European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Age 2 the stars and stripes april new Gold Rush to Northern Alaska recalls 1898 Klondike Stampede same perils face today sourdough bag Chi loot Alaska Spe of prospectors shivering in shacks and they fought Neu scurvy and they had no medical Ai some went insane and plunged to death while they yelled their lungs out in the that was the picture Here 50 years ago this month in the heart of the the great Klon Dike Gold Rush was reaching its and wild eyed and a few Hardy were waiting Lor the ice on the Yukon River to break to Start most fantastic boat in the final that race yielded More than in some individuals came Back from the Klondike with a most of Triem found Only Madden ing and now it is happening ail Over according to reports from the Boyaj Canadian mounted americans Are heading North along the Alaska Highway this Gold Hunters in the new Rush Are getting set at fair Aklavik and waiting again for the ice to Vili Safion scarce last time the dash was for the Gold Field at Dawson a the Yukon this time the Field 5s about so Miles along the Firth which flows into Arctic that location 5s hundreds of Miles North from where the Gold Hunters swarmed in but there is not much civilization in those parts the same perils Are St Iii there the icy the swirling the deceptive Snowbank that can pull a under like the Hynde Rousara and above the need for Northwest mounted police in Spector no coat a hands the Yukon area in which tie new Gold yield lies warns parties going in without Good equipment and lots of supplies will be a great Cronk Mie has Speni his life As a mountie in the Yukon aged be says it is the toughest part of North Amer Ica As far As climate sourdough Back crony Kite the Days of the old sourdough Are Back just As in the pros Lake Chi Kool Terri a Token horse Karway Juneau Gulf of Alaska april 1943 in Tunisia s troops fight through Fiad april 1944 an estimated planes attack aircraft plants at Osche Sleben and april 1945 9ui array takes Hannover on the Road to 125 Miles army troops Are it 120 Miles from Tfaye German april 1946 the Secretary of Way approves a army of occupation medal identical in All april 1m7 the trial of 31 Buchenwald ton Ion Ratitch Camp defendants be the inset map shows Cal Kool and Whtie Gateway to the Klondike in fhe Gold Rush of 50 years prospectors entered tie Goldfields by Way of Bennett Lake and the Yukon the at the top of the larger along the Firth which Hows into the Beaufort an Arm of the Arctic Gold Hunters Are preparing to dash for the area by sled and americans Are using the Alaska now open to unrestricted map sectors Are gathering in Little settlements All Over the Alaska and the Northwest Ter the Alaska now open to travel without any re is a real traffic problem already to the Royal Canadian mounted the mounties have to Rescue thousands in old Jalo pies and All practically drunk with the vision of who arc heading North with no idea of what they Are getting to the old sourdough and re tired who Are still around it Al brings Back the Story of that mad dash for Gold in that race started in april 1898 but it had been building up for eight the first eager adventurers came up the previous August on an Rusty Steamer and were dumped off on the Beach Chilcoot pass and White pass were the Only two entrances to the Gold and Only a sprinkling of those first 500 got through those passes before the Winter closed in with temperatures As Low As 70 below the prelude to the grand finale of the Gold race came in the last half of april and the Early professor analyses relics Ohio pro Fessor at Ohio slate University is using defective methods to help out How people in lost civilizations Earle Caley does it Vilh c he a is learning the chemical composition of remains found in prehistoric Market places and the chemistry professor helps the archaeologist to identify reconstruct Trade detect i historical for instance essential to the atomic was not new to the Caley says re search has uncovered evidence the romans used a uranium Mineral soon after the beginning of the Christian to was in a Glass mosaic mural on the Eastern Side of the Gaxiola Hill near Caley said chemical tests showed the Green Glass contained about per cent chemical research established the romans sought out the uranium As something he russians report finding ancient Golden diadem Moscow reports the finding of a Golden diadem dating from two centuries before Christ near in the Izvestia stated the which has been turned Over to the Melitopol is set with 47 precious twas found in a Sand address All letters to b bag stars and stripes Apo s Ann dude name and address Banes Are delete due to space letters 2 Cut for provided such edit fat not alter the meaning of the vehicle Accident victim wants to replace stolen c some weeks ago 1 was involved in an automobile Acci still unconscious on the Roadside was robbed of my roller camera among other As i am leaving the zone in a