European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                If.  Ends support for Palestine partition Austin asks in to Rule As trustee Lake Success March 19 a the  tonight asked the United nations to Shelve the plan to partition pales Tine instead a temporary in trusteeship would be placed Over the holy  Warren Austin chief u.  Delegate Laid the Surprise proposal before a meeting of the big five Powers and then be fore the Security Council. He asked for an immediate special session of the general Assembly to carry through the proposal. Gro Tyko assails plan soviet Delegate Andrei Gromyko a mediately assailed the new u.  Plan As a contradiction of the 1947 Assembly decision to split the Hoy lend into Independent jewish and. Rab nations. He said Russia could. No give direct or indirect consent o the plan. Gromyko said he would ask mos of for instructions and until he Teo lived Tham he could not discuss the substance of the plan. France and China indicated they would not oppose the u.  Proposal. Bum which has ignored the fetes urte talks had no comment. The american announcement Warra As a Complete Surprise to other delegates. British editor uits As red european edition q London March 19 ins Douglas Hyde news editor of the British daily worker bitterly denounced communism last night and continued on Page 12 Munich Frankfurt fare set Frankfurt March 19 is pan american world airlines announced today that the fare for the Munich Frankfurt flights starting Panl 5 will be $24,. Round trip fare be unofficial publication of . Weather forecast Frankfurt a j o u d y. Minimum temperature 32 Munich Comly 30 Bremen Cloudy rain 34 Berlin Cloudy rain. 34 Vienna Cloudy rain 32 Rome Naples Cloudy 49trieste Cloudy 43 p a r i a occupation forces in Europe Clr Stuttgart Cious 30. Volume 2, number 105 5 cents copy $i35 a month saturday March 20, 1948 empty Coal cars at deserted mine these Long lines of empty Coal cars waiting on a siding of Valley Camp Coal mine no. 3 near Wheeling w. Va., provided a picture typical of the situation at. Mines throughout the country As thousands remain Idle in the ration s latest bituminous dispute. Acme jobless mount in Coal crisis Pittsburgh March 19 ins unemployment mounted today As the strike of 400,000 soft Coal miners tightened its grip on the steel Industry transportation and Allied industries throughout the  and steel Mills have already Laid off seve ral thousand  additional furloughs expected momentarily. Reserve stocks of Coal in the steel and transportation industries continued to dwindle. It was estimated the country had less than a 26-Day Supply. There were no immediate in continued on Page 12 French poles sign pact Paris March 19 a France and Poland signed a Trade agree ment Here today. Mme. Joliet Curie detained for u.  Immigration quiz from press Dif patches new York March 19mme. Rent Jolil Curie French nuclear tethys Cist and Nobel prize Winner detained by immigration authorities at Laguardia Airport yesterday after she flew in from spam to speak on the needs of Spanish republicans exiled in Ranee. Mme. Joliet Curie daughter Marie and Pierre Curie Dis Eov Eiers of Radium succeeded Herb other As director Institute sri Paris. Of the Curie today attorney general Tom c. Aik ordered her released pending Virther consideration of her Case. Department officials said Tice was not known Joliet cute was coming to the u.  Until the arrived at  was explained that in the 15 Day interim during which time she will be at Liberty on her visitor s visa immigration authorities would give Clark a detailed report. Meanwhile department sources said she would be free to speak for the joint. Anti fascist com Mittee which claims to have invited her to the ., if she de sired. The committee was recently  Clark As subversive. Representatives of the committee waited in vain for her at the air port yesterday. Among them was or. Edward Barsky committee chairman who has been1 indicted for refusal to. Yield the Organiza Tion s records.  House com Mittee on in american activities. 