European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Tex we officials Maier bilked state by Omer Anderson staff correspondent Stuttgart feb. 24 is Herbert Paeseler former Wurtemberg Baden Denali fiction chief charged in a press interview thursday tha minister president Rinhold Maier had defrauded the state of millions o Marks in fines by the illegal pardoning of convicted nazi industrialists Faester said Maier since last april had granted 15,194 pardons to convicted nazis. These included Paeseler said 1,813 wealthy Naz d deputies of virtual end of Denali Case Bonn feb. 24 up a Bill which would virtually end Denali fiction in Western Germany cleared us first parliamentary hurdle yester Day. The bundestag lower House passed uie Bill unanimously in the first Reading by show of hands an 3 it was referred to the Legal com Mittee for redrafting. It was introduced by August m. Euler a Leader of the free democratic party. The Euler Bill would cancel penalties invoked against convicted minor nazis and nazi party Fol Lowers. Any German legislation along this line is subject to review by the Allied High commission under its reserved Powers. Rightist party deputies heatedly attacked the entire Denali fiction program As a failure and Franz Etzel a bavarian party Deputy charged that Denali fiction is for Ever connected with the name of Gen a Lucius Dclay As a  socialist party deputies urged a go slow attitude on the prop sed termination of Denali fiction and pointed out the program had been applied differently in the various West German states. Bavaria to end Denali office Munich feb. 24 up the bavarian Denali fiction ministry which handled the cases of Adolf Hitler and thousands of other Ger mans since 1s46, was told to close shop for Lack of funds thursday. Dismissal notices effective March 3 were served on some 450 ministry employees including its chief Camille Sachs. Ministry officials said the action necessary because no funds for industrialists whose property Hac been ordered confiscated by Denali fiction courts. Paeseler said that owing to Maier s intervention the court order was carried out in Only six of the cases. Paeseler said that of 22,994 cases handled by Wurttemberge Baden Denali fiction courts since april Maier had interceded in one form or another in All but 3,146. The Wurttemberge Baden Public prosecutor meanwhile issued a 22 Page report on the Denali fiction bribery investigation revealing thai Heinz May August Meyer and Richard Kessler operated a virtual Cash and carry  May was a prosecutor of the ludwigs Burg court Meyer the alleged Middle Man and Kessler chief of Hie court. The prosecutor s statement said Meyer i one transaction paid May 5,626 Marks to. Go easy on wealthy Wurtemberg Baden industrialists who worked for tie nazis. The prosecutor charged that in a typical instance wealthy industrialist Karl Kaess paid a yer 10,000 Marks to expedite the Dena Ifica Tion of a or. Stoppel a nazi Kreis chief. Stoppel subsequently was downgraded from group 1 the most serious category to group4 Follower. In another typical Case Kessler allegedly knowingly permitted the court to take Meyer s word that a or. Reichert a former is and so unters Umfuhrer had never been an Active nazi. Reichert emerged from the hearing classed As a Fol Ower. The prosecutor s report was studded wih cases Meyer and May with Kossler or Connivance railroaded through the Wurttemberge Aden courts after payment of fees aging from 2, Kassei Ord shop was suspended from his Job nine months a of Murner text Vic Edun Iii charges and sentenced to six months i if jail he was  on $1,000 bail pending Appeal. The Appeal court in reversing District court conviction found that like proceeds from the Coal Sale were diverted to the Benefit of the . Government and added that no real damage accrued to he u. S. Government Potter said h wow move immediately to get Kempler restored to his Job and his Back salary paid. Hearing started  in Gas murder Kassel feb. 24 up a . High commission appeals court has started hearings Here on the Mur Der cose Appeal of August flamme charged with killing an american studier May 8, ims. The Soldier sgt Raymond p. Switzer was beaten to death with an Iron bar and robbed of his watch and Billfold in Trie railway station Here. Fun mine who admitted the Mur Der was sentenced to death but military government ordered a re trial on grounds that the murder was not proved to be premeditated. At the new trial the sentence was commuted to life at hard labor. Flamme then repudiated his earlier confession claiming that he was 150 Miles away in Frankfurt at