European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse I Page 12 the stars and stripes wednesday february 15, 1950 anti red italian unions act to unload . Arms vote assures work in 6 cities Rome feb. 14 a Independent italian labor unions have opened a counterattack to spoil communist plans to halt unloading of . Arms Aid ships in this country s leading ports it was disclosed today. Already the drive in the for of a referendum among Dock work ers has assured the unloading farms shipments in the Southern ports of Bari Taranto Brindisi Molfetta Gallipoli and Naples it was referendum is being conducted by the italian free confederation of labor Mcgil and the italian federation of labor fid Bot which oppose the communist led italian confederation of labor Gil. It was announced that a joint com Mittee is handling the announcement said that it was designed to give every port worker an Opportunity openly to declare himself for or against the unloading of the arms to Union sources the referendum will be carried to the communist strongholds of Genoa leghorn and la spezia Italy major Northern seaports. For the past month the communist press has been reporting that Dock work ers in these ports would refuse to unload arms test of strength is expected with the arrival of the first arms ships next month. make a of Fer continued from Page i development Hickerson told re porters of there Are other proposals we Are prepared to examine the sympathetically in an Earnest and sincere Effort to reach an effective agreement to control atomic Energy and eliminate atomic he said that the russians handmade no new atomic control propos als since june 11, 1947. He added that one was carefully considered and found far Short of the Neces sary minimum Security which the world Hickerson said the russians suggested a Loose plan of International control providing for periodic inspection of declared he contended that the . Stand for support of constant and unfettered inspections was a necessary ingredient for any workable added he was afraid that it is Clear soviet foreign min ister Andrei Vishi Nefcy and Sovie Tun Delegate Jacob Malik do not contemplate allowing Complete in two . Mormons seized by czechs Faconi imbed from Page 1 been stationed by the mormon Church. The foreign office note also did not identify the prohibited area which the two missionaries allegedly tried to enter. It was apparently the polish Border area to which the two men were travelling. The note said the . Embassy request to see the men was under two missionaries had worked in Czechoslovakia about two and a half years each. Although i has Only 250 converts in Czechoslovakia the mormon Church runs numerous missions in various towns and cities through. 6u he , and at one time had about 39 missionaries working been Cut Down to the Wes it number of 18. Dock rioters dump arms at Nice Nice feb. 14 up about 1,000communist-led workers armed with Iron bars and stones today charge police lines and dumped some War Materiel destined for indo Chin into the Mediterranean. Police counterattacked with teargas and the riots were quelled after Rie arly an hour. The workers Takin part were members of communist dominated dockers Railroad an Metal workers unions. The workers assembled Here to protest shipment of War Materiel to indo China in response to a Cal from the communist general con federation of labor Cuttle largest French labor organization. Opposes in do China War the Cut has proclaimed its opposition to prosecution of the four year old War in indo China where French and Vietnam troops Are opposed by the communist guerrilla rebels of Moscow trained to Chi s demonstration was arranged to protest a scheduled ship ment of arms aboard the italian ship Tana. Included in the ship ment were several rocket launchers some 6f which rioters seized and tossed overboard into the sea the firm police action against the rioters followed a Stern warning from the French government that it would not permit communist unions to interfere with the loading of ships for indo China or with the distribution of War Materiel which France May receive from the . Under the Atlantic pact. Cig Aret smuggling put at 2,500,000 Cartons annually Mannheim. Feb. 14 up More than 2,500,000 Cartons of american Cigar ets Are smuggled into West Germany annually tobacco retail Assn. President Kurt Zimmer Mann told a meeting appealed for a lowering of cig Aret taxes customs duties an sales prices As the sole possible Way for retailers to combat illegal reported Austria had had spectacular Success wit this method in March 1949, with illegal imports dropping from 40 to 20 per cent of total retail sales within the first month. Dec Road condition Heidelberg feb. 14 special Roada in the areas of Berlin Frank Furt Heidelberg and Wiesbaden Are dry the Neucom Provost marshal reported today. They Are wet an Slippery around Augsburg Bremer