European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                European edition weather forecast maximum 71 7s 77 i Etna 78 78 80 Trieste weather Central the stars and s v Public Ahon of occupation forces in Europe Good Medicine cartoonist Dave whose cartoons were a favorite of Soldier readers of the stars and stripes daring world War is now on a tour of the his cartoons in currently appearing la see Pake volume number 25 5 tents a a month May 1950 rail strike threatens plants May 11 a strike by Railroad firemen against four major rail sys tems today threatened Sharp cuts in Many segments of prospects of an Early Settle ment in the Long dispute appeared i the crippling which slatted directly involved Only but thousands of other rail perhaps be Idle if there is not a Quick countless other thousands Are sex peeled so by made Idle by a Long strike operations curtailed som industries fell the Impact of the firemen work stoppage immediately and started curtailing operations some Coa mines were among the first to feel the effect of the strike called by the brother Hood of locomotive firemen and a third of the country rail passengers and a fifth of the rail freight movement was the lieu caused cancellation of on Page s Denasi flood deaths mount to 22 by the associated press floods continued to menace parts of North Minnesota and Southern Manitoba yesterday As the death toll in the Flash floods that swept Over Southeastern Nebraska mounted to search continued in Nebraska for the bodies of nine persons reported missing and presumed thir bodies had been As flood Waters communities surveyed the which was estimated at hundreds of thousands in the flood situation appeared More on eighth of the City of some Popula Tion was under Muddy Waters from the red River and other streams poured Over More than 500 Square Miles of Southern f a train carrying 550 Winnipeg refugees was marooned by washout near the but ail officials said the train was not More than persons left Winnipeg in response to an official for the cites women children to move voluntarily less crowded officials making plans for compulsory mass if there no British Jet liner sets Cairo Tolondo Mark May 11 de Haviland four Jet worlds fastest flew from Cairo to London today in the record time five 39 for average Speed of a Little More than 385 the was still about 31 min slower than the comets own word the reverse set two weeks August Meyer roses and laughter two convicted of accepting Denali bribes by Omer an Kroon staff correspond ent May 11 two defendants in the Wurtem Ber Baden Denali fiction bribery trial were found guilty the third defendant was Heinz former prosecutor of the ludwigs Burg de Nazif cation was convicted of receiving bribes to obtain the reduction of Denali fiction sen he was sentenced to one year in August a businessman and so called Denali fiction con found guilty of giving bribes to secure reductions of sen got eight months in Richard who was a was former chairman of the ludwigs Burg the sentences were read by presiding judge Walter Meyer on behalf of the five member which consisted of three jurists one of them a two before the court a messenger brought a Large bouquet of roses into the courtroom for defendant Meyer showed the Flowers to Kessler and May and the three put their Heads together to read a note attached to the then they burst out contents of the note were hot earlier judge in on Page 1 freed yank fliers leave red China May 11 Captain of the is Hunan radioed Butterfield and British shipping firm that two Amer ican fliers held More than a year by chinese communists were aboard his his message was the first confirmation of a communist radio report that the pair Marine m sgt Elmer of and Navy chief Petty officer William of Long actually had been the Hunan presumably still is in chinese Waters at or near she is due there monday or bulletin p it a g u May it agreed to a czech demand to slash by two thirds the Amer ican personnel in its embassy Here and in the consulate in american officials said inc omes 11 m will Rise May 11 Truman said last night that a real year income is in sight for every hard working family within ten years he emphasized that he was talking about doubling in terms of living standards the present average yearly earnings of on fourth of Amer ican families in the Low income not just ballooning the amount in cheap this Goa can be the president by lifting the annual output of goods and serv ices to by gain of on third Over present in the fifth major speech of a tour covering 16 Truman outlined a program he said would be for the Benefit of ail the people and not just for the he called for owners of with the government helping through resource tax housing and Small business meet the urgent need for further investment and improve on Page i Mother of airman who won letter contest arrives by Howard Kennedy staff correspondent May 11 Viola who arrived by pan am Clipper at Rhine main air port today from Donaldson is pretty sure she is going to be the happiest woman in the econ mothers Day awaiting her in Munich is her Only pfc Robert of the 1944th macs so at Fursten Feld Bruck air his winning letter in a mothers Day contest at the base in March gave in Gram her free trip to in just so proud of Bob i can hardly to see in Gram beamed As she stepped off the i guess ill be the happiest on Page 4 3 agree to strengthen West defences May 11 big three foreign ministers surveyed the entire worlds problems today and agreed they would have to strengthen their defense and their economies against the possibilities of a third world the ministers met for four in the morning and two in the then issued a generalized the talks roamed All Over the East to West and spokesman the Twain old As of Cost the opening Day of the big three we 1 Kips through belgian mine conference was How by the sensational French proposal for pooling the Coal and steel industries of France and Ger and maybe All of Western prime minister Clement Attlee issued a special statement in the House of commons the far reaching implications for the on Page 2 Russ May hold Privateer flier Washington May 11 will not be surprised if Moscow eventually produces an alleged confession from a member of the Crew of the Navy Privateer lost in the Baltic april a government of fiddle said this on the basis of what he called knowledge that Russia made prompt efforts to Salvage the Rem Nants of the plane and pick up the dead or he said the knows the Fol lowing facts russian fighters opened fire from the rear of the attack took place Over the More than 30 Miles from the coast of Russia occupied Ter plane was on fire before hitting the the official said the government would not reveal the source of this he said he did not know whether the russians found the plane or the May i up forty one miners died today Belgium mine disaster since the three others were seriously thirty seven bodies had been recovered the rest of the miners in the explosion racked death Shaft were the Leader of a Rescue Crew he said he had inched his Way along the car  touch ing each body As he four injured miners were taken to the Hospital this one died this saved there were 44 men on the first shift in mine 6 of the Marie Moent Brascoup mining when the explosion an official the mine is located Between Mons and 50 Miles South West of Brussels the youngest survivor was Jean eyewitnesses was saved when he dived under the Bottom of a Coal Carrier As the blast roared through the Belgium worst mine disaster occurred in the same Region at the turn of the Century and took 150 lie arrives in Russia May h Secretary general Trygve lie arrived at the Minsk Airport today and immediately took off for mos president on his whistle Stop tour flanked by Bis wife and his president Truman Waves Goodby to Washington before starting out on his Cross country whistle Stop the president has slated eight major speeches during the swing to the 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