European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes september 1950 pm accidents Tumble 28 for August sept 8 motor vehicle accidents decreased approximately 28 per cent in the Frankfurt military Post area during fee August no Accident it was injuries to military personnel de creased approximately 40 per cent during the there also was sight decrease in injuries to civilian outstanding Progress in Accident prevention was reported by several units on the the 709th my so in had Only one vehicle Accident during compared to seven in june and three in the 24th to in reported six motor vehicle accidents in there were nine in june and 16 in july in that the Hanau sub Post Pool has a 90day Accident free record it 29 Drivers have maintained a clean since safety Campaign slashes traffic crashes in amp 9 accidents took a drop during the August no Accident Campaign con ducted by Nurnberg military maj Lawrence Post throughout the Post re portable motor accidents dropped from 37 in july to 26 for american civilian accidents dropped from 102 in july to 95 for last the report two Bamberg and Bay Leuth had no military vehicle traffic it Industrial Ansbach Schwabach and Grale Wohr sub posts reported no traffic soviet soldiers reported slain sept 8 diplomatic sources Here have re ported that two soviet soldiers were killed and Lour seriously injured in a gun Battle with hungarian Border patrols near the romanian hungarian two Hunga rians were also killed in the Skir the sources said the soviet sol Diers had been part of a group of some 40 deserters who had been attempting to escape into Romania when they were intercepted by a i member hungarian patrol near fee Village of the who had sub machine were forced to re treat when they ran out of am the sources the sources reported that the hungarians captured the four injured soviet who admitted they had deserted from a red army infantry division stationed outside Budapest zone gets new Deputy chaplain 9 special chaplain it col Bernard of has reported for duty As Deputy chief chaplain of it was announced a former assistant chaplain of the 4th army in san he comes to Neucom from assignment As senior chaplain of the Brooke army medical Center at Sam As division chaplain of the 1st div during world War he participated in eight campaigns and three from North Sicily and through Ger he was awarded the Bronze Star medal with Oak Leaf the army commendation ribbon and the purple Xxiii corps chaplain he became corps chaplain of the Xxiii corps in and served As assistant chaplain of the 4th army from december 1948 to july when he was transferred to Brooke medical Henry was ordained a methodist minister in 1936 after graduating from Pennsylvania state teachers College and Drew theological sem he was pastor of several churches in Central Pennsylvania before he entered the Mesta opens legation canteen for stranded yanks 9 special alarmed Over reports that a num Ber of american boys and girls stranded Here were Low in Cash and not eating Perle american has opened a canteen for their Benefit at the legation baked Apple pie and Coffee will be served daily to any one coming with a chit from the youth Argosy head the members of this Summers youth became stranded when airlines under con tract to take them Home became Short of planes due to a military at a meeting attended by 300 representatives of the air lines and the youth As Well As explained the Steps taken to solve the the tourists were assured that passage Home would be arranged in the near new Amine reported opened in soviet zone 9 West Berlin press report said that a new uranium mine has opened in the russian zone near the report said plans Are being made to bring workers to the the russians operate a Chain of uranium mines in the soviet zone near the czech 8 i i r t i t 8 0 g 8 8 Here is a pleasant Little game that will rive you a message every it is a numerical Puzzle designed to spell out your count the letters to your first h the number of letters is or subtract if the number is less than add the result is your key Start at the upper lefthand Comer of the rectangle and Check everyone of your key left to then read the message the letters Voder the checked figures rive copyright by William Courtesy i King synagogue rises from the ruins left by nazis a a j a choir sings at dedication Cere monies of the rebuilt West end synagogue on Friedrich the the Interior of which was destroyed by the now seats and will he used by Neucom person Nel for High holy Day services 12 and photo in the zones witnesses9 sect hints Defiance of East ban sept 9 bus Sian zone Jehovah witnesses branded a communist ban of the religious group a breach of the principles of human rights and inferred it would defy the the sect said in a statement that the announced by the East German represents a Viola Tion of their own constitutional in Banning the the communists accused it of carrying on illegal activities in the russian zone and of doing espionage Lor a foreign imperialistic the group bluntly denied the everybody knows that there is no democratic order in Eastern nobody has violated the democratic principles stated in the Constitution of the democratic German Republic other than those who have made leaders of the which reportedly has about followers in East have said that More than 500 members had been seized by the reds and thrown into prison and that the others lived in constant 100 refugee children sent to Norway for vacation 9 Hundred needy refugee ranging in age from 6 to have left for where they will spend an eight month the group is being accompanied by a German teacher together with norwegian will bold school lessons for the the vacation is sponsored by the norwegian Europa new officers assigned to 16th inf regt sept special several new officers have been As signed to the 16th inf regt maj John Chambers was signed As executive officer in the 1st filling a vacancy Taft when a Spencer left Neucom Early in August on Normal maj Ivan Phillips had been serv ing As executive officer until Cham Bers Phillips now serves As battalion capt Harry formerly assigned in the 70th to in it has been named regi mental transportation re placing capt James who will be assigned As 2d in capt Earl Harper has been assigned As co of co replacing 1st it Ernest who will be company executive capt Charles Ford has been assigned As regimen Tal austrian customs official jailed As yugoslav spy 9 austrian customs official has been arrested on charges of espionage for austrian ministry of Interior authorities have the officials said Franz had been arrested in the British zone for having sold to Yugo slav intelligence agents diagrams and documents concerning austrian Border the according to the listed the names of austrian customs and police officers stationed i the Border Pucher previously was praised for coming to the Rescue of a Yugo slav Diplomat who had been in danger of being attacked by a group of former yugoslav the brandishing had threatened to break into the train compartment of the Pucher kept them away until thei Bremerhaven get j do for youth Aid 9 j High commissioner awarded of Grant Naid of Marks to the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven for the establishment of free recreational programs for unorganized youth and to promote the training program for your leadership land James youth affairs affairs division olb f the program will set up free youth activities and will broaden the existing City youth programs to land Bremen unorganized the stars and stripes vol s 145 september editor chief it col Henry managing editor Taylor sports editor Phu executive manager chief of distribution to Brown news bureaus Frankfurt 7088 ext 87 Darmstadt Berlin 846680 Vienna Bremer Avea 21m421363 Munich the european edition is published daily at for the occupation under the auspices of the armed forces information and education Neucom Frankfurt the stars 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