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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Lewis bows to court Calls off strike but order May go unheeded Washington feb. 12 up John l. Lewis bowed to the government yesterday and directed 400,000 strik ing soft Coal minors to return to work  the same time Lewis offered to bargain again with major soft Coal producers. Lewis capitulated to a fed eral co it order that he Send the miners Back until at least Foft. 21.but saw temper of minors m the Coal Fields raised some doubt whether a  number would obey the Low is or do Lewis told Union officers thai the court had required him loan ounce the to  a Len rum to sen to Industry leaders said he is ready to resume Ninf maps guard Stuttgart yank threatened in phone Call Stuttgart feb. 12 up military police have set up a night time watch around the Home of a . Official whose life has been threatened by an Anonymous Telephone  official a ranking adviser in the Hico Branch office Here preferred remaining publicly unidentified in order to avoid Crank Calls and possibly something  today he said that two plam clothes men guarded his Home last xxx _  a a attn rom Ali l ttrlll1r1 in t Al 1 t1wartime aide  robbed in car Kansas City kan., feb. 12 up a 30-year-old army major who held numerous decorations and had served three years As aide de Camp to Gen Mark Clark was shot to death yesterday in his automobile in the Fairfax Industrial District  j Luther jr., the victim had been beaten severely on the head. The county sheriff said there were three Bullet wounds in his head. Luther was in civilian clothes. His body was behind the wheel of his car slumped to the right his feet still were on the pedals. The ignition was on. The car had skidded about 90 feet across an intersection. His Billfold and watch were Mif Iii conf. On Page 12, col. 5 lock held at fault in Purser s plunge new York feb. 12 a civil aeronautics investigators reported yesterday that a possible malfunction of the safety Locking device on the door of a pan american Strat Cruiser permitted the door to open abruptly and plunge Steward John Harris to his death. Officials who conducted the investigation said the device would undergo Laboratory tests. Harris was sucked through the open door of the giant Airliner saturday when the plane was Fly ing Over. Long Island. Spokesmen Saiid Harris 28, was trying to close he door when the powerful air Drift lugged him out of the pressurized plane Cabin. Night and presumably would again tonight the official added that he and his family a wife and three children who were included in the telephoned murder threat have not been disturbed since yesterday  2 30 am yesterday the phone Ranju and a voice speaking first in German then in broken English told the american to be careful or he and his family would be killed. Other americans threatened the threatened Man has been closely connected with the invest gation of a widespread scandal involving alleged Sale of pardons to nazis throughout Wurttemberge  said that police have told him thas other americans connected with the investigation have also been threatened. The names of some of the ranking officials of the Wurttemberge a d e n government cont on Page 13, col. 4 Road conditions Heidelberg feb. 12 a so a Orts in the Augsburg Heidelberg Munich and Nurnberg areas were reported dry today by the Euco Provost marshal with roads in other arc As wet and Slippery. Roads in the Garmisch area were reported icy. Fuchsia rely on insanity London feb. 12 ins or. Klaus Fuchs accused of eing an atomic spy May base his defense next month on a virtual insanity plea. London Legal circles last night said the plea might be a Contention that communism demoralized the  Fuchs a 38-year-old, Ger Man born British citizen is charged with giving the russians vital Anglo american atomic secrets during a seven year period. Loyalty Check under Way the sensational revelations in the signed confession attribute to the Brilliant Jekyll Hyde scientist still do not provide satisfactory explanation for what appears to be the greatest Blunder in British intelligence history. British spy Hunters Are engaged in a loyalty Check of other atomic research workers but this undoubtedly began last month when British authorities decided to arrest him. A top British atomic scientist Jaid it is quite possible that Fuchs passed vital Hydrogen bomb in formation to the russians since cant on Page 12, col. 3 nationalist planes reported blasting 400 red Junks Hon Kong feb. 12 up nationalist planes have destroyed or damaged some 400 communist invasion Junks in new raids on Luchow Peninsula reports from Hainan Island said today. An air command communique said nationalist fighters carried out about 30 sorties against 10 groups of Junks about 800 Craft. Reports of the raids came amid indications the communists Are massing men arid equipment for an invasion of Hainan. Pilots said they saw communist troops practice ing amphibious operations near , persons arriving from Shanghai said the last nationalist air raid on that City wednesday left 6,000,000 residents without Power and water. They said at tempts were being made to restore partial service. Holds a bomb no Barrier Washington feb. 12 up chairman Tom con Nally a Tex of the Senate foreign relations committee Aid yesterday the Hydrogen bomb in no Way closes thedoor on new . Attempts o establish world atomic controls. He added that at he appropriate time the . May make another Effort in the untied nations to outlaw All weapons of mass  Truman and Secretary f state Dean Acheson made state ments earlier this week Whir i seemed to Rule out any new . Effort to break the Long stalemate with Russia on International atomic  said the president s directive to the cont. On Page 12, col. 1 cops discount us death plot London feb. 12 up police i re today discounted the report of rear adm Eric Longley Cook chief of British naval intelligence hat pistol shots were fired at him As he was driving in a London suburb yesterday. Police said the missiles probably were stones not bullets. Cook said the Windshield of his Auto was shattered at 10 am  from an american made car As he was driving in the suburban area of Uxbridge. He said he chased the car nine Miles before he lost it. Police immediately sent out an alarm for radio cars to patrol the area. However capt h. Barnett of criminal police at the Uxbridge station said he had investigated the Admiral s car and there Defi Nitoly Are no Bullet  said one explanation was that the Windshield of the car a broken by stones thrown by urea of the american made Vercie however he said the Admiral believed he had been fired at an that the investigation and search for the american car were con tinting the circumstances of Long Ley Cook s report and the nature of his Job had touched off spec dilation that he might have been the intended victim of an assassination attempt. Honors Lincoln Washington feb. 12 ins president Truman symbolized the nation s homage to Abraham Lincoln on the civil War president s birthday today in a simple ceremony at the memorial to the great emancipator in Washington.  president and mrs. Truman  by his army and air Foi ice . Maj Gen Hury Vaughaa and Brig Gen Robert Landrey drove to the Monument this  a sizeable crowd including Many veterans looked on the Chie executive passed Between masses flags of the armed services  
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