European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Weather forecast mostly Cloudy Over Continental with poor and morning fog Over Northern the Low countries and the coast of Iraln Bowen Over Central and Southern Snow flurries Over Austria and Eastern Italy mostly Cloudy with amm in the Alps and rain in Bower in tie weather service these european edition unofficial publication of the armed forces in Europe Jannisch ski school for those who want to learn How to ski this furlough facts reports on the Garmisch recreation area ski school and the courses it offers for beginners and More advanced skiers on Page volume number 260 5 cents month january 1953 Stimes Square revellers Welcome new year despite Snow and a new tears eve to Welcome bus new yorkers Jam times Square As the clock strikes Midnight the was smaller than in past foes threat passes in Lull 4 sofa army reported Only scattered skirmishes on the frigid korean Battlefront Day on which communist propaganda broadcasts bad threatened a major in a tactical summary covering operations until 6 pm local the army reported Complete Lack of enemy Contact along the West Ern sector of the it said not it single Rifle shot was fired in that sector yesterday the 5th air Force its b26 night raiders shot up 70 two locomotives and 12 thirteen super forts hit a Supply Center on the main rail line sin Anju and and fhe warehouses Northeast of All in Northwest worried about Morse brings own Washington Independent Wayne Morse of Oregon carried a folding chair Fato the Senate yesterday and parked it temporarily in the Middle Morse laughter from col leagues when he told them he did not where in supposed to sit since he bolted the Mark new Senate informed Morse his old seat in the front Row was v still might need this Morse picking up his Metal need it to keep you Trice Galloway sworn in As new wac director 4 it col Irene was sworn in yesterday As director of the army corps to col Mary miss a native of car toll was immediately promoted to Truman orders new unit to sift Vincents loyalty 4 Truman last night directed Secretary of state Dean Acheson to let a special five member Board determine the status of suspended Diplomat John Carter who has been accused As a loyalty Acheson himself had proposed such a Board in a Long memorandum to Truman on the a career was suspended by the state department 15 after presidents loyalty re View Board branded him a loyalty t the state department left it up Acheson and Truman for a Finai decision on Vincents recommended that the Board consist of judge Learned retired senior judge of the court of appeals in new As chairman John for Mer High commissioner for Ger Many James Grafton for Mer assistant Secretary of state under Henry Stimson How land retired foreign service officer and onetime assistant Secre tary of state under Cordell and Edwin retired foreign service when the presidents loyalty re View Board made its it Page 2 heavy Snow Falls in France 4 Snow blanketed most of Germany again the weather Bureau says its Here to stay for a Day or Berlin had More than three inches of Stuttgart two Munich and Frankfurt about 1 Snow flurries were expected to continue through out most of West Germany Tomor Row and temperatures were expected remain near the freezing show fell steadily for More than six hours Over much of Southern France a re the fall in described As one of the Ica Viest Ever recorded ailing of c at bedside after mercy flight 4 the wife and 3yearqld daughter of of c Thomas who is seriously ill with a heart talked briefly with him this morn ing after their mercy flight from june Stuart and daughter arrived at the Salzburg Railroad station at am and were whisked to the 109th fid although obviously concerned seriousness of her Hus bands Stuart took time to Praise the Quick action of on Page 3 below freezing in Florida new 4 ing weather dipped into Florida to with Tallahassee reporting 27 degrees and Jacksonville Miami registered it snowed As far South juin warns West not to pull Back its defense line 4 Alphonse commander chief of the North Atlantic treaty Organiza Tion land forces in Central said last night Western Europe defense line must be placed As far East As pos sible and that he personally would Welcome German sup port under one form or the outspoken hero of the Trench world War ii forces that fought in Africa and Italy gave a Frank summation of the state of european defences during a formal reception offered by the mayor and Council of this War blasted French City near the German juin condemned the Periphery strategy prescribed by some per sons who deliberately favor the abandonment of these ideas must be he precisely because that in that occupation which we would not take the same form As former ones i know that some who include even some thinking contend that German support could be dispensed with by pulling Back the defense line and letting an unarmed Germany form a Buffer area Between the soviets and How is it that they do not see that by abandoning Germany we very probably would have to de fend ourselves against her we never will be Strong enough numerically to face up to the Dan Ger with which we Are menaced i declare it would be All the same to under re serve of certain whether German support was Given to us under one form or another to appease certain very legitimate we have been led to launch the idea of a eur on Page 5 Church ills liner due in today aboard the Queen 4 British carrying prime minister Winston Churchill to the talks with president elect Wight Eisen will arrive in new York to Morrow ship officials after two Days of buffeting by wintry the ship entered Calmer seas Churchill will hold a news con Ference shortly after the Queen Mary ties he then will go to he Home of his new York Bernard it is expected he will begin talks with Eisenhower of cutting Basic 9 weeks Sampson will change on Scott 4 it Gen Robert cd of the air training yesterday announced the air Force will shorten its Basic training period from 12 to nine Harper said the change in the schedule will go into effect airmen enlisted on or after next monday and assigned to Lackland will be the first to be trained under the shortened sched Parks will initiate the new schedule and March was training schedules will change april 9 at Harper said the Shorter course was necessary due to the austere Manning limitations imposed upon the air Force and timetable for buildup to the 143group air Force in addition to the nine week course will include administrative testing and counselling of the individual re Congress set for report on state of Union 4 Charles Halleck said yesterday that president tru mans annual state of the Union message will be sent to Congress Halleck is the House Republican the White House announced that Truman 1953 54 budget message will be submitted to Congress de spite the fact that Truman no longer will be president after it is his responsibility to submit a budget with the opening of the new Bill proposes equal rates on Soldier parcel Post press dispatches Edward Rees introduced in the House yesterday a Bill to equalize postal rates on parcels sent by or to members of the armed forces stationed a on Pound parcel from new York to Korea now costs 27 but the same from san fran Cisco costs Only 17 he other Bills introduced after the 83d Congress convened included William Barrett Bill to repeal the controversial Mccarra Walter immigration Barretts Bill would reenact Laws which existed before the new act went into effect Adam new civil rights Bill to provide Federal Equality of Opportunity for All and Bills to Era i on Page 2 detonators kill 3 boys 4 a Concrete Magazine building loaded with dynamite Caps exploded yes killing three teenage boys state police believed the boys caused their own deaths by shooting into the Small Structure with a the blast hurled 500pound chunks of Concrete 200 feet into the the owned by the Joseph Lead had 10inch con Crete measured 14 by 17 feet and contained fused Dyna mite Caps and electric dynamite the dead youths were identified As Hubert Dale and two Lem Thomas and Leman Bryan state police said they probably climbed onto the Small Structure and fired Down the ventilator into the they were known to have been shooting