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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 21, 1950 the stars and stripes Page 3 miners defy Union order to end strike Pittsburgh Jan. 20 a thousand of angry soft Coal miners Are refusing to return to a Tiree Day work week on monday. A Large group of miners in West Virginia and Pennsylvania today were leading a fight to stay a borne As tension mounted hourly in the Coal Fields. They Are among 60,000 unite mine workers members in seven Faie who have ignored the suggestion of John l. Lewis that they return to the pits. Shouf Down Leader miners shouted Down Union leaders who urged them to obey Lewis and in Pennsylvania one Union Leader was escorted to his car under protective guard after meeting broke up in wild disorder. The Defiance of the miners Cei Meas a nationwide Survey showed Coal supplies dwindling  some area s the situation i growing critical forcing rationing in some  Coal hungry nation was watching the titanic struggle be tween Lewis and the coat owners who Are refusing to Bow to a a demands for a new contract. In Washington yesterday. Pres ident Truman said no emergency exists. Dockers balk reds on arms Cherbourg Jan. 20 a Dock workers Here have reiterated their decision to unload armaments Corn ing from the . Under the Atlantic pact despite communist  Cherbourg dockworkers took their decision More than a week ago the communist led general federation of labor Cut has waged an intensive propaganda Campaign with Wall posters and handbills to get them to change their minds belgian reds ask dockers to Boycott shipments Antwerp Jan. 20 up the belgian communist party distributed pamphlets to Antwerp dockers urging them to oppose the & unloading of ships carrying u. S. Arms under the military Aiji program the communist dockers action committee also appealed to fellow workers in the ports of outed Ghent Bruges Zee Bruges and Brus Sels for support. Acheson faces query on need for draft Washington Jan. 20 apr congressmen Are Plaj Minjo to get an opinion from Secretary of state Dean Acheson on whether there Are International reasons for continuing Toj draft Law. The Iiene rotary will appear wednes Day before the House armed serv ices committee that group starts hearings today on a proposal to extend for three More years the selective service act which expires june so 1950. Defense Secretary Louis a. John son and army Secretary Gordon Gray will be the opening witnesses today. Gen Omar k. Bradley chair mar of the joint chiefs of staff and Gen a Lawton Collins army chief of staff will appear monday. Later the committee will tear maj Gen Louis , selective service director. Military Lead firs maintain that the fact there is a draft act has stimulated voluntary , Gray and other military spokesmen argue that the draft be continued As a Token of Good Faith to Atlantic pact  want the act even though unused to be in Force in event of an emergency. Soviets quit in a tasks Lake Success Jan. 20 up six Power United nations secret talks on world atomic control col lapsed yesterday when Russia walked out of a meeting of the big five Powers and Canada protesting the presence of a Delegate from nationalist  Delegate Jacob a. Malik stalked from the meeting of big six experts after they refused to accept a russian motion excluding the representative of the Kuomintang from their midst. The experts continued their closed door session for More than an hour after Malik left and refused to declare an end to the atomic discussions which began last summer. Frenchman in chair the . Favored further meet Ings without the russians to Dis pose of details of the experts work it Sis Learned the delegates decided to leave the calling of the next meeting to Jean Chauvel of France who be comes the next chairman of the group succeeding China s representative who was in the chair  was assumed no meeting would be called until Russia ends her walkouts which is not expected until enough countries have recognized communist China to assure expulsion of the nationalists. They took no actual vote on Malik s motion but decided by a5-1 ballot it was out of order Beniamino feels Spry Rome Jan. 20 up Tenor Beniamino Gigli 60, denying retirement rumours has told his friends he feels 20 years old and that he will go on singing As Long As he feels Young nationalist troops seek Refuge fleeing their native land chinese nationalist troops Cross a Mountain Stream in route to an internment Camp set up by the French at Muong Joung. Tonkin French Ludo China. About 23,004 Persona Are being cared for at the Camp which is approximately 100 Mise from the chinese Border. The ferry a run by aant-pulte6 Cable. Acme Hiss lawyer says others stole data for Chambers new York Jan. 20 ins de sense attorney Claude b. Cross charged yesterday that two or three other persons arid not Algor Hiss stole secret government documents from the state department in 1937 and 1938.in an All Day summation to the jury at Hiss second trial for per jury. Cross insisted that Hiss was framed by Whittaker Chambers self labelled former communist courier. Sees acquittal concluding his summation Cross solemnly said to the jury of eight women and four men i believe in the innocence and honesty of my client. I believe you will put the stamp of innocence and honesty on Alger Hiss in his Jong summation Cross stressed his Contention that Hiss never furnished Chambers or any other unauthorized person stat department documents. He said the documents were smuggled to Chambers from three or More sources but absolutely not by  was a thief in the far Eastern division of the state department Cross asserted. I m not saying who he was but he gave some of these documents to Chambers.". Attorney Thomas f. Murphy will deliver the summation forthe government today. Rail Stock leads quiet Market new York Jan. 20 ins the Stock Market churned around irregularly in quiet trading yesterday with strength in a few issues out  was the Day s top per former among the leaders gaining 3v4 Points to a new  & Gamble was a Leader in the industrials gaining 1% Points. Corn products advanced 1 and fractional