European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 the stars and stripes. Tuesday March t7, Zapotocky Serenas m. Wreath on Bier of Ottwald f or. Government Vienna March 16 tip pre Mier Antonin Zapotocky today placed a Wreath on the Bier in Prague of president Klement Gott Wald in the name of the Czecho slovak government and communist party.? indicating he had taken ave Maple the control of the red " " after v u in o to visit radio Prague said that Zapotocky 68-year-old v e t e r a n communist headed thousands of czechs in paying tribute to the president who died saturday after a two Day illness. There still has been to official announcement on the Transfer of Power but the greatest prominence has been Gin Zapotocky in Prague broadcast since Gottwald s death. " " 4 v " got wafd besides being chief of state was president and Secretary general of the czech communist party. He thus had absolute control under Moscow of the country s 12,500, czechs and slovaks. J Gottwald s body Lay in state in the historic Spanish Hall of hrad Mcany Castle. The Prague radio said thousands Rhad already paid their respects filing past silently and Lea v ing wreaths. " the first normally to present wreaths were members of in qty Wald s immediate family his widow Marta and. Their daughter Marta Gottwald ova Cepi Tiova her Hus band defense minister Alexei Cepicka and their three children then came Zapotocky followed by soviet ambassador to Czecho Slovakia Alexander. Bogomolov and col Gen Ivan " guse soviet Mil itary attache in Prague and the chiefs of Mission of Poland China Romania Bulgaria East Germany Hungary North Korea and Albania. L 1berlin March 16 slowdown caused by communist checkpoint guards at the Berlin Endi of the Helmstedt autobahn came to a sudden end this afternoon after soviet Gen Vassily i. Chuiko drove along the Highway and saw Morin than 200 delayed vehicles. This morning there was a. Backlog of 220 vehicles at Gabelsberg the soviet checkpoint outside of Berlin. About half the vehicles were trying to get to Berlin and the other half were slated for West Germany. The. West Berlin Senate reported Rise new York March 16 a file new York times said today that Der tidal f e is e expenditures running to $2fl, r Trio. Have Henri proposed in the latest study to guide. Defense officials on How Best to prepare the nation for air attack the times in a Story from Wahsington reported that the sum is said to be recommended in the most recent paper in a continuing study by the Massachusetts Institute of technology Mit under an air Force contract of two years1standing. High a strategists the news paper added Are debating whether a sum should be spent for purely defensive devices As radar stations and warning sys tems. Or for strategic bombers Cap Able of striking at the enemy. Soviet strength emphasized the times Story continued. The Mit paper stressed the vulnerability of american metro Politan centers to air attack and urges the importance of acting soon to protect them. It emphasizes rus Sia s growing strength not Only in atomic weapons but in intercontinental bombers to transport them the report is described As having been challenging enough to., com Mand attention in High at Force circles although there has been no decision within this ranch of the defense department As to the Basic _ an official source said ,., it Wasi hoped that air Force recommendations would soon be ready to. Present to,jharo4 e. Talt Ott Secretary of the air Force and Charles e. Wilson Secretary of Sci boat flees. If continued from Page 1 to take the ship from an East Berlin suburb to Mecklenburg for repair. Instead they sailed it into West Berlin v v at the soviet zone canal Border checkpoint Niedert Neuendorf communists guards opened fire a sen ale spokesman said the ship had several gunshot holes in it but no one was injured.". I the Winkles were reported to have told the police they fled front an impossible tax Load which they no longer could . Meanwhile about 25 West Ber liners who inadvertently crossed the Konal Border while taking strolls in yesterday s Sunshine were arrested and some were fired on. Police reported tonight that some already have been released. Escapes under gunfire one West Berliner who accidentally Rode by his elevated train Stop into the soviet zone was fired on by communist police As he escaped Back to West Berlin he Hurt his knee in a fall. One Man was shot at and arrested