European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Public Avion of occupation forces in Europe volume number 134 5 cents a a month april 1948 Happy air Sliday Lucius Neucom said i con Sider it a great privilege to congratulate the stars and stripes on its sixth this newspaper has and continues to the responsibility of being the primary source of information for americans serving in the stars stripes is a typical american newspaper in the sense that it reflects fee american Ideal of a free it is uncontrolled by any interest except that of presenting the news accurately and Secretary Marshall was the army chief of staff when this edition of the stars and stripes was founded in London in he then gave As continued on Page 16 Clarence chief of said throughout the War and through nearly three years of the stars and stripes has kept us informed of events at Home and our activities have been faithfully recorded in its daily editions and its weekly on its sixth it is my pleasure to offer congratulations to the people who have made the stars and stripes a Fine to express Confidence that its High standards will be and to extend Best wishes for its continuing Cut Geoffrey commander forces in said please accept my Best wishes on the sixth anniversary of your european edition of the stars and the years have been crowded since april when your first Issue for american soldiers in the european theater came off the presses in from to to to and to Bel the stars and stripes faithfully recorded the Progress of american and finally in Germany and continued on Page 16 Curtis of air forces said members of the air forces in Europe join me in congratulations to the european edition of the stars and stripes on the occasion of its sixth to occupation As to combat troops during the War in the stars and stripes has an dec institution by presenting local and world news in both an and impartial the air Force wishes the stars and stripes All Success in the coming Bryant commander of Trieste said i am Happy to Greet the stars and stripes on this sixth anniversary of their from the first Issue this newspaper has been an Organ j of information and a Factor of morale for the fighting and occupation troops of the services throughout the May i congratulate you on a Job Well West Union organizes 1st Cabinet april 17 Britain and the Bene Lux nations today formed a new International Cabinet to enforce the political and economic provisions of their Western european ending Daylong conferences in the French foreign the foreign ministers of five nations which signed the pact of Brussels last established a standing organization at London with instructions to meet at least once a the ministers set up a permanent military committee at London and decided the defense ministers of the five countries would be convened there whenever necessary to execute the military provisions of the Brus Sels the permanent Organ will be com posed of the Luxembourg and dutch ambassadors in 125 dependents set to leave Berlin april 17 military government announced today that 63 applications to leave Berlin were made by americans Here since March applications cover about 125 women and dependents of my approximately 90 will Fly to Bremerhaven next week where they will take a boat to the of the 63 46 gave political relations Between Western allies and their reason for Leav they include less than 10 per cent of the More than Amer ican family units Hiroshima survivor weds former Soldier april 17 Kay White russian survivor of the Hiroshima became Paul Drago of Cam miss and were married yesterday in a radio program they in Japan while he was an army private in after a Laguna the Young couple will pick up their Worth of sponsors reds started cold War in official says april 17 state department in 1945 had evidence convincing it the soviet Union was be ginning a cold War against the before japans former assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson charged Here he said after be Day it became increasingly Plain thai the russians in Defi Ance of the Atlantic charter and of the pledges contained in the charter of the United to extend their domination Over As much of the Earth As they possibly rejects red plan for German poll april 17 today rejected a communist request for a plebiscite on the question of German Unity and warned the Ger Man people against the kind of Unity that brings economic and political the request to circulate a petition on the question was made by the Peoples a communist controlled organization claiming to represent people of All the Congress is recognized Only by the soviet military two Days the Peoples executive body of the con sent requests to All occupation commanders for permission to con duct the represents Small minority George Deputy military in announcing rejection of the said the Peoples Council is a political organization representing a very Small percentage of the Ger Man people and never has been approved by the Allied control the British and French have not yet acted on the request of the Peoples but it was assumed they also would reject Paris train 17 Hurt april 17 seventeen persons were slightly injured today when two coaches of a Pari Strasbourg express train were derailed at ten Miles South of weather forecast mini mum 48 m u n i c partly 45 46 55 46 Rome 53 t r i e s t Cloudy 58 43 Italy Fate hangs on vote today april 17 tomorrow and up to noon monday approximately italian voters will drop into ballot boxes one of the worlds most important secrets is Italy going to line up with soviet Russia or the West their votes will elect a new parliament consisting of a chamber of deputies lower House and a on May 10 the parliament will elect the president of the and the president will give the or the group of cooperating parties with the big Gest the task of forming a new until the new Cabinet is Alcide de Gasperi will remain in he will have to control about 176 Senate seats and 288 chamber seats to command a Clear majority in the complicated system of count ing probably will delay first major results until monday evening and full results until if one party should control the upper House and another the a stalemate could arise which continued on Page 16 4 marines taken to China Interior april 17 communist radio said tonight that the four marines who were captured when their plane was forced Down near Tsin Tao april 5 have been taken to a communist stronghold in the deep Interior of North the airmen Are Pilot of Thomas Robert North and Robert americans in banking have been attempting to negotiate with the communists to secure release of the Mercury hits 93 in los april 17 hot and Only slightly los Angeles Shook off a one two punch and came up for More the Mercury climbed to a new High for april 16 then there was a momentary earthquake at lasting two