European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March the stars and stripes Page 5 Farewell to commander James Kraft right assists at the cutting of the cake at his Ewell party As commanding officer of Berchtesgaden recreation aiding him is Kussell new occupation briefs making albums Germany for gis March 23 Spe folder with views of Flerman Are being made up by and it is expected will be i mailable to occupation personnel Post photo pickup to and snack bars May ies of Germany in there will be Complete e sets1 of a Index on Back of each folder will de scribe outstanding features of the tured pictures will be 4 by 5 postcard will have no markings and will suitable for mounting in folder of a dozen pictures will for 50 albums Are being makeup by photo proves photographers Are taking the Enes in various and eduction is being done in the photo finishing album Itress Are designed by the yes Neering Ovie coupons to expire March 23 Spe command movie on Are reminded that motion tire coupons will be void after after that admin will be by Cash Only motion Tore coupons will be accepted admission up to and including 3 and Are not redeemable Cash either before or after the Jle frightens thieves March 23 special iral burglar alarm Pat after those used years ago american passed its test in Lan Kreis Unter Taurus flying Omagh Rural lice officials Earl proprietor of an inn the hessian Village Oit Breit frightened a quartet of armed raiders away from by Locking himself in do and sounding several blasts on a the alarm was picked up by neighbors and relayed to the Rural police station in Breithart the who had Cut Hoehns Telephone wires to prevent him from notifying fled into the cos to attend school March 23 with the length of the course extended from four Days to noncommissioned officers from the land Salzburg and land upper Austria areas will enter classes in court martial procedure at the school of standards at Zell am see monday the class will be the of its kind to be included in the schools the first ing been completed two weeks the course divided into lec Tures on the of pro jurisdiction of and a court martial training the courses Are being Given to selected senior noncommissioned officers in anticipation of the approval of a Bill which will permit enlisted men to sit As members of a court Bremerhaven gang jailed March 23 fifteen germans were sentenced in a civilian court Here to jail terms up to five years and maximum fines of Marks for Purchas ing clothing with counterfeit Urra coupons and reselling the clothing to americans and Ger mans officials said the gang had been operating for More than two during which Tirrie they had purchased and sold More than 250 the gangs Leader was sentenced five years in jail and fined and his son received a similar others in the gang were sentenced to from six months to three years and fined a total of arc to close club services by March 31 bad March 23 Spe phaseout program of american red Cross clubs in the european command will be completed by March i the completion of the program of transferring arc clubs to Neucom special which was started july will re sult in a total of 97 army service the authorized to take care of recreational needs of Neucom occupation the authorized quota of hostesses although existing clubs Are operating with limited the Success of a recent recruiting Campaign in the states will insure the arrival in the near future of sufficient service club workers enlist again in a number of red Cross workers have joined the ranks of special fifty four red Cross girls have already transferred and More Wilt do so by april 50 per cent of army hostesses at one time or served with the red in the Pacific the states or in the Many army hostesses have a background which includes service with stateside service clubs Public military officers and enlisted women from the Spara and an former Owca workers who became interested in the recreational needs of service the phaseout of the american red Cross in the dec is part of a which was authorized May by joint letter from the office of the then Secre tary of War and american red Cross Headquarters in this letter directed that a specific number of clubs be closed each month with a target Date of March 31 this Transfer in no sense Means the cessation of one Type of but rather a fusion of parallel clubs were set up As an emergency War time americans Safe in typhoid scare 23 Lon com Mander of this said yesterday there is no typhoid epidemic in where there Are about 70 u the epidemic of about 180 cases is in four Small towns entering around 12 Miles from the water at gop Pingon is Well he pointed and the americans Are in no Russ seen luring germans to soviet March 23 russians Are impressing germans for work in the soviet Union through want ads published in soviet licensed newspapers in Berlin and the russian it was reported according to the British licensed newspaper fake want ads for All kinds of with emphasis