European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                4 the stars and Sjem pets it tit Izvestia hints soviets ready Eastern Erp by associated press official russian news hinted today that Russia was ready to offer her own version of a Marshall plan to countries aiding with the soviet Union in the cold the soviet Union is now in a position to increase economic Aid to those countries which maintain Friendly relations with an Izvestia editorial both Izvestia and the communist party pravda carried Long editorials today hailing Moscow reduction of reparations due from Romania and Hungary As a far reaching diplomatic cuts listed the announced this make the following cuts fifty five per cent in the estimated As still due from fifty per cent in the Atill due from Fin lands original assessment of fifty per cent of the unpaid balance of the original claim against How much Hungary already has paid was not immediately v Only one of the five former nazi partners taking part in the Marshall was omitted when soviet reductions were the exe Nemy was not assessed reparations by in View of her switch to the Allied Side late in the War she was asked Only to pay to Greece and to payments were to be in importance stressed this act of the soviet govern ment is of great not Only As a new manifestation of the soviet unions readiness to Contri Bute to the economic rehabilitation development of Friendly coun Izvestia it also illustrates those great postwar changes which took place in the countries that during the War fought Side by Side with Ger and those Radical changes toward Friendship and cooperation which occurred in the relations Between these countries and the soviet first to get reductions was Fin the finns do not have a communist but some its Cabinet ministers Are Mem Bers of the Finland is due to hold a general election this officers term Cut in Soldier slaying june 10 the army said today it has reduced from 20 to 10 years at hard labor the sentence of Cap Vincent of convicted of the fatal shooting of an enlisted Man in Cochrane was also sentenced to Ifft Missal from the service and total forfeiture pay and allow Cochrane contended at his court martial the death weapon went off accidentally when he Drew it to restore order among a group of drawling a German testified he fired deliberately at the the army Eaid the Case was subject to further review and possible reduction of Toscanini tickets sell at june 10 keen demand for tickets at today opera performance at Milans la Scala under the Baton of Arturo that tickets Are reputedly changing hands at prices As High As lire All seats were officially sold out Days snoring of defendant postpones murder trial Jane 10 the prisoner in the Dock snored loudly that a murder trial bad to be postponed at Lane Burg the accused was a former German policeman charged with the murder of his he was asleep when the court when it became impossible to be heard above his snores the court officials said he had apparently been to become part of 350th by Dwight Schear staff correspondent june 10 but a handful of members of the 16th on occupation duty i Austria will become members of the 350th when the High number regiment is reactivated at Camp near Ufa announced yes the colors of the 16th will be re turned from the zone of aus Tria to the Headquarters of the 1st at the Onen of the except for a number believed less than two will remain in their present occupational duties in the zone of Austria and in they will switch outfits but not Kendall will attend Geoffrey Ufa and Paul a will attend the reactivation Cere which will be by a presentation of the colors to the regimental Peter the 350th was a part of the 88th inf of the ii corps in world War under the command of after the War it occupied a portion of the Morgan line in the during world War i the 350th saw action in the haute Alsace sector of regimental Headquarters units and one battalion will be stationed in the Salzburg replacing Cor responding units of the an other battalion will replace the 1st of the 16th in authorized strength the reactivated 350th will not be at full regimental it will be lacking one one can non company and one antitank it will have an authorized strength of 106 five War rant officers and forming a total authorized strength of All personnel and equipment will be transferred from the tuesdays reactivation program will include a formal presentation of military compe baseball officers and enlisted mens dinners and officers and enlisted mens German theologians to Confer near Stuttgart june 10 special a series of conferences Between american and German called by the lutheran Missouri Synod at the invitation of lutheran churches of will open june 23 a bad near Neucom an the to which 450 Ger Man clergymen have been was arranged to reexamine cer articles of the Augsburg con the Light of problems of the modern according to who arrived in Frankfurt from the to com plete arrangements for the meet t Farben chiefs proven Taylor asserts june 10 prosecution asked an american War crimes court today to protect the peace of the future by convicting 23 Farben officials of plotting aggressive their guilt has been proved a Hundred times declared Telford chief of in his final