European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1946, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 18r 1946 the stars and stripes july Ivr Marthur sees japs Unready for free press hails nations Effort to find real Republic july 17 Doug Las Macarthur today applauded japans political development under the occupation but declared that the nation was not yet ready for an uncensored in the latest of his periodic reports on the the supreme com Mander cited the formation of the government of Premier Yoshida on May 20 As another step Forward in the development of q Normal and healthy j because it was done openly and by democratic negotiations were no longer restricted to secret conversations of the statesmen and circles close to the but were carried on among various political parties and received the Benefit of full publicity in the japanese the reporter Public the resignation of the preceding Cabinet was due directly to pressure of Public and this also was an encouraging Advance of japans political Macarthur Macarthur declared that while substantial sections of the japanese press have subscribed to the supreme commands censorship there Are numerous indications that me time has not yet arrived for relaxation of censorship at tempts at justification of the Jap anese War position the press is now beginning to hint that heavy reparations Are political future surveyed surveying the country political Macarthur said that if the Yoshida Cabinet could solve key National problems to the nations satisfaction it May expect to remain in office for some if it fails to do it May have to give Way to a new for the the situation appeared stable with no important movement to unseat the ruling he Pauley opposes soviet seizures italian ships two destroyers and three corvettes of Italy future Navy he at Anchor in the Navy will consist of 44 units plus Many More auxiliary according to a foreign ministers Council jewish strike hits Palestine july 17 Palestine was paralysed today by the jewish on Day countrywide general organized to demonstrate its Solidarity with the hunger striking in mates of the Rafa and Latrouno de Tention the stoppage began quietly at 9 local time this morning and after an hour no incidents had been austrian industries ought to remain he says july 17 personal representative of president said Here today that austrian except for War should be left intact with the rank of Ambas arrived Here last night to Confer with Mark commanding general of United states forces in with refer ence to the reparations accompanied by a dozen government and Industrial expected to leave today for the next Stop on their round the world Field tart of Austria in response to a question at a press conference Here Pauley said he could not agree with the russian theory that since the germans claimed the austrian i Siersdorf Oil Field the Russia capture of the Field gave them a valid claim to the Pauley was part and parcel of subject to agreements Austria had made with jewish the land Only Road traffic throughout ceased with essential including talks to cover German Unity b e r july 17 head of the economics Section of american military said today that the Berlin conversations on economic correlation Between the a n g 1 o american zones of occupation would be of a preliminary and exploratory nature the marking a Start in the unification of zonal will seek to relieve British american taxpayers so have been financing imports to their zones in order keep life the British and americans Are tired of talking about economic Unity and Are determined now to go into Draper but the other Powers Are free to oin in the move now or the which will Lead to the elimination of the economic zonal prob Able will cover a common import Export plan for the Anglo american food Industry and the use of raw Draper newspapers and operating As the Haifa Community Council went further than the Vaad Leumi jewish National which had called the by requesting the populace to observe a self imposed four hour afternoon the 450 Yatroum hunger who include the arrested jewish Agency protesting at the slowness of the British authorities in implementing their pledge to release the men and women caught in the june 29th political to leave untouched the rations provided to them by Camp British Soldier gets death Tor strangling Waal july 17 in great Britain murder wave quickened yesterday with the sentencing to death of Walter a for the murder of a 23yearold former Clayton pleaded guilty to Stran gling Joyce Jacques with a silk and stifled a half Yawn while sentence was at police today found the body Agnes Campbell or Britain ninth female victim within Little More than a and charged a 35yearold former John with her the police announced also that Thomas a ships would be hanged tomorrow at liver Pool for the stabbing and strangling of Ella in her manicure Salon in the in the slaying of Doreen marshal at the police announced completion of their in following a hint several Days ago that the suspect is already in the nations of develop other countries polish bandits slew six Warsaw hears july 17 mounting tolf of russian As Well As the steady and systematic killings of jews by outlawed polish were reported today by the polish a Stronge Nusz band attacked passenger train near drag ged off six russians and killed them in a most brutal said the newspaper Glos this made a reported total of at least 25 russians killed by bandits within a train raided near Bialystok another band stopped a train near Bialystok and reportedly killed and wounded a number of red army soldiers and stripped others before making off for Nineteen demobilized soviet sol Diers were recently shot in a Forest while travelling homeward through Poland from another dispatch Warsaw newspapers warned that Nusz groups must be and except for War All industries which would help Aust a become a Strong and Independent country should be he Pauleus comment was made while the Russia controlled press Here was contending that very few fac tories in the russian zone of Aust a had been removed and that most of the factories were producing for the austrian hundreds of Dps seek to emigrate to july 17 Hundred people thronged Unoras displaced persons immigration office Here today to file applications for emigration to the United approximately persons in the United states zone of Vienna Are eligible under the first four Cate Gories of potential emigres which in clude former inmates of concentration former forced jews who wore the Star of David and jews who went into hiding under the nazi that russian troops Security within the 20 seized in snatching of Mussolini body july 17 including six were arrested last night in connection with the Mussolini body snatching an were sent Milan after several admitted taking part in the theft for purposes of giving a worthy burial to ii ducks the to disclose the present whereabouts of the police refused to divulge Romania names dutch envoy july 17 Vasile Stoica has been appointed romanian minister to the nether Danube reopening proposed by july 17 military transport officers have made proposals to soviet officials for the resumption of navigation Over the whole course of the Danube River As soon As obstructions Are re the army in Austria announced the text of the proposals was not made the made in writing May have not been an swered by the the announcement the River has been cleared for navigation Between Points in the zones i Austria and Ger and express and freight service have been resumed Over limited stretches in other it is said the announce that navigation beyond the zones is probably hazardous in Many stretches of the Hitler youths face trial Tor slayings july 17 a charges of slaying Allied airmen Are to be lodged against about 20 members of the Hitler youth movement As the result of an incident near Pforzheim March the United nations War crimes commission announced seven captured airmen were put in a school cellar and then removed at Midnight by a crowd and marched to a the commission re must have country to avoid More serious Waters recede in Bengal flood july 17 to Relief commissioner for the government of said Day that flood Waters in the Chittagong area of Eastern Benga were subsiding and that loss of life was not he said there was enough Rice in the District so that nobody need starve and that government officials were keeping in close touch with Rural areas where Many stranded persons were living in police Barracks and other inhabitable approximately Multi Vitamin tablets and ten tons of pow dered milk Are scheduled to be shipped to the affected areas cholera vaccine and disinfectant powder also Are being Hannegan arrives in Cairo on Africa european toot july 17 postmaster Robert Han and the assistant Secretary of Stewart arrived by plane today from they plan to visit Paris and London three escaped but the other four were shot to death at the cemetery the following Day one of the escapees was captured and but the other two lived and will testify at the trial to be held at Ricklin probably on in route to the Norway troops to Germany july it occupation Force in Germany will be stationed in the Harzen area near sir Lawrence col the British ambassador announced Frances Trade deficit grows As imports outweigh exports by Courtesy of Kins Syndicate by Chic Yonne will Vou please take these shoes upstairs for me Alexander will of please my shoes upstairs be a Good sport and take these shoes when Kex will Vidu please take these july 17 in her postwar is still buying More than she and her Trade balance deficit is imports for june were slightly More than at As against valued at Only the customs service the country imports spurted to despite an increase to her Trade balance compared with the average for the last six increased even for the first six months of this including average imports were tons per Ana exports Only the figures raised the Trade deficit for the first Hal year an average of the figure for june was More than