European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 1948 the stars and stripes Page 7 newsmen win parole drinkers liquor 15 cents a fifth March 3 is being sold at 23 cents a fifth in a liquor Price War the three weeks Price War climaxed by a mass meeting of 500 persons monday before the Nevada liquor proprietor Byron Gillam spoke for 10 min utes on what he called attempts by established merchants to freeze out Competition and free then he announced his store was Sale on 20 cases of whisky at 25 cents a news editor Douglas of Newburgh behind White March 3 court Justice Frank Coyne yesterday paroled two newspapermen who were sent to jail for refusing to reveal a news source to a grand jury Douglas news editor of the and Charles a were sentenced last Friday to 10 Days in jail and fined each for refusing to Tell a grand jury where they obtained lottery tickets reproduced in their paper As part of a gambling Coyne took the Case under advisement setting no Date for a business Dummy says he wants to see Meyers crawl March 3 governments main witness against Bennett Meyers said yesterday he still wants to eee Meyers crawl on his the Bleriot 36yearold former business associate of testified yesterday that he for the wartime 2 purchasing chief of the army air Lamar res comment came a defense attempt to shake that he lied at a Senate investigation last fall of Meyers business Meyers is being tried on charges that he persuaded Lamarre to deny falsely that the general received More than profits from a Dayton plane parts the aviation electric Lamarre says he was Dummy president of the Lamarre denied hostility toward would you do anything to Hurt him Meyers i would Lamarre would you like to see him crawl out of this courtroom on his belly i would Lamarre replied his contempt for Lamarre said dated from the time Meyers told the Senate committee he had been Friendly with Lamar res with Lamar res waiting to testify the present has denied she Ever was Meyers girl House group oks Antt Lynching Bill March 3 ins the House judiciary committee yesterday approved an anti Lynch info one of the keystones in president Truman civil rights program which has deeply aroused democratic legislators and the Commilee Vole was 18 1o republicans joined six Southern democrats in opposing six democrats from North joined 32 Kew Blicaus on the committee its to Dies March 3 Arden a a Pupil of Sig and one of the worlds died Here was yanks stranded in Manhattan to test biscuit diet new March 3 eleven soldiers were shipwrecked within sight of manhattans sky scrapers today to see if they can survive six weeks on biscuits and water the conducted at a Hospital on welfare Island in the East was planned to simulate conditions that would be met by shipwrecked or lost the men will be allowed to eat on third of a Pound of special biscuits and drink three glasses of water they will be forbidden to shave or Brush their Teeth As a precaution against any extra drops of water trickling into their the army promised extra sick leave to soldiers who continued on the meager ration longest Fels wins Bok for help to City March 3 a Samuel 88yearold soap manufacturer and was named Winner last night of the 26th annual Bok the founded in 1921 by the late author and Edward Vas presented to Fels for outstanding service to the City of Ondo attack opposed by atomic group March 3 executive committee of the atomic scientists of Chicago said it was by the action of the House Una Merican activities sub committee that called Edward atomic and head of the governments Bureau of standards one of the weakest links in our atomic the executive committee of the an organization representing scientists who pioneered in development of the atomic said in a statement attacks of this nature on a distinguished scientist will in crease the governments difficulty in obtaining the services of Able if As a result of such Condon should per Chance resign his directorship of the Bureau of standards in it is unlikely that the government could find a successor of com parable Talent and the Chicago group accused the House subcommittee of issuing a list of innuendoes including the statement that Condon had knowingly or unknowingly entertained or associated with per sons who were alleged soviet there is no Way in which Condon could possibly defend himself against innuendoes of this Type in order to protect his Wallace defends Condon raps committee report March 3 Henry Wallace said today that Edward head of the governments Bureau of has kept inviolate his oath of of fice to defend the Constitution of the United states against All ene foreign and a presidential who As Secretary of Commerce administered the oath of office to Condon two years sharply criticised the report by a House in american activities subcommittee which described Condon As one of the weakest links in our atomic Taft fears disaster in steel Price