European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Page the stars and stripes september 1950 Taylor sees re plot in Berlin flare ups charges East Aims at West morale of Tom Reedy 22 Gen Maxwell Taylor said today the revival of harassing tactics by the communists and russians in Ber Lin this week is a deliberate plot it has two the Berlin commander asserted in an inter View shake the Confidence of the West fill the East germans with a false air of emergency to get out the vote for the russian zone 15 Taylor said he has been expect ing such a Campaign from the East for after a conference with fee Borough mayors of the West the general commented they Are staunch they not in the least disturbed by these used to fool play in mayor Ernst of West took tire same we Are used to such fool he the russians and the East Ger Man communist regime teamed up this week to touch off a revived cold War affecting Barge traffic from West the personal of the West Berlin police the peace and order of the West the electric current Supply from the and the actual fixed Rector Border Between the russian zone and the British none of the incidents were important except that they fit a deliberate Taylor of very few Are he those that Are accidental Are immediately twisted by the communists to fit the general Taylor said it would be reasonable to assume that the communists would continue to try to Jar the West Berliner and weaken his Confidence in both his government and tie ability of the Western allies to hold Back the red peace and quiet Are abnormal to he the Western Powers Are plan Ning to strengthen their Berlin garrisons according to instructions from the big three foreign mini i tors Taylor said he had not yet received information As How this would be implemented in the Amer ican he How that he did not expect any great changes in certainly going to take a division i dont he reports the intended to requisition several Hundred More houses in West Berlin for new troops were denied by he said the facilities now being occupied Are adequate for the foreseeable All police hostages returned but one 22 cop snatching phase of the Berlin struggle ended with a truce and All hostages with one exception were Given Back by police of both East and West there was no sign of a on the troubled russian British front where armed troops of both sides prepared for their third consecutive night of watching each other from Foxholes behind machine guns at a disputed Border inter the Lone exception to the police truce was a West Berlin patrolman whom russian and East German police seized he was arrested with two american who were taken at gunpoint but released 13 hours East returns 25 Twentyfive other West Berlin cops held by the communist police were traded Back to West Berlin authorities late this the As their part of the handed Over six russian zone Ger Man the last of their the six had just been convicted by a High commission court of carrying arms in West the judge ordered them freed because of great and compelling mitigating the sentence was four Days m jail the time already served by the cops while awaiting they pleaded not claiming they entered West Berlin by mistake when they lost their As proof of the a defense attorney told the the police men became aware they were in enemy territory Only when they saw bananas in grocer store win the police kidnapping which began As a result of the arrest of these moved swiftly to a truce today after West police voluntarily returned 51 East Berlin copy they were Green reelected 27th time by Al sept 22 William Green yesterday accepted reelection to his 27th year As president of the american federa Tion of labor with a pledge to make any even indicating he would step Down from his Post if to bring about labor the 77yearold Green told the ails 69th annual convention he would continue his efforts to find a basis of accommodation with Ine Cio to establish such 77m Feller has friends a South korean name who has become the Mascot of the 1st Cav is shown a comic Book by cps George Feldser of and Jack of they plan to adopt the 1st lieu tenant Shol in Garmisch hotel 2d officer held sept 22 army first lieutenant was shot and critically wounded in the Post hotel Here a array second lieutenant has been held for questioning in the which took place at about 10 pm in me mens room of the there were no witnesses and no charges have been preferred against the officer under both men Are members of the co Stab 2d army Cav and Wjt on try at the Usa eur intelligence school at they drove or to the Fotel to according to and immediately went 10 the men s a few minutes enter the first lieutenant staggered of of toe room into the hallway after being hot m the he was removed to the 93th in where he was reported to be in serious condition names of both have been Aith Helt Detroit inspector named police chief in Berlin sell 22 inspector Claude Broom has re signed from the Detroit police department to accept the position of police chief in the american sector of during world War ii he was a major in the army civilian affairs stationed in Broom said he expects to reach Ger Many by six steel trusts in Ruhr ordered broken up sept 22 Western allies ordered the break up today of six German steel trusts that produced 90 per cent of hitlers seven additional steel companies will be liquidated Allied officials the big six of the ropes largest steel producing area Are being dismembered into Small Independent concerns As part of the Allied program to eliminate excessive concentrations of economic Power in Allied officials said the corporate liquidation will nol interrupt