European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1946, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tear ago today radio of co a secs Tor is leniency in two years ago today Advance to within ten of the european edition volume numb or 204 unofficial newspaper of armed it ripes Safe weather forecast Frankfurt Cloudy Munich partly Cloudy Berlin partly Cloudy Bremen Cloudy Vienna partly Cloudy 20 20 2 1 d we to free aus dads by 30 july 24 ins War department announced that All no Volunteer enlisted fathers will be Dis charged by 30 regardless of their length of other demobilization stand Ards under the new program for no Volunteer enlisted personnel include men with 20 months of service As of sept 30 Fli be separated As of that beginning men with 18 months of service As of 30 will be eligible discharge and Sepa rated by that men who accumulate 18 months of service in any month subsequent to november will be separated by the last Day of that applies to was these discharge criteria will also apply to All women personnel until the department said Al wac personnel whose terms expire by june Are Barig encouraged to Volunteer until that Date or for the duration of the emergency and six enlisted was assigned to Genera hospitals scheduled to close Fay 31 will be urged to Complete their present duties if they do not wish to Volunteer for additional ser All enlisted was except volunteers for continuous duty will be eligible for separation 1 and will be discharged by the length of service for All non Volunteer enlisted personnel will be computed from sept Byrnes names Paris advisers july 24 the american ambassador to Averell and the ambassador in it waiter Bedell will be Mem Bers of the Paris peace con Ference delegation headed by James Secretary of announcing this a Byrnes named the f also to serve at the conference assistant Secretary of will Clayton and his Willard Are to be members of one of the subcommittees dealing with economic questions assistant Secretary of James Dunn newly appointed ambassador to is to represent America in preparing the italian peace treaty president tru mans reparations Edwin and state depart ment Benjamin Are to assist ambassador Jefferson Caffrey also will be considered part of the the statement second Bikini atomic bomb explosion expected to be deadlier than first radio will set of underwater blast july 24 approach of Zero hour Frankfurt time for the second Bikini atom bomb test found personnel of p Blands Fleet scurrying for leaving Only a handful of technicians behind to Arm and ready the delicate final of under Way As after a last minute decided that the threatening weather had cleared sufficiently to allow the test to Only a last minute unexpected change in the weather could delay the test remaining behind in the Center of the target area was the Lam land ing ship mechanized from which the bomb was to be suspended at an estimated depth of 30 feet under surrounding the condemned Lam were the target ships awaiting the blast which scientists estimated would Deal far More damage than the blast from the the bomb was to be exploded by radio impulse continued on Page 8 the explosion of the second atomic scheduled for Detona Tion late last will probably not look like this is the latest photo of the first poisonous alcohol kills fells 6 on ship aboard uss Mckinley off july 24 Wynn skipper of the announced that one of his Crew members had died and six others were seriously apparently from drinking poisonous Methyl the dead Sailor was identified As James Richard son of Ethel of Garnet said Reagan died this the Captain declared that a preliminary investigation indicated that the seven enlisted men drank Methyl alcohol used for the duplicator he said it was indicated that the poisonous fluid was Given to the men by a chief Petty officer who himself drank some but did not be come ill the officer said that the Container carried the Poison Label but the men May have believed the contents were Grain he said the chief Petty officer must have known the True the it Mckinley is the flagship in the operation Crossroads tests of atomic redeployment on schedule9 by Edwin Dowell staff writer july ment of military personnel is definitely up if not ahead of sched Usset g3 said today in emphasizing that a temporary tie up of officers at the Bremerhaven Stag ing area would i no Way affect return Home of eligible enlisted More than two thirds of the Mili tary personnel who by War department Clear the theater by the first week in sep Are either waterborne or Are currently moving into the depot for a g3 official sex Lack of firs class accommodate which women and civilians Are normally was cited yesterday As on reason Why More than twice the usual number of officers were a visiting transportation in the 3rd replacement depot continued on Page 8 Senate passes Bill to pay terminal leave in Bonds Washington july 24 Senate yesterday passed Legisla Stalin sees in head july 24 Moscow announced this morning that marshal Joseph in the presence of Vyacheslav Molotov received the in Secretary Trygve at the cd victims exhibited to soldiers in new Type Berlin lectures stars and july new Type of Antisd lecture has been introduced to Berlin gis As German both men and Are exhibited to soldiers who Are ordered to file past them and View the effects of syphilis on the human lectures today for the 1st and 3rd of the 3rd regt included three German men who were All suffering from the first stage of last one woman with a Over her head showed syphilis to another Soldier one of the gis recognized the girl immediately reported to the he Learned that he had become a baby suffering from congenital syphilis has also been exhibited to it Richmond Berlin District stripes Bureau cd control explained that the exhibits have had a Good effect on the he pointed out that the present Berlin cd rate among troops is lower than the theater he said that cd among