European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes March part three tale of 3 cities a series to acquaint hundreds of moving dec personnel with their new Homes by Howard and Shirley staff correspondents staff members moving from Berlin to Frankfurt will find that one of the cites shining Virtues is the Freedom to leave it whenever the mood i Here there Are no no orders Are needed to Board a train if a traveler is leaving the occupied one is free to drive and outside the Strasbourg is a three hours drive Paris is overnight from Frankfurt Switzerland is As is Rhine main has frequent flights to All parts of information on flights May be obtained at the Carlton hotel across the Street from the Railroad Sta Tion on a bus carries air travellers to the Airport on the 15 minute ride from the Carlton Frankfurt is close to tourists and Frankfurt once one of the flourishing commercial capitals of the has much to in the ruins of smashed by there is still evidence of its ancient the tourist finds traces of the citys7past in the brightly coloured Freize on the courtyard Wall of the City there is Leon hards built in although damaged during the last has been on grosser Hirsch Graben Isth Goethe museum with its Library of although the building was heavily most of the books were next door stand Only the remains of Goethe just off Hochstrasser on opera Square Are the remains of the opera its facade bearing Goethe words dem the Fine and the eschenheimer off eschenheimer an is the Only Structure of the old gothic fortifications still very Little but the aspire of the Frankfurt tvs great most of a Skeleton burned out by fire and damaged by the Dom was built in the latter part of the 13th the whole building was restored following a fire in compound billets the majority of the newcomers will live in the com other my personnel who will not live in this will be billeted in bad Homburg and these areas Are with most including some movies and Gas local entertainment in Frankfurt offers the usual pro Gram of German theater and tickets May be had at the special services 126 Escher Heimur american clubs in Frankfurt Are the Garden at 61 is the club of it has a snack athletic concert game Hall and there is a hot for those interested and the grounds Are v spacious and handsome in Spring and there is the ref club on Homburger the rendezvous club for officers on the Corner of Kaiser Strasse and the Casino officers club is in the compound behind the open to shows movies two nights a first three graders have their own Zebra club in the yes Schumann snack bar building on the Street from the Lotos in the compound at 34 Eyssen Eck the cultural Center for americans in Frank it features classes in its Library is and there Are practice music rooms for it frequently holds Art the Lotos club gives space to Frankfurt teenagers on its top floor where the teenage with its own holds Forth a View of the main Railroad station in Frankfurt taken from the Schumann building on the arts and crafts at 18 Marisa in the compound open from 1 to 10 gives those interested an Opportunity to work in or an instructor gives music there is also a game room and a photo r there is the i country club for Lio Diers interested in the outdoor two Miles beyond there is a ski which this year wont provide much skiing or at about 20 Miles from a bus is run to the Lodge from d Gate in the j the main Library in the compound is located at 18 Hansa it has is open daily from 10 to 10 except sunday when hours Are from to 10 for the energetic Frankfurt offers Many and varied athletic activities Riding stables there Are 51 horses at Elkhorn stables in bad Horn about 10 Miles from a bus runs from d Gate to the three swimming pools Are open the Victory swim Ming in South of Frankfurt the Fec Venheim with Sun North of Frankfurt and Ober Ursel Frankfurt features a championship Gibli 18 at signs Are plentiful to and its easy to during the Winter there is boxing every thurs Day at 8 in the Betts area there basketball nightly in the Betts Are and Victory for Telephone in there Are softball games compound athletic the pal Garden athletic Field and thew is baseball six Days a week at Victory there is Bowling in Hausa Allee in the movies include theater wac theater 7 Hohenzollern Strasse near the Railroad theater t in and the 1 at 28 show ing British films and popular with All personnel in Frankfurt there is a theater in Hochst and another the main pm m in at wac Here also Are Valet gift Cloi ing radio and watch photo supplies snack Beauty parlor and a bulk sales Anotol the g is on Taurus the compound houses the Rotunda snack there Are also Barber shops on Escher Heimer and in the Excelsior across from the Road Beauty Parlours Are also located Carlton Excelsior hotel and on a perfume bar is in up there is a Valet service at 260 Escher Heimer Laius the Frankfurt dependents commissary in the compound in behind the pm on Adickes Jug Frankfurt High school is located on Friedrich Ebert on Edge of the a bus takes child Rentfr and there Are dormitories for those living in our lying live in the while girls billeted in the wac area in the us the elementary school in Frankfurt is in the Pound at 235 grades from one plus a morning and elementary schools Are also located in Hazai bad nauheim and Tours and taxis the special services room 6 at 126 a Shisei Heimer Landstrass in the will make for tourists interested in the Luxemburg Iii Swiss american 9 offers Tours the the Chase National Bank is at 11 Taurus anlage there Are pm Gas stations at 292 Hanauer 155 20 Gruenburg Weg ail 101 Mainzer yes repair stations Are Entrance to the compound where most my no Comers will the Gates Are guarded and Tion must be shown to in the background is the Rotunda snack a huge enclosed is in the behind it is the club which shows movies twice beyond buildings Sre the Hemes of copied by american Escher Heimer Landet Rasse and 330 Mainzer Lanatra miscellaneous information pm Frankfurt the stars wed stripes office is at 6 Tan for Call Western unions office in compound is at 145 Escher Sheimei liquor store is at 9294 Escher Heimer Lander Telephone european air lines out of Frankfurt include Danio dutch and Brit for reservations Call the far Frankfurt great although heavily damaged by world War ii the facade is still the Cathedral now sits in the midst of Frankfurt surrounded on All sides by heaps of the eschenheimer still once an old Nicolai right of Tower was once the of worship for mayor and Little is left of the at right is a photo of Frankfurt City in its court Yard Are examples of German Wall Art in the frieze that around the photo