European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes january 19jj Berlin jews ask help for refugees b e r l in 23 Leader of the West Berlin jewish Community today appealed to the world for help for the wave of refugees fleeing communist anti semitism in East the Appeal was printed in Der a weekly published by the jewish the Community Heinz said in the Appeal we have to ask the German Public and the world to accept our situation with understanding and sympathy the Berlin jewish Community especially appeals to All the jews in the world to help support the refugees from East Berlin and the so Viet zone of leaders seek Asylum Galinski said that 20 More including the Community leaders of Magdeburg and arrived in West Berlin seeking Asylum the jewish Community Lead ers of Erfurt and East Berlin arrived last refugees reported that their Homes and places of business were constantly being prayer books confiscated and they had been harassed by sad state Security service agents through threats and constant jewish sources reported that two of the last three jewish doctors in East Berlin leaving their med ical in massacre 23 642 victims of the Orad Pursur glane massacre Dieb because the geman Gestapo mistook their Vil Lage for another Bradour 35 Miles a wartime French resist Ance Leader told the French Mili tary tribunal Here i am convinced the Gestapo con fused  with Ora a famous Center of the Middle aged Jean Cantu Orad Pursur where the massacre took was one of the most passive villages in the dark haired Maquis leaders testimony received eager attention from the packed court room benches at the trials Lith because he was the Man who kidnapped is maj Kurt the kidnapping of Kaempfe was the motive Given by the men of the is Das Reich Divi Sion for the reprisal destruction of  june Cantu said that shortly before the Bradour massacre a French Maquis fighter broke Down under Gestapo questioning at Poitiers and told the germans All about resistance activity at Orad Pursur there was absolutely no resist Ance activity at Orad Pursur Cantu and there is no other reason Why the germans should have decided to wipe out the drum majorettes Hail new president High stepping drum majorettes from president Eisenhower Home state of Kansas March past spectators stands As the inaugural Parade moves along its route in the nations photo by Grandy Walters denies accepting do from architect by Campbell staff correspondent 23 it col Fred Walters testified today that he had never received Marks from the former chief of construction for the Heidelberg military Post engineers testified in his owned sense on a charge that he accepted gifts from a German Walters no one gave me any Money the architects Otto told the earlier that she had handed Walters an envelope containing Marks in a bad Wil Dungen note room in sep tember 1951 Walters told the court that Gisela a re haired Mannheim had been with him at All times in their hotel witness recalled miss who had testified earlier during the four Darold general court was recalled tonight As a witness by the presi Dent of the she previously had testified on two other charges against he made a false official statement and that he cohabited with miss Koehler tonight told the court she had been in Walters Lotel room at All times except when she took a walk with Josef Karle and Karle is the wife of a Mannheim miss Koehler said at no time did she see Mackensen hand Wal ers an during the pretrial investigation miss Koehler made a statement to saying she had taken a walk with Walters also testified on the specification that he received five automobile tires valued at Marks from Mackensen he said he had asked Karles son if White sidewall tires were available in he said he had not been Able to get White sidewall tires through american five tires were delivered to they were not White sidewall pre Vious testimony showed that the tires in question had been paid for by Mackensen Walters said he had asked the younger Karle several times to get the Bill for me for the but i did not get the Gen Van Fleet continued from Page 1 War ii and led his division through the Central Europe he returned to the in 1945 and was named superintendent of the military Academy at West he military chief in Berlin in september today announcement followed a White House meeting yesterday of president acting Secretary of the army Earl John son and Gen Lawton army chief of it was assumed Johnson and col Lins discussed the matter with Eisenhower at that the announcement noted that Van Fleet was being retired after nearly 38 years of exceptionally distinguished commissioned flu continued from Page v simians say they Are working Al most 20 hours a Korea troops getting immunizations Central 23 8th army today began mass immunization of troops against immunization of All fighting men was ordered after outbreaks in four army Camps in the and a mild incidence of flu among troops in the army emphasized there was no serious outbreak in its strictly said it col Herbert frontline Divi Sion Stuttgart reports drop in new typhoid cases 23 health officials announced today that the number of new typhoid in this area is dropping sharply and the epidemic which be Gan late in december is nearing its a reexamination showed that 94 apparently stricken with actually Are suffering from they Only 11 new typhoid cases were admitted to