European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes March 195q Aid chief sees German role vital to West March 3 Robert chief of the eco nomic cooperation administration Mission in told the House foreign affairs committee yester Day there was real danger toe cause of her bargaining Germany May become the most powerful country in Europe and that this is All the More reason to encourage her integration in a uni Ted his statement was made in reply questions toy Mike Mansfield said Germany is weak now but it seems to me that she has All the elements far eventually be coming the strongest nation in Euner position As a Between As t and West that the United states and rope Lussia will proo Ahly vie to make concessions for German soviet car Antaeus cited it is also possible that Russia has aces in this hand than we she has ands which has expropriated from Ger and might offer to it seems to me we must consider factors in View of the Ger Man bargaining might turn out in a Way we do not like Hanes said Trade Between Ger Many and Western Europe was essential that we cannot look for Success in recovery with news of the zones 50 dec a fliers train in Texas March 3 special ten officers and1 4fl airmen from the 2d air div left this week for Berg Strom air Force to begin 90 Days of concentrated training in the maintenance and Supply of Republic pm Thunder the air arms of the division will be equipped with them this it was each of the two the 86th fighter bomber Wing at Neu Biberg air base and the 36th fighter bomber Wing at Furstenfeld Bruck air furnished half the men to go the school at the f84 will begin to replace the f47 at Neu Biberg this Spring on a on Forone the project win continue until both wings Are equipped with the new completion Date Lor Transfer of approximately 150 Thunder jets has been tentatively set for july death penalty bid March 3 new attempt to reintroduce the death penalty in Western Germany has been opened in the bundestag lower House by deputies of the bavarian they proposed to Amend article 102 of the German Basic Law which last summer abolished the death penalty As punishment for any crime whatsoever committed in the territory the West German fed eral the Hico court of appeals has ruled that the German ban against Cut it f capital punishment also affects All Mansfield asked the Trai defendants tried in Hico Ait ional antipathies Between the european nations particularly France and where being broken Points to Trade pitch Hanes said they and cited As an example the recent Trade agree ment signed Between France and which he said was a very encouraging Hanes said in his opening state ment to the committee that Berlin of c o u r the real problem of both to the Allied Powers and to the German people them Russia wants1 us to get Dis gusted and pull out of but we cannot do it without losing face and and we have Hope that Berlin will eventually become the capital of a unified How to stay in Berlin Means continuing tremendous he said he be i f v de Germany could become self supporting in the near particularly if she can acquire sufficient for Industry in the Western East terms for single vote withdraw Allied troops March 3 nist East Germany will agree to Al German elections Only after the of and British occupation Albert is or press chief for the East said our main withdrawal of Anglo american intervention Ore ready to support Germany wide Nordenvold a press and a number of German and european nationals have had their previous death sentences to life imprisonment As a result  March 3 the huge Grafe Wohr Man Euver area has been a hideous desert which will Swallow up millions of tax a rfcs for years to v speaking before the parliamentary a Chris Tian social Union Csc spokesman it has useless to repair roads in the Grafe Wohr As they Are by a within a few 0 the Delegate demanded a full re port of the Grafe Wohr situation be drawn up by the bavarian gov the Grafe Wohr situated on marginal land in North Eastern was used As Man Euver area for the troops of the pre world War i bavarian kingdom for Many under the the reservation was greatly it been retained by the army As the major area in the 10 pay Cut starts March 3 civilian of Neucom and All Hico workers in Germany will Start taking a 19 per cent pay Cut they will suffer no actual financial loss until they receive their checks the end of this the 10 per cent Post pay differential announced earlier by the state will be effective for the pay period March 518 and army and Hico civilian personnel offices for this personnel will receive their checks about March review Board for 15 March 3 High commissioner John Mccloy has decided to appoint a clemency Board to review the death sentences of 15 German War Crimi nals sentenced at authoritative sources have the Board will be composed of prominent lawyers and a ecologists and will probably come to Germany for firsthand they Aoa gems stolen March 3 Cut and raw diamonds valued at several thousand dollars have been from a Safe in the american overseas airlines office in Down town cry police Dis police said they Are looking for a gang of burglars who forced in trance to the airlines office through a transom and ransacked As Well As the the jewels were part of airfare Iffat in nearly a dozen Aoa freight handlers at Airport were arrested in connection with regular thefts of articles from airfreight bad news for pm Section it col James Kutzburg military Post receives the commanders White elephant trophy from Keig Gen Lewis Post the trophy was awarded to the pm Section for the highest Accident rate for Boio Mccloy says women seek peace March 3 John speaking yesterday at the German american women club of said women whether american or want peace for their world More than anything we All the formula for at Een Ference in the soviet Taing this and if we keep at he added that another condition fit we shall find