European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes february Goering aided Krupp firm in bargain buy 25 Hermann Goering personally intervened to make it possible for the Krupp armaments works to Pur Chase the Berndorf Metal works near Vienna for Marks approximately on third its actual according to documentary evidence introduced in the War crimes trial of 12 officials of the German munitions Alfred his late brother and Ewald financial director of the participated in negotiations which were completed on july Krupp and Loeser Are principal defend ants in the current trial in which the prosecution has just rested its previous efforts failed the official Krupp historian de scribed the acquisition of the Bern Dorf Plant As a con sequence of the annexation of beginning Krupp had made continuous unsuccessful efforts to acquire the thriving Berndorf there was keen Competition German firms to obtain the Sterndorf according to Wil Helm former state Secre tary in the German foreign ministry and a defendant in the ministries Case in an affidavit offered in evidence by the american stated he received an order from Goering directing that Berndorf be sold Only to at the time of its forced annual profits of the Berndorf works exceeded 20 per cent of the Purchase Price paid by prosecution documents inter Allied Valentine party in Berlin misses Russ the Thomas Roberts tar school in Berlin sponsored an inter Allied childrens party Valentines French and american children but the russians declined the the soviet still flies in the festive As the Pupil listen to the party Koechling trial recessed on motion by defense French 25 International tribunal trying Herman Koechling and four other onetime directors of the Saarland steel and Coal industries recessed today until March 8 to permit the defense counsels read ing of More than 400 documents entered into evidence by the the Sevenman tribunal agreed to postpone hearing of the Case after a defense motion in which rec slings counsel protested that a defense cannot be undertaken unless tree defendants Are Given Access to the documents confiscated in the Koechling works at the end of the rec slings French defense Pierre be also stated that his client is suf Fering from spasmodic attacks and must undergo medical treatment Jap Burma general faces trial for mass murders 25 prosecution asked the International War crimes court today to hold former Heitaro Kimura responsible for the murders of thou Sands of Allied War Thomas associate prosecutor of said Kimura failed to prevent illegal execution of three Doolittle who had bombed helped arrange use of British prisoners As railway labourers in Burma and thou Sands of them died on that con one of 25 wartime Japan tee leaders on was vice min ister of War under Hideki Tojo from to and later Corn Rule hits Jap hoarders 25 Douglas Macarthur moved swiftly today to eliminate japanese ele ments resisting objectives of the of he issued an order yesterday requiring a Complete inventory of critical raw materials and consumer tended to bring out into the enormous hoards of materials Jap anese militarists and politicians have stolen from army and Navy Macarthur order makes All materials not declared in the inventory subject to confiscation and it was Learned he is planning to follow up the inventory with investigations to uncover hidden recently a military govern ment probe in Kanagawa resulted in the discovery of undisclosed stocks of vital raw materials at 400 economists in Macarthur head quarters estimate the current inflated value of hidden goods is Between lion billion and one tril amoded the japanese v army in travel by finns curbed 25 from Helsinki said that Fin lands communist of Interior Latu fed a decree tightening Macarthur shifts publicity chiefs 25 Douglas Macarthur Headquarters today announced Marion has replaced Frayne As Macarthur Public information who has held the Job since has recently been a storm Center in a dispute Between Macarthur Headquarters and the Tokyo press corps Over re accrued station of correspondents who leave Japan on temporary so however no announcement has been made of the reason for the a West Point has been attached to the head quarters government Baker will become business relations adviser to William mar chief of Macarthur eco nomic and scientific Odless unit commended bad 25 special members of the 7743rd training have been com mended by Lucius military for attaining a six month record of no cd in the unit personnel in the unit have been authorized a three Day pass in rec on travel cognition of their Ford will double employees of Cologne Plant 25 Ford motor Are to be enlarged to twice their Cize this Spring and will become the largest Plant in according to the Erhardt the Plant Jiw employs workers on the production of these ton trucks