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Show COBLEN'Z. Friday, Dec. 20. (By the Associated Press.) American marines who began patrolling the Rhine today control river traffic from Coblenz to beyond be-yond Remagen. All traffic on the Rhine is under the regulation of an interallied commission. Freight is not allowed to cross the river from the west. All boats entering either end of the American sec- tor must present papers showing the destination des-tination of the cargo and other dotfiilB. A policing system for the Rhine in the vicinity of Coblenz and Keuwied has also been inaugurated, the military police uslrisr motor boats requisitioned from the Germans. The marines and river patrol are under un-der command of Lieutenant-Colonel Julian L. Dode of San Francisco, pro-vost-marshal of Coblenz. |