European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pegu the stars and stripes january 1953 Reber Points to gains in Berlin West zones airs new year talk to germans 31 High commissioner Samue in a hopeful new years message pointed out that de spite constant harassment by the communist government of the so Viet zone economic conditions have been steadily improving in Berlin Reber spoke in German Ove the radio Sta Tion in to wish the people 5f Berlin and of the soviet zone a better an happier new he said he was following a Trade but also giving expression to an impelling personal Reber spoke of improvements in he pointed of that production reached 167 per cent of the 1936 level during no and added unemployment was Down and employment at a record toward integration this represents the first fruits of cooperation in common ends and Points the Way to advantages to be gained from full european in he he Laid improvements to t h e substantial Progress made during the past year in Mili tary and political he added in in the Coal and steel in the Marshall plan in the european payments Union the foundations for the future Structure of a United free world have when it has been the european defense Community Wil form an important these developments Are reflected in the feeling of increased Secu Rity Over a year aggression has become too costly for the would be aggressor to begin s struggle for Liberty of the resistance of the population of the soviet zone to the encroachments of communism on their daily life and their escorts to retain personal and moral integrity in the face of All the pressures that a totalitarian state can bring to the free world has sustained them in their struggle with the weapons of the a n d Foremost through the dissemination of zone copter crash fatal to 2 officers from Page yesterday on a flight from Ger Many to was found on a lonely slope of the apennines mountains Here the body of the american Pilot was believed disintegrated in the Jet was one of a flight of seven in route from fuer Lenfeld Bruck air base to Athens via it lost Contact with the oth ers yesterday afternoon near scene of the crash was near this town some 150 Miles North of set Pietro Bertol chief of the Modigliani Cara Pinieri Federal police was the first Man on the scene this morn air Force officials from Rome were in route Here from Rome to investigate the a group of six planes which had been sent from the air sea Rescue Center in Germany had failed to locate the remnants of the plane earlier Road conditions 31 special military police reported that As of noon today roads were icy at Nurnberg and Slippery at and dry at and wies soviet silence balks visit to 2 yanks 31 authorities have failed to reply to a request by maj Gen Lemuel departing com Mander in to be allowed to interview two american soldiers detained in East Germany More a officials Here said pets lieutenant night and Ray mond both of the 759th my in unintentionally entered the soviet zone after passing their Stop on an elevated train soviet authorities claim both have asked and received political this doubted by Western since neither Man was in trouble and because in a note the soviets distributed allegedly signed by the two nights first name was it was spelled in a note sent soviet officials Mathewson requested that representatives be permitted to interview the two at the same the Berlin com Mander also noted that soviet authorities have not As yet availed themselves of the Opportunity to interview former soviet Soldier Alexander Alexandrvich who deserted to West Berlin Mathewson note was addressed to Sergei Berlin representative of the soviet control newsman sentenced soviet authorities charged t of a y that a German Newspaperman kidnapped by communist agents two years ago con in a trial last August that he was an american spy working in the East zone and was sentenced to the announcement came in a protest from Gen Vassily Chui chief of the soviet control commission for addressed to acting High com missioner Samuel in which the soviet occupation chief again called West Berlin a Center of anticommunist the charges were similar to those filed with the three Western High commissioners last october and refuted by them Early in Chulkov said again in his cur rent note he did not have any information on Walter a Leader of the Active anticommunist of free who was kidnapped by German communist agents from in front of his Home july Scalp Flap put on brain of stronger Brodie twin 31 cans hoped today that a new Scalp Flap drawn across the brain of 15 Mont hold Rodney Dee Brodie would minimize the danger of Cere bral infection in the separated siamese the skin was put in place yesterday in a 2hour 15minute first surgery since Rodney was separated from his weaker Roger 13 Days Tokyo child gets to Grill Gen Mark supreme in surprises tiny Yoshie who has been on waving terms with the general Ever since he arrived in and her Grandfather with Christmas gifts from himself and press photo red cop wounds West Berliner on sector Border 31 communist policeman today shot and wounded a West Berliner who was crossing the East West sector Bor Der the Man was not seriously injured and was Able to report to police after he had been fired at three times and hit once As he was coming across from East to West he was taken to a West Berlin a police official said the victim May have been trying to evade the sector customs East zone officials reportedly have lately accused a number persons of stealing scrap the wounded Man was a scrap Iron soviets meet French and soviet officials me Neap the scene where West Berlin policeman Herbert Bauer was shot and killed Christ Mas morning by a soviet Tommy French authorities and German police and eyewitnesses say Bauer was shot while performing h i s duty inside the French sector in a spot close to the red the soviets said Bauer had crossed into East East zone police say Peoples cop slain 31 soviet zone Peoples police head quarters