European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes january 1953 party leaders accuse 2 top Jastzb needs 4 up the Central the East Ger Man communist parly today accused two top communist leaders of being american to twists and the accusation was a Clear sign that the two communists would be defendants in a show trial that might involve former soviet zone propaganda chief Gerhardt Central in a Reso Lution published in the communist n new s p a p e r Neues said Paul former politburo member who was arrested last and Kurt Muel Deputy chief of the West Ger Man communist arrested two years were members the alleged anti conspiracy led by Rudolf Slansky and other czech communist Lead e r s executed in Prague last accused of aiding plot the Central Princi pal charge against Mueller was that he took part in a Trotsky he at tempt to unseat Ernst Thielmann As Leader of the Prenzi Era communist party in ins february con fessed that he took part in the same plot and shortly afterwards dropped sitcom Ilse East Ger Man party Central he has been on the Dow path Ever the Central committee said since the War with the help of Western had ties with for eign trotskyite like Ruth Ruth Fischer is Kislers the party indictment revealed the same Antisemitic thread As the Prague trial of zionism charges Merker was charged with Cosmo advocating formation of a jewish National propos ing government financing of the emigration of jewish capitalists to and of prop erty confiscated by the nazis to jews who both remained Ger Many and went Merker was fired from the Polit in 1950 and arrested last month after the Slansky trial Mueller disappeared from West Germany in 1350 after he was purged from the West German communist shortly after the East German govern ment announced he had been arrested in East it was believed he had been kidnapped from West family of escapes to West Berlin 4 wife of the recently purged soviet zone Trade and sup ply yesterday fled with four of her children to West Karl Hamann was ousted from his government Post and arrested last month after the East German communists had picked him As main Scapegoat for widespread food and shortages harassing the soviet West Berlin Refuge organizations said Hamann was accompanied on her flight by her 20year old son Knut and three aged 9 and another 20yearoljl Daugh Ter of the ousted was seized by East Berlin police shortly after the arrest of her Timberman reviews Berlin troops maj Gen Thomas former 1st inf div cd fourth from salutes the colors at a review welcoming him to he assumes Bis hew duties As commander in Berlin left to right maj Gen Lemuel whom Timberman succeeds capt George Berlin come s3 Brig Gen Berlin come and photo bus strikers reject offer new yorkers prepared to face the full effects of the paralysing fou Day old bus strike for the first time when the City returns to after the new years mayor Vincent Impellitteri last night offered a seven Point program for settling the strike against eight private bus lines which transport some passengers but president Michael Quill of the transport workers Union Cio rejected the saying it was too Little and too it pro posed a 40hour week for the strikers by March 1 and a wage increase of approximately 20 cents an Federal mediation efforts were scheduled to this afternoon in new Yorks waterfront the strikers Are members of the three Small locals of the International longshoremen s a m p be r s and they walked off their jobs Friday morning in a wage Dis when the walkout started it was feared it would tie up the port of new but yesterday the strike lost strength As pickets Dis appeared from piers and other dockers apparently Felt no Obliga Tion to keep off docks in Federal mediator Andrew Burke said some Progress was made in the first mediation he said that strikers made a Compromise in their original demands for a 42centanhour pay wife of slain colonel of go of trial in Tokyo today 4 Gray eyed daughter of a famed general waited through hours of misery in her lonely prison cell Dorothy Krueger Smithv for the murder of a High ranking officer in the far East she wore a pair of faded Blu flannel pyjamas and a Blue Cor Duroy issued by the army new us Jet Airliner to bring Nav closer Jan 4 ins British aviation expert says a new British plane has been developed which is capable of making two Londo new York roundtrip in 24 aviation underwriter capt Lamplugh said the sensational new plane is a civilian version of one of Britain new Jet Hungary will Register 18yearold girls 4 hungarian ministry of Interior has ordered the registration of All 18 Jearolds of both the Buda pest newspaper Magyar nemzet they have to Register regardless of whether they live with their parents or in communist youth the newspaper Are expected to be drafted for Mil itary service within 12 Hospital in which she has been confined since the fatal Hunting knife stabbing of col Aubrey Smith last will i have to see people she asked her defense it col Howard will people i be there ton wont have to look people will be there but you win not have to look at Levie told the attractive 40yearold Mother of two children is the daughter of retired Gen Walter of san he led the victorious 6th army through the Pacific the before an 11member general will open in a Small courtroom at Hardy to Kyo there will be space for Only six newspapermen and an Esti mated 20 an army medical Board concluded Smith was Able to distinguish Between right and wrong at the time Smith