European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Be Brawl 2s, fifth stars and stripes eff Boriaf stars Ond sir Pes Apo t75 us Arm tag Tito declares Yugo cannot count on West 33d president honors first Belgrade feb. To a Hel Ufeo bar Fly told i yugoslav people yesterday they cannot expect any help from the West and that no matter How bad conditions May become he will no offer Hie band to anyone who Doe not rap port communism Paliy. To a speech delivered to a Peoples front Congress of yugoslav Premier repeated the Fateme of a Firat Section speech test week that no matter How bad economic conditions May become be will stand alone. Tito last week said yugoslav would go barefooted rather the give concessions to the West in re turn for Loans. His speeches led observers to conclude that be no longer is hopeful of receiving any Quick action on Hia pending loan requests to the world Bank and . Petty persons observing that they say we Are cruel i imposing certain measures to extract maximum production Tito explained i must say that we do not Watn to be cruel but the birth of everything new cannot a Tito said there were people within fee country who did not under stand its needs and were hamper ing output however he declare that those Petty persons who had looked at tie electoral Reform la of last december As a Means of re turning to Power were building castles in the air. Of his former enemies who he said offer their help in the present difficult times Tito said bluntly he would not accept their assistance no matter who supports them. 4turk escape Laid to dutch Jakarta feb. 27 a the indonesian government hag proof that capt Turk Westerling was smuggled out of Indonesia aboard a Catalina flying boat of the dutch Navy an official spokesman for the ministry of defense said today. The spokesman a maj sugar to said defense minister Sultan a Meniku Yuwono con fronted the Netherlands High commissioner h. M. Hirschfeld with evidence in a emergency meeting saturday sugar to explained though that his government did not consider Hirschfeld s office was directly responsible for the actions of the Navy because under the pact for in dependence the Netherlands Navy was operating in indonesian Waters under the orders of the indonesian government for one year. Giant chess tourney slated Belgrade feb. 27 Cap a chess tournament described As the largest in history in the number of boards in play is scheduled for March 5 in Novi sad capital ovo Jodina. A total of 2,100 players will match skills on 1,050 boards. Speaking at the unveiling of a statue of George Washington at the masonic memorial in Alexandria vft., president Truman warn that the 10.8, will me Force to defend democracy if it must. Acme new proposal would bar draft without Congress of Washington Feto. 27 is Cabin Nan Carl Vinson a Msj of the House armed services committee announced last night be will introduce a new draft Law today barring further induction without congressional consent. Vinson predicted the Bill will be approved by his group next month and enacted by the House shortly thereafter. The georgian rejected the plea of president tru Mundt urges Fri probe charges of state dept reds Man and defense Secretary Louit a. Johnson for a three year Exten Sion of the existing Law without change. The 1948 act is scheduled the expire june 24. Vinson provided instead for t three year continuance of the pres ent selective service system with authority to Register and classify youths of 18 and 19, but without the Power to induct anyone. No further drafting would be permitted except by future act of Congress. The new act would expire june 30, 1953. There have been no inductions under the present la since january 1949. Total curfew ends Asmara rioting Cairo feb. 27 up the total curfew British authorities ordered in Asmara two Days ago has ended temporarily the moslem Christian rioting which resulted in at least 47 deaths in four Days in the Eritrea capital last week. Although the hot Dusty plateau City located about 30 Miles Inland Tom the red sea was still electric with tension no violence had been reported since the 22-hour daily curfew was ordered Friday. Natives were allowed on the streets Only Between 3 and 5 pm daily to obtain food and water 1 Washington feb. S7 up sen. Karl b. Mundt is. A urge the Fri yesterday to make an in dependent investigation of of Yargee that the state department is riddled with comm Rasta and red sympathizers. The Senate has ordered a foreign relations subcommittee to Check into the matter and subpoena the loyalty files of 57 state department employees accused by sen. Joseph r. Mccarthy a wis of being pro common flt by Paar Truman told a reporter that if the files Are denied there can t be thorough investigation and that Congress then should consider these two alternatives 1 a special request for president Truman to order a fresh investigation of the matter by the Fri. The Law Agency he said should give its findings to the Senate committee rather than to or. Truman 2 serious consideration to it last ditch step of applying pres sure on the administration by withholding new state department operating funds. Sir Harry Lander idies at 79 us. Anthem spurned ambassador to protest Guatemala feb. Jap an International tee Dent a threatened Here Over the play ing of a puerto klan Folk son a a for the Sta bpm tagged . Ambassador Bickard Pat tenon said he would protest to the guatemalan government against the insult to the . Flag at the opening ceremonies of the sixth Central american and Caribbean olympic game. Strathaven Scotland feb. 27 up sir Harry Lauder the Bandy legged and beloved Scot minstrel who kept the English speaking world alternately on the verge of laughter and tears for half a Cen Tury died yesterday at the age of 79 Lander died at his Lanarkshire Home Lauder a family spokesman said his last hours were spent peacefully. He was Notin his Niece Greta Lauder who had Naceem pained him on several of his world Tours was with him when he did. She had kept an almost Konstam Vigil Ever since a be came a. Lauder bad been seriously ill Fornix months from cerebral Throm Bosis and Urmia at Lauder a where he lived since he became famous As a composer Singer an comedian. Born of a poor scottish