history has to Tell until after his death it was evident to me that Churchill believes he has Only a few More years to live and wants to enjoy them As peacefully As possible he is determined that the Twilight of his life shall be a pleas ant one he wants to live a full life to the very his cigars and his Brandy sugar Hoard found Washington oct 4 Secre tary of agriculture Clinton p an Derson disclosed yesterday that tons of sugar have been found in liberated Java ports and predicted sugar rationing May be ended much sooner than expected As a Reuh of the discovery general Macarthur has been asked by the chinese to impound All Art objects in the japanese Imperial museum it was disclosed at Chung King so that the chinese people May regain millions of dollars Worth of rare paintings furniture books and porcelain that the japanese have taken Allied military authorities in Singapore have announced More than 100 arrests after they opened a drive to break up Black Market transactions in stores and rations shipped to that Eity for the Allied armed forces and the red Cross British rear Admiral Cecil har court commander at Hon Kong has named a committee to examine Evi Dence in cases of suspected civilian collaboration with the japanese investigations of japanese War Crimi nals were already underway when this first move against collaborationist was announced by a one British major was reported to have been jailed on charges of collaboration some 259 it s transport planes will carry american troops from inside China to Shanghai within ten Days that they can Board and retail to their Homes before Christmas interviews with emperor Hirohito May now be printed in japanese newspapers a practice previously forbidden by the japanese Home office general Macarthur ordered that such interviews be permitted in Tokyo newspapers after the Home office had denied the use of Simi Lar interviews to three of the cites papers
