European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 194b Paris May Day signal for wage offensive Paris april 29 Day in France was expected to Mark the opening of a new wage offensive by the communist controlled general confederation of labor in a score of workers will present their wage demands to the management tomorrow eve of the traditional workers holi the next Day All except in most essential will halt demonstration of labor the stars and stripes Page 3 the in most will demand a 20 per cent wage e condition the government has shown no sign of the government was concentrating father on forcing prices but results so far were negligible and did not come anywhere near satisfying the Gau Wiist rally the Cut has joined forces with the communist party for one of two great May Day demonstrations Here the other will be staged by Charles de Gaul Les Union of the French people italian reds preparing for strategic May Day april 29 communist and labor forces were building up for their most import ant postwar May Day Demontra from which no communists expected to get answers to two important International these were whether the communists would follow a policy of Lega Luv or violence after their election and whether following the explosive Western Power proposal to return it to would become the third Point of fallout soviet harassing the along with Berlin and a third important element in the italian may1 Day would be the presence in Italy of representatives of workers from All Over the world for the april 30 Conven Tion of the world federation of Trade police refuse 186 entry to Allied Trieste zone april 29 Here reported 186 persons attempt ing to reach Trieste by boat were turned Back into the Jugoslav zone in the past 24 As machinery was set in motion to prevent threatened communist violence and infiltration for May Many were also turned Back at the six remaining open Road american service troops were armed and British and american troops will be restricted from the streets starting dependents were also warned to stay close to their finns wary of red coup on May Day april 29 Cial precautions were being taken by Helsinki police and finnish army units to Avert the possibility of a communist May Day f Austria reds plan separate celebrations april 29 socialist and communists will conduct separate May Day celebrations throughout the the socialists were expected to put a Force of workers More than Strong on the streets Industrial the communists loped for to join similar parades and most informed authorities agreed May Day would pass relatively Jap authorities Alert for May Day break april 29 Tion and japanese authorities were Alert for any signs of a May Day disturbance in Japan As an after math of weekend riots of koreans at Osaka and the volatile underdogs of japanese colonists for nearly 50 were the new Factor in any May Day Celebration in there was no doubt japanese communists were sympathizing with the koreans who came Here by the thousands when their country was overrun by Frankfurt local unions to Mark May Day april 29 May Day celebrations in Frankfurt will be staged by local Trade unions despite attempts of the communist party to gain control Over fes a huge Trade Union rally at the Frankfurt Omerberg Wil be addressed by Hans Ger Man Trade Union in the left Wing parties will hold separate including a social democratic fair in Frank hurts zoo Park and a communist Assembly conducted by s s e s communist Walter Eichelberger says no one will touch american uniform april 29 Robert com Mander of the 8th army in disclosed today that american maps were pushed around by rioting koreans in Eichelberger personally investigated the korean disturbances staged last weekend in the twin japanese cities of Kobe and he said the pushing incident involving the maps occurred when a number of koreans acted to Prev ent the americans from escorting the japanese governor of Kobe his i made it Clear to including japanese that in the future any korean or anybody else who a hand in anger on the uniform of an Amer ican on duty will be Lucky to reach a courtroom for Eichel Berger i emphasized that in this occupied the american uniform is going to be touched any Hirohito Marks 47th less divine april 29 Hirohito celebrated his 41vh birth Day happier and less divine than he was at the end of the because of his official position he probably is the Only person in Japan who does not buy on the Black but he gets a lot of gift packages from abroad and has put on weight by nibbling to each giver he pens a personal letter of Hirohito was born april the year of the this is the year of the today is a japanese National holi the Palace grounds will be opened to the since Hirohito became head of the japanese state he has become westernized to the he never wears the japanese Speaks French better than he does not smoke or Hirohito had four daughters be fore he produced a All of his Brothers practice birth control so As not to Embarrass him by having a son before he a mans world supporters see Stassen i k gop convention Choice Theodore f r y c German of who is wait ing for a visa so he can join his miss