European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1946, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Page six nations examine Rhine reconstruction aboard hitlers yacht on the july 6 total of 35 representatives of six nations rolled downstream on an inspection Trio which is the first cooperative International Effort toward Commer Cial reconstruction of the War rip pled Rhine the representing the United great the Netherlands and Swit make up the Central com on Rhine navigation which o unravel the inter Waist native tangles that have kept River traffic Down to Only 10 per cent of its prewar sailing Down the but comes Dally Stream on the fuehrer former private luxury commission is resuming its Sion of knitting together the series of the Shine including those occupying Western commission the we Klong inspection is the first postwar action of the 73year inactive from 1939 until this Salvage and repair operations on 35 Bridges and thousands of River vessels have now opened the Stream from the Swiss Border to the North delaying bottlenecks caused by fallen Bridges still exist at Stras Bourg and according to River it col frauds chief of military governments Rhine trans port labelled wehrmacht construction of thousands of barges and tugs As cutting their own uncounted numbers of demolished by the germans As the army swept to River still clog Shore lines and jut into the traffic channels in the historic Rhine Gorge a Lumberman from Santa estimated that tugs and barges had been pulled from the River 750 of which have been repaired in american zone about 540 of them Are now in carrying Coal from Duisburg in the British controlled l Boyd said the american Salvage program had now progressed to the Point where administrative difficulties Are holding us up More than physical we reach prewar figures but we could do better than the 30 per cent of pre War that weve reached in the Amer ican Black Market not Strong col Daniel of upper chief of the transport Branch of military said that All Rhine Powers had been operating relatively independently in the past although the newly reactivated commission has no direct governing its usually unanimous recommendations Are seriously he both Neff and guiding the 35man delegation through the american said that Black marketing on the River was minor cig Aret and ration traffic from the american to the French zone no commercial traffic now oper ates on the other Large River of the american and Black Market ing and criminal activity there were climaxed last May when troop ers of the american constabulary raided All vessels in a 45mile stretch in Munich army jeep lot opens shop with 4 sales the stars and stripes Bureau july first four army surplus jeeps to be sold in Bavaria were purchased Here As pfc Charles Puckett the 2nd constabulary brigade Headquarters opened up his automobile sales store in the court Yard of the Munich military police jeep number one was purchased Fay John Hilton of the 24tn general the other three sales quickly who proud of his assignment As the to Only automobile Salesman in Hesse clinics get penicillin the stars and stripes Bureau july to clinics with penicillin treatments offered to germans who voluntarily report their disease have been established in greater Hesse As part of combined army German Civi Lian open against cd in the westernmost zone of the territory was declared by my Public health officer who said any German who was found with the disease and had not reported it would be confined for compulsory treatment and subject to any punishment or punitive measures deemed advisable by local Legal with safes Active Fean said radio news paper articles and Public addresses would be planned to reach both the military and civilian population of the Wiesbaden said he expected his whole Stock of 30 vehicles to be sold out in a few Munich will receive 30 jeeps every week to be sold through the Post sex the constabulary acts As the pm agent in All vehicle Hilton purchased a jeep classified As fair under the grading the initial lot included 25 fair jeeps and five marked Puckett said that All the jeeps were in pretty Good shape and that Many of them Are i better Condi Tion than the vehicles in my own unit Purchase procedure to Purchase a an applicant must submit a form to the pm offi cer giving his serial organization and Telephone number As Well As class of jeep along with approval of the applicants immediate commanding officer which has been reviewed by an officer of Field Grade in the next Echelon must be sub first approval by a general officer will be Rundstedt off for pm Camp july 6 marshal Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt and generals Ewald von and Guenther von Blumen recent witnesses at the Nurnberg International military arrived at Croydon Airport in route to a prisoners War Camp in All looked Pale and said to be suffering from heart walked with a 10 germans get prison for ant British violence july 6 Brit ish military court found 10 Ger including three former sol guilty of participating in anti British disturbances Here and ordered prison sentences ranging to five three bears visit yank in get cold Welcome july 6 Thomas of was at his desk making out reports at an isolated alaskan station when the screen door suddenly caved in and two Large Black bears a Rifle in a nearby Farrell rushed out the rear but found his Way blocked by a third grabbing a fire extinguisher he sprayed the the running into each other in dashed for the Iran offers rebels amnesty july 6 new iranian chief of the general staff today issued a statement promising amnesty for iranian army officers who deserted and collaborated with the Azerbaijan Blondie by coat Tea of King Syndicate by Chic Young of my goop Ness Why All the fuss it just costs a Penny or two to keep a Light on All night i you were last one if mod did it youself Dagwood who left the Light of in the basement All night do you think in a millionaire dint do it b porpoise with a purpose Thia is one of a school of porpoises in the Ocean Lum near he has been trained to take his food from a divers Cage underneath equipped with a diving helmet and air Hose the Man a paradoxically Able to stay under water longer than the fishy looking mammal which must come to the surface frequently for third Only a Shadow of War Days special to the stars and stripes bad july operational Day for the far travelled 3rd la july a staff officer said As More than men left the Veteran outfit As reinforcements for the 9th and the zone fully additional men who Are still with the 3rd in its Garrison of the Northwestern Corner of the zone will ship out to occupational units in the next few scheduled for on the Rock of the Marne division will turn its duties Over to the 9th and constabulary the officer and by july 20 a household operation will be in effect until final ceremonies marking the end of its career in this 3rd army to get quota third army including the 1st will receive replacement quotas from the division which travelled from Casa Blanca to Berchtesgaden in world War deactivation of the 3rd Mark the end also of the front sol Dier newspaper which followed the dough foots in All its the final Issue will devote itself to the portrait of As drawn by its combat and a two Page spread on the eight stars to the Ards eight campaigns on two three nazi vessels scuttled off Norway special to the Stan and stripes july 8 condemned nazi vessels Lay on Bottom of the North sea today after being scuttled tuesday morning in rough seas off the norwegian coast the ships were the first to be sunk in the theater wide program to destroy thousands of tons of re captured toxic ammunition taken by the German armies from Poland and German Crews manned the scuttled vessels under supervision of chemical warfare troops and naval escort Auto repair shops planned for military communities july eight garages and repair shops for privately owned vehicles of military communities will be opened in Germany and army Exchange service aes assured that a garage will be operated under contract in every military also said that efforts to provide spare paint and other necessities difficult to procure cause of a world Market will
