European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Close vote predicted in heavy British balloting he hta h rat in 5 Jav at nails. I est Tud socialism is Issue in elections by Lyle c. Wilson London feb. 23 up British voters were deciding today in a general election whether to continue or largely reject socialism after four and a half Stormy years of began in upward of 50,000 polling places at 7 am and will end at 9 pm. The conservative daily mail re ported that betting Odds favored labor to win. A polls predicted a very close popular vote but the division of House of commons seats could be lopsided either Way even though the popular vote should be neck and was not a straight contest for or against socialism. The conservatives have promised to main Tain All welfare features of this Temi socialist nation and have the liberals. As the polls opened there was res Otei 1 Tofu a the and i a men d Foi in Bine Sharp Wingl to i vote count begins Imer talk of a dead heat Between the cont. On Page 3, col. 2 ballots scanned vend is ids up tribute Bigtra in the we nil from tonight net i soft by to ent Rameak id London feb. 23 up the first boxes were opened tonight an estimated record number to britons had debated the Fate of socialism for 14 hours with their Ecret votes. Counting was scheduled tonight i Only 2c6 of the 622 constituencies. It would last until Early morning and tabulating the vote in the remaining districts would Start to Morrow. Observers expected to get Only counting in the boroughs. Bandits grab jewel Fortune Cleveland feb. 23 a six rebut tin hooded bandits burst into the spas Bulit Ioui Home of multimillionaire Wil Liam Mather Early this morning to Edotj truck his wife and fled with id or jewelry valued at Between $200,000 y e Ai ind 9800.000. Ith to i the robbers were armed with was a Jub machine guns and revolvers ild us Mather 93-year-old honorary Dimitra airman of the Cleveland Cliffs r an a co., slept through the Holdup miss air = the bandits entered the servant the bail Eort awoke mrs. Mather 60, struck pit us joker when she screamed and forced id. Pee la give them the combination it the Safe. European edition. Tawn re 9t1 Ujj the stars and stripes unofficial publication of . Occupation forces i Europe weather forecast Frankfurt a o r n i n g tog fair afternoon minimum temperature 23 Heidelberg same Stuttgart fair 30 Munich same 28 Bre men morning fog fair afternoon is Berlly same 39 Vienna fair 31 Paris partly Cloudy 30 Trieste same 42. Air weather Central volume 7, number 310 5 cents a copy $1.25 a month Friday february 24, 1950 late flashes Budapest feb. 23 up Hungary demanded tonight that the . And Britain reduce their diplomatic staffs in the country. The demand was made in a note delivered tonight to the two legation. Washington feb. S3 of the Senate has ordered its foreign relations committee to conduct an immediate investigation of charges by sen. Joseph r. Mccarthy a wis that the state department is overrun with communist sympathizers. Earlier Story on Page 6. Washington feb. 23 a the House passed today a pair employment practices Fec Bill stripped of enforcement provisions. The Bill would create a commission to cooperate with state and local agencies in voluntarily curbing Job discrimination against. Negroes or other minorities. Rebuilt Germany held aiding West Acheson from press dispatches Washington feb. 23secretary of state Dean Acheson today told the Senate foreign relations committee that a Strong Western Germany must be rebuilt without allowing her to became a military threat again. Acheson said he thought that could be done if other Western european countries were brought closer together. Sen. Alexander Wiley a wis asked if Germany could be strength ened without constituting a threat a to Western Europe Acheson re t of Nice Bleet freeze Northeast snarl traffic 5 die plied i think if Western Europe can be brought closer together then Germany can be received into that without creat ing a problem Acheson said. But if that does not happen and Ger Many has to develop separately the there would be danger a big hurdle for Western Ger Many to get Over Acheson said was its 10,000,000 unemployed at d ten million unemployed would be serious in the ., he said and for Germany it is a colossal to solve that problem. Achas unsaid there were three possible 1solution of the Eastern German cont on Page 12, col. 2 Mccormick visits Franco flying Republic colors Madrid feb. 23 a col Rob Ert Mccormick owner of the Chicago Tribune caused a minor sensation when he landed a Madrid Airport today with the Spanish Republican