European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                European edition weather forecast mostly Cloudy Over Continental Europe with rain showers Over West Ern and Southern Snow Hur Ries Orer Eastern France and Ger poor visibility and fog and Haze Over Central and Southern Orr Many and Italy partly Cloudy with rain showers in the weather service unofficial publication of the armed forces in Europe late news 3 wife of the recently purged soviet zone Trade and Supply today escaped surveillance of communist police and fled with four of her child Ren to West volume number 259 5 cents a a month january 1953 Eddy bids Friiss free 3 Gen Manton s commander in chief us yesterday handed release to american authorities of pets lieutenant night and Raymond Mich members of the 759th my night and Michalowski have been missing from their unit since when they mistakenly failed to leave a train passing from the sector of Berlin into the soviet zone of both were allegedly apprehended by East Ger Man police and soviet authorities at the Teltow railway station in the soviet zone at noon letter to Chulkov Eddy made the demand for immediate release of the two soldiers in a letter to Gen Vassily commander chief of soviet occupation forces in the letter was delivered to soviet head quarters in Potsdam yesterday by a member of the military Liaison Mission to soviet forces Headquarters in the text of Eddys letter Chulkov follows it has been brought to my Atten Tion that officials under your Juris on Page 1 to enemy toll 101 3 the communists have suffered 10 times As Many casualties As the in korean the de sense department said yesterday in a yearned the department placed the toll of enemy casualties inflicted by United nations troops at compared with missing and the communist casualties were corrected to 1 and the figures to the Best estimate of total in casualties comes from a 13 which indicated in troops had been missing or captured up to that the same Survey estimated for communist including wiped out by plagues and plane losses apparently have on Page 4 Italy grenade blast kills 7 3 freight tars loaded with hand grenades slew up at a naval am munition dump on an Island in Venice Lagoon today killing seven persons and injuring three of them gop organizes 83d Congress seat fights postponed ready for Ike 9s inaugural these color bearers and guards will represent far East combat regiments at the inauguration of president elect Dwight Eisenhower on left to pfc William pfc James sgt Thomas Tashler and Cpl Frederick mercy planes Fly family of ailing sergeant to zone Ernie staff correspondent Mats mercy plane arrived Here to night carrying an army wife and her 3yearold who Are in route to the bedside of a seriously ill Soldier in june Stuart and Young of hoped to reach their husband and Sec Thomas suffering from a heart Early Stuart and the youngster yesterday were at awaiting ship transportation o port of embarkation for when Hospital officials at Camp notified Ufa 3q of the severity of the soldiers a Cable was dispatched immediately to the adjutant requesting air priority to Rush his family to his officials arranged for hem to be carried aboard a Strator freighter with High priority cargo and travelled by train from new York to on Page 2 Dock strike spreads in new 3 new York Dock strike continued to spread today despite Federal mediation r the strike by 462 Dock samplers and sealers stopped or slowed Down work at 61 of the busiest piers to hew York and tied More piers in Phila Delphia and nine hours after the strike began the mediation service called in Union and com Pany representatives to resume the new York shipping called the strike an illegal secondary Boycott and asked Thomas Dewey of new York and Alfred Driscoll of new Jersey and mayor Vincent Impellitteri of new York to take action to end the Michael pres ident of the striking Buskens on Page 1 3 sgt escapes in c47 crash 3 a air Force groping through driving rain and crashed near the Durha Raleigh Airport about Midnight last three officer crewmen were killed but one sergeant miraculously escaped death when he apparently was thrown Clear of the crashing the bloody and dazed t sgt Edward staggered into the Airport at about 1 am to report the transport had the Accident occurred As the plane was attempting an emergency it was Over six hours after Matus gave the alarm that a search party found the tangled remains of the half a mile Northeast of the Airport Headquarters of the 18th air Force at Donaldson identified the three officers killed As capt Louis Gossman 1st it Norman both of and 1st it Robert of measure drafted to Cut income tax 11 per cent 3 Republican controlled 83d Congress convened today and swept through its organizing session without falling into any of the fights threatened for the first Robert Taft with a tight hand on the Reisas Republican floor won Senate consent for Swearingin of All senators whose right to a seat is in Rebe predicts France will of pacts Senate committee will con Sider the protests delay until tuesday of any debate Over Senate a group of senators is out to got a new Rule making it easier to shut off talking a measure to had threat ened a floor fight at the show of Harmony in the House it was a show of Joseph elected speaker by a Republican was presented by Sam Rayburn retiring House Martin praised Rayburn As a Man who had always served his country faithfully and Honor he said the when in on Page 2 Dodge named budget chief new 3 Dent elect Dwight Eisenhower today named Detroit banker Joseph Dodge As his budget Dodge has been acting As Eisen Howers Liaison with the budget Bureau since last the president elect said the new director would attend Cabinet meetings and report directly to this request to sit in with the top command in the new administration reflected Eisenhower desire to give him As much Cabinet Sta this As he said James press the Elevation of the budget directors Post represented a new step by Eisenhower to change the traditional makeup of the Oveta gulp Hobby of hous appointed As e i s e n h o w e is Federal Security and Harold named to head the Mutual Security also will attend Cabinet As budget will receive a he gave up the presidency of a Detroit Bank when Eisenhower made him his budget Liaison Man in Washington after the he a specialist on the German and japanese economies and Austri an Eisenhower said he would Send Dodges name to the Senate for confirmation after his inaugural quiet please new 3 Carleton director of the National arts has sent telegrams to Jukebox distributors throughout the nation asking them to please include a Blank disc in All Juke boxes so that listeners can buy five minutes of silence in 3 acting High commissioner Samuel Reber declared today that he is confident the Allie German treaties will be ratified by West Germany and France despite the Strong opposition to pacts in both Reber spoke at welcoming Cere monies for the liner United states on the Maiden trip to a German port he underscored his conviction that not Only will the treaties be ratified but they would be approved in the spirit As Well As the the entry into Force of the treaties will Herald a new Day for Reber told an audience of German and american officials and shipping safeguard to Germany he admonished the germans that Only by joining with the West in a common defense of Freedom can they safeguard the phenomenal Prosperity Germany has achieved since the the acting High commissioner said that continued delays Hieu rope an understandable though they May can be Detri mental if unduly Only through the consolidation on Page 5 today has 40 pages in four sections news Section news and Pic crossword radio and modern feature Section top picture those United film show and Book military news Section zone and organization news and society and club news and furlough comic Section wrapped around the military news Section Dick Terry and the Steve 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