European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page it th1 stars and stripes april by Berlin Island gets food Safe lift from Page american military govern ment sad trains would be can celled for the time these coupled with an american Promise to bring in both passengers and freight by came after the russians re fused to allow two British and two american military trains to proceed past a soviet Check Point unless soviet troops were allowed to Board the trains and inspect passengers credentials and this was at the same time the russians restricted motor traffic to and Berlin along the 100mile Long International on the at the Check lion near on the Border of the British and soviet the russians barred both German and Allied civilians from passing without a russian Amer ican my Headquarters autobahn traffic Normal the Berlin Provost marshal reported that autobahn traffic was Normal and Ai Merican newspapermen in civilian clothes i As arabs attacked jewish truck fourteen jews were killed when arabs ambushed this jewish armoured car three Miles from yesterday armoured vehicles again attempted to run the Arab blockade with food Tor jews with starvation in american train bound for Bremer the other was a French train bound for both allowed j russians aboard to were permitted to go through Check i garbled in it i was understood that an i Vestiga All this coupled with the russian would made Boycott of Allied control coun cil prompted some americans to believe that the soviet had begun a Campaign to end Germany four Power control machinery and Force jewish trucks try food run april 1 armoured jewish which tried to smash through from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem with be Gan their second night on the Road v ten of she trucks filtered through French my Headquarters said last tent in a blazing that no precedent had been five reported burned by listed in allowing the russian Ini the others returned to it said it agreed with the a jewish Village the other allies that the russians could main to await the Opportunity Hans director of j mrs transport said the american train commander had very Clear orders not to allow rus Sian inspectors he said the com Mander either disobeyed the orders or misunderstood them or had april 1 the state department asserted again that forces intend to remain in j not unilaterally regulate i Transi for another five arabs and j two jews were believed killed in checks made in Berlin the Convoy russian troops smile As they halt travellers april 1 russians today assigned some of their Best troops to Check both in Berlin and the autobahn Between Berlin and the one Road outlet from the officer in charge at no just outside was polite to All he Usu ally greeted them with a Smil ing Good in perfect after examining their he sent them on their Way with i Hope you have a pleasant and another in where the traffic was the russians were quite so polite and did not smile so dependent Remai Cai in the russians established checks at main junctions of the statement followed russian i the soviet sector and the Western manned by armed with rifles and Tommy they were established in the morning and removed from some Points in the american my no official word on but the russian seizure of traffic control into and of the German a move interpreted As an Effort to squeeze the Powers put of the state depart ment press reaffirmed that american policy is for the to remain in the German from Berlin the Western allies1 to the w1fst zones u or at Leasi make life uncomfortable a barn Brand for them endure Gate on the Boundary of faced with the stoppage of two i the British sector 15 armed rus Jerusalem faced Mallqui Etalon Road to Berlin april 1 Only the Irist venturesome drove the 112 Miles of autobahn Between this town on the Border Between the British and russian zones and the sector of Berlin but those who did found Little put of the most of the consisted of correspondents seeking to resolve some of the confusion Over the new russian orders regarding travel to Arthur Frankfurt Bureau chief for stars made the drive without from Ordinary permits of Noyes that the special passes in by Mildred Mupi staff april 1 and government women w o Skrl agreed today there was no in getting nervous about thet sians new travel some said they thought Tion has a Heapy others said things were boo blow despite the wives were in the Saries today buying extra flour and in russian test five out of 10 women the situation was not As As it sounded and the were testing us to see Well others said they were sur russians but a wait for some time would try anything several married women pcs and commissaries sex anxiety Over their mrs Fred Merten said i1 but i do wish thatt so much like an its like Smith Decla was too Busy to let All arid besides Ive been army too Long to let rumours likes excitement j Flora military to prevent removal of Indus j trial equipment from the soviet sectors into the Western sectors in British trains which refused to comply with the new russian travel i restrictions that effect at last the British Deputy military demanded and got an interview at russian Headquarters with soviet chief of briton not optimistic Brownjohn received no satisfaction to his demand that the rus sians rescind their unilateral a British spokesman said that Brownjohn was not optimistic about future lifting of the ban after the which was described As not hostile american my made no new pro test to elaborate on last nights note to the soviet