European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 4, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 1 the stars and stripes october 1950 Attlee urges socialism to combat reds 3 minister Clement Alilee to Dav int has lost fail in ii Elf and Only c overcome the danger of be world turning to totalitarian communism speaking before the National convention of his labor Ahlee said the course of the next few years May Well decide the Fate of civilization for decades or for and socialism must Lead the Attlee devoted surprisingly Little attention to Brilain Domestic of concerning the Fate of a new general he said Only that it will come at the right he warned that uis government might have to take unpopular Steps in strengthening its defense our policy of democratic social ism is the Only dynamic alternative to totalitarian he capitalism has lost Faith in it fifty years there still was a spirit of Faith in Liberal capital today there is a question in the minds of those who support following Attlee s the executive committee of the labor bowing to the demand of its huge Trad Union membership for an end to Britain wage freeze approved a recommendation for heavier taxes on profits and a plea that the plight of the Low income required the conference also adopted a Resolution extending thanks to the for Marshall uis planes hit tanks 3 Gen George far East air said today that United nations planes have destroyed or damaged More than North korean slate Meyer said the strategic phase of the korean air fighting has but that Aerial attacks Are still being made against relatively few military targets United press quoted Stratemeyer As saying the fear has called off further raids on North Korea Al ready paralysed Stratemeyer said his planes would concentrate on military tar gets in North Korea and avoid hit Ting civilians and anything that might affect the civilian he said in aircraft had neutralized 18 major strategic destroyed or damaged 376 thousands of and attacked More than enemy in bombers and fighters Are continuing attacks designed primarily to Cut off communications behind the withdrawing Stratemeyer Europe Congress urged Alt Parley French 3 annual Congress the Union of european Christian democrats Here yesterday called for a european parliament with Rea Powers and establishment of Supra National authorities in de sense and at its closing the con Gress unanimously adopted a Resolution saying the defense of West Ern Europe would be possible Only with West Germany participating As an equal the Congress decided to establish a press information Center in Rome crusade for prayer 3 Catholic War veterans said millions of roman catholics in a worldwide crusade of prayer for peace the Civ the marines search captured korean troops or member of the 1st Marine div search captured North korean soldiers before the reds Are taken to a pm Camp at surplus of Gold Iii Britain hits billion 3 Ster Ling areas Gold and Dollar Reserve has More than doubled during the year since and on 30 reached a total of the highest since the it was announced the British Treasury announced that during the three months that ended saturday Doliar and Gold reserves Rose to the new Rebori postwar the announcement came amid persistent rumours that Sterling would be revalued upward or Crown on the free Quarter surplus a year ago just be fore devaluation of the British Pound from to the Ster Ling areas Gold reserves had sunk to the previous Post War High for reserves was at end of december when they reached the Treasury figures also showed that Gold and Dollar surplus for last Quarter was the Sterling area received More than it spent in the previous quarters surplus was and the first Quarter surplus was Gas overcomes 100 in Detroit theater 3 than 100 persons were overcome by Carbon monoxide Gas which swept the Lasky theater no Fatali ties were those stricken with the fumes were rushed to twelve persons were injured in a Stampede that developed after the audience of More than 500 realized the theater was filled with a deadly fire department in Alator teams worked frantically in the the Ater panic struck the Audi ence about two hours after the Gas began to have us sgt Glenn of the arson said the Gas escaped through a rusted Muffler on the Gas powered motor which operates the Heaters air conditioning far East air lift exceeds Berlin operation in Miles 3 air Force announced today that the far Eastern air lift is now aver aging More plane Miles per Day than were flown in the Berlin air maj Gen com Mander of the military air trans port said the daily averages Are plane Miles for the far Eastern lift and plane Miles for the Berlin 9 Jehovah witnesses go trial iia East by d Wight staff correspondent 3 members of the Jehovah witnesses religious sect went on trial in the East Berlin High court accused of spying for the the indictment prepared by the communist Public prosecutor charged the nine sect members with attempting to hide their espionage work behind the cloak of religious the highly publicized trial climaxes a monthlong Inen directed Campaign against the Jehovah the sect has continued to defy the communist although officially among the charges against the All men ranging in age from 22 to Are agitating against she Stockholm peace sabotaging the peaceful development of the German democratic re pub agitating against the forthcoming