European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1,000 reported dead 1,300 Hurt in Iran quake 20 towns feared destroyed Teheran Jan. 29 up one thousand persons were reported killed and 1,300 injured today in severe Earth quakes which rocked the persian Gulf area about 200 Miles Southeast of the port of  least 20 towns were said to have been destroyed. The earthquakes occurred four Days 3?o, but As roads were blocked news " the disaster did  reach Teheran until today. A Kangan District officer walked four Days to reach Bushfire and give news of the disaster. The persian ked lion and Sun society equivalent of t in red Cross immediately rushed food and med Ioa supplies from Shiraz and Bushfire the earthquake struck at the same time that disastrous floods rolled Over the extreme Southeast sections of Iran inundating Shedan. Full extent of casualties and damage was not known. Gem Fortune stolen in . New York. Jan. 23 a smooth working jewel thieves entered a mid Manhattan apartment shortly before Midnight yesterday and escaped with gems valued at $325,000 by the owner. Police said i was apparently a celluloid Job where a piece of celluloid is Slid up the door crack to push Back the Bolt and gain  victim was mrs. Maxine san son. 32, wife of a Philadelphia hosiery manufacturer. She was at the movies when Tho thieves invaded her Home it was new York City s second big Ime jewel theft in four Days. Four Days ago gunmen forced their Way into Ajjie Home of Billy Rose and i Abbed �100,000 in jewels and furs Afier tying up the Butler. Mrs. Sanson came Home a few cont. On Page 13, cot. 4 Jessup arrives at Jakarta Jakarta Jan. 29 a . Ambassador at Large or. Philip Jessup has arrived Here for a four or five Day visit to Indonesia. European edition unofficial publication of . Occupation forces in Europe weather forecast Frankfurt fair morning  temperature j8  same ?3 . 23 Heidel Berg Stuttgart partly Cloudy morning Haze. 18 Berlin same i5munichpartly Cloudy  Snow la Vievna same is Trieste Cloudy Snow. 30j Rome Naples partly Cloudy. 4?. Air weather Central volume 7, number 265 5 cents a copy $1.25 a month monday january 30, 1950 Connoll says a born b can help keep peace Smith says reds plot . Revolt new York Jan. 29 up1lt Gen Walter Bedzeti Smith told an americanism conference yesterday that there is profound evidence the communist party fifth column in this country is working to Over throw the government on direct orders from Moscow. Smith speaking to 100 leaders of various organisations gathered to rally against Domestic communism cited the communist coup in Czechoslovakia As a perfect sex ample11 of soviet tactics. The former ambassador to Moscow outlined the fifth column tactics in answer to a question after speak ing on communism As applied in the  asked if he believed that the soviet Union was not Only infiltrating this country but issuing direct orders for action Smith said there is no question about it. Smith said operations of the secret police shocked and horrified him during his slay in Moscow. It he sail the russian people had been conditioned mentally to that Type of control. One of the first promises made after the bolshevik revolution was the elimination of secret police. The russian Peop e were promised that of Cost. On Page 12, col. 5 bulletins Paris Jan. 29 a Premier Georges Bidault today risked the life of his three month old Cabinet by demanding that parliament give him a nov Confidence vote. Urges production for Security Washington Jan. 29 up i chairman Tom Connaly a Tex. Of the Senate foreign relations committee urged last night that the . Arm itself with the Hydrogen super bomb so preserve the peace of the  the Security of the nation and our people require that we provide our armed services with the Best possible weapons he said we must remain  Connaly who is also a member of the joint congressional atomic Energy committee said the present atomic bomb ended the War with Japan and gave us peace the Hydrogen bomb he said will serve that  sen. Styles Bridges in a. Top ranking Republican on the Senate armed services committee said he believes the president must give a go ahead on production of the super bomb fee said military officials unanimously assert it must be built Bridges described the Hydrogen bomb As a weapon so dreadful ii might be the instrument for stopping All  he said its costs would be tremendous and that it would strengthen the need for Curling out nonessential  even sen Harry f. Byrd a most militant of congressional econ omy advocates said the a bomb should be built immediately. Furthermore he said we should have a plentiful Supply of  Belgrade Jan. 29 apr a yugoslav court today sentenced two bulgarian secret agents to death and six others to hard labor in prison in charges of having tried to organize guerrilla spy and propaganda agencies in Yugoslavia to overthrow Marsha Tito s government. Glider crash