European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes september Spain climbing slowly from postwar recession Public enemy 1 and Friend by Haynes Madrid appears to have weathered the worst of her postwar economic recession but All quarters agree that full recovery is still a Long Way the country hit Rock Bottom in the postwar slump Early this year but foreign Trade figures showed the trend had been reversed by the end of the improvement was such that january through May tally showed an Overall foreign Trade balance favourable to Spain the first time in Spain exports for the period tet aled while imports were valued at or a favourable balance of Cotton Toma Olive Oil and wines Ted Petroleum raw nitrogenous fertilizers and wheat led imports Spain Trade during the though not with the Gener ally was organized on a compensated bilateral rather than Multi lateral basis because of the in convertibility of foreign Curren her Trade with the remained As it has in the exports to the for the january May period totalled and imports 062 during the first half of Spain also registered Progress to Coward recovery in Fields other than foreign agricultural production though still far below Percivil War was up slightly Over last fishing and fish though still badly increased in volume and value Over the first half of mine output showed a general increase Over the first half of despite the Handicap of obsolete fertilizer output again led Spain chemical industries and considerable gains were made in production of phosphates and potassium Railroad reconstruction made some badly needed Progress but was held up by a shortage of to r e i g n particularly this Doest mean Spain still int a Long Way from although agriculture got More attention from the government than any time in recent More fertilizers and Imore draft Power still Are primary needs for the nations factories need modern Dachiu Thompson Road and rail systems need further mines need new More labor and better transportation but observers see in the in creased production and in the foreign Trade shift a turning Point toward recovery rather than further Spain needs foreign Aid what it would Cost to put Spain Back on her economic feet is anybody some observers place the need at Between and years sept 1945 emperor Hirohito says that Japan will have a democratic form of government but that it will not be of the Type of the or 1946 following British the czech government closes its fron tier to homeless jewish refugees from 1947 Russia charges the and Britain with violating the pots dam agreement by opposing the admission of Eastern european states to membership in the United 1948 russian Andrei Vishinsky urges the five great Powers to scrap on third of their sea and air forces and ban the atomic 1949 the official soviet news says that the user had the atom bomb secret in and that it then had at its disposal this German scientists help australians York German scientists Are helping to develop Australia the australian information re the office said 73 already have gone to Australia and about 21 More Are expected applications from received under the government scientific and technical aliens employment now total the australian minister for National Richard said the country industries had benefited considerably from the the information of fice Dort is 1st Ess Dort Ess 1st it there its Das restaurant Dass res Lorranc the restaurant to is Das restaurant vol is Dass Reston wheres the restaurant rang a Drieben exist a die Toilette to is die Toilette Hier sle is Dah Drohen there yonder Ess is Dah its Over dih Walette the toilet vol is dih Walette wheres the toilet Zih Hiher Zih 1st it Here its to the to the monkeys like this Mother shown with her offspring Are being exterminated in India despite hindu India declares War to finish on marauding monkeys editors note the daily German lessons Ore taken from the Basic course in spoken German prepared by the editorial staff of the armed forces Institute new Delhi Indian government has declared War on the nations who for centuries have ravaged farmlands with impunity because of the hindu belief it is a sin to kill overlooking gandhian Princi Ples of the govern ment placed a Price of 5 rupees on every monkeys head and or dered All states to kill monkeys As part of a grow Morewood it will be a tremendous extermination Job because there is one Monkey in India for every seven despite a s t r on g prejudice against Hilling particularly in North about monkeys already have been de Simian fifth column on top of the catastrophes caused by earthquakes and drought conditions and tile Vaga Ries of the Monsoon season All Over the Simian fifth column was said to be demolishing tons of food Grain annually while millions of indians languish at starvation damage caused by monkeys was estimated at it is an old Story in Quarter of a Century the British government in India instituted a Royal commission on the commission then reported that monkeys were an unmitigated nuisance and added that concerted action against wild animals in this country is Ren dered difficult by the aversion of a very Large Section of the Community to taking animal with the spread of Mahatma Gandhi Creed of this aversion devout disciples of the Creed would not even swat a Fly or crush a and the ubiquitous Monkey became endowed with a Sanctity equating that the sacred cow which was immune even when it intruded into the privacy of a hindu in Many parts of India monkeys were held in High they infested the temples where they pulled tiles from the rooftops and bombarded passersby with great their numbers grew and under British Rule a scheme was devised whereby they were trapped unharmed and deported to Distant but it was no they Al ways returned to attack the infest the temples and Bare their Teeth at the Sahib of Poona and and still their numbers Multi plied under the Protection of religious tolerance until they be came the greatest single obstacle to economic farming in and there was nothing the British could do about easy of count n clerk Cook spent Little time in answering the request of Hammond and for the number of persons in Del he told the new York map company the nearby Village had two resident Bonn Consul in sees Trade boost n by Thomas Boynton new York Germany first postwar Consul general in new is looking Loward continuous improvement in Trade re lations Between the and Western he also Hopes for a broader understanding and Friendship among the people of both one of the functions of the new he will be to stimulate German american Trade on the basis of democratic in an Krekeler said prospects for German Trade appear encouraging from the number of inquiries Mads since the economic Section of the consulate opened Early in i am endeavouring to keep new business open to Competition because that is in the Best inter est of your country As Well As he Krekeler explained that Ameri can importers and exporters Are visiting the consulate to get names of business Contaxis in these Are but not on any basis of from a number of names and the american can open negotiations with firms of his own economic chief Busy promoting Trade activity and answering business inquiries is Walter of acting head of the consulates economic Kassner who served five postwar years Asad Viser and president of the Ger Man economic Mission to the Al lied military has had a steady Stream of another Section of the Consu late is its Busy Legal the Man in charge is Deputy Consul general Hans of Riesser was an official in the foreign office of the Wei mar Republic at Paris until dismissal in 1933 by Adolf among the functions of the Legal office Are opening negotiations for settlement of Legal matters Between German and american Twenty assistants assisting these three main officials is a staff of about 20 Ger Man stenographers and other brought Here after each was approved by the Bonn government and the state de among Krekeler first accomplishments was gaining recognition of his office from governors of All 48 from them he has received the official seals of state for use in processing passports for visiting German nationals and for other officially authorized the stars and stripes 8 september 1mo  col Henry i Richter managing Ken Zumwalt sport of Cor Phi Taylor executive manager chief of distribution Maurice Kirk Wood louts h Brown news bureaus Frankfurt jobs ext 87 846680 Munich the european edition is published daily Ai Germany for the u occupation under the auspices of the armed forces information and education Neucom Frankfurt the stars and Darmstadt correspondence should be addressed to the stars and stripes Apo 175 u s mail to the new York office should be sent to 641 Washin too n v this to not Fin official publication of the armed Force reentered As second class matter sept 1947 at the at new under the act of March 1879