European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1946, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes july 1946 Mcnarney and family go boating Joseph theater and his party Are leaving the Power boat pier after having enjoyed a boat ride on the Scenic Lake at the foot of the Zug Spitze in the Garmisch recreation area left to right miss Francis defense stand wins stay in Lichfield officer trial bad 22 Lichfield court was badly bogged Down today As the trial of another of the former 10th replacement depot officers was postponed Over the question of defense the trial of capt Joseph former Lichfield guardhouse was postponed until thursday after defense counsel it col William Parker protested that the army had delivered none of the witnesses requested by him from the by the War asked for a claiming that half a dozen former Lichfield officers requested As wit Nesses had been sitting at West yer since june waiting to be flown Here to testify and that requests for other witnesses Maine unanswered Parker at least can get some v information from the government about what is being done about these there ought to be some Way cd finding out whats going on behind the Iron curtain of the Pentagon he the court gave Parker until thurs Day to query Washington concerning his witnesses and to prepare interrogatories to submit to witnesses by mail it was the second postpone ment since the Robertson trial had its initial session on july Munich arrest called mistake the stars and stripes Bureau july arrest today of Ludwig bavarian state Secretary for the ministry of the was declared a mistake by Usset late this although no confirmation was available from the Cic or from the it was Learned that Ficker and seven other germans were arrested about this according to the communist the following were arrested in addition to Ficker Erich official in the ministry for persecuted persons Adolf Meis a Munich City official and one other communist it is believed that Otto bavarian commissar for persecuted people and a Man named both and two members of the bund of friends of the soviet Union named Buckley and noncom were also in admitting the mistaken arrest of refused comment on the other men continued from Page 1 bulgarian purge removes 273 officers from army july 22 bul Garian army today continued its Jurge by releasing 34 officers for fascist activity and 239 for anti democratic those released included m ten lieutenant colonels and ten this was the second group re leased to the which is con British delay of of plan russians charge Bias Ingerman party makeup Jai Piug cited by soviets july 22 ten Dency toward unification of the righting parties is to be observed m the Western zones of Germany according to a pravda report Broad cast last night radio this overt consolidation of the forces of reaction7 was contrasted with the obstacles placed in the Way of the German socialist Unity formed As a result of the merger of the communist and social democratic the monitored in Lon the socialist Unity party in the Western zones is hampered in every possible the organization of its local branches is its meetings and its literature Are five communist leaders in a Varia were sentenced by the Amer ican military government to four months imprisonment for having gone to Berlin to the Unity con Gress of communists and social democrats in the the Broad cast both presidents of the Unity Wilhelm Pieck and Otto were refused permission to go to in the British to address Public the Unity Congress was described in London and new York papers As a step toward on the other no indignation is voiced in London or new York on the occasion of the unification of the righting parties in the Western my says Britain oks zonal Union july 22 British member of parliament now touring today told a press conference that he endorsed the american plan to eliminate economic barriers at German zonal Hynd said that Britain fully intended to get Germany into production again but that plants with definite War potential would be he added that it was not the British intention to destroy the Ordinary economic development of Germany As proved by the fact that britons needed at Home still were m the military govern ment organization helping to build a democratic and further armed they then marched on the Palace where they met determined once the president attempted to escape but was turned Back by gun fire and Street he radioed for Heip and for cars to to break the but no help when the revolt ing forces broke into the Palace behind their Hail of gunfire and grenade they killed the Lew officials still alive with the president a with motor waiting at the Airport to carry the president to was not for he never reached casualties in the Battle were estimated at rebels estimated that 130 were killed and 200 of their number wounded in the final Battle at the the victorious forces declared that they intended to set up a govern ment along constitutional their Victory was hailed with satisfaction in most South Amer ican countries and most observers believed the United states state department would be pleased with since a government Blue Book released earlier this year indicated some of Bolivia highest officials had been implicated in dealings with the nazis in suspicion had also been rampant that the revolution through which Villarroel came to Power in was backed by nazi but the government recognized the Villarroel government in Swap of German papers july 22 up the distribution of american licensed German newspapers to the other occupation zones has been and commanders of other zones have been requested to halt the flow of German papers into the it was revealed the weekly report from the Deputy military Lucius d to Washington said this action had been taken pending four Power agreement on the inter zonal Exchange of there Are now 36 licensed German newspapers in the zone with a total circulation of almost solons reopen Pearl inquiry Adriatic Gale takes 33 lives continued from 1 hawaiian department when the Jap anese struck Pearl five months later Wyman was assigned to the Canol Oil project in an undertaking which the Senate committee then headed by president Asa declared never should have been