on tool makers and first class have appeared in Russia licensed papers in Berlin and the soviet interested expecting work in Are requested to Send their the paper if they Are soon called upon by soviet authorities and disappear shortly to be heard from end decreed for Soldier shows in dec March 23 the Neucom special services sol Dier show program will end july Neucom announced the enclosed in the report of a meeting of the Board of Neucom Central Wel fare also disclosed that the civilian actress technician pro Gram will gradually shut Down As actresses contracts Board members voted continuance of the German show program throughout the a fourth quarterly Neucom Spe Cial services budget of was approved by directors also voted the use of approximately in dividends for unit expenditures largest item in the approved budget was for 400 Host to serve in 97 class a services clubs and command administrative libraries get a total of was voted for the 225 libraries far the with an additional for the 72 the manual arts Branch was voted the athletic Branch and the music Branch during the last the Pur Chase of Day room particularly will receive first priority in fund Al locations from the million Dollar Grant made to special services last december for Day Doorn and service club officials directors also recommended that special attention be Given to the Purchase of Bowling due to an increased interest in that Lack of funds hampers official says by Julia Edwards staff correspondent march23 Only does the German you ii a Tiv program Lack Money but it lacks understanding on the part at both germans and said Munich military Post Gya Holdridge seconded the of Barry publisher of the Louisville courier the youth program is operating on a he added that nobody understands As an he cited a hard working Gya who bragged that the kids wont go to the Ger Man club they want to come not understood the boy did not Holdridge thai the full title of the pro Gram is army assistance to Ger Man youth the aim of Gya is to help the germans help asked about newspaper com plaints that Gya fails to the children that need it homeless Holdridge pointed out that it is not a Relief or a welfare Gya has no allotment for food and housing and what is Holdridge he would Fht care if it never gave out another chocolate bar or we Are not trying to buy fear stirs clergy nor does Gya to Little americans out of Wie Ger fear of that Faas caused even German clergymen to oppose the Holdridge to explain that Gya wants Only to help Che germans and their children to organize constructive youth recently called a conference of 50 German leaders in As a they Are organizing an advisory make recommendations on the appoint ment of All German employees to Gya centers in the Munich the germans choosing to review All requests for transportation of youth groups to recreation areas this defense opens Case in Krupp trial March 23 defense opened its Case yesterday in the crimes trial of Alfred Krupp and 11 other directors of the Krupp armaments  coun told the american tribunal Liat Many necessary documents were not available to the the counsel said the Case was important to the whole i that it would determine whether an Industrial concern la entitled to pro Duce armaments before and during a War in accordance with its nations co Stab sets safety record 23 All previous Safe driving Marks were broken last week when constabulary registered a record Low Accident period of Only accidents for each George safety said there were Only three accidents during the the record for the month shows constabulary amassed a total of Miles of driving with Only 18 accidents for a new Low frequency rate of at the end the second week the average was but last weeks figures brought below on half of the february on military the number of persons injured Rose above the february total Many p1 the accidents were very minor but 20 persons had been Hurt to some Woof them fatally one German employed by the army and eight German civilians not employed were there have been two German civilian deaths so far to is internee jailed for Barracks Sale March 23 spess internee of civilian internment Encampment Dakar was tried at the Eschen Bach intermediate court for illegally Selling government Barracks located on the Grafe Wohr James military government court announced Hoffman received a six year prison sentence at the Straubing Penitentiary for Selling 20 Barracks for approximately Hoffman mimeographed released property forms and posed As the assistant Post Engineer to sell the Hia reason for his actions was that he wanted for preparation of his coming trial before the when had dec medical authorities to meet in Frankfurt March 23 special conference of medical author Witjes for the dec has been scheduled for at ttie97tfh in the chief surgeons office the conference will be attended by surgeons of the major com Post surgeon Sand Hospital medical matters concerning tie dec will foe Edward Noye chief will