European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Weather forecast Cloady and Windy Over Northern the Low countries and North and Central Germany with inter partly Cloudy Over and Southern Southern f Austria and Italy with  mild Bijj Meather thesta european edition unofficial publication of the armed forces in Europe late news 30 a chairman Gordon of the atomic Energy commission said today there is no doubt the soviets have a Supply of atomic volume number 286 5 cents a a month january 1953 machine gun covers attackers in operation smack a heavy machine gun unit provides fire cover for attacking in troops in the Spud Hill attack at korean front which has aroused criticism by members of in Tbone raid data awaited Collins to explain situation on return today bulletin 30 congressional military leaders today that after Reading army reports they Are agreed that last sundays Tbone Mil raid was not a show but rather an operation which was accessory for tactical 30 Che final answer to whether Throe dotted nations soldiers died for found military reasons or merely o entertain High army officers and vip newspaper correspondents Ped toward Washington today Ard a military the answer was carried by Gen Lawton army chief of who has been designated to Lent the army official reply the storm of congressional and criticism resulting from ays abortive in attack on Bone Hill in facts on attack wins is scheduled to arrive at it ional Airport Here a record gathering of and newspaper correspondents be on hand for the news con Nee he has promised on the Tbone Hill most observers Here believe col re will be armed with facts to the attack was neither in rial nor lacking in strategic Collins will be sub cited to searching Duding published reports Cor that seven Page mimeographed Bles of the Battle plan were idea to the vip spectators ing the assault from a Van Point were the officers and Ien composing the Spectator on Page 5 bulletin so so Federal court of appeals to denied a new trial for Alger former state department now serving a five year ice for sabres bag red bomber 31 jets shot Down the first communist bomber caught Over Korea in 1 destroyed one Mig and damaged another it Raymond of Boerne sent the two engined tu2 tumbling aflame into the yellow sea off the port for the capital Kinsey led City one of of Pyongyang two Sabre 30 Mercury plummeted to its lowest Reading of the year on the korean Western front today degrees below in the pan Mun Jom flights sent up to intercept the bomber after it was spotted by ground fighting crackled at a dozen the snowy the heaviest combat was on sniper the Central front height where Allied defenders held tast against ared until no communist bomber had showed itself below the manchurian Border since a Leet of tu2s came across in late 1951 and seven of them were destroyed like sitting the Allied and communist Jet on Page 8j freighter reaches port under Mats escort 30 belgian freighter Cler damaged in an Atlantic storm North of reached Greenock Harbor under its own steam Early the vessel was safely anchored and the troop Gen l which escorted the vessel to the scottish re Umed its voyage from Bremer Haven taking servicemen Home n his Goose is cooked 30 court in near sen ended 19yearold Friedrich Bauer o 10 weeks in jail for polishing the Buzz off gooseberries and then sell ing them Asun attack def ended by Van fleets Headquarters 30 James Van fleets Headquarters said today it was grossly unfair to describe operation smack As anything but a soundly conceived and carefully planned combat the retiring 8th army com Manders Headquarters stepped into the controversy raging Over last sundays Raider operation with a three Page it declared the criticism was unfair to the Allied fighting the statement said three soldiers were killed and 61 wounded in the it had been estimated that 150 men of the 7th div took part in the which hit the Western front position known As Spud the statement opera Tion smack was conducted by the the inf div on it was a seriously considered and carefully planned operation to destroy enemy installations which threat on Page Stassen off for Europe 30 up Secretary of stau John Foster Dulles flew to Europe today to Deal with the problems facing the free worlds efforts to achieve Security and economic Dulles and foreign Aid chief Harold Stassen took off from National Airport on a Unity Mission in president Eisenhower personal plane after breakfasting with Eisenhower at the House sabotage try suspected on British Carrier Dulles said that Eisen Hower gave him and Stassen suggestions and guidance to help them on their nine Day tour of seven european Bonn on itinerary Eisenhower wished us godspeed after Dulles we reviewed together the matters Likely to come up in the various countries we Are going to the Dulle Stassen party will visit Rome they Are due there from Rome they will go on to the Brussels and Luxem Bourg they Are due Back in Washington in a formal statement which he issued shortly before taking Dulles reiterated that he was not going to make new but gather information of the common problems facing the Atlantic president Eisenhower has on Page col 2 late sports new 30 Fred owner of the Louis cardinals who is facing a prison term for income tax Eva said today a committee will be set up to run the club until he could divest himself of his Stock in earlier Page flu wave waning among yanks in France 30 the mild influenza wave that hit personnel in Germany and France recently is maj in Guy Usa eur sur reported Denit said that preliminary re Orts from army hospitals in the to countries indicate that the in Tidence of influenza hit a Peak he Middle of january and has shown a downward trend since there have been no deaths re ported among personnel attributed to he and added that he expects 194 hospitalized there were Only 194 patients hospitalized with flu As of yester Denit the average num Ber of hospitalized flu patients for any one Day during the second week of january was and this dropped to 355 the third week and has continued to drop sharply Dur ing the past the Usa eur surgeon pointed on Page 1 congressional hearings slated on forces promotion Outlook from the surfs Washington Bureau 30 promotion prospects for armed orces officers and enlisted Perr Onnel will be involved in Cong res ional hearings slated to begin arly next the House armed services com Mittee has scheduled a probably for on the Davis amendment to the 1953 appropriations Bill which restricts temporary officer the department of defense has asked or repeal of the funds Bill former president Harry tru Man said the promotion restriction was hurting efficiency of the serv the House appropriations com Mittee is expected next week to begin hearings on the department of defense supplemental appropriations Bill for the current fiscal is a for funds it is would permit a limited increase in the number of enlisted promo on Page 1 30 sabotage aboard a British Light aircraft Carrier was disclosed today in the latest of mishaps that maritime conscious series of ship alarmed this the mount Wise naval Headquarters announced in a terse com Munique minor damage to an electrical Cable has been discovered in has the Case is being the one of six Light Fleet carriers of the glory is berthed Here for refitting after serving As a troop ship in far East mystery fires sabotage jitters were sparked by mystery fires aboard two luxury liners within a both were in dry Dock undergoing flames destroyed the Empress of Canada at Liverpool three Days later a brisk fire started in an empty Cabin of the Queen Elizabeth at Southampton and was extinguished after a stiff half hour Scotland Yard is probing both detectives mingled with the workmen sprucing up the Elizabeth they have already questioned about on third of them on their movements at the time of the an admiralty spokesman in Lon Don declined to elaborate on the communique disclosing the damaged Cable discovered on the but did you normally dont expect president confers with Security aids 30 a resident Eisenhower had a two hour conference yesterday with a ional Security Council members and military and intelligence officers it the White House clamped on a ight lid of silence As to the nature of the neither officials who attended nor White House press secretaries would discuss the it was a Good said Harold director of the Mutual Security members of the Council in Addi Ion to Secretary of defense Charles l Wilson and Stassen Are vice resident Richard Nixon and Secretary of state John Foster rime does not play 30 the radio program gangbusters has been banned from the still Crater state prison radio system by Warden Leo Utecht the prisoners get disgusted with he program the Crooks always get shot or