European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 6, 1953 the stars and stripes Page forces Pray for peace As easter dawns in Korea april 5 a men Ofelt on Korea s ragged Faiu and greeted sunday s easter with prayers for  Eug Hout South Korea soldiers Den socked to Sunrise Servey gathered in cathedrals a churches of Seoul and Otheron. Broad mountainsides in Leys a tents and in snug for the great renewal of As an easter of reborn. .-.-. ,."," at expectations grew out of Bustle ind flurry of activity changing disabled prisoners he first move toward an lunges on the meeting of Allied end comm is. " -. " grew too out of red China Premier Chou in Saiy message that the last Barrier to a korean armistice Exchange of other prisoners could be lifted now. Tie i rated nations command eyed his proposal warily out planned to test it  Gen Ivan Bennett chief chaplain of the us. Army told an outdoor congregation at the front because of our Faith in Jesus and because he lived we can face tragedies and disappointments of the present hour and labor ands u f f e r and make sacrifices to achieve a. Fitter world. In Tho resurrection we have  that the Power of evil is broken. It is the destiny of Man that he can overcome  14 Gen Maic Well. Taylor at tended the Sim Rise service on a Seoul Mountainside. He told his8th army troops in a. Message the easter season is an Assur Ance of the ultimate Triumph of Freedom from slavery  wrong and life Over death As i extend greetings of this holy season it is with the Condi Tion that the god who sent this message to his children so Man centuries ego gives us today the same Assurance of final  Mousset a French missionary who has lived in Korea since 1901, celebrated1 Catholic mass for the French battalion. Gen Mark w. Clark said in an easter message to United nations troops ,-.-. Our hearts hold new Hope that we May be near an honorable endow this grim but imperative task of upholding with our lives the ideals which flow from the influence of Christ on  arranging Falfa on Exchange of ailing pcs United nations and communist Trace teams meet at pan Man Jom to arrange for opening talks Paige of kick and wounded korean War prisoners. United press photo headline Roundup jew peace bids set news Pace Wallace Moore staff correspondent pred up soviet peace bids wary Western reaction an easter week thaw of wary."". " -. Increased Tempo followed re element of chinese reds to nations proposal for in Exchange of ill Andwar prisoners the reds tested resumption of truce week red China Prera Iera Lai offered a Compromise an proposing that Botha pcs wanting to return he suggested sending others unnamed Neutral state undecided definitely where Ted to go. Result talks on pcs were led to open in pan Mun Jom Lin earlier in the wee full support of the Chi Tot ending the korean x addition Moscow atomic control and arms.  proposals left intact als of a Western sponsored reduction of armed Force International control of at Eisenhower said their take any. Communist Gerture at face value until  of state John Foster to Gen Matthew b. Ring commander warned soviet threat to the free de despite s o v i str is. Of o r e i g minist a a Bidault urged Allied Cau i tiie China plan and = i minister Winston Church wary of the Kremlin m. Gruenther treaty organization chief ated Russia was trying tie , and the other from Washington West Berlin mayor Ernst Reuters id he had a feeling that some thing is going on Between the . And the user toward Lessen ing world tension. The Kremlin s bid for four Power talks on ways to avoid plane shooting incidents was accepted bythe . Such talks Between the soviets and Britain had started earlier in Berlin but were sus Pended temporarily under a mos cow suggestion to include the . And France. Barriers on the 100-mile, communist controlled autobahn Section Between Berlin and West Germany were removed. Fourteen 3t r e n c civilians held by korean reds since june 1950 were released. Kremlin doctors free the Kremlin announced that 15 doctors charged with a plot against High soviet leaders were innocent and added that their accusers had been jailed. German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer urged adoption of Western proposal for free elections throughout the four zones of Ger Many. He made the plea just be fore sailing for Washington for High level talks. In. Frankfurt More than 6,000 troops passed in review before Lutgen Manton s. Eddy retiring us a eur  was succeeded by it Gen dynamite blast kills French diver four aids be Havre april 5 up Adeep sea diver and his four assist ants were blown to pieces when 100 pounds of dynamite exploded prematurely As they were preparing to submerge with the explosive and demolish part of the bomb damaged Harbor. Harbor authorities said if the explosion had. P c c u r r e four minutes later Many More would have l Een killed because a boat Load of some 20 workmen was due to Board the divers Barge at that time.   Charles l. Bolte who turned Over his 7th army command to it Gen William a Hoge. Brig Gen Joseph h. Harper a corps chief of staff was named 4th div cd replacing maj Gen Harlan n. Harness who is re turning to the . And a key defense department Post. 23 czechs return Twenty three passengers on the czech c47 Freedom Airliner flown across the Iron curtain to Frankfurt March 23, were re turned to their red Homeland As they had requested. England s 35-year-old Queen Mary who died March 24 in Lon Don was burled beside King George a her husband in  s Chapel in Windsor. In Lisbon sex King Carol of to mania 59, died of a heart attack. Istanbul reported that 92 office Sand men on a turkish submarine were feared lost at the Souther Entrance of the Dardanelles after a collision with the Small swedish freighter Nab Oland in Rome Jerusalem and else where throughout the Christian Wolfl thousands of worshippers participated in holy week rites culminating yesterday in elaborate easter services. Gen Van Fleet attends greek orthodox service new York april 5 a Gen James a. Van Fleet retired 8th army commander attended easter services Early today in holy trin Ity greek Cathedral where special tribute was paid for american Aid to Greece against communist forces. Archbishop Michael Constantini Dea of the greek orthodox Church of North and South America said Greece today might be in the same Tomb with other nations engulfed by communists if it Hadnot been for american assistance. Van Flett who headed an Amer ican military Mission to Greece be fore going to Korea As St army commander participated in the traditional greek orthodox easter Candle lighting ceremony. Greek troops in Korea have traditional easter with i be greek Battal Ion in Korea april 5 a the roasting lambs and cracking of Vermilion coloured eggs on easter sunday was again observed by the greek troops fighting in Korea. The v.