European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes april 194 pay deduction of 1 Setfor dec civilians april 17 permanent civilian employees of the department of the army in As Well As in All will have an additional 1 per cent de ducted from their salaries for retirement dec announced deductions will Start after july the announcement it added that the deduction is an increase from 5 per cent to 6 per cent and that it is one of several changes in civil service retirement in another the tenting under which a month was withheld from an employees retirement has been effective april any employee who has had retirement deductions taken from his salary May receive the full amount of the retirement fund at the time of his separation from effective the rate of in Terest on All deductions from Sala Ries of civilian employees is per compounded details of the new As it affects Lon term permanent depart ment of the army have been explained in pamphlet of the civil service copies will be distributed to All civilian employees of the department of the army in soviet zone chief Stork ignores to ship k9 has Ujj pups surplus goods in dec shift by William april 17 Stork dropped a Monkey wrench into the Bremerhaven port of embarkation machinery yesterday in the form of eight boys and girls unexpectedly born to one of the commands recently acquired 28member canine guard confronted with this Surprise personnel be authorities were busily consulting each other As to what army regulations will apply to the Mother and who were reported doing Well in the maternity Ward of bees famed pet staging Provost marshal officials pondered i As to whether Queenie should be discharged from As is nor Mal in such or should be retained on duty status with the Heinrich a Veteran com Heads a new russian backed German government for the soviet to be known As the economic announced be the official russian news civilian workers sought for 2 Job brackets hic april 17 civilian workers in two Broad brackets Are needed in the civilian personnel officials vacancies exist in Jower paid secretarial and clerical brackets and in highly highly specialized the latter includes attorneys and specialists in property and House unit oks Rise for All civil servants 17 a pay increase of a year for All civil servants paid Oti an annual basis has been approved by the House civil service civil servants paid by the hour Are to get a 25 cents hour increase Magruder inspects labor Center april 17 Carter command ing general of Neucom visited the 7812th Neucom re placement Center at Ludendorff Kaseane and after a two hour inspection of the polish end estonians left Well pleased with what he wit according to accompanied by George e commanding officer of the Kaseane and the Les Magruder inspected the motor Pool and other in As Well As replace k9 bundles from heaven the new a Large Black and her series of bundles from heaven Are attached to the office of the Provost marshal for quarters allowances and with the present strength for ital Cairo cruise sails on april 22 bad april 17 Spe italian steamship which accommodates 260 firs class Lul in has listed its mediate re government facilities in the april 17 All personnel who Are transferred to or from other station in the dec As a result of the Neucom Headquarters move to Heidelberg May ship household goods which become surplus As a result of the to new York at government Neucom the order is not limited to per sons transferring to or from Hei but affects All personnel who Are moving As a result of the Heidelberg Millary personnel Are author e for such goods in general says Russ deserted april 17 during the russian Campaign in More than red army sol Diers deserted monthly to the Ger Man forces until they Learned of hitlers murderous commissar a former general of the German intelligence staff told a War crimes tribunal this commissar which decreed immediate death upon deterred russian desertions and created fanatic resist Baron Rudolf von Gersdorff he was a defense wit Ness in the trial of 12 former Ger Man generals and one Admiral charged with fostering hitlers War of aggression and implementing his criminal questioned by Walter of san Gersdorff stated that the German commanders on the russian front found it Nec Essary to sabotage hitlers order because it so drastically affected the German army no lust for vengeance at the emaciated and ill clothed russian soldiers voluntarily gave themselves up to the Ger Gersdorff the rus Sian leaders combated the Deser Tion by propagandizing with the commissars lose lives if they Gersdorff testified that the Ger Man military leaders did not actually carry out the order except in a few he said that Ger were instructed to observe decent rules of warfare and not follow a lust for Venge be k9 limited to the sudden family contribution threw the unit into an unreasonable k9 trainers Arent deeply concerned for the As Long As Messing costs and facilities Are chargeable to but As soon As the police pups develop a carnivorous