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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, January 24, 1950

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                N n t n i �. R.,d a e n it 35 is 00 tuesday january 24,1950 life in the .a. Student plans 1,000-mile Canoe trip Columbus Jan. 2� up Alpine a. Macau thur Ohio stale engineering senior Hopes to work off a a talc of his wanderlust this  by taking a 1,000-Milc  trip in the Hudson Bay  said he Wil provide part of his food Supply by Hunting and Jishin. It will take along i Rifle a  pistol and a Fly Pou id but. With not or. After i 2.000-mile train ride from Here o a mall town in Weslei a. A i of i coiled the Pas. He will Kiki i Cit me olm chm Btij River then paddle maj Miles where the River empties into Hud Soj Hay. He expects s make the Jiun a journey by u or he by i Mihi isms three months for the of Tiro trip. V Mother 3 sons visitor die As fire sweeps Detroit Flat Detroit. Jan. 25 a a you uni Mother her three Small sons and a visitor in their a Sewaui apart Jii in t Burtrell to death to a j ast  fire Here. Police said o former Roomer in the Lio inc arrested on a d run ice if. I ices charge after lie tras found  in the Liotte after to i fire Tco wid be questioned. The Ric Lints were identified As mrs. Pm time Johnson 24 her us Curtis 3 Iii Iii 2 find Clarence 1c months and visitor Louis Howard. Mrs. Johnson s 4 in oath old daughter Gloria was critically burned into taken to re Roii Iii Hospital and fireman Joti Eph Law 31, teas overcome Liy smoke. High school girls club smashed in shoplifting Oklahoma City Jan. 23 App Lex broke up a girls High shoo club which they said was dedicated to  teen age girls were arrested police reported and 30 More Wen being  club is estimated to have \ of Olin hundreds of dollars Worth of j Mercia Vidise from Oklahoma City or titres. Caught in a department Szorc by i a store detective the girls sur i rendered shopping bags which con mined s48  the girls took detectives c. N. Richards and t. T. Hutchin son to their Homes disclosing stolen dresses Vul cd at More than �100. The of girls said club members started out stealing school supplies and proved so successful they turned to larger items. A Blair House adds color with lbs television Washington Jan. 23 a president Truman has color Tele vision in his Home. The receiver installed by the Columbia the stars and stripes Page 7 in happier Days this picture of happier times shows Marine m sgt timer c. Bender who has Beer a prisoner of the chinese communists since october 1948 and his wife Shirley 25. Mrs. Bender was overjoyed at the  her husband was still living. 2 lost fliers reported alive in red China Washington Jan. 23 up the state department has received official word that two . Naval fliers missing in communist China Sinee oct. 19, 1948 Are alive and Well the liners arc Marine sgt Elmer c. Bender of Chicago and Navy chief Petty officer William c. Smith of Long Beach Calif. Their plane failed to return from a practice flight in the Tsing lao area in Shantung province. Department spokesman Michael Justice jails editor for \ contempt grand ledge Mich. Jan. 3 up a weekly newspaper editor who feuded editorially with a jus Tice of the peace was jailed for contempt of court. Bui editor Frank c. Weinert. -10. Did t f i is u r e on staying Vonjj. Hareas Corpus papers were in route before the jail doors swung on him at Charlotte Mich. The Newspaperman was sentenced to 10 Days by Justice Charles f. Young who said w e i n e r t had printed scurrilous editorials about me and used insulting language in  he also fined Weinert $25. This was the second time Weinert was sentenced by Young. On Jan. 13, Weinert and he town s police chief William Carter were held in contempt and Given 10 Days in jail and s50 fines. But the Law allows Only a �25 Fine so the pair did t go to jail. The judge took no new action against Carter. If he had the grand ledge police Force would have been Cut in half. He s sore because we raided the place where he played cards and we won t give him any of our business on traffic arrests Carter said. Autopsy performed on woman s body in mercy killing Manchester . Jan. 23 a the body of mrs. Abbie a Borroto whose death resulted in a murder charge against or. Her Mann Sander was sex manned Lor