needed for Ger Many transport it is planned to the labor strength to 7000 and to begin production of civil passenger according to the Cologne Henry Ford at present on a tour of All Ford establishments in is expected to make inspection visit to the Cologne fac tory during the beginning of Navy officer tried for smuggling 25 Navy court martial yesterday be Gan hearing evidence in the Case of Luther Daniels on charges of smuggling merchandise into China from details charges were not it was disclosed Daniels was arrested about a month ago by Navy intelligence and chinese police a single shipment of Woolen goods allegedly brought in by Daniels trial was delayed pending a decision on whether he should face a chinese or a court Italy property is restored 25 military government authorities said yesterday that within 16 months they had restored to Italy More that Worth of prop erty looted by the they said the alone among the four occupying Are property to exe Nemy nations in an Effort to help their they made Public the figures for Italy in rebuttal to an allegation by Albert italian ambassador to that red tape and other difficulties were preventing return of such property from the John chief of mrs restitution said in cultural objects Italy had received restitution of miscellaneous Art objects and the contents of four Large Allen said that since an italian restitution Mission arrived in the zone 30 claims for Industrial properties were Iden proved arid he said the italians filed 486 restitution of i looted Mother of 6 has quads 25 ministry of Hygiene said today a Mother of six children in Preveza gave birth to quadruplets the ministry children and Mother the Mother 18 Anna British prices of nonessential 25 British government yesterday i prices on nearly 200 nones senti articles ranging from television to greeting the prices their december january essential part of the government ant inflation new jewelry will be p tidally the Only merchandise sold Britain without full Price con sir Stafford Chancellor the said recently Price  be tight and extended As a Stoj Gap manufacturers and dist Ribi worked out voluntary plans to i prices by reducing profits must be he to balance the governments a to trades unions to Stop most n to nations for wage prices of essential such food and Are already Rigi Harold president of Board of Tolda press Ference the new controls will give to the maximum possible ass Rani that for a wide margin of there will be no provocative crease in prices or profits such would strengthen the demand i increased he added they also help keep the Cost of from soviet intimidation forces yank to yield exposed film by Ernie staff correspondent a working for army information service was forced last sunday to yield a strip of film at Bayonet Point to russian soldiers in Viennas International Bernard Provost marshal Dis closed r the incident occurred As who writes the army Publica Fon Basse was Pic Tures of the Mertal and Uriel were gaily decorated with hags and pictures and Stalin commemoration the soviet army 30th according to the Provost armed equipped with bayonets rushed up to Althen As soon As the spied him taking the pictures and began shout ing at him in russian and pointing at his Althen ended the incident by stripping his camera end yielding his Saudjie did not know oof any protocol prohibiting picture taking anywhere in Viennas inter National he declared he would ask the russian Provost marshal to inform his soldiers of regulations in order who a Statt member of the old Paris edition of the i and so bewildered the time j with ugly bayonets at me that to stand my right to 3ceep the 2 pm Fly by across Aidel canal of the can Jean air command said today the were astounded by reports that sergeants flew a which r Mally takes a Crew of on across the and from Galapagos to Venezuela wit out they Are bringing the sergeants Here to Tell How they both were arrested when the landed near Caracas Frank air attack in identified the men Theodore of was and he did not give Woods add Bender said the men told him tto were Only having air command officials Here they had no the bi7 incident and certainly want to from Caracas that i they made the four and damaged the Fly fortress aside irom the danger of the big officers Here there was peril that venezuelan forces have shot it Down when it App unannounced the specially in View of the fact still is tension there Over that pirate planes were Pla to bomb Danny Kaye to Start of Germany in March 25 Kaye will put on a show in Burg March for his publicity bounced last finish his engagement at the Don palladium on March he to Paris for two Days resin then Start his German tour Taining he expects to for the March 6 i7 refugees Beach i Jie army carrying 627 Europe Grants from refugee Camps 1 arrived c were born during