European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Page inst giving i Jyle gifts March Lill tary authorities Here american personnel against wife x Cigar ets and other items to German friends. I James , Stuttgart i Provost marshal in answer recent inquiries pointed under the present German lavs germans found Inola taxable items which been declared Are liable Ion and heavy fines. Ded that foe called Safe of such articles by Ger ids for american soldiers dilation of the germans Cus a Alten they have not Bee these items Are subject Ilion Provost marshal stated that Aing of affidavits by Amer soldiers maintaining that the belonged to them Bear no on the rulings of the courts and in Many cases violators were forced to e three times in excess of actual value of the products. Ilia itary authorities cited a Spe Case in which the room of a woman was searched customs found several car of Cigar ets a package of Cocoa two cans of tobacco. Woman fined Soldier boy Friend swore out ent claiming that the seized his personal property he had left with the woman could be shared with her to her Home. However she Ibong acted and fined 407 Mark barges of violating the German Law. Are instances under certain sons whereby gifts Are nol to i Stoms fees. However theone. Or More conditions prevail. Goods., must represent gifts which have not been Ted a payment for other or for services rendered e number of gifts should Beto the Normal amount o tended As an expression o by Franz debits Graz Austria March 22 up three members of the communist czech air Force who flew Here to Freedom said that their Jet plane pilots had standing orders regard no Western aircraft that Border Force them to land or shoot them Down. " ". The three,1 who flew Here to the British zone of Austria in Arran equated training plane and asked or Asylum said that czech air Force pilots had standing inst us Jons whip sent of. A get Muster Trade the item. L personnel. Returning to ates can give opened Packjr dutiable items to German dior employees is fitly As gifts As Payne Eiith for service customs i a t h o r 111 cat. A continued donation is liable to Lien it exceeds the amount Giyen As a Courtesy. Lingen March -22 special Loving cup for excellence p v. Was present eds co of % e. 354th engr action in by lit col John of battalion cd the company ing teen spaced by Btu 1 Wadsley who fired 24 of a possible 260, to with. 10out\.tit& pos 3rczech pilots Tell of orders to shoot 1 to signal foreign aircraft that Cross the czech Border to land atthe nearest czech Field. 2 if the warning is ignored shoot the plane Down. The Trio 1st" it Vladimir Krman 24, and Sis Gustav Molnar 26,and Josef Fleischhacker 23 were questioned at a press conference at the Park hotel Here held under supervision of British zonal authorities " no orders to enter West they said they had no whether the m a r c h 10 shooting Down by czech air Force mig15 jets of a . Air Force f34 Jet 10 Miles inside the american j zone of Germany was a new Krman said he knew of no orders to go to Western territories and shoot Down three expressed disapproval of the March 10 incident which resulted in a series of stiff ., diplomatic notes to the communist czech government. The czech government rejected the protests an claimed that the american plane was 25 Miles inside czechoslovak territory. The . Jet however crashed inside the . Zone of bus carrying of show involved in Accident maj William w. Forie tvs of Washington d.c., was killed find by Vii other members of a Torrins ate Force Haw suffered minor injuries when this Linz military pest bus sides wiped an austrian trailer parked of raid near airmen were members of the cast of flame army Polo Western Roundup investment program Industry of 050,000,000 Marks of counterpart funds from american Aid has been approved by the Mutual Security Agency s special Mission to Germany in agreement with the Federal ministry for the a plan or m a /. Abs. The funds Are to be Lent to individual plants in order to create or extend capacity and to. Facilitate production. The Money will be apportioned among the Coal electricity iras water Iron and steel other the new program forms part of the fourth counterpart investment program and is. To be financed the sum of 50,000,000 Marks has already been released to Start the program. Additional funds will be released in accordance with the Progress of the program " parcels Given East zone refugees Berlin March 22 is p. Sanders has distributed 150 special care packages to refugees in the red Cross Campat am Karlsbad. Sanders a care director an president of the save the children federation is in Berlin to stud the refugee problem at first hand and see How it can Best be helped. Sanders also will deliver to four la let jul flt a a oui inc a Chi a or 4t a i we a with counterpart funds generated red Cross children s hospitals 25 ikfindi9 3aden, March 32 is no Romance dormant for reached Fuu Bio Sohi when a a Nier Canan mafr.le4 a German not seen since he was in 1945. c. Gernatt girl Afier 7 years Chester and Ilse Bessling a be Bitch suburb on Ligh swirl Zerland arid their Hope Ilses visa and be Pennsyl and within six weeks. I background of the wedding operative news editor from the Wiesbaden Tage Blatt no located Ilse last september after Maitland enlisted the Aid of Sev eral german1 papers. Maitland Hiet use one Rainy afternoon Early in 1944 in Sci Olshark when lie was. Stationed Here As a member of the air Force s25th communications so. She was , / several Toontas latest Hist outfit was moved out suddenly and on the Way Back to the states Matt land lost All his Perst Faal belong Ings including his address the states he was hospitalized for several lie entered Pennsylvania military College and received Bachelor of arts degree. Several times he wrote use with no definite address but the letters wound up in the dead letter of fice. v. Last september he decided to make a determined Effort to locate use and sent off a batch1 of letters to German editors. Within few weeks he had the address an d the Romance was of again. Maitland arrived at Rhine Maln Airport last sunday and was met by use they were married by Wiesbaden registrar Jacob Oswald with use s father and brother As witnesses. The Netherlands. The 150 packages contained powdered milk powdered eggs Sutler and cheese. Sanders said the american people Are keenly aware of the individual circumstances of the thousands fleeing to West Berlin each. packages were delivered to Karl Honisch director of the a Karlsbad Camp which was opened in August and houses 3,000 refugees. Heidelberg Castle guide invited to us Coronation Stuttgart March 22 a sir Philipp Mechling the Well known German tourist guide from the Heidelberg Castle has received an official invitation to attend the Coronation ceremonies of Queen Elizabeth , who Speaks English Germany and the Pilot who parachuted also landed inside Germany. Krman a Brown haired Quick speaking slovak who aced As spokesman for the group Sard that russian was now a compulsory second language in the czech air Force. Evades question pm Ross he declined to say however whether russian pilots were Hying from czech Fields or in czech air Force planes. That s a military question he said. But he claimed that he and his Youthful comrades were trained Only by czechs or , who has been piloting planes in Czechoslovakia for five years stated that he Molnar and Fleischhacker had planned their airborne escape for six months and finally carried it out successfully when a fully serviced plane was left plane was a 15-year-old, single engine German Bui Tarada 96. Molnar said he was on duly atthe main hangar of pie Stany air port near Bratislava the night of March 12.Molnar, an aircraft Mechanic noticed that the plane he maintained had been left near the hangar doors fully serviced. He alerted Krman and three had been close friends since childhood. Wheeled plane out at 4 30 am they opened the hangar door and wheeled the plane out. They were three tried to crowd into the tiny two seater but there was no room. So we threw out the parachutes and extra equipment Krman said. They took off without any alarm being raised and headed towards the austrian Border hedgehog Pinover the Trees to avoid radar Dawn they were Over Vienna and decided to head South Over the soviet zone to Graz in the British occupied Vienna we spotted a mig15," Krman said but nothing happened i guess he did t see us.". Reached Graz at 6 18 am they finally reached the Thaler Hof civil Airport at Graz and landed at 6 13 am asking British and aus Trian authorities for political three were wearing new aus Trian made civilian clothes at the conference. They said they fled their Home land because of dissatisfaction with the communist regime and conditions of service in the czech air expressed fear that rela Tives and fellow airmen still i Czechoslovakia would be punished even though nothing four plans to the Trio said they knew of no czechoslovak resistance movement against the communist regime Orang guerrilla activity against the reds. Happy Stalin died but the people were very Happy when they heard that Stalin died Krman said. They Felt that some How. It would change things wit the present czech asked for their opinion on who would succeed communist Che Chi president Klement Gottwald who and French fluently has served Ashe guide for thousands of visiting vips As Well As Many of the to members of the Royal families of Europe. He also was the guest of the British Royal family in 1937 at the Coronation of King George i. Koyce visits 16th regt Wuerzburg March 22
