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This Is The SJars and §f ripes' Last Edition in Paris earlier, when the original Stars and Stripes, a weekly were run off on a mimeographing machine under the The last copy of the Paris Edition of The Stars and direction of Sgt. Charlie Kiley. It was hardly a spectacul- Stripes rolled off the presses last night, and one of the published for the doughboys of World War I, ended its arly successful beginning. Few of the mimeographed most prominent soldier newspapers of all time got its career. Many times, veterans of World War I, with loyal hearts sheets reached the troops, for circulation men complained honorable discharge from the AUS. they were too busy exchanging shots with the enemy to In its 17-month career, the Paris edition was read, and poor memories, were inclined to complain that the present edition was inferior to its predecessor, but it was be able to peddle their papers. cheered or condemned by more fighting men than any Four days later The Stars and Stripes moved to Caren- newspaper in history. Never has a newspaper aroused impossible to make such a comparison, for the present edition far surpassed the original in circulation and scope. tan, and was all set to roll from (he presses...when a Ger- stauncher support or harsher criticism from as great a At its peak, the Paris Edition printed 800,000 copies man shell hit the publishing plant. The same night the number of readers, for the Paris Edition was regarded daily and was the center of a publishing empire that staff moved to Ste. Mere PEglise. But by the time they with pesonal interest by every OD-cIad subscriber, from were ready to begin publication, Cherbourg fell, the generals to privates—and tew were shy in expressing their included five editions and a New York bureau. Every day the far-flung editions rolled a total of 1,800,000 copies off Stripesmen hurried there, and four days later the first opinions about it. the presses, and it was calculated that the combined VE- continental edition was printed in the plant of L'Eclair. The copy you are reading is part of the last press run Day editions were read by more than 5,000.000 troops. A tarpaulin was spread over the root so the staff could of the Paris Edition, which was closed because it was felt The Paris paper, hub of all the continental editions, work nights. The first press run was 20,000, the size ot that declining troop strength. in France no longer war- was an offshoot of the London Edition. It started in Nor- the paper two pages. ranted the printing of a separate edition in Paris. mandy in the tiny village of Ste. Marie-du-Mont on D- When the Third Army broke through at Avranches, the It was the second time that The Stars and Stripes had {Continued on Page H Cot li closed up shop in Paris, but the first time was one war plus-3, when 5,000 copies of the first continental edition , WESTERN EUROPE FDITION One Year Ago Today The Weather Today Reds -68 miles from Berlin. PARIS: Showers, wind—il First Army forces Germans back S. FRANCE: Cloudy—59 into Siegfried Line on 35-mile THE STARS AND STRIPES DOVER: Showers, wind—41 front. On Luzon, 8th and 6th GERMANY: Rain, wind—45 Armies drive towards juncture. Unofficial Newspapers »i U.S. Farces p*? in the European Theater Id. Friday, Feb. 1,1946 Vol. 2—No. 198 2Fr. Bombav Hiofs Lichfield MP Unbalanced, Several persons were killed and wounded in Bombay, India, at a demonstration held to celebrate the birthday of Subhas Chandra Bose, who organized the Japanese-sponsored Indian National Dangerous, Captain Says Army. The demonstrators, armed with stones, bayonets, guns and tears-gas bombs, resisted police attempts to quell the riot. By Ed Rosenthal Stars and Stripes Staff writer LONDON, Jan. 31.-^- An MP sergeant described as "un- balanced," mentally dangerous and "too mean to handle troops" was assigned as a guard at the 10th Reinforcement Depot through "pressure from above," Capt. Joseph A. Robertson, former CO of the Lichfield prison company, testified today. Although not among the ten former Lichfield guards standing trial, the MP sergeant, identified as Iranian Says Joe Menunes, has been described in previous testimony as one of the cruelest Lichfield guards. Russian Talks Robertson told the court today that it "would be kind" to call Menunes a psycho. He said he had Be«?in at Once an interest in Menunes' transfer out of the MP company which he commanded because he was afraid LONDON. Jan. 31 (UP).