European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse 17, 1948 the stars and strikes Page 5 occupation briefs bavarian Celebration opens hotel for tourists foreign businessmen i of Irti Mir a d Tih Ioc rnirfyi4 ii by Julia Edwards correspondent Augsburg april 16 is the Tot hotel Lor foreign tourists and linesmen in Bavaria the a Uita opened Here yesterday with Celebration to acclaim a new toward the revival of sedans Are available to priority holders with numbers 4,500 or be Low and Are priced at �1,775.20, including Federal excise tax. These cars however Are not equipped with either radio or Heater. Bavarian military governor Mur d. Van Wagoner saw 14 As a Era of better Days to come and said � had no doubt that Germany can i favourably in world mar As a meeting place for importers of Fly exporters he Augusta will Are Competition a week from today Ith the opening of die Park hotel in Forth near Nurnberg. And on j Hay 1 with the opening of the four i seasons hotel in Munich. Hans Seidl. Bavarian minister of Kwh comics described the event As die first step toward the revival of Java Ria s tourist Trade which. In mounted to 100,000,000 Marks yearly prior to the War. J of officer makes Grade Wiesbaden april 16 special lir Force has. In Wiesbaden this Elk announced that 1/lt. Hoyt c. Bethell troop information and education officer at the army education Center Wiesbaden had qualified for acceptance As a coir tee Junior in the u. the army in 1942, Bethell up accrued 50 College credits during ils years of service and training in Nurious air Force technical schools. How awaiting the reply to a letter to the College of his Choice he will toe fit by an of agreement in which they pay the fee and wages it personnel who qualify for the Stisi year of College residence study. I assault brings 5-year rap Wetzlar april 16 special for assaulting an officer who appeared against him in a previous Jeweral court martial trial pvt. Fedar Bergeron formerly of the dts transport truck co. In Giessen is sentenced to five years at. Hard ii or and ordered Dis honorable Dis staged from the army by a Simi to Board sitting Here. H the verdict is sustained by the Ted of review Bergeron faces 10 teas in prison As he previously Melved five years in addition to bring Dis honorable discharged. Ber on was tried this week under the 64th article of War which Cov de the complaint of assaulting a in missioner officer. The assault is said to have taken in the corridor leading to the Matthew j. Jasen presiding Jurist of the my criminal court. For Heidelberg was honoured recently on the anniversary of his third year As Anig judge. Jasen a Captain during the War was a lawyer in Buffalo before joining the army two Junior officers fined Bremerhaven april 16 is two Junior officers from the us at general Harry Taylor were fined $150 each in military government summary court Here on charges of having been drunk and disorderly last saturday night at the club 99, a u. S. Civilian club during he course of which Harold Atlas club manager suffered a broken right Arm. Capt. W. R. Reichert my judge who pronounced sentence found the officers John Ostensen and William a. Bisdale guilty of the lesser offence of being drunk and disorderly after they had been charged with assault and Battery on Atlas. He said a scuffle ensued when Atlas attempted to eject the men from the club. Science centers open Frankfurt april 16 special English lectures on Christian science held at centers throughout the dec Are open to All interested persons it was announced Here. Miss Lucia p. Coulson of London Christ Kin science lecturer is concluding a tonal background studies currently being offered by the Ufa troop education service As an Aid to their understanding of the occupation. Classes also Are being offered in English grammar French German and russian languages shorthand typing and Public speaking. New j members will be accepted in the classes up to and including monday. Tire Plant triples output Wiesbaden april 16 is production of tires at the Dunlop factory in Hanau was More than three times greater during the first Quarter of 1948 than in the similar period of 1947. Stanley h. Sisson economics director Omagh re British owned Plant produced three and one half As Many bicycle tires three times As Many truck tires and four and one half times As Many automobile tires. During March the factory turned out 80,000 bicycle tires 17,000 Auto Mobile tires and 7,000 truck tires. Augsburg units commended a Fosburg april 16 special capt. William l. Garrett Augsburg military Post Provost marshal recently congratulated six units for maintaining Accident free rec ords during the March safety Campaign. The units were the 156th labor supervision Center the 1281st labor supervision co., the 1988th labor supervision co., the 205th Ord. Mam plat., the 7815th Sta. Comply. Unit and the 536th my so. Co. Bishop places Hope in Germany s youth new York. April 16 a Germany s Hope lies entirely with our younger generation of from 18 to 30," or. Hanns Lilje Bishop of the evangelical Luth eran Church of Hanover told reporters on arrival at la Guardia Field. He is visiting the . On a speaking tour ?01 the lutheran world action Appeal. He said he had found the younger generation of germans More open minded than Middle aged people. Pauc ill m Tuilio i Icovy Inife no oujc11cc act in i to v.v.4i%-tw"o who room after the first trial had european Lour addressing audiences been completed and the prisoner j in German and English. Was awaiting confinement. Accord j by to the court s records Berge Jon was tried feb. 12 under the offers study courses. I Nna a u 16 special Auie Daw. He was specially charge i with larceny of a 40 Dollar postal Noney. Order and forgery 1,854 yes autos bad nauheim april 16 Spe Cial since nov. 25, 1947, Neucom change system has distributed new automobiles to personnel % he yes Auto priority list it tas announced. The breakdown of these sales Fellows 969 Fords 434 Chevrolet. B Plymouth a 18 me curies 124 foil macs 79 Oldsmobile 201 bricks five Volkswagen and three keep station wagons. Yes officials id the sales in no Way reflect \ % demand Cor specific makes of is but rather is based on actual Ippie made available. At