European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                European edition weather forecast with 35 m of Trieste a ajar Wither Central ripes unofficial publication of occupation forces in Europe expecting someone the naval ship Henry Gib bins is due the Bremerhaven port of embarkation Loday with 163 dependents of Neucom military and civilian for list those aboard see Page volume number 2 5 cents a a month april 1950 downed plane resident fans openers new april 18 up Tore than a Quarter of a Mil Ion americans cast aside the complexities of the atom age a trip to the old Ball game May As the 1950 major ague baseball season opened eight president Truman led the he was scheduled to out the first Ball at Wash where the Washington gators met the Philadelphia but this first Ball cer any was not the real for american league new York w Sio 500 Sanford Johnson be 8 and Berra master Johnson papal Schanz ferries 9 and National league Philadelphia Brooklyn 1 veral of the games actually were x begin up to an hour Iside from Truman Phaneu the hurling chores in washing were to be handled by Ray Tsi Borough of the senators and Jarl Scheib of the the season began with Kab Days principal Une Between the american league new York Yankees and Boston red sox in oth opening american games St Louis Chicago at Cal on Page 3 l jetliner lands in y Lew april 18 americas first Jet landed at International it today after a on hour t from 365 Miles father nips own plot i to blow up Airliner m los april 18 a  plan Tim bomb an air plane and kill his wife and two children for insurance misfired when suitcase loaded with explosives was snatched from the plane before the the fuse was exploded harmlessly in a parking lot instead of aboard a United airlines John in con fessed he built a Tim bomb which was loaded on a san Diego bound plane taking out in insurance on his wife and at the last Grant dashed up to the ticket counter Altos Angeles International Airport and told what he had the bc3 Airliner had 13 passengers aboard and would have had a Crew of Grant said he took out the insurance policies from vending machine at the the bomb was set to go off at at pm Grant told to i guess i just went i was up to my Heck in debts and could not see my Way put of police said the timing mechanism inthe1 suitcase gave off audible explosives experts said Grants bomb arranged so it would have set off an inner tube filled with High octane 1 when a cargo handler dropped the the timing device lit the setting off the but the gasoline did not officers said the device was capable of starting an explosion that would have set the plane the plot resembled the time bomb plot by Albert who wrecked a Canadian Pacific air liner 9 and killed his wife and 22 other who on Page 5 Adenauer asserts none need fear free Germany by Ted staff correspondent april 18 world has nothing to fear from the new Germany once she regains her Unity and Ger Man Chancellor Konrad Adenauer declared Here we who have suffered under the Nad regime Nave that there is Only one real basis for human and he addressing a jammed Public meet ing in titania Adenauer said the Bonn government stands squarely behind the Western allies in demanding Al German elections As we win never forget our Brothers and Sisters who Are suffering in the Eastern be cause Fite Fate of of the on Page col4 Motorist snowed under Acheson assure gop of bipartisan policy april 18 president Truman and Secretary of state Dean Acheson today offered assurances that republicans will be sept and their views solicited in an Effort to establish True bipartisan foreign in a statement issued after calling styles Bridges to the House for an unusual con the president declared with the problems facing the United states in the Field of foreign it is most important that every Effort be made to maintain a True bipartisan foreign first word of the new efforts to rebuild the bipartisan policy framework came when Bridges emerged from the White House conference with Truman and he said he got the impression that from time to time the president and the Secretary of state plan to meet with gop leaders and acquaint them More intimately Witt developments in foreign relations lost tug sighted san april 18 a b17 search plane sighted the miss ing tugboat Omar today 525 Miles Southwest of san the coast guard the tug had been adrift a week with six men scribbled this shows new the Surprise sprint Tow last after the City j one Ita warmest Winters in the Motorist is i we Mehlem Miter Acme indemnity asked for 10 lost yanks april 18 charged today that russian fighters shot Down the missing Navy patrol plane Over open Waters of the Baltic it demanded that Russia punish those responsible and pay appropriate indemnity for the lives of the 10 men lost in the the charge and the demand were made in a formal reply to russian protest of april 11 that an american plane had flown Over Latvia and exchanged gunfire with soviet air Craft on april the american delivered in Moscow by ambassador Alan demanded also that the most strict and categorical instructions be issued to the soviet air Force to prevent any new incident so clearly calculated to magnify the difficulties of maintaining peaceful and Correct inter National the note flatly rejected russian claim that the american plane flew Over russian territory in violation of International it charged the soviets with a violation of International Law and of the most elementary rules of peaceful conduct Between the 600word counter protest said the american investigation deter mined that the plane involved was the Navy four engine Privateer patrol Craft which has been missing in the Baltic area since april a aircraft operate under strict instructions to avoid flying Over any foreign territory except with express the note it added that the investigation convinced this government on Page 2 Cook Hunt extends to rus zone line april in american and German police today continued their Hunt for desperado Homer Cook but had uncovered no Trace of the Dis honorable discharged former Soldier who escaped from military police All taxicab Streetcar Postoff Iee and Railroad station masters were provided with pictures of Cook As the search spread through South Ern Germany up to the russian zone no Trace found of Cook in the Munich area today and police said Telephone tips had stopped coming leading to believe he had quit thie leave Bast few the first floods hit Minnesota april 18 thousands of persons in North Dakota and Western Minnesota were made homeless toddy by rag info the american red Declar ing an estimated families were homeless and set up Relief centers in four Robert red Cross state relations said scores of communities were isolated without lighter the rampaging not yet at their swept away Light and Tele phone Railroad and Highway traffic was halted Over Large sections by Wash Brumett said unnumbered Bridges were swept away to add to the a City of some evacuated 400 families in the worst food in that cites refugees included 70 residents at the crippled childrens Pipestem normally a Stream a Man could jump Surgee from its Banks to flood the Western Section of the the Crest was not expected until some time arms on Way to Norway april 18 the first american arms for nor Way under the military id pro Gram Are on the High seas aboard an american merchant in formed officials disclosed in initial arms for Den the Netherlands and Luxembourg Are expected to coast ports within a norwegian officials left new York Early in april and will probably be unloaded at a norwegian port some time this More arms for Italy and france1 countries have already received their first also reported in the officials said that merchant ships would be leaving new York every few carrying machine How and spare parts As the military id program moves into High the first arms for Norway were reported to be mainly am automotive equipment and spare parts congratulated by Eisenhower april 18 tace following message was received today from wartime Allied supreme commander Gen Eisenhower on the occasion the stars and stripes eighth anniversary my congratulations to Al those associated with stars and european on tote eighth Job performed by your newspaper in wartime is enhanced by the you Are doing in these Days maintenance of the letter was sent stationery of Columbia Juji of which Eisenhower French plane military air plane crashed today the coast North of to fam of its the was seriously