European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tage 6 the stars and stripes september 1950 Kefauver says gangs of 920s now operate gaming Empire 20 Esles Kefauver declared yesterday that an illegal gambling Industry with an annual turn Over of is being operated in the by the same big City gangs that were the terror of the Kefauver in an address to the american bar appealed for support for a special Senate committee investigating interstate crime 4he Heads the the Senate f to travelling crime Kefauver into Harvester remains Idle despite pact 20 sumption of operations at 10 inter National Harvester plants appeared Uncertain today despite a new wage agreement and Union orders to strikers to go Back the company and the farm equipment workers settled their wage dispute monday three weeks after the strike was there appeared a difference of opinion Between company and Union spokesmen on features of the agreement but still on strike at nine other plants were some members of a second the United Auto workers is which has rejected the company wage this company spokes men makes resumption of production Uncertain even in plants where be workers some be plants Are dependent for parts and material on plants where the Law is in shop sought the be a division of the United electrical workers had ordered its members Back to work other labor developments at the Cio United rubber work ers convention at Dele Gates were told the Union will seek a Union shop from the rubber Industry big Good Firestone and Ohio chief Federal stepped into the fou Day strike of Cio Utility workers against the Ohio Edison predicting drastic consequence unless Zipper workers were called Back to their jobs at after a walk out which began but the 800 affected were slow East bus the today walkout ended when 175 Al employees approved a agreement specifying a 7cent hourly wage Early agreement is 1927 prices Start hamburger spree 20 this town on a Nickel am spree As a 200pound restaurant owner celebrated his 23d anniversary in business by offering a menu with 1927 for example 5 cents hotcakes and 15 cents Ham and egg 15 cents Tbone 35 cents 5 cents losing Money on every commented Carl Ogden s but think of the by Lancaster and his Crew of Cooks had turned 500 pounds of ground beef into Juicy new envoy sees Truman 20 Herman Van the new Netherlands presented his credentials to president Truman has not yet ascertained whether there Are one or More big time criminal gangs operating on a nationwide he said this much can be re ported crime is definitely on an organized basis in the United gangs the same Kefauver said the gangs Are the same As those which operated on such a murder in the roaring 20s of the prohibition there Are still the costello mob in new the Capone gang in and the purple gang in he the names Are the same the extent their owners have faces Are the two administration Bills Are pending before ban Ning interstate transportation of gaming the other barring telegraphic transmission of racing klan chieftain is accused 20 Thomas grand dragon of the associated Carolina was charged Here with conspiring to incite mob violence against a White Myca swimming instructor who said he was beaten up by magistrate John Langord issued a warrant for Hamiltons arrest on a complaint by Leslie of Boney said that he was dragged from his car by klansmen on a Highway near last and beaten up when he came on a klan the swimming instructor said he was bringing Home two carloads of summer youths from a swimming contest when the incident Hamilton also must face court action soon in where he was freed under Bond last month after a policeman was shot in a klan demonstration outside a negro dance Hall at Myrtle tape off contractor sues 20 Al building has filed a damage suit in Federal court against the Woolworth which he said sold him a measuring tape that was too the contractor alleged the tape was of great it was supposed to extend to 25 feet but actually spanned 26 he Omally used the tape to build three garages with Concrete floors which were supposed to be 20 by 20 feet but came out 21 by 21 he the garages looked All right but they violated building codes As to irate owners who discovered the filed suits against Omally he estimated these at times 100 years old new 20 new York times has begun its 100th year of publication the Issue was printed ran four the latest Edi Tion ran 56 events in the news dedicating the Lake Jordan recreation Center for military personnel at Are left to right maj Gen Herman quartermaster general maj Gen George Neucom chief pm Edward and manager of the quartermaster pm and maj Gen Lee the plaque honors Horkan and who initiated Center during Horkans tenure As commanding general at photo ten German journalists arrive in new York on their Way to a years study at the University of Wisconsin school of their trip was sponsored by the state photo airmen of the 86th fighter bomber Wing at Neu Biberg air base attach one of an f47s two the of the 527th fighter also packs four five Inch rockets in addition to its Normal Armor of eight machine photo col Frederick second from Neucom Exchange signs a contract under which German Ford garages will maintain and repair Ford vehicles owned occupation with Frederick Are capt automotive division of the Antwerp Ford and Huekel Broich and of the Cologne Ford similar contracts have been signed with the opel for pm and Universal motors for Chrysler act photo yank colonel links soviets to massacre 20 col John Van a for Mer prisoner of War of the Ger voiced belief Here that the russians massacred thousands of polish army officers in k a t y n near Dur ing world War Moscow has claimed the Ger mans perpetrated the Van Vliets views were set Forth in a memorandum made Public by the defense department in answer to numerous inquiries from con Gress and the Van now on duty in the far said he was taken to the site of the massacre in april while a prisoner of the the defense department said he was accompanied by maj Donald of the and capt British medical British officers statement the department made Public a statement by who estimated there were about bodies the mass and that about of them already had been the army said Stewart also corroborated Van Vliets Van Vliet acknowledged that he had no absolute proof the russians were responsible for the massacres and at first the germans were trying to use him in a propaganda but the sum of circumstantial impressions formed at the time of looking at the what i saw in the Peoples Force the conclusion that Russia did he the memorandum was the second he prepared on the a department spokesman said the officer dictated one soon after he was freed in but that it had been Bullet holes in neck Van Vliet reported that 300 bodies had been Laid beside one of the Graves and that All had their hands tied behind them with each had a Bullet Hole in the Back of the head near the after being returned to the forces on May Van Vliet said he told Gen Lawton now army chief of and other High officers about his visit to the he said Collins set the necessary wheels in motion to gel me Back to the Pentagon with Al the army said a copy of Van Vliets original memorandum was sent to Brig Gen Julius then assistant Secretary of on May but the army said the state department had no record of having received the report and that the army itself was unable to find a receipt for it or a covering letter of tax waiver is okd for gis in Korea sept 20 a Complete tax exemption on the pay of gis fighting in with tax reductions for their has been approved by a House Senate committee now writing the final draft of the tax boosting the committee also confirmed its previous tentative action accepting the Senate approved boost of a in the in come taxes of More than and a in crease in Normal corporation i to cameraman wounded new 20 National broadcasting said that Gene its television news was seriously wounded when the marines landed at Jones went ashore to film the land Ings after winning a Coin toss from his twin also la covering Korea for