European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 1950 the stars and stripes Page i at55 March 18 Gen Muir elder statesman of the air Force and one of its lop strategic died suddenly last night of a heart stuck at his Home in the 55yearold fourstar who was of Vic chief of was stricken after spending the Day As usual at his office in the Pentagon in addition to his the former Florence Alice Fairchild is survived by a Ross who lives in Tokyo with her an infantry the top of official was right hand Man to Gen Hoyt Vanden of chief of associates said he was known As the air forces elder statesman because he had served with the nations flying Arm since the Days when it was Only a minor appendage of the before world War since then he Rose to its top level of command and played a leading role in its strategic planning during and after world War As Well As being the Gen Muir Fairchild of ambassador to Congress the general became Vic chief 61 air staff May after serving a tour of duty As commandant Al the air University at Maxwell a Post now held by Gen George Fairchild was known As a an Haig level though he was in he flew in world War i after attending flying schools in he piloted several types of Large bombers Over the Rhine with French and also served with the French in 1942 he was appointed to the three member joint strategic sur vey in the office of the combined chiefs of this committee was charged with advis ing the joint chiefs of staff on the relations of military strategy to National he also was a member of the delegation to the Dumbarton Oaks at which plans were Laid for setting up the United and military adviser to the delegation to the san Francisco where the in was finally Finland ends Cabinet crisis March 18 agrarian Leader urho Kek Conen last night formed a three party  coalition govern ment for ending the coun try 17day Cabinet Kekkonen announced officially that his Cabinet consists of 10 Agar three members of the Swedis of peaking Peoples party and two in a Brief Cabinet retiring Premier fagerholm transferred to Kek Conen the authority of his 19monthold social democratic of the parliaments 200 he agrarian control the liberals five and the Peoples party 1 giving tace government 75 seats to be oppositions the with 33 arc not expected to oppose the govern giving it a majority of lot Stock Market sags after Early gains new March 18 Stock prices yesterday after a fractional Rise in earlier strength in motors lifted the Dow Jones industrials to a new High in the first although autos continued heaviness in other groups More than erased the and volume declined to about shares from thursdays american can maintained us gain of Chrysler also gained a big Chesapeake great Northern and Union Pacific ran into sinking american car St foundry Oil a dividend the common slumped nearly 5 Points and the preferred More than Dupont sold at a new As did Amer ican distilling Lockheed dropped steels softened in the final hour and closed mostly Laurel and Hardy to make film comedy in Paris March in a no alerted by Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy Are going to Paris to make their first picture after a five year screen they will leave for Faris next where the also slurs Simone French comic Fernandel and italian comic will be made in English and Princess Margaret recovers March 18 Cess is getting around after 10 Days indoors with leftist artist Kent says soviet Art is second rate March 18 american artist Rockwell commenting on a visit to said Here that modern russian Art was second rate and no Peoples Kent was a member of a peace partisan delegation which presented a peace message to the supreme soviet a the Kremlin last he was one of the few americans attending a fou Day conference of the communist sponsored world committee of peace partisans i am a thorough believer in a Peoples Kent i think that the great Art of the Renaissance was a Peoples i also think thai the Good Art of the pre revolutionary russian paint ers was a Peoples he Contin but i do not think the soviet russians have found themselves in creating a Peoples Art Rogge angered at attacks on by Teace group March in John former assist ant attorney said Here he is weary of the denunciations hurled at the the com munis dominated peace parti sans with whom he is who last week delivered a peace message to the supreme soviet in the is one of the Vic presidents of the world committee of peace irrespective of president tru mans decision to manufacture the Hydrogen i do not believe that he or other american leaders planning any he i am a Little weary All these Cassino Marks 6th year since destruction March 18 bombed out City in Italy Dur ing world War ii this week commemorated the sixth anniversary of its Complete destruction and vowed that a new and More Beautiful City shall Rise from the several new Cornerstones were Laid and More than 300 Trees planted along the two sides of the principal streets cleared of Bevin Confer March 18 Trian Vic Chancellor Adolf Scharf conferred Here with foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin at the for eign during the hour Long Alk Scharf emphasized toe need for a speedy conclusion of the austrian  in China raids March 18 the regular daily nationalist air Force communique said yesterday that Hainan based Mitchell b25s blasted Pearl River traffic and broke up a concentration of Over 70 communist Junks at we Chow Island while the aircraft ranged up and Down the Liichow Peninsula in Midnight it said in the week ending wednesday a total of 144 sorties dropped nearly 90 tons of bombs and killed and sunk 130 it also claimed nationalist planes wrecked Junghwa Airfield at Shanghai and attacked other targets from hang How and the islands near the to Soochow and Pengpum in Kangsu and Nanhwei Turin