European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1948 the stars and stripes Page 5 occupation briefs 1st class Cabin Short on transports april 26 due to the shortage of first class accommodations on army transports returning to the it May be necessary to put male officer and civilian passengers in troop class accommodations on voc ships during the coming Neucom i i was emphasized that i ritual Ion is Only i paralleling that which existed for a Lime last As soon As f the shortage of first class passenger accommodations ends the Normal procedure of billeting families together on shipboard will be v officials i at the present women and i children will be allowed the first 1 class family groups will be sent Home on the same even though family accommodations Are not available officials 400 Dps go to Venezuela bad april 26 Spe 400 zone displaced persons left Stuttgart and Are due to sail for Vene Tuela from the preparatory commission of the International refugee organization win this is the third Large movement of zone Dps to Venezuela and Wilt bring the total number re settled in that country to Well above the agreement Between the intergovernmental committee on later replaced by the and the venezuelan government offered zone Dps resettle ment it is expected a new agreement for a much larger number will be signed in the near Lemay lauds youth work april 26 the occasion of the second anniversary of Curtis Safe has urged increased support of the Ger youth activities program at air forces in Europe install Safe in a letter addressed to Safe commanders Lemay wrote the United states air forces in Europe has an enviable record of assistance to German youth it is that commanders place greater emphasis on this phase of our occupation Mission by encouraging in a manner civilian and dependent personnel within the command to wholeheartedly accept this pro Gram As one of the most important tasks now to be Gya mothers club april 26 a Bremerhaven port of embarkation Gya organization took a step aimed at bringing about a better understanding Between German and american the step was taken in the forma Tion of a German mothers bees first with 70 mothers present at the initial session in the Gya Center of the sponsoring 319th aage 319th Gya of Larsen and their 21 year old promoted the club in support of a recent Neucom letter which indicated the desirability of improving such relationships As an important Gya Aid toward accomplishment of the occupation do Farmers sought april 26 arrival of the farming season has resulted in farm work ers being principally sought by countries accepting do and they Are expected to the bulk of such shipments from the Bremerhaven port of embarkation during the next several Iro officials the months final Emigrant ship ment will leave tuesday aboard the Marine which will take 600 to charges Russ discredit of Center two hotels in Bavaria open for civilian use april 26 the Park hotel in Furth opened under Jena auspices with Cere monies at which speakers hailed it As a forerunner to a Day when Germany again will be an important Trade Clarence Deputy director of military government for said it is the second hotel in Bavaria to open for tourists and april 26 ican air charged yesterday that the russians were j attempting to undermine and Disi credit berlins fou Power air safety Center in order to promote j their scheme for imposing tons on the Western allies corridor lifeline to itt 1 this development highlighted the j  growing contest Between Russia and the West Over air rights to this Island City in the soviet zone which have become vital to the Western Powers since russian restrictions forced suspension of their rail passenger and freight v traffic out of april 26 berlins air safety a colourful ceremony in the dutch was established in december 1945 City of utrecht is scheduled wed to control air traffic for Berlin on mesday to Mark the delivery of the a fou Power has become a j ast of approximately railway target of the russians and their i cars which the army trans controlled German the j por tation corps has sold to the Center is manned by personnel of j Netherlands government since last of rail cars All four occupying do crime data listed in zone april 26 Neucom civil affairs division statistics on crime among United nations displaced persons in the zone during the period from August 1947 through january disclosed that per cent of All persons jailed or cited for offence against German Law in that period were of those jailed or cited for violations of military government Law in that per cent Only per cent of actual convictions in the subject period were against officials do population during this time was approximately 3 per cent of the total zone exclusive of members of the occupation Flanagan drives stake for new youth Home Neucom transportation officials announced Calvin de chief of Neucom transportation j James Field representative of the Neucom chief of transportation and Hor transportation corps Supply i will attend the also present will be the director general v of the Royal Netherlands railways and representatives of the embassy in the nether cars sold the delivered to the nether lands during the past two years Are a portion of approximately sold by the transportation corps the Netherlands and Ger out of some cats brought to the european continent by the invasion approximately were either War casualties or officials delivery of the last car to the Netherlands on wednesday will Mark completion of the Sale pro Gram with the exception of a Small consignment of cars still in j delivered to it was an new tour to Start s in Mediterranean i bad april 26 Spe few roses cruise of the open to Neucom will sail from Genoa May making stops at Alexandria and Marseille returning to Genoa May Neucom special services travellers who plan to take the 14day cruise should arrange to be in ready to Board the italian i steamship the evening of May rates on the which provides 260 firs class Large salons and con games and evening dance Range from to Shore excursions Are not included in the father Edward founder of boys town in drives first stake of the foundation of a Home for austrian youth in which upon completion will be used for sport Art and Craft pictured at the left to right Are chaplain Herbert chaplain Edward Samuel educational division Safe Richard Ata of land Salzburg Ata zone Austria father Robert Ata Patrick manager of boys town and Donald a graduate from the academic school of Boya who is with father Flanagan an a special Russia asked to lift ban on Austria in in april 26 Lor Leopold Figl appealed yesterday to the conscience of the soviet Union to lift its veto blocking aus trias admission to the United he told a Peoples parly rally at Innsbruck that it was absolutely incomprehensible and intolerable that Austria is being refused admission to the in because of the horse trading Over economic issues which cannot be settled by the four we want to participate in the which decides the Fate of and we think we Are qualified to do so by our sufferings and Figl Figl said the recent italian elections clarified Europe political atmosphere considerably and will contribute towards a speedup of the London treaty talks on aus Figl said after the defeat of the italian communists the austrian communists dont count any he said their hollering can not derail the c47 to Spray Forest areas april 26 special hair spraying operations against Moths infesting Forest areas in land will begin this climaxing two years of plan Ning on the problem by forestry of the american and British elements in in co operation with the austrian Federal the spraying will be done by a air Force c47 which is scheduled to arrive in Styria aided by a smaller the planes Are two of the few in the european command equipped to do this Type of spraying of the infested Forest areas in Styria will be done with a solution of Dot mixed with forestry authorities estimate that approximately pounds of the powder will be used in the solution with some 45 tons of the Dot powder has been supplied by the Ufa officials estimate that the spraying will Cost approximately the Woodlands saved from almost sure devastation Are valued at millions of German officials inspect Erding air depot april 26 Varian government officials had their first Opportunity to inspect american air Supply operations at Erding air bavarian military governor Murray Van minister president Hans and other ministers toured the base and saw work being done by German latest covers study of Balkan countries april 26 know your neighbor the Balkans is the subject for the latest Issue of the troop bul Letin and is scheduled to form the subject for discussion during the final period of the the Balkans is the fifth in the know your neighbor series which has so far included studies of the France and this Issue deals six nations instead of the information is designed to give troop discussion groups a background on the Balkan so called Tinderbox of it Points out that happenings in the Balkan states Are important to the whole world War it Points began with the shoot ing of a austrian Archduke and involved millions of americans Al though he was almost unknown to the average is divided in two main the first tracing historical development of the Balkan states and the postwar patterns in the