European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 06, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Surely March 6, 1946 the stars and stripes Page s arc to close 2 cemeteries ceremonies set for Ste. Mere eglise by Gene Levin staff correspondent Paris March 5 is american paratroops who hoisted the stars and stripes at Ste. Mere eglise 90 minutes before the actual a Day invasion started Are going Home. So Are the yanks who helped Stop Rundstedt in the bulge the american Graves registry j Tion command Here announced to Day that its two world War ii Ceme teries at the tiny French town will be closed sunday. It was also stated that the burial ground at Hamm Luxembourg will be closed temporarily on sunday March 14. Gen. George s. Patten jr., War time 3rd army commander is buried at Hamm and it is expected that his body will not be moved for mrs. Patton has publicly expressed a desire to this effect. At Ste. Mere eglise cemetery to. 2 lies Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt jr., assistant cd of the 4th inf. Div. It is believed his body will be moved to St. Laurent Ceme Tery overlooking Omaha Beach. 2,188 burled at cemetery 1 Many members of the 82nd and 101st a divs., who planted the Amer ican Flag on French soil m a pre invasion jump Are buried among the 2,188 american dead at Ste. Mere eglise no. 1. Its companion burial plot contains 4,817 Graves including fighters from the 4th, 9th, Aad 79th inf. Dive. And the 4th Cav. Recon. So. Buried at Hamm Are largely 3rd i army fighters and yanks who ,. Caught the fury of Rundstedt s de " Cember 1944 offensive. J american French and Luxem c. Bourg officials will participate in it the Benedicti Ork ceremonies to be i held prior to the closing of the n three cemeteries. Disinter meat will a tart following the ceremonies. A bodies of soldiers whose next of i Kin have requested return will been Back to the u. S. Bodies of to importation men win awards Vizonia to build new freight cars those who Are to stay will be moved from the Ste. Mere eglise Ceme teries to St. Laurent arc said. 9 convicted in linz5 on Cement deals a Linz March 5 special nine of x 10 men accused of dealing in Cement obtained through falsified govern Vinent requisition forms have been convicted and sentenced officials j. Tewald. Inv Othmar Rothbard who stole the i government forms was sentenced to 18 months in prison and Franz Zeller who signed an american officer s name to them received one tear. Three men who were con fitted of Selling the requisitions a received four six and eight months Ach. Of five men who allegedly Frankfurt March 5 j Assembly line production of new freight cars starting this summer will add 21,022 new cars to the Ger Man railroads total for the Biz onal area by the end of 1949, the bipartite Commerce and Industry group announced yesterday. First cars Are expected to be produced in july in five factories in the combined zones. The 1948 production figure has been set at 3,000 cars with the rest to be produced in 1949. A total of 40,000 tons of steel has been allocated for this year s production while it is estimated that the entire program will use 321,000 tons of steel. Bought the forms one was acquitted free were fined 1,000 schillings or co Days in jail each and one was and 500 schillings or 50 Day s in jail. While the forms called for Cement 100-bag lots the men were Dis overed la Ore they had been Ablee a More than a few bags. 30-Day stay in Vizonia okd for businessmen Frankfurt March 5 is foreign businessmen visiting the Biz onal area will be permitted to remain in Germany for 30 Days during any six month period be ginning March 15, instead of the previous 15 Days the joint Export import Agency announced yester Day. Under revised interim procedures for admitting foreign visitors a total of 2,593 businessmen will be granted entry p e r m i t s during March officials said. It. Col. Willard c. Link Bat Talion commander 8th transportation truck bb., presents the Driver s qualification badge to pfc Abrahart Britlon upper photo. 1/lt. Wjlliam d. Boyer lower receives the Bronze Sta from link. Is photo to ten ,1 officer Mannheim March 5 is in Retreat Parade ceremonies yester Day on the Parade grounds of the 8th transportation truck bn., . Willard c. Link battalion commander presented awards to one officer and 10 enlisted men. Following the presentation link maj. Raymond g. Hanes executive officer capt. James h. York adjutant and those receiving the awards reviewed on Parade All units of the battalion and the 7701st Neucom band tag. Unit of Mann Helm 1/lt. William d. Boyer of Balti More motor officer of the 579th transportation truck co., was decorated with the Bronze Star medal for action in ground combat in the Eto in 1945 while a member of the 310th inf. Regt. Five enlisted men of the 579th were presented with the Driver s qualification badge. They Are t/5oron Crawford t/5 Ernest e. For Rester t/5 gather Turner t/5 Ros Coe m. Ford and t/5 Donald . Drivers qualification badges we represented to t/5 Henry j. Hite t/5 Edwin c. Kee. T/5 Isaiah Carter pfc Abraham Britton and pvt. Ralph m. Carter. Authorized Drivers bad Ges but not present for the Cere monies were Cpl. Ben l. Terry t/5 Charlie White and pfc Sam e. Banks All of the 68th transportation truck co. 3,000 visit new store bad nauheim March 5 Spe Cial almost 3.000 customers visited the new Wetzlar Post Exchange clothing store in the Giessen Artil Lery Kas Crne Branch 1, during its first week of operation. Army asked of Bury go s body in Japan Yokohama March 5 up a japanese girl has requested that the body of her Nisei brother who fought with the u. A 442nd inf. In Italy be brought to Japan for final burial. She is Mary Takeo. Her brother sgt. Thomas t. Takeo received the Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster