European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse 6 the stars and stripes May 1948 a lithuanian chief v is labourer in May 9 Jonas who once wore a flashy medal covered uniform As Premier and army chief of staff of was discovered last week working in overalls for per week in a he explained the situation there was a War and i need i am 50 and i have the former head of the lithuanian government came to the on april 18 almost penniless with his wife Veronica and 18yearold son his wife is working for a Baker and their son has a per week Job with a heating who made frontage headlines in the late 1930s when his Small nation was faced with Germany on one Side and Russia on the said he left a Dis placed persons Camp in Germany in july 1947 to work As a farm hand in the family came Here As soon As they had saved passage the former Premier expects to teach at a College in Minnesota in sep Cernius was Premier in the hard Days of taking office the previous Cabinet resigned after giving up the Memel to Germany under the nazi he was chief of staff before he became Premier and mobilized All reservists up to 40 years but Russia took Over the nation in August 1940 under a military Aid june 1941 the German army conquered the Cernius its difficult to say which was a red or Brown maybe red was if some one was deported 1o Germany he could be found but anyone who was deported to Siberia was never his own brother was deported to Siberia in 1941 and has not been heard from his 20yearold daughter died of starvation during the nazi Poland plays part in Russ orbit plan by Joe Fleming staff correspondent this is the eighth in a series of articles by Joe correspondent of the stars and stripes on a tour of Poland which he took at the invitation of the polish gov p o s n a n May 6 Eastern Europe seems to be pre paring Foran economic on paper at the soviet orbit is to be self supporting with Western products excluded As tightly As Western Poland is a Good example of How this so called Molotov plan will when Poland three year reconstruction plan was drawn Poland along with soviet satellites was to draw its raw materials from Russia and produce in turn consumer goods and Light Industrial at the same it was to maintain most of its Trade with the rest of under the of soviet rejection of the Marshall Eastern Europe is to become a source of Industrial living standards will drop As consumer production is Cut so heavy formerly imported from the can be under the Trade and customs barriers will be one project envisaged is a sort of Ruhr Valley of the in this Moscow directed polish and czech Industry will collaborate to produce the heavy goods once sold to the East by the basis for this partnership was Laid last july when Poland and Czechoslovakia signed what appeared of be a Normal Trade subsequent development revealed it was much More than the pact will result in a Vir Tual pooling of metallurgical processes and Coal and the integration of the Region around Poland with czech Industrial this in will become part of the whole russian plan to industrialize and reconstruct Eastern Europe without Western says nurse killed 20 patients May 9 ing in the trial of five medical personnel of the notorious Ravens Bruck prison a belgian former inmate of the told the court yesterday How Martha Camp nurse and one of the once killed some 20 Allied women by giving them overdoses of pain killing the witness also accused Benno another of selecting the women to be she alleged Orendi selected the women after a list of had been submitted to new air Force chief takes Over Hoyt Vandenberg left is sworn in As chief of staff of the air Force to succeed Carl Spaatz who looks on As the oath is administered by chief Justice Fred millions of Bucks to Burn the 7752nd finance Central distribution of the Neucom finance department must Burn Over of the old Type military payment which were turned in recently for a new Type currency that is in use at present throughout the occupation All the Money must be counted several times before it can be corps Austria seeking More Oil Fields May 9 will open a Campaign this summer to interest foreign capital in developing prospective Oil a High government official the official said preliminary test drilling had definitely established there was Oil in Austria besides at the Sisters Durf Fields in the soviet zone Are operated by occupation he declared the government had Good reason to believe Oil could be extracted in commercial quantities in upper Austria the Tyrol and Vor Arlberg French Styria British zone and Burgenland soviet Danube River boat has Moonlight rides May 9 the Danube River excursion boat Stadt Passau has begun operations daily except the boat makes a special Moon Light trip on the Danube during the week and an Allday trip Satur sundays and refreshments and sandwiches Are served aboard the boat and there is an orchestra for expos returning May 9 than former prisoners of War Are expected to return to Germany in the course of according to German repatriation authorities in of this figure approximately men will come to cub Scouter aids Vienna boy May 9 Junior Marshall plan officially went into operation yesterday in a care first of six contributed by cub 4 scout pack of was delivered to an austrian cub the plan was conceived by the Bethesda cubs Early this after funds had been Mem Bers of the pack journeyed to and presented a Check for to Secretary of state George Marshall with the re quest that the Money be used for cub scouts in British Russ charge of recruiting germans May 9 authorities Here yesterday characterized As propaganda an allegation in the russian licensed press that the British were sending hundreds of former Ger Man army officers to the South Africa to serve in Empire the Russia controlled National Zeitung claimed that it was planned to recruit a wehrmacht officers for this service and that the first contingent of 300 left Germany in was to hold party May 9 Frankfurt 7704th wac will celebrate the sixth anniversary of the founding of the women army with a party at the Manor House in nearby bad Soden next thursday occupation briefs dismantling of dec plants nears finish May 9 Ling of German factories for reparations has been virtually completed in the Lawrence economics adviser to the military said allocations of dismantled equip Are being held up because of the breakdown of four Power government machinery for these allocations must be made by the Allied control coun which has not met since the russians walked out in a Hull March 6 soldiers assigned May 9 six pm who reported recently for a on month refresher course will remain at the Kitzinger Basic training Center As members of the 90th my the soldiers Are Ezell of pfc Walter of pfc Wauke eche of James of Leroy of and pvt James of Odless for 3 months v May 9 69th photo commanded by Leo has announced the completion of 90 Days without a Case of venereal disease among its new us envoy in Austria May 9 Bertram newly appointed British minister to today presented this credentials to Karl president of the austrian stars Praise bin May 9 letter written by cats Robert chief of the Blue Danube expressing appreciation to top radio artists for contributions to programs carried has drawn warm responses from the Cranston said he has received answers from Bob Jill of i Fibber Mcgee and and Jimmy Tell Hope do boys still listen to that so called Crosby Hes getting pretty old and i rather wonder if his voice is still Strong enough to be heard across the March music on air bad nauheim May 9 special arrangements have been completed by Ith american forces network and the Neucom special services band Section to broadcast military March music recorded by the ult band of the Neucom band r training present plans Call for a sched ule of four transcribed broadcasts to be featured each the first to be aired May will present ceremonies of the third class graduating from the Neucom band training recruiting gains May 9 constabulary has passed the two third Mark in its three month recruiting the total quota is 600 by june the constabulary had 408 or 68 per cent after 35 the 94th a has 57 reenlist ments or extensions for 285 cent of its while the 6th has 67 reenlistment for 223 per the 28th so has 47 for 156 per cent and the 6th leads All major units with 127 for 121 per
