European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes May 19481 Gya work progressed paring 1945 this is the seventh in a series of articles appearing in the stars and Reuie Cine the history of the first year Ofshe article discusses the chapter on Ger Man youth by Norbert Ehrenfreund staff correspondent acute Lack of trained leaders in the fell of 1945 resulted in a Large measure of frustration for har Assed of military government detachments and equally Busy troop commanders who wanted to help the German youth calling the Lack i leaders one or the chief problems of the youth program in the occupations first the Neucom history declares that program of orientation for american leaders of German youth or for Touth activities was con Tes plated until some time while the enrolment in youth groups the historians found the Supply of leaders failed to expand at the same the history credits the Bremen area for first successes in organizing German Bremen cited after the ban on fraternization with German children was relaxed on june spontaneous of it were particularly successful a the Bremen where the office of military gov eminent encouraged the move ment by supplying facilities and in Wilson bal lard organized a youth group in june and used a requisitioned hotel in which handicrafts and1 sewing were near Bremen a Wiatt of an infantry combat team and Aubert Haynel developed sports programs for German youths of 14 to 16 the 7th army is cited As inaugurating the first Broad program during Ike fall of 1945 in what was then the Western military comprising Hesse and officers prodded Geoffrey then 7th army published a letter on 14 encouraging Iris and especially Chap 4ains to interest themselves in organizing Keyes believed that the friendliness of the american sol Dier could be to great advantage in demonstrating democracy to German you if and Siat american soldiers awaiting redeployment were a source of Leader ship for a positive peacetime pro the history the Hesse my office did not entirely approve of the 7th army inaugurating e youth program be the regulations came out Keyes Active and support of the study ran counter to governments policy making the germans responsible organizing youth it was not until april t on release of a directive by Joseph theater that program of army As distance to the German youth t program was placed on a zone wide Spanish population grows Madrid Popula Tio has increased by one million a year during the past five according to latest census the 1947 r As compared with slightly Over in weapons of push Button War being tested at Aberdeen editors note for the first time since the the army has permitted reporters to get a glimpse of what it is doing in guided missile research at the Aberdeen proving group following is a dispatch giving some of the High spots of what reporters Learned in a tour of Aberdeen six ballistic research by Joseph Myler up guided weapons of push Button Are being designed and tested army ordnance i experts it is reasonable to suppose that eventually they will carry atomic warheads and be powered by atomic without atomic j years May 1943 the 8th air Force sends its first medium bombers into the attack on nazi military May 1944 Allied armies mass within striking distance of the Hitler line in Italy after destroying the Gustav line Pelow May 1945 in the troops Cap Ture capital of May 1946 Geoffrey Keyes As Sumes command of the occupation army in May 1947 in new disc Lance Telephone workers defy picket lines and return to bag address All letters to b bag 7744th stars and stripes Apo s in clude name and address names Are deleted on due to space letters May be Cut for provided such editing not alter the meaning of the the army Given newspapermen a Brief glimpse of some of the new developments in guided heres a prototype of the v2 rocket on display in new York As an exhibit honouring the late Robert Hutchings founder of the modern Field of rockets and Jet left to Esther Kisk wife of the Harry president of the Guggenheim foundation and James formerly lieutenant general in the air lifts curtain on new radar missiles they no insurmountable difficulties stand in the Way of making radar controlled missiles capable of circling the at speeds faster than right missiles Superior to the German v2 rockets Are being perfected by Means of testing equipment Here which has no counterpart anywhere else in the this includes the Only supersonic wind tunnels of them never publicized of sustained operation 24 hours a another filling an entire is Aberdeen famous electronic known As it is solving problems daily in rocket nuclear and much else would take a mathematician a lifetime to figure out with paper and useful Gadget so heavy Isth demand for what Geniac can Supply that it is two years behind in its before the end of this an More marvelous com evac by will be in new development made possible Aberdeen wind its True flight and its rocket fuel lab is the Mother daughter this