European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Pages the stars and stripes sunday february 26,1950 reds critics of u. S. Swamped in us vote Attlee tells nation Well carry on continued from Page 1 ninth seat in the new parliament today when results were announced from a Remote scottish District. Voting at Ross and Cromarty was capt j. Macleod Liberal 10,912 a c. Reid labor 6,521. Macleod s majority was 4,391. The latest party standings labor 314. Conservatives 294. Liberals 8.irish nationalists 2. Independent liberals 1. Speaker 1.the Cabinet s decision was conveyed to King George i by Attlee himself by Telephone to the Royal Lodge at Windsor. The official government statement on the Cabinet meeting said the Cabinet met this morning to consider the situation arising from the general consultation with his col leagues the prime minister has decided that As the House of com Mons will contain a majority of labor members it is the. Duty of the present administration to. Continue in office for the King s government must be carried the statement concluded. The prime minister Hopes now that the elections Are Over All will once More give their full efforts to carrying Forward the work of the nation the prime minister told cheering crowds waiting outside 10 Down ing st., carry duty to nation he did not elaborate on his state ment but Morrison said we decided to carry on because we have a parliamentary majority and it is our duty to the nation. Questioned As to How Long the government can carry on in View of its slim Overall majority of two seats he replied i cannot say As it entirely depends on. The circumstances which develop but we will carry on and fulfil our duties for which we were an authoritative source said that All ministers at today s meeting placed their resignations in Attlee Shand. Reshuffling due the source said that the prime minister is expected to do some extensive reshuffling of his Cabinet and probably will Issue the names of those who will Lead his new administration about the Middle of next week. The prime minister left for the weekend following the meeting and there will be no further Cabinet sessions until next week. At conservative party Headquarters spokesman Chapman Andrews advised of Attlee a decision to carry on said yes but for How Long reaction of the Liberal parly was somewhat similar. A spokesman said it s no Surprise it s what we he added if they want to make any Deal with us they have got to scrap their nationalization Here is the latest tabulation of Stop signal seen for leftists London feb. 25 Fth Britain decided yesterday that its socialist government is As far left As it cares to go at present and gave All communist and pro soviet candidates in the general election the worst beating in history. Tufic thrashing extended to announced critics of . Foreign policy. The new parliament which meets next Monfil will be unique in Britain s modern Era for almost the Complete absence of fellow travellers. The Only leftist influence will be the comparatively moderate keep left Wing of the labor party in the debacle from which the communist party of Britain May never fully recover went the Safe seat of communist Willie Gal Lacher of Eufe Scotland who a a represented his constituency. For 1 years and was regarded by his fal Low legislators a Nice Chap for a Gallacher noted for his attacks on Royalty and defense of Soviel motives could gather Only 9,303votes against 23,376 for Laberite w w. Hamilton. Phil pirating the Only other communist my was turned out of office by his District in the East end of London. Not a single communist candidate even threatened in any other District and the party Treasury took a terrific beating As its Standard bearers monotonously forfeited their �420 deposits for not getting at Lea Stone eighth of the total vote in their constituencies. Harry Pollitt general Secretary of 1-fnj communist party also a Candi Date was unmercifully trounced. The popular vote in Britain s Gen eral election. Total 28,639,186. Laberite blocs 13.215,921. Conservative bloc 12,408.867. Liberals 2,610,272, communists 91,746. Others 320,440, four scottish constituencies will not be declared until monday and the last commons seat will not be determined until March 6 in a Spe Cial by election caused by the death of a candidate. To achieve a majority in Parlia ment the socialists must have 313 votes and in a close vote could go Down to defeat if any of their Mem Bers were absent or deserted the party. With such a close margin for Vic tory on important issues any wavering from the party line might Force the socialists to Call for new National Market steady As Packard drops new York. Feb. 25 a the Stock Market coasted mostly on an even keel today Wilh Only fractional changes for the most part. Packard motor shares declined 50 cents a share on the news that the directors had not voted a dividend. The two hour session turnover was 600,000 shares. Reds close curtain continued from Page i imply that a break with Hungary or Romania is under consideration now but he left the Way open for possible future action along that line. He told a news conference that an impenetrable curtain is the chief purpose behind suppression of human and political rights in those. Countries and behind their attacks including spy trials on americans and other foreigners. Acheson1 also accused Russia of blocking work on an austrian Independence treaty despite the fact thai relatively few problems remain unsolved. He said it is Clear the soviet government has no intention of concluding an austrian treaty at this time. He issued a formal statement on american relations with me coun tries of Eastern Europe which he described As soviet satellite states he said the . Has its troubles with Poland and Czechoslovakia but that they Are not As severe As the difficulties with Bulgaria Hungary and Romania. Karpe death probe set Navy capt Eugene s. Karpe poses with mrs. Robert a. Roseler right and her sister Pia Eykens whom Karpe escorted to the Vienna opera wednesday night before taking his fatal train ride inf continued from Page 1 uncover additional information in the mystery surrounding Karpe s death. Austrian minister of Interior Oscar Helmer said today on the basis of circumstantial evidence surrounding Karpe s death that it must be assumed death was the result of foul Helmer head of the austrian police said after talking to his officials no trained criminal investigator can lend much credence to the theory that Karpe died by Accident since