European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and strikes wednesday july 29, t959 in i Taipei piping fight cold War with Rice by John Roderick Tokyo a nationalist China and the piping reds Are engaged in a Battle of the Rice bowls. Food not bullets is the ammunition in this desperate propaganda  sides Are trying to Sway the minds of thousands of chinese made miserable by recent floods both in China and on the British Colony of  regime is using Rice to get across its message but the amount involved is too Small to alleviate much of the human suffering. On june 29, the chinese nationalist air Force dropped Small bags of Rice accompanied by propaganda leaflets on the flood suicide threat causes Melee at Beer party Gulfport Fla. A four Hundred persons at a Beer party Early a dozen policemen and two reporters were involved in a go around that followed a Stoman s threat to commit suicide. Police gave this account after they restored order without Mak ing any arrests or finding any in juries a woman identified As mrs. Bet to Jensen began disrobing at a party in a Beach Casino and rushed out to the surf saying she was going to commit  sgt. Tom colder dragged her out of the Waves. Someone yelled Over the Public address sys tem that the woman was being molested. To her Rescue came the whole throng attending the United Auto workers Beer party. Colder was roughed up but pulled free and summoned help from neighbouring St. Petersburg. Ten officers responded. St. Peters Burg times reporter Margaret car Roll and St. Petersburg Independent reporter Bill Mitchell were jostled in the Melee before the police broke up the crowd. Norway plans nato meet Oslo a students from each of the 15 North Atlantic treat organization countries will meet aug. 15 to 29 for a seminar in  norwegian foreign ministry is arranging the seminar which will Deal with nonmilitary cooperation within  the meetings will be norwegian foreign minister Hal Yard m. Lange. Among the lecturers will be shape chief of staff Gen Coral arid. Van. Rens Lelaer  will include sir Evelyn Schuck Jaburg assistant nato Secretary general for political affairs  Deputy Secretary general Albe Vico  soviet expert Stephan Thomas will speak on interaction Exteen foreign policy and domes tic policy in soviet  seminar will take place at stricken Mainland provinces of Kiangtung and Fukien. The reds countered by sending on july 9 so tons of Rice to flood victims in Hon Kong a majority of whom Are pro nationalist chinese  next Day vice Premier Wang Yunwu of nationalist China be came head of a special committee in Taipei to plan further Airdrop on the two provinces where thou Sands lost their Homes. Chiang offer rejected the reds earlier had turned Down an offer by nationalist presi Dent Chiang Kai Shek to extend Aid to the Mainland chinese. The nationalists obviously Knewin Advance from past experience that the communists would refuse their overtures. But it was a Good move in the cold  two chivas Rice War comes on the heels of a report from the United nations that world Rice production is at a Peak. But despite red chinese claims of a 150 million ton Rice crop big Ger than that of the rest of the world combined returning travel ers and the communists themselves report food shortages on the main land. ,. Million refugees and overcrowding and unemployment on Hon Kong have made food a problem for the 2 million refugees  nationalists had made irregular drops on the Mainland up to the time of the Quemoy crisis last year. They stopped when the . Pointed out that such acts might provoke the reds to extend the scope of the  Kai Shek s officials Dis claimed any intention of alleviating the food crisis with their tiny Rice packages. They said they merely wished to underscore the Prosperity of the new nationalist base on  the same Way the reds can not possibly expect to influence the Hon Kong chinese with their eager offerings. The refugees repeatedly have resisted piping s attempts to woo them Back. The Tranberg Norway. Estate in Central new Bike a real steal Miami Fla. A a Young Man Riding an old bicycle robbed bicycle repair shop of $50, then made his getaway on a new $48 Bike police said. Engineer huffs puffs As engine runs wild spinal France a a steam locomotive suddenly took off from the freight Yard leaving its Engineer and fireman chasing  had just climbed Down for a Short rest. After a merry three mile journey the locomotive was sidetracked onto a dead end Spur where it smashed into the Barrier left the tracks and ended up across a  one was Hurt. Queen goes underground Queen Elizabeth wears a helmet while visiting a Nickel mine in Sud Foury onic during the British monarchs tour of Canada mine director is at the right. Associated press photo Royal furnishings will be sold at auction London a a rare Public Sale of treasures owned by Britain Royal family has been announced by the Art auction House of Christie s. The articles from the collection of the late Queen Maryv will be auctioned off oct. 1-2. They in clude French and English Furni Ture curtains carpets mirrors and objects of Art. The treasures Are presently leptin Queen Mary s former London residence Marlborou g h House which Queen Elizabeth ii has Given to the British government for use As a conference House. From King s estate not All of tie furnishings willbe needed when the building by comes a conference House a spokes Man for Christie s said. This is probably Why her majesty has or dered the  proceeds of the auction presumably will go into the Royal coffers. Christie s said the Only other Royal sales in recent memory were swedish group names head Moline 111. Up Martin w. Carlson of Chicago was elected grand master of the Independent order of Vithold at the group annual gathering. The 10,000-Mem Ber swedish organization also chose David Johnson of Minne Apolis As vice grand master. Rut British College denies ban snobbery town girls called off . England a boys a one of England s Swan Kiest Bools have been advised discreetly. Dating town girls just in t  Young gentlemen at Mallem col lege must choose their girl friends instead from three or four expend ii be private schools nestling in there. A Jujj showgirls and Eveno vacation in this quaint old  town Ope Sute for be boy to i week Jachet. Wolf whistles Are out too. An local Belles Are asked to look the other Way As they pass. Not that there is anything so crude As a Bam \ Call it advice said headmaster Donald Lindsay discreet advice the year old headmaster quickly added it is not snobbery you know. It a question of manners boys will be boys Muttu let then a Many of Malvern s 580 pupils their Well heeled families pay 38c pounds $1,064 a year remain in  one 18-year-old it is snobbery. There is no other word for it. We like girls and Wedon t care if they Are housemaids so Long As they re pretty. And  of the prettiest girls 1 have seen Are in Holiday.  of minor Knick Knacks consigned by the Duke of Windsor and the Duke of Gloucester. Many of the items in the Sale Queen Mary s effects came to he rom the estates of King Edward i and Queen Alexandra. They lived n Marlborough House when the were Prince and Princess of Wales some pieces of furniture Bear the Royal ciphers of King George v King Edward Vii and King Georg ii. Included Are a pair of mahogany cabinets made for King George Iby William vile an 18th centum craftsman who was a contemporary and rival of Chippendale. Demo charges it perils defense Washington up rep. Het hol Iteld a Calif said the . Under the Eisenhower administration is not prepared to Trike Back and cause any appreciable damage to an aggressor nation. He also said the strategic air. Come Sac does not have in the air at All times the percentage of in Hydrogen bombers that has been  he blamed this on the present budget balancing policy Holifield made the statements on a recorded radio panel show.-, the California congressman who  an inquiry into the effects of an All out nuclear War said such a conflict would put us Back hundreds and hundreds of  manned bomber threat discussing Russia s present threat which he said was manned bombers rather than missiles holi Field said he. Was by no Means advocating preventive War. But he said the . Should be on the same starting line As Russia. We should not be in the position  can let them hit us first and then we can Serena our people because that would be too late he said. I think we would suffer in the kind of attack which we his sub committee assumed around 50 million immediate casualties and some 20-od"d million  under the circumstances holi Field said i do not believe that we could retaliate to the extent that it would cause appreciable damage to a foreign country i we survived a massive attack on  found the cock flying a questioner asked if Holifield s policy of being even with Russia on  line would not involve keeping part of the strategic air come in the air ,24 hours a Clay. Yes it would mean that the congressman replied. Plastic bag warning Washington a a Spe Cial warning to new parents concerning the dangers of plastic bags to their babies is being distributed with copies of infant care the government s Best Selling Publica Tion. European edition the stars army Navy air Force cot John d. Nottingham Saft  it cot t. J. Cunningham jr., Usa asst editor in chief Nathan j. Margotin managing editor Jack Ellis sports editor Homer a. 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