European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 7, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stabs and St August 1950 largest South korean is traditional front door to nation Abington ins Pori in Smith Korea traditional door of she he comes More vital to forces with each Day of bit Ter department of defense officials have indicated thai the bulk of american troops and supplies Are Korea through Pusan on Ibe Southeast it has the Only goof Harbor no held by the Pusan is the boil Thorn terminus it inc major Railroad which is the transport lifeline of the this City has Many aspects of a natural the National geographic society l is enclosed by Bare Hills that crowd the coastline and could be advantageous to a Perim Eter the commercial heart of Pusan is constricted be tween the Walls of one narrow rugged terrain screens the City so Well that Only a fraction of it is visible even from the Waier front the Harbor Itsell also is Well protected by outside the Entrance is nok an Island four Wiles Long and a Mie Sod a Hall which incoming ships must skin to reach an there Are two relatively narrow passages Between Island Ami and both Are Over Hung by High rack current maps list Pusan and its environs As a fortified a status which the City has bad in varying degree for it was old Korea Sentinel out Post against the who tried numerous thrusts to Bare be fore they succeeded in establish ing a Well guarded trading Post in modern times the japanese made Pusan then called Fusan their Point of entry and developed its port and install modern Pusan is Korea third largest the 1940 census placed its population at nearly a total exceeded Only by the fallen capital of Seoul and the Northern Metropolis of by i sine e then estimates give Pusan More than peo although is fan Aerial View of Pusan vital to United nations troops fighting in in portent its due mainly to the excellent bar Bor and Good rail Pusan strategic importance to the military is emphasized by the fact that it is the Only port Iii Friendly hands which will take heavy draft it has four Good piers with cranes and other equipment additional berth ing space is provided by quays Between the shipyards Are available for repairs to moderate sized the piers and warehouses Are connected by Spur tracks to the important double track Standard Taufie Railroad that runs from Pusan Northwest to thence to to Seoul and it is Only 77 rail Miles from Pusan to and 100 Miles from that Point to Taejon Pusan has an Oil textile a Gas manufacturing and factories for the production of rubber soap and other these enter and the cites Many modern can be attributed primarily to the who placed emphasis on the develop ment of Pusan because of its nearness to with which it is linked by Cable and other the City is located at the South East tip of the korean from there it is Only 135 Miles across Korea Strait to the japanese port Shimone Seki Island 6f there has been no Indica Tion whether gis have been using Shimone Seki As a Point of embarkation for but it was so used by he japanese for Many another South korean port that May be of some Aid in the Supply Effort is just West of Alt Hufh not adequate for heavy ships or extensive traffic it connects with the Interior by Standar gauge rail two other South coast Mokpo and Yosu Are now in North korean hands three red Cross girls go to Korea Hospital Tokyo bed Cross veterans of world War have gone to Korea to work in an evacuation Jane red Cross director for the far said others May be sent years i War department says that 60 per cent of Hiroshima has been obliterated by the atom British announce drastic plans to Hak flow of illegal immigrants to the army system of promotion by seniority goes out the window with the signing by president tru Man of legislation setting up a per manent  pro Gram for the army and Ujj Secretary general Trygve lie appeals to the big Powers to end their quarrel Over and Calls for urgent action to Stop what he terms the race among the great Powers to develop and stockpile bacteriological and chemical a mounting toll of injury and destruction is reported from the area of fee earthquakes in with latest figures indicating that nearly May have us b u r ban ites outnumber l a r g e s f cities dwellers by Charles Mot ont of 12 of the 1 a r g e s t cities the of ties them selves in every Case Between 1945 and the census Bureau disclosed in a listing of the 12 largest metropolitan areas on the basis of preliminary 1950 population figures confirmed earlier Evi Dence of a Mas scale movement from cities to the to get More fresh cheaper lower More parking room and so in the los san Francisco and Pittsburgh suburban populations outnumber City sometimes m o r e than new Chicago and de 2 and 5 among the have the same positions As metropolitan Philadelphia and los s and 4 among Are in re verse order its metropolitan Boston is 6 As a metropolitan area o n by 10th As a san Francisco has the largest metropolitan population although it is 11 i among Pittsburgh is metropolitan area though City St Louis is eighth As a ninth As a metropolitan ninth among is Lith among metropolitan Baltimore is 12th As a metropol Itan although sixth As a the metropolitan areas consist of whole counties substantially integrated with the cites Active Nebraska paper imposes voluntary censorship Nebraska City Nebraska City news press says it is imposing voluntary censorship in its handing of korean news for the duration of the Emer the newspaper said it would not report the departure of troops from names or nature of the their destination or the number of troops to route to the combat Encoh ments in pictures c and John Zakel above their marriage in the Christ Church of Viennas m maj and Ross Concett right were married at Clemens and Rochus Church in Zorndorf july Condit is co of the 71st Ord stationed in photos it and Wes Ley p o s v a t left were mar ried recently in Stuttgart by Chap lain it col her Man Posvar is at or Ford University As a Rhodes the former i idled Sang with  during the past they Are from a double wedding United twin Sisters to us ape airmen in the is Wiessenberg Catholic the brides were Galina and Frina of the couples Are left 8 sgt Joe and his Galina t sgt Sam Buffo and his bridegrooms Are assigned to the 1st radio relay the ships ill August 19m editor chief col Henry Richter managing Ken Zunwalt sports Phil Taylor executive Maurice Kirkwood chief of distribution Louis Al Brown news bureaus trans court 7088 ext 67 Darmstadt Berlin bi6680 Bretner Haven 210h2i363 the european edition la published Dally at Lor the u occupation under the auspices of armed forces information and education Franf court the stars and Darmstadt correspondence be addressed to the stars and Apo mail to the new York office should be sent to my this is not an official publication of the aimed 93 second class matter sept 1347 at the Post office new under the act of March