European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                West Union organizes defense permanent Council set by Alliance april 30 Europe newly created West Ern Alliance set up today a permanent military Organiza Tion to defend itself against a terse is sued tonight after the defense ministers of the five participating the Netherlands 1 and their first meeting declared the per manent committee will examine the common defense problems within the scope of the Brussels anticipate Aid the communique did not disclose the scope of the nor did it disclose the Structure of the military committee which would draft plans for military cooperation in anticipation of lend lease american the text of the communique said in accordance with article three of the communique issued on the 17th of by the foreign ministers of the five Powers signatory to the Brussels the defense ministers of the five Powers held their first meeting chiefs at Parley they were attended by the chiefs of staff of their countries and other service the ministers decided upon the organization and composition of the military committee of the five Powers which will be of a per manent this committee will examine the common defense problems within the scope of the Brussels defense ministers and chiefs of staff of Holland and Luxembourg met in the official residence of foreign Secretary Ernest it was the biggest and most important military conference in Western Europe since world War is 011 ship Burns zone bound mail april 30 the possibility of some damage by fire to army mail destined for Neucom personnel was reported today in a radio message from the freighter american due to Dock at Bremerhaven to Neucom the american a com Mercial freighter out of new carrying sacks of mail for reported a fire had broken out in the hold where the mail was the fire has been the radio Mes Sage did not say How much mail had been Neucom officials said All mail on the ship will be tagged by army postal officers upon its arrival to facilitate the filing of claims for any damage which May have resulted to insured or registered a wac denies she plans to wed Frankfurt doctor april 30 Thora former now a Secre said that the Frankfurt Theodore who has reported to marry her is mixed up miss Mclary said that i have tried to help the doctor Onur the United Stales but he is in mainly no my she added Dos not even expect to see him european edition weather forecast Frankfurt minimum maximum 4052 m u n i c 4052 b re m e 454j b e r l i 4352 4260 Pasis unofficial publication of occupation forces in Europe Stuttgart volume number 147 5 cents a a month May 1948 Dasch s Mother hears son was nazi Saboteur George John Dasch my 30 04 Ernest Peter Burger by win Speyer French april 30 old German Mother of Afi american Learned for the first time today than another son was the Central figure in one of the most dramatic spy stories of world War sitting in a tiny its Walls Hung with pictures of her younger staff correspondent a army and her elder Johanna Dasch listened patiently As she heard the account of Georges War time adventures which began in a Berlin spy school and ended in she wept with Joy to hear he had continued on Page is in Rule urged in Jerusalem Lake april 30 up the acknowledging there is Little Chance of getting a United nations trusteeship for Palestine by May proposed an emergency in trusteeship for municipal Jeru Salem and offered to take its share of the proposal was made in the trusteeship Council by american Delegate Benjamin after jewish and representatives agreed to recommend to their superiors in Palestine an unconditional hold fire in the ancient walled it was finally decided since there had been no fighting in the continued on Page 1c 8 die As lightning hits Raf plane april 30 France Presse today reported from Marseille eight bodies had been re covered from the wreckage of an Raf plane which crashed at ver quires near the Agency said police investigating the crash which occurred at 1 during a heavy Thunder reported bodies were badly the plane was believed to have been struck by lightning and to have exploded in the Agency one of the motors crashed through the roof of a House in St dead fliers names released san april 30 three naval fliers killed in a crash at sea during Maneu vers yesterday have been identified by the Navy As Jug Stephen Toledo Richard and Lawrence am 3 Groves cites atomic might Atlantic april so Leslie Groves said in a speech prepared for delivery Here tonight it is still too difficult for Russia and her War satellites to understand the Power of the atom who thear mys Manhattan which developed the said he referred to the failure of the United nations atomic Energy commission to reach agree ment on atomic he attributed this failure to the inability of the member nations to comprehend the Power of the atomic it is easy for one to speak glibly of a City being destroyed in an but it does not follow that one comprehends he the general said the atom bomb appears to be the one thing which enables the United states to remain at without Complete surren Der of All our Norway ready to fight for official says april 30 served firm notice today she will fight to preserve her if and will share the task of restoring Europe economic foreign Secretary Halvord Lange asserted at trondheim that under All circumstances we must defend ourselves against and through our foreign policy we must aim at obtaining the greatest pos sible Security against the danger of new zealand eruption april 30 mount one of new zealand three volcanoes in the Central Region of North erupted Early tonight for the first time since May Day riots feared in West As workers the world Over celebrated May Only in the in countries dominated by the soviet was there workers throughout the from Oslo to and All the Way to Seoul in celebrants gathered on this traditional workers Holiday in split and clashes were in and other Western violence Between the two factions was in separate demonstrations were planned and the same was True in but in Eastern in Prague and there was no expected to Parade in Moscow april 30 cow will have a huge Parade to Morrow to Mark May the military Section was expected to take up one hour after a Brief ceremony and civilian sections May last with or More persons Stalin was to review the Parade from a tribunal atop lenins marshal Nikolai min ister of armed probably will deliver the order of the Day and Miles of red Bunting the Parade will be commanded by marshal chief of the Moscow Garrison and com Mander of Moscow military commandant of the will fire the Moscow was gaily decorated for May with Miles of red Bunting continued on Page 1c two p47 fliers killed april 30 air Force fliers were killed last monday when their p47 fighter planes collided in the air Over dead Are John Obrien of Philadelphia and Douglas Latimer of Storni halts reds sea invasion of Trieste april 30 seas and blinding rain were credited today with breaking up a scheduled communist seaborne invasion of the Anglo american zone of the free territory of Trieste and the City itself was uneasily quiet on the eve of May Day and its threatened police were alerted again tonight by reports that a communist ship Yard workers torchlight Parade would be held in Trieste police said they had been in formed the parades would try to enter the City in Defiance of Allied regulations splitting the City into pro italian and communist pro yugoslav quarters for May Day other reports said communist youth organizations were ordered tonight to infiltrate into the italian zone tomorrow and cause confusion and on the Frontier of the Anglo american new orders closing All but two Border Check posts produced jammed the entire Border will be closed five hours plans for the communist inva Sion called for 10 boatloads of agitators to sail from ports in the continued on Page 16 acc girl weds pm and Freund by Arthur Noyes staff correspondent april 30 a former american red Cross girl left Rhine main Airport today for the accompanied by her German Hus band whom she met in England during the War when he was a prisoner of the former miss Barbara of Newton lower boarded an american overseas airline flagship for new York As the three week Bride of Helmut former wehrmacht Cor she met him in March while she was on duty at the 65th in who had been captured during the Battle of the was also employed in the Lwe kept our Friendship for each other a secret while we were continued on Page 30