European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars am stripes thursday Mardt 2$, fat " the s a Washington. A re a 7,, March 25r-au air Force first lieutenants been selected for temporary promotion to Captain and about to per cent of the captains who have been named Tor temporary major about 7,000be promoted about april 1, it was announced today at " of off ital said that re none need Esis win be released for those refugees set i " of a Berlin flights Berlin. March 25 is West Berlin authorities today announced that the number of Refu gees from communist controlled East Germany entering West Berlin this month has already beaten the record for an entire month. Refugee officials said 4. / officials recent refugees include people s chamber i East zone parliament rep. Friedrich Martin of the a Peers party Johannes Mellen dirt of Geigk editor of the soviet control commission s paper Taeg Teehe Mundschau a member of the soviet zone radio commission a a jember of the communist com Mittee of the City of Halle and a former West zone communist Leader who moved to East Germany a few years ago. Meanwhile i costs Berlin ele mint announced that new arrange Tsents Mark of Berlin and Bonno vials with commercial airlines have made it possible to Fly out to West Germany x800 refugees daily. Jeff costs departures _ City records reveal that More refugees were flown out of Berlin than arrived on fire Days of the past seven. The goal of 1,800 was reached March 19, City officials Hope to boost the figure to 2,000 soon. Fog has hampered operations Iri the last few Days. Hico. Officials said also that new arrangements include Stab ashment of a staging area near Tempelhof Airport for refugees ready to be flown out the air Rhea win have a ready Pool to draw on As plane space is available and no plane win have to leave Berlin with empty seats. Problem still big refugee officials in West Ger Job any hav made Arr i cements life receive the increased Cumber of officials emphasize however that the problem is. By no Means solved. Although the number of refugees seaving to Fritz uni now caught up with the number arriving a Large be dog still Unrast be March. Since March. 1. Alone 40363 have arrived compared with Only 29,502 tto Flam out. Moreover the thousands of refugees net eligible for trans port to West Germany put a heavy Strain on the City s finances. Eddy s Farewell speech heard on an tonight Hutko fcb March 25 i the Farewell speech of to 9cui con s. Edy Cotta. Tvs crepe Niobe aired by be Amerie a for car new Otic at 8 39 pm Fonar Row to was by Jpn pc " he promoted to major at a later Date and added that some of these remaining to motions Are scheduled for about mid april. V the first pro Abuan. To a colonel and lieutenant Coio Nef Are also slated to be made in the Middle of next Ai Antn along with tie announcement of names of officers selected for future advancement to those grades As vac amies and funds permit. restrictions removed the of promotions follow con Gressional action in repealing the Davis amendment to the 1953 appropriations act tie new legislation. Public Law 7, removes All restrictions on pro motions to Captain this year. How Ever it does not permit the pro motion of All officers selected forthe higher Grade. The of said it inspects that those who most be carried on recommended lists beyond the end of the current fiscal year june 3o Wol be promoted Early in fiscal year 135. It was stated that All officers selected or promotion to each Grade wih have tie same Date of rank regardless of. When the actual pro motions Are made. It is anticipated that the actual promotion announcement of first lieutenant to Captain. made by major commands and. That pro motions to. Major lieutenant colonel and colonel probably will be announced at the Pentagon. East zone reported using food to balk cop Berlin March 25 is on advice from soviet occupation authorities the East zone communist government soon will dig into its scanty food Reserve to stall off mutinies in. Its armed farces an new general rat Miln according to the Nene Zeitung sorted German to Gnage daily Here. Me Anomie 280 Farmers were schedule to face trial for cot be ing Able to meet quotas the West Berlin press potato wholesalers report edly were sentenced to East zone jabs a. Harses 3f having sold their wares of the Keek than through authorized channels.,".for Ponce troops the Neue Zeitung reported that the soviet control commission for Germany advised the East zone communist government to make available from state reserves foods and supplies for the East German people s police1 and soviet army units1. Mutinies Nave been reported in police units recently. Advice from soviet occupation authorities is tantamount to an order. Riots involving Farmers communist tax official and political instructors have been reported in Hast Germany. Veu 7tharmy glands in zone dutch Send Germany clothing for refugees Frankf tit March 25 api six Hundred tons of clothes Origi Nady donated to victims of the dutch flood catastrophe have arrived Here by River boat for distribution to needy refugees fro behind the Iron curtain German officials announced today. The dutch item Cross is sending Germany a