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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, May 11, 1947

   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1947, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Harrys new York bar continued from Pope 26 pasted up they completely cover the mirrors behind the bar and represent the Only innovation in decor since the Harry has scores of scrapbooks filled with clippings about himself and his but he is proudest of his two Golden his personal autograph albums in which Only the famous Are invited to inscribe their Harry likes to show people the signatures and Jovial inscriptions of such celebrities As Jimmy ring Lou Barney Vincent Pete Bostwick and Earle he is both amazed and relieved that the books somehow survived the nazi when War came in the whole complexion of harrys clientele the bar became a hangout for Raf fliers in Paris sweating out the so called phony Many of them signed the Golden Book with a prom ise to return for a drink after the wars but nearly every one of them gone poor says Harry Harry kept up business As usual until the Days before the germans entered then he took Down the College the american legion and vow the if registers and Golden and hid them under a Heap of rubbish in the he was in a great and didst have time to empty a Large Glass fronted Cabinet opposite the bar which contained several dozen bottles of the finest prewar whiskies and when he got Back in 1944 he found them the germans has thought they were Only display bottles filled with coloured with his younger joined the Long procession f refugees swarming to the South said seven Days later got to Borde and from there to harrys elder was already in the French both sons had served As bartenders for their Andrew joined the British intelligence corps and saw months of service As Liaison officer with an american air borne he was badly wounded in the closing months of the during the rest of the War Harry resumed his old profession of supervising smart bars for other he was on duty at London cafe de Paris the night a German bomb came through the roof and killed nearly two Hundred he escaped although Winchell re ported him he acted As technical adviser for a British wartime film called that was some of the action was presented As taking place in the new York and Harry portrayed him in 1945 he was running the bar of London Ritz when Germany sur immediately he began making plans to get Back to Harry himself could not get per Mission to enter France As a but his was in Paris serving with the american red she investigated and found that after the germans a former waiter employed at the bar had taken Over the establishment and had operated it through most of the she made the necessary Legal and business arrangements and on october 1944 the doors of Sank Roo Doe Noo swung open to a horde of thirsty now that most of the army has left the atmosphere of harrys bar has changed there Are no collegians around to give the place the frenzied air it once but Harry is  be bless he with that sweeps the roster of College flags on the two years later continued from Page 10 these areas Are too Large to remain As states under a Lon term governmental Wurttemberge Badea Germany must have a Federal form of but the states must a Large measure of Power to Federal the Powers of regulation of exports and trans for eign must rest with a Central government i believe that the states of Germany will have to yield More Power to the Federal government than they May individually ican the Bureau on the because under the present conditions in this country a close Unity of action will be extremely it seems to me that we can protect ourselves against another dictatorship through the various state and National con in Case of Wurttemberge i Hope that the states will re main As one even after the zonal boundaries Are a successful Federal system in Germany depends upon a reasonable Equality of Mem Ber states and neither Wurttemberge nor Baden is Large enough to constitute an Independent Bremen a Federal system modelled on that of the United states will be the most suitable for a peaceful at the conclusion of each interview the minister president were asked to comment freely on the future prospects for their answers revealed from Bremen to leading German officials had much the same ideas for her future Germany should be her currency should be and she should not be allowed to stray from a strict policy of the interim period be tween War and peace worries All the minister president and none of them expects an easy solution to arise from any meeting of the Allied foreign min they have a Mutual of a Drift to the but Are not inclined to Echo the cries of immediate danger from the East which is often mouthed by the German in the Stock pointed out that talk of democracy was not that economic help must be forthcoming if the people Are not to be allowed to slip Back into their natural line of thinking about How they lived under Hitler and How they must live if democracy is not to be swamped by economic chaos and National starve Stock substantial Aid must be granted to Germany by Ehard stressed the fact that Germany has been Cut off from the world and urged that american books be allowed to circulate we must have exchanges of Ehard be cause we have become stagnant in the Pool of National All the minister president said they did not believe that Germany had any desire to Start another War weekends cover drinking a Glass of fresh danish milk is Ann Mac years of who has been a dependent Frankfurt for a cover photograph by weekends Michael Story of danish milk delivery to the zone on pages 12 and sad sack Market sad sack Market grand opening Sao sack Market weekend material May be reproduced provided specific prior permission has been granted by the editors and if it is not restricted by Law  
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