European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes May 1948 experts say cars to kill in 48 Washington the Auto death rate is the Heads its biggest motor travel season with the Prospect that automobile acid cons will kill some 30000 persons in our customary traffic perform Ance also indicates that a million will be tens of thousands permanently the direct economic loss from these Acci dents is estimated at More than billion every Paul Board chair Man of the automobile safety foundation and head of the economic cooperation adminis warns that these Large numbers Are not simply parts of a mathematical equation to be tabulated on adding a each Accident a tragedy they stand for women and he each Accident is a tragedy in carrying with it a bitter measure of of of Perma nent of broken safety organizations Are aim ing at a new Low for this years set in 1946 by the presidents Highway safety con is a reduction in the death rate to six per Miles of the nations Auto Drivers face two increased Dan Gers this year More automobiles on the highways and worse Road conditions due to heavy Winter particularly in the nor Thern High costs and scar City of materials have slowed postwar Highway biggest is Driver Accident records show Driver errors Are responsible for 85 to 90 cent of All five leading menaces consensus of traffic authorities lists five leading Accident pro Duckers too this leads All other causes of at this ranks and ing and about one out of every four adult pedestrians and one out of six Drivers involved in fatal accidents has Beeri drinking of distance by Day and Over driving head lights by studies show that the average Motorist vist have nearly a Quarter of a mile of Clear Road ahead to pass another at night virtually All Drivers Are guilty of driving too fast to Stop within the Range of their Ping Pong balls Aid to surgery i new York new de the use of plastic balls to col lapse area of the lung and prevent Chest was disclosed the balls Are somewhat smaller than a table Tennis Ball and Are put into the Chest to stay per at least 100 patients have undergone the new operation in and preliminary results were reported from Denver As results from Durham were declared centenarian sprouts Teeth Spain Cisco Cabot Vonhil is proudly show ing two new natural Teeth to astonished reason for their astonishment Francisco recently celebrated his 100th Margaret aids Security loan to publicize the Treasury departments Security loan Campaign now under Margaret Truman called on Secretary of Treasury John Snyder to invest her savings in savings asked if she had consulted her father about the Margaret said the president had told her he knew of no better Ocean floor May become important source of food la scientists have stumbled upon a vast layer of life in the oceans which some Day May become an important new addition to the worlds food it is a layer of water to feet Down and averaging perhaps a 500foot it swarms with unidentified living these creatures reflect sound Waves and thus Register on Echo sounders used to determine Ocean University of California and Navy unexpectedly tests needed for a8ombs Washington scientific source has that the prime purpose of the atomic tests at eniwetok was to find out How much better the bomb had become since he added the tests were definitely not to play around with an rocket or guided missile delivery of the he said no secret atomic weapons were improved at los Alamos bomb Plant since Nagasaki was destroyed and what is needed now is scientific measure ment of the new bombs atomic efficiency heat and radiation the Bikini tests failed to pro vide All the data scientists wanted of Nagasaki Type bombs detonated the eniwetok plans Call for routine experiments and tests of atomic weapons under labor Atory control scientists pointed out that rules out air drops or anything else that might go haywire As did Bikini when the air drop missed the no authoritative source will say How much the bomb has improved since the and until eniwetok tests Are concluded no one will even then the ones who do know Are not Likely to do much Farmers in Britain urged to Salt Down gardens London ministry of agriculture is strongly urging Farmers to use Salt in order to get sugar British scientists have examined Salt afresh and confirm that the old timers were Isan excellent especially for sugar beets found this layer in 1942 during wartime near Guadelupe Island off lower the Echo sounder registered Bottom at and the knew the Ocean there was feet this layer was not said Carl director of the Scripps institution of but it contained something More sub Stantial than because of More urgent War research no further studies were undertaken for three in scientific curiosity led to f u r t h e r in Martin biologist of the Scripps institution of was called does it move Johnson if it it must be moved during night it additional experiments with the depth sounder showed the thing disappeared