European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes january 1953 Aachen court trying 51 in Coffee ring 17 alleged Coffee smugglers Are on trial at Aachen in one of postwar Germany largest mass court the defendants consist of alleged financiers and the prosecution charges the alleged organized along the lines of an orthodox Busi Ness smuggled up to pounds of Coffee into West Germany in a according to the rings business manager purchased the Coffee in carloads in Belgium at the Border the coolies took moving it in a sack at a Over the Border on foot fixers arranged customs protect trucks were sent to the Border area to pick up the Coffee and Speed it into the Black Market Many of the defendants Are Job they Range from a neatly dressed 56yearold housewife to a 19yearold labourer and include a jockey and a Dee sea seizure the prosecution charges that one of the defendants packed 800 pounds of Coffee Over the Border on 40 nearly All the who in clude 13 reside on the same the Aachen customs reported it had seized 73 tons of smuggled Coffee in As Well As Cartons of 133 cars and trucks and 99 the seized Coffee and Cigar ets were valued at customs agents rated As the biggest single haul of the year six diamonds valued at an austrian Salesman tried to smuggle the gems into Germany from Brussels by swallowing he was arrested on a tip and Cus Toms agents managed to recover the gems two Days adj leaders under probe 17 German court authorities Here have begun investigation of five organizers and leaders of the recently outlawed anticommunist bund Deutscher jugend the investigation was requested by Frankfurt prosecution the five adj officials were identified As Paul Erhard pet Norbert Heinz Schipplock and Gerhard court authorities said that the five Are charged with sponsoring an organization which has violated the West German constitutional they also Are charged with founding and in an organization designed to commit criminal Interior minister Hein Rich Zinnkann recently issued an order to ban and dissolve the adj in state of the states of Hamburg and Bremen took similar action against the adj it was Learned that the adj has moved its West Ger Man Headquarters to Mainz in the state of police have closed ans sealed the adj offices German unemployment rises in last Quarter 17 employment in West Germany Rose to cases in the last Quarter of 1352 while the total persons employed declined nearly 5 per cent to the Federal labor office announced germans with jobs included an increase of unemployed was attributed to Early Winter which especially reduced agricultural a Vienna International sector control shifts in front of Viennas Palace of maj Roy com Mander of the military shakes bands with the commander of the russian guard during monthly changeover american forces took Over control of the fou Power cites International sector from the photo Adenauer opposes demand of French for pact changes 17 Konrad Adenauer declared Here he is strongly opposed to French demands for changes in the european army treaty before Ratific the Chancellor warned that the French demands would open the door to endless which would stall ratification in West Germany recognizes that modifications in the six nation common d e f in s e pact May be Adenauer but it will press for ratification first and modification warns against prolonging in an interview with a group of american the Chancellor said the treaty represented a Compromise which Satis fied nobody if negotiations Are reopened to please the he then the other five signatory states will be free to come Forward with their own demands for the treaty is like a pull out one thread and you risk los ing the whole the Chancel Lor Adenauer declared that the threat from the East remains extremely and i endorse president Truman words in his state of the Union message on this i see no proof or signs that rus Sia has Given up its plans for world mechanical cows make debut in Ruhr 17 milk automat has come to Western Ger Many along with the milk automate dispensing one Quarter and on half liners of milk forms and 30 Are springing up in the Industrial state of North Rhine Westphalia and will be distributed in other areas of the cardboard Container made its first appearance in Germany along with the milk accidents at Munich 17 police Headquarters has announced that traffic in which 167 persons were killed and occurred Here Dur ing Conquest and the Deci Sive Factor in the present situation is to avoid any delay in ratification of the Allie German the Chancellor caused some sur prise Las week in a radio address with the statement that he agreed with French Premier Rene Mayev that new negotiations on the european defense pact were Adenauer explained to the press he had had in mind negotiations after and not this might Well wreck the whole european defense Aden Auer the French want changes Guaran teeing their right to use French National without Strong re to put Down revolts in their overseas they fear under the treaty As it now they would have to get an Okay from the political body of the common defense Adenauer that the pact clearly provides that final authority rests wit the