European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes june 1941 Betsy Ross tradition favored in Story of americas Fla her Little House in Philadelphia stances As shrine by Shirley Katzander staff correspondent the redbrick House of Betsy Ross tradition in the first stars and stripes designed and stitched to still stands As a shrine history books no matter what doubts Are cast upon the americans favor Fie tale that mistress Ross made the first american Flag at the re quest of George the Only Concession official accounts make is that the first Star spangled Banner was made some where in the person most closely associated with the design of the it is was a Francis of new who had previously made designs for a great Seal and later presented an account designing the great naval Flag of the United Observance of the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Flag of the United states led to the establishment of Flag on june the government requested that All Public build Ings Fly the Emblem in Honor of the Day in new York and Boston All government and municipal buildings hoisted old they did the same in and held an extra of at the Betsy Boss Flag created in 1777 the stars and stripes was officially voted on by the Continental Congress june and for All we the decision to create the Banner at that time May have been influenced by re quest of the earliest request Lor a Flag occurred in the recommendation of the Continental Congress june which read in part the president Laid before the Council three strings of Wampum which have been delivered to him some time before by Thomas nominal Indian of the requesting that a Flag of the United states might be delivered to him to take to the chiefs of the to be used to for their Security and homemade Banner although the Flag official june the tonary army was still fighting under flags of individual and of the stars and stripes to Fly Over troops Wai made when a homemade Flag sewn nastily together in floated Over Schuyler at among the Flag makers was i years june 1943 London reports a German air attack on the Southeast coast of England june 1944 the germans attack in nor at both ends of the 100 mile Allied recapturing june 1945 on Okinawa troops take Yaeju Hiu and push on june 1946 Bernard Baruch offers the United nations plan for atomic Energy june 1947 president Truman signs peace treaties with hitlers former Satel Romania and p f Franklin dead 1 i photo above shows f he famous raising of old glory on on iwo Jima by some of whom were Lafer killed in gis of maid left photo Plant fhe stars and stripes in the muzzle of a knocked out nazi a gun after Fife mad von Muloch was Force to in san Francisco Riaff service men i the Star spangled Banner from a statue on Market Street of the news of the japanese Marinus Willett whose diary re ported the fort had never been supplied with a the Neces sity of having one upon the arrival of the taxed invention of the Garrison a Little and a decent one was soon con the White stripes were Cut out of an ammunition shirt the Blue out of the Camlet cloak taken from the enemy at while the red stripes were Nade of different pieces of stuff pro Arkansas town offered for Sale town of is on the Marker for the with an estimated population of 10 is 14 Miles South of it consists of a a grocery a five room dwelling and some the town limits embrace about two founded before the War be tween the Woolsey obtains its rating As a town principally because it has a the present and offered the place for Sale through a classified advertisement in a Kansas cured from one and another of the a British writing confirmed the he wrote Over the they hoisted a Flag of White and red stripes and on a Canton of azure there vere White each state a Star the first Flag bore 13 13 alternating red and White As the nation expanded and new states were added the Union each one clamoured for recognition in the american each wanted a Star and to prevent the Flag from growing in to a Gigantic Congress ruled in 1818 that on admission of every new state into the Union one Star be added to the Union of Thetla and that such addition shall take effect on the fourth of july next succeeding such and the stars and stripes vol my editor chief managing editor sports editor june 1348 William Summers Ken Zumwalt Ellis executive manager Schlei of distribution Maurice Kirkwood Bernard Mcguigan news bureaus Stuttgart Bremerhaven 22280m202 481520 Grafe Wohr 433 the european edition is published Dally at for the occupation forces under the visa Lees of the information and education division Frankfurt 2u5121i52 the stars and of Ungstad correspondence be addressed to stars stripes afo mall to the York office should be sent to 641 Washington n this is Noi an official publication of the s reentered As second class matter sept at the Posto Kice at few under Luj act of March first foreign nation to old glory was France at Fuji Beron where la Motte Piquet a gun Salute to the Flag Hying from the uss commanded by Paul the British conceded the Point a bit May when Isaac of the British Manofar saluted stars and with 13 German scientists seek bavarian Oil Munich acute fuel Oil shortage in Germany caused German geologists to their search for this Gold in the bavarian Mountain years of geophysical researches which were during the War had convinced geologists that Oil can be found in the deeper Layen of the soil in the Mountain test drillings Are under Way at present in several parts of this american occupied news papers but the results Are still said to be Only Active Oil Wells in Ger Many Are in the British occupied Region around