European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes March 1948 tension rises in Zion Britain alerts troops March 2 tension reached the boiling Point in Palestine today As British troops read a statement from the Jerusa military c declaring the army Wilt now have to use More powerful weapons than those available to arabs and the which appeared suddenly on a bulletin Board at the Palestine Public information followed a statement from the pal Estine government virtually severing relations with the jewish it closely followed an unsuccessful attempt by terrorists Assas urinate Gordon Mac commander in a Road mine blasted Hie generals car As it passed Bab Elway in the Judean the general was not in the car at the Jones statement said that in the fighting now it is impossible to name the he added that the would use More powerful weapons than the protagonists against whichever Side is the Palestine government state ment earlier which was still being examined closely by jewish Agency leaders told the jews that jewish Agency propaganda would make it difficult for British victims of the train mining on Sun Day and accused of wrecking Ben Yehuda Street earlier last protect on russian spot Cabinet meets Friday continued Page i the bulletin issues of 27 and 28 had been and that instructions had been issued to the Postoff Iee to prevent their delivery by the which contains re ports of government state press conferences and news paper editorial has a selected circulation of above v the spokesman said the 27 contained press by american newspapers on the czech government and a speech by Stefan in con the 28 Issue contained the text of the three Power declaration on the czech the spokesman added that several mail copies of the bulletin had been returned last week risk red re fused by while Many other requesting be moved from the mailing list Juho president of to whom statin proposed in a secret note negotiation of a military parliament poll shows finns will sign soviet treaty continued from Page Strong agrarian parliamentary bloc told the press today is no reason to say to marshal stains request to negotiate a de sense and Mutual assistance Taft sees no reaction on Erp from red moves March 2 Robert Taft Ohio told re porters today he believed events in Czechoslovakia would not have any effect on congressional action regarding the euro Pean recovery he he believed they would have a bearing on issues of military Aid for and the department of answering congressional denied it was permitting Russia to import american goods which con tribute directly to her War making Knowland said he is preparing legislation for a virtual embargo on russian Pur chases of scarce american goods needed for us proposes Austria terms for Russ pact March 2 Ain suggested today Russia should take 11 austrian Oil two refineries and two Oil distributing companies As part settlement of its demands for compensation for former German property in the proposal was made in negotiations Between the big four for eign ministers deputies on a peace settlement for Austria official British observers called it a attempt to bring Russia Down to brass american observers said that the russian Kok May have to obtain instructions from Moscow before giving an Russia has been claiming two thirds of Austria current and undeveloped Oil production for the next 50 neither american nor British observers could offer any estimate As to How close the British proposal came to meeting the soviet Russia also is seeking 000 in Cash within two years and control of the important Danube shipping Samuel the american de told Kok Timov the would refuse to accept any settlement Vahia gave Russia extraterritorial claims in Austria or gave any austrian Industry perpetual immunity from under the soviet property taken Over by Russia would be excluded from mickeys Romance wanes March Mickey Rooney and his Betty announced they had agreed on another trial lifts embargo on exporting Coal March 2 the government today removed its embargo on overseas shipments of Coal for Domestic heating and announced an april Export quota of Gross the which applied to both hard and soft will be effective april the Export quota for april is the same As that established for the com Merce department said no country by country quotas were set and allocations will be divided among i ports of Cologne Plant continued from Page it March will be celebrated by the production of the truck to Roll off the As Sembly among the men to meet Ford was the head of the plants com munis dominated Trade Peter Goerres said he was naturally interest Din meeting it is of interest to see a Man who holds such control of so Many Ford also was met by Erhard  of Plant for British military government and prewar Coman Ager of the British officials one members of the reception commit tee they believed there was a possibility of a communist Demon stration against Ford if his arrival were known in there no Indica Tion of anything except curiosity and enthusiasm on the part of several Hundred employees who lined Henry Ford Strasse to Greet the Cologne Plant is controlled 52 per cent by the Ford motor of per cent by Ford of and the remaining 42 per cent of the Stock is in unknown according to Plant Hans assistant to the Geri i eral manager said it was impossible to know the of German stockholders because the Stock wag held in German and under German Law