hospitals in the past 24 seven germans have died in the typhoid France gets million 23 the Mutual Security Agency has announced a defense support allotment to bring ing total allocations for that country to in this fiscal Wilson okd by Senate will sell Stock from Page 1 Eisenhower on any matter that might be the subject of Misander because of his former connection with in previous testimony last senators got the impression Wilson would retain his Stock and not step aside from acting on United press regret exceedingly any interpretation that May have been placed on my previous testimony not consistent with what i have outlined he in these Days when the whole free world is faced with such Are rious problems it is imperative that the department of defense have United support of the people of our careful consideration order to achieve this object i have after carefully considering the to dispose of All of the general motors Stock which i now own and any which i am entitled to receive in the future under rights which accrue to me on the termination of my employ president Eisenhower announced last night that Wilson had agreed to sell his general motors and promptly submitted his Nomina Tion to the United press democratic Harry Byrd one of the chief critics of the Wilson i think Wilson has done a very patriotic i shall be very glad now to vote for his nomination and i believe he will make a very efficient Secretary of the announcement of Wilsons action was made by White House press Secretary James Hagerty after Eisenhower and Wilson conferred in the presidents Hagerty said Wilson volunteered to dispose of his Large Stock hold Wilson is said to have told the Senate at a hearing held before his formal nomination that he would lose to taxes by Selling his Stock Cabinet hold first formal meeting 23 aph president Eisenhower and his cab inet held their first formal meeting hourand10minute ses Sion from which the new administrations High command departed under orders not to vice president Richard told reporters that there will be no even of general subject about what happens in Cabinet Nixon did that there will be a meeting of Republican legislators and the president some time next week he said the Date has not been Nixon said an understanding As to a Rule of silence was reached when a Eisenhower met with Cabinet in new York Bertore Bis in away crashes kill four germans in first Dav of no Speed limit continued from Page l new Law by turning More streets into one Way some traffic experts contended that the new Law will make no measurable difference in the traffic most German they have been driving As fast As they wish right owing to the Lack of effective German traffic police in most the Federal statistical Bureau Wiesbaden said it will be about six weeks before it has comprehensive statistics on operation the new Frankfurt police chief today expressed the belief that the num Ber local traffic accidents will not increase under the new in explaining the advantages of the new chief Gerhard Litt Mann said the lifting of the Speed limits undoubtedly would ease the flow of heavy traffic in and out of the due to interpretation which Littmann has placed on the the new system will not become effective Here until police were beginning to remove Speed limit signs Littmann pointed out that the new system does not give motorists Complete License to abuse the dictates of common he motorists that severe regu lations still threaten the Driver who misuses the Freedom of motorists still May be punished for endangering in All limits Are but warning signs will be posted along streets which formerly had been reduce Speed Littmann he said the future will determine the soundness of the As Long As the behaviour of motorists does not warrant More forceful measures they will be free to drive As rapidly As safety Littmann said that in a recent meeting the West German police chiefs had voted against the maintenance of Speed zones on cer Tain streets or in certain neighbor with the coming into effect of the new police throughout Germany will be authorized to Issue on thespot 1or 2mark fines for minor traffic if the per son fined the matter will be referred to a fines also will be issued to Jay walking pedestrians and offending Littmann pointed out that the new regulations on no Speed Lim its will apply Only to americans still will come under military police in German traffic authorities said that not a single Accident had been reported in that area up to 4 pm they were optimistic about the new Regula Tion and said they did not believe it would have any effect on the number of military police in Stuttgart also reported there were no traffic accidents in the abolishing of Speed limits has had no according to and German traffic author a German traffic spokesman pointed out that the aut Hahnn leading into this divided City Are in the soviet zone of which has its own Speed there Are about 10 Miles of autobahn in West this i eludes the a Speedway wit i in the German traffic authorities said Speed limits on highways have been lifted without visible exactly 18 hours after the never Law went into at Minnig act last Munich City polled bavarian state police and Munich District Provost marshals office scanned their Accident ters and reported that there been no increases in the number of they said they did not think the new Law would cause any