European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Senate oks c Navy secretaries v 3 the Senate yesterday confirmed president Eisenhower choices for secretaries of army and Navy but Estes Kefauver forced a delay until tomorrow on the nomination of Harold Al Tal Bott to be air Force the Senate approved Robert Stevens As army Secretary and Robert Anderson Navy Secretary after earlier confirming new York Aldrich As but banker Winthrop ambassador to great Wayne Morse ind 50 lieutenants in zone gain Captain bars 3 the promotion of 50 first Lieuten ants in Usa eur to the Tempora y rank of by the department of army was reported today by Usa eur the new with Date of rank from Are Rodney 56th pm base depot Thomas 98th chem Seal smoke Generator co Leland e Hui engr 1c up Chart is 7859th Ord so co John 793d he a in Steven e Stuttgart District Clarence 22d inf regt Woodrow 109th inf regt Edwin f 811th Sci Thomas Davis 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col Walter Vann has assumed his new Dutie Sas Usa eur assist ant Deputy chief of staff for opera Usa eur he succeeds col Jonathan sea who has left to command the 30th a Vann has served in the usar eur g3 plans Branch since coming to the command last March from Norfolk where he attended the armed forces staff during world War he served with the army through five campaigns in the european theater and remained on duty in Europe for two years following the end of London Shell blast kills 2 3 men were killed and six injured when a truckload of 25pound artillery shells blew up while being loaded at Woolwich Arsenal Here Sauld that Steps will be taken to contest the Stevens appointment in he protested that Stevens still has an interest in Stock of the family textile firm which heis due inherit from his Morse said the test is under he would not to say he is not one the Thoj same Roger Kyes was sworn in As Deputy de sense Secretary at a ceremony in Elsen Howers confirmation of Stevens and Anderson came by voice vote after sen Robert Taft Ohio said insistence by the Senate armed services committee that they sell their Stock was making it impossible to get capable men in the v Taft statement Senate gop re called the committee had forced All nominees to defense depart ment including defense Secretary Charles to sell their Stock in firms doing business with the Anderson disposed of his Taft said that under present Law Wilson had no other course since he could not possibly disqualify himself from the governments vast dealings with his old the general motors but he said this does not apply to Stevens and other subordinates since Wilson could relieve them of responsibility for handling government business with their Stevens has agreed to sell his per Sznal holdings in Stevens the family transcript study the vote on Talbott nomination was delayed 48 hours to give senators time to study the transcript of his testimony yesterday before the armed services approved the committee last he was recalled for further questioning at Kefauver insist the Tennessee Democrat asked Talbott about a world War i plane production scandal involving the old Dayton right air plane of which Talbott was president father Board Yugo eager thread Eisenhower speech 3 surging unofficially estimated at More than gathered in front of the Headquarters of the information service Here last night seeking copies of president Eisenhower state of the Union the which had received an Advance copy of the text earlier passed out All mimeographed duplicates available and had planned to work through the night to turn out the demand for copies became so eager that at one Point the pressure of the crowd broke a big plat Glass French general Dies 3 a Gen edouard Jean a Mem Ber of marshal Ferdinand Fochs staff during world War i and a French army commander in world War died yesterday at his Paris he was Fiere 3 nations Battle disaster map shows flooded areas in Holland and Ike Formosa policy hailed continued from Page 1 chinese nationalist forces in the Burma Border Moosa said Chianos Headquarters surged with new Hope of an eventual comeback on the main increased commando and air raids on the red China in which Kansas 3 former president Truman listened to president Eisenhower address on the radio yesterday but said afterwards he bad no comment to make on nationalist troops based on Formosa would was expected to be one of the first results of the policy Moosa Chianos armed number ing close to Are being re trained and re equipped by a military assistance advisory in Washington Gen Omar chairman of the joint chiefs of it is questionable whether the chinese nationalists will be Able to launch attacks against the red China main land in the immediate radio interview Bradley said in a radio if they the nationalists can stage effective raids it will mean the chinese communists will have to maintain troops in the Vicinity of on the Mainland opposite f o r m o s they might otherwise be free to move North to be used in asked whether the nationalists could attack without Strong Amer ican air and naval Bradley replied not right perhaps sore smuggling trial delayed by storm 3 a mass trial of 53 alleged German Coffee smugglers was adjourned yesterday because the defendants were snowed in at the Village of the court has Given them until saturday to dig themselves but