European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Weather forecast old Tody with Stutt european edition moral off Snow z5 Snow and partly Jeri it def by with Enow and i cries partly x weather unofficial publication of occupation Fortes in Europe history of halloween the history of halloween might Vivell have been brewed in a Bluff cauldron by a Robed weird mixture of ancient and medieval for details see volume number 196 t cents month 1950 red thrust perils Ham Hung flee in Northwest i 30 Rivers purged out of their Banks to isolating scores of towns and forcing persons to flee from their Homes in the Pacific at least 18 persons were dead or missing As a result o the floods and five Days of severe storms off the Pacific Ocean the weather Bureau warned that a new storm was forming off the aleutians and was expected to bring another Cloud burst by tomorrow two National guard companies mobilized to help evacuate i in sout Central Oregon where damage was most severe the red Cross gave emergency Relief in the Grants pass and Myrtle Point those three As Well As string Oakland and Sev eral other were either or partially Cut off from the rest of the the main highways into Oregon were closed to traffic by High on Page 5 Sweden King 1 takes oath b 30 King Gustav new Monarch of a to grieving took a formal oath Al today As successor to his 5u Gustav who died yesterday in the 43d year of his Lis the 68yearold former Crown to Prince Gustav Adolf was invested with his new duties at a simple i ceremony which the late who died Ai substituted for the an More Fornai and costly Coro no nation be at the same cab troyal coun it cil the new King received pledges of allegiance from members of the the t leaders the armed forces and inc other High is Stockholm today was in a City of Fisl despite the i fact that the news about the old wit Kings death was known Early yes i people Syll gathered in front of the Newsstands in the Rainy i on Page 2 0rann Sheridan left tet by never met Tio san 30 Lac Tressant Sheridan has been i filed by a Man who never met but the a Jonely  named David John saw her often on the screen and plastered his waterfront hotel room with her he died at christmastime last his just approved in Superior slated simply Al leave everything to my beloved picture Star and nc3o one piping forces open big attack on Tibet new 30 invading chinese communist army was within 10 Days marching time from the tibetan Mountain capital of Lhasa today and the lety Earold Dalai Lama was ready to flee to official Indian reports cleared the last shred of doubt today that the chinese reds had mounted a full scale attack on Tibet Over the ancient Trade routes that twist from Shikang province through passes feet the invaders were reliably re ported today to be within 20d Miles of Lhasa and to be meeting Only meager resistance after passing most difficult Tibet had a Border guard estimated at to men so it has been ineffective in slopping the com the boy Dalai spiritual and temporal Leader of the inhabitants of this land on top of the was expected to Asylum in India Border province of Sikkim a tibetan Trade Mission is maintained at the tibetan government has asked the Indian government Foi diplomatic help against the in no military forces an Indian government spokesman said that the diplomatic help re Quested meant facilities to hasten tibetan negotiations with the Pep ing government and not military assistance or reference to the United nations Security the tibetan stronghold of who feet up on a pass on the Eastern fell to the invading chinese 22 the tibetans were forced to abandon Shoshano they fell Back to Miles West on the Road to the spokesman said the reds had made their Advance by using considerable infiltration tactics and by distributing pamphlets in the tibetan language which spread Dis affection with the tibetan regime amongst the local As a result of the tibetan Appeal to it was considered highly probable that India will try to use her Good offices with the chinese on Page 2 the Dalai boy ruler of in ceremonial illion Flash fire razes Jetport Plant Battle 30 Flash fire destroyed a factory making Jet plane engine Blades and injured 18 of the 65 workers and one none was reported in serious the Plant owned by the Eaton manufacturing was swept by Lames in astonishing firemen apparently a feed Ine carrying inflammable fluid Ironce and sprayed on Redhai Jet Lades and a nearby Gas Furnace the Gas troop increase in Europe linked to Bonn Force new 30 ant defense Secretary Paul Griffith said today the number of troops sent to Europe depends quite importantly on whether German forces Are in a european defense Griffith said the establishment of adequate defense in West Europe will of course mean the sending additional troops to that Many will be determined by several he among them will be our own need for forces