European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse L. Ill to. 1 weekend the Magazine of the stars and stripes March 13. 1948 Tor Dick Jota is associate editor Sterling lord John Sharnik Oliver Gregg Howard Art director Vincent Sandoval production chief Steven r. J. Lakos assistant editors Daniel Farson Ralph l. Harwood John h. Powers Dorothy n. S. Russell Grace Schmidt " chief photographers. Michael Vaccaro Jar. Contributing editor Germany William b. Lee Russell Jones Dorothy Gles Arthur Noyes Julia Edwards Joseph Fleming Werner win fanning. Austria Ernie Reed. France Eugene Levin. Morton go Delirod. Italy Betty Luros. J new York William Stuyvesant. H. Lieutenant colonel William m. Summers editor in chief articles i is my last 14 Days in Prague a. By Pavel Tigrid 7 the Cleveland plan. .1 by Clarke Beach 10 the two Bill Mauldin -. By William Stuyvesant 11 report from Czechoslovakia. By Ernest s. Lei ser 19 feature my fight for democracy. By Eduard Benes 5picture the perfect fool. .-.-. 2 dependents on the Range 8 Bermuda bound. 15 jazz rocks the Riviera. /. 18 features f crossword. By Charles Erlenkotter 23f sad sack. George Baker s cartoon 23 departments a ? letters to the editor .1. 3r Over the weekend. A column by the editors those United states. By Hal Boyle and Charles Honce books notes and reviews movie review killer Mccoy. U. S. Zone release movie guide. Films now showing 4 17 20 21 Over the weekend the arrival of a Sun seeking weekend Contin gent at the Chilly site of the Nice International jazz festival Page 18 was the occasion for a sentimental reunion. One of the festival principals the French guitarist Django Reinhardt had visited Pung Stallone gala Day Las summer and has since occupied the position of favorite son by adoption among the local american Colony. Dropping into the Black Hole of Hesse one sunday afternoon Between zone bookings Django had no sooner drawn an Idle Finger Over a string whence. Found himself absorbed into a rambunctious local jazz group made up of erstwhile musicians reduced by circumstances to Jour Lialis. This ensemble. Which generally prefers. To remain Anonymous. Has been previously identified in these columns As the nether Hess Dixieland five. Editorially they have also Bee referred to As the twelve o clock terrors an their performances de scribed As the Minnig Rimassa cres both being references to the hour at which the members of the group occasionally assemble without warn eng to foist their talents on the unsuspecting patrons of of Ungstad s single bar and Grill. A on that memorable summer s Day when Django cast his lot with the twelve o clock terrors he was apparently unaware of the risk to his . He plunged rashly into the Enterprise taking double chorus after chorus alternately on the guitar and on a borrowed violin which he returned Sjo its of Ungstad owner just As it was about to crumble in a Heap of soldering ashes. At Midnight both Django and the terrors were still running Strong on their first wind and at Dawn of Ungstad s a Subb Lesones still trembled with the beat. At seven so clock in the morning having proved himself and redeemed the nether Hesse Dixieland five for Al time before , Django coolly straightened jigs 52nd Street Necktie packed up his guitar and of Ungstad s favorite started Back to Frankfurt to catch a Day s last month in Nice with the memory of of Ungstad during the Midsummer madness Django Shook his head nostalgically. A Fine he said. A Temple of the one of the Best known correspondents in the euro Pean War Hal Boyle the self styled poor Man s Ernie Pyle returns to american readers in Europe this week a co author with Charles Honce also of the associated Pressor those United states " Page 4. Borle s previous exploits in Europe and also in Africa where he followed the american troops left their Mark. While Hal was making a name for himself As a writer he was also earnings name As a humorist a reputation which carried itself to Remote Corners of the world. In North Africa there Are still arabs who chant the English Hal taught them Back in 1942 vote for Hal Theara s pal and vote for Boyle son of the in his serious moments the former Butcher s boy earned the gratitude of fighting men by telling the Home folks just what the boys in the lines did and thought. Many of his fellow War correspondents consider his Story of the Guy in the pin striped suit one of the finest pieces of War reporting. Twas simply told Hal s Story of How an infantry Man during the bulge Felt toward that Home front hero who set a Bond Selling record so they can afford to put marvels instead of Che seas his Battlefront reporting won him the pulitzer prize and when the shooting War ended a roving stateside assignment for associated press a rather enviable beat for any reporter. Those who know him however claim that what Boyle really wants to turn his hand to is we re on the subject of the associated press we might As Well Point out that Clarke Beach whose the Cleveland plan the Story of workers for world Security a movement for world govern ment in the Middle West the traditional stronghold of isolationism appears on Page 10, is also an a correspondent. His roving assignment however is confined by the City limits of Cleveland Ohio. Weekend s cover shows mrs. Marcia a. Gamble one of a group of american women who started on a carbine familiarization course for dependent sin Neu Biberg air base near Munich. Cover photo graph arid pictures for dependents on the Range Page ,8 Are the work of weekend s Hans Hubman. Letters to the plane builder sir. I was very much interested in the article concerning Model plane build ers As set Forth in a recent edition of weekend january 24. I have been building Model gaol theand diesel powered planes for several years and hoped to be Able to continue my Hobby while in the european. Com Mand. Although i. Packed sufficient kits motors,.and accessories to last for some time i did not pack dopes an thinners because of restrictions on packing inflammable material in hold baggage. Since arriving Here i have been unable to locate a source of suppl of sufficient items As Cement Balsa Wood filler dopes and thinner. I would appreciate any information you May have As to where these items can be procured in the european command or what arrangements the Eagle club makes i securing delivery from the United states. John a Belh Mangasing. If Reader Bethman will write Wiesbaden s Eagle club Apo 633, they will be Able to furnish him with limited quantities of the needed materials and Tell him where More May be ordered in the states. England go Brathol Siri am not in the habit of writing to magazines but after Reading sergeant Macnessa s offensive letter weekend. February 28 about the English i feel i must protest on behalf of. My fellow countrymen. The sergeant has the in. Pertinence to say using the unfortunate idiom of his country that sure tis More than a Little pathetic that eng land s Lack of Talent forces her to claim the Irish writers As her this is Arather preposterous statement to make of the country which has produce Shakespeare Dickens Shelley Keats Byron Thackeray Fielding and Many others it does t seem to have occurred to the sergeant that the few passable writers of Ireland have found their own country so distasteful that they promptly led to England where they were welcomed and made famous. In fact it i such irishmen As Shaw Wilde and o Casey who have claimed England a their country rather than the other Way it is. Wrong to take the absurd yet characteristic remarks of a irishman so seriously. However mrs. G. B. Shaw the wife of one of outmost distinguished playwrights left part of her Money to improve the bad manners of the Irish and i earnestly Hope that some of this is spent in s behalf. Frank Witherspoon Frankfurt pseudo staff writer writes Sirin my role As pseudo staff an feature writer for the Munich american i have had to look Forward for feature that May be of interest to our readers the few we have and up until the present Date have been successful. How Ever one Bone of Contention to have been gnawing on for weeks is that some paper should do a feature on All unit publications in the zone. If an individual Post publication would take upon itself such a Story the possibility of prejudice would crop up. If on the other hand weekend wit hits excellent staff would take on such a project equal notoriety would be Given to All. Charles j. Farad Munich weekend duly lettered Calls Reader Farad s attention to thee s Home town weeklies de Cember 17, 1947. Other articles re lated to the general subject of unit publications Are planned for the future
