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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, September 17, 1950

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                September 1950 the stars and stripes f Roberts raps Korea report As Hindsight Gen former chief of the military advisory group in attacked a nations korean commis Sions report the missions published a Lake said Roberts receded six weeks Advance warn ing of the communist Roberts styled the denying that an intelligence officer of the South korean As stated by the com had reported to him with the the korean intelligence officer did not report to me on May 12 because it was not his habit to do if such were reported to it came to me from my intelligence officer who worked with him and kept me informed the general Roberts also took exception to the commissions statement that the chief of staff of the South korean army had reported that North koreans were under i do not recall the chief of staff telling me such a Roberts i would not have believed him because he had Access to the same information As i according to plan Colorado gop renames Carr sept 16 Ralph Carr emerged As the dominant figure of Colorado politics after rising from a sickbed to win the Republican nomination for governor in an apathetic stricken with a foot infection that held him be fast Dur ing the rolled up More votes than his unopposed demo cratic incumbent Wal Ter Republican Eugene the and John Democrat were unopposed for senatorial incumbent congressman John Marsalis and Wayne dem and William re pub won without Seattle businessman wins gop Senate nomination sept 16 a newcomer to National Seattle businessman Walter won the Republican nomination to oppose democratic Warren Magnuson in primary election returns National chair Man of the committee for economic development held a margin of Al most 21 Over Republican National committee woman Bis nearest opponent in a five Way race for the Magnuson had no All six incumbent congressmen were assured of rather than postpone their wedding Jack Cole and Geraldine of defied automobile crash and were married in wheel chairs at s Hospital in labor held sufficient for forces sept 16 labor department reported that the has enough potential workers to build up an armed Force of More than men and still Supply War plants with new workers to keep production the department said it would he necessary to Cut Back no defense employment by workers to achieve that goal the report was published As Secretary of As Maurice Tobin met privately with an informal panel of labor experts for another discussion of manpower problems and labor disputes in Light of the korean he told newsmen that the con like the first one two weeks ago was intended to i the steel Industry has More steel output Fairless declares u up rubber tire tycoon urges new sept 16 vey chairman of fire Stone tire and rubber said on leaving for Europe that the must rehabilitate Germany syn thetic rubber sailing aboard the Queen Mary in route to the International automobile Salon in it is vital to our de sense that the go fallout to produce maximum quantities of synthetic this is not Only important to our essential civilian he but also to fulfil the objectives of our National rubber stockpile i thinking and was not expected to produce any Concrete Acheson too British for tailors new sept 16 Secretary of state Dean Acheson is off the list of the nations 10 bes dressed men because his clothes looked too British to please an organization of american Cus Tom Acheson was replaced on the list compiled by the fashion author Ity of the american by ambassador Warren chief Delegate to the United Austin was judged typical of the american in As Well As others on the list were Basil theater Lee films Sammy music Sid comedy Dennis Tele vision personality Ted sportsman Jack Active sportsman Robert Tele and Paul business 2 shot in payroll robbery new sept 16 coldblooded gunmen shot Down two messengers and escaped with the two employees of the Mora Lindall 625 Madison were wounded critic they were Harold of and Joseph Gil of Long Island than fulfilled its National Obliga Tion to out produce any possible combination of aggressor Ben Jamin president of United states steel United states steel atone is producing More steel today than All the communist nations together Are believed to be this country can match the output of every foreign steel Plant in the world ton for ton and still have tons left Fairless in a speech before the local chapter of the National of purchasing fairness said military demands for steel thus far have been but they will increase rapidly in coming months and will naturally have first claim on our entire Fairless blamed the present Short age of steel strikes in the sudden crowding of orders that normally would spread out Over several years and on actions of some Colleen Townsend enters Bible College sept 16 Leen former week film has entered a College for Bible