European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 3 1948 stars and stripes Page 5 viewed exhibit of skills this View from the Balcony of the Wande Halle in bad Kissinger is the neat display Booths of the handicraft and Trade a sailing refugee from the salvaged army gasoline a bad Kissinger Carpenter i by Eldon Scott Cohen staff correspondent june 2 More than persons attended a unique handicraft and Trade exhibition the Wande Halle according to Max von official of land Kreis bad planned As an in for German craftsmen to expand their production and come More self sufficient without waiting for attracted visitors from All sections of the on display were 220 exhibits by work Meji and Small companies in land Kreis Many bombing of Berlin is shown holding a Garden Spray can made from a Ai a German boy gives the Seal of approval to a toy automobile photos by Waller articles were made from scrap rags and other obsolete intricately carved cig Aret boxes from old toddy neat bavarian dolls dressed in tailors throw away chessmen made from solidified tree and wooden shoes which will be sent to hol highlighted the it is not necessary to encourage our workmen to help themselves by toward von Wussow All Are with a minimum of imported they Are producing valuable items for the City and for a Large percentage of the skilled craftsmen exhibiting their wares were refugees who have taken up residence Here and in Munner some moved from Berlin Dur ing the wartime bombings of that while others have coma from the russian zone since the wide variety of products on included Small Wagon Trail meat Glass furniture made of painted and polished fir cold pottery and Beer also displayed prominently were paintings by Heinrich von statuettes by lore Friedrich Gronau arid housing blueprints by one of Germany leading francs to Dollar is set for yank visitors june 2 rate francs to a Dollar will be Jglen american military personnel services in the French told the local army if Nance office although this new rate Marks a jump from Mays rate and is ithe first time the army Dollar rate Pohas shown an increase than decrease since devaluation in the franc has gained on All other currency pavement bourse rates have fallen francs for Federal notes and 15 Tor travellers Ever since Federal notes hit a Peak of 385 francs in the sidewalk rate Lias fallen steadily with opera tors unable to make one curb cashier declared the slump in1 Black Market Exchange rates was seasonal and pointed to the fact that last the franc had fallen As Low As 180 to the Dollar and never Wen higher than 220 during the summer the full special Aitay rate is available Tamly at the finance office on Rue if Money is exchanged at travel agencies or Banks Only about 300 francs to a Dollar can be obtained because handling fees Are German refineries will be reopened june 2 a two German Hydro genetic refineries in the British kept Idle under the Potsdam be reopened save Dollar expend it was stated officially Here the near and gel Seberen in the have a capacity of tons of Oil per they supplied the Luftwaffe during the War with High octane petrol tilled the will be reopened under the per year Oil import program drafted for by Zonia by British and american of t c 1 us Ibi Irvey shows Soyi etl gag of by staff correspondent june 2  reported the Complete communication ofthe8 soviet zone of a British Survey said the methods employed by Russia to political obedience have been to Success tit that All organized opposition to soviet plans has been i the Fate of communist the report has led to a feel of hopelessness unrelieved by to i any optimism that conditions Are vote is slap at Vizonia by Julia Edwards staff june bavarian party yesterday interpreted its High vote a bavarian City Council elections sunday As a protest against Biz onal Only recently the party established itself in third place in the state with a platform Advocat ing an Independent Bavaria and criticizing bavarian exports for by Ludwig the party chief candidate in declared the bavarian showed their disapproval the Frankfurt political disowns mayor in where the bavarian party placed second to the social democratic it will not sup port mayor Karl of the Christian social for reeled Lallinger the City councils elected in 41 cities sunday will elect the mayors this for the state As a the Csc remains the leading although the social democratic party placed first in the but the spa had narrowed the margin from 21 to new statewide elections were viewed As inevitable since the Csc today is the sole government party and possesses 103 out of 180 Parlia ment officials Clear my in firing at russian june 2 Provost marshal official1 announced today they were satisfied with the conduct of the american member of an International patrol who fired in the direction of a russian Soldier who had resisted arrest and the soldiers statement that he fired to the left of the fleeing rus Sian provoked our Only one official our Are told that when they they should shoot to russian soldiers at the scene had claimed the escaping prisoner was hit in the this was denied by other no report on the incident had been received from the russians late today by either Brit ish of opel truck production halted by Plant june 2 truck production at Ike opel Auto Mobile Plant in Russel sheim was halted when the factors stockpile of manufactured by the strike bound machinery works at gave opel officials said an average of 100 Ocean Dahal ton Blitz trucks were assembled weekly at the Russel sheim some 3qo employees engaged in truck production have been shifted to departments for the duration of the Branch officials Likely to improve in the near an the apprehension that nothing Short of Force achieve this the called on the democratic parties in the Eastern said average German is convinced he must either obey or seek Refuge in it said no opposition worthy of the name can How be to any major items of russian policy in the East although delaying actions Are on certain economic the Survey listed the following eight soviet weapons used Ruth Lessly to gain submission open intervention intervention in a blatantly obvious in All important political pressure the communist dominated socialist Unity control of East zone of political oppo this is carried out by calling an official unacceptable to the Sov Iet military administration or by putting pressure on the officials factory owners who oppose the soviets Are barred from raw Are charged with criminal Industrial sabotage or soviet informer this has penetrated nearly every aspect of economic and political life in the in one Small town of there Are 50 Active secret rules announced on Leica bad june 2 special Neucom Exchange system today announced that the period in which priority winners must pick up their Leica cameras and accessories has been changed from the 15st and 30th of each month to a 15day period beginning wit the 25th of each t this policy will become effective in june when the period of Purchase will begin on june 25 and the last Dey of the period will be july under the new pay Day will fall in the Middle of the period in which Leucas and Leica accessories May be thus assuring the would be customer of sufficient funds to buy these according to the yes an eligible customer who does not Purchase this camera in the allotted period is automatically dropped from the Leica priority list and can not Purchase the camera at a later Date unless he in Hospital or temporary duty Home station prescribed Pur Chase Lanham gets dec assignment june 2 special Charles for Mer department of the has been transferred an overseas with the the army has succeeded by Kojm former assistant 6th