European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday february a 1950 infantry in Maneu vers As snowfall blankets zone youngsters . Slid skated raised snowmen or simp3ir parked hard round ones As Snow fell throughout the zone. These photos taken in the Darmstadt area show some of the More pedestrian sights so Chas Parent powered sleighs and budding sculptors. In some sections rain turned snowfall into Luggy troughs making motoring and walking hazardous. In Oiler sections the snowfall was no fun what with roads and the autobahn taking on a dangerous Slick. Sas photos by Elizabeth Bach 3 lawmaker tied to Delia i graft charges Stuttgart feb. 1 a a investigation of alleged bribery o. German Denali fiction court threatened to reach into High official circles today. Heinrici Hoffmeister a Biff of the Wurttemberge Baden slate police said he is considering Ashing Testate parliament to lift the immunity from arrest of three parliamentary deputies. Hoffmeister said he will study new evidence and Confer with Ether officials to decide whether tomake the request. It would require an acs of parliament to permit the arrest of the men already Are under arrest in connection with charges that bribes were paid to obtain acquit tals or Light sentences for nazis Ingerman Denali fiction courts. Hoffmeister said four Well to do German industrialists have admitted paying Large sums to one of the arrested men August Meyer. Who acted As a sort of 3.ray Counselor Denali fiction defendants. Others under arrest Tare Heinz May chief investigator end Public pose Guior of the ludwigs Burg de nazi Fleetion court Richard Kessler ludwigs Burg court chairman and Andreas Repp former Deputy stat minister of Denali fiction. Hoffmeister did not indicate the nature of the evidence which might involve the members of parliament Noi what charges might be place against them. Genii Patch repairs Bremerhaven feb. 1 up the Gen Alexander Patch with 3.500 discharged gis and relatives As Well As a number of army prison ers on Board returned to Bremer Haven yesterday with a damaged transport left Bremerhaven last thursday for new York and developed propeller trouble near Southampton. The repairs will take about seven to 30 Days official said military police boarded the ship arid took off the army prisoners. Most of the passengers will stay in Bremerhaven until the repairs refinished. Four dead 4 missing As German ship sinks Hamburg feb. 1 a a least four germans ions were frowned yesterday when the Ger Man steamship Fidalus Sank into North sea. Eight of the Chip s Crew were rescued by the British tug Romania with four still missing. The Fida Nous reported by coastal authorities to be carrying a Prev of 1c. Sank after developing a sudden list. Officers May notarize . Visa petitions Heidelberg feb. 1 special petitions for the issuance of a immigration visa department of Justice form 1-133 now May be executed before any officer of beef veal and horse meat effective at once was announced by the West German government yesterday. Recent important declines in the Price of pork which was Decon trolled shortly before Christmas influenced the decision to remove Price controls from other meats As Well the government said. Army agents smash 2 Munich pm rings by win fanning staff correspondent Munich feb. 1 a so army agents yesterday reverted the arrest of two separate groups of ration Coupon counterfeiters they said were responsible for the printing of sufficient spurious tickets to Purchase nearly f 1,000,000 Worth of spokesman for the 13th Cid Here said one of the counterfeiting rings had been in operation for eight months during which time it turned out an estimated average of 4,000 coupons per month. The other ring had furnished the plates and ordered a Dachau Printer to turn out 15,000 coupons before its operations were brought to a halt army agents said. The first two men to be arrested were brought before a . Magis trate and held for trial before a District court under 10,000 Marks bail each. The second gang of three men arrested was held for District court in 5,000 Marks bail each. The spokesman said investigation of both counterfeiting operations began Jan. 39 after tips were received from confidential sources. The first group working in Dachau was allegedly led by Max Goldstein a displaced person who had directed �. Dachau construction firm manager Karl Lauermann to draw up designs for plates to be used in printing pm coupons. Lau Ermann who has confessed said Goldstein told him head connections with a High . Official in Frankfurt who would arrange the substitution of the counterfeits for genuine coupons pasted up on tally sheets by pm he also claimed to have girl friends working in the Munich area pcs who would cooperate the second group caught printing the spurious tickets consisted of Wilhelm Hauck 25, the Printer. Dragomir talc a yugoslav do who was in charge of disposing of the coupons and Henrik press a polish do present at the time of the raid on the illegal press room. Hauck confessed implicating to. Gic. A search of their quarters revealed Large quantities of coupons and f80 in scrip. Kempton gets commissary Augsburg feb. 1 special a new sales commissary has opened in Kempten for dependent families living there. 3 witnesses Tell of events leading to yank s slaying Heidelberg feb. 1 is three witnesses testifying yester Day for the prosecution in the murder trial of Cpl Olio j. Trabue of the 1703d my plat related the events leading up to the fatal shoot ing of sgt Luther Matthews. Matthews of the 598th to co was killed on the night of oct. 16 near Bissau in the French zone. Cpl Henry Williams testified that a party of soldiers including him self and Matthews had visited two German cafes where they bad some said the party then drove to their Barracks where Matthews preceded him out of the car. While still in the ear Williams said he heard a shot end looking toward the Barracks Gate saw Matthews one military policeman and Cpl Allen Scott a member of the party standing Elija Lewis told of joining Matthews Williams and the of the soldiers at a German cafe where he said they had drinks. Trabue is being tried by an 11-member court consisting of seven officers and four pm. Trabue allegedly shot Matthews while on deity at the Barracks. Us Reading room Munich feb. 1 is a Brit ish Reading room will be open Din the Garden House of the Brit ish consulate Here in the near future it was announced yesterday. English daily newspapers magazines weeklies and technical publications will be made available to the German Public from 2-4 pm monday through Friday it was stated. East state to urge for secret cops by Dan de Luce Berlin feb. 1 a forma approval of the establishment of a ministry of Sta a Security will be demanded by East German communists at the meeting next a wednesday of the vol Skammer people s chamber of the soviet Republic. The Core of the new ministry Willoe a secret police system official ast German sources have indicated which will coordinate All political and economic intelligence activities the Republic. Its surveillance will include fac tories engaged in the two year plan poli ucal movements and Educa Jon. It will engage in defensive operations against sabotage. The soviet zone already has thed eath sentence As punishment for convicted economic saboteurs fled of user m 1931 the new Force will be headed by Eric Mielke now an inspector Gen eral in the Interior ministry. He fled to the user in 1931 after being sought by Berlin police in connection with a political slaying return ing in 1945, he has been a by police official Ever since the move is being accompanied by an attack on Independent Fig resin the two non communist parties of the East Republic the Christia democratic Union cd and Liberal democratic party lip More than a dozen cd leaders and several lip officials Are facing removal from Public office in sax ony Era Denburg and newspapers frankly assert that two Bourgeois parties will be purged of reactionary ele ments.". Previously these parties have resisted pressure for a communist named single list of Candi dates in the Republic s first election next oct. 15. 196 arriving today aboard the Gibbs is Heidelberg feb. 1 special the army transport Henry Gistine is scheduled to Dock at Bremerhaven tomorrow with 1% dependents. 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