European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes april 1950 dec asks silence on experiments March 31 atomic Energy commission disclosed it has asked everybody now or formerly connected with it to keep your trap shut about the Hydrogen the gag applies to All technical information concerning so called weapons and including no secret information published before the dec undertook to develop the the commission called a Specia news conference to announce its it did not say whether the move was motivated by any special leak of but it did Saj the request went to persons longer connected with the Atomi As Well As those still in it second secrecy message members said under questioning it was the second secrecy message Bent out this month to All dec Man consultants Ani other message Dis patched around March apparently was too brusque and the com Mission received a scattering o complaints about a More polite message explain ing the commissions motives a out March As commissioner Gordon Dean put the first keep your trap the second pleas keep your trap unauthorized disclosure of information about the commissions h bomb project is forbidden by the atomic Energy act and would make a violator liable to heavy penalties hearing is set for War Bride new March 31 Ellen German War Bride who detained on Ellis Island for a year will appear before the immigration subcommittee of the House judiciary com Mittee i Washington immigration rep Francis Walter chairman of the asked that she be allowed to testify be fore the officials Walter has introduced a Bill in the House which would allow Knauff to enter the wife of a former Soldier who is now employed by the occupation forces in Germany was denied admission to the attorney generals office described her As a menace to National Security the court of appeals ruled tuesday that she should be Given another hearing District court on her petition for permission to enter the Downey wont run for 3d Senate term March 31 Sheridan Downey re versed earlier statements and announced he will not seek a third term in the Senate upon the urgent advice of my his withdrawal is at Bethesda naval urged his supporters and All the voters of California to Back Man Chester publisher and editor of the los Angeles daily the seat Downey now his announcement threw the Cali fornia senatorial race wide with three leading candidates in the Helen Gahagan Douglas and Richard Nixon have filed to run in both the democratic and Republican who has backed Downey since his first Senate announced be also will file in both Ann Solhem has operation March 31 Ann so them is recuperating from an emergency abdominal operation following an ovarian the who recently under went Throat is expected o leave the Hospital in a week atom project f for Industrial use deferred March 31 the atomic Energy commission has announced ii has temporarily deferred a project aimed at devel Oping atomic Power for Industrial the postponed project contemplated starting this of an intermediate Power breeder Plant by the general elec tric at West near new construction will be deferred for a matter of dec officials better estimates they said the postponement was based on two primary factors 1 a desire to get More detailed Cost estimates of the facilities in 2 the commissions expanded production which has put additional demands on scientists and facilities which would be involved in developing the West Milton this was taken to mean that More emphasis is being focused on the Hydrogen for the than on the project for developing Industrial lawmakers charge legion pressure on Hospital plan March 31 some members of the executive expenditures committed have denounced the american legion for using election year pres sure tactics on Congress an Effort to scuttle a Federal Hospital reorganization legion commander George Craig appeared before the commit tee to oppose the Hoover commis Sions plan to Combine medical functions of the veterans admin armed Vinces and Public health service in a United medical administration Craig said the proposal would dismember the a and disturb a program in the is functioning he opposed giving the Vas Hospital pro Gram to a new and untried after he finished Reading Bis pre pared democratic and Republican committee m embers joined in criticizing the legion for sending threatening letters to congressmen in an election boy sleuths Cook his Goose William 51 top described by the Fri m one of the nations id most wanted Crim is questioned by Paul police chief Charles Tierney after his Nesbit was captured alter 14yearold James Lewis and a group of his friends led police to the criminals eave in the Center Lewis left and Larry play outside Nesb ifs former hideout after seeing the fugitives picture in the they smoked him out by drop Ping Snow Down the Chimney of Bis Lewis right smites happily after the arrest Nesbit 3s a convicted photos Senate votes ban on Gas Price curbs Marci 31 a natural Gas passed by the Senate after stiff yesterday ran into a demand by Paul Douglas for a presidential the measure was approved by the Senate it would ban tile fed eral government from regulating prices for natural Gas by Independent Douglas apparently agreed with Robert Kerr and other sponsors of the Bill that Tipiere would be Little difficulty getting House agreement on the census taker takes a loss r trip to islands Blond san March 31 a the windswept Farallo is lands have a population of the first official return Here i960 the count was turned in by Cen sus taker Helen Lesslie Blond and a heavy loser on her trip to the volcanic rocks 23 Miles West of the Golden Uncle Sam Cec a head for the count plus cents Lor each of the islands three that brought in the coast guard furnished trans but Helen counted up a los after paying for a new pair of new Hairdo and a Bill for her from a guard Cutter she was hoisted up a 200fopt Cliff by Boom to the she mounted 380 feet to the islands Lighthouse for her her two attacks of sea wind and a variety of aches and the population trend from 23 to 30 ill 10 years on the but that jacks significance because the number depends mainly on How Many men the coast guard needs to maintain its Bleak station 2d Stalin picture believed faked new March 31 Stalin photograph mystery was revived by Newsweek mag a z i n e which reprinted from pravda an other purported picture of Stalin casting his vote in the recent rus Sian it showed a Generalissimo who looked much Newsweek than in the last previous picture taken during the signing of the Chinee russian agreement on if was h War a much better Job than the first elec Tion last Newsweek reproduced an official soviet photograph of Stalin casting Bis ballot it had been achieved by superimposing upon the of the voter the head from an earlier Pic Ture of its Story intimated that perhaps Felin had not in the Story accompanying the latest Newsweek quoted from a speech last week of former presidential Stas i am inclined to believe that something serious has happened to Joseph Stalin in the past Lew actor Joe Yule Dies North March 31 Veteran show Man and father of actor Mickey Rooney died of s heart attack Snyder fixes Bond goal of million March 31 Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder has set a goal of 000 for the new government savings Bond drive to run from May is to july he told a saving Bond conference that a backlog of seated by Bonds already purchased a Large part in staving off a business slump in 1049 and contributed to the optimistic Outlook for the he said americans have amassed in All types of government of which is in savings he compared these holdings with a to Tal National income of in the depression year Snyder urged Bond salesmen throughout the nation to make the forthcoming drive successful As past Sawyer sees spending cuts West Palm March 31 of com Merce Charles Sawyer said yester Day a government Survey indicates american business will Cut Back spending this year by 11 per Sawyer said the As predicted by the Commerce depart ment and the securities and Exchange represents a continuance of a downward trend experienced Over the last he said spending by business on nonresidential construction and producers durable equipment has been tending moderately downward for More than a year As postwar pro Grams for expansion of capacity were he in a speech before the american Cotton manufacturers Institute this decline is in line with expectations As backlog requirements Are worked and u insufficient to exert More than a mild influence offsetting expansionary tendencies elsewhere in the big copter ready for tests Culver City March 31 giant helicopter built by Howard Hughes was wheeled out of its hangar Here for ground Hughes also built the worlds est flying boat dubbed the the helicopter has a 136foot Rotor powered by two j35 Turbojet engines with exhaust nozzles leading to Rotor engineers said it was capable of lifting tanks or heavy artillery and moving them the Craft first wan designed by the Heuett of Hughes bought the rights to it Job ims for a reported dust storm interferes with Rattler Hunt March 31 a swirling dust storm interfered with the annual Rattler Roundup of the International association of Rattlesnake Hunters near armed Only with took to the in search of the venomous the total catch was Only 350 com pared with last other Penna from is gathered Here to we the brought Back Forest fire conquered March 31 up the worst Foliart fire in the Hiat ttys of new Mexico has burned the whitish burned Between and Forest since last Friday ringed with backfires to Check