European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 4, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                October we stars and stripes congressman tanks 3 con Gressman has pierced the secrecy of the russian zone of Germany and returned undetected with an Eye witness account of new soviet Anks Jet the adventure was reported by Thurmond Chatham who cams to Berlin with a group of legislators on a tour of de sense Points in Chatham described a 50mile jeep ride in so the soviet zone which bristles with russian a Stop a i a new air base and an other at an infantry tank a Westerner on such forbidden territory is vulnerable to possibly shooting As a the congressman said in an inter View he was escorted on the trip by a russian officer he had be friended while they were both doing Liaison work during world War Chatham recognized the russian in civilian clothing in a West Berlin he he threw his arms around me and we had a Good the con Gressman he asked if would like to take Walker cited for heroism 3 Gen Walton commander of the 8th army which routed the North korean communist forces from South was cited by Gen Douglas Macarthur yesterday for personal bravery in the Cam Walker was awarded an Oak Leaf ouster to his distinguished service Macarthur Public information office said the which went with the Oak Leaf read in part it Gen Walton Walker distinguished Hirt self by continual acts of extraordinary heroism in the korean Campaign during the period 14 july to 28 during this Campaign Gen As commanding 8h United states personally and at the risk of his life from enemy ground performed repeated Aerial reconnaissance flights in an unarmed plane deep into ene my Terra the knowledge gained by Gen Walker from his reconnaissance flights was of inestimable value to him in making tactical decisions and contributed greatly to the accomplishment of his Mission in spite of a preponderance of Force possessed by the in addition to the above and with Persona disregard not Only of health but of life he hour after Day after Day on the inspiring the United nations forces with his own Cour a and his will to acts of personal courage Gen walkers fearlessness and courageous leadership were Gen walkers heroic example was an inspiration to those serving under his contribution to the military Effort was As to reflect credit upon himself and the armed forces of the United Stock Market prices Rise in buying wave new 3 wave of buying orders yesterday sent Stock Market generally to Over a share radio and television spearheaded advances in a dutch cattle increase the 3 dutch cattle Stock last month totalled More than showing an increase of 70 per cent since sep tember according to the Cen trial Bureau of the present cattle Stock has reached almost the 1939 level a trip with him and i the next Day fhe russian took him to the soviet sector of put on the uniform of army officer and took a jeep from the russian motor the officer barked his Way through a half dozen checkpoints and explained his companion As a Friend from one of the Eastern communist dominated at Airfield completed Only six weeks Chatham said he saw swept backing Jet planes that looked to him As sleek and fast As the latest american at another he there were about 20 tanks built lower than anything he had seen As a combat Veteran of both world they were about three feel he but armed with Long he speculated they might to almost immune to Ordinary fire from weapons which cannot lower their muzzles enough to reach the proper resistance seen t Chatham conjectured that Drivers probably lie prone to operate the de Chatham the rus Sian gave him his personal opinions thai Russia has lost face in Asia Over the korean that the Kremlin drive to bring about pol is East German Friendship under the communist Mantle has failed so and that every on legged German would carry a gun against us the soviet Union Chatham saw thousands of rus Sian soldiers in uniform bringing in the he said the officer explained this As a measure to main Tain discipline in an army that is cooped up mostly in compounds and Chatham said he was told he so Viet occupation army was paid mostly in East German which come out of the Vassal governments Treasury and Are written off As occupation a the end of the the rus Sian donned civilian clothes again and brought the congressman Back to the defense orders Given priority War under the Palms vietnamese troops and French tanks pause along a Palm tree lined Mortice Road somewhere in Indochina on the Way to Battle in the Foury Earold War against communist led vie Minh French troops have seized principal stronghold of the Vatican says czechs take Over convents Vatican 3 radio to tics reported last night that Catholic nuns Are being forced out of convents and other religious properties in Czechoslovakia and that the buildings Are being taken Over by the nine convents in Southern Bohemia have been seized since Early August and the nuns transported to near opava on the moravian Sile Sian the broadcast aussies join Korea British 3 spokes Man for Gen Douglas Macarthur a headquarter said yesterday that an australian battalion has joined the British 27th which is continuing to mop up in the Songjun Brewster sees no alternative to rearming Germany 3 Owen Brewster said yesterday he could Iee no alternative to rearming Western Germany for defense against if they do not right on our they certainly will on the he told a press Brewster said that on the basis of information obtained on a recent trip to he not expect Russia to Start anything in West Ern Europe this aside from fomenting strikes and other Domestic