European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars a to stapes wednesday Tempty 18, 1951 Cannon appointed joint games chief Heidelberg Jan. 17 special Gen Thomas t. Hardy Neucom i Gen John k. Cennon. Cal Saf in Europe As joint task fore commander of the Joir command pos exercise to be Jirld in the . Zone March 16 to 23, it was announced  of the army Navy and air Force will participate in the exercise under the direction of a join planning and operating staff. The exercise is designed 1o train personnel in staff procedures and to test the join tactical common is tons of a under Field conditions Canna will be Reid possible for fac punning1 and execution of the Spring training exercise and wiil command All Compon ent parts of the task Force. He a s designated col Samuel g. Convey director cum spot division Neucom As a fief of staff for the exercise commanders of the army i Europe of Usan Europe and . Hand forces in Germany will assign respective commanders for lie three major component Force comprising the joint task Force. Dec reports seven deaths Heidelberg Jan. 17 special three . Enlisted men and four children of american occupation personnel died in the dec Between Esfi 5-12, according to Euco casualty reports. Ski Albert d. Fant of he and he Xiet list Ord in was killed Jan. 9 in a traffic Accident  Lorchheim. Ret Henry f. Aniszewski of the2d rec Oilie a Rifle to 2d Arrond Cav Hegt died Jan. 12, 30 minutes after he was reportedly shot by a guard while allegedly leaving flak Kaser nein Augsburg after a be Check. Cpl Claude r. Davis of the 5361j Engrav in died Jan. E of natural causes in his Billet at the 7710th Neucom Jgr school at Turnau. Nine year old Marilyn b.  of or. And mrs. Stephen p. Butter died Jan. To at the 98th go from a Skull fracture suffered when her sled struck a tree Atson Hofen. Her father is educational adviser for Augsburg Mili tary Post. Lark Valla son of s sgt and . B Valla died of pneumonia Janfu 8 at fee m9th Sta Hoep i Bremerhaven. Valla is a member of det a 7011th of embarkation port so. Two children died at their Homes of natural causes. One was Terris Lee Eilenberger son of Sec an mrs. Richard t. Eilenberger who died Jan. 11 in Frankfurt. His fathers on duty with the  he co j7th inf regt Jean Elizabeth Guy ton infant daughter of sgt and  e. Guyton died Jan. 7 in Bremerhaven. Guyton is assigned to he and he co 17th transportation major port Dei. Prank cuts rank of us sergeants Laindon England Jan 17 up two top Grade British sergeant were court Martiale Here today and reduced in rank Tor setting offa smoke bomb in in officers3 mess. Squadron sgt maj d. R. Arm Strong and Squadron qty artema Ster sgt j. M. Pleasant placed a smoke bomb on the window Sill of the mess during a party and then telephoned and said we Are going to play a Little  the smoke bomb exploded with Roar igniting the hair of the Camp adjutant setting the clothing of several wives arid girl friends Bonfire and burning up Mes room curtains. Besides demotion Tsi sergeants were fined 556 damages. Video Short to depict zone s fun facilities Stuttgart in it special a typical trooper will be selected this we to represent the constabulary in 3. Television Short to be filmed at Marmisch by the Neucom Public in formation Divi Sia Jan. 38-31. The film will depict the recreational facilities available to . Military personnel in the american zone. Of Germany. Representatives from the army vary and air Force will appear in the television Short. The a sub nary go Section will make he Sce Tif the to taper representative. Six germans guilty in War Materiel ring by w1k fanning staff correspondent Munich Jan. 17 is six germans charged with possessing and trafficking in War materials were found guilty yesterday an Given sentences ranging from seven months to two and a half years. The sentences were imposed by judge Ambrose Fuller of the us. Eighth District Courta seventh defendant Max limbs former German army lieutenant general was  trial started in december Aiter air Force agents confiscated a store of War Materiel including aircraft on sights computing devices and Par is for a Complete snorkel Type breathing tube for submarines. The material had been secreted at a cloister in Bavaria. According to a German witness at the trial one of the defendants Ernst Bauer negotiated with soviet officers in Berlin for the Sale of the illicit goods. The witness said he was present As negotiations. Computing devices offered air Force agents testified they found documents acceding to which computing devices for Jet planes had been offered to organization sin Spain Switzerland and Argentina. One agent said the defendant offered him computing devices As we As 320 Panorama telescopes for 1,500,000 Mark the Mother Superior and another nun at the cd Oyster where the goods were stored testified the Materiel had been left behind when a Ger Man wartime factory Quad died in the Convent moved out As the War came to a close the accused a found guilty of breaking Allied control Law no. 43, which prohibits germans from own ing or setting War  sentences were As follows Georg Borg 36, two and a Hal years Ernst Bauer. 