was the defense holds that the conclusion reached by the medical Board was Levie we Hope to convince the court two War vet decorated Veteran of both world War ii and was the chief of plans and operations for the logistics Section of the far East for weeks Levie has interviewed patiently attempting to Aid her in reconstructing events before the colonels Levie considers Smith a confused and tragic beset by Long mental he disclosed that in 1951 she was confined for mental treatment for about 100 Smith has not talked by Telephone her but he has sent messages to directly and through he will not to Tokyo for the her Mother has been seriously ill in san Bunche sees threat of War reduced in last two years 4 Ralph principal director of the United nations department of on a Short Stopover late last night at the Rhine main Airport in route from new York to new told reporters that the world was less near atom War today than one or two years Bunche is slated to attend a seminar on world problems in new Delhi along with representatives from nine other the Strong will for peace of the United nations As expressed in the India mediation proposal to end the korean War was a Good Omen for declared major Issue before us Bunche said he considered the major Issue before the apart from the cold is the Strong nationalist surge throughout the colonial he said he did not think the worldwide stirring of nationalism was primarily motivated by communist the 48yearold famous for his successful mediation of Arab israeli said his visit to India was in no Way connected with the recent Indian Resolution before the in to end the War and the deadlocked truce talks in Road conditions 4 military police reported that As of noon today roads were icy in the Stutt Gart areas Snow covered at Munich and Wuerzburg Snow packed at Garmisch and Snow packed and icy at Ike names 3 to key jobs in Justice new York 4 Denteler Dwight Eisenhower today named three men to serve in jobs in the Justice department under Herbert Brown who will be attorney Gen eral in the new All those Eisenhower chose As assistant attorneys general Are Warren Olney of Berke to head the criminal one of the most important positions in the Olney formerly was chief counsel of Cal Fornias special study commission on organized wan in of to be chief of the claims which handles All civil suits and claims for and against the government Burger has been a practising attorney since Lee of who will be in charge of the executive adjudications which presidential proclamations and executive orders in cases where Legal advice is re Rankin has been practising Law since the nominations of All men will Senate for confirmation alter Eisenhower takes office the president elect announced earlier the selection of William Washington attorney and former chief counsel of a Senate investigating As Deputy attorney general under Eisenhower press James said the appointments the three Justice department men were checked in Advance with Republican senators from the states where the men Mayer delays bid in French crisis up socialist Rene Mayer last night postponed his final decision on whether to try to form a govern ment until tomorrow at the fighting against Odds to end the deepening the 57yearold finance expert thus placed responsibility for prolonging the Wrangle on the parliamentary followers of Gen Charles de who re fuses to hand Down a final decision on Mayers candidacy until 4 pin instead of giving president Vincent Auriol a final Mayer called at the Elysee Palace last night merely to explain what he believed to be his he told Auriol that the parties that made up Premier Antoine Pinas coalition had promised in their great majority to Back he explained that the main doubts in the gaullist ranks Cen tired on the european army pro of which Mayer is one of the National Assembly strongest sup Attlee in Rangoon new 4 British labor party Leader Clement Attlee arrived Here today on a two Day visit in route to Rangoon to attend the asian socialist Confer who hitchhiked from to Korea Heads for Home with the 7th 4 up Cpl Robert von who hitchhiked from to Korea to fight the headed for Home today with the army the Angeles Soldier served 16 months of Active duty in Korea while the army thought he was absent without he was fined after telling his Story to amazed officers because he feared he might be killed in action with no one knowing his True he said he got a yen to go to Korea while an instructor in Leader ship at he bought a com Mercial airline ticket to where he joined a group of Korea bound Cooks and boarded an army the ship docked at von Kuznick evaded military policemen and boarded a train for where he walked aboard another transport for he worked his Way steadily toward the crying with British Commonwealth and South korean von Kuznick finally settled Down with the 73d to not the 7th he saw action several after telling his Story to his company von Kuznick was sent Back to Japan and but he talked his Way Back to the 73d to in where he stayed until he finally got orders for rotation to the he left several Days ago for the rotation depot von Kuznick said he is going Back to the to get a discharge and marry his los Angeles associated press the Corporal expects to be discharged from the army when he reaches the either a discharge or officers candidate he said but von Kuznick was much More certain about his matrimonial he said he would marry Shirley of los a Petite Brunet whom he met in Cincinnati in August