European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1948 the stars and stripes Page 5 a urges to return German Art treasures i i f r told of distribute fabrics april 18 government yesterday red German Biz onal officials failure to distribute fabrics to the Biz onal b i p a r i i e control office j the germans to distribute m fabric at German officials the Mac rial to remain firehouses since 9 of this it was released to by by said the fabric will provide needed garments j women and children of the i Fiana it will also provide i Ajaj mediate work for employees j i the clothing Industry when the Ife iric is released from the Ware my bipartite said the Lizona officials Fere unable to give any Satis fac sry reply for their failure to Bute the merchandise immediate for into German consumer f bipartite official quoted one Userman Biz onal official As Germany is now under a democratic irm of i Jjo longer have the authority to i Issue Risafi trailer does brisk business at Frankfurt czechs form screening unit april f lie czechoslovakian f committee has been 18 democratic formed to i screen czech refugees for com Junist agents and fascists and to coordinate activities of All i who have fled to the zone of a czech source said i organized in the com Mittee will move to Wiesbaden next the who asked his name be he added its two main functions will be to watch the antidemocratic elements which make up an estimated 15 per cent of the ref and to facilitate the escape of other tace committee in the zone Grill become a part of the Central committee of free czechs now being organized in the the Murce Geneva Parley to hear resolutions on press april 18 committee stage of the International conference on Freedom of informal Tion ended yesterday with the in Adamant opposition to Only three of 23 major proposals Given preliminary twelve of the resolutions either were submitted by the or sup ported by eight which the regarded As harmful in their original were Neutral All resolutions and proposals go before the final plenary sessions of the conference opening barring the their acceptance appeared hillbilly show on tour bad april 18 Spe an Allied jeep is touring the Grafen Wohr Neucom special sen vices has this miniature show is Ideal for entertaining soldiers assigned to isolated detachments which do not have facilities to provide the Reg ular Type of trav Eling by jeep from one detach ment to the jeep shows Able to put on a half hour show with a minimum of the Safi Field service trailer unit with education did a brisk Trade to Safis self teaching and correspondence during visit of installations in the Frankfurt at the close of the 650 signed up for future a marked interest was shown for Auto and High school corps briefs Biz okie branches okd for foreign Banks april 18 offices in the United Neutral countries will with main nations or now be permitted to open Branch offices in the Biz onal area of Ger it was Learned a joint us announcement said that Banks of other countries will be permitted to open because the German banking system will soon be in position to finance exports and imports for German Branch offices will be subject to German As Well As military government Law and will operate under a License which will authorize them to letters of credit govern ing both exports and Export and import foreign currency accounts for those persons allowed to have american applications licenses to do business in the two zones should be made the finance office of military government for Apo 742 and British applications should Bej directed to finance eternal finance control i commission for i gets 2 years for theft april 18 found guilty of robbing a German civilian of a camera by Force and Donald 96th truck was sentenced to two years at hard labor by a general court martial Board Here this new co to 51st april 18 the assignment of William to the position of commanding officer of the 51st was recently an the colonel was formerly Public safety officer for the 1st Border jumpers decreasing april 18 attempted illegal Border Crossings into and from the zone along the Wurttemberge Baden Frontier decreased by 4 per cent in March yes centers of Aid care program bad n a u h e i april 18 Neucom Exchange system has Given care per Mission to publicize the care program and distribute care food package order Blanks through selected yes install care representatives in the near future will equip each yes personnel shopping Center with care food package order Blanks and advertising the order Blanks will be Given to All and Allied personnel upon Relief society sends in packages to Austria april 13 among voluntary Relief organizations aiding Austria re covery is american Relief to aus which has brought in and clothing into the country in the Little More than a year in which it has been the Relief is a gift to the aus Trian people from head quarters for american Relief to Austria is in new and auxiliary located in Large cities throughout the the organization has no distributing Agency in but works through the civilian Supply Section of forces in ship ments Are made directly to land governors and other austrian officials and As Well As private about austrian children Are benefiting by the groups program by which american Foster parents Send regular of food clothing to needy and As compared with the previous Robert of gab Public safety Branch Perry said Border police pre vented persons from entering and persons from leaving the the value of confiscated goods was including food stuffs Worth Marks and cloth ing Worth 2 Odless months Marker april 18 Spe units of the 6th con have gone Over two months without venereal disease and Are striving for the three month Mark and a these units Are d 6th a 53rd and the aft additional three units gone Over a month without they Are d 53rd b 28th and a 6th opera costumes returned april 18 More than 600 costumes and costume accessories under requisition to army special services have been released returned to the Wiesbaden opera it was announced by James org for fears delay would injure West prestige april 18 Lucius Clay said Germany multimillion Dollar Art treasures now on display Here must be re turned without delay to prevent damage to american prestige the occupation commander for Germany said in a letter read to a Senate armed services sub that any delay would play directly into the hands of the communists with their constantly reiterated propaganda of american Strong dissents were voiced at once by Senj William author of a Bill to keep the treasures Here for a while so americans can View and by William former ambassador to Fulbright said recent events in Europe convinced any intelligent person it would be too risky to return the paintings to Germany until that War torn nation has its own recognized government he regretted he could not include the in that zone called dangerous Bullion described Western Ger Many As a danger zone and said it would be Foolhardy to risk letting the russians seize Large Seg ment of the cultural heritage of the whole human a possible Compromise was suggested by Wayne he proposed with the approval of the German the Art collection be exhibited throughout the with All admission charges going to clays View was supported by under Secretary of the army Wil Liam he told the sub committee approval of Fulbright proposal would weaken the position in Europe officials agree a delay could be interpreted by the adroit propagandists with whom we faced As a breach of Faith and that we do1not consider Wes Tern Germany a Safe place to re turn Art he state department officials also backed up they said it was important to return the paintings promptly because thai is what we said we would Edward Robertson r said he was opposed to Tak ing a Chance that these master pieces will disappear behind the Iron collection includes 202 paint they have been on display at the National gallery of Art and have attracted a record Visi including president Truman in less than a my denies permit for Loritz to stump for votes by proxy april 18 tary government has refused to permit associates of Alfred fugitive from bavarian jus to broadcast his voice on rec ords in the coming political Cam former head of the eco nomic reconstruction fled to Switzerland from a charge of Black marketing last his party recently announced had received political speeches by Loritz on records and would Broad cast Loritz is famous for his dynamic but the bavarian Wil not hear James director of the information control quoted an my regulation that states mechanical reproductions re quire an cd License he asserted the party will not be Given a License to reproduce the voice of the party announced it would Appeal the decision to the state the party yester Day issued a pamphlet containing a speech by Loritz in which he sharply criticized the present gov especially the food and agriculture