European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes March 1948 Lamarre tells jury of Meyers boast de dares general aimed to halt probe March 2 Bleriot Lamarre testified yester Day that Bennett Meyers once told him not to worry about lying to Senate investigators because the general was going to Gert the investigation called he said he had enough in fluence and enough friends to have it Lamarre told a jury m District Lamarre is the governments key witness in a series of charges brought against Meyers As a result of the Senate investigation last year into the wartime business Meyers is on trial before the present jury on a charge of persuading Lamarre to lie under oath to the Senate the tech Nical charge is Subo nation to per Meyers also has been accused of perjury and of income tax was head of Avia Tion electric a plan parts manufacturing Stab during the he has testified that Meyers was the real Bleriot Lamarre advised not to worry owner Vand reaped Rich profits from Lamarre said he told a concocted Atoy at the Senate probe after being coached on what to say by uhe 52yearold former purchasing agent for the he said toe first gave tone Senate committee a denial that Meyers by More than from the aviation elect cd but later told the senators the Meyers did get that Lamarre said agreed Story was that he was to say Betook the Money and it on horse he said he thought it sounded pretty weak and told Meyers he continued he told me not to he if we stuck to the same matter How ridiculous it committee  do anything to to give old arms away March 2 president Truman has signed a Bill permitting the government to give old War weapons to veterans organizations and other nonprofit Bogart s pay Cheek tops at Warners Bette Davis second March 2 Humphrey Bogan earned Bette Davis and Dennis Morgan in the 12 months ending last this was disclosed Here in an an Nual report of Warner filed with the securities and Exchange named As a for Mer was paid the report listed the actor participant in Gross receipts of certain Hal similarly was paid taxes take a big bite out of the stars an internal Revenue Aid estimated unofficially that Bogart May have to pay just under in taxes of his radio chains ask authority to air opinion March 2 the three major radio aug and lbs yesterday pleaded with the Federal communications commission to erase its Rule forbidding them to editorialize on the Niles president of the National broadcasting told a acc hearing that the seven year old ban not Only limits free but violates the communications j act by imposing i Frank president of co Lumbia broadcasting unfolded plans for regular lbs editorial time and letters to the editor the two executives asked out right repeal of the commissions no strings should be at i cached requiring equal air for opposing they time usually would be we would want to determine for Trammell with out directives from the whether an Issue was really controversial and what was necessary to present a fair picture the the commission handed Down its no editorial ruling in it held that no station May advocate the causes of its owner in politics or other controversial the ban does not affect Hitler love life film seen new March 2 of a documentary film on the love life of Adolf Hittler is devoted to informal shots of Eva Braun and other in produced by the Navy club of the has been shown Here for the first time at a press prior to general czech coup protested  of american Fri carts of slovak ii Edom picketed head quarters of the soviet United Batons in new protest ing against the communist new York police kept Joti police tired on Ittu Ilienia who protested Premier Kerment Gottwals 4 on Ellis held As a threaten to starve Martin 2 four men held on Ellis Island for deportation hearings As alien communists Are refusing meals and threatening a hunger strike unless they Are the Justice department said the department said the four Are in custody without Bond for exclusion they Are Gerhardt who has been called the top communist and who is under conviction for contempt of Congress and making false statements in a passport application John National committeeman for the communist party National Secretary of the National maritime and Charles Long time e Vional director of the Cio Gas Coke and chemical workers Union at Niagara in new Toner Secretary of the american com Mittee for Protection of the for eign said the hunger strike should serve to bring to the Tention of the american people the serious danger our civil rights implicit in tire Justice depart ments efforts to destroy the Stith tonal rights to bail by hold ing these persons Hanns Kislers de parture As an alien communist was held up because Italy wont let him pass through that he and his wife were to have left new York for Rome by plane on their Way to Hollywood musician and is a brother of Gerhardt Baltimore vets refuse to pay on i Homes March 2 some War veterans served notice yesterday they will make no further payments on their new Homes and contended they have been the written notices went out to building and loan associations and other lending agencies which financed their Mort they said the builders had used faulty materials and methods and that the houses failed to meet the City building code or building specifications on which f they were proclaims april 6 Asar my March 2 president Truman yesterday claimed april As army Truman invited governors to Issue proclamations also so that not Only the regular army but also the reserves and National should be honoured that said Truman in these critical times i urge my fellow citizens to remember that an Alert and ready America is a mighty Power for peace and a Beacon of Hope to the Peoples of the world who would be if our soldiers who Are on duty in foreign lands Are to represent american democracy proudly and they must know they have the wholehearted support of our bicycling on sandbags with the streets of flooded by the overflowing Yazoo a bicyclist is shown guiding his Bike along the top of a sandbag the sandbags were piled up to hold Back the but proved air Board data spurs stocks new March 2 Craft shares led the Stock Market higher yesterday As farm commodities Rose briskly on the demand by Arthur Vandenberg for speedy passage of the european recovery aircraft responded to publication of the report of the joint congressional air policy boards recommendations for a strik ing gains in the group ranged to 2vj Points in at rails also were a favorite with Nickel plate preferred was up Santa up and Union Pacific up else Fiere in the Stock Chrysler was up Grum up United up 1 pure up up vat up Southern up unchanged Southern up up Superior Oil of off 2lh inter National up Gen eral up v8 Union up and american off in farm commodities Cotton and hogs All were with hog prices in centers up As much As per Hun dred Cotton at the close had an extreme gain of a House Bill would allow Confederate streamers March 2 api Confederate Battle streamers soon May Fly atop regimental colors of army legislation to permit this was passed yesterday by the House and sent to president the army approved the it said that present Law for bids the flying of Battle streamers awarded by states or other lion Federal units when the regiments involved have become a part of the 2 Small heavy Rains hit southwestern March 2 Small dust and torrential Rains have hit the South Western and rain and sleet have swept Tuftie Middle during the past a cold wave Central and Northern Texas followed by rain and dust storms the storm Center had formed Over Texas arid Oklahoma and began moving the storm was sweeping Ousby up the Mississippi r1 was expected to reach Missouri and Southern Illinois fore casters said it would overspread the Ohio River Valley by tonight of warmer weather raided the danger of floods by releasing billions of of water into Northern Minnesota and the Dakotas were digging out their heaviest snowfall of the saturdays blizzard has left Many of the main state roads still bus lines and reported in they Snow area is running on in spite of the record snowfall which left As much As inches oi1 Snow in some waactatsredtapef1 for Eugi buyers March 2 up the War assets administrate has ruled that veterans Hen Forth can buy any Type of surplus personal property without going through the red tape of getting priority to qualify for Purchase right veterans have Only to show the discharge papers and sign a Stai they have been Able to by some goods in that simple Way iffy the past but there were e captions which required Priori Only exception to new waa real