European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 06, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Weather forecast Clear minimum Tern european edition Menna Cleafes of. I s35 1"TT is unofficial publication of u. S. Volume 2, number 91 occupation forces in Europe safety first the. 1st Mil. Dist. Is starting an Accident prevention instructors course and throughout the dec units Are backing the Etu com safety drive heeding the slogan take care the life you save May be your  Story on Page 4. 5 cents a copy $1.35 a month saturday March 6, 1948 czech reds Start purge of army Prague March 5 a a thorough purge of the czechoslovak army under the close watchfulness of comin form member Rudolf Slansky was revealed tonight in a Little paragraph tucked away in the social democratic newspaper Provo Lidu. With action committees pursing political parties and Parlia ment itself As Well As in usury. A remarkable interview within american in Prague on Page 3. Cultural and police bodies the army appeared  paragraph however was a notice from the secretariat of the National Central action committee which cautioned Attiat action committees were not to intervene in the purge going on in the  czechoslovak prime minister s office denied today that presiden Eduard Benes is being replaced be continued on Page 12 de luxe transport service begins v a f i finn parties split on pact Helsinki March 5 up three finnish political parties stand against the three others on the question of recommending negotiations with the soviet Union on a Friendship and defense  three right Wing parties agrarian conservatives and life reals representing together 86 of the finnish parliament s 200 seats today urged president Juho Paasi Kivi no1 to enter into negotiations with Thi soviet Union on the pro posed  other three parties people democrats communist social democrats and the swedish people s -. Forty previously had declared Fin land should accept the russian i proposal. The social democrats and 01 the swedish people s party How & Ever Mode the reservation that the negotiations must not result in a g military pact binding Finland to the re Eastern bloc. Pc ends egg less meatless Days is i Frankfurt March 5 is ,1 meatless tuesdays and egg less i thursdays have been abolished in11c commissaries Neucom he. An \ pounced l Ody a taking this action officials pressed that this should not.be4jterpreted As relaxation in the food in observation program. The step taken they said because the e Days did not Cut Down on consumption but Merel Yed congestion in commissaries other  a message to All Post com snders Neucom he. Today leased the need for renewed Phasis on food conservation Par Marly on conservation of bread Pur and fats. Palty to visit aussie London March 5 a Buck Gham Palace announced tonight at King George Queen Elizabeth id Princess Margaret will visits Thalia and new zealand Early in. Princess Elizabeth and Prince hip will not accompany them. The . Army transport Gen. Simon b. Buckner puts out to sea to provide a new dec service. Signal corps jews will create own state if in fails Agency warns Lake Success March 5 ins the jewish Agency served a warn ing on the United nations today that a jewish state will be set up on its own initiative by considerations of sheer survival if the Security Council fails to  Lith hour Agency statement was delivered before the Security Council by or. Abba Hillel Silver chairman of the Agency s american Section. The u. S. Proposal for acceptance of the in partition plan by the Security Council lost further ground when Alexander Parodi of France disclosed he would support Neucom tourist sin France must Check currencies Frankfurt March 5 is Neucom announced a currency Check effective immediately on Alle com . Military and civilian personnel entering France. All Neucom travellers to France will be issued currency Exchange cards on which All monetary instruments in their Possession will be recorded. Any Exchange trans actions in France which increase the amount recorded must be enter Don the cards by authorized agents. These agents will include u.  postal officers and disbursing officers French Banks and an intermediaries acceptable to Banks. On leaving France Neucom travellers must surrender their cards and display their remaining currency to the French customs. Foreign Exchange and Dollar instruments in excess of the amounts recorded on entry will be confiscated if they have not been prop Erly noted on the cards. Neucom officials said americans including members of the armed a Obj a a Sajja a pm Stdio authorities for violations of either u. S. Or French Laws or  of the French criminal code May subject the offenders to trial by French authorities. Snow proves costly Vienna March 5 is the recent heavy snows Cost the City 2,500,000 schillings to Clear. Would vote for if the belgian the belgian measure. The latter is identical to that of the u. S. In seeking big five conciliation except that it ves partition. V Parodi said Hethe u. S. Motion fails to get a  Council is hoping for a vote  again appealed to the Council for immediate intervention with Britain to get permission for continued on Page 12 bulletins new York March 5 ins a two hour bomb scare Enve loped new York s Empire state building today after the British consulate on the 61st floor received an Anonymous Telephone threat. Radio police the bomb squad and scores of detectives converged on the scene search failed to unearth explosives. Washington March 5 a president Truman returned biplane from his Southern vacation today and called his Cabinet. Lake Success March 5 a the United nations Security Council refused to accept a in Assembly Resolution calling on the Council to take part in partitioning Palestine. The vote on this Section of the u. S. Proposal was 5-0. There were six absentees. Buckner will make trip to dec. In nine Days new York March 5 is the u. S. Army transport  b. Buckner is speeding through the North Atlantic toward Bremerhaven Vanguard of a Fleet of 10 transportation corps vessels which Are to provide a de luxe postwar passenger service for the armed services. She is expected at Bremerhaven March 11 or 12, completing the Normal 14-Day voyage in under nine Days. The 608-foot ship sailed from the new York port of embarkation in Brooklyn yesterday on its Maiden voyage with 1,375 passengers Strol Ling the decks where during War time some 5,200 troops shoved for Elbow room. Formerly the transport adm. E. W. Eberle she was converted Ata Cost of $4,500,000. After this first Shakedown voyage the Buckner will enter the Pacific transport service but five of the remaining vessels in the process of reconversion will continue trans porting troops and dependents across the Atlantic. Fast choline accommodations included troop compartments four bunks High of which Only three were used. At first meal Call the troops move swiftly through e choline. For dependents civilians and officers there is another dining  quarters consisted of two three four and six bunk Cabins most with connecting  of the Cabins had settee berths the upper berth folding into the ceiling. The transportation corps said that As far As possible All army personnel travelling with families would be Able to occupy the same quarters depending on the number of passengers and rank. Mothers found in addition to a Well equipped playroom and play pen on the top deck three Nurser ies including one for healthy babies with sick mothers. More units read to quit Frankfurt Frankfurt March 5 is the Neucom chief surgeon s and chief quartermaster s offices will become the second major Euco divisions to move to Heidelberg when elements of those division begin leaving Frankfurt monday. The u. S. And us chairmen of the bipartite control office today began transferring their offices from the Reich Bank building in Frank Furt to the fifth and sixth floors of the City s giant t. G. Farbe building. Turks fear Russ drive House told Washington March 5 ins the state department said today that Turkey is still fearful of a sudden attack by the soviet Union and that tension Between the two coun tries is continuing unabated. In background material submitted to the House foreign affairs committee the department said there has been no relaxation of soviet turkish  Gold in Reserve the department also reported Tsi turkish government is holding $170,000,000 Worth at Gold As cur Rency Reserve and As a War cheers for emergency use in Case of Sud Den attack.". The background material was submitted to the committee in con. Section with president Truman request for an additional 8275,000, 000 for increased military Aid to Greece and Turkey. The turks were pictured a viewing with extreme anxiety the consolidation of soviet control Over the Balkans the International situation in Greece and the con continued on Page 12 5-Power pact seen certain Brussels March 5 up the Early conclusion of a Strong West Ern european Union pact appeared virtually certain tonight As reliable belgian sources reported that the latest French British proposals Ful filled the demands of the Benelux nations. The drafts of these proposals were brought by British foreign office expert Gladwyn Jebb and Jean Chauvel Secretary general of the French foreign ministry. According to a High belgian government source the original Bene Lux proposal presented to the French and British delegations atthe five Power conference Here called for a full fledged Western european customs Union and a 50-year political Alliance against for eign political  reliable sources said the Benelux counter proposal submitted for Dis Cussion to the five Power conference yesterday was couched in much stronger terms and was in fact believed to be similar in form to theban american treaty of Mutual de sense. X Brooklyn girl weds trolley Mian by Norbert Ehrenfreund staff correspondent Heidelberg March 5 is a 25-year-old american girl from Brooklyn today revealed her marriage to a German Streetcar con Ductor she met him when he told her the Way Home after Shi boarded the wrong trolley in Heidelberg. The Brooklyn girl the former miss Gertrud Hilbert married Walter Wagner 28, in the evangelical Church of wies Eloch a suburb of Heidelberg on feb. 21,and plans to return to the u. S. With her husband this Spring. She sailed for Germany in september to visit relatives in the  Smith chief of the Mili tary government Legal advis Branch for Wurttemberge Baden. Said there is nothing illegal about the Case. Since the girl came Hereford compassionate reasons she is not subject to occupation Laws restricting the right of a american citizen to marry a  the wedding mrs. Wagner obtained approval from Heidelberg my judge Matthew j. Jasen. The f continued on Page 12