European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes april French Banks working with Biz one group april 20 zone Banks became members the Biz onal Central state Bank april 1 in a major step towards the formation of Gen Lucius Clay reported to Wash in his semimonthly the military governor said cautiously this step is considered significant in the establishment of closer working relations Between the French and the combined Amer ican and British the now Trigonal stale has roughly the same Powers As american Federal Reserve May also Issue currency if so directed by the occupying French zone membership is said to insure zone participation in the event of a West currency soft Boundary policy other moves binding the French zone closer to the Anglo american zonal economic Union included approval of a soft Boundary policy for rail traffic Between by Zonia and the French All Telephone circuits presently available to Vizonia also Are to be made available to French zone a a German committee is working military government representatives on plans for the establishment of a Biz onal manpower manpower problems were previously held to be out Side the scope of the Biz onal economic Power to control formerly handled by individual handed Over to the Biz onal economics several joint Allie German meetings concerning Biz onal participation in the european recovery program were held in Early Clay Coal production drops one sour note in clays report was the fact that Ruhr Coal production dropped steadily starting in during the week ending april average Dally out put dropped to tons below the Early March aver ingot steel and pig Iron production reached new postwar highs in due to increased Coal allocations and to imports of High Grade swedish pig Iron production in March was steel ingot production was tons in the same yugoslavs hiring labor in Germany april 20 train Load of German workers and their families left saturday to work in it was reported according to the British licensed Berlin morning paper the social cars of recruited from the soviet zone and plus 16 carloads of House hold left for where the germans will do reconstruction the workers have been asked to stay there for three after which they May sign a five year contract if they the paper zone Dps to sail for Australia bad april 20 Spe 700 zone displaced persons Are scheduled to sail for Canada and a similar num Ber for Australia within the next two the preparatory com International refugee organization has these emigrants Are not recruited j in the zone for specific but i Are i relied to suitable employ ment upon i Trust tank company platoon stands for inspection a tank company platoon of forces in Trieste stands for inspection with its five m4 two platoons of tanks form the heaviest defense weapons in the some 400 army replacements arrived april 13 to keep the Garrison at maximum strength of Vizonia body upholds German share in Erp the april 20 Biz Onias upper today unanimously agreed with the German proposal for the Marshall plan submitted to Allied authorities a week ago by Biz onal economic the German plan Calls for in imports during the first year of Marshall plan against this Vizonia is ready to Export Worth of goods during the same the 16man composed of Biz Onias eight ministers presi Dent and eight state pledged its full support for the european recovery we expect the Marshall plan to play decisive part in world it said in a attorneys contest Durant Freedom plea april 20 Ern ment attorneys yesterday denied the contentions on which Jack former army colonel convicted in the multimillion Dollar Hesse Crown jewel seeks his Freedom from Durant attorneys have petitioned for his release from the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary on the rounds that the army court which convicted him had no who was sentenced to 14 claims was on terminal leave at the time of his arrest and therefore was not subject to army Harvey assistant District filed the govern ments answer yesterday in judge Marvin Underwood hearing for april set a co Stab to Honor Champion Drivers april 20 fifteen Champion safety Drivers of constabulary will be Given special honors at a Retreat ceremony to be held tomorrow evening at the Panzer Kaseane Parade ground it was announced the master each of whom has amassed a personal driving record of More than Miles of vehicle operation without will receive personal let ters of commendation from Louis commander of the following the award the group will depart for Garmisch Parten Kirchen recreation Center for a Vaca in inspects co Stab april 20 special fifteen staff representatives headed by Ras office of the today started a 3day inspector generals Check of constabulary All sections will be greek army closing in april 20 ican observers reported last night that greek soldiers Are slowly but successfully closing in on an estimated guerrillas in South Central James Van head of the american military will visit the operations area to As the offensive went into its fourth scattered minor clashes were reported As the King arrived at pressed on All sides the ban dits Are on the move throughout the according to a High authority who detailed the plans and movements up to Date to american the biggest operation since the guerrilla War started two years also involves coast guard Cut ters and patrol operating in the Gulf of the High authority said opera Tion Roumeli will not reach a decisive stage for several Federal marshals seize War goods headed for Russia april 20 ten cases of goods marked for shipment to Russia have been seized by Federal marshals because they contained aeronautical equip ment that could be adapted to War attorney Rossbach disclosed Rossbach said that the cases were impounded customs office in Hoboken last tuesday and that Federal authorities have filed suit to prevent their shipment the soviet he said eight of the cases trained photographic recording paper used for pressure and temperature readings in aircraft tests and especially suited to record data in High Speed aircraft where human reaction would be slow to record data during this would apply to Jet the other two Rossbach were marked delicate in dont optional All the cases he were addressed to met Russ zone refugees flocking into Hesse april 20 approximately 400 refugees from the soviet zone each week Are Able to convince the Hesse office for refugees they left the soviet zone for political the Frankfurter Neue Presse reported the paper said approximately refugees Cross the hessian Border illegally each week from the russian who can not prove they Are political refugees Are the Hesse refugee office today could not explain How it is Able to establish the difference Between a political refugee and a non political the Neue Presse the ref Ugee office figures show approximately refugees from the soviet zone in Hesse at Wurzburg repair Section does Rushing business april 20 the Wurzburg Post pm repair Section in the Faulenburg which is under the supervision Charles pm services repairs an average of 500 pairs of shoes and 15 typewriters a the operated by Parker also handles Coffee grinding and turning out pounds a soviets pledge zonal easing offo oration april 20 soviet army newspaper Mundschau promised today food rationing in the russian of Germany will be eased at earliest possible and tally ended six weeks Walter Ulbricht co chairman of the socialist unit communist forecast that potato and bread rationing end in the russian zone this years and that and fat rations would be subs age tally the Mundschau said the end rationing would be made possible by More intensive payments planned the soviet army paper made it Clear that any food imports into the russian zone would be pay for immediately with German the government import of foodstuffs into Tif Anglo american zones monthly a deferred payment j the Mundschau Promise wig aimed right at the German Stoma Iii the average consumer in the Sorata zone is said to receive now Abod calories doctors Daia calories is the minimum ratios necessary for even in to Lite Anglo american zones Normal Coy who do no heavy a about Caloria labor weighs purge in us april 20 British labor party today prepared for a possible purge of its Lefi Wing for the first time since As a result of the escapade connected with the italian extreme leftist John Platts Mia has been notified that he and pos Sibly others of the 37 labor Mem Bers of parliament whose tame were signed to a Telegram support ing Pietro Nennis pro communist italian socialists will be the subject of a meeting this week committee of the party National i before the Telegram was sent last Friday the party leadership bad Given its Blessing to the an icons Monist minority faction of italia socialists led by Giuseppe Shragai the possibility of expulsion j definitely under i Labur spokesman said last night Princess gets music Box april 20 Ville Syracuse Antiq went to Buckingham Palace yesterday to deliver an old Amer ican music Box As a belated present to Princess Schwabach Chapel dedicated officers and men of the 53rd arc shown at the service in the new Chapel at chaplain Erhard delivered a Sermon dedicating the Chapel to god in Honor of the Roe of the 53rd who died during the