European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. February 19, 1950 the stars and stripes Page 3 it m l it in be Reid i or p the 5 n or Koik be Edise eyed he Hitler ordered Vatican razed sex envoy says by win fanning Eiolf correspondent Munich feb. 16 a so Atter being informed of the it Elisa Cepil  to the allies in 1943, Hitler ordered the Vatican to be burned to the ground Rudolf Rahn last Nati ambassador to Rome revealed in testimony before a Dena Ifica Tion tribunal Here. According to Rahn the order was not carried out Only because he himself flew to Berlin and talked the excited Hitler out of the Idee. Hill or in issuing the destruction order had armed 1hc Vatican a nesting Tecc for Allied spies Shn said he was received by Hitler Goring Ribbentrop Bor Mann and Gens Keitel and Jodl in Berlin he declared Hitler immediately launched into a diatribe against the Pope and again demanded his order be carried  nearly two hours of argument i was Able to convince hit Ler such an act would backfire disastrously against the German government Rahn , in the Winter of 1944, Hitler again ordered the Vatican destroyed this time by Aerial bombardment. Working through the chief of Ttoe secret service i was again Able to foil this plan the former ambassador claimed1.Rahn appeared before the court As a witness in the trial of Giesel her Wirsing former editor in chief of the nazi party Munich news paper Minchener Neu Este Nash Richter. Ingrid s son offered Home Munich feb. Ibs a if Bergman s son is looking for a fatherland Germany will be glad to have him Heinrich Lades director in the bavarian youth office declared Here. A reports 6,000 flee to wards Washington feb. 18 two veterans administration re polls have disclosed that up to 6,000 tubercular War veterans a year walk out on their Hospital Izi Hion. The great majority of the Runa ways Are in far advanced stages of the disease and thus represent a considerable potential menace to the Public the reports said veterans administrator Carl r. Gray jr., in his annual report to Congress said that 5.7 per cent of the 547,697 patients dispositions from veterans hospitals curing the 1sw8-49 fiscal year were irregular discharges walkouts and that of the latter one fifth were tuberculosis patients. He said the runaways accounted for 27 per cent of the tuberculous patients departures from a hospitals during the year interviews summarized at the same time the Agency released a study of irregular Dis charges of tuberculosis patients prepared by or. William b. Tollen of the a Medicine department Toylen s report included a sum Mary of interviews with 400 of the 6,000 tubercular patients who went awol from a hospitals Between july 1946 and june 1947. Tollen said that almost one half the veterans studied had far advanced tuberculosis and another one third were moderately advanced so that More than two of girds had Active tuberculosis. He said that an apparent reason for this was the feeling of despair and hopelessness of Many such  of the vet rans inter viewed1and Many of their Doc tors agreed that Many walkouts would be prevented with intensified social Case work with the Veteran and his family. 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At 2 00 pm the symphonies under the stars present Jascha he la. At 5 00 this is Europe telling of the Eca activities in Denmark. At 6 05 the keys to Davy Jones locker the Story of tote Rescue operations conducted la the Spring of 1939 to save the lives of the men aboard the submarine Squairs. At 7 00 Leo Durocher pays a visit to Fred alien and his cast. Followed at 7 30 by Henry Morgan and vocalist fran Warren. Atomic command maj Gen Robert m. Lee has been named commander of the air Force units which will take part in the new atomic weapons tests at eniwetok atoll it the Pacific. Lee is cd tactical of command at Langley of base a. Acme 2 wills filed for Babcock new London conn., feb. 18 up two wills of the late Wil Liam t. Babcock Deputy . Com missioner in Berlin were filed in probate court. He died in Berlin Jan. 23 and was buried Jan. 28 in Arlington National cemetery. Two widows were at the funeral mrs. Mary Magdalene Babcock whom he married 34 years ago and mrs. Florence Babcock of Berlin. The army officially recognized Florence Babcock As the widow. Records showed that Babcook s at tempt to divorce Mary Here were unsuccessful and that he later mar ried the second mrs. Babcock in Germany. He had three children by his first marriage and one son by his second. One will dated March a 1944, was filed by attorney John j. Me Garry counsel for Mary Babcock. Its contents were not revealed. The second will was drawn in Berlin on Jan. 21, 1949, by at Torney Harold b. Dean. This will divides Babcock s estate among his four children. It made no mention of either widow. Probate court judge s. Victor Prince has set feb. 28 for a hearing on the wills. West germans set Mark in january Metal output Frankfurt feb. 18 is postwar production records of 394,524 tons of ingot steel and 697,732 tons of pig Iron were set during january in Western Ger Many a Hico Industry report said production of other primary metals aluminium Copper Lead and Zinc Rose slightly above de Cember figures. 