European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes March 1948 where the United nations will meet again reds silenced gagged press to Engineer  l i f the palais de Chaillot in will be the sife of the next session of the unfed Secretary general Trygve lie chose the Paris building after a Survey that included Sites in the Hague and the palais de which is just across the Seine River from the Eiffel built in 1937 for the world Exposi Tion in seized czech coup also completely but Svobodny Amer in after being confiscated was allowed to print with a new editorial the leading Independent Svobodny Organ of the czech cultural appeared with the name of its Edi Tor removed from the the Ferdinand was a crusading printers refused to set Type for the earlier provincial edition until Peroutka was later the association announced a change in policy of the the next edition featured a manifesto by 160 communist writers and the printers Union voted to charge us members with making sure no paper printed any criticism of the trades Union move nationalization of industries the Gottwold plan for reorgam2 ing the socialism or czech foreign most editors thought All papers would eventually be permitted to publish after parties Are reorganized so that their party organs Are no longer in opposition to the reporters ask limiting of Aid to free press lands new York Amer ican War correspondents association demanded Amer ican Aid be Given those foreign countries promising press Freedom for american correspond 7 Burnet chairman of the committee of the said the correspondents adopted a Resolution that cited interference with the press in Yugo Spain and the first two now receive american the association is composed of men and women accredited to the armed forces in world War Prague ele ments in the press and radio were the first objectives in the communist seizure of control in Czechoslovakia last communist control of the press is now censorship is exercised on every paper through Trade Union the Democrat majority group in was the first the democrats controlled the slovak ministry of information and its in the Seiz ure communist directors were installed in Bratislava radio and the slovak news delivery of United press news to the party Organ Cas and other Bratislava slopped when All Tel Printer and Tele phone communications tothe slovak capital were except for official Agency years March 1943 Douglas Macarthur announces the ending of the Battle of Bismarck with the entire japanese Force practically de a Farch 1944 president Roosevelt discloses that the italian Fleet will be distributed equally among the Britain and March 1945 Finland declares War on Ger and announces at the same time the country has been at War with Germany since March 1946 sixteen members of Congress Call for balanced budget during the year of beginning july March 1947 president Truman asks Congress to let the draft Law die on March Prague newspapers were Able to get dispatches their slovak correspondents Only when they crossed the provincial to Moravia to Tel Printer service was resumed but Only to marxist the Prague social Democrat Provo reported that Prague radio dismissed its no communist including two announcers who broke through the seige into the station on May 1945 to Call the people of Prague arms against the opposition silenced next victim was the press of the two largest opposition the National socialists and peo Ples transport workers re fused to Load the provincial editions of their Prague papers on and postal employees re fused to handle mail Trade Union announcements said the local units would not handle reactionary workers in four paper Mills voted to suspend shipments of newsprint to the two party police occupied the offices of two Peoples party by vol and a warrant was Issue for the arrest of the editor of by vol and Pavel Tig who was in Munich on a Cor respondents tour of the zone of was edited by Ivo chairman of the parliamentary foreign affairs com premises of the party Lido a were not offices closed the National socialist publish ing was closed Down several Hundred uniformed police entered the build ing and sent both mechanical and editorial workers some of the National socialist provincial papers fared a bit better Slovon Baroda in Brno dream enlarger being developed by army which is developing 7i dream announced a enlarger to accompany the can be operated in full it determines the exposure for a print automatically and the paper is built into the easel i which it is the new built to accommodate the 70 millimetre film for the new is encased in a Light tight the oper Ator can see what he is printing through a filter in the exposure required i deter by a photoelectric the cell measure the Light com ing the and gives the proper exposure the army announced the dream camera last it is impervious to tem and takes pictures automatically As fast As the photographer can trip the both the camera and the larger eventually will be made available to the photographic in said Edward chief of the pho1osrnphiebranch of the signal television networks to cover Miles new York Miles of new television net work stretching from to will be in operation in time for the football season next the american Telephone and Tele Bartlett Vic Epresi Dent of at and t in charge of the Long lines said the existing Eastern network from Boston to Washington also will be increased and extended in time for the political conventions in Philadelphia which Start in Foj r f Foj address All letters to b bag 7744th stars and stripes Apo s in clude name and address names Are deleted on due to space letters May be Cut for provided such editing does not alter the meaning of the German property requisitioned Only for military necessity occasionally i observe a problem or practice Ivsich baffles me and seems to be at Cross purposes with the fundamental Aims of our occupation policy in regard to the rehabilitation of the German Popula Tion and at this time i have reference to the practice of taking land from the germans when they need it much More than we ourselves and i would like to inquire by what authority members of the occupational forces can acquire such land for the ostensible purpose of growing vegetables for private is there a theater policy governing these or does local policy occupational forces to requisition Choice parcels of Garden Only to let them grow up to weeds when the task of caring for them becomes too the Sun Foo or there is too much water to be carried Many of you have seen German mothers Bend All Day Over their Garden spots in order to keep their children in Many cases Thesa Are their major source of Are we going to be the cause of adding that huge mass of people who must make Long treks into the country Side with Knapsacks strapped to their to steal or barter for potatoes and vegetables going to allow the German property owner to Spade his Garden and even watch him Plant the and then forbid him to go Back onto the property again this year if the House the army has Given me to live in is located on a Choice piece of property with plenty of fruit and vege Are the All mine i have been overseas 1945 and have found that the army has provided for me very the commissary provides my family with every kind of canned vegetable and often with certain types of fresh if land is would it not be possible for each military Post to Aid in planning Community gardens for the Benefit of needy German children or institutions make provisions for caning projects this fall if this were members of the Cupat ional forces would be helping considerably to feed the hungry children of and thereby relieve the Strain on the s Treasury and the thousands care package editors note a copy of the above with signature de was referred to the director of Supply and procure for following is his reply instances of requisitioning property from the germans Are rare in that every request for such requisitioning must be justified on a basis of military the policy against requisitioning except for military necessity is strictly the writers letter is too general in terms to permit an adequate if the writer has knowledge of improper requisitioning and usage of detailed information should be furnished Neucom is p div to permit an investigation and corrective wants to buy new jeep engine i would like to buy a new jeep but i understand eks has discontinued Selling i can buy a reconditioned one for that right neighbourly of yet a few months ago in of the engines a new one at that could be purchased for i thought the army supervised that Why Are they allowed to get away with it i would like to believe that a reconditioned one is better than a new editors note the chief of special to soy on the subject in the past Neucom Exchange system has sold jeep motors at a Low since they were procured from ofic As ski plus and several months ago rebuilt jeep engine could be purchased from ordnance by yes at a Price which allowed yes to sell the engine for when the ordnance Price for jeep engines yes contacted Fri engine rebuilding through the French and to have jeep engines rebuilt at o figure which Thotis the Exchange to sell them at the present for a new jeep engine sold by ordnance to yes is if the writer desires Purchase a new jeep engine at the Price which yes now must because of advanced ordnance May requisition it his local yes approved a rebuilt engine at May be pro cured in the same Price differences Between army list prices for supplies or materials and yes costs exist because yes is a non appropriated fund the Selling Price of yes merchandise s governed by its actual Cost plus transportation salaries of employees and other overhead plus the profit allowed by army i the stars and stripes s8 editor chief executive editor managing editor sports editor March 1948 William Summers John Kelly Ken Zumwal Jack Ellis executive distribution service 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