European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Weather forecast mini mum maximum 4636 Bre me partly 4555 Berlin partly 4556 Cloudy 4756 Cloudy 4262 european edition unofficial publication of occupation forces in Europe inside Poland another article by Joe of the the stars and stripes on his recent visit to Poland Wilh the consent of the polish govern appears on Page volume number 150 5 cents a a month May 1948 British will resist any Zion invasion May 3 British army and air Force will resist with full Force any attempt by any Arab state to invade Palestine while the British mandate is in Gordon Macmillan said today in an interview with the new York posts military George Fielding Eliot wrote that Macmillan indicated that heretofore he had not had sufficient forces to Deal vigorously with such emergencies As might arise but now he did have reserves in hand and could act with effect to Deal with exigent the British military commander gave As his estimate of British responsibility the maintenance of order in Palestine until the end of the mandate without fighting either the Community Arab or the jewish the orderly evacuation of British troops from the country after May but he made it abundantly Eliot that until May pales Tine is a British mandate and that the British government and the British army will tolerate no in Vasion or interference from other states in even if requires the use of Force to main Tain the British Eliot commented that it appears continued on Page 12 re May give Jerusalem Aid Lake May 3 informed sources reported today that negotiations in Progress will place Jerusalem under the Protection of the International red it is expected that an announce ment to that effect will be made sources said the red Cross has agreed to handle certain areas of the holy City where Arab and jewish women and children will be Arab and jewish representatives agreed today to a temporary cease fire order for the walled part of this Francis Amer ican head of the trusteeship Council the truce Fol Lowed a British order that hostilities must Sayre said the jewish Agency continued on Page 12 bomb in mail kills Kin of Farran England May 3 bomb mailed to Roy marked for death by the jewish underground in exploded in the Din ing room of his Home today and killed his it was the sixth time Farran romantic and mysterious British had escaped death by he was acquitted last autumn of a charge of murdering a Youthful member of the Stern e c in 11 y was away when a pos woman brought the bomb concealed in a volume of Shakespeare to his Home this when his younger brother opened the package it exploded with a blast which shattered he died in a Hospital two hours two other members of the asleep escaped thursday the anniversary of the disappearance of Alexander continued on Page 12 House committee votes 2year draft measure shame on Sherman circus elephant attempts to kill boy feeding him May 3 up a circus elephant picked up a 9 year old Schoolboy and was about to crush him when an attendant came to his Robert y e d n a k was watching the Roger Brothers circus set up when he was attracted by the he fed the elephant when the animal grabbed him with his just As the elephant raised its foot to crush the youth an attendant shouted a command for the animal to this 36ton Sherman tank took matters in its own hands during a Parade at and went off on its crumpling two civilian automobiles one at White named new constabulary chief Isaac White by Arthur Noyes staff correspondent May 3 Isaac White has been selected assume command of the constabulary when the present Louis returns to the states to become army inspector a Neucom official White becomes the second com Mander of the famous Hellon wheels 2nd to head the the constabulary founder and first com Ernest har commanded the 2nd in the fight through France and across White assumed command of the 2nd in Germany and when it swept across the the 9th White is scheduled to tomorrow in Trieste for a visit j continued on Page 12 woman charged with Deal in scrip May 3 Fani wife of a former yes employee in bad has been charged with unlawful acquisition of of scrip in a Deal to take Dollar instruments to Switz Allan Omagh chief revealed Weiss is alleged to Nave arranged with Helmut american express to buy unlimited amounts of Irav Elers using either her or false 5 per cent profit she allegedly took the checks to and sold them for face value plus 5 per cent to a Man named Egon it is charged that she in turn paid Magener 1 per cent of the total for his part in the Backer making 12 trips to Basle Between december 1947 and february Weiss is alleged to have cleared a profit of Between and scheduled to be tried in my intermediate court Magener will be charged with unlawful transactions in military pay ment new governor of India named new May 3 was officially announced in Neva Delhi today that King George i of Bri Tain has approved the appointment of Chakra Viti Rajagopal Achari As governor general of India effective june when lord Louis mount Batten relinquishes the Mountbatten was Lasit of the vice roys and the first governor Gen eral of tree the appointment of Rajagopal Athari places the government completely in Indian who has served As overdo general since India free Dom is expected o leave for England in Russ plan traffic talks by Joe Fleming staff correspondent May 3 and soviet military government transport officials agreed today to meet thursday to discuss tech Nical problems arising from the soviet restrictions on traffic to a British said the meeting had been arranged after a British he said transport officials would discuss Inland water the Exchange of freight trains and other technical no similar move to arrange a conference with Russia was made by american military Lucius Clay a Natl such time As the soviets Are willing to acknowledge Freedom of move ment freight and passenger continued on Page 12 Assassin of greek Ujj called red agent May 3 ties said the Assassin of greek minister of Justice Christos ladas confessed he acted on communist parly the Eustratios mount so Yiannis refused under questioning to reveal who helped officials refused comment but it Ivas understood three alleged accomplices handed him the grenades Friday the rebel radio described him As a with an undisclosed number of arrests still taking a heavy police guard turned out to protect he funeral for ladas at Athens King Paul and Cabinet members French bomb vietnamese May 3 Agency trance Presse in a dispatch from Saigon today reported Freach air Craft had bombed a group of Viet namese partisans on the Plaine Des in the Mekong Delta South Vest of Saigon killing an estimated 300 Forrestal says action on Bill imperative May 3 a the House armed services committee today approved 285 a two year draft the vote puts the Issue for selective service formally be fore Congress for the first time since the before the commit tee heard Secretary of de earlier draft Story on Page sense James Forrestal Call the measure there is an immediate imperative demand for some thing to augment the size of our armed he this Bill provides secretaries called chairman George an Drews called Forrestal and Secretary of the army Kenneth Royall in for a look at the measure before a formal committee Royall said it is thoroughly continued on Page 12 colonel urges Bachelor Aid by Julia Edwards staff correspondent May 3 Sevier commanding officer of Munich military said today he hoped rules would be changed so he could authorize Bachelor personnel to buy commissary Tupper called it a shame that unmarried officers and civilians Here cannot Purchase at the commissary for an occasional snack or breakfast in their regulations preventing it were issued by he when supplies were limited and with the Dea of preventing a Black in Munich supplies have increased the extent that the commissaries could Well afford to sell Small amounts to unmarried men and he the inspector general authorized urn to increase the allotment for Ower Grade enlisted men with Allied wives and informed him the entire circular was being recon Tupper employees of military govern Many of whom have Kitch and american women employed by Munich military Lave been campaigning for Permis Arconti nixed on Page 12 b29s Fly to saudi Arabia May 3 two b29 super fortresses of the strategic air temporarily based at took off sunday for saudi on a navigational training Safe announced the planes Are scheduled to return ate