European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes april 1949 first families reached dec 2 years ago the first army dependents to arrive in wives and Chil it Columbus Quay in Bremerhaven on the transport Thomas Barry two years ago less than a year after the army finished the shooting War and was digging in for the occupation american wearing Spring suits and flowered arrived to Settle Down in bombed out Frankfurt and smaller cities and a special edition of the stars mid stripes sent aboard the Barry carried a Page of greetings to the dependents and listed the sounds and Pitfalls of Community life in occupied please among the listed German youngsters whose favorite chant at that time was and touched lightly on saying youre Likely to see lots of just like in any other army or in any other part of the the Scenic beauties of Germany were pointed in announce ments to dependents Learned their movements in the zone would be pretty much trains were then jammed with duty per the Short on did not permit dependents to ride in the american dream in the was a american the army had spruced fixed up Homes and found the ladies had arrived with a Supply of pots and the women had hear tales of living among a dangerous but they found More than enough servants willing to work hard and Long and polish the boots of the they the army disapproved of an ostentatious number of the army Exchange service Drew up plans to Supply but the first wives brought enough clothing for each member of the family 1o last a army Supply officers had groaned at the Prospect of supplying and transporting but they got through the first army hiring club workers bad april 27 Spe for army service clubs Are being recruited in the european and qualified Young women May t make application directly to the nearest army service club or to the command hostess in their Post effective Neucom special services an command hostesses will inter View process papers and Forward them to the office of the chief of special services where qualified personnel will be called in for personal an educational background of two to four years of College is required for club along with experience in handling mass group such experience May have been in the lines of club social welfare arts and Public recreation work or administrative applicants must be american citizens Between 25 and 40 years of positions fall in three categories social and recreational assistant club directors and club salaries Range from to depending upon experience and safety Mark cited april 27 Drivers of the Headquarters and service of the 10th have driven Miles without an Accident since bread ration stays same april 27 Neucom will not authorize an in crease in bread rations for troop it was Learned although authorized by the army department to raise the ration from 30 pounds per 100 men per Day to the 45 pounds issued before the Start of the food conservation pro Neucom will not take officials Safe food officials had announced last week that the increase would be effective As soon As eur com issued the menu the second and and Are still going the wives found All varieties of such As the 3rd army Rule in Munich which forbade an and undignified Public display of for a while that was interpreted to mean an army Man could not walk Arm in Arm with his Many wives discovered the zone an Eden in the first a place where they could in any pm or items Short in s dependents past be april 27 Bremerhaven port of embarkation has streamlined its processing of dependents arriving from the since the first wives and children came to Europe two years be has virtually eliminated the overnight stay on Board ship that was necessary for dependents who arrived dependents entrain for their new dec hometowns the Day they husbands Are Able to accompany their wives and in order not to separate families on dec great experience say dependent wives by Mildred staff correspondent april 27 in Berlin the past two years has been an experience i have swapped for according to Lucius one of berlins six remaining dependents of the 71 who on april the strange and new in addition to shortages and Incon was completely overshadowed in the last two years by the interesting life and experiences i have had in Clay of the other remaining de wac e Robert Rev i o 1 by Katherine Joana i Al Gwendolyn barholomew and her daughter Carolyn All with few hat though difficult at it certainly has been now Glide recessing be now cuts assignment orders for dependent sponsors so orders Are ready when the family and the family group can leave the port dependents usually ride in special trains with comfortable berths instead of enduring Daylong another improvement in shipping dependents is coming up for late a new Fleet of de luxe liners with Cabins for entire families is and will soon be making the new Yor kupe two years ago the first organized group of shown at the top of the arrived at Jersey Chy on their Way to for overseas it the other photo Harriet new and Dorothy Cleveland Are shown leading the first group of dependents off the ship at Bremerhaven two years ago the photo at top is in and the photo at left is be customs balks Medicine smugglers twice in two Days april 27 two attempts in the past two Days to smuggle streptomycin and pen into the port have been thwarted by Quick action on the part of Marine Security officials and customs guards it was Learned Senate group accepts plan for returning German Art april 27 the Senate armed services com Mittee proposed yesterday that the 202 German Art be ing held Here by the be returned to Germany in install ments of chairman said the committee voted unanimously to ask army Secretary Kenneth Royall to Send Back the 50 most paintings in the others would be made available for exhibitions in other with proceeds going to the German childrens Relief fifty paintings would be shipped Back every three Gurney said he understood the recommended by a subcommittee headed by Wayne would be satisfactory to German officials to Lucius Neucom the paintings Drew record crowds to the National gallery Here during an exhibition that closed Gurney said the committee did not think it necessary to act on a Bill of William to keep the paintings in this country until Germany has a recognized he said qualified artists and curators would decide the order in which the masterpieces Are in what is believed to be the in an old in my court fir Strase of its kind in 80 Grams of streptomycin were discovered aboard the is Arthur in the engine hidden Here Hollis lounge Steward on the Marine was fined for failing to declare units of penicillin he was attempting to smuggle through the main Dock Stanley chief of the Marine Security Branch of military said the owner of the streptomycin could not be located the confiscated Medicine was Given to the Public health and welfare division of my who in turn handed it Over to the German penicillin commission for treatment of needy Hydrogen blast kills 3 april 27 explosion of bottled Hydrogen in a russian zone the second in three killed Gerrian the soviet controlled news Agency reported 4th group of medics visits Heidelberg april 27 special the of civilian medical consultants to the surgeon general arrived in Heidelberg today on the second Stop of a tour of All army hospitals in the european the chief surgeons office announced this fourth group includes Maurice consultant in Warner consultant in surgery William consultant in obstetrics and and Lac Ogden Walter Reed general consultant in shortages alleviated the most of which have disappeared by included shortages of women things in pcs and clothing the Lack at variety in transportation a new language As Well As and an Alto Gether different but these difficulties gradually straightened the shortages were alleviated or Many families ordered cars from the states and a lot of women studied according to wife of the chief of Berlin i never found it too As i never expected anything in fhe first quite a Long time Berger is leaving soon Tor where her husband has been transferred and mus grave is to the i to at tend a training both agree that two years has been quite a Long of the entire Clay and Willard Are the Only two who plan stay and according to you get me
