European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse European edition weaker forecast 3dr to Tadj maw Truwe. Up rely i a Der. Cooler teat or France Matt Little. _ Irrer the remainder Famh weather unofficial publication of the . Armed forces in Europe " a visit to Moscow a pm dlr of american tourists being permitted to Rosin a rated Moscow. Fair a eyewitness of 3ue behind the curtain,5. 10, number 349 5 cents a copy $1.35 a month a Lull in the War i saturday april 4, 1951 a i exhausted medics of the 1st . Marine div take a breather while a for new casualties from the Battle of vegas up photo Berlin Ross seize free in Ilton april 3 up the soviets today arrested three wandered into East German territory but released them after them for Only an hour and 45,minutes. % the past the soviets held Allied nationals Lor Days and even before releasing them., -,./ be soviets even skipped the usual procedure for handling per i was officially informed in yesterday that the soviets de Good on their Promise t. That m were now in route and would pass through included Georges Ferruche ires of the French pm it Seoul when captured by the � Page 19. Col. S to Fly Bonn Flag april 3 a the of As Lorsa hotel will Fly the Ern ment Flag for the first iday in Honor of its guest or Konrad Adenauer Owens wife Susie. They were arrested by a patrol of two armed soviet soldiers and six East german1 communist police on & Short stretch of East German territory which cuts across the Road connecting the . Sector of Berlin and the . Checkpoint on the Highway to the West. The americans passed through the checkpoint after travelling on the 110-mile autobahn through the soviet zone on their Way to Berlin from Frankfurt. In the belief they were in Western territory they halted their automobile and went into the Woods. The communists kept the Ameri cont on padre Iff col 3 s still free world Dulles Russia trying to split allies Gruenther april 3 ins Gen Alfred m. Gruenther declared today that Russia is making a major Effort to isolate the United state from its col. 4 foe smashed Back by 3d div troops in hand to hand Bali or Seoul april 3 a . Troops of the 3d div smashed Back a Chi Nese attack on the Central front today in hand to hand fighting and close Range gun battling. About 175 reds hit a Hill outpost held by the 15th regt after Pound no the position with 3,350 artillery and mortar rounds. Infantrymen routed the reds Itter 130 minutes. The . Army red Asti antics for March were 12,553 Ilg Hest for any month since last november when the figure was 4,540. A -. The March Flag fire included 6,790 reds killed in action 5,710 wound d. And s3 captured. Pm kidnaps plane crashes Stuttgart april 3 is an routed man1 was Eine held Hye listed military authorities after demolish ing a . Army plane which he had illegally taken from the Ulm Airfield. The Soldier an aircraft Mechanic from the 27m a in 2d army Cav Hegt made the unauthorized flight tuesday. After taxiing Down the Landing Atrip about 200 Yards he managed to get the plane off the ground but nose dived and crashed. The Soldier whose name is being withheld was later treated at a unit dispensary for superficial in juries. Churches join in Jerusalem Jor holy Day rites Jerusalem april 3 up the Western a n d Eastern churches joined hands today in retracing Christ s last Steps through the Nar Row roughly paved via Dolorosa in the Jordan held old devout made their. Way solemnly out of the secluded Garden of Gethsemane past the Olive Trees under which Christ and his disciples sat on the eve of the crucifixion and where he was arrested during the night. Under a Sun hanging brightly in the Clear Blue sky Over Jerusalem this afternoon wild Flowers of Many kinds waved in a Light Breeze directly East of Tolje Gray Wall of the old City. At each of the 14 stations of the Cross marked by tablets set in the Wall the procession paused to Pray and listen to ser Mons. At judgment Hall the procession reached its first station at the site of the Praetorius Phate s judgment Hall where Christ was condemned to death then slowly proceeded Down several Steps to the second station where the Cross was bound upon Christ shoulders and continued under the Arch called ecce homo.". Here according to tradition the devout were stepping on the very same pavement trod by Jesus. The procession reached the seventh station where Christ met a group of women and called to them daughters of Jerusalem weep not for me but weep for yourselves and your after the eighth station on the via Dolorosa mourners passed the Street of bad cookery so called by the crusaders because of the cont. On Page 16,.col.f s Quick end sought to major strikes new York april 3 up Hopes Rose today for Quick settlements of strikes that idled 85,000 americans in the Railroad steel and rubber industries. Federal mediators worked for agreements today at Pittsburgh in a Railroad walkout that hit the City s steel plants idling 50,030 workers. Both sides were hopeful of a Quick settlement of a dispute in which 35,000 Cio rubber workers halted operations at 19 major plants of the . Rubber co. A Union spokesman to the rubber negotiations said he did not think it will be a Long strike but 1 can t say whether it will be today or tomorrow that it s company spokesmen also were hopeful asserts West Mot stay on guard Washington april 3 a Secretary of state John Foster Dulles said today that nothing which has Haj opened or seems Likely to Hap pen in the soviet peace offensive has lessened the danger of the soviet threat to the free world. S the Secretary of state told a news conference that so Long As the soviet Union remains a heavily armed totalitarian state hostile to non communist nations and with out moral restraints against the use of violence the . Win continue in need of Strong defences and allies. But there Are useful acco Miod sons which May be made he said such As the prospective agreement for the Exchange of sick and wounded prisoners of War. If the communists show Good Faith in that then there May be possibilities of a korean armistice Dulles added. Dulles declared the Eisenhower administration could Cut substantially the proposed foreign Aid budget of $7,600,000,000 without jeopardizing Western Security. He disclosed the . Has indicated to France it intends to step up military Aid shipments to French and indo China unit Bat. Cone on Page is co.11 Korea ammo of Hull says Philadelphia april z up Gen John e. Hull vice chief of staff of the . Army said yesterday the american Soldier in Korea has right now and will continue to have enough ammunition of All types to meet his i want to assure you Hull told a luncheon meeting of the military order of world wars that everything the army is doing is armed toward one goal to give the infantryman everything he needs to beat the enemy. By this time our expanded production base is reaching the desire objective and expenditures for hard goods such As tanks guns and ammunition has gone from the figure of $300,000,000 month Yin the summer of 1350 to approximately $1,600,000,000 a month by the end of. Last year. The production of finished am munition for our fighting Force amounted to a rate of $4,000,000 i conf. On Pope 16, col. 2 no brides for Phoenix cops Phoenix april 3 the new police manual just off the press forbids Phoenix policemen from accepting or soliciting brides. Chief of police Charles p. Thomas hastily explained the prohibition will in eliminated and the word bribes be substituted for