Thora my of miss my formerly a met Frye while on duty in Yugoslavia agrees to release britons Londo april 29 foreign office reported today that Yugoslavia has agreed to return immediately two British prisoners held since a clash on sunday in which a British offi cer was a spokesman said the agree ment will permit an Early joint inquiry by Britain and Yugo Slavia into the one of the prisoners is the wife of John Edmund the officer the other is Philip who had accompanied the couple on a picnic to the Austria Yugo Slavia Border when shooting took British John Bagon better known As Clubb commands the modern Arab legion of King Abdullah of announced he would Send his army to fight in plot to assassinate Roosevelt revealed by housekeeper new april 29 apparent plot to assassinate the late president Roosevelt in the White House in 1941 was reported for the first time today by his Henrietta White House tells the Story in the May Issue of cosmopolitan Maga she said the plot was foiled when a Salesman who called at the White House chanced to overhear a conversation in a restaurant which sounded Nesbitt said i told colonel Starling secret agent about because i knew that almost anything could be More serious than it colonel Starling fold me a few Days later that it had not been Idle they caught the Herschel career has been nominated by president Truman to be Ambas Sador to Dennis Fitzgerald of the department of agriculture has been named by Paul head of the economic cooperation administration to head the eras food Flanagan says a a needs political Aid april 29 Edward founder of boys town at a press conference today called on Austria political parties to unite in a program for Austria Flanagan has just finished a six weeks study of austrian youth activities for the High com Geoffrey he will submit a report to Keyes and president Truman before going to Germany to conduct a similar Survey for Lucius Flanagan said that his request for permission to travel to Rome by train was rejected by russian through whose zone the Rome express he said he was Able to visit Rome and speak to the Pope Only because Keyes let him his personal italian army court will try is chief april 29 German is commander of Herbert will be tried Here next week for the March 1944 Ardestine caves massacre in which 335 italians were executed in reprisal for the partisan bomb killing of 32 nazi it was announced the first leading German military personality to be turned Over to the Kappler will be tried with five other former is Collar the trial will be before the Mili tary located next to the Central prison from which Kappler took most of the 335 about a third of them execution in a dark Cave outside Rome near the catacombs of Saint thirty witnesses Are scheduled to testify at the which will last through press dispatches april Stassens supporters said today he would be a hard Man to beat for the Republican presidential said his Victory in Penn Sylvania write in though not binding on the states 73 convention proved the minnesotan had popular support in the East As Well As the he won previously in Wisconsin and Republican James of used Stassens showing to organized write in Campaign and said there was no such activity for who ran key event Stassen himself told reporters at the Keystone state result May turn out to be a key event in the the sup port which i have been receiving in the Rural As evidenced by Nebraska now seem to be developing in Industrial at Dewey said he was surprised and delighted that so Many took the trouble to write in his of Pennsylvania precincts and no Prospect of substantial change until the official count is Stassen still held a Lead Over bid for votes jubilant Over results of the Pennsylvania Stassen be Gan a Short tour in new Jersey in a bid for its 35 votes in the re publican in a speech at Princeton the former Minnesota governor said the should join in concerted action with France and the Ben Elux nations of Western Europe to counter with Force any aggression or threat to their future be one of Stassens chief presidential Robert a took Issue with some of Stassens in a speech at Taft pointed to the Republican welfare under his Leader ship As proof he was More Liberal than Stassen is contesting with Taft for 23 of Ohio 53 he publican presidential delegates itt the state primary May Senate leadership the welfare which Taft claimed credit for by reason of his leadership in the com prised Federal Aid to Federal and another presidential Henry campaigning personally in his Home state for his third called for a state department inventory of the cold War with declaring he had been slandered and smeared by the big poles approve measure for agriculture Union x april 29 polish parliament tentatively approved a Bill to establish the Central Union cooperatives to control the bulk of internal particularly of millions of the Union is expected to take Over the huge agricultural Semi Industrial cooperative known As socialists were largely responsible for its Carrier in Norway Oslo april 29 Amer ican Valley commanded by Richard Conol escorted by the Cruiser two destroyers and two smaller arrived Bergen this