the present time new 1948 per deluxe Ford sedans with and Heater Are available in variety of colors to priority holders of 13.000 or below. Cars sell for �2,051.75, include s Federal excise tax. 1948 Chevrolet four door d t take and of a a time series of a hair disguise saved woman Hamburg april 16 a a 51 year old woman told a military court Here yesterday that she escaped a nazi Gas chamber by blacking her Gray hair with Boot polish. The incident occurred in Ravens Bruck concentration Camp described As the biggest women s prison in German Helene Laubach of go Logne was giving evidence in an All women War crimes trial. The accused Are five women War dresses. They have pleaded nol guilty of ill treating prisoners and selecting More than 3,000 Allied women internees for extermination in a Gas chamber. The witness told How one of the accused Johanna Braach used to select from parades Gray haired and ill looking prisoners for the Gas chamber she was warned by Friendly guards to look As Good As she could on the selection parades she stole some Boot polish and smeared it on her Gray hair to make herself appear younger. Dec surgeon warns on drug claims Frankfurt april 16 is maj. Gen. Edward a. N 0 y e Neucom chief surgeon yesterday warned against exaggerated claims " for streptomycin As a Miracle Are limitations to the effectiveness of streptomycin when used in the treatment of tuber Cular meningitis Noyes said. Recent articles have widely publicized its curative effect Al though this has not always been True. It would be More accurate to say that the drug although it is the Only one of value in the treat ment of this condition produces a Complete cure in Only a Small percentage of cases even if employed in the Early stages of the Noyes stated that the present misunderstanding is caused partly by the fact that much of. The extensive clinical research on streptomycin has been performed recently in the .-with the result that Many German physicians Are More familiar with the undue publicity the drug has received than they Are with its actual effective pointed out that a great num Ber of requests for the drug have reached him and said the supplies of streptomycin available in the u. S. Army hospitals in the com Mand Are barely adequate for anticipated needs in the treatment o dec military and civilian personnel Noyes however expressed a Hope that some system might be established whereby streptomycin might be imported and released for the treatment of carefully selected cases in German he pointed out that such a project i not one in which the medical department of the army could Par " Hitler ordered phony attack general says Nurnberg april 16 special Gen. Franz von Haider chief of staff or the German ground forces from 1938 to 1942, told a War crimes tribunal that Hitler ordered Ger Nan planes camouflaged with Tench insignia to bomb the City of Freiburg Germany on May 10, 940. Quoting adm. Wilhelm Canaris German intelligence chief von Hai Der said that Hitler created the Inci Dent to justify the nazi invasion of Western Europe. The bombing which Cost the lives of Many Ger Man civilians occurred the same Day the German army marched no the Netherlands. Questioned by prosecutor James m. Mchaney of Little Rock ark., von Haider cited other examples of How Hitler was willing to ruthlessly sacrifice his own people to achieve desired kaid one of the first fake Border incidents occurred aug. 31, 1939, when 150 polish speaking German is soldiers outfitted in polish uniforms ambushed the German radio station Geiwitz in upper Silesia. Hitler used the fake raid to justify his attack on Poland the following Day von Haider testified. Hitler suggested the murder of the German ambassador in Prague in the Spring of 1939 to give cause for the occupation of Czecho Slovakia von Haider related. The plan was not carried out however. -. Attache denies congratulating nazis Palmyra va., april 16 a Bernard r. Peyton retired army colonel former u. S. Military at tache in Berlin has denied a Starte ment made by German Gen. Franz von Haider that he had congratulated the German army for it Conquest of Poland in september 1939. Peyton whose Home is near Here said i never had any Conversa Tion with general Haider at he added that he had never met Vanhalder former chief of the Ger Man general staff who testified today in a Berlin War crimes court for the defense in the trial of for Mer members of the nazi High com Mand. Von Haider testifying yesterday at Munich said an american military attache named Peyton had congratulated the German general staff on its polish Victory. T/4 wins Honor Salzburg april 16 special the Soldier of the week at the Ufa school of standards at Zel am see is t/4 tired j. Voorhies of Bedford ind Voorhies who is i member of co. E., 16th inf., saw combat during the War with the 32nd div. In the Pacific. Final rites for two dec soldiers the Flag draped casket of a sgt. Marion l. New comb reposes in Tempelhof base Chapel Berlin while his comrades attend funeral services. The adjoining photo appeared by new it we a. Squadron mates fire a final Volley Over the casket of Cpl. Edward h. Parker of the 47th St. Comp. Sq., air base. Parker was found dead to his bed by fellow airmen. 2 Ward Cata logs available in pcs bad nauheim april 16 Spe Cial Neucom Exchange system has announced that As an added service to its customers Mont Gomery Ward Cata logs now Are available in Post exchanges. Two Cata logs currently will be found in pcs the 1948 Spring and summer edition and the new fish ing and camping Book. Montgomery Ward officials describe the 1948 Spring and summer Catalon As a department store in a Book. It contains More than 1,100 pages of guaranteed merchandise. British its officers i plan reunion june 10 London april 16 special a reunion dinner for British and american officers of the Allied commission Allied control com Mission and Allied military govern ment of Italy will be held at the Savoy hotel strand w. C. 2 at 7 30 p.m., june 10.lordrennell of Rodd will preside. Tickets will be 25s. 6d. $5.10 including dinner but excluding wines. Applications and a remit Tance of the admission Price should be sent to miss v. Norman Smith 95 Gresham Street London b.c.2.,