colors painted on the Side of his private plane Mccormick has the National flags of All countries he had visited in the past painted on his plane and apparently failed to realize the Spanish Onea were those of the old Republic. When officials pointed out the error he apologized. Confident of outcome Clement Attlee. Toe Ore doing Acme photos Winston Churchill new York feb. 23 up a Gigantic ice storm slapped a deep freeze today on Northeast states from Pennsylvania to Maine the storm caused five deaths. Police said most motorists seemed to be staying off streets and High ways or the toil would have been higher. The new York metropolitan area was hardest hit with a one and a half Inch coating of freezing rain snarling air rail and motor transportation for 11,000,000 residents. Ice knocked out the electric 3d ave. Elevated railway for four hours Early today. Thirty hours of Snow and sleet covered new England with six inches of Snow and ice by Dawn. Laguardia Airport was forced to cancel 100 flights yesterday and last night during the storm. Jet explodes kills one sets of fire Manhattan Beach Calif. Feb. 23 i was further aggravated by the walkout yesterday of 10,000 progressive mine workers in a contract dispute. The rebellious United mine work ers meanwhile continued to ignore a second Federal court order to re Lurn to work for 10 Days under the Taft Hartley act. They again resorted to violent picketing to shut Down nonunion mines with apparent unconcern Over contempt charges the Union must answer tomorrow at a hear ing before Federal judge Richmond Keech in Washington the tipple of a mine at new Bethlehem pa., was dynamited and cont. On Page 12, col 5 finn Capitol blast blamed on Crank Helsinki feb. 23 up the bomb plot against the finnish House of parliament was ascribed today by police to a mentally deranged Man who set of the feb. .13 blast in protest of the use of his first name on the radio. Assistant chief of criminal police Paavo mais Niemi said g t a � Eurkoos. A lieutenant in the army Reserve has been arrested. He was described As a schizophrenic. Police said a exploded two pounds of int As a protest against a radio program in which his first name Gustaf was used. Bern feb 23 a Willy Gerber 47, a Mechanic of the Swiss army Engineer corps pleaded guilty before a military court Here today on charges of systematic espionage for Britain France and the . Since 1937. Gerber was charged with betray ing Swiss military secrets carrying on military economic and political espionage and stealing secret army plans an documents. He faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. If he had been tried during the War he would have faced death by shooting. German activities the prosecution alleged that Gerber for personal gain made it his life work to divulge every thing there was to divulge in As a sideline he was alleged to have Given occasional in formation to swedish turkish and yugoslav diplomats in the War he was said to have spied on German and italian activities in Switzerland on behalf of the allies. His sphere of activities allegedly included detailed reports to Brit ish French and american military attaches in Switzerland on Swiss fortifications armaments army organization and defense plans antiaircraft batteries tank nails the air Force and secret experiments with new weapons and equipment. Files found in his Home allegedly contained Carbon copies of most of his reports for the past \ 2 years. Gerber a Butcher son whose Mechanic wage was 400 francs a month was said to have had a Bank balance of 910,000 in new York at the outbreak of the War. Ward thinks hungarians forced Vogeler confession new York feb. 23 a Angus Ward former us Consul general at Mukden said yesterday that the communists wring confessions from foreigners by constant repetitious questioning rather than torture or hypnotism. Ward who with his family and staff were held by chinese communists under House arrest for 13 months described the communists methods at an overseas press club luncheon. He said that it the chinese communists had been More intelligent they might have forced him to conf is something he did not do but he guarded against mental break Down by studying the quirks of is questioners. Ward commenting on the Vogeler Case in Hungary declared that Vogeler was a victim of a rigged trial and said it was no mystery to him Why he constant interrogation Stul tidies one mind and wears one Dow until you will confess anything lie explained. Ward credited the american press with freeing him and said he was convinced he and his staff would cont. On Page 12. Col. 2