Haven Munich Nurnberg and Stuttgart. The door to death a pan american airways ground crewman in new York examine the door Steward John Harris inset was sacked through plunging 8,000 feet to his death. The door blew open 36 Miles from Idlewild Airport when he attempted to plug up a draft. Acme rain threaten new flood continued from Page 1 Nessee Kentucky and Illinois East Ward to the Atlantic coast. Ice storms and Snow dealt Damag ing blows to wide areas Over the Midwest and in Southern new York and Northern Pennsylvania. Power and Telephone service i hundreds of Midwest communities was disrupted. Highway travel was slowed by the glazed conditions. Temperatures generally Over the country were not severe. The Only subzero readings were in parts of North Dakota and Northwestern Minnesota. Northeastern Indiana was hardhat by ice and Rains pms. The Wabash River wag rising rapidly in Wabash and Peru and was near flood stage at Peru. Some schools were suffered heavy damage by the worst ice and snowstorm i several years. Thousands of Homes in the City Aad suburban area were darkened monday night As Power lines snapped under the weight of ies and Snow. Roa chapter meets today Heidelberg feb. 14special the Heidelberg chapter Reserve officers Assn., will meet at the Casino Neucom he at noon tomorrow. A past president s key will be presented to col g. V. Sottong. Police in Hanover reveal nazi plot to assassinate Heuss Hanover feb. 14 a Han Over police tonight revealed they had under arrest a 41-year-old nazi fanatic who they said had con fessed to a plot to assassinate West Germany s president Theodor Heuss with a bomb during a state visit Here three months ago. The Man has been under secret arrest since dec. 6. Detective chief Frederich Peter said he was one of a gang of 12 nazi sympathizers in an underground movement which operated in both East and West Germany he said East zone police were helping with the arrested Man was described As a former Block Leader under Hitler. Plan not carried out he did not carry out the plan Tothrow a bomb at Heuss in Hano ver on a state visit last nov. 30, be cause it would have killed hundreds of people the Man was said to have declared the alleged plot came to police attention by Accident. Osha Bruck police were seeking the former nazi Block Leader for questioning in a counterfeit found him in Darmstadt on dec. 6. Searching him they found a diary and when he was taken to Hano ver details of the plot came out according to Peter. Negotiations reopen today in Coal strike continued from Page 1 Tion ordering them Back to will meet with the Coal operators in Washington tomorrow to reopen negotiations under a court order for Good Faith was the ninth Day of the miners general strike. However Lor Mostof the big mines in Western Penn Sylvania and West Virginia which were hit by Wildcat walkouts prior to the full scale strike it was th42d Day of idleness. Contempt of court action Agai Rotthe strikers for refusal to obey the Back to work order was expected to be withheld at least until alter the contract talks violence broke out in weal Virginia and Western Pennsylvania yesterday despite the injunctions ban against of pickets toured the Coal Fields closing several nonunion strip mines and beating up at Leau three men. Taft doubts whether Law can make miners return Canton Ohio feb 14 enc legislation of the seizure Type would be necessary if the failed to get the men Bick. You can scarcely jail 400,060men," he added. Singer named Deputy pm Heidelberg feb 14 special col Paul l. Singer has been act pointed Neucom Deputy , succeeding Brig Gen j Norman Schwarzkopf who has Lefor a new assignment in Italy. I Singer has served since last mar Jas executive officer for operation Provost marshal division entered the army in 1617 As a 2d lieutenant of infantry. During world War i he served As an in-1 Fantry officer with the 4lst machine gun in. Later he became prov marshal of the ref in Belgium. After returning to the us. In 19-0singer transferred to the cavalry an served with the 6th, 7th and t4 j Cav Keats. In 1929, he transferred Back at the infantry school s Benning ga., graduating a 193subsequently, he was assigned As Provost marshal of . Forces Panama where he was station when the . Entered world Vii in february 1942. As a col he began a two year assignment commanding officer of a . Fol in dutch and French Guiana be ing simultaneously As chief of i inter Allied commission in frenc Guiana. Churchill urges highest level East West peace talk continued from Page 1 that the quarrel Between East and West would tear the world to pieces. That was written nearly live years Sigo he continued. Alas it was Only too True. All came to pass with horrible exactitude. But i Donot blame or. Bevia for that. All the talk in the 1im5 general election about left speaking to left has Bee proved to be foolish but on the main Issue he h
