European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 1 the stars and Stripe january 17, 1f truck Drivers angered byc7 � slowdown by. J. Mke flan soviet . . 2ii Tahj one Hundred ?fms.5 a. A Many As three heavily is Den trailers Staci shed More than z mile of the a s Post the British Union a i on to where Ilic is. Flag fluttered on the js--5 american outpost s Ong he almost blockaded autobahn to so vie i Enid inc de the russian who or. The soviet checkpoint Here Deni writhe trucks Are Here. Traffic i proceeding As Normal he explained Bah cock s body at Rhine main the carers of he hailed German Drivers were More than drowned on on this wrong Side of she Iron pm lain by the blaring be Bop of the russian style Lzzie Gillespie who shouted Moscow melodies Over a battered radio in the ramshackle shot a where the Captain traffic to Berlin. The caption Aid his Job Well. Five trucks an hour ground past the communist people s police to skid Down the ice sheathed High Way to Berlin. Paper holds key on the Captain s desk was the that told Why. It detailed tie present version of the rules and regulations that the russians used to justify their actions when they really blockaded Berlin. British authorities had reliable reports that the Captain s paper was new and May have contained the requisitions that slashed Road traffic Here to a 100 Miles of autobahn were almost deserted Between Here and Berlin. Occasional russian army trucks jolted past our Lime one passed russian sol Diers pressed to the windows to gawk at the american car. Not Man americans have navigated this Road since the russians extended their blockade of nerves to German truck traffic. New buildings the russians have almost completed a new system of buildings Here that resemble customs Sheds and military Barracks. In front Ozone a communist policeman lifted the Hood of a great truck and be Gan painstakingly counting each Cylinder. He counted Exen a few of the bolts holding the truck together. He slowed Down the slowdown even the red striped Barrier Here that slices Germany in two,.hoards of Drivers swarmed into the Jerry built snack bars that operators threw together for soviet slowdowns of traffic to sharper operators set up currency Exchange Booths where Drivers going West could Exchange heir russian issued Eastern Marks for West Marks at great depreciation. East Marks Are All but Worth less in booming West Gorman stores and restaurants. Just a 1-ittle to the right and left of the Highway Are the dark paths where political refugees slip we stat night and sometimes even pause to say he to to the Seliady smugglers journeying East i teams will inspect Ftp cars fee waived 2 child mummies found by German Gottinger Jan. 26 a a German rummaging through a trunk in his Home found two child mum Mies wrapped in a bag German police reported Man whose name was not revealed reported the find to police and said a had no idea How Tiey got Here med scan authorities at uie univer Axil of Goti Ingen said a preliminary indicated that the two Newborn children had become Many years ago. Police the medical authorities Ere trying to unravel the Frankfurt Jan. 26 a so Al though safety inspection of privately owned . And Allied vehicles will be carried out More rigorously than Ever before the customary is inspection fee will not be charged this year on Frankfurt military that the fee has been waived and inspection will be conducted by . Soldiers attached to Ftp ordnance outfits came from co Augustus b. O Connell. Postovoit year inspection was con ducted on the Post by the Neucom Exchange system at its various images. Owners were charged a is inspection have a new system on he the casket containing the body of William t. Habcock former Deputy Berlin element Hico arrives at Rhine main air base in & c47. Is photo by Morrissey Bonn rejects Dehler speech Bow Tan. 26 a so a formal letter explaining that West German Justice minister Thomas Dehler had to intention of attacking France in Lais speech at Hamburg last sunday was sent by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer yesterday to French High commissioner Andre Francois s letter was in reply to die French High commissioner s formal protest that Dehler s speech criticized the Ruhr statute. Adenauer s letter conceded that parts of Dehler s speech might Lead to misinterpretations and added that the German government expressly rejected the opinions of Dehler As they were sent out by a German news Agency Bonn silent on charges of sabotaging Trade talks Bonn Jan. 26 up official government quarters had no com ment yesterday on French accusations Bonn officials had sabotaged the Franco Carman Trade negotiations. They said they had made their views several Days ago when it was announced that because of the huge amount of French exports in the agricultural Field a conclusion of the Trade agreement Between France and Western Ger Many had to be suspended until a solution to the deadlock is found. Typhoid strikes 13 Iii Hesse town Wiesbaden Jan. 26 special hessian health authorities Are try ing to prevent local sporadic out Breaks of typhoid at Bebra from becoming an epidemic it was ass closed yesterday by or. Charles Benning. Olch Hesse Public health disease which broke out earlier this month has struck 13persons, one of them fatally Benning said. Polluted drinking water is believed to have caused the outbreak. Hessian health officials have made