when he was caught pouring Gar Bage into a tank trap on the Border. A 39-year-old refugee was Shotin the leg but escaped into West Berlin. Two mayors registered As refugees. They Are Hilde Schneider 34, from a Saxony Village and Rolf Kiesling 34, of Podewitz Saxony. Alfred Neumann 46, City councilor from Meissen also reported As a refugee As did Erfurt City Art official Joachim St Einwich 28 East Berlin Trade Bureau employee mar Garete Pfeiffer 44, and adn Edi tors Ursula and Harry Behrend. Senate traffic officials expected that about 1,500 refugees would be flown out of West Berlin to West Germany Toda y. 1-1 Zishinsky asks. Visas for return to in Moscow March 16 up Andrei y. Vishinsky chief soviet United nations Delegate applied today for French and american visas for the in general , former foreign min ister left the Assembly when news of the late Premier Joseph Stalin s illness was announced. Delays of up to 24 hours As Only two to three vehicles an hour were Clearing the barriers. paid a Courtesy Call on .. High commissioner James at noon today. Hico traffic officials said shortly there after the soviet occupation com Mander was reported passing the. Checkpoint at Dre Linden on the Way toward 2 pm the slowdown came to an end and this evening 35 to 40vehicles per hour were passing the two Gabelsberg 110 mile Berliot Helmstedt autobahn stretch is the main Road artery Between this divided Cit Yand the. Zone of Germany by Way of Brunswick. Chulkov Calls on Conant to repay protocol visit Berlin March 16 is Gen Vassily i. Chuiko under of soviet occupied Germany called on James b. Conan to High com missioner at. Headquarters Here.,to6ay 7--.-. Conant said that the visit was purely one of protocol and that Berlin s sunny weather was the main topic of conversation. He said he also was visited by maj. Glen c., f. Charles Coleman a British Job Erin comm rider. Coleman during Navits arlier Berlin .trip., the protocol Call of Chut Coy was prompted by a of set chant paid him the last time the american High was Here Conant also met with the foreign press Assn. At a luncheon in the Berlin command s american. Press club afterwards he visited Indus trial plants. He also planned to visit refugee centers and Camps Here. The High commissioner s Brief comments at the press club luncheon were off the 6 die As truck bus hit head on in . Columbia ., March 16 up a greyhound bus and a truck collided head on before Dawn in sub Urban eau Claire yesterday kill Inis six persons and injuring five. Eau Claire police chief a h. Peake said the truck was driving on the wrong Side of the Street. The six dead were Riding in the open bed. Truck. The dead All residents of Lumbia were identified by police 8& Wilmont Young fetid Padgett Josephine Padgett Sam Beden Baugh Gladys Bedenbaugh and the Driver of the truck William Taylor. $25 Pinch for Canadian Hamilton ont., March 16 a Edmund Roberts 36, was fined $25and costs for lifting a pair of shoes from a department store. He was arrested when he came Back to the same store trying to Exchange the shoes because they pinched. Doing i s Best Timmy Uhrich. 3, of Bath pa., smiles even in the face of Castor Oil. It was National smile week. United press photo Tito arrives talks continued from Page t also in naval uniform Churchill and foreign minister Anthony Eden " "."liquid, history 1 remarked Churchill to Eden As Tito leaped from the exit icon launch Nore to the pier in the shadows of Parlia ment j., Tito warmly clasped the hand of the husband of Queen Elizabeth ii and said in Good conversational English c " "i.aro. Very glad to see a Speaks at pier Churchill who is hard of hear ing and does not always care to use his -hearing7 Aid leaned for Ward on his walking stick to catch Tito swords As the marshal m a Brief speech of greeting at the pier said i am very glad to be Able to express my warm and Hearty greetings to All your people and those of my collaborators accompanying me. Although my Visk comes As a result of invitations extended to me by the British government and Winston Churchill personally it is not a formal official visit. " but i Hope it will greatly con tribute to the further strengthen ing of the Friendship Mutual understanding and collaboration be tween our two nations. Says 2 nations Are allies in the present insecure political situation menaced by the horrors of War. Our two countries now have a vital interest to preserve peace and stability