European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1946, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pacl the stars and stripes july allies begin disarming Vienna Tower special to the Stan and of v the Fla Tower in the zone of is being completed by army Engineer and ordnance according to Fin announcement from the Tower was used to spot and shoot at Allied planes daring the in dismantling the engineers Siad to repair the 10ton Crane on the top of the Tower and then replace an overhead Crane which had been removed from its none of four elevators was to working con one freight lift was that ammunition within the Tower could be lowered to guns were lowered Uffit fees and then Cut into two meter for shipment to the steel works in for re smelting when the american troops entered an inspection party investigated the Tower and found it hold ing More than rounds of centimetre ammunition which was to be the seven guns set in on the top of the Wilh the ammunition there were All the accessories needed for antiaircraft there were Shell explosive empty Shell and approximately 20 antitank 360degree traverse each of the electrically controlled gun batteries had a full 360degree niches set in the gun pit could hold rounds of and two Large ammunition rooms below the gun floor were to hold thousands there was an endless Chain Carrier for Quick transport of a shaped with eight extended plat forms encircling the was intended to Riold lighter antiaircraft but these were never this one of six in was completed late i after nearly two years of work by German super Vised austrian the towers Are in three of a b gun in  the Tower ses 45 meters with nine one of which is below the ground level the diameter ism with reinforced Concrete Walls about three meters in thickness Tower was Complete with being quarters for gun and am munition ventilation was maintained through twin blowers set near the top of the the War the Tower also served As an air raid aus trans that As Many As civilians were into the Tower touring one living costs in two wars i 1911 this Chart is potent ammunition in Chester bowies Battle for extend fhe opa it shows the Cost Ohi ving Rise during world War i the Cost of living hike in world War i criticized raised the opa offers these figures As proof of its value Ruman recently vetoed the crippled opa Extension Swiss to release German assets for use in devastated countries july 1 official release of the text of the financial agreement concluded at Washington has confirmed recent speculation about the German assets in Switzerland which have been the postwar worlds first tempest in a Teapot As had been both sides could claim a Victory in this argument Over whether Neutral countries were going to have to give up to the allies German assets acquired during the the Swiss can maintain that they have won the greatest because they have upheld certain vital principles Laid Down in the Hague convention of 1907 and also the principle of National sover be ratified inns can maintain that they won at least a partial Victory in obtaining from the Are noted for holding tight to their sum of More than 25 Mil lion to be used in building up the countries which were destroyed by the nazi in the official which will be submitted by the Swiss Federal Council to the National legis lature for it is stated that the Swiss government will turn Over two sums of 250 million Swiss francs each to the allies to be used As the first sum represents Hall of the estimated amount of funds which Are owned by germans living in the Swiss government has that the funds taken away from these germans be returned to them to the form of German the other half of these not Given to the will be kept by the Swiss government to repay Swiss citizens who lost Money to investments to Germany during the the second sumo be turned Over to the allies represents an amount of Gold which the Swiss said they would give up As a moral Obliga this 250 million francs was a Compromise Between what the Swiss thought they should and what the allies originally acted in Good Faith Farmer kills 820 rats in ail night fray i 3 Adolphe of a counted 820 dead Large rats yesterday following a fantastic Day and night Battle reminiscent of the Middle aided Only by a two a of Poison and a Bufe said be struggled Day and night to save his flock of 50 chickens from the invaders and though exhausted at the end of he was he gave this account he was working in the ranch Yard when he glanced Over the Hay Field and beheld a sight like of which i never seen coming up a Hill the Field was array horde of then by threes and then in not go around the Hay but Over they headed straight for my ranch Bufe ran into the Chicken emptied All feed from the hoppers substituted Quick acting rat then armed himself a the rats ignored dog and cats and swarmed into the hoppers devouring the p6isoned food they were soon running around Bufe and he went to workmen them with a All Day and night they fought with wave after wave of rats suddenly the migration Bufe believes starved by the current feed had sent out scouts and picked his ranch As a promising spot for mgr Furns Art t i u Over Here by Clarke in the of the Swiss tunes that the Swiss