European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse April stars and stripes Sherman seeks better sub defense april 4 adm Forrest chief of naval said yesterday be in not satisfied with Progress in Antisubmarine and warned against waiting for some new Gadget that will solve the whole Sherman did not elaborate on his reference to some new Gadget in Antisubmarine rear adm Charles tie navys top submarine said last week he has reason to believe that the is on the Edge of a development that will be Able to drive submarines off the assistant chief of naval operations for undersea mid the big problem in Antisubmarine defense revolves around the question of Range of Sherman discussed at a news con Ference his recent tour of Mediterranean he said he Learned nothing new about russian naval and saw no evid ence that the soviet is preparing for Large scale amphibious opera Sherman previously had said that Russia is concentrating on a sub Marin building program and now has about 270 of All types and yesterday he said that Russia also has a Large flotilla of Small primarily for when asked whether he is Satis fied with Progress in ant sub he he his statement some what by saying that whenever a chief of naval operations is Satis fled with what he it is time to get a new Sherman said that inserted in the 1951 budget Tor further ant sub work will be used for elec tronic for aircraft and test for he said the Navy will try to use whatever funds it can to increase the number of patrol planes and destroyers for Antisubmarine de last year the Navy had to reduce the number of destroyers in operation from 170 to 140 and Cut from 30 to 20 the number of its patrol plane the Navy disclosed that american sea forces in the far Pacific will be strengthened next sixteen headed by the aircraft Carrier Valley forge and the heavy Cruiser will relieve nine ships now making 7th Fleet at us a explains news Story on Strachey april 4 Brit ish government spokesman issued the following statement yesterday regarding a Story circulated by the associated press last weekend that the and american defense ministers had agreed to withhold secret information from War Secre tary John the associated press of America was responsible for this if those who Are employed by them in London who interpret the Polit ical life of this country to America did As soon As they saw this inform their head office that in could not conceivably be then they ought to have done they were told by Telephone that the Story was obviously and if they did so inform their head office and their head office still insisted on running the the associated press boasted love of facts is nothing but Stra Jiey has been the target of a Campaign by lord Beaver Brooks morning daily express and eve Ning the Standard alleged that he was an avowed com tory my demands removal of Shinwell and Strachey april 4 conservative member of parliament yesterday began a nationwide drive to oust from office defense minister Emanuel Shinwell and War minister John the conservative my sir Waldron began circulating a Public petition asking for removal of Shin Well and Waldron said that More than copies of the petition will be distributed throughout the country for signing parliaments easter hungarians invite germans to return april 4 Gary asked expatriated German who have close relatives in to Ivan foreign office press Boldiszar said swabian who v asked for German citizenship or were members of the pro nazi and who were ordered to leave Hungary after the libera Tion will have until to make up their minds to Boldiszar did not say How Many swabian were affected by the but reliable estimates v placed the number at about 40 Carabiniero killed in 49 april 4 ital Ian Carabiniero died and 572 were wounded on duty last Gen command of the police Force announced april 4 following statement was issued for publication by the associated press the associated press dispatch from the Hague on april 1 on Anglo american discussions respecting the arrangements for Exchange of top military information was obtained from a highly placed american the information was made known for publication with a stipulation that the source should not be identified by an immediate Effort was made in London t6 obtain authoritative British com ment and when this was fort com from British defense Emanuel the associated press carried Shin Wells comme Nuin Story by Donau the original Story was written by Joseph an experienced and responsible correspondent in whom the associated press has the fullest Dynan is being asked to recapitulate the Circum stances under which his Story was and this will be issued for a put on its wires a Story by Dynan from the Hague in which he made the following Points Issue of Strachey Access to secret information was not mentioned at the ministers conference group of correspondents met Friday morning with an extremely Well informed source with Access to All aspects of american military off record statement among other said the government was not going to give highly confidential military information to Britain As Long a a Man like Strachey was War this was Given completely off the another news service carried a Story from the Hague saying the was withholding top secrets from Britain because of in new York decided that since the other service had carried the a no longer Felt hound by the offt Hereford bulgarian court convicts 26 of espionage for Tito april 4 Sofia District court yesterday found 20 bulgarians and six yugoslavs guilty after a mass trial on charges of espionage and plotting subversive activities on behalf of yugoslav marshal the two principal defendants were sentenced to life imprison the others received prison terms of from 15 years to two All 26 defendants declared themselves satisfied with the sentences and said they would not West Point visitor j maj Gen Bryant