European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1948 americans celebrated army Day at posts in dec i the stars and stripes Page 3 the naval detachment stationed at the Bremerhaven port of embarkation joined with All ble troops in a Parade from Lehe Barracks Down Hafen Strasse to be where they lined up la mass formation in army Day directly in the rear of the colors is the naval detachment which acted As special color guard Honor of the corps the 1st is shown in its army Day show of Force As it parades past a German War memorial in troops of the Regensburg military Post marched through the cites Jet reels in an army Day dress Many germans turned out to see the marchers As they passed in finn ratification seen for pact with Russia april 7 circles Here today anticipated Swift ratification of the Russ finnish Friendship and Mutual assistance pact at the end of next president Juho Paas Kivi is expected to put All his personal authority behind passage of the pact which will strengthen ties Between the Small Republic and her giant a simple majority in the finnish Riksdag parliament is needed for St since announcement of the Tex of the there have been no reported Hel Sinkis streets have been quiet Anc practically in contrast to soviet treaties with Romania and the finnish treaty states that Russia will lend its support to Finland Only after Mutual agreement Between the two before military cooperation becomes the two countries must Confer to establish the presence of a threat of armed attack against either Finland or the through by Germany or any of her believed the soviet Union could exert pressure Finland to begin military co operation whenever it feels a threat to Russia exists from Germany or a German in Arnty Day ceremonies at the Darmstadt military col Mal Elm Post presents awards to three of the left to right they Are Kenneth Van Hagen partly who received the american defense medal Elmer 18th my of awarded the world War n Victory and Homer 7818th who received the army of occupation witnessing the presentations far left a James Darmstadt s2 2nd co Stab in Augsburg review april 7 the 2nd which is exactly 101 years older than army Day yesterday marked army Day with a half hour ceremony on the Parade grounds of the Sheridan Kaseane Twenty two among them a second Oak Leaf Cluster to the Bronze were made to personnel of the the other decorations were six Bronze stars arid 15 Good conduct the presentations were made by the regimental com William after the the regiment passed in three thousand troopers the regiments special and 68th and the 2nd regt band participated in the d of the 68th was the color finns to have voice in crisis april 7 eight article 10year Russia finnish treaty signed in Moscow yesterday provides for Mutual military assistance in the event either sign ing nation becomes the object of military aggression on the part of Germany or any other state Allied with according to the broadcast of the text of the pact by radio Moscow the treaty contains a stating in the event Finland is the soviet Union will Render Finland Flie Nec Essary assistance on the rendering of which the parties will reach Mutual Mutual agreement clause is interpreted to mean that russian troops can be sent even in the event of an attack by some other after consultation and agreement wit a the finnish the pact furthermore prohibits either contracting party from concluding any kind of Alliance or to participate in coalitions aimed the it provides also for consultations in the event of the existence of a threat of military Battle on Cairo Hospital roof april 7 with machine guns and tear policemen stormed the positions of striking male nurses on the roof of Egypt biggest hos Pital today and arrested 200 Twentyfive of them were a Hail of Stone from frenzied who locked the big Iron Gates of the Kasrel Eini Hospital at the police at Bay for nearly two ten police machine guns fired at least rounds of protecting the Advance of police men into the Hospital smoke poured from the Here several Hundred patients were under treatment As which police said strikers flared in the Hospital two Hundred male who had been continually agitating for higher pay in recent Sud Denly seized control of the hos Pital this government officials called the but the first detachment was stopped by Leavy the commander of the Cairo police called All available reserves nto and reached the two truck loads egyptian soldiers also but were not used against the Jap Post office robbed april 7 Iyodo news Agency reported bandits robbed the Hiroshima Post office of yen in the most daring Holdup in this atom bombed itys 9 die in zone blast april 7 least German were killed in a former German army Muni Tion dump explosion near Regens Burg one worker is still missing and feared and two were seriously soviet Ukraine asks to reconsider Italy entry Lake april 7 the soviet Ukraine asked the Security Council today to reconsider Italy application for United nations the Western Powers made a similar demand last weekend for the entry of Italy which has twice been vetoed by in an obvious counter move to the Appeal by the the Ukraine also for immediate examination of applications from outer Hungary and the move apparently did not As sure that Italy would not be vetoed again by the soviet Russia has contended Attiat former enemy countries must be taken in because Bulgaria and Romania have failed to get the necessary Council votes in the Andrei soviet has vetoed Albania and outer Mongolia also failed twice to get enough Russia vetoed Finland last autumn for the same reason that the blocked