the wife of the condition is that All Eastern organizations and political parties be Given a License for activities in Western i fined for assault in fussed Beer Hall Marob 3 Cpl Milton 536th he has been sentenced by a special court martial for pointing his pistol at a German and firing into the ceiling of a fussed Beer Hall 1 Pound guilty of endanger ing human life and unauthorized use of a Spence was sentenced to six confinement at hard labor and forfeiture of monthly for a like the confinement term was suspended by a reviewing commissioner we sometimes delude ourselves that peaces the product of International conferences and the Wisdom of but the real peace is the decent daily life of Mccloy emphasized that careful supervision of childrens education was a fundamental duty of every a thought Ful Mother who makes an Effort to know her childrens As Well As what they Are can exert a real i feel that mothers should insist that their children learn the the thoughts and the customs of other than their in order they May develop a More sympathetic under towards the p e of 1 e of those Horace Heidi band to tour in dec March 3 special Horace Heidt and his musical knights will arrive at Wiesbaden sometime around april 20 to begin it 20day tour of air Force and army it was announced by special services Heidt will be accompanied by his Trouge of approximately 60 his band and the entire youth of America radio Many rising discovered on the will be him when he including and other occupation Talent will join the Heidt contest in winners in the occupation contest Wilt receive v five of toe programs presented in Germany will be recorded for broadcast Over an the state Side which carry chaplain to address club Marcuc 3 capt Paul Heidelberg military Post is scheduled to address the Post club at the second communion breakfast in the Graf Zeppelin hotel March Bonn receptive to steel bids from american buyers March 3 German foreign Trade officials said yesterday the West German steel Industry is receptive to any or Ders from steel buyers now reported in the Western Hico officials disclosed they Are aware of one order being negotiated by a representative of a manufacturing and added they Are aware of other they said they regarded the or Der As an indication that Industry is seeking by foreign Pur chases to assure itself an adequate Supply of steel in the face of a Domestic production slump due to the Coal strike Hico economic experts said they looked with favor on the Sale of German steel for cursory Security Check Aji transactions on steel or Ders in Germany would be handled by the German foreign Trade of fice in it was believed in Frankfurt that German steel can be delivered by water to Atlantic coast ports for an average of a which would make it competitive with steel shipped by from although the Ruhr District summed with talk about possible steel German foreign Trade officials pointed put that the greater part of the Ruhr present production limit is Al located for consumption within and that relatively Small share is available for their the Provost marshal told District attorneys from 11 judicial districts they could expect the appearance of cases in which private car owners were being prosecuted under a Neucom he directive for operating with outdated explained the current reregistration of cars is going attorney hits Hico courts March 3 american lawyer today he will Challenge in a Federal court the legality of the court system in this whole under which High commission courts Are trying american citizens Here in Germany is George t of san told Davis was to Fly to the tonight to file his Challenge in the District court in he will ask the Federal court to restrain the retrial of Charles of Albany in army department employee was convicted last year of stealing supplies from a Quarter master depot in where be was Mckee urges o end of German arms sales March 3 half a dozen types of lethal weapons on open Sale in zone German and their Manu and Possession should be Brig Gea John Neucom Provost declared speaking at the opening session of 3 a conference of Hico District attorneys in the Headquarters build ing Mckee urged a tightening up of existing legislation to tar All traffic in such weapons throughout demilitarized to emphasize his he Dis played a veritable Arsenal of weapons purchased the open German brass Knuckles they included brass knives with snap Blades measuring three to five rubber Trun and air pistols powerful enough to penetrate several inches of Wood at close and a 14 Inch steel Blackjack which Tele Scopes into a four Inch Rod that would fit into a Vest pocket the weapons Are All of the Type found effective in the Street and gang fighting which preceded the Rise to Power of 1he nazi and which easily Are concealed by marchers in parades and Demon such weapons Are still Legal and can be bought in Many German declared the Provost mar whose division is responsible for enforcement of Law and order involving occupation personnel in the Drivers wanted Mckee also inferentially warned Neucom owners of private vehicles they will be prosecuted if they drive with outdated License plates after the March 31 deadline for obtain ing 1950 plates and re registering Spellman pilgrims led by Flag Vatican March 3 carrying a Cross and the american the first big pilgrimage passed yesterday through the holy 3oor of Peters the Cross was carried by Francis Cardinal archbishop of new York and spiritual Leader of he nearly 600 american Catholic year the Flag was carried by Michael new York before entering the spell Man Knelt at the threshold of the holy door and prayed he then kissed the casement of i the door that was opened Christ Mas eve by Pope Pius took a Cross in his hands and entered the i i the american Flag Wae carried 3 alongside the and through the Basilicas Long length to the altar of the where spell Man celebrated Maas for his Pik