European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 25, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 1 the stars and stripes october 1950 Freedom Bells toll heard Over Wor Canti Myrd Roi Page 1 of countries were present a in dedication before i he ringing of the at Clay said in a t will throw the switch will ring the Freedom it a Fiat Forth its message of free and let Alt of ruin be rededicate our and join together in a silent of Ayr that this under god shall be Custodianship of the Freedom Bell by City of Berlin was accepted by mayor Ernst who de cared in part tace sound of this be will not Only a heard in Berlin and through out Germany it will ring not Only Over the Ocean to the great Amer ican people it will also clearly be heard in the we know that the Peoples of Budapest and Sofia Are longing to listen to this sound of we Are sure that even the russian people would be in Accord with us if they could freely express their High commissioner John my cloy preceded Reuter on the speakers in the name of All those who cherish Mccloy j have the Honor to entrust this Bell of Freedom to the people of similar techniques Mccoy further said today with the spectacle of nazi tyranny still we see the same techniques reapplied concentration forced deportations Grote queries of propaganda called marching we hear the words peace and Unity again those who misuse these words by applying totalitarian techniques will fail today and in the future just As the nazis failed five years introductory remarks were made by maj Gen Maxwell Taylor Berlin who declared the Days of adversity in the face of communist pressure have won for Berlin an acclaim which it never achieved in the glory of the pealing of the 10ton free Dom in the Tower of the Ber Lin City was joined by thou Sands of other Bells throughout Europe and including Bells in All army chapels and installations throughout the toured cities the Freedom Bell arrived Here saturday after passing through the soviet zone by it had just completed tour of 26 major Amer ican cities under the auspices of the crusade for funds raised on this tour will be used to strengthen free which broadcasts daily to the citizens of Iron curtain a our greatest task clan Caid at the is to build a world of free nations and free living and working together in the people of the free world Are dedicated to this task the responsibility Falls upon each of us gives me great there to be Able to Tell Lyou that Mil Lions of Rny fellow countrymen have accepted this responsibility and Are iffa great crusade for they have placed their names or a declaration of Freedom and have sent it together with the Freedom As a testimony of their Clay dedicated the Bell to thu eternal Honor of All those who have Given their lives in the cause of May the voice of the Clay lift the hearts of Freedom Loving people from Day As it May l strike a note of warning to All oppressors a sound of Confidence courage to those cake upon to defend their Freedom a message of Hope Ano sympathy to those who Are Paris of the world Are barricaded its cannot be Kepi it will be it will be Jeard wherever there Are human doings who yearn to live and Woik Anc worship As among the Allied official who invitations to today ceremony i Murphy on list sir Lyone British High commissioner Andre Francos Poncet Frentz a Gen p Deputy High commissioner Gen Thomas Yocom ccmmand2r it Gen Jorin to Gen s pwn Usa eur rear adm John Conid Nair i d tier Many and Gen or charts s others were James am Assad to Italy Robert Murphy ambassador to Belgium Milton roving Eca ambassador Europe the four land commissioners in Ger Many and several Briti Sli and French land German present included in Aad Tion to Adenauer and Jacob minister for Al German Hans Muhlen Leader of the Deutsche pane n the bundestag Helene bundestag centrum Partei Leader the minister presidents of the West German Stiles and the mayors of the West Berlin thousands weep As Gen Clay returns to Berlin by John Mcdermott 24 general who Defeated the russians in the cold War Battle for Berlin came Back today bearing a Symbol of Freedom to the people whose hearts he had Gen Lucius Clay returned to the berliners who grew to love and respect he brought them the world famed Freedom it was perhaps first time in history that an enemy general of a conquering army was Ever so warmhearted by greeted by a peo ple his country smashed in thousands of Many weeping with emotion and hundreds waving lined the sidewalks from Tempelhof air Field to the City Hall to cheer Clay As he sped a few women and girls tossed Flowers in front of the car carrying the former military governor of this time the slightly built Gen eral came As a not As a military and he came to a City Here in a foreign behind russian Iron where he is worshipped As a great Ciao looked a Little older than he did when left Germany 17 months his was noticeably he did not appear As tired As he seemed when he carried the Load for Western allies in resisting the Russia Nim posed starvation blockade of from the moment Clay reached Berlin he was Given s heros Wel suicide to laughter 24 Paris Andre Lai shot himself fatally