European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Units fall Back in games by Omer St Ajja correspondent 11 forces tonight were reported to be withdrawing rapidly to predetermined i defense lines after making initial Contact with aggressor a forces along a 120mile front at the end of the first Day of i a briefing tonight told of the five column enemy r thrust and stated that the first Contact with the aggressor took place this morning at near additional clashes were reported at Fulda and several Points in f the Nurnberg the defense Headquarters is anchored on the main and Neckar Between Frankfurt and Stutt fart All troops Are withdrawing Tor this f a spokesman acknowledged tonight that Daggres visor air attacks against today were 75 per cent he estimated the enemy made More than 225 with some enemy planes dropping simulated napalm y losses in the Man Euver were established tonight at mostly through strafing capture Bridge win stars o7id stripes correspondent with aggressor reported tonight that Advance units of its 10th army sur prised defensive units at capturing the main River Bridge at pm before a demolition team was Able to blow the the aggressor is now expanding his fanning he placed the Northern hinge of the aggressor army at Fulda and said the enemy 8th Fusilier rein forced by the 64th to had been in constant Contact with the rear elements of retreating on Page 1 Jan Dies of stroke in South Africa Jan Chris Titan Smuts South 11 marshal Jan Christiaan statesman and Soldier for three died tonight at his farm Home near it was announced that Smuts died of a heart attack shortly after dining with his he walked to his bedroom accompanied by his two daughters and the toll of 80 years had taken the snap out of the steel Spring and Smuts died peacefully after a relapse from a near fatal bout with pneumonia and sciatica last death came after he was repudiated at the polls in his native but honoured by All the fought against British Smuts has been called the real founder of the Union of South Africa and one of the great men of his he fought against the British in the Boer War As a guerrilla chief and his Side then he got the British to give Back what they his work resulted in the birth of a nation and he himself became a pillar of the British for 60 years his leadership helped Chape events in South then on Page 3 Magazine prices Cut on Newsstands 11 the stars and stripes distribution service has announced a reduction in the Price of Maga sold at its effective now All except will be sold at established cover officials pointed out that this was in addition to the Price de crease of March 23 and makes merchandise sold by fhe stars and stripes available at cover with the exception of comics and pocket size operation mercy flies polio victim from dec to Texas by Richard Habein staff correspondent 11 the military air transport service flew polio victim Edward Rosen Wasser Back to Texas today on operation he lives in an Iron lung and it took a Convoy of vehicles to move him to Rhine main air base from the 97th go in once after quite a bit of Man Euver army and air Force technical personnel transferred him from a truck to the c54 which was to Fly him to Edward was transported from the 97th in an army 6x6 which pulled a trailer mounting a Generator to run the Iron As technicians transferred the on Page 3 Augsburg Gas wife Dies of gun wound 11 Josefa wife of Sec Rudolf so 2d army Cav died at am today As a result of a gunshot wound in her the Provost the wound was allegedly accidentally inflicted saturday by Ann wife of sgt Sampson Security 2d army the victims husband had been returned from Maneu vers and was at her bedside i Augsburg City Hospital when she according to the Provost Metz was showing Padrnos How to use an army carbine saturday when the weapon was Schuman in for confab new 11 French foreign minister Robert Schuman arrived in new York by air from Paris today to attend the big three foreign ministers con european edition unofficial publication of occupation forces in Europe volume number 147 s cents a a month september 1950 Seesaw Battle raging 7 Miles North of Taegu troop train rammed 32 100 injured 11 troop train carrying hundreds of National guardsmen to Indiana for combat training was rammed by a crack passenger train in heavy fog Here thirty two persons were killed and at least 100 others officials Leon manager of radio station wins of he had counted 32 bodies Acheson gets of on policy 11 Secretary of state Dean Acheson received the full support of the Senate and House foreign policy committees today for the position the will take at the new York meeting of the big three foreign Acheson received the congressional endorsement after he had outlined policy to the commit tees at a two hour closed door ses Sion on Capitol chairman Tom Connally of the Senate foreign relations and chairman John Kee of the House foreign affairs issued a joint statement at the conclusion of the meeting expressing their groups full support after a Lively Exchange of views 5point discussion Connally said Acheson discussed North Atlantic treaty organization for defense and the presidents recent announcement of More troops to defend Western problem of rearming Ger Many and the contribution of Ger Many to the joint defense political and military problems of Indochina and Southeast Asia in the United nations can be used to halt aggression in other places similar to the will continue to sup port the present representation of China in the United Acheson was reported As Connally said that details of the policy positions would not be revealed for fear of jeopardizing the coming talks Between foreign ministers of the Britain and bulletins 11 authorities announced today that the demilitarization program in the British zone has been com late sports 11 the Rhine main rockets posted a 65 Victory Over the Heidelberg Hawks Here at Gateway Park this afternoon to win the inaugural game of a Besto seven series to determine the 1950 Neucom base Ball 11 Spe new Fork Yankees regained Possession of firs place position in the american league today by beating while the Detroit tigers and Boston red sox were stretched out alongside the troop rescuers tackled the steel coaches with acetylene torches on the possibility that More bodies still were in the of the estimated 100 40 were reported in serious condition in hospitals at Cambridge and Den most of the dead and injured were members of the 109th inf on Page 1 China hints veto on reds Lake 11 nationalist chivas Tsiang indicated today that he would veto any move to invite a chinese communist representative to the United on a temporary Tsiang spoke before the Security Council against a soviet proposal that the piping regime be asked to Send a representative to take part in the debate on its complaint that planes violated chinese territory in attacking Manchuria from the diplomatic sources said the soviet proposal would get Only six affirmative the India and would mean defeat without the 24th div push advances on Pahang 12 tues Day and North koreans fought a wildly swaying Battle North of Taegu today under the drum beat of artillery and mortar the fighting was at such close quarters that an army spokesman said it was hard to Tell who is attacking supporting the gis on the fighter bombers machine gun rocketed and dropped napalm bombs in a record number of sorties All along the Northern defense action moves South action flamed from Pahang West across the Taegu front and As far South As the Paktong River the Veteran 24th div advanced to within two Andone Quarter Miles of fallen Pahang and with their South korean allies were closing a noose around an estimated on the Paktong the communists threw men of their crack 2d div into the Center of the 2d div line at six Miles West of the yanks threw them Back and on Page 4 weather forecast showers in maximum 70 72 Heidi partly 70 68 72 occasional 60 72 morning weather Central burning out enemy snipers a yank cuts Loose with a in one of the weapons first appearances on the korean to Burn out communist snipers in a recaptured