study last february the 21 year old Beauty gave up her film contract she recently returned to the from a Church sponsored War re habilitation Camp near City mourns 33 dead guardsmen sept 16 soldiers came Home in coffins to the tukes Barre they left a few Days before to serve their the soldiers were killed their troop in route to army training at Camp was rammed by a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train at last a grief stricken crowd of jammed downtown streets to receive the Flag raped caskets of their beloved Wyoming Valley sorrow Hung Over the Valley like a silencing the huge closing shops and Heaters and halting All the Only sounds were the sobbing of thousands of some of them carrying babies in their and the overhead droning of 50 National guard planes dipping a final then came the 33gua Salute of the 967th army a Echo ing across the Susquehanna Bells tolled from every Church in the the seven car funeral train pulled British stress Field Economy on the Taegu sept 16 where including human expend the americans Are learning from the British How to one surprised quartermaster officer said they the British told me there going to make three boxes of mortar ammunition last three that would last one regiment a i guess they Man age because if they need two mortar shells on a position they Only fire wed fire the pm was ready to give every Tommy a pair of combat boots to replace the workout Hob nailed boots the British the British quartermaster asked Only for a few he explained weve got cobblers with the officer listened with wonder and said if a boots Wear out he throws them we dont bother to repair but maybe we ought even in drawing shelter halves the British showed the surprised yanks How they can they asked Only 450 shelter halves for the brigades in the army ifs one ground Sheet per bottle Lack perils Yule cheer Supply sept 16 a for Lack of soda Ash the bottles Are and for Lack of the bottles there May not be enough whisky for the Christmas that was the word passed to re porters by Garrett Withers Withers said Kentucky approaching the Peak bottling Are faced with a bottle shortage because of a chemical strike in soda Ash soda Ash is needed for bottle Mak the involving pensions d has been under Way since june Withers said he was told that the bottling for the Christ Mas business la customarily done in Louse against adjourning sept 16 the House voted overwhelming a Roval of a Resolution calling on Congress not to adjourn until it has a Chance to vote on a multimillion Ollar excess profits the Roll Call vote was into the Blac draped Lehigh Valley Railroad station after a 12hour 1ft minute trip from one thousand buddies from Pennsylvania National guard on standing at attention As the bodies were carried to carriers for the on Emile pro cession to the Kingston Pat each weapons Carrier bore a Cas flanked on either Side by four soldiers in summer White gloves and rifles Over their right nothing was on the carriers but the Bare except for the shrouding american there was no even the cortege of weapons carriers moved 100 feat apart the under Gray skies that matched the cites retraced the route the dead trav eled last sunday on their Way to ill fated mourners i deep the mourners were packed in deep to pay tribute to the those who could not gain Points on the sidewalks looked oat the windows of downtown buildings to View the along the cortege flags flew in front of Homes and closed flags on Public buildings were at in Honor of the mayor Luther Kniffen ordered All activity in Wilkes Barre industries suspended movie houses closed and and All athletic events and social activities were As the last of the weapons carriers moved past Public a Sailor and a watching from the joined the hundreds of others followed slowly bringing up the the mourners were led by James he offered his sym Pathy to the bereaved families at the where they awaited their dead army names last 4 dead n guard train crash sept 16 of the last four of the 33 Pennsylvania nations guardsmen killed in the crash near Here monday were released by they were Cpl Carl of Plains pvt William of Wilkes Barre pvt Wallace Kingston and pvt William so of 69 captured flags returned to Mexico Mexico sept 16 the formally handed Back Battle flags to Mexico with presi Dent Truman Assurance of respect and it Gen Wade chief of a special military escort handed the first Flag to president Miguel Aleman As a Token mexican army cadets took the remainder from cadets and the flags were restored at spot were six mexican cadets leaped to death from the Walls of Chapultepec 103 years ago rather than surrender to to captured in the War the flags had been at West Point Ever go pulls fast wan on Tacoma cops sept policemen won dered today How to credit Cash received for a parking police received South korean wan from pc 2d inf div Soldier fighting in attached we a parking ticket issued to him while he at  
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