European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1948 the stars and stripes Page 5 Pew deposits made by Dps in Bank plan april 14 lev United nations displaced per in the zone have taken of the currency amnesty Tulch allows them to Deposit their foreign Exchange assets in German with no questions a com civil affairs division officials although no figures Are available is yet on the number of Dps who have gone directly to German Banks and made finance teams who have visited Camps to enable Dps to make on thespot deposits report Little interest in the april 15 deadline officials said no deposits at All were made in some the amnesty period expires april after that any for eign Exchange found in the pos Jession of Dps will be confiscated ind the possessors will be subject to Dps were warned on their departure from they will be allowed to take no foreign As sets with other than those deposited under the current pro no Money deposited under this program will be made available to the German and depositors will receive the actual Bills and coins they deposited when deposits Pope pledges Germany Aid april 14 president of the bavarian news paper publishers re turning from told yesterday of a Promise by the Pope of assist to Germany and of his own conviction that the communists would be Defeated the Forth coming Johann Wilhelm Augsburg reported Pope in a personal said he would do his Best to help needy germans in the Large cities of the Western Naumann quoted the Pope As say big Germany and her press would be important in the future develop ment of minors need escorts april 14 former Neucom personnel who have returned to the and who request that their minor children still in Europe be sent to the by government transportation must now make arrangements to pro vide a suitable eligible to travel to the before travel orders for the children will be is sued by Neucom the announcement yesterday Sta Ted that escorts provided by Spon sors will be held responsible for the care and supervision of the accompanied children from Neucom to the new York port of embark All children under 16 years of age must be accompanied by an the Neucom ruling was precipitated by the Large number of for Mer Neucom military and civilian personnel who have returned to the leaving generally children of alien in Neucom officials stated that the army cannot take the responsibility of caring for such Chil Dren while in route to the 16 requests on file to prevent such situations from Neucom officials have in a new circular on the shipment of alien dependents to the that sponsor must list the names of All dependents for whom they desire transportation at a later and All dependents for whom transportation is requested must return to the with the Neucom a officials stated that of the 25 recorded requests from sponsors now in the for the transportation of unaccompanied minor 16 of the requests Are still on and the children cannot be placed aboard new York bound vessels until suitable escorts have been while most of the minor children concerned Are the stepchildren of the american a few of them Are children born to the father and the alien according to state department children born of one or two american a and registered at birth with the american consulate in the country in which they were born Are automatically american Citi those who Are not registered with an american consulate at birth maj choose their own nationality upon coming of residents have requested transportation for their children Liv ing in Many european the list includes czech to mania and plans return Burress leaves for states of 202 paintings to museums in dec april 14 the 202 famous paintings which were brought to the from Ger Many in 1945 will be returned to Germany after their present exhibition in the National gallery in Washington is it was decided at a conference Between my officials and 16 leading Ger Man Art government and museum officials from the four states of the zone Here yester Richard Foster military government said the which Are valued at will first be brought to collecting Point in Wiesbaden i from which they then will be distributed to Art museums in Karlsruhe and Toxvard explained that the paint Ings have received enthusiastic acclaim in the twelve thousand persons daily have crowded the National galleries to see exhibition of Art looted by nazis urged april 14 Arthur Klein urged under Secretary of the army William Draper that the col Lection of Art looted by the nazis during the War be exhibited in the new York metropolitan gallery be fore it is returned to its european French Honor americans James assistant chief of staff Safe is presented with the French legion of Honor by Andre chief of staff of the French air Raymond la Deputy chief of Safe Between Powell and Hartman also received the same the decorations were Given for the work the officers did in the training of French pilots in the during the to the left Are French Joques Martin and Curtis Safe West opposes Borde change for Austria april 14 Britain and France reaffirmed their stand that Austria shall retain her pre anschluss frontiers As the foreign ministers deputies resumed their discussions on an austrian Deputy Samuel Reber yesterday told russian Deputy Nikolai Kok Tomov that he could not envisage any change in the frontiers of Austria and that they Wiliie is former commanding general of the constabulary bade Farewell to new constabulary com Mander Louis Craig As he left a Burress sailed on the transport general Harry Taylor for the and his new assignment at at Burress said he was going with mixed i hate to leave a Good on the other hand in getting a Good he police arrest 105 As gang involved in railway thefts april 14 Bav Arian Rural police investigation this week revealed that 105 persons were involved in the extensive robberies of train transports which had been going on at Schirnding station for almost one the among them 63 railway employees and nine Cus Tom robbed transports coming from Belgium and Luxembourg and destined for they committed about 550 punishable acts and stole Marks Worth of tires and other the station alleged to be the gang escaped from the Case will be tried be fore f military government court in Gya guide issued for zone leaders april 14 a 136page German youth activities was released Here yesterday by the Neucom Gya leaders throughout the the written after Consulta Tion with Gya military and civil Ian records the methods used them to organize Gya groups and encourage German youth one feature of the Book is a chapter devoted to a quiz Section in which Gya leaders will be Able to appraise the program of their generals doubted Hitler War witness says German army april 14 generals did not think Hitler really meant it when he ordered the War opening attack on Poland on former Franz von Haider the former chief of the German general staff testified in defense of 13 generals and an and on trial before a War crimes his testimony was offered in support of defense claims that the German High command never backed hitlers plans for aggressive von Haider recounted that Hitler first ordered the attack on Poland on then cancelled the when the second order was issued the late Field marshal Gerd von Rundstedt telephoned von asking quickly he could recall the this seems to be the same theatrical move As that on von Haider quoted Rundstedt As Aoa flies 486 germans to Berlin in month 14 american overseas airlines announced yesterday it carried 486 German passengers on Frankfurt Berlin flights during the service for germans was inaugurated March Aoa officials said a heavier flight schedule1 was planned Between Frankfurt and Berlin because of the heavy should remain As they were on Kok Tomov demanded that Yugo Slavia be Given an Opportunity to state her claim to austrian territory before the the Western deputies indicated they would consent to such hearing Only after Yugoslavia had set out new proposals or arguments in a written Yugoslavia has hitherto claimed parts of Carinthia and and soviet Russia had earlier sup ported the suggesting that a special committee be set up by the Council of foreign ministers to study the claims of Yugoslavia and to prepare appropriate recon in rejecting the Western deputies demanded unconditional acceptance of the yugoslav for a new learing and reserved russian attitude on1 the Frontier Issue until after the hearing of the the meeting remained Incon Neucom seeks lost vehicles april 14 in an Effort to locate 846 govern men owned vehicles listed As miss ing in the the Provost marshals office of Neucom has compiled a master list of the vehicles for dissemination throughout the com it was announced a similar list is being compiled of missing privately owned Lehi Provost marshal officials list is the result of approximately three months work on records and it was an officers have been re Quested to Check motor pools under their command for vehicles on the master As it is believed that Many of the missing vehicles were not stolen but misappropriated or incorrectly processed during change of which were have since been returned without notify ing the Provost officials the missing vehicles include 517 175 67 64 three Quarterson and several ambulances and other vehicle Frankfurt and Vicinity leads the list with 152 vehicles unaccounted awards presented Kitzinger officers april 14 two Kitzinger Basic training Cen Ter officers received awards today at a review of troops by Lewis commanding Gen John super visor of was presented the Bronze Star medal for exemplary conduct in ground combat against the enemy during the China defensive Carlyle r also of the training was presented the first Oak Leaf Cluster to the Bronze Star for exemplary conduct in ground combat against the ene enemy in the european theater in december