European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes soviets answer British on air travel but notes contents Are still secret april 7 soviet military administration re plied today to two British notes dealing with mondays air crash and future Allied air travel Over the russian but the contents of the answer Are still a British spokesman the soviet letter arrived Lancaster British military shortly after noon the spokesman it was delivered to Gen Nevil Deputy British military it was then relayed verbatim to sir Brian British com Mander in who was in Dusseldorf assurances asked it was understood the russian message answered both notes sen by Robertson to the the first of delivered to Marsha Vassal soviet com in Potsdam monday nigh by asked Assurance of future safety of the air corridor to the the russian marshal gave these assurances verbally at that the second Robertson note made certain requests about the investigation of the although Robertson sent it its con tents have not yet been the British spokesman said the russians have not yet answered the British letter of april asking the soviets to set the time Aizic place for discussion of the details of russian traffic control Meas particularly inspection of Al lied which opened berlins present army identifies 2 victims in Berlin crash april 7 names of the two americans killed monday in the collision of a Brit ish transport and a soviet fighter Svere released the were Pasquale pin of Powhattan and Peter of of berlins 7783rd was 26 years he came overseas March at the time of the collision he was re turning from furlough in the former Francis was an adjutant general records clerk at a military govern ment Headquarters in she came to Berlin in 1945 and was to return to America next she was last August she married Peter a British she was returning from visit to his family at the time of the army honoured by belgian Prince april 7 Prince Regent Charles of Belgium today presented president Truman with the belgian Croix de Guerre for the unknown Soldier of the award was Given with the that the Honor be paid to an unknown Serviceman whose body will be returned from a for eign Battlefield and enshrined in the a Brief presentation ceremony was held in Truman White House the Prince handed president Truman a scroll in in Honor of the heroism of the american army in All Heaters of operation during the War of Russ deny blame for collision continued from Page 1 that the two Powers could conduct an impartial probe on common it also made observers doubt that marshal Vassily Sokolovsky would meet sir Brian Robertsons request for a written guarantee that soviet planes would not interfere with Allied ships in the air corridor to British military government to Day received an answer from the soviet military governor on this but its contents were nol it was on Sokolovsky verbal Assurance that there would be no repetition of mondays incident that the allies cancelled plans to Send fighter escorts along with transports making the Berlin Berlin Council boycotted other happenings today that did nothing to narrow the rift in Allied relations were russians continued of Weir Boycott of important committees of berlins the Only Council still meeting in this body rules Berlin began to Clamp Down in German parcel Post shipments from Russia sponsored Peoples Congress set the dates for the circulation of German wide petitions to Call for a plebiscite on German Russia licensed newspaper again hinted that the Western allies would leave Berlin and said the allies Bluff offensive in the nerve War for Berlin had russians still had not set a Date for a fou Power conference to clarify their restrictions on Berlin traffic crash versions contradict the soviet account of the Colli Sion said the engines of the trans port struck the fighters Tail steer ing mechanism and sent the Yak to the while the transport burst into flames Royal air Force officials on monday said a Wing of the fighter struck a Wing of the transport and both wings fell the in their partial Boycott of the Berlin begun stayed away from meetings today of the building and housing and fuel the russians have notified the other allies that unless eight Kom is Datura committees Are merged with others they will Boycott All meetings of the the Russia sponsored German Peoples Congress announced that petitions demanding a Germany wide plebiscite on German Unity would be circulated May 23 to june the British military governor to Day described the Type of Unity desired by the communists As Unity in parcel Post impeded freight and Road traffic Between the Western zones and Berlin was but Russia has begun to interfere with German parcel Post shipments to the instead of the 15 railway cars required daily for parcel Post ship ments from Berlin to the Russia has unilaterally allowed Only cars to leave daily since april this has piled up 49 cars and packages in Berlin it was revealed Holiday for Trust troops april 7 Bryant Trust com declared today a Holiday for All Trieste soldiers in appreciation of their work for the army Day Prichard promoted to brigadier Genera i corps Prichard a permanent Star april 7 Vernon director of the Neucom organization and training has been promoted to the Perma nent rank of brigadier Neucom announced the announcement was contained in a Cable from the department of the army and became effective april Captain and quarterback of the 1914 West Point football was graduated from the Academy in he