announced through theist German communist con trolled news that Helmut a 19yearold Peoples police was shot and killed last night while on duty on the French soviet sector Border in the official communist German news Agency Laid the reported kill ing to the feeling built up by the murder Christmas night of West sector policeman Herbert revellers Jam Frankfurt clubs 31 ocal hotels and night clubs were making plans tonight to Landle capacity crowds of merry makers for a new years eve which promised to be their most lucrative of the postwar All leading hotels and nightclubs a ported virtual sellouts and the new available admission tickets were expected to be grabbed up hours i fore opening most night pots Here Are planning to keep Iper until the Frankfurter one of the leading local reported that reservations sold out several weeks ago and that some 500 persons had paid 30 Marks apiece for new years eve such popular night clubs As the Moulin Rheinland and Kunstle Klause also reported heavy Early sales of ducats for floor shows and other super entertainment for this the Moulin Rouge this year is charging 15 Marks admin of which 12 Marks is a mini mum charge which can be used up in drinks and Truman continued from Page 1 Little Hope for an Early end tothe korean and said that he knows of no new plan that will shorten that Truman announced that he will make a Farewell address to the nation the evening of 15 in which he will Lay before the Amer ican people an outline of the continuing world problems that face the the president will speak by radio and television in a half hour in this valedictory the president will summarize what he believes to be the outstanding achievements under his administration in the postwar the presidents speech is expected to be a full dress discussion of the communist threat of world including the grave prob Lem of the korean state of Union message Truman also said Hewill Send a state of the Union message to Congress shortly after it con Venes this he will not appear before Congress in person deliver the message As he has every year but one since he be came president in Truman issued a statement criticizing a Section of the defense production act which re quires a restriction on imports of Dairy products when such imports adversely affect the Domestic this provision affects the nether new zealand and a number of other the president said of the pro passed by the last that this is the kind of Law which makes the Job of the Kremlin propaganda experts a great Deal strike set for 1st stroke of53 new 31 biggest bus strike in the cites set for Midnight loomed As inevitable when the transport workers Union Cio re fused to attend a Las minute Media Tion meeting a Union spokesman turned thumbs Down on mediation and declared that a statement last night by mayor Vincent Impellitteri was Provo the mayor charged the Union was trying to hike bus fares to 15 cents from Trie present dime the strike is aimed against eight private bus companies which carry about passengers pcs Kidnap foiled after guninankills2 continued from Page 1 came into the cockpit and handed a note to the Gaston the Captain read it and gave it to the note this is a i am a desperate do not talk to each Gaston said Ang told them to Fly the plane to Ang had a revolver in his he right then Captain Perlas twisted the wheel and put the plane through a violent trying to throw the Man off his but he without a word the Man shot Captain Perlas once in the head and once in the then he turned the gun on the Captain slumped Back and his head rolled to one 1 could see he was shoots through door Diego tried to come through the door into the the Man shot twice through the door and everything was he kept the gun pointed at me All the time standing right in Back of Gaston said he kept flying out Over the China sea trying to Dis Suade Ang from his plan but was not the Copilot said he had flown for More than four hours when a nationalist ats training plane showed he continued i recognized it As a nationalist plane but the Man thought it was a communist As we were Over communist territory by the plane sent a burst of gunfire across the Bow of our communist antiaircraft opened i saw at least three second plane then a second nationalist plane appeared and signalled Gaston Down to a Safe Landing at Gaston said it was not until Ang left the cockpit after the plane had stopped that the gunman Rex he was in the hands of he walked from the plane right into the arms of nationalist sol Diers who came swarming up the Gaston during the flight the other six passengers were at their end As to How to save Mary ire of and mar Shell of san both employees of the Tion service in the told How they scrawled three distress signals with lipstick on seat covers and held them up to the windows of the violent lurch we had not gone very far after taking 15 or 20 min when the plane gave a violent miss Ireton we heard two shots from inside the the Purser ran from the Back of the plane and tried to open the door to the there were two More shots and bullets Tore through the one hit the Purser in the he reeled Back and he was killed we took seat covers and used lipstick to print letters on them and held them up to the we Learned later that the pilots of the nationalist planes saw the nationalist pilots had be come suspicious of the plane be cause it was in the wrong Lane and it refused to answer a request for the nationalist control Tower said no Airliner had been cleared for wife beats pinup ban for private in Korea Eastern 31 fighting men of one division were ordered to take Down All pinup pictures unless they Are of wives or soon after the was issued a Captain bawled out a private for several minutes before the enlisted Man could explain that the bathing Beauty in a picture Over his bunk was that of his 4 1 Toi ing de inti a s wc3 Gat a pro sing Wip Tad of c Bili by High will Mer line visit the mor via can Mak he with port the Day ruler Nek hoi Niew toil i Day