German women Between the Ages of 20 and 40 years is roughly the same As the theater the present it average is the highest in army along with the human Paine has scheduled the showing of a new color film just arrived in the made for american deals Only with Paine that the emphasis on syphilis in Berlin can be explained that the Berlin syphilis rate is the highest in the there is four times As much syphilis in ratio to continued on Page 8 of chief of these is a plan sponsored by president Truman which provides for most of the payments to be made i Bonds instead of the Senate shouted Down the suggestion of Claude which would have made it possible for veterans to get pay ments in Cash or in Bonds washable in six Bills provisions Here Are the major provisions of the Bill As passed by the Senate provides two and a half Days paid leave for each month of Active service from sept 1939 for All military with the total May be accumulated limited to 90 Days after 31 of this authorizes payment on a scale of base pay plus allowances for unused leave up to 120 Days in the Case of enlisted men discharged f continued on Page 8 nationalists repulse Yangtze base attack july 24 chinese government the Central daily said today that the communist raid across the Yangtze on a naval base Midway Between banking and had been this was the first intimation by the governments Agency that communists had crossed the one unconfirmed else said the attackers crossed the River on monday but that they were repulsed by a government Shore patrol Lichfield investigation sought by Kilgore july 24 Resolution calling for investigation of military discipline and military Justice with particular attention to the Lichfield trials was introduced in the Senate yesterday by Harley Kilgore it was referred to the military affairs of Tufty salutes still required in Austria by Robert Rodgers staff writer july and Street highball Are still required i Germany and it was Learned officially the army custom or which has abolished off Post in the by order of the Secre tary of will be followed in All occupied according to the new we circular defining the recent ruling that pm need not Salute officers while outside military in Usset further specified today that Austria is included in the troops remaining in France and other liberated countries Are not required to make the off Post Only one copy of the precedent making we circular issued on july has been go the hand Salute will be required on military installations and in occupied both on and off the circular it will be required both on and off military installations in All official greetings i line of for ceremonial and when the National Anthem is played or the colors it milk delivery will Start tomorrow the stars and stripes Bureau july delivery of fresh milk from Denmark in the which had been temporarily stymied by a shortage of will begin on Friday Usset announced earlier shipment of one of the fluids the occupation i misses most had to be postponed because of insufficient Glass in the initial fresh milk will be allotted Only to army hospitals and dependents under 15years of Insu Friden transportation facilities prevent delivery at this time of More than liners of fresh milk per july 1946 yanks told How to act in red areas july 24 a Joseph Mcnarney Headquarters has issued a strict code of behaviour for americans entering soviet occupied territory in Europe to prevent embarrassment to the United states and prolonged detention of american it was Learned the directive from Headquarters said that certain instances of misconduct on the part of americans in Eastern Surope had resulted not Only in embarrassment to this Headquarters and certain High level diplomatic but also in the d o longed detention of individuals involved in incidents caused by this misconduct two americans were released by the russians last week after 15 Days detention and two others Are miss ing from Ivia Ture required it is essential that the conduct of personnel temporarily on duty in Central and South Eastern european countries be rigidly the order no one not known to be a responsible person of mature judg ment will be selected or permitted to go into the above countries either on temporary duty or on leave the order further the applying to military personnel and to authorized instructed All scheduled to leave for Eastern Europe to be briefed by officers of Superior rules for leave conduct those leaving were ordered to visit Only those specifically named in travel to exercise extreme care in the display and use of even if authorized to carry to be moderate in the use of to Wear Correct and appropriate uniform with decorations properly to show Courtesy and dignity in dealing with the to behave with exemplary conduct at All travelling americans also were ordered to Brief themselves fully on the locations of state depart ment representatives in the countries hey in the event that rouble of any kind the nearest american legation or consulate should be he instructions if they go to any the americans Are instructed to Contact the military attache at once and not to leave without Bis per 5 i deaths raise traffic toll to 15 the stars and stripes Bureau july additional traffic deaths were re ported today by the theater and 3rd army Provost bringing to 27 the theater fatality total for the current accidents in the 3rd army area claimed the lives of Arnulfo 2nd of fort and pfc William f 19yearold member or e 26th of South pfc Archie of the so lot signal threw a cig Aret out the door of a Street Cay in when a trolley coming from the opposite direction pinned his Arm and pulled nun under its he died at the 279th a jeep operating without lights struck and fatally injured pfc Thomas of the 1663rd labor supervision at the in trance to the Wiesbaden air William 3619th pm truck skidded on the wet Auto Bahn near Frankfurt trying to avoid a German vehicle and was Killea when his vehicle