European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes monday february 17,1950 Congo signal w Ashington up Here the status of major legislation in Congress social Security Senate finance committee holding hearings on House passed expansion and Tab realization measure. Marshall flan Senate and House committees conducting hearings. Health insurance no action Heiy this year. Point four banking committees of both houses have approved Bills providing government guarantees against extraordinary risks for Loans to underdeveloped areas abroad. House foreign affairs committee has approved com Panion Bill to provide technical nid. Jul using and Kent control House banking committee expected to Complete hearings soon on Middle income housing Rojas we Senate banking subcommittee has approved Bill rent control Extension measure not yet introduced. Women constitutional Amend ment guaranteeing equal rights for women approved by Senate. No House committee action so far. International Trade organization awaits Senate foreign relations committee action. Electoral colleges e n a t e has approved constitutional Amend ment to revise electoral counting system House judiciary commit tee has approved similar measure. Military construction half Bil lion Dollar military construction Bill passed by Senate. Awaits House committee approval. Dps Senate judiciary commit tee has approved revisions of Dis placed persons Law House has passed liberalization measure. Education Rouse labor com Mittee considering Aid to Educa Tion Bill Taft Hartley repeal no action expected this year. Taxes House ways and Means committee considering administration revision program. Major b i 11 8 passed measure. Providing $60,000,000 Aid for South Korea and $10,500,000 for chinese nationalists on Formosa. West Europe leaders cite barriers to Unity new York a a poll of Europe s government and leaders Knox prospects of Western european unit brought answers that boil Down to we like it but with few exceptions such w Winston Churchill most answers especially official government statements admitted the need for politic and economic Union but stressed the difficulties of getting it forgers give Busy year to to men in 49 Ashington up counterfeiters and Treasury Check forgers had a Boom year in "1949. They made a lot of Money and piled up a lot of jail time. The Money racketeers the Treasury department reported cheated Gullible citizens out of millions of dollars Sod gave the secret service its busiest year since 1935. But hundreds of them were safely tucked away behind bars by new year s eve. Like the san Francisco Delicatessen Man who spent nine years trying to produce a perfect counterfeit j20 Bill and was caught before he got around to cashing one. And the los Angeles income tax consultant who collected two ways from his clients he got paid for making oat their tax returns and then cashed their Treasury refund checks. He Gat $25,000 from his victims and five years from the government during 1949, secret service agents seized $1,354,868 in counter Feit Bills of which $651,445 actually was passed to store keepers Bank Cashiers and other victims who top the loss. In 1048 seizures amounted to $513,961, and victims lost $190,133. The Treasury said 478 persons were wrested for counterfeiting off ens. In 1949, and 273 were convicted. The Treasury said a flourishing Braut h of the counterfeiting Racks operates in foreign , manufacturing fake Bills Oversea and sending them Here to be passed. White in England this Long necked Pelican air Hie London zoo does t need any rear View Mirror to preen his feathers. He stays spic and Span with the Aid of a neck adapted to reach All Langfos. Acme the answers were Given in reply to two questions asked by maj Gen William Donovan wartime director of the . Office of strategic services and Dow chairman of the american committee on in Ted Europe. The questions were Are there immediate prospects of the Council of Europe achieving tangible results in the direction of economic integration and political Unity if there Are differences among members of the committee of ministers which suggest that some Are less prepared than others to make any rapid Progress towards full european Unity what in your opinion can or should be done general terms most answers were in general terms. In general the smaller states and those Defeated in world War ii were the strongest advocates of Quick positive action. Italy was an exception by Tak ing a a i 11 i n a but definitely go slow attitude. Britain s labor government took the most cautious View. But Churchill replied in part i have during recent years repeatedly and emphatically declared that for the Sake of peace and Prosperity Europe roust prime minister Clement Attlee said substantial results have been achieved and his majesty s government Are confident that further Progress will be comments by leaders of other governments were president Vincent Auriol of France everything that tends toward the reconstruction and unification of Europe has not Only the sympathy but the Active sup port of France. We know this is not Only an Ideal but a necessity which sooner or later must be a fiend work Paul Henri Spaak former prime minister of Belgium said there was no reason to be discouraged by past failures and called for patient and Wise work. Certain Aleide de Gasperi Premier of Italy there Are people who