argument against the Heads of Germany big munitions making chemical with the Krupp gun makers Al ready cleared of War the Farben Case offers the last Chance to convict a German industrialist of criminal for the and Taylor entered his fire on that if he wins a it will be the first such ruling in the verdict in this Taylor will be Felt thousands of Miles away and for Many years to in the last he the question in this Case is whether we have Faith in the intrinsic Validity and practical Effi Cacy of International Law in this and there can be no he that these defendants know that the machine which they helped build would be used to launch a German program of military outlining the Farben Taylor said faced with a shortage of we have seen Earben turn to Goering and Himmler and persuading these w o r t h i e s to marshal the legions of concentration Camp inmates As tools of the Farben War Taylor scoffed at the defendants claims that they did not know what was going on in hitlers inner and in the concentration at where Farben had a big Plant using prisoners As More human beings put to death than were killed in the first world Taylor said Areiti sup plied the Gas kill he re minded the he also ridiculed the defense that the Farben Heads were forced to go along with the records show that they not Only went but that they took the 2 girls sentenced for stealing scrip june 10 special Emma Stumpf and Josepha Les both have been sentenced an my summary court to serve four months in jail each for stealing in scrip from an Amer ican Omagh division officials the two women were drinking Beer with two Soldier friends in a Wiesbaden Park when the Stumpf girl managed to remove the Money from the pocket of one of sol Diers jackets hanging a nearby noticing the the soldiers the girls to my Headquarters where the Money was Hays arrives in Munich inspection tour june 10 George Deputy Mili tary arrived in Munich today by plane for a three Day inspection tour of military govern ment in Hays said his visit was he was scheduled to Nurnberg today and tomorrow will visit my offices in Hof and Hays will inspect my detachments at Bamberg and sunday he will attend opening ceremonies at Munich Haus Der Kunst of an exhibit of 54 famous paintings recently returned to Germany from the a comments Young american violinist to make guest appearance in Wiesbaden by Virginia Webb Patricia Young american will make a guest con1 at the Wiesbaden opera House thursday wet Liam information control division chief of theater j and music has j her appearance inaugurates a cultural Exchange program in the designed to Exchange of Art and artists Between the from ticket 3 sales will go0toward building a fund to help sponsor the Exchange outstanding German artists will make guest visits to the concert will feature miss travers in the Brahms for violin and she will be the guest of Wiesbaden military miss Kathleen Daugh Ter of and Toucher new and Oliver Day Street Mont were married june 5 in the Roundup the couple will live in after a trip to r Markus military government Liaison and Security officer for and miss Liselotte wred Siegfried of Switzer were married in Bern on june the couple will make their Home in and Hughes Are shown at to Weir wedding in provi Dence Hughes is the former Jac Queline a new slate of officers was elected at lie last meeting of the Stuttgart Little theater new officers Are Dwight general chairman Paul business manager Jay Tan Traw production manager Betty director Mary Tot Secretary and Kay h the group voted contributions to amerika Haus for the Purchase of current publications and dictionaries to be donated to weekly English class for German Telephone operators conducted under the auspices of the Stuttgart women the rot Westen women dub has opened a Thrift shop to att used clothing at a Small profit Money will go to the club fund which is used to buy and Medicine for local eight Hundred displaced children were entertained at o picnic tast week by the american dependents group of brought from berlins three displaced Persona the children were served ice and Given present and Charles dryer Are the parents of a Elizabeth born june in dryer is serving with the 6th and Joseph Are parents of a Elizabeth born at Giessen 388th 1 Bowers is air officer for the 22nd Philip wife of com manding general of Heidelberg military sits with a Man a patient of the bin Der clinic in stand ing is Carl wife of co of the 4th Many articles have been sent from the states for use by the dependent women of Heidel Berg in the Kinder the Regensburg women club has announced the opening of a saturday evening Bridge the club will meet a month at the Community Center and is open to All enlisted civil and admission will be charged and Cash prizes awarded to the proceeds will be donated to charitable organizations at the Regensburg and Barrett announce the birth of a William at the 130th in Phillips is with 4th it and John Espen Are the parents of a John Michael Espen is Liaison officer for the marburg in the officers wives in a Doort door scrap received two jeep trailer loads and these were donated to the Handi Craft shop of the Wurzburg Post Marion Crouse reports that the drive was so successful that it will become a regular monthly