things looked Bleak because Snow continued and the Only communication was by Telephone or ski the who represent nearly the entire population of Are accused of smug gling 85 tons of Coffee from Bel Dulles due in Bonn tomorrow 3 of state John Foster Dulles will arrive in the West German capital thursday noon for conferences with and German Dulles will at Wahn Airport on a flight from he will o first to the chancellors to meet Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and then to Hico Headquarters in Dulles and Mutual Security administrator Harold Stassen will lunch with the three Allied High commissioners and Adenauer at the Home of acting High commissioner Samuel is giving a dinner at the Federal chancellors for the Dulles the Dulles group will depart for the Hague Friday morn time in the future they May be Able to do it by themselves if we increase the amount of Aid we Are giving Bradley discounted suggestions removal 7th Fleet might heighten risk of a shooting War with red that danger has always been present we first assigned 7th Fleet to the task of protecting Bradley we have always had the Chance that it might result in a shooting adm Arthur com Mander of american naval forces in the hinted after a talk with Eisenhower the Newpol icy concerning Formosa might touch off effective chinese nation Alist air raids against the main Johnson cautions but Radford said he did not anticipate much nationalist activity in the immediate Lyndon Johnson of democratic floor Leader of the sounded this note of Cau Tion the order affecting the 7th Fleet is fraught with Many consequences and the country should know How far we propose to go on from there with further moves that May logically flow from this in Canadian prime min ister Louis St Laurent said the decision is solely the responsibility of the United states government thunderous largely from greeted presi Dent Eisenhower announcement he plans to ask Congress to adopt a Resolution making it Clear the will not be bound by any secret deals which he said permitted deals unexplained Eisenhower did not explain what understandings he had in but members of Congress were confident he meant conces Sions to Russia made at the Yalta and Potsdam shortly after the president Charles Kersten introduced in the House a Resolution which would nullify the Yalta Kersten said if approved by con Gress his Resolution would give effect to the presidents denunciation of secret agreements that have aided the clip munits in their enslavement of captive Road conditions 3 military police reported that As of noon today roads were wet at Ber Snow packed and icy at Bremer Brenner Stuttgart and Wuerzburg icy at Frankfurt and Kaiserslautern dry at Heidelberg and and Snow packed at court reduces wages jail sentence by James a Twigley staff correspondent 3 Martha wages sentence of two years for the killing of her air Force husband last july wait reduced today to 18 months Tyi the Hico court of wage has served More than six having been held m detention in Munich since the 26 under the now will be transferred to a state Side women the appellate court split 21 on the decision which came 15 after argument before the High Justice Marc Robinson voted to sustain the Lowe court he said the reduction amounted to an act of pure Power Best exercised by executive Mother of two children Mother of two chit killed her husband when la brought a German girl into Thor Ferstenfeld Bruck Home and said he was going to take the girl out although presiding Justice Liam Clark urged that courts in Germany be Given Juris Dicilia to conduct divorce proceedings lift the 20 argument before la High today decision Majic no such 3 As the attorneys argued tiie merits of the wage sentence weeks Clark intimated that divorce might have proved source of remedy in the Solu fyn of her marital k Clark delivered the majority opinion today favouring reduction of the his View was tip held by associate Justice Wilbum Reichert spurned Clark termed woman spurned and one had suffered a Long series of la suits and we think the sentence should have been limited to triple the statutory minimum or 18 he not Only was the Appellant forced to endure her husband i open infidelity with almost Arij other women who came but she was also insulted and spurned by the Man who had undertakes to cherish she was a stranger in a land and the Man to whom she was entitled to turn for Comfort reviled and betrayed Robinson wrote that to Ruty that two years imprisonment an intentional killing is excess Lim but that 18 months is Schaa to be drawing an exceedingly pm distinction that will find no port in our past is discipline Tom to Bradour court 3 alsatian defense witness told Fate French military tribunal trying is men for the Bradour massacre yep Ter Day that discipline in the a Lilac Weh nacht units was so recruits even had to breathe la Mathias was one series of witnesses to stress terrific pressure endured by Alsa trans forced to serve with the Ger Man he was the 75th Wita eni to testify in the trial now m fourth we used to Drift in a place called idiots himself a wartime is told court the whole aim was to make us like we even breathe in a certain 31 Hurt inzonekaflcras1 3 train crashed Headon into a nowt train at a standstill near Ludwig pc Burg last killing one Par son and injuring 3l one was injured