European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Weather forecast of Frankfurt partly Cloudy Roin-1 mum maximum temperatures 53-72 Vickich Cloudy 13-58 Bremen f1 Ertly Cloudy 51-63 Berlin partly body. 56-74 Vievna Cloudy 48-72 Jome Naples Cloudy 56-s3trieste Cloudy. 60-67 p a r i a it Fly Cloudy 46-63 Stuttgart Cloudy sess. To Tuk the Star european edition unofficial publication of u occupation forces in Europe in the Spring. A Oun Man s fancy turns to thoughts of the stars and stripes picnic trails. If you want to get away from it All and see some of the sights in the zone turn topazes s and 9. Volume 1, number 140 5 cents a copy $1.25 a month saturday april 24, 1948 Russ seen � Best ingils. Air output 4 Chicago april 23 up Gen. Hoyt s. Vandenberg $ who will become air Force chief of staff next month said last night that Russia is 5 manufacturing Many times As Many air planes As we  in Vandenberg spoke to the 3,executives club of Chicago. He substituted for air Secre a a tary w. Stuat Symington who was unable to attend. We Are convinced that today Russia is manufacturing Many times As Many air planes As we Are Vandenberg said. We do not have to choose whether or not we will meet the Issue in the air. The d a Choice has already been made for  he said 170 divisions of troops continued on Page 16 i Eer thei Thith d t Craig is nominated for top in office court defers fining Lewis " Washington april 23 a an or government recommendation a a Federal judge t. Alan Goldsborough today postponed indefinitely any further contempt penalty against Piaf John l. Lewis and the United mine Gest workers. Assistant attorney general. H. Graham Morison said no useful purpose could now be accomplished by new fines against Lewis and the Union. He told Goldsborough 85 per cent or More of the soft Coal miners have returned to work. Last tuesday Goldsborough fined Lewis �20,000 personally and thei Dow $1,400,000 for criminal con tempt of court the contempt find ing was based on their disregard of ecos n the Ayi id to ing a if in an one of til la. New talc i Obi Atchi daa 1 10u Librot of t k Montai c s 71 in enc 2 313t Wori y Bril  ii non f Ope d Trais Robinso it Mai Ween an april 3 court order to Stop the Coal strike. There was als6 a finding by the judge that Lewis and the Hixon were guilty of civil contempt. Today s court session was for in fencing on the civil contempt  continued on Page 16 bulletins Bogota Colombia april 23 a Secretary of state George c. Marshall saying that important events demand my re turn to Washington arranged to Fly to the . Today from the pan american conference Here. Lake Success april 23 a the u. S. Asked the United nations today to establish immediately a belgian French american consular commission in Jerusalem to enforce a truce for Palestine. Frankfurt. April 23 is maj. Gen. Louis a. Craig com manding general of the constabulary has been nominated by presi Dent Truman for the Post of in Spector general of the u. S. Army it was announced today by hq., Neucom. Or. Truman has submitted his nomination to the Senate. Craig who was Neucom inspector general from september 1947, until april 5. 1948, when he took Over the command of the constabulary from maj. Gen. W. A. Burress commanded the 9th inf. Div. During the War. Headed 9th div. Craig commanded the 9th inf. Div. Until May 1945, when he took Over the xxx corps for a Brief period prior to becoming 3rd army commander june 5 of that year. Returning to the states in octo Ber 1945, Craig a native of St Joseph mo., commanded the 7th so. Cd. From that time until his appointment As Neucom inspector general in August 1947. Craig holds the distinguished service medal the Silver Star. Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Bronze Star army commendation ribbon and Many foreign Decora continued on Page 16 Bulgari sign czech treaty Prague april 23 a Czecho Slovakia and Bulgaria signed a 20 year treaty of military Alliance today pledging each other help if Germany or any nations connected with her attacks either one. Premier Georgi Dimitrov signed for Bulgaria. Premier Gottwald and foreign Klement minister signed for Vlado Dementis Czechoslovakia. A preamble said that the action was taken in the interests of world peace and that the Alliance would be within the spirit of the United nations. The two countries promised each other supplementary Trade Cul Tural and economic pacts. The treaty praised the slav brotherhood which brought the pact into being. The treaty generally followed provisions of the Russia Czecho Slovakia treaty for Mutual Aid signed in 1943. Quake hits West indies Weston mass., april 23 up a very Strong earthquake the third in less than 24 Hovirs Shook he dominican Republic today Boston College Seismograph station announced. Majority of at dependents ask to be returned Home by Russell Jones staff correspondent i Wiesbaden april 23 is than 50 cent of Safe s Ion. And Brit pendent families want to go Lomeii Rector before their sponsors Complete their Tours of duty in Europe Safe i officials disclosed today. I the officials said Between 1,500 1,600 of Safe s 2,800 family s had answered yes when risked if they wanted to go Home Nav is verment expense idtoif1 " j Inion same source said move ment would Lessen considerably the Load on the army and air Force in Europe. More than 35 per cent of u. S. Personnel is engaged in purely housekeeping duties largely due to the presence of the dependents he said. The dependents will be flown Home on the first available planes with those from the isolated areas such As Berlin and Vienna getting continued on Page 16 maj. Gen. Louis a. Craig. Picked by president Britain sidesteps Appeal for Aid in