European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday january 23, 1950 headline Parade Arnold death topped news of the week by Bernard h. Uebers staff correspondent news of a widely varied character the death of Genera of the air Force Henry h. Arnold a Gigantic robbery and the conviction of at a Hiss shared top space of newspaper headlines last week. Gen of the air Force Hap Arnold died no 63 at his Vahey of the Moon Home in California. Arnold who directed the thunderous . Air War against the Axis succumbed to a heart condition that had troubled him since 944. As befitted a hero of the nation Arnold was interred thursday in Arlington National cemetery with president Truman heading the mourners who included 66 general officers and a Host of the nation s top civilian Rio tables. Boston Holdup Tor a whi3e in the states the headlines. Recalled the lurid crime Era of the late 1920s and Early 30s. Newspaper banners read gang seizes $1,500,000 in Boston  nine bandits dressed in grotesque halloween Masics staged the biggest Holdup in new England history wednesday. One million dollars of the loot was in Cash the remainder in Cheeks. Officials of brinks inc., armoured trucking service and victim of the Holdup offered $100,000 re Ward for the bandits capture dead or  a Federal jury convicted Alger Hiss on two counts of perjury a verdict that branded Hiss a spy for the russians while he held a High slate department office before the War. Hiss faces a possible maximum sentence of 10 years imprisonment and a Fine of $4,000. Hiss was convicted specifically of lying to a Federal grand jury when he denied passing state department secrets to Whittaker Chambers his chief accuser. He was also convicted of lying i when he denied seeing Chambers sol of described courier for a red spy ring operating in Washington in the late 1930safter Jan. 1, 1937.  note a bulgarian demand that the . Recall minister Donald r. Heath brought a Sharp retort from the . Either you Bulgaria keep Heath the state department said in effect or the . Will end All diplomatic  the bulgarian government accused Heath of receiving information from former Deputy Premier Traicho Rostov who was executed for treason ast month. Berlin flared Back in the news again when the soviet controlled administration slashed Berlin elevated service by More than 50 per cent. The railway management attributed the showdown to the Seiz ure by West German police of the administration s building in the . Sector. The police were authorized by . Authorities to occupy vacant rooms in the building. Maj Gen Maxwell d. Taylor . Berlin commander ordered the West German police to withdraw saturday saying " 600 extra rooms. Are not Worth the risks which the soviets Are now creating by their provocative  Lois flatly opposed had fallen through the thin ice. The Soldier. Pee Gary l. Carroll 2d in 18th inf rest in Lon Ries w is walking through the English of in Eck when he 10-year-old child broke pro Ujjin Tho the i a jilt red Iho kit. A Hins the ice in sore him a under saved pay receiving family allow ances class b which will be terminated april 30, 19.10, under a provisions of Sec. 515 b. Public Law 351, provided that their or rent enlistments expire april 30. Protected contracts 2p e r s o n n e 1 presently Muter saved pay receiving family allow ances class a which a expire july 1, 1952, provided that their periods of enlistment extend beyond july 1, 1952. Personnel whose cur rent periods of enlistment expire before the Legal termination of family allowances arc no a limbic for discharge if the enlistment ton tracts of individuals Are prot i red by any provisions of toe ii nos clause. 3personnel receiving both types of allowances enumerated above a double computation must be in tide in these cases taking into consideration again the Date of termination of current enlistment. 4all personnel without family allowances who Are under saved pay provided that their current in Ito Iii extend beyond july i,1952, when the saved pay Ciaire expires. Pay loss 5ail personnel who Are in a saved pay status but who Are nevertheless receiving less total compensation under the old races than under rates of the career compensation act by reason of Applina Sioja of the quarters deductions pre scribed under Sec. 5j5b and 302 of Public Law 351. 6all personnel whose family allowances were discontinued but who Are presently receiving less compensation under the rates of the career compensation act than they were receiving on sept. 30, 1949, by reason of application of the quarters deduction rates prescribed by Sec. 302 of the career compensation act. Personnel in this Cate gory Are those individuals whose family allowances were discontinued by reason of the quarters deduction of $67.50 or s4a but whose increases in total compensation under the new rates were not sufficient to offset the difference of the former quarters deduction erf $27 us against the new rate. Ineligible for re Ltd personnel discharged under  provisions will not be eligible for a enlistment in the air Force april one year after Date of  be. Enlisted personnel eligible for and who desire discharge May sub Mit applications through command channels to he Safe. A to papa. A certificate will be obtained from i he disbursing officer who holds the applicant s Payne count and will accompany the a cation As a supporting enclosure. German con9 Man jailed Heidelberg Jan. 22 up a German court Here yesterday sentenced Hans Wilhelm Koch for swindling 18,000 Marks by purport ing to be in a position to negotiate secret military  Koch who once earned his living by manufacturing Brown shirts for nazi party members confessed he had spent the postwar years collecting Large sums from contractors he had duped into believing they would get in on Allied construction of airfields and pillboxes in a new West  he was equipped Wilh Beau Wiful papers adorned with a carefully counterfeited French Seal designating him As German director of a inter Allied commission for in defense of  contractors in Cologne Uei tul a Berg Wiesbaden and Andoniu fell for his Spiel to the Lune i ? at least 16,000 Murks which they for ii nil for Koch 10 grease my set  a films Amons .  the court son i Koch to jail two years and eight months