European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pei forming dogs trained by Pennsylvania state troopers for police work Are also used to induce reluctant students to attend traffic safety classes. Canine troopers. Photographs by Maurice Johnson four of the smartest dogs i Pennsylvania belong to the state police. Prince Sandy Mohr and King Are trained dogs who serve the police in Many brandies of its work including Rescue. Originally the training they received was aimed Only at instill ing in them discipline obedience and caution. By the time the dogs had completed the intensive course they Kad picked up tricks which made them worthy of any circus act. That gave the troopers the idea of using the dogs talents publicly. Accordingly in traffic safety classes for school children they had the dogs help Demon Strate safety rules. Now of course the classes Are always crowded. Untying knots is one of the feats the dogs perform in line of duty on Rescue work. They train also to jump Over fences climb ladders fetch and carry. The same old u. S. Contrary to Many expressed opinions it is possible to Goback to the . After a year or More in Europe without risking loss of temper appetite and Equi  t go they say. Every body s hysterical. All you hear stalk of War. Besides prices Are , they May be right on All counts but the first sea gulls real american sea gulls then the lights of new York s Skyline by night and All Manhattan casting up a Pink Haze behind it Al looked Good to me. To one who has tangled wit customs officials of fifteen euro Pean countries the Best part of arriving was the Crisp Amer canese of the officer flipping to a Lank Page in my passport. Glad to be Back he  was. After London the Long Low taxis pulling up to pier 59 seemed like the epitome of modern com  Driver wanted to know what the russian i was like i figured they were pretty human he said. You Don to get that from the  a new look had transformed fifth Avenue. Even to oae pre pared to scoff it looked All  women Well fed and Well groomed seemed to know. That life was Good. From Macy s to Bergdorf Good mans stores were advertising prices slashed in half. Buyers said that manufacturers had Over produced and stores had Over stocked counting on a revolution in Milady s  prices still were some thing to curl your hair. In the supermarkets women looked at Long trays of porterhouse steaks settled for hamburger and passed up the Bacon. Then came the Joltin the commodity  few scare headlines warned of de pression. The housewives smiled. Anyone doubling that peace has brought blessings need Only go to Pennsylvania station. No crowds pressed against the Gates. Passengers found plenty of season the train to Baltimore. But m Baltimore things were  hotel which had wired collect that it could not hold a reservation after 7 . Would not open the room until 645. The Lin formed on an icy sidewalk in front of Mueller s restaurant. I took Baltimore five years to learn there was a War on remarked cynical native. It will take us ten to get Over  Washington however a hotel which once stopped taking reservations indefinitely now offered a Choice of four , hired to keep sur plus customers behind the ropes bowed from the Waist to the of. Cas ional customer wandering  one Arm and three taxis would screech to a halt. There was unemployment too but also plenty of want ads in the Washington Star. Here the questions about Europe showed some background. What Are the chances of the communists winning the election in Italy will internal inflation in France nullify the advantage of evaluating the franc there also was talk of War. One explosive newspaper editor announced that War would be declared within six months. Hewan t Happy. He had ulcers. Out in the Middle West where some insist that ". Boundaries begin they were not talking about War. Somehow the. Conversation always strayed to new children new Homes new jobs new friends. Old acquaintance would talk themselves out of breath pause guiltily with a now Tell us about Europe and Start off again 6n the stories behind the vital statistics the people who used to recalled new dealers had talked with enthusiasm in new York of the third party and Henry Wal lace. They admitted they would split the Liberal vote for the presidency argued that by giving the Public a Chance to make a protest vote they would get More voters to the polls elect More Liberal congressmen. In Washington former Wallace fans were damning him. In Louisville Ken Tucky Wallace did t enter the , politicians on tour had stirred interest in for eign As Well As Domestic issues. Compared with the . In the Middle of the War interest in world affairs had fallen off. Com pared with the . In any other peacetime year interest Vas run Ning High. The . Housing shortage still serious did not look so bad after Germany. Veterans in Newyork were moving into whole blocks of new apartments in the Peter Cooper project along Roose velt drive. At Ohio state University in Columbus the veterans had transformed their Barrack with shrubbery and soft lights. The Chesapeake and Ohio had movies on the1 train and signs in the diner asking guests please notto tip. The postwar Era had brought kitchens where the Gar Bage disappears Down the sink television White shirts in store windows bottles of scotch cheaper than some  course the . Is hectic at first what with appointments atthe dentist shopping lists friends to meet for lunch the people who drop in for a drink relatives who serve Tea. But who is being hectic the nation or you a plane ride Back is no worse than taking the Day coach from Pittsburgh to Kansas City. An what does the Man who did t like the .a. Hear when he Gesback to Europe Job talk. Some one tells him that two More friends Are having babies. Shades of Louisville. A group is arguing about whether the food strike in Bavaria Jas a Good or a bad sign. This might be a session in a third Avenue bar any  to be Back i am. Elenor Spalding weekend u published every Arctic at . Defoe.  May be reproduced Only it specific prior per Mattlon panned by aodre��c4 envelope and return Plauge. My. Jor lne o.5. Occupation forces underline auspice at troop intone for and education service. Yocom . Army Apo m. Volume. Al. Number �. Application Tor try m cot a  pot dam Terl Only i been  by inc ration and it he material u not restricted by Law or military regulation. Kantar rpt. 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