Rise March 3 Robert Taft Ohio told the president of the steel today that the steel Industry is flirting with disaster by increasing steel he made the statement to who was testifying before Taf f s joint economic v Fairless retorted that recent a ton increase in the Price of steel products was no or maybe father Flanagan sails today March 3 father Edward founder of said yesterday he will leave for Austria tomorrow to advise the army on the care of homeless father Flanagan wih sail on the Queen March 3 bipartisan committee announced to Day it will enter Arthur Vandenbergh name in be Braskas primary election for pres the committee promised to keep out the name of the Michigan Republican Only if Hie said flatly he would refuse to be in Washington Vandenberg said i decline to speculate with utterly improbable he also asked his name be with Dewey to Start election drive March 3 Thomas Dewey announced to Day that he Hopes to begin his Active Campaign the Republican presidential nomination next so far titular Leader of the Republican has declined hundreds of invitations so speak outside of new Yorkton the ground he has been needed in Albany during the legislative Warren protests entry in Nebraska primary March 3 of Earl Warrens name in the Nebraska presidential primaries was not done by any of my friends or any organization of Warren said asked at his press conference if he would go to court to have his name taken off the Nebraska bal Warren said he is not going into any litigation in anything connected with this he reiterated his statement he does not want to run in other state except my new storms slow travel in March 3 sleet and show pelted a wide Sec Tion of the country yesterday and motor travel skidded along at a slow the Snow Belt extended from Eastern Colorado through parts of Northern Southeastern Southern lower Michigan to Western new a Light Snow powdered thes treers of new York City with More than one and a half inches before 9 and raised the total snowfall for the Winter to it was the second highest total on the weather in its 64 years of record recorded More Snow Only during the Winter of when a total off inches was reached there was Snow in the red River Valley of North Dakota and Minnesota and near the Canadian Border in the Rocky Iowa reported a fall of nine in Des Moines eight inches of new Snow covered the rain fell from the Carolinas across Tennessee and Kentucky to Illinois and Southern a band of freezing rain made driving hazardous from Cen trial Missouri into Illinois and to fori there were a few spots reporting below Zero the Mer Cury dropped to 8 below in and was below Zero near the Canadian Border in North Dakota and warm weather was reported in parts of the South highs included 84 at san and 78 at Miami and new justified by higher the economic committee summoned Fairless and other steel Industry leaders to Tell about that Price which president Truman also has ordered investigated by government the congressional committee will de cide after hearing Industry whether to undertake an investigation of its own against wage Boot Taft questioned Fairless after the steel executive read a prepared statement calling on labor in the Public interest to drop its de mands for third round wage in he labor must take responsibility for higher prices on steel and other there should be neither wage increases nor Price fair less but i feel that business should be conducted on a sound economic basis and at a cites Section loss he explained thai what he meant was that steel was losing Money on its sem finished steel although showing a substantial profit on Many of prod Joseph Omahoney d interrupted to ask How it was that in View of its sad financial picture steel had been Able to declare an extra dividend last out of our of Fairless billion boost sought for of March 3 a billion Dollar increase in the air Force budget Over the outlay of for military aircraft suggested by president Truman was proposed yesterday by Robert Taft made it Clear any additional spending for the air Force must be at the expense of Universal military training and deducted from army and Navy Taft said it remains to be seen whether it will be As the congressional aviation policy Board to have Harry f Byrd said that while he wants top notch air the estimate of the air policy Board seems Joseph Ball said it is All very Well to talk about an air Force of that size but Are we going to get the Money Albert Engel chairman of the House appropriations subcommittee handling Mili tary commented we cant keep up to War strength con Flash fire kills hurts 5 9 leap 2 floors to safety March 3 four members of a negro family died and five others were seriously injured yesterday in a Flash fire which destroyed a two Story Frame House in Southeast police said an overheated Oil which was believed the cause of the nine including the escaped by leaping from second Story