police quell fascist red riots March to reinforced by a heavily armed battalion of set in machine gun and mortar posts in the Center of this manufacturing City today and restored quiet after 24 hours of Street fighting Between communists and Twenty policemen anti 20 workers were at least 30 were a the Neof asst italian movements Psi Headquarters was smashed and partly the disorder began thursday night when Psi groups tried to put up party posters near a communist scattered fist fights broke out by yesterday morning the communists had organized then coun workers in overalls streamed from Fiat and Lancia motor factories and other works and marched on the Psi head riot police tried to Stop but the workers smashed de spite teargas bombs and several volleys which police fired into the medic tells legislators blasts wont cause permanent March 18 atomic expert has congressmen that atomic explosions will not sterilize the worlds male at hearings of the Senate House atomic Energy committee yester chairman Brien Mcmahon asked atomic medical if there was any such d there is Warren but added that atomic experts have Warren told the committee on the basis of present persons surviving an atomic blast can expect a reasonably Normal life he said that there was some evidence that Eye cataracts develop in about 6 per cent of there been no detectable increase of deform moves among children born to survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atom bomb he delay in eating advised Warren declared that survivors of Aji Alor bombed City should not eat or drink until the food and water had been checked by Radia Tion asked about the penetrating effects of radiation on buildings near an atomic Warren said that it would require 14 inches of Concrete to shield a person from radiation within Yards of an air Harry atomic Energy commission said that solid poured Walls of reinforced Concrete Are the Best steel and reinforced Concrete skyscrapers about a half mile from the Center of the blast of bombs like those dropped on Japan would be undamaged but those within feet of the blast Center would be he destruction listed Bowman said that one Story heavy steel Frame buildings would destroyed at a distance of feet from the As Well As Light steel Frame buildings at Brick walled buildings at and woo Frame buildings at feet Warren did not elaborate on but the dec has said that temporary sterility occurred among Many japanese exposed to but that the vast majority of them returned to Warren said atomic survivors can expect reasonably Normal with this qualification genetic changes n the second and third generations nay yet be found to occur we not to any great us fleets to Battle to Mediterranean March 18 suit Josh naval forces conduct full scale Battle exercises Early next week in the he admiralty announced a red task based on Gibraltar and commanded by adm sir Philip to Block the Westward passage of a Blue Force based in the Central Mediterranean and commanded by vice adm Cyril Douglas both forces will be made up of aircraft cruisers and de with the red Force having the added weapon of sub Shore based reconnaissance aircraft will participate in the to pay  Lake March 18 up Secretary general Trygve lie announced yesterday that the United nations will provide transportation to the user for Valentin go soviet Engineer convicted on espionage conspiracy to whom the govern ment offered a suspension of his 15 Yea sentence if he left the has announced be would sail on the polish ship Batory lie said passage for go bitches and his wife would be paid for under the in policy of providing re turn transportation for any employee brought from his go bitches had been brought from the user to work on the new head quarters building lit new where Bis chiefly concerned problems of installing elevators and other equipment upper House Infra Nee oks Arasaki pact March i8 Council of the upper Day approved the arms agreement with the Navy hellcat fighters already have been turned Over under the and a steady Stream of equipment will Start soon to help build up the under equipped French the Council vote Early this morn ing leaves Only the formalities of ratification to be completed by president Vincent the National Assembly approved it two Days Only the communists opposed it the aircraft Carrier bringing the hellcats probably will put in at the naval base at rather than a French to avoid an immediate showdown with the who have announced they will try to Stop the troops alerted other delivery dates probably will be kept but the govern ment is ready for any communist attempt troops and Republican guards Are in the ports in Case of and the government its flew anti sabotage Law tap to Deal with Surprise broke out on the Paris Public transportation where m general walkout ended last strikes still were in Progress in the building the Gas and Auto and textile and chemical among Paris social Security Public services bakery insurance employees and other Canada offers to train officers for pact Powers March 18 has offered to train officers for the armed services of the Atlantic pact defense minister Brooke Claxton announced yester he said the total to be trained would be made up of 150 of flyers of the ground forces and 100 officers of the air forces of the various lawmakers death cute us labor majority to 5 March 18 labor member of Parlia ment for West died yesterday at his Home in reducing the govern ments precarious majority in com Mons to if the conservatives wrest the seat from the labor party in the by election to Hie governments majority will be Cut to bulgar envoys return Home March 18 bul Garian diplomatic Mission to Wash headed by Peter has returned to Theus Yetke off diplomatic relations with bul Garia last month and ordered the bulgarian Mission to Wash