European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Weather Minli Mimma s91s s6s7 5sw ss73 Vienna 8382 Stutt Thi european edition unofficial publication of ripes occupation forces in Europe Cut explained an official explaining Bow Ttoe Revenue act of 1948 oper ates to reduce Federal income taxes from 1947 appears on Page volume number 166 5 cents a a month May Vii ump arabs besiege Jerusalem Garrison so prove Stalin told Marshall says i awaits deeds of cooperation May 19 of state George Marshall said to Day that future russian co operation in settling world issues will determine Premier Joseph stains sincerity in calling for greater under standing among Marshall said he would certainly see the soviet foreign if Molotov should come to this reply concerning Molotov was Given to a press conference ques grinned at omission refrained from taking he would be glad to see he omitted the glad to see Molotov used by a questioner grinned when reporters laughed the asked whether he had noted any it increase in russian co opera toward issues before on page12 fiction Snow Falls in Maine May 19 Light which later changed to fell in several sections of Aroostook county All soviet publications barred from zone by Joe May 19 ican military government today barred All soviet zone publications from the american zone of Ger Gordon director of mrs information control Divi said the ban would remain in Force until the soviet military administration permits the unrestricted circulation of american authorized publications in Eastern Textor charged that the bulk of american zone publications had been confiscated in the soviet zone in direct violation of Allied control authority directive 55 which authorized the free inter zonal sex staff correspondent change of printed he denied american action was he said my decided to bar soviet authorized publications with reluctance and after Long and care Ful v Textor said the american step was designed to pave Way for free circulation of newspapers in All of he described the ban As a temporary suspension and said it would be when the soviets assure my that they will abide by directive the american order bans the importation into the zone of continued on Page 12 Royal i stays deaths of 17 German slayers May 19 army Secretary Kenneth Royall last night stayed the execution 17 germans he said were sentenced to die for a wartime massacre of unarmed american Royall acted after supreme court had refused by a 44 vote to consider an application release by Hareas filed by those Center of Mata Hari mystery sentenced to die and others convicted in the the Secretary held up the executions so the serious allegations in the Hareas Corpus petition could be investigated by Lucius commander in he said the defendants were convicted of complicity in the Almedy the mass Appeal to the supreme court carried 74 names of German prisoners convicted of War petition mentions 12 while Royall spoke of 17 condemned to the Petiti ii mentioned Only 12 to be executed Royall referred to a total of Only 72defendants in therm depart ments Brief the courts tie vote has the effect e refusing to hear a Justice Robert who served As chief prosecutor at the opening of the Nurnberg War continued on Page 12 Galina Dunava who the state department says James attached to the embassy u into he american f Princess has measles May 19 mat Ter How you Are you May get the that old saying happened today to Princess mar Garet of the Buckingham Palace announcement said she is Home in bed but there was no cause for Lewis quits soft coat wage talks May 19 John Lewis today out on the soft Coal wage his action raised the threat of a new bituminous strike before june Lewis quit the when Coal operators voted Over his objections to seat Josephi president of the Southern Coal producers Lewis turned to the Union Dele Gates and said the wage policy committee of the Union meet at 10 Oclock tomorrow the Union committee presumably will decide whether to charge that the operators now have violated the which runs until june and if it warrants a new work Lewis and the ump Are under an no strike injunction As a of the recent pension but this in Junction would not apply to a strike Over new contract the government would to seek a new injunction to such a two arrested in Art theft May 19 Man police in Hamburg tonight reported the arrest of two men in connection with the recent theft of paintings and jewelry from the Coburg Castle Art they to identify the men or give additional details on the ground the investigation was still in they said the two men were sent Back to Coburg burglars entered the Castle by removing Iron bars from they stole two continue Don salvation army head says briton sobered than yank 19 International head of the army said yesterday that people in dont get As drunk a those in the Albert Osborn explained that this is not because the British Donot drink As much As its just that liquor is not As Strong and it takes More to get drunk he seduced i hinted prisoner of russians May 19 reports were current in official Washington circles today that James Mcmillin May not have deserted his embassy Post in Moscow for love of a russian Wom an and now May be in custody of the these reports maintained that the Moscow Beauty was a Mere Decoy employed by the russians to lure Mcmillin from his there was no official Confirma but in some High govern ment quarters belief was expressed that the Youthful american ser Geant is an unwilling prisoner of the s these sources said incident May have been a Retalia Tion for therase involving soviet army officer reported by the russians to have been by the agents in Tassev turned up in great Brit Ain and the British foreign of fice said he would be allowed to remain in England As political the foreign office said Tassev continued on Page Force seen on verge of surrender within the old City in May 19 forces have driven More than Halfway through the jewish Quarter of the old City an estimated 400 Havanah and i Oguri fighters were re ported today be on the verge of guns of the trans Jordan Arab legion and palestinian volunteers were pounding Many Havanah positions in the remainder of the jewish Garrison in the old City was attempting to bargain with the Arab Volunteer Over surrender terms this but when to decision was reached the Arab bombardment arms Damp hit pinpointing jewish military tar gets in the scattered modern sections of Arab artillery reported that the Montefiore Quarter had been battered and an am munition dump near the military courthouse in Renovia t an ammunition dump in a syrian orphanage also was and hot fire directed at Davids which is a Havanah observation the building was formerly the press Headquarters of the Man continued on Page 12 my court convicts wife under German penal code May 19 the army today revealed that an american dependent wife had been tried and convicted felony under the German criminal it was the first such Case since the according to Mary of was Given a suspended sentence of two years after being convicted in a Mannheim my court of assault with intent to kill her tence came on May the pvt Willie continued on Page 12 Striate group oks in West pact May 19 the Senate foreign relations com Mittee today unanimously approved the Vandenberg Resolution which paves the Way so participation in the Western european Security the approval carried with it specific emphasis Attiat no commitments on the part of the Are involved and reserved the right to review any Huebner visit rebuild shop May 19 Clarence Neucom visited the ordnance rebuild shop at the Russel sheim opel Plant spent about three hours the rebuild shops 3