under Field test at White is a German v2 rocket with a wac Corporal rocket projecting from its warhead the wac Cor poral takes off fro the top of v2s flight it is expected to attain altitudes Hundred Miles and a horizontal Range of 500 twice the the v2 As used by the Ger mans in the Warwas Nof a True guided it could not be directed in flight by Means of radio orders the radar controlled rockets of american design Are responsive to such class i profits Aid to Central welfare in View of the fact the current Price list effective february 1948 issued by Schenley International corporation shows that Gin can be a chased for a Case of 12 freight and insurance to Bremerhaven and insurance to per haps the class i officer can explain Why the february costs substantially More per in the same blended whiskies Schenley three Golden wedding can be j obtained for a Case of 12 fifths under these works out to Price per bottle far different from that charged the Glass i More important than the Price is the exception ally Low Quality of some items offered by the class i for the Sherry available recently is so Sweet As to be almost not i am forced to use mine for cooking it should be suit Able for one never sees a bottle of Good port is practically never Why cant we have italian and French both of which Are indispensable to any civilized use of alcoholic the present cheap Only occasionally has made a decent Martini As rare in this theater As the Maine and i dont know which i miss Good table wines Are another one is forced to accept clerks i discriminating offer of White or red of unknown when ample Choice should be possible at reasonable the pity of All this is that such items As proper and other ingredients come from countries currently so in need of dollars that Large sums Are being extended by the for Why cant we help out the Dollar position of France and Italy by being permitted to buy a few bottles from their Choice vineyards editors note the above letter was referred to the Quarter master and their comment is As follows the officers and noncommissioned officers european is a no appropriated fund activity and has always derived profits from the Sale of class Viall profits ing fro sales of supplies Are utilized in payment of expenses for transportation of supplies and overhead expenses incident to the operation of Lindtt ritual package stores As Well As expenses incident to the operation of the officers and cos european All Over and above these expenses Are deposited to the credit of the Central welfare european for by that these profits Are spent by the Central fund the l implementation of special services activities throughout com Purchase of sports equipment payment of overhead lenses for special services and direct allocations to each t command for promotion of welfare the Sherry referred to is believed to Jority of Consumers in the the following brands of French i Cognac were on Sale in the writers package store during february three Martell three courvoisier tand Remy supplemental allocations of port Over exand above the regular have been made to and by the writers package also drawn package store during february urns the very t popular Pray vermouth which comes direct from italian and French vermouth available in the command and i generally offered in sufficient quantities to Weetall i in addition to excellent italian and French table wines offered 1 by the for which payment is made in Dollar tary government warehouses throughout the command have Mabe available German urine Tcatch Are generally to be a High i it is the opinion of the officers and a cups club that Only those types of spirits which meet the highest Quality Are being offered and it suggested that purchaser make a second visit to the be the desired spirits Are usually l 1 bombing accuracy studied Washington Tosh Eric bombing unit is seeking better methods of hitting pinpoint targets from Way up in the wild Blue beyond the reach of most antiaircraft guns or it is a joint air Force army Ord Nance organization conducting the major part of its tests in the Lone California desert at the maroc air to this team of airmen and bomb designers is assigned re search in bombing emphasis on Hig Altitude some officers word stratospheric somewhat ambitious since existing bombers do Little More than skin the lower layer of the How even in the last War some b17 attacking heavily defended targets at altitudes of feet or they pointed s the stars and strips 163 editor chief 4 managing editor sports editor May 1848 Cou Wiitam Summers Ken Zumwalt Ellis executive manager chief of distribution Maurice Kirkwood Bernard news bureaus Frankfurt Stuttgart 931m76516 Berlin 816681 846680 Vienna b47184 Munich 481520 the european edition is published daily at for the occupation forces under the auspices of the troop information and education division Frankfurt the stars and correspondence should be addressed to 7744th 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