through the Temple n a movie theater Here last night while the audience roared Over a dark Brothers general raced to save i pcs of 1st rescued 21 by Don Whitehead North 24 of the Sun Chon Tunnel massacre were saved be cause a brigadier general dared to push into communist territory to Check a report that american prisoners of War had been killed by North korean Ai least 68 american prisoners were slain by their ked guards Friday night near the Sac Hon railway 10 Miles North of they had been led from a train into that they were being Alten to the guards prisoners foe died of their wounds during the at least Man of them lived file Houston had Brig Gen Frank t of not been so of the wounded undoubtedly would not have survived the bitterly cold general this is the Way the atrocity was As assistant commander of the 1st Cav Allen decided saturday to drive by from Pyongyang to Sun Chon to Check on the Progress of the task Force driving this task Force from the 1st Cav div had gone North to link up with paratroops who had dropped near i went with at Sun Chon we heard the report of a massacre at a Railroad Tunnel Allen was determined to run it id never fee right about he if we dont do All we can to find out about the general stopped at the head quarters of the South korean 6th div and requested a guide to the Tunnel at that time we had no troops in this South koreans provide guide the South koreans provided a guide and we headed for the a South korean colonel found the first seven then began finding the survivors and the bodies of the men murdered by the Allen directed the Job of getting litter bearers to carry the wounded across a he walked among the patting them on the encouraging them and assuring them their Nightmare was maj Harry of and capt Alfred of were with the South koreans As and they quickly had troops swarm ing in to help the americans and to search the Bills for other pos sible two South korean nurses were brought up to help the then capt Robert of arrived to give expert medical Bernstein was from the paratroop outfit near one gaunt Valdor of trembling while wailing for some one to help him Over a in he said Allen quickly took off his jacket and draped it about the boys in promoting you to a Onestar Allen John but in awfully murdered by the reds the bodies of South korean prisoners shot Down just before the communists feed from Untig North lie in a Trench behind a and in also pretty Aljen dont you worry about slowly the men moved Over the emaciated figures whose clothing Hung in folds from their starved survivors were put on trucks brought up by the South koreans taken Back Down the Road to Bernstein worked All through the night but two of the 23 survivors an anti Erica chaplain with the capt James of came to the hos Pital to see the you Are the first chaplain weve one of the boys they asked Skelton if he Lead them in the men in the campfire and repeated the lords prayer repeated daily they told Skelton that each Day on the Long March from and on the train ride they had Knelt once each Day to repeat the prayer in in Allen made two efforts to get Back to Pyongyang to report the massacres and the Rescue of the but at each try ire ran into enemy sunday morning the South koreans organized a task Force with troop Protection to bring visors of the massacre to Pyong As the trucks passed Ameri can the survivors were showered with chewing gum and at the men were loaded into a c54 visa ban May halt weddings continued from Page 1 americans in eucoa1 were former members of the the Neucom source said no immediate changes were anticipated in the relaxing of Neucom regulations to permit mar ried to germans stranded by the hew to remain in the it was pointed out that Euc Oats decision to waive the requirement that such couples leave the theater within 90 Days was made pending clarification of the Security the View Bas been expressed that such clarification probably will require congressional in Flag unfurled Over zones Iraq he in Munich by win fanning staf correspondent 24 Bright Blue Flag of the United a was raised Over the zone Headquarters of the International refugee organization Here today during ceremonies celebrating the fifth anniversary of the founding of the representatives of 15 in member nations stood at attention before the flagpole at the Warner Kaseane while Oskars a latvian raised the Ensign Over the Headquarters at As the Banne Frose into the the tolling of marking Tion of the Freedom Bell in rang aug from nearby military installations Ryan Speaks speaking briefly at tiie first ceremony of its kind Ever held on German Philip Amerle ican chief of miss Ion this told the gathering the worlds Hope for peace lies in the in whose in Light of recent world has never been with 18 participating govern v ments is the largest operating Agency of the it is the Only in organization working in where employees of 34 nationalities Are caring for More than Dps still living in Western zone v y 10 die in Pakistan rioting ocl 24 persons were killed and 42 injured yesterday when police opened on Rock thrown rioters after a Parade exploded into violence Hyderabad 75 Miles East of
