European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes april 1948 radar 6fence May Cost several billion Washington a truly tight radar Fence to warn the of enemy air attackers is being it May Cost several billion dollars and require thousands of men to operate it was Learned Are Only two of Many problems encountered by military and civil Ian experts studying the require ments for an adequate air raid warning military leaders an Early warning must be had if defense fighter planes and ground antiaircraft organizations Are to be of they must be alerted in time to repel the estimate by some that the Cost will run into billions is based on two Points 1 radar sets Are intricate and expensive 2 Many stations would be required to establish an effective screen with no Range limited this latter requirement arises out of the fact that in its present is of limited thus requiring numerous Points to provide a continuous Many of the stations must be installed in Remote areas where construction and maintenance is both difficult and sex one Stich Region is the rim of North although a Start has been made in Alaska and Northern there now is nothing like an Ade quate network capable of spotting a strange aircraft coming across the Cap or approaching Over the icy great Circle courses traversing Alaska or Greenland and Eastern the first stations of the warn ing system Are being built by the air Force in Alaska after a Survey started Over a year similar efforts in Canada Are be ing carried Forward As a joint sea elephants Are mystery Melbourne Loo by and Dooey Are winning Fame in Melbourne As the Only three sea elephants in but their present keepers do not seem to know much about Looey and Dooey were brought to Melbourne by the Crew of an australian Antarctic they Are destined for the Melbourne Crew members do not know their sex or what they lying on the deck of the the sea elephants looked As if they didst care they were captured in a cargo net Macquarie Miles Southeast of in the Captain of the told a re Porter his sea elephants had eaten nothing since they were but he thought they did not eat at this Lime of the sea elephants Are big cousins to Melbourne three weigh an estimated Halfton it must be the air 5dayoid baby walks ins new England child experts Are be ginning to wonder if there is any thing in the new England air that contributes to the birth of unusual been a number of Newborn marvels in the area baby girl who grew five inches of hair in 11 weeks and a Maine boy infant who walked a the age of rive Erp delegates discuss Aid delegates of fhe 16 european nations participating in the european recovery program Are shown in discussions under Way at the conference tables in they Laid the groundwork for economic assistance to Western Acme shipments to Russia since 1 show decline Washington up shipments to Russia and her satellites have fallen off steadily since Commerce depart ment officials have they estimated that about Worth of goods was licensed for Export to Eastern Europe during the first three of this some was earmarked for the soviet allotment represents Only about Vitoon of All ship ments for an average in response to outspoken con Gressional the administration has cracked Down sharply in recent weeks on the volume of exports to Russia and her Al a virtual embargo has been clamped on goods which might contribute to the soviet War Commerce department estimated that in March licenses were issued for Worth of exports to Eastern Russia got about of these during countries Hind the Iron curtain got Worth of material from this russian share was years april 1943 the government the Heads of its diplomatic staff in Finland to return april 1944 Allied planes bomb air plane plants in Wiener Neustady my april 1945 a Large Force of super fortresses raids the japanese Home islands for the seventh april 1946 the War department announces the release of the sol Dier from the army since be the body of Mussolini is from Milan april 1947 Lewis former Warden of sing sin Dies in new slightly More than less than half of what she got in december since March the department has Given military authorities veto Power Over russian but department officials said medical such As streptomycin and Are still being so Are soft goods such As tobacco and and there is also a demand for such things As Tennis chewing rubber veto Power provided despite the tighter some members of Congress said they still Are not satisfied with the departments enforcement pol chairman styles Bridges h of the Senate appropriations committee said More Vig Orous action is needed at Bridges plans to Aste attorney general Tom Clark for a re port on what has been done about prosecuting Export control Vio he said he feels that if there were some prosecutions leading to there could be an immediate drop in and in the use of forged Bridges group was told by under Secretary of Commerce William Foster that More Money is needed to enforce License Foster has appealed for additional funds to carry the department through july love life of worm costs Japan 7 Power loss Tokyo love life of a worm is apparently costing Japan about kilowatts yearly in electric japanese scientist of Kyoto claims that Worms one centimetre Long spend their intermediate Breeding period in water Honey combing pipes and sluices with mud holds which result in Power loss of seven to eight per cent Ueno said so far no remedy has been figured out which would kill Worms with out also poisoning the people who drink the water out of the penicillin seen curing most cases of cd Washington Lin can cure Between 70 and 05 per cent of treated cases of Early worst kind from the Public health stand government doctor Frank Reynolds of the Public health service said the drug has a batting average of virtually 100 per cent against he made the state ment prior to the opening of a symposium on venereal disease sponsored by the National Institute of effectiveness of penicillin against he varies with the stage of the disease and also with the race and sex of the for reasons still Reynolds the percentage of cures appears to be higher among Whites than among and higher among males than among Early syphilis is the term Given to the disease infection has existed for less than two when Only Small signs of infection Are it is called but when there is an extensive it is called Early syphilis is dangerous to the Community at Large because it is after two years duration of syphilis be comes late this Type is not but it is bad for the person in it is in this stage that insanity or heart complications can in late Reynolds penicillin and other treat ments can effect an arresting of the condition in from 40 to 85 per cent of depending upon the stage of the youth scores movie makers i Hollywood up seventy five Hundred teenagers say movie producers do not know the facts of if they the youngsters they would not make movies based on the premise that every coed has a crush on be football they do not All go for the dashing Young English professor they and very few girls get excited about the Baid decrepit old folks producers throw into teenage most the boys and girls told the they just like each Eagle lion studios conducted the nationwide poll of teenagers to find out what to put in teenage movie the kids said it was High time studios which make movies about teenagers met a few the b bag prefers Soldier shows i notice that Soldier shows scheduled for deactivation on july there Are Many gis in the theater that prefer Soldier shows to German or Allied shows even to the extent of paying for about the Only touch of Home brought directly to us is the Soldier entertain ment presented in a Fine Amer ican if charging us to see shows would keep them then Why not charge ill gladly pay and so would hundreds of others who dont have adequate Opportunity to see Good it seems to me that if German and Allied shows can continue to tour the Soldier shows would be granted the same Hows about thinking of the so called United states occupation remember old nothings too for the whats happened to it private editors note the present Neucom policy is that entertain ment be on a Payas Yugo Soldier shows Are fundamentally free and were designed to serve Small units which could not afford More expensive forms of the phaseout of Neucom sol Dier shows does not prevent the organization of Small shows at Post or command Neucom special services has pledged All necessary help to organizations desiring to produce their own with the closing of Soldier shows Many of the civilian actress technicians whose contracts have not yet expired Are being requested by Post commanders to help organize Little theater cats have already been assigned to and  this in costumes and scripts formerly used in the o Escom Soldier shows will be available upon request to com for use in the production of own to the Lack of american the Allied shows Section of Eulou special set ices is concentrating on Amer Ica Type and the German live shows circuit is also planning to produce German shows of the same no reparations for internees is it True that american a who during the War were interned by any of Are entitled to any form of reparations editors note the Neucom judge advocate says that is no providing Repa for american interned by the Axis during world War the stars and stripes april 1948 editor chief William Summers managing Ken Zumwalt sports Jack Ellis Maurice Kirkwood chief of Bernard Mcculgan i i in news bureaus k81322eh Stuttgart 9310476516 Berlin 84k630 48146 Wiesbaden 8341 Bremerhaven Munich 481520 the european edition is published daily at Lor the occupation forces under the auspices of the troop information and education division Frankfurt the stars and correspondence should be addressed to 77hth stars and stripes Apo mail to the new York office should be sent to 641 Washington Street this is not an official publication of the 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