European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1947, Tokyo, Japan                              Page four june 15 persistent d Kojak of Cicero 34yearold paraplegic patient at the Vaughn Hospital at nearby Hines lies on a Stretcher and lets go with a would be strike As he participates in a Bowling tournament for paralysed veterans at the Hospital press association photo bulletin Board attention All night clubs and dance Halls the 64th Engineer Topo Apo 181 has a top notch 11 piece band with tuesdays wednesdays and Fri Day nights open for engagements auditioning everyday from 1 to 4 at the Istean Diamond Horseshoe club Shin Juke Tokyo Call 370182 ext 272 the 8th army Tokyo educational Center will continue to provide musical entertainment for the Benefit of Allied personnel by presenting a piano con Cert tonight at 8 performing in the centers first floor auditorium Koji Taku will offer one of his own com positions along with selections from Debussey Faure and Ravel dont Tate to attend this concert for an even ing of delightful music everyone is Welcome to the go gospel hour to be held at the army educational Center in or Howard Ham Liri be the guest speaker for the evening services begin at Povi today souvenirs of the wag South West Pacific reunion party held at the 8225th wac battalion Are ready for distribution All sex was who attended the spa reunion Hay pick up their souvenirs at battalion Headquarters All members of and personnel qualified for membership in the vow Are invited to attend the first formal meeting of the Yokohama Post no 9467 to be held monday evening 16 june 1947 at v 1930 hours in the auditorium of the Yoko Hama sep school Avenue b one Block past the finance office this meeting is being held to formally Institute the new Post and instal the officers elected at the last informal meeting All qualified personnel interested in becoming members of this Post Are urged to join immediately finance elevators to resume operation v elevators in the finance building will resume operation on june 16 after having under gone five weeks of Over Bading and repainting the building custodian office disclosed today the announcement is Welcome news to enlisted men billeted in finance who have been walking the stairways for the past 25 Days first sgt Tex Brock co a staff was selected president of the newly formed ghz Rocker club at a meeting held night at club Chiban it was Learned yesterday other officers elected were first sgt Howard Ratzman co l by motor Vic president first sgt Edward Ford 71st signal trea surer Leikauf co d staff and Sidney Thibedeaux Supply member ship sergeant Brock explained that the Rocker club open to member ship among upper three Grade enlisted men from assigned and attached units of ghz will have its formal opening during the first week in August All ghz units were asked to give sgt Brock the number of first three graders in their units desiring membership in the club sgt Brocks Telephone number is 57 8049 civil communications Section Scap announced today the issuance to the japanese government of a revised list of Public offices authorized to accept prepaid efm Sam radio Grams addressed to Points in the United states and hawaiian islands by military and accredited civilian personnel stationed in Japan this popular service has been expanded to in clude 41 additional offices at the following Points Aichi prefecture Branch office of Nagoya Central Post office at main Nagoya Railroad station efm so Ftp 2 Branch office of Atsuta Post office at Nagoya Harbor Sam Akita prefecture Post office efm Aomori prefecture Mak Post office Ems pm Chiba prefecture Post office Ems pm Fukui prefecture Tsuruga Post office Ems pm 2 Katsuya Rha Post office efm Fukuoka prefecture Branch office of Fukuoka Central Tele graph office at Rainbow club red Ems pm 2 Branch office of Fukuoka Central Telegraph office at Sai Tozaki Diverty 3 Branch office of Fukuoka Central Telegraph office at Ita Zuke red Cross Ems pm 4 Hakata Post of fice Ems pm 5 Kurume Post office Ems pm 6 Kashiki Post office efm 7 Muta Post office Ems pm Vassh Inokuma Post office prefecture Post office Ems pm Hyogo prefecture Itami Post office Ems pm 2 Ashiya Post office Ems pm 3 Amagasaki Post office Ems pm Ibaraki prefecture Post office efm Ishikawa prefecture Post office efm Kanagawa prefecture Hayama Post office Ems pm 2 Tsuna Jima Post office efm Kyoto prefecture Ozono Post office efm 2 Shinden Post office Mie prefecture Post office Ems pm prefecture Yamoto Post office Ems pm 2 Masuda Post office efm 3 Tamajo Post office efm Nagasaki prefecture Ai Noura Post office Ems pm 2 Unzen Post office Ems pm Shitama prefecture Post office Ems pm to Kuhlma prefecture Korn Tsushima Post office efm Tochigi prefecture Post office Ems pm to Kyoto Metropolis 1 Branch office of Tokyo Central Telegraph office War ministry building Ems pm 2 Branch office of Akasaka Post office at  Ems pm Wakayama prefecture Shingu Post office efm 2 Tanabe Post office efm Yamaguchi prefecture Shimono Seki Telegraph office efm Sam 2 Iwakuni Nishi Post office efm Sam 3 Yanai Post office Ems pm Yokohama june a innately 40 japanese Liaison officers from All parts of Japan met yesterday with eighth army Mili tary government officials for a two or three Day conference on current problems it Gen Robert l Eichelberger eighth army commander yester Day morning asked the Liaison officers for their continued efforts to help Japan in taking its place in the family of nations Clare Luce arc Hospital new York june 14 Clare Boothe Luce former re publican congresswoman from Connecticut Xin Derwent operation today and her condition is deported to be very the Hospital gave no details As to the nature of the operation cuties 1947 King features Syndicate rights 3d if told him to have a chair in the reception room but Hes taking the sofa Rich Indian backs world Govor new Delhi june 14 ask set ram Kishandas Dalmia one of India richest men said he would retire from business and devote his time to promoting one world