served in i world War i As a Captain the 2nd and later As a major with the 7th corps of the in world War ii he was chief of staff and a group commander in the 4th in the later he organized and commanded the 14th he assumed command of the 1st in Italy in june 1944 and led it until june a classmate and football team mate of army chief of staff Omar Prichard lives in his wife and Daugh Ter Carlotta Are Here with Lewis continued from Page 1 resent Tives to a meeting with soft Coal operators on the miners pen Sion which touched off the Coal shutdown March the ump chief himself did not go to the which he said in Advance would be a forlorn seven of his lieutenants went Clarks petition for a contempt citation asks that Lewis be brought to trial if he is unable to show that he is not in hard Coal miners walk out in sympathy Wilkes april 7 sympathy walkout by hard Coal miners in support of the bituminous Industry pension strike gained rapid headway today in Eastern an estimated Anthracite workers Are now Idle and operators expected the remainder of the hard Coal Industry diggers to quit work within 24 some Anthracite miners joined the walkout this a Complete shutdown by tomorrow will virtually Cut off the nations Only remaining Coal unions give roads 20 Days to Ward off rail strike april 7 Railroad brotherhoods today gave the nations carriers 20 Days to work out an acceptable settlement with them face a nationwide rail after a Stormy today meeting general chairmen of the in firemen and switch ens unions decided to reject flatly the recommendations of a presidential emergency Board awarding them a cents an hour pay yank businessmen fined for not declaring gifts continued from Page 1 passionate visit with relatives in evidence revealed that the men had 15 trunks filled with Coffee and most of which hey failed to declare to German customs an Alert my guard at the Gangway caught them to take off Cartons of after the payment of Marks customs they were permitted to keep All supplies but the Stassen leads in Wisconsin continued from Page t at Walter the Low Stassen Loyal had the top Macarthur compared with chalked up by former Philip the leading Macarthur who personally had predicted he would take 14 convention had 10 District delegates who appeared certain of Stassen candidates led in four other districts and All his seven delegates at Large were winning As candidates pledged to the former Minnesota governor were far although Macarthur had six District candidates in none were certain of election and some were hard pressed by Stassen Dewey still optimistic in a surprisingly weak Dewey had a Chance for Only one of 20 convention Delegate selected from 10 congressional at As he boarded a plan for said he was still on the inside track for the pointing out he had got new Yorks 90 delegates on Lansing National chairman for the Macarthur for president said Here that if Macarthur had put a a personal appearance at Wisconsin before the primary he would have won the Wisconsin Stassen expressed regret he had to compete politically with Mac in Macarthur received news of election returns at his office throughout the House grow votes Bod in Fastre april 7 the House armed services Mittee voted 230 today to an immediate boost in it approved a Subco that air Force be increased promptly Frone to 70 the action has no legislative it represents Only pression of sentiment by the Hii armed services Yea the House committee was Mak its views the Senate Ani services committee also mining the question of inc Teri air Forrestal the Senate group quizzed defer Secretary James Forrestal air Secretary Stuart by Mingaj in a closed Forrestal proposed that the air Force limited for the time being Toj but these 55 would Walter Andrews House committee the Resolution Wiy be sent Diatel to president if House speaker to Sqq it requests the ministration to ask Congre promptly for an extra 000 to cover the Cost of the a Large the current r quest for air Force funds is pc Robertson claims no nation want War at present continued Page 1 main firm in strange times have no parallel in make up your mind to Gether against these gentle a with democracy on their lip and a Truncheon behind their Bai would filch your German from he Iff discussing German Hobs son said for the time being must accept As a fact that in curtain splits for time being we must be conf with Unity so far As can achieved the Complete Ufa of Germany will Only be Fossil when the real will of All the Peon can be freely that j will come but it is not he expressed it Western Germany would fooled by Unity slogans of cans in the russian zone of italians granted amnesty Belgrade april 7 yugoslav government i s s u c decree today granting an a Mai to italian citizens any criminal act to any punishment cent confiscation of decree was ordered on the of marshal Tito and on the of the yugoslav italian communist leaders report quitting in italian Campaign april 7 from both Northern and Southern Italy told today communist two mayors and one City abandoning the extreme leftist bloc in the Home stretch of the electoral communist Luigi sex mayor and now a municipal announced publicly his resignation from the party and asked membership in the Catholic Christian democratic v in the notoriously Emilia Region of Northern other civic officials followed a Cassiano mayor of and Luigi May near the pro communist because its communist line collided with our 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