European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday february 12, 1950 pact violated in scrap grab West charges Berlin feb. 11 is Berlin s three Western commandants have warned the soviets they Are not prepared to accept continued violations of the big four Paris foreign ministers agreement . Officials disclosed today. In a letter to maj Gen Alex Ander Kotikov soviet Berlin com mandant the West sector commandants protested the confiscation of German scrap Metal shipments from Berwin to the West we Are in Possession of Evi Dence the commandants said thai orders were issued by the head office of the soviet controlled . ,. Imposing rigid controls on All rail shipments of Metal scrap with the sole acceptance of shipments bound for Eastern european countries. The foregoing actions indicate an intention on the part of the soviet berlin1, feb. 11 is almost Complete normality was maintained last night and ibis morning on the soviet zone autobahn to Berlin British transport officials reported. Authorities to impose an outright embargo on shipments of scrap met Al from Berlin to Western Ger Many. We protest strongly against this Clear violation of the Paris agree ment which Laid an obligation on the four participating Powers to restore fully the Normal movement of goods Between Berlin and West Ern the commandants recalled thai Kotikov s letter of feb. 4 had claimed that the confiscated Metal consisted of material stolen from East zone enterprises. We Are satisfied that this Al legation is without foundation they said and has served merely As a pretext for your illegal Kidnap statute eyed for 2 gis continued from Page 1 individuals can be tried under the Lindbergh kidnapping another Ufa officer revealed. That the charges against the two gis now being held in an army stockade Are being prepared and p probably will be announced some time next week. The same source said at least 1c Otacar . Soldiers in the alleged kidnappers unit co c 796th my in. Are being questioned in connection with the Case. Meanwhile it was Learned the two accused kidnappers sure Eder from his Home in Vienna by telling him a . Officer wanted to question him on some routine matter. Dit. Who was a German prisoner of War in Russia until 1945, willingly accompanied he two gis who were driving an army jeep. Eder was reportedly set upon and beaten by the russians immediately after he emerged from the jeep. Banner event for unification the new Flag of the unified armed forces is unfurled in the Washington office of Gen Omar x. Bradley chairman of tie joint chiefs of staff by wac pvt Corrine Giltis. Hand embroider i a in Philadelphia the Baner bears an american Eagle clutching three Solden arrows for the army air orc and Navy. Acme Fri reported ready to Nab Fuchs cohorts us Security chief contacts in . Avalanches Block roads in France deaths reach 18 Grenoble feb. 11 up avalanches in the French Alps which killed 18 persons in 24 hours blocked Many Mountain roads t Day and compelled evacuation of some 40 miners chalets on exposed slopes. Twelve Coal miners in an open surface working High up on alpe c Huez were killed thursday when an Avalanche buried their wooden Barracks which caught fire immediately afterwards. Another six workers were engulfed by a second Avalanche on the plateau of ruins in the same area yesterday. The avalanches followed Day Long heavy snowfalls throughout the French Alps in the Chamonix Region Snow fell to a depth of three feet in a single night. Electric cables and1 Telephone wires were brought Down by the Snow. Deserter reports czech Maneu vers Regensburg feb. 11 up a czech army deserter told news men Here today that czech army units Are engaged in Maneu vers in the Eison Strass flattau District near the German Border. The Maneu vers Are attended by soviet observers according to the Soldier who crossed the czech German Border near Lohberg feb. 9. He said the Pien Airfield is a r o w d e d with Tavvo and three motored air planes of russian o r i g i about 500 infantrymen equipped with artillery and tanks arc exercising in the area under a Gen Slomsky he said. The de Serter said big Maneu vers at the czech German Border Are planned for next july. Court orders miners to pits continued fro Jii Page 1 order pending the feb. 20 hearing. The supreme court previously had Ruid that Lewis must obey the restraining order while hearings Are held on the 80-Day injunction. Thus Lewis apparently has no Choice but to Send the miners Back or face heavy penalties for con tempt of court. A Swift series of events Crone after or. Truman fact finding Board reported the nation s health and safely demand that con production be resumed immediately. President Truman instructed at Torney general j. Howard Mcgrath so ask for a Taft Hartley injunction despite warnings from Lewis last week that the miners would not allow themselves o by is Legal Blackjack the Board in its report placed the blame for the Coal crisis almost equally on the operators and John l. Lewis. It said the main Issue in the dispute was dollars and cents and that both sides were using tactical Maneu vers to prolong the dispute. The demands which Ketch declared illegal and ordered Lewis 10 drop included one for a Union shop without first having in elec Tion by miners the miners fable and willing to work clause and a demand for a welfare fund provid ing benefits for Union members Only. . Protests China raiding Washington feb. 11 a the . Has protested to the chinese nationalist government against bomb attacks on .