family in Portobello near Edinburgh Lauder worked As a child in a flax Mill and spent 10 years in a Coal mine before rising to Fame with his song Sand jokes film biography he was 30 when he scored his first great Success with Iii Irish song Callighan Calls last year an american theatrical agent visited him and secured the u film the comedian s life. Wag thrilled to the mar he made two stipulation the film was to be in color and to be shown in Scotland. When american comedian Danny Kaye was chosen to play Lauderine the film he went to see Lauder in his Home. Lauder watched a Kaye perform Ance in Edinburgh and told re porters then he made me laugh like nobody else i know. He is grand he made 22 Tours of the u. S. The first was in 1907, the last his umpteenth Farewell tour in 1935. While roaming in the a Loamon i love a Lassie and other of Hia songs brought him his first Fame it was ladder s common touch which made him loved by million. Bulgar break held salutary for relations Paris feb. 27 cup breaking of diplomatic relations Between the . And Bulgaria should have a salutary effect on american re lations with Eastern Europe . Minister Donald a Heath said today on his arrival in Paris from and mrs. Heath arrived on the Simpson express accompanied by 10 members of the legation staff and the american Colony after leaving Sofia . Broke relation with Bulgaria last tuesday charging the bulgarian government with the torturing and Kohng of bulgarian employed in the legation. Balfan disappointed at least two of our former employees in the legation Are still under arrest in Sofia. It is terrible to think about what k happening to them Heath said. The bulgarian government a quite surprised and certainly Dis appointed when the United state broke relations although they had every reason to expect to heat a said. Breaking relation with bul Garia should have a salutary effect diplomatically speaking on our position m Eastern Europe headed. Heath said he thought bulgarian tactics against personnel employed by the u.3. Legation were a Little worse than in other Iron curtain countries with whom the . It Fichas relation russians i Evzdene soviet military and political advisers Are increasingly a evidence in Sofia Heath said but As yet Bulgaria has no russian figure such As Gen Konstantin Hosso Kovsky in Poland actively and openly direct ing her affairs. In the Heath party was Mary Hakel of los Angeles a congregational missionary who first went to Bulgaria in 1880 she said there were Many protestants in Bulgaria today but open worship was becoming difficult and might Cost one s Job. Heath his wife and five others will return to the . Friday on the Queen Elizabeth. Koniaev rumoured new chief of bulgar armed Force London. Feb. 27 up soviet marshal Ivan s. Koniaev commander in chief of the red army Juat after the War May soon take control of the bulgarian military forces As War minister a High yugoslav official in London said yesterday. The official who returned from Belgrade a few Days ago said re ports reaching the yugoslav capital from Sofia indicated Koniaev would take Over the bulgarian Post inthe very near Pope gives 1st audience since attack of flu Vatican City feb Otap Pope Pius Xii gave a one hour general audience to 5,000 pilgrims yesterday his first mass audience since his alight attack of influenza15 Days ago. He appeared fully recovered except for a slight cough and showed no sign of fatigue after the Audi Enoe. . Discloses Sale of arms to israelis Washington feb. 27 uhf Israel has purchased Home ., arms and ammunition and the . Is considering a request toe Moro and larger shipments the stat department disclosed last night. Michael j. Mcdermott department Presa spokesman refused to say How much or what types of Arma ment bed been or might be shipped. But he noted that to was this government s Poncy to allow such purchases when the arms and am munition were to be used for legitimate self defense. He said israeli representative about a week ago handed the state department a list of items Israel would like to buy Here. He added the Agency which passes on these requests and issues Export License bad the matter under consider while Mcdermott declined to estimate the amount of armaments Israel had already acquired Here he indicated it was a relatively Small Quantity. Arab chief accuses Israel of plotting Conques Cairo feb. 27 add Rahman Azzam Pasha Secretary general of the Arab league last night termed Israel reported re quest for . And British arms an Ott hot to fulfil zionist pro Gram of Conquest the a said provided for the Conquest of the remainder of Palestine and jew Haw been setting an uninterrupted flow at Arm he said. No a buy them from Eastern european countries and smuggle them from Westera countries. In in Nap oct to jew be As advantage Over to Al rata to have never been Given e Banc to get proper armament for their defense . May ship Best arms Washington feb. 27 Cap Western Europe May receive the most modern a weapons aside from atom bombs under the or i tary Ald program James Bruce director of the program hinted last bomb had previously Ben ruled out. Without efe Bonting brute add Ina broadcast if you have a poorly equipped police Force trying to combat a crime wave in a Large Community it la common sense to give them the latest and Best equipment 90 that any gangsters in the area will think twice before Bruce said that about 70 per cent of the equipment soon to begin moving abroad will go to improve the effectiveness of ground forces now existing in Western Europe. The rest will be air equipment and some naval said the program win continue As Long As Congress feels such assistance be needed to maintain tha defensive capacity of the free nations to resist aggression and main Tain their added i think most of a now realize that the Freedom of is vital to our us merchant Fleet regains 1939 level London feb. 27 a the British chamber of shipping re ported yesterday the United King Dom s merchant Fleet has been restored to its prewar giving detailed figures the report said about half of the merchant Fleet afloat in 1939 Waal St through enemy action. It said the Fleet a restoration within 4v�years of the War end was a remarkable achievement by the ship building Industry
