European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1947, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Resort grows in hands continued from Potje 20 to gis and their the remaining three Hundred Beds going to army officers and their making Garmisch the Shangrila that one i called it after his visit this involved improving and maintaining entertain ment facilities already in and letting people know about Scotty spread the merits of the bavarian Oasis All Over and when he got the people to he continued to Tell them and sell them on what was going on while they were in the Spring of last he went Home on temporary one of the few times since he went in with tenth armoured that Scotty has been any farther from Garmisch than coming when he hit be Havre in june he bumped into an old Friend lieutenant Bill Cleg formerly of Usset Public relations in it was Cleghorn who gave Scotty the idea for one of his big promotion Cleghorn parting words As he boarded the ship for Home were dont every Days a Holiday in on the train Back to that phrase kept bouncing around in Scot Tys and when he got Back to Garmisch he put it on paper and out on the every Days a Holiday in Garmisch bounced All Over shortly after it visiting Tennis players from Switzer heard took it Back with and a few Days later it appeared in an advertisement in a Paris every Days a Holiday in during the summer and fall of Don Brewer and his announcers from an Munich threw the slogan out on the air from Munich and when they were broadcasting from their Garmisch an installation that publicity Wise Scotty fostered and Scotty used the slogan pretty frequently himself in the Many times he filled in with the an staff As sports announcer at skiing and Golf events simply by virtue of the fact that he knew As much about these sports As anyone in the and was probably Able to talk about them More than anyone in the Scotty enjoys talking about sports almost As much As he likes to talk about an took advantage of this enthusiasm one saturday when Scotts partner didst appear to assist in the broadcast and Scotty had to talk 120 minutes with out Only twice when he was on the has Scotty failed to mention the holi Syi Garmisch both these times he was broadcasting in in spite of the fact As one of his secretaries pointed Scotty has no Conception of German he has a practical conversational and with a Little coach ing and rebroadcast briefing was Able to carry on for five uninterrupted minutes about Garmisch sports in interviews with Joseph radio Munich sports what makes Scotty inter Esting to German audiences is the fact that All the major German athletes in who Are politically cleared Are working for actually they Are not in the employ of the Garmisch recreational but they Are ready and willing to compete at Garmisch when Scotty needs some athletic specialities to entertain vacationing to keep weekends full at Garmisch and to maintain a sprinkling of sports events during the Scotty has paraded a Long string of top competitors from Italy and Holland and from the european com Mand occupation sports last fall Scotty opened the foot Ball season in typical stateside but added a personal on the night preceding the 1124th engineers 644th aaa october he staged a downtown Bonfire and Snake dance through the streets of town past open lederhosen Clad bavarian the Day of tace As spectators were waiting while the teams lined up to Start a Liaison plane purred Down out of the dropped a Ball on the Geld and new it was Scotts idea of the Way to open a football another Garmisch idea to which Scotty contributed was the creation of the Casa almost no one comes to Garmisch without visit ing their expensive addition to the bavarian recreation Center officials boast designed by German architect harms this Horseshoe shaped nightclub with a sliding roof and disappearing dance floor Cost an estimated the building was erected in the i Spring and summer of and was opened August 17 of that Many of the 500 opening night ers who marvelled at the elaborate Ness of the Spanish and miniature Cam wondered that such an extensive recreation Hall had been constructed at a time when building materials were a critical item in Ger Man Economy and when Many army units were still living in appropriated wehrmacht Barracks sorely in need of Garmisch answers were twofold a greater number of troops benefited by the use of the material than if it were used in any one unit because soldiers from All Over Germany were Able to enjoy the Casa and with the exception of the the architects plans and the plumbing and electrical fixtures All materials were salvaged from the ruins of German War equipment aside from these some of which were drawn through army Supply channels with the authorization of third army Casa Carioca Metal came from the ruins of one German air plane its Glass from the remains of Garmisch officials expect the which is packed to 500 capacity for 75 per cent of the per net in profit be fore the end of for its saturday and sunday night club manager James Lynch says he has been refusing to accept reservations for tables after 8 when the club in keeping with their everything for the i Garmisch officials Point to the fact that four of the six nights the Casa Carioca is open Are reserved for when the club first the caustic visitor who realized that the Winters Are longer than the Summers in looked at the huge open roof and remarked that he thought the building was one of the most Beautiful and impractical buildings he had seen in last Winter Garmisch officials Drew up plans for a practical answer to this pertinent by april 12 they had a 120ton sliding roof installed and the club this time ready for service of a year round friends of Scotty Rogers who come to visit him in these impressive surroundings Are inclined to turn his own slogan against chiding him about having a soft who lives in his would be the last to deny that every Days a Holiday in his Only comeback but i live in weekends i cover 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