European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes am War dead were honoured in memorial Day rites Curtis Lemay Safe com and High ranking French at the cemetery Ait Alan ambassador to placed a Wreath in Honor of american world War ii dead at photo Conpton thousands of Netherlands citizens witnessed the memorial Day ceremonies at near in Honor of the american soldiers buried dutch officials above present a Wreath before the rows of White crosses that Mark nearly a score of near relatives american soldiers buried at Jmar Graten came to Hollandt be present at the photo by Waller Clarence Deputy it com commander representative at memorial ceremonies at the military cemetery at places a Wreath in remembrance of the fallen of the last photo by Waller race death fleeing Vai Pori flood following is eyewitness account of the scenes in As floods from the Columbia River inundated the jews on Page by Gordon Macnab v Little girl ran Down Street wait for i patted her head and we Rah on in the direction of the break in Trie Vanport the Street was jammed with cars and people trying to get but once Oregon second r Large est a place of sudden Here is the picture Denver Avenue runs North from Portland toward the interstate Bridge Over the Columbia before it reaches the River uncrossed a Dike and immediately to the West is Vanport sur rounds the housing the break came on the Western Distant from where i left y Denver Avenue and ran Down the or there was no water in i passed an apartment building where Ita dozen persons lounged and a Wom an said there the water get crowd Flea to Dike in the Street before refugee1 cars were bumper to bumper and some persons were the do Denver v i ran West toward the the i suddenly in saw it swept the Street in maybe two feet in front it broke Over at a Only it Vas Dull dirt is across the dip where water it slapped against the apart were three men thereand5in were hip deep in water there1 was a splintering and the if apart ment building where the three men bad been began to swing around there was a crack and building began to break away the front Waves of the 1 stopped the sheriffs car moving through the water arid asked any body dead god one of the men in the car said boats go to there was a shout from a Middle aged Man struggling knee deep in the water toward he held the Arm of an old my he dont care what happens but my the sheriffs car took them to i saw two men in a building with water swirling up to the never get i then turned and i grabbed a Little maybe she was 3 years we ran As water splashed against my the Dike was Only 100 Yards and years a woman ran beside was the Childs i then we were on the Dike Side and flier suddenness Oregon disaster May 31 a flying instructor told today How from the air he saw Vanport Calvin in the air when the disaster the surging Waters gave no there no warning no minor Hole in the hts there was suddenly a six foot breaching the railway then it was 60 then 600 a Wall of feet Slid through striking Down whole apartment buildings seemed to burst As the water hit i saw a whole Wall 6t Ait oui like a balloon furniture stood undisturbed in the rooms there were people or an old Man ran frantically ahead of the racing Waters pulling a Little Wagon with two screaming tots in water got salutes j War dead at italian cemetery May 31 Geoffrey of forces in made the commemorative speech for memorial Day ceremonies yesterday at the Castel Florentino military cemetery near the ceremonies honouring world War ii dead were attended by James Ambas Sador to and v John ambassador to defense minister Pac Ciardi and other High ranking ital Ian and american Keyes expressed the Hope that the principles of Liberty and Independence for which american soldiers fought and fell would have their struggles still going on in Distant wreaths were placed before the Graves by american and italian military and diplomatic jews fought to finish Foj s in Battle for old City May Young orthodox jew reported that in the old Jerusalem existed for two weeks before their surrender on a diet of stale marmalade and David at the acted As a representative in the first negotiations with the Arab legion hews shot in the right hand last week but continued fighting to the Groves asks nation to pay Price of May 31 Leslie Groves appealed to All americans today pay today Price Liberty so that we can face the fear and without r director of the Man which developed the atomic delivered a memorial Day address in Darien Groves criticized domes tic and foreign foes of subversive Washington seekers after men temporarily in positions of make tortured interpretations of the of the american italians probe ship blasts May 31 police today investigated a series of explosions which occurred in Harbor aboard vessels believed to be carrying awns for rightist Heads korean House May 31 National recently elected in South began functioning today to the accompaniment of ant soviet demonstrations in souls syn Man r h e Veteran rightist was chosen per manent chairman of the new As Sembly by a of when Rhees election was youth groups started congregating on the streets leading to the capital the legislative body was Conr they marched behind that bore slogans demanding the withdrawal of russian troops from North after the arabs permitted Easen to leave with the the jews contested every Inch of the old fighting from House to he when the last ammunition was they kept up the struggle with hand grenades Molotov if the Many weeks of ordeal had left its Marks on the 400 men and More than 50 of whom were brought to the new City after the the hundreds children apparently escaped the children now Are swarming Rily in which has been allocated to the old Otty War ammo blasts kill 12 May 31 Plo Sions of War ammunition in Woods and Fields in the Vicinity of Belgrade have killed 12 children and wounded six More within a 10day the news paper Politika said London sleuths set to work y on Corpse of toddlers Pond May 31 today were reassembling a human body from its hacked trying to solve what looked like England ugliest in Many years with a Scotland Yard Man Donald Home office worked on a Model in of a body dug up in parts from a Muddy Pond at potters bar Golf course in Northeast at the Pond Pond because boys like id catch or As the English Call in dirty Job of finding the rest went All except a Middle Section of the body had been Small boys first saw an Arm and hand two weeks ago on the Edge of the police first thought it was the delicate Arm of a Young the Pond was dredging machinery and men to work it were brought from the thames the Pond and its Muddy Bottom yielded another severed then they by outfit up a broken As of believe the body was that of a Man of average 23 and
