European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1946, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page i constabulary parades Power members of d 37th constabulary which participated in a recent Parade at staged to show the Power of a constabulary Force As a Swift moving unit to keep Law and signal corps photo order in occupied the constabulary has been in operation since july when it took Over Border reviewing the Parade were Fay and representatives of the French army and British attempt to amalgamate German unions by Arthur notes staff writer Union membership in the British zone of Germany is now in excess of 000 with 171 unions having been the British military government announced British authorities stated that an attempt is being made to bring about an amalgamation of some of the unions which Are engaged in the same Industry or group of Indus be carried out by a Central Trade Union committee which is now being formed in the British unions must consent the amalgamations will be carried it was and the members of the unions concerned must indicate their consent to any the reason for such a High total of separate Trade unions was said to be that in the Early Days of the occupation when trave facilities were local unions were established which could now be easily British Trade Union experts estimate that the figure of 171 unions could be reduced to 50 or 60 and the member ship would go from the present to almost plans have been made for a zonal conference of 300 Trade Union Dele Gates to take place toward the end of August it is expected that the eventual Structure of German Trade unions will probably take the form of single Industrial unions As Dis Tinct from an Al workers Stubbie in contest no one wants Mustard so army takes ship Back 4 Crew less Liberty Laden with 600 tons of leaking Mustard was ordered towed from to the Chesapeake solving for a moment a dilemma of the army chemical warfare the ship Francis Lee was so unwelcome at Charleston that Burnet Maybank appealed to Secretary of War Robert Patterson to have it it had just arrived0 from where citizens emphatically didst want it the outlaw ship had to land some where to permit unloading of the cargo into barges so that the lethal which had been confiscated from the could either be sunk or As a Way the order to proceed to the Edgewood Arsenal of the chemical warfare service was decided on even before the May Bank officials at the the Gas will be unloaded by experienced personnel and the Gas was part of a larger ship ment brought from Germany for study and officials sex much had been unloaded at where some containers started and several workers were then faulty containers were loaded on the Crew less Francis Lee which was towed to Charleston for re loading into the original plan was to Tow the barges to sea and drop the heavily into water feet Berlin my opens 2nd jewish Camp 4 influx of frightened jewish refugees from Poland has forced american military government officials to open a second jewish displaced persons Camp in nearly an entire Block has been Lack of Security at air plants aided holds 4 was easy for nazi agents in los Angeles because almost the entire air plane production takes place in pub according to a secret report by the German Consul at los which was introduced before the International military the dated said the German military attache in Washington and an unnamed naval attache had been most cooperative since the beginning of the War and stated that the consulate found the naval attache an agent in Southern California with whom Good relations have been clippings to Washington the report noted that since los Angeles is an aircraft production a Large number of clippings from 10 Southern California papers and other publications As Well As a special report from the chamber of Commerce have been sent to Wash the report said the consulate had obtained information regarding the new latest official estimates placed the number of arrivals at about a nearly All of them Are entering the american zone of Germany and Berlin there Are now an estimated jewish refugees in the american zone their Fate still is an unsolved problem for United states military British seek Davy Jones 4 in the submarine has Tudor left Portland to carry out underwater re search on the Structure of the Bot Tom of the this was possible in los Angeles in View of the mild almost the entire plane production takes place in Public open Halls printers strike in Athens 4 two of Athens ten morning newspapers were published yesterday As a print ers strike halted the printers were reported to be asking for a 40 per cent wage increase and a five hour work transit strike grips Trieste As workers riot 4 stations flared up i Trieste last night for the first time in More than a As a Streetcar workers strike paralysed the three Venezia Giulia civil police men were injured by flying stones in a workers District where a crowd demanded that a police station be restored As communist party head the building was seized from the communists during the violence last four persons were charged with resisting the protest food seizure one thousand Streetcar and Tram workers struck yesterday morning in protest against the confiscation by civil and Allied police of foodstuffs collected by participants in the recent general late in the a crowd of 300 persons demonstrated before Allied military government Headquarters demanding return of the with no indication that the members of a Public utilities syn would return to work civil police guards were posted at Power and Gas plants to prevent the trouble from spreading us to return German pcs monthly 4 a Twenty thousand German pcs in great Britain Are to be Home for work in the mines or other vital the British War office they will go in batches of approximately a boosting tha number of repatriated germans to there Are at present about German pcs in working on roads and building the War Oitice said More Are due to arrive from the and Canada within a month or the already Home or on their Way Are almost All sick per sons but Are technicians Neces sary for special work in Germany or Are confirmed Harvest wont suffer the War office stressed that Bri gains Harvest will not suffer from the repatriation More than pcs have so far been Al located by the War office to Farmers if farm workers Are among those chosen to go they will be replaced by others working in less vital before going the Are screened by officers of the War offices special upon finding that they have forgotten their pro nazi sympathies or that they Are directly they receive a White card freeing them from further political investigation on their return to leaflets Are found in villages where there Ara German the War office urging tha government to Send the germans the leaflets Are usually scraps of two or three inches with an inscription in Blue Pencil but it has not been proved that the leaflets Are of German it might As Well be the Bright lad in the Village who is trying to be the statement paratroop unit opens jump school the stars and stripes Bureau Albert commanding officer of the 508th today announced reopening of the units two week jump training school and urged military personnel desirous of attending to submit applications without the school was discontinued on May 28th because qualified replace ments were being received from the at Dickerson applications Are not being received in sufficient number to round out the is Oman capacity of the permission should first be obtained from unit commanding and then a letter of application submitted to 508th Apo candidates selected will be notified when to maximum weight limit is 190 3 More killed on it roads the stars and stripes Bureau More accidents involving the death of one officer and two enlisted As Well As the injury of seven were announced by the theater Provost marshals Albert 229th combat and pc Lawrence sked 440th pm trucking were killed when the trucks they were driving sideswiped each other about Midnight on july the Accident occurred on a straight stretch of Road Between Augsburg and Lech excessive Speed and failure to dim headlights were Given As the major causes of the these were the first traffic fatalities re ported in july which involved More than one capt Shirley 508th died in the 97th on july 30 As the result of an Accident in Frankfurt the cause of the Accident has not 3rd army explains mail delay of personnel to fill out change of address cards was cited by the 3rd army postal office As the chief cause of delayed or returned mail such records provide the basis for the master locator system in All Blondie by Courtesy of King features by Chic Young close shave Lloydine of recently elected miss Laterette by a Barbers Page Coq will ecu kill some of flies pop before Start you re not going to make a shoo Fly i think ill bake a Nice pie Fop supper Are Vuu i w w k in