European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1946, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes july the stars and stripes Eyster promises we will Aid free news dissemination j to Sud div facts the general theater policy by Robert staff writer july reporters observing the occupational army in Germany and Austria represent the people inspector As deserve the fullest cooperation of every officer and enlisted Man in the col George Usset director of Public emphasized in an interview commander in Europe believes t implicitly in the democratic Freedom to criticize arid to print news which May not always describe the positive Side of the occupational Eyster adding that the philosophy of the free press and journalistic inquiry was Basic to carefully displaying a policy in which War depart ment and theater directives specified a Liberal an sym pathetic manner toward the Eyster said that his problem today was assuring that subordinate commands and units in the Field understood not Only the letter but the spirit of army Public relations he said copies of his own policy file had been Given to press officers of the major commands with instructions to pass it Down the we dont believe the press is a wart on the said the former redeployment who processed the return of millions of men to America after be and who might have had reason to deplore the pressure of Public paragraph circular 8 45 the principle of Freedom of the press is there being Only two reasons for refusing to Issue news Observance of Security which place responsibility for safeguarding classified information on All military and which also includes military need for carrying out training operations without cognizance of information that would materially injure Good relations with our a c supervisory Power Over publication will be used sparingly and Willin no Way be construed As limiting Freedom of activity of accredited Freedom to criticize or print unfavourable news is important part of the Freedom of the quarters to Supply facts the people whose army this and the men who write about Are entitled to know the Good and no officer or enlisted Man in the army should refuse to give factual information to Eyster unless their disclosures offend he recalled the january letter of Joseph theater which authorized members of his head saving or to Clear the misunderstandings m the Field where often correspondents were denied Access to events local Courcey claimed the army Doest want us to Eyster counselled Good taste and reminded that the army press directives included preserving Good relations with the but he said that these qualifications were not to be interpreted in such a manner to hide any soviets affirm position on assets seizure continued from pa0c 1 rightfully to the austrian Economy and should not be great Britain subsequently backed the american and both nations made representations to the soviet the russians had previously rejected austrian protests against the soviet interpretation of the Potsdam agreement the Vienna government said that the would Lead to the Complete alienation of austrian All soviet seizures have been in the Russia occupied zone of they include confiscation of certain Oil Fields Northeast of the russian note was understood to mention a number of categories of reparations which the soviet authorities have either seized or intend to and a highly placed source in London said these included practically All the things which British and american authorities had specifically wanted to Senate passes i risk Bill july 18 the Senate approved yesterday a Bill to liberalize the life insurance plan for servicemen of world War the measure was returned to the House for action on Edwin Johnson said veterans organizations asked modifications that would Cost the House approved changes that would Cost millions and the Senate proposed the Bill would make certain that stepparents designated As beneficiaries would be in it would cancel lapses of policies which resulted when the insured was Dis charged to accept a was restored to Active duty after being or was put Back on Active duty or died in after being Kilian court martial Board shown Here is the court martial Board trying James Kilian for authorizing the mistreatment of prisoners in the Lichfield the officers who will decide the Case left to Hardin Frank Stewart Robert col William William Neal Harper and col Merritt chinese government army battling with communists near Yangtze River continued from Page 1 assigned to the local fiscal office in the accused finance clerk has steadfastly denied to the military authorities thai he stole the claiming that he had another source of income which he would not reveal to at the present Polvere is without q defense he had sought it Ernest of Hunting who helped defend Eddy Jones in the recent murder but Fidellow was transferred from Paris several Days ago to the 571st ammunition in the Pher Bourg French marketeers face heavy penalties july 18 Bidault government today approved a drastic program introduced food minister Yves Farge for eradicating the octopus Black Market which controls the distribution of food in Frances big a French Cabinet communique first Supply of 10inls arrive for distribution to germans july first ship ment of Tennione parcels from America for distribution to civilians in the american and British zones of Germany under the welfare pro Gram sponsored by the cooperative for american remittances Europe arrived in Bremen yester Day aboard the is american it was announced today by Lewis care representative the totalling pack Ages containing soap and other items to relieve human will be distributed through Central control Points in the two packages Are also being shipped from America for civilians in the u and British zones of Austria As Well As the liberated nations and Italy and Omegus has supported the care Relief program which is a merger of the Relief activities of 24 Amer by Arthur staff ican nonprofit Relief