European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1952, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 franc drops to424french stud reforms 24 French franc fell 20 More Points today As leaders of the crisis Ridden nation debated whether they must finally Reform the Constitution radically in order to have More stable govern ment the which had steadied around 390 to the Dollar under Premier Antoine Pinas program of financial dropped to 424 at the bourse this less than 48 hours after his As storekeepers ripped Down the Pinky governments which proclaimed that the franc must be and the obligatory lists of wholesale inflation was once again ready to run uncontrolled in the new Gold Price soars the barometer of the French Peoples Confidence in its govern ment and its soared to a nine month High francs per kilo As against the Price of two Days in every town and Village store keepers began marking up their a government to Rake any the shopkeepers who had chafed under the restraints of the Pinky regime wasted no time in trying to Cash in on the new third in one president Vincent Auriol continued Bis conversations through out the listening id the assess ments of the political situation from the leaders of various parties which had participated in the Pinky right of Entee same familiar faces who have shuttled in and out at one Cabinet after another in the turmoil of postwar French Walters suicide try proves unfounded 24 Eugene 4th inf div sol who was sentenced yesterday years confinement at hard labor by a general court last night was taken from the Frankfurt military stockade to the 10th Gen disc when guards reported he had swallowed two razor subsequent medical examinations reportedly indicated nothing wrong with the guards had received reports that Walters had two razor Blades in his and after conduct ing an unsuccessful search of his cell they took the dispensary a purple heart Winner from today was taken to the Mannheim military from where he will be transferred to the states to serve his Van Fleet message expresses peace Hope 24 James Van Fleet said in a message to his 8th army troops today that the Christmas Star still Burns to Lead us in our Pursuit of peace on Earth and Good will toward men Van Fleet said he hoped that before Christmas comes his troops will be Home and peace restored in the stars and stripes december 1951 Pilgrim ship breaking up off Lebanon the French liner Chat pollion is shown breaking up on reefs off when this picture 301 passengers and Crew still were on the holy land bound officials yesterday said persons originally 27 had been last and 292 press photo prepares report on wreck off Lebanon 24 the ill fated French liner Champol Lions capt Henri Bourde said today hews preparing a full report on the foundering of his ship which Cost at least 27 met with the Board chair Man of mess Geries the ships the Captain said he has made a 30 trips to Beirut since assuming command of the Champol lion in March 19 missing off Iceland As German trawler sinks 24 up a German trawler Sank off the West coast of Iceland Early yesterday and the entire Crew of 19 was believed to have gone Down with the she was the registered the trawler had reported by radio that she had leak 30 Miles off the a half hour later a second sos reported the vessel was going Eberling shipping company officials in Hamburg said the 484ton trawler carried 19 Eddy continued from Page 1 said he directed that both be kept on Active an army spokesman said the two generals were retained to next March 31 in order not to tie the hands of the next adm Nistra tha United press president elect Dwight Dreisen Hower and defense Secretary designate Charles Wilson can decide at that time whether they wish to retain Van Fleet and neckties sell fast 24 a a mens shop Here is making a brisk Sale of neckties for Christmas they Are made of velvet with pure Gold and Are imported from each one is in a leather Case and a Small Rush goes with red by Yule try fails continued from Page Christmas carols in Candle lighted gathered around improvised Christmas decorations and listened to music broadcast by the army radio correspondents at the front re ported that the mood of the troops was serious and Little gaiety was being but soldiers had taken pains to set up whatever Christmas decorations were companies All along the line had Hung wreaths and carefully trimmed their Trees bits of tinfoil and some Trees even had a few ornaments brought from Allied Cooks up and Down the front started their work yesterday to have everything ready for Christ Mas the task was made More difficult because the turkeys were arriving St the front Frozen solid in the bitter korean the menu included with some variations shrimp Rosst vege table salad and ice it would have to be eaten fast before it got cod in the below freezing a continued from Page think of Yule in Korea by Frederick faint on Western dec 24 up Only the slow beat of hellfire broke the silence of the night before a beam of Moonlight glanced off the particles of Snow dinging to Shell it etched the ragged profile of enemy Yards this was co i the men who fought the Battles of Bunker Hill and the tonight they refused to even with what Little y but they All feelings one Man i got no this just int Christ even the company had decorated a Christmas tree Orna ments sent from this it stood in a Shell ripped tent which serves As a mess sgt John of told How the men