European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Weather forecast Vigw minimum Tern 1 4s 3t 3s it St weather Centra european edit1oh the stars and ripes unofficial publication of occupation forces in Europe football playoffs today football fans in the dec will crowd Frankfurt and Anes Barff today for the semifinals of the us Are hit the 2d act will tackle Bremerhaven at while the i6th inf plays Story on Page volume number 221 5 cents t month november 1950 drive opens to end War 7th army revived Eddyce co Stab he inactivated to n or lit n Linn Ere in Hie to 24 special Thomas Neucom today announced the reactivation in Europe the 7th at the same it was announced that cons Tabu has been this change became effective Handy also announced that the 7tb army will be commanded by it Gen Man ton and wartime cd of the 9th inf div later the Xii Headquarters of the the army will be at the 1st inf div and the the Veteran major tactical units in have been As signed to 7th White Deputy Eddys staff will consist of the following maj Gen former con Stab will serve As Deputy com 7th army Brig Gen John formerly 1st div chief of will be chief of staff co Mark formerly Deputy Dieucam personnel and administration will be go Brig Gen Richard until recently Deputy Neucom intelligence will be g2 col Einar formerly Deputy 1 Neucom opera organization and train ing will serve As and i fire raids scorched path for offensive 24 air Force announced today that its pilots had dropped tons of fire bombs Over enemy lines 5 in preparation for the United nations offensive now under Way in the statement was included in a lengthy air Force report covering its operations in the far East for the last 52 the incendiaries were 10pound gasoline Jelly one of which can spread flames Over a radius of 50 to 100 the fire bombs have been used successfully since the Start of the korean and Are considered the most effective air weapon Roadblock teams impound 30 army vehicles in Ftp 24 thirty army most of them described As too dangerous to were impounded at 1 roadblocks set up today on Frank fort military Post 4 in Drivers of scores of privately owned cars were handed tickets by Roadblock teams composed of ordnance military and transportation corps i More than 500 vehicles were tagged Down at the included nine on Frankfurt in four at Hanau sub Post two each on Darmstadt and nauheim according capt Bui Ftp Inanc maintenance establishment of the roadblocks inaugurated a monthly pro of vehicle spot checks which be held without and is designed to get dangerous cles off the roads and result in maintenance for All vehicles were impounded mainly bad but military police checked licenses and registry and transportation corps Linen checked for proper vehicle bulletins 24 Konrad Adenauer said today bad asked the allies for a Writy treaty for Western Ermay to replace the occupy 24 ident Truman notified con today that he is setting aside to provide food for the Ned forces of 24 today announced a seven at proposal for a japanese cd and offered rns a voice in deciding the future against enemy troops during the 52 Par Eastern air Force pilots flew a total of sorties and fired More than rounds of machine gun a total of 250 enemy tanks were destroyed or the report revealed that since enemy planes reappeared the communists have flown 593 most of them from Man Churia and for Only a Short Dis Tance into the lost a total of 24 planes by air and ground action since june the report h launching flies Over front soviets deny wife visit to Raf Pilot held As hostage 24 russian occupation authorities have re fused permission for the wife of a British flight lieutenant to visit her held As a hostage in the soviet British officials revealed Here the russians have held flight it John Driver captive in Eastern Germany since he crash landed a Royal air Force Jet fighter in bad weather on the Hamburg Berlin Highway last the soviets informed the British they would not release Driver until it Alexander Bystrov was Are turned to Bystrov deserted his soviet occupation unit to seek Asylum in the British zone As a political refugee a few Days before Driver fell into russian Drivers wife came to Berlin from Britain last seeking on Page 1 steamroller crushes 4 24 Vincenzo was crushed to death near Here yesterday when he fell in front of a by Earnest Hoberecht 24 Gen Douglas Macarthur re turned Here tonight from a Quick visit to Korea to order the launching of the new United nations offensive de signed to end the War there before defying the Mac Arthur flew along the Yalu River from where he could see up to 30 Miles into and told frontline commanders that he wants to end the korean War by Christ i accompanied Macarthur on his spectacular trip which took us above Snow capped mountains far be Hind the communist lines and then Over recently captured where troops Are camped on the Korea manchurian Macarthur landed at sin Anju this morning where he was welcomed by it Gen Walton both army weather cleared As he drove in a jeep Convoy to i corps on Page 5 i on overnight pass Back after 7 years 24 a Soldier who was Given an Over night pass on thanksgiving eve in 1943 was due Back in Camp seven years Steven gave himself up to Fri agents in Cleve land and was to be re turned to Hayes Here to appear before a military court Maruscsak told authorities he haunt meant to stay awol seven but As time wore on he became increasingly afraid to 25 Satur Day United nations Force of under the personal direction of Gen Douglas yester Day opened a homely Christmas offensive in North West by the More than eight in divisions had gained up to 15 the 24th inf dive task Force Stevens set the advancing up the Westcoast Highway 10 15 Miles from the where they jumped off in an 8 am Midnight Germany time they met no from the North korean and chinese the Rok Republic of Korea 1st on Page 3 chinese reds arrive at in Lake nine member chinese communist arrived in new York today and a few hours later Russia asked that the piping group be called to take part immediately in the United nations general Assembly political Cora mites debate on the committee is now consider ing russian charges of aggression against growing out of president Truman order Send nig the 7th Fleet to Formosa Strait to prevent the korean conflict from soviet Delegate Jacob Malik had no sooner requested chinese communist participation in the de on Page 2 15 More near death in Long Island rail disaster new 24 human failure was blamed by Thomas Dewey today for wreck of two Long Island com Puter trains which killed 77 and injured 329 persons on thanksgiving Dewey said he would take every possible step to make the utterly intolerable Long Island rail Road a Safe line at the quickest pos sible the governor flew Here from a Southern vacation to take charge of a state investigation into the mayor Vincent Impellitteri also ended his postelection Vaca Tion in Cuba to head a City three other investigations were under the Queens county District the interstate Commerce commission and the rail Road the death toll hit 77 this morning when an injured Hen Rietta of died in a sixty two of the 329 injured passengers still were 15 in critical condition and feared near Dewey conferred with new York Public service commission Mem Bers and advisers this morning and on Page 1 Rescue teams working trader the Glare of searchlights strive to tree victims in the Lang Island train these two curs telescoped almost full length when in express rammed a halted local