European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                9 the stars and stripes at presentation of film Academy oscars and screen Star Shirley Booth packers up to kiss the Oscar she was awarded by the motion Academy As Best actress of the year. Bight film Star John Wayne accepts two oscars on behalf Cooper named Best actor of the year and John Ford Best director. Making the presentations Are Haviland left and Janet Gaynor former movie Star _ in rackets if red Kunii Sig ten March 23 up sen. Charles w. Tobey in. Hay that sen. Joseph r. Mccarthy a was announced s first wife Yew. Indo Ghiaia terrorists Start fire Campaign Saigon March 23 map communist led vie Minh terrorists who have stopped tossing homemade bombs Init Saigon s cafes and Heaters now appear to have embarked on a new Brand of terror ism burning the Home of Viet namese. The heavily populated native districts of Algoa have been swept by four big fires within a week three of them occurring in the last 15 hours. First lady spurs Campaign for re funds blood Aid Washington March 23 mrs. Dwight d. Eisenhower has expressed great concern Over the lag Ging drive for red Cross funds and blood donations and c a 1 1 e d on american mothers to help Correct l her remarks were addressed through mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby Federal Security administrator to representatives of the bed Cross. The Erst lady gave a formal statement to mrs. Hobby on the front porch of the White House where the two women posed for camera Fen. Then mrs. Hobby read it Over a microphone in front of the executive offices. " the statement said mrs Eisen Hower had Learned through  Harriman red Cross presi Dent that the current Appeal for$93,000,000 is not progressing As it should and that collection of. Vitally needed blood is far less than the need.". " she said it is unthinkable that americans should fail the red Cross and added. The mothers of this country know today that Ever pint of blood contributed May mean life to a wounded son in  red China releases 2,000 japanese Saizuru Japan March 23 up More than 2,000 japanese returned from red China today and came ashore peacefully in Sharp contrast to the Landing Here of returned japanese prisoners of War from Siberia three years  repatriation ship Koan Maru arrived at this former Navy port and the repatriates went quietly through the quarantine inspection and then  question japanese officials asked themselves was Why the chinese reds let the japanese go Home particularly in View of the fact that most of them Are doctor Sand. Skilled workers. Disarm Bov s grenade Birmingham ala., March 23 up military police did the Job that Little Gordon Mckelvey could hot do with his screw Driver. They disarmed a hand grenade by removing its firing mechanism. To j Mechanic sex was tossed into # deep Lake and the grenade St self As turned Over,.to ordnance., experts.  v " Tommy Mckelvey Gordon s big brother walked into a firemen s safety meeting Here with the Gre Nade. The firemen recognizing the weapon for what it was scattered As Tommy explained my Little brother Gordon found t is in a closet and we could t get it open with a screw  the firemen called City police who called , who took the grenade to the City Dumaop set it upon a sapling and tried to yank the pin from a distance with a wire. The pin came out but nothing happened As the maps crouched behind a. Barrier. A team of my experts then Dis mantled the g r e a d e s trigger mechanism. Foreign Aid for 52 topped �5.5 billion increase of 10 pet. Washington March 23 Cap foreign Aid in 1952 totalled More than 55,500,000,000,almost evenly divided Between military and eco nomic help to the free world the Commerce department said yesterday. " / military Aid nearly doubled to 1952 this includes Loans As Well 4s gifts. The 1552 Aid total was about 10per cent higher than 1951, repayments and reverse help ran Over 25 per cent  Europe continued to get the bulk of . Support. France and the United Kingdo Nvere the two biggest St note beneficiaries.  report. The report gave these details1total . Aid to the free world in 1952 was $5,578,000,000, of which $2,738,000,000 was military Aid and $2,840,000,000 was eco nomic assistance. The total in 1951 was $5,074,000,000, of which 51.484, 000,000 was military. Aid and $3, 590,000,000 economic. 2returns on Aid repayment of Loans and reverse Aid such As land for . Military installations was $574,000,000 in 1952 compared with $452.000,000 in 1951 3in 1952, total use of credits extended by the . Was $400,000, 000. This brought foreign indebted Ness to the . To $10,700,000,000 since the beginning of world War it the . Collected ?204.000,000 in interest on this indebtedness in1932. -. Foreign Aid total 4net foreign Aid in 1952 totalled $5,004,000,000, compared with ?4,22,000,000 in 1951. ,.,. _ 5western Europe and Over seas dependencies such As colonies got 54,247,000,000 of the total 1952 foreign Aid. Asia and the Pacific got 5878,000,000 Worth. South Amer Ica 5179,000,000, the near East and Africa chiefly Greece and Turkey $187,000,000, Canada $6, 000,000 and unspecified areas $81, 000,000. 6france received the largest single Aid package $496,000,000, but also made the highest returns 5141,000,000. The United kingdom received $492,000,000 Aid in 1952 and returned $75,000,000. Thus Britain with 5418,000,000 wound up 1952 with the biggest single net and total compared to France s s354, 000,000. In 1951r France s net Aid was $421,000,000, Britain s $129,000, 000. V other countries 7other Western Europe Aid figures for 1932 were 1951 net Aid figure in brackets Austria $95.000,000, returned $13, 000,000, net Aid $82,000,000 5147, 000,000. Belgium Luxembourg $28,000,000, returned $14,500,000, net $13,500.000 $43,000,000 Germany $155,000,000, returned $51,500,000, net-$103,500,000 5357, 000,000. Greece $139,000,000, returned $16, 000,000, net $123,000,000 $194,000, 000.italy $210,000,000. Returned $35, 000,000, net $175,000,000 5259,000, 000 the Netherlands $85,000,000, re turned $44.000,000, net $44,000,000 5102,000,000 -. Turkey $68,000,000. Returned $9, 000,000, net 559,000,000 556,000,000. Yugoslavia $83,000,000, returned $3,000,000, net 580,000,000 $106,000,- 000. Other unspecified Western Europe allotments $140,000,000, re turned 514,000,000, net $126,000,000 $457,006.000. 8of the total Aid to Western Europe $2,252,000,000 was military and $1,994.000,000 economic help in 1952, compared with $1,096,000,000 military Aid in 1931 and $2,620,000, p00 economic assistance for Security reasons military Aid is not Given by countries. ,. Raf official says guided bomb needed London March 23 up Royal air Force bomber come chief sir Hugh a Lloyd called for guided bombs to Arm Britain s Fleet of super priority Jet bombers which climaxed operation Jungle King with a pinpoint raid from eight Miles up. Lloyd said the command was progressing but to get the bomb on the pin at any time from any height and in any weather the air Force most not be tied to an invention nearly half a Century old the conventional finned free falling bomb. Bomb enemy the development of a guide bomb which can be sent without Tail to its targets under such conditions he said would be the. Biggest contribution Whicha scientist could make toward preventing  fifty Conterras ended the week Long exercise Over Western Europe by dropping live bombs on an enemy Headquarters on the Nordhorn bombing Range in the British zone of Germany. It was the biggest All Jet raid Ever staged by the Raf. The pilots red eyed from Lac of sleep had been on a wartime 24-hour Alert throughout the exer Cise. Theoretically they were attack. Ing enemy bases in an occupied Europe from bases in Britain. Results being Analysed Lloyd pointing out that results of Jungle King had not yet been fully Analysed said they had showed development of a guided bomb now was the most important. Thing in our defensive Effort. It is vital to our  the exercise also showed Boink or Crews could operate under in Tensive conditions without loss of efficiency and  he admitted there was a Short age of certain kinds of ground Crew in the Raf including radio electricians radar technicians and armament and instrument fitters. The. Sunday graphic yesterday charged inadequate ground maintenance was endangering the Jet Fleet. Bullet smashes window of . Embassy in to Kew Tokyo March 23up a Large Caliper Bullet was fired in to the american e m b a s s y and narrowly missed hitting economic adviser prank Waring. No one was injured but an embassy spokesman said the Bullet smashed through a screen and window and hit the Wall Nea Warina s desk. An embassy spokes Man said the embassy does no attach much importance to the  yugoslavs get new liner Belgrade March 23 up the � new luxury passenger. Ship Dinara was formerly delivered tothe yugoslav navigation up after completing its first trial run in the Adriatic