European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes i Maich h4s life in the b29 drops worlds biggest bomb March 11 the air Force announced yester Day that the worlds largest 21 has been dropped successfully from a b29 Superior Tress at maroc air the largest bomb previously dropped weighed the 21ton bomb is 26 10 in Ches Long and has a diameter of four and one Hall in the initial a Dud or unarmed bomb was Dud bombs also will be used for 12 More test drops before live bombs Are the b29 was specially modified to carry the immense which extended below the belly of the it also was necessary to construct a special bomb built in a Concrete to place the bomb in the the air Force said that a live 21ton Tomb would Lack the destructive Power of an atomic mis Sile but would leave no radio activity which might deny the use of a captured area to an attacking Bonus Check Racket uncovered Albany March 11 Racket of unknown proportions the forging and counterfeiting of world War ii Bonus checks was uncovered yesterday by new Fork state Thomas Dewey office announced that 20 bogus checks totalling had been discovered so they were All cashed in the Buffalo area and the fraud teas discovered when the checks were cleared through the National commercial Bank and Trust the checks bore the forged signatures of state tax commoner Alger Chapman and state comptroller Frank the two officials directly concerned with payment of the veterans suit seeks to oust Catholic teachers Santa March 11 up a suit to oust Catholic teachers from new Mexico Public schools was filed in court Here the Catholic Church in new Mexico countered with the state ment that it would readily accept i final court de and conform with the suit was filed by Santa be atom work March 11 chairman David Lilienthal of the atomic Energy commission warned Here that work stoppages at any of the privately operated plants furnishing supplies to the commission might be even More serious than a strike at the governments own atomic he told the joint congressional atomic Energy committee that a rather wide segment of american is involved in producing vital supplies for the atomic pro Lilienthal said Al president will Jam Green and Cio chief Philip Murray share the View that atomic production must be to Date there has been a work stoppage at any of the governments atomic air record claimed March 11 an american airlines dc6 yester Day set what company officials believe is a Nevi Speed record for i a commercial plane Between Chi Cago and the flight was clocked at one 40 minutes and 30 but was not made for the official fastest previous time was one 42 23 the flight was the first for the four engine planes since they were grounded last attorney Harry Bigbee for 28 complainants in seven it grew out of protests by parents in that Catholic Sisters employed in Public schools there were giving religious state education department investigators later said they found no evidence of religious instruction in the Dixon probes held Una Merican by Harriman March 11 Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman last night accused a House Una Merican sub committee of Una Merican in a formal statement dealing with the subcommittees investigation of Edward director of the Bureau of Harriman said i the subcommittees action in my it summoned members i of my staff to secret sessions the press and Public excluded and could not form an Independent notes reversal it is interesting to note that the subcommittee now appears not to dissent from the Commerce depart ment loyalty boards finding that Condon is a Loyal the Secretary referred to the committees charge March 1 that Condon had associated with alleged soviet the committee called Condon one of the weakest links in the nations atomic according to the United assistant Secretary of state John Peurifoy cautioned against possible degeneration of the loyalty program into gossip mongering and character Peurifoy told a House committee he was disturbed by the present tendency to extend the highly questionable theory of guilt by association to lengths that amount to a travesty of american j a Ommittee charges laxity in action Clearing Condon Washington March 11 ins a House Una Merican activities air chief is to map joint action March 11 military High command will meet this weekend in an Effort to agree on the individual parts thl and air Force should play in event of defense Secretary James telling a news confere Noj about plans for the implied that disagreements exist among la joint chiefs of staff Over what role each service should have in strategy Forrestal said he would ask the commanders of the service o list their asked what the next step woul be after Forrestal replied i Hope to get them to come t an accommodation of if ill have to make my ova when the three services Wett put under a single department of declared aim was to end disagree q Lack of plan criticized a congressional air policy con Mission recently criticized the join chiefs