banking institutions Are not to Revea investors loses heritage austrian shoe workers to strike today March 2 austrian shoe workers in a special today voted to strike i the strike a it will involve Over the workers Are demanding a 44 hour a household Day off for female workers and the appoint ment of shop Joseph Secretary of the Union and also a member of the communist claimed today unsuccessful negotiations have been carried with managements of shoe factories for the past six in other factories throughout the More than viennese workers staged demonstrations and Token strikes protesting against insufficient food Alloca workers demanded immediate delivery of promised a and at Tho same time insisted on a immediate re Leipzig fair has International air March 2 Hundred thousand visitors Are expected to attend Leipzig third postwar Spring fair which opened this will be More than double the attendance of last years autumn fair and fair officials said perhaps More would have attended the fair this year if housing and food could have been Kurt chief manager of the Leipzig called this Springs fair the first postwar one with a real International As proof he cited exhibitors represent ing Czecho the Bel Denmark and Newman going to March 2 James military government director for will leave immediately for Floral to visit his who is seriously was announced Annabelle of who resigned a Job with the information service in mos renounced her citizen ship and married a russian operetta my to drop 900 in gradual move to end in june continued from Pago 1 army unless they must leave my work by june Denali fiction in the zone now is about 95 per cent com Glay said june 1 is the target Date for its two Hundred additional Amer Clay will be made surplus through the integration of american and British he said under the Biz onal one Man would do the work previously done by gradual reduction these strength reductions would take place gradually be tween now and my first began to reduce its american personnel in then it had More than american by january this number had been Cut to it fell to in april and last discussing the reorganization of designed to make Frankfurt the seat of Biz Onias financial and economic Clay said the shift from Berlin to Frank Furt of functional staffs also would be he said completion of the shifts would have to await Transfer of the constabulary to Stuttgart from and the movement of the army from Frankfurt to under mrs which into effect All functional activities carried on by Omegus and internal affairs and communications were transferred to Clay said today he believed that 200 still was a Good estimate of the americans slated to move to Frank Furt in these Clay defends stars stripes continued from Page Tion forces in another edition is published in Dondero said he had studied four copies of the service in them he said he found stories that make grist for the communist or afford valuable intelligence in to the he read to the House samples of the material to he took exit will be said that most of these stories Are press association dispatches for which the staff of stars and stripes is not response he the question Why were selected and by whom and Why was reply of some kind Cologne chief voted Post m t Biz one group by Dwight Schear staff correspondent March 2 Josef p u e n d e r mayor Cologne and a Strong Man of the Christian democratic today was elected by the Biz onal eco nomic Council to the important Job of minister without it will be suenders Job to co1 ordinate the activities of the oils five other j Pender occupied important Post turns in the was sent to a concentration by the nazis following the july bomb plot against in an Allday the created 104man Council four other and chose successor to Jolianne Semerj economics minister recently by Lucius Clay for malicious charges against the Ludwig of was elected to Sellers former and the following ministers were reelected Hans  food agriculture Edmor Alf and for in la on Semler the social largest minority party in the Day made considerable capital out of the Semler spending a Good share of the noon asking questions about to the dominating Christian socratic Union the co Servati the six communist Dele a made a vociferous attack on Biz onal they accused zonal leaders of Selling germ for american Schlange Schoeninger was ask Sharp questions by the social democrats regarding the Vizonia m the socialists also handed an investigation of distribution in the British it was expected that the Leo now Council would meet again in France to meet continued from Page 1 labor conference on the Marsh opening in London March a special meeting of the executive committee voted against accepting the British Trad unions the vote represented a strict 1 right their socialist allies to and Christian Democrat labor socialists and Republic voting for going to vote once Sharp political split in the member Danes deny secret with Western Powers March 2 the danish minister of Detent Rasmus today denied rumours of a secret military trea Between Denmark and Western he said Denmark purchased War Materiel from Bri Ain and and added Dei Mark shortly after the i asked Russia for permission to Sei a military Mission to order to buy War Materiel Ai study the russian russian How Eva refused to sell arms to a Mark or to admit a danish Suez canal official Dies quis Louis de of the Suez canal Here after an operation f