&. St army quartermaster shipped in 65 roasting lambs and More than 100 dozen eggs dyed blood red were made ready for the traditional ceremony. Taft warns on cuts if truce is reached Washington april 5 up Senate Republican Leader Bobert  said yesterday a settlement of the Korenin War would make the administration s budget slashing Job even harder because too big cutback in military spending would be expected. The ohioan and other congressional leaders warned against an expectation that a truce settlement in Korea would mean immediate and major reductions in the military preparedness program. Republicans generally regard As target number one in their budget cutting drive the $46,300,000,000 Fis Cal 1954 defense spending figure submitted by former president tru Man. But they want to trim waste not military muscle Taft said in an interview that an end to the korean hostilities will make the budget Job eve harder. Such a development will no make much difference in actual spending of cause. The major things that it will save lives. Bridges comments people will expect a big Cut i spending when actually Korea and the War there represents a very Small part of the military spending Picturebut chairman styles Bridges r n. Of the Senate appropriations committee said in a separate inter View that cessation of the korean War might mean a reduction in cur rent military spending of up to 55,000,000,000  a basis of preliminary com Mittee staff studies Bridges said that from $3,000.000,000 to $5,000, 000,000 might be saved in ammunition and expensive military equip ment now being consumed in the lighting. These estimates he explained represent spending above and beyond the Normal costs of keeping military elements and equipment in the far East at a time when they were not in combat 17 Canadian Sabre jets arrive in Scotland prestw1ck, Scotland april 5 up the first 11 of 91 Canadian Sabre Jet aircraft arrived today after a month s delay caused by deep Snow in  reached Kinloss in East Ern Scotland. The. Planes Are forthe British and american air forces. Italy dissolves parliament Rome april 5 up bathhouses of Italy s first postwar parliament were dissolved yesterday and Premier Alcide de Gasper voiced Confidence that anti communist forces would win again in the new general elections set for june 7-8. The dissolution decree issued by president Luigi Einaudi finished the work of a Senate and chamber of deputies elected in the critical april 18, 1943,  announcement signalled the Start of a hectic Campaign for the support of Italy s 30.000,000 voters in the election of 237 new senator Sand 530 new members for the chamber of  a new chamber of deputies was scheduled to have been elected this year. The italian Constitution fixes a live year term for the lower House and six for the sen ate but de Gasperi requested and won dissolution of the sen ate As Well because of what he described As the impossible situation created there by communist obstructionism. The parliament dissolved had this makeup party chamber Senate seats seats 63communist 130 pro communist socialists 48 41 Christian democrats 303 151liberal 15 10 anti communist socialists 33 23 Republican 10 12leftist democrats 10 monarchists 13 italian social movement 5 1 the remainder of the seats a held by. Independents mostly con Servat Ivein. A last highlights we Lemtine kites Florence april 5 up thousands of tourists and Floren tines yesterday witnessed the Scorpio Del Carro explosion of the Chariot one of the most unusual of religious ceremonies held in Italy during holy saturday  huge Chariot loaded with fire works and giant firecrackers was ignited by Eli a Cardinal Della Costa archbishop of Florence at the Climax of a mass held in the great Cathedral. The Chariot was stand ing exactly in front of the Cathedral built by Brunelleschi when the mass reached the Gloria in excels is an ignite rocket in the form of a Dove shot from the High altar along a wire Strung the length of the Cathedral s Interior and out of the huge Bronze doors of the Basilica were it crashed into the Chariot setting off the Massof fireworks. Farmers please the series of explosions which ensued was greeted with wild cheers and applause by the Large crowd. Particularly pleased were the Farmers who attach great importance to the Success or failure of the  the Dove like rocket returns to the High altar without harm As i did yesterday it is considered a sign that the year s crops will be Good. If something had gone wrong and the explosion had not take place As promptly As it did it would have been taken As a bad  origin of the ceremony dates Back to medieval times when famous Warrior of Florence Pazzini Del Pazzi participated in the siege of Jerusalem during one of the crusade Pazzini was the first Warrior to Plant thit Banner of the Cross on the Walls of the holy City and received As a Reward a Small number. Of splints from the holy sepulchre which he brought Back to Florenca and donated to the Church. The Dove which set off the explosion was ignited by the Arch Bishop with the same Flint