elsewhere on the the size of the defense Effort the North Atlantic treaty a on Page 2 puff los 30 americans Are smoking Cigar ets a for every woman and Claude president of the National of tobacco dist rib said Rok courts doom 609 since invasion 30 korean military and civil courts have sentenced 609 persons to death for wartime offences since the in Vasion of june court authorities said cases involving including 115 have been the charges include aiding the illegal confiscation of rape and forty eight were sentenced to life imprisonment and 642 from six months to 20 China unit identified As aiding norths drive 31 tuesday korean and chinese communist forces massed in the Snow Clad moan gains of Northeast Korea today and threatened the great Industrial Center and United nations base of a vicious counterattack not far to the Northwest of Ham Hung shoved the South koreans Back  Miles in their first withdrawal under fire since the Middle of a x corps rebels attack police in puerto Rico spokesman said a chinese communist army regiment had been identified in that farther the 1st Cav div and the South korean 8th div rushed to the assistance of the South korean 1st and 6th dive after an estimated reds destroyed a third of the 6th div tenth corps he announced that probably including units of the 1st Marine div which was fanning out in that were being rushed to meet the growing threat to two divisions x corps spokesman said the chinese red regiment was in action South of the Choshin Reservoir in mountainous Nort Central United press correspond ent William Chapman reported from Ham Hung that captured North korean officers and chinese prisoners of War said the chinese communists had two divisions with in 25 Miles of Industrial Hub in the the x corps spokesman declined to comment on at least 20 chinese have been taken prisoner in the last american military authorities so far have not regarded the presence of chinese soldiers in Korea As evidence of open intervention by communist a Date dispatch from Chapman at Ham Hung said a Well organized communist counterattack hit the 26th regt of the South korean 3d div South of the regiment fell Back the regimental commander called for reinforcements and air but overcast skies ruled out Quick help from the air american officers with the regi on Page 3 local bubbly on High 30 overseas airlines added a new touch today to its meals for Passen beginning it twill try to offer passengers the wine of the country Over which the plane is eight russian civilians held by yanks in Pyongyang 30 Typl eight russian 10 be the first found in North were being held in protective Cus Tody today by 8th army Mili it Joseph Stanley said five rus Sian men and three women were being hold their own they Are not accused of any thing nor have we found any Rea son to accuse them of he the russians were found in the Pyongyang area during the last five Days by units carrying out mopping up none of the eight appears to have been connected with the soviet advisory groups and All said emphatically they did not want to return to one of them spoke this Man was Vladimir he said he was a Section manager in a department store which catered to russians he said my you axe on Page 1 san puerto 30 rebels fired on the governors Palace and attacked police stations in several other towns today with bullets and fire in an outbreak looked on As an organized three nationalists were killed at the governors Palace and two police were at least six police believed killed in other and a number of nationalists killed or campaigning to oust the government in this the nationalists bombed and burned police Headquarters at Jayuya and burned Down the Post office and Telephone building at both towns Are in the Center of the is police Headquarters at Southwest of san were but police forced the attackers Back into the Luis Munoz conferred in with the chief of the National guard on the situation throughout the the commissioner of education closed police reinforcements moved into on Page s key lao Kay Field reopened by French 30 vital air link to the French Frontier Bas Tion of lao Kay has been reopened following a counterattack by the besieged Garrison which blasted vie Minh i r o o p s from nearby vie Minh fire had prevented the use of the Field for two sealing off one of the airports needed for possible evacuation of French troops and civilians from the threatened Northwest indochinese Border the 48hour interruption of air traffic into lao Kay stressed the precarious position of the defending which is More than 100 Miles from the nearest major French an Airlift evacuation was expected soon by informed military bulletin Lake 30 the soviet peace plan for out Lawing the atom bomb and reducing the armed forces of the Fiva major Powers was overwhelmingly Defeated today after a week of debate in the United nations main political