European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1946, Darmstadt, Hesse One year ago today twp destroyers Sank off Okinawa by japanese two years ago today West of red army units drive into european edition to in f a i the stars a Knofl Koltl Al armed volume number 84 ripes to hit iwo Ptan no paper tomorrow the stars and stripes staff is taking a break july the stars and stripes will not be published tomorrow july 5 due to curtailed army activities and news services on the 20 20 grow 2 1 july 1946 display of might highlights it 4th of july Observance three displays of american armed might will headline Independence Day celebrations today in Germany As americans throughout the world celebrate the 170th anniversary of their nations a Parade in Frankfurt reviewed by Joseph a mass jump by paratroops of the 508th pent at y75 air strip outside Frankfurt and a 200 plane Aerial sweep of the american occupation zone by fighter planes of the occupational air Force Are i the military displays scheduled for the first peacetime fourth of july since 1941 will also feature numerous recreational activities including a fireworks baseball swimming events and con certs throughout the occupied zones of Germany and the display of air Power will take place Over every major City of Germany except Munich and Stutt Gart following the rendezvous of p51s and p47s of the 64th and 70th fighter wings at near Nurnberg at Safe an the which will be the first showing of air forces strength since Vij will Fly Over or bad Kissinger and pass Over Frankfurt at noon while Mcnarney reviews a Parade of the air sweep will then pass Over wies Baden and Heidelberg to end the flight the Frankfurt which will include the 3rd and 15th regiments of the will take 45 minutes to pass the reviewing stand and will be broadcast Over the armed forces the Nurnberg red Cross will Cele brate Independence Day with a Dis play of fireworks at following a concert by the 1st continued on Page 8 Molotov insists big 4 administer Trieste from press dispatches july problem of whether an internationalized Trieste will be placed permanently under big four jurisdiction or under the United nations Security Council was the Only Factor stalling the final settlement of the Trieste question currently before the foreign ministers it was reported there was general that a Compromise agreement will be reached and a general peace conference called 8this throughout today lengthy although soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov made it Clear he was determined to have Trieste placed permanently under big four Juris Secretary of state James Byrnes and British foreign minister first acquittal in Lichfield trial bad july 3 pfc Austin today was acquitted of charges that he assaulted guardhouse prisoners at Lichfield by an eight Man military court that deliberated Only 12 25yearold Veteran of the Normandy was the first of defendants acquitted Gheens denied All charges of kick ing and beating three prisoners while he was a Lichfield guard in Early when asked if he had struck one of his alleged he said if he had struck him i would remember stand i dont remember three other former guards sup Al ported Gheens by testifying that they had not seen him when the incidents Gheens defense counsel asked the court to judge him As an individual and not to victimize him for the crimes of in a separate trial pvt h Joseph a 22yearold negro witness in v the Lichfield trials was acquitted of shooting a fellow witness in an argue Junt Over German Fraulein May 18 fat bad pvt Albert negro of was shot after a Day of drink King with according to the i costly Art work found in Gate july 3 painting of woman baking valued by the Art world As was discovered behind a bar in a latin Quarter cafe the entitled Les and attributed to the Painter Jean Honore was taken by two germans posing As police offi cers from its a miss Wein in several Days ago two men appeared at her Home and offered to recover the painting if she would pay a four per cent she notified police who trapped the negotiators and then traced the painting to a Boulevard St Michele Ernest Bevin held out for placing the future administration of the City and surrounding zone under the United nations Security Byrnes and Bevin Accord ing to British and american in argued repeatedly that the7 Council should not attempt to draw the future Constitution of the International zone but should leave this work to the peace conference among Italy and Yugoslavia could be Bidault suggestion the French Georges in his capacity As foreign suggested that the other three ministers submit any Sta tute they might draw up for the control of Trieste to both the pro posed Paris peace conference and the United Arthur Vanden a member of the american said the foreign ministers had agreed in principle on the Trieste internationalization but had not discussed the question of fixing a Date for the general peace con the appeared fully agreed on calling the peace conference this summer and there is believed to be a Strong possibility that the Date might be set within the next three some observers stated that the con Ference will be held within the next few weeks and pointed out that the time for sending out the invitations of the 21 nations involved is now running extremely Russia will not Start any envoy says by Graham Hovey copyright by the associated press july 3 soviet ambassador it Nikolai last night that he knew the soviet Union worm never Start a War against the United states or anyone he said there was no basis for War Between the soviet Union and the United states and expressed his Confidence that differences would be ironed to that extent you might say i am an he commented with a Novikov made these remarks in his first press interview since he presented his