be tween Twilight and it vanished by rising so close to the surface that the depth sounder would not Register during Daylight it returned to its position in the John oceanographer of the Navy hydrographic believes the layer is composed of the Lyman is that the seas everywhere Are Well populated with whales which live on squid and fur seals and Many sea Birds also eat whatever it the nature of this tremendous vein of protein must be determined before any thing can be done toward putting it to human show Gold Hoard gain Washington a Russi a was the Only major nation besides the to increase its Gold holdings last a Federal Reserve Board report shows that Russia added Worth to raise her stocks to at the Start of this that put Russia second Only to the As a Gold owning Britain was in third place with Worth and Switzerland fourth with the Hoard of Over was nearly double the Worth credited to the rest of the the re port the gained in Gold from other countries in 1947 address All letters to b bag 7744th stars and stripes Apo s in clude name and address names Are deleted on due to space letters Mav be Cut for provided such editing does alter the meaning of the wac gives the Lowdown on source of i rumours just found an interesting Little bit of philosophy that i thought i might pass latrine rumours United press is pretty Good and aps All right too i find no fault with All bring the news to the gis have a system simple and Serene no no telephones need for rumours of now rumours emanate from As fast and thick a flies they Tell you when youll move and and prove that facts Are the rumours Here comes a we Are going overseas another Flash our outfit is to All become Captain will be tried in and furloughs All will get first sergeant will be transferred to Burma or this system that the do face tells everything that new its very except Tihe facts it Are never True sergeant would preserve prestige of occupation personnel among the few things which the occupation forces perform in our zone of Germany and which they would never consider doing at Home is the abuse of childrens As Well As old Peoples countless times i have seen children almost doubled under a heavy Load of a duffle struggling to keep Pace with the american both military and i have seen old men Bent under a puffing and whispering in praying to have enough strength to Complete the maybe cursing that this should be his Only Able Way to earn a cig Aret or a stick of what induced me to write this letter was the sensation Felt by me and the Fellows 1 had in my car while passing by the yes bulk one american Soldier was walking alongside of a White birded aged not less than this old Man was literally falling apart finder the Load of a full Case of Beer while other who were walking out of the indigenous mess Hall in the Frankfurt Yvere gazing with amazement and there Are quite a number of Able bodied germans to perform such duties towards the occupation forces and together with Many believe that some adequate restrictions should be placed upon the abuse of children As Well As old Peoples tire opinion expressed is not caused by tender feelings towards these conquered but the consideration in How much prestige the occupation forces will lose by the thou hatless actions of a Miriello women sport new Type toppers 1 of Angeles gasped arid clutched their Chil Dren to them As four male models appeared on the streets wearing some of the new creations in mens greatly resembling an emaciated Anteater was a Man Demon Strating Kenneth Hopkins Topper for Street it was made of Brown taffeta with a stitched brim and a pert pheasant who has been turning out those breathtaking creations for Miladys really went berserk for us boys with his in formal sports it is and we quote a crushed Beret of smoke Felt with decor of outsize scotch and a visor the scotch looks like a worn out shaving honestly Hopkins hats were shown in a preview which the Trade Hopes will make men it seems too Many to suit the hat after Seerig the summer is of porous sisal has a jockey Blue grosgrain binding and Johnny Long Ted Atkinson and Eddie Arcaro would scream Futhey saw this with some of the spectators restrained laughs at the semiformal it is Black Gray grosgrain narrow has a circular doughnut Crown and an Eagle no wonder the eagles Fly there going to Fly even 148 May 1948 editor chief William msummers managing editor Zumwalt sports editor Ellis executive Kirkwood chief of Bernard Mcculgan news bureaus Frankfurt 2281322814 846680 Bremerhaven 2228022202 Wiesbaden the european edition is published Dally at Germany the occupation forces under the auspices of the troop information and education division Frankfurt the stars and correspondence should be addressed to 7744th stars and stripes Apo mail to the new York office should be sent to 641 Washington this is not unofficial publication of the reentered As second class matter sept at the of Stottle at new under the Apt of