superintendent of the military shows it Gen Frank of the British army Western around West five israelis killed in Border ambush april 4 three israeli soldiers and two civilians were killed sunday from ambush after their car struck a mine in the Gaza area near the egyptian an official israeli communique an israeli army spokesman said the military car hit the mine while in route to Niriam he said the Driver of a car which passed later found All five passengers had been investigation showed the attack ers had waited in the spokesman the chairman of the mixed armistice commission called egyptian and israeli members into an urgent 30 die As House collapses april 4 people were crushed to death and Ati least 50 injured when a House collapsed during a wedding at on the Anatolia Agency reported halts Creek Aid on Venizelos stand april 4 officials cracked Down last night on Sophocles venizelos5 failure to form a stable efficient govern ment by authorizing the first indefinite delay in Aid projects to the crackdown was ordered after Venizelos told reporters he was not in a hurry to Settle the government the counter move will postpone indefinitely the National hydroelectric program soviets stage 20th walkout from in unit urgently needed throughout As Well As eight projects in Basic industries such As Lignite and Aid officials in Washington said As far As they knew was the first such action to be taken in connection with Marshall plan pro they that All Aid to the Netherlands for indo Nesia was suspended temporarily last year because of displeasure at dutch warfare against the indo ambassador Henry in a letter to Venizelos demanded a Broad stable government to com Bat inflation and Aid economic since the Liberal despite the resignation of defense minister Panayotis Kanel the Only no Liberal in the has continued to oppose a decision on any of these projects would be unrealistic and acad Emic until the greek government has decided go ahead with the principles outlined in Gradys a spokesman Venizelos conferred with other party but the talks were described As Venizelos himself took Over the portfolio of the ministry of defense of sends Squadron of flying tankers to us for training april 4 the air Force disclosed yesterday that it has sent a b29 flying Tanker Squadron to England for Aeri Alre fueling training Over the announcement said the squad Ron left Davi Monthan air Force base at routine training in the United the of said b29 Tanker squad Rons have had refuelling training in England but that it had not been nine b50 and b29 bomber groups Are to be augmented with at full there will be 45 bombers and 20 tankers in each six groups Are now being provided with Aerial the Russia oks release of Jap pcs april 4 rus sians have agreed to allow More japanese pcs to go Gen Douglas Macarthur head quarters Here announced yesterday that two ships will be sent to the siberian port of Nalodka to pick them the first will return to Japan april the other five Days Kurt Dies new april 4 German born composer who attained outstanding Success writing music for the american theater after fleeing nazi Germany 17 years died last Lake april 4 Russia walked out of the United nations for the 20th time yester Day amid renewed charges by Poland that Chiang Waishek plans to Transfer Formosa to the the soviet Union and Poland walked out of the social commission after failing to have nationalist China excluded from the 18country chairman of new ruled out of order soviet Delegate for mashers ouster the russians challenged the chairs ruling but it was with Yugoslavia joining Poland and the soviet Union in the Sharp tongued Julius chief polish charged be fore the commission that secret agreements Are being concluded Between Chianos nationalists and the to sell Formosa to French reds admit losses april 4 communist party is losing ground in party leaders revealed be fore the 12th communist meeting in a Paris suburb yester opening the second the communist Secretary general from the bouches do Rhone department told the Congress it is in the fac tories themselves that the struggle for peace can Best be carried but in my department the situation is far from in we had 425 today Only 379 still the cells organized by sailors in Marseille have completely Dis he growing weakness in the French communist pointed up by redeem defeats on several notably the Paris transport and by the Calm with which the first Atlantic pact arms have landed was also revealed in a speech by Auguste member of the Central committee of the Europe diet still below prewar Eca says april 4 Eca figured today that the average Western european now eats calories the is about Eca said the european diet is heavy on bread and with fats and sugar still scarcer than they were before world War Staarman pitches dates work Griir qty Al wll by Geraldine Hill april 4 unloving daughter of the ambassador Lewis said yesterday she had switched from a hectic social life to a career and will Start work in a childrens Hospital Here she expressed Hope that her Tak ing a Job would put a Stop to All this ridiculous talk of my getting the girl whose dates and night life have kept British and american tongues wagging for three years said i am going to Cut Down my social life drastically and begin work i shall look after British read to them and take their i suppose you would Call me a chief bottle at the great Ormond Street Chil Drens where Sharman starts working the miss Dorothy miss Douglas will be a voluntary she will receive no pay and will naturally be treated like All the 0tsharsan confessed although she wanted to be treated like other she had taken a voluntary Job so As to be free afternoons and for important engagements with Mother and i shall not out work to go out on any but i want to be free to accompany my family when they go so i could not have taken a steady Job with
