European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Weather forecast Frankfurt Bee vex fair Mort tie Haze minimum temperature a Heidelberg. Berlin same ii Stuttgart same. 35 Munich Cloudy occasional Snow showers. Jew  partly Cloudy 33 Jaris fair Moraine log. Is Rome partly Courty. 44 n a p l e a same 5triestesame, 42. Air Teilhet Centt a european edition unofficial publication of . Occupation forces in Europe going anywhere information on or and other documents  when Neucom personnel travel on leave or duty within or outside to .zones of Germany and Austria a contained in Neucom circular  list of these requirements appears on Page 5. Volume 1, number 314 rents � copy $1.25 a month tuesday february 18,1950 Tow trial opens Coal talks halt from press dispatches Washington feb. 27 the e United mine workers Union went on trial today for criminal and civil con tempt of court in refusing to end the Coal strike. The Union pleaded not guilty to the con tempt charge. John l. Lewis is not a defendant in the action but Hisrich and powerful Union if convicted faces heavy fines for Refus ing to obey the Antis Rike order issued two weeks ago by Feder judge Richmond b Keech. Shortly alter the trial began negotiations Between the us and soft Coal operators recess indefinitely after a 45-Minnte  David Cote of presiden Truman s fact finding Board emphasized that he did not consider an indefinite recess a breakup of to talks. He said the negotiators Wil remain in Washington subject to recall on one hour s  government had done Little More than enter documents in Thi contempt Case when it asked for recess. Government attorneys est cont. On Page 12, col. 3 Winter setting on autobahn strike poll sweep France Paris feb. 27 up strike poll multiplied throughout France today in the growing showdown betwee labor and management Over highe wages that already has brought ou150,060 Auto and Metal workers. The Auto and Metal strike threatened to spread across the country As workers in provincial Cente voted on whether to join the Paris strike where from 120,000 to 150, 000 Are out polls were held in Marseille. Lyon so Chaux Orleans and other pro Vincia cities and scattered walk outs already have been  discontent also spread rap idly throughout other industries As negotiations bogged Down betwee labor and management under the new Law which returned collective bargaining to France for the first time since the  Public transportation work ers continued their strike poll wit operating employees on the bus Jand metro lines voting today and to Morrow. Maintenance and repair workers who voted Over the week end reportedly favored a . Butter egg prices slashed in dec Heidelberg. Feb. 27 special butter and egg prices in Neucom commissaries will take a Sharp drop wednesday Neucom he announced  line with current Price trends in the ., butter sold in Quarter master sales commissaries will be reduced from 62 cents a Pound to 52 cents and fresh eggs from 48cenis a do in to 33 cents. Recent quotations received by them division indicate that the new prices Viu a from 5 to 10 cents Jower than present stateside whole Ste prices according to Mai Gen George a Horkan Neucom chief quartermaster the glistening Snow deceptively hides the dangerous driving conditions on the autobahn near Mannheim is photo by Boyd sleet Snow make driving hazardous on zone highways Frankfurt feb. 27 is Germany from the Baltic to the Alps glistened today under a Lale season sleet and Snow Sierra that brought dangerous Highway conditions to Many sections. As much As six inches fell yester Day and Early today in some parts of the u. S. Zone Only a few minor traffic accidents re Sung from Slippery highways s Provost marshal after he was Noti were reported by the Provost mar j red that at the Halfway Mark of the pm warns car owners Heidelberg feb. 27 Sis private car owners in the .zone who fail to preregister and get 1950 License plates before april 1will have their vehicles hauled off the roads and impounded thee com Provost marshal s office warned today. The Sharp reminder came from Brig Gen John l. Mckee Neucom Shal s office in the Frankfurt tary Post area. Operations at Rhine main Airport were not affected. In Heidelberg army vehicles used chains for the first time this year and civilian motorists followed  Forest ski resorts reported 8 to 16 inches of Snow excellent for skiing and bobsledding. In the highest reaches of the Black Fores the Snow reached a depth of 36 inches. Mill \ registration period Only about 40 \ per cent of the private vehicles in monoxide Gas kills 3 in storm stalled car Rome n.y., feb. 27 a Threepersons died yesterday of monoxide poisoning in their car which stalled on a storm swept Road near Florence 30 Miles Northwest of this Central new York  trooper rank Stritter said Lois Jones 18, her brother John 17, both of Redfield and Ernes Landphere 23, of port Ontario died As they huddled near the Auto s Heater. The three were in route Home after attending a dance at Florence. The zone already have their new plates. The registration period started feb. 2. There is no anticipation of an Extension of time Mckee said. Owners who fail to preregister their private cars by the March 31 dead line can expect to have their vehicles hauled off the Road the next Day Mckee said the impounding order would be so stringent As to prevent owners from even driving their cars directly to one of the 13 registration offices in the zone after the deadline. The Provost marshal pointed out cont. On Page 12, col. 4 