supreme commander and not the political around the zone Garmisch plans school on ski safety training 17 special a school to train selected enlisted men and civilians in the command in ski safety instruction will be held at Garmisch the last week in Usa eur he has the class is a part of Gram to maintain the Low ski in jury rate in the recreation students successfully completing the course May be placed on detached service As ski patrol Mem Bers on either the Berchtesgaden or Garmisch ski slopes for a three week period during the plans Are to have six ski patrol men on the slopes at both Gar Misch and Berchtesgaden through March 31this year and from 1 through 31 next class for 25 students spaces for 25 students Are open for the coming Garmisch to candidates must be top intermediate skiers and have an aptitude area i score of 100 or More unit commanders have been asked to make every Effort to per Mit interested personnel who meet the requirements a ski safety instruction class was held at Berchtesgaden this week and it is possible that two More classes May be held follow ing the Garmisch students successfully completing these courses will be eligible for membership in the National ski both the air Europe and Austria have trained personnel in skiing safety instruction and have made them available to recreation heed ski advice the Usa eur director of safety explained that the ski patrol mens duty is to give first Aid to the Survey the ski trails and be available for Rescue and to prevent accidents by cautioning skiers where the main source of skiing he is not the per son just learning but the so called intermediate skier who thinks he has All the All but the experienced skiers should take advantage of the ski ing instruction available in the recreation area and heed the advice of the instructors and ski patrolmen while having their fun on the the director pvt gets 3 do for assault 17 pvt Paul of the 1279th of re p i 10 273 january 1953 it col Henry Richter managing editor Ken Zumwalt sports Jack Ellis general manager Warren Chelot distribution Louis Brown business Frank Mealing direct Oil of news bureaus and circulation offices William 7946 by Ulm news Nathan 846681 circulation Raymond a Espen o 5344 Omer Richard 253 ring e w s r o o 5366 16 circulation Ernie 75543 Samuel Ravi William kaisers acteon Robert la Rochelle William la pallice Dennis William 49603 Arthur Albert Fernand Monchamp 5801 Theodore 93296 Henri Trieste Philip r53067 Norbert the european edition is published daily at Ger Tor the armed forces under the auspices of the armed forces information Ana Tel Frankfurt the stars aids Apo mall to the new York office should be sent to 641 Washington this is an unofficial publication of the armed forces in reentered As second class matter sell at the Post office at new under the act of March engr c was sentenced to three years a Dis honorable discharge and total for features of All pay and allowances by a v corps court martial Kelley was found guilty of As Sault with a weapon against Alma Leibel and assault and Battery against Rudolph both of he also was found guilty of Lar Ceny and assault of Kurt of the sentence is subject to sergeant gets 2 years in i Landrun Accident 17 sgt Harry of he 7815th was found guilty on four including Man following a i Landrun Accident a general court martial Here sentenced Neuner to two years confinement at hard a Dis honorable discharge and total forfeiture of pay and the trial followed the death of Stephan a resident of the Augsburg suburb of Gerst the who has 10 years of army was a chaplains assistant and was studying for the he was found guilty of leaving the scene of an false entry on the official detachment signing and false official statement to a military police German youths smash door of cos Billet 17 two Walter of the 5th get reported that four Ger mans threw a log through the front door of his quarters at 6 Jahn investigators Learned that four Young who were walk ing past the picked up a Fence pole and threw it through the breaking a window in the a German witness to the incident said that the group also Tore Down a nearby bus Stop the culprits fled investigation of the incident is being Fasching society meet set in Munich 26 17 than 150 Fasching presidents and delegates from Fasch ing societies All Over West Ger Many will meet in Munich Egid president of the Munich Narr Halla Fasching society the German Darren Congress of 1953 also will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the he the Congress will not devote it self entirely to popping corks and clinking a major item on its Agenda is the founding of a research Institute for Karne Valastik to investigate the origin of Fasching and to examine Carneval habits in the Jdc director to speak at Munich jewish rites 17 director of the american joint distribution committee Jdc in Germany and Austria for the past six will be the guest speaker at the jewish serv ices to be held in will Cavern a native of Haber served As National director of research for the works Progress he is the author of the history of the International of machinists and served in the army As a major during world War