Show Halts Halls Russ Freight BERLIN Feb 4 GT UP The The United States and Britain tightened tightened tightened tight tight- ened their on the Soviet zone Friday night by banning banning banning ban ban- ning all motor freight traffic into eastern Germany from neighboring neighbor neighbor- ing European countries The embargo embargo embargo em em- bargo becomes effective Sunda Sunday It applies to all highway shipments shipments shipments ship ship- ments which heretofore have traveled trav tray across the British American-British into the Soviet zone from countries like Belgium France Switzerland the Netherlands Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg Lux Lux- embourg and Denmark Ac According to the official an- an al nou cement ement it was ordered beCaUse because because be be- cause of restrictions placed by the I Russians on travel Up to now although Britain and the United States have closed their borders to the Soviet zone to goods from western Germany they have allowed shipments from neighboring neighbor neighbor- ing countries to pass The move was another effort of the west to tighten the economic squeeze on the Soviet zone in re retaliation retaliation re re- for the blockade on Berlin |