European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes sunday january 29, 1950j ii Truman refuses to talk about Hiss conviction says press queries Are loaded Washington Jan. 28 up president Truman yesterday re fused to discuss the Alger Hiss conviction at his press conference on grounds that questions put to him were not asked with Good intent. He also ignored a demand by rep. Richard m. Nixon a Calif that he order a nonpartisan investigation of communist infiltration of president has say on a bomb continued from Page 1 that he would be the one to Maki a decision. Or. Truman s comment was i first Public acknowledgement tha a new and terrible atomic weapon perhaps 10 to 1,000 times More potent than the present atomic bomb is under consideration. It came in the midst of a num the government As typified by the \ Ber of developments concerning Hiss Case. \ the a bomb one of which Thra wone of the first questions news much new Light on the situation Only a few hours before sen Mcmahon men fired at the president was whether he plans to turn his Back on Hiss. The question was a playback of the words used by Secretary of state Dean Acheson in defending his Friendship with Hiss. Or. Truman met the question with a brusque no  then he added dryly that that was a Nice sort of question to ask. Meanwhile Acheson s declaration continued to draw new blasts from Republican congressmen. Rep. Leon h. Gavin a Paas sorted in a House speech that ache son forfeited his right to remain in High office by making such statement and should be made t resign at once. Rep. Carl t. Curtis a neb Tol the House we need a Secretary o state whose first and Only loyalty is to the United states of America. Brie i acknowledged a Conn Nad without actually Craf join of c54 Hunt continued from Page 1 afternoon about two hours after leaving Anchorage for great Falls mont., a Way Stop in route to its Home base at Biggs of base e paso. The of plane was last reported Over Snag a tiny weather station near the Alaska Yukon Border. Air Rescue services in the  and Canada sent scores of planes to the Bleak area of craggy peaks Frozen swamps Snow and ice. A c82 flying Boxcar plane with a Parachute doctor on Board and a twin engined amphibious plane took off from Selfridge fab. Two More c82s, each carrying a helicopter took off from Biggs of base and Lowry of base Denver Lowry also sent a b17 with a trained Rescue Crew one amphibian and a c47 transport and ambulance plane. Weather bad weather conditions in the search area were described As none too Good. The temperature was near Zero with intermittent Snow com ing on howling blizzards. The Snow would quickly cover traces of a crash making invisible from the air the tops of wings and fuselage. Directing the International search at Anchorage was famous Arctic flier col Bernt Balchen aviation s oldest heroes. One of of releases names of missing crewel paso tex., Jan. 28 up Biggs air Force base last night re leased the names of the Crew aboard a c54 missing in Canada. They Are first it Lyle a. Mcmichael plane commander 28, of Elpaso maj Gerald f. Brittain Pilot 36, of Elpaso 1st it Joseph w. Meuler navigator 31, of Elpaso sgt Clarence a. Gibson radioman 35, of Grady Ala. M sgt Clyde a. Streitman Engineer 29. Of Renfrew a. T sgt Harry a. Mcconegly Engineer 30, of Albion a. S sgt Raymond h. Snow Engineer 24, of fort Worth and 1st it Mike Tisik Copilot 25. Of Wellsburg w. A. Saying so that the joint atomic Energy committee has been Dis cussing the weapon. Pointedly avoiding the term Hydrogen bomb Mcmahon chair Man of the committee told re porters we have been discussing plans for advances in the technological improvement of atomic weapons and i anticipate your questions by saying this includes All types of atomic  closed session Mcmahon made the statement after a two and a half hour closed door meeting with the atomic Energy commission. Dec chairman David e. Lilien Thal who left the meeting Early to see or. Truman also had some thing to say about the subject but in an entirely different vein. Lilienthal scheduled to leave the commission feb. 15, said after his White House visit that All of the published stories purporting to state his views towards the pro posed Hydrogen bomb were in  there have been reports that Lilienthal along with some top . Scientists has been opposing development of the Hydrogen weapon at least until a new Effort has been made to reach an agreement with Russia for outlawing All atomic armaments one such Story had it that Lilien Thal had volunteered to visit mos cow in search of agreement with the russians on International atomic Energy controls. That no Tion he told newsmen i can freely describe As  4 Italy newsmen win Bandit Case Mial Italy Jan. 28 up four italian newspapermen were acquitted tonight of violating the National press Law in interviewing and photographing sicilian Bandit Leader Salvatore Giuliano in his Island hideout. Judge Giovanni Pisani ruled that the fact ascribed to the newspapermen and the photographers a not a  the Public prosecutor had claimed that the four defendants by Sesk no out Giurano and publishing Lis Case were guilty of an apology of crime and violation of the press  yank troops looted depots. Filipino says Manila Jan. 28 ins a filipino congressman charged today that . Army surplus depots in the Philip Pines were sacked by american soldiers As Well As filipinos during the two years after the War. Congressman Arsenio Lacson said army under Secretary Tracy voor Hees estimates that More than -$2, 000,000,000 Worth of surplus equip ment had been stolen or lost was pretty  Lacson said i know of at least one whole surplus depot which was burned in order to cover  he declared that Over All army surplus losses were due to inter Ference from government officials adding some of them were bribed and some were silent partners in the thefts he said that some of the losses can be attributed to the fact that a considerable portion of new army equipment was deliberately Classi fied As junk and sold at a third of its Cost. He asserted the material then was resold in foreign markets at profits As High As 300 per cent grave charges Voorhees statement contains grave charges which should be investigated  he said. A