the production of the which Are pouring out steel for Western re armament and for Germany booming Export the Allied decree placed the six steel trusts in liquidation at the close of business on sept the Allied combined steel Board and German trustees of the steel Industry have yet to decide into How Many Small companies the big six will be the order hits the huge Verein get Stahl Werke United steel works and gun maker Friedrich United alone accounted for nearly 50 per cent of Germany steel out put under the others Are hoesch and gute giants in the Bonnans Ruhr in 1939 the vast furnaces of the big six produced an estimated tons of steel for hitlers War the total production or either Britain or Allied bombing attacks and Post War dismantling destroyed tons of their but breaking up the financial Structure of these concerns has been a major target of Allied occupation policy since the Allied High commission said the present management boards of the big six will be Al Lowed to handle the initial Liquida Tion to insure the continuity of the steel liquidation does not mean that the operation of the factories and business will be interrupted or an official Allied statement emphasized operation will continue As usual in coordination with the approval of reorganization Mesta going to Luxembourg 22 Perle min ister to disclosed today that she is returning to Washington for routine consultations with the state she will leave Here sunday and is scheduled to sail next wednesday on the liberte from be because of her mrs Mesta has cancelled tier monthly open House party for members of the occupation forces which originally had been planned for mrs Mesta said she did not plan to see the new musical Call me which opened last week in new and which is reported to be based on Mestas her duties in Washington will keep her Busy for the few weeks she will be in the she yesterday every mayor in the tiny grand duchy of Luxembourg at tended a luncheon Given by mrs Mesta told the 126 mayors this was her Way of contacting the whole population of extradition of use barred by Bavaria sell 22 bavarian ministry of Justice has announced it has rejected a request from the soviet zone to extradite use Koch to face a trial in communist the extradition request from the East zone state of Thuringia said her alleged crimes were committed at Buchenwald concentration which was in else faces a trial in Iber de fore a West German court for crimes against German and aus Trian nationals who were imprisoned at where her husband was commandant she has served a fou year for crimes against Allied Soldier killed As car hits Post on autobahn 22 a Soldier stationed at Kau Beuren sub Post was killed instantly Mon Day when the car he was driving smashed into a Concrete Post on the autobahn near Here the according to a witness had dropped off a woman passenger a few minutes before the fatal apparently had fallen asleep at the Marshall asks amt to build up defense 22 up Gen George making his Maiden speech As Secretary of defense at a testimonial dinner Tor James Wadsworth last night appealed for uni Versal military training to in noting that George Washington made the first plea for mar shall said Hitler would not have started world War ii and there would be no War fears now if con Gress had passed a training Bill sponsored by Wadsworth in Marshall lauded Wadsworth Lor his work in trying to strengthen american defences in the years Between world wars i and in he said the who Nad served in both the House and Senate Over the past 36 has Ren dered a truly magnificent service to his plan turned Down Marshall recalled that the idea of a standing backed by was first advanced by but unfortunately our forefathers did not accept this if they he we would have been prepared for every Mili tary emergency in our subsequent history he then recalled that As chairman of the Senate military affairs committee in sponsored a Bill proposing a modern adaptation of the Complete National defense organization recommended by the Bill finally was but Only after Congress had knocked out a provision calling for uni Versal military the Bill authorized a standing army of and provided an elaborate Roth system Andi training of the National s size whittled Down but Marshall noted that even with i the fresh evidence of world Wai i at Congress began to whittle i Down the size of the standing army when it was confronted with the highly political problem of the National budget and an increase in he said the result was that Byi 1933 there literally was no ground Force worthy of the name in Nej he also noted that Loir was pretty much the picture of thei ground forces of the army Wynea 1 came to Washington in he said that Wadsworth took the Lead in inducing Congress to pass the selective service prior to world War in i he did everything in his in the interests of the National Security and International the general go 2d Hurt id jeep Accident 22 sped a two constabulary troopers were one when a jeep they were attempting to push Back on the Slid and ran Over the Provost marshal reported the incident occurred wednesday a set near bad wit Dungen when a is Vivian jeep driven Fay Cpl Charles w of med 14th army Cav Slid off a wet Road into a ditch Cpl Robert toppings of the 84th co Stab attempted to help the jeep regain the Road by giving it a push with his the push sent the jeep skidding into a ditch on opposite Side of the soldiers who were Riding As Pas sengers in both attempted to push the jeep up the when it broke Loose slightly injured was pfc Ralph of co 14th army the name of the no was assigned to the med 14th army has been j