examination. The remains were taken from a grave in Manchester and examined by medical experts for the state and defense. The Surprise move was asked by the defense for Sander in his Forth coming trial on a mercy killing charge. The 40-year-old doctor is accused of injecting air into mrs. Borr clo s veins As she Lay mortally ill of cancer last dec. 4. No information was Given on the results of the autopsy. The physician had noted in the Hospital records that lie had injected the air into her veins. The entry was later discovered by a Hospital clerk who notified police. Broadcasting system which is run Ning 2 series of color television tests in the Washington area. It is one of less than a dozen lbs is spotting around town for Field tests suggested by the Federal communications commission before it resumes hearings feb. 28 on whether to License color video. Allergy to Printer s Ink hospitalized newsman Pasadena Calif., Jan. 23 and allergy seb Mahery Kays newspaper editor Frederick g. Kenyon. What s to do run vol who works for the Pasadena Independent is in Huntington memorial Hospital Tor treatment of asthma. He is allergic doctors have Tola him to Blue grass cats dogs and Printer s Ink and newsprint.  Mcd Carmou said the British consulate at Tsing lao sent the follow ing message from local chinese communist authorities Smith and Bender Are Well. Receiving ample food and Are comfortable. They Are living in the Eastern Section of Shantung pro  mrs. Bender Happy husband is alive Chicago Jan. 23 up mrs. Shirley Bender 25-year-old wife of Marine sol Elmer a Bender said that she was Happy her husband is still alive but ill never be satisfied until he is free mrs. Bender said All i Tan do now is wait and  ten Days ago she visited state department officials in Washington in an attempt to Speed her Hus band s release. French play wins Praise by Mark Barron new York Jan. 23 a Mueh in the Zany delightful mood which distinguished their the Madwoman of Chaillot Jean Giraudoux and Maurice Valency have returned to Broadway with another poetic flight into  this their the enchanted is a comedy which May require a bit of time for audiences to accept it in its entirety. But i am sure it will be the Success it deserves. It is the Story of a French school teacher who has imagination one who teaches her eight year Olds just As of she had the wonderful dreams of an eight year old herself. Cosmic Ray rocket zooms 45 Miles up Washington Jan. 23 up a Navy rocket of the Aero Bee Type was fired 45 Miles into the skies Over the Gulf of Alaska last Sun Day to obtain cosmic Ray data it was disclosed  Navy said the Aero Bee rockets often reach a height of 70 Miles but heavy research instruments restrict their performance. Nevertheless or.  A. Vanallen in charge of the Experiment called it the Mosi successful operation to  pedestrians face $100 Fine Topeka Jan. 23 up Topeka pedestrians who Cross intersections on Amber or red lights will from now on be risking their pocket books As Well As their lives. The City commission enacted an Ordi Nance permitting pedestrians to be fined up to Sloo for using inter sectional crosswalks when the Green Light is not on. She believes that she is in love with the ghost of a Young Man her own age. And so convincing is she that the government authorities also begin to believe she is legally haunted by a ghost who has serious intentions about taking her away from the living and making her a  the end the ghost is Defeated when her flesh and blood suitor convinces her that there is More pleasure in being alive. The cast is perfect which it needs to be because the roles Are difficult. But Leueen Macgrath Malcolm keen Charles Halton Una o Connor and Russell Collins Ore All that this fantasy needs to be the perfect stage workmanship it is. They Are performers who get the utmost out of every Subtle twist of humor that Giraudoux presents them. Brink Holdup linked to 47 Boston Case Boston Jan. 23 Imd Kcf Tivis theorized yesterday that i he � 1,500.1 00 brinks inc., Holdup might i invt been master minded by the same in m who engineered a similar robbery that netted a comparatively paltry 3107,997 Here less than three  Igo. Police noted striking parallels be tween the fantastic Rob wry of the Money transportation service last tuesday night  the b. K. Sun relevant co. Robbery in Boston s Hyde Park Section oct. 30, 1947. We know the names of four of the is men suspected r f staging the Turfe Vint Holdup a police official said and we Are seeking them for Xie stoning in connection with the Brink  suspect seen five suspects were seized after the Sturtevant robbery but Only one Samuel Granito a Brooklyn Bookie was convicted and he s serving a 16-to-20-year prison term the others were freed because witnesses could not identify them. One of those freed police said was seen in Boston Jan. 3, 4 and 5, in the Sturtevant Case six gun men wearing halloween and Stock ins masks lined up employees Sei de the ? 