spokesman for the Manila police said the High rate of theft which at one time included the loss of 800 vehicles a month has decreased considerably in the last two years be cause there is nothing More to  Voorhees said in a Washington news conference that he could not explain Why the philippine government has made a claim for $55,000,000 under an agreement which guaranteed it $100,000,000 from the Sale of surplus. The philippine government said that so much of the equipment Dis appeared that it has realized Only �45,000,000 from the Sale of what was left. Cannon save a Safe ready to resume life Paris Jan. 28 ins it Gen John k. Cannon cd Safe said tonight that his men Are prepared to resume promptly the air lift to Berlin if it is  soviet blockade tactics against Western Berlin have been renewed recently. Cannon made his statement in a wire from Wiesbaden in reply to an ins questionnaire submitted to him. By Kingsbury Smith arms Aid cargoes for West expected to flow by March continued from Page 1 members of each group would aver age about 20 persons or less. In addition a Small number of state department and economic cooperation administration officials will be included in each group. The groups will be attached to the diplomatic missions in each coun by but Only top officials in each roup will receive full diplomatic status. The defense official said Addi ional military personnel might be added to the groups later but Only on a basis of actual need. The oficial said plans were not yet completed but training would differ or each country. He said such training might take place in the . Zone if the equip ment and personnel required were available there. Training might also be in schools and Camps in the . Or in the country to which arms were sent in added. Russ give East state travel authority for greater Berlin continued from Page 1 Mal at the Helmstedt Border Check Point. Police said no trucks were lined up awaiting clearance to the West. However police said 100 trucks still were jammed up at the soviet Barrier awaiting clearance to the Highway to Berlin. Despite the speedup Western officials said they did not know if the slowdown might be drawing to a close. Since the slowdown began the russians have varied their tac tics first raising the number of trucks passed and then lowering it again. The ministry of Interior announcement said travel permits stil would have to be issued for tech Nical traffic reasons in  East German officials said today permits would not be needed for travel within Berlin. This corrected a government announcement is sued yesterday that permits Wouk be needed to travel within greater  Allied transport officials Sale Transfer of authority to the East government would not affect truck traffic on the superhighway to Ber Lin from the West because the trucks require Only inter zonal passes and not travel prof punks. 127 saboteurs reported arrested in soviet zone Berlin Jan 28 up Taglicht Mundschau official soviet army newspaper today announced the arrest of 127 saboteurs in the soviet zone. The agents the paper said blew up buildings carried arms and at tempted to murder one High East German police official. The paper said eight different groups of saboteurs were picked up in a series of arrests that began last september. Among the arrested Taglicht Mundschau said were East German government officials and former members of the communist directed people s  one. Espionage group the paper said planned to seize Power in Eastern Germany As soon As the soviet troops would  the group was led by a former nazi and alleged agent of British intelligence according to the paper. Eisler riot averted by dw1ght Schear staff correspondent Berlin Jan. 28 is a near riot broke out along the French soviet sectoral Border today when Terhart Eisler East German propaganda minister spoke on an out Loor platform one Block inside the soviet sector. West Berlin police rushed to the Cene formed a human barricade o prevent Flag waving members of he communist free German Outh adj from assaulting West Berlin residents standing just inside a Western Border who heckled Eisler with shouts of Back to  communist youth shouting their own slogans attempted several times to break through the police lines. Later soviet sector police arrived and told the adj members to avoid trouble. Every German Eisler declared should Tell every american to go  we will break the necks he said of the enemies of the German democratic  Leca faces arrest in Khan robbery Marseille Jan. 28 a a warrant for the arrest of Paul Leca 43-year-old corsican was issued today in connection with the jewel robbery of the Aga Khan and his wife. Many of the gems taken in a Daylight Holdup on the Riviera last summer have been recovered by police. Jewellers and agents of Lloyd s insurance company began a study of the recovered gems today. These experts Are trying to determine the value of the recovered jewelry and to discover what pieces Are still missing. Police have maintained Leca was the brains of the Bandit gang. Six other men Are in jail on charges involving them in the robbery. The Genera returned to his Wie Baden Headquarters last night from North Africa. The full text of Cannon s state ment which was delivered through the . Embassy follows i returned late last night from Africa. In reference to your query the . Air forces in Europe Are prepared to resume promptly the air lift to Berlin if it is necessary. Winter condition would have by serious effect in prompt resum Tion of the air lift and Gro if facilities Are available for implementation of same. A total of 1,783,573 tons a delivered to Berlin by the . / forces during the last air lift a total of 189,963 flights. The total number of . Air Force planes involved was 225." Doik of jilt he total to Date �48,187 Augsburg 81,092 Berlin sz.205 Bremerhaven �1,336 Erding �3,688 Frankfurt $6,735 Furstenfeld Bruck �623 Garmisch �648 Heidelberg �3,004 Landsberg �495 Munich �8,504 Neu Biberg �3,010 Nurnberg �4,392 Rhine main �1,850 Stuttgart $3,864 Wetzlar �1,204 Wiesbaden �1,000 a Wurzburg $4,437 Tull $100 the figures shown Here Are unofficial and include dollars and pledges. Only military and air bases Are shown. 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