that russian troops would not be permitted to Board american military after conferring with the other american my promised to Supply the City by air arid at the first two cargo Laden air planes arrived from Frankfurt at f Tempelhof air one was a c47 and the other a Between them they carried for the americans in Berlin pounds of commissary the British announced tonight that two Dakotas would Fly personnel to and from the zone it was understood that the British also would soon Start to bring air supplies by the British in addition said they would replace their trains to the zone by three daily to Helmstedt Only Allied trains passed the soviet blockade one was an sians arrested a 16th lieutenant and his wife and held them for 45 the american was named his first name was not Spaatz resigns a of of f continued from Page 1 fullest consideration of my responsibility to nation and the air Force it is with the deepest regret that i ask to be placed on the retired but feel that the wine has arrived for this in accepting Spaatz Symington said his retirement will be an irreparable the air Secretary disclosed that Spaatz had agreed to continue to serve in an advisory stat the experience of that fighting airman who successfully commanded More troops in air Battle than any other Man in history be available to the defense establishment and to the in a letter addressed dear too Symington wrote Spaatz the Long and wearing years of faithful service to your country would have overtaxed the physical capabilities of any Man there i can understand the need for your Myron Taylor in Spain 1 president Truman special envoy to the arrived Here by plane from to accept Ordinary Euco Moravel permits issued to which have Section printed in russian and russian a he said he found the rus sians at the two Road blocks on the route into Berlin polite and Effi adding was no i attempt at delay travel documents were inspected i by officers at both Road Trust our own govern faced another crisis when gasoline pumps ran dry throughout the jewish jewish sources this evening that arabs Quarry workers near Castell Vil three Miles Northwest of one was Haga Nafa reinforcements to the the source they inflicted heavy Arab germans discuss Erp participation april 1 further meetings were held in Frankfurt today by bipartite and Biz onal leaders regarding German participation in the european re covery Lawrence Wilkinson and sir Cecil and British representatives for Vizonia at the current Paris conference of the committee for european economic reviewed the German Erp plan and suggested both satisfaction of the plan As a basis for a main working composed of both bipartite and Biz onal was formed to further review the German she said judging from site was getting from Hon Sopnrin the state were carried than we Are right up what most Louis it Doest help to and the least we Noyes russian enlisted men were used Only to raise and lower the four other How had a somewhat diff rented Robert Haeger and Bill of the Frankfurt Bureau of arrived at the Berlin end of the autobahn somewhat after seeing Only seven along the correspondents questioned at the now awes control the up they were greeted by five russian captains who were Busy interrogating de of the new York and Marguerite of the new Tork Herald Enro Ute to Frank Furt from All four were taken to a nearby russian Headquarters and then Al Lowed to 2 trains return of zone continued from Page 11 Berliner both followed orders an refused to allow the soviet commandant to Board the the rus sians then Asj ced them to sign agreements drawn up by the soviet a in which All parties the two train commanders did not Al Low everyone on the american trains to be checked inside the trains by soviet representatives and thus the american commanders decided to move Back the Amer ican to officials Here said the Munich Berlin scheduled to arrive Here late this had been cancelled and that neither West nor eastbound rail traffic would Ryn tonight they i said they had no idea when service would be a department official stranded Here today gave orders that All state department mail and other material would be flown to and from Berlin in the passengers aboard two British trains were also tied up by the soviet switch in both the West and eastbound trains of Bielefeld Berlin run were the Ber inbound train returned to Helmstedt this afternoon Oil its Way Back to Bielefeld after being detained for six the Bielefeld bound train was still feeling held 12 hours it was the British rushed a dining car from Hanover feed persons stranded aboard the West bound added that thousands of have Bee placed under the4 circumstances before and mainly should be Able to trains to Wenni operate As Usich april 1 in and out of been operating at army authorities disclosed toys Julf the americans further added not contemplate any in Trie near future in the Ope procedure of the army sealed t the which makes a run Between Vienna and my authorized personnel rider Mozart need Only travel Orde Are not subjected to inspect russian Check Points by on which pass through the american personnel quire to carry pass officially stamped by charges Russia with interference april 1 up told Russia in a note deliver the soviet embassy today soviet objections to the or of american military advise Iran was equivalent to Interne in Iran internal this the was contrary to the Iraq Friendship of 1921 no Carrier for Turkey april 1 the Navy has denied an report that it was going an aircraft Carrier to Turkey the Aid