European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Weather forecast european edition minimum it cow Lotus 17 31 Vienna ripes picture Story of troops taking part in exercise Aud some of the visitors inspected the Headquarters Are Page unofficial Toby cafe occurs Floii to volume number 335 s cents f us s March bet to meet red March Mccloy by Dwight Schear staff correspondent March 20 High commissioner John Mccloy declared Here today that preparations Are Well under Way to meet the threat of a communist March on Berlin May i cant Tell you what Steps Are being Mccloy but what preparations necessary Are Well under government leaders if washing he Are very much inter in the communist threat and Are determined to maintain our rights prepared for any4 trouble 1 i dont know that were expect ing Mccloy but r i think were for were not seeking to hit anyone Over the Headbutt if anyone gels Hurt the will rest squarely on those who misuse the marching said he Doest know that were bringing in any new troops to this int a mat Ter of he Page s Spring makes debut with Fine preview March 20 Spring officially arrived at but the Weatherman in a preview ahead of the skies were Clear Hie last Day of Winter the Sun warm and buds were beginning to Peep out on Flowers and he forecast for Tomor first full the Vernal Equinox when night onto Day Are of length the around was not As pleasant partly Cloudy with occasional showers throughout the zone v Capistrano swallows return san Juan i March 20 of the picturesque san Juan Capistrano Mission True to the old the punctual swallows returned yesterday on Josephs attack stopped by by Omer Anderson staff correspondent joint task Force March 20 which has penetrated approximately 5e Miles into ground to a halt today in the face of stiffened enemy re a communique said ground forces were on the defensive All along the 250mile front stretch ing from Hanau on the North to Heilbronn on the in the Northern where the 1st co Stab Brig a holding the two aggressor one of them were reported counter attacking in strength v tween Hanau and local withdrawals american columns in these the communique have been forced into local the communique warned that an enemy penetration along the Aschaffenbur Darmstadt Axis a on the Bridgehead were still holding firm under slowly increasing aggressor the 2d air div threw additional planes into the fighting in an Effort to relieve the pressure on ground aggressor air strength was likewise reported to have been maj Gen ground moved1 his tactical command Post Forward to a on Page t 4b29s in Aid plan set for us flight March 20 the first four b29 super fortresses of the Fleet which is being Given to Britain under the military assistance program were scheduled to Takeoff for England today from nearby Andrews Ajr Force defense secretary1 Louis John son and British ambassador sir Oliver Franks were scheduled to make Short Royal air Force markings have been on the bombers air Force pilots and Crews will Fly them across the the americans will remain with the planes until British Crews become familiar with Jessup Denoi inces denies any proved links March 20 Philip president tru mans roving declared today that Joseph Mccarthy showed a shocking Dis regard for the interests of this country in accusing him of Cora no unfit in a sweeping denial of any such Jessup Tow a Senate investigating committee that it was matter of the utmost Virten an american envoy the held v Asp before the eyes of Itoe world As liar 1 Jessup Saaed Back at Mccarthy after hurrying Home from a h said that during Bis absence his integrity had been attacked by two and i on pave 4 March 20 the Commerce department has branded 2 of its employees As bad Security and is barring Thein from secret data even though they have been formally cleared of Dis loyalty charges it was disclosed late the departments loyalty Check program was criticized by a House appropriations subcommittee which gave a clean Bill to the state depart now under attack Joseph Mccarthy for allegedly communists and red subcommittee chairman John Rooney said the state department appears to be Clear of but added that Public has the idea Merce d e p a r is combed with troops Cross Rhine elements of the 90th my so co and c 51st med Cross the Rhine at Worms during exercise Sas photo by Carvan 1st div rear in Field handles Normal Home base work by win fanning staff correspondent with 1st div rear he i1st the March 20 bivouacked off the autobahn South of the 1st div rear today continued smooth operations handling not Only exercise Sham Rock administration but also proc Essing All Normal division administrative work through a Cour Ier system with the big red one Home Kaseane at bad according to it col Walter division a and rear this is the first time we have attempted to handle non Man Euver administrative problems from the he explained such procedure would not be necessary troops were in the but on a command Post exercise the bulk of our work remains at the Home Coltman and his staff receive their reports from the personnel on Page 2 army seeks to buy food in Germany March 20 the army asked Congress today to relax the buy american Law so it can feed its occupation troops with grown in Germany and Brig Gen army Supply recently told the House appropriations committee that the Law requiring army food to be bought Only in the added to the costs of he said the army was buying pounds of Frozen fish monthly from Boston and Seattle for the use of occupation forces in Europe and hopping said the Price in the european Market averaged from3 to 10 cents less on a bulletin March a sergeant first class died Hosp Tel in near from injuries received when his jeep crashed into injured la the Accident we warrant of Fleer Walter attached to the House group votes Aid Cut March so the House foreign affairs com Mittee voted today to Cut f in Cash from 1951 european recovery spending and substitute an equivalent amount of surplus farm the committee overrode administration objections in accepting an amendment by John Vorys in a closed the vote was not Vorys amendment slashes the 1851 Cash spending authority of Ega to 000 less than provided in the original the next step is for a full House to debate the amendment and vote on the opposed by represents first major change in the 1951 foreign spending Bill now in preparation for submission to the 1949 births near record March 20 about births were registered in the in a figure exceeded Only in when babies were walkouts hit Ortof March 20 cup the socialist inspired Stop Leopold strike wave hit Antwerp today when More than longshoremen and shipyard workers launched a 24hour strike against the proposed return of King Leopold ill hiring hails were guarded by pickets and several Hundred longshoremen affiliated with Catholic unions were turned the longshoremen Section of the belgian transport workers Union is the Only socialist labor stronghold in pro Leopold a spokesman for the socialist dominated belgian federation of labor said the strikes would not be allowed to interfere with the forthcoming arrival of Aims under the Mutual defense assist Ance third strike this is the third offensive on the Jabor front in four last Friday More than metallurgical and Public utilities workers walked Ott their jobs in Belgium South Herd Coal where there was a heavy anti Leopold vote in last weeks ref strike wave hit Ghent the following when More than 000 textile and brewery work ers stopped work for acting Premier Gas ton e y a started his consultations to form a coalition Cabinet with the liberals dedicated to the Kings youth kills wounds 7 in italian Church March 20 25year old youth went on a killing spree in a Church Grottas Zinarda knifing two persons to death and gravely wounding seven dispatches from the Hamlet near Naples said the identified by police As Mario apparently went berserk while was being said by the Bishop of Yve children from Madsen Kin by Howard staff correspondent March 20 Yvette sentenced to 15 imprisonment Here saturday for her air Force officer Wili fight any attempt of her dead husbands family to obtain custody of her two Small children her trial Elmo said has authorized her Brooklyn whatever court action is Gower to prevent the Kin of 1st it Andrew Madsen from gaining of and 15 months i just waiting w the Madsen family first Noack Here As he prepared to return to Bece the i children Are under the care of their maternal the Jabaily announced in California sunday it has decided to go to court in to obtain custody of the whose 22yearold Mother fatally shot their father with an army Pisan last this Mih tary police took Madsen from her guarded apartment on the grounds i of the 97th go in Frankfurt tack to Wales Badii military Post Sta Tion where she con fined Between the time of the shooting and the Madsen Wilt be lodged in guarded facilities at Hospital ans not in Contact with other the air Provost marshal she been confined in the hos  and in the mingled with