From the S&S archives:
Russ shooting in Berlin tops news of week

Tension in Berlin reached another new high during the week when demonstrations in both East and West sectors touched off shooting, charges and countercharges.

One anti-Communist German was killed and 22 others wounded when Soviet troops and Soviet Sector German police fired into a crowd of demonstrators in the British Sector. More than 250,000 Germans had assembled in front. of the old Reichstag to protest Communist actions. The violence developed when Soviet guards were being changed at the Russian war memorial nearby.

The Germans stoned the Russians and their jeep, tore down a Soviet flag from Brandenburg Gate. The Russians fired at the Germans climbing for the flag, and later at the mob on the ground.

City Hall Besieged

Earlier in the week a pro-Communist mob of Germans broke up another attempt of the city assembly to meet in the Soviet Sector. Later, Soviet-controlled forces besieged the city hall, in which were American French and British liaison officers, American newsmen and some West-sector policemen.

The Russians demanded detailed information on each flight of the air lift to and from Berlin, but their demands were promptly rejected by the U.S. The air lift, meanwhile, set a new record each day for three successive days.

Grafenwohr Maneuvers

On other news fronts, American soldiers in training maneuvers at Grafenwohr ended the first phase of "Exercise Normal" and prepared to start the second phase Monday.

German representatives reconvened at Bonn to study proposed constitutions for a Western German state.

Elsewhere in the world:

Henri Queuille was named premier of France, after Robert Schuman tried again and failed.

Greeks reported the deaths of 20 Yugoslav soldiers on Greek soil, and Yugoslavia said the men had wandered there by accident during a fog.

Princess Juliana of The Netherlands was made queen in a jubilee celebration after Queen Wilhelmina, her mother, abdicated.

Benes Buried

Former President Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia was buried as armed guards watched against a reported anti-Communist "putsch."

Republicans and Democrats launched their campaigns in the U.S. on Labor Day, with high prices, communism and foreign policy as the main issues.

A truck strike in New York appeared ending as two big firms signed contracts. On the West Coast, striking longshoremen agreed to load Army cargoes.