1 Smuts asks open talks to end world cleavage Capetown March 19 ins Field marshal Jan Christian Smuts appealed today to the soviet Union and the Western democracies to speak to one another As Man to Man to end the growing world cleavage. The Veteran South. African prime minister said matters have to be brought into the open. The position today is very serious. In my experience the world has never known such uncertainty As exists  dec officer jailed for liquor deals Wiesbaden March 19 special 1/lt. Robert s. Becker a Safe officer stationed at Rhine main air base today was sentenced by a general court martial to dismissal from the service and three years confinement at hard labor for sell ing whisky to enlisted men in his unit at exorbitant profits. Col. A. W. Rigsby Safe staff judge advocate announced. Becker mess officer of the 831st aviation eng. In. At Rhine main is being confined at the Wiesbaden guardhouse of Safe he. Cmd., pending review of his Case by it Gen. Curtis e. Lemay. Becker was tried by an air Force general court martial Here on two charges and 10 specifications including conduct unbecoming an officer and conduct prejudicial to Good order and. Military discipline witnesses Restif red that the officer sold  sky to the gis of his battalion at a huge profit Becker was also found guilty of buying and Selling whisky illegally making false documents for the purpose of illegally importing we risky into the . Zone and of making a false statement to a Cid agent. Marshall warns greatest crisis threatens u.  Berkeley calif., March 19 ins Secretary of state George c. Marshall warned Italy today that a communist Victory in next month s italian election would remove that country from the benefits of the european beco Yery program. Speaking at the University of California. Marshall stressed the urgency of the political crisis developing in Italy As. Part of a world situation he described As More threatening to our ideals and interests than any in history. He assailed Russia and the communists for what he called a duplication in Europe of the High handed and calculated procedure of the nazi  the chief architect of Amer Ica s foreign policy declared that the u. S., while standing firm on principles is keeping the door wide open for any general conciliatory  answers reds claim he called attention to the italian communist party s claim that american assistance to Italy will continue without change even if continued on Page 12 Norse chiefs vow defense Stockholm March the premiers of Sweden Norway and Denmark last night jointly affirmed their decision to defend with All Means the Freedom of their countries against any outside a Gre Sion. Speaking before an audience of 2,000 in the Stockholm concert Hall the the House foreign affairs com Mittee today approved the $5,300, 000,000 european recovery program and a Senate committee voted $275, 000,000 in military help to Greece and Turkey. The committee approved the Erp by 14-8. Members said the vote was divided along party lines. Dempf crafts opposed putting european Aid and help for Greece Turkey and China All in one Bill. That plan was favored by. The committee s Republican members. The House committee agreed to act later today on military Aid to Greece and Turkey. R before approving the Marshall plan the House committee made some changes in the measure which has already been passed by the Senate. One is intended to assure that the 16 participating nations do not con Vert american materials into pro ducts for Sale to Russia and her satellites when the u.  Would decline to sell them. The Marshall plan now goes to the House for debate. Greeks say planes of foe at Border Salonika March 19 a a Large number of troops Are concentrated in Albania close to me greek Border a greek military official reported today. He could not confirm whether they Are part of the International brigade but expressed the _ belief that they comprise greek Guer-., Rillas and foreign elements. The informant also said that bombers and fighters had been sent to airfields in Albania " near to Belborder for use by . Lost cow gets Ai my a boat by Arthur no yes Frankfurt March 19 is the following classified advertise ment appeared today in the. Occupation chronicle Frankfurt Mili tary Post weekly newspaper lost cow. Somewhere in Hanau. Where animal was. On pasture. Brown and White main Lillian Breed. Lost sunday afternoon mar. 7. Six years old big red spot on neck. Call pfc Johnson 8264." As a result of the and More people Here today were looking for staff correspondent Johnson than for the cow Accord ing to t/4 George Mayo chronicle managing editor.  Mayo was inclined to believe this evening after eight hours of cow Hunting that neither Johnson nor the cow exist among those looking for John son 13 maj. Gen. Carter a. Mag Ruder Neucom chief of logistics who is anxious to learn How John son if he exists. Eye re acquired a on Page 22j