appetite some decision must be made to Transfer them from authorities the Ade gets my Post april 17 Lester of yesterday was named Deputy chief of military governments education Ade coordinate the work of zonal education Vienna to hear music april 17 symphony entitled Between two worlds by Paul formerly a sergeant with the forces in who is studying music in Vienna under the i Bill of will be played publicly for the first time april 27 by the Vienna symphony orchestra at the Grossen the concert will be directed by Rudolf with Eva hungarian opera As the another composition by symphonic a musical impression of his adventures in the was Given its premiere last May by the radio Vienna broadcasting orchestra and was also player on a nationwide broadcast in America by the Mutual broadcasting Siegel said a Ballet entitled murder for which he wrote the will be presented in new York this it will also be filmed in Vienna by producer of he the composers Home is in he attended Brooklyn College and Cornell Bronze Star Given Captain 5 gis get occupation medals april 17 at a formal Retreat Parade last night in Leib Garte Home of the 27th a Bronze Star and five Token army of occupation medals were presented by Arthur Ladd to members of his Wayne formerly of the 423rd 106th and now assistant Squadron Provost was awarded the Bronze Star for exemplary conduct in ground combat against the enemy during the Ardenne Alsace Cam Token awards of army of occupation medals were made to Jack Louis Hiram de Roy Buckley and Garland represent ing troops of the Swiss watch data offered pm buyers bad april 17 Spe to european command personnel who have purchased Post Exchange Swiss watches and who would like addresses of the Swiss manufacturers and american firms which handle the watches May obtain this data from their local Post Exchange Complete lists of watch manufacturers addresses were sent to dec Post exchanges this the Post Exchange list includes More than 25 leading Swiss among them Labaume Vach Eron and an glycine and marburg my station robbed april 17 the military police station at mar Burg was discovered robbed when a Wallet containing More than in Money orders and scrip was found to have been taken from a the belonging to Ferdinand 7720th was missed when Lapier re Quested some of his Money which had been left with the maps for Ranea Cairo cruise schedule for april 22 to May according to an announcement from Neucom Spe Cial the Pace formerly was the american and is a Small Cabin it will arrive in Genoa from Marseille april passengers May Board the ship on the evening of april the Pace will sail the morning of april 22 arrive in Naples at 9 april 23 and depart at 4 for Alexandria passengers will have two Days of cruising before arriving at Alexandria on april Mili tary personnel must Wear civilian apparel when disembarking at four Days in Alexandria there will be a fou Day Layover in Alexandria and passengers will leave april arriving in Naples May the Pace will leave Naples May 3 and arrive in Marseille May the evening of May 4 it will leave Marseille and arrive at Genoa at 10 May passage not including land vary from s350 to reservations May be obtained through any american express civilian personnel must arrange transportation at their own expense for goods from new Yorkton final applications for shipment of sur plus household goods to the be submitted through port transportation Hesse Relief roles drop by april 17 Hesse Relief roles dropped during february to the lowest level since november Omagh Public Wel fare officials said the february total of was fewer than that for the officials adding that the average Cost per person was the decrease was attributed to the return of employable prisoners and internees to their yes to Cash French pols bad april 17 special Neucom Exchange system has announced that All individuals hold ing the old Type French pol coupons lettered in them to the finance and accounting yes head Apo prior to May this is the final deadline for reimbursement of these which actually became invalid on yes officials ask that All Gas re fund requests include a letter of transmittal stating the reasons the coupons were not surrendered by their owner at the original dead individuals entitled to use the facilities of the arc Post Exchange system Are authorized to turn their outdated coupons in their local i German Youngsten hold quiz program april 17 teams of the Nurnberg urfi american High school and the German american youth club of Nurnberg held a quiz program at therle Stegen army youth quizmaster Leonard Lawrence shot questions concerning All walks of life and human the quiz ended 395340 in favor of the German american club americans provide Aid for Csech refugees members of the czech emergency Relief committee organized by women of the Wiesbaden Post and surrounding com unities Are shown with food and clothing for czech w Relief was contributed by the americans in an Effort to ease the we Iii refugees until official Charity and Relief is made