administration in the zone to handle care problems has been delegated by Omegus to the German Central committee for voluntary Relief a similar committee will function for the British my in their under fhe care an individual in the United states pays the sum of for delivery of a ten Inone package to a relative or Friend in the sender is notified that the package has reached the destination the even it cannot be delivered because o incorrect address or some other the 515 is returned to the care has purchased approximately Worth of surplus Tennione each weighing 49 of which 30 pounds is food and the balance is essential household red officer asserts conflicts Point to civil War july 18 chinese armies marching along the Yangtze and clashes North of the River posed the threat of full scale civil War in China communist Chou Menlai charged the government forces with aggression and told a news con Terence that local conflicts were blossoming rapidly into civil the nationalist minister of in Peng denied he charges of aggression and said he communists were marching from the North upon the Peng voices warning Peng said that if we permit them o Advance to the Yangtze unopposed we had better Start considering moving the capital Back to Chung Chou said that the main fighting currently was concentrated North of Shanghai and Northeast of George United states mediator in flew to the capital of Kuling to Confer with Generalissimo Chiang he was expected to return in two or three Days to resume the dead locked Hollywood director attempts suicide july 18 bleeding from superficial razor slashes about his wrists and neck film dance director Busby Berkeley was found in the Kitchen of his Elysian Hills and a few hours later swathed in from the police officials listed the incident As attempted they said Frank a Japan Ese told them he found Berkeley near gasping in no one cares about me More but in going to any telephones rang on newspaper tits desks some minutes before Berkele was and a Man identifying himself As the dance director tin going to kill dated 6 april was also referring to newspapers published by the the circular forbade papers to become the Mouth piece of the the theater or other or of any individual or if the army makes a we will admit Eyster and since this is the Peoples when it does Well wed like them to know that through the Sankel denies labourers used As slaves july 18 former nazi labor admitted today he had drafted forced labor from occupied coun tries for work in the Reich but con ended that no victim Ever was in ended As slave presenting the final defense for he nazi labor Robert Servatius International Mili Ary Suckel admits having negotiated forced labor in the form of compulsory he Laving demanded slave labor which could have been considered As in human policies defended the attorney said the Hague convention for land warfare contained no regulation Banning such labor he raised the Point that occupied lands such As France lad As much at stake As besieged Germany and therefore should have been compelled to provide labor Lor the can one really demand that prisoners in a besieged fortress live better than the defender of the Serva tits which had unconditionally As Well As other occupied could have looked on in Security while strangled by exhausted herself in sacrifices of life and Vichy minister gets life for diverting labor to nazis july 18 Hubert labor minister in the Vichy was last night sentenced imprisonment at hard labor for his part in diverting French labor to the German zone continued from Page 1 cent of the rate allowed under the big four which Cut War industries to there has been a running British american argument Over the Best method of getting germans Back to work the British believed steel hould be concentrated the americans the premise that All Europe Industry has been slowed Down through Lack of Coal tie americans appear to have won heir Point the Are said o have gained German admiration y the inventiveness of their in sneers i overcoming in German businessmen from the soviet and american zones met in Berlin and concluded a three month Trade agreement under xray which motor Carbon textile saws and Industrial Al Cohol Are supplied to the the russian zone in Ball Sheet and bar electric motors and tractor another meeting is due in sep i officials aver that the Ger Man worker has shown to much inferior to the legend about him there is 35 per cent they after two or three Days work each he leaves country area Market country areas to search for Black 3 germans bind steal ration flee july 18 a apparently Mem Bers of a Black Market today bound and gagged a watchman at the Herford food stole adult rations and in a blow at the ration card Black the authorities in a raid at Lubeck today arrested four men charged with forging and Selling food James Dunn arrives in Berlin july Secre tary of state James Dunn arrived in Berlin this afternoon by air for a on Day tour of toe former Ger Man freed of spy Redin praises trial july 18 naval lieutenant Nicolai Redin free today to return to his native land with his attractive wife and child after a Federal court jury yesterday cleared him of espionage and conspiracy ladies and gentlemen of the jury and your id like to thank you for this fair trial in these United states of the Stocky 30yearold former soviet purchasing commission representative told the court after the ver dict was the soviet who was arrested March was charged with buying detailed information about the Yellowstone from Herbert 69yearold Engineer in the shipyard in which the destroyer was and attempting to obtain information on the ships radar and fire control t Wagner Kin arraigned to explain Felting Hitler july 18 Dana reported today from that Winnifred grand daughter of the famous German composer Richard was arraigned before the Denali fiction Board in Bayreuth to explain Why Shehad been hitlers hostess several times during the the report did not say what if had been taken against