European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday August 12,1959 Tab stars and stripes army issues statement on turkish Case Washington up the army has issued a statement on the Case of one of two . Servicemen reported tortured by Turk ish authorities after the Soldier s arrest on a Dollar smuggling charge. The statement mentioned sgt Dale m. Mccuistion and did not refer to the other Man allegedly beaten air. Force sgt James d. King. The air Force has not commented on his Case the army statement said Noth ing of the alleged tortures mentioning merely minor bruises which could have been obtained during his apprehension which was official statement the statement said sgt Dale m. Mccuistion .army, born dec. 10, 1931, Holly Wood calif., was arrested by Turk ish authorities on 4 aug. 1959, in Izmir Turkey on charges of smuggling dollars in violation of turkish currency Laws. He complained of being beaten by Turk ish authorities and was examined by a service medical officer. There were some minor bruises on sgt Mccuistion but these could have been obtained during his apprehension which was resisted. His commanding officer interviewed him the same Clay he was arrested. There was no indication he Wasin a he is presently in the custody of turkish police in Izmir tur Mccuistion and King complained to american authorities that the were tortured after their arrest and held in a. Dungeon beneath stable according to reports. . Air Force col Robert , commander of the . Logistical detachment at Izmir was permitted to see the men Las tuesday. After this visit the prisoners were removed to a regular jail an their treatment improved. The pair and 2 others arrested at the same time were arraigned before a turkish court last wednes Day. They were then remanded to police custody to await trial. No Date has yet been set for the trial. Thieves get $1,900 at two hospitals Helena Mont. A roman Catholic hospitals in five Montana cities have been raided by thieves in the past week. Loot was obtained in two cities $400 i Helena and about $1,500 in Bil Lings. Alert Sisters routed intruders i offices of hospitals at great Falls Missoula and Miles City where nothing was stolen. Most of the Money was in Wal lets of nearly 50 Sisters who were taking part in religious Money representing travel expenses for the Sisters from other cities had been left in offices Oft. Vincent s Hospital in Billings and St. John s Hospital in Helena. Beer puts out fire but not policemen Waterloo Canada up George c. Green 35, used Beer to extinguish a fire under the Hood of his car. Waterloo police complimented him for his resourcefulness then charged him with Drunken driving having liquor illegally and being drunk in a Public place. Migration the easy Way Henderson Tenn. Up a. W. Garland reported that he s playing Host to a nest of baby Wrens who have travelled 500 Miles and still can t Fly. The nest is Inu a Florist s delivery headed for soviet capital Oxford University students Board London bus they bought for six Day trip to Moscow. Thirty nine Are on the tour. Up telephoto students off to Moscow pin double Decker bus London up an English and an american student from Oxford University took Possession of a red double Decker London bus and headed North on a 4,000-mile journey to Moscow and Back. The students Are John Cockrane Canada orders deportation of Yugo stowaways Ottawa up an Appeal against a deportation order fro Canada made by four yugoslav stowaways was rejected Here by acting immigration minister Fulton. The quartet three men and woman will be placed aboard the danish freighter Olav brought them to Montreal a week ago and is scheduled to leave for Thule Greenland. Wednesday or application by the four to re main in Canada was rejected two Days after their arrival and they were ordered deported. They appealed the decision to the immigration minister who has the Power to admit persons to the country by special permit on humane or sympathetic grounds. Fusion acted for absent Immi Gration minister Ellen Fairclough. As Well As ruling on the four stowaways Fulton also rejected an Appeal by two other yugoslavs who were taken off the italian freighter rigoletto last thursday. They were identified As Milentije Stanislave Vich and Vitomir Isailovic both 27. 24, and his american Rhode scholar companion Gary Parker formerly of Princeton University. The students who bought thebus on behalf of the Oxford University conservative assn., have been training several Days at Chis Wick depot for the Long haul. The Drivers will alternate at the wheel As they carry 37 other Oxford University students in the second hand bus to the soviet capital. The two students Are driving first to Hanover Germany where they will be met by the other Stu dents wednesday. The 39 students then will Cru Sealo in via Berlin Warsaw Minsk and Smolensk to Moscow in Russia they will be the guests of Moscow University for two weeks after which they will turn South again and make the return6-Day bus ride. Before leaving Cockrane who likes to undertake the unusual and the awkward said he did not expect the 20-year-old bus to cause any difficulties. But just to be sure he is taking$85 Worth of spare parts. The Cost of the four week trip for each member of the bus tour will be approximately $140. Bullet stuffed Loii Casper Wyo. Up stories of Lions roaming near Here have brought trouble to a Casper taxidermist. Lam. A. Oler owner of a downtown shop reported that stuffed Mountain lion in his win Dow had been shot with a .22 Cal Rifle right through the Glass. Hitler letter found ordering Himmler to forge British pounds Toplitz Fusee Austria up a letter from Adolf Hitler to his Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler and other top secret documents of nazi Germany were recovered from Toplitz Lake monday it was Learned Here tuesday. The searchers who have worked Here for weeks to recover forged British Money from the grounds of Toplitz Lake said they will hand Over All documents to austrian authorities. They did not reveal any details on the recovered documents but said Only that they included very interesting background material on the forgery of British Money Dur ing world War action Bern hard one of the searchers said the Case contained a letter from Hitler to Himmler giving consent to the Start of action Bernhard the big Gest forgery in history aimed at ruining Britain s Economy during the War by faking Pound notes. This letter proves that action Bernhard was first suggested by Himmler the searchers said. The Case also contained other top secret documents of Himmler office but the searchers refused to confirm that it included also the diaries and personal documents of the late chief of nazi Security. Other documents reportedly found in the Case included a list of the nazi espionage about Brit Ain s defense system the searchers said. The recovered material also re Veals details on the forgery of British Pound notes which we remade during the War at the Ger Man concentration Camp at Sach Senhausen it was stated. The documents show that the forger were perfectly familiar with the serial numbers of British Pound notes issued by the Bank of eng land the searchers said. Khrushchev May discuss jewish role Stockholm a Nikita s. Khrushchev has indicated willing Ness to discuss the position of the jews in the soviet Union it was reported to the world jewish con Gress meeting Here. The report was Given by Philipm. Klutznick honorary president of the jewish organization b Naib Rith. The difficulties of the russian jews to maintain and develop their own cultural and religious life has been the number one topic on the Agenda. Or. M. L. Perlzweig Congress International affairs director Hassid that the organization will try to let Khrushchev know about the problem of the soviet jews one Way or another when he comes tothe . Klutznick Khrushchev that he was willing to see Amer ican jewish leaders when visiting president Eisenhower. Told the Congre Shad passed a word Anne Marie to return to school Rockefeller plans honeymoon in . Kristiansand Norway a Steven Rocke Feller and his norwegian Bride to be plan an extended honeymoon in the Hills of Wyoming friends Here said. After that Anne Marie Rasmussen Rockefeller Wille Roll at Columbia University pursuing the Art courses she had started at the metropolitan museum in new York during the months she was being courted Steven Lias said he would be engaged in family business training to play a role in the administration of one of the greatest fortunes in the the present the Young millionaire and his father s former maid kept the world mystified Asto their whereabouts. They disappeared in the rugged Rocky Interior of Norway Bent on privacy before their aug. 22 wed Ding Here. A Gray Sedan carried the son of now York Rockefeller his Bride to be and her parents out of the nearby Village of Sone to an undisclosed place. A Rockefeller representative said they would begone for a week. Steven will have to be Back Here next monday or tuesday to receive his Mother. The governor is expected a Day or two later. Snake cult s rally brings Large turnout fort Payne Ala. A More than 200 persons from four states attended an annual Snake handlers Homecoming Here. Four Poison Ous reptiles were fondled by cult leaders during the All Day service. The Chattanooga Tenn news free press reported persons from Kentucky Georgia Tennessee Arf Alabama were on hand for the meeting held at a Rural Church. The snakes two rattlers and two copperheads were passed around during loud singing and handclaps no. The Tempo increased the news paper reported. The snakes were handled by More and More of the congregation. Several times the snakes would strike in the air but failed to As the singing died Down the snakes were returned to their boxes and visiting preachers be Gan telling of their experiences. We Don t believe handling snakes will get you to heaven one said but we do think you must get saved by believing and being baptized. Then As it says in Mark,16th chapter you will take up ser Snake handler bitten refuses to see doctor Manchester by. A a member of a Snake handling religious cult refuses to see a doctor about a Rattlesnake bite on his hand. The reverend Shilo Collins head of the Eastern Kentucky cult of the holiness Faith identified theman As forester Asher 26, and said we Are praying for him audit in t necessary to see a he quoted Asher the father office children As saying i m count ing upon the lord to heal Collins said Asher was bitten by five foot Rattler during services at Asher s Home. Canoeists fail Channel try Cherbourg a a Wear group of teen age British canoeists were taken aboard a British naval ship about one mile off the French coast. They had tried to Row from Poole England across the English Channel to Strong gusts of wind blew the 48 canoeists off course and hey were taken aboard a mine layer about 20 Miles West of ship had accompanied the group on the attempted Channe crossing. Cat is headed off Rome a mrs. Giacinta Demartini 34, is in a Hospital with injuries suffered when a cat Fellon her head from the fourth floor of an apartment House. The cat scampered safely to the ground from mrs. De Martini s Browtt hair
