European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1946, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes july urged to build defense against atom attack july 3 far reaching plan for defense against atom bomb attack including wide dispersal of Industry and armed shelters for the popu and buildings has been urged by civilian experts who reported to president Truman what the bomb did to from the rubble of Hiroshima and the United states strategic bombing Survey constructed a warn ing that the danger is real and that the United states must be ready now to meet an atomic Survey officials called for an in relaxing state of the Survey recommended Protection and con Stant readiness of All military forces so that no single blow or series of them can cripple their Abili Lity to fight they also recommended shelters to protect the people against blast Burns and main causes of death and injury in atomic sturdier buildings were urged As Well As National civilian reserves of critical supplies and the scatter ing of Industrial and medical facilities and plans to evacuate the Survey was established under the late president Roosevelt to appraise the effect of air attack on president Truman asked it to continue the same task in the parallel report was released simultaneously by the Manhattan project the atom bomb project and both studies tended to dispel the belief that some deaths were due to radio activity lingering in the target the army had said preliminary reports that the first atom bomb carried the same explosive effect of poles conclude agreements for Trade with 9 nations relaxed syntax they Are the soviet y Bulgaria and in an agree ment exists for shipping tons of Coal monthly to and another agreement with the soviet zone of occupation in commercial negotiations Are underway with France and and for the expansion of the agree ment with Stefan minister of navigation and foreign said in an address that the polish govern ment is also anxious to initiate the widest possible commercial relations with the Anglo Saxon Powers but the government aware that Trade with these countries could Only attain a very Large volume if based on Large credits granted by he said transactions already had been concluded with great Britain for the Export of furniture and Cement from and we shall soon Export to the United states and China Cut Glass and we Are also anxious to resume direct commercial relations with latin America and the near Jedrychowski said thus far Coal had accounted for 80 per cent of Poland sex hormone May sustain lives of premature babies san july 3 sex hormone May help save the lives of premature Kost gland sex and Arthur paediatrician at the University of California medical reported successful administration of tests a male sex to bring prematurely born infants through the critical first few Days of their the report was presented to the association for study of internal 1 War installations seen As probable College campuses july 3 opening his assignment to smash educational Marine Graves Erskine is studying proposals for turning big army and Navy installations and even into College the idea of shipboard colleges does not Appeal to some land said the Veteran of Paci fic but it May be one answer to our he was appointed bottleneck smasher for John new director of the office of War mobilization and his specific assignment is to Speed Transfer of More government prop both through donation and to he is head of the retraining and reemployment administration of the department of government authorities have estimated a record smashing total of students will seek admission to colleges next and that about May be turned including Macmillan sails for Arctic Boothbay july 3 with two women among its Crew the Little Schooner Bowdoin sailed from Here recently on the 25th Arctic expedition of 71year old Donald about 200 persons were at Simp sons wharf to see the vessel Oft j youve had it by Klein us course you in Fershtand that this comes off your kor Rency control Beecher Pierce 29th test tube kids in Fine shape can july 3 j forty one test tube most of them old enough now to attend school Are starting life with every thing in their favor from a Phy social Aber Weis Man reported to the american society for study of they have physiques As Good if not better than children conceived in the usual he oldest of the group is 7 this is the result of work started in 1937 when Weisman selected 87 couples As suitable to raise test tube in each Case the husband was to be sterile and the wife the women were impregnated with male sex cells from vigorous Young men paralleling them in physical soundness and family out of 87 74 became pregnant sixty nine of these bore healthy Normal one Mother died in three had spontaneous miscarriages and one baby was electronics of Aid Weatherman san Diego july 3 experiments which May extend the Range of radar and and enable quicker and More accurate weather were Dis closed today by United states Navy Navy electronics Laboratory scientists said there is reason to believe that the practical Range for Ultra shortwave radar and Tele vision now limited to an optical horizon of 150 May soon be increased to they said preliminary studies indicated the possibility of sensing Subtle atmospheric preceding weather two Days earlier than it is now Indian treasure stolen from Hyderabad official july 3 heirlooms about 200 years As Well As jewelry and precious All estimated to Cost Over were stolen wednesday night from the palatial residence of the Nawab Zahir Yar Jung minister of the Nizam of Hyderabad