European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Weather forecast mint mum 42 Munich 36 is Vienna 38 Rome Naples partly 45 m the european edition unofficial publication of ripes occupation forces in Europe Leica models compared Tesica fans will interested in Reading a comparison by yes officials of the and the f2 Lens according to speeding up the Lens cuts Down on other desirable Story on Page volume number 94 5 cents a a month March 1948 Finland bows to soviet treaty demand Marshall asks Speed Onia Diplan March 8 of state George Marshall today conferred with Republican leaders of the House of representatives and urged them to Speed up consideration the House speaker Joseph Martin said he hop eff congressional action on Erp can be completed by april it was Learned that under Secretary of state Robert Lovett and ambassador to Britain Douglas strongly requested the House leaders to abandon their plan to place All foreign Aid legis continued on Page 12 Senate open amt hearings March 8 the Senate armed services com Mittee today voted unanimously to Start hearings immediately on uni Versal military training after top military spokesman said such train ing was not Only but chairman Chan Gurney said the committee Voied after receiving estimates from defense Secretary James Forrestal that the total Cost of coupled with Reserve would be when the program is in full Gurney said hear Ings will begin As soon Forrestal was accompanied by the and chiefs of staff of continued on Page 12 flying scientists have close escape March 8 Rounth world flier Bill Odom and his group of scientists departed today for banking after reporting that the party had a close escape from disaster at Wake the scientists plan to Survey one of chivas highest reported to be higher than pen manufacturer Milton who to leading the Boston museums sex said the plane was delayed at Wake Island because of an Oil tank it was a Lucky leak developed while we were on the otherwise we probably would not be yank shot by russian in Vienna wounds May Cost i his Arm by Ernie Reed staff correspondent March 8 18yearold i was in critical condition in the army Hospital Here to Day As a result of being shot by a soviet Soldier in front of the grand hotel the Ufa pfc Jack of and member of the 796th my was shot from behind by a  Bullet which entered in the Region of his left passed out through his Side and finally lodged in his left Grunden has already had several blood transfusions and May have to have his Arm accompanied by 3 girls according to the official version of the Grunden and two Sam Adel Man and pfc Joseph in company with three austrian had left a dance and were walking along the Public safety Island in front of the grand which is a soviet officers Billet and is in the International sector of As they passed the hotel they were accosted by a soviet Soldier who hurled an insult at them in which one of the austrian girls a scuffle Between Ernie Reed bayonets blocked path the russian and Grunden followed and the russian yelled for help from a nearby soviet sentry stationed at the the sentry came charging out at staffer tries to save witness port arms according to Adel fired four shots from his Tommy gun at close two shots missed Adelman while he was flee but one toppled this Ona tip from an arrived on the scene five minutes later and saw some 30 to 40 armed russian equipped with bodily Kidnap one of the key it happened this Way a russian officer had seized Elfriede the companion of the wounded and was attempt ing to drag her into the the frightened girl was screaming in dont let them take me into the hotel they will kill girl wrested free this correspondent succeeded in wresting her free from the russian officer along with buddy attempted to escort her to the american occupied s Bristol Afner we had made 10 feet of pro Gress More than a dozen soviet soldiers with bayonets blocked our path and seized the girl a tour Power International which is supposed to have Juris diction in this sector of came up but told this correspondent con timed on Pape 12 Schuman wins fight for 4soaktherich Bill March 8 French National Assembly tonight upheld the government of Premier Robert Schuman in its fight against inflation by passing a detailed soak Herich forced loan Bill by a majority of 60 the Bill defines in detail the general ant inflation and forced loan policies outlined in the Law which schumans government coaxed through the Assembly this afternoons vote passed the Law As a whole and it now goes to the upper Council of the the last three Days of debate have been Over one of communist would have killed the Bill others would have emasculated continued on Page 12 bulletin March 8 soviet government said tonight that the London conference on Germany violated the Potsdam decisions and played into the hands of War Van Fleet predicts Victory for greek army this year March 8 sweeping Victory for greek government troops this year is predicted by James a Van head of the military Section of the Mission for Aid to Van who was just finished a five Day inspection of Mili tary commands in Northern said in a statement issued today he was tremendously impressed with the Quality of the greek sol who Are imbued with an intense patriotism to keep their be loved country free and ind Epen the army is Well and equipped the state ment the which we bring Back with us will be Moat valuable in supplying the few additional needs of the army and will continued of Page 1ft two women assassinated in jeep near Saigon March 8 two Amer ican women were assassinated yesterday near the Agency France Presse reported today from the Agency said Jeanne director of the information service in and Lydia Ruth Secretary to the Amer ican consulate in were shot and killed about 7 the Agency said the two women were driving in a jeep on the Road to the Airport about two Kilometres from Saigon when they were the state department in in ton today confirmed that two american women members of its staff in Saigon were killed yester Day by a report from John Consul in said Jeanne Skewes and miss Lydia Ruth James were shot and killed about three Miles outside the report said there was no indication who did the French children get gifts March 8 today presented school children at the suburb of  with 300 packages of school mate rials made by american West treaty nears finish March 8 per cent of the drafting of the forthcoming Western european Al Liance was finished tonight and the end of the Brussels conference was expected by wednesday it was Learned military and colonial aspects of the treaty caused Lively Specula Tion among diplomatic observers although no official confirmation was these observers said Britain and France apparently were anxious to include their overseas territories in the Mutual assistance Many diplomatic quarters believed that a full fledged military Alliance  be effective unless the initiative for it and sub sequent leadership came from the the standardization of equipment and training would be relatively these sources As the Ben Elux countries have practically identical equipment and training methods with the dec taxpayers warned of March 15 deadline March 8 members of the Neucom judge advocates office issued a re minder today that March 15 is Tine deadline for payment of income taxes for years pre feeding 1948 by personnel who came to the dec after personnel who have been in the theater longer have until june 15 to pay taxes for previous june 15 is also the dead line for payment of income taxes for the first half of delegates will meet in Moscow March 8 a Finland tonight formally accepted Premier stains re quest for in mos cow toward a Russ finnish Friendship and military after Many Days of careful Cabinet approved the which May bind her tightly to the communist dominated Eastern Security in a 90minute session with president Jaho the government announcement said decision in state Council the president of the Republic has today in the state Council decided to reply in the affirmative to the soviet governments proposal of entering upon negotiations toward the conclusion of a Friendship and assistance agreement and to propose that the said negotiations take place in the Cabinet will meet again tomorrow to name Fin lands Trep press reports said that a Sevenman delegation will be drawn from both Parlia ment and a foreign office spokesman told a press conference that Paas Kivis reply to Stalin might be sent to Moscow contents secret its were a closely guarded at least until Helsinki knows that its answer has reached stains Moscow was preferred by the Cabinet As the place of negotiations for Security one highly placed official if a russian delegation were to come to Helsinki continued on Page 1z Truman will run in 48 if nominated March 8 president through demo cratic National chairman Howard today that he will definitely be a candidate for Mcgrath and Gael executive director of the r democratic committee met an hour and a half with the president this afternoon Mcgrat said afterwards that the president had authorized him to say that if he is nominated by the democratic National he will accept and there has not been any sub Stantial doubt that this would be the course the president would but this first official Mcgrath said the presidents decision followed urgent re quests from democratic leaders throughout the czech Hamburg Consul quits March 8 Wyan czechoslovakian con sul general in has re signed because of differences with his country communist govern he said today he was Defi not returning to Czecho