European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                F f b v e j x sunday january 12, 456 the stars and stems Vandenberg endorses . Shift 011 Spain Washington Jan. 21 up sen. Arthur h. Vandenberg r Mich. Republican foreign affairs Fpo iceman in the Senate promptly approved Secretary of state e Ean Acheson s policy statement on Spain a a Correct  it comment was considered sign Vicant because most Arta Tai on Acheson s Spanish policy have come from the republicans in Congress. Vandenberg said he never fored a policy of maintaining half an embassy at Madrid. It is not a question of recognizing for co Spain. We have done that for 11 years. It is not a question of approving the Franco regime. We have never done that and will not do it now. It is a question of main Taining an ambassador for our own advantage in one of the important capital of the world where the gov ornament is in unquestioned civil control and where i is Flisty of no of civic to internat Ioni comity and  mixed reaction  s Spanish policy letter was received with mixed reaction in congressional circles. Sen. H. Alexander Smith  Mem Ber of the foreign relations com Mittee said he was very much in favor of the statement. Sen. J. William Fulbright dark. Also a member of the foreign re a of committee said i will go along with Acheson in his position on Spain. It is nol Correct to inter pret recognition of the government As an approval of the regime and it seems anomalous to have an ambassador in Moscow and not in  us socratic Senate Leader Scott w Lucas of Illinois said i think it is a sound position and that the Public in general will support Acheson s  Johnson in favor sin Edwin c. Johnson a Colo said i do not believe in asking the United nations for permission to do something we have every right to do ourselves. I am in favor of full  rep. Walter Judd a Mimia member of the House foreign affairs committee said he favored Acheson s position and was glad it had been published rep George Smath ers a fun also a member of the committee said it seems that the position As outlined in this letter is one i can go along with All the  Fonda her sex sen. Allen 81, Dies in Wichita Wichita kan., Jan. 21 a Henry j. Allen former . Republican senator and former governor of Kansas died Here. He had been ill for several weeks and critically ill the last 10 Days. A leading party orator at the height of his political career Allen had been less Active the last 20 years. A newspaper editor and publisher in Kansas for 50 years he was chair Man of the Board of the Wichita Beacon at the time of his death. Henry fond is said to a spark ing Lovely Susan Blat Ichard noted lyricist and thai Iii producer. The actor s wife. France broke to is planning a Alvoree. Inf pity germans on rationing end us told Kettering England Jan. Is apr. Edith Summ Rakhill parliamentary Mac rotary to the ministry of food say briton should not Eavy the West German because All thir food but sugar a i Fiji de rationed. Pity them she told listeners Ina political speech for tha labor party last night. She said the West German de rationing was the policy of a right Wing minister of food who does not believe in food  our labor government could do this tomorrow if we were prepared to let the lowest income groups go without while the wealthy bought up the  or. Summerskill said that in Western Germany 1,500,000 unemployed and their millions of dependents Are living at subsistence  people. She said Are to be allowed to feed their families on in rationed food at prices which they cannot afford to  Marthur s health Fine doctor says Tokyo  31 up Gen Douglas Macarthur is in Superb physical condition on the a of his 70th birthday his physician said yesterday. It col Charles c. Canada made Public the following statement Gen Mac Arthur is in super physical condition As he approaches his Tcath birthday Jan. 26he is As Alert and vigorous As he has alway been throughout his Active career no further proof is needed concern ins his Good health than the fact he did 3 a i full Days of work in the past year. With such a rugged charge what Chance does his doctor have g inch9 pipeline explodes lit Ohio Sears 60 acres Caldwell Ohio Jan 21 a Tiit big Inch Gas Pip Sline exploded yesterday shot flames 500 feet into the air acid seared 60 acres of surrounding farm land. No one was injured. The blast awakened nearly All the1,800 residents of this Eastern Ohio Community. Service was restored by bypassing the break i thought the whole town of Sarahsville was on  said. Clarence . Co owner of the Caldwell journal. Sarahsville is bout three Miles East of the scene. The flames were visible to an air line Pilot Over Pittsburgh 100 Miles away. Cecil Wilson editor of the Noble county Leader said the heat was so terrific i could t get within a Quarter mile of the  the expos Ian in the 20-Inch steel pipe buried 10 feet underground occurred about 3 10 am on a Hill Side five Miles North of Caldwell. The fire was out by 6  blast ripped out Iso feet of the line excavated a Hole 30 feet wide and 60 feet Long and hurled pieces of steel 73 Yards. Truman reports . Exports totalled $67 billion in 4 years probes Clear do program of charges Washington Jan. 21 up the House judiciary subcommittee reported yesterday that an exhaustive study had disclosed no evidence that communists or other subversive elements were slipping into . Through the program to help Europe s displaced  report was filed by chairman Francis e. Walter a who old the committee on a six week tour of Europe to investigate the Workings of the do  committee s report urged Early enactment of a Bill to expand the program to take in 339,000 Dps by july 1951. Such a Bill already Lias passed the House and is in the Senate judiciary committee. Chairman Pat Mccarran a Nev of the