European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse 8,1953 the stars and stripes rage 5 East refugees find shelter in empty factory same 3.3w refugees from East Germany Are housed in this emerge icy shelter set up in an emptying West Berlin Only Straw mattresses protect them from the Bare boor United press photo editor tells o a for a note this is another Dis aft by Eugene a. Simon Mem Ter of a group of american hews9 & ratio executives now visiting fee soviet Union. Simon is presi Fatt and general manager of Theady news at Tarentum i is & by a genk Simon for the associated press Moscow. April 7 easter Sun noon at 3 15 this group of smal Hown american press and representatives walked a guarded doorway into terrific thrill to enter that represents so much has provided so much for the Western world. Party was accompanied by women and one Man Iri guides who Haven. All our Tours these was our in a on what proved to be a and 75-minute four through 100 rooms and dozens Halls and tremendous rooms. Entered the outer Gate Kremlin which in russian fortress on a Hilk re asked to wait in a tree lined our guides conferred guards at the inner Wall fully instruction received was taking was per then we walked through the tremendous Wall that surrounds the buildings and wealth luxury in Kremlin grounds of the 40-acre Kremlin and along the wide Street Overlook ing the Southern portion of is on the opposite Side of the Kremlin from the famous re Square where the Stalin Lenin mausoleum and old St. Basil s Cathedral Are located. We passed a 2,000-ton Copper arid Silver Bell some 20 feet High and a 40-ton decoration Cannon with a 3-foot Mouth All around was Shrub Bery covered with boughs to protect it from the Snow. To our left As we Walki a along there were the great Kremlin Palace the supreme coun cil Hau of the user Assumption Cathedral and Many of the varied Kremlin buildings few soldiers during the time inside the Kremlin i saw less than a dozen soldiers except Lor f a platoon crossing the courtyard and none was armed. Assumption Cathedra an out standing architectural Monument is noted As the place where the czars of Russia were crowned. Instill contains the Large carved Wood throne of. Ivan in. Entire Walls the ceiling and pillars Are. Covered with Fresco paintings " the great Kremlin Palace which belonged to the czars before the re Volution is entered via a master piece of six flights of red carpeted stairs flanked by Cream Colore Marble. A big domed chamber at the top of the stairs is entirely covered with paintings. From there we passed through an ornate reception Hall used for receiving foreign ambassadors a Dup the carved Marble Steps to a room where the czars slept. In the White walled and Ceil need supreme Council Hall of the we saw the Rostrum where Stalin made his last important speech atthe 19th Congress of the. Soviet communist parly last fall. On Marble plaque in front of the Rostrum were a sheaf of wheat the world and the Hammer and sickle. We were whisked through the onetime private apartments of the czars with luxurious studies reception rooms and rooms for the trophy room and museum proved to be the most breath taking sight of the whole tour. It was a treasure House of precious Art jewels crowns and medallions myriads of gifts to the czars 20 carriages dozens of bejewelled saddles China Ware and ancient armament. The profusion and wealth left us a Little groggy. Abound the zone sergeant held in crash fatal to two germans Stuttgart april 7 special two germans arc dead two Ger a an children injured and a ser Geant of the 22d. Ord my co is being held pending the outcome fan investigation following a head on collision of american and Gor Man automobiles on Highway 12 sunday night the Accident occurred hear Kauf Beuren. Walter Olehowski and his wife Anna were fatally injured Anil their two daughters. Erdmuthe and Vera injured in the crash 7th army Provost marshal report show. The two girls Are under med ical care at Kau Beuren. The collision occurred at a turning the Highway witnesses snid. Investigation has been started barmy olficials., Ufa Soldier reports attack theft to my Salzburg april t military police authorities today re ported that a . Forces in aus Tria Soldier had allegedly Bee the victim of robbery and assault by three civilians and an Amer ican Soldier at 1 30 am Sun a. Pvt Sanabria a. Rodriguez of Btry Lith aaa in. Notified authorities that two unknown civilian men one unknown civilian woman and one unknown Amer ican Soldier had struck him in the face and held him Down while the woman took 513 in scrip and 1s2 austrian schillings from Himin the Zantine Der Kathi Vii stand at Wals near Camp Roeder. Mil itary police Are investigating the incident. Berlin twins get life for slaying Foster dad Berlin april 7 two members of the 62d Highway patrol were praised for their Alert Ness which recovered a stolen wies Baden car and landed four suspects jail. The two Are Cpl Dwight h. Schaler and pfc Marvin a. Paris who recovered the car owned by Lewis Conroy of Safe he. The carwash stolen in Wiesbaden last Fri Day. Schaller and Paris noticed two girls sitting in the car Friday night in Ruessel sheim. The girls told Themi heir boy friends were in a nearby inn. On a Hunch the two patrol men checked with the two Ger mans who were unable to produce papers for the car. Further investigation disclosed the car had been stolen that afternoon. Girl jailed for stealing from american Friend Stuttgart april 7 is Anneliese Nitschke a German girl who had been making her Home with an american family in this area was sentenced to eight months in prison by Hico judges die Arbuthnot for stealing two valuable rings and a Gold watch from the family which had be friended accused who had been Liv ing with the family since Las october pleaded guilty to the charge. Deputy fire chief gets 3 years As arsonist Stuttgart april 7 a 23-year-old German fireman and convicted on charges of arson told the authorities he Headset fire to several buildings in the Village of Muhlenback to further his ambition to become a fire German court sentenced him to five years in a Penitentiary and the loss of All civil rights for three years. Police had been searching for the suspected arsonist for three years before they finally arrested the Deputy fire brigade comander of Muhlenback spectators said the accused was usually an outstanding figure at All the fires chiefly farmhouses because of his daring and eager Ness. Austria avalanches kills 2 Innsbruck april 7 a Ava Lanches in the austrian Tyrol claimed two victims during a easter holidays bringing the Winter toll to k
