European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 1 the stars and stripes March 1948 pc revealed Rabbit yields pure Wool to evacuate City dwellers Washington evacuation plans for City dwellers in the event of major bombing attacks were revealed in Washington by Thomas Public roads com he said in an interview that Federal and state engineers Are surveying highways in the states of Washington and Oregon provide escape routes from the major West coast the West coast evacuation systems will be used As a pattern for other cities throughout the mass hysteria would undoubtedly sweep the major Industrial cities if an attack said but proper planning for civilian evacuation could greatly minimize the he pointed out that european refugees during the War had Only one or two avenues of escape from bombed with the result that thousands of people were crowded on to the and died Macdonald said the plans Are being worked out with the so that transport the country can be kept running even if the main transcontinental railways and highways Are out White and Fluffy is being plucked from the Back of an Angora Rabbit by Fern hairs More than 2vz inches Long bring an unlike sheep which Are shorn of their Wool in the Angora rabbits produce a crop of Wool every 10 sum Mer and Winter Ericson has 180 Angora dance bands do business in millions by Hal Boyle n new York bands Are big j Guy Lombardo in 20 years has waved in with his Baton be tween fifteen and Twenty million dollars1 for himself and his Royal Hes done it by sticking to a simple formula i play music people in love like to hum while there danc Lombardo likes to refer to his bands output As the sweetest music this Side of rival musicians of Tea Call him the King of but each year his band pulls in from to and variety Magazine estimated it topped All other orchestras in re cording sales for of an italian in is a shrewd business is a major shareholder in the Long Island substitute found for blood plasma Bryn new substitute for blood j made from the red blood cells left in the preparation of plasma has been developed mawr the term ii modified was discovered by Max director of the hospitals research and Siree other members of the foundation staff after lengthy search into possible uses for the billions of red blood cells remain ing after blood plasma is extracted from human said the modified Globin has been successfully used in numerous cases of anaemia and Shock and that the patients did suffer from secondary soviet labor is o women jtf6scqwr per cent of the workers in the soviet Union Are reported pravda said this Ted substantial Rise since 40 per cent of the Wor were v which ferries commuters to Man and in two music pub Lishing he believes he has retained popular favor chiefly by sticking to his pattern and by avoiding one error that has off Many jazz Many orchestra leaders have gone out of business merely be cause they became financially interested in too he that rums music publishers often offer a prominent band Leader a interest in a new song if hell plug if he takes these offers and Hasty Auto St stirs trouble Louis Sas Texas Railroad officials pondered the Case of the impatient the cause of their concern was the unidentified Driver who grew tired of waiting for a Long freight train to move off a not willing to wait it he uncoupled last two thirds of the gave the Engineer a and watched the first Section chug Clearing the members of the train Crew ran after the departing train and finally flagged Down the puzzled meanwhile the apparently scared by his made a turn and neither the City attorneys office nor Railroad officials have been Able to find a Law he rockets carry letters in California test i of Angeles e n each carrying be will be sent whizzing across Searles dry Lake to by the reaction research society March officials of thei group society officers said they envision the ultimate dispatch of mail across the country by this and Are carrying out the Searles Lake Experiment to Stim ulate interest in Virji Numis the Lake is several Miles begins plugging too May flops he this whole business simmers Down to your Lom Bardo you cant Force bad songs on it int that they resent they just dont them or remember and if the band Doest play tunes they remember and they just dont remember the tune itself is about 60 cent of the whole bands interpretation Only 40 per Haven seen one Iota of change in Public taste since i first played the the popularity of revivals proves Many bandleader play material of in Terest Only to other we dont feel that most american listeners Are musicians enough to care for intricate Lombardo has introduced some 275 popular tunes in his each year introduces 20 to 30 More of the offered him by professional i i also get about Ealr year from he of them make Tife mistake of trying to put their own disappointed love life into their years March 1943 president Roosevelt signs legis lation extending the life of the lend lease act to june Bhe Senate had approved it v March 1944 j american planes attack Tihe rail and waterway Center of in Western March 1945 third army troops Are now along the West Bank of the Moselle River for a 20mile Northeast of Trier and for 18 Miles Southeast of March 1946 Paul Henr Spaak forms a new belgian Cabinet predominantly socialist with himself As March 1847 i nearly of the military payment turned in during a nine hour scrapping period in bag address Al letters to b bag 77mth stars and stripes Apo s in clude came and address names Are deleted on due to space letters May be Cut Cor provided such editing does not alter the meaning of the Eugi complains about unlighted German trains s after three years in the the undersigned has just returned from his first journey by train within the it is obvious from this initial experience that the brass has not availed itself erf this Mode of while my experience admittedly is based on one my observations have been confirmed by More seasoned the trip referred to on the run from Munich to boarding a train at and after experiencing considerable difficulties in locating the Allied space was provided after the conductor turned out several sleeping three when the Grey Davyn partially penetrated the grime covered i discovered that i had been sitting on the filthiest upholstered seat i had Ever the floor and Walls were equally it goes without saying that these conditions were not obvious when i was assigned this since electric lights apparently Are unknown in this Mode of i mentioned the conductor ordered out the sleeping germans on my arrival the train makes innumerable stops along the Way at each hordes of germans descended on my Grimy periodically they were told that this was an Allied compartment and therefore could not More the4 conductor was Busy with vital duties and i shared the journey most of the accompanied by germans Complete with bags and All the other equipment necessary for the native population to i dont wish to imply that the German travellers were seeking the company that the Allied compartment might have to it was simply that they had no Way of knowing that this compartment with its broke Down appointments was reserved for the occupation i personally dont expect to be availing myself of the facilities provided by the but there Are hundreds of other who must this Type of transportation would it be possible to 1 indicate with appropriate signs in German and English that these compartments Are Only for Allied personnel 2 keep them clean Eugi editors note the above letter was referred to the chief of who made the following comment due to situations such As that reported by no Compart an German cars or trains have been reserved for and Allied personnel for Over a train 1033 leaving Munich of is a slow German passenger train on which there Are no reserved for or Allied there Are two trains operating daily Between Munich one a Complete military train and the other Ger Man civilian train on which an entire coach is reserved for s it is regretted that the individual concerned did not Check with the Reisaburo or the Ost transportation officer who could informed him of the train he should take to insure a More comfortable and most of our people have comparisons to make with with which they Are familiar in the it should be remembered by All that we Are in a foreign our Success in occupation will be based not Ore our ability to criticize conditions oter we have Little or no but on our ability to adapt ourselves to the different conditions with which in e Are it is the duty of All to acquaint themselves with which and it is the privilege of All to Avail themselves of the that Are offered and paid for our people at War spouses of reach before deadline regarding the deadline december 1948 of alien brides entering the several of Xis Are wondering How the expiration of that Law will affect gis who must remain in this theater until 1943 and who want to marry German will we be allowed to marry earlier than just one month prior to our departure from the theater and Send our wives to the states before december or will they have to under an immigration quota to enter the after that editors note the director of personnel and says that details of the plan for returning brides and t their spouses to the United states to the deadline if they so desire Are being worked out and will be announced it was further stated that no Parsons would be returned to the United states before summer and that inquiries should be withheld pending publication of a directive from personnel interested to marrying germans and returning to the with their brides to december will have adequate Opportunity to do my 96 editor chief executive editor managing editor sports editor March it William Summers John Kelly Ken Zumwalt Eilis executive manager distribution service Maurice Kirkwood Bernard Meguigan news fran Erfurt 2281322814 Berlin 846681 2228022202 Stuttgart 1310116516 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