European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Weather forecast Frankfurt Cloudy rain mini am temperature 35  june. 35 Stuttgart partly Cloudy nil. A Munich Cloudy Bre men Goudy Rains Berlin of tour. A Vienna Cloudy Ujj Paris Cloudy afternoon Rataj a Rome kor inc for. Fair if naplessame.17 Kreste same �. Alt weather Central Tull the stars european edition unofficial publication of . Occupation forces in Europe basketball race picture the College basketball picture still remains somewhat murky with Only unbeaten holy Cross and big 16 powerhouse ohm state sure of a spot in the Post season Mcaa tournament. More on the nation s top quintets appears on Page 9. Volume 7, number 307 5 cents a copy $1.25 a month tuesday february 21, 1950 e is y Al m s to 99in Edn Fae wond the re the the us Nal itly Uch Etc . Order to miners renewed Washington feb. 20 a Federal judge Rich mond Keech today issued a new no strike order against John l. Lewis and his United mine workers Union in an attempt to Send 372,000 miners Back to the pits. Keech has had a Stop the strike order out since feb. 11,but the miners have ignored it despite instructions from Lewis to return to work. The miners refusal to work with out a new contract has forced the government to seek new possible action. One move being consid ered is a contempt of court action against the ump that could result in big fines on the Union. Keech s order is technically an Extension of the previous order which expired  will keep the temporary order alive until he can Rule on the ques Tion of issuing an 80-Day injunction under the Taft Hartley Law. Violence Breaks out in soft Coal Fields Pittsburgh feb. 20 a violence broke out today in soft Coal Fields As defiant miners pushed the strike into its seventh week. Two owners of a Kentucky mine cont. On Page 12, col. 1 Europe to get arms in March Washington feb. 20 up the defense department reported today that arms Aid shipments to Western Europe probably will Start Early next month. The bulk of equipment to be shipped under the program is army material to improve the effectiveness of Allied ground forces. It is being reconditioned in army arsenals and depots. Two destroyer escorts at the Boston Navy Yard two submarines at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and what the department described j As various aircraft at Norfolk naval air station Are also being i readied for Transfer overseas. J countries in line to receive arms lid first Are great Brilain Norway Italy France Belgium the nether lands Luxembourg and Denmark. Portugal Iceland and Canada also eligible have made no requests so far. 170 on danish ship saved from fire Copenhagen. Feb 20 ims one Hundred seventy passengers and Crew members aboard a 3,000 ton danish Sailboat were rescued today when their vessel caught t ire during a thick fog in the Kattegat the narrow body of water Between Denmark and Sweden. The swedish american liner Stockholm which located the Flam ing Kron Prins of a Crown Prince Olaf by radar reported that it took tee passengers and Crew aboard. The Captain of the Stockholm in radio Telephone conversation with the Copenhagen office said that Alae of the Olav passengers was cured and the fir appeared to tto def control ill nine trucks released by East police by Dwight Scheak staff correspondent Berlin feb. 20 is an East German examining commission to Day released nine trucks loaded Wilh Metal seized yesterday on the Helmstedt Berlin autobahn. British transport officials said the Fate of 21. Other Metal carrying German trucks stopped on the Highway yesterday by East German police was still unknown. All 30 of the vehicles were taken to the people s police Headquarters in the soviet sector where their cargoes were Given a rigid inspection. Foar barges seized British authorities today also re ported the seizure of four barges loaded with West Berlin scrap Metal destined for Hamburg. The barges were held at Wittan Berge along the the soviet squish zonal  new Highway confiscations were reported today. British authorities said this was probably because shippers had ceased to risk loads of Metal on the autobahn following yesterday s actions. According to the British about 15 vehicles carrying various types of metals normally arrive in Berlin from the Western zones daily. Pair set out to Cross Atlantic in 16-ft. Boat Rosclare Harbor Ireland feb. 20 a German radio Engi Neer Paul m u j1 e a 64, and his daughter Aga 17, today slipped quietly out of Rin Gabella Harbor county Cork and headed across the Atlantic in their 16-foot converted rowing boat. A favourable Northwest wind filled their entire spread of Canvas a Mainsail and a Jib. They were How Ever averaging Only three knots because of the mountainous seas aftermath of southwesterly gales. Most severe punishment demanded for Vogeler mrs. Madsen ruled sane faints in court by Howard Kennedy. Staff correspondent Frankfurt feb. 20 is mrs. Yvette j