European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1948 the stars and stripes Page i i signal corps i pm cited for phone record May 7 j eight signal corps Enlis Leci men i have been awarded thro Day passes o Garmisch for their part in i stringing a new Telephone line be tween Frankfurt and Heidelberg in the record Lime of 80 the group was Par of the 163 pm who were borrowed from Var Safe and Ufa signal outfits especially for the the connecting the economic capital of Western Germany with the future Home of the occupation army had a High the Garmisch vacation was arranged by Jerry a Neucom chief signal though All the men involved were offered the Only 80 forty have just completed their three Days in the bavarian i while the others will leave May i will return from Garmisch to j their original work on the 52mile Telephone line involved setting up More than new stringing All the wire and attaching the line went into operation april its an Iii British Hunt zone official May 7 33yearold British control commission disappeared 10 Days ago when due to return to has been officially posted As his description has been circuited to All Public safety and Mili tary police British and Ger Man police have been alerted to watch for who was one of the Prin Cipal Liaison officers Between Brit ish and russian Headquarters in mysteriously vanished when clue to return Home with his wife and he is reported to have told his wife he was travelling through the British zone by private car while he Rode on an inter zonal after that nothing further was heard of jeep purchasers need appointment bad May information received from the jeep sales Exchange at Kitzinger indicated Many persons whose names appeared in the stars and stripes As eligible jeep were reporting directly to Kitzinger for their Purchase without prior sched uling for the director of the yes automotive activities pointed out that All personnel names have been published again must verify their interest in the Purchase by letter or by and then must obtain an appointment from the manager of the Exchange before going to Kitz Ingen to pick up the at the present yes has received approximately 600 Reveri fictions of the names pub All personnel whose names appeared on the list were advised they must restate their interest in the jeep not later than May its not All work for the men training at Here the 2fith infantry boys Are having a big time watching the number ninety show in spite of a High wind which threatened to blow their makeshift stage the dancer was a troops bid Gorder a die u May 7 from eight forces in Austria stationed in participated in a Farewell ceremony Here for Cren Alexander commander of who will leave for the next week to retire from the army after 32 years Gorder gave a Short units participating were 1st 10th 796th of 202nd my 7792nd wac 7791st and a of the 4th con music was furnished by the 49th army Mal Robert Frederick is succeeding lawyers get care gifts May 7 judges in land Bremen today were being Given care packages donated by the american bar As in the future More pack Ages will be sent to lawyers in land Bremen and the other states in the zone by the Assoc a an official thefts from army fixed at in 60day period May t thefts from army stocks during the first two months of this year amounted to Neucom has of the in february and in january was stolen while in losses unfixed installations were in february and in a Neucom report showed that during february railway Security police killed wounded five and captured persons suspected of of those captured were German civilians and 178 were German railway Neucom refused to break Down the categories of the remaining Mardik Iari hails mess sergeant As army Best May 7 least one army mess sergeant will have no reason to worry at the end of his army Vance Waldron the Best mess ser Geant in the whole famed chef and restaurateur George Mardikian told the stars and stripes now on his second tour of dec Waldron can have a Job with me any he wants he like the army too much to hire him away from his present position As sergeant of the indigenous mess at the pm school Center in Darm j the san Francisco restaurant proprietor revealed he had presented Waldron with his personal foun Tain in lieu of the medal which he Waldron has invented Many cooking aids in addition to being an expert it was in Kilroy race imports Rise to Al time High May 7 the Commerce department re ported the bought More for eign goods in March than in any previous running a total import Bill up to this was More than in february and above the Prev ious record month of when imports totalled the shipped out goods valued at in an increase of Over Center lists 50 courses May 7 More than 50 courses will be offered at the Heidelberg military posts army education opening Daniel Post education announced courses will be available in technical and commercial social math boxing and in individual instruction in applied violin and May be arranged through the registration will begin at 7 Oclock monday evening for two and will continue each evening through enrol ment May also be made at each the educational program is available to military per and Neutral and All All classes Are arranged for of duty Studebaker available in the Hague for dec May 7 number of the new 1948 Studebaker models will be offered for Sale to dec buyers about the of May by the International automobile at the Champion 4 and 2 door de luxe and regal de Range in Price from to Van Der sales Singer Dick Haines will be heard Over an at 10 Oclock tonight on the apr curtain special show presenting top radio stars in connection with fans Kilroy Frankfurt Zurich flight scheduled by Swissair May 7 the travel and information department of the Swiss consulate has announced that Swissair Swiss air transport is undertaking special flights Between Zurich and Frankfurt May information As feb time table and fare May be obtained from the Swiss travel and information de Telephone Frankfurt or from the american overseas airlines american express steel Plant to hire 500 German women May 7 Hundred German women will be employed by the Oberhausen steel Plant to relieve a critical labor the bipartite control of fice announced Here women workers will be employed on lighter types of work in steel the announcement adding that every woman so engaged releases a Man for heavier workers will b3 used As Crane Drivers or for unloading lighter the labor shortage has affected Biz Onias steel it was in although a record High out put figure May be expected for the month of the need for tapping fresh sources of labor is Likely to become More pronounced As the permitted level of steel production is a bipartite officials we information chief leaves Post for May 7 Lis Long time Public in formation officer for re turned to the who is succeeded by Charles his came to of gab in As one of the first civilians to serve with Mili tary during the War he was a naval attaining the rank of lieutenant commander before his discharge at the 140 face trial in top Market Case May 7 largest Black Market trial in Ger Many since the in which 140 defendants will is scheduled to begin Here in the near the Many of them High German food and rationing will be charged with mis appropriating More than pounds of pounds of cheese and issuing improper Pur Chase certificates for thousands of dollars Worth of consumer the Central figure in the Black Market scandal s an Alfred reus a wholesale food according to Fritz Schmid Wurtem Ber Baden prosecutor operations san at beginning in 1947 Reuille Alleg edly bribed Wilhelm ministry of agriculture department chief in thereby obtain ing false certificates permitting the Purchase of huge quantities of Buffer and Scmid the bribes totalled More than Marks Over a period of one he it is further alleged that with the illegally gained butter and cheese Reuille bribed Kim of the Stuttgart economics who then issued false papers enabling the food wholesaler to obtain bicycles and Schmid the mushrooming operations then spread to minor police officials in Heilbronn and near who were bribed to permit passage of vehicles trans porting the Black Market the prosecutor asserted several undercover deals with shoe and textile manufacturers Are also set Forth in detailed he Austria Money rises in value May currency circulation increased by schillings last the austrian National Bank the Schilling continued to Rise in value with 100 schillings quoted up to Swiss francs at the Zurich it was announced Black Market prices Here reflected the upward trend of the austrian with scrip dollars Selling for a new Low of 30 schillings apiece and Green Dol Lars bringing not More than 40 despite the Rise in currency circular night club Anci theater opera tors reported a decline in this was explained by the increase of food and durable goods on the austrian Border Crossings seen on decrease May 7 hessian Border police have revealed there has been a considerable decrease in Legal As Well As illegal Border traffic from the russian the Neue Presse reported the paper quoted the hessian ministry of the Interior As saying the decrease was 5ue to stricter Border control by soviet a inspector said the russians have greatly increased the number of soviet troops along the Border and have also the number of German Border s american army sources would not comment on any rumoured in crease of soviet troop strength along the Border