European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Astor Centennial proud relatives join inhabitants of magnate s birth place As Walldorf Marks the anniversary of his deat Walldorf s Astoria is Home of Burger Meister no longer has rooms for guests. For More than one Hundred years the people of. Walldorf near Heidelberg have been lethargic ally proud of the fact that they gave America one of its richest  1898," fifth years after the death of John Jacob Astor they erected a Monument to him in the Square near the House. Where he was born but the Bronze bust which topped it was confiscated by the nazis  materials. Last month on the Hundredth anniversary of Astor s death they unveiled a replacement. Walldorf turned out All of its six thousand inhabitants to Mark the Day and though the Burger Meister said he expected a . Delegation he had had five thou Leonhard Astor. Center presides Over relatives who still live in Germany. Sand programs printed in German and English the. Only american who appeared was weekend s photographer Michael Vaccaro. Astor descendants from Miles around however were in evidence at Walldorf s As Coiria. A Twenty room hotel run by the Astor family but currently occupied by the Burgermeiste. For actors and non actors alike the Centennial Day was an event to be remembered. The new Monu ment was unveiled Lay its sculptor a Twenty year old Walldorf native named Helmut Werner. Land rat Zimmermann congratulated All the actors around and said with emphasis John Jacob Astor did More for Germany than a Hundred nazi