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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Weather forecast f k a v k f a h i Kemf t Woody o radio dial rain Minim in Lemarr Flurr. A Sven Borci. St Tittl Art Samp. If in a 1jn Cloudy who wars. 37vienna sir. 3t Munich s Arlly Cloudy it j airs set to. 0 Rock napt.ks3s Trieste  Wrather T est Iii & of imm european tripes unofficial pub Califon of  occupation forces in Europe dependents arriving the army transport George w. Goethals is scheduled to Dock at arc Mchaven thursday with 16s dependents of  militia re and civilian personnel. The names of the dependents and their destinations Are listed on Page 5. Volume 7, number co 5 cents a copy s1.2& a month i t 1, is is m a is in re in in r a id tuesday february 14, 19fo miners defy court order n mint he m. I ale old Hurt of m its sch Illy actin he by in St. T in Eia. Waft refuse return to work from press dispatches Pittsburgh feb. 13 John l. Lewis United mine workers today ignored the Federal court injunction under the Taft Hartley Law ordering them Back to work. All major pits across the . Remained closed As min ers stayed Home awaiting the government s next move. There was no indication however of immediate new action. Government officials were optimistic Ahjit the Back to work move would develop within a few Days. Anthracite miners while the no contract no work soft Coal strike continued some 80.000 Anthracite miners continued work in Eastern Pennsylvania under the three Day work week imposed 5 y Lewis on the Industry at Large. About 30,000 miners covered by new contracts secured by Lewis with minor soft Coal operators also were ready to  Anthracite miners got time and a his pay however for foregoing Jhc traditional Lewis anniversary Holiday. The ump chief quietly observed his 70th birthday yesterday but it was a Holiday today under the old Anthracite contract soft Coal miners do not get the Holiday under their contract. Last year. However they observed it by simply staying at Home. A ump spokesman for g,000 dig Gers in Oklahoma and Arkansas said his men would not work today because of a double " Celebration Coni. On Page 12, col. 1 dec Road conditions Heidelberg. Feb. 13 is the Neucom Provost marshal s office reported today that roads in the Bremerhaven Wiesbaden and Weizhi areas were wet and slip Pery. Roads at Munich were wet in spots. Ae1 other roads in the . Zone of Germany were reported dry. Tornadoes rip south9 toll at 47 Shreveport la., feb. 13 a tornadoes twisted death dealing winds through Northwestern Louisi Ana East Texas Tennessee am Southern Arkansas Over the week end killing at least 47 persons ant injuring some 200. Early estimate of property damage were in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Five airmen and a civilian at Slack air Force depot were among the dead. In a 40-mile radius of Shreve port a total of 26 were known dead and at least 100 injured As hundreds of Homes and other buildings were smashed. There were eight known dead in Texas. In a Little Tennessee farm town named curiously enough. Hurricane Hill nine persons were killed by the. Raging twister including or and mrs. Wilson Carroll and six of their children. 20 times the tornadoes spawned saturday when a mass of cold air collided with a mass of warm moist air struck at least 20 times in less than 24 hours. First to feel the twisters was lower East Texas. A Tornado smashed la Porte and Alvin saturday afternoon. Another hit later that Day at Chapel Hill Bremond and Bailey Villa. At Midnight the Tempo increased and with machine gun rapidity the twisters struck at Corley. Groes Beck Jericho Fellowship Haslam Gill Salem and Hughes Springs All in Texas at Royton near Castor Sligo Shreveport and grand Cane in Louisiana. Twisters in Texas killed three cont. On Page 13, col. 1 pvt Dies in fall Heidelberg feb. 43 special pvt Robert t. Milvor of g co 2d in 18th inf regt died Friday in the 97th go from injuries lie received in a fall feb. 4 at Asiaf Wenburg Neucom announced today. Navy unveils new sub Acme the  Perch one of the Navy s new troop carrying s u b m a Rines enters women s Bay Alaska. This is the first photo released by the Navy on a i   5. New Type subs. Macarthur gets wider authority Washington feb. 13 a the joint chiefs of staff announced today they have Given Gen Douglas Mac Arthur authority to assume control of . Naval forces in japanese Waters in event of emergency. This unification move was made known at a news con Ference held by the joint chiefs who have just returned from a 10-Day tour of Pacific bases. To was a3so announced that they have submitted a top secret paper to president Truman on the effects on. . Security of the communist Advance in Asia. Russian Navy Gen Omar n. Bradley chairman of the joint chiefs was asked whether communism could be stopped at the Borders of China with . Aid. He replied this was Pri Marily a state department decision and then volunteered the statement that the top secret report has been submitted. Adm Forrest p. Sherman chief f naval operations said there is no evidence that the user since the War has increased the percentage of its total naval forces in tile Pacific. It is our plan to keep the Pacific Leet As Strong As we can within cont. On Page 12, col. 3 sen. Johnson says Russia leads . In guided missiles Washington feb. 13 ins sen. Lyndon Johnson a Tex charged today that Russia is two tears or More ahead of the . N guided missile development and demanded an investigation of the . Program. Ohi Jion a member of the Senate armed services committee said the . May be head of other nations n developing super bombs such As he a bomb but added i m afraid we Are behind other nations in the ability to deliver our explosives in Battle with the result hat much of the effectiveness and usefulness of the a bomb is Nul  responsibility split Johnson pointed out that guided missile development is split among he three armed services and added Fiat it is a minor almost obscure Tern in the defense  Johnson added for Pushbutton Var we have neither the push nor the Button. Russia got the a Lamb ast year four years after us. But Russia is two years or More ahead n missile work. I believe we should review our guided missile program immediately either through the Secretary of defense or if necessary by con  mrs. Truman is 65 Washington. Feb. 13 up mrs. Bess Wallace Truman wife of the president today observed her65th birthday. Einstein says a bomb opens door to doom new York feb. 13 a prof. Albert Einstein last night said that if the Hydrogen bomb is developed annihilation of any life on Earth is within the Range of tech Nical  it could be done he said through radioactive Poison ing of the atmosphere Einstein called the present armaments race Between the . And Russia a discs Strous illusion and urged peace moves to do away with Mutual fear and  the professor said the armament race now assumes an hysterical character and every step appears As the unavoidable consequence of the preceding one. In the end there beckons More and More clearly general annihilation he said. He said that a Supranational body would be necessary to carry out nonviolent Aims and that International control of weapons would be Only of secondary use As a police  Einstein s statement was part of mrs Eleanor Roosevelt s first Tele vision show Over the Abc network cont. On Page 2, col. 3 Ernst asks visa for Hungary to defend Vogeler new York feb. 13 ins mor Ris l. Ernst prominent new York attorney applied at the hungarian embassy today for a visa to go to Budapest where he plans to defend Robert a. Vogeler on charges of  made his request to first Secretary Ida Gyulai who said she would refer the application immediately along with a request that the trial be postponed to give the Awyer time to get to Budapest. A state department spokesman said the department certainly Hopes that or. Ernst will be permitted to go to Hungary and that the trial can be postponed so that in May get there before it  the spokesman said that it also is known that a number of news correspondents have applied for admission to Hungary but the department has not yet heard what Success they have had in obtaining Isas it was assumed he said that they will get them and despite the ban on travel of americans in Hungary heir passports will be validated to enter the country. Mass trial started for 127 Italy reds Lucca Italy feb. 13 f Abadia san Sal vat Ore in july 948, following the unsuccessful o  
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