European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 1948 the stars and stripes Page 5 Soldier of week Consia by Albert Burchard staff correspondent March 14 everybody was so cold and hungry and tired even the fact that their buddies were Send could not touch of he morning of 19 the 4j3rd tried a but they could not make and after that everybody was pretty quiet and and won dered mostly How Long it would be and when the next hot Chow would come in the afternoon the surrender order came an office came up with a White Anc that ended the fighting for the after nine Days in the line it happened a Little East of in searched and counted tie men were searched and counted and cold which Way to they marched four or five Miles that according to George now of 1st the nest morning at the men were marched to a town called about 25 or 28 Miles away in they spent an other night and the next Day they were Given food German hardtack and cheese night they were loaded into tie train moved Only at once a Day the doors were unlocked and everybody could gel out to recalls pm Days gel they spent eight Days in those and were fed it was Christmas eve when they were Given for each seven men there was one British red Cross package with noodles and powdered Jones and the others mixed them with Safe Driver George Jones noodles for Christmas there was a can of Plum pudding and something like after eight Days in the boxcars they came to bad where they spent 28 at bad orb the officers and non coms were separate from the privates and Jones he was a sergeant and went to about 25 Miles South of to stalag he stayed there until when the Camp was liberated by the 6lh it was Good Jones went Back to the states in april most of the men with him got out of the but who had enlisted at the age of on stayed he returned overseas and joined the constabulary at Biebrich As transportation he now is my platoon j when Jones enlisted 24 years he got into the Railroad mortars mounted on railway he was observer for 32 mortars in c 52nd he spent his first six years in the army at in the same and when they closed Down the Post he moved with his outfit to Han and than to in september when the War Europe Jones had spent nine years in the 62nd on 3inch antiaircraft he was on Maneu vers at Plattsburg when the news rushed to Home stations everybody was called off Man he and rushed to their Home five Days half of Totten was on the Way to j Jones stayed in Panama until when he came Home he was sent to Camp As a Corporal of and then to the 423rd 106th at Jones came overseas on the Queen he made sergeant in and when he came to France in november and moved up in trucks to he thought the War might be Over he and his outfit passed the Siegfried line and and went into the line six Days Rommel counter yes earnings top for december bad March 14 Spe european Exchange sys i in december sold Worth of it was i announced net profit by yes for that period 1 of ailed deducted from the total sales by Kes were Cost of wages and salaries and other Fol i lowing is the yes balance Sheet Brig commander of the Bremerhaven port of places the be Black and Gold Safe Driver band on the Arm of his allem Drivers Wear the band As part of bees no Accident Drivers involved in accidents lose the corps occupation briefs police dogs going on duty As be guards this week March 14 Spe scrap Iron and 500 of Alu will put its first canine Minum ingots in the zone of Cial guards on duty this week at seven Germany Are being accepted and win be opened publicly in Heidel command army the announced thirty specially trained German police dogs Are due Here tomorrow and will go on immediate duty with bees German Industrial officer in charge under the Provost said be police trained in handling the dogs will use them on night bogs and handlers were trained at the Darmstadt Heidelberg billets limited March 14 special Heidelberg military Post authorities reminded dec personnel Here that Heidelberg is off limits to declared a closed City some weeks officials reiterated the warn ing that Only personnel travelling on orders will be Given in army classes in Vienna March 14 classes in the first army education Center to open Here Unitt the sex pan fled troop education program Start classes will be conducted on both nigh school and College Levels and willbe open to american and Allied military and civilian person Nel and their subjects include English Compo plane and solid be american elementary and intermediate bookkeeping Ann elementary Gregg news reporting and Classy Ortii be held twice a week hour and half each evening 9ver period of eight bids sought bids March 14 tons of army Berg at May Neucom announced senior chaplain named March 14 Vanholm will succeed maj Charles Mcgee As senior troop chaplain for Ufa in was announced Mcgee will leave shortly for the a Veteran of 52 months service in the who was born in wears the Bronze army commendation presidential unit Pacific theater ribbon with two and the philippine liberation take part in Gya March 14 Spe the month of february More than German youths participated in activities sponsored by the 28th it was announced by 1st Glen Black Gya among the activities attended were the boxing matches held at bad standards school toured March 14 special Winfield of the g3 Ufa has completed a today inspection tour of the school of standards at Zell am it was announced army identifies dead Pilot March 14 Here identified the Pilot who died a few minutes after Landing his plane and passenger an army air base near Lanz authorities said he was Lionel Hoffman of Saa his death was unofficially attributed to a heart 1 soviets seize tvo austrians March 14 More austrian nationals have been seized in the past few Days by soviet military authorities Accord ing to an announcement made yester Day by a spokesman for the aus Trian ministry of the spokesman said he had received eyewitness accounts of the alleged seizure of Erich Poersch an Engineer who has been employed in the soviet controlled i Siersdorf Oil who is engaged to marry Natalia a russian National living in exile in was arrested four Days ago and has not been seen since that the same source said that 28 year old Hertha an austrian employee of the soviet state Bank in this has also been reported missing four the official declared that the two incidents upped the figures of aus Trian either allegedly arrested or abducted by the soviets during the past 12 to approximately 50 safety record wins award March 14 the special services of con yesterday chalked up Miles of driving without an Accident and will be Given a special commendation for the safety t the which has gone for a six month period without a vehicle has had As Many As 14 jeeps and three Quarter ton trucks assigned to it during the record although the unit is Down to two jeeps the Provost mar Shal pointed out that on the dec Accident average both of these jeeps would have been wrecked by this Denali Mia Stry urges cooperation March 14 bavarian Denali fiction ministry tried association for the victims of fascism to rescind a decision releasing its members torn further cooperation with de Lazi fiction Philipp chairman of he has charged that High ranking nazis go free while ittle party members Are persecute a no longer win lend heir Good name to such a in Camille second in com Mand of the Denali fiction replied that the ministry can under stand the exasperation of persecutes at certain Denali fiction but he urged the association to continue to Wurz Birg impounds 3 cars on 1st Day of safety drive March 14 special three vehicles were impounded for violation of safety regulation on the first Day of a spot of vehicles conducted by Wurzburg Mil itary Post safety ordnance technicians and military the impounded vehicles will be released Only on certification by the commander of the unit to which they Are assigned that they will not be placed in service until deficiencies have been the safety Check will be continued until completion of the safety drive March Truscott Post filled March 11 Gerald Gowell has assumed command of the 2nd 16th at Camp assets current assets inventory current total current and other total liabilities and net Worth liabilities total total liabilities and net statement of profit and loss for period from 1947 to Cost of profit on less and expenses less other in net my praises Hesse charter March 14 special a plea to the hessian common Man o take a More vigorous part in the running of his state As a Means of ensuring the Freedom and rights idea for by the hessian cons Titu Lon was made last night by Otto the voice of Hesse Mili tary in a German language broadcast Over r a d i a speaking on behalf of the Omagh civil administration Atzert red hessians to abandon the Polit Cal apathy which grew up in Ger Many during nazi he said the hessian charter is o Good it has been referred to As there Are he who would like have the Ger Man people believe that they Are of ready for democracy and that Only a Strong Man can do the thinking for ruins of our once Beautiful cities Are Elo sent testimony to the fact that the ate of a people should never be laced in the hands of one fivers for safety ideas Bremerhaven safety idea Board looks Over the first Batch of entries in the port of embarkation safety idea a prize is awarded for each sniff Gestson judges Are left to right col Molony and corps