East zone making propaganda against the soviet Union and the Peoples demo and the prosecutor said the defendants were paid for their espionage with care packages and according to reports reaching West hundreds of Jehovah witnesses have been arrested throughout Eastern the sect was also severely persecuted by the Captain receives 5 years for theft 3 capt Willard of the 7752d finance Center at today was found guilty by a general court martial of the theft of a 16mm motion picture projector and of conspiracy in the theft of in mutilated he was sentenced to dismissal from the service and five years of confinement at hard labor with forfeiture of All pay and Finley was accused of attempt ing to dispose of the sound pro Jector through a German the scrip involved was to have been destroyed at the finance Finley was defended by Milton civilian attorney of Frank the sentence is subject to re Frankfurt police chief to attend Parley 3 Willy Frankfurt police was slated to leave for the today Wilh several police chiefs from the zone to attend a con Ference of the International association of chiefs of police from 7 to 10 in Colorado following the the germans will study police institutions in the states for six supreme court meets 3 11minute session devoted to formalities started the supreme court yesterday on its new third Cable slashed along Rhine River sabotage suspected 3 today reported the third Case of suspected sabotage by Cable cutting within the past they said a major Telephone Cable was dug out near the Rhine River Here during the night and 11 Yards of the 206wire Cable it took 12 hours to restore service on the a similar Cable linking Mannheim and Frankfurt was Cut the same Way last and on sunday afternoon a Federal railway Cable was chopped through Between col Ogne and interrupting rail Way communications for several hours sabotage was suspected in All three but no clues have been found and no arrests made As police said Foster takes oath As chief of Eca 3 William Foster formally took Over his new Job As economic co operation administrator former Deputy administrator of the Aid took the oath in a Brief ceremony before the regular monday Eca staff the oath was administered by Virgil Eca personnel Foster succeeds Paul who resigned last week after directing the european recovery program since its inception in vote to test communism in East Berlin Berlin devised a Luot night u lie of communism in he soviet the Socin Christian democrats and free democrats appealed 10 East Berlin germans to take part in a is raw vote against the com by in and by Wavd o Wisl berliners spread 1he word of the offensive and proposed a All fast berliners no the red regime show it by taking the Coupon Edge of their september ration now sex tearing off name num Ber to project and sending it to the West Berlin City govern the plebiscite will run from to through the West Berlin Conn coupons and announce Many East Ber liners voted against the East re the communists split Berlin in terrorized the City government until the majority of Council and the executives moved to the West the soviet Petter then handpicked its own mags at which never has been subject to a popular West Berlin give its government a thumping 86 per cent approval in subsequent free the three Western sectors have a population of East Berlin has about repeated efforts by the West Al lies to win russian approval of City wide elections have been blocked Ever since the 1946 voting when berliners repudiated 264 reds face riot charges 3 charges of rioting and of Active resistance against the state will be brought against 264 persons arrested in the Ruhr last weekend when weat German police scotched communist attempts at mass the North Rhin westphalian Interior ministry today said the per sons to be charged were arrested by police in various Ruhr cities last weekend and were still hed in last sunday 130 communists were arrested and then police said they had not enough proof to hold ail 130 in they were All rearrested today on special orders from Hamburg prosecution their cases will be heard be fore a remand judge it will then be decided whether they Are to remain in custody awaiting also in jail was Freidrich arrested yesterday in the Hamburg communist head police said Dettmann was charged with organizing and taking part in sundays riots in Hamburg in which 16 policemen were seeks in group to free pcs still held by Russia 3 the state department said yester Day that the is trying to set up a United nations commission for the sole purpose of freeing German and other prisoners of War still held by this comment was made on a Moscow assertion that the Western Powers Are pressing the pm Issue for propaganda press officer Michael Mcdermott said the foreign office made this charge in a he said there has been no formal reply to notes sent by the Britain and France july 14 calling on Russia for information about prisoners still Mcdermott noted that the Britain and Australia Are cosponsors of an item awaiting action by the in Genera Assembly providing for creation of a commission on the Mcdermott is to get an investigation of the facts with a View to repatriation of pcs still Mcdermott said we Are not seeking United judgment on the convincing though it and do not feel that a condemnation of the user or recrimination for its failure to fulfil its agreements would be