European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday february 13, 1951 j Erp benefits Tozoni Estogal $583 million off to establish Rhine main training defense Frankfurt feb. 12 Marshall plan goods flowed into Vestern Germany at a rate of mo"1 them a $1.000,000 a Day during the first 15 Days of 1950, the Eca Spe Cial Mission to Western Germani said. For the period goods and ser ices received by the West germ Federal Republic amounted to f 20 -535,000. Of this amount Industrial goods accounted for �11,226,000, food and agricultural products sg.77s.oco and Ocean freight f2,531,000. This brought to $583,741,000 the value of goods and services received by the three Western zone since the Start of Marshall pan deliveries in april 194fl.of this amount $280,232,000, or 48 per cent was for food and Agri cultural commodities. Industrial goods accounted for 8354,124,000 or 43.6 per cent. The remainder $49, 385.000 or 8.4 per cent was for Ocean  Jed the list in Industrial goods delivered Wilh shipments totalling $91,757,000. Next in import Ance was tobacco $34,189,000. Hides and skins ranked third wilh$22,658,000. Petroleum and Petro Leum products were valued at $13, 442, to and paper and pulp ,-849,000. Headline Roundup tops a hurts. Claims Are first heard by a Ger Man restitution chamber. Then they May be appealed to a higher Ger Man court and if warranted to. The . Tribunal. In another Case the court upheld a ruling that a printing press confiscated and later sold by the nazis be returned to its original owner. Ice wafer torture in East jail charged Berlin Felt 12 the ice water treatment is a stand Ard method of torture used on political prisoners held in the people s police jail on Dircksen sir. In the soviet sector the  Der Abend has reported. According to Der Abend 86 political prisoners Are presently housed in the jail where they Are Epi until they sigr pre pared confessions to espionage work for . Intelligence agencies. Stubborn prisoners Are subjected to housings in ice cold water in the cellar of the jail Der Abend said. The use of ice water As a method of torture has been charged by .. Soldiers who were confined in East sector jails. 2 Stuttgart gis accused of approaching witnesses Stuttgart feb. 12 special the judge advocate of Stuttgart military Post has reported the confinement of two Post soldiers on charges of tampering with two German witnesses in a forthcoming general court martial. Two witnesses reported they were approached by the soldiers and the arrests followed. Valentines for Austria Vienna feb. 12 is austrian Flower merchants have decided to introduce St. Valentine the the aus Trian population it was Learned Here. The Flower shop owners Are making plans to attach Valentine paper hearts free of charge to All bouquets purchased on feb. 14. Fews charge Bias in cafe Fram Fuet feb. 12 is the Frankfurt City prosecutor s office announced it has under investigation a reported instance of racial discrimination on the part of Thep Oprie or of one of the City s largest . Complaints were filed by four persons of jewish extraction the prosecutor s office said against Wierber her Den. Owner of the cafe Royal on Frankfurt s . In the course of a dispute Over a complaint about a waiter the four guests quoted Herden As saying i would be Only too glad to con tribute 100 Marks to the jewish Relief fund if that would prevent other jews from Corning to my restaurant Herden denied making the state ment the prosecutor s office said. Guests who filed the complaint were listed As Leo Wiesmann. A German National of Dusseldorf Henry Gold Berg and Hilde Helft belgian nationals from Brussels and Izek Wolkowitz a polish National from Belgium. Eca names banker chief of German finance division Washington feb. 12 ins appointment of Jean cattier new York investment banker As chief of the financial division of the Eca Mission to Western Germany and financial adviser to . High com missioner John j Mccloy was announced by Eca administrator Paul g. Hoffman. Cattier native of Brussels be came a naturalized citizen in 1942. He is a partner of White Weld and co., a firm with which he has been associated since 1930. Cattier who served in the . Army in the world War ii will take up his new function about March a at which time be will resign from general partnership in his present firm. In his new Post he will be responsible for advising Mccloy and the Eca Mission chief on All questions of internal financial policy and will participate in negotiation on financial matters. Also he will advise the West German govern on fiscal problems. Wiesbaden unit Sei by combined Board Wiesbaden feb. 12 is the combined travel Board will open a Branch office in Frankfurt wednes Day it was announced yesterday. The sub office will occupy rooms 103-104 i few Resi Ilen t officer s building of Bocken Hemmer anlage. It will be authorized to Pawle travel documents to . And other Allied occupation personnel and dependents. In addition businessmen wishing extensions of entry permits can sub Mit Extension applications to the sub office which will Forward them to the main oleic Here for proc Essing and return in 72 hot re Bonn selects woman envoy Bonn feb. 12 a for the first time in history Germany is to be represented abroad by women in the consular service they will be among the consular and Trade representatives to be appointed by West Germany to 40foreign countries within the next 12 months. The Federal Republic s foreign affairs Are handled by the three Western occupation Powers but the germans have been invited to Send representatives to countries with which they Are trading. None will be sent to soviet dominated nations. The allies invited the German last week to Send consuls general to London Paris end Washington immediately. Their names have no yet been announced. The new consular service is being organized by Wilhelm Haas former member of the German embassy in Japan who was dismissed by Hitler. He said the vice consuls will be mostly women. Many higher posts in the service will also be filled by women he said. A Snadow foreign office under personal control of Federal Chan cellar Konrad Adenauer is expected to be in operation by april i Haas said. Called the Central service office it would have administrative consular commercial and cultural divisions. It would also have an office for Liaison with the Allied High commission. Haas said the new German representatives will have no Diplo Matic functions. They will be con fined to consular and commercial duties. He said that hardly More than 10 per cent of the personnel will be former German foreign office officials. Stale department accepts German Consul to n. Y. Washington feb. 12 ins the state department revealed yesterday that it has agreed to a Cepi the first German consular official in the . Since the War spokesman Lincoln White said that the department has informed . High commissioner John  that it will accept Hans Schlange Seh Ningen who was nominated by the West German Republic to be Consul general in new York  to Send the 62-year old agricultural expert was said to been route to  decision to accept consular representatives to stimulate Ger Man Trade was included in the Bon agreement among the High com missioners for the ., France an Britain and the West German government. Milburn inspects 373d big Lessen feb. 12 special a j Gen Frank w. Milburn Deputy commanding general of the . Army in Europe inspected Unita of the 373d inf in. By Hal Scarlett Sinf correspondent confession read in court ally made by or. Al no fur a lop or Irish atomic scientist find accused . Captured the week l top news  lord in am Izi Jit tie of h