had come to walk by this glittering Symbol of Christmas As if they could nol see just one Day he one of the Guys was walking from his platoon to the command Post across that Rice Paddy an artillery Shell came in and got they took him to the mess tent we got a doctor from the but the Guy was ripped to he died next to the christinas he never said a stockings in Shell Boles the tree stands about 4 feet tall just inside the tent wind from holes in the tent twisted the under the tree co i has put Christmas but Many of the men already have opened their presents capt Murray of said he opened his presents is soon As he got them so i would everything and every thing would be thanked t guess i am super the company still remembers the last Man to die on the Long nights of guard duty watching the enemy we heard him whistling the song theres no said Ken Nard of and out of the Shell lands on his elsewhere in this Only a few traces of Christmas could be each prompted by contacts with the outside rather than by the men Jordan was wounded in the Battle of the Hook and had returned to his company Only l didst c h r1 s t m a s he Well have a Good time next he Man certain Union and would Only give their Shaughnessy said one was denied leave because he admitted communist membership and one because of a criminal others were forced to remain aboard the ship because their Seamans papers were not in Shaughnessy declared that a thorough investigation is being made into charges that certain of seamens unions Are dominated by communist sailors Are veterans some of the seamen barred have been arriving in port of new York for 25 the Mccarran act has raised a storm of International the Crew of the the worlds largest had been screened by immigration in Spector Leonard who left new York on the ship 9 and worked 112 hours inspecting the sea men on the eastward and Westward dutch pro test restrictions on seamen ports 24 diplomatic officials said today the Netherlands embassy has sent a note to the state department expressing serious regard ing provisions of the Mccarran Walters immigration act applying to foreign a British note protesting this part of the act left the British pm at noon today for the state 8 More identified in crash of c124 Larson of 24 up the air Force last night released the names of eight More of the 87 victims of the crash of a c124 glob master transport which crashed the names brought the total of identified victims of the crash to released last night were the names of airman Alvia Cullen a3c John a2c Kenneth Hodney a2c Zacha Tali Gai therm a2c Jerry Meh land to sgt death full acc George Lee a3c Roy Panama add a2c Joseph mass polish Veteran of Korea War now pvt Camp 24 special an a former polish a ional with a year of ice hence in the frontline of the Var in has become a Pri in the the 22yearold Blond who joined the army Here today under provisions of the alien enlistment can Tell of last ers action on Heartbreak Ridge and bloody Ridge in the korean he fought with the Netherlands contingent of United a ions the newly titled private was born and educated in in he was deported to Germany As a farm labourer and following world War ii moved to France for work with a Labo service tried to join army in 1947 Balwas emigrated to hol when the korean conflict he an in 1950 he attempted to join the unable to do he joined the Netherlands army and volunteered for duty in riving in Korea in May he saw frontline action As a member of machine gun platoon in the Netherlands 2d he took part in Battles of Heartbreak Ridge bloody fighting members of the 2d inf Balwas can Tell in one of the seven languages he of the shrapnel wound act received in he can also a list of friends made in Korea from Greece and1 the Jordan nudged Cpl Herschel Man we just dont think Abou that Manning Riff jul stint be thinking about it in not to immediately think about it christs birthday that ail Trie men who no standing gulfs in the trenches Gath ered in bunkers to Christina car Olson the radio but wer Only a few radios and More than 200 the other sat and talked Abou things win go to the Netherlands sold incr stated Here today that the enemy i Korea is brutal and fanatic but that the in forces fighting there Are proving to be More than a match for he was enlisted under legis lation which permits the recruit ment of foreign the army before following initial processing at the army alien enlistment Center Balwas will be sent to the for Basic training like every other new entrant into the Pray for Truman pleads continued from Pifle 1 Norway ablaze wife lights in the traditional Carol Cere Mony on the South grounds of the White on this last christinas he will spend in the White the president had the far Eastern fight ing uppermost in his he said our hearts turn first of to our Brave men and women in and declared the free nations Are joined in common Strug Ftfe there because they believe it is Only Way we can bring about peace in the our time in this whether we shall succeeded pends upon our patience and Forti the president we still have a Long Road ahead of us before we we must remain steadfast body of German found hanging near autobahn specs adj the body of an Ger Man truck Driver was the hanging tree in Woods Neafie Tsi German invest a trailer v off the autobahn ear 3 the body was they unable to find All or nothing Birmingham Allen was fined of drunkenness charge when admitted Tola judge he had a Lull pint of
