European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 4, 1953 the stars and stripes fog 3 is forced look slanting. April 3 up is Grace Lumpkin testified Lay she wrote communist into a 1934 novel after warned that communist bookers would break her liter reer if she did t lures Kin now a proofreader i new York publishing House he was under communist e for several years. She however that she never the communist party Anne broke with the Beds in appeared As a witness before Senate s permanent investigate 1 subcommittee headed by sen. R. Mccarthy a wis. The tee is investigating books in . Overseas libraries subcommittee said her novel sign for Cain is on the Over list  ther witness Morris Schappe Snew. York refused to say or he is now a communist also would not say when he a controversial history of lean jews. Some reviewers the Book tried to win jews Tunis but Schappes said refuted these critics. Served prison Ter said he served 13 i months in about 12 years ago on conviction stemming from a York state Witch Hunt insisted that he could t Iber whether he was con for denying he was a Corn party  Book a documentary of the jews in the unite dibs is included in a state de sent Library at Tel Aviv israe Lumpkin told the senators the overseas libraries should a april 3 for if Secretary Anthony Edea has de his trip to Greece Turl Italy by a Day and will Day to  adm i Mountbatten commander Faval forces in the Meriter before proceeding to Anka foreign office announced will leave London monday Hastings plane and is due april 7. He is scheduled Athens april 13 and Rome prime minister Winston Churchill s actress daughter Sarah models richly embroidered costume of the 16th Century for a . Television performance As Queen Elizabeth i. United press photo London clerk held in murders of 6 put on special diet London april 3 up John Reginald Christie 55-year-old truck company clerk charged with wife murder is on a special diet because of the weak condition in which hews brought to Brixton prison. He also is under medical observation. Meanwhile detectives continued dismantling the two apartments Over the apartment that Christie occupied with his wife in the not Ting Hill District fireplaces. Ripped oat fireplaces were taken out an Walls ripped open in the search for other bodies. Besides the body of Christie s wife police have found the remains of Dve women hidden in the apart ment and in the Back Yard. Of two Only Bones were recovered. Theother three victims had been strangled. " the detectives also sought Small items like rings jewelry handbags or ditties that May help the identify two of the victims whose skeletons were recovered Steelman got vacation Cash Washington april 3 Pope Pius granted a holy thurs Day audience to 8,000 pilgrims an tourists from 11 countries. It was the largest audience the pontiff hashed since illness confined him to his apartment for Many weeks i january and february the group was Only  Parton the throngs which have con verged on Rome for holy week. The ceremony of the altar Stone was led by Federico Cardinal Tede Schini Archpriest of St Peter s. The canons of the Basilica first cleared the great Stone and then poured wine and vinegar on it to clean it this ceremony was celebrated Only in St. Peters but Many of Rome s 400 other Catholic churches held solemn tenebrae services in which candles were snuffed out one by one ,. Old ceremony according to some interpretations of this ceremony which dates Brackat least to the 5th Century the candles represent the apostles an the three marys the Mother of Jesus Mary Magdalene and the Mother of James. The last Candle which remains lighted represents Christ and is taken Down and hidden behind the altar symbolic of his death. . Granted right to keep 2 yanks in spy Case apart Washington april 3 a the government won the right yesterday to keep separated two Vienna born former . Soldiers accused of spying for the soviet Union. . District judge Alexande Holtzoff denied a motion by Roger Robb a court appointed attorney Tor permission to bring Otto ver Ber and Kurt l. Ponger together. Robb said it was an unreason Able Burden of counsel to have to Confer separately with the two defendants. Holtzoff expressed his sym Pathy but said he had no authority to interfere with the discretion of the marshal to keep the prisoners  . Attorney William Hitz said Security consideration were involved. The judge suggested informally that the government prosecutors consider the matter again. Hit said this would be done. Koltzoff also denied without argument a defense motion to throw out the indictment on the ground that Verber and Ponger were unlawfully inducted in Vienna an brought to this country against their will and without any extradition proceeding. The two former american army intelligence Chen Are accused of conspiring with a former soviet embassy official Here to obtain . Defense secrets for the soviet Union. They Are scheduled to go on trial april 20. Congress gets Ike plan for Odd merger Washington april 3 a president Eisenhower yester Day sent Congress a plan to re organize the office of defense mobilization Odd. He said it is in tended to achieve the maximum degree of mobilization readiness atthe least possible  the plan would merge the functions of Odd and those of the National Security resources Board r 2,23s Korea veterans Navy transport Gen Weigel. They. Put on a variety show in a maker. Shift theater aboard the troops ipas she Lay at Anchor off Staten  soldiers who had spent 26 Days aboard the ship he route from Japan via the Panama canal swarmed into the auditorium in re lays to watch the Star studded pro Gram. The theater would accommodate Only 500" persons at a time. A shuttle service of tugboats an launches carried entertainers to and from the troop ship from dusk Las night until Dawn today. The troops air irom states East of the missis Sippi cheered and applauded from the decks each time a tugboat Drew up with a new group of guests. Columnist de Sullivan acted a master of ceremonies for the ship Board revue. The cast included Brit ish comedienne Grade Fields stage and screen actor Thomas Mitchell the Ink spots singing quartet and others recruited irom the new Yor entertainment world. Vanessa Brown the stars an stripes miss cheesecake also appeared in the  troop ship was scheduled to Dock at 9 30 am today at a Brook Lyn pier. The soldiers spent the night within sight of Home but army regulations required they wait until Dawn to disembark. Copies of new York newspapers sent out to the ship were ripped apart and read eagerly by the Young  goodness we made it in time for easter one youth  were anxious to get through their processing at the Camp Kil Mer n.j., separation Center and head for Home. Sgt John p. Donohue 24, Atlantic City n.j., who won the Silver Star for heroism in combat said he had gone through some exciting experiences in Korea but the arrival in new York Harbor was the most sensational feeling i Ever  other Silver Star winners were among the troops. Pfc Dennist. Jackson 27, fort Myers fla., decorated for his bravery on old Baldy said he would head As soon As possible for a Beach in  teach is much softer than those korean Hills he said pfc Rolan spills 24, Toledo Ohio was most interested in getting to know my son