European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1948 the stars and stripes Page 7 pledges to Russia made Public april 21 the slate department made Public four wartime protocols wih Russia which promised her More than in urgently needed War supplies Between and june publication of the described by the state department As mainly followed con Gressional committee charges that president Roosevelt drafted secret letters of protocol indicating that the soviet Union was scheduled to get billions in fighting equipment Long after but documents indicated that combined Anglo american military Aid to Russia ended soon after july a month after the european phase of the War these were the highlights of four agreements to deliver Aid to the first protocol was signed at Moscow on october Russia wanted 300 bombers and 100 fight ers monthly for a these were and she asked for Lanks monthly of which the promised 500 and Britain rus Tia also sought 300 anti aircraft guns monthly of which the i promised 152 90mm guns and am munition Over a nine month 1 other russian requests were for antitank guns and scout Telephone apparatus and War steel rubber and they also asked for Navy equip ment including destroyers and anti mine Liesel engines and the second protocol was signed at Washington on july re quests included air planes of which the guarantee was for about new flood strikes in Dakotas Hoffman fears Erp funds insufficient april 21 Marshall Aid chief Paul Hoff Man told the House appropriations committee tonight that the authorized for the first year i of Erp May not be Hoffman said is a lot of i am speaking with utter sincerity when 1 say to you my great fear even with the most careful planning and most rigorous expenditures of this amount May prove insufficient to accomplish the degree of recovery we he said his goal is to increase the production of All nations Cov ered by the Hoffman added that must be brought about primarily by in creased output per Man hour both on farms and in but just How this can be accomplished we cant be too sure further we will undoubtedly be con fronted with changes m conditions both abroad and Here that no one can if we Are to avoid wasting Mil Lions of we must be pre pared to shift our plans quickly to meet changing solons score i pamphlets april 21 j four Republican members of the i House accused the army yesterday of going too far in attempting to Mold the thinking of soldiers on controversial the accusations were made by Clare Hoffman Forest harness Walter Judd and Wint they expressed their views at a hearing of the House executive expenditures of which Hoffman is army representatives were called in the carpet specifically to explain a pamphlet entitled organized labor in the United the gop congressmen said it is too partial to organized Raymond chief of army and Gen chief of troop information and said this and similar pamphlets Are part of the army educational isolated Coal storage bins Are Kentucky 600 soldiers helped by the United press a series of floods struck in the Midwest As streams went out of their Banks in North Dakota and the big Ohio River Crest moved majestically through Indiana and gis pump basements the weary army of volunteers and 600 who won the Battle to save from inn began the task of pumping out basements and Flushing mud from streets which were flooded by pictured above on the Cincinnati Side of the Ohio on the volunteers lick the rampaging seepage the women and Chil Dren could not keep National guard officials said that the Southern Indiana flood Emer gency was the Ohio trib the upper Whit and Wabash were reported falling at All the five Rivers out of their Banks in North Dakota were the red and Cheyenne the Park River poured two feet of water into residential and business areas of forcing 25 families to leave their the water threatened to Knock out generators at the Grafton Power Plant and Cut of Telephone Communia into the the Tongue River nearly isolated the town of 35 Miles North West of while the Forest River forced 45 families from their Homes near red River recedes the red and Cheyenne Rivers were receding slowly after flooding parts of grand Forks and Valley City but engineers warned that tributaries of the red were still pouring crests into the Stream and might Force it up life in the Dewey to Campaign for Oregon votes i april 21 Thomas Dewey said yester would go to Oregon May 1 a vigorous Campaign for the states 12 delegates to the r Republican National v with defeats by Harold Stas in and Nebraska behind Dewey indicated he would wage an fallout Campaign to sweep Oregon in the May 21 v i Dewey said he would leave Here by plane april his first speech in Oregon will be at the annual convention of the Oregon Junior chamber of Commerce at Portland May Mew York hikes subway fare to 10 cents effective july 1 new april 21 million new yorkers who daily crowd the metropolitan underground will pay a double fare effective on july mayor William Odwyer yester Day approved a Rise from five to ten cents on the 44yearold in a broadcast the mayor also approved a seven cent for surface signalling the end of new Yorks traditional Nickel the mayor spoke for the City owned but presumably the Independent owners will be permitted to increase rates Swope to be Alcatraz head april 21 Edwin Swope yesterday was named Warden of Alcatraz the famed Rock in san Francisco the 59yearold Veteran Jailer succeeds James Johnston who has been Warden of the big House since it became a Federal Penitentiary in now head of the Federal correctional institution at takes Over his new Post april Johnston revealed his forthcoming retirement last his his 15 years of Federal service made his retire ment Shaw faces divorce suit new april 21 bandleader Artie Shaw and Kath Leen author of forever Amber have parted and she will seek a Arnold new York announced the couple was married in 18 months miss Winsor previously was married to Robert former University of California football Shaws former mates were a Mew York Lana Betty Kern and Ava Harold Stassen Republican presidential con fers with Joseph Mccarthy near the Stassen flew to Washington to bring him self up to Date on National defense ringing circus scion sued april 21 Nancy filed a breach of Promise suit in common pleas court Here against Stuart g 27yearold grandson of one of the circus ringing last november in juvenile court Lancaster paternity of miss f 1 e e n e is 14monthold son and judge William Mcdermott ordered him to pay a month to support on april 8 Lancaster married Denise Jane wife divorce los april 21 the wife of Upton columnist and radio was granted a divorce after an out of court property settlement was she sued under her Legal name of Julia Robinson closes real name is Josef Washington Halls attorney told the court that the settlement included support for the couples divorces legalized Little april 21 the Arkansas supreme court yesterday legalized an estimated divorces it previously had in at1he same time the court declared it had erred in ruling that the lower court which granted the divorces did not the decisions were contained in a 52 opinion reversing the courts 12 ruling that a special Divi Sion of a chancery court Here was unconstitutional and that its actions were without Force of shares drop in aircraft new april 21 Stock Market was lower marked by late Selling in the re cent favored aircraft Early Unselt Lement in the list reflected the trek of soft Coal miners away from the Job in protest against the fines levied on John Lewis and the United mine at the close Douglas aircraft was off 2 Curtiss off consolidated off United off off is and off american sex was up general off Santa off off 1 off is Southern off Pacific West Ern up off Standard up up Amerada 109v4 off american unchanged inter National Harvester up off and general associated press reflects Mclean new april 21 Robert president of the Philadelphia evening was reelecte4 president of the associated the directors elected Texas morning first Vic president Buell evening second Lloyd Stratton was reelected Secre tary and Robert Booth was re elected As Kent Cooper continues As executive director and general Truman names Lilienthal for five year term april 21 president after a switch in yesterday nominated five members the atomic Energy commission for reappointment to terms ranging from one to five Truman nominated chair Man David Lilienthal for a five year term As chairman of the the proposed new terms of the other members were staggered from one to four