government through his newspapers june 14 ins House Post office and civil service committee has voted to require a loyalty investigation of More than Federal government employees representative Edward h Rees committee chair Man is reporting1 out the Bill Friday requiring also that All applicants for Federal positions be investigated henceforth to de Termine if any Are disloyal to the United Tolly Good to see you mrs Macarthur Gen c h Gardener personal representative of the British prime minister in Japan is shown with general of the army and mrs Douglas Macarthur in one of the few informal shots Ever released of the general needless to say they Are left to right mrs Macarthur Gen Gardener and general Macarthur British Tokyo Subarea photo United states armed forces personnel May still carry souvenir items to the United states duty free after june 30 even though souvenirs sent by mail will no longer longer be exempt duty it was said today by col James h Oreilley army Exchange service chief at Seoul i duty exemption is also provided for persons and their families who return on government orders to the United states or its posses Sions colonel Oreilly explained personal and household effects May include items taken abroad and items acquired abroad it was stated in addition gifts intended for others Are entitled to free entry if they actually accompany the returning owner or Are for warded separately when the owner returns on government orders the Koe Keidan japans huge wartime procurement Agency now in the process of liquidation is continuing to Supply occupation forces exporters and traders with valuable material scans civil property custodian said yesterday under the liquidation plan All of the Agency assets Are screened thoroughly and All practical and usable material is being confiscated by occupation officials for use either by the armed forces or for Trade and Export it was Dis closed Scap was said to have released hundreds of different items to for eign Trade channels valued at Mil Lions of yen All proceeds from Export sales of the Koe Keidan stocks Are deposited in the Scap custody account other material is being allowed to the japanese Public through government channels it was Learned Consolation raffle in its drive to secure additional funds the Tokyo american school has announced grand Consolation raffle of 100 prizes valued at the prizes include six Section screen a fire screen a brooch two trays two sewing machines 20 bolts of Wool 10 cameras three cases of whiskey 19 electric fans 11 strings of pearls 15 cases of crab meat and 15 cases of tuna fish tickets for the raffle the draw ing Date of which will be announced soon will be on Sale for 50 cents a ticket at clubs and billets through the Tokyo american school the announcement added the official Yokohama june Cut Down the percentage of accidents during the summer months the eighth army Provost marshals office yesterday issued warning to Drivers of All vehicles to be More Alert at Railroad Crossings the Provost marshals office especially advised motorists to obey All signals whether they Are the crossing watchmen signals Gate signals or mechanical signals but not to place too much Confidence in Bell and Flash signals because their operation at All times cannot be guaranteed Yokohama june civilian welfare workers among the first qualified social workers to be recruited outside of Japan have arrived for assignment with the military government to assist in supervising the local japanese welfare program eighth army military government announced yesterday another the ice Capanes will be held monday evening june 16th at eight Oclock in memorial Hall admission will be free to All Mem Bers of the occupation forces dependents and civilians no seats will be reserved the first performance of the ice show was held two weeks ago As a Benefit for the american school the show tomorrow night is at the request of Many people who were unable to at tend the original performance by Frank White a correspondent the former nazi ambassador to Tokyo Heinrich Stahmer denied the existence in either Germany or Japan of a Plaa to dominate the world and contended the 1940 Tri Partite pact was aimed at prevent ing the spread european War in an emasculated affidavit admitted before the International military tribunal for the far East eleven judges of the Allied Powers without leaving the Bench voted to sustain in their entirety 10 objections made by the prose cution to stammers minting the nazi envoys views on world political situations his opinions on the reasons for pre Vious failures of the germans and the japanese to reach an agree ment his View that there was actually no wartime cooperation and lengthy discussion of Ger Many attitude toward the United states Britain France nether lands India Siam Philippines and Russia Stahmer stated he had been a member of the nazi party since 1932 but having been a Freema son i was without any possibility of a party career until 1935 when Ribbentrop engaged him to work with a servicemen organizations of world War i thereafter Stahmer Rose rapidly and by 1938 he became a Liaison Man Between von Ribbentrop and defendant Hiroshi Oshima then ambassador to Germany he stated that because of the con fused picture coming to Berlin on the japanese attempts to improve relations with the United states von Ribbentrop sent him to Tokyo with orders to find out the actual intentions of the japanese govern ment toward Germany Stahmer said he avoided talks with any japanese other than for eign minister Yosuke Matsuoka who was indicted along with Tojo and 27 other japanese leaders on War crimes charges but who died shortly after trial opened 14 months ago Stahmer As related in the affidavit found Matsuoka readily agreeable to the proposal to enter a pact which the germans hoped would keep the United states out of her War and create if possible a platform on which place would be the tripartite pact was concluded september 27 1940 just 20 Days after Stahmer reached Tokyo despite previous japanese