had acted in Good Faith during the War in its transactions with the German and that it was not legally obligated any of this Gold to the even though the latter could put up convincing claims that the Gold had been it is believed that Swiss have least three Battles to sustain outside of the material fact that Swiss funds in the United states will now be de blocked and the economic Black list the first of these principles was that Allied demands for German funds in Switzerland should be limited to those germans living in the second principle concerned the right of private property in the demand by the Swiss that even these germans who were to be deprived of their funds should be Given an indemnity Reichs and the most important principle to be was that of supreme National sovereignty in that the allies will not be Able to Send any investigating committee on to Swiss soil to ascertain How the German assets will be for this the allies will to keep in touch with the Swiss office of it has been will give the full information All future discoveries of German Mobile xray added july 1 a Mobile xray Laboratory has been added to United states Public health service the fore runner of Many hundreds which will be used in an Effort to wipe out july 1 Amer ican military government an last night had restored More than nearly works of Art and Over Worth of Industrial equip ment european looted by France has received Cul Tural excluding and among the works of Art Back to Belgium was Van Eyck Brothers altar piece of the adoration of the the Crown jewels of the holy Homan Empire have been sent Back to but Are still yield in custody by United states forces to Austria pending the big four decision on restitution of property to former enemy most Continental countries have shared in the restitution of Industrial livestock and communications Holland leads the countries which have received Buffalo deaths High Yellowstone july 1 thaws have disclosed that a hard Winter has taken a heavy toll of Yellowstone National Parks carefully matured Buffalo bodies of 38 Bison of the Parks 300head Herd were found to ice locked Yellowstone aft Rem letters Tot b bag the stars and Apo inc lode name and names deleted on request due to1 space letter May be Cut Tor provided such editing does not alter the meaning of the original pro and can we would just like to let the american women know that we have a far greater com plaint against them than they have against we have one red Cross club in bad and its really a swell there is a dance on thursday and they try to have one on sunday but to seems As though the american girls have too much to do to drop they complain about the i and the but they quite do their share to prevent the association i wonder How the in the 5536 who wants a Date american girl made his stripes with so Little of All the ways to get a Date with an american bag is the poorest if i were a girl i  so much As give you a second Ive found that All there is to dating an american girl is to ask her show her a Good and Shell be glad to you and get in no Glamour boy i get to associate with these girls pretty Nuch to my line of and Ive found them All Friendly and co there Are some brass Happy it is but the cutest and the Best of them All Date Why dont you quit feeling sorry for yourself and get out and do something about your troubles instead of civilians answer in Complete agreement with the 1st sgt who suggested a More distinctive insignia for civilians Bright yellow May i make the alternate suggestion that civilians be required to Wear Christmas Trees on their Heads that Light up at 17th Mador port the Motley Crew of do not Wear uni forms similar to be cause we want we dont want to Wear uniforms of any we Are directed to Wear and sincere Are subject to the military regulations All military we Wear them anyone who can see two feet should be Able to note the absence of All brass on a civilian modified take a powerful imagination to transform patches to leaves relaxed syntax had the most horrible i dreamt that i had graduated from july 1346 the european edition u a polished at Altdorf neat for the armed forces under auspices of the Tot Ormason education Teu number civilian Altdorf 180 correspondence to this edition should of addressed to Apo Mew Yorito my Washington str Nils is not an official publication of the entered As second class matter March 1941 at the new n tinder the act of March Johnson i 3rd army Here is a list numbers for 1st sgt to help Hii recognize a civilian the ruptured located the right breast pocket of the jacket the two patches on our lapels not one big Patch on the left sleeve one Patch big As Day sewed on the Over seas your observation is so keen bet if a French general passed you would think he was a mailman or a no place to drink today i was issued of american but Der existing regulations i cant Folda place to drink liquor is forbidden in our billets arid our Day it is forbidden to drink to Ger Man and put German cafes off Are instructed to pick up anyone who is carrying a bottle or drinking on the maybe the War department will Issue u5 a Cannon and a the Deal would be to shoot us out of the pull the rip and drink the quart of whiskey on Way the Wagon