European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes March Bigtree proposal surprises Trieste principals in Darmstadt a Trest communists silent others afraid t Ries t March 20 up Georges Bidault Turin announce ment that France and the proposed return of the Trieste free territory to Italy came As a Complete Surprise today to Anglo american authorities Many american and British officers and troops were off duty on their regular saturday after noon half some were on trips in Italy and the reaction to Trie first carried in late afternoon editions of local newspapers was immediate in this perpetually tense Strong minority of communists who have plagued Trieste with riots and strikes since the wars end were glum and v italians reported afraid the majority of and White slavs who have lived on Therun of the Iron curtain for almost three years were their fears became greater when they looked West to where the tiny Allied the Cruiser Day ton and the British Sloop were drawn up along the water these fears grew even greater As the anticommunist looked East toward the Hills above the City where a thin line of americans and British troops guarded the Frontier against an estimated those with fear in their hearts had lived through the notorious 40 Days of marshal Titos occupy Tiona before the Advent of the Ai Fles in the Spring of Rome newspapers differ on interpreting March 20 newspapers reacted immediately and violently to French foreign min ister Georges Bidault announce ment that the Western Powers had that Trieste must be re turned to the communist la under a heavy five column word labelled it an electoral the it will fill italian souls with exultation and Independent and rightist Giovale Ditalia called it an Effort by the big free to reinforce by again bringing Italy among the nations a Fitch guide Europe towards its this the newspaper is due to recognition of an in Justice which must be territory return to Italy sought continued from Page 1 the Trieste free state was divided into two Anglo american troops controlling the Northern part of the including the City of Trieste and yugoslav troops controlling the the occupation was to continue until a governor was appointed with continued occupation left to the discretion of the under present the three Powers charged there could be to guarantee the preservation of the Basic rights and interests of the people of the free called Best solution they said the return of Trieste to Italy would be the Best Soiu Tion to meet fee democratic aspirations of the people and make possible the reestablishment peace and stability in the three Powers said any new arrangements on Trieste jointly by the France and Russia would be submitted to the Security Council for v first announcement that the three Western Powers would ask for revision of the Trieste statute was made by French foreign min ister Georges Bidault in a speech at earlier in the Bidault made his speech after he and italian foreign minister Carlo Sforza signed an agreement for a French italian customs Way of the Cross covered by guns continued from Page 1 protestants and Ronian catholics Are celebrating Palm other churches of Eastern denominations celebrate their equivalent Holiday april 25 because of a difference in their christians who celebrate holy week including daily pilgrimages along the Way of the Cross writ he Christ walked to will walk under the gun muzzles of warring mostly gun emplacements sit atop Many of the nine stations of the Cross which Are located Church of the holy and Fiere Are Arab gunmen before every guarding the Entrance to the most spot in All ancient Church near the Sites of christs burial and soviets leave Allied meeting continued from Page t stripes but beyond that we can no interpretation of it until we see what a High american official the russian walkout had obviously been he pointed to the failure of the russians to set plates for the Buffet thatis after every Council meeting by the in the if the russian Man Euver had not been the source the table would have been other High although they took a serious View of the russian said it might be an other Man Euver in the russian War nerves that began in january the Berlin russian sponsored press told the Western allies to leave the seat of fou Power first action of kind it was the first time in the councils stonely 32month history that a meeting ended on such a at today which was a special one called at russian continually referred to Allied actions which he charged have sidetracked the control Council and made it he based his attack on the refusal of Western allies to resolutions on Germany drawn up by polish and czechoslovakian foreign As Well As Western Allied insistence that they could not report to the Council actions taken at test months London sir Brian Robertson and Pierre military governors of the British and Hench told Sokolovsky that the Landon con Ference had taken no actions but merely had made to their Monroe assistant Darmstadt Provost examines some of the effects found in the car of Earl Rubin upper lower inset shows Elfriede Rubins yank arrested Hoard March 20 Earl of who described himself variously As a a a former employee of the ofic and an was picked up at the Bohnhof hotel transient billets Early when he was unable to present credentials showing he was legally in the investigation by Monroe assistant Provost disclosed Rubin was carrying in the pockets of his flight jacket in in Post office Money and in military Rubin later said he had come to Germany to see his girl Elfriede whose Home is in the British zone but who has been living in to some had 40 watches f the watches turned out Tobe 40 new Swiss with 18 Lara Gold they were in Rubins a 1947 also in the car Rifle a Hercules Gas Fountain pen with one teargas Cartridge French francs in notes a scattered Assort ment of British and French Tion currency 35 boxes of life two bottles of Pepsi cola and one Confederate Rubin had a pm issued by ofic at and two pol who gave his Paris address As the palais Dorsay said he was discharged from the army in after serving through Tine War with the 3rd of the 3rd he was turned Over to army agents and taken to Heidelberg for further Many stranded in Dairen March 20 United nations preparatory com Mission for International refugees said today that at least 60 eur one american and an undetermined of White russians were stranded soviet controlled Tim bomb held Caus of British Vienna hotel blast March 20 and austrian police today probed last nights explosion at a Vienna guest hotel for the British in which a woman was killed and 12 an official declared today there is no doubt that a Tim bomb was placed in the basement of the build Park investigations this morning were handicapped by presence of Deb Ris around the actual site of the Lola an argentin Ian employed As assistant hotel was the 12 injured britons were treated the British army Hospital the explosion destroyed two room next to the hotel bar and did considerable damage in the 8 lost in crash of private plane March 20 twin engined private air believe to have carry ing eight crashed Ift the Laurel mountains five bodies have been police identified one of the bodies As that of George industrialist and owner of the Armitage company reported that when Armitage left he was accompanied by Herman Bur the Pilot Burlingame and their one Cecil Bel Ieve to be from Frank also believed to be of and and believed to be from Wil jewish Agen seen form fit Zion re pull continued from Page 1 to the United last in told the Security from what has been said Security Council and in consult Tio Samong several Council is not prepared to ahead with efforts to carry out partition plan in he said the Council had cafe evidence that if the United Kab Dom terminates its Mandi chaos and heavy fighting emphasizing that the tenancy of International peas at Austin said thee fully subscribes to the Conchy reached by the Najj Bers of the Security we should make it the Security Council a deter i not to permit the threaten International Britain reaffirms stand to quit Palestine May 15 March 20 a colonial office announced to Britain stands firm in its Deviera nation to surrender the palest mandate on May a British the colonial offi will be withdrawn Nilai than 1 regardless of the Tion created by the withdrawal american support for Lewis agrees to Coal talk March 20 a John Lewis today accepted government invitation to meet i Coal operators monday attempt to Settle the Coal said in acce Juja the invitation from mediation Tor Cyrus in is Post Erous to assume that any p Gress will be made at your Mondi As these men the soft Jet operators merely carry out Thor St auctions of their Lewis plainly accepted citation with the Coal walkout has spread 4 single week Over almost of bituminous it off t the shutdown of steel important Industrial use of Taf Hartley Law delays Oak Ridge strike 1 up government be on president Trumps order p trained an injunction late in Federal court Banninga at the Oak atomic feb stories for the next 80 order marked ithe first Taf Hartley Laws National Getcy provisions Truman Board probes packing House strike i March 20 l president Truman fact ii Board today continued testimony by packers Kcf i Senta Tives of the f packing House Union in Choc a the which recommendations in the is due to make its re a Truman april the walkout last tues Cut meat production in sons of Italy fight Marci order of sons in begun an pea to the people of Italy communism in