referring specifically to the Wyman the Pearl Harbor in its final report Satur Day aah for the appropriate Senate or committees to make a separate into delays in constructing the hawaiian defences be Ore the japanese Brewster Saki chairman James vied readily agreed to have the War investigating committee pick up the thread of its which the Maine senator said was stymied before by what he termed he uncooperative attitude of the May the House committee found in the report filed on june that mismanagement on wymans part contributed to delays in pre War defense construction at Hedy Lamarr expecting july 22 screen actress Hedy Lamarr and her actor John expect another child sometime next it was july 22 total of 33 persons were drowned and a score missing when a Cyclone swept the Adriatic hitting the pop ular Beach resorts Cattolica and the victims were bathers who were either swimming or sailing in a perfectly Calm sea late yester Day when the Cyclone unexpectedly at Cresena Tico a Fourton sailing boat loaded with 18 bathers turned Turtle barely 400 Yards from Shore and All were at Cattolica a Sailboat with 15 persons smashed ashore and All were saved with exception of an 11year old Telephone poles and Trees were uprooted by the terrific Force of the wind caused by the Cyclone which took on an estimated Speed of 150 Miles per the Cyclone swept causing grave damage to fruit Orchards estimated at several million Admiral lord Fraser sails to soviet Fleet ceremony july 22 lord Bruce Fraser sailed for Russia today aboard the aircraft Carrier Triumph to attend red Fleet Day ceremonies in Moscow on july the Triumph is expected at Lenin Grad on july Cabinet awaits soviet views Onzone Toeup july 22 Brit ish Cabinet today decided to Post Pone acceptance of the proposal for closer economic ties Between occupational zones in Ger Many until soviet views Are made however it was expected that exploratory talks Between British and american experts would go Forward As the proposal was made in Paris by Secretary of state James and the British have indicated probable acceptance unless the soviets relax Trade barriers around the russian the barriers Are regarded by great Britain and the As a the Potsdam agreement to treat Ger Many As an economic talk with Mcnarney sir Brian British Deputy military governor of and sir William his political flew to London yesterday after hearing the Amer ican proposal at the Allied control Council meeting in Berlin radio Hamburg said John Chancellor of the Puchy of Lan also will return London Hynd is the British Cabinet minister responsible for the British zones of Germany and Robertson and Strang already Lave had informal talks with Amer can officials in Berlin on Joseph Mcnarney proposal to if soviet occupation zones of Ger As an economic army expels 2 bridegrooms continued from Page 1 quest to the theater by the sixth Man accepted a Dis charge in but has since returned to the final action on the remaining applications for voyages to America is being with go until the new marriage circular has been Mcnarney ban on marriages to German nationals was described As his conviction that americans with such a close family relationship would have divided a staff officer of the theater commander said that personnel in order to control the would not be Able to accomplish their mis Sion impartially if they were involved personally with the very Ger mans they were Usset names Eyster head of the stars and an lieutenant drowns alter yacht dive the stars and stripes Bureau july Robert resident of and a member of the 332nd service regt at erf Arnheim air Field near wies was drowned on july 18 after diving off the Hitler yacht into the the army announced at the same tune the Frankfurt Provost reporting that there had been three drownings in unauthorized swimming places in this said that maps would apprehend All persons found swimming in unguarded Rivers and swimming who bobbed three times on the surface of the River in View of 100 fellow officers and pm of his regiment on the drowned despite the efforts of Chester Ostaszewski of use authorized swimming places Are located at Victory Ober sul and the Pool of the 508th at bad the stars and stripes Bureau july private policy guidance of the stars and the unofficial army newspaper for the european and the radio stations of the Amer ican forces network was today placed in the hands of George director of Usset Public Eyster stated that there Are no anticipated changes in the current policies of either Organiza guidance to the stars and stripes an will still be transmitted through the chief of the information and education the present Parent of both information an official announcement of the Transfer Usset go formerly held the responsibility now delegated to the announcement was made in connection with publication of a new directive outlining the duties of the theater Public relations these included Public relations advice to the commanding general and his assistance in establishing Friendly relations with allies correspondents briefing and facilities and accreditation of foreign a Assumption of Overall responsibility for the stars and stripes and an was an administrative Deci j Eyster it seemed appropriate that the Usset division which is concerned with press mat ters and publicity should delegated to supervise the information while stating that he Felt the Transfer of authority would bring about better coordination of publicity in the theater and also better control of Eyster emphasized that this control in no Way was meant to change the present publication Mission of the stars and aware that Mere announcement of an administrative change would Lead to speculation that he had been directed to assume control of the newspaper and radios in Ger Many and Eyster was prepared throughout the afternoon to answer press inquiries regarding the the Frankfurt Bureau of the stars and stripes took its turn answering inquiries on the significance of oysters new Job and what effect it thought the Transfer would most of the questions were answered when it was pointed out that the War department Cir Cular establishing Soldier newspaper policy forbids any paper from be coming the mouthpiece of the