for Gaun itry in action before he was killed. Army authorities said it was the second such request to be filed. Dec civilians to get advice on problems Frankfurt March 5 is a flan for Neucom and yes co. Operation with employee councils and employee representatives of u. �. And Allied army department civilian personnel will be discussed her � starting March 10, where employee relations chiefs of Neucom major commands and yes  will be a 10-Day conference Neucom announced. The conference which will be conducted by Neucom employee re lations technicians also will present a plan for a zone wide employee relations program to serve As a Guin be in dealing with general and specific. Employee problems which arise in the major commands Neucom said. Conference leaders Are also scheduled to discuss problems of orientation counselling techniques morale and grievances the announcement said. Army eases restrictions on foreign duty Frankfurt March 5 is the removal of some restrictions i governing extensions of foreign service Tours for Neucom male . Army enlisted personnel Wai announced today by Neucom i. Hereafter Extension of Formiga service Tours which normally will be for one year will be in Inlet to pm regardless of. Marital status and regardless of whether the pm i concerned Are on first or subs i quent foreign duty Tours. J major commands will Grant Finali approval for the extensions pro video applicants pass a physical examination and if it is deemed the extensions will not effect cd tersely the morale and welfare of the soldiers  i the Only pm who will not be granted extensions under the new ruling Are enlisted men of grades four to seven inclusive who have. I families with them in the dec and j. Who Are occupying govern Raen family Type billets. A shortage of such billets is re i Spon sible for this restriction of vials said. German girl jailed for attack. Story Frankfurt March 5 3&s a German Mirse who told a wild Story of being kidnapped and knocked unconscious by two u. S. Soldiers has been found guilty in military government court of Mak ing false accusations against u. S. Military personnel it Vas announced yesterday. Hie defendant Charlotte Thiel was sentenced to six months in jail and find 5,000 Marks. She had complained to Frankfurt military police last month that two soldiers accosted her on the Street at night knocked her unconscious and held her in a basement room Over night. Subsequent investigation disclosed  she had spent them it with her German boy Friend and in vented the Story to cover up he absence at the 10 . Be Check. Camp quarantine lifted Ritz Lar March 5 special thu quarantine of the jewish Dis placed persons Camp at Fri Lar was lifted feb. 29, maj Richard wills assistant Wetzlar military Post s5 officer stated yesterday. To new cases of infantile Paral Ysis have broken out for longer than two weeks wills said. Children to get shoes Bremerhaven March 5 is Fly German children each month la receive new shoes made to or or under the port s Gya program. Ii shoes will be made by German homemakers frown salvaged army ambat boots supplied by the Gya.t/4 Adele Farden of the Gya action will visit local schools to Jet children most in need of the Sta ear and obtain their measure Berlin vote disapproves red police chief by Mildred Murphy staff correspondent Berlin March 5 is the Berlin magistrate has voted no Confidence in its communist police president Paul Markgraf and has asked the Allied Komma Datura to decide whether he should remaining office. A the magistrate Berlin s executive body agreed Markgraf does not fill the duties which his office re quires in his connections with the magistrate or with the  the City Assembly also has asked Mark Graf to resign. The magistral s de was made following a series of attacks against the police pres ident but particularly after Mark Graf s refusal to attend a press con Ference on the disappearance of berliners. The British licensed Telegram said that during the last two years thousands of berliners have Dis appeared and the police Force has not fulfilled its task of protecting the life and Freedom of the  Markgraf answered by of no that he could not control or super Vise actions made by the occupation power3_.More than any other Ger a member of the sed socialist Unity party he also denied press attacks which said recruiting for the Berlin police was on sided and based on party affiliations. Official records show Tho sed is in absolute control of the police presidium supreme police Bod the uniformed police and the Crim Inal police. Markgraf was appointed police president by the russians in 1945. He was an officer in thu Wehr Mac it and after his capture a member of the soviet sponsored Germany committee. Prince says Hitler served him Tea put him in Dachau Nurnberg March 5 a Prince Philipp engaged in Friendly conversation and then threw him in Dachau without explanation. The Prince 51-year-old son in Law of the late King Victor Emmanuel of Italy said he never did find out Why he was imprisoned. It happened a Short time after his wife went to Bulgaria at the Tim King Boris died mysteriously,1 Philipp testified for the prosecution in the Case against hitter s ministers. He said he was in Dachau from 1943 until liberation except for a Short period in floss Enburg. From his cell window he said he saw bodies of victims being carted Way. Philipp was a na2i and served a president of Hesse Nassau. He told the court he tried to save jews de ported from Hia area and in some instances interceded successfully. Rio to Rhine main a brazilian air hostess frets her first look at Rhine Mai Inmair port. She arrived on a Constellation of the pan air de Brasil which landed Here this week from Rio de Janeiro. The flight was the first of scheduled weekly flights Between  Andrios a photo