European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 7, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes october 1950 foaming Rivers of bavarian Beer sparked Munich october festival by Wolti fanning staff correspondent Munich most parts of the it has Long been customary to hold some kind of thanksgiving for the fall in at the october Festi the bavarian apparently a fall festival of a slightly different give thanks for the great foaming Rivers of Nutbrown ale which flow from their it is quite b beginning in Well before the Harvest been the festival during the past 140 years has developed into a combination Bee drinking agricultural and Coney this year an exp exhibit and a Gigantic electrical Lair were added to the usual assortment of Beer carnival attractions and sausage it All began in when the then Crown Prince later King Ludwig of married Princess Theresia of Sachsen that year the people of Munich gathered on tfe8 now famed october Meadow Darf Ich Ihnen Ich Ihnen i present my wife Frau ble Kann Leider Kann Laider she cant Deutsch any ble Speicht so priest Only Speaks a Dolors the German Art Titen from fee Bane course to spoken German prepared Bijj editor of Olaf o1 the armed Institute us French fighting in Indochina to Stem tide of communism French forces opposing communist troops in Indochina Are not fighting to keep the indochinese in colonial bondage but to hold a Lina at defense that the anticommunist world has marked Down in the far Accord ing to the Neucom information bulletin for in an agreement Between the French government and the government of Bao French sponsored Vietnam chief of the French have turned Over to control of All its affairs except relations and National the French also have assured the Prospect of Independence within the French Union after the communist menace has been the French sponsorship of Bao the bulletin came Only after the French government had first recognized the Republic of Vietnam headed by to Chi but France came to and believes that the aim of to and his followers is not Only to Force the French completely out of Indochina but to make Vietnam a communist Vassal to the bulletin shortly after hos government was recognized by the to and his followers made a sur prise attack on French garrisons in Annam and and a full scale civil War broke the War has continued since to has consistently followed the communist party the Bulle tin preaching re form and in bringing terror wherever his guerrillas have carried on their with by red China to the Early last the soviet Union recognized hos govern of within the by the governments of North Bulgaria and Czecho hos government also exchanged recognition with communist the great Britain and other free nations recognize the Vietnam govern ment of Baa the four years of civil War is reported to have Cost the French some lives and the expenditure of the bulletin it was under these circumstances thai France appealed to the for economic Aid Over and above the provisions of the mar shall and it was under these the bulletin that Secretary of state Dean Acheson agreed that the would furnish economic Aid and military equipment to France and the anticommunist govern ment of Indochina help France make indo China secure from communist a help the indochinese achieve genuine nationalism and in an Exchange of views with Frances foreign min ister Robert said the was convinced that neither National Independence nor demo cratic evolution exist in any area dominated by soviet Imperial in the the Issue is clearly the bulletin it involves the intention of the major Powers of the world in much the same manner As did similar circumstances in Greece following world War and in Korea the bulletin the outcome of the struggle in Indochina will go a Long Way toward determining whether communism will spill Over into other parts of Southeast or be stopped at the Southern Border of to hold Folk dances and celebrate the marriage of their last the festival returned to traditional hundreds of chickens roasted Over open thousands of special dozens of oxen Fried whole on huge pans and untold barrels of Beer were consumed by the this years festival got under Way sept when Munich lord mayor Thomas Wimmer arrived at the Meadow to Greet a color Ful procession of brewery wagons which had paraded through the City for several and drank the first Stein of Beer As the City Hall clock struck after this auspicious beginning and a cos tume Parade nearly three Miles held the next Day things did not go so unseasonably cold and dreary weather plagued the festival Al most from the first As bavarian land commissioner George Shuster explained re bad which keeps people and Strong Marzen of Lead to the troubles were of both financial and police interest the City had invested Marks in the festival this initial outlay was to have been re covered through the rent paid by approximately 650 Concession who in have made a profit on the the hundreds of outside amuse the Chicken and oxen dealers and the fish probably did Little better than break paid Only by said they were Lucky to make 700 compared with an average of Well above last on the police Side of the this years festival was marked Down As one of the roughest to police agreed there was no organized ant occupation Active but several soldiers reported that even in the Daylight hours chickens and other purchases were knocked from their hands while a gang of hoodlums quickly gathered to make it impossible for them to recover their they also reported being unnecessarily elbowed and pushed about in the the electrical fair and the Erp show did very an outstanding number of Commer Cial with not Only West German but also foreign were signed by sex attendance at the Erp show was termed extremely Gratifying by an official spokes Man years oct Averell Harriman assumes his duties As Secretary of com president Truman asks All americans to pledge themselves notto eat meat on tuesdays and poultry or eggs on As he already had ordered the Navy and air Force to Britain challenges the soviet Union to prove its disarmament proposals Are sincere and warns the United nations to look this particular russian gift horse very carefully in the Germany becomes a split nation of two governments and two Capi tals As the russians bit Back at the West German Republic by creating a government for germans in the soviet the Swiss National tourist office has arranged an an turn special tour of eight and seven nights to Iju Gano and Locarno and then Back Over the Scenic route to leaving Munich or Karlsruhe Swiss leave centers every the Tours Cost 71 for class for class b and for class the Swiss arrangement for class a Tours is firs class hotel accommodations and second class rail class b includes second class hotel As Well As class c provision made for second class family Type hotels and third class another Swiss also for eight Days and Seyen goes to Bern and this tour May be started any Day except other tour possibilities include provisions for individual the Suc alled  this service does include the charges per Day Are class class ii and t7 class the charges cover room without three and Luggage transportation by hotel travel from the Swiss leave centers to the Swiss Border is the Swiss National tourist office ims circulated this Story coif earning Cost of travel in Switzerland John Smith from the had been told that owing to the fact that no devaluation took place was an expensive he did realize that this is not True when he spent a Lovely evening at Federal capital of on the surprisingly Low budget of which is exactly one american he saw a bran new Amer ican went to a listened to a Gypsy bad a Beer and a delicious Swiss sup tipped the waiter just As he had been per went to his hotel by a passing Berns famous clock Tower at the stroke of which of the route to Southern Switzerland along Lake gave him a Altai the to see and hear the of charge of to Tell the Smith spent for himself and the other for this is what his experience taught him devaluation elsewhere in Europe has considerably increased the purchasing Power of the Swiss franc and made Switzerland cheaper for Dollar tourists than they May pfc Donald of co 1824th won the Stuttgart military Post poetry contest with Feu poem Faro die Melsa received As a prize an Al expense american express tour of of c boy in charge of the Berchtesgaden in Post vegetable displays some of the produce being delivered free to Btry Htom Taden recreation area the pier Busceti travel Agency has announced that effective 29 their 11day Italy tour will leave from Munich by rail each Friday at am instead of from Garmisch by this schedule will continue throughout the Winter months because of the difficult driving conditions through Alpine country in Winter the Only Oher changes in the tour will have tourists travelling from Rome to Naples by train instead of by bus and staying overnight in Naples instead of Sorrento while in that the stars and stripes 172 october 1930 edit orm to col j Ricer managing Ken sports cd tar Phil Maurice r Kirkwood Louis h Brown executive 01 distribution news bureaus we ext of Ronstadt Vienna b Breni Taxen j1s6s Munich the european cd Iota in daily Ai car Rosadi Hess Germany for the o s occupation forces under the auspices of the armed forces information education division 8ucom Tel Frankfurt my the stars and Darm scar correspondence should be addressed to the and stripes 115 u s army Lall to the new York office should do sent to Washinton n y that is 001 an official Onitt spation it the armed forces reentered As second Asj j2 im7 at the  new under the act of March 3 187b