it was established that his Sleeper car door opened to the said after careful interrogation of train attendants it has been established that none of the windows of the car was open at the time of the incident. Also Karpe was Over 6 feet tall too �11 to fall through a window because he would have had to stoop to get out corridor to the testimony of attendants Karpe was perfectly Well before his disappearance. He had not been Captain had been visiting in Vienna for about a week and while he a had been in close Contact with mrs. Robert a. Vogeler wife of the International Telephone and Telegraph co. Executive recently sentenced to 15 years in prison bythe hungarian government ones peonage and sabotage charges. Karpe and Vogeler had been very close Friend s and were classmates at the . Naval Academy at Annapolis. Meanwhile . And austrian police denied a report from Salz Burg in the British sponsored Welt Presse this morning that a bul Garian and romanian were arrested with a diplomatic briefcase belong ing to Karpe . Military police insist that none of Karpe s personal posses Sions was missing when his body was found about 2 pm thursday by a signal worker.. Army authorities in Salzburg today British friends of Karpe said he spent most of the Darin his own compartment. Or. And mrs. Oliver Wright said Karpe who suffers from gout had complained of his bad leg. They said they had seen Karpe on his Wayto the dining car on the train at 12 45 pm. Wright second Secretary at the British legation in Bucharest told authorities that the train had Madean unscheduled Stop at gelling about an hour from Salzburg for approximately 30 minutes from 1 10 to 1 40 pm. The Stop was due to a rail signal. At the time Many of the passengers stepped outside the cars to stretch their legs. It was unlikely that Karpe left the car because of his bad leg they few minutes later the train entered the Tunnel. The body was found a Little More than Halfway through the Tunnel. Paris Auto strike seen spreading Paris feb. 25 up the five Day old strike movement in Paris automobile and engineering plants threatened today to balloon into a nationwide work stoppage of the two industries next week. Union claims put the number of Idle in the Paris Region at 150,000 workers in some 180 plants. The employers estimate was a b o u t 120,000." the wage dispute settled Down nto a two Day weekend truce As most Paris automobile and Engineer no factories normally Are. Closed today. " however workers in the two industries in Lyon and Marseille planned to join the strike monday and indications were that the walk out movement was gathering momentum and Likely to spread throughout the provinces next week. Captain convicted for smuggling Bremerhaven. Feb. 25 is capt Alfred h. Heindorf 49, formerly co of be s to Supply depot was sentenced to Sis months at hard labor dismissal from the service and forfeiture of All pay and allowances by a general court martial for attempting to smuggle 100 Cartons of Cigar Els into Bremer Haven from the sat general Sturgis. Evidence at the trial showed that Heindorf of Oakland calif., had improperly obtained the eiga rets from pm stores on the transport. He was caught by maps and customs guards at the Gangway feb. 4 and claimed he was transferring them to another of the court was col Charles it j. A stotes Bury acting As trial judge advocate. Defense counsels were Andrew Hitchcock and it Sam Kennison. The sentence is subject to review. Bonn Calls off steel embargo against East Berlin feb. 25 a West a. Many lifted an embargo on steel sex Potts to the soviet. Zone today an advocated More Trade with the East. Bast German sources showed Ela Tion at the West s action and announced they would seek new talk son Trade expansion next week. The steel ban which went into of feet feb. 8, was lifted this morning after two weeks of bargaining in East Berlin behind closed doors. Negotiators of the two rival Ger Man republics issued a joint com Munique which politely avoided i using the word Republic at , they detoured a. Diplo Matic Issue by referring Only to the East Mark and West Mark Curr Rency j600,090.000 Marks both areas ii greed that their t600,000,000-Mark Trade pact which \ has four More months to ran should be considerably agreed they would not cur rip on any embargo in the future with out first talking it Over together. The East germans agreed to the West stale s demands that was Ern buying be spread Over More West Ern industries than steel alone and that steel orders be in a constant volume instead of crowded Imo Short period. The Bast state also pledged to make up deficits in deliveries of us products to the West. J Swiss agent gets 20 years j Bern feb. 25 a Willy Gerber 47, a Swiss army Mechanic was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Swiss military court Here today on charges of having betrayed Swiss defense secrets to six nations. Since 1931, when Gerber was in i aged As a Mechanic he continuously j sold Switzerland s top secrets to foreign agents including French British and u. S diplomatic personnel it was charged. For his 18-year-Long spy service Gerber received Only $7,100, he said in court but police discovered he had various banking accounts in . Totalling $10.000, and in Switzer land totalling at least another $7,000. Other penalties the tribunal also sentenced him Ato pay Back to the state about 30.506 Swiss francs and Dis honorable Dis missed him from the army. He also lost his civil rights for 10 prosecution had asked for a life term the maximum penalty i peacetime. 1gerber said in court it was he was made the Lirosi Contact with the i americans. He threw an envelope containing a selection of interesting information matria1," and his and j dress into the letter Box of the u. S. F legation in Bern Wens Back to Thuc and waited he said. In. S. Agents promptly turned tip i j and wanted to have More he said. Fire razes filipino base Manila feb. 23 More than 20 persons were killed and an undetermined number injured today in a fire which destroyed us Philippines constabulary base to Batangas 60 Miles Southeast of Manila. Income tax expert available in Heidelberg Heidelberg feb. 25 Spe Cial James Jallman representative of the office of the commissioner of internal Revenue Washington. O. A will be Avail Able to All . Military and civilian personnel in Tbs Heidel Berg area for consultation to connection with the preparation of intricate Federal income to returns on tuesday and wednes Day in room fl2. Building 6 Jad Ivision Campbell Barracks