107,997 and escaped in a truck. At brinks seven gunmen wearing halloween and stocking masks held up employees seized the biggest Cash loot in the nation s history and apparently took it away in a  of the Sturtevant suspects followed the sea for 10 years and doubtless could have tied the nautical knots with which the Brink victims were trussed police  addition a faint and imperfect fingerprint found on adhesive tape used in the Brink robbery was snid to resemble closely that of one it the Sturtevant suspects. Meanwhile two brinks inc., employees were released after prolonged que Sioning by police. William l. Manter 49, of Waltham picked up because he failed to report for work said he had gone for a drive to seek Relief after previous lengthy questioning. The other employee Herman e. Piaf 54, of Cambridge one of five employees trussed by the robbers during the Holdup had been released previously. Johnson praises Mother of four killed in service ,. _ i _ i � Jav to i t strike by rail workers cripples huge steel Plant Pittsburgh Jan. 23 api four Hundred Union railway workers went on strike in a Spur line serving the Plant of the Jones and Laughlin steel corp., fourth largest steel producer in the  spokesman of the steel com Pany said the strike would Idle 12,000 steel workers. The walkout brought to a Climax a nine month dispute Over the dismissal of a railway employee. Washington defense Secretary Jan 23 up Louis a John son has praised a a St Virginia Mother for wanting her son to stay in the air Force even though she lost Lour other sons in military service. The Mother is mrs. Florida Jones of Clay w. A one son sgt Eugene Jones stationed at it. Be Ninfi was killed Jan. 13 in an experimental glider flight. The other three lost their lives in action during world War ii. They were pvt Ozro Jones in the now Georgia Campaign 1943 pvt Burman in Luxembourg 1915 s  Johnnie a in Okinawa 19-15. All were in the army. In a letter to the Mother Johnson said it has been reported to me that when a suggestion was made to you to take Steps to get a discharge from the military service for your fifth son Lawson now on duty with the air Foree As a Corporal at Wright Patterson air base you replied 11 i am proud i have another son who is in the service of his country " Tafese Noble words i shall not dare to match. I Bow in reverence to you mrs.  Johnson told the woman the defense department was proud of the four Jones boys and especially of their patriotic Mother who brought them into the world and inculcated n them the of service and Devotion to  Miami police release suspect from Jersey Miami Jan. 23 up Arthur Pontiano was freed by Miami police after nearly 24 hours of question ing convinced them he was just an innocent new Jersey Bookie who had no connection with the great Boston , 45, was picked off a Miami bound train thursday when new York police relayed an under world tip that Longano was a Mem Ber of he Boston Bandit gang or its  Paunchy sex convict was questioned in the Miami jail and in Fri offices. He insisted that tues Day night while the Boston robbery was in Progress he was sitting m his Englewood n. J., Home with his wife. Gray nominated to head North Carolina University Raleigh n-.c., Jan. 23 a the nominating committee seek ing a new president for the greater University of North Carolina has recommended that army Secre tary Gordon Gray be offered the Post gov Kerr Scott has an , a native of Weston Salem is an alumnus of the University. The governor said Gray has been contacted and s a it would be All if she to present his name to the full Board. Or. Frank p. Graham resigned As pics last the . Senate  
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