European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday april 17, a Tut bellowing tides erase Salerno scars beachcomber is sole figure on Sands by Ann Stringer s Ai Jehnon up there Wasno sign of War left. The k ration tins and mine cases All had been salvaged by beachcombers. The Shell holes and tank tracks had been washed smooth by the flowing a single old Man groped slowly Over the Sands stooping now and then for some object brought in by the Waves. I. Had driven Down to the Edge of the sea on the Salerno Beach head to visit the site of the initial Allied Landing on the european continent sept. 9. 19431. But the spot where american doughboy fought their Way ashore to the soft Underbelly of the Axis now is empty and the Campaign posters in Italy Are lacking Here. Strife ignored the Battle for Europe As Well As Italy s current election War seem to have been forgotten Here. I went up to the old Man and he looked up startled to see any one on the deserted beaches specially an american. I asked him if he remembered that september morning of the threw Down the Burlap sack he was carrying and pointed his arms to the sky. Of course i remember it. How could i Ever forget he asked. I live right Over there in that Hoise and the americans landed on my morning the gods came Down to the sea and everything seemed afire. But look at it now. They Veall forgotten it just As they be forgotten the old Man said his name is Paolo Vernate and he is 60 years old. He was dressed in rags with pieces of Cut up jeep tires for shoes tied onto his feet with wire. We walked Down the Beach to Gether in the rain. The Low hang ing Clouds made the spot seem even More forgotten for they closed us in from the towering mountains nearby. After a Hundred Yards or so he pointed to a Small Shack set Back from the sea a Little and said that was his Home. Although Tumble Down the House also showed no signs of Wear except for a series of dates painted on the Walls and the letters malaria banished the americans came and sprayed powder Over my House and then the malaria went away. We be not had malaria since Paolo said. italians Hare taken up the american army practice of fumigating houses and buildings in in s sector and his House proudly bore a series of dates signifying Eracli spraying since the landings. Is was All that was left of a Here. Asked Paolo what he thought of the americans and he looked up happily they Tell me the Ameri cans Are coming Back. I Hope so. They were Good. When they were Here life was much better for 1 told him Many americans had come Back but not As troops and he seemed disappointed. Paolo is a Melon Farmer and Combs the beaches for whatever he can find to add to his meager earnings. Ills tiny plot of ground is not his own but belongs to a Rich Saler no landowner. From the produce of h s Haf acre plot he is sup posed under italian Law to get one i the profits he said. To they give Only one added. I asked Why he did t complain and he explained that land around. Two German designers faced with the Job of finding a bicycle tire came up with this new ersatz Job. The Coil Springs do not Promise to supplant the. Standard bicycle tire but they have one major advantage no Flats Are expected. In Dena Here is so dear that if he should protest the landlord simply would move him off and let someone else take Over. So he accepts the decision asked him How Many children he had and he replied at first three then after a pause he said so i asked him again and he said Well three or when i insisted he explained the youngest child was three and beneficiary 95, looks for work m Milwaukee a John , 95, dropped in re. Gently at the Federal building. He was looking for work he told Karl a. Albrecht manager of the social Security Field office. In the meantime he figured to collect a Little old age insurance or monthly retirement Benefit. Kressin is a leather worker and he told Albrecht the seasonal payoff in the Industry forced him out of work. Albrecht said to his knowledge Kressin is the oldest social Security beneficiary in the nation. One half years old and shrugged his shoulders As if to say that for one reason or another it did t said he makes 40,000 lire less than s70 a year. And a loaf of bread costs 300 lire he he picked up his sack again As if the interview were finished and walked on Down the Beach scuffling the Sand. Years april 17, 1943u. Planes make a concentrated attack on the Focke Wulf aircraft Plant in Bremen. April 17, 1944industrial targets in Sofia and Belgrade Are bombed. By u. after a night raid on Buda pest rail Yards. April 17, 1945nurnberg, second largest City in Bavaria is captured by troops of the 45th inf. Div. It. Gen. Carl Spaatz announces the end of the strategic air War. April 17, 194fithe Senate military affairs committee authorizes the u. To Send military missions to the nearest and other countries that re quest them. A Ril 17, 1947the stolen Hess Crown jewels Are returned to Frankfurt from the u. Highway dispute decides election Tulsa a Tulsa will have anew democratic mayor May 4 largely because of a reckless driving dispute at police head quarters several months ago. Retired Lumberman Roy Lundy 70. Lost the argument when one of his Drivers was arrested and police refused Lundy s personal Check for �100 Bond. A few Days later the Pioneer Lumberman filed for mayor. He beat Republican mayor Lee price17,755 to 15,972in one of the City s bitterest elections. All butt to republicans were swept from other offices. Main Issue of the Campaign was a �30,000,000 Cross town expressway which Lundy promised to kill 30 minutes after taking office. Snyder urges tourists to spend dollars abroad Elpaso ins Treasury Secretary John w. Snyder has re commended that american tourists be encouraged to spend More than $1,000,000,000 abroad each year to alleviate the world wide Dollar Snyder told a meeting of South Western Bankers that much of the stimulus