toll hits 14 As another survivor Dies it. Benning ga., Jan. 29 ins a glider crash at nearby Law son Field two weeks ago claimed its 14th victim yesterday when pvt Robert Shaffer 19, of sea Breeze n.  died in the it. Benning base Hospital. There Are Only three survivors from the Jan 13 crash. With presidential blessings la Ruzie Snail or daughter of Secretary of the Treasury John Snyter and maj Ernest Horton arc congrats by president Truman alter their marriage la tha Washington Cathedral. Acme Armada scours Yukon for c54 with Usan 4th air Rescue so great Falls mont., Jan. 29 ins one of the mightiest air Rescue armadas in aviation history roared into the icy Yukon Dawn today to look again for the wreckage of a c54 sky master missing with 44 persons aboard. Between 75 and 100 . And Royal Canadian air Force planes joined the Hunt for the ill fated plane which left Anchorage Alaska thursday carrying among its passengers a Mother and child. The commander of the missing c54 was it Kyle e. Mcmichael 28, of san Antonio Tex. The Pilot was maj Gerald f. Brittain 36, whose father resides in Akron Ohio. Brittain is a Knight of the House of Orange Nassau and was the per Sonal Pilot of Gen Lucius d. Clay for a number of years. He was knighted by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands for his postwar help in setting up an air line link ing that country with its colonial possessions. The air forces of both nations poured air their resources into the operation which is concentrating on cant on Page 12, co. 3 b Etter housing ordered in dec Washington Jan. 29 a a directive has been sent out to improve housing for army person Nel in Germany Gen j. Lawton Collins army chief of staff has announced in Washington. He made his statement while testifying before the House armed services committee on the need for a three year Extension of the selective service act. His testimony crime before he left today with the joint chiefs of staff for an inspection tour of the far East. Collins said the army planned a $110,000,000 Reserve program if Congress would Supply the Money. Rep. Leon h. Gavin a a told Collins that Congress could better spend Money on military housing Lor overseas forces and criticized what he called shameful and in adequate housing for . Army personnel in Germany. Collins replied that a directive had been sent out Jan. 2i to Correct the situation in Germany. Queenly carpet priced at million London Jan. 29 up White Friar columnist of the news of the world said today that a big new York department store already has offered 5500,000 for the dollars Only carpet made by 82-year-Oid Queen Mother Mary. Queen Mary who said she expected to Complete the carpet this week planned the Sale As her per Sonal contribution toward solving Britain s Dollar . Yugo Oil find reported Belgrade Jan. 29 a the discovery of a new Oil Field near Zagreb capital of Croatia and Yugoslavia s second largest City was reported yesterday in the newspaper Politika. Taylor sees Russ aiming at Berlin Rule by j. J. Meehan Berlin Jan. 29 up the rus sians have renewed their Campaign to drive the West from Berlin and imposed their slow Down to halt recovery in the City maj Gen Max Well d. Taylor said today. But the . Berlin commander warned we licked them before and Well lick them  even if present restrictions Are lifted Taylor continued it will happen Over Ami Over again like Sunshine followed by rain he said russian measures that slashed Road traffic to the City in the past week were a blockade of Confidence and the latest twist in their Long term objective com plete domination of  Hec is the Way Taylor and his top advisers Analysed the Berlin situation today 1"their the russians ultimate objective remains As it always has been they want to Force us out a senior state department official said. 2"encouraging signs in Berlin s Economy now aided by Eca Jed the russians to blockade the Confidence of business in general by slowing traffic Between Here and the West Taylor said 3having failed in their own cont. On Page 12, col. 1 Patch damaged returns to Britain Southampton Jan. 29 up the 15,000-ton . Army trans port Gen Alexander Patch with 1,400 . Servicemen and their families aboard returned to South Ampton with a damaged propellor today alter sailing yesterday for new York. The damage was caused by a buoy which the ship struck off the Isle of Wight As it slowed Down to i charge the Southampton Pilot. The ship originally sailed from Bremerhaven with 900 servicemen and picked up additional passengers Here. Her Flag is flying at half Mast because she is carrying the bodies of nine servicemen who died in Germany. Dec Road conditions Heidelberg Jan. 29 the Neucom Provost marshal  reported roads As dry and Normal with the following exceptions Augsburg Snow packed and icy Munich and Chi Emsee areas Light Snow and Slippery Nurnberg and Stuttgart areas Snow covered and Slippery