the time the murder occurred both sides produced witnesses who swore that they had seen him both n Frankfurt and Kassel on like night of the murder. Cup of Coffee cos  German nabbed in snack Bur with us. Bills Frankfurt feb. 24 is a 5-cent cup of Coffee Cost Jakob Huber 44-y ear old German truck Driver $1,100,55 and 760 Marks in . District court today. Huber while driving to Frank Urt on the autobahn near Tadt stopped at an american snack bar for a cup of Coffee. He was paying for his Purchase when an army agent in line behind him noted that his Wallet was filled with american greenbacks according to the testimony. The agent arrested Huber and found j 1,100.00 in . Currency plus 55 cents in military payment certificates All of which was confiscated. Charged with illegal Possession of american currency Huber pleaded guilty. He was fined 10 Marks for possessing the scrip and 750 Marks for possessing the greenbacks. Russ hold austrian for factory fire Vienna feb. 24 is the russians have arrested an aus Trian Plant guard in connection with a fire yesterday morning which completely levelled a soviet operated leather factory located in the suburbs of Vienna austrian police authorities disclosed. The austrian authorities said the russians have accused the guard with arson in connection with the fire at the Stadlan leather Plant. The Plant which had been seized1 in 1945 by the russians As German assets was estimated to have been Worth several million schillings. Police who investigated the Blaze maintained that a Short circuit started the trouble and branded the soviet charges As baseless without  probe starts in police chief threat to gis by Howard Kenned staff correspondent Frankfurt feb 2-i is triple invest ignitions were guru Hud by army Hico ind German authorities yesterday into n carnival Celebration incident in which two . Sol riders Iid they woe threatened by a Blackjack in he hands of wills Kin pro a Frank Furt police chief. Klapp void stuffed at Hom Hile charge1, Seyins i he birth Kjack a is merely the Bai k Tassel on the Fez he was wearing at a carnival Purly wednesday in a downtown Frank Furt res Mirant. Nevi a Holt is the Frankfurt Provost marshal s office look statements from the two soldiers both attached to the 18th inf in Asi Haf Fen Burg. The Hico resident Olner demanded explanations on Klapp Roth s conduct from lord mayor Walter Kolb. German City officials were making their own invest in Tion. Leaving the restaurant the sol Diers argued with the proprietor about the Bill. The latter beckoned to Klapproth who was a guest in the establishment. In their Tom plaint the soldiers said Klapproth came at them with n Blackjack whereupon they left the restaurant and returned in a few moments with the my duly officer from the rail Way station. The officer reported Klapproth appeared highly excited Over the soldiers accusations but produced identification when asked. The officer said he did not arrest Klap Porti or search him for weapons. In a statement prepared at the request of h. P. Hadigan fran i Lurt resident officer to Kolb Klapproth said he regretted the incident denied threatening the soldiers denied having a weapon and expressed regret he could not explain what happened to the my officer because he spoke no English. Kin of police chief flee from Hungary Vienna feb. 24 up ministry of Interior officials said several relatives of Peter Gabor chief at Hungary s political police Ayo have arrived in the . Zone of Austria and asked for political  the office Iii said among them were Gabor s brother and Sis Tfir the ensure group the  said were " in protective custody of the american   they said austrian authorities know the escaped members of Gabor s family included four adults and several children but we Don t have their  inactive of reservists won t get flight training Wiesbaden feb. 24 special air Force rated Reserve personnel in an inactive status except in a duty training pay status Are no longer required or authorized to receive flying training according to a Usan directive received Safe he. This restriction was necessary due to recent limitations imposed by the of budget on aircraft and allocation of flying hours the it Sage explained. Bike rider killed Stuttgart. Feb. 24 spec Litov Paul Schrotter German civilian of Rosenheim was killed in a motor Accident on Highway 15, a mile South of Rosenheim Provost mar Shal reports Here show Scholter Riding a bicycle was struck by to privately owned car of Cpl Herman Megenuph 3d in to co 6th army Cav while the Soldier according to reports was blinded by the Light of an oncoming German truck