European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February 1953 the stars and stripes Page 3 Eisenhower Wreath placed on frs grave marines report aircraft lost in Korea since june 1950 2 Navy and Marine corps lost planes the first 30 months of the War while spewing rocket and bullets than Navy fliers expended in world War far East naval he a summary of combat operations claimed Carrie based Navy planes and Marine mostly killed or wounded approx Malelya communist troops since the War began june during the same the far East air forces claimed casualties inflicted on the the Navy said 552 Navy planes and 481 Marine planes were lost through december 1952 to the red air antiaircraft guns and in operational this was about 300 More than losses announced by 700 of planes lost Blaj Gen Frederick superintendent of West places a Wreath from president Eisen Bower on the grave of president Franklin Roosevelt at Hyde the marking the 71st anniversary of the late presidents is witnessed by it John and polio poster children Patricia and Pamela i Chiang official raids United 2 nationalist chivas chief nations Delegate said Here the 7th Fleet Vorom Formosa would permit Small raids on chivas Mainland imme but no big scale invasion be mounted for a year or chief Delegate Yingfu Tsiang said operations in the beginning could consist of Small commando raids such As bad been conducted 1n the past against offshore cites advantages he said they wont get very but they would have decidedly lesser such is diverting communist chinese i strength from other areas to guard no longer immunized Formosa troops for even Al tidal fallout invasion and giving a to the morale of the Mainland amasses waiting for liberation from communist Tsiang said for initial com Formosa maintain requisite naval up without outside Iafe crackers Rob  2 Safe crackers burned open a Safe at the Ameri air base Here saturday and made off with Between and 300q pounds to they also took an unspecified count of military Safe was in the office of the american express which acts banker for Many of the airmen stationed at this Suffolk county a janitor Vered the theft when he went clean the thieves broke a window and de through Iron bars to get the then they covered the windows with cardboard so Light of their flashlight would give them y 4 for Batistas 2 Ful wife of Cubas pres gave birth yesterday to a their fourth he will be Fulgencio bran name Gas returns tour Italy motorists wooed 2 great gasoline War flared into full swing yesterday with the return of bran name fuel for the first time in 13 for the past two years an under cover Battle has been raging among the big gasoline companies to tie up Britain filling now it is the customers turn to be filling station attendants Are handing out razor Mats and ladies Well As sheaves of literature posting the advantages of High Grade branded gasoline was banned in 1940 when All Britain went Over to Low Grade Pool the new brands on Sale now Cost three or four cents a gallon More than the Standard Pool but motorists expect to gain on the Deal by less engine livelier performance from jaded engines and More Miles to the French Senate oks record defense Bill 2 French Senate today approved a military budget for the biggest peace time defense spending in the nations the measure now returns to the National Assembly where final confirmation is expected this the Senate voted against communist opposition after a nine hour debate which started yesterday Snyder takes position with Willy Overland 2 John former Secretary of the has accepted a Job As Vic president in charge of finance of Willy Overland it was announced Snyder was Treasury Secretary for seven years under former pres ident Harry he was succeeded last week by George Cleveland Indus appointed by president Snyder also was elected a director of the Auto firm and named chairman of the finance Bridges takes key fund Post 2 chairman styles Bridges of the Senate appropriations com Mittee has named himself head of a powerful subcommittee which holds the purse strings for the Justice and Commerce de the senator placed himself As chairman of the vital group during a two hour closed meeting of the full appropriations ten important subcommittees were organized for work on the 195354 Joseph Mccarthy r was named chairman of the subcommittee handling Treasury and Post office department approx that gives him a key spot to watch Over funds for the scandal Ridden internal Revenue Ferguson Heads group Homer Ferguson will head the armed services sub which will have the Job of approving the huge military budget for the coming fiscal year Ferguson Long has been a Voca advocate of Economy in the armed Leverett Saltonstall r who also Heads the Senate armed services was named chairman of the subcommittee on Independent his group will handle appropriations for the vast atomic Energy pro transit strike in Italy 2 nation 12hour transit called by both communist and no Coin Monist transport unions in support of wage yesterday halted most of Italy streetcars and suburban and interurban the latest air Force issued said communist ground defences and other causes accounted for 700 of planes since the Start of the the combined Navy and Marine losses from All causes were More than double the 792 red planes claimed As positively de this did not take into a More than 900 red planes claimed probably destroyed or crippled in air Battles Over the figures showed Navy and Marine planes flew combat sorties individual flights compared with sorties for the of through that would make about two out of every five planes hitting the reds either a Navy or Marine air according to the official the Navy and marines Are losing about five to every three of planes knocked Navy summary listed 4j71 Craft brought Down by antiaircraft fire and red while 562 were lost in operational of breakdown the of reported 101 planes downed in air 491 Des troyed by ground defences and 103 to other planes Landing and taking off from bucking carriers have More accidents and navigation problems than those operating from the raising Navy Obj Esajian most Marine planes operate from ground bases but Are largely assigned to hazardous Low level strafing missions Over enemy exposed to red flak the Navy summary said Marine and Navy planes have dropped 000 tons of bombs on the comm More than twice the tons of shells fired by destroyers and other ves the air total exceeded the tonnage expended by the Navy air Arm in world War the summary rebel truce bid rejected by philippine president 2 Pine president Elpidio Quirino re fused a Hub Alaha request for a two month truce with government forces to give the communist led rebels time to consider surrender Quirino said the next move is up to huk Leader Louis six rebel negotiators in Central Luzon asked that the troops or dered into the Field against them last sunday be recalled until March Marks 300th birthday new 2 worlds City celebrated its 300th birthday the dutch colonial town of Nieuwe new York incorporated the Celebration got under Way with an address by Prince Bern hard of the Netherlands in historic Marks City officials also took part in the Church sponsored by the Nicholas an historical the who flew Here to open the cites festival out lined relationships Between Ameri Ca and the Netherlands and said in my opinion the Atlantic Ocean no longer separates the two Conti but brings them together and has become a Bridge instead of a pilots say Siberia radio lures planes 2 air line pilots in Japan disclosed that soviet radio transmitters on land and sea Are trying to lure american pliers off their for Many months false radio signals from Siberia and the open from have baited aircraft Over Northern the pilots planes following such beams would be in danger of crashing into mountains or becoming lost Over the the existence of mock signals was confirmed by air Force pilots at a Northern Japan air storm kills jars Houston 2 death toll Rose to live yesterday after a violent Thunder storm lashed the City saturday causing an estimated property an insurance company adjuster said Homes were damaged by Hail and winds of up to 88 one Man was electrocuted by a fallen Power line and four died in traffic accidents w h i c h off leers blamed on Zero visibility at the height of the the after striking Down town swept on into the Gulf of skies darkened and rain poured into underpasses and blocking some for More than an a wind gust was clocked at 88 Mph at the Houston municipal the temperature dropped from 74 to 58 degrees in an Rossellini to drop suit against senator 2 Rossellini said today that he is going to Settle his libel suit against Edwin Johnson in Friendly basis for the about face in the attitude of the italian movie i Rector husband of film Star Ingrid Bergman is a letter he received from the in Rossellini the senator told him that he had not intended any offence in remark she made about Rossellini at a Rome press conference More than two years Rossellini filed the suit against Johnson in october alleging libel in the remarks Johnson each time it came up on the court docket in the past it was postponed due to Johnsons a the suit again is set for a hear ing in a Rome court Rossellini said he has instructed his attorney to withdraw the suit at that Dolly Curtis Gann Dies 2 up Dolly Curtis sister of the late vice president Charles died at her residence Gann was known As the grand Dame of Washington Republican her brother was vice president under president Herbert