European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 28, 1978 the stars and stripes Page newly found French collection historic letters reveal old skeletons in closets Paris a King Louis Xiv of France called his friends my pigs As a term of affection. Benjamin Franklin returned to America crouching about the voyage from France but delighted to meet five grand children born in his absence. The Queen of Spain wrote her Mother in code to com Plain about her husband. These titbits unmasking old world Lead ers in their private moments Are among thousands hidden in a vast trove of letters recently discovered in the attic of a French  from a written path of Alle Giance by a Knight to his lord in 1150 to Bat the order issued by Napoleon Bonaparte their value to historians is immeasurable. It is like being in a time machine said Viscount Paul de la pan ouse who discovered them in a forgotten attic at his ancestral Home at Thiry 25 Miles outside Paris. The earliest Royal document signed by Philippe the fair who ruled in 1285, be stows a Herd of sheep upon a faithful Friend european edition col. Billy , Usa editor in chief it. Col. . Taylor Usan Deputy editor in chief Mert Proctor managing editor Elmer d. Frank production manager Henry s. Epstein circulation manager this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for . Armed forces overseas. The stars and stripes is published in conjunction with the armed forces information program of the department of defense. Contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the offic Laj View of the . Government the department of defense or the . European command. 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The de la pan ouse family has served in Royal courts for 800 years. Its Royal minis ters usually kept their papers and by tradition the eldest pan ouse of each Genera Tion inherited them. Thus an incredible collection of 50,000 documents has accumulated at chateau Thiry. King Louis Xiv opened a letter to a Friend the Duke of a Hulnes As follows i received your letter my pig. I am Well aware of the anxiety of my pig whom i am most fond of Louis of Asturias a future King of Spain wrote at age 5 dear grandpa. I m very proud to be wearing grownups clothes. This is a pleasure which your majesty has obtained for  the daughter of Philip v of Spain mar ried against her will to Louis Xiv who called his friends my pigs wrote in code to her Mother saying she was very unhappy with her husband. Later she came to love him dearly. Louis Xiv used a number code As com plex As 20th Century systems. He coded let ters about his Mother in Law s finances because he did not want the wily Mazarin an influential court minister to read them. Another coded letter went to his foreign minister in Holland on a diplomatic mis Sion urging him to take a dovish line be cause i need to catch my breath before mustering my  the collection contained a code key Ena bling the letters to be deciphered. Napoleon wrote to his general Lauriston to Send 94 artillery pieces 800 chariots and 3,000 horses to Erfurt Germany. Grief stricken Louis Xiv s handwriting was shaky and incoherent As he wrote instructions on How to Tell his children of their sister Henriette s death. The collection contains More than 300 letters sent Between monarchs of Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. It abounds with letters by Voltaire Rousseau and Metternich plus two original Chopin Waltz scores. It includes surveys of Legal and financial systems and an 18th-Century study of the evolution of French banknotes. There is an Anonymous undated recipe for making a monster egg. This dinner table conversation stopper entails pouring four dozen egg Yolks into a pig s bladder boiling them then dropping them into a separate bladder containing the egg Whites recoiling and presenting the concoction As an Ostrich egg. De la pan ouse who runs a safari Park in the chateau grounds found the collection by Accident while exploring the building. Stuffed in potato sacks the documents filled two trunks. They were hidden there during world War ii when the German army took Over Thiry. Letters to the editor parcels from mail order firms the other Day i tried to return a package through the mail that i had received As a Catalon Purchase. The mail clerk said he could not take the Box because there was printing on it naming the manufacturer and the contents. The Box was the same As i received through the mail except for fresh pressure tape and address change. When i asked the mail clerk Why he could not take the Box he was Able to quote the regulation but unable to explain the  i can easily understand the reasoning behind not using string which can get tangled in some automatic handling devices. Also i know that scotch tape and masking tape can become dry and lose their Adhe Sive ability. But please Tell me Why can t i return merchandise to Catalon stores in the states in the same Box in which it came to me Sharon k. Johnson bad Cannstatt Germany editor s note it. Col. William s. Graf commander . Army postal group Europe replies the same Container May be used to re mail items to Catalon mailers if they have a Clear surface area for the placement of the return address mailing address or required postal markings. They must also afford adequate Protection to the contents to preclude damage in handling. Mailers must obliterate All markings on parcels which do not designate the address nature of the contents or handling desired. They must also ensure that the Container and packing material provide the necessary Protection to the contents. Unfortunately Many of the parcels accepted for mailing from Catalon mailers do not meet postal standards. This results in considerable inconvenience to patrons when the merchandise has to be returned. We brought this to the attention of the director of postal operations department of the army for referral to the . Postal service requesting that Catalon mailers be required to prepare packages for mail ing in compliance with postal directives. We will continue to inform Headquarters department of the army further mailing irregularities in our Effort to fur ther reduce the volume of parcels accepted from Catalon mailers which do not meet postal standards. I appreciate your concern in regard to this matter and i Hope that this reply has been helpful in providing an explanation As to Why some packages mailed by Catalon mailers Are not acceptable for  Why so in Many exercises?1 this letter is about exercise exer  since my arrival at Hahn a i have experienced Many exercises. But just recently i have noticed that it seems Hahn has got  since january there have been six local exercises. We got a four Day break after a two week exercise then had the Safe operational readiness inspection team come in and it was exercise until sunday. All i Ever hear throughout the base is Why Are we having so in Many exercises morale is like the Dollar hitting All time lows. Why give some Good reasons Why Hahn needs so Many exercises. We do bad we get another and when we do Good we still get another. To top this subject off is that i m not reminder a letters to the editor must contain full printed name and address of the writer and must be signed. Unsigned letters will not be considered for publication. Writers Are encouraged to include phone number and Economy address especially if they desire a fast reply. Even in maintenance but in administration and i know that it must be hard on not Only the military personnel but their de Pendents. With the closing of recreation activities on base theater Bowling lanes Etc it makes things even rougher than it should be. Everything Here at Hahn is simulated and that includes the morale. Simulated Hahn a Germany editor s note col. Emery s. Wet Zel jr., commander 50th tac fighter Wing to Hahn a replies i agree. The 50th Tow has been heavily tasked this year but the people of the Wing have shown themselves As True professionals. A lot of factors contributed to the heavy exercise schedule but things should get better now. This does not mean we won t be practising our wartime Mission through local exercises though. 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