European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Weather forecast Frankfurt Heidelberg mostly morning mini mum 30 2kf with of Tasin Nal 29 Cloudy with Tifi Ber morning 29 Slih 30 occasional flt ii a f l e weather Centra european edition 5tripes Sprecher Sie Deutsch if its still not too late Start the daily lessons in the Start and today lesson is on Page unofficial publication of occupation forces in Europe volume number 195 cents a a month october 1950 7th div lands 75 Miles from Border Gustav Dies at 92 reigned 42 years King Gustav v halts Oil for red China 29 the Commerce department yester Day stopped an american merchant ship from sailing with Gallons of petrolatum for communist owners had listed the Petro Leum product As usable Only for medicinal but govern ment officials said petrolatum can be used As a lubricating Oil for Industrial or Milt any the Commerce department alerted All its agents throughout the country to halt any further exports of strategic the govern ment prepared to put petrolatum on its positive until it had been exportable without Senate request the department acted after receiving an urgent request from Senate investigators to halt the shipment which was loaded at an East coast associated press re ported that a shipment of liquid petrolatum for red scheduled to be Pui aboard the freighter flying Cloud was held up More than six hours while a government chemist Analysed it in Michael collector of the said tests showed the commodity met Export regulations and was some 300 Drums of 60 Gallons each were Bradley had said if the chemical test develops any doubt concerning the character of the these doubts will be resolved in favor of rigid enforcement and the cargo will not be Bavaria Hico Aid Dies in Munich 29 chief of the office of the land com missioner of died last a Veteran military govern ment and Hico died of a heart attack in a Hospital in he had been ill about a he is survived by his widow and a 29 92yearold King of died today after a reign of a 1 m o s t 43 years in which he set the pattern for the role of a Monarch in a socialist the King died in his bed room at massive Grotthing Holm in Stockholm out the Kings physicians said he jihad succumbed to a Chest cough which blocked his breathing and strained his tired he had been taken ill Friday at a Cabinet who had ruled since december was succeeded on the throne by his 68yearold Gustav who will be known As King Gustav accession of Gustav Adolf gave Sweden a Queen for the first time in 20 she is the former lady Louise now and a great granddaughter of Britain Queen Gustavs plunged All of Scandinavia and Europe into mourning for the commoner1 King who preferred a Tennis Racket to a 42gun Salute at guns or All fortresses in Sweden and All the navys ships roared a 42round Salute with 30 second after a four minute another 42round Salute was Given in Honor of the new peace Loving Gustav v played a three set Tennis match until the age of 83 with the same adept Ness with which he pre sided Over the Cabinet Council every Friday at 10 the worlds oldest reigning Mon he was Plain to his he was born at Drott Ringholm Palace near Stockholm june on when he was Gustav married 19yearold so phia Maria Princess of they had two Gus Tav Adolf and the Queen died at the age of 67 at the Villa Svezia in Rome on april Gustavs King Oscar arid on Page 2 new British liner blazes at docks e n g 29 new British liner launched in was or today in the Buccleuch docks reports from said the luxury for the australian service o the Orient has begun to list five to 10 degree from the tons of water pumped into its within minutes after the flames were spotted by a policeman last firemen and three hours 10 engines and 60 fire men were fighting to save the new the outfitting Here for its Maiden Cost More than 14 killed As storms Batter Northwest 29 the second big storm in As Many Days battered the North West and the toll of dead an missing in natures first major autumn assault Rose to winds of near Hurricane Force churned coastal Waters and lashed cities far Inland in Northern Washington and British three persons were killed in High Way accidents attributed to the and two persons four men were feared dead in the presumed crash of an air Force transport missing since thursday and an Elk Hunter was lost in the rugged mountains of northeastern More lives were endangered at the coast guard at Seattle reported that at least two Craft were in gusts reached a recorded Peak of 80 Mph at Home of the Hanford atomic Tel Ephone companies said winds and falling Trees caused wire break Downs throughout the coastal re utilities reported that Power failures also were rain and winds were estimated to have caused More than damage to late fire whipped by the winds added to the property sturdy the recently completed Tacoma Narrows showed her stuff against winds up to 40 her the galloping Gertie suspension turned into a roller coaster and collapsed in similar winds in Adenauer seeks equality9 for units in West army 29 Konrad Adenauer declared last night that Western Germany will demand absolute Equality for German troops if she decides to contribute armed contingents to a european defense speaking before the annual meeting of associated press managing editors in Adenauer said he did want to take a stand at time on the question of Ger 30 More yank pcs murdered in train 2 survive shootings 24thraceson foe retakes 3 towns 29 7th inf div went ashore today at the korean East coast port of i 100 Miles Northeast of won san and 75 Miles from the manchurian Border of communist the amphibious Landing was since South korean forces already had Cap tured at the same the 24th inf div plunged to within 39 Miles of the manchurian Border on the farther How North possibly recaptured three towns in a Dawn maj Gen David 7th div said after his forces began Landing we Are going to the manchurian destroying As Many of the enemy As we troops of 17th regimental on Page 3 with the i North 29 so exhausted they could not were the Only survivors today of a new death train atrocity in which 30 More americans per South korean soldiers found an abandoned North korean train 22 near 80 Miles South West of the communist City of it was still burning from an american air inside the train were the bodies of 30 at least 21 of them had been the remaining nine bodies were so badly burned it was impossible to determine in on Page 2 Many role in european he said the big question facing the Western Powers and Germany is whether Western Europe can be defended without the use of Ger Man if Western Europe is we invite the Bussian to make Adenauer then he declared i would never agree to simple restoration of the kind of Wehr Macht Germany had five years but i emphasize that if the Federal Republic should establish armed contingents it will do so Only with absolute Equality with All other this is a condition we will never Adenauer said he hesitated to comment on this weeks French proposal for use of German troops in a european but he criticized the French plan As containing on Page 2 red casualties put at 29 Ashgen Douglas Macarthur spokesman said today that the North koreans have suffered an estimated still have possibly fighting men in both North and the bypassed areas of South the spokesman said the present hard fighting appeared to be a last gasp he said there was no indication of open intervention by chinese he pointed out that the area of close to the manchurian reds Opportunity to concentrate their dwindling Turkey Marks anniversary 29 celebrated with great military pageants today anniversary of the marines hit the Beach at won san troops of the 1st Marine div leap the Waters of the Japan sea from Landing Craft Ana ashore at North the originally scheduled for a week was delayed after South korean occupying discovered the sea approaches to be heavily