European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Weather forecast midday minimum 41 42 Bur occasional it midday Cloudy with tonal 31 weather Central these european edition easter service schedule tomorrows edition of the stars and stripes will carry a fou Page schedule of Good Friday and easter sunday serviced in Church and chapels throughout the unofficial publication of forces Fen Europe volume number 350 5 cents a month april 1950 Bridges convicted of perjury faces t loss or san april 4 Harry aus Trau Anborn West coast Dock ers and two code pendants today were convicted of perjury on All three counts in a Federal grand jury Bridges is president of the longshoremen and warehousemen Union he was indicted for swearing falsely in his citizenship hearing in 1945 that he was never a communist co defendants Robertson and fellow officers of were indicted for conspiring to defraud the govern in helping Bridges obtain american citizenship Vincent chief of the defense Legal said an Appeal would be the three Are each subject to seven years in prison and a Fine of Bridges is also subject on Page 1 Coffee prices Rise in zone by Howard Kennedy staff correspondent april 4 Coffee shortage and raise in prices that hit the two months ago has struck Germany within the last a Survey showed today principal developments were army pcs throughout the ragout of Coffee last week and no new supplies Are due until the last of commissaries raised their prices nearly 50 per cent As of last saturday reflecting the higher prices for Coffee in the canned Coffee now costs 74 to 78 cent a Pound As against 52 to 56 cents last i Coffee remained the same at 36 cents a Curbstone Black marketers in Frankfurt today were offering up to 10 Marks a As against 6 to 7 Marks last to reflect the effect of the shortage on the German officials in yes he at Nurnberg informed Frankfurt military Post authorities today that the main yes warehouse in Ansbach has been out of Coffee for two weeks and does not expect new supplies until the end of and when the new supplies do on Page 5 Germany elected to Reec Board april 4 was elected to an International body today for the first since the the Western German government we named one of the seven nations whose representatives will sit on the executive committee of the organization for european econ Omic cooperation the action was taken by the ores Council of com posed of representatives of Cabinet level of All 18 Marshall plan a Harry Bridges Frame up Mozart girl chorus flees soviet zone political pressure april 4 mass flight from the soviet zone of the Dresden Mozart Only All girl choral group in was revealed Here today after the arrival of the last of its 25 members in West the girl who left Dresden last week ostensibly to make a on night stand in announced their decision not to re turn through Werner chorus Lieblich said that political pres sure on the part of East German communists had prompted the decision to flee the soviet he charged that since the group was organized five years ago its girl members ranging in age from 17 to have been pressured con on Page 12 1 col Hamer Ford Dies in Berlin april 4 Hamer director of the intelligence Berlin died in the 279th Sta Hosp Here yes it was announced today by Berlin military who took Over his Post Here last entered the Hospital Friday for an appendicitis opera Tion and died of postoperative com a graduate of the West Point class of Ford served during world War ii As chief of combat Intel in army and later in staff assignments at european after the War he was director of intelligence with 6th so and with the 5th in january 1949 he was assigned to Alaska and transferred in june to where he served As intelligence chief for the Maneu vers he is survived by his Alexa of and his it Gen Stanley of French prices increase april 4 in France costs nearly 20 times As much now As it did 12 years government statistics showed chiefs Laud Shamrock at critique by Omer Anderson staff correspondent april 4 Gen Neucom told an exercise Shamrock critique today that Battles of the future will be won Only by Good teamwork on the part All each Handy must thoroughly understand the Cap Abil limitations and problems of sister x he praised Shamrock As having been Well Well planned and Well and added that readiness is essential to us the main objectives of the exer he were successfully he called for greater to March discipline and particularly of signal the commander declared that the organized officers Reserve derived particular benefits from Field exercises of the Shamrock he recommended that All Neucom reservists seek Active duty for the fall it Gen John Safe on Page 4 subs heard off West coast san april 4 two destroyer officers said yester Day they picked up enough radar and sonar contacts to convince them a group of submarines was operating off the California the two officers spent the last five Days on the uss Colahan track april 4 defense Secretary Louis John son said today he has received no intelligence about any rus Sian submarines operating off the Pacific ing Down reports of unidentified submarines around 280 Miles North of they did not see any but said a Fleet of unidentified High Speed subs might be operating off the California Mcloy favors Germany in United Europe april 4 High commissioner John Mccloy declared tonight that Russia was attempting to subjugate Germany into Vassalage and called for a United Europe in which Germany must be a part to foil the soviet Mccloy assented that the focal Point of the russian drive for Germany was Berlin and promised that we shall stay in by paper Lattimore on far East april 4 prof Owen Lattimore told the state department last August that Japan and Korea were liabilities and that support of Generalissimo Chiang Waishek does More harm than Good to the far Eastern expert accused by Joseph Mccarthy of being a soviet publicly disclosed yesterday a memorandum he submitted to the state department last year when the department was evaluating its far Eastern the Johns Hopkins University professor said he disclosed the Docu ment because Mccarthy was spread ing Poison about in the one of 30 which the state department solicited from As Many Latti More also warned that it would be dangerous to assume that Russia would overcome Asia at the expense of Lattimore said recent develop ments in the far East have been on Page 2 old pm card still valid april 4 the yellow pm ration Origi Nally scheduled to expire april will remain in effect through april the Neucom Exchange system announced speaking before a pilgrims society the High commissioner said any discussion of Germany must Deal with the split Between the East and the when the fighting we had hoped that the four allies could work together in Healing the deep wounds of tyranny each year the Kremlin has sought to Widen the Gap Between East and in the contest has taken dramatic the soviets have constantly frustrated the determined efforts of the Western allies to preserve fou Power the soviet have mane Vered Only to subjugate Germany into Vas in this the soviets Are on Page 3 bulletins april 4 the defense department today ordered new studies of its budget to determine whether More Money should be asked for air Force and naval key april 4 president Truman today selected Thomas of new York to succeed Stuart Symington As air Force april 4 United nations trusteeship Council today adopted by nine votes with two abstentions statute internationalizing Jeru officers hear critique on Man Euver photo by Curvan High ranking officers listen to the final critique of exercise Shamrock in among them Are it Gen John Cannon aisle front Safe cd Gen Thomas Handy aisle Neucom commander rear adm John Wilkes on Han Dys naval forces in and maj Gen Frank Milburn second from