European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February of 1950 the stars and stripes Page y t 2 dry groups merge in fight against liquor Chicago. Jan. 33 up two Temperance Jinx ups have announced they have joined forces in the Raj jilt to Cut out traffic in alcoholic  the Temperance la acc of Amer Ica and the National Temperance move Man of America closing two Day conventions Here named a. Interim executive Council to function until she new group holds its first biennial conv onion in no  Mhz r fir december 19150. Rev.  w. Werner. Executive cart Lary of he Virginia Church  c nun Oil Richmond a. Nasty d Vicc to Hainan. Said he new to up was formed because we ?.c the seed for United Temperance forces to Deal with the alcohol  the new prep is to be know Nas the National Temperance league inc. Or. Prank Lockridge. Pastor of the first methodist Church of Mitchell s. D., was named Council chairman. Or. B. L. Scott of Bryn mawr a. Baptist minister was named Sec re Ary of the interim Troup. In their Constitution their Pur pose was paid to be to influence individual decision and group act onto diminish and ultimately eliminate the traffic in alcoholic  Tucker eyes 2d try at car firm scoutmaster kills self accidentally practising knots Blackstone va., Jan. 31 a a 22-year-old assistant scoutmaster brushing up on his rope knots for 3 Jamboree accidentally strangled himself police reported. The body of Ben e. Manson was found in his basement saturday on the Vall was a Board of scout knots and a scout manual was open on a chair police chief Bruce Farley said a rope apparently thrown Over a Rafter in a More or less umber hitch knot was wound around Manson s neck holding his head about two feet from the floor. To was dressed in his gym suit Farley said the rope was caught on the Rafter and not tied. Manson he explained apparently had put one of the loops around his neck to Prat Lite lying knots rapidly and probably slipped or fell after losing balance. Hollow logs carry water 200 years in Philadelphia Philadelphia Jan. 31 a the Philadelphia water co. Has do up some proof that this is one of America s Graybeard  on an improvement project along downtown Vine s Reed unearthed log Woter Mains. They Hud served for 200 years and stir  Rod found. The conduits were hollowed out of tree trunks about 20 feet Long and 18 inches thick. A eix Inch bore ran through the Middle and the logs were joined at the bore by Short lengths of cast Iron pipe. Preston Tucker who was acquitted of fraud charges in the failure of his automobile venture tie Ives one of his controversial Tucker ears and says he is still enthusiastic about setting it into production. Acme cocktail party9 social wow but problem Poser by de Creagh new York Jan. 31 Apt. S. Eliot s play in verse the cocktail party had its american premiere this week a socially and culturally glittering premiere whose entertainment value poses More than a slight problem. Eliot the missourian who be wee a British subject and a Nobel prize Winner said himself recently that the poetic drams is experimental and must remain so for years to come maybe he added casually for a Century or so. This is a thought that will reas sure Many in the first night audience that included Eliot s fellow citizens by adoption he Duke and Duchess of Windsor the cocktail party exper by and suavely performed by an All British cast is a play full of lilt ideas talk in what might be called a Bernard Shaw Noel Coward manner and hardly any action. It is about love guilt and considerable number of other topics of the Day and age. Stars As psychiatrist Leo guinness stars. He is cast As a psychiatrist a Devil a father con Fessor and a thoroughly mysterious party guest sometimes separately sometimes All at once. He talks a remarkably great Deal so does everybody else. Guinness is Debonair and com manding. Irene Worth a California born Gii-1 who has been in the Lon Don theater since 1934, is vital and appealing in the role of a bewildered youngster it May give a distorted idea of the cocktail party to record that miss Worth As the irl Celia is crucified and eaten alive by ants in act two. That is what happens however although not within vie of the audience. For that matter the audience does t get to see the cocktail party itself. The party is just starting when the final curtain Falls not quite three hours after the play begins. Steel Menoken 4rights? drive Pittsburgh Jan. 31 a five Hundred members of the United Steek workers Cio yester Day officially embarked on what their president Phipp Murray termed a holy crusade to fight for civil rights. Murray urged his deputies to sup port president Truman s civil rights program in every Way possible. He said of or. Truman not since Lincoln has a. Presi Dent gone to Bat for a people As has or. Truman. Be has put his head on the political Block and his party hag been torn asunder by the  Murray told a United steel workers civil rights conference that the civil rights Campaign is Virtu ally As important to the steelworkers As their successful drive for pen Sions. The meeting launched l series of Cross country sessions the steel Union Hopes will result in enactment of National civil rights legislation. Bolivian Ace denies blame in crash Washington Jan. 31 it Gen Lauris Norstad Deputy air Force chief of staff May be put in charge of building up the much criticized defences of strategic Alaska informed quarters said Here. He is expected to go to alaskan june to take Over unified army Navy and of command from it Gen Nathan f. Twining who commanded the wartime 15th of base Din Italy. The 43-year-old Norstad is know Nas one of the nation s most Brilliant military planners. During the War he was chief of staff of the 20th of the global b29 striking Force commanded personally by Chelate Gen Henry h. Hap Arnold. Later he became top assistant to Gen d w i i h t d. Eisenhower i working out plans for service unification. Warned on weak defense gov. Ernest l. Bruening of Alaska has warned Congress that defences in the territory Are so weak that the user could invade it tomorrow with two paratroop divisions. G r u e n i  appeared before closed hearing of a House appropriations subcommittee Jan. 17.his testimony was just released. The alaskan command now includes about 13,000 army troops two Navy bases with two naval aircraft patrol squadrons and an of contingent made up of one Jet fighter group one b29 bomber Squadron one All weather fighter Squadron and one troop Carrier Squadron Economy hampers defense defense department officials As Sert that building up the territory s defences is hampered by an All around Lack of Money under tiie Economy military budget and by an acute Lack of housing for troops and heir dependent. Norstad will prepare for Rii alaskan assignment by serving As Over ail commander of a joint army of training Man Euver to be held in Southern states in  exercise dubbed operation Swarmer will involve the same Type of paratroop attacks that might be used in any invasion of Alaska.  an Early supporter of service unification Nora Tad will have a Chance to see his principles tested in actual  has had a phenomenal Rise in the of. He advanced from second lieutenant to brigadier Gen eral in 13 years and was wearing his general s Star at the age of 36. Money in circulation Dvo a  s27 billion Washington Jan. 31 up Money in circulation dropped below the s27,,000.000-Mark for the first time in More than four years during the week ended Jan. 2the Federal Reserve system s Reg ular condition report  apparent further confirmation of the belief that Long hoarded cur Rency is coming out of hiding in some volume Money in circulation contracted �208,000,000 further in the course of the week. This Cuttle total outstanding to 26,913,000, Coo lowest recorded since july 18, 1945. Pickup fleeces Wolf Chicago Jan. 31 a an attractive girl in her 30s" gave a strange Young Man a ride then pulled a knife on him and forced him to remove All his clothing bul his socks and shorts. Joseph Ferric 22, told police he struck up a conversation with the girl at a lunch counter and went for a ride in her car suddenly he said she  into a dark Alley and threatened him with a knife. Perrino said tiie girl ordered him out of the car ordered him to take off his clothing except for his socks and shorts and drove off still brandishing the knife. She took the clothes including s2 in a pocket. The shivering Man wandered about in below weather until a resident of the neighbourhood itis plight and called  gave him some advice and a Blanket. Blondie Courtesy of King features Syndicate by Chic Young f your bed covers Are too Shoffit a sentence we word fiddlesticks school inc tonight