European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday match 18, Iff 2 germans jailed in Gas fraud used opiate cars to get yes fuel Frankfurt by James staff correspondent Frankfurt March 13 is germans Are using a plate cars it was disclosed Here today As Mem Bers of a Black Market gasoline ring " were Given prison sentences. " Airi Oag those sentenced were Jacobus Van ctr Lingen former manager of the Zephyr gasoline station on the autobahn at Frank Furt one of the busiest stations in the european Exchange system. He got eight   out sentences judge Robert a Guthrie criticized the yes for seeming to hire persons without checking on their Back ground.". The charges again.1? Van Der Lin Gen Willi Wolf and Bodo Winter accused them of falsifying entries involving 26,000 Gallons of yes Gas Wolf also was Given eight months imprisonment today while Winter was sentenced to a year last week. Thousands of Gallons sold although a relatively Small amount of misused gasoline was mentioned on the formal charge Sheet officials Here estimate that tens of thousands of Gallons of pm gasoline has been funnelled into Frankfurt s Well organized Black women gunners German Custod Nis officials estimate that about 500,00ft Gallons of Gas have been absorbed into the Ger Man Economy in the past 30 months. Evidence in court today indicated that . Soldiers and civilians have been lending their cars to germans or have purchased cars for Ger mans who then have been Able to obtain such gasoline. Harry to Fink Hico prosecutor who of t a i n e d the convictions against Winter Van Der Eingen and Wolf said that Many cases Are pending against germans in Ger Man customs court for tax Eva Sions in connection with the illegal Purchase of pm gasoline. Two More defendants in the Gas ring Rudolph Popp end Sonja Nachmann Are scheduled to face trial next week according to . Attorney Jerome-1 Silverst Iii. Used other names r the charges against Van Der Lin Gen. Wolf and Winter alleged that the falsification of the records took place daring june and july of last year at the Zephyr Gas. Station " where Alt free worked ". The three a of whom pleaded sates re i item in obtaining personal possess inv brith a oks they " later Sola -. The arrest of the three took place last Sej tember after two months of investigation of Gas Book sales is army investigator working through the iof Ece of the Provost marshal Here j acted suspiciously according to us. Attorney Wil Liam in Onssy the investigations grew out of the arrest o j Hansbe Flinger 39 a former officer in the Wehr Aoa to May 29. 1952, he was observed acting suspiciously at the super service Sta Tion la Frankfurt a Cpl Andrew j. Ummarino of co a ?09th my in who on investigation found that Bettinger was driving car with a Piates and a h and pol tickets a y farther investigation revealed that Bettinger had borrowed a car belonging to an Allied woman employ at the Shine Maia air base and had obtained gasoline illegally. He later Wes Given six months in $57 Moleon tax Check re March 17 for s57jw�a#j& a income received from one Cor at the internal became District Headquarters yesterday. This photo from behind the Iron curtain shows one of the bed German people s police instructing a communist girl How to use a Rifle in at Prem itary training Camp. United press photo in big Raf exercise High Wycombe England March 17 a rfcs. Air Force night fighter planes from Germany made sneak attacks on British airfields today in the second phase of the biggest Royal air Force exercise since world War if. The simulated Low level strafing by the american planes came while Waves of Royal air Force Jet and Piston engined bombers struck at the German cities of Nordhorn Fuhl Buttel and Bremen. The . Planes played tie role of enemy aircraft in the exercise dubbed Jungle King Fay the  to the script an Eastern aggressor called Magenta is at tacking through Western Europe. The Joh of the Raf is to slow up soviets reported Rady to reopen main water lock Berlin March 17 is u.s1 officials confirmed today that so Viet authorities plan to reopen the Rothe see lock the mat n traffic Channel for Coal to Berlin. The Rothe see lock was closed by communists last August. It is a West Berlin Senate spokesman said smaller locks and Waterways remained open Small for Large spokesman said but they Are too Coal barges. The that West Berlin Vas forced to bring Coal in by rail and that transportation costs were almost doubled. Kenyan sits in for first time United nations n.y., March 17 up Gen James a. Van Fleet the United nations top ranking military hero unobtrusively paid Bis first Visi i to the world organi Calion  yesterday. Without fanfare Van Fleetar Rived accompanied Only by the two lop . Delegates Henry Cabot Lodge jr., and James j. Wads Worth and went immediately to the_30th floor to pay Courtesy Calls on Secretary general Trygve lie and general Assembly. President Lester b. Pearson. Van Fleet retired decently after almost two years Asun ground commander in Korea where he the Kab army. The enemy operations by intensive bombing. The Raf used Canberra twin Jet bombers and Piston engined Lin coins and b29sknown Here As Washington in the at tads on targets in Germany. They flew from the Linc Oheshire bases of Hemswell Scampton and Coningsby which were hit by the us. Night intruders i their absence. 1 v. Foj