policing Palestine Lake Success april 23 up Britain today sidestepped a direct answer to the . Appeal for armed forces to enforce United nations trusteeship for Palestine. Arthur Creech Jones of Britain warned the Assembly s 58-nation political committee it had Only 22 Days to Check the growing warfare in Palestine. He urged the in to seek peace m Palestine without Lake Success april 23 up the United nations general As Sembly tonight agreed to give priority to devising emergency measures to protect Jerusalem and holy places. The u. S. And Russia agreed to prompt consideration after Britain joined France in urging Quick action. Seeking at this time to arrive at a final solution for the  in a carefully phrased policy statement Creech Jones admitted intensive negotiations Between the u. S. And Britain were still going on and that the British Cabinet was still discussing a final answer to the american Appeal for troops. The u. S. Has promised to provide american troops for imposing continued on Page 16 Friday s baseball scores National league Philadelphia 300 310 10210 13 2brooklyn 000 001 0102 8 z Donnelly and Seminick Hatten King 6hall 8 and Hodges Campenella 8.st. Louis 000 000 0011 2 0chicago 000 000 0000 9 2 Brecheen and Rice Schimitz an Mccullough. New York 201 000 0003 9 2boston 000 001 0001 5 1 Poat and Cooper Spahn. Wright 8 and Masi. Pittsburgh 210 000 0003 8 2cincinnati 000 101 2lx5 it 0 Higbe Lombard 7 and Kluttz Blackwel Gumpert 8 and Lamanno. American league 001 120 0004 7 0 000 000 0000 5 2 Bosto new York Han is and Tebbetts Shea Page 6 Embree 8 and niarhos. Washington 101 000 010 25 11 0philadelphia 001 000 020 03 9 0 Masterson. Ferrick 9 and Early Mccahan Brissie 9 and Rosar. Cleveland 001 104 0118 15 1detroit 001 000 1002 6 0 Lemon and Hegan Hutchinson Jray 6 and Swift. Only games scheduled. Russian control of air corridor rejected by us by Joe Fleming staff correspondent Berlin april 23 is the British today flatly rejected new soviet proposals to control air traffic in the corridors to Berlin. Group capt. H. M. S. Wright Britain s second airman in Berlin told a press conference Russia cannot introduce new regulations without four Power approval. Wright made the statement almost immediately after Italy red bloc to denounce vote fraud Russia s occupation air chief Mai. Gen. Alexandrov told j another press conference he believed marshal Vassily Sokolov sky would insist on adoption of new air rules very  Alexandrov who held Russia s third Berlin press conference in three years in an Effort to place the blame on the British for Ber Lin s air collision in which 15 died did not say How Russia would enforce her new demands in the face of Western Allied opposition. I am a technical expert Alexandrov said. We have made proposals to avoid collisions in the continued on Page 16 fighting Mars Zion passover Jerusalem april 23 a amid sporadic fighting throughout the holy land 700,000 Palestine jews began at Sunset tonight their 3,388-year-old festival of passover. The Premier designate of the jewish state David Ben Gurion broadcast a message Over Havanah radio transmitters in Jerusalem Haifa Tel Aviv and Galilee announcing the liberation of Haifa and Tiberias. Ben Gurion told jews gathering at passover feasts this year we have captured dozens of enemy positions. Even in areas Remote from jewish settlements we have dealt powerful and telling blows at gangs and leaders we have broken open the Road to besieged Jerusalem we have captured numerous Vil Lages and we have fully liberated Tiberias and  Only sparse reports filtered to continued on Page 16 Clay quits London after zones Parley London april 23 a Gen. Lucius d. Clay us. Military governor returned to Berlin tonight by plane after attending talks Here by the three Western Powers on Germany. The three Powers concentrated on economic problems in their conference on Western Germany s financial stability and political Unity. Eastern u. S. Time to change new York april 23 a clocks will be put Forward an hour on sunday in most of the Eastern states of America marking the Start of Daylight saving time for the areas making the change. In most cases this Daylight saving time will be observed until sept. 26. This will make the time difference be tween Germany and Austria and the Eastern u. S. Time zone six hours Rome april 23 up the communist bloc said today it would Issue a Public denunciation of alleged voting frauds and Church and foreign interference in the italian National election but said no Legal protest was contemplated. The communist front s charges would follow the line of communist Boss Palmiro Togliatti s accusations against the government officials at the bloc s election Headquarters  Premier Alcide de Gasperi announced he would leave tomorrow for a Fout Day vacation while most italian political debate was entered on party troubles resulting from the overwhelming Christian Democrat Triumph. Tension Lessen electoral officials were still work ing on the final breakdown of seats for the Senate and chamber but no changes were predicted in the apportionment already announced for the major parties. Of major importance for italian politicians was the breakdown of continued on Page 16 Senate unit oks Harriman Washington april .23 ins the Senate foreign relations com Mittee today unanimously approved the nomination of w. Averell har Riman retiring Secretary of com Merce As the Marshall plan Rov ing  preparing attack King Abdullah of trans Jordan who is reportedly negotiating to Send Arab National armies into Palestine when the British Man Date ends May 15. It was believed he is prepared to Send some 5,000 troops if other Arab nations would Send equal forces. Acme