preparations foe mass vaccinations of the local population and for chlorination of All drinking water supplies. In addition they have warned All Bebra residents to use Only boiled water in their households. Major gets new Post Darmstadt Jan. 26 special maj Ralfe c. Searcy Bas been As signed from the a a division department of the army to the 1st engr Conaha in As battalion operations officer. Moscow envoys doubt West to ask own Austria pact Moscow Jan. 26 a informed Western sources Here do not be Sieve Hiat Britain and France will seek a separate peace treaty with sources said that other action might be taken but one official said he was convinced that it will not be i the form of trying to effect a separate said that some Surprise was caused in diplomatic quarters i Moscow Over the u. A state department s statement following the demarches made Here last week by the three Western envoy the Section of the state depart ment s announcement which some what puzzled diplomats Here was the expression that future appropriate action would be considered to re establish Austria s Long Over due Freedom and Independence. A number of people Here especially Neutral diplomats had regarded this As a suggestion that an Effort might be made by the three Western Powers to make a separate peace treaty with Austria. The three Powers Are not plan Ning at least in the future any further action in mos cow. Irish to try 7 red editors Hanover Jan. 26 Ero i Between feb. 2 and Mardi 31 directional arrows will Poser in Way from wac Circle to the hed Bernheim inspection Point. 12 testing times will be in on Tion with a maximum Tapa i v of 400 cars a Day. For sub Posis hours and Days of inspection will be the same except the Cut off Date will be feb. In in Stead of March 31. Bad nauheim at bad nauheim sub Post .1 Ecial detail of the 7865th Ord Mam co will inspect 3t Fth an Appeal to the Allied High commission to Amend its Law 14 to make it con form with the German Basic Law abolishing the death penalty was authorized by unanimous vote of the bundestag lower House yester the commission s Law Ger mans convicted of attempting to overthrow the occupation might be sentenced to death contrary to German Law. A talk scheduled for chemical unit Heidelberg Jan. 26 special it col Donald h. Hale chemical division Neucom will speak on prob lems connected with the develop ment of atomic Energy at the an Nual meeting saturday of the european chapter armed forces chemical Assn. At the officers club Gellhausen Frankfurt Mili tary Post. The meeting will be preceded by a luncheon at noon and will be followed by cocktails dinner and dancing. Gellhausen is 15 Miles Northeast of Hanau on Highway 40. At Hanau. The 7853th Ord co , o Conneil said Vil Check car brakes hights horns lights which Illarr. = rear License plates tires rear vew mirrors and All Mechanic is i a Tures involving safety. After obtaining safety inspection certificates list decl by the ordnance inspection teams car owners a title must comply with the following procedures before obtaining new Piates 1present proper Cert tuition from personnel officers thai hey Are legally employed in the i2present proper Ider if it of ago cards Etc .3produce vehicle certificate and title of 194e or 194 j issue.4produce current policy for liability coverage. Lubeck police Hunt student in theft of Art treasures Lubeck Jan. 26 up Lubeck police have issued an International warrant for the arrest of a former German student believed to have looted thousands of dollars Worth of paintings and valuable documents from two museums in Eastern Germany it was announced. Several of the paintings Are believed to have been Rembrandt and duress. Police have quietly hunted Horst Staric 25, for More than a month uncovering two of his hiding places and recovering a number of etch Ings a a valuable documents. Amon the documents he is believed to have taken from the Schwerin Lander museum and the Greif Swald University museum or possibly from a hiding place somewhere in Pomerania where the Naas tried to conceal them from the invading russians Are letters signed by Queen Victoria prussian Queen Louise emperors Wilhelm i and it and Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. Police said Start enrolled at Kiel University last year posing As a member of the German nobility. His father they said was a former official in Stolp. Pomerania now occupied by Poland. Aya dedication set in Salzburg today Vienna Jan. 26 to special i a. And austrian officials will Lake Partin ceremonies tomorrow Dedk-=.tng the new Ufa Aya a Ersul in Salzburg. Among the speakers at the ceremonies Ufa announced will be Brig Gen James c. , Deputy . High commissioner to Autri i Briggen Morrili w. Marion cd land Salzburg area command Josef Klaus governor of land Salzburg Samuel h. Williams chief of Theu Sfa education division and Hof rat Anton Neumayer mayor or Salz Burg. Harold s. Ritchie Ufa Aya specialist in Salzburg will introduce the new Center is hous a in a building made available last Spring by land Salzburg und has a incompletely renovated. The Centeria handicraft rooms a Library. Hea or and gymnasium As Well As an ath Letic Field. Gen smythe to visit Vienna Vienna. Jan. 26 special Origen George w. Smyth cd 1st inf div will arrive Ruby train from Germany . For a two Day unofficial a Safe has announced. Inv a. Who wit be accompanied to wife. S expel it to return to go Many in Jan 29
