European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wan see. Once Berlin s must fashionable boating grounds. Is now a 1 of l Lah playground for american soldiers and civilians a f. Hundreds of u. S. And Allied military personnel flock to Berlin s once fashion Able still popular boating playground weekend june if 1m� i n Berlin late afternoon and weekend traffic Rolls through the outskirts of the american sector of the City toward wan see. Hundreds of the City s occupiers sunbathers and boaters spend their spare time on Berlin s Best known Lake. For boaters and boats the Lake s popularity is nothing new. Before the War it was the most fashionable of the lakes along the Havel River from which it feeds it was the Chic yachting ground of Germany s capital. The Crews of builders riggers Sailmaker and painters who swarmed Over the docks and boathouses in those years Are on the Job again this summer. They Are keeping the Lake dotted with hundreds of private Craft owned by americans they have Pur chased boats through Jena by germans their boats have been returned by the u. S. Harbor master or being operated by special services whose three docks around the Lake can launch 450 Craft into the 35 Square Miles of wan see s sailing surface. Have see and Egelsee adjoin wan see and Are open to traffic from american controlled Waters. Yachtsmen frequently tour the entire Lake Chain touching Shore in French and British sectors. Continued on next Page 11