advances were chalked up by Dupont general electric and general motors on the Down Side Allied chemical was off 1 and Small losses were shown by Eastman Kodak u.  and Chrysler. Standard of new Jersey was under pressure in the oils declining but Gulf advanced  fast moving people s Gas featured the utilities with a jump of 5 Points. Israel Cabinet oks draft on status of Jerusalem Tel Aviv Jan. 20 ins the israeli Cabinet has approved draft Resolution on the status of Jerusalem and info  said they believed it presaged Clear Cut proclamation of the holy City As Israel s capital. The government announced officially that the Resolution would be submitted to a parliamentary constitutional committee. There was no direct mention of the United nations decision to internationalize Jerusalem. House rejects Aid for South Korea by two vote margin Washington Jan. 20 up the House rejected 193-Lffl, the administration s $120,000,000 Aid to Korea Bill in the first congressional turndown of a major administration foreign policy measure since 1939.the action yesterday was a Shock to democrats who had confidently predicted its passage. It came after a four hour debate during which the republicans attacked the administration s far Eastern policy group led by rep. John a ? Vorys a Ohio said the Aid would be Money Down a rat Hole because the communists might overrun .-backed South Korea at any  members of the House foreign affairs committee said the last time the House or Congress As a Wholehan rejected a major administration foreign policy measure was in the arms embargo vote in 1939. Sixty one democrats joined 131 republicans and american Labo Ricevito Marcantonio n. A in voting against the Bill. Twenty one republicans and 17 democrats vote for it. Congress had already provided$60,000,000 for this year s korean Aid program. The Bill would have authorized the carrying out of the rest of the �120,000,000 program with the remaining $60,000,000 Pashto be voted later. The administration s Lone Hope now appears to be salvaging the measure in the Senate and the winning House approval. Gasperi offers 10-year plan Rome Jan. 20 a italian pre Mier Alcide de Gasperi in the final stages of forming his sixth govern ment yesterday announced a proposed 10-year plan for Italy s economic  maximum Effort of the new government said the Premier in his3,000-word" program policy Declara Tion for his new government must be in the Field of production and i combating  de Gasperi s plan envisions the spending of approximately $217,000, 000 annually for land Reform irrigation hydroelectric works land reclamation and  Premier s statement was issued at the close of a meeting with the leaders of his majority Christian Democrat party and the three minor parties of his fifth coalition  s Cabinet crisis a planned move of de Gasperi to reorganize his government is in its ninth Day. He and his Cabinet resigned Jan. 11,and three Days later president Luigi Reinaud asked him to form a new government. British Channel ferry to carry 700 persons London Jan. 20 a British railways announced today it has ordered a new Cross Channel car ferry and passenger boat to carry 126 cars and 700 persons. The vessel will be used in the Dover Calais and Folkestone Boulogne runs. Driven by steam turbines it will have a Speed of 20 knots. Colonel says secret a gun went to Russ los Angeles Jan 20 of Tholos Angeles times yesterday quoted a wartime army colonel As saying that a . Super secret self aiming antiaircraft gun has been in Russia hands since 1944. Col Frank c. Lynch a former ordnance officer was quoted assay ing he was ordered to deliver it tothe russians from Aberdeen prov ing ground md., in the summer of 1944. The assertion followed disclosure by sen Henry Cabot Lodge. Or. A mass that army experts have developed new air defences which satisfies one that no enemy plane will Ever come out of this  disgusted the times quoted Lynch wit regard to the Lodge report i am disgusted that the Amer ican people should be Given the impression that we alone have such effective weapons when Russia undoubtedly has the same defense perhaps with improvements to be used against our planes in Cas of War. No i Don t think America is the Only nation with the impenetrable defense attributed to this gun. One other nation has it. It the gun was developed in the utmost secrecy and one of my duties at Aberdeen was to accompany a russian officer stationed there to see that he did not obtain information on such projects. Then they ordered me to crate it for delivery to  proximity fuses Lynch the newspaper added said the gun could slam High explosive shells rapidly to very very High altitudes shells that undoubtedly would be equipped with proximity fuses to explode when near enough to a plane to Knock it  his account described the gun As Ful automatic with gunners required Only to feed shells into a Cradle. Finally the Story quoted the colonel the gun was crated and i accompanied it to Philadelphia and saw it safely loaded aboard a freighter that carried it across the Atlantic Lynch now a consulting engine rat nearby Pasadena is quoted As saying he does t known where the order to ship it to the russians originated but i have my own  was not available for elaboration. Talking dog Lias scots treed but Pekinese needs lessons in diction Fife Scotland Jan. 20 ins Pekinese dog that jumps into women s laps and says no no not now has scottish veterinary surgeons scratching their Heads i wonder. Witnesses and at least one veterinary swear that Blackie 4 year old dog owned by David Seattle in the Village of Ceres can talk even though his vocabulary is limited. Veterinary surgeon w. J. Rice said Tawrs is no doubt the dog makes noises resembling the human voice. Its pronunciation is not  according to Beattie Blackie s vocabulary includes hello a Yum Yum for sugar and when it s raining outside Black e admonishes visitors to the Beattie Home who Start to leave no no not now once at a dog show Blackie acknowledged orally a greeting from one of the judges. A woman exhibitor Keels to a dead Saint  
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