Senate committee said Ninny refugees should be barred from the tvs. Because they would not lit into our  said the screening processes under which Dps Are admitted Are so strict that they bring a better Type of immigrant to this country than the regular immigration statutes. Ike would make Strong candidate Taft concedes Washington Jan. 21 ins sen. Robert a. Taft a Ohio conceded yesterday that Gen Dwight d. Eisenhower would make a4 Strong candidate for Public  but in an interview on Mutual broadcasting co s meet the press1 program Taft avoided a direct answer when asked whether Gen Eisenhower would make a Good president " he replied i Don t even know that 1  some issues gain $2 As stocks fluctuate new York. Jan. 21 a the Stock Market finished with fractional Sains and losses yesterday in a 1,500.000-Ahare session. Rails meat packers and chemicals made a better showing than most groups with few advances reach ing a much As $2, grains at Chicago closed mixed March wheat being 12.15% a Bustel while March com waa �1.28%, bail of $100,000 fixed for purple gangster Miami Jan. 41 up Harry Fleisher the purple gangster who was nabbed when another criminal unwittingly led a men to his hid ing place was ordered held in $100,000 Bond on a charge of fleeing Michigan Justice. Federal agents said f1i s h e r would be returned to Detroit to face a 25-to-30-year sentence for Rob Bery a four and a half to five year sentence for conspiracy to murder a Michigan state senator and what Ever sentence is handed Down for his unlawful flight to Florida actress Mother acquitted Compton cali., Jan. 21 a mrs. Geraldine Gourley Mother of screen actress Lois Andrews was acquitted by a jury on a charge of possessing lewd photographs Ted Caron real estate Man was acquitted with her. They were arrested last october when sheriff s deputies raided Caron s motor court accused in death Guy and 9i�rr Scielzo who Are charred with starving their 3 year old son a death mud neglecting their 4-year-old dangiher/1 will be tried in new York City on manslaughter charge. At a floods peril areas in South Chicago Jan. 21 a floods menaced new areas in the Southand the Pacific Northwest yesterday but they showed signs of easing at danger Points in the Midwest. More than 20,000 persons Are temporarily homeless because of floods in the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys rising flood Waters of the missis Sippi River and its tributaries brought new trouble in Arkansas and Tennessee. But the big River appeared surging to a Crest up Stream from Charleston. Mo., at the Edge of the threatened Bird s Point new Madrid flood Way. The biting cold which had gripped wide sections of the country moderated yesterday but there were some subzero readings. The cold moved into the northeastern part of the country and the Mercury dropped to 11 below Zero at Caribou a. But it was colder in inter National Falls minn.2  also were climbing in the Pacific Northwest ending a week of severe cold. The weather has been blamed for 17 deaths in the area since last Friday s blizzard. The Mercury was expected to climb to near Normal Marks Over much of the cold Belt which covered the Plains states the Northern and Central Rockies and the upper Mississippi Valley temperatures were a Little lower in Southern Texas Louisiana and most of Mississippi. Some 6,000 persons have fled their Lowland Homes in Arkansas and 3,100 others in Tennessee. Rescue operations continued in both states. The flood threat of the Wabash River at Vincennes ind. Appeared ended. Struck bus line loses franchise Ottumwa Iowa Jan 21 up the City Council yesterday revoked by a vote of 2-1, the License of the strike bound Ottumwa City lines to operate the local bus  Herschel Loveless and streets commissioner Patrick har Din who voted for the Resolution said they Felt the people of of Izunwa must be our first consideration. A town of 42,000 without transit service is a sorry affair which we cannot  Drivers and garage men Are seeking 20-cent hourly pay raises. Postwar Aid of $23 billion listed Washington Jan. 21 ins president Truman reported to con Gress yesterday that the u. S. Has exported a record smashing $67,000,-000,000 Worth of goods and services in the Lour years since the end of the War the chief executive submitted a report by the National advisor Council on International monetary and financial problems which Dis closed that postwar foreign Aid by the . Totalled $23,310.000,008through last june 30. According to the report Export were Only partially balanced by imports totalling 35,000,000,000 during the Jour year period leaving the u. S. With a favourable Trade Silanoe of 432,000,000,000. The Council of which Treasury Secretary John a Snyder is chair Man said that in these four years foreign countries Drew Down Gold and Dollar sets by 96,600,000,000. In a Broad review of u. S. Inter National transactions the group Dis closed that As of last june 30, the indebtedness of foreign countries to the , government totalled $9,800, 000,000. This did not include world War i  remainder of tie foreign Aid Money consisted of outright gifts. Of the four year foreign Aid total,�10,400,000,000 went to countries participating in the european re covery program. Asiatic nations primarily China and Japan received $4,000,000,000, and latin. America j350,000,000. The latter was largely in the form or Loans and credits. Breakdown in Aid the Council gave this breakdown of foreign Aid during the period european recover$4,266,000,000 United kingdom loan $3,750,000,000 civilian supplies in occupied areas $3,600,000,000 Urra $2,577,000,000 lend lease $252,000,000 Export import Bank Loans $2,55,000.000 surplus property credits $1,341,000, 000, and miscellaneous Aid $2,709, 000,000. Senate delays vote on excise tax cuts Washington Jan. 21