charges of bad Faith by germans in entering the no aggression treaty with Russia a year earlier the prosecution charges the pact was the culmination of Long scheming by the nazis and the japanese leaders to dominate the world in his affidavit Stahmer stated defendant Oshima was in com plete retirement during the negotiations for the tripartite pact and took no part in the Parley Stahmer described Matsuoka As the Leader of the japanese interested in making the Alliance with the nazis although the prosecution has charged Oshima had attempted to bring about a similar pact in 1938 Stahmer stated Little per Sonal interest while ambassador and merely conveyed messages from Tokyo to the German for eign office i by Andrew Headland staff writer occupation objectives being carried out in Japan do not veer from the course of what general Macarthur has described As moderate a High Scap spokesman said today the statement was made in connection with denying reports circulated in some press circles abroad to the effect communist fellow travellers and left Wing new Deal ers Are playing prominent parts in directing the occupation in the great arc of political philosophy reforms in Japan Are Well to the left Only of the totalitarian political Aims of the extreme right motivating the at this is the second in a series of three articles dealing1 with the growth of democracy in Japan and a clarification of occupation objectives As undertaken by the Allied Powers since the sur Render they Are based on an interview with a High general Headquarters official blazing Gas streams hit pillboxes at 200 Yards Long Range mortars shown Edgewood Arsenal june 14 tank shot a Stream burning gasoline 200 Yards into a Pillbox on the prov ing ground of the army chemical warfare Center Here at a Demon stration of some of americas new weapons of War army officers said this was four times the distance flame throwing tanks could throw streams of Burn in world War ii it was one of several innovations in chemical weapons displayed to More than 500 of the nations Industrial leaders at an annual meet ing of the chemical warfare association the army said it was not con tent with this improvement but was seeking to develop a tank mounted Flamethrower that would shoot pellets or capsules of inflammable materials much farther it challenged Industry to produce such a weapon it said a new fuel for flamethrowers is needed and a method of concealing the Soldier firing the device other new weapons displayed include 1 a Long Range Inch mortar with a 360degree traverse that wildfire Yards compared to Only Range for world War ii mortars this Model was fired up to Yards in tests 2 a rocket with a Range up to Yards carried on a 2 ton truck that fires a Stream of 24 rockets either in automatic fire or in one Volley a new Type 500pound incendiary bomb Cluster that Breaks in the air Over the target to spread incendiaries All Over the area 4 a new synthetic rubber coated cloth Gas suit with a Hood that makes the Soldier look like a Man of tomorrow or Lawrence i Hewes has joined the staff of economists of the agriculture division scans natural resources Section As a land Reform specialist it col h g Schenck chief of the Section said yesterday he was former regional director of the farm Security administration department of agriculture and prior to his connection with the department of agriculture As regional director of the american Council on race relations Mission in Leningrad Washington june 14 ins state department disclosed thursday that the United states concluded arrangements to open an american consulate at Lenin Grad tack against civilization which was beaten Back in the War just the official said these reforms do not reflect the extremist views of any crack brained minority but Are the considered action of the staff As a whole in carrying out general Macarthur in making his observations the official emphasized his occupation can be completed successfully Only if Public opinion Here and abroad is unprejudiced and balanced regarding occupation Aims and problems Only by drastically revising the old japanese political and social structures it was said could the ground be prepared and the Opportunity Given for responsible self government in Japan 1 social economic and political reforms now being conducted were described As designed to achieve a Frontier of democracy in Japan thereby erecting a Barrier to the spread of either communism or fascism As a result of these endeavours it was pointed out the japanese people today have a new Constitution new diet new governors mayors and local assemblies to carry on the work of self govern ment these Are combining to put into practice the new democratic principles that someday might re sult in Japan assuming a dignified helpful place in a world Community of peaceful democratic nations it was said japanese labor organizations it was observed have been warned of dangers that might overtake the social and economic fabric of Japan if they organize themselves Anio political groups and strike or use the threat of strike for obtain ing political ends successful political economic reforms Are encouraging respect for fundamental human rights among the the spokesman stated it naturally follows that people Are develop ing a corresponding interest in affairs affecting their daily lives and ultimate in the last analysis this in Terest was said to be the most effective bulwark against despotism whether individual or collective telegrams totalling have been sent to fathers Back in the states in Honor of fathers Day sunday june 15 and 68 Tele Grams were sent from the states to fathers in Japan it was Learned today from the Tokyo Central communications Section the american red Cross Bankers club is featuring a for fathers Day Only party Sun Day night at p m Well the charming creature might be depending on what the boys May be thinking As they scrutinize this tempting she is the increasingly popular Arlene Dahl currently staring in Warner Bros life with father and my wild Irish