gov the burglars escaped the Atten Tion of the guards at the Nawab tons of int were about Correct the much said that the charges in tons 6f High and antipersonnel frag mentation bombs would have done the same damage at Hiroshima As the atom bomb the Survey estimated the number of Hiroshima dead at from to with an equal number and the Nagasaki dead at Over and the injured somewhat the army had said that its calculations showed dead and injured at Hiroshima and dead and injured at America alone in not Banning bacterial War july 3 bacteriological which the War department says it has developed to a Point where it is More destructive than atomic has been outlawed by All the major Powers of the world except the United states for nearly 20 forty one including the soviet Are legally bound not to use bacteriological methods of warfare under a protocol to the Geneva arms convention of the United states representatives signed that but the Senate has never ratified the protocol is still pending in the Senate after being submitted in 1926 by president Calvin the War departments revelation of its Progress in bacteria made during testimony on an appropriation coincided with the soviet unions demand that the atomic bomb be outlawed by the United american reaction has been Cool to the russian and the Moscow radio called the american plan for control of atomic Energy an attempt by the to dominate the the has been Cool to plans for outlawing anything Ever since its ill fated attempt to outlaw War in the Kellog Briand there is no indication that the would consider itself morally bound not to use bacteria although it is virtually Only a moral rather than Legal commitment that prohibits the use of a Survey of treaties shows that the first attempt to outlaw chemical warfare was at the Hague peace conferences of 1899 and both of which conventions especially prohibited the use of Poison and poisoned arms in those obligations were disregarded by the germans in world War White elephant cant pack trunk july 3 Independent order of basement boat builders has a Kindred fellow in Walter who has an elephant in his he cant get it out a is also an elephant he has hundreds of Bric but his biggest feat and closest to the real thing is a plaster 12 feet six feet tall with a 32inch ear now Bronston office building has been sold and he wishes to and its harder to dismantle a plaster elephant than a basement boat Bank officer gets 15 years july 3 Sterling former vice pres ident of the National City Bank of was sentenced to 15 years in prison and fined for confessed embezzlement of vol july 1948 the european edition la cub lubed at near for the armed forces under the auspices of the information and education Turnberg civilian Altdorf 160 Sor Respondence to this edition should of addressed to Apo of Mew Yorito off Cej 841 Wash Liston str is not an official publication of the s army entered As second class matter March at the new n under the act of March Andreu All Tot b bait the Sun ant Apo include name and to deleted on Date to apace letter May be cot for provided such editing does not alter the meaning of tie enviable record believe that our com pants softball team 803rd maps has set a pretty Good at least none of the teams that we have heard of in this area have done As Weli our team has won 19 games to no and scored 181 giving up Only 53 runs to the the Bat Ting average for the entire team is with one player batting and seven members of the rest of the team have an average of Over food shortage there has been a tremendous amount of idleness in the american zone among the German yet we have delegates covering the world to see what can be done to ease the food Why draft workers or have a voluntary system for the men to work on farms and build Homes for they Parade the streets looking and begging for Cigar this suggestion was made to me Fay several civilian police and i think it would cant something be done about so much idleness when there is so much that can be done for their own Good there Are hundreds of people but Many Are 793rd my no furloughs today we were that All men must serve at least six months in the it before they can go on fur this is an awful Shock to All of the one year in i was in the regular army for four months before they decided ship me under present regulations no Man can go on furlough if he will be eligible for redeployment within 60 How Ever get a furlough Over Here 45th defends Boston in defense of i wish Over Here in the occupation and civilians would seriously adhere to its principles of staid Ness and then the emphasis would not be on sex then things like 0600 would get the Booby instead of the first prize then the cd rate would not be quite so High then we could get on the Ball and show the krauts that and song is not the theme of the american Way of life no radios i thought an was on tha air to listen but the Guys in our outfit cant have any another outfit that lives in the same building with us Lias radios in each Why cant we have 252nd editors note this letter was referred to the Organiza Tion co for comments who answered in order to Start a Campaign of standardising orders were Given that individual possessions Wilt not be allowed in among those items were there is no Means at present to have radios in quarters without temporary wiring Strung from makeshift there Are radio facilities in a red Cross club not More than 200 Yards from buildings the to withholding of the radios is a temporary measure Tjit will be rescinded As soon As present plans for electrical outlets and stands for the radios can