of staff for failure up i now to provide an Overall Eta Telic the chief include Orai army chief of staff get Carl air Force chief t staff Louis Calif of naval and James Forrestal accommodation of views libel suit awarded March 11 j n t week Wun  gov Mulnard Caldwell of Florida Al w states in yesterday was awarded m Fourmont sold Pepper was awarded the Paddy Reilly medal and certificate by the Greenwich Village humane league for Wak ing his owners when a fire broke All but two persons escaped from the Blaze at 3090 34th laxity characterized the entire proceedings of the Commerce departments loyalty Board in Clear ing Edward head of the Bureau of the subcommittee charged that findings of the loyalty Board were entirely to the individual loyalty of Condon and that no finding was made regarding condos alleged associations and hearings set to Speed Senate action on amt March 11 a attempt to win speedy Senate approval of Universal military train ing was announced yesterday by Chan Gurney Curacy said the Senate armed services committee will begin Public hearings on tuesday with Secretary of state George mar shall As the first Meyers tried Aid says March the government rested its Case against yesterday after Calvin the generals former i Testi Meyers promised him if he turned out to be a favourable Mette told a Federal court jury hearing  charges against Meyers that the former air Force procurement of finer offered him the for my he said the general coached him on the answers he wanted him to make and All of them Mette did not say whether the alleged offer was in connection with Meyers perjury the general is accused of persuading Bleriot his former business Asso to lie to the Senate War investigating committee ias1 Mette Meyers said that if i was Able to be of value to him then when it was All Over he would give me i said i didst i didst want to get in the same situation As Mette said Meyers told him the Senate inquiry was a political plot to expose Roosevelt the wit newsmen later he under stood Meyers meant the late Pesir Dent rather than his son who was a witness before the Senate Marthur backers to meet in Milwaukee March 11 Warren National coordinator of the Macarthur for Amer Ica has announced plans for a meeting in Milwaukee to organize a Campaign to win the re publican presidential nomination for Douglas Wright said the Milwaukee con Ference probably will be held next week with president libel damages from Colliers Maga a District court composed of nine White arid three negro announced us decision after deliberating two hours on the governors charges that the Magazine had falsely and maliciously quoted him As condoning for Caldwell declared Colliers had falsely and damaging by quoted the governor As saying a mob had saved Chi Iris considerable trouble Wien a negro was taken front jail at Madison and shot Wright said there were no plans to enter Macarthur name in state primaries other than the Wisconsin and Nebraska Wright said Lansing of siting National chairman of the Macarthur organization and director of Wisconsin has established about 20 state clubs thus Pacific vets at Harvard form ant Marthur club March 11 up Harvard Stu All veterans of world War ii service in the Pacific theater under Douglas today formed a club to oppose the generals nomination for the group published an advertisement in the under graduate which pro claimed r not one veterans vote for fighting Doug Rainbow world War i vets for Macarthur March 11 up officials of the Oshkosh chapter of the Rainbow division world War i veterans said yesterday that they would support Douglas Mac Arthur for the Macarthur commanded the rain Bow division in world War in gust presi Dent of the said he had rumours that the gis Are not for we of the Rainbow veterans of world War can not understand Hafeman As we Are for him 100 per against Macarthur formed in Chicago March 11 for the formation of a veterans against Macarthur club were bounced yesterday by group of Chicago spokesman for group said 500 signatures Al ready had been obtained in Chicago on petitions opposing the possible presidential candidacy of Gen Douglas a Veteran of Jervice with the 97lh in Europe and said the move sprang up simultaneously among himself Anc seven others when they heard of Macarthur availability statement he said they began circulating petitions immediately and found the response so Greal that they contacted friends in Louis and urging Siam chief of staff to to Forrestal said the civilian Sec tries the three services in ably will not be at the meet a Forrestal said the argument tween the Navy and air Force tip their respective roles in slate planning would also be consider he added j there is no question in mind that the role of strategic Power belongs to the air Force the same the Navy has c Tain functions that belong to Ftp on in an Hong Tio str face walk no March 11 publishers association of s York City said printers on 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