bulletin London feb. 27 up Deputy Premier Herbert Morrison tonight warned labor party workers at a Mammoth Jubilee rally to pre pare for another general election sooner rather than later . Bars yanks from Bulgaria  in slave Camp Prague feb. 27 a the . Embassy Here announced today that a naturalized american citizen was recently sentenced to a year in a slovakian forced labor Camp on charges of insulting the present communist led regime. It identified the Man Asim Rich solar 56. The embassy said he was slovakian origin. Solar a res ident of the Bronx in new York City had been visiting relatives i Slovakia for several months. The embassy announced that solar was first arrested Early in Decem Ber for making derogatory remarks about Czechoslovakia while visit ing in Topolcany  2,000 crowns this offence would fall und Eif Czechoslovakia s catch All Law for the detente of the Republic act an embassy statement said that solar was convicted and sentence to six weeks imprisonment and fined 2,000  after finishing his sentence it was Learned he was immediately rearrested and sent to. The labor Camp. It was reported that solar was originally arrested because he told a group of people that a americ Awe throw away better food Titan they eat in  police to question student who had lunch with Karpe by Ernie Reed staff correspondent. Vienna feb. 27 is . Army authorities investigating the death of naval capt Eugene s. Karpe today cabled new York police to meet m i i b u r n Russell Mckichan who lunched with Karpe shortly before his , 21, of Forest Grove ore., aboard the Queen Mary studied at the University of Vienna three months. He was reported to be the last known person to have seen Karpe a close Friend of Robert a.  told French police in Innsbruck thursday evening that he lunched with Karpe on the arts Berg Orient express shortly before the former . Naval attache in Bucharest died. Karpe s body was cont. On Page 12, col. 1 be Pard Terr Ries City third Oklahoma City . 27 tip an escaped hunger maddened Leopard terrorized this City of 250,-000 for the third Day today. Authorities have called in professional Mountain lion Hunters from he Rocky mountains Battle hardened marines and a helicopter track the big cat. A 100-Man search party was sen some for a few hours last night by officials who feared the Leopard might leap from the darkness to track some unwary Hunter. But the Hunt resumed shortly afer Midnight when two men re seeing the Tawny Jungle killer inside the 20-acre Lincoln Park zoo from which it made a break for Freedom saturday by leaping out Ofa 20-foot deep pit while several children watched in  Aid search bits of fur found clinging to the wire Fence of the zoo near the place the Leopard was reported strength ened the belief the big male animal might have returned to find  Park superintendent r. R. Murphy organized a Mobile search Headquarters with radio frequencies to coordinate the activities of a helicopter from the army s Fusill and ground search parties equipped with Saikie talkies. Telephone operators called Resi dents to ask them to stay Home. The thousands of curious who thronged to the scene of the search yesterday impeded the Hunt. The Black spotted Leopard s escape terrified Farmers at Arcadia 18 Miles Northeast of Oklahoma City where livestock had been frightened by something and of Edmond 12 Miles to the North where the Leop Ard was reported seen late yester Day. State dept. Vetoes private travel Washington feb. 27 up the . Today barred american citizens from entering Bulgaria on private business. The state department announced All new american passports will be stamped not valid for travel in bul  was a follow up to the . Decision last week to break diplomatic relations with Bulgaria which like other soviet satellites has been harassing american Diplo Mats and  ., on dec. 20, barred americans from private travel i Hungary after the arrest of Robert a. Vogeler International Telephone and Telegraph co. Executive on charges of  has been convicted and sentenced to 15 years  has asked Britain and the . To reduce their diplomatic and military missions in Budapest. Britain today rejected the  department press spokes Man Michael Mcdermott indicated the . Reply might be similar. Labor s Lead whittled Ink London feb. 37 up print minister Clement Attlee conferred with King George i late today on the British political crisis shortly after final returns on thursday voting Cut the labor party s major Ity to a tiny seven seats in icehouse of commons. Attlee discussed with the King his plans to reshuffle the Cabinet i View of labor s moral defeat at the polls and also the legislative pro Gram he intends to submit to parliament. King George in his speech fro the throne at the state opening of parliament March 6, will deliver Attlee s program. On that May hinge labor s ability to carry on1 for a few months. If labor tries to press its full socialist program a crisis might cont. On Page 12, col. 5 Candle rite cap8 Church a protest new York feb. 27 a Candle was snuffed in the auditorium of Community Church yester Day symbolizing the end of 38 hours of prayer and fasting i protest against Hydrogen bomb production. We have been somewhat of a curiosity said the Rev. Donald Harrington pastor of the und Nom National Midtown Manhattan Church. That people who show concern Over the Hydrogen bomb Are regarded As objects of curiosity is Asad comment on the world s Des Perate need. There ought to be Romany people interested in this that it would be commonplace be said