feel concerned about.,. Excessive gradual est on the Road towards the economic integration and political unification of Europe. However rational gradual Ness should be for our friends a reason not of distrust but of countries favouring immediate Unity included Denmark Austria the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Others giving it Strong support were Sweden Norway and the Republic of Ireland. I years ago. Feb. 27,1946 More than 800 striking employees of the general electric co. In Philadelphia defy an order against mass picketing. Feb. 27,1947 Lewis w. Douglas former . Budget director is appointed ambassador to Britain feb. 27, 1948 a Strong earthquake rocks Lima and nearby cities. Feb. 27,1949 More than 20 persons Are injured in a two hour Battle Between sex partisans and police in Down town Milan. Special services has announced that the family recreation area at Chi Emsee will close March 1 for renovation and repairs. It is expected to be reopened april i. Quotas will be allocated to posts and major com mands on a personnel strength basis. Reservations May be made with special services officers. The american express in offering � 15-Day escorted tour to Spain by Way of Paris visiting Madrid Toledo Granada Malaga Seville and Barcelona. The Cost of the tour is $378 and includes rail and Sleeper transportation second class first class within Spain motor to act and air transportation accommodations at first class hotels meals break. Fast lunch and dinner gratuities and services of a guide lecturer throughout the tour. The tour is based on a minimum of 10 persons. Tours will depart wrote Frankfort March 6, april 3, May 1. Jane 5, july aug. 7, sept. 4, and oct. 2. Reservations May be made at local american express offices on payment of a $180 Deposit the balance payable m Days before departure. Necessary papers for us. Civilians include authority to travel in Spain issued by a travel clearance it com and valid passport. . Military personnel will travel in civilian clothes and will also need the authority to travel in Spain pins travel orders and identification card. Spanish visas Are not required for occupation personnel we Are in Possession of the authority to travel in Spain. The first tour leaves Frankfort monday March f by train an returns to Frankfurt tuesday March 21. A 12-Day easter cruise of the Mediterranean is being offered by the american express co. As an answer to where to go while waiting for the Good travelling weather on the european Mainland. The tour is scheduled to leave Genoa on april i and in life Mast of the other cruises aboard the luxury liner Atlantic the eat a cruise is being operated on a one class basis regarding meals and ship facilities. Prices for the Ernise Range from $159 to $586. Cpl George Farrants of the 19th fid hasp keens Barf has won an 11-Day tour of Italy with All expenses paid As the grand prize in the Munich military Post photo contest. The top 32 Best entries selected from the 150 submitted have bees on exhibition at the american Way special services Cine. Tour information Booths Are currently being established in All service clubs for Hie convenience of occupation personnel according to a recent announcement from Neucom special services. The new service is aimed at acquainting personnel with Lour possibilities and costs. The Booths will be operated As an additional service to replace the official Tours and leaves offices. All requests for reservations will be turned Over to Hie official reservation office for booking and Conli relation. More than 30 of the i clubs throughout the dec have already submitted to Headquarters the names of hostesses who will be responsible for the operation of Booths. Interested persons will be Able to learn prices and general in formation about rest centers visa requirements for Neucom Tours and travel location of consulates vehicle requirements including Border crossing paints and documentation necessary for Austria. Brochures and pamphlets willbe available on Tours to Italy offered by private travel agencies at special prices to Neucom personnel special services sponsored italian holy year Tours Winter Tours to Switzerland and Many others. Club Booth directors will be Able to Aid in making reservations and Complete paper work in order to make travel and easy and attractive As possible. The Crossroads service club in Stuttgart a by its tour information Booth one of the first shown above la a toot wide plan inaugurated for in Convenie Bee Woald be trav Elers. This week the club i featuring Winter part Tow. Just a reminder that Geneva Switzerland will a a Fisherman s Paradise As soon ast a 78,000 juvenile Trout which were added to the natives of several Mountain streams last fall have grown up and produced the inevitable offspring. Trout fishing has Ahvay been s popular sport with live Geneva and n to expected that thin Large scale Trout raising action will attract Many foreign anglers to to picturesque Mountain valleys in the outskirts of the City. The stars and stripes vol 7, kit. Us editor tit Chloel managing editor sports editor. Monday february 17, 1m it col William 11 Summers Ken Zumwalt " " Taylor executive manager chief of distribution Maurice r. Klxkwood., Lotus h Brown news Bltl-39361 Darmstadt Berlin s481 m-46m Plena Bremerhaven. Ubm-j13o Munlyn i Otus the european edition is published Dally at danns adv h