8 held in Salzburg drive on indecent papers Vienna feb. 18 is aos i irian police have opened a drive in Salzburg on owners of news paper stands who have been putting indecent papers and magazines consisting chiefly of nude photos on Public display. The police reported he arrest of eight owners in the opening Day of the drive. Pfc Edelbaum held mentally fit for trial Washington feb. 18 up a military court has ruled that pfc Stanley of Edelbaum 20, of Brook Lyn is mentally Able to stand trial on charges of murdering a French prostitute in Paris last year. The court made no finding on whether Edelbaum was legally sane last May 8, when he allegedly strangled a woman known As Lillie the hungarian in a Paris hotel room. That question will be left to an air Force court martial in Paris which will resume As soon As Edel Baum is returned there. Sane enough. The trial was temporarily shifted from Wiesbaden to Washington Early this month when defense counsel called for expert psychiatric testimony on Edelbaum s men Tal condition. That testimony was completed Here when tit col Eugene r. In Wood and maj Richard l. Martin both of Walter Reed army Hospi Tal gave their opinions that Edel Baum was sane enough to answer for his alleged actions and to distinguish right from wrong. Cpl gets year in Auto death Heidelberg feb. 18 is Cpl John r. Wisniewski of the 7820th prison guard was convicted by a court martial of manslaughter and leaving the scene of an Accident in connection with the traffic death dec. 18 of Wilhelm Klein a German labourer. Wisniewski was found not guilty on a third charge stealing an automobile he was sentenced to a bad conduct discharge total forfeiture of pay and Alloi tines and one year s confinement at hard labor. Wisniewski was accused of having taken a staff car without permission from a Mannheim motor Pool and having struck and fatally injured Klein who was Riding his bicycle to work near Sullivan Barracks. Wisniewski was defended by Philip lorber and maj Carl Winkler was trial judge advocate Hesse crime loss drops Wiesbaden feb. 18 special financial damage from criminal acts in Hesse was almost halved in december compared with previous months according to Jesse w. Cal Lahan Public safety chief Olch Hesse. Do sponsors undergoing Fri Check Frankfurt feb. 18 up the Fri is checking some of Itie americans who volunteered to sponsor for immigration displaced persons who were declared Security risks Here a . Official hag Dis closed. Approximately 500 Dps most of them suspected communists have been declared risks and Kepi in Europe Alex e. Squadrilli . Do commission coordinator for Europe said. He said he knew of about a dozen cases in which Fri reports on sponsors of suspect displaced Pel sons Hay been sent Here. Fri handled data i can t say How Many others there were he continued that is handled in  he said furthermore that the Fri has data on ail persons applying under Hie . Displaced persons act including the Security risks kept Here. The organization also has checked other americana who offered to sponsor immigrants Squadrilli said. Squad Ruli disclosed that six Ger Man officiate were being prosecuted and additional investigations were under Way of a fraudulent scheme that May have landed As Many As 500 additional Dps in the . Evidence of fraud Squadrilli made Hie statement following Senate Besto Mony that As Many As 30,000 persons May have entered America illegally under rhe do act right now Fiere i evidence of fraud in Between 90 and 100 cases he said. However he added Between 306 and 500 others were suspected of having bribed German author Tiea to fix documents to make the Dps eligible for emigration under the american act. The 300 to 500 suspect Dps now in America probably Are not communist or fascist threats Squadrilli said. Emigrants screened of toe 135,000 Dps who have emigrated to the ., Only two have been returned to Germany. They developed tuberculosis on Ibe boat to America he said we never approve a Security risk Squadrilli said explaining checks Are carried out Here by he army agents. Potential Emi Grants also Are screened by the state department and the  immigration service. Hesse 49 exports show 100% Rise Wiesbaden feb. Is Hesse increased her exports to foreign countries during the last year by More than 100 per cent Over 1948, it has been disclosed by Julian a. Hillmann economic affairs division Olch Hesse. Hessian businessmen exported More than $60,000,000 Worth of goods during 1949, compared to vese than $40,000,000 during the previous year Hillmann added. The . Ranged first among the 95 individual countries buying Tram Hesse. More than 9,800,000 Worth of goods was shipped to the . Eds to build hopping Center in Heidelberg Heidelberg feb. 18 is a consolidated yes shopping and business Center for . Personnel will be constructed Here at a Cost of 535,000 Marks it was officially disclosed yesterday. The project has been approved in principle by Neucom and construction is scheduled to Start be fore april 1. Completion is expected by late summer or Early fall. The shopping Center which will be constructed adjacent to the Cora Mie sary and yes garage near Neucom he will House the main Heidelberg pm and related facilities the Post finance office photo shop watch and radio repair shop tailor Barber Beauty shops beverage store Branch Apo and the Amer ican express and Chase National Bank branches. Operating Cost it was estimated that the Cost of the new Structure to be financed from occupation costs will be amortized in three years through economies effected by the consolidation. It was disclosed thai the Cost of operating the present scattered facilities including rentals utilities building maintenance and solid fuels is 222,000 Marks a year. The combined total of these costs for the new Structure is estimated at 39,000 Marks a year. Properties now housing the facilities to be consolidated will be returned to the German Economy when the new Structure is completed it was stated