credentials to president the ambassador emphasized his belief that the solutions for All existing world problems could not be hammered out he would require time and Europe is now in its most difficult the problems will inevitably be he asked How the United states could Best assist the soviet rebuilding of devastated Novikov said first of we wish All the including the United would carry out agreements on reparations from Ger especially respecting deliveries from the Western areas of Germany to the said he believed the soviet fears that the Western allies did not actually intend to destroy Germany War making would continue until Nikolai Novikov polish guard charged with murdering Fraulein by Edwin writer july 3 an Alert civil censorship division Telephone Monitor intercepted a conversation German civilians on june 4 that resulted in the filing of formal murder charges against an american Soldier and a polish civilian the Frankfurt Provost marshals office announced the Frankfurt Provost marshals office disclosed that pfc Daniel of of the 1967 labor supervision and Bogdan assigned to a polish com Pany at would be charged with the brutal slaying i february of Marlis German of during the monitored Telephone a German woman said that a Fraulein had been murdered by an american Soldier two or three months and that the killer was still at confession reported this tip was forwarded to the Frankfurt Provost marshals office and agents of the 52nd detachment of the criminal investigation division were ordered to investigate the Cid agents said that the Soldier and once confronted with the confessed to the agents Floyd Kindley and Kurt continued on Page 8 Senate group postpones action on terminal pay july 3 Senate military affairs committee put off action for a week on Legisla Tion granting terminal leave pay to approximately men and women who served in the ranks during the Edwin Johnson told reporters after a closed com Mittee session that he asked the delay to give the budget Bureau time to report on president tru mans views toward the to slim Lead by the associated press Theodore Bilbo Clung to a slim majority of All votes so far counted in his race for a third term after a Stormy Mississippi primary in which some negroes participated despite his vigorous missing precincts in 58 counties would determine whether Bilbo obtained More votes than four opponents Lack of a majority would require Bilbo to face a Runoff election with number two Man in the Tom state supreme court unofficial returns from of precincts gave Bilbo votes against a total of for the Ellis had former Ross Collins Navy Veteran Nelson Levings and former state senator Frank Harper several thousand negroes sought to qualify As relying on a continued on Page 8 Peng turns 21 july 3 newest hungarian National Bank note is of Peng de the hungarian news Agency Mai reported from Buda pest chauffeur tells court Hitler is dead july 3 former Hans testified today that he saw the fuehrer lying dead i the Reich chancellors in Berlin on the night of april and also helped carry the body of Eva Braun outside where it was Kempa also testified before the International military tribunal that he saw Martin hitlers de blasted by a Shell from a Bazooka with such Force that it was impossible that he was still the Stocky stolid German Soldier was described by the american pro Thomas As the Only earlier trial Story on Page Man Able to say that both Adolf Hitler and Martin Bormann were Kempka related How the chancellors seethed with about 500 persons All seeking Rescue the Day Berlin he declared flatly that Hitler died Between two and three april and Bormann was struck Down about 12 hours later by a Shell from a v Kempka spoke almost reverently of he referred to Eva Braun As Adolf hitlers when he told How he saw the body of the fuehrer rolled up in Blanket with Only the booted legs hanging out he it want the same Adolf the plants were actually Dis mantled or made available As x without mentioning talks about the billion Dollar american loan to the soviet Novikov said that More intensive Trade Between the two nations would be of great importance to the soviet rehabilitation the current continued should never be permitted to destroy the understanding and Confidence built up Between the soviet Union and the United states through wartime especially at the conferences at Teheran and Good if the nations approached current problems in the spirit of those con he would come More he scoffed at the idea that serious clashes of interest Between the soviet Union and the United states were inevitable or Good Faith on both sides was the Best Way to avoid serious economic and political the ambassador pointed out that Faith could Best be built up by prac tical actions and deeds to carry out the Mutual obligations agreed i Mac Arthur attends filipino Celebration july 3 Doug Las Macarthur will be the guest of Honor Here tomorrow following his return to the Philippines to take part in the As the islands he liberated become Independent after a 48year period of United states the supreme commander of the Allied forces in Japan arrived at Nichols Field today in his glistening c54 transport to be greeted by a tumultuous the selection of americas 170th Celebration of its own Independence As the Date for the Philippines com plete Freedom was made before the recent Island elections have set up a full government so that the philippine administration can begin operation As soon As Paul Mcnutt turns Over his High commissioners authority to president elect Manuel Fried Spud fondness youth in jail july 3 up Robert was arrested today because of outraged restaurant patrons complaint that he went around nipping French Fried potatoes off their i just love French Novak told a judge adding that he bad no Money to Bay a