our most recent history and our common suffer Rig when we were fighting shoulder to shoulder in those two wars especially the last one and on present experience enables us to appreciate the horrors which a new War would Shower on us and the benefits which peace and stability would Grant Tito said he wished to assure the Peoples of great Britain that they should consider the people of my country As their staunch allies be cause the people of the new Yugo Slavia Are striving toward the Sam ends As the people of great Swift name commander full of v corps Iby Ernie red staff correspondent Stuttgart March 16. Mai Gen Ira p. Swift former of the 25th inf div in named officially today als v commander the 7th army announced. Swift replaces maj Gen e. Dahlquist who returned. To become 4th army Swift arrived recently in from it. Macarthur Calif. He commanded the Iii corps. Was of he come. Ufa City commander of Vienna-1js� 194s to 1951. M t Jujj 4 Swift arrived this afternoon a plane at nearby Echter Dingen a of a f eld where he was met by w army chief of staff Brig. Elnar b. Gjelsteen who a him to 7th army he at i a 17-gun Salute greeted him arrived at the Headquarters. He was met by Brig Gen a. Ream 7th army Deputy of staff for administration n inter inspected an my to guard. The Honor guard was handed by 1st it Murray 173th my . " after the Brief review $ went to the 7th army building where he was met by 1 Gen Charles l. Bolte 7th . Swift later received a on Overall 7th army activities Van Denbei Backi Capil continued fro i pcs Ibre jets arrive there Sadaa was one of the slower f84 to a cruets that was shot Down soviet Mig on the czechor Border of Germany. Says morale is Good the Thunder jets have described As too slow to Cope the red planes but the Sabre have made a Good showing the migs in Korea. Commenting on the situate or . Air bases overseas Van Berg said he found morale in spite of the mud and living of units in proper bases have not"4 t built in France he explained the men Are living in Winter tents and using makeshift and locally produced stoves Ting the men into More Able quarters will take jew in pleased with zone the units in Germain 1-Retty Well Vandesand. North african baser a beginning to look better French Are of Africa also beginning to look better ii Vandenberg was asked of Border incidents in Germany changed his goals for Force. My goal is still the 14s authorized by the joint staff. The sooner we g it the better he said. Says soviet can prove talk of peace by settling Korei choosing and in Harmony who continued from Page 1 recently mentioned the depart ment said Malenkos s words were received with interest by this True significance How Ever must be determined by future action of the soviet Union and by those under its the statement added. Protestations of peaceful intent Are not new from the soviet Union but words or us t be weighed against acts. War continues fan Korea. Planes on peaceful routine missions Are shot Down in Germany. Pledges for the Independence of Austria continue to be ignored. It will be interesting to see Howin these and other pressing respects or. Malenkos intends to implement his words of peaceful intent Malenkos declared in his inaugural address that All troublesome and unsolved questions with the West May be resolved by peaceful negotiations some Western diplomats took it As a Strong statement but general reaction in Western capitals called for deeds rather than words fro the new soviet Premier. The state department s reaction was Giyen by White As an informal statement. He made Plain it was fully authorized but not cleared personally with Dulles. The statement referred at length to what Dulles said last week inner York about human aspirations for Freedom within the soviet bloc which he said could be held in Check by tyranny but not forever. White noted that. Dulles said that among All Peoples there is a longing for recognition of dignity and Equality of the individual and for general recognition of the right of the individual to achieve his destiny in a manner of his own neighbors. Dulles blamed Stalin for these aspirations and said he capitalized on the prestige of soviet army in world was it Stalin s death opened a Dulles said against this background said with Malenkos it Pear he also recognized Power for Good which emphasized in new Yorac it is also of some s that the name of Stalhut by mentioned by or. White added. To Loti
