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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday april 9, 1953 clash Over charges 1�40 pro red play alleged Frankfurt april s up two top advisers to sen. Joseph a Mccarthy s Senate investigating subcommittee charged today that the Deputy chief of the . Information program in German wrote pro communist plays produced in 1940 by an officially listed communist front organza  i. The charge was lodged against Theodore Kaghan Deputy director of the Hico Public affairs division by Roy Cohn and Gerard Schine chief Consul and chief consultant respectively of the Wisconsin senator s committee. Cohn end Schine Are touring Europe to determine if the Amer ican information Effort Here i marked by waste mismanage ment and Security violations As they have earlier alleged. First specific charges Kaghan 40, who according to Cohn directs some 4,000 . In formation employees in Germany has1 been under fire from the Mccarthy group for several months specific charges against him were not revealed until to Day however when Cohn an Schine accused him of writing the pro communist. Plays. Conn and Schine have been in Germany since sunday. They said in a joint statement to United press today or Kaghan occupies a most important and sensitive position As a supervisor of some 4,000 per sons engaged in fighting against communism in a key area. Documentary evidence before oar committee shows he signed a communist party petition and authored pro communist plays produced by an officially listed communist front organization the   Sabine could not recall the names of any of the plays he alleged Kaghan wrote. He said he had not read any of them. Spanish civil War but Cohn said he bad read one Kaghan play in question produced by the new theater league and titled either hello Franco or Goodby Franco Cohn asserted that this play glorified the communist party and1 the pro communist Abraham Lincoln brigade which fought against Generalissimo Frencisco Franco in the Spanish Cive  the said the play was applauded t y the new York daily worker when it was staged in new York City in 1940.""and, if the daily worker likes it Cohn continued you can be sure it was a Cummy Tine  cohn1 said Scott Mccleod state department Security officer has taken the Kaghan Case under personal advisement and we soon expect to get some action on it  after girl is killed t33aaffonix, april 8 aph a 30-year-old briton spending an easter Holiday Here skiing with his Scot Tish Fiancee was driven to despair when he Learned she had died in an Avalanche and leaped to his death from a 75-foot-High Rock. The Holiday turned to tragedy when. Edwards Simpson s 27 year old companion Elizabeth ban Hermann Wood of Aberdeen fell into a Crevice at 2,700 Yffert in route to the Requin  was smothered to death by us Avalanche of Snow before friends Couls come to her assist to testify n says Bonn Aprl 8 Little Luxembourg bulged with Blue blood from -31, nations tonight on the eve of a Royal wedding which will unite Fence Jenaii of Luxembourg and Princess Josephine Charlotte of ". He Vangui ird of an expected 7000 visitors jammed this picturesque " dark haired bridegroom to be who Wili one Day become the grand Liike of Luxembourg and Rule Over the tiny but Rich realm of 300,600 people with valuable Coal steel and Iron  meets betrothed Prince Jean 32, met Bis intended Bride s train at the Luxembourg Border kissed her soundly then Rode with her into the City which will become her Home. He wore a military  Princess 25, looked Radiant in a Rose coloured velvet dress and Matching hat As she stepped Smil ing from the  crowd of several thousands cheered them As they walked Over Long red carpets o their waiting limousines and drove off towards Luxembourg Palace. They will be married tomorrow morning in a ceremony which will add another link to the close ties already binding neighbouring Bel Gium and Luxembourg. Three Kings three Queens 40 princes and princesses plus a score of lesser nobility came Here for the  nations the glittering array of guests represented Noble families of Bel Gium Luxembourg the nether lands Norway Sweden Denmark Liechtenstein Austria Italy France and Germany. The British Royal family still in mourning for the death of Queen Mary was represented by Geoffrey c. Allbin Britain s minister to Luxembourg. The Royal guests arrived Here throughout Thuc Day by rail plane and  Baudouin of Belgium and his father former King Leopold accompanied the Bride on the Royal train from Brussels. Belgian Queen Mother Elisabeth came by car. Former King Umberto of Italy arrived by train from Lisbon while Bis former Queen Marie Jose motored in from Switzerland. Queen Juliana of the nether lands flew Here in a plane piloted by her Consort Pidoce Beroard. City a narrow streets lit  of Mariy Ojord lamps and decked with flags and Flowers. A thousands of cheering spectators got their first big thrill of the gala festivities this afternoon when the attractive Blond Bride arrived by special Royal train from Bel Gium. She was escorted by the brim refugee air lift flew 40,832 to West in March. Bonn Apia 8 is the fed eral refugee ministry reported to Day that 48,136 East German Refu gees arrived in West Berlin in March and that 40,832 Eastern refugees were air lifted from free Berlin to Western Germany for resettlement. The West German states have agreed to accept 46,500 of the March refugees. The number of refugees arriving and flown out established an All time record. The March. Refuge air lift was fourfold greater than that for january. Previous months total of 10,439 refugees were air lifted in january an average of 336 a Day., and 14,679, in february. _ during March the fewest number of refugees flown out was s4s and the largest number 2,116, on march26. The government revealed that the commercial air lift which the germans had feared would be in adequate is now flying More Refu gees out of Berlin than Are arrive ing., this has been the Case every Day since March 12, with toe exception of two Days. Penicillin finder to wed London april s a sir Alex Ander Fleming 71-year-old discoverer of penicillin took out a License today to marry  Coutsouris a 40-year-old Divorcee. Editor relates last night As Moscow guest Eugene a. Simon a one of a group of american news and radio expect Tutti is now leaving Russia by train after a tueefc1 visit in Rios Civ. Simon is presi Dent and general manager of the Valley daily news at pay by Eugene a. Simon written for the associated press Moscow april 8 Apas to. Read this our group will be on a train rolling West Over the ancient. Muscovy Plains Down through White Russia towards Poland an Berlin. We Are scheduled to reach by in before noon tomorrow. A spend the night there and then fit to London. After a six hour Lay. Over there we Board a trans void airlines plane for an overnight hop to new York where we a. Scheduled to arrive saturday mom ing. " to feted by press before leaving our group wat entertained at a Buffet supper by Moscow journalists at the Houat of journalists a professional evil pc the program included color movies of scenes front the opera Romeo and Juliet and Prince Igor and the Ballet Swan Lake which we had seen the Prev Iov  j some 30 leading russian journalists and writers were at this to j formal social gathering. It Titt been a Long time since the a. Sians had thus entertained arced-1 cans  
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