disturbances Brewster predicted that one of the big questions Congress must decide when it reconvenes novem Ber is Aid to Yugoslavia he needs tons of marshal Tito is in 3 very tight he because of russian pressure and severe briton tears Down Flag of China reds fined oct 3 Liam a British naval officer whose Home is in was fined 40 Hon Kong dollars today for tearing Down the chinese communist Flag raised to commemorate the first anniversary of the communist regime in Gordon said he Tore Down the Flag from the communist operated China aviation because the Union Jack was hot also being aussies ask in to publicize Balkan violations of rights Lake 3 Australia appealed to the United nations yesterday to placard the free world with evidence the disgraceful violations of human rights and freedoms in Romania and the Britain and Uruguay promptly supported he draft Reso Lution submitted by c australian foreign to the general Assembly special political the proposal urged in members to continue to file evidence of peace treaty violations by the accused Balkan countries so the Evi Dence May be denouncing hungarian and romanian refusal to discuss in charges growing out of the Joseph Cardinal mid Zenty Case and other political and religious Delegate Benjamin Cohen declared a steadily lengthening series of political trials Are damning proof of the Complete moral corruption of police and courts for Purly Polit ical we must never forget that internal terror and aggression have in the past led to external aggression and Cohen said the governments have wilfully violated treaty promises to respect human rights and French crack 2d Money ring 3 police yesterday smashed a new inter National counterfeit ring whose presses churned out italian lire by the millions at an innocent looking Villa on the in a Dawn raid on a Village near they confiscated fraudulent lire notes to the value of about they arrested two men and two women As ringleaders of the gang they peddled lire to tourists travelling to nearby bogus output listed total production of italian and British currency turned out by the counterfeiters was estimated the equivalent of hundreds of millions of French police officials in Paris said the raid was led by Emile chief of the financial police of the French whose agents last weekend broke up another gang which printed almost perfect German Marks and Swiss francs in i armed forces get i first Call on Industry 3 government yesterday ordered into effect a mandatory priority system giving the armed forces first Call on Industrial Assembly the National production author Ity spa issued the regulation effective it directs All plants to accept and fill any order bearing the priority aside civilian work if need be to meet the defense the overriding military contracts will carry the new for defense this rating i May be used by the defense de ariment and the atomic Energy its enforcement la backed up by criminal defense has first Call i contractors who receive a order from the air Force or dec May serve the rating on their own subcontractors and the latter May pass it on in to get materials i or other supplies for planet or other our National defense Effort has i first Call on the nations spa administrator William Harrison the defense program is expand Many materials and products needed for the defense program Are in Short the purpose of the priorities system is to assure that defense production has the right of use of the priority is limited at the Harrison to direct defense presumably with the Railroad freight car Short age in he served this notice spa jurisdiction limited there Are Many activities in direct support of the defense pro Gram not under Pas these include Gas and All under the Interior department farm equipment and under agriculture department Stor age and Porf under the Ime state Commerce and fissionable under the atomic Energy a Check indicated none of these agencies plans to launch into prior although inc is at work with spa on a steel allocation program to Speed up freight car democracy club women say 3 american who ended a months tour of Western Europe Aye convinced that democracy is winning the cold War against they had High Praise for the Active role of euro Pean women in this particularly the women of Western communism cannot conquer the spirit of these said mrs Elizabeth Roe in Cloud said she was surprised by the keen interest of the germans in the american i was kept Busy All Over Germany answer ing she i think of myself now not As an but As a world Eiffel Tower fall fatal 3 15year old boy was killed instantly after he fell from the first floor of the Eiffel Tower police said there were no witnesses to the fall but were con Vinced it was an the Bay was identified from papers found on his body As Henri of rom armed guards ring Virginia Hill estate bar 3 ins the former Virginia reputed onetime girl Friend of Benjamin bugs slain was surrounded today with armed guards at a rented bar Harbor now the wife of Hans German born ski instructor at Sun took advantage of an old Maine Law to surround herself with armed the Law provides for the carrying of firearms if they Are worn openly and not the guards will protect Virginia until she leaves thursday to appear before a Senate crime investigating committee in greeks warned Dollar Aid May be Cut again 3 Dollar Aid to Greece May be Cut further unless the greek government applies measures essential to the reconstruction of the Paul Eca chief to said in a released last to the Venizelos the sent to the govern ment five Days pointed out that direct Aid had been Cut by this year because of failure of the greeks to utilize Dollar