European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ilson okd by Senate unit Wii sell pm Stock ast action n defense Ost seen Wilson was ived for the Post of Sec by of defense today by unanimous vote of the sen armed services com really Senate approval of e nomination was forecast some senators As a result of Jef Wilsons reversal of his previous to get rid of his general i motors y the Senate recessed this after but was Calles to meet again tomorrow in an unusual saturday under the rules the sen wait one Day before acting of fat nominations unless the rules Iare suspended by unanimous con l action due monday Robert Abaft sen said he would for final Senate action on Mon these european edition weather forecast mostly Cloudy Over Continental Europe with fog and Light Snow flurries Over Southeastern Germany and Austria during the Italy partly Cloudy with fog in the weather service unofficial publication of the armed forces in Europe volume number 279 5 cents a a month january 1953 Taylor to succeed Van Fleet committee voted recon Jend the Senate confirmation of the former pm president after a Ijo minute afternoon session Fol blowing three hours of closed hear in which Wilson said 5 will dispose of his present holdings of pm Worth about by april will also dispose of shares of pm Stock he stands to re teide As a Bonus from his old will consult with president on Page 5 leading float in Eisenhower inaugural Parade five More die of Munich flu 23 Munich Grippe epidemic death toll Jose to 17 today As five More per died during the last 24 according to Anton Hief of Munich Public health said that the majority lit those who succumbed were tether very Young children or Jie Ople Over v More than 200 school grades save been closed in the he Hollweck believes that the Peak Jef the epidemic has been reached and that the incidence rate should from now s approximately 19 per cent of the Stys transport workers Are ill the Grippe but officials say 3hey have been Able to maintain Normal p Munich drugstores report the i demand for Grippe remedies is Al i most double Normal and most Phy on Page 4 called gods this nondenominational portrayal of the first of the four freedoms leads the float sin the presidential inaugural Parade in photo by Grandy bulletin 23 the has demanded that soviet Russia protect american property in the soviet zone of or be held answerable 3tor Ibe resulting the state department disclosed Highway crashes kill four in 1st Day of no Speed limit 23 separate collisions killed four per sons As West Germany new  traffic Law came into Force traffic authorities in five of West Germany largest cities voiced open opposition to the and most North German and Ruhr moved to main Tain Speed limits despite the fed eral open up two passenger cars crashed on the Cologne Bonn killing one person a second per son died in a near a bus collided with a two persons died arid seven were five of them the new general traffic control Law permits municipalities to retain Speed almost All North German and Ruhr cities Are keeping Speed limit signs posted on heavily travelled the Schleswig Holstein traffic ministry announced that it intended to leave its present Speed limit rain hit 23 and driving rain brought ado warnings to Western Georgia today and a near blizzard six inches of Snow on the typical Winter storm swept with High winds rain reported general in Mississippi reported winds of 45 Mph and heavy a 300 foot police radio Tower at Brook was Alabama had gusts of up to 30 Stormy weather also was reported on the West coast and Small Craft warnings were winds up to 50 Mph hit new Orleans and knocked out electricity in scattered the army Hospital at Camp Leroy Johnson was blacked out while two blood transfusions were in signs standing and expected motorists to observe most municipal traffic authorities adopted a wait and see attitude toward the new in most cases they said they had advised against the new in most through streets remain under a 50kilometer Speed Hanover is holding to a 40kilometer limit and Brunswick is waiting four weeks before taking any action one Way or the Aachen tried to Cope with the on Page 1 Winnie leaves for voyage Home new 23 ish prime minister Winston Churchill sailed for Home today aboard the Cunard liner Queen Mary after a two week vacation in Jamaica and conferences in new York with president who conferred with Eisenhower 5 in route to Jamaica while Eisenhower was did not see any officials when he passed through Here this Churchill at first declined to say anything to newsmen on his arrival at but just before going up the gangplank be was persuaded to and smilingly said we had a very Good journey and passed a pleasant fortnight in the Little a Little thank you very much for allowing me to inform you of this important 96 jets Duel 14 migs hit 23 Jet screening big Allied fighter bomber attacks on red shot Down or damaged 14 Mig jets Over Northwest Korea today in two out Breaks of deadly dogfights involving 96 the american including the weeks hottest Aerial rubbed out four of the probably destroyed a fifth and crippled nine others in a fourth straight Day of Jet the sky Battles erupted this after noon after patrolling sabres in the morning chased off a mystery Fleet of Swift red fighters streaking Down from Manchuria toward the Allied the f86 fliers expanded their four Day bag of migs hit to including 14 definitely two probably downed and 13 one of today kills was credited to capt Dolphin Overton of who had shot Down three migs and damaged a fourth wednesday and his four Day score thus Rose to four red jets destroyed and a fifth Collins takes off today for Korea visits 23 up Gen Lawton army chief of will depart for Japan and Korea tomorrow for what he called a periodic Collins said he would visit head quarters of Gen Mark far East in and Gen James Van 8th army in he will inspect troop units in Korea during a visit of about one army cd will retire March 31 23 army announced today that Gen James Van 8th army cd in to will be retired on March he will be succeeded by it Gen Maxwell Taylor now is the army Deputy chief of staff for operations and he is to leave in a few Days for after a briefing at Gen Mark Clarks far East come Taylor will go to Korea to visit units at the front before Van Fleet comes probably sometime Early next service extended Van Fleet would have been re tired automatically but the former Secretary of the Frank extended his service to March 31 so that pres ident Eisenhower would have an Opportunity to extend his service still further if he Van was a West Point classmate of president Eisenhower and has 37 years of commissioned he took charge of the 8th army in the shakeup which Fol Lowed president Truman removal of Gen Douglas Macarthur from the top command in the far East letter in Campaign Van fleets views on the con duct of the korean War became a Factor in the 1952 presidential Campaign when Van Fleet turned Over to Eisenhower a copy of a letter from her husband Advocat ing the doubling of the Republic of Korea army to 10 Eisenhower during the greater use of South korean troops in the Battle lines and he used the Van Fleet the Truman administration argued that it already was Busy expanding and training korean commanded the 101st an div during the Normandy and Netherlands campaigns in world on Page 3 press photo it Gen Maxwell Taylor