-owned property in Shanghai during air raids. Foreigners of 16 nations Appeal on Shanghai raids Lake Success feb. 11 a foreigners of 16 nations in Shang Hai yesterday appealed to the united1 nations to try to halt nationalist bombing of the communist controlled City. The Appeal came from nationals of the ., Britain the nether lands Denmark Germany Iran Italy France Sweden Norway Belgium Switzerland Canada Australia new zealand India an Pakistan. Navy scours. Continued from Page i four Days ago was All but Complete today. Nine were brought Here Las night. The tenth was to be flown in after Daybreak. The crash survivors had spen three Days and nights in subzero cold after their . Air Force c47 struck the 7,000-foot Mountain 6 Miles Northwest of Here. Las tuesday. Their plane met disaster while engaged in the giant Aerial search for an of c54 which disappeared Jan. 26 with 44 persons aboard. Five men of a Parachute Rescue team who made a pinpoint drop onto the Peak thursday aided the 10 fliers from the c47 Down the Steep rugged slope yesterday. Thre of the survivors were injured. From fan Lake the nine Mer were. Loaded into a c47 transport and flown Here. The one Strete he Cense was m sgt c r. Dunne o los Angeles who had a multiple fracture of one leg. Pvt r. L. Toth lost his memory for a Short time from a head injury and sol e. J Wesloski was Hurt about the Chest it d. J. King the Pilot and l h. L. Zachian Copilot were uninjured. Meanwhile the search for tru missing c54 goes thai at least some of the 41 aboard still May be alive has been kept i tidied by persistent Radi distress signals. Lotos club tour today Frankfurt. Feb. 11 is the Lotos club will sponsor a Toulo bad Homburg and Kronberg Castle at 1 pm tomorrow traced Washington feb. 11 ins the Fri last night was reported Renckly to close in on . Con federates c or. Klaus Fuchs Brit ish scientist who admitted in a reports attack continued from Page 2 he he told reporters and Ling thoughtfully however but one never the police radio alerted an patrol ars and patrolmen began a comb i signed confession yesterday that it of the area. J he stole . Atomic secrets for Only a few hours earlier. Lord seven years As a paid russian spy. Vloy Nihan chairman of Britain s 1 spokesman for director j. Mall Liberal party disclosed he Edgar Hoover hinted that new a lad been fired on in an almost identical incident Sast night while driving through Epping Forest just East of London the two attacks a geared unrelated the Only official hint of a link j Between Longley Cook and atomic j work came wednesday when a spokesman for the ministry of sup ply. Which handles atomic research. \ it was team from other sources Dudo sed that Britain planned to however that the by has made build an a Plant to drive ships. He i Progress in tracing americans in would not say this was a naval phe5ed Fuch in still secret project commenting however that the Plant would be Small enough to almost res san the International spy Case May be near. He was asked whether suspected . Contacts of Fuchs Are about to be seized1. He replied that s a fair question. But Cir Tim stances do not permit us to answer it right be carried by a destroyer Longley Cook presumably would be in charge of Security for any atomic project involving the admiralty. Longley Cook s wife was Riding with him. She too was unhurt he described the car As a big american make four door Sedan of which there Are few in Britain. Many Are owned by foreign embassies. Security drive Only a few hours before the attack informed sources indicated that every worker with atomic research Here from top ranking scientists to secretaries and cleaning women would be re investigated in one of. The greatest Security drives in Britain s history. The big screening presumably began late last month immediately after Fuchs purported confession that he turned Over Anglo Amer ican atomic secrets to russian agents. Crown Prosee or Christmas Humphreys described these secrets yesterday As of the highest value to a potential Fuchs was Back in Brixton prison today awaiting trial at old Bailey criminal Couit on charges of violating Britain s official secrets bespectacled German born Genius 38, was scheduled to go on trial feb. 28. Portions of his confession. These sources added that a major break in the spy Case May be deliberately held up pending developments at Fuchs trial. Plane Purser Falls 8,000 it. Over continued from Page 1 on until the plane landed. He was Marc Fisher Galati 28, flight attendant who apparently was sucked through the door which suddenly opened As the plane was 2,000 feet Over Tampa Bay. As he went by his right Teg caught around the Post used in operation of the plane s Steps. The tried in vain to help and gave the alarm to the Pilot. The Pilot tried to land at the nearest Airport but ran into fog and then brought the plane Down at St. Petersburg s municipal Airport. Trieste Council asks allies act in strike Trieste feb. 11 up the Trieste municipal Council last night appealed to the Allied military government to intervene in the 10-Day old Industrial strikes25,000 work ers which has paralysed economic activity Here. The Appeal urged Allied authorities to see to it that the justified demands of the workers obtain sat workers Are seeking a 9-cent daily increase. Tyd Wiigs sees soviet aided continued from Page 1 text America s atomic secrets the government should spare no expense to investigate those who May be engaged in top secret work. It is expensive to investigate anyone. Sometimes it costs $2,500 to investigate a person even a stenographer working on top secret data but it is an expense that must be asked whether he believes Kusia would hesitate to use the by Drogen bomb presuming they have the secret Groves replied i never have seen any signs of t a men in i the Kremlin hesitating about any Bricker fears soviets got All los Alamos secrets Washington feb. 11 ins sen. John w Bricker a Ohio declared yesterday that Russia very Likely got All of the los Alamos n. A atomic Laboratory s vital weapons secrets through British scientist or. Klaus Fuchs. Bricker a member of the congressional joint committee on atomic Energy said this was indicated a the disclosure at Fuchs hearing in London that he met soviet Agen at frequent intervals. Bricker said the committee piously had been Given All inform. Tion that was brought to yesterday in the London hearing o j the Fuchs Case the senator said Fuchs had to the most vital secrets As a Ber of the los Alamos Laboratory staff. Bricker was asked if the Dis closure that Fuchs is accused of making frequent contacts with communist agents during she period in which he was at los Alamos meant that All the atomic secrets went to Russia Bricker replied very Tikey. That s what i am afraid jewish concert in Frankfurt Frankfurt. Feb. 11 to a Paul Miodowski famous jew Cantor and opera Singer win a a conceit of hebrew and yid i Folk songs at 7 30 pm. Tomorrow the Philantrope. Building 17 Hebe j sir., under auspices of the Jewis of chaplain of Frankfurt military Post capt. Morris m Mathews. Violinist Jack Alban will play the to Indrei and other numbers tickets can be obtained at 5 Baum we a