—Iranian Menunes "might commit a serious UNO delegate Seyed Hassan Taqt- mistake." i zadeh told the United Press today ■ that he and Soviet delegate Andrei Prisoner Died I. Vyshinsky would begin "prelimi- Capt. Earl J. Carroll, assistant nary talks" on their dispute imme- prosecutor, asked Robertson if he diately. aid noc consider his judgment vin- Taqizadeh revealed that former dicated after Menunes allegedly Iranian Premier Ali Soheli wouid mistreated Pvt. Eriel L. Bolton, a participate in the talks. Soheli was Negro inmate, who, according to an the premier who declared war on Auto Strike IG report, died as a result of Germany, who accepted the Tehe- ISazi Used Yanks for Targets, abuses at the guardhouse. ran declaration, and who signed Robertson replied that if those the tripartite treaty which allowed Talks Resume were the facts, his opinion of British and Russian troops to come Then Killed Them. Trial Told Menunes was correct. into Iran. Robertson said he agreed with The Security Council's decision to DETROIT, Jan. 31 (AP).—For the Carroll's suggestion that Menunes refer the Iranian-Soviet dispute first time in a month labor conci- was unbalanced and "a man of a back to the contesting r/rties for NUREMBERG, Jan. 31 (AP). — Unarmed American sol- liator James F. Dewey brought re- dangerous mental character."' direct negotiation and to remove diers, captured during the Battle of the Bulge last winter, were presentatives from the General Mo- Robertson occupied the stand the case formally from the Coun- shot at by a target-practicing Nazi officer who later executed tors Corp. and the United Auto- throughout today's session, the 43rd cil's agenda without prejudicing the the GIs and officers in cold blood, it was revealed today at the mobile Workers (CIO) together day of the trial of Sgt. Judson H, Council's right t« step in at any today to take steps to end the two- Smith, former guard. Two other time if necessary was a middle- Allied Tribunal. month-old strike in the automotive The French prosecution intro- witnesses to be called before the of-the-road compromise. It pro- trade. case is closed are Col. James A. vided face-saving factors for Rus- auced a statement by a German The union's original demand soldier who witnessed the massacre NurembergGIs Kilian, former Lichfield CO, and sia, Iran, Britain, and the Council was for wage increases of 30 per- 1/Lt. Leonard W. Ennis, a former itself. Of 129 American troops who had cent. To date the top bid by the surrendered near Malmedy. The prison officer who is also accused UNO circles were proud ot the manufacturers has been 12 percent. of mistreating prisoners. first performance and appeared prisoners were led to a nearby field Blast Wherry The presidential fact - finding where the Nazis searched each man, Before Robertson testified, Maj. unanimous in appraising the first board has recommended a 17 1/2 Leland Smith, chief prosecutor, council test as an auspicious start taking watches, rings, billfolds and By a Stmra and Stripes Stat't Writer percent increase. other effects. A German armored declared that the trend is for "each for the new organization. NUREMBERG, Jan. 31. — GIs The corporation has demanded witness to pass the buck through The Council has two more tests yemcivehicle theMien was maneuveredu suo i working aC the Nuremberg trial, r a contract from the CIO assuring the chain of command" and that ahead for tomorrow. They are the that its guns were trained on the, wher*? p,-ee they havhavee beebeenn hearinhearingg ththee uninterrupted production and ef- group of prisoners. it was logical for Kilian to be Soviet charges against the British gruesome detailing of Nazi-made ficient work, bringing 175,000 examined at the end of the trial policy in Greece and the Ukrainian A Nazi officer .aimed his revolver starvation plans in occupied count- strikers back to work at a 13 1/2 at the group and fired. One of the instead of at the present time. Ki- charges against Britain's policy in ries, reacted strongly to charges percent increase while the con- lian has returned to London for Dutch Indonesia. prisoners fell, according to the made by Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry statement, and the officer then tract is being negotiated. his reappearance at the trial. British officials' were uncertain (R-Nebr.) yesterday that Americans This offer was rejected yesterday Robertson told the court that as about their plans for tomorrow. aimed again. by their treatment of Germans by the strikers who said the strike (Continued on Page 8, Col. S) (Continued on Page 8, Coi. 5) Machine Gun Opened Up within their zones had become "ac- would continue until the corpora- As the second man fell the complices in the crime of mass tion met its public responsibility vehicle's machine gun opened up, starvation." and bargained in good faith to spraying lead for two or three mm- | Pointing out that rations in Allied carry out the recommendations of Families May Be Over Soon utes on the group, killing most of countries formerly occupied by the President Truman.

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