European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse 4 the stars and stripes september 19ft Swiss spend 25 of budget for arming Frankfurt traditionally Neutral Switzerland to spending a larger share of her budget for defense than any nation in Western Europe except the a United press Survey has president Truman has announced the would increase its defense to by next june and has prescribed a regime of moderate controls and heavy taxes to maintain the eco nomic Well being in a Warmen aced the up polled its european bureaus to see what Uncle Sams Western partners were the results per cent of the budget is going for defense this Swiss francs there Are no wage control Laws but a tight rein is kept on meat prices and agricultural French budget francs 18 per cent of the been earmarked for defense during the next three a special program Over and above the budget allotment Calls Lor spending francs to raise and equip 15 modern defense expenditures Are or 17 per cent of the on parliament appropriated Kroner above the Normal military budget for a two year defense pro Gram beginning this controls have been clamped on House building and manpower for the defense defense budget comes to lire or per cent of the there Are no significant measures for boosting War preparedness because Italy is still under peace treaty restrictions before the when Italy was getting 38 per cent of the budget went for 18 in Sweden or is earmarked for de about 18 per cent of the budget budget is or per cent of total budget wages Are under control by the wage restraint Bill and food prices of Basic commodities Are government p r e be n t de sense budget totals francs 15 per cent of the the government is overhauling the Civilia defense and has started budget is be ing originally it stood at or per cent of the Federal prices Are not controlled but wages defense budget for 195051 totals 11 per cent of the Overall govern ment wages and prices Are Stuttgart officer Scales matterhorn despite warnings of Swiss climbers Stuttgart Many a furlough Means an Opportunity to relax and take things but 1st it Fred of the Stuttgart military Post a Section had a different idea he packed up some k drove Down to Switzer land and proceeded to climb the he the climb is not particularly All you need is Good physical condition and Good weather of a Strong determination to succeed in the Long this makes it All sound very but a Good Many persons have lost their lives in attempting to scale the according to the encyclopedia the Peak was first conquered by a party of four English travellers and three guides in july but three of the visitors and one guide perished in the it is popularly believed that the four men plunged to their death when a rope broke Between the third and fourth member of the party one of the bodies has never been the list of victims has continued to grow Down through the years since that accompanying Vaughan were two an employee of the sep and Andre a professional guide from who doubles As a ski instructor during the Winter their expedition was noteworthy in two re it marked the first successful Conquest of the Mountain by germans since before the and it was accomplished under Adverse with winds up to 100 which had brought warnings from Swiss observers that the party would never make the three reached Zer one sunday afternoon and climbed to a hotel known As hut two that even where they remained Over night at 7 the next they started the Long reached the and returned to their first of Fred Vaughan of the Stuttgart military Post a is shown with his German companions eau Koch left and Andre Heck Meier after climbing the they scaled the Peak in 12 base by in the the elapsed time of slightly Over 12 hours is considered just about average for the the matterhorn measures Leet at its Vaughan advises would be climbers that a period of about three weeks to accustom the lungs to the ratified Atmos phere is for favourable weather a Long wait is often years scholarship fund planned c5 i As memorial to Gen Dean sept 1946 in new 55 trucking operators Start suit in Federal court for strike damages against truck Drivers 1947 the soviet Union formally de mands inclusion in the in Gen eral Assembly Agenda of a Resolution condemning criminal War 1948 Secretary of state George before leaving by plane for the United nations general Assembly in says that the situation is unusually sept France devalues the franc and a government spokesman says the rate will be about 350 francs to the Wolfram Boom in Portugal Lisbon u i c k portuguese peasants Are buy ing three Fountain pens at a feeding on cake instead of bread and getting drunk every they normally Wawi a week on their now they cashing in on the worldwide Boom in Ore used Tor toughening gun working at Small surface deposits the the government is considering Banning the because peasants Are neglecting their Wolfram prices in Portugal have owing to foreign com petition for the scarce during the Wolfram was Portugal Black Gold with Al lied and Axis buyers waging a Price Battle for Portugal has Europe biggest Wolfram if the present situation con wartime Price controls May be reimposed in new York establishment of a maj Gen William Dean memorial fund to finance scholarships in colleges and universities for child Ren of american servicemen killed in the korean conflict will be the principal aim of the armed forces in Korea at their second a i spokesman for the association i announced to the reunion will be held at John Myun korean ambassador to has been invited to 24th inf div Digap there is a you old boy Khartoum official Sudan monthly record entered an apology for proposing antenatal clinics for port after a correspondent pointed out that such clinics would make unnecessary a projected midwifery school the record said Itiat pre of geared last july 20 in the Battle for Taejon and unofficially has been reported the association is composed of military and civilian personnel who served with the forces in Korea prior to june maj Gen John 3d and commander of the occupation forces in Korea in is honorary president of the As Archer widow of maj Gen military governor of South Korea at the time of his death in september is honorary Vic president Dean the stars and Stripe battered Ruhr Riding Crest of steel Boom Bonn by Allied bombers during the partially dismantled As a War threat and for reparations since the steel Industry of the Ruhr paradoxically is Riding the Crest of a profitable Boom the Gigantic steel companies and rolling Mills of Western Ger concentrated in the Busy Industrial Are sold out for months ahead and Are turning Down new blast furnaces in the nations richest production Basin have not been As Busy since they were playing a Star role in Adolf hit lers spectacular armament pro orders Are now pouring in from the outside world at t rate four times that of six month going up even a substantial boost in the Allie set production ceiling of tons yearly would Little to offset the gee Man technicians the believe Western Germany is leg route to being the worlds top Porter of consumer goods in Thi steel Industry As other become tied up with re Armamea foreign orders for West Man steel and Iron ers jumped from tons a january to tons in Jujj i and still Are the fed j eral economics ministry said b its latest total orders i the same period Rose from tons to things Are moving so a of cording to the economics ministry that delivery deadlines can n longer be even other part of the Metal industries have Bee no orders Are being accepted for Hal finished no Fer m Rous Metal products until Thi the Branch of Industry can catch 14 Jean with its imposing am tops in july to catch up with steel orderj5 i the Ruhr would have to prod Topky according to official calculation base at a rate in excess of ton in its Best postwar Mon iof t so july yielded ont to slightly More than two thirds Thane wish even if the big three fore Techi ministers would scrap the Ceilia an unlikely eventual Tafara the germans would not be Abl Jiuru the present capacity is not Moi mixe than tons and steel men m claim this figure could Nam achieved Only if big Money invested in their an Industry estimate of the needed to produce at full is a sat and Israel dutch ties Jerusalem Holland aimed at ening the cultural and ties Between the two h been established etude or Pende 154 it col Henry j Etchier managing editor Cen Zumwalt sports editor Taylor executive manager Maurice r Karl Wood chief of distribution Louis h Brown i september w5i Prool Flitton news boreas ext 67 Darmstadt m Vienna b473w Bremerhaven the european edition is published Dally at for the occupation under the auspices of the me armed forces information and education division Yocom Tel Frankfurt the stars and Darmstadt correspondence Bount should be addressed to the stars and stripes Apo its of l mail to the new York office should be sent to 641 Washington a n y this is not an official publication of 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