Madsen fainted in . District court this morning shortly after a Board of three army and air Force physicians testified she was sane and mentally competent to stand trial on charges of murdering her  court set March 6 for the beginning of mrs. Madsen s trial under German Law on charges she shot of 1st it Andrew j. Madsen 32,through the heart with an army pistol in the living room of their buc Schlag Billet oct. 20.mrs Madsen stood quietly and murmured i deny it when pre siding judge Fred j. Conn read the charges and asked her whether she admitted or dented firing a shot or. Sander is Calm As first mercy jurors Are chosen Manchester n.h., feb. 20 apr. Hermann Sander looked on calmly today As the first jurors were chosen to try him for the alleged mercy killing of one of his women patients a cancer victim racked with pain. According to United press Sander and his wife were cheered by some 50 townspeople waiting out Side the courthouse in below Zero cold smiles faintly the 41-year-old country doctor smiled faintly at times As he listened to the slow Job of selecting a jury for the Case which has stirred International feeling. The first four jurors accepted All men were picked before the noon adjournment from a panel of 145, including seven women. Judge Harold Wescott imposed restrictions on reporters against giving even the nature of the questions asked jurors. Spectators were barred from the opening sessions of the trial owing to the Large jury panel and the Small courtroom. Into her husband s body. Slumps to Knees but when Cohn asked whether she admitted or denied that Madsen died As a result of the shot she trembled swayed and slumped to her Knees without  father. Alfred. Noack of Brooklyn who flew to Frankfurt last week carried his sobbing daughter in his arms into the adjoining office of prosecutor w. Fred Johnson. She was Able to compose herself after 20  the hearing was resumed Cohn entered a plea of not guilty for mrs. Madsen and gave her defense attorney Elmo b. Gower permission to enter additional pleas before the trial  indicated that no with cont on Page 12, col. 3 bulletin Washington feb. 20the question of a rupture of . Diplomatic relations with bul Garia was being discussed today by Secretary of state Dean ache son and his top assistants state department sources said. Rescuers at work in Long Island train tragedy firemen work to free a victim pinned in the wreckage alter the Long Island Kail Road collision at Rockville Centre n. Y. Jacob Kiefer. Motor out of on of the trains who is charged with Man Slaughter yesterday was reported still in a dated stupor and unable to give a Clear account of the la which w died. Inf yank 5 others face possible death Budapest feb. 20 a hungarian prosecutor Gyula Alapi today asked for the most severe punishment for . Businessman Robert a. Vogeler his British assistant Edgar Sanders and their five co defendants charged with spying and  an hour Long speech to a hungarian people s court Alap termed Vogeler a vice president of the International Telephone and Telegraph corp., a spy who lost and was  the sentences should bring him the Fate of such persons said Alapi who also prosecuted Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty and Laszlo Rajk former hungarian communist minister of the Interior. Called great spies he termed vog Ler and Sanders British executive of the Budapest Branch of the it & to great  declaring every charge against the seven defendants was prove Din the course of this trial Alapi asked for the most severe punish ment which corresponds to their , Sanders Imre Geiger hungarian manager of it to s Hun Garian subsidiary firm Zoltan Rado. A government official and Kelemen Domokos an accountant All face a maximum penalty of death to espionage. The court said the sentences would be announced tomorrow. In addition they Are charged with sabotage or with the crime of jeopardizing the accomplishment of the economic  this also carries a maximum penalty of death. Priest fees 15-year term Rado As a government official a also accused of violating official duties which carries a maximum penalty of death. Baroness Edina Ozery and or. Istvan Jusith a Catholic priest the other two Defendis Jettis face maximum penalty of 15 years imprisonment All the defendants have a right to Appeal to a higher court. Vogeler told the court today that i wish to refer to my statement made yesterday that i regret sin Cerely my undermining activities cont. An Page 12, col. 1 Gene Autry Jack Dempsey strike Oil in Oklahoma Frederick okla., of a. 20 a Western film Star Gene Autry an former heavyweight boxing Cham Pion Jack Dempsey struck Oil in Oklahoma  Are partners in a Well near Here with a flow estimated at 200 barrels daily. They have also been operating in North Texas oilfields. Bible stolen from pulpit Gary. Feb 20 up Rev. L. C. Weddington reported today that the Bible was stolen from his pulpit yesterday b e t w e n morning service