43. Two years. Three months Joi pm Piwecki 48,one year three months Guillermo Kaiser 35, 13 months Hansel Enberger. 42, nine months and Rudolf Munster 38, Sevea months. In passing sentence Fuller directed that the terms begin at the time cacti Man was taken into custody. Their alleged Lider Karl Raabe will be tried separately. The me were captured last november after attempting to Seli their wares to an operative posing As a Swiss businessman. 61,400 Fly Atlantic London Jan. 17 special pan american airways carried 61,400 passengers across the Atlantic in1p49, More than any other air line and 5,400 More than in 1948, it has been announced. The line flew 34.coo from Europe to the ., mostly through its terminal at London and 20,800 East Botma. Fat the zones Gunn Calls Parley of a staff Heidelberg. Jan. 17 special co Damon m. Gunn Neucom judge advocate has called a conference of Sll Slaff judge advocates of Mili tary Potts and separate army and air Force commands. And Branch chiefs of the a div Neucom to meet in Oberammergau thursday and  topics will be . In come tax Laws and the a program for assisting personnel in filing re turns. Two tax experts from the office of the collector of Interne Revenue Washington will address the  one week More detailed courses on the same subject rescheduled to begin later this month for selected officers and civilians from Post level commands. The courses will enable participants to act is income tax Counselor. Held As smugglers Munich Jan. 17 is three members of a smuggling gang allegedly responsible for the ship ment of More than 35.000 pounds of Coffee from Austria to Bavaria under false . Government Bills of lading have been arrested by bavarian customs officials it was Learned Here. According to a customs off ice spokesman rhe men and their accomplices succeeded in shipping at least five freight carloads of Green Coffee from Salzburg to the Munich area during the last three months of 194s. The gang operated through a by bed railway official who allowed the cars to enter Bavaria with false Bills of lading stolen from a .office. After the cars crossed the Border at Frei Lassing the Railroad agent destroyed the phony papers end wrote German Bills of lading under which the shipments continued their journey to Munich the Coffee was sold on the Black Market Here it was stated. Investigation is continuing As a Large ring of smugglers is believed involved in the illegal  customs officials also announced they had confiscated More than i,400, Hal Marks Worth of smuggled goods and 30,000 Marks n Cash last de Celeber the confiscated property included Choco late Cocoa Coffee alcohol wine shirts and Nylon stockings. Most of the contraband was being smuggled across the austrian Bava Rian Border both to and from Austria they stated. Amnesty in Trieste Trieste Jen. 17 Ufa the Al lied military government in the Trieste free territory has announced the Extension to this area of the last italian amnesty  this Law approved on Christmas eve in connection wit the holy year All prison inmates opening dimes drive  High commissioner John j. Mccrey bands Bis March of dimes contribution to miss fraaces a Niehei. Secretary to the Hiil of personnel division Hico. Looking or Are 1aj Donald a. Kermint chairman of the drive in Frankfort military pot and  p. Time. Chairman j2.2i9 in a class f  All the t 2? put aside for fitter use some $25,000 in one month w almost 540 per Man. A miss Laly weds Trieste Jin. A to sex i Mitre european midd Eifle a Champion and Fulvia franco.m". Italy of 1948," were married i Trieste yesterday  police foil a to keep Back a crowd at 8,000 v. To , 2-t and i Bride 18. A d that the honeymoon mus Wai until after Miniri s next bout with Serg Barthelmy French middleweight a Trieste Jan. 30the ceremony was performed in Trieste s sail Antonio  Rossi president of Italy s boxing federation Vas Best  Snail planes circled the Church dropping mowers. 68 win certificates kitz1ngen, Jaa 17 saw Chat sixty eight enlisted men who completed the fifth and eighth lev a in the on duty educational program at the kit Zingen training Cen Lei were presented certificates by a tool w. H. Mikkelsen. Acting co. Mikk Clien urged students to cow to Lune their education