necessary to push Amer ican tourist spending past pre War Levels would be provided by a Bill now before Congress to increase the duty exemption on goods brought into country by returning tourists. The Legisla Tion would boost the duty exemption from $100 to $500. Irises expansion of West output g Eneva a expanded production in the heavy Indus tries is the ultimate solution. To Europe s economic ills in the opinion of experts of i the eco nomic commission for Europe. The commission issued a 400 Page diagnosis of Europe s ills and a prescription for recovery. Russia Yugoslavia Romania and Germany do not figure in the analysis. The experts reported the main ailment was a huge deficit in Europe s Oversea balance of pay ments that Europe. Does not have the Money and goods to acquire the things she needs to get on her feet. The Gist of the recipe for re covery was As follows 1more exports or fewer imports or both. The latter is favored. The policy would be to raise Europe s capacity to Export and on the other hand to Dev Elop european industries which would provide substitutes for overseas imports. 2expansion of production in heavy industries Iron steel chemicals and engineering which will be needed both for increasing exports and for providing substitutes for imports. The measures would be directed primarily at curing the unfavourable balance of Trade with the . Europe s imports from the u. Were almost seven times larger in 1947 than Europe s exports to the u. Trade with other overseas countries was much less unbalanced. Exports to the other coun tries covered almost three quarters of the imports. The rest of the world has Al most As Large a Trade deficit with the . As Europe has. There fore said the economists the possibility thai Europe can pay for imports from the . Through developing Export surpluses with other overseas countries appears Remote. Europe cannot materially reduce certain imports principally food and materials without lowering its Standard of living. The economists settled on the products of the heavy industries which come almost entirely from the u. These Are the products most in demand by countries carrying out Industrial development pro Grams. A smaller part of the adjust ment the report added will have to be achieved through expanding exports of Light Industrial pro ducts particularly to the u. S., and through curtailing imports of certain food stuffs and raw materials. Agricultural recovery which has lagged behind Industrial re covery will continue to be slow the report indicated. The b not co Stab s duty in a recent b bag column then appeared a statement to it effect that there in t enough transportation and trained pts sonnet to Check German to raffle Why. Does t the const Abulai pull checks on germans As 55 As on our military Drivers i would be very glad to give Tatj services at night to Cheek to German roads if it would help make night driving safer. Tank editors note under. Bounced military Goren want policy the enforcement of Ger Man civil and criminal Law i tit primary Mission of the Getonn police and it is not the responsibility of the u. St constabulary to Check the effectiveness to responsible go Man police Agen cies in the performance of the duties. In keeping with the shot policy German vehicles Are Nti normally stopped at routine Chat Points or Speed traps unless a Man police Are operating a sit nil Check Point or Speed trap tit connection therewith. It is not Ujj question of shortage of trans put tuntion and trained person Iii therefore that prevents pm Stab ulary from checking germ vehicles but rather Omegus policy of having the Germani operate their own internal affairs. Good manners say line up we enlisted men think that to have a reasonable Gripe coming it s How the dependents and Annj department civilians Are taking Over the pcs entirely. There a an old custom As Well As manners that whenever there Ett people lined up in a Tore movie or what have you and you Dean to Purchase something in the Sam place you have to stand your ton in line with the rest. We will use the Stuttgart main pm As an example. There is re Little for a i to buy in a pm Oto Here outside of his Basic ration what Little he does get to Buyoc has to sweat out a line for. Is i right for a civilian regardless d sex to see this line formed still go to the head of it pastel the waiting men and purchased or her merchandise it would be considered rude on the part of the to ask the persons who Are guilt of doing this to go to the end i the line. We have tried this a have received such answers my husband is an officer and i waiting on me i have no time 6 be waiting in silly come on civilians give the c a break when he s sweating a line. Fall in to the rear. We to 10 patient of a s which Russia Marsh. Facials were i 2-t nce the most Ameri to the press 1 traite Howe main Ameri Mars coit11tt by feres win and t Paris Matic con Oil. Burst. The i Mon italia sent into Sruti r j Dur ii Narri Mam main Grap joint Bat by s Arae Brit Aloo in to t the Wilf the Ergo pair not Pho t Ere Higl and h Ingres vol. 2, no. 133 saturday april 17. Amor in chief. It. Col. William m. Summer editor in chef Fin Zumwal managing editor Jack go arts editor executive manager chief of distribution Maurice r. Kirk Wood. Mcguigar news bureaus Frankfurt. 2281s-22814 Stuttgart Berlin 84-6681 84-6680bremen 146 Bremerhaven 2820-22202 Vienna Wiesbaden Munich the european edition is published daily at of Ungstad for the u. Occupation forces under the auspices of the trip information and education division Neucom Tel. ,21151-21152, the stars and stripes of Ungstad. Correspondence Shonio be addressed to 7744th stars and stripes unit Apo 173, u. Army mail to the new York office should be sent to my Street n. This is not an official publication of the reentered As second class matter sept. 22. 1947. At the at new York n. Y., under the act of March 3. 18 9. Kaui to Tot by Bei Jhattu it Taat at to