Short and use a camera my loss is a very serious one i am appealing to any of your readers who May a Rolle flex which they Are willing to sell i Woodd prefer an Auto Model with Tessar Lens though a More recent Model would if is any such person would they please get in touch with me bag says other nations failed to attend russian in regard to several stories carried in the stars and strip Eti Kerning the walkout of the soviet delegation on 20 from at Allied control there has been a mistake made in the report Tom that should be the russian element had a Buffet set up for the Council with and the outlay of food that the Buffet consists in fact it appeared to me that the russian putting on the Buffet were the most confused persons in the by the failure of the members of the four nations to to i am sending this information just to keep the records straight and to Correct any erroneous opinions that might have been formed carried in the stars and Woodrow in Chis tons Tosme he cratic probate Days of around Lake Ben 40 Miles from Lay the headwaters of the Yukon and Here it was that scores of prospectors awaited the break up of the fighting off Dis cold arid but most of them didst know they were ticked before they All the possible claims in Klondike Valley already had been staked before these Goldman prospectors got the advancing pilgrims faced Only two choices even if they did get to the Gold they could either pick up claims through defaults or go to work for Only the really daring like Klondike Joe who used his dog team to get there had a that was the race of according to the new hands that Are in for this years race Are just As he says he ran into a party Arkansas this they were bound for Fairbanks and it was 50 were women in the party the inspector were bar legged but they didst seem to mind it is american son born in Germany eligible for presidency i write in Hope that you can find the answer to a problem 4lig has been bothering quite some the answer possibly relieve the anxieties of a number of other new the european is my son eligible to become president of the United stat both his parents Are native american but he was born one of the general hospitals Here in editors tote the Neucom judge advocate that the provisions of article ii of the Constitution of the no except a natural born citizen shall be eligible to the since subject infant by statute became a citizen of the a dts the moment of his it is believed that he possesses the i presidential qualifications with respect to no cases appear to have been As yet decided and final determination of the matter rests with the com allies repeat from band were Bis p new 3 Spons Beel me Arous wait ii ably band again it m Bronze Star medal for combat infantrymen and Medici i have been told by being the Holder of the combat infantry Man i am eligible to make application for the award Bronze Star can you please Tell me if this is True if quote the editors note and the same holds True for hoi the medical the authority is an amendment to a published in War department circular 162 and reads As four song those individuals As members the army of the a were tired by name on or after december and p to september in orders or in a formal for n tortious or exemplary conduct in ground combat against the May make application to the adjutant for award of the Bronze Star medal on the basis of a citation in orders combat infantryman bad medical badge awarded during the period of actual combat at the armed enemy is considered As a citation for meritorious conf in ground these citations in orders during the december to september were not automatic but based upon recommendations of unit commanders thoroughly fam with the achievement of the individuals cited and after a car evaluation of their May not serve in dec after marriage to German i began my foreign service tour in the european 10 months ago and have two years yet to serve before i Widl eligible for now Here is my future Bride will have to leave Germany so As to arrive in the december 1 know there is a provision under which be married earlier and proceed to the before december i prefer Germany i that there is directive Iii he prohibits americans who Are married to from serving in the european if my wife necessary papers and becomes a naturalized american citizen her arrival in can we return to Germany editors note present army regulations prescribe that Icari personnel who marry or Laho have married c since May May not be reassigned to the european cd either in military or civilian capacity regardless of the fact spouse May have subsequently acquired other Cit Asho to to Troal the at Sou stall lean to b a eke oot 27 Turffs the stars and stripes 127 s april editor chief William summer off managing editor Ken a Flowal sports editor Jack executive manager Maurice Kirk chief of distribution Bernard news bureaus Frankfurt Stuttgart Berlin m6s80 Vienna bit Bremen Wiesbaden 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