European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1948 the stars and stripes Page 7 Soldier of the week combat vet favors rigid training sergeant says soldiers should be prepared by a staff correspondent april 25 Albert of a former combat infantryman with the 3rd does not believe a third world War is just around the the new Mexico Veteran of three major european who is currently holding Down an administrative position in the office of George chief of staff to Harry commanding general of the zone in does think that All of our soldiers in the dec should be Given rigid military training in order to be prepared for any he was among the first american soldiers to enter Salzburg on May As a member of 15th 3rd Early in at who thinks the army offers More for a Young Man than the present civil reenlisted and joined the ranks of regular Cropp had been graduated Only a month or so from Clayton High school when he responded to the Call of his country in May later he won the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf the purple the Good army world War Victory number 2 acid the occupation and european in he was awarded the distinguished unit and combat infantryman yes to Cut prices on most film bad april 25 Headquarters of Neucom Exchange service announced that effective april 26 the prices on almost All kinds and sizes of including movie will be the Price Cut was decided on because of Large stocks of film in yes film not affected will be color film and a few sizes which Are in Short All expired film has v Cut but yes puff d out that manufacturers Are conservative in dating the film but film outdated by several months still gives Good Albert Cropp youth activity photography As avocation he saw action in the Central european and ardennes campaigns and was wounded once in the shoulder with a burst from a mortar Cropp is a Strong advocate of the austrian youth activity program and has taken an Active role in teaching austrian youth our Type of he recently was graduated from the school of stand located at Austria picturesque Zell am the school stresses leadership and which Are characteristic traits of according to his commanding asked what he does in his spare he said photography occupies his Leisure Cropp claims his Argus camera is tops and much better than the More publicized my to retry murder Case of alleged Hammer killers april 25 murder Case in which the victim allegedly had taken his slayers pictures will be retried Heie by a Mili tary government Carl of the Wurttemberge Baden military government Legal Fulgham said my vacated the death sentence on two displaced per sons and the life sentence on a third on grounds that evidence indicated the accused not fully Wurt Baden Marks to Dawson memorial april 25 the state of Wurttemberge Baden has appropriated Marks to be used As a scholarship fund in memory of the late William first military governor of thus it was announced by minister president Reinhold Maier at a press conference the German contribution will supplement a Dawson scholarship fund in dollars recently Given by american and Allied friends of the late colonel to be used by students of International affairs at Western Reserve University in German fund will be available to american Exchange Iraq Aid to Confer with Harrold april 25 c repatriation chief Lor the preparatory International Relief and two norwegian representatives of the United nations will Confer Here with Neucom civil affairs division direct on monday regarding displaced p e r s o n s repatriation the which includes Carl president of the norwegian and Tancred norwegian Delegate to the have been inspecting do As centers in Austria understood certain stipulations made Between defense counsel and the prosecuting the reviewing authority also held that the my court had not explored fully the claim by one of the accused that a confession had been obtained through the sentences were handed Down last 18 for the Hammer slay ing of Karl a Stuttgart evidence at the trial alleged that Jan Kazimier Jacke and Josef had their pictures taken by Jacob and then killed one of the Dps was seized immediately after with the photog Raphers Money allegedly in his police found photo graphs of the three still on the rack in Jacobs trooper sets record with monthly saved april 25 Edgar a 27th co Stab has set a it was six years in the Champion has averaged a Deposit of per month in Soldier savings and now has in the Clay praises labor Center april 25 an outstanding record of no cases of cd for 35 months has earned a special letter of commendation from Lucius Neucom and a letter of congratulations from Clarence Neucom Deputy com Mander and individual leaves of 39 Days for the 114th labor super vision Center in the believed to be the Best in the dates Back to 1945 during which time the strength of the Center has varied from five officers and 33 pm to the present strength of three officers and nine the leave time which was accumulated by each Man totals 39 three Days for the com one Day for the first three months and an additional Day for each subsequent in addition to the six labor supervision companies under the direction of the Center who have established notable records ranging from six to 14 have also received commendations from the units and periods with no cases of cd reported Are 14 months 14 months 13 months seven months seven and six British army puzzled on death verdict april 25 Man War criminals responsible for the death of thousands of May escape the Gallows because of the British parliaments vote against capital the British army has sought advice from London As to whether German War criminals in the Brit ish zone Are at the moment it looks As if they staff officer said War crimes trials in the British zone Are conducted by military courts according to English there have been slight changes to meet the special needs of these unusual but the death pen has been an integral part of the Legal five German women Are now facing capital charges in a trial they Are charged with ill treat ing Allied women internees at Ravens Bruck concentration and with selecting for extermination by gassing Over control office posts filled april 25 military governments control announced the Fol lowing appointments in the control office Ralph assistant control officer for budget and in addition to his duties As budget and fiscal Gordon assistant control officer for organization and in addition to his duties As organization and program Milton assistant control officer for reports and Statis in addition to is duties As chief of and statistics Albert assistant control officer for bipartite be tries to improve car handling unit starts writing contest bad april 25 Spe Hospital Camp the organization designated by the department of the army to provide entertainment for hospitalized veterans in army hospitals in the is sponsoring a creative theater writing and composing con test for the purpose of stimulating the interest of veterans and service men patients in writing skits and monologues for theatrical the contest opened april 19 and will continue through june All entries from the dec should be air mailed in sufficient time to reach veterans Hospital Camp by june 19 to be included in the the winners will be and the Western zones of announced on july strives to deliver autos in condition april 25 although some vehicles Are inadvertently damaged in the be vehicle processing area is striving to eliminate unnecessary handling of privately owned cars in an Effort to deliver the cars in the same condition in which they left the after being unloaded from the ship which brought it the vehicle is bumped into line by a truck with workout tire sections fastened on the front to avoid damage to the cars Are then tied with lengths of Stout As Many As five cars to the and towed by truck to the vehicle processing Point where they Are guarded 24 hours a Day against open on weekdays one important thing that car owners should when they come for their is that the processing Point is not open on saturdays or it on monday through persons coming to get their cars must have adequate leave they if have obtained License plates and a pol Book at their Home How the processing Point is equipped to provide both at a Cost of about proof of ownership is required if a stateside car As it is unloaded at the Bremerhaven port of pm although some cars Are damaged in be is trying to deliver privately owned autos in the same condition in which they left the the owner Doest have his new this proof can be in the nature of a registration or Bill of one important item is the set of extra quite often keys ar0 lost in transit and when owners reach Here they have no extra