European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse Tog 12 the stars and stripes Friday february 27, h . Considers slash in exports to czechs monetary freeze also weighed Washington feb. 26 a the american government May tamp rigid Export controls on goods going to Czechoslovakia. Government officials told 4 re Porter they Are seriously considering tub move As a Way of expressing 4tepiehrtre with the communist Vert trn of the czech government. Such controls they said would limit the amount of heavy machinery and equipment Czecho Slovakia can buy in the u. S. Dur ing 11w7, such heavy equipment made tip jll.129,000 of the $49.000mt Czechoslovakia pent for t. S. Foods. ,. A lie theory behind any Export Cut would be that other Friendly countries could better use the pro duct Many of them scarce items other possible Ste Stop level government officials Aid these additional Steps might follow i toe government s Export import Bank would definitely kill whatever Chance the czech govern ment has of getting a $20,000,000 cot ton credit a the Treasury could freeze whatever assets the czechoslovak government has in this country.3the american representative to the world Bank might oppose Czechoslovakia s Long standing application for a $350,000,000 reconstruction loan. 4the . Delegate to the International monetary fund could by .1c any czech Iaan request. Red coup hit by 3 nations continued from Page 1 the sufferings of the second world War their attachment to the cause of from Paris it was reliably re ported that further consultations were in course among the three Western governments on the Subj it Britain and the u. S. Decided to withhold recognition it was believed France would follow suit. Earlier a French foreign ministry spokesman said absolutely to decision has yet been taken on France s future relationship with the Prague regime France s action in joining the three Power denunciation was considered More significant than parallel action in London and Washington alone of the three nations France has a Large and Active communist party to Cope with in Domestic affairs army holds Gisho flew Andes j continued from Page 1 fuel supply580 Gallons was no enough. It was the first time either Man had flown a plane. Woods who mid he handled the controls the entire trip said he just did what be had seen pilots do. He said he bad no difficulty on the take off and kept a course 15,000 to 20,000 feet High to Clear the Andes but had trouble bring ing the bomber Down he made four passes Over the runway be said before he and havens slowed the plane enough for a Landing. But the actual land ing was Good he said and the place was not two sergeants were confined in a guardhouse today. Their Fate Wilt be decided by maj. Gen. Will shale commanding general of the. Caribbean air command. Reds open purge of opponents continued from Page 1 night and there was no certainty he would speak. A High official said today that Benes had accepted got Wald s demands under duress to avoid bloodshed Abd because he was virtually muzzled from appealing to the. People because of communist control of the press and radio. ". A " the gown units big show of Force was Over today. Last night they had turned their armed Trade unionists. the streets today some policemen appeared without rifles they had carried for Days and the workers returned to their jobs.--. ".". _ the last evidence of opposition came from the University students yesterday. Reliable reports tonight said about 75 had been arrested and key anti Coon Nuisl leaders Atwil were being sought. Western espionage charged the communist controlled news paper Mlada Frohna charged British consulates in Bratislava capital of Slovakia had organized espionage against Czecho Slovakia. The paper said a number of persons had been arrested for maintaining constant relations wit the consulates. ,.-. A spokesman of the British embassy in Prague called the espionage charge pure throughout the country local action committees were Consoli dating the communist gains. A few political leaders were arrested. Sports scouts purged a House cleaning was ordered in the football association against those elements who have caused the indignation of the Public."., a committee in the boy and girl scout Headquarters said the same cleanup was necessary there. .1 the action committee of the ministry of foreign affairs passed resolutions to set aside reactionaries both in the Prague ministry and abroad and1 that it had agreed on a thorough purge. The purge also applied to regional and town councils and the director and a physician at a state prison were removed for overfeeding collaborationist Prague newspapers reported 15 newsmen had been expelled from the journalists association making them ineligible for work on news a papers. More expulsions were expected tomorrow. Arms registry planned Frankfurt feb. 26 is dec military and civilian personnel with the exception of those stationed in Austria must Register All privately owned firearms with Post Provost marshals before May 1. Neucom announced office on the move filing cabinets Are shown being Pat into position As the a Section v. S. Element bipartite control office becomes the first bipartite office to move into the Headquarters bldg. In Frankfurt. Pfc Arthur Chew Center and Cpl. Leroy Suc Faie move the Cabinet while it. Col. George m. Weir chief of the Section looks on. Is Accord asked on definitions continued from Page 1 Force the French into a Trizonis. He did not however entirely Dis count the possibility that the Saar question might be used to pressure the French last week British and american authorities put the final stamp of approval on the attachment of the Saar to France when they announced that As of april 1 German Trade with the Saar would be considered foreign Clay also doubted that the Amer ican government if Trigonal agree ment is reached would have to directly take Over costs of food imports to the French zone As is of the Case for the British zone. Clay Felt that the Benelux nations Wei e not very much interested in the internal Workings of Vizonia or Trizonis but would mainly demand some form of inter nationalization of the Ruhr. Arabs threaten jewish Hospital continued from Page 1 jewish demolition attack against an Arab outpost near Ramla. Temporarily abandoning their cemetery on the mount of olives because the Road there was commanded by Arab guns jews today buried 45 of the 54, known dead from the Ben Yehuda Street explosion last sunday Iii the jewish Emer gency cemetery in the Eastern part of the capital. A jewish Agency spokesman announced a Public in Quiry into the sunday bombing would open tomorrow. Twenty jews still Are missing As a result of the Aid denies she asked for copy of judge v charges Nurnberg feb. 26 is Ann Turner employee in the office of e. A Deane Public relations officer for Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor chief . War crimes prosecutor said today she did not ask press wire less to show her the news Story of judge Charles f. Wennerstrum s charges on the conduct of the Southeast generals " Case. Deane announced that Taylor s rebuttal to Wennerstrum was in preparation hours before miss Turner gave nun the printed ver Sion. He said Taylor received a Complete verbal report of the attack from sources close to Wennerstrum. Miss Turner 26, explained she worked until 8 . Thursday helping Hal Foust Chicago Tribune correspondent file his news stories to Frankfurt because other facilities were recalled she was so tired that she threw everything off her desk that Frankfurt saturday she asked for the thursday stories and with them was handed the Wennerstrum Story filed to Frankfurt Friday through press sounds crazy but that is what happened she said. When she saw How important the charges were miss Turner called her Boss Deane who gave it to Taylor the explained court s ruling on Bachmann expected today by d Wight Sichkar staff correspondent Frankfurt feb. 26 is verdicts on the 18 charges against Robert Bachmann Are expected sometime tomorrow following final arguments in the two week old trial before judge David b. Bernstein of military government court. All testimony was completed to Day with the exception of state ments by jailers As to whether Bachmann was held in solitary confinement by order of . Agents. The defense decided at the last minute to Call the jailers after being invited to do so by the prosecution. John w. Macdonald my prosecutor said he would maintain in his final plea that the Bachmann defense consisted of Only three main Points 1to shift the blame for most everything Bachmann is accused of to mrs. Bachmann who has refused to testify 2to place the remainder of the blame on Albert Neumann whose testimony is also missing because he was shot to death last november. 3to smear military police agents who obtained signed confessions from Bachmann. Mrs. Ann Bachmann ordered out of the courtroom yesterday by Bernstein did not appear around the courthouse today. New radio serie honors of agents Wiesbaden feb.1 26 special a new half hour radio program. Air Force agent will be hear Dat 7 30 tomorrow night Over an Safe and an announced. The program is dedicated to air Force agents whose individual accomplishments must remain unknown and whose names and faces Are a closely guarded secret be cause they Deal with undercover elements of crime violence an espionage which threaten the air Force its personnel or u. S. Government agencies. The first program sabotage Dis counted is based on an actual Case taken from the records of air Force agents. The program will be broadcast each Friday night Over an. Craig visits co Stab Stuttgart feb. 25 is maj Gen Louis a. Craigy inspector general of Neucom yesterday inspected the n new co Stab. Pkg in Panzer Kaa Erfie near valuing he. Littlesun o South Korea govern ii Lake Success feb. 26 the Little Assembly approved a two thirds vote today a plan for establishment of a tonal Koret if government ii american occupied Southern the 51-nation body boycotted the soviet bloc passed the Tecl measure by 32-2, with 77 Asfe tons. Canada and Australia negative votes. -j?3 the most conspicuous abstention move came from the Arab stat4� the three members representing Egypt saudi Arabia and � maintained that the u. S. Plat elections in South Korea r parallel to the United nations Tion plan for Palestine. The american meagre the in korean commission t Whas been blocked by Russia entering the soviet oct Northern area to proceed with organizing of elections in parts As Are accessible.11 -. Russia criticizes truce Between Indus dutch Lake Success feb. 28 the truce Between the dutch a the indonesian Republic read on the american Cruiser rent in Batavia recently with the 1g of the United nations Good committee was attacked by re when the Security Council today. Andrei Gromyko the Ujj Delegate described the agr and the report on it As one was not actually turned Over to nation. Horthy became Regent of Gary in 1920 and stayed on As in a country without a Kin the fall of the monarchy. Records Here show he made with fascist Italy As Early at and that he made a state Visef 1938 to Berlin where hitter tonally entertained