total of 10,000 tons of clothes which the Netherlands can spare in View of to hts mass response to flood Aid appeals. Norway loan to Yugoslavia Oslo March 25 Cap the norwegian parliament has approved a government proposal to lend la Oslavia 53w�0, it was announced today. Heidelberg gives Eddy painting As Farewell gift. It Gen William m. Hoge right next Tab array cd is greeted on arrival from the at Rhine main air base by maj Gen Ira f. Swift v corps commander. Hoge left later for san Tigard of photo Hoge arrives for new Post thank fat. March 23 is it Gen William m. Hoge who is to become the new cd of the 7th army arrived at Bjune brain air base today. Hoge s last assignment was As Ogof the 4th army at it Sam ecu ton Tex. He previously had commanded the in corps a Korea. Hoge was met at the Airfield by maj Gen Ira p. Swift. Cd v cores and col l a we Oman base executive officer. Hoge left immediately for Stuttgart where next wednes Day he will assume command of the 7th army from it Gen Charles l. Bolte. Who will become cd usage of -. At Stuttgart s ech Uerdingen air Field Hoge was met by staff Mem Bers of the eth honoured Bam Orrow Momick at a special ceremony at eth army a an american civilian army employ accused of pc i Fig his wife was quoted in court Here today As say ing that on the night she died they each drank free., Ste of in whiskies. The remark was read by the prosecution. From a statement the defend ant Albert h. Grisham. Of Kash it a tent was alleged to have signed Jast dec. A the a Lafai his wife Dolly dimples gris am was found dead. Grisham is Teing tried by Gen eral court martial. He is charged wifi the premeditated murder of Bis wife following a cocktail telling of the Quantity of liquor drunk the statement quoted Grisham As saying we were not drunk but not completely the statement As a whole Pur ported to Tell what happened be tween the time the Grisham left the cocktail party at about 10 pm and about 2 a when was found dead in their statement said the couple quarrelled on arriving Tome. The prosecution quoted Grisham As say not. A we entered the bedroom and the argument Comitia used. I slapped her and Strack her with my fist. She took oif her coat and threw it across the room at this time-1 believe my wife fell silently at the foot of the bed.T1 did not strike her with any object whatsoever the statement quoted Grisham. The prosecution has accused him of hitting heir with a Cognac bottle he picked up in a cafe on the Way Home. . Joc Jaes Fei aet Testi fied that he found mrs. Grisham dead when be arrived at their apartment at 2 am. He estimated be bad died an boor or 14 Cichus earlier. ,. Auto own protest in insurance Bonn. Maren 25 nou Cement that on automobiles privately enlisted men and civilian v boosted april 1 has stirred s5tests from Higg per Ono. Most of the protests a Kaiui at what is regarded Hart frankly discriminatory f eater to the proposed rate hike i Kyj that while rates Are being Tow for enlisted men and Civ Qun Fig will be lowered for army offing warrant officers and foreign i Jug ice officers. " the i cog staff of Nie Tki Loco americans most of a own vehicles contains Only Ayaji number of foreign service of&3$ confronted with snovvbahing1 Plai sits z for theh Ogk antitrust division when j 36 a to what action if any Hico if tended to take on the replied h1cog action to this question. I no comment Hico employees have poof Tif out in their complaints that Ity four american insurance Cha Atwall is b licensed to operate a. Tree bit a zone have announced a is few a rate increases Over recent a a Ted without offering any debase Wjk Fig fiction. I hit was pointed out. To lift my the last rate boost was order Tjw a a year ago Atco to anti not ii tto Sion expressed tire Opi Ottoa fief Ujj do violation of Hico a utes might be involved and san Gan an investigation. Pm Tan although the i surant Cee Bif my involved maintained that h3cqel tar had no jurisdiction Hico Art timely pursued the Bow several months insisting a a jurisdiction Over the Compaq it i bid in the end however Hico two 11no action. I Las protests Nate artes 1 asked what were the to Fiig T last year s investigate. Tieman answered to that also you can oily say that no comment i Hico employees a b their protests that the Oor fiction offered for revision of rate schedules pc Contention of the in Saimone panics that officers have Cwb of tibents than enlisted Hub tit pc pfc vial the complaints pointed out to on ibis basis insurance rate Imle be endlessly broken Daws Mac the myriad of schedules based a Scales occupations age aa4ss add complainant noted bet att a a Are right handed or the Hico storm of was touched off by the that the four american companies whose rate to boost Init mib j fir left Tomn Al be for pm and civilians to a a a to while officers warrant one enl a it reign service officer Sim dropped to 563 a Kew campetto sect current rate is 580 Tor Tab a i Tori ats. If an official of one of the Btu companies frankly Section with the rate the companies Are food tit Ujj. Tuition from a fifth conium of United services Ayrf Omaej which restricts to gab a officers warrant office is it. 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