European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse March 4948 the stars and stripes Page slow clearance Job tills Street in front of berlins Deutscher opern Haus German opera House is considerably clearer now than when this photo was taken two and a half years Bat authorities feel it May take 40 years before the cites last rubble is completely news zones eyed As source of scrap metals March 10 a a special Mission reported yester Day that Western Germany has huge tonnages of surplus scrap Iron and whereas scrap is a shortage in the limiting Amer ican f the report was made to Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman by a special eight Man Mission he sent to Germany in january to the scrap 10 million tons the Mission urged vigorous efforts by the military government in Germany to obtain some surplus German steel for and Western european the Mission estimated that tons of scrap Are available in Germany in the form of de Bloyed Bridges and Industrial works the Mission commented it is held that the scrap is looked upon at an important German War Poten tial for nationalistic to being held in More scrap Metal sought by us in Germany March 10 Short of scrap Metal to feed her Tecl is sending another Mission of industrialists Toger Many an attempt to buy More minister of told a press Germany has millions of tons of beyond what could be used in Germany steel Strauss but difficulties had Arisen buying scrap from that Britain signed a contract in Ger Many in december for the delivery of tons of paying a ton in there is doubt in that the con tract will be fulfilled Fay the stipulated March new commissary cards to be issued in Munich March 18 to eliminate unauthorized commissary purchases and to Cor rect the Munich Mil itary Post will Issue new commissary Ray mond commissary Munich and Harl aching Resi dents must apply by March 15 and will use the new cards be ginning april the new cards will go into use in other commissaries of the Post area May l Berlin May need 40 years to clean up by Mildred Murphy staff correspondent March 10 at the slow rate berlins rubble cleaners Are the last Brick will be carted away in 40 according to the latest German the number of men and women cleaning rubble is one sixth of what it was in and there Are Aith More than bricks which need to be Clear cd in december number of rubble workers reached since ithe number of workers has steadily decreased until now Only Are of which 70 per cent Are labor office explaining the say that after most of the streets and main thorough fares were cleared in the latter part of for reasons of better working conditions and pos Sibly a better ration rubble cleaners sought jobs in factory work preferred workers much preferred working inside a factory than outside in the rain and cold with hardly adequate of the women now carting officials Many Are for Mer nazis who Are not allowed to hold supervisory most of the other officials prefer to do hard either in factories or cleaning because they receive a better ration card than they would in other Job they might be capable of in addition to the decreased num Ber of shortage of proper machines and equipment prevent any Quick figures show there Are still cubic meters of rubble in and during the last three years Only cubic meters have been pcs sell nuts 2 for Grapefruit juice for 5c bad March 19 juice telling at 5 cents a can in Post a permanent Mark Down set this Neucom Exchange system said a permanent lowered Price has also Bee set on nuts which will retail at two for the Price of one throughout command Post 66 per cent of Dps live in zone March 10 approximately of the United nations displaced persons living in the three Western zones of Germany Are located in the Neucom an an official breakdown showed percent or Dps in the or in the British and or residing in the French Neucom civil affairs division officials stated the soviet zone Mili tary administration reported some time ago that there is no displaced persons problem in the soviet As Lasit zone Dps were living in were living on the Ger Man Economy and were serv ing in labor service during the from 1947 to 1948 Dps were repatriated and resettled from the cad officials to Naify gis March 10 special Heinrich Himmler is established a special Camp during the War for indoctrinating american prisoners of War of German descent with nazi this was revealed in a captured German document introduced by the american prosecution in the ministries the Nurnberg War crimes trial of former govern ment officials and industrials changed among other deportation of civilian populations from conquered forced German citizenship and kidnapping foreign children to raise them As prosecutor Alvin of los introduced in court a secret letter written to Himmler in february 1944 by the is repatriation office for ethnic germans which stated that a Camp had been provided at where 20 pig of German Des cent could be accommodated and influenced in such a that they will be won Back to their 2 soldiers died Here two pm were killed and a As Well As a German seriously injured when the army Mercedes Sedan they were Riding in crashed into a Akton truck and trailer near Williard 385th my training and pfc George 385th my were George visit ing consultant at the 57th Field was credited with saving the life of Keith Hanson by a head Wiesbaden Post claims lowest crime rate dec March 10 the Wiesbaden military past has the lowest Post incident rate in the theater according to a Neucom for a three month from november to the end of Wiesbaden posted a rate of per thousand the rate is based on the number of crimes against persons and prop erty where military person Nel Are known or alleged to be the offenders and occur ring within Mili tary Post strength units of the posts Are used in computing the the worst offender of the 15 posts in the dec had a rate of per thousand Joseph Post commander at said three in his were responsible for the favourable Wiesbaden the Caliper and discipline of consolidation of facilities at Camp Lindsey and increased educational and recreational opportunities Are the first Smith the listed the second Factor As the presence of families on the Post and said the third Factor for wies Badens Good showing was the excellent performances by the Mili tary police agencies who have repeatedly served Quick notice on the criminally films on Safe driving available for showing Safe Drivers Given tests March 10 special ground safety officers at Safe installations Are going All out in their efforts to make the March no Accident Campaign at Furstenfeld Bruck air safety stickers Are being Given to All american Drivers of civilian vehicles who pass a Safe driving inspection Erding air depots 350 american and German Drivers have All signed the 10point Safe driving pledge acknowledging the individual Drivers responsibility Safe driving of his Trees Cut Down at air depot All Trees obscuring vision of military vehicles at the depot have been Cut Down As a Means of promoting Safe and in Wiesbaden huge 40foot Banner Hung across Wilhel Strasse carries the admonition in German and English take the life you save May be your avoid a air unit chalks up record of Safe Miles Smirch 10 special the 604th tactical air control at Freising has established what it believes to be a Safe driving rec Ord in the having driven More than Miles without an a Squadron transportation reported the commanded by Lloyd began its record in be Mother wins prize for school safety ideas March 10 Zeldo an employee of the Bremen Emigrant staging has become the first Winner in the Bremerhaven port of embarkation safety contest which pays for each idea adopted by the she was one of a Large number of Many of them who also Are eligible to offer ideas in the contest sponsored by be in conjunction with its no Accident Barash won on two one that a Fence be placed around swings at dependent schools and the other that Road a Ijjas be placed in the Vicinity of schools to warn motorists that children might be she has two children in the Bremen dependent stocked by signal corps units March 10 signal corps films on Safe driving and other safety practices May be borrowed by contacting the nearest signal corps film and equipment it was announced in conjunction wit the current no Accident signal corps officers stated films Are available on the following subjects Nomen fire Accident elementary driving in Point control of difficult marching and night first Echelon maintenance for motor and first Aid for Battle others Are Basic technique of swimming and elementary tactics of life safety in air safety for and films entitled its Wanton x Marks the Highway and screw Drivers and screw daily vehicle Check Marks Erding safety Campaign March 10 extensive safety program is prov ing effective in curbing mishaps and promoting driving safety at Erding air depot during no accident1 according to Dorsey Erding ground safety All Drivers have signed the 10 Point Safe driving All vehicles Are spot checked daily before they Are signs have been erected at Central traffic Points and a Mobile Loudspeaker is posted at Busy intersections to give Drivers safety mar tin in safety committees from each major Section meet once each week to discuss Progress of the removal of traffic fire prevention and enforcement of the Green and White Flag flies Over Erding depot each Day that goes by without an turkish Aid Mission group visits Erding air depot March 10 special Earl chief of the air group Mission to and his including Tekin a turkish Liaison have visited Erding air the party was greeted by Park and Earl the group visited the depots open storage Central screening division and the North site storage
