European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 1948 the stars and stripes Page 3 r i Hope wanes for action on Aid in March March 7 congressional leaders yesterday abandoned virtually All Hope that Congress would meet the administrations april 1 deadline for Pas Sage of the european recovery pro if the deadline is not the administration said the flow of vital supplies to Europe will be Cut democratic Senate whip Scott Lucas charged the Republican revisionists with sniping at the recovery Republican asserted the Erp opponents adopted a poor Way to scuttle the thing by a Flanders said recent developments in Czecho Slovakia and Finland made it urgent that Congress approve the Aid program since Senate president Arthur Vandenbergh opening speech the debate on the recovery Bill has been marked by sparse attendance and devoted Al most entirely to opposition Vandenberg and other Senate leaders gave up Hope for a final vote next and action before april 1 by both Senate and House appeared unlikely despite administration warnings that France and other countries will have their backs to the Wall by Bridges demands definition of policy toward Russia March 7 styles Bridges said yesterday the administration must state its Basic policy toward Russia before any foreign Relief funds Are chairman of the Senate appropriations told correspondents we have to find out what Basic policy is towards and what we Are going to do under certain he said the committee must for what the administration plans to do if Greece or Turkey is and also if the communists take Over yugoslavs jail 5 priests in Trieste arms trial March 7 priests accused of manufacturing ammunition in their monastery were sentenced today to sentences ranging from six months to four years in the yugoslav zone of the Trieste free tie priests were also accused of smuggling food and currency into Italy and the Anglo american zone the court ordered the property of the monastery to be us Cruiser at Palermo March 7 ital Ian news Agency Ansa reported that the British Cruiser Phoebe arrived in the Agency said that the official visit is related to the tour sir Victor British ambassador to is making in for rent sign goes up along Maginot line March 7 rent the Maginot the French government has offered for rent As pasture the sections of Jand in which the Maginot line was built and through which the German pan Eer divisions came so fast in the land for rent is in the Region of Audun Leriche and some of the old fortifications can still be seen from the High lie Samsun has failed in Clear actions new March 7 Trygve United nations Secre tary said yesterday the in is not what it was intended to its members Are not doing All they could be doing to make it he told a High school forum sponsored by the Herald we failed to take definite action on problems of great urgent import of atomic provision of armed forces to serve the reduction and control of conventional the Security Council often failed to reach effective decisions because there has not been full agreement among the nations which have permanent seats on the Council big he said on the credit Side the in served As a forum where the nations can air and As a place where any Large or is Able to bring complaints against other nations and demand Benes receives czech red chief greeks take 250 prisoners March 7 dispatches from Salonika reported today that the greek army had continued its drive against guerrillas in the Snow covered sector of Northern inflicting heavy casualties on the rebel according to 146 were captured or surrendered casualties in the operations extending in the area from Olympus to Pieria Mountain were said to be 250 captured and 100 counted five soldiers and two civilian defense fighters were killed in Northern while 20 fresh guerrilla Graves were discovered in the same at Northeast of guerrillas attempted another attack but were thrown Back with an undisclosed number killed and other press reports said troops encountered a Small guerrilla band at a Point about 25 Miles West of killing six and capturing program started to fight cancer with atom products Washington March 7 the atomic Energy commission last night announced program to fight cancer with radio isotopes and atom it that radio emitting byproducts of the atomic not been found generally useful in cancer treatment As developed at the present but it added that they should help in the search for Basic knowledge about to Spur research by qualified scientists and physicians the com Mission will Supply radioactive phosphorus and sodium free except for handling and transportation it also will make Avail Able at four atomic laboratories direct radiation from High voltage cyclotrons and other atom smashing the atom smashers will be used much As xray machines Are now employed in various kinds of medical research and the commission already is sup porting cancer research projects at the memorial Hospital in new York for treatment of cancer and Allied and at Harvard univer the University of California and the University of president Eduard Czechoslovakia president shakes hands with Premier Klement Gottwald As the new czech communist Cabinet is sworn in the background left to right Are Antonin Zapo Vic Premier Antonin minister of foreign and Zientek minister of Mussolini Aid exonerated in slaying of socialist pair March 7 highest court last night annulled the life imprisonment sentence against Mario Mussolini chief of military who was condemned in absent a in 1945 for complicity in the murder of the socialist Rosselli Brothers in France in Roatta had been a fugitive since his sensational escape from a Mili tary Hospital in March italian communists have repeatedly charged Roatta had been taken abroad by the British or military to exploit his knowledge of military secret but his whereabouts has never been also absolved of the same crime italian red chief charges America aiming at War March 7 Italy communist charged last night that America Aims at War and urged Europe popular masses to take in hand the of their countries to avoid this new thousands gathered in Public squares of this communist Strong hold of Northern Italy to hear the Moscow trained Leader bitterly attack the and the Marshall he said conferences of Western european nations planned to initiate alliances for War and warned that a divided Europe Means the menace of imminent Togliatti added it is not True that recover of the continent is impossible without american which he charged was an attempt to intervene in Europe internal Britain holds pcs in Suez canal zone March 7 mately prisoners of War almost All held by the British army in the Suez canal zone at the beginning of an army spokesman said provided there were no unforeseen demands on he there is every reason to expect that All pcs will be repatriated from the zone by the end of this the present figure is less than half the number held at the beginning of last he were Fulvio former under Secretary of foreign Fer Ruccio under Secretary for and Francesco lieutenant general of movie producer Prince William of Sec Ond son of King scans a reel of film from his latest Pic William has produced Many films on Folk czechs Clamp ban on 6 5 stars March 7 heavy hand of censorship clamped Down on five american film stars and a Hal dozen films today be cause of anticommunist testimony several months ago before the House Una Merican activities com following the Lead of Hungary and other countries in the the government banned Adolphe Gary Rob Ert Robert Taylor and Ginger films ranging from sergeant York and Jordan Back to tales of Man Hattan also were a number of other american and British films continued they included Sonja Henie and Tyrone Power in Ali Baba and the 40 love North Odd Man Black Narcissus and random Miniver was still drawing tears in neighbourhood houses after three one czech film was having a first run showing with the significant title of Border depicting 1945 Stowe Between czechs and sudeten germans in a Small a Salute to mos was being played in two first run my suspends extradition to Czechoslovakia March 7 ican military government has announced the suspension of the extradition of persons wanted As War criminals by an my released both in Berlin and said the ban had been imposed some weeks ago because the czech govern ment had failed to comply with its extradition the announcement said Czecho upon the extradition of two agreed that if they were not tried and convicted within six months they would be returned to Germany on american one was acquitted and the other never but both were turned Over to Russia despite american requests for their my move starts to merge czech socialists March 7 first step toward merging communist and social democratic parties into a workers Unity party was taken the action committee of the social democratic party at Liberec called on its Central committee in Prague to allow the Liberec party to merge with the similar to mergers marking the disappearance of social democrats elsewhere in this part of danish workers to urged to fight communism March 7 prime minister Hans he Toft said last night that events in Czecho Slovakia have caused grave Corv Cern in and he urged danish workers to continue the fight against the speaking at a labor parity meet ing in the prime minister said that to democracy is nothing but a Means to Vizonia gets tons of flour in month March 7 total of metric tons of Grain and flour valued at were shipped into the combined zones of Germany last a joint Anglo american release announced yes in addition other foodstuffs valued at were