European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday february 8, 1950 c hit Cio probing 4 unions on red charges Pittsburgh feb. 7 a Cio president Philip Murray has Dis closed that four member unions Are being investigated at secret hearings to decide if they should be expelled on charges of communist Domina Tion. Cio fact finding committees Are holding sessions behind closed doors some of their reports May be submitted to the Cio executive Board at a meeting in Washington in the next week. Involved Are the United Public workers the mine Mill and smelter workers the United office and professional workers and the food tobacco and agricultural workers. Hearings for six other unnamed unions will be held later. These unions which Are charged with being dominated by the communist party and its agents Are being Given full Opportunity to pre sent the facts to refute the charges declared , j. Thomas assistant director of organization for the Cio predicted that the four unions will be ousted feb. 14. Murray did not link his comment Vith Thomas prediction. The 10 unions were accused of following communist strategy at tacking Murray and other officers by waging smear campaigns ignoring Cio policies and failure to organize workers. One of the accused unions called the charges a conspiracy and a 1949 Cio convention first aired the charges. That action resulted in expulsion of the 50cloqo m Ember Cio United electrical workers and the farm equipment. Workers on similar charges. The delegates directed the other 10 to be investigated. Pm to build Turbo Airliner Washington feb. 7 up leaving the aircraft Industry at the Post a major automobile Corpora Tion yesterday took action to turn out this country s first commercial air plane equipped with Gas Turbo prop engines. General motors corp. Made the move while aircraft manufacturers still pondered blueprints and won dered How the new departure in air transportation could be financed e. B. Newill a pm vice president and. General manager of its Allison division announced that two Alli son built Gas Turbine propeller engines will be installed in a con Vair liner purchased from the Consoli dated. Vultee aircraft corp. Named editor Ann abhor mich., feb. 7 up Ralph n. Byers Veteran Michigan Newspaperman has been named editor of the Ann Arbor news. Byers 48, stepping up from news editor succeeds the late Arthur w. Stace editor since 1935, who died " in Florida Jan. 5. Illinois judge Calls shot one ounce minimum Chicago feb. 7 up Elbow benders in Illinois who order a shot roust receive at least one ounce of liquor Supe rior court judge John f. Bolton has ruled the judge held valid a state Law Settinio a one ounce mini mum on sales of whisky rum or Gla by the drink. Eugene e. Bairn a Chicago real estate Man who said his properties include bars and saloons had filed suit charging thai the new Law which became effective Jan. 1, was unconstitutional. Lee Tracy at Best in new comedy by Mark Barron new York feb. 7a Lee Tracy an enthusiastic actor who likes hard work has returned to Broadway in a new comedy written by Walter Bullock and Daniel Archer. In or. Barry s etchings he portrays an artist who is proud of his illegal work. Tracy plays an artist named Jud son Barry who can draw perfectly the portrait of . Grant and there by counterfeit . Money. Barry is a proud counterfeiter and artist. Ability admired Barry is a hero to his Niece a Nice Young girl who is just about to fall in love. He is supposed to be an artist and Carrie Stanwich a spinster antique dealer regards aim As a master. The parisian critics Call him an artist who has All technique but no but they do Admire his ability to counterfeit 850 Bills. Tom Barry the secret service Man discovers that the counterfeit Man he is looking for is the Uncle of the girl he loves. A Nice Story with some Good comedy lines and Tracy is at his Best in one of his most bombastic roles Vicki Cummings and Scott Mckay have made it a humorous and exciting production under the hand of Brock Pemberton the same Man who staged new Jet fighter tested taking off for test flights at the Edwards air Force base calif., Are these new High Speed penetration Jet fighters developed by North american aviation. Called the yf93a, the plane is heavier than most current fighters and is streamlined for greater Speed and Man Euver ability. Acme . Asked to Honor birth of Masaryk Washington feb. 7 up the american people Are being asked to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Masaryk founder of Czechoslovakia As a protest against communist in governors of the 48 states and mayors of principal cities have been asked to proclaim March 7 As Masaryk Day by the Council of free Czechoslovakia. The Council is an organization of ant i communist czechs headed by Peter Zenkl for Mer lord mayor of Prague and Deputy Premier of Czechoslovakia. World s diet boosted in 49 Washington feb. 7 inst the office of foreign agricultural re lations far reported yesterday the improving world food situation at the beginning of 1949 showed the highest level consumption since the War. Despite the generally better worldwide picture far said there were still Many countries particularly in the far East where consumption Levels were St considerably below prewar. The average. Diet also was improved during the past year. Food deficient countries Are slowly get Ting More of the desirable foods such As fats meats and Dairy products. But the proportion of these on the average diet is still Small. The Agency in its summation of the Outlook for the 1949-50 food year said worldwide food production is expected to be Only slightly below production of the previous season. Moderate declines in production Are expected in cereals Rice Pota toes and sugar. These declines will be partially offset by increased production of fats Dairy products meats and fruits the office said. C54 Hunters await break in weather Edmonton Alberta feb. 7 a plane Crews looked for improving weather to Aid in the continuing search for an air Force c54 which vanished Jan. 26 with 44 persons aboard planes were expected to return to Interior British Columbia where a searching. B29. Bomber sunday picked up an sos signal. The b29, one of 10 flying out of great Falls mont., picked up the signal North of Spokane. Numerous other signals have been picked up All the Way from Alaska to the .-Canada Border but investigation has shown no connection with the missing plane. Similar distress1 signals heard sunday were traced to Denmark. Magyar Noble Happy to be . Labourer Smithtown n.y., feb. 7 up count Paul Esterhazy descendant of one of the world s most storied families has been located working As a maintenance Man at a Camp for underprivileged children. He and his a Ife hired out together for 8125 a month plus room and Board. But the count said he was very Happy to be in the . And away from Hungary this is my country now he said i like it and its form of government f intend o stay Here what s More he added he did not i the 310.000,000 estates com prised if 68.000 acres off srm lands in Piini Irv. Row in the hulls of the communists. He was admitted to the . Dec. 12 As a displaced person. He said that had been the Best Christmas present i Ever the Camp is sponsored by the greek orthodox Church ten children Are there now but sum mers it has 300 and More. The Esterhazy figure prominently in hungarian and austrian history Over Many centuries. In the 13th and 19th centuries their country seat was a rival of Versailles. One Esterhazy had the composer Joseph Haydn in his service for Over 25 years. My wife and i keep the place clean do the cooking and the dishes keep up the buildings and the grounds.1 Este Riazy said. The work seems to be Fine for Thomas Lazarides Camp manager hired the couple through the , employment office. They re both Good workers and we re Happy to have them he said. Esterhazy said that although he arrived Here without funds he brought four or five paintings which he managed to keep from the russians. I Don t know How much they Are Worth he said but i d like to sell them. They must be More than 100 years old As they have passed from generation to Genera Tion in my family 1 Esterhazy Sari he had no relatives in this country. He said his step Mother Louii Ess Franceska Esterhazy lives in Cuba. Yanks travelling to Europe seen surpassing 49 Washington feb. 7 up travel experts Here boosted their estimates of . Travel to Europe in 1950 on the basis of Fuller data since totals in 1949 proved higher than expected. While a n official statement was not yet forthcoming experts Are presently working on the hypothesis that travel to Europe by . Citizens and residents this year will be Between 300,000 and 345,000. Preliminary estimates subject to further revision Are that such travellers would spend $220,000,000 in Europe and pay 393,000,000 for fares to european recovery program coun tries making a total of $313,000,000. This upward revision was made on the basis of information still incomplete that from 290,000 to 300,000 . Citizens and residents visited Europe in 1949. They were reported to have spent in Europe at least 5190,000,000 and paid fares to erf countries amount ing to $82,000,000 or a total of $272, 000,000. A bomb controls urged by Baruch Spartanburg s. C., feb. 7 a Bernard m. Baruch said his atomic control plan should apply to the Hydrogen bomb As Well As the atom bomb Baruch made the statement in an interview during a weekend visit with former Secretary of state James of Byrnes Here. The adviser to presidents has asserted that no form of disarmament can be realized without a system of International control and punishment. Grandma 103, advises eat less live longer la Crosse wis., feb. 7 a the trouble with people. Grandma Koschnitzke says is that they eat too much. Grandma should know. She was celebrating her 103d birthday an was willing to give a Little advice on longevity. Live a common life and do what s right said grandma whose Given name is Frederika. Everybody ought to slow Down More. Don t eat too fancy trouble is people eat too much and worry Only when you have new honors for Einstein Princeton n.j., feb. 7 a or. Albert Einstein famed physicist and mathematician was named president of a new joint Board of directors of Israel s hebrew univer sity and Weizmann Institute of science. The two institutions of higher learning were merged by action of the joint boards of dire Siors meeting in new York City. Convict wins profit rights Salt Lake City feb. 7 up the Utah attorney general has ruled that the state cannot take a Cut from profits that murderer Robert Mccoy May get from an invention he perfected while in prison. Mccoy is vice president of the Mccoy machine tool corp., formed last year to Market a revolutionary Metal shears he figured out in his spare time. But he has yet to sit in the Plush office reserved for him in corporation Headquarters. He is still in the Utah Penitentiary in Salt Lake City finishing out a 25-year sentence. The corporation now la producing the shears but the firm s operations Are being directed by w Douglas Allen former City judge in nearby Murray former prison Warden Mason Hill is a company stockholder and one of the directors is Adrian Pembroke former chairman of the state Pardon Board Mccoy is due to get out March 14. Utah gov. J. Bracken Lee had asked attorney general Clinton Vernon if the state should not get title to the invention or at least part of the profits since it was made on state time. Vernon advised Lee that the state has no rights in the invention. Best written films picked by writers Beverly Hills calif., feb. 7 a the screen writers Guild made its annual awards for what its 1,200 members considered the Best written 1949 dramatic comedy musical and Western films. Chosen As the Best drama was All the King s men written by Robert Rossen and Robert Penn Warren Best comedy letter to three wives by Joseph Mankie Wicz Vera c a s p a r y and John Klempner Best musical on the town by Adolph Green and deity Comden Best Western yellow sky by Lamar Trotti and William r. Burnett. Gov. Long recuperating from heart attack Winnfield la., feb. 7 a gov. Earl k. Long has begun a Long rest at the Winnfield general hos Pital following his heart attack last Friday. His wife said she has found a distinct improvement in the 54 year old governor s condition and that his illness May not be As severe As originally thought a zionists oppose Israel plan new York feb. 7 a the National administrative Council of the zionist organization of Amer Ica adopted a Resolution expressing its unalterable opposition